tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40136929053956770352024-02-19T03:00:16.813-08:00The BollardsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-79446797434311797262010-10-03T21:55:00.000-07:002010-10-03T22:10:02.031-07:00Pure GoodnessI haven't been much of a recipe poster--but to keep this a secret would truly be keeping a culinary light under a bushel. My sister-in-law, Audra, put together a family cook-book with her side of the family...but I was still lucky enough to get a copy! Thank you again, Audra-dear.This one is entitled "Grandma Woods' Marshmallow Treats." While I've never had the chance to meet you Grandma Woods, I will love you forever. You think I am being over-dramatic? Make them, eat them, and you will love her too.<br /><br />Grandma Woods' Marshmallow Treats<br />1/2 c. (1 cube) butter<br />1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk<br />1 14 oz. package Kraft caramels, unwrapped (I used Werthers Originals chewy caramels)<br />1/2 bag (8 oz) of large marshmallows<br />1 box Rice Krispies cereal<br /><br />Cook butter, condensed milk, and caramels in a double boiler until smooth. Turn off heat, but leave mixture over hot water while working with it and stir often. With kitchen shears cut large marshmallows in half. Roll in caramel mixture. Then roll in Rice Krispies cereal. Place on waxed paper to cool. Store in an air tight container.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-51766386530369194032010-09-26T23:27:00.000-07:002010-09-28T10:16:46.065-07:00My Two Katie'sSo I have a sister-in-law Katie and a sister named Katie and some of you may be familiar with one, the other or both...but I thought I would do this post about both of them to alleviate confusion. However, I am just one sentence in and I already am sure it will be more confusing. Oh well. So the one that was Katie Barrett is now Katie Riley and the one that was Katie Linford is now Katie Barrett. Got it? Can you guess which one my actual sister?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEtFdHDYtM6tpJDXKlY9vpYfgejciJSy0PxgQqQDR7DSdRaCJ-OTakttqMwCknV-PK_10JqE_zS3cimqUodpBcXa3TWS03WY28bnFRorGLdpLE6oOljWRsHpycAZo3n5BKSeL7ONAfcI/s1600/heidi+and+katie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEtFdHDYtM6tpJDXKlY9vpYfgejciJSy0PxgQqQDR7DSdRaCJ-OTakttqMwCknV-PK_10JqE_zS3cimqUodpBcXa3TWS03WY28bnFRorGLdpLE6oOljWRsHpycAZo3n5BKSeL7ONAfcI/s400/heidi+and+katie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521831185409963506" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAB9ldbuR8dttws2eQWE7T1c7wWQV0yzNiZ5Nr6w22De4NufRmStp5J8c2q9nkGJBEfGUCF_4hYNfmYUrKF4c7TWmhhMtMZ9NoKa_yjPb0YVlu8kCt2lwYZMRtlEZyeUdDC-cBl0BtZ7w/s1600/October+2009+095.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAB9ldbuR8dttws2eQWE7T1c7wWQV0yzNiZ5Nr6w22De4NufRmStp5J8c2q9nkGJBEfGUCF_4hYNfmYUrKF4c7TWmhhMtMZ9NoKa_yjPb0YVlu8kCt2lwYZMRtlEZyeUdDC-cBl0BtZ7w/s400/October+2009+095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521831182469298370" border="0" /></a><br />You may have noticed that neither of them look a thing like me--the top one is my sister-in-law and the bottom one is my little sister.<br /><br />My sister-in-law, Katie, is married to my older brother Will. She is one of my best friends and the most amazing mother--if you have ever seen her interact with any of her kids, you know what I'm talking about. Every time I am around her she inspires me to be a better mother: more loving, more happy, more selfless and more fun. You have never seen anyone take more joy in their children than she does, she is incredible. She is one the most hilarious people ever to be born on the earth-and I mean ever. And no matter how much time I spend with her--it's never enough...<span style="font-style: italic;">companionship</span> (that's an inside joke). When we are together it is a non-stop chatfest, and pretty much non-stop validation. It's like a spa retreat for my personality. Love her love her love her. And one more thing--Katie, it is pathetic that this is the only picture I have of us together--I am a whale.<br /><br />My sister Katie is four years younger than me and for the longest time I thought, maybe because of all the school we played as kids, that because I was older I was the one that taught her things. Hmmm...not even close. She has taught me to lighten up (work in progress), be less judgemental, take myself less seriously, and, when I have needed it most, she has been there to make me feel better--even if that meant holding a throw up bucket. She is amazing at anything she tries, she can cook, she can sew, she can decorate, she plans weddings and arranges flowers and she is the most darling, doting, wonderful brand new mother. She is also one of my best friends and when I picture her in my mind--at any age--she is always laughing. She is the most loyal, caring, kind, fun-loving, funny, do-anything-for-you-person. I can be completely and totally myself around her and that is a beautiful, beautiful thing. In that picture above she is holding my baby...here is her lovely little Macy. I cannot wait to pinch those cheeks again...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyOqmQ9n0qNSZSEg3X4AR1CEoLB9Puh9UcYcYlrvszPA8OspiQI0P0etiCgdXVLH1UPfXFwZdk7jG-QqZLwh-5x6KxtU8VBzvVtzpiXZHagFddeRsartD_Zl0VqzKrkPB-VRI3OHxzeM/s1600/Macy.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyOqmQ9n0qNSZSEg3X4AR1CEoLB9Puh9UcYcYlrvszPA8OspiQI0P0etiCgdXVLH1UPfXFwZdk7jG-QqZLwh-5x6KxtU8VBzvVtzpiXZHagFddeRsartD_Zl0VqzKrkPB-VRI3OHxzeM/s400/Macy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521861962019225138" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-58134779887088704752010-09-24T12:27:00.000-07:002010-09-24T14:15:39.540-07:00WillThis is my older brother, Will--he is the greatest older brother ever. Period. He was sometimes a little rough growing up, but that is how I turned out so tough. (joke). I know I can always get great advice from him on everything from buying a house to relationship junk. And I can always depend on him to be honest, even if that means he is going to straight up tell me that I am being an idiot. But I really can be an idiot and I'd really rather know when I am... so I actually appreciate it. He knows exactly who he is and never sells out for anyone; and he talks more crap than anyone I know and it is impossible to beat him at it. He is a great father/brother/uncle and a great friend. He hates being thanked, but I don't think he even knows I have a blog, so ha...and <span style="font-style: italic;">thanks</span> for everything, Will...<br /><br />I think the only reason I have a picture of him smiling is that he was mocking me at the time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFCmfZ0Dr2Z86Z6ML2ZbCCgdB_5KC1WQ4NSp7_DOSE7HEcQd6ernp70dBSj-zKFwNxPJhEghb5Qb87ZGUQ_98CIzkJh2NU6X8jQ3OsDEj9PhTxkjeTGZNFAgjwmoWDPhE8uUVyWKrFjM/s1600/IMG_4913.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFCmfZ0Dr2Z86Z6ML2ZbCCgdB_5KC1WQ4NSp7_DOSE7HEcQd6ernp70dBSj-zKFwNxPJhEghb5Qb87ZGUQ_98CIzkJh2NU6X8jQ3OsDEj9PhTxkjeTGZNFAgjwmoWDPhE8uUVyWKrFjM/s400/IMG_4913.