tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31675761126160374662024-02-20T08:10:20.358-08:00rothstyleRick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-64542326612954711262011-11-30T13:45:00.001-08:002011-11-30T13:45:27.815-08:00Photo Card<div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="width:425px; height:494px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/top.gif);"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter" style="height:482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewLogo" style="width: 105px; height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px;"><img src="http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/logo.gif" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewContainer" style="height:350px; text-align:center; padding: 0;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AauWTFw1Ztmjjw&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=115"><img src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/prs/v1/0AauWTFw1ZtmkA/0AauWTFw1ZtmkOLA/p/67b0de21b3127d902548/JPEG/1322689501000/0/" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></a></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewMessageContainer" style="height:55px; background-color:#f4f4e9; text-align:center; padding: 15px 0 15px 0; line-height: 19px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewTitle" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 15px; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span>Wreath Monogram Christmas</span></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewSEOText" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>Personalize your holiday card this Christmas with <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards" style="color: #6666cc;">Shutterfly</a>.</span></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewViewCollection" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>View the entire <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery" style="color: #6666cc;">collection</a> of cards.</span></div><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=msc&c2=blogger" /></div></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif);"></div></div>Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-84084973090403289452011-08-23T22:28:00.001-07:002011-08-23T22:58:35.797-07:00Ma itchy all betta!Poor little J-man has a nasty reaction to mosquito bites. He gets bit and immediately starts to swell. Sometimes they swell up so large that they break his skin open. That was the case a few weeks ago...poor little buddy had been out enjoying the summer evening when he got eaten alive by mosquitoes. He had gotten a bite on each side of his ankle and his leg was swollen up to his knee cap. We had been putting Caladryl lotion on it to help with the itching every night and every morning for a couple of days. Every time we put it on J would tell me it was "all betta".
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<br />Rick and I had been up late all weekend and by Sunday we were exhausted. That morning I woke up and knew it was late so I grabbed my phone to see what time it was. In between my hazy vision I saw that the time was 9:45 am...9:45!!!! I immediately shot out of bed worried and confused why J's usual morning conversations with himself hadn't yet woke me. I rushed into his bedroom and found him like this...
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<br />and he announced to me "Mommy ma itchy all betta!" and then he proceeded to also let me know that...
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<br />"Mickey itchy all betta too!". He was so incredibly proud of himself. I couldn't be mad at the poor kid! It was my fault I left the Caladryl within his reach and also my fault that my lazy butt slept in so late.
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<br />Of course the new pj's were drenched
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<br />After peeling off his clothes I discovered that he had also covered all of his legs, and then put his jammie's back on after that!
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<br />Luckily Mickey cleaned up really nice after a run through the washing machine. Even worse than the clean-up was the welts on J's skin from using too much Caladryl lotion. I do have to thank him though...Daddy finally agreed to allow me to get that carpet cleaner I've been wanting! What a little turkey he is...always keeping us on our toes!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-83368160598261041362011-07-17T20:21:00.001-07:002011-07-18T10:26:03.679-07:00GleeksI don't really watch the show regularly, but I L-O-V-E their music and have since I first heard it a couple of years ago SO when my adorable friend Leslie called to invite me to their concert in Las Vegas with her, of course I said YES! This was going to be my first time leaving Jordan overnight so I was a little bit nervous about it, but at least I was leaving him with his Daddy so it wasn't too terribly traumatic. That and with the exception of Leslie's dad Doug (who is probably one of my favorite people on the planet)it was going to be a girls trip, SCORE!! We flew out on Friday afternoon on Doug's plane, yeah Doug has a plane, Leslie calls it the "Princess Program" with Doug, Carol, Les, Tahsha, Stephanie, and myself.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaK3WWfKKkvEaWqYqOMmDykcu_pQKxOWL2I_5960H2QvkDJacGwZPdkOAEt6Y7N8ad38UiSoDTlSWsSdzZEOfTU56JlYcwHr8Hkyjerbt7ac8bnZXXKpw5bpMirm3eOTjJC6k-HcewPzhr/s1600/Ali%2527s+iPhone+Pics+244.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaK3WWfKKkvEaWqYqOMmDykcu_pQKxOWL2I_5960H2QvkDJacGwZPdkOAEt6Y7N8ad38UiSoDTlSWsSdzZEOfTU56JlYcwHr8Hkyjerbt7ac8bnZXXKpw5bpMirm3eOTjJC6k-HcewPzhr/s320/Ali%2527s+iPhone+Pics+244.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630530834463825954" /></a><br />Les, me, Tahsha, and Steph all ready for take off!<br /><br />Once we landed we checked into our hotel and then went off to pick up our tickets for the shows we were going to see that night. Tahsha and Steph were going to see Phantom of the Opera and the rest of us were going to see Terry Fator. I had no clue who he was but apparently he won "America's Got Talent" one year and was supposed to be really good. I figured if he had his own show at the Mirage, he was probably going to be okay. The show by far exceeded my expectations! He was an AMAZING ventriloquist! I was so impressed at how he could change voices and switch gears so quick and keep who's who straight and honestly his mouth hardly moved at all. He also has a really great singing voice and right in the middle of his comedy show he sang a song called "Are There Horses in Heaven". I haven't mentioned on here that back in February a very dear friend of mine, Brad, passed away in a tragic accident. He was the cream of the crop, one of the most sincere, kind people I have ever met. Brad happens to be Doug and Carol's son, Leslie's brother, and Tahsha's husband. I have known the family for about 11 years. I went to high school with Brad, watched him fall in love and marry his beautiful wife. I absolutely adore this family. Watching all of them go through this has been hard. I love them all so dearly and Brad was probably the closest friend that was my age that has gone too early. Brad was a very talented roper and this song just described him to a "T". I am so glad that we got the chance to hear this song, and to offer those words of comfort to the family. Leslie has said that sometimes she feels like she encounters things in life now and it seems like it is just what she needed to hear; this was one of those times for her and I was lucky enough to be there with her. Sorry, I got sidetracked a little there but if you ever get the opportunity to go to his show, do it! It is a family friendly Vegas show (not many of them out there!) that is lots of fun to watch! Dinner that night was at the Mirage buffet. I hadn't ever tried that one before but I highly recommend it now!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6565Ws4ImSeGpN5oJ_sCqkis4fZyXzELp3ZVRKk7t8PWJD-axH7JRikbDSI4JR_f-aAeHChV7V1ZYYNIjwjYu0DmMsHZEiiYCsHUH1QGl_ju8nrOQQme62h9QNBGShPCHdpwWWSE-0XJ/s1600/DSCN4284.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6565Ws4ImSeGpN5oJ_sCqkis4fZyXzELp3ZVRKk7t8PWJD-axH7JRikbDSI4JR_f-aAeHChV7V1ZYYNIjwjYu0DmMsHZEiiYCsHUH1QGl_ju8nrOQQme62h9QNBGShPCHdpwWWSE-0XJ/s320/DSCN4284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630535949746455810" /></a><br />The Terry Fator Theater<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSFqq1cgxcqlW62pXJbVlf_ys1iF20WOmXK1K34XYKJWFsiLYuYyt9x_04_FO49SO_omxNWr-Pv5mCFlSaV7X52UaBLtbkspQR33R6eJDWfDYOizrUeHseGhGF5dkWq-pxr1jURCgtQWn/s1600/DSCN4285.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSFqq1cgxcqlW62pXJbVlf_ys1iF20WOmXK1K34XYKJWFsiLYuYyt9x_04_FO49SO_omxNWr-Pv5mCFlSaV7X52UaBLtbkspQR33R6eJDWfDYOizrUeHseGhGF5dkWq-pxr1jURCgtQWn/s320/DSCN4285.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630536166313452626" /></a><br />Doug and Carol at Terry Fator<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosZGjrF2zjnChCQ1pl1olxPmDCBmUwVIiPAWaMmUphYqx3Va0iR5Zpn_Wak3FiH3LIpJxbVQeH3MDLhKddKcijC9uJsvblHL4UOZjXFuRruwNqBPBmEaWI9QPtZM6WIQxylqk8JPD2VLU/s1600/DSCN4287.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosZGjrF2zjnChCQ1pl1olxPmDCBmUwVIiPAWaMmUphYqx3Va0iR5Zpn_Wak3FiH3LIpJxbVQeH3MDLhKddKcijC9uJsvblHL4UOZjXFuRruwNqBPBmEaWI9QPtZM6WIQxylqk8JPD2VLU/s320/DSCN4287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630536425726482146" /></a><br />Me and Les at Terry Fator<br /><br />That night all of us young'uns went out to see the sights and show Steph Vegas at night. I laughed so hard at all of the guys picking up on Steph and Tahsha, and I even got to have a cougar moment where some teenager picked up on me. Granted I think he had consumed A LOT of alcohol at that point, but he still acknowledged me :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5itOBwTQ1UIP7uq5CR_9Xsj-rAJSjry3LrEjJZLBPelemvwWDTkkAOeQflN8p4_Y_QcjrUk4BeZkvYSJ4dLpPN-1vwoY9wCHvDsdvxux-QNHOeGL1VS2ilHfXVv9j4dRAH2DFgOSTdqeo/s1600/DSCN4293.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5itOBwTQ1UIP7uq5CR_9Xsj-rAJSjry3LrEjJZLBPelemvwWDTkkAOeQflN8p4_Y_QcjrUk4BeZkvYSJ4dLpPN-1vwoY9wCHvDsdvxux-QNHOeGL1VS2ilHfXVv9j4dRAH2DFgOSTdqeo/s320/DSCN4293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630537554686303858" /></a><br />Me, Steph, Tahsha, and Les at the Bellagio fountain show<br /><br />The next day we went out to walk to strip and sight see...little did we know we would get more than we bargained for! When we were at the Bellagio gardens there was a swarm of people hanging out around a glasses shop and low and behold Fiddy Cent was inside (or 50 Cents as the grandma behind me was saying)! We lined up outside the shop and as he walked out we all got to give him high fives! It was pretty fun!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSD_a_foWhUjaKlryM8hSNveRzC1mr79qUBGwGbwGItrcmTAhvYnxLaLEnWDEo6XPjus6z92b3DLpSdFL4KsCUZOCxjRA1NuWFa1VWxlUm6gY9Z6uIuPto1xbNcp7YDxpSwVLbSb70MuS/s1600/DSCN4308.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSD_a_foWhUjaKlryM8hSNveRzC1mr79qUBGwGbwGItrcmTAhvYnxLaLEnWDEo6XPjus6z92b3DLpSdFL4KsCUZOCxjRA1NuWFa1VWxlUm6gY9Z6uIuPto1xbNcp7YDxpSwVLbSb70MuS/s320/DSCN4308.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630540331036674594" /></a><br />50 Cent sporting his new shades<br /><br />That night was Glee!! Pam and Ashley (Leslie's aunt and cousin) had just flown in that afternoon right after running a marathon, um ambitious I know, and we also met up with Camille (one of Leslie's close friends) and her mom as well for dinner at the Prime Rib Loft for dinner at the Orlean's. Right after that we headed on over to Mandalay Bay for the show. What can I say?! It was AWESOME! All of them are so talented and their voices are fantastic live!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNNp_q1sNHfkrlnIxNSymJTLpBFxCq9KaWhEQT_puAqI8CWmCMxNalr1NEaQk7na0pa6egwgk7gaofDuXzcQUCBQXkBTc8XgVepb3cxs0CQIB_jxpHPi0fQC6AlIdCX0RqeAaxJlhV01J/s1600/IMG_4011.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNNp_q1sNHfkrlnIxNSymJTLpBFxCq9KaWhEQT_puAqI8CWmCMxNalr1NEaQk7na0pa6egwgk7gaofDuXzcQUCBQXkBTc8XgVepb3cxs0CQIB_jxpHPi0fQC6AlIdCX0RqeAaxJlhV01J/s320/IMG_4011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630546808415445138" /></a><br />Les, Ashley, Pam, Me, Tahsha, Stephanie, Carol, Doug all ready to go in!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktoz0l4Zp7gY2AcZlOL-wFuxM4lKtGDC1qeRt-0Si4cYyIq5tfqffPGWKt8qLaYrbjAta9tL2iE9SnOV6L95j_SoF4EVvC22TzNDnG8_5vc5B01k1f5e10lgT5KpZqfqKUaYrT4IxQwNi/s1600/IMG_4016.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktoz0l4Zp7gY2AcZlOL-wFuxM4lKtGDC1qeRt-0Si4cYyIq5tfqffPGWKt8qLaYrbjAta9tL2iE9SnOV6L95j_SoF4EVvC22TzNDnG8_5vc5B01k1f5e10lgT5KpZqfqKUaYrT4IxQwNi/s320/IMG_4016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630549291932582274" /></a><br />All the Gleeks!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJRTP8N6ew0DGo8pqTF5tSsLgD9lYwQW-L6n21kqqzHP1F2FApMyT-_Bw6tHIHojH6k-AO4yiUn7i1TMEO0znurGb5mS5yOhyphenhyphenD8Vt8t-Nhn2fB6pRyoojCPAlo0RMTbmFgEQKl1uGh0Zn/s1600/DSCN4313.