tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10342560949381493572024-02-18T21:36:48.672-05:00The Bohne StudioMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11542719863685892193noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-83783121142050554042011-05-25T18:32:00.002-04:002011-05-25T18:38:01.154-04:00First time for everythingSo today came some really exciting news. I got turned onto a job from Michael's first Councilor in his Young Mens presidency. The job is writing freelance for yahoo; I got news today that one of my articles (well in this case recipe) was going to be published. It may only be a small detail in a bigger picture, but in any case you can check it out <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8086447/orange_rolls_with_cream_cheese_frosting.html?cat=22">here</a>. For this article I get paid by the amount of views so spread the word ;-)Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-88090767094876628472011-04-22T05:56:00.003-04:002011-04-22T06:00:38.064-04:00Happy Earth Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6Gem30L6aKqI-hWI9uv2h2vLj6L2f01vnpmC_7wjGMz62zze_SbLLk87yZG0QHlD57i-8KoUGkbCQ_-dUS6J_tKQy9VIIfge6g4BHMwtCbAACZAvZegYgM4PjbSHAYM2yy3_-L0by2M0/s1600/tree_hugger_8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6Gem30L6aKqI-hWI9uv2h2vLj6L2f01vnpmC_7wjGMz62zze_SbLLk87yZG0QHlD57i-8KoUGkbCQ_-dUS6J_tKQy9VIIfge6g4BHMwtCbAACZAvZegYgM4PjbSHAYM2yy3_-L0by2M0/s400/tree_hugger_8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598345157652248706" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Lets all get out and do something green like spring cleaning, clean out your closet (there could be plenty of stuff in there you don't need, so why not donate it?), planting a tree, recycle, carpool to where ever you are going, replace your regular light bulbs for energy efficient ones, is the weather nice? open a window and enjoy the breeze, go outside and enjoy the Earth we have to live on.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Michael and I will be continuing our tradition of going to see Disney's Earth Day Movie. This year the movie is African Cats. If you buy a ticket during opening week part of you ticket payment helps to <a href="http://disney.go.com/disneynature/africancats/#save-the-savannah/">Save the Savanna</a>!</span></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-58040036033316996602011-02-25T06:37:00.003-05:002011-02-25T07:35:30.536-05:00Because I'm a Phoenix<span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>At the end of Michael's Spring 2009 classes for school, he decided that he needed to take a break because his job was becoming very demanding. We are talking demanding as in working 50-55 hours a week if not more. It was <i>great</i> pay but he was having trouble making it to his classes that were in the early evening. So he decided that until he could put the effort into school he needed to take a break.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>Eventually 2010 was starting to past us by and still Michael had not started back at school. I was worried because school is extremely important especially in todays society and in the church's standings as well. Both of our patriarchal blessings say to "get a good education". In April we took a trip out to see my parents in Pennsylvania for Easter and to see Chase before he left on his mission. I swear as soon as we landed the first words out of Michael's mouth were, "okay Brandee when are we moving out here?" Of course at this time we didn't know that he would be unemployed within a few short months. But the seed was planted and Michael could not get enough of the beautiful country.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span>To him it was unlike anything he has ever seen. Born and raised in California doesn't give you a lot of visual pleasure </span><span class="Apple-style-span">(unless of course you live on beach front property, then life is good)</span><span class="Apple-style-span">. He kept pointing out houses for rent and how beautiful everything was. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">(NOTE: It was the end of March early April and everything was still brown. So I was pretty amazed that he was "ooing" and "ahing" over the beautiful </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>brown</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> scenery?</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> I must admit, I was a little confused.) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>When we got back to California Michael immediately began applying online to jobs in the area of Hanover and York, PA. He actually got a few hits but nothing too promising. We didn't really think anything of it until ... At the end of May/beginning of June we found out that Michael was going to be unemployed within a couple weeks. So of course.. School was out of the question for now. But we seriously started talking about what was happening next in our lives. Well we had been praying about where we needed to go because we knew CA wasn't for us at this time in our lives. We felt very strongly about PA. So we started making our plans.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Part of our plans for moving was, of course, Michael's schooling. We wanted him to start at the beginning of the new year and we knew we had a great opportunity out there with the University of Phoenix. It was close and they have strictly online programs which is what Michael really wanted. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>All or most of our move went according to plan. Once we got settled in a bit, oh I'd say maybe a week, I was telling Michael go talk to Uncle Tim about school and get in contact with someone who can get you started.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Well, here we were 3 months later and guess what?! Michael still hadn't talked to anyone about school. At this point I was getting tired of asking Michael to do something about it. I knew it had to be his decision to go back because it was his school work and he needed to be focused and motivated to do it. So finally I just told him I was tired of asking him to do it every single week, so I said I am going to stop asking but please don't forget and just get it done. Then about a week or two ago I was going over to have my Aunt Melinda cut my hair (We are neighbors you see) and so Michael had this wonderful idea that he would go over at the same time and talk to Uncle Tim about school while I was having my hair cut. what a brilliant idea if I do say so myself!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>So this past week Michael has been completing online paperwork and school loan information to start school at the University of Phoenix!! We are so excited and hopefully if all goes to plan he will be starting his first class on or around March 8th. After that it will only be two years until he will have his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a concentration in Information Systems Security.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I am extremely grateful for Michael and one him putting up with me getting on his case about school, and two for doing what he needs to do even though it may be tough to follow through with it right now. I am grateful that he took the time to figure out exactly what he wants to do and major in. He is a good hard working man and I love him very much!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-87988536753672355572011-02-14T16:17:00.003-05:002011-02-14T16:21:59.347-05:00Happy Valentine's Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KOKeAqK5TZcVwiZDaXLaTRVMWXeFqzlJ2Qt_5fJGwGsAdNFJUrzT9-TXQFJAjyjCEo-aDcJaI5YdrV2GY0c7iJM5t8br5n2zkdIQeegJm05Y8v_YoNHJhauLJKAVV67oSEq_I16Yw7C9/s1600/DSC00260.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KOKeAqK5TZcVwiZDaXLaTRVMWXeFqzlJ2Qt_5fJGwGsAdNFJUrzT9-TXQFJAjyjCEo-aDcJaI5YdrV2GY0c7iJM5t8br5n2zkdIQeegJm05Y8v_YoNHJhauLJKAVV67oSEq_I16Yw7C9/s400/DSC00260.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573657942711052114" /></a><br /><div>I hope we all have a wonderful Valentine's Day with the people that have taken a piece of our hearts for time and all eternity. </div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-8967831070828212732011-01-26T16:09:00.000-05:002011-01-26T16:36:39.697-05:00SNOW DAY<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYcwqfh9CuBFxIz0UF8ty1G9JU2PKxOq4RqDeokdht-kz2f928QJQrFf64B9tIHkK8dnlpnSI-llTL6ln2_159Auh70_ZZ6YaX72jB_QP8c3dBw8lvP4g_kz165XqEZRgBJTikP9TPKw/s1600/DSC00244.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGn83PEZa1xqIwfkLtf16QMpOaiMbghdh0H95BSI9ksi7Y00RZDcFAq8qsiWqmxQYnkHSTLjasrxOuDEPj7UVwelyfSgOLyXEz7G3y348y62-MWoKnKD61uw-CL9ONiLZ0QtsQx-fgUk/s1600/DSC00234.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGn83PEZa1xqIwfkLtf16QMpOaiMbghdh0H95BSI9ksi7Y00RZDcFAq8qsiWqmxQYnkHSTLjasrxOuDEPj7UVwelyfSgOLyXEz7G3y348y62-MWoKnKD61uw-CL9ONiLZ0QtsQx-fgUk/s400/DSC00234.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566607254960864994" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I don't know about everyone else here but I'm excited for the snow! This is our first really big snow storm and I've been waiting for it!!</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And because of the bad weather and 25 miles of side roads I take to get to work being in a bad condition, I took the day off. MY FIRST SNOW DAY EVER!!!!</div><div> And what else can you do on a snow day but make a snow man!!!!!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYcwqfh9CuBFxIz0UF8ty1G9JU2PKxOq4RqDeokdht-kz2f928QJQrFf64B9tIHkK8dnlpnSI-llTL6ln2_159Auh70_ZZ6YaX72jB_QP8c3dBw8lvP4g_kz165XqEZRgBJTikP9TPKw/s1600/DSC00244.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYcwqfh9CuBFxIz0UF8ty1G9JU2PKxOq4RqDeokdht-kz2f928QJQrFf64B9tIHkK8dnlpnSI-llTL6ln2_159Auh70_ZZ6YaX72jB_QP8c3dBw8lvP4g_kz165XqEZRgBJTikP9TPKw/s400/DSC00244.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566608063149144338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHffPe4QNJ3akNFc9qqGKi89jm_SFyX9NXS9eIpzPPv2ZkngE6byYdZ5S7TOHhLFFqwVH4SY_fGk7E-sZVEtEbqh19CZMEnVhMz2KPfKYRDtNC1hzvxbo3QYjYrisgG81ThQ4k1Pneddc/s1600/DSC00241.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHffPe4QNJ3akNFc9qqGKi89jm_SFyX9NXS9eIpzPPv2ZkngE6byYdZ5S7TOHhLFFqwVH4SY_fGk7E-sZVEtEbqh19CZMEnVhMz2KPfKYRDtNC1hzvxbo3QYjYrisgG81ThQ4k1Pneddc/s400/DSC00241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566608057737845394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Carrot and all!</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9V8SuiPzNG7t8hoL2zSOPgFwzbWGGH6iQiudKiujmUO1ztOYyltfDrnCT99l75EtzRIuEU-mwwR3XhIDRwnuCe3Gjw44H4jqPXRXtLhnZ4PjxH7UB4FKNrMpE8j7dg16r7lqSWPkLn4c/s400/DSC00247.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566608610268251170" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div>And of course Brandee and Sage were there to help. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sage never misses a chance to be in the snow. She loves it. She enjoys spending the whole day prancing and rolling around in it!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBHSheWjyZ39rBxPzCtxvQxkBtDwnBIJ46yUhcCBxxxk6IvFKjU20ma458hz1wzH4NnWP4G91RdprUhSvz4Ava8UQ_wEVdxoV7vcVBD_jcjtnBvdhRXMnQBhRrRXSWK30IEMHh5llbao/s400/DSC00182.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566609412895474098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE!!!!!!!</span></div></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11542719863685892193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-57558804440538504742011-01-18T13:24:00.000-05:002011-01-18T13:40:37.524-05:00Family Fun<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Over the Holidays we got together with Family and played many games. Which was <u>so</u> much fun, I love playing games of any kind! Here are some of the pictures that were taken throughout the evening.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvokPHGDB2KOeGWggLLNVC_5U14FnKX_a3HW5Ub2Rj_tid91r5jiuW3BatH432QKSGwHVzWGQEOOvxAH8FRjNkUZJUm1lUAkoCfohyphenhyphenqWLBnKITshMf8HnD8ABEcjRbA9f2F2uZHys5G_W/s1600/DSC00054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvokPHGDB2KOeGWggLLNVC_5U14FnKX_a3HW5Ub2Rj_tid91r5jiuW3BatH432QKSGwHVzWGQEOOvxAH8FRjNkUZJUm1lUAkoCfohyphenhyphenqWLBnKITshMf8HnD8ABEcjRbA9f2F2uZHys5G_W/s400/DSC00054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563596584859216930" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >CRANIUM: Oh one of my favorite games! There is drawing (sometimes with your eyes closed)</span></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznCZe514Mc0vJ15vw9UjczcYhtR8nlS9mOFmqBDnKNzlRUYgdHy8Jfx4ehof0qr9ir3SLnwBybi1uy7IEklLFvBoVz_9QlXAdVt6WSFKjXeo1uSYpMSBvG_Oyuh2U5gEp9_M1GFqG3ITY/s1600/DSC00045.