tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992581394066759072024-03-13T21:48:17.142-04:00twogirlzstuffajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-55191646547373668042014-10-08T22:30:00.000-04:002014-10-08T22:30:17.171-04:00oh hey there!ummm...so it's been a hot minute since i actually blogged. <br />
but listen. there's a sketch challenge up at <a href="http://www.paperissues.blogspot.com/2014/10/sketchy-saturday-sketch-challenge-001.html" target="_blank">paper issues</a>, and i would do just about anything for the chance to win $$ towards some scrappy goodness.<br />
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here's the challenge sketch...<br />
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and here's my take on it...<br />
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i have to tell you...it's been a while since i've actually sat down and scrapped a full page. not just organize supplies. not just sort pics. not make a project life layout. but an honest-to-goodness layout. it. felt. good.<br />
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life has been crazy busy, and i've had to make some decisions about my priorities. one of those decisions was to say no to more of the extras and say yes to myself. so, fingers crossed, i'll be scrapping, crafting, and creating and sharing more of what makes me happy here on my old neglected blog.<br />
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thanks for stopping by!<br />
<br />ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-92158917946006427892013-03-28T14:34:00.002-04:002013-03-28T14:36:41.799-04:00this year...seems to be flying by already.<br />
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here's what we've been up to so far in 2013...</div>
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arranging clean, fresh vignettes around the house...</div>
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dressing up...</div>
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making silly faces...<br />
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taking weekend getaways with the hubby...</div>
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super bowl parties with great friends...</div>
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wishing (desperately) for a snow day...<br />
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and then getting storm...<br />
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after storm...</div>
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playing (utterly offensive and hilarious) games...</div>
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ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-2129712959218866032012-11-10T13:45:00.000-05:002012-11-10T13:45:00.304-05:00my mom's 60th...recently, my mom turned 60.<br />
my sister and i worked for months contacting her friends, family, and coworkers to ask them to write letters for her birthday. our goal was to collect a total of 60 letters. we gathered them up, numbered the envelopes, tied the bundle with ribbon, and put them all in this box.<br />
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my sister and i invited more people than mom knew about...we figured she'd forgive us. unfortunately, (or fortunately for our lives), most folks were busy (halloween, homecoming, football, etc.), but my aunt carol and uncle doug were able to come in all the way from canton, which was truly the biggest and best surprise.</div>
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after mom recovered from the shock of seeing her brother and sister-in-law, we sat down for some yummy food. then, to kick off the party, my aunt vicky "roasted" my mom. my mom's rather notorious for doing, ummmm, flaky things. like wearing her shirt inside out. frequently.</div>
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then, we all settled in for the much-anticipated letter reading. we weren't really sure if mom would read the letters out loud or would just glance through them and read them later. she opted to read them out loud. all of them. and i'm so glad she did. it was so much fun to hear the memories and opinions of her friends and family. </div>
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all in all, i would say her party was a success. we had a small group of family and some of her closest friends, and i really think it was perfect just the way it was. i haven't laughed so hard in a long time, and i'm glad we were able to make mom's 60th birthday something everyone will remember.</div>
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happy birthday mom!</div>
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we took our 2nd family vacation...to florida.</div>
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where we surprised the girls with a visit to disney...</div>
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then we extended our vacation...to pigeon forge, tennessee</div>
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here we met up with a group of our best friends and their families.</div>
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where we risked our lives on the "ski lift"...and counted the number of lost flip flops to distract ourselves from the heights.</div>
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after settling in back home, we endured a CRAZY hail storm...<img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnKVXzH5ITPweIEh4iHldIPmm6DVCaRg1wYmOxsXAGneizshSVaqdG5LHhha7tD494aroIoPYAlOYVu1IUlhKXM65pLTXTDgWOBP50pesf1rQqMxpgQcw6Vfv_hai8V0SDXxHuxxlWUAb/s320/2012-07-26_1343330578.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" width="320" /></div>
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i got to play with 3 month old twins.</div>
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we made it to a couple of red's games and spent several days setting up my new classroom.</div>
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someone got pink streaks in her hair...</div>
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for her 7th birthday which was, of course, a pink theme.</div>
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i made it to my first ever in person buckeye's game.<br />
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got my hair chopped.<br />
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rallied with my community to try to pass a desperately needed levy (which didn't pass, and now we're all devastated)<br />
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made time to hang out with my sister and some of my best friends (no, we didn't intend to look like the cast of hocus pocus)<br />
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we hosted our 7th annual haywood hayride. where we are notorious for picking out pumpkins that we forget to carve.<br />
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i have never been so busy in my life!</div>
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as you may know, i reopened my etsy shop at the end of january.</div>
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the response was OVERWHELMING!</div>
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i have literally been cutting labels for 4 months straight.</div>
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i haven't had tons of time to take pics...and i've even had to miss out on a few family functions/activities. :0(</div>
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but in between pulling orders, prepping orders, cutting orders, and packing orders, i've managed to sneak in little bits of fun here and there.</div>
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glo-stick bath. thanks, pinterest!</div>
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enjoying my flower gardens...</div>
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taking silly pictures...<br />
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state testing at school...<br />
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playing our own home version of the new show "total blackout". except without the blackout part.<br />
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enjoying the first sprinkler session of the season...<br />
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planning someone's 10th birthday party...circus theme!<br />
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backyard cookouts with friends...</div>
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<br />ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-49473758819100338502012-01-22T09:28:00.005-05:002012-01-22T16:22:41.763-05:00twogirlzstuff...<div style="text-align: left;">is back in business!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">my<a href="http://www.twogirlzstuff.etsy.com/"><span> etsy shop</span></a> is open!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSSDAp2c1c27yKkT8YCHQJ38auFzSCR6rFBL711YrDV5RxE2TFz8Wsm7nCfVh_e5UDo4-lSguO-jt_U0nykKWsumDafAMmcn1IDdbjN9_3f-m1hlFKO0lWxQ4iVfvKgTKcyl-f46w7uyr/s1600/steph%2527s+label+pic.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSSDAp2c1c27yKkT8YCHQJ38auFzSCR6rFBL711YrDV5RxE2TFz8Wsm7nCfVh_e5UDo4-lSguO-jt_U0nykKWsumDafAMmcn1IDdbjN9_3f-m1hlFKO0lWxQ4iVfvKgTKcyl-f46w7uyr/s400/steph%2527s+label+pic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700465550079391842" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>(pic courtesy of stephanie howell)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>with the explosion of project life, i've had several requests to reopen my shop. </div><div>a few ladies (**cough**cough** <span><a href="http://stephaniehowell.typepad.com/">stephanie</a> and <a href="http://www.seriouslybrains.blogspot.com/"><span>nicole</span></a></span>) have been VERY "persuasive". check <a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/community/project-life-2012/topics/40437-labels-looking-for-nice-labels"><span>this</span></a> out to see what i mean. haha.</div><div><br /></div><div>the requests and comments have been amazing! i didn't even realize i had a "following".</div><div><br /></div><div>when i made the decision to close the shop, it was mainly due to the amount of time i was missing out on with my family. in an attempt to make things a bit more manageable, i've reduced the number of styles and colors that i offer in my shop. there used to be a variety of 200 labels...now i'm down to 72. (but, no fear...if there's a particular style or color that you love, convo me, and we can work out a custom listing.)</div><div><br /></div><div>i am so excited to relaunch my shop, and i'd like to say from the bottom of my heart:</div><div>THANK YOU for your encouragement and support!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>**ETA: the response to my shop has been aweseomely, wonderfully amazing. due to the volume, i'm expecting my turnaround time to be 1-2 weeks.**</b></div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-3257258581111930412012-01-05T21:19:00.008-05:002012-01-05T22:33:51.348-05:00my project life...<div style="text-align: left;"><span >i have been stalking blogs and pinterest for the past couple months, looking for anything and everything related to</span><span ><b> <span>project life</span></b></span><span >. i became enamored with the idea of it. with the look of it. with the ease of it. with the fact that, at the end of the year, i will have my first complete scrapbook album. </span><span ><b>ever</b></span><span >. (i'm really, really good at making pages and keeping them in stack and boxes. none of them have made their way into an album yet. oops.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >i told my hubby that the only thing i wanted from him for christmas were the core kit (clementine edition) and page protectors so that i could become less of a stalker and more of a follower. i reeeeally wanted to jump on this bandwagon.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >and, being the fabulous hubby he is, i got just what i'd asked for.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >tuesday was my last day of christmas break. the girls were in school and the hubby had to work. i had a </span><span ><b><span>blissfully</span> quiet</b></span><span > house to myself for </span><span ><b>one. whole. day. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >so, i gathered anything and everything i thought i might want to use in my project life, and started organizing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >apparently, sophie has a new position in quality control and felt the need to inspect my container.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pQLOdtYwkatZUxwcZsPVJpz630TQO5afep9vnSGS7ZzX1PsZ6F6e23eNc0FnyxoN9bKz6XC445iPE9a5GiPUyCZfM_LIPDLdWmeH-TjBYEg-vqizNVyIoUIGyEvtb8sE2ODKxhZuVq1j/s1600/2012-01-03_1325615552.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pQLOdtYwkatZUxwcZsPVJpz630TQO5afep9vnSGS7ZzX1PsZ6F6e23eNc0FnyxoN9bKz6XC445iPE9a5GiPUyCZfM_LIPDLdWmeH-TjBYEg-vqizNVyIoUIGyEvtb8sE2ODKxhZuVq1j/s320/2012-01-03_1325615552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338878013589074" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >here is what i finally ended up with. i found this big wooden breakfast tray at the thrift store for $3. score! (never mind i bought it like 6 months ago...i just <span>knew </span>it would be perfect for something eventually.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >i picked out some of my favorite divided containers (one's wooden, one's cellulite, and one's a quilted hankie box) and a few milk glass pieces to hold all of my </span><b><span >project life eye candy</span></b><span >.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8BkYAhFDbvyI1CApWBSf8veinM-EnHy8XG2Q6tL986SOzFd9ZtN15CHYXC7IPDS1xR5TRLAv1ukkD7zwvh0gwCpNJ1Krw_imY1AnrJOE2IeGHpOpIP7IYWTRlFAEOBF4WEdLKHAfhP-r/s1600/2012-01-03_1325624918.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8BkYAhFDbvyI1CApWBSf8veinM-EnHy8XG2Q6tL986SOzFd9ZtN15CHYXC7IPDS1xR5TRLAv1ukkD7zwvh0gwCpNJ1Krw_imY1AnrJOE2IeGHpOpIP7IYWTRlFAEOBF4WEdLKHAfhP-r/s400/2012-01-03_1325624918.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338803546156818" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">some<span> close-ups</span> of the tray.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>top left</u>: twine, project life core kit journaling cards, extra journaling cards, and paper embellishments</div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>top right</u>: i found these vintage plastic trays at the thrift store. i have no idea what they were made for, but they hold my washi tape perfectly! the tiny milk glass container holds some of my hand-cut labels that i used to sell on etsy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>bottom left</u>: additional cards, labels, stickers, and larger journaling cards from the core kit</div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>bottom right</u>: tags, embellishments, and fun mini gift bags found on etsy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXyuRoS0j8t1gZP3wvRFwy5e4hD5WzD4wNWKIQY5QMeBy9UsAXNGz7dXdxk4VwFF-PBJtB09vuvtv4wWxTQyB3TmD6DUU63eEQjuzh36EAAaupJoNFUgLnh-1o4hEGzLDE2jIBbB1w_mR/s1600/2012-01-03_1325625129.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXyuRoS0j8t1gZP3wvRFwy5e4hD5WzD4wNWKIQY5QMeBy9UsAXNGz7dXdxk4VwFF-PBJtB09vuvtv4wWxTQyB3TmD6DUU63eEQjuzh36EAAaupJoNFUgLnh-1o4hEGzLDE2jIBbB1w_mR/s320/2012-01-03_1325625129.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338723004572066" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF9ySQz7hQLuDU40aBajj19YaL9PG9LS8JzND6VFeVIHqAiLmh59QhlKFJitT2-9wBadO_A5pgy-5CkGhQFgQtK3jPbqEqUURGO8Sdb_L4yh77kziwFK_v81kH6eTWGWs8fEwtBn1inZz/s1600/2012-01-03_1325625181.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF9ySQz7hQLuDU40aBajj19YaL9PG9LS8JzND6VFeVIHqAiLmh59QhlKFJitT2-9wBadO_A5pgy-5CkGhQFgQtK3jPbqEqUURGO8Sdb_L4yh77kziwFK_v81kH6eTWGWs8fEwtBn1inZz/s320/2012-01-03_1325625181.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338601917775746" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnKQnsNarmwWG0Y5Dtj44MTRQ0b6b5nHNXh2ZijpMcCG9BLFc3qhcgc5gEMkHQaTulmUQpwj5fzgs7g7mEXpneunTLhhiGnLIw5fnvNRdHgGjkz9OXtZpPX0XUdavOvCoMYKHxFflPEct/s1600/2012-01-03_1325625243.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnKQnsNarmwWG0Y5Dtj44MTRQ0b6b5nHNXh2ZijpMcCG9BLFc3qhcgc5gEMkHQaTulmUQpwj5fzgs7g7mEXpneunTLhhiGnLIw5fnvNRdHgGjkz9OXtZpPX0XUdavOvCoMYKHxFflPEct/s320/2012-01-03_1325625243.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338595087737986" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sIXwLP6nQQLIFLieHAwyM94Xc4YGiH-gGGaoqddiW85WHesiFRuvGCdkbhOz_1HOos_bfKZSOG4TLtpa6Nnga6p1DEo1J6qtvVztIBVG_fSnIUhBfCrfcIHW77yBGX33jhk_frKjguDo/s1600/2012-01-03_1325625345.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sIXwLP6nQQLIFLieHAwyM94Xc4YGiH-gGGaoqddiW85WHesiFRuvGCdkbhOz_1HOos_bfKZSOG4TLtpa6Nnga6p1DEo1J6qtvVztIBVG_fSnIUhBfCrfcIHW77yBGX33jhk_frKjguDo/s320/2012-01-03_1325625345.