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJRTP8N6ew0DGo8pqTF5tSsLgD9lYwQW-L6n21kqqzHP1F2FApMyT-_Bw6tHIHojH6k-AO4yiUn7i1TMEO0znurGb5mS5yOhyphenhyphenD8Vt8t-Nhn2fB6pRyoojCPAlo0RMTbmFgEQKl1uGh0Zn/s320/DSCN4313.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630545718600596450" /></a><br />Ash, Les, and me<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8Qc88bpfDkYMOiu5RYswVsIk2jUI17gomVv3qYXGUzNHPbizTy6icMazBXTeRl5XTxOMqWc_s2D3XyN9kAuYK3K8w_revYHWYEN9bSIzwXXldWoCnuwRStoRtP_0-GpOJScVovMbE6zi/s1600/DSCN4314.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8Qc88bpfDkYMOiu5RYswVsIk2jUI17gomVv3qYXGUzNHPbizTy6icMazBXTeRl5XTxOMqWc_s2D3XyN9kAuYK3K8w_revYHWYEN9bSIzwXXldWoCnuwRStoRtP_0-GpOJScVovMbE6zi/s320/DSCN4314.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630546025620242338" /></a><br />Me, Tahsh, and Steph<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWLJYM-X9DAN0OxmL4DJYm93luJxCqEztHtYIIO-fk1rFcjSJfK3h_duzbzduXYaJVj5c7gRei6ZNy2eqLgV9xMb0TLhW6sgqovKMNf6kv54uzzlTMzvk3uoEPPjNpRfmr5nHj_Vfn9Cs/s1600/DSCN4352.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWLJYM-X9DAN0OxmL4DJYm93luJxCqEztHtYIIO-fk1rFcjSJfK3h_duzbzduXYaJVj5c7gRei6ZNy2eqLgV9xMb0TLhW6sgqovKMNf6kv54uzzlTMzvk3uoEPPjNpRfmr5nHj_Vfn9Cs/s320/DSCN4352.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630547402999820722" /></a><br />Britney!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XyTzZH8m_bAcS-9K2W4WDPMVUEhndcqbij9km5DNPMP334tKJIhDfgLPvOG57laUGqO6FH-DcH9yRo_ovsav4KjkHQoCcRQ2ax1Z1rk2fFBcC0fNIFQozM9SGi6b7Tgj9bb6PVDEbrXW/s1600/DSCN4368.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XyTzZH8m_bAcS-9K2W4WDPMVUEhndcqbij9km5DNPMP334tKJIhDfgLPvOG57laUGqO6FH-DcH9yRo_ovsav4KjkHQoCcRQ2ax1Z1rk2fFBcC0fNIFQozM9SGi6b7Tgj9bb6PVDEbrXW/s320/DSCN4368.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630547804151159634" /></a><br />Born this way<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjIR1yGN4DgCA46JSVsvkzbW64Wb8RK7NfGLc1HirV_cq22mEV3cMKeSUIEWNf9p0tkywOLPB-8wYw4_jt_lWt757ySKk4Au4f7Zb3eZalJiVMZkTDFCxFIs2oBZlXy9i3ySSwNNjcylu/s1600/DSCN4337.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjIR1yGN4DgCA46JSVsvkzbW64Wb8RK7NfGLc1HirV_cq22mEV3cMKeSUIEWNf9p0tkywOLPB-8wYw4_jt_lWt757ySKk4Au4f7Zb3eZalJiVMZkTDFCxFIs2oBZlXy9i3ySSwNNjcylu/s320/DSCN4337.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630548272213029266" /></a><br />Love her!<br /><br />Diana Agron, can I please have my body back? Lea Michele, I'm going to need my voice back. I had SO much fun and the company was great! A BIG thanks to Leslie for the invite, you are such an awesome friend! Thanks for the great time ladies, and Doug the polygamist...good thing nobody asked if we were from Utah!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwpuOSrqAcMe-X5Wf5KkQvedkan-LDcbWMCv9lbeZ13pc1hC5QUOCAA4aqFIhGdoM-Z5XnLRLkC9_n4ovvSdaWzX6WjpG6vAhMSt3LasWz4-h6mjQnyQC5JpoatMQo_wNiosyNiVWAS8c/s1600/DSCN4393.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwpuOSrqAcMe-X5Wf5KkQvedkan-LDcbWMCv9lbeZ13pc1hC5QUOCAA4aqFIhGdoM-Z5XnLRLkC9_n4ovvSdaWzX6WjpG6vAhMSt3LasWz4-h6mjQnyQC5JpoatMQo_wNiosyNiVWAS8c/s320/DSCN4393.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630550273674651250" /></a><br />On our way home! I must say, the "Princess Program" is pretty posh!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-760079636288734882011-06-13T21:01:00.000-07:002011-06-13T21:28:01.593-07:00Bon JoviObviously with the number of posts I have done this year I am a little behind, so there are going to be lots of random posts from a while back - forgive me! This is one of them. <br /><br />My cute hubby bought me tickets to Bon Jovi for my Birthday back in January. Then 6 days before the concert he got put on an audit in Hawaii (yeah, I felt bad for him too) and couldn't go. That left me to go by myself with 3 seats to fill. Luckily I have awesome friends who were great fillers and joined me in the nose bleed section to watch Jon Bon shake his groove thang like no other man can! It was a blast! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDdK4Zbhy2-EQaYWCHbs1q2ejcp4vGNWvKrJgS6496txaxaA0WjWWF2ksquUaBEoAgZVMgw_Vg4tN2QrQr8BVFxb21ZIoeSSaWT9nPuGvzk1kbXrFmnYvsjAtD3GRfru-e4XgskT6c3aY/s1600/DSCN4006.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDdK4Zbhy2-EQaYWCHbs1q2ejcp4vGNWvKrJgS6496txaxaA0WjWWF2ksquUaBEoAgZVMgw_Vg4tN2QrQr8BVFxb21ZIoeSSaWT9nPuGvzk1kbXrFmnYvsjAtD3GRfru-e4XgskT6c3aY/s320/DSCN4006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617922571458732594" /></a><br />I have known Kristy for years...like probably 12. She is one of those friends that I can go forever without talking to her, and then we can have a conversation and it's like we saw each other yesterday.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPAmlzQfEeS4nSSrPGBwzzyA6KvHPGyqbqg7FAdXnX4S7DYgEl69-RZKORHlcJ4YgK_MbAyGsdZ1Zi3ndjrUH2ujIrQVAxr2UgBgU5IJaZfOYBTb9H8BPO6DxjTvgSBQroSN22XkBHcWS/s1600/DSCN4064.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPAmlzQfEeS4nSSrPGBwzzyA6KvHPGyqbqg7FAdXnX4S7DYgEl69-RZKORHlcJ4YgK_MbAyGsdZ1Zi3ndjrUH2ujIrQVAxr2UgBgU5IJaZfOYBTb9H8BPO6DxjTvgSBQroSN22XkBHcWS/s320/DSCN4064.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617922947928011234" /></a><br />Sherri, Sher-Bear, Sherzie...this girl cracks me up! I have had the chance to sit by this girl at work for the past year and she cracks me up! We have so much in common and have so much fun together. She was the biggest Bon Jovi lover of us all so I knew when I asked her to come with me that it would be a definite yes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_WC4CK94hJLLxviBmeAk1N93oQfenyj4gm9iKIjMX-wErMWf9q8r7-OQScnzLW1SwW2Z5KkYdJ5fDbY70QPZbCEveXGA5nzBcXBviKQuee5zNfhVqMT1EpfvXmWgJnhQwPuvHAhmpZRV/s1600/DSCN4062.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_WC4CK94hJLLxviBmeAk1N93oQfenyj4gm9iKIjMX-wErMWf9q8r7-OQScnzLW1SwW2Z5KkYdJ5fDbY70QPZbCEveXGA5nzBcXBviKQuee5zNfhVqMT1EpfvXmWgJnhQwPuvHAhmpZRV/s320/DSCN4062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617923755162264994" /></a><br />Miss Shannon. I love this girl. Shannon was my neighbor up until about a year ago. Our daughter's used to play together all the time and I miss having her so close. She is so much fun to be around and one of the most genuine, kind people I know; I was SO excited she could go out for a girls night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_2DJUoaxyJdppYBFZQda5Mkve2YI_7XwsC59TtL8rYCoynr-hZckhvU94NiW0J5AD4N63Q5TB3asZ4t7pc9r235DJGnw06iCO786JWTdXSZATk5YKzmYebI4FH18adoxrGoL4Z_fO7Ue/s1600/DSCN4005.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_2DJUoaxyJdppYBFZQda5Mkve2YI_7XwsC59TtL8rYCoynr-hZckhvU94NiW0J5AD4N63Q5TB3asZ4t7pc9r235DJGnw06iCO786JWTdXSZATk5YKzmYebI4FH18adoxrGoL4Z_fO7Ue/s320/DSCN4005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617924464410604370" /></a><br />All of us "Hot Mommas" - literally, it was incredibly hot inside ESA and we are all Mom's.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfjYGx_FbqOLVAowpODzAuYpT_VYGUiYb96A8bCT9hI1h79eESXxcjFbgP4_0wAudNX82hVqwW4BwzPEQT4t2SCkzY0K7Pa1Kr5CH17j9cAVLqe2VNGJg356Al8T-BzqK3miahboRu9r6/s1600/DSCN4008.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfjYGx_FbqOLVAowpODzAuYpT_VYGUiYb96A8bCT9hI1h79eESXxcjFbgP4_0wAudNX82hVqwW4BwzPEQT4t2SCkzY0K7Pa1Kr5CH17j9cAVLqe2VNGJg356Al8T-BzqK3miahboRu9r6/s320/DSCN4008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617924798929726946" /></a><br />Rock On!!! Shannon's face is priceless in this picture!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNO5kIZi8HRYjvuOSfDcCgfdZEFcE91_khJbAGGERqo-zEo8LhG9sW49Ub3NwODVREEgDvHXIGi7Q35vkF74wcWpQQquzoZUPbtJreemZdegfhyDHHmv8OqJPFYIxPEXPcDVr4g0Erxyr/s1600/DSCN4025.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNO5kIZi8HRYjvuOSfDcCgfdZEFcE91_khJbAGGERqo-zEo8LhG9sW49Ub3NwODVREEgDvHXIGi7Q35vkF74wcWpQQquzoZUPbtJreemZdegfhyDHHmv8OqJPFYIxPEXPcDVr4g0Erxyr/s320/DSCN4025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617925170611213058" /></a><br />Jon Bon himself<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyX_59KHmZisFFuOrCQwVpCslHbOM3BP3FFez8fTESc2TydIlzqkAoUXivgogQbJW9K3V0WfRkU5s7dOHT54IyucPxz7aVwogfIo7V9V81qK4vqrFKK2gijb14GXTVKs4FUM1ZaMAm4dS1/s1600/DSCN4046.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyX_59KHmZisFFuOrCQwVpCslHbOM3BP3FFez8fTESc2TydIlzqkAoUXivgogQbJW9K3V0WfRkU5s7dOHT54IyucPxz7aVwogfIo7V9V81qK4vqrFKK2gijb14GXTVKs4FUM1ZaMAm4dS1/s320/DSCN4046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617925609147290562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BOk7ZbWxIDacwZK7jHqYDuzDBI0pL-YIoWmo6Wv1Z0CpLtLc4NdN16LknfcCVpaJE-YvlW-mzkuTq5DAhklhNTX3X5UYz_Hfc-yrV3pFp-fpL_nFft4rRybmvN5VZWmo03OC3sX9HRqz/s1600/DSCN4052.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BOk7ZbWxIDacwZK7jHqYDuzDBI0pL-YIoWmo6Wv1Z0CpLtLc4NdN16LknfcCVpaJE-YvlW-mzkuTq5DAhklhNTX3X5UYz_Hfc-yrV3pFp-fpL_nFft4rRybmvN5VZWmo03OC3sX9HRqz/s320/DSCN4052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617925862865200722" /></a><br />Lighter chick and tight pants girl. These 2 provided just as much entertainment for us as the concert did! They were die hard Bon Jovi fans. Lighter chick swayed to the music, flipping her hair to and fro, just like a 80's music video. Tight pants girl...well she just wears that same outfit to every Bon Jovi concert she goes to...since the 80's.<br /><br />I had so much fun and I am so glad these girls went with me!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-30185360960206991802011-05-31T21:47:00.000-07:002011-05-31T22:00:45.470-07:00ThankfulI have been following this story on the news about a family from this area who just lost their 2 year old in an accident over the weekend. I hate the news and this is why. I don't know this family, but it really hits close to home when it involves a 2 year old and you also have a child the same age living in your home. It makes me realize how thankful I need to be for all of my children, even on the toughest of days for instance when Jordan manages to cry the entire grocery shopping trip to Macey's because I didn't pick the right racecar cart (yeah that really happened, tonight in fact). So tonight I am going to go in and give my poor little man who experienced his first bee sting tonight, biffed it down the slide and bonked his head, then skinned his knee running around at the ballpark an extra kiss and tuck him in because I can, and I am thankful I am able to!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-2134100565621578512011-05-23T18:48:00.000-07:002011-05-23T19:23:35.243-07:00If love could have saved you...you would have lived forever.<br /><br />I was due this week with our 4th (my 2nd biological) baby this week. It wasn't planned...but obviously I know how it happened :) But because it wasn't planned I was a little bit upset over it. Rick and I had a plan, and this didn't fit into that mold at the time. But as the weeks went by I became more and more okay and excited about it. I was positive it was a little girl! Both my friend and I at work confided in each other that we were both expecting (unexpectedly), and due within a week of each other. This was going to be so fun being preggers together! Then one Saturday I started having some problems. I called into the Doctor and they told me to take it easy and if things didn't change to come in. I knew things weren't okay, but I wanted to believe they were. Things improved, but didn't stop. I called in and the nurse told me that I was far enough along (I was 9 or 10 weeks at the time) to be able to hear a heart beat on the doppler so to stop in and they would put my mind at ease. I went in and she started to search for that woosh woosh woosh woosh woosh sound.....nothing. I knew, I knew right then, but of course we went through 2 more ultra-sounds with 2 different machines before they decided it probably wasn't a viable pregnancy. I was heartbroken. To make things worse I had to wait a week because I wasn't 100% sure on my dates so they wanted to be sure before doing a D&C. My last ultrasound showed a growing yolk sac but a shrinking fetus and I went in the next day for the procedure.<br /><br />I honestly can't imagine having another one right now. Jordan is so much fun, and so incredibly hard all at the same time. He is very particular and VERY good at tantrums when things don't go his way, which is quite often! I am nervous for 3 because everyone says it is worse than 2 but he is just a turd sometimes so I can't imagine him being worse than he is now. But, at the same time, I wonder what our little sweetie would have looked like. Was it a boy, or a girl? It's amazing to me that as a mother you can fall in love with something growing inside of you, in such a short amount of time! I was surprised how many people have suffered a miscarriage and shared their stories with me while I was dealing with those emotions. To those of you who did, thank you for your words of comfort when I needed them! So many things have to go right to make these perfect little beings. I know that the time wasn't right and that it was something we needed to go through. Hopefully you don't take this to be a pity post, believe me, I have SEVERAL close friends who have gone through a lot worse than I have and I would take my trial over theirs any day of the week - I have just been thinking about our little one considerably more this past month, and exceptionally more this week and wanted to express my love for our little one that didn't quite make it here!