tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248484952024-03-21T17:52:08.264-07:00Higley FamilyErikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-31620454246342637832011-12-24T23:47:00.000-07:002011-12-24T23:48:57.840-07:00Merry Christmas!!!<div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="width:425px; height:494px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/top.gif);"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter" style="height:482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewLogo" style="width: 105px; height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px;"><img src="http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/logo.gif" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewContainer" style="height:350px; text-align:center; padding: 0;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AcM2LFqzcMWjjw&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=118"><img src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/prs/v1/0AcM2LFqzcMWkA/0AcM2LFqzcMWkOLA/p/67b0de21b3127d902548/JPEG/1321516079000/0/" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></a></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewMessageContainer" style="height:55px; background-color:#f4f4e9; text-align:center; padding: 15px 0 15px 0; line-height: 19px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewTitle" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 15px; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span>Photo Card</span></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewViewCollection" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>View the entire <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery" style="color: #6666cc;">collection</a> of cards.</span></div></div></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif);"></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-1938873633644137162011-12-03T11:29:00.002-07:002011-12-03T11:29:00.146-07:00Enjoying the Warmth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu0vGXJd-ZIWFOkYITS-VMqdvWjIP9Pwm6QCLOZgLqhI14V0tS_vTw7K45z43FoGI7Esa6Ly1nbmjb-uU2xjAPELEE6zL4o6_jRnIQ8iByEO39p3Heu44Wpn77W6RuW5hLGFbPA/s1600/CIMG4839.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681793291570567922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu0vGXJd-ZIWFOkYITS-VMqdvWjIP9Pwm6QCLOZgLqhI14V0tS_vTw7K45z43FoGI7Esa6Ly1nbmjb-uU2xjAPELEE6zL4o6_jRnIQ8iByEO39p3Heu44Wpn77W6RuW5hLGFbPA/s600/CIMG4839.JPG" /></a> <br /><span style="font-size:180%;">L</span>ooking back at all these summer pictures makes me miss these warm days of picnics outside and walks to feed the ducks.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3anFd33hvHghI9ea0eL-Wb21rg1pmzAuCXLzCwNsz_r-e4kRmkQkthvUSNsDTTC_uCqPwp4MylrEYZfdgwL6HARFHc2dZu9ivpfIp_rhVoIS5UAENtkptKSgSBKR2PoYreX3Sw/s1600/CIMG4840.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K3kLQhDGR_QYEOS0WK0lSojmZ9IISvvHisHkH-T6ZiIFn6N0HG11C4CQ1a2_KD7zUwm7cnhZOK_lPjgiIzqvK9jXteBsRjwhQ60WPGVe_E8MRXQdxuCazSc9Y5lSK2nlGmszgg/s1600/CIMG5110.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681792493552223346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K3kLQhDGR_QYEOS0WK0lSojmZ9IISvvHisHkH-T6ZiIFn6N0HG11C4CQ1a2_KD7zUwm7cnhZOK_lPjgiIzqvK9jXteBsRjwhQ60WPGVe_E8MRXQdxuCazSc9Y5lSK2nlGmszgg/s600/CIMG5110.JPG" /></a> After throwing rocks in the water for a while we got in trouble by the grounds workers. Guess they don't like cleaning out all the rocks...woops! Well we had fun while it lasted. And shh, don't tell but we did it again a few weeks later. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnkZCAH-bwVlnlaI9eMx6qK9-1Ip0lvJ_lUQH-ZiNCV4mJLkpmSteJM7Z2PeiTmZMFYxJf42ag_lz36Qb-13eFDM5saJ8To4ZOOJpithvirqI9tJm-TBjhGXbe8FZluwFhn5xpA/s1600/CIMG5114.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681792488585503762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnkZCAH-bwVlnlaI9eMx6qK9-1Ip0lvJ_lUQH-ZiNCV4mJLkpmSteJM7Z2PeiTmZMFYxJf42ag_lz36Qb-13eFDM5saJ8To4ZOOJpithvirqI9tJm-TBjhGXbe8FZluwFhn5xpA/s600/CIMG5114.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8WLJBzXqaw235TcAdmnJNiErh7KeF1-AlI2b04IJzHU2JSu8Y52Yg0BGnGuhQSVgyF1CwPTmj9edHSUMMhJfQxf_WOcI03ICrPHcOwBVnFDqkS1C431BfUIYro_7kmEVlxxy6w/s1600/CIMG5118.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681792478872294434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8WLJBzXqaw235TcAdmnJNiErh7KeF1-AlI2b04IJzHU2JSu8Y52Yg0BGnGuhQSVgyF1CwPTmj9edHSUMMhJfQxf_WOcI03ICrPHcOwBVnFDqkS1C431BfUIYro_7kmEVlxxy6w/s600/CIMG5118.JPG" /></a> Then we were off to throw food to the ducks, geese, & birds...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJX5Nj5P2SmbMNgkbQ2R8JLwBHHpCAppCsxMZYi0xgeP4AmElK6emGFYA5i-iUhZjB8oHmxCIL8KVoGKGEnPR1GD1MRKG348PUWT0jAIEieOByiA19WjGMOwOmFzt1pEI5waueqw/s1600/CIMG5133.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681792467748118770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJX5Nj5P2SmbMNgkbQ2R8JLwBHHpCAppCsxMZYi0xgeP4AmElK6emGFYA5i-iUhZjB8oHmxCIL8KVoGKGEnPR1GD1MRKG348PUWT0jAIEieOByiA19WjGMOwOmFzt1pEI5waueqw/s600/CIMG5133.JPG" /></a> Such fun, warm, summer days...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZaewXiK36QAOORnRCckQKsUht-YdB-EGo_rIBSt1CI4OTPjb76ztf0EBXZtDDc_WpCKxJXG8ab4fEoBOWKyaozbgM3iKtf6SSj3d7yKGhLSdfaf4fNZOJdCSc3q43nFqfhSoDA/s1600/CIMG5135.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681792462929814930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZaewXiK36QAOORnRCckQKsUht-YdB-EGo_rIBSt1CI4OTPjb76ztf0EBXZtDDc_WpCKxJXG8ab4fEoBOWKyaozbgM3iKtf6SSj3d7yKGhLSdfaf4fNZOJdCSc3q43nFqfhSoDA/s600/CIMG5135.JPG" /></a>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-50172480184288722502011-12-02T22:44:00.004-07:002011-12-02T23:28:52.893-07:00A Much Needed Getaway<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHixq7zwTuEgbANAHs5fU2eppaDp0oFBpaXAtFoLTuK4fLk3e6Bo0P0n9DVjLwMKGy6aFIIbxy09qjhW-aZWLVMWgn8-qmgj8M4SgMXjn85_Yd99AsGjGDZp0AqIKpzXBxNEpBg/s1600/CIMG4760.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681779405503646690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHixq7zwTuEgbANAHs5fU2eppaDp0oFBpaXAtFoLTuK4fLk3e6Bo0P0n9DVjLwMKGy6aFIIbxy09qjhW-aZWLVMWgn8-qmgj8M4SgMXjn85_Yd99AsGjGDZp0AqIKpzXBxNEpBg/s600/CIMG4760.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">B</span>y this point Jarom had been gone working in Holland for about 5 or 6 weeks and he would still be there for another 5 weeks...which meant that I desperately needed a break!!! SO it was perfect timing when my good friend, Katie, called and asked me to come on a business trip with her. I was very excited! We've known each other since junior high and have kept in touch all these years.<br /><br />It's amazing how nice flying without kids is after you've experienced flying with them! Only problem is you constantly feel like you are forgetting something because it is much too easy and relaxed.<br /><br />Once we got to Texas, we had a good time setting up Katie's booth (she's the owner of Oh Katy diapers...p.s. I cloth diaper now...surprised?). We got to meet some fun people, go to a few bars (where we felt pretty out of place drinking our Coke's), go to the world's largest honky tonk, participate in armadillo racing (which meant we actually held an armadillo), ride a mechanical bull, and just catch up with each other and have a good time.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiZt9NNEGVIWWoUyKt5aRe07uBGNVsNYNSOrs0SjY9wupF97b3nMuUFkTliql1k3Z7DwzQGNUbFS4s553o0XmWIUZo8zzD7eHkEwOuuHBHv-D8h-BaxS7il2iWSAVvJpLWiTPww/s1600/CIMG4794.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681777669936488482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiZt9NNEGVIWWoUyKt5aRe07uBGNVsNYNSOrs0SjY9wupF97b3nMuUFkTliql1k3Z7DwzQGNUbFS4s553o0XmWIUZo8zzD7eHkEwOuuHBHv-D8h-BaxS7il2iWSAVvJpLWiTPww/s600/CIMG4794.JPG" /></a> <br /><br />Here's the reason why we needed a room with two beds: one for us and one for our junk!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlpZ9mIMKIMXTpabu1Q3bdYtnrfstl-t4d6cbbEo1JJFrwgO0KIGj_QXo6yTn1-7Cz3fXURkWjWOmn1WTKxRWTwQHJ7soHSoNhXnGv9-1zQib0eAFG71ljVRsjv94sWXSXYNAZQ/s1600/CIMG4814.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681777652575217842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlpZ9mIMKIMXTpabu1Q3bdYtnrfstl-t4d6cbbEo1JJFrwgO0KIGj_QXo6yTn1-7Cz3fXURkWjWOmn1WTKxRWTwQHJ7soHSoNhXnGv9-1zQib0eAFG71ljVRsjv94sWXSXYNAZQ/s600/CIMG4814.JPG" /></a> <br /><br />We had such a good time together and yet it was of course good to get back to our kids again!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fg0hHjH9MZ0C8_VWF0abEBTsAA-XI7aeWiog68ftowE5qK7ZeFEI3RwmekUvQCRQSGBDPVVwQZMFHR36b83QN88NdrN7Z_otAWmA9_NMj0xej9lCV0ybbc_xI9KbLFUzj5VODg/s1600/CIMG4812.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681777644680025634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fg0hHjH9MZ0C8_VWF0abEBTsAA-XI7aeWiog68ftowE5qK7ZeFEI3RwmekUvQCRQSGBDPVVwQZMFHR36b83QN88NdrN7Z_otAWmA9_NMj0xej9lCV0ybbc_xI9KbLFUzj5VODg/s600/CIMG4812.JPG" /></a></div></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-74389776897410816072011-12-02T22:37:00.003-07:002011-12-02T22:44:31.053-07:00Seriously?!?<span style="font-size:180%;">E</span>aster...that was the last time I posted? That's a little pathetic! Well, looks like I have a lot to sort through. Don't even know if I remember how to blog any more. :) Here are a few cute pictures my sister took back in April. They're candid and I just love them. They make me smile. I'll start sorting through my dozens of folders to attempt to get caught up!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yppL-AqOHiurnrMPXEG5Ayl9G798L7Cd2MlpdhMtIu9s0hqIG-pZkyfFqB0Qg_4G9I9bzN_z2gNUPOAkLhFpPn7_4qUPrVW_WdTs0OxRqhCjY6hptWGSs8WHQCy_-XAu1FOzsg/s1600/193962_10150500547480714_503465713_18223820_872062_o.