tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49712247139701022552024-02-02T02:25:39.348-08:00The Winslow 5Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-25400906335203423202010-05-30T22:13:00.000-07:002010-05-30T23:06:42.775-07:00Happy Memorial Day!Again, it's been a long time! Just thought I'd post a quick update to let you know what we've been up too since my last post. <br /><br />In April, Michael turned 9 years old, it's so amazing to Ed and I at how fast the kids are growing up!! We went to Disneyland to celebrate Michael and had a great day. Michael is such a wonderful, determined boy and he really makes life in the Winslow house exciting!! We love you very much Mikey!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5hLIriN7X-Uwkg9W8CS3GQcGMo_o8S5Ued2q_2NqeWYXzknY43vc9jzDBTURPduq-iwX1uoxkvqlMtzXcrEDa40mJa5_JfuhaTvYHs_8xKfvLgmiBzbpbBWQat1IeUE7MN39Jes_H5eK/s1600/IMG_4430.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/AVvXsEhw5hLIriN7X-Uwkg9W8CS3GQcGMo_o8S5Ued2q_2NqeWYXzknY43vc9jzDBTURPduq-iwX1uoxkvqlMtzXcrEDa40mJa5_JfuhaTvYHs_8xKfvLgmiBzbpbBWQat1IeUE7MN39Jes_H5eK/s320/IMG_4430.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477300441368811010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKSrFAiAHoHsfDVcwIctG6Jnokro8IH-aFQO5wvsKgD9dlAOwdSPkAgfgCVKYi8kHVYdRbJqZytPV-GtyZs9bneBPCEf4KsXgNQktM0fne54_Wi_s0Z03Xf1M50VNMxBvJXGG_4vaHAUJ/s1600/IMG_4388.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/AVvXsEgLKSrFAiAHoHsfDVcwIctG6Jnokro8IH-aFQO5wvsKgD9dlAOwdSPkAgfgCVKYi8kHVYdRbJqZytPV-GtyZs9bneBPCEf4KsXgNQktM0fne54_Wi_s0Z03Xf1M50VNMxBvJXGG_4vaHAUJ/s320/IMG_4388.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477300439257535794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgCWlUFQS6FOA6Mf3iaie3yZe6-B22qnKlQ8jkbjBU_NrbO-WF2OY6dlpF-Hti8zHZapp2ECGW-_ScY79PgWJvpkRDmNHe2B2ZcAQAngrkUBqzYJNBkrBqT5wLPq3NF2MjoEqbrXZPUee/s1600/IMG_4398.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/AVvXsEjcgCWlUFQS6FOA6Mf3iaie3yZe6-B22qnKlQ8jkbjBU_NrbO-WF2OY6dlpF-Hti8zHZapp2ECGW-_ScY79PgWJvpkRDmNHe2B2ZcAQAngrkUBqzYJNBkrBqT5wLPq3NF2MjoEqbrXZPUee/s320/IMG_4398.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477300430179151234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwXHsmD87kzKSji7g3EiJYvAxpCp0vnMvRUHO3zlkGRKejT-kWZV7Opowms3TLyr4ym7hZ5kDPILbO75q5A8ism8qYEF7rlCWYanCdl6Ci-VyCYEEba7RQFnjbv_eiOUzCXs2bfX10qOx/s1600/IMG_4439.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/AVvXsEirwXHsmD87kzKSji7g3EiJYvAxpCp0vnMvRUHO3zlkGRKejT-kWZV7Opowms3TLyr4ym7hZ5kDPILbO75q5A8ism8qYEF7rlCWYanCdl6Ci-VyCYEEba7RQFnjbv_eiOUzCXs2bfX10qOx/s320/IMG_4439.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477300422122042722" /></a><br /><br />Samantha was in the choir at church this last year and they had their final concert in May. She had so much fun and made so many great friends!! Sammie is gifted with a beautiful voice and we love watching and hearing her sing.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1TtsTmwLiIRoqhb3P4ovgyCENcCscIT3Lvj3u8I7Q-r9Xwg9bNm7vONRWGXCVpgpsgf1OqwHoGTWohSARMpcEPvTPaHXQ8losSqXTFFVaZVDa6UHQtZY5skN_xs8JvXQqPmKvCwiOyJ8/s1600/IMG_4372.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/AVvXsEhz1TtsTmwLiIRoqhb3P4ovgyCENcCscIT3Lvj3u8I7Q-r9Xwg9bNm7vONRWGXCVpgpsgf1OqwHoGTWohSARMpcEPvTPaHXQ8losSqXTFFVaZVDa6UHQtZY5skN_xs8JvXQqPmKvCwiOyJ8/s320/IMG_4372.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477302081971740946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXHHJpweM37aZl2LJ9ozSdJlfDnXwounPZvik-wVTfNCqIhcVBw1_QaTj_NkWDlswIOgGiHZVENjPXAaPWMMz-Sym8CF3yrdqkIMFxtg6G_nRgquwKPvTbUo1JPw34SiTuf0zaT9VyjNu/s1600/IMG_4374.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/AVvXsEiUXHHJpweM37aZl2LJ9ozSdJlfDnXwounPZvik-wVTfNCqIhcVBw1_QaTj_NkWDlswIOgGiHZVENjPXAaPWMMz-Sym8CF3yrdqkIMFxtg6G_nRgquwKPvTbUo1JPw34SiTuf0zaT9VyjNu/s320/IMG_4374.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477302073514815154" /></a><br /><br />Sammie also finished up her softball season, which is a good thing! It was fun, but it's really neat when I see the kids decide on what there interest is and is not. I was so proud of her during the season when she knew this wasn't her thing but she gave her best effort during the whole season! Good-bye Softball!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7EyjZqyhqEkZjJkEq7UpDhPHYpX-DRfaNpHw8Pxc-rIKjEldN3qLudlfrfFjF8dE-y11UQcHy30A3Mix14P5QyCILmeWDI2uUYX-UrGfUFy0dPuYIotynvPKUby_KQwOiC9NBGWWUF0j/s1600/IMG_4447.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/AVvXsEgg7EyjZqyhqEkZjJkEq7UpDhPHYpX-DRfaNpHw8Pxc-rIKjEldN3qLudlfrfFjF8dE-y11UQcHy30A3Mix14P5QyCILmeWDI2uUYX-UrGfUFy0dPuYIotynvPKUby_KQwOiC9NBGWWUF0j/s320/IMG_4447.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477304308109023746" /></a><br /><br />Robert had a first, the first you don't want to have - a broken wrist! Of course, it's the height of baseball season and Rob has a broken wrist - bummer. The good thing is the day before he broke his wrist he tried out for a tournament team and did outstanding. What's cool is they had the draft and the coaches knew he broke his wrist and he was still drafted - Yeah! He gets his cast off this week then has three weeks before he can start playing. He's so anxious to get back in the game but Ed and I keep telling him to lay low so your not out for longer. We'll see how is goes!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MTxplTmr_PtFxiZDKqWNo8E5MMG6AsCV5sS2SUCqgie_WSvk2VZ1CDcOE7PsXZIl3deR8mvla89BYiF7YyApXC_vXNC0cbXDWCSCO0NBaJtInFdvFy7e4GOnmp-_E5hVLVdt3Naf853E/s1600/IMG_4451.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/AVvXsEg2MTxplTmr_PtFxiZDKqWNo8E5MMG6AsCV5sS2SUCqgie_WSvk2VZ1CDcOE7PsXZIl3deR8mvla89BYiF7YyApXC_vXNC0cbXDWCSCO0NBaJtInFdvFy7e4GOnmp-_E5hVLVdt3Naf853E/s320/IMG_4451.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477306294851342146" /></a><br /><br />Here's a pic from mother's day. I have been so blessed to have the most wonderful Mom and Grandma! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvBeAWN_bDLyWjcHBlI8PCdXMfknGSp6Al7hZYJsg9_G9qN910Lm2DnFPWxAvc6j_ctatO0JjdpmikPhlFn9m3OGjVJkJNSvF53z9WgvcbaaUYsWr2PkVqJZtt-zwxolOFbzKBn3dQr7-/s1600/IMG_4449.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/AVvXsEicvBeAWN_bDLyWjcHBlI8PCdXMfknGSp6Al7hZYJsg9_G9qN910Lm2DnFPWxAvc6j_ctatO0JjdpmikPhlFn9m3OGjVJkJNSvF53z9WgvcbaaUYsWr2PkVqJZtt-zwxolOFbzKBn3dQr7-/s320/IMG_4449.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477307177124327170" /></a><br /><br />That's all the highlights in a nutshell. Ed and I are still both working and it's exhausting! I am really enjoying having a three day weekend, I really appreciate the time off, as does my house! This weekend I am also feeling very patriotic and am very thankful for our soldiers who are serving and fighting and those who have given their lives for my freedom. God bless America and our military!Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-30506161236154961562010-03-15T12:41:00.000-07:002010-03-15T18:20:14.832-07:00Our weekendSammie was is the annual Talent Show at Skyblue. She sang "The Best Day", by Taylor Swift. She did great, fabulous, terrific and makes me cry every time she preforms!! I am always so proud of her!! Here's a clip of the end...<br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-b56fee2e85205ff5 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="b56fee2e85205ff5"></OBJECT><br />Michael gave Sam some pink tulips after the show.