tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51037773900489716042024-03-13T12:18:37.449-07:00Shan B. & Family!!Brad, Shannon, Blake, Sonny & LolaShan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.comBlogger315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-70490940387410657182011-08-20T18:30:00.000-07:002011-08-20T18:30:11.604-07:00Blake's Baptism~2/5/2011<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">On February 5th, 2011 my son Blake was Baptized a member of
<br />the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
<br />What a wonderful, amazing & spritual day it was for our whole family!!!
<br />I'm getting choked up just thinking about it, even though it was 6 months ago.
<br />I am so grateful/happy/proud/joyful that my son decided to make this choice in his life.
<br />Some people might say that an 8 year old is too young to make this kind of decision, but we know as members of the
<br />church that 8 year olds are a lot smarter & in tune with the Spirit than we give them credit for.
<br />My son Blake showed me that again on this wonderful occasion.
<br />We do stake baptisms so we were lucky enough to have a room full of lots of people celebrating & supporting our awesome primary children in their decision to be baptized. We were also lucky because Blake was the only one from our Ward & the 1st one to be baptized.
<br />My dad, Blake's grandpa was able to baptize & confirm Blake that day. Blake was beaming from ear to ear after he was baptized & then after he got dressed back into his suit we went into a different room for the confirmation. My dad gave him a wonderful blessing & I could feel the Spirit so strong it was hard for me to keep my emotions in check. The best part was that I know that everyone in that room felt the Spirit as well. Especially Blake. This boy of mine was so overcome by the feelings he had, he was crying. He came over to me right away & I hugged him so tight so he knew that it was ok to have these feelings. It was a wonderful teaching moment that Naunie (grandma, my dad's wife) & I were able to share with Blake. It was so sweet...I feel all warm & fuzzy just remembering it too. He's a sweet boy, a good big brother, a pretty good boy (most of the time) & has a wonderful spirit. I feel especially lucky to be Blake's mom & hope I can be the best mom for him!!!! I know this church is true & feel grateful every day that I have the gospel & I'm able to share it with my children!!
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<br />Blake's Baptism day!!
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<br />We don't take pictures of the actual events because they are very special.
<br />But we can take before & after pictures. Click on the collage above & you will see just how happy & excited
<br />Blake was on his special day!! Just beaming from ear to ear </div>
<br /><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-91330662409325052252011-08-20T17:49:00.000-07:002011-08-20T17:50:06.121-07:00Nature's Critters~Sonny's Preschool Class 2011<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Sometime in early 2011....maybe February (it's been a while) Sonny's preschool class had a
<br />lady from "Nature's Critters" come to his classroom for an in-class field trip. It was sooo cool
<br />She brought a tortoise, a parrot, cockroaches (ewww), a snake-lizard thing, a tree frog, & a boa constrictor.
<br />The kids had a fun time ooohhing & ahhing at all the cool critters & even got to pet a few of them.
<br />I'm so glad I was able to be there & watch Sonny & take pictures.
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<br />Nature's Critters
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<br /><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-6373589017778374582011-08-20T17:22:00.000-07:002011-08-20T17:22:32.179-07:00Happy New Year!!! 12/31/10-11<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Finally!!!!
<br />The year 2011 has been rung in on my blog.....so far behind!!!
<br />We celebrate Blake's birthday in the early evening & anybody who wants to stay & hang out to bring in the NEW YEAR with us
<br />hangs out. It's fun!! Sometimes we have a big bunch & sometimes we have a tiny bunch. This year it was
<br />just a tiny bunch but we still had fun. The boys always love to stay up late & this year they played video games with dad, & Uncle Bryan.
<br />Lots of fun!!! One of these years I'm gonna be really prepared & have a most excellent game night planned & send out invites for Blake's party & also the New Year's Eve party.
<br />One of these years!!!
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<br />HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
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<br /><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-23559388268088872372011-08-20T17:08:00.000-07:002011-08-20T17:09:31.972-07:00Blake's 8th Birthday!! 12/31/2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">We celebrated Blake's 8th Birthday on 12/31/10!!! <br />
I can't believe that my oldest childe is 8!! <br />
We had a fun time & I know he did too. We had some family & friends over <br />
& celebrated with pizza, soda & an Oreo cake. I asked Blake what kind of cake he wanted & he said he <br />
wanted an Oreo cake. <br />
I thought it would be fun to make & although I really wanted to make it look like <br />
an Oreo cake...........this is what I came up with instead. <br />
It turned out great & Blake loved it. That's all I can ask for!!! <br />
Anyway...as always it's a fun day to have a Birthday & we usually try to celebrate on his acutal Birthday. <br />
What better day to have a party than New Year's Eve. <br />
HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY BLAKE!!! <br />
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<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-7269343323897434082011-05-31T13:48:00.000-07:002011-05-31T13:56:09.178-07:00A Windy Day & a New Helicopter<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">The boys got this really cool Helicopter toy from their Great Uncle Robbie for Christmas. The one day I decided to take the boys up to the school to try it out was really cold & windy. But...what are you gonna do when they are bored outta their minds & driving me nuts?? Take them somewhere...anywhere!!!<br />
Even though it was really windy they had a lot of fun & the helicopter was easy to figure out, so that's always good :)<br />