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681772901394236434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yppL-AqOHiurnrMPXEG5Ayl9G798L7Cd2MlpdhMtIu9s0hqIG-pZkyfFqB0Qg_4G9I9bzN_z2gNUPOAkLhFpPn7_4qUPrVW_WdTs0OxRqhCjY6hptWGSs8WHQCy_-XAu1FOzsg/s800/193962_10150500547480714_503465713_18223820_872062_o.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZXOdnDTJw-1-o99wFyO-tuIek6idw7GpuXswki01Ud3FWmo8gCmJlDty2n9w4NDltp1vm9jx8e0uPGhuyXoc0S8Z2g8uABGaTMF0APFmCsbL79Kta4YQpeWOnMNYvLn_BOQy9A/s1600/201912_10150500578695714_503465713_18224373_3660401_o.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681772891045850578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZXOdnDTJw-1-o99wFyO-tuIek6idw7GpuXswki01Ud3FWmo8gCmJlDty2n9w4NDltp1vm9jx8e0uPGhuyXoc0S8Z2g8uABGaTMF0APFmCsbL79Kta4YQpeWOnMNYvLn_BOQy9A/s800/201912_10150500578695714_503465713_18224373_3660401_o.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDL2mEi_Rh0qUeFPp16xDGCMJzZK3_vHL11BPD2dVQFg8atq0gNACuVnpx9v9Eva4_RXxbUrdBbeG1BbzVsLcx2I4tlC7gWRFBs18FukamCZFxzz2qtit05bsC0reR3ldT-7Ez_A/s1600/204943_10150500578170714_503465713_18224362_1887118_o.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681772889066762034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDL2mEi_Rh0qUeFPp16xDGCMJzZK3_vHL11BPD2dVQFg8atq0gNACuVnpx9v9Eva4_RXxbUrdBbeG1BbzVsLcx2I4tlC7gWRFBs18FukamCZFxzz2qtit05bsC0reR3ldT-7Ez_A/s800/204943_10150500578170714_503465713_18224362_1887118_o.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-gWO2XCQ3Xq_OuqBQEy9ZFisz3HVXyXqEXc-XCy6k2tI3IQC65qBs2ekVwjwmo4uQE5eWWbiZe-EZ0oUPwA5UNeGfr3X7jgZG6Qekt4kQctOyTyJu4iUq-suYbPfv8mgdVaLYw/s1600/210343_10150500578970714_503465713_18224378_4062430_o.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681772869298346418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-gWO2XCQ3Xq_OuqBQEy9ZFisz3HVXyXqEXc-XCy6k2tI3IQC65qBs2ekVwjwmo4uQE5eWWbiZe-EZ0oUPwA5UNeGfr3X7jgZG6Qekt4kQctOyTyJu4iUq-suYbPfv8mgdVaLYw/s800/210343_10150500578970714_503465713_18224378_4062430_o.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4QJJ3aJw4QM3fwUMss34rhg32rr70xDaXLCY0CawoK_fUs9udmoro67EBl-Ygh-FvbVysqvxiHPx3XECj800_e3byK91Jah6ALZSIbgPSJa__jh7QSOZbSnNhMxgXfTK9Ajd1A/s1600/210540_10150500577875714_503465713_18224357_3796263_o.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681772865273338802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4QJJ3aJw4QM3fwUMss34rhg32rr70xDaXLCY0CawoK_fUs9udmoro67EBl-Ygh-FvbVysqvxiHPx3XECj800_e3byK91Jah6ALZSIbgPSJa__jh7QSOZbSnNhMxgXfTK9Ajd1A/s800/210540_10150500577875714_503465713_18224357_3796263_o.jpg" /></a>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-69257638458943814882011-05-23T13:03:00.000-07:002011-05-23T13:03:00.225-07:00Easter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMmAB8gewdL39hK8hpW6jQiULJevNGPIP5Es7uVqcAZyQgn4dN1RXBDmQepoOqfMkWRLQFQRBcDo4nyf1WnTYcG3jj67FatZ4Bm0W87_siWwCFW1R2FjUOp40O_fkPkotJ-WgIw/s1600/CIMG4602.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609750232971918930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMmAB8gewdL39hK8hpW6jQiULJevNGPIP5Es7uVqcAZyQgn4dN1RXBDmQepoOqfMkWRLQFQRBcDo4nyf1WnTYcG3jj67FatZ4Bm0W87_siWwCFW1R2FjUOp40O_fkPkotJ-WgIw/s600/CIMG4602.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">S</span>ome of the Higley cousins were down from Idaho so Grandma did an Easter egg hunt for them. It was cute to see them all running around together. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmKJTNjuGPLGn-_yb-J9rWUdKm-PImhklOmPedtep_RyNwcns0uvEjYQUQjrGwHjvT53UT1g_onIxV695KWz7A2t4dj0zZ_JDnrhz8b16zFc9sL9Ac2zgG55bVN2vn-b56v97pQ/s1600/CIMG4615.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609750229282872130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmKJTNjuGPLGn-_yb-J9rWUdKm-PImhklOmPedtep_RyNwcns0uvEjYQUQjrGwHjvT53UT1g_onIxV695KWz7A2t4dj0zZ_JDnrhz8b16zFc9sL9Ac2zgG55bVN2vn-b56v97pQ/s600/CIMG4615.JPG" /></a><br />Glade was at the back end of the group. He found all the eggs everyone else didn't see.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wJXwQbe_aMeM4vsNYwndu6xqBFSWRctt3NRTkeJpnwfK9yzmFnegNSCgeLfvck9jYVe7L5sVmfYZVf7rCURTuePTRhuAY0UZ2blZQ8Oq-SdTgyKq6XGLw22rW5PaK6cbId1rsA/s1600/CIMG4630.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609750217438920082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wJXwQbe_aMeM4vsNYwndu6xqBFSWRctt3NRTkeJpnwfK9yzmFnegNSCgeLfvck9jYVe7L5sVmfYZVf7rCURTuePTRhuAY0UZ2blZQ8Oq-SdTgyKq6XGLw22rW5PaK6cbId1rsA/s600/CIMG4630.JPG" /></a><br />Pictures of big groups of kids always make me laugh. There's usually at least one person crying!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zycvrgFdIc7i2i0CXor-J_f-oqO54TfxSr6DaPJfZv_gvhEoc0AFC8OR7RCkK-n4k1htOrp7kmcuL6ow7gA6olJcWRmLOa3HJihukPci4koNWBoFi0k0pt_XDxfTwbs3IqzReA/s1600/CIMG4640.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609750211025994738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zycvrgFdIc7i2i0CXor-J_f-oqO54TfxSr6DaPJfZv_gvhEoc0AFC8OR7RCkK-n4k1htOrp7kmcuL6ow7gA6olJcWRmLOa3HJihukPci4koNWBoFi0k0pt_XDxfTwbs3IqzReA/s600/CIMG4640.JPG" /></a><br />The Saturday before Easter we went to the city egg hunt. It's pretty much mass chaos! Really fun mass chaos that is.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZmT9wkl70sERMHf6hGnFbSGUggwaL51PSUdnMcD7h9OmOBljZr5v6VgKRVENgM01lveBbQUcB-GGqvQ45c7H0Hm4UuN-32QA7oxJYNmkafMLFiPCimdiAtMCpR2q07h9V0Vj3w/s1600/CIMG4644.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609748044813195602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZmT9wkl70sERMHf6hGnFbSGUggwaL51PSUdnMcD7h9OmOBljZr5v6VgKRVENgM01lveBbQUcB-GGqvQ45c7H0Hm4UuN-32QA7oxJYNmkafMLFiPCimdiAtMCpR2q07h9V0Vj3w/s600/CIMG4644.JPG" /></a><br />The bunny picture<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwcY1H7urYwlA0TTA2TReCp6jzxi-BYmhAVlbt0NCOG30FbWjzAn7nXvYvZFDMIB31x36ukc-lMxMHMsK8YvvZHnj8hH90sFL5jdCdUHL4OzMY-tF0gmbu1mBfIt9XPVMm9J2yA/s1600/CIMG4653.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609748044289999938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwcY1H7urYwlA0TTA2TReCp6jzxi-BYmhAVlbt0NCOG30FbWjzAn7nXvYvZFDMIB31x36ukc-lMxMHMsK8YvvZHnj8hH90sFL5jdCdUHL4OzMY-tF0gmbu1mBfIt9XPVMm9J2yA/s600/CIMG4653.JPG" /></a><br />Dumping out their goodies once we got home<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJ19QTeFnXF8RLCyTiBuxMZ455a1PkqKBeyVr8KQB9v5YWX0OPOApfrD3GSwQJAZ7bcS1dwRw2UpbGTd22_GKvtbrkJxh2qZIVlUWziu1un_YXUwjXORJ58ORSyndnFu7Rb7QwA/s1600/CIMG4669.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609748033795304386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJ19QTeFnXF8RLCyTiBuxMZ455a1PkqKBeyVr8KQB9v5YWX0OPOApfrD3GSwQJAZ7bcS1dwRw2UpbGTd22_GKvtbrkJxh2qZIVlUWziu1un_YXUwjXORJ58ORSyndnFu7Rb7QwA/s600/CIMG4669.JPG" /></a><br />I always enjoy dying eggs. Thankfully my kids do too. Too bad I'm the only one who will eat them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4vAu6FhZ_kZuQ4hoPE7oUSx1bHKb6UJ64n2-lpVLHWiwWFPqt2_d89Ctj1IpS7_aVDRCh-VUqI5QvLMlVZ4rXuOhZGFg1HkSN1QOQ7vMrslQkKgy2bPZop5381PvGCMCMi7t_w/s1600/CIMG4687.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609748027939038914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4vAu6FhZ_kZuQ4hoPE7oUSx1bHKb6UJ64n2-lpVLHWiwWFPqt2_d89Ctj1IpS7_aVDRCh-VUqI5QvLMlVZ4rXuOhZGFg1HkSN1QOQ7vMrslQkKgy2bPZop5381PvGCMCMi7t_w/s600/CIMG4687.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUKPThsL3xRLEUg-NmBpyDLWeiLhOTHPB9HyRSbvhs411TRJfiSzJ8i-rPmYV6g7t5G-VEz5quuNJp18T1bD9uptEfE6Rqb8JYGKl8LS6ww_cKPQbI9JgJTAvq3qNTlzWXHIdPA/s1600/CIMG4690.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609748021883542082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUKPThsL3xRLEUg-NmBpyDLWeiLhOTHPB9HyRSbvhs411TRJfiSzJ8i-rPmYV6g7t5G-VEz5quuNJp18T1bD9uptEfE6Rqb8JYGKl8LS6ww_cKPQbI9JgJTAvq3qNTlzWXHIdPA/s600/CIMG4690.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LcfR_nT3gvvRQaLAvWsAhDvq1_2QCvrNBwIndBesJGSMUtNn-Ojk-G33vTHKiUNX5Xc6GvZZGA2pZxfAd2WQaPb2x-wBO1x5AelAkmqZvvNjtN_1D9DpDc64J1fDGbL_640cfw/s1600/CIMG4700.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609743553465700162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LcfR_nT3gvvRQaLAvWsAhDvq1_2QCvrNBwIndBesJGSMUtNn-Ojk-G33vTHKiUNX5Xc6GvZZGA2pZxfAd2WQaPb2x-wBO1x5AelAkmqZvvNjtN_1D9DpDc64J1fDGbL_640cfw/s600/CIMG4700.JPG" /></a><br />Easter Sunday...Glade is so excited! :)</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jKWHjFWTHNluSBr04VnkZA2arPPr2Yi0BENzPWjZVqgt6yk3t3iOktGKqwQP4NJDJ5v4rE-j1X6DR9aPWbZKR-UxmjsfAmjOsqG1ptXWVsZ0z3fhVFiFpsYlOb-0CpL1ZlNwbQ/s1600/CIMG4717.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609743547018084034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jKWHjFWTHNluSBr04VnkZA2arPPr2Yi0BENzPWjZVqgt6yk3t3iOktGKqwQP4NJDJ5v4rE-j1X6DR9aPWbZKR-UxmjsfAmjOsqG1ptXWVsZ0z3fhVFiFpsYlOb-0CpL1ZlNwbQ/s600/CIMG4717.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pyAIdYG49SepgBTYOcC0qO2e1D16h-nIXMNS8e2tUG3XD_FN7y_XMQWP2f2RB9lWyDrGNG1jl5IROgYK9W24ls1oFlC0AaDb5NAVbV0AHWBDPPW9f5xvXTOKEDLVDklxNlMRnA/s1600/CIMG4722.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609743540866759042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pyAIdYG49SepgBTYOcC0qO2e1D16h-nIXMNS8e2tUG3XD_FN7y_XMQWP2f2RB9lWyDrGNG1jl5IROgYK9W24ls1oFlC0AaDb5NAVbV0AHWBDPPW9f5xvXTOKEDLVDklxNlMRnA/s600/CIMG4722.JPG" /></a><br />Ready for the egg hunt. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcRAVzX2tL0nY265VttObX5MnhL1N2awdYC8joDnlzcmdeCtRkuQZ284JC1To_fVok2wji9RrRI9vyD7l5C4jiXT5oejAGap7s-5ZrCgXX9aX6fUovr34ebs6va55Km6bu8BJBA/s1600/CIMG4741.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609743538912695282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcRAVzX2tL0nY265VttObX5MnhL1N2awdYC8joDnlzcmdeCtRkuQZ284JC1To_fVok2wji9RrRI9vyD7l5C4jiXT5oejAGap7s-5ZrCgXX9aX6fUovr34ebs6va55Km6bu8BJBA/s600/CIMG4741.JPG" /></a><br />Jimmy snapped this one. I think Myra looks pretty sweet. I look pretty tired but that's just the reality. Counting down those days until Jarom gets back!