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-73047121165247353342011-03-03T20:36:00.000-08:002011-03-03T21:01:45.329-08:00NeglectI felt like I had neglected Jordan all night tonight. We got home and the only way I could get him to come inside from playing was to bribe him and let him watch his Mater movie...so he did that...twice; all the while I was putting dishes in the dishwasher, etc. Then we met up with an old friend for a drink run. He sat in the back and watched Despicable Me the entire time. Then we got home and I sat him down for some chicken nuggets after a Wendy's run. After he was done eating it was bath time. While he was in the bath I got on my laptop to look at Facebook for a few minutes of that precious "me time" all of us mothers long for. I could hear him talking and playing with his monster truck the whole time. Then I heard what sounded like him getting out of the tub. As I got up to go and check on him the bathroom door started to shut in my face. Obviously he had gotten out but I didn't know what I was in store for until I opened the door...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQh0y-eMobFGYxqQY401ctKMrDo4q5f9sgdPenVpebuSGU_o4X2iwiinRrwgshot5uhRvWUmrZtuojTH7JQmK5Er4GODsCjlUQ9jGqqwzwpP-kJzniF33j-jbYneUyuivpspmlOQ5nFj6/s1600/DSCN3995.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQh0y-eMobFGYxqQY401ctKMrDo4q5f9sgdPenVpebuSGU_o4X2iwiinRrwgshot5uhRvWUmrZtuojTH7JQmK5Er4GODsCjlUQ9jGqqwzwpP-kJzniF33j-jbYneUyuivpspmlOQ5nFj6/s320/DSCN3995.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580083212918501042" /></a><br />There he was...sitting on the John, the entire roll of toilet paper unraveled onto the floor, and a surprise in the toilet, just for me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGiS6QRT04bgcnNIuf0_KoobKjCuWAEGtzMtmfhrlzQXqWelpV9lAXOeS7MDw68evisl-rjI4qaMOoH4HdgmSSzwUl9BYpxnF-6RNOHtZqXMGK0euR_uox8xoIBdvby2e7yjb20x4xTKm/s1600/DSCN3998.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGiS6QRT04bgcnNIuf0_KoobKjCuWAEGtzMtmfhrlzQXqWelpV9lAXOeS7MDw68evisl-rjI4qaMOoH4HdgmSSzwUl9BYpxnF-6RNOHtZqXMGK0euR_uox8xoIBdvby2e7yjb20x4xTKm/s320/DSCN3998.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580083851396945650" /></a><br />Nope that's not a poo-poo in the big boy potty...that is a monster truck. I am just lucky he didn't try to flush the toilet!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ytOcfI-cwVucllYSTwSUE6J4dHdp1k33Z4GeKw9_cg93tWl-5XoXPcFjrZA4aK8Z7gGDLnLB6ITisQxXtK4Oy6rSckdOsECXk7rK0RVQVbst-TSGug69hR5YCJ3WtXHYda598k5rIWcK/s1600/Jman.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ytOcfI-cwVucllYSTwSUE6J4dHdp1k33Z4GeKw9_cg93tWl-5XoXPcFjrZA4aK8Z7gGDLnLB6ITisQxXtK4Oy6rSckdOsECXk7rK0RVQVbst-TSGug69hR5YCJ3WtXHYda598k5rIWcK/s320/Jman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580084480219336274" /></a><br />Look how proud of himself he is!! That is what I get for neglecting my little one...lesson learned!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-14977242227089460242011-01-27T20:02:00.001-08:002011-01-27T20:41:08.316-08:00Who are you and where did my baby go?!Our little man turned 2 today...2!!! He isn't a baby at all; he is in full blown toddler mode running around, speaking his own language that we occasionally understand, and full of an extremely hilarious personality! What can I say, I am in love with this boy! He is ALWAYS sick still but I am hopeful that he will grow out of this at some point in life :) His Daddy is still his favorite and he loves playing with Tay and Bennett as well. I am kind of an afterthought but always good for kissing boo boos and snuggling. We all love this kid and we are having so much fun with him!<br /><br />I took off Jordan's pajamas to get him ready for the day and he picked out his own outfit to wear...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoK3jKhWy5Q17ougy1iXHfHbqd1jfyD7EkgOSPxoX9v6cJnoJ_aiBUurPZt2uSNtEubcGehp866cIMhBu87tYgJyqCvZDBIq9yocTIGMh38XC70HXtsfb5QoeI63eLQilA4-3s6HM07P7/s1600/DSCN3876.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoK3jKhWy5Q17ougy1iXHfHbqd1jfyD7EkgOSPxoX9v6cJnoJ_aiBUurPZt2uSNtEubcGehp866cIMhBu87tYgJyqCvZDBIq9yocTIGMh38XC70HXtsfb5QoeI63eLQilA4-3s6HM07P7/s320/DSCN3876.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567084789714704322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsDzPiMnjMsE65SYruHWux0GbIbuTqpieduXapH-FgYgmr7dIaLhZ5Q2DQ0javbEStNKsnXZzkEGU6olh9Ob8iVUD-Guz7z3267HXA2AZ6p6Hqv9ncBJ9IrVWQjkPwIelXBV47IkOe-zf/s1600/DSCN3877.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsDzPiMnjMsE65SYruHWux0GbIbuTqpieduXapH-FgYgmr7dIaLhZ5Q2DQ0javbEStNKsnXZzkEGU6olh9Ob8iVUD-Guz7z3267HXA2AZ6p6Hqv9ncBJ9IrVWQjkPwIelXBV47IkOe-zf/s320/DSCN3877.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567085935638345586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezxCFmhfJCLYndQNHDnGBEqaEIGAaIqdAwMD_Fk8NiMKvGy3I9FpSouzfE3dtjlrOffwwyO6XOSnz9POLxQTmRqg0x2HjM69824yIhQbiGHO0bUOBSH4-MVBNRfplwc_QLFf6DAgRivMD/s1600/DSCN3879.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezxCFmhfJCLYndQNHDnGBEqaEIGAaIqdAwMD_Fk8NiMKvGy3I9FpSouzfE3dtjlrOffwwyO6XOSnz9POLxQTmRqg0x2HjM69824yIhQbiGHO0bUOBSH4-MVBNRfplwc_QLFf6DAgRivMD/s320/DSCN3879.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567086291506749170" /></a><br /><br />Yep, those are his Christmas p.j.'s! I let him wear them since it was his Birthday and all...<br /><br />Here are some fun facts about J...<br />He weighs 30 lbs...the same as his 5 year old cousin Emma<br />Toy Story and Cars are his favorite movies - like he really loves them and requests to watch them in the car ALL THE TIME. Wu-dee (Woody), Bahz (Buzz), Eye-ing (Lightening) and Manny (Mater) are his favorites.<br />He loves toy cars and choo choos<br />He still loves to be outside<br />Minnie (Mickey Mouse) is his baby lately. Just today I walked into the bathroom to find that it was Mickey's bath time. Last night Mickey got tucked in and got a binkie too!<br />I love how his face lights up when he sees his Mommy and Daddy!<br />My favorite phrase is Wuh-Voo (Love you) - it melts me every time!<br />He thinks barts (farts) are funny...I don't really blame him, they are!<br />He would live off of fruit snacks alone if we would let him.<br />Day and Betty (Tay and Bennett) are some of his favorite play mates and they still dote over him...I love that they love him so much!<br />His cousin Emme (Emma) is his best friend, and she gets to run the roost with him and he does just about whatever she wants him too so it works out well for both of them!<br /><br />Happy Birthday little man! We love you so much!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj809XmIp5SZcIsq5u9mOaJ-2SGCBXlRvIWJcJRf3HcrFf0w6d3QHH5W6s8TPaRzXqRgCYZ4i0Z7eSnnY5WAKGY9xr8v_BfbfiS00i06eA081y6qItR6-a14Oeijqy7H3ofii1zSF6ssjBk/s1600/DSCN3886.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj809XmIp5SZcIsq5u9mOaJ-2SGCBXlRvIWJcJRf3HcrFf0w6d3QHH5W6s8TPaRzXqRgCYZ4i0Z7eSnnY5WAKGY9xr8v_BfbfiS00i06eA081y6qItR6-a14Oeijqy7H3ofii1zSF6ssjBk/s320/DSCN3886.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567091221826192082" /></a>Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-87864659485888174652010-09-27T20:05:00.000-07:002010-09-27T20:15:59.414-07:00Boy am I behind!!!Man I feel bad I have let things get this far behind. I have honestly been living at the office since about mid June and it hasn't let up since. I can't complain because it truly has been a blessing while Rick has been finishing up with school etc. but it has been hard being away from my family that much. I went plenty of days where I didn't see Jordan more than 20 minutes in the morning and that was about it. Rick worked all summer for Neways working a temporary job for Drew while waiting for his job with Deloitte to start which...it has! Rick was gone all last week to Seattle for orientation and is now away to Scottsdale for the remainder of his training. I know he is enjoying starting on his new career since it has been such a long wait but I am ready for him to be home and not be a single parent anymore along with working full time myself. While he was away he found out he passed the FAR section of the CPA exam (this was the hardest section that he chose to take first to get it out of the way). He studied so long and hard for it and he passed with a 94!! I am a little proud of him if you can't tell already. Both Tay and Bennett are back to school and hard at it and little J man is well on his way to talking in a language that perhaps the rest of us might be able to understand. We just recently got back from a family vacation to California so I had better get working on all of my "catch up" posts so I can post the vacation pics as well.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAG404lOkl0ZiPwpLKQ5EmAmhm5nk7ED9EprlOMvtaEIKTgkrUQQx-aF5Ql0uWkc-1Zkpm2ktrAbaxff_iVsEI31SokmfymiQSu9j9uQbl5jb3CK3BrzGg2NksvNAmgd0IqeZtw0MAaqRS/s1600/DSCN3379.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAG404lOkl0ZiPwpLKQ5EmAmhm5nk7ED9EprlOMvtaEIKTgkrUQQx-aF5Ql0uWkc-1Zkpm2ktrAbaxff_iVsEI31SokmfymiQSu9j9uQbl5jb3CK3BrzGg2NksvNAmgd0IqeZtw0MAaqRS/s320/DSCN3379.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521797779173768914" /></a><br />Roth Family Disneyland 2010Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-14409005904486234062010-07-17T22:32:00.000-07:002010-07-17T23:06:39.259-07:00Playing OutsideJordan loves being outside! He has always loved it since he was brand new and every time we have to come inside he cries...which is not so fun but we deal with it! Anyhow, here are some pictures from our adventures outside this year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gUxsSZ-gzW6DxW-tadHfrlo0Tp2-ayUBv0Wq5VJdrM2Vgc1lI5gwCr8XSxQkTokC-K_sqVUFQcdItkHWA3FnN3sQXT8pCUZu9wHQgrFElQp_tH4IMbuh5X1eQUygITA45pK9UMYPWXUM/s1600/DSCN1761.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gUxsSZ-gzW6DxW-tadHfrlo0Tp2-ayUBv0Wq5VJdrM2Vgc1lI5gwCr8XSxQkTokC-K_sqVUFQcdItkHWA3FnN3sQXT8pCUZu9wHQgrFElQp_tH4IMbuh5X1eQUygITA45pK9UMYPWXUM/s320/DSCN1761.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495115655694232002" /></a><br />It is essential you have your snow scraper handy in March in Utah<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1zdopGHRSbn3oLfQKPi3IXB_GF7aAGvz_uXAJBPi92KmXEP7axTQZeRmk4a7GWjU0fvZ38VfsrlJfzREBDwQPgEFgMjzcVXcDx660yFWl4Hr57oQQEA_2Bhi3JbkMGhUjOwcRXMjls3f/s1600/DSCN1764.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1zdopGHRSbn3oLfQKPi3IXB_GF7aAGvz_uXAJBPi92KmXEP7axTQZeRmk4a7GWjU0fvZ38VfsrlJfzREBDwQPgEFgMjzcVXcDx660yFWl4Hr57oQQEA_2Bhi3JbkMGhUjOwcRXMjls3f/s320/DSCN1764.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495116127158676226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWk-pzziSjaqCL4WJqrZJccp_e-uQEz0RXItkfMAohnDBIvPOAE1a3O3jXdEvRqC5v7gXElx8EWIioUPwGpJIzVxkAXiD_FXb0MAS6BKMVNINakX9u9lLFWq-Sgg2fgFLHRg0PZqnHP7pm/s1600/DSCN1769.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWk-pzziSjaqCL4WJqrZJccp_e-uQEz0RXItkfMAohnDBIvPOAE1a3O3jXdEvRqC5v7gXElx8EWIioUPwGpJIzVxkAXiD_FXb0MAS6BKMVNINakX9u9lLFWq-Sgg2fgFLHRg0PZqnHP7pm/s320/DSCN1769.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495116565023303618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDl-W5xxwaqu5wcER-TPtM1wbqVm4ED9yXgWK6pKMQIpY1DItCqFKW0l1OEeX_VcrQu9M81Q6_HhI_ofEHa4f-3_d0dRbeL1jz4JsTxfpBcCFr2D6FH81AWOaSOzn2TGCRVUGFrdr962pf/s1600/DSCN1770.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibWcxR9jqhtaxIhrNtx2b-T9_DVIaAkZr0_2wJho4Sb1hrMNwRLcyVMM3KIJ101c6nIb5ua_iqTf1hOMzaaKsAqvRvGy6489Svl4mQH9yPBn8R3rzTJE_VH8O9IYgJYKdZ7w2l4zfQvNu/s320/DSCN2114.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495121983847003138" /></a><br />Playing sports<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9JR7ZzfxxhRc89Qj6olAIUmszcfiy0TjXYy1g22oo5g-R98RL27ebFT_11WDZK2zEhAwhfvmzn0XA0ACw9RPRpdv9OZXOKpVXMq2peruLNq0p-pRbHoTuo0kQdWOBmP4SxNk-rO3q9H5/s1600/DSCN2120.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9JR7ZzfxxhRc89Qj6olAIUmszcfiy0TjXYy1g22oo5g-R98RL27ebFT_11WDZK2zEhAwhfvmzn0XA0ACw9RPRpdv9OZXOKpVXMq2peruLNq0p-pRbHoTuo0kQdWOBmP4SxNk-rO3q9H5/s320/DSCN2120.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495122350048323938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zm6c3Y8ubgwm_640SXNDG-4qdsquy1_F41kPT0yqoaGM5PjDOA1_n6rojLFmJPDFO5IP99PZjoVTpZtBrDgaqH2ckfO2VCHBxMUi3JODzjTm6_qUUb_5weYbLdPuZ2lKdpMFMx6FHK52/s1600/DSCN2121.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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It was 2 years ago that he decided to go back and though it seems like a long time ago, it really did fly by! I am so proud of Rick and his achievements. He worked really hard to maintain excellent grades throughout the entire program and did just that. His commencement was back in May but he has only been officially done for the past 2 weeks. It has been really nice having him home on the weekends again! As you can see I am really far behind on posting so please enjoy the pictures that are 2 months old!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnftnFwkXAp3n_le1fvFXVuT4M7kl7MdHX1u1i8Rp3XA1Hr9-aS1zg4ivYn0QHV36AjFc5iwEw-lNoeDw4VIiCRTX-xDiaWzrrAKcHAk60GStB81LIcgHavC72xiB55CVydSKnTMfYPdwi/s1600/DSCN1945.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnftnFwkXAp3n_le1fvFXVuT4M7kl7MdHX1u1i8Rp3XA1Hr9-aS1zg4ivYn0QHV36AjFc5iwEw-lNoeDw4VIiCRTX-xDiaWzrrAKcHAk60GStB81LIcgHavC72xiB55CVydSKnTMfYPdwi/s320/DSCN1945.