tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41055943825153400602024-03-04T22:16:31.281-08:00The Johnson FamilyYathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-8816091800320036702009-04-13T21:25:00.000-07:002009-04-13T22:08:52.009-07:00A Trip to the ERWe had our first ever trip to the ER on Saturday night. I've never been quite so scared in my life.<br /><br />I was in the attic looking for one more Easter basket that I had not been able to find. Our attic has a door from Emma's room, but it also has a pull-down trap door with stairs into the garage. Evan had followed me in from Emma's room, and I took him back out....."Don't come in the attic, Evan. It is too dangerous!". I went back into the attic and was in a corner digging. I did not see him come back in. When I heard the "Thud", I immediately knew what had happened. Evan had come back into the attic and had stepped on the edge of the trap door. It opened, and he fell through into the garage. God was looking out for us though....my van happened to be parked in just the right spot, so luckily he fell onto the hood of the van and not onto the concrete floor!<br /><br />Regardless, I was scared to death. Emma and I both started screaming for Jeff who was in the kitchen. I looked down and saw Evan on the van, laying on his back, but his arms and legs were moving. Jeff got to him seconds later and he had rolled over to his tummy. I came running down stairs as Jeff was carrying him inside. Evan was not crying at all--his first words were "I need headache medicine!" From that, we knew that he had hit his head. There was a red mark on the back of his head, but no bump or whelp. We decided immediately to take him to the ER to have him checked out.<br /><br />We loaded everyone in the van and dropped Emma, Ethan, & Adam off at TaTa's house on the way. We were almost to the hospital when Evan said, "Where's Bubba Adam?" (He is not used to being away from Adam!). We told him he was at TaTa's house. He replied, "I need him!"<br /><br />When we got to the ER and I told the triage nurse what had happened, she told me to hold his neck still. (I had not even thought about his neck....I was more worried about his head!). They immediately put a neck brace on him, and told us that we should have called an ambulance! (Apparently, if your child falls more than twice their height, you should keep them still and call an ambulance...good to know!).<br /><br />They took us to a trauma room and hooked him up to a monitor and we saw two doctors immediately. Once they saw that his vital signs were all stable, they moved us to a different room (I think they also had a helicopter coming in and needed the room) while we waited to go to radiology for an Xray of his neck. They were not as concerned about his head, and told us just to watch to make sure he was acting normal.<br /><br />We had to wait a while for radiology, and Evan was quite uncomfortable in the neck brace. He kept saying, "I want to take this off", and "This is squishing my ears!!". Once, he was sitting on my lap and yelled, "Somebody please HELP ME!" There was a big letter "B" on the wall, and he asked, "Are we in Room B? I want to go to Room A!" He was quite an entertaining little patient!<br /><br />We finally headed to Xray where they took five different shots of his neck. He was such a big boy and was perfectly still for his pictures! For one he had to lay on his back and open his mouth as wide as he could--I bet he was the most compliant two-year-old they have ever seen!<br /><br />We waited just a while longer to hear that the Xrays looked good. By then, we had been there for more than three hours, and he was acting completely normal. We kept asking him "Where are we?", "Why are we here?", "Where is Bubba Adam?". He would answer correctly every time...."We are at the doctor.", "I step on the stairs and fall on your van.", "Bubba's at TaTa's house". We were feeling comfortable that he did not have a serious head injury, so they sent us home with instructions to just watch him and return if we had any concerns.<br /><br />I am so thankful that he is OK, and that my van was in just the right spot to cushion his fall. I'll live with the big dent in the hood as a reminder of God's protection for us! This week, my Dad is building me a box to put over those stairs (I've actually been meaning to have him do that since we moved in 5 years ago!), and Evan has promised to never go into the attic again. "It's dangerous!" he says.<br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">"This is squishing my ears!"</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY20p3COyPt9X4aT97RiF8WdIF27tGS6JPQtCNq_6Bx7SoUBoXe5DZZJTX6-gYistz9gAouXw3ip5_TzWSLt-asKS-VcPeLbdqBxJTiUqMq_cPJRWhSVFNuziSdZPKfMp-15q72hLD2L6m/s1600-h/Sitting+on+Bed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324400080103613138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY20p3COyPt9X4aT97RiF8WdIF27tGS6JPQtCNq_6Bx7SoUBoXe5DZZJTX6-gYistz9gAouXw3ip5_TzWSLt-asKS-VcPeLbdqBxJTiUqMq_cPJRWhSVFNuziSdZPKfMp-15q72hLD2L6m/s320/Sitting+on+Bed.jpg" border="0" /></a> Walking with Daddy to Radiology<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdszerbPZrXlNEInvTi97750Lx90bS4jEDpfiiCStwaJaBWv7ek4t1rt6e9mwWHBWp2gVECRFr_bVmoLaCWhXKIODdhjpAG25dgwpqoB-yQhtKTcSMs7eH5LFxg6Gx3WGKe0ROLW21iBm/s1600-h/Walking+to+Radiology.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324400078640498738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdszerbPZrXlNEInvTi97750Lx90bS4jEDpfiiCStwaJaBWv7ek4t1rt6e9mwWHBWp2gVECRFr_bVmoLaCWhXKIODdhjpAG25dgwpqoB-yQhtKTcSMs7eH5LFxg6Gx3WGKe0ROLW21iBm/s320/Walking+to+Radiology.jpg" border="0" /></a> Waiting in Radiology<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Fj3oWqhAgkBEid-gjpYB2YCLKLXvjRghvlNV5hALAX5Ty6pwrS6Ypsxd800tssR3rU7MXG8ogZ51NNO39Npce97fY7Pkh1yQGv_J_1vYFkzs97XnIE-SGYrJz5pFdEWEKXFiBXX9vCxV/s1600-h/Waiting+in+Radiology.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324400076154948498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Fj3oWqhAgkBEid-gjpYB2YCLKLXvjRghvlNV5hALAX5Ty6pwrS6Ypsxd800tssR3rU7MXG8ogZ51NNO39Npce97fY7Pkh1yQGv_J_1vYFkzs97XnIE-SGYrJz5pFdEWEKXFiBXX9vCxV/s320/Waiting+in+Radiology.jpg" border="0" /></a>They brought us a Spiderman coloring book to pass the time.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicswRgnwI07eUq1TMYouyUtqGe7G_wZzFIIlOu8HOxuUCLmxvQDj3krB4gayA3yUatzU7yv6XW7T8uwUK19n5B_Q5xImB76gBoSFuLic0JWDnOfQ-AJJ0e7iCIfV_yEHNqbEOWnD-6YtHm/s1600-h/Evan+Coloring.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324400076261654450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicswRgnwI07eUq1TMYouyUtqGe7G_wZzFIIlOu8HOxuUCLmxvQDj3krB4gayA3yUatzU7yv6XW7T8uwUK19n5B_Q5xImB76gBoSFuLic0JWDnOfQ-AJJ0e7iCIfV_yEHNqbEOWnD-6YtHm/s320/Evan+Coloring.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-52384963779004774472009-03-24T13:40:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:45:03.956-07:00Please Pray for Mary-KaylinPlease pray for my sweet niece Mary-Kaylin Linch. She is my sister's youngest child, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor on Friday. Avie has done a great job updating her blog with details.....click on the link to The Hardin Family blog to the left to see her posts.<br /><br />Will you please pray for healing for Mary-Kaylin? We need this tumor to be gone, and we know that God can do that!Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-35155780077694781932009-02-13T08:49:00.000-08:002009-02-14T19:03:21.077-08:00Answered Prayers<div align="center">For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."</div><div align="center">Jeremiah 29:11<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxM6XvozX9xIq3IqDHVNzitgdz4jJI08O9M9GuRQJkW8nNIW0UhdQXgjKpkvZfZckoDIvCq4lq_O80n1VpQQvPcPnxqH-R1g2bcj-AThjnU1Ox4817qeoeqyHFTJ_MFo4AJm9-wizMVZ4j/s1600-h/Adam.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302325064028018946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxM6XvozX9xIq3IqDHVNzitgdz4jJI08O9M9GuRQJkW8nNIW0UhdQXgjKpkvZfZckoDIvCq4lq_O80n1VpQQvPcPnxqH-R1g2bcj-AThjnU1Ox4817qeoeqyHFTJ_MFo4AJm9-wizMVZ4j/s320/Adam.jpg" border="0" /></a>It has been a little more than 6 months since we first met with the Developmental Pediatrician at Dennis Developmental Center (DDC). After two hours with Adam, her face was grim...."I'm very concerned.....I could be a piece of furniture in this room and he wouldn’t know the difference…..I'm not going to call it Autism today, but I'm pretty sure.....he meets all the criteria.....he will be high functioning, but needs to be in a developmental preschool.....PT, OT, Speech Therapy......immediately." Then she patted me on the leg with a sympathetic look-- "You're a good Mommy," she said.<br /><br />Adam had just turned two, and Jeff and I had become very concerned about him. His language skills were not developing, and he had even lost some words. He played mostly by himself, did not interact with his siblings, made little to no eye contact, and would not respond to his name. He was sensitive to loud, noisy environments, and had also developed some worrisome behaviors like circling, finger posturing, and staring spells. Despite our concerns, we were not prepared to hear those words.<br /><br />I'm a "fixer" by nature, so I immediately kicked into high gear. My first plan of action--we must pray. I sent a long list of specific prayer requests to my closest "prayer warrior" friends and family, and the praying began...and God immediately began to answer. Jeff and I decided to try a very low dose of the medication that the physician had suggested and almost immediately saw a significant improvement in Adam's awareness. Within a few short weeks, Adam & Evan both had placement at The Frances Allen School--Adam in a “day-habilitation” spot, and Evan in a “daycare” spot. By the middle of September they had completed their evaluations and Adam began a regimen of Speech, Occupational, and Developmental Therapy.<br /><br />Now, 6 months later, Adam is a different child. He has made such amazing progress in his language and social skills that I can't even express it in words. We returned to DDC this week to meet with their autism specialists, and were not surprised that the news this time was quite different. After 3 hours of testing and evaluation, the team sat down and confirmed--Adam no longer meets the criteria for Autism; in fact, <strong>they would not even place him on the autism spectrum at all at this point!</strong> How amazing is that??!! The physician called him "a bit of a head scratcher"--I call him a product of prayer!<br /><br />Adam still has a ways to go. He is still delayed in some areas, and continues to have some of those behaviors that are concerning. They are sending us to one last specialist--a geneticist--to rule out a few other possibilities, and will continue to follow him every 4-6 months. In the meantime, they just told us to keep up what we were doing because it seems to be working! So we will continue our OT, Speech, Developmental Therapy.....but most importantly, we'll keep praying for God's amazing grace to cover us and to mold Adam into the little man that He has created him to be.<br /><br />I can't tell you how thankful I am for our precious friends and family who have prayed us through the last 6 months. I'm in constant awe of God's provision for our family. We serve a truly awesome creator. I'm reminded every day as I watch all four of my children grow that He has a plan for each them—it may not be the plan we envisioned, but it is a perfect plan!Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-16190921500059188182009-02-02T18:52:00.000-08:002009-02-02T19:08:36.504-08:0039 and Holding!Today was a great day thanks to all the wonderful Birthday wishes from sweet friends and family! Jeff was the first to wish me Happy Birthday, followed by sloppy birthday kisses from four sweet kids. Evan was a little disappointed that it wasn't HIS birthday, but was happy to hear that his birthday was coming up in June. "OK", he said, "You get my birthday for me in June?" When I mentioned that I was 39 and said, "This is my LAST birthday", Ethan got real serious and asked, "Are you gonna die?" (Wrong thing to say to a six year-old!)<br /><br />My entire staff crammed into my office at 9 a.m. to sing Happy Birthday to me! (They are the best!) Tonight, we had dinner at The Olive Garden, and then went to my Mom & Dad's for cake. Ethan and Emma picked out the cutest rubber duckie PJs for me (I can't wait to wear them!), and Jeff got me a digital picture frame. A perfect way to celebrate my LAST birthday!Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-4717558249158234242009-01-15T21:44:00.000-08:002009-01-18T20:46:21.387-08:00Keep your eyes on Jesus!I got this E-mail from Ethan's teacher today. If we could all live by these words!<br /><br /><em>From: Files, Jessi </em><br /><em>Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:15 PM</em><br /><em>To: Johnson, Angela K; 'Jeff Johnson'</em><br /><em>Subject: cute Ethan story<br /></em><br /><em>Ethan said this today in class, and I thought it was so sweet that I had to share with you guys!