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Sonny retrieving it from one of its flights.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OFkB8vkhQmaeHnYAkEbYNYeF7K08RUZ7mRHanOSH99J0lsSTWi0nsUk0UnuDc5w8eDNX6RP0G3n7JH74gvW4cHuf62aR7iV5ZG0nOXq_ohayLkF9v54Dej78nQ-0g2iItlCfGG8P33es/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+010.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OFkB8vkhQmaeHnYAkEbYNYeF7K08RUZ7mRHanOSH99J0lsSTWi0nsUk0UnuDc5w8eDNX6RP0G3n7JH74gvW4cHuf62aR7iV5ZG0nOXq_ohayLkF9v54Dej78nQ-0g2iItlCfGG8P33es/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+010.JPG" /></a><br />
Blake getting ready for take off.</div><br />
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Launch!!</div><br />
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Another try.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8at5ys4p9bqHNIJmiE7Uz_QrUOLMiCEVg31dVDp2kXd0DfIr9phEYaWKKXRmHBKxSvKddHDaT5JyF3GmcdXazTWW5d4TYc8b6YAE7eyTCJjrPZ6mxEQ__cFc9nuEhTdPu_HYXuc0cT_GC/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+013.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8at5ys4p9bqHNIJmiE7Uz_QrUOLMiCEVg31dVDp2kXd0DfIr9phEYaWKKXRmHBKxSvKddHDaT5JyF3GmcdXazTWW5d4TYc8b6YAE7eyTCJjrPZ6mxEQ__cFc9nuEhTdPu_HYXuc0cT_GC/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+013.JPG" /></a><br />
Sonny bringing it back again.</div><br />
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Look at that nice leather jacket we got for Blake....he begged & begged for that thing & I got a really awesome deal at Macy's for it & he's only worn it a few times!!! Dang that kid...he prefers his Old Navy Hooded zip up sweater!!! Oh well....</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2tJcatWg8Ksr6Nd73EMIiVa0ZfvFCxo2NxxQzavLZn1jRKpV3C2MdeES_-R-6PnzyjCPJjH4LbRoXTWjVaacq-u3UVfkshJVdNQWzK4RygvVFncgsoEMZsP15m-rQ6oANrFePldXct_y/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+015.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2tJcatWg8Ksr6Nd73EMIiVa0ZfvFCxo2NxxQzavLZn1jRKpV3C2MdeES_-R-6PnzyjCPJjH4LbRoXTWjVaacq-u3UVfkshJVdNQWzK4RygvVFncgsoEMZsP15m-rQ6oANrFePldXct_y/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+015.JPG" /></a><br />
More launches</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyujJST-mgU49VSskcKusEfq5NyPJkctn9vHUdnkQ7EHGuJ4AdtsIWg7MBR0MEKCHBTiBS1RD5mZFK4voHEA72wgZZtvpV1bE3JEdvPxUfu93UrMAv7Fb_RrptkfAFiB49DrwCRjN1CS_L/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+016.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyujJST-mgU49VSskcKusEfq5NyPJkctn9vHUdnkQ7EHGuJ4AdtsIWg7MBR0MEKCHBTiBS1RD5mZFK4voHEA72wgZZtvpV1bE3JEdvPxUfu93UrMAv7Fb_RrptkfAFiB49DrwCRjN1CS_L/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+016.JPG" /></a><br />
A fun few hours until I was just too cold & wind blown & couldn't handle it any more.<br />
Maybe it was only 1 hour...can't remember...it was 5 months ago...haha!!! Still...we had fun!!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-3964461574453236432011-05-31T13:39:00.000-07:002011-05-31T13:46:30.721-07:00Bounce U...Christmas Break 2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">One day on the Christmas break I decided we needed to get out of the house. Blake had gotten a "FREE" pass to this place called BounceU. It was time go go & use it because it was going to expire. It's a really cool place for kids to play when it's rainy & cold outside. They have 2 huge warehouse rooms with different types of infatable bounce houses. It was fun to take the boys.<br />
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Giant slide...Blake was so excited & it took FOREVER to get Sonny to finally slide down!! He was up at the top forever. Blake & other kids kept going & going & I finally had to tell Blake to help Sonny.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3S5OUdHdL9NbxEHnlsURRSD2hOlBdRl5KXb2Gqr_VQtuTAdVTLzFklCDtSjfG0Lt6hjVfAg4LwhVlukmBwVT0EUPQCybjaka_HQht8S8ZLZFE6pwAPo8gYjHu93ZAVCs3mdErmfSuupd/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+002.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3S5OUdHdL9NbxEHnlsURRSD2hOlBdRl5KXb2Gqr_VQtuTAdVTLzFklCDtSjfG0Lt6hjVfAg4LwhVlukmBwVT0EUPQCybjaka_HQht8S8ZLZFE6pwAPo8gYjHu93ZAVCs3mdErmfSuupd/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+002.JPG" /></a><br />
Blake full of pure excitement & joy!!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouTxZm0GiR0ttsyOD6Mi2ZX9woyiuiijvfgkhCQXz_YpYNKEc8PYx4QZGg-loTAsXmXcgFkldmmJyfULAMuHMBbyiYJ540sw18XNlSr552dh_cyO9T8lx7vicJkeLuBFSJAfI6_f41Qof/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+003.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouTxZm0GiR0ttsyOD6Mi2ZX9woyiuiijvfgkhCQXz_YpYNKEc8PYx4QZGg-loTAsXmXcgFkldmmJyfULAMuHMBbyiYJ540sw18XNlSr552dh_cyO9T8lx7vicJkeLuBFSJAfI6_f41Qof/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+003.JPG" /></a><br />
Sonny...they just come down too fast to get a decent pic...once he finally got over the fear...he went several more times.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuiykGsG84lQPJrEpifWG4cxMyGcHzk7o6UBCVtuqtsyZiOQa-kS-1mv2hUPjKC7YvGnpMW_oxNN29vb1ouiaM4f8YKFK8RAxBh7dMqckMHkQ08OrLLr4Lkc0WrEM07PK4G81GiwznP9J/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+004.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuiykGsG84lQPJrEpifWG4cxMyGcHzk7o6UBCVtuqtsyZiOQa-kS-1mv2hUPjKC7YvGnpMW_oxNN29vb1ouiaM4f8YKFK8RAxBh7dMqckMHkQ08OrLLr4Lkc0WrEM07PK4G81GiwznP9J/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+004.JPG" /></a><br />
Waiting in line <em>after </em>not being scared anymore.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicf5fB979LedH1oZ7q7DkWoF2dStYupTWYyLs1ZNko_myHOxapWvvmhwdrpL2WfoRU0TfjkUdQsHN-18iyHszYy5a3Ky-CVrkYFt5HGP6sPu_op4DhwMnsX0DaqF5zcXQrnN3hjxS3H37c/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+005.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicf5fB979LedH1oZ7q7DkWoF2dStYupTWYyLs1ZNko_myHOxapWvvmhwdrpL2WfoRU0TfjkUdQsHN-18iyHszYy5a3Ky-CVrkYFt5HGP6sPu_op4DhwMnsX0DaqF5zcXQrnN3hjxS3H37c/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+005.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
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Sonny really liked trying to hit the ball that was floating in the air. He had tons of fun at this station!!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUVWD5PDhPprRLenBzSEBXxMGvhSUljpEQASPE8lqswlMXToNjZ_mrQo2bcOc412tYZasIeYab4PKg23pIlY7za6Lr9sCnfNPh_97TdW01_pg1sHpVZ0p-Nkv0MakNmqWp_LdShAM2LHh/s1600/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+008.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUVWD5PDhPprRLenBzSEBXxMGvhSUljpEQASPE8lqswlMXToNjZ_mrQo2bcOc412tYZasIeYab4PKg23pIlY7za6Lr9sCnfNPh_97TdW01_pg1sHpVZ0p-Nkv0MakNmqWp_LdShAM2LHh/s320/Blakes+Bday+8th+bday+2010+008.JPG" /></a><br />