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490138793515400146" /></a><br />Walking In<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpO3KV4XHFzX_s1mvkoQS18DMpX3kBXZM_ijUaG3VKrE9hNAk4jmODYImnzrFxW5HZ4_AXSaemedJwkph8rrAC1deBf2e0FZNBHyop-xWWDcp2EiYDySeRiZL3bqpmmogXD1K4YLVWlhE/s1600/DSCN1954.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgun6qBoYuYxWnn2tUgiR9Mvk3M6G1OE3QEswWDQRYe9iEvLSusuue6-Foix29nByQ5iY-LrmtmBV6Og23O-3A76sFX6rY1sOYiRaLCwbmHe9N1nYQKgrh9am2LGAtiH-wzzQPUJpNKBLpA/s320/DSCN1984.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490142408799805186" /></a><br />Our Fam<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV3JhyP7t7xEjF31cWA3USrouB8jWFV2S-dXd-1KpZgauu5fO1w2ntdct-MfraWOFZIuhcddRYnUiZTnkzVlvGUEEJ2Er_agOQi_csv1B2ZyxNMTYedV0Q2ZzagojYniDSwkx7St4LvrB/s1600/DSCN1986.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV3JhyP7t7xEjF31cWA3USrouB8jWFV2S-dXd-1KpZgauu5fO1w2ntdct-MfraWOFZIuhcddRYnUiZTnkzVlvGUEEJ2Er_agOQi_csv1B2ZyxNMTYedV0Q2ZzagojYniDSwkx7St4LvrB/s320/DSCN1986.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490142684643586546" /></a><br />Rick and his proud parents<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgle2r9MActzU9DimxR2RZ0XdQzfJkmZApGjLUUcSi7r9183Tpsbc11zcj0dluptLGny0QrP_58-43M2yZICfeh_kg-bh_ODGT2ZQy8ZLC9PDcwAm6Dc7WI2dXl7WNGko9jId-hJNOxf6DL/s1600/DSCN1993.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgle2r9MActzU9DimxR2RZ0XdQzfJkmZApGjLUUcSi7r9183Tpsbc11zcj0dluptLGny0QrP_58-43M2yZICfeh_kg-bh_ODGT2ZQy8ZLC9PDcwAm6Dc7WI2dXl7WNGko9jId-hJNOxf6DL/s320/DSCN1993.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490143188770935282" /></a><br />All of our awesome family that drove clear up to Logan to support Rick. We love you all and are so thankful to all of you!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO28ZhQqmX_4KVw9dYSRA1KcLmZsBMzyhcWDkBRKMHXXmCqKnbL0SvMUpx_WlUvt9tq1NWLRto2mrOhOHgV5_iV_FGFN-yzccffSBfJxJzd1Ie2i4ghSivRkOYnsBLTcVe9Ow9jmMPeSp/s1600/DSCN1995.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO28ZhQqmX_4KVw9dYSRA1KcLmZsBMzyhcWDkBRKMHXXmCqKnbL0SvMUpx_WlUvt9tq1NWLRto2mrOhOHgV5_iV_FGFN-yzccffSBfJxJzd1Ie2i4ghSivRkOYnsBLTcVe9Ow9jmMPeSp/s320/DSCN1995.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490143523786931762" /></a><br />Rick and his study buddy J! This picture means a lot to me. Jordan was born the January that Rick started back to school full time with both his Master's and his undergrad in accounting. Rick was a stay at home Dad when he wasn't at school and it was a lot of work, but they both made it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcFu_D6o-U1y-tYR93niDUd28O1xfLjMSFjXbR_CJJ0nfeS-yWq3yZIrzuNi5cSb8m6QCwRqhneb0yUlSJ_fAfbYKIi4Pv8SuLOWIdkW8UqZ79MVKQL_slVWPYgmooShh9zWwwNeQPwyQ/s1600/DSCN1998.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcFu_D6o-U1y-tYR93niDUd28O1xfLjMSFjXbR_CJJ0nfeS-yWq3yZIrzuNi5cSb8m6QCwRqhneb0yUlSJ_fAfbYKIi4Pv8SuLOWIdkW8UqZ79MVKQL_slVWPYgmooShh9zWwwNeQPwyQ/s320/DSCN1998.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490144304942450498" /></a><br />After the commencement we went to Maddox for some "fine dining" :) It really was good and I had no clue it was even up there!<br /><br />Thanks again to all of you for all of your love and support over the past year and a half! It has been crazy busy but a great experience.Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-57860673689728726282010-04-24T22:17:00.000-07:002010-04-24T22:45:12.548-07:00Job Offer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI87NrUiisFO-BhAEyGIRZhF7w7722-BxEHr_1s1CTnPrL60JVFnFcdgQI0EQWx-DWGMEadDGHVe9AQ7Vxe8eQ0rkzxW6lFbRB-dNo2zjWJOXCMODqqZENA37AMRmwQImn_Z5TFHdfuDo/s1600/new_deloitte_logo.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 27px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI87NrUiisFO-BhAEyGIRZhF7w7722-BxEHr_1s1CTnPrL60JVFnFcdgQI0EQWx-DWGMEadDGHVe9AQ7Vxe8eQ0rkzxW6lFbRB-dNo2zjWJOXCMODqqZENA37AMRmwQImn_Z5TFHdfuDo/s320/new_deloitte_logo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463943418853836530" /></a><br />Well, it would seem as if my schooling is starting to pay off. I have accepted a job offer from Deloitte, and will be an auditor in their SLC office. We are of course very excited. Going into recruiting season last year, they were my number one choice for employment. Due to the sweet economy we are in, hiring was down and they were not offering very many positions when I interviewed with them in September of 2009. They did not offer me a position at that time. Then out of the blue a few weeks ago I received a call from one of their senior managers. I went out to lunch with them and they offered me a position. The only bad news in the whole process is that my employment doesn't start until the end of September, first part of October. This is due to national orientation only being conducted once per year for new hire's without previous experience. During the summer I would like to complete at least three sections of the CPA exam. If anyone has taken, or has any insight into taking the CPA exam, please let me know.<br /><br />As far as school goes, I have less then 60 days left. My last class is June 19th. I have really enjoyed school, and have found a new love for learning (I know, I am a nerd).<br /><br />In other news, little J-man loves the ladies. We were at the mall today and Jordan <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFlkAE9RRomyUuB5vl1oeFooM8Myb2ihfImJSMFLb-IgoybdB5gtyz1gtOf10U8adGiWZKnMjZD7HpYSjueR57CpKaZuMsv0G8dWAUVJSUh1LsX6osmad47W9OQ5p7Ro9hkTxB6L8Ilzn/s1600/V270008%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFlkAE9RRomyUuB5vl1oeFooM8Myb2ihfImJSMFLb-IgoybdB5gtyz1gtOf10U8adGiWZKnMjZD7HpYSjueR57CpKaZuMsv0G8dWAUVJSUh1LsX6osmad47W9OQ5p7Ro9hkTxB6L8Ilzn/s320/V270008%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463944704063240242" /></a>stopped in his tracks and started staring at the Victoria Secret model in one of the displays. By staring I don't mean just glancing, and then walking away. No, he stood there for honestly 2-3 straight minutes staring at the model. It was pretty funny. P.S., just to be clear, I do not make it a habit to sit and stare at the posters myself, so he didn't get it from me. Maybe he got it from his older brother.Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-70675906715891464202010-03-28T13:20:00.000-07:002010-03-28T13:28:29.561-07:00Cadbury Mini EggsCadbury Mini Eggs are a family favorite. Anytime we have them in our house they don't last long. I was running late to church this morning so I showered when I got home from church while Rick went to do tithing. Since I was home alone with J man I left the bathroom door open. He was being so quiet and good, wasn't getting into cupboards or throwing things into the toilet and then I got out and found...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibR4zR4xAdRnAAVSySU-qDXm5ODSWBFbN8xqbSkbKbokw3L7HT15zBwoqEIj30b_5wAOTKyYOixtx9NIejMEudUHE6F5hIfTljbaVTBZlN67OG0GSrWyRZbcr6VN_Yh92myPwiuqcFCZZS/s1600/DSCN1839.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibR4zR4xAdRnAAVSySU-qDXm5ODSWBFbN8xqbSkbKbokw3L7HT15zBwoqEIj30b_5wAOTKyYOixtx9NIejMEudUHE6F5hIfTljbaVTBZlN67OG0GSrWyRZbcr6VN_Yh92myPwiuqcFCZZS/s320/DSCN1839.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453782540061094818" /></a><br />I love the look on his face! He looks so darn innocent doesn't he?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmma1igUAvSh1YpiTBfK5oiboZ6VcY3Hos8x_2GcqKb9T7Yjd4Ar5o_hHDtuq0ee0D89Jz4vajPdfbUn1Z3cr9ZybsUFQk1qg62QPWxyWz06pzhh1zGbh6bBg2b3rhbfAsjekHAI4Gqo3/s1600/DSCN1840.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmma1igUAvSh1YpiTBfK5oiboZ6VcY3Hos8x_2GcqKb9T7Yjd4Ar5o_hHDtuq0ee0D89Jz4vajPdfbUn1Z3cr9ZybsUFQk1qg62QPWxyWz06pzhh1zGbh6bBg2b3rhbfAsjekHAI4Gqo3/s320/DSCN1840.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453783725909276258" /></a><br />Here he is showing off and now claiming his mess<br /><br />You are such a stinker J man! Sure do love ya though!!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-8300125870258901072010-03-28T13:00:00.000-07:002010-03-28T13:17:51.275-07:00St. GeorgeThanks to my Mom we were able to go down to St. George this past weekend during the Sunshine Tournament to watch my nephews Taylor and Parker play baseball. I use the term "watch" lightly as I missed a lot of it due to my 1 year olds amazing ability to take naps while away from home, and by amazing I mean dreadful. Anyway...we headed down and got there just in time to watch Tay and his team win in Mesquite. The first night was an adventure figuring out sleeping arrangements since little one made it very clear that he would be sleeping in a bed with Momma the rest of the trip, and Daddy was sleeping at Uncle Jair's with Tay and Grandpa Gary. <br /><br />The next morning we got up and watched Parker pitch at his game - I headed to work for a few hours while the fam stayed and played - and then went out for a bite to eat before the next game. The rest of the day was filled with baseball, eating, more baseball and fun times with family. No St. George trip is complete without the Bear Paw so we made a quick stop there on Saturday morning for breakfast before heading home. We also got to stop by and see my Grandpa who is now living in St. George. I love every opportunity I get to go and visit with him. <br /><br />The kids had a great time and it was nice to get away from home for a little bit and spend time with each other. Thanks for providing a place for us to stay mom, we had a blast!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtFzqO5KgbpJgOLwBxUgsOSu2KUxA_h3aI0JM0AMc07RVjYQrIOwpD_tUGokJucrCMWzoKMPemrobeZ4CpvjfhJu8lz8XnawsR5aan8N-crfJxtSjR6TDs1buhTagpYupNoS9p1OjHsB6/s1600/DSCN1809.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtFzqO5KgbpJgOLwBxUgsOSu2KUxA_h3aI0JM0AMc07RVjYQrIOwpD_tUGokJucrCMWzoKMPemrobeZ4CpvjfhJu8lz8XnawsR5aan8N-crfJxtSjR6TDs1buhTagpYupNoS9p1OjHsB6/s320/DSCN1809.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453779970239508258" /></a><br />The Kiddos<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIEsKgoTdsm1smPkFzN_A2WF0ocsn6YUf-09VWRk22IOHsppAsKeZz-3pnK9S1RavbaQWNZNqwP7pHKEjuGwjyKztlQ0x9jVvuNCL6qPth4BHNJ_FjwUsfJ32AIY_Z6pTCC0B-L-VS7sL/s1600/DSCN1816.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIEsKgoTdsm1smPkFzN_A2WF0ocsn6YUf-09VWRk22IOHsppAsKeZz-3pnK9S1RavbaQWNZNqwP7pHKEjuGwjyKztlQ0x9jVvuNCL6qPth4BHNJ_FjwUsfJ32AIY_Z6pTCC0B-L-VS7sL/s320/DSCN1816.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453781119574868162" /></a><br />Grandpa DastrupRick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-76174187065819653932010-03-12T22:53:00.000-08:002010-03-12T23:44:56.564-08:00Not a good day...Poor little Jordan has been kind of a "sickly" child. Let me paint a picture for you...December 1st: ear infection & antibiotics, December 7th: croup & a steroid shot, December 16th: ear infection & more antibiotics, December 19th: yeast infection resulting in a nasty diaper rash with open sores from being on so many antibiotics. At this point we had reached 5 or 6 ear infections in a matter of 6 months and decided that tubes was the best option for our little guy. We got an appointment with Dr. Riddle on January 5th for a consultation. The doctor decided that tubes along with taking a look at the adenoids would be the best way to go; and then he proceeded to tell me that they would be able to do the procedure the next day! This was probably best for me anyway since I am such a worry wart but it caught me off guard nonetheless. <br /><br />That night I went to pick Bennett up because Rick took Tay to the Jazz game. As Bennett and I were on our way home Jordan threw up in the car. We're talking projectile all over everything throw up. I figured it was just because he hadn't eaten for several hours and downed his bottle, but much to my dismay at 11:30 that night after Jordan had been asleep I heard that awful sound and was up cleaning a crib and child. I was concerned that they wouldn't be able to operate the next morning and even more concerned that he couldn't eat or drink anything past 1:00 that morning and now he had an empty stomach! My sweet mother in-law was over to our house @ 6:00 that morning to help take Taylor and Bennett to school for us so that we could get to the hospital by 6:30. I told the nurses and anesthesiologist that Jordan had been throwing up but they said that he would do just fine and we could move forward. J didn't even cry when they pricked his finger to do some pre-op blood work but by the time we went in for vitals he was starting to get a little nervous. We got him changed and he looked so dang cute in his little hospital clothes I couldn't help but take some pictures!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwD8mHCs3i6zigP1I3a7ubc3vRj-WoMDHBO-fRhNUyt-MlnABJg4x1UO59D_NIw2vNgAjxCQqMFDSZvB30v-h4gWtdTpIhVGKXzYhIxAy0g-k-dWHJhUhuXFOOFGc_xSabJSyZOIQ1xDu/s1600-h/DSCN1634.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwD8mHCs3i6zigP1I3a7ubc3vRj-WoMDHBO-fRhNUyt-MlnABJg4x1UO59D_NIw2vNgAjxCQqMFDSZvB30v-h4gWtdTpIhVGKXzYhIxAy0g-k-dWHJhUhuXFOOFGc_xSabJSyZOIQ1xDu/s320/DSCN1634.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448013386951793954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkg8Ett1CRKBO7qT5OSQUQlTev1LzRiyqUvJMxV1AB2oCyHELxKw80H91dW-scKYWHT68UCFcwmDpDMZ5tE1Db_XS0LbWcMDa2rKiXW9b-IL6V2BIv4GmhKOsK3yCo52Zx56MzzbRUiTc0/s1600-h/DSCN1635.