<br /><br />We were talking about penguins and looking at a world map of where they live. I asked how we would get there—walk, drive, fly, etc—all the kids were saying we would have to take an airplane because we would have to cross an ocean. <strong>Ethan said, no, we could walk there if we just kept our eyes on Jesus.<br /></strong><br />I thought it was the sweetest thing! </em>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-36381370084242938062009-01-03T18:55:00.000-08:002009-01-03T18:58:48.473-08:00Blogging MarathonBy now, you have probably figured out how I operate.....get way behind.....then become completely obsessed with catching up.....work for hours on end to catch up.....vow to never get so far behind again.....then the cycle begins again. Today, I was determined to get all of our Christmas celebrations posted, so here they are! Keep scrolling.....it goes on for days! Enjoy!Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-91259883230541132722009-01-03T17:28:00.001-08:002009-01-03T18:53:28.556-08:00Christmas Activities....Before the family celebrations began, we had lots to do.....here are some highlights:<br /><br /><strong>Decorating....I had a little help:</strong><br /><br /><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">EE</span> & MK put up the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Santas</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVi-QrXl6E0STPwa9HxI7PXBZQn8XXI66bCfWa4Jz71msYqpWBsrtYxoLhezd1KpPR-_7xsNiLcBCyrph7Q1ZgdmrjWp1d09yE-FI4jO6KvnYbVOpslXI9EJHCSm0580J3BYXiGhA1E9N/s1600-h/12-2008+116+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287256790210993186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVi-QrXl6E0STPwa9HxI7PXBZQn8XXI66bCfWa4Jz71msYqpWBsrtYxoLhezd1KpPR-_7xsNiLcBCyrph7Q1ZgdmrjWp1d09yE-FI4jO6KvnYbVOpslXI9EJHCSm0580J3BYXiGhA1E9N/s320/12-2008+116+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> while Emma hangs the stockings....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287258292042540178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7KTsaVrHmU8AdzkCm9TU7u0P0HhZG0m4cxW4KkuTxulZE7xrhcZSyNG2xA5cHRUhjLRsX1zdoellQ20sweuHGdIdTSBqy2ZHA3fOQxP61WUgiwcGmbrjR98E7rwJwucEWgqzkHqw8rE7/s320/12-2008+119+(2).jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center">...then Emma decorates herself!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDk3TtAZ2CkiQbIATEo10rIG7d12BeRCqitOVptwAlfGCmxu1njbODNj0LeX1Dyy0MJcUimGWW9tfu3NOmFQgE2rntOTVG5K_n6DlZNPJZ6tzmHsrtBAhzl8iJe8OEKzwjSkrGSdk_6PU/s1600-h/12-2008+123.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287256773453361298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDk3TtAZ2CkiQbIATEo10rIG7d12BeRCqitOVptwAlfGCmxu1njbODNj0LeX1Dyy0MJcUimGWW9tfu3NOmFQgE2rntOTVG5K_n6DlZNPJZ6tzmHsrtBAhzl8iJe8OEKzwjSkrGSdk_6PU/s320/12-2008+123.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><br /><strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">IBC</span> - Children's Choir Performances</strong></p><p align="left">Both choirs (Preschool & Children) performed on December 14<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span>. The Children's choirs performed a traditional Christmas Pageant. This is the only picture that I have of Emma, and it is actually from rehearsal because she was hit with a stomach virus and had to miss the performance! She was devastated, but isn't she a beautiful angel? Next to her are two of her very best friends, Maggie & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Karmyn</span>.</p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIOQ1QPepuV1C1IqpLiNUvS043R8Tb8I52LWscuxDt7mhMH5d_NRbALMFI4aQ4cRl7C9WUX-QG1LhbZSdu-Cq9mN2qLY6RK71HbblQZOojfzuxbV2xPSqRrtCIbCPaFDSLakVVQc1HcWR/s1600-h/12-2008+132+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287256766427440370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 316px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIOQ1QPepuV1C1IqpLiNUvS043R8Tb8I52LWscuxDt7mhMH5d_NRbALMFI4aQ4cRl7C9WUX-QG1LhbZSdu-Cq9mN2qLY6RK71HbblQZOojfzuxbV2xPSqRrtCIbCPaFDSLakVVQc1HcWR/s320/12-2008+132+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> The Preschool choirs performed The Twelve Days of Christmas. Emma was suppose to be a Candy Cane, but they had to call in a replacement at the last minute. Ethan was the train conductor--and he was a GREAT train conductor! Although, you'll notice in the pictures that his train lagged a little behind. At one point, he actually became the caboose! Mary-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Kaylin</span> was a Santa. It was a great night--I always feel like the Christmas Season has begun once the children's choirs have performed. It's one of my favorite nights of the year!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwv6MyjO8s2cVIx35mjmKvqVGNZMwKThix53N3-q3E1ZONW8BqyioLoJaG5D_N2wHVFz6rVjIokXesCi-sHso5xsVaSIeiGQ9lDOjnDV85E123gSBC-FQphHOSi2AHwpiSsXmGH2yr8JLu/s1600-h/12-2008+260+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287255953761946530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 276px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwv6MyjO8s2cVIx35mjmKvqVGNZMwKThix53N3-q3E1ZONW8BqyioLoJaG5D_N2wHVFz6rVjIokXesCi-sHso5xsVaSIeiGQ9lDOjnDV85E123gSBC-FQphHOSi2AHwpiSsXmGH2yr8JLu/s320/12-2008+260+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS5Dvzu-xAf5Fjpj5sW8IyunQLK3DaqJgOlHu1XFMQFML7nKm-0yCEVFEDiHQ3xNLYx7Fr6QdtWVivNYTvjFvZsEjRY65B1EYbe4QLJq8UO0AQsIbYjQ-epwNIev3TCX998AmecneM2t8/s1600-h/12-2008+264.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287255949223768898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS5Dvzu-xAf5Fjpj5sW8IyunQLK3DaqJgOlHu1XFMQFML7nKm-0yCEVFEDiHQ3xNLYx7Fr6QdtWVivNYTvjFvZsEjRY65B1EYbe4QLJq8UO0AQsIbYjQ-epwNIev3TCX998AmecneM2t8/s320/12-2008+264.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8Ygz01RY_RLnNMIJToYR9vpRT2Ll4pLPwIi0RMW6o-rbRccDuCn0EzwoxVGYkbqTivqySo2SEkX3JSbX1wEuSNVDu4ia5n_x2QXPObdf-2EW4opLIELE5HMYMvje8oY98axdo5VBVfZt/s1600-h/12-2008+262.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287255944420843842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8Ygz01RY_RLnNMIJToYR9vpRT2Ll4pLPwIi0RMW6o-rbRccDuCn0EzwoxVGYkbqTivqySo2SEkX3JSbX1wEuSNVDu4ia5n_x2QXPObdf-2EW4opLIELE5HMYMvje8oY98axdo5VBVfZt/s320/12-2008+262.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4URA_tSIyyQjJZd5eqH9F7wOri6QxpQ8sUFEZxa1RbLcvQj8uktyrm9CACX0_g5E6SGZqMgFZseBqoP1-WJi6C9h6_6NzajxjimV3KdCZkZGPtkJfjPdGUP124nKkdVFDXOLVUGFRGeSr/s1600-h/12-2008+328.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287255938494235986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4URA_tSIyyQjJZd5eqH9F7wOri6QxpQ8sUFEZxa1RbLcvQj8uktyrm9CACX0_g5E6SGZqMgFZseBqoP1-WJi6C9h6_6NzajxjimV3KdCZkZGPtkJfjPdGUP124nKkdVFDXOLVUGFRGeSr/s320/12-2008+328.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghX5K1l3_haMT-embjFu5_eqhxZS_mc8S0Qmg63TXaUisMiJuCMpPg0YSdSah2s2AuRS4KUnEehHTH3i6QAl1vjcuafydKYzl-fgoIXTGhKfSKNM3tiWW-KxkEf9Zv7iYFgNsrOU2QPivV/s1600-h/12-2008+258.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287255924651370210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghX5K1l3_haMT-embjFu5_eqhxZS_mc8S0Qmg63TXaUisMiJuCMpPg0YSdSah2s2AuRS4KUnEehHTH3i6QAl1vjcuafydKYzl-fgoIXTGhKfSKNM3tiWW-KxkEf9Zv7iYFgNsrOU2QPivV/s320/12-2008+258.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Our Gingerbread House & Tree</strong><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Aren't the beautiful? Everyone joined in to make the "Santa House"--it was so much fun! The babies were knocking at the door saying, "Knock, knock, Santa. Come out you house!" Emma was very patient with them, and then got to decorate the tree all by herself while the babies napped. Then I got to clean up the mess! I was sweeping up sprinkles for days!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCzfXeaE3wQwqxjIhPocF4F0cI9SF_hpT69z3pT4VKEFUrSrutTPj-7yB5fZAAy5e1P5_6l2PkpqhY6ydPhUg5d1aUmV_8c42b2kKUMC6mma0iWtDhE5X6QWrFtShWMdmqxjw9VMANV_r/s1600-h/12-2008+412+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287254331479776978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 179px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCzfXeaE3wQwqxjIhPocF4F0cI9SF_hpT69z3pT4VKEFUrSrutTPj-7yB5fZAAy5e1P5_6l2PkpqhY6ydPhUg5d1aUmV_8c42b2kKUMC6mma0iWtDhE5X6QWrFtShWMdmqxjw9VMANV_r/s320/12-2008+412+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287251719100875842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oIxvqTmT2PBTr8Mieu3zV6qTmnkjCpRlvvcmQTMnD8SiYkUS3MuW7ohJv_1cpcdZaBVWPzkrXXPtOofaPJVGg-JqaSA7sWxiJvkyAyYOFlDEK67Zz8BJggQ99VNIwBT0E20BjaSf8gfL/s320/12-2008+383.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287251712840745538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqK9fkxWMqqbpUGUgo3vVDYWBTO4o2Ne8OaIYn3dZxf_geLAKEDgSzFcxaWgtaA_MPuaTpwlD0HiszylHX0WkyvPWdh5hOEZTX1Mz2-EJQ3yDHA5QNnMfPBS5tB6Ba_2C4gh6Nh9Ew9cZ-/s320/12-2008+378.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FwWvZ7XCyIxmn9QP3AStww02Sz8ZY2e8HdQBP42Jzv41Huud0RuqFOpI-nq2OiWwu-j4VigglijX7eHOQ7SMpdmRzJfrMVjIuHdfmhtAkCEvbPi5Jq9fB7bOqm3iwrJ9KiAHpWKnuLSF/s1600-h/12-2008+394+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287251723061685762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FwWvZ7XCyIxmn9QP3AStww02Sz8ZY2e8HdQBP42Jzv41Huud0RuqFOpI-nq2OiWwu-j4VigglijX7eHOQ7SMpdmRzJfrMVjIuHdfmhtAkCEvbPi5Jq9fB7bOqm3iwrJ9KiAHpWKnuLSF/s320/12-2008+394+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu6TzixLULayEcmP2OVdL4Nz2yPWSB7-06uOX0dSbcG7wg6QcWoSL7BK-Wk3f6PO2X_c8PJKCPAGuGe6WWQMyf11CRQutIasKt8aLzY819S3WELU1liKyle8OG-gxv0EZIOeaoEa2SY9c/s1600-h/12-2008+389.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287251723068630146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu6TzixLULayEcmP2OVdL4Nz2yPWSB7-06uOX0dSbcG7wg6QcWoSL7BK-Wk3f6PO2X_c8PJKCPAGuGe6WWQMyf11CRQutIasKt8aLzY819S3WELU1liKyle8OG-gxv0EZIOeaoEa2SY9c/s320/12-2008+389.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287251737368142386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWsWb0WSpgQD0hpStrVnCMr-7Q6kqSSIDsObYQZnxDSzfhBmSIQXfSpCzzmtUXBtpJVHaOgSyiuBrfutugD8neytKDhT7Gar3jhXpDN5wRk10d7DxbbSrpuBmEJFE39jZsw4Wv0BilM8y/s320/12-2008+407+(2).jpg" border="0" /> <div><div></div><div align="left"><strong>Mommy's Little Helpers!</strong></div><div></div><br /><div align="left">I also had a little bit of wrapping help this year.....and a little "unwrapping" help as well! Actually, I think there were only two gifts that I had to wrap twice due to curious little hands.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkMTqEoskB_1nMbHqdZuU0VJc0Fl4QjszG_zt0prpec9kswGvs6wxzESPN1YS3J68hIgxGcE1Qts8FJPeeNDliJejUnIbpXXmtIhgPL57ROV2uTlizmNBZPVk34i6mhTgbEaS_iAIWvnn/s1600-h/12-2008+421+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287247422996683410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkMTqEoskB_1nMbHqdZuU0VJc0Fl4QjszG_zt0prpec9kswGvs6wxzESPN1YS3J68hIgxGcE1Qts8FJPeeNDliJejUnIbpXXmtIhgPL57ROV2uTlizmNBZPVk34i6mhTgbEaS_iAIWvnn/s320/12-2008+421+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKtG_j1Zd1pg7sYjJ4ZK5Lz7iQqRvFB_XphtLqgTTZyPCOaV8QZwexe4oaXi4HXVPcgUtGXaD6D3fS0uQj4B27hwYUENwFhCPQ3bfMOucyOqhQ4AAQXH88bvslpOm8wUUhrBkpFaNOPob/s1600-h/12-2008+420+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287245971291523794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKtG_j1Zd1pg7sYjJ4ZK5Lz7iQqRvFB_XphtLqgTTZyPCOaV8QZwexe4oaXi4HXVPcgUtGXaD6D3fS0uQj4B27hwYUENwFhCPQ3bfMOucyOqhQ4AAQXH88bvslpOm8wUUhrBkpFaNOPob/s320/12-2008+420+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-2RoLvftSsWZ37k18BJz_fgP6-iS2nyAigDEQgsFn6y6FqXCzfoAuNYZXo69NBdum5Jul3Mj1aIHQVYA5Nv9V8YLhTEf8pTBpRCOH0gjLNWXTxKrgdMTAf_dP5IgnvwdtSOvDpPzuqQA/s1600-h/12-2008+417+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287245975806331650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-2RoLvftSsWZ37k18BJz_fgP6-iS2nyAigDEQgsFn6y6FqXCzfoAuNYZXo69NBdum5Jul3Mj1aIHQVYA5Nv9V8YLhTEf8pTBpRCOH0gjLNWXTxKrgdMTAf_dP5IgnvwdtSOvDpPzuqQA/s320/12-2008+417+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjuNsmQJRKFTMi1OqYbgISepp0Tab_9Q6mkV94kEm8kyL2KUWSfobOlGApH8mPTWWJRXem9Nw0havefLuA-OYdqeyDJEmgKYRPPafoqvzg8ANp1jmXxpmMyT_76iVqsQ1MetCUgTmoeUy/s1600-h/12-2008+423.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287245952844650914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjuNsmQJRKFTMi1OqYbgISepp0Tab_9Q6mkV94kEm8kyL2KUWSfobOlGApH8mPTWWJRXem9Nw0havefLuA-OYdqeyDJEmgKYRPPafoqvzg8ANp1jmXxpmMyT_76iVqsQ1MetCUgTmoeUy/s320/12-2008+423.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div><div align="left">Some other things we did to celebrate:</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">1. Emma - Caroling at Baptist Hospital with the church</div><div align="left">2. Ethan - Caroling <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">downtown</span> with his Kindergarten Class</div><div align="left">3. Visiting Santa at the Mall</div><div align="left">4. Shopping for our Angel Tree kids</div><div align="left">5. Angela & Jeff - Hosted a party for my awesome <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Management</span> Team</div><div align="left">6. Jeff - Wrapped & Wrapped & Wrapped & Wrapped</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Keep going to see the rest of our Christmas......starting with Christmas Day!