tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65846995401411075232024-03-04T21:54:22.146-08:00The Martin'sUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-87028201672495955682009-10-06T18:16:00.000-07:002009-10-06T18:37:37.940-07:00So we apologize for not keeping up with our blog. I think the kids and our awesome jobs keep us going in so many directions that the blog gets overlooked some times. I will recount some things that are going on or have happened recently.<br /><br />Reese has been potty training and doing an amazing job. Holly got her hands on a 3 day intensive potty training course through others in the Relief Society. It consists of 3 days where the child has no pants on and you follow them around waiting for them to tell you when they need to go. Reese was starting off on a good foot as she already had been telling us when she was going or had just gone and woke up in the mornings dry. So thanks to Holly's mom, Linda, who took Reese for the weekend and got things going. I won't lie, there were a few accidents, but not that many. She's in panties and loves it.<br /><br />I have had some crazy things happen at work. I'm currently wearing a brace on my right ankle after I tore up a tendon after jumping out of a parking garage (10-12ft up) to the side walk in order to break up a domestic between a couple on the 16th of September. I'll be scheduling an MRI tomorrow as it's failed to get better in all this time.<br /><br />Just after that I had a run in with two students after work. I mistakenly veered away from my normal route home early one morning and a student knocked my passenger side mirror off. When I got out and confronted him and his buddy they got a little physical. Even after identifying myself as a police officer and showing them my ID they attempted to flee the scene and fight me in the hall ways of their residence hall that I followed them into. they got away but I had an idea of who my offender was due to eye witnesses. When I came to work at 4pm I was mad and ready to get these guys. The offender happen to run into me in the hallway and now that I was in uniform he was promptly arrested. His buddy and him spent that night in jail and added to their criminal charges, they are being dismissed from the university.<br /><br />This last Saturday we had a home football game. They are pretty big events with a stadium that holds 63,000. After the event a Sergeant and myself were questioning a guy and girl over some damaged property when the girl tried to walk off. The Sergeant told her to stop and when she didn't he went after her. Her brother (the male) reached out to stop the Sergeant and I quickly grabbed him and pulled him away to tell him laying hands on a police officer was a no no. He shoved me and the tussle was on. He spent the night in jail and if the pattern holds then I assume he'll be dismissed from the university as well.<br /><br />We've gotten our projector up in the basement. We are no really utilizing this area and it's awesome. Watching Texas football on 100 inches of High Def DLP is like no other. We all watched the cartoon Monsters vs. Aliens last night for Family Home Evening and it was cool. I got to warn you though. Once you go projector....any flat screen seems small and you'll never go back. Just need some decent theater seats now. I'll put some pictures up soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-46851723210308216632009-09-12T20:02:00.000-07:002009-09-12T20:14:26.561-07:00She wears high heels, I wear T-Shirts...Reese has a shoe fetish at such a young age :)<br />She points to my shoes and cries for me to take them off so she can wear them around the house. She walks pretty good in heels too!<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dziYgGKjuob1hZZZP1Epq_tlREjyoVridgo7XgGuEecVmh0lrAmkByEGOEK1OBbWhJsuwVFOsZ2Y5CrpoBE' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-57278129747162225212009-09-12T19:18:00.000-07:002009-09-12T19:36:13.716-07:00Horses, Lizards, and PoolsIt has been awhile since I have put any pictures up so I thought I'd get my camera out and give you all an update. Piper is 10 months old already and loves to do anything and everything her older sisters do. She is quite the eater unlike her sisters. She ate as much as I did tonight at the Olive Garden!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlY5IZRvt2aVOgDTUEAxoxTqjJC2WxzL6uqOiRjvH1PtAxgdDkqj-L22wUX1zORURmp_LvZvzK78PL6nrk7vK_erEgI8cI82TpDsFdKMuNUltloScgjYGuzaXXxi4Ga0fGA6kEZEqiP_1o/s1600-h/Fun+Days+043.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlY5IZRvt2aVOgDTUEAxoxTqjJC2WxzL6uqOiRjvH1PtAxgdDkqj-L22wUX1zORURmp_LvZvzK78PL6nrk7vK_erEgI8cI82TpDsFdKMuNUltloScgjYGuzaXXxi4Ga0fGA6kEZEqiP_1o/s320/Fun+Days+043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380772353234337362" border="0" /></a>Alyssa loves preschool. Her speech teacher said she no longer needs help and talks a lot in the classroom. She also said she is a natural leader in the class. Alyssa is a great big sister too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflwV-_CsgkBEA9cwFcelVEjvZKCWyezXzLM-Z7wlkcugwl8qW6i_Ho7uE8lbcpn7WeJvEO9I5BGcw_Lkjw0siyDd4i8DcCWP5Wo7ZBLCvjL0vLxsg9GitTYO2vcLYyjVTWK7dbKm24sQc/s1600-h/Fun+Days+041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflwV-_CsgkBEA9cwFcelVEjvZKCWyezXzLM-Z7wlkcugwl8qW6i_Ho7uE8lbcpn7WeJvEO9I5BGcw_Lkjw0siyDd4i8DcCWP5Wo7ZBLCvjL0vLxsg9GitTYO2vcLYyjVTWK7dbKm24sQc/s320/Fun+Days+041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380772347426679314" border="0" /></a>Reese...the problem with Reese is that she is so cute it is hard to punish her :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She is the mischievous one always pushing the limits. She only weighs 3 lbs more than Piper baby (as she calls her) and the two of them like to wrestle.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pDVbFBOZawW9EKbQbjDmpGGEkT-zNO7hSvMHCicZXrdAd-blYnGwhxjUFUuA5mQqWbd0HefzgGEwXolQhzs9gItNOeY_zH85OaDdoVT_LNomcoAdYqksbUbIGTUyM50EqGo8MbEBG0sA/s1600-h/Fun+Days+027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pDVbFBOZawW9EKbQbjDmpGGEkT-zNO7hSvMHCicZXrdAd-blYnGwhxjUFUuA5mQqWbd0HefzgGEwXolQhzs9gItNOeY_zH85OaDdoVT_LNomcoAdYqksbUbIGTUyM50EqGo8MbEBG0sA/s320/Fun+Days+027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380772335577066242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1yAsnTSqANSv1GmB5zgORNz9nsI2vF-Ep5wV_YdmADYRBXX9Brsivi_0acsy8JsO9JTq-IHLedlRfk39x2nLKfjqn-ol5f-yJ90Tl5RERUneNbcdqBeTSS4GsCCxCV1Bell9OQQqWJje/s1600-h/Fun+Days+015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1yAsnTSqANSv1GmB5zgORNz9nsI2vF-Ep5wV_YdmADYRBXX9Brsivi_0acsy8JsO9JTq-IHLedlRfk39x2nLKfjqn-ol5f-yJ90Tl5RERUneNbcdqBeTSS4GsCCxCV1Bell9OQQqWJje/s320/Fun+Days+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380772333811161650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5eVDSZDTTMe48YqisfDz9yy8klZIY47oTVyb6INAzooDQvINj5XwiMP450YcHm1jBiep_vgcR8cnTimflK3gQhpUinbudZIJh8wcphMwly0yyNtoboUAC-kSqyr0RNltLL5fbtpbIqFu/s1600-h/Fun+Days+013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5eVDSZDTTMe48YqisfDz9yy8klZIY47oTVyb6INAzooDQvINj5XwiMP450YcHm1jBiep_vgcR8cnTimflK3gQhpUinbudZIJh8wcphMwly0yyNtoboUAC-kSqyr0RNltLL5fbtpbIqFu/s320/Fun+Days+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380772322366956994" border="0" /></a>Grandma Linda and smiling Piper<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsCmttjz84UwckH-hkRmL3hzYFE60djWgfQi-hSCSUoLiLsRpLs_ZKfpc4bt-ilaVzHGcqT4l8s0WoSYUVOgruBXjzcwWDLDwFGYb_Xt0L88Dh4WIjx7aKMnCcZ-ExURiCJAhqLzM29mr/s1600-h/Fun+Days+024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsCmttjz84UwckH-hkRmL3hzYFE60djWgfQi-hSCSUoLiLsRpLs_ZKfpc4bt-ilaVzHGcqT4l8s0WoSYUVOgruBXjzcwWDLDwFGYb_Xt0L88Dh4WIjx7aKMnCcZ-ExURiCJAhqLzM29mr/s320/Fun+Days+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380771423118008370" border="0" /></a>Our friends Jeff and Becky went swimming with us.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCygiI-h-gVqyy-CXNv9H8RW19TQ4nkpzO4TDG0SdEZvgXNikJFCLaE08sYSL5Y5pI5FqQvlytmY02X9skYOzntiUwlHJle4eHvXPBsDPrJcNJ5yeGH-Vd1gEKZ7iJJNYglQJ3T-CDYVx/s1600-h/Fun+Days+012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCygiI-h-gVqyy-CXNv9H8RW19TQ4nkpzO4TDG0SdEZvgXNikJFCLaE08sYSL5Y5pI5FqQvlytmY02X9skYOzntiUwlHJle4eHvXPBsDPrJcNJ5yeGH-Vd1gEKZ7iJJNYglQJ3T-CDYVx/s320/Fun+Days+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380771413721006722" border="0" /></a><br />The 3 Rascals. Everyone accompanies Piper as she finishes her bottles on the couch.