tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155996302024-03-12T18:38:15.615-06:00come what may, and love itthe misadventures of brad, kim, amelia, & joelBrad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.comBlogger514125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-33371528212264171082012-01-15T23:31:00.001-07:002012-01-15T23:31:28.506-07:00Update on my kidsSince this blog is intended for our families to keep up on what we're doing, here is an update on the kiddos:<br />
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Amelia has started pre school and is loving it. She has blended in very well and has been making lots of new friends. She also takes dance class and dances her little heart out. Her imagination is as vibrant as a unicorn saving a princess from the jaws of a dragon and flying over the rainbow to safety. (Her favorite game.) She loves to ride her bike (a two wheeler, no training wheels), go swimming, run, jumps, and most of all dance and sing! She is constantly entertaining us with her performances. <br />
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Joel is the jokester of our family. He is constantly looking for new ways to make us laugh. This photos is a perfect depiction of just that. He is growing so quickly and loves everyone! He is quite the charmer with the ladies and Amelia is his favorite one, well, next to his mommy of course. He loves to ride his bike, run around wild and crazy, play hide and go seek, pretend to be a dinosaur, and is learning his ABC's as well as to count past 10. He is always amazing us and a joy to have around.<br />
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We feel very lucky to be the parents of these two kiddos. They keep like exciting and entertaining.Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-84047542359235513642011-11-21T20:33:00.001-07:002011-11-21T20:34:28.598-07:00Follow me on my new blog!Hi everyone! I've decided to start my own blog all about my discoveries in health and leave this one for my family (which I promise I'll be better at updating!) So please come follow me at:<br />
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I'll see you there!Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-8886542687267701382011-11-20T22:14:00.001-07:002011-11-20T22:14:21.425-07:00The details: StatsAlmost all of us like to know the nitty gritty details about people losing weight and so many of us don't talk about those details. So I'm going to lay it on the line; you'll know my starting place and where I'm currently at. <br />
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This is me today: <br />
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(I've never had definition in my biceps like this before!!)</div>
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Nov 2010 weight: 170lbs / 77.1kgs<br />
Nov 2011 weight: 140.5lbs / 63.7kgs<br />
(in high school, a bit over 10yrs ago, I hovered around 150lbs / 68kgs...so this is quite exciting)<br />
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Nov 2010 BMI: 30<br />
Nov 2011 BMI: 24<br />
(for more information on BMI - Body Mass Index, <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/">click here</a>)<br />
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Nov 2010 clothing size: a tight size 12<br />
Nov 2011 clothing size: I can fit into a 4! (and buy small or x-small in most things)<br />
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This is a lifelong journey. The process is still ongoing. I am still averaging about 1lb loss every 2 weeks. In the beginning it dropped quickly, now it's slower but my body is much stronger and I have much more energy (which is a really nice feeling).<br />
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I don't eat processed sugar anymore (stick to organic blue agave when needed). I don't eat refined flour or white bread of any kind. Everything is brown in our home. We consume a LOT of fresh veggies and fruit. I'd say roughly 70% of our grocery bill consists of fresh fruit and veggies. Mostly veggies. I'm learning to really love them like I never thought possible. I was a VERY picky eater as a child so this is especially surprising to me. :)<br />
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Next up, I'll chat about overcoming the S.A.D. diet...Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-28230750110431574612011-11-19T12:03:00.001-07:002011-11-19T13:14:40.183-07:00A New Way of Life: One Year AnniversaryI've had a lot of people ask me recently about making the switch to a whole food, plant based (vegan) diet and why I did it. Next week will mark my one year anniversary of making the switch, so I thought I'd make a few posts about my journey...and why I'm not looking back. <br />
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This is me a little over a year ago. Yikes right?! You know that pink flowered picture could be something out of a horror film!<br />
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I was in a place where I wasn't feeling well, I hurt all the time, I was dead tired by the end of the day, and could not keep up with my kids, so I went to go and see a doctor with the suspicion of Fibromyalgia, (runs in the family). Sure enough, he confirmed what I thought, gave me a prescription for a drug that sounded pretty scary, (side effect: feeling high most days. Yeah right! With 2 kids to look after? I don't think so!) and said, "Most of fibromyalgia can be controlled by diet and exercise." Right! That's all I needed! That was all I needed to hear! This was <u>NOT</u> going to be something that controlled my life. <b>I was going to control it! </b> </div>
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I had a friend who had talked to me about a book called, <a href="http://www.thechinastudy.com/"><u>The China Study</u></a> and about losing a ton of weight by switching to a whole food, plant based (vegan) diet. So I called her up and we sat down and she laid it all out for me. She gave me tons of recipes, work out plans, books to read, and the best thing of all, all the encouragement I needed. She was my rock! So I went home and ordered The China Study. When it arrived, I sat down and had a good read, loaded up my Netflix queue with all kinds of stuff to keep me motivated, and got to work. I walked through my kitchen with a garbage bag and threw out all kinds of junk food. And I wasn't looking back! (Good thing I'm married to a really supportive guy!!) </div>
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It's not easy to make the switch, the first week is certainly the hardest, but as soon as you make it past that, if you've got the support you need, you can do anything! You'll crave all kinds of stuff, you'll go hungry because you've got no idea what to eat, and you'll learn to love all kinds of vegetables that you never new existed!</div>
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Thanks for reading! Stay tuned and tomorrow I'll show what I look like today!</div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-44435461637452725762011-05-11T15:50:00.003-06:002011-05-11T15:59:33.434-06:00Look what I made!!Amelia is very much into girlie dresses these days. She actually has a dress that we bought from Costco a while back that she tries to wear EVERY SINGLE DAY!! So I decided it might be a good idea to make a few more pink dresses to try and sway her from that dress. Here's how it turned out:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uCa_psH4TTHdVNxCmZvLsRp4GiwFLlYqWWF3NgXLFhM17EcZ2OdgVaFzJh_BHbG8nJnanBK1PezWC799DeZxLHypbjDafKFGBzmPruhR9PYIhSLN8ZwlE9ZIElxfZ5IsSJHZxA/s1600/IMG_0043.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uCa_psH4TTHdVNxCmZvLsRp4GiwFLlYqWWF3NgXLFhM17EcZ2OdgVaFzJh_BHbG8nJnanBK1PezWC799DeZxLHypbjDafKFGBzmPruhR9PYIhSLN8ZwlE9ZIElxfZ5IsSJHZxA/s320/IMG_0043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605579684039749250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Perfect for adventures. Looking for turtles...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYRQdU1eHCmVUT4BaaHtOKifjOneOtgj-K04avcAGAVX4RpWEVslXi1iMmNmSFNFW8bV_o9dXJCa4av-ICyzSj7c86HpZlJio_eQbO4SAqzCenqRYNiKKIP3G4qoYNEU5hZuLCQ/s1600/IMG_0073.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYRQdU1eHCmVUT4BaaHtOKifjOneOtgj-K04avcAGAVX4RpWEVslXi1iMmNmSFNFW8bV_o9dXJCa4av-ICyzSj7c86HpZlJio_eQbO4SAqzCenqRYNiKKIP3G4qoYNEU5hZuLCQ/s320/IMG_0073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605579893348272066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Spotting a turtle!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov2sSHtrxyJ2kDeRZm4LSk6S8mnnuwNkEKGeWEB7QmTtPFbG0Vi2whxreW3473JnsxC21DC7ptkJhhbfaK0t8nDeb2-Ayi9eTwww_aJSE6h456NIcWxdq0OPC7CavXt_GD0k4TQ/s1600/IMG_0068.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov2sSHtrxyJ2kDeRZm4LSk6S8mnnuwNkEKGeWEB7QmTtPFbG0Vi2whxreW3473JnsxC21DC7ptkJhhbfaK0t8nDeb2-Ayi9eTwww_aJSE6h456NIcWxdq0OPC7CavXt_GD0k4TQ/s320/IMG_0068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605579900540291586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And perfect for plenty of twirling and dancing!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiholvQsgDnNkipZEfI0ASZod5ULfvbng6Crtd7uGdrno7M8jpGYcfXGW7ZR2xEemEoX0tafCcX0o3PCdfDTtzxcberBP7iXwsWNNVO1q_CNSRXhIeJIcUkszgd066J2fhJDA17Yw/s1600/IMG_0086.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiholvQsgDnNkipZEfI0ASZod5ULfvbng6Crtd7uGdrno7M8jpGYcfXGW7ZR2xEemEoX0tafCcX0o3PCdfDTtzxcberBP7iXwsWNNVO1q_CNSRXhIeJIcUkszgd066J2fhJDA17Yw/s320/IMG_0086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605579888544510498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23PBJZD7y3yFNIBuoEbemoR_BMagKMFElwl8tv5fSwUIcZ0C29u8MzLB3BEX2AihDQpW10Qw5wE27-TXI4Dn7W4nxlQEzINb2WX5hDriZG2THKeKE6Y2qdONrJHpRLGsupAUNhA/s1600/IMG_0094.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23PBJZD7y3yFNIBuoEbemoR_BMagKMFElwl8tv5fSwUIcZ0C29u8MzLB3BEX2AihDQpW10Qw5wE27-TXI4Dn7W4nxlQEzINb2WX5hDriZG2THKeKE6Y2qdONrJHpRLGsupAUNhA/s320/IMG_0094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605579703433342626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7S7jmiJ_3hqKX6bHRzDbAbX58EfwKgtgk8At3HVgx2ogQgSxCIcKDYEh9-OjqyA3iEOW0Ka3A7dFnyW3mqoIX4EKu0Yp_AnTLIcr7LCYSsbbtRGOoZeumZCJDdhscC4i2eiRAA/s1600/IMG_0096.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7S7jmiJ_3hqKX6bHRzDbAbX58EfwKgtgk8At3HVgx2ogQgSxCIcKDYEh9-OjqyA3iEOW0Ka3A7dFnyW3mqoIX4EKu0Yp_AnTLIcr7LCYSsbbtRGOoZeumZCJDdhscC4i2eiRAA/s320/IMG_0096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605579696627909122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJ8urkAEhcWCejWUKZrVVhx5ccwoxlq9zkmsepgBuQtST_wHQtHvIZb8s72jThgNVmSF2RHaejYUzu2onMBtiJardBnA4tT8rbuCVhyphenhyphencrrB0QF0p6yL7x_mBwKeQi4ub4V2vfOQ/s1600/IMG_0048.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJ8urkAEhcWCejWUKZrVVhx5ccwoxlq9zkmsepgBuQtST_wHQtHvIZb8s72jThgNVmSF2RHaejYUzu2onMBtiJardBnA4tT8rbuCVhyphenhyphencrrB0QF0p6yL7x_mBwKeQi4ub4V2vfOQ/s320/IMG_0048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605579688453872690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJn7EnLkwBrL-c0Pd81YH03SmrLe3FxJ9L2D44Cio9zCpxxa9ZiMNTr6k34mHiavQLI_6bURxFHVWhpOBgcWHfm-Snmx4W_2ik9l9DXUuHUmYo5mqCqxpw6qSiv5E_uOJeBNvm2w/s1600/IMG_0091.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJn7EnLkwBrL-c0Pd81YH03SmrLe3FxJ9L2D44Cio9zCpxxa9ZiMNTr6k34mHiavQLI_6bURxFHVWhpOBgcWHfm-Snmx4W_2ik9l9DXUuHUmYo5mqCqxpw6qSiv5E_uOJeBNvm2w/s320/IMG_0091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605579709794695842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If this looks like something you'd like to try making, you can follow the tutorial <a href="http://fromanigloo.blogspot.com/2010/05/in-garden-shirred-twirly-dress.html">HERE.</a> It's pretty easy and a lot of fun to make! And just think how lovely your little one will look wearing a lovely pink dress. :)Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-6420897685740716812011-03-06T19:54:00.003-07:002011-03-06T20:03:24.215-07:00Rango Premier!So, Brad has this awesome ability to get premiere passes. Like the proper red carpet premiere. It is LA after all. :) Usually they are R rated movies that we don't feel like getting a sitter to go and star gaze to not even stay ant watch the movie. <br /><br />Anyway, this time the tickets were for RANGO! Little Joely was a little bit sick so I wasn't planning on staying but then decided to at the last minute. Because we brought the kids along we got the red carpet "stand by" treatment! Bleacher seats!!! So we got to sit in comfort and watch all the stars arrive. Brad gets a little to excited at these things, (yes, he's a total groupie) so when Johny Depp walked over to where we were seated (the crowd obviously went crazy) and Brad grabbed Amelia and ran up to him shoving Amelia into his arms. The security guard was understandably quite angry with Brad and sent him back to his seat. Amelia then jumped into my arms scared to death, crying, and yelling, "I don't like that man." (That man being Depp.) It was great! <br /><br />Us waiting for the stars to arrive.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-3osnPARS_D7bFPLlgGRL3unGg5OfBBN0RTJm766ygqXQKJ7M6vDMmMePwv6vj63plOG5jjE6cDniatqAf53B8ostPFwNjSFmxVMMuGsdmj5hwt4qodqIuAZRlTxSagmEzDZzg/s1600/IMG_0610.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-3osnPARS_D7bFPLlgGRL3unGg5OfBBN0RTJm766ygqXQKJ7M6vDMmMePwv6vj63plOG5jjE6cDniatqAf53B8ostPFwNjSFmxVMMuGsdmj5hwt4qodqIuAZRlTxSagmEzDZzg/s320/IMG_0610.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581166246769618610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The photo that we took of Depp. Yes, he was that close to us.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLtHYeGPOoiQLgL5EIj37p0usIps4J8nvrXo_j7645D0UOQjMbXsHgvxV9mAP45xM3J_lyepVbPtapAL_-nVxSK5m34KwkymuEYEiQ8YXFC8UAWTpPJVRyiMfKONx_8CG_LOXBw/s1600/IMG_0632.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLtHYeGPOoiQLgL5EIj37p0usIps4J8nvrXo_j7645D0UOQjMbXsHgvxV9mAP45xM3J_lyepVbPtapAL_-nVxSK5m34KwkymuEYEiQ8YXFC8UAWTpPJVRyiMfKONx_8CG_LOXBw/s320/IMG_0632.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581166252535584802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Photo that the press took. We later found this on one of their websites. :) Don't believe those blurs are us? Well, just trust us. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIi7Tl8ZB6jjZWTX-H0Ll0pQ9pkSEkktrJRZ1IUK3xRbdKcfy1VkrVXRu545T0Rd5A13p8xI1wCn96Jtnp1kTZII3ZwGc1NEiHfWrmceIyTi5bVRrOI2837S3lgO5wyMc5cRVFw/s1600/Wilsons+in+Depp.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIi7Tl8ZB6jjZWTX-H0Ll0pQ9pkSEkktrJRZ1IUK3xRbdKcfy1VkrVXRu545T0Rd5A13p8xI1wCn96Jtnp1kTZII3ZwGc1NEiHfWrmceIyTi5bVRrOI2837S3lgO5wyMc5cRVFw/s320/Wilsons+in+Depp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581166255743272034" border="0" /></a>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-19049245750070739342011-03-06T19:49:00.003-07:002011-03-06T19:54:07.011-07:00Valentines DayA little late, but worth sharing. So, for Valentine's day this year I had a fun idea to completely embarrass Brad. :) The kids and I made a fun little sugar cookie bouquet (which somehow I didn't get a photo of. DARN!!) then I got the kiddos all dressed up. They were both going to be cupid's but Amelia wanted to be a super hero which I think turned out much better. Joel was a little cupid complete with bow and arrow and all. (I think Amelia is holding it in the photo.) And then we went and marched into Brad's work to deliver the cookies. He was mortified!! It was fantastic! All his co-workers came over to snap a photo because they said no one would believe them otherwise. AWESOME!! That was our goal. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91qyYFdb6883HQMR-r-gpd97nIhK-E9iBCyD3wBk1pDfw6HsWowkrp4FahI4BkwhryMq8e6_XJnK2Y02rtLiHyDL4NQMHdHgPrVZvdXk8zhFAzzlOPeC8UpxsJeFtC2ZosJnYgw/s1600/IMG_5222.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91qyYFdb6883HQMR-r-gpd97nIhK-E9iBCyD3wBk1pDfw6HsWowkrp4FahI4BkwhryMq8e6_XJnK2Y02rtLiHyDL4NQMHdHgPrVZvdXk8zhFAzzlOPeC8UpxsJeFtC2ZosJnYgw/s320/IMG_5222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581164939173823874" border="0" /></a>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-4348103153066850892011-02-22T16:33:00.007-07:002011-02-22T17:02:49.811-07:00Catch up post!Life has been crazy and yes, gotten away from me a little bit. I've thought about my blog on several occasions. I promise. But my children seem to sprout 8 arms all of the sudden whenever I attempt to use the computer. So, my blog has suffered. Right now my kiddos are distracted by the good <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ol</span>' television so I'm just going to throw a huge <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">barrage</span> of photos at you, in no particular order as quickly as possible and let you figure it out for yourself. :) Enjoy!<div> </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyJt5mM3dzNpA2ZfnDriaKfTZcgbRvJMo33mhdn81Uh7d33EjzTh6bJY_RbJuVZVJfrMUf3i1H8TQV7-olKH1_A_t_zdubD0v9G1X8gxBRiK9BeoObLYTHoupV7v70P5N5mH7mw/s1600/IMG_5210.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyJt5mM3dzNpA2ZfnDriaKfTZcgbRvJMo33mhdn81Uh7d33EjzTh6bJY_RbJuVZVJfrMUf3i1H8TQV7-olKH1_A_t_zdubD0v9G1X8gxBRiK9BeoObLYTHoupV7v70P5N5mH7mw/s320/IMG_5210.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576667514793218770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiPcv23JrvjGvDULFuMMYoKvooULNYv5ELzxb4htE4g60nihjc8LEcZ6AMZuIJUxO_6CjMdBJqiNUiiv1I5kFNwVQ3AVOfDQ7vqQy2TVwiolbEURRI6gRCcixxIMq6pZlTjWfBg/s1600/IMG_5195.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBsRHO_zPLSVuERXOYowty_XKYerrYqgwuGF2YDkoVM28XrzTH77n0H4FcgjaZx3SVGn66kcoVXkQzmh3RTKqd43juZ9NKU2mtWazXGcfzYMqHwW_T1xqdwA4QiHM4DdHOf-VwQ/s320/IMG_0506.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576661748997745122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUFckwMlD1-PwSrc_7oJTD6eG-IUE57bPO_-zAhKlYHKEESSSodlWQl7_Ok0azx4DSaxt1lnfQ_aBV-xU9M35oiQfPYCnnQKQfxZ24Dg-IuYqWR9dGx95dQheCnwE2fGNUo2njg/s1600/IMG_0406.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUFckwMlD1-PwSrc_7oJTD6eG-IUE57bPO_-zAhKlYHKEESSSodlWQl7_Ok0azx4DSaxt1lnfQ_aBV-xU9M35oiQfPYCnnQKQfxZ24Dg-IuYqWR9dGx95dQheCnwE2fGNUo2njg/s320/IMG_0406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576661744460314034" /></a><br /></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-28023631030481892352010-10-31T20:30:00.002-06:002010-10-31T20:36:35.431-06:00Happy Halloween!!We had a fun little Halloween. I'll spare you all the boring details and just share with you the costumes. Because as we all know, halloween with kids is really all about the costumes. :) This is the first year that I can say that we had a "homemade" halloween. I made all of our costumes. Take a look:<div><br /></div><div>Here is all of us at our Ward Halloween Carnival/Trunk-or-treat:</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-ynj1I5Qdaaiar0HiKF21oO8hTRPMhBywg8uYizf8CeyF0nXYDACXMYzbEI0gaU0SHuOo1UebN037rehmNctmjT5oRnhj9NOfnwT9wrnrj3UVKghGfYwRj6lCKxn9vcV_Vexnw/s320/IMG_4636.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534403487036862754" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ameliasaurus. She really wanted "dinosaur" feet as well, so she is the only one that got lucky enough to get the feet. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4tm3cj1fwNViW34ycfpf6jJ_VrjGFIm_tAoD6yo_C4r4T_UTMqj4qQHbDSeeK2CPNi_nGxBJiACLhy9cJn3rwiyetrmDD1UDChkMkVSecm5hdNYMhufwqca9mQXz7mVQACuZdQ/s1600/IMG_4670.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4tm3cj1fwNViW34ycfpf6jJ_VrjGFIm_tAoD6yo_C4r4T_UTMqj4qQHbDSeeK2CPNi_nGxBJiACLhy9cJn3rwiyetrmDD1UDChkMkVSecm5hdNYMhufwqca9mQXz7mVQACuZdQ/s320/IMG_4670.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534403515234462338" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Joelasaurus </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIYAqbbsFYoSGbkN7BV2MfXPwGkRjNfTPFMaqs9aA-5jU8BcCiuzXrJtClUBnAQgx1gydj-AQXjG7MvyyBGnRQCbeY5zy86dWirfNl0JhjyqWt-rZJW7mJy-NtgvTPqqbcFDTCg/s320/IMG_4634.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534403479862174802" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The "spike" view. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-ZGzlIjGfbsqi5JvMouYXW05jNiIKijsFA6uBD0W7LIs2g74Rwp_WUVcnoo7T1nFlrsVmarwK506g0Zcgq8xZlQaraK6-_sqIutc4HYj_qq0KINzFlrIzqkp9Q_VEnmQHOA3GA/s1600/IMG_4663.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-ZGzlIjGfbsqi5JvMouYXW05jNiIKijsFA6uBD0W7LIs2g74Rwp_WUVcnoo7T1nFlrsVmarwK506g0Zcgq8xZlQaraK6-_sqIutc4HYj_qq0KINzFlrIzqkp9Q_VEnmQHOA3GA/s320/IMG_4663.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534403502035379458" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-ZGzlIjGfbsqi5JvMouYXW05jNiIKijsFA6uBD0W7LIs2g74Rwp_WUVcnoo7T1nFlrsVmarwK506g0Zcgq8xZlQaraK6-_sqIutc4HYj_qq0KINzFlrIzqkp9Q_VEnmQHOA3GA/s1600/IMG_4663.jpg"></a>And here they are with our pumpkins too. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkf6TWJEOdE7li-EnzkMnJ9O65hbky8FrvdFKCUrIguT8VAFshP5vjhGjKeMLJbRXuQ9JAxyoWxcX9fiiI5Oks9MPEDRZWq0EV29RbNrn6AN-FmziigwfyB0sS-iQgeiTNeXj2Q/s1600/IMG_4657.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkf6TWJEOdE7li-EnzkMnJ9O65hbky8FrvdFKCUrIguT8VAFshP5vjhGjKeMLJbRXuQ9JAxyoWxcX9fiiI5Oks9MPEDRZWq0EV29RbNrn6AN-FmziigwfyB0sS-iQgeiTNeXj2Q/s320/IMG_4657.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534403490963260866" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-72561155494530748112010-09-05T21:22:00.001-06:002010-09-05T21:24:04.584-06:00Happy Birthday!!!Guess who just turned 1?!<div><br /></div><div>Does he look excited?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlIGpHQuJmHMOLsTBnG0DSEuLj8zrE08-haON44OpU843LBG10BY1U-VEspalxo_rrGZM5OES4N8kGcKiC04UTT8R6tJ0WezpP4vFA7gyDmNNrsw37_6E422EqnHorfRVx9-EWg/s1600/IMG_4340.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlIGpHQuJmHMOLsTBnG0DSEuLj8zrE08-haON44OpU843LBG10BY1U-VEspalxo_rrGZM5OES4N8kGcKiC04UTT8R6tJ0WezpP4vFA7gyDmNNrsw37_6E422EqnHorfRVx9-EWg/s320/IMG_4340.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513635790026945250" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlIGpHQuJmHMOLsTBnG0DSEuLj8zrE08-haON44OpU843LBG10BY1U-VEspalxo_rrGZM5OES4N8kGcKiC04UTT8R6tJ0WezpP4vFA7gyDmNNrsw37_6E422EqnHorfRVx9-EWg/s1600/IMG_4340.jpg"></a><br /><br /></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-37621770524709646062010-08-22T17:58:00.004-06:002010-08-22T18:03:07.469-06:00Joel's New Perch.So one day I was in the kitchen doing the dishes (as always) and Joel came in to join me (as always.) He loves to help. And he is very good and taking the silverware and throwing it on the floor. Best helper I've ever had. :)<br /><br />But this particular day I was concentrating on the dishes and the next thing I new his little head was peering into the sink. He's discovered that he can now climb into the dishwasher and reach anything on the counter. He's learned that there is always water to play with in there (and makes a big mess with it). But as you can see, he's proud as can be of his new found talent. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKoe4P6v4WFpZP3ToR9GTNCJKoyzFtOFA2I6pOmV9JD3UsWO96FbgVPn8-JkrVU3OuIYU-gy7XHpxVPDvklCjBwkM9PxRF-VMoHKg2CyBF_QkSXF-AjnEjfHuEU4WK1ZLKSUhyjA/s1600/IMG_4281.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKoe4P6v4WFpZP3ToR9GTNCJKoyzFtOFA2I6pOmV9JD3UsWO96FbgVPn8-JkrVU3OuIYU-gy7XHpxVPDvklCjBwkM9PxRF-VMoHKg2CyBF_QkSXF-AjnEjfHuEU4WK1ZLKSUhyjA/s320/IMG_4281.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508388171436045650" border="0" /></a>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-59974619777250866882010-08-22T17:52:00.002-06:002010-08-22T17:58:34.613-06:00More about the house...Just us as we live each day enjoying each other.<br /><br />I feel like we have so many photos like this. These two are often on the couch "snugging" each other. (as Amelia would say.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyUN7lWww84ICTql4A3tG7Fwi9Yuj_T3mVfgojwSCM-Vnwi0j128mt3TeMv21tncGnhUVFC0IT5NcPVeaHl_UJqkmBPDfXRItwDeSJ4nDERpw5dQOs-b4BSm3oUJ2nBBDtnMyRA/s1600/IMG_4240.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyUN7lWww84ICTql4A3tG7Fwi9Yuj_T3mVfgojwSCM-Vnwi0j128mt3TeMv21tncGnhUVFC0IT5NcPVeaHl_UJqkmBPDfXRItwDeSJ4nDERpw5dQOs-b4BSm3oUJ2nBBDtnMyRA/s320/IMG_4240.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508386998565549570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Joel recently discovered our swing on our little patio, and he LOVES it!!! He's learned to open the screen door and will crawl out there and I'll find him lounging like this. It cracks me up. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tx2B6sccrGo-T-6tQfeNlaY6CU3_bvwcmFb_Zl-XigngPflC-zPnTVCh_daAxOdwm_hKLJpNvQ6CXCypZZeXAPXCVMlqNr7AveSSVhIk9GQRLP-yx5qdsveWTn2k0WyK0iNvbw/s1600/IMG_4257.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tx2B6sccrGo-T-6tQfeNlaY6CU3_bvwcmFb_Zl-XigngPflC-zPnTVCh_daAxOdwm_hKLJpNvQ6CXCypZZeXAPXCVMlqNr7AveSSVhIk9GQRLP-yx5qdsveWTn2k0WyK0iNvbw/s320/IMG_4257.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508386990395681138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Amelia loves to swing with him too. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCD1NUPNM6GrQJRt3WYmXOLpybpACq0bX9YTWrl9zD2dk76-C7iguRwSmBVDt4cL1p4zdjrgT9JMAnTCCL_xtmNSH8G1zF38d2TQKVMY58v1Q9IqtMYcMbnUa9JIiI1c-8C7Vtg/s1600/IMG_4264.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCD1NUPNM6GrQJRt3WYmXOLpybpACq0bX9YTWrl9zD2dk76-C7iguRwSmBVDt4cL1p4zdjrgT9JMAnTCCL_xtmNSH8G1zF38d2TQKVMY58v1Q9IqtMYcMbnUa9JIiI1c-8C7Vtg/s320/IMG_4264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508386982711798146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Playing the drums. (Amelia took this photo. I thought it was so good, I had to post it.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2l9EO6o8DK0Bw1xwzY6FLmDChNs268tWli6YraDdVSkxfZSQUqDtSr-1XHNVdvrUc9XZwCLtHKs7-JBsH3je_Qp5prI1TyzeKTxoQTePvInizaLlHkW8ptCxpJHy8vi3ckE49sw/s1600/IMG_4269.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2l9EO6o8DK0Bw1xwzY6FLmDChNs268tWli6YraDdVSkxfZSQUqDtSr-1XHNVdvrUc9XZwCLtHKs7-JBsH3je_Qp5prI1TyzeKTxoQTePvInizaLlHkW8ptCxpJHy8vi3ckE49sw/s320/IMG_4269.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508386974480728386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Joel also recently learned to climb into the toy box. Amelia will climb in with him and sing "row row row your boat." They love it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pLNCS5fnuZWEVpF4ghEXO-jevttA44wxI6Ukfj8sH6EWC75lhr2VgUVnfjHWuIe1clP-tPoRm_vTvpr5AMY3SpsYKjJYO4gQp0W4Bzxt1zTJCR2s_pa_iY1DOMIYAmuCtjWD9w/s1600/IMG_4288.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pLNCS5fnuZWEVpF4ghEXO-jevttA44wxI6Ukfj8sH6EWC75lhr2VgUVnfjHWuIe1clP-tPoRm_vTvpr5AMY3SpsYKjJYO4gQp0W4Bzxt1zTJCR2s_pa_iY1DOMIYAmuCtjWD9w/s320/IMG_4288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508386966522777666" border="0" /></a>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-25720625781722352352010-08-22T17:48:00.002-06:002010-08-22T17:52:53.267-06:00Natural History MuseumWe visited the Natural History Museum at the beginning of this month. The first Thursday of every month is free and it seems like EVERYONE in LA new this little secret! This place was packed. But Amelia still had fun with her two best friends from nursery!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVHm0zipxQETlHiTgSBv9ahI_JfouhEC83sx2yhVYGTsQGvGuUWvlDUb7NEkiHUfa7O0o1QSj6Ju465u1kHzKZp_fP8rKCaKt-EumNrKKJ4Hn5tHJ3dGz2UcstXctnYzUrEMKcg/s1600/IMG_4254.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVHm0zipxQETlHiTgSBv9ahI_JfouhEC83sx2yhVYGTsQGvGuUWvlDUb7NEkiHUfa7O0o1QSj6Ju465u1kHzKZp_fP8rKCaKt-EumNrKKJ4Hn5tHJ3dGz2UcstXctnYzUrEMKcg/s320/IMG_4254.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508385876315207714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yes, we made them pose a lot so we could take photos.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSSU0QgTg2_IeCVtB7zzG4DHEouDLdLoJeYk4gbQMN3OUjKwuqK2keyGrjoP2UObzxdSMmO5TR_Op9L-cF6e5blo6CjfPB5YeSMLaIFM3TPxohAE9RK99yYUyFZavvi7c1vwhuA/s1600/IMG_4249.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSSU0QgTg2_IeCVtB7zzG4DHEouDLdLoJeYk4gbQMN3OUjKwuqK2keyGrjoP2UObzxdSMmO5TR_Op9L-cF6e5blo6CjfPB5YeSMLaIFM3TPxohAE9RK99yYUyFZavvi7c1vwhuA/s320/IMG_4249.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508385875475385378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sxVLPlWDjHiUKXnfBTZMWCOKLtQz6-bSUBXRQucKtrRm4PlskJjIAm5z7bOU-FfIPaDIR7tEpaNwTFtyRlOHo91tCGhAoL_fWYdaFPUXzu4XnM4JjZoBe6SFeoYBLXM6FFmcXw/s1600/IMG_4248.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sxVLPlWDjHiUKXnfBTZMWCOKLtQz6-bSUBXRQucKtrRm4PlskJjIAm5z7bOU-FfIPaDIR7tEpaNwTFtyRlOHo91tCGhAoL_fWYdaFPUXzu4XnM4JjZoBe6SFeoYBLXM6FFmcXw/s320/IMG_4248.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508385864965042162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbi1WswyXtSmaxhnL3Xt2dzOyhuYHwdRZy7aI4Kwr7WPRofO8Mv89uq-diYJx3JPbNQK9ZVJGePC3pQUvr_xuT9Pmjko4LQPK4vxtSGky_Ao8LtIL5H90Kl9FEJdFE3c-i00ozA/s1600/IMG_4247.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbi1WswyXtSmaxhnL3Xt2dzOyhuYHwdRZy7aI4Kwr7WPRofO8Mv89uq-diYJx3JPbNQK9ZVJGePC3pQUvr_xuT9Pmjko4LQPK4vxtSGky_Ao8LtIL5H90Kl9FEJdFE3c-i00ozA/s320/IMG_4247.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508385855070296034" border="0" /></a>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-79395477662558982582010-08-10T21:35:00.005-06:002010-08-10T21:37:53.315-06:00Have you seen this??This is an absolute crack up! I've watched it so many times now...it'll never get old.<br /><br /><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sQ0M9CBEkw0&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sQ0M9CBEkw0&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500"></embed></object>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-88546561545824534292010-08-01T22:49:00.001-06:002010-08-01T22:53:03.986-06:00Our Sweet Girl!A few months back we had family photos taken. Amelia was not very cooperative. We didn't get any good ones of just her. I finally made it back there to take some of just her. Here are some of those shots that I took. Isn't she beautiful? <span style="font-size:78%;">(Oh yeah, and I made that dress. :))</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_8BwTwaZ0Ov2mXxf3iqC7hu4WBeNK3mGR0aKZXzOF5LIJ3QyVHl5eNZ9QA-fJ2lSl26l4mDORzubaHl-A51oDv50geWKzKdlcuELUwOESwAHj4jVDTxmrj-NMDFk29Ci8-6Jag/s1600/IMG_4184.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_8BwTwaZ0Ov2mXxf3iqC7hu4WBeNK3mGR0aKZXzOF5LIJ3QyVHl5eNZ9QA-fJ2lSl26l4mDORzubaHl-A51oDv50geWKzKdlcuELUwOESwAHj4jVDTxmrj-NMDFk29Ci8-6Jag/s320/IMG_4184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500670353671768290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUxHR2XmqqUi65nkBH0c3rzmJUO2e9Xd9B4m2Ubo-fLpvfNiH4-z8xoRfiufX-hyh529dmE-1gd-uBTKccCglUqrIaUnbzS4bFs1XJETBPtUm-0gRODJgPiHHOCJ8ouPY0sBB3A/s1600/IMG_4202.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUxHR2XmqqUi65nkBH0c3rzmJUO2e9Xd9B4m2Ubo-fLpvfNiH4-z8xoRfiufX-hyh529dmE-1gd-uBTKccCglUqrIaUnbzS4bFs1XJETBPtUm-0gRODJgPiHHOCJ8ouPY0sBB3A/s320/IMG_4202.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500670387706298754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIzeTzLbza6VNbNIWp03t0Td5geE7zsF6riceSiglIkK69QtNoH1s7mS-bnm4czWtL5dqKgekhbv5AdaK4RwGmVYnWpmJN9bWF-KQP6mxod13Nx7afoJPEiPCzg0S50RmLRQdvA/s1600/IMG_4199.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIzeTzLbza6VNbNIWp03t0Td5geE7zsF6riceSiglIkK69QtNoH1s7mS-bnm4czWtL5dqKgekhbv5AdaK4RwGmVYnWpmJN9bWF-KQP6mxod13Nx7afoJPEiPCzg0S50RmLRQdvA/s320/IMG_4199.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500670375367698322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCBCNtJDt5xvBLVHXrkjgJk7YERfpSNnTs1LaIfB374Phvi75f7H3X-jtnVyrk7qDv3uCFvzYPnq2RQGWvHGu9to9oBVaL2H_FRUUNCOwLTxhc4oFch1123D2tGx7AcgDQyVmpg/s1600/IMG_4186.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCBCNtJDt5xvBLVHXrkjgJk7YERfpSNnTs1LaIfB374Phvi75f7H3X-jtnVyrk7qDv3uCFvzYPnq2RQGWvHGu9to9oBVaL2H_FRUUNCOwLTxhc4oFch1123D2tGx7AcgDQyVmpg/s320/IMG_4186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500670361307712962" border="0" /></a>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-61281260272890156792010-08-01T22:40:00.002-06:002010-08-01T22:48:27.880-06:00I love moments like these!!Being a mom can be VERY overwhelming sometimes. Sometimes I feel like I am telling these kids the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over until I am blue in the face. (I also remember my mom saying the same thing about me.) :) Sometimes I get so frustrated that I can't keep this house clean because all they ever do is play and leave their toys everywhere. Then I get mad at them....<br /><br />Then I see moments like these, and I'm over the madness. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZSlEBdGZFg_9P-gS4BQwY0M6K9WIWIMvf7wMq8nUC7AiqXDxp_mHQKAacgMql3v8yAAkO9av3HPik4nOtwvgeUJqENDxwld6BfYntV5ymMjQWFeaZPemtpEDnn6rgrZBtWfURQ/s1600/IMG_4227.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZSlEBdGZFg_9P-gS4BQwY0M6K9WIWIMvf7wMq8nUC7AiqXDxp_mHQKAacgMql3v8yAAkO9av3HPik4nOtwvgeUJqENDxwld6BfYntV5ymMjQWFeaZPemtpEDnn6rgrZBtWfURQ/s320/IMG_4227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668678049825298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItis_8b5OQM2XsHf9cnPXYEuEbSyalH1RQUNGiFkPjT-C8r50gbgHXUSIKLnuPkEeRxzeFS7eMkSKMGKB4XBb6W1tcrnZp6DaBVR2LENqFWfLs_ljLR_EP7fS-6hrfSrUHd6owg/s1600/IMG_4221.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItis_8b5OQM2XsHf9cnPXYEuEbSyalH1RQUNGiFkPjT-C8r50gbgHXUSIKLnuPkEeRxzeFS7eMkSKMGKB4XBb6W1tcrnZp6DaBVR2LENqFWfLs_ljLR_EP7fS-6hrfSrUHd6owg/s320/IMG_4221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668668405454450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />She thought she was putting make-up on like mommy...but with markers. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrY7l57JENtVuGYb_kb1Ii1AGStPhZdQoED9Mf32uoC_WUaiuasI-5g7zj_ckPGSNRYDtQnqwKsXbMEyiw5bv_svvKXl-mxlKS7_hZqne0Mg7aPpe8_VUIKBab9BeAUmNtYt461g/s1600/IMG_4161.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrY7l57JENtVuGYb_kb1Ii1AGStPhZdQoED9Mf32uoC_WUaiuasI-5g7zj_ckPGSNRYDtQnqwKsXbMEyiw5bv_svvKXl-mxlKS7_hZqne0Mg7aPpe8_VUIKBab9BeAUmNtYt461g/s320/IMG_4161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668657860753074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a very typical sight at our house. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjT21tcpMkphAK2U3fBJ2FuH_htWVZrx_CLh8S9k2uXheAOeyqDSHL-FVEsgBN7yOa62pXviS5XYhYeeFbW0n_JE25jS1-ffzaTxtECP9wQuXKQ2UaBsS077DwP-nmQ3LVAIJ1g/s1600/IMG_4143.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjT21tcpMkphAK2U3fBJ2FuH_htWVZrx_CLh8S9k2uXheAOeyqDSHL-FVEsgBN7yOa62pXviS5XYhYeeFbW0n_JE25jS1-ffzaTxtECP9wQuXKQ2UaBsS077DwP-nmQ3LVAIJ1g/s320/IMG_4143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668656363602562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGnDmQjpSFXFtFy7nL3Vq03mFFBzJO3k3wtBSTPA2dwTxacy84PsoJN-pEx4jCK7YA5U7w8KDgPEmpX7Tw8IlVLa8A7dIEKchnxNG_nYDmJg6mxoqivmvLQ75THyXCzGb888ItQ/s1600/IMG_4138.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGnDmQjpSFXFtFy7nL3Vq03mFFBzJO3k3wtBSTPA2dwTxacy84PsoJN-pEx4jCK7YA5U7w8KDgPEmpX7Tw8IlVLa8A7dIEKchnxNG_nYDmJg6mxoqivmvLQ75THyXCzGb888ItQ/s320/IMG_4138.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668645555412594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEA_NdoW17Bg7suYJOC1zaEUAM7EcLEhU7wIbGj5NT9dLNiXaaGyMst2h_axf2xuomjz_VbXFnXKvlkuzU7QK17YIHYWg7dnD4udHi6gxZEEwMMbEAdeQMMT5Ng1CEwdgQY9ydcA/s1600/IMG_4137.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEA_NdoW17Bg7suYJOC1zaEUAM7EcLEhU7wIbGj5NT9dLNiXaaGyMst2h_axf2xuomjz_VbXFnXKvlkuzU7QK17YIHYWg7dnD4udHi6gxZEEwMMbEAdeQMMT5Ng1CEwdgQY9ydcA/s320/IMG_4137.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668296841226482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HvaDCP5oMnAXlHqnegkDwmmGORp8FXsQiXRvzWGKa86OAmBllKva-duJ5kTO31gAWYbOmYLx-wH88OZtA303FBDeGZHgXs0Qe4hUBX9pgekXVdv5OGj0OJ7OaV7Qiqc7veXjTw/s1600/IMG_4136.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HvaDCP5oMnAXlHqnegkDwmmGORp8FXsQiXRvzWGKa86OAmBllKva-duJ5kTO31gAWYbOmYLx-wH88OZtA303FBDeGZHgXs0Qe4hUBX9pgekXVdv5OGj0OJ7OaV7Qiqc7veXjTw/s320/IMG_4136.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668289260923746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And one of these days Joel will get the upper hand. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW95NlZfKSPKG4VOk4uuZq97urwtVn5-Gs2bdmImPi6ahSNWLcYH_bQDyCoG5eMYF0Y907mRwVnRpiZ3Wb_LJZXehgovZOBNRmb8Xl3P98SbOBpvtQBmI2ZiG7zxwmJauBl3PncA/s1600/IMG_4132.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW95NlZfKSPKG4VOk4uuZq97urwtVn5-Gs2bdmImPi6ahSNWLcYH_bQDyCoG5eMYF0Y907mRwVnRpiZ3Wb_LJZXehgovZOBNRmb8Xl3P98SbOBpvtQBmI2ZiG7zxwmJauBl3PncA/s320/IMG_4132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668281283067234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIBP6dQ4SI0oec1F1KFA2OuK0hYRm4MS6AjdvO-vGwFnWu9wrXX-pKh6La6qOQJtgdX1od_pF-nme1mp0GSw9T2i17tl-uICPU2c8AOFCZuXBSf5ykQFo8ryvDNVL5X7BYQeoaA/s1600/IMG_4129.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIBP6dQ4SI0oec1F1KFA2OuK0hYRm4MS6AjdvO-vGwFnWu9wrXX-pKh6La6qOQJtgdX1od_pF-nme1mp0GSw9T2i17tl-uICPU2c8AOFCZuXBSf5ykQFo8ryvDNVL5X7BYQeoaA/s320/IMG_4129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668274878416322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the best. When I find them playing so nicely in their bedroom. Amelia bosses Joel around about everything and Joel eats everything Amelia gives him. Perfect combination!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOTwSDIbd_saiRMhGmUuRLduZOLJ9IJwdlBxYy6oViSPFVAIJTLNooevefHClBdEB75QgSPJSf4bN0iGtUzQXUJMlOH-16aoxQE1HTPPxl38sv2ifyNkkUhfpE4pprj6zWSo42A/s1600/IMG_4127.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOTwSDIbd_saiRMhGmUuRLduZOLJ9IJwdlBxYy6oViSPFVAIJTLNooevefHClBdEB75QgSPJSf4bN0iGtUzQXUJMlOH-16aoxQE1HTPPxl38sv2ifyNkkUhfpE4pprj6zWSo42A/s320/IMG_4127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668259716375410" border="0" /></a>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-52102034145585349622010-07-19T22:13:00.003-06:002010-07-19T22:24:45.069-06:00Aunt Stephanie!!!We had the fun opportunity of having Aunt Stephanie come and visit us for a few days. Unfortunately for her we happened to be having a cold spell sweep through that week. Temperatures didn't get above 75 degrees the whole time she was here. Poor girl! But we had fun anyway. Thanks for sharing these photos with us Steph!<div><br /></div><div>Joel hanging out on the beach.<br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCS9LDKFN0nksX8Z-EWviaJyW21zDjx_yVipUWlLpzpuffyTtmO43LkopfJHnaoLtvhGjWNKjaIDJbeJfrQ2uVBROREKv3DMzIw974VJsYQfqUdb1mWgOREjlStaTajmR4f1HQQ/s320/P1010038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495836905643804562" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Who needs a leash when you've got this??<br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWs_b7A3npyL3kReuKiSrf3UL8dWcTWFO46O4K5IRtapQtD3Yd3fUjsBxGaZCxkZXFetelnqfA1XFMTof6ouES0TqowVisKz6K6z-3HFsI6aBEjr4ZVXXsNmA8o3TGCN1Gt7klA/s320/P1010037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495836902790105906" /></div><div><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpRmXof0sPSe3QEebTg7gBWODXcQJHjUZ1iWpP7yAzpsmxzZ1Mx7ca_YfbLGRCvhHM-JTr2y-iGdL4YaTMSP3YQHRgikN8X4i8s7_3BqK1TyO2LzEBVy9Az5PhmN4PdYf5h089A/s320/P1010040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495836916912246434" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Is there one attached to this thing too??<br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopX7_qyRqFfVxZ2EzjYpKDjjW2J6E2R56S_5VauxsEkuq1X2wPxu7rTEVKA1GYR23g5881xFcKqcVPe9GT4ecLlQc418Ot9gZiDV_MKYvWWhpCAJUF8oZXkcuXbhcmQUJ1tcl7g/s320/P1010042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495836920780697538" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Amelia LOVED Graumans Chinese Theater. She was running around putting her hands and feet in everyone else's. I love this shot with Steph. </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfrYO7xY7Z6cFmaI4F-mKULJpO9sePTLsQgmDuovaFZSsSvtsaUf0Gqu-2tyhxzgm__JlD0L-NI37F8nm0nqAgWthwKXsHogKb2jpRRS2lZslSXkc8Ds_fQ1dtGSXOEf9FVncxQ/s320/P1010049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495836929933368530" /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you look really close you can see the Hollywood sign through there. This is just outside of the Kodak Theater. Amelia played in the water fountain here while we took care of Joely business. </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUzghBNvMdAbEcikwXukck_9rzCJhGH6vibk0kUm-zQd9-vp0Nl6YuYADktSU7zWfd0ksEDRdgTYfdFX9w4WjthmfkfEmGBSrVhhOP86WCF_grwMxv_Yc0b9mwJ5KBQPGcWfGrw/s320/P1010053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495837156507428946" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Santa Monica pier just happened to have this fun concert going on. Amelia loved dancing to the music...in her pajamas! :)</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FrtRArYLxrWLsKfuJPRRlDBWDY0d_AUN0O-yQk7xaWmaoWf3ZEPQi8NlLuN_2PecUKOJpNZq2P4w-MhRPDrVaGa3t933OrXYs3YTaOLFTdd49QyKuvhY39KRLrHcqFCoC2603w/s320/P1010057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495837163054727234" /></div><div><br /></div><div>And the LA Temple. Always a beautiful sight.</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9_7GwiXWEiwl-f4LkOSs-Dh9wO11CO3kOfrI_ze-Yl13BZK4K4cLul0aXjmdPyoOI7LAHP4uwMvUcahycxB_2UseTV8p24zXXAp5h_GDnjNkl-C_WM5-Hp6D9-U6L7E0zALuTQ/s320/P1010064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495837167135508802" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Typical Amelia. Always loves to work it for the camera.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWIHC3G6dgWCmTkWrgFKY8IrBwY2JkTRMhuOSqPPJl2AF5Qnvo7h7Uus8ak9Ij_i679ZYHGragGxZUoqDm4NHBB57IVPqxJKLelzHZmeb_dlS5UiqtLwCMshLJizbJ3A88uSzdA/s1600/P1010070.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWIHC3G6dgWCmTkWrgFKY8IrBwY2JkTRMhuOSqPPJl2AF5Qnvo7h7Uus8ak9Ij_i679ZYHGragGxZUoqDm4NHBB57IVPqxJKLelzHZmeb_dlS5UiqtLwCMshLJizbJ3A88uSzdA/s320/P1010070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495837174831654402" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-30936004793485616612010-07-11T22:01:00.004-06:002010-07-11T22:07:00.765-06:00Happy 4th of July!!So, my sister-in-law put me onto this blog called <a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/">Make it and Love it</a> and I check it almost everyday. One day she had this tutorial on how to make your own flag shirts for the 4th. Since that is my favorite holiday, I figured I'd make some flag shirts for my kids. And here they are:<div><br /></div><div>Amelia doing her grumpy face. Hers has the ruffled stripes and buttons for the stars.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gG75g_yYbPEhlUfecuaaxaYvzEtN-XOW58C-bBoveDN7I97e-9zQEQPFA8FdZKKyXTItLoF9UhGb7v4lovtjIauLwc1IG19NhQ8RdUs-E_LT9NxEDtzVuYB1uU3U5vHOlFMWbw/s1600/IMG_4099.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gG75g_yYbPEhlUfecuaaxaYvzEtN-XOW58C-bBoveDN7I97e-9zQEQPFA8FdZKKyXTItLoF9UhGb7v4lovtjIauLwc1IG19NhQ8RdUs-E_LT9NxEDtzVuYB1uU3U5vHOlFMWbw/s320/IMG_4099.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492865159147950674" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gG75g_yYbPEhlUfecuaaxaYvzEtN-XOW58C-bBoveDN7I97e-9zQEQPFA8FdZKKyXTItLoF9UhGb7v4lovtjIauLwc1IG19NhQ8RdUs-E_LT9NxEDtzVuYB1uU3U5vHOlFMWbw/s1600/IMG_4099.jpg"></a>Joels is just an applique. Well, I ironed on to heat and bond onto the fabric and then ironed/stitched it onto the shirt. </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA7-2RtNtL5v5pr5M3P-Fu_DQBSRk8OsWrpeXJ7D32UK4V4iXpKl8Gc__fupeQ8jfxodF-IGVwdZDTsgPdEHUA5QKHHfiPvmzxlAcQcmXGB6FFlwtgN03YvQ3mYWkndYCFabdMw/s1600/IMG_4106.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA7-2RtNtL5v5pr5M3P-Fu_DQBSRk8OsWrpeXJ7D32UK4V4iXpKl8Gc__fupeQ8jfxodF-IGVwdZDTsgPdEHUA5QKHHfiPvmzxlAcQcmXGB6FFlwtgN03YvQ3mYWkndYCFabdMw/s320/IMG_4106.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492865151350558994" /></a><br /></div><div>Oh yeah, that's is Joel standing all by himself. He's on the verge of walking, but not there yet. Yikes!!</div><div><br /></div><div>These were both SUPER easy and SUPER fun!!! I'm gonna have to try it again with other designs. </div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-674251901857704592010-07-11T21:50:00.004-06:002010-07-11T22:01:29.318-06:00Random Grandparents postSo this is one of those post for you Grandma's and Grandpa's. Since we know you love the photos. Enjoy!<div><br /></div><div>One day Joel discovered the crawl space behind our couch. Sweet little smile right?? No, he was screaming and I was laughing. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2VC2gNWlgCzWuyit-05Y2FLGIDrDG6Wp8JGW7HTnNkKskOfxJ0ft3TQEiqk6CC17XqZnj-3jgft9EI8xnAhkdVr3MTk2tkbOOosyrtwi5P0UbFdBKFYSKHqH-cR1hwY-PlXxVg/s1600/IMG_4040.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2VC2gNWlgCzWuyit-05Y2FLGIDrDG6Wp8JGW7HTnNkKskOfxJ0ft3TQEiqk6CC17XqZnj-3jgft9EI8xnAhkdVr3MTk2tkbOOosyrtwi5P0UbFdBKFYSKHqH-cR1hwY-PlXxVg/s320/IMG_4040.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863356045689202" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2VC2gNWlgCzWuyit-05Y2FLGIDrDG6Wp8JGW7HTnNkKskOfxJ0ft3TQEiqk6CC17XqZnj-3jgft9EI8xnAhkdVr3MTk2tkbOOosyrtwi5P0UbFdBKFYSKHqH-cR1hwY-PlXxVg/s1600/IMG_4040.jpg"></a>Since we have moved these two into their own bedroom this is a common sight. I love it!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1aMBcBW3R4eNbDo2X9MzoYrXFR_vUsvLORaVNRzrG1Fw3PfxQt9Vsy0ajjQZ5fbqR_B25hEoaHrB_CElcvFSun6PCO0X5cpqYk07jAUGDCQrXflri08QPJtVAVuANeS4Sj-Aqw/s1600/IMG_4047.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1aMBcBW3R4eNbDo2X9MzoYrXFR_vUsvLORaVNRzrG1Fw3PfxQt9Vsy0ajjQZ5fbqR_B25hEoaHrB_CElcvFSun6PCO0X5cpqYk07jAUGDCQrXflri08QPJtVAVuANeS4Sj-Aqw/s320/IMG_4047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863349630038450" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1aMBcBW3R4eNbDo2X9MzoYrXFR_vUsvLORaVNRzrG1Fw3PfxQt9Vsy0ajjQZ5fbqR_B25hEoaHrB_CElcvFSun6PCO0X5cpqYk07jAUGDCQrXflri08QPJtVAVuANeS4Sj-Aqw/s1600/IMG_4047.jpg"></a>My sweet Joel. See that nice long hair? I somehow let Brad convince me to buzz it. So, it's much shorter now. :( He won't be getting another haircut for a long time. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3SMgre79Oix6V6TjdrVziE38RDpe6Rgl0DJBBTDypW8CYlbvh8dqDxtBokoybxGkiobmCFvB2SS4K3o_MM9xxU_wvp1C7Dkn1dgBjc7tpotBwzGn8HCYN6CUO5oPWFYfDbMxsw/s1600/IMG_4055.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3SMgre79Oix6V6TjdrVziE38RDpe6Rgl0DJBBTDypW8CYlbvh8dqDxtBokoybxGkiobmCFvB2SS4K3o_MM9xxU_wvp1C7Dkn1dgBjc7tpotBwzGn8HCYN6CUO5oPWFYfDbMxsw/s320/IMG_4055.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863337456568866" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3SMgre79Oix6V6TjdrVziE38RDpe6Rgl0DJBBTDypW8CYlbvh8dqDxtBokoybxGkiobmCFvB2SS4K3o_MM9xxU_wvp1C7Dkn1dgBjc7tpotBwzGn8HCYN6CUO5oPWFYfDbMxsw/s1600/IMG_4055.jpg"></a>His new talent: waving. He waves at everyone now. Love it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqU0t2ZggspRa7pYqKi4n2hw9LMYCqKPCgQ76EuEg4aOOR21oJ9oF5AfQ8yfpFdH8i8Lbcqe3hzShjGIE8RpT9e2SkFB0K2OYo2ciwB04SO8FemxVLL4RcFU7NHY1u7e3pOS1Yg/s1600/IMG_4056.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqU0t2ZggspRa7pYqKi4n2hw9LMYCqKPCgQ76EuEg4aOOR21oJ9oF5AfQ8yfpFdH8i8Lbcqe3hzShjGIE8RpT9e2SkFB0K2OYo2ciwB04SO8FemxVLL4RcFU7NHY1u7e3pOS1Yg/s320/IMG_4056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863328185005394" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqU0t2ZggspRa7pYqKi4n2hw9LMYCqKPCgQ76EuEg4aOOR21oJ9oF5AfQ8yfpFdH8i8Lbcqe3hzShjGIE8RpT9e2SkFB0K2OYo2ciwB04SO8FemxVLL4RcFU7NHY1u7e3pOS1Yg/s1600/IMG_4056.jpg"></a>And of course his killer smile. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXqlJUXFFikABGs7JY4kzy3DnZ6bR5qmtEHvnEibUAszuD7SJnKDhxP6NqE26m_LS-UdRcZc4CrnuGF1UxbOzUGGw0HbxijYTKASuzPJ6O9UxJyBundLp0FMHEjSMO8JmacABrQ/s1600/IMG_4060.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXqlJUXFFikABGs7JY4kzy3DnZ6bR5qmtEHvnEibUAszuD7SJnKDhxP6NqE26m_LS-UdRcZc4CrnuGF1UxbOzUGGw0HbxijYTKASuzPJ6O9UxJyBundLp0FMHEjSMO8JmacABrQ/s320/IMG_4060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863321509082226" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oW7v5MmKIf-qXL-5aKA-66myHXelCcAnWlHLY7vkYePbXQsFsq5NTvPfRRXRKyVjgb1H4EPEk17h8E6mRFrNJJN7hPeZgik-K036UQ1O6ajVz8zWzPs4UYAIMHeeLmphKuuyiQ/s1600/IMG_4062.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oW7v5MmKIf-qXL-5aKA-66myHXelCcAnWlHLY7vkYePbXQsFsq5NTvPfRRXRKyVjgb1H4EPEk17h8E6mRFrNJJN7hPeZgik-K036UQ1O6ajVz8zWzPs4UYAIMHeeLmphKuuyiQ/s320/IMG_4062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863052972042146" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oW7v5MmKIf-qXL-5aKA-66myHXelCcAnWlHLY7vkYePbXQsFsq5NTvPfRRXRKyVjgb1H4EPEk17h8E6mRFrNJJN7hPeZgik-K036UQ1O6ajVz8zWzPs4UYAIMHeeLmphKuuyiQ/s1600/IMG_4062.jpg"></a>I have very fond memories as a child of sitting at my moms feet while she put curlers or rags in my hair to curl it for Sunday. I always thought it was fun to feel really girly and have these bouncing beautiful curls, so I thought I'd try it with Amelia. So, here she is:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_lEipsSVfPKQLBlZNTKJrLSw5yhiVOpjcd-9AdBoEcXsopDdGmCB5SrO-Z05uu3AgaY0HQYfwKcyXav20ardxN5_QObK2xnZEtIlQF33S2Fw5HRqL_UJX38UegayikQJ-Y4WQg/s1600/IMG_4073.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_lEipsSVfPKQLBlZNTKJrLSw5yhiVOpjcd-9AdBoEcXsopDdGmCB5SrO-Z05uu3AgaY0HQYfwKcyXav20ardxN5_QObK2xnZEtIlQF33S2Fw5HRqL_UJX38UegayikQJ-Y4WQg/s320/IMG_4073.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863043946860738" /></a></div><div>Wonder why there is no after photo?? Yeah, well, I think this is a tradition we won't be keeping. Let's just say MAJOR FRO!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_lEipsSVfPKQLBlZNTKJrLSw5yhiVOpjcd-9AdBoEcXsopDdGmCB5SrO-Z05uu3AgaY0HQYfwKcyXav20ardxN5_QObK2xnZEtIlQF33S2Fw5HRqL_UJX38UegayikQJ-Y4WQg/s1600/IMG_4073.jpg"></a>Ever the budding artist.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhjHTbuTgru7a00G3IxVbnXKVykGLwSJDZV_JWVttwix5NfPdgzYxW7Z8_HBoAYWUBSBZst9O59kshaIpbiyI0ANfy0ALHVhPm8ZiSp85PKpg-0ImWa-pj4mQ9_qHofwUxwraxA/s1600/IMG_4081.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhjHTbuTgru7a00G3IxVbnXKVykGLwSJDZV_JWVttwix5NfPdgzYxW7Z8_HBoAYWUBSBZst9O59kshaIpbiyI0ANfy0ALHVhPm8ZiSp85PKpg-0ImWa-pj4mQ9_qHofwUxwraxA/s320/IMG_4081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863038872738450" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhjHTbuTgru7a00G3IxVbnXKVykGLwSJDZV_JWVttwix5NfPdgzYxW7Z8_HBoAYWUBSBZst9O59kshaIpbiyI0ANfy0ALHVhPm8ZiSp85PKpg-0ImWa-pj4mQ9_qHofwUxwraxA/s1600/IMG_4081.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxDsnxXeWTkrvDFM893gu0nsfDNDifbV8b1RCv5fs0w3RUfjgcR9TmnepWZwqJzX8MQ-KVwBmw2DeVWzoFw7KvZgem-nfWVIse0Jdk4WKFBwCKFVnxQjcLT_wufWNW-kvaH2i5g/s1600/IMG_4084.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxDsnxXeWTkrvDFM893gu0nsfDNDifbV8b1RCv5fs0w3RUfjgcR9TmnepWZwqJzX8MQ-KVwBmw2DeVWzoFw7KvZgem-nfWVIse0Jdk4WKFBwCKFVnxQjcLT_wufWNW-kvaH2i5g/s320/IMG_4084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863028374950690" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxDsnxXeWTkrvDFM893gu0nsfDNDifbV8b1RCv5fs0w3RUfjgcR9TmnepWZwqJzX8MQ-KVwBmw2DeVWzoFw7KvZgem-nfWVIse0Jdk4WKFBwCKFVnxQjcLT_wufWNW-kvaH2i5g/s1600/IMG_4084.jpg"></a>Amelia and a friend hang out after church. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWt9J731exrUwySFvkhvhemO7_VJAnZQkY5am8LA0HezgNOCWk4u8xJclioWBm7UIdfv95EHfmayUUaXlzX496qGJOYRbhsxv25MTOv3JdPyEJ98Onw3gg5pzeDmecyGx41d_FiA/s1600/IMG_4095.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWt9J731exrUwySFvkhvhemO7_VJAnZQkY5am8LA0HezgNOCWk4u8xJclioWBm7UIdfv95EHfmayUUaXlzX496qGJOYRbhsxv25MTOv3JdPyEJ98Onw3gg5pzeDmecyGx41d_FiA/s320/IMG_4095.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492863015843210754" /></a><br /></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-51011475012668866242010-07-11T21:47:00.003-06:002010-07-11T21:50:30.274-06:00Sleepy KidsHere is what my kids look like after a day at Disneyland:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtC3CrCS3UprffRTT8VejmtoNk3S5qVC3oarK3sVyA8wThCnq_jCaaE2MIidq_3I13a3nySeVADVsu78fzoJzG43tJIldm7mcdfD-AX8IdIsaWTNpNnF_aNLT81G1jtgUXwzniOA/s1600/IMG_4031.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtC3CrCS3UprffRTT8VejmtoNk3S5qVC3oarK3sVyA8wThCnq_jCaaE2MIidq_3I13a3nySeVADVsu78fzoJzG43tJIldm7mcdfD-AX8IdIsaWTNpNnF_aNLT81G1jtgUXwzniOA/s320/IMG_4031.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492861645711863282" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtC3CrCS3UprffRTT8VejmtoNk3S5qVC3oarK3sVyA8wThCnq_jCaaE2MIidq_3I13a3nySeVADVsu78fzoJzG43tJIldm7mcdfD-AX8IdIsaWTNpNnF_aNLT81G1jtgUXwzniOA/s1600/IMG_4031.jpg"></a>And here is what they look like asleep at night:<br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqSA2DFS6pqM4Z6dZkoyVkTVsP_Or7MSDIUTrLkeEzPmejKO7G51ul6KImbkYJ15-NVF-LASIj13qErel8l-HR_CA57LGvFn7ttyHpzXxNAmUFmJI7oFyTKo7j63hy7dkOh78SQ/s320/IMG_4037.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492861655452759522" /></div><div>We just moved the two of them into their own bedroom so this is now a common sight. We never put them to bed together, but Amelia almost always climbs in for a snuggle. So sweet!!</div><div><br /></div></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-40792686246978841672010-06-13T21:13:00.003-06:002010-06-13T21:24:12.011-06:00Awesome!!So I've had this itch lately to do something creative, like really creative. Something more than just an art easel. So I've been scouring good ole youtube.com to see what I could find. Check this out, it's so sweet!!<div><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2_HXUhShhmY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2_HXUhShhmY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BpWM0FNPZSs&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BpWM0FNPZSs&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G0LtUX_6IXY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G0LtUX_6IXY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />And the one that piqued my interested (thanks for sharing Brandon and Steph!):<br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ql-N3F1FhW4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ql-N3F1FhW4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-49512470199944414702010-05-29T18:44:00.003-06:002010-05-29T18:54:35.052-06:00Birthday ProjectAmelia has been very much getting into the arts lately. So loves to draw, loves to color, and especially loves to paint. So I figured she would love an art easel. I shopped around for a few, the ones I could afford were all out of stock, the ones I couldn't afford I didn't like quite so much, so I decided to make one. After scouring the web for a few ideas I finally settled on <a href="http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,20165968,00.html">this one</a>, and set off for Home Depot for supplies. I didn't quite follow the outline perfectly, I had to make a few alterations here and there, but after a few very late nights this is the result:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibv_KCOgcMgzYQqp2kqO7fYc3UOIgiTBOV4bzwSSWzi__1VQC8-291NdofdjwfdIjoNVaVGh-I8Ts-aUmmh_EGWx0dBoZ8rQwrFxFl3AyrC-ntwqYx70nJkAd8gbD7xJowJKtNYQ/s1600/IMG_4025.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibv_KCOgcMgzYQqp2kqO7fYc3UOIgiTBOV4bzwSSWzi__1VQC8-291NdofdjwfdIjoNVaVGh-I8Ts-aUmmh_EGWx0dBoZ8rQwrFxFl3AyrC-ntwqYx70nJkAd8gbD7xJowJKtNYQ/s320/IMG_4025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476857590391740930" /></a><div>The wood of course was bought from Home Depot and luckily they cut the wood for you for a very small fee. The chalk board is an old picture frame that I had that I just painted the frame and then spray painted the plexi-glass with that chalk spray paint stuff. The art supplies are all from IKEA. There is a roll of paper on a dowel in the middle of the frame that we can just pull in front of the chalk board. </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibv_KCOgcMgzYQqp2kqO7fYc3UOIgiTBOV4bzwSSWzi__1VQC8-291NdofdjwfdIjoNVaVGh-I8Ts-aUmmh_EGWx0dBoZ8rQwrFxFl3AyrC-ntwqYx70nJkAd8gbD7xJowJKtNYQ/s1600/IMG_4025.jpg"></a><br /><div>She loves it!! She's had quite a few hours of fun with it already, plus paint on the couch and carpet...we might need to set up some rules. :) </div></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-19709284088283283102010-05-29T18:33:00.003-06:002010-05-29T18:43:57.159-06:00She's "free"!!Our sweet little girl is now 3 years old!!! Gosh, it's hard to believe. It's sure been a fun few years though. And to celebrate all our joy, we threw a party! Amelia said she wanted a dinosaur party, I wanted to do something more feminine, so we compromised with this:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJaTRVEMCC2zgQxYnIk8IReRkNr11n0Ys9BWbFmL2WnmEcoIhCOPzbjXovu_rii-hjHtfcdoUIUfL-4I6O8E42P0z9CHyRQvbpRcv7VoW01UXf2DFVr3mGksLMiU92iW8yxKTvg/s1600/IMG_3956.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJaTRVEMCC2zgQxYnIk8IReRkNr11n0Ys9BWbFmL2WnmEcoIhCOPzbjXovu_rii-hjHtfcdoUIUfL-4I6O8E42P0z9CHyRQvbpRcv7VoW01UXf2DFVr3mGksLMiU92iW8yxKTvg/s320/IMG_3956.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855749247605842" /></a><div>Dinosaurs and pink frosting!!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJaTRVEMCC2zgQxYnIk8IReRkNr11n0Ys9BWbFmL2WnmEcoIhCOPzbjXovu_rii-hjHtfcdoUIUfL-4I6O8E42P0z9CHyRQvbpRcv7VoW01UXf2DFVr3mGksLMiU92iW8yxKTvg/s1600/IMG_3956.jpg"></a>Ring-around-the rosies...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQUwiOjpbc8WlwB03TtYhJOfuINzrVwxXVM7lZPnM8cAPPdPXbZ_Ps1ufcFHNlUjPJLpHIuI_clX75CoyXSypab1KSB2JgrUDqOIyfzLoG0_l5gySPdnNm_EsDyujTXTJO6YZ_g/s1600/IMG_3959.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQUwiOjpbc8WlwB03TtYhJOfuINzrVwxXVM7lZPnM8cAPPdPXbZ_Ps1ufcFHNlUjPJLpHIuI_clX75CoyXSypab1KSB2JgrUDqOIyfzLoG0_l5gySPdnNm_EsDyujTXTJO6YZ_g/s320/IMG_3959.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855738569983282" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The kids had a hard time bringing themselves to hit the pinata, after all, we do all try to teach our kids not to hit. But once the candy fell out, everything was cool again!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBkeFupPFci4DwnrvyBGXNDu_OiKs4irb5JVYfGVXCkIk8ausweNEh5A-NLEotj2Lmv-leOoTqjtpWtwOufmnL-p3PydtZ1kgkXG61ZskLoj8VOLEMBJnR3FMiaaIGNHUAXVGnA/s1600/IMG_3967.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBkeFupPFci4DwnrvyBGXNDu_OiKs4irb5JVYfGVXCkIk8ausweNEh5A-NLEotj2Lmv-leOoTqjtpWtwOufmnL-p3PydtZ1kgkXG61ZskLoj8VOLEMBJnR3FMiaaIGNHUAXVGnA/s320/IMG_3967.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855727853415058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79GPgjQSkIgV6E4vtQT_pgad5bzhglR51L6JNu-PxAnlXgvPs19WWe8kJoQKdBEtjBdXhfjrv-8SPQZcfarUBlwNYaSdSP_hPC2Go2eiwEyYUDpy5kbmKOvxFHkAJvwlGtE-Quw/s1600/IMG_3982.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79GPgjQSkIgV6E4vtQT_pgad5bzhglR51L6JNu-PxAnlXgvPs19WWe8kJoQKdBEtjBdXhfjrv-8SPQZcfarUBlwNYaSdSP_hPC2Go2eiwEyYUDpy5kbmKOvxFHkAJvwlGtE-Quw/s320/IMG_3982.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855719574018498" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABUE-8G-clxfxKwzRvqmo84trkGcpVa8AECdYQpx9atlgc54EFbqx849EzTg4GL00bcU4nIOcUede8gPv5UTTkhgJszCR8mwLvnUrIzHtHIVpqdtmPUH2ihcYHs8XJRD-oalEnw/s1600/IMG_3998.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABUE-8G-clxfxKwzRvqmo84trkGcpVa8AECdYQpx9atlgc54EFbqx849EzTg4GL00bcU4nIOcUede8gPv5UTTkhgJszCR8mwLvnUrIzHtHIVpqdtmPUH2ihcYHs8XJRD-oalEnw/s320/IMG_3998.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855428493822354" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABUE-8G-clxfxKwzRvqmo84trkGcpVa8AECdYQpx9atlgc54EFbqx849EzTg4GL00bcU4nIOcUede8gPv5UTTkhgJszCR8mwLvnUrIzHtHIVpqdtmPUH2ihcYHs8XJRD-oalEnw/s1600/IMG_3998.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpHZFKA3O_QkcH3FooeTXC1fYER6EbgXQzHky_VCeR0iGd9eixFAbVDHFWnsNQwz9xTrgt6aM-6vt-PkuVY0mnPlUnpOnAKNhJAq4kwFsCqZ_gR084pxiZJme6spHhIfg8ijMlA/s1600/IMG_4001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpHZFKA3O_QkcH3FooeTXC1fYER6EbgXQzHky_VCeR0iGd9eixFAbVDHFWnsNQwz9xTrgt6aM-6vt-PkuVY0mnPlUnpOnAKNhJAq4kwFsCqZ_gR084pxiZJme6spHhIfg8ijMlA/s320/IMG_4001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855417838802626" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpHZFKA3O_QkcH3FooeTXC1fYER6EbgXQzHky_VCeR0iGd9eixFAbVDHFWnsNQwz9xTrgt6aM-6vt-PkuVY0mnPlUnpOnAKNhJAq4kwFsCqZ_gR084pxiZJme6spHhIfg8ijMlA/s1600/IMG_4001.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVREVlCsPeaFJcuvcCUgNTEH8XOXZ3n21-JRjgatr8efyfgSmfScSQjRbPtkOkV7Z29LFKEIp9oBkJoO9VxJb342aunJCKOPF6BeOfqvdPzpCiamEkk_Ph1Agli-3_LzdgCkVrg/s1600/IMG_4007.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVREVlCsPeaFJcuvcCUgNTEH8XOXZ3n21-JRjgatr8efyfgSmfScSQjRbPtkOkV7Z29LFKEIp9oBkJoO9VxJb342aunJCKOPF6BeOfqvdPzpCiamEkk_Ph1Agli-3_LzdgCkVrg/s320/IMG_4007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855410341089170" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVREVlCsPeaFJcuvcCUgNTEH8XOXZ3n21-JRjgatr8efyfgSmfScSQjRbPtkOkV7Z29LFKEIp9oBkJoO9VxJb342aunJCKOPF6BeOfqvdPzpCiamEkk_Ph1Agli-3_LzdgCkVrg/s1600/IMG_4007.jpg"></a>All the fun birthday guests. Thanks for coming and making her day pure bliss!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEdfLczoIn-51BgCndV12p0JDL3CaEerDVLfQVuBBfKkGXVb72GxLJ_r7UGMMMEYSDaavMneWZhV3B4zJEIsAL4ChARYl0JDlSUg1eO85Ecv9mRI8NXVnJ_Szck-AftcDrie9pw/s1600/IMG_4015.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEdfLczoIn-51BgCndV12p0JDL3CaEerDVLfQVuBBfKkGXVb72GxLJ_r7UGMMMEYSDaavMneWZhV3B4zJEIsAL4ChARYl0JDlSUg1eO85Ecv9mRI8NXVnJ_Szck-AftcDrie9pw/s320/IMG_4015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855399493929714" /></a><br /><br /></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-83486024187810124352010-05-28T23:46:00.002-06:002010-05-28T23:55:19.972-06:00Good Morning Sunshine!You could probably ask any parent and they would tell you that when their kids wake up it's the best time of day. They are happy and excited to see you, all smiles! Well, that's my Joel. He loves it when Amelia and I barge in when we hear him squirming after his morning nap. This is how that usually goes:<div><br /></div><div>Good morning sunshine!!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7_DW8TUVKoeqXysCkY6oMO7Xsickwqp8c92TyBYWn1zUXJPWQGrIgewC0KyAmBww4alAhZfS1tIFMR-vlYViMNSQVqLzR1qk5MUTAoTyvliev1jg8neBnVDMPCnkfBei_fY3QA/s320/IMG_3904.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476564797903545298" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love those red rosy cheeks!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabG0vLCe58b6n8-HA5kMOK7jJfKSNfvprIBXVowoXOiJKAS7wnpFkLUUFewtOGX9_c9Kssbnj5o67DqLgNBr5cgKjhYUpJY2dsXfaTw-VXD7Zylrm9cTVFAFP4xgNF46kc2RLyQ/s320/IMG_3905.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476564788470607938" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Amelia gets so excited to see him, she's just gotta climb in with him.</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8D6vrXKJGPq0d45DlsvEZIoe0X2NogFFtQe3O-kCzn5A7AVa2lpvp94OKIQAhIC6Te3a-wzk5BqZOmdWgi0L1q5u3BThnWmWyqZ6kwASdhMXnbh453WtfE9rq4qvB7OmS23LRw/s320/IMG_3909.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476564553796396290" /></div><div><br /></div><div>And he loves it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MNZkHWu7a6ovO5VII8AUMZJMrocLVpxCpZ4yQYvINWxX_a0w98AbjpTSTZA8EDqUao7sAmBE0eiCCi-TRNTrGQfJck_BdVYia-0-3eio-0P7mrN6F3zG4YpXB413PknwQWTp3A/s1600/IMG_3903.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MNZkHWu7a6ovO5VII8AUMZJMrocLVpxCpZ4yQYvINWxX_a0w98AbjpTSTZA8EDqUao7sAmBE0eiCCi-TRNTrGQfJck_BdVYia-0-3eio-0P7mrN6F3zG4YpXB413PknwQWTp3A/s320/IMG_3903.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476564804592496610" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabG0vLCe58b6n8-HA5kMOK7jJfKSNfvprIBXVowoXOiJKAS7wnpFkLUUFewtOGX9_c9Kssbnj5o67DqLgNBr5cgKjhYUpJY2dsXfaTw-VXD7Zylrm9cTVFAFP4xgNF46kc2RLyQ/s1600/IMG_3905.jpg"></a>(I love this photo, classic in our house at the moment.) Amelia yelling a song and Joel blowing raspberries. Yep, that's my kids. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsISzfmlkLgzX8Qrx5yDm8ojT5gRi-XV4e7E7v1WrGBXyO66J50v6e0wNueh9flqp3XCkA3ZhK3G5TUi_-VNloSgrh6FXIkrgmUqi1CeW4GeacpDWeIkvZXbICGteF38rj0g3bzQ/s1600/IMG_3908.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsISzfmlkLgzX8Qrx5yDm8ojT5gRi-XV4e7E7v1WrGBXyO66J50v6e0wNueh9flqp3XCkA3ZhK3G5TUi_-VNloSgrh6FXIkrgmUqi1CeW4GeacpDWeIkvZXbICGteF38rj0g3bzQ/s320/IMG_3908.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476564564050422786" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsISzfmlkLgzX8Qrx5yDm8ojT5gRi-XV4e7E7v1WrGBXyO66J50v6e0wNueh9flqp3XCkA3ZhK3G5TUi_-VNloSgrh6FXIkrgmUqi1CeW4GeacpDWeIkvZXbICGteF38rj0g3bzQ/s1600/IMG_3908.jpg"></a>And then, this happens. You know the saying, "It's all fun and games until some one gets hurt."? Yeah, well, that usually happens about this time. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q7tsoQZMBNaxKzq6ikOQ_Ot0J5d6KEdgBeqxfxGFyWkrBXXMxsXZrrNgJTQ1RvZusU-H4417A_2hpYxyClJc0Mw-HqZZpNSXybsve2V7xGuZU9WLMqeClGHJZMFc6HamIRvkPQ/s1600/IMG_3910.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q7tsoQZMBNaxKzq6ikOQ_Ot0J5d6KEdgBeqxfxGFyWkrBXXMxsXZrrNgJTQ1RvZusU-H4417A_2hpYxyClJc0Mw-HqZZpNSXybsve2V7xGuZU9WLMqeClGHJZMFc6HamIRvkPQ/s320/IMG_3910.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476564548059042018" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q7tsoQZMBNaxKzq6ikOQ_Ot0J5d6KEdgBeqxfxGFyWkrBXXMxsXZrrNgJTQ1RvZusU-H4417A_2hpYxyClJc0Mw-HqZZpNSXybsve2V7xGuZU9WLMqeClGHJZMFc6HamIRvkPQ/s1600/IMG_3910.jpg"></a>But Joel is a good sport.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF6N1yfsgMJriWpr6fNoUqF_Ylu4S2nXDrzxFIRvhRyJIm83N9vrF4ExVXWreQOOxScNZ0Z602kU_a1unxY3Pf6N_o-UVx9HvSNn0bq5v5M2z0ZXm0X_8iAtHl2JK6nwC2qTnng/s1600/IMG_3914.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF6N1yfsgMJriWpr6fNoUqF_Ylu4S2nXDrzxFIRvhRyJIm83N9vrF4ExVXWreQOOxScNZ0Z602kU_a1unxY3Pf6N_o-UVx9HvSNn0bq5v5M2z0ZXm0X_8iAtHl2JK6nwC2qTnng/s320/IMG_3914.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476564540335229778" /></a><br /><br /></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599630.post-25715371474735506612010-05-28T23:24:00.005-06:002010-05-28T23:45:55.514-06:00Making a visit to John Rogers State ParkA friend of mine told me about this great state park up near Santa Monica that had proper polo games. Well, anyone that knows my daughter knows that she is fascinated, no, obsessed with horses. She LOVES them. So, of course he had to go and check it out. My brother and sister-in-law came along to explore. Warning: To anyone that may come and visit us in the near future, we just might take you here. We thought it was awesome!!<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hMcnvZETP9kkZwL9-fi6mt9faNehhbLwsFk0bwTKxDp3hHMrsvY_G1e7Txe6Sk9QJoLJMS_LHSDzho97z093OTV6f1JguJEgxafNPJI9sFcuartcTorEk5hfdyCqHrrWnYoe_A/s1600/IMG_3837.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hMcnvZETP9kkZwL9-fi6mt9faNehhbLwsFk0bwTKxDp3hHMrsvY_G1e7Txe6Sk9QJoLJMS_LHSDzho97z093OTV6f1JguJEgxafNPJI9sFcuartcTorEk5hfdyCqHrrWnYoe_A/s320/IMG_3837.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476559764037361218" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hMcnvZETP9kkZwL9-fi6mt9faNehhbLwsFk0bwTKxDp3hHMrsvY_G1e7Txe6Sk9QJoLJMS_LHSDzho97z093OTV6f1JguJEgxafNPJI9sFcuartcTorEk5hfdyCqHrrWnYoe_A/s1600/IMG_3837.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQtXNw4iffS7uky6cPtKFXyCLqKc03BASPViQW6GsouDnI5vIzfqThpJx0HjHjmpl9IXI-E7qme4y30CVxDIIqX2MGxTfc94nFmErL0kFxQsVoDBimMztiOGxUScK7466pUDXvQ/s1600/IMG_3839.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQtXNw4iffS7uky6cPtKFXyCLqKc03BASPViQW6GsouDnI5vIzfqThpJx0HjHjmpl9IXI-E7qme4y30CVxDIIqX2MGxTfc94nFmErL0kFxQsVoDBimMztiOGxUScK7466pUDXvQ/s320/IMG_3839.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476559749423309314" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQtXNw4iffS7uky6cPtKFXyCLqKc03BASPViQW6GsouDnI5vIzfqThpJx0HjHjmpl9IXI-E7qme4y30CVxDIIqX2MGxTfc94nFmErL0kFxQsVoDBimMztiOGxUScK7466pUDXvQ/s1600/IMG_3839.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5DwCORbWs3kqqfBc7aEWc9lQSJFn3PQ9_-K5JNxFJiQli0aIXIylJpN3vn4ZV198oKWYHzseO2te-YkW34uriYP8Ykk6l4P95A9LpGllGRpkumm3OQJbCcx3E8NQBl9q46vgjg/s1600/IMG_3842.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5DwCORbWs3kqqfBc7aEWc9lQSJFn3PQ9_-K5JNxFJiQli0aIXIylJpN3vn4ZV198oKWYHzseO2te-YkW34uriYP8Ykk6l4P95A9LpGllGRpkumm3OQJbCcx3E8NQBl9q46vgjg/s320/IMG_3842.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476559491356257698" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5DwCORbWs3kqqfBc7aEWc9lQSJFn3PQ9_-K5JNxFJiQli0aIXIylJpN3vn4ZV198oKWYHzseO2te-YkW34uriYP8Ykk6l4P95A9LpGllGRpkumm3OQJbCcx3E8NQBl9q46vgjg/s1600/IMG_3842.jpg"></a>Proper Polo Game!! This was pretty cool to watch.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Oo0DCpUFR0sn7CEfxaTyjHghTXDAQtRCmK_tMKlnsjPHJvTktU6FjMceFTAU4a7Edbvhwz5k2unfv0addZMc8j6GEmWU56h8temOUnUeYyK2i8LGwnMCvHETfNKujB2mldSP0w/s1600/IMG_3845.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Oo0DCpUFR0sn7CEfxaTyjHghTXDAQtRCmK_tMKlnsjPHJvTktU6FjMceFTAU4a7Edbvhwz5k2unfv0addZMc8j6GEmWU56h8temOUnUeYyK2i8LGwnMCvHETfNKujB2mldSP0w/s320/IMG_3845.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476559480097289138" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Oo0DCpUFR0sn7CEfxaTyjHghTXDAQtRCmK_tMKlnsjPHJvTktU6FjMceFTAU4a7Edbvhwz5k2unfv0addZMc8j6GEmWU56h8temOUnUeYyK2i8LGwnMCvHETfNKujB2mldSP0w/s1600/IMG_3845.jpg"></a>After the game, we followed the hiking trail, and this is what we found. Isn't that view awesome?! And the trail was stroller friendly (thanks for being the muscles Brad! :))</div><div><br /></div><div>This is how getting Amelia to take a picture goes:</div><div>"Amelia look at the camera."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2ld5jERry8yONeFf4QMico7BRhSR9SUEYNW2QLKjnkbydLlO0S2feibDL3WDYWJbDLT5JuQDJYZfhVYJxkqysjkMRO-UoY2tKh1qrlNJTENV3Z-sogVU9vpjn98mWQPF1E9wfQ/s1600/IMG_3859.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2ld5jERry8yONeFf4QMico7BRhSR9SUEYNW2QLKjnkbydLlO0S2feibDL3WDYWJbDLT5JuQDJYZfhVYJxkqysjkMRO-UoY2tKh1qrlNJTENV3Z-sogVU9vpjn98mWQPF1E9wfQ/s320/IMG_3859.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476559472476659554" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2ld5jERry8yONeFf4QMico7BRhSR9SUEYNW2QLKjnkbydLlO0S2feibDL3WDYWJbDLT5JuQDJYZfhVYJxkqysjkMRO-UoY2tKh1qrlNJTENV3Z-sogVU9vpjn98mWQPF1E9wfQ/s1600/IMG_3859.jpg"></a>"Come on honey, just smile."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3K4SqNNqKTNIxdDHoZtFUIZ7uMzgG31gcaTyKeE6_inUrtkc63JFamu397IFAT29KiP4NOkxbvHU6ecLXJOzxoc183LyS28EXf2_YGgBmdyHWSHfiKbkEbkVY36lLKkoSN4G8A/s1600/IMG_3860.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxbNmVOfJHI2FKWzhF0v4uKRlnWT9HOsl7QdFRMWevgUVdK7VmhnokcekrrBZxdaSfl6ssXilqfveW70pU9Dtz1MMQL8wjzDu2fIqfsjjayUgbmIXXbwmcIO6UKVJOnfEqxpAlQ/s320/IMG_3861.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476559448439259106" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxbNmVOfJHI2FKWzhF0v4uKRlnWT9HOsl7QdFRMWevgUVdK7VmhnokcekrrBZxdaSfl6ssXilqfveW70pU9Dtz1MMQL8wjzDu2fIqfsjjayUgbmIXXbwmcIO6UKVJOnfEqxpAlQ/s1600/IMG_3861.jpg"></a>"Forget it, go play with Josh."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAI8Uso0vzrvLIN-b9poYbL0nG4ODlrb3NjiClbOfw3fbZtDoniOrpu9oU4KuMnlPfppN2OdLTA8Lh_q6x95a3fAaC6mOaeRBuFAGCMrlAmP5BlafhVoQJH3tLaRYJS4kGEleRA/s1600/IMG_3864.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJ563aTdwm2Br0vOb421CnC_NpKAj8-fIf1M2h9mG3l02JBeRkZlLhgRzFvkGiVzJfMPn-CpV5DIb3IyNkycahE4gZe6rZWyddJJwm12bNLbm40SWQZVJcfLF1FxmCaHtw6-VuA/s320/IMG_3870.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476558978163501266" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJ563aTdwm2Br0vOb421CnC_NpKAj8-fIf1M2h9mG3l02JBeRkZlLhgRzFvkGiVzJfMPn-CpV5DIb3IyNkycahE4gZe6rZWyddJJwm12bNLbm40SWQZVJcfLF1FxmCaHtw6-VuA/s1600/IMG_3870.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tvDyh3ajX6GKOALHWXY4g88eLTEvb6QltQdu5jjn-JJHD5oHNN-b7omLnfaNUZ31nhe37VpRUX2W5NasTXSp1QU3i8NhMgUGqw6E3fAIIwRq0A6-WkkZI69thgCjuxXkjiTA6Q/s1600/IMG_3875.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tvDyh3ajX6GKOALHWXY4g88eLTEvb6QltQdu5jjn-JJHD5oHNN-b7omLnfaNUZ31nhe37VpRUX2W5NasTXSp1QU3i8NhMgUGqw6E3fAIIwRq0A6-WkkZI69thgCjuxXkjiTA6Q/s320/IMG_3875.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476558967920458402" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tvDyh3ajX6GKOALHWXY4g88eLTEvb6QltQdu5jjn-JJHD5oHNN-b7omLnfaNUZ31nhe37VpRUX2W5NasTXSp1QU3i8NhMgUGqw6E3fAIIwRq0A6-WkkZI69thgCjuxXkjiTA6Q/s1600/IMG_3875.jpg"></a>"I think, if you squint real tight, you can almost see our house."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitX22GkhZeRp_rLkM9CroPvttAs3lmWahrXNOHJya69lhLNN6u3Zf6mKflO7dPYXg2AHckO6gcO4156S9P7bZESCliSqb-zmSDxZrwYoyvZEhq2DBAmP8JzCuG2DjWAZqWWkSiA/s1600/IMG_3882.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitX22GkhZeRp_rLkM9CroPvttAs3lmWahrXNOHJya69lhLNN6u3Zf6mKflO7dPYXg2AHckO6gcO4156S9P7bZESCliSqb-zmSDxZrwYoyvZEhq2DBAmP8JzCuG2DjWAZqWWkSiA/s320/IMG_3882.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476558943793403266" /></a><br /></div>Brad & Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15494392217619720068noreply@blogger.com0