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gyqPr4EhZvLBn7x6jlceE_2Jpw3omYA-uAYqLvxaCR0ol8hSKNa_4RkYMP_RBKbcVbg6NEnqAYu3-IHuSf6Lxi5f7HahAl5j7x9FHOW5L6TTJ_BrKapwho9JEka5BbkowPzmh_f0IslE/s1600-h/IMG_4354.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448949452049329890 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gyqPr4EhZvLBn7x6jlceE_2Jpw3omYA-uAYqLvxaCR0ol8hSKNa_4RkYMP_RBKbcVbg6NEnqAYu3-IHuSf6Lxi5f7HahAl5j7x9FHOW5L6TTJ_BrKapwho9JEka5BbkowPzmh_f0IslE/s320/IMG_4354.jpg"></A>As soon as the talent show was over we ran to Sam's softball game, in the meantime Robert was already there playing his game.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDVMLBir5idZIPZwv7-AMqzBJdkmu1Be57jpQmZYECVG4K4ns7zyLxbh5IVxEXlbV4CdzUvnztOvqdggpc8mWXQYVfCMVrWQmQyGAEQi2ixIT1n2IoFNL5S0L6eW9Sp2Kd4LXE3gicTXA/s1600-h/IMG_4357.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448950345641885682 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDVMLBir5idZIPZwv7-AMqzBJdkmu1Be57jpQmZYECVG4K4ns7zyLxbh5IVxEXlbV4CdzUvnztOvqdggpc8mWXQYVfCMVrWQmQyGAEQi2ixIT1n2IoFNL5S0L6eW9Sp2Kd4LXE3gicTXA/s320/IMG_4357.jpg"></A>Sammie is on the American Wolverines, in the pic she's on second. She really enjoys the girls on her team, that makes it really fun!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAm8tTHPvpV8z9wTO3MbdvfMd9crnn_RG_FFGuddu0_LwGn51joXi-XEJe3VUpEcF5CshBHQJr8coaSylNO-C4D026yivPxF5A0-X2fE0k-xWQA-szWBLPS2xS9kQ13YSoMICv5btrRZ-u/s1600-h/IMG_4356.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448950339363903938 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAm8tTHPvpV8z9wTO3MbdvfMd9crnn_RG_FFGuddu0_LwGn51joXi-XEJe3VUpEcF5CshBHQJr8coaSylNO-C4D026yivPxF5A0-X2fE0k-xWQA-szWBLPS2xS9kQ13YSoMICv5btrRZ-u/s320/IMG_4356.jpg"></A>Robert is on the National Dodgers this year. Having a great season so far!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinL0ABeuq22o2prDahXWhUIp_7iV8-iltCcyXlwivkfBt98f8toWCMYLyQQOZVRQM_iN-sJUzCIl6BM_xJ36G-HkHtceJVE1vm_ILek-TCBEVfBtqFs7A8KVsjATj5Hz7frRv7kLgKTIPC/s1600-h/0314001440%5B1%5D+(2).jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448950350128337586 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinL0ABeuq22o2prDahXWhUIp_7iV8-iltCcyXlwivkfBt98f8toWCMYLyQQOZVRQM_iN-sJUzCIl6BM_xJ36G-HkHtceJVE1vm_ILek-TCBEVfBtqFs7A8KVsjATj5Hz7frRv7kLgKTIPC/s320/0314001440%5B1%5D+(2).jpg"></A>Michael had his game on Sunday, he's on the American Nationals this season. He is growing into such a great player and he is enjoying himself.Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-76315791604982709022010-03-11T12:29:00.000-08:002010-03-13T07:33:20.852-08:00Winslow SightingsIt's been a long time since I've posted, three months to be exact!<br /><br />HELLO!!! <br /><br />I'll start with the most recent events and work my way back to catch you all up on what we've been up to.<br /><br />Sammie was just awarded the citizenship award yesterday at school. As you all have heard me say before, this is the best award in my eyes because it speaks mostly of someones Character. We are so proud of Sam, her kindness and good example to those around her is being noticed by her teachers. I love it!<br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-3ea6ffbba41fdf99 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="3ea6ffbba41fdf99"></OBJECT><br /><br />Last week Robert was inducted into the Honor Society at his Jr.High - WOOT WOOT!!!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyK-DHbpoqUYXTqIokUJcxc8ycSkQwOEkR3aWbda5zFbPqslmhB7bZ2xam_K71Bbtpz5jqkzaC-CliCyNQTTEObxiYtdlyKsjiugOV-ScCf8rzG_rcNKfAu2F1CqViBZHrNJDeOSB97_f/s1600-h/IMG_4332.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447480072937222130 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyK-DHbpoqUYXTqIokUJcxc8ycSkQwOEkR3aWbda5zFbPqslmhB7bZ2xam_K71Bbtpz5jqkzaC-CliCyNQTTEObxiYtdlyKsjiugOV-ScCf8rzG_rcNKfAu2F1CqViBZHrNJDeOSB97_f/s320/IMG_4332.jpg"></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kJ25PJPhyyYZtXJ9wGzFNuQJ3Gjg5sx55SYdbyCcvpyzb_RPB2GpPCpqNcWrAE0Uy8FKlJzhxILQHRrNnHiW1aUmZAAvrK-apPmzwIUHJ9Cs-1ewJsC8r9-TP8_UOnO_ZpBMQsw3gj1c/s1600-h/IMG_4331.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447480065755045474 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kJ25PJPhyyYZtXJ9wGzFNuQJ3Gjg5sx55SYdbyCcvpyzb_RPB2GpPCpqNcWrAE0Uy8FKlJzhxILQHRrNnHiW1aUmZAAvrK-apPmzwIUHJ9Cs-1ewJsC8r9-TP8_UOnO_ZpBMQsw3gj1c/s320/IMG_4331.jpg"></A><br /><br />Baseball & Softball are back in full swing so there are really no nights that we are at home, it's exhausting but we love it!! I'll post picks later in the season. <br /><br />Ed and Sammie went to the father daughter dance at school & banquet at church all in the same weekend. They had so much fun!!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ExKBNM6t5p7Fn5PfHpPrZQ8kjfcIebbdNpCd4VX9ltLr0dAw9B-KnSpWUN_TP8nXjiQtXaxzVUZNl1P9Infnbo8lQ7cLZTCArvwawqEwTmGMrsrrxrSm-VB_9ujyMsdvXRgH_QgIdkXy/s1600-h/IMG_4325.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447484265184399698 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ExKBNM6t5p7Fn5PfHpPrZQ8kjfcIebbdNpCd4VX9ltLr0dAw9B-KnSpWUN_TP8nXjiQtXaxzVUZNl1P9Infnbo8lQ7cLZTCArvwawqEwTmGMrsrrxrSm-VB_9ujyMsdvXRgH_QgIdkXy/s320/IMG_4325.jpg"></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo87ih83a0h7-7kdksfh4jKKs3tbGJXyyx2Xg6zwAkgW7SLx4RqvBczuvV5G1dCFRba0AbAAEYDuDV6KO1DzxDW48ukrg11D6tOLZj2sagxF818stt8XAt0oqp44fgT5oy0wYI6wEKjmWh/s1600-h/IMG_4324.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447484259822334050 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo87ih83a0h7-7kdksfh4jKKs3tbGJXyyx2Xg6zwAkgW7SLx4RqvBczuvV5G1dCFRba0AbAAEYDuDV6KO1DzxDW48ukrg11D6tOLZj2sagxF818stt8XAt0oqp44fgT5oy0wYI6wEKjmWh/s320/IMG_4324.jpg"></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3ULbLxQcE5CXWV2nhcve6P_QuC4pbATjoyfZx2XFDSGFmP0tzrW6QRnVay98nIwZ4V8TY4p3-47eoQB_BT-025wgupKcj9PpdGbuLEaofOBID13R-LQoN5ofvU94fNK-V_PN9v-4f3Si/s1600-h/IMG_4323.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447484257617121074 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3ULbLxQcE5CXWV2nhcve6P_QuC4pbATjoyfZx2XFDSGFmP0tzrW6QRnVay98nIwZ4V8TY4p3-47eoQB_BT-025wgupKcj9PpdGbuLEaofOBID13R-LQoN5ofvU94fNK-V_PN9v-4f3Si/s320/IMG_4323.jpg"></A><br /><br />Why I've not been posting much is because of our next event. I'm working again.....I work for a company called Miracle Assistant. It's been a blessing but I'm having a hard time juggling our crazy, busy lives, work, and keeping up on housework. Ed has really been so helpful, but my house is a mess!!!<br /><br />Fenway is the newest addition to our family. Robert bought this sweet little (BIG)golden mix with his own money. She is the cutest, smartest puppy I've ever met. We love her but not so much the mess she leaves behind ~ paper shreddings everywhere. Good thing she is so cute!!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFuNqtfu3lCIJL531uPE5vVoT3W_bLiVwdyppyjv_rNUIFF4l5Q553Enq_-gNeE8dY71hZ6mPwDMfDG-ePBb6CSNcLx_ExpJ8plgA8JzQgp7pzr-B5bUjlDiW5NVmi1VGR58L2Bqp93Ku/s1600-h/IMG_4320.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447483366677835330 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFuNqtfu3lCIJL531uPE5vVoT3W_bLiVwdyppyjv_rNUIFF4l5Q553Enq_-gNeE8dY71hZ6mPwDMfDG-ePBb6CSNcLx_ExpJ8plgA8JzQgp7pzr-B5bUjlDiW5NVmi1VGR58L2Bqp93Ku/s320/IMG_4320.jpg"></A> <br />Here's a movie of Fenway when she was smaller riding her favorite toy. This was the end of January.