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqL5WH80cL7nGrLqoGPss00-eWAn2uLdPzfn75-f-VGybRBhNcEhem4t18M0ZvbtY39BpnESQTNeP8EHRirDQ3XkTrp4D24MJDlsO7IsTaatlCq1GcP92l1VLjtbMQj-jcw_PqtZIa9cDu/s1600-h/Fun+Days+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqL5WH80cL7nGrLqoGPss00-eWAn2uLdPzfn75-f-VGybRBhNcEhem4t18M0ZvbtY39BpnESQTNeP8EHRirDQ3XkTrp4D24MJDlsO7IsTaatlCq1GcP92l1VLjtbMQj-jcw_PqtZIa9cDu/s320/Fun+Days+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380771404595388722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRjTP7lkj3qavIw-nRRHAx7aJOZDGuTxmBTTxKIYiGJioRKwauB4lDLcIyf9_rS6k7CGRLLkccaRBXEsFVCTHTzQD1vIzlhXtZQfIzbhdiRlKVbx-hswxO7XV-ajYGG4RP5QpVSRldPfz/s1600-h/Fun+Days+010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRjTP7lkj3qavIw-nRRHAx7aJOZDGuTxmBTTxKIYiGJioRKwauB4lDLcIyf9_rS6k7CGRLLkccaRBXEsFVCTHTzQD1vIzlhXtZQfIzbhdiRlKVbx-hswxO7XV-ajYGG4RP5QpVSRldPfz/s320/Fun+Days+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380771401524270018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyDE_-VSM3CCbiX_vtERe1HYwB9SE3QQat8whL5WQPXs9sqe1DGyY2BH195mB78FyKs8QvpMA3ab0vCPzn8qZu7vYiFFdjiHqdIBIEo6hWlRgEEqSRMWjYhXFZw569PMY71SAdfExFUAs/s1600-h/Fun+Days+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyDE_-VSM3CCbiX_vtERe1HYwB9SE3QQat8whL5WQPXs9sqe1DGyY2BH195mB78FyKs8QvpMA3ab0vCPzn8qZu7vYiFFdjiHqdIBIEo6hWlRgEEqSRMWjYhXFZw569PMY71SAdfExFUAs/s320/Fun+Days+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380771390424738306" border="0" /></a>Our neighbor Elaina has lizards and the girls love holding and petting them. The only problem is when Reese is finished with anything..cell phone, sippy cup, toy...she throws it. Shortly after the lizard got it too. She was ok though.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-31489615965979871332009-07-13T19:18:00.000-07:002009-07-19T19:57:36.717-07:00The Softer Side of SWAT TrainingBobby is in Missouri for the week doing SWAT training. I am usually the one traveling and this is his first time away for an extended period of time in awhile. You can tell he misses being a dad by the videos he has sent. Here are a few of my favorites :)<br /><br />SORRY. THIS VIDEO WAS DELETED AS IT WAS TOO EMBARRASSING.<br /><br />The girls know all the the lyrics to this song, You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift and apparently so does Bobby!<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzoOlTAz4fO8e2UfYF3Jy0E8JI2ZtS724iKFV-iJ8lXnw9kDKxEVPWh3kKi8iLHCLqP_V1hCew2VomN1HvBBA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />This is a favorite of Reese and Alyssa!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-80235501426617989862009-07-09T14:37:00.000-07:002009-07-09T18:04:16.829-07:00Piper CrawlingOn my way to the gym the other day Holly sent me this video. Seems Piper was seen crawling for the first time after a Cheeto of all things. Enjoy.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxnwf-rWpMsFYmgsLtkpzFM94WTmQuZ3Zy7nZ-GKqF-u-CBNF5tNMeQ2p7pOc_GEtQgKnPKZ0D7snL4SmKblg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-2409061445922889292009-06-16T13:01:00.000-07:002009-06-16T13:10:39.081-07:00Big Screen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnlCddyvo2avD-S2MzhO6tXHQRJVhpyZccBRaaQwxuwWdMAUxfuJOKizkF62HXFu9Ty2i5qF3R4vqm7jagW7_EevdQ3dPm0HvVkGxtRDYfWVPiIJFRSEZ-hXAFhWxRqqB6f5YlZ-gmEwb/s1600-h/IMG00003-20090609-1930.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnlCddyvo2avD-S2MzhO6tXHQRJVhpyZccBRaaQwxuwWdMAUxfuJOKizkF62HXFu9Ty2i5qF3R4vqm7jagW7_EevdQ3dPm0HvVkGxtRDYfWVPiIJFRSEZ-hXAFhWxRqqB6f5YlZ-gmEwb/s400/IMG00003-20090609-1930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348018515244490642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMDUvWyOc4X8gwYZ9cc1gyd-T5wpeRfOzRW4OZQ1srzysPjaz21iMWPMziVq1nmuB68yDp0YdAS91MGvLPkf9E3YdJWR7UrBB-r29qw1eQVmib2BJ-POurJDoQ-eK4Dvy7tghGV05XbYJ/s1600-h/IMG00006-20090609-1934-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMDUvWyOc4X8gwYZ9cc1gyd-T5wpeRfOzRW4OZQ1srzysPjaz21iMWPMziVq1nmuB68yDp0YdAS91MGvLPkf9E3YdJWR7UrBB-r29qw1eQVmib2BJ-POurJDoQ-eK4Dvy7tghGV05XbYJ/s400/IMG00006-20090609-1934-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348018520193373538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />2 big new additions in the basement were completed this last week. The hidden media center and the fixed frame screen. The oak bookshelf holds dvds and VHS and then opens up to reveal the swivel and pull out media rack. The screen is 100"x 42.6" and is meant for wide screen viewing. If you recall there are speakers behind it, just like a movie theater, and the screen material is acoustically transparent for that reason. I didn't add it, but you can see the carpet and base boards are in aswell. Now the seating, a projector, and some decor are all that's needed to complete the project.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTZf0v9zohAcxAEqajPpVR9l9mIKoyEeakzX9TaiaYBPpTJv5qflpm43VxtgXwx72_C2k_9CIkfNbVuUgkci4KNgHszjfaiiR5Cj30uEFuoBymCgphpYVZhNbJwbhyphenhyphenPoPkM74DMLso-uL/s1600-h/IMG00009-20090616-1447.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTZf0v9zohAcxAEqajPpVR9l9mIKoyEeakzX9TaiaYBPpTJv5qflpm43VxtgXwx72_C2k_9CIkfNbVuUgkci4KNgHszjfaiiR5Cj30uEFuoBymCgphpYVZhNbJwbhyphenhyphenPoPkM74DMLso-uL/s400/IMG00009-20090616-1447.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348018514306097218" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-16571913093851985972009-05-26T18:18:00.001-07:002009-05-26T18:18:50.944-07:00Piper Laughing<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ye17xriYdxs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ye17xriYdxs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-8487628810513067742009-05-09T10:20:00.000-07:002009-05-09T10:36:22.420-07:00Coming Along<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVu_zPEhpYVJ9vcdTsISy9MlbHytAPNwZSSPxE8LyFlLTZLDDBFeYo4bh9Gt7paCpNI9JA_1biN7IdEH2lOZWlgiUu1f9c05H1mh2HSYl6N_7xeClEbdEMwM0c57RdBNHwcxuPlL2ECPjN/s1600-h/5-9-09+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVu_zPEhpYVJ9vcdTsISy9MlbHytAPNwZSSPxE8LyFlLTZLDDBFeYo4bh9Gt7paCpNI9JA_1biN7IdEH2lOZWlgiUu1f9c05H1mh2HSYl6N_7xeClEbdEMwM0c57RdBNHwcxuPlL2ECPjN/s400/5-9-09+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333877340577122194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGu2tDhHNBLD9m6AyFA_DPWut3Y32fqiTqd0uB_SmiJXgrBe-A7GjYUlYH0uOAZ_DOHypnY00k1pqmEdakhxoTsKovHub2-b-MttWFjI6mWqlel7lT6VuS249BUH68c9K8Dg_YPm7xzsan/s1600-h/5-9-09+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGu2tDhHNBLD9m6AyFA_DPWut3Y32fqiTqd0uB_SmiJXgrBe-A7GjYUlYH0uOAZ_DOHypnY00k1pqmEdakhxoTsKovHub2-b-MttWFjI6mWqlel7lT6VuS249BUH68c9K8Dg_YPm7xzsan/s400/5-9-09+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333877340852132530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here's an update to the basement. The paint has been going up as the flooring is coming in on Monday. 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk-0e4WWTaphGvHkYUyV7fWgg8gXO3CEhKmnrU7qgerr_AXjF06HPUa8lF5tZFNTcNsrz0cSxmrXwNGaQemPXaZKKXwvheIXiNHbdcAwQAqD51qrS8w5SoQS8qtdf_ntduYgpEYeNs0ZT/s400/4-4-09+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321613469107416018" border="0" /></a><br />So it only took a couple of hours for 3 guys to come in and do this....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-38607445071695677912009-04-03T08:56:00.000-07:002009-04-03T09:16:56.819-07:00More on the basementSo here are some more pictures of where we are today. Actually, we are waiting for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">drywallers</span> to come inside and get to work. Looks like they are amassing in the driveway as we speak.<br /><br />In these pictures you can see the south wall and indention for the media rack which I think I've mentioned will be covered by a bookshelf for dvds that opens on a piano hinge. Next is the kid's knook. There's the bench/toy chest and the green tape signifies where the drywallers are not to hang drywall as that is the built in bookshelf.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIBj1Z0cthzIFucq8O6fF9fpIiaiJvLGTqurLPtSF5XWDF3RSHEq4BmIhvdthlh8NWaxZe_ZRvnaI4JGd5eMplXaAg-sXUECmlGcLgCe_RjPlqPcLXQYWNpWu-TGWo-ZwCfviQw3CVO7b/s1600-h/4-2-09+027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIBj1Z0cthzIFucq8O6fF9fpIiaiJvLGTqurLPtSF5XWDF3RSHEq4BmIhvdthlh8NWaxZe_ZRvnaI4JGd5eMplXaAg-sXUECmlGcLgCe_RjPlqPcLXQYWNpWu-TGWo-ZwCfviQw3CVO7b/s320/4-2-09+027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320495431868089458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3MNfLZ5Qsqnc0SI22V0F5_NnG1yi5u6VhXxiVN3aHW9Rpm_qkkpMan3g9quUwVhdYV857yoIuPP9Xdcup0aQK-eB7PEBdyVD-gfoN6VEo-WNk4Rc5FMeeoQ2EU8M3xFsWjT-6GgtE01h/s1600-h/4-2-09+030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3MNfLZ5Qsqnc0SI22V0F5_NnG1yi5u6VhXxiVN3aHW9Rpm_qkkpMan3g9quUwVhdYV857yoIuPP9Xdcup0aQK-eB7PEBdyVD-gfoN6VEo-WNk4Rc5FMeeoQ2EU8M3xFsWjT-6GgtE01h/s320/4-2-09+030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320495436323211730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_zmsy4_w0rt-_5R-miwfCMfe6J1sw6PQ5p4vCnykSnplPPJRuuqyvdeqv9yakaBsH3N5CNtijmbADHxVBW7hkHcd9F_nPODT966n710b_Mg_cFCHLNR1VnEL69os7Eu2tbkmUjTRKDke/s1600-h/4-2-09+032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_zmsy4_w0rt-_5R-miwfCMfe6J1sw6PQ5p4vCnykSnplPPJRuuqyvdeqv9yakaBsH3N5CNtijmbADHxVBW7hkHcd9F_nPODT966n710b_Mg_cFCHLNR1VnEL69os7Eu2tbkmUjTRKDke/s320/4-2-09+032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320495434976912994" border="0" /></a>Here is the screen wall with speaker enclosures.