tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48220870775654315662024-02-18T23:59:58.004-08:00OldAsDirtoldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-37494098753375722552008-02-06T22:24:00.000-08:002008-02-06T23:04:54.028-08:00How Did I Miss January?A month gone by too quickly. Here's a series of photo updates.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHp2ZxMbaFe55oKCWDoyXjrLN3q8EbIP01e2zXBZ-Y9J_4tTxUel8_oKfFucEkK4biQCmg-Q2BiOmTNjXH2KhBZrptkkxCIvXhslsD0Jsdy2xY6MmiifwRmPR1X9CVmANt1KQjMVHXCY/s1600-h/100_0419.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHp2ZxMbaFe55oKCWDoyXjrLN3q8EbIP01e2zXBZ-Y9J_4tTxUel8_oKfFucEkK4biQCmg-Q2BiOmTNjXH2KhBZrptkkxCIvXhslsD0Jsdy2xY6MmiifwRmPR1X9CVmANt1KQjMVHXCY/s400/100_0419.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164124080321914626" border="0" /></a>Counting her olives, Oa adorns herself.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VUqr8sSPgf021WyJeA9Nszk8uU5ajBwls-jQQQfrgkUOeb3jmL3UD7M993n0hKtf3WhBJIxO2Yg9iuPodD4cH5sbVkDECLejGhAfTnyYsv3XV4C9FVnHeeA0VBTod3r80bgZ_10JSfw/s1600-h/IMG_1014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VUqr8sSPgf021WyJeA9Nszk8uU5ajBwls-jQQQfrgkUOeb3jmL3UD7M993n0hKtf3WhBJIxO2Yg9iuPodD4cH5sbVkDECLejGhAfTnyYsv3XV4C9FVnHeeA0VBTod3r80bgZ_10JSfw/s400/IMG_1014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164125227078182674" border="0" /></a>We spent New Year's Eve with our friends from church... yest, I'm a real party animal!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKR_1YcMfZiGRn9q_gXASM-yoRGwNMJcmsjmiXXM5_xt4lHWC-Gi4TZwJe1bd-L9A_JaKvyYNxUaAo4fq-ukqgapQ50O0G5RhOcXcScuyGCq2Lv-U_rb6vKvqGg7PUwqbKwBvgxvu8XmE/s1600-h/IMG_1016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKR_1YcMfZiGRn9q_gXASM-yoRGwNMJcmsjmiXXM5_xt4lHWC-Gi4TZwJe1bd-L9A_JaKvyYNxUaAo4fq-ukqgapQ50O0G5RhOcXcScuyGCq2Lv-U_rb6vKvqGg7PUwqbKwBvgxvu8XmE/s400/IMG_1016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164125579265500962" border="0" /></a>The kids are going very strong (too strong) at midnight.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_feXu1_bl6mCp5WSrw2FJBtMYcxux6PQ5poipfcu7nQp5-k_lKRFtqqKmwE0dh0N_KESxiDwISAixL1_FS4uS1MQw7W5SVY-rAiLPeVIBSx0NyoI0mlBMByvzFK69A5t3KVCrXVSJpw/s1600-h/IMG_1025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_feXu1_bl6mCp5WSrw2FJBtMYcxux6PQ5poipfcu7nQp5-k_lKRFtqqKmwE0dh0N_KESxiDwISAixL1_FS4uS1MQw7W5SVY-rAiLPeVIBSx0NyoI0mlBMByvzFK69A5t3KVCrXVSJpw/s400/IMG_1025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164125828373604146" border="0" /></a>Oa combines culinary skills with innate fashion sense.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IBGh4FiFzHtYAAFA-rE8hKoXMV78-L_NYmcXkomB8ZzIidCqojPhjqWSZgMxhm2DL1XIFbcM8yUpSQPBVc86YPrW1V-mncdCOOVTKkSeegkgKUDYhMw2EjxVPGGOjRHawFCmCYdk9rU/s1600-h/IMG_1026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IBGh4FiFzHtYAAFA-rE8hKoXMV78-L_NYmcXkomB8ZzIidCqojPhjqWSZgMxhm2DL1XIFbcM8yUpSQPBVc86YPrW1V-mncdCOOVTKkSeegkgKUDYhMw2EjxVPGGOjRHawFCmCYdk9rU/s400/IMG_1026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164126103251511106" border="0" /></a>After every vacation must come a first day of school.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyT79Ykq6YcnmTlDParnVi2KXWXwz0_0jF3T5uvBXCXrn7bFBFWR9qUkRSMONxUDS5lcaB8CLmYnRqGRqmzP4Qx-waLoiAW2Wkae1r3cNAGiPxFSl9MNgp3WVeDwpvbpBOt9XSFb46bp8/s1600-h/IMG_1027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyT79Ykq6YcnmTlDParnVi2KXWXwz0_0jF3T5uvBXCXrn7bFBFWR9qUkRSMONxUDS5lcaB8CLmYnRqGRqmzP4Qx-waLoiAW2Wkae1r3cNAGiPxFSl9MNgp3WVeDwpvbpBOt9XSFb46bp8/s400/IMG_1027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164126678777128786" border="0" /></a>One more vote for afternoon only school.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2mxaV4Auwquk-Bd7ZctYIR568LNm4y-OAZnt2wf7UbyX3oVLe-9SNpikIJZT9taGteCGcWEV8pPAhhPL5ndSIVFvlDp3clLXNHMGE6QMYqzBLOn6ina3PLDS_IyvFVljLIUNl15_DC8/s1600-h/IMG_1057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2mxaV4Auwquk-Bd7ZctYIR568LNm4y-OAZnt2wf7UbyX3oVLe-9SNpikIJZT9taGteCGcWEV8pPAhhPL5ndSIVFvlDp3clLXNHMGE6QMYqzBLOn6ina3PLDS_IyvFVljLIUNl15_DC8/s400/IMG_1057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164128478368425842" border="0" /></a>My biodiesel converter finally arrived. I'll start making fuel from waste vegetable oil sometime in Feb.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqumRoR9nZ5ZFHr-1r6cgs-DBfi2UVJotgXf3k5ynq5aakiJc7cmB0Blo-vCYCmyGkoTpoEffC8bn8PE3iuBhecoJP_ejG04Vmmw61243eNoy-OnN_5Zj9OyFj30599AnC2cDLww6733U/s1600-h/IMG_1066.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqumRoR9nZ5ZFHr-1r6cgs-DBfi2UVJotgXf3k5ynq5aakiJc7cmB0Blo-vCYCmyGkoTpoEffC8bn8PE3iuBhecoJP_ejG04Vmmw61243eNoy-OnN_5Zj9OyFj30599AnC2cDLww6733U/s400/IMG_1066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164128882095351682" border="0" /></a>Chase gets his groove on in my shopsuit.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPBGoAZH97Lnb6W_7Lx5ow02mrOzd53VwVckRChjRTsG85oW7ujqWF3XAJ_o-DzNT6yPvYmVFq8n68fIw0_xC5hMjz8On48t13uuEMWj3LnlVkg2UCUKPqdoxukL6Ohy81D7UgrY49aQ/s1600-h/IMG_1080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPBGoAZH97Lnb6W_7Lx5ow02mrOzd53VwVckRChjRTsG85oW7ujqWF3XAJ_o-DzNT6yPvYmVFq8n68fIw0_xC5hMjz8On48t13uuEMWj3LnlVkg2UCUKPqdoxukL6Ohy81D7UgrY49aQ/s400/IMG_1080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164129320182015890" border="0" /></a>Krista and her friend Shelby work out our zip line.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmFWmYJKC2BhCJdxn4j-R2NJnP9dpUzVzBaqPSKmAPcK3lE5M_v3RZIuJWcJ5rHpwtfkEZkul9EySCb6hkAxbEy3iVooEagRwETg0YSTfTsGlaKkovZ_WCJhiIB2K0nlLKfpwmZowOkc/s1600-h/IMG_1083.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmFWmYJKC2BhCJdxn4j-R2NJnP9dpUzVzBaqPSKmAPcK3lE5M_v3RZIuJWcJ5rHpwtfkEZkul9EySCb6hkAxbEy3iVooEagRwETg0YSTfTsGlaKkovZ_WCJhiIB2K0nlLKfpwmZowOkc/s400/IMG_1083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164129680959268770" border="0" /></a>Shadow's my date to the family reunion in March.oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-65163584613335674682007-12-28T22:49:00.001-08:002007-12-28T23:27:35.585-08:00Christmas Montage of Photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPWDdOwQUMiBAyGNCnbzhe5yU_7Fcn1-Zmj0h9Fyo-NtGDUMQlV_fUwJ9oeGstjVsDrwlWfbEOfEfMNJtJJlyHWu9RPw98xv1E6cm2vdjLHiUiYLeyidyAdQnnHLByKvY653luFph1Iw/s1600-h/IMG_0712.