tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35810823677338148912024-03-13T08:45:36.298-04:00OUR PLANS MULTIPLIEDOUR PLANS MULTIPLIED Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.comBlogger1293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-53034014645769988422022-05-21T14:08:00.000-04:002022-05-21T14:08:11.840-04:00A Spot of Gatlinburg <div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next Gatlinburg shots are from the girls and my trip up the mountain to a cool village on top called Anakeesta. I was quite nervous on the ride up in cable cars as I'm super scared of heights. That is me in the middle focusing on the top of the mountain. On the way down, I insisted that I needed an enclosed car (there were a few), but when I got there at 8:00, it was a 40 minute wait and a 0 minute wait for the open car....so there I was again heading down the mountain since Elijah had a 9:00 p.m. basketball game. I would have not missed those games for anything, that's proof. <br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-D8ah2Fgc2yINX0MmHdeSC-GGpoMksz6lf-Foi2LTHgkJle9fOSwV3A1k_3j2bga3vdbDlXUw550CT9mjs-0hclU2Lk5nZdixNuBb77_O7JTGe4pC9B63dJliPWyld_qD7o7_uBiqxG7Mt6pAvFy87HTNKbUIz-sTsPf8BUCsjz8tMu5-EMeoXf9A_g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-D8ah2Fgc2yINX0MmHdeSC-GGpoMksz6lf-Foi2LTHgkJle9fOSwV3A1k_3j2bga3vdbDlXUw550CT9mjs-0hclU2Lk5nZdixNuBb77_O7JTGe4pC9B63dJliPWyld_qD7o7_uBiqxG7Mt6pAvFy87HTNKbUIz-sTsPf8BUCsjz8tMu5-EMeoXf9A_g=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A view from the top - </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQmN4E7lq_XOIt13r4-etIVW3Bhlppn5peqQ9ugqzuATg2FDpou9yGsDcg62FFOrIZ2GG5HJKk9P7RCynn8_TwkvcDAggsrVOY5Thy7Mt8KC8_W3Z9FOWKbrfdL2-DDwtOUeA-o0lQA9DF7F5WUasRV5X_jswDfDjxetsXNnYn_UwFuoS4roGKYnYYQ/s640/IMG_0434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQmN4E7lq_XOIt13r4-etIVW3Bhlppn5peqQ9ugqzuATg2FDpou9yGsDcg62FFOrIZ2GG5HJKk9P7RCynn8_TwkvcDAggsrVOY5Thy7Mt8KC8_W3Z9FOWKbrfdL2-DDwtOUeA-o0lQA9DF7F5WUasRV5X_jswDfDjxetsXNnYn_UwFuoS4roGKYnYYQ/w640-h480/IMG_0434.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My girls and I - </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKEyFYggBSROcf7-14QUafdiztMbAOYKDP4H0Ndxu82rgpWz2syEUSat2dRr2nPcmmLhhkvwhcpvODk1ugg0AlHZXVBE0keFA_lGMBxvEnY2Af6KXP5Izkw4bBKfsBrMjKiUBYd-D-W8dB_H3GubHU49NgRMKt9zHag_U_SVsBwmUuonKGsj6dGkhAg/s640/IMG_8300.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKEyFYggBSROcf7-14QUafdiztMbAOYKDP4H0Ndxu82rgpWz2syEUSat2dRr2nPcmmLhhkvwhcpvODk1ugg0AlHZXVBE0keFA_lGMBxvEnY2Af6KXP5Izkw4bBKfsBrMjKiUBYd-D-W8dB_H3GubHU49NgRMKt9zHag_U_SVsBwmUuonKGsj6dGkhAg/w640-h480/IMG_8300.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The girls with their friend - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDQcyW_w7EP_9RTlNvAqCiZXxI7R2Ymz9rkBAuzr5_6WgyAPPUXYL_2vmRPyRW05BY0a8aJE0pWPqKV7nkRqwfIKArj_cOjOqgtmEUfhmpYmPzkrbGX7WMHlD9-xXIOgeoOwdghL5sp0fRcAX7leiapzADcd0xmxsJkwowJVvEhGpzk192tiwe7m3FA/s640/IMG_8339.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDQcyW_w7EP_9RTlNvAqCiZXxI7R2Ymz9rkBAuzr5_6WgyAPPUXYL_2vmRPyRW05BY0a8aJE0pWPqKV7nkRqwfIKArj_cOjOqgtmEUfhmpYmPzkrbGX7WMHlD9-xXIOgeoOwdghL5sp0fRcAX7leiapzADcd0xmxsJkwowJVvEhGpzk192tiwe7m3FA/w480-h640/IMG_8339.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anakeesta had these cool bridges between the mountain ranges; we walked all of them. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCeE1xb0LPWnR3AwXZy2ZB67j_5--SnqlhX3zyMz5Is6OL3Qbdz6WD3FhTwMLe4bX5xxbR6-Av3DIl3xsdQ3XaIBajXq_zKqvApd_tpuV06GlxpkyOGIthXPH-6V0yVCj-OF0k19r62oiQ282KxDT_DreCiRL1Jw45rhpsYyLx_l1HxDkxFKbV9d_Pw/s640/IMG_8344%20(1).JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCeE1xb0LPWnR3AwXZy2ZB67j_5--SnqlhX3zyMz5Is6OL3Qbdz6WD3FhTwMLe4bX5xxbR6-Av3DIl3xsdQ3XaIBajXq_zKqvApd_tpuV06GlxpkyOGIthXPH-6V0yVCj-OF0k19r62oiQ282KxDT_DreCiRL1Jw45rhpsYyLx_l1HxDkxFKbV9d_Pw/w480-h640/IMG_8344%20(1).JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Birthday ice-cream - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFMV_N_CnJm6eaf0ugRz3xTuFiIKWxm7USZg9E05pnhftF5jEcsa4oXddNTjxLjnqcO2b_L-K87ZRNc4gIRVrRNtILUT42nJFmM6hqI7Es8yGbNgTYjlyiEwv2uKY6LpjYUieWBLPrEmh8Pc_BcEoxMoj5mUv0apxszS5oWVUkAy-A287qvG50RrDbA/s640/IMG_8353.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFMV_N_CnJm6eaf0ugRz3xTuFiIKWxm7USZg9E05pnhftF5jEcsa4oXddNTjxLjnqcO2b_L-K87ZRNc4gIRVrRNtILUT42nJFmM6hqI7Es8yGbNgTYjlyiEwv2uKY6LpjYUieWBLPrEmh8Pc_BcEoxMoj5mUv0apxszS5oWVUkAy-A287qvG50RrDbA/w480-h640/IMG_8353.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love all the carved bears of Gatlinburg - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYY1qIwJBGCPbncFrrbKI2GwzRVr7Ujups18CSHwraMUtwSi8RDM27x_RdNtNWL-_jIpkG3bvda92QpT-yincHQsfCrlWn5L-XPeQbfE6I_zu3i3p8tIA_SuR6XA5DcYjLKRwmQ339l11GuDExFpDUiACpDY3ceYCsawAeWE2h6_RC1XHUmKSJuHK_A/s640/IMG_0442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYY1qIwJBGCPbncFrrbKI2GwzRVr7Ujups18CSHwraMUtwSi8RDM27x_RdNtNWL-_jIpkG3bvda92QpT-yincHQsfCrlWn5L-XPeQbfE6I_zu3i3p8tIA_SuR6XA5DcYjLKRwmQ339l11GuDExFpDUiACpDY3ceYCsawAeWE2h6_RC1XHUmKSJuHK_A/w480-h640/IMG_0442.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1>Jenny </h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-81097692958491034602022-05-16T16:50:00.001-04:002022-05-16T16:50:48.236-04:00Gatlinburg - Part 1 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our Gatlinburg week was a full and fun week. We visited the Gatlinburg Aquarium the first day - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwccCO0iObjkgXvt0Uip2YYifkxyVirh4BEQrVCjshIGISgJiKF5GpVFmOajyOa3e__9ygJid-TMrfYnESRb5LeQ2k51UizSyEz6tBx6NUSfZJckKHQmZIErEE8T5RRVTtsK1BtvBjw7xpbiSrYLEofyNSFOSz4b-qjJKXlXzh-OW2SlkhoaP88jImrA/s4928/DSC_4267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwccCO0iObjkgXvt0Uip2YYifkxyVirh4BEQrVCjshIGISgJiKF5GpVFmOajyOa3e__9ygJid-TMrfYnESRb5LeQ2k51UizSyEz6tBx6NUSfZJckKHQmZIErEE8T5RRVTtsK1BtvBjw7xpbiSrYLEofyNSFOSz4b-qjJKXlXzh-OW2SlkhoaP88jImrA/w640-h424/DSC_4267.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztjxfofdCsFkm9Up-606gjQRN9NvUsrTpol_ggLncoGK53ez5S8Bf8OZ95G1TZYlUKMgAFELJGqNxtpEtbPUeMtNV5d05tSHPF4KAx-LgL3FwRtug8qsf3-6NbFTH9nBUp4vtfVLEHiJFaE-FYK3WJurJN9J0yGgoW3q6Uc8q8W6JDKlxUTJlFpcbrg/s4928/DSC_4282.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztjxfofdCsFkm9Up-606gjQRN9NvUsrTpol_ggLncoGK53ez5S8Bf8OZ95G1TZYlUKMgAFELJGqNxtpEtbPUeMtNV5d05tSHPF4KAx-LgL3FwRtug8qsf3-6NbFTH9nBUp4vtfVLEHiJFaE-FYK3WJurJN9J0yGgoW3q6Uc8q8W6JDKlxUTJlFpcbrg/w640-h424/DSC_4282.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmp8kFMDjKyW-gs0aRn_Yt9398BN076OUsUbpfevUWXwZ0yvu6eDryZZ-n7I6jgtZCgnuCanqmqLoe01PUJMLzZFDFqZ20PthqgzUgpnbhLP9ZFes2WUhAYIlPqrVH-blbZ_QY_VMm9_2k2Pklk4nu8ooofCnLRXJtZ53vuygjZ-uBRghcDh9HmihgWA/s4928/DSC_4310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmp8kFMDjKyW-gs0aRn_Yt9398BN076OUsUbpfevUWXwZ0yvu6eDryZZ-n7I6jgtZCgnuCanqmqLoe01PUJMLzZFDFqZ20PthqgzUgpnbhLP9ZFes2WUhAYIlPqrVH-blbZ_QY_VMm9_2k2Pklk4nu8ooofCnLRXJtZ53vuygjZ-uBRghcDh9HmihgWA/w640-h424/DSC_4310.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDrylwXgW1Ek8wFhdFyjvZ0MHRRO_XnPoGoz-RvMJXW4g__Y-7LQif61uQK2YH_RW44QLJ-7DCEEFUvL3GpDtBXGaK_OZh7xLaaU7Y8r6YZ6hHgrD-w3YjjaLWdxF7VFZCxVXzMMKz9nQAaxJHypm8wpjMpWlyD7_DBLiXtVzOYhjSq2cWYdma0wxsw/s4928/DSC_4370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDrylwXgW1Ek8wFhdFyjvZ0MHRRO_XnPoGoz-RvMJXW4g__Y-7LQif61uQK2YH_RW44QLJ-7DCEEFUvL3GpDtBXGaK_OZh7xLaaU7Y8r6YZ6hHgrD-w3YjjaLWdxF7VFZCxVXzMMKz9nQAaxJHypm8wpjMpWlyD7_DBLiXtVzOYhjSq2cWYdma0wxsw/w640-h424/DSC_4370.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While Elijah was at practices or hanging out with his basketball team, the girls and JD and I went on different outings. This was a hike to a waterfall at the state park.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6xBRs-hMGfNI6gf5VRpAT3pbsGtjGSCxMyyAd6U6LUOWf-YlzM1UW5hPw2F_zZYURZBf1WdXzINMrT2bTh_B0_8lz0vEiUjz0yAn5U3hDmrtGnb2Y-QKTndzR5QMTcJ1dF1g2D0gicgBSuCjVctv_Vcvb0oi2U-j2aeABMdUkHIeV4UD8IDjNikBuA/s4928/DSC_4487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6xBRs-hMGfNI6gf5VRpAT3pbsGtjGSCxMyyAd6U6LUOWf-YlzM1UW5hPw2F_zZYURZBf1WdXzINMrT2bTh_B0_8lz0vEiUjz0yAn5U3hDmrtGnb2Y-QKTndzR5QMTcJ1dF1g2D0gicgBSuCjVctv_Vcvb0oi2U-j2aeABMdUkHIeV4UD8IDjNikBuA/w640-h424/DSC_4487.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGSFIpj6FHzoceUSIy_gdSTLOhXuiUQ5cL1E1JKhqt6YmXyVw8_CVMkxxcu2eYaGbojEP4woTGe6IBB9ExYt2TrknL2qTRqVfzIvtuXYDrav1gzgp6gl05Y12ZS5okeq2OWaXPYwkH1AgXIMYsSDO3BzWByYt9ofGr_jBMANfRmznG8zCuL8rwju9Gw/s4928/DSC_4496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGSFIpj6FHzoceUSIy_gdSTLOhXuiUQ5cL1E1JKhqt6YmXyVw8_CVMkxxcu2eYaGbojEP4woTGe6IBB9ExYt2TrknL2qTRqVfzIvtuXYDrav1gzgp6gl05Y12ZS5okeq2OWaXPYwkH1AgXIMYsSDO3BzWByYt9ofGr_jBMANfRmznG8zCuL8rwju9Gw/w424-h640/DSC_4496.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CjrqnZhTvJ6pdGB9yVdGa-PsxEHpcflrkiXeAib9YSElKBNL_Pk7PE-eTQPmxNYbCGdvwtlKmtlD3I2_ELmJTeLs60iOKCpgrLBB4HapJhbsnM_RTHBoq-SopyoYDiAMS2Zs5KFBDiJNNkcEr0Rw-TtpJtRVfLCeDdmfEurmwx8gVy3zTeaLSCd_hA/s4928/DSC_4513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CjrqnZhTvJ6pdGB9yVdGa-PsxEHpcflrkiXeAib9YSElKBNL_Pk7PE-eTQPmxNYbCGdvwtlKmtlD3I2_ELmJTeLs60iOKCpgrLBB4HapJhbsnM_RTHBoq-SopyoYDiAMS2Zs5KFBDiJNNkcEr0Rw-TtpJtRVfLCeDdmfEurmwx8gVy3zTeaLSCd_hA/w424-h640/DSC_4513.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The basketball games were exciting! After taking second in the state tournament, Elijah and his team played their hearts out. They ended up winning 3rd, but only lost one game by 2 points. It happened to be to the same team that beat them in state. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's Elijah with the ball - #30. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcFm385TIDRTO5g890ZTU3waVmm23gIRrmSli0h4JCbxp_aT8QbRhV4XsNnH16UlKoPrKR8R9Ekum2-whpN16CQipyy23Tq55QRB4-ovNYGNoWy1yYAOpxZ1fzM7DpkCM3EBw_eJ2HZONJgJIeO51da98nn2kK1Gqu1nM_yzVWIbew_D5hMiVrtSD8w/s4928/DSC_4540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcFm385TIDRTO5g890ZTU3waVmm23gIRrmSli0h4JCbxp_aT8QbRhV4XsNnH16UlKoPrKR8R9Ekum2-whpN16CQipyy23Tq55QRB4-ovNYGNoWy1yYAOpxZ1fzM7DpkCM3EBw_eJ2HZONJgJIeO51da98nn2kK1Gqu1nM_yzVWIbew_D5hMiVrtSD8w/w640-h424/DSC_4540.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbh5aw7kwoq8oEYs2yZgHyTGp7N1AR3RaorjWf8XUqQ-_z0DYYFS6vsX5V_dgbOmE-ea-yr2f-7rVwlF19VMGIxbrcnOY-vokg3d_yIVg1wM87XWlSq4PObBEMLi_B5YlYjm68EhlSZ9cfnI5uSYUqpWl9BwaAcO3Za5PKW-R5c8Ll-fGu7-RubsoXlQ/s4928/DSC_4553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbh5aw7kwoq8oEYs2yZgHyTGp7N1AR3RaorjWf8XUqQ-_z0DYYFS6vsX5V_dgbOmE-ea-yr2f-7rVwlF19VMGIxbrcnOY-vokg3d_yIVg1wM87XWlSq4PObBEMLi_B5YlYjm68EhlSZ9cfnI5uSYUqpWl9BwaAcO3Za5PKW-R5c8Ll-fGu7-RubsoXlQ/w640-h424/DSC_4553.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaEDYu6WTYqXAPFT5B3N2KYtQjdbdqUtahNNHay1vGmc7VOk9jIthUOImXF4viY0i5oiWvNI8nQMyGN0c1-J3Ky415VCZvfX0rIxngP97eboHvumjUrNl5-Txt8-ItlVEsutsBWbGxEx1YOalFVZBhm4nkesD-D5qkZrd_UYCh2FgxnK3JPXe89Ftkg/s4928/DSC_4557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaEDYu6WTYqXAPFT5B3N2KYtQjdbdqUtahNNHay1vGmc7VOk9jIthUOImXF4viY0i5oiWvNI8nQMyGN0c1-J3Ky415VCZvfX0rIxngP97eboHvumjUrNl5-Txt8-ItlVEsutsBWbGxEx1YOalFVZBhm4nkesD-D5qkZrd_UYCh2FgxnK3JPXe89Ftkg/w640-h424/DSC_4557.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Basket - more Gatlinburg to come. </span><br /><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-78718613654609646162022-05-09T16:16:00.002-04:002022-05-09T16:16:28.898-04:00Four Weekends in a Row<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In March, I was out of town four weekends in a row. The first was a "glorious" five day stay in Baltimore with Alei. She doesn't want to talk about the details, but we had one fun day there, in spite of her being on a liquid diet, exploring the city before our stay at Johns Hopkins Hospital. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A cool area of the city we spent most of our first day at -</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMpYNINAVaRrl-zLguy_UB9LGxzYODgjRCqZOKX2laQVcisX_yStEDfv85iomHehyPfo_6CgBgX4cr_mW857iDQ4x36bg2Pv-DRCQco20rTqPjfKuE3K4c1ZUc2LkC0NuCjoUDaVB_Sz9M0CMW4yo15BS-5JSCk3v22YMb_6_QWoFqgQ6kmfwt-ELVQ/s640/IMG_1257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMpYNINAVaRrl-zLguy_UB9LGxzYODgjRCqZOKX2laQVcisX_yStEDfv85iomHehyPfo_6CgBgX4cr_mW857iDQ4x36bg2Pv-DRCQco20rTqPjfKuE3K4c1ZUc2LkC0NuCjoUDaVB_Sz9M0CMW4yo15BS-5JSCk3v22YMb_6_QWoFqgQ6kmfwt-ELVQ/w300-h400/IMG_1257.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We walked up and down a few streets looking for "the twin sisters" which was a historic home I wanted to see - when I realized this was it, it made it easier to understand why I had missed it.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoRh8qX6Sa2K3reww_sewe-rFJiKwgpjPaTk2xZ7ssJuK_IJSK_ZHGJgkNT2uojDv7Vhzxw1Q0gpJZVfiYHhVX4i6j5eYeraWzcF-XhMrzo3U_CwqnQqn2ZdFFo3DwfpgmQh1vUxWUarR-Eq2NpwCIkt4ex3oFmC_mvGxVvd_YYrzJgPBPiz58q0fwg/s640/IMG_0231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoRh8qX6Sa2K3reww_sewe-rFJiKwgpjPaTk2xZ7ssJuK_IJSK_ZHGJgkNT2uojDv7Vhzxw1Q0gpJZVfiYHhVX4i6j5eYeraWzcF-XhMrzo3U_CwqnQqn2ZdFFo3DwfpgmQh1vUxWUarR-Eq2NpwCIkt4ex3oFmC_mvGxVvd_YYrzJgPBPiz58q0fwg/w640-h480/IMG_0231.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was the view from my hotel room; it was a nice area, but I moved to my cousin's guest room after a few days due to its high bill.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l5EFlM7Gqgd8jPPYIA1y9qo4C7mxp0CRVGy_JYgLcmAVWG_puHYFqK2V7M0t2yIGCSuI5bNBaEa5gzrT6svmx0xawa4whTUYDde7VU5z2NUDYhWqeow5ZE4SkhFc0mEie_WUNYLvU6IM1_qxLSwMamXvcK3FKdnDY_IydDd0bWbkQYemhZT11JO-GQ/s640/66688269495__28FA45B2-D3EE-43C7-BDDF-3BB5A58BE6EA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l5EFlM7Gqgd8jPPYIA1y9qo4C7mxp0CRVGy_JYgLcmAVWG_puHYFqK2V7M0t2yIGCSuI5bNBaEa5gzrT6svmx0xawa4whTUYDde7VU5z2NUDYhWqeow5ZE4SkhFc0mEie_WUNYLvU6IM1_qxLSwMamXvcK3FKdnDY_IydDd0bWbkQYemhZT11JO-GQ/w480-h640/66688269495__28FA45B2-D3EE-43C7-BDDF-3BB5A58BE6EA.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was the view from Alei's hospital room; although it was lovely, we were happy to pack up and leave it after five days!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmlp6EzohzhDyp9TR2zpAF5Ne1sMtPoEENhxSkg4nmekznxEIfjE_NoC8kocqAF-mzS77IdmpT1ZURg1f2z2pAMm24zHCR4utGtY815cKTsso2ugYhgE-IfPc41TFHID8XIDPrzeErlj-ebJBpSXs91wngR0LH2OUNHOhUYOuTJ5OYMT1J5TYRMWdLw/s640/66698011604__C2828E64-0EA3-44A0-89CD-E3224C26F368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmlp6EzohzhDyp9TR2zpAF5Ne1sMtPoEENhxSkg4nmekznxEIfjE_NoC8kocqAF-mzS77IdmpT1ZURg1f2z2pAMm24zHCR4utGtY815cKTsso2ugYhgE-IfPc41TFHID8XIDPrzeErlj-ebJBpSXs91wngR0LH2OUNHOhUYOuTJ5OYMT1J5TYRMWdLw/w640-h480/66698011604__C2828E64-0EA3-44A0-89CD-E3224C26F368.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following weekend, I went to the eastern shore of Maryland to an adoptive mom's conference. It was so, so good and at a beautiful location and I took only a few pictures to prove it, but none worth posting. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The weekend after that, we packed up the youngest three kids and headed to Gatlinburg, TN for a full week for Elijah's national basketball conference. We had such a great week and Gatlinburg deserves it's own post. This was the view from our two balconies; I loved the rushing water sound!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnuVzlGsupNc-GNILuLd7TCoULxW4FI0Ud8b8OefjqUQhaewvt7T6NbuDy9W-4XTxySUB8gPctM8JrO2xUwYxvuYliLxDORghweho6fpPDZRKPaQaYYbuzt8-RtX4MyKaCqatPgeA4LWz3YAssZjIt_OMGW4u_P0DlLO_sM2DUvcLC3WqTHv0DstyhA/s4928/DSC_4220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnuVzlGsupNc-GNILuLd7TCoULxW4FI0Ud8b8OefjqUQhaewvt7T6NbuDy9W-4XTxySUB8gPctM8JrO2xUwYxvuYliLxDORghweho6fpPDZRKPaQaYYbuzt8-RtX4MyKaCqatPgeA4LWz3YAssZjIt_OMGW4u_P0DlLO_sM2DUvcLC3WqTHv0DstyhA/w640-h424/DSC_4220.