tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312709922024-03-12T18:12:29.806-05:00The Rages ReportBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-32464699447712468152012-02-19T15:31:00.002-06:002012-02-19T15:50:02.427-06:00A Birthday Party<p> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MoEKJTIkaZ0/T0Fspt-A-cI/AAAAAAAAAGE/wKXjwk4_S2U/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520013-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 013-1" alt="stan's bday party 013-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TYHqH58cg4A/T0FsqOFtVwI/AAAAAAAAAGM/xnAu0wPjSYU/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520013-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="244" width="190" /></a></p> <p>Stanley is turning 6 in a few days and since Laura was in town we had his party (along with 4 other February cousins) yesterday. Stanley is really into legos right now, so we went with a lego themed party. This is the pinata after it was smashed up.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NECmCaP_so8/T0FsrDoOBzI/AAAAAAAAAGU/1PLjlUUoP_M/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520011%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 011" alt="stan's bday party 011" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8rABltrFkFs/T0FsrWT8-bI/AAAAAAAAAGc/QeIBQgy3-sE/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520011_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="164" width="244" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QSLnsmzk-XU/T0FstKOGT8I/AAAAAAAAAGk/m9tYjQ6idKs/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520009-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 009-1" alt="stan's bday party 009-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oIf0ke12cx8/T0FstYVk_tI/AAAAAAAAAGs/FE6F03VGoBY/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520009-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="164" width="244" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">I asked B to make these little name cards to put in each kids candy bag. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fUcr7wQ7jvg/T0FsuANrKRI/AAAAAAAAAG0/Caro8oQrCuE/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520004%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 004" alt="stan's bday party 004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wDCsL7Kxfzc/T0Fsujaw14I/AAAAAAAAAG8/QXNc3g4Uknc/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="164" width="244" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">We played some games in the basement.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PAKiHhTjcAI/T0FsvRsruqI/AAAAAAAAAHE/fC2WP9pLz_s/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520016-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; width: 266px; height: 178px;" title="stan's bday party 016-1" alt="stan's bday party 016-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KVwXfHk9XAU/T0FsvxE3cMI/AAAAAAAAAHM/B2XGpjUB7Bs/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520016-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uZ7w9_YOho8/T0FswcJsxLI/AAAAAAAAAHU/irBxCHX-3vU/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520018-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 018-1" alt="stan's bday party 018-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pvC3k5NbaSs/T0Fsw7Ra1fI/AAAAAAAAAHc/62NnnSpFO8w/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520018-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="244" width="164" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ByEadcT2tKw/T0Fsxt5I2_I/AAAAAAAAAHk/wY3sFPydVjs/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520033-1%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 033-1" alt="stan's bday party 033-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BgAPzPg6aXQ/T0Fsx0U-NKI/AAAAAAAAAHs/0u81wNBgsKc/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520033-1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="164" width="244" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">After dinner, we had cake and ice cream.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mfjwKoET7KE/T0Fsz3qmGjI/AAAAAAAAAH0/yQ2wCwfNxh8/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520042-1%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 042-1" alt="stan's bday party 042-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y52HGYafFNg/T0Fs0FP7RCI/AAAAAAAAAH8/uYLippLF7lo/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520042-1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="164" width="244" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Mike and Clara</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wxUVDAbXQEg/T0Fs04CuOmI/AAAAAAAAAIE/UHWgB1BEoHM/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520001-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 001-1" alt="stan's bday party 001-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--jT5yvT8vhg/T0Fs2rj36cI/AAAAAAAAAIM/cVxIWf8eXTQ/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520001-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="244" width="164" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Marty</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kgsNoSYgl9Y/T0Fs3XADB8I/AAAAAAAAAIU/hCP421v_j0M/s1600-h/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520039%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="stan's bday party 039" alt="stan's bday party 039" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8O8GDfl6NeA/T0Fs3kPW7mI/AAAAAAAAAIc/x1EDNKQXb7c/stan%252527s%252520bday%252520party%252520039_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="244" width="164" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Grace (one of the birthday girls)</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Blogging this makes me realize how many pictures I wish I’d gotten, but didn’t . Oh well, these are the best of the ones we did get! </p>Rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385428763447205334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-83467918620025311242011-11-24T22:05:00.000-06:002011-11-24T22:14:07.818-06:00Happy Thanksgiving<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ne7FhiaOMgg/Ts8TeC_tbII/AAAAAAAAAFA/2ye7omGkMfY/s1600-h/Thanksgiving%252520009%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Thanksgiving 009" alt="Thanksgiving 009" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6_OXVQ0whqs/Ts8TecT1uhI/AAAAAAAAAFE/oBDuoRt1spU/Thanksgiving%252520009_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="480" /></a></p> <p>Today, we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Dickmann side of the family at my parent’s house.  Mel and all three of my brothers and their families were there.  God gave us beautiful fall weather; the sun was shining on a cold crisp day.  We all got there early so we could play games in Grandpa’s game room.  Mel and I got in a game of ping pong.  The boys played air hockey and pool.  We all shared a time of worship during which we shared some of the things for which we are thankful.  Mel and I took a walk around the circle with a bunch of the littles.