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKiywmJkDXKDxsn2VSYJI7vGJ2yVRh1UlHjK0f7hHIdMuqMsLZnMg9cp4rHBcQkXK_NkyNdaIvKc7Qclre6SMVKx9JLQ0uw33fpPkYS3Mr8neFmi30Pbw1uzTk1LKaI_uQknJi4r0I2EN/s1600-h/4-2-09+035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKiywmJkDXKDxsn2VSYJI7vGJ2yVRh1UlHjK0f7hHIdMuqMsLZnMg9cp4rHBcQkXK_NkyNdaIvKc7Qclre6SMVKx9JLQ0uw33fpPkYS3Mr8neFmi30Pbw1uzTk1LKaI_uQknJi4r0I2EN/s320/4-2-09+035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320495998544418434" border="0" /></a>This is the new closet Holly had added in her office for when everyone comes to visit and stays in this spare bedroom.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkztcgIJbYC3R4qQchWgLr7ytiggfpID4vWCWWs1CQyAIAGoTR885yE8ZUfwWSC9kDIODV-9nid7Ar-s9-yQ4JZ17mqU5I2FWywG4maBQ8FkcG3ou1Mzg_T8WMnt1msw-7YnWWwHLVmft/s1600-h/4-2-09+028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkztcgIJbYC3R4qQchWgLr7ytiggfpID4vWCWWs1CQyAIAGoTR885yE8ZUfwWSC9kDIODV-9nid7Ar-s9-yQ4JZ17mqU5I2FWywG4maBQ8FkcG3ou1Mzg_T8WMnt1msw-7YnWWwHLVmft/s320/4-2-09+028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320495434533415570" border="0" /></a>This picture is from the screen wall out. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And this is the drywall that somehow made it's way in through the egress window.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrr5alXo21ymLCfWMSSdmGgpyy9SO562KHRLmC1bhd9n9UwrcSfjoDmctxL1jdXqDleLkxxn-5EZ5YTCVbAorVNyze968ExBm6xhHinixeuzaGuaGS-hP7iSRj3rFa9J_ThKItoXbtbtO/s1600-h/4-2-09+036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrr5alXo21ymLCfWMSSdmGgpyy9SO562KHRLmC1bhd9n9UwrcSfjoDmctxL1jdXqDleLkxxn-5EZ5YTCVbAorVNyze968ExBm6xhHinixeuzaGuaGS-hP7iSRj3rFa9J_ThKItoXbtbtO/s320/4-2-09+036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320496001619130594" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-8848885977050639612009-04-01T07:17:00.000-07:002009-04-01T19:33:42.755-07:00The Basement RemodelSo I've meant to keep everyone posted on our remodel of the basement through weekly pictures. unfortunately with Holly traveling a lot lately the camera found it's way with her and so most of the pictures I have are on a cell phone I have no idea how to download. Yet, I do have some pictures. Just so everyone is on the same page, the basement was somewhat finished. If you call slapping some drywall up to 2x4s and painting concrete walls red a finished basement. It was extremely cold in even the hottest months and the kids had no desire to be down there. This left us with 700 unused square <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">fe</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtW4KuOqDDDW7JcyGTfewUmTmMBomX8YyC8L9tXvotW7jZPZsArO_Ki27rlPTHpD7PMBw5mhCBQSoPpHTKpHGlVSWOfII3E7Zq8yk8JrRWcw1pvg2MCZgXpjTYiN-8CsZ52OqGN2dwonw/s1600-h/martinbasement3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtW4KuOqDDDW7JcyGTfewUmTmMBomX8YyC8L9tXvotW7jZPZsArO_Ki27rlPTHpD7PMBw5mhCBQSoPpHTKpHGlVSWOfII3E7Zq8yk8JrRWcw1pvg2MCZgXpjTYiN-8CsZ52OqGN2dwonw/s320/martinbasement3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319728634960009298" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">et</span> of house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKCFf3IfVoVLuHubA9zlOkaHkcPUwHuSBFbTWGuTsglhyphenhyphen8p-ZlbON4AQ3jnjWGYvxKYBgdHjLl515DLxObBneegZtdKT0nRobhCk_lLH963-s_O2LaPcGdtgoKLSOaDRbnBIOIeZW7byt/s1600-h/martinbasement2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKCFf3IfVoVLuHubA9zlOkaHkcPUwHuSBFbTWGuTsglhyphenhyphen8p-ZlbON4AQ3jnjWGYvxKYBgdHjLl515DLxObBneegZtdKT0nRobhCk_lLH963-s_O2LaPcGdtgoKLSOaDRbnBIOIeZW7byt/s320/martinbasement2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319728631294047474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Our good friends and neighbors across the street who share the same floor plan got the ball rolling when Ryan finished his basement after 4 yrs and I must say he did an outstanding job. Ryan really knows what he's doing and took time to put a lot of detail in his work. His results really inspired our build<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iV_NkNbmeAf_sFIUIe7LQUY6xO3KJ0GXrSQb_WnHByi1sEVx1va28R4KeiaAkhMSnMBm3VZn2sJo27vBFS3OeG6v_hRbEZPHVad88FOKAOe6eKga5z0KUiPzgmmD1htZXq-7skOaj66W/s1600-h/Jan+2009+019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iV_NkNbmeAf_sFIUIe7LQUY6xO3KJ0GXrSQb_WnHByi1sEVx1va28R4KeiaAkhMSnMBm3VZn2sJo27vBFS3OeG6v_hRbEZPHVad88FOKAOe6eKga5z0KUiPzgmmD1htZXq-7skOaj66W/s200/Jan+2009+019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319730638692153650" border="0" /></a>. Here are <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8oXXp8ErnvwUrx1PyCstH_xB7-oIG7EgudPxHAkNJgvsburLZ5tRpEE_hIn3Puycc7WV7PcZmrrrOFUE9uYO5r0gUAcMxhP3wjx4bRI5zWCacbPFCpCP_uZGySf9t4QEtGG4Byxrbjm7/s1600-h/Jan+2009+027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8oXXp8ErnvwUrx1PyCstH_xB7-oIG7EgudPxHAkNJgvsburLZ5tRpEE_hIn3Puycc7WV7PcZmrrrOFUE9uYO5r0gUAcMxhP3wjx4bRI5zWCacbPFCpCP_uZGySf9t4QEtGG4Byxrbjm7/s200/Jan+2009+027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319730642981671826" border="0" /></a>some photos of his basement <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bef</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATyKlD6PLqhJApCVlQ9lvISYcDwoXvWcAjJTtvGogxJf3uvcgw111za7YLN9Xb9Uaoyt3czQVkM92aFAYlwksLOF9XykvEi60Y2Ml9O0jvyyIDEbh5Vi60dKM1AnRwb2zKrhCzK5qdUDZ/s1600-h/Jan+2009+024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATyKlD6PLqhJApCVlQ9lvISYcDwoXvWcAjJTtvGogxJf3uvcgw111za7YLN9Xb9Uaoyt3czQVkM92aFAYlwksLOF9XykvEi60Y2Ml9O0jvyyIDEbh5Vi60dKM1AnRwb2zKrhCzK5qdUDZ/s200/Jan+2009+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319730640246229378" border="0" /></a>ore the finishing touches.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisioOLwIHWgWR7nuLOT7vqrHEqsNuRtC0FhWK0MTZWfLSGAIfIl0sZSjWG9IOAXANcKkJZwQwybgJ0X8_8DNyswqxY4b_6Jy4SNreiw2flEihnkrzKqdTtbX6qT5Xks3FGiQnFgKZ12W5L/s1600-h/Jan+2009+031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisioOLwIHWgWR7nuLOT7vqrHEqsNuRtC0FhWK0MTZWfLSGAIfIl0sZSjWG9IOAXANcKkJZwQwybgJ0X8_8DNyswqxY4b_6Jy4SNreiw2flEihnkrzKqdTtbX6qT5Xks3FGiQnFgKZ12W5L/s200/Jan+2009+031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319730641643473970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Since in use our neighbors say the spend a majority of the time downstairs now and the rest of the house is uncluttered and kept a bit cleaner. This sounded very appealing to us so we resolved to do likewise with our basement. I figured I'd watched enough of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">DIY</span> network to do the project myself and with my days off I could easily be done in less time than Ryan. Well if the tools I used for the demo was an indication of my skill level then I was terribly wrong. I have no tools. I ended up pulling trim and drywall off with a pink hammer that came as a Mary Kay gift for my wife and 2 chisels my mother-in-law brought over. That and a borrowed reciprocating saw I was able to do 90% of the demo.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fcfPxOlROFN679d0YGXZcEwk3LlOYzwafrlm83gQv3NO5oSZoBEBX5JLSrq5hDMwHbf1DkcohpmgiGhlZmdSs0aTgLIStPz1sSxpJ6eEUaHly6xnqNtB_p_c4u5FxRxBLL7nFQHVo5Wr/s1600-h/2-20-09+006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fcfPxOlROFN679d0YGXZcEwk3LlOYzwafrlm83gQv3NO5oSZoBEBX5JLSrq5hDMwHbf1DkcohpmgiGhlZmdSs0aTgLIStPz1sSxpJ6eEUaHly6xnqNtB_p_c4u5FxRxBLL7nFQHVo5Wr/s320/2-20-09+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319735918836468546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJ87UfIsAKWEksOxZNwYEbatzSEnOwf_KGpwFkGIgxr6k3Ln_mQWY9Ulv-80fLX9qa6UmSiF7_NOVcMNfG32k7sJwDsXPSCzYI2NfzD6sqvf_pJ-RMX8gLl43heOIQyS5iUMaVwZde3V1/s1600-h/2-20-09+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJ87UfIsAKWEksOxZNwYEbatzSEnOwf_KGpwFkGIgxr6k3Ln_mQWY9Ulv-80fLX9qa6UmSiF7_NOVcMNfG32k7sJwDsXPSCzYI2NfzD6sqvf_pJ-RMX8gLl43heOIQyS5iUMaVwZde3V1/s320/2-20-09+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319735915326482386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC6dXbyr6moZpZX-f9x7dJUJ1-MEjbShAwOwL6ftAlcnF-KfPXtIVzQi-ciHEWpUIG0xb1gpQxjGTpzQ0nMh_vV_3tN6rYx9X8PHxgJ1or2yncGZ8MvaO5KYf-Y4emNzvzdJVwAgEV2vx/s1600-h/2-20-09+008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC6dXbyr6moZpZX-f9x7dJUJ1-MEjbShAwOwL6ftAlcnF-KfPXtIVzQi-ciHEWpUIG0xb1gpQxjGTpzQ0nMh_vV_3tN6rYx9X8PHxgJ1or2yncGZ8MvaO5KYf-Y4emNzvzdJVwAgEV2vx/s320/2-20-09+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319735922303636098" border="0" /></a>At this time I quickly figured out that I wasn't going to have the time nor the ability to do a job that was 1/8th to what my neighbor Ryan had done so we went to a family friend who is a General Contractor. Our needs for this project were a place that kids and parents migrated to. We wanted to turn the old room that house the 30 boa constrictors at one time into an office for Holly. One week later Jack and his partner Ron were finishing up the cleanup and knocking down walls.<br /><br /><br /><br />First order of business was the HVAC system. We needed two extra vents ran to make one in Holly's office and 3 in the remainder of the basement. When the guys were in doing the duct work they found a large hole in the return that was sucking cold air in, causing the furnace to believe it was colder than it really was. Problem now solved and by widening the main ducting coming off of the furnace by 2 inches they were able to put two vents in the main seating area of the living room and one in the kids knook while still being able to add one in the office.