tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47354918151350488202024-03-12T19:13:32.910-04:00MY CRAZY LIFEIt may be crazy...but I wouldn't want it any other way!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-39075373244468896012009-05-04T11:55:00.002-04:002009-05-04T11:58:19.223-04:00Coming backWow, I haven't been on my blog since December!!! I'm going to try to start writing on it more now though. I miss it!<br /><br />First things, first....to change the layout theme!! I guess it's not Thanksgiving any more :)Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-44256994614617243092008-12-16T08:52:00.004-05:002008-12-16T10:22:57.438-05:00<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzkMShKmPLsPoLDQ_eKc1fsZYEqO74AF7qG4u1dgrxgsv_CpTpsyrR3YmOX99tGCQWqk8NvYOdj8XFvb2Zn-w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>I could upload these videos right onto blogger because they are under 100MB. </p><p>This first one is Sammy's bar routine. She fell off twice, but almost everyone did since it's the first meet of the year. </p><p>The second is her beam routine. Again, she fell off but still scored very well. She got a fourth place metal for it.</p><p> </p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwGdH58E0Gsjf8KGOyMQ0kEUkm2zNz5PtvXGqm6vVGRcrucDDn9eQMFCeZdNhbZzlCa_XDZSEyln2jGoa2eQg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-71081511594231856962008-12-15T22:34:00.003-05:002008-12-15T22:37:40.533-05:00Sammy's floor routineI have a few more videos from Sunday, but I did this one first. Here is Sammy's level 8 floor routine :)<br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>I can't figure out how to put the actual video here, oh well.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3DULFIuvFA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3DULFIuvFA</a> </p>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-72423094534355705982008-12-10T12:01:00.002-05:002008-12-10T12:02:48.183-05:00UPDATE on previous post about the kid and gun...Well, it turns out it was all just a rumor Apparently the kid didn't have a gun or a list. They found him at home, sleeping, because he was suspended for smoking (not cigarettes) in the parking lot the day before.<br /><br />The kid is in school todayBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-55290097672423597232008-12-09T13:45:00.001-05:002008-12-09T13:48:03.158-05:00In a small town in New Hampshire today.......there was a shooting threat at our High School (that my kids are at).<br /><br />This doesn't happen here!<br /><br />A very troubled 11th grader came to the school today with a loaded gun, a list of names and a mission. Luckily (thank God) he didn't make it into the school. He was taken into custody before he made it into the building, but the kids inside were still locked in for safety. We don't know all of the details about it, because it just happened this morning, other than everyone is safe and school is going on as usual.It's probably one of the worst things a parent can get is a text from you teenage daughter that says:<br /><br />"Mom, there is a school shooting threat. Everyone is so scared."<br /><br />If anyone is familiar with our area (other NH moms) you know that our little vacation town is NOT somewhere you would think this would happen. It just goes to show....it can happen to anyone, anywhere.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-92002652891667851052008-12-02T11:52:00.002-05:002008-12-02T11:52:57.257-05:00It's that time of year againI LOVE this site. It provides endless hours of creativity in our house :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/index.html?id=7111231">http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/index.html?id=7111231</a><br /><br />Happy snowflake making!!!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-82711485685280308902008-11-19T12:02:00.002-05:002008-11-19T13:30:10.262-05:00<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxM10Im5e8uGLcvDMRvif2mGVNEpp8TAyt_RoX_VUHScBcliGW5WUEOZJqh4T8P7beeu89jxOwrNPv27De2Qg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p> </p><p>Oh yay!!I found the slideshow I made of our vacation to Disney World in 2007!! If you want to watch it, turn on your speakers :)</p>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-70781561717270317512008-11-18T11:09:00.000-05:002008-11-18T11:22:21.855-05:00Square Dance!!Hailey's class has been practicing for their annual (this is it's 19th year!) Square Dance. Last Friday was the big day, and let me tell you...these kids are GOOD!! It's amazing how all these kids, which is the whole second and third grade class, followed directions so well all at the same time! My next door neighbor picked Hailey up a really cute costume at a thrift store for us too!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUYtLP1StWPYdbCnKpvRLTBPWNo-uNrZ4wsA4POxgRuF2Ab4xbOMuNoCd2lL454rPpZ5AnhWDJl4rqud2BL0eRtefCplSlj3ClYVeFUgcDowVD4M4zmB0HCbD1LYX5FD-BhGalgO2x6w/s1600-h/DSCN0635.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270032248436783346" 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/AVvXsEhVUYtLP1StWPYdbCnKpvRLTBPWNo-uNrZ4wsA4POxgRuF2Ab4xbOMuNoCd2lL454rPpZ5AnhWDJl4rqud2BL0eRtefCplSlj3ClYVeFUgcDowVD4M4zmB0HCbD1LYX5FD-BhGalgO2x6w/s320/DSCN0635.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisQsiV4EGisO9ogLszXy1h99PeTM5Q2NiXDbglrw2T_SR111kahv4ZwNixE0VrQjgkXPFVjEvWRGyj2M0p97LbqyvXc-CYa5cfGRPMSHeIjWyzxlEXoXTpTifEB5Uw6RRGfBsFlfQd-4/s1600-h/DSCN0630.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270032245406893106" 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/AVvXsEjisQsiV4EGisO9ogLszXy1h99PeTM5Q2NiXDbglrw2T_SR111kahv4ZwNixE0VrQjgkXPFVjEvWRGyj2M0p97LbqyvXc-CYa5cfGRPMSHeIjWyzxlEXoXTpTifEB5Uw6RRGfBsFlfQd-4/s320/DSCN0630.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpE4t58weCpAFwoeUmWBXJIRV2wdwuh6ACDEqziSsS6LdFU13begWHhC-3npg9pOl6L8S5faq4KxsIZaMGHMGLD6iuvXjot6o7oN5GeI7LThGYdcJoTfIGPa-sThXIpiDlnDo6w7Vic0/s1600-h/DSCN0629.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270032236818725938" 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/AVvXsEgSpE4t58weCpAFwoeUmWBXJIRV2wdwuh6ACDEqziSsS6LdFU13begWHhC-3npg9pOl6L8S5faq4KxsIZaMGHMGLD6iuvXjot6o7oN5GeI7LThGYdcJoTfIGPa-sThXIpiDlnDo6w7Vic0/s320/DSCN0629.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLcD5W2TKjqcX6J8yQpR5q7Y5kGFLLk3xUfyNrDw-f_CW95rglzziUO1_B62R_XqLsYWNQBfFeh0ObN4N3_zfq_4ByP0febro4dXxCBgsJ8zYi1dxwh8O-wp1jYGmN6Ns91NzydKeVVA/s1600-h/DSCN0623.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270032226023378930" 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/AVvXsEiCLcD5W2TKjqcX6J8yQpR5q7Y5kGFLLk3xUfyNrDw-f_CW95rglzziUO1_B62R_XqLsYWNQBfFeh0ObN4N3_zfq_4ByP0febro4dXxCBgsJ8zYi1dxwh8O-wp1jYGmN6Ns91NzydKeVVA/s320/DSCN0623.JPG" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-88935185261643923842008-11-12T08:45:00.000-05:002008-11-12T09:27:00.827-05:00They're back!Oh boy! Guess we'll never see Hailey again, lol. We have a neighbor who has horses, kindof. They have an amazing field right next to us, literally 20 feet from our front door, and they have two horses for part of the year. Until now, we didn't realize why they were only there sometimes. We have found out that he moves them to a huge pasture in Vermont during the summer so they can graze and live off of grass. They don't ride them, so there is no need to give them any grain/oats. So, they are usually here for the winter and part of the spring but this year they weren't here all spring/summer until the other day!! We woke up one morning (early) and saw them out there. Hailey, still in her PJs, ran right out to greet them :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0PHAU4sZN9DdX4OfNp1o-T9c5E0aTRkxmFS1o1QRwjXSEcqCmBoZPhQnj0Ofgl7e7_OawMn0Z0mp5lgI_1P2W0v3lQR5ywyOARcC2Wd-btEvdcbiOqu4-hW6aNOmnepBqaQMAAc2RsU/s1600-h/fall+08+073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267773906609856098" 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/AVvXsEgW0PHAU4sZN9DdX4OfNp1o-T9c5E0aTRkxmFS1o1QRwjXSEcqCmBoZPhQnj0Ofgl7e7_OawMn0Z0mp5lgI_1P2W0v3lQR5ywyOARcC2Wd-btEvdcbiOqu4-hW6aNOmnepBqaQMAAc2RsU/s320/fall+08+073.