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PkpokUwVp2a_N9HDGcEBn8wbOsmcTkvunVGaERqmUBe4R7Ai151OtS4tWnP8YdwVijJ_Ln-hPfNkJvQkIFIThBuFMUR48Z-F0uMh3I3rhOJ4dheTWohkeZzX254_EM0pv1e2Uw/s1600/CIMG4729.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609743527866097618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PkpokUwVp2a_N9HDGcEBn8wbOsmcTkvunVGaERqmUBe4R7Ai151OtS4tWnP8YdwVijJ_Ln-hPfNkJvQkIFIThBuFMUR48Z-F0uMh3I3rhOJ4dheTWohkeZzX254_EM0pv1e2Uw/s600/CIMG4729.JPG" /></a> </div><div>These 3 kiddos sure made Easter enjoyable for me!</div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-20637161828505646272011-05-21T10:21:00.000-07:002011-05-22T18:50:24.323-07:00Hanging out with the Lovelace's<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmene7x93fCSDo1UJH7s8iDJckVQroEf5YhM17PLD2vfivb3ZKUsNqu1hsHHULqDaeDQDlR7WuL5Pd4XnOkgIzE5KSB4UkeYzASP61tnA8tB5-3Asr4rEdFlaT4FpWFcV_CJkZcw/s1600/CIMG4488.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608581809893114706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmene7x93fCSDo1UJH7s8iDJckVQroEf5YhM17PLD2vfivb3ZKUsNqu1hsHHULqDaeDQDlR7WuL5Pd4XnOkgIzE5KSB4UkeYzASP61tnA8tB5-3Asr4rEdFlaT4FpWFcV_CJkZcw/s600/CIMG4488.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">S</span>oon after Jarom left, the kids and I headed to Springville to hang out with my family for a while. Myra really loves grandpa. She actually lets him hold her....which is saying a lot for Myra! She is a momma's girl BIG time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNH5IALmhnxZtDD5NiHZ4n5Hj4SkfKdrSAnHcSL5w82SGJfbbMOry15FHWLBVpcGGldaIhT0c3OtakywaCuJ7_3cH47TL9a_1AVvvaZBnPg8GcuisBTaXhaNiMn_QwnurTdAxU6w/s1600/CIMG4487.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608581800703246530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNH5IALmhnxZtDD5NiHZ4n5Hj4SkfKdrSAnHcSL5w82SGJfbbMOry15FHWLBVpcGGldaIhT0c3OtakywaCuJ7_3cH47TL9a_1AVvvaZBnPg8GcuisBTaXhaNiMn_QwnurTdAxU6w/s600/CIMG4487.JPG" /></a><br />I have really missed the big family Sunday gatherings with everyone around the table eating, laughing, and playing games.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lBElv8aJS8NrPp2iCf5rcQx6vvWqNqCxgOy4zdBul9wsTcI1laNgMtx1jpifVsq0ilj83v_QxkliFSDHsmXTDoWZWjaH8D4Xzs4Hgn5d8TFXrAEgt_T6tSsP3BaYrCSy3an6fg/s1600/CIMG4490.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608581789612948786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lBElv8aJS8NrPp2iCf5rcQx6vvWqNqCxgOy4zdBul9wsTcI1laNgMtx1jpifVsq0ilj83v_QxkliFSDHsmXTDoWZWjaH8D4Xzs4Hgn5d8TFXrAEgt_T6tSsP3BaYrCSy3an6fg/s600/CIMG4490.JPG" /></a><br />The boys had a blast playing with cousin Tyce and his baby brother, Kru. Thankfully the weather cooperated and we were able to spend some time outside.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDm5gh5tTr-YKD26CLNRYQjcGnopwNTTyeQ7EK4w0eIAEWBh36Oxdjwg2lKtAyeu8VUGR8PoZUh3QcK_tn_o32Pn3mNIN7NWDvRpadPbB9Bo4SpeaH1dIxyzuMR-OBnlCYayO2Tg/s1600/CIMG4492.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608578963586476338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDm5gh5tTr-YKD26CLNRYQjcGnopwNTTyeQ7EK4w0eIAEWBh36Oxdjwg2lKtAyeu8VUGR8PoZUh3QcK_tn_o32Pn3mNIN7NWDvRpadPbB9Bo4SpeaH1dIxyzuMR-OBnlCYayO2Tg/s600/CIMG4492.JPG" /></a><br />Tyce brought a few of his bikes over to share. The boys took turns pushing Myra around for a good hour.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50DwGQ1F3_tml0Nc4z5wc6RTNPbd72bUg5eLskwOnBRjA_v9teJZgOJS2_QPBKy41EEwcLpAJxjqd6D_968uE32kOtmOrjWa6O2ZUfbsOxrmL0AXYczIJGiR9J3Gbs6GwQH9weg/s1600/CIMG4494.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608578960699838258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50DwGQ1F3_tml0Nc4z5wc6RTNPbd72bUg5eLskwOnBRjA_v9teJZgOJS2_QPBKy41EEwcLpAJxjqd6D_968uE32kOtmOrjWa6O2ZUfbsOxrmL0AXYczIJGiR9J3Gbs6GwQH9weg/s600/CIMG4494.JPG" /></a><br />My baby girl<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97KU6kXivW1LQk0YDROoqZ1T-w3n_y7QVL1crCZNLOYOLxrHrxFRsm70MPtqMJquRA7SOGvn0qtkthPSL-vXGWpFcDpF8n4XLUe4F5OPTiTRy0cuHnsaN-1YiAt66WrsKUS00rQ/s1600/CIMG4521.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608578953373408882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97KU6kXivW1LQk0YDROoqZ1T-w3n_y7QVL1crCZNLOYOLxrHrxFRsm70MPtqMJquRA7SOGvn0qtkthPSL-vXGWpFcDpF8n4XLUe4F5OPTiTRy0cuHnsaN-1YiAt66WrsKUS00rQ/s600/CIMG4521.JPG" /></a><br />All of my kids have become obsessed with drinking fountains. You hardly ever see a drinking fountain in Europe. Every time we find one they all have to stop and have several drinks. Myra thinks they are the coolest things ever!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZ-rqpxZMSgp3-qWdtkilXDpnbCe_nrQ5s5pM3JcdwCorsO4CJ5Ke-TTVQHmyEQfAPBQBWv1ZQL67JT90NbWDUrgr1v4793h4JDgHeGEj5H3z40-8NH_xoauvlavfAnLwBFI_MA/s1600/CIMG4535.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608578948684656114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZ-rqpxZMSgp3-qWdtkilXDpnbCe_nrQ5s5pM3JcdwCorsO4CJ5Ke-TTVQHmyEQfAPBQBWv1ZQL67JT90NbWDUrgr1v4793h4JDgHeGEj5H3z40-8NH_xoauvlavfAnLwBFI_MA/s600/CIMG4535.JPG" /></a><br />My mom and I took the kids to the Bean Museum at BYU.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGZx1GEH8LYUU16FSQCLLlNFbSC8OZOg312ARFWW4J_aFkTQQXvCHLiMFXfjHphRzgxfBqJtI9gcwU8DFKLOXYY_MHttWdVG-DeXBm76qufl-cI-12YG2AO_HbsbUf-L0aemxJQ/s1600/CIMG4537.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608578941504925410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGZx1GEH8LYUU16FSQCLLlNFbSC8OZOg312ARFWW4J_aFkTQQXvCHLiMFXfjHphRzgxfBqJtI9gcwU8DFKLOXYY_MHttWdVG-DeXBm76qufl-cI-12YG2AO_HbsbUf-L0aemxJQ/s600/CIMG4537.JPG" /></a><br />Jimmy the rhino<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvq7d6H5zGxFAJ-nfyx3Z87hUhVLnqheCKZGtIr8XZfSKhs2JSVFjVmE46qPcpCjHV4BOQvg8zuLvTDcoCH02QXGfDOfYtTpjhMgI3ZGVdCTjSax0H5C-p7_fyIYYok47DI6Ormw/s1600/CIMG4547.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608574598902369138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvq7d6H5zGxFAJ-nfyx3Z87hUhVLnqheCKZGtIr8XZfSKhs2JSVFjVmE46qPcpCjHV4BOQvg8zuLvTDcoCH02QXGfDOfYtTpjhMgI3ZGVdCTjSax0H5C-p7_fyIYYok47DI6Ormw/s600/CIMG4547.JPG" /></a><br />Then we stopped at McD's to let the kids run around.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99PacEPcUZfvFD2bxVVJYp4qdmo-QPXZ-_4ipTBye2cCXAQ2m0gVmWZ-xKLqWwqY_LawsONpHKu-Y3J2UZ4p2_7HCewltbDd6oekl9_1iLVUGXzUEczup8HfcC6ROTFpR5rmFrQ/s1600/CIMG4559.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608574590885443202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99PacEPcUZfvFD2bxVVJYp4qdmo-QPXZ-_4ipTBye2cCXAQ2m0gVmWZ-xKLqWwqY_LawsONpHKu-Y3J2UZ4p2_7HCewltbDd6oekl9_1iLVUGXzUEczup8HfcC6ROTFpR5rmFrQ/s600/CIMG4559.JPG" /></a><br />Another day the boys went to Trafalga with Glenn, Amber, and their kids. They had a blast!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ThuWmTSfGk6D3pZ7C-JcbzTEmOMNYew9Q7WjpNLQtwOH8UrhzLD8Z0PVJvRw4TUfQk_32FumberUALHOUnW4OrGIGMmI9HWS4UGAzFuDRQqmseDYz66NhpZ3wzRXIKfRd0PTdg/s1600/CIMG4564.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608574583223106338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ThuWmTSfGk6D3pZ7C-JcbzTEmOMNYew9Q7WjpNLQtwOH8UrhzLD8Z0PVJvRw4TUfQk_32FumberUALHOUnW4OrGIGMmI9HWS4UGAzFuDRQqmseDYz66NhpZ3wzRXIKfRd0PTdg/s600/CIMG4564.JPG" /></a><br />We also went to the Dinosaur Museum at BYU. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVTG7vMI8tvJpwAaBGmIE3M16yO4oUUIiz3kkujW7wjJr4QZxiRiXc1ztod2u5X7Ic3NDFHIxllYca9hki5N9nRDxYLwha9iAOa6hSQnwihBfS-70qdDWrJHK9rnBKxO_3Qrb3Q/s1600/CIMG4587.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608574578913479842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVTG7vMI8tvJpwAaBGmIE3M16yO4oUUIiz3kkujW7wjJr4QZxiRiXc1ztod2u5X7Ic3NDFHIxllYca9hki5N9nRDxYLwha9iAOa6hSQnwihBfS-70qdDWrJHK9rnBKxO_3Qrb3Q/s600/CIMG4587.JPG" /></a><br />Of course the boys thought it was really cool!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzMMVetBdWGszqpry6y6UP7e214MZX1wp5yOhCZOurdkQrm7iiC66jAMCDoEW8HGb_qtfBZ6PeMrf82fq6QJeAqwGZBu1qJJkQCzHNyXY2HYlICsfokelAeEr3tQOMA-vE6vLDw/s1600/CIMG4594.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608574569844923330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzMMVetBdWGszqpry6y6UP7e214MZX1wp5yOhCZOurdkQrm7iiC66jAMCDoEW8HGb_qtfBZ6PeMrf82fq6QJeAqwGZBu1qJJkQCzHNyXY2HYlICsfokelAeEr3tQOMA-vE6vLDw/s600/CIMG4594.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Finally we said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa. We had such a good time (and went back a few weeks later). :)</div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-84690913685958649312011-05-19T15:47:00.003-07:002011-05-19T16:08:45.712-07:00Saying Goodbye *Again*<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIe-EWJUU0u9cONRVB9EEYnE9yxrbS8C4k3TINITBo_tJ1qO2CwThCnFmMuscNqI-8rtVIBh-MKjnBHSKVyUmzsxFlButDS4NZcS0SpLJWwTaGPTtJPzxblo5l-HQ8Yp4exbqqg/s1600/CIMG4476.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608566648873115090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIe-EWJUU0u9cONRVB9EEYnE9yxrbS8C4k3TINITBo_tJ1qO2CwThCnFmMuscNqI-8rtVIBh-MKjnBHSKVyUmzsxFlButDS4NZcS0SpLJWwTaGPTtJPzxblo5l-HQ8Yp4exbqqg/s600/CIMG4476.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">S</span>hortly after getting to the US, Jarom had to leave to go back to Holland to train his replacement. It was a very sad goodbye. He has been gone for 8.5 weeks and has 2 more weeks left. We can't wait to see him again!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-_n06CS7avJd5sS7Y95JuajZkdNDTTvpnb6ojxOQScNPsV0jy2fUI9M4hm-oJcYYxnWDwyD6_Yb5ZOfBY2N_JSaW9uXJgvuh3FCQct-FDBFuk_p1vw3oXkEXi-wDT5gY3k_7eA/s1600/CIMG4477.