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520591162323889810" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-11166484410488127672010-09-20T14:56:00.000-07:002010-09-20T16:17:49.628-07:00AmyI know I'm going a little overboard on the Elsie showcase...but isn't that what blogs are for? So I have done a fair amount of bragging about my illustrator/sister Amy, but for those of you who aren't related to me/don't know what I'm talking about, let me explain. My sister Amy is, among many other amazing traits, an uber-talented illustrator for children's books. She was born with talent to be sure, but she has been working at it her entire life! Well, she sketched out this little number of Elsie--from memory--on an airplane--while flying back to her home in Pennsylvania. I think it's amazing! Her website is very cool... <a href="http://www.amybates.com/">http://www.amybates.com/</a>. I love my sister so much, and not just because she draws amazing pictures of my kids (it's quite a bonus though!).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dQ_Qw5_F8_KbSkF8a0Z-isRY0DldTE1r7SJPkVz1J9J6kK8D8YmVWuMEPJgx6iOp-hIkvIfRgrmghitr0PZncQLdxQ6-R4mYCznetpzXlt7U6WzBLgZI41tqGTmz6eNhgEDBmDp0o_k/s1600/ElsieSketch.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dQ_Qw5_F8_KbSkF8a0Z-isRY0DldTE1r7SJPkVz1J9J6kK8D8YmVWuMEPJgx6iOp-hIkvIfRgrmghitr0PZncQLdxQ6-R4mYCznetpzXlt7U6WzBLgZI41tqGTmz6eNhgEDBmDp0o_k/s400/ElsieSketch.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519135110526683474" border="0" /></a><br />She is super low-key about her success, we usually find out months/years later that she won some huge award or one of her books was a best seller. My sisters/sisters-in law are my best friends, to say that I lucked out just doesn't even cover it! Amy is currently living in Japan with her family (boo!). So call me, Amy, when you see this--I miss you! And I want to talk to you about next summer.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbQ9iG7a5pAzbLSg6Kq4L47SPnIxgkF_VHA_-W6by2XVJmCWOfP2oxjtU2sGoO1rarHcZNcgJdyeOkGbJFOe47p8Un4egeqTGUMJpYSJ_jEbzr_tlmvIFdoylnpV0R6HNXnIKRzlNWws/s1600/Amy.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbQ9iG7a5pAzbLSg6Kq4L47SPnIxgkF_VHA_-W6by2XVJmCWOfP2oxjtU2sGoO1rarHcZNcgJdyeOkGbJFOe47p8Un4egeqTGUMJpYSJ_jEbzr_tlmvIFdoylnpV0R6HNXnIKRzlNWws/s400/Amy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519137666906622834" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-6374015414392853672010-09-17T13:09:00.000-07:002010-09-17T13:29:44.453-07:00Elsie's Photo ShootThese are the pics that my friend Liz took yesterday, can you believe I have them already?!? She is great, you can check out her photo website <a href="http://rosebudpics.blogspot.com/">http://rosebudpics.blogspot.com/</a> I am so thrilled with how they turned out--I'm going to post quite a few...you'll just have to indulge me...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGXVwkiEOP3ZCxVHS1qm81RFoq5_aKrniS83ZWuV3JNKCLIwL-PjgL-XOgfRLXhndZFQ6R5Tr46Rzq7M3ewSYb84FRQzvOvFcEUFQghPGVIqCvbuvAbFXxR6-_4Zf7vj0QiYtDimyNUA/s1600/IMG_6433.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGXVwkiEOP3ZCxVHS1qm81RFoq5_aKrniS83ZWuV3JNKCLIwL-PjgL-XOgfRLXhndZFQ6R5Tr46Rzq7M3ewSYb84FRQzvOvFcEUFQghPGVIqCvbuvAbFXxR6-_4Zf7vj0QiYtDimyNUA/s400/IMG_6433.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517979903612222930" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih79gHWVcrcKGdguiGZRf4XpRQCxwmQLNMEXS_bSvgr3m8XwmWQNiR71Rnw-eTZvUp20qdS-NDszfhji-okLrcsLOhsHT9gAbXiN09A1uECGy8fG86jeQr2ouS37MaCpc86w8nFV-lC1M/s1600/IMG_6436.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFxbICU15QDd66x3um0cdn27mtb1ZYvFJ2RI9b1NPt_9Su1ux63Ec3p0vWqLbWZYwalm8jFodaRHBg7_INwrXNuxzSNSxHGemhFiNgprwaa6bW7O2xUBjGJN99ii-Bbfn9JLohBFKSrE/s400/IMG_5021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517752679384458082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj164nvD04bAB8zIn6q3Oqb8yB1e7FoK2Ng29sCTtKTBpNfvBHkAK8dNM5oHB1LdHfRT82ljxDUTzqIj5CQhr_IOTcg2EQsq7OBp_4c-u4Gc4QOCU5NWLVUB9N-MNMazA3neXI7Sd7WQHk/s1600/IMG_5018.JPG"><br /></a>Last weekend we made a stop at the Santa Susanna Train Depot here in Simi and it was so cute! Teddy loved seeing the tracks up close and the volunteers there were so happy to have visitors... doesn't seem like the get many ): Here are some pics:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32cxp7K0yTA0MiUg3xh0C_iSa5CV_J0gaBI6GH_0KNf2nGPZhZRL_FLwngJn8NVvm2hnFEkHhyphenhyphenSVtomQYqSwUJ6oKQvhyphenhyphenF5v5VuCN7lDfIEE7-JTm3nOymUtg6C_mWI5KuvSIcEAgOYo/s1600/IMG_5008.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32cxp7K0yTA0MiUg3xh0C_iSa5CV_J0gaBI6GH_0KNf2nGPZhZRL_FLwngJn8NVvm2hnFEkHhyphenhyphenSVtomQYqSwUJ6oKQvhyphenhyphenF5v5VuCN7lDfIEE7-JTm3nOymUtg6C_mWI5KuvSIcEAgOYo/s400/IMG_5008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517752661174841682" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_9Cks6R6rSGVeCeSUyMfpgapFuDB1T5cP6vOp76NkYgGjLpH1Z3GoFgYk_0XFBmq19-Rm5NBGg4QqUDnnBDbkGewplmncO0zE_b-lWpNmyDXsEUdyaZNSBn7OUhABIq2qjkuer47g2E/s1600/IMG_5023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_9Cks6R6rSGVeCeSUyMfpgapFuDB1T5cP6vOp76NkYgGjLpH1Z3GoFgYk_0XFBmq19-Rm5NBGg4QqUDnnBDbkGewplmncO0zE_b-lWpNmyDXsEUdyaZNSBn7OUhABIq2qjkuer47g2E/s400/IMG_5023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517752707050599746" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3glZndThBItPnf194ZjMX6LrNDWYv4nLMLRuN7ELA32MXL8y4t0K58n5TqWiv0IN_9fTF6uCgyPg0iwzAA98snDK5YLBvw4b2wUv0h6DlJk1T55dMbWQxYvkl88NYSZRiDeJkhMNszzE/s1600/IMG_5022.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3glZndThBItPnf194ZjMX6LrNDWYv4nLMLRuN7ELA32MXL8y4t0K58n5TqWiv0IN_9fTF6uCgyPg0iwzAA98snDK5YLBvw4b2wUv0h6DlJk1T55dMbWQxYvkl88NYSZRiDeJkhMNszzE/s400/IMG_5022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517752696956446258" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj164nvD04bAB8zIn6q3Oqb8yB1e7FoK2Ng29sCTtKTBpNfvBHkAK8dNM5oHB1LdHfRT82ljxDUTzqIj5CQhr_IOTcg2EQsq7OBp_4c-u4Gc4QOCU5NWLVUB9N-MNMazA3neXI7Sd7WQHk/s1600/IMG_5018.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj164nvD04bAB8zIn6q3Oqb8yB1e7FoK2Ng29sCTtKTBpNfvBHkAK8dNM5oHB1LdHfRT82ljxDUTzqIj5CQhr_IOTcg2EQsq7OBp_4c-u4Gc4QOCU5NWLVUB9N-MNMazA3neXI7Sd7WQHk/s400/IMG_5018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517752670321949602" border="0" /></a><br />Even though Teddy happily "plays guys" for hours on end these days, I think trains will always hold a special place in his heart. I'm a little tired tonight...one of those days where you run from sun up to sun down. Good news, though--Elsie had her 1-year pictures taken today! I will post asap...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-78535788100480797032010-09-15T14:38:00.001-07:002010-09-15T14:46:50.656-07:00Glorious!Teddy started preschool on Monday and he looooves it!! And guess what? <span style="font-style: italic;">So do I! </span>He goes three days a week from 8:30-11:30. His teacher could not be cuter or more wonderful and everyday he is so excited to see "the kids." After his first day I was asking him about it and in a most conspiratorial tone, as if it was a sort of shocking secret, he turned to me and whispered, "Mom, there are <span style="font-style: italic;">girls</span> there!