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6TdIBMb9XyAt2G9Mv-VtOXXhyphenhyphenekPhYQbJA8v_28AyOKrbuPjWJYYdyAk8dG1pvuIAwrzbepg9L6jQPCruXO7UEHyAkF_D7EI2aDbaLt2Wkbddmc8faI5PGHrdQ-bi-qz_zJiRgAvojQ6/s1600-h/3-30-09+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6TdIBMb9XyAt2G9Mv-VtOXXhyphenhyphenekPhYQbJA8v_28AyOKrbuPjWJYYdyAk8dG1pvuIAwrzbepg9L6jQPCruXO7UEHyAkF_D7EI2aDbaLt2Wkbddmc8faI5PGHrdQ-bi-qz_zJiRgAvojQ6/s320/3-30-09+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319804817033890098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RxKIlyrP6MD6z2_YpL7a7njtkqwQvBgOjt7omccE8dGTFuHO_KSWPXfTbZcxmrYHag-EJKw9V9eQ2D57TtxmO68hQdxjWP7hEQfq_BJGr90EpDn144cfc0oZbFq3VS9j7G5dgfJEfhR_/s1600-h/3-30-09+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RxKIlyrP6MD6z2_YpL7a7njtkqwQvBgOjt7omccE8dGTFuHO_KSWPXfTbZcxmrYHag-EJKw9V9eQ2D57TtxmO68hQdxjWP7hEQfq_BJGr90EpDn144cfc0oZbFq3VS9j7G5dgfJEfhR_/s320/3-30-09+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319804819018309186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You can see in the above photo that the wall that followed the stairs out has been halved. As you come down the stairs to the right is the door leading into the office/spare bedroom. Originally, this wall went the length of the basement and was literally a junk room of Mary Kay stuff while the office was used to house my snakes. The wall was taken out and in it's place we planed to have a kids knook with a built in bookshelf and bench/toy chest for the kids. The wall with the two white doors is our main screen wall. It will house 3 in-wall speakers and a 92" diagonal screen that measures about 102" in width. Behind it is some storage along with the furnace and water heater. The right door will be framed off and eventually a bathroom will be added, but probably not with this build.<br /><br />I must apologizes at this point because most of the build pictures are on my phone which I've yet to down load. So we'll skip two weeks to where we are today. Framing went up, electrician came in and hung 9 recessed cans along with a slew of outlets, and the insulation was added. My part in all this was the theater portion. Iwant this to be a place we can gather as a family and watch some movies together as it's hard getting all 5 of us out and about. Plus, come college football season I want to seem like I'm on the field with the Texas Longhorns. So I opted for some real nice Polk Audio in-wall speakers and built enclosures for them to optimize the sound. You can see how they are mounted flush with the walls and only the painted screens will be visible once it's all said and done. We upgraded the reciever and now have the PS3 for bluray. We will be getting a screen that is acoustically transparent. Basically it's micro perforated to allow the audio to pass through from the front speakers so things will seem like thier jumping out of the screen. A 500 watt HSU subwoofer next to the seats and a Panasonic AE3000U 1080p LCD projector rounds out the media.<br /><br />This is the entrance to the downstairs. we opted to take the door out and move it to the base of the stairway. This gives a more inviting feeling to me and mimics the upstairs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKUKNYsOquxxQA1sjwe4zMm7FNMY73pJBR_c1dKJrUvWbb_ykaM1_hssq0tTwLbbi8ZEEE1aAwcXLWHOzdJM_AuzF96G4CmLBh0Dd-nyS_DjpF0IqVeS8aOZQQVsMHk4Vz31OONLP_JI-/s1600-h/3-30-09+079.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKUKNYsOquxxQA1sjwe4zMm7FNMY73pJBR_c1dKJrUvWbb_ykaM1_hssq0tTwLbbi8ZEEE1aAwcXLWHOzdJM_AuzF96G4CmLBh0Dd-nyS_DjpF0IqVeS8aOZQQVsMHk4Vz31OONLP_JI-/s320/3-30-09+079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319858669715290050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is the new doorway and Jack our general contractor.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuQTC9HoiJKm61ebEa0g_rIjehZ6vGDiZIeL8r9FEFwQAPQKmqLYot66xZjgsq3uyFNqUL-zuDDfsE5wsNoOsoGhaFoQPU2gjPwm4w6FbB0MYQTZiSis3cYXBWNEEI57Pzl5C2PEspNPy/s1600-h/3-30-09+080.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuQTC9HoiJKm61ebEa0g_rIjehZ6vGDiZIeL8r9FEFwQAPQKmqLYot66xZjgsq3uyFNqUL-zuDDfsE5wsNoOsoGhaFoQPU2gjPwm4w6FbB0MYQTZiSis3cYXBWNEEI57Pzl5C2PEspNPy/s320/3-30-09+080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319858678094830738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Where Jack is standing, Holly's office is just behind him<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIpEegS_FVeH4SQZRBWb__QYlBaosW4_7As9fJzVykvMJFq8q38cADnAwDfOqtxhbhAuP2Nr1nYAJan3r8-y_0UsC0QrCq9WI5JAbegHZhdUQ2KGilYX1L_EkJTvvnlutYHV2i4lbN3Q5/s1600-h/3-30-09+081.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIpEegS_FVeH4SQZRBWb__QYlBaosW4_7As9fJzVykvMJFq8q38cADnAwDfOqtxhbhAuP2Nr1nYAJan3r8-y_0UsC0QrCq9WI5JAbegHZhdUQ2KGilYX1L_EkJTvvnlutYHV2i4lbN3Q5/s320/3-30-09+081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319858683067270610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'll post more tomorrow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-15585807555521592622009-03-01T10:39:00.001-08:002009-03-01T10:40:33.244-08:00High Speed Low Drag<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-_x1mJB-1P9J0sWl-UKCcqG26rZwEGv41T2MuTeteAzZ_JGkm9Yo9UWJxex29eMpS-lGhIzRL3qxP5F5CDR35JJFaGLT0QVHIcmEVAd5duFplfaYqtAgbZWZmBj7HX98QVE3frIfX0jI/s1600-h/UIPD+METRO+SWAT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-_x1mJB-1P9J0sWl-UKCcqG26rZwEGv41T2MuTeteAzZ_JGkm9Yo9UWJxex29eMpS-lGhIzRL3qxP5F5CDR35JJFaGLT0QVHIcmEVAd5duFplfaYqtAgbZWZmBj7HX98QVE3frIfX0jI/s400/UIPD+METRO+SWAT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308290953474883698" border="0" /></a><br />Every boy dreams of it and every guy thinks it's the coolest thing they've seen. Heck, the even make movies of it. Well that one thing is a S.W.A.T. team and I'm excited to say I've officially been appointed a spot on our department's METRO S.W.A.T. team. This is another exciting chapter in my career, let alone my life and it's been a spot I'd been hoping for the day I was hired. Just so happens on of our K9 officers is a S.W.A.T. operator and is leaving the team after 12 yrs of service. I passed a physical test and an interview with team leaders in order to be recommended to the Chief who ultimately decided ya or nay. I've already begun training with the team which consist of 6 other operators, one of whom is an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (E.O.D.) teach and liaison with the Department's Bomb Squad. METRO S.W.A.T. consist of operators from UIPD (my department), Champaign County Sherriffs Department, Urbana Police Department, and Rantoul Police Department. I am slated to attend formal S.W.A.T. school in May for 10 days here at the U of I's Police Training Institute.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-59644560245013163402009-03-01T07:25:00.000-08:002009-03-01T07:28:28.309-08:00The Kids<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_ACNh5XFxFn2b-GOXsGcppScQuX1eW7lfRepfsi-lAxR0vwSmlcRa4sVrbjGYzXaqZnUqHFCnqWtt8KJ4MRL0GWko06ik7ZjWfJz3xnOsAc0Fe9jQj3tVS0JQr4KqbvAsp3fsHo0BKTL/s1600-h/february+2009+024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_ACNh5XFxFn2b-GOXsGcppScQuX1eW7lfRepfsi-lAxR0vwSmlcRa4sVrbjGYzXaqZnUqHFCnqWtt8KJ4MRL0GWko06ik7ZjWfJz3xnOsAc0Fe9jQj3tVS0JQr4KqbvAsp3fsHo0BKTL/s320/february+2009+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308241209512194338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6JRTdWQaGUTzmBfbYSm1cvN5VFAea-6kpxIdRrK8k0ly5CHf49SPOArun1ntk4OFIZzwsXi5R2WQXrPySoHq4iCaM5qOugblATSnT3CB0GsVDJdtvrc4LxpHIthjlogqbV7Ka1dwlgAf/s1600-h/february+2009+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6JRTdWQaGUTzmBfbYSm1cvN5VFAea-6kpxIdRrK8k0ly5CHf49SPOArun1ntk4OFIZzwsXi5R2WQXrPySoHq4iCaM5qOugblATSnT3CB0GsVDJdtvrc4LxpHIthjlogqbV7Ka1dwlgAf/s320/february+2009+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308241207323778018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jbKuK8h-C4ap1Figuk7t_WRuRL2sYIyz5r0YaCVuQQlAmNEL-DMVR9cCRIkKeG0C9K9twPnHf9ajJ2g9xPl21iKSIbKg2q7_E0eFoO84GOv8ch-fa9odgU92j010BeS5qItPfsY-ATYB/s1600-h/february+2009+034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jbKuK8h-C4ap1Figuk7t_WRuRL2sYIyz5r0YaCVuQQlAmNEL-DMVR9cCRIkKeG0C9K9twPnHf9ajJ2g9xPl21iKSIbKg2q7_E0eFoO84GOv8ch-fa9odgU92j010BeS5qItPfsY-ATYB/s320/february+2009+034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308241202378734738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwau2gqDEjGKxpJX31g5k88wjH0-tqnu-cX1hnt7HJDKa-_DJiMnuzWhzTpoa7wf-LLSw37yHAgkMck5nc-SiIX97cicf3ldA-pZprtMVhoAvGqZnvM8A1wukywGcvPt1i70x-LX2_VlF/s1600-h/february+2009+032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwau2gqDEjGKxpJX31g5k88wjH0-tqnu-cX1hnt7HJDKa-_DJiMnuzWhzTpoa7wf-LLSw37yHAgkMck5nc-SiIX97cicf3ldA-pZprtMVhoAvGqZnvM8A1wukywGcvPt1i70x-LX2_VlF/s320/february+2009+032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308241201947777026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4vD6z-PH3GcbJuwOLOJYYUsUOCo5rC-jmp4CL10CWs0jCPsWORet3r5sZ_Vijn2lIkLn4LA5Lakh3YTLgd4o6DOHxNRDsolZUm7w4EehDdGQjZE3G1fGZNtf4WyHrm1LlEVWPd-yL7bI/s1600-h/february+2009+030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4vD6z-PH3GcbJuwOLOJYYUsUOCo5rC-jmp4CL10CWs0jCPsWORet3r5sZ_Vijn2lIkLn4LA5Lakh3YTLgd4o6DOHxNRDsolZUm7w4EehDdGQjZE3G1fGZNtf4WyHrm1LlEVWPd-yL7bI/s320/february+2009+030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308241192619981618" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-68658010146111489912009-02-11T18:24:00.000-08:002009-02-11T18:59:21.872-08:00Violins, Blessings, and Concerts<div style="text-align: center;">Today Alyssa had her third violin lesson! She asked me six months ago out of the blue if she could play the violin. We got a 1/16 size violin, it looks like a toy.