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkg8Ett1CRKBO7qT5OSQUQlTev1LzRiyqUvJMxV1AB2oCyHELxKw80H91dW-scKYWHT68UCFcwmDpDMZ5tE1Db_XS0LbWcMDa2rKiXW9b-IL6V2BIv4GmhKOsK3yCo52Zx56MzzbRUiTc0/s320/DSCN1635.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448013617233848034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-CeT0E-qDtnx53opb6Qz9qGgpQqTbVCWJjtQKOMNOylekdwZY4V1LOKw7yicH7vD4JaHhKqvMn3x_zinKl0zVJ6v1ZGj089znJ9KUCJuG4YvfVH8OqiilnAu08Hji53BnvompO6Lxdgv/s1600-h/DSCN1636.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-CeT0E-qDtnx53opb6Qz9qGgpQqTbVCWJjtQKOMNOylekdwZY4V1LOKw7yicH7vD4JaHhKqvMn3x_zinKl0zVJ6v1ZGj089znJ9KUCJuG4YvfVH8OqiilnAu08Hji53BnvompO6Lxdgv/s320/DSCN1636.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448013811074199202" /></a><br />Then came the sad part...the nurse came to take J and that just about broke my heart into a million pieces! The poor little guy was not happy at all. After about 20 minutes Dr. Riddle came in and let us know that J did great and that he did end up removing the adenoids as they were very infected. Rick and I sat anxiously waiting to get our little guy back and then we heard the blood curdling scream coming from down the hall. Sure enough it was our little J Man. The poor little guy was so upset and was looking at us like "I can't believe you just gave me to those people - you would not believe what they just did to me!". Within 5 minutes of coming out of recovery the little man threw up. Nothing too major, could be associated with the anesthesia. The nurses told us to try and feed him since he had an empty stomach. Bad idea!! Rick ended up with puke all over him and the little dude. They gave J some medication for nausea and 2 hours after the procedure was over J man was released. He was a totally different baby the minute we walked out of the hospital!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmweaXMQiL7ZmaYYAy5gPZEsALy_ZfuxJ5M-nnUVoOXirT4qj6lwNVKpOrLb8vtu9-PL9ZgeQY-5Yl4-4serOBwjLCQQypjLjFF3rJGBVZKGilL_tFCh6RjDu62dMTuaEYh6nKB-ch0LqD/s1600-h/DSCN1638.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmweaXMQiL7ZmaYYAy5gPZEsALy_ZfuxJ5M-nnUVoOXirT4qj6lwNVKpOrLb8vtu9-PL9ZgeQY-5Yl4-4serOBwjLCQQypjLjFF3rJGBVZKGilL_tFCh6RjDu62dMTuaEYh6nKB-ch0LqD/s320/DSCN1638.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448016910721009074" /></a><br />Here is the little guy on our way home from the hospital - the poor little buddy was swollen from the IV fluids they had pumped into him to keep him hydrated<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwygLmnWCOhYVpC8ydYD6cV7OTV0EGsnER0TP1Ku7L3QO8YHnb5Fmssh8vGJol_JP9-1VY7pyoFZJK3AZ2d5bKMDmgdYk4jsyQ3S-lbDpwrpX0xmJimREbRhohX_i1BdAhS6IknZNdN1s/s1600-h/DSCN1639.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwygLmnWCOhYVpC8ydYD6cV7OTV0EGsnER0TP1Ku7L3QO8YHnb5Fmssh8vGJol_JP9-1VY7pyoFZJK3AZ2d5bKMDmgdYk4jsyQ3S-lbDpwrpX0xmJimREbRhohX_i1BdAhS6IknZNdN1s/s320/DSCN1639.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448017488898838770" /></a><br />His left ear had an acute ear infection when the doctor got in to put the tube in - that sucker drained for 2 days!<br />J had really bad diarrhea and threw up so much that he became dehydrated that weekend and we had to take him into the instacare. They diagnosed him with gastroenteritis so then I felt like a really bad mom for going through with the procedure but I can say it was SO worth it! Jordan has been so much happier since he has had his tubes in. He has gotten 2 colds and no ear infection to follow like it used to in the past! Hopefully he can do well with the tubes and not have to deal with that pain and pressure all the time like he used to!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-64472879637685900332010-03-12T22:41:00.001-08:002010-03-12T22:52:44.037-08:00Tay's Birthday BashYes I know my posts are all over the place but at least they are on here! We now have a teenager in our house! Boy are we in for it!! Just kidding Tay is a great kid but he did turn the big 1-3 this year on January 13th. We went out to dinner with my family to Brick Oven on his actual birthday and of course I forgot my camera (because I am so darn efficient!!) when Grandma Jeanine and Grandpa Harry made a big dinner and we celebrated over at their house. <br /><br />Taylor is such a wonderful son and an amazing big brother to both kids. He loves basketball and girls and is a pretty smart kid when he wants to be! We are so proud of him and are so thankful for all that he brings to our family. Happy Birthday bud...we love you!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRU5wpOm5X0y42hZBgUnLfkTYEh0Ytp2vwubTJwCgD1ukXQO4VdN0UHQ-sE5gH5_JHMEt_aiusHPLJY20VOODrntsj_wXK_c5Xr5mHC3Ei-nZOb1hQFf2CI8tOnlF2CvREAu1clqCpYU9/s1600-h/DSCN1656.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRU5wpOm5X0y42hZBgUnLfkTYEh0Ytp2vwubTJwCgD1ukXQO4VdN0UHQ-sE5gH5_JHMEt_aiusHPLJY20VOODrntsj_wXK_c5Xr5mHC3Ei-nZOb1hQFf2CI8tOnlF2CvREAu1clqCpYU9/s320/DSCN1656.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448006049249331042" /></a><br />Da' boys<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zCgUv7yW7_yr3UnTKXrgwQ3sOCRMr5n_PLJ4DNKdL_4mEWZre539LNhd04erFzxcdvqujUDy2ynH8Relb4fuVRaqxux2HzVXNEVzUod8MBE3WyF2GrDrTkpwDdPmeauXsBkcRtE4fTS4/s1600-h/DSCN1659.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zCgUv7yW7_yr3UnTKXrgwQ3sOCRMr5n_PLJ4DNKdL_4mEWZre539LNhd04erFzxcdvqujUDy2ynH8Relb4fuVRaqxux2HzVXNEVzUod8MBE3WyF2GrDrTkpwDdPmeauXsBkcRtE4fTS4/s320/DSCN1659.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448007059968115714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6fb_oia8DO7gt7VkIeC5WyzVih0oJP73xvu7WRot5vflXlHR3NFV2fUS6vC3wuKKUIx9KSryyCYv4Aa-shgcjD7ABv9wLCVdNeo83c0GXfQ0shlCLDec2WDl3XhKywUucKSCJ22uFDe8/s1600-h/DSCN1661.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6fb_oia8DO7gt7VkIeC5WyzVih0oJP73xvu7WRot5vflXlHR3NFV2fUS6vC3wuKKUIx9KSryyCYv4Aa-shgcjD7ABv9wLCVdNeo83c0GXfQ0shlCLDec2WDl3XhKywUucKSCJ22uFDe8/s320/DSCN1661.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448007299796547378" /></a><br /><br />My camera ran out of battery so hopefully I can get the pictures from Auntie Court to finish up this post!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-80366970631820756292010-02-21T11:55:00.000-08:002010-02-21T12:26:07.028-08:00Jordan's 1 Year Pic'sI have learned many lessons in life...one of them is that getting pictures of a 1 year old is near impossible!! I had a good friend of mine at First Colony take some pictures of Jordan for his 1st Birthday - it was a 2 session process because he simply hated the first time around. Luckily Mikki was so kind and patient and graciously agreed to meet up with us one more time to try some studio shots. I am absolutely thrilled with the way they turned out! Here are some of my favorites though it was hard to choose.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38s-B42-8EeKmrfmDiKUXSvgKxn0svdpge_aJGVTKKH5zUTy73IRfcufGsi1U_VdDUmDIuZpOCPTMTm8QFi9uLSRQIiMiZ0nyQx2hQqAiQbSfKXzv_wiYXSE0hZF5lWlPTa3OIUg7ukK9/s1600-h/DSC_0032-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38s-B42-8EeKmrfmDiKUXSvgKxn0svdpge_aJGVTKKH5zUTy73IRfcufGsi1U_VdDUmDIuZpOCPTMTm8QFi9uLSRQIiMiZ0nyQx2hQqAiQbSfKXzv_wiYXSE0hZF5lWlPTa3OIUg7ukK9/s320/DSC_0032-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440790633770122338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0aBdXNaDNnX6YgzBMv6tlv8u5GyWzOc7z52FadJLzZ4BEDv8WADH1RxaLhPAUCPSMSykL2LiqAxoEn8SBMs35HQZiSeBN5BMcWN5hbhJfRDgGx03RfVo7LkpVHU_Vm5pGF3eCOgtD3YQ/s1600-h/DSC_0048-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0aBdXNaDNnX6YgzBMv6tlv8u5GyWzOc7z52FadJLzZ4BEDv8WADH1RxaLhPAUCPSMSykL2LiqAxoEn8SBMs35HQZiSeBN5BMcWN5hbhJfRDgGx03RfVo7LkpVHU_Vm5pGF3eCOgtD3YQ/s320/DSC_0048-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440791000865327778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbZhG9NpYOLs8cAG-fNX5udNi8wEr3kuHR6lUgL5cs2dkFXY7Ea2j5WhDHCJjtWfmPxxyyiQ0NF1UwM4EwQoW944ZQ7Nj4uQH-oZTBZFZ5kxRUcdkkHVLQX00L4tSJmWsgNhgZNBLmUym/s1600-h/DSC_0057-1-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbZhG9NpYOLs8cAG-fNX5udNi8wEr3kuHR6lUgL5cs2dkFXY7Ea2j5WhDHCJjtWfmPxxyyiQ0NF1UwM4EwQoW944ZQ7Nj4uQH-oZTBZFZ5kxRUcdkkHVLQX00L4tSJmWsgNhgZNBLmUym/s320/DSC_0057-1-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440791277750853954" border="0" /></a><br />I may have given birth to Elvis<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lpKoNZm_Z2Lnv4-ehv-0aTIwxhFqnPIyV7ysB_colzsuK0gm72KA0J0-LT5rQz7JZfq44Cg3XUsSqA9kVmgoLsrCh0VbQq2OBPGyGgbWM-UF1YOzHM2zjZZ1YmWDD98LZjIRiRrcdOuw/s1600-h/DSC_4741-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lpKoNZm_Z2Lnv4-ehv-0aTIwxhFqnPIyV7ysB_colzsuK0gm72KA0J0-LT5rQz7JZfq44Cg3XUsSqA9kVmgoLsrCh0VbQq2OBPGyGgbWM-UF1YOzHM2zjZZ1YmWDD98LZjIRiRrcdOuw/s320/DSC_4741-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440791779460672530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFmbcW3X4rI4brKcB5MJCjhRa2-ymn5JaEh1kbwc8_OE37owZFBhg2xHM3vwJUNPgZCMv35n_ndhOi4C0WTUvOrid0drXPZgIgR-AuptCjWRLstoh3Fr7458h5wPZFB0ri1qpnAI-JuFG/s1600-h/DSC_4752-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFmbcW3X4rI4brKcB5MJCjhRa2-ymn5JaEh1kbwc8_OE37owZFBhg2xHM3vwJUNPgZCMv35n_ndhOi4C0WTUvOrid0drXPZgIgR-AuptCjWRLstoh3Fr7458h5wPZFB0ri1qpnAI-JuFG/s320/DSC_4752-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440792090833919378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-VdQ4PSSpjWBxlAVwZNq2W8jTfDi9lOB6U_61WUpz3_UR97gEJ3VXxL_2y34gW-R-YK_7-ioB1GNaNH_y-OkwhAJleEpfP8Cz6KmtmIiSkhMCriyGeYmHTN3DTBOqRFXWvS4qRH8ZfXg/s1600-h/DSC_4773-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-VdQ4PSSpjWBxlAVwZNq2W8jTfDi9lOB6U_61WUpz3_UR97gEJ3VXxL_2y34gW-R-YK_7-ioB1GNaNH_y-OkwhAJleEpfP8Cz6KmtmIiSkhMCriyGeYmHTN3DTBOqRFXWvS4qRH8ZfXg/s320/DSC_4773-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440792787487416706" border="0" /></a><br />I love this shot - he is always into every thing and this shows it. He loves his Mickey, he loves Wii-motes, and he really loved the clips that were supposed to hold the back drop in place, but he was pretty sure Braydon and Mikki got them as toys for him. I now have a lot of pictures of him with these clips in them but I don't care, he was smiling!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdVi7nY_2R931ytPRnACHU58lqW_tOATErL3CYu-uAk1Wn1FjNusn8taIOqzyw-EAT-qDpo5K2qstoRaGCsyCMj1Tk2nKKV1N8-o7RRTJVz96q8Hb5oOugH2r19vD08-0nKFD37MTzTVq/s1600-h/DSC_4789-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdVi7nY_2R931ytPRnACHU58lqW_tOATErL3CYu-uAk1Wn1FjNusn8taIOqzyw-EAT-qDpo5K2qstoRaGCsyCMj1Tk2nKKV1N8-o7RRTJVz96q8Hb5oOugH2r19vD08-0nKFD37MTzTVq/s320/DSC_4789-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440793086730840626" border="0" /></a><br />We are considering making him the next face of Apple<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeWzPdmSBLl-S70L2HoRgtgL8d7EP-fi445k6XaDQxVjmNqmh7rCFtkdErS1lo2iZkH0Nz8Tii8r_UTNKmJfDc0I7aSQHj4R-oUZs4xlzFw5cSUly8aNuYMNMvseE4xQ7y10anOQ_uDBx/s1600-h/DSC_9893-1-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeWzPdmSBLl-S70L2HoRgtgL8d7EP-fi445k6XaDQxVjmNqmh7rCFtkdErS1lo2iZkH0Nz8Tii8r_UTNKmJfDc0I7aSQHj4R-oUZs4xlzFw5cSUly8aNuYMNMvseE4xQ7y10anOQ_uDBx/s320/DSC_9893-1-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440793440296093538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1e6pOCeFdknauZkPpzPlTiNkA1h-k3XOxqKmxVmXEReCEUkQdeoikaFwicVkagiFzOX47xFkMdsCsx119sfCSonOwPFojL9mOHclr3KU5i_g5pnqQSUkWxOqzlgZQuSwExh66vasc6SQo/s1600-h/DSC_9917-3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1e6pOCeFdknauZkPpzPlTiNkA1h-k3XOxqKmxVmXEReCEUkQdeoikaFwicVkagiFzOX47xFkMdsCsx119sfCSonOwPFojL9mOHclr3KU5i_g5pnqQSUkWxOqzlgZQuSwExh66vasc6SQo/s320/DSC_9917-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440793856684168914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jLEXcyKzyvBbRi5qAj36fDV0WEJJIckGE93UCc1DQo_3ClehrNvvuEY2ih9dwl7C25v1WHZzQDjeLBxeOrtRaiFBZs2hQ-9RfjremsonWhTt12RYfH8Ycn71yGqu_3k8wyhXR2VNznKi/s1600-h/DSC_9974-1-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jLEXcyKzyvBbRi5qAj36fDV0WEJJIckGE93UCc1DQo_3ClehrNvvuEY2ih9dwl7C25v1WHZzQDjeLBxeOrtRaiFBZs2hQ-9RfjremsonWhTt12RYfH8Ycn71yGqu_3k8wyhXR2VNznKi/s320/DSC_9974-1-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440794184563770642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thanks again Mik, I had a wonderful time and you are so very talented! Happy 1 year J man, you are cuter than ever!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-24542721818208071682010-02-19T17:25:00.000-08:002010-02-19T18:53:56.158-08:00UpDaTeMan...it has been a while since I last logged in. Things have been so busy lately that I haven't taken the time to log in a type a few words. In fact, I realized that things have been so busy over the past year that I haven't really done an update on the family in quite sometime so I thought I would blog while Jordan is attempting a nap and I have a few minutes.