tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226956382024-03-13T05:23:08.942-05:00Hart Of The MatterJodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-48438151338663566702012-04-13T15:41:00.000-05:002012-04-13T15:41:09.319-05:00Veggie-Loaded MeatloafHere is what we had for dinner last night. Veggie-Loaded Meatloaf. It was a cool spring day and felt perfect for it. Plus, Mr. Hart had also come home the day before saying we should have a casserole or lasagna or something like that for dinner, but that takes planning. So this is what I planned for the next day.<br />
Meatloaf makes me think of childhood dinners. I never liked meatloaf then. My memories of it consist of not quite done white rice mixed with maybe done meat and lots of ketchup on top. Because of those memories, I hadn't even considered making meatloaf in my adult life until this last year. A lovely cook friend of mine had our family over for dinner and served us meatloaf. At first thought I really couldn't believe she would serve that to guests! Turns out, after I explained to the girls what it was, it was really good! Thanks for the inspiration to find a meatloaf that our family loves and I am not embarrassed to serve.<br />
I usually skip the bread crumbs, which makes it a little crumbly, but also gluten free. It is also great because you can substitute veggies you have on hand and not stick to the exact recipe, which I never stick to.<br />
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<b>Veggie-Loaded Meatloaf</b><br />
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Mix together the meat and egg. Add vegetables and mix well. Stir in bread crumbs, parsley, Parmesan cheese, and seasonings. Mix well<br /><br />Pack mixture into a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 and1/4 hours. Cool slightly before slicing. Makes six to eight servings.Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-59840513873762658852012-03-16T16:39:00.000-05:002012-03-16T16:39:23.749-05:00Coloring Lesson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I never realized that you could actually have lessons on how to color correctly, but that is exactly what our art curriculum starts with! It has mad a large improvement in their coloring abilities. Everyone's very proud of their improvement. Today we talked about coloring things realistically. Ava didn't quite catch that, but that girl LOVES to color. She usually does it neater than her work below, but must have been feeling rushed or something. "You can SHARPEN crayons!" was one of the highlights. Mass crayon sharpening coming during playtime soon!<br />
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Happy weekend!<br />
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<br />Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-89105741438327081442012-02-17T10:19:00.000-06:002012-02-17T10:19:06.220-06:00The HelpWe had a free movie rental from redbox on Valentine's day and had a hard time finding anything worth while to rent. ie There were no Barbie movies the girls hadn't seen. That meant trying to find an adult show. I'm not much into movies, but had heard The Help was good, although I wanted to read it first. And let me just say, of course it was good, it was a fully written, totally developed book first! I really cannot stop thinking about it. How that kind of injustice and pure meanness was so accepted. AND that it really wasn't that long ago. Really, my house looks just like those in the movie. It could have been in MY house! Which means to me, that these ideas are still prevelant. They surely get passed down. I'm just saying I don't want to be that kind of woman and I want to love people. People like me and people different than me. And I want to be brave enough to call out that ugliness, if I see it. So, Ladies, we are also shaping our children's hearts, lets make sure they are loving ones!<br />
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BTW: I don't any of my readers who aren't loving...probably more than me! So maybe this can be just a suggestion to read or watch The Help :)Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-73555320505894558232011-09-28T19:36:00.000-05:002011-09-28T19:36:18.766-05:00Girls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I just want to remember how much I LOVE my three girlies. Getting to stay at home with them all day is so fun! If you haven't heard, we are homeschooling this year. That is another post I will get to later.<br />
I love Naomi because she is such a soft, romantic spirit! She loves to lay under her pear tree and dream while gazing at the clouds. Music speaks to her so much. Composing and singing is one of her favorite things to do. Actually it just happens. She doesn't really have to DO it. How great!<br />
Stella is about to turn five. She is really growing up out of toddler stage all of a sudden. I love lots about her. She always throws out a good quote or two. Words have always been her gifting. One of my favorite things she says that I know she will figure out soon is the prayer God is good, God is great, she always prays "God is good. God is good..." Which He is! Soon she will realize and not double the good and it will be a little sad for me. Starting soccer this fall has shown her competitiveness. She goes for that ball with an iron will. And she scores! It is serious on the field, but all smiles and laughs when we get home and she talks about it.<br />
Ava is... well, the baby. The only two names she will allow you to call her are monkey and princess. We do not call our girls princess here at our house! But she sure wants you to. I like monkey because she lives on bananas and climbs everything, quietly. She will play with barbies and ponies and dollies all by herself for an hour. Loves dress up. For her and her babies. That girl can put barbie clothes on that the older two cannot get on the dolls! Her smile is heart melting when she bats her big blue eyes up at you.<br />
Just needed to put their youthful cuteness out there before they grow up a single minute more! <br />
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<br />Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-19915976617302921252011-09-27T11:35:00.000-05:002011-09-27T11:35:20.815-05:00I've been really tired lately, which leads to reading more blogs. Sometimes it is just so peaceful to sit with the windows open, a beverage (I like coffee or water in a par tic ular glass) and sit and read some blogs that I follow. These blogs lead me into a life that is otherwise foreign to me. They also inspire me that I can do stuff that is outside of my normal flow of life. I love seeing life in another country or state. How it is the same as my life and how it is different. These two blogs don't have much in common, but I think they both speak to the creative side of me.<br />
<a href="http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/">Down to Earth</a> is a blog written by Rhonda who lives simply in Australia. Boy, the weather always looks nice there. And all her reused items always look so clean and neat. Which is my problem with reused stuff. It doesn't look clean and neat at my house.<br />
Sandra writes <a href="http://www.sawdustandpaperscraps.com/">Sawdust and Paper Scraps</a> from Chicago, maybe. She recently moved and as I said, I don't regularly follow. Anywho, when she moves she redoes her house. Not hire it redone. She does it. I would love to be able to do that much wood work. It really seems like an expensive and time consuming hobby to start right now, so I will just live through her blog.<br />
You can visit these blogs or read the ones that make you feel relaxed and creative. Wishing you some peace today! <br />
<br />Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-11246161899479893112011-09-07T15:24:00.000-05:002011-09-07T15:24:51.985-05:00TuesdayGrandma Julane wanted to spend some time spoiling ALL her grandkids so off to Hutchinson we went!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, my word! There is dinosaur bones in here!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone held the fuzzy caterpillar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She fell and hurt her nose :(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice cream made everything good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mmmmm! He was quite a mess!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yum! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are great! We are still hungry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom and Aunt Pud. I had some too, but had the camera, so I didn't have to have my picture taken :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stella was cold and needed to snuggle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock, paper, scissors</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two joined Nate & I outside, while the others chilled playing wii all evening.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are holding hands. So sweet!</td></tr>