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338592244869314" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>in addition to the tray, i have a basket (remember sophie the inspector above?) that holds bigger supplies. my album, page protectors, 12x12 paper, and more journaling cards. (i took all of my journaling card 12x12 papers from october afternoon, crate paper, etc, and cut them all apart to fit into baseball card pages. now i can flip through quickly and see front and back designs.)</div><div>the second pick shows a different view of the label and border stickers in the front. they are all stored in a wire basket that i can pull out and keep near my work area. i also threw in a few old ledger papers, receipt books, etc.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6JOn6JFdLfCE_yWkbWdwn1bTgNgrcJa4qk4OJviHE6IT0LlC4jON_W5G9STmBuCPiBGkzCg2CmYfs_H1-zGWLvrEoWnqSnyht2XxR_uLTuOGYnhJ4wv6MqZjhS-nNRIjh5wh8BaTqnsE/s1600/2012-01-03_1325625419.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6JOn6JFdLfCE_yWkbWdwn1bTgNgrcJa4qk4OJviHE6IT0LlC4jON_W5G9STmBuCPiBGkzCg2CmYfs_H1-zGWLvrEoWnqSnyht2XxR_uLTuOGYnhJ4wv6MqZjhS-nNRIjh5wh8BaTqnsE/s320/2012-01-03_1325625419.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338586921481922" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazYYm-HnSXy6_7kOn9t38lCrWUVv1Ds7ZLPlf_mW_FHttrn46hofre6lJk6Bvq1s4nCVBQajA-_WGFrhEoHqqK2KgX0zR9HdHZH4kiM97HuWL8ldwn6igbI23fdYvwGpLgDOELBKvyx8-/s1600/2012-01-03_1325625920.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazYYm-HnSXy6_7kOn9t38lCrWUVv1Ds7ZLPlf_mW_FHttrn46hofre6lJk6Bvq1s4nCVBQajA-_WGFrhEoHqqK2KgX0zR9HdHZH4kiM97HuWL8ldwn6igbI23fdYvwGpLgDOELBKvyx8-/s320/2012-01-03_1325625920.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338587784549042" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >sooo...what did i do with all of this? i am a </span><span ><b>social scrapper</b></span><span >. i don't do well if i'm not around other people. i even have a scrap room in the basement, but, because it doesn't have any windows and no one ever wants to come down there with me, i (sadly) don't use it often.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >i'm also a visual person. if it's<span> out of sight</span>, it's <span>definitely out of mind</span>. organizing my supplies visually (the way i did above) would be a waste of time if i stored everything in my scrap room. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >so, i bit the bullet and decided that the tray and basket will "live" in the living room. i see it every day, and it's a reminder to me to keep tabs with my journaling. (that's something else the hubby picked up for me for christmas. an inexpensive planner that i keep in my purse. if we're out and about, i can jot down notes. but i mostly just record daily events each evening after the girls are in bed.) best of all, because all of </span><span ><b>my project life goodness is <span>portable</span></b></span><span >, i can move it if we have company, or just plop it on the living room floor when i want to create a layout.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">just like i did when i created my title page.</div><div style="text-align: left;">please note, that is our <span ><b>first "family photo" in like 4 years</b></span>. </div><div style="text-align: left;">it's also one of the very<span ><b> <span>rare sightings</span></b></span> of me. </div><div style="text-align: left;">i'm pretty much never in pictures...it's always just assumed or alleged that i was at an event or gathering. </div><div style="text-align: left;">i'm like<span> <b><span >bigfoot</span></b></span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1OUVmEM-6k-_wXDgSjrPmdcdMGMTkq7aV3ChxJFzyRAubC29zmXq2P4r1Tpshg6HA7xUuh0taZ0pb00mqPhBuREJE6I4rKEYcZlKDxhQM0qWKrv6DQ4MHpGvWUgaya4WYpFlx7PEWJZ4/s1600/2012-01-03_1325634398.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1OUVmEM-6k-_wXDgSjrPmdcdMGMTkq7aV3ChxJFzyRAubC29zmXq2P4r1Tpshg6HA7xUuh0taZ0pb00mqPhBuREJE6I4rKEYcZlKDxhQM0qWKrv6DQ4MHpGvWUgaya4WYpFlx7PEWJZ4/s1600/2012-01-03_1325634398.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1OUVmEM-6k-_wXDgSjrPmdcdMGMTkq7aV3ChxJFzyRAubC29zmXq2P4r1Tpshg6HA7xUuh0taZ0pb00mqPhBuREJE6I4rKEYcZlKDxhQM0qWKrv6DQ4MHpGvWUgaya4WYpFlx7PEWJZ4/s400/2012-01-03_1325634398.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694338333498883666" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >so, if you can't tell, i'm</span><span><span > </span><span ><b>totally excited</b></span></span><span > about this. i've been collecting bits and pieces (and keeping them in a small accordion-file-coupon-holder-thing-a-ma-jig) and taking pictures of the little things we see and do every day. things that i usually ignore or take for granted. i think this will be a fantastic keepsake. not just a beautifully, painstakingly done album that highlights mostly major events and holidays. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><b>it will be an <span>album that actually showcases US...</span></b></span></div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-89760241460007286382012-01-01T19:20:00.005-05:002012-01-08T19:35:47.049-05:00it's a new year...<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdh_anjXEbVloAcBuMMJtOzS4jmwlv08rvn0ON69yafbReYXAGMu6MigZ5KLmyJK7WZt3vcklRXBa5XCaxyrS6SG9Nsoc3EwRXbJ7ujwgogiYpaf5ikPNe_Xzv9ECwQ9uut32UhyUxo0Lz/s1600/2012-01-01_1325395165.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdh_anjXEbVloAcBuMMJtOzS4jmwlv08rvn0ON69yafbReYXAGMu6MigZ5KLmyJK7WZt3vcklRXBa5XCaxyrS6SG9Nsoc3EwRXbJ7ujwgogiYpaf5ikPNe_Xzv9ECwQ9uut32UhyUxo0Lz/s400/2012-01-01_1325395165.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692823036090079922" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span>that can only mean one thing...resolutions.</span><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>when i look back at 2011 (seems like it was only yesterday), i can confidently say that i sucked at adhering to my resolutions. hahahaha!</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>i debated whether i should even bother to write new ones.</span></div><div><span>i kinda feel like i need to.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>maybe because i want this year to be a great one.</span></div><div><span>maybe because i feel like i should.</span></div><div><span>maybe because i'm a list person (i've been known to make lists of the lists i need to make), and putting things on paper, so to speak, will help them be realized.</span></div><div><span>maybe because, in reflecting on what i didn't do last year, i'm more determined than ever to make sure i do it this year.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>i know that i'm really good at starting things. i'm an excellent planner. it's the follow-through that i seem to have difficulty with. (just ask my sister.)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>i have goals for myself this year. i think that, in order to accomplish them, i need them to be general...have some leniency.</span></div><div><span>i don't want to limit myself to certain things or box myself into a set number of things, dates, etc.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>so, without further ado, my resolutions (goals) for 2012:</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*<span><b>restart my fat girl blog</b></span> (and the healthy changes that go along with it. we cleared all of our weaknesses out of the house today. no ice cream!?!? i'm gonna be one cranky girl)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*<b>enjoy more of the now</b> (and worry less about everything that's coming up/has to be done)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*<span><b>make an effort to capture more moments</b></span> (and worry less about capturing perfect pictures)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*<span><b>participate in project life</b> </span>(this will help me track all of those little, every day things that make us who we are)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*<span><b>scrap more</b></span> (i'd like to say one page a week, but i feel like i'm boxing myself into a corner of failure by setting a specific goal)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*<b><span>make more</span> </b>(i'm a craft supply hoarder...time to put some of it to good use)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*<span><b>take a vacation</b></span><span> (like one where we actually leave our state)</span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*<span><b>complete at least one major home project</b></span> (attic insulation? clean and organized basement? crown molding in the living room?)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>overall, i hope to improve myself. </span></div><div><span>be happier.</span></div><div><span>be healthier.</span></div><div><span>enjoy my life as it's happening and not stress about what's yet to come.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>here's hoping that <span>2012 </span>will bring you all that you want and hope for.</span></div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-13042254785067489282011-12-26T16:10:00.000-05:002011-12-26T16:50:45.091-05:00meet benson...<div>our elf on the shelf. </div><div>we recently said goodbye to him, but the girls wanted me to share all of his adventures.</div><div><br /></div><div>it all started with the t.v. special. after watching it, the girls were hooked. they wanted an elf. they begged for an elf. they shouted to santa to send them one. only problem was, it was already december 2nd. i was in a bit of a bind.</div><div><br /></div><div>i called my mother-in-law and asked if she had a spare elf that we could adopt. luckily, she did.</div><div><br /></div><div>so, on december 4th, we woke up to this.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DlJaWNreLb42x-Yruf3us9Cw343TVcAzzHc3fYyeB5tHgLd3Ew9UEfVFiKUnCuV-_jGODF2SucmZobHXMTX1j7ln6bav1bbm81UtI5EADha88QpXkmcTK8q4tq70pjw0vShV5am9-m43/s1600/1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DlJaWNreLb42x-Yruf3us9Cw343TVcAzzHc3fYyeB5tHgLd3Ew9UEfVFiKUnCuV-_jGODF2SucmZobHXMTX1j7ln6bav1bbm81UtI5EADha88QpXkmcTK8q4tq70pjw0vShV5am9-m43/s400/1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690551057023635266" /></a><br />we unwrapped the scroll to find a note explaining benson's tardiness.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8XDmWSKOddEdPEzc4nIbRtdEI4iD0eLiV3iAwyOpbisgHkySO5lFFgznVATWBpCUNTd0FAtB-fveMPM0UHE2xgOec0ir9AVRmXQHG0-8eyWB04Q9e-hFXNjIdtBUJLzetgckNp2OjiFa/s1600/1b.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8XDmWSKOddEdPEzc4nIbRtdEI4iD0eLiV3iAwyOpbisgHkySO5lFFgznVATWBpCUNTd0FAtB-fveMPM0UHE2xgOec0ir9AVRmXQHG0-8eyWB04Q9e-hFXNjIdtBUJLzetgckNp2OjiFa/s400/1b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690551051036654354" /></a><br />the girls were ecstatic! they couldn't wait to get to bed the first night (yay me!). and, best of all? they jumped right out of bed the next morning (yay me, again!) to see where benson was.<div><br />apparently, he worked up a sweat during his trip to and from the north pole and needed a bath.</div><div>in cheerios.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3Wq7uYAJgY7vr-SNmstpXzge84E26cGg7Wnv5hUpF6E676nPw7pJwTgqaiTX6cXG2g13GXjgs0FkvSjvxRbRL2YClbVbUgoLS6Ul41nmrhetjyvr2edLowzhGVpPROhR5IjsfdmvJCH8/s1600/2b.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3Wq7uYAJgY7vr-SNmstpXzge84E26cGg7Wnv5hUpF6E676nPw7pJwTgqaiTX6cXG2g13GXjgs0FkvSjvxRbRL2YClbVbUgoLS6Ul41nmrhetjyvr2edLowzhGVpPROhR5IjsfdmvJCH8/s400/2b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690551044146955042" /></a>he popped up all over the house. sometimes he was just relaxing...or watching the girls. but most of the time, he was getting into some sort of mischief.</div><div><br /></div><div>here are some of our favorite benson adventures.</div><div><br /></div><div>just hanging out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZyDwX4HCcnUxLPKo9pDTFvzdjp0B9QEYKGoFNSqb-ASc3uOVd7XDLeMoUFA6Pey8MN3Q3lagYCU1jAzTPB8hvN1Cuac3FzczTi4HUIeXsJYywOu59MaGnUQnXaSQn2TUdM-emGk3K_GR/s1600/3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZyDwX4HCcnUxLPKo9pDTFvzdjp0B9QEYKGoFNSqb-ASc3uOVd7XDLeMoUFA6Pey8MN3Q3lagYCU1jAzTPB8hvN1Cuac3FzczTi4HUIeXsJYywOu59MaGnUQnXaSQn2TUdM-emGk3K_GR/s400/3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690551035210150770" /></a><br />woke up to this note...slightly creepy, i must admit.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBGs5YI3yfpH0h_zsrsLmhoOM_RkQxokmNBdFYW7eZjXRxuFgc2hqcY0lflXsDsgqsSyqHOAwY_inYY-qlWKWw9Lad3TRy0O97N3BBVGUU1NFz4DWyHB-lFtczBH8y4oBrYo41YGEribv/s1600/4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBGs5YI3yfpH0h_zsrsLmhoOM_RkQxokmNBdFYW7eZjXRxuFgc2hqcY0lflXsDsgqsSyqHOAwY_inYY-qlWKWw9Lad3TRy0O97N3BBVGUU1NFz4DWyHB-lFtczBH8y4oBrYo41YGEribv/s400/4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690551029231279618" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmpGZriuVoG0TEGlrHGlTG59cLkc6e4VIbgKrXJCUW24L0nKF90rq0WOgW4xS9Ss5Dzw0DwSjlyyRk043vrHmOlTzyGg7vZDIbteXWe4QO66ZggpSxq7w4gpqqybqlxB5Be1Pm_rin76Z/s1600/4b.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmpGZriuVoG0TEGlrHGlTG59cLkc6e4VIbgKrXJCUW24L0nKF90rq0WOgW4xS9Ss5Dzw0DwSjlyyRk043vrHmOlTzyGg7vZDIbteXWe4QO66ZggpSxq7w4gpqqybqlxB5Be1Pm_rin76Z/s400/4b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690550152829416386" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>playing cards with barbie.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcSj6kdPnqkNqaiz0qR8OcnWDkZVPP9qNQVhDTLouf2-rr-orXFRJ83dJk7oIYtCFDq3HJoEZvuB8z4yZ3O98Z_xy_DNOwHw5OfWToN0_R084_VHhwtTi2qRKNi3xW23SQYIi2NNkVgAh/s1600/5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcSj6kdPnqkNqaiz0qR8OcnWDkZVPP9qNQVhDTLouf2-rr-orXFRJ83dJk7oIYtCFDq3HJoEZvuB8z4yZ3O98Z_xy_DNOwHw5OfWToN0_R084_VHhwtTi2qRKNi3xW23SQYIi2NNkVgAh/s400/5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690550145546515730" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>reindeer rides.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROzKXzOq30em0UH21-stGg2EzKLtKcQqEi86Y5gntEpV29-RCQSeRB5sPrCyRIbVRBH8CWTL2OzeDqIzFkhoO573CMmQphyXiJ6aNwFWpFFdpPpFJfvC1I7vtI8YGjzY0OZpgIGcYc3Ks/s1600/6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROzKXzOq30em0UH21-stGg2EzKLtKcQqEi86Y5gntEpV29-RCQSeRB5sPrCyRIbVRBH8CWTL2OzeDqIzFkhoO573CMmQphyXiJ6aNwFWpFFdpPpFJfvC1I7vtI8YGjzY0OZpgIGcYc3Ks/s400/6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690550142956149458" /></a><br />did you know they wrapped presents? i didn't...if i did, he would have done a lot more than this one small gift!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RSk5EwU7EasAsBSIx3U-ml-pWOB9F1CElLUi5G9kXIVrUKSwU7BdmJougdxN-RWPlFX4nzFwq-WRx3u-amIsXo2pgHtnw2hv-2DrrgtiyOqf_NVcFBm7BVzW8TbqsluHOE2wzyPCM1FL/s1600/7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RSk5EwU7EasAsBSIx3U-ml-pWOB9F1CElLUi5G9kXIVrUKSwU7BdmJougdxN-RWPlFX4nzFwq-WRx3u-amIsXo2pgHtnw2hv-2DrrgtiyOqf_NVcFBm7BVzW8TbqsluHOE2wzyPCM1FL/s400/7.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690550133168349474" /></a><br />hoodlum!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekxOMeMBJIk5rxGSUTLCLrvRI2PRToJhmaqzv9Mx3ASfsLqGqPcyGEEaGLSSUQa3C6CdSfuZRTgdQ31YE3rh4lFhowHmgBcROAanyy7tB7sPiVY8IV2dK8kTW7ZjCaqoF4qUV6BerAp2d/s1600/9.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekxOMeMBJIk5rxGSUTLCLrvRI2PRToJhmaqzv9Mx3ASfsLqGqPcyGEEaGLSSUQa3C6CdSfuZRTgdQ31YE3rh4lFhowHmgBcROAanyy7tB7sPiVY8IV2dK8kTW7ZjCaqoF4qUV6BerAp2d/s400/9.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690550129962581266" /></a><br />okay...so benson almost lost his powers when we found him in the freezer. according to the story, if a human touches an elf, they will lose their powers. the girls had searched the house high and low and couldn't find benson anywhere. when i opened the freezer to grab my lunch, i found him. eating my ice cream. that i don't share with anyone. the girls watched me closely to make sure i didn't snatch the spoon out of his hands.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjzuCOhukf3cvN-xmcX-hAJv9e1Cu4RZKr9q6xxrJ3yMcaUqVP5iwdq_IPh8LZTtXzJ6c_nRn433i_fKleo1I5Qerjl2ETlOUS941hIChviutpIFs9OPoUXvxRNjH1LVac54a5rlhzEY1/s1600/10.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjzuCOhukf3cvN-xmcX-hAJv9e1Cu4RZKr9q6xxrJ3yMcaUqVP5iwdq_IPh8LZTtXzJ6c_nRn433i_fKleo1I5Qerjl2ETlOUS941hIChviutpIFs9OPoUXvxRNjH1LVac54a5rlhzEY1/s400/10.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690549340905715634" /></a><br />searching for treasure.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2hyU1hkheUC9IUt-RkSjSZSPAOZF1yaXnCVtQYUdihWie7kiy_XpyLTytqA6LnRmq20zgts9a25PxLpv2nvYPED3xBERHezMSq-vxF-2C_uY9LPlwEXHDYBP9DXMKNVxEexni36oFRMR/s1600/12.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2hyU1hkheUC9IUt-RkSjSZSPAOZF1yaXnCVtQYUdihWie7kiy_XpyLTytqA6LnRmq20zgts9a25PxLpv2nvYPED3xBERHezMSq-vxF-2C_uY9LPlwEXHDYBP9DXMKNVxEexni36oFRMR/s400/12.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690549334773095810" /></a><br />schmooozing the ladies.