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznCZe514Mc0vJ15vw9UjczcYhtR8nlS9mOFmqBDnKNzlRUYgdHy8Jfx4ehof0qr9ir3SLnwBybi1uy7IEklLFvBoVz_9QlXAdVt6WSFKjXeo1uSYpMSBvG_Oyuh2U5gEp9_M1GFqG3ITY/s1600/DSC00045.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznCZe514Mc0vJ15vw9UjczcYhtR8nlS9mOFmqBDnKNzlRUYgdHy8Jfx4ehof0qr9ir3SLnwBybi1uy7IEklLFvBoVz_9QlXAdVt6WSFKjXeo1uSYpMSBvG_Oyuh2U5gEp9_M1GFqG3ITY/s400/DSC00045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563596471004767218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Sculpting</span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkvLU4Rv02jBKz-uh9ZO6wfkzCUnVZ31apo-PViK65UzqAwPVDNvfd9cFZ9fF28QjG1Yi8NuyAN-UWkhbfe4o3w1tIo7_bFQPRzS_6rtmelUI1SuDVofNpeTmxFRFyAC9zZg5gH3lNw3U/s1600/DSC00044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkvLU4Rv02jBKz-uh9ZO6wfkzCUnVZ31apo-PViK65UzqAwPVDNvfd9cFZ9fF28QjG1Yi8NuyAN-UWkhbfe4o3w1tIo7_bFQPRzS_6rtmelUI1SuDVofNpeTmxFRFyAC9zZg5gH3lNw3U/s400/DSC00044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563596342488692386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This sculpture was a "kilt"</div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvWyUtm0Xyi4NdAtbnZVGoAUP3vxPQk767nGNrJU3_J6vHnSHapB1KGVcf1NOZfHx5QIpdNEpY4fpo4Fci9Ftqdgfe31WxnQte91toq7SO6Pszqnn74as0Z2BD3UFMDHCncIEPwn8LKES/s1600/DSC00041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvWyUtm0Xyi4NdAtbnZVGoAUP3vxPQk767nGNrJU3_J6vHnSHapB1KGVcf1NOZfHx5QIpdNEpY4fpo4Fci9Ftqdgfe31WxnQte91toq7SO6Pszqnn74as0Z2BD3UFMDHCncIEPwn8LKES/s400/DSC00041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563596201078060434" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Acting, done very well by Michael! He was bra shopping, he he.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimS0YCo6eVaqjrTsnZRUMlUj56NiYY_28LEb9GyjtN6P0HcH4dy-1hcJ0JyMXHveKPL7I5UYM2BewgmpMwXsJOLV0M3lDBPHdhexBv-ZbjSgVHe0kUy9oFboON-mPMcWG4aO3mGqseZBV/s1600/DSC00053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimS0YCo6eVaqjrTsnZRUMlUj56NiYY_28LEb9GyjtN6P0HcH4dy-1hcJ0JyMXHveKPL7I5UYM2BewgmpMwXsJOLV0M3lDBPHdhexBv-ZbjSgVHe0kUy9oFboON-mPMcWG4aO3mGqseZBV/s400/DSC00053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563596062115720626" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >And then just some playing around which we can always count on Uncle Tim for!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Overall it was a great evening. It is so nice to be close to family and to have the friendships to sit down play games and spend countless hours with each other.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-27844405335723663722010-12-25T11:27:00.001-05:002010-12-25T11:31:18.303-05:00Merry Chirstmas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8o51K4hx06wHZCUixd7v1G3IxoqHKV8BP7GKT1vVYdwPCjTbhAmMRMH2fj4PMio2fd8gllLNs75xSqUV6OF6wLeiwQLSz2127LLI7MZNQ4Z5UeHD5osN5-CvYP9ZcmS9jsWV0TghxTgf/s1600/DSC00066+-+Copy2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8o51K4hx06wHZCUixd7v1G3IxoqHKV8BP7GKT1vVYdwPCjTbhAmMRMH2fj4PMio2fd8gllLNs75xSqUV6OF6wLeiwQLSz2127LLI7MZNQ4Z5UeHD5osN5-CvYP9ZcmS9jsWV0TghxTgf/s400/DSC00066+-+Copy2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554657559998346290" /></a>Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. As we open our gifts and spend time with family, let us remember the greatest gift that we can not find in a store or wrapped in pretty paper. The gift our Heavenly Father gave, his Only Begotten Son, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-62628861570505246442010-11-08T08:08:00.001-05:002010-11-08T10:37:40.437-05:00State to State<div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Juice ITC";color:#993300">Here is our journey across the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:#993300"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Juice ITC";color:#993300">United States</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:#993300">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXg9BUT9-nHDAEzwwXdB3DWhS7whNkWoDm7UXexLlPb2R1On4nsRDEqgonaYc41-NZoBa7tUPV7xqYwe42rG0ML9K6bvn1G8XZc4CjDTVaAuF_FOlXR-AVJV9AosZdlwDAGO3_97QtefG/s1600/045_111_AZ-WelcomeSign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXg9BUT9-nHDAEzwwXdB3DWhS7whNkWoDm7UXexLlPb2R1On4nsRDEqgonaYc41-NZoBa7tUPV7xqYwe42rG0ML9K6bvn1G8XZc4CjDTVaAuF_FOlXR-AVJV9AosZdlwDAGO3_97QtefG/s400/045_111_AZ-WelcomeSign.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537193389235195522" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> We started in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">California</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">, of course. The first state we crossed into was</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Arizona</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">. We were just traveling through; we ended up stopping at several rest areas because it was the first time for Sage in a car for 13 hours so she was just a little restless. The only challenge was finding a rest area that was open. Due to the economy a lot of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Arizona</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">'s rest areas are closed because there is no money to up keep</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">them.</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxbEwo7T76UO4W11v9R0pgP1csw3_gmgq0YreBiLNBurqllm7bby32QKLS0Yqrnx3RFE-vei5inIWLeAmqziar1TSKEcL6YPLSApcXXujl3iNe-2I35maOiJlg4ZRvFk44R9AnkVE9reW/s1600/DSCN9943-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxbEwo7T76UO4W11v9R0pgP1csw3_gmgq0YreBiLNBurqllm7bby32QKLS0Yqrnx3RFE-vei5inIWLeAmqziar1TSKEcL6YPLSApcXXujl3iNe-2I35maOiJlg4ZRvFk44R9AnkVE9reW/s400/DSCN9943-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537193379192683714" /></a><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> New Mexico</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">is next and this is where we finally stopped for the first night.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Albuquerque</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">New Mexico</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">. It was such a long day hauling through two states with a total of a 14 hour day.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">We will not be doing that again for a long, long time.</span></span><div><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; "></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW55CcPwDEI1DWZOH6WLeJpunRIM15Qak10RmLlk1FKzfhuW_ob5-XJSIpKqI8sBMZntCi6lyarrlOG3ttHDSbIALrWGXJEQEb7lJZ-S2B0rUSoQEHkZIEDALKyUTZ2P2Psc3rvaCo9B0T/s1600/DSCN9980.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW55CcPwDEI1DWZOH6WLeJpunRIM15Qak10RmLlk1FKzfhuW_ob5-XJSIpKqI8sBMZntCi6lyarrlOG3ttHDSbIALrWGXJEQEb7lJZ-S2B0rUSoQEHkZIEDALKyUTZ2P2Psc3rvaCo9B0T/s400/DSCN9980.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537193374297003602" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> With a nice night’s sleep we started on day two of our journey, we traveled through the rest ofNew <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>, which went by pretty quick. We then entered into</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Texas</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">. We watched people get pulled over one after another right in front of us, and who stepped out of the police car? Of course it was police men wearing cow boy hats and cow boy boots. I mean I know they “say” that’s what they wear; I just</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">didn't realize it was a reality.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTfAAdvqALXNUOdCZBGdT8gJ0lOLj63BL1w0jDkHsx4pxaPTXxS8ZydTpkJtZbU0v9zVJpoWbTofaK-l3YC9gJELS-azwJ_xR3LMMZEEvp7zl5hbi8YI1MhUi-mbkUrDeq13zHJUwElfO/s1600/welcome-to-oklahoma-sign-ok029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTfAAdvqALXNUOdCZBGdT8gJ0lOLj63BL1w0jDkHsx4pxaPTXxS8ZydTpkJtZbU0v9zVJpoWbTofaK-l3YC9gJELS-azwJ_xR3LMMZEEvp7zl5hbi8YI1MhUi-mbkUrDeq13zHJUwElfO/s400/welcome-to-oklahoma-sign-ok029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537193372478943794" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> Through</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Texas</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">to one of my favorite states… O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Oklahoma</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">!!</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">It is so green and beautiful, compared to the desert we had been traveling through for the past day and a half.</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSHnlVrqUjiZubRcfCVUMsnxpZrR-WRiVeYXLwVK0Qufo4UKxUoYlLuKnqqZX-MgiMclZvZfWEvOoaPLdaQJKANv0PorHPAjAuweppbcfTsxrBTMiE39dQu_y4frf13gvIMmfMRQnC_Ta/s1600/DSCN9987.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSHnlVrqUjiZubRcfCVUMsnxpZrR-WRiVeYXLwVK0Qufo4UKxUoYlLuKnqqZX-MgiMclZvZfWEvOoaPLdaQJKANv0PorHPAjAuweppbcfTsxrBTMiE39dQu_y4frf13gvIMmfMRQnC_Ta/s400/DSCN9987.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537193368220392706" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> We stopped at the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Oklahoma City</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">temple. Unfortunately it was Monday so it was closed but we got to see the outside and the grounds. It was really beautiful and it was a nice break from the highway we had been on all day.</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOfTjUTz6QzfZN0pe26QnBgpQupL0fPA9F8qLyr8bkplWmhLCQeirk7qfP-THY1GeA7lxt3qhBXoHF2Z1IbboZpJbRDk36PpNcCf1OoEQuiYhYjxPH9NDrBMNWYFJQzzBS3eQ92r_sBS5/s1600/DSCN9989.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOfTjUTz6QzfZN0pe26QnBgpQupL0fPA9F8qLyr8bkplWmhLCQeirk7qfP-THY1GeA7lxt3qhBXoHF2Z1IbboZpJbRDk36PpNcCf1OoEQuiYhYjxPH9NDrBMNWYFJQzzBS3eQ92r_sBS5/s400/DSCN9989.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537192524466568034" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> We decided to take Sage out so she could stretch her legs as well. We were worried about her because she had not gone to the bathroom since the night before we left. It had been two days so we were hoping she would calm down enough to concentrate and go to the bathroom.</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-9Hc-L8UOHNCNg-8W5GsVR8midZMjISjh1hbduiDaOzM0Vz2wBtwiWp7awknAuhVnxuSZZdFdR1lZXKcrWWHBq7yMyokaQP2POtGR7X1PKq3N_useoXOs1DpqHuQuWhhjzI_5NvgbRc-/s1600/DSCN9990.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-9Hc-L8UOHNCNg-8W5GsVR8midZMjISjh1hbduiDaOzM0Vz2wBtwiWp7awknAuhVnxuSZZdFdR1lZXKcrWWHBq7yMyokaQP2POtGR7X1PKq3N_useoXOs1DpqHuQuWhhjzI_5NvgbRc-/s400/DSCN9990.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537192514519626242" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 19px; ">This is one of my favorite parts of the temple. I love the saying and meaning Holiness to the Lord!</span></div></span><span style="color: black; "> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaTk0jFB9DoOEHMxh92Wfpha21VR3HELmIMEmsvYjLohcKHhtkbkekiCK5ta7uj6lSzlWF5ElOs2BwvOCTuPJB5vW-MLuVhzvkbMQJr6MeE0Cqn5mIR0YJk-sY2531eY_HcZVxo4-1m6R/s1600/DSCN9991.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaTk0jFB9DoOEHMxh92Wfpha21VR3HELmIMEmsvYjLohcKHhtkbkekiCK5ta7uj6lSzlWF5ElOs2BwvOCTuPJB5vW-MLuVhzvkbMQJr6MeE0Cqn5mIR0YJk-sY2531eY_HcZVxo4-1m6R/s400/DSCN9991.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537192509664274946" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">A gorgeous fountain on the back side of the temple over looking the temple grounds.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 19px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9yiaz-TU4ToFkAb1fUA6hSeRoz_qA_A_BpFgCIDRgRi6d1tpiff43Ku-aK95IOAhyphenhyphenGnRXYOt3cRkjQkgVOQX4uAf_AEVpBHEbxoLFd62IMVuFrKtvPUGXHexmDxpnpqdj-O7BBMl0eun/s1600/DSCN9993.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9yiaz-TU4ToFkAb1fUA6hSeRoz_qA_A_BpFgCIDRgRi6d1tpiff43Ku-aK95IOAhyphenhyphenGnRXYOt3cRkjQkgVOQX4uAf_AEVpBHEbxoLFd62IMVuFrKtvPUGXHexmDxpnpqdj-O7BBMl0eun/s400/DSCN9993.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537192507925620802" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> After <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Oklahoma City</st1:place></st1:city></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">we were so close to the city I used to live in, so we had to stop. Our next destination was</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">Edmond</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">Oklahoma</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">. We stopped for dinner at CiCi’s Pizza buffet, which I hadn’t eaten since living in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">Oklahoma</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">since I was a kid.