<br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-a214ddb7339eee36 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="a214ddb7339eee36"></OBJECT>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-8283538552518899732010-03-11T12:28:00.001-08:002010-03-11T12:28:21.983-08:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI2ODMzOTIyNTg5MCZwdD*xMjY4MzM5Mjg*NzAzJnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz1hNmI*YmExMWU1Mzk*/NjBiYWMwNTgyY2VmMWE3NmQyMyZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w430.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/c520d917.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/?action=view¤t=c520d917.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-82493467968482356472009-12-21T22:13:00.000-08:002009-12-21T22:15:41.108-08:00Christmas festivitiesLast Friday we went to Disneyland and to our surprise Dean and Carrie were going too!! We had such a blast with them, like always!! <br /><br />On Sunday we had our Christmas with Mark & Pam. We always have such a great time and their house is decorated beyond great!! They are so great at throwing parties but they are just super fun to be around!! It was so good to see Abby, Landon & Rochelle (Landon's girlfriend)!! We missed Matt who is still living in Thailand and Chelsie who married Scott and is living in Germany. <br /><br />We are truly blessed with a great family!!!Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-52429000043628961722009-12-21T21:54:00.001-08:002009-12-21T21:54:42.654-08:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI2MTQ2MTE1ODkyNiZwdD*xMjYxNDYxMjY*ODQ4JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz*5MGU3MGE3NmZkNzQ*MjYxYmYyMzE*ZmE4NWY3ODMyOCZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w430.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/f8d62799.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/?action=view¤t=f8d62799.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-17155825924416727892009-12-21T20:03:00.000-08:002009-12-21T20:39:04.777-08:00Back in BloglandWell it's been quite a while since my last post, a lot has happened since October! <br /><br />First, thank you, thank you to those who kept my dad and family in your prayers. His surgery was <strong>very</strong> long but best of all very successful!! We had many church friends (about 12) at the hospital to support my family - amazing testimony to the family of God and the love we share!! I was so blessed to have my friend Cherie Vann there the entire day and night to be my support. She stayed with my mom and I until we were able to see my dad in his room and make sure he was as comfortable as possible. <em>The mark of a really great friend ~ they will let you go to Tommy's Burgers at midnight and eat right along with you. Just to show support! Love you Cher Bear!!</em><br /><br />We are continuing to pray that the nerves in my dad's face will come back sooner than the 6 months the doctors project. Also, for the hearing in his ear which is gone. <br /><br />Thanksgiving was a really relaxing day with my parents and Grandma. We had so much to be thankful for it was so good just to be together!!! Here's a few pics:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaWj0vonr26uNsx8PgPx-ygDXhWcTcTzoqYn9fb_tjtXSAC6QwXiwzGUItIbOA-MR1kmqxHzKeeWElytpzTNLgezXlZNVkzrJYFX7Io8xZaMHl_piTaqM2a1PM8xQSLPl1brs81ge9_l1/s1600-h/IMG_2074.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/AVvXsEjNaWj0vonr26uNsx8PgPx-ygDXhWcTcTzoqYn9fb_tjtXSAC6QwXiwzGUItIbOA-MR1kmqxHzKeeWElytpzTNLgezXlZNVkzrJYFX7Io8xZaMHl_piTaqM2a1PM8xQSLPl1brs81ge9_l1/s320/IMG_2074.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417911346245562546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ5r0aTsrsX0qEw38aSRrgIpmRnsrVlrmdPz_W1qocNV5QxUQ-FKjlAtHTvb_2ZwNy6YTNDe4ZCcKF45mWBOjf-Pun1GF9iy3fXPHaK2H7x4OSxjgYB-3_nBf-uzoEXSQEYe5aewAVH16/s1600-h/IMG_2073.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/AVvXsEioQ5r0aTsrsX0qEw38aSRrgIpmRnsrVlrmdPz_W1qocNV5QxUQ-FKjlAtHTvb_2ZwNy6YTNDe4ZCcKF45mWBOjf-Pun1GF9iy3fXPHaK2H7x4OSxjgYB-3_nBf-uzoEXSQEYe5aewAVH16/s320/IMG_2073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417911343145056818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsftNheFbcNxrRrXykBGPrz_12JHrB8Dk_Vjbmigims88Of7cXDmxIf0rooJIXTdaDqFOwQi0MJ_4SPQvw_XwJIROa0s0vnbfzx0NXPKkcBvjAHEVri2ODqiKzd3zq_X0f5eVhVStXZzX/s1600-h/IMG_2065.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/AVvXsEhtsftNheFbcNxrRrXykBGPrz_12JHrB8Dk_Vjbmigims88Of7cXDmxIf0rooJIXTdaDqFOwQi0MJ_4SPQvw_XwJIROa0s0vnbfzx0NXPKkcBvjAHEVri2ODqiKzd3zq_X0f5eVhVStXZzX/s320/IMG_2065.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417911337456519842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhT0-Z1aH_VKVhmRGzRmEurkFd6IPiwU6fFdgwQrXoyvX-sLdp8yNcS9HUaM3dj3ah-iWA-TifDT_KmXn3VeCDi4FBBX6E2mFxI6AGvbUbQtYhqEjtQ3Ajt1ZCcm5VTNTi41HCHOsRkQM/s1600-h/IMG_2057.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/AVvXsEhnhT0-Z1aH_VKVhmRGzRmEurkFd6IPiwU6fFdgwQrXoyvX-sLdp8yNcS9HUaM3dj3ah-iWA-TifDT_KmXn3VeCDi4FBBX6E2mFxI6AGvbUbQtYhqEjtQ3Ajt1ZCcm5VTNTi41HCHOsRkQM/s320/IMG_2057.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417911327168726450" /></a>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-40959311202463711652009-10-21T08:32:00.000-07:002009-10-21T09:20:17.254-07:00Surgery Tomorrow!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcde4__zLQ3vviKVgBfxEKajPh0ETfk4GDp7r2cD3vL3lFW2JNKY90SzjiSsE-7_gApYh1qLaJZm_MblH4-MSy3kwthneSfwQxJM-QxpQtVWGp3aAijP0NOt2JcuxZWj2aCWU5wU7lhjd/s1600-h/mom&dad+color.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcde4__zLQ3vviKVgBfxEKajPh0ETfk4GDp7r2cD3vL3lFW2JNKY90SzjiSsE-7_gApYh1qLaJZm_MblH4-MSy3kwthneSfwQxJM-QxpQtVWGp3aAijP0NOt2JcuxZWj2aCWU5wU7lhjd/s320/mom&dad+color.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395088845743817058" /></a><br />Thank you to all who have been holding our family in your prayers! Tomorrow morning is my Dad's surgery here's a clip of my dad's email to explain it all....<br /><br />"I received relatively good news this morning from the 10 member Kaiser Oncology Board. After each had felt my neck (and cumulatively given me about an hour neck message), I told them this was an awesome deal ... one hour message for $5 fee (my Kaiser plan payment). They laughed...<br />Result. It appears to them than the skin cancer (from sun radiation) had traversed down to the lymph nodes. Therefore the total path of travel must be removed. So, they plan to make an incision above the ear down to the lower neck to remove all flesh (fat) and lymph nodes (which hide in the "fat"). So, I will have a skin depression in this area. They will not remove the skin but merely fold it back while they remove the "insides". They must remove the Parotid Gland (as that is the "travel" route).... being careful to not injure the facial nerves that go through the Parotid Gland ... (or all I could give you is 1/2 a smile)."<br /><br />Well there you go! Please keep him and the doctors in your prayers! Don't forget to put on your sunscreen my dear friends and family!!Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-87582788323656600272009-10-01T11:00:00.000-07:002009-10-01T11:59:58.035-07:00A journey we never wanted to take...On September 24Th, my dad called while I was helping the kids with their homework and the story begins... Cancer is the verdict. My initial response was tears and heartache. My next response was tears and nausea. Then I moved onto more tears and just feeling numb. After the waterfall of tears and about three hours of sleep, I start thinking clearer. I came to the realization that God loves my Dad even more than I'm capable of loving him and like me God does not enjoy seeing His children suffer. I haven't been able to update my blog until now to let you all know whats been going on. I think, I've been thinking if I don't talk about it it will go away -dumb, I know! So, here we go on this journey that we never wanted to take. As of right now we are in the waiting mode. Biopsy confirmed the cancer (Squamous Cell), good news the liver test came back clear. We are waiting on the MRI that he had last Sunday morning, then we'll get a surgery date. We are praying the cancer has not spread to more than one module, the MRI will confirm. So, if you all would keep my Dad and Mom in your prayers, it would really mean a lot to me!! God has given my dad and mom great peace in this. I'm trusting God, still occasionally my heart hurts, I'm my dad's little girl.Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-6438405686359641332009-09-20T19:40:00.000-07:002009-09-20T20:32:37.544-07:00Back in full swing!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1fjfQX3V8U0G2gKSYMx9m8TKQ_e5fP8vVzPrhmreMfq53SX-irh8kJK-1RAHC8u3Fah1qMOetISnAhP0iPoA39XEitZJvvOHgKKD8TXjIKng8eQZ9JeMQnVGmP3A4SAXGd3vs028-bH1/s1600-h/IMG_4155.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/AVvXsEhd1fjfQX3V8U0G2gKSYMx9m8TKQ_e5fP8vVzPrhmreMfq53SX-irh8kJK-1RAHC8u3Fah1qMOetISnAhP0iPoA39XEitZJvvOHgKKD8TXjIKng8eQZ9JeMQnVGmP3A4SAXGd3vs028-bH1/s320/IMG_4155.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383756414121045170" /></a><br />This weekend Fall Baseball, Softball & Club Ball began. Our first game was Michael's he's on the Dodgers this season. Michael's big moment was when he was playing third base and a line drive came right at him and he caught it! Great job Mikey!!!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPH_cFfJDiaQdr-esDSdLUwAUN9FdWNt985R7W0Lcj9taAS3Vr4N-v4DYD2x1qra8IiCKrhUqfxApH7PqczZLQgogCC_0u5hf5tAN5nQem0IyfTAhd6PJMsqP5R4UUvLzhyphenhyphenAEF_9gZ8giT/s1600-h/IMG_4164.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383746206637043330 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPH_cFfJDiaQdr-esDSdLUwAUN9FdWNt985R7W0Lcj9taAS3Vr4N-v4DYD2x1qra8IiCKrhUqfxApH7PqczZLQgogCC_0u5hf5tAN5nQem0IyfTAhd6PJMsqP5R4UUvLzhyphenhyphenAEF_9gZ8giT/s320/IMG_4164.jpg" border=0></A>Samantha is playing her first season ever of softball. She is on the Titans this season. She had a great game and Ed and I were so proud of her!!! You go girl, Peace!! FYI, Peace is Sam's nickname for her jersey - cute, my flower child.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9-QJKYWNZN05AdxZ0iOYfOZxZsFYGOHBidiQNEAwsmWrQT6rw_6DC7XNmutZyOMSSxiGt1pgfoEaIFcugE5M4dP6hMuE9O6Rh6PoY9BbMI2PuWQkUfFHXPXq9946g7A2KlD-LMoM3Q48/s1600-h/IMG_4169.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/AVvXsEjJ9-QJKYWNZN05AdxZ0iOYfOZxZsFYGOHBidiQNEAwsmWrQT6rw_6DC7XNmutZyOMSSxiGt1pgfoEaIFcugE5M4dP6hMuE9O6Rh6PoY9BbMI2PuWQkUfFHXPXq9946g7A2KlD-LMoM3Q48/s320/IMG_4169.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383756421700729170" /></a>Robert had a great game today. He is still playing with his travel team, The Fury.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKzY5n3yAhNuozEV5bh9y7P5QjxWaIaye5Cv20vpk7EsvWy7Y13XiAgDZGx43AfQb-r_QIXF-AV-ouZW-zXFw9FYo_cTIimNoCEq7WpS7xTpNcEf4tr9V8M4mEcxyCODEySESgDvv2pti/s1600-h/IMG_4170.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383748476812786994 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKzY5n3yAhNuozEV5bh9y7P5QjxWaIaye5Cv20vpk7EsvWy7Y13XiAgDZGx43AfQb-r_QIXF-AV-ouZW-zXFw9FYo_cTIimNoCEq7WpS7xTpNcEf4tr9V8M4mEcxyCODEySESgDvv2pti/s320/IMG_4170.jpg" border=0></A> Here's a clip of him pitching, let me brag, he is really good!<br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-2d28d6d922555020 height=266 width=320 contentId="2d28d6d922555020"></OBJECT>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-65050110565292046692009-09-15T19:46:00.000-07:002009-09-15T20:10:19.501-07:00Just another day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCMKp5EYbglUaTD23jgvUua6ykkMfc5FLloTjDlkhuipJfbMAMbNb5WyJeQUknP2h2NzwuOz1QGgc32zjsrIgaDt0giJGMKSblT9YCEuXuSN9QbYghvQKRX1AyV9SdVEcROTrr7M6Ixan/s1600-h/IMG_4151.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/AVvXsEgOCMKp5EYbglUaTD23jgvUua6ykkMfc5FLloTjDlkhuipJfbMAMbNb5WyJeQUknP2h2NzwuOz1QGgc32zjsrIgaDt0giJGMKSblT9YCEuXuSN9QbYghvQKRX1AyV9SdVEcROTrr7M6Ixan/s320/IMG_4151.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381893768280070994" /></a><br />Michael loves to help with cooking, so yesterday after he finished his homework, I asked him if he would peel the potatoes for dinner. This is his work station planted right in front of the TV, what a crack-up! I love his helpful sweet self and the fact that he thoroughly enjoys himself!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippCyvQ3uNZbvgvvezMM-DGd_U2Dnm5_zPWJ0wIgA4t_gBdOeRhBZqwKQ-LBMNyBE1dinTc6F_t08cor-foOAUd4ggiGD8MiOs5Yv4JSJklACqiv3kXS_OSapgT7f6FhhHap8xy6xDLUBs/s1600-h/IMG_4150.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/AVvXsEippCyvQ3uNZbvgvvezMM-DGd_U2Dnm5_zPWJ0wIgA4t_gBdOeRhBZqwKQ-LBMNyBE1dinTc6F_t08cor-foOAUd4ggiGD8MiOs5Yv4JSJklACqiv3kXS_OSapgT7f6FhhHap8xy6xDLUBs/s320/IMG_4150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381893767512899666" /></a>Since I had my camera out I needed to take a picture of what Robert spends most of his time doing.......Homework! Lots & Lots of Homework!! Robert is a great student and we are very proud of how diligent he works!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OSDlzZFnXcwnDLPpn_ApCz2UInOzaiezoXnpTUhiIcVF-1tsadwQB3QZVSC8BMn2fFtUZ7JNOM8Ol0_hqoa_zG892B04IGcFA7VPopZJln4eoz-_Z99tC4u-b784Bh2bAvHhW7le1Y7K/s1600-h/IMG_4153.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/AVvXsEj1OSDlzZFnXcwnDLPpn_ApCz2UInOzaiezoXnpTUhiIcVF-1tsadwQB3QZVSC8BMn2fFtUZ7JNOM8Ol0_hqoa_zG892B04IGcFA7VPopZJln4eoz-_Z99tC4u-b784Bh2bAvHhW7le1Y7K/s320/IMG_4153.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381894791318778370" /></a>Up the stairs I went looking for Sam, to my surprise the phone was not attached to her ear! Instead she was contemplating cleaning her room - NOT! Sam is also a very great student and incredibly creative. I've heard that creative minds sometimes like messy rooms because they are so busy organizing the thoughts of the next great story!! Sam, please dedicate your first book to your mom and dad!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRzLZBnD2P0ClFQ1qAzamA_bEWjgRb0W7y-ikhPuZw_2OV7hBPHiDxbR76gPz03K6QvGgFmHy7rpm2nAA8RG3Az2GPdr8obYWbrtjbJjRVIa0fnMTslVMJJYqWF_GhlE-lYh92zg6nKxU/s1600-h/IMG_4154.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/AVvXsEhyRzLZBnD2P0ClFQ1qAzamA_bEWjgRb0W7y-ikhPuZw_2OV7hBPHiDxbR76gPz03K6QvGgFmHy7rpm2nAA8RG3Az2GPdr8obYWbrtjbJjRVIa0fnMTslVMJJYqWF_GhlE-lYh92zg6nKxU/s320/IMG_4154.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381896209996844146" /></a>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-17906468904341004222009-09-12T20:07:00.001-07:002009-09-12T20:07:41.771-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bHQ9MTI1MjgxMTIyNTAwMCZwdD*xMjUyODExMjU4MDkzJnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w430.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/31b92d17.