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjir5IViybyJZJOTbn9xM-PmBtJod2nOkvLFFLecfDnhcMqqX9t0G-OJhunaTemhm5cg0yh60Y6pVBP9UT9gM4TvWjm_QX8IV2WIBxSmnM1dBRc80EWDQgMXH4MQ8TsTm9nhkfs5USR93S9/s1600/13.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjir5IViybyJZJOTbn9xM-PmBtJod2nOkvLFFLecfDnhcMqqX9t0G-OJhunaTemhm5cg0yh60Y6pVBP9UT9gM4TvWjm_QX8IV2WIBxSmnM1dBRc80EWDQgMXH4MQ8TsTm9nhkfs5USR93S9/s400/13.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690549326352490930" /></a><br />making snowman portraits.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDizX1iTWYJ6ZLjpMOIHLHdEDC6xTV5YUJBGrr_OGxnbD9vufqr486CXD1Ofl7nBGuVmEvVjWTjPbUNPK2FFYshjPuywXcoa0nW-9qX7KM_OKRedqwiEdllmq9RfG5MMs8-ar5npaTFVV/s1600/14a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDizX1iTWYJ6ZLjpMOIHLHdEDC6xTV5YUJBGrr_OGxnbD9vufqr486CXD1Ofl7nBGuVmEvVjWTjPbUNPK2FFYshjPuywXcoa0nW-9qX7KM_OKRedqwiEdllmq9RfG5MMs8-ar5npaTFVV/s400/14a.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690549322177427250" /></a><br />jaden left a note for benson to take his artwork home. this is what he left for her.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtzPuIzrHXpzqjDIcYwFVVqly_nhDTbGKYP4dfyJALkc4Fm2qB2P3idcaH56tYk40WQlcY7vpi9QhG1SUNLtvxvpq1gyOqG2lkxYPz1hX3SUkpBhE9fS8V9d3nmE1Tjby3zkodGF4Gf3J/s1600/16b.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtzPuIzrHXpzqjDIcYwFVVqly_nhDTbGKYP4dfyJALkc4Fm2qB2P3idcaH56tYk40WQlcY7vpi9QhG1SUNLtvxvpq1gyOqG2lkxYPz1hX3SUkpBhE9fS8V9d3nmE1Tjby3zkodGF4Gf3J/s400/16b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690549317565014130" /></a><br />sleepover in the girls' room.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClhMqz6ocKzckfYOl2f2AvEFfCVvC_gdBJaOB_AKW59KH0OOfUsCU65yBrePL59GrIVFE-52WhUGe9P8on33HcFWIBjNFwnAPuhuCrOzC0NY-zwpH_RjKfscshbpuse2g4IkF5U9XXgN1/s1600/15.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClhMqz6ocKzckfYOl2f2AvEFfCVvC_gdBJaOB_AKW59KH0OOfUsCU65yBrePL59GrIVFE-52WhUGe9P8on33HcFWIBjNFwnAPuhuCrOzC0NY-zwpH_RjKfscshbpuse2g4IkF5U9XXgN1/s400/15.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690548554906825058" /></a><br /></div><div>trying to eat our gingerbread houses.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlcdvqY40fyTpwsim6i-0TnodEWaOVlqDN4QJ4vF1a9UNl_PthL1Rx5W1etZ51cuKbcSkVjB8vq0ORfoSqtaHir3_c0dXN2-reNcOBec9siS8JZxQaz3P5c1SEbNNkV_59QpmX9Hc1M1s/s1600/16.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlcdvqY40fyTpwsim6i-0TnodEWaOVlqDN4QJ4vF1a9UNl_PthL1Rx5W1etZ51cuKbcSkVjB8vq0ORfoSqtaHir3_c0dXN2-reNcOBec9siS8JZxQaz3P5c1SEbNNkV_59QpmX9Hc1M1s/s400/16.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690548549273100546" /></a><br /></div><div>lighting the girls' christmas tree.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJ8Y8DIi-RcHHTCrbTsYOgLejmCj9uuXB0MSdfutiPXL_1J3frQcySyU-5zIRiOPDOjWjZQKMB8tm4OYheV0n3z7d2HFeJ5EhmDXDCElkmpDEwqdO0W0vnD5p0Waqwv3qtMtEB_GoaLRj/s1600/19a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJ8Y8DIi-RcHHTCrbTsYOgLejmCj9uuXB0MSdfutiPXL_1J3frQcySyU-5zIRiOPDOjWjZQKMB8tm4OYheV0n3z7d2HFeJ5EhmDXDCElkmpDEwqdO0W0vnD5p0Waqwv3qtMtEB_GoaLRj/s400/19a.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690548541693240418" /></a><br /></div><div>conspiring to get frosty out of the snow globe.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnEpCr41LKiBkVmASOCx-_PFlITxbu0Hvc8OLUcDZmvlj7wq5kqXFwu9Y4I-aj9dSykn212mFzoqiK-ZI30hfO4o5qbAgspRT_xqEm9zyFejDef2XjtJvMhXF_jHV6FqJh2CDFQmunTOd/s1600/20.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnEpCr41LKiBkVmASOCx-_PFlITxbu0Hvc8OLUcDZmvlj7wq5kqXFwu9Y4I-aj9dSykn212mFzoqiK-ZI30hfO4o5qbAgspRT_xqEm9zyFejDef2XjtJvMhXF_jHV6FqJh2CDFQmunTOd/s400/20.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690548537901869378" /></a><br /></div><div>sugar-loading for his trip back home.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-N2YpwUfgubkbUjngpJ9mcNYKgR0uw1u7l4e2jcVxqLzXGTfrJHBoYDOnF3StuN32Fl2yP5RKOwP_ogJEZBpECEHSoilcOp_EYhb6ecl94KR9P56N-9kYeoqDSy4BkS3dkl0sCqGK80y/s1600/21.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-N2YpwUfgubkbUjngpJ9mcNYKgR0uw1u7l4e2jcVxqLzXGTfrJHBoYDOnF3StuN32Fl2yP5RKOwP_ogJEZBpECEHSoilcOp_EYhb6ecl94KR9P56N-9kYeoqDSy4BkS3dkl0sCqGK80y/s400/21.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690548533616945698" /></a></div><div>i think benson was a hit. the girls were disappointed to see him go. (but rather excited to find the goodbye note he left them when santa picked him up christmas eve.)</div><div><br /></div><div>i can't wait to see what he gets into next year.</div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-76788264837411934412011-11-26T11:59:00.000-05:002011-11-26T11:59:00.187-05:00holiday home tour...<div>warning...alert, alert. this post if photo-heavy!<div>i love christmas and i'm not ashamed to show it...lol!</div><div><br /></div></div><div>frame wall number 2. this wall only took about 3 years to come to fruition. we did our first frame wall several years ago, and i finally just jumped in one day this summer and made my hubby help me put it up!</div><div><br /></div><div>for the holidays, we pop different decorations into the empty frames.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI7kyyICXDXxUshH212vCTzZSCoI7n-TFgi64CJ6_SQl5Uw98YnqiKEmrMYNd9KmsURjfSrPPxxqHTcQQ6KL-J1Cf7G3A3RCrLA0_94p16ZvZavja40bQndWh6BVJ18wVrPEcAsUhLaGa/s1600/1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI7kyyICXDXxUshH212vCTzZSCoI7n-TFgi64CJ6_SQl5Uw98YnqiKEmrMYNd9KmsURjfSrPPxxqHTcQQ6KL-J1Cf7G3A3RCrLA0_94p16ZvZavja40bQndWh6BVJ18wVrPEcAsUhLaGa/s400/1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677869259480986962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-_C8QZRd2j658ReyUp216EXFe8RDebvwqbhAxSqE-eU0XyLY9mysJQH4rUmvPQWMu1OGkvaUuRnYHorcW1Fec_Fxuas6fH5y6QaOK_b9ykhebYXRMApZC0OxF2I70y-_qmCtj14VrRRL/s1600/2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-_C8QZRd2j658ReyUp216EXFe8RDebvwqbhAxSqE-eU0XyLY9mysJQH4rUmvPQWMu1OGkvaUuRnYHorcW1Fec_Fxuas6fH5y6QaOK_b9ykhebYXRMApZC0OxF2I70y-_qmCtj14VrRRL/s400/2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677869252870716706" /></a><br />papier mache numbers from hobby lobby...<div>still debating on whether i want to add a border of silver glass glitter around the front edge of each...thoughts?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCZwY811pZKGyn_qODx9AMpXesrRvn8pLTodoTmg4hJmty-gLoueZSWh21hCmGxHt2pzU4MoIQTyjkuPqLX8U_6bw4mX23mGEkweqSbzMv3abk709do3qoaItOEbt5oOw-iDtC4IVLHaS/s1600/4a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCZwY811pZKGyn_qODx9AMpXesrRvn8pLTodoTmg4hJmty-gLoueZSWh21hCmGxHt2pzU4MoIQTyjkuPqLX8U_6bw4mX23mGEkweqSbzMv3abk709do3qoaItOEbt5oOw-iDtC4IVLHaS/s400/4a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677869249438699106" /></a><br />this is frame wall number 1.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqB4fIa_WG6ypXf0jqFeX6GLIPA0OqOIBM3-WmBLMt9Nngv8-3i4uNpBOyAkc5Ds_bIjmlKTIAv8stwQFsFWt6he0zDPcHG_jHk-lxnSbbG_3DAWRP95-gogiyfClkq4mJv7e6ftUHQqeF/s1600/5.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqB4fIa_WG6ypXf0jqFeX6GLIPA0OqOIBM3-WmBLMt9Nngv8-3i4uNpBOyAkc5Ds_bIjmlKTIAv8stwQFsFWt6he0zDPcHG_jHk-lxnSbbG_3DAWRP95-gogiyfClkq4mJv7e6ftUHQqeF/s400/5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677869244168436178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDz5h4aOtSAS9hF1vZ_JB3SymK1MlXn_E_vJcK1L_E3_W89xdy7uB441QbJNgPoMSzd_CH0mjzZBbp6JwMvldro22kMAJd20yWwHdMKELShqdHLRz9WwcCrfji2AZ8Cbiih5h9i85WfZy/s1600/6a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDz5h4aOtSAS9hF1vZ_JB3SymK1MlXn_E_vJcK1L_E3_W89xdy7uB441QbJNgPoMSzd_CH0mjzZBbp6JwMvldro22kMAJd20yWwHdMKELShqdHLRz9WwcCrfji2AZ8Cbiih5h9i85WfZy/s400/6a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677869238785301538" /></a><br />santa's key. since we live in a tiny house with no fireplace, we have to have an alternative for santa to get in. each christmas eve, the girls hang the key on the outside of the front screen door for santa to use. try as they might, the girls can't get the key to fit in the front door lock...only santa and his magic can make that work.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFAHJrFiYJQtGbmWlEnI4ueyxxWm3Iz_ddJLW7ZGfZESoTlE5gwGPI8hIYpU6uIMve9vlmk4-UpgRmhZWnmHcdJ9ATD8_G8pk4rAN9kL6T36KbMLDkuAON_AbDupFr-oJFUReSoguqT6S/s1600/7.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFAHJrFiYJQtGbmWlEnI4ueyxxWm3Iz_ddJLW7ZGfZESoTlE5gwGPI8hIYpU6uIMve9vlmk4-UpgRmhZWnmHcdJ9ATD8_G8pk4rAN9kL6T36KbMLDkuAON_AbDupFr-oJFUReSoguqT6S/s400/7.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868667847756882" /></a><br />vintage christmas light reflectors...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTd6VFnq4tRAJVDjXwWBas5Of9RLdvthReEnNy8b9ShsnLHYdjrMmAdtvsqZrrD33ae6QvwaINiBxCvMZFxb7iaLe86k09AkkJN6u2DEklKV6ptakoDlMxx_vpV7znUrpl643EK4B3Kuw/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTd6VFnq4tRAJVDjXwWBas5Of9RLdvthReEnNy8b9ShsnLHYdjrMmAdtvsqZrrD33ae6QvwaINiBxCvMZFxb7iaLe86k09AkkJN6u2DEklKV6ptakoDlMxx_vpV7znUrpl643EK4B3Kuw/s400/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868658154754018" /></a><br />my santa collection...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0evy5rOpF9eZn6ASokFr0gK_cM7SL9By586GHJ5rUmZ-5evmi0NxKdYZ6DgsYfSDv0SH62plJqiZKwPCSG97ThcUA0g0dpuJIKMAOZRfzfDDfye35pqhiaUwhGF_0FmSwugfwyRq2ipx/s1600/9a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0evy5rOpF9eZn6ASokFr0gK_cM7SL9By586GHJ5rUmZ-5evmi0NxKdYZ6DgsYfSDv0SH62plJqiZKwPCSG97ThcUA0g0dpuJIKMAOZRfzfDDfye35pqhiaUwhGF_0FmSwugfwyRq2ipx/s400/9a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868652944454994" /></a><br />sometimes, i sit and admire the tree with just the lights...beauty.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnnCHXCjfVvlCifKxG3ZWbXfgCO3MIxyglV1FCTd4m10s6DstsB0Sb6TOhxdLAk1xn1j-RTvccOX8r5D-EypyOITqlVYBBw8xr-FzrJ0Cxc1h2EqTpIX3z_dWNiWGiG4uYU7gbvIQmyOD/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnnCHXCjfVvlCifKxG3ZWbXfgCO3MIxyglV1FCTd4m10s6DstsB0Sb6TOhxdLAk1xn1j-RTvccOX8r5D-EypyOITqlVYBBw8xr-FzrJ0Cxc1h2EqTpIX3z_dWNiWGiG4uYU7gbvIQmyOD/s400/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868654240086994" /></a><br />my elves...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4RalazlsQ8dMXWHC40twyxlpovr7YJIMTng8VCBEFmFaq3s6UWqhD9xCVha9zj52PSYfgdUK3BZjGiMwjPxKjOsBjcse9Wv1wAvgp2xD4_hL9FAgKNmoh2zhwbBsoFojRxaMIFF915N9/s1600/10a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4RalazlsQ8dMXWHC40twyxlpovr7YJIMTng8VCBEFmFaq3s6UWqhD9xCVha9zj52PSYfgdUK3BZjGiMwjPxKjOsBjcse9Wv1wAvgp2xD4_hL9FAgKNmoh2zhwbBsoFojRxaMIFF915N9/s400/10a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868649011877378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakPs0AK9Msgf53QYWbejdoo3nCs5DrtwFBju4DZJhyIOU82r91QsB39weemD6eBkQtZ4qGgcHrUxfCSm1K1lcSSlrDIUJz1fsHPdd9JoYA1dnYZ6TSpbSfBFakhwNqNPl_oLKN1jbiKwz/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakPs0AK9Msgf53QYWbejdoo3nCs5DrtwFBju4DZJhyIOU82r91QsB39weemD6eBkQtZ4qGgcHrUxfCSm1K1lcSSlrDIUJz1fsHPdd9JoYA1dnYZ6TSpbSfBFakhwNqNPl_oLKN1jbiKwz/s400/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868312508638690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdKuV1rRE9asnt5cWFD7qZMGwM3mmaYVIeO3gsOZLqq2EKhUL_dFqt22fbREEE2Jqcgqpta4CwgM2WEGEI11Zq7srrIV-BDMSAEzLjvvwYpqT67FP1ynZ87jW1J_7_VvqgeVnpNsiXrx2/s1600/17.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdKuV1rRE9asnt5cWFD7qZMGwM3mmaYVIeO3gsOZLqq2EKhUL_dFqt22fbREEE2Jqcgqpta4CwgM2WEGEI11Zq7srrIV-BDMSAEzLjvvwYpqT67FP1ynZ87jW1J_7_VvqgeVnpNsiXrx2/s400/17.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868307392715682" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-DGwV0_Ky8RRwQHfgRTzvfav5KfTAfv71qsjMuNVlLHBOoRoD7XRmBZgwmhz4omeCMlhwKckL9Jor4Ov8v5rf7qGzLi4sbs5LHLWqVo-gME104uNNweO0Ucs1h8gHoj6pCpX4WzRUUKp/s1600/18a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-DGwV0_Ky8RRwQHfgRTzvfav5KfTAfv71qsjMuNVlLHBOoRoD7XRmBZgwmhz4omeCMlhwKckL9Jor4Ov8v5rf7qGzLi4sbs5LHLWqVo-gME104uNNweO0Ucs1h8gHoj6pCpX4WzRUUKp/s400/18a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868304296146786" /></a><br />our stockings...</div><div>this glass knob hanging "shelf" thing-a-ma-jig has served us well over the years. it's perfect for the 4 of us.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rVQ3erFu2sgBKqO8MTUjWX6OC6gwKkSZnAINV_uu83aW4CA6aG5FWjmCzVsxhsXbvlArcePZh8BVmKI78Wg1-VuWJY8qoSRktN3RuNUlVZwGME31f8SdQcntiDOtSGZMJT5zFWTFQUmI/s1600/19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rVQ3erFu2sgBKqO8MTUjWX6OC6gwKkSZnAINV_uu83aW4CA6aG5FWjmCzVsxhsXbvlArcePZh8BVmKI78Wg1-VuWJY8qoSRktN3RuNUlVZwGME31f8SdQcntiDOtSGZMJT5zFWTFQUmI/s400/19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868297410356818" /></a><br />each girl has a rhinestone initial clipped to their stocking for easy identification and no arguing about who's is who's.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm-XBRY5a9QCfRVXgX6k6dV0T-Ncb6OJ0yQnYZ_STbhHtYOveIY-96EvB6GnMXwJ7_nzTcTLUjdwePyBVkmFMvQfKO_SSclGc3GE3Vh6wYAIWIkSbABe3zs7a1lOC-ucB747I4MxvlM0q/s1600/19b.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm-XBRY5a9QCfRVXgX6k6dV0T-Ncb6OJ0yQnYZ_STbhHtYOveIY-96EvB6GnMXwJ7_nzTcTLUjdwePyBVkmFMvQfKO_SSclGc3GE3Vh6wYAIWIkSbABe3zs7a1lOC-ucB747I4MxvlM0q/s400/19b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677868292682276674" /></a><br />yep...getting close!! (i think by the time this posts, it will be about 28 days to go...)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDV3D4spXyNzacmS8bhc4YjHJ_1w5HUOmGkft8UTcWdDr5pwmwNfn42Tvk7a9rn9chtMCodq6k0gxK7c1kewJYiw23l-Y9RoeVdty_8CWBbim54IctpP1m-INyO-mUyP4zy2fem6dHIaF/s1600/20.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDV3D4spXyNzacmS8bhc4YjHJ_1w5HUOmGkft8UTcWdDr5pwmwNfn42Tvk7a9rn9chtMCodq6k0gxK7c1kewJYiw23l-Y9RoeVdty_8CWBbim54IctpP1m-INyO-mUyP4zy2fem6dHIaF/s400/20.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677867514811319202" /></a><br />a bunch of random stockings i've collected. the onlyone that actually belongs to me is the "aja" stocking. you can't see them in the pic, but the 2 stockings on the end say "shawn" and "steven". do i know shawn and steven? nope...sure don't. but their stockings were too cool to pass up.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix48aXkEP3eZ4zKyKaeCUT1GFHRGoH7K6q8zpMkiozQM_ljFt3_XdcMm5fmIipjYSNDse5v-kBesF0vhgMEJfT_Q-3LAtHHNRFw5Pt4w6TP3kflzBEo2nsp-LrI5lqDqUWDoNnj8wojRgG/s1600/22.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix48aXkEP3eZ4zKyKaeCUT1GFHRGoH7K6q8zpMkiozQM_ljFt3_XdcMm5fmIipjYSNDse5v-kBesF0vhgMEJfT_Q-3LAtHHNRFw5Pt4w6TP3kflzBEo2nsp-LrI5lqDqUWDoNnj8wojRgG/s400/22.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677867510450036802" /></a><br />christmas card holder...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI17QA0DT2KUNO9nFH1N2XmhgI2iIsvg-rbcjkZi1jpSrOg9MDQuIaovFnfTYS5aptfBcyg6w_07yhL8pVKesLRxrgOm1zNKtAci2w1hwju_nR2ckYC_HLoyFdGPJ5D4zqdJLxwNFrURi/s1600/23.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI17QA0DT2KUNO9nFH1N2XmhgI2iIsvg-rbcjkZi1jpSrOg9MDQuIaovFnfTYS5aptfBcyg6w_07yhL8pVKesLRxrgOm1zNKtAci2w1hwju_nR2ckYC_HLoyFdGPJ5D4zqdJLxwNFrURi/s400/23.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677867502307052962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tV7Jaexg12xcNfoa3c6I1S1oqbn_ifRADRchUuVvV6CxxxXDe4k_XEn3KY5NnluxpRX1EgeU6-7o8MD1X8XM3HbL9luawfg-sAW8IlnEXRydtnJT85mew4m_J4h95CnmVKhmCSKdRKYX/s1600/25.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tV7Jaexg12xcNfoa3c6I1S1oqbn_ifRADRchUuVvV6CxxxXDe4k_XEn3KY5NnluxpRX1EgeU6-7o8MD1X8XM3HbL9luawfg-sAW8IlnEXRydtnJT85mew4m_J4h95CnmVKhmCSKdRKYX/s400/25.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677867497428147474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUUfb2yI3sk9qiis7q7Pkt_h8QNQVnWLuEBmBPtNMRbUuIy8j_Nd4KQnAVJro2_gmb-h0hVNlGm9DlL1l8Zh9JxcP9ZLCg1ktvuLxvxhljL3SZav7g7s2Zbqn2XvqhdfbMQFFho2yOf3T/s1600/26.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUUfb2yI3sk9qiis7q7Pkt_h8QNQVnWLuEBmBPtNMRbUuIy8j_Nd4KQnAVJro2_gmb-h0hVNlGm9DlL1l8Zh9JxcP9ZLCg1ktvuLxvxhljL3SZav7g7s2Zbqn2XvqhdfbMQFFho2yOf3T/s400/26.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677867493881499826" /></a><br />bedroom...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnTmVPIknCN81CjhH1TUUqofXZuqe3SZQZc2V2N3KZlCidmtqLOHE9KVrRlF2gYOmDU3hatQUIaK8rqR5M_6qgPEdzp-GZ57DIqhtrY3uamtUls_qa6B-OzV7BjtKWAv8oGKDpoQF2oNW/s1600/28.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnTmVPIknCN81CjhH1TUUqofXZuqe3SZQZc2V2N3KZlCidmtqLOHE9KVrRlF2gYOmDU3hatQUIaK8rqR5M_6qgPEdzp-GZ57DIqhtrY3uamtUls_qa6B-OzV7BjtKWAv8oGKDpoQF2oNW/s400/28.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677866639416568098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy3a9HKQC8LHXx8eI1dB0PxH3SxFKk4QHutKq24OdNBkFQq55fjmqxLe4ZQovLlBSm8diZUey5XWAfYTmfK8s1ML6pFKUyYHWECitiEpXzMlg0cOncUSGxKhGW5WsOgJvtn0kLg9Uj_HR/s1600/29.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy3a9HKQC8LHXx8eI1dB0PxH3SxFKk4QHutKq24OdNBkFQq55fjmqxLe4ZQovLlBSm8diZUey5XWAfYTmfK8s1ML6pFKUyYHWECitiEpXzMlg0cOncUSGxKhGW5WsOgJvtn0kLg9Uj_HR/s400/29.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677866641942051090" /></a><br /><br />and finally, i had to include these pics. we have these large, heavy, cracked-glass ornaments that i don't put out every year. my hubby seems to like them, and told me that he wanted them out this year. i told him he had to find something to do with them.