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrgVLZcuaB8Htn2xRQJfQl2RJiDfpAaRzz6v9vqZCvXZFLxkF0M4Wldcw5E2dUEvsXUMJ3NjK0j1KEbBeuEJNgjx4KmP2JiajFZVO8pdYTdAyeuSB2nzRvQXz4LjrPhFNM-3UwWipNgQ/s1600/IMG_5033.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrgVLZcuaB8Htn2xRQJfQl2RJiDfpAaRzz6v9vqZCvXZFLxkF0M4Wldcw5E2dUEvsXUMJ3NjK0j1KEbBeuEJNgjx4KmP2JiajFZVO8pdYTdAyeuSB2nzRvQXz4LjrPhFNM-3UwWipNgQ/s400/IMG_5033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517259409675759634" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PKqK3H2ZJdOD8K032TtexYLtaBxnx1w1rCdhvaRSgIC9KOyw7ofMPI51OAhqGmzCVR8uQqtFnQdvKOK6eHy_75YoaF8zE7i5wLAAh17ZbrUNTGDvOaoKv-ZFF02eRQkqRIiVkBvQuzU/s1600/IMG_5034.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PKqK3H2ZJdOD8K032TtexYLtaBxnx1w1rCdhvaRSgIC9KOyw7ofMPI51OAhqGmzCVR8uQqtFnQdvKOK6eHy_75YoaF8zE7i5wLAAh17ZbrUNTGDvOaoKv-ZFF02eRQkqRIiVkBvQuzU/s400/IMG_5034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517259420635479506" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-13312809628365843322010-09-14T23:11:00.000-07:002010-09-14T23:29:04.897-07:00GoodReadsSo I'm be a bit of a procrastinator, a list maker rather than a do-er, and I get bogged down with details. I really really like things perfect--but I'm also lazy and lack self-discipline. This is not a good match. As a result of these conflicting personality traits I am somewhat of a self-help book fanatic but nothing I've read comes close to this...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Enter... <span style="font-style: italic;">The Happiness Project.</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8HR-esoNgAa-Uik7tW2dT07wBLKeDD8qIKzp8H1K7wtyM2FHak6v68i-ksvmfi4XJ1DZaNiSXkxz4JtUFQMTIFf9ZzJhfSghD6WBPJUUMlu7_FvCO4CQF47whxFfRpMGTPKKcGSU5lc/s1600/happiness+project.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8HR-esoNgAa-Uik7tW2dT07wBLKeDD8qIKzp8H1K7wtyM2FHak6v68i-ksvmfi4XJ1DZaNiSXkxz4JtUFQMTIFf9ZzJhfSghD6WBPJUUMlu7_FvCO4CQF47whxFfRpMGTPKKcGSU5lc/s400/happiness+project.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517020974219458866" border="0" /></a><br />Of all the self-help books I've read...and there is plenty--just ask Ben about the stack that, up until recently, towered next to our bed: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, The 5 Languages of Love, The Anger Trap...</span>on and on...this is the first self-help book that has...well, actually <span style="font-style: italic;">helped</span> my...<span style="font-style: italic;">self</span>.<br /><br />So there.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/BENBOL%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/BENBOL%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-62590716897859013152010-04-13T21:23:00.000-07:002010-04-13T21:47:08.612-07:00Little Red (7-1/2 months!)Long time no blog, i know. So here's a some new pictures of our delicious little pumpkin... If I have to think of something clever to say, this will never get posted so, whatever!<br /><br />This post is dedicated to "the Hawl", I love you Mom--and I miss you every day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5NKaAvIprLmpGaXWPYKXQApzQnyi1ijlR4JHKzq3MiwUMI2bPHzzqjNEr2D6-XsWVBzw4W4ik4y0msfeHz_IrRq3gtIzkzITWPBbGarEaJQkfaDI7pMHXRZz2kT5RAmyqRj9tikWi0k/s1600/IMG_4633.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5NKaAvIprLmpGaXWPYKXQApzQnyi1ijlR4JHKzq3MiwUMI2bPHzzqjNEr2D6-XsWVBzw4W4ik4y0msfeHz_IrRq3gtIzkzITWPBbGarEaJQkfaDI7pMHXRZz2kT5RAmyqRj9tikWi0k/s400/IMG_4633.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459844856561096642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSAeJcCuEU_szXl5LJjATWXnb6u8ruGj-44C05RmFR2zVwS1b6HNm6AN2-7qvYpshWY9_GYZiCg1GlM2mDQ2HcxSMUAMJ3JNorUxS1pAG9qjfdwwHPOubw_yek26nUC3y9bPjBR9RDUE/s1600/IMG_4644.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSAeJcCuEU_szXl5LJjATWXnb6u8ruGj-44C05RmFR2zVwS1b6HNm6AN2-7qvYpshWY9_GYZiCg1GlM2mDQ2HcxSMUAMJ3JNorUxS1pAG9qjfdwwHPOubw_yek26nUC3y9bPjBR9RDUE/s400/IMG_4644.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459845093702626946" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-53108325788321417062009-11-08T20:03:00.000-08:002009-11-08T20:17:07.830-08:00A blessing for a blessing...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyfW9X4wto6cHKOLSBTFQE5_H1RzV8-9UAGP1s3nBgwAAGs4wTM54cDGoGBHhSBD8nBUqrG551PNcbHXPHilDTWF8vsIg3eUoZ0QnCAftz7mmQaPCxSJ5oQCqFR39spTuumB39MRmDpQ/s1600-h/IMG_4441.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyfW9X4wto6cHKOLSBTFQE5_H1RzV8-9UAGP1s3nBgwAAGs4wTM54cDGoGBHhSBD8nBUqrG551PNcbHXPHilDTWF8vsIg3eUoZ0QnCAftz7mmQaPCxSJ5oQCqFR39spTuumB39MRmDpQ/s400/IMG_4441.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401953038240679234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4TaRUJL2jcVTIbAQYfiISbIlJ9z9Q7Tyk77dBRI34qHLcidTUWX1GDZOF7IEIPwKZZvGtHwNMyAOBwfTKPLciN-8gQdgeIX1AHTW28-0kESY8cWfigpC9haakuGuWe6A3PlM6uRByyM/s1600-h/IMG_4395.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4TaRUJL2jcVTIbAQYfiISbIlJ9z9Q7Tyk77dBRI34qHLcidTUWX1GDZOF7IEIPwKZZvGtHwNMyAOBwfTKPLciN-8gQdgeIX1AHTW28-0kESY8cWfigpC9haakuGuWe6A3PlM6uRByyM/s400/IMG_4395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401953031432169010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMS3Upmsr1jGRqNYx8gHQehb5c98WeM6SFaTV_QlGWBiVWD0WZrsuArr5zve2qbHVZSqEZwBroGBRTVO3oIrl_xjeEeSLYWVqd86iXYgCGOBuKjf6jIf-i-ITNcU7-8zfeyh_Sob6ab4/s1600-h/IMG_4348.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMS3Upmsr1jGRqNYx8gHQehb5c98WeM6SFaTV_QlGWBiVWD0WZrsuArr5zve2qbHVZSqEZwBroGBRTVO3oIrl_xjeEeSLYWVqd86iXYgCGOBuKjf6jIf-i-ITNcU7-8zfeyh_Sob6ab4/s400/IMG_4348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401953025886251666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Elsie was blessed last Sunday (Nov 1) and it was such a great day! Thanks again Shane & Julie for letting us party it up at your house! My parents are still on their mission so they couldn't be with us, but Elsie was able to wear a dress that my mom made which made the experience just that much more special! Here are some pictures of her in her dress...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepUFsd2E1vu5qkrC5fvVzhQrNCpKMJYGV2l3Czke6zmW0U_vIr765Sf_Jz2v-kR1_P9jqoR_d_ph0QLbEZwIS95dFEwhteBr38w1hDRT487wQDHGH-Y1IHPrnPZ9cFsOboI-biKMkWLg/s1600-h/IMG_4394.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepUFsd2E1vu5qkrC5fvVzhQrNCpKMJYGV2l3Czke6zmW0U_vIr765Sf_Jz2v-kR1_P9jqoR_d_ph0QLbEZwIS95dFEwhteBr38w1hDRT487wQDHGH-Y1IHPrnPZ9cFsOboI-biKMkWLg/s400/IMG_4394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401951445634628322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNTpUO6v3BoiEiBLPvExcCJ2VFgjyDViN1iohU9wbGvxl7MKclmnohhh6T3ZM_qV_UKMxWo_T51F8EET5XvxtosXnzJu0SRlfiWGFfKcd_2sP0tE5mR14heIP8kjvuUCD9AhmfOX-T_A/s1600-h/IMG_4354.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNTpUO6v3BoiEiBLPvExcCJ2VFgjyDViN1iohU9wbGvxl7MKclmnohhh6T3ZM_qV_UKMxWo_T51F8EET5XvxtosXnzJu0SRlfiWGFfKcd_2sP0tE5mR14heIP8kjvuUCD9AhmfOX-T_A/s400/IMG_4354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401952038839080658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAA2hgHDYoYRV-l3LKXIATv80_vnIag46Rkg4GvQ-mEJ6Nw3PvVD_f6suqe5NtNAdEoiWcCSY3iSscC7ZEGtqqdr-QX80eNw9vwcKtBPSL7HWMVoGRfGBc0RY1nV6TVX_ACzi2rGyeNiU/s1600-h/IMG_4378.