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608566642323582594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-_n06CS7avJd5sS7Y95JuajZkdNDTTvpnb6ojxOQScNPsV0jy2fUI9M4hm-oJcYYxnWDwyD6_Yb5ZOfBY2N_JSaW9uXJgvuh3FCQct-FDBFuk_p1vw3oXkEXi-wDT5gY3k_7eA/s600/CIMG4477.JPG" /></a><br />The kids miss him so much and ask about him all the time. We've only been able to video chat twice since my internet is so unreliable. Other than that we've just emailed back and forth. It will be nice to have a husband once again!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz5WMXBt_paqaL8wFlUA428N3Qqsoi8X6oEAacJTp7yLrnkdWE4WhzaxNzN0tdLGg4ORATin6DZWDI3KMsNqwk94Htz_GxTGJnjGRRVH0tOumqxfvCteWxuF9UduGzgyjPi9H_A/s1600/CIMG4478.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608566635387530290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz5WMXBt_paqaL8wFlUA428N3Qqsoi8X6oEAacJTp7yLrnkdWE4WhzaxNzN0tdLGg4ORATin6DZWDI3KMsNqwk94Htz_GxTGJnjGRRVH0tOumqxfvCteWxuF9UduGzgyjPi9H_A/s600/CIMG4478.JPG" /></a><br />Pretty much all Glade talks about in his prayers is his daddy. "Help daddy home from airport" repeated over and over.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXl9pqq918U6Z5IaIMLUzTOT8iumUPkBP2Q3Zwhm5VPKylvDk0NCw0RzHx_e0ERS3-gNxCJwazSEGsxLqCUG06dt_jSb5NqWIPzu7fkLPOja0ZkuqL1-TuV51ulgG5xU-73NZVog/s1600/CIMG4479.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608566628455267298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXl9pqq918U6Z5IaIMLUzTOT8iumUPkBP2Q3Zwhm5VPKylvDk0NCw0RzHx_e0ERS3-gNxCJwazSEGsxLqCUG06dt_jSb5NqWIPzu7fkLPOja0ZkuqL1-TuV51ulgG5xU-73NZVog/s600/CIMG4479.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>June 1st can't come soon enough!</div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-58503078474201563472011-05-19T15:21:00.003-07:002011-05-19T15:46:47.231-07:00Settling In<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDWh8Cds7iDeekJC0jo_ErbPBZLq2Bl0fDvRr37Gt1mAoj5cmoP8WhbaOsjhKOJBr1bP5uPf_XGzIcmI6PT9-CZ9tX_JCtRK-jMRPwUVZfH_MMpS3gNfxX9A_NvndHYBpkFOldA/s1600/CIMG4453.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608560110894076514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDWh8Cds7iDeekJC0jo_ErbPBZLq2Bl0fDvRr37Gt1mAoj5cmoP8WhbaOsjhKOJBr1bP5uPf_XGzIcmI6PT9-CZ9tX_JCtRK-jMRPwUVZfH_MMpS3gNfxX9A_NvndHYBpkFOldA/s600/CIMG4453.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">B</span>raelyn and Jimmy were so funny when they first saw each other. There was this awkwardness where they both just sat on the couch next to each other smiling, but not looking at each other or talking. It was like they were in junior high! They quickly got to playing and laughing and are best buds again. Not a day goes by where my kids don't ask to play with Braelyn and Ryker!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwYD3y8JitoSQHm6o5qsSU7GhPFoyMV5miZBdNQWuRbAtXebRfZ7Hw6DhkzBkeNujc-EZvF30PdBMw_PZv5iE8V5AAgiNUDY_R-OY09CWigtxtbbUbZtUj82TojDSNWytI6sibg/s1600/CIMG4469.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608560103315323794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwYD3y8JitoSQHm6o5qsSU7GhPFoyMV5miZBdNQWuRbAtXebRfZ7Hw6DhkzBkeNujc-EZvF30PdBMw_PZv5iE8V5AAgiNUDY_R-OY09CWigtxtbbUbZtUj82TojDSNWytI6sibg/s600/CIMG4469.JPG" /></a><br />Myra and Tigger became instant friends. She loves to feed him all the food she doesn't want.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgKeV9VzN7roEWbH-dRT6GQ1tdmauK_C8S6MR6URvJFZRmvDQDxgOyXz2p6isox3LPpIihy8XnrlQUIwqW9H5JxN69P1-0C5aGCQ4Y-_XzdV3guKr5iDwTGWm1sG36ur1APTMsQ/s1600/CIMG4471.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608560098853264482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgKeV9VzN7roEWbH-dRT6GQ1tdmauK_C8S6MR6URvJFZRmvDQDxgOyXz2p6isox3LPpIihy8XnrlQUIwqW9H5JxN69P1-0C5aGCQ4Y-_XzdV3guKr5iDwTGWm1sG36ur1APTMsQ/s600/CIMG4471.JPG" /></a><br />Ryker started calling Jarom "dad" while his dad was on a little trip. It was pretty cute.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijo61QWh8vkhDgE2vOT22lp5LxALxNQf4cIEycUlAQDFwHE3wnmjYfW4YoVMoKECzJj_g_85QCgnYKJAnIqtD_be7U9Eh7Q0-HdJM9zDtZrSL1cheRg6HMq603Q8_itBVKD5-69w/s1600/CIMG4474.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608560093347483410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijo61QWh8vkhDgE2vOT22lp5LxALxNQf4cIEycUlAQDFwHE3wnmjYfW4YoVMoKECzJj_g_85QCgnYKJAnIqtD_be7U9Eh7Q0-HdJM9zDtZrSL1cheRg6HMq603Q8_itBVKD5-69w/s600/CIMG4474.JPG" /></a><br />The boys got new bikes since we sold theirs in Holland. Jimmy already has a flat in his!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPS1x7tAZNR5EdjLA9NenWHqRxvaKdztdY5VqAVpvUWnDDjkbwxf-sgbglLha_ZzLObUviYXLgxTJo56jR2PahYu9_pRjlBiHZyKzMFKCQ2KYzKT4rLwoNXi4qfxCV1YbikE5ffA/s1600/CIMG4475.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608560089775025202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPS1x7tAZNR5EdjLA9NenWHqRxvaKdztdY5VqAVpvUWnDDjkbwxf-sgbglLha_ZzLObUviYXLgxTJo56jR2PahYu9_pRjlBiHZyKzMFKCQ2KYzKT4rLwoNXi4qfxCV1YbikE5ffA/s600/CIMG4475.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>And we tried so hard to catch up on sleep and get used to the time change. It took Myra a month or two to get all adjusted. I hate jet lag! It feels good, yet strange to be back again.</div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-8334380877034925992011-05-18T14:40:00.006-07:002011-05-18T15:47:46.408-07:00Moving Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgEmHfbizFodK4TJG5R1NvR_xgzj5ialSFt6JQJVfOEvkVLAoY0zMQQcPDeXjom88mHZg7f3p6WQ3xbumRA-zsxtiMUsLxNADTvKtsQSn9jMSgbQFsRfmmFdD6wPp6JHRR3zJUw/s1600/CIMG4425.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608184010909946466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgEmHfbizFodK4TJG5R1NvR_xgzj5ialSFt6JQJVfOEvkVLAoY0zMQQcPDeXjom88mHZg7f3p6WQ3xbumRA-zsxtiMUsLxNADTvKtsQSn9jMSgbQFsRfmmFdD6wPp6JHRR3zJUw/s600/CIMG4425.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>e had SO much stuff to lug through the airports: 14 bags of luggage, 2 diaper bags, 1 backpack, 2 strollers, oh and 3 kids! Jarom somehow manned all the luggage and I took the kids, one of the strollers, and the diaper bags. It's exhausting just thinking about it all!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHFrxHUGMDSzKrWKfY12GWFlYoxzIWaIjrHNc1Qeghe-26LZob86vyrjfeoIM0_7RJ_pVLxxAeSvApMby9ncHE7pHcxv8rgr2biP-36i7b8hM25AZJ5EP9nehWSYOflS79uld5A/s1600/Moving+Home+10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608185956285278002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHFrxHUGMDSzKrWKfY12GWFlYoxzIWaIjrHNc1Qeghe-26LZob86vyrjfeoIM0_7RJ_pVLxxAeSvApMby9ncHE7pHcxv8rgr2biP-36i7b8hM25AZJ5EP9nehWSYOflS79uld5A/s600/Moving+Home+10.jpg" /></a> Our good bishop gave us a ride to the airport.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSOPhoog8VtAFlI79y0nbxaNGebwjta5jUYjSg20PgdCbdgBH85PUCIEsUDIgYfT_SAPg4HZGJEGmaCB_jI0LfklduSrDuBLB9ugmKndYdSvZX-JPZ6-mmVTTkwDT1vnAKnv2fA/s1600/CIMG4428.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608184006047807570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSOPhoog8VtAFlI79y0nbxaNGebwjta5jUYjSg20PgdCbdgBH85PUCIEsUDIgYfT_SAPg4HZGJEGmaCB_jI0LfklduSrDuBLB9ugmKndYdSvZX-JPZ6-mmVTTkwDT1vnAKnv2fA/s600/CIMG4428.JPG" /></a> Last picture of our kiddos in Rotterdam. After being in the car for about 45 minutes Jimmy exclaimed, "Are we almost there?" We all just laughed!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR_g1TN3epfOFlZpaG-u0Dz23Eo2a-Kzc8rCk616jSLxW0ZY24_F_tKos1zqJwRZ8CNe8-e8Y7QizqY3lFf6A1j53UoBun7VYF24xkOsRLWmCqbA0FeqoAkl9FZjkl7C7v50FVQ/s1600/CIMG4430.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608183991703702466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR_g1TN3epfOFlZpaG-u0Dz23Eo2a-Kzc8rCk616jSLxW0ZY24_F_tKos1zqJwRZ8CNe8-e8Y7QizqY3lFf6A1j53UoBun7VYF24xkOsRLWmCqbA0FeqoAkl9FZjkl7C7v50FVQ/s600/CIMG4430.JPG" /></a> I know this isn't the best picture, but it brings back memories of saying goodbye and our last few minutes in Rotterdam.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzgQ3PMZPOK3llIEVTA3wMlk11gMDn0WNhsecWeFsDIRYsGEObOxtR0eFDFaDWVUvyJ4pRUkjjv4W2IkZxudm1y1Fp_bUhKXAR_hFPA6XhM7bq-zigZMZan-Oa7Wb8tB7qM-yFw/s1600/CIMG4434.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608183987238375250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzgQ3PMZPOK3llIEVTA3wMlk11gMDn0WNhsecWeFsDIRYsGEObOxtR0eFDFaDWVUvyJ4pRUkjjv4W2IkZxudm1y1Fp_bUhKXAR_hFPA6XhM7bq-zigZMZan-Oa7Wb8tB7qM-yFw/s600/CIMG4434.JPG" /></a> The last windmill I saw. :(<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGptrZFue2z68TcrR6VXKi6Vjr73kC-wlmxKCk5iNPQnzdiPlOVnJdx2wCyVlvlAb06iPyHqmwwJLefInNuRBiZQpMIXwej_uQL3klnvsjEAj1YbUxNFCOz7ABur8gDVoy89ttg/s1600/CIMG4435.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608183982496124754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGptrZFue2z68TcrR6VXKi6Vjr73kC-wlmxKCk5iNPQnzdiPlOVnJdx2wCyVlvlAb06iPyHqmwwJLefInNuRBiZQpMIXwej_uQL3klnvsjEAj1YbUxNFCOz7ABur8gDVoy89ttg/s600/CIMG4435.JPG" /></a> And then the bishop left us alone with all our stuff. I kept thinking, "I have no idea how we are going to do this!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc3-s8WwVtYjF81zrIfFW8-79Wws-0DcNUuwxyDIcw4sXC2Ju8zQG4QYic1rE-0ikDkfVIqgdnCD0KM5SYbLVfyniwlhxDzAeCde8lg3dd7vpFysihBk7TJpRGvaDxAZKwk1ihQ/s1600/CIMG4438.