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>They have been here for a few days now and Hailey is ALWAYS out there. The horses like to hang out right next to the fence near our house. Their owners house is quite far away, as you can see in the pictures. The horses are already getting attached to Hailey. Whenever she comes home, she goes right to see them and whenever she leaves the house she goes over to say goodbye to them. Sometimes, they are in the middle of the field and will come running over to her at the fence to say "hi". It's one of the cutest things I've ever seen! </div><br /><br /><br /><div>I'm so happy that these horses are here. Recently her best friend got a horse for her birthday. We were there for the event and Hailey wanted to be a part of it. It was great, and Hailey was such a good friend in keeping the secret, but I know deep down that she wishes she had a horse. It's sad for me, a horse lover myself, to not be able to buy her a horse. I cannot wait for the day that we, too, can surprise Hailey with a horse of her own. She would be an amazing horse owner! She already treats these horses next door as her own, it's really great...but a little sad. This is the closest she will get to owning a horse for a long time. It's going to be a sad day when they leave again next spring :(</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvp9lZPwbk4OuZYi9fvpkZP4RMM8-DJodiMQQJIwiLP586KP6JPognQi4-_xDwabqAi2e7tSwMrMWBy2fLPkWiOJ8McyL6zBXZz0SHfnwaStdDgUC8TLL-V1ZXTCy63egVUeAUq23Zes/s1600-h/fall+08+080.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267773978103551890" 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/AVvXsEjZvp9lZPwbk4OuZYi9fvpkZP4RMM8-DJodiMQQJIwiLP586KP6JPognQi4-_xDwabqAi2e7tSwMrMWBy2fLPkWiOJ8McyL6zBXZz0SHfnwaStdDgUC8TLL-V1ZXTCy63egVUeAUq23Zes/s320/fall+08+080.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is Skye. The friendlier of the two.</div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdV2xVHei0CnSna-tQs4cGtB95ExFXu_RxawqvFqWRQ0pezI2LTGuRl6oqrrXrnGz5kHb7LK1oY_lZhgtrtvv_tsbfkpakL6R3U5kRG4t1vm61Kw5d8ueiiV8LAjS9JtHobu8sAJp5XQ/s1600-h/fall+08+077.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267773929447087986" 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/AVvXsEizdV2xVHei0CnSna-tQs4cGtB95ExFXu_RxawqvFqWRQ0pezI2LTGuRl6oqrrXrnGz5kHb7LK1oY_lZhgtrtvv_tsbfkpakL6R3U5kRG4t1vm61Kw5d8ueiiV8LAjS9JtHobu8sAJp5XQ/s320/fall+08+077.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQb-cQAZ4AlbaFPbJvWUUGQTf_nXiqMGuFLsm622_pM_CWIoK66rlDVxkHn2Z0dAU1RFE8ETlM7OTtqFtCP0UAVeupB9WEVMz0xPuxf9PiowvQ_Jr_EI0GSEUibQGYx5dmHPuegdF9mg/s1600-h/fall+08+076.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267773914525238850" 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/AVvXsEiSQb-cQAZ4AlbaFPbJvWUUGQTf_nXiqMGuFLsm622_pM_CWIoK66rlDVxkHn2Z0dAU1RFE8ETlM7OTtqFtCP0UAVeupB9WEVMz0xPuxf9PiowvQ_Jr_EI0GSEUibQGYx5dmHPuegdF9mg/s320/fall+08+076.jpg" border="0" /></a> They like to hang out right here next to the fence. I think because our house has so much action and people always going in and out.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2RZ8UIVJnxUtgo3EA21cyCzKTdWlAy7wiMD5TZA5A5PeOgKk0hLBDSuGcgZhOP8q6Y_QruiZz4tc78IzY8MTFuSVYLAa0qzSj05mYpSmF1JD_3LJzdrFHTpHjVQ2S0g8RIwF-bDISf4/s1600-h/fall+08+075.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267773913124714450" 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/AVvXsEhG2RZ8UIVJnxUtgo3EA21cyCzKTdWlAy7wiMD5TZA5A5PeOgKk0hLBDSuGcgZhOP8q6Y_QruiZz4tc78IzY8MTFuSVYLAa0qzSj05mYpSmF1JD_3LJzdrFHTpHjVQ2S0g8RIwF-bDISf4/s320/fall+08+075.jpg" border="0" /></a> They are SUPER friendly!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JXelDLysxwgp6CrxRm36c9ZSkAL1s6LmAmrahQff1fejzbIXqjRxIk-tAdhsfPoxaeunzGu8k4FKpzuS04IKvj0vdfmVZxkFvmnL2BVTKUcqyyhKw5geFtMyjS5p3buPmRCSFYAGnMg/s1600-h/fall+08+082.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267776159394562594" 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/AVvXsEj7JXelDLysxwgp6CrxRm36c9ZSkAL1s6LmAmrahQff1fejzbIXqjRxIk-tAdhsfPoxaeunzGu8k4FKpzuS04IKvj0vdfmVZxkFvmnL2BVTKUcqyyhKw5geFtMyjS5p3buPmRCSFYAGnMg/s320/fall+08+082.jpg" border="0" /></a> KISSES!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXWBH2uqVjX0Rd8SQ_ZQCQURoZBm_Dwnb1rnS1EIhyphenhyphen-0hDa8DnbKG-T7JTikTMjgGoq5B_isJeDDZK4xZadEx-UFBqu0afAgXmEXJRGgomumvPreVjd2vLJ4O_XqV53bDC_6G-aU4g6w/s1600-h/fall+08+078.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267776166913896722" 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/AVvXsEgDXWBH2uqVjX0Rd8SQ_ZQCQURoZBm_Dwnb1rnS1EIhyphenhyphen-0hDa8DnbKG-T7JTikTMjgGoq5B_isJeDDZK4xZadEx-UFBqu0afAgXmEXJRGgomumvPreVjd2vLJ4O_XqV53bDC_6G-aU4g6w/s320/fall+08+078.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Abbey. She's not as quick to come greet Hailey, but still very friendly.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUedx1OCsxJ3W0hcRMTklW-ej1YJXRzlMvSpd2rpCsbe3a5yLtlF0-Hms2ewBsIoHt3KO4km_uvJ7nGdHT2ufaw1_BSqphk3spTazETg1teQG8M1kWwUXIKQ8hF6WCel2oc9P7QDe2As/s1600-h/fall+08+083.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267776176631142338" 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/AVvXsEhFUedx1OCsxJ3W0hcRMTklW-ej1YJXRzlMvSpd2rpCsbe3a5yLtlF0-Hms2ewBsIoHt3KO4km_uvJ7nGdHT2ufaw1_BSqphk3spTazETg1teQG8M1kWwUXIKQ8hF6WCel2oc9P7QDe2As/s320/fall+08+083.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This picture was taken from our front porch. The horses are literally 20 feet from our door!!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-68331088351004220902008-11-05T09:34:00.000-05:002008-11-05T09:39:57.086-05:00No house phone :(I don't know how I feel about it. I just disconnected my house phone this morning. I don't have a job right now (other than waitressing a couple nights a week) so things are tight and I felt that the phone was going to be the first thing to go. We have a cell phone plan that we only use under 200 minutes of the allowed 700 minutes on so we might be okay. It's just going to be a hard thing to get used to.<br /><br />So, for all you friends and family that read my blog, the ONLY number you can reach me at now is 707-7993.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-8545492146663482332008-10-28T09:43:00.000-04:002008-10-28T10:58:49.854-04:00What I've been up to...A lot actually. But, it's all been good :) I'm finding it harder and harder to actually sit down and update my blog lately. The kids are keeping me nice and busy! To pick up where I left off...our anniversary night away was fun! It's been so long since Isaiah and I have gone out/away alone. Usually we are both so busy on the weekends "catching up" on household stuff, it was nice to send the kids off and just enjoy ourselves. Actually, just Hailey went away to my friend, Tina's, house. The twins ended up staying home alone for the night :-o That's the first time we have ever let them do that. We did have our neighbors (who we are very good friends with and whom we go on vacation with every year) keep an eye on the house to make sure no parties were held! All was good, no parties or guests. I was still worried! I ended up getting very sick with the stomach bug while we were away though. It was hard to tell if it was something I ate, or that I had "one too many" beers, or if it was really just a bug. I have come to the conclusion that it was a bug since Isaiah and I ate exactly the same thing (we shared) and that I was feeling so much worse than what too much alcohol would make me feel like. I still had a great time though! I didn't get sick until after we had gone out and were in the hotel room for the night. Hailey was in the Sandwich Fair Horse Show, which was really fun! It was her first show ever and she really did quite well for it being her first one. She was in two classes and took home a 3rd and a 5th (out of 9 kids). She really had a great time and it was such a great confidence booster for her and her riding. She tells me that she wants to show all the time now! Here's my little rider:<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhGeb14WyD8NBRwq-nSSUDvXIwrt5xnANvo7sVI4WqW_PhUxQkA9nHYoqan32WYv_im0SHaEUsQnKYMVhtZsWJZj9r4GfK5j6MFQFPUeHpBpuTyuutbiCGH-QA3Qybw0N09bkCYe7XqE/s1600-h/DSC00016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262204388150373794" 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/AVvXsEhRhGeb14WyD8NBRwq-nSSUDvXIwrt5xnANvo7sVI4WqW_PhUxQkA9nHYoqan32WYv_im0SHaEUsQnKYMVhtZsWJZj9r4GfK5j6MFQFPUeHpBpuTyuutbiCGH-QA3Qybw0N09bkCYe7XqE/s320/DSC00016.