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-tLCUsKTZ9EODzzP0q6li416OLU9TYE3eEZkCQDY-Bc70AK7FjEjPTdFMeR9MezprJxSdmIwEgnPngzsHKDtgRooxTPeryWCiC5LI1RoIhGqICWAQ9g17uOsUIB0T75TvB7tfc7f51vQEsc6jGWCq3YR1R1OyuZigg8RB3a0oFt7n6NEQKtAGFGwMQ/s4928/DSC_4222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-tLCUsKTZ9EODzzP0q6li416OLU9TYE3eEZkCQDY-Bc70AK7FjEjPTdFMeR9MezprJxSdmIwEgnPngzsHKDtgRooxTPeryWCiC5LI1RoIhGqICWAQ9g17uOsUIB0T75TvB7tfc7f51vQEsc6jGWCq3YR1R1OyuZigg8RB3a0oFt7n6NEQKtAGFGwMQ/w424-h640/DSC_4222.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR358S5cddTnS3j1GSDbBwF-OtPJnSfSr0dGDmaTQfZCUvhPpNaioy-o_ezzt5FrnAaVRhOfkszkGqLkuS2gTaEnAi1WMF48R8yAi61MbumyVEStJFI55BE_pxOF3UDZv77svkvt8on0ql4vkIjpSpiMr6xiDQ5bTfUHvD7K_C2PRV8J4OPxF88_NwGQ/s4928/DSC_4226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR358S5cddTnS3j1GSDbBwF-OtPJnSfSr0dGDmaTQfZCUvhPpNaioy-o_ezzt5FrnAaVRhOfkszkGqLkuS2gTaEnAi1WMF48R8yAi61MbumyVEStJFI55BE_pxOF3UDZv77svkvt8on0ql4vkIjpSpiMr6xiDQ5bTfUHvD7K_C2PRV8J4OPxF88_NwGQ/w640-h424/DSC_4226.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">More Gatlinburg next post - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Jenny </span></h2><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></span></h1>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-8286064383752392772022-04-27T19:13:00.001-04:002022-04-27T19:13:11.972-04:00So Behind.....GRANDson Catch-up <div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have spent some time analyzing why I am such a blogger slacker these days (like eight months slacker). No doubt it was partially me going back to school fulltime, but even more so is how much I dislike social media most of the time. That has made me post less and less as I avoid social media more and more. While we all know that social media generally presents a unfair portrayal of daily life, we are still prone to consider ourselves inadequate compared to the next person's post. My goal for attempting to catch up with some blog posts is so I can print them into a book like I have created in the past for the kids to read in the future. A side benefit is my friends and family that are not on social media. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">While I have some trips, etc, that I'm going to post about, my greatest joy these days in the GRANDsons - we have four now. Nathan and Samuel are 7 and 3 and unfortunately live across the country. We are hoping they move back our direction. They did come for a fun visit between Thanksgiving and Christmas, allowing us to have pictures of all 4 boys together. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The grandsons local are Oliver and Hudson, who are cousins. Oliver just turned 3 and Hudson is 8 months. We see them one to two days per week. I have to post some pictures of the boys from the last many months in no particular order. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oliver and Hudson in their farm overalls - </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXvPy4-sWCgUMtcdr70CXu5hEQrD57U10WdydpjfJCbZxJIQAVwNsFqVt91aBruq-mO5OCkZHTc8u7cZ6nGyRISxFl3ZE97bGem64f5qJ3xTooDNEh_cybmnwYq-TtUg5KqFvHBTDrG6d-0yu70MgUjrqlAJGcFgmRPoU_zPjMv9soIqoGBNGmUocSQ/s640/IMG_1933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXvPy4-sWCgUMtcdr70CXu5hEQrD57U10WdydpjfJCbZxJIQAVwNsFqVt91aBruq-mO5OCkZHTc8u7cZ6nGyRISxFl3ZE97bGem64f5qJ3xTooDNEh_cybmnwYq-TtUg5KqFvHBTDrG6d-0yu70MgUjrqlAJGcFgmRPoU_zPjMv9soIqoGBNGmUocSQ/w300-h400/IMG_1933.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My favorite picture ever - look at Hudson's eyebrows as he contemplates his arrangement out in the cold wind, held by a child, with yelling toddlers on each side! </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NbtLGSh0dwyRo62fINpiJvzZSL-pPijLNySTIqvKbtTPF1jOnltQN_GjtCeOh1ArA6qQRx2okS5NBO3p0McCzvqdVbsW5T85I3BYqr-H_WvMiszBv_r1ANz8KMVDlq7nQkqCoPZkeHwrcgcGpqcvhd6e2bUtctafSmGhOAtVc3cvrAkwEjJRXTpbNw/s755/IMG_6107.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="755" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NbtLGSh0dwyRo62fINpiJvzZSL-pPijLNySTIqvKbtTPF1jOnltQN_GjtCeOh1ArA6qQRx2okS5NBO3p0McCzvqdVbsW5T85I3BYqr-H_WvMiszBv_r1ANz8KMVDlq7nQkqCoPZkeHwrcgcGpqcvhd6e2bUtctafSmGhOAtVc3cvrAkwEjJRXTpbNw/w640-h424/IMG_6107.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I insisted on a Granddad and I picture with the boys before the older two headed back to the airport - </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8HhUVv2vI3YzL6ebyRYIg0yFUURvbRQ25oQ8CeUvRbDJlVYbQuKeTaAkAyWAXxXuXVlxfHj-GFHBOeJryjzf-VAeFIt0NXdC9M_qejTlJ3bw_ko74vI1NExELq_vfGgTYTMevUXwjr0KYNLmQdWujVSHDADId2yLrZYaZEwZ9B-VK3ThoKStT-Hc-Q/s640/IMG_7233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8HhUVv2vI3YzL6ebyRYIg0yFUURvbRQ25oQ8CeUvRbDJlVYbQuKeTaAkAyWAXxXuXVlxfHj-GFHBOeJryjzf-VAeFIt0NXdC9M_qejTlJ3bw_ko74vI1NExELq_vfGgTYTMevUXwjr0KYNLmQdWujVSHDADId2yLrZYaZEwZ9B-VK3ThoKStT-Hc-Q/w640-h480/IMG_7233.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have about 20 pictures of Oliver with this bear in my bathroom. He generally says, "I love this bear, get a picture of me with this bear." </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2hbAXFr7S353ixSdH3ChQv8TEphPVoTSlEmNUn8H5O2rSLB0WbfuA8pKLqBjG_HCd4O4XNnjcBtZGXBjxv9Rss5RhU2EOXFMo9l4QqO1ewUXlipt0ckJQH-6vmSYz1a9Cz0iAA5DNPCY6l5-hOLkGrZVanQJqC7njoCL6g1CrNXeBJt9EtHSqoVLpQ/s640/IMG_0137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2hbAXFr7S353ixSdH3ChQv8TEphPVoTSlEmNUn8H5O2rSLB0WbfuA8pKLqBjG_HCd4O4XNnjcBtZGXBjxv9Rss5RhU2EOXFMo9l4QqO1ewUXlipt0ckJQH-6vmSYz1a9Cz0iAA5DNPCY6l5-hOLkGrZVanQJqC7njoCL6g1CrNXeBJt9EtHSqoVLpQ/w300-h400/IMG_0137.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Selah and Hudson - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGjrSnYEXFZgN1bfbhwglJiS_mYLP3kC1tcPgQkDMZkSSKnfWnZWSaTWnQ5gZMI1-qzbocMs72aCHh0HgH42Ui3xW1BR9psTAz3eEYB8EogDI21MzVif3M_95SBZky25NcR206vWqbUTyFczzaUIt2unexXQiIbq8w4e0n4x7XHHetLSHbxKmgsSgqw/w400-h300/IMG_0766.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bella and the local boys - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe8jeuzwGl3mIhpzXi9Ajn2gA6AkkL0m56GvbdX6KAnxJSChmeII-Yl-hVgPLVnE33LgRol9X3IhMVbLA_QlTtdnY5qjKIne-RT_GrAJ4MwJSfLu4gmWmoWzm3qzcxoIa1O7454gzT5QNlzy2cj2Wr7WEJFUPsIREaM12gzYfX752RGQ9Ym5Dxgya2A/s640/IMG_1415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe8jeuzwGl3mIhpzXi9Ajn2gA6AkkL0m56GvbdX6KAnxJSChmeII-Yl-hVgPLVnE33LgRol9X3IhMVbLA_QlTtdnY5qjKIne-RT_GrAJ4MwJSfLu4gmWmoWzm3qzcxoIa1O7454gzT5QNlzy2cj2Wr7WEJFUPsIREaM12gzYfX752RGQ9Ym5Dxgya2A/w300-h400/IMG_1415.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah and Samuel - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTziEv10qYH0VLkSAMZ4Lw-i0wOsRr2wz9GhaeV9lMBuoT4xfKjrl5-kc9yxtUzFg1ad4B3Vlh2N8omvrp03ONYdIewvWgnzmOqXB6voKxBMf2V4hwM12qP0LBlZRTW3QhMB0Di0gUBGAnRCVH__-1sT5agWSyCWi6jZg6I0U_5OkcggkxkkuX7Ydbw/w300-h400/IMG_7353.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Smore time - </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFMBsMzbaeNS3HENHL3W7l_4Y3GZiHnC5MmaTxIKs38wmYpFWbk98kEW1aeDB1CsfIYRi0wR-OGnira90WdqEUoYA3-CRHeq5v-t3bPKDLDwqD67mMC9q5jj0Tu7w75nk3m89uSi25SuWzV4SaoyTvO0CJtFG-SASu-4UOfT0MAOJm4I3SAcxBuK9yA/s640/IMG_7607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFMBsMzbaeNS3HENHL3W7l_4Y3GZiHnC5MmaTxIKs38wmYpFWbk98kEW1aeDB1CsfIYRi0wR-OGnira90WdqEUoYA3-CRHeq5v-t3bPKDLDwqD67mMC9q5jj0Tu7w75nk3m89uSi25SuWzV4SaoyTvO0CJtFG-SASu-4UOfT0MAOJm4I3SAcxBuK9yA/w300-h400/IMG_7607.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2zXa3HlOhMppXUAdrsEXhXt5cI3u-34qL6zKEAq0-jz1dcgTZAnSOfgjEQDt9sUtCzChwhyp7d9Npok5l3iOyQqC3JkLS6lVcCGMFckqL4lwYULj-9pCq9-KTuEpwsuOliIRkp4qoxZQ0AHPCSUD-eBGvALC5d0_ZQ2x47juE3Pu4v5pr3KjQsmXOA/w300-h400/IMG_7616.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was watching two large trees being chopped down - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIccBy4pRW3VkwGG0x91sP8SFGNWrs4dd1IM6ZKJI7_uYYoYRgk6nMOY1Anle916-5KsbtlpKINPuCnAoWvXQUXqFe7nUP1HPpcJFwZJC2L8uU3wcM1gYZjjB4cHuwgp9cBFY_l04YZLRQCSNrpGK4mHBf4Sz87OM89VTNSS7mbk1e4S4ECwRQoczA7g/s640/IMG_7823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIccBy4pRW3VkwGG0x91sP8SFGNWrs4dd1IM6ZKJI7_uYYoYRgk6nMOY1Anle916-5KsbtlpKINPuCnAoWvXQUXqFe7nUP1HPpcJFwZJC2L8uU3wcM1gYZjjB4cHuwgp9cBFY_l04YZLRQCSNrpGK4mHBf4Sz87OM89VTNSS7mbk1e4S4ECwRQoczA7g/w300-h400/IMG_7823.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chore time - Oliver is good help with the animals these days. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8lnudi-QsHtGuWlazuc1pU8kqlMAhgoPdYWiyStl8UZOeKQgyWLwbLk3ttMAdLo6BYHQK0fH-N8ymp15ZYFxZX2nPUXY5LbCSQ6F-Z6lyhBVg6GrBPRj5kZCF-nPiGhxgR7CavL8-X_aWSnG6rY34TMizXA4xrzgfs30ZTHxCJ9qGWG6fNQhOaIwiw/w300-h400/IMG_8352.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">More to come...</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-58263653930869549392021-08-20T09:08:00.003-04:002021-08-20T09:09:04.587-04:00Baby Hudson <div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Announcing the exciting arrival of our 4th grandson - Hudson Christopher. He was born on Aug. 11 during the 11:00 hour and weighed 7'11". Moriah went through over 50 hours of labor before Hudson arrived by c-section! He had some struggles with his lungs and spent his first few days in the NICU where I wasn't allowed to even visit. We are all so happy he is home with his mommy and daddy and look forward to each time we stop to visit him. </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOVDmSmEZPav2dsG_rUdbkftV6iDt9Wwfe-S0vTPCMuhR-Kpxl-jqYZAKghe_VH-ELDa_6XEIQdW8qTjFNmhe-30eQdOaDRN5qd-_kycrOvpgjBqeagqeloiEAPS85xw76tWcAkzBD0Tv/s1280/IMG_7053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOVDmSmEZPav2dsG_rUdbkftV6iDt9Wwfe-S0vTPCMuhR-Kpxl-jqYZAKghe_VH-ELDa_6XEIQdW8qTjFNmhe-30eQdOaDRN5qd-_kycrOvpgjBqeagqeloiEAPS85xw76tWcAkzBD0Tv/w480-h640/IMG_7053.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrgIkq707swYlplbAou34qU8bogLC-UP4-3b89a7lCXSoxgL3hQNhGQZq608NKqB7TQt0DsssBkzU24MCPi6aWzCC9v0nzwlhNl2Wj3dvdMgjm1inXQusoYytkl3_NsNS3LwA7XvruHhk/s640/IMG_6979.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-6224577507915023962021-07-25T21:38:00.000-04:002021-07-25T21:38:45.897-04:00Sunday Travel <div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last Sunday was major travel for our family. Gabriel left for deployment; I'm sad for him to be away from his family for so long, so say a prayer for him and Alayna and the boys when you think of them. </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pG8jVjAPbwR-L_BsLOC8clm4gs879L_nWlM9UrWyfy1x5tpC6GjhJDbJIMXq8PpAs_JJqgBjpGZw2ED0HupHy4k9QQncGZQQufCraYFvPhRD4ec6efMm5gbwaNnLWWJlh09UYJde4QIZ/s640/IMG_6478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pG8jVjAPbwR-L_BsLOC8clm4gs879L_nWlM9UrWyfy1x5tpC6GjhJDbJIMXq8PpAs_JJqgBjpGZw2ED0HupHy4k9QQncGZQQufCraYFvPhRD4ec6efMm5gbwaNnLWWJlh09UYJde4QIZ/w480-h640/IMG_6478.JPG" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was rerouted for a bit due to storms, but made it to his future home for the next seven months yesterday. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdvKJwx__ZoTyTtYa7FCKftS1OeQfppv-MPSXUeR9NsfjRFxyVBsDTl_uc_EH_DjMAk29sei7ush1aTny5KDZT-OEd5w7XrB7tNquG7RNI_D75qmy-4ks9rkV0jjkjw8YDLrTHg0zkfoT/s640/IMG_6491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdvKJwx__ZoTyTtYa7FCKftS1OeQfppv-MPSXUeR9NsfjRFxyVBsDTl_uc_EH_DjMAk29sei7ush1aTny5KDZT-OEd5w7XrB7tNquG7RNI_D75qmy-4ks9rkV0jjkjw8YDLrTHg0zkfoT/w640-h480/IMG_6491.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMkaYEq1ZTjYh2vinBnvV4Rzsb3N0VqGyOWGiDJV-dzpYKVaJupA-QH3SvyCjp4fBcFijZjjcDfrhWI9bgQUMRVgWnE0TqEmvWMTHf26XJeNu_Neo4aegTGDaeJwLR5PB-nAduoYcrHh7/s640/IMG_6489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMkaYEq1ZTjYh2vinBnvV4Rzsb3N0VqGyOWGiDJV-dzpYKVaJupA-QH3SvyCjp4fBcFijZjjcDfrhWI9bgQUMRVgWnE0TqEmvWMTHf26XJeNu_Neo4aegTGDaeJwLR5PB-nAduoYcrHh7/w480-h640/IMG_6489.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Alyssa, JP and Oliver hit the beach in Myrtle Beach. I have the cutest video ever of Oliver dancing on the beach, but Blogger doesn't want to upload it for us!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8Nmefi7_BbXigZfBZihwomOpe2zYQ60QnlyFV0HItotkOb_alop7AiBYdAcWY8EvRjp_8w05vWW-orOyd9i2J19Z3fB_r9s-ZhYLXGD723rUlmaec24AlWS8o65S-Tnvhvz85vW9oAlG/s640/IMG_6529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8Nmefi7_BbXigZfBZihwomOpe2zYQ60QnlyFV0HItotkOb_alop7AiBYdAcWY8EvRjp_8w05vWW-orOyd9i2J19Z3fB_r9s-ZhYLXGD723rUlmaec24AlWS8o65S-Tnvhvz85vW9oAlG/w640-h480/IMG_6529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah and I set off for Spartanburg, SC for a week of basketball camp. I have hit the sports big league with this kiddo! The plan was I was going to take Selah and Bella also and we were going to explore the local area, but I am awaiting an MRI for what is likely a herniated disk and walking is quite painful. Instead, I arranged for them to go to friend's houses for four of the five days and they got to swim their last swim meet of the summer. I spent a LOT of time in the hotel room doing school since walking was too painful to go exploring. I got two full weeks of work done in four days and only went a bit stir-crazy. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah did long days from 7:45 a.m. until 9:15 p.m., except the last night he didn't get out until 11:15. There was 6 hours of classroom basketball and 6 hours of court a day. He starts practices for this winter starting tomorrow night. I didn't see this coming at the beginning, but I really like basketball and I love the families we travel and hang with on this team!</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_hXS59srMRh5OAglO3JPJBiV_ONLR_HbZY1N9llzm1xa97LTIbC-jjAgEloPoVvIqyuwXLHL-iueva_YyeyjWtN0qsU8Bp4KPUrAnrZowBblXKKQljSlmgxupmpO_eD-Qgws9GjNGl2d/s640/IMG_6486.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_hXS59srMRh5OAglO3JPJBiV_ONLR_HbZY1N9llzm1xa97LTIbC-jjAgEloPoVvIqyuwXLHL-iueva_YyeyjWtN0qsU8Bp4KPUrAnrZowBblXKKQljSlmgxupmpO_eD-Qgws9GjNGl2d/w480-h640/IMG_6486.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The last night of basketball around 11:30 p.m. - worn out. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgi-v_jxIlfbqq73VR81KnyIJC3U7Hy-9m67JwK7tiM4a2GxOx-X0ikjOEt5emKAsTgYeUNtpATGNXEmJ7dS-RIez3yUhiGbXNdV4MdXbUoZlZ4sy11jJgTNnQVL4al-PAcbKOIL3Nqs3e/s640/IMG_6533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgi-v_jxIlfbqq73VR81KnyIJC3U7Hy-9m67JwK7tiM4a2GxOx-X0ikjOEt5emKAsTgYeUNtpATGNXEmJ7dS-RIez3yUhiGbXNdV4MdXbUoZlZ4sy11jJgTNnQVL4al-PAcbKOIL3Nqs3e/w480-h640/IMG_6533.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A huge surprise was the fact that JD's sister, Nancy, moved to Spartanburg area the week before Elijah and my visit. Their daughter and family lives close also, so I was able to go see the one day at their house and then Elijah and I met them on the way out of town on Friday. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlAYA0YMo2GzY6X37ElIdjydyRbgdBvsE1BTkuIKFGZZ5kS6AVhFTNAwLEKXh7HVuedpvdvo5Rs69CpTs6Y1btbciLzytiP82K6xqF_SDgrJ3RwSjHWGqN7C6XSl5EZwHp3DJeUP53NVJ/s640/IMG_6536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlAYA0YMo2GzY6X37ElIdjydyRbgdBvsE1BTkuIKFGZZ5kS6AVhFTNAwLEKXh7HVuedpvdvo5Rs69CpTs6Y1btbciLzytiP82K6xqF_SDgrJ3RwSjHWGqN7C6XSl5EZwHp3DJeUP53NVJ/w640-h480/IMG_6536.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2wTEFkkHyUb5eNBrMypu6-lO9GEOTyR7kwxkM4ed-VwPTxKxeHMylVsBE4MaK71GPUv3HsH-gTxkhycnxPk-Dx6sn_T8GRxNS4EeLEPCYb3rspbKnBLrFzGV6ZK1bfKEvXLk43dpS692/s640/IMG_6537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2wTEFkkHyUb5eNBrMypu6-lO9GEOTyR7kwxkM4ed-VwPTxKxeHMylVsBE4MaK71GPUv3HsH-gTxkhycnxPk-Dx6sn_T8GRxNS4EeLEPCYb3rspbKnBLrFzGV6ZK1bfKEvXLk43dpS692/w640-h480/IMG_6537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7naWRvP958MzmIT_zeBpI3wRLHZ61BHnWZeMwWfg6RU8Wa45I_PnmyRduy-VldZl1OW3I7o4O3ZSm0bnN5yLsPW2hJVCLf2gE5swASleWZYHHVGCpL-bA2rx_HsYxcmYzftiIjpo0N6c/s640/IMG_6538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7naWRvP958MzmIT_zeBpI3wRLHZ61BHnWZeMwWfg6RU8Wa45I_PnmyRduy-VldZl1OW3I7o4O3ZSm0bnN5yLsPW2hJVCLf2gE5swASleWZYHHVGCpL-bA2rx_HsYxcmYzftiIjpo0N6c/w480-h640/IMG_6538.