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-87243137432003570732009-01-02T22:09:00.000-08:002009-01-03T13:27:51.289-08:00Santa came to the Johnson House!Jeff's Mom loves to tell about how excited Jeff would get on Christmas morning when he saw that Santa had come. She tells that he would say in a sweet little boy voice, "He came....he came....he really came!" There is not much that I love more than the sight of my kids, full of excitement, on Christmas morning. This year was no exception. Emma, as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">usual</span>, was the first one up....at 5:30 a.m. (which, by the way, is a little late for her!). Jeff & I had only been asleep for a couple of hours, so we sent her back to bed. She came back at 6:30 and couldn't stand it any longer! The babies were still sleeping, and we decided to let them sleep a while longer. We headed downstairs and, believe it or not, Santa had come to the Johnson house in full force! Emma & Ethan checked out their Santa gifts and opened stockings--it was nice to have some time alone with them before the two-year-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">olds</span> entered the scene! For Emma, there was a new bike (she keeps outgrowing them!). For Ethan, Santa brought Star Wars galore....a "command center" tent, blaster game, and action figures.<br /><br />We finally woke Adam & Evan up a little later, and they came in all sleepy eyed and not sure what was going on. It didn't take long, however, for them to realize that Santa had come and there were more gifts to be opened! When we went to see Santa at the mall, Evan had asked him for an airplane. By Christmas morning, we had opened presents at several different events and every time Evan, a little confused, would ask, "Where's my airplane?" He was excited to FINALLY get the airplane that he had asked for! Adam, our Buzz <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Lightyear</span> fan, had asked for a Rocket Ship, and Santa <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">delivered</span> the best rocket ship ever!!<br /><br />They must have been very good kids this year because Santa was very good to all of them! We had breakfast, but first, true to our Johnson Family Tradition, we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus, and blew out candles on our biscuits & jelly! It was a great Christmas morning!!<br /><br />James Jr. (Jeff's brother), Sherry, and the Johnson Boy's (Korey, Garrett, & Noah) came around Noon--we had a great lunch with them and the kids had fun playing with all of their new toys. It has been a long time since we have gotten to spend Christmas with them and it was really nice and relaxing.<br /><br />That night, Jeff and I fell into bed exhausted from the lack of sleep and constant activity of the past several days. It was worth it all though, just to be with our family and to celebrate God's amazing gift to all of us.<br /><br /><div align="center">Emma's new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">iPod</span>. Yeah! Now I can have mine back!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJp3xFsSYpJhnUbsm4-rbe8yRKdUoq0_WpwkG8zAnKv9TRAUbX5VvkVCW1S9W-Fy8g7fZ-ID9cN4n0ndCGoP9CPL8By1dFICz6Nq43RfmGmq4mY1TMWJ2Z5k_QHd29xeINl_UssIYQ4tNJ/s1600-h/12-2008+630+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287174474944565394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJp3xFsSYpJhnUbsm4-rbe8yRKdUoq0_WpwkG8zAnKv9TRAUbX5VvkVCW1S9W-Fy8g7fZ-ID9cN4n0ndCGoP9CPL8By1dFICz6Nq43RfmGmq4mY1TMWJ2Z5k_QHd29xeINl_UssIYQ4tNJ/s320/12-2008+630+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Evan give our newest family member a quick brush.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscptx7oJjXArVowWVfxkxUl8mLfEz4Z3wQHQBo3GShvK1PPv3ws_hteajsmMtpd0qeU75zIcFaH1oiF49D5Qj6w273P74CSbCckWNTrEpSwVlfcMadY4N4jSMx8gHbeHwIZyBM4VctrTD/s1600-h/12-2008+622+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287174466051150706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscptx7oJjXArVowWVfxkxUl8mLfEz4Z3wQHQBo3GShvK1PPv3ws_hteajsmMtpd0qeU75zIcFaH1oiF49D5Qj6w273P74CSbCckWNTrEpSwVlfcMadY4N4jSMx8gHbeHwIZyBM4VctrTD/s320/12-2008+622+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Adam, still a little sleepy, checks out his new rocket!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPVtOpPysu_LbfPPx3EC2nwT8dVdl_0V5jQhgOBpouqTFFCERq1dsZE9itTH-9MJ8T5JMOE7bReFN3UxmCow7GmlyGAU2FaVn1_6mgjihRjOnH9gaDJ6uyGFbma9bowpPAcLbVp7pzOvR/s1600-h/12-2008+604+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287174452646170674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPVtOpPysu_LbfPPx3EC2nwT8dVdl_0V5jQhgOBpouqTFFCERq1dsZE9itTH-9MJ8T5JMOE7bReFN3UxmCow7GmlyGAU2FaVn1_6mgjihRjOnH9gaDJ6uyGFbma9bowpPAcLbVp7pzOvR/s320/12-2008+604+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Our kids ask for a dog every year--this is about a close as we can get right now! His name is Biscuit and he is very well trained. Best of all, you can turn him "off" at night!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDJfu_0PAKITtXbKWrH2gMJhUT9LNIO4VI9zXPSfV0AKUmxIpT-BXF3rl5EqZmqv5CTLORQ8TukjmAut0F8fvyWFVtze6He-O0poet-CeMMrJ2pxLuXT7SQWQael9KGIF3cGeC8YqXd-W/s1600-h/12-2008+601.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287174440188460946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDJfu_0PAKITtXbKWrH2gMJhUT9LNIO4VI9zXPSfV0AKUmxIpT-BXF3rl5EqZmqv5CTLORQ8TukjmAut0F8fvyWFVtze6He-O0poet-CeMMrJ2pxLuXT7SQWQael9KGIF3cGeC8YqXd-W/s320/12-2008+601.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Santa was good to our little Jedi Warrior!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqa8y5zPh8yw0oZtzT1lOo5lroSaWBKppwsaWVFsWrE2YrJx3oe4tAOW0lmvUI0nYZ7t44g9HtQ_W-MWorA1b-OzG73CNyoqx8ObY2rnd-IMyhxCfA_hyphenhyphenEW04EXbFsEpzk9UftL_Pi0x7i/s1600-h/12-2008+597.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287174437503409042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqa8y5zPh8yw0oZtzT1lOo5lroSaWBKppwsaWVFsWrE2YrJx3oe4tAOW0lmvUI0nYZ7t44g9HtQ_W-MWorA1b-OzG73CNyoqx8ObY2rnd-IMyhxCfA_hyphenhyphenEW04EXbFsEpzk9UftL_Pi0x7i/s320/12-2008+597.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div><br /><p align="center">More presents for everyone!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPByOQNk6K13Pwv2xgOfl1G9y6MQiryJO0sefLS8DMYi3iEOfMQFz34iwzFbvZWG9mAz2uO_7P-J9fLKAoCKgN2M8jXzBImcvw-7TuXs6-ZPvVPo-PvuwZ33_ZeB5xmwLgAh4rNtLGSo-T/s1600-h/12-2008+667+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287178791477819570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPByOQNk6K13Pwv2xgOfl1G9y6MQiryJO0sefLS8DMYi3iEOfMQFz34iwzFbvZWG9mAz2uO_7P-J9fLKAoCKgN2M8jXzBImcvw-7TuXs6-ZPvVPo-PvuwZ33_ZeB5xmwLgAh4rNtLGSo-T/s320/12-2008+667+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0ne00cKFZ_30dmIxXRmX-gfCZXtG08XqTBzTI1DnJ09-IZlP57W966RSLOE345-96UAByA-2ZqQ2welBhcusYGbBnaim-s-113yXmQHR2WMFDUAyPE9PQw3VYmSdBqm1FPph3473gv5c/s1600-h/12-2008+632+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287178782592947474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0ne00cKFZ_30dmIxXRmX-gfCZXtG08XqTBzTI1DnJ09-IZlP57W966RSLOE345-96UAByA-2ZqQ2welBhcusYGbBnaim-s-113yXmQHR2WMFDUAyPE9PQw3VYmSdBqm1FPph3473gv5c/s320/12-2008+632+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5ngH9rcdz_FG5uQcFVOdVq8tL7ncq8fYUBtHOiHY4u1a2mk3n-kQcpfcNY8SAWDME8ydJyRWy23rPWgcWghadM7xQOgS4wbKGMa4s7ol_-QVvTG25L-S8cfzDjM2SJ9fYLg_yfEJCdbu/s1600-h/12-2008+609+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287178774841192034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5ngH9rcdz_FG5uQcFVOdVq8tL7ncq8fYUBtHOiHY4u1a2mk3n-kQcpfcNY8SAWDME8ydJyRWy23rPWgcWghadM7xQOgS4wbKGMa4s7ol_-QVvTG25L-S8cfzDjM2SJ9fYLg_yfEJCdbu/s320/12-2008+609+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O5V4UAOhFpXUJwPt6awfa2GseIyakMkmchnJaer5-MLLktP_2ksu0Z7bSjUws1q-blh7glVKUbc87ntNRe0-Yf_62W_kHW2OTaB5UTKhaOo4jghhb0ZifY_M8eLH-wVgIqQPTeIuh6CU/s1600-h/12-2008+624.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287180147037421666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O5V4UAOhFpXUJwPt6awfa2GseIyakMkmchnJaer5-MLLktP_2ksu0Z7bSjUws1q-blh7glVKUbc87ntNRe0-Yf_62W_kHW2OTaB5UTKhaOo4jghhb0ZifY_M8eLH-wVgIqQPTeIuh6CU/s320/12-2008+624.jpg" border="0" /></a>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-85448892380865989912009-01-02T13:28:00.000-08:002009-01-03T13:52:37.542-08:00Twas the Night Before Christmas...<div align="center">....and all through the house, the Johnson's get ready for Santa!!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9Y-dZJv60LAuxwX5YYHDPefsk_VTnR_D9y9Lp8cuo-WJgzwRLx1DrPnn_3wM77xoWbWYBxh3PwTJzWkipGUFHOodGvIw6T8ouKFdsZFOF5sRrOLg1BhAOjcagFcE-oJVBNpEs9tBNeY8/s1600-h/12-2008+592.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287185044436586706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9Y-dZJv60LAuxwX5YYHDPefsk_VTnR_D9y9Lp8cuo-WJgzwRLx1DrPnn_3wM77xoWbWYBxh3PwTJzWkipGUFHOodGvIw6T8ouKFdsZFOF5sRrOLg1BhAOjcagFcE-oJVBNpEs9tBNeY8/s320/12-2008+592.jpg" border="0" /></a> Cookies & Milk!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ueTbKKxyCa0Vc6UxpaBy-hh8NhyphenhyphenNCSByWCo_iN7jWdIx08KOq320XiKSlooPwxaQSkLnUIMuGt9DogU1hwWZU-Y4spbvHS4-Jhh40gFC4GaGRAX4eYLzVPMvY6b488cfsBGUqkStVX6N/s1600-h/12-2008+564.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287184477620164786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ueTbKKxyCa0Vc6UxpaBy-hh8NhyphenhyphenNCSByWCo_iN7jWdIx08KOq320XiKSlooPwxaQSkLnUIMuGt9DogU1hwWZU-Y4spbvHS4-Jhh40gFC4GaGRAX4eYLzVPMvY6b488cfsBGUqkStVX6N/s320/12-2008+564.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287186891747122114" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFcAK8ursnONHNoEigAC6c7f8OVUshE_TlOKijAfxTYB1GB26HIO7JqKiKnfVR6lXIgjstAe1R-vHHs90uoPYBZP7Ji_CqlrYwDj89FGLkAHEfaTlh75eYWZ6ZkH8LNWmuRn70LdQUXiu/s320/12-2008+569+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Chiristmas PJs Everywhere!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_l4slErkJTpnac6_pz5NMXJaB3abO1S9WFTPF8f7CTtj6pLBbfYJiyW4kXYhEyjhyphenhyphenwFSenDrgCX401e57HXHQkA0_mxeLLtti2GTuE3XtqqE8B3_lnt-7DlgA8hgmB2BBv84pc_ZUv_s/s1600-h/12-2008+583.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287185841661191986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_l4slErkJTpnac6_pz5NMXJaB3abO1S9WFTPF8f7CTtj6pLBbfYJiyW4kXYhEyjhyphenhyphenwFSenDrgCX401e57HXHQkA0_mxeLLtti2GTuE3XtqqE8B3_lnt-7DlgA8hgmB2BBv84pc_ZUv_s/s320/12-2008+583.jpg" border="0" /></a>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-73282475562465639112009-01-02T13:00:00.000-08:002009-01-03T14:03:20.083-08:00Crown Him King!Every year, Ta Ta has wanted to put up a special tree dedicated to the true reason for Christmas. This year, she finally did it, and has named this her "Crown Him King" tree. The pictures don't do it justice - it was beautiful! Many of the ornaments she just had to print from her computer or make herself. Sadly, it is difficult to find ornaments related to Christ at Christmas! TaTa remarked, "I could find plenty of Hannah Montana ornaments!". It is sad but true! On Christmas Eve, Ta Ta gathered all of her kids around the Crown Him King tree to talk about what each ornament represented, and to say a prayer thanking God for sending his Son to earth. It was a special time, and one that I hope we continue year after year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2LCNeCwXFxIB_ET6Z4KglTCgiycZOUhU9PFLy9EdgmkDdxBuj0vL6HbY-p0-VCyjHUre-kPFeJ_v1nGbwarkZIoMNY3DQ8rdfif5UbGxBDtioMTEM4xaKL0ZQiNhcVsY83dBqrB2KhkT/s1600-h/12-2008+511.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287191015086014002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2LCNeCwXFxIB_ET6Z4KglTCgiycZOUhU9PFLy9EdgmkDdxBuj0vL6HbY-p0-VCyjHUre-kPFeJ_v1nGbwarkZIoMNY3DQ8rdfif5UbGxBDtioMTEM4xaKL0ZQiNhcVsY83dBqrB2KhkT/s320/12-2008+511.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfWhhV-vJzFEjMj_ZJymyeuIfbLm2uPUs_gphh6hanAHPcgKXYeRlofq4aqo2-bTc_QJw7-jqmm-73_gMrCZj5auZ1eHp-x-fFG2GaAM4oN3OxEXjrn3wx9QX66qABBm2R7JOgTvke33X/s1600-h/12-2008+515.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287191009386304482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfWhhV-vJzFEjMj_ZJymyeuIfbLm2uPUs_gphh6hanAHPcgKXYeRlofq4aqo2-bTc_QJw7-jqmm-73_gMrCZj5auZ1eHp-x-fFG2GaAM4oN3OxEXjrn3wx9QX66qABBm2R7JOgTvke33X/s320/12-2008+515.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpnUDhRx9JdUSxyFCu2vjrWFQ21kPdhLrUFDP3D-heLNxAVl4dI4hahqCVm2CcfxhBMMgMcbfuYPo9VHEA-TyulTbDXux9N-S17DBXckEVi5G_VpgyH9IFQF-uL3qJNEAsyplsdjRAAPY/s1600-h/12-2008+519.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287190999249201554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpnUDhRx9JdUSxyFCu2vjrWFQ21kPdhLrUFDP3D-heLNxAVl4dI4hahqCVm2CcfxhBMMgMcbfuYPo9VHEA-TyulTbDXux9N-S17DBXckEVi5G_VpgyH9IFQF-uL3qJNEAsyplsdjRAAPY/s320/12-2008+519.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy5r14ezKyNsawQoKCA_UAjdGfYR-7C0-6whNbmYnvZ0mYWa5qElcIEfyJWnHmiaaJVF3SW3ecVKYtrbQpInArfA2J20EZZvSUpXw8ZviO7dlJ2L-p9xljVcNTgxTwMMFYjnNNepMGvRk/s1600-h/12-2008+520.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287190986731638386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy5r14ezKyNsawQoKCA_UAjdGfYR-7C0-6whNbmYnvZ0mYWa5qElcIEfyJWnHmiaaJVF3SW3ecVKYtrbQpInArfA2J20EZZvSUpXw8ZviO7dlJ2L-p9xljVcNTgxTwMMFYjnNNepMGvRk/s320/12-2008+520.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSP1pPCqqJZKQiK-OJjSx1N97d37cuaY51ZqiRQL1Hh9wW-1XIqlBhyphenhyphenvVB3SzI_C8N1H938hIkhTBTUnFLLuvp9Gwrxe9SCuZGTgruPQjMBz7S90SXzr3c_L-JuNfr59_mOMdTjjnpw9vm/s1600-h/12-2008+521.