tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80147358782860042852024-03-05T12:05:21.930-08:00Kori's BlogKorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-58147035985076553852010-05-12T11:31:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:46:53.534-07:00Mother's Day 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX_DxQSD2HfwNqZxrDYyb-T02tCE5Qd8tM0GNGX4pPY3CVbqxRS8l-873fkrEZBKC55OVDa2iXBwt_0edbXy4MP9dkuPpChneAnZrNeEY2UVZvxEFJa3igJAl_KbOgjb134aSRT2918tT/s1600/DSCF5664.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470456732864447810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX_DxQSD2HfwNqZxrDYyb-T02tCE5Qd8tM0GNGX4pPY3CVbqxRS8l-873fkrEZBKC55OVDa2iXBwt_0edbXy4MP9dkuPpChneAnZrNeEY2UVZvxEFJa3igJAl_KbOgjb134aSRT2918tT/s320/DSCF5664.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoNAG2mByFoJHFYvRofsOckDtVXA83-Kf-iSmeTidQW5l-B653doULO3BbxXZhFxgD6NskrT7m6BgRqfFW6YvExNknldaiymlHXg7uPI88pEltykkIdU3pq9Vh0fc_nEjxvJnwcI0iJnI/s1600/DSCF5665.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470456453224341858" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqcPp1FWr9HMhTYWODqqowdA8gLd5l189TlxwHnVdHki1M31-KkAILfvWvbi_n89CApITIh_OvEsfzX_60Xhjtk3JwOg54uCO3MRdU_Jc4_1bxPgwepem0a6DOJM5VBkyRNRilNk1qvGg/s320/DSCF5723.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1u2JLn24gOpJqiOSYyQg2IZi1lQmriBq5FrOupJ_N_2LlbGuvflqLxB3pB-R27S6Ni8DxCLOCx9RgdPO6vo8_xd7T0p__zDCp5dDX3hpyJP-lc6saLJzShZtDJqaNwqM7afeqZeOv61ur/s1600/DSCF5745.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470454287687984914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1u2JLn24gOpJqiOSYyQg2IZi1lQmriBq5FrOupJ_N_2LlbGuvflqLxB3pB-R27S6Ni8DxCLOCx9RgdPO6vo8_xd7T0p__zDCp5dDX3hpyJP-lc6saLJzShZtDJqaNwqM7afeqZeOv61ur/s320/DSCF5745.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-12943975399926587422010-05-12T11:10:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:23:38.405-07:00Happy Day to Me!Sunday was Mother's Day, a day that is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. When I was younger I remember whispered giggly conversations with my dad about where to take my mom out for dinner, and what to get her for a present. I always felt it was something close to a birthday. You buy a present, go out for dinner, say "Happy Mother's Day, mom!" and that's it. Just a chance to celebrate. <br /><br />Now I understand. Now I have a little boy who calls me momma. He tells me he loves me. He gives me hugs and kisses. He demands I'm the one to put him to bed everynight. When I do something with my hair he says, "Your hairs nice, Momma." He hates seeing me upset. When I struggle with depression he's there to force me out of it. Somedays he's the only reason I get out of bed. Well, him and his little brother. That one doesn't say much of anything yet. But he smiles at me. Smiles so big his entire face lights up like I'm his whole world. Which I am. He doesn't use words to tell me how much he loves me and needs me, but we don't need words. Yup, I'm pretty much the most blessed person in the world. My husband is just as awesome as my boys. They really made me feel special this weekend. Saturday they took me to lunch, then we went to JoAnn Fabrics so I could get some scrapbook supplies. Then we headed to the mall where I got my hair cut. They surprised me with some of my favorite truffles from Godiva (extra dark chocolate). Sunday we got up and Mitch made coffee, the we headed to church. The boys went to their nurserys and Mitch and I sat through the service, enjoying tribute to mothers. When I went to the 3 & 4 year old nursery to get Alex, he surprised me with a card he made me. Yes, it's a plate with stickers on it. I will treasure it forever! We stopped at whole foods on the way home where I got to pick out some treats. We got home and I was forced to sit down and RELAX. Alex and I ended up having a hillarious photo-shoot with daddy going crazy on the camera. Eli eventually joined in too. I'll post pictures soon. I love my boys. It was a great weekend!Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-88653242622489263022010-04-19T09:45:00.001-07:002010-04-19T09:45:07.065-07:00Eli James at OneTrueMedia.com<div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=ac4aa700079730303d5498" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="500" height="418" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=ac4aa700079730303d5498&skin_id=1002&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:500px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Photo and video editing at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-65157007187952656502010-04-18T17:21:00.000-07:002010-04-18T17:51:39.293-07:00Eli James LaVireEli James LaVire was born at Beaumont Hospital in Troy, MI on February 4th, 2010 at 4:00am. He weighed 7 lbs. 15oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. I was only in labor about 11 hours and only pushed for ten minutes. The nurse timed it. They were impressed. Everything went well, no problems. And he's beautiful!<br /><br /><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461642134156838578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXUPiNFj4AFNkItL9ES-0HiwAwuDQSRvklinvwqj8_iTOzdA9bVHj59A0-GHwT7FJSdWFG-gsNGyed91OfKJrUB0AqbRQU7vU5p33cz-zkO-iTi7LXiBiSrfebdyVT6V1_kzSj93_L9HB/s320/02-04+(06).JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzrk2k6FHcyCxMk7N3GZwn3dRcomARt7Q0Vz5KXz597E0mQXyuZxZHTwvSzUVieID7itcFJr0oMD41URO0mQuVvgZv6u1Ye5ficDccW8bbzKjlwIngmKNUM2WxTJpjCbCGZhZplHrB4dA/s1600/02-04+(05).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461639278172803762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzrk2k6FHcyCxMk7N3GZwn3dRcomARt7Q0Vz5KXz597E0mQXyuZxZHTwvSzUVieID7itcFJr0oMD41URO0mQuVvgZv6u1Ye5ficDccW8bbzKjlwIngmKNUM2WxTJpjCbCGZhZplHrB4dA/s320/02-04+(05).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYR8FEmWcpux8Fkdm5G5MAjV9QxFgZ8LcsVWHg1HihouijhPsJPKZHgBIpTyDI_-vIaDPFLxWA4fM69jwDs6KC1o3SKIi-Sztce1I44oR_bfvC_QRnn5eKJ4cz1JUiPpWJnOyvDImkUbb_/s1600/02-04+(04).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461639271264887954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYR8FEmWcpux8Fkdm5G5MAjV9QxFgZ8LcsVWHg1HihouijhPsJPKZHgBIpTyDI_-vIaDPFLxWA4fM69jwDs6KC1o3SKIi-Sztce1I44oR_bfvC_QRnn5eKJ4cz1JUiPpWJnOyvDImkUbb_/s320/02-04+(04).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIeklnXuqPV1qtop6nyJoIU8Hi7WswrzM09QV8KPxWGp0AgRRWxIV8UHunzTQvhnJBVvHPYgrXeksaPVc6TkM_BHM3Hyr-Lh_cJ5rcCOxpMkJuBZXqZoMnjym7V9brtNZwiN1SwAMxnQu/s1600/02-04+(01).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461639266299176802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIeklnXuqPV1qtop6nyJoIU8Hi7WswrzM09QV8KPxWGp0AgRRWxIV8UHunzTQvhnJBVvHPYgrXeksaPVc6TkM_BHM3Hyr-Lh_cJ5rcCOxpMkJuBZXqZoMnjym7V9brtNZwiN1SwAMxnQu/s320/02-04+(01).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZOtg1bmAybWTyl6k344iJXTp5ZuiBYeRAB5Lf723fV-J-rqg6ds1aiIOuaTcg9bq_xo-O5AQNHlF7KTX2oA80TeL5mAmTj28KtBDHfbOY8EjEadUIg8bszXvaxLvdvgJwMWkdi0vQ6Wv/s1600/02-04+(02).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461639255057139650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZOtg1bmAybWTyl6k344iJXTp5ZuiBYeRAB5Lf723fV-J-rqg6ds1aiIOuaTcg9bq_xo-O5AQNHlF7KTX2oA80TeL5mAmTj28KtBDHfbOY8EjEadUIg8bszXvaxLvdvgJwMWkdi0vQ6Wv/s320/02-04+(02).JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461642144273666242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifX46fmk4315tvzq4F7XLl2tF9xpK-BSHM6n3TRRGEtv1arpS4MP_YdFcbRKmBTDa6dSgqgo3RXLeNd6DcTAIyxR7Df5jDeH0KfgZIIjJ1D7yNBvRB8Vwz403p3KDEK-z8I53SDi80YOvM/s320/02-04+(13).JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>He met his older brother Alex and his grandma when he was about 12 hours old.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461640325861720498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA8-kPiN_iR8yzhYzalWsn3ZN-JXSzD2IlKN135xF6IFMQ0R63DM_2EXBepr3zoc36wRQ3SwhOMSAL9h-IsnWFbk3bhbM8Rlu3R2FwaWnWYVHDT24u-OVroGdEHQHSrFYuHgWdrztu-ef/s320/02-04+(25).JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461640321354343602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht88o1rdvvTvGR6A8lBs74cLlwPD05LZIhVUgQoQKOgVAHcqjMAdG5fCDXtFqllDCPhh6mrrJraoC3KEfDg4X50YDG9-Uj4QRfrCSrSCsdv8ULe1dLNu-v97c51Lj0cQDKcRtzOkmvouTZ/s320/02-04+(31).JPG" border="0" /><br /><div> </div><div>We came home from the hospital when he was only a day and a half old! He even got to meet Sampson!