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We got home on Friday night in time for Tori and Julia's end of the year ceremony from their summer work on Saturday. It was an awesome ceremony. This is them with Elisha who ran the program. </span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNegRfiVFpofFfwz9TUmavRcNTqpAa7Loqq0qJn9xYO3YcJC2IEMkQeYP5e5VxYXksOHkEmpDAJb1r5H53zMSUq-n7zTp3urX8i3rLHuDk6x1qbzP6EgT55wgSLB6vdW85AgGuyRYlTzJn/s640/IMG_6556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNegRfiVFpofFfwz9TUmavRcNTqpAa7Loqq0qJn9xYO3YcJC2IEMkQeYP5e5VxYXksOHkEmpDAJb1r5H53zMSUq-n7zTp3urX8i3rLHuDk6x1qbzP6EgT55wgSLB6vdW85AgGuyRYlTzJn/w480-h640/IMG_6556.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-91328535068497794212021-07-21T09:01:00.002-04:002021-07-21T09:01:47.977-04:00Happy Campers <div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It seems every time I book a beach trip, something causes us to cancel it. This year I booked two weekend trips to VA Beach at a nice, quiet camp ground on base. We went on our first trip successfully in May, but the upcoming August one will be cancelled because Moriah and Chris' baby is coming three weeks early! It's a lot better of a reason to cancel than the usual hurricane. Next summer I am planning a whole week in Myrtle Beach with Alyssa and her husband's side of the family.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's hard to leave all the animals behind. Here are my Amish "barn cats" while I pack. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjArLVoR2UKALptCjSJ-wbQ4m5Xs7trDSi8T1c0AwOiEMKzyzvVjJXHh5VQG88Oa4Jwgcc3_I84TO3ScUFtVr3YpZEcKMjicLtgbONrPqddasD2Rw82TqJwAyywzuqoJbtUwFe_SLvLapT/s640/IMG_5534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjArLVoR2UKALptCjSJ-wbQ4m5Xs7trDSi8T1c0AwOiEMKzyzvVjJXHh5VQG88Oa4Jwgcc3_I84TO3ScUFtVr3YpZEcKMjicLtgbONrPqddasD2Rw82TqJwAyywzuqoJbtUwFe_SLvLapT/w480-h640/IMG_5534.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lucca wanted to know if he could come too - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0thyphenhyphen1dpON0swxOqIg7nWp-eCfEkMpmv2v2eQ5fHZZ4Cyrizab3GL8TAGv4E9ZJjYGI9Lku0kUKbcQpVH3P7OxBLJOdKewY9XAX8Ausvt9XkpraLWXk1cn6btVgTveR_RF4PUQk7yMcDM/s640/IMG_5536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0thyphenhyphen1dpON0swxOqIg7nWp-eCfEkMpmv2v2eQ5fHZZ4Cyrizab3GL8TAGv4E9ZJjYGI9Lku0kUKbcQpVH3P7OxBLJOdKewY9XAX8Ausvt9XkpraLWXk1cn6btVgTveR_RF4PUQk7yMcDM/w480-h640/IMG_5536.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwucG8ch37xeYP4ZUcmrUWECm4mGHBYG532p3zV-to1mQ2RxPEiANj6BeI8F4WN2uSMh29NGvIKOFnvvo2WWvSVekmoPFHedF9hYlKSGBdzNfXhwLsQyIVZLUt3p95-NsP6kslFhg2q60/s2048/DSC_1006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwucG8ch37xeYP4ZUcmrUWECm4mGHBYG532p3zV-to1mQ2RxPEiANj6BeI8F4WN2uSMh29NGvIKOFnvvo2WWvSVekmoPFHedF9hYlKSGBdzNfXhwLsQyIVZLUt3p95-NsP6kslFhg2q60/w640-h424/DSC_1006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's our happy campers - the two older girls do not enjoy camping and don't generally go with us. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzYycRY6Rx-BQQ74bJIvVtoB9W-ObxeE95FV-xkLAADEsQRU9-O3GFiv20nZYQ6l-Lc-A1jJuDHGDbXyAzgGLITQ5frgDcIhHkeANjP_PrTv3HdGBMs7y_aJPnCnpD5SZ2MP60apxmcnM/s2048/DSC_1009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzYycRY6Rx-BQQ74bJIvVtoB9W-ObxeE95FV-xkLAADEsQRU9-O3GFiv20nZYQ6l-Lc-A1jJuDHGDbXyAzgGLITQ5frgDcIhHkeANjP_PrTv3HdGBMs7y_aJPnCnpD5SZ2MP60apxmcnM/w640-h424/DSC_1009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had one nice evening and the following day at the beach before a storm and dropping temperatures came in. I enjoy about two days of sun and sand and then I've kind of had enough. I'm generally sun-burnt by that point as well. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66Du59TEUm7wg5FGYZF_sjAdOnQn7u1XVOuUey1EvTVfwyqRKRxJOrPrMHxgBuNd0ly_6HGUYKdfDMeKlTMESTdGfyaVi5FZc-sYgI7jgPY-liOtBGWyv28RVj_jbSGdb8EY2jGPvbHH0/s640/IMG_5541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66Du59TEUm7wg5FGYZF_sjAdOnQn7u1XVOuUey1EvTVfwyqRKRxJOrPrMHxgBuNd0ly_6HGUYKdfDMeKlTMESTdGfyaVi5FZc-sYgI7jgPY-liOtBGWyv28RVj_jbSGdb8EY2jGPvbHH0/w480-h640/IMG_5541.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf4AeVXEGBTfkm0D2rsQ9di1ziCz_kJnr5dZzmLRQzcko6FvxdtPXcLjdpBuH2-0jsb0ziOD6GPmaOvXVtGeD63POE4YOPzFgfVb2XC8NOwOShCkjyChSMtr7_anT7waSnqOa6OYPV5fH/s2048/DSC_1116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf4AeVXEGBTfkm0D2rsQ9di1ziCz_kJnr5dZzmLRQzcko6FvxdtPXcLjdpBuH2-0jsb0ziOD6GPmaOvXVtGeD63POE4YOPzFgfVb2XC8NOwOShCkjyChSMtr7_anT7waSnqOa6OYPV5fH/w640-h424/DSC_1116.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0BlGznBza8rGAHSL2AATQ2zUhsdirvyA0_mFZONzoIH_6FRKa_MSFe2XbhVSELsRV7Dd9Vd1uoYvFYzTqa46D0-J95hFTWmnIqAjK-K-ib59ATpnLG0KxpyB4o2fhU2npt1BYNEj33MJ/s2048/DSC_1135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0BlGznBza8rGAHSL2AATQ2zUhsdirvyA0_mFZONzoIH_6FRKa_MSFe2XbhVSELsRV7Dd9Vd1uoYvFYzTqa46D0-J95hFTWmnIqAjK-K-ib59ATpnLG0KxpyB4o2fhU2npt1BYNEj33MJ/w640-h424/DSC_1135.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was one early morning that we headed down first thing to watch the dolphins. There were several of them but one rode the wave in over and over right by us. I love watching them!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvJi3afJCraVN_RiyICjY3CO-mQ6AdmMpCywZpI9FDyX6SJliBCz51DVGnA-VNkq0x98snFN-gcBJUw8wvnZr5fEM-R0xnrfUMosYbgfsJMl_ThCVhOeSLmRKFKM3KOChE0a380LUxex_/s2048/IMG_4615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvJi3afJCraVN_RiyICjY3CO-mQ6AdmMpCywZpI9FDyX6SJliBCz51DVGnA-VNkq0x98snFN-gcBJUw8wvnZr5fEM-R0xnrfUMosYbgfsJMl_ThCVhOeSLmRKFKM3KOChE0a380LUxex_/w640-h480/IMG_4615.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While the beach we stay at is nice and quiet, we did venture down to the crowded board walk area and got our obligatory King Neptune picture. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8l9MWRYeISVqLuY682Z9nTO_Tg8quhXj5xNRk3M7DUSsnP-H9Dwf29IOW76gIS_kC5umoJJ9esjnaGkvSL2jb_T9khpH2dkzwn77QxYKmqkxuJKUseE6ooF8C5SUMyMJAdiIvEa30dxYj/s640/IMG_5558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8l9MWRYeISVqLuY682Z9nTO_Tg8quhXj5xNRk3M7DUSsnP-H9Dwf29IOW76gIS_kC5umoJJ9esjnaGkvSL2jb_T9khpH2dkzwn77QxYKmqkxuJKUseE6ooF8C5SUMyMJAdiIvEa30dxYj/w480-h640/IMG_5558.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We also met my friend, Wendy, and her family for dinner one night. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTbwgtuJ_Hl5YZWbMspMIdzJNoIg8Q-YPv6KRxxLdKwRxaSB-9tbupSvS2Cw-jlL1va1WMSR-UE3xTYC685mEsLz7cYvpu9orX_2qVxhMFtzte-hs30lbLxNYCYPh6wAkYiEtBC8uWaic/s640/IMG_5560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTbwgtuJ_Hl5YZWbMspMIdzJNoIg8Q-YPv6KRxxLdKwRxaSB-9tbupSvS2Cw-jlL1va1WMSR-UE3xTYC685mEsLz7cYvpu9orX_2qVxhMFtzte-hs30lbLxNYCYPh6wAkYiEtBC8uWaic/w480-h640/IMG_5560.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Good memories!</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-59838499220658678782021-06-20T21:30:00.003-04:002021-06-20T21:30:42.211-04:00Chicken Ninny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is Chicken Ninny. Chicken Ninny came to our house because one morning JD was at Tractor Supply and the worker asked him if anyone could save the baby chick that was going to die if left in the baby chick cage. He called me and I agreed to take him. He had the worst case of splayed leg ever and everything I had done in the past for baby chicks did not work. After about three days of holding him to eat and drink every few hours because he couldn't stand and the leg braces weren't working, Chris and I You-Tubed serious baby chick leg issues and found some videos on therapy jars. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is Ninny's first jar. He spent two days in it and since he pooped in his felt chair, he had to be bathed fairly often and have the cloth changed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR7fy7TrXGDkACWOJN2amt3qSVKsdDkH8zullyLJzNslUqi41Goylga4abF-AVGj0jZrzwyAPoldpq-VSlhgSEGQH5JU2AZAgrpkgcjEiqr9uSDIAMLrMQX_U-lrn0vCfHhjTZaBosvBm/s640/IMG_5883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR7fy7TrXGDkACWOJN2amt3qSVKsdDkH8zullyLJzNslUqi41Goylga4abF-AVGj0jZrzwyAPoldpq-VSlhgSEGQH5JU2AZAgrpkgcjEiqr9uSDIAMLrMQX_U-lrn0vCfHhjTZaBosvBm/w480-h640/IMG_5883.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then he moved to a part time therapy jar that forced him to stand, he would get tired and sit down and we would stand him up again. He only spent a few hours a day in there.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSpEggudVdjtj58QGd2OxPeTNgWdC_J3CqTOLtTyaG6FjJRiYKLxIJLuYPxO-fw58HScMnzamBP4yDWlFS8N3DTe0stgQov3b5_txf8gJ8ERy8Jm8WKBfJiF57SUhw_Vefx38Om_hfnwd/s640/IMG_5899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSpEggudVdjtj58QGd2OxPeTNgWdC_J3CqTOLtTyaG6FjJRiYKLxIJLuYPxO-fw58HScMnzamBP4yDWlFS8N3DTe0stgQov3b5_txf8gJ8ERy8Jm8WKBfJiF57SUhw_Vefx38Om_hfnwd/w480-h640/IMG_5899.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And finally, he was able to stand on his own and poop on the floor on his own! Exciting progress for the little chick!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9GTgUR9nrWApUJatSWagTIhyl9xrsaUGIp1DfxOy5LzCZXP0dFqkWcOs7llU2T7QdfJa5WsnRzig010B4mBcQsTgyZiru-smNk0QFidsD6tx_jJDJvT6ZPC5V1hTLV6Mb6VxKratMRw3/s640/IMG_5951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9GTgUR9nrWApUJatSWagTIhyl9xrsaUGIp1DfxOy5LzCZXP0dFqkWcOs7llU2T7QdfJa5WsnRzig010B4mBcQsTgyZiru-smNk0QFidsD6tx_jJDJvT6ZPC5V1hTLV6Mb6VxKratMRw3/w480-h640/IMG_5951.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chicken Ninny is the term Oliver uses for both chicken nuggets at Chick Fil A and baby chicks; it's a good name so we went with it. The issue with Ninny is that he is so much smaller than the other chicken ninnies outside, so they will bully him, so he has to continue to live in the dining room for now!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrigsnzvfc10_xAkwBL_RuWSdF91F5BsrWk-8oB2K3d3stUK51FMsvBc8NXzge7CqZKH7sDEFWqEeBgYoJXjZVK0BCA0E6QRyJFfaQl5AuSXMaiQHAwC34g9WaQElDc_L30Q_-WNsQz_gQ/s640/IMG_5982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrigsnzvfc10_xAkwBL_RuWSdF91F5BsrWk-8oB2K3d3stUK51FMsvBc8NXzge7CqZKH7sDEFWqEeBgYoJXjZVK0BCA0E6QRyJFfaQl5AuSXMaiQHAwC34g9WaQElDc_L30Q_-WNsQz_gQ/w480-h640/IMG_5982.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He appreciates the quality time with Oliver I'm sure!</span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div><br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-15704625069977869662021-06-19T09:16:00.000-04:002021-06-19T09:16:33.159-04:00A Few More Washington Pictures Before I Try to Catch Up With My Spring....<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had a great trip to WA State. Taking the youngest three together worked out well as all the kids fit in Nathan and Samuel's room, so Nathan enjoyed the giant sleep-overs. Of course we wore the little guy out so he was asleep pretty fast most nights. Diesel and Waffles enjoyed some extra people attention also. </span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrO3L4N4sw9y9NtU4hGHqzD1GR-dEL7YIdP-oupDY_7WJa2UW9OxPRA1QR7A_rU51KKJcP0WTO9tnaIKkBLMW9AQ6GkoVdOR4tXLuf1vGIxBiREFng7Q7t9N1SrPp4zmL6Cm7qlMFCGBnp/s640/IMG_5378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrO3L4N4sw9y9NtU4hGHqzD1GR-dEL7YIdP-oupDY_7WJa2UW9OxPRA1QR7A_rU51KKJcP0WTO9tnaIKkBLMW9AQ6GkoVdOR4tXLuf1vGIxBiREFng7Q7t9N1SrPp4zmL6Cm7qlMFCGBnp/w480-h640/IMG_5378.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I said before, the area is gorgeous. This is the view from the end of their street where we walked to the playground. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SSe3PELZ0gC-JC77p3eZ_mIsD5sNGZsKYxgwhmSUfbWpRuGqNaYwzmv4MhqPvl2AnbEeSQxiKyBvMVpGZG12HXRPwitlEKIEVzCckkJJNfkUfTo8HSwIDYwWbz_5ukj1MuebtXrPRg8P/s640/IMG_5348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SSe3PELZ0gC-JC77p3eZ_mIsD5sNGZsKYxgwhmSUfbWpRuGqNaYwzmv4MhqPvl2AnbEeSQxiKyBvMVpGZG12HXRPwitlEKIEVzCckkJJNfkUfTo8HSwIDYwWbz_5ukj1MuebtXrPRg8P/w640-h480/IMG_5348.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We walked downtown a few times, even to church on Sunday morning. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4s3yhU3iV6ZUJMPmcUDhwQSbRERMHksWJFqeo3U9azibXlriRJBOee60SM2NTgTjTDLRdujgRtcfe5fQZo5y35rENpVfGPr5rkNwL1r0Myclv5v_v7J0QLDdPJ0ogKfRetNagbrBgPk0H/s640/IMG_5356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4s3yhU3iV6ZUJMPmcUDhwQSbRERMHksWJFqeo3U9azibXlriRJBOee60SM2NTgTjTDLRdujgRtcfe5fQZo5y35rENpVfGPr5rkNwL1r0Myclv5v_v7J0QLDdPJ0ogKfRetNagbrBgPk0H/w480-h640/IMG_5356.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Whidbey coffee is a favorite spot downtown also - although the sun was in their eyes for this photo, it was nice of the girl behind us to pose. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQHix0f97VBAFtI7NyzcqVvn-8aqs4obuO-vuuBehK4ZQAkTaNo8XMyWcPqfzYBFMhVNqGnlyxy11VtGxuXFKeDVrNdmTFVZmjntNz5DV1LeVhiT2rpUSVXYciWd2aqCZxmbpJFoFViwf/s640/IMG_5361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQHix0f97VBAFtI7NyzcqVvn-8aqs4obuO-vuuBehK4ZQAkTaNo8XMyWcPqfzYBFMhVNqGnlyxy11VtGxuXFKeDVrNdmTFVZmjntNz5DV1LeVhiT2rpUSVXYciWd2aqCZxmbpJFoFViwf/w640-h480/IMG_5361.jpg" width="640" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gabriel played Monopoly with the kids - (this photo refused to get bigger to match the others for some reason). </span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReVDtTrc3KbQkTzbByZVjxEVWuVldxLmoS6BZae9nX860wddKfvXxNF0qUeGEi8AQaMKm3tuKRi0OZAL_fohv3TTtCHEvkXttDJMg61oiQ_Mo9ekDV0t7Fcj-Utioz9uZGPK_-M78vRpi/s640/IMG_5354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReVDtTrc3KbQkTzbByZVjxEVWuVldxLmoS6BZae9nX860wddKfvXxNF0qUeGEi8AQaMKm3tuKRi0OZAL_fohv3TTtCHEvkXttDJMg61oiQ_Mo9ekDV0t7Fcj-Utioz9uZGPK_-M78vRpi/s320/IMG_5354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Samuel and I made Mimi's chocolate chip cookies - </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9t4fkeP-tAxYI8FCPyZTm3P3zHj9XXf1ade3zyGyGhve-mH9tK826xAfRZ-XX5xcxX8agq9UxAwkb6Qmditnkz_-b2BrspYGs-CetM35EOJsR7965gBIGlaZPy87XV2R5LXRPdjMFxa0d/s640/IMG_5372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9t4fkeP-tAxYI8FCPyZTm3P3zHj9XXf1ade3zyGyGhve-mH9tK826xAfRZ-XX5xcxX8agq9UxAwkb6Qmditnkz_-b2BrspYGs-CetM35EOJsR7965gBIGlaZPy87XV2R5LXRPdjMFxa0d/w480-h640/IMG_5372.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some good entertainment from the trip is the video Elijah took of Selah and I saving a rat trapped at the skate park. For the record, I really hate mice and rats, but I don't like to see anything suffer. So, Selah and I gathered some twigs, meshed them together, and build the rat a bridge out of the deep "pool". I was really shocked how smart it was, because it watched from afar and literally scrambled up it as soon as the bridge was completed. I have video evidence, but it's too long to load, so the still pictures will have to suffice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9qLDYATZ5aBTOOzsuytvawGG7pwnMQMzDTYcWF6fy1iE6d-GCfmubY-F9IXrY-ZtIkonxZdtAx_4DPC2k_9n5jgYPfxgAsXDN-d0hpk13wbTASAL_qiUNPtXYy0y1JN3kd75sk_JiV-9/s640/IMG_5368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9qLDYATZ5aBTOOzsuytvawGG7pwnMQMzDTYcWF6fy1iE6d-GCfmubY-F9IXrY-ZtIkonxZdtAx_4DPC2k_9n5jgYPfxgAsXDN-d0hpk13wbTASAL_qiUNPtXYy0y1JN3kd75sk_JiV-9/w480-h640/IMG_5368.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPh_8TjuGTTffOCjyWGw2MlNES04zVTtm_lb0_DBuXa5sasDgiGZd2HuAc303RyCV8CiU_oAtSdz9bnoZblrbJGbz5Ei8c_0tsnW0xILLpllm0BfWJuKL5fT6qtRtxJ8b7gWkktmqVINK/s640/IMG_5370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPh_8TjuGTTffOCjyWGw2MlNES04zVTtm_lb0_DBuXa5sasDgiGZd2HuAc303RyCV8CiU_oAtSdz9bnoZblrbJGbz5Ei8c_0tsnW0xILLpllm0BfWJuKL5fT6qtRtxJ8b7gWkktmqVINK/w640-h480/IMG_5370.