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAA2hgHDYoYRV-l3LKXIATv80_vnIag46Rkg4GvQ-mEJ6Nw3PvVD_f6suqe5NtNAdEoiWcCSY3iSscC7ZEGtqqdr-QX80eNw9vwcKtBPSL7HWMVoGRfGBc0RY1nV6TVX_ACzi2rGyeNiU/s400/IMG_4378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401952443803900482" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-90184820408724697012009-11-01T20:41:00.000-08:002009-11-03T17:15:24.294-08:00October Update!It has been a busy month! We've had several long-distance requests for halloween pictures, so I'm going to start at the end!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANDWbQQ9LeE1pVh3W5CgOPjkNGvnzvGiY1cpWXE32Nl9iaztMZ3XiImgC8pEuyTKIc7f8eOKCEpIe7-b01pmzuUsN1CI78PZytK2UEf6zu_2yMPgPKp48ZH00UwQ4nhIS4WlfDj3xImY/s1600-h/Elsie+Ladybug.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANDWbQQ9LeE1pVh3W5CgOPjkNGvnzvGiY1cpWXE32Nl9iaztMZ3XiImgC8pEuyTKIc7f8eOKCEpIe7-b01pmzuUsN1CI78PZytK2UEf6zu_2yMPgPKp48ZH00UwQ4nhIS4WlfDj3xImY/s400/Elsie+Ladybug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399370871181464450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9KNvV42gpdDu-CQPHv1ZFSOuL96mIQInQf0ZP-6ieUhuHMFHqXmvafO_O9WGS5yxMSL78v-QyLT-SgTs68VgqRwluvjw431W9HsYckct4C0yjrWZzqW4CrMXgApqpKsJRCH-rphq_Dg/s1600-h/Teddy+Elsie+Halloween.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 372px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9KNvV42gpdDu-CQPHv1ZFSOuL96mIQInQf0ZP-6ieUhuHMFHqXmvafO_O9WGS5yxMSL78v-QyLT-SgTs68VgqRwluvjw431W9HsYckct4C0yjrWZzqW4CrMXgApqpKsJRCH-rphq_Dg/s400/Teddy+Elsie+Halloween.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399370867777403618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFryanaouhSokEbaephuXbvTG0wq4h2kiFAcZs7-WyKVzahmBDnkGqzAcbS8ldOdSOYWrRjOqyhNyBxr6u-P8EIwsPMdfHaRwIi_jE-klO0G1J-YRqYsiQI_7l0476P2gk1UpNmbcBk8/s1600-h/Batman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFryanaouhSokEbaephuXbvTG0wq4h2kiFAcZs7-WyKVzahmBDnkGqzAcbS8ldOdSOYWrRjOqyhNyBxr6u-P8EIwsPMdfHaRwIi_jE-klO0G1J-YRqYsiQI_7l0476P2gk1UpNmbcBk8/s400/Batman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399371857578424898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My sister Katie and her husband Troy came for a visit a couple of weeks ago and it was soooo much fun!! We miss them every stinking day...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYQwN3BJvT8AgRWpRfKez_ihnojK1y3HekrmDXDChJADfSymAq3BnBtfjqxAK-e6KQte6aiShvGg6OXYHGudOzJPpibMv0AqdsqPr0bhmIcfPCswT4B1cLsIVxRtUx4an8EkPdAPqfrE/s1600-h/October+2009+096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYQwN3BJvT8AgRWpRfKez_ihnojK1y3HekrmDXDChJADfSymAq3BnBtfjqxAK-e6KQte6aiShvGg6OXYHGudOzJPpibMv0AqdsqPr0bhmIcfPCswT4B1cLsIVxRtUx4an8EkPdAPqfrE/s400/October+2009+096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399946351849814178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApZQlbIevcJxIyBsq0O2RwNAf_3ae07Gb08CpJbBkwhR_IjLRvRVz7s9DGHGCt0nPjsntxlxbUbQqkmzaa7061J6MX8tcCSArE6ttP0pY4hCZWq-g_3B9qHt-RgWynH-xGi66AKT7u1w/s1600-h/Troy+and+Elsie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApZQlbIevcJxIyBsq0O2RwNAf_3ae07Gb08CpJbBkwhR_IjLRvRVz7s9DGHGCt0nPjsntxlxbUbQqkmzaa7061J6MX8tcCSArE6ttP0pY4hCZWq-g_3B9qHt-RgWynH-xGi66AKT7u1w/s400/Troy+and+Elsie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400047237720114482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5fs0dH6fDtAKsQwOuXiOgI9d8aP_RMRNpssVFhOMwb6q4SpqFMd84ug31ZqxGPrRkCn7cEPr0R1T5B-lEtVety0YjzAU7WeClYYiobIs2eAR4GcibJHxG21zEfwvO1CIYm932cXtce8/s1600-h/October+2009+150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5fs0dH6fDtAKsQwOuXiOgI9d8aP_RMRNpssVFhOMwb6q4SpqFMd84ug31ZqxGPrRkCn7cEPr0R1T5B-lEtVety0YjzAU7WeClYYiobIs2eAR4GcibJHxG21zEfwvO1CIYm932cXtce8/s400/October+2009+150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400047220434461890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBtRaPLfFtLo-m4auvHPb8J8ideXQqpTEAfxStEwi0l8v75PLJ-9H8lxcm0RflnOTOLjCtgvExE4duO3aVWH0RSS23Nb5skLVO7H8EzKAFGGlwl9xuFDXauBJr_KAhLIIVzjYfydrJS4/s1600-h/October+2009+149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBtRaPLfFtLo-m4auvHPb8J8ideXQqpTEAfxStEwi0l8v75PLJ-9H8lxcm0RflnOTOLjCtgvExE4duO3aVWH0RSS23Nb5skLVO7H8EzKAFGGlwl9xuFDXauBJr_KAhLIIVzjYfydrJS4/s400/October+2009+149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400047210989738562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Isn't my sister beautiful!?! Thanks again for coming to visit, it was so dang fun.<br /><br />BTW as you can clearly see Elsie has full on RED hair!! I don't think I've really communicated that very well to people, but there is no mistaking it! We think it is darling!<br /><br />We also got together with my cousins Patricia and Elise to get some punkins at the farm...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2z7xTktagUuwQyk0NmWCUD3EPWshvWehF-Ne1ETeM4Ir7WL8sZjjJxj-gaYgBFXCF3Q92GM-zsFc9dCJ14OO1ickur7lJpwuxCPioq6n9-6ZojBwTNYMRXSRB5EF7dDGUY8p1FedH-c/s1600-h/October+2009+079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2z7xTktagUuwQyk0NmWCUD3EPWshvWehF-Ne1ETeM4Ir7WL8sZjjJxj-gaYgBFXCF3Q92GM-zsFc9dCJ14OO1ickur7lJpwuxCPioq6n9-6ZojBwTNYMRXSRB5EF7dDGUY8p1FedH-c/s400/October+2009+079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400050613584091570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubJz1W8X4rYaV83NNhhh2LtJZ2L45ZGD0yjwhnR9cWbjxmk3ljhwk1kWIJqkElovRBpMFxkTpywWbmULkwSB2vpLaz47r2mIntJxRh8i-dSCS8CVUqEofjoxkNC59yYlHZC4VBDHNuT4/s1600-h/October+2009+061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubJz1W8X4rYaV83NNhhh2LtJZ2L45ZGD0yjwhnR9cWbjxmk3ljhwk1kWIJqkElovRBpMFxkTpywWbmULkwSB2vpLaz47r2mIntJxRh8i-dSCS8CVUqEofjoxkNC59yYlHZC4VBDHNuT4/s400/October+2009+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400050607275171826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7kia6-5g6uHRwP7Wv3Grp4ybiJruWrEmhyphenhyphenNnE22geRMYGrGE1YsNQdkVuxuhKOPyweF5IjuhehS10AqLBMQdds9agn4xDeh92dnaPFbyrrr_GwLiA_TVmPU4k3HAK8tBDErWicByUgI/s1600-h/October+2009+057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7kia6-5g6uHRwP7Wv3Grp4ybiJruWrEmhyphenhyphenNnE22geRMYGrGE1YsNQdkVuxuhKOPyweF5IjuhehS10AqLBMQdds9agn4xDeh92dnaPFbyrrr_GwLiA_TVmPU4k3HAK8tBDErWicByUgI/s400/October+2009+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400050598899300146" border="0" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Believe it or not I still have more pictures to post...I will do it at some point, but at least I've made a dent!<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-36023574205121056932009-10-28T14:36:00.000-07:002009-10-28T14:49:51.546-07:00Happy Halloween!<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzl_GgySJf-DzW2jvboFjhz92dgnaJkJX1siMGGMfA5jT0uFB8sv9hPalauiOaBtiFKQP8s5o9JDAz4AoSLFA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Maybe we have too much time on our hands...