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hailey and Lily wasting time before they ride. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXB5v_9f5W5mQZMfgBYzBUnBWTmWKT_uI6EdznvvtER4ykuNz9PDFKeT1Ex5GWNTyCatJ_X1IY_1QidtS_a0xVLWzDyKJQZFw5siCXpGY5hU5jWiBSrtCYT8IVKI1CIXvJWxGAnnquuM/s1600-h/DSC00019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262204391994600130" 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/AVvXsEjNXB5v_9f5W5mQZMfgBYzBUnBWTmWKT_uI6EdznvvtER4ykuNz9PDFKeT1Ex5GWNTyCatJ_X1IY_1QidtS_a0xVLWzDyKJQZFw5siCXpGY5hU5jWiBSrtCYT8IVKI1CIXvJWxGAnnquuM/s320/DSC00019.JPG" border="0" /></a> Warming up. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-evngIpaPcj4y90hY58wTroLH96NeZeG5LZ3U_CF3R2feQHaRgQithPDJuWK2EKsQsMaZB2W_oW9Epf06qGdBQN9Z98bjG1P7akJJisat7z02353D9HS8IGCWg7jycV-yADRRkzGSdgU/s1600-h/DSC00018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262204388301998898" 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/AVvXsEj-evngIpaPcj4y90hY58wTroLH96NeZeG5LZ3U_CF3R2feQHaRgQithPDJuWK2EKsQsMaZB2W_oW9Epf06qGdBQN9Z98bjG1P7akJJisat7z02353D9HS8IGCWg7jycV-yADRRkzGSdgU/s320/DSC00018.JPG" border="0" /></a> Almost ready to ride!!! </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9ho6P-N6sWfjUNC-T6WGxVo2MZVuXsfHuxI-03X4yJUlrNiqp2-S_v3afKCBd99vK5xkVenNA7vZPc3EMyK9pDgntfEUATQDN_Ig7iNPd_O7uFEhiZzPWCThhyphenhyphenGSfWH_GBEwhwlUHTk/s1600-h/DSC00020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262206361494958690" 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/AVvXsEjx9ho6P-N6sWfjUNC-T6WGxVo2MZVuXsfHuxI-03X4yJUlrNiqp2-S_v3afKCBd99vK5xkVenNA7vZPc3EMyK9pDgntfEUATQDN_Ig7iNPd_O7uFEhiZzPWCThhyphenhyphenGSfWH_GBEwhwlUHTk/s320/DSC00020.JPG" border="0" /></a> Lily and Hailey with their "leaders". </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjnmxxUzihpE8-hKg1HeUZY3JdIkntxPcL0snEIjl41NYLioAlMNlhf8ICY_72HNcZ5nwcaAV2adTVKcRDwJejARqZL_pYNGATUuewdzATTkVM6vJ6bymNIlY1VKkuFBvZ-qi7prqmk8/s1600-h/DSC00021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262206372749730658" 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/AVvXsEgvjnmxxUzihpE8-hKg1HeUZY3JdIkntxPcL0snEIjl41NYLioAlMNlhf8ICY_72HNcZ5nwcaAV2adTVKcRDwJejARqZL_pYNGATUuewdzATTkVM6vJ6bymNIlY1VKkuFBvZ-qi7prqmk8/s320/DSC00021.JPG" border="0" /></a> Lined up, waiting to enter the ring. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTQg-Bul7JGnq4XfvqOgpHgRXl4FjWKRuD-0zE8nNoUVqgVGhuQHkawNAwE-x9BDdm7EUTBZ2dAZgnnwkpXGdZ0ol6gayQGD3bvnFpQoi2vJBS2R2p2GexmbrIest-VMNOLExJGwcwoc/s1600-h/Sandwich+fair+08+035.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262206386109414434" 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/AVvXsEjeTQg-Bul7JGnq4XfvqOgpHgRXl4FjWKRuD-0zE8nNoUVqgVGhuQHkawNAwE-x9BDdm7EUTBZ2dAZgnnwkpXGdZ0ol6gayQGD3bvnFpQoi2vJBS2R2p2GexmbrIest-VMNOLExJGwcwoc/s320/Sandwich+fair+08+035.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hailey, concentrating :) </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZ9jwLK1mSuL5aqm6GJw1BZ7SBwoLrOycyb-izEqF5-2L9KMSjFyfTSn6xsZE3RdLiiVC7nj91HvEU8Zb1u8XQT_GNYJvGbJYqR7Srfij-92mGTzIEFxZWb-0y4Ku3fBZPk_Sm2Xabmg/s1600-h/Sandwich+fair+08+049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262206390979206466" 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/AVvXsEjLZ9jwLK1mSuL5aqm6GJw1BZ7SBwoLrOycyb-izEqF5-2L9KMSjFyfTSn6xsZE3RdLiiVC7nj91HvEU8Zb1u8XQT_GNYJvGbJYqR7Srfij-92mGTzIEFxZWb-0y4Ku3fBZPk_Sm2Xabmg/s320/Sandwich+fair+08+049.jpg" border="0" /></a> The ribbons! Hailey's friend, Lily, won Champion! </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84usCjKJWf0aGmXqpXFqBTouxGYww81qa3bCzjMpOL6kmkomGvqM79W2VICCQZxElFlaAVkkPqLoruFCdv6RvelLMGofJCkEdOAgEEWsQVfoCTnx1NsFVy8cVbacHP5oKT6wAiK-DVEI/s1600-h/Sandwich+fair+08+055.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262207787282267618" 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/AVvXsEi84usCjKJWf0aGmXqpXFqBTouxGYww81qa3bCzjMpOL6kmkomGvqM79W2VICCQZxElFlaAVkkPqLoruFCdv6RvelLMGofJCkEdOAgEEWsQVfoCTnx1NsFVy8cVbacHP5oKT6wAiK-DVEI/s320/Sandwich+fair+08+055.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is one of my favorite photos from the day :) </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>And a little video<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz2BS148iUIGWG87rEPEiQpKkzN3AsaGOAx58dZRF9wbQ4gWToa_41KsH1cXgjjMbSji7Pr1CjUCC21q1rVfg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>We are so proud of her! I hope she has many, many more wonderful days with horses like this one!</div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-35556903866355706832008-09-12T11:03:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:11:12.374-04:0010th Wedding Anniversary!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXler80lV8CLrR1MyfvYZTPZH8PVNS0fkLBSgDCZ0FwaMSj5rdONEKDhOM-rqR6Om3Urp-xMTeLHTbn0uDqkGkUu-6vhVA_yuQtxBkpjxJmmw11zZqWNgdgy1LAh1mTlCHNGZgIspNayM/s1600-h/wedding.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245152606062676866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXler80lV8CLrR1MyfvYZTPZH8PVNS0fkLBSgDCZ0FwaMSj5rdONEKDhOM-rqR6Om3Urp-xMTeLHTbn0uDqkGkUu-6vhVA_yuQtxBkpjxJmmw11zZqWNgdgy1LAh1mTlCHNGZgIspNayM/s320/wedding.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today is our 10th wedding anniversary :) Wow, time flies!!! I woke up this morning to flowers and a card left on the kitchen counter...how sweet. What was even sweeter, was what was inside that card!! Isaiah planned a night away for us, without kids obviously, to Old Orchard Beach in Maine. He's never, EVER, done anything like this before. It's usually me that plan these kind of things. And lets just say that "romance" is not one of his strengths :) I was so shocked!! He even figured out the logistics of the kids and their sports, etc. so I wouldn't have to worry about getting them taken care of for the night. What a great guy!! And all I got him was a new wedding band (his broke a couple years ago).</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm doing some laundry right now so I can pack for the night out and then I'm going to watch our wedding video, like I do every year on this day.... I'm so cheezy!</div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-28048151219899150962008-09-10T09:48:00.000-04:002008-09-10T10:09:41.522-04:00Back at itDriving back and forth to gymanstics, that is. Sammy used to be on the gymanstics team at Lakes Region Gymnastics Academy. She started when she was 7, and quickly was invited to the team. She's a "natural" gymanst. She won the State Champion when she was 10 and 11, but quit the next year going into 7th grade. It's a huge commitment and she was finding that she couldn't and didn't want to go to the gym every day for 3 hrs a day, PLUS jr. high, PLUS friends.<br /><br />Well, now, she has matured and realized that gymanstics is what truly makes her happy. She missed it so much, starting about a year ago. She started back last week, and let me just say that I didn't miss the drive!! It's in Belmont, which is about 40 minutes ONE WAY, from my house. She goes about 3-4 times a week so far...when she's not in soccer. She does soccer also, which is also every day. So far, she's handling this schedule very well. Here's a glimps of what I do every day for her:<br /><br />2:30 - twins home from school on the bus<br />3:45 - drive sammy to soccer in meredith<br />4:00 - back home/ Hailey gets home off bus<br /> (on Hailey's soccer days we all go to meredith at 3:45 )<br />5:15 - leave to pick sammy up at soccer<br />5:30 - leave soccer and drive to gym in Belmont<br />6:10 - arrive in belmont<br />6:10 - 8:00 - wait around Belmont/Laconia for sammy to be done with gymanstics<br />8:40 - get home from Belmont...eat dinner, put hailey to bed.<br /><br />When soccer is over this is how it looks:<br /><br />2:30 - twins off bus<br />4:00 - hailey off bus<br />4:20 - leave for gymanstics in belmont<br />5:00 - sammy arrives at gymanstics. We turn around and drive all the way back home.