A fun few hours for the boys & a break from them being bored for me!!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-19508989938690816492011-05-31T13:33:00.000-07:002011-05-31T13:35:41.854-07:00Christmas Collages~2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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1.Near the beginning of the month we decorated the Christmas tree at our house. It's kinda weird when you're using someone else's decorations but we pulled it off. And it looked great. Then a few days later Naunie invited Blake & Sonny over to help her & our other cousins help decorate her tree. It was really fun watching all the boys decorate Naunie & Grandpa's tree. Grandpa even let Blake be his assistant photographer for the day. It was a fun day.</div><br />
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2.We attended our Ward Christmas at the beginning of the month as well. It was fun to visit with friends from the ward & for the kids to meet Santa & tell them what they hoped they'd get for Christmas.</div><br />
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3.We also got to go over to Naunie's & Grandpa's to make Gingerbread Houses. This has become a fun tradition. Colby & Kylie got to join in on the fun too since we did it during the day. It's always fun to see what the kids come up with & how much candy they can sneak too.</div><br />
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4.Another family tradition is to visit with the Johns family a few days before Christmas. It's so nice to get together with my crazy & fun family to eat & visit & watch the kids perform the Nativity. My kids never participate...the little stinkers. I'm so glad that my grandparents do this every year a few days before Christmas...that way we get to see everybody without as much rushing around.<br />
Blake, Sonny & Gabreal were having so much fun together & I got a few great pics of the 3. It was cute!!<br />
Another family tradition is that we go to Brad's Uncle's house for Christmas Eve & eat a ton of Mexican food. It's always fun to get together with them & enjoy the holidays. I've gotten used to not having turkey on Christmas Eve & now I look forward to the food...especially the refried beans....mmmmm....sooo good. No pics...maybe next year.</div><br />
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5.Here are some pics from Christmas morning at our house. The boys were very excited to see all the loot that Santa brought them along with all the other gifts. Sonny was pleased with all of his candy & decided he needed to lay it all out. Blake got a fantastic leather jacket & a Jets shirt (his fave team). They got lots of stuff to keep them occupied & happy....for a few days at least.</div><br />
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6.We also went over to Grandpa & Naunie's on Christmas morning to celebrate with my family. I love being around my family!! We all have our little quirks & that's what makes it great. I always feel like we don't get to spend enough time with each of our families...I guess that's what happens when both of our parents are divorced. More love to go around I suppose. Anyway it was fun watching my boys & my nephews open their Christmas gifts. We usually do a Yankee Swap with all of us adults. There was some good stuff this year. I got movie tickets...yay!! ( I still haven't used them yet). My Aunt Jeanne brought this peppermint pig & what you do is put it in a bag & say what you were thankful for & hope for the upcoming year & then hit the pig with a little hammer. Everyone in the room does it & then you take it out of the bag & eat the peppermint. It was really fun & I hope we do it again next year. After that Brad & I went to the movies with his brother Bryan while the kids went home to rest with Grandma Lisa. It was a nice day.<br />
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I'm so grateful for Christmas time. I love that we get to celebrate the birth of our Lord. I feel so blessed to have the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life & the opportunity to teach it to my children as well. I only hope that my children gain as strong of a Testimony as I have throughought their lives.</div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-17516568226250579352011-04-26T10:20:00.000-07:002011-04-26T10:24:52.894-07:00Mason turned 2!! November 2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br />
Our cousin Mason (my youngest sister's son) turned 2 on November 30 2010 & we got to go celebrate the occasion. It was fun eating pizza & cake & watching his face when he opened all his presents. What more can you ask for. I still can't believe he's 2!! Time sure does fly!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJdAqhkz2z-kGoa-XlAgjUFJqh4DmWtf2CTthNownk8UYsuKtTB8ixJB_x3nzXTtWuFjwRwIxAlGLMcLyyCG4K0r9c0Z-SNbj8sSCpZLzhs0KCUtoDg7e30DX7QSxjhnm7kRNw89vy5h3/s1600/2010-12-25+Christmas+2010.jpg"><br />
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(click on images to see larger)</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-22327231550220335012011-04-26T10:04:00.000-07:002011-04-26T10:05:19.545-07:00November 2010<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">November 2010 was a fun month!! Here's a couple more things we did.<br />Right around Thanksgiving we headed up to Apple Hill with Bryan, Kimi, Libby & Lisa (Brad had to work) to cut down a Christmas tree for Grandmother & Grandad. Burrrrr!!! It was freezing but fun!! The kids had fun running up & down the hill & around the trees until we found the right one. Here's some pics to see all the fun!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7SS7ZXHw4Vi1uakzEuTZYZpDwok7GmhDcQCZNTNRzE4RuiEtK8VnUsxlJQBkqdUrzQy1ZDeLrXz8U7EdlYy1Sb3fG8t5e8bmAzrAbGs6SJHWmVC_fnwntktgchyphenhyphenw2zOqTa8xmA_R6xbf/s1600/2010-11-24+Thanksgiving2010.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7SS7ZXHw4Vi1uakzEuTZYZpDwok7GmhDcQCZNTNRzE4RuiEtK8VnUsxlJQBkqdUrzQy1ZDeLrXz8U7EdlYy1Sb3fG8t5e8bmAzrAbGs6SJHWmVC_fnwntktgchyphenhyphenw2zOqTa8xmA_R6xbf/s320/2010-11-24+Thanksgiving2010.jpg" /></a><br />(Click on image to see larger)<br /><br />After cutting down the tree we stopped at another area in Apple Hill to get some hot chocolate & donuts & hopefully warm up.<br />The kids got to look at the pond & some of the ducks that were there & then they found some left over ice & thought it would be fun to throw it at eachother. They did have fun & it was funny to watch. I'm glad they had fun. It ended up being a nice day.