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287190981907193410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSP1pPCqqJZKQiK-OJjSx1N97d37cuaY51ZqiRQL1Hh9wW-1XIqlBhyphenhyphenvVB3SzI_C8N1H938hIkhTBTUnFLLuvp9Gwrxe9SCuZGTgruPQjMBz7S90SXzr3c_L-JuNfr59_mOMdTjjnpw9vm/s320/12-2008+521.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-88351961717408278332009-01-02T12:00:00.000-08:002009-01-03T17:27:34.697-08:00Family...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOx_O9M_RntKMZTqAmPnf3jYkx3fp9UzJgFWG03Ydw8oUbx0kis2VyiCKhzLS6wk2naQZEE_ZGAVNHWb4vylm3MxTPgznEWq8iDyHc_Vln_c21wQHA5NJ1VwHI8uSZu9qt69PojdfgleBr/s1600-h/12-2008+193.jpg"></a>We love being with our families at Christmas time, and this year was no exception. Here are a few highlights:<br /><br /><strong>Christmas Eve at TaTa's House</strong><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Jon-Austen's new muck boots & waders</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIvPubIMTaDUULlzqCAKF1gdB2w3BguEdGlynnkJG7mvF5qH7CSBAVsYDYnCnhkkBn9vlkFSWEaXbQ0TsjXhAr0JEvxKc4j20mno4RIOdulqftcSE_XRKjQqDnUVVK6p1D-b4o_e9gI9A/s1600-h/12-2008+543+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287195081690435602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIvPubIMTaDUULlzqCAKF1gdB2w3BguEdGlynnkJG7mvF5qH7CSBAVsYDYnCnhkkBn9vlkFSWEaXbQ0TsjXhAr0JEvxKc4j20mno4RIOdulqftcSE_XRKjQqDnUVVK6p1D-b4o_e9gI9A/s320/12-2008+543+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> Mary-Kaylin's poodle shirt--just like her puppy, Lilly!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSm45uHZUQEmZ98PR_dsDhz1rr8k73U4iSR-TbDW5Yp_4e93y3tD3ZNdUm47K1aU1uPHI-YjaOpueqmYWs4wujdIJtYL4Oz3TGzop5kx1fEFK3klWuw3Kg5y5bP51iFhOwRoTdvdVC1qi/s1600-h/12-2008+525+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287194574266516338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSm45uHZUQEmZ98PR_dsDhz1rr8k73U4iSR-TbDW5Yp_4e93y3tD3ZNdUm47K1aU1uPHI-YjaOpueqmYWs4wujdIJtYL4Oz3TGzop5kx1fEFK3klWuw3Kg5y5bP51iFhOwRoTdvdVC1qi/s320/12-2008+525+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> Ethan got real tools! He said, "Papa, this is for you and me to work together!"</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQDVEa_cZjq8Tc09ChQzxh1ulcV25IprDGKpy9r5XUuMG8WB6qD8xOPscasVwIyO72pLw_3sil4VEgajtXwWNy_1o55l7fXi2Ce5RhslD1Yc1I2eZUulV5fBeEKlBzrNadKAbIciVm_ki/s1600-h/12-2008+551.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287194383510646130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQDVEa_cZjq8Tc09ChQzxh1ulcV25IprDGKpy9r5XUuMG8WB6qD8xOPscasVwIyO72pLw_3sil4VEgajtXwWNy_1o55l7fXi2Ce5RhslD1Yc1I2eZUulV5fBeEKlBzrNadKAbIciVm_ki/s320/12-2008+551.jpg" border="0" /></a> PaPa & TaTa enoying the kids!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8gATdP3kFynZkRiyTZGgjddWo8UOFnPMqhnqo7zpkL0SLVEYK4PqbEjZ65HIP3mmRleDW2JTPI04Xj48JyuT9c8aixtVqW_Zl6pFVXmf-rxLoiPduW1yb0S8IcGXonJFJCS4f9MczBlJ/s1600-h/12-2008+542.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287194369767316402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8gATdP3kFynZkRiyTZGgjddWo8UOFnPMqhnqo7zpkL0SLVEYK4PqbEjZ65HIP3mmRleDW2JTPI04Xj48JyuT9c8aixtVqW_Zl6pFVXmf-rxLoiPduW1yb0S8IcGXonJFJCS4f9MczBlJ/s320/12-2008+542.jpg" border="0" /></a> EE & MK making cookies for Santa<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq_JbDIbsBKdWy4diUal0ToxviOhRvEvlRIPbi6J9UUQi6CCxxB-M_Se2AK2u7UBJ1NI5jD2u4FwWhW5zLsYjPJo_U2O8yF46I-X5w3gOd8-BWRYXDobuiGUPRtgQ3zcO5HOk-l1X5mpQ/s1600-h/12-2008+492.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287194365774107826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq_JbDIbsBKdWy4diUal0ToxviOhRvEvlRIPbi6J9UUQi6CCxxB-M_Se2AK2u7UBJ1NI5jD2u4FwWhW5zLsYjPJo_U2O8yF46I-X5w3gOd8-BWRYXDobuiGUPRtgQ3zcO5HOk-l1X5mpQ/s320/12-2008+492.jpg" border="0" /></a> Adam & Evan got a new basketball goal--they wanted to open it immediately! Adam is saying, "Open, please! Open, please!"<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NtrKk1IPskpim3ttoHdFNZqbXaQ2ak20mG_KgN6trY32t2GBy-lDn7kmW7P9wMpI0pMbt5maTnMopaIZ55ZP-P5UvqHfY-nUeH5L5Uenw0IgUcMi6xZZ5w8luMKB7hckJPS42i9Og8YN/s1600-h/12-2008+550.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287194358079575906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NtrKk1IPskpim3ttoHdFNZqbXaQ2ak20mG_KgN6trY32t2GBy-lDn7kmW7P9wMpI0pMbt5maTnMopaIZ55ZP-P5UvqHfY-nUeH5L5Uenw0IgUcMi6xZZ5w8luMKB7hckJPS42i9Og8YN/s320/12-2008+550.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>A Traditional Bowen Family Christmas at Chi Chi's House </strong><br /></div><div align="center">The whole clan!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4tk8VH0D-zMbUzNVfFCA7Crz_BRhuHi5u_ilHfdwB-wrUOZr4XnS_5hIST4oYsIHACZNYZJqg6u37Jcmv1G_ySEtmedRWhOeQR5xG3X_B4xr6WS8LRp1kknkYiI4F1nOYDQ1Cy89gTpy/s1600-h/12-2008+463.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287197296925279090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4tk8VH0D-zMbUzNVfFCA7Crz_BRhuHi5u_ilHfdwB-wrUOZr4XnS_5hIST4oYsIHACZNYZJqg6u37Jcmv1G_ySEtmedRWhOeQR5xG3X_B4xr6WS8LRp1kknkYiI4F1nOYDQ1Cy89gTpy/s320/12-2008+463.jpg" border="0" /></a> Uncle Dan Dan giving his traditional, "This year we are going to open presents ONE AT A TIME" speech. It wouldn't be Christmas without it!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfxsYz2nP0R5HyyJyXZ6VMv3_emoGQdQ4Iy3Z8VTCrQ3c8o-e3QfqGrdm08o8zmEDskyQnoJPcjvEMqwMHdLBp7C0eDaiXy4RCgC4vzgA_MzMZj85XDUGAQgOsbg1TdsJTb1vjzIjdOhT/s1600-h/12-2008+451.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287197291885641618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfxsYz2nP0R5HyyJyXZ6VMv3_emoGQdQ4Iy3Z8VTCrQ3c8o-e3QfqGrdm08o8zmEDskyQnoJPcjvEMqwMHdLBp7C0eDaiXy4RCgC4vzgA_MzMZj85XDUGAQgOsbg1TdsJTb1vjzIjdOhT/s320/12-2008+451.jpg" border="0" /></a> Memu & Mal Mal<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95eSODtyqYdtJBY1OnoIWTR4xaaNk60sT9cxa6TYxG9cAJ6HD9X0gNpMOzUYlfx5K3dPdqnpn_PNas6d4Haktv1c8Yr41HqQmj-6IfBNp-InT1o3YP2fHV67G0GRGd21R_3egfKDKVhIe/s1600-h/12-2008+448.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287197284871396402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95eSODtyqYdtJBY1OnoIWTR4xaaNk60sT9cxa6TYxG9cAJ6HD9X0gNpMOzUYlfx5K3dPdqnpn_PNas6d4Haktv1c8Yr41HqQmj-6IfBNp-InT1o3YP2fHV67G0GRGd21R_3egfKDKVhIe/s320/12-2008+448.jpg" border="0" /></a> Evan & Adam at a special table that Chi Chi made just for them!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BXVTyGVY6_lQPz4-Mz1BFA29u_FrwxDFdtOM0jZngZF166A1kSWzTFLVTnrCqwdjrP_IvFGAMjYCT82FFxriSo_0hhFgsDCxBrpMCR_wt26VSdZI-BQHI3DUTABs4SeOWGJcpSyZ9ykG/s1600-h/12-2008+431.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287197265279156946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BXVTyGVY6_lQPz4-Mz1BFA29u_FrwxDFdtOM0jZngZF166A1kSWzTFLVTnrCqwdjrP_IvFGAMjYCT82FFxriSo_0hhFgsDCxBrpMCR_wt26VSdZI-BQHI3DUTABs4SeOWGJcpSyZ9ykG/s320/12-2008+431.jpg" border="0" /></a> Chi Chi, Uncle Lu, MK & her puppy, Lilly<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24ySJVLRdkoJGGdGfokVNhxDJutjtlfg4rjx7fyYCJDsLzu4bv7h3G-PCuvKpJfE1fTthpr7vUEA1tn3fATLi9lHdheU00RbJFZ1A1ciKMTKVP1TaTF8G_sKuuochbOJULyWE68peWoLI/s1600-h/12-2008+445+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287198893055342610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24ySJVLRdkoJGGdGfokVNhxDJutjtlfg4rjx7fyYCJDsLzu4bv7h3G-PCuvKpJfE1fTthpr7vUEA1tn3fATLi9lHdheU00RbJFZ1A1ciKMTKVP1TaTF8G_sKuuochbOJULyWE68peWoLI/s320/12-2008+445+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> Emma & Ta Ta<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCWMyc5-qjDc2eNE8It11EHdaq2crzUWthU5NZTF3ibn1Rh9aH9YgeK4HQeRDWllEeTYPDfGEih7UwUkCHRUFlMbgYSgUCck5UW8zvfmVJHxRGgij-Iubdc0eOqSqdwIkfIeq_4yR2tr7/s1600-h/12-2008+434.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287198886816247122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCWMyc5-qjDc2eNE8It11EHdaq2crzUWthU5NZTF3ibn1Rh9aH9YgeK4HQeRDWllEeTYPDfGEih7UwUkCHRUFlMbgYSgUCck5UW8zvfmVJHxRGgij-Iubdc0eOqSqdwIkfIeq_4yR2tr7/s320/12-2008+434.jpg" border="0" /></a> Avie, Scooter, & Memu<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AXOombnK5f7_rkOtQp6e1APlP_EgyVacKFMidkQf2FkCfLctpt1ScZ4nH9h1Vb3kRD2my_y_UPT6_P3A9ZGn76HTc6FM5PIqkQ1r8XmDW_aU5wKnhmUERLgdVls2YQ6q8ieOwlEfMB1L/s1600-h/12-2008+465.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287198867590065650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AXOombnK5f7_rkOtQp6e1APlP_EgyVacKFMidkQf2FkCfLctpt1ScZ4nH9h1Vb3kRD2my_y_UPT6_P3A9ZGn76HTc6FM5PIqkQ1r8XmDW_aU5wKnhmUERLgdVls2YQ6q8ieOwlEfMB1L/s320/12-2008+465.jpg" border="0" /></a> JA & EK<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mOcm7vo_d07wuqeNLBHFtCx0sCUcL1lDWfxVFSMQkptxAG1DvsI2c9yXlP3oflzY-PAh27T_6MVN049IZIIEOwJvzjcSCStFs9XG39gGRKtCqYRPAzCZ1CYL-aeKKMaFUADKXs29aA7p/s1600-h/12-2008+438.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287198860147086482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mOcm7vo_d07wuqeNLBHFtCx0sCUcL1lDWfxVFSMQkptxAG1DvsI2c9yXlP3oflzY-PAh27T_6MVN049IZIIEOwJvzjcSCStFs9XG39gGRKtCqYRPAzCZ1CYL-aeKKMaFUADKXs29aA7p/s320/12-2008+438.jpg" border="0" /></a> EE & MK<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRciW_DxyG64CD99kTKI_91FfpoAtqCedaA1l-u89Y25qAJI0C9896d9utFHnEY3LRaQwsfmDeY4L_mUICXLkqy-P5fcQADpZrXrzbZKmdWB0V4XjHjT3AayyChgmOxDxNrP-lVSEZ5Wlb/s1600-h/12-2008+450.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287198856245923458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRciW_DxyG64CD99kTKI_91FfpoAtqCedaA1l-u89Y25qAJI0C9896d9utFHnEY3LRaQwsfmDeY4L_mUICXLkqy-P5fcQADpZrXrzbZKmdWB0V4XjHjT3AayyChgmOxDxNrP-lVSEZ5Wlb/s320/12-2008+450.jpg" border="0" /></a> EE & Daddy<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZyRDChAgIJRL-MVUkW3ORjC1mXX6jpZHLBKUvxv86EM4Ic8LG56ttitDhQWcYWxl0PwpkcqKfu1cDCWqeS-YiCNB354_woYtZE-XQYNIDnoCxZg_Uwt57TtV8joFLCYewYcGCEpPcNSJ/s1600-h/12-2008+441.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287201775998111714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZyRDChAgIJRL-MVUkW3ORjC1mXX6jpZHLBKUvxv86EM4Ic8LG56ttitDhQWcYWxl0PwpkcqKfu1cDCWqeS-YiCNB354_woYtZE-XQYNIDnoCxZg_Uwt57TtV8joFLCYewYcGCEpPcNSJ/s320/12-2008+441.jpg" border="0" /></a> Adam & PaPa<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwYAhq9eDEG4dCp_00tMJdyMOXGadTOeM7YqjsVrvOqUfBxJO5ZDaWh0pvwwo1tFuOgAEPUdhva0jeXS0IesPHV4ZDKGFuU_579NzzlI3maYqbD9Fq6Wh3dNSYm8TYsYEiKO1WQlHHHDe/s1600-h/12-2008+454+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287201758900419842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwYAhq9eDEG4dCp_00tMJdyMOXGadTOeM7YqjsVrvOqUfBxJO5ZDaWh0pvwwo1tFuOgAEPUdhva0jeXS0IesPHV4ZDKGFuU_579NzzlI3maYqbD9Fq6Wh3dNSYm8TYsYEiKO1WQlHHHDe/s320/12-2008+454+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>The Ford Family<br /></strong><br />Jeff & Emma with Uncle Doyle & Aunt Betty Ann. We have a lot of reason to celebrate this Christmas. Uncle Doyle has fought a tough battle this year but is now Cancer Free!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxXKCV7bu-sYRnjHz98ErQBB5N1EB29LMwd00xCZQtTEvdUe7XK3JwNnhJWrzlDjjpCKeXmWE_R5-Xvc0cEORFuv_oFEGcw8n_COFJqOWXHqwP1PB1nAsFwpXVG-fX2EtJ4mDizaJMRra/s1600-h/12-2008+179.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287205189018512674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxXKCV7bu-sYRnjHz98ErQBB5N1EB29LMwd00xCZQtTEvdUe7XK3JwNnhJWrzlDjjpCKeXmWE_R5-Xvc0cEORFuv_oFEGcw8n_COFJqOWXHqwP1PB1nAsFwpXVG-fX2EtJ4mDizaJMRra/s320/12-2008+179.jpg" border="0" /></a> Jeff with Aunt Ann<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkhD4jB4OImVyXXSCnrdpyx5zO8H6iBFztjDWpTEfPNLqqLnqh03b72eZQutwWqbLL16KyuQ2_9ZK8mtlesOvtc5CIgLrifgt67-KSObSGHrPKuFeJ1P1MBiXXnXMzsx_vgKkYNePVuX_/s1600-h/12-2008+180.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287205186142902050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkhD4jB4OImVyXXSCnrdpyx5zO8H6iBFztjDWpTEfPNLqqLnqh03b72eZQutwWqbLL16KyuQ2_9ZK8mtlesOvtc5CIgLrifgt67-KSObSGHrPKuFeJ1P1MBiXXnXMzsx_vgKkYNePVuX_/s320/12-2008+180.jpg" border="0" /></a> Noah Johnson....where were the rest of those Johnson boys? Hiding from the camera I think!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKo7gqwBqGAXRFGayhyphenhyphenFM0Ga8CEMirc0BvxU22f4nFrMPLHKacGRfsMGSlL0ZgIAsFwa0joXaVntkym92m41pLZXLxq5x3gcNpipPF-V0JVdBvVqcWInQGeVo0rgue-Qu_iyQCyINvZuzm/s1600-h/12-2008+197.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287205183324103586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKo7gqwBqGAXRFGayhyphenhyphenFM0Ga8CEMirc0BvxU22f4nFrMPLHKacGRfsMGSlL0ZgIAsFwa0joXaVntkym92m41pLZXLxq5x3gcNpipPF-V0JVdBvVqcWInQGeVo0rgue-Qu_iyQCyINvZuzm/s320/12-2008+197.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>Emma's new keyboard (oops...forgot to rotate this pic!)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSauYZjdDl331BO36Vrd_uSGR0nBlpWpRL8h-Fon5dIiPEwLU1s_WyNSbjnPQyKy6ZIcCiwKGGK4Yyl7ChuWEBT7Ysl4a6M2stLqzaE34JYea-5lp1CgTO70ni6w1fOyv5VKOOusabWvdc/s1600-h/12-2008+200.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287205169231102642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSauYZjdDl331BO36Vrd_uSGR0nBlpWpRL8h-Fon5dIiPEwLU1s_WyNSbjnPQyKy6ZIcCiwKGGK4Yyl7ChuWEBT7Ysl4a6M2stLqzaE34JYea-5lp1CgTO70ni6w1fOyv5VKOOusabWvdc/s320/12-2008+200.jpg" border="0" /></a> Our first presents!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRR2yg0x956SyCqf0BMmxWyOLeg54D84IlC2c09uvCsB5MeTkVFBo1T88niUGVXvvFrZsWbZliG_X_nuBM5qnAAWgnW2YZsd5_F2o9qphI_wdjGiTVG-JELXEG6E5pE8P_t6mrQ_kpes0/s1600-h/12-2008+184.