</div><div><br /></div><div>so...he decided to go all martha stewart and make some sort of arrangement with the balls and some leftover floral picks.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_aK0sM2_bh1zr_1hZEDwlFjLFUhXG3ajDy-NkY3530OSrECOcEzCQ88xi9EEI48SnXnRUHeEjiUyyt_h2G_JBP05R1zwM45ehLg3nWmhogv_ZwqKgDRRjmhseEAhMLqvNWLmNN0aWRkR/s1600/30.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_aK0sM2_bh1zr_1hZEDwlFjLFUhXG3ajDy-NkY3530OSrECOcEzCQ88xi9EEI48SnXnRUHeEjiUyyt_h2G_JBP05R1zwM45ehLg3nWmhogv_ZwqKgDRRjmhseEAhMLqvNWLmNN0aWRkR/s400/30.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677866628627394722" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRLzMldFMI9Dgd853cj2pJ32IgN-PEIo2g57F4zsULN1jfE_b3sXE5SFN4aRDjAtZDxD-o460Nq4GOnlx3Q9Inw8D3YefWNcO3hqc_6g98M9hE556GX37hSVl9eo2CYE9FdGpxpENn-6x/s1600/31.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRLzMldFMI9Dgd853cj2pJ32IgN-PEIo2g57F4zsULN1jfE_b3sXE5SFN4aRDjAtZDxD-o460Nq4GOnlx3Q9Inw8D3YefWNcO3hqc_6g98M9hE556GX37hSVl9eo2CYE9FdGpxpENn-6x/s400/31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677866629411860226" /></a><br /></div><div>i give him points for effort...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrT_0Yjw1KJacXhPe2Vazs4rCRB27B5JZ0JSBjVJOG6dsG_BCkQiKzudBF3xhGP2_OIqi5Lb0dxmn7W-ZjBTI42F0fbHcJFkhMXb9cGqMMZ6Eii2ynWmL3fb1nDm8zGRRuiTIRIbsP6Jpg/s1600/32.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrT_0Yjw1KJacXhPe2Vazs4rCRB27B5JZ0JSBjVJOG6dsG_BCkQiKzudBF3xhGP2_OIqi5Lb0dxmn7W-ZjBTI42F0fbHcJFkhMXb9cGqMMZ6Eii2ynWmL3fb1nDm8zGRRuiTIRIbsP6Jpg/s400/32.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677866622358550402" /></a></div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-14504488386757117272011-11-22T16:48:00.000-05:002011-11-22T16:48:00.405-05:00holiday home tour...<div>sneak peeks...</div><div><br /></div><div>if you know me at all, you know that i am absolutely, positively, one million percent, head over heels, madly in love with christmas.</div><div>i adore it! it is by far my favorite time of year. i always put my decor out early (this year it was 2 weeks ago...lol) and i savor it throughout the holiday season.</div><div><br /></div><div>here are a few sneaks of what you'll find around my house.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yUBpEzN30tIlY35__DM4yRmqHgQUQvhR1fRbAAcMRnI3nvq2ByfKsfHQcpo7mPNtJSpJucsaS1_2RhcpgGk2q7gZuB8JMKACDRmLNr_B0JoQh3vmoA7hoUmO4BceytUD_FqO1Lm9fPEp/s1600/1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: right;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yUBpEzN30tIlY35__DM4yRmqHgQUQvhR1fRbAAcMRnI3nvq2ByfKsfHQcpo7mPNtJSpJucsaS1_2RhcpgGk2q7gZuB8JMKACDRmLNr_B0JoQh3vmoA7hoUmO4BceytUD_FqO1Lm9fPEp/s400/1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677864774484924162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sf_5nN3yDnP_-gcIo-blv14Pulz13fB7qXlIMI1r8WD8aIFChHex8g_l-Dp3ao0fOsn2AveEr99kQljdHz5IUicqUAgglLx5Wt6NUBqlawc_imw7Xu7N452PcC1Abr68Psw4zGdByqmN/s1600/2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sf_5nN3yDnP_-gcIo-blv14Pulz13fB7qXlIMI1r8WD8aIFChHex8g_l-Dp3ao0fOsn2AveEr99kQljdHz5IUicqUAgglLx5Wt6NUBqlawc_imw7Xu7N452PcC1Abr68Psw4zGdByqmN/s400/2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677864774201503106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQryxiH3CZRea73DlkeVI7dW3DFDvEazvvV3bCztt-IQ5jqluyCNGZwmwpkfZj8DwaAspp4LftJ-IUszd9wsaDXWdwQfLzrPZWpZHtukXAn601LvwBipV8fg3GWAB0xg6BI2hPOSSaj5t/s1600/3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQryxiH3CZRea73DlkeVI7dW3DFDvEazvvV3bCztt-IQ5jqluyCNGZwmwpkfZj8DwaAspp4LftJ-IUszd9wsaDXWdwQfLzrPZWpZHtukXAn601LvwBipV8fg3GWAB0xg6BI2hPOSSaj5t/s400/3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677864763449139442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANU-QwaSh_LParK2seducyj1UpdRtVIDkcr8u6wIlRmGRc4Oz_o_eLZtLQ7iqEtLEbcNMHbcJ1tGeQtpu8glhIgwylT3oTcSSGPIKvbh9jiOygJjAD_HSkY-dpMqycQ_UEP1VEaSm6sQa/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANU-QwaSh_LParK2seducyj1UpdRtVIDkcr8u6wIlRmGRc4Oz_o_eLZtLQ7iqEtLEbcNMHbcJ1tGeQtpu8glhIgwylT3oTcSSGPIKvbh9jiOygJjAD_HSkY-dpMqycQ_UEP1VEaSm6sQa/s400/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677864760882985554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-5aE4oKn12OVu3MNPRh7ogEkW5Zp6rkrgXjo8YNF-6lnOugSiVLs5YndD9su9sM9Sn-H9ccvY7dXp6RE6ZNA7BUaMgatbKGsSPjwfY00m9jbrmiXf5vpUE0P4hTDGFZkPzq8wroZoWKM/s1600/5.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: right;display: block; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-hvEWalld1WmPim2-v4nmQ_rqdxO9NV7D2ovk8kjK9GQ9hKPhqGyz68VyyGC5vIUsgPWCLuTD4QkPjYCd5MrhAzOo8fs71vpr71OAzWuhlBHI2RRdT7RIfP9zjPAOYhTj3AIdvRQULhF/s400/9.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677863854056153346" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhe-dzhmZUkL7UezRvrPMqpHpxPPnUlQHvOEkh56JUYIq9k5p8HFOZ9OjUxH5Z86Ncs9lIzA0xiGSMHoY3XWUKZZuWq6GtSk65nKiwp5lRgiO44IlOa8ZXv51aC2Em05psYvNUWbaeAMp/s1600/10.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhe-dzhmZUkL7UezRvrPMqpHpxPPnUlQHvOEkh56JUYIq9k5p8HFOZ9OjUxH5Z86Ncs9lIzA0xiGSMHoY3XWUKZZuWq6GtSk65nKiwp5lRgiO44IlOa8ZXv51aC2Em05psYvNUWbaeAMp/s400/10.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677863848615112706" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">check back this weekend for the full post.</div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-65825635598997896932011-11-09T17:28:00.000-05:002011-11-09T17:28:00.516-05:00raking...<div>leaves?</div><div>screw that!</div><div>just use the leafblower...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42vrNCNF0QbCxgLaAd85vbOi8-CZno_RnVuryygkFqWHbYiVNo_sq9hTW8XMOaC6DEmX4oup0hrdOiklmDyEATdhLxE8nB4XgJwPQTLdgNpfhDWAWrUtyDZpFWecJMrjxuE-5c-vv27xc/s1600/2011-11-04_1320437984.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Bd61hAp2EPO6oWKaOSXlFk9gEpEqanoo4CvNmnQWsjLqmyzJ9DZh7X-Olsoj8QPZoURiACVjuN7bS_c_49moBWRdT6zHg3smeQ_BwgI_mtZ3SsjfPORki9Od5URgaWxC1h_Ng_-z-Zkh/s400/2011-11-04_1320438170.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671951912592410994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC24TOgEnBp34CyLAR3pLx6TlQf_xoReYq9vZKLsLBk-KfCUtIePdpqPdcV8kldDkzNW8oXd9ten_8U7XOAvTp9Wb5Ou9xWS19cWliLsRATpRwCviBSmzC7jv9W4URijkaY-YZ7SMjqfi/s1600/2011-11-04_1320438708.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC24TOgEnBp34CyLAR3pLx6TlQf_xoReYq9vZKLsLBk-KfCUtIePdpqPdcV8kldDkzNW8oXd9ten_8U7XOAvTp9Wb5Ou9xWS19cWliLsRATpRwCviBSmzC7jv9W4URijkaY-YZ7SMjqfi/s400/2011-11-04_1320438708.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671951909156520098" /></a>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-2893184962276547062011-11-07T16:58:00.000-05:002011-11-07T16:58:00.355-05:00fall happenings...<div>i know...<div>i'm a bit late, but, what are you gonna do?</div><div>here's a rundown of all of our fall & halloween happenings...</div></div><div><br /></div><div>we hosted our 6th annual haywood hayride...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL1N3ktmnYenh6KhizkQWD2Ks5MLHSGVI6ZldWFdXsWvrZJq88ju7wZD71YvaMyxVmo30O4zwHjIze6sDNAjXJPOhIg-oiBCP8-Z2aWVMNSR2De4Wh31mCrWAxNzaLBr17qCxlFPgifFx/s1600/DSC_0473.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElbVyFUmLh9bqoCxvSXhO3hCfuAn7W4_zH2WPCsVk9pvrHPozYh1jyDV-vHNSNOj0fMjxVTzsjibFD2rTAbboMGP7r94IoLmQsxGFOWi2TtD8_3tb_aWjED0-08NKGKFz_JVvrTnNYvJ9/s400/DSC_0529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671946949982893842" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gCcZs-AZdameptvR3etrz9GBTrSGUHFVbvksQ5bzIWrRcM0gUJolNABF5qdZ3NLLAkict3iK1gzv-vCuvcbZdOJQNhBx-ZxCQkl6_hSTcDI9cAvWV21ROR-A5gLUukeharqeTvhh0lTk/s1600/DSC_0531.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gCcZs-AZdameptvR3etrz9GBTrSGUHFVbvksQ5bzIWrRcM0gUJolNABF5qdZ3NLLAkict3iK1gzv-vCuvcbZdOJQNhBx-ZxCQkl6_hSTcDI9cAvWV21ROR-A5gLUukeharqeTvhh0lTk/s400/DSC_0531.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671946949166223058" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div>and for the first time in about 3 years, we actually got around to carving the pumpkins we picked on our hayride.<div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbMTIgW7DHlTtuh73J-EtdWhg0ZkJo9w0SN5VZ9vG8qZrh_ljmHcNW1KFrhbdQl64ik2alrX5UeSthJfUqzzEyvJ4PzUPtxrVVotHYQmOmmcQd2aQCrX-_pzWkPYTsEgRa1fnO58kuWIJ/s1600/2011-10-23_1319392397.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbMTIgW7DHlTtuh73J-EtdWhg0ZkJo9w0SN5VZ9vG8qZrh_ljmHcNW1KFrhbdQl64ik2alrX5UeSthJfUqzzEyvJ4PzUPtxrVVotHYQmOmmcQd2aQCrX-_pzWkPYTsEgRa1fnO58kuWIJ/s400/2011-10-23_1319392397.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671946178728232706" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9oY8oUxSYfQsyCrtyKOsK_VEiUGDx_OrKvwWPyDQiGBB03QaiNkKTSJpi7Z0P4E3Bp13vUCs1bnUUz0PxuqEIujBDqOTojh27kKybMD6HJTy-1wZDF0LoAUK45pnFBFhK-1-BA7aF6Ux/s1600/2011-10-23_1319393613.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9oY8oUxSYfQsyCrtyKOsK_VEiUGDx_OrKvwWPyDQiGBB03QaiNkKTSJpi7Z0P4E3Bp13vUCs1bnUUz0PxuqEIujBDqOTojh27kKybMD6HJTy-1wZDF0LoAUK45pnFBFhK-1-BA7aF6Ux/s400/2011-10-23_1319393613.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671946174830677938" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7Vt2ht3YGociEqkyDQkslaQvE2o4hRBVyYgQ3C8dBR93NfYK8PbeCW1NidXOpqPB4KMU4b77H6LYkSS28tWZFNfAiKEWbbjZfISfqPkCsItxDjQxPCNWSOe2KF9viHjkLPwg-ZnCcEDj/s1600/2011-10-23_1319392734.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7Vt2ht3YGociEqkyDQkslaQvE2o4hRBVyYgQ3C8dBR93NfYK8PbeCW1NidXOpqPB4KMU4b77H6LYkSS28tWZFNfAiKEWbbjZfISfqPkCsItxDjQxPCNWSOe2KF9viHjkLPwg-ZnCcEDj/s400/2011-10-23_1319392734.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671946173238465458" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvM727N_3i556F3S1jIzqKo5dS3Nn5b_P2S_1u70PHpo0yFDDLMV2bdwu4-xLwja_ZVvHr574dn03CLqsJTmYKCaRWfqJjBfNWPJfR8SfJnDBARAXpphLwyXVqrdAS-207iyDNpXmCvyb/s1600/2011-10-23_1319393974.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvM727N_3i556F3S1jIzqKo5dS3Nn5b_P2S_1u70PHpo0yFDDLMV2bdwu4-xLwja_ZVvHr574dn03CLqsJTmYKCaRWfqJjBfNWPJfR8SfJnDBARAXpphLwyXVqrdAS-207iyDNpXmCvyb/s400/2011-10-23_1319393974.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671946171948727922" /></a>this is not one of our pumpkins. it's my cousin's. pumpkin "pi". love it!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0Rd_TU1tcBUA1NmngK3S5mZyD7CFuOSWbt6SnJMGk6o0McycbC0N-XEsCXFnPpoJ1mkuCUb7B4xyQo-aAMp3rGTR7fFTmoTdzzwjlBGBZNaW48Bxrb4SzO6dSIIGQivQz9ZWbPRDSakG/s1600/2011-10-31_1320098375.jpg" style="text-align: left; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0Rd_TU1tcBUA1NmngK3S5mZyD7CFuOSWbt6SnJMGk6o0McycbC0N-XEsCXFnPpoJ1mkuCUb7B4xyQo-aAMp3rGTR7fFTmoTdzzwjlBGBZNaW48Bxrb4SzO6dSIIGQivQz9ZWbPRDSakG/s400/2011-10-31_1320098375.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671946165944374674" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">a couple shots of our decor. we had a lot of halloween decor out, but this is the only one i took a pic of.</div><div style="text-align: left;">i'm bad about snapping those random, around-the-house-every-day pictures. i need to get better. especially since it's so easy with my phone.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepmj2_iS8CZdqb7K5B8O-kSvIOYckSSWZQnWksekQZdnJ3IDIcK1L6tx0DpX-YD1qc0fhChA78VW5qDfVVRnkz16V9Htj0Gt9xKOGhifY4SnjGLzZL72h5mMwC9MC2Hgm34fC3RLlfTRk/s400/2011-11-04_1320439027.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945880147299986" /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">and i know this is not halloween, but it was put up in october. i am absolutely, head-over-heels, madly in love with christmas! can't wait for it! we are never home for thanksgiving. so my poor little house doesn't even know it exists. it just thinks christmas trees naturally follow pumpkins.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz_FhC_o3KDFuk9SsE1BOSkHfT6M4EQhY8ojviFwrL2nmDc2drUsF71rhUk4F9EoRFL9WZQvAIauz5LNCMPZ7OQpTcJU_nbxfXeMjL4wWWafNYDHqVhoxerqUy1PwuUCKgIu4PwZbzT9s/s1600/2011-10-29_1319903899.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz_FhC_o3KDFuk9SsE1BOSkHfT6M4EQhY8ojviFwrL2nmDc2drUsF71rhUk4F9EoRFL9WZQvAIauz5LNCMPZ7OQpTcJU_nbxfXeMjL4wWWafNYDHqVhoxerqUy1PwuUCKgIu4PwZbzT9s/s400/2011-10-29_1319903899.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945874107615234" /></a><br /></div><div>we took the girls to foy's...a local strip of halloween stores. costumes, grim reaper on stilts, haunted ambulances, free candy...what more could they ask for?</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfZnZhhs9cii86_aEYu1jTGnKZFb2wWmzavLVGHqtjLn7o5QSSG8cwzIdgQc7W42ZOvqhOxXvVebEwHP0NZdQM-YNlkO8mejal2nmWJJ2F3mJNBzFB8k3pUVFnsXQxW-_xzlILbMfE9pF/s1600/2011-10-29_1319852107.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfZnZhhs9cii86_aEYu1jTGnKZFb2wWmzavLVGHqtjLn7o5QSSG8cwzIdgQc7W42ZOvqhOxXvVebEwHP0NZdQM-YNlkO8mejal2nmWJJ2F3mJNBzFB8k3pUVFnsXQxW-_xzlILbMfE9pF/s400/2011-10-29_1319852107.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945873747779154" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>and of course, trick-or-treating. the girls almost always pick the same or very similar costumes. ashlyn was a spider bride and jaden was a spider witch.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGcCCLnkgJXZl_LvZ6N-qScn43kwgqi63uASQxXRrxUBpfpumlTz5htJKv63oeH37wyMWLyz70wZLEER33zcQbYeNhlaCDD3v2WYydX1NEMYAd1SLtw82JoBNJm7tT0-RRxIuCfo1nVx-/s1600/2011-10-31_1320097364.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGcCCLnkgJXZl_LvZ6N-qScn43kwgqi63uASQxXRrxUBpfpumlTz5htJKv63oeH37wyMWLyz70wZLEER33zcQbYeNhlaCDD3v2WYydX1NEMYAd1SLtw82JoBNJm7tT0-RRxIuCfo1nVx-/s400/2011-10-31_1320097364.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945870214238882" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBB5ZXdHLfrJic4gBERAHsNHXjiCuC8kRnNqhsrlnvhhNIqBaFUH6CDOSAHryLI36TBOToYk8-4OCwC9T7TMbDiWWv8xjIX34PEz1kcHxYTqbs0dPMG4BbR0Sl0bvAz99XZ1KQRR5YicL/s1600/2011-10-31_1320097615.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBB5ZXdHLfrJic4gBERAHsNHXjiCuC8kRnNqhsrlnvhhNIqBaFUH6CDOSAHryLI36TBOToYk8-4OCwC9T7TMbDiWWv8xjIX34PEz1kcHxYTqbs0dPMG4BbR0Sl0bvAz99XZ1KQRR5YicL/s400/2011-10-31_1320097615.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945868639987250" /></a><br /></div><div>we live in a tiny neighborhood...like 8 houses. and we have the only kids. so our first stop, before heading to my aunt's neighborhood, is the next door neighbor's house. they buy candy just for the girls and love seeing them every year.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdQCgEuecj5vYLO_hCnQCiTsht57PJlGtAFHGtmEMDu3-HsAxzAo3h_iI2-fbbrJrdrv5Lz7WO3YteGFlzgseL6Ijo-EpWbg8kXKfg9OmZI1Vk3W3eJBA1iTbo0F5oBAqIsxY1M2CyeQd/s1600/DSC_0005.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdQCgEuecj5vYLO_hCnQCiTsht57PJlGtAFHGtmEMDu3-HsAxzAo3h_iI2-fbbrJrdrv5Lz7WO3YteGFlzgseL6Ijo-EpWbg8kXKfg9OmZI1Vk3W3eJBA1iTbo0F5oBAqIsxY1M2CyeQd/s400/DSC_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945158616731906" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsEWbKW20ps6C1NKcHMwgPkCzQ9aGF0Z7cU4b1v2R_9OfSo5GA0AEoTRkXdA0_suboaaQWCxV-mpqND-NQ-v__jRYwcwmihINellRg_gl8gZAwSD0dPlao7jO2V_G26MjzzHGI7H29lco/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsEWbKW20ps6C1NKcHMwgPkCzQ9aGF0Z7cU4b1v2R_9OfSo5GA0AEoTRkXdA0_suboaaQWCxV-mpqND-NQ-v__jRYwcwmihINellRg_gl8gZAwSD0dPlao7jO2V_G26MjzzHGI7H29lco/s400/DSC_0012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945157194721970" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbx6AbpP-i3hvtB_AKkxuRY4AIm2VWKEYZF_YWQg7G5y_rAWUVifc_c6wiqwkbVTlXYKu9_HVF02BmwVs3iyPNgg-qO4_o7MG93wjCTVaaZY3slcvXQBZgup2pf7BSSaBN91R7U7UJlK0/s1600/DSC_0018.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbx6AbpP-i3hvtB_AKkxuRY4AIm2VWKEYZF_YWQg7G5y_rAWUVifc_c6wiqwkbVTlXYKu9_HVF02BmwVs3iyPNgg-qO4_o7MG93wjCTVaaZY3slcvXQBZgup2pf7BSSaBN91R7U7UJlK0/s400/DSC_0018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945146702359186" /></a><br /></div><div>then, we hit my aunt's neighborhood. this is the crew that went out to score candy. (that's my aunt in the toy story alien costume) the 2 big kids took the rest of the kiddos around while we hung out in my aunt's driveway with all her neighbors and passed out candy. loved it.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Fnn63KdlxpS1RBZBW_NNB4PBhj9h162P-kx0rSGe1GCEK9wv4BjBV1gIn0tutMLujQviWgCvQNzo-c26yQ4t4WwvaopzpOCxA95r7M5jtcLNBlujPRuxWMMr09h2uOJwLM_8EVYwZwxh/s1600/2011-10-31_1320098970.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Fnn63KdlxpS1RBZBW_NNB4PBhj9h162P-kx0rSGe1GCEK9wv4BjBV1gIn0tutMLujQviWgCvQNzo-c26yQ4t4WwvaopzpOCxA95r7M5jtcLNBlujPRuxWMMr09h2uOJwLM_8EVYwZwxh/s400/2011-10-31_1320098970.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945145026000594" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>oh, did i mention i'm a candy sorter? and...all this and only one bag of peanut m&m's?!? wth!?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUXOWD9OcH4pcaTw_b9elZbr3KiBLSf0LJCKkKE6MobHeqyOABpm7eFfaT6T3OJRDi0uobhPHe4tlq9YDC8X8hvV2Og0RHCxHcFc-Xl7UyR3TYAZTl0STfhTiizlrpVdFLPeoR9FZ7S6f/s1600/2011-11-01_1320187729.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUXOWD9OcH4pcaTw_b9elZbr3KiBLSf0LJCKkKE6MobHeqyOABpm7eFfaT6T3OJRDi0uobhPHe4tlq9YDC8X8hvV2Og0RHCxHcFc-Xl7UyR3TYAZTl0STfhTiizlrpVdFLPeoR9FZ7S6f/s400/2011-11-01_1320187729.