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Due to the airlines rearranging our tickets for us, we ended up staying in Seattle both the night we landed and again the night before we flew home, since they were such late and early flights. It kind of shorted us a full day there which was frustrating. Our final night, we went bowling, which was fun for all. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjC9KjSl95aFX09JvVgUPbQrIAh2ocwQXeXzInvHnh6J6IqabgZct0WfxWhq4-s6mXwSidrn8wC8nEEF8VYW6c3TdJ5Fvi1ONCNjNBNy_yEtL90Ch__Kc8ErjYkuADatPR-dJqgsgfvox/s640/IMG_5383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjC9KjSl95aFX09JvVgUPbQrIAh2ocwQXeXzInvHnh6J6IqabgZct0WfxWhq4-s6mXwSidrn8wC8nEEF8VYW6c3TdJ5Fvi1ONCNjNBNy_yEtL90Ch__Kc8ErjYkuADatPR-dJqgsgfvox/w480-h640/IMG_5383.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimHOqT53Tq570Yw8XiVnAoCu6-7Ih5bm0haBW0fASYbeKW81t7s1JY7ptfbtVgl9ieI60-bXFCe9q4eB70swf3WvT3nXP-qX6ak09vuS4JYECb687YY1LwbBWZlElYmxvpj-XHNyoGmM6/s640/IMG_5384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimHOqT53Tq570Yw8XiVnAoCu6-7Ih5bm0haBW0fASYbeKW81t7s1JY7ptfbtVgl9ieI60-bXFCe9q4eB70swf3WvT3nXP-qX6ak09vuS4JYECb687YY1LwbBWZlElYmxvpj-XHNyoGmM6/w640-h480/IMG_5384.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7p0tLE155lGMiikNmX0aQBCZZhfMSyweT4YvS0cbeV1gqeRDe-qVfCAPsz-RFcso8faN5glRkJ_jDThglNOXH-KVyA_jNJT-2KiZOg3HlUU3Z_ob6QRH_mc4oCTDIGcOBuI0sfj4SGHnq/s640/IMG_5387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7p0tLE155lGMiikNmX0aQBCZZhfMSyweT4YvS0cbeV1gqeRDe-qVfCAPsz-RFcso8faN5glRkJ_jDThglNOXH-KVyA_jNJT-2KiZOg3HlUU3Z_ob6QRH_mc4oCTDIGcOBuI0sfj4SGHnq/w480-h640/IMG_5387.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5DfW-6p1dLjQ3gAegV6pxNgO_fOmenxV33UGbVFblyq71KAY7g-z8_1BQGc4wA-J8-7CUbYnUShq-sYhUQrvHvoOhBKd8Z6anlukGGSNAeCmadW7Ofk28hXCxU2xxtYuJpIkTV8hEYdT/s640/IMG_5390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5DfW-6p1dLjQ3gAegV6pxNgO_fOmenxV33UGbVFblyq71KAY7g-z8_1BQGc4wA-J8-7CUbYnUShq-sYhUQrvHvoOhBKd8Z6anlukGGSNAeCmadW7Ofk28hXCxU2xxtYuJpIkTV8hEYdT/w640-h480/IMG_5390.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mgYf_n7nShPo4KDH93-d7ExhQPqHSbWHY7AcOa0xTUrPWPE9aTjUC0i4hi5NMYpJ897UknYq2OtQuHdnlTdvYXiIy-D2p5D2nYri8qhkQhFAWiCQUGedATe-LRvxjYf94PZMX4S7-jVv/s640/IMG_5394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mgYf_n7nShPo4KDH93-d7ExhQPqHSbWHY7AcOa0xTUrPWPE9aTjUC0i4hi5NMYpJ897UknYq2OtQuHdnlTdvYXiIy-D2p5D2nYri8qhkQhFAWiCQUGedATe-LRvxjYf94PZMX4S7-jVv/w640-h480/IMG_5394.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My closing thoughts - Samuel is the biggest Daddy's boy I have ever seen in a baby or toddler. He still just needs his Daddy full-time and I'm so sad for him when Gabriel deploys!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_m9r6r3rpsyNxFtvMjHLjwzaShre2vUaOWoNBR1Obn854uOVti8cZZwzx9-n1wKy-mvYomvvojI7D_xym2vXq8R3LymeD6ARCOjg__t84eqkiP5_pKJBF13IBfDDou8gC1rJcN2bGy-Is/s640/IMG_5346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_m9r6r3rpsyNxFtvMjHLjwzaShre2vUaOWoNBR1Obn854uOVti8cZZwzx9-n1wKy-mvYomvvojI7D_xym2vXq8R3LymeD6ARCOjg__t84eqkiP5_pKJBF13IBfDDou8gC1rJcN2bGy-Is/w640-h480/IMG_5346.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSgRCp1-WWEVqc7j01JhBHwCz8eqqnUsL5unLL5KH9R0VrfHUuArBqaY3O-Q-3xO3d3H1HpOnYf3NIf0gUZt2V14grPCX-aorBfCT0MYtbi-28WhmK94RtkvzUpHjTsY-3fwP2Cq_2yY9/s640/IMG_1641.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSgRCp1-WWEVqc7j01JhBHwCz8eqqnUsL5unLL5KH9R0VrfHUuArBqaY3O-Q-3xO3d3H1HpOnYf3NIf0gUZt2V14grPCX-aorBfCT0MYtbi-28WhmK94RtkvzUpHjTsY-3fwP2Cq_2yY9/w480-h640/IMG_1641.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here's a cute picture to show that JD and the girls survived at home without me. Our "new" friends (that have almost lived here long enough to not be called new anymore), showed up with dinner and ate with them one night.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyG6NvNcfjdJgnIpGkNTNo9U_kMU9DhGUyp7YLpseIyW6QCpoGw2BkJgn0lObh8cjQpru751v5mECiPexHA2jZN9PE5wzSpV_DCPAJxcpKVTohtdxvAPAF0wvdwo-p2RevoaA1Cp0MMQOw/s640/IMG_5336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyG6NvNcfjdJgnIpGkNTNo9U_kMU9DhGUyp7YLpseIyW6QCpoGw2BkJgn0lObh8cjQpru751v5mECiPexHA2jZN9PE5wzSpV_DCPAJxcpKVTohtdxvAPAF0wvdwo-p2RevoaA1Cp0MMQOw/w640-h480/IMG_5336.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next blog-post will be our next trip - </span></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-36028720930151418712021-05-16T00:24:00.000-04:002021-05-16T00:24:56.998-04:00State Park Visit <div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We went to Deception Pass State Park today. Deception Pass was named because the water looks calm enough to swim across, but when you are up on the bridge looking down, you can see the currents going many ways down the middle. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Selah on the walk in - </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRmspAWhcQiF-rYhI9wwGrj1-qKxMCL_fw8wQ6y2bcXYyUv_oGKAiyOrvHpvl03tocX4P_rUXV6j64RJOmyAu2D5Tr1eE7yG4A_fqMkKWAE__rnYP9zoSoZBXgMIB7QOa9OwcyzlJ4TiC/s2048/IMG_5257%25281%2529.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRmspAWhcQiF-rYhI9wwGrj1-qKxMCL_fw8wQ6y2bcXYyUv_oGKAiyOrvHpvl03tocX4P_rUXV6j64RJOmyAu2D5Tr1eE7yG4A_fqMkKWAE__rnYP9zoSoZBXgMIB7QOa9OwcyzlJ4TiC/w480-h640/IMG_5257%25281%2529.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lots of fun rock skipping - </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qRZk8_GlvWhTmM3j0fZ9TiTxOH8BT4EbIC5ulPpbKUKE7jpHvG9axT2YP20VknA_rSe6egtzwo08IaroGhbGRTMrwFTWuuxTWkRb3MVyJFKpi0V0AHSxc_BAAiqYng9AYTkH0FGb_C8g/w640-h480/IMG_5299%25281%2529.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Selah and Elijah like to climb rocks -</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXx4-27ZKCsz0-27a5Rzcb_vvpbP5MflpBs1sPuAUh7Fg_iuFdX-q0jsN87fNm-Be9MTGbzC48-YYCDhAq9g2h6CWbgFMbckfTjS9An22ilqIKDpc1_683V27-INmfGWCzATAD-s-tEa9x/s2048/IMG_5313%25281%2529.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXx4-27ZKCsz0-27a5Rzcb_vvpbP5MflpBs1sPuAUh7Fg_iuFdX-q0jsN87fNm-Be9MTGbzC48-YYCDhAq9g2h6CWbgFMbckfTjS9An22ilqIKDpc1_683V27-INmfGWCzATAD-s-tEa9x/w480-h640/IMG_5313%25281%2529.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nathan wanted to head on up, so we compromised with a partial climb. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsSLy79JxgfWYZ-u2yBf0A4cw39aas6lQfewUAJbwaau7aqmMRRMYbMvXYZloPZiUKKdCq_m4I9cN5qcVLKJj9Qk_jV72tVf1APEpYb_apNLvQxt2tZ0L0m5PY4p7GzJa6YKhyphenhyphenq7EhHw0/w480-h640/IMG_5311.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Elijah spotted an otter head poke out of the water. </span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaOFfqKFLzfWkCMsal3R33gHWOhj6SkptWsSi7quR5WypUC83WAShMnDia0KORQF750uIMd__xfYh3-fAEW4wp0k6-drYPqODM_TJF9JBjNxBowu1MVMfAdJ-UwGMdaZNa61J5qDn8ToK/s640/IMG_5304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaOFfqKFLzfWkCMsal3R33gHWOhj6SkptWsSi7quR5WypUC83WAShMnDia0KORQF750uIMd__xfYh3-fAEW4wp0k6-drYPqODM_TJF9JBjNxBowu1MVMfAdJ-UwGMdaZNa61J5qDn8ToK/w480-h640/IMG_5304.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We rushed down the beach to try to see him, and he climbed up on a rock to eat a crab. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCDGXRRpm0QR-k7EzWUN402GcyMCuCC7Fw_aTjGZ7cMWizGEVBhDbQgzfLWhHw2oGPCVP2ZLLOLCbggV7NbO69QSKqnUc-Kz7pp-1XEjNPXFwJv0jHakdwjrFD2Wu6hPA6jBfqSPAuI62/s640/IMG_5286.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCDGXRRpm0QR-k7EzWUN402GcyMCuCC7Fw_aTjGZ7cMWizGEVBhDbQgzfLWhHw2oGPCVP2ZLLOLCbggV7NbO69QSKqnUc-Kz7pp-1XEjNPXFwJv0jHakdwjrFD2Wu6hPA6jBfqSPAuI62/w640-h480/IMG_5286.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Isn't he cute? When he finished the crab, he jumped into the water, but then returned with a second crab and ate it. </span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkwJQ7jPlFr6e0YSTWBlxresUXKPz2bq6S0FUl6cxlBCjkQaZTPYuwTJSOzBVY_drmzZ91j9nfgBCMHICmZnq6gD8kQ1Z_2zxWVTkmKO2HrdSpot3pI8lmWABHAPafnSiH0Oazzjvzp8K/s640/IMG_5281.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkwJQ7jPlFr6e0YSTWBlxresUXKPz2bq6S0FUl6cxlBCjkQaZTPYuwTJSOzBVY_drmzZ91j9nfgBCMHICmZnq6gD8kQ1Z_2zxWVTkmKO2HrdSpot3pI8lmWABHAPafnSiH0Oazzjvzp8K/w480-h640/IMG_5281.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He didn't mind us watching at all. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q9fcuu4Vhml3ImqxlT5DKyFvBBt8KGChv3LtKSN8CDx2sawKGZ9pqG9_Im-7lMMZ1wON8oG6qZcJ6M7c2el-0lvE-rnAKoq619Wrrbxq3Mbr1P92Wdzq6s3GOS5l72jcs-jY5xeSgvuV/s2048/IMG_5282%25281%2529.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q9fcuu4Vhml3ImqxlT5DKyFvBBt8KGChv3LtKSN8CDx2sawKGZ9pqG9_Im-7lMMZ1wON8oG6qZcJ6M7c2el-0lvE-rnAKoq619Wrrbxq3Mbr1P92Wdzq6s3GOS5l72jcs-jY5xeSgvuV/w480-h640/IMG_5282%25281%2529.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We had a passerby take a quick picture of us -</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpNFPKSiOYB5TQdz9Sxs_Ppnf-Ft6PSTihIXo5TJJnEroK2KJ6APdK6nkt9rB-II_t5DQSBxftcPvU3M-cXn9NylbL64Ns7lgxUkG-jBkTljGAxwPz1-nTdwgytxi2En6dm3Va4bV_Ohv/s640/IMG_5331.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpNFPKSiOYB5TQdz9Sxs_Ppnf-Ft6PSTihIXo5TJJnEroK2KJ6APdK6nkt9rB-II_t5DQSBxftcPvU3M-cXn9NylbL64Ns7lgxUkG-jBkTljGAxwPz1-nTdwgytxi2En6dm3Va4bV_Ohv/w640-h480/IMG_5331.JPG" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful Day!</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a><br /></div><br /></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-34139149444389751352021-05-14T22:46:00.000-04:002021-05-14T22:45:59.971-04:00Washington <h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: normal;">On Tuesday, the three youngest and I headed to visit Gabriel, Alayna and the boys in Whidbey Island, WA. We had a LONG non-stop flight from Dulles into Seattle.</span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b0itQ5VOOW_gXK_N7suxMqDHmGCI0qH7xMvSx5s4Tb9SNNHHpPIfz1pYASG293nvOz6luSBOfUscXm6V8AAB5Iw1hrWdL2D-gAHgZGFja3iy1lBJY2tgDllJQEPb419DTjNBWUMm6LCN/s640/IMG_5167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b0itQ5VOOW_gXK_N7suxMqDHmGCI0qH7xMvSx5s4Tb9SNNHHpPIfz1pYASG293nvOz6luSBOfUscXm6V8AAB5Iw1hrWdL2D-gAHgZGFja3iy1lBJY2tgDllJQEPb419DTjNBWUMm6LCN/w640-h480/IMG_5167.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The airlines new gimmick is to let you choose the flights you want and then to switch them about a month later. It has happened to our family three of the four trips we have made to WA since Covid. This is the kids after landing in <span style="font-size: 18.72px;">Seattle</span> and picking up the rental car at about 1:30 a.m. to our bodies. We also now have a middle of the night drive back to Seattle for our flight home. </span></span></h4><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9aALXfekYP22zGsBfO_rkfgDeIXJGyKfE1INUReQPfMlmEcJ-EjBr7pQo9tuSzGZhHrMSN7YmLnh9Zt3J6SnVczaumQnG7vSwCLVRpsXBH9VWxCF4Q3Ewuu8Ur-eiwQEQN87gw75e1Wu/s640/IMG_5173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9aALXfekYP22zGsBfO_rkfgDeIXJGyKfE1INUReQPfMlmEcJ-EjBr7pQo9tuSzGZhHrMSN7YmLnh9Zt3J6SnVczaumQnG7vSwCLVRpsXBH9VWxCF4Q3Ewuu8Ur-eiwQEQN87gw75e1Wu/w480-h640/IMG_5173.jpg" width="480" /></a></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The kids and I stopped at the famous Pike Place Market on our way to Whidbey. </span></h4><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtyDEEtbvob2_ZkLB3LGRKTpmM9XNaetq6BhEcNNyd5lCKqByd5rEKpsd5-YfM1dMtXR8_rsqvdl35AuMFRLBkHPiDQaOC2fu5Jzd8q0WrF1a79BVKNpzu1i-vHZ6lvDqO9_H2cxTDPPg/s640/IMG_5186.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtyDEEtbvob2_ZkLB3LGRKTpmM9XNaetq6BhEcNNyd5lCKqByd5rEKpsd5-YfM1dMtXR8_rsqvdl35AuMFRLBkHPiDQaOC2fu5Jzd8q0WrF1a79BVKNpzu1i-vHZ6lvDqO9_H2cxTDPPg/w480-h640/IMG_5186.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here's the bubble gum "wall" that is actually a whole alley. </span></h4></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXDJ-B8S5dFOSPnn6_VZuDu2fr0VB9J1276t4TIDUhPqEoCnW29I6ywK9ANCI1OMmrs1MMhBUzJxv3tC1XZJHYatygb6EPreYZnLA5SomHLm8dEBQe6Q-QYhIpFAY2G5m7uumcPRbne9f/s640/IMG_5188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xYhCWskexxnoirsfBjjMTDMROP-mfYWxUVefERphXIxctLk9PJpQD5Mz5dM3YfbGbVoA50h_iWhpr7S0Kq_d1a0fvthJf-kbNJLboSxuVDJKrj_EJPbpQV4S6a0ZGlig639v1OxWAofS/w480-h640/IMG_5253.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There is a glorious walk along the water to the town under their neighborhood. It has very nice playgrounds as well.</span></h4></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLqV4oE0FKUMquIDJ9RefkboK24NdTxDHODusVBMOJk_ljccDwacUXPguxSUFVLiBK2JMG65_PyL3d7OruzTU1YYBSRkWqghTY-CK_Dtw0lz7n6mG7wtUWjlZUFWmoQGzJR6jWrtqnQhl/s640/IMG_5252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLqV4oE0FKUMquIDJ9RefkboK24NdTxDHODusVBMOJk_ljccDwacUXPguxSUFVLiBK2JMG65_PyL3d7OruzTU1YYBSRkWqghTY-CK_Dtw0lz7n6mG7wtUWjlZUFWmoQGzJR6jWrtqnQhl/w480-h640/IMG_5252.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SBnwzVbsJvkaT3EPzDnl1rQfBylQpK93dKWAcOlDBDmXstbt_paQ8s9YQhhn_B5kmY09EI482PrzIFuSbIAQJwwCYY40UskraXuqk4LTK7uKszufONnG03FgLSjXCWtDttehp_r1KzaV/s640/IMG_5248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SBnwzVbsJvkaT3EPzDnl1rQfBylQpK93dKWAcOlDBDmXstbt_paQ8s9YQhhn_B5kmY09EI482PrzIFuSbIAQJwwCYY40UskraXuqk4LTK7uKszufONnG03FgLSjXCWtDttehp_r1KzaV/w640-h480/IMG_5248.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Today we went to two State Parks that had old forts on them. It was beautiful but not friendly to my irrational fear of heights. Unfortunately, my fear of heights isn't just for myself, but for everyone, so I am a bit neurotic to the kids if they dare near any cliffs. </span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprPeXz9-qXJHHMCZcEhT8jH9LaG3tAoyZOWD0QeZuDkwckMv4I7Upq9rh-Gt3HouFkFNNE0BZPeSrwAvu3SWhDd3WExLB0_Pvci9JOcNiz2esJ_IiLMx0eEkF27mYY6oRZhfzaa8VJMos/s640/IMG_5249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprPeXz9-qXJHHMCZcEhT8jH9LaG3tAoyZOWD0QeZuDkwckMv4I7Upq9rh-Gt3HouFkFNNE0BZPeSrwAvu3SWhDd3WExLB0_Pvci9JOcNiz2esJ_IiLMx0eEkF27mYY6oRZhfzaa8VJMos/w640-h480/IMG_5249.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: normal;">The water was COLD!</span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMPn0bSiTyzX-Iom_7Gqwklg-s4uZMNFEr0QdpRmMrpmHQ9OEZm33Z11UfdGHIU7rnH76C_QPuu44tctCDNTl40zCYK7NZALsob4g6gZe-6KmFAgEnBgOsAQlfZDLEYQtY7QxHTs9i8DM/s640/IMG_5233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMPn0bSiTyzX-Iom_7Gqwklg-s4uZMNFEr0QdpRmMrpmHQ9OEZm33Z11UfdGHIU7rnH76C_QPuu44tctCDNTl40zCYK7NZALsob4g6gZe-6KmFAgEnBgOsAQlfZDLEYQtY7QxHTs9i8DM/w640-h480/IMG_5233.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6W3ct9YUxDjVm6sgEfiP1FmcrmI89mI1aNEXrMiqQ6Mb2MQIobYugydIm0Ejt6nMo0QdynCn18__q5YEiMgcbp2liEOmKXYz4a8PrpniUDWdvTmow1-RW-hmkdH9zxVugvvHDFEt0w0ES/s640/IMG_5245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6W3ct9YUxDjVm6sgEfiP1FmcrmI89mI1aNEXrMiqQ6Mb2MQIobYugydIm0Ejt6nMo0QdynCn18__q5YEiMgcbp2liEOmKXYz4a8PrpniUDWdvTmow1-RW-hmkdH9zxVugvvHDFEt0w0ES/w640-h480/IMG_5245.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure I'll have more WA pictures to post in the next few days. </h4><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-59731314237621498522021-04-25T15:27:00.002-04:002021-04-25T15:40:49.580-04:00Basketball Lines <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We paved the first side of our driveway back in December to create a basketball area for the kids. This last weekend, we installed a net to keep the ball from falling down to the lower driveway. Yesterday, JD and Elijah used a stencil we ordered to paint basketball lines on the driveway.</h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPBQpCuYdIPs-JJMWvCHaW-JYx4_I9kjDdP4MoRAzUgszkU8UsdrNbhdFRsUfNif6lAbnwY-YE6bZUHapnb2W5CHUGsqE40OntQFTgFOl-ph49FInPlc2BCrYecFUmBJ0Wi_srjh5jHAe/s640/IMG_4839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPBQpCuYdIPs-JJMWvCHaW-JYx4_I9kjDdP4MoRAzUgszkU8UsdrNbhdFRsUfNif6lAbnwY-YE6bZUHapnb2W5CHUGsqE40OntQFTgFOl-ph49FInPlc2BCrYecFUmBJ0Wi_srjh5jHAe/w640-h480/IMG_4839.