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dCWIzLnZQCk/Ts8WDBUDYOI/AAAAAAAAAFo/Fgtt0BtoG9A/s1600-h/Thanksgiving%252520010%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Thanksgiving 010" border="0" alt="Thanksgiving 010" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AaUXCU72YNg/Ts8WDx1pvJI/AAAAAAAAAFw/sbHyTD2Yn_U/Thanksgiving%252520010_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a></p> <p>Mom set the kids a table in the basement.  The table was set with pretty Thanksgiving paper plates and napkins.  She served them sparkling cider and grape juice with their supper.  They were very impressed.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qQPyUpKXR4Q/Ts8ThOsbhKI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/54T1ly_uR4I/s1600-h/Thanksgiving%252520013%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Thanksgiving 013" border="0" alt="Thanksgiving 013" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dZhBSN32QTI/Ts8ThQJTgGI/AAAAAAAAAFU/B35vmkffGRM/Thanksgiving%252520013_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" height="484" /></a></p> <p>She set the adult table upstairs with her fine china.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-URxmCMcPgHQ/Ts8TiA0pZNI/AAAAAAAAAFY/jxXbzvMmtKQ/s1600-h/Thanksgiving%252520003%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Thanksgiving 003" border="0" alt="Thanksgiving 003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lIuGWSXFPJU/Ts8TiWer6HI/AAAAAAAAAFc/KODXqjiwg3Q/Thanksgiving%252520003_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a></p> <p>Stanley has been learning about the indians and Pilgrims in school.  This is his Indian bag and headdress.  He loves crafts, and I love how excited he gets showing me what he has made in school.  It makes me so happy that he gets to enjoy doing those things.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-v1aAlKUyKDg/Ts8TjQgiZXI/AAAAAAAAAFg/TeyoqX6_Fqs/s1600-h/Thanksgiving%252520005%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Thanksgiving 005" border="0" alt="Thanksgiving 005" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JFNgaIEX6uc/Ts8TjkZZTtI/AAAAAAAAAFk/sRH6IBjqZLM/Thanksgiving%252520005_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" height="484" /></a></p> <p>Here is Stanley in his Pilgrim costume after the Thanksgiving Festival at school.  </p> Rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385428763447205334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-38860594078545570172011-11-03T12:55:00.002-05:002011-11-24T22:48:15.866-06:00A Miracle has occurred {Grocery shopping}<p>I’m probably not alone in my quest for frugality while grocery shopping. Since I had twin boys about two and a half years ago, my quest for sanity outweighed my quest for frugality somewhat. So I usually shop with the twins only at grocery stores with a double cart. Hence, NO Aldi. I have run into Aldi using our double stroller from time to time, but I can’t fit an entire week’s worth of groceries in it, so it feels like a lot of work for not much gain. Today, I decided to really go for it. I brought the baby back pack for Marty and was going to push Mike in the cart. It is chilly out and is misting. I load on the backpack with Marty in it, get a cart, get Mike situated, put my reusable grocery bags in it, and open my purse to get my list. It’s. not. there. At first, I think I must have just left it in the car, so I head back through the rain to the van and search it as well as I can with a 20 pound baby on my back. I cannot find it. At this point, I am not sure what to do. I do not want to go through this ordeal and just have to go out again, because I forgot half the things on my list. I feel like sitting down and crying, but yeah, that’s not going to happen. I decided to get what I could. I could say this was my trial run seeing how I like the whole baby backpack/cart deal. Here’s where the miracle comes in. I prayed that God would help me to remember everything on my list, and He did!! Seriously, that is a miracle. Usually, even when I bring a list I forget something that is staring back at me in black and white. I found my list at home (I had brought it in, accidentally, with some baseball cards I’d found in the backseat) and was amazed when I read through it to discover I’d actually gotten everything on it. So, anyway, I am super thankful. </p>Rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385428763447205334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-87001189135785289962010-01-11T21:09:00.001-06:002010-01-11T21:09:04.622-06:00Sledding<p>I took the day off of work on Thursday and went sledding with the kids.  It seemed like a better use of my time than being stuck in traffic.</p> <p>This is Stan’s first year of sledding, and he’s very brave.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_p-7soM3NytA/S0vnr9SCR7I/AAAAAAAACoQ/3ZYn0_BNEj0/s1600-h/sledding%20022%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="sledding 022" border="0" alt="sledding 022" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_p-7soM3NytA/S0vnsu4orwI/AAAAAAAACoU/8Fwpbkq_UWY/sledding%20022_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>There seem to be some extra legs in the picture above!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_p-7soM3NytA/S0vnucJeo9I/AAAAAAAACoY/aougGgvufz0/s1600-h/sledding%20023%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="sledding 023" border="0" alt="sledding 023" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_p-7soM3NytA/S0vnu9vo7eI/AAAAAAAACoc/_jOOanL36Nk/sledding%20023_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>We made it!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_p-7soM3NytA/S0vnxZ7LMfI/AAAAAAAACog/btWVk-IiRQY/s1600-h/sledding%20028%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="sledding 028" border="0" alt="sledding 028" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_p-7soM3NytA/S0vnyZvdNVI/AAAAAAAACok/XNBubtPc0sU/sledding%20028_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Whoops!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_p-7soM3NytA/S0vnzROYMCI/AAAAAAAACoo/l6B9NHggGmk/s1600-h/sledding%20032%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="sledding 032" border="0" alt="sledding 032" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_p-7soM3NytA/S0vnz14cP9I/AAAAAAAACos/kP9pvhlcYns/sledding%20032_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Snow angel</p> <p> </p> <p>It was extremely cold.  I think the temp was in the low teens, maybe the single digits, and the wind was fierce.  Wind chill must have been around zero.  But we stuck it out for quite a while; we were very well bundled.</p> Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-67559842150014965832009-12-02T22:30:00.001-06:002009-12-02T22:38:04.315-06:00Cardinals game<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59zJpcP6m2xumIOBKifEW_ODX8p-SywUgawl1jURhPu6lk1TdzO1xdbsGfo8uDBRdQQ1hTaI4CluxSRb11skSHtimtVzQyb9D9zcq2-Y-DgDchkT4AS7LuLQzkXp0320ed1rkjA/s1600-h/DSCF2075.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410864459823255410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59zJpcP6m2xumIOBKifEW_ODX8p-SywUgawl1jURhPu6lk1TdzO1xdbsGfo8uDBRdQQ1hTaI4CluxSRb11skSHtimtVzQyb9D9zcq2-Y-DgDchkT4AS7LuLQzkXp0320ed1rkjA/s400/DSCF2075.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>OK, I have been neglecting this blog! Time to catch up. In mid-September, Jacob and I went to a Cardinals game. We got some nice seats on the first base side in foul territory (stubhub.com) because Jacob was hoping to catch a foul ball.