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671945142371380562" /></a></div></div></div></div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-90371488220361653482011-11-06T12:31:00.000-05:002011-11-06T13:33:47.655-05:00phew...<div style="text-align: left;">it's been a while. i've been busy busy busy.</div><div style="text-align: left;">about a month back, i got to do my first newborn mini shoot.</div><div style="text-align: left;">isn't she scrumptious?!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8hgqTx6uEM-xcntrPdpQt2FFuCs8Z6__voPirn2BPt7xaLo2Q-h2nco9C6uQtb3vTtilqSCGWb4wcoyq576CkPTLeTlmIAq2r7FrFYaLj3UkB0k8xo9HgmussQQqYAhRfuS3jdaD18cP/s400/DSC_0113.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671939592399507506" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwBSM_bT1uc-Nc_7D6tVK3W2l0Fi_ozMhJtVTK-Q2GtIOMyNf_svy96juHVKqEAMj4slE0sxVwHw0nCEIeTREc6Xs0G1OZVFMT_f7BY5aOQTrs1UtPImXhzUQc3a9sy4BLkwQEPjaozk7/s1600/DSC_0133bwcinema.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxd92bVRdiWaV5rGkGufoj0zL06m5Hapd8IHJwVDGURLgS2cK0YS2w9WN-i2BK2GwTkRNoeyMUL87zTG-0zvCJ7qRX_RuT4EQJxvzss46rMn9gnnLK_0WzPauH67_sxoA8j01SdOIm4TK8/s400/DSC_0149sixties.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671939575038540178" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyDxPZ0dl4rbIwOQj00BQEnZM_ErL3J7XCDJygnOvjBuuouQWOFzf7Myx_KqtYJ1pEUqx0mL_dSdzAUrB4q-usksccz3OSUNUH8qIHmUYS7fIhnamePpoPetQqy1l7nxBke4-7axzJ43l/s1600/DSC_0182bwcinema.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyDxPZ0dl4rbIwOQj00BQEnZM_ErL3J7XCDJygnOvjBuuouQWOFzf7Myx_KqtYJ1pEUqx0mL_dSdzAUrB4q-usksccz3OSUNUH8qIHmUYS7fIhnamePpoPetQqy1l7nxBke4-7axzJ43l/s400/DSC_0182bwcinema.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671939573237387922" /></a><div>lots more to come.</div><div>planning a fun fall post to catch you up on our fall and halloween happenings.</div><div>check back soon.</div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-32536044904362554772011-10-09T11:19:00.000-04:002011-10-09T11:19:00.114-04:00i told you...<div>i'd be back.<div>took a little longer than i expected. </div><div>we've been hit with the cold and flu season. hard.</div><div><br /></div><div>this summer, i did a senior photo shoot for my cousin.</div><div>with the start of school and adjusting to a new grade, etc., it's taken me some time to edit her pics.</div><div>but, she's amazing and patient...and beautiful!</div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VvxfwCVUqmupzWrVB2WdmgG6xchNMHsd2EafhUp0r5Q6d-XL3YMilOJ7du7xmCukkyXNSQ736TmeLnUoKXybpsX6lf28Zresxaxs6CRlnBnyqJ54pn2-byrAXeQ8LYCvNVAiPrVOhPgX/s1600/DSC_0325bwcinemaname.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUTMR5wFPaeyKl3KzOBoP_Z4T9cdydpNBCaJr5iqFDM7OZKwpEXtiCV2BfpDTgBCi_psoy6nESX3dXrev1NBwydj0SQfwmFCp3UXGW0SCoIcwF_flbBAKckbZwy0KtNjCOc1IKMC2SnhY/s400/DSC_0481cinema.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661327782949433362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxBpDf-89QroovRNRshgPH-tjRSj44XGH3GZIkqUzESeUa6_khrTbBvnuCFlNLE47k1JuJlHWcAdiGFNmiZuDuAiFcrVgloJmtismKGYQ7iDeUEmjyWYV9yWaeeBm_iLY9af-cE9WVlwB/s1600/DSC_0496bwcinemaname.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxBpDf-89QroovRNRshgPH-tjRSj44XGH3GZIkqUzESeUa6_khrTbBvnuCFlNLE47k1JuJlHWcAdiGFNmiZuDuAiFcrVgloJmtismKGYQ7iDeUEmjyWYV9yWaeeBm_iLY9af-cE9WVlwB/s400/DSC_0496bwcinemaname.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661327772069595570" /></a><div><br /></div><div>i'm still working on the pics from my first newborn shoot. hope to have some of those posted early next week.</div><div><br /></div><div>and, are you ready for this????</div><div>are you sitting down????</div><div>i have plans to scrapbook! yeah...you heard me!</div><div>i also have some fun christmas projects in mind.</div><div>so check back soon for some fun goodies!</div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-35138291618980744762011-10-02T21:34:00.000-04:002011-10-02T21:38:00.831-04:00i'll be baaack...soon. <div>i promise.</div><div><br /></div><div>i've been soooo busy with work. trying to acclimate myself to a new grade...a new curriculum.</div><div>tyring to keep my head above water.</div><div><br /></div><div>but, i'm starting to slip into a routine.</div><div><br /></div><div>i even found time last weekend to clean my scrap room.</div><div>and...i did my first newborn photo shoot. just a little mini session 'cus the little missy was a bit fussy, but i'm excited to share some of those pics.</div><div><br /></div><div>just keep checking back. i'll have some new goodies for you before you know it.</div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-5899996014110086592011-08-30T20:51:00.001-04:002011-08-31T19:10:56.428-04:00we partied...<div>like rock stars!!</div><div>
<br /></div><div>(alert! very very very long post with lots and lots and lots of photos)</div><div>
<br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ashlyn's</span> 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> birthday party was her big "theme" party. we had to do something on the same scale as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">jaden's</span> princess party.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>we made invitations and asked our guests (kids mostly...but adults were also encouraged) to dress like a rock star!!!</div><div>
<br /></div><div>the night before the party, we laid out all of our goodies and assembled "swag bags"...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7UUujD0GNfi6-Br8qzPd8d_2DbbLAcMNDzgVDNw9RLMQxtYiBwJm9ct3ZQrP74Bj0DborDXnOvQVA8-NHFcpAOoxiaeX-rOpWfD4gg_vP9Fh4NCQr92bKpzVXBCZKtodNs78Qr5ujSk8/s1600/2011-08-19_1313794177.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7UUujD0GNfi6-Br8qzPd8d_2DbbLAcMNDzgVDNw9RLMQxtYiBwJm9ct3ZQrP74Bj0DborDXnOvQVA8-NHFcpAOoxiaeX-rOpWfD4gg_vP9Fh4NCQr92bKpzVXBCZKtodNs78Qr5ujSk8/s320/2011-08-19_1313794177.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647155372431923410" /></a>this is what our rock stars received upon arrival. it's okay...you can be jealous.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjCgosbpJCp-B1Pym2mAYX_cKJ9owmSzQgGLvgcxMrXUmji-kz_h-EL5SXOitibxkxuEyk_5DDTF9RTh1nVRAIl-VrfGSz2yVIPrk30kwWZofbHgS3xACKp0TFb7meowP8eOdwqRIFuxF/s1600/2011-08-19_1313797464.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjCgosbpJCp-B1Pym2mAYX_cKJ9owmSzQgGLvgcxMrXUmji-kz_h-EL5SXOitibxkxuEyk_5DDTF9RTh1nVRAIl-VrfGSz2yVIPrk30kwWZofbHgS3xACKp0TFb7meowP8eOdwqRIFuxF/s320/2011-08-19_1313797464.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647155363611404978" /></a>
<br /><div>swag bags & the signature canvas.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIcSlPNII7Exm4n-HoOEFLv_Ejx4B5LpV1i5RL0NxFBYh5pIPY3XcnwjrhVlOp-CR2yM1BJypmJnP08uBPny1HkmoevmEnCK-ndbXwS9-QHxD545hWAIdpVo7BcKmhno4wvGf1I73gbHn/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIcSlPNII7Exm4n-HoOEFLv_Ejx4B5LpV1i5RL0NxFBYh5pIPY3XcnwjrhVlOp-CR2yM1BJypmJnP08uBPny1HkmoevmEnCK-ndbXwS9-QHxD545hWAIdpVo7BcKmhno4wvGf1I73gbHn/s320/DSC_0061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647155362685928002" /></a></div><div>of course, in order to be a rock star, you need a microphone, mesh gloves, a guitar, and colorful hair. here's the birthday girl all decked out.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yFclxffMtobC3-DGY61RIfmkzu51euvffcpfucmcV11r3XmnPW6lxuVcrw09nnsS5W58F-n-YRIihd2EKCTflWSdhjV6iPWs6WAVz2E5yN2qlL4tQZ2gn2Hxt16rAb5ieLf_MCUO270e/s1600/2011-08-20_1313867997.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yFclxffMtobC3-DGY61RIfmkzu51euvffcpfucmcV11r3XmnPW6lxuVcrw09nnsS5W58F-n-YRIihd2EKCTflWSdhjV6iPWs6WAVz2E5yN2qlL4tQZ2gn2Hxt16rAb5ieLf_MCUO270e/s400/2011-08-20_1313867997.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647154957408838690" /></a>i just snipped some scrapbook jewel strips for face <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bling</span>.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgLaTByrpuho_mB4nO5xEOKiWXHzFUPey1_80aJZY2g-HyxpBFZzHCOY5pOnrBOXCCYp5E1Kr1bI_hnrIekhHMyiZZnXvLrl5fDaZ3uPYABfGJ24Ru8mKsbpQvERpskjHFY0QyHXiO0PY/s1600/2011-08-20_1313868105.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgLaTByrpuho_mB4nO5xEOKiWXHzFUPey1_80aJZY2g-HyxpBFZzHCOY5pOnrBOXCCYp5E1Kr1bI_hnrIekhHMyiZZnXvLrl5fDaZ3uPYABfGJ24Ru8mKsbpQvERpskjHFY0QyHXiO0PY/s400/2011-08-20_1313868105.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647154954563827890" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXd_ll1jKmGqsI9t49gnt28afW3IUWPIg92kf6llEbPLHQqvxGIkh_qSDM3pR7EGMh0sEjKPYXQKhyphenhyphena-VapwBXV-5ZpfwkIPdo4kRX-9grhwcES5VFwobIGcQ6wDpejDmlWUk5O2R_WSfj/s1600/DSC_0076.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXd_ll1jKmGqsI9t49gnt28afW3IUWPIg92kf6llEbPLHQqvxGIkh_qSDM3pR7EGMh0sEjKPYXQKhyphenhyphena-VapwBXV-5ZpfwkIPdo4kRX-9grhwcES5VFwobIGcQ6wDpejDmlWUk5O2R_WSfj/s320/DSC_0076.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647154682296608290" /></a>the funkier the hat, the more rock star, i guess...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJaZhPGjlb3xkjQbuy66XRemFpdOh1RiuqZtn5sxqKy6uvW_opaqwbryNU0fbUGynaAj2Ue_wnfM6M21yEpRh1owqAEYP-nsG1pDrUDhP_7MmNfYEf1CrlIuN5KxUGGCDJpaNy1Gp983O/s1600/DSC_0054.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJaZhPGjlb3xkjQbuy66XRemFpdOh1RiuqZtn5sxqKy6uvW_opaqwbryNU0fbUGynaAj2Ue_wnfM6M21yEpRh1owqAEYP-nsG1pDrUDhP_7MmNfYEf1CrlIuN5KxUGGCDJpaNy1Gp983O/s320/DSC_0054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647154672784099954" /></a>divas!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDiYUb2T5stvjKccuuz7a_jGbaAwyKioINg5VQCS4I8NPPivBSIzxfSnZPi1YihuVUkdDbcUlZYaJrkNcH-HQt-N7WTRepfWJFrDPk7nprduE71BdY413_0Oamne-cdRIzaOmgSDNLcMD/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDiYUb2T5stvjKccuuz7a_jGbaAwyKioINg5VQCS4I8NPPivBSIzxfSnZPi1YihuVUkdDbcUlZYaJrkNcH-HQt-N7WTRepfWJFrDPk7nprduE71BdY413_0Oamne-cdRIzaOmgSDNLcMD/s320/DSC_0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647154659271001570" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_Xz8OrNxI4prmRdmrIWQF3RiPYs3MrgbS3YEGRdGEzRkwE8W5stC6lst3I_v2jM67WPYYMnDY2GN-Yv0GO5VjQDxJvQkPg_w2s4Mz7gR5gOzjMZ2Y4wvbdVudd_EYXp6rYjHVtap1XCY/s1600/DSC_0018.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_Xz8OrNxI4prmRdmrIWQF3RiPYs3MrgbS3YEGRdGEzRkwE8W5stC6lst3I_v2jM67WPYYMnDY2GN-Yv0GO5VjQDxJvQkPg_w2s4Mz7gR5gOzjMZ2Y4wvbdVudd_EYXp6rYjHVtap1XCY/s320/DSC_0018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647154652420249090" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">mamaw</span> & dirt know how to party...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYvgi14XUZZhTw_iNXl9fKrx6dN_VUxx6JWcM-CJci2WhQsKORYPkeqvKt5_hFgAft7E63_eaDZ0PWE2eTynvWnwgWjw1IsURhEvT9J0isRtQoUvtYnVHqZzMOrlfmavV1M6zZ_pLEQxl/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYvgi14XUZZhTw_iNXl9fKrx6dN_VUxx6JWcM-CJci2WhQsKORYPkeqvKt5_hFgAft7E63_eaDZ0PWE2eTynvWnwgWjw1IsURhEvT9J0isRtQoUvtYnVHqZzMOrlfmavV1M6zZ_pLEQxl/s320/DSC_0019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647154642799337154" /></a>
<br /></div><div>we had our own girl band. eat your heart out pussycat dolls.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3rDBRPAPrCtU5xKIklOxq_RX0QdMiaRWKGGTGJZR4GoYAIZuTmhcBmnd8tqOtcEGgdjNVzwuvwjB4gnBxFNcKeW_0PjddlDn_GLyoG3WQIoF_KOF3lhLExxUNZBSWxo3hWTzZfTBg6ey/s1600/DSC_0033.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3rDBRPAPrCtU5xKIklOxq_RX0QdMiaRWKGGTGJZR4GoYAIZuTmhcBmnd8tqOtcEGgdjNVzwuvwjB4gnBxFNcKeW_0PjddlDn_GLyoG3WQIoF_KOF3lhLExxUNZBSWxo3hWTzZfTBg6ey/s320/DSC_0033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647153905813795058" /></a>
<br /></div><div>see this? this is why i love. my. family. they get so involved in our theme parties. i can't wait to see what they come up with. uh-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">mazing</span>!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADUzAiz-ZbXPKuA8gduvikfkQbxEcllOEdMJJskDiEw5usptsUO0W9S0T_JXmgYHEQKLjQrtV_vj6K-T2k6MBzquO84XRXcdIPxDZyNAB8vqoJJPiO-7rAgJtV81tFzD_qI9iMN00OLef/s1600/2011-08-20_1313869927.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADUzAiz-ZbXPKuA8gduvikfkQbxEcllOEdMJJskDiEw5usptsUO0W9S0T_JXmgYHEQKLjQrtV_vj6K-T2k6MBzquO84XRXcdIPxDZyNAB8vqoJJPiO-7rAgJtV81tFzD_qI9iMN00OLef/s320/2011-08-20_1313869927.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647153895411658386" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDF4bzDFPZUpC5AliWAkjyiAwWEHu2FEsbGeITCy5_mxHHaHQQV_JmplFkOvZF9tD0F_ryo9tP9vqQMhO_7JFg6-XOHBVB8r7kAiQ4Q7X4GlA72srE-4ZfJ9wAZJejGgq8sxaEXfqCq20N/s1600/DSC_0053.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDF4bzDFPZUpC5AliWAkjyiAwWEHu2FEsbGeITCy5_mxHHaHQQV_JmplFkOvZF9tD0F_ryo9tP9vqQMhO_7JFg6-XOHBVB8r7kAiQ4Q7X4GlA72srE-4ZfJ9wAZJejGgq8sxaEXfqCq20N/s320/DSC_0053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647153889327699954" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">bobo</span>...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EbGnTr2F2U02WkdAnnij5BBFbsQ4DYNiMwxgZ9iLuGmE97HNUBZrkgoV6uDXKSvuXi6WZGiLia21nc-0BjFvE2na6BqaduoT5hnw2CogsE8PYP6OAx4pcQUj1OzD6Q5w5C6YvwhxR5Kz/s1600/DSC_0131.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EbGnTr2F2U02WkdAnnij5BBFbsQ4DYNiMwxgZ9iLuGmE97HNUBZrkgoV6uDXKSvuXi6WZGiLia21nc-0BjFvE2na6BqaduoT5hnw2CogsE8PYP6OAx4pcQUj1OzD6Q5w5C6YvwhxR5Kz/s320/DSC_0131.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647153880942537778" /></a>marky marc and the funky bunch (a.k.a. the webkins dressed as avril lavine, jay-z, taylor swift & madonna)...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAoDdR9VJELYlQMNFIMgG8IYRxemHksv0zMHnhG2u6V7W-pTz6J2ElsfrNnu2RBRUi_3mhxHnj2RGk98hoMODPaI4QD3QMoK4yUalYYF-nwQabKop-sCILhgUXXi9-htcgQ7K39AND9iv/s1600/DSC_0065.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAoDdR9VJELYlQMNFIMgG8IYRxemHksv0zMHnhG2u6V7W-pTz6J2ElsfrNnu2RBRUi_3mhxHnj2RGk98hoMODPaI4QD3QMoK4yUalYYF-nwQabKop-sCILhgUXXi9-htcgQ7K39AND9iv/s320/DSC_0065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647153875781349458" /></a>
<br /></div><div>and my two beautiful rock stars...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNiVgcteWjGwYtGMdSkpTmSUGPHMmewRs1GATCWh_e8V0Trvu6DZIDA1Pmv925DaO5Cq79hPtTL4Nx9Kt4x8QkxMyG00_bwOFgnextP1yLkhLSgwuKJhQ7L1JKaaZbghNo5-kpy4OGcIf/s1600/DSC_0148.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNiVgcteWjGwYtGMdSkpTmSUGPHMmewRs1GATCWh_e8V0Trvu6DZIDA1Pmv925DaO5Cq79hPtTL4Nx9Kt4x8QkxMyG00_bwOFgnextP1yLkhLSgwuKJhQ7L1JKaaZbghNo5-kpy4OGcIf/s400/DSC_0148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647153004751585618" /></a>
<br /></div><div>we set up a hair-painting station. which the kids l.o.v.e.d. i think all 8 cans were empty within an hour. even the hubby opted for a new do. apparently, it took an entire team of stylists to decide how to make him an appropriate rock star...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnj3ZigERpZrGzhiS44Po8nEGQa1Ht9aIi6MMUPs3lO4DekLprnyDxOwoQYFDNJYpoS5Jf6otrotqv_s_cKQAXXYXpHGJqp_5oy6_EbYWtWRUU_4I3BR5AXpekFSNcgNB0ri03XlFA_dxY/s1600/DSC_0133.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnj3ZigERpZrGzhiS44Po8nEGQa1Ht9aIi6MMUPs3lO4DekLprnyDxOwoQYFDNJYpoS5Jf6otrotqv_s_cKQAXXYXpHGJqp_5oy6_EbYWtWRUU_4I3BR5AXpekFSNcgNB0ri03XlFA_dxY/s400/DSC_0133.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647153000496823842" /></a>rock. on. (see his badge? it says "v.i.p." i had one that said "press" and "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">i'm</span> with the band")</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVS47OtyesQn_k6OHMojoKEnJJG-JgcnHQ5eyWEkHW9M5_BUQXT5ijhG7FTJjwTIZpco-7R8hfBO_CKESri1w8wXcSiYtMnrV9-fHjXDNyimNnHlubD9VxnlAb5kmejnRTrKcaHCapORl/s1600/DSC_0138.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVS47OtyesQn_k6OHMojoKEnJJG-JgcnHQ5eyWEkHW9M5_BUQXT5ijhG7FTJjwTIZpco-7R8hfBO_CKESri1w8wXcSiYtMnrV9-fHjXDNyimNnHlubD9VxnlAb5kmejnRTrKcaHCapORl/s400/DSC_0138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647152987845017490" /></a>more fun hair...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vS_jDz7E5FsTqrYYIAIwEv1zMp_MV22g5GHa8MC0JVxP_rhxmhy_rqll181cKvpZKaiwnVLCCfuC7iXYUqRMrMRVuVcVChtE2sC2vJB1LK8hC2IvfGKCluDK9o5AggglLJ6-m__hqHhP/s1600/DSC_0068.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vS_jDz7E5FsTqrYYIAIwEv1zMp_MV22g5GHa8MC0JVxP_rhxmhy_rqll181cKvpZKaiwnVLCCfuC7iXYUqRMrMRVuVcVChtE2sC2vJB1LK8hC2IvfGKCluDK9o5AggglLJ6-m__hqHhP/s200/DSC_0068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647152074781608818" /></a>yes, that IS a smiley face...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQrM_JTdXDn_KpWYHL0L4vw_mSeTmgX5pkL_w8p41NUyFSTrh3R5ERDVrmRdXShNaSewq9mo8IyrkH6eQ69qcVoGkdu9AjTambYK3WRcJ-ozjY8cbxDU-vFq7kcuin73rWDdSLpsBYVsz/s1600/DSC_0095.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQrM_JTdXDn_KpWYHL0L4vw_mSeTmgX5pkL_w8p41NUyFSTrh3R5ERDVrmRdXShNaSewq9mo8IyrkH6eQ69qcVoGkdu9AjTambYK3WRcJ-ozjY8cbxDU-vFq7kcuin73rWDdSLpsBYVsz/s200/DSC_0095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647152067462305586" /></a>
<br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ummm</span>...even rock stars need presents, right?