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Oliver and I just hung out while the guys worked. </span></h3><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I think my lens got dirty so these look foggy....</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbVrm7AzrTFn7sfgtBi28BlycB5m2Mpp2WcJpy3mEjreo8wqjVmoWboj2w0cMH-aBF6jlih3nwE0BDYjfXE5UkCNc7lZ62rzA1_oTYK14pWu8IKVCnVC-iIEeHP1jqacyTnYFo_wZEeQe/s640/IMG_4869.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbVrm7AzrTFn7sfgtBi28BlycB5m2Mpp2WcJpy3mEjreo8wqjVmoWboj2w0cMH-aBF6jlih3nwE0BDYjfXE5UkCNc7lZ62rzA1_oTYK14pWu8IKVCnVC-iIEeHP1jqacyTnYFo_wZEeQe/w640-h480/IMG_4869.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmzk5Fv2JubQyvGMt_qfJv7wt3RrWxQrY6jwBWP0rzievzke7FE1-ngKXC4SDnjZmLeQatTxGvGdaBrOsMFaphUzsf6BlJpRdQnGDnthkE3TF1eBqrbSc6Sm4-mcHXZzvQ_ZV40HobSrE/s640/IMG_4873.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmzk5Fv2JubQyvGMt_qfJv7wt3RrWxQrY6jwBWP0rzievzke7FE1-ngKXC4SDnjZmLeQatTxGvGdaBrOsMFaphUzsf6BlJpRdQnGDnthkE3TF1eBqrbSc6Sm4-mcHXZzvQ_ZV40HobSrE/w640-h480/IMG_4873.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">While we enjoyed our farm, Selah headed out to her first day of working at a horse farm with rescue horses; she was pretty excited when she got home!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFTbjFAgWixGoPWuzRx5Nb2_Y2wQ6jUb-4mxu99rjolUxuyo-aCrDW2p8OsAvOb72Z_8VrBm1hT70GbYi52NiLwnUMEJmkk96cw_2pXV3DZddtpAs_l_D1FjKey078j3EmYS0TfXjBedR/s640/IMG_4893.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFTbjFAgWixGoPWuzRx5Nb2_Y2wQ6jUb-4mxu99rjolUxuyo-aCrDW2p8OsAvOb72Z_8VrBm1hT70GbYi52NiLwnUMEJmkk96cw_2pXV3DZddtpAs_l_D1FjKey078j3EmYS0TfXjBedR/w640-h480/IMG_4893.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-83366406678155093812021-04-11T14:44:00.001-04:002021-04-11T14:46:59.191-04:00Science Fair <div><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We survived 7th grade Science Fair!</span></h1><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Selah did "Are all dog nose prints different?"</span></h4><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkAsCedGHueiSUFPLhJ9Zrx3pVMyiWGz1AYi86sOMPfIXeHT5phskVksUL05jJvclJYxwAADhPhgER40gVgxHxbhfWDC3JkUewUGI6k_u9JbuFaNe8NW-niJegaFBW1SkyEs7lxm7HlPR/s640/IMG_4486.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkAsCedGHueiSUFPLhJ9Zrx3pVMyiWGz1AYi86sOMPfIXeHT5phskVksUL05jJvclJYxwAADhPhgER40gVgxHxbhfWDC3JkUewUGI6k_u9JbuFaNe8NW-niJegaFBW1SkyEs7lxm7HlPR/w480-h640/IMG_4486.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Elijah did "The 5 Second Rule". I am thankful for the experience and I am thankful it is over! </span></h4><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikW5L3j8V_ve4q1QU66gvqPwcUUIuSSxh5ks4qnpSQ7TlonQaiVm9uDTppRCBax3s_yvImcTtGmNNhocJ1IjJ3aMCr6GmRN1jgtjeTGYavIp73p4sAs7LxUvBMolrTkIUZymZFUCxym8I/s640/IMG_4489.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikW5L3j8V_ve4q1QU66gvqPwcUUIuSSxh5ks4qnpSQ7TlonQaiVm9uDTppRCBax3s_yvImcTtGmNNhocJ1IjJ3aMCr6GmRN1jgtjeTGYavIp73p4sAs7LxUvBMolrTkIUZymZFUCxym8I/w480-h640/IMG_4489.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-23805630901800606522021-04-03T22:41:00.002-04:002021-04-03T22:44:55.814-04:00Lady's Triplets and Farm Help<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I was going to just load the picture of Oliver feeding the babies at the end, but realized I never told the tale of our most difficult goat delivery ever. Two Saturday mornings ago, Lady clearly went into labor. She was pretty miserable and ready as evidenced by this photo - </span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJlI2RiJm4K0ZorvsE42XDSgUGmqspYcItiju90h3wpImJad4fL6sZDsq2ZVWsfP1HxGETveu3hV3fiq30jdjcy_wlbo19p7_XOEZdmDM8XVh_xG6VcVuhkLkfmxrCGDfXLWB8MCKNJEI/s640/IMG_4281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJlI2RiJm4K0ZorvsE42XDSgUGmqspYcItiju90h3wpImJad4fL6sZDsq2ZVWsfP1HxGETveu3hV3fiq30jdjcy_wlbo19p7_XOEZdmDM8XVh_xG6VcVuhkLkfmxrCGDfXLWB8MCKNJEI/w480-h640/IMG_4281.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Her first sac broke and she pushed and carried on for over an hour; I was getting more and more nervous. At the hour mark, I called my friend the vet tech; she was out of town. I called my friend that has assisted in many goat difficulties, but neither of us had ever dealt with this situation. She and I called the vet by the 1.5 hour mark, but he was 1.5 hours away. I then called my friend's husband who has delivered sheep. He came, struggled, and suggested another vet; the phone went to voicemail. At that point, he worked really hard to <span style="font-size: 18.72px;">rearrange</span> the baby and found hooves. (I failed to mention that at this point, all three of us had taken turns pushing the baby back up because the hooves were stuck, and we couldn't loosen them. Once he got the hooves out, the first baby came quickly. I was <span style="font-size: 18.72px;">emotionally</span> prepared for her to not be alive as she had been stuck for over two hours. Thankfully, she was alive and well and we barely had her cleaned when her two sisters shot out within minutes. Triplet girls and we were all thrilled to have an alive momma and healthy babies. </span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbe0WaQ7oSpLnu8M6GOcUdktD8vwgK0dGBNWeH-22xna7CFP3LrtvGxqLv-8xAJScMLWQI0OGfjIOu_TDSOVPqyDDZRjjqyf67QW7rs0djdfiULNhnJ7rxj6MRst9UKejo1EwmHQ50-_7I/s640/IMG_4282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbe0WaQ7oSpLnu8M6GOcUdktD8vwgK0dGBNWeH-22xna7CFP3LrtvGxqLv-8xAJScMLWQI0OGfjIOu_TDSOVPqyDDZRjjqyf67QW7rs0djdfiULNhnJ7rxj6MRst9UKejo1EwmHQ50-_7I/w480-h640/IMG_4282.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9Uihcpbxm3ZXQA245uZt0sVIW2Jqj-Ctfhy58xOlIGWEQsXvRSvIp6d6WqCNM4EwNPmU0NTM7y3jrF6RqU2gA7TVgQLzQeUZQRrVA__KgphsRwCIOIfWH9VCJbygX6QcEYPq6wvhK4Va/s640/IMG_4285.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrKXjLQK0I-LFXtTTVOnLcQ2nuADEa0H0jA7r0PrLAGvl2vnBuRcBt1JFfERoL_6dU385-Hoa9mIDD1oZWAEa8iasvGE99Ev7Nmi-ZwxqciCaWEQupkhyqvNaQpqpBwQI7YDFZtSSlXP1/s640/IMG_4306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrKXjLQK0I-LFXtTTVOnLcQ2nuADEa0H0jA7r0PrLAGvl2vnBuRcBt1JFfERoL_6dU385-Hoa9mIDD1oZWAEa8iasvGE99Ev7Nmi-ZwxqciCaWEQupkhyqvNaQpqpBwQI7YDFZtSSlXP1/w640-h480/IMG_4306.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Baby Fern needed a boost to lay eyes on the new babies in the fence next door -</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></h3><h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7xKJkoulGkCm4EBn8ePp7e8nizrXrniHjC-UqVWhvyrFFm3ybIfAgEZxLIYeawAownQE2ElE4IWUSOkgikPRf6FwNMi_JMWOFiZ2IzSVE49i7Zhu_8sgpjj3h4yFPLp3TTEMG5J9iZNI/s640/IMG_4314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7xKJkoulGkCm4EBn8ePp7e8nizrXrniHjC-UqVWhvyrFFm3ybIfAgEZxLIYeawAownQE2ElE4IWUSOkgikPRf6FwNMi_JMWOFiZ2IzSVE49i7Zhu_8sgpjj3h4yFPLp3TTEMG5J9iZNI/w480-h640/IMG_4314.jpg" width="480" /></a></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Montana loves the baby goats, but the momma goats aren't nice to her if she is near their babies, so Selah had to sneak one out for her to meet. </span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFNgK-BYCSH5wNJjVSNhSvBpdajP2XHmWU-bf2r1IBT5mdcqpRhmZpoFzwxKV_0JYvhxaPXRoQLfLKLSvnrO25oHOjjeCJCIVaP3yeuXrCsGFvrVWGGHwsh_0iewKN77_vkqMDp5lwbLs/s640/IMG_4321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFNgK-BYCSH5wNJjVSNhSvBpdajP2XHmWU-bf2r1IBT5mdcqpRhmZpoFzwxKV_0JYvhxaPXRoQLfLKLSvnrO25oHOjjeCJCIVaP3yeuXrCsGFvrVWGGHwsh_0iewKN77_vkqMDp5lwbLs/w640-h480/IMG_4321.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2acKkaOVNjP4MqvSKYqGdVEb-a0w5mt8oDTM1CQjRIdsGPqmmni8hegaZe2s0Akro97CkFkhDJ5g3bTENbtqjtU_aman270WfHukccsZ9QYFnbol57BWcFG8MvGn3emM3APxF9GB-iJ4/s640/IMG_4484.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="359" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2acKkaOVNjP4MqvSKYqGdVEb-a0w5mt8oDTM1CQjRIdsGPqmmni8hegaZe2s0Akro97CkFkhDJ5g3bTENbtqjtU_aman270WfHukccsZ9QYFnbol57BWcFG8MvGn3emM3APxF9GB-iJ4/w360-h640/IMG_4484.PNG" width="360" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Since there are three, Selah is feeding them two bottle feedings a day to supplement Lady's milk. They are taking to the bottle pretty quickly; sometimes it is a complete struggle for a full week. </span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUknQQU2aJaJ-g8pwxwhSaSFerHgkmgJ0mTGmIePwwSmX334TtA_b9VhnLZsXw1e2bccZiP8hWBp2q7KJjKUmFz4bWHKtSc_NXh5fkVtPhEDHC6lgrlyrNR06R-FgtVb6hv1sOkrqgU-T/s640/IMG_4507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUknQQU2aJaJ-g8pwxwhSaSFerHgkmgJ0mTGmIePwwSmX334TtA_b9VhnLZsXw1e2bccZiP8hWBp2q7KJjKUmFz4bWHKtSc_NXh5fkVtPhEDHC6lgrlyrNR06R-FgtVb6hv1sOkrqgU-T/w480-h640/IMG_4507.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKHmXOPzRQl3qgxIUVGjqlSbZ3w5TNtofkQJjLDYvJnhY_sMuglohFo8KR7wEi0RMz2eDlKvlaqYBF4RbVqap5_cvVPxujArai30HO3-Ecpsg49zaBNZl2CI_PJfje1F12DX2cqswKOGN/s640/IMG_4508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKHmXOPzRQl3qgxIUVGjqlSbZ3w5TNtofkQJjLDYvJnhY_sMuglohFo8KR7wEi0RMz2eDlKvlaqYBF4RbVqap5_cvVPxujArai30HO3-Ecpsg49zaBNZl2CI_PJfje1F12DX2cqswKOGN/w640-h480/IMG_4508.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It isn't hard to figure out who my dedicated goat companion of the family is!</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGZNA5lk11FOuqgyBpzsTl3abXMUV48NiN6SDNsf9WJ0cDOh4fdHtniPG-xBoGnCzK1MLvdylye2aXUJc29i0hs9sfOh5WrgMihnUL3EKjptf0pU_AL9cXbBoK8HAi4_bkm3FUpBCV-B0/s640/IMG_4519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGZNA5lk11FOuqgyBpzsTl3abXMUV48NiN6SDNsf9WJ0cDOh4fdHtniPG-xBoGnCzK1MLvdylye2aXUJc29i0hs9sfOh5WrgMihnUL3EKjptf0pU_AL9cXbBoK8HAi4_bkm3FUpBCV-B0/w480-h640/IMG_4519.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bYhyRklAy1B-8MMg4hdtOLXpNcoenn-w-TW_-5fBPTcCmv6QrP5IqymP2MJN01RAGtqDxHvwVeVgcpeYi710R1LV_2xVaPKXTYoemtnyzJRBC36aNR3HiMYef7gDRzc5wAWvbq7ID8F0/s640/IMG_4532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bYhyRklAy1B-8MMg4hdtOLXpNcoenn-w-TW_-5fBPTcCmv6QrP5IqymP2MJN01RAGtqDxHvwVeVgcpeYi710R1LV_2xVaPKXTYoemtnyzJRBC36aNR3HiMYef7gDRzc5wAWvbq7ID8F0/w480-h640/IMG_4532.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Selah and I had some help from Oliver during chores today; everything is faster and easier with a toddler's help! He loves the baby goats though and likes to visit them frequently. </span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KIQ86b78Z9jv1MN9GZeBrCIJea7XH_S6zGiom69IlIOD75AfsASzSGP8o8CTpd3xSoMixfbwtL839vn9ZI5gz44IBftP1bkqaCvARnBbbWKAo0PusR68p2-PT0FwLr2MdA4R5OZZd-7b/s640/IMG_4544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KIQ86b78Z9jv1MN9GZeBrCIJea7XH_S6zGiom69IlIOD75AfsASzSGP8o8CTpd3xSoMixfbwtL839vn9ZI5gz44IBftP1bkqaCvARnBbbWKAo0PusR68p2-PT0FwLr2MdA4R5OZZd-7b/w480-h640/IMG_4544.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLj91ET52xa1RffBrTw3alO-VCfjQdaG7tvsRka3vRvEQQ-1O-4ERWxecVC-jjuU_ZFYI3uzxQq1MtkNaYsu2az93hqvq9axhpwey9bNdwFQs4bqKnlS99UKFG4MhBlMB-_j0pNpo1m2l/s640/IMG_4549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLj91ET52xa1RffBrTw3alO-VCfjQdaG7tvsRka3vRvEQQ-1O-4ERWxecVC-jjuU_ZFYI3uzxQq1MtkNaYsu2az93hqvq9axhpwey9bNdwFQs4bqKnlS99UKFG4MhBlMB-_j0pNpo1m2l/w480-h640/IMG_4549.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Oliver and Elijah - almost 2 and pushing 13! </span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQOFjiEkvJl9OjVoI8tHLrfJoQz27HMG0to8XOiEQ5PB_t5kMMppLbCYYxdytWQzN0uvb3KDHF8akf_8c1rmlZK9WeiHJYhjxQGGxamg8F2SZt_ATzzlYgkJOA8IjEtXvNKs8mJmzsPUe/s640/5F03D5B8-CE2D-4CD1-8C13-890C3440001E.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQOFjiEkvJl9OjVoI8tHLrfJoQz27HMG0to8XOiEQ5PB_t5kMMppLbCYYxdytWQzN0uvb3KDHF8akf_8c1rmlZK9WeiHJYhjxQGGxamg8F2SZt_ATzzlYgkJOA8IjEtXvNKs8mJmzsPUe/w640-h640/5F03D5B8-CE2D-4CD1-8C13-890C3440001E.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Speaking of farm help, we have all kinds of exciting farm progress happening. I have a tree guy taking down some dead trees and chopping them into firewood. I have another guy clearing for goat fencing in the back area so Duke and Hans can live farther from the girl goats. JD and my son-in-law spent today laying another row of retaining wall to build up the driveway and camper parking area. I spent the day weeding and raking out all the front garden beds, but it was a beautiful day and I am very happy with all our spring progress. </span></h3><div>Have a blessed Easer tomorrow - </div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-88367439240922952292021-03-20T10:04:00.005-04:002021-03-20T10:04:50.590-04:00Plural Trips <h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Doesn't feel too springy outside today, but it's been spring break for us. Alyssa, Tori and Oliver flew to WA State to visit Gabriel and family. Oliver is a month away from turning 2 and Samuel is 2.5. They had a great time together! </span></h3><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyCbQzVX6h6Ip6x_Ml2UE_D1RBPjMtxtMs9dMcgtSadak3PVIYvuphXvFGD9UgyCeb054oikOk73QxMX5KsKe-q96usjwf_tv9OnqA5i5TS7x82IJLZyt0lXfk1Hs2OWm4pr4MuSrrNSc/s640/IMG_9928.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyCbQzVX6h6Ip6x_Ml2UE_D1RBPjMtxtMs9dMcgtSadak3PVIYvuphXvFGD9UgyCeb054oikOk73QxMX5KsKe-q96usjwf_tv9OnqA5i5TS7x82IJLZyt0lXfk1Hs2OWm4pr4MuSrrNSc/w640-h480/IMG_9928.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Toddler picture overload - </span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIhOZcTcabiybgl8vrGBQfC9w1qF1hsR6z6B46YKkWVnCThSue89fs85lmDpLV8fF0xhZ4UNy14BqsvUTc1cwlYi4nizncl2QqnrJKLZamDA-wtssoaS9bmWMURVZuHnBZFrEigIimrK7/s640/IMG_9776.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIhOZcTcabiybgl8vrGBQfC9w1qF1hsR6z6B46YKkWVnCThSue89fs85lmDpLV8fF0xhZ4UNy14BqsvUTc1cwlYi4nizncl2QqnrJKLZamDA-wtssoaS9bmWMURVZuHnBZFrEigIimrK7/w480-h640/IMG_9776.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght3ScaDcNoITy1QpHL9hyyRtGKJaUG393LkFE6WsduEeejMkUdFcMkEbYbgMyr2BibS6XqFCJAwTsPxjMLri8Mck0d9WH_mDVN42_Yg1xnaDlvSbt7iBy4BazBtZGDL1ceHA_2_VhfyeX/s640/IMG_9769.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght3ScaDcNoITy1QpHL9hyyRtGKJaUG393LkFE6WsduEeejMkUdFcMkEbYbgMyr2BibS6XqFCJAwTsPxjMLri8Mck0d9WH_mDVN42_Yg1xnaDlvSbt7iBy4BazBtZGDL1ceHA_2_VhfyeX/w480-h640/IMG_9769.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDp01cNms7WR41fO6yiPLV0BonKzK3ojWaoU5Ywd0ootAZWwM0CfnctfcvniJxhDphGn_52S9fu_nJ7Egi5GuARn3d_u1lrzbOt1Du7hJecXN0Ly-8GpLEpof9H-k92eDYlC6nxjSJPoy_/s640/IMG_9729.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDp01cNms7WR41fO6yiPLV0BonKzK3ojWaoU5Ywd0ootAZWwM0CfnctfcvniJxhDphGn_52S9fu_nJ7Egi5GuARn3d_u1lrzbOt1Du7hJecXN0Ly-8GpLEpof9H-k92eDYlC6nxjSJPoy_/w640-h480/IMG_9729.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74L0AZbNHD_ks_s0x9BQyPJr0kqt-IzYn3MvnRTPLPHobxT_YQCnZxDwDmjUiEkq_mChCVXvzwHgdjjxAvTAyIP0DXhvPb7mJl9GMd9vfvpH9i13txr5yGlss30Z17c65frMT62WTDkh-/s640/IMG_1040.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74L0AZbNHD_ks_s0x9BQyPJr0kqt-IzYn3MvnRTPLPHobxT_YQCnZxDwDmjUiEkq_mChCVXvzwHgdjjxAvTAyIP0DXhvPb7mJl9GMd9vfvpH9i13txr5yGlss30Z17c65frMT62WTDkh-/w480-h640/IMG_1040.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5k8octbN3WA16ZPQRrGnX5sdTPJDCpeMwsHZ_O7JIJaMSiVlkiiJlDaM89qgNVotr0jKkrubJEzYeXkV0JwvmRScBhSJzTu5SOAQnBUAH8T70zEJ99Bw5X8Q2_UNeshFKz7OIJJHE3uA/s640/IMG_4137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5k8octbN3WA16ZPQRrGnX5sdTPJDCpeMwsHZ_O7JIJaMSiVlkiiJlDaM89qgNVotr0jKkrubJEzYeXkV0JwvmRScBhSJzTu5SOAQnBUAH8T70zEJ99Bw5X8Q2_UNeshFKz7OIJJHE3uA/w480-h640/IMG_4137.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tori is an excellent photographer so I had to request a picture of her with the boys. Samuel fell asleep in the car on the way to this outing but it's finally a picture with Tori and Nathan along with Oliver. </span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVaNKAy2JQ9pN642scFpaHTx2zs7aFNYqiTJfFqYClZ8jroQRvbMKzJ6Qma4p-UhW-1XtEoP9drgPeDDz71coBZoWdoWEhmcLJEH7b0frj1qjmL8QzyScbW_EpQ4sM10CCGsVuT1Dt0dt/s640/IMG_0035.