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287203619476479458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRR2yg0x956SyCqf0BMmxWyOLeg54D84IlC2c09uvCsB5MeTkVFBo1T88niUGVXvvFrZsWbZliG_X_nuBM5qnAAWgnW2YZsd5_F2o9qphI_wdjGiTVG-JELXEG6E5pE8P_t6mrQ_kpes0/s320/12-2008+184.jpg" border="0" /></a> A Rocking Horse!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOx_O9M_RntKMZTqAmPnf3jYkx3fp9UzJgFWG03Ydw8oUbx0kis2VyiCKhzLS6wk2naQZEE_ZGAVNHWb4vylm3MxTPgznEWq8iDyHc_Vln_c21wQHA5NJ1VwHI8uSZu9qt69PojdfgleBr/s1600-h/12-2008+193.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287203611536673618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOx_O9M_RntKMZTqAmPnf3jYkx3fp9UzJgFWG03Ydw8oUbx0kis2VyiCKhzLS6wk2naQZEE_ZGAVNHWb4vylm3MxTPgznEWq8iDyHc_Vln_c21wQHA5NJ1VwHI8uSZu9qt69PojdfgleBr/s320/12-2008+193.jpg" border="0" /></a> Adam & Evan waited patiently while Harry put together the rocking horse<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhRvYNC1k6yf-PupQnSBL0pgMqAxzF7IUCdwkGtJReCACIiyWVYAY-Cq9rilwVhayETRFhNaRTqDmGh70mCrK0Gu-yf_b0yE5epM9mujVhKoHrxPF-NAodmtGHRqx1j5gp2OerIG8CSgy/s1600-h/12-2008+202.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287203609323449442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhRvYNC1k6yf-PupQnSBL0pgMqAxzF7IUCdwkGtJReCACIiyWVYAY-Cq9rilwVhayETRFhNaRTqDmGh70mCrK0Gu-yf_b0yE5epM9mujVhKoHrxPF-NAodmtGHRqx1j5gp2OerIG8CSgy/s320/12-2008+202.jpg" border="0" /></a> He had a little help! <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeR5qhUbu9XQ99bBtb6f2pRCTFyP2-DBBmHZ4_6_59_Lmk0BkhomuxU3atpNtBrMv9P8LkdVjwE_z8nHPLl8q7j7-SvAv6IGpF0F5fVoS4ICGH31EkrfMeaFleLuazWvZMBwlHKRW0Dvt/s1600-h/12-2008+204.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287203598813279266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeR5qhUbu9XQ99bBtb6f2pRCTFyP2-DBBmHZ4_6_59_Lmk0BkhomuxU3atpNtBrMv9P8LkdVjwE_z8nHPLl8q7j7-SvAv6IGpF0F5fVoS4ICGH31EkrfMeaFleLuazWvZMBwlHKRW0Dvt/s320/12-2008+204.jpg" border="0" /></a> Adam loves this rocking horse! His name is Jello!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxmPm3u_NFIYdriSEgb0SORKp_DXOgpuiO-k6a94C7brMkEFJluZZr6dDnpPS7LadKydGz_BIgxcsDQ0GeUyEPwSoWYdwk0JNuKF4R9PqDiftzDxb2E8_9jNR72p9t4y5V5h5BAHRM068/s1600-h/12-2008+233+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287203594985326706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxmPm3u_NFIYdriSEgb0SORKp_DXOgpuiO-k6a94C7brMkEFJluZZr6dDnpPS7LadKydGz_BIgxcsDQ0GeUyEPwSoWYdwk0JNuKF4R9PqDiftzDxb2E8_9jNR72p9t4y5V5h5BAHRM068/s320/12-2008+233+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-29163552107107019702008-12-28T21:05:00.001-08:002008-12-29T22:53:26.514-08:00Basketball StarsI still haven't gotten all of my December pictures loaded, but I did manage to get this video <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">transferred</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">TaTa</span> & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">PaPa</span> got Adam & Evan a basketball goal for Christmas, so my back <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">entrance way</span> has now become the basketball court. Evan has quite a shot! Adam is not as interested--he likes to throw the ball, but not necessarily towards the goal. If you watch the video you'll see Evan trying to give him a few tips. As Adam throws the ball into the kitchen, Evan says, "Not that say....silly boy!". We may have a future basketball coach in the family! Thank you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">TaTa</span> & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">PaPa for the fun gift. Now I can't wait until spring so it can go OUTSIDE! </span><br /><br />P.S. Notice we were playing "dress-up basketball". We've been home for so long we have played with every toy in the house (including the new ones)--we even pulled out the Woody & Buzz costumes this afternoon. It is time to go back to school!!Emma has beenbeging to go back.<br /><br />OOPS! Haven't been able to get video to post...still trying. It may be too big.Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-85312364797515568242008-12-27T13:32:00.000-08:002008-12-27T14:27:43.051-08:00Catching Up......again!<div>Obviously I'm not that great at blogging.....I swear I'm going to do better in 2009. I know it is already past Christmas, but I wanted to start with a quick look at our November:</div><br /><br /><div>Early November<br />Jeff went in to check on the boys before we headed to bed and found them both sleeping soundly, although Adam had obviously taken some time before falling asleep to undress himself from the waist down! One of his Occupational Therapy goals right now is dressing/undressing himself, so I'm sure he was just practicing!</div><br /><br /><div>This is just a glimpse of our daily lives....every day one of the four come up with some equally as interesting new experiment. This day, it was sleeping naked....tomorrow will be something totally new and exciting!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcT4p1EgrN_xcOLT98Ax1QH6f3wsLDi_ChQL5tk4zQSG6JlhoOrj7I5UCx5jbaz07UB8qrobP_L6Qh_Qc799xDevX4LZdwJ_AU0J07_iMSxj-pojyRteZ4JEKW_6gVWbgx4XqIaE5TFtrv/s1600-h/100_5449.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284588172142437186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcT4p1EgrN_xcOLT98Ax1QH6f3wsLDi_ChQL5tk4zQSG6JlhoOrj7I5UCx5jbaz07UB8qrobP_L6Qh_Qc799xDevX4LZdwJ_AU0J07_iMSxj-pojyRteZ4JEKW_6gVWbgx4XqIaE5TFtrv/s320/100_5449.jpg" border="0" /></a> Evan was sleeping soundly....fully dressed.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZK6k-6nzFOQbLdAt8sI5DXQ_wquPDUFSnwZebSqtyp_Rajk7YqVDlBWdVnhCXc1hKGsta8xQRbEim1phrf_8sCWpgZsYKpbC4El3EomM3EPbXlyOHnG18ky8baMwYtSGZH1e4oDqGgJ4/s1600-h/100_5450.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284587825215454994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZK6k-6nzFOQbLdAt8sI5DXQ_wquPDUFSnwZebSqtyp_Rajk7YqVDlBWdVnhCXc1hKGsta8xQRbEim1phrf_8sCWpgZsYKpbC4El3EomM3EPbXlyOHnG18ky8baMwYtSGZH1e4oDqGgJ4/s320/100_5450.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>November 20th<br />Ethan's Kindergarten class celebrated Thanksgiving with a huge feast with all 4 Kindergarten classes. They even had a visit from a real live Pilgrim! I love party days at school--it always makes me so thankful that God did not chose to make me a teacher.....and even more thankful for those that He did! </div><br />This is the Turkey that Ethan's class made together. Each child got to decorate a feather. Too cute!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9p1FsbMHXGQ09AXbg8KCQhM-wvKeJTcrjRHMp6vfTFIqvZzeEyBR8XiJHR4mUkDuW26H72tFU_8BBf68HcujxLepVax88NwN-6aFrb7KIbtcxGpOAxc73FUPUxpvA2nNBFqQtyu6eqnqi/s1600-h/100_5466.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284591884169904962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9p1FsbMHXGQ09AXbg8KCQhM-wvKeJTcrjRHMp6vfTFIqvZzeEyBR8XiJHR4mUkDuW26H72tFU_8BBf68HcujxLepVax88NwN-6aFrb7KIbtcxGpOAxc73FUPUxpvA2nNBFqQtyu6eqnqi/s320/100_5466.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br />Ethan & the Pilgrim (Heather Dorsey - Emma Dorsey's Mom):<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvVBJgwhRa_LHCo8Najhl9kLvWq5SX2xY6-8LcGD74CurcaDlrEWuXNWQcI9TtVKWOv0e95f6B692Ez7RJbTNzpQqm4vYEH0p50AjCkzhx0r2J-tLAgga6e-hVT43uSYH3YA_tFYaXPzH/s1600-h/100_5464.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284591880363747410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvVBJgwhRa_LHCo8Najhl9kLvWq5SX2xY6-8LcGD74CurcaDlrEWuXNWQcI9TtVKWOv0e95f6B692Ez7RJbTNzpQqm4vYEH0p50AjCkzhx0r2J-tLAgga6e-hVT43uSYH3YA_tFYaXPzH/s320/100_5464.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEv0USg-xMUxPezht-8EP-9tXZJeroO8CHg8fpfYIrph-Uy0JHESMZFQGhZwDK-HzveTWpxgS_1GNttcjSR5FmGFa0DmFNbNDdSWjfNJQcTnpyAEc0lg5Wvp0tyXxTM82X-LyG8Qe4MC1/s1600-h/100_5462.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284591867932150322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEv0USg-xMUxPezht-8EP-9tXZJeroO8CHg8fpfYIrph-Uy0JHESMZFQGhZwDK-HzveTWpxgS_1GNttcjSR5FmGFa0DmFNbNDdSWjfNJQcTnpyAEc0lg5Wvp0tyXxTM82X-LyG8Qe4MC1/s320/100_5462.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br />November 23rd<br /><div>We celebrated two birthdays....Mary-Kaylin (turned 8) and PaPa (turned 64!) at Playtime Pizza. It was awesome! The kids had a blast--especially Adam & Evan who LOVED the little cars. I could barely drag them away. The big kids played laser tag & rode go-carts. The best part....I won 300 tickets playing "Deal or No Deal"! Happy Birthday Mary-Kaylin & PaPa!!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_O8iNlbSatodhJgJiajUfCpAN67MBjlBCDQFw6vrfjPCD-fbZeiCmKMjQOCENtJwpKvmOOkZU4Q9IXa0Qi7hLhD-jTvYh5nGQMtDE3x0GKtZVjAvYDnMYP0WDC0pTld5nCatUrH-XN1k/s1600-h/100_5468.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284595514929993074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_O8iNlbSatodhJgJiajUfCpAN67MBjlBCDQFw6vrfjPCD-fbZeiCmKMjQOCENtJwpKvmOOkZU4Q9IXa0Qi7hLhD-jTvYh5nGQMtDE3x0GKtZVjAvYDnMYP0WDC0pTld5nCatUrH-XN1k/s320/100_5468.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1r4IKVn0fFI8suj7oeS6BbX2c7F7ALOiN3cb0DX-J0zECss4Kt87v-ZDwRDR1LJwR5fESzHxFyCrid3j0jXCOt7pzXqx1vdsldBVBjEmx1FJKxvv-PEO2Ly9AdR-rTLHCU_-rDy8_hUv/s1600-h/100_5471.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284595508649016946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1r4IKVn0fFI8suj7oeS6BbX2c7F7ALOiN3cb0DX-J0zECss4Kt87v-ZDwRDR1LJwR5fESzHxFyCrid3j0jXCOt7pzXqx1vdsldBVBjEmx1FJKxvv-PEO2Ly9AdR-rTLHCU_-rDy8_hUv/s320/100_5471.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecDAZXHyRZN5Nr4dwR_JbO9HBTeT_wYFRA6ANc_P2C-5kbbfriFTpu9xgjpEBwH0ONu9iANBsm9Wuf57Kt1JqbsScNW_0ZV0-q2LJ2fQ9N1dCu4mzEH_6Gow2MClJ8lQAhiK9Oegu-njQ/s1600-h/100_5486.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284595495412664818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecDAZXHyRZN5Nr4dwR_JbO9HBTeT_wYFRA6ANc_P2C-5kbbfriFTpu9xgjpEBwH0ONu9iANBsm9Wuf57Kt1JqbsScNW_0ZV0-q2LJ2fQ9N1dCu4mzEH_6Gow2MClJ8lQAhiK9Oegu-njQ/s320/100_5486.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br />Ethan & Mary-Kaylin are best of friends. They LOVE to be together!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAVcKBg33p05JlOtFIbZM_44TwfsscwkTTKjMN3CD0AlxVPrXQcUJAsEK-gn8TSkwfzKM3Z8pXbAEud2SZqIziTWwA6WAsDRuG2Vl3wVEf5RG6Sk_1d9_K4PhRCX7rJg3SGnqJDsv4b6M/s1600-h/100_5492.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284595485518965058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAVcKBg33p05JlOtFIbZM_44TwfsscwkTTKjMN3CD0AlxVPrXQcUJAsEK-gn8TSkwfzKM3Z8pXbAEud2SZqIziTWwA6WAsDRuG2Vl3wVEf5RG6Sk_1d9_K4PhRCX7rJg3SGnqJDsv4b6M/s320/100_5492.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Thanksgiving Day<br />We had such a lazy, low key Thanksgiving that I didn't even take a picture! I think that TaTa did, so I'll have to get her to share with me. We had a great Thanksgiving dinner at TaTa & PaPa's house. TaTa makes the best dressing (PaPa always cooks the cornbread for her)--there is no place I'd rather be on Thanksgiving than with my family.</div><br /><br />Day After Thanksgiving:<br />I have not ventured out on "Black Friday" in a while, but this year I decided to get up early and see what kind of bargains I could find. I started out at Target (it was CRAZY) and also hit Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Toys-R-Us. It has also been a long time since I've been shopping by myself so it was nice! I got a good start on my Christmas shopping, and even picked up my own Christmas present--a new camera at Best Buy!! All of my post-Thanksgiving pictures are on the new camera, which I haven't hooked up to the computer yet, so I'll have to do that before I can continue my blogging. Check back because my goal is to be completely caught up before this weekend is over!Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-54237199048575355582008-11-16T20:37:00.000-08:002008-11-17T07:12:31.464-08:00Playing Catch-upOK, so I've not done very well keeping up with my blogging. This is always the busiest time of year for us.....way too much to do! Scroll down to see a little of how we spent our October:Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-9636943262012505092008-11-16T20:30:00.000-08:002008-11-16T22:56:02.044-08:00Happy Halloween!<div align="left"><strong>October 31st</strong><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Finally</span>, Halloween! After 3 Fall Carnivals (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">IBC</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">eStem</span> Middle School, & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">eStem</span> Elementary), I was ready for Halloween to get here! We had fun trick-or-treating with our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Hippy</span> (Emma), Ninja (Ethan), Woody (Evan), and Buzz <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Lightyear</span> (Adam), along with a cool Life Guard (Emma's friend, Anna).<br /><br />Adam & Evan loved dressing-up as their favorite movie <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">heros</span>, and quickly figured out the whole candy thing. They were so sweet saying "Trick or Treat" & "Thank You" at each door. Adam was especially excited about his cool Buzz <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Lightyear</span> wings and boots. I thought he was going to have to sleep in them!