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<br />Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-24633078300276372962011-09-07T14:38:00.000-05:002011-09-07T14:38:02.749-05:00MondayMonday was a full day! Being a holiday we had all sorts of fun activities to do....here we go. We had our Monday morning donut run, of course. Then...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the AWESOME playroom at Grandma and Grandpa Harts house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zane would hardly leave this room! Look at the toys stacked to the ceiling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The older cousins played doge ball in the yard, while we picnicked. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running around and around...tired yet?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plenty of water and headed to the river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Testing the water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hunting for fish.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whoa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Think we got something!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The catch of the day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of Grandpa Jim's favorite activities. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good thing for Nate and Jerrod to watch the kids in the water :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next up ice cream party at a friends house. Their bowls were empty fast!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kai's bowl still had some in it:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutie with all the cicada shells.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet girls getting sweeter!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmmmm? Do I know you?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweetest little man!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got enough? That was some good ice cream!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David likes it too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was so fun with the lights, swings, and frisbees in the backyard. Thanks Alisha & Will! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-4925602487728188112011-09-07T13:42:00.003-05:002011-09-07T13:42:55.706-05:00A Day or Two at a TimeSince our days have been soooo full with our six kiddos this week, I think the best way to log our happenings are through pics. So far I have remembered our camera on all occasions! Saturday and Sunday were full of outside play.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zane on his horsey.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone helped Uncle Nate load and dump tree branches. By help, I mean sit in the truck and giggle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These munchkins are nearly inseparable. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of bike riding. It is easy to ride in the dead grass!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burying themselves at the park on Sunday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Underdogs all around!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I always love the pictures in this yellow tube :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our friends came to the park too. She is Stella's best friend.</td></tr>
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<br />Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-8310096889349346752011-09-03T10:40:00.000-05:002011-09-03T10:41:12.993-05:00Kids, kids, kids!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two girls trying to sleep in a tiny air bed. It is Dora! Didn't work out!</td></tr>
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The ADVENTURE has begun again! We are getting to have the Eastwood kiddos, Elena, Kai, & Zane stay with us for a week. That means a six kid household. Ages: 8, 7, 6, 4.9, 2.5, 2.5.<br />
The first day we drove back from picking them up at Emporia and I was bushed. They watched some of a movie while I chilled waiting for my dear hubby to get home and help me decide what to do. He's great at that. We cooked out then headed to the spray park in Valley. Little Zane loved the spray park! He ran around for almost an hour pretending to be an airplane in the water and trying to shoot<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two more girls getting comfy. Elena reading aloud to all :)</td></tr>
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me with the water gun. The other kids left the water to play on the play ground zip line and slides. <br />
Bedtime was adventurous. Really the problem is my baby, Ava. She is not much for sleeping lately and is two and a half. That can mean very opinionated about, well everything. Of course she fits right in here! She finally fell asleep on our bed around ten. We moved her to the girls room and she slept hard till seven.<br />
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The next day we got most of the morning stuff done in record time! They all worked hard and had school done in less than an hour! Except for the part that I had to lead. We did that in <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lost the ball over the fence!</td></tr>
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the afternoon. Naomi and Stella each got a chore partner, which was good for them and me. 2X the work done!! We made it to the grocery store pretty smoothly. Only one person exclaimed "Are those all YOUR kids?" We got lots of stares. I think people were wondering what I was doing with six kids at the store on a school day at lunch time. That is one, okay three, of the new joys of home schooling. (strange stares, comments and going to the store at lunch:)) Went to the park to eat our lunchables next! Why did I buy those things? Just should of bought a box of cookies and saved eight dollars! Oh well, the kids liked them. Or at least the cookies in them!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two playing Rupunzel.</td></tr>
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The park didn't last long, because someone had to go to the bathroom. Then they all did. I wasn't taking six kids to my friends house to potty, so we headed home. <br />
More cleaning, school time, nap time, alone time, short video, make cookies, order pizza, play outside, bed time! That is the quick version. I'm headed outside to play now!<br />
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Oh, by the way, my sister is lounging in Europe with her hubby! Have a great time you two!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hamming it up together! Eating, which is what they do most the time!</td></tr>
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<br />Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-72892908030874490342011-07-20T15:30:00.003-05:002011-07-20T16:17:34.873-05:00Smushing chicks and rabbits<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvKz9ggOxt-VhctcEX8UbU_gIfsgu2EOJNxc_1FhRBxtuEqGXzoWG7B9r9m6FIq2Wr3w5VghHaQ9W6GAHQpLAt0OEjrFr22zlkUFLy5KEcll9sQf-wGXYjW6nz4hnPMTWhiF7/s1600/DSC08118.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvKz9ggOxt-VhctcEX8UbU_gIfsgu2EOJNxc_1FhRBxtuEqGXzoWG7B9r9m6FIq2Wr3w5VghHaQ9W6GAHQpLAt0OEjrFr22zlkUFLy5KEcll9sQf-wGXYjW6nz4hnPMTWhiF7/s320/DSC08118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631537323184523602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Our annual trek to Sedgwick County Fair was a hit. The girls LOVE to go to the little petting zoo there. Those poor animals! Ava thought those pesky goats were great! The parade and all the candy from it was super exciting too. Tractors and horses were the main attractions. Seeing Grandma Patty and Grandpa Jim is always a hit in their book too. (Side note: Ava has named an old green puppet grandpa this week. I think cause it is fuzzy, like Grandpa Jim, ha!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEa4VGlaECOewZ3nlbrVLDoHtfotiOxnEnNm2H4-FNz41gtRpNYhoMYphfrB6Zd4CtPb0uRRh3aYE8t3hKZVMZ6IbOyVtyPMnwrmjHr66GDFo40zfv-TmptdN02g8dXcDN5X3Q/s1600/DSC08119.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEa4VGlaECOewZ3nlbrVLDoHtfotiOxnEnNm2H4-FNz41gtRpNYhoMYphfrB6Zd4CtPb0uRRh3aYE8t3hKZVMZ6IbOyVtyPMnwrmjHr66GDFo40zfv-TmptdN02g8dXcDN5X3Q/s320/DSC08119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631537316520553378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJGj1fb_wKPKpdIB59TfbSLR_okm9yJgCWlSeWaNkeGdulVPZrQQLd4bak0wnDwfaPoOLqMuXttvLHcA_orIqFpL1R5y_Ql8Soj9Ad4i_xYpzBha3_L1MOHm94NhFkdXJQNje/s1600/DSC08203.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJGj1fb_wKPKpdIB59TfbSLR_okm9yJgCWlSeWaNkeGdulVPZrQQLd4bak0wnDwfaPoOLqMuXttvLHcA_orIqFpL1R5y_Ql8Soj9Ad4i_xYpzBha3_L1MOHm94NhFkdXJQNje/s320/DSC08203.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631537310962515378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7gTHmfTx4h36sohJXMxbQP0csSegb36CIAdsieHbCY1PZXZDgnlWlA7of_sEKhX0ov3t4uT4y2SCldKm9zpb8q0P-8W3878nfdXhhRBNAwPQqOl7nOUHmCl3eoDYukTcxiV4/s1600/DSC08034.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7gTHmfTx4h36sohJXMxbQP0csSegb36CIAdsieHbCY1PZXZDgnlWlA7of_sEKhX0ov3t4uT4y2SCldKm9zpb8q0P-8W3878nfdXhhRBNAwPQqOl7nOUHmCl3eoDYukTcxiV4/s320/DSC08034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631537304021480898" border="0" /></a>These other shots are of my garden. It was growing green and well until the heat. Now looks a little sadder, but have had a few harvests. My favorite being the Zinnias! I have seriously got to work on my soil this fall. Then next year will be better still. <br />BTW: I cannot figure out how to line up pictures good. I haven't blogged in so long I thought it was hopefully better than nothing :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqJwX-onBRJLsUIkKLC_bzYgqCZI9tumob9oIsd1DfUcSpHzojj8-rPVj-lneCHxH4sHEn6hWqjXWXUNZFI4XHUvdTBQEvviP308dREuWC1KIpdVT91P4XfwPyqfs8OWxjUqt/s1600/DSC08117.