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwe-rvUrS35RCcN9FKriS1CAFty12KV3Lqpj8c3GPzCBpjfxb-eCu4ogzIEF-AYDqpVZ7bX6xc_B7JsIs5c4u96zQ-EP73iWHdlPJUzIeT5DoMcl8eQOoCEzuTQF7VI_6p0G9PSyreXXN/s1600/DSC_0101.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwe-rvUrS35RCcN9FKriS1CAFty12KV3Lqpj8c3GPzCBpjfxb-eCu4ogzIEF-AYDqpVZ7bX6xc_B7JsIs5c4u96zQ-EP73iWHdlPJUzIeT5DoMcl8eQOoCEzuTQF7VI_6p0G9PSyreXXN/s400/DSC_0101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647151006872422210" /></a>favorite present? why, the singing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">justin</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">bieber</span> doll, of course.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeYzgc73h6_pSGdcUye_pFvYujP7SCBYYethtAIYFgOIdJMCHGwjVC8XuQRTHAZTwSo7O2mzyZTkJgTVmrAK9gqtQhSNjpV_Yacf0XQyE3HK0t6PDxd-W4T3-yFcrFVlJb26xT2t-Ez0x/s1600/DSC_0104.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeYzgc73h6_pSGdcUye_pFvYujP7SCBYYethtAIYFgOIdJMCHGwjVC8XuQRTHAZTwSo7O2mzyZTkJgTVmrAK9gqtQhSNjpV_Yacf0XQyE3HK0t6PDxd-W4T3-yFcrFVlJb26xT2t-Ez0x/s400/DSC_0104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647150994991274242" /></a>
<br /></div><div>cake...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUBnI_c8lgw5f3pIQ8I3MTq3MDZhRyBwG7IM6ctEf3sKW9d5PLhblc7nILhvBNnGHFUluj56rBV-4NbIlY3GEIhTjRvSOlJn6S3YSQ_ErYPDMvAwd0XC8x22nAmoPKeRzUGpye6NN6jdP/s1600/DSC_0107.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUBnI_c8lgw5f3pIQ8I3MTq3MDZhRyBwG7IM6ctEf3sKW9d5PLhblc7nILhvBNnGHFUluj56rBV-4NbIlY3GEIhTjRvSOlJn6S3YSQ_ErYPDMvAwd0XC8x22nAmoPKeRzUGpye6NN6jdP/s200/DSC_0107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646831367706533538" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8AP1YPY4FM7GotfERy3s-lYq7xvvbYEcmqAH8a7hEUEXV_45kHagtasXQPgGYIy6VVUAqoKmQfzYKQd7KWvCUZhvhWJyNS2GXYwZpagnPQyaVUzn7OfAotgFg_baGJPdZdlyuKY5If80/s1600/DSC_0111.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8AP1YPY4FM7GotfERy3s-lYq7xvvbYEcmqAH8a7hEUEXV_45kHagtasXQPgGYIy6VVUAqoKmQfzYKQd7KWvCUZhvhWJyNS2GXYwZpagnPQyaVUzn7OfAotgFg_baGJPdZdlyuKY5If80/s200/DSC_0111.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646831356784025346" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5DRFbxy40rNm3McRV3enIBX6OevCysxYdP3RkIfpCPqAqLc8qCr_q5OBpL8QCCP_ArIzWzWn6n7ufQu1P6P_bUcjHBegywJ2TNUzSVpP8vRRS1pEGPN6_RSf_PqX2QU3YFo_YUp9xEwQ/s1600/DSC_0109.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5DRFbxy40rNm3McRV3enIBX6OevCysxYdP3RkIfpCPqAqLc8qCr_q5OBpL8QCCP_ArIzWzWn6n7ufQu1P6P_bUcjHBegywJ2TNUzSVpP8vRRS1pEGPN6_RSf_PqX2QU3YFo_YUp9xEwQ/s200/DSC_0109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646831342563797186" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYtJJ8c5aQoEzSXY84Yo45Pxv42fJDcupJvfP2XW_xYPAizrpuiRGjiEzuUqNy4RLe50UPYdVLg-WetSOHrCTXk8te7rFoGABk8wpuuLpYeQ-hLp-d4Ol_EGCRBq7FCLu1BgiUvMrt9MI/s1600/DSC_0112.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYtJJ8c5aQoEzSXY84Yo45Pxv42fJDcupJvfP2XW_xYPAizrpuiRGjiEzuUqNy4RLe50UPYdVLg-WetSOHrCTXk8te7rFoGABk8wpuuLpYeQ-hLp-d4Ol_EGCRBq7FCLu1BgiUvMrt9MI/s200/DSC_0112.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646831330700219138" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">okay...i don't know what's up with this kid. she kept blowing UP instead of towards her candles. you'd think she hadn't done this at least 5 times before...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygiD95pbLOfXYLXcn4sMUdkPhavJRf6sVBDNdcyNNApjun4rqMLkizFVCOJZ-RQaOrZ-Fuwuf-2sKexS8xroHr86NgxeXa2MgBOfiFs5Vwa-e6zIqw4Fienah3LV7ZrWu1UMjxtQtW44z/s1600/DSC_0117.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygiD95pbLOfXYLXcn4sMUdkPhavJRf6sVBDNdcyNNApjun4rqMLkizFVCOJZ-RQaOrZ-Fuwuf-2sKexS8xroHr86NgxeXa2MgBOfiFs5Vwa-e6zIqw4Fienah3LV7ZrWu1UMjxtQtW44z/s400/DSC_0117.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646830201365129410" /></a>but she finally figured it out.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN-7TBsvEw6UtBwVGu3nanOktjVuWAvsIOsoZdp09CZcnorjR4h6_NcIYbwjUpUOFLmF6IOWk1LYsesZjXVgpQesbOX4eEhVSpMRbY-buto_xu65nFkYpohv5_zZUfWtI0dwKUqiJ-F5p/s1600/DSC_0121.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN-7TBsvEw6UtBwVGu3nanOktjVuWAvsIOsoZdp09CZcnorjR4h6_NcIYbwjUpUOFLmF6IOWk1LYsesZjXVgpQesbOX4eEhVSpMRbY-buto_xu65nFkYpohv5_zZUfWtI0dwKUqiJ-F5p/s400/DSC_0121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646830195366962754" /></a>
<br /><div>after cake & ice cream, things got c.r.a.z.y.</div><div>wearing stretchy balls on our heads.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnS9pduZnWbm6XCqAx7k-l_fKWw0Gy0eV7-kp6H1oo23Ium5eRVgndZaIrWi2cpAeOYiYYexO3mIuB7pR8Q0rjHRXoe6SivqoK4hUCYxC9fXN8X61pvdScM5lfToxhhGo15TFt0rOLb-I/s1600/2011-08-21_1313886020.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnS9pduZnWbm6XCqAx7k-l_fKWw0Gy0eV7-kp6H1oo23Ium5eRVgndZaIrWi2cpAeOYiYYexO3mIuB7pR8Q0rjHRXoe6SivqoK4hUCYxC9fXN8X61pvdScM5lfToxhhGo15TFt0rOLb-I/s320/2011-08-21_1313886020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646829024295826514" /></a>passing out (a.k.a. napping) in the hammock...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfuQaRlwO2ObYrv2zJ5VfRpax51pZWU3sanQFCwHaupiC2UbwOTvyogaWNsNzVUgm4gIMl4ORo_QP7S_vnlNs0tZgtPqskiYD54ef61wxwc3ipvzbF3axxAYqze7jxSVIm7EW5wRNdJcT/s1600/2011-08-20_1313884205.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfuQaRlwO2ObYrv2zJ5VfRpax51pZWU3sanQFCwHaupiC2UbwOTvyogaWNsNzVUgm4gIMl4ORo_QP7S_vnlNs0tZgtPqskiYD54ef61wxwc3ipvzbF3axxAYqze7jxSVIm7EW5wRNdJcT/s320/2011-08-20_1313884205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646829021349830866" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">glo</span> sticks...</div><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">lots. and lots. and lots. of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">glo</span> sticks.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGh_5JJg13GOlB8YNEh4hoivt5el06oJ56BlBfg0ZwChUxATj1CocU73QazyK440VbEkh5Vs4krxRX-at_r907hZsR76Azq9wkkGdXnt9bWUrSyfnk2S2KJKPSWboalQy3_aDUAyxyK7k/s1600/DSC_0172.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGh_5JJg13GOlB8YNEh4hoivt5el06oJ56BlBfg0ZwChUxATj1CocU73QazyK440VbEkh5Vs4krxRX-at_r907hZsR76Azq9wkkGdXnt9bWUrSyfnk2S2KJKPSWboalQy3_aDUAyxyK7k/s400/DSC_0172.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646818071687351730" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwAnEDpW1rK9R4Cx7SD5Ogvflg7igI1fFHpODRPnU4zbpI2-wWi3sGuk3TvJWc0KPextXdCAhyphenhyphenpuS-6Q552QxlEvcajCoRIf-6ofgc-7Qg8xC9OuqkggbPZbfE6BsXrE8eNRxrWaZYvz3/s1600/DSC_0174.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwAnEDpW1rK9R4Cx7SD5Ogvflg7igI1fFHpODRPnU4zbpI2-wWi3sGuk3TvJWc0KPextXdCAhyphenhyphenpuS-6Q552QxlEvcajCoRIf-6ofgc-7Qg8xC9OuqkggbPZbfE6BsXrE8eNRxrWaZYvz3/s400/DSC_0174.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646818070654118450" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxG5GlWOie-MtnrOGVbHTreHP6z_daIe9JerhI7QHkhg7-nKCkfBgFP7G3RZ2ixtT1rlPQZsLJ0wvKfVk0cHHM-C3KHAJcN3iiUva0E1eesYOCpQ6iDoR2pG9ihYwcBFML8puk7s5jxFs/s1600/DSC_0159.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxG5GlWOie-MtnrOGVbHTreHP6z_daIe9JerhI7QHkhg7-nKCkfBgFP7G3RZ2ixtT1rlPQZsLJ0wvKfVk0cHHM-C3KHAJcN3iiUva0E1eesYOCpQ6iDoR2pG9ihYwcBFML8puk7s5jxFs/s400/DSC_0159.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646818057819383970" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FnnJiaEUJ7_uBfexU2V5FDyUXM399leYjAoOWlbtDZ-awr4H0GNyEzaNo600KWqA1SqxotGqXiV2s5pGvobtzNPhqCaqg9nKRvMDCVxSaHqJQCebXcy8Biq7CcH6cXtOuYMmzl-KCjiK/s1600/DSC_0161.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FnnJiaEUJ7_uBfexU2V5FDyUXM399leYjAoOWlbtDZ-awr4H0GNyEzaNo600KWqA1SqxotGqXiV2s5pGvobtzNPhqCaqg9nKRvMDCVxSaHqJQCebXcy8Biq7CcH6cXtOuYMmzl-KCjiK/s400/DSC_0161.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646817181828007042" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Q20TcVwzwYh_XBJ7E4lg0ODelm07sORFqrh6vHsFcQ4Lk8gbVyMDvgf8NofCya9L1kEqOBYO1EsdJmL0Sa-6bWDl2mdemMsKPAep7hxB7jkNuz4Z_RuQsyXijzQ6Eg-F1iwhVfU0XW-y/s1600/DSC_0160.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Q20TcVwzwYh_XBJ7E4lg0ODelm07sORFqrh6vHsFcQ4Lk8gbVyMDvgf8NofCya9L1kEqOBYO1EsdJmL0Sa-6bWDl2mdemMsKPAep7hxB7jkNuz4Z_RuQsyXijzQ6Eg-F1iwhVfU0XW-y/s400/DSC_0160.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646817175106040514" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovRiqPQRjelmQ_rIrVzv15qJGsd0gNM936EYw27Zcz5_T2jT9L7leHbnrq-dCRYJ2-D3qU2tdKmrDKGxZpMUz4eyOq1n3tQfXjQhOUcSqW9d2R1qh0vsXDOSAxOGL8mc87EEyvZL5QPUS/s1600/DSC_0162.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovRiqPQRjelmQ_rIrVzv15qJGsd0gNM936EYw27Zcz5_T2jT9L7leHbnrq-dCRYJ2-D3qU2tdKmrDKGxZpMUz4eyOq1n3tQfXjQhOUcSqW9d2R1qh0vsXDOSAxOGL8mc87EEyvZL5QPUS/s400/DSC_0162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646817171237076546" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgDjiy3rnUCP-af6XxSHbtfLYGdBUEoUiCTkAWVKNiZstNBNTOUCR4sOI7LFR-l_Oxc_omcogWXg_WcjPrZSYNIsUI29hcLJN0pkH5dHFh1Z0VBeFfpnxI_dNi5-biyqC5OxkYnfCsGzc/s1600/DSC_0169.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgDjiy3rnUCP-af6XxSHbtfLYGdBUEoUiCTkAWVKNiZstNBNTOUCR4sOI7LFR-l_Oxc_omcogWXg_WcjPrZSYNIsUI29hcLJN0pkH5dHFh1Z0VBeFfpnxI_dNi5-biyqC5OxkYnfCsGzc/s400/DSC_0169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646817162790297698" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEtXrQ0Y5Xyv0g50Mdg1v-vrD5FQLIaiXueCNKxvZQVDatNQctcZaqHeayN4tuoLx5epKN-dIhgx0UYLyQ7rzUZupMz3n9MCPWkGsp7iOjZZx0_Kw-yKPnlGrMoVjkuZ-2K6IOLI5aPDl/s1600/DSC_0177.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEtXrQ0Y5Xyv0g50Mdg1v-vrD5FQLIaiXueCNKxvZQVDatNQctcZaqHeayN4tuoLx5epKN-dIhgx0UYLyQ7rzUZupMz3n9MCPWkGsp7iOjZZx0_Kw-yKPnlGrMoVjkuZ-2K6IOLI5aPDl/s400/DSC_0177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646817155812448066" /></a>all in all, i think we had the best rock star event ever. well, at least of the year. okay, at least in our neighborhood.</div></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div>gotta run. i've only got 9 months to plan jaden's next party...and we all know she's gonna want to outdo her sister. </div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-40154999983867894042011-08-12T20:48:00.000-04:002011-08-12T21:15:12.220-04:00i have been...<div>working my butt off!!! (don't you wish that actually worked? i mean, if that were true, after the time i've put into my room this week, i'd be nearly invisible!)</div><div>
<br /></div><div>i was moved from 2nd grade to 5th grade, so i needed to revamp my room and decor. (somewhat for the older students...but mostly for me.)</div><div>
<br /></div><div>so, here's a tour of my room...</div><div>
<br /></div><div>i finally made some banners and my sweet hubby helped me hang them up. i've also started collecting vintage globes. see the giant one in the middle? given to me by a fellow teacher.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRe290FGBaHpLniKrE8aiLGOuuG5HQUcfyipXxOq9vbVyOxzw1qV9B8G-knmA6rGuesUEKWFFxY1o_wgYog6d3riK0MfAMYw0GtKBX4oCTOWWJMPttCIGA1GuISdj8hGiQ3fYLsdOp1La/s1600/2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRe290FGBaHpLniKrE8aiLGOuuG5HQUcfyipXxOq9vbVyOxzw1qV9B8G-knmA6rGuesUEKWFFxY1o_wgYog6d3riK0MfAMYw0GtKBX4oCTOWWJMPttCIGA1GuISdj8hGiQ3fYLsdOp1La/s400/2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640139368345744562" /></a>my check-in chart. students pull their card out when they arrive. (quick and easy attendance) i also plan to use this chart in some way to monitor bathroom breaks. i used to use it for my 2nd graders in order to track behavior, but i think my 5th graders will laugh at me if i ask them to turn their card.
<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G8UnqMx3IFT4s1Ka-jl2XtfJ7WprE1N-yAd03W-H7hDiOm_q1GYMXsWpqEW93hEaJhxhD_GRQGPHCBg6Tpr9YCBGx2zCDHoVMpYd9McjRnEtRw4URjUfUdWa2lSeRCbdSLNGju-G7GM-/s1600/3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G8UnqMx3IFT4s1Ka-jl2XtfJ7WprE1N-yAd03W-H7hDiOm_q1GYMXsWpqEW93hEaJhxhD_GRQGPHCBg6Tpr9YCBGx2zCDHoVMpYd9McjRnEtRw4URjUfUdWa2lSeRCbdSLNGju-G7GM-/s400/3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640139360879679186" /></a>my writing center. i ordered 3 more inflatable globes to fill in this area a bit more. i wanted a theme that would last for a few years...i'm not much for picking a new theme each year...so i went with maps/globes/travel.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_eMxDK83bUPzKChkgjevO4P0AQZK9ejRSUCKoEQTTYA_74MT4SF_pFY9UvNa7rxrTDp2WQdE0AiZkUHrTrdMX_49reVMK1XCA0000gmujDltW3vET3S_3ufshZmZLW8qUnu2G6x9neNG/s1600/4.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_eMxDK83bUPzKChkgjevO4P0AQZK9ejRSUCKoEQTTYA_74MT4SF_pFY9UvNa7rxrTDp2WQdE0AiZkUHrTrdMX_49reVMK1XCA0000gmujDltW3vET3S_3ufshZmZLW8qUnu2G6x9neNG/s400/4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640139350292273106" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_K2419yr9cy9qT1RVe4QNwE2AfEot84InEJlxYUaFIlPqJqI6HgTzE9yFD5v6rrvI6h7-i93GbW1Vusk8KgGLfNVQmiP7r75i7exJXa2KOgr7cLQOspbS8JkSOPbtSZbw_oqTEBlCUvA4/s1600/6.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_K2419yr9cy9qT1RVe4QNwE2AfEot84InEJlxYUaFIlPqJqI6HgTzE9yFD5v6rrvI6h7-i93GbW1Vusk8KgGLfNVQmiP7r75i7exJXa2KOgr7cLQOspbS8JkSOPbtSZbw_oqTEBlCUvA4/s400/6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640138943655565234" /></a>spelling station. monthly books. estimation station.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tWXkcuJSq2ziX_OKWqsxLRnt7CCtRem1rv4pvhTcmw9Dx6ytiUTOxlSgVycs852RcQwDJTapZzQDiZbgko2iL2wvXPFSFL9bxquAghgrGuOROuJgiy_I83DLA05hmbcuAu1zePwz52tP/s1600/7.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tWXkcuJSq2ziX_OKWqsxLRnt7CCtRem1rv4pvhTcmw9Dx6ytiUTOxlSgVycs852RcQwDJTapZzQDiZbgko2iL2wvXPFSFL9bxquAghgrGuOROuJgiy_I83DLA05hmbcuAu1zePwz52tP/s400/7.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640138776539040962" /></a>my classroom rules. simple and sweet.</div><div>also, my "skills board". i will record standards being taught and vocab for each subject. i sectioned it off with electrical tape, and my kind friend, sarah, cut the titles out with her cricut.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYcTRsBfDP61eOI_atJte5mc6F7sd2xoRbDVeb0WgiDbanmxfnBPtd9SRmU7yMlHfcQXEosP2qedblG9OKgpqVZcXI8JfGTN0D2WZjk2cGFxGmR9pOzfvKmlMfeX1weXxDESsk13p4B3V/s1600/8.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYcTRsBfDP61eOI_atJte5mc6F7sd2xoRbDVeb0WgiDbanmxfnBPtd9SRmU7yMlHfcQXEosP2qedblG9OKgpqVZcXI8JfGTN0D2WZjk2cGFxGmR9pOzfvKmlMfeX1weXxDESsk13p4B3V/s400/8.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640138609808320578" /></a>homework board. i just covered a piece of foam core board with dry erase paper. sectioned it off with electrical tape and labeled with scrapbook stickers.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyTsEr6d1AT1-AAKf4l-cDTI5B9zy8FKuiomN2LpbzgH0mJoDxGS-_3u-dJVov8HUo7BlFjiL332gKdi_2fR7WhLqqNBjnRB_uIH0xSJb3lOZnPVkS9MRgYht6vWA0AZNpm8EMKn5jd3T/s1600/10.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyTsEr6d1AT1-AAKf4l-cDTI5B9zy8FKuiomN2LpbzgH0mJoDxGS-_3u-dJVov8HUo7BlFjiL332gKdi_2fR7WhLqqNBjnRB_uIH0xSJb3lOZnPVkS9MRgYht6vWA0AZNpm8EMKn5jd3T/s400/10.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640136757589797522" /></a>thanks to my pinterest obsession, i made a quote to go above my main board. all letters were purchased at 50% off from hobby lobby.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYJxIa2MYPQH3wbc2hHXxfCd5Y5avgu0zp0w54QRYnwWMGllO-so39Rz9wQKb1PAG8L9Jp1k8FedP5F5TY8JDxHKjzv5hBMBVLkBC546xlXBcc9954P6h2mlP0hg1AcAC4XBGg2IeaHeH/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYJxIa2MYPQH3wbc2hHXxfCd5Y5avgu0zp0w54QRYnwWMGllO-so39Rz9wQKb1PAG8L9Jp1k8FedP5F5TY8JDxHKjzv5hBMBVLkBC546xlXBcc9954P6h2mlP0hg1AcAC4XBGg2IeaHeH/s400/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640136750313026898" /></a>part of my reading area. you might recognize the canvas i made. the little frames will showcase photos of my students of the month.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcz0NT0YWhGNouvh2g1_wW5WZZMJ9b-0UpUM-Ipa5EzXw6NzwTCuo-mznmw2ixBgSCCALftHVFoG7MyD0IkuyFc9eUPUhfQiqsmAGiLxHAogzPttUokjw31Qmu3yh-ztiY2tHdjkRFkCC8/s1600/13.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcz0NT0YWhGNouvh2g1_wW5WZZMJ9b-0UpUM-Ipa5EzXw6NzwTCuo-mznmw2ixBgSCCALftHVFoG7MyD0IkuyFc9eUPUhfQiqsmAGiLxHAogzPttUokjw31Qmu3yh-ztiY2tHdjkRFkCC8/s400/13.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640136745457149266" /></a>i covered two of my bulletin boards with old book covers. (again, thanks to pinterest.) it might be hard to notice, but there are 12 bulldog clips hanging on the board. students will display work they're proud of and swap it out weekly.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzI0-KKaFWJSNnzsHLhYKGbRFat6xM3onXymvTHg3WzewNe527lTWt12i9zDdM6LMWo4ivwemGuJgSx6RSxymkY6Q3N_Dc6cPVT-dGKPLjGW0aS9CN_PR3IfXthdQHMRVTpzZu5mNnd0M/s1600/14.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzI0-KKaFWJSNnzsHLhYKGbRFat6xM3onXymvTHg3WzewNe527lTWt12i9zDdM6LMWo4ivwemGuJgSx6RSxymkY6Q3N_Dc6cPVT-dGKPLjGW0aS9CN_PR3IfXthdQHMRVTpzZu5mNnd0M/s400/14.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640136734959908562" /></a>my favorite pic!!! remember the dark blue couch from above? the one with the babyish circus animals and dots? my final project today was to make a slipcover for it. (i used 2 clearance tablecloths from target.)</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubKtr47CkzEqGaEEa3Ln2x-MxpJjyQvXCmGNM8Agj4gZVZRerIUrUsbBTMpMtVJY_BwdQxK3CV0ceLom7Qux6Vjf7DcmM9zKLpNaw3iZKrXStblNt8CBm89Bq5SmB6WCHqYeou7sVW_Tl/s1600/15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubKtr47CkzEqGaEEa3Ln2x-MxpJjyQvXCmGNM8Agj4gZVZRerIUrUsbBTMpMtVJY_BwdQxK3CV0ceLom7Qux6Vjf7DcmM9zKLpNaw3iZKrXStblNt8CBm89Bq5SmB6WCHqYeou7sVW_Tl/s400/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640136711136017826" /></a></div><div>
<br /></div><div>i must admit, i was rather bummed when i found out about my grade level switch. but, after working in my room all week, i'm finally starting to get excited about my new kiddos! (although i'm still in denial that they come back next wednesday.)</div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-9049445316872983792011-08-10T22:17:00.001-04:002011-08-10T22:35:28.527-04:00king's island!<div>(warning...lots and lots of pictures!)</div><div>
<br /></div><div>we surprised the girls with a trip to king's island.</div><div>we left early monday morning and told the girls we were going in to work on my classroom. we actually stopped at school and dropped off a bunch of stuff, but then we grabbed breakfast and jumped on the highway. the girls wanted to know where we were going, so i might have lied and told them a school supply store.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>as we got closer, ashlyn decided to play nintendo ds under her towel since the sun was in her eyes. we "coerced" jaden to do the same thing so we could pull off the ultimate surprise.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEjX8-Lv3X0hTaP3QdPMCuKgKlwQEeLHQevxgG6PiAbwF41CN6Tmn12JR9HgoZfPqRULcSgysHqok5ChjQJkD953jOTpLjQXXhf80outaJx6o0P-ay81dCnDIyjGalgFhEvH6l5eHCxAb/s1600/2011-08-08_1312810644.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEjX8-Lv3X0hTaP3QdPMCuKgKlwQEeLHQevxgG6PiAbwF41CN6Tmn12JR9HgoZfPqRULcSgysHqok5ChjQJkD953jOTpLjQXXhf80outaJx6o0P-ay81dCnDIyjGalgFhEvH6l5eHCxAb/s400/2011-08-08_1312810644.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639418461172997474" /></a>they didn't know what was really going on until we pulled into the parking lot.<div>
<br /></div><div>we're here!!!