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">The pizza was</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">so</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">yummy!</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">After dinner we went and looked at the house we used to live in so I could show Michael. It looked so different and small. It is so funny how things like that change from when you are kid and you remember things being so big.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> That night we had to travel an hour and a half to</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">Tulsa</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">Oklahoma</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">where we were staying. We got in at about 10 to our hotel and they were not being kind to us, they made us wait for our room to be prepared for a half hour out in the cold with no where else to go. Then once we got into the room it was filthy and disgusting.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">So at almost midnight we changed hotels throwing all of out stuff into the car as fast as we could and drove across town to a wonderful La Quinta Inn.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">We had been having issues with the moving company that was moving us and they were threatening not to move our stuff. At this point it was still sitting in a storage unit in <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">California</st1:state></st1:place></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">and we were worried about it. So once we got to our nice comfy hotel I was feeling so sick. I ended up throwing up all night. It turned out to be a long night.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">It was a relief to wake up and pack to get ready to see some family in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">Missouri</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGQ5ZoAusc1ZFLLF-eB6Rd9qSYTPfGfNdd4wayraVd6yn36ycIlNWV_FXul7JPjxZ-bWPs5hP4I4e3ZdoWPIu4mhPimyO_tyYnE3K3-Jba2FpJdIA-SNBeHlfj18xlyIp3Sb3o7Jcwpdr/s1600/DSCN0030-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 374px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGQ5ZoAusc1ZFLLF-eB6Rd9qSYTPfGfNdd4wayraVd6yn36ycIlNWV_FXul7JPjxZ-bWPs5hP4I4e3ZdoWPIu4mhPimyO_tyYnE3K3-Jba2FpJdIA-SNBeHlfj18xlyIp3Sb3o7Jcwpdr/s400/DSCN0030-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537192486564724258" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> Once in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Missouri</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">we made our way to my Uncle Scott’s. He is my dad’s oldest brother and he lives just a little outside</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">St. Louis</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">. We had so much fun at their house. Sage got to play with their dogs and all the neighbor dogs. It was a blast. He has a Koi pond and we got to see them and feed them. It had been a while since I had seen him, and Michael had never met him so it was exciting for both of us.</span></span><div><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; "></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlJ-mpwVSVK_bmO13mVh1eJAKUybh7RLcJdEx-BPjomZuq8D8xw79y_qAHaydUVAiJP6bUS4Uoo6__31GcpUA5j6WDIpw9VkHJH2RHnsh-QafrRziAHEUSVkDt9JyB7WZKkJHYeeDDEZE/s1600/DSCN0045-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlJ-mpwVSVK_bmO13mVh1eJAKUybh7RLcJdEx-BPjomZuq8D8xw79y_qAHaydUVAiJP6bUS4Uoo6__31GcpUA5j6WDIpw9VkHJH2RHnsh-QafrRziAHEUSVkDt9JyB7WZKkJHYeeDDEZE/s400/DSCN0045-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537191657034993074" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> We stayed the night with Uncle Scott and the next day we headed out passing by the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">St. Louis</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> temple and the gateway arch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXfVFhNcMqrSLAC7Y8bTuyxKFADt0qHyVkQdkiZTVLgs6C-7p5Jq5vdzUYNPik8UlhAfakXRG9KA3RGgt1gfEi76PtV1EhfsjCumcD5ehUrYwY5LtJZQGSJklF9yeXRt_Hb0Ow01Vr5o8/s1600/DSCN0051.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXfVFhNcMqrSLAC7Y8bTuyxKFADt0qHyVkQdkiZTVLgs6C-7p5Jq5vdzUYNPik8UlhAfakXRG9KA3RGgt1gfEi76PtV1EhfsjCumcD5ehUrYwY5LtJZQGSJklF9yeXRt_Hb0Ow01Vr5o8/s400/DSCN0051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537191653765608290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Passing through</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Illinois</span></span></st1:state></div><div style="text-align: center;"><st1:state st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br /></span></span></st1:state></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUryWf0JoFmD2047sNRnFRhfbzev_Pu7OnF6IrF-d60XmH4wliMyzReKtR4s57ysu0gI_YpfJTwtfwVH549UQX9L6vx5cLnllLMprmGX83rrUhvbZlSvVC_FXDVNG7subz4lJ6MWNQCCE/s1600/DSCN0058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUryWf0JoFmD2047sNRnFRhfbzev_Pu7OnF6IrF-d60XmH4wliMyzReKtR4s57ysu0gI_YpfJTwtfwVH549UQX9L6vx5cLnllLMprmGX83rrUhvbZlSvVC_FXDVNG7subz4lJ6MWNQCCE/s400/DSCN0058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537191647109498466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">And</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Indiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state></div><div style="text-align: center;"><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></span></st1:place></st1:state></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6ZWQ80zuwjpGW5t9wIcXAiOypO1kFzLBcMKyXuezD22K6yCjuVH1ToIVEnW64TyhUoGIm59B4zCAh0pBDlsMnNIxSFDlZXCsCdob5J-2TRs_lWNxJ32PAvwK4LyrlXGMd2xnWGfnamGn/s1600/DSCN0062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6ZWQ80zuwjpGW5t9wIcXAiOypO1kFzLBcMKyXuezD22K6yCjuVH1ToIVEnW64TyhUoGIm59B4zCAh0pBDlsMnNIxSFDlZXCsCdob5J-2TRs_lWNxJ32PAvwK4LyrlXGMd2xnWGfnamGn/s400/DSCN0062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537191641533483618" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> Finally into</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Ohio</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">where we would be staying with my Grandpa, we spent a really nice evening relaxing and watching TV. It may sound boring but after you are sitting in the car tense and driving just sitting and not having to think about anything is wonderful!</span></span></div><div><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; "></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jHD-M0RcdYWInjFZbk9eQHz5MElkDDvvPO3mzbO29npLEsNfC2iJ7rXIWqCWrBXrBX8hBeTOWkr7dV-Qs8Wmlo4IinbeosBjh3-HLmJ3znsLSo-UzclcP87MfsgCYUrpeUDvnMe6YdE0/s1600/photo_US_PA_78_32402_7026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jHD-M0RcdYWInjFZbk9eQHz5MElkDDvvPO3mzbO29npLEsNfC2iJ7rXIWqCWrBXrBX8hBeTOWkr7dV-Qs8Wmlo4IinbeosBjh3-HLmJ3znsLSo-UzclcP87MfsgCYUrpeUDvnMe6YdE0/s400/photo_US_PA_78_32402_7026.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537191630848636610" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black"> We were so excited because the next day we knew we would be entering into</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on"></st1:state></st1:place></st1:place></st1:state></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black">Pennsylvania</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">, our final destination, and end of day 5! We were excited to find that when we woke up the next morning we were expecting rain. Now you have to understand that Michael being a<st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on"><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"> <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">California</st1:state></st1:place></st1:place></st1:state></st1:state></st1:place></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">native was ecstatic about this. To his greatest desire it rained all the way up until we got about 30 miles from my parents house, It was a really nice change.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC"; color:black">In the end we arrived safely and extremely stressed to the max, but it was a great feeling to know that we would be starting a new chapter of our lives with family and friends close by.</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" > <u1:p></u1:p></span><p></p><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Juice ITC";color:black"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEuLnrIELEXezuMkoHywWm6Ssw4NSm8lyvuiFD04W-bmtkcrlGuYWZWi9pV_CeRmsse4N7nNmyhmbvh87U-zPtj8r5yKJB444a-YoklzYZqxqkonXV2pV7Zx33dts7JivZLyIyVfDMJ2X/s1600/DSCN0051.JPG"></a></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEuLnrIELEXezuMkoHywWm6Ssw4NSm8lyvuiFD04W-bmtkcrlGuYWZWi9pV_CeRmsse4N7nNmyhmbvh87U-zPtj8r5yKJB444a-YoklzYZqxqkonXV2pV7Zx33dts7JivZLyIyVfDMJ2X/s1600/DSCN0051.JPG"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-28199732590507470572010-09-30T21:02:00.000-04:002010-10-07T11:37:29.991-04:00One Last Hoorah!!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5lbBRuGtqFqws3V1iJPtUxlGdynGgAdnTQSMxzQRKu6ZCbxk5kkX99fMD19iK18iWnCaVYsj_lIzl0FsYQi5_paBzri0HHBhBCumRbEI9Jt4mJk6GmHIsb5CWYaW5oTT8xpxOrq5MT7z/s400/logo_text_disneyland_02_535d45.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525317618912147298" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 91px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:Gigi">and<o:p></o:p></span></p></span><p></p></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4lgWNXURyjbF5mWg0frjljCP4jk40ipWDgd4XQ7euvJuSRydLRrl1WLaCavmiwliByTS3iXZLeUD9QDw3oo12gbB9uUOoGxY0bFFrTchDA3HSbE9hUIvSpgNLRUluzIxTkIkS_k3fHKV/s1600/California+Adventure+Text.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4lgWNXURyjbF5mWg0frjljCP4jk40ipWDgd4XQ7euvJuSRydLRrl1WLaCavmiwliByTS3iXZLeUD9QDw3oo12gbB9uUOoGxY0bFFrTchDA3HSbE9hUIvSpgNLRUluzIxTkIkS_k3fHKV/s400/California+Adventure+Text.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525317619130015810" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Verdana; "> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">Before we left <st1:state st="on">California</st1:state> we were able to go to <st1:place st="on">Disneyland</st1:place> one last time. We had so much fun and we were thankful that we could enjoy </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Gigi; ">The Happiest Place on Earth</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">.</span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtfN_awlWP8aDMx5hS-4O5opdyekm20KAZkXP9JZ8UOEpLbdVSdS4Liw1At8F_r_8C-edQBJMDZC_NK3WNKUEFOHielE5Brk9GzlhDa7-iAbA5kfUmQft5s9nUasTh5pGNZROIDFPEy6t/s1600/DSCN9907.JPG"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA482UAwGz9oJMFprbXpyHI4Szgu0ZIRNLWk39ko9XplX16SDVLi0DtJ9IvL34C3wBf3AXD-4cxzTAA_tdEHd6CrjOLZCAl2alJCWUQOUaBFv5k_J-VLGPvINLFnk6_bQQMnvEFV0BJUn/s1600/DSCN9888.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA482UAwGz9oJMFprbXpyHI4Szgu0ZIRNLWk39ko9XplX16SDVLi0DtJ9IvL34C3wBf3AXD-4cxzTAA_tdEHd6CrjOLZCAl2alJCWUQOUaBFv5k_J-VLGPvINLFnk6_bQQMnvEFV0BJUn/s400/DSCN9888.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522883926464172146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">This is us standing in line at California Screamin' in California Adventure, which is right next door to</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Harrington; "> <st1:place st="on"></st1:place></span></span><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">Disneyland</span></span></st1:place><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Harrington; "> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">for those who haven't been before.</span></span></p><p></p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYASnzQKV5k6LEx_OacaIOkk9CMMiBaPI_u1QQOvZD27NMgZ9TJ-kfTLV3e5zhEhBy3aiuXGw2xovt_o_Z4G3AtMFge3h8bdmoE-NhTPi5KqhxHaSTTXOHqyGv_brjB_cB4LNa47zMh05/s1600/DSCN9890.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYASnzQKV5k6LEx_OacaIOkk9CMMiBaPI_u1QQOvZD27NMgZ9TJ-kfTLV3e5zhEhBy3aiuXGw2xovt_o_Z4G3AtMFge3h8bdmoE-NhTPi5KqhxHaSTTXOHqyGv_brjB_cB4LNa47zMh05/s400/DSCN9890.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522883920402944898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; "> This is Indiana Jones (da da da da, da da da)!! Probably one of our favorite rides!! It’s also one of the most detailed rides with thick jungle and caves to walk through while standing in line.</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Harrington;mso-bidi-font-family:Andalus"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLNQoAX8Qq1OqM-pCp7dC-kN4QDGorhWoxhi5Enwl0Q1CYkqc4ohQG9C0gRvKWt3JGYyR8aobMn2-XYHsUQWby-FLkQSNLU6u0ZGaoYig0tEw1S_boWaKwuGoVmWDh-NtMJ_6vb-10iOh/s1600/DSCN9892.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLNQoAX8Qq1OqM-pCp7dC-kN4QDGorhWoxhi5Enwl0Q1CYkqc4ohQG9C0gRvKWt3JGYyR8aobMn2-XYHsUQWby-FLkQSNLU6u0ZGaoYig0tEw1S_boWaKwuGoVmWDh-NtMJ_6vb-10iOh/s400/DSCN9892.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522883920145540946" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; "> So last time we were here this was island was undergoing construction. It was previously known as <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Tom</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Sawyer</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Island</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Now it is a <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Pirates</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Island</st1:placetype></st1:place> with caves, tree houses and even a sunken pirate ship. </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Harrington"><o:p></o:p></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4UFcwQn2RlaA2gGUY4MeqcxiC8lWo6Gz9eCWSeWHFQGu7b_CXEHyTqS5MLpnYH9XWsHoTQf3eE_9CDnfM9UdzqHO8vHx2ZN-h-o2Nc_F0Z1vbjixOwcLO-WotwzaXk9DREm-SHTvty29/s1600/DSCN9893.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4UFcwQn2RlaA2gGUY4MeqcxiC8lWo6Gz9eCWSeWHFQGu7b_CXEHyTqS5MLpnYH9XWsHoTQf3eE_9CDnfM9UdzqHO8vHx2ZN-h-o2Nc_F0Z1vbjixOwcLO-WotwzaXk9DREm-SHTvty29/s400/DSCN9893.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522883916661353666" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">Here we are on the cool raft that takes you from Disneyland to <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Pirates</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Island</st1:placetype></st1:place> (Arrr!)</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vWimXIOXBeWz4GFURJ9H832ZhCEoKV630kSX0g2pUxMYVK_2Evilv-fH21XKVXCy9H6nPVTgwIE6I3pZUPdUGqHHSjRwtxbPfdWmqwjgKDTNtqFOhqlQ4z62QJx4S1YOzWnh4p6Xlnlz/s1600/DSCN9895.JPG"></a></span><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vWimXIOXBeWz4GFURJ9H832ZhCEoKV630kSX0g2pUxMYVK_2Evilv-fH21XKVXCy9H6nPVTgwIE6I3pZUPdUGqHHSjRwtxbPfdWmqwjgKDTNtqFOhqlQ4z62QJx4S1YOzWnh4p6Xlnlz/s1600/DSCN9895.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vWimXIOXBeWz4GFURJ9H832ZhCEoKV630kSX0g2pUxMYVK_2Evilv-fH21XKVXCy9H6nPVTgwIE6I3pZUPdUGqHHSjRwtxbPfdWmqwjgKDTNtqFOhqlQ4z62QJx4S1YOzWnh4p6Xlnlz/s400/DSCN9895.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522883915947242098" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; "> And just like on Pirates of the <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">Caribbean</st1:place></st1:place> a pirate cage made of human skulls and bones!</span></span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vWimXIOXBeWz4GFURJ9H832ZhCEoKV630kSX0g2pUxMYVK_2Evilv-fH21XKVXCy9H6nPVTgwIE6I3pZUPdUGqHHSjRwtxbPfdWmqwjgKDTNtqFOhqlQ4z62QJx4S1YOzWnh4p6Xlnlz/s1600/DSCN9895.JPG"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtfN_awlWP8aDMx5hS-4O5opdyekm20KAZkXP9JZ8UOEpLbdVSdS4Liw1At8F_r_8C-edQBJMDZC_NK3WNKUEFOHielE5Brk9GzlhDa7-iAbA5kfUmQft5s9nUasTh5pGNZROIDFPEy6t/s1600/DSCN9907.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtfN_awlWP8aDMx5hS-4O5opdyekm20KAZkXP9JZ8UOEpLbdVSdS4Liw1At8F_r_8C-edQBJMDZC_NK3WNKUEFOHielE5Brk9GzlhDa7-iAbA5kfUmQft5s9nUasTh5pGNZROIDFPEy6t/s400/DSCN9907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522884444062327378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">The always fun, Mad Hatter Tea Cups!!</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Harrington"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G2CIg5qGLDURxVouJPHAqRdZ2AkJSlLpLiPZFoZlxUdtTFdSKVsUx4ynGItA0sZ37jhq1LHmUwSiT1UQgNE6x5_-iqpY8Aw6SF4cHUEtQRlw-DuEuyyE3l4ePcWVvLTolmUUHaVUvD4H/s1600/DSCN9909.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G2CIg5qGLDURxVouJPHAqRdZ2AkJSlLpLiPZFoZlxUdtTFdSKVsUx4ynGItA0sZ37jhq1LHmUwSiT1UQgNE6x5_-iqpY8Aw6SF4cHUEtQRlw-DuEuyyE3l4ePcWVvLTolmUUHaVUvD4H/s400/DSCN9909.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522884434167878770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Harrington; font-size: 18px; "> We spun as fast as we could the entire ride. Michael felt so sick and he couldn't walk straight for several minutes.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Harrington; font-size: 18px; "></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiRALM5uAgTpoIv9X7bUZf6HuIAZ7iCZ2NOjVyvcemig-aPxSfltjL_nSjTTCiCB2oFxIgPhXHj5Q-vmYAuDz08NDq79SAOKlcUHEFMB_4kUf-O2m0PHQFgX7JsZww7IRddLfragIhUQn/s1600/DSCN9912.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiRALM5uAgTpoIv9X7bUZf6HuIAZ7iCZ2NOjVyvcemig-aPxSfltjL_nSjTTCiCB2oFxIgPhXHj5Q-vmYAuDz08NDq79SAOKlcUHEFMB_4kUf-O2m0PHQFgX7JsZww7IRddLfragIhUQn/s400/DSCN9912.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522884427461883090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">One of Michael's artistic pictures... He decided to take this picture while standing in line at Storybook land, which is actually a really cool ride. You ride a boat, almost like a gondola, and look at miniatures of all the villages from Disney. For example there is The Sultans and Jasmines castle along with the market place that Aladdin and Jasmine first meet, Cinderella's village with the shining castle upon the hill, Snow White and the seven dwarf’s cottage, and even Mr. Toad’s water front home! It was amazing to see the exact replicas in Miniature form.</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family: Harrington"><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWQVCuUipl_xiQMjsW6LL9A31XO76_UsjMy9GmGzY_TdEKCEa2sPucJddlwVqvNIpTGD7mtSnaTEFUBBQDQ1IKW7fvugSYxEr-HwZPHOQpTp3_kfIgx-CXg5S5SSArzWiBOvNa1nuqQM-/s1600/DSCN9913.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWQVCuUipl_xiQMjsW6LL9A31XO76_UsjMy9GmGzY_TdEKCEa2sPucJddlwVqvNIpTGD7mtSnaTEFUBBQDQ1IKW7fvugSYxEr-HwZPHOQpTp3_kfIgx-CXg5S5SSArzWiBOvNa1nuqQM-/s400/DSCN9913.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522884426618742642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">The <st1:place st="on">Matterhorn</st1:place>!! Also was closed last time we were at <st1:place st="on">Disneyland</st1:place> and I am glad we got to go one it. You ride a sled all through the Mountain and outside as well. The cool thing about this ride is me and Michael got to ride together meaning in the same seat. It was a really cool and fast ride.</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Harrington"><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ753zgXG0ffI-DJq76p1pqGKklhS1hPwiQUSZRSN14b2A-JSCnuJt5ryrp6AZUMmic2jYcejB7JnVXXa9bUv9BG_B-wlY8MnUfYmPjquz9q5ej9E-gNgQ_G6SACMKbBzXl5SVf5kk2sl9/s1600/DSCN9920.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ753zgXG0ffI-DJq76p1pqGKklhS1hPwiQUSZRSN14b2A-JSCnuJt5ryrp6AZUMmic2jYcejB7JnVXXa9bUv9BG_B-wlY8MnUfYmPjquz9q5ej9E-gNgQ_G6SACMKbBzXl5SVf5kk2sl9/s400/DSCN9920.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522884418975107970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">Last but not least we have Michael in a giant Toy Story toy box. I don't know about you but I would buy him from the store and take him home. This is actually a tragic story because if you have noticed through out the blog I have been listing rides that were closed the last time we visited. Well, <st1:place st="on">Disneyland</st1:place> does maintenance and rotates rides. Well, my favorite ride</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; "> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; ">EVER</span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Harrington; "> Toy Story Mania.... was closed our last time to <st1:place st="on">Disneyland</st1:place>. It was so tragic. So some how I am going to have to make it to <st1:place st="on">Disneyland</st1:place> again when the ride is open.... but when?</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Harrington"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-30136297754018919832010-09-15T00:57:00.000-04:002010-09-15T01:27:50.723-04:00African Safari<div> <span class="Apple-style-span" > Michael and I went with Michael's brother to the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal park. They have recently changed the name to the San Diego Zoo's Safari Zone! But they have not changed the sign yet.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswKle047j7P6ElbEeJHrdP9Z6sNi6NSAYOk3chBDGbAq4T4FSLb4FdYa7fCaS8fqRLUcpKthxqQsxmcPvtucvYQiSwKqSL0OnR6AVfh2CZ854Fbwnkx8RaBTZwK_TOYwF1IyjzX3BjiwS/s1600/DSCN9864.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswKle047j7P6ElbEeJHrdP9Z6sNi6NSAYOk3chBDGbAq4T4FSLb4FdYa7fCaS8fqRLUcpKthxqQsxmcPvtucvYQiSwKqSL0OnR6AVfh2CZ854Fbwnkx8RaBTZwK_TOYwF1IyjzX3BjiwS/s400/DSCN9864.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517003588121638738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_H50N1vbL-cRvNDk6W1079lldoQsb7ZE9_BXj6-_6Tr3r_YY770hhnNZnpxXsNnPDBkXa2R0QsN5JQBH0IPFJVjUIpxaN5JgvF3jdIEp8w8T5MC3HBTHC7fS_gim9MlFsE3vjdpEn7Cl/s1600/DSCN9851.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_H50N1vbL-cRvNDk6W1079lldoQsb7ZE9_BXj6-_6Tr3r_YY770hhnNZnpxXsNnPDBkXa2R0QsN5JQBH0IPFJVjUIpxaN5JgvF3jdIEp8w8T5MC3HBTHC7fS_gim9MlFsE3vjdpEn7Cl/s400/DSCN9851.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517003579657470002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >This is Jordan and a beautiful white pelican. They take great pictures together.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUlfkia03okhukZG_bPn-B-NrtHpPDFSuNYFBbNiC3xGmzvgP2YnzOgtkjXew3Ms4trKX6s3F8e2pYRivRh3CBZyVYBwlmgMpDsN7emVEUUlc2AZRcbKTzVYGtY0kVUUPSvjcwJ8_t-wO/s1600/DSCN9854.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUlfkia03okhukZG_bPn-B-NrtHpPDFSuNYFBbNiC3xGmzvgP2YnzOgtkjXew3Ms4trKX6s3F8e2pYRivRh3CBZyVYBwlmgMpDsN7emVEUUlc2AZRcbKTzVYGtY0kVUUPSvjcwJ8_t-wO/s400/DSCN9854.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517003565450854498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >It turned out to be a pretty hot day so we found some cool bench in the shade of </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >a gigantic balloon that you could take rides in! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RbqDeirlMIYxFsJjKzkP1uYpyy6ayDrcld0oeBvptcs_JPIaO_ufetK2IOmzjR0aNh6UuuOZ4guSZGdhYXV7KJnm7zdUtdGLppZfkR-d_EJ4XJWfCj9aA6TctzVeI1HZSalaQ-_mJu0K/s1600/DSCN9852.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RbqDeirlMIYxFsJjKzkP1uYpyy6ayDrcld0oeBvptcs_JPIaO_ufetK2IOmzjR0aNh6UuuOZ4guSZGdhYXV7KJnm7zdUtdGLppZfkR-d_EJ4XJWfCj9aA6TctzVeI1HZSalaQ-_mJu0K/s400/DSCN9852.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517003558130464338" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjad0_gpwBVtDYJyFdY_0RJLufGvVAOo-ZI4PW9eDqLKz_OBtFJ29mf6m4HwthZJFC20GgNdNhkFGpJIJSy2qArpvESgnOgPwUz7T03JC6mpezcLv7dWsEY5MJJQO7ch4ONvqZipbUkaha8/s1600/DSCN9846.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjad0_gpwBVtDYJyFdY_0RJLufGvVAOo-ZI4PW9eDqLKz_OBtFJ29mf6m4HwthZJFC20GgNdNhkFGpJIJSy2qArpvESgnOgPwUz7T03JC6mpezcLv7dWsEY5MJJQO7ch4ONvqZipbUkaha8/s400/DSCN9846.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517003545225606738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Next was the Bonsai garden. This is a Pomegranate tree! But it was only 2 1/2 feet tall!! And get this, it actually produced fruit! Only 3 or 4 fruits a year because growing fruit it very hard on the tree but still full size pomegranates on the tiny tree! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7T62_SwmUrSZ1x_LPrqjTzWRy9yQu05irrVn3WDrESaSAbYC50IBMjFJxyrPqY1g6m2qcfrRII1CL_ix8bwqA2tcJyOUDkd4C8b9jtpCfruJ1Dc_ncsLSKr5r_f8jJcZWy3hWj51ZqgQ/s1600/DSCN9847.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7T62_SwmUrSZ1x_LPrqjTzWRy9yQu05irrVn3WDrESaSAbYC50IBMjFJxyrPqY1g6m2qcfrRII1CL_ix8bwqA2tcJyOUDkd4C8b9jtpCfruJ1Dc_ncsLSKr5r_f8jJcZWy3hWj51ZqgQ/s400/DSCN9847.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517002870043503250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >There were all kinds of cool shapes of trees and this was a cool forest piece. Its amazing the things people can do.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaa5QoZ3tCuDMzNuXhfjblUDNSQk0cO5jPFNbUbGsSUoB4_H4QDh-FQUwBAxZOgqFvIWmB4b8yZt1qMoizPBh4oAlcN5AGn_RNIh2T3iRMICptXWllEg3PqSLL196xMgdNo_hfJob-ZiLf/s1600/DSCN9857.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaa5QoZ3tCuDMzNuXhfjblUDNSQk0cO5jPFNbUbGsSUoB4_H4QDh-FQUwBAxZOgqFvIWmB4b8yZt1qMoizPBh4oAlcN5AGn_RNIh2T3iRMICptXWllEg3PqSLL196xMgdNo_hfJob-ZiLf/s400/DSCN9857.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517002860316635154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Next stop our African Safari!! Michael says it wasn't anything like Africa but Jordan and I really enjoyed it! We were on a car with animal pictures all above us so as we were driving and our tour guide was telling us all the animals we were seeing we were trying to find the pictures on the ceiling to better identify the animals.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5mwgIfZN7HCaG0vD4swquDhAB_SL1kjvaoEmCR5FZnWOfyYRoQnekUjdttzcoSfn8affMCLxpHZzA1iZxxAnr0qNO6xotiZJ-5pOo1JA79qhndfJeUJkGAscV9qRiuA7Bz28D73uN7Kh/s1600/DSCN9861.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5mwgIfZN7HCaG0vD4swquDhAB_SL1kjvaoEmCR5FZnWOfyYRoQnekUjdttzcoSfn8affMCLxpHZzA1iZxxAnr0qNO6xotiZJ-5pOo1JA79qhndfJeUJkGAscV9qRiuA7Bz28D73uN7Kh/s400/DSCN9861.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517002855422528690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Overall I think the boys had a fun day. We ended up leaving at about noon because it was getting into the 100's but we saw all that was wanted and had a blast!</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oXZePq_Hq9wVCWBTaZgq3PH-E9_Ypk9E-fyGISyY_-t6fXNYiChkYyhKKU-Wty1i-kcoe5NMwYf7uRE48ZAY65f9BeDpWcA6AHX_RmXtCIYc00k-UMohxfvnVTFsg_TgEMzv2ZWhXIks/s1600/DSCN9858.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oXZePq_Hq9wVCWBTaZgq3PH-E9_Ypk9E-fyGISyY_-t6fXNYiChkYyhKKU-Wty1i-kcoe5NMwYf7uRE48ZAY65f9BeDpWcA6AHX_RmXtCIYc00k-UMohxfvnVTFsg_TgEMzv2ZWhXIks/s400/DSCN9858.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517002832912290482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Of course we had to get our matching butterfly stamps to reenter the park before we left!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-39074204019891625272010-07-17T18:29:00.001-04:002010-07-17T18:49:05.573-04:00Summer Day<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQxFlWkNT-6j6T9H4KDJXsVg-IoezvWHpDauV_QjHEHsnaJzj51BVBDQ4cebfaKEOWUkeRPWjhaoiviYfAKP2I2Q8gvvsRxoUTkh1TNDLPfYtjA5HNTt2WSalvSiUkswXriX27m88DAE/s1600/100_4726.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_YOjbMwybAs-SRJANNdJrCF3j-hygIFz9TpLW7SKgor9uqzhyLiJ05VnAwkTW9ovjVmBWD5-gL6gN6jHA-hNOav-yJlGyAc7N6lpVJEooVd4XUAw7_aOUstoJviY7hXYUn0sK3b2nQ0/s1600/100_4700.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY7rvgKxPhe20uY9rjjOPU5mceVQB8kRrqyTMqqy7JmYsExNEGC5-4Ms1yBW08ith0vkioQB_9CgsNv2TLf77BPQl6s6sg5yyTiZfmmWUxK0AvBaW4C6bWG75URmppRbKbLCAwja8v7A/s1600/100_4708.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuCRmXxwCt60nMpKIpCPnwOJ9eS3fvuBbl92vp7Q6CLmYUckxy5bjffnbDR3lJK4EAa_xPS9KIKxCAiwZgXUbQ7dlfvqoQlSIMr2OK0UCEje0oh64ApyA3JEmYFgXvbJB8UFM53w2apQ/s1600/100_4699.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuCRmXxwCt60nMpKIpCPnwOJ9eS3fvuBbl92vp7Q6CLmYUckxy5bjffnbDR3lJK4EAa_xPS9KIKxCAiwZgXUbQ7dlfvqoQlSIMr2OK0UCEje0oh64ApyA3JEmYFgXvbJB8UFM53w2apQ/s400/100_4699.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495006113242419762" /></a>Its my birthday, a nice 104 degrees outside, and Sage needed to cool down. So we pulled out her pool and got her wet. She is a water dog. She loves to chase after the water, jump in her pool, and splash. She would be happy if that was all she did all day. And better yet we get to get her wet. <div><br /><div> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY7rvgKxPhe20uY9rjjOPU5mceVQB8kRrqyTMqqy7JmYsExNEGC5-4Ms1yBW08ith0vkioQB_9CgsNv2TLf77BPQl6s6sg5yyTiZfmmWUxK0AvBaW4C6bWG75URmppRbKbLCAwja8v7A/s400/100_4708.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495007027430730498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div> Sage also likes to grab floating ice out of the pool or just lick it. It will be interesting to see what she does with snow when we move. </div><div> Brandee and I both love her and her personality. She is a wonderful dog and we really enjoy having her. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_YOjbMwybAs-SRJANNdJrCF3j-hygIFz9TpLW7SKgor9uqzhyLiJ05VnAwkTW9ovjVmBWD5-gL6gN6jHA-hNOav-yJlGyAc7N6lpVJEooVd4XUAw7_aOUstoJviY7hXYUn0sK3b2nQ0/s1600/100_4700.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_YOjbMwybAs-SRJANNdJrCF3j-hygIFz9TpLW7SKgor9uqzhyLiJ05VnAwkTW9ovjVmBWD5-gL6gN6jHA-hNOav-yJlGyAc7N6lpVJEooVd4XUAw7_aOUstoJviY7hXYUn0sK3b2nQ0/s400/100_4700.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495008292198556530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQxFlWkNT-6j6T9H4KDJXsVg-IoezvWHpDauV_QjHEHsnaJzj51BVBDQ4cebfaKEOWUkeRPWjhaoiviYfAKP2I2Q8gvvsRxoUTkh1TNDLPfYtjA5HNTt2WSalvSiUkswXriX27m88DAE/s400/100_4726.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495008508539997778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwJYwqqh6d8PYCC5jql1jXloVE12WSHq6SWyNluxFqC05GqnMKy9qNc60gZP2TaFNi7j6ItSK3Dk1E26jbcpw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11542719863685892193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-23990130944314484362010-06-10T14:36:00.000-04:002010-06-10T19:25:05.615-04:00Visiting Dog Beach<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZGgO1kaEIClr15-uyHDapq5CMtL3LIbAnJzXrdIcuBL1Tb69d693Jr4fgYZMVABwVnssBQuoKiv5LvhHLQ8QJV_XgNmOoUrhzHkGjexsSZdcCZNCW6zTmF9-l4UZjI8mzo-ikXVVOflv/s1600/DSCN9712.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZGgO1kaEIClr15-uyHDapq5CMtL3LIbAnJzXrdIcuBL1Tb69d693Jr4fgYZMVABwVnssBQuoKiv5LvhHLQ8QJV_XgNmOoUrhzHkGjexsSZdcCZNCW6zTmF9-l4UZjI8mzo-ikXVVOflv/s400/DSCN9712.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481224042733569410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A couple of Thursdays ago Michael took a sick day from work. We decided that we were going to take Sage to the beach since she had never been and it was suppose to be really warm, and we didn't want to suffer through our day together.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY-G45XUebd-qAxh6uC0ogGKPFA7GRt63qyjqVu4jIAlhWNdSFewuLJGSfEtXl-pAp88FeO0VBrrbH7pbAUSfK1aSJL8qXXOYDrcVpykbFI1CgF_cVImkvPyHKZkxafFmOH7lgX27r5BV/s1600/DSCN9721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY-G45XUebd-qAxh6uC0ogGKPFA7GRt63qyjqVu4jIAlhWNdSFewuLJGSfEtXl-pAp88FeO0VBrrbH7pbAUSfK1aSJL8qXXOYDrcVpykbFI1CgF_cVImkvPyHKZkxafFmOH7lgX27r5BV/s400/DSCN9721.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481223728799781954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The beach was so beautiful. This is a river that runs into the ocean in Del Mar. The dog beach is on the North side of Del Mar and it was so beautiful.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnhaqLi_fuMG8eHL6iJKhaX-go6pjzdPPlwB9_Gw39bvJ-PsJhrZCZZca9cT8PpH9_9wQtAjx9sJ1v7d7T61MKVGJJZipPTrsjxWlOkmFx_CQIfe4bDrtO_OHhGFAyQAjaHq1L2Mhh6pd/s1600/DSCN9720.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnhaqLi_fuMG8eHL6iJKhaX-go6pjzdPPlwB9_Gw39bvJ-PsJhrZCZZca9cT8PpH9_9wQtAjx9sJ1v7d7T61MKVGJJZipPTrsjxWlOkmFx_CQIfe4bDrtO_OHhGFAyQAjaHq1L2Mhh6pd/s400/DSCN9720.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481223483678878002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The other side of the beach is pretty much blocked off by rocks so it makes the beach nice and secluded and gives the dogs limitations to run and play. We were surprised how many people were at the beach since it was a Thursday and people were suppose to be working, but I guess we were suppose to be too. :-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIRGZI8AU2K19j2nJFIdB1BN86k-6nEHScV6weoCgwnBL9tgV6sX42cEpplSaMZ4D4bQnikZ0Gnda-_MKl3eMLCmbrRdDibrqPYVBxIO1haeiR92QndcIu6808naY0t3RcKkviqucCBlX/s1600/DSCN9725.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIRGZI8AU2K19j2nJFIdB1BN86k-6nEHScV6weoCgwnBL9tgV6sX42cEpplSaMZ4D4bQnikZ0Gnda-_MKl3eMLCmbrRdDibrqPYVBxIO1haeiR92QndcIu6808naY0t3RcKkviqucCBlX/s400/DSCN9725.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481217491059669954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sage really enjoyed the water. At first she was so overwhelmed with all the other dogs running around. But once she discovered the water she loved it. The other dogs were swimming all the way across the river. She was pretty afraid of going in over her head. So we would throw her a stick and she would watch the other dogs and do what they did. She would check back and make sure that she was doing it right.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaA0t6DyPHb1KS_BqzjcXORVy04n_fXbtgWF6EF2MsByt37uxz8F4vYNWICgJh2c14FSS8WZJb8qS3WNHfm70bRg9RXDLNKHJplbfUpQse95b2b3ppjwNvk_fUNdZOC17jhVYyjDVwIYJ/s1600/DSCN9727.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaA0t6DyPHb1KS_BqzjcXORVy04n_fXbtgWF6EF2MsByt37uxz8F4vYNWICgJh2c14FSS8WZJb8qS3WNHfm70bRg9RXDLNKHJplbfUpQse95b2b3ppjwNvk_fUNdZOC17jhVYyjDVwIYJ/s400/DSCN9727.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481217354311179234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Then she would bring the stick back. She was such a good girl and after a while she was listening better and paying more attention to us than the other dogs. Unfortunately, we didn't let her off her leash at all because she is still too young to stay focused. But she still enjoyed herself. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0nho0B3ekHLC7mad7L9Z3rESsB2aBYfBv4h6EeZwPLVjyg8aet-u_dW27-QyvsRKwVAuv4F3tTuDS1O80S3cMSIHzh-T2ylhvCYJdFF86HzF7Bzbwg6yhAYWOqA1NT1yKwtAmYmB6WaX/s1600/DSCN9732.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0nho0B3ekHLC7mad7L9Z3rESsB2aBYfBv4h6EeZwPLVjyg8aet-u_dW27-QyvsRKwVAuv4F3tTuDS1O80S3cMSIHzh-T2ylhvCYJdFF86HzF7Bzbwg6yhAYWOqA1NT1yKwtAmYmB6WaX/s400/DSCN9732.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481217137785317922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In the end she was dripping wet but nice and cool. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEAzdRx2qyGm9OuJR4V5p-vnfywi2wxDAq2JkNWxwGJ0vCp4_uG9974PHWwVNjFNULu3Ot9Rj0fLMZK_X0xDL8TLdaeV-_UB_ZYlbej8Y6GzoLxsTdCFzqRbvjAuWpICIRnQwZxdKjBLi/s1600/DSCN9733.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEAzdRx2qyGm9OuJR4V5p-vnfywi2wxDAq2JkNWxwGJ0vCp4_uG9974PHWwVNjFNULu3Ot9Rj0fLMZK_X0xDL8TLdaeV-_UB_ZYlbej8Y6GzoLxsTdCFzqRbvjAuWpICIRnQwZxdKjBLi/s400/DSCN9733.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481216939015322338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The poor girl was so tired after her long day on the beach. Not to mention she was freezing! She had all of her body she could in the tiny bit of sun coming in the car and her arms under her to stay warm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidE6PMyoZbr9D3erhIhLD8sW8uJcJpKcWHPFfBtsxSJFe4PXoFaoWWdEKdyXsrEWCsfUMncEy9bR4qYTqOeMlDdwBVFEPk-iY6FNp82GHe93caEoGAueEOkLJ7-eJp7euDkJfM-CN_8lx5/s1600/DSCN9738.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidE6PMyoZbr9D3erhIhLD8sW8uJcJpKcWHPFfBtsxSJFe4PXoFaoWWdEKdyXsrEWCsfUMncEy9bR4qYTqOeMlDdwBVFEPk-iY6FNp82GHe93caEoGAueEOkLJ7-eJp7euDkJfM-CN_8lx5/s400/DSCN9738.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481216778872186898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And here she is under her beach towel staying warm on our drive home. Yes our dog sleeps curled up in a blanket every night, no matter summer or winter!</span></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-33381092549628751702010-06-08T17:46:00.000-04:002010-06-08T18:13:01.556-04:00Yum Yum<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In my free time I really enjoy cooking and baking, especially baking. Here are a few of my experiments over the past couple of days.</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKO4ixFXXlkoXLgJ-FXmFLyzZicWIbbn0dwe6FbosidvoNbVBOkfEPddTcFPrFfQ8y-l4kGs_K_diXE7UH-1ZcMhoBhHHCfg-orZCH7u3X003aDaS7NWyzqhprD1bbHsIny4VW6oXFLmbb/s1600/DSCN9699.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKO4ixFXXlkoXLgJ-FXmFLyzZicWIbbn0dwe6FbosidvoNbVBOkfEPddTcFPrFfQ8y-l4kGs_K_diXE7UH-1ZcMhoBhHHCfg-orZCH7u3X003aDaS7NWyzqhprD1bbHsIny4VW6oXFLmbb/s400/DSCN9699.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480527083877954834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mmm... Homemade tortilla dough!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvypHlV7tTRZXpAm9LUZbPP8oN4cfSyIXSRYpH9SUjG7nM_3k7FWKV7DWdQOd7q8Qzsa4OZO6X56GDfsY5K4m6EV7ij4k4StWF7gCiZmgWUK2ubHWSsk4GMyGdw_frPJqrYK76hPus3N2/s1600/DSCN9700.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvypHlV7tTRZXpAm9LUZbPP8oN4cfSyIXSRYpH9SUjG7nM_3k7FWKV7DWdQOd7q8Qzsa4OZO6X56GDfsY5K4m6EV7ij4k4StWF7gCiZmgWUK2ubHWSsk4GMyGdw_frPJqrYK76hPus3N2/s400/DSCN9700.