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVaNKAy2JQ9pN642scFpaHTx2zs7aFNYqiTJfFqYClZ8jroQRvbMKzJ6Qma4p-UhW-1XtEoP9drgPeDDz71coBZoWdoWEhmcLJEH7b0frj1qjmL8QzyScbW_EpQ4sM10CCGsVuT1Dt0dt/w480-h640/IMG_0035.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gabriel and Alyssa in the beautiful northwest. Gabriel and Alayna love the area and it's not hard to see why. I'm anxious to make my trip out, which was delayed until May.</span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6_qwUEfDj9b2Ltskztf9DJT8p9vts-UbwMoCS5afINhl-RD7_XD88SuvF89tEq45duDCcC9azqVNOJ5ljDT4SDXpCV6nYiA0-TXXgFs-qAbw2yVZk-7SzBH5n-CGNE2nsXWIHBdcTWde/s640/IMG_1083.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6_qwUEfDj9b2Ltskztf9DJT8p9vts-UbwMoCS5afINhl-RD7_XD88SuvF89tEq45duDCcC9azqVNOJ5ljDT4SDXpCV6nYiA0-TXXgFs-qAbw2yVZk-7SzBH5n-CGNE2nsXWIHBdcTWde/w480-h640/IMG_1083.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ywFP5R90l-gzFTNt9LcDhM4IIPVcJwX5PvrDnrHU3QK266ulwbgDFtrlrMtKL-79D9YUqFe0cHCaJ-X5BLvneMihLbTEpmX3lTrIM-Y6hoZbqqqoVUdw_WzlC-Rx1u5MGdOQskol6bDO/s640/IMG_1063.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ywFP5R90l-gzFTNt9LcDhM4IIPVcJwX5PvrDnrHU3QK266ulwbgDFtrlrMtKL-79D9YUqFe0cHCaJ-X5BLvneMihLbTEpmX3lTrIM-Y6hoZbqqqoVUdw_WzlC-Rx1u5MGdOQskol6bDO/w640-h480/IMG_1063.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While they were gone, Elijah and I made a trip to Lynchburg, VA. His state basketball tournament was in Richmond two weekends ago, and only one parent was allowed in, so I did that one. We were hoping for two parent attendance at the Lynchburg tournament, but it was zero parents, only staff. I quickly assumed the role of "team manager" and was able to attend the three games. They came in second in state (homeschool teams) and we placed fifth in Lynchburg, but it also included NC and TN teams. </span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBOmesg4muW7vzyvHkwAoFmO1fltWUJwz4OvXudMLCk4Jnr4uXrn4QFho4O9qt30eo4nyE8vH0Yn6F6F_9WKdHa14H9pPTrcrneYNC1cgYYlXTU4qe3xuHVyupoNguLCzOa0_joHlulNN/s640/IMG_4146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBOmesg4muW7vzyvHkwAoFmO1fltWUJwz4OvXudMLCk4Jnr4uXrn4QFho4O9qt30eo4nyE8vH0Yn6F6F_9WKdHa14H9pPTrcrneYNC1cgYYlXTU4qe3xuHVyupoNguLCzOa0_joHlulNN/w640-h480/IMG_4146.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrAtvB5ttl8QqDyBYen3aYPcpKDnaUvCsVvVyGlBGR_G-VdIRDC0qvR9YsqgoYF3r7LqlyYLOBWwvnU_BI6RFE-ofFjZF_f4bfLB-QU3y5OmVrVK5fd75sJUvJlSWU95HgMEQvtJXXMWl/s640/IMG_4151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrAtvB5ttl8QqDyBYen3aYPcpKDnaUvCsVvVyGlBGR_G-VdIRDC0qvR9YsqgoYF3r7LqlyYLOBWwvnU_BI6RFE-ofFjZF_f4bfLB-QU3y5OmVrVK5fd75sJUvJlSWU95HgMEQvtJXXMWl/w640-h480/IMG_4151.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">The college we played at was about 30 minutes from Liberty U. but our hotel was right on the edge of the Liberty campus. Since three of us have attended Liberty online, I was pretty excited to see the campus. We saw three colleges that weekend of playing and Liberty is by far the most gorgeous campus, with the mountains and the buildings. We hit up the bookstore for some Liberty gear. </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNq_gnZ37r34WVVHG_OLC1rFb9y6IrCoU3PshgW_aIT2BlBNgvfHHN_saiFtjKz9C-ArELE2GGn938YJlXiudARLlfxhoagtxJZ7SV7dwYWmmszf4cglRzqfuSWp3FZRJWtxXF7kDfKiKD/s640/IMG_4174.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNq_gnZ37r34WVVHG_OLC1rFb9y6IrCoU3PshgW_aIT2BlBNgvfHHN_saiFtjKz9C-ArELE2GGn938YJlXiudARLlfxhoagtxJZ7SV7dwYWmmszf4cglRzqfuSWp3FZRJWtxXF7kDfKiKD/w640-h480/IMG_4174.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Historic home that was on the property when it was bought and turned into the chapel. </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-s3l0Kk1v-DF08Ew8LYrrM1sGsz2xb8HWb-CVWIOyFqKGDY3g4Gpu8RTB4icpW-ItMZvQwI2BdDeNyfNrQylyzVjr9TMIH55fVMv4AjzBC7GtWNHRo1ZVG5E7xYgrWv8XJea-EP1Mj22r/s640/IMG_4186.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQM0cDf36zf9vGN1dM-Lg4VO3lYPDQP2WXrZUOMiRFTEgoz-z7mIenMJ5PlT8g12ryR6DcJ2pTJSq7SU1iX7UVpAdWyblGvnYKgX9ZF8bHQRHmDKfQWaM_4pyZOkmnaRZRE2hc69lVUG2/w480-h640/IMG_4188.jpg" width="480" /></a></h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">The divinity tower was closed, but it has a platform to overlook the campus and far beyond. </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqANlFuR88QMy3cZ6rZIzQCLUufHzrOdw3cG8NEWiLQWJUhi8vuDpBMXSlCkH3Jo3gEaZn9wqarF3RZpJstjtjQdqfDjs2JA0Xa936u9FMc_YrGoID-w8tmpx1OILEeGzlL94Z9c5geK_p/s640/IMG_4191.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqANlFuR88QMy3cZ6rZIzQCLUufHzrOdw3cG8NEWiLQWJUhi8vuDpBMXSlCkH3Jo3gEaZn9wqarF3RZpJstjtjQdqfDjs2JA0Xa936u9FMc_YrGoID-w8tmpx1OILEeGzlL94Z9c5geK_p/w480-h640/IMG_4191.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaLcDTDV3iOzobV_NgajzZQlyTmOQMnpKPOjB_TRo6jJ1d-qlsyg2osYmEvBPB73OqtTtcfi-4nZmzf9nM0SHUpOOBM2MzUKiitS4nah_AQoFnee3808zDXmyC66lNxmnc6pieWsjDJD-/s640/IMG_4192.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaLcDTDV3iOzobV_NgajzZQlyTmOQMnpKPOjB_TRo6jJ1d-qlsyg2osYmEvBPB73OqtTtcfi-4nZmzf9nM0SHUpOOBM2MzUKiitS4nah_AQoFnee3808zDXmyC66lNxmnc6pieWsjDJD-/w480-h640/IMG_4192.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being sports motivated, Elijah was excited to see the stadiums and the traveling team that got off the bus to play Liberty last Saturday.</span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ86bcgifn1Cdilg8p1AZ7GxPjBzUM4jTQXV5Cj4KPZTEXptufTGbbmvRBCCnuEaH94vrEPZXTt38-6O23VxrEdTFgGpLibS8Rcm31BB-iRhfqP2JYDidwXACwnZxyMb9OsqNLLzQ3_ae/s640/IMG_4170.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ86bcgifn1Cdilg8p1AZ7GxPjBzUM4jTQXV5Cj4KPZTEXptufTGbbmvRBCCnuEaH94vrEPZXTt38-6O23VxrEdTFgGpLibS8Rcm31BB-iRhfqP2JYDidwXACwnZxyMb9OsqNLLzQ3_ae/w640-h480/IMG_4170.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">When Alyssa dropped Tori off at 1:00 a.m. from the airport, Oliver was upset that he didn't get to come see everyone, so they came the next day. By afternoon, he was so tired that he was requesting to go to bed. He slept from 6 p.m. to 9:30 the next morning; jet lag is rough coast to coast on a toddler. It is good to have our baby goat visitor back to duty though. </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z-cC8RbwZI44xGiXQ1mFryKptcc_x46N001GAOoRLYOc7GoNnKM1ZT_Ton2-UHv7Pj0uHO1MsHGzotUPipWzKmPkUkj3SApLPGAEr9GJUuuS2U9rluRuP-ElvuAd-lIGxOg0MYkgw3VC/s640/IMG_4251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z-cC8RbwZI44xGiXQ1mFryKptcc_x46N001GAOoRLYOc7GoNnKM1ZT_Ton2-UHv7Pj0uHO1MsHGzotUPipWzKmPkUkj3SApLPGAEr9GJUuuS2U9rluRuP-ElvuAd-lIGxOg0MYkgw3VC/w480-h640/IMG_4251.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgu0HT2uoZYAy_7KTd3JEfz5hMLOpamfw2bGFiT9iiNHeBn693y8Nh-9XtG_lzq0RUWUD2v9JEGXQhO9Uwe6RyOOc2vIuOF3ucvtgFEJLnU6i1yirR815YF6tWgfzXaVVZ9jbM8z0d7-p/s640/IMG_4253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgu0HT2uoZYAy_7KTd3JEfz5hMLOpamfw2bGFiT9iiNHeBn693y8Nh-9XtG_lzq0RUWUD2v9JEGXQhO9Uwe6RyOOc2vIuOF3ucvtgFEJLnU6i1yirR815YF6tWgfzXaVVZ9jbM8z0d7-p/w480-h640/IMG_4253.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">This is Gabriel and Elijah exactly 11 years ago - he looks a lot like Oliver to me. </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1jmL9GRAdqUpCuAvW-JxQpRUWmrkzQ_HKKHX7HF3-iO7dDJ6U8JXmr6iO09vvor9kjK28kpBuXm31FfTdXnA9oTduahRm-Ext38Wuy66vMCwyz9xU0e90FXgbL-zTMJiMWsRBCSEEWcH/s640/IMG_4249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="446" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1jmL9GRAdqUpCuAvW-JxQpRUWmrkzQ_HKKHX7HF3-iO7dDJ6U8JXmr6iO09vvor9kjK28kpBuXm31FfTdXnA9oTduahRm-Ext38Wuy66vMCwyz9xU0e90FXgbL-zTMJiMWsRBCSEEWcH/w446-h640/IMG_4249.JPG" width="446" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a><div><br /></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-75029650761226571822021-03-09T09:37:00.000-05:002021-03-09T09:37:18.537-05:00Oliver, Finneus and Fern <h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Storm, the goat, had the first two babies of the season on a cold, stormy night, true to her name and history. We are on the letter F, so these two are Finneus and Fern. They are about three weeks old now and Oliver loves them. </span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FTyb3qsYUK3_JeRlsIumbhXka6nOMVtOZzrpMfMQFEm-wZeF8yBXzsZoIYFEXW6jH3ZZtb8OTOHeFjs-ptSiTswDynzsF6rhsqm_j4HFTWwniaad8S7rFYl3xQUFdmflVIjHnVDlx3v0/s640/IMG_4090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FTyb3qsYUK3_JeRlsIumbhXka6nOMVtOZzrpMfMQFEm-wZeF8yBXzsZoIYFEXW6jH3ZZtb8OTOHeFjs-ptSiTswDynzsF6rhsqm_j4HFTWwniaad8S7rFYl3xQUFdmflVIjHnVDlx3v0/w480-h640/IMG_4090.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aKP4-i_3sm5imAQ3Q1dEWqjkIO-idxmDDKT7IeoDpQVB6wk336sPC-3Y6sEVldoe6JmtZcyoLc8D0lEhR3kYXDgEaNqQG6uZnKdAzrD8GGHEP6ROBGSp1wJDF1cTDghvlCtkYTBSs3mb/s640/IMG_4092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aKP4-i_3sm5imAQ3Q1dEWqjkIO-idxmDDKT7IeoDpQVB6wk336sPC-3Y6sEVldoe6JmtZcyoLc8D0lEhR3kYXDgEaNqQG6uZnKdAzrD8GGHEP6ROBGSp1wJDF1cTDghvlCtkYTBSs3mb/w480-h640/IMG_4092.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lady is the next due - in fact, we have been thinking any day now for about a week. Elijah and I are out of town this weekend for his basketball tournament, so Lady and I are discussing that she needs to go before or after! </span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IymmfdVnnczJFpUuShUkIYGgwbe5j4w1H3vSh2sqD5SVLvL6G4l93MLirZ8HLP6epB3EZhMxBX40R3lvFmTVDkY5UZ0ymcQMUF4Eq4FusgsG0to7NNkfaFFWnj7_VquffE4uc4e_M6Iq/s640/IMG_4101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IymmfdVnnczJFpUuShUkIYGgwbe5j4w1H3vSh2sqD5SVLvL6G4l93MLirZ8HLP6epB3EZhMxBX40R3lvFmTVDkY5UZ0ymcQMUF4Eq4FusgsG0to7NNkfaFFWnj7_VquffE4uc4e_M6Iq/w480-h640/IMG_4101.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oliver a farm boy through and through, as most boys would be if given the exposure. He loves the baby goats. Yesterday may be the last time he can hold these two, they are growing fast!</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1Wk3F3OCx0sqkYTBrBaPaM69wMs0YL8EaromrpBxEt49wIUmKiJ5hIHzIH64jvezql06H5ePoYOoCA66cTFE631Zk7zgtMqBn_wpkxKzccnjvg9uruyjdYNA4uQVLatdw-UE98XPzLcU/s640/IMG_8569.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1Wk3F3OCx0sqkYTBrBaPaM69wMs0YL8EaromrpBxEt49wIUmKiJ5hIHzIH64jvezql06H5ePoYOoCA66cTFE631Zk7zgtMqBn_wpkxKzccnjvg9uruyjdYNA4uQVLatdw-UE98XPzLcU/w480-h640/IMG_8569.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He's good about making sure they get equal attention!</span> </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOgfJbDCV-BXg54dAHF5dRm9ijWYFcxreknn8bpqfqd2Xs5MJexU24AvV8EuIbPUCaLrPLbhDbMUf_3rNC-ZIxROed6qSzkBkUKK3wNo6j8DCGjUSg7lX94LcJcDBm8opgUMlwKgnrHFk/s640/IMG_8614.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOgfJbDCV-BXg54dAHF5dRm9ijWYFcxreknn8bpqfqd2Xs5MJexU24AvV8EuIbPUCaLrPLbhDbMUf_3rNC-ZIxROed6qSzkBkUKK3wNo6j8DCGjUSg7lX94LcJcDBm8opgUMlwKgnrHFk/w480-h640/IMG_8614.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oliver is heading across the country today with his momma and an aunt to visit his cousins. I'm excited to see if they enjoy playing yet. Hard to know with 2 year olds - Oliver will be two next month and Samuel is 2.5 already!</span></h3><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-33640401276438771352021-02-20T11:10:00.000-05:002021-02-20T11:10:01.242-05:00Baby on the Way <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moriah and Chris have a baby on the way - grandchild #4 for us! </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5huk-w_nK9hWUK-7NgPtf0k4nQ1QjH8U2XK4AuCi9RLQjFraYfBeszS1KliqOWEtYWTymlsomxxc0MjDWa4prnSh7-RCF7fZd-itvb1KHhVenbI5OFnDsWRikUll-sG2inV63woLqjaEA/s640/IMG_3721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5huk-w_nK9hWUK-7NgPtf0k4nQ1QjH8U2XK4AuCi9RLQjFraYfBeszS1KliqOWEtYWTymlsomxxc0MjDWa4prnSh7-RCF7fZd-itvb1KHhVenbI5OFnDsWRikUll-sG2inV63woLqjaEA/w480-h640/IMG_3721.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMjvisBqE-0B6TwNvTigF7oW-KhYoeivuA7W-1t6BqyynakgPdfPnakWPgEEv-z3sAC2_UMNujHe7Vf7REDPVyqqTez1asmehGqLiOlpsbLVxEtIl5BaiAXd2F_SoKGNIQSKRus-uMNaL/s960/IMG_3853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMjvisBqE-0B6TwNvTigF7oW-KhYoeivuA7W-1t6BqyynakgPdfPnakWPgEEv-z3sAC2_UMNujHe7Vf7REDPVyqqTez1asmehGqLiOlpsbLVxEtIl5BaiAXd2F_SoKGNIQSKRus-uMNaL/w480-h640/IMG_3853.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had a super fun gender reveal - </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJoVZeI3Jt15rik-UGuJsRgLY50FKMmPYuCdhcC_0Gf0ZNPAO8i4XDWTdng9LhPd_FJ-ugMqb1lT7nZLwUNFHGWr4ubJxnwTvtgDybyUAMKc1LRb9t5ERVn_f_GgfCS9Awn00XBhIBYzC/s640/IMG_8954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJoVZeI3Jt15rik-UGuJsRgLY50FKMmPYuCdhcC_0Gf0ZNPAO8i4XDWTdng9LhPd_FJ-ugMqb1lT7nZLwUNFHGWr4ubJxnwTvtgDybyUAMKc1LRb9t5ERVn_f_GgfCS9Awn00XBhIBYzC/w480-h640/IMG_8954.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's a video of our reveal - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwwvJHnemuAnUdp8MfK9dp22cpe-sbRIHg7XfLVNp-VVweSFyaqQj0ZzkQ9jOpPb-mS08PlIvTg9ab1YT0i6A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are abundantly blessed! </span></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-32685903488421358402021-01-31T08:45:00.002-05:002021-01-31T14:37:38.721-05:00Posting from Virginia <div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This post should have been written from Washington, as we all had tickets to go out for Gabriel's chief pinning. With Covid restrictions, we were told that we couldn't attend without a two week quarantine in a WA hotel, separate from Gabriel. There was about zero chance I was able to do that with the kids, or leave the kids for that long; so JD changed his plane ticket to leave two weeks earlier, and we would still return together several days after the ceremony. You may have guessed, but we had a Covid exposure only days before our departure, so were unable to leave at all. Our one Covid positive family member had zero symptoms and spent the time painting her house. The rest of us all tested negative, quarantined, and tested negative again, so resumed life in VA. The airlines graciously gave me a refund and I will need to rethink my visiting schedule, as I can't really take all the kids on my own without renting a van, etc. So, I will likely break them into two groups. It's hard to visit Gabriel now, as they require him to stay home for two weeks every time one of us arrives from out of state. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The happy ending is Gabriel is now a pinned Chief - made it in less that eight years, which is about as fast as anyone ever! They gave him a red carpet. </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkm9KWg43ownaaaMgJ8tlmP82MVgO4lqjjUOG4vGtmlEDmSPsHYC11HrcZIiTCFPGgEW4EzbDfEe6syLM7KSYm3yfPnPCMERjdgJmGjslhVkzlPwi-NiBH5gR_Nns1bXcqvjtwQpQjJXj/s960/IMG_3560.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkm9KWg43ownaaaMgJ8tlmP82MVgO4lqjjUOG4vGtmlEDmSPsHYC11HrcZIiTCFPGgEW4EzbDfEe6syLM7KSYm3yfPnPCMERjdgJmGjslhVkzlPwi-NiBH5gR_Nns1bXcqvjtwQpQjJXj/w480-h640/IMG_3560.JPG" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thankful JD could be there, but stupid, stupid Covid is always messing with our lives! I'm way over it!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNp89_rk2VeRgJlU5SlcVuH0_bxR7SN9kaj_W4lq6OauthpkmNDVmoyIX50ZjOUG6X7D6rMGigV2uV3xivRZfEDYoR3V_lN532yUy3nzEzrD5Y-JO8czW-tbMsvtoXXzYk9TXS04d9yOe/s960/IMG_3561.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNp89_rk2VeRgJlU5SlcVuH0_bxR7SN9kaj_W4lq6OauthpkmNDVmoyIX50ZjOUG6X7D6rMGigV2uV3xivRZfEDYoR3V_lN532yUy3nzEzrD5Y-JO8czW-tbMsvtoXXzYk9TXS04d9yOe/w480-h640/IMG_3561.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3UFYF5A_87UtU9PggusF-6kEty-KJh8CyNn3ZvxTXbvPMdZBGEXfhmrjeFapiFzKXRIPjvIGoNqPL2Hv7aUk7V8bkE0Tz-Qp4YwGD0aSTVuXvMKDg2p8lG3dyuK5qGWHbBSCTPqq08H-/s960/IMG_3562.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3UFYF5A_87UtU9PggusF-6kEty-KJh8CyNn3ZvxTXbvPMdZBGEXfhmrjeFapiFzKXRIPjvIGoNqPL2Hv7aUk7V8bkE0Tz-Qp4YwGD0aSTVuXvMKDg2p8lG3dyuK5qGWHbBSCTPqq08H-/w360-h640/IMG_3562.