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqJwX-onBRJLsUIkKLC_bzYgqCZI9tumob9oIsd1DfUcSpHzojj8-rPVj-lneCHxH4sHEn6hWqjXWXUNZFI4XHUvdTBQEvviP308dREuWC1KIpdVT91P4XfwPyqfs8OWxjUqt/s320/DSC08117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631537331943940594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Happy summer fun to you all!!!!!!Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-1164260631408811312011-05-10T10:46:00.004-05:002011-05-10T11:36:24.476-05:00Mondays with DorieBy the title you might think we watch Dora the Explorer on Mondays, but that is not the case here. It is French Mondays with <a href="http://www.frenchfridayswithdorie.com/">Dorie Greenspan</a>. Nate, had said he wanted to learn to cook, so for his birthday I got him Around My French Table. His hobbies are all coming from that area of the world right now which made the book and food fit right in.<br />Now when he said learn to cook, I thought he meant, ya know, make new recipes from a cookbook. I now realize he meant he didn't know <span style="font-style: italic;">how</span> to cook. I'm talking <span style="font-style: italic;">could not</span> separate an egg white from yoke or put the mixer together! After three dishes these skills have been mastered. It has been a good journey so far. We have had sugar-crusted french toast - way sweet, serve as dessert only, bistrot paul bert pepper steak with les frites - yum o, but smoked the entire house up and needed more fries, last night we had tourteau de chevre for dessert - it is a goats cheese cake, yummy, yummy, yummy! Feels like a party every Monday night here, so you might want to drop by for a bite!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cwSJNOY3zlUxtQvCdZQBvKmJqrGg2qS2vJpclpy_2iQ32lhCJFUy8i9horoDN6HTpsbmPG0iUBKdvLHrOf7TOh181m0UY8jUyJL_7bFHRviFggZ1R7qtN8UHJsJxFWL_h6Me/s1600/DSC07428.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cwSJNOY3zlUxtQvCdZQBvKmJqrGg2qS2vJpclpy_2iQ32lhCJFUy8i9horoDN6HTpsbmPG0iUBKdvLHrOf7TOh181m0UY8jUyJL_7bFHRviFggZ1R7qtN8UHJsJxFWL_h6Me/s400/DSC07428.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605122796131530962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZVRbEpnLBD1V_P9JvAiAvTgO512d_IsIGN-BkBNKAkufO_FvTFG6gDYtBe07nVTtFuBRa3mrIOgT0whNMmKoSaywRdtYCztGgpGu1u-RhjVblGAdt2TeLU89MLGgz5igt2Td/s1600/DSC07427.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA92se2Id9pHCiJSkslgNzkuSLCGqlBZjknvD6BHccL5kZs9U23t0b-jH8yL3jkhum-z6svbKZ_zdRQPCREXk3zJrVygt9v2ZUwFdlb08Xb8Ha6Haphshy_Jdwwpn2zcZbnzKS/s400/DSC07574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605123763862139906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj90QL8MyxgiuBAFOWEPo4wrXXQyn4RbElwJhwOzg-X_Sdy7pViE7MaqFbUGGLVJQDZfpHCwc1erc_FlgMiLfBQwXTSSar0HGp4VPopaB3ouyV0ByzspGsZl6yafUKWk56Kg8/s1600/DSC07572.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj90QL8MyxgiuBAFOWEPo4wrXXQyn4RbElwJhwOzg-X_Sdy7pViE7MaqFbUGGLVJQDZfpHCwc1erc_FlgMiLfBQwXTSSar0HGp4VPopaB3ouyV0ByzspGsZl6yafUKWk56Kg8/s400/DSC07572.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605123760153191378" border="0" /></a>Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-57372830760926556452011-04-27T14:28:00.004-05:002011-04-27T15:45:30.018-05:00Spring!<div style="text-align: center;">Spring is here and I am so glad! I love watching our plants grow. I've learned about an encyclopedia sized amount about gardening in the last year. We ripped all the front bushes out and planted our own itty bitty plants and started a vegetable garden last year around this time. They grew some last year, but are really looking much bigger and happier this year. But what got me to sit down and post is the deal I landed today! I really scored because I am always yearning for one of those wedding veil spirea bushes that are in all the old neighborhoods. (I actually want a whole line of them) They bloom beautiful small white flowers that flow down and blow in the wind. Aah! I just love the site of them at this time of year. I think their payoff of beautifulness out weighs their ugliness in the winter. I couldn't seem to find them for sale at our local nursery, plus I couldn't afford a plant from them the size I want anyway. But yesterday I drove by a construction site that had just ripped down a building or two and right in the middle and around the edge were those bushes. Soooo today I went by and found some construction guys sitting in their truck. My heart a little pounding, cause I usually don't do things like this, but I wanted those bushes seriously! I tapped their window and nearly scared them to death. They were pretty nice and said come back after lunch and they would have them laid aside for me. So I went back with my minivan and two kids in my flip flops. Duh! Wear tennis shoes for dragging heavy plants into van in front of men and driver byers. I forgot. I felt like a crazy woman. One of the guys came to help me. Good thing too cause I was feeling weak and it was super heavy. It filled the whole van! Stella thought it was great having it all shoved up in her face. I think the construction guy was happy just for a change in the monotony of construction life. He liked the girls hair and eyes. And we made them warm peanut butter cookies, which lit up his face. I like that kind of a bargain. Now to decide where to put it and pray it lives. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvGemDqa7Q440qLgIchhEobhzGcyQAdeLuDtnVdUrWIszj7Ac3oiGU-oles-USa7uM_0nJW6wYaV4dzoEDdHAh1HQAkLkj9hNqFDobddn8PwexsKX4rjnQoIX49w5Gc1hXYQj/s1600/DSC04863.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvGemDqa7Q440qLgIchhEobhzGcyQAdeLuDtnVdUrWIszj7Ac3oiGU-oles-USa7uM_0nJW6wYaV4dzoEDdHAh1HQAkLkj9hNqFDobddn8PwexsKX4rjnQoIX49w5Gc1hXYQj/s320/DSC04863.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600354202435243826" border="0" /></a>Last year<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqumvhAYMBuSXUCbWu8_VG8ZV5SwFzczsl2BYYNMjcoNj-u2hML0VEBw_Tz2uQOZwre4yPSzhmGmpz26I575jLd6v2_m2nHyrvLbPnceHewLvKS73WutzCO2xwR0Btk5En8PHI/s1600/DSC07392.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqumvhAYMBuSXUCbWu8_VG8ZV5SwFzczsl2BYYNMjcoNj-u2hML0VEBw_Tz2uQOZwre4yPSzhmGmpz26I575jLd6v2_m2nHyrvLbPnceHewLvKS73WutzCO2xwR0Btk5En8PHI/s320/DSC07392.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600354195044811666" border="0" /></a><br />Backyard, this year. Soon to be blooming with peonies then flooded with roses!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPE1D7qkXFXZ8_AGTTII8I3grhztp2ntMc-s6gger3La8VgBhYj8sz7FaMN_2_MG2dFMwsNlnwRmUXz9kJFPB7vnvP1BXRul9p8mU5WN5OMsgrAvvN3V9zITa_rIgKoDsZMTw/s1600/DSC07389.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPE1D7qkXFXZ8_AGTTII8I3grhztp2ntMc-s6gger3La8VgBhYj8sz7FaMN_2_MG2dFMwsNlnwRmUXz9kJFPB7vnvP1BXRul9p8mU5WN5OMsgrAvvN3V9zITa_rIgKoDsZMTw/s320/DSC07389.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600354189057311794" border="0" /></a><br />This years Helleborn dark purple flowers. Bloomed in the snow :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXPVb4bGVTmy78QwPyhwbbcyal7CiW0V6Dyr-atN-SUvktbrLeJ7FOdwB97j7HjO20axoTjZKkbT2gh5hh1ptYoYAajVWrEnJsV3zEaua8ASrxILhL3Uu167YgNlibyID3X7e/s1600/DSC07390.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXPVb4bGVTmy78QwPyhwbbcyal7CiW0V6Dyr-atN-SUvktbrLeJ7FOdwB97j7HjO20axoTjZKkbT2gh5hh1ptYoYAajVWrEnJsV3zEaua8ASrxILhL3Uu167YgNlibyID3X7e/s320/DSC07390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600354186271102098" border="0" /></a><br />This year. Plants coming back bigger and stronger.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHECFkQJoCuDw9visX99yI1jH2lrnQnNzCLsE5acOO6S7p1Ck2i_L95Q9lOmBF4mlTkYMlvEZP6GC3pmZDI690vJWgEGELVaCBzeA5YloUyhZnleDzHNSu3iYLYoyWLo0p3eK/s1600/DSC04865.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHECFkQJoCuDw9visX99yI1jH2lrnQnNzCLsE5acOO6S7p1Ck2i_L95Q9lOmBF4mlTkYMlvEZP6GC3pmZDI690vJWgEGELVaCBzeA5YloUyhZnleDzHNSu3iYLYoyWLo0p3eK/s320/DSC04865.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600354215507453938" border="0" /></a><br />Last year on the side of the house.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBRxpxsaYlyq0zP8XhkH4Iz14FS2V-3_5NJlVUsbUSU1bzToEt1wpHyMAnoOPzNxh7t0qzx0YBeoUywrDOOiW_GbqSO2mvYQbiXs5LvZaT7SEbi3e5m4IdCzYD7lMeY2N5y5M/s1600/DSC07386.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBRxpxsaYlyq0zP8XhkH4Iz14FS2V-3_5NJlVUsbUSU1bzToEt1wpHyMAnoOPzNxh7t0qzx0YBeoUywrDOOiW_GbqSO2mvYQbiXs5LvZaT7SEbi3e5m4IdCzYD7lMeY2N5y5M/s320/DSC07386.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600351181413965442" border="0" /></a><br />This year on the side of the house. Slowly transforming to a great garden, I hope.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnKdEMgiWOpHlovDA2wykH8ykbqEz5z3lw6mGoah3qJzF06kCULhu0cUiSAAcBhdu48tkryUL6F4apQYcwwNXcnkOIXSb8U4t71vEFn2BbdmHag2_JSLhRHi23a5xXomxU3Oo/s1600/DSC07251.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnKdEMgiWOpHlovDA2wykH8ykbqEz5z3lw6mGoah3qJzF06kCULhu0cUiSAAcBhdu48tkryUL6F4apQYcwwNXcnkOIXSb8U4t71vEFn2BbdmHag2_JSLhRHi23a5xXomxU3Oo/s320/DSC07251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600351173466232546" border="0" /></a><br />Tulips in the back beside the rosemary that made it through the winter.