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/?action=view¤t=31b92d17.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-54720437150429241842009-08-19T11:44:00.000-07:002009-08-19T12:13:22.454-07:00Happy 12th Birthday Robert!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHnYf9W_Osz4p7uYYCXR69B3Dm7B_n7yyc3fPW6a1hFav82y5J01lZgSwrscHzARTLcsWu84SWNdWwLxwLi9w2-9uXvRSCwxjGN8dczeZJJDrU5DW9Jon9a6zY_SrqFcWaTc-jxvCa_in/s1600-h/scan0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHnYf9W_Osz4p7uYYCXR69B3Dm7B_n7yyc3fPW6a1hFav82y5J01lZgSwrscHzARTLcsWu84SWNdWwLxwLi9w2-9uXvRSCwxjGN8dczeZJJDrU5DW9Jon9a6zY_SrqFcWaTc-jxvCa_in/s320/scan0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371749485181946114" /></a>August 19, 1997, 1:13pm, 21 inches long, 8 lbs 11 oz.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQ_3SKgN9ZMq8N3rRgbiFQJ8o7biBg0zRX72hjHgmifSVrGeUBiE9H5NiMvv5QmRg46lgRNI6_bn4kbF2cOo8Hg3oFQcKQkn5vWGW05xB1WCfpK8wuPQKuXXFtOzGHDNEY4S_sBuCZhCO/s1600-h/IMG_1590+(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQ_3SKgN9ZMq8N3rRgbiFQJ8o7biBg0zRX72hjHgmifSVrGeUBiE9H5NiMvv5QmRg46lgRNI6_bn4kbF2cOo8Hg3oFQcKQkn5vWGW05xB1WCfpK8wuPQKuXXFtOzGHDNEY4S_sBuCZhCO/s320/IMG_1590+(2).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371754594507484690" /></a><br />Robert turned 12 years old today - WOW!! Time truly flies by! Robert you are such a blessing and we love you with our whole heart!! Happy Birthday Bud!Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-17018208817197162432009-08-11T09:21:00.000-07:002009-08-11T19:14:32.041-07:00Vacation Part 2We've been home for a week now, so I decided I need to post the rest of our vacation before I forget all we did!!<br /><br />My last post we were in Billing, Montana. Here's a picture of General Custer's maker where he died at Little Bighorn. All the other markers are where other soldiers fell.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJJFv8gbiyayLqHUORinYJhY4PyngT6iVggAE2CTLnCsLkD9RyN5aW-lcEM9h_75seuIC87mW0JRC1nByu1alP5X9ZG2qGHMwL1KLL5WrTLJFee4w1NsUe9gi5uDEcTesEMcXvePm9GZG/s1600-h/IMG_3735.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/AVvXsEiWJJFv8gbiyayLqHUORinYJhY4PyngT6iVggAE2CTLnCsLkD9RyN5aW-lcEM9h_75seuIC87mW0JRC1nByu1alP5X9ZG2qGHMwL1KLL5WrTLJFee4w1NsUe9gi5uDEcTesEMcXvePm9GZG/s320/IMG_3735.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368746164344233634" /></a><br />On to Yellowstone, WY where we saw Old Faithful<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfm60nbe5e58LyQEp6wQoQ2KpYpbYF21_F0YS8L2bFYEdSJYVhnsC_53ax2gAibzBV1R791uok3sTQrpAX4OD6GRyJ0kOkFqte8ro37HAwBwHUJ_ulj3dTxRc5vthc6TRStQnCVHxKKr4/s1600-h/IMG_0678.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/AVvXsEjnfm60nbe5e58LyQEp6wQoQ2KpYpbYF21_F0YS8L2bFYEdSJYVhnsC_53ax2gAibzBV1R791uok3sTQrpAX4OD6GRyJ0kOkFqte8ro37HAwBwHUJ_ulj3dTxRc5vthc6TRStQnCVHxKKr4/s320/IMG_0678.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368749966864653138" /></a><br />Morning Glory Pool<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoRloJmVkioBI4rI5avwtaLhy2bwkIjedLFBNsgcdJEzF_0CK9Jiilc82VmLa1hU56PTMGEfTSVfuh6Kb301RKaTDptPVp9Wpathj0FxBfe0jXXrs2RUtRBzjlU167bZcUVhgGP6GqGrM/s1600-h/IMG_3833.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/AVvXsEhOoRloJmVkioBI4rI5avwtaLhy2bwkIjedLFBNsgcdJEzF_0CK9Jiilc82VmLa1hU56PTMGEfTSVfuh6Kb301RKaTDptPVp9Wpathj0FxBfe0jXXrs2RUtRBzjlU167bZcUVhgGP6GqGrM/s320/IMG_3833.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368749971654241922" /></a><br />On to Beautiful, Jackson, WY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQ80jzoj2mq45CUtuPYwub62dd6a3UHL3rnpO_fP0RKEs1nWbYvS6bUAbdCiYkx2yyO3lNLIIDHMA_R8r3fJ1xc_Gvf9mET9eMVq3hEeWZlrdLU2-sSNlW389Qz_6X0zwvXfKxyl451IO/s1600-h/IMG_0858.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/AVvXsEjQQ80jzoj2mq45CUtuPYwub62dd6a3UHL3rnpO_fP0RKEs1nWbYvS6bUAbdCiYkx2yyO3lNLIIDHMA_R8r3fJ1xc_Gvf9mET9eMVq3hEeWZlrdLU2-sSNlW389Qz_6X0zwvXfKxyl451IO/s320/IMG_0858.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368749986377797250" /></a><br />We went to a rodeo and Michael got to participate in a pull the ribbon off the cow chasing contest. He didn't get the ribbon but he got slim (cow saliva) all over his arm - yuck!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNRllwxP888cezxMHKf9AvxmhuXGKb3VV1H-6gFegYBbdG15PCataHsvDf_Y561VnK1h8SxE1KBYvb-N4-6_BNDNAM4x__SlpkdNEenGElb7dCJKJcmxR12GdWX5GL36gmDA6kJO84ATx/s1600-h/IMG_3879.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/AVvXsEjDNRllwxP888cezxMHKf9AvxmhuXGKb3VV1H-6gFegYBbdG15PCataHsvDf_Y561VnK1h8SxE1KBYvb-N4-6_BNDNAM4x__SlpkdNEenGElb7dCJKJcmxR12GdWX5GL36gmDA6kJO84ATx/s320/IMG_3879.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368749976538529746" /></a><br />Snake River, innertube freak Mom out trip....long story!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EKFX-_pJ-bcjaWxBhosVr2GhbuED_pxMzFovC0eDSUVjNErFc6Edd134Jhm3qc6mKmxs-qTWcJchoAa_HvuF4V00AWTtUI6oZOZygd8rTEUIHgLjjg15lAccWgx1p12IH-gcl7H80q8g/s1600-h/IMG_3900.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/AVvXsEj-EKFX-_pJ-bcjaWxBhosVr2GhbuED_pxMzFovC0eDSUVjNErFc6Edd134Jhm3qc6mKmxs-qTWcJchoAa_HvuF4V00AWTtUI6oZOZygd8rTEUIHgLjjg15lAccWgx1p12IH-gcl7H80q8g/s320/IMG_3900.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368749989559297858" /></a><br />Shoshone Falls, Twinfalls, ID<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQTLSiVOcuAOBWGzbbGAVVDKNxyQecdL6KoHq80JmAPeeXnNx25QKy362puGJzYU3TWzXFlmahGa87zWC8eSDKrwzh24annlpGcqjhZ44GDTvIB-XwVi50Lx3TGTJAVIwE4AS7Kf0EMkG/s1600-h/IMG_3918.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/AVvXsEjBQTLSiVOcuAOBWGzbbGAVVDKNxyQecdL6KoHq80JmAPeeXnNx25QKy362puGJzYU3TWzXFlmahGa87zWC8eSDKrwzh24annlpGcqjhZ44GDTvIB-XwVi50Lx3TGTJAVIwE4AS7Kf0EMkG/s320/IMG_3918.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368760754150278322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkML3Iv1KF4wXpOhXr6UM4jw_IybF2TsWu_VsJHhHAcc5GV-NGF3TJ-OyyczxY77KOku1yMWDsJzKi4Qa5ms1vfEM1_cgKIqyGFYK2Vwzonebbz8Yt2fCoLl8bGTG6b_rVdW6CiJeJ-RdK/s1600-h/IMG_3913.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/AVvXsEgkML3Iv1KF4wXpOhXr6UM4jw_IybF2TsWu_VsJHhHAcc5GV-NGF3TJ-OyyczxY77KOku1yMWDsJzKi4Qa5ms1vfEM1_cgKIqyGFYK2Vwzonebbz8Yt2fCoLl8bGTG6b_rVdW6CiJeJ-RdK/s320/IMG_3913.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368760750552749154" /></a><br />Boomtown, Reno, NV <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINfUQATyrM_7P56shja8fw0TN3mCUGy9ce6LN9OIThwExDbb5PXYPz-DL4sBkNFyKJIhAESVbMA4b70rGAj3M-_DiJPDzH2eZ2lcwj9BmZz9KoQwEsjO57Jd86MBFN3MuDtwxcfDYwgxL/s1600-h/IMG_1139.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/AVvXsEiINfUQATyrM_7P56shja8fw0TN3mCUGy9ce6LN9OIThwExDbb5PXYPz-DL4sBkNFyKJIhAESVbMA4b70rGAj3M-_DiJPDzH2eZ2lcwj9BmZz9KoQwEsjO57Jd86MBFN3MuDtwxcfDYwgxL/s320/IMG_1139.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368760765343460786" /></a><br />We stayed in San Francisco, CA for almost a week it was freezing but we really had alot of fun!! <br />Golden Gate Bridge (don't you love these jackets in July)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PCP0eMYu7Tl4Ih8C9QiCF4z9uqrCesmZJ8PvaF6iz93SmQEpS2PmF6w3cVbOaVo1OmGHMYSMpi414Gq10-QqrG-j6CDhLIX73C8POhwP3ydwDLvH2LCSuZHbXnY1Y9szs0SBnBr4Lmx_/s1600-h/IMG_1226.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/AVvXsEg_PCP0eMYu7Tl4Ih8C9QiCF4z9uqrCesmZJ8PvaF6iz93SmQEpS2PmF6w3cVbOaVo1OmGHMYSMpi414Gq10-QqrG-j6CDhLIX73C8POhwP3ydwDLvH2LCSuZHbXnY1Y9szs0SBnBr4Lmx_/s320/IMG_1226.