</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQQfT8lExXo_Zblqb2Ed3hbvXpF_jOu8KDFa5yisxtZVAAzz-mBAOsljDw98RyjwZC0NHALAJRsiY40qt0vn-G4PAAO26IWVT7tdZvzi9RQScXd4pXwJa6cOqZA9ZDGrfkW7zfKupzaz8/s1600/2010-11-24+Thanksgiving20101.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQQfT8lExXo_Zblqb2Ed3hbvXpF_jOu8KDFa5yisxtZVAAzz-mBAOsljDw98RyjwZC0NHALAJRsiY40qt0vn-G4PAAO26IWVT7tdZvzi9RQScXd4pXwJa6cOqZA9ZDGrfkW7zfKupzaz8/s320/2010-11-24+Thanksgiving20101.jpg" /></a><br />(Click on image to see larger)<br /><br />Blake's soccer season also came to a close in late October. We had our team party at a nearby Roller Rink. It was so fun. I love to roller skate. We are nowhere near professional but it is always fun. The boys had tons of fun & it was good to see the whole team one last time.<br />Way to go Scorpions. Eventually at some point I will put up actual soccer pictures.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxoWgI2k-5LZKPGEWbysnIP-7jm61k3GN4QbiSEUZkiXV37WhdNlkMlOwT6xqff99mSIi4vLn_4TWVG3MQnPOR1WE0HXyR5qsdkMhInPI7EPivH1Vlcln1PGN35MH5Woorx4Mk-9KGS_8/s1600/2010-11-24+Scorpions2010.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxoWgI2k-5LZKPGEWbysnIP-7jm61k3GN4QbiSEUZkiXV37WhdNlkMlOwT6xqff99mSIi4vLn_4TWVG3MQnPOR1WE0HXyR5qsdkMhInPI7EPivH1Vlcln1PGN35MH5Woorx4Mk-9KGS_8/s320/2010-11-24+Scorpions2010.jpg" /></a><br />(Click on image to see larger)<br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-9738990910940702712011-02-23T19:19:00.000-08:002011-02-23T19:37:48.512-08:00Disneyland~November 2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Of course a year cannot be complete without a trip to the<br />
"Happiest Place on Earth"!!!<br />
We were able to go on a fun but quick trip to Disneyland in November with my family.<br />
We were able to find some decent prices to the park for 2 days with a lot of searching. <br />
It can be done!! Of course I wanted to be there for more days but was willing to settle for the 2 days in both parks.<br />
It's always so much fun going to Disneyland!! <br />
We stayed in the time share that's within walking distance to the park (my parents hooked us all up) & it was awesome!!!<br />
It was fun to swim & sit in the warm jacuzzi on the day that we left. So, here's my pictures from our Disney Adventure!!!<br />
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All packed up in the car & ready to go.<br />
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Lights out!! We have a big day ahead of us!!<br />
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One of the 1st things we do when we get there is eat breakfast at the "Carnation Cafe". It is a tradition & the food is great!!<br />
Glad my dad was awake & got to join us.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSzbCxLy7RQeHB8kKgUCCQpLKrgKUgaGwVX49QbkOkJbwjDMXuiSkxae1gNcLOwJKmNeQPxluH18Zpat0hopnmaJfmbeKTFPTprDZ4mB-MdgnMLQDlmYJvJUMzbMCjYb2DzEXWRp6Vbik/s1600/2010-11-24+Disneyland+20101.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSzbCxLy7RQeHB8kKgUCCQpLKrgKUgaGwVX49QbkOkJbwjDMXuiSkxae1gNcLOwJKmNeQPxluH18Zpat0hopnmaJfmbeKTFPTprDZ4mB-MdgnMLQDlmYJvJUMzbMCjYb2DzEXWRp6Vbik/s320/2010-11-24+Disneyland+20101.jpg" /></a><br />
Here are some of my favorite shots with the family. I wish I would've taken more of my sisters. They were there a couple days before us & they went to a lot of the shows while we were riding rides. I don't get to see a lot of the shows because Brad doesn't think the kids will like them. I did go watch one of the parades though & I was in heaven. One of these days I'm gonna go with a bunch of girls & do the whole Disney Princess thing :)</div><br />
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Blake did a little bit better this year....I don't know why he has to go & freak himself out. The ride he freaked on the most was the Grizzly Rapid Ride in California Adventure & I do believe that my brother in-law Erick was about to lose his mind because Blake would not stop crying. The ride attendant even said that if he didn't stop they wouldn't launch our raft!! Ha!!! I made the poor kid suffer. <br />
I am truly the BEST Mom EVER!!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglk9EvB0IjxNaFpGzkwcnkUa53PCb0li7ifkkKVJb_510OChhOJYdB-LnQho2une2IglEcq0O85O4mwHXBvBySDM9RzMxuhHMKBHHjgeGKCRYM1m11TNLv4n7X1_egHAiMFVWnBB_QKN3u/s1600/Disneyland+2010+144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglk9EvB0IjxNaFpGzkwcnkUa53PCb0li7ifkkKVJb_510OChhOJYdB-LnQho2une2IglEcq0O85O4mwHXBvBySDM9RzMxuhHMKBHHjgeGKCRYM1m11TNLv4n7X1_egHAiMFVWnBB_QKN3u/s320/Disneyland+2010+144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brad took the boys over to <strike>Tom Sawyer's </strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Pirate's of the Caribbean play area (I seriously can't remember the real name)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">& took them to get this...</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixO4kJtfT45Xwof0MdVND14rzqUzZNnJGX26acuKI0fzD0h1ReCYFbDSuZqTbTHsp0sxYD4X1NAOFJCSe4ba18t9xlWRicguBB-PIdncLXjG5P2id5voyVFu_Lm-1no116eKO_HeWhmBR/s1600/Disneyland+2010+149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixO4kJtfT45Xwof0MdVND14rzqUzZNnJGX26acuKI0fzD0h1ReCYFbDSuZqTbTHsp0sxYD4X1NAOFJCSe4ba18t9xlWRicguBB-PIdncLXjG5P2id5voyVFu_Lm-1no116eKO_HeWhmBR/s320/Disneyland+2010+149.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then I received a text saying that I was needed asap....to clean them up of course.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's ok...they truly enjoyed the cotton candy.</div></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCS2EGOIA-3yiYHXH26h61xxaQmI1zn1DMHeTAua6M6-W-k0ejxi3kuyyDx3rIq5alPWHkyvpE2n2Z72o-f801QhWMd7ZZx9UtYpEF27_Vvrqwc-cNiiH3LUebTSX3FCp5kNqvZQ82YPHP/s1600/2010-11-24+Disneyland+20103.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCS2EGOIA-3yiYHXH26h61xxaQmI1zn1DMHeTAua6M6-W-k0ejxi3kuyyDx3rIq5alPWHkyvpE2n2Z72o-f801QhWMd7ZZx9UtYpEF27_Vvrqwc-cNiiH3LUebTSX3FCp5kNqvZQ82YPHP/s320/2010-11-24+Disneyland+20103.jpg" /></a><br />