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMroRdenTMEekz_r_0TwTk2zQIgMOUfdymWfmakGQQQ35skxritjAjhHPyqZhROSPNmyDOBk9A8dS5sqDUWUmYJ1_rxtB4uc2aTCBMzUoZnBjoVCtwowWD8gAeNrR7xFS7zjM/s1600/DSC07444.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMroRdenTMEekz_r_0TwTk2zQIgMOUfdymWfmakGQQQ35skxritjAjhHPyqZhROSPNmyDOBk9A8dS5sqDUWUmYJ1_rxtB4uc2aTCBMzUoZnBjoVCtwowWD8gAeNrR7xFS7zjM/s320/DSC07444.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600351165794793010" border="0" /></a><br />Van stuffed with score of the day!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNdkZY40UQzp7XtYDGuAD9AeOC_B3cfv0Fz9NUrL6i8-yoHrJT5mEvCqw7juh8JsLIysRBM7THuMBILZ_jmGKAOUhHfz8juZ7_aeItv-pVhn9Eaz8Ib75bV8BsZ65nw_CaPKP/s1600/DSC07445.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNdkZY40UQzp7XtYDGuAD9AeOC_B3cfv0Fz9NUrL6i8-yoHrJT5mEvCqw7juh8JsLIysRBM7THuMBILZ_jmGKAOUhHfz8juZ7_aeItv-pVhn9Eaz8Ib75bV8BsZ65nw_CaPKP/s320/DSC07445.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600351161059883698" border="0" /></a><br />More stuffed van. See Stella peeking from behind?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzWL0SzIIb7T9YDRakcHxwyakBiPL0m_MRSb2Gn5zKni1p6apLkIyptHf-UxiByMt7puakaV9MYtHtQ2ZXmW1rLYVBqU9DLMfqkcKENC8gTiWmk-e3qEdKNElTL3rkM9wEUdV/s1600/DSC07383.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzWL0SzIIb7T9YDRakcHxwyakBiPL0m_MRSb2Gn5zKni1p6apLkIyptHf-UxiByMt7puakaV9MYtHtQ2ZXmW1rLYVBqU9DLMfqkcKENC8gTiWmk-e3qEdKNElTL3rkM9wEUdV/s320/DSC07383.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600351207503727138" border="0" /></a><br />Been waiting for a bleeding heart to bloom for years! Always squashing or thinking it a weed and pulling before it blooms. These three little flowers make my year of gardening :)<br /></div>Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-30334414382100853722011-04-14T14:57:00.003-05:002011-04-14T17:32:23.862-05:00Cherished<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD2rmYWGAj5VdJ-z2p-Mch92L_bQ5ChaLrIh77yfQtSHjKbAgIK6f3bJiIqkJzmu-xY07yOMhId0cqBkeDO3b37jXEwQQ-SwhKxNyFuQ71fTGcra1hmlb-8WRlbpAPopn1b3M/s1600/DSC06948.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD2rmYWGAj5VdJ-z2p-Mch92L_bQ5ChaLrIh77yfQtSHjKbAgIK6f3bJiIqkJzmu-xY07yOMhId0cqBkeDO3b37jXEwQQ-SwhKxNyFuQ71fTGcra1hmlb-8WRlbpAPopn1b3M/s320/DSC06948.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595537830288510130" border="0" /></a>Recently a dear friend of mine moved away. Which is sad, but the upside: She moved to Phoenix! Yes, a place I have always wanted to vacation to. I am plotting when to actually go and if I should bring the rest of the family. Here is our last play date. Stella and Mary painting nails. They are too sweet, working together, for the good of beauty. At their age they are usually vying to be in charge, but hopefully they can still grow to be good friends. Just long distance.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObxfyMdKV9ZhyN1rniNsppzjRzcFlXKm39iEpMAXbkEa2xdXh5-9KFYF64mI6oIZYcJGVA3xy_s6ptx7TXWO-ZjpVz8Gd0eLpNt8cBNheYHOgi-uRHbL-5JBVO5clLSNXiHO3/s1600/DSC06951.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObxfyMdKV9ZhyN1rniNsppzjRzcFlXKm39iEpMAXbkEa2xdXh5-9KFYF64mI6oIZYcJGVA3xy_s6ptx7TXWO-ZjpVz8Gd0eLpNt8cBNheYHOgi-uRHbL-5JBVO5clLSNXiHO3/s320/DSC06951.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595537825155627538" border="0" /></a>Here is Sarah Jeanne and her sweet, rambunctious baby boy. He doesn't ever stop! Maybe the heat will slow him down a little?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZybl3xNWOXfOlnC-esguGoP7pDHksgrJXUxHdtSPcgsjT0qHP01LkY5dWPGynD3U6x3M0VxfsMYW6HMP3UD0iIRJFJXrUT48whmRY_360Bl3S-841ci_MxuUIXSqRRTyS0K6g/s1600/DSC06939.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZybl3xNWOXfOlnC-esguGoP7pDHksgrJXUxHdtSPcgsjT0qHP01LkY5dWPGynD3U6x3M0VxfsMYW6HMP3UD0iIRJFJXrUT48whmRY_360Bl3S-841ci_MxuUIXSqRRTyS0K6g/s320/DSC06939.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595537821487028546" border="0" /></a>This is a shot of Stella that I thought was beau ti ful! She is in one of the many dress up clothes she has. Eating pancakes. For supper. We work like that here at our house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xT5zUBaQe-JmC8PkT8uFNOGGRi5kw5uRi30bpV6KVJQDqOBNepezR2bdco1tWUbKWWqMI8aaUdFFUqouJ6jNzhKsNBjqc2yNNRLSAA6rF-eaYztTZki11GPJrmzb14fSNgX0/s1600/DSC06937.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xT5zUBaQe-JmC8PkT8uFNOGGRi5kw5uRi30bpV6KVJQDqOBNepezR2bdco1tWUbKWWqMI8aaUdFFUqouJ6jNzhKsNBjqc2yNNRLSAA6rF-eaYztTZki11GPJrmzb14fSNgX0/s320/DSC06937.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595537816864401234" border="0" /></a>Another shot of a beau ti ful daughter. This is daddy daughter date at flower girls. They had a great time. I know Naomi feels cherished by her daddy. Which is just the way he wants it!<br /><br />Do you like the valentine decor the girls hung on the walls? Lots of orange, blue, and black hearts were posted all over!Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-2688193369731306562011-04-14T14:27:00.004-05:002011-04-14T14:57:08.673-05:00Grace and Compassion in lifeYa know, friends, when my life feels heavy and I cannot figure things out, ie make a solid plan for what I will be doing in the next 24 hours to 3 weeks, I don't blog much. Nor do I read blogs, which I love to do! As you might infer from my last post being over a month ago, I am at that place. I just cannot get the words out. Here is my attempt to get it out there for whomever, but mostly for me. I think it will help. <br /><br />Now it sounds like a bad place to be, but it really isn't. For I know God has been growing and stretching me. While I won't go into it all, I find He is teaching me in grace and compassion. These are good attributes to posses, I know, but I bristle at compassion. For me it sounds like lots of FEELINGS, which means CRYING, probably WITH people. Why is it that I move far away from that when I know the connection and realness it brings? And isn't that what I desire? <br /><br />Yes. <br /><br />Am I the only one who does this? I'm sure not. I know my dear friends will give me grace as I grow. And I am glad to do the same for you.Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-89974223274455326202011-03-07T12:27:00.003-06:002011-03-07T13:01:48.936-06:00Naomi is 7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqN9S1fRqqJvXYXvpfmkrCBKiqk_1W34p0pdXfmHgTKmgoEzrfsHy68lR0ovQt14BFXRBicFv7vGTTZnPwQm4JukOQtIDE-Jtwei8GSnc-wZ7_W0UoMN_7oF4xu_UZYpAcZO2p/s1600/DSC06994.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqN9S1fRqqJvXYXvpfmkrCBKiqk_1W34p0pdXfmHgTKmgoEzrfsHy68lR0ovQt14BFXRBicFv7vGTTZnPwQm4JukOQtIDE-Jtwei8GSnc-wZ7_W0UoMN_7oF4xu_UZYpAcZO2p/s320/DSC06994.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581412632204685746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFemt6HCNzmhicDAcwSOuWBqz1pawyjKHG_bry58tdkEWzOBR1xszcXlcX8RlPqJrIZFBB2PM4P7vo4GwKiRke4FXViKGSqp9ZFC0qZdVi6MR8UI2PzYSm3SqpgVpm5gMlPNNT/s1600/DSC06997.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFemt6HCNzmhicDAcwSOuWBqz1pawyjKHG_bry58tdkEWzOBR1xszcXlcX8RlPqJrIZFBB2PM4P7vo4GwKiRke4FXViKGSqp9ZFC0qZdVi6MR8UI2PzYSm3SqpgVpm5gMlPNNT/s320/DSC06997.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581412623408723410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclq91_glXHYsqrMXPj8h69e_ZlMs0XSrxgaficROktukUUHAvJ7WRezg4efCHgeK_6FJY2uqrUe6KQAQLU_AEKLrRdZsdn17LtEk2nAzOQN2PyyZ7cLGbvJZ73fPq0qkEy1KF/s1600/DSC07002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclq91_glXHYsqrMXPj8h69e_ZlMs0XSrxgaficROktukUUHAvJ7WRezg4efCHgeK_6FJY2uqrUe6KQAQLU_AEKLrRdZsdn17LtEk2nAzOQN2PyyZ7cLGbvJZ73fPq0qkEy1KF/s320/DSC07002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581412619033648018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiLxMTfNhsGpX7wSKmhFiieg-sGp2jNNvAJMRJd2beSjyWrQ9JHR_NXD-UsVf7hd8ndd23xDUAQ1juniLnIydyTwWfQcvzAMqSFZO7xYHxXv-pfZapoQxDio_WoftxfN7XHAf/s1600/DSC07008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiLxMTfNhsGpX7wSKmhFiieg-sGp2jNNvAJMRJd2beSjyWrQ9JHR_NXD-UsVf7hd8ndd23xDUAQ1juniLnIydyTwWfQcvzAMqSFZO7xYHxXv-pfZapoQxDio_WoftxfN7XHAf/s320/DSC07008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581412613523296530" /></a><br />My oldest girl turned seven yesterday. I have noticed recently that it is the beginning of real conversations between us. It is refreshing! I am looking forward to fostering a different kind of mother daughter relationship between us. She is a super sweet girl. Her favorite activities are reading, writing and singing songs, and crafting. She wanted empty boxes for her birthday to make stuff! In her reading she likes a little suspense right now. Magic Tree House books are her favorite.<br />She had friends from school and church over yesterday for a dress your stuffy and paint nails and do hair party. All the girls loved dressing their favorite stuffed animal! No one wanted their hair brushed, ha! We curled it instead. Everyone got their nails painted freshly and had some ice cream cake and punch (with no HFCS, but that is another story) too.Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-83111993150667666432011-03-03T12:16:00.005-06:002011-03-03T12:42:22.857-06:00Pillow Cases Anyone?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s07FxzbU-xLdoBmanC2eoxzDTGvpOYd0wwbVx10-rBtU8mbtBI3JnpBvYVnOCkMnRZHfu-Rog3lETU2iPoTbvGprydlFTvFYVg5nv6HlWZNytKH_6lsh6xpdD42NN7SvctYI/s1600/DSC06954.