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368760773553976018" /></a><br />Went to an Oakland A's game<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzzFNYWHUWB-NOW7_jDt0-gVsXq1BMfnuAV-rRyCyTtq_4BWhxNHzoMy1DuF3CDHiXRdOLX5omQ0-osAAKJFu434M2ZsexpisDNcelOTmcM6CxHBpoOz-FFzGGpvZAHKDiA0sc6pKIBPk/s1600-h/IMG_1292.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/AVvXsEjzzzFNYWHUWB-NOW7_jDt0-gVsXq1BMfnuAV-rRyCyTtq_4BWhxNHzoMy1DuF3CDHiXRdOLX5omQ0-osAAKJFu434M2ZsexpisDNcelOTmcM6CxHBpoOz-FFzGGpvZAHKDiA0sc6pKIBPk/s320/IMG_1292.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368760775916399394" /></a><br />Fisherman's Warf<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph4JG9iBk4CsCHHxLTYTDZCBFEu7IwU5Dq9y7F_-NQU2YanoeRt1NxsFSjDJEZqqWe6jt8PHtV1Yt80WeLGsxcA6N4TG1bIdb8CMwtg_GlQ5rRtm7DMGye1aLHrm42zjUZ3IKawc64I6k/s1600-h/IMG_1346.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/AVvXsEiph4JG9iBk4CsCHHxLTYTDZCBFEu7IwU5Dq9y7F_-NQU2YanoeRt1NxsFSjDJEZqqWe6jt8PHtV1Yt80WeLGsxcA6N4TG1bIdb8CMwtg_GlQ5rRtm7DMGye1aLHrm42zjUZ3IKawc64I6k/s320/IMG_1346.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368763794082460402" /></a><br />Robert's 1st Cracked Crab, he loved it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZUcWJzUJv0AAYlsbe5sNimoNF0n9iMcFzANRaMAWNQ5FZc0Kqv2lIl0m2Wh_N-VMErhwNGnij1_IGFG9QU6sJOH11aCy4JefDK1qMDmH4ny5tUZC9R4tjH7gyJyhe1SI9klLgYvIrisc/s1600-h/IMG_3962.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/AVvXsEjlZUcWJzUJv0AAYlsbe5sNimoNF0n9iMcFzANRaMAWNQ5FZc0Kqv2lIl0m2Wh_N-VMErhwNGnij1_IGFG9QU6sJOH11aCy4JefDK1qMDmH4ny5tUZC9R4tjH7gyJyhe1SI9klLgYvIrisc/s320/IMG_3962.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368764570656711634" /></a><br />Pier 39 Sealions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthOqK8v_gJWrqCoHxTu7_Y0L8ev5wCuSqCTGDe75I2NAmm2clnBnLORo4LipBJH7HqxYqKH7gtOpi49_5ifK9v1dUw40h2qDUxCCJfa_I0VohWE64StPjizqDBuxdnhmY1BRuhHj04MSy/s1600-h/IMG_3974.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/AVvXsEjthOqK8v_gJWrqCoHxTu7_Y0L8ev5wCuSqCTGDe75I2NAmm2clnBnLORo4LipBJH7HqxYqKH7gtOpi49_5ifK9v1dUw40h2qDUxCCJfa_I0VohWE64StPjizqDBuxdnhmY1BRuhHj04MSy/s320/IMG_3974.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368763799005487714" /></a><br />Alcatraz <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaHzUr_DCwurb33maQ0uOD2c_ai7fOJtdTeppJyjbBPpSi27EbA_7T37bYMnDdSG5nkSEvyNaPitfz7rEHYzbVU3i-gssroVuTVWot_PawW9J0Y3Ih8_0W615YB64C2_uux1-OBDHMuKA/s1600-h/IMG_1377.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/AVvXsEhQaHzUr_DCwurb33maQ0uOD2c_ai7fOJtdTeppJyjbBPpSi27EbA_7T37bYMnDdSG5nkSEvyNaPitfz7rEHYzbVU3i-gssroVuTVWot_PawW9J0Y3Ih8_0W615YB64C2_uux1-OBDHMuKA/s320/IMG_1377.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368763804575574194" /></a><br />Spongebob and Sammie (seriously!) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkcH45yTLVCLQASTk6rXMw880bzPKdpnoWUnhAq9dZjCDgzlk7DVxoY64Xcg2hFeAv4y17CorErWnWjiwTN1qFllD7EP8LnId0KvM-FTjzja9aVuN1UZ5LhaEtwaL6g1BTpBMzPtISLov/s1600-h/IMG_1371.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/AVvXsEjPkcH45yTLVCLQASTk6rXMw880bzPKdpnoWUnhAq9dZjCDgzlk7DVxoY64Xcg2hFeAv4y17CorErWnWjiwTN1qFllD7EP8LnId0KvM-FTjzja9aVuN1UZ5LhaEtwaL6g1BTpBMzPtISLov/s320/IMG_1371.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368763812871814546" /></a><br />Sundaes at Ghirardelli Square<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhgIMcYnW_3gadQ4d0ZFaJVwmZbJhi02-IJak4eVN7oqMbc3PAEXrU-PKa0zIGTHh1UcbPDrWTh5Vwn9EAcjaY4_f_RWzZu9lRvwuR2Qf6vd1xwioQHc6oNE269DRFO3xGvCYQyKJq5CM/s1600-h/IMG_3976.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/AVvXsEglhgIMcYnW_3gadQ4d0ZFaJVwmZbJhi02-IJak4eVN7oqMbc3PAEXrU-PKa0zIGTHh1UcbPDrWTh5Vwn9EAcjaY4_f_RWzZu9lRvwuR2Qf6vd1xwioQHc6oNE269DRFO3xGvCYQyKJq5CM/s320/IMG_3976.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368763824321253074" /></a><br />Last but not least, we spent the last week at Pismo Beach. I'm a California girl so I had to have my beach fix!! It was absolutely beautiful!! A super fun part of the week was collecting sand dollars!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDda7dZTLv78QCGOdc2P6yyc8WRkwBj6GQNu-awzOw07dNqQqgWzMtBFXcrJwyq7Y6WrwVG3xhjKQ44NvIq070Gdu14HZJn9nGYGmao_J2g0bFaPdPXITc3znKTkzw3qaTu74M2bDuZrp/s1600-h/IMG_1620.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/AVvXsEhyDda7dZTLv78QCGOdc2P6yyc8WRkwBj6GQNu-awzOw07dNqQqgWzMtBFXcrJwyq7Y6WrwVG3xhjKQ44NvIq070Gdu14HZJn9nGYGmao_J2g0bFaPdPXITc3znKTkzw3qaTu74M2bDuZrp/s320/IMG_1620.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368774169664623682" /></a><br />Thanks Ed for working so hard to provide us with a vacation of a lifetime! We love you!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxApBHRMW8U5wmu4xGmyXzfzYdGdFeE18NgMOhVEwlcGpj6HUlZmOELChrZQ3qfHs_aja1qwHe3RNeGWrn0MSwBfCAj_MYxylE67Mhf0Nnkl2-KqZc1ukYKGm20cAbgKycDm1Oc7TA4w2/s1600-h/IMG_1526.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/AVvXsEiKxApBHRMW8U5wmu4xGmyXzfzYdGdFeE18NgMOhVEwlcGpj6HUlZmOELChrZQ3qfHs_aja1qwHe3RNeGWrn0MSwBfCAj_MYxylE67Mhf0Nnkl2-KqZc1ukYKGm20cAbgKycDm1Oc7TA4w2/s320/IMG_1526.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368774162553128594" /></a><br />THE END<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUdeAtsaiTK-buAUqC2Hlp2FDFrZVgxlWBEP9TUAoB-Zx1JdcNhvTbJgHqN5nDviOyCopt3TQh9wKur3nMKxjzowLzPxRCPnxsTOqn77OANuYm95cPtBwvWq_RntaDixmVOMgyxdyk693/s1600-h/IMG_1552.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/AVvXsEgFUdeAtsaiTK-buAUqC2Hlp2FDFrZVgxlWBEP9TUAoB-Zx1JdcNhvTbJgHqN5nDviOyCopt3TQh9wKur3nMKxjzowLzPxRCPnxsTOqn77OANuYm95cPtBwvWq_RntaDixmVOMgyxdyk693/s320/IMG_1552.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368891800923141346" /></a>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-59373945010978592312009-07-08T18:00:00.000-07:002009-07-08T19:45:10.765-07:00Our Vacation Part 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlZ04FXLl1UJyI6vyvQdxKQMiOGSpS5NvV1DrdnlC9UqO3z2L_j6fGZZRuHafZYFysp8jm1cZ3FQePu_3a8-g6vEbdzoejbstxuCBZzElDKTo40hP2ZkxLpfLOMH_LdebcWZdMDHfgHL3/s1600-h/IMG_0039.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/AVvXsEjNlZ04FXLl1UJyI6vyvQdxKQMiOGSpS5NvV1DrdnlC9UqO3z2L_j6fGZZRuHafZYFysp8jm1cZ3FQePu_3a8-g6vEbdzoejbstxuCBZzElDKTo40hP2ZkxLpfLOMH_LdebcWZdMDHfgHL3/s320/IMG_0039.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356283775754749954" /></a><br />We are currently 13 days into our 5 week vacation and having a great time. Yes, it is alot of driving<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdKzzkR0kHfA72uP5fAOckXH08WON1ytnbD1VhYO0vSCvD66I2DGXv6G393jfrE7NxeGKnGS1Z7A_LF38XjaTCNo0RILGjn0Nc7laRTsISy2EjfW1AxB4B60ILOJVrh5pB9lZO1EI5-LF/s1600-h/IMG_3565.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/AVvXsEjMdKzzkR0kHfA72uP5fAOckXH08WON1ytnbD1VhYO0vSCvD66I2DGXv6G393jfrE7NxeGKnGS1Z7A_LF38XjaTCNo0RILGjn0Nc7laRTsISy2EjfW1AxB4B60ILOJVrh5pB9lZO1EI5-LF/s320/IMG_3565.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356285707459967602" /></a><br />but the kids have been doing great!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZQGEzxhGp0GsXGrt9X47E42am5XAbKxwc8zAjF2TmaCszEAf4rovwzeXxkTwobekT4sGpGzL5bX-d5p7R_VhkSUc4CdbM4lIVrVH0Hh0N2RGrPYAjO6r-A-H31Kp3bomYGqfXpHSJb9R/s1600-h/IMG_0034.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/AVvXsEimZQGEzxhGp0GsXGrt9X47E42am5XAbKxwc8zAjF2TmaCszEAf4rovwzeXxkTwobekT4sGpGzL5bX-d5p7R_VhkSUc4CdbM4lIVrVH0Hh0N2RGrPYAjO6r-A-H31Kp3bomYGqfXpHSJb9R/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356282494735667506" /></a><br />Our first stop was in Cedar City, UT, all I could say is that it was gorgeous and I would definitely go back!