We had a really fun time & learned that yes, Disneyland & California Adventure is still fun even if you only go for 2 days & are on a really tight budget!! Glad we got to go & maybe next time I won't forget my Disneyland t-shirts. Still can't believe that I left home without them!! Haha!!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-50959914096419385962011-02-23T17:10:00.000-08:002011-02-23T17:11:53.345-08:00Breast Cancer 5k~10/2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Back in October we signed up to do this Breast Cancer 5k since Brad's work (Bank of America) was gonna be out there along with a whole bunch of other businesses. This was a <span style="font-size: x-large;">HUGE</span> & I mean a <span style="font-size: x-large;">HUGE</span> 5k. It wasn't like the typical 5k that I'm used to where I would be racing against myself to get a decent time. There were thousands of people there...<span style="font-size: x-large;">swear...</span>so there was really no space to even pick up the pace to a slow jog. It was still fun to be there with my cute little family. Blake did great walking with me the whole way & of course Sonny got to hitch a ride in the stroller. I wonder how much longer we will do that for...hmmmm. It was cold & a little rainy but we all survived!! I think it took us 1 & 1/2 hours to walk 3 miles....Seriously the longest 5k I've ever done!!! Oh well....they raised a ton of $ & that's the whole point :)<br />
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We started at the State Capitol & went through old town. It was a nice scenic walk.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-55298395636800476292011-02-01T15:31:00.000-08:002011-02-01T15:32:46.301-08:00Bradbushka!!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I totally almost forgot!!! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Meet Bradbushka!!</span><br />
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This is what Brad dressed up as for work the day before Halloween!!<br />
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One of the customers thought he was dressed up in his "religious" clothing from a church!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">HaHa!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hands off ladies he's all mine!!!</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-2996043741680028232011-02-01T15:22:00.000-08:002011-02-01T15:27:32.810-08:00Halloween~2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Well...we had 1 pumpkin to actually carve for Halloween. I know...kinda sad but at least there was 1. I finally had Brad carve it on Halloween morning before church. There was plenty of time because church didn't start til 1:00pm. Brad carved while Blake & Sonny watched. Maybe next year Brad will let Blake actually help carve...haha...he's so concerned about safety sometimes. So here's our little Jack o'lantern. Good job Brad!!<br />
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So, if you remember, Halloween fell on a Sunday this time around. It's always hard to know if we should take the kids out on a Sunday or not. There's really no "rule" about if it's "ok" to take them out to do stuff like this on Sunday. I had a little bit of a struggle but Brad said of course we're gonna take them! So it was settled. I know a lot of my LDS friends decided to stay home & that's cool too. So, Bryan & Kimi brought Libby over so she could go out with the boys for about an hour. We had a good night & Sonny did way better than expected!! The costumes were great!! Here's what they were:<br />
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Blake: Vampire<br />
Sonny: the Dark Knight (Batman)<br />
Libby: cute witch<br />
Kimi: Alice in Wonderland<br />
Bryan: Freddy<br />
Our next door neighbor made this really cool Jango Fett costume too.</div><br />
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By the way....I made those candy bags for the kids. <br />
It's the same one I did for my niece on her birthday.<br />
They were really fun & easy to make<br />
once I finally sat down to make them.<br />
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You can get the pattern <a href="http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2009/10/easy-treattote-bag-tutorial.html"><span style="color: purple;">here</span></a><span style="color: purple;"> </span>& check out the rest of the blog, <br />
<a href="http://cluckclucksew.com/"><span style="color: purple;">Cluck Cluck Sew</span></a>. I really like it.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-44581405873642649282011-02-01T15:07:00.000-08:002011-02-01T15:09:05.877-08:00Bishop's Pumpkin Farm~Oct.2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Of course we went to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm!!!<br />
We didn't get out there as early in the month as I would've liked but we still made it. <br />
We went the Saturday before Halloween & it wasn't too crowded. <br />
Of course that may have been because it was raining off & on all day....but...who cares!!! <br />
We had to get out there & see the stinky animals & let the kids pet the petting zoo animals (blech!!) & go on the train & run around & have a fun time. <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Rain, shmain!!! </span><br />
It only rained <span style="font-size: large;">"most"</span> of the time so I'm really glad I had my pink umbrella with me. <br />
My hair got a little funky but that's what happens when you have naturally curly hair & straighten it & then it rains. Anyways....it was fun & Sonny had fun petting the animals....Blake seems to be taking on my traits when it comes to that. <br />
I HATE petting zoos!! I just don't like to get my hands dirty but the kids can do it if they want. <br />
Brad got us some sliced carmel apples covered in m&m's. I think it was a great idea to have them sliced. Maybe this next year I can remember that & we can do carmel apples at home. We'll see. <br />
Of course I had to have a picture of the kids being measured for the year & posing with pumpkins. What would be the point of going if I didn't get the pictures. <br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Memories!!! </span><br />
We always have a fun time together as a family & I'm glad that we got to go. <br />
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(click on images to see larger)</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-70181540519158027542011-02-01T14:54:00.000-08:002011-02-01T14:55:08.951-08:00Halloween Festivites~October 2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">We had a fun time at our Ward "Harvest Festival" & chili cookoff. Brad of course entered both the chili competition & the pie competition. Although I believe his were the best...he did not win. That's ok...I think it's rigged anyway...haha. I'm sure glad that I have him to cook at my house. He really is a great cook & we are lucky to have his cooking skills available to us. <br />
It's always fun to see the kids get dressed up & have good chili & dessert. <br />
It was raining so hard that day, but that wasn't going to stop us!!!<br />
I took a few pics of some friends & the kids in their costumes. <br />