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPWDdOwQUMiBAyGNCnbzhe5yU_7Fcn1-Zmj0h9Fyo-NtGDUMQlV_fUwJ9oeGstjVsDrwlWfbEOfEfMNJtJJlyHWu9RPw98xv1E6cm2vdjLHiUiYLeyidyAdQnnHLByKvY653luFph1Iw/s400/IMG_0712.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289973050426130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFcJ5b4PzwdarlI9530xrz-dcGwkSHi1zVt1PJPyWu9xylUDkV3aAXpEBDkOCnYgQqev_KKP0bj65swE5shVUfWclvkBg__PwNt2xRMvSqluc7HKhmmsKtZDGdC1mB0oRlDrt2zNIeYw/s1600-h/IMG_0713.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFcJ5b4PzwdarlI9530xrz-dcGwkSHi1zVt1PJPyWu9xylUDkV3aAXpEBDkOCnYgQqev_KKP0bj65swE5shVUfWclvkBg__PwNt2xRMvSqluc7HKhmmsKtZDGdC1mB0oRlDrt2zNIeYw/s400/IMG_0713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289887151080194" border="0" /></a><br />The stockings were hung by the chimney with care....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVSNs3Kai2w2TctPQIFO5rPyEmJ983kWGzfQ1mIMdFxYfCKn_HUFzEjXqUZufI6aOIRgZbKxfivzPc2_lJCKEWPDMePDysWjbLcKS67VXS1CFb5AMksYVe6xhTxeO4O3uLwv0SwpIM_4/s1600-h/IMG_0715.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVSNs3Kai2w2TctPQIFO5rPyEmJ983kWGzfQ1mIMdFxYfCKn_HUFzEjXqUZufI6aOIRgZbKxfivzPc2_lJCKEWPDMePDysWjbLcKS67VXS1CFb5AMksYVe6xhTxeO4O3uLwv0SwpIM_4/s400/IMG_0715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289805546701554" border="0" /></a><br />Krista did the whole thing... a work of art!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJyVKEMLeUuCz7hAB3uzxlhKvRXGJMqzOtMJdPGYAEjn4clSzKWBIZJFjgcXDGfP5-ejK2JaafxdcOY6GcPUYnhYSkFxHv7vB2UPG1vFKJRHnddby9hspDn-n_lFIKEkvuoxVKwYw-mY/s1600-h/IMG_0716.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJyVKEMLeUuCz7hAB3uzxlhKvRXGJMqzOtMJdPGYAEjn4clSzKWBIZJFjgcXDGfP5-ejK2JaafxdcOY6GcPUYnhYSkFxHv7vB2UPG1vFKJRHnddby9hspDn-n_lFIKEkvuoxVKwYw-mY/s400/IMG_0716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289702467486434" border="0" /></a><br />Next year, a smaller christmas jigsaw puzzle.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RY5YM2l8jVV0u4Fo9E6FbwKBYynQ-8Ad0OtRKA6-x4VDBU8l5kqG7yaH2WupPHDODEypfzHQO0gk_jrUsVQC3aYAs7QhGRU2QMqfo1Avx9ajOvDjq1xycVqO_Ussl65biXtbKomrqvg/s1600-h/IMG_0717.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RY5YM2l8jVV0u4Fo9E6FbwKBYynQ-8Ad0OtRKA6-x4VDBU8l5kqG7yaH2WupPHDODEypfzHQO0gk_jrUsVQC3aYAs7QhGRU2QMqfo1Avx9ajOvDjq1xycVqO_Ussl65biXtbKomrqvg/s400/IMG_0717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289612273173202" border="0" /></a><br />Jenny will thank Chase for this................ someday.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nA3nlyDBbdT74WJpOSuYGg8QEpG_pyQpUWtvbHnAA4oytCycfOWYmEb5SRghhqEE0s2L-mx6zP5_LIkxEaIwRTID0GiOs1iJAlt6x_DwZ0PV9DcXa0DfksCmbacm1Ev_CzdsLTytFlM/s1600-h/IMG_0719.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nA3nlyDBbdT74WJpOSuYGg8QEpG_pyQpUWtvbHnAA4oytCycfOWYmEb5SRghhqEE0s2L-mx6zP5_LIkxEaIwRTID0GiOs1iJAlt6x_DwZ0PV9DcXa0DfksCmbacm1Ev_CzdsLTytFlM/s400/IMG_0719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289543553696450" border="0" /></a><br />Can you say puppy chow?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0icEnMYOBsBm9T8SfNORQzDlR0UofBBZIn2ctk24ucJawGzlpEq5eCJYnv_0fhvQgP9i3da_gU9N-CiII8U8Vt6Hx949qxqLb5vc3F_rbx_1ShTvMruWI6R06wPNzMjJrepb9yl7u0h4/s1600-h/IMG_0726.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0icEnMYOBsBm9T8SfNORQzDlR0UofBBZIn2ctk24ucJawGzlpEq5eCJYnv_0fhvQgP9i3da_gU9N-CiII8U8Vt6Hx949qxqLb5vc3F_rbx_1ShTvMruWI6R06wPNzMjJrepb9yl7u0h4/s400/IMG_0726.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289449064415922" border="0" /></a><br />Hmmm, food!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFjhJZ-C9p4TuGAZUmceL33MNnKajUm2Gg8kFKeGmye1e1iApKyDfJu8BC90jJgcf66uKqoDzW05WeTFC_urmuknLs8TUXyr8B2HzvBfRURvbprRynfTptg46nNdUwEZBbqboUm_AsDQ/s1600-h/IMG_0727.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFjhJZ-C9p4TuGAZUmceL33MNnKajUm2Gg8kFKeGmye1e1iApKyDfJu8BC90jJgcf66uKqoDzW05WeTFC_urmuknLs8TUXyr8B2HzvBfRURvbprRynfTptg46nNdUwEZBbqboUm_AsDQ/s400/IMG_0727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289358870102690" border="0" /></a><br />Hmmmm.....food?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu69I5uKH-D3byZLsRRqSVYxCMeijQx85fpzWQH2RI-Jj8zj0IWQCN-NLxhvHxDxbwuypzAlOg_hMP_eulPkn-ra-tqCF4B0AW48AR3g43mUwOFBnucwvH7weP78pe4Oq_8vvCx4r7v1c/s1600-h/IMG_0729.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu69I5uKH-D3byZLsRRqSVYxCMeijQx85fpzWQH2RI-Jj8zj0IWQCN-NLxhvHxDxbwuypzAlOg_hMP_eulPkn-ra-tqCF4B0AW48AR3g43mUwOFBnucwvH7weP78pe4Oq_8vvCx4r7v1c/s400/IMG_0729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289285855658642" border="0" /></a><br />Why does Boyd have to sit with Shadow on the floor to eat? He doesn't seem to mind.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTCBaFcid9QbFppZYjJPMz2h5o5GthOXXgEYsNhvR1QR7rB-ZwpVymblz9oueCVm1ojex_rA7UVpbPBonCXwPzY0zZfsy9qVbsLwWkZus32GZz2-zmCY5zs4H52aywqGGHEQX14yoXJI/s1600-h/IMG_0731.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTCBaFcid9QbFppZYjJPMz2h5o5GthOXXgEYsNhvR1QR7rB-ZwpVymblz9oueCVm1ojex_rA7UVpbPBonCXwPzY0zZfsy9qVbsLwWkZus32GZz2-zmCY5zs4H52aywqGGHEQX14yoXJI/s400/IMG_0731.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149289212841214594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfaNVudSVFY7oeq8W1gAY12n8gNwbltO33VwdEpvjQx_GvLQREMAPkcg6iQrTqbmRQT2lgcJLKgcr_ZlNiF5GGLxKSc5sZT72EJEyPSf3DdtlZ1REcNogHV8vrNuS-PVKf0ov0IJWcaU/s1600-h/IMG_0732.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawH6p2ExmB8B_x-3snNAMni5_l7O8GoFugIf6NRz4oWKfo6SrYYujNQZhyphenhyphenxNUQqjg3-Hxfp7xBvnoheagUckAG7OmmBSpdwCf_S-HTsp436qII589bDNaO87nuSzRq97uKJdTpbHL8R8/s400/IMG_0781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149288590070956562" border="0" /></a><br />Alice made our Nativity Act with her great music.