<br />5:40 - arrive home, cook dinner, eat and shower hailey<br />7:20 - leave to go get sammy in belmont<br />8:00 - arrive in belmont, get sammy and drive home again<br />8:40 - home for the night!!<br /><br />Thank goodness she doesn't do any winter sports this year!! Although, dylan does :( Don't even ask me how I'm going to work that one out. Plus, Hailey has soccer twice a week now, rides on Friday afternoons, and will be doing basketball in the winter!<br /><br />I have also decided to pursue my long-time desire to begin a career (like I can fit that in, right!!). I start real estate classes at the end of October and I'm really excited about it. It's only once a week, for 10 weeks, at night in Meredith. I can't wait!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-20590073866557889122008-09-02T11:30:00.000-04:002008-09-02T14:10:26.835-04:00I'm Baaaaccckkkk!!Whew, it's been a busy summer!! I never really had time to sit down at the computer for more than a few minutes to check email, etc. It was good to be so busy (I don't do "nothing" very well) but it's great to now be able to do "nothing". Today was the first day back to school :) I'm going to try and get back to posting a few times a week, with whatever random thoughts I think of and of course pictures! During the summer, we went on our first family vacation in a LONG time. We go camping up in Maine, at Hermit Island every summer. It's so amazing there! The kids just love it!! We go with our neighbors (and lifetime family friends), their daughter (my friend Danielle) who has three boys hailey's age and isaiah's sister and family. We also allowed the twins to bring along friends this year. So, there was a total of 8 of us in one site. Each family has their own site, but we still are together all the time. On our site we had wo of us adults, plus 6 kids! It was so fun though. Of course I have pictures :)<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrVwmpRhiDb17FfWZKtKd8dT6Ft2e1viEwanqyBC6LvpDmWdfP-wcLG-e0egX5YvqQcOZD_5Ia7opDHrYOqsQy2H5V2J6BTLoU83gjrZwrmWIV9UO_53injVfxRkVxHrTnRXxs5is1co/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241448621577865634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrVwmpRhiDb17FfWZKtKd8dT6Ft2e1viEwanqyBC6LvpDmWdfP-wcLG-e0egX5YvqQcOZD_5Ia7opDHrYOqsQy2H5V2J6BTLoU83gjrZwrmWIV9UO_53injVfxRkVxHrTnRXxs5is1co/s320/Hermit+Island+08+011.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is us...driving down the highway. I'm sure many heads turned to look us crazy us :) We look like something out of "The Beverly Hillbillies".</p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LY8pg-VlclabETwXyhSVTRIp_QTYK0ePn7QwuEbIly9JauG8hPvlroKVSgn45CU0Bkkx6XxW8KFBV9GlDhflbDn5rB3ElHD0nSNhgKT1aWZTF7nNQdLvbLbZVWFJnS9bRRFT82frXq0/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241448624683110386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LY8pg-VlclabETwXyhSVTRIp_QTYK0ePn7QwuEbIly9JauG8hPvlroKVSgn45CU0Bkkx6XxW8KFBV9GlDhflbDn5rB3ElHD0nSNhgKT1aWZTF7nNQdLvbLbZVWFJnS9bRRFT82frXq0/s320/Hermit+Island+08+013.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is the view from our campsite. We had an AMAZING site this year. On the very, very top of the island, on the cliffs.</p><br /><p></p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56ljJ_D5-hkVIx-RAJ894BN9N9HFnM5iR0Dytdx_q8J6CE4HVF2fJowbtTLBXuz93_pxFSsc6y2al95sfaaj-ysxjrUvv2ENQ-U7a0h7DM1ibsU2vVGaTYIFp-3qSxpOysKuXWgpt6B4/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241448625963870690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56ljJ_D5-hkVIx-RAJ894BN9N9HFnM5iR0Dytdx_q8J6CE4HVF2fJowbtTLBXuz93_pxFSsc6y2al95sfaaj-ysxjrUvv2ENQ-U7a0h7DM1ibsU2vVGaTYIFp-3qSxpOysKuXWgpt6B4/s320/Hermit+Island+08+022.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hailey, jumping off the rocks at high tide at Sandollar Beach.</p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCQ7lOdq6SRaumbzQGPHMU3ZjapyYwqMWbYrB3RsxFKmlUrPgrMpmyDC05mJ4TP0aRXDAWNOPjGq97PSKZNhc6Is8r0HLPxu0uLoQTQ2OVBST2FuFi828ZucJfX_ctqc4dA_DlH2LhuY/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241448632144255426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCQ7lOdq6SRaumbzQGPHMU3ZjapyYwqMWbYrB3RsxFKmlUrPgrMpmyDC05mJ4TP0aRXDAWNOPjGq97PSKZNhc6Is8r0HLPxu0uLoQTQ2OVBST2FuFi828ZucJfX_ctqc4dA_DlH2LhuY/s320/Hermit+Island+08+023.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Sammy (in the middle) with her two friends.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXjR92u_duy-2GBfxJEHP94j3TXrtbLwjpjOwOkSMCCGEwRqAxfdd_1qd4YEeUSo4R_ViypsIaaB2lCd5S79IoKFJzibwAJ-HHmyPozbiAVQZx9JvjHov6Kl1p64x-egkIASumP_3xPE/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241451173710639506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXjR92u_duy-2GBfxJEHP94j3TXrtbLwjpjOwOkSMCCGEwRqAxfdd_1qd4YEeUSo4R_ViypsIaaB2lCd5S79IoKFJzibwAJ-HHmyPozbiAVQZx9JvjHov6Kl1p64x-egkIASumP_3xPE/s320/Hermit+Island+08+027.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVbQHWFNp52n51_LgmMQHd1SzT2EBbaXAnp3auO9C9LKtU2KwuVQLg_zC7NcoBA7z6ma-qLUggM2Vo0lM27BCIHhcKRU27o85EYwhC2kJ87Y1ZvbnWU8Du7gxzou7sQY1CrqvcYSzGQ4/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241451181771295266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVbQHWFNp52n51_LgmMQHd1SzT2EBbaXAnp3auO9C9LKtU2KwuVQLg_zC7NcoBA7z6ma-qLUggM2Vo0lM27BCIHhcKRU27o85EYwhC2kJ87Y1ZvbnWU8Du7gxzou7sQY1CrqvcYSzGQ4/s320/Hermit+Island+08+028.jpg" border="0" /></a> My two silly guys :)</p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEOOnOcENRBQfuH-Rx6joKjCYtcG7fMs6oU2xyPiPMetDFtSGiIJzoGuEcvBmxEDvVjkeE0mqhYCp9PNzFrX-xb0-FLibnvCoO5QHV9FWiF1sWFETFYgfpZInyEUFFNoSk21EXrQ0nUA/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+039.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241451187056025762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEOOnOcENRBQfuH-Rx6joKjCYtcG7fMs6oU2xyPiPMetDFtSGiIJzoGuEcvBmxEDvVjkeE0mqhYCp9PNzFrX-xb0-FLibnvCoO5QHV9FWiF1sWFETFYgfpZInyEUFFNoSk21EXrQ0nUA/s320/Hermit+Island+08+039.jpg" border="0" /></a> The girls! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPKNvWIWrGmb_o8UYRE5pYNgRSL3S60zE9lhuACsDb2ISLdH08i43K4UsVBPRau42S7GZi2bU7e5oEuL2yrGcZcxKj_LOZQoLLdhRhR2q5h4mW3oi8z-tOjqRzcRzJ1qFXnuEvrJOuu4/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+041.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241451192162543250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPKNvWIWrGmb_o8UYRE5pYNgRSL3S60zE9lhuACsDb2ISLdH08i43K4UsVBPRau42S7GZi2bU7e5oEuL2yrGcZcxKj_LOZQoLLdhRhR2q5h4mW3oi8z-tOjqRzcRzJ1qFXnuEvrJOuu4/s320/Hermit+Island+08+041.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hailey and Dana, my niece in starfish cave. There are SO many starfish there!</p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAypXyZ3mP0Gd7H2T0EphhvDIbhornr7yYwyud_mBxfPL20WUwUewoBV3hQuEHjClCqqEoWfyfWJc4rkO7mrxsnDsGXhX3_4vxHnpgAce1bEpQrtru4E8tU1XVWPsKiT0sug5StAJEhJ4/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241451195931183154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAypXyZ3mP0Gd7H2T0EphhvDIbhornr7yYwyud_mBxfPL20WUwUewoBV3hQuEHjClCqqEoWfyfWJc4rkO7mrxsnDsGXhX3_4vxHnpgAce1bEpQrtru4E8tU1XVWPsKiT0sug5StAJEhJ4/s320/Hermit+Island+08+048.jpg" border="0" /></a> Isaiah, Hailey and Anna (my sister in law) out on the cliffs. I was too scared to go. </p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HLBU9zFoWc4x-WJVGFs9hYKuF_C9Y5XJU48qLlqOnpHHrO93norL-uJlA13A5xWYBqAQ6euwUVkYoidTPBAP-fRWnyz8FDsPxBUh6mUsZf-UB-AXZO4p777-_-kgQFBdDyuV-cESsa0/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241458303623281602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HLBU9zFoWc4x-WJVGFs9hYKuF_C9Y5XJU48qLlqOnpHHrO93norL-uJlA13A5xWYBqAQ6euwUVkYoidTPBAP-fRWnyz8FDsPxBUh6mUsZf-UB-AXZO4p777-_-kgQFBdDyuV-cESsa0/s320/Hermit+Island+08+045.jpg" border="0" /></a> This was the cliff they were on, that I dared not go!</p><br /><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZgvd3cbl3liMoV9jjUP-jQoaJIX8VOK6FC3fWK7rRMpYp683TqjNyLhaW0cyw3-denMr6NKN4HDjIJ1t0_dOiBZmDhbycSC-lyyj8MIfV5HbFoK_fSbV7c-tqHcOh9Lp8a_zdomFtQI/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+053.