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<br /></div><div>dinosaurs alive. while the dinos were kinda cool, i would NEVER pay to see it again. nor would i recommend it to anyone. unfortunately, the dinos move on timers, so you don't see most of them move, and the interactive boxes didn't work.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>but...it did make for some fun photo ops!
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<br /></div><div>i'm not much of a rider, so i did a lot of bag-holding and picture-taking.
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<br /></div><div>all she did was drive. in. circles. that's. all. she. did.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEP_MVKewa9bvgt0T7S-ukdkGkytIh8ctwDBYC2qlMfOJDRfxI6mGyrhtKpQP5qjAb4qAZXdzftK1xbBEeOoix3q1hrEATJcBmBV46wbOyKVd83K0qLPmmx48r19663QieyRbCc0B3nY7/s1600/2011-08-09_1312924662.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEP_MVKewa9bvgt0T7S-ukdkGkytIh8ctwDBYC2qlMfOJDRfxI6mGyrhtKpQP5qjAb4qAZXdzftK1xbBEeOoix3q1hrEATJcBmBV46wbOyKVd83K0qLPmmx48r19663QieyRbCc0B3nY7/s400/2011-08-09_1312924662.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639417821099976306" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ANby6_GOjjZ-3HavYSzg2pqSEyvwxoeP_2BVXDIR7NYixJ72jwCzJmOU0tvRCAIZzx2NaTrYWw5UJAlihW9Ni58voiN99Z1bP7V2qUU4UGeHSsxjjcnN3droC1WHQ6Eau8R4x7_NrCgH/s1600/2011-08-09_1312924731.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ANby6_GOjjZ-3HavYSzg2pqSEyvwxoeP_2BVXDIR7NYixJ72jwCzJmOU0tvRCAIZzx2NaTrYWw5UJAlihW9Ni58voiN99Z1bP7V2qUU4UGeHSsxjjcnN3droC1WHQ6Eau8R4x7_NrCgH/s400/2011-08-09_1312924731.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639417819581420594" /></a>
<br /></div><div>oh look...i was actually there! see? i have proof!
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<br /></div><div>hanging out in "kiddieland"...i have no idea what it's actually called because it's changed names so many times.
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<br /></div><div>jackson paid ashlyn $5 to ride this. it worked...and she loved it!!!
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<br /></div><div>face-painting. i might have been a little more excited about this than the girls were.
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<br /></div><div>in honor of breast cancer, the "eiffel tower" was lit in pink. loved it!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBK8V5-1kJ97btGznDbeqOYHFIS0GTt8jSYJ__Z-T9YokqamkpG3c_1ru4ItBudkOxHXx8NBmLB7sYtACGhTE-TeQz55KfjDxM7VLRjSTjVFQ-Wc4YHU-teVGTHYoDbIoMT2WQLzLSIxU7/s1600/2011-08-09_1312923576.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBK8V5-1kJ97btGznDbeqOYHFIS0GTt8jSYJ__Z-T9YokqamkpG3c_1ru4ItBudkOxHXx8NBmLB7sYtACGhTE-TeQz55KfjDxM7VLRjSTjVFQ-Wc4YHU-teVGTHYoDbIoMT2WQLzLSIxU7/s400/2011-08-09_1312923576.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639417183642512098" /></a>we opened and closed the park. 10am to 10pm. i thought my feet were going to fall off.</div><div>but, doing something like that with my family was totally worth it!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6mtjThZO6xHLBSus813CeZOgC3oooSUq33QpURziWL25c86sWQ6eWf0ZiC5yxRgXPKEmu8qxe-zWC2M6_5bWkGcvlFZn7Sur-u0RQKhztu3rwZuAzXig3pX4JBiffH-bZ0BgDM8GnaUr/s1600/2011-08-09_1312924506.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6mtjThZO6xHLBSus813CeZOgC3oooSUq33QpURziWL25c86sWQ6eWf0ZiC5yxRgXPKEmu8qxe-zWC2M6_5bWkGcvlFZn7Sur-u0RQKhztu3rwZuAzXig3pX4JBiffH-bZ0BgDM8GnaUr/s400/2011-08-09_1312924506.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639417178097266978" /></a></div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-36253465289470199352011-08-02T11:38:00.000-04:002011-08-02T11:38:00.575-04:00more summer fun...<div>*shopping at...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNh8gt03IdfRg9YckRz2Dsd6gOxPMAyWDmg5Tllkot8JUHLWqJgBZAUGEmOAUXuh2JsBjcVsphLQEo8d01DYQSDKE_8xsuV4SpCUN_ahOckPr9xsyaJPKYtwrt4T4G2k7-gtjO9Y2aZya/s1600/2011-07-23_1311448876.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNh8gt03IdfRg9YckRz2Dsd6gOxPMAyWDmg5Tllkot8JUHLWqJgBZAUGEmOAUXuh2JsBjcVsphLQEo8d01DYQSDKE_8xsuV4SpCUN_ahOckPr9xsyaJPKYtwrt4T4G2k7-gtjO9Y2aZya/s400/2011-07-23_1311448876.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800550068256962" /></a>think we could get any more in here?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_H3vQKH0lUEVZtbzhy_D2d7WvC0ZwYziUJ43GrYDL6FkPRCJxkJbrAJ9bhuuyp_xkFLjwRcAKcM1nMWnfCwXYgoSVBmzsn43OyICTNpvvBuQCMwZMW28w4w6H9En5XJkpVB4gnuJZG7-/s1600/2011-07-23_1311462591.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_H3vQKH0lUEVZtbzhy_D2d7WvC0ZwYziUJ43GrYDL6FkPRCJxkJbrAJ9bhuuyp_xkFLjwRcAKcM1nMWnfCwXYgoSVBmzsn43OyICTNpvvBuQCMwZMW28w4w6H9En5XJkpVB4gnuJZG7-/s400/2011-07-23_1311462591.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800543194457554" /></a>spending a sunday putting things together and redecorating the living room...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WUBq2VF-WTSPT6F31KSKWB3Q0V7SF2e01-ziuZGKaXNixMcgc0ZkpKMNxdqytzgir-Ga2xyX3XGNtdBv4L_T2GoBx9OXKhmHpk4I7lMeKB0DchCz3paqvb8YBXd8hBHLsQqiYy57mJV8/s1600/2011-07-24_1311538548.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WUBq2VF-WTSPT6F31KSKWB3Q0V7SF2e01-ziuZGKaXNixMcgc0ZkpKMNxdqytzgir-Ga2xyX3XGNtdBv4L_T2GoBx9OXKhmHpk4I7lMeKB0DchCz3paqvb8YBXd8hBHLsQqiYy57mJV8/s400/2011-07-24_1311538548.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800540032330642" /></a>the result.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglxKazbNIC6I8fy8ngiwUKlDMge_icbxYL4n_LsM6TL5HLIeJUmO7_thjMRKQKdUoNkLcSd7ppSDnxQxlnqoIeZ_TUaiTli2-J3yfzk0PpyiegWdyJKyrDCL1Zd1veVN_ItElTX9gayuL/s1600/2011-07-24_1311545880.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglxKazbNIC6I8fy8ngiwUKlDMge_icbxYL4n_LsM6TL5HLIeJUmO7_thjMRKQKdUoNkLcSd7ppSDnxQxlnqoIeZ_TUaiTli2-J3yfzk0PpyiegWdyJKyrDCL1Zd1veVN_ItElTX9gayuL/s400/2011-07-24_1311545880.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800535454010306" /></a><br /><div>dayton vectren air show...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IfDNtTjOQyReAnTWuYKe3voC_7iz8AdtP4nQvwMPH3bETcil9XbIJ27z8clxnzAU1LVjHWTTv9KhahrxtyxAOKWpDrFTEkhu8VEiKkf6shbFDdwx5-yPt7jgFp7bE02VDP4gsfgpmbnM/s1600/2011-07-23_1311383561.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IfDNtTjOQyReAnTWuYKe3voC_7iz8AdtP4nQvwMPH3bETcil9XbIJ27z8clxnzAU1LVjHWTTv9KhahrxtyxAOKWpDrFTEkhu8VEiKkf6shbFDdwx5-yPt7jgFp7bE02VDP4gsfgpmbnM/s400/2011-07-23_1311383561.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800252334581426" /></a>cotton candy in style...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIH_GDcEC52hyTW57YkMJxG6DQ5_zb0budqomlS16BXBzqArrhLBL1VFznXu_KXpSpNgO4ForCbwzZgGWQqH1F0bTHcDqSlOtRLTRGP8a6MfT93wg4MW6ES6c3bEM2osoIZw-PEb6VxbAD/s1600/2011-07-23_1311383466.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIH_GDcEC52hyTW57YkMJxG6DQ5_zb0budqomlS16BXBzqArrhLBL1VFznXu_KXpSpNgO4ForCbwzZgGWQqH1F0bTHcDqSlOtRLTRGP8a6MfT93wg4MW6ES6c3bEM2osoIZw-PEb6VxbAD/s400/2011-07-23_1311383466.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800247637312562" /></a>the one on the left is my oldest...cutest banner carrier i know.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT89NB2slflZyFm91bJEEkb9gw3kaTlWU19V5XbohAVngXyGiznBeSI3N_-GWGluLspZCCV19wyRPH0P_Q0u85kTIa36FmvGv-uQtmNOyNEqPNIoLYSRPWXE4AK2kspnin1QEK-C6cACM-/s1600/2011-07-23_1311383284.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT89NB2slflZyFm91bJEEkb9gw3kaTlWU19V5XbohAVngXyGiznBeSI3N_-GWGluLspZCCV19wyRPH0P_Q0u85kTIa36FmvGv-uQtmNOyNEqPNIoLYSRPWXE4AK2kspnin1QEK-C6cACM-/s400/2011-07-23_1311383284.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800243628293090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjNRlkkLSIZVHr4M04XFmpPJJEnRgv7dUb5FY123Lf27xvjt5ku1gLCDizsnu1NJUQKoaD9g2moZi5XbO1CEHwhUt5WmoW8S7a8e5jtqCuIKJYljabrVXCfGwTCRL1cMe2756iMQJAwn8/s1600/2011-07-23_1311383015.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjNRlkkLSIZVHr4M04XFmpPJJEnRgv7dUb5FY123Lf27xvjt5ku1gLCDizsnu1NJUQKoaD9g2moZi5XbO1CEHwhUt5WmoW8S7a8e5jtqCuIKJYljabrVXCfGwTCRL1cMe2756iMQJAwn8/s400/2011-07-23_1311383015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800239750707410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0onRl_oET5Z0d0VwXgFogASofL32_dbOg-PtKSEGsqzBdPkXeE_pG4moOm1ZUR-e_PFgbxRnkkgjFgIyInShssJCskNFrlpsdym7itpeplEnqc4oMfcIHUXzGPoD4hcZBD7MTxWf2aO9l/s1600/2011-07-23_1311382915.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0onRl_oET5Z0d0VwXgFogASofL32_dbOg-PtKSEGsqzBdPkXeE_pG4moOm1ZUR-e_PFgbxRnkkgjFgIyInShssJCskNFrlpsdym7itpeplEnqc4oMfcIHUXzGPoD4hcZBD7MTxWf2aO9l/s400/2011-07-23_1311382915.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634800235161651986" /></a><br /></div><div>trying to stay cool in the oppressive heat...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-kGA8jli4TqLI9y8iSEQfFVt679IW7tTzIMFy7ClWoc4tS8yC-JVVk09rZ1tdCT-fXhwiJH5hmdwJxxQS3812dG9USfXwfPFVF14BofWGfx-8piZ-teA9utmk4iop-u6ZwG0IR5qqVaU/s1600/2011-07-21_1311276543.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-kGA8jli4TqLI9y8iSEQfFVt679IW7tTzIMFy7ClWoc4tS8yC-JVVk09rZ1tdCT-fXhwiJH5hmdwJxxQS3812dG9USfXwfPFVF14BofWGfx-8piZ-teA9utmk4iop-u6ZwG0IR5qqVaU/s400/2011-07-21_1311276543.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634799742754063218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BcpyW4MZfINFYyGKWAB6959H-F-8Ff2azhKXml-B5ODaSBoCxGmcqSBJdqQsERWawpOoDsC9Zt6f0Ss5p0e3tEfliYpA1Ui7zDy9RkRTON03eiPjUJuR5Qms5QlSefKU3nCSFvYBwRWL/s1600/2011-07-21_1311276622.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BcpyW4MZfINFYyGKWAB6959H-F-8Ff2azhKXml-B5ODaSBoCxGmcqSBJdqQsERWawpOoDsC9Zt6f0Ss5p0e3tEfliYpA1Ui7zDy9RkRTON03eiPjUJuR5Qms5QlSefKU3nCSFvYBwRWL/s400/2011-07-21_1311276622.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634799734418295906" /></a>even our neighbor asked to be sprayed.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB39wRXjv45dAWTte1Cn8dWf_S89Qqij8bYFG-W3eajNl5hLGAKwMdXXt1j5sGHWhqMlDMAek8HwKx2qvKb-C1rvJHVcQ45dgWEmLED-vK9HFUf2b6oggxwxy5qlZDhDxarzgXh-z5rPfq/s1600/2011-07-21_1311277416.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB39wRXjv45dAWTte1Cn8dWf_S89Qqij8bYFG-W3eajNl5hLGAKwMdXXt1j5sGHWhqMlDMAek8HwKx2qvKb-C1rvJHVcQ45dgWEmLED-vK9HFUf2b6oggxwxy5qlZDhDxarzgXh-z5rPfq/s400/2011-07-21_1311277416.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634799733183373602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJis0ox4vo4qmNC9mwtqdZ8rGmaC32FV8WtXShU_NMwfrJ9t0SlbtqK98jhd1kbYkUSSm9YPsgZZNAK1D0hsIxabiBQSNHC4WIX6S5fKmlDiopqb0bP7stidA9KMPj1VHd-rbNR0CLvDy/s1600/2011-07-21_1311277508.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJis0ox4vo4qmNC9mwtqdZ8rGmaC32FV8WtXShU_NMwfrJ9t0SlbtqK98jhd1kbYkUSSm9YPsgZZNAK1D0hsIxabiBQSNHC4WIX6S5fKmlDiopqb0bP7stidA9KMPj1VHd-rbNR0CLvDy/s400/2011-07-21_1311277508.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634799726700820002" /></a>and this? this is how you water your garden when it's 105 outside.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4_EgyDm9ZAgSSrBL8f_TnmPa923v6_aL6PQsypc88-w_n3zEUkKJM4AOQ5Jkhz6U2Xpt3J355qhG5d5G2tkTXfPueOL_tD05JxVIyWe2sKjFxbF-tGBF2EtXAga866NAesxdbexHLezt/s1600/2011-07-21_1311277574.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4_EgyDm9ZAgSSrBL8f_TnmPa923v6_aL6PQsypc88-w_n3zEUkKJM4AOQ5Jkhz6U2Xpt3J355qhG5d5G2tkTXfPueOL_tD05JxVIyWe2sKjFxbF-tGBF2EtXAga866NAesxdbexHLezt/s400/2011-07-21_1311277574.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634799725142573618" /></a></div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-18392387926095401442011-07-29T11:46:00.000-04:002011-07-29T11:50:53.203-04:00back to school...<div>is WAAAAAYYY too close for comfort.</div><div>i learned at the end of last year that i was being moved from 2nd grade to 5th.</div><div>so, in preparation, i've been making some of my own room decor.</div><div><br /></div><div>i've been scouring thrift stores for old atlases and maps, which i've been using to cover anything that will stand still.</div><div><br /></div><div>dollar spot black office passes...turned hall passes.</div><div>$1 michael's wood cut outs...turned bathroom passes.</div><div>and a fun #5 just because.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CghxmnJ4WztmuXaATT-qe6wP0MJKUvR36K6hpxW7s-_BH7Aj6Se_WI7c9TBRTiC6VHlQFT-TOk8d6bO8AkY8qc1Dlw4bMh8Uu5hDOh_IdRH4da_I1KmELu-XSHfmSoCgQ7Oo69UV8_Gx/s1600/2011-07-29_1311949431.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CghxmnJ4WztmuXaATT-qe6wP0MJKUvR36K6hpxW7s-_BH7Aj6Se_WI7c9TBRTiC6VHlQFT-TOk8d6bO8AkY8qc1Dlw4bMh8Uu5hDOh_IdRH4da_I1KmELu-XSHfmSoCgQ7Oo69UV8_Gx/s400/2011-07-29_1311949431.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634801534579959282" /></a>i've also been collecting cheap tins.<div>painted them white so the patterns wouldn't show through...turned pencil, pen, and marker cups.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpV2csWhV47eCFwdDEE4d3qR0g5DZe4K4GhXJulsE_lx0Ai0ESjJ0GDKOJ_YNv7i31D6KPSYUXbqfHz97h3-xzuncD7lKmiTeLaDvQiexa-eL4hCBNN-Hr9ZIHHnojpBC2iRaw3-n8QzQ/s1600/2011-07-29_1311950119.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpV2csWhV47eCFwdDEE4d3qR0g5DZe4K4GhXJulsE_lx0Ai0ESjJ0GDKOJ_YNv7i31D6KPSYUXbqfHz97h3-xzuncD7lKmiTeLaDvQiexa-eL4hCBNN-Hr9ZIHHnojpBC2iRaw3-n8QzQ/s400/2011-07-29_1311950119.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634801460464990690" /></a><br /></div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-70168535374087076962011-07-16T12:21:00.000-04:002011-07-16T12:21:01.315-04:00thrifting thursdays and craft fridays...<div>the girls and i decided to add thrifting thursdays and craft fridays to our summer to-do list...</div><div>so, thursdays, we hit the garage sales and my favorite thrift store, valley thrift.</div><div><br /></div><div>last thursday was the best day yet...just look at all the goodies we found!</div><div>the ceiling medallions and frames were only a buck each! and the little wicker shelf was 75 cents.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQeJX8NGKLsRorhXO3tYkFTg6Mbv_oH53Bp7UBPCdS_V3BPnN-MqyolVARdLrbQwi_hAki9aSXhq_5s5Sl34mJiknNrx24S7kfUVJzCuiVtkGkHfPDoKOO6qpQrnXbTWG4J-ID6BdcgUm/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQeJX8NGKLsRorhXO3tYkFTg6Mbv_oH53Bp7UBPCdS_V3BPnN-MqyolVARdLrbQwi_hAki9aSXhq_5s5Sl34mJiknNrx24S7kfUVJzCuiVtkGkHfPDoKOO6qpQrnXbTWG4J-ID6BdcgUm/s400/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628858729257887058" /></a>another find...vintage hankies.