<br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-G9y7pvat9Q4ZpK6JN-JUwzxoJiZVGotNTcjjac4X0MtN-28Xb-Gi7MXPrvug5um4w0SeG9pe7vp_ko91TVcuglKAXQzhQ1YxoTTmhVArcfZ3E5YVWGNiOAqt9aQ_HUTtF6EXA/s1600-h/DSCF2080.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-G9y7pvat9Q4ZpK6JN-JUwzxoJiZVGotNTcjjac4X0MtN-28Xb-Gi7MXPrvug5um4w0SeG9pe7vp_ko91TVcuglKAXQzhQ1YxoTTmhVArcfZ3E5YVWGNiOAqt9aQ_HUTtF6EXA/s400/DSCF2080.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"></div><br /><br />We brought lots of snacks - Hot Tamales, Mike & Ike, Pringles, and Cokes.<br /><br />It was kind of fun to be seated closer to the field, but I actually prefer the vantage point from the cheaper seats up high behind home plate. I like to be able to see the whole game and to glance up at the scoreboard.<br /><br />Not to mention that I had to stay on my toes the whole time -- with my ball glove on -- just in case a foul ball came our way.<br /><br />The Cardinals lost, though:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNG7zz0fYPwEdD8kXA8VKQWVYK-xCtVeouDb48r4jw4LTV1T7ODAYC0cXzmeXYB5mcnELMQDvKWhbbgNBgpLbQekCX6k64cjkr_EGSmFUs1XKK-0beZxjFettyFCKaftbnaA3Lg/s1600-h/DSCF2085.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNG7zz0fYPwEdD8kXA8VKQWVYK-xCtVeouDb48r4jw4LTV1T7ODAYC0cXzmeXYB5mcnELMQDvKWhbbgNBgpLbQekCX6k64cjkr_EGSmFUs1XKK-0beZxjFettyFCKaftbnaA3Lg/s400/DSCF2085.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-58990694196245080792009-10-13T16:03:00.002-05:002009-10-13T16:08:31.599-05:00Grace Baptist ChapelOur family is part of a small church called Grace Baptist Chapel. Our church recently started a blog and if you are interested, you can check it out here:<br /><a href="http://www.gracebaptistchapel.blogspot.com/">www.gracebaptistchapel.blogspot.com</a>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-39388347037036229142009-09-13T17:10:00.000-05:002009-09-13T17:10:58.352-05:00Jacob's first day of school<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCSiobV2O-gXneNwkReVCJt6kjqg9AgBzhnb1RFAlhk1aqPJBo-TL72SW0wepWbKVgQ3lsQugSIaNWILAJhB1cjkjeKa7fS-YFwnpm_l1pwdEe7VrbC3tPIEYMkwNynDOYdRUnA/s1600-h/CIMG8468.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCSiobV2O-gXneNwkReVCJt6kjqg9AgBzhnb1RFAlhk1aqPJBo-TL72SW0wepWbKVgQ3lsQugSIaNWILAJhB1cjkjeKa7fS-YFwnpm_l1pwdEe7VrbC3tPIEYMkwNynDOYdRUnA/s320/CIMG8468.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I remember posting about Jacob's first day of school LAST year, and I can hardly believe I'm posting about it already again. He started first grade this year. He enjoys it, but like many boys, would rather be playing baseball. :-) <br />He is learning "The Swing" by Robert Louis Stevenson right now. He really loves poetry and is trying to learn "The Cow" by the same author on his own. This is his first year of having Art and Music and really likes both of those. He comes home telling us about jazz and Duke Ellington and last week they listened to Checkowsky (I'm sure I am spelling that wrong) and said his favorite music was classical. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUrb14AAej_H9aBHDB0QR-oLlYBFz5Ze10HAbNBRSE6r2QEas9AEMs8haK68fjTeOrth0sRS5FyfG8WgMkF872w487manWS9MK-KJzFq-Oc9fPBg5yNIb1lCBKZMAFsNcEeeNQA/s1600-h/CIMG8464.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUrb14AAej_H9aBHDB0QR-oLlYBFz5Ze10HAbNBRSE6r2QEas9AEMs8haK68fjTeOrth0sRS5FyfG8WgMkF872w487manWS9MK-KJzFq-Oc9fPBg5yNIb1lCBKZMAFsNcEeeNQA/s320/CIMG8464.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Stan wants to be five so badly!! He asks me frequently if he is five yet!! He can't wait to go to school! :-)</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72a6upM6Fubl3QLWDLPy0YclIli5Yc7lAD7Mh4VDplmaCvUbTaeojMg-e3vI3YIFm1nD7oTIqcgD8LS-d1K35hCiJI-t3bjyZRAohNC40-r2RayAVHhX1UPLwRNwMRMD_zO6yeQ/s1600-h/CIMG8475.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72a6upM6Fubl3QLWDLPy0YclIli5Yc7lAD7Mh4VDplmaCvUbTaeojMg-e3vI3YIFm1nD7oTIqcgD8LS-d1K35hCiJI-t3bjyZRAohNC40-r2RayAVHhX1UPLwRNwMRMD_zO6yeQ/s320/CIMG8475.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8Lsu4dYZrmFrKBaoLJhW053VpIPyv8wP-wV4x-vLhb7iwElIxjDL6rVTZE3uwDrIKrkeoIGlAUubsLnIlWVo7llVAlqwMfM0d0ECUAEHdkyS7slvOmdr6E-QdALFwkyxRiLdEQ/s1600-h/CIMG8472.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8Lsu4dYZrmFrKBaoLJhW053VpIPyv8wP-wV4x-vLhb7iwElIxjDL6rVTZE3uwDrIKrkeoIGlAUubsLnIlWVo7llVAlqwMfM0d0ECUAEHdkyS7slvOmdr6E-QdALFwkyxRiLdEQ/s320/CIMG8472.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-32017665755190650322009-09-13T16:56:00.000-05:002009-09-13T16:57:19.459-05:00Blowing bubbles<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh9MKsDePyXMrkjFdKscpptvmoEtIKgTIlZLPdHXoAWL3Sb3JYqaN6_6Ppwl2qRAOQUMqi9JfJQuH-ODvYiCB8XpzsU1UgInZAhfzZFJdXN_lgQoioq2sUaT6oC_xCa69z0Dscg/s1600-h/CIMG8400.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh9MKsDePyXMrkjFdKscpptvmoEtIKgTIlZLPdHXoAWL3Sb3JYqaN6_6Ppwl2qRAOQUMqi9JfJQuH-ODvYiCB8XpzsU1UgInZAhfzZFJdXN_lgQoioq2sUaT6oC_xCa69z0Dscg/s320/CIMG8400.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Tim and Amanda's son, Michael spent the night a few weeks ago. I got the homemade bubble solution and the big bubble wands for them to play with. The boys love doing this. The bubble wands make the biggest bubbles ever, and it was really interesting how the bubbles would land on the grass and not pop right away.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecovHgL6QKr_7oTqIgaq5iPvln1tukwiWXM-xp83y4I2rzUVpuNGC_odZQ0BhaOcPUBhdTIBQHmNQaLj6eglpqTB3SuvZgJZhRsT3NWyzl2mDfVJ7RDfKwX3NWNg_T68GROySbw/s1600-h/CIMG8415.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecovHgL6QKr_7oTqIgaq5iPvln1tukwiWXM-xp83y4I2rzUVpuNGC_odZQ0BhaOcPUBhdTIBQHmNQaLj6eglpqTB3SuvZgJZhRsT3NWyzl2mDfVJ7RDfKwX3NWNg_T68GROySbw/s320/CIMG8415.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxS3AthS1G0ceViPvRwKU2VrO2_SBtcnbdObnB_ycW8RhfSAS7N7Fkxv9rI3KiJltIhvHUdzjlIOTioAq_9yI71hXIhNDYKidgmzbNNblN4HPXekzl4P4aIom_D0hpfv2G8AtLuQ/s1600-h/CIMG8419.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxS3AthS1G0ceViPvRwKU2VrO2_SBtcnbdObnB_ycW8RhfSAS7N7Fkxv9rI3KiJltIhvHUdzjlIOTioAq_9yI71hXIhNDYKidgmzbNNblN4HPXekzl4P4aIom_D0hpfv2G8AtLuQ/s320/CIMG8419.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpd85oJf0Ud94sgCzY74a-8kmSOKWJf6bMrFSgW-VFLSEJh2YN3qW-ht3XDdmJPKZj1pu4IophfkpMUczBQXyd9C1Gh4lumwE0WLiiebEwWlwOuKo2ftdpjxDAOFE61BFx_2o_Q/s1600-h/CIMG8422.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpd85oJf0Ud94sgCzY74a-8kmSOKWJf6bMrFSgW-VFLSEJh2YN3qW-ht3XDdmJPKZj1pu4IophfkpMUczBQXyd9C1Gh4lumwE0WLiiebEwWlwOuKo2ftdpjxDAOFE61BFx_2o_Q/s320/CIMG8422.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-54097326301337534132009-09-13T16:51:00.000-05:002009-09-13T16:51:35.117-05:00Staying with the Kelly's<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLVET2DBNQ7XWb0FjmElPOIw0PmHZfbgNhri-LJAxJI4NVernDNts68zReYh1LDPy6h9xVQsbDPrzW12j8j_8jUNPT92ruXdodLRcxtTOLv-PxNbGYaUKbz-ZcYhtZ72wrvKSNQ/s1600-h/CIMG8450.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLVET2DBNQ7XWb0FjmElPOIw0PmHZfbgNhri-LJAxJI4NVernDNts68zReYh1LDPy6h9xVQsbDPrzW12j8j_8jUNPT92ruXdodLRcxtTOLv-PxNbGYaUKbz-ZcYhtZ72wrvKSNQ/s320/CIMG8450.