<br /><br />Rick has been consumed with school this past year. He went back to UVU in January of last year and graduated with his BA in Accounting in December. While pursuing his bachelors he also was enrolled in a master's program through USU. He is still in his executive MBA program and will graduate with his Master's in Business with an accounting emphasis in June. Rick has also done a wonderful job being a full time Dad and staying on top of all of the homework he has had over the past year. He has maintained close to a 4.0 and I am so proud of him for all of his efforts to better our situation. I am so glad for the time the Rick has been able to devote to the kids and all of his help around the house. He is currently looking for a job utilizing his accounting degree so if anyone knows of anyone that might be looking for help - Rick is your guy!<br /><br />Taylor is currently playing basketball and still loves every minute of it. He goes to practice on Wednesday's with his team and then plays right after that with his Dad and the elder's quorum; to top it all off he has a game every Saturday. Oh to be 13 and have energy again! He is doing well in school and has adjusted to Junior High and having multiple classes each day quite nicely. We have had the opportunity to go to the temple and do baptism's for the dead a couple of times with him and it has been a wonderful experience for all of us.<br /><br />Bennett is dancing and socializing like crazy. She sings and dances everywhere she goes and has a bit of a talking problem while in school but still seems to do well with her grades. She is doing a great job reading and has so many "boyfriends" it makes us laugh! She spends most of her free time playing Barbie's or dressing up her dolls. She loves all of her little friends around the neighborhood and has a great time playing with all of them. I am beginning to wonder if she is working on being a comedian because the other day I was calling Grandma Becky (my mom) on the phone and she wasn't answering. For any of you that know my mom you know that she is a Pepsi addict. When my mom didn't answer the phone Bennett said to me " I bet she's drinking her Pepsi, and that's why she can't answer." I about died laughing!<br /><br />Jordan is keeping us on our toes now getting into everything and seeing how fast he can destroy anything he can get his hands on. Just last Sunday Rick and I went and got Jordan out of his crib and let him walk around while we laid in bed just a little longer to get as much sleep as possible. After realizing I had dozed off I shot out of bed and began looking around the house only to find the little man scrubbing the toilet with Daddy's toothbrush! He is such a joy and now that he knows how to walk he thinks he needs to try and run everywhere he goes. His new favorite words are "Ma" "Da" "Ya" and "Lo" (this is hello while holding an object up to his ear like a telephone).<br /><br />As for me I am still just keeping busy trying to juggle the whole work/mommy gig. It seems I don't have enough time for either and can't figure out how to balance them but I am not sure that there really is one. We are so busy at the office which I am very grateful for and I love all of the friends that I work with. I also love being a wife and mother and look forward to the time I have with my family. I have much to be grateful for and though there have been many hard days recently; I can attest that through much fast and prayer you can attain happiness and comfort even when you think it's not possible.<br /><br />I hope all of you are doing well and hope to get caught up with Christmas and birthday posts soon!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-58983907015346952702010-01-27T20:54:00.000-08:002010-03-12T22:40:31.558-08:00Happy 1st Birthday Jordan!!Well, it's official, we have a 1 year old in our house now. Our little Jordan Richard Roth <br />turned 1 today - I know every parent says it but it seems like only yesterday that I just had him! Jordan is now standing all the time and occasionally decides its okay to walk, but for the most part crawling is his preferred method of transportation for now. He is getting such a funny personality and throws everything (the kid really does have an incredible arm) that goes into his hands and then gives you a look like "Are you gonna go get that for me?". His favorite word is Dada and he loves getting into everything he shouldn't be. The poor kid has the most sensitive gag reflex I have ever seen and threw up his birthday cake after taking a lick of frosting - yeah, it was awesome with an entire audience at our house watching it all go down.<br /><br />To celebrate Jordan's Birthday we had our family over for dinner and cake and ice cream for a Mickey Mouse themed party. Those who attended were: Grandpa & Grandma Dastrup, Jadeyn, Grandma Jeanie (Grandpa Harry was working at the temple but he wished he could be here), Grandma Becky (Grandpa Paul had to work but he wanted to be here too), Uncle Drew, Aunt Court and all of your cousins from their house, Uncle Bill, Aunt Madeline & kids, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Kim & kids,and of course Mommy, Daddy, Tay & Bennett. It was wonderful to have so many of you over to share this special day with us. We love you all and are so lucky to have such great people in our lives!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Eyob3C5rRjxGG6qOMCyY9Wkl4x12T3f9eKyzDKpIHBb9BvIPVmGlcPMUcUmDoOrOAfb1zhXRpLUBMDC-2C2dOHiPv-S7yrRh7x7iPT4huF5sEao_mSicQ0dXBv7zcWD7w3WurQgOPhpd/s1600-h/DSCN1665.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Eyob3C5rRjxGG6qOMCyY9Wkl4x12T3f9eKyzDKpIHBb9BvIPVmGlcPMUcUmDoOrOAfb1zhXRpLUBMDC-2C2dOHiPv-S7yrRh7x7iPT4huF5sEao_mSicQ0dXBv7zcWD7w3WurQgOPhpd/s320/DSCN1665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447998907969890658" /></a><br />I'm pretty sure 1st Birthday parties are for the Mom's...Jordan could have cared less about my decor but I had fun with it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPlEOLlq-WiiMGbHhgQtKeVJeGbT5Im4VprwMb7nXXhBoZDYDG9iQ85peHh2r7SvDVIoT-6V24jlL36Hw0LQzJ-KRDYcaEXcAndb6q4YQt_42Re6BMX4pUmF9LM_PoG7rSwR_NIIsmS6g/s1600-h/DSCN1672.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPlEOLlq-WiiMGbHhgQtKeVJeGbT5Im4VprwMb7nXXhBoZDYDG9iQ85peHh2r7SvDVIoT-6V24jlL36Hw0LQzJ-KRDYcaEXcAndb6q4YQt_42Re6BMX4pUmF9LM_PoG7rSwR_NIIsmS6g/s320/DSCN1672.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447999441375408770" /></a><br />The Birthday Boy's chair<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOw4D1feyN96N8YYI38bB-LRC398lXAPB2us2by28HpN7atbO7LoRvDpSv7sZQfkBXyAiYwOXzIjqrQK-BXN1Zue7lA3ZpD5LKSTOu-HzR5bs54lDl4WGoynFcCV9zI6r8vpe4ew5DeeJs/s1600-h/DSCN1690.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOw4D1feyN96N8YYI38bB-LRC398lXAPB2us2by28HpN7atbO7LoRvDpSv7sZQfkBXyAiYwOXzIjqrQK-BXN1Zue7lA3ZpD5LKSTOu-HzR5bs54lDl4WGoynFcCV9zI6r8vpe4ew5DeeJs/s320/DSCN1690.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448000259642811170" /></a><br />Opening presents<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoWXRV-BLKG1N0wxlBtGXp4ccF3tGJvcJrOZgNyphqbQlQ-33mVXo4_8rDWXOnB_LXE3RgtYP_Pvnw0MOdA9pJiedwe5grW5O9XWCIJazzUgPVLsmYLxU4OZxMb7wMJA3IOHpFpAw9ltT/s1600-h/DSCN1702.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoWXRV-BLKG1N0wxlBtGXp4ccF3tGJvcJrOZgNyphqbQlQ-33mVXo4_8rDWXOnB_LXE3RgtYP_Pvnw0MOdA9pJiedwe5grW5O9XWCIJazzUgPVLsmYLxU4OZxMb7wMJA3IOHpFpAw9ltT/s320/DSCN1702.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448000562496410578" /></a><br />The Mickey cake<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbjPkMbSG1V905PC_sOouXJ0xHdRD6kJYkxnaJdrm9A3ksnUyU2V-6HmyzFnkrQyBgltPL-78Rbs1nvWr4UUQ4pKTaOTddZ9SXbLh3V5rakXhD95LdD9FanJEi9oZh0J-uFzH-AnGLznY/s1600-h/DSCN1710.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbjPkMbSG1V905PC_sOouXJ0xHdRD6kJYkxnaJdrm9A3ksnUyU2V-6HmyzFnkrQyBgltPL-78Rbs1nvWr4UUQ4pKTaOTddZ9SXbLh3V5rakXhD95LdD9FanJEi9oZh0J-uFzH-AnGLznY/s320/DSCN1710.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448000873034858978" /></a><br />J loved the birthday song!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWRWrA5NT5mehTl7vOk4XaEQFsYqcG6OF8RgQpfEVOBBrhwJYNb9pDviJlR9ULo7aBtZZBAFfraJEcwkc6UBkBjY3i1mpFiwyHfOmVG8Rol5JXAdinDdaTFBcLG3TXTxwfszN7wAZMbNh/s1600-h/DSCN1717.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWRWrA5NT5mehTl7vOk4XaEQFsYqcG6OF8RgQpfEVOBBrhwJYNb9pDviJlR9ULo7aBtZZBAFfraJEcwkc6UBkBjY3i1mpFiwyHfOmVG8Rol5JXAdinDdaTFBcLG3TXTxwfszN7wAZMbNh/s320/DSCN1717.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448001328486441730" /></a><br />At first the cake was pretty good...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Y6jRRnHwPxpt1iFl4J9q4Ifv8QyAgdbT2noQS1xFjvNXJJDtIvc-GeTqbxz8lhmHbTNM3GAzvwk2P8ZRdyvRbiKM1U2ri5q74iwDzZHTGHTu0bZa6O9CZ179dfcBU7FIphEqFx28mr0I/s1600-h/DSCN1721.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Y6jRRnHwPxpt1iFl4J9q4Ifv8QyAgdbT2noQS1xFjvNXJJDtIvc-GeTqbxz8lhmHbTNM3GAzvwk2P8ZRdyvRbiKM1U2ri5q74iwDzZHTGHTu0bZa6O9CZ179dfcBU7FIphEqFx28mr0I/s320/DSCN1721.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448001892486031842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bl6PYF0hBww5dq74BgLaEqm33OALZ5hSoS1W8zNEprAEvCZMnBDWuba7Cof4j6nzwa6KHR0K4-oBnt8kK3KQgnAJ4sVe7SxDrtWU2naPpSpGmkMh9YWnP0Cn48uFe-l2u20imDJu7hRG/s1600-h/DSCN1722.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bl6PYF0hBww5dq74BgLaEqm33OALZ5hSoS1W8zNEprAEvCZMnBDWuba7Cof4j6nzwa6KHR0K4-oBnt8kK3KQgnAJ4sVe7SxDrtWU2naPpSpGmkMh9YWnP0Cn48uFe-l2u20imDJu7hRG/s320/DSCN1722.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448002158447495650" /></a><br />And then the consistency of the frosting proved to be too much for our little man and this is just before it all came back up!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPv9DtLzzJGQJT3WtcNyZGAMzRb0u-Km1ZsVZOcOcncWYQFEcvLTI3o7NMBqg7g5ATkmqF8DSaEg_YLsKT6zeJ1tjtPARX3Q70ovjx8Zcr6_kWmoRfOEJ52iDuI2r66eOVhFgy_6eQ2HR/s1600-h/DSCN1723.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPv9DtLzzJGQJT3WtcNyZGAMzRb0u-Km1ZsVZOcOcncWYQFEcvLTI3o7NMBqg7g5ATkmqF8DSaEg_YLsKT6zeJ1tjtPARX3Q70ovjx8Zcr6_kWmoRfOEJ52iDuI2r66eOVhFgy_6eQ2HR/s320/DSCN1723.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448002853261930386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT9f4s9M4rYY4SZvNt5vhsGpjSD3088kt0dUAg-z5Aup5jbLu0M-LuM-Z3KDPC_PFyQD2s4Z_IgRrCTYsdEnG_DwdJt-wKpCpeqmyBy-xgFWb_ysGl_DjCbWDaM1PJS0iVpckkZLJ1f3n/s1600-h/DSCN1724.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT9f4s9M4rYY4SZvNt5vhsGpjSD3088kt0dUAg-z5Aup5jbLu0M-LuM-Z3KDPC_PFyQD2s4Z_IgRrCTYsdEnG_DwdJt-wKpCpeqmyBy-xgFWb_ysGl_DjCbWDaM1PJS0iVpckkZLJ1f3n/s320/DSCN1724.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448003097052898578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilu07LoFATBo9wls8Gse2BXUsaY8c4-12Uk7l6PJjjqr2xfFxXre3r1rwk56gsjL0y0QyZNMsrjUyhXMNZV8QLL02U7dHqjzXNW3nZuBLgsrCM6RGE0mhbe09Jcn-n5W0i7omphdgAlI8f/s1600-h/DSCN1728.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilu07LoFATBo9wls8Gse2BXUsaY8c4-12Uk7l6PJjjqr2xfFxXre3r1rwk56gsjL0y0QyZNMsrjUyhXMNZV8QLL02U7dHqjzXNW3nZuBLgsrCM6RGE0mhbe09Jcn-n5W0i7omphdgAlI8f/s320/DSCN1728.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448003351601330226" /></a><br />Playing with Grandparents<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYrkvh4yfefNfN4U7SEz2kvRbGyjA-3wBmbEWVTR9lcwfUpi6TDn6oqgvazwDkA4axM07bQna9CVk49CL8lOZ4ePUo7T2tmK5kheoqlX1pqrSc2T11DCIq0fO41t75cHAw8Qc_-tyh_54/s1600-h/DSCN1733.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYrkvh4yfefNfN4U7SEz2kvRbGyjA-3wBmbEWVTR9lcwfUpi6TDn6oqgvazwDkA4axM07bQna9CVk49CL8lOZ4ePUo7T2tmK5kheoqlX1pqrSc2T11DCIq0fO41t75cHAw8Qc_-tyh_54/s320/DSCN1733.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448003782714995010" /></a><br />J and Daddy<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit64QtcFumL7T59JCj8BUsAde9u4GCAKa-CTxz3VaI1YHY7OFU7kRCd82u2PAgHvGt25uXt8VQDv4nKTpP5CwMOi6WHg2ZwgrVeXK9VyEMiuRIXUv8cI0eisLn006H9q_oPiFwpw2Wail3/s1600-h/DSCN1735.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit64QtcFumL7T59JCj8BUsAde9u4GCAKa-CTxz3VaI1YHY7OFU7kRCd82u2PAgHvGt25uXt8VQDv4nKTpP5CwMOi6WHg2ZwgrVeXK9VyEMiuRIXUv8cI0eisLn006H9q_oPiFwpw2Wail3/s320/DSCN1735.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448004280634027186" /></a><br />J and Mama<br /><br />Happy Birthday little man! We love you!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-72249925530555427342010-01-26T21:51:00.001-08:002010-01-26T22:09:28.324-08:00Crazy...It's crazy to think that one year ago today I looked like this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmTtHo8SKIouhj4ZM8EuHKmD5J5Ifa8IjMWuJOZ3sYf0QmqIhMK_uz1w5exPe5BjHkWjravx3OOlM2TZE-fSxImk_ijV44gR_hvS7xUUjWR1PvNwKgAFDfovHTibBYiVG5B7hQPATYyzX/s1600-h/IMG_4905.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmTtHo8SKIouhj4ZM8EuHKmD5J5Ifa8IjMWuJOZ3sYf0QmqIhMK_uz1w5exPe5BjHkWjravx3OOlM2TZE-fSxImk_ijV44gR_hvS7xUUjWR1PvNwKgAFDfovHTibBYiVG5B7hQPATYyzX/s320/IMG_4905.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431293349069793090" /></a><br /><br />and I was getting ready to do this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_31pOrJ7jOgTLBEsjsngBtnkHQb38YECSrq66Vt-3hXtdWzrq7mPLO34zY7TZWHbSHAnQ05mKPhV22FnPYwjPZ_KofufxwJJKAYRZ7EWusmBowWBRTaGJ8HeWdcDeoL1BSVcwCEvtvo9/s1600-h/IMG_4906.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_31pOrJ7jOgTLBEsjsngBtnkHQb38YECSrq66Vt-3hXtdWzrq7mPLO34zY7TZWHbSHAnQ05mKPhV22FnPYwjPZ_KofufxwJJKAYRZ7EWusmBowWBRTaGJ8HeWdcDeoL1BSVcwCEvtvo9/s320/IMG_4906.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431297680356002930" /></a><br /><br />for 15 long hours. I know I look like a peach - don't judge me - I was irritated that Rick was taking my picture with the nurse there.