<br />I have a new consultant in my unit who teaches violin and she now teaches Alyssa.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcAqhysVz2H66bI8BDavcNurVTun5oxkHNnTacQCFHLxNp0jmFKCBSLIXkhTJctEV2ZNqdMWJ_kpcKUwODTWsIDWAa-uHBG0mhBkrX1imIiQq6XdXN-5yve9E0VJ0IAPkchfrh_0cADdy/s1600-h/Jan+2009+015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcAqhysVz2H66bI8BDavcNurVTun5oxkHNnTacQCFHLxNp0jmFKCBSLIXkhTJctEV2ZNqdMWJ_kpcKUwODTWsIDWAa-uHBG0mhBkrX1imIiQq6XdXN-5yve9E0VJ0IAPkchfrh_0cADdy/s320/Jan+2009+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301734502083285346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Superbowl party! My mom doing crafts to entertain the kids!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She is super grandma.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WXwbqHg97aJIx8Y9eZ7VVrTN5I-7NkiOgKwCnrSkxrx5dd9fPfQawQHsfKfWRVHvDK_7jLLLspKjKC7fOz12TlEda_If_9xPaL-QiVXrp19aVWkd2c-IT0bwDon7TlmDH0lCGKhAFsfd/s1600-h/Jan+2009+009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WXwbqHg97aJIx8Y9eZ7VVrTN5I-7NkiOgKwCnrSkxrx5dd9fPfQawQHsfKfWRVHvDK_7jLLLspKjKC7fOz12TlEda_If_9xPaL-QiVXrp19aVWkd2c-IT0bwDon7TlmDH0lCGKhAFsfd/s320/Jan+2009+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301734495516420786" border="0" /></a><br />Grandpa Gary and Piper content in his arms :) Go Steelers!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1GMqwdsrCG3OlimkzUvaf3fdAwtv9lyRSMn8lDDaHDEyP5nML4cPrW1iSKs26KyTi9wMopC56M3Sknly_-RW_Tc1wL-WdumUugpIBvqMSSOorq1PsZdfbtIhH8rJ4Tt1YgY8slROe3z4/s1600-h/Jan+2009+008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1GMqwdsrCG3OlimkzUvaf3fdAwtv9lyRSMn8lDDaHDEyP5nML4cPrW1iSKs26KyTi9wMopC56M3Sknly_-RW_Tc1wL-WdumUugpIBvqMSSOorq1PsZdfbtIhH8rJ4Tt1YgY8slROe3z4/s320/Jan+2009+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301734498398092162" border="0" /></a><br />The Sunday we blessed Piper I wanted a picture with all the girls.<br />They all cried as you can see but my mom still got the photo! It's funny what we'll do for a picture.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwezjuFiATzZj2-YLSBpWds3OYJ069fL1Zd-XAdECxSIlx9jkJaKkRh67XJFaK1fQ0ZmmDOBehdgjk6WGkIrw3Dso1iEhc62IyZ4USnV5Z12xZU5b7b0DM92NBtYgbJLwb00mFpg1v_bB/s1600-h/lindas+272.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwezjuFiATzZj2-YLSBpWds3OYJ069fL1Zd-XAdECxSIlx9jkJaKkRh67XJFaK1fQ0ZmmDOBehdgjk6WGkIrw3Dso1iEhc62IyZ4USnV5Z12xZU5b7b0DM92NBtYgbJLwb00mFpg1v_bB/s320/lindas+272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301733728951248754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOc2gANkrsGv1OfuCNGY6eGR8SoQI8QNgEd0_BmtXDGfwhN2mRnGwigButpJnavYRmYWrv1h6FVJRld55HY8RIbg0tdIqoALcohWvBS1co-JKqiuuHg9uXyEqIz3kWzkuv2OfA4WLRpLtk/s1600-h/lindas+264.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOc2gANkrsGv1OfuCNGY6eGR8SoQI8QNgEd0_BmtXDGfwhN2mRnGwigButpJnavYRmYWrv1h6FVJRld55HY8RIbg0tdIqoALcohWvBS1co-JKqiuuHg9uXyEqIz3kWzkuv2OfA4WLRpLtk/s320/lindas+264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301733722892566994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL2026H2lgoncbTa_8u7icZjsjlUGWFv-jThgUyI13nCOojHUVDFD7sCByuuiuW18Jw6-e32L_d7N5ofnjfqyslGevMFjz3bp0g-8doqELWBhYE9L5aGZy43VmOfYBSVr8tguxcGMrhu4/s1600-h/lindas+246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL2026H2lgoncbTa_8u7icZjsjlUGWFv-jThgUyI13nCOojHUVDFD7sCByuuiuW18Jw6-e32L_d7N5ofnjfqyslGevMFjz3bp0g-8doqELWBhYE9L5aGZy43VmOfYBSVr8tguxcGMrhu4/s320/lindas+246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301733723732484818" border="0" /></a><br />Below are photos of me and my concert buddy and friend Channon who lives across the street at the Rascal Flatts concert. Channon got us 2nd row tickets!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhJrJWI20KaQTMjc-XY7-j87jJolXvIWmbJa98DaFkEoRX138nUPeYxvjPxJ5HcWsToNhZStwyIJ1RwF24pX-YIFuiRlHJpRHeHC7bs8cjAPibllQEGkJPJ547-U02V3GxwhZRROs4gmn/s1600-h/rascal+flatts+concert+025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhJrJWI20KaQTMjc-XY7-j87jJolXvIWmbJa98DaFkEoRX138nUPeYxvjPxJ5HcWsToNhZStwyIJ1RwF24pX-YIFuiRlHJpRHeHC7bs8cjAPibllQEGkJPJ547-U02V3GxwhZRROs4gmn/s320/rascal+flatts+concert+025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301734505607610482" border="0" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJFJNEwZIPMSTXHuj8TwaSV6uo1yUhfX7RsXY1VEKmSrxTKGtDKrpSmt6CxVNHTMUiGxeRPiTIHAIcgY3MXowcz_TA2p5bribvwq8Hc9tCmzOP3eUQMvaCw-Rox0mzcjdHFMZoMVuE3hi/s1600-h/rascal+flatts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJFJNEwZIPMSTXHuj8TwaSV6uo1yUhfX7RsXY1VEKmSrxTKGtDKrpSmt6CxVNHTMUiGxeRPiTIHAIcgY3MXowcz_TA2p5bribvwq8Hc9tCmzOP3eUQMvaCw-Rox0mzcjdHFMZoMVuE3hi/s320/rascal+flatts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301738255722976578" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-24967963300319404162009-01-06T18:29:00.000-08:002009-01-06T18:47:37.392-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJAPbQdLyo_M5HSJsMNCD0n6oa94GrKoToyyFCvIaROA9sMWsT-5vEQaCqyfqDqWGj3ZQ6pfXEPb9aqcj_btejK-5keiXPygNjVqzhZcroLdbgwRhcZnKsTZLXMiMfkwTRcM_akHb5vfQ/s1600-h/PS3+unvieling.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJAPbQdLyo_M5HSJsMNCD0n6oa94GrKoToyyFCvIaROA9sMWsT-5vEQaCqyfqDqWGj3ZQ6pfXEPb9aqcj_btejK-5keiXPygNjVqzhZcroLdbgwRhcZnKsTZLXMiMfkwTRcM_akHb5vfQ/s320/PS3+unvieling.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288375542330150626" border="0" /></a>Bobby opening his fav Christmas gift a Play Station 3<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdCqg2SILKSpJrhYXU9bRhQbrYIdfnFD8HlN043cxNVi0YSDtG4_SHWXVNL64fns6CzCdghgZZPIwOzgw_1QxaINXdOde5Kxa70o7eo-M-2OJ_c711DbLEOEVaig6K-GwvsNW9OkYYyaN/s1600-h/12-29-08+070.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdCqg2SILKSpJrhYXU9bRhQbrYIdfnFD8HlN043cxNVi0YSDtG4_SHWXVNL64fns6CzCdghgZZPIwOzgw_1QxaINXdOde5Kxa70o7eo-M-2OJ_c711DbLEOEVaig6K-GwvsNW9OkYYyaN/s320/12-29-08+070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288375542795756994" border="0" /></a><br />Reese has learned there is always candy in mom's purse. <br />I found her behind the couch finishing off my Junior Mints!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzz4goT8RMrBThENQY1KLngbLqAfckgMXzcJmlmKNvT5tY-CN2ak4QCiFXqgfPyqa9Q6goUmL9sLebkR03GE5WXGdLzYl9cwVszOku09PdFUTIR6qRHKHtR3B6tKslrG6csH1GiUItPJw/s1600-h/12-29-08+027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzz4goT8RMrBThENQY1KLngbLqAfckgMXzcJmlmKNvT5tY-CN2ak4QCiFXqgfPyqa9Q6goUmL9sLebkR03GE5WXGdLzYl9cwVszOku09PdFUTIR6qRHKHtR3B6tKslrG6csH1GiUItPJw/s320/12-29-08+027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288375539089343858" border="0" /></a><br />Grandma Linda got Alyssa an Easy Bake oven!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMP-H7AXlo5XcN7pWJ76SN-VibX7fMYJfrR-A3KdO0Xc9UolT-5G_o15AnwaLJMQ4LdgNOQnH39WEho9KriDLLwcJFaBXJQL1tuME210g1UrSIhXfXDteTjF25JCVznjI7Ku_202BX1BKv/s1600-h/Martins+Xmas.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMP-H7AXlo5XcN7pWJ76SN-VibX7fMYJfrR-A3KdO0Xc9UolT-5G_o15AnwaLJMQ4LdgNOQnH39WEho9KriDLLwcJFaBXJQL1tuME210g1UrSIhXfXDteTjF25JCVznjI7Ku_202BX1BKv/s320/Martins+Xmas.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288375540243243058" border="0" /></a><br />Deanna, Erin, Ken, Bobby and Kayla. <br />The Martins drove up from Texas to spend a few days with us!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0PYlD2x_CXYHKEIXL42nbv06VoMk45cSNNUKqrK6HvXrq3OQ8Ph2030qPwdKLShzsfgtwhSfKddYcqCA-vW95d_8zVbmVkQ-HYol382Cc4ywwHYziEjFhiQUB-pR_Fab8vJBQKTXWCy9/s1600-h/christmas+2009+065.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0PYlD2x_CXYHKEIXL42nbv06VoMk45cSNNUKqrK6HvXrq3OQ8Ph2030qPwdKLShzsfgtwhSfKddYcqCA-vW95d_8zVbmVkQ-HYol382Cc4ywwHYziEjFhiQUB-pR_Fab8vJBQKTXWCy9/s320/christmas+2009+065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288374538124390306" border="0" /></a><br />Reese about to either kiss or hit her baby sister depending upon the moment.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKUnCuHWkLyvgyP6ogrXigf17SiMAhfxjj9SIk5UqltPuWbAWRUpVUuyFxG9kFcQZjXbYn8Hokx0_TkDYKUfElXMfEaN_HIxQv-vV_rRccuKTjAUcDU8ZLrwxbB32S3a8S6arlmt473_7/s1600-h/christmas+2009+060.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKUnCuHWkLyvgyP6ogrXigf17SiMAhfxjj9SIk5UqltPuWbAWRUpVUuyFxG9kFcQZjXbYn8Hokx0_TkDYKUfElXMfEaN_HIxQv-vV_rRccuKTjAUcDU8ZLrwxbB32S3a8S6arlmt473_7/s320/christmas+2009+060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288374527947785554" border="0" /></a><br />Deanna made this blanket for Piper!