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjgOkMh-u-4qOr0s9R9JxPvBWoZgykz-Z8MCxxclCOMBRCKjHzPyKASIU1kZQWzataaFqQFnZfqv8g52FqD3-RSP6xRyfSqBt272vclUyANOZOjZHxYt0pZ-PegC07HtHT_s4y9hyphenhyphenSd4/s1600-h/IMG_0791.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjgOkMh-u-4qOr0s9R9JxPvBWoZgykz-Z8MCxxclCOMBRCKjHzPyKASIU1kZQWzataaFqQFnZfqv8g52FqD3-RSP6xRyfSqBt272vclUyANOZOjZHxYt0pZ-PegC07HtHT_s4y9hyphenhyphenSd4/s400/IMG_0791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149288491286708738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2f1E6M3HB2ZAZpTiXd423I7LHn10u6pIoCmVG1geaKw96AFtv-hyQrSZfGeKfDspXdEM_AzOgU6rTrvWqINsPR2cu1zmm38ryYSe8_PeG2Ac5wtRHqqtcWyYRXKv4ip8f3eReiIdbP0/s1600-h/IMG_0796.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2f1E6M3HB2ZAZpTiXd423I7LHn10u6pIoCmVG1geaKw96AFtv-hyQrSZfGeKfDspXdEM_AzOgU6rTrvWqINsPR2cu1zmm38ryYSe8_PeG2Ac5wtRHqqtcWyYRXKv4ip8f3eReiIdbP0/s400/IMG_0796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149288413977297394" border="0" /></a><br />The Happy Hainsworths<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejkMBjQCuTlKus5I3MGMs-mLYOlwMGqD0FHISq5_Acdm340I68OOMD3ZEZnUJxvrtCsN2wUkVxKGzhofg1M9iLw1qgGTdw-bWVlviDxlyEM3n-c9x5NCIOAz_PkskHpv3sjNl8NZ3JpA/s1600-h/IMG_0798.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejkMBjQCuTlKus5I3MGMs-mLYOlwMGqD0FHISq5_Acdm340I68OOMD3ZEZnUJxvrtCsN2wUkVxKGzhofg1M9iLw1qgGTdw-bWVlviDxlyEM3n-c9x5NCIOAz_PkskHpv3sjNl8NZ3JpA/s400/IMG_0798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149288315193049570" border="0" /></a><br />Nativity scene preparations<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb7ddk4uw6Wo9QkRYgpzIGpO6jY1RwQ3SVrwF9MjIghbJXP0NPsbCpEzxtAfcNE6-xAXp2PryujvWxKP0eZ-mZhgc8Eb2ydtMJjG_xrVm8QjqXyrD5ELeCfyE-47Ebb2fbUVmKksUHpk/s1600-h/IMG_0800.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb7ddk4uw6Wo9QkRYgpzIGpO6jY1RwQ3SVrwF9MjIghbJXP0NPsbCpEzxtAfcNE6-xAXp2PryujvWxKP0eZ-mZhgc8Eb2ydtMJjG_xrVm8QjqXyrD5ELeCfyE-47Ebb2fbUVmKksUHpk/s400/IMG_0800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149288182049063378" border="0" /></a><br />David is even happy when he's the donkey.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrEDfDLgX2P781yufYqeeibIoDr4XF8UVAcahFqC9tQBFYdSVJdoH3EThyphenhyphenKMnV5Yuwui3pbFxDiVpYMppm-bx8bUOxPCsi_mtPuzbqYo_ZfS8rivsXRTTzfGP_2Ce89lzaKy5aAoHhuM/s1600-h/IMG_0802.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrEDfDLgX2P781yufYqeeibIoDr4XF8UVAcahFqC9tQBFYdSVJdoH3EThyphenhyphenKMnV5Yuwui3pbFxDiVpYMppm-bx8bUOxPCsi_mtPuzbqYo_ZfS8rivsXRTTzfGP_2Ce89lzaKy5aAoHhuM/s400/IMG_0802.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149288036020175298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOafO8xiSIOgL6dU2VeLSw1-FRrmwKEbFRS5OpYZ3fQfIZkNm3n6ExZ2TiYOiqGEvXRQa4bTjiY22OBozCQ5J2eCzSwB1vdmAxPYJzzlC2V5zKFX2RYolTviCnK3fqPVR6C0flSqcAyYw/s1600-h/IMG_0807.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NI05LZPMIkgbjVC4_eTr1WJ8nIw9dywM_RLe59E990omV96EDnRNJzQODubAWNlORQwQ250Ibgt9_47H912mndB9s9ra_DHozl8X2Wxk8UDoszdL2jkdOirNc-VtaVy2ngE1EZov6n4/s1600-h/IMG_0691.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NI05LZPMIkgbjVC4_eTr1WJ8nIw9dywM_RLe59E990omV96EDnRNJzQODubAWNlORQwQ250Ibgt9_47H912mndB9s9ra_DHozl8X2Wxk8UDoszdL2jkdOirNc-VtaVy2ngE1EZov6n4/s400/IMG_0691.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope your Christmas was safe and full of family wonder. Ours was..... "I wonder why Dad is so weird".... "I wonder if he's adopted....." It was so great being all together... I know the in-law kids were missing their own families, but glad '07' was our turn. Best way to share it is through the pictures. Here goes.<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zx2eoLICOUHzWsG_zBpZC8Fq-Mo1H9AtDw8ieFn1UktOEfZruFKVMqElSTiwnBB67GlXt690v9IhNsrtoczWBRHm1ZGPWFNCXh6fhkJMhH_SKxmOrppkEx6LV0BSukkah4ol_wYOQ4Q/s1600-h/IMG_0687.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zx2eoLICOUHzWsG_zBpZC8Fq-Mo1H9AtDw8ieFn1UktOEfZruFKVMqElSTiwnBB67GlXt690v9IhNsrtoczWBRHm1ZGPWFNCXh6fhkJMhH_SKxmOrppkEx6LV0BSukkah4ol_wYOQ4Q/s400/IMG_0687.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Krista's clothes look good on Chase!<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrItD05Jdp6FfW3Vf4rJ-DVnqb8HSTNTaXmf8Mxz2FFv-8Zr_gWGarnXcc_DtcDaQa4kMsrt40qSIVnx7xqEZ6719dcq-nm_aqhccIscCBLegDy4W7eBUIQrcm3KISOgFAfkOm1SN9QXs/s1600-h/IMG_0695.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrItD05Jdp6FfW3Vf4rJ-DVnqb8HSTNTaXmf8Mxz2FFv-8Zr_gWGarnXcc_DtcDaQa4kMsrt40qSIVnx7xqEZ6719dcq-nm_aqhccIscCBLegDy4W7eBUIQrcm3KISOgFAfkOm1SN9QXs/s400/IMG_0695.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">It doesn't take much to content Josh<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvp1xqWz7dOlS2bQ5CikAAe1bydfvv5pdB0WJHF8iz7bUr9r2bmkxecoETaYAdJkaSZUq9olqXv5XVrhwF7r81XiIU0kFWDgG_TVlEVfLA6gP12DJaPUVFkIQ6gT2VvPmkC5VtOKfBAJo/s1600-h/IMG_0696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvp1xqWz7dOlS2bQ5CikAAe1bydfvv5pdB0WJHF8iz7bUr9r2bmkxecoETaYAdJkaSZUq9olqXv5XVrhwF7r81XiIU0kFWDgG_TVlEVfLA6gP12DJaPUVFkIQ6gT2VvPmkC5VtOKfBAJo/s400/IMG_0696.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 16px; height: 14px;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-75240385333400640562007-12-22T13:48:00.000-08:002007-12-22T13:54:21.606-08:00Christmas is Coming! And so are You!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqEQJIDlApvravJq3SVqWMJqkxRUyX1mvgikPRVevgvrBeB-xzA456J-WJ2zIZBWEKBfDxr4rJTIsgY3habZpKkpBi3p8P64WLDQXtJo3GmpzPDIGaKlL4qd1ojXq_m_fuQ9Iz66u7PY/s1600-h/100_0481.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqEQJIDlApvravJq3SVqWMJqkxRUyX1mvgikPRVevgvrBeB-xzA456J-WJ2zIZBWEKBfDxr4rJTIsgY3habZpKkpBi3p8P64WLDQXtJo3GmpzPDIGaKlL4qd1ojXq_m_fuQ9Iz66u7PY/s400/100_0481.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146918820390551122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /> We are so looking forward Christmas. The greatest part will be your coming. Sunday night can't get here soon enough! The kids have been out of school for a week. Key events have been video games to new heights, Josh and Krista climbing into Santa's workshop (formally known as the RV), Dad's surgery going well, and our house closing yesterday!!! (Free at last!