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480526991241358290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It was quite a challenge to roll it our into a nice circle, and I don't have a tortilla press so doing it by hand was really interesting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t4WYzLp8Zg-wexOBiR68rVq9r1L6w1FXZbus-ocpeVcwCSgBzN8_cPzVg9Hhqx6UbHS4BRvxtaKpld4nS9KJvAfOb1kRRJrcd4VnqB12elvZVCXOVXg0HIkeivBzm8wJWrLC9-r2IGww/s1600/DSCN9702.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t4WYzLp8Zg-wexOBiR68rVq9r1L6w1FXZbus-ocpeVcwCSgBzN8_cPzVg9Hhqx6UbHS4BRvxtaKpld4nS9KJvAfOb1kRRJrcd4VnqB12elvZVCXOVXg0HIkeivBzm8wJWrLC9-r2IGww/s400/DSCN9702.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480526875657677618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In the end they were delicious with honey drizzled over them fresh off the stove. Probably one of my favorite snacks!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Okay second experiment, this one was inspired by my Mom. The other day we were chatting with my parents on skype and my Dad mentioned that my mom had made this killer caramel corn. After that I could not get caramel corn out of my head, so I had to make some.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsMgIxx9JCmHXIdViOYfF3hOdNz25zpIvc0myhEeEo8PMnM3JECeJ2X-N5ffDFReFcLpceSjL8VhjtSyEjfPi8s8ZUMG-YiPUSUjatKz8JqhVj6ZvyY5wFEmqL1HdBYYE0sdTVOANPKbo/s1600/DSCN9740.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsMgIxx9JCmHXIdViOYfF3hOdNz25zpIvc0myhEeEo8PMnM3JECeJ2X-N5ffDFReFcLpceSjL8VhjtSyEjfPi8s8ZUMG-YiPUSUjatKz8JqhVj6ZvyY5wFEmqL1HdBYYE0sdTVOANPKbo/s400/DSCN9740.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480526764413229170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Here it is hot out of the oven! It was a little chewy but tasted wonderful!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoqLhyBX4w4717_ckfYFwmlbvxLWlKOqUvhbQIArK-2qhsy4Fr4JZqsgQGCIvg-SJYhPEYRtf1LXTuN4JOKqoWlxTecRg3ZBrIQuokONCjKtV5vgUC_USzypmFU9gJhBcrr5ofRLY0Kw5/s1600/DSCN9742.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoqLhyBX4w4717_ckfYFwmlbvxLWlKOqUvhbQIArK-2qhsy4Fr4JZqsgQGCIvg-SJYhPEYRtf1LXTuN4JOKqoWlxTecRg3ZBrIQuokONCjKtV5vgUC_USzypmFU9gJhBcrr5ofRLY0Kw5/s400/DSCN9742.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480526596179508370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Michael and Sage enjoying the caramel corn. Unfortunately Sage never got to actually taste it, but she sured did try!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-72941639019583434312010-05-15T23:03:00.001-04:002010-05-15T23:15:23.140-04:00San Diego Zoo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJLLyJK2mgIRZrYWdNFPD0y-3koSTAMFIAcv038WnyHT6a0kmV-x9yB0XE7jGJ9fyno_kpGrehRfMrEcXhfxIazbgQg_Jqq3bPFlqblKJnZgpLw87CRUxh_7Ya_rT4ymX98YbULobFBs/s1600/DSCN9686.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0eU6Yg7xs4Ly9Qx9iCGDcEXNbuP466_ybjtV-yFClRIz6v4uPU9KgFwBCyK90XmTlz6eLOVperJ7FN_8OWqHh4ITGiIjm1IdhW_v12T2lVG6em28mKo8HSvWMWe4bb2qyTlT_f6vHF8/s1600/DSCN9677.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3MLM2hyphenhyphenQkrlRbk7bKN1JBpp8XVcvylmu1hkbl95PQCX4sv2ovmrowYdMttcGiKFfrXhz2etxObvyaRZPI9yuy0LaSuzt0oG_uAKMErdwTjjcAMeJa4gUjTUHb7QaH3vhIvBDeIUxbKc/s1600/DSCN9670.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqHx_nzoBtuOuqsjX0OzYpZ4yIdUis_lP1K7FH8wPrs5e0J8NiMzo9IM4y7FlnRL3JSR_bzLTx6E0rl2RGEr4Xs0Pia2_tWKKhvLFFzZ7-QOpxaxJzPkb_f7nzPuUFjCfhfBA4lgyKhI/s1600/DSCN9688.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;">Today we went to the San Diego Zoo with some friends, David and Sonja. We had a lot of fun.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBb6jD3QQ8oi6L5OIlRFvw_yPhnHkLPQUc4jy6FalPmcszUn9ffyW6PmiGQXNi7vnlNK26_A3_2I0LyEXU89RmqRs8KWFSI7JqWTN5rcVAUxLdrnjiHBHgxRetIAw81AbwVhz_kCCVGI/s1600/DSCN9691.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBb6jD3QQ8oi6L5OIlRFvw_yPhnHkLPQUc4jy6FalPmcszUn9ffyW6PmiGQXNi7vnlNK26_A3_2I0LyEXU89RmqRs8KWFSI7JqWTN5rcVAUxLdrnjiHBHgxRetIAw81AbwVhz_kCCVGI/s400/DSCN9691.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471698592929698706" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I've been looking for a good hiking hat and i finally found one. GO figure it was at the zoo. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqHx_nzoBtuOuqsjX0OzYpZ4yIdUis_lP1K7FH8wPrs5e0J8NiMzo9IM4y7FlnRL3JSR_bzLTx6E0rl2RGEr4Xs0Pia2_tWKKhvLFFzZ7-QOpxaxJzPkb_f7nzPuUFjCfhfBA4lgyKhI/s400/DSCN9688.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471698916147417522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">We saw lots of animals. here are some:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3MLM2hyphenhyphenQkrlRbk7bKN1JBpp8XVcvylmu1hkbl95PQCX4sv2ovmrowYdMttcGiKFfrXhz2etxObvyaRZPI9yuy0LaSuzt0oG_uAKMErdwTjjcAMeJa4gUjTUHb7QaH3vhIvBDeIUxbKc/s400/DSCN9670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471699445650521570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0eU6Yg7xs4Ly9Qx9iCGDcEXNbuP466_ybjtV-yFClRIz6v4uPU9KgFwBCyK90XmTlz6eLOVperJ7FN_8OWqHh4ITGiIjm1IdhW_v12T2lVG6em28mKo8HSvWMWe4bb2qyTlT_f6vHF8/s400/DSCN9677.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471699779594957938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJLLyJK2mgIRZrYWdNFPD0y-3koSTAMFIAcv038WnyHT6a0kmV-x9yB0XE7jGJ9fyno_kpGrehRfMrEcXhfxIazbgQg_Jqq3bPFlqblKJnZgpLw87CRUxh_7Ya_rT4ymX98YbULobFBs/s1600/DSCN9686.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJLLyJK2mgIRZrYWdNFPD0y-3koSTAMFIAcv038WnyHT6a0kmV-x9yB0XE7jGJ9fyno_kpGrehRfMrEcXhfxIazbgQg_Jqq3bPFlqblKJnZgpLw87CRUxh_7Ya_rT4ymX98YbULobFBs/s400/DSCN9686.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471700106148905234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have year passes ( and to the wild animal park) so we are going to go back of course. Our next adventure might have to be to the wild animal park....... </div><br /><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11542719863685892193noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-4275437832749358192010-04-30T21:52:00.000-04:002010-04-30T22:08:21.794-04:00Girls Night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi36OyOK90cyDPUHNW_FJpsTgeo1hOCAGfXgYlBUMyvxGOge28G0eMfKr0kx0TWtP37suC6Q2cCUxT06gzfFM2ruw67Mqt7HKfIUUX8ZNaUlLCjn88rkip92FR2nxiX6s2b65bf9p6mj2/s1600/DSCN9310.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi36OyOK90cyDPUHNW_FJpsTgeo1hOCAGfXgYlBUMyvxGOge28G0eMfKr0kx0TWtP37suC6Q2cCUxT06gzfFM2ruw67Mqt7HKfIUUX8ZNaUlLCjn88rkip92FR2nxiX6s2b65bf9p6mj2/s400/DSCN9310.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466116499058162546" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi36OyOK90cyDPUHNW_FJpsTgeo1hOCAGfXgYlBUMyvxGOge28G0eMfKr0kx0TWtP37suC6Q2cCUxT06gzfFM2ruw67Mqt7HKfIUUX8ZNaUlLCjn88rkip92FR2nxiX6s2b65bf9p6mj2/s1600/DSCN9310.JPG"></a><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Tonight it is just me and Sage, the girls of the house. Michael is at a training camp out and so Sage and I are all alone. It is the first night I will have to be away from Michael since we have gotten married and I am not looking forward to it. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sage is missing him already she keeps waiting at the door to see if he is going to come back in from outside, So we are going to watch all of Sages favorite movies starting with Beauty and the Beast and then fiddler on Roof. Hopefully that will keep us distracted because I don't know how to break the news to her that he will not be home until tomorrow night... </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcRfkTOeCgfX8l_Pk4hejcdC2_oECX36oD7va2DhWCnHZWQ_N3yhrHBQgCoyAR-CVW8p04a-rpCSbLVXHCnx4xwJMr1CuSyO8WvaXHFDqfaNTCBvp1xBBMouuivMkvJ4VcFK3KLNTaaJ_/s1600/DSCN9312.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcRfkTOeCgfX8l_Pk4hejcdC2_oECX36oD7va2DhWCnHZWQ_N3yhrHBQgCoyAR-CVW8p04a-rpCSbLVXHCnx4xwJMr1CuSyO8WvaXHFDqfaNTCBvp1xBBMouuivMkvJ4VcFK3KLNTaaJ_/s400/DSCN9312.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466117029703273650" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-30716678395843912192010-02-16T22:35:00.000-05:002010-02-16T22:45:27.573-05:00California Adventure of a life time<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpi_F6UljaEpoJe4S39sIXJQxUkA0lmRutMB0K3MgBT70DhF2YjOyqzv-Pxs_KBLtyJVJIrk00cPj5qzQMfCZ5xDrzOTTADJQFR-NemMDsU9G1G4x9olimWycUKK8xoMXTjfQbNu9OODBj/s1600-h/disneyland-sign.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpi_F6UljaEpoJe4S39sIXJQxUkA0lmRutMB0K3MgBT70DhF2YjOyqzv-Pxs_KBLtyJVJIrk00cPj5qzQMfCZ5xDrzOTTADJQFR-NemMDsU9G1G4x9olimWycUKK8xoMXTjfQbNu9OODBj/s400/disneyland-sign.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051278429580898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">On Wednesday Michael and I took work off and went to California Adventure and Disneyland. We were fortunate because Michaels Aunt Judi knows someone that has worked there for 24 years allowing him to get us in for free! We were so excited to go. I had never been to either and Michael had never been to California Adventure.</span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfK_aAqfJJIbBg9ZGUL5MMXnFfhgQU7fdtnZYOl8iuJLgJOr99scWajZaBT1PLSlyv4qte0AwkZ2MCO4HNF0X_uqj7Im-dS9oDEiRPXSLPgOnF2xAsZG93Y-Zd00eQVPrF7QsIKqHe4hy/s1600-h/Mouse+Ears.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfK_aAqfJJIbBg9ZGUL5MMXnFfhgQU7fdtnZYOl8iuJLgJOr99scWajZaBT1PLSlyv4qte0AwkZ2MCO4HNF0X_uqj7Im-dS9oDEiRPXSLPgOnF2xAsZG93Y-Zd00eQVPrF7QsIKqHe4hy/s200/Mouse+Ears.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439050362909939394" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We went on almost all of the rides, I think it would be near impossible to go on every single one in just one day. So we went on as many as we could. My favorite was the Toy Story Mania 3D shooting game. Where you ride around in a cart and shoot plates, ring aliens, and pop balloons. Another good one was Tower of Terror, the feeling of free falling will never get old.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNn09CvaNc_poF0CBZqBJISF88wxVcnax3vcL-VkRpQxJjJo4d4I9579xanxiaaDEYsqaa6Zqlmr18Ca_r-ye5lnEbLLlXT0uTfZ9zHxDFVTgHI3sSyuWJh3w_ixRC8OTZW-IqTJlZ4KR/s1600-h/DSCN9378.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNn09CvaNc_poF0CBZqBJISF88wxVcnax3vcL-VkRpQxJjJo4d4I9579xanxiaaDEYsqaa6Zqlmr18Ca_r-ye5lnEbLLlXT0uTfZ9zHxDFVTgHI3sSyuWJh3w_ixRC8OTZW-IqTJlZ4KR/s400/DSCN9378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051991688077810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This was us on the tea cups before the ride started. We ended up spinning so fast that we felt sick and extremely dizzy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It was such a beautiful day we could not have asked for better.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhGtwaxfBA7uEkmgVha4hOsFMizkk0-uJUQEvI2-GFLNtxZtnK_-i7OSPx5MAMLNF_DqFHRxNQNcFszr4SS0FYytfLJ9CfsOhkphcHsCLSCkGck6lZppp68v2bek9CsexgnoxVEiQYAQZ/s1600-h/DSCN9374.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhGtwaxfBA7uEkmgVha4hOsFMizkk0-uJUQEvI2-GFLNtxZtnK_-i7OSPx5MAMLNF_DqFHRxNQNcFszr4SS0FYytfLJ9CfsOhkphcHsCLSCkGck6lZppp68v2bek9CsexgnoxVEiQYAQZ/s400/DSCN9374.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051984928161554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">On the King Arthur Carrousel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXg3Gf_oFlgHxA1JFPSBGuEX-9dJ09lzkurlq9YYdZy8JX1Yu8DtAxd_vV4rqcmvvOctsyRGeuvGA5YKbky9HkyQTieHQEHibqpxYVrcOJ_HTKK22UaASUs6YzhZawJ0tnfpt6opt4gu2/s1600-h/DSCN9373.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXg3Gf_oFlgHxA1JFPSBGuEX-9dJ09lzkurlq9YYdZy8JX1Yu8DtAxd_vV4rqcmvvOctsyRGeuvGA5YKbky9HkyQTieHQEHibqpxYVrcOJ_HTKK22UaASUs6YzhZawJ0tnfpt6opt4gu2/s400/DSCN9373.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051972596802914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">On my White Stallion on the King Arthur Carrousel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnQCNwNrG5GSQyloJip-06OYwGsO_fUrRl5pHYqBu8iQhm0qxdeHLZtIHDbD8ZnQSBAc0oA2n9WWIJ884gBK3WPOxjGkVFme9ry2-NKFrTziNOB_2lR5HpyxN6CXDjrkiW8Bn0zIH9u9Q/s1600-h/DSCN9372.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnQCNwNrG5GSQyloJip-06OYwGsO_fUrRl5pHYqBu8iQhm0qxdeHLZtIHDbD8ZnQSBAc0oA2n9WWIJ884gBK3WPOxjGkVFme9ry2-NKFrTziNOB_2lR5HpyxN6CXDjrkiW8Bn0zIH9u9Q/s400/DSCN9372.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051603461368738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Waiting in line for the best ride ever ... Toy Story Mania in 3D! Woot Woot</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpi_F6UljaEpoJe4S39sIXJQxUkA0lmRutMB0K3MgBT70DhF2YjOyqzv-Pxs_KBLtyJVJIrk00cPj5qzQMfCZ5xDrzOTTADJQFR-NemMDsU9G1G4x9olimWycUKK8xoMXTjfQbNu9OODBj/s1600-h/disneyland-sign.jpg"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-71575967554465084172010-02-14T17:38:00.000-05:002010-02-14T17:55:22.161-05:00Happy Valentines Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYzzbvf6Q7-x4HS-iy0rSAdLVyRV38ZawLym5pw_LFcaiIUXXCMiDmyb6RDKR2x799NBrlIHmPGAyAHSdrte7cyG5okdpxXl4lP3XfCy8_drzPxI2Ruxs7p_YI58oaeJMR73Apom6tWvE/s1600-h/Happy+Valentines+Day.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYzzbvf6Q7-x4HS-iy0rSAdLVyRV38ZawLym5pw_LFcaiIUXXCMiDmyb6RDKR2x799NBrlIHmPGAyAHSdrte7cyG5okdpxXl4lP3XfCy8_drzPxI2Ruxs7p_YI58oaeJMR73Apom6tWvE/s400/Happy+Valentines+Day.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438236387389686162" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Curlz MT';color:#FF00FF;"><br /></span></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-16525189865527211362010-02-02T22:48:00.000-05:002010-02-02T23:16:41.409-05:00Hello February!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Wow how the weeks have flown by... There is so much to catch up on.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4_1GNQsBWRiLnHHl4N1q1fzY1CWRmwow6A8kYP302SKBkYvQ-aGy1ePK_r7adXe0mjcH0ony-BAtJfDbHmsT0Q7d_GvSmRcnM21c3Z1hFp5WTImBqjwoIYSRlNn5hEr28xwXKb2887Qo/s1600-h/DSCN9243.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4_1GNQsBWRiLnHHl4N1q1fzY1CWRmwow6A8kYP302SKBkYvQ-aGy1ePK_r7adXe0mjcH0ony-BAtJfDbHmsT0Q7d_GvSmRcnM21c3Z1hFp5WTImBqjwoIYSRlNn5hEr28xwXKb2887Qo/s320/DSCN9243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433860866537240450" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">For our 1 year anniversary Michael and I went to a place called Huntington Library,It is right next to Pasadena, CA. It was breath taking. We were there all day and did not ever see half of the grounds. We visited 3 of the 6 art galleries, the Japanese garden, The bonsai tree garden, part of the Australia garden (the third meet the parents movie was being filmed while we were there so we could not tour the whole garden), The Lily Ponds, and the desert garden. Which the desert garden was not that interesting because it looked like California. The other exhibits were fantastic and it was so nice to enter into a new world at every different exhibit.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEWuZ-5lXgWbyOHXfVbychyyaD60yO7uu20E8Pil1SKBkujgvmNJQV3Cakgl1MTWBRtjYbwzZh51edR55EjsDAfVnq-fUtPrOpTfMJkrJy_-dIr8PbKUCawpXN9OVM5d4uOJ2P54vxbCr/s1600-h/DSCN9187.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEWuZ-5lXgWbyOHXfVbychyyaD60yO7uu20E8Pil1SKBkujgvmNJQV3Cakgl1MTWBRtjYbwzZh51edR55EjsDAfVnq-fUtPrOpTfMJkrJy_-dIr8PbKUCawpXN9OVM5d4uOJ2P54vxbCr/s320/DSCN9187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433860858838142306" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">This room to the left was my absolute favorite!!! It was the Library. This place is amazing ... they have the original Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Jane Austins, Lord Tennyson, first publications of the blood lines of numerous countries, journals from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on top of the Gutenberg Bible. The Huntington's devoted their life to finding rare and significant writings. The Huntington library is closed on certain days of the year to allow scholars to come and study the books and scrolls that they have in their collection. To say the least it was extraordinary!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb5SDMZExQuAL4ZY5um66199274gzgkohEk93Qepib0muNQOjdCrOYFdi1ePwwyBCTHRFmGIHANBUtVDpRiosJbXz8JAlc3RTlHDhAYtxOedhhD2pJpKmAqrg2G_TRjA53nXObRG2kvCI/s1600-h/DSCN9263.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb5SDMZExQuAL4ZY5um66199274gzgkohEk93Qepib0muNQOjdCrOYFdi1ePwwyBCTHRFmGIHANBUtVDpRiosJbXz8JAlc3RTlHDhAYtxOedhhD2pJpKmAqrg2G_TRjA53nXObRG2kvCI/s320/DSCN9263.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433864179486687698" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> Our trip was wonderful and we were so glad that we were able to take it. We have been so blessed in Michael's job. He really enjoys it and they are good to him. We are so thankful for all that Heavenly Father has done for us. Even though we may not see it at first. Recently I have received a new calling in our ward as Primary Chorister. I was VERY hesitant and new that the calling was coming. I was so worried when they finally extended the call to me ... I just wasn't sure if I could do it. But after much praying and pleading with my Heavenly Father I realized that he is supporting me 100% as is Michael and the entire Primary Presidency. I am so glad that I had the courage to accept this calling I have already felt the growth. </span></span></div></div></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-79937266900242058662009-12-06T01:05:00.000-05:002009-12-06T01:29:18.369-05:00Jet skiing in fall colors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmLXkEvqSROstr2f4vpLk0-_j4f7t2jGhulJtAYNUGmeomNFleL5lCm2SbA6mFwjZij6ZpAWQI69bBOW-XbwOO-xXHX8wSih7gPhpWGfiJ3yqcRH5vgiray5SY1ZFB5cfGh5BW5maGEA/s1600-h/DSCN8985.JPG"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Over Thanksgiving weekend we did things a little different. I had some time off of work so we decided to go to my grandparents river house in Lake Havasu. We left Wednesday night and got back Monday night. It was nice to just get away together and relax. And yes we took Sage with us too. She really enjoyed it. I think she might have enjoyed the water more then us. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> We played on the Jet Skis, went under the London Bridge, went for golf cart rides ( sage's favorite part of the day), and went swimming. We had a great time, other then it being a little windy and temperatures in the 60s. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The London Bridge at night</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS1q-c2T_OMzGkzgLCqkCBDMpmIrtBzez7AM5dLrevV6UvRSX0jd1P8qF1TfMeGJ7_cRygZq2DVa3hjoLOytUFjf2n_daXIqKGzO5NA7aBmqKHj9QIZ9Q9tiwZLwudpzGNypWLMJ442k/s1600-h/DSCN9008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS1q-c2T_OMzGkzgLCqkCBDMpmIrtBzez7AM5dLrevV6UvRSX0jd1P8qF1TfMeGJ7_cRygZq2DVa3hjoLOytUFjf2n_daXIqKGzO5NA7aBmqKHj9QIZ9Q9tiwZLwudpzGNypWLMJ442k/s320/DSCN9008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412004977396206194" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look what we found under under the London Bridge</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrs0jAVvoq-yhaQ3AnrbbRk4pqmpFx2AGrftj9nYq76LhVC1m6LXPLY_yDwz__-Bov1M3xj0eCQXF6WQfOM0AwmmMx3IO5d1t3qU3Ydao5zE3n36DaxXEdy9AkJgHxQA4sLOMdhTdZYg/s1600-h/DSCN9075.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrs0jAVvoq-yhaQ3AnrbbRk4pqmpFx2AGrftj9nYq76LhVC1m6LXPLY_yDwz__-Bov1M3xj0eCQXF6WQfOM0AwmmMx3IO5d1t3qU3Ydao5zE3n36DaxXEdy9AkJgHxQA4sLOMdhTdZYg/s320/DSCN9075.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412004474557559618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ministry of Magic please.... or at least she wishes. She has never used the visitors entrance before...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgo7vIS-fUhgLhIVgG78j0T2F63z48eurd_ezmUEaGC9mYez9l9HnZiIQMg0VXcihJPrkxs4T5xyneVhWEwRGDucUaleQRucM8ghq6xBfZWhHd4ipjw5YI9cpkDrg6VZpMJPB5E2_zCc/s320/DSCN9074.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412005257023582882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brandee on the jet ski</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv38KsaiVGFjGY2necQqMBgZgahMBsQYGP4DQBRG8P4lbFE0w-TMi3uxqJxw-G7E-YJoAeS_S56hw2apsptdSGuMk9oUZyX-4G26ckJSx7tUIfDDHnWUy3ke-8ih9oZtGoLDjPFjAaa9E/s1600-h/DSCN9054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv38KsaiVGFjGY2necQqMBgZgahMBsQYGP4DQBRG8P4lbFE0w-TMi3uxqJxw-G7E-YJoAeS_S56hw2apsptdSGuMk9oUZyX-4G26ckJSx7tUIfDDHnWUy3ke-8ih9oZtGoLDjPFjAaa9E/s320/DSCN9054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412004108087391490" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Michael and sage</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXBnXfDF5bWbWYSeQgH9qALUTCEVOEkjwi68ilEKnt_A-He_iyjbWk9tfloLXpQw7q-0Cb1yksTWa-KFGCjZy00AxHNHWDsLe3gBU515cc6P0FafpLyh0F72DRuuE9K33Le7XZ4CfWgk/s1600-h/DSCN9000.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXBnXfDF5bWbWYSeQgH9qALUTCEVOEkjwi68ilEKnt_A-He_iyjbWk9tfloLXpQw7q-0Cb1yksTWa-KFGCjZy00AxHNHWDsLe3gBU515cc6P0FafpLyh0F72DRuuE9K33Le7XZ4CfWgk/s320/DSCN9000.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412003758670029762" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sage playing in the water</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51pQn9u7TrmcfERoJvI-Jo2KRlupVnUTNbyFJeScjNaKw72R9oqH2zdtAEqgkIMOCPjr-rkgweEQo-XUdMZi0x_a_b-3G9VdKsY9fZ_Ziz4nNlwVDtbC8g16SuDyd_KyPu0RNSvut99M/s1600-h/DSCN8992.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51pQn9u7TrmcfERoJvI-Jo2KRlupVnUTNbyFJeScjNaKw72R9oqH2zdtAEqgkIMOCPjr-rkgweEQo-XUdMZi0x_a_b-3G9VdKsY9fZ_Ziz4nNlwVDtbC8g16SuDyd_KyPu0RNSvut99M/s320/DSCN8992.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412003439126395890" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Us on the Jet Ski</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pmyzgRwni3xks3ncjaQdCtuqstvch3yitkJ14q9iobOh6OAmpj42253o6tBcuZEB-JwwOE6spBXBLvthFlf0Ky9DAi_SUOCjzeqwbI3LO3DYAcHtWpb6MdoLmIYW12qordpVFjCgPls/s1600-h/DSCN9057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pmyzgRwni3xks3ncjaQdCtuqstvch3yitkJ14q9iobOh6OAmpj42253o6tBcuZEB-JwwOE6spBXBLvthFlf0Ky9DAi_SUOCjzeqwbI3LO3DYAcHtWpb6MdoLmIYW12qordpVFjCgPls/s320/DSCN9057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412003050789549394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sage relaxing</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmLXkEvqSROstr2f4vpLk0-_j4f7t2jGhulJtAYNUGmeomNFleL5lCm2SbA6mFwjZij6ZpAWQI69bBOW-XbwOO-xXHX8wSih7gPhpWGfiJ3yqcRH5vgiray5SY1ZFB5cfGh5BW5maGEA/s1600-h/DSCN8985.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmLXkEvqSROstr2f4vpLk0-_j4f7t2jGhulJtAYNUGmeomNFleL5lCm2SbA6mFwjZij6ZpAWQI69bBOW-XbwOO-xXHX8wSih7gPhpWGfiJ3yqcRH5vgiray5SY1ZFB5cfGh5BW5maGEA/s320/DSCN8985.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412006302805064434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11542719863685892193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-76248708398891026812009-12-06T00:52:00.001-05:002009-12-06T01:03:23.983-05:00Our Apartment<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAUyag8KyT88quIIL5EGRJuqlH7GTdEKS95q1JA94AzQa8a3zyPccrDrbXzYQ3AnvI99VCkppPG0gS8P4FSUDIX7uR-xW7WiP5YOceXG8PWmsftlVy2wUh43mlPMJEO3i2I7Q7zhVnRs/s1600-h/DSCN8905.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpZEOtbpm_p-lTq66-b2JbZFy2dRbAGUy2fz-x7xLh09BNpr24RHiv9wKmEe6PfiaAiix5fgZnqkI62szMp_QIoDDMRoI7ikaq_ig496MqORM1RDwlKQl1dWGzve9fTMkaOpqy7yRtSc/s1600-h/DSCN8908.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_e8LDlW5gn4FazN4Fu-5-RSX_HrLIr5PtzrS0kRMj4ZYLoh1-Ueu2-DlcbkJRwD9aZcMQZTiRZyuO9Pesrci1JF9uz14wRmjJHtEDFNY7yIJN-p94Mm8t55gYBR315XL26wBAeOjJIO8/s1600-h/DSCN8946.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w9yk0Q9tJROqOA3xXxKZJFSh4q1oYctMgtLgkk_MOvRTwwk3tbVcWfSgIZoMPMuJ1pr6qcH6rpF9V7DpCDrxoYevTmSHWQgYRvWIqqPT0PaXUMYM3nJZTEWXGHWA7uBpsgvabu0g_1U/s1600-h/DSCN8900.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Well, we've been in our apartment since June and we still haven"t put up any pictures so here you go. We have a two bed one bath apartment. We love it. We made the second room into our office/storage, Here are the pictures:<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the living room</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNirOoTit_22wvn_v1dTQLl1XPoM-nUcd_aA_EbRo-GBBMNwxTM9uEPB6iANjY2LxQTe-SEndqVNSPj92gzKVTwgUmQQRfvSSWBi_iZY-9t-zL_HRlFLKqtqkLWmiO_VPTpNLJq0Vf28/s320/DSCN8897.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411997118373812130" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the Kitchen<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwprpreqAmIp5Vq-kovmqRN8Q1nGn3lSDRVQp3sEiL1W_tcas4_i5X203wezONYgdGQ0THySW0ziQC3T4sBWL97kYTV8oZNVn6GuJIigF-TXPtkDQhMrk0OvVNQFZLW3zxyI5waXtOFGo/s320/DSCN8894.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411997456757496210" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the eating area</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hB7UBOkflsbuq-mL6Ol2M6Cey-34Q3rWvfveYWD9xqOl-b1arhbWH2jPaxfpIcfNzcB1tn5ocSSowJ_iOBLewBQGs7lRepqG1-Glx1QxNapqPwkkOX0IKkZxjNMFMXizr0NMyBbTtpQ/s320/DSCN8899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411997920436504066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the hallway</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w9yk0Q9tJROqOA3xXxKZJFSh4q1oYctMgtLgkk_MOvRTwwk3tbVcWfSgIZoMPMuJ1pr6qcH6rpF9V7DpCDrxoYevTmSHWQgYRvWIqqPT0PaXUMYM3nJZTEWXGHWA7uBpsgvabu0g_1U/s320/DSCN8900.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411998387407886690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The office</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_e8LDlW5gn4FazN4Fu-5-RSX_HrLIr5PtzrS0kRMj4ZYLoh1-Ueu2-DlcbkJRwD9aZcMQZTiRZyuO9Pesrci1JF9uz14wRmjJHtEDFNY7yIJN-p94Mm8t55gYBR315XL26wBAeOjJIO8/s320/DSCN8946.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411998920521628594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bathroom</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpZEOtbpm_p-lTq66-b2JbZFy2dRbAGUy2fz-x7xLh09BNpr24RHiv9wKmEe6PfiaAiix5fgZnqkI62szMp_QIoDDMRoI7ikaq_ig496MqORM1RDwlKQl1dWGzve9fTMkaOpqy7yRtSc/s320/DSCN8908.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411999381785884642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the bedroom</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAUyag8KyT88quIIL5EGRJuqlH7GTdEKS95q1JA94AzQa8a3zyPccrDrbXzYQ3AnvI99VCkppPG0gS8P4FSUDIX7uR-xW7WiP5YOceXG8PWmsftlVy2wUh43mlPMJEO3i2I7Q7zhVnRs/s320/DSCN8905.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411999724783350978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11542719863685892193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-7863536043384369822009-07-24T11:41:00.001-04:002009-07-24T12:06:16.387-04:00Welcome to the Family<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Well, I know what you are thinking .... what happened to seeing the new apartment, right? Well those pictures are just being finished up and they will surely be the next blog.<br />It has been a while since we have blogged and that is only because we have not had the Internet until about a week a go. So I have been trying to catch up on everything that I needed to. So finally its time to blog.<br />Since my parents have moved away I have been missing them terribly and the adorable puppies they took with them. Barkley and mischievous little fellow and Sadie my long time best friend. So lately I have been feeling like I want a furry friend too and after much deliberation and much talking and bargaining with Michael he finally decided to let me have a dog :-D<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwDv9BVAOk5uuk_3B0gIFFqY-92xV6ZJ0GBBOXEli-iRKHIXZCRoTmTSErRU1yZU1u2y62pJIgfwnH_WRzUSLUxYP3-BvlLz-EBB3K7WfjssdLU5phujFTNYBurR6oSG0hEJO3JgMhJFE/s1600-h/DSCN8645.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/AVvXsEgGwDv9BVAOk5uuk_3B0gIFFqY-92xV6ZJ0GBBOXEli-iRKHIXZCRoTmTSErRU1yZU1u2y62pJIgfwnH_WRzUSLUxYP3-BvlLz-EBB3K7WfjssdLU5phujFTNYBurR6oSG0hEJO3JgMhJFE/s320/DSCN8645.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362054594853155410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is Sage our newest member of the family!!</span><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >We decided to try and rescue a puppy from a shelter because there are A LOT out here and many need good homes, and since it was our first dog we knew it would the most cost efficient way to go. After much thought and research we finally found a place that would work with us like we needed. Out here you have to fill our 5-7 pages of paper work just to be considered for an adoption. I thought that was insane. Every place we went it felt like they were trying to make it so difficult to adopt. So we finally found a place that worked with us to find a dog and that made it convenient. After all shouldn</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >t that be their goal. Make it convenient for people to adopt a dog and they will otherwise they will just go to a pet store pay their $2,000 dollars for a dog and be on their way.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sage is spunky and a ball of fun. She has so much energy, she is a rottweiler/shepherd mix. So far we love her.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizlTdjUO5snkjDbUgfe725bJejNE-thF5mfpBGhxPDsOP0MFV2sSMjfjbqUeeuhJZP8WlU-YZpvNUlx0HugVmb3j45I0y1AFimhRyksspmzDUwqTfdNF1Q1BJiqI5vD_yGQUo1xqyZWq-/s1600-h/DSCN8643.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/AVvXsEgizlTdjUO5snkjDbUgfe725bJejNE-thF5mfpBGhxPDsOP0MFV2sSMjfjbqUeeuhJZP8WlU-YZpvNUlx0HugVmb3j45I0y1AFimhRyksspmzDUwqTfdNF1Q1BJiqI5vD_yGQUo1xqyZWq-/s320/DSCN8643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362057278715589778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">She was so tired after we brought her home yesterday evening<br />and after a long drive in the car</span><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNbVd7jEqVzWC9cBEdAfFvQr_2wMrlP85FIRLoAba4AcBA7beMw4aiqk4cg6EVURY27gDVKW-zMRgzyToj0veDAIL7R63XEJBSPIV-tft23FBw41p3XUB0kgCKkSYhbIJJ73xalEy0uIJ/s1600-h/DSCN8646.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/AVvXsEhyNbVd7jEqVzWC9cBEdAfFvQr_2wMrlP85FIRLoAba4AcBA7beMw4aiqk4cg6EVURY27gDVKW-zMRgzyToj0veDAIL7R63XEJBSPIV-tft23FBw41p3XUB0kgCKkSYhbIJJ73xalEy0uIJ/s320/DSCN8646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362057744101954482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This morning she was so full of energy and excited to see us!!<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxjTBkIMRSG4NrlW52YVE1TrChax4wYS5kc1KRVOmBAj5nnMQ97unk2JVEZ6HSrON_cLHb1Wn1tGck0j0wkCQ87D-SWfKAnjU2a1wAenKfp0-QtlBqB68cwN5ER-3cs4OTc2gykIZQFoM/s1600-h/DSCN8647.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/AVvXsEidxjTBkIMRSG4NrlW52YVE1TrChax4wYS5kc1KRVOmBAj5nnMQ97unk2JVEZ6HSrON_cLHb1Wn1tGck0j0wkCQ87D-SWfKAnjU2a1wAenKfp0-QtlBqB68cwN5ER-3cs4OTc2gykIZQFoM/s320/DSCN8647.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362058105004720610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">She was extremely tired after our walk this morning</span>.<br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-60676551189432948392009-06-04T16:39:00.001-04:002009-06-04T17:01:37.053-04:00An Answered Prayer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItwP8qbteGLCewUqNasjiXvMWt4I3i_fc5abFdtaxe3ax2GGHgcZfOfjrZ9HX0cS5qAQFB-BhZYkafL_TZ4w49TLoXdql8vccZMX50JZuiuW2-KJQucElygUPw9JCHWKunhxmmtstdxr-/s1600-h/thunderstorm+6-3-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItwP8qbteGLCewUqNasjiXvMWt4I3i_fc5abFdtaxe3ax2GGHgcZfOfjrZ9HX0cS5qAQFB-BhZYkafL_TZ4w49TLoXdql8vccZMX50JZuiuW2-KJQucElygUPw9JCHWKunhxmmtstdxr-/s320/thunderstorm+6-3-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343575138404932930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">An Answered Prayer</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><br />I know the picture doesn't look like much and not everyone will look at it and see beauty. But I do! We received rain yesterday in California. It wasn't a lot but it sure was beautiful. It has been kind of foggy every morning for a the past week and every morning I pray for rain. Yesterday morning started out with the same fog and but it was a little colder than normal. So once again I said my prayer to let us receive rain . . . and we did! Everything was so beautiful after the rain. The pavement was sparkling, the trees looked a little greener, and the grass seemed to stand taller than it had before.<br /><br />Nothing I have seen in California is quite as green as things in Minnesota so it is a little depressing every direction you look. Even though I have been in California for a while I still miss the beautiful green summers and chilling white winters. Michael on the other hand has lived in California his whole life except a two year break to South Africa/Botswana. Which really does not count considering the climate there is the exact same as Southern California. But as we talk about life and the future I find that we want the same things and our goals meet. He as well wants green and a white winter. It is very exciting for me to know that I will not have to stay in California forever. I plan to take what I can from it while I am here and then once we leave it will be alleluia!! <br /> <br />The picture is of the clouds in the sky over on the mountains. Michael took the picture while he was at work, I am sure he had a great view of the rain from his office window. I thought the clouds looked so cool. It amazes me the shapes they can take turtles, hearts, faces, elephants with wings but what ever shape the clouds really do have a mind of their own.</span>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-61682519797244490812009-05-30T19:10:00.000-04:002009-05-30T19:27:47.627-04:006 Days and Counting!<span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">In 6 days Michael and I will be moving into a place of our own! We are very excited about it. We are getting an apartment on the other side of Murrieta and we have both been waiting (him patiently and me impatiently) for the time to come. We signed our papers about a month ago and got a great rate on the specific apartment that we wanted. It is a two bedroom 1 bath with a beautiful kitchen and pantry. It will be a big step for us and we are so excited to be moving through life together. We will have to post pictures as soon as we move in, so stay tuned!!<br /><br />Michael is still working at the warehouse and he is really enjoying it. For the most part he is his own boss and since he is very motivated it works out great for everybody. They got their first big shipment in on Thursday and boy was he tired after work. It was the most work he has done in a long time. Their next shipment comes in on Monday so he is preparing himself now to have another long day.<br /><br />As for me my last day at Build-A-Bear is on Tuesday. I am very excited to be moving on, but as always there are a few people that it is hard to say good bye too. I will be working at the Movie Experience in Murrieta where they know the "Bohne" name well. There has been a steady rotation of Larry and Caralee "Bohne Sons" working at the theater for about the past 9 years. So now it is finally a "Bohne Girl" going to work at the theater, and to be honest they seem pretty excited! I know I am.<br /><br />Other than that we are just trying to survive the ever rising California heat . . . which I pretty much hate since it is all year long. But you have to take the good with the bad. ... We shall now ride off into the sunset (Michael)<br /></span></span></span>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-15382998551814956862009-04-21T01:27:00.000-04:002009-04-21T01:37:27.366-04:00New Job<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Well, for those of you you don't know, I have a new job. I am the Warehouse manager for International Baghouse Supplies. We deal with air filtration systems at a commercial level. I get to ship stuff out, keep inventory of the warehouse, deal with freight companies that want our business. It fun. I'm starting my second week there. I like it. It is a lot better then my last job. Now I get to work 8 to 5 Monday through Friday. So i get to spent the nights and weekends with Brandee. And no more part-time job. I lucked out with this. Hopefully this will be the begginging of a new start for us.</span>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11542719863685892193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034256094938149357.post-19405920774804064872009-03-28T00:00:00.001-04:002009-03-28T00:00:53.399-04:00Sweet Peach Cobbler<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I have discovered something within the past couple of days. I really love to cook/bake. I love finding new recipes and watching Michael freak out as I don't follow it and he is not sure what is going to happen. So far everything has turned out and was delicious.</span><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinD6jqATVZVfbD8OM5kSH2tBqZkGO67JPM_WyuQv6C6u3lrRci4PH8GBv74ZreaLDud-6HUXCQPf3xNDJj9OpcKNKwNJHu4ejggtUsMMBK0gvlOPp75nJEUnbY4zZLMpn3AWjTPylbSDY/s1600-h/DSCN8411.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/AVvXsEinD6jqATVZVfbD8OM5kSH2tBqZkGO67JPM_WyuQv6C6u3lrRci4PH8GBv74ZreaLDud-6HUXCQPf3xNDJj9OpcKNKwNJHu4ejggtUsMMBK0gvlOPp75nJEUnbY4zZLMpn3AWjTPylbSDY/s320/DSCN8411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318081970506433042" border="0" /></a><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The other day Michael was feeling really sick the whole day and he was requesting stuff for me to fix him. Well, I had to run to work for a few hours and when I got home the request was Ramen Noodles and by the time that was done and cleaned up it was a Peach Cobbler request at Midnight. Only to discover we had no Vanilla ice cream which is his favorite with cobbler. So of course I had to run to the store to get some because my poor sick husband needed his cobbler. The cobbler was wonderful and even still warm when we got home so it was really nice. We both enjoyed the cobbler and surprisingly I did not regret running around town trying to find a store that was open at 12:20am!</span></span>Brandee Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05883703509468725991noreply@blogger.com4