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s07FxzbU-xLdoBmanC2eoxzDTGvpOYd0wwbVx10-rBtU8mbtBI3JnpBvYVnOCkMnRZHfu-Rog3lETU2iPoTbvGprydlFTvFYVg5nv6HlWZNytKH_6lsh6xpdD42NN7SvctYI/s400/DSC06954.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579925073412668978" /></a><br />I recently just put into words my affinity or ...maybe... I can call it my HOBBY of collecting linens. When I think about it, it totally makes sense. What makes me feel calm and at peace? A freshly made bed or beautifully set table with divine feeling fabrics. Like cool crisp sheets...ooo that makes me want to crawl into bed now! Cleaning out my linen pantry last week I found I own over 40 pillowcases. There was no need to get rid of any of them, even the ripped in half one is so pretty that I am sure I can use its embroidered design for some project, ha! Got a Garnet Hill catalog in the mail and was ready to pitch it when I spotted these great <a href="http://www.garnethill.com/painted-ponies-percale-bedding/bedding-home/sheets/patterned-sheets/117940">horse sheets</a>. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSUYLwO95aVTllpI0HA4Y-ISTGS3UYiSn3xvHQSzS80Y4awrYXM31WtCU_-l5DLE2JpC34wJ85P1rCiLIi6DeuQqPiZL5aqdI4CKzE30KSEx37eOppwDT19duUrSmDZN6sqvA/s1600/19979_1-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 72px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSUYLwO95aVTllpI0HA4Y-ISTGS3UYiSn3xvHQSzS80Y4awrYXM31WtCU_-l5DLE2JpC34wJ85P1rCiLIi6DeuQqPiZL5aqdI4CKzE30KSEx37eOppwDT19duUrSmDZN6sqvA/s400/19979_1-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579923054454295154" border="0" /></a>I SO want to get them for Naomi. (also loving their Hydrangea, Dogwood, Rose Garden and Green Tea Scroll sheets for myself!) They are fun horses with girl colors. That is why I like them so much. We will see if I can find the funds for them somewhere:) She wants a horse and guitar room make over, but I really want it to stay pretty little girl like with flowers. That isn't going to happen so I am slowly converting my bedroom with all her old decorations. Sorry Nate, it is going to get girlier in our room! Here is a shot of all my mostly vintage pillow cases. If you are ever at an estate sale and linens are cheap pick me up a few beauties! This is just my stash of pillow cases and does not include my table linens, eek! Maybe another time.Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-22475255713524639252011-02-05T13:29:00.005-06:002011-02-05T13:59:41.316-06:00Is it over yet?Whoa! It has been quite a week! I say that because I have finally came back alive from near death, I'm sure of it, from the come and go stomach flu. For some reason it hit me the hardest, but everyone except Stella has had their turn here. Mine was come and go. Sick Saturday night, recovering Sunday, good Monday, then Tuesday afternoon went down hard. It was awful, like I couldn't even watch TV I was in so much pain! Spent Wednesday and Thursday morning trying not to move, then was feeling great for the afternoon. I got a little too hungry and ate anything in site (ie crappy donut) and came down hard again that evening. My dear hubby rescued me yesterday and came home to take care of me and Naomi, cause she was having a hard time too.<br /><br />Creeping around today, trying to get back to some laundry and sweeping the floor! Turns out something molded inside our vacuum and when I turned it on it spewed vomit smelling junk all over its insides! Gross! Nate got on that and took it apart to clean it. We will see if we get a new one or it goes back together. (I think I am hoping for a new one, except I am so cheap I don't want to pay for one) <br /><br />In the midst of this our neighbor, who moved, so she isn't our neighbor anymore really, called and asked us to check her house that hasn't sold yet. That sounded fun to me, so I got dressed to go. Nate said I looked like I might blow away in the wind! While unlocking her door, I thought I heard water, but no, it couldn't be. OH YES, it was!!! Water pouring from the ceiling through the vent below! Almost all carpets soaked. We had to call the city to find her water shut off under all the snow. Then I called her. Not good for her. On the bright side, maybe the cleanup will help the house sell! Lessons learned: Always have your heat on in freezing weather and don't put off calling your neighbor.<br /><br />Well, the girls were great during the snow days with a mommy hardly worth anything. Here is some shots of their fun play. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_bNk_zvl5jidZ2jhb7uxZ7FhPAFx3Utza_vByc7irMVpJskyvFWWLKE0R0C1bo4xsgFhDZN6LN2jQhsJfd0CcMaHYLFEJ5N70dSTH9Og26o19nec-n86ICQ_iOdODdP_lcTK/s1600/DSC06719.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_bNk_zvl5jidZ2jhb7uxZ7FhPAFx3Utza_vByc7irMVpJskyvFWWLKE0R0C1bo4xsgFhDZN6LN2jQhsJfd0CcMaHYLFEJ5N70dSTH9Og26o19nec-n86ICQ_iOdODdP_lcTK/s400/DSC06719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570295958796193378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Tpz7CI9EsmVr7_xLKzEyMQkRobVQeVfG7airfKN5S-_SREqRxYpb99MNVCB3Yreo8Slhnq5UxjNq9YJliWa6SoDQeTL0urIcVxBMSYqmb49iuGQSZNfyGGQb0n1N2KOdLDer/s1600/DSC06717.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Tpz7CI9EsmVr7_xLKzEyMQkRobVQeVfG7airfKN5S-_SREqRxYpb99MNVCB3Yreo8Slhnq5UxjNq9YJliWa6SoDQeTL0urIcVxBMSYqmb49iuGQSZNfyGGQb0n1N2KOdLDer/s400/DSC06717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570295955891195074" border="0" /></a>Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-4575695569145790252011-02-02T15:51:00.005-06:002011-02-02T16:49:08.552-06:00Ava's 2!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizo08axmtv4EPrdubh25NAUqM7Xd1O04bi6JcUmnLXEpUHEYOmoWctswdsr_1gTZH47qvgXehuexQLXgOI6Eu7fvWUjumVIzQJbaQ72zfIvnoldzmcXoYlDS07lDriMog61wri/s1600/DSC06545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizo08axmtv4EPrdubh25NAUqM7Xd1O04bi6JcUmnLXEpUHEYOmoWctswdsr_1gTZH47qvgXehuexQLXgOI6Eu7fvWUjumVIzQJbaQ72zfIvnoldzmcXoYlDS07lDriMog61wri/s200/DSC06545.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569219922749733826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirF90bIYEl1pAOWC_pe_FJKaT34od2xkLEHm0nskLBIde2dOMfGg-3fNzEzKgJ6ewpijv6iOcZs9QibooPsBY6_FB2D4KpHGThVBrEgDW0em8wohSGcW9nSFcZMUVajeIiP8NH/s1600/DSC06566.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirF90bIYEl1pAOWC_pe_FJKaT34od2xkLEHm0nskLBIde2dOMfGg-3fNzEzKgJ6ewpijv6iOcZs9QibooPsBY6_FB2D4KpHGThVBrEgDW0em8wohSGcW9nSFcZMUVajeIiP8NH/s200/DSC06566.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569219920546041970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIA_mKd6tm1Pf7WtRbsENVZjiAF49mE9byqEjtbPh3B78sXghyphenhyphen0L5IYAacyR9-nQz75WNI5zS5Ci3Ju9C-AZd8JQZ7qMK862wYNM1OJipGgBW6UGcZSv9J-LmURXdUL5XXWbM/s1600/DSC06594.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIA_mKd6tm1Pf7WtRbsENVZjiAF49mE9byqEjtbPh3B78sXghyphenhyphen0L5IYAacyR9-nQz75WNI5zS5Ci3Ju9C-AZd8JQZ7qMK862wYNM1OJipGgBW6UGcZSv9J-LmURXdUL5XXWbM/s200/DSC06594.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569219914378625778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2uVagXz0jFlY-dI4EBv3RSrnYy-hjcScrR3plud9VYm3rviH2z07HltMgTi_qnVw-uuxYTS6LOIu2syqcBE9VD3T-aXFlI40SNMv_kk1YJYGSxTHVWWohXtfiF8yf5QZpghw/s1600/DSC06575.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2uVagXz0jFlY-dI4EBv3RSrnYy-hjcScrR3plud9VYm3rviH2z07HltMgTi_qnVw-uuxYTS6LOIu2syqcBE9VD3T-aXFlI40SNMv_kk1YJYGSxTHVWWohXtfiF8yf5QZpghw/s200/DSC06575.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569219912895932242" /></a><br />My last baby turned two! She sure is growing up fast. Nate and I still have a hard time believing she couldn't even walk seven months ago. I guess she just takes her own sweet time. She is a spunky little girl now. Moving right into the sweetness and will power of the year of two. Her personality is very girly...playing with hair accessories daily, cuddling any baby, stuffed animal, or food - not just animal shaped, likes to see her hair and outfit in the mirror every morning, loves, loves, loves shoes, and dress up is a delight of her day! Right now she is playing in her bed. Should have been napping two hours ago, but my girls just don't like naps. Oh well, could be worse. She loves spontaneous hugging. Which is just so great! Sometimes it comes with a big sloppy kiss too! Oh, and loves shopping, as Grandma Julane discovered. <br /><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_c28bbe2f"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/c28bbe2f/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/c28bbe2f/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_c28bbe2f"></embed></object><br />To celebrate with Ava we spread it out. We went to family movie night at a local church that used to be a theater. Grandma Patty and Grandpa Jim got to come with us for that. As an extra bonus some of our friends were there too! Ava went on her first birthday shopping trip with Grandma Julane and had a really good time picking out kitty sheets and eating spaghetti. Grandpa Bob and Grandma Charolette sent a great surprise for her. A giant indoor/outdoor tent that we can all fit in. All the girls are loving that!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwxlM7spLKpeFnX85r9tbYzx_KsZfheQnu9gWhQ3IwHU_JpfusdiKyOYgJjejmGaJgaVyOb2hkyo4pnKQlEK7HNIST5z6hlCJdpLeUCyX1_ggrAa7KKlEbQsQYSNtWdSHzr4K/s1600/DSC06665.