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461641418388877026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMH5rRpCoS0arsj36ok4mfNjGaqJIsSu8Fsc71371xHAxZ0k4b9qWXEcr3B7Ho1WG49YMYk6uuVdR182w9NUa9rglQhJek6t-JbzerJ4kW8TnyzWYcGNgqxgjNsEF7WOB7mYrfrZgMFg9/s320/02-05+(10).JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461641420040563394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9sVLOwA72nYlQQVqFpuTaMAyv91HhJ0CE8Ydf-1-8n0PS8o5jzp43oxM_p2h8hZVEaG8__s7uL90rjceXQSj2tFBg8JqHXoonApCwUD_rwsA2y43YStOCy-hyYSwiWqXDLmw04Fq0ioB/s320/02-05+(11).JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461641432468443730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2IondKy03I7HjA_TOrX6QOUxjBbyQm-psgnTo-gakqka4ry_0djEFAzjaofsdSZcP4fX7N_mRAR41p7YJFg418gkF-qKiNeyR1PHO5UlN4zPdPs6GEPmcw1UJ-rFsZ0hJ7LTxrxhZywJ/s320/02-05+(16).JPG" border="0" /> </div><div align="center"><br />First week home<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461643102575406786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhHt6SUx96hdPTeB8smQC11Do704w1nacZam4H2F2hwv7EiMQEJVnvv_1Sgr0XTdAMBaj0SJ-kWCmmHcroxs5Ttg00qusuR7PnQ3z_bcoeZn_NBxsXkH-daAfwxv7L7vL3Eramr9iNSh8/s320/eli+157.JPG" border="0" /><br />Chillin with a puppy<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461643123084434610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkI1wrbdGNpae6Vec5kcKG8BSENMrC3lq03mCOsfw9ryrbRAxYviCV8wY8UTUB2pGVcIl4riVqM1zzTzobWvz0F6QopWDWYxVUtcW5ohOfQAR4-CQ_yWZO_Qop-nlI8VCOPeFyHkHluNW/s320/eli+176.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">First Smile!</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461643116394983106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnm9rT6OTQVjk5aCydJ9-abRNdaJ5ifEp9ekO6mlXv7nRrUpGTAyRVp8wMVwP077QEtXAOou0E-NOsdsvbC7PacSpZ1IJm12q9OC27ciNSQegA6Tj34mYmmuZJw9vYHgwk8ve4fxVQ3KiE/s320/eli+174.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">St. Patrick's Day</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461643109281440130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9IUUN0Y1LrkK4ypyrJtgDFpSXGsHBuKhjqguL93NSNBHWxUtoieWkOg6ar0jyqVLVHgL2TMISdkY86Yj9t8ixXlc2fve8yhWPyfG5-NLjFHCzgBIzMNz4sl_GyDL2biaB7AJVj9WI6Tu/s320/eli+168.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Easter<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461643130321780274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gaCuEtmjeVDcpWK-a1kzxLlOpYhtKmMh862y33k7UBb-yApxVTC8X8aqc3Klj8YwAbRI4mIdo-8xyKeBlg-qELi7zivUNIgMFIRNu-Fp-gLGXZIomo8JEeEai7NtvHr0J79r1IFQ-MIf/s320/eli+178.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-44583295795631783082009-09-10T15:43:00.001-07:002009-09-10T16:03:13.268-07:00RememberingI remember September 11th, 2001. I was a senoir in High School, in choir, when our principal come over the P.A. to announce that NYC had been attacked. I thought, "Oh, how sad!" and wondered what had happened. After choir I went to senior english (boooring class!) and sat in my usual seat next to my friend, Bryant. Our teacher was extremely laid back and turned the TV on for us so we could watch CNN and the coverage. So we sat and watched. I overheard some guys in the back of the class joking about how maybe they'd let us go home from school early because of what had happened. Jerks. Bryant and I were the only ones really paying attention, everyone else was goofing off having a good ole time, like it was a party or something. I saw the second plane hit the other tower and so did Bryant. We turned to each other and both said, "DId you just see.....? I think I saw...." We were in shock. Our next class we had together, and it was Economics. That teacher too was extremely laid back and let us watch TV all hour. So we watched some more. And then we stayed there during lunch and watched even more. It was so sad. It was also sad to see how most of my classmates reacted to it. Lots of joking. And yet somehow I was voted "Most Immature" in our class. Jerks. After lunch we went to different classes, and my teacher actually held class like normal. By that time there was no new coverage or anything. But I was pretty much in a daze all day. My dad came to pick me up from school like usual and we drove home, wondering how the world was going to change. Our first clue was when we drove by the gas station in town. It was PACKED OUT, people were lined up into the street to get gas. I asked my dad if we were going to go through another depression or something, or if the world was ending. He just shook his head and said, "We'll see." But everyone was panicking, it was crazy. We got home and turned the TV on to watch some more. A few days later dad was contacted by the FBI (I think). His name had come up in a list of people they were calling to come help with rescue/recovery. He was very qualified because he was a firefighter, and EMT and a Pastor, so he was good for everything, including counseling. So he packed up and left, picking up his friend Leo on the way. When he got home he had aged about ten years and had a lot of stories to share. I could see the sadness in his eyes and it really bothered me. He told me all about it, about the body sniffing dogs, and the smoke and the smell and the noise, and walking through a building that may collapse in order to get to a building where people were trapped. And about the "bucket brigade" lines of volunteers that would pass five gallon buckets of debris to try to get people to save them. They didn't save anyone. He found a torso, a leg and an elbow I believe. I still don't know how he did it. He's a hero. <br /><br />I have a few pictures from when he was there, I'll post them tomorow.Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-49015626278472668942009-07-14T09:21:00.000-07:002009-07-14T09:27:00.651-07:00Little Blob of a BabyWe went last week for an ultrasound to determine how far along I am. Turns out I was only at ten weeks, so here's a picture of my blob! <div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358352193937322786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSXKcF_pp5qs0at5eFrUDCmX49bT5C4yCMX0b8XMiwwq3SvUQU7BIirRI6f_9BCJDIkk5MKlpRMu1pVNtk2AXlNWdIbH0MHUkrmGGpa3W3tqLJzlJSt7kXCSVGbz2xJq06O9Ee02lx2zu/s320/ultrasound.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div><br />And because no one can tell what they're looking at:</div><br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358352194437972706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR56sE1gR7rJV0sAIRJ3XiLJS23lLtZezd9l5xBEos5Hq6MZiLNf2gBhpaCtS7doOnyKZ73gX7djh4lSLtH5fhme4hqiuP3c_RgMx2SL0Wji0_0mOjfg9WXtHXU7yG20VQQGeH-CmUhxwN/s320/img014.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div>The green circle is my uterus and the little blob is the baby. Cute, isn't it?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here's a picture of what a baby at ten weeks looks like, to give you more of an idea. My baby is in pretty much the same position.</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358352978611933666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 196px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPbAed4cXXDPxmHe9v6B4h-3ZWSa9sOqWy8c4VKS0cjMQWwcYqJVUqj13uaaraES9-AE-oqAJHmFCLhfJI6nN8jFyXZ7Cn5HSIwkFCGxozRlF3JNl7HU6lpe8hCHWvAAjvqauvUkk5-QV/s320/ten_weeks125.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-30922377145929396622009-07-10T19:32:00.000-07:002009-07-10T19:41:36.713-07:00Counting My BlessingsNow that I'm pregnant for the second time, I find myself tired all the time, sick to my stomache alot, achy, irratable, crying for no reason, being mean to my wonderful hubby, not having any patience with my two year old, and a whole bunch of other wonderful things. Needless to say, I've been finding a million and one things to complain about. And complain is what I've been doing. And being mean. And wishing things were easier. Pregnancy really is a miserable experience if you let it be that way. But I don't want to be a miserable person anymore. I was just reading a friends blog, and all three of her daughters have now moved far away. She's a wonderful woman, full of love for Christ, her girls and her hubby. And anyone who needs her. While reading about her struggles I realized how stupid I've been acting. I have a wonderful husband, an amazing son (even though he's now acting like a two year old), a great family, great friends, and now this new little miracle thats growing inside of me. Not to mention a Saviour who loves me no matter how horrible I act. I really need to just shut up about how icky I feel. It doesn't matter how tired I am. I need to stop complaining. If I'm really tired and don't feel good, I can just Mitch (sometimes even Alex) or someone else if anyone's around, and they will help me and take care of me! I also realized today that I have the very best father in law a girl could ask for. He works nights, so he's exhausted most of the time, but every couple of days he takes Alex out either to a store or to his house. I know he loves spending time with him, but I also realized today that he does it to give me a break and let me rest. He is amazing, truly a gift from God. And I've been rude to him, because I was tired. *sigh* But reading my friends blog made me appreciate just what I have. So no more of the attitude. Yes, I'll still be tired and feel sick all the time. But I'm so blessed! Thank you friend, for reminding me of this. Your daughters are extremely blessed to have you for a mom, don't ever forget that, especially while you're apart!