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241458309759973538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZgvd3cbl3liMoV9jjUP-jQoaJIX8VOK6FC3fWK7rRMpYp683TqjNyLhaW0cyw3-denMr6NKN4HDjIJ1t0_dOiBZmDhbycSC-lyyj8MIfV5HbFoK_fSbV7c-tqHcOh9Lp8a_zdomFtQI/s320/Hermit+Island+08+053.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hailey and Isabelle. Hailey met her the first year we went (4 yrs ago) and they see each other at Hermit Island every year! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZEvhfPMm0XoaIAPXsGhm1Iyilj6Zp3QRRXlgbQ9Plg8m08Rkbi8MGGv9TfUBpZBHjsJ8whw5ZqHsY0hMdo_KkgEsjmkpP1DfUMzjQ14bf7h2Kt59DifArG0GSctVBC7AsJEVU8X5st4/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+055.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241458320835150738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZEvhfPMm0XoaIAPXsGhm1Iyilj6Zp3QRRXlgbQ9Plg8m08Rkbi8MGGv9TfUBpZBHjsJ8whw5ZqHsY0hMdo_KkgEsjmkpP1DfUMzjQ14bf7h2Kt59DifArG0GSctVBC7AsJEVU8X5st4/s320/Hermit+Island+08+055.jpg" border="0" /></a> My absolute favorite picture ever of Hailey!!<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x4SYYzCCTKFS-k4elEw0ACSxQMyMOcgPdW4UHTKr_gWSYJvgr-hiU729vxVCmv839G1sdjNtWvL0C-3i7WnsSIXF-0XJt4UyLn7UTv0BLRlms5QAxjqwhbhZfOwnGGPR2QhGnglBQRk/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+072.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241458323001175778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x4SYYzCCTKFS-k4elEw0ACSxQMyMOcgPdW4UHTKr_gWSYJvgr-hiU729vxVCmv839G1sdjNtWvL0C-3i7WnsSIXF-0XJt4UyLn7UTv0BLRlms5QAxjqwhbhZfOwnGGPR2QhGnglBQRk/s320/Hermit+Island+08+072.jpg" border="0" /></a> Not a very good picture of me at all, but this is Anna (my sister in law), Rose (my neighbor) and me. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu4HJWQfCPZ9xS3KOLTt-r7tFqU-ZvTXwomFaugeRTWXFPXnGr3MCbbfduHyTbiNnUyPYkgarF09ucOMGEdSBV8RWfPsDlo55s1xahCDiTpOKzDjsDk3vY_GLzwhynMWcu_m-bwXxSYU/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241459607248867010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu4HJWQfCPZ9xS3KOLTt-r7tFqU-ZvTXwomFaugeRTWXFPXnGr3MCbbfduHyTbiNnUyPYkgarF09ucOMGEdSBV8RWfPsDlo55s1xahCDiTpOKzDjsDk3vY_GLzwhynMWcu_m-bwXxSYU/s320/Hermit+Island+08+004.jpg" border="0" /></a> The night we came home, we went to our neighbors house and had Lobster! We had to come home a day early because of the rain so we made up for it by having a lobster feast.</p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9R5f39lrXPVuvgu8q9RoMy7w1a70_j9GUl0EYpe4xbZDhndWHNBDNGgwsOxtoh8f32IujO8iAn6H7pJL3I03btbf3ZO9ywcF2C2HtoNcMWE22thua6aiGQ8gj88Dr_GgLpI4E9HaLmg/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+079.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241459614807540306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9R5f39lrXPVuvgu8q9RoMy7w1a70_j9GUl0EYpe4xbZDhndWHNBDNGgwsOxtoh8f32IujO8iAn6H7pJL3I03btbf3ZO9ywcF2C2HtoNcMWE22thua6aiGQ8gj88Dr_GgLpI4E9HaLmg/s320/Hermit+Island+08+079.jpg" border="0" /></a> This was us on the last night. We did exactly this every night. It was great!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUw2vf8M_V0nD9zVPFthkudqyI7GrHXPJLYOPVteb3hKP4GxQPNvl26DmJ1t552GL4lew4AVM2JogdDU_09WXR4G-P2Nhm5dfxOx9cMpP6FRlv3Sy_dx-ESA0eQz2WJ1QiRcXPlmQ6mrM/s1600-h/Hermit+Island+08+105.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241459623630008530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUw2vf8M_V0nD9zVPFthkudqyI7GrHXPJLYOPVteb3hKP4GxQPNvl26DmJ1t552GL4lew4AVM2JogdDU_09WXR4G-P2Nhm5dfxOx9cMpP6FRlv3Sy_dx-ESA0eQz2WJ1QiRcXPlmQ6mrM/s320/Hermit+Island+08+105.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hailey on the beach. One of the few beach days we had. </p><p></p><p>And of course, I can't forget to post this hilarious video of Isaiah and Sammy having a handstand competition. </p><p><br /></p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyFALWUfydMzaxj45GCxC4c53NAwpr2uQBRSW4SnIjRJKLYzFqsr7OOgU4ylwrk19-Uv0xzHdV-5n0txII53Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3Aic-rmggmbcmQ9eJRscSW9vJP3aVi9VtgGV9gzf-HRBFYJgO3hSJWbHnX-IJDDQJpI9SN18460o54tYMDg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-28510249594426830652008-07-22T12:05:00.000-04:002008-07-22T12:22:13.375-04:00It's been a whileIt's been a LONG time since I've posted to my blog! Not that my life is that exciting and not that anyone is actually "waiting" to see what's going on :)<br /><br /><br />I've been busy working 6 nights (waitressing) a week and 5 days a week (at home for my dad) so I haven't had much time to do much of anything, except loose my mind. I can't wait for our family vacation coming up!! NO work for a whole week! YAY! The kids are already super excited to go.<br /><br />Basically, when I do have the free moment off from work...this is what we've been doing :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6-l9gELSutIRBkqcmu2-tnoqCiVnXW83CQRuj4sk8gvcFGakN362UgIVRtNw3VMUoVo2kk5ARf2STQRqnwVeiBUMY7c2FcLtn9xNJEnBoNQ6nV7nbMEGnyc7AV6jnZS-MSJVBkHpLug/s1600-h/Picture+057.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225872366319450514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6-l9gELSutIRBkqcmu2-tnoqCiVnXW83CQRuj4sk8gvcFGakN362UgIVRtNw3VMUoVo2kk5ARf2STQRqnwVeiBUMY7c2FcLtn9xNJEnBoNQ6nV7nbMEGnyc7AV6jnZS-MSJVBkHpLug/s320/Picture+057.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fAEfRsZM9s6Cxqme6Pmt_wEBnI7vjflHbuzpzdHDN856zGUkGi0F-MOKZ9qcjDuIgwTE1USlEbp8KMOp8xipBuKWdvuZ9ggrpGio5kK_na4IPAOLcbBPewf4H9pBnihIlMHigXTVxB0/s1600-h/Picture+063.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225872370648772226" style="DISPLAY: block; 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They had ice cream sundaes and did a little show for us. It was cute! I had some other pictures of her and all her friends too, but I don't want to post pictures of other peoples' kids all over the internet. Here are some I took of just her though.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLQN6OuZDD64wFq6HTiSM5rDyx7uFRBTrjNt-9ylTjD-6hVopVY9wJKv-NCttRVJ8HXZiTK1JPoL9MyIdJAxkfncKKldPPPWVdfQmWXNSX4294jOMqVeMFYjJrDiN9sABSVHEZacqukk/s1600-h/june+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216162001489186162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLQN6OuZDD64wFq6HTiSM5rDyx7uFRBTrjNt-9ylTjD-6hVopVY9wJKv-NCttRVJ8HXZiTK1JPoL9MyIdJAxkfncKKldPPPWVdfQmWXNSX4294jOMqVeMFYjJrDiN9sABSVHEZacqukk/s320/june+020.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PcRmqWXdQgGf5D1_1MmlbdW0xNX_jgL7nzDmPoxJOgY7xE6yxCnrYSJSRDyFG-q0-3L2e8b5F0qSWRhCHyyqkLaUvRy4SmjVDOdlAQKsuM3GFAaMuhoa7yjwA0MqH2S3Zkv8566W_vc/s1600-h/june+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216162012210905058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PcRmqWXdQgGf5D1_1MmlbdW0xNX_jgL7nzDmPoxJOgY7xE6yxCnrYSJSRDyFG-q0-3L2e8b5F0qSWRhCHyyqkLaUvRy4SmjVDOdlAQKsuM3GFAaMuhoa7yjwA0MqH2S3Zkv8566W_vc/s320/june+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br />After the party, we had riding. I was so excited to finally be able to take some good pictures and video of her riding!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimT87T6RnTHVu35y493Tj8VzzFuvmTRxfhLRWHwXzbXZWEcnzKjgTmwj7TdESTAtlDH_wGtnJVB-GSkqqQ4RS6KBC9_V_riCPD5Vxme7wA2Y-sX7EVTAkthj5uF_-VUXcrGz1Hgw5SNa0/s1600-h/riding+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216164890965728674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimT87T6RnTHVu35y493Tj8VzzFuvmTRxfhLRWHwXzbXZWEcnzKjgTmwj7TdESTAtlDH_wGtnJVB-GSkqqQ4RS6KBC9_V_riCPD5Vxme7wA2Y-sX7EVTAkthj5uF_-VUXcrGz1Hgw5SNa0/s320/riding+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJ5buP4_Ii6Pyi4pizQPzQweOomlszT31aqzJ_EwbKvXVvdGrvN2hqV4_1KR4D4NIpDJAE6grHHcS-fxZImDNfltjq_zgCdF9MJDehTXNI11xWPgJHRo24Ga2Xlh3Tn10OlCuumxf6yU/s1600-h/riding+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216164899341311122" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyJ6h-NJyKJvqzqK2aio24PHLcD1xkKCCSacxldJk160IZGbN5HWwRxESKWsGIUOrFOjnf2aYNpwcjKGUCdCsyuhcClTC1tRskZc8PVov2zD3jAOVH3VSH4A0zErhDGTV1q54ByQStsk/s320/riding+039.jpg" border="0" /></a> I took a LOT more, but I didn't want to bore anyone :)Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-81596723839180013442008-06-24T08:20:00.000-04:002008-06-24T08:40:36.148-04:00It's up, but.......not filled :(<br />Isaiah has known for a while that we were getting the pool this weekend. He works for a well company (who has PLENTY of extra water sitting in big water trucks!)and I just assumed he would have lined up someone to come fill the pool for us this weekend. He doesn't have his "class b" licence so he has to have someone else come and do it. But, he didn't. And we definately can't fill it again with our garden hose! We dried up our well last year doing it...plus it cost us about $200 extra dollars in electricity that month because our water pump was working so hard. So, anyway, I'm putting in a few calls to some local pool stores today to see if they know of any place that will come fill it (for a price). I am determined to have it filled before Friday!