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwxlM7spLKpeFnX85r9tbYzx_KsZfheQnu9gWhQ3IwHU_JpfusdiKyOYgJjejmGaJgaVyOb2hkyo4pnKQlEK7HNIST5z6hlCJdpLeUCyX1_ggrAa7KKlEbQsQYSNtWdSHzr4K/s200/DSC06665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569224477542530386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Bb9rKIQPl44FSfYUhuI8-fgssq5uzKVp_lJnd035spdQ-0IpKgzlnTXGXq5bjD3_HT1orgIYVbF_mFlJuga0XlEuSLLY6VJBLaMsxaQEsxLwXJALt91E_EDJJj3zzNG1LY1e/s1600/DSC06630.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Bb9rKIQPl44FSfYUhuI8-fgssq5uzKVp_lJnd035spdQ-0IpKgzlnTXGXq5bjD3_HT1orgIYVbF_mFlJuga0XlEuSLLY6VJBLaMsxaQEsxLwXJALt91E_EDJJj3zzNG1LY1e/s200/DSC06630.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569224471596585250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8C311pgKiy0dHDh3QQ9EkVsrI6at1bAwzOc9Zyu2sd1tT5wM7wNdnykZU2zmrpZS4flEIi8imBaeIH1kumwhlm-ifU6bd8u5d2DLc3KsPjCQ5Xh9IB1wYsmQzhRK0L4tLKXK5/s1600/DSC06629.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8C311pgKiy0dHDh3QQ9EkVsrI6at1bAwzOc9Zyu2sd1tT5wM7wNdnykZU2zmrpZS4flEIi8imBaeIH1kumwhlm-ifU6bd8u5d2DLc3KsPjCQ5Xh9IB1wYsmQzhRK0L4tLKXK5/s200/DSC06629.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569224469847892738" /></a>Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-55291803696780893802010-12-24T18:12:00.004-06:002010-12-24T19:08:01.420-06:00Merry Christmas Friends!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMP85b7CvAeLbV4I2smaI-qYw5-Sw6EfDuhAyoZJ-zmkMzaN4rHtQBGBGUHkxFKorfzCqw0l1664dyZU2hrpXfhEDzKUBr6KOb2LeUgvJrrVC2ENX_c_kAbScPOgqWvCjh0T2/s1600/Emily+Bergquist-10.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMP85b7CvAeLbV4I2smaI-qYw5-Sw6EfDuhAyoZJ-zmkMzaN4rHtQBGBGUHkxFKorfzCqw0l1664dyZU2hrpXfhEDzKUBr6KOb2LeUgvJrrVC2ENX_c_kAbScPOgqWvCjh0T2/s320/Emily+Bergquist-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554418057004800370" border="0" /></a><br />Merry Christmas Friends! Our Christmas has been full of fun Christmas activities. We hope yours has too! One of our favorite movies to watch this time of year is The Nativity. I love how it makes Christ coming to Earth so real for me and my girls. What a blessed gift God gave!<br />We have been busily baking for our friends and families. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUffAYuVijcSBa32gJjvPJgDoij3naDp7YERir_nUv8bd3tY7fsMbINHMZmL_lRIeRCWVEfErDqey8nZXzBpRf6JGI_RA5znWukCP0hOIyRt0xXZaqTu-vUudcFi2j6wn3YON/s1600/DSC06256.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUffAYuVijcSBa32gJjvPJgDoij3naDp7YERir_nUv8bd3tY7fsMbINHMZmL_lRIeRCWVEfErDqey8nZXzBpRf6JGI_RA5znWukCP0hOIyRt0xXZaqTu-vUudcFi2j6wn3YON/s320/DSC06256.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554410929208677058" border="0" /></a>The girls always love to help bake and measure ingredients. Hopefully they are on their way to being great bakers! <br />We visited Santa at the Wichita Eagle open house. This was our second year going to this. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7cP6L6vwugVKgR9QTb8GJerTabHYXpd8AkI0FA97PjQgUZT0C5rUxs5I0KJy6CD4WeIPoxT11NqyOOcP9Lr1lQ-5xHbynP7z54YVDT0dq76tPqQx5UdYBk2zsMgFaXvbXsNR/s1600/Santa034.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7cP6L6vwugVKgR9QTb8GJerTabHYXpd8AkI0FA97PjQgUZT0C5rUxs5I0KJy6CD4WeIPoxT11NqyOOcP9Lr1lQ-5xHbynP7z54YVDT0dq76tPqQx5UdYBk2zsMgFaXvbXsNR/s320/Santa034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554410923926306274" border="0" /></a>The tour of the newspaper plant is really cool. <br />I decided to undertake the task of a gingerbread house not from a kit. Now I am glad to say I have done one and have some experience to build on for future years. My dear sister sent me a pattern. Whoa! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Up-w8R9iic_VryMAjPxpuT6YxBuQzNrQUJNSEsFiIm8J4OceyI_nKAzIYolGnHCIpQC3hgCHaAC9obvLMjRw0Vq1ZLPm_UojNUUdZj95PBo-xYcL7eMIvCrK1417_-VuitcP/s1600/DSC06272.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Up-w8R9iic_VryMAjPxpuT6YxBuQzNrQUJNSEsFiIm8J4OceyI_nKAzIYolGnHCIpQC3hgCHaAC9obvLMjRw0Vq1ZLPm_UojNUUdZj95PBo-xYcL7eMIvCrK1417_-VuitcP/s320/DSC06272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554410920125007586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsK8IX8ByeztCZek6ea77QI6gQ6XBNGmHXs1mRcj1YLlM979SdJxisD0ela6HQHMkgswfrkzqW1QRlGJBteZvGMMlsOPuIIkyaGyQH8aQFU_31NfBk8Rz6bxlv1wH96p2sN7g/s1600/DSC06284.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsK8IX8ByeztCZek6ea77QI6gQ6XBNGmHXs1mRcj1YLlM979SdJxisD0ela6HQHMkgswfrkzqW1QRlGJBteZvGMMlsOPuIIkyaGyQH8aQFU_31NfBk8Rz6bxlv1wH96p2sN7g/s320/DSC06284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554410913160516226" border="0" /></a>It was the biggest house ever! She didn't remember sending me a huge house pattern, but she did. So, I made only one third of it. <a href="http://ultimategingerbread.com/New%20Patterns%20pix/CalYoung.jpg">Here</a> is a picture of the house pattern she sent me. Totally made me laugh that she thought I should do that huge one for my first house! The girls had a blast making it. We had saved almost all our halloween candy to put on the house. That was great! Had a ton of candy to put on it, even threw some away afterward. Some of the highlights in the decor are: Naomi's ducks, Stella's soft couch on the front lawn (who doesn't need that!), light posts that taste like root beer according to Stella, the gingerbread girl, a few mailboxes, and last but not least people faces in the windows. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNpddU6F8sZ2XkQsTUbNVKI4ov9Er5IleaqxvMKxn8bln58U9ayCtkUFBVF16mAcpkjRaKx7jY9rWUAF_U2oyzP0-s4EkqVfNg9uirMfcPAyzhsJkk7TnDkpLB0l_doUijR1M/s1600/DSC06298.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNpddU6F8sZ2XkQsTUbNVKI4ov9Er5IleaqxvMKxn8bln58U9ayCtkUFBVF16mAcpkjRaKx7jY9rWUAF_U2oyzP0-s4EkqVfNg9uirMfcPAyzhsJkk7TnDkpLB0l_doUijR1M/s320/DSC06298.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554410915601373634" border="0" /></a><br />Our Christmas tree this year has stayed decorated all month. Ava likes to keep things were they belong, unlike when we had baby Stella, who thought all ornaments belonged in her bed! Together we all made a pipe cleaner candy cane garland for the tree. The crafty children decorated kind of tree is really growing on me! May your Christmas and New Year be blessed by the King!Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-12095522092423732232010-11-23T18:23:00.010-06:002010-11-23T20:28:36.193-06:00Life updateWell I haven't blogged in a while, so I thought I would just update what is happening in our lives through pictures and a few sentences to go with them!<br /><br />First up! I guess I never posted Halloween pics. Probably beca<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlrZj_UbmT-7wxAyy3J53jspLiodyWuxfnsAOr5C1LPqPYnDix8AFYs1CA7cqTnlv1GOFzCqSHuHuv29FMpfbaJVXO9N-bi8JxwTIgUC_foFcLUlTm_1C9hq2nbQf7qXIdDqH/s1600/DSC06137.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlrZj_UbmT-7wxAyy3J53jspLiodyWuxfnsAOr5C1LPqPYnDix8AFYs1CA7cqTnlv1GOFzCqSHuHuv29FMpfbaJVXO9N-bi8JxwTIgUC_foFcLUlTm_1C9hq2nbQf7qXIdDqH/s320/DSC06137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542917339467615026" border="0" /></a>use this is the best one of all the girls. No one wanted a picture. Ha, isn't that just how kids are! This is my cowgirl, cat, and ladybug at our friend's Halloween birthday party. We had a great time trick-o-treating with old and new friends!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ok. Here is one of me for all you long distance people :) I am about twenty pounds lighter and feeling like a new woman! This is thanks to my new lifestyle or diet whatever you want to call it. I think I might call it eating only a few foods God made and a NO man made foods. That sounds simple, hu<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtAV9qRSmO2rsCOU7LDl9-O2se4uZzhrfsoz_c1XhTL-BAoWX0Dlbzo8YRmXsxr3lFfxHPp_BClLBMbDZINdIyMhhh7xEx25alPSxl6jq1-HYTvhcS_ruvo1zmCfpps25Y02b/s1600/DSC06138.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtAV9qRSmO2rsCOU7LDl9-O2se4uZzhrfsoz_c1XhTL-BAoWX0Dlbzo8YRmXsxr3lFfxHPp_BClLBMbDZINdIyMhhh7xEx25alPSxl6jq1-HYTvhcS_ruvo1zmCfpps25Y02b/s320/DSC06138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542914529707397682" border="0" /></a>h? It has been a huge change! Mainly because I LOVE FOOD! But alas, my body does not love it. I think I am allergic to about every other thing, which in turn makes my body ache from inflammation from the ribs down. So, I will learn to make life about more important things or people! than food.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0IdcZi9m9Y8Kuz1s55AgU3i-sVufPm7VM0F2evkMvHzj2Q5UfAw0xZLo6Cene4vQKiUl_JP9Nd_FTivtJAxQPUAfiekhmI-NpLMd7uvJl9LSWYDBviJPeLaDVp_OSMdTVPxa/s1600/DSC06155.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0IdcZi9m9Y8Kuz1s55AgU3i-sVufPm7VM0F2evkMvHzj2Q5UfAw0xZLo6Cene4vQKiUl_JP9Nd_FTivtJAxQPUAfiekhmI-NpLMd7uvJl9LSWYDBviJPeLaDVp_OSMdTVPxa/s320/DSC06155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542914515830770482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is my little baby Ava, looking not so little. Her hair is in a ponytail! I may need to freeze her in time:)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtJq1Qrh8gbqqkCMBvjZNKL6WGvMiHcg21cbK1daxYxy9udSsRmvheI29utiw4vMNcLR74uPksxJJtr9mgU7IWQhryJlmMwnymIJW_p5-WxWSE2MJscnakCGEaEOEk2XXrJTR/s1600/DSC06184.