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zdUZk72DJ4ME-ma9yTKoiJXP9-Admvh3pWqoZ2_L1ABBmqtm8TjkcEohvgaM5gcwBfZZd_qaUJTAnuveDk-4sp-LGUxqh957JDEWyK1rCd7y3O1qt8-K_Q0cv1zg3PlxEZXGzS9OzBeU/s1600-h/christmas+2009+056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zdUZk72DJ4ME-ma9yTKoiJXP9-Admvh3pWqoZ2_L1ABBmqtm8TjkcEohvgaM5gcwBfZZd_qaUJTAnuveDk-4sp-LGUxqh957JDEWyK1rCd7y3O1qt8-K_Q0cv1zg3PlxEZXGzS9OzBeU/s320/christmas+2009+056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288374530121047490" border="0" /></a><br />Grandma D (Deanna) and Piper.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O6Zk-FiIgLnS_EOYS_GCDsPgnURHaEpwe59p86587jzhFGTRDXN_JEdnd2FihoUvDcpd0R7WUYt0DZm6gIT4WtZPFYmWoVlBGTfJhWgoFK4ebbvERL6Q-MkKzxSKS9s1E0oBQZeuofQe/s1600-h/christmas+2009+042.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O6Zk-FiIgLnS_EOYS_GCDsPgnURHaEpwe59p86587jzhFGTRDXN_JEdnd2FihoUvDcpd0R7WUYt0DZm6gIT4WtZPFYmWoVlBGTfJhWgoFK4ebbvERL6Q-MkKzxSKS9s1E0oBQZeuofQe/s320/christmas+2009+042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288374526899394946" border="0" /></a><br />Reese and Piper with their Great Grandma Martin in Sherman, IL.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_16nIhetT9bI3UuU2GbSs8v2Vpxn4IYYVIV15R1oq4VPV3KYfksA6LKLcsLaJ8VEEXaGGzjkZim2GdXqoOK2HdlEA79dLvSjT2PXLxaz5Rjpl7nSuha24MdbNOxHopKa2kA1Fke5I_jO5/s1600-h/Nov.+2008+017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_16nIhetT9bI3UuU2GbSs8v2Vpxn4IYYVIV15R1oq4VPV3KYfksA6LKLcsLaJ8VEEXaGGzjkZim2GdXqoOK2HdlEA79dLvSjT2PXLxaz5Rjpl7nSuha24MdbNOxHopKa2kA1Fke5I_jO5/s320/Nov.+2008+017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288374519625562898" border="0" /></a><br />Piper is a great playmate. I put her wherever Alyssa wants her to lay and she does not keep getting up like Reese does. Alyssa has quite the imagination.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-14854791626833859362008-11-22T19:26:00.000-08:002008-11-22T19:34:24.499-08:00Mom Brain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk21Xtvf17mpFxTmOiHS_ifdG9XmfF_hQEYzLde1BK2s_g9ec4ypkuNim_9NmiPQtJwYZYYlAUX1qeilsY7Uwx21kkCi-LXe64-iKoaW_cg9pMqLL_7jwnYCb1Yore4r9mSlvNomn1xiXR/s1600-h/piper+brewster1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk21Xtvf17mpFxTmOiHS_ifdG9XmfF_hQEYzLde1BK2s_g9ec4ypkuNim_9NmiPQtJwYZYYlAUX1qeilsY7Uwx21kkCi-LXe64-iKoaW_cg9pMqLL_7jwnYCb1Yore4r9mSlvNomn1xiXR/s320/piper+brewster1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271690489476051282" border="0" /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here is the latest picture from littlebrewster.com of Piper at 3 weeks old.</span></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qi8N21l-74cyODX5ZTSw5zrrsaJJG9xQ4WFtfq9B2BbamybVZTjk-MMxkfZT9k4kXUTI6LHyTUFnDtr8GtvBHV4csioPIF5WhowVphIGmBJ5SbZFlgfBzxjnQ3wuMcezmBW2TXrqf5il/s1600-h/shoes!+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qi8N21l-74cyODX5ZTSw5zrrsaJJG9xQ4WFtfq9B2BbamybVZTjk-MMxkfZT9k4kXUTI6LHyTUFnDtr8GtvBHV4csioPIF5WhowVphIGmBJ5SbZFlgfBzxjnQ3wuMcezmBW2TXrqf5il/s320/shoes!+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271689959114189042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well it is official that having three kids 3 and under has made my brain mush. I got back from taking Piper to the doctor the other day and took my shoes off by the computer. I looked down to see that I wore two different shoes out and didn't notice! I also call my three kids by the wrong names...daily! Anyone else experience "mom brain"?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-65765788295544214492008-11-14T18:57:00.000-08:002008-11-14T19:57:19.003-08:00First two weeks at home<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0N3nllcOtJ7haLhJlwYOTP8697cdzZN-KjmNrurCOmq9FWzBB4EWu0cZTz2qexOjDJYV7y33SA6tVgy8TTrmwPJ9-ocaGZciHhkKHUeyM6NbnsVgdGzrSxutXA_9vghyxNb9DlihARzGU/s1600-h/Nov.+14+2008+269.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0N3nllcOtJ7haLhJlwYOTP8697cdzZN-KjmNrurCOmq9FWzBB4EWu0cZTz2qexOjDJYV7y33SA6tVgy8TTrmwPJ9-ocaGZciHhkKHUeyM6NbnsVgdGzrSxutXA_9vghyxNb9DlihARzGU/s320/Nov.+14+2008+269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268714042372119170" border="0" /></a>The baby is 2 weeks and 1 day old and weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. today. She went from not wanting to eat often enough to eating every 2 hours and has passed her birth weight already. The older two are starting to get into a routine and are learning patience while I feed the baby. Bobby went back to work today for 5 days in a row plus overtime so this is the first time we will have a semi-normal schedule with all three girls.<br /></div>My Senior Sales Director in Mary Kay, Hollie, came by to meet Piper yesterday. Here are some photos of us around the house.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVzf5NjuJmsZIZgPF_Ipo9w5kZ9x1wJh_6zOVua_8ZIKgVxSNA3WD03BfLXePvXYV-v7NEsEzigLYPc89mzuwctF-7w4IBKiaj_-QuK8lDJF6UCmS1SYRemIEAeRsFEGLoZMUsjxzCShyphenhyphen/s1600-h/Nov.+14+2008+242.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVzf5NjuJmsZIZgPF_Ipo9w5kZ9x1wJh_6zOVua_8ZIKgVxSNA3WD03BfLXePvXYV-v7NEsEzigLYPc89mzuwctF-7w4IBKiaj_-QuK8lDJF6UCmS1SYRemIEAeRsFEGLoZMUsjxzCShyphenhyphen/s320/Nov.+14+2008+242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268714038986143282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWb1-TOZ89nAFJdboBH_9YXk_SVAQDZUkT3hkUwsDFqKQARgq9AiGz1Ad9Ml3FDQ-qLEAyKYWiQ2FmU6qzUHBJ0XMUJYHtul-Gi_J9Ya9GvGizLi06UzVkjCvAWUiJkWGQqA9nX7I8Qkpp/s1600-h/Nov.+14+2008+238.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWb1-TOZ89nAFJdboBH_9YXk_SVAQDZUkT3hkUwsDFqKQARgq9AiGz1Ad9Ml3FDQ-qLEAyKYWiQ2FmU6qzUHBJ0XMUJYHtul-Gi_J9Ya9GvGizLi06UzVkjCvAWUiJkWGQqA9nX7I8Qkpp/s320/Nov.+14+2008+238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268714033963085746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg0YYbVXqz9p-HwwAdlTcVnBxaekOQDU1H8JKili9kLko2fUibJR6R_f2tBZTqQ5Rf5QJ9IluLnvHCcMIXr2eyMC1hQfvNsSFsslv9vmicwUUcLB_iFnTptqv9g1LcGhAfRC-3lMubSd3/s1600-h/Nov.+14+2008+234.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg0YYbVXqz9p-HwwAdlTcVnBxaekOQDU1H8JKili9kLko2fUibJR6R_f2tBZTqQ5Rf5QJ9IluLnvHCcMIXr2eyMC1hQfvNsSFsslv9vmicwUUcLB_iFnTptqv9g1LcGhAfRC-3lMubSd3/s320/Nov.+14+2008+234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268714029116680178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBGOY1VNzN3Y-pEW7jnLM7I97NcQey8H0e1sCxNzf1QRBiLBbtxpPAg2MwLRL9PtjIJ1u6-KhyOyT5y33iXv2gOlWsgELy_HGr1-vGhx3QqWi9fYQFS-7PiOUAlFHnmXL8lwiKLZz5_ut/s1600-h/Nov.+14+2008+233.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBGOY1VNzN3Y-pEW7jnLM7I97NcQey8H0e1sCxNzf1QRBiLBbtxpPAg2MwLRL9PtjIJ1u6-KhyOyT5y33iXv2gOlWsgELy_HGr1-vGhx3QqWi9fYQFS-7PiOUAlFHnmXL8lwiKLZz5_ut/s320/Nov.+14+2008+233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268714027274132866" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-26556756950773076802008-11-01T10:50:00.000-07:002008-11-01T10:57:37.300-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmigUeJoEX_Tzt2BGpR1RNV6IZrHeu9nNbyHNh2j3E_TdZySyf8m2v0FVYqYXayS7RxzNMw-aLwO42pCpYcHwQuosohE0Bbl1hmW5-CPJVJQBoqAuZn3fllYVIRo1zq_UE5Pgh-nD28ZG/s1600-h/reeseand+piper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmigUeJoEX_Tzt2BGpR1RNV6IZrHeu9nNbyHNh2j3E_TdZySyf8m2v0FVYqYXayS7RxzNMw-aLwO42pCpYcHwQuosohE0Bbl1hmW5-CPJVJQBoqAuZn3fllYVIRo1zq_UE5Pgh-nD28ZG/s400/reeseand+piper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263748784442934130" border="0" /></a>A few of Linda Brewster's spectacular photos have been posted on her blog and I'd encourage everyone to check them out at <a href="http://littlebrewster.com/">littlebrewster.com</a>. Then go into the "Little Blog" section.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-65378928697654224762008-10-30T18:55:00.000-07:002008-10-31T17:12:49.635-07:00Piper Lorelai Martin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbquD591Ok-OSu5SUEZQDtcG1gWXPe0eFlLwQdT5tZ6rC_NXsbSoavIaAZCELQ3SHMMFVUbmEx3aXpsBIURwJUvQZ2W-jVCFifx_ZgbMpMWtcIJi2QB6eJq9gwTxMl8wjkVvy7R3FmNlDH/s1600-h/10-30-08+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbquD591Ok-OSu5SUEZQDtcG1gWXPe0eFlLwQdT5tZ6rC_NXsbSoavIaAZCELQ3SHMMFVUbmEx3aXpsBIURwJUvQZ2W-jVCFifx_ZgbMpMWtcIJi2QB6eJq9gwTxMl8wjkVvy7R3FmNlDH/s320/10-30-08+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263139796344698290" border="0" /></a><br />What a great day. Holly and I left fore the hospital at 6:30am for her induction. She was 4 cm dilated and 100% effaced. Dr. Smith broke her water at 7:45am and began a drip of Oxytocin an hour later. As Holly skimmed over the cafeteria menu she told him she'd be ordering off of it for lunch. The doctor, not wanting to get her hopes up, told her it would be more like the dinner menu. As a precaution, Holly ordered up the epidural cocktail at 9:50am. Shortly thereafter she said she felt like she needed to push. The doctor rushed in and 3 long pushes later Piper was born at 10:21am. It seems that the epidural only helped with the contractions as Holly said she felt everything else. She was a champ through the whole ordeal and is doing great. Piper weighs in at a Martin record of 7 pounds 6 ounces. She amazed us all with the large amount of hair on her head. I instantly questioned whether she was mine as this is another first. Quickly retracting the notion she could be anyone elses, we all marvelled by how quiet she was. Holly's mother, Linda, was there through the whole thing and has a way of calming Holly as well as helping out that is truly unmatched. She was given the honors of cutting the umbilical cord. We were also blessed to have our friend Linda Brewster who is an amazing photographer. She has documented some wonderful times in our family's lives and came to the hospital to record the event. We'll have more from her when those shots are made available.