<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb1IoEaWYr9rpYG-x6sp-oxbOz3V0YTuD0mREVshYQ5FMpwrHiEgMQrpxJj1f6iOUlmsu3xJdhdwXEGg9guA6aJsPQUSrue7VaCDZXTVJkVo1PQzGExB2kttxUe1R9IyZT0bJ7WgVygLJ/s1600-h/100_5435.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269512440203672738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb1IoEaWYr9rpYG-x6sp-oxbOz3V0YTuD0mREVshYQ5FMpwrHiEgMQrpxJj1f6iOUlmsu3xJdhdwXEGg9guA6aJsPQUSrue7VaCDZXTVJkVo1PQzGExB2kttxUe1R9IyZT0bJ7WgVygLJ/s320/100_5435.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Adam Johnson has never been happier!<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68u-rUvT1_zk0Wd9az7FNOFmf3EOLCikvwnACZLztJ19dOLbE2jyt3yYEENVZtvORxmUuESMCwmgiybzjKmOlz_Yh3RYmds4kttopa9Fp4_tqdPLArn1FMfxWSp9xz9Wdw2CHTrv8Uco7/s1600-h/100_5432.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269512437134597618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68u-rUvT1_zk0Wd9az7FNOFmf3EOLCikvwnACZLztJ19dOLbE2jyt3yYEENVZtvORxmUuESMCwmgiybzjKmOlz_Yh3RYmds4kttopa9Fp4_tqdPLArn1FMfxWSp9xz9Wdw2CHTrv8Uco7/s320/100_5432.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5dTdjWaK1juJ4osdxZkZsmqhSMpHxzCaeeJLjtWHXDSSSlivrNREj4HvqpkbemDERseMqXbtJOpTlb8uCCxCDG0X_cEYXd7NDnFXvV6eQH64-bG8o76HTP_oLCCsrZl_GydpZzk10fb1/s1600-h/100_5430.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269512427095129314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5dTdjWaK1juJ4osdxZkZsmqhSMpHxzCaeeJLjtWHXDSSSlivrNREj4HvqpkbemDERseMqXbtJOpTlb8uCCxCDG0X_cEYXd7NDnFXvV6eQH64-bG8o76HTP_oLCCsrZl_GydpZzk10fb1/s320/100_5430.jpg" border="0" /></a> Ninja Ethan<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnIfMoLKiVYn3vAbe2wKitqYcatlTEQtKzGCjX1OFNaKlumMj9sXGKeSyidGb_OwUPoHpwALjSiRZ0eyp6KQDiT3XtUKi3nIBCoZEfHYMZaD1xBpeCzgwqUJwcLACqS-1FqjP34HyspJs/s1600-h/100_5444.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269512447821118962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnIfMoLKiVYn3vAbe2wKitqYcatlTEQtKzGCjX1OFNaKlumMj9sXGKeSyidGb_OwUPoHpwALjSiRZ0eyp6KQDiT3XtUKi3nIBCoZEfHYMZaD1xBpeCzgwqUJwcLACqS-1FqjP34HyspJs/s320/100_5444.jpg" border="0" /></a> Emma & Anna were almost too cool to trick-or-treat.<br />They enjoyed passing out candy as much as getting it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7U1VvNg3_w5ZyiV9j_mNjb6Wv-j1KsSF2HgqIagitxuUJhkb1fGYmJurkpmWyhLz_G_EIfDlKTyUsjzkmpdlTT_0Lt9gahIIIrFcIKQv5xlUGzu-AxAhrf3L2NWz_IxiOwFsNDaFatzoH/s1600-h/100_5442.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269512450083112514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7U1VvNg3_w5ZyiV9j_mNjb6Wv-j1KsSF2HgqIagitxuUJhkb1fGYmJurkpmWyhLz_G_EIfDlKTyUsjzkmpdlTT_0Lt9gahIIIrFcIKQv5xlUGzu-AxAhrf3L2NWz_IxiOwFsNDaFatzoH/s320/100_5442.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-10270837463824472332008-11-16T20:20:00.000-08:002008-11-16T22:56:45.939-08:00Ethan's Orange Belt<strong>October 29<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span></strong><br />Ethan has been taking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Taekwondo</span> for a couple of months and earned his first belt--an orange belt. I was so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">proud</span> of him! He was the only one testing for an orange belt and got up there all by himself and did great! Won't be long until we are living with a black belt!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyF8vqK-Gi-OadCt8FVrGmW27qOaQt-ePQETBd6XJOu88H0iHVxfIJK7ft7-ntu9ErLVaJYgMOwui-_vHGHiFiLFv2LiD0ezg7pYPV54uPlAYg4cy5xHeVtHMEWUqanyUIMT4ixQGzjTn/s1600-h/100_5414.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269508475872924386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyF8vqK-Gi-OadCt8FVrGmW27qOaQt-ePQETBd6XJOu88H0iHVxfIJK7ft7-ntu9ErLVaJYgMOwui-_vHGHiFiLFv2LiD0ezg7pYPV54uPlAYg4cy5xHeVtHMEWUqanyUIMT4ixQGzjTn/s320/100_5414.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KieSdkUl3PxyOC-4EqFoyO0V7dXM9W392NJFDFUQi0qhdMt-HIIZBF9zFQlAYTrFxxa7DtU-t_tc42kTsmGpr3oVPlYEgrAaRtJPjTC0AdOSTOhF80UFUtQPjnEzdTDG06Fxf57H73hk/s1600-h/100_5424.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269508488975092002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KieSdkUl3PxyOC-4EqFoyO0V7dXM9W392NJFDFUQi0qhdMt-HIIZBF9zFQlAYTrFxxa7DtU-t_tc42kTsmGpr3oVPlYEgrAaRtJPjTC0AdOSTOhF80UFUtQPjnEzdTDG06Fxf57H73hk/s320/100_5424.jpg" border="0" /></a> Ethan & his instructor, Mr. Beasley<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0ms562HadUbnJj-tNz3T90NrwaZNgJENwyItxV6zgffYxlfu4_EbAZCNFNPXLO1XfbAb5RC_G_VEA71daY7gj36zsDQ0Cpe0n6x8VooMru35haiVj4KZEOPY5SukYS4hRaAFeghPhC2j/s1600-h/100_5422.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269508487469373298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0ms562HadUbnJj-tNz3T90NrwaZNgJENwyItxV6zgffYxlfu4_EbAZCNFNPXLO1XfbAb5RC_G_VEA71daY7gj36zsDQ0Cpe0n6x8VooMru35haiVj4KZEOPY5SukYS4hRaAFeghPhC2j/s320/100_5422.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-44273900110087100452008-11-16T20:15:00.000-08:002008-11-16T23:01:08.714-08:00Happy 11th Birthday Emma Kate!!<strong>October 24th</strong><br />I can't believe my sweet Emma Kate is 11-years-old! Last year, I swore we had had our last BIG birthday celebration, and this year we were just going to have a few friends sleep over. Well, our little sleepover ended up being a 24 hour celebration, but I have to say it was one of the best days ever. We had such fun and couldn't have asked for better weather or better kids to hang out with. Emma is blessed with a group of super sweet friends who made her Birthday extra special! Here are a few highlights from our day:<br /><br />Wish I had a picture, but Jeff picked up Emma & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Karmyn</span> from school and had the windows of the van painted with "Happy Birthday, Emma". She loved it!<br /><br />The rest of the crew arrived by 6 p.m., and we headed to the Arkansas Children's Theatre to see Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business. First, the girls showed out with a little "monkey business" of their own:<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBk-GjTKpuDjzNCql9b6QZQSjZPBooQTff7A0PGZFxI9N4wdiCLaH9eIAeLrtdAa8tGfQaZhn_0P4IlUYV0A32TiyPZ6KWtwpj3emZvsf6qgAHBWbmtGu4GXhy8bM_3DIzg-EPb6fZMNaz/s1600-h/100_5315.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269496871965441186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBk-GjTKpuDjzNCql9b6QZQSjZPBooQTff7A0PGZFxI9N4wdiCLaH9eIAeLrtdAa8tGfQaZhn_0P4IlUYV0A32TiyPZ6KWtwpj3emZvsf6qgAHBWbmtGu4GXhy8bM_3DIzg-EPb6fZMNaz/s320/100_5315.jpg" border="0" /></a> Emma was sweet to let her little brother tag along!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbPptqT5Jq3St_cv2-3Jbh9CYteI7ZJGunwEVLFNDfh-PRDRmtEk6Kvo0oi9uF-X1hARKZdvbtebZ43pg8mK2RDkQv4i6RGS_FbRgXkJEiVwMX7qXwz7CQzAi9ysBP_G0fCMVUmyk-G-U/s1600-h/100_5313.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269496867258836338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbPptqT5Jq3St_cv2-3Jbh9CYteI7ZJGunwEVLFNDfh-PRDRmtEk6Kvo0oi9uF-X1hARKZdvbtebZ43pg8mK2RDkQv4i6RGS_FbRgXkJEiVwMX7qXwz7CQzAi9ysBP_G0fCMVUmyk-G-U/s320/100_5313.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68g3LHSVoBfX5Ra2-FxZWVdn1O2NWusdVKx5bTUWk7tv2Tt_OGy_0GsGBEyYTs1qMg_rBu0gu77KW0pEGQHO-40nRtPZrYVy1oV2qYnmQ9BE-CJn_3AJVaIraGUjbHbTE07f5yOO2a2T9/s1600-h/100_5312.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269496859180444498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68g3LHSVoBfX5Ra2-FxZWVdn1O2NWusdVKx5bTUWk7tv2Tt_OGy_0GsGBEyYTs1qMg_rBu0gu77KW0pEGQHO-40nRtPZrYVy1oV2qYnmQ9BE-CJn_3AJVaIraGUjbHbTE07f5yOO2a2T9/s320/100_5312.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHgKfCQ1abh1YSjg4nBaDi_Rougl3Ca5Cgiar9QOb3YxuVYB7FkZftKQHKtyDClk2rvH1jX2LRpjLLNF38XYIXd_OHfZkPDYh4NUpk7AIf_-0CtWW9luNJW04PwbswxUIKauphUCNrRJ2/s1600-h/100_5309.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269496855047056914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHgKfCQ1abh1YSjg4nBaDi_Rougl3Ca5Cgiar9QOb3YxuVYB7FkZftKQHKtyDClk2rvH1jX2LRpjLLNF38XYIXd_OHfZkPDYh4NUpk7AIf_-0CtWW9luNJW04PwbswxUIKauphUCNrRJ2/s320/100_5309.jpg" border="0" /></a> After the show, we had a late dinner at Buffalo Grill (it really is our favorite!).</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGckx1sQxdSiqvYpr7uAdzroSV7ikPt4wtYEImcD6YjG-u5Fi-m6SlYgrxuxriUxweHwkoeUEK3_fgyUy3W210uABUAhtlAxd_l_hXZkU9-v_vIwz_eYvXIR685cwgjA0P3e4FxVVJ1PH6/s1600-h/100_5325.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269498406075020146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGckx1sQxdSiqvYpr7uAdzroSV7ikPt4wtYEImcD6YjG-u5Fi-m6SlYgrxuxriUxweHwkoeUEK3_fgyUy3W210uABUAhtlAxd_l_hXZkU9-v_vIwz_eYvXIR685cwgjA0P3e4FxVVJ1PH6/s320/100_5325.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mal Mal stopped by to wish Emma a Happy Birthday.<br />Is Emma taller than Mal Mal now? Surely not!!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzFOiUvpzV8T0O1FKow23xNYgsddH92teIpNGRsswZkxr_WJoUN6YkV9xXhw98itAdcvM8e8vjSYlJTL3BSQZukaU37VFhirUNWFqili5jesDPWczb02FxvMdFtjeMFfHo1VZyDXDWj1L/s1600-h/100_5327.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269498197872643250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzFOiUvpzV8T0O1FKow23xNYgsddH92teIpNGRsswZkxr_WJoUN6YkV9xXhw98itAdcvM8e8vjSYlJTL3BSQZukaU37VFhirUNWFqili5jesDPWczb02FxvMdFtjeMFfHo1VZyDXDWj1L/s320/100_5327.jpg" border="0" /></a> Then home for cake and presents. You know I can't do a birthday party without a theme, so this year's theme was Tinkerbell, which was sort of a joke because Emma is so not a Tinkerbell/<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Fairy</span> Princess kind of girl! The girls had fun wearing their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">fairy</span> crowns and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">drinking</span> from Tinkerbell cups!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipn2_Ks7tculCcHENzeHhThbvtUJtNWhlEZF6z322407XUOOUPjOOzaxXiHM5ylYilWPUGozqCL__p6AxsqqamWqP9RxQ4SgbTvRWeC1iW1Hbuuz8B6YEtTKVejcdxlTEfAxIT95QDlL5m/s1600-h/100_5338.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269500199117068098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipn2_Ks7tculCcHENzeHhThbvtUJtNWhlEZF6z322407XUOOUPjOOzaxXiHM5ylYilWPUGozqCL__p6AxsqqamWqP9RxQ4SgbTvRWeC1iW1Hbuuz8B6YEtTKVejcdxlTEfAxIT95QDlL5m/s320/100_5338.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pJKgIem6F5BWEgyOUWTRywNHG4fczrHF1GYgNS3f8KyJtnk4jRPNfPsWQEVdE34Y6bmtNvlMXRfxWtM4ymX7Lb-Pjw7WaxRypE8fCz0NKU8G7Gb15P4gQDWOhG5sh2iWkL9U6buQnYnl/s1600-h/100_5336.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269500190489137698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pJKgIem6F5BWEgyOUWTRywNHG4fczrHF1GYgNS3f8KyJtnk4jRPNfPsWQEVdE34Y6bmtNvlMXRfxWtM4ymX7Lb-Pjw7WaxRypE8fCz0NKU8G7Gb15P4gQDWOhG5sh2iWkL9U6buQnYnl/s320/100_5336.jpg" border="0" /></a> Then off to bed! </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d4Syy57lcO82y7mhQNdlIOpkuBWqnDWDlgXFsOPAZuUeJhH7p_4-lPC52BYRDdzc6LpNaWQxSpC2Mpi3AQuJuyxM7kRSQmX-Vedz-njkWsyDMOFKp6-JP3EiLtOc_CM9bTyQH5gjNoaQ/s1600-h/100_5352.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269500955310924946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d4Syy57lcO82y7mhQNdlIOpkuBWqnDWDlgXFsOPAZuUeJhH7p_4-lPC52BYRDdzc6LpNaWQxSpC2Mpi3AQuJuyxM7kRSQmX-Vedz-njkWsyDMOFKp6-JP3EiLtOc_CM9bTyQH5gjNoaQ/s320/100_5352.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="center">Emma had a soccer game the next day, and brought along her own cheerleaders! I told Jeff that now I know a little bit what the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Duggars</span> must feel like as I packed snacks for 8 kids for the day!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYSPYZNmOFX4KFlyEl37hcDasgdwqFxHovVkSvWLsq25unXOeq_Ff8chg7hvrxdX5BVH_MB1bGnzOmncOan1CosrP8g9odg7Kn8pYZwwWB4W5xgIvohzOdtIWxaC462APItS46o-IkOQC/s1600-h/100_5357.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269500966061238834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYSPYZNmOFX4KFlyEl37hcDasgdwqFxHovVkSvWLsq25unXOeq_Ff8chg7hvrxdX5BVH_MB1bGnzOmncOan1CosrP8g9odg7Kn8pYZwwWB4W5xgIvohzOdtIWxaC462APItS46o-IkOQC/s320/100_5357.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FRyaXDJghfIu_pN7UkvnLLy3c7_wy8A0kPOwFPwUFo4zdShmye91Cj7Su9uURvaGdc0BHFEiEKEus54XY-CQ2-4ShHLbBBuvhBJ1JnunLLgmcD0QB8ve9_qR0aY0081e1mfsSJ6ll2D9/s1600-h/100_5354.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269500960452419330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FRyaXDJghfIu_pN7UkvnLLy3c7_wy8A0kPOwFPwUFo4zdShmye91Cj7Su9uURvaGdc0BHFEiEKEus54XY-CQ2-4ShHLbBBuvhBJ1JnunLLgmcD0QB8ve9_qR0aY0081e1mfsSJ6ll2D9/s320/100_5354.jpg" border="0" /></a>After the game, we stopped at a little pumpkin patch in Ward and enjoyed our own personal hayride and petting zoo. Everyone got a pumpkin to take home with them.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMQ4ktRNc7ZUCeeQGAi-jeJsYtWpp-bBfT0r-vawyys233tfufyys6qUjirK525PEdK-FjKy1tiVbcIxL9XBFFw4Xmjm21ySJNYQxaqSLJwilCdDfP1DSzJZZNGo1G6x8eI_ldC6MAskg/s1600-h/100_5385.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269503452086922946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMQ4ktRNc7ZUCeeQGAi-jeJsYtWpp-bBfT0r-vawyys233tfufyys6qUjirK525PEdK-FjKy1tiVbcIxL9XBFFw4Xmjm21ySJNYQxaqSLJwilCdDfP1DSzJZZNGo1G6x8eI_ldC6MAskg/s320/100_5385.