<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-79660230075713270792009-09-07T19:54:00.000-07:002009-09-07T20:04:30.744-07:00Elsie Snow Bollard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3LwDChzyrXLqWBiFZ5S-47niRz2unllGpf0eCd176cDsJH2HATOFUHE9HB1Zo381snmbUfjbTq-3nnv5Plihtp3mBzbFOiGCozLRCDOOH657OWRUASpk974WBLK7Y98UcDoPYc34pQg/s1600-h/heidi+bw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3LwDChzyrXLqWBiFZ5S-47niRz2unllGpf0eCd176cDsJH2HATOFUHE9HB1Zo381snmbUfjbTq-3nnv5Plihtp3mBzbFOiGCozLRCDOOH657OWRUASpk974WBLK7Y98UcDoPYc34pQg/s400/heidi+bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378926963127094258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzOUqju57MR3Gc1CmIalOLmBMkR4Z-1c5dXoc_yoNEaruEFIrmyJfH9x7IfbFYJNcqiiwLzZgdqW6rQCvnYrLeUnur7J15YdlAwZ3ghCpNt-96V6odHi54WTG8yopyKoHLbhziD191NQ/s1600-h/ben+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzOUqju57MR3Gc1CmIalOLmBMkR4Z-1c5dXoc_yoNEaruEFIrmyJfH9x7IfbFYJNcqiiwLzZgdqW6rQCvnYrLeUnur7J15YdlAwZ3ghCpNt-96V6odHi54WTG8yopyKoHLbhziD191NQ/s400/ben+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378926845763752930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aVmlvowZ8KbWxxnmNS6ToM4f7mPYLm8AH7zeltEjr6GrOZ9d62wCm81WXCFMSHtpEz4C2hYqd9IOMtW0XytBqB0YrSr_Bk1SLtqoDlIrRc8k5Ua40a_PW_ZUq2nttvoEc6tJcqmAELI/s1600-h/ben+and+heidi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aVmlvowZ8KbWxxnmNS6ToM4f7mPYLm8AH7zeltEjr6GrOZ9d62wCm81WXCFMSHtpEz4C2hYqd9IOMtW0XytBqB0YrSr_Bk1SLtqoDlIrRc8k5Ua40a_PW_ZUq2nttvoEc6tJcqmAELI/s400/ben+and+heidi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378926834584287282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_oOkFoSrmDNbooJA_GUMEMI_CnLMbRD8hk5WntjVY5aEejg0cQN4q4EG569J5vv3fOK4UM6ZrP-dyYVigBX0MRoHKhSY-6oCvli7GZNXshQP5tY6DyfN75-Vu5bkmKRP0c8nW4bPCpQ/s1600-h/fam+best.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_oOkFoSrmDNbooJA_GUMEMI_CnLMbRD8hk5WntjVY5aEejg0cQN4q4EG569J5vv3fOK4UM6ZrP-dyYVigBX0MRoHKhSY-6oCvli7GZNXshQP5tY6DyfN75-Vu5bkmKRP0c8nW4bPCpQ/s400/fam+best.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378926827674815090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNHy88un_5QpUVaePU9Aw7c76hIFfOOgQGxLi8ipWJ8D1P0qPpEiJhdCzBSCwqsKq2xozVIQVoQ1iItmRANrWQg0kIdIv4eaZkY7Jbkb66UstnoBl-AM8eVhfD3KTRoYYhlC3ONWW6po/s1600-h/Elsie+open+eyes.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNHy88un_5QpUVaePU9Aw7c76hIFfOOgQGxLi8ipWJ8D1P0qPpEiJhdCzBSCwqsKq2xozVIQVoQ1iItmRANrWQg0kIdIv4eaZkY7Jbkb66UstnoBl-AM8eVhfD3KTRoYYhlC3ONWW6po/s400/Elsie+open+eyes.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378926818615445426" border="0" /></a><br />Our little Elsie is finally here!! She was born last Tuesday at 8:34 pm, 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 in. She is an absolute doll! She is super calm and easy to please...we are so thrilled with her. She is a week old tomorrow and doing great!! We'll have much more info to come, but I had to start somewhere!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-85593605015438541872009-04-07T15:53:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:45:53.356-07:00More StupiderI admit I've always been kind of a space cadet, but it has gotten so out of hand recently. I can't remember things to save my life. Note the following that has all occurred <span style="font-style: italic;">within the last week</span>.<br /><br />Example #1:<br /><br />Several weeks ago while visiting my in-laws in Irvine, I left my stinking cell phone at their house. We live over an hour away. That stunk. Luckily my brother-in-law Joe bailed me out by bringing it 1/2 way.<br /><br />Example #2:<br /><br />While on our next visit to the in-laws, I am gathering all my stuff getting ready to drive back to Simi Valley. I am close to walking out when my mother-in-law walks up and hands me my cell phone, "don't forget this!" Right. It is at this exact moment that I realize that I have left my car keys in my sister-in-law's car--who lives in Huntington Beach. Rats. I am so flustered by this realization that I set my wallet down on the counter and walk out of the house. As we are climbing in the car to go get my car keys, my mother-in-law asks "Have you got everything?" My response "Ha-ha seriously! What's my problem? But yes I'm totally sure I've got everything, don't worry about me." Hmmm. Nope, totally left it sitting there. So thanks again Joe and Tori for meeting me half way to deliver my forgotten keys and thanks again to Joe for again bailing me out by bringing my wallet up to Torrence.<br /><br />Example #3:<br /><br />My cousin-in-law Julie just had a birthday and a bunch of girls were getting together last Friday night to celebrate. Well, Ben decided to take Teddy out to get some dinner before I had to leave. As he is preparing to go, I hand him his wallet--totally forgetting that my wallet is still in Irvine. Several minutes after he's gone, I realize I have no money--and two seconds later Kaye has come to pick me up. As I get in the car I tell Kaye I've got no money, just a checkbook. Well, it so happens Kaye only has cash, just enough to dinner, so her friend in the car, Tiffany, who I have only met once and who is also very nice says, "oh don't worry, I'll pay for you." So we go to dinner and while we are chatting I learn that Tiffany is training for a marathon and is on a strict diet. Dinner ends and I write Tiffany a check, she is super awesome about it...then as we are driving home we are chatting and having so much fun I say, "oh..we don't have to go home right now, do we? Can't we go get some ice cream or something?"...again completely spacing that I have <span style="font-style: italic;">no money</span> and hello Tiffany is <span style="font-style: italic;">training for a marathon</span>, did I really just suggest that she take me out and buy me ice cream and sit and talk to me while I eat it? Well that's what I did, and that's what we ended up doing, and I think she is about the nicest person ever. We ate really fast because Kaye had to get up early but Tiffany's will power will forevermore be an inspiration!<br /><br />Sigh, Example #4:<br /><br />I've been on a couponing kick the last 6 months or so, yes because it saves money but also because it is a little bit of a contest I have with myself. Since being pregnant I've kind of fallen off the wagon because for some reason I'd rather poke my eyes out than go to the grocery store. However, yesterday we were out of everything...I mean everything. I had no choice. So I got out the coupons, which I had to organize about 3 months worth...got my list together...it took about an hour or so. Got to the grocery store, had the cart just about loaded up when I realized I forgot the coupons.<br /><br />Please help me, pregnancy is eating my brain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-2986793965870143072009-04-03T14:17:00.000-07:002009-04-03T14:26:29.955-07:00Burn Baby BurnHow awesome is Teddy's Papa? Honestly! We love you Bill!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwKSnmXHtJPCuKi14f-LwRu4mEjmRIGi5DuwuuQsoGFcw4ltuLToVSh-ZR_ab4Mx1IUUy_VeIAixlOraJiSqA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-61677456333940878682009-03-22T00:04:00.000-07:002009-03-22T00:09:52.022-07:00Due and OverdueI am way overdue in posting about this, but we are expecting! Ta-da! I am due September 10th...and we have yet to find out the gender. We tried to go last week but the stinking chord was in the way. We are so excited!! It has gone by so fast already, I'm terrified I'm going to wake up and realize I'm due, like, tomorrow. Anyhow...so there. I have officially blogged it, what a relief!