<br /><br />To all my friends, family and anyone else who's done something for me or my family:<br />Thank you. I truly appreciate you.Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-77161498591952240712009-06-02T15:22:00.000-07:002009-06-02T15:25:56.468-07:00Yup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92TmPfXtJV18-OjTjbE5dFH_g5NZoUCeyJmOKLJ0ea5zwicDYcl1s8ll2pz_42vyozXTqc3UAkm1_v6oKMKlKcYrq-sZ7pYBqbv6ZrFeT5W1m5UK2z8bzoRGjHDD8udeQcTncNt28Qf0o/s1600-h/pregnancy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342860025607160642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 254px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92TmPfXtJV18-OjTjbE5dFH_g5NZoUCeyJmOKLJ0ea5zwicDYcl1s8ll2pz_42vyozXTqc3UAkm1_v6oKMKlKcYrq-sZ7pYBqbv6ZrFeT5W1m5UK2z8bzoRGjHDD8udeQcTncNt28Qf0o/s320/pregnancy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I'm pregnant!!!</div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-84830366717563843202009-05-28T19:57:00.000-07:002009-05-28T19:58:57.354-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnCm_7lMcgUKxtbiFyRdywQCwrv_8sGTET0oDYkBIb7RPIY69q0MoQc9KQ5UhDe4UD2r4sZbf5O3aAdhL8IQB2M9ZCPFbfvBaW-NDKUPN7oswy2PuFeZaVDpmggkeuJvTk2tyaaBaSGx_/s1600-h/DuckinStanleyCup.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341074902917181090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnCm_7lMcgUKxtbiFyRdywQCwrv_8sGTET0oDYkBIb7RPIY69q0MoQc9KQ5UhDe4UD2r4sZbf5O3aAdhL8IQB2M9ZCPFbfvBaW-NDKUPN7oswy2PuFeZaVDpmggkeuJvTk2tyaaBaSGx_/s320/DuckinStanleyCup.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-85803810076894111102009-05-23T14:33:00.000-07:002009-05-23T17:56:21.539-07:00The Game Starts!<div>So here's the actually game we went to, not just walking around Detroit and the pre-game warm up, lol.<br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><div>Lots of fun! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339184089668382450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpiprn6PsT8YjBV-KxvbJ_mSLbksVFBEWe-aKoR751Rf0rQuAYFUv8iVj7UKRcHYmjItVwyKBpkhlE_d_9CSvu_9HiCg6W1weiAZ_Q5ksKJeFfRM3rdp418CKyt7kswWMqfLYYKDRs_2z/s320/DSCF3700.JPG" border="0" /><br />And the players take the ice!</div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzAAZovdmNBKJcYJx3oeF7a7SCd7pIvntqpkEmaKwsNt7ApW_rKbEfnhoTgnSfFw2bf1HeDJUITN8fv8YonGw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>It was a very good game, I took waaaay too many pictures.</div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339185607008681698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiX3DGNItQybbv2NMKSG4cXHgUXHGGzkj0x2gUB4LgiAU2Hj0R3z3UTCKdNnVH-znw-rvz3t7v-4Z6DcW6kAcnfuLZxyW1ZERxk4keyaqEMIq80qmwGPQmjQZT1fbsFwPrIO6v5whE7LZ/s320/DSCF3724.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339185602297204802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8NTL9LvIqasffToNKuNMGxZFAO-_iEL6A2_6pdinZkQiMaIJBPsAXhnEr9n-DbY0Y9dQh0EzwRm1Ck52hYGj302GKjiwOYFUx2GVuz6axe-wSipOdSjphndVhw98NG52H3ug9BnwVSj_/s320/DSCF3723.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339185590968066546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNUUHscv7ZEREObPboMdy_XvEEX1ZWUH3yao6u7JM6HMs_ubdRub4fuzd5nb6UUBSAUG-Gm9T83tqonDk_NWD53oEAxX4x_oeUSz09AREr8BQ9_BWq3pOmbqG-cS5awSc2tEKuH_32aRB/s320/DSCF3717.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339185600382290754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbdEJ9gTpcwuSrEsNqq0XWXOo7XsD-1PkQgGkxdGZTirfdob88l8VbS140-Y6smag4sY7zLuZSfMa1KZZTu0TUMLWLtfH412enT8zlQ6-12C4VZ_2lrktbBeT8crFZqwM1iiW_SJy9HHv/s320/DSCF3731.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339185592437133138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkVXNbsMJWpjoHATZEZXPgCLWPpb_rYHsUU_F5BxCm9XF0fCqmvAItraYL7tpi8UcDJ6ClCNb2fA4Vrje28dC4jdPtThL6nGu9z6h8kA35lVj6bLgGscRi3W9SqiOjV3azTdpf8v3wjdu/s320/DSCF3713.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br />During the Second Intermission we took pictures of ourselves. We were a little tired at that point...<br /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339186849888300162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1dgmoJBw4pw5oCZsN_ZNZ-5MHjj-KIhWRgwgmVxdfx0OmELD9tGhF7JNya0VfTQatZ5irvxPS5RymQmF039inuCI9wbuHr9foCAr_RjJHj2rMQS3hUTy02o95w8lJt2A2RCQcur3WX4C/s320/DSCF3736.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339186859073604930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwqM2-Vq_e-07dir9beikKIWv8JUwz-TbL5Pw1CqGH_NEx4RwOTKM0GO7NpbJty_FGtH4tNVAbeJclZlH-795I5szFFB9dWLj-qvcxSKxLDC9RtOgLhe4ZssbVTShhokGIV2jOghfsVrJ/s320/DSCF3740.JPG" border="0" /><br />Check out that wicked face paint!!!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339186851266980690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOzwywnmIbj6pv7yCsD7-sXZa1i5oBPPMxuIyJJZsLjR0jhKMqsYgIoHqd2tik2eS3e-HsjWbNM0KpUrlYRY9WeEqd6xuZ2Ufr46nAH58B5asiyd-U9W8vacc_bpcxRA68lbAcm_y_lZO/s320/DSCF3739.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339186863575431634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RxBbgV4RjYzCLrXCqayGWsw8nG1ZvsTIa4epys6s25exQ9G0KPRmsRuNYJXSYYxVBcxIZUGY9SuZuEvIe_Tv2LCl9gVT6UDZUI1niQeg9RIw0BPDlY_kfDRfIktk23GZ57jvWbuFA39F/s320/DSCF3742.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />We won!!!!! We won!!!<br /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339187695797012050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqPAHcdpizOvcTz67IzTUitsIIv35PR6Ym5YdfAd8ISxg7fpUdNSGepkUB6QIjX88JVmhDpReUOyN6T7emeWDRU8JHW_FUVzRgGbX6XiJk01cZ-gdAG8SJ-Nb6Gg-iudP0LegeGZ0OoQy/s320/DSCF3755.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-70721071348483970112009-05-23T10:05:00.000-07:002009-05-23T14:32:47.424-07:00Red Wings Game!On Tuesday May 19th my friend Kelly, my hubby and I went down to Detroit to see the Red Wings game! Round three, home game two of the play offs! We spent the whole day down there, walking around, eating at Hockeytown Cafe, and riding the people mover. We walked by Comerica Park (where the Detroit Tigers play), and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the giant Tigers they have there.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339067571571309698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6CkDRmSKodJCy_SaExkXMK-Sg5RSXoV6hV60TseVfgHarORoA92HKBW865JbdMAp_Foxe9e0U7elhC04nOOLLqz4jot_zaAPOhYXjtd8zMA0Ygp3mAiQoUPYtjLD9q6rsHOCNGpKy9SI/s320/DSCF3623.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><p></p><div></div><br /><p>We got to the Joe Louis Arena very early (we were pretty excited) and we hung out outside the front doors and people-watched for a while. Always alot of fun!<br /><br /></p><br /><p></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339068477329372418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuCUiMWIIFLAkn-mQIUdKEw4lX3ltS_Y8S-nLDgIgLiJveF02JF3eWpCTl3dBC47nmD-mEQvCddNllmCxE0wardMJU7MSD0ijp7HhNZyBPpCWREHgreCkYons22bEf-zHmALLKp9vMPl0/s320/DSCF3635.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339068482685877186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1UXY0sHCym-6Cy5Sk7PkDBdALpa5i4lRRfxC-JRE3U6H1E_bucbBuIzxvE7ZevnzQAJJWIlv8wxhPNWiKINJOQA8MCDiSca37W2u8Wr7VCrsImFO4_oOg6ZhPHIGIo3cEWe2h9b4qQt_/s320/DSCF3631.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339068488233940674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisc-irMZYGb1ZOk7YCbJDkNC_NbrZPRMf2wbVkHH_3CCByYnbzkNWArQhSkxQV8U5zaCUs8mmNO4s1HL4bvUmIKA_o4maitaeVSySVyqG9vFgN9EqcX8cSPWkbSFqfm7ZUb_qk9JWbcqY/s320/DSCF3630.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339068493656095826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGw8gY3-E-GpJpbDeDhfDWhl_JQFHp1QNV79pjJJJkZJtW4DWgvSc5Whuwr-2zhHXrda2u4xnOM8UfUNYLV7BkFM3N54x732McmnVZ0-h4TOwh2Zu-LPkWgvmNf9MH-b2RFKdrFsu3N_Mx/s320/DSCF3633.JPG" border="0" /><br /></p>SOOOOO much fun! We got inside and I took a couple of pictures with my two favorite players, Chris Osgood and Darren McCarty (I've loved them both for a long long time)</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339069544074059122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2sbLr0j1oDh_TgN0sgAghzvhC0OT-eXJOsSMAnsfCjh2zbl_0UkY_rsgy3OITxlbPfV6eo6gYwCBZ8jmANya2JrTTRsejFQLK5tuCC01ftdNPricvmBk2A-wTBOmlxJ-9Kl_TtX2iwk2/s320/DSCF3637.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339069549778452130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cCoSnWkSHnXMaP_nL3wfCxqByiJewmiFBXgjbgCOOB0-ogua-DeakOCT53HE_Y5U4R3PPdsYPTOiGtXt5NdpEkxlbS4Dstt9iy3rtIYo5655onRWQ_sE0QbGqkHZw0bbZVWGinwI4N6l/s320/DSCF3638.JPG" border="0" />Mitch doesn't really understand my attraction to Darren McCarty, and I suppose judging from this picture I don't really get it either, you just have to see the man play!!! Mitch thought he was being funny... and he was.