<br /><br />Later Linda brought Alyssa and Reese to meet their new sister. Alyssa was so gentle and sweet. This was the exact opposite of how she was when Reese was born. Another surprise was Reese's reaction. She climbed over Holly and kissed Piper over and over again. It was unbelievable and cute. She then got a turn at holding Piper and would lean over and kiss her. Upon taking Piper out of her hands though, Reese would get all upset and cry as she held her arms out for us to return the baby to her.<br /><br />A big surprise came later on in the day when a knock at the door was followed by my father from Texas who I had talked to several hours before. He had been in Dekalb, Iowa on business and decided to drive over. His ploy was to ask for the address of the hospital should anyone he knew wanted to send flowers. Dad got an opportunity to attend a Trunk or Treat at the church with Alyssa and Reese this evening and Alyssa graciously offered her bed to him so that she could take mom's spot in my bed.<br /><br />So without further a due, here are some pictures and video of the new one.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZLhY94Qph518k8XBOOgIeMwUk_3iVFgsklAwpVSTSs6edumriGgPb5ChWxsF6w1cS9pF9bO3709CS6aAZ0wIXeflP2zWj6olvdcDqVQQYqhm1cpUTMfyAyqmqoi5cZ5jLmhnwqV8gUfs/s1600-h/10-30-08+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZLhY94Qph518k8XBOOgIeMwUk_3iVFgsklAwpVSTSs6edumriGgPb5ChWxsF6w1cS9pF9bO3709CS6aAZ0wIXeflP2zWj6olvdcDqVQQYqhm1cpUTMfyAyqmqoi5cZ5jLmhnwqV8gUfs/s320/10-30-08+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263142275953589506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyroe1SFIHy5qrRjcURihJ-NpyOUGAlkXNFNv-2TIbHUe8bdcuj9cXhid5IwCs-ihWJl9vNpJpOuxCpPkRx8I2-ZC8kZ0VlwklWeWDEucmrRDK8txCsqS2UzDUlXrZ6XVnCz9lT3k6xpoY/s1600-h/10-30-08+005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyroe1SFIHy5qrRjcURihJ-NpyOUGAlkXNFNv-2TIbHUe8bdcuj9cXhid5IwCs-ihWJl9vNpJpOuxCpPkRx8I2-ZC8kZ0VlwklWeWDEucmrRDK8txCsqS2UzDUlXrZ6XVnCz9lT3k6xpoY/s320/10-30-08+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263141284500658642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUIkszOQj5k90Euba8yNVP3aPtSMgG8En6WBUCFlBA6V68bhWZld9f93Tnfg9pfo4gfhtDwKh4QFGCm2JzGEa3z2cPBfh2QF-dRfoGWhyHq9QAmY9kq64bunmms9P5XiaSm3zzw40acUv/s1600-h/10-30-08+010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUIkszOQj5k90Euba8yNVP3aPtSMgG8En6WBUCFlBA6V68bhWZld9f93Tnfg9pfo4gfhtDwKh4QFGCm2JzGEa3z2cPBfh2QF-dRfoGWhyHq9QAmY9kq64bunmms9P5XiaSm3zzw40acUv/s320/10-30-08+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263141289028302178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgso3x5mtNSGmbwuzBAnrTQJjU-PCrMgiZrSd-Xf9hbLhHf9zAFi99rGGyIgRTcveeklLJuE7y-TaOgmecvAhLR0XsERyw-bZwaCNBQlL_DYNu7OcTrvm-WTcgAuG69sBXuOjwfpju5lQHh/s1600-h/10-30-08+012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgso3x5mtNSGmbwuzBAnrTQJjU-PCrMgiZrSd-Xf9hbLhHf9zAFi99rGGyIgRTcveeklLJuE7y-TaOgmecvAhLR0XsERyw-bZwaCNBQlL_DYNu7OcTrvm-WTcgAuG69sBXuOjwfpju5lQHh/s320/10-30-08+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263141317802937026" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-34631874913617753382008-10-29T07:24:00.000-07:002008-10-29T07:38:49.688-07:00Due date approaching soon...<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DHwO5VBh8XJJylxmafQEhnieSKVGO0yizCr2ZOAkSnWnuhQ7wRdkOXYHIbvfAxN9vcov583SYQmdOW1oEZVcAlOYKpQ5RHJgKDe3-ruBlrfpc63AxFJZbM7Gidu93EU74pdGPWsFN4lq/s1600-h/oct+29+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DHwO5VBh8XJJylxmafQEhnieSKVGO0yizCr2ZOAkSnWnuhQ7wRdkOXYHIbvfAxN9vcov583SYQmdOW1oEZVcAlOYKpQ5RHJgKDe3-ruBlrfpc63AxFJZbM7Gidu93EU74pdGPWsFN4lq/s320/oct+29+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262581670282176210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllBVx3cSF0TBPXZKztosF5MUO0WwRZKsPi1iaWqWzGvKVBKNMnOIa9Sx_Gtux42bSmQeKZOFcomXMRXUt9_oBmRUxb38bDrdfFfO8CjmJ4ylmGFsBKuDpqC7wkD6gSLvimAsOM5Uxzevy/s1600-h/oct+29+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllBVx3cSF0TBPXZKztosF5MUO0WwRZKsPi1iaWqWzGvKVBKNMnOIa9Sx_Gtux42bSmQeKZOFcomXMRXUt9_oBmRUxb38bDrdfFfO8CjmJ4ylmGFsBKuDpqC7wkD6gSLvimAsOM5Uxzevy/s320/oct+29+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262581664584664418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64YECXqGwGBeL7HamSNAqHkMsYjID7dVGawe3SqbB3NFGOpl0EgX_-A7VJ2fb0lwvCiaxXO2vODcT18FV9FwXTTDl-Js8alxf6H0947KHVW97viVb5YgxjrLqP5cmHPtdR906RRzMm9kE/s1600-h/oct+29+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64YECXqGwGBeL7HamSNAqHkMsYjID7dVGawe3SqbB3NFGOpl0EgX_-A7VJ2fb0lwvCiaxXO2vODcT18FV9FwXTTDl-Js8alxf6H0947KHVW97viVb5YgxjrLqP5cmHPtdR906RRzMm9kE/s320/oct+29+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262581670308580018" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Just a photo to show you how big I am.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-88113693242363212562008-10-29T07:11:00.000-07:002008-10-29T07:23:01.990-07:00Video of Reese<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxE0G_lCHwx1nvJxi8v2ZnFqu_pfWtxxYDR4uGhrg6XgZPErhK8zbLhp4IYG2WjOwGRltFU3F8JQ_NHFHGPuw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Alyssa loves to play games on the computer so Reese of course wants to do the same. Reese loves the mornings now after Alyssa gets on the bus and she gets mom and dad all to herself for an hour before her nap. Last night we went to a party with some friends to celebrate Diwali, a holiday in India, and we brought Alyssa. She played with the couple's 8 year old daughter for most of the night. After an hour the little girl came into the living room and said, "She asks a lot of questions." I laughed out loud because Alyssa is at the "how come..." and "why" stage for EVERYTHING. It was fun to bring just Alyssa. My mom spent the evening with Reese.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-45486231238800010362008-10-27T09:32:00.000-07:002008-10-27T10:04:20.765-07:001st day of school!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIjHnNHCk6s2AGuybxmDyQ3oSsrFwccvmV0AahleOB90M-4y6836RCgqpKVCNpFTCDl3leEb_rpwUzha5ACzo-uinQu1ZKmaXbBk05N2evs0emU2e_sDnI-9lcNKBjOOeKxZqslG5q9F5/s1600-h/10-28-08+008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIjHnNHCk6s2AGuybxmDyQ3oSsrFwccvmV0AahleOB90M-4y6836RCgqpKVCNpFTCDl3leEb_rpwUzha5ACzo-uinQu1ZKmaXbBk05N2evs0emU2e_sDnI-9lcNKBjOOeKxZqslG5q9F5/s320/10-28-08+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261873138846296338" border="0" /></a><br />This morning Alyssa had her first day at Pre-K. She woke up promptly at 7 a.m. on her own and asked if it was time to get ready for school. She got ready very efficiently and then took up a spot at the window so she could see the bus coming.<br /><br /><br />Only, the bus didn't come. After several minutes Holly called and it turns out they forgot Alyssa. I mentioned to Holly that I prayed this wasn't a usual occurrence....you know, them forgetting kids and all. So I jumped into the car and drove her 2 miles to the elementary school where her teachers awaited. The whole time, Alyssa was excited and was in <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9CyoEY8L7VdnPtXrDI7DScOJWcECF_OpI7gbsvqICHlxtzhFIubb0C8QUj6fNXT5xMoA0BciEkYfZKsXdq8xKCWgH5oObIRQa2wojJiDV5oM9Mlsyis9lyXgxvZ1V7x-V3L5p8zd2oJH/s1600-h/10-28-08+012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9CyoEY8L7VdnPtXrDI7DScOJWcECF_OpI7gbsvqICHlxtzhFIubb0C8QUj6fNXT5xMoA0BciEkYfZKsXdq8xKCWgH5oObIRQa2wojJiDV5oM9Mlsyis9lyXgxvZ1V7x-V3L5p8zd2oJH/s200/10-28-08+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261880440594771698" border="0" /></a>no way upset about leaving mom and dad.<br /><br /><br /><br />In the mean time, with her sister gone, Reese took to a gymnasium set up that she had seen her older sister and friends doing. Climbing on the craft chair unto the table, she would then flop over the top of our love seat and land on the cushions. She was successful about 1 in every 5 attempts.