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtJq1Qrh8gbqqkCMBvjZNKL6WGvMiHcg21cbK1daxYxy9udSsRmvheI29utiw4vMNcLR74uPksxJJtr9mgU7IWQhryJlmMwnymIJW_p5-WxWSE2MJscnakCGEaEOEk2XXrJTR/s320/DSC06184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542934511767810290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>This is the first snow of the season! It was wet and I couldn't catch the flurries on the camera. But Stel in her flip flops trying to catch a flake is priceless!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt_8ybjpolgCLaWbAt4zvudTdms1wFDOVBuB7VzgfCEa5MB8ggU_hJij5dDibDeqQmJQWLnYbVodp6pjR_RU6TUrGN1Qyd8ZR1nv5IKlC2a5SyNVx6SVv1aREhvUCntd0uk1a/s1600/DSC06198.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt_8ybjpolgCLaWbAt4zvudTdms1wFDOVBuB7VzgfCEa5MB8ggU_hJij5dDibDeqQmJQWLnYbVodp6pjR_RU6TUrGN1Qyd8ZR1nv5IKlC2a5SyNVx6SVv1aREhvUCntd0uk1a/s320/DSC06198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542914486609646610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We were so glad to get to start our holiday fun times while it was still sixty degrees! Riding on the carriages at Bradly Fair is always one of our favorite events. The girls love the horses. Then we went to my current favorite store Barnes and Noble. EEEEHHH:))<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJu0Qk4NGKmitK1k2Z5ZN0Ur6ZcvNsQtv0VWetygftnjtga8fEfvaEFKZtcs-Y8rIhuxZ6fP1FFqd5yJINICTMxl6XG5BeRd9fIwXaNFRb67rYJIqFHv0v2s8AyoPMAWmqxvf/s1600/DSC06189.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJu0Qk4NGKmitK1k2Z5ZN0Ur6ZcvNsQtv0VWetygftnjtga8fEfvaEFKZtcs-Y8rIhuxZ6fP1FFqd5yJINICTMxl6XG5BeRd9fIwXaNFRb67rYJIqFHv0v2s8AyoPMAWmqxvf/s320/DSC06189.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542910505497881938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7hGwoJ0snx0OCveXl0k9RMuMf5bZH4CVvDvJSPlrXUzZ3LfyWA2O5BWdHqDPHmPfxVvqn1c8GKcT73hcZQHipu8qIPTGzdx3kydUtB1EfXuvoCxVLOu-tUCxIsg9CQEyqPUo/s1600/DSC06208.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7hGwoJ0snx0OCveXl0k9RMuMf5bZH4CVvDvJSPlrXUzZ3LfyWA2O5BWdHqDPHmPfxVvqn1c8GKcT73hcZQHipu8qIPTGzdx3kydUtB1EfXuvoCxVLOu-tUCxIsg9CQEyqPUo/s320/DSC06208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542910492935496754" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WwwPD2UNDoAqijJvI-w1GvsHcPpzimN93M-qTVeZNJWYUbAfQ_buPnYYdRq9VHRqXQHv6RQCK8ueN7fHBv-vHrKG6OpvuVaiR4aZOg8ZFkjJPzq01m10iZa-pZqukKZXa4gH/s1600/DSC06205.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WwwPD2UNDoAqijJvI-w1GvsHcPpzimN93M-qTVeZNJWYUbAfQ_buPnYYdRq9VHRqXQHv6RQCK8ueN7fHBv-vHrKG6OpvuVaiR4aZOg8ZFkjJPzq01m10iZa-pZqukKZXa4gH/s320/DSC06205.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542910477078384754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ava enjoying her milk. With her foot up. "My milk" are a few of the words she can sign AND say. It is a hoot to hear. She concentrates so hard, to make sure I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGaPnvqJbK9JkVz5REpjbp1eG5knwFKEx772SkdnEa_xpcxanZFja5PCGZcN2r3bVwpaMOnkXwM8xQm1s4f7Bq1O0Ta1OZfIVfIFILw7N8K0rl43sesIw3U46HOJWlWiz8D_N/s1600/DSC06216.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGaPnvqJbK9JkVz5REpjbp1eG5knwFKEx772SkdnEa_xpcxanZFja5PCGZcN2r3bVwpaMOnkXwM8xQm1s4f7Bq1O0Ta1OZfIVfIFILw7N8K0rl43sesIw3U46HOJWlWiz8D_N/s320/DSC06216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542910466921851394" border="0" /></a>know what she is saying.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKB3lls-BvxJzgadSZNrJW6Pc-3R1Vhwx28CuM03NxyCyu6_GHBkD743823HuSJKLvr6AM3z4q0dkpzvZn-l2NV2oYp9A7PNys_CASVUodQpfC_gmx0UVG9J9lKqHc4Co2_-Z/s1600/DSC06214.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKB3lls-BvxJzgadSZNrJW6Pc-3R1Vhwx28CuM03NxyCyu6_GHBkD743823HuSJKLvr6AM3z4q0dkpzvZn-l2NV2oYp9A7PNys_CASVUodQpfC_gmx0UVG9J9lKqHc4Co2_-Z/s320/DSC06214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542910437226309410" border="0" /></a><br />Here is only half the dolls we own having a party. Curtesy of Stella. Ava soon came over and emptied all their cups for them. On the floor, of course!Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-24366244579316012232010-10-31T15:39:00.002-05:002010-10-31T16:12:15.929-05:00The rest of summer vacationHere are a few more pictures of our days at the beach this summer. The sun came out a little and we played on the close to empty beaches as much as we could!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0B7O7XFL9Bxu8lgIvK4fwhzogVCUHjHyepF6Y3vKA_4Z3yPEjt46GCOoUbGk49BoQXv6CJZZ9AMiuknUOWkTLGAX_H33NdeXfWZ9q-P4CoRtjofxnirRqn1NT8qbLSh6kvPQb/s1600/DSC05678.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0B7O7XFL9Bxu8lgIvK4fwhzogVCUHjHyepF6Y3vKA_4Z3yPEjt46GCOoUbGk49BoQXv6CJZZ9AMiuknUOWkTLGAX_H33NdeXfWZ9q-P4CoRtjofxnirRqn1NT8qbLSh6kvPQb/s320/DSC05678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534315648169043026" border="0" /></a><br />The girls thought that they were "surfing" when the first surf came in and covered their feet. It was so sweet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsZ9IqVBIunhTQqBRFWa31KWxRxdObgRzWd1YerP8sQ_MkY8b8LH7jOqA5HE4_Y6oPxag8HNu26PAsrPADFotnb3oTIVP-J_aSSi2qrfpFWr8Hi0qfOISRYZmROlRFimBliuZ/s1600/DSC05686.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsZ9IqVBIunhTQqBRFWa31KWxRxdObgRzWd1YerP8sQ_MkY8b8LH7jOqA5HE4_Y6oPxag8HNu26PAsrPADFotnb3oTIVP-J_aSSi2qrfpFWr8Hi0qfOISRYZmROlRFimBliuZ/s320/DSC05686.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534315642498053906" border="0" /></a><br />We spent tons of time collecting shells...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb4b5x3HigvuQbyJZNgTg6qyGHmtDdysodK87z3x-D5LZsAnZt72iywv-F2m8bCJ1wnoWpS8Xp92cVWphwqrFeyUy5wiLrYWjscu5F32QMZFFrRkAGl8Uyi7a3TqV78XGXCsS/s1600/DSC05723.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb4b5x3HigvuQbyJZNgTg6qyGHmtDdysodK87z3x-D5LZsAnZt72iywv-F2m8bCJ1wnoWpS8Xp92cVWphwqrFeyUy5wiLrYWjscu5F32QMZFFrRkAGl8Uyi7a3TqV78XGXCsS/s320/DSC05723.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534315639995117858" border="0" /></a><br />...and building castles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGr0wYpsnDM_THNv_KcIcdu7CdjWpY9SUU1mK4DVcvT7yotsI_q3n5ne5gMDV5O6sajyACbfA5wnsaYT4oXUHItOA8wNRcD8Kc3pkDgMPvW2P1ESYC_8GBdAjIlRtzOBDNx25g/s1600/DSC05751.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGr0wYpsnDM_THNv_KcIcdu7CdjWpY9SUU1mK4DVcvT7yotsI_q3n5ne5gMDV5O6sajyACbfA5wnsaYT4oXUHItOA8wNRcD8Kc3pkDgMPvW2P1ESYC_8GBdAjIlRtzOBDNx25g/s320/DSC05751.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534315634011246946" border="0" /></a><br />Ava liked the soft sand. Look you can see her chubby ankles..awww! The seaweed was all over because of the hurricane.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0uAcqsinR7L-3ub7cz9VT8OswoE-cVXgUsmNE1ZjfoKxALerS931eUuX89-SWdp-l9Gj9zDnp1MCTy2eTDHg3n0adxLuIaW9b8thZECeqZNETc_MsVqUUdbAcelo3ZeepKbp/s1600/DSC05757.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0uAcqsinR7L-3ub7cz9VT8OswoE-cVXgUsmNE1ZjfoKxALerS931eUuX89-SWdp-l9Gj9zDnp1MCTy2eTDHg3n0adxLuIaW9b8thZECeqZNETc_MsVqUUdbAcelo3ZeepKbp/s320/DSC05757.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534315630286704130" border="0" /></a><br />This was the last photo our camera took before it succumbed to the humidity and sand:( We were running around looking for bathrooms and had to see the shark!Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-76321294042435468392010-10-31T14:49:00.005-05:002010-10-31T15:35:26.853-05:00Stella's Birthday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYNAZ4zqC0q2wYZT7PY2K98NjOcY8Vgu0JO-wmf_Gj-t12IT1iNpYZTqN8oXyqWBLOqY8nD1l2kWxv9dsAI0Dv4EtGH7PnYbGIfXnsw8DVRe_AaJOX_bHR67G_HPGd6vaukfS/s1600/DSC06044.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYNAZ4zqC0q2wYZT7PY2K98NjOcY8Vgu0JO-wmf_Gj-t12IT1iNpYZTqN8oXyqWBLOqY8nD1l2kWxv9dsAI0Dv4EtGH7PnYbGIfXnsw8DVRe_AaJOX_bHR67G_HPGd6vaukfS/s320/DSC06044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534302055274293458" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is Stella decorating her cake the night before her party. Look close. Sorry, to those who ate the cake :) The girls had the best time making the MOST AWESOME cake with a jellybean rainbow and marshmallow clouds!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfyatfyZcHjzWY_oLxG-GYMFYVCKEYFP9PlsLzEp9lCJGr9_IQuJpIiI0Ver2DIpEDubrMjdUvc1R3IAOblWibt8l7YZHpTF4ClyDFyoc_CG62Xbko-tL6sOE6yYwpqsauLgl/s1600/DSC06056.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfyatfyZcHjzWY_oLxG-GYMFYVCKEYFP9PlsLzEp9lCJGr9_IQuJpIiI0Ver2DIpEDubrMjdUvc1R3IAOblWibt8l7YZHpTF4ClyDFyoc_CG62Xbko-tL6sOE6yYwpqsauLgl/s320/DSC06056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534302052011926866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was so fun to have a house full of little girls! We played pin the tiara on the pony and had rainbow cake and sherbet. Stella and Naomi made flower magic wands to give to all the guests. Stella loves to say "poof" and make you change into something different.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BZVAOSsjzQiTKzqGukuzrM3Y0erIU9MwEmTmzAH34ng7q6Bq8ZiDzw-DdMoy-1lgzz2lUNlSSWROJBZdYIBs1MRDXzOGvDw0L9vlnBQeJ6k2Awe-99rgGPJvFyGRBEhZqnDa/s1600/DSC06060.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BZVAOSsjzQiTKzqGukuzrM3Y0erIU9MwEmTmzAH34ng7q6Bq8ZiDzw-DdMoy-1lgzz2lUNlSSWROJBZdYIBs1MRDXzOGvDw0L9vlnBQeJ6k2Awe-99rgGPJvFyGRBEhZqnDa/s320/DSC06060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534302046437554914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Beauty!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ahTHTetz2Bnw_-HgjFU0HxXVzh6rh4M4oVTLuxlY7BIiC0usB-M-WmAxe8P1EpST8JamVzZM_6CtsCJJd_e7Fb9i3F6N09XGwSIyIKBXS76Al_HGunpHbHvV-lAKbRHkYMNd/s1600/DSC06063.