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-23215085101941097822009-01-05T21:03:00.000-08:002009-01-05T22:29:56.327-08:00Surpise!Where to begin!! I had the best birthday ever this year! I turned 30 years old (gulp) on the 27th of December and it was a blast. Here's what happened:<br /><br /><ol><li>December 26th, Ben and I head to Vegas to see the Cirque de Soliel show, <span style="font-style: italic;">Love</span>. Incredible! Bill and Christy watched Teddy for us back in Irvine, we spent the night at Aunt Wendy's house (thanks again Wendy!) (so fun to stay up late and talk D&D, what crazy kids we are!)<br /><br /></li><li>December 27th, we go shopping!! After a couple hours at the outlets, we went and saw Valkyrie. I knew we were going to stay in a hotel that night, but Ben wanted to surpise me with <span style="font-style: italic;">what</span> hotel. So after the movie we went to check in at our hotel, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Westin. </span>There I was just warming up my tootsies (so cold in Vegas!)...when this happened:</li></ol><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzc3z7_Aqf8DotlSuY1Uog7NY0RbZ_oQ0uT_UEnU3FuFP7tJcC31H9ce8poTNV7q5lI5lH0ydTPCTVvb-DjCg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">To my wonderful husband--the thought you put into this really humbles me. I love you so much, thank you for making my birthday so special. I hope I'm worthy of you someday! Thanks for loving me, especially when I am less than what I should be. I love you more and more each day!<br /><br />To Amy, Alex, Evan, Juniper and Sean--thank you so much for coming! As if coming from PA isn't enough, you drove to Vegas too?! Thank you so much, it was soo good to see you guys. I love you all! PS I LOVE Teddy's picture, it's my most favorite thing that I ever recieved.<br /><br />To Will, Katie, Jax, McArthur and Easton--Will & Katie thank you so much for letting us stay with you in St. George and for feeding and hosting us!! You guys are always so generous and amazing. Will, you're the best big brother in the world. Katie I love you to death! Jax-I wish I could have seen you, hope you like your present! McArthur and Easton--I love you both!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">To Katie and Troy--Thank you so much for coming!! It was so fun to hang out with you, I'm sorry you were sicky Katie, I'm just glad I got to see you at all! Troy, you are the man! I miss you guys so much! I will never forget our romantic gondola ride or our 7 hour trip to the hottest distribution center on the planet. PS Teddy LOVES his cars!!<br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyLeft" title="Align Left" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 10);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Align Left" class="gl_align_left" border="0" /></span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">To John and Bonnie--Thank you guys so much for coming and for lending your wheels to Amy & Alex. I will always treasure the memory of my princess balloon and birthday cake. You guys are awesome! John, I'm always 10 times happier with you around. Bon, I had so much fun hanging out with you, I love ya! I can't wait to see you guys again soon.<br /><br />Thanks again everybody!!! Thanks again Bill & Christy for watching Teddy and for your continuing love and support.<br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-18715684609399382912008-12-19T20:04:00.000-08:002008-12-19T20:33:59.930-08:00Happy Anniversary!!It's hard to believe it's been four years! It has flown by. I'm so lucky to be married to the most patient, loving and sweet man in the whole world. It's been the greatest four years of my life and I'm looking forward to many more!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYWHZsLmvCG3sTyRsTvPTEJWFov0D5QOzWGIwqwNwsOHr7ZcjNB8ioyfpP1KpfgHrc85pgsTcYMDZJjHiHhpd472OcH2yZiCtBr6IsJ7Ut0cpOs-IsideYrtzUjwoEGj2WIDoStxLwqI/s1600-h/Megan+Terrys+pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYWHZsLmvCG3sTyRsTvPTEJWFov0D5QOzWGIwqwNwsOHr7ZcjNB8ioyfpP1KpfgHrc85pgsTcYMDZJjHiHhpd472OcH2yZiCtBr6IsJ7Ut0cpOs-IsideYrtzUjwoEGj2WIDoStxLwqI/s400/Megan+Terrys+pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281724314772277874" border="0" /></a><br />We celebrated our anniversary by going to dinner and a movie, which may not sound that exciting--but for us it was!! I am really into Top Chef this season and Fabio has a restaurant in Moorpark called <span style="font-style: italic;">Firenze</span>, just about 10 minutes away. So we went and he was totally there! It was awesome, we has a great time! The food was great and the atmosphere was really cool. Our upstairs neighbors Dan & Lori watched Teddy (they own the dogs in my previous blog entry) and he had a great time too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGqimFFgxDAxsSuteHHUnf7iIseEQgHA6PeFr4NaPnQqMp98jQf4RKbEpN77jb88CbJyieMstPX8_5G5pzYA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-71758376360716167582008-11-20T10:27:00.000-08:002008-11-20T10:34:21.011-08:00They call it puppy love...<span style="text-decoration: underline;">I don't know why this is underlined...but this post is dedicated to Teddy and the four-legged friends he loves so much...<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVIHaX5p5BN05Ojmw5rGxLuGTUDKfoXxKEEE_6GcPeEmNmTh5tLjXYLbE2-mxW6nDcDNl-puPAiIFtzIW3dqNXufjMKPjBZqQB74TKMByHSffipwa6w4iOzPT5pSuAmy3LgXj9t3nd9U/s1600-h/Pumpkin+Patch+047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCThL8-3wKoDHWydwA38GhI94qE3pV4GRz3yIwfRFAtqIR_T4GbMn-D2VAHcdupqgkvAFuEkuC781lZUJHjp64qu3NCqROgfsovz8VPqmZCe-rMIsL2-XDiz5JVK1KRam8IhY3a_Keas/s400/Pumpkin+Patch+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270804655562818978" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpJeXB46RrT3BHnLbl1MEimfBIfiHG4oLkfERe7etO2T7qgZKw99kXNnfq8uBonHdlo7J1WhBEF8D5TH5W7vZArLfUCyutDLzyXcBGAPDIXb8FWyBgGaxCAEDkB6XWwOlhlJiTMrOu50/s1600-h/Pumpkin+Patch+048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpJeXB46RrT3BHnLbl1MEimfBIfiHG4oLkfERe7etO2T7qgZKw99kXNnfq8uBonHdlo7J1WhBEF8D5TH5W7vZArLfUCyutDLzyXcBGAPDIXb8FWyBgGaxCAEDkB6XWwOlhlJiTMrOu50/s400/Pumpkin+Patch+048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263204803211592338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx46bStj8inyZZHn2OVwUXFlMuo6rpnuANosD0MDlQfSQFLUhuUaEcNmdTnpAo9rNtvesnhZOvklSAfT090OQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx3jTLbV8f1UAHMipQtJlJISAx4unN9ukv_bi6goG1oN1ltPjmiISacGxURsgzEuYu2rytanj1ac6gJhd6Z6Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-7048734271557656542008-11-11T23:55:00.000-08:002008-11-12T00:24:45.659-08:00Halloween...This update is overdue, yes, but is it 6 months overdue? That's all I'm saying. We had a great Halloween, we went to Irvine and went trick or treating with the Bollard gang. I hardly took any picture though, I always default to Bill when we are all together. These are from our ward trunk-or-treat. It was such an ordeal getting Teddy's costume on, I never noticed it was on backwards... And the only way we could get him to keep his hat on was to keep stuffing his wet sticky fists full of skittles. We had a lot of fun.