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ba5q_a0PXYlY-RM9jswGnN7PZXMmWsTZVAtB4nPhCiLpS6EqYdNomdrVjPVIXqCvG7rH-RT4Z2EpIV1VDtO7-f1gIcwMPItX2pZzqUrkn6J0aLmdSnu_3XeCUMqX8VPqVlwhE5r4XSo/s1600-h/june+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215423959977126594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ba5q_a0PXYlY-RM9jswGnN7PZXMmWsTZVAtB4nPhCiLpS6EqYdNomdrVjPVIXqCvG7rH-RT4Z2EpIV1VDtO7-f1gIcwMPItX2pZzqUrkn6J0aLmdSnu_3XeCUMqX8VPqVlwhE5r4XSo/s320/june+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZfDly2g9Sqn7Krc11EzXoEIpIJTGoSpft5Kwe9-Sm4MD3Hq7FDqP2PoriCbQUYw6N4eGKn68OTcpkQpdJ-yG6yiSXQKD4ttdXRZMwYJ5KATFj7Hvw_rUEE_39g0yNnwMD77cPYmnArg/s1600-h/june+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215423968002287922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZfDly2g9Sqn7Krc11EzXoEIpIJTGoSpft5Kwe9-Sm4MD3Hq7FDqP2PoriCbQUYw6N4eGKn68OTcpkQpdJ-yG6yiSXQKD4ttdXRZMwYJ5KATFj7Hvw_rUEE_39g0yNnwMD77cPYmnArg/s320/june+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKQ1tBIv_wbbmViBvECXTPfozKsFfxJZXEuKNSqlCjjUin2ZZ-xguDocm_7el9YvHgfFsw9bOZigHPs4nqedG8cxbExUWkU0GOWwKlG0IxfWl2rUDfpzNhuzi65ulm1cJatILJynskTU/s1600-h/june+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215423972115781650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKQ1tBIv_wbbmViBvECXTPfozKsFfxJZXEuKNSqlCjjUin2ZZ-xguDocm_7el9YvHgfFsw9bOZigHPs4nqedG8cxbExUWkU0GOWwKlG0IxfWl2rUDfpzNhuzi65ulm1cJatILJynskTU/s320/june+006.jpg" border="0" /></a> I told you...there was no way I could keep Hailey out of it! There is literally an inch of water in it and she still played in it all afternoon!<br /><br /><br />It was my birthday on Sunday and I got what I wanted....a camera!!! I'm so excited! Now I don't have to try and take pictures with my cell phone. So, now be prepared to see a lot more pictures from me :)<br /><br /><br /><br />The twins were gone all weekend to Six Flags in Mass. My sister in law takes them every year for their birthday (that's their present) and they look forward to it every year! They turn 15 on Monday, YIKES! Sammy got some cute pictures and I thought I would post a couple of pictures since there is a rare one of the twins together :)<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbmRkFXOUr-bGghK6eik5IbYeAyITDmAymL4myGkbDbcxtFROvJxurxkMJwRk6XVjmisS2rBGMszsF63lhT_iUTxlizc688VT5ECrZlMl75BctMZNu3lBWn24msCEFFzqzXRe3R4oKj4/s1600-h/l_3fbe7c0df27b7555533cd9de027f59be.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215426350038757618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbmRkFXOUr-bGghK6eik5IbYeAyITDmAymL4myGkbDbcxtFROvJxurxkMJwRk6XVjmisS2rBGMszsF63lhT_iUTxlizc688VT5ECrZlMl75BctMZNu3lBWn24msCEFFzqzXRe3R4oKj4/s320/l_3fbe7c0df27b7555533cd9de027f59be.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sammy, Dylan and Dana (my neice...she's only 3 months older than the twins)</p><p> </p><p>And here is a couple pictures of the girls being silly!!!</p><p><br /> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9x2jP7RAjGG3djnUyz3lWkvrXjNqDqO3F0NNOwLIQQSFZ3Y6_YtjWAfsizWhlKAW_ZD_EwdX0xPyqFfBCLv_EmSXDXy8OuCHNT-kkEvx446dWuwQ-LiWMTj38M1s5vOfuK94cRW4Jy8/s1600-h/l_1fe3bbc84b23fbb2c7f17bcac866e665.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215426357100971346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9x2jP7RAjGG3djnUyz3lWkvrXjNqDqO3F0NNOwLIQQSFZ3Y6_YtjWAfsizWhlKAW_ZD_EwdX0xPyqFfBCLv_EmSXDXy8OuCHNT-kkEvx446dWuwQ-LiWMTj38M1s5vOfuK94cRW4Jy8/s320/l_1fe3bbc84b23fbb2c7f17bcac866e665.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianrFigogDBS29vEO9TVAH2Gjhyphenhyphen5uLkhLl-UjY7DagIZ5G_4j51toT3Bd4UMe1kFS9LeFiPQ6wI41tlvK7V1hALLwcdFbyhjsdqsfjVmbizkxjt4KVvANe2n7bXFRrk3hu-EhO9aS2d_E/s1600-h/l_934076056781f8362b860a4f4f4a07bc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215426358129472706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianrFigogDBS29vEO9TVAH2Gjhyphenhyphen5uLkhLl-UjY7DagIZ5G_4j51toT3Bd4UMe1kFS9LeFiPQ6wI41tlvK7V1hALLwcdFbyhjsdqsfjVmbizkxjt4KVvANe2n7bXFRrk3hu-EhO9aS2d_E/s320/l_934076056781f8362b860a4f4f4a07bc.jpg" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-19444974017733779612008-06-18T11:01:00.000-04:002008-06-18T11:29:00.446-04:00This is "pool set-up" weekend!!!!YAY!! This event marks the "official" start of summer for our family :) Unfortunately, it's a little late this year since we have to buy a new pool. We usually set it up and fill it in the beginning of june...but, better late than never. Last year was a little bit later too, since we had to excavate (sp?) the yard for a flat surface, since the pool has to be on 100% perfectly level ground. Isaiah even got out there with a leveling tool. That was quite a project!!<br /><br />This is the pool we've had in the past.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUQJ5XGuUgxioOCkrUWhBRHcg1xHYeq_H1etRg_vTJLxq7JgHpCcxW3Hl7bZEWg3X3K6DpglkHuJxvF4CJk-_MdJBL2Oy1ADf3ooo8sgxyCKpvEKAD6kSc8mSwEAyL-M1PtYXMeVYQY8/s1600-h/old+pool.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213240558383234786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUQJ5XGuUgxioOCkrUWhBRHcg1xHYeq_H1etRg_vTJLxq7JgHpCcxW3Hl7bZEWg3X3K6DpglkHuJxvF4CJk-_MdJBL2Oy1ADf3ooo8sgxyCKpvEKAD6kSc8mSwEAyL-M1PtYXMeVYQY8/s320/old+pool.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We bought it for the twins for their birthday when they turned 10. It was worth EVERY penny we spent on it! This is one of those things that you get your money's worth out of. And since all of my kids are half fish anyway, it was a great investment :) That pool lasted us 4 seasons...not too bad. Last year we had issues with it because a little mouse decided to make his winter home in it and chew it to pieces. Plus, half way through the summer, out cat decided to jump up on it to see what was inside it. Since the top ring is filled with air, she popped it. This year, it's time for a new one. We have decided to go with a different model though, and avoid the whole "blow-up" aspect of it. We're going with this one:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-41X-nZEx2sXq7M-fEteeuwZ-14SB1JlXj5QXLDX0XP6SNxW44upaNz2YBN2TisPPiuiPWCgU1FuieIg6YMjgc0QigweNoMyqjJRVWINAhJxvdwsh2-WXxNXd26YaIGk_lpHiiVg_3sI/s1600-h/new+pool.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213241822413150194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-41X-nZEx2sXq7M-fEteeuwZ-14SB1JlXj5QXLDX0XP6SNxW44upaNz2YBN2TisPPiuiPWCgU1FuieIg6YMjgc0QigweNoMyqjJRVWINAhJxvdwsh2-WXxNXd26YaIGk_lpHiiVg_3sI/s320/new+pool.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In this picture, the new one looks smaller, but it's actually the same size as the old one. It's not huge, but it serves it's pupose perfectly. The water level goes just about up to Hailey's shoulders (this one might be deeper than our other one though). Someday we'll have a "real" pool, but this is good for now as I have a hard enough time keeping this size clean and chemically balanced.<br /><br />So, I'm going out to buy one on Saturday and I can't wait!!! I hope that Isaiah can get permission to bring the water truck from work over on saturday or sunday. We tried to fill it with our hose last year in this house and we ran the well dry several times :( Of course, that means I have to try and hold Hailey off from getting in it until monday or tuesday. That's going to be hard!