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKV-uDeUrhE2ZiZ6uaulsRMiuzf9FYYJZ_hSXHiws2YsQTo91Clx49sc3yCRN4fz0-2oLPHNY6Rvx0r7-nFJnqnxqWZOFpqUzP3eG5-7T_IAYOMgGeJW3iKK5CPS9NCM3-dvasjNPM_6f/s1600-h/10-28-08+015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKV-uDeUrhE2ZiZ6uaulsRMiuzf9FYYJZ_hSXHiws2YsQTo91Clx49sc3yCRN4fz0-2oLPHNY6Rvx0r7-nFJnqnxqWZOFpqUzP3eG5-7T_IAYOMgGeJW3iKK5CPS9NCM3-dvasjNPM_6f/s200/10-28-08+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261876223910185810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUI4XZcGYycjetd1tKHKsi_sDrLdKispLlXBTYkkISANvaSDqBZeE2rxUrbMzTjVAjeA4BD1tQAPYTkv3xm0K6UX1PQgairolmEx2o90D3MzPsRXqcYQiSmZnmGGp7mBH3i5l0Lwmr5COX/s1600-h/10-28-08+016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUI4XZcGYycjetd1tKHKsi_sDrLdKispLlXBTYkkISANvaSDqBZeE2rxUrbMzTjVAjeA4BD1tQAPYTkv3xm0K6UX1PQgairolmEx2o90D3MzPsRXqcYQiSmZnmGGp7mBH3i5l0Lwmr5COX/s200/10-28-08+016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261876221515254610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rc_oC47q25_rdDSpbxfjT9ch4V_ATyxRufANgjMce4yjnfYjzzaSDJi0NSO0W2DgAhVdYL_XgdB1h5rDGsuhaKjhIjlT-PzfHg9_RUcPsauvFUfVjKg_WykKXXsX5Abed8YHUOlm_2QH/s1600-h/10-28-08+021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rc_oC47q25_rdDSpbxfjT9ch4V_ATyxRufANgjMce4yjnfYjzzaSDJi0NSO0W2DgAhVdYL_XgdB1h5rDGsuhaKjhIjlT-PzfHg9_RUcPsauvFUfVjKg_WykKXXsX5Abed8YHUOlm_2QH/s200/10-28-08+021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261876212738911762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">At 11:12 a.m. Alyssa's school bus, and yes it's the short one, arrived out front. I qu</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ickly ran out side to meet her. Her first comment was, "Daddy, the bus did have seat belts, " as this was a topic of conversation before the bus was M.I.A. this morning. She said she had a great time and told us about painting and playing with noodles. She said she ate cheese and crackers for a snack and her teacher said in a note that Alyssa was a very good listener! We are proud of our little head start kiddo and welcome the quiet house while she is there.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvBU-VUhZtj8v4CEA-NGXz6QVTzRLkPDXYPmf3QATYlZDPxQVzXpk1ql1ygowKf51AfqIlShDabFtqQ0Mxhoy5C2sx5fATv5jAPgbc8_IxuLLA-xfz3v1Cyc9vW8foxki3ORlnoWMB7ui/s1600-h/10-28-08+024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvBU-VUhZtj8v4CEA-NGXz6QVTzRLkPDXYPmf3QATYlZDPxQVzXpk1ql1ygowKf51AfqIlShDabFtqQ0Mxhoy5C2sx5fATv5jAPgbc8_IxuLLA-xfz3v1Cyc9vW8foxki3ORlnoWMB7ui/s200/10-28-08+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261879412598346450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUW5cWUPFcI-Vxs7viRtCnoyng2SupuwLUBqSQD0ld3DDKDuG83P0x6GDJrI6KtVM_ytI5J7UeLjiOtRMfcX6zfAL4O4UD6reJ0wCz5xYdAFXaZLz9sfFtI6P2bMnKAdf7QTtvncwC4sj1/s1600-h/10-28-08+025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7AAgdvRjjQa69uayYZE-y3avXG8Lbnk6E7mxeZVmcUVs-_HaaDqxzybLy3hI5T2Su_o0VRBbt8OozKUFtjDPZ3pbnc00hQofD4MBAB49RguClv8DhexFbE8fqQ4LOqKOWMakBc-5pR18/s320/Head+Start+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260717546330746706" border="0" /></a><br />Alyssa starts preschool 5 days a week in the morning on Monday!<br />We met her teacher Mrs. Vail and visited her classroom yesterday.<br />The bus will be her at 8 am and she will be gone until 11 am.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08CPKpRnsvX2COR2wiEcP3lY04IULB_aQiWCKsVE-rTXe6CNGYllHpBLYyEht-B7L5hkKuO3nEvGsaeKBvRL4OHoRypu00TVYDKMPTMPXhUpy4Gc31tyfwPStlH17Us4AMqA1cLiE2Mbg/s1600-h/Head+Start+006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0Dw6YevTbw_XWBzHAsR6VYakgutCMal-9def4sbUf7OGdQVnDs1ZIwUUKQxw5srPxsMF1no5Q4NdgGirXUQ45rTqBTzWx_WhhbVFAksfzcH23AP4tFYbM_MGwRgEDrkWPSdgsUEn1o4y/s320/october+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258894519406122002" border="0" /></a>Great-Grandma Martin (aka NaNa) and Aunt Kristy came to visit on Saturday! It is always like Christmas when we see them because they have sooo many things for the girls. They especially liked the Winnie the Pooh basketball hoop and Halloween decorations. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-q_rpUHGlmcPANpamVM00CELZcaMXLacCQpRYKYBJjyekavIPI6C3oUZRTVcdvCAYZ_qHrjVP3MtJuDp2FVECcVrsKjkEQcD8meMVFI9H7O4ocEHq8V__V0tIugM9i9lNHhl3UsvlEUx/s1600-h/october+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-q_rpUHGlmcPANpamVM00CELZcaMXLacCQpRYKYBJjyekavIPI6C3oUZRTVcdvCAYZ_qHrjVP3MtJuDp2FVECcVrsKjkEQcD8meMVFI9H7O4ocEHq8V__V0tIugM9i9lNHhl3UsvlEUx/s320/october+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258894525096637298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26QoG1O-HA6ni9H6U3WFWbk6seTIqsw4MtKAoP0mCo2cK4Y2_3T5Hl5tjf2nMWEPvBwvDKDhVhsVGxEc348BYjiRzeBJXwlau_k6D6_ZvyBqFpqWf3pu5GKFY1bqKUrmI2r3RlOeIUaWR/s1600-h/october+009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26QoG1O-HA6ni9H6U3WFWbk6seTIqsw4MtKAoP0mCo2cK4Y2_3T5Hl5tjf2nMWEPvBwvDKDhVhsVGxEc348BYjiRzeBJXwlau_k6D6_ZvyBqFpqWf3pu5GKFY1bqKUrmI2r3RlOeIUaWR/s320/october+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258894526757297762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dr9sCbxEWTldFuZNRTL4EHnBmmxT8TAiaKwsSyHlAsqljsnmLkqXGRFvrsC2ix3nMs8IvsT9iXf4Lir82mGkyeS-PdBCb_1ZZpSsg0ISQizdFfMubd6GnRYxGh1ucnzOGgKEuGsa2JfG/s1600-h/october+010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dr9sCbxEWTldFuZNRTL4EHnBmmxT8TAiaKwsSyHlAsqljsnmLkqXGRFvrsC2ix3nMs8IvsT9iXf4Lir82mGkyeS-PdBCb_1ZZpSsg0ISQizdFfMubd6GnRYxGh1ucnzOGgKEuGsa2JfG/s320/october+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258894528647346386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8YvTZkKcxl6wHL_vSsJE8REVkWUOZOhsMaxHzwQLtl3WD6yO_QQA12iOhszqQSI-JtEgINn-VW-w6ggMXwJb-GRdhnI1XjCzwqkPnqc_4UZdx6ySuMRszw3vFJev7wWXI3rBQyFqilpN/s1600-h/october+013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8YvTZkKcxl6wHL_vSsJE8REVkWUOZOhsMaxHzwQLtl3WD6yO_QQA12iOhszqQSI-JtEgINn-VW-w6ggMXwJb-GRdhnI1XjCzwqkPnqc_4UZdx6ySuMRszw3vFJev7wWXI3rBQyFqilpN/s320/october+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258894530727731602" border="0" /></a><br />Reese loves putting on hats. She usually has them so low they cover her eyes and she walks or crawls in to furniture!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584699540141107523.post-88942288629604189002008-10-15T19:49:00.000-07:002008-10-15T19:55:51.554-07:00our days...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgozTEzpobprohBnkrq6-nSsJ57JLeqPO4fyIMEOsL7KUUYIkjN65g0KuBryBgDAfefC53Sqw8wkGy_ncIS8aU6Zxy2VZZFo6YYeKx-uHObJlF4mUV6LxyZFtuRiqpL1eENYRX8o1271i/s1600-h/october+2008+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgozTEzpobprohBnkrq6-nSsJ57JLeqPO4fyIMEOsL7KUUYIkjN65g0KuBryBgDAfefC53Sqw8wkGy_ncIS8aU6Zxy2VZZFo6YYeKx-uHObJlF4mUV6LxyZFtuRiqpL1eENYRX8o1271i/s320/october+2008+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257578978363030082" border="0" /></a>Alyssa is starting pre-school 5 days a week in the morning next week :) She is soo excited and the timing can't be better. Now through the winter when the babies are stuck indoors she will get to go out and play with kids her age! She loves crafts and I am sure they will do lots of stuff like this!<br /> It is sooo hard to keep her quiet all morning while Bobby is trying to sleep since she works 2nd shift.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuN1tvrvKbBAKp_NKPFTmvZvvEbF7qB1AOZqnNUTb_Ubmt6RzZ4MpyeOOshKtY9qBEOE5QaRdWHTMc_T7idSE8BnGKdDOhUFYWRnzqb6xwuJd4CpCr1Mia1GpzCteZMl3wcXm911EoGH_9/s1600-h/october+2008+005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuN1tvrvKbBAKp_NKPFTmvZvvEbF7qB1AOZqnNUTb_Ubmt6RzZ4MpyeOOshKtY9qBEOE5QaRdWHTMc_T7idSE8BnGKdDOhUFYWRnzqb6xwuJd4CpCr1Mia1GpzCteZMl3wcXm911EoGH_9/s320/october+2008+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257578978671633074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-N4Mq9ISdimMCWGAn4BeYo0baaz-h2YgCZm6LSF7nkjnPZ19bywoGofSeMtCoAHQfwMoNB2vAJq65sUGTMG5rk3C9E2nSm73uLfSALS0nsnwzdqiW-LgvWGX1abbYpwnYrZ623r8aLjA/s1600-h/october+2008+012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-N4Mq9ISdimMCWGAn4BeYo0baaz-h2YgCZm6LSF7nkjnPZ19bywoGofSeMtCoAHQfwMoNB2vAJq65sUGTMG5rk3C9E2nSm73uLfSALS0nsnwzdqiW-LgvWGX1abbYpwnYrZ623r8aLjA/s320/october+2008+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257578976365864386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82BtHUi2FbXH1DXmGzJAyOWZvCKZhPEULwAJMApaDU83ItWYQhan58Iqm6ufDH4-oYkK9xsiJn2myhsLDsV9zU9kwjTLQU-NGgm2Wdb60jvRG1YXzvS5xZlBPsvyCij9bcU7uBXGW_6lZ/s1600-h/october+2008+017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82BtHUi2FbXH1DXmGzJAyOWZvCKZhPEULwAJMApaDU83ItWYQhan58Iqm6ufDH4-oYkK9xsiJn2myhsLDsV9zU9kwjTLQU-NGgm2Wdb60jvRG1YXzvS5xZlBPsvyCij9bcU7uBXGW_6lZ/s320/october+2008+017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257578981672619794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnUYLoRtm2e-yRyE3r0y8DDPv0XC71CgAOqy1K0Pyh_NzIwsEPW4WdjHT1jHVQ71RuKJo666Kv5Lx2hJAjpDNiIA0pR4Lw_7NrSVYBzsLsyRDYyrbeX-nRwIg0hBcLSbpkFiC2_O7qyoO/s1600-h/october+2008+018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnUYLoRtm2e-yRyE3r0y8DDPv0XC71CgAOqy1K0Pyh_NzIwsEPW4WdjHT1jHVQ71RuKJo666Kv5Lx2hJAjpDNiIA0pR4Lw_7NrSVYBzsLsyRDYyrbeX-nRwIg0hBcLSbpkFiC2_O7qyoO/s320/october+2008+018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257578983494750706" border="0" /></a>Our favorite family outing is walking to the Dollar General in town and buying a treat. The girls usually choose fudgesicles and need a bath by the time we get home.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3