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyTrwaG4szfUB2aOX_gJ_wZ-KcbOUj_iqs_Xy_npscxoyIp36gLzRwlCYuKjYoWcWFRtkeAs9Md0378CdrZA5rXP2aSKetpg_cna_f1nVEhfpMgHfWcBJvFwmW1F4G51KpvXwNYLlQ1eu/s1600-h/IMG_3562.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/AVvXsEiIyTrwaG4szfUB2aOX_gJ_wZ-KcbOUj_iqs_Xy_npscxoyIp36gLzRwlCYuKjYoWcWFRtkeAs9Md0378CdrZA5rXP2aSKetpg_cna_f1nVEhfpMgHfWcBJvFwmW1F4G51KpvXwNYLlQ1eu/s320/IMG_3562.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356270289488345170" /></a> Our next stop was Salt Lake City, UT. While we were there we took a tour of the State Capitol which was absolutely beautiful - a must see if you ever head that way.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBou29JxHCcxBJQdlaJSjRsRl7qH2nT4n_u6GQ31CptpHNLG5t3ZUVmERLRPrkD8xTBXKDHnyCngbsZVjCKSLYgCFD2fTcWYPO73Yq4lg_rQUptGfeWEJjK8Ni8fKP7naFkn4Rq9sHFMsS/s1600-h/IMG_0010.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/AVvXsEiBou29JxHCcxBJQdlaJSjRsRl7qH2nT4n_u6GQ31CptpHNLG5t3ZUVmERLRPrkD8xTBXKDHnyCngbsZVjCKSLYgCFD2fTcWYPO73Yq4lg_rQUptGfeWEJjK8Ni8fKP7naFkn4Rq9sHFMsS/s320/IMG_0010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356271183385770354" /></a> We also walked around the Temple Square and ate lunch and Bringham Young's old home, by the way Mormons don't drink coffee, that it just crazy for someone with my addiction to coffee - I settled for a nice cup of ice water. The grounds were beautiful the temple is off limits to only the chosen people. I thought that was amazing that a "church" could be off limits - obviously they have something to hide. It was really amazing as we drove though the entire state of Utah, every couple blocks there was a church, I don't think I've ever seen so many churches in my life.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmq3PqdgM8OU0XCs-ChzGHsKVp63DbQJP4OqC0Sytzg1CzOXIRz6ywzcAyo17cdpouyyjesAUg2yD9OMFtvZ2whjkYDcdXpoki2IvHc09vL4lV5jxA8z1tjM7xmqQgTQKY6jaqwz1SwRpi/s1600-h/IMG_3601.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/AVvXsEgmq3PqdgM8OU0XCs-ChzGHsKVp63DbQJP4OqC0Sytzg1CzOXIRz6ywzcAyo17cdpouyyjesAUg2yD9OMFtvZ2whjkYDcdXpoki2IvHc09vL4lV5jxA8z1tjM7xmqQgTQKY6jaqwz1SwRpi/s320/IMG_3601.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356272062714279986" /></a> In Rawlins, WY we had so much fun and I found something I love - Deep Fried Pickles!! We took a tour of the Frontier Penitentiary est. in 1888 - so interesting! They had a gas chamber and a Gallo for hangings - yikes!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZUKA_Jrb5zwNpvmlGid0kTXybEeCp1nALw22_Ufm89JL6Hl-XtunWvFKaDcbi91Sz3aZqnmXROreNFHY9yrF-xCtrSp4tDME5vegx90ldI0hd8tGoCLK49STQnxnTDClM8_AUrJ7CsJ4/s1600-h/IMG_3629.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/AVvXsEjGZUKA_Jrb5zwNpvmlGid0kTXybEeCp1nALw22_Ufm89JL6Hl-XtunWvFKaDcbi91Sz3aZqnmXROreNFHY9yrF-xCtrSp4tDME5vegx90ldI0hd8tGoCLK49STQnxnTDClM8_AUrJ7CsJ4/s320/IMG_3629.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356272706437940434" /></a><br /> We also went to the Carbon County Museum, it was a journey back in time - another must see!!<br /><br />On to Mt. Rushmore, I don't think we missed much here's a list of where we went - Sturgis,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44xxYZwKPB4eVA5YQr-bKgmUEs5c2-LJNXR7GnrOfKjNm5x0Pg5MomKVfoOUl8fGDjKJJqRkil_RAcMlxXA4m8jAXwMvpBku_atJwzzjIxh2N21eAfR-AIqAaH1xXTvZgdU-9LJ3p1KKa/s1600-h/July+2+%26+3+2009+SD+093.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/AVvXsEh44xxYZwKPB4eVA5YQr-bKgmUEs5c2-LJNXR7GnrOfKjNm5x0Pg5MomKVfoOUl8fGDjKJJqRkil_RAcMlxXA4m8jAXwMvpBku_atJwzzjIxh2N21eAfR-AIqAaH1xXTvZgdU-9LJ3p1KKa/s320/July+2+%26+3+2009+SD+093.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356275450344846562" /></a><br />Wall Drug,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrM7yHIoeXmwBquGuqRG2ZYm1mWxU58VcPjsTQzfKvKGJtNdHkU0KU_BGPpEWCk88UNSko4xBcsBXG58-eYIDXg0V-w9sLebpucWE5Kl8a69rFWyu3pu4H-tnxsnZ7ZS3MVs4vu_ff2csP/s1600-h/July+2+%26+3+2009+SD+140.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/AVvXsEgrM7yHIoeXmwBquGuqRG2ZYm1mWxU58VcPjsTQzfKvKGJtNdHkU0KU_BGPpEWCk88UNSko4xBcsBXG58-eYIDXg0V-w9sLebpucWE5Kl8a69rFWyu3pu4H-tnxsnZ7ZS3MVs4vu_ff2csP/s320/July+2+%26+3+2009+SD+140.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356276867955084850" /></a><br />The Badlands,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKD5k8RMEfkyIdqwv2HJjqYdkyZnIlIwVDcPmUf6IzDD12n7ZAYNn6expBwdISgIrAVVBcMJ_6hyE0jUydi6wZuTIEXr1tgO0sLxioD45ql08sxThx8omVZjGvWx4vaDga5Ya5gInENU7b/s1600-h/July+2+%26+3+2009+SD+160.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/AVvXsEhKD5k8RMEfkyIdqwv2HJjqYdkyZnIlIwVDcPmUf6IzDD12n7ZAYNn6expBwdISgIrAVVBcMJ_6hyE0jUydi6wZuTIEXr1tgO0sLxioD45ql08sxThx8omVZjGvWx4vaDga5Ya5gInENU7b/s320/July+2+%26+3+2009+SD+160.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356278236337756594" /></a><br />Crazy Horse Memorial,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1dzu1FGCeIOFsYZySZJaTmDigjMlNOXm8ac8XDlyTtuaR32WGoQPLty7L2mgkSPySDC8p5DbOXB9XFKrVYxUcW7HZdkxCCeX2fSs7aiAX2sMZ7Pa3yaz2fEHA3s0_42tcFb3xeM-gu7O/s1600-h/IMG_0492.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/AVvXsEia1dzu1FGCeIOFsYZySZJaTmDigjMlNOXm8ac8XDlyTtuaR32WGoQPLty7L2mgkSPySDC8p5DbOXB9XFKrVYxUcW7HZdkxCCeX2fSs7aiAX2sMZ7Pa3yaz2fEHA3s0_42tcFb3xeM-gu7O/s320/IMG_0492.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356279268148214290" /></a><br />The Mammoth Site,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek0-Z3Tmav74ZGptoq-4DAs52QGQ0B7Z-uSOPbrQndi99K3n9iGc6PE-7FO107e3pOaf1Mi5QFVhPlUFR8asWnI9fbCXih0UG8Q2r9WthAWm5UZ4WiFCFrj3gS9r2QqAkMbRMEBf6w7Bl/s1600-h/IMG_0450.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/AVvXsEhek0-Z3Tmav74ZGptoq-4DAs52QGQ0B7Z-uSOPbrQndi99K3n9iGc6PE-7FO107e3pOaf1Mi5QFVhPlUFR8asWnI9fbCXih0UG8Q2r9WthAWm5UZ4WiFCFrj3gS9r2QqAkMbRMEBf6w7Bl/s320/IMG_0450.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356280000976532994" /></a><br />Mt. Rushmore! Amazing, Amazing is all I can say!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfdUm-igyAMP2b2zbPS2Q8rpm5XmxilJeIG0ixwg8qVG0AhtrS_ylG2jSZ40nt-Ch_6vJN9wIfdy368TIPEksSKZcFz89hbENY9jg2HMrCtWmfEIu88TtpQApqZUt6jlfB3tAbyvLzxII/s1600-h/IMG_3671.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/AVvXsEhPfdUm-igyAMP2b2zbPS2Q8rpm5XmxilJeIG0ixwg8qVG0AhtrS_ylG2jSZ40nt-Ch_6vJN9wIfdy368TIPEksSKZcFz89hbENY9jg2HMrCtWmfEIu88TtpQApqZUt6jlfB3tAbyvLzxII/s320/IMG_3671.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356280550048208210" /></a><br />Seeing wild Buffalo up close!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZoJYX-uDSlf0H06S2W9osuRrn_x5O8oHY7qM9ynFW1oekgdnVEino1oP-matG6l-3Jt6eJY1nffqo8WoWj8owWK-C7y7bDy6lZndZy7RankrBC5rWuMGS64me2u-b33GCnfzoDDcHFBz/s1600-h/IMG_3648.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/AVvXsEhVZoJYX-uDSlf0H06S2W9osuRrn_x5O8oHY7qM9ynFW1oekgdnVEino1oP-matG6l-3Jt6eJY1nffqo8WoWj8owWK-C7y7bDy6lZndZy7RankrBC5rWuMGS64me2u-b33GCnfzoDDcHFBz/s320/IMG_3648.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356280997080642866" /></a><br />Today we are in Billing, MT. We toured Little Bighorn Memorial and it was - WOW!! It made me sad to see what greed does, how many senseless deaths because the white man wanted more. This trip has been such a great history lesson for the whole family. We are all enjoying every moment. I will try to post more often. I hope you enjoy the pictures!Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-17065963099912187282009-06-21T08:45:00.000-07:002009-06-21T08:58:29.931-07:00So far this summer....We have been nonstop so far this summer. We are getting ready to leave on our 5 week vacation, so life has been happening fast. We brought our trailer home a couple weeks ago to clean it and get ready for our trip, it was fun to have all the kids help wash it! We took it back to storage and will be bringing it home this week for me to load - Yea!! We also went to Disneyland with our cousins, which is always a favorite, we love when they come to Cali! Last week and this week I get to watch Dean and Carries girls who are the sweetest! It's very helpful because it keeps my kids busy so I can get my work done before we leave on Friday! We just wrapped up baseball and I'm in shock - no baseball games for 5 weeks since we are not going to be around. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE baseball but a break from it is going to be really nice! Yesterday, Sammie and I went to, my niece, (Dean's oldest girl) Chelsie's bridal shower in Santa Barbara. Chels is getting married while we are gone so we are sad to miss the wedding. She is going to be the most beautiful bride!! She is marrying Scott and will be moving to Germany, he is a missionary to military youth kids - isn't that neat!! So here's some pics from the last two weeks.Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-67385962704358010332009-06-21T08:42:00.001-07:002009-06-21T08:42:29.148-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI*NTU5ODg5MDkyMSZwdD*xMjQ1NTk4OTQwNDg*JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmdD*mbz1jNTEwY2JjMWEwZGU*ZGMxODI1YmZkOTUxY2NiOWI3ZCZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w430.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/90aa3c2f.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/?action=view¤t=90aa3c2f.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-72481552433820005522009-06-05T19:32:00.000-07:002009-06-05T19:56:05.493-07:00Robert Opening his main gift!<OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-b04f541842c50ff5 height=266 width=320 contentId="b04f541842c50ff5"></OBJECT>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-19615992914143426662009-06-05T14:28:00.000-07:002009-06-05T14:37:57.392-07:00Robert's Graduation!!!Robert graduated today from 6th grade. The ceremony was amazing!! Robert received a Citizenship award that was a letter signed by the President - cool!! Here's a little clip of Robert getting his diploma. We are so proud of Robert!!!<br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-d8fdb70a16ccd48e height=266 width=320 contentId="d8fdb70a16ccd48e"></OBJECT>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-74839502502356435532009-06-05T14:27:00.001-07:002009-06-05T14:27:25.386-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI*NDIzNzIwMTA*NiZwdD*xMjQ*MjM3MjQzNDA2JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmdD*mbz1jNTEwY2JjMWEwZGU*ZGMxODI1YmZkOTUxY2NiOWI3ZCZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w430.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/18a8b004.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/?action=view¤t=18a8b004.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-42372696688905661842009-06-02T13:46:00.000-07:002009-06-02T13:53:52.890-07:00Way to go Yankee's!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygor9_PkvCoGJILE6xLlCzpHq0MGdwutlHXcoWBqCtqYmzxJyHDQsJoCzLigPO6dlgfoqTjldVl-yOYZ1PJ-7unGXN96QjsGa8Q4ZQYMgNSUM7LiyuYzkzAmL58Q4MnLu6lSrOSVL3c3X/s1600-h/Yankee's+098.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/AVvXsEhygor9_PkvCoGJILE6xLlCzpHq0MGdwutlHXcoWBqCtqYmzxJyHDQsJoCzLigPO6dlgfoqTjldVl-yOYZ1PJ-7unGXN96QjsGa8Q4ZQYMgNSUM7LiyuYzkzAmL58Q4MnLu6lSrOSVL3c3X/s320/Yankee's+098.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342836112366993394" /></a><br />Last Saturday we had our end of the season party for the Yankees. Ed was the manager for Michael's team this year and he did a terrific job!! I was so proud of how Ed gave individual attention to better each player throughout the season. Michael fell in love with the game this year and it is so exciting to see him grow into a great team player!! Thanks Ed for making me a proud wife and Michael for giving me a reason to cheer!! I love you!!!Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-57625718002264193512009-06-02T13:44:00.001-07:002009-06-02T13:44:56.597-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI*Mzk3NTQ*NTExOCZwdD*xMjQzOTc1NDkzMDI1JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmdD*mbz1lZjc5YjlmYTdiYWM*NTliYjUwNDEyYzkxYTQ2NTBlOSZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="width:600px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w430.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/19dad2fa.pbw" height="180" width="600"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/?action=view¤t=19dad2fa.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-24807294635196775512009-05-28T09:56:00.001-07:002009-05-28T09:56:27.351-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI*MzUyOTczOTQyMSZwdD*xMjQzNTI5NzgwMDE1JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmdD*mbz1lZjc5YjlmYTdiYWM*NTliYjUwNDEyYzkxYTQ2NTBlOSZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w430.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/5230784a.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://w430.photobucket.com/albums/qq29/winslows5/?action=view¤t=5230784a.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-3811628677978720242009-05-18T20:27:00.000-07:002009-05-19T07:21:47.267-07:00Time goes by so fast!This morning I took Robert to a 6th Grade Introduction to Junior High at his new school. I am amazed at how life is going by so fast! My baby, my first born, is growing up! Robert graduates on June 5th from 6th grade, not so long ago I was walking him into kindergarten. Today, I had mixed feelings as I watched him at his new Jr. High Assembly, one of excitement, one of emptiness, if that's the right word. I'm so excited for Robert to be starting this new stage in life. It makes me excited when I see him get excited! On the other hand, as I drove Robert back to his elementary school, I got a pit in my stomach as we approached. The thought that things will never be the same, they are going to change because he's growing up. Tonight, my thought is to savor the time I have with my children because time goes by fast when I'm not paying attention to it!! I remember, my parents telling me when my kids were babies, to enjoy this time, it will go by very fast. Like always they were right, it is going by too fast!!Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971224713970102255.post-1628575979357025312009-05-12T10:24:00.000-07:002009-05-12T10:24:30.398-07:00A Special Day with Robert!Yesterday, I took Robert to Disneyland. Robert was sick when we took Michael for his birthday, so it was his turn to go!! We had a lot of fun, eating, going on rides, eating, rides, eating, rides, eating - get it, he's a growing boy. When you look at the pictures notice how tall Robert is getting, he's an inch away from my height. It was a great day together!! Robert is a really cool kid and I'm so glad he's ours!!Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433278559468723260noreply@blogger.com3