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-67969021047512521282008-06-10T08:19:00.000-04:002008-06-10T09:00:13.480-04:00The twins...this describes it all :)Now that I have my parent's computer, I have access to all of their pictures and videos on it :) I found this one the other day, and I had to laugh at it. It's a video of them a year ago, on their 14th birthday. It's so typical :) As the video goes, watch the twins and it pretty much explains them and their personalities. Sammy, she's ALWAYS been the leader, the "bully". She has an extremely strong personallity (I love that about her) and she's not afraid to tell you how it is. She gets that from her dad :). In the video, you can see how SHE tells Dylan when to blow out the candles, how SHE's the one you hear speaking up, how she pulls the "attitude" when Isaiah asks her to make a wish and how she makes sure she's the one to blow out the last candle! She's going to be one strong women when she grows up! Dylan on the other hand, as you see in the video, is very quiet and pretty reserved. He's so laid-back! I love that about him too. He just goes with the flow and takes life in stride. He has no problem letting his twin sister "boss" him around (even though HE'S older!). Nothing phases him!<br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-ad5f5fb960dab9b1 height=266 width=320 contentId="ad5f5fb960dab9b1"></OBJECT>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-7052553433444328222008-06-06T10:47:00.000-04:002008-06-06T10:49:22.565-04:00This is exactly what I want to do someday..<a href="http://ponyfarm.com/">http://ponyfarm.com/</a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-12603644205151407252008-06-06T08:16:00.000-04:002008-06-06T08:45:34.445-04:00M.I.A.Yes, I've been "missing in action" lately :) Unfortunately, I lost my computer. It was fairly new, we bought it two years ago this June, and all of a sudden the motherboard went. We brought it to Best Buy, where we got it, and found out that it was the motherboard and that it would cost anywhere from $400-$700 to send out and get fixed. You can get a brand new computer for that much! So, thinking they were just "scamming us", I got a second opinion. I brought it to a local computer guy here in Center Harbor who is highly recommended and he said the same thing...motherboard. How that can happen on a new computer, I have no idea. One word of advice...DON'T buy a Gateway!!<br /><br />We do have another computer in the house, but it's literally ancient. It was our first computer we ever bought, about 9 years ago. It's an emachine and it's still going strong. Well, not STRONG, but it's still going :) It's incredibly slow if you ask it to do anything, like load a website with tons of pictures, etc. and sometimes it just gets so overwhelmed it just freezes up. So, basically, I can check email on it and that's it.<br /><br />Now I have my father's old computer, which isn't old. He bought it right before he bought my Gateway for me. One good thing about working for your father...he buys you great stuff like computers and laser printers for business :) YAY! So, now I have a computer again!! Also, I've been working like crazy lately. Last week, I had a stretch of working every night (at various places) for 11 days! No days off for 11 days is pretty hard while trying to take care of a family. I thank the twins for it, because without them I wouldn't have anything to do with Hailey. I just can't thank them enough. It's been really hard on all of us. We've had a few meltdowns/breakdowns on my end and the kids end. It's quite an adjustment for the family to go from having a mom who is ALWAYS home, and who is always around to drive you wherever you want/need to go to a mom who is never home and now you have to find your own rides to places or can't do things because you don't have a ride. I missed spagetti dinner at Hailey's school...she was heartbroken! I also missed the last day of t-ball and the little awards ceremony for her...that was hard for me. I know many, many kids have parents who work and they make it through life just fine, but I still feel like somehow I'm failing my kids when I'm not around for those things. And it's not like Isaiah can even go in my place either...he works 10-12 hours a day too. That was a rough week, and it's a little better now. It will be a lot better in the summer when the kids are home during the day when I'm home too. There was a stretch of days last week when I didn't see Isaiah at ALL from Monday night until Thursday night. We were like two passing ships in the night! I saw the twins a lot, since they get up early and are home from school early. I would see them for about an hour before I had to go to work in the afternoon. With Hailey though, I only saw her for about 45 minutes in the morning, to get her ready for school, and then I never saw her after school or at night. It was very hard on her (and me). Anyway, it's over, and I'm glad. To top it all off...it was never busy at work so I didn't really make any money :(<br /><br />We had Hailey's consultation at the endocronologist the other day too. We were getting the results back from all her bloodwork she had done. Isaiah took the day off to come (we didn't really know what kind of news they were going to give us, so we felt it was important for both of us to be there). Thankfully, everything came back perfectly perfect!!! She didn't have any elevated levels of anything...which is a great sign. Her bone age scan came back as normal too, even a little young. They came back as her being 6 1/2 yrs old...which is good. Basically this tells us that whatever is going on is not something sudden (which could mean terrible things like tumors) and is not something that need immediate attention. Nothing is ruled out, because we really just don't know how fast things are moving. We caught it so early that it's hard to say how fast things will go. So, what we are going to do, is go back again in 4 months and do another bone age x-ray, no bloodwork :). With that we can tell how fast things are going. Amazing what our bones tell us about ourselves! If it comes back within normal again (anything under 7 1/2 yrs old) then we don't go back again for another 4 months to get another bone age x-ray done. If all goes well, we will just go back every 4 month to get the x-ray to make sure it's not moving fast. If it comes back not normal, then we discuss the next step, which is an i.v. test and lasts 12 hours. So, for now, all is perfect! We will continue to see our endocronologist until Hailey is within the normal puberty age of 10-11 yrs old no matter what happens though (that's a lot of driving down to Manchester every four months!). If she ends up needing treatment though, it's monthly shots :(<br /><br />Thank you everyone, for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQgCxx_y7b5PWL_0HOJHk4A1As6bqtSwBdB2bVrE3mb83qCxWKjjIiZrBUrqNGRTKhxT0twkVztJq4IWsbBfRnS3VzH90BmEOT2Jmp-qw4cbTOa5YYRmGKFVVCei_lDcIJSdBLOhUoFU/s1600-h/100_1261.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQgCxx_y7b5PWL_0HOJHk4A1As6bqtSwBdB2bVrE3mb83qCxWKjjIiZrBUrqNGRTKhxT0twkVztJq4IWsbBfRnS3VzH90BmEOT2Jmp-qw4cbTOa5YYRmGKFVVCei_lDcIJSdBLOhUoFU/s320/100_1261.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208748578858522562" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-39404066881235814782008-05-22T08:26:00.000-04:002008-05-22T09:14:43.865-04:00An old love....found again!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTbk5h2FEjVLKIXkpSfmZFl35hpxebSlXpRLyRR6XQWpjazUUiUr0HN1l8xO2XuWo1suX_7TwAbx8j1SgnyVbVRPoxZOLKp0uh4RMh7nqSO0mj-81J2mY090wKzNS1fvANpYvZeQpXEo/s1600-h/image013.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203189285281015618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTbk5h2FEjVLKIXkpSfmZFl35hpxebSlXpRLyRR6XQWpjazUUiUr0HN1l8xO2XuWo1suX_7TwAbx8j1SgnyVbVRPoxZOLKp0uh4RMh7nqSO0mj-81J2mY090wKzNS1fvANpYvZeQpXEo/s320/image013.