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Levi and Jenny invited us to stay with them while we were in Kirksville. It was SO great to visit with them and for the boys to get to play together. They have twin boys who are three years old. There were 7 boys in their one house and it was suprisingly calm and orderly! We even all got out of the house on time for church! Thanks so much for having us, guys! We hope to see you again soon!<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLK9iywvp8d5UkAOVcROovn0p_ciYLCgdJjxad249DRAfPHlu9-iuuAeKE9H6TEGD84BU9lMZC0Zk_vmlD3oezWcSWtfYhPq_0ielugNrDF6r2ric-ykZc5eezbH7USQ0N35OnA/s1600-h/CIMG8448.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLK9iywvp8d5UkAOVcROovn0p_ciYLCgdJjxad249DRAfPHlu9-iuuAeKE9H6TEGD84BU9lMZC0Zk_vmlD3oezWcSWtfYhPq_0ielugNrDF6r2ric-ykZc5eezbH7USQ0N35OnA/s320/CIMG8448.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Brian and Levi boxing each other with Wii. It was really funny watching them getting so into it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKuI17MBd3Qzskht8ooN6AkX1nlcp_QM-qJP2gpUpAT4Oke8j7GOq_VDx2Qic1yNNI3DltFt4n831dxxD52eFsnc1NUPYNkNLyDrETSuEC1N_OLKoQGP4LF-CNf6Bh3fppTV-yg/s1600-h/CIMG8447.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKuI17MBd3Qzskht8ooN6AkX1nlcp_QM-qJP2gpUpAT4Oke8j7GOq_VDx2Qic1yNNI3DltFt4n831dxxD52eFsnc1NUPYNkNLyDrETSuEC1N_OLKoQGP4LF-CNf6Bh3fppTV-yg/s320/CIMG8447.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-20447705153288612602009-09-13T16:44:00.000-05:002009-09-13T16:44:52.093-05:00A trip to Kirksville<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> A few weeks back we went to Kirksville. We had a great time seeing people we don't get to see very much, and celebrating David Kelly's birthday. I can't believe I don't have a picture of the birthday boy or his wife or family!! These are some from the day. There were lots of new babies!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgBcrY2AhuLSt877gzmgF2T2Md98GddVJ0y30UKw_wM5ZJwWof1taOaT7BYOsZ6Gud56ESMX7d-V6xBFsSeFfWacSgli98pi6_IMP9BR2ItNhfCp9ReffZwbYyftxdNnS51L4yg/s1600-h/CIMG8438.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgBcrY2AhuLSt877gzmgF2T2Md98GddVJ0y30UKw_wM5ZJwWof1taOaT7BYOsZ6Gud56ESMX7d-V6xBFsSeFfWacSgli98pi6_IMP9BR2ItNhfCp9ReffZwbYyftxdNnS51L4yg/s320/CIMG8438.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuds0A00u8mjnIymFMhwEZmyqxvSpVbjFHUK6G2-xM6YbDjOBIEa-1aYiuxyC7kFt4Mo5dlk0VObxFTvjgoxQcmTwKfseibJiTT2kHtXwziZVXGUb3bugjU1Xh_4SJL42W90MNxA/s1600-h/CIMG8440.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuds0A00u8mjnIymFMhwEZmyqxvSpVbjFHUK6G2-xM6YbDjOBIEa-1aYiuxyC7kFt4Mo5dlk0VObxFTvjgoxQcmTwKfseibJiTT2kHtXwziZVXGUb3bugjU1Xh_4SJL42W90MNxA/s320/CIMG8440.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQ37XVhCM5XorLrLG63PhHdrJXdpp95JZo-GouZvxNqLEgPo7TS_-VuD2T5EpkIKtXLwvu2IFZ-NhD5RS2ELiOylUkQ0QoypSjF-8liTOXP0V16aRfRyMjPsV81UUBA8VoPCMLg/s1600-h/CIMG8441.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQ37XVhCM5XorLrLG63PhHdrJXdpp95JZo-GouZvxNqLEgPo7TS_-VuD2T5EpkIKtXLwvu2IFZ-NhD5RS2ELiOylUkQ0QoypSjF-8liTOXP0V16aRfRyMjPsV81UUBA8VoPCMLg/s320/CIMG8441.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8dzADegc9NZ3V5NSmzOEnhyphenhyphenWhvKBt1RTmiXPMa_F61cl1C87_w18AQc-YlfyVHItNoEKOyDUh5J7anLN46Xej486NfJ7bnxMaEQSuVBIPzpLI4ZevCTLsdutiWGfg8_suxwD9A/s1600-h/CIMG8443.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8dzADegc9NZ3V5NSmzOEnhyphenhyphenWhvKBt1RTmiXPMa_F61cl1C87_w18AQc-YlfyVHItNoEKOyDUh5J7anLN46Xej486NfJ7bnxMaEQSuVBIPzpLI4ZevCTLsdutiWGfg8_suxwD9A/s320/CIMG8443.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-3741704740978103692009-09-13T16:24:00.002-05:002009-09-13T16:36:45.868-05:00The kids are so busted<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGp50CA7tOsDwivSaKqFb_WScinNJnZirOxWdG4e_rBJusPLDP8VTiDOLh9i5P1tMArQOXL24wh9JExVjvUatFnR6DcdoIGgTgYEyT6-vAbztqFvmSNXhzrI95zynovDhRHh1jQ/s1600-h/CIMG8339.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381068350526670754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGp50CA7tOsDwivSaKqFb_WScinNJnZirOxWdG4e_rBJusPLDP8VTiDOLh9i5P1tMArQOXL24wh9JExVjvUatFnR6DcdoIGgTgYEyT6-vAbztqFvmSNXhzrI95zynovDhRHh1jQ/s400/CIMG8339.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsf2V7i9yXDqUrSVvpHYAGAhy2FZHQpKyeqQjTIvyNp5n9FePtFpEyHo0T2b70BcG1oliliKIETP9cri5tY5dtTfHzO7oPa9IsTsT7eNCtxv2KDUIe9xgEZT5JS6X-pR-2OcRjw/s1600-h/CIMG8336.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381068342878250130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsf2V7i9yXDqUrSVvpHYAGAhy2FZHQpKyeqQjTIvyNp5n9FePtFpEyHo0T2b70BcG1oliliKIETP9cri5tY5dtTfHzO7oPa9IsTsT7eNCtxv2KDUIe9xgEZT5JS6X-pR-2OcRjw/s400/CIMG8336.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUaBFyGQU1RZ8Snuu2l5B4yKMLhM1C0Ub7-iSNFgSxdEAsKjsWf7HeA9Iq5G96uPg798DkuJbeEqJHAbVKsmr14LmeyWal2WfJANpEwD9X1LvlaLZ98bdu99Co7BmaBSRmmAgiA/s1600-h/CIMG8355.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381068358176245058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUaBFyGQU1RZ8Snuu2l5B4yKMLhM1C0Ub7-iSNFgSxdEAsKjsWf7HeA9Iq5G96uPg798DkuJbeEqJHAbVKsmr14LmeyWal2WfJANpEwD9X1LvlaLZ98bdu99Co7BmaBSRmmAgiA/s400/CIMG8355.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD2fie1KM5ejR7I92M-jEsNTYhEoZKxDh3xlNhp92g7u2SPflySdMnErxHTAI7MGp5aMLq9b5d7b9PoRTkFl4FW7FA_x0vLJmqkhEonKarAbrHIWkI4Dna_pxrCNnt6ttaNe_ZA/s1600-h/CIMG8390.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD2fie1KM5ejR7I92M-jEsNTYhEoZKxDh3xlNhp92g7u2SPflySdMnErxHTAI7MGp5aMLq9b5d7b9PoRTkFl4FW7FA_x0vLJmqkhEonKarAbrHIWkI4Dna_pxrCNnt6ttaNe_ZA/s320/CIMG8390.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div>So about a year ago I dropped our camera on the tile floor of our kitchen shattering the LCD screen. We were able to see about half of the screen so we made due for about a year. A month or so before the twins were born Brian bought us a new camera and about a month after that he found out he could buy a new LCD screen off ebay for pretty cheap. He bought it and fixed our old camera, so we now had two cameras. Well, then, a few weeks ago I go to use our new camera and the screen is completely shattered in it. I called Brian to ask if he knew what had happened. He had no idea but said maybe it had gotten broken when he had it in the tent when he and Stan went backyard camping. THEN, the next day, I saw the camera in the middle of the basement floor. When we went to download our pictures we discovered the culprits! There are the funniest pictures and a videos they too! Jacob telling Stan "Say cheese, buddy." Those first three are Jacob I think doing the "6 is a serious number" dance from the commercial! Hilarious!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0adq_gNhHW_3o5p77z0k3JtBONeBCjKzEahhG6zhfAsWdsjk2e0GIPZHw8AmaIjbtHkuwUkW6XLVhiU8uLZd-9D65YilrXqAS37ZCwWr2n_9Xv3fppiTrtWZJk0TbqGC6vT1t7Q/s1600-h/CIMG8336.JPG"></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div></div></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-41948228295507993612009-09-13T16:12:00.000-05:002009-09-13T16:13:04.713-05:00Stan's swimming lesson<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Stanley in the shower before swimming lessons. We were in there when all the elderly women were just coming back in from their water aerobics class. They were all just going googoo over how "cute" Stan was. And when he'd tell them his name was "Stanley" they would just go even wilder - "oh, I never hear that name anymore!" "What a sweet name!" He loved the attention... as if he's lacking it! :-)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bBmXZ2mRvRL8YUH4h7jT0cPdXwyA96e_R7nShdfcC_-SR3Oz2Sc5yBCXZ2ql02CGqh1KW3zsW45u9haKB9OGvFLHqq0dwuHxHkjNOABDV79fnzBS32sTpHCdCllbO2jLoc9TPA/s1600-h/CIMG8235.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bBmXZ2mRvRL8YUH4h7jT0cPdXwyA96e_R7nShdfcC_-SR3Oz2Sc5yBCXZ2ql02CGqh1KW3zsW45u9haKB9OGvFLHqq0dwuHxHkjNOABDV79fnzBS32sTpHCdCllbO2jLoc9TPA/s320/CIMG8235.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The color on these is horrendous. I guess it's my total lack of skill to compensate for the weird inside reflection of water and flourescent lighting. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIPOWB1eKCXookIm9NO18KtG9L5xfYWF0R6DTmefeIXjMuOxs9AblaP3SoAEeCbQ0KM7vPwFwXRgUsBIoWrPK6fQufz9s76lshomd8pP70OMMxoIJwhlmT4zh4hsdSWzfWX4GcQ/s1600-h/CIMG8236.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIPOWB1eKCXookIm9NO18KtG9L5xfYWF0R6DTmefeIXjMuOxs9AblaP3SoAEeCbQ0KM7vPwFwXRgUsBIoWrPK6fQufz9s76lshomd8pP70OMMxoIJwhlmT4zh4hsdSWzfWX4GcQ/s320/CIMG8236.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdsUlhErcwKmp1cnhrPYSP53_epAAWmpBuzcGiAmz2w7qBCiuUj0qH-E_K-I0WyNzwQUgU-MHXF1Tk35lHi-gPkOgBbU4xakg9O79q6tKc13gtvqvxqn1XS-L8csyfjik3e27cA/s1600-h/CIMG8247.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdsUlhErcwKmp1cnhrPYSP53_epAAWmpBuzcGiAmz2w7qBCiuUj0qH-E_K-I0WyNzwQUgU-MHXF1Tk35lHi-gPkOgBbU4xakg9O79q6tKc13gtvqvxqn1XS-L8csyfjik3e27cA/s320/CIMG8247.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AyIZXI1vVVVxAt0T_p2168_Iglw-Bmor7FnZdzn9moT1so5Ew-4KEWDFsxA3y3wqHnKeIC0odGpPGBEX-eNWt2KsdzyeWV8JlPE8Sne5Sl_PZNqDy8Cfqm3ONL1qIk1I_nr-AQ/s1600-h/CIMG8258.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AyIZXI1vVVVxAt0T_p2168_Iglw-Bmor7FnZdzn9moT1so5Ew-4KEWDFsxA3y3wqHnKeIC0odGpPGBEX-eNWt2KsdzyeWV8JlPE8Sne5Sl_PZNqDy8Cfqm3ONL1qIk1I_nr-AQ/s320/CIMG8258.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-53434719883753864342009-09-13T16:02:00.000-05:002009-09-13T16:02:50.664-05:00Jacob's swimming lessons<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">A couple weeks after the twins were born, both boys started swimming lessons at the YMCA. My parents had agreed to take them for me. The last lesson Dad stayed with the twins and I got to take the boys. I was glad to spend some one on one time each of them and see how they had progressed in their swimming abilities. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3R3oeNnmoMOLC7o_UqcN0x8SoRK_BlR7X5RqXDEBS9fnVZKq7wg6p2qoDhVHX5UiYn8OywGqt1gQB_oW3nlI-CVm7UljSsnZtHdUw653U2AgEUIhwLWkYauzNT7dlyf7LCmHRQg/s1600-h/CIMG8213.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3R3oeNnmoMOLC7o_UqcN0x8SoRK_BlR7X5RqXDEBS9fnVZKq7wg6p2qoDhVHX5UiYn8OywGqt1gQB_oW3nlI-CVm7UljSsnZtHdUw653U2AgEUIhwLWkYauzNT7dlyf7LCmHRQg/s320/CIMG8213.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSMz3_Da-lgHDbovYsbJABXMXNpJX7g0K9N1wZBdgjpjB-zLucdk82CZafj3Wj_Il6nJdtuiZ36gpKWvC4bYV0AhMXlZqs9cUejey_Ft40vh6ovfHwB0nyOfSK5dyXciKJPl3EA/s1600-h/CIMG8211.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSMz3_Da-lgHDbovYsbJABXMXNpJX7g0K9N1wZBdgjpjB-zLucdk82CZafj3Wj_Il6nJdtuiZ36gpKWvC4bYV0AhMXlZqs9cUejey_Ft40vh6ovfHwB0nyOfSK5dyXciKJPl3EA/s320/CIMG8211.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36SFG3q-l0D16r6do5wPIjFZ4NlwglGq5zcntIjEeXGXfO75d4AxOmPsSndMmXHFfGONEtyMHyFY-a1GLCyX4rDo5XqlVXHp_TwZaB-1Y94moPafA-n_XG6kb3gFY3Dxn3OkEYQ/s1600-h/CIMG8227.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36SFG3q-l0D16r6do5wPIjFZ4NlwglGq5zcntIjEeXGXfO75d4AxOmPsSndMmXHFfGONEtyMHyFY-a1GLCyX4rDo5XqlVXHp_TwZaB-1Y94moPafA-n_XG6kb3gFY3Dxn3OkEYQ/s320/CIMG8227.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoABCrQu8noXQHtWwmAJY4fT1u1QYkC9hoJWG1rddbjTzKtggjnLcysYx5L7rZmNWrOGjpfazwa0l4AIYEOp_EZN9UmPnFy1iBRGwuRatVEBdyFElxPsVpcLTJTpuB01Fgq1khFw/s1600-h/CIMG8228.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoABCrQu8noXQHtWwmAJY4fT1u1QYkC9hoJWG1rddbjTzKtggjnLcysYx5L7rZmNWrOGjpfazwa0l4AIYEOp_EZN9UmPnFy1iBRGwuRatVEBdyFElxPsVpcLTJTpuB01Fgq1khFw/s320/CIMG8228.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-83682818982275661472009-09-13T15:51:00.000-05:002009-09-13T15:52:33.891-05:00Family pics<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg820FwJ62aIgbWlldSUB-qxQfJHO6bHjmEOY74BqSWhS-pxk3Ys3Ec-qZcggss8q8EsZTCD8X7JVXBshEQC11LOkleUwH2vww_WH8DgDaI1kBy4nzqmWhMGVSyFLuj17mwzbEbGg/s1600-h/CIMG8493.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg820FwJ62aIgbWlldSUB-qxQfJHO6bHjmEOY74BqSWhS-pxk3Ys3Ec-qZcggss8q8EsZTCD8X7JVXBshEQC11LOkleUwH2vww_WH8DgDaI1kBy4nzqmWhMGVSyFLuj17mwzbEbGg/s320/CIMG8493.JPG" /></a><br /><br />John laughing about something while feeding a baby for me - fun times! </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzMP6Z5Pz6_-uX77eKkTYXtADZZ_4C-s-5bYgcX6LDWY_ARWT0HH-jOlaJOdywk8N8s61qVFPlhlpfWhS2vnahS17dXKJjUQHnOAMlNUWmjGW47ccvWcjlU6vBMmL6aCxSAs4zA/s1600-h/DSCF2022.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzMP6Z5Pz6_-uX77eKkTYXtADZZ_4C-s-5bYgcX6LDWY_ARWT0HH-jOlaJOdywk8N8s61qVFPlhlpfWhS2vnahS17dXKJjUQHnOAMlNUWmjGW47ccvWcjlU6vBMmL6aCxSAs4zA/s320/DSCF2022.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Family photo of Laura, Russ and William<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKJ6RxBRurD_xU_lh5hEFuZWgqjDufK0mHt8lczWi5yI4liov2kPQ84mPK1mKm1O9r7AEgx4o-NgeSkJTBDhUOeEVzMucuXUY76ufF4kLpx8Yxf28MxNJ5U0CMudqzyz4CGpyOg/s1600-h/DSCF2017.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKJ6RxBRurD_xU_lh5hEFuZWgqjDufK0mHt8lczWi5yI4liov2kPQ84mPK1mKm1O9r7AEgx4o-NgeSkJTBDhUOeEVzMucuXUY76ufF4kLpx8Yxf28MxNJ5U0CMudqzyz4CGpyOg/s320/DSCF2017.jpg" /></a> </div><br /> Isabella - I love her little sun dress with her beautiful little face to brighten it up!<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtefF3lGvvqd8n1H6AuPfTj33pFbCKfTuz2fx2HzOntNx7teR41bMcyUi3vswc3HLHrKB-YeH38KtAvZgPpfj9vQQSVhL7ykE5TQ0rdf7TZ_h1_ia68hMdRA-Iy4jWfXuTJXfE3g/s1600-h/DSCF2009.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtefF3lGvvqd8n1H6AuPfTj33pFbCKfTuz2fx2HzOntNx7teR41bMcyUi3vswc3HLHrKB-YeH38KtAvZgPpfj9vQQSVhL7ykE5TQ0rdf7TZ_h1_ia68hMdRA-Iy4jWfXuTJXfE3g/s320/DSCF2009.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-51352344364104888762009-09-13T15:43:00.000-05:002009-09-13T15:43:57.174-05:00Laura's visit<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q211_GaDRYxhnvjcvffKLhc5hszqBRxdREqTmIxU0gmoWqguwdvPVUBH6Ijh-SjJX1nvz1zPEbljNvYwFu3udIbOnDd4rYEMWk9QpfpyVGT4rk1rMPtuZq7fAWGESwzQexi3Ng/s1600-h/CIMG8476.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q211_GaDRYxhnvjcvffKLhc5hszqBRxdREqTmIxU0gmoWqguwdvPVUBH6Ijh-SjJX1nvz1zPEbljNvYwFu3udIbOnDd4rYEMWk9QpfpyVGT4rk1rMPtuZq7fAWGESwzQexi3Ng/s320/CIMG8476.JPG" /></a><br />Laura at our house with Mike above, and Marty below. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPiESS6FmZtsSzWT4zOaVCp6D64IyVRZwMhyM2oCs1lXNmX5ueI2mIoNde-5StqkX6iVS8_e5Gzm2IgXgXAQ9y6v8A48blR5-rJFSHrNVyFEK89XTrjYg_Wbu9gMRE1iaSe0IaA/s1600-h/CIMG8480.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPiESS6FmZtsSzWT4zOaVCp6D64IyVRZwMhyM2oCs1lXNmX5ueI2mIoNde-5StqkX6iVS8_e5Gzm2IgXgXAQ9y6v8A48blR5-rJFSHrNVyFEK89XTrjYg_Wbu9gMRE1iaSe0IaA/s320/CIMG8480.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Brian and William<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7U-p99mQkp0WSuNYdza_BZ561RiuAI-ox4Ud978fR2b08aJb9XUy09ejCWJTNg68FbGli2WhSyWKuAhsXkiJKT4GtyIwEIBTJzoomQSdDqGOQw00qThuf43Soz4_rRp58kKk0g/s1600-h/CIMG8483.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7U-p99mQkp0WSuNYdza_BZ561RiuAI-ox4Ud978fR2b08aJb9XUy09ejCWJTNg68FbGli2WhSyWKuAhsXkiJKT4GtyIwEIBTJzoomQSdDqGOQw00qThuf43Soz4_rRp58kKk0g/s320/CIMG8483.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Mom and Dad and William<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7rVv1038Jya2-XdGp4e8TjRmnrIlS0feXZlDnlIeM2PCQp1y4baii6xev_t3lJyjJBw_FYOQ_b4SkU6Q-oN5vHxyGn5c3iPxE-S_AidIMD2YIsFOn16iANmTCtxLLbLGT2MZ1Q/s1600-h/CIMG8488.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7rVv1038Jya2-XdGp4e8TjRmnrIlS0feXZlDnlIeM2PCQp1y4baii6xev_t3lJyjJBw_FYOQ_b4SkU6Q-oN5vHxyGn5c3iPxE-S_AidIMD2YIsFOn16iANmTCtxLLbLGT2MZ1Q/s320/CIMG8488.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-10949230308629857752009-09-13T15:34:00.000-05:002009-09-13T15:35:20.055-05:00Sleeping babies<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheA5T63Y970sFGt1g3uZrOFe-lsw6kIvTG-U7hwAfrLdskQm2X3A5JPEx0sdup4qAfvFS43pc6YShN5ZbBinfvIYoMqIi569LeHVA3w5Yd5Uf2OK7ePXSGsdv2D1JnBw3rz3hSXw/s1600-h/CIMG8498.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheA5T63Y970sFGt1g3uZrOFe-lsw6kIvTG-U7hwAfrLdskQm2X3A5JPEx0sdup4qAfvFS43pc6YShN5ZbBinfvIYoMqIi569LeHVA3w5Yd5Uf2OK7ePXSGsdv2D1JnBw3rz3hSXw/s320/CIMG8498.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqP3rDlt86GzGHOhhrdsAVnhJcUlrS4rJZW-278kqeSXRi7GwZYR3BRPQA-2DkKrgJ8ghQlfySUZ3NOMR5-WE5vbhYSW3OjBY1tXiei4vdAyDvls9FEPbNHb26EywScIcOF6cyAA/s1600-h/CIMG8500.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqP3rDlt86GzGHOhhrdsAVnhJcUlrS4rJZW-278kqeSXRi7GwZYR3BRPQA-2DkKrgJ8ghQlfySUZ3NOMR5-WE5vbhYSW3OjBY1tXiei4vdAyDvls9FEPbNHb26EywScIcOF6cyAA/s320/CIMG8500.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-62636030769065093252009-09-11T16:22:00.000-05:002009-09-11T16:23:09.800-05:00Ang comes for a visit<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNhmq26kqNacclL2QZ74dMFyLTt5x8ErRnU2awSIIotYXU5919w4ZOIZOtTK5qtcilxbSKflbFkyveoY-qT5gIxHv43t1DZvDxVOEogx5qDCPqxvvuzOfV7RHwgXlGBqvbJihJA/s1600-h/DSCF1949.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNhmq26kqNacclL2QZ74dMFyLTt5x8ErRnU2awSIIotYXU5919w4ZOIZOtTK5qtcilxbSKflbFkyveoY-qT5gIxHv43t1DZvDxVOEogx5qDCPqxvvuzOfV7RHwgXlGBqvbJihJA/s320/DSCF1949.jpg" /></a><br />This is my new sister-in-law!! She is so great! She and my MIL drove down for the afternoon to visit. It was a great time.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea3d47ph3ksovX79aWY_QnqyQ2Z78TnkA8oB7jUCilepTC18D60PnQIqVCwzszCcVG4yv-OHaqaq34YEsoJXQHUwUDEcfC0bldPXJNn5NgWBW0XhxiraipkJyqlYS0FHugcnO2A/s1600-h/DSCF1952.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea3d47ph3ksovX79aWY_QnqyQ2Z78TnkA8oB7jUCilepTC18D60PnQIqVCwzszCcVG4yv-OHaqaq34YEsoJXQHUwUDEcfC0bldPXJNn5NgWBW0XhxiraipkJyqlYS0FHugcnO2A/s320/DSCF1952.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-49515443151091019652009-09-11T16:15:00.002-05:002009-09-11T16:19:56.503-05:00More birthday pics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCU8pUTQfeARr0SBKQru5Gf5lm2ScZvArkzNyZ7toVbGBHgsgukEfI-bPRqLNRxrSdcrOZFg-hBiavEsZ5uiCD4qdwI9JwD1DT_1e_W40QHaAZxA7WVromWvGDfcKZhMfxPWBVw/s1600-h/DSCF1927.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380322378082880562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCU8pUTQfeARr0SBKQru5Gf5lm2ScZvArkzNyZ7toVbGBHgsgukEfI-bPRqLNRxrSdcrOZFg-hBiavEsZ5uiCD4qdwI9JwD1DT_1e_W40QHaAZxA7WVromWvGDfcKZhMfxPWBVw/s400/DSCF1927.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oySlJiYL1vVhvtdJ6iF9CfgfKQ4KT7-IVXg8rTw8oWOvygXy3S03gvtoj4m9v62VInYxr66Lo146jsNgAbcG2iBmaMhrHvM13rdgy5nq6pUA6IgUJU6Fc4ro4UMTs5yVX3icFA/s1600-h/DSCF1931.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oySlJiYL1vVhvtdJ6iF9CfgfKQ4KT7-IVXg8rTw8oWOvygXy3S03gvtoj4m9v62VInYxr66Lo146jsNgAbcG2iBmaMhrHvM13rdgy5nq6pUA6IgUJU6Fc4ro4UMTs5yVX3icFA/s320/DSCF1931.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNH4YNvRg4NEb1095RIHFPmz_ZVx7yimRnhK5bV6I42J8XmWLlU8uDlesgs-AKRZDTiQxvJyiAQj4bySzbAKRNUZRX1WLPwuiUifpdUX1kj0-KURnloJYIxIN9MfnAeI9M_4nyuQ/s1600-h/DSCF1932.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNH4YNvRg4NEb1095RIHFPmz_ZVx7yimRnhK5bV6I42J8XmWLlU8uDlesgs-AKRZDTiQxvJyiAQj4bySzbAKRNUZRX1WLPwuiUifpdUX1kj0-KURnloJYIxIN9MfnAeI9M_4nyuQ/s320/DSCF1932.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MpqiK0QDled7HaN8_vaoSjD-mWbmu3addVBucfYz03woKEVnM-xP3CcdapMrvdeTdLZYvh2A-WCKzvhY7pWcbtGjaGWAMZRLqoAAuWX84YJ8WQ6Rc8ZSav_cLTKdY8etM2N0pw/s1600-h/DSCF1933.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MpqiK0QDled7HaN8_vaoSjD-mWbmu3addVBucfYz03woKEVnM-xP3CcdapMrvdeTdLZYvh2A-WCKzvhY7pWcbtGjaGWAMZRLqoAAuWX84YJ8WQ6Rc8ZSav_cLTKdY8etM2N0pw/s320/DSCF1933.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtrfRO5VA3prvZQSBJtxQrlC_V0e7Bm3YTqPXENaZRg4ADR0iQShxvi44q7O97ah5wEvebO3WyzFPpAPo180JSrryeM8iqqoBz8lruOMTo5tYg2vWXGar1f4yPW97CXWeAV1kYw/s1600-h/DSCF1922.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtrfRO5VA3prvZQSBJtxQrlC_V0e7Bm3YTqPXENaZRg4ADR0iQShxvi44q7O97ah5wEvebO3WyzFPpAPo180JSrryeM8iqqoBz8lruOMTo5tYg2vWXGar1f4yPW97CXWeAV1kYw/s320/DSCF1922.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-42670926236398065752009-09-11T16:07:00.004-05:002009-09-13T22:24:25.200-05:00Family at the hospital<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdnMP3_EIJi7QjGqqm8MR16l1o-Y_cbcbUJ8HF_WbXBJCd5mYCrDE3PLHaVu0x2JLCGfPPb8cYOtq9AGgCqUUVetCusgI2OSisGRq_1PoDCevkghXJ6_6ZweAbj5yixoM2Gt8Gg/s1600-h/DSCF1542.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381158033633420850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdnMP3_EIJi7QjGqqm8MR16l1o-Y_cbcbUJ8HF_WbXBJCd5mYCrDE3PLHaVu0x2JLCGfPPb8cYOtq9AGgCqUUVetCusgI2OSisGRq_1PoDCevkghXJ6_6ZweAbj5yixoM2Gt8Gg/s320/DSCF1542.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibczTqKL7OBiLVGPan66RhUflws4hj5C9dY1Y70cMSPIk_MWO8HKHx7q9rb5uqvXRYoEXEJMrUj6RpOokDr9RCz_xiVvdxIH7hQFDzj-WU-ggc1h8FckIJNNSJOHoxaRsUtzjdww/s1600-h/DSCF1544.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381158025112199202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibczTqKL7OBiLVGPan66RhUflws4hj5C9dY1Y70cMSPIk_MWO8HKHx7q9rb5uqvXRYoEXEJMrUj6RpOokDr9RCz_xiVvdxIH7hQFDzj-WU-ggc1h8FckIJNNSJOHoxaRsUtzjdww/s320/DSCF1544.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqaXd-_PH0R4ZSY8Zc6lmhyB55OIxeAUgyOBl06C2aTb36DDfFFpFLvQVQF-hQPmM78BGvr15BglPB6dfALwfQM-wcNWwg9ZkopLCsLx1cJ4KmxQ4JHAL__SJ0Q7EWbS7-SFsUw/s1600-h/DSCF1528.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381158016705199170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqaXd-_PH0R4ZSY8Zc6lmhyB55OIxeAUgyOBl06C2aTb36DDfFFpFLvQVQF-hQPmM78BGvr15BglPB6dfALwfQM-wcNWwg9ZkopLCsLx1cJ4KmxQ4JHAL__SJ0Q7EWbS7-SFsUw/s320/DSCF1528.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJA8_bKwLSIsVc7Vg2K7JCFcG-XsadHZveVTm8Cg9hJElPzz_tANW5kqmjJNFL1CIVfU666cewBugPV9OG2s6aB4f0xFMhxNDIjtJpd4tviPRC6faY0F0tMmoCZbqIX1UMBpFYhQ/s1600-h/DSCF1527.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381158008497500594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJA8_bKwLSIsVc7Vg2K7JCFcG-XsadHZveVTm8Cg9hJElPzz_tANW5kqmjJNFL1CIVfU666cewBugPV9OG2s6aB4f0xFMhxNDIjtJpd4tviPRC6faY0F0tMmoCZbqIX1UMBpFYhQ/s320/DSCF1527.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div>Brian's brother and family visited us the day after the twins were born. We are so glad to have them here in St. Louis with us!!! There has been lots of babysitting, and other kindnesses over the past year from them. We are thankful for their love! </div><div> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF3jOTU1RBWNZsdVIIMWJdG1Ikqimikx8ikQGsPv5I7PdcmVtSf_OWBPb77Tp7Bw1Q2OShxxXIZ-P7tJ7fQ9aMTQ8Ec8gxmSOkeRMtx6DeF-uXwNL5Fx6hnDOXTYWw0d19yF5eg/s1600-h/DSCF1532.