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ahTHTetz2Bnw_-HgjFU0HxXVzh6rh4M4oVTLuxlY7BIiC0usB-M-WmAxe8P1EpST8JamVzZM_6CtsCJJd_e7Fb9i3F6N09XGwSIyIKBXS76Al_HGunpHbHvV-lAKbRHkYMNd/s320/DSC06063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534302040873634834" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">MMMMMM!!! Lots of frosting and jellybeans!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugHW-xRKJ-yxDL24V5PqCvfqnlxPGl-OJW-jVDsVzOdIcD53ReR8XsUp1JVlD7EOl411tNwvU8dA_tqjqPw5rs3R1ywlW-J3mWcNchYksnIP8raTJr-cR0zAtYXj6gBs6Ikvk/s1600/DSC06069.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugHW-xRKJ-yxDL24V5PqCvfqnlxPGl-OJW-jVDsVzOdIcD53ReR8XsUp1JVlD7EOl411tNwvU8dA_tqjqPw5rs3R1ywlW-J3mWcNchYksnIP8raTJr-cR0zAtYXj6gBs6Ikvk/s320/DSC06069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534302037302483490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the cake. Six layers. It was fun to make.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WhA5Je_I34e1x4wzEiqZqJG2d8Ru5KNMN60EBbSF18eHm5C5ohZD6miYjWB2EPN8vQViqfyfzf_2tSi6EhXl2cE9aGbMk9Rbo3QLMqaqCWfeKj2QtWgfroBIAnmQe8MlkMMr/s1600/DSC06071.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WhA5Je_I34e1x4wzEiqZqJG2d8Ru5KNMN60EBbSF18eHm5C5ohZD6miYjWB2EPN8vQViqfyfzf_2tSi6EhXl2cE9aGbMk9Rbo3QLMqaqCWfeKj2QtWgfroBIAnmQe8MlkMMr/s320/DSC06071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534302998265930002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Eastwood's came down after the party to celebrate too!<br /></div>Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-14988888854778370102010-10-31T14:30:00.002-05:002010-10-31T14:48:12.071-05:00Pear Picking<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqxY2YQ9-YMSbEwkrVojs49sKEGe6lpZOQ7cg0T1_Xa9F6BvF30PiUGZqJu-FSSqVCdD2uTF9lFxiOhH2K09hrRmdJf9W5Fn0AZ2k13uYk4dJcxJ25Bt3u_RAYXI8J8uYZRd-/s1600/DSC06021.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqxY2YQ9-YMSbEwkrVojs49sKEGe6lpZOQ7cg0T1_Xa9F6BvF30PiUGZqJu-FSSqVCdD2uTF9lFxiOhH2K09hrRmdJf9W5Fn0AZ2k13uYk4dJcxJ25Bt3u_RAYXI8J8uYZRd-/s320/DSC06021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534297504090049570" border="0" /></a><br />We got a HUGE load of pears off our tree this year! We finally figured out how to ripen them so we can eat them too! The girls had a great time picking and eating them. We planted the tree the first year we lived here, when Naomi was a baby. She loves having "her" tree. Maybe we will get two more fruit trees for our other girls soon :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07lwX1XYiJ7bBk8YyCFC9h1qSWmuwMiCwgOQNgR_bLnCKaT1uuch6DubMACkAvlT2r5fD8S_96Y_dOelYRYGPqGxXjgMEejJpYiDv7UG0TbERn7BxDThOFXl9p0q2QL74VfdR/s1600/DSC06018.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07lwX1XYiJ7bBk8YyCFC9h1qSWmuwMiCwgOQNgR_bLnCKaT1uuch6DubMACkAvlT2r5fD8S_96Y_dOelYRYGPqGxXjgMEejJpYiDv7UG0TbERn7BxDThOFXl9p0q2QL74VfdR/s320/DSC06018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534297503312385154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ2wSLWxujFKQq5lRL768X0ebyefNSoe00zoi6YXFY8nv5hRy7WtrfpWjlmVDdO6nXG4uIug2rnVdJM0QM7422rwxIuAtwf34FQNomy19sICmZFUbPAtnC32t98lnyn4-SqhW/s1600/DSC06022.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ2wSLWxujFKQq5lRL768X0ebyefNSoe00zoi6YXFY8nv5hRy7WtrfpWjlmVDdO6nXG4uIug2rnVdJM0QM7422rwxIuAtwf34FQNomy19sICmZFUbPAtnC32t98lnyn4-SqhW/s320/DSC06022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534297499355664594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRUI8KqSfOx4JHsvVRQX6Ohj_YjbdW2-_T6mqZpXN0Gp0uIgUzfUXazgDcAUTho2ixQygsQwalsl-56b8yUsyX1qXDwm9S68I03s9ZSa2yl7EeGz1OhqLC68F-h-4hB2sAizA/s1600/DSC06019.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRUI8KqSfOx4JHsvVRQX6Ohj_YjbdW2-_T6mqZpXN0Gp0uIgUzfUXazgDcAUTho2ixQygsQwalsl-56b8yUsyX1qXDwm9S68I03s9ZSa2yl7EeGz1OhqLC68F-h-4hB2sAizA/s320/DSC06019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534297492686862930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ2Lj5Mhlpwji2XEOaPrzzXAqTNvremDyQ4uHKKYGSy4jQgVr4I7uP3G07yEfeaQ249nlV79GQkNogCHG-ehsZWZPlSb6A1fRCjp8RLlib8o8mIh99L1My1Ihl6qOLpngNpNZ/s1600/DSC06025.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ2Lj5Mhlpwji2XEOaPrzzXAqTNvremDyQ4uHKKYGSy4jQgVr4I7uP3G07yEfeaQ249nlV79GQkNogCHG-ehsZWZPlSb6A1fRCjp8RLlib8o8mIh99L1My1Ihl6qOLpngNpNZ/s320/DSC06025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534297490445432482" border="0" /></a>Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-19526462464704396232010-10-08T15:20:00.003-05:002010-10-08T15:42:27.403-05:00Henna in my hairIts been a long time it seems since I played with my hair color. But that is what sisters are for, right? Resa did the research into dying hair with henna and I told her I would be in too. I wasn't sure after she did hers first and was telling me how bright it was and everyone asking her about it. When I saw it though, I liked it a lot. Of course, I checked with Nate first. He said "It is only hair."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gIK2BxMxuQjt3bS6UGP91C61epttjjYbvED4mOo3jwofaZDw4847nrKBpk0skWaPoHrb2-tZeQAMVFGdy90qgPBgMDyxIDL7aaks6ggFYxCclw9cHhbUDIR7b1qhSUATInBy/s1600/DSC06074.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gIK2BxMxuQjt3bS6UGP91C61epttjjYbvED4mOo3jwofaZDw4847nrKBpk0skWaPoHrb2-tZeQAMVFGdy90qgPBgMDyxIDL7aaks6ggFYxCclw9cHhbUDIR7b1qhSUATInBy/s320/DSC06074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525775845024783682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here it is before.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWlxOqcRUuvLHD7s2imZXLkH2o6KE6FwgTH2qxCpIk-ACpqEniF3yzEJtCdjEtx3a82kc9C5x3JafMB6n8qYUR_mVdui8bZgIH3x6cMBOkl32ZZ7KjBvHbj3VdBe16iGYjDBv/s1600/DSC06077.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWlxOqcRUuvLHD7s2imZXLkH2o6KE6FwgTH2qxCpIk-ACpqEniF3yzEJtCdjEtx3a82kc9C5x3JafMB6n8qYUR_mVdui8bZgIH3x6cMBOkl32ZZ7KjBvHbj3VdBe16iGYjDBv/s320/DSC06077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525775841154412162" border="0" /></a><br />Henna is ground up leaves with lemon juice and cranberry tea spread like a mud into your hair. It stinks! I had to leave this on for two hours. My head was killing me from the weight of the enormous amount of mud it took to cover my hair.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRyOsUjA8tM5Pgh9F17E3RJfCw2LYEFkK_DiamGFfrbJ366Tdi15p5BlyvZeCAPSWczCABm7b92HSCdpTN-uyzzRtcGpFyzC7gWfDLaG7Y-eQcIxT2JLw0zr7lARwNWX6cwS5/s1600/DSC06112.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRyOsUjA8tM5Pgh9F17E3RJfCw2LYEFkK_DiamGFfrbJ366Tdi15p5BlyvZeCAPSWczCABm7b92HSCdpTN-uyzzRtcGpFyzC7gWfDLaG7Y-eQcIxT2JLw0zr7lARwNWX6cwS5/s320/DSC06112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525775835176055826" border="0" /></a><br />Here is it after five days. It should stay this color. Takes about this long to fully develop. I like it. But I only look at it for about five minutes a day, so hopefully YOU like it :)Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695638.post-66787103901203548872010-09-18T13:19:00.003-05:002010-09-18T14:03:56.216-05:00SAHM worldI am right in the middle of the SAHM world. Which is were I want to be, but I don't know how to make it all gel.<br />Do you all? What are your best kept SAHM secrets?<br /><br />Spending time with my wonderful friends has taught me a ton. I love spending time with them in their homes. Sometimes, I wish we lived in a community where we are in and out of each others houses on a daily bases. Ya, know what I mean? Screen doors banging shut with kids AND their parents. Making super together and it not being a huge deal. So does anyone want to move across the street?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Here are some things I have learned from being in my friends homes</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">.</span><br /><br /><ul style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><li>Cocoa in your coffee taste GOOD and doesn't have partially hydrogenated what not in it :)</li><li>Veggie burgers are good!</li><li>Kids still love their rooms when there isn't a ton of stuff in them!</li><li>Add a little fiber, it could help you loose weight. Love that!</li><li>How to clean a room: take everything out of it to vacuum, then put it back. Makes a huge difference. Imagine that!</li><li>Kids love to play games with adults. Always a good reminder!</li><li>Don't forget to honor your husband, even while he is at work.<br /></li><li>Different options for meal planing! Still can't figure this out, but here is a good place to start <a href="http://resaruth.blogspot.com/2010/09/meal-planning-simplified.html">Meal Planning Simplified.</a></li><li>Birthday parties are fun, no matter how elaborate or simple!</li><li>Admire your children.</li><li>Watch your kids play outside. They have great drive and imagination!</li><li>You can hang your measuring cups on the inside of your cabinet doors.</li><li>Use your label maker to label all kinds of things in your house...to help kids learn the words. (I haven't got to that, mine are just for instructions. Like don't throw the clothes on the floor after being in the dryer:))</li><li>Making meals to freeze is good.</li><li>Make your house a HOME for ALL who live in it...not a model home.</li><li>Teach your child all you know! Don't leave it to the school.</li><li>Canning food isn't rocket science.<br /></li></ul>Jodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634488794858912744noreply@blogger.com0