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_A2eUE4sgbpZZk9XSybWDyX2IzRqWjOSAB-4sZ0yicIPUwai3JfsKucF1_Pkopr3b6CakoCkD4lcnk9AWx4PyfUwpTavXC-HWxgjpWlj2GiSYlKdSZZrnz2LNNS3BOHi24b4vHmBN7u8w/s1600-h/100_5370.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269503445401908850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_A2eUE4sgbpZZk9XSybWDyX2IzRqWjOSAB-4sZ0yicIPUwai3JfsKucF1_Pkopr3b6CakoCkD4lcnk9AWx4PyfUwpTavXC-HWxgjpWlj2GiSYlKdSZZrnz2LNNS3BOHi24b4vHmBN7u8w/s320/100_5370.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6gDlMEMbym0SLb7xV5-0ACli_2n2FNdC_HGsrB5I5vcEXf7RbZ4DijPjqwgFn3ZrUot7bWudwzo4socQl2ZSNxnKLtVatclqm9cLVrrO_bpbgUyPR-O0YzHWm3uIVg9dI6ZrqxsD2P5f/s1600-h/100_5369.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269503437348704370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6gDlMEMbym0SLb7xV5-0ACli_2n2FNdC_HGsrB5I5vcEXf7RbZ4DijPjqwgFn3ZrUot7bWudwzo4socQl2ZSNxnKLtVatclqm9cLVrrO_bpbgUyPR-O0YzHWm3uIVg9dI6ZrqxsD2P5f/s320/100_5369.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xrfWEtiMAzP3VCUXlQMElpufhK1NLaVh71jlDmIls4mOUawMBpKhlpyUTRDZGQIGMamKi2BPeR89yLxI8_-YtP8TJnPmarXxIYx8FX-83Hn4FLMv6J-2x4c_mASeJH10_KSAW1pZNUAv/s1600-h/100_5358.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269503432490082002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xrfWEtiMAzP3VCUXlQMElpufhK1NLaVh71jlDmIls4mOUawMBpKhlpyUTRDZGQIGMamKi2BPeR89yLxI8_-YtP8TJnPmarXxIYx8FX-83Hn4FLMv6J-2x4c_mASeJH10_KSAW1pZNUAv/s320/100_5358.jpg" border="0" /></a> On the way home, we stopped off at the all new Rocket Slide at Burns Park to play for a little bit and for some snacks. It was a whirlwind of a day, but so much fun! Next year, I promised Jeff we would just have a little birthday celebration. His response...."Yeah, right. I'll believe it when I see it!" What can I say--I love to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">celebrate</span> my children's birthdays. They were, after all, the best days of my life! </div></div></div></div></div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-27728978482486496262008-11-16T20:10:00.000-08:002008-11-16T23:05:48.945-08:00Blue Angels<strong>October 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span></strong><br />On Sunday afternoons, I usually try to get the kids all out of the house for a while so that Jeff can have some quiet study time. This Sunday was a special treat....we went to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">LRAFB</span> to see the air show that ended with the Blue Angels. Jon-Austen and Mary-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kaylin</span> went will us as well. It was a beautiful afternoon and the show was pretty incredible! The boys LOVED the airplanes, but you'll see from the pictures that Adam & Evan didn't quite make it all of the way through. In fact, they both fell asleep right in the middle of the Blue Angels, although I'm not sure how because it was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sooooo</span> LOUD! We laughed at Adam asleep with his hands over his ears!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKyCAdN0dTrNnvgmZlX65lbI9XKaFx0KxI79lWWPyrzYK5QB69bWXsiEbEXqxGyIjIv-sDzyHnlFOSxc2FQ-n5wuWzXJYaeo5_tSKyvcHUasfgWM16yGPYggr1noUeRJlV-ZYt5L9GONM/s1600-h/100_5298.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269493409157274354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKyCAdN0dTrNnvgmZlX65lbI9XKaFx0KxI79lWWPyrzYK5QB69bWXsiEbEXqxGyIjIv-sDzyHnlFOSxc2FQ-n5wuWzXJYaeo5_tSKyvcHUasfgWM16yGPYggr1noUeRJlV-ZYt5L9GONM/s320/100_5298.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIldfi_NJe4y90gsWGJOkdi3BSKwYf_7Jade3-VQmuA2c6nwIHj4yjpmfwf519Mtt2qMasuI2krJnp29pDyNUjPMHHkR_r5XghEIdjysUWbtDyJZsyKqXK2L9uRCM7i_z9UmUvSzb0M0OW/s1600-h/100_5295.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269493403528565122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIldfi_NJe4y90gsWGJOkdi3BSKwYf_7Jade3-VQmuA2c6nwIHj4yjpmfwf519Mtt2qMasuI2krJnp29pDyNUjPMHHkR_r5XghEIdjysUWbtDyJZsyKqXK2L9uRCM7i_z9UmUvSzb0M0OW/s320/100_5295.jpg" border="0" /></a> Evan & Adam enjoying the show....before they fell asleep!</div><div align="center"><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS18q7yuttlIYSFpte0yzMPMgeKiKVo_ZbiVtxZ9Y3sSGFbw5OhhA7rwuGM8lT8MLQpyQnXM6eXk6Yxc2oYImXcqYWS4qTDojxw6kIuhX5kbGdKkqk5wiPRP5HJOPVhf87o24JnOnPcc_i/s1600-h/100_5290.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269493383960868450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS18q7yuttlIYSFpte0yzMPMgeKiKVo_ZbiVtxZ9Y3sSGFbw5OhhA7rwuGM8lT8MLQpyQnXM6eXk6Yxc2oYImXcqYWS4qTDojxw6kIuhX5kbGdKkqk5wiPRP5HJOPVhf87o24JnOnPcc_i/s320/100_5290.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mary-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kaylin</span> & Ethan found some shade in the stroller!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXm0ieYNOGT0XvCXw6TLnncYJwdSrRW7rrghbVNI-D_6oSV3sNesJRjmU2WgG02tTl4M9KjpfcV-176OAk2yYT1ePzZzUMvSOnXj6lS9CVpRSPcsxjmqvw11Vmm7Ow8RXoXhFhnZCkMd4/s1600-h/100_5289.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269493365660334562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXm0ieYNOGT0XvCXw6TLnncYJwdSrRW7rrghbVNI-D_6oSV3sNesJRjmU2WgG02tTl4M9KjpfcV-176OAk2yYT1ePzZzUMvSOnXj6lS9CVpRSPcsxjmqvw11Vmm7Ow8RXoXhFhnZCkMd4/s320/100_5289.jpg" border="0" /></a>Adam & one of his buddies, Jon-Austen<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyPHXEllGoScF4tUnqgS0USGqYjWC2L0LH759PnBdn8RmLd4R22BKf34ErTU76JOplXKW8ig7iHYIP1UU0tjt3nIHGbKue7gy-9YcePVJEV0l4UOm8lK_pxI-p574vVFXHl4SoxGKepMM/s1600-h/100_5288.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269493363381759314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyPHXEllGoScF4tUnqgS0USGqYjWC2L0LH759PnBdn8RmLd4R22BKf34ErTU76JOplXKW8ig7iHYIP1UU0tjt3nIHGbKue7gy-9YcePVJEV0l4UOm8lK_pxI-p574vVFXHl4SoxGKepMM/s320/100_5288.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-67307105205101607832008-11-16T20:05:00.000-08:002008-11-16T23:08:05.953-08:00It's Arkansas State Fair Time!<div align="left"><strong>October 17<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span></strong><br />We did not go to the fair as a family this year (can't imagine taking 2 two-year-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">olds</span> to the fair!), but Ethan's Kindergarten class did get to go. Jeff was out that day and got to go with them. They had a great time going through the barns and looking at all of the animals. Ethan's favorite part, of course, was the shotgun game that Jeff let them play.<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269490587846242786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFY_Ih6-gzIE-jhztVI_D7L-_7u_9nFD9jFKYoiJ5ceDgvsqXGx_52Kkw2oTktsAvWdIqe8jW4i9QfYWQ2ZP8WETJFqV4we6qWx9Q3hjuihYc6hkumZOJzeKnYr57Q97bHXa851-pkP_SO/s320/100_5281.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Ethan with his friends and his teacher, Miss Files<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqUVc-MHeSi6tQ4AKPH6DLhL2398Nx6Fm0BbAiW2hzXP_3XLsjYGBRXp_aQ0zx7CwFX6zg_f2U4ifCCqPtHsIvEWzAV34atA1H1HkazYhl6ssHxo8tAksGIS5qZxObRhMt06JqUeZbBt0/s1600-h/100_5280.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269490578154302146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqUVc-MHeSi6tQ4AKPH6DLhL2398Nx6Fm0BbAiW2hzXP_3XLsjYGBRXp_aQ0zx7CwFX6zg_f2U4ifCCqPtHsIvEWzAV34atA1H1HkazYhl6ssHxo8tAksGIS5qZxObRhMt06JqUeZbBt0/s320/100_5280.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmAAsX3QVv3AT7bfk-zRbsTll3JJGi4Gs0NMHLeCDiGXJPCi2dqP1z03jbJgQfj37hnj4VAPRfTGKlpuFIuJZnyDvabpTbHaJMPILtFZfId6QOmHuOXSJgqEvgIxvBFrEPTAO9_ad12Ay/s1600-h/100_5279.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269490575009132274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmAAsX3QVv3AT7bfk-zRbsTll3JJGi4Gs0NMHLeCDiGXJPCi2dqP1z03jbJgQfj37hnj4VAPRfTGKlpuFIuJZnyDvabpTbHaJMPILtFZfId6QOmHuOXSJgqEvgIxvBFrEPTAO9_ad12Ay/s320/100_5279.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div></div>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-44682975398683507032008-11-06T20:00:00.000-08:002008-11-16T23:09:53.492-08:00School's Out!<div align="left">Emma & Ethan were out of school. Emma had a little sleepover with two of her school friends, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Maddie</span> & Christina. We went to dinner at Buffalo Grill (our favorite!) and a movie. The next day Emma & Ethan both had dentist appointments, and Emma's friends tagged along with us. After the dentist, we went to the Old Mill in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">NLR</span>. Everyone (including Ethan) had a fun time posing for some cute pictures.</div><div align="center">Ethan</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269484590538585362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAthHNbHKAKLwBMo3wXe38pkVMg7ZyzDpEUMjSkfOV8nX_8kE1jP_hqZaM7tJHJoiYOrM1TFQRZjTX4bCyk4um0plL1wzPWqC1gN5NT5DE0Ht4iRTGtW3wM0joleyh3qMWh8_YxVP9Xjmx/s320/100_5156.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Adam<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8DSyjqnJeYS6O84UUt84fBS8QMF6ZNmTBkB0q2VgrN14tVeDx0BlR5esrXsN1vMOeufsNYQTgdzoI413TXtTCHUPe53gZb-TEus5jcT0lRSRkqoyZMpVmqoxG-yJ1CrAhRKapyTfmgJa/s1600-h/100_5154.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269484586172114994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8DSyjqnJeYS6O84UUt84fBS8QMF6ZNmTBkB0q2VgrN14tVeDx0BlR5esrXsN1vMOeufsNYQTgdzoI413TXtTCHUPe53gZb-TEus5jcT0lRSRkqoyZMpVmqoxG-yJ1CrAhRKapyTfmgJa/s320/100_5154.jpg" border="0" /></a> Evan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_r1_Is5ab8LukzaMB_j0xK3XksFtUQae1b_Ub4zf835La_PU81H2Yt3vqmIk4A_XbiVj6dUPdYaPcrN80jhOpWXN7A7mb3JV0QmD_6ZnbPOsyGjSfjc8Q7NDBCvWvMmGJwzcqSLVLr0a/s1600-h/100_5153.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269484578470827442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_r1_Is5ab8LukzaMB_j0xK3XksFtUQae1b_Ub4zf835La_PU81H2Yt3vqmIk4A_XbiVj6dUPdYaPcrN80jhOpWXN7A7mb3JV0QmD_6ZnbPOsyGjSfjc8Q7NDBCvWvMmGJwzcqSLVLr0a/s320/100_5153.jpg" border="0" /></a> Christina, Emma & Maddie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj823EqpvXtMIqXmGWU-vbDfMqz3Vw0RQlRWld2xMtHoU1IfHq4jM6oqVJvTg9Qgp_vYibAAT0iOYdsAxbfvkhAa1w-vOWF2HMojUl5gYoiuOoR6muT8jI3ApApVlfA3OioS8RHISGp1xVL/s1600-h/100_5167.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269485843875569650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj823EqpvXtMIqXmGWU-vbDfMqz3Vw0RQlRWld2xMtHoU1IfHq4jM6oqVJvTg9Qgp_vYibAAT0iOYdsAxbfvkhAa1w-vOWF2HMojUl5gYoiuOoR6muT8jI3ApApVlfA3OioS8RHISGp1xVL/s320/100_5167.jpg" border="0" /></a>Just a few of the pictures that we took at the Old Mill:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrtu2JP3ueLhLnVeTq3pRfZYoQHINfsO7fkOpEdiJZAHZqRe2-jNw-U5LZlTOo9TAMkTxtg5gZ_WOKAwX9vprkAd9-UJf8O6BDgD3hNOqjO1SuSMmHBNQil77QNhV8U5dSaq0DxrWxpqr/s1600-h/100_5206.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269487105270992370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrtu2JP3ueLhLnVeTq3pRfZYoQHINfsO7fkOpEdiJZAHZqRe2-jNw-U5LZlTOo9TAMkTxtg5gZ_WOKAwX9vprkAd9-UJf8O6BDgD3hNOqjO1SuSMmHBNQil77QNhV8U5dSaq0DxrWxpqr/s320/100_5206.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O3SvjeIOkMWi_3XoDLnL5YvKm6cWRNNai-udjV0qtkctlwvPUQ0wTRY4gkkcOqSF2WkEftHFaGFA6sYuLmR0qdhyphenhyphenMhkEpAGLvMGqhW9lmFwmh4dBWKLFhmb_drAmRbhzX4KBQsCHQFRs/s1600-h/100_5213.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269487103284613954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O3SvjeIOkMWi_3XoDLnL5YvKm6cWRNNai-udjV0qtkctlwvPUQ0wTRY4gkkcOqSF2WkEftHFaGFA6sYuLmR0qdhyphenhyphenMhkEpAGLvMGqhW9lmFwmh4dBWKLFhmb_drAmRbhzX4KBQsCHQFRs/s320/100_5213.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oGLs5_b6ifB95jWyCBhanXZiSDftmABG_Fl4EZGuxt2VnKcMO9DabQ6593WlLz_aPI1VAXuH946CvFzRIk8xOQA2EslqRX4eqYY5oigNFZB2uSDAYCnhPG5-m7-pa-Tw_xNquLlHW5YY/s1600-h/100_5202.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269487098366515586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oGLs5_b6ifB95jWyCBhanXZiSDftmABG_Fl4EZGuxt2VnKcMO9DabQ6593WlLz_aPI1VAXuH946CvFzRIk8xOQA2EslqRX4eqYY5oigNFZB2uSDAYCnhPG5-m7-pa-Tw_xNquLlHW5YY/s320/100_5202.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDK03j4XTRyqUTU9p1Y9_l4tRGDQF_4Z7bYg9OjzlBJ1hJfOKTg8KuZh_iTEA6hVMJzdLgwRzLlM6JZkPIBVUNB_llpjSPzRGfkpF674js_rKNHxZd5qgU6x094rt065GrX6pieRd1E-U7/s1600-h/100_5193.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269487089808151394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDK03j4XTRyqUTU9p1Y9_l4tRGDQF_4Z7bYg9OjzlBJ1hJfOKTg8KuZh_iTEA6hVMJzdLgwRzLlM6JZkPIBVUNB_llpjSPzRGfkpF674js_rKNHxZd5qgU6x094rt065GrX6pieRd1E-U7/s320/100_5193.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF3z8ruI8parOWcH4ks5NuE6FdMKQxCyU1lCSErF0G008vsRxaIZzWPyVCD_uxUmjpxEOnVJDllOJAlz3JYRdC9m2SzC8w9cPjOAmDI4gXeq5cIJucu2brXPtxxB7qgGh6ZVavG32vFIr/s1600-h/100_5190.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269487085204991714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF3z8ruI8parOWcH4ks5NuE6FdMKQxCyU1lCSErF0G008vsRxaIZzWPyVCD_uxUmjpxEOnVJDllOJAlz3JYRdC9m2SzC8w9cPjOAmDI4gXeq5cIJucu2brXPtxxB7qgGh6ZVavG32vFIr/s320/100_5190.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-59938902511948365552008-11-01T19:08:00.001-07:002008-11-01T19:19:33.901-07:00Soccer Win!The LRFC Stars had their first ever win this morning!! Emma's team is playing in a tournament at Burns Park, and won their first game 3-0. I had stayed home with the boys so I missed it, but Jeff said the girls were over the top with excitement. Hopefully that taste of a win will motivate them to always play as hard as they did this morning!<br /><br />The afternoon game did not go quite as well. After a few bad calls by the ref a couple of the parents were a little upset. The ref ended up throwing ALL of the parents out of the game!! It was really ridiculous, and we didn't end up leaving, but we did all have to move back about 20 feet and watched the rest of the game from the sidewalk. The girls ended up losing the game 0-3, although they didn't seem that upset that all of their parents had been kicked out. In fact, they seemed to think it was pretty funny. I think they were laughing at us as we were packing up to move. I'm also pretty sure that we are out of the running for the "Fair Play" award--ho well! The funniest part to me was that Jeff couldn't wait to call his brother to tell him that he had been thrown out of a soccer game!! James Jr. was so proud!!Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-33663150624956816442008-10-28T19:43:00.000-07:002008-10-28T20:32:59.922-07:00Adam's MRI & EEGAdam had an EEG & MRI done at ACH on Monday. He did really well. We did the EEG first, and Adam DID NOT like it at all....they glued 24 wires to his head and he cried the whole time with Jeff holding him still. Then, she said, "OK, now I need him to go to sleep". Jeff and I just looked at each other, both thinking, "There is no way he is going to go to sleep after that!" Jeff stayed in the room and laid down on the bed with him while I waited outside and started praying. I also called my Mom to ask her to pray that he would settle down and go to sleep. After about 5 minutes I could tell he had stopped crying, then 15 minutes later the tech came out and they were done! The power of prayer!<br /><br />I had a meeting at work that I had go to so I left for a while and got back just as they were starting the MRI. They already had him sedated and in the machine. Jeff said that he did pretty good, although he DID NOT want to put on the hospital pajamas (I don't blame him...they were a little itchy!). The nurse gave him about 50 stickers which seemed to have made him happy. He went to sleep with a death grip on them! The MRI just took about 20 minutes, and Jeff carried him back to a little recovery area where he slept for about 15 more minutes before we started trying to wake him up. He did not want to wake up at first, even after a cold wet washcloth on his head. Then the nurse put a little bag of Teddy Grahams in his hand--his eyes immediately popped open and he started stuffing them in his mouth!! Poor baby had not eaten since 6:30 a.m. and was starving! He ate two bags of Teddy Grahams in about 5 minutes. Jeff and I were laughing at him--Adam is definitely one who is motivated by food! We stayed for about 10 more minutes and headed home. Adam was feeling really good and quite silly after his little dose of medicine. He stumbled around for a little while and was completly back to his fun little self in no time at all. Kids are so amazing....if I had been through what he had I would have headed straight for the bed!<br /><br />Now the good news.....thanks to my colleague (Medical Record Director) at ACH, I already have the results of the MRI and it was NORMAL! Praise God! We really did not expect them to find anything, but we are happy for this confirmation that we are on the right track. We should have the results of the EEG by Thursday, but again I expect that it will be completely normal.<br /><br /><br />I must say, anytime that I am feeling down about what Adam is facing, I need make a visit to Arkansas Children's Hospital. Jeff and were again reminded as we walked the halls at ACH how blessed we are to have four healthy children, and although we know that Adam has some challenges ahead of him, this pales in comparison to what some families are facing.<br /><br /><br />Thank you to all who are praying for Adam and for our family. We truly feel God's hand at work sustaining us through each day.Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-79017136873173164922008-10-23T22:19:00.000-07:002008-10-23T22:48:43.575-07:00Music to my Ears!October is always a busy month, and obviously I am behind with my updates, but I wanted to share a wonderful moment that I experienced last week.<br /><br />One night last week Evan and I were playing Hide & Seek in our room. Actually, he was just hiding behind the curtains and would come out squealing when I would ask, "Where did Evan go?", and of course I would appear absolutly astonished and surprised at his magical appearance! After a while, Adam decided to come in to join us. I was so amazed because generally he does not join in when we are playing and avoids this type of chaos. However, this night he came right in and began hiding with Evan, and joined in the squealing when it was time to reveal themselves. We had a ball! Then, even more amazing, Adam went to the bedroom door and turned around and said, "Come on, Bubba". (It wasn't quite that clear, but I could tell from his gestures what he was saying). He wanted Evan to come with him! I got so excited I said, "Evan, Bubba wants you...go, go, go!!" Evan followed him and Adam shut the door behind them. After a few seconds, he opened the door and they both came running back in--Adam squealing and Evan yelling, "We're home!". I was thrilled!<br /><br />You may wonder why this small game was so exciting to me. As a Mom of twin boys, I've had this vision of them being best buddies and playmates. Until that moment I have never really seen them playing <em>together</em>. It was also the first time that I have seen Adam initiate play of any kind. Those three little words...."Come on, Bubba"....were truly music to my ears. A glimmer of hope, and the best game of Hide & Seek I've ever played!Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-54225503122987575872008-10-11T21:03:00.000-07:002008-10-11T22:42:52.958-07:0015 Years<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">October 9, 1993</span></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256116835047212850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="285" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNWHmCKjjvNGCZIyoflPFnJsWIlnCFINuVyGpo6MyCb9GZJ7Jo9koEHgp-vgkSa4iq2w_IVwbTDj7xgk2Zq_Sccy_sBcDhS5-sRIu_k8-a0b8klUE1lkqSB8eoqWovOS_lXb5Z92weN2k/s320/scan0001.jpg" width="224" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Now</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnB_fLoyYzo0LNbtNtllQq0-1REEDOn1eYahptkePUbcNnTALWT30q6zTTEg5fKokJ2y4GR7HGKk_nNcRZKsq8ZcpKcs-e_VwuXyNyNROWfHuVUrdS1u7AsElICmwtpUwtRQejAWcJjuO/s1600-h/scan0002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256118217330201538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnB_fLoyYzo0LNbtNtllQq0-1REEDOn1eYahptkePUbcNnTALWT30q6zTTEg5fKokJ2y4GR7HGKk_nNcRZKsq8ZcpKcs-e_VwuXyNyNROWfHuVUrdS1u7AsElICmwtpUwtRQejAWcJjuO/s320/scan0002.jpg" border="0" /></a> Jeff & I celebrated our 15th anniversary on Thursday (October 9th). Actually, between work, school, soccer, and taekwondo, we barely saw each other on Thursday. We did celebrate Friday night with dinner at Cajun's Wharf and then on to The Rep to see Les Mis. It was so nice to have dinner without having to cut up four plates of food or cleaning up the floor before leaving! The show was the best we've ever seen. Seriously, it was even better than most that we've seen on Broadway!<br /><br /><p>How about those then & now pics? I think we've done pretty good! I truly can not believe that it's been 15 years since we started our life together. It has been an incredible journey, and I can't imagine spending my life with anyone but Jeff Johnson. Here are my most memorable moments of the past 15 years:</p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">1993 – Cream….Gold….Gardenias, October 9th – Our Wedding<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">1994 – North Carolina, Weekends Home, Hours on the Phone<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">1995 – London, “There was a king of York…”<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">1996 – Our First Home, Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">1997 – October 24th – Emma Kate<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">1998 – Australia, Emma as Raggedy Ann<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">1999 – “Bobble Silk-Silk”, Paw Paw, "Can Emma Come Out to Play?"<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2000 – April 9th – Paw Paw’s Homecoming Day, Hawaii<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2001 – Our First Beach Vacation, Monkey Party<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2002 – Disney World, September 19th – Ethan Daniel<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2003 – 10 Years! New England Cruise, Kindergarten<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2004 – Emma's Baptism, Jeff to China x 6, $7000 Phone Bill (Oops!)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2005 – California, Disneyland, July 21st – Owen James<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2006 – Bed rest, Prayers, June 1st – Adam O’Neal & Evan Callahan<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2007 – Nursing School….2 babies…..The Rest is a Blur<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2008 – Bicycling Through Seaside, 2 Two-year-olds....Will We Survive It?</span></p>I can't wait to see what the next 15 years have in store for us!Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105594382515340060.post-12412881985779344832008-10-06T20:36:00.000-07:002008-10-06T21:51:05.687-07:00Adam's StoryLast Friday, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">KARK</span> did a story about a national study that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ACH</span> will be participating in studying all types of developmental delays, including autism. Mal called to see if they could interview Adam & me, and of course we were happy to help! (Anything to be on TV, right?) They came to the school and taped the interview on the playground. You can watch it here:<br /><br /><div><a href="http://arkansasmatters.com/media_player.php?media_id=123041">http://arkansasmatters.com/media_player.php?media_id=123041</a></div><br /><br />Adam was a little afraid and didn't want me to let him down. He did let me put him in the swing, and they got a cute shot of Evan pushing him. Evan, of course, was hamming it up for the camera. He would slide down the slide and look at the camera to say, "Want me to do it again?". Then he would throw the ball to me and turn to the camera and say, "I throw the ball to my Mommy!"<br /><br />I told the reporter as we were leaving to try to make me sound halfway intelligent, and I think the piece turned out really good! I told Jeff I only wish I hadn't used the word "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">devastated</span>". We know what <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><em>devastated</em></span> feels like, and compared to that, this challenge with Adam is so do-able. If I had to do it over again, I would say this is difficult, or maybe challenging, but definitely not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">devastating</span>.<br /><br />Adam, by the way, is doing great. We continue to see progress daily, and are amazed at how far he has come in such a short time. Every day we are hearing new words (today's new word was "helment"--he was playing with a Star Wars toy), and he is making much better eye contact. This weekend during Emma's soccer game, he was playing Ring Around the Rosie with Evan and some of the other siblings and having a ball. Amazing! Two months ago he wouldn't have cared to participate.<br /><br />Last week we saw a Neurologist at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ACH</span> who said she does not see any evidence of a neurological disorder, but wants us to go ahead and do an EEG and an MRI (under sedation) just to rule things out, so we are working on getting that scheduled. She was a little concerned about the tone of his legs and his "toe walking" and wants Frances Allen to go ahead and do a PT evaluation--they will be doing that this week.<br /><br />Today, he moved to a new room at school so that he and Evan are separated to help encourage him to be a little more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">independent</span> since Evan tends to do most of his talking for him. (I think Evan tends to do the talking for most of the class.) His new teachers went on and on about how great he did and how sweet he is--they love him already!<br /><br />We continue to be amazed at God's provision for our family. Thank you to all who are praying for us, and please keep Adam and his continued progress in your prayers. We do have a long way to go, but as Jeff's Dad used to say, "This is a starting point. We can get there from here".<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://arkansasmatters.com/media_player.php?media_id=123041"></a>Yathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932588791927854860noreply@blogger.com0