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381105253830169266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF3jOTU1RBWNZsdVIIMWJdG1Ikqimikx8ikQGsPv5I7PdcmVtSf_OWBPb77Tp7Bw1Q2OShxxXIZ-P7tJ7fQ9aMTQ8Ec8gxmSOkeRMtx6DeF-uXwNL5Fx6hnDOXTYWw0d19yF5eg/s320/DSCF1532.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Brian's mom was in town visiting, so she got in on the visit too!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:4549/042cf5f614995fcfb973e5d04c8313b9/image/ad9afb4dce1a2379.jpg"></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:4549/042cf5f614995fcfb973e5d04c8313b9/image/209bf65dc0ccd09c.jpg"></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:4549/042cf5f614995fcfb973e5d04c8313b9/image/cf9329ca359d2156.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-85809056041018728642009-09-11T16:01:00.000-05:002009-09-11T16:02:24.403-05:00More hospital pics<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8J-kijZvZJUkTnJYSJyhXaqdMzOJ9UtWBYHTSrNRy3sk8qiimLpc_nbl0jsWBsKs1Ex3_K-NbuOTotrCvRLpUVfMoDI5Vuy2nzaT9yxKDsuWmtmXyjvY9ycY4gtCPQvvnsGoaw/s1600-h/DSCF1509.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8J-kijZvZJUkTnJYSJyhXaqdMzOJ9UtWBYHTSrNRy3sk8qiimLpc_nbl0jsWBsKs1Ex3_K-NbuOTotrCvRLpUVfMoDI5Vuy2nzaT9yxKDsuWmtmXyjvY9ycY4gtCPQvvnsGoaw/s320/DSCF1509.jpg" /></a><br />Mel, Mom, and Dad - more of our most awesome family! As I get older I more and more appreciate my parents and their godly example and training. I am so thankful that God gave me Christian parents - it is such a huge blessing!<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEica24mTEpTNZUVr0h6kdn-eyDUIuswSJFL0FyQOrQLBXz1chtadA0rSbEpfb1RBDPMtQ14vFMKwrI6prQdO_YfAvBuO9W2InEmuqBchw9B0XUtF8APqky6ou0BrZPJj8mpXjv4zg/s1600-h/DSCF1514.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEica24mTEpTNZUVr0h6kdn-eyDUIuswSJFL0FyQOrQLBXz1chtadA0rSbEpfb1RBDPMtQ14vFMKwrI6prQdO_YfAvBuO9W2InEmuqBchw9B0XUtF8APqky6ou0BrZPJj8mpXjv4zg/s320/DSCF1514.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcy5G_8Ra51Z5YoEOJrNHXVqsNlFh5XwJ5nYknmYPVaGtrn5wC_BYxCmL8cuY4t5g6rragON0ikcKMht5IAcpnMnLUdpIyHJTXhyhQaE0n-E_v5mLjBgV2zro2bEy0Mb7UPGd8g/s1600-h/DSCF1518.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcy5G_8Ra51Z5YoEOJrNHXVqsNlFh5XwJ5nYknmYPVaGtrn5wC_BYxCmL8cuY4t5g6rragON0ikcKMht5IAcpnMnLUdpIyHJTXhyhQaE0n-E_v5mLjBgV2zro2bEy0Mb7UPGd8g/s320/DSCF1518.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-86518823157183553782009-09-11T15:32:00.000-05:002009-09-11T15:32:33.908-05:00Debbie and kids visit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rabF6OMxwDVTk2o32H5Sb0mIQpslXo7BvulaqCUgg1VL4_m3PdtaQ28bOWMGzRwDifh4k8RA3hZiT1Ns4lngqQg_NWA_ARq0vmnbDMLUT75ybS-ICiRrwgNZgkqhs0Y69h5Plg/s1600-h/DSCF1690.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rabF6OMxwDVTk2o32H5Sb0mIQpslXo7BvulaqCUgg1VL4_m3PdtaQ28bOWMGzRwDifh4k8RA3hZiT1Ns4lngqQg_NWA_ARq0vmnbDMLUT75ybS-ICiRrwgNZgkqhs0Y69h5Plg/s320/DSCF1690.jpg" /></a> My good friend Debbie stopped by to see the newborns with her two little ones. I was surprised at how excited the kids were to see the babies, even Sam! He kept coming back in from playing outside with Jacob and would want to sit down on the couch and hold one of them again. Lilly is so beautiful! I love the way the light is making her hair all wispy and golden looking.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Sd5vuePRmZDgv2S1UbgemOWjYcKR7wrgMI_j9qzt8q9YHTtjs2U3Wx6KV6VuyOfYIkz6kZkF5pDiu_XGm0alugruAgusmg2x1ShkMXlz9MuXrZ_S_q-CcGEXfpd5rKRnS_F0bQ/s1600-h/DSCF1693.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Sd5vuePRmZDgv2S1UbgemOWjYcKR7wrgMI_j9qzt8q9YHTtjs2U3Wx6KV6VuyOfYIkz6kZkF5pDiu_XGm0alugruAgusmg2x1ShkMXlz9MuXrZ_S_q-CcGEXfpd5rKRnS_F0bQ/s320/DSCF1693.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScirgEUYqYmqozNFPOMErDVZvJgnVQVpNC5Lz-0e9jZETTnWr58c23ZRjqiOAYq02WJAok6iH6klV4MhSWBiK-czLmk2p12vRUVGKGKTFny_vB-6R3jWHqpCgnpJoqtzcUQE9aQ/s1600-h/DSCF1688.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScirgEUYqYmqozNFPOMErDVZvJgnVQVpNC5Lz-0e9jZETTnWr58c23ZRjqiOAYq02WJAok6iH6klV4MhSWBiK-czLmk2p12vRUVGKGKTFny_vB-6R3jWHqpCgnpJoqtzcUQE9aQ/s320/DSCF1688.jpg" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-39730323042752952442009-09-11T15:26:00.000-05:002009-09-11T15:27:22.456-05:00Grandma and Grandpa Rages visit the newborns<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSVvjjw21HH2yK0UpVMSXDzqIcOgawJDHt-MxCg59D7qpcD-b-EnZKb1-8TjsOSCs8388xnnWc2atpXsQQDLi27wNrMOZGzBpxKQV9S2FlmyWAyPW-Qi_LwDv3YsgD5tFIi78Zg/s1600-h/DSCF1735.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSVvjjw21HH2yK0UpVMSXDzqIcOgawJDHt-MxCg59D7qpcD-b-EnZKb1-8TjsOSCs8388xnnWc2atpXsQQDLi27wNrMOZGzBpxKQV9S2FlmyWAyPW-Qi_LwDv3YsgD5tFIi78Zg/s320/DSCF1735.jpg" /></a><br />Brian's parents came to see the newborns a few days after they were born. Mom brought food and they both brought their cheerful smiles. We had a relaxing so much fun time with them. I am SO thankful for them and we are blessed by their love all the time. We are so glad for Christian parents. They are an example of godliness to us, and such an encouragement to us too. <br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrZWij1yFCf3DjnIbykdhLxksFo5zBDKu6RMbe6hDmBi2X95zQga0UIj3D_af-dT8UZ8i630RTStimJX776-kFevh4KURaerglPt9rmq8PQqd522_jrom3nX4u2Vo0HwPCf4G1Q/s1600-h/DSCF1722.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrZWij1yFCf3DjnIbykdhLxksFo5zBDKu6RMbe6hDmBi2X95zQga0UIj3D_af-dT8UZ8i630RTStimJX776-kFevh4KURaerglPt9rmq8PQqd522_jrom3nX4u2Vo0HwPCf4G1Q/s320/DSCF1722.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZWH_JlgfoZ-8qkwdaf4O3B8aYJi1WboR2tjJGa_72U-j5Q_6aMHvpMrCXyvlgqMHFTjSwPgVodkv-qJ5JnBwHCcGOu5QV-5lXvgpKzf_5yZ2Lgu4l-LahUNKvB_ZTJfoBcXRDQ/s1600-h/DSCF1723.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZWH_JlgfoZ-8qkwdaf4O3B8aYJi1WboR2tjJGa_72U-j5Q_6aMHvpMrCXyvlgqMHFTjSwPgVodkv-qJ5JnBwHCcGOu5QV-5lXvgpKzf_5yZ2Lgu4l-LahUNKvB_ZTJfoBcXRDQ/s320/DSCF1723.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-WPgeOuNPcNryOCo87QXzokJiCmX9PBe61KlZScBmXS2ibeKUJLEsYxCndsFximVHla6vHLRMP7F9wN8MubjB1FGcNYgAEcPBDrpGdX3sDUe4nQezbCvr0yW7sg4xW3Z5yw2bg/s1600-h/DSCF1728.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-WPgeOuNPcNryOCo87QXzokJiCmX9PBe61KlZScBmXS2ibeKUJLEsYxCndsFximVHla6vHLRMP7F9wN8MubjB1FGcNYgAEcPBDrpGdX3sDUe4nQezbCvr0yW7sg4xW3Z5yw2bg/s320/DSCF1728.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-51347977399574237552009-09-11T15:16:00.000-05:002009-09-11T15:16:56.485-05:00Tim and Manda's family with the twins<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Amanda brought me a meal the Sunday after we got home, and they got to stay and visit a little while. It was wonderful to get to see them and hang out for a while. This is Lizzy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rGcu4PcCtqeQBPyTjRRLcfpZZpwVok8bhoQcoGbD0LyWIG73fycBF7x1mXTVWH8fQJV0Z1zv7pFARSmx4015Tse4MsMYxu8Je824cfRkXMiOjGVTZTrfN6nFhCb7QUlhChha2Q/s1600-h/DSCF1649.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rGcu4PcCtqeQBPyTjRRLcfpZZpwVok8bhoQcoGbD0LyWIG73fycBF7x1mXTVWH8fQJV0Z1zv7pFARSmx4015Tse4MsMYxu8Je824cfRkXMiOjGVTZTrfN6nFhCb7QUlhChha2Q/s320/DSCF1649.