The food was good & I'm so glad that this year theydecided to do games in the classrooms instead of what they've done in the past. <br />
It was fun!!<br />
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Blake's school also had a Halloween dance/carnival in October (duh!!).<br />
We did not buy costumes this time around so he had to make do with what was in our costume box. He decided to go ahead & be a vampire again. He was a vampire a few years back. This time we actually had makeup & he took it upon himself to do his own makeup. Boy....what a sight!!! Actually he didn't do too bad...I just thought it was funny. I hate that Halloween makeup!!! Our cousin Libby went with him & we dressed her up as a baby since she was already in her pj's. So off we went (me, Blake & Libby). It was ok. Not super awesome...just ok...oh well...they can't all be the best parties...but they did have fun dressing up. So there's that....haha. I do think it's fun going to school functions & watching Blake interact with his buddies. Gosh he's growing up so fast!!!</div><br />
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I always think it's so fun to go & see all the pumpkins & take pictures of them all. <br />
Anyway...it was really fun & I'm glad we got to go.<br />
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Here's Sonny on the rope swing. <br />
I love all the different faces he makes.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5gNTxL7Zt8BdcEAevLJ6Rz3Af77bbJDEkgUSVw2-mO2kCgbqEvVYLeRps-RBeU4IgJVWJzaV8bu94xSDfX8OKz7aRsQZ-B8kSRUvuTadwtP_-_OIfY65p_vVv-xLf2EvlD_OenjZ3LH0/s1600/2010-10-30+Oct+2010+Sonnys+field+trip1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5gNTxL7Zt8BdcEAevLJ6Rz3Af77bbJDEkgUSVw2-mO2kCgbqEvVYLeRps-RBeU4IgJVWJzaV8bu94xSDfX8OKz7aRsQZ-B8kSRUvuTadwtP_-_OIfY65p_vVv-xLf2EvlD_OenjZ3LH0/s320/2010-10-30+Oct+2010+Sonnys+field+trip1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Here's some pics of the hayride, the pumpkins we got to pick</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">& just pumpkins all around the patch.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-37152376758260034212011-01-04T20:40:00.000-08:002011-01-04T20:40:25.304-08:00Sonny's 4th Birthday~October 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WELL.............</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sonny's 4th Birthday was <em><strong>back in October 2010</strong></em> (I know...slacker me) & we celebrated by having a "monster" theme & going to a nearby park. I planned 2 games for the kids to play (water balloon toss & pin the eye on the ghost) & then we sang Happy Birthday & ate "monster" cupcakes & opened presents. I'd have to say it was pretty fun. The best of course was the water ballon toss. My nephew Mason loved it sooo much...he just really liked tossing the balloons straight on the ground. It was so funny. The kids had fun & I also made them clean up the mess. We had lots of fun & Sonny did too even though he had been sick off & on with a fever a few days before. He had to leave the party early to go home because he didn't feel good at all but he made it through all the fun stuff & the rest of us just hung around & cleaned up til we wanted to leave. I'm so glad that everyone was able to make it & join us for the festivities. Here are a couple of collages of the days events.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You can tell Sonny wasn't feeling well....poor guy....I finally took him to the dr </div><div style="text-align: center;">a few days later & he</div><div style="text-align: center;">had an ear infection.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So fun & easy to make. I made strawberry cupcakes...that's what Sonny wanted...with </div><div style="text-align: center;">vanilla & chocolate frosting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Used candy corns for the spikes & skittles for the eyes & some heavy</div><div style="text-align: center;">duty blue food coloring for the dots on the eyes which turned your mouth blue.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I totally didn't know it would do that but I didn't eat all the candy....only the top part of the</div><div style="text-align: center;">cupcake with the frosting.....THE BEST PART!!!!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Thanks everyone for making this a special day for Sonny!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And thanks Hollie for all the pics!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm always so busy I don't really get the shots I want.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy 4th Birthday Sonny !!!!</span></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-82998782353022311242010-11-07T19:11:00.000-08:002010-11-07T19:12:02.064-08:00Blake's Jog-a-Thon 2010<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br />
Blake's school had their annual Jog-a-thon the 1st week in October. <br />
He said he was going to do better than last year & make it to 20 laps.<br />
Well...let's just say he's an over achiever when he really wants to be.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">He ran 35 laps!!! </span><br />
He did so great & I'm glad I was able to be there :)<br />
I wish they had a track program for kids in elementary school. I think it would be really good for him.<br />
Grandpa Chuck was able to come too & I was able to see my friend Debie & her husband Mike.<br />
It was a fun morning!!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbI6FP28OmlRejoy0h5rjsJPlX0NP7OTqruefMery_mth4yTq25hBXwtN3uf3tblrXRB_W1gnUsG7K4fMBgI5-Sq-4zSIIfsVhrfjt2ebCBh9KCpMCrX6s7SeaQ2KC6gksIouXfJ4kxgG/s1600/2010-10-17+fall+2010.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbI6FP28OmlRejoy0h5rjsJPlX0NP7OTqruefMery_mth4yTq25hBXwtN3uf3tblrXRB_W1gnUsG7K4fMBgI5-Sq-4zSIIfsVhrfjt2ebCBh9KCpMCrX6s7SeaQ2KC6gksIouXfJ4kxgG/s320/2010-10-17+fall+2010.jpg" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-78938000102546624452010-11-07T18:50:00.000-08:002010-11-07T18:50:58.771-08:00Sonny's trip to the Firestation<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><br />Sonny's 1st field trip was in September & it was to a local Firestation!!!! Unfortunately I was not able to take him because I was working.<br />What??!! I was working....more on that later. <br />Luckily Grammy Sisa was available so she got to take him & take pictures too. <br />She said he was really good & had a really fun time.<br />I'm so glad she was able to take him. It's fun looking at the pictures & checking out his reactions.