<br />We took these pictures a year ago today at about the exact time too! Life sure is wonderful with our little J man added to the family now. <br />I love you so very much Jordan and I can't believe a year has past already. You are such a handful and keep us on our toes. You love to be loved and in return a lot of people love you too. You have one of the most adorable, beautiful, infectious smiles I have ever seen! Looking back over the past year my only regret is not seeing you more. I wish I could spend more time with you but I know you have a developed a wonderful relationship with Daddy from the time you have been able to spend with him. I love you more than words can tell and I am so excited to continue to watch you learn and grow. I love your funny personality, your awesome dance moves, and your cute little laugh! I hope I make you as happy as you make me - I sure do love ya my little Jayzer!<br /><br />All my love,<br />MommyRick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-7505744007224508862010-01-17T20:10:00.000-08:002010-03-12T22:09:45.595-08:00Christmas 2009Oh my I love Christmas! I love seeing my kids faces light up with joy and excitement and the magic of it all!<br /><br />Rick and I sent Santa a message and asked him if he could bring the Christmas P.J.'s a day early since Tay and Bennett were not going to be here on Christmas Eve. When we got back home from Grandma Shirlene's party sure enough Santa had sent a couple of elves to our house to deliver the Christmas jammies just in time! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEP7-UzCt-lZw78O6SR2LnD2F0O5YylziGaqa8VN5-laJVlv8NaJrm3rN9PxcUBZIdM3hruXzlAt3sqwcP02-FrfS3im8irLAkQtvKEIG7XuwZrhZWmGjRlrzNgedGXJcqrb6O1VLJEsj/s1600-h/DSCN1461.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEP7-UzCt-lZw78O6SR2LnD2F0O5YylziGaqa8VN5-laJVlv8NaJrm3rN9PxcUBZIdM3hruXzlAt3sqwcP02-FrfS3im8irLAkQtvKEIG7XuwZrhZWmGjRlrzNgedGXJcqrb6O1VLJEsj/s320/DSCN1461.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427929930414500114" /></a><br />Aren't they so cute? Jordan was SO tired!!<br />Here is a picture of the tree after Santa came and before any of the kids got their hands on anything.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEF5EjsJ93lD-WwO0wHn0q5_ayQXy5L1cHy7LukDHB9y1VaFXNBhfahJPquHXr1Cr2qWcjP6F20wLK247s4LSCq68cjKxLsVgUG-48sGkzOsXLM9SswI8JBLpqzFFlpSMlVsbvOTkmP3n/s1600-h/DSCN1494.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEF5EjsJ93lD-WwO0wHn0q5_ayQXy5L1cHy7LukDHB9y1VaFXNBhfahJPquHXr1Cr2qWcjP6F20wLK247s4LSCq68cjKxLsVgUG-48sGkzOsXLM9SswI8JBLpqzFFlpSMlVsbvOTkmP3n/s320/DSCN1494.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427931060560291250" /></a><br />This year was wonderful and we had so much fun celebrating Christmas with Jordan for his very first time. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1hegeOMQZLtP9nY0VtnRPeQt8u4en0rgDpwmfGtQA_wwoq-PC4J9RNI5X8kYb4-8c437g9gaKxbQoNx0lYz6NQ0MBt2FskOl2QflOMVxm5-htqLXJmV47HK1PUlmOCd9HlU_I2dalxFy/s1600-h/DSCN1498.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1hegeOMQZLtP9nY0VtnRPeQt8u4en0rgDpwmfGtQA_wwoq-PC4J9RNI5X8kYb4-8c437g9gaKxbQoNx0lYz6NQ0MBt2FskOl2QflOMVxm5-htqLXJmV47HK1PUlmOCd9HlU_I2dalxFy/s320/DSCN1498.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447988175209690642" /></a><br />Here he is checking out his goodies from Santa<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4ejIsu9cpZTyy0wPb8wC4z6zUptGpQLxughtrVs46-wJMdIrAheBZ2p6BILnlRB4242u9MmjlQHv79O47-CZOBshPvpWyzQlpAIgm-r-rOvioq8qQZb9KlpQn3TY5aFhJ6szidXQdtdI/s1600-h/DSCN1511.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4ejIsu9cpZTyy0wPb8wC4z6zUptGpQLxughtrVs46-wJMdIrAheBZ2p6BILnlRB4242u9MmjlQHv79O47-CZOBshPvpWyzQlpAIgm-r-rOvioq8qQZb9KlpQn3TY5aFhJ6szidXQdtdI/s320/DSCN1511.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447988742937926658" /></a><br />This was my favorite present in 2009<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMo_42YX0n78aL0hi_PbZNM4B0az-YdZFEzb8A3D2XY10lARez_2_g7BHEF9zo-OMSM5Merq4djg31lf9VDlj8p4cN5MJIAiv4KG3U7IqTtO5Smi94NUm2Ns_e827OBqTl-nY-WS68hyTW/s1600-h/DSCN1509.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMo_42YX0n78aL0hi_PbZNM4B0az-YdZFEzb8A3D2XY10lARez_2_g7BHEF9zo-OMSM5Merq4djg31lf9VDlj8p4cN5MJIAiv4KG3U7IqTtO5Smi94NUm2Ns_e827OBqTl-nY-WS68hyTW/s320/DSCN1509.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447989048714372338" /></a><br />Daddy got a new toolbox<br /><br />After we picked up Taylor and Bennett we headed over to Grandpa Harry's & Grandma Jeanine's. We got to visit with them for a bit and had a wonderful time together. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQgjPMaqAVVqiXp-NJ21rVOqbMWfe70dQ3ntPZm_lWXslgUGTNNxjfoOfnPTppLREIn5XOOzpNjCv97dW-E3cp365VulzOIajyP_G_xblshmLYHW8pboRwVmQcPc6TWm0raVooi483x7s/s1600-h/DSCN1529.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQgjPMaqAVVqiXp-NJ21rVOqbMWfe70dQ3ntPZm_lWXslgUGTNNxjfoOfnPTppLREIn5XOOzpNjCv97dW-E3cp365VulzOIajyP_G_xblshmLYHW8pboRwVmQcPc6TWm0raVooi483x7s/s320/DSCN1529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447989764618464402" /></a><br />After that we headed home to open presents - the kids could hardly wait!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoqkE_hRac7xa5xSrAep-BG4lJHBNzEH96aYAUHkxcVwTbxAZmkbZdFeBQPlirzXcog_Qc-Gr6tYn9XpKhk1YtocQDW9NOpM3g0NM5H-yBIc-1sNSKVC-WaZlqDHDMdBl5-gdYsHTn3Fv/s1600-h/DSCN1534.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoqkE_hRac7xa5xSrAep-BG4lJHBNzEH96aYAUHkxcVwTbxAZmkbZdFeBQPlirzXcog_Qc-Gr6tYn9XpKhk1YtocQDW9NOpM3g0NM5H-yBIc-1sNSKVC-WaZlqDHDMdBl5-gdYsHTn3Fv/s320/DSCN1534.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447990603862561202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7NVf892is1Wrfvltujj0Esq62U1rqhTkzhnvFR5xlqiFOZSkCfnQCgC5h0RJK-gKe8x7wuaS_m8DB3O4L0gjg-2eCEMr3IoJoX5qcoYvrZXkdU3JiEf-OH33Vjs_hJ9VhwllPSJJW7ks/s1600-h/DSCN1537.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7NVf892is1Wrfvltujj0Esq62U1rqhTkzhnvFR5xlqiFOZSkCfnQCgC5h0RJK-gKe8x7wuaS_m8DB3O4L0gjg-2eCEMr3IoJoX5qcoYvrZXkdU3JiEf-OH33Vjs_hJ9VhwllPSJJW7ks/s320/DSCN1537.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447991041064894098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0Pk8K2iRu0oQsrF7S8ipET049Hp8hK11A9kMOAQi5GV3CuCT7Femn5EC_7i2TW0dY3SBPaOjGQJ-CnQpvTqn5ltPTKXIVMhuHl4luHevnwwPRqWawlFUvrlHk3w3j6kQ5aPpBhe4Wean/s1600-h/DSCN1565.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0Pk8K2iRu0oQsrF7S8ipET049Hp8hK11A9kMOAQi5GV3CuCT7Femn5EC_7i2TW0dY3SBPaOjGQJ-CnQpvTqn5ltPTKXIVMhuHl4luHevnwwPRqWawlFUvrlHk3w3j6kQ5aPpBhe4Wean/s320/DSCN1565.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447993562024303602" /></a><br />Bennett got the Barbie house she had been asking for the past 2 years - the toilet flushes, the fireplace crackles, Barbie sings in the shower, the doorbell rings. I might have been more excited to play with the house than she was!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduSr-J7i0XngnjxjtNQ8aDjV-3diAdRvZjr-VNgNb8x6vev0UnOfDFJSCMWuI5y-xeUWHyrLC6xDGPIfGrKIwFhHDZVvafcl2j2eT1iZ-6CUT0AjZqDrKD_sT9ST95rW4T7gaYuAdMmHU/s1600-h/DSCN1542.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduSr-J7i0XngnjxjtNQ8aDjV-3diAdRvZjr-VNgNb8x6vev0UnOfDFJSCMWuI5y-xeUWHyrLC6xDGPIfGrKIwFhHDZVvafcl2j2eT1iZ-6CUT0AjZqDrKD_sT9ST95rW4T7gaYuAdMmHU/s320/DSCN1542.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447991397100759490" /></a><br />Taylor got what he thought was the camera he had been asking for...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnagmB2EIR6pouhxy7T3AEBYmtdjCcpcETbdjk8-0KwlpxaQGpXWr3G968ajaT-LlUyGcv-vhWSTRawCeKiLo9YRNOb1mkFyeqhBr11Ic9KU6fI-liz1ugtzIE9rmL9EiMTldRUQC4uAqd/s1600-h/DSCN1546.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnagmB2EIR6pouhxy7T3AEBYmtdjCcpcETbdjk8-0KwlpxaQGpXWr3G968ajaT-LlUyGcv-vhWSTRawCeKiLo9YRNOb1mkFyeqhBr11Ic9KU6fI-liz1ugtzIE9rmL9EiMTldRUQC4uAqd/s320/DSCN1546.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447992481828338306" /></a><br />But ended up being the cell phone he really wanted<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyphx3-6s8clqSSRZeZHvfbS_aaOb7lUPGMRJ6Gqm7REWdXfQXE-61y4q4rrZSBx27w0ElX1Bg76NrMhRzzuk1h2PFQttc1ztdf9wMG20fWTfXWzcvkhA6_wD9KSO12FxL9rSjePPN6k73/s1600-h/DSCN1570.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyphx3-6s8clqSSRZeZHvfbS_aaOb7lUPGMRJ6Gqm7REWdXfQXE-61y4q4rrZSBx27w0ElX1Bg76NrMhRzzuk1h2PFQttc1ztdf9wMG20fWTfXWzcvkhA6_wD9KSO12FxL9rSjePPN6k73/s320/DSCN1570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447993063103144018" /></a><br />Both Rick and Tay got new Jordan's to improve their basketball skills<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2QwJZDFnmAxbKMuvKwhcfp3aqNkbaKjh9SLUupw5UfcnDaK6J5HDyUdxGkLPjVEhLifo7seGuNanqsJELSJHVuCCsDGJkW8RTyACUxRYpNTMA2qttxD-ofGSB8-5hlQjj-y7XEY2fc9e/s1600-h/DSCN1553.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2QwJZDFnmAxbKMuvKwhcfp3aqNkbaKjh9SLUupw5UfcnDaK6J5HDyUdxGkLPjVEhLifo7seGuNanqsJELSJHVuCCsDGJkW8RTyACUxRYpNTMA2qttxD-ofGSB8-5hlQjj-y7XEY2fc9e/s320/DSCN1553.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447994139283092706" /></a><br />And I got some Chuck and Friends fleet cars to play with! Just kidding...J didn't really get the whole concept of opening presents or ripping the paper for that matter so we all took turns opening his presents - doesn't he look thrilled?!<br /><br />To finish up the day my parents came over and opened up presents with us that evening. Thanks for coming over so we could spend more time playing at home...you guys are awesome!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKjMWVmqhHf3gMweK4baugDgNqSXLOq7ZhOKl0jIUF7vbicBfFC0hit8p_CgBUCqBYx6x8HhGt-4KU6rr_W1tpRPJoVpnNTnaMCR6LrqA1ckGVNm5p-cPOmz1jJyV4pR-9I1JooidwcDi/s1600-h/DSCN1576.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKjMWVmqhHf3gMweK4baugDgNqSXLOq7ZhOKl0jIUF7vbicBfFC0hit8p_CgBUCqBYx6x8HhGt-4KU6rr_W1tpRPJoVpnNTnaMCR6LrqA1ckGVNm5p-cPOmz1jJyV4pR-9I1JooidwcDi/s320/DSCN1576.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447995417323223202" /></a><br /><br />We were so spoiled by everyone and are so lucky to have all that we do. We have been so blessed throughout the past year and are so very grateful. I am thankful for our Savior, Jesus Christ, and for his willingness to come to this earth knowing fully what his purpose would be. I hope I can raise my children to know that he has truly given us the most important and generous gift that could ever be given. I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and hope this year brings you all the best!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-50911568819761078042010-01-08T21:58:00.000-08:002010-01-08T22:20:23.211-08:00Grandma Shirlene's Christmas ShindigEvery year my Grandma Shirlene has a Christmas party with the family. I seriously hope I have as much energy and pep in my step as she does when I am her age. The woman is AMAZING! I hope she knows how much we all love and appreciate all that she does for us. We have so much fun with her and are so thankful that she is willing to host this event so we can be together during the holidays.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHh6xcJplAeKKa6HwJDE6IF6Pb743VVMuawnLEtWHmpfoJwdnhZyc9_z_Gyv4gochT96nQDuYFcezpv9jERUb_r1GTXXcPu5923sGW7b8EC600aQ3uDDI7-ymP1mT3rBnB4ngi_W7YUBAZ/s1600-h/DSCN1424.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHh6xcJplAeKKa6HwJDE6IF6Pb743VVMuawnLEtWHmpfoJwdnhZyc9_z_Gyv4gochT96nQDuYFcezpv9jERUb_r1GTXXcPu5923sGW7b8EC600aQ3uDDI7-ymP1mT3rBnB4ngi_W7YUBAZ/s320/DSCN1424.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424616860939620178" /></a><br />This child is a lover of Christmas just like me! I am trying to raise "Mother Christmas Jr." and so far so good.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuH7Ock2ZJ4KWbYVmJ-w35iSEItnouFqA04l_V16xb7BlzytKcb8HO0pUOc6rkzuG6XGvXKrq1_gEJJxrDSRlbSoCIWA4G0odLRmvKj4mU8moUvpccl_VBmWo_m2meOODoHZxK3acaWPm1/s1600-h/DSCN1426.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuH7Ock2ZJ4KWbYVmJ-w35iSEItnouFqA04l_V16xb7BlzytKcb8HO0pUOc6rkzuG6XGvXKrq1_gEJJxrDSRlbSoCIWA4G0odLRmvKj4mU8moUvpccl_VBmWo_m2meOODoHZxK3acaWPm1/s320/DSCN1426.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424617417286991042" /></a><br />Ma & Pa<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwczsEKomZWgnhBUsT_4Bnhq247h7Rh6CnfRQMwK-_a4aVNF1Eu6Py_FvSIpDhvBIcBngTGZeA3P59buzb-HxYWScyeRh6iAEZIuk5MEyTZtmesacH22CsZSXaxkHcCnvZsyP5GXtVyEBS/s1600-h/DSCN1431.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwczsEKomZWgnhBUsT_4Bnhq247h7Rh6CnfRQMwK-_a4aVNF1Eu6Py_FvSIpDhvBIcBngTGZeA3P59buzb-HxYWScyeRh6iAEZIuk5MEyTZtmesacH22CsZSXaxkHcCnvZsyP5GXtVyEBS/s320/DSCN1431.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424617721131124866" /></a><br />Jordan loves other babies - unfortunately they don't always love him back<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHu2tFpEio8n31lGBwc1gqKgxKYAWcPVUZukIpBMy85fxi1SceoI88H18CRqW78B3X-7Z7Q7iQ46HoER2OLjLGfIwbQM3g-FvMVhzARpjCMtxDlyNAMf1UAYm2FjUSkb_7yKZubR_wrTHw/s1600-h/DSCN1434.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHu2tFpEio8n31lGBwc1gqKgxKYAWcPVUZukIpBMy85fxi1SceoI88H18CRqW78B3X-7Z7Q7iQ46HoER2OLjLGfIwbQM3g-FvMVhzARpjCMtxDlyNAMf1UAYm2FjUSkb_7yKZubR_wrTHw/s320/DSCN1434.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424618035339815170" /></a><br />Jordan opening his first Christmas gift. I love the look on his face and how excited Auntie is trying to be for him!