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTINYmTtdxS5PObxgZdI4YIpFM04qtjsz3cFqLWP7g3f45AEnGnBrzDfhU6UecZdKSHpPQV1CdYbVDCfFopDu77u6135GUFhh3NcsfHb-3QMRa3aiCKThCOut9Lna0DkOtYywMXQ/s1600-h/DSCF1652.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTINYmTtdxS5PObxgZdI4YIpFM04qtjsz3cFqLWP7g3f45AEnGnBrzDfhU6UecZdKSHpPQV1CdYbVDCfFopDu77u6135GUFhh3NcsfHb-3QMRa3aiCKThCOut9Lna0DkOtYywMXQ/s320/DSCF1652.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This is Michael<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhNeiV-RrpKPABKg2k8RwXtpRXDiIYk0BnjRFS1tJ7BN6M4d2uluxdKd04uGAjVoTp1ZSr1Ttc-vd9N-THFynZZxjLqNiiJcDgiTjx4gQwByatsd_noJ7vzMOdf1AYQJrc7h_pA/s1600-h/DSCF1645.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhNeiV-RrpKPABKg2k8RwXtpRXDiIYk0BnjRFS1tJ7BN6M4d2uluxdKd04uGAjVoTp1ZSr1Ttc-vd9N-THFynZZxjLqNiiJcDgiTjx4gQwByatsd_noJ7vzMOdf1AYQJrc7h_pA/s320/DSCF1645.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This is Caleb</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBhbQjw-D8-A0jPd7vQHcWqnrrybNx_75NBw8KH8Pmp1PLQ7PSyGZTf1qCoV6owDT7o-qvfxqP1u86AqG7K62uhpres-WsCW9hGXb5Hc0ygAT__tT-gx4i4K3CmdTBM7Dfuo2FA/s1600-h/DSCF1643.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBhbQjw-D8-A0jPd7vQHcWqnrrybNx_75NBw8KH8Pmp1PLQ7PSyGZTf1qCoV6owDT7o-qvfxqP1u86AqG7K62uhpres-WsCW9hGXb5Hc0ygAT__tT-gx4i4K3CmdTBM7Dfuo2FA/s320/DSCF1643.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-17086818962749858412009-09-11T14:51:00.002-05:002009-09-11T15:09:58.672-05:00Dave and Cheryl's family with the twins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmTBiubORPpM1BVC8_UF7drkqJLtFKtrENWDM2IVVCIMS-bs-nid-Rj7jdp7KU9PErbfLPbqaiv_PCFjMydNYgYOsThfZ0jj6cAIfuhkPtG7PUGN1iRW2WSxhyphenhyphenzA9Z57oNe_8yg/s1600-h/DSCF1497.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380302765663639282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmTBiubORPpM1BVC8_UF7drkqJLtFKtrENWDM2IVVCIMS-bs-nid-Rj7jdp7KU9PErbfLPbqaiv_PCFjMydNYgYOsThfZ0jj6cAIfuhkPtG7PUGN1iRW2WSxhyphenhyphenzA9Z57oNe_8yg/s400/DSCF1497.jpg" /></a> I know some of the blog posts are out of sequence, but I don't care. :-) Here at the top is Conrad. Below is Benji. Next is Cheryl and Grace; then Dave, and last is a shot of Hannah and Grace. Dave and Cheryl kept Jake and Stan while I was in the hospital giving birth. The next day they brought their clan and two of our clan all the way to the hospital for a visit. I was so thankful they did. I was ready for some visitors, and I was glad Jake and Stan could meet their new brothers.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUEa91kFJobmrLjeUlwM8vE8HoF_WQxn7VJbXM8ZR5MeXszWNwVoFTRYO5fUyPMbailIwQB5aGREpPDhWJ0Th9dtsv9Zf9uBlIFlG2vlxI1c4ORus_xP-MBE52At3ByEPXqdhuA/s1600-h/DSCF1496.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUEa91kFJobmrLjeUlwM8vE8HoF_WQxn7VJbXM8ZR5MeXszWNwVoFTRYO5fUyPMbailIwQB5aGREpPDhWJ0Th9dtsv9Zf9uBlIFlG2vlxI1c4ORus_xP-MBE52At3ByEPXqdhuA/s320/DSCF1496.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9hcxutJ4x2H-1kVgFci3UuQuOi93Uy2ZB1uvBZQHN1nvvmIoj6_7uk-T_zbrTe_rpU9P_QGM5l9tMgfZDrujYuTOSpXvtoNTVMAJBr-2aXfFcuJuaNWvY3Wkhfp24xu_3bzw9g/s1600-h/DSCF1498.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9hcxutJ4x2H-1kVgFci3UuQuOi93Uy2ZB1uvBZQHN1nvvmIoj6_7uk-T_zbrTe_rpU9P_QGM5l9tMgfZDrujYuTOSpXvtoNTVMAJBr-2aXfFcuJuaNWvY3Wkhfp24xu_3bzw9g/s320/DSCF1498.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK82Dl4HnU-2THrFJlJtWfPaa3FuQzFvLg1Gj_8AcN5yy-7ESZYFwWXn1KBU4zvr4qawP3ljPhdPVer91Ws0ff1gpjMo9VFWCGrXYHhMjqVuDeInnwotrHEBmY2sVwEAyUJjxhXg/s1600-h/DSCF1501.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK82Dl4HnU-2THrFJlJtWfPaa3FuQzFvLg1Gj_8AcN5yy-7ESZYFwWXn1KBU4zvr4qawP3ljPhdPVer91Ws0ff1gpjMo9VFWCGrXYHhMjqVuDeInnwotrHEBmY2sVwEAyUJjxhXg/s320/DSCF1501.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyA4BlS_ZTEYjUBjYV1p9tlGtSpNL3eWaefb-D31xAEJN4vvNN4Y3HAnDXhmMPNuE41Yfbq86Qiy33o97_hiTFXDb0VuP1Oy2CmYoIslEs4o7J-ZePBgTTphkZgYQ8hNmmX9jW1w/s1600-h/DSCF1506.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyA4BlS_ZTEYjUBjYV1p9tlGtSpNL3eWaefb-D31xAEJN4vvNN4Y3HAnDXhmMPNuE41Yfbq86Qiy33o97_hiTFXDb0VuP1Oy2CmYoIslEs4o7J-ZePBgTTphkZgYQ8hNmmX9jW1w/s320/DSCF1506.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270992.post-41080191926728037612009-09-11T13:20:00.000-05:002009-09-11T13:21:27.136-05:00Jacob turned 6!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Jacob turned 6 years old in July. He loves baseball mostly. He loves video games (he's dying for us to get a Wii). He's learning to read, and enjoys being read to and reading himself. Right now he's reading a book about Albert Pujols. He enjoys his friends and his brother. His days are mostly filled with playing baseball outside or actually playing with his new pitch back or playing catch with his dad, pitching to his dad and also batting - he tries to get "home runs" over the back fence. He has succeeded in that a few times. I remember Brian telling me earlier in the summer, that he thought by next year Jacob would be able to hit the ball over the back fence, but here he is doing it already. <br />His birthday fell on a Saturday which is, of course, the best day for a little boy's birthday. We started the day with presents.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DVXVKuUgPSuCJ9z340SAjd7RUoaeFZSxs-nWAGoMIk7y36rKhWTjzntvDCR7fEjAivi1rllgOi2D2YNKRDgua5GKx5k7S_IeurUCtFkU8l_qI4mERMpFgWH2WXNf0U4YUgyBuQ/s1600-h/DSCF1907.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DVXVKuUgPSuCJ9z340SAjd7RUoaeFZSxs-nWAGoMIk7y36rKhWTjzntvDCR7fEjAivi1rllgOi2D2YNKRDgua5GKx5k7S_IeurUCtFkU8l_qI4mERMpFgWH2WXNf0U4YUgyBuQ/s320/DSCF1907.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Then we a breakfast of donuts from our local donut house. YUM. <br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKGb9LT8ZgrQ-YANreCvgymqT1_n0Nk7_wzdR6vHN2IbRZJAKmlIprqf5Q5cUueQtRtGjBavRMY-XM_BGl77QpxvX2ukpKcd0xxKhyr3Am39NRPm7yFyZe0NDiwCapuPnTY6VHw/s1600-h/DSCF1906.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKGb9LT8ZgrQ-YANreCvgymqT1_n0Nk7_wzdR6vHN2IbRZJAKmlIprqf5Q5cUueQtRtGjBavRMY-XM_BGl77QpxvX2ukpKcd0xxKhyr3Am39NRPm7yFyZe0NDiwCapuPnTY6VHw/s320/DSCF1906.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Then we had a birthday party in the afternoon. Everyone met at the park for a baseball game! It was so much fun! Then everyone came back to our house for a backyard BBQ. This picture is of most of the cousins and 2 friends from school who were there. <br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgl2AzZhX28SA_oPMGusvN-wGC6ZfvXzottVuQRmhji3wHKv7CxP4tBY2F8M-HqGtPSBLqr2yJGmjB6Vu4jRH9kKOZKucBy5KEs4D9Dt3bSl6wePupuNCJmOvn0YBZj6p1O_pRg/s1600-h/DSCF1916.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgl2AzZhX28SA_oPMGusvN-wGC6ZfvXzottVuQRmhji3wHKv7CxP4tBY2F8M-HqGtPSBLqr2yJGmjB6Vu4jRH9kKOZKucBy5KEs4D9Dt3bSl6wePupuNCJmOvn0YBZj6p1O_pRg/s320/DSCF1916.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Here's "Dad" grilling hotdogs - this is a baseball party remember!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmmHkXvt-KXaCHmEUz352plUHehv3ONx5WnuIKNF1fHlF0RURQ3s-U27kUMZ1vSw0NbFDL6OcAlvt3Wqu3TxTSgVE1kkW8JO3YUd2bUO6VsJB78weV1si3vhxL6ASkQicjdu9hQ/s1600-h/DSCF1919.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmmHkXvt-KXaCHmEUz352plUHehv3ONx5WnuIKNF1fHlF0RURQ3s-U27kUMZ1vSw0NbFDL6OcAlvt3Wqu3TxTSgVE1kkW8JO3YUd2bUO6VsJB78weV1si3vhxL6ASkQicjdu9hQ/s320/DSCF1919.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118552935022733472noreply@blogger.com0