<br />There's a picture of him holding the firehose & it reminds me of when Blake went to the Firestation on a field trip & how I had to coax him up to hold the firehose. Two totally different kids!! After this trip to the Firestation Sonny said he wanted to be a Fireman when he grew up & I thought it would be fun for him to be one for Halloween. No such luck...he was adamant that he would be a Fireman when he grew up....NOT for Halloween. Crazy kid!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrkT92UdMAGuq_ncEY6_aIB3bOVvOSpuMUOxUE3Wu8tzDjfEfHojeEZE1Qz1rvNa93iWmHxbFKHrjzwpH2uMTo_asdyLs0lBjNYX8W8iJ30u5Of5WJsbSZ4Eoebr_y747Yavf0ZXZPaMH/s1600/2010-09-29+september+2010.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrkT92UdMAGuq_ncEY6_aIB3bOVvOSpuMUOxUE3Wu8tzDjfEfHojeEZE1Qz1rvNa93iWmHxbFKHrjzwpH2uMTo_asdyLs0lBjNYX8W8iJ30u5Of5WJsbSZ4Eoebr_y747Yavf0ZXZPaMH/s320/2010-09-29+september+2010.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Update....so I started working part time back in early September. I'm working at Macy's & I love it!! I was hired to help with Trim-a-Home (Christmas) & wherever else I was needed. I cannot say enough good things about Macy's. I swear it just totally fell into my lap (wink wink....I know Heavenly Father answers prayers) & I LOVE it!! Did I say that already??!! It's been great & totally fits into my schedule...I can work while the kids are in school & then get off in time to be a mom!! It's great!!<br /><br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-48990161062903536462010-10-26T21:38:00.000-07:002010-10-26T21:41:13.071-07:00Discovery Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My "Bonus Mom" Dawn works for JetBlue & one of the other airlines was having a BBQ at Discovery Park & invited JetBlue employees & their families to come along as well. I've never been to Discovery Park so I thought it would be fun to go. Plus there were going to be Bounce Houses, games & food. Bonus!! Me & the boys met up with my sisters Alicia & Amelia & our Parents & had a nice afternoon together at the park </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(even though it was seriously HOT!!)</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9tmrZvZ-CGUrbWXjdF-CU_pz0et0qCl-DscG-9nnxxuogbx0sTLEtZVMzShDPiEDqYhHdCm8owBdNF2qZVDpDaidYkLknWwaAtT3szmLTsgVeRRXiwAw5lFqP8ilPgGu3hFYjV8XWs22/s1600/september+2010+070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9tmrZvZ-CGUrbWXjdF-CU_pz0et0qCl-DscG-9nnxxuogbx0sTLEtZVMzShDPiEDqYhHdCm8owBdNF2qZVDpDaidYkLknWwaAtT3szmLTsgVeRRXiwAw5lFqP8ilPgGu3hFYjV8XWs22/s400/september+2010+070.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boys had fun in the bounce houses you see in the background & here is Blake waiting for his turn athe the ring toss where you win suckers.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81J020wGJzWQE1Y1LeJS7fF5Vjbo9rbzKTUS9Y_mWWGU_EbvtyrwdhtHHXakw-CloFLkXY2mviai5UIFb-zZUUZvqTRXEPdhKFsS6ngn1qqpeKnWiBPU1Mkvm2iMOxcM0QeMnTZ2qC1W3/s1600/september+2010+072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81J020wGJzWQE1Y1LeJS7fF5Vjbo9rbzKTUS9Y_mWWGU_EbvtyrwdhtHHXakw-CloFLkXY2mviai5UIFb-zZUUZvqTRXEPdhKFsS6ngn1qqpeKnWiBPU1Mkvm2iMOxcM0QeMnTZ2qC1W3/s400/september+2010+072.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's Naunie with my Sonny & my nephew Mason waiting to win their suckers.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtfX0s3DILvpU3WSPHefCkiI1yG7LlxLfSIqA_WVT425rapctWjyhD5EI1Ui8GwpQIXSPeUkXRQwUHgbYaIOs3HkMDdIOdK2Bw7eXxJbQgGiKRqiRRSUog8Fpiy1K3WOZN50gym-VCDqp/s1600/september+2010+074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtfX0s3DILvpU3WSPHefCkiI1yG7LlxLfSIqA_WVT425rapctWjyhD5EI1Ui8GwpQIXSPeUkXRQwUHgbYaIOs3HkMDdIOdK2Bw7eXxJbQgGiKRqiRRSUog8Fpiy1K3WOZN50gym-VCDqp/s400/september+2010+074.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blake played this spinning game for a long time & won a bunch of stuff. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would love to make one of these & have it for Birthday parties & other stuff.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xmowmr1IPreKpPoIRkZBZTVMTDUXlPXXXlU5R3PFACAPLB9EdkMC8WetOtq69eSS5lwWxgbIoCk5NJu5_ugkn9qUWVCGGg5O7qhXfDOCbxzE-1TpEYCt2iEfmkU-Akl3CcCa0mlmIeK2/s1600/september+2010+078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xmowmr1IPreKpPoIRkZBZTVMTDUXlPXXXlU5R3PFACAPLB9EdkMC8WetOtq69eSS5lwWxgbIoCk5NJu5_ugkn9qUWVCGGg5O7qhXfDOCbxzE-1TpEYCt2iEfmkU-Akl3CcCa0mlmIeK2/s400/september+2010+078.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is such a "Kuty" pie!!!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ukRbkLANDcZpHUk152mcsp1YiAzF-ve5BddCm2CjZwkeRwjCi9x5Y8Dymk1YY5iDneq8ALL-VMCGC2_IWynT5D22TeAaXoG_FrLpjuyU13eyuTTpNnTxEJDfcD4sgKn8mXLNvvBBXIqC/s1600/september+2010+079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ukRbkLANDcZpHUk152mcsp1YiAzF-ve5BddCm2CjZwkeRwjCi9x5Y8Dymk1YY5iDneq8ALL-VMCGC2_IWynT5D22TeAaXoG_FrLpjuyU13eyuTTpNnTxEJDfcD4sgKn8mXLNvvBBXIqC/s400/september+2010+079.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mmmmm...nothin makes a little boy happier than a sucker!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a nice time & I thought the park was nice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of places to have a picnic & to just run around. I didn't see any playgrounds so if you ever go make sure you bring stuff to do...games or your bikes & make sure you have money for parking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em> (this was also the same day that my mom was released from the hospital after slipping & falling in a store she was shopping at. she had a concussion so I picked her up & took her home because she was not allowed to drive. I also helped her out by checking in on her over the next few days & picking up some groceries for her. it's been about a month & she is recovering but she still gets a little woozy sometimes. my poor mom.)</em></span></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-7545103556791989702010-10-26T16:50:00.000-07:002010-10-26T21:42:00.039-07:00Happy Birthday Libby<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy 5th Birthday Libby!!! </span></strong><br />
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Libby's Birthday was back in September & she decided that she wanted to celebrate at one of her favorite parks!! It really is a cool park!!<br />
It was a great day for an outside party & she got lots of fun "girl" stuff.<br />
Here's a fun picture of the new 5 year old that I took.<br />
Doesn't she look oh so dramatic?!</div><br />
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The party was lots of fun with a pinata, cotton candy, cupcakes & a fun playground to play on.<br />
Check out the pictures of Blake on the spiderweb.<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(click on collage to see larger)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For Libby's Birthday present I decided to make her this cute little tote bag & fill it up with markers & pads of paper. I found the instructions <a href="http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2009/10/easy-treattote-bag-tutorial.html">here</a> on this cute blog called <a href="http://www.cluckclucksew.com/">Cluck Cluck Sew</a> & her instructions were easy for me to follow & execute. Go check it out if you want a simple little tote bag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0F9ynexQYTHRQLC7I1JYk6AiJwjEHn5e8ge0_c9bSWZcTtfpNOUp0l6oSc1mvZNL8r1AGGkTn91U5BzG5AkKYUGYmbfMcbud14-UYapXwWKgRueEjmP206toVSaIsHsqhBaEBHzFVzaD/s1600/sept+2010+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0F9ynexQYTHRQLC7I1JYk6AiJwjEHn5e8ge0_c9bSWZcTtfpNOUp0l6oSc1mvZNL8r1AGGkTn91U5BzG5AkKYUGYmbfMcbud14-UYapXwWKgRueEjmP206toVSaIsHsqhBaEBHzFVzaD/s400/sept+2010+029.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Outside of the bag.</div><br />
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Couldn't leave out some fun pics of my boys!!!<br />
Picasa is a great way to "spice" up my pics that don't always turn out so great.<br />
I love it because it makes me enjoy the pictures that much more :)</div><br />
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Aren't they cuties!!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-31633269549251989092010-10-22T08:38:00.000-07:002010-10-22T08:38:13.376-07:00A Temple Sealing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMBREEGsnV8Ck1yQEbD3i7tLyqAbKu7ssVGmeGE5jUTskHAROZSloMgAbLs5tOXo_qnA9yRiXqpiEYkkSqMko3By0c46aTsQTjqEQVCQloKv9SnuKr8zQAnDdW2EwHp3yFHC6Q4lNT1xn/s1600/2010-09-25+sept+20102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMBREEGsnV8Ck1yQEbD3i7tLyqAbKu7ssVGmeGE5jUTskHAROZSloMgAbLs5tOXo_qnA9yRiXqpiEYkkSqMko3By0c46aTsQTjqEQVCQloKv9SnuKr8zQAnDdW2EwHp3yFHC6Q4lNT1xn/s320/2010-09-25+sept+20102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back on September 11, 2010 I had the opportunity to attend the Temple Sealing for my cousin Jason & his wife Melissa. It was wonderful & I was so glad I got to be there. I'm so happy for the wonderful life choices that Jason & Melissa made to get to be a family through all Eternity. They also had their son Jason 2 sealed to them that same day. I'm so grateful for Temple sealings & that the Lord has provided a way for us to be together not just though this earthly life but through all Eternity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was just a great day...inside & out :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Here's a couple of "fun shots" of some family members that were there)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN-gSFkTZqkyhJMpyr_jzVxegDo4JW7OVzOLzde5eHi9Nt1uW6rfVwupue4w-ktVl0MukJjnZRPozvQ7Q_xx93lduO0xAsbUlg-V3iGKAJLzjPVcdRvQAUk2EF2g-0Nxk2dVLE0lJEMOs/s1600/sept+2010+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN-gSFkTZqkyhJMpyr_jzVxegDo4JW7OVzOLzde5eHi9Nt1uW6rfVwupue4w-ktVl0MukJjnZRPozvQ7Q_xx93lduO0xAsbUlg-V3iGKAJLzjPVcdRvQAUk2EF2g-0Nxk2dVLE0lJEMOs/s320/sept+2010+021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aunt Carol & my cousin Jessica</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">CONGRATULATIONS JASON & MELISSA!!!!</span></div><br />
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</div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-66686846184756989682010-09-29T17:14:00.000-07:002010-09-29T17:15:07.233-07:00Sonny's 1st day of Preschool!!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Well....Sonny started preschool after the Labor Day Holiday. He was a little back & forth the first morning but I got him there.<br />I took a few pictures just to make sure the day was documented. He is a little stinker when it comes to pictures so let's just say they are always candid. I can't believe that both of my boys go to school now. It's so exciting!! No!! I did not cry because my baby started school. If anything I get this great big feeling of happiness & joy at the thought that my baby is learning new things everyday. It makes my heart swell. And no...it's not because the kids are gone...although it is a nice little break. And honestly I think it's a little silly when I do see people crying when they send their kids off to school. But that's ok...they can cry.<br />I was a little worried that we wouldn't get the big #2 part of potty training in time but I am happy to report that he got it down...& just in the nick of time. <br />Here's to you my little preschooler!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp69tyRk9vN1GHfpUqglIpUqnIN_ljrSrE6OZtBgiIFO_iU9YGtrBJ7OdAaqwtXdv78nDQfHBZChU7kv9eL4YO-DWSzB-Bty2cPu32Q0VOXQ5bpXsx01s64o6XlSgeXOOD2FsenEA4SErv/s1600/2010-09-25+sept+2010.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp69tyRk9vN1GHfpUqglIpUqnIN_ljrSrE6OZtBgiIFO_iU9YGtrBJ7OdAaqwtXdv78nDQfHBZChU7kv9eL4YO-DWSzB-Bty2cPu32Q0VOXQ5bpXsx01s64o6XlSgeXOOD2FsenEA4SErv/s320/2010-09-25+sept+2010.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Shan B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14116493575738825176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103777390048971604.post-10917064455578251262010-09-29T16:49:00.000-07:002010-09-29T16:52:32.106-07:00Rivercats Game<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Back in August we had the opportunity to go to a Rivercats game for free. Friends from our previous ward called us & invited us to go along with them because somebody had a whole lot of free tickets. We only had to pay for parking & whatever else we wanted to buy. I also found out that it was a special family night & hotdogs & icecream were only $1.00. So, we decided to go. It was exciting to be there to watch the game & fun to have some friends to talk to. I also saw some other friends over in the lawn area that I haven't seen in a while too. Some of my friends like to joke that I always see somebody I know no matter where I go. It's funny...it actually happens a lot. It even happens at places like Disneyland. Crazy!!<br />
Anyway we stayed for as long as the kids could handle it. Sometimes it's really hard for them to understand that we are not buying anything extra & it sends them in to fits...I know that some of you can relate. Anyway...it was fun while it lasted & I'm glad we got to go.<br />
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