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339069552297795490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENEUbScs57vKoJZf_GI72IeKb0FXnqwcESCJthwSGmw4Hp_3jQFsQgP2xfhD8ydMCqMd7Li36BgLUMk8bo4cOcsJR1-is_FJVOhgQtK9D-svec9rkt2yQyL2FDJ6rDEJHuvoXR3JIbGkM/s320/DSCF3639.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Kelly and I got our faces painted and got some gigantic liqour filled drinks. The face painting was free and totally awsome, and the drinks were delicious!</div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339070390967380370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfp_pLqIP2T4XDbnVQgNMT09IkQVclyj56RxqjslyVid49w7olym9x_dpxjmFGJUGIdUdXLRpWjJSc-S5wMFQi6OxL-g6rY4uKgTNP1YxjDF51Gl0mrqKiOQ24qSNYDXl8ffD8S_iAgec/s320/DSCF3641.JPG" border="0" /><br />After we got our drinks Kelly went up to our seats and Mitch and I headed down to the ice to watch the pre-game warm up, which was the coolest thing I've ever seen in my entire life I think. We stood behind the goal and had a ton of fun watching all the players.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339071440486294306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZubU_Ut0O9F6bmV9sZzBywWmlH_QA9jyFmWO7o1I01gEkm9n0awiqAqZJmtGhD2ArpBuuB9lme15pZgfFvoWrLxY3DgBwhdNROoBEg50B4CHbGbKR0y1x_o5a8HyEOMoJzI66bLDGsng/s320/DSCF3659.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339071455265252578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSV5WpxgS-8TpaTQEdSHl20usaK-gI2CO3q3YGB0HE2puz_SmP_DjT9wsgJZ8M-wGGf5YMWW42RDnc507I2M8k8-srVCxu6sfnDBboELttYsgHBeXaV0yrX0sIeXZnjrwkNwEv_akxeM9D/s320/DSCF3675.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339071451933624610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTo7oKU_TQIiOZtUW_erypTz28EgXmXEvV3Ee6zJY6bWAtJYuUfI8cMYAHlu-XPUf9YSF42nJ0xQGiIuYDKBOiG_y4CJO_wedcgLncivpJyozptTzcMPTXpwmkLOopetkuA1L9RvxwchK-/s320/DSCF3671.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339071448079163938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWClqz0ZDbAZfKAPC6f2U9GSr28u4xmprC1g7Hu8ZklS1l7i0X0g3MnZURMZNOwc0PM1xLDxkelghRYlTTKMyyHM_Tny_SLOpBum1UX8mYLaRZJWKkBuxIYESjDBx_f4dcJgsDGnGH1fYo/s320/DSCF3657.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div><div>It was amazing seeing the guys all goofing off together and laughing and teasing the crowd. Jiri Hudler kept shooting pucks at the glass where people were standing, not where we were, but around the corner. We did have a few stray pucks hit the glass right in front of my face! It was terrifying, but awesome!!! Make sure you turn the volume up on your computer. It was so loud and very exhillirating!</div><div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxZr7e8_u1MUAPNJ-lstOSiBG5fkrT2axddKYZLFOjxYpvACoCdTtjRiKZYPS7LRKYShCbiF7b3j5Ykde0bJA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>When Ty Conklin was in the net for a few minutes warming up, all the guys on the team went right up to the net they all started shooting at the same time. It was so funny! They were all laughing and teasing each other, and Conklin was throwing himself around trying to stop them all at once! He even fell a couple of times, it was really neat to watch them all act like that!</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339134765626777986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CKCLevpJhDth5byvRadX6x2HwLXrGht07iVJ7N5nAXEabcBIfG8UVBbmRbg4I5ktJVYWM_MNRKSgsxpaWKuBLdRR8pPsPqVoq_rS2vdb41ND98DBD0977DSOyFvd4noc14-XmODKhjxX/s320/DSCF3696.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p></p>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-22396356352587975102009-04-02T07:55:00.000-07:002009-04-02T07:59:19.257-07:00sick children should be quarentined.....Alex had the flu this week. I got thrown up on. Twice. The poor boy is so exhausted he doesn't know what he wants and so he just whines, "momma momma momma momma momma momma" constantly. It's starting to wear on my nerves. I'm about to snap. But then I take a deep breath and remind myself that he doesn't feel good and I'm the only thing that makes him feel better. So I slap a smile on my face, pretend I don't have three inch bags under my eyes, get another cup of coffee and scoop him up onto my lap where we rock for another hour. Until he starts whining for something else. So here I go.Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-17628858237805037622009-03-15T18:14:00.001-07:002009-03-15T18:24:56.050-07:00Today<div>Well today was an okay day. Mom and dad were being incredibly stupid yet again, so I couldn't stop crying at church and didn't want to sit through the sermon, so Mitch got Alex from the nursery and we headed to the mall to blow off some steam and try to cheer up. Alex had a lot of fun trying on sunglasses in Claire's, and even modeled for me a bit. </div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313589203418550098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_SiqDPzIVqfBmgBtGtsFCzb54gblbQ0U6rYS3dooUn3AWKmz6qLqmm8Z-mDpwBhwB53FNaOV66SRarsmEcaOS11edgv3WEElBre5CmsSEDm9K7FhB9OCTvMMDakTqyD41yO0w5bDkXfH/s320/DSCF3259.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313589212436543186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GoRyO2OkKiyJtTMEufJ_nLkskBDCIXEun64NvPrZCD_KnizddUf34hl9CUqfXlD5iRdM3UJrg3BLrQ4lhRWiWPRsuFggJ6t0ZoeCDwfywFMZImVNHldVpVi6snzXAu8ihxjY6p4XhUxm/s320/DSCF3260.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHRLZeIl5xmEwky8vhCeeLfsWc11R_pnwWtwmd9sSnH7FthrcCUNpzsD1EgkIIfo47eWyO_1a_hro9zv7JnbuhQHOva7T4d2DVVlYc3Pv6u_ElPG0g2dVivKLcBO6byFv2nDHHJjyxusq/s1600-h/DSCF3261.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313589217549784546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHRLZeIl5xmEwky8vhCeeLfsWc11R_pnwWtwmd9sSnH7FthrcCUNpzsD1EgkIIfo47eWyO_1a_hro9zv7JnbuhQHOva7T4d2DVVlYc3Pv6u_ElPG0g2dVivKLcBO6byFv2nDHHJjyxusq/s320/DSCF3261.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313589220717263394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEkfhG_dXDOobWMTXquZ1-5LzKebTfwW77b3GfiVZu8wuHAg-pyn-P_au0n2gp0nivtfxdxzPYAx-jqmODa39SHpl861tOAwr0XD_b0R2cESTHhuuj_bnxfN9ceJ-0RMmfGMqe9HgqItT/s320/DSCF3262.JPG" border="0" /> <div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313589230886844978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCFHneVhWu6Uh-lQ1lGj1XwshXHfpk7UgoI7aLt2SGXM2LgcIWv9Uk0esEG1jOvts8_87Ck7MlDADjLMjB4f2KKiqlUq8blDXRfot8bnmgMu6xqsCqPAYSFABWSznE-N5FLDVzqTV2pPh/s320/DSCF3263.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313589639990572306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsyeq8Xc6BgdIR15Tjfz3_EkpynwhL3VXI1Fb7cKfVMGT23StFIfhLvsu06afhs76hxR7CNOJ_3e2mnMWALJrHmzsmzCTeouJoeE2cPYf0Tfx1iZzShHbXz4StcGs3Khp_OJ_zRMolkJr/s320/DSCF3264.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313589691010964114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvekX8dRAaB1IXGB_65HKTaPvFlOT23-mvdQGn_soYDkaxnJqckOnhPWp1k3ZRPIVf64T5VOp7I-uaL4vo3cKu3jgymXt9ZNP6e6_C-eD7JfSmulQietAicGgV-cnV38R_meVIUPpWzXy/s320/DSCF3265.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>And yes, he cheered me up. Mitch helped too. :-) I've got a couple of very excellent guys.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-71887017974640686502009-03-04T11:30:00.000-08:002009-03-04T11:41:30.081-08:00Life Goes On<div>So I'm horrible at updating my blog. Get over it. I guess I've just been hiding from life. But life goes on even when I don't write in my blog. So I guess I should start dealing with stuff instead of hiding from it. That blows, but life goes on. All in all I suppose things aren't that bad. My parents fight all the time. But I still say that I'm a grown woman and their problems shouldn't bother me so much. But they do. Imagine that. Mitchell and I want to go to DTS as soon as possible, then off to the mission field. But I don't really want to. We'll have to get rid of all of our worldly possessions and start a brand new life, yet again. I'm kinda sick of it. I want a house with a yard and a dog and neighbors and a good school system for Alex in a few years. But no, we'll probably end up in Africa or something like that living in a hut. And you know what bothers me the most of all of our stuff that we'll lose? Our DVD collection. How stupid is that. I KNOW, I am fully aware, that we're not supposed to store up treasures on earth and all that. But I like our DVD collection. It's something Mitchell and I have done together since we first met practically. It's the ONLY thing we've been able to hold onto during all the moves and drama and crap that is ours and ours alone. And I don't want to let it go. On the other hand, I'm ready to live somewhere else. Last night I dreamt we were back in Florida. I woke up thinking we were in Florida. Crashing back to the reality of being in Michigan is a horrible way to start your day. I found out the other day that an aquantice from high school is now living in Slovakia playing basketball. Who goes to Slovakia to play basketball? How odd is that. Now my desire to go back to the Czech Republic is twice as strong. If he and his wife can live in Slovikia and ENJOY it, there's no reason my husband, our son and I can't live in Prague. And I want to go back to the Karlstejn Castle, and I really want to show it to Mitchell. So we shall see where God leads us, and I will continue to pray and let go of world possesions that don't mean anything.