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOguiBSrmJkookxjNbqNYqHr5XKYzX6iwRulmEsRhnaFpKjFMw-MR0bPlQqQv0ncDcE_VvlrBCWkbSrmnpVUAO6vIo4TzSd-MPbrpYCveRAi3VDdfxpGPquOSVbrAxaBxAEONyOPSssLDa/s1600/1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOguiBSrmJkookxjNbqNYqHr5XKYzX6iwRulmEsRhnaFpKjFMw-MR0bPlQqQv0ncDcE_VvlrBCWkbSrmnpVUAO6vIo4TzSd-MPbrpYCveRAi3VDdfxpGPquOSVbrAxaBxAEONyOPSssLDa/s400/1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628858579949185906" /></a>which i turned into this:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeqj4iugnyFuB1QHf22ZNTKwARST-0rBp1BnvHpSOo6LNJD6EZFnpfSn6t7MpNs8orp_q3TuJVoLjAh1IyrF3rRASavTk23ZUnj0dWWo5ohayxV-QzmcRKJ401VGK4RaWqYtSLS7TtBlB/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeqj4iugnyFuB1QHf22ZNTKwARST-0rBp1BnvHpSOo6LNJD6EZFnpfSn6t7MpNs8orp_q3TuJVoLjAh1IyrF3rRASavTk23ZUnj0dWWo5ohayxV-QzmcRKJ401VGK4RaWqYtSLS7TtBlB/s400/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628858578643311234" /></a>our craft fridays consist mostly of me spray-painting things while the girls do some sort of art/craft project. (if it doesn't move, i can and will paint it,)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpN7VdpxmlH-s6KiCVl1qE_vaHaSeSitUehzb6wvQoOF4f7HqfX1LAeqiW-QE5jF8vW3eene2z25R_RDlTSmVki5IPonFpDDqNOJ4d5ivZoigV2zIStccEKqc5q2-JiNpg2KQO_m2FMhg/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpN7VdpxmlH-s6KiCVl1qE_vaHaSeSitUehzb6wvQoOF4f7HqfX1LAeqiW-QE5jF8vW3eene2z25R_RDlTSmVki5IPonFpDDqNOJ4d5ivZoigV2zIStccEKqc5q2-JiNpg2KQO_m2FMhg/s400/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628858155459634002" /></a></div>now the girls have a mail center above their desk...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpbqzuBucfte-0NgK5HXyGr8ViC2VzGJLmJFe4MsRBaRTcU0qJNQZjxGghL1cAUjsRH9NYQKLzoqqTR506EbTzDUsKThExnwwDlj4_hZkDOfmtVXOpQ9rA23a151J6SlRcZHK6bjvLEHT/s1600/8.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpbqzuBucfte-0NgK5HXyGr8ViC2VzGJLmJFe4MsRBaRTcU0qJNQZjxGghL1cAUjsRH9NYQKLzoqqTR506EbTzDUsKThExnwwDlj4_hZkDOfmtVXOpQ9rA23a151J6SlRcZHK6bjvLEHT/s400/8.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628858156670382754" /></a>found this chip & dip bowl for $1.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpWZdgW3jEsaMXJyg_mduIVBZSneOde8F_-ePHrhKdoN59CGbVxE1YpV-rhZj1mW_s-xZw9VBV85MGS9zEC9peWr2Tj1smsmnM20GbnhG7tMagU_HcTSUk-XShhnj03l2VIvW6fSiw73o/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpWZdgW3jEsaMXJyg_mduIVBZSneOde8F_-ePHrhKdoN59CGbVxE1YpV-rhZj1mW_s-xZw9VBV85MGS9zEC9peWr2Tj1smsmnM20GbnhG7tMagU_HcTSUk-XShhnj03l2VIvW6fSiw73o/s400/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628858146960666562" /></a>turned it into lulu's new bed...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wtaYnPcV6NQ4tK0duaRLskhRbcYVpjwOEd0Fbu5qNeizFzdXHq04oBQeUvhGZ41dwZnYmOOx19Nq1QnYOmlQPPqAesjYcSSZMjRpZFqCpKQvi8ytjZTO7lkR2JXlQ8islLij45lLCL-U/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wtaYnPcV6NQ4tK0duaRLskhRbcYVpjwOEd0Fbu5qNeizFzdXHq04oBQeUvhGZ41dwZnYmOOx19Nq1QnYOmlQPPqAesjYcSSZMjRpZFqCpKQvi8ytjZTO7lkR2JXlQ8islLij45lLCL-U/s400/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628858143205636658" /></a>one of my favorite finds! my $1 frame (painted, of course) and letters from hobby lobby (50% off last week!).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilIEG5FVuHWCnfIi7hu6xHlnqXlITk8PO2RI11a1LBlkn_zVOFN_SOzFra5ZdFVTnExRz4s_nj3FOavKRgo_4GK900rS8Fx8wSxFsuR4HTK4an9FnnJpyRUrAjXDDWmGiMkRBgkAVVNAa/s1600/12.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilIEG5FVuHWCnfIi7hu6xHlnqXlITk8PO2RI11a1LBlkn_zVOFN_SOzFra5ZdFVTnExRz4s_nj3FOavKRgo_4GK900rS8Fx8wSxFsuR4HTK4an9FnnJpyRUrAjXDDWmGiMkRBgkAVVNAa/s400/12.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628857845890845138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsszA3A2aA7V1qMf_3ToDoXLaNKmvtQmOBj0ub2L61sqE_DT-poZzJexvCMiu1jmqd5Xb5s-bL9cQmHezwuGSx1s550BsvhT8y-R4GhBBSwAv0iVaT83AoPVTQDmeUN0pZHkFoDxhqDGp0/s1600/19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsszA3A2aA7V1qMf_3ToDoXLaNKmvtQmOBj0ub2L61sqE_DT-poZzJexvCMiu1jmqd5Xb5s-bL9cQmHezwuGSx1s550BsvhT8y-R4GhBBSwAv0iVaT83AoPVTQDmeUN0pZHkFoDxhqDGp0/s400/19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628857843825180674" /></a>another favorite find...$1 ceiling medallion. i think i'm going to add more to this wall, but i'm debating on what it should be. pictures? more medallions? hmmm...we'll see.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrPOfchZLmO7OLSsFXyv7TcpdpOM4Gs5IGPQ0Ovv3KCvnam4ht7KxBQtmluyet7Ac1NNpiDtKmVRVV3ajWTip4qBJgt8ibDJmXYM5liDZxc0x5soegMVi5aCnbHbmw0GUUsTX99OQyZFN/s1600/22.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrPOfchZLmO7OLSsFXyv7TcpdpOM4Gs5IGPQ0Ovv3KCvnam4ht7KxBQtmluyet7Ac1NNpiDtKmVRVV3ajWTip4qBJgt8ibDJmXYM5liDZxc0x5soegMVi5aCnbHbmw0GUUsTX99OQyZFN/s400/22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628857833367993394" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">and i finally used these turquoise tweed fabric from the thrift store to recover our old, grungy, ripped up ottoman.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVMHKcMS9LmLDtmXd8JRf5_gxAIeZ-r0tuGCMJwEHcOB8j-I7GEpa2sUgg2D2wNt-oEujViNbmIFI_3R6Y588y7zS3DheTpJIhklOBT8cPfCuONeT1B83JqMXxR20O5TuPTHb-gXW1fjQ/s1600/23.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVMHKcMS9LmLDtmXd8JRf5_gxAIeZ-r0tuGCMJwEHcOB8j-I7GEpa2sUgg2D2wNt-oEujViNbmIFI_3R6Y588y7zS3DheTpJIhklOBT8cPfCuONeT1B83JqMXxR20O5TuPTHb-gXW1fjQ/s400/23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628857825921985378" /></a><div><br /></div><div>can't wait til next week!!!</div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-89533599481506649272011-07-15T21:05:00.000-04:002011-07-15T21:11:44.080-04:00my fabric stash...<div>has been neglected.</div><div>i've been collecting vintage hankies and sheets for a while. </div><div>the pile slowly started to take over my basement, so i decided to finally put it to good use.</div><div><br /></div><div>here are a few pillows i made with some of my favorite hankies and fabrics.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXCCiCp5ZeOOvcQ5vqGXV-onQYPex9eWHPTpUCj-jZyErjsDGEbeYteX0MQpVkHxo0nzLrsCnwZOBd7lhUfefNK3_t1VekmKTcrlvC4_16ast5dksUsAzJ9w3OgQ3N_eJHem3b9At_K8P/s1600/2011-07-16_1310778047.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXCCiCp5ZeOOvcQ5vqGXV-onQYPex9eWHPTpUCj-jZyErjsDGEbeYteX0MQpVkHxo0nzLrsCnwZOBd7lhUfefNK3_t1VekmKTcrlvC4_16ast5dksUsAzJ9w3OgQ3N_eJHem3b9At_K8P/s400/2011-07-16_1310778047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629750330760781522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xZisrTCvMN5kEqDU2WXQNTIP-AmsqP3iD_1vngs44MoyXcKOhwq0B1U0kdXZs7pMKnLipsCajjF965QiqhvHPZYHpbRCMo-TZrM1MA_IP2jMnPbf7LEhW_UNNxMT3e7ZUDDm4Nn786wJ/s1600/2011-07-16_1310777948.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xZisrTCvMN5kEqDU2WXQNTIP-AmsqP3iD_1vngs44MoyXcKOhwq0B1U0kdXZs7pMKnLipsCajjF965QiqhvHPZYHpbRCMo-TZrM1MA_IP2jMnPbf7LEhW_UNNxMT3e7ZUDDm4Nn786wJ/s400/2011-07-16_1310777948.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629750323393096450" /></a>my next project is a set of banners to hang in my classroom and a tablecloth of vintage sheet squares. i'll keep ya posted.ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599258139406675907.post-88715396649877220522011-07-14T17:13:00.000-04:002011-07-14T17:13:00.598-04:00spa day...<div>was something on our summer to-do list.</div><div>after the accident last week, my cousin's daughter was itching to get away from the hospital and have some fun. so last friday, we brought her home with us for a sleepover.</div><div><br /></div><div>the next morning, i set-up an impromptu "spa day" for the girls.</div><div><br /></div><div>step 1: bubble baths...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KH8QmsJGu7P9IpFILmwgd5tunMBPB7W7t4v-q8L9mGdr-A5cg9lAxv5eypaNrO26V5-LsfUqe6hoU7hFzDSovEfLATHrapOXhBbSz7r687WbmIy6ilAeAy6Na9rA3-uD9GVFCMcyPoDe/s1600/2011-07-09_1310222052.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KH8QmsJGu7P9IpFILmwgd5tunMBPB7W7t4v-q8L9mGdr-A5cg9lAxv5eypaNrO26V5-LsfUqe6hoU7hFzDSovEfLATHrapOXhBbSz7r687WbmIy6ilAeAy6Na9rA3-uD9GVFCMcyPoDe/s400/2011-07-09_1310222052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627573511430177234" /></a>step 2: hair-do's...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4XHT_qx4zCkoIwLSNIGfCZZtsYGrahFXtcnsJIIECsc7Ddjxn5FynyjlpNcl3CG1kt15srb6shzHhaM4_jWiPt-vQf0QOlV1Tf3KdY06Yt9pWA1LxyXTNzvf4YmTdsbjbGutubmWEvJX/s1600/2011-07-09_1310229753.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4XHT_qx4zCkoIwLSNIGfCZZtsYGrahFXtcnsJIIECsc7Ddjxn5FynyjlpNcl3CG1kt15srb6shzHhaM4_jWiPt-vQf0QOlV1Tf3KdY06Yt9pWA1LxyXTNzvf4YmTdsbjbGutubmWEvJX/s400/2011-07-09_1310229753.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627573506961016626" /></a>step 3: manicures...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZYPni5R389GOpvbtsvc4K9IXHnVhsJ6LRdd81eDAHUaq5bHnr2EezOXAlw5KLoqkt_hIOji5TRY1ipleqeGIbJ8mFOnIMWuMoBnh_-geLxVQtT-p1i9BwgZd_mU3b8BnKrRTW2jGKZRG/s1600/2011-07-09_1310231823.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZYPni5R389GOpvbtsvc4K9IXHnVhsJ6LRdd81eDAHUaq5bHnr2EezOXAlw5KLoqkt_hIOji5TRY1ipleqeGIbJ8mFOnIMWuMoBnh_-geLxVQtT-p1i9BwgZd_mU3b8BnKrRTW2jGKZRG/s400/2011-07-09_1310231823.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627573501438767650" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxXPK14O5BRNLFEWH0ZzD2XxKQetCPOao0EjZ13f_HDTouCXD_2ZUthL-dKh87xmG3gyH3j9d22x16IaOOWeBx19tJ_cjhCsuDRrzvKm9pljqClLwJ11P3VN-7Kw-hXZVXHRMxajuDt-l/s1600/2011-07-05_1309892011.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxXPK14O5BRNLFEWH0ZzD2XxKQetCPOao0EjZ13f_HDTouCXD_2ZUthL-dKh87xmG3gyH3j9d22x16IaOOWeBx19tJ_cjhCsuDRrzvKm9pljqClLwJ11P3VN-7Kw-hXZVXHRMxajuDt-l/s400/2011-07-05_1309892011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627573493066742226" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">step 4: photo-shoot...</div><div style="text-align: left;">(thanks, honey, for holding the "back-drop"/sheet up for me!)</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM391SvPTSfT7hx-dVy2YA8G1zq2zFhw3TlWgIixCPZwhU_UCayJrUPgOZSjmoc5LB4mQq1UMLV84vEh9l5XIjMyWqMalLYnTGNPMWAH47JUO3aYSsAHsDbTheBRe3vRpAfSqWdLCvOoTZ/s400/2011-07-09_1310233234.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627572973236013474" />i. can't. handle. the. cuteness.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSDPVVAEsbmqAY9V336JgY0AAr-xcezsrzDaJyCF6eXTWVHmqw8ylo5wl2E08a4rFH7qjT-8psMolckBsFzZ4b9SyG8DP4AFS_Op4owXvwTRVj7-OlkSGcs35pd3tNMrgAa1KdA1LWeFa/s1600/2011-07-09_1310233518.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSDPVVAEsbmqAY9V336JgY0AAr-xcezsrzDaJyCF6eXTWVHmqw8ylo5wl2E08a4rFH7qjT-8psMolckBsFzZ4b9SyG8DP4AFS_Op4owXvwTRVj7-OlkSGcs35pd3tNMrgAa1KdA1LWeFa/s400/2011-07-09_1310233518.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627572965184404722" /></a><br /></div><div>and, once you're styled to the max and totally feeling the diva attitude, what better thing to do than head out to gigi's cupcakes and order delectably delicious mounds of sugar??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5w3RDTxtejmVC8iYkAJCFsANmgxdy9vIzvJnssq0RXnknuiPC9u28I2LfyRqThxb6zetEYezSFLUmVW8TZn314Ba_Jq-Nra1b92SPmuR-RfIdVDCR1YK5ObGz7hDSOo0J9e5_LoIgNEa/s1600/2011-07-09_1310238687.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5w3RDTxtejmVC8iYkAJCFsANmgxdy9vIzvJnssq0RXnknuiPC9u28I2LfyRqThxb6zetEYezSFLUmVW8TZn314Ba_Jq-Nra1b92SPmuR-RfIdVDCR1YK5ObGz7hDSOo0J9e5_LoIgNEa/s400/2011-07-09_1310238687.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627572956330003410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGfMQ8W5WRg4vfXZskDhs_i4hU0LvJ5TI-b3XtPTizRdNKuE06_ZxbrIFGMvQKfUBSUN5ZUwGhCJo184aOpOotNbWOzVm-DTRctIBEIS5ozqqS5LrhnrfgOBjCiuapebexj4zNSjXmjIf/s1600/2011-07-09_1310237889.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGfMQ8W5WRg4vfXZskDhs_i4hU0LvJ5TI-b3XtPTizRdNKuE06_ZxbrIFGMvQKfUBSUN5ZUwGhCJo184aOpOotNbWOzVm-DTRctIBEIS5ozqqS5LrhnrfgOBjCiuapebexj4zNSjXmjIf/s400/2011-07-09_1310237889.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627572523843301954" /></a>aren't. they. amazing!?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcNXOjFYABg6647wWb7iWns9pq5YXfRjI3gDpRNOqgK_04cn6QFlJ8e-rhn2TXm2RMoBTOL9XywnxiwdyFbsjVhUSH8H4vXpptPwNLxzDs3hg41McOkJn1hD5dM7upiF5oEz4IhVWbUNZ/s1600/2011-07-09_1310237984.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcNXOjFYABg6647wWb7iWns9pq5YXfRjI3gDpRNOqgK_04cn6QFlJ8e-rhn2TXm2RMoBTOL9XywnxiwdyFbsjVhUSH8H4vXpptPwNLxzDs3hg41McOkJn1hD5dM7upiF5oEz4IhVWbUNZ/s400/2011-07-09_1310237984.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627572510060716818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQuEKiP1ztjnQfua-SyDd8L-r5EYicwAZYT0TNWmvMp6h15BY3dWpLPRggXaFR7wJgk1Ti7B6QeFfOWy5pDXHjAPD8HO6I0F3AedZDnDafK9UNtMqCrVU8BaFwSHpVMTjvlxeeXNewdmy/s1600/2011-07-09_1310238060.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQuEKiP1ztjnQfua-SyDd8L-r5EYicwAZYT0TNWmvMp6h15BY3dWpLPRggXaFR7wJgk1Ti7B6QeFfOWy5pDXHjAPD8HO6I0F3AedZDnDafK9UNtMqCrVU8BaFwSHpVMTjvlxeeXNewdmy/s400/2011-07-09_1310238060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627572499087708274" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DLbpbAP1jSPgtZE8L9iV6VhjoYulQqJZyrpTAl3rLsHiOZy0Y5vV3g9SAOVSxpnkk5xRioCipSZNKiKAweoLsN8WRSRcL9iV7BNY1uJZX3DeaI82Mu_juCLg5I-QBIjL-eBg9EQKC0qt/s1600/2011-07-09_1310238307.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DLbpbAP1jSPgtZE8L9iV6VhjoYulQqJZyrpTAl3rLsHiOZy0Y5vV3g9SAOVSxpnkk5xRioCipSZNKiKAweoLsN8WRSRcL9iV7BNY1uJZX3DeaI82Mu_juCLg5I-QBIjL-eBg9EQKC0qt/s400/2011-07-09_1310238307.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627572493565990994" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3okKt6vwb2Qmm2fQQI5DbXj4mDxG7xKyMp1B5ML8lGOutnqCH6XRl6OT7MbDWUG6wkHsFPdIjl7c3qW9aFMBrY1D6U_26WBexSJ6K3yJK8Yc_EloPWJY8mos4yTB5UDwAG0kQQnvA6aa/s1600/2011-07-09_1310238568.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3okKt6vwb2Qmm2fQQI5DbXj4mDxG7xKyMp1B5ML8lGOutnqCH6XRl6OT7MbDWUG6wkHsFPdIjl7c3qW9aFMBrY1D6U_26WBexSJ6K3yJK8Yc_EloPWJY8mos4yTB5UDwAG0kQQnvA6aa/s400/2011-07-09_1310238568.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627572481306106850" /></a></div><div>the girls...i mean divas...had a fantastic time. i'm so glad we could help out family members in their time of need and make memories for our girls at the same time.</div>ajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235644510016835553noreply@blogger.com0