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZXIyI1Frkp66_XxV6jsu-Feji7imWor-0eXvztH1DGb9hcZKtmChw6omvLele4S4shPe_KgKRg6yFyghpx3lIzm2vtT6KC7dcvywrQOTAKHkAgRgx2tcuO9iUryhhnhWV2jZ_EoqUIVg/s1600-h/DSCN1439.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZXIyI1Frkp66_XxV6jsu-Feji7imWor-0eXvztH1DGb9hcZKtmChw6omvLele4S4shPe_KgKRg6yFyghpx3lIzm2vtT6KC7dcvywrQOTAKHkAgRgx2tcuO9iUryhhnhWV2jZ_EoqUIVg/s320/DSCN1439.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424618777220562034" /></a><br />Tay and his awesome new vest<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZH6cKNZ_Bdo2kPIZxKWEeQ579p2_6OgoulCj4ddTgAxwV7OXpJnVawNdRFgd9bw4zlwxRtTJus6p3JMW_sKTQBngrW5EbL3udI0UI2zx_JLNGchQEyk10a6dXbKrDOIj69ftZBdIkbyL/s1600-h/DSCN1441.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZH6cKNZ_Bdo2kPIZxKWEeQ579p2_6OgoulCj4ddTgAxwV7OXpJnVawNdRFgd9bw4zlwxRtTJus6p3JMW_sKTQBngrW5EbL3udI0UI2zx_JLNGchQEyk10a6dXbKrDOIj69ftZBdIkbyL/s320/DSCN1441.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424619270559001394" /></a><br />Mason doing his best "Blue Steel" look<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQg-13eHPCDlnuYI4SoTe1kwDBO5zNr8TueUMisD8lUntJ0VtKz9lEBP-cGC6CbDDThhQ44EuJPWeTR11cEtQUKE-M5bSqpVUbyQMCSmADE-12Ovh07yzTm1kJlYJutCpXc5SsVAs74681/s1600-h/DSCN1442.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQg-13eHPCDlnuYI4SoTe1kwDBO5zNr8TueUMisD8lUntJ0VtKz9lEBP-cGC6CbDDThhQ44EuJPWeTR11cEtQUKE-M5bSqpVUbyQMCSmADE-12Ovh07yzTm1kJlYJutCpXc5SsVAs74681/s320/DSCN1442.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424619628680197890" /></a><br />Man I love this kid!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7f5jD13ZQ80yhyNwxh8tmKp8s57IdBRoPPvV2fwbLkpYddHw8rNPTDMmvhQzYQ_PpxvM3Pr7LIhJsG4gWRs76urtJboCxGgvOjweYnduEdkHowxJLo-mZw-O25rPafcv4qp5SinSgQRz/s1600-h/DSCN1443.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7f5jD13ZQ80yhyNwxh8tmKp8s57IdBRoPPvV2fwbLkpYddHw8rNPTDMmvhQzYQ_PpxvM3Pr7LIhJsG4gWRs76urtJboCxGgvOjweYnduEdkHowxJLo-mZw-O25rPafcv4qp5SinSgQRz/s320/DSCN1443.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424619954202340610" /></a><br />Roo and her cute new coat<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzNUxFq7qSJXzHyIAH8RAGSOH3Ph6iSb7Pythc1TBQwsaCIUJuhz9m2U26oIOTpKvTX2N_aHjjZ5-uTdBzGruiue9LCTmF34cv260XpU23fcZlXV97jthyZtyptt_HbSJne69a-0sTjSe/s1600-h/DSCN1444.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzNUxFq7qSJXzHyIAH8RAGSOH3Ph6iSb7Pythc1TBQwsaCIUJuhz9m2U26oIOTpKvTX2N_aHjjZ5-uTdBzGruiue9LCTmF34cv260XpU23fcZlXV97jthyZtyptt_HbSJne69a-0sTjSe/s320/DSCN1444.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424620238048646210" /></a><br />Parker was in the giving spirit of things and gave the horse to J because he loved it so much...such a good kid!<br /><br />Thanks for the food storage and wonderful Christmas party Grandma!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-49226884465509888742010-01-08T21:00:00.000-08:002010-01-08T21:36:49.797-08:00Gingerbread HousesThis year my sis and I decided to get together for the second year and make gingerbread houses with our kids. We had lots of fun together making big messes! Apparently Taylor is getting too big to make these since he told me to go ahead and throw his away right after everyone left but whatever; I hate it when your kids go and grow up on you! Anyway, here are some pics from our fun-filled night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9PA7c3jKZDUtsZiGAVzSuNXYF9Ck_pfCkObsdWZYtec0ccsrDEuNKNtboXPFTd-YoQu34J1-N03pzUG6JCf5rfZkpVaAYZktaFBiMrxlRut89p1j6yizconYFPCM9Q0RE6eXBHpECkzG/s1600-h/DSCN1398.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9PA7c3jKZDUtsZiGAVzSuNXYF9Ck_pfCkObsdWZYtec0ccsrDEuNKNtboXPFTd-YoQu34J1-N03pzUG6JCf5rfZkpVaAYZktaFBiMrxlRut89p1j6yizconYFPCM9Q0RE6eXBHpECkzG/s320/DSCN1398.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424604763076071794" /></a><br />Auntie helping put the icing on<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKSHEp3X3CNh6SspMxEA1ItBDuC1VWermDPNTj3M9nn3ZgIZpnjtHgyStIIEdDS-yf02BWOAIBxXWvPzFBLwQFdHNMGppScz8c3LfoUfImC0g-A5UrGJsk5n9ebE853h3QmxDAJNxK8Cv/s1600-h/DSCN1403.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKSHEp3X3CNh6SspMxEA1ItBDuC1VWermDPNTj3M9nn3ZgIZpnjtHgyStIIEdDS-yf02BWOAIBxXWvPzFBLwQFdHNMGppScz8c3LfoUfImC0g-A5UrGJsk5n9ebE853h3QmxDAJNxK8Cv/s320/DSCN1403.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424606042075673826" /></a><br />All the kids working on their masterpieces<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZmMGyoJg1y0qkz5QQHcKInqAkH0PIwt_Tej0_Dez1udMXOCcz2Sj4OsYrrPckzz3vY9HO2GFLjoSISoph-lre_D0akCLyEiO4d9YuS4Sc84aZ4MtQTH79v6vWDCbWYm4ATKqqJXaAo3h/s1600-h/DSCN1405.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZmMGyoJg1y0qkz5QQHcKInqAkH0PIwt_Tej0_Dez1udMXOCcz2Sj4OsYrrPckzz3vY9HO2GFLjoSISoph-lre_D0akCLyEiO4d9YuS4Sc84aZ4MtQTH79v6vWDCbWYm4ATKqqJXaAo3h/s320/DSCN1405.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424606528331222866" /></a><br />If only we could all be as cool as they are<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjGLJI_NYPoH1N42EPoqHoIwlQIYJZcOhjsT0yuk-ZK72BrhX0rJTqG2S9_0J63_W3hEAyHxMojOvMfZBZN-I8LxwYNiV93gzIV7oRUEiHU33P4ceMrc0TvlUnCAqUwdOvv_3R4phRBna/s1600-h/DSCN1406.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjGLJI_NYPoH1N42EPoqHoIwlQIYJZcOhjsT0yuk-ZK72BrhX0rJTqG2S9_0J63_W3hEAyHxMojOvMfZBZN-I8LxwYNiV93gzIV7oRUEiHU33P4ceMrc0TvlUnCAqUwdOvv_3R4phRBna/s320/DSCN1406.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424606922377631090" /></a><br />"Grammy is scary" says Jordan. He generally loves Grammy - not so much in this photo<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYnLV1iVKPgIN1uqZtJI6vRvpUjGvLOToIC71Q5CMfef2QLtGkTuw7pDqvBxHLeh5OT_hIETv9qu3hsTzAbRgO4SwSMBTHcqnNTS3vL8kl3xnMTH10FjzycJSV3uCKNCOlaiGIS0KOWYt/s1600-h/DSCN1407.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYnLV1iVKPgIN1uqZtJI6vRvpUjGvLOToIC71Q5CMfef2QLtGkTuw7pDqvBxHLeh5OT_hIETv9qu3hsTzAbRgO4SwSMBTHcqnNTS3vL8kl3xnMTH10FjzycJSV3uCKNCOlaiGIS0KOWYt/s320/DSCN1407.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424608329956423474" /></a><br />The finished products - the credit for the amazing Christmas Teepee goes to Parker - I think he should go and work for Disney as an Imagineer<br /><br />We had a great night and I love getting together with family! Thanks Marshall family for the fun filled evening!Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-31516707457430669802009-12-13T21:40:00.000-08:002009-12-13T22:06:41.030-08:00ThanksgivingYes I know it's almost Christmas but I figured I had better post about Thanksgiving. We truly have so much to be thankful for and I am glad that there is a day set aside to reflect upon those things. This year was a nice change for Rick and I as we only had to go to ONE dinner! Usually we run around all day trying to make it to see all of our family but my mom had surgery and so we celebrated Thanksgiving with her the Sunday before. <br />We started the day off watching a little bit of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This reminds me of being little and knowing the holiday's were here - not as much fun for Rick but he humors me because he loves me! We had an early dinner meeting at a church at noon with Jeanine's side of the family. It was great to see everyone and spend time visiting with one another. That night we came home and set up the Christmas tree.<br />All in all it was a nice, relaxing Thanksgiving had by all!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0A-O6_uYjN_BMNCyJuJEUCZOG9Xbq6kctKVnDOLVDJV_fYQ4MpmTjNDsGZOB-wRpRzj0q4X_DbZqVAYV9ID8tSeuEcMdYaDwZ8fWrSPpGYGkB5yNoepQULXlqGRtuUny2fxSxbM-B7hV/s1600-h/DSCN1348.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0A-O6_uYjN_BMNCyJuJEUCZOG9Xbq6kctKVnDOLVDJV_fYQ4MpmTjNDsGZOB-wRpRzj0q4X_DbZqVAYV9ID8tSeuEcMdYaDwZ8fWrSPpGYGkB5yNoepQULXlqGRtuUny2fxSxbM-B7hV/s320/DSCN1348.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414965675096370066" /></a><br />J & Meredith during the parade (guess I was the only one who wanted to watch it!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37EN8tI23s17o-WKIWKjmZo9X2mbs-C0SYVEjOL0a1PecqZhVaXYbWCdGvPh0ZlCOSc6FvfOrYs9bUoYfjldJpsvq3n-gsJOx6BTth8jpYrY7xPviBANik63oRQfgX_yjIXf9fJdSsbUc/s1600-h/DSCN1349.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37EN8tI23s17o-WKIWKjmZo9X2mbs-C0SYVEjOL0a1PecqZhVaXYbWCdGvPh0ZlCOSc6FvfOrYs9bUoYfjldJpsvq3n-gsJOx6BTth8jpYrY7xPviBANik63oRQfgX_yjIXf9fJdSsbUc/s320/DSCN1349.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414966419845691426" /></a><br />Baby's 1st Turkey Day!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fygmZjXVtX2ZXWXIwfIZtiveyJrKf2VMHp0RH6sAB4zdY-tR95guM5PEu1_EDot0Y940gpQ5vum3PBcnUaEIbb8JqUxcWog1GrU8rLHxATFq7HaWQU9HTk5R09bfQPMrJ20jtdt50igD/s1600-h/DSCN1355.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fygmZjXVtX2ZXWXIwfIZtiveyJrKf2VMHp0RH6sAB4zdY-tR95guM5PEu1_EDot0Y940gpQ5vum3PBcnUaEIbb8JqUxcWog1GrU8rLHxATFq7HaWQU9HTk5R09bfQPMrJ20jtdt50igD/s320/DSCN1355.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414967298005384946" /></a><br />Uncle Billy & Mozart<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiRcFFHCK6jQf0-iGij9NsxZp2w4whui_ntf3e9iL6q815-CkR9pgSd2r7LLx7nGEfzgReFfnTCM9RNbwJaNGreqAA7Yricpx9WU1HLYhostKi7kCWLwV5zHjPdv11wWj5ERRCNWrRS5h/s1600-h/DSCN1360.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiRcFFHCK6jQf0-iGij9NsxZp2w4whui_ntf3e9iL6q815-CkR9pgSd2r7LLx7nGEfzgReFfnTCM9RNbwJaNGreqAA7Yricpx9WU1HLYhostKi7kCWLwV5zHjPdv11wWj5ERRCNWrRS5h/s320/DSCN1360.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414967858399077538" /></a><br />Grammy Jeanine, J, & Aunt Elaine<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfF6BWFfFDTHeDe4exr80CUyON6wja5XuZogrmogn2lkLEaUntQtLNWOlnqs3aIYQBmyBlDnw4QirE6dKCoIX6Qyix1CH7K8GTJih3u2JD4BP8bVRqJan1A0xsTFfaJcz2c-RUcruxr01y/s1600-h/DSCN1361.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfF6BWFfFDTHeDe4exr80CUyON6wja5XuZogrmogn2lkLEaUntQtLNWOlnqs3aIYQBmyBlDnw4QirE6dKCoIX6Qyix1CH7K8GTJih3u2JD4BP8bVRqJan1A0xsTFfaJcz2c-RUcruxr01y/s320/DSCN1361.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414968160498270962" /></a><br />J & Great Grandma Schofield<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOx_bk42Pgm4YyWskIMENC_XttFCX_MTMoNVEMhyphenhyphenlqW8Wbf85O1psrMMOfLv_oTlntwazKXUi3ne7NPCdbEkVCwj4P6roBMv35gK7PsUYte4nrocqPQMapdAXYIcDXLWIebxyJ7XNE0wiG/s1600-h/DSCN1364.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOx_bk42Pgm4YyWskIMENC_XttFCX_MTMoNVEMhyphenhyphenlqW8Wbf85O1psrMMOfLv_oTlntwazKXUi3ne7NPCdbEkVCwj4P6roBMv35gK7PsUYte4nrocqPQMapdAXYIcDXLWIebxyJ7XNE0wiG/s320/DSCN1364.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414968452683216034" /></a><br />J & his best buddy Ethan<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WTWd3z4zpLhcclXnR1NFFPUViulIRoCpnsurq_XsdaoDquoXthqnUJSGNPeJ2OF3R30ghwvzcyQrWFlF089smIDYV7JhWJ-J2G6lc_StwnAyKHbsM5DfMu5dQCMPSd3OYW7ISccW2t7s/s1600-h/DSCN1366.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WTWd3z4zpLhcclXnR1NFFPUViulIRoCpnsurq_XsdaoDquoXthqnUJSGNPeJ2OF3R30ghwvzcyQrWFlF089smIDYV7JhWJ-J2G6lc_StwnAyKHbsM5DfMu5dQCMPSd3OYW7ISccW2t7s/s320/DSCN1366.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414968774319898802" /></a><br />Dad, Mom & JordRick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167576112616037466.post-61239883282221149952009-11-17T18:14:00.000-08:002009-12-13T21:40:54.347-08:00So little yet so destructiveLast night I left Jordan in the bathroom to go and get his towel and came back to this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX7KhZeJALzOlSRNq-JxNHs_8UG_7-VYR_ztBayFAiNeX8It8HNwx-Krr4htfKFH9h3xojudErNe4-buwMOhTAejhSD_yNU9nM75DfG882Rs9xd2qhmXuu4fk_0ff90sEssa75Av3h-I9/s1600-h/DSCN1283.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX7KhZeJALzOlSRNq-JxNHs_8UG_7-VYR_ztBayFAiNeX8It8HNwx-Krr4htfKFH9h3xojudErNe4-buwMOhTAejhSD_yNU9nM75DfG882Rs9xd2qhmXuu4fk_0ff90sEssa75Av3h-I9/s320/DSCN1283.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414962011953229602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyM6nbUlFVk_gG44YFJ4f8i-3Yzp9XFeVDCsXOBVDQ-u7RgQI4TUAnymM0tOkhp9EJZjmnHfIJpYxlclQsgKB24XsKpomypKK7j2wVOLMr6DwAHSWx9o1EdkEt1urjMaaa7HeywETqqRW/s1600-h/DSCN1286.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyM6nbUlFVk_gG44YFJ4f8i-3Yzp9XFeVDCsXOBVDQ-u7RgQI4TUAnymM0tOkhp9EJZjmnHfIJpYxlclQsgKB24XsKpomypKK7j2wVOLMr6DwAHSWx9o1EdkEt1urjMaaa7HeywETqqRW/s320/DSCN1286.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414962510901934578" /></a><br /><br />yes, the ENTIRE roll of toilet paper unraveled and on the floor. Such a busy little guy!<br /><br />Jordan is now beginning to stand on his own and forgets at times that he doesn't quite have his balance. He had a rough day yesterday; first falling down into the end table with rod iron legs, then he fell out of his car seat from the kitchen table landing on the tile floor (at this point we did look for any signs of a concussion), and then while in the tub he slipped and smacked his head where he had hit it earlier on the end table. <br /><br />I felt so bad for the poor little guy - but he did get me back for his injuries by breaking the "shift" key on my laptop. So please forgive me now if I have any typographical errors that would require me to utilize the left shift key on my computer.Rick and Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922500739409378582noreply@blogger.com1