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxNWJsLF4y6yEY9OdxtBHOTJT7ZdrUy8wClUz-ITBO9PPs5KMF9xzi17Gl45ZyBvGBQY6KZU0fXirt2woN8ooL7wdc5NQDXP9EE2oRmzZfqQplLVzRu39fwG32k9fTkf7o53L99UB2i4/s1600-h/Trunk+or+Treat+and+other+019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxNWJsLF4y6yEY9OdxtBHOTJT7ZdrUy8wClUz-ITBO9PPs5KMF9xzi17Gl45ZyBvGBQY6KZU0fXirt2woN8ooL7wdc5NQDXP9EE2oRmzZfqQplLVzRu39fwG32k9fTkf7o53L99UB2i4/s400/Trunk+or+Treat+and+other+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267677290132854706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1fP5dzkJwY_98eeKccTAmdX0hNoVHPTA2AWV6F6Y_zg9dgnn5gWpXTaQh7ySgd0cajpf6C2UO4mnbkSQt5b1xqSxAv0ZTkquZV9QH0RAze2KIpTilO-2B8vPrlWPp_CEs1r2ePkZeRw/s1600-h/Trunk+or+Treat+and+other+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1fP5dzkJwY_98eeKccTAmdX0hNoVHPTA2AWV6F6Y_zg9dgnn5gWpXTaQh7ySgd0cajpf6C2UO4mnbkSQt5b1xqSxAv0ZTkquZV9QH0RAze2KIpTilO-2B8vPrlWPp_CEs1r2ePkZeRw/s400/Trunk+or+Treat+and+other+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267677282839981810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-pyfv5YkzXbZupPrdw33G1ReRMhNPLWN30-QIojAdNdqSwmKv-Bl2wwRb4w4508O_7Au6aKV1oMT7smWxlMcVUqhdqU-ADMAper_93XyE546oPWJOFHkamE3rue5pmhJ_xsmmgd3hz8/s1600-h/Halloween+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-pyfv5YkzXbZupPrdw33G1ReRMhNPLWN30-QIojAdNdqSwmKv-Bl2wwRb4w4508O_7Au6aKV1oMT7smWxlMcVUqhdqU-ADMAper_93XyE546oPWJOFHkamE3rue5pmhJ_xsmmgd3hz8/s400/Halloween+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267677282030252082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiXvMhGJykI1pErVunMosZF_Ufw0EQxpucq24MslzckxOumuMc6G_CjorI-nAXWgmyLfuXtbrhE2PYR_6HjDqConN4pgG0hLCwYk51V475Jlw38YBymctYrt_LrdupxqJ_c68Kj0M5-o/s1600-h/Trunk+or+Treat+and+other+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiXvMhGJykI1pErVunMosZF_Ufw0EQxpucq24MslzckxOumuMc6G_CjorI-nAXWgmyLfuXtbrhE2PYR_6HjDqConN4pgG0hLCwYk51V475Jlw38YBymctYrt_LrdupxqJ_c68Kj0M5-o/s400/Trunk+or+Treat+and+other+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267677294958408498" border="0" /></a><br />Ben and I dressed up for a Halloween party...we went as polygamists. I wish I had a better picture of it, oh well. It was 99% fun 1% humiliating considering we had never me the majority of the people there...but we won most original costume, so at least we got something in return for the surrender of our personal vanity.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLuJa4LTmEIFURmslu5pOiL2kO2B8b1Og_a7rkYJ3wpZQQ-e1XyJJq0e0qVGv6r3moTLCNpjtvsICxVzAQkTjKD1QnaXZ-ZL0qVTPW-yL96XEdkOijk_hmAACmniMd0tYKxr5x3OB-l8/s1600-h/October+08+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLuJa4LTmEIFURmslu5pOiL2kO2B8b1Og_a7rkYJ3wpZQQ-e1XyJJq0e0qVGv6r3moTLCNpjtvsICxVzAQkTjKD1QnaXZ-ZL0qVTPW-yL96XEdkOijk_hmAACmniMd0tYKxr5x3OB-l8/s400/October+08+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267680062443919426" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-10151989976680841022008-10-26T22:46:00.000-07:002008-10-26T22:58:31.498-07:00Punkins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUr_UvczOj3fxX3sLWhtekFnlk21dBwV3r0jKWxzYOUJzKIa9qtGVqYSr06cMEY3aGtqqpTMFrIvdHi_j4uELTUvPwAZzceMOaNq6O_1BqOREGnuYVKaVo5GnnoI97CcRRC-rkr54QeXs/s1600-h/Pumpkin+Patch+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUr_UvczOj3fxX3sLWhtekFnlk21dBwV3r0jKWxzYOUJzKIa9qtGVqYSr06cMEY3aGtqqpTMFrIvdHi_j4uELTUvPwAZzceMOaNq6O_1BqOREGnuYVKaVo5GnnoI97CcRRC-rkr54QeXs/s400/Pumpkin+Patch+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261708383000172066" border="0" /></a><br />Saturday we went to Underwood Farm for the Harvest Festival and had a great time. We'd never been there before and I was totally blown away. It is a fully functioning farm where you can pick your own produce (typically not my thing, but maybe it could be...), they have a petting zoo, hay rides...and a punkin patch. There were doggies and horsies for Teddy, free refills on sno-cones for Ben, and ginormous sunflowers for me. We even met up with my cousin Elise and her fam, it was great to catch up.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-54371673070148512302008-10-21T21:57:00.000-07:002008-10-21T23:35:54.686-07:00yeah yeah yeah...it's about time. i get it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOrfRiqsbZea3BegH8AWrXrAI-m6TipxwMHGklMq3p3h6OW5-mPBmwws8Axk0FLf-xImN_xAw8nLN39q1FTp0-9Lc3uX71ZRiAkp-2_8OaRr2hYb9Y2RUvFRDyyR92w8Kr1oUQ6WfKkw/s1600-h/Teddy+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOrfRiqsbZea3BegH8AWrXrAI-m6TipxwMHGklMq3p3h6OW5-mPBmwws8Axk0FLf-xImN_xAw8nLN39q1FTp0-9Lc3uX71ZRiAkp-2_8OaRr2hYb9Y2RUvFRDyyR92w8Kr1oUQ6WfKkw/s400/Teddy+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259862780945237570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbh38QWUsoqySGRPVYvUO645-90zpxtXfDF1K5-uxAIzy1gOnsU7sebNpfKN0BU7ad0J_66TbEH0GF0LLSgPmnqGfYGJgEmpjcKEYhatQUkQtr1njryzyezOwKltEbZgFs-NE1qj-EX0/s1600-h/Teddy+8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbh38QWUsoqySGRPVYvUO645-90zpxtXfDF1K5-uxAIzy1gOnsU7sebNpfKN0BU7ad0J_66TbEH0GF0LLSgPmnqGfYGJgEmpjcKEYhatQUkQtr1njryzyezOwKltEbZgFs-NE1qj-EX0/s400/Teddy+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259862563821902194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNv4TGU8ogHtFThxmMlWqyPa8C7qr4tXo3gKQUqDLrZ324HASBGdwjSG2PUbXq1-XGfWLx44wfseSNyDq-bst6Os4wUT6g6Of1IzCgzdWJ6rm-ZREKY6Mm-SW51bal60ivTrKG7lB6RGo/s1600-h/Teddy+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNv4TGU8ogHtFThxmMlWqyPa8C7qr4tXo3gKQUqDLrZ324HASBGdwjSG2PUbXq1-XGfWLx44wfseSNyDq-bst6Os4wUT6g6Of1IzCgzdWJ6rm-ZREKY6Mm-SW51bal60ivTrKG7lB6RGo/s400/Teddy+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259862194179651378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN87rAK7MP_b9truqJZreA_XspYmepnqAdaHrXzInXNy244LnbUFUeosED6Hl9zPuq45KZ49twmdpqw6_AohW2NIJeCi0DIn-CDzPXEqSMP89u1KNFoJ3_wwpTKgOxhuseW7u9vfTn_uc/s1600-h/Teddy+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN87rAK7MP_b9truqJZreA_XspYmepnqAdaHrXzInXNy244LnbUFUeosED6Hl9zPuq45KZ49twmdpqw6_AohW2NIJeCi0DIn-CDzPXEqSMP89u1KNFoJ3_wwpTKgOxhuseW7u9vfTn_uc/s400/Teddy+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259862201491123282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYqvUOH4D4B1LdEJXQ5lUD76iK0UkSdfUOtUM-KA-BzazrR1Lt8mzJU2yRnXrJz3zvQD7R0XladV8LrjuBMATwB4c6aQmox1hoDilR4OR19avKtU3hoM2ss-2w69bB2imUA3LcYNDCUY/s1600-h/Teddy+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYqvUOH4D4B1LdEJXQ5lUD76iK0UkSdfUOtUM-KA-BzazrR1Lt8mzJU2yRnXrJz3zvQD7R0XladV8LrjuBMATwB4c6aQmox1hoDilR4OR19avKtU3hoM2ss-2w69bB2imUA3LcYNDCUY/s400/Teddy+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259862201391385778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjhImAfc-BQwFw_qn5GjWtUK6l516S6ICkkoXCpqJCYeaXnf1o_grvd1agoea303Df-G_o_iamsktEnxkPx3Im0PHOUfsdfUT05If75ptlORemaySBD0WmJQAiVjrYNn7etBMwH3qCP0/s1600-h/Teddy+6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjhImAfc-BQwFw_qn5GjWtUK6l516S6ICkkoXCpqJCYeaXnf1o_grvd1agoea303Df-G_o_iamsktEnxkPx3Im0PHOUfsdfUT05If75ptlORemaySBD0WmJQAiVjrYNn7etBMwH3qCP0/s400/Teddy+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259862200919364722" border="0" /></a><br />So I'm a blogger failure, what else is new? I will try and be better, but honestly, who knows. Geez, there is so much to catch up on! We had an awesome summer where we stayed cute <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span>cool. We went on several great trips to Utah--including one where my little brother Taylor got married. We went to Lake Powell and, most recently, on a cruise to Mexico. My sister Amy & her family came to visit from Pennsylvania, as well as my cousin and best friend Patricia came for a visit from NYC and we had a ton of fun. Then, about two weeks ago, I ran away to San Diego for a couple days with my mother-in-law and the Wells girls where amidst a bunch of shopping and delicious food, I remembered all about the art of conversation and ketchup-free clothing.