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Wow, I'm still on a "high" from yesterday I just wanted to post about it. It's probably the most exciting thing that has happened to me lately :)<br /><br />So, I tried really hard to save up some money for Hailey to ride this week and since I started my new waitressing job I was able to pull some extra money together. It's a good thing, because she's been dieing to ride! We went yesterday for the first time in a month. For a while now, Hailey has been asking her instructor if I could ride too. While I would LOVE to, I just wasn't sure if the instructor wanted money if I rode, or if I was just going to be able to hop on a horse for free? I surely didn't want to pay for myself to have a lesson to the tune of an additional $40! So, we never really pushed it. Although, Hailey did. She must not have believed me that I could ride a horse :) After all, I am a "mom" and being a mom is I "do" in her eyes. There's no way your mother can have any talents :-P<br /><br />Well, it turned out that her instructor (Elizabeth) said that if I wanted to hop on Sassy (the horse Hailey rides) I could, after Hailey was done. So, of course, the whole lesson Hailey wanted to be done with her lesson so she could see me ride! AFter she was finally done, it was my turn. I was excited, but nervous too. I haven't been on a horse in over 7 years. Since I was pregnant with Hailey! As a kid, I spent most of my waking hours either on my horse or with my horse. I was horse-crazy, much like Hailey is. I honestly think that the love for horses is in your blood. It's funny how Hailey loves horses like I did as a kid and I CERTAINLY did not push it on her (it's an expensive sport/hobby!). I had to give up my horse life when I got pregnant in high school. I couldn't afford and didn't have time for newborn twins and my horse. I was even going to go to College at UNH with a major in Equine Science. My dream for as long as I can remember, has been to own a breeding farm and that's what I was going to go to college for. Needless to say, life doesn't always pan out the way you expect. Once the twins were born, horses were put on the back-burner for me. When they were young, I did have various horse jobs. I worked at and then managed the riding at Castle in the Clouds for years. I loved that job! I also was a barn-girl at a huge barn in Tuftonboro when I got pregnant with Hailey. That was the last time I rode.<br /><br />You know, turns out that riding a horse is much like riding a bike. You never really "forget" how to do it. Once I was up there, something inside me just turned on again. Something I haven't felt in a very, VERY long time. I don't really know how to explain it, but it's so powerful that I'm sitting here typing with teary-eyes. It was truly amazing, and awakening!! What a feeling to find passion again! I got up there on that pony (she's a big pony)and rode around that ring like I had never even stopped riding. I think I was pretty good too!! For someone that hasn't been on a horse in over 7 yrs. I trotted a little, and Hailey was begging me to canter. Which, if you don't know, is faster that a trot and a LOT harder and bouncier. I did it and it felt great! Even the instructor was impressed on how well I could still ride. Hailey got a kick out of seeing me ride, and I felt really proud to show one of my kids that I, too, can have talents.<br /><br />However, now there is only one problem. Now I want to get back up there!!!! I feel like such a giddy, excited kid again!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAoW97LAl7J7Pgt8PwgxURF6HoDJ1DfJZmCKhBSjhUV9EqHehn7wrB3NMhdAeGYr1j_X84_12zgUWDdFeMrHjceSaddIqky0GKGMysyQvtOrzKn-mwNMVfejFuMJfj5SGUg2TBogxaGQ/s1600-h/horsemom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAoW97LAl7J7Pgt8PwgxURF6HoDJ1DfJZmCKhBSjhUV9EqHehn7wrB3NMhdAeGYr1j_X84_12zgUWDdFeMrHjceSaddIqky0GKGMysyQvtOrzKn-mwNMVfejFuMJfj5SGUg2TBogxaGQ/s320/horsemom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203189779202254674" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735491815135048820.post-72859015749316651472008-05-14T10:03:00.001-04:002008-05-14T10:28:48.668-04:00The weather must be nice...!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQPo7BGgmLJYQemlxQUeCJ-eRnEuTusQazJnyDCOoyHh2a5Knuyd7Oq3s0-eA62CTUyXaK5Jl7i74vrblQTpvnklengXCgTkWQ5XBe7Ioug9dhaesTc6b_7sltjBJ8iIKBGdJrbfidRE/s1600-h/hailey+vacation.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQPo7BGgmLJYQemlxQUeCJ-eRnEuTusQazJnyDCOoyHh2a5Knuyd7Oq3s0-eA62CTUyXaK5Jl7i74vrblQTpvnklengXCgTkWQ5XBe7Ioug9dhaesTc6b_7sltjBJ8iIKBGdJrbfidRE/s320/hailey+vacation.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200237365051710146" /></a><br />....because I haven't posted to my blog in a while! Oops. I haven't had much to write about lately anyway. It's been kind of quiet here. Well, I wouldn't say "quiet" just non-eventful (which is a good thing).<br /><br />Since I'm pretty much laid-off my job for the summer (I do office work/customer service for my father) I had to go out and get a new job. Yuck! I don't mean to sound lazy, but I hate working. It's not so much the working part, it's the "Now I'm away from the family" part that I don't like. I am the taxi for the family and now that I'm not home (and my husband drives a two-seater truck) they are going to have to get used to finding other rides places. It's going to be quite the adjustment on everyone's part. Right now I'm only working 4 nights a week, but this summer it will be 7 nights a week. I've been "unemployed" for about 2 weeks now, so it's been quite the struggle here financially which is why we haven't done much other than "free" stuff like the park, hiking, etc. Hailey hasn't been riding in a couple weeks either because it's just too expensive when you are unemployed :(<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1v30dVFPvFhiavuJjAXLYpZgvzBdu6qkwAaKIOFS04g18EBXeBErvTe7WsPa36wvobaciajjrwZl2lRhFVu70pt_VN7ualVwX-EX2e5cqmbmoWMSokc9S-tPWaVryLlIHNM0hVELn3g/s1600-h/thumbnail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1v30dVFPvFhiavuJjAXLYpZgvzBdu6qkwAaKIOFS04g18EBXeBErvTe7WsPa36wvobaciajjrwZl2lRhFVu70pt_VN7ualVwX-EX2e5cqmbmoWMSokc9S-tPWaVryLlIHNM0hVELn3g/s320/thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200236368619297458" /></a><br /><br /><br />So, now that I have the summer covered, I will need to find something to do starting this fall. It stinks. I have had the strong "urge" to start a career for a while now. Now that the kids are getting bigger I guess. It's just trying to figure out WHAT exactly I want to do! Hopefully it will come to me soon, since summer isn't very long.<br /><br /><br />Sometimes I feel like I never post about my two other kids, lol. Well they are teenagers, so I guess there's not much to post about with them. I probably see them about as much as I post about them on this blog. Just kidding!! They have their own things going on and I am involved in their everyday lives, I just don't get the opportunity to take pictures of them much. So, here they are....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1rGE68M-nGleQJQppxNgM6WRUqubYXblSpbHfXXxj8v7MeY15N-NsujHUaCs85ZJMTIJrdejsvCcjnmcnQt8q_8ZlmEB9RbDMhsLZsHv7FyAYg4qVXKb7Qd2w7Gdkq29rkakQQmREtQ/s1600-h/DSCN3530.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1rGE68M-nGleQJQppxNgM6WRUqubYXblSpbHfXXxj8v7MeY15N-NsujHUaCs85ZJMTIJrdejsvCcjnmcnQt8q_8ZlmEB9RbDMhsLZsHv7FyAYg4qVXKb7Qd2w7Gdkq29rkakQQmREtQ/s320/DSCN3530.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200239452405816018" /></a><br />This was this time last year, at Junior High Graduation. This is the most recent picture I have of them together. Sad.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPPA7_8pNB_HE7BOB1Ay-hJ_233MdwTb7NU3dgNKQmbXkW0oegjd2SxUVOqwCMUfjNxC8ApPV2ODouuG2MmhoCex4G8aJ7wh3BMEG1m1Nkfzz0d9fcw0QArHUBa9WyLEYbdPSZFoQlOg/s1600-h/101_0425.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPPA7_8pNB_HE7BOB1Ay-hJ_233MdwTb7NU3dgNKQmbXkW0oegjd2SxUVOqwCMUfjNxC8ApPV2ODouuG2MmhoCex4G8aJ7wh3BMEG1m1Nkfzz0d9fcw0QArHUBa9WyLEYbdPSZFoQlOg/s320/101_0425.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200239460995750626" /></a><br />This is the second most recent picture I have of them together. It was taken in Disney World, two Marches ago!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615205907785725591noreply@blogger.com1