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">JD is heading home soon and we got the snowstorm that the kids have been hoping for. Since it is supposed to turn to freezing rain tonight, the kids and I are going to try to make it to a friends' huge sledding hill this afternoon. Moriah and Chris snowed in here with us and we have a large breakfast planned for online church time. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfVtdhDsoIDxvnn0gOg9FBHjB0qRIpyr0mrgKZaMdWHXP5-mzWiyBNbzaUrHUSG4_ww4xco3UvDOCMl4UGOaba4yxTvC9VwZZxWvXTUzDw0Kxh0IlIKJAO-DjJyI8wc5hgvL4PbX5DR5C/s640/IMG_3559.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfVtdhDsoIDxvnn0gOg9FBHjB0qRIpyr0mrgKZaMdWHXP5-mzWiyBNbzaUrHUSG4_ww4xco3UvDOCMl4UGOaba4yxTvC9VwZZxWvXTUzDw0Kxh0IlIKJAO-DjJyI8wc5hgvL4PbX5DR5C/w480-h640/IMG_3559.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm back to school for the spring semester; it is so pleasant, and so much easier, since I'm past the dreadful statistic classes. It's all psychology from here, which I enjoy. I need to have a summer internship lined up, but that is proving a bit challenging with Covid also! Of course, all the homeschoolers are back to work and our dining room looks like this more than it doesn't - </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkNZLsnW9-K4NxF0InaK0bGxWGaeUVQ9hs0fh8cJjEthCf_oDSxWbkuVxaZqLEAyegxRa6SYoFAxSLdeIHNkgIuO58QwL3Tb49PTx88zmjqVbpjmPspiufqFKm5aQPk1mP9imcXy-jaJQ/s640/IMG_3524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkNZLsnW9-K4NxF0InaK0bGxWGaeUVQ9hs0fh8cJjEthCf_oDSxWbkuVxaZqLEAyegxRa6SYoFAxSLdeIHNkgIuO58QwL3Tb49PTx88zmjqVbpjmPspiufqFKm5aQPk1mP9imcXy-jaJQ/w480-h640/IMG_3524.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah is playing travel basketball with a homeschool team. Ignore the purple dragon that surfaced on Moriah's head in the only picture I took, but Moriah and Chris have joined me at several games. We are really loving it! </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rJ2uUNjlW_oSsc3hBefikFSmCLj0XHFUwDzLdksFnJs3ZCHhTzcoX5WncVpaev36M6KyjQCzVOeHDWgbSucXFjACi3TSKw7ODh7mqBBL1nzz84-WEJj2oMoMLg7FiwW_jiFtnBmUVdy4/s640/IMG_3544.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rJ2uUNjlW_oSsc3hBefikFSmCLj0XHFUwDzLdksFnJs3ZCHhTzcoX5WncVpaev36M6KyjQCzVOeHDWgbSucXFjACi3TSKw7ODh7mqBBL1nzz84-WEJj2oMoMLg7FiwW_jiFtnBmUVdy4/w640-h360/IMG_3544.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDU-H_F2XHRGy0fnsARzlxO7YdThxIcNCHz6kvkZRSD8Usd_LPr5rYwKevUVyPUtEikSQZoQPA2ic0TF61gxYSrzSQKtjP6Owog_c4iHhCI7pW784ecIt2YicXK7adhaKDoox0z5xHSAX/s640/IMG_3545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDU-H_F2XHRGy0fnsARzlxO7YdThxIcNCHz6kvkZRSD8Usd_LPr5rYwKevUVyPUtEikSQZoQPA2ic0TF61gxYSrzSQKtjP6Owog_c4iHhCI7pW784ecIt2YicXK7adhaKDoox0z5xHSAX/w640-h480/IMG_3545.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll end with a few fun animal pictures - </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuddNehlaWkHARvjrqPQEURYvAmjmh5MzyustXh4eXsevADkEViddVR2xBI9uuJLxQ2ODa29UlMpIBtgInBrbvwscP-A0-G_D94Qr9VGOQ8qu_g0hec8GLAhL8pnBDhYM6jUkujRvxFNh/s640/IMG_3473.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuddNehlaWkHARvjrqPQEURYvAmjmh5MzyustXh4eXsevADkEViddVR2xBI9uuJLxQ2ODa29UlMpIBtgInBrbvwscP-A0-G_D94Qr9VGOQ8qu_g0hec8GLAhL8pnBDhYM6jUkujRvxFNh/w480-h640/IMG_3473.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgrGO81cYKAAsMrBSfNuKGdy3COCujkPi3wniM-C-X2FDIXrMM2USxU_JGFSY9XpgLsn4LkQNf3M09_rWT1ArC9YbSffXHBRWJXuja8ZL2T7ibCf9p0SXwbwaQuh7O5mwXaehHn3zaZOW/s640/IMG_3521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgrGO81cYKAAsMrBSfNuKGdy3COCujkPi3wniM-C-X2FDIXrMM2USxU_JGFSY9XpgLsn4LkQNf3M09_rWT1ArC9YbSffXHBRWJXuja8ZL2T7ibCf9p0SXwbwaQuh7O5mwXaehHn3zaZOW/w480-h640/IMG_3521.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClEMs_FkFOgRDlkJiSkgJfcLteVdAeKni1ekqGkjazKT-DG_lDyswQ72hdq10HWdY6wp84DW9HJwI8QDxg0-AWX7KwqaspGWgheAuhYsZ-od57isasSt-2nX6g4aSgU7Y4AV9vSTyMjmt/s640/IMG_3438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClEMs_FkFOgRDlkJiSkgJfcLteVdAeKni1ekqGkjazKT-DG_lDyswQ72hdq10HWdY6wp84DW9HJwI8QDxg0-AWX7KwqaspGWgheAuhYsZ-od57isasSt-2nX6g4aSgU7Y4AV9vSTyMjmt/w480-h640/IMG_3438.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Snow Day! </div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-78761981291960450372021-01-09T11:42:00.001-05:002021-01-09T11:42:06.531-05:00White House<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We were scheduled to visit the White House yesterday; thankfully they reopened after the chaos of DC the last several days. The streets were calm although nothing was open, even the food trucks were removed. </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcsu_fhaI2u43i30G3pNfRZaHThp-kpmG2srwwnqpWdoI0Gsje4n9niIkQEKkca3BHaopaNzfqYag_i5yPflcmlvB37_cebbcaIX-kI5RdTo1f1CmcG4VPpjrt8ZOeclKkdAa4Lxgosxq/s640/IMG_3747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcsu_fhaI2u43i30G3pNfRZaHThp-kpmG2srwwnqpWdoI0Gsje4n9niIkQEKkca3BHaopaNzfqYag_i5yPflcmlvB37_cebbcaIX-kI5RdTo1f1CmcG4VPpjrt8ZOeclKkdAa4Lxgosxq/w640-h480/IMG_3747.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Jacqueline Kennedy rose garden - </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3JmQdhTqUTah-gYu7v3pTcdLnIyZw_ot9zeXIU44JJrdyW9qZApVcIgUgIaUSPplUaQRVQFWa_PpzDG5hbgQ1_FvCEEIJ77izuMWHm3WgbuArNHe6d0BCwR_9bJQuezA3WPGVhFZm8vv/s640/IMG_3758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border: 0px;" /></a>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-89359559489765509332021-01-01T08:19:00.001-05:002021-01-01T08:19:23.440-05:00New Years Eve <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have made it the end of 2020 and the "basketball court" was paved. There had been a previous delay due to the paving family getting Covid. Ironically, yesterday while they paved, we all came and went for our own testing since James tested positive after visiting for Christmas. Thankfully we were 100% negative, which leads us to believe that it's true that it's difficult to transmit without symptoms, because James did not have any until he left here. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoEW9w3PzM9WnElcHT_L2ZYl_pLAQr4Z-Wr1UeZDueVM4DHynxXDP1jfUjZ-WmoNYKZcBWqW7EJTB7k8GJTsXaHW2wCQ4fG9q8SQmutsaRfYtWN2nBFYTW4MaFX8W1Ffs-fppAS8GpdN1/s640/IMG_3115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoEW9w3PzM9WnElcHT_L2ZYl_pLAQr4Z-Wr1UeZDueVM4DHynxXDP1jfUjZ-WmoNYKZcBWqW7EJTB7k8GJTsXaHW2wCQ4fG9q8SQmutsaRfYtWN2nBFYTW4MaFX8W1Ffs-fppAS8GpdN1/w640-h480/IMG_3115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is a small segment of our driveway, however, it's probably an average driveway for many neighborhoods and gives the kids some room for paved fun!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM6U1bABtSSHeAXDJC1fXU_Z4HLER2VA0Ga9KLJiyc85HwBK6nQWFiexMFKxn8JqCSFTkLVVPyjGN4jcZD83OIJi7FQ8oUQtCJy_gSsT9IlR0hdgGZOND2l0Oz17Cu8yuNgg1SR36k0GO/s640/IMG_3114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM6U1bABtSSHeAXDJC1fXU_Z4HLER2VA0Ga9KLJiyc85HwBK6nQWFiexMFKxn8JqCSFTkLVVPyjGN4jcZD83OIJi7FQ8oUQtCJy_gSsT9IlR0hdgGZOND2l0Oz17Cu8yuNgg1SR36k0GO/w640-h480/IMG_3114.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moriah made us a nacho bar for New Years Eve in celebration of our negative tests and the conclusion of 2020. I also got a subscription to Pure Flix, which has given us some good family movies that we have been enjoying, so we watched one of those awaiting the new year. </span></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiFuSAwrPP1C7GE9XgsM_OUUSpGg3MJsGn4xy0hFDLtxhTalONzQv-CJP4iVqkIWZayT41CxMV6Nos0MuAK7wLzTQCWDn_sbGnta9tHmJbJygM47ssWbZY1QKeEF182LS3xr8l0k7qoK0/s640/IMG_3128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiFuSAwrPP1C7GE9XgsM_OUUSpGg3MJsGn4xy0hFDLtxhTalONzQv-CJP4iVqkIWZayT41CxMV6Nos0MuAK7wLzTQCWDn_sbGnta9tHmJbJygM47ssWbZY1QKeEF182LS3xr8l0k7qoK0/w480-h640/IMG_3128.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Happy New Year!</h2><div><br /></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-52532967786855081072020-12-30T11:48:00.003-05:002020-12-31T11:45:00.763-05:00Canvas Choices <div><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are the pictures that I ordered canvases of, other than the large family picture, and they arrived yesterday. I love Oliver's smile in this one as he was walking towards the photographer while we all attempted to arrange dogs! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFcku67syB2UetuzfZEXWc6UHQdttMO1PT33ilM6474B-Vc4aTr3Opi0eCi80Ve2auCvYz_LaDSETFA5fw91w0C4wci-pDRzxmynIJJntzihltbkFjHHzIVatW2iDGwBlWgydMg1t9AiB/s2048/Foringer+Family-8043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFcku67syB2UetuzfZEXWc6UHQdttMO1PT33ilM6474B-Vc4aTr3Opi0eCi80Ve2auCvYz_LaDSETFA5fw91w0C4wci-pDRzxmynIJJntzihltbkFjHHzIVatW2iDGwBlWgydMg1t9AiB/w640-h428/Foringer+Family-8043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Me and all seven of my daughters - </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgGg2KGBaZTLJJDlA9UH6XvA5l1l7P5fpNUbQvJTE8ZLSUKJifpVlrnjh4TxWcqb1lvI9GlBrIOzPnrG4aWOekOyAFQNfMVpLa47O5VYjIp9B72VNiBysO19yO5IuAcfNCpOPKzPvA4lr/s2048/Foringer+Family-8429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgGg2KGBaZTLJJDlA9UH6XvA5l1l7P5fpNUbQvJTE8ZLSUKJifpVlrnjh4TxWcqb1lvI9GlBrIOzPnrG4aWOekOyAFQNfMVpLa47O5VYjIp9B72VNiBysO19yO5IuAcfNCpOPKzPvA4lr/w640-h428/Foringer+Family-8429.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah and Oliver - </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aA6fE6CzieehMsgcuF2OIf71CocapVEkhovbgMRvUn1aQpxHoLlH_1h3JOWyKSp8m-0l9hPiXYNZtwkf8UL2UMnOD2GJPe7A3iw2iIyZTEFnIfvK61YSpM1PrSMRV723BrhdzvWyS9ex/s2048/Foringer+Family-8221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aA6fE6CzieehMsgcuF2OIf71CocapVEkhovbgMRvUn1aQpxHoLlH_1h3JOWyKSp8m-0l9hPiXYNZtwkf8UL2UMnOD2GJPe7A3iw2iIyZTEFnIfvK61YSpM1PrSMRV723BrhdzvWyS9ex/w640-h428/Foringer+Family-8221.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a><div><br /></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-717396622560015482020-12-29T09:27:00.000-05:002020-12-29T09:27:26.123-05:0030 Years!<h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>To get the full value of joy you must have someone to DIVIDE it with - </i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 30 years has brought the best of times as well as the hardest. We have raised, and are still raising, 11 children, many which took an abundance of difficulty to bring across the ocean. We also did several foster children before them. We have built a house and a hobby farm and have an abundance of animals on our acres. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I remember taking to heart a quote that I heard young that more people regret the things they didn't do, than the things they did; we have lived with that to heart. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now we get the enjoyment of the grandparent stage</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">; it really is more fun than parenting and I only hope that my west coast kids move east in the next few years! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hoping for another 30 years!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yuZRBaB2vn5PEyEifN8dOgLySqSFjkn_OFhaYJ-MT7zF6bDpevF1vG4HIurF9eAYxKinw_vZzkmOc0_toL_SVoYhcplo4slnY08OCsn29JNfQTENXHoEpHu5ve0GoOGqRxOqWloXCOPH/s2048/Foringer+Family-8382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yuZRBaB2vn5PEyEifN8dOgLySqSFjkn_OFhaYJ-MT7zF6bDpevF1vG4HIurF9eAYxKinw_vZzkmOc0_toL_SVoYhcplo4slnY08OCsn29JNfQTENXHoEpHu5ve0GoOGqRxOqWloXCOPH/w640-h428/Foringer+Family-8382.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>A good marriage isn't something you find, it's something you make, and you have to keep on making it.</i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-46084195224928213432020-12-26T15:35:00.000-05:002020-12-26T15:35:40.126-05:00Christmas 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had a fabulous Christmas this year! While we were not all together, we had all the Virginia members under one roof. My sister was able to make a trip to Memphis to visit my parents and yet make it back for a second round of Christmas dinner. We enjoyed a Christmas left-over brunch this morning before my sister's guest left town. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We attended Christmas Eve service together and came back for the usual Christmas Eve sibling secret Santa gift exchange. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgvHjer99zEJDtajyg3yQ7IA4n1B8h4sdWYJ9KvPHr9U0uuMYhRraJp4vxiop2XSxOVuPLFSKx_6ajyf__NwR-Bd6ADx3_kumRN2y8hhSWPAa2rlfCGqSMHJnkWz-_DCSkZnl6uOTESRQ/s640/IMG_2882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgvHjer99zEJDtajyg3yQ7IA4n1B8h4sdWYJ9KvPHr9U0uuMYhRraJp4vxiop2XSxOVuPLFSKx_6ajyf__NwR-Bd6ADx3_kumRN2y8hhSWPAa2rlfCGqSMHJnkWz-_DCSkZnl6uOTESRQ/w480-h640/IMG_2882.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After the younger crowd went to bed, we brought out the presents and stuffed the stockings. The house was quiet and calm and only a few creatures were stirring; Winnie was dreaming of Christmas turkey the next day since his momma is a vegetarian. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFATMaysI_UBdcPCne8kQxlwe5-iEgOEauHD5x9P5rNl6r3L_GEJzTvURQfvA_s2fN2Flh63RnjVBUm6FQdhA59P8rOyA05PAhgRvLmG_UPXvKWSuMUBrNBgQ_8vEL-ixmwCRXVJFXZLJ/s640/IMG_2969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFATMaysI_UBdcPCne8kQxlwe5-iEgOEauHD5x9P5rNl6r3L_GEJzTvURQfvA_s2fN2Flh63RnjVBUm6FQdhA59P8rOyA05PAhgRvLmG_UPXvKWSuMUBrNBgQ_8vEL-ixmwCRXVJFXZLJ/w480-h640/IMG_2969.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">No one young is allowed up until 7:00 a.m. and the adults have to get up at 7:00. We put in the cinnamon rolls in the oven, made coffee and tea and began present opening. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBu5Wovd2vv8vxr8Nod68xiybF5xS3DbtNo0xwmRnl1dne0JdpUQYVk5gNsWwwV7zQ3SGs0OtQKShR3tfrcia4bQFqqRRS3CUlZ7yJOogc1MiOCOFQd4tBOpqErk4MMI3FO7WzMV-Z498/s640/IMG_2886.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBu5Wovd2vv8vxr8Nod68xiybF5xS3DbtNo0xwmRnl1dne0JdpUQYVk5gNsWwwV7zQ3SGs0OtQKShR3tfrcia4bQFqqRRS3CUlZ7yJOogc1MiOCOFQd4tBOpqErk4MMI3FO7WzMV-Z498/w640-h480/IMG_2886.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3BEHFafamJ7VvNXDF13h6sJVv1coOLhdJtjeMKUmilsWRCyJK6MtvYfZuRW34pThUGN9GD5Ok1WLr7wtPp8-2267K_phWEDiJmlvyD_D1enGn50SUyDTMa_pBzUtlorEWhGdBmxbxPZl/s640/IMG_2887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3BEHFafamJ7VvNXDF13h6sJVv1coOLhdJtjeMKUmilsWRCyJK6MtvYfZuRW34pThUGN9GD5Ok1WLr7wtPp8-2267K_phWEDiJmlvyD_D1enGn50SUyDTMa_pBzUtlorEWhGdBmxbxPZl/w640-h480/IMG_2887.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Montana crammed herself in between the couch and coffee table and napped on our feet. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NiK34RAPT1BUyD7QhKU0ol96ZWEsC1YC5yLobtKzZS7dIr0Md7zdpXfQLmgJyVOlnXtjq4vh0MZVOSqymH-Kw3DktFzJxA5l3cogu4ABKZ2xYqEJOZTSSG9HIpEnHxcWjD-LPM8fGrdP/s640/IMG_2890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NiK34RAPT1BUyD7QhKU0ol96ZWEsC1YC5yLobtKzZS7dIr0Md7zdpXfQLmgJyVOlnXtjq4vh0MZVOSqymH-Kw3DktFzJxA5l3cogu4ABKZ2xYqEJOZTSSG9HIpEnHxcWjD-LPM8fGrdP/w480-h640/IMG_2890.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I got new chairs for Christmas - although people sat right down on the plastic. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0l23IBQSwM6GhdeWX52XIERC_YxvTx1sg6EpXAt6QvcWISkimJRvwkChOaRPmxjFa1cBs3pO-EjQGoFKmqr8JfHJ6pZf_Mrh42Q7bk_pc7R9WaXU4nhXVpmzyPOnP-N_niESHq5f9lHh5/s640/IMG_2904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0l23IBQSwM6GhdeWX52XIERC_YxvTx1sg6EpXAt6QvcWISkimJRvwkChOaRPmxjFa1cBs3pO-EjQGoFKmqr8JfHJ6pZf_Mrh42Q7bk_pc7R9WaXU4nhXVpmzyPOnP-N_niESHq5f9lHh5/w480-h640/IMG_2904.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Joseph, Alyssa and Oliver came over after doing their own Christmas at their house. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPW6jnLvbgkD-66I7GnvSdFFzNFD3NU4J9dl_9yBvyX_D4jFVq6OiVyRm4lPPlQOE1qc8EzRy5mUaSAjfkRo7dfoOn3zFP7mTqv0Ut8_1EadrCR4JOx_ZLgIipcjIKhSIOSFd-HiAqy1Y1/s640/IMG_2945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPW6jnLvbgkD-66I7GnvSdFFzNFD3NU4J9dl_9yBvyX_D4jFVq6OiVyRm4lPPlQOE1qc8EzRy5mUaSAjfkRo7dfoOn3zFP7mTqv0Ut8_1EadrCR4JOx_ZLgIipcjIKhSIOSFd-HiAqy1Y1/w480-h640/IMG_2945.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We got Alei and Alyssa bikes; everyone is going to be riding this spring! </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUVxQIg4864xWHf88MfovFuwXueEX5zm5OX915yEIbYIfTYnFADPemgLpvkxIwL0ewlbBe1VXkq17Y4uaj3-ybCe23mOhJukBd0gEopY4L78g3RDbkLBTsN9gpGgimjVrppjDz4p0nL4Q/s640/IMG_2949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUVxQIg4864xWHf88MfovFuwXueEX5zm5OX915yEIbYIfTYnFADPemgLpvkxIwL0ewlbBe1VXkq17Y4uaj3-ybCe23mOhJukBd0gEopY4L78g3RDbkLBTsN9gpGgimjVrppjDz4p0nL4Q/w480-h640/IMG_2949.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oliver was excellent help with anyone who needed some opening assistance. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJGnenI1_1de3ZtrrEpvrJc1eKUdvLVVLTm-lntdrCgQuMz1Bs6wxGcY4xd16pOFTM_xSmQ8fvgAcB6zuhbMSryGhNaDrLrbJbF9ksrxio5cSyewOO5dCpy7xyyNsY4UTJGiS6NArQNaX/s640/IMG_2952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJGnenI1_1de3ZtrrEpvrJc1eKUdvLVVLTm-lntdrCgQuMz1Bs6wxGcY4xd16pOFTM_xSmQ8fvgAcB6zuhbMSryGhNaDrLrbJbF9ksrxio5cSyewOO5dCpy7xyyNsY4UTJGiS6NArQNaX/w480-h640/IMG_2952.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We were very happy that James made it home for Christmas; it had been a bit since we had seen him!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgat8eocx-0Ycv6BtnY7eWAlZ3zANWcEu4frzWOHAUoFiB4oqIBDd7DE5pqo9r5q1ckBx88ePZWsNgbwycfypxIK9_XZOW-f5z5O7j0FdFIQB67lE37SzPAsod77RGu-IVj9bfCKwjpao/s640/IMG_2960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgat8eocx-0Ycv6BtnY7eWAlZ3zANWcEu4frzWOHAUoFiB4oqIBDd7DE5pqo9r5q1ckBx88ePZWsNgbwycfypxIK9_XZOW-f5z5O7j0FdFIQB67lE37SzPAsod77RGu-IVj9bfCKwjpao/w480-h640/IMG_2960.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm pretty happy with the shirts I got the grandboys - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAActypXfKYCauJoSfpeDFlB8QQ5ztjFv3zdgDmCGuF7YHmZ11dMsc8V_ZW2Ilj5CYOLJOd-vtVqn4rqmZ7YRsV0Gg5Y9SaFW1w5y3H58wIZMM3rEJd7hyrrW7xbqlgXsX7sxQ6toigMKL/s640/IMG_2902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAActypXfKYCauJoSfpeDFlB8QQ5ztjFv3zdgDmCGuF7YHmZ11dMsc8V_ZW2Ilj5CYOLJOd-vtVqn4rqmZ7YRsV0Gg5Y9SaFW1w5y3H58wIZMM3rEJd7hyrrW7xbqlgXsX7sxQ6toigMKL/w640-h480/IMG_2902.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the end of the long, fun day, I drug the dog beds out and tucked everyone in. We have so much to be thankful for!<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhku1BWWhl4XKSKH-2LUTyk0r-BA6m9NmHPju0Ml2zTFnX_x0apIm-kk1bEXN2-SxI9_kuzMhGZLkEU9WJEy2_WnKXfr1MY-7htQIjGyg1LkQ1HynTFCNGJhBC3OJXFEtQYQiLuAh-F4FEF/s640/IMG_2968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhku1BWWhl4XKSKH-2LUTyk0r-BA6m9NmHPju0Ml2zTFnX_x0apIm-kk1bEXN2-SxI9_kuzMhGZLkEU9WJEy2_WnKXfr1MY-7htQIjGyg1LkQ1HynTFCNGJhBC3OJXFEtQYQiLuAh-F4FEF/w480-h640/IMG_2968.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-3711008194871130332020-12-20T15:55:00.000-05:002020-12-20T15:55:12.154-05:00Christmas is Coming <div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last Christmas arrived just as the workers were wrapping up our remodel, however, there were a few lingering things that we had to finish. The one that lingered for a full year was the wood stove. Finally, I kind of demanded that it be finished as the whole area really required it to appear finished. JD started on the project, but was rather discouraged about the stones. He did the one downstairs successfully years ago, but I was more than happy to bring in Francisco and relieve him of the chore. Francisco has done a ton of stuff for us the last few years, including the whole apartment over the garage and our house remodel. We have also referred him for many jobs and friends' homes. He sent a husband and wife team over for the stones.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUU1-CimINLZMrBw3zVQ3UipVEoh-W1bvjgTC0OosezLSJyoOXiqcNDCygToFNEN5GXCyBTfnWmogqOMZH4qxmZ2Bg6TIsLa_RIvd2SdWSNsz-dLZI0DvOurw6UDsarWmW-8szoLoI1QqO/s640/IMG_1911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUU1-CimINLZMrBw3zVQ3UipVEoh-W1bvjgTC0OosezLSJyoOXiqcNDCygToFNEN5GXCyBTfnWmogqOMZH4qxmZ2Bg6TIsLa_RIvd2SdWSNsz-dLZI0DvOurw6UDsarWmW-8szoLoI1QqO/w480-h640/IMG_1911.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">They worked a long day, but got all the rocks in place and were very pleasant to have, so have won the job to also do the front of the garage in the spring. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZnFMDcWKFsXPsdIdo5R0wgXcfnjwewafTPIO0Xe3UqPgLVBLbPdyBa_ev6BxGV6PTSsuL4KS0Sw0KCefZnYXj6afxxTn9bds2MswyVtQuPRVND3Q4KN6vlK9RwgFhvbzVFaJhblCw4Bi/s640/IMG_1913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZnFMDcWKFsXPsdIdo5R0wgXcfnjwewafTPIO0Xe3UqPgLVBLbPdyBa_ev6BxGV6PTSsuL4KS0Sw0KCefZnYXj6afxxTn9bds2MswyVtQuPRVND3Q4KN6vlK9RwgFhvbzVFaJhblCw4Bi/w480-h640/IMG_1913.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was glorious to have done as we were already a month into the wood stove parked in the middle of the dining room floor area!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmb7nrrxARWhtb7yB9i2_zOalQlTuhJQpp2rqj2yvrid7me_QDC9aXAEE7ZgdgosbmU9DNPk3UApjjzv-idWNO0zXpDSdPpQ9t0VPKIbL_VW7L-cTOG_QafO8DipWN3RRnVKhNdXC5vIy/s640/62575661659__DB5FCB21-7444-4469-8C89-C00A5C32FF66.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmb7nrrxARWhtb7yB9i2_zOalQlTuhJQpp2rqj2yvrid7me_QDC9aXAEE7ZgdgosbmU9DNPk3UApjjzv-idWNO0zXpDSdPpQ9t0VPKIbL_VW7L-cTOG_QafO8DipWN3RRnVKhNdXC5vIy/w480-h640/62575661659__DB5FCB21-7444-4469-8C89-C00A5C32FF66.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After they were done, JD finished up the tile under the stove. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hSOFWF4-6qDeB0hd8zBqJM4HJ4OaYWYbo-DTuCtlH9WPxNm2kP8MSj-z9UkPFtQ9LR11c-kv3yTHJJ6GgeWJ9xtlAOTk54ortSU0XJwmpV5nedUHaWyiA6RERXmuZ5m__2eaBssMNbQQ/s640/IMG_2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hSOFWF4-6qDeB0hd8zBqJM4HJ4OaYWYbo-DTuCtlH9WPxNm2kP8MSj-z9UkPFtQ9LR11c-kv3yTHJJ6GgeWJ9xtlAOTk54ortSU0XJwmpV5nedUHaWyiA6RERXmuZ5m__2eaBssMNbQQ/w480-h640/IMG_2014.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">He also cut and installed the Amish mantle we had made and then reinstalled the wood stove. It was finished for Thanksgiving. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-fdIRkl6GFfd-XPFPx6hnENTHa0TfwzY1f9C-YUQNocUqRullRQsBvLvSv3UB3nIY2OpZDpumOWlhM5GfPof6ekJd1zYso7ee97LvHby6PXZdSG_mdUoCove0wkmPSAYIVpJO3X7ojRw/s640/IMG_2233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-fdIRkl6GFfd-XPFPx6hnENTHa0TfwzY1f9C-YUQNocUqRullRQsBvLvSv3UB3nIY2OpZDpumOWlhM5GfPof6ekJd1zYso7ee97LvHby6PXZdSG_mdUoCove0wkmPSAYIVpJO3X7ojRw/w480-h640/IMG_2233.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now I have hung the barn collection above it and decorated for Christmas. I'm making the last missing touch in the next week or so, which will hang on the top left. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ5qvnnJbh-stROJNVfFrCcdID3nykXK9PgeW2hVHPCH2O-lH0EkXyD00_A63pyVSmKMWsZlSxcoaaatifsi2JxdBgBxKeufqIHbn6X3YpbPDxxhZ0TyX2_Rc8PTDrjp4SzeRZX8kKpt5/s640/IMG_2806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ5qvnnJbh-stROJNVfFrCcdID3nykXK9PgeW2hVHPCH2O-lH0EkXyD00_A63pyVSmKMWsZlSxcoaaatifsi2JxdBgBxKeufqIHbn6X3YpbPDxxhZ0TyX2_Rc8PTDrjp4SzeRZX8kKpt5/w480-h640/IMG_2806.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm very happy to have this last piece of the remodel finished! This year I was able to decorate more than last year. I really love my Nativity sets!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVCFq1Pn4t18dCx9NcQrJzO4HRnaUA6BbYg7bxaIdxvdNsieitZpet0-8vj_dy77L6eraqWv9ix3oIQL_8jbOxGWyBNZe3R3Or2Wyxw9Fkk0MiMYxYJ9VGNMWVwLw5G4yCIts-_UDQUxk/s640/IMG_2807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVCFq1Pn4t18dCx9NcQrJzO4HRnaUA6BbYg7bxaIdxvdNsieitZpet0-8vj_dy77L6eraqWv9ix3oIQL_8jbOxGWyBNZe3R3Or2Wyxw9Fkk0MiMYxYJ9VGNMWVwLw5G4yCIts-_UDQUxk/w640-h480/IMG_2807.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPd-3sC5JEtlzD9e4JLU5U9TNa4QHUDBGxIM_Y-DHoes3HaYQLVGRjuBDuLcL5kBA3C4m3_xuxIQYmSqssvPGR2jlr42DExaAzp509wteYReA64A4SzCnr_TORiHIAi6eROEe7F5uxTCZ7/s640/IMG_2808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPd-3sC5JEtlzD9e4JLU5U9TNa4QHUDBGxIM_Y-DHoes3HaYQLVGRjuBDuLcL5kBA3C4m3_xuxIQYmSqssvPGR2jlr42DExaAzp509wteYReA64A4SzCnr_TORiHIAi6eROEe7F5uxTCZ7/w640-h480/IMG_2808.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIdUjk-OZ6eTjC4H2TLU4_pIb3hF2MLmHWhnRmr1gXGbiZAXyU1uPm4j_ZXaGR-_m3C5d80_xCfCw5j0tLfuJIlaGomf38AxublRXCMz7UXGUCYQGkTI1PjatokoDSNe1LqWwGluvB249/s640/IMG_2809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIdUjk-OZ6eTjC4H2TLU4_pIb3hF2MLmHWhnRmr1gXGbiZAXyU1uPm4j_ZXaGR-_m3C5d80_xCfCw5j0tLfuJIlaGomf38AxublRXCMz7UXGUCYQGkTI1PjatokoDSNe1LqWwGluvB249/w480-h640/IMG_2809.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RaRaM5UpL8K2gMk1sDE5IiiEr62xTNc758LHsi1P_bfgpkMPEjcNHmQnuO43st8lOiIZnCGtzy5Vg_zW3aQ1LtRnLF4vtUqZigsRz8Z-s7EFfh14_IfxDCmmORUE0f1B4Gh-m5_GrvjE/s640/IMG_2811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RaRaM5UpL8K2gMk1sDE5IiiEr62xTNc758LHsi1P_bfgpkMPEjcNHmQnuO43st8lOiIZnCGtzy5Vg_zW3aQ1LtRnLF4vtUqZigsRz8Z-s7EFfh14_IfxDCmmORUE0f1B4Gh-m5_GrvjE/w640-h480/IMG_2811.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also like greenery and lights - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1UiGO4b1tm2qp_zybw-Ypn5HAKslWDRPJtJREmNv3qXxrT9wLB1ccyXVDnVgNAO0YIJ7XasqtgJUkkiUF_U0OO4SmfqA-CNlupSlN7ACXxHOCm0EaqMBVaEXT-IrpwpJLpVWSfn6AC6K/s640/IMG_2832.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ahrYu4Xmmjp0Za3YI-vsA9vCck31ZtBYynGcGjZHBKnaJY589pYeXhhRt6y6HChbCDal61qJaD8TkK3FS3P-iqHZVTzrFreRIK95CaRIw0nCed7oTzwpvSuQ-xblypzG8ophDDqHPmyR/s640/IMG_2812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ahrYu4Xmmjp0Za3YI-vsA9vCck31ZtBYynGcGjZHBKnaJY589pYeXhhRt6y6HChbCDal61qJaD8TkK3FS3P-iqHZVTzrFreRIK95CaRIw0nCed7oTzwpvSuQ-xblypzG8ophDDqHPmyR/w640-h480/IMG_2812.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few more festive areas - </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97C0PUHttLBDZfRwXWYu37lMytdCwG61mkXTxH23B6iknB9h_kBs2ajhyAlsTnfl24RooYV2h4NYtA0DuyaEL9OBQ-Spdjv0m4jonkSelgOGmTPYIGZFPni3n9EDSWtHa1gav16eAeFz5/s640/IMG_2813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97C0PUHttLBDZfRwXWYu37lMytdCwG61mkXTxH23B6iknB9h_kBs2ajhyAlsTnfl24RooYV2h4NYtA0DuyaEL9OBQ-Spdjv0m4jonkSelgOGmTPYIGZFPni3n9EDSWtHa1gav16eAeFz5/w480-h640/IMG_2813.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">JD's dad made these one Christmas - there are seven of them and they are among our most treasured Christmas decorations!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnVAe_VCzrdyVdvOBVo49ujwu8Hn1boBLbMD_X50tr19zXw8DmZr-HaUPc-NTtvemJOIH1thdqMhu74pOFHKET5jTJlAbtyDU6YUoQfVIX5zL__VEMAuLRa9zJwJn08TB0LTucXd2Q_H6/s640/IMG_2814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnVAe_VCzrdyVdvOBVo49ujwu8Hn1boBLbMD_X50tr19zXw8DmZr-HaUPc-NTtvemJOIH1thdqMhu74pOFHKET5jTJlAbtyDU6YUoQfVIX5zL__VEMAuLRa9zJwJn08TB0LTucXd2Q_H6/w640-h480/IMG_2814.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This smaller tree is for the benefit of viewing from the window as you come up the driveway, but it's providing a good wrapping and present staging area. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoIiEinWrATKmdS5nJTFFAn1x245vZlEljWbr1KC5Jk-jXrGhI9GuRUk_o_9mhtCK2wiM1f4EghnKHkcU54k92jNt5Hi43UzsQBwd0VnGDKrX35X1iKvt_JZ3YO0FR5h1mX4idiPXcok7/s640/IMG_2819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoIiEinWrATKmdS5nJTFFAn1x245vZlEljWbr1KC5Jk-jXrGhI9GuRUk_o_9mhtCK2wiM1f4EghnKHkcU54k92jNt5Hi43UzsQBwd0VnGDKrX35X1iKvt_JZ3YO0FR5h1mX4idiPXcok7/w480-h640/IMG_2819.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This years wrapping elves in training were hard at work when Alaska decided he really needed to nap on this particular rug. Since there was no room for him, he just stood in the way like a horse!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUVwViE-w-QPnA-ZzenwFkbIKFFvnBOnt-nqr-Y5gdmswiji97EZ2SdYznNAtonp53ah1WQLapTUFF1vjL9bWchnSPf66-3E8TyoGSuH4fkFyALZ2femefNFkI33_-8gYyCqGgGegGZn_/s640/IMG_2824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUVwViE-w-QPnA-ZzenwFkbIKFFvnBOnt-nqr-Y5gdmswiji97EZ2SdYznNAtonp53ah1WQLapTUFF1vjL9bWchnSPf66-3E8TyoGSuH4fkFyALZ2femefNFkI33_-8gYyCqGgGegGZn_/w480-h640/IMG_2824.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lastly, our Christmas cards will go out tomorrow, then I will be able to put the family pictures on the blog also. Spoiler alert, some made it to Facebook before the Christmas cards!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Merry Christmas to all if I don't make it back before Christmas Day! I actually may, as I have a month break from classes, so life is feeling rather leisurely! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADEYqnYTQm7EqKMAq9lvP5Nu8i_WUPjnw2jtXa55y94d_Ztz16YvDxQNWWXKjEVEAcXOmV0KqHDwsSH7I19VchOKy3aeESksP05Q38iDx8Dq5f7oHcf-URm_4Tn4LVXxkjEpLIZhcUym1/s640/IMG_2826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADEYqnYTQm7EqKMAq9lvP5Nu8i_WUPjnw2jtXa55y94d_Ztz16YvDxQNWWXKjEVEAcXOmV0KqHDwsSH7I19VchOKy3aeESksP05Q38iDx8Dq5f7oHcf-URm_4Tn4LVXxkjEpLIZhcUym1/w240-h320/IMG_2826.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581082367733814891.post-18497412523044883772020-12-04T20:01:00.004-05:002020-12-04T20:17:05.959-05:00BOOTS<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The only cat that didn't get any recognition on the cat blog was Boots, our only grand-cat. Boots is a pretty special kitty, he was part of my first rescue litter this spring and was taken home by Alyssa and JP. Now he is the best friend of Oliver. It takes something special in a kitty to be a 1 year old's BFF; not all kitties are willing to be carried around by a 1.5 year old, as well as sit in the booster with them!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJ18HlmFbgK8DvB8Lnkf3BeygWjUsZvvK8gFqsd3kUAyLZ-PV7IOIYb_wxE_0huDLPWRjlAD3qaOxCbBH26QhI32zxl34aZ7IjHounCKicJEZwTQvMsr2bq1Udogoct6yGNiZWQ0JYgTa/s640/IMG_0451.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJ18HlmFbgK8DvB8Lnkf3BeygWjUsZvvK8gFqsd3kUAyLZ-PV7IOIYb_wxE_0huDLPWRjlAD3qaOxCbBH26QhI32zxl34aZ7IjHounCKicJEZwTQvMsr2bq1Udogoct6yGNiZWQ0JYgTa/w480-h640/IMG_0451.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And a lot of hugs and kisses! He isn't willing to just kiss the top of Boot's head either, he makes sure he gets him right off the face, as shown in the this picture!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZx0grfTX0Tm1izNMXGgJR8o25ueRFeP8gnNppE0pkviOJxHVwvUDhq2FKUoKembj7e655Gom5ozkkqxwkmj0iwINxiGeoQ3WVqL1XuPdeUmGNuoz4jGJ5xybQ5x3bRH-mZvMKsNbTHDIC/s640/IMG_2519.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZx0grfTX0Tm1izNMXGgJR8o25ueRFeP8gnNppE0pkviOJxHVwvUDhq2FKUoKembj7e655Gom5ozkkqxwkmj0iwINxiGeoQ3WVqL1XuPdeUmGNuoz4jGJ5xybQ5x3bRH-mZvMKsNbTHDIC/w480-h640/IMG_2519.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My newest kitties, George and Martha were napping in the screened in porch today and Oliver made several attempts to show them how much he liked them, but they only took about one hug to make sure they moved fast when they saw him heading their direction!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am attempting to add this video that is Oliver saying "Boots" - hope it will work. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz2_BC_GxkUkRQlibVI10nx1BJWfn5R8Ml3ulLQX_vwkIPrKBQZuYy8DpA6YPpL4ES5MLSR--kPg--XSaau6g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85948/moriahef/5e945d6413e44defb2f6341a9083fdb4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850978108377533noreply@blogger.com0