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> Karlstejn Castle</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4ACIdw6PF-XW7C1ZKL_YLpykBbhFV8Nj5vZUxqJZ9YiQefUfSNL6uGqzCdl0fO9ZoNB5gEtIE-Xg06kdfNsTEpQO0OAFtiIXZm69VTyetXWd0wH0VNEY6X8QAo2KnvcfoNTA66NxBqcd/s1600-h/karlstejn_castle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309419825100836818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4ACIdw6PF-XW7C1ZKL_YLpykBbhFV8Nj5vZUxqJZ9YiQefUfSNL6uGqzCdl0fO9ZoNB5gEtIE-Xg06kdfNsTEpQO0OAFtiIXZm69VTyetXWd0wH0VNEY6X8QAo2KnvcfoNTA66NxBqcd/s320/karlstejn_castle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5N1y9cGPwYTrAaB_C8FCa36vAke3TpB4E5smqkrqF5XuwFioIfL1w0VPkMh8AzzuBSCrULU9hDdn-Obzw4FW2_5ibqbo85-X0qI21e8c5dRV2jpRHpyzMAL3D971caXBZ4G26Ci6OEnr/s1600-h/karlstejn5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309419804064204130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5N1y9cGPwYTrAaB_C8FCa36vAke3TpB4E5smqkrqF5XuwFioIfL1w0VPkMh8AzzuBSCrULU9hDdn-Obzw4FW2_5ibqbo85-X0qI21e8c5dRV2jpRHpyzMAL3D971caXBZ4G26Ci6OEnr/s320/karlstejn5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT-G1oPJqVd3AqT4ZWebAOLcsiDqj0pxof2NsV32MZTZMnncHguPQvrL83yC5kmz5E6FVw8jtDMkMaQOEc4wKDb4XG2dJtY2XqF5sJsFFOjG36unKDhyphenhyphenD9AQvn9iefO83DaZr525u_Dic/s1600-h/karlstejn4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309419799909315138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT-G1oPJqVd3AqT4ZWebAOLcsiDqj0pxof2NsV32MZTZMnncHguPQvrL83yC5kmz5E6FVw8jtDMkMaQOEc4wKDb4XG2dJtY2XqF5sJsFFOjG36unKDhyphenhyphenD9AQvn9iefO83DaZr525u_Dic/s320/karlstejn4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8ZNhlCCFcvAF-u7OP3LAyIg-m9K8dWa251tq7YXmeFIbAVaoV9ldQrijfNDhWpfblKKavfHENT7rAsUdjV2wileee2t2PKdmPkYCya51omApaESgOD4QQtGf789MdT2gPFqjB5Hbglba/s1600-h/karlstejn2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309419797357869170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8ZNhlCCFcvAF-u7OP3LAyIg-m9K8dWa251tq7YXmeFIbAVaoV9ldQrijfNDhWpfblKKavfHENT7rAsUdjV2wileee2t2PKdmPkYCya51omApaESgOD4QQtGf789MdT2gPFqjB5Hbglba/s320/karlstejn2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-90780969059947607232009-02-19T12:10:00.000-08:002009-02-19T13:14:53.862-08:00Anniversary in Chicago<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWdPprquCoF3I9Z5aE_PVmop7O-kQrVDyi01z0Fel5dP-TOGuZjkcr6agyF6_g3L_WYL3qdsqpGS-KF-D0v-yINBrqX0cpgr5lF1A92UPFCi-wF10Nf1J8KI2iwChEofTnk79LrTflQcj/s1600-h/Chicago+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304604367013395090" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWdPprquCoF3I9Z5aE_PVmop7O-kQrVDyi01z0Fel5dP-TOGuZjkcr6agyF6_g3L_WYL3qdsqpGS-KF-D0v-yINBrqX0cpgr5lF1A92UPFCi-wF10Nf1J8KI2iwChEofTnk79LrTflQcj/s320/Chicago+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last week Mitchell and I went to Chicago for our Three Year Anniversary which was February 11th. We took the train from Flint to Union Station on Tuesday the 10th. Our train left at 6:30 in the morning (which was early!) and it was about a 5 hour ride. It was Mitchell's first time on a train, and my first time on a train in America. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1A-d1SQyVVfkmf4Q9tO9ne5ynzMCUTxzDn0OzJmr6bZx_GKeYS0WF77Az3YWfMnMuWyGWYq631BPXJHtgtJcSzF1Eo8vtAMQ9jOKtPHjR3dMPKx9vHTuzyyQWmFce3XzcASL34YykI-0l/s1600-h/Chicago+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304604374723129426" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1A-d1SQyVVfkmf4Q9tO9ne5ynzMCUTxzDn0OzJmr6bZx_GKeYS0WF77Az3YWfMnMuWyGWYq631BPXJHtgtJcSzF1Eo8vtAMQ9jOKtPHjR3dMPKx9vHTuzyyQWmFce3XzcASL34YykI-0l/s320/Chicago+002.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8M9TawKvz1h0JP2L7_g6iz-eBXRuhMc7T_XUIsaqZkfgDA6vcZijf3dcLU7v9rUJ95eR58aXAdmCX0gCo9dFWJp-_pI2W-WI_qLa0udMVrdKfiitBBNLFmAf2qirqlK5roMkmUPxN4rEt/s1600-h/Chicago+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304604371988356562" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8M9TawKvz1h0JP2L7_g6iz-eBXRuhMc7T_XUIsaqZkfgDA6vcZijf3dcLU7v9rUJ95eR58aXAdmCX0gCo9dFWJp-_pI2W-WI_qLa0udMVrdKfiitBBNLFmAf2qirqlK5roMkmUPxN4rEt/s320/Chicago+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>The train was very comfortable and relaxing, we even had a snack car on the bottom level of our car. It was amazing!<br /><br /></div><div>We got to Chicago around 11:30am and hailed a cab to our hotel, The Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn05ASlN5czttN3_XvyshZI6xCVKSulJLwOuJip-iOsNbkNXu8W53wPrAHSAvbW7MWW6j-CXBKS-xCV85SPsNqOJk3UTybPiHsLkRlJqx9_aQSdz-TOThPtqRDUovWIZoA5kbwLSYAGC1S/s1600-h/Chicago+017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304605841604171218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn05ASlN5czttN3_XvyshZI6xCVKSulJLwOuJip-iOsNbkNXu8W53wPrAHSAvbW7MWW6j-CXBKS-xCV85SPsNqOJk3UTybPiHsLkRlJqx9_aQSdz-TOThPtqRDUovWIZoA5kbwLSYAGC1S/s320/Chicago+017.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3CLnitBvZ9dMY0G2Wp3XiWy1gTW3Syf1CK1tjiG-CLav3ahlsTUToDtQA4NnDHuokkba2CUXwBP2gxh66uMP9FssMZqz3nXZNqmHXqw4S1VqjY5wgZNYEtx0A3vv5Pmxvq56M0mB4V99/s1600-h/chicago-hotels-sheraton-river-view-full.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304605841529949682" style="WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3CLnitBvZ9dMY0G2Wp3XiWy1gTW3Syf1CK1tjiG-CLav3ahlsTUToDtQA4NnDHuokkba2CUXwBP2gxh66uMP9FssMZqz3nXZNqmHXqw4S1VqjY5wgZNYEtx0A3vv5Pmxvq56M0mB4V99/s320/chicago-hotels-sheraton-river-view-full.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Our hotel was beautiful, the staff were wonderful and it was an amazing experience! They upgraded us to a suite for free for our anniversary, which was neat.<br /><br /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304606355737411746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtmB-wpuvHE1U99T65ujmZXphyG6NUHLNwHkinP4yMPK8Hmi5SN2EWfrc3SIB5afYpQ-jCZRpf62qmb4srL2OH94L59bSSVjctFYLq51o0WFV6feQFgeZ8yVczRe78WG89zxZtRQerIyH/s320/Chicago+024.JPG" border="0" /><br />We had a dining room table!</div></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304607087216675858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmuzKINbFn2qREp9tnf_Tm_-E1HGU1s_5eU6oLcd91-UrrLsc9Jq3aXM-ui208JaxwzBqoFiYXW8z_uKsrAVlM7z9l8Wny64ApOCw2mpAhHtcCgABeF3fPLOiKtq5NcR6faxOKYlp5HL8/s320/Chicago+019.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />That afternoon Alfred and Alicia came to hang out with us. We went walking around the city and went to get some Chicago Style deep dish pizza for dinner! It was amazing!!!!!</div><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304608140648017506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBReyiII_EXvWQrUQCnd9CV1IDzH2ZDDLb22n5ig0knHMzZQZCc27WChgUY_LLWP-bn8gVBttUB59-UzKcMkhyljGzIfzIp_qzsMWpfVKQ-JasIJvzPNm_e_HBqkCDIeHOiWjxOxFTlJhT/s320/n500048905_2092363_6836.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304607917142038834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGicUoRYmWxgDp17PXbCEnJ5vv93pwAR0e_JoiJybp3IRin07D0pB9hDIECjJ0LuGwZ_RAUDeVoSryTQvN16su8Pwa3e2VINcravJMY5gFoJ46wRiTBizfng2Qt1ppj-cZz2pVNiVB2QX/s320/Chicago+034.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304607913183949042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiKjKNBaxfkkuPDULKb4fd7r65ez4XfSDl29guK_nCDmiRf5uhgA67X7JqMYZTl1jKVdQ-LpxIAorPq6f87gHnzPA3SNr6FZVHMaScXZ8S2_VYM8m1W1deJ3JxLRo3K8Q9vOJ35ktNIpk/s320/Chicago+032.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304607916561404018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGqhHg9cM_xdQErfHcJ8EfpIZPqEDPZI_ANtHuTLnY9anlJkBQgjMPvmA9Tt9kYqdXOH4C4_1y_n4KgVulWB0e9AuYhu0UAn6rsL3TrGLE4rq6HeiOIKPRlZbRSm_SHSa-A5R2_B7m5pT/s320/Chicago+030.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304607908718732930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z3KTwZ3ExKqs1N3iKXfgXh66tNaenwJVAbdRVQOT1RIMJzX3Yw2ITZOUTkyDQMhPNWH650AhBdbH7KGogcow8WWPru463OmhRyq9hYv8KFyYp2pTt_n8S-lHO-HDaja-dH6JJc3ZttxA/s320/Chicago+029.JPG" border="0" />After dinner we walked back to the hotel and we played in the Club Lounge where there were snacks and drinks, computers and a massage chair.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvAP_Ccyr0KKYZZn7Iyi5CLl925uKJhnQjvUvmaZDp7rX5Ul9LIGyRlllttIkoW8qxjohVmJkEVgnGsfU8ujRNk7Nc7sWKgf2svD3YJrCvqo4-p4MUcj7w6OiNA3Gvy3d6ukcPic0ag2-/s1600-h/Chicago+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304609556825305266" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvAP_Ccyr0KKYZZn7Iyi5CLl925uKJhnQjvUvmaZDp7rX5Ul9LIGyRlllttIkoW8qxjohVmJkEVgnGsfU8ujRNk7Nc7sWKgf2svD3YJrCvqo4-p4MUcj7w6OiNA3Gvy3d6ukcPic0ag2-/s320/Chicago+043.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LOJoBTrwpVAzvhI7uHgLSjU5IzcXpTZHdlniuRwBtDqw4m7ug4trOHa3Rahy9KHGuH-8QjNRjJOv8CmuMFd5MYTOMhbnBy5acYaCxAd7-Kpw2upQpnusvjpZOZk3j72EjyMgGRTAJxfD/s1600-h/Chicago+042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304609551169986530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LOJoBTrwpVAzvhI7uHgLSjU5IzcXpTZHdlniuRwBtDqw4m7ug4trOHa3Rahy9KHGuH-8QjNRjJOv8CmuMFd5MYTOMhbnBy5acYaCxAd7-Kpw2upQpnusvjpZOZk3j72EjyMgGRTAJxfD/s320/Chicago+042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We had a great time visiting with Alf and Alicia!</div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div></div><div>The next day was our Anniversary and it was rainy, windy and cold. We got up and had breakfast, then took a cab over to Navy Pier where we did some shopping.<br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiSjtuanzWTGa2-ikLnk3NlaJBttcP5bL9Z29mUWBSL4YJYMSCYmazbz7qAe8EqkczMN_5lxYJxcEcJIarx0oyb1cLSGU4NGeZ37aiAUGMs0eMnz_N1Bm7iC918ip5V_hEcu_EiNeI1LV/s1600-h/Chicago+054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304610633450383010" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiSjtuanzWTGa2-ikLnk3NlaJBttcP5bL9Z29mUWBSL4YJYMSCYmazbz7qAe8EqkczMN_5lxYJxcEcJIarx0oyb1cLSGU4NGeZ37aiAUGMs0eMnz_N1Bm7iC918ip5V_hEcu_EiNeI1LV/s320/Chicago+054.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCejMnmMe2VR-CXffUYgCqoiUJQPbYwkuc2Zt-LIJJUiP0MLXDJMrgusPrRYlF1lXeNlE99YZv-ZSF7HcJGK7UDMrju9oJsT8X3rgmHV0B1Qm_Ae1ncs2saL3a_rl3M-jhdOInlUJdIHR/s1600-h/Chicago+055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304610633400745522" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCejMnmMe2VR-CXffUYgCqoiUJQPbYwkuc2Zt-LIJJUiP0MLXDJMrgusPrRYlF1lXeNlE99YZv-ZSF7HcJGK7UDMrju9oJsT8X3rgmHV0B1Qm_Ae1ncs2saL3a_rl3M-jhdOInlUJdIHR/s320/Chicago+055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOa0INxqlpsEp3hvLqaUChpCU9A1WNaA8G8udzr2yyyK7kz2ox-otsivGLT0NWBTyFd5imPtYPoXJdFIyAjLLaLrz2eeIdIbuoxbhzbd0qvutLkKUPxbxnGMMAWGSND1ccSpmAqldsWRLd/s1600-h/Chicago+070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304610639734650562" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOa0INxqlpsEp3hvLqaUChpCU9A1WNaA8G8udzr2yyyK7kz2ox-otsivGLT0NWBTyFd5imPtYPoXJdFIyAjLLaLrz2eeIdIbuoxbhzbd0qvutLkKUPxbxnGMMAWGSND1ccSpmAqldsWRLd/s320/Chicago+070.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When we were done shopping we headed back to the hotel to drop off our packages, then went walking (in the rain and cold). We ended up at a mall, where we bought a new game, then took a cab back to the hotel for some hors d'vours. We played our new game while we snacked in the club lounge.</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfqhTnZF4NEmcYHHN65Bqg66H6ffpIF1yL-lr2m64bNqkzy4qNPBx64S-nZMvKnJgRZ-X7kCW23XZsR_rPpGs1tsce6DOKy9snanZ97UY-bEbMqNhhezWWVFW52UAQ3_ynFHwlr1pz2sb/s1600-h/Chicago+126.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304612114876816866" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfqhTnZF4NEmcYHHN65Bqg66H6ffpIF1yL-lr2m64bNqkzy4qNPBx64S-nZMvKnJgRZ-X7kCW23XZsR_rPpGs1tsce6DOKy9snanZ97UY-bEbMqNhhezWWVFW52UAQ3_ynFHwlr1pz2sb/s320/Chicago+126.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />After we'd snacked we watched TV in our room for a bit, then went back outside to explore some more. It was extremely cold so we didn't get too far, but we went to TGI Fridays and had some chicken and fries, then headed back to the hotel to call it a night.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURF3mBuep2CQZ1suWC2Z3oraqD_VxheH11hIs50sATjTME18BLwuu_KEG7pGQoepXLRtMiD1MIDZIL-W_HVMLCcf8m9tIyhv08uwgo-5P32SvqAG4ao3IbuiX0IasCWKUJElA40wsy5XF/s1600-h/Chicago+134.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304613149661443858" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURF3mBuep2CQZ1suWC2Z3oraqD_VxheH11hIs50sATjTME18BLwuu_KEG7pGQoepXLRtMiD1MIDZIL-W_HVMLCcf8m9tIyhv08uwgo-5P32SvqAG4ao3IbuiX0IasCWKUJElA40wsy5XF/s320/Chicago+134.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvz7BTGYZiwRskR9IFzAxA0bfo_sPO7ZtFeE76GBrA8B573cCOxYtbh9niwQujDjU0inLk3lRWFeQuBh91rMAYGIPHpExdpfESkJmsH28DTbmcDeegsacfiMXyD-UEH2nWhN7Q2jXVEDT/s1600-h/Chicago+127.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304613149931269714" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvz7BTGYZiwRskR9IFzAxA0bfo_sPO7ZtFeE76GBrA8B573cCOxYtbh9niwQujDjU0inLk3lRWFeQuBh91rMAYGIPHpExdpfESkJmsH28DTbmcDeegsacfiMXyD-UEH2nWhN7Q2jXVEDT/s320/Chicago+127.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><br />Thursday morning we got up, had some breakfast, packed up and checked out of the hotel. We walked through chicago, into millenium park and downtown. We visitied the Bean, which was hillarious.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzE9w-MaHxWE8JOTQl3ZtZt9u4lSEghS8wlduOZ3CKuKBBtNOzIT6qL4JA3x_kuinvaV9ctGS634kGrFUkruF5-ONdh1kNee-dw9ggkceojz5x3m1w0Di0YtbnTmLKB264WoBdLfxpWJE/s1600-h/Chicago+163.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304614426225971330" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzE9w-MaHxWE8JOTQl3ZtZt9u4lSEghS8wlduOZ3CKuKBBtNOzIT6qL4JA3x_kuinvaV9ctGS634kGrFUkruF5-ONdh1kNee-dw9ggkceojz5x3m1w0Di0YtbnTmLKB264WoBdLfxpWJE/s320/Chicago+163.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYIbzD97suQuwQeAqzRnWsH_h80tZ0bDqOE4n_FyCSUB6v6yb0uQdrhoZ8s5yn_LfQSAT-_4QXUcBBKV78LBapyqtYuyPaLVSF6SBD339saG1dQV9y1NvLr97lqsV9wPeYdOErHUYpHS8/s1600-h/Chicago+161.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304614420097974706" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYIbzD97suQuwQeAqzRnWsH_h80tZ0bDqOE4n_FyCSUB6v6yb0uQdrhoZ8s5yn_LfQSAT-_4QXUcBBKV78LBapyqtYuyPaLVSF6SBD339saG1dQV9y1NvLr97lqsV9wPeYdOErHUYpHS8/s320/Chicago+161.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAwdrQEX7hITlz4Yv0MNBNVwk0msdR2cr_ZXZ7PH3sUNh2v8SkVGT80_gJ8vxVZCeOLx73g1coB54R7ye8ni6aKJTyNgCnp4nuTlI5mKOJtfFf3pqigsKkNOkyUs7_E1kE1k0uIK-7nDN/s1600-h/Chicago+168.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304614416179980322" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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I had seen it in movies and really wanted to spend a few minutes in the Great Hall, which was definately worth some pictures.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsH9g4u_XI98MMfbtemiRtmBXA4ledCEm6PIkICEy8uUzAAxJ2gm8wMBoi7wtqBk5VwmMk2MzpL5nVaS8qRUzQvVNjCMH-JQiigzwt4pZ4JKxPyjRFQcw_u3bEJeQB-0sNnXQDXShmOzv/s1600-h/Chicago+188.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304618176105146818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsH9g4u_XI98MMfbtemiRtmBXA4ledCEm6PIkICEy8uUzAAxJ2gm8wMBoi7wtqBk5VwmMk2MzpL5nVaS8qRUzQvVNjCMH-JQiigzwt4pZ4JKxPyjRFQcw_u3bEJeQB-0sNnXQDXShmOzv/s320/Chicago+188.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid71DLyh61Wt5_F2hg7ZSLvaTcBhmy_qeNlx0YhWrebez-x5Mzg2cecyRspTt1aABodLvAqzoyBedC7MA3DmKf_ymDYzTCmq_obh-St7hIv8qt7xlDYs2jGg4uY8VMTpOjii2G42G3wFHi/s1600-h/Chicago+193.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304618180873383986" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid71DLyh61Wt5_F2hg7ZSLvaTcBhmy_qeNlx0YhWrebez-x5Mzg2cecyRspTt1aABodLvAqzoyBedC7MA3DmKf_ymDYzTCmq_obh-St7hIv8qt7xlDYs2jGg4uY8VMTpOjii2G42G3wFHi/s320/Chicago+193.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div>We boarded the train hassle free and headed back home. It was a fabulous time! A great anniversary!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-92210916220420004072009-02-14T07:17:00.000-08:002009-02-14T07:20:54.916-08:00Fun Table<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/SURFACE/videos.html#gid=demos&vid=starwoodlaunch">http://www.microsoft.com/SURFACE/videos.html#gid=demos&vid=starwoodlaunch</a><br /><br />We had two of these touch screen table computers (which are actually called the Microsoft Surface) in our hotel lobby in chicago. It was so much fun to play with. I've been searching online to see how much they are. They're only available for commercial use, so I guess we won't be getting one any time soon, lol. I think they're around $10, 000. But they are awesome! If I was rich I think I'd get one, lol.Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-6519567876932661162009-02-07T19:39:00.000-08:002009-02-07T19:45:24.074-08:00Two More Days!I just have to get through tomorow and Monday, then we're on our way! I'm excited about seeing Alfred and Alicia, I'm excited about riding the train with Mitchell, I'm excited about our hotel (it looks freaking awesome), and I'm excited about EVERYTHING! Pizza, cab rides, Navy Pier, coffee shop (in the hotel!), indoor pool, vacation, eating out, shopping and a magnet! We collect refridgerator magnets from everywhere we've been. Oooh, the hotel has a gift shop, so we'll get one there, like we did at the Sheraton in Nashville. <br /><br />I wonder how much I'll miss Alex... I've never spent the night away from him before. It kinda scares me. I know he will be just fine. Just not sure how I'll be. We'll see.Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-27506303192347213672009-01-27T12:14:00.000-08:002009-01-27T12:21:40.011-08:00<p> Alex being held upside down and tickled.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxd86PvRoLXiGzAjrpLvFs_j8X8d6Ua4dk8C6wCKQ-vQXDqXt-st0fIFCBrzjUaFKorWHx4KikKqzW0OUfqQg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-36939946906601231562009-01-27T12:10:00.000-08:002009-01-27T12:11:05.977-08:00And another one!Can you find thirty (30) books of the Bible in this paragraph? Actually, there are 31 if you can find the variant of one Old Testament prophet's name.<br /><br /> There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find them? This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, "The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight." Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus; there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found. God Bless.Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-70303321542921247982009-01-25T21:43:00.000-08:002009-01-27T12:13:36.956-08:00Can you find sixteen (16) books of the Bible in this paragraph?<br /><br />I once made a remark about the hidden books of the Bible (merely by a fluke). It kept people looking so hard for the facts and for others it was a revelation. Some were in a jam, especially since the name of the books were not capitalized, but the truth finally struck home to numbers of readers. To others it was a real job. We want it to be a most fascinating few moments for you. Yes, there will be some really easy ones to spot. Others may require judges to help them. I will quickly admit it usually takes a minister to find one of them, and there will be loud lamentations when it is found. A little lady says she brews a cup of tea so she can concentrate better. See how well you can compete. Relax now. There really are sixteen names of books in this story.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><br /><br />The Books are:<br /><br />Esther, Titus, Amos, Peter, Mark, Luke, Kings, Acts, Revelations, James, , Numbers, Job, Judges, Lamentations, Hebrews, RuthKorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-39201777857697374312009-01-25T17:01:00.000-08:002009-01-25T17:07:40.691-08:00Tower Building!<div>Alex and Grandma were building a tower this evening in the living room. It was cute, he kept standing on his tip toes even when the tower was only up to his chest, lol.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06BpSn3zUKsGvmOIh3kP-H1l2L7XbSR7lEavw3XLLGVex49Bv6FZ4pmkJsf6Ys9GmDgAt1sUJXgX3HXzTPUuRngkUSAwB3AdpJ1Vr6HmV8dUaj9EQDWBxDg9b6rjOW1nnSBHaFETKch_F/s1600-h/DSCF2676.JPG"></a><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoS3yjsrJ_8VYI_I3CgC2q7chaW7D0oi216Rrfoqu0j1mY74-N2tbWUqxTEgtELCdHI8sDUzhHym28pbaWhwqUbpNGFjygT4nPqqGmpfUJKo5ICJ69B0YHvrH9hTI78YZYboRLLD_b-0sS/s1600-h/DSCF2673.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295402386523420882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoS3yjsrJ_8VYI_I3CgC2q7chaW7D0oi216Rrfoqu0j1mY74-N2tbWUqxTEgtELCdHI8sDUzhHym28pbaWhwqUbpNGFjygT4nPqqGmpfUJKo5ICJ69B0YHvrH9hTI78YZYboRLLD_b-0sS/s320/DSCF2673.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJZ-QFY3jKFlYL04zQppyXJCPBYjFOw_5g6JNeMxM7ggrLRlGp_BStE_uGrjlc1tukpjH5cJcfGgfo0Ba2hRwKjrzPT6m27yLX03I4lG6skTtqN9OdRgEzl4C3nN0fLJcrPhAx0XbrbL4/s1600-h/DSCF2674.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295402398044634066" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJZ-QFY3jKFlYL04zQppyXJCPBYjFOw_5g6JNeMxM7ggrLRlGp_BStE_uGrjlc1tukpjH5cJcfGgfo0Ba2hRwKjrzPT6m27yLX03I4lG6skTtqN9OdRgEzl4C3nN0fLJcrPhAx0XbrbL4/s320/DSCF2674.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqytAU0cxSwL2q42tPPQB1zBQuxVaOKdN-nIuIs3dA-bkzajI97vwf5_SMmcufzuwzq5nBR8q5ZUAG_0L8H68HpAH1vby-jvRf5kfpdlKvyO0Ye-lTpHTlKWtHSshsvGmaug4yOFBRl4V/s1600-h/DSCF2675.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295402398219733074" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqytAU0cxSwL2q42tPPQB1zBQuxVaOKdN-nIuIs3dA-bkzajI97vwf5_SMmcufzuwzq5nBR8q5ZUAG_0L8H68HpAH1vby-jvRf5kfpdlKvyO0Ye-lTpHTlKWtHSshsvGmaug4yOFBRl4V/s320/DSCF2675.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06BpSn3zUKsGvmOIh3kP-H1l2L7XbSR7lEavw3XLLGVex49Bv6FZ4pmkJsf6Ys9GmDgAt1sUJXgX3HXzTPUuRngkUSAwB3AdpJ1Vr6HmV8dUaj9EQDWBxDg9b6rjOW1nnSBHaFETKch_F/s1600-h/DSCF2676.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295402401741835890" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06BpSn3zUKsGvmOIh3kP-H1l2L7XbSR7lEavw3XLLGVex49Bv6FZ4pmkJsf6Ys9GmDgAt1sUJXgX3HXzTPUuRngkUSAwB3AdpJ1Vr6HmV8dUaj9EQDWBxDg9b6rjOW1nnSBHaFETKch_F/s320/DSCF2676.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-77836440296210783992009-01-25T09:04:00.000-08:002009-01-25T09:15:48.503-08:00Third Anniversary Means a Trip To Chi Town!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPi8I4ZCES2bxrLFwKN70yY4Pg-jBJ-y0eLPQylh1Gg_73mXvh1pbKHXQVa0YD4MPs8JhQ12Rqtq_TqHUjDY4HbY20L1nOJOrHHzgFTBNcyURcKx5Gic3Iha-EwwaIgUPjghJeQTzFLPcQ/s1600-h/chicago-hotels-sheraton-river-view-full.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295279679674346626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPi8I4ZCES2bxrLFwKN70yY4Pg-jBJ-y0eLPQylh1Gg_73mXvh1pbKHXQVa0YD4MPs8JhQ12Rqtq_TqHUjDY4HbY20L1nOJOrHHzgFTBNcyURcKx5Gic3Iha-EwwaIgUPjghJeQTzFLPcQ/s320/chicago-hotels-sheraton-river-view-full.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Mitchell and I will be celebrating our three year anniversary on February 11th. Since we never had a honeymoon and we've been drifting apart we've decided to go away for a few days, without Alex. We're going to go to Chicago! We chose Chicago for a few different reasons, 1. It's a big city 2. We can take the train for cheap and not have to rent a car because of the lovely public transportation 3. We can see Alf and Alicia 4. Very tall hotels 5. Lots to do!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The tentative plan right now is to take the train (Amtrak) from Flint to Chicago on February 10th early in the morning. We'll arrive in Chicago around 11:15 local time and take a cab to our super awesome looking hotel, the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. Yeah, I know. Super cool. All 1,209 rooms and 34 floors of coolness. We will be on the top four floors, in a Club King Room, where we will have free continental breakfast, snacks and hor's deavours and beverages all day long. There is a giant indoor pool on one of those lower floors overlooking the river. There are bars, resteraunts, coffee shops and a gift shop. Oh, not to mention a freaking ball room!!! And room service and all that other fun stuff.</div><div></div><div>We're not making any plans except to relax and hopefully spend some time with Alf and Alicia one evening while we're there. We've talked about going to the Shedd Aquarium, or the Planetarium or one of the Museums, but we're just going to go and be together and do whatever we feel like doing! Mitchell wants to ride the L and I'd like to wander around and do some shopping. I'd also like to get some Chicago Style Pizza (I've been to Chicago before but never had pizza there...). We will take a cab ride and ride the L and walk and just be together! It will be wonderful!</div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-61695978768221245162009-01-24T08:10:00.000-08:002009-01-24T08:15:46.061-08:00Snowfest 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGQWccD1z4iB2fc0EzdUTYetSVhctoxBSaJyy-x0xCM7h4_WFpFys2kJ44Fm3LUUyIEavWAA5n49ORDQD-AazGq2Dp-tX5fLBJXZ8ahDSelRFriHH4PtSca1FvXfbnszL-SySmmayMf18/s1600-h/frakenmuth_mi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294894602923998082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGQWccD1z4iB2fc0EzdUTYetSVhctoxBSaJyy-x0xCM7h4_WFpFys2kJ44Fm3LUUyIEavWAA5n49ORDQD-AazGq2Dp-tX5fLBJXZ8ahDSelRFriHH4PtSca1FvXfbnszL-SySmmayMf18/s320/frakenmuth_mi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Yesterday we went up to Frankenmuth to walk around in the freezing cold to look at ice and snow sculptures. It was cold, but it was fun! My favorite carvings were the polar bears, the dragon and the baby star wars. :-) We had hot chocolate and ate at Zenders and bought caramel apples at the Bavarian Inn and bought candy at Rau's. It was a great day but unfortunately I didn't have my camera (dead battery) so no pictures. But my fingers were so numb I probbaly wouldn't have been able to push the button anyway... So I stole a picture from the internet!!!</div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-73301528401952511732009-01-12T08:07:00.000-08:002009-01-12T21:09:42.129-08:00Christmas Date!