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAdnHhZEfjkia-bWh_Gy2kMk3PM-sctqSUHnq6dMgJN2g44QBHzXiKWYQlJFQdAw1nuQzK4Zgef4HBRYuksw4ZC3f9YdVDKOHTAFOGDRnEwRqo85V4dKuyRsc4AJLHoEEi_34-p-LzoE/s1600-h/100_0480.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAdnHhZEfjkia-bWh_Gy2kMk3PM-sctqSUHnq6dMgJN2g44QBHzXiKWYQlJFQdAw1nuQzK4Zgef4HBRYuksw4ZC3f9YdVDKOHTAFOGDRnEwRqo85V4dKuyRsc4AJLHoEEi_34-p-LzoE/s400/100_0480.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146918459613298226" border="0" /></a>oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-36131876501487708862007-12-14T23:38:00.000-08:002007-12-15T00:33:02.995-08:00Preparing for Christmas<div style="text-align: center;">As we prepare for Christmas on Haywain Drive, I hope you are blessed with the peace and joy the season will bring those who can overlook the commerce of it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDDgNSzM8x5-sRNsBcErzf5aiy-YIJ8EGtDkWYWMl2YoO-x0ipzGYeSqm2nXD_Wnoda1QhbuuWzqCOccFPZxyFcOLHL1S6Kl9LWmJSXhb61UnklGenKnnRhgLYqcOJ5zmNq3ElUVF-oE/s1600-h/100_0471.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDDgNSzM8x5-sRNsBcErzf5aiy-YIJ8EGtDkWYWMl2YoO-x0ipzGYeSqm2nXD_Wnoda1QhbuuWzqCOccFPZxyFcOLHL1S6Kl9LWmJSXhb61UnklGenKnnRhgLYqcOJ5zmNq3ElUVF-oE/s400/100_0471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144102421356002738" border="0" /></a>Chase enjoys his height by attaching the top section of the tree this year.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuG3YrxOy63LMaic87L3EW_7Vb09LQEXYemkJUDgIO1iqjC8moEcpZZ1E-GNYkCHjVTUS2uqqekoJvU68oK1xtl58rmb78eytv-qCff-yttQEnUzPRU8x18cYqPyjzmio0VRWuadj360/s1600-h/100_0446.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuG3YrxOy63LMaic87L3EW_7Vb09LQEXYemkJUDgIO1iqjC8moEcpZZ1E-GNYkCHjVTUS2uqqekoJvU68oK1xtl58rmb78eytv-qCff-yttQEnUzPRU8x18cYqPyjzmio0VRWuadj360/s400/100_0446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144102902392339906" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chase and Krista made a Gingerbread House this year.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZO0DDTvjAcl3KaH5Dq-5jqyL_C6dQm-j4LesfjvUKkb4w1o8bx2TegKM74DwMbfxZN8QVBq4eUliOmKoXUkpyIyi1wU-d8XW3qltkCQcVsnesppWh0Wj9UNOV4h1YURlub9pfmdEorg/s1600-h/100_0448.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZO0DDTvjAcl3KaH5Dq-5jqyL_C6dQm-j4LesfjvUKkb4w1o8bx2TegKM74DwMbfxZN8QVBq4eUliOmKoXUkpyIyi1wU-d8XW3qltkCQcVsnesppWh0Wj9UNOV4h1YURlub9pfmdEorg/s400/100_0448.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144103250284690898" border="0" /></a>The finished product.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCO7Q-wF-jAf4kCa_KBgY37FaNMCPz-wd9busOQHXj-ULftVauJkXGY6Rf0gebb-do59ThveSb3nVaaYClkhWM7oqzNP383YYjKtWr72TDq7I9M3gw6UID5muVyq-IaT-jepExjK5mFPQ/s1600-h/100_0450.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCO7Q-wF-jAf4kCa_KBgY37FaNMCPz-wd9busOQHXj-ULftVauJkXGY6Rf0gebb-do59ThveSb3nVaaYClkhWM7oqzNP383YYjKtWr72TDq7I9M3gw6UID5muVyq-IaT-jepExjK5mFPQ/s400/100_0450.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144103662601551330" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Have you ever tried to decorate a cat? The scratches will heal.<br />Oa entertained us at the office party (a dinner at our house) by showing her 'olive fingers'.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAWLB2eVCGOlFZUKgps1dCZ9jQaUZQm8dMiLtZQfm03AQfNLNx_2RZtvr7zAf_v_Xvh6NbobrVgiNA1XHzGD3fv0x7G22GpO3bGpiQLi2Yo4fwnWS8FagJEAU-alzA4pUx50Fx-CuxCg/s1600-h/100_0422.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAWLB2eVCGOlFZUKgps1dCZ9jQaUZQm8dMiLtZQfm03AQfNLNx_2RZtvr7zAf_v_Xvh6NbobrVgiNA1XHzGD3fv0x7G22GpO3bGpiQLi2Yo4fwnWS8FagJEAU-alzA4pUx50Fx-CuxCg/s400/100_0422.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144104074918411762" border="0" /></a></div></div>oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-78032545435383159922007-12-04T01:16:00.000-08:002007-12-04T01:29:12.371-08:00Great Machine Music!! This is real technomusic, courtesy engineer students and John Deere Tractor parts. Thanks, Jan for the clip.<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyHEur5nKSs7-aKxrlrEPK9XBH6gZ2DjhcXZSCoZ20VoguUOBEjSRI5ktOG2nxmeMoFSJ0j_z03QdQTXRSzkg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-49882466601617152362007-11-27T03:54:00.001-08:002007-11-27T03:58:08.179-08:00Time for Confession...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMX9OrHOBeqhO0NDfHqDJelL7V1OyAbbiwFlTDYXmaqSBj7gLi-KG3iNLGE5D60uFw25cfvlT6NxufYkvGdjj0Mwsdq5YjMxeA-TQQ_McuwIoaPALzxMEXSLSO7Z19lUcXwq9DU1pvyA/s1600-h/polercookies.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMX9OrHOBeqhO0NDfHqDJelL7V1OyAbbiwFlTDYXmaqSBj7gLi-KG3iNLGE5D60uFw25cfvlT6NxufYkvGdjj0Mwsdq5YjMxeA-TQQ_McuwIoaPALzxMEXSLSO7Z19lUcXwq9DU1pvyA/s400/polercookies.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137487424999151954" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, time to 'fess up. On our trip, I taught the kids how to play 'Oreo Poker'. We played 5 card draw, seven card stud, with and without wild cards. I know I am a bad father, corrupting my kids, but we had lots of fun. I figure that if I have started them on a slippery slope of gambling degeneracy, the results will be obesity, not poverty. Sometimes you just have to pick your poison.<br /></div>oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-35074785496861087372007-11-25T16:25:00.001-08:002007-11-25T16:28:01.409-08:00What are we Going to Do With These Kids????<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfYKgLBrXZ7TvJ150l9gu8cCzmKSHyzBfBC-m9SklLxM8YOQf2uTbnPnOlgcXAyfeR3vnFwoqvy4X7U0BfnFXGtmz955m2HSTUb-rcmxW_vGq7Yh6X4UHRwakp_ch36ZAfh4LYxNw-Eo/s1600-h/Photo_062307_001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfYKgLBrXZ7TvJ150l9gu8cCzmKSHyzBfBC-m9SklLxM8YOQf2uTbnPnOlgcXAyfeR3vnFwoqvy4X7U0BfnFXGtmz955m2HSTUb-rcmxW_vGq7Yh6X4UHRwakp_ch36ZAfh4LYxNw-Eo/s400/Photo_062307_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136939189603686690" border="0" /></a><br />I just don't know what to do with this generation. Leone ignores everything I say because her head is in her ICLOG, or IHOG, or whatever those durn things are called. Just can't unhook her from her gizmo!oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-33887733575440729802007-11-24T04:10:00.000-08:002007-11-25T16:18:27.259-08:00Giving Thanks<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGMdJxVX7hIfjz9KtugSpHVP5w2_tcYB6CbWnytQ2M2PpFEwSVoD3tlCx9FK82B8qBNrPINGbh7TV1EkzcRzv0VV3nM6vR26TswLEcRbdFpBA1zbrsxn71U-amAOk9n1gL4ROUieizBg/s1600-h/IMG_0170.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGMdJxVX7hIfjz9KtugSpHVP5w2_tcYB6CbWnytQ2M2PpFEwSVoD3tlCx9FK82B8qBNrPINGbh7TV1EkzcRzv0VV3nM6vR26TswLEcRbdFpBA1zbrsxn71U-amAOk9n1gL4ROUieizBg/s400/IMG_0170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136411840634181250" border="0" /></a>Having a Gymnast for a Son Means Position Tolerance While Listening<br /></div> This year we gave thanks by living thankfully. Chase, Krista, Josh and I took to the road, a 1,200 mile camping trip across the Florida peninsula. We lived as Traci liked to live: seeing new things and riding rollicking roller coasters. We coastered through Busch Gardens in Tampa and Universal Studios in Orlando. We endured park-wide tinny Christmas tunes at Busch Gardens in 85 degree sunshine. We visited the new and improved Kennedy Space Center, went to Coco Beach on Thanksgiving day, and ate Thanksgiving dinner at IHOP. We skipped St Augustine to get back home to visit with family longer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IdCY4CkIOHO28MlP0K-WS1sXMn05ZfSb99dfXGeDbIiwEbeVtXVrXHFFe8nHl4K9kSlwZx7jVytnnzSBQteaAvuWd_d_YiEEP28I6x0rcXOJkIKXIP6ksb3bub-jaOk9aZCMlzHoVT4/s1600-h/IMG_0173.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IdCY4CkIOHO28MlP0K-WS1sXMn05ZfSb99dfXGeDbIiwEbeVtXVrXHFFe8nHl4K9kSlwZx7jVytnnzSBQteaAvuWd_d_YiEEP28I6x0rcXOJkIKXIP6ksb3bub-jaOk9aZCMlzHoVT4/s400/IMG_0173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136441445843752674" border="0" /></a><br />Josh is now 54" tall and can ride all coasters. He was afraid of the Hulk coaster, however, so he shrunk down to stay off it. That night I bought him 'platform' tennis shoes, and put a 3/4" duct tape heel riser in it to keep my 'shrinking son' on the roller coasters! He liked the other ones he went on.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yQAEHkUcny52Qomm8BZxwJ1WoCyZu2hoMBjmLMnMaZOFIJ61vNMmtyzxAVI-pzfM-Hf8SgU8S3RG3rg5_r02MMFyfu_0_dCZBfkYcvJV9g2214h6D73yn0GA2T-7GQuOJNh39LQb2XI/s1600-h/IMG_0175.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yQAEHkUcny52Qomm8BZxwJ1WoCyZu2hoMBjmLMnMaZOFIJ61vNMmtyzxAVI-pzfM-Hf8SgU8S3RG3rg5_r02MMFyfu_0_dCZBfkYcvJV9g2214h6D73yn0GA2T-7GQuOJNh39LQb2XI/s400/IMG_0175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136442493815772914" border="0" /></a><br />What part of "Don't Feed the Animals" don't you understand?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8hXe7jEuF-VDBHFJu7Om7FFiyI8nt8H0nSXK6rzMsxixy59245Z39w53FZY_mlLiiMXUPqgM1W2et_mSVNYq6EE-MST_imXmjx9MVP6sgukZpzF2_k9dcmV4BDeSzx4iGPBIlI88eZE/s1600-h/IMG_0182.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8hXe7jEuF-VDBHFJu7Om7FFiyI8nt8H0nSXK6rzMsxixy59245Z39w53FZY_mlLiiMXUPqgM1W2et_mSVNYq6EE-MST_imXmjx9MVP6sgukZpzF2_k9dcmV4BDeSzx4iGPBIlI88eZE/s400/IMG_0182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136442949082306306" border="0" /></a><br />Good looks + Attitude<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieD_q4eYeFjx7faJtquB7nN-Eu6h-aUxP3Yy2e_Qjwo5MRF1cODs_nWeyEbqVGvtdwPtcG4jjP_jrMgwHCx-gxB88Xsons51085WKxkMPO_m1Z26kK8hU22QxqqIYFCGJZk107Gms9Rsg/s1600-h/IMG_0199.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieD_q4eYeFjx7faJtquB7nN-Eu6h-aUxP3Yy2e_Qjwo5MRF1cODs_nWeyEbqVGvtdwPtcG4jjP_jrMgwHCx-gxB88Xsons51085WKxkMPO_m1Z26kK8hU22QxqqIYFCGJZk107Gms9Rsg/s400/IMG_0199.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136444181737920322" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are going on the ride, young man!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62Eo16zGAZEJCxQsAIP-r9TYlQfIkNGgEyyhFaLSu6K1UGMlF7QMud3REI3jIuouGQsYR7RypdVkbZ6iFE746aC2RfML7ZYMuGI1z5u6ypp_SJTC6kzabKk0jJKcP6QtI_cS_j1kHSFw/s1600-h/IMG_0203.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62Eo16zGAZEJCxQsAIP-r9TYlQfIkNGgEyyhFaLSu6K1UGMlF7QMud3REI3jIuouGQsYR7RypdVkbZ6iFE746aC2RfML7ZYMuGI1z5u6ypp_SJTC6kzabKk0jJKcP6QtI_cS_j1kHSFw/s400/IMG_0203.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136444645594388306" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This talking fountain converses with you, then squirts you!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXR3eYrVVEQ9-lk75ianqm5KAI88c2LA4BEyEwinhAY12l_SN5j6laT2hkZ1j6UXZqrcW47zQVvz8dP9l-klTWbv0KXfqYBuWDlUTFhngQ5XcoBc83kwDsKviukkmfhOKzWHuFVXxACA/s1600-h/IMG_0317.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXR3eYrVVEQ9-lk75ianqm5KAI88c2LA4BEyEwinhAY12l_SN5j6laT2hkZ1j6UXZqrcW47zQVvz8dP9l-klTWbv0KXfqYBuWDlUTFhngQ5XcoBc83kwDsKviukkmfhOKzWHuFVXxACA/s400/IMG_0317.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136445337084122978" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bad guys from the Sinbad show.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKsUAukOme98t2ReirfQhw6gIzfMS3aN4kIkvrolZqVtMUIDViP7UUWq2OWYtiUafYBQi7rZPleBKuqluR4VY-uwyM2inDvdg6K8UXCoUTrYG3x0Miq5VWl1qKKl7bhT6QQ9bqMQdPOU/s1600-h/IMG_0362.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKsUAukOme98t2ReirfQhw6gIzfMS3aN4kIkvrolZqVtMUIDViP7UUWq2OWYtiUafYBQi7rZPleBKuqluR4VY-uwyM2inDvdg6K8UXCoUTrYG3x0Miq5VWl1qKKl7bhT6QQ9bqMQdPOU/s400/IMG_0362.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136446337811502978" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, we even went on the water rides in November! (Don't tell Grandma Jacobs)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iQ5RYJrpeLvlnlt7_xWnsDtlLx1dPxre0X75e-zN_DEdLakUS-0MyLsnSsIQYOl5SdCt31sfN0JwCC8DJ7kw3oiv_7uZ6QrGh6yRumwxTtiYfYjKQ9FpBLpjPJ9HMHfFLUwihpODmbg/s1600-h/IMG_0157.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iQ5RYJrpeLvlnlt7_xWnsDtlLx1dPxre0X75e-zN_DEdLakUS-0MyLsnSsIQYOl5SdCt31sfN0JwCC8DJ7kw3oiv_7uZ6QrGh6yRumwxTtiYfYjKQ9FpBLpjPJ9HMHfFLUwihpODmbg/s400/IMG_0157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136447810985285586" border="0" /></a>We encountered some strong winds in our campgrounds.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnF55eINVgACgHkkkL1gNYJdm-jaFH2B0PzQDQX2eQurWVSNFwy6j_PqhH8ZYRWfPS3sf8fGuUjvRjhDJFk5hHsiJYJOFbNPazC9IdfrRhEC4dJPGySfTIfh5xAYgu4dQOUyiD3bxLzA/s1600-h/IMG_0415.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnF55eINVgACgHkkkL1gNYJdm-jaFH2B0PzQDQX2eQurWVSNFwy6j_PqhH8ZYRWfPS3sf8fGuUjvRjhDJFk5hHsiJYJOFbNPazC9IdfrRhEC4dJPGySfTIfh5xAYgu4dQOUyiD3bxLzA/s400/IMG_0415.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136448549719660530" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Somebody isn't cool enough to stand close to somebody else.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylt7F2ENywSevLxIdaK7Rsj3w7K1dnDSvv27og1hmAzq_WdQFTBY_nU9O_R5LYTNLmSoDc_prP6XB8hasQnv7obJw0DaBqv4s5YvNTbn5P1ZcIThZCNACorhXh4TGF9jOmjq0CEhzv74/s1600-h/IMG_0425.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylt7F2ENywSevLxIdaK7Rsj3w7K1dnDSvv27og1hmAzq_WdQFTBY_nU9O_R5LYTNLmSoDc_prP6XB8hasQnv7obJw0DaBqv4s5YvNTbn5P1ZcIThZCNACorhXh4TGF9jOmjq0CEhzv74/s400/IMG_0425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136448979216390146" border="0" /></a>Chase woke up right about here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgezTinIULno1oNpSHlOU_R1Xrrf9lgZINwCvbWrX2TRCY-p8QN6TL-HHohzNENliocBlE5Ggr0f2Ki_jXunlwggpYgLLPjl6L7mZa-vLLXwQXfZwQ57Qm9QeJbpTkgt4Pm4zOJD1BSE/s1600-h/IMG_0456.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgezTinIULno1oNpSHlOU_R1Xrrf9lgZINwCvbWrX2TRCY-p8QN6TL-HHohzNENliocBlE5Ggr0f2Ki_jXunlwggpYgLLPjl6L7mZa-vLLXwQXfZwQ57Qm9QeJbpTkgt4Pm4zOJD1BSE/s400/IMG_0456.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136450198987102290" border="0" /></a>Our Campgrounds were beautiful.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMS3VBgttEtMnan7bRjWWx1HZtTRwcCRbdPQczB2MJq8sea5sqkJlAm5623Ry1kVO0kbwrt2utAKAoAMxRgmnhHvtQjQit3g6VlHU0M8AhgMDKC-w9BIWPRoukG-FqoJ4rR6v155aNAg/s1600-h/IMG_0433.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMS3VBgttEtMnan7bRjWWx1HZtTRwcCRbdPQczB2MJq8sea5sqkJlAm5623Ry1kVO0kbwrt2utAKAoAMxRgmnhHvtQjQit3g6VlHU0M8AhgMDKC-w9BIWPRoukG-FqoJ4rR6v155aNAg/s400/IMG_0433.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136450748742916194" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The fishing was pretty good some of the days.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmjgY3CNiXTDpXCH2L2W6vYwHM8YHm3Yw4TN-yPJ6SuYL1efNTSG1XrDCe4TqOitDZ0pp7kpy1BAvE9G4rSl4YBwsHxVybIpQRZ9MZVfURES5fgz7fGM8VMrXU4ioMr0MrXIFsXrLlVE/s1600-h/IMG_0459.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmjgY3CNiXTDpXCH2L2W6vYwHM8YHm3Yw4TN-yPJ6SuYL1efNTSG1XrDCe4TqOitDZ0pp7kpy1BAvE9G4rSl4YBwsHxVybIpQRZ9MZVfURES5fgz7fGM8VMrXU4ioMr0MrXIFsXrLlVE/s400/IMG_0459.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136932205986863234" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ask me if I wasn't tempted to send them into space!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzddHurArdk0tBz_jFLC0L2iRv_QUGPoUU38Y-BtWRYGgJ8jnHlewVIp7Ruxx_jVKIjPU9mX6zlqzPFR3CUmkBsWku7wlteDSk4foDOYwugw2trcbbd86rt239awJYtL24O9pQJcj9AU/s1600-h/IMG_0463.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzddHurArdk0tBz_jFLC0L2iRv_QUGPoUU38Y-BtWRYGgJ8jnHlewVIp7Ruxx_jVKIjPU9mX6zlqzPFR3CUmkBsWku7wlteDSk4foDOYwugw2trcbbd86rt239awJYtL24O9pQJcj9AU/s400/IMG_0463.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136932695613134994" border="0" /></a></div></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgezTinIULno1oNpSHlOU_R1Xrrf9lgZINwCvbWrX2TRCY-p8QN6TL-HHohzNENliocBlE5Ggr0f2Ki_jXunlwggpYgLLPjl6L7mZa-vLLXwQXfZwQ57Qm9QeJbpTkgt4Pm4zOJD1BSE/s1600-h/IMG_0456.jpg">This was a water suspended constellation globe the kids could rotate.<br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDbDuCUOa0G4l_botdGBtp5tWyJesSConcK3Zbl_E-c5xeBMMbkXFsWUycQTE5Ujo2C3sgGVZ2O_0s8et5UWOU6M_e-zShOnHbsCNAbGzmHI66VpWEFc1oCbWfSCgGLCCa8KUJZbJQ-g/s1600-h/IMG_0477.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDbDuCUOa0G4l_botdGBtp5tWyJesSConcK3Zbl_E-c5xeBMMbkXFsWUycQTE5Ujo2C3sgGVZ2O_0s8et5UWOU6M_e-zShOnHbsCNAbGzmHI66VpWEFc1oCbWfSCgGLCCa8KUJZbJQ-g/s400/IMG_0477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136933305498491058" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were lucky in that the shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad (behind the kids in the distance) for next weeks space station launch.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqhHzMWT7YOfVLjM8mfm7bokN799ahV3GMhsHvYH6iLL8bIVTlg_3AwfCjI_u6hGTYK4azJMxwWyST1McuRvMkyfSzg6Yl2u0jJDddI4bOIAs8wZR0KDjGtc2WmVQYjF3xkuUNpC30nM/s1600-h/IMG_0480.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqhHzMWT7YOfVLjM8mfm7bokN799ahV3GMhsHvYH6iLL8bIVTlg_3AwfCjI_u6hGTYK4azJMxwWyST1McuRvMkyfSzg6Yl2u0jJDddI4bOIAs8wZR0KDjGtc2WmVQYjF3xkuUNpC30nM/s400/IMG_0480.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136933846664370370" border="0" /></a>After the Space Center, the kids wanted to go to the beach. We drove down to Cocoa Beach to let them play in the surf on Thanksgiving Day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcapjNQG9SqvuzkszqOpzJ1nPJhZGVMG1V17QTg6H_1ExGpEifeQ4Ew9XRrMwXjlRN0XHl6JkKJ3PT5KftXZoz3x5PNwpM10FICUZEeE6AfVl19VG-gPwFGG9vYgpANdBUsV1MXYT9JI/s1600-h/IMG_0484.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcapjNQG9SqvuzkszqOpzJ1nPJhZGVMG1V17QTg6H_1ExGpEifeQ4Ew9XRrMwXjlRN0XHl6JkKJ3PT5KftXZoz3x5PNwpM10FICUZEeE6AfVl19VG-gPwFGG9vYgpANdBUsV1MXYT9JI/s400/IMG_0484.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136935190989134066" border="0" /></a><br />The water was cool but the air and sand were warm. They dug at low tide....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNveV5dXSW3Ypfxnelgd4E6hl3QBgZpSSYHTj7bTKYdma4tPgcy46Ha2c_gQHQBCXHPII9CNXiQeR1mNjFRpmZskG8Ql_Z0Pf6WdUXseFMvi1xNPH-nmYrSEeHb1RNXNSncPuRHbk8Ig4/s1600-h/IMG_0492.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNveV5dXSW3Ypfxnelgd4E6hl3QBgZpSSYHTj7bTKYdma4tPgcy46Ha2c_gQHQBCXHPII9CNXiQeR1mNjFRpmZskG8Ql_Z0Pf6WdUXseFMvi1xNPH-nmYrSEeHb1RNXNSncPuRHbk8Ig4/s400/IMG_0492.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136935452982139138" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...but soon got flooded out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8B1yFhp6qSA8m8GpiqBm2jnPUmMY8Owba1V08uNB7cKdJ_5nQ2barrHAq-sCVaAyLnJDJzqmPP7fXkYc7je4NwZfZOv8P_HgDayXdmtIghKJvdF1Vkz4R8Q0EbmcoHbpUg84fjb0W7Q/s1600-h/IMG_0498.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8B1yFhp6qSA8m8GpiqBm2jnPUmMY8Owba1V08uNB7cKdJ_5nQ2barrHAq-sCVaAyLnJDJzqmPP7fXkYc7je4NwZfZOv8P_HgDayXdmtIghKJvdF1Vkz4R8Q0EbmcoHbpUg84fjb0W7Q/s400/IMG_0498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136935830939261202" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing but the best for our Thanksgiving dinner!!!<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-69347000222880899452007-11-14T00:52:00.000-08:002007-11-14T01:22:25.406-08:00Happy Thanksgiving!<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGymcVf9tHFX4akbWgU47CfAWtWc3YtULGIdvbWRft6zszXAv9gk7TeQZ7WxQuy59U0rUp23o1wFdhjvUGlWckOzleoBzNsY2o-6IzRSwZskiGvU-yYzzko60obE6TfvoQUlYYnDTi1Y/s1600-h/IMG_0096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGymcVf9tHFX4akbWgU47CfAWtWc3YtULGIdvbWRft6zszXAv9gk7TeQZ7WxQuy59U0rUp23o1wFdhjvUGlWckOzleoBzNsY2o-6IzRSwZskiGvU-yYzzko60obE6TfvoQUlYYnDTi1Y/s320/IMG_0096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132617328288252210" border="0" /></a>We are traveling this Thanksgiving. This is our second away from home, and I think it'll become a tradition. Holidays are hardest w/o Mama, and being on the road is a fun and different way to celebrate. Here's our 07 itinerary:<br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">Sat to Mon:</span> Busch Gardens, Tampa FL<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tues We</span>d:</span> Orlando Universal Studions<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">Happy Thanksgiving!!!</span> Kennedy Space Cnt<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fri:</span> </span>St Augustine Florida: oldest town in USA<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">Sat:</span> home, unpack, wash up, share stories.<br /> To prepare, Krista and I made two batches of Mama's homemade cornbread stuffing. We're leaving some for Genean & David's families, and taking the rest for our "Camper Thanksgiving Feast."<br /> Thankful? You bet. This year in particular...<br />A loving family that spans dimensions physical and spiritual.<br />Older children who help me raise younger children.<br />Younger children who keep me going.<br />Grandchildren I can dote over.<br />Patients who come in and become random friends.<br />A furry girlfriend who always wags her tail when she looks at me.<br />Decreasing deaths in Iraq.<br />My Ipod library.<br />May your Thanksgiving bring hearts and minds to home, country, religion, and family.oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-40740962857651562072007-11-12T18:20:00.000-08:002007-11-12T18:33:44.311-08:00More Photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwS49NFy8tqC73u6Dy7fyrgCDC_ucM6hWtUr0qmsodxh4slZMI78qHnf57uvMBg82YvM344ueegZa71-6MhcR_S7kY79YhG72oCr2fyia8bP3lIyLULhy5rJb3CELNKo_YKA6LbSDI8_g/s1600-h/IMG_0053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwS49NFy8tqC73u6Dy7fyrgCDC_ucM6hWtUr0qmsodxh4slZMI78qHnf57uvMBg82YvM344ueegZa71-6MhcR_S7kY79YhG72oCr2fyia8bP3lIyLULhy5rJb3CELNKo_YKA6LbSDI8_g/s400/IMG_0053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132147479233974562" border="0" /></a>Sandpile furniture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-c7PiFZtIAZK80im82tMYRLqO02sMNahd-_aeoBqzxeFhEjgsW6oKGl8tOH1w51dPPCKvWlrKgwdWeVVhrFfQ7JhX6kNHpVq0TR4LItNB3EkFw0PPNscHGnXZcAnt_f7Xh_aZFljmXY/s1600-h/IMG_0057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-c7PiFZtIAZK80im82tMYRLqO02sMNahd-_aeoBqzxeFhEjgsW6oKGl8tOH1w51dPPCKvWlrKgwdWeVVhrFfQ7JhX6kNHpVq0TR4LItNB3EkFw0PPNscHGnXZcAnt_f7Xh_aZFljmXY/s400/IMG_0057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132146190743785730" border="0" /></a>Krista making her sandpile city.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTfIMrcMnHlubdgV6jxoMCUz01TQAq6mIRnvol2JBHIDkAIgjhIm6FRfNUqbWCawjNn4WgQ6EpHRhixfawevFIatUnHYQXvGbsDSChlcSeXFMQEplwapHHN_ggYqOX61j_5Vb7zFZXhM/s1600-h/IMG_2467.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTfIMrcMnHlubdgV6jxoMCUz01TQAq6mIRnvol2JBHIDkAIgjhIm6FRfNUqbWCawjNn4WgQ6EpHRhixfawevFIatUnHYQXvGbsDSChlcSeXFMQEplwapHHN_ggYqOX61j_5Vb7zFZXhM/s400/IMG_2467.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132145653872873714" border="0" /></a>We camped at Pigeon Forge Tenn in Mid October (Krista brought a friend, Megan)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00pxGwyH-C6NXn1edERO6yCst11ns05I1jRRbC8H9rBVTITPC6dzasbHzPdelIAqYG1YFud3AOnLCJMmmmGMJetqmQ2EfL_RDNkAoOXDTkMT0NglvalXZQ27yzJgtO5rTCIzNCWSfpIM/s1600-h/IMG_2476.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00pxGwyH-C6NXn1edERO6yCst11ns05I1jRRbC8H9rBVTITPC6dzasbHzPdelIAqYG1YFud3AOnLCJMmmmGMJetqmQ2EfL_RDNkAoOXDTkMT0NglvalXZQ27yzJgtO5rTCIzNCWSfpIM/s400/IMG_2476.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132144799174381778" border="0" /></a><br />The labels didn't stick on the last photos... I'll try again. Chase and I did paintball. He is second from right.oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-20173779909391636552007-11-12T18:10:00.001-08:002007-11-13T02:15:52.775-08:00Recent Photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNfdogW8D68pWRBsRCaHT8roWJvw7xAcm7zjRQPxMnFHWt3AQsLPFXFI4AZ_tVZ8rN9j45WhL7tCcCy3nqqCyKw1in5L40WPZVDR68FvvbukSvmFU-QGzG6rRoO9aI624g-zKj2VIi-o/s1600-h/IMG_0073.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNfdogW8D68pWRBsRCaHT8roWJvw7xAcm7zjRQPxMnFHWt3AQsLPFXFI4AZ_tVZ8rN9j45WhL7tCcCy3nqqCyKw1in5L40WPZVDR68FvvbukSvmFU-QGzG6rRoO9aI624g-zKj2VIi-o/s400/IMG_0073.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132265985971605826" border="0" /></a>Halloween at my office...my staff dressed up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfDAh2UCGGzJ699FYr2nG7Mvc0lNMaINc1feyUTU3P4NqbUnfxMd7jJ-spC9NhMUSgAZQi-mMnwvhTF8JxT8vL_teG0-1ahPANEXxXPNcKd2N8BWd9lDoaSeVAd8kTtCYelaJ3Mrm_9Q/s1600-h/IMG_0076.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfDAh2UCGGzJ699FYr2nG7Mvc0lNMaINc1feyUTU3P4NqbUnfxMd7jJ-spC9NhMUSgAZQi-mMnwvhTF8JxT8vL_teG0-1ahPANEXxXPNcKd2N8BWd9lDoaSeVAd8kTtCYelaJ3Mrm_9Q/s400/IMG_0076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132265208582525234" border="0" /></a>Charlie's Angels with style...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FzjK_mx-E1jo-8XVbWAqPExJJAsQA0y0g_JMUQ-8b5Gm8To5U7TrdFBRrFFkdxmsGEJbTcG1LqfKM9NipNbn7p_kHLXN_ORIS48ymoc-1JzEBp1KX9FGqCdL12XQuU8erLNOz5CCccI/s1600-h/IMG_2444.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FzjK_mx-E1jo-8XVbWAqPExJJAsQA0y0g_JMUQ-8b5Gm8To5U7TrdFBRrFFkdxmsGEJbTcG1LqfKM9NipNbn7p_kHLXN_ORIS48ymoc-1JzEBp1KX9FGqCdL12XQuU8erLNOz5CCccI/s400/IMG_2444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132143549338898626" border="0" /></a>Josh likes to wall walk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNnvky4krrQNTsfTy32swPy5DtQMqESaZkeAEVgZ0W_Kl_YW-ixp-zO1bOZaRhOMfvq94lf3WYouiMmsQCKxvBpM-0VakJpc9FwU_ff1apwWG2vaezCCBYUWWpfpTJN_kwwwsyGfkvxc/s1600-h/IMG_0040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNnvky4krrQNTsfTy32swPy5DtQMqESaZkeAEVgZ0W_Kl_YW-ixp-zO1bOZaRhOMfvq94lf3WYouiMmsQCKxvBpM-0VakJpc9FwU_ff1apwWG2vaezCCBYUWWpfpTJN_kwwwsyGfkvxc/s320/IMG_0040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132142265143677090" border="0" /></a>Josh by our new fountain. Traci always wanted one, so we built it last month.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZDSITtnPNuCCYPQJSIEL13G1f0K7uhBnOOPudQLPQM8vTLX2m-P8AK_xd9u3Voz3zJ0ha09KpySckBhRGvbpVuyQGU1VgwQ58-FetDwTA58bjSr1tlu4PcBGFY0chMGsi6zCj6DdyQE/s1600-h/IMG_0034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZDSITtnPNuCCYPQJSIEL13G1f0K7uhBnOOPudQLPQM8vTLX2m-P8AK_xd9u3Voz3zJ0ha09KpySckBhRGvbpVuyQGU1VgwQ58-FetDwTA58bjSr1tlu4PcBGFY0chMGsi6zCj6DdyQE/s400/IMG_0034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132141917251326098" border="0" /></a>Oa loves me for my cool pens.<br />Recent Photosoldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-42901289200352426372007-11-12T02:12:00.000-08:002007-11-12T02:36:41.235-08:00Book Recommendation #1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dSh0Rws4w6JPx3rWYg1Izkn64VNDimY539-S8lkzkehrYBSMjXVyfYgPzzpCCpiMSmwUPH1FGrvPcsnhGoOifNL-HbzbzZvJ3RDlRLU68O6gZH6IHtcMCF0i-Y5rObGZf2Jn-0h56RQ/s1600-h/IMG_0037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dSh0Rws4w6JPx3rWYg1Izkn64VNDimY539-S8lkzkehrYBSMjXVyfYgPzzpCCpiMSmwUPH1FGrvPcsnhGoOifNL-HbzbzZvJ3RDlRLU68O6gZH6IHtcMCF0i-Y5rObGZf2Jn-0h56RQ/s320/IMG_0037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131898693253353602" border="0" /></a><br /> Audiobooks are my hobby... brainfood that fills commuting and other empty hours. (Chases does too... He's listening to Orson Card's "Enders' " series). I'll recommend my favorites. This week:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> The World is Flat</span> (#3, 2006) by Thomas Friedman. Highlights:<br /> 1. Internet makes world flat and feeds multinational company growth (a very good thing)<br /> 2. Outsourcing creates middle classes in India, China, Uruguay, and other poor countries<br /> 3. This stabilizes governments, democratizes them (China isn't very communist b/c of Hong Kong and it's love of capitalism), and increases cost of war so much it promotes peace (ex. India/Pakistan nuclear showdown 2002). "There's never been a war in a country that has a McDonalds".<br /> 4. Geopolitical hot spots are places that haven't b/c part of world supply chain and info network (N Korea, Palistine, Iran, Venezuala, Saudi Arabia). Most are oil nations. Oil nations are cursed b/c they don't educate their people, distribute wealth, or culturally open societies. We'll only disarm their terrorists when we get off drinking their oil.<br /> 5. Our education system has to compete with the world, not the school district next door. Jobs of the future will all be worldwide.<br /> There's lot more.... a good read. Changed my ideas about some thing.<br /><br /> Yesterday Krista and I made Mom's special cornbread stuffing. We'll be in Florida for Thanksgiving (a new tradition: camping over Thanksgiving), but we'll have our favorite stuffing! More to come!oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822087077565431566.post-36906624197600363702007-11-11T16:58:00.000-08:002007-11-11T17:06:04.889-08:00First Effort<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7ZCE92BnYEU5zHc9Wz1Pg9nB1S70Qz3vuA7MHzkViY7C0FsiII45jWV2CLRvmJKKUf-IsS8zhglvHKhT-qvDMv0ChlDQceQthIs6iMU3FoPMMB8LNjSfzzjfFP2lFdUYOE1n_0VkXng/s1600-h/IMG_0031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7ZCE92BnYEU5zHc9Wz1Pg9nB1S70Qz3vuA7MHzkViY7C0FsiII45jWV2CLRvmJKKUf-IsS8zhglvHKhT-qvDMv0ChlDQceQthIs6iMU3FoPMMB8LNjSfzzjfFP2lFdUYOE1n_0VkXng/s320/IMG_0031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131753463229206642" border="0" /></a><br />Jared directed me here, and since this is likely the only way you'll be getting letters and pictures from me, the only way I'll keep a journal, and the only way I'll actually organize my random thoughts on a periodic basis, I thought I'd give the blog a try. Observation 1: write shorter sentences, Dean. Got it. It'll take a while to get the hang of this, but bear with me. This is an old guy trying a young folks' form of communication.<br /> I have a pile of sand in the front yard reigned over by Benevolent King of the Mound Smith. I was going to landscape with it, but all the kids are having so much fun with it that I'll wait 'til spring.oldasdirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803232959196509158noreply@blogger.com4