<br /><br />Oh, also in September we moved from Northridge to Simi Valley and we are loving it!! It is the perfect situation for us right now, we love our apartment and Simi is much more neighborhood-ish and homey feeling. Plus we have been practically adopted by Ben's family out here (love you Juli & Shane, Wendy & Vince, Cassaundra & Dylan). So life is pretty great.<br /><br />Teddy is as crazy as ever, he is totally into "car cars" (also called "doot-doot's") and train's, a.k.a "choo-choo's". He LOVES dogs and usually calls them "pike" in honor of our neighbor's dog Spike. He is a soda fiend (bad news) and he calls all food "ahbee". We are not sure why. Even though sometimes my head is stinging by the end of the day, I am so in love with him I could just explode! I wish I was the best mother in the world because he deserves it, oh well...one day at a time, right?<br /><br />Before you get all cheesed out by this blog entry, let me say--there are still bumps in the road, mostly caused by me, but we are grateful for the life we've got. 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On his actual birthday we went to Toys R Us and then the Souplantation for dinner, where Teddy feasted on his favorites: Mac n' cheese, peas, and strawberries. He also had his first ice cream cone (see the video clip).<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyzobPXri8LeanhoXOSDqUhu9cE77EYC2RVT4udeWwwqb1eGPPCTI0YzUbp3ExmYF3PfKT4TTbM3KXF7KZ5cg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Then we had a birthday party for him that Sunday at his Grandma and Papa Bollard's house. My dad refers to this practice of stringing out the b-day celebrations as the 12 days of birthday, but it's pretty hard not to spoil him, we love him so much! So here are some pics, enjoy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuGjYzNtT1mTHULxZv1mU_AYEVCSMxPWSh1KgPAaZgaHQ8aXqmtkvfWhuxnUF6J_3Ect2o2JkLksuyV20Jeh1WFXAl8KSI3_9irf78HCoYOLKoRgdPxydSBuAPX2fOLMVe7LnnXXtEHA/s1600-h/May+2008+007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuGjYzNtT1mTHULxZv1mU_AYEVCSMxPWSh1KgPAaZgaHQ8aXqmtkvfWhuxnUF6J_3Ect2o2JkLksuyV20Jeh1WFXAl8KSI3_9irf78HCoYOLKoRgdPxydSBuAPX2fOLMVe7LnnXXtEHA/s400/May+2008+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203450069703708802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHZTa9jFhCyljXdsUGp1CfVp5Uw3PxViKjTOiYay0smU0J1jg4iG_rkCJWqc1aYHQWmsLylPTOjv7cAgGyp5XYAroRqH_YA1nUCbRkieXTGC-je1eJYdFqLwTyvdUqb9-7tFjb-GVQ6c/s1600-h/May+2008+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHZTa9jFhCyljXdsUGp1CfVp5Uw3PxViKjTOiYay0smU0J1jg4iG_rkCJWqc1aYHQWmsLylPTOjv7cAgGyp5XYAroRqH_YA1nUCbRkieXTGC-je1eJYdFqLwTyvdUqb9-7tFjb-GVQ6c/s400/May+2008+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203450078293643410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpc_Ie_ER6gArcOvkSl7ScDVliYlbZf5Voh6bGkOfKJW6hxseMEw_UrBkXlqdKp8pIOKehDSC-9PZfW6VCgpi7IQ5kH87N2qPHlCaDipdDP0mdxPxJrs5R6wWscJaTkfQ18_Ov1yM8C8I/s1600-h/May+2008+027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpc_Ie_ER6gArcOvkSl7ScDVliYlbZf5Voh6bGkOfKJW6hxseMEw_UrBkXlqdKp8pIOKehDSC-9PZfW6VCgpi7IQ5kH87N2qPHlCaDipdDP0mdxPxJrs5R6wWscJaTkfQ18_Ov1yM8C8I/s400/May+2008+027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203450116948349090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtnM-O7SkVJCKxKsTCW4fQ1IbF5dwArTV1LyxPqSranor3lGdqiBkcFH6uZbNSf4CcHSv-CHyMqTcFc2J8F4WtIWjQI2pwH9HCsXakuUX5IbsXoboEcxsZ1vUbvEtu9WknPNSEV4t-88/s1600-h/May+2008+032.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtnM-O7SkVJCKxKsTCW4fQ1IbF5dwArTV1LyxPqSranor3lGdqiBkcFH6uZbNSf4CcHSv-CHyMqTcFc2J8F4WtIWjQI2pwH9HCsXakuUX5IbsXoboEcxsZ1vUbvEtu9WknPNSEV4t-88/s400/May+2008+032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203450129833250994" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-32314130834523933002008-04-25T15:35:00.000-07:002008-04-25T15:43:00.971-07:00Kissing Cousins!We took this video of Teddy and Max last week..it's pretty funny. (we think)<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzxJ8J6yCnD-yJn1mEarkIMBoCByPmUT8_kG2IK98OLYqzR_YwbxtTcc3qz4ES_0JqyJXDgd3g5dLVnd50QPw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013692905395677035.post-66631934911748922982008-04-13T11:35:00.000-07:002008-04-13T12:26:13.921-07:00Katie and Troy Came to Visit!Last weekend my sister Katie and her husband Troy came to visit us--and we had soooo much fun! They came in on Friday night and stayed until Tuesday morning. In just a couple days we packed in a ton of fun. We went to the Santa Monica pier and ate hot dogs on the beach, we went to the pier in Redondo Beach and had fresh steamed crabs, and spent a full day at Disneyland.<br />We felt so lucky to have them come visit and had a ton of fun.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UvVNyM0QTaOk4nY0u9BdumN1EAjlN6wUUt3gZIMSP4PpDU4MCLMrPSYajQpJZV_jUkX-4R_m-SNb1N2qMLpSJ9AqcPjqUTScvf9CfceQrJGFmA9d8YWBdSkF0IflmNThQRUqvO3zKDo/s1600-h/sisters+laughing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UvVNyM0QTaOk4nY0u9BdumN1EAjlN6wUUt3gZIMSP4PpDU4MCLMrPSYajQpJZV_jUkX-4R_m-SNb1N2qMLpSJ9AqcPjqUTScvf9CfceQrJGFmA9d8YWBdSkF0IflmNThQRUqvO3zKDo/s400/sisters+laughing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188812339073922770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8T5vBLVPyWj4hdxLUZn7hMGvanjeoUyqs5ldcHgppXti3ZnQUt25sIz-B51CozNb1aPWcwulXTfwmkoraToC2r0zvaM2MzwmdnN2OeQ-947RhQKXObHzmhPR7vfAq-cNYtHqC24Knj0/s1600-h/Troy+and+Teddy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8T5vBLVPyWj4hdxLUZn7hMGvanjeoUyqs5ldcHgppXti3ZnQUt25sIz-B51CozNb1aPWcwulXTfwmkoraToC2r0zvaM2MzwmdnN2OeQ-947RhQKXObHzmhPR7vfAq-cNYtHqC24Knj0/s400/Troy+and+Teddy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188812339073922786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JHDvSwSpG9QfwQGwrzVm6eOzzMCtcEG_F_eySUO8fZ17exeCKC6LmW21a7WEmjqv8-2it7GSj3A4XOdQIPK7E7TuEucko9SOnwT3qh8Nh4ZJtdUQ43EzD1O8ev0ov6066zqH96bQY2c/s1600-h/Mommy+Daddy+and+Teddy+Disneyland.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JHDvSwSpG9QfwQGwrzVm6eOzzMCtcEG_F_eySUO8fZ17exeCKC6LmW21a7WEmjqv8-2it7GSj3A4XOdQIPK7E7TuEucko9SOnwT3qh8Nh4ZJtdUQ43EzD1O8ev0ov6066zqH96bQY2c/s400/Mommy+Daddy+and+Teddy+Disneyland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188812343368890098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As we were leaving Disneyland Teddy fell asleep on Troy, and we were all saying how we felt so jealous--he looked so snuggy and comfortable, and Ben said "yeah, I wish I had a giant to fall asleep on." Exactly. 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