<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">For Christmas Mitchell got me a $50 gift card to the Somerset Mall in Troy, MI and $75 for dinner on the same day. We went yesterday after church and had a great time! The mall is on both the north and south sides of Big Beaver Road (really, I didn't make that name up!) and it's connected by a huge walkway with the moving floor thing, like in airports! It was a fantastic mall, with super nice rich fancy stores (Coach, Tiffany, Gucci, Louis Vuiton, ect.), stuff I couldn't afford! But we had a great time together and i managed to buy a few things. :-)<br /><br /><br />This is the walkway over Big Beaver Road.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPqhFeH8IO3nzCbX9LWbSWhawkF9hUNBEUygEbq0h2-ldGg1TMc2CtR0Sb_2udvmVw0VgEBHjbHbmzaabXtehJKiyqMdvDJjxWZ2mCCKZDabY6F8bZt7T4rXsQCDK2I1xcRgea8OlYZlg/s1600-h/DSCF2554.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290442271304916674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPqhFeH8IO3nzCbX9LWbSWhawkF9hUNBEUygEbq0h2-ldGg1TMc2CtR0Sb_2udvmVw0VgEBHjbHbmzaabXtehJKiyqMdvDJjxWZ2mCCKZDabY6F8bZt7T4rXsQCDK2I1xcRgea8OlYZlg/s320/DSCF2554.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a></p><p align="center"><br /><br />This is some "artwork" in front of the mall...<br />It looks more like something you'd throw at<br />an approaching army or something.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoQuHLsGAvpptX2eI2nUO-WNZLL_U8yesxidQcnUjmqY4ihqEI5KwB2E-pjX5uAov_RVOY2hKYXUjXb5keYC-nI1cI6xTHykkkkzvJ-W8XDRYvza6u-Jaj8fItBb18aTCjE3pj9EcZrVi/s1600-h/DSCF2555.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290442265878410418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoQuHLsGAvpptX2eI2nUO-WNZLL_U8yesxidQcnUjmqY4ihqEI5KwB2E-pjX5uAov_RVOY2hKYXUjXb5keYC-nI1cI6xTHykkkkzvJ-W8XDRYvza6u-Jaj8fItBb18aTCjE3pj9EcZrVi/s320/DSCF2555.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a></p><p align="center"><br /><br />The lobby of the south side, complete with<br />picturesque fountain and self playing grand piano.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BnVwErDjXgMbIibBeMYQ097QaMTmvxuV3YGe2c1LWTOSASaBxL02QMmaFiSxvMdMR1PLDtMbt4Unl2VycsiP5V88NF8bJvvSukohhLfgOZrmczuGI7_LtMn29tSavFKiFvZcdC8h5iJJ/s1600-h/DSCF2556.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290441871349790082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BnVwErDjXgMbIibBeMYQ097QaMTmvxuV3YGe2c1LWTOSASaBxL02QMmaFiSxvMdMR1PLDtMbt4Unl2VycsiP5V88NF8bJvvSukohhLfgOZrmczuGI7_LtMn29tSavFKiFvZcdC8h5iJJ/s320/DSCF2556.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a></p><p align="center"><br /><br />The roof in the food court, with some snow on it. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOrER6EP9Lb2M9O7T9pAAbF12lIC23-QrnHcTaCgwnz2MSmVYMssUf2Zu7JE_oLe239uaOvMnNm1-JOc-vmWRgzAlBY09096X4theBdgnvr2Yx4Pl-9nbDULxpyTIjEpRTk1ZkFa2ZUEt/s1600-h/DSCF2558.JPG"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290441865129571010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOrER6EP9Lb2M9O7T9pAAbF12lIC23-QrnHcTaCgwnz2MSmVYMssUf2Zu7JE_oLe239uaOvMnNm1-JOc-vmWRgzAlBY09096X4theBdgnvr2Yx4Pl-9nbDULxpyTIjEpRTk1ZkFa2ZUEt/s320/DSCF2558.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br />A peacock, in the Peacock Cafes (the food court). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_3KDw5rrzvFHCxVo9-yNODHfhyphenhyphenABh3eQB78O2wEwBYnCJKfDJcFDYGcAH2kAXMzNezDgXLMvQonaCCgKdEzSLootxeStw_ptm9sJE4zAG83D9wfV3_cp9RQ-VZ5YZn4XadTAXOwI8m-k/s1600-h/DSCF2559.JPG"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290441855180447954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_3KDw5rrzvFHCxVo9-yNODHfhyphenhyphenABh3eQB78O2wEwBYnCJKfDJcFDYGcAH2kAXMzNezDgXLMvQonaCCgKdEzSLootxeStw_ptm9sJE4zAG83D9wfV3_cp9RQ-VZ5YZn4XadTAXOwI8m-k/s320/DSCF2559.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br />The inside of the mall, north side. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9oHbAFJl0141MHAosT92qgiOfnD9D27EPwwpPAtabwbA-rRcubu74X1UkhgGkuiJtGyQBcD73pY_hixyZBJ_LbsOtVp0C3aQQo07yKaxJ0Dc2idXGiyZOFOAk13aWwxy5ZuH6D4P_wLd/s1600-h/DSCF2560.JPG"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290441851228321490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9oHbAFJl0141MHAosT92qgiOfnD9D27EPwwpPAtabwbA-rRcubu74X1UkhgGkuiJtGyQBcD73pY_hixyZBJ_LbsOtVp0C3aQQo07yKaxJ0Dc2idXGiyZOFOAk13aWwxy5ZuH6D4P_wLd/s320/DSCF2560.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br />Our dinner at P.F. Chang's!!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wp6hgzaz9MbRd78jmoVhJ35GHZTCrEoxSQ9peRFxJkez0FEknpnGA_KMI54CvuUheZIbkMXLREzaOCNsiWmYhS_MneL8KjV3kK3m-p_minJfJ60UbIzAHHziCH34ma6-X1y8VWhwwe7f/s1600-h/DSCF2562.JPG"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290441848139800802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wp6hgzaz9MbRd78jmoVhJ35GHZTCrEoxSQ9peRFxJkez0FEknpnGA_KMI54CvuUheZIbkMXLREzaOCNsiWmYhS_MneL8KjV3kK3m-p_minJfJ60UbIzAHHziCH34ma6-X1y8VWhwwe7f/s320/DSCF2562.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Lots of leftovers!</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290457422942250626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhbHtWOc3uMKWwWxXwJCtMX3nxj83UZVjOXvnwMFlZI-uUnfSNoP1aA4cuEmKXptvVaidrL0FX7Vyv0tjzxaL-JQBLjsAWw7h4Add_mS-5cjzAoVTex8C7RRwPI0yyLfrRkeD6IuW4JfS/s320/DSCF2567.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Dessert in shot glasses!</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290457436747176562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLxG7C_RhDYKQaq1hxEysq9S4LdkBjaunTJYeTMbo5pxARbs4IQaoLDsaY0845jywHMYuuqXV3Ode8mQBmLjsdhSz8jRY5g19FgthBjQvhUTwiH1KHLBuDMDwq-HMu5RzeIZVBXwocUgA/s320/DSCF2569.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />We're so cute! And full!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvlsn_udZ2YNwLDZq-rHX6wiD7d_mD-5UsRB1gE6hvcZrUGSErocH4SYrQ3EWRYBk4juuio9dcRvRlIpL-k-IVouNjukFCG4zQrTCYkbPOwMDuyNLwg97_QLoOACobmjtubDaLTMdyr3b/s1600-h/DSCF2563.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290440921716615170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvlsn_udZ2YNwLDZq-rHX6wiD7d_mD-5UsRB1gE6hvcZrUGSErocH4SYrQ3EWRYBk4juuio9dcRvRlIpL-k-IVouNjukFCG4zQrTCYkbPOwMDuyNLwg97_QLoOACobmjtubDaLTMdyr3b/s320/DSCF2563.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmxSku9M5K57YHfPmymEFnUopwLKNQ3ZKPBqLiASQrXK8fq-172kAj_yW5qVsH1TyniVvMiOb0YbW3BoSqFdXwdnryJAXKnXbKlHAsbqshHAU38iJNMJibAvVBr50il7-cK8GULcAU3US/s1600-h/DSCF2565.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290440910400909538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmxSku9M5K57YHfPmymEFnUopwLKNQ3ZKPBqLiASQrXK8fq-172kAj_yW5qVsH1TyniVvMiOb0YbW3BoSqFdXwdnryJAXKnXbKlHAsbqshHAU38iJNMJibAvVBr50il7-cK8GULcAU3US/s320/DSCF2565.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A cocktail napkin.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-duQTJQyRMP7ju2lQHx0VFdF-Ekb8zJeH97NYie3FejAc6avstW07MxYqF8banYccL_7jeJ6hGw7GgI_dl3tp4GUVIP7Lg6y2HKVKvDPmHW_0zlCjMxr8tWNNsEYaaf_CcpEEgWyZLYfd/s1600-h/DSCF2571.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290440908674006530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-duQTJQyRMP7ju2lQHx0VFdF-Ekb8zJeH97NYie3FejAc6avstW07MxYqF8banYccL_7jeJ6hGw7GgI_dl3tp4GUVIP7Lg6y2HKVKvDPmHW_0zlCjMxr8tWNNsEYaaf_CcpEEgWyZLYfd/s320/DSCF2571.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The horse statue out front of P.F. Chang's.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5hjDQbprye7-EshMSC8WmdUw30Tzayr7ElAzFdCdGNSlImz3h_Tp-Pue0ZIbdhH4ljyCdTae0EPvryGl-_HVs9UsXw3nrNYmQR3krCtSBUhX6ZEFKJ0mKz2dg0N1eI5NBJqibtKYJ1sh/s1600-h/DSCF2573.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290440902929703794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5hjDQbprye7-EshMSC8WmdUw30Tzayr7ElAzFdCdGNSlImz3h_Tp-Pue0ZIbdhH4ljyCdTae0EPvryGl-_HVs9UsXw3nrNYmQR3krCtSBUhX6ZEFKJ0mKz2dg0N1eI5NBJqibtKYJ1sh/s320/DSCF2573.JPG" border="0" /></a> The stuff I got at LUSH!</div><div>clockwise from top:</div><div>Almond Soap</div><div>Lemony Flutter cuticle creme</div><div>Whip Stick lip balm</div><div>massage bar</div><div>blonde hair shampoo bar</div><div>vanilla bath bomb</div><div>Happy Hippie shower gel</div><div>Dream Cream lotion</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290640365888431602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3gOK62YVat9cu0CKE6BZFK3svUtRFS2Z-vez_XfMH17s21HTqDxUqyIWtxB9PvJiPOWtfflfKPqgmWeVjWt7CN7GLF1lHg_bdRRl-HgBMNL-QZOziPoQ8xLoC-Bfhjn9mhqSlMNjC-wdF/s320/DSCF2595.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014735878286004285.post-48182034305929828242009-01-10T12:01:00.000-08:002009-01-10T12:27:08.539-08:00<p>This is probably my favorite video of Alex. I love the way he says 'bye' at the end. :=) Enjoy!</p><p> </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyi3LlRND15-OKE6YBtRS48Ix2yDJWyrlNz8dtcf1A38Bo_qLtpKMDtj4MZIN4N2b9EqHuag9-tG_ahtognGg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>Korihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886180092048690180noreply@blogger.com1