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608181365377359650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc3-s8WwVtYjF81zrIfFW8-79Wws-0DcNUuwxyDIcw4sXC2Ju8zQG4QYic1rE-0ikDkfVIqgdnCD0KM5SYbLVfyniwlhxDzAeCde8lg3dd7vpFysihBk7TJpRGvaDxAZKwk1ihQ/s600/CIMG4438.JPG" /></a> Jimmy was a good helper, of course. Keep in mind that even that little bag he's pulling weighed 50 pounds! We stuffed each one to their limit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARA-R47ag7ybp3RNIhv7wyfne_Rjs9QKnAxU5rawnFU43po2SY8jcQ75zqf4-kkfU_vbMHyvxHOyAJnkH3zFE9STPnettGNsb-QhcVdvoup90BWD6CxOBL0i1g1lQl7iF5MWvXg/s1600/Moving+Home+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608181361755783170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARA-R47ag7ybp3RNIhv7wyfne_Rjs9QKnAxU5rawnFU43po2SY8jcQ75zqf4-kkfU_vbMHyvxHOyAJnkH3zFE9STPnettGNsb-QhcVdvoup90BWD6CxOBL0i1g1lQl7iF5MWvXg/s600/Moving+Home+7.jpg" /></a>I don't have any pictures of us traveling because honestly, we were just lucky to survive. I didn't have an extra hand for picture taking. It was the most stressful day ever! The climax was when our connecting flight messed up our tickets and didn't have seats for 2 of us. They said we'd have to hold 2 kids on our lap. After personally delaying the flight an hour they finally got it figured out and found us seats. Our kids were screaming by the time we sat down because it was 3 am Holland time and the flight attendants expected the kids to stand in the plane aisle for 15 minutes while they figured out where to seat us. It was beyond stressful!<br /><br />These last few pictures I snagged from my sister, Shelley. These were taken from their perspective as they waited for us to arrive in SLC.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkQ1s-7sAs3n6XlABfzKOSFIK09m2B1vn_puZiX4UCDxImyrdmBoqH6-f31S4NjnmZEHNxzDRu0dKhLV_djjBx2I5x6ow7LoYcRMmV897XIAXd1vpXKf5wHMnqj9Q8sa1qirTRA/s1600/Moving+Home+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608181358870077906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkQ1s-7sAs3n6XlABfzKOSFIK09m2B1vn_puZiX4UCDxImyrdmBoqH6-f31S4NjnmZEHNxzDRu0dKhLV_djjBx2I5x6ow7LoYcRMmV897XIAXd1vpXKf5wHMnqj9Q8sa1qirTRA/s600/Moving+Home+1.jpg" /></a> I love this one...the anticipation!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBeJsiHDD_nlst3NXwakA9dmkNR6fU6MY0xuAQ4hzpPqNoQbmrhObwV-TwFhSWWjYPYoHB2EFKQSNK0mOhTb7rjReAOhehxBMS1fI11A3E0iuXEN1xwm69g5O_zUh9_Br8y1ONg/s1600/Moving+Home+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608181356590527266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBeJsiHDD_nlst3NXwakA9dmkNR6fU6MY0xuAQ4hzpPqNoQbmrhObwV-TwFhSWWjYPYoHB2EFKQSNK0mOhTb7rjReAOhehxBMS1fI11A3E0iuXEN1xwm69g5O_zUh9_Br8y1ONg/s600/Moving+Home+2.jpg" /></a> FINALLY! We made it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8WaJXU4-DFGcGg-G_bvaipFPiOBQs7UH8LDmgsaLvqPtkmPXPNE6pWdG5zG8aAkE13Gxm_fESrtig6UKxUYhNmgMkDJKZsM6o1o6ZqVlWqYHmmUCMPOF-_Soz_gkmaYXRuD5mA/s1600/Moving+Home+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608181350086226562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8WaJXU4-DFGcGg-G_bvaipFPiOBQs7UH8LDmgsaLvqPtkmPXPNE6pWdG5zG8aAkE13Gxm_fESrtig6UKxUYhNmgMkDJKZsM6o1o6ZqVlWqYHmmUCMPOF-_Soz_gkmaYXRuD5mA/s600/Moving+Home+8.jpg" /></a> Lara and Glade. Glade was shy at first but warmed up quickly.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOYl7j1XT3cymtgTy5K23sVX0zXKbpVey5d9FaXwbIVkK3y9s8XyUJRj5jMK4MKSWhaygw8Sw8iB5Ur_GY_Ptxiyt8CG8aPIHtaARPLmvSsycI6wIbq_d0Nmy7YnpDKUPhITCUQ/s1600/Moving+Home+9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608180544108724402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOYl7j1XT3cymtgTy5K23sVX0zXKbpVey5d9FaXwbIVkK3y9s8XyUJRj5jMK4MKSWhaygw8Sw8iB5Ur_GY_Ptxiyt8CG8aPIHtaARPLmvSsycI6wIbq_d0Nmy7YnpDKUPhITCUQ/s600/Moving+Home+9.jpg" /></a> Myra was exhausted and didn't want anyone (except me) to touch her. Can you blame her?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lTirimXzR51uHgyKZiVOIES7EHuOR2MQlMNeSI40MXOKtnPfPydv-rTU_Lxj20nDxiwaZ7dcJd1ij2ZnXqf7_YqDqzzA08M0v-rO1xGVes047NWmRiuADdIEolL_Gw4fVH-zRQ/s1600/Moving+Home+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608180537697361058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lTirimXzR51uHgyKZiVOIES7EHuOR2MQlMNeSI40MXOKtnPfPydv-rTU_Lxj20nDxiwaZ7dcJd1ij2ZnXqf7_YqDqzzA08M0v-rO1xGVes047NWmRiuADdIEolL_Gw4fVH-zRQ/s600/Moving+Home+3.jpg" /></a> Grandma Higley!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1wLTu54T7PmdLCNBKheuTxCIk2Cuf-wyagGaElJobpn0JBai0Ay7aIiZg2E6LFRowalMBlWU_tJ67s4uLJBpyHJqi20vjLPtwQjXjvsGnKYwqHauG_OOgnTCSgBNYkYhQp8syA/s1600/Moving+Home+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608180536598072226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1wLTu54T7PmdLCNBKheuTxCIk2Cuf-wyagGaElJobpn0JBai0Ay7aIiZg2E6LFRowalMBlWU_tJ67s4uLJBpyHJqi20vjLPtwQjXjvsGnKYwqHauG_OOgnTCSgBNYkYhQp8syA/s600/Moving+Home+5.jpg" /></a> Grandpa Higley!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZO_Q6u9t7dHVxzSToxjhp_CJYhOGs87XsWjZSv-qs7WNLvIAy-5WJVHzn3sIJHT-cc8gAFLCFWcX05mdw97DYUAQfuFQeF5goP0qH6fLf9B0oLvAhKq0W3vi4ofxbjzLmxekNg/s1600/Moving+Home+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608180533421933298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZO_Q6u9t7dHVxzSToxjhp_CJYhOGs87XsWjZSv-qs7WNLvIAy-5WJVHzn3sIJHT-cc8gAFLCFWcX05mdw97DYUAQfuFQeF5goP0qH6fLf9B0oLvAhKq0W3vi4ofxbjzLmxekNg/s600/Moving+Home+4.jpg" /></a> Grandpa Don!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswPDhmsPhMvj1kqV7kjHgmS1XXz1gdNlhj0O-rxXN2eMulzDrMsrcKW__u-FvPJl4jyHGMCO2vW3U2LRGMQzzt4hDOHwfSIBJhPhDUPc3NcK2xnpBnS-P_VKgnNc2fvuuh17FNA/s1600/Moving+Home+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608180530599137442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswPDhmsPhMvj1kqV7kjHgmS1XXz1gdNlhj0O-rxXN2eMulzDrMsrcKW__u-FvPJl4jyHGMCO2vW3U2LRGMQzzt4hDOHwfSIBJhPhDUPc3NcK2xnpBnS-P_VKgnNc2fvuuh17FNA/s600/Moving+Home+6.jpg" /></a><br />...and now to get all of that luggage home! It doesn't seem like nearly so much stuff when you spread it out in our home though. It's a relief to have this move behind us.Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-91779745775666497202011-05-18T13:47:00.005-07:002011-05-18T14:38:59.491-07:00Our Final Days in Holland<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfEjRpH0KoRxRSM6BXIUSwVIfCGAttuX47FeU2n5xbOoS-oI1_NY43qgjs4k1njOB1jkfqHR2YXCy4ICmQVIbZWcFHT8aNPyGYspH_mCrmxxXIyn4pINyDanIIq3TpQittazTYA/s1600/CIMG4394.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608166081117062482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfEjRpH0KoRxRSM6BXIUSwVIfCGAttuX47FeU2n5xbOoS-oI1_NY43qgjs4k1njOB1jkfqHR2YXCy4ICmQVIbZWcFHT8aNPyGYspH_mCrmxxXIyn4pINyDanIIq3TpQittazTYA/s600/CIMG4394.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">S</span>adly, our last few days in Holland were quite stressful. I had no idea how much work we were getting ourselves into! Thankfully we had so many generous people help us out. I listed our things online for several months and sold things little by little. That took way more time than I thought it would. Here are some pictures of the last few days when we were living with no couches, no beds, no washer/dryer, etc.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA159cHdNurAL0b78qMlkxJWsE8p-mXuJHvQN3u7cDjmuQFmq4uuyyW4RBt9zz8-QtbPD6XHhwwEMcy4fe0DhJVRp2cs1FWP4q0mrQOuw1u88zKda4JPgPOGzmJ9ZgCJHlQ-yJpg/s1600/CIMG4409.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608166075644661394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA159cHdNurAL0b78qMlkxJWsE8p-mXuJHvQN3u7cDjmuQFmq4uuyyW4RBt9zz8-QtbPD6XHhwwEMcy4fe0DhJVRp2cs1FWP4q0mrQOuw1u88zKda4JPgPOGzmJ9ZgCJHlQ-yJpg/s600/CIMG4409.JPG" /></a> The boys loved sleeping on an air mattress in the family room. I, on the other hand, was glad when we got to sleep on a real bed again.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCd01Z16dqKmPgPsgcLUBmTKR4VYPWgp9fLypMK2dmCHZoQ1lsWuAE6jMMEkv7A6OVduUbDW93AvBp88bjnpnyOTNdtq7qHib6f3dN0UWIdz-WagugNkXRPkz-FFSJi_krv0dgg/s1600/CIMG4410.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608161953769187682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCd01Z16dqKmPgPsgcLUBmTKR4VYPWgp9fLypMK2dmCHZoQ1lsWuAE6jMMEkv7A6OVduUbDW93AvBp88bjnpnyOTNdtq7qHib6f3dN0UWIdz-WagugNkXRPkz-FFSJi_krv0dgg/s600/CIMG4410.JPG" /></a>We had an indoor yard sale where we sold everything else off that we hadn't sold in the weeks prior. We ended up giving away lots of things too (including our nice entertainment center). It was a little discouraging to get rid of things we were planning on buying again as soon as we returned, but it was too expensive to ship everything.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTazwvKTQDAZn8n2tl1Df3mUMdO30TInljsQwkX2mYlzuGUb_Phoo3PYO0PKP3QzUk69NbMVOOQPYqwHOHSUPJspbc5j4HSFR3McpsWeXYfC907dDxer-IUeblVvfXw64KkeclSA/s1600/CIMG4411.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608161948895193650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTazwvKTQDAZn8n2tl1Df3mUMdO30TInljsQwkX2mYlzuGUb_Phoo3PYO0PKP3QzUk69NbMVOOQPYqwHOHSUPJspbc5j4HSFR3McpsWeXYfC907dDxer-IUeblVvfXw64KkeclSA/s600/CIMG4411.JPG" /></a><br />Even the light fixtures were starting to disappear. We even had to rip out most of the flooring before leaving. Such a headache!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhX33Os1oABzjmYMIqfzKIUBWQLXygLOxTfOzrfhNQjHRJVAl6Jv87K3YDAP7Dn9D9mIqpp2nzlyyjFPh-H-RV7H9Yj7P-VZDJi5GEm7I6H43dygi_jbpE-yk7Zf-PcMJINW6yg/s1600/CIMG4416.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608161923308759106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhX33Os1oABzjmYMIqfzKIUBWQLXygLOxTfOzrfhNQjHRJVAl6Jv87K3YDAP7Dn9D9mIqpp2nzlyyjFPh-H-RV7H9Yj7P-VZDJi5GEm7I6H43dygi_jbpE-yk7Zf-PcMJINW6yg/s600/CIMG4416.JPG" /></a><br />Thankfully our neighbors brought over some toys for the kids to borrow. We had already sold or packed all of their toys.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CUjRPYL6-IW7PQhzCVC8o2b2p41ZTmICNZjmbDlm7ZkyerZWAkY7VN1GjwYUtwfkCVLJpJrae4v3h9pwjhbCICmq5t2sQQuic4QwEGT9B9CDZeLLoejhAP_axGtuANnkFBzTuQ/s1600/CIMG4417.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608161913577651778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CUjRPYL6-IW7PQhzCVC8o2b2p41ZTmICNZjmbDlm7ZkyerZWAkY7VN1GjwYUtwfkCVLJpJrae4v3h9pwjhbCICmq5t2sQQuic4QwEGT9B9CDZeLLoejhAP_axGtuANnkFBzTuQ/s600/CIMG4417.JPG" /></a>Dishwasher gone, boxes everywhere! Packing was so stressful because we had a certain number of bags we were taking, a certain number of boxes we were shipping, and everything had to fit in just right AND be a certain weight. We spent hours moving stuff from bag to bag or box to box, weighing them again, and then moving more things until everything was just right. I believe all of our bags were right on the weight limit!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzOc8ADHMTkGZ_dKne6dGFuI3QIIAAzexb2F2SshEupEIgjy1YS76hudiyXqumNmhSylLSqjTU21pSHI049X8-k99AItSjy2e-ZAdLLcPh6nJo6FUTL5cNzxH930Bca2oiV-3aw/s1600/CIMG4419.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608161911670991922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzOc8ADHMTkGZ_dKne6dGFuI3QIIAAzexb2F2SshEupEIgjy1YS76hudiyXqumNmhSylLSqjTU21pSHI049X8-k99AItSjy2e-ZAdLLcPh6nJo6FUTL5cNzxH930Bca2oiV-3aw/s600/CIMG4419.JPG" /></a>This is what our bedroom looked like for the last few days. The piles of clothes by the window are the clothes we wore the last few days. I picked clothes we weren't going to take with us so that after we wore them each day we could just toss them or donate them (since we didn't have a washer any more). I'm so glad these moving days are behind us!Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-9250680242416257242011-05-18T13:16:00.004-07:002011-05-18T13:47:10.963-07:00Saying Goodbye<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-v9ADevppioYR-rZiynlhhKgPVDETetHSMQr32bs0B3wnlBMF03DSjPoWUCBJvgOpS1B1cHiMoriHyGAlUxhGKyhmCSTgaDK1xWKBjNE6ihr6UFUsVu_qQryfE6UhDvE26t9Zg/s1600/CIMG4385.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608156467714238434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-v9ADevppioYR-rZiynlhhKgPVDETetHSMQr32bs0B3wnlBMF03DSjPoWUCBJvgOpS1B1cHiMoriHyGAlUxhGKyhmCSTgaDK1xWKBjNE6ihr6UFUsVu_qQryfE6UhDvE26t9Zg/s600/CIMG4385.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">L</span>ooking at these pictures has me in tears. Such wonderful memories. Such wonderful people.<br />I miss these people so much. I miss Holland so much.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMEcC6eHVxPHodst60yuBoSE5CwvlB8myE8d2jy01GsEY2xceC92frbA-PxCYjRS-YmNHjtHz-n_NKdE3bN5V0aFEdLTNwP4_qRy2aBnOvbNVHRDtOKksLb9g79PUcvgU_YGlBg/s1600/CIMG4382.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608156460809943026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMEcC6eHVxPHodst60yuBoSE5CwvlB8myE8d2jy01GsEY2xceC92frbA-PxCYjRS-YmNHjtHz-n_NKdE3bN5V0aFEdLTNwP4_qRy2aBnOvbNVHRDtOKksLb9g79PUcvgU_YGlBg/s600/CIMG4382.JPG" /></a><br />Me and Ans (with a stroopwafel of course). I miss stroopwafels too.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTe7AVi2RTVM7ODa0ls7PGwrlNpAfwmGHzT3U-N93l04kT2m7CzNjn2YjWVOF1yWO0-4FWzG9JLLt6Z8EVLgvL_89T1pU32xM3Jl-lihktCTNWWpESg52JvQ7BW_JUKBN1R0DlA/s1600/CIMG4388.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608156447772722034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTe7AVi2RTVM7ODa0ls7PGwrlNpAfwmGHzT3U-N93l04kT2m7CzNjn2YjWVOF1yWO0-4FWzG9JLLt6Z8EVLgvL_89T1pU32xM3Jl-lihktCTNWWpESg52JvQ7BW_JUKBN1R0DlA/s600/CIMG4388.JPG" /></a><br />Me and Pauli (she was one of the first to tutor me in Dutch).<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYyW64aqzxCscAZ945ZG63LTL3x7O8jDQRjHWhvAblhuf49bE6cO8aut-HWkYeDIVUaviDVpucQMQgIMPmyXpHyRc6ynJlvSjRlvIaQcBgzoE8BohviTtlNHuwlQGiRXiximH7Q/s1600/CIMG4401.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608156438680416722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYyW64aqzxCscAZ945ZG63LTL3x7O8jDQRjHWhvAblhuf49bE6cO8aut-HWkYeDIVUaviDVpucQMQgIMPmyXpHyRc6ynJlvSjRlvIaQcBgzoE8BohviTtlNHuwlQGiRXiximH7Q/s600/CIMG4401.JPG" /></a><br />Jimmy and Amber. Amber's Mom (Jennifer) and I became such close friends. I wish we would've met sooner. We bonded right away. I miss them so much. They are hoping to be able to move back to the states again some day.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vpariNjjn3Ti-Xa4yWzjyz1Aa48Dbi7eNwrB1GM_YGvej5xtYsLMVoRcHZGbwwLZ_q4KzIZFH5KFf0R6RECPRY1BLXdvKRcaZn96_WW88_mJ1d-RvB4BJrpNufgJxkfpFsnwtQ/s1600/CIMG4402.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608154263899570850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vpariNjjn3Ti-Xa4yWzjyz1Aa48Dbi7eNwrB1GM_YGvej5xtYsLMVoRcHZGbwwLZ_q4KzIZFH5KFf0R6RECPRY1BLXdvKRcaZn96_WW88_mJ1d-RvB4BJrpNufgJxkfpFsnwtQ/s600/CIMG4402.JPG" /></a><br />Sweet Amber. Don't know why I didn't get a picture of her baby brother, Sam. Or of Jennifer. :(<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvRrAfy7fxi60Rq6OvmxNpaRMl33LMSPX_ARotUQpqr-OPissPTItjiicMC8CfnlQ_DME8CXzL_kS8NDBFXNkY1Uum6AHzlePK2Zr1gOC3mIWJvMLVE6X1YKeN1s85WrWRA1z2w/s1600/CIMG4423.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608154256399646594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvRrAfy7fxi60Rq6OvmxNpaRMl33LMSPX_ARotUQpqr-OPissPTItjiicMC8CfnlQ_DME8CXzL_kS8NDBFXNkY1Uum6AHzlePK2Zr1gOC3mIWJvMLVE6X1YKeN1s85WrWRA1z2w/s600/CIMG4423.JPG" /></a><br />Saying goodbye to Jimmy's school was sad as well. He started here when he was so little...just 4 years old. This picture is taken of the painting of Martin Luther King Jr, which was done by the students. This was such a great school. Such fond memories of walking to and from school several times each day.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iaE1S0M73_jpeFz047pWJDji51yIOBrnezgj0hD0zr-Xrpn2HzxQgy1YSw_BnbJEvrrGalzw3dkJV6VVxG8uNyByNDcuYyAoIrmLw66P7pV7DTrEmenyIkbbE_7g3kOrdCiyQg/s1600/CIMG4399.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608154250399821170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iaE1S0M73_jpeFz047pWJDji51yIOBrnezgj0hD0zr-Xrpn2HzxQgy1YSw_BnbJEvrrGalzw3dkJV6VVxG8uNyByNDcuYyAoIrmLw66P7pV7DTrEmenyIkbbE_7g3kOrdCiyQg/s600/CIMG4399.JPG" /></a><br />Jimmy and his stool. Is it sad to admit that I cry when looking at this picture too? I'm heartbroken that Jimmy has already forgotten lots of his Dutch. When I speak to him in Dutch he asks me why I'm speaking like that.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2Qi5u7L3hTXVNxO98ZX_CpI8ylrLpIi1FUfFlYtTf6fyNurkkUMFzMRSFQtc86MIMwzf3-BkWsGy8BLWPvXFUBPdZk9RE2-lcw0VSzqwSUQQD1_mSrHNoV7NAqL7L46yRGhp5g/s1600/CIMG4397.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608154245139112882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2Qi5u7L3hTXVNxO98ZX_CpI8ylrLpIi1FUfFlYtTf6fyNurkkUMFzMRSFQtc86MIMwzf3-BkWsGy8BLWPvXFUBPdZk9RE2-lcw0VSzqwSUQQD1_mSrHNoV7NAqL7L46yRGhp5g/s600/CIMG4397.JPG" /></a><br />juf Melanie<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAPXaTBXenYY7hQLSkFzMYw8s-AGhYdkVfsAUk79zS7V49zfqUkfZuMAbYtY4wYETU3Z2fkCizwezN4Yft5sxoN5yv0e9WPKYC2t60iSzpmxnmk2Lj3u072I3M2S6Fblgu7VxaQ/s1600/CIMG4424.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608154242349220658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAPXaTBXenYY7hQLSkFzMYw8s-AGhYdkVfsAUk79zS7V49zfqUkfZuMAbYtY4wYETU3Z2fkCizwezN4Yft5sxoN5yv0e9WPKYC2t60iSzpmxnmk2Lj3u072I3M2S6Fblgu7VxaQ/s600/CIMG4424.JPG" /></a><br />juf Angela</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I hope to return and visit Holland again. I miss it so much. I never knew I'd fall so in love with a place and with so many people. What a blessing this opportunity was for our family.<br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-32421739906735464842011-05-18T10:30:00.008-07:002011-05-18T13:13:54.679-07:00London<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6l5UQGgCDrdVH6ORw9TroeFlZn7zeruImzXPjd_8Iir7CMtb9gylQzYbuTuqABH03B9JRz1-IchhSzI40FDnpZbJjj4VQI9hkP6D8ogC1YJ8tNVKp64M617r7etw-fYRV5evxA/s1600/CIMG4241.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608122962108636706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6l5UQGgCDrdVH6ORw9TroeFlZn7zeruImzXPjd_8Iir7CMtb9gylQzYbuTuqABH03B9JRz1-IchhSzI40FDnpZbJjj4VQI9hkP6D8ogC1YJ8tNVKp64M617r7etw-fYRV5evxA/s600/CIMG4241.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>e took one final vacation before moving back to the US. We went to London! We left the boys with some good friends and took Myra with us.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfGnxJn283bSFztxB8lVkVWS9DwdsZ0db2F-QYyFunA9bsoYvjRkC410rQkN6bXN1ZAR3iy0CPBrJYTyoW2gvNIzciLo4PVkc8SsVlaSbwtJGs1m_8YOSFNhI63ZAE-3D8P7uBQ/s1600/CIMG4219.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608122951906349586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfGnxJn283bSFztxB8lVkVWS9DwdsZ0db2F-QYyFunA9bsoYvjRkC410rQkN6bXN1ZAR3iy0CPBrJYTyoW2gvNIzciLo4PVkc8SsVlaSbwtJGs1m_8YOSFNhI63ZAE-3D8P7uBQ/s600/CIMG4219.JPG" /></a><br />Gorgeous parks<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-N_Rj3c0DTyo8dMX-5f71wsOdwgIYuDJFdvQ3Glzy45eAopuoFsfyLQlfzjYSX29uks3DOF26wnxf8KuFDhoLBFEEG7Uv40OcYRdDAsBYKaHJx183u-1hBqJ29OOTlWzTXR1oA/s1600/CIMG4229.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608122941590741666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-N_Rj3c0DTyo8dMX-5f71wsOdwgIYuDJFdvQ3Glzy45eAopuoFsfyLQlfzjYSX29uks3DOF26wnxf8KuFDhoLBFEEG7Uv40OcYRdDAsBYKaHJx183u-1hBqJ29OOTlWzTXR1oA/s600/CIMG4229.JPG" /></a><br />Hamley's toy store was so cool! Of course we bought something for the boys. We wished they were there with us for this part of the trip.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQxs7D3YunCX5RD3111QxON95dWtz_vLHzkzD9qjsHN2ZmE4-sn7I0bz7mIaU64jKDJuyR9XWMVQUQ-KKBwOBCBuqWHGK_6_gGrAJu84S_93U6s8o2U9q8nbU3Ag_dcWXrLExKg/s1600/CIMG4231.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608121261722767682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQxs7D3YunCX5RD3111QxON95dWtz_vLHzkzD9qjsHN2ZmE4-sn7I0bz7mIaU64jKDJuyR9XWMVQUQ-KKBwOBCBuqWHGK_6_gGrAJu84S_93U6s8o2U9q8nbU3Ag_dcWXrLExKg/s600/CIMG4231.JPG" /></a><br />Cupid and Jarom<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdW-IRz_KV1aEIJrDqvqW-vXjCpkQhxXxwD0J5sZn4rb9rBoCX_SAcDLyIf3ICa-PRstpVTaqZ5qNENMfEoBeuuT0kGLhv7FyZ6415s17vtn6YD5SJv7YYLKSHdyiaAqiDDHhyyw/s1600/CIMG4235.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608121252235786562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdW-IRz_KV1aEIJrDqvqW-vXjCpkQhxXxwD0J5sZn4rb9rBoCX_SAcDLyIf3ICa-PRstpVTaqZ5qNENMfEoBeuuT0kGLhv7FyZ6415s17vtn6YD5SJv7YYLKSHdyiaAqiDDHhyyw/s600/CIMG4235.JPG" /></a><br />Red telephone booths<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnAAsDle__pYSbc4Zn72Mms98qGpXZcUF62LuJlvuxdwX_vR3qYWygNbf4O21B2ourrv7bcY41NF2B30-kmYZOMRKxn18fqChzopyga3acj4b7HbaXazbto9duRfROgpxP8JEZQ/s1600/CIMG4232.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608121248450586626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnAAsDle__pYSbc4Zn72Mms98qGpXZcUF62LuJlvuxdwX_vR3qYWygNbf4O21B2ourrv7bcY41NF2B30-kmYZOMRKxn18fqChzopyga3acj4b7HbaXazbto9duRfROgpxP8JEZQ/s600/CIMG4232.JPG" /></a><br />Double decker buses (which we sadly didn't ride)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQyrzdpVRxq92jq2nmNjTBBhSB7Qg6wWC247PwdnIomxBewjYvG_s4piI3_0gcDJYe_yWJ-DEKTGV3updESfDlcX-Hub5vYQrs7YsOCsv3g1cse5x-baB5yOdI6X-SOYFD9ifLg/s1600/CIMG4323.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608150866407240226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQyrzdpVRxq92jq2nmNjTBBhSB7Qg6wWC247PwdnIomxBewjYvG_s4piI3_0gcDJYe_yWJ-DEKTGV3updESfDlcX-Hub5vYQrs7YsOCsv3g1cse5x-baB5yOdI6X-SOYFD9ifLg/s600/CIMG4323.JPG" /></a><br />Westminster Abbey<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAxkE4a9MuqcwcxLGOvb-S7OC8KJPuwNxavTZ-7vK9Cqyzr6NjfnpQ-3HFDGFm7XxF6zLChslLgGhMm3ho1q39jWSoJwL1zz3QSBv3Jh8d83XabQ_cROtRW2fLDMaVKSvweP_9g/s1600/CIMG4255.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608121241206185826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAxkE4a9MuqcwcxLGOvb-S7OC8KJPuwNxavTZ-7vK9Cqyzr6NjfnpQ-3HFDGFm7XxF6zLChslLgGhMm3ho1q39jWSoJwL1zz3QSBv3Jh8d83XabQ_cROtRW2fLDMaVKSvweP_9g/s600/CIMG4255.JPG" /></a><br />St. Paul's Cathedral<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjPWRzWPDC75PyzTasqzK7Opcjg2P-eMujAK-EZllKVfze6_0oDw7kjykfpzqU1sSXoDhp0wrpqakjHgVz1DtNEUK2o__1FchAbQefd5rp4vq8YWW3FELxHoZNDPC-a3l7ePlMw/s1600/CIMG4268.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608121231428699138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjPWRzWPDC75PyzTasqzK7Opcjg2P-eMujAK-EZllKVfze6_0oDw7kjykfpzqU1sSXoDhp0wrpqakjHgVz1DtNEUK2o__1FchAbQefd5rp4vq8YWW3FELxHoZNDPC-a3l7ePlMw/s600/CIMG4268.JPG" /></a><br />We were surprised at how small the London Bridge was. In fact it took us a while to find it because we were looking for something spectacular!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTENk3tSaL2aBXobEAotWfndgHQJ7fheAeAZt4VGWnrQa4_kY19PrMvrS4VwzxEue76qLO998m7JZCaiBaadqLa6_CXSA_df7b8EJKjIB_RZfl3L7uMKzSPJV2mgAobioySDvwTg/s1600/CIMG4271.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608119275025146162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTENk3tSaL2aBXobEAotWfndgHQJ7fheAeAZt4VGWnrQa4_kY19PrMvrS4VwzxEue76qLO998m7JZCaiBaadqLa6_CXSA_df7b8EJKjIB_RZfl3L7uMKzSPJV2mgAobioySDvwTg/s600/CIMG4271.JPG" /></a><br />Myra did a lot of snoozing during the day, all bundled up in her little cocoon. Too bad this meant she did little sleeping at night.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RMRljSz9cKvvC6Zc8y_03sCLw5XfhbYyyc_hkx-7UAIIWytFQfn8t_mGDQJmg7TT3UM0Tz348KgKkhbf62TI39pketfTIkNIhPLsd8zeHpoY9LLZwSMVkuTHGTo8HVVINWShSA/s1600/CIMG4280.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608119264753197346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RMRljSz9cKvvC6Zc8y_03sCLw5XfhbYyyc_hkx-7UAIIWytFQfn8t_mGDQJmg7TT3UM0Tz348KgKkhbf62TI39pketfTIkNIhPLsd8zeHpoY9LLZwSMVkuTHGTo8HVVINWShSA/s600/CIMG4280.JPG" /></a><br />Tower Bridge...so cool! I loved all the colors and details (which are hard to see in this picture).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwAWIJSs-KMEV05JomLskKtPlczfYmOKLHTnJag7cuHGfOMrB6xMfgEjqX6ceMDedDxTtGLmNlfv0VcRakgRzUiE24I-zuUH1KuwPKsRnASURlJqSr9p6UfX_B_SNlThcnYAPhQ/s1600/CIMG4291.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608119263912956274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwAWIJSs-KMEV05JomLskKtPlczfYmOKLHTnJag7cuHGfOMrB6xMfgEjqX6ceMDedDxTtGLmNlfv0VcRakgRzUiE24I-zuUH1KuwPKsRnASURlJqSr9p6UfX_B_SNlThcnYAPhQ/s600/CIMG4291.JPG" /></a><br />We went out to eat on Valentine's day and the waitor gave me a rose.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucI7S4w4BUcfUnLIFfZNzf0XdwVRA6vKw9n8L8DNwfkeRjynPYxKcYkglGxGPEwgwpqNR5Qtiqo9XL7C-b3Ga0eM0-ofdGORNc62nLmqvRXQ6GHoHAd0pfvtgItcHNzORhnodLQ/s1600/CIMG4292.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608119254993652850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucI7S4w4BUcfUnLIFfZNzf0XdwVRA6vKw9n8L8DNwfkeRjynPYxKcYkglGxGPEwgwpqNR5Qtiqo9XL7C-b3Ga0eM0-ofdGORNc62nLmqvRXQ6GHoHAd0pfvtgItcHNzORhnodLQ/s600/CIMG4292.JPG" /></a><br />...or did he give it to Myra? She claimed it as hers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6j3iKJv_QLpErufbGpfn4F04XTXTdDBDdcKXoumiPKne-siY-SLXisqvwS8Sz_XFVUtTYJhjCuYxKoE1Zk_bbD66uBkf40qzN3vBwOGrqvizUbil_D6hvj20ZIRYokxmWBRTuQ/s1600/CIMG4300.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608119249793710690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6j3iKJv_QLpErufbGpfn4F04XTXTdDBDdcKXoumiPKne-siY-SLXisqvwS8Sz_XFVUtTYJhjCuYxKoE1Zk_bbD66uBkf40qzN3vBwOGrqvizUbil_D6hvj20ZIRYokxmWBRTuQ/s600/CIMG4300.JPG" /></a><br />Sleeping was awful. We did very little of it with the little munchkin snuggled in between us. The bed was pretty much the size of a twin. See that tiny space in between Myra and the wall? That's Jarom's. Yep, it was fun! Babies are a good form of birth control. :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-RjuRVG-zNyQc7ICHglnsLctHWsjRSNAP8PXrNVbDPo3EEaeGFxU9gfn4u2utDYt_KhTqrBkpFM9Vz2mkPIynBO2YPekBvNdJb2pexhRhyphenhyphenuaVNYS0eQlrsGWvWzcxASWoyqJUQ/s1600/CIMG4307.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608115775878912130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-RjuRVG-zNyQc7ICHglnsLctHWsjRSNAP8PXrNVbDPo3EEaeGFxU9gfn4u2utDYt_KhTqrBkpFM9Vz2mkPIynBO2YPekBvNdJb2pexhRhyphenhyphenuaVNYS0eQlrsGWvWzcxASWoyqJUQ/s600/CIMG4307.JPG" /></a><br />I had to snap a picture of Jarom carrying Myra and the stroller up a flight of stairs. He did lots of this seeing as there were hardly any elevators or escalators leading to the tube/metro.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2ez5B-59Q3BS9O2dVvdNpGvrMgRgkp-uDg0MHxSd_QV9wGKqRZKgE9bpWX-nA9Svjlg9Lv4vjnBaLFpUT8pBXqCMQO3DtqSRd-4sLlbpROQSBxSjTm8-YE9wQH-dpDcfnSkFjg/s1600/CIMG4317.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608115769961928226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2ez5B-59Q3BS9O2dVvdNpGvrMgRgkp-uDg0MHxSd_QV9wGKqRZKgE9bpWX-nA9Svjlg9Lv4vjnBaLFpUT8pBXqCMQO3DtqSRd-4sLlbpROQSBxSjTm8-YE9wQH-dpDcfnSkFjg/s600/CIMG4317.JPG" /></a><br />Big Ben<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxmJJOEGpwMvUqbcxRl7C9i1OV93CXOmk27xt717WhheEc1fCHaW-8m40Zh_v8srJxwtwb_UYX70rEn2s3pkpzjunFCgwWpgaC6m82hXo8G-kuWMxsOxgWnE9Qb9Gq-QHdccdWQ/s1600/CIMG4320.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608115764057987938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxmJJOEGpwMvUqbcxRl7C9i1OV93CXOmk27xt717WhheEc1fCHaW-8m40Zh_v8srJxwtwb_UYX70rEn2s3pkpzjunFCgwWpgaC6m82hXo8G-kuWMxsOxgWnE9Qb9Gq-QHdccdWQ/s600/CIMG4320.JPG" /></a><br />Big Ben and the London Eye<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipo2obaE6TyVy420Ln9pVQI1dKDeruM7xuGAaRd93KxbxGb2fmm65EU6rFRnDq9SuaEqUhkJ6u8HHCOpVAp50LWoE6fylWd3QVy2jzpUkCtW9kPxnk6vPuKkkjeMu61Zteeiv7kw/s1600/CIMG4325.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608115757099137602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipo2obaE6TyVy420Ln9pVQI1dKDeruM7xuGAaRd93KxbxGb2fmm65EU6rFRnDq9SuaEqUhkJ6u8HHCOpVAp50LWoE6fylWd3QVy2jzpUkCtW9kPxnk6vPuKkkjeMu61Zteeiv7kw/s600/CIMG4325.JPG" /></a><br />The beginning of the changing of the guards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjjL_2W62d5W4ibBDUGY6K9NzXSXn2XJ8Hm6oM97lE7LRZFQlPJ5KR4LlEfaMYl1XaLt7U9NTPVjcvv-lHILNzQ0utYQp2IxkM0QeuA_H0qtIXoS4l7Gsxue4agXcXcKno97AHNA/s1600/CIMG4332.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608115753223095970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjjL_2W62d5W4ibBDUGY6K9NzXSXn2XJ8Hm6oM97lE7LRZFQlPJ5KR4LlEfaMYl1XaLt7U9NTPVjcvv-lHILNzQ0utYQp2IxkM0QeuA_H0qtIXoS4l7Gsxue4agXcXcKno97AHNA/s600/CIMG4332.JPG" /></a><br />Buckingham Palace<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWRqd7qTh95b_TQhiHf98iYwSK6Wr9R-bH4TRIaDBN7_mOgxNBMsMxk2Hk-CQb5SGoLf0b6DN0UaMjqawp-BPXe79J93SKKaUP-NE2g_k85TKViD2LCPi4t4cCA7aEYySv8bnWg/s1600/CIMG4334.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608113109837327458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWRqd7qTh95b_TQhiHf98iYwSK6Wr9R-bH4TRIaDBN7_mOgxNBMsMxk2Hk-CQb5SGoLf0b6DN0UaMjqawp-BPXe79J93SKKaUP-NE2g_k85TKViD2LCPi4t4cCA7aEYySv8bnWg/s600/CIMG4334.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdI0xNxAG3QzQw6KWn8yd1LuMTXKU7TRlxiiR9c0ywYP9tIjOQN-Y9GG2kSNyU0Q6CKrvtNYTYzzRHzhrPm2EndSC72G-EEbpjMBYWPVN_n8YP5GNCVcp0kwagcyfCt_itILPanQ/s1600/CIMG4337.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608113106005836546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdI0xNxAG3QzQw6KWn8yd1LuMTXKU7TRlxiiR9c0ywYP9tIjOQN-Y9GG2kSNyU0Q6CKrvtNYTYzzRHzhrPm2EndSC72G-EEbpjMBYWPVN_n8YP5GNCVcp0kwagcyfCt_itILPanQ/s600/CIMG4337.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_unnYvV92NwvTa7T4YV3XkAm1Z8cR_tRnmgcjtMlv58naqB_jqblJtuAILDGQpoJuX4DIxpvcuK-lsZj-jjEdKJzwX37B7I8Kns2S9wAXLjneZYiHO6L_0QKgQjGaGuuzRqYe9Q/s1600/CIMG4351.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608113103234458418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_unnYvV92NwvTa7T4YV3XkAm1Z8cR_tRnmgcjtMlv58naqB_jqblJtuAILDGQpoJuX4DIxpvcuK-lsZj-jjEdKJzwX37B7I8Kns2S9wAXLjneZYiHO6L_0QKgQjGaGuuzRqYe9Q/s600/CIMG4351.JPG" /></a><br />Big Ben from up in the London Eye. Myra got bored really fast. She was not a big fan!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdVIaycg8xo2zV0Qg7WwunDI_XZN8RaxZFl9Kpn4MRguwVbHCQ_mssnuBe3x2YvWA_UqcxyplOWtsx-aoMwAPyOThi81rIk4gNaUXkCOg7LAbtrVHOFFCWK6e6GsHgxOX7OJnrg/s1600/CIMG4365.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608113092754205650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdVIaycg8xo2zV0Qg7WwunDI_XZN8RaxZFl9Kpn4MRguwVbHCQ_mssnuBe3x2YvWA_UqcxyplOWtsx-aoMwAPyOThi81rIk4gNaUXkCOg7LAbtrVHOFFCWK6e6GsHgxOX7OJnrg/s600/CIMG4365.JPG" /></a><br />But she was happy again once we were on the ground and she was snuggled up with Daddy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLp0HtxoaBu77Obucyo6chdCOC52VEqba0KxC3ZljOn2on5rngef-jhG5sLPFkvqk-K970xTHzwN7sx_rwsljqIqZ0Hjn9i1JMvjEKaq4sz6cxJGqnjCAL3S2qtZsaYC8MwhyXIQ/s1600/CIMG4368.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608113090142715682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLp0HtxoaBu77Obucyo6chdCOC52VEqba0KxC3ZljOn2on5rngef-jhG5sLPFkvqk-K970xTHzwN7sx_rwsljqIqZ0Hjn9i1JMvjEKaq4sz6cxJGqnjCAL3S2qtZsaYC8MwhyXIQ/s600/CIMG4368.JPG" /></a><br />In the Tower of London<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4eqKMVyjAKgvIvA0DKihnj7qEnu6FpLdM7rDmnET9rXrcXIfg1Mes7QXpUj4r0BoPtPrd2hSnkApcAze-ydmMck9xkXB7L9OCce0K2qefsl5rSSvLTDYkgLKqKJ65SxH0JMsyg/s1600/CIMG4379.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608110557453121410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4eqKMVyjAKgvIvA0DKihnj7qEnu6FpLdM7rDmnET9rXrcXIfg1Mes7QXpUj4r0BoPtPrd2hSnkApcAze-ydmMck9xkXB7L9OCce0K2qefsl5rSSvLTDYkgLKqKJ65SxH0JMsyg/s600/CIMG4379.JPG" /></a><br />Notice anything unusual about this picture? In London they don't only drive on opposite sides of the road!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lWM-NKFrEOkhGbEWISuSLoepi_7w-CZB6ileW2YVqT7cF3uY4svpJ4pQCy4J3wi9kgakuos477AceV0EYtK3JfFy0HXmKPxK1dPULzPMPrR1Pl3NzM1w_h-HN9kMahMNNKZZBg/s1600/CIMG4381.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608110545677265154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lWM-NKFrEOkhGbEWISuSLoepi_7w-CZB6ileW2YVqT7cF3uY4svpJ4pQCy4J3wi9kgakuos477AceV0EYtK3JfFy0HXmKPxK1dPULzPMPrR1Pl3NzM1w_h-HN9kMahMNNKZZBg/s600/CIMG4381.JPG" /></a><br />Don't let this sweet face fool you, Myra was a little rascal on the long train rides to and from London. We had a great time and were so happy to get back and see the boys again! Thinking of London makes me want to eat fish and chips. :)Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-37593147963334480232011-04-17T19:15:00.004-07:002011-04-21T22:45:50.432-07:00A Different Shopping Experience<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598140535025509554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAthAANzEDBcierpNvZ686rpJhtPZ_NAZmhSc3jlcQA-LhVg3KJ6Dt1FXMxIpgqSWUyOQPOjqHsqlMJjAuALxrFsEcbQqwXUbRLMq-c-ZcKhohMWrCtRs6VY53D1dRbFfjS3SbQ/s600/CIMG4028.JPG" /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">B</span>efore leaving Holland I made sure to take some pictures of what my daily life was like. Things like grocery shopping and transportation were such a different experience for me in Holland than in America and I wanted to remember as many details as possible.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvHjehlK7eIu4_yDli0ik-CYkIGsK69jYl6fq8V4pEgGfgYd1tvqeseN0wFv69sOJFzoWBRUmpgTD2S3Ftt4gkvEJiSjp9Vr1w4X_lBeniD36t84lF3pRNkoYOQV0hoOoZAMedA/s1600/CIMG4020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598140532594848658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvHjehlK7eIu4_yDli0ik-CYkIGsK69jYl6fq8V4pEgGfgYd1tvqeseN0wFv69sOJFzoWBRUmpgTD2S3Ftt4gkvEJiSjp9Vr1w4X_lBeniD36t84lF3pRNkoYOQV0hoOoZAMedA/s600/CIMG4020.JPG" /></a></div><br />Sometimes I walked to the store with the stroller and sometimes I rode my bike. I usually had to go to the store every other day because I could only buy as much as I could carry in the stroller or the bike. I did most of my shopping at Albert Heijn which was about a 4 minute walk from my house and even quicker on my bike. I would usually go to the store after dropping Jimmy off at school so that I had one less kid with me and thus more room in the bike for groceries.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybk8W-CrWFbGGPRxTXDbZKWJGNT06ziVDuJNvg8hnct9Xlf89XdB07-GJSr-bSyceAPUJY25ULZjpnO6Lt-x0rcKS-kXDdc99o29r-4Bv1w7ERD7zflEL9L-AKgaRNc3pY1g7jg/s1600/CIMG4025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598140518835442882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybk8W-CrWFbGGPRxTXDbZKWJGNT06ziVDuJNvg8hnct9Xlf89XdB07-GJSr-bSyceAPUJY25ULZjpnO6Lt-x0rcKS-kXDdc99o29r-4Bv1w7ERD7zflEL9L-AKgaRNc3pY1g7jg/s600/CIMG4025.JPG" /></a></div><br />After locking up the bike I would get a cart for me and a small cart for Glade. He loved putting the coins in all by himself. If I came with the stroller instead of the bike then I wouldn't get a cart but would get a basket instead and just carry it, since I coudn't push both a stroller and a cart. Then I was limited to whatever groceries would fit in my little basket...and I usually filled it to the brim and my arm would be aching by the time I checked out. It got heavy once I loaded in the milk and juice. On the days I would buy diapers and wipes I had even less room to buy groceries because the diapers took up so much space.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEUzGAk9cfCCTH99O19jp5QW2V9kBVYSRz8gbGf9BsVc8ex8et-D8vkX0eAcVLoiT4QjKMPCZ0gb525glpiCiTs2Qt5vjwtvcei4lSKe9huiHIcHLzEpzzvpGdkStE-QymEZB4w/s1600/CIMG4027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598140514427184418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEUzGAk9cfCCTH99O19jp5QW2V9kBVYSRz8gbGf9BsVc8ex8et-D8vkX0eAcVLoiT4QjKMPCZ0gb525glpiCiTs2Qt5vjwtvcei4lSKe9huiHIcHLzEpzzvpGdkStE-QymEZB4w/s600/CIMG4027.JPG" /></a></div><br />You have to bag your own groceries and of course bring your own bags as well. I felt so wasteful coming back to the US and using plastic bags.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRudBa-nTyIy6IF3EEaM0B24Tj-l0sqJkYAyXoCHFy2f7XZDsYLiIfjRGMRq2k-Y5bU8azFsR-Fy8w6ONkr3yZPrhBUAmzh3AX3EuDjwE8jZawM-oiIhW5flduSiocUSzT19hBMw/s1600/CIMG4030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598140507605614610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRudBa-nTyIy6IF3EEaM0B24Tj-l0sqJkYAyXoCHFy2f7XZDsYLiIfjRGMRq2k-Y5bU8azFsR-Fy8w6ONkr3yZPrhBUAmzh3AX3EuDjwE8jZawM-oiIhW5flduSiocUSzT19hBMw/s600/CIMG4030.JPG" /></a></div> <br />After done shopping I'd push the cart out to my bike and load it up with food and kids...put back the cart...unlock the bike and we were on our way.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iX6dHus98bwGfViNFfEOwr1I8F9c56lyUtfArSuiUKu6J0lL2S3tM75rCUA7VN7b7-B42PMLbgfcr05YJNoyAlU4MxgOGRvdso3E69-9GCoauUO2DzApbklZXgoZBXe4C_waWQ/s1600/CIMG4032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596759939444672514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iX6dHus98bwGfViNFfEOwr1I8F9c56lyUtfArSuiUKu6J0lL2S3tM75rCUA7VN7b7-B42PMLbgfcr05YJNoyAlU4MxgOGRvdso3E69-9GCoauUO2DzApbklZXgoZBXe4C_waWQ/s600/CIMG4032.JPG" /></a></div><br />All strapped in and ready to go!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMocUjnoFuSi9ZI3EHDuGfAhWL7LguQuYVX3kEQ6RzAcQ7jI656NmoO1I4v3zfkOJ1JXJxgwsDFAtbRfNvAwvd-RnziqiVwhWNFxve9zu2HXq2G578E9m7gJsNvdJKe7hIHEMdg/s1600/CIMG4035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596759932412407186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMocUjnoFuSi9ZI3EHDuGfAhWL7LguQuYVX3kEQ6RzAcQ7jI656NmoO1I4v3zfkOJ1JXJxgwsDFAtbRfNvAwvd-RnziqiVwhWNFxve9zu2HXq2G578E9m7gJsNvdJKe7hIHEMdg/s600/CIMG4035.JPG" /></a></div><br />It's strange to shop in the grocery stores in America because they are all SO much bigger! It's kind of annoying because it takes much longer to do shopping when the store is so big. But it is nice to be able to shop just once a week (or less) and be able to buy as much as I need and not worry about carrying it home. I have to say that I still feel lazy driving my car to the store though!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoT2tQsmkXLgegCYIh9jWRkaFurlI9ixCKnq8yPc-DUjLe1Im6tdZEiAw1DiTQLG4PtaJjOsQjM3Hv0TWICFgU5P_6gUfcm1nLjY8TjgBINvq2yVI_bdb43kyFu15xbGLHpjlOw/s1600/CIMG4036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596759927462486066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoT2tQsmkXLgegCYIh9jWRkaFurlI9ixCKnq8yPc-DUjLe1Im6tdZEiAw1DiTQLG4PtaJjOsQjM3Hv0TWICFgU5P_6gUfcm1nLjY8TjgBINvq2yVI_bdb43kyFu15xbGLHpjlOw/s600/CIMG4036.JPG" /></a></div> <br />Here we are riding into the pathway that leads to our backyard.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_H6R-lB7U8_aPVCfhIKAdN393FwTKh1VuXpLVG8fo3ap01pU9rzC54XjdosBOxqMohp5WsZLIGEBN_6kDHnF1bwZy-6emOOBWI8JNfqnMYjXGCj4DdhoyjftlrjKqeeWF1Aavag/s1600/CIMG4038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596759924941374178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_H6R-lB7U8_aPVCfhIKAdN393FwTKh1VuXpLVG8fo3ap01pU9rzC54XjdosBOxqMohp5WsZLIGEBN_6kDHnF1bwZy-6emOOBWI8JNfqnMYjXGCj4DdhoyjftlrjKqeeWF1Aavag/s600/CIMG4038.JPG" /></a></div> <br />I'd usually ride the bike right up to the house to make unloading easier.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3pFvOtZmWRyP1Ih7RDN0e9yQ48UCwI36kvyW9LgbMeHsOTpzH09kgOPNIQL_ZDNo9QszYfh3dnVCo1tKrSB7__jeNZ0LXminuRAfVWYVJHQJsF_kTCdHTdHwmylLNALxUieKWA/s1600/CIMG3994.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596759916772665874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3pFvOtZmWRyP1Ih7RDN0e9yQ48UCwI36kvyW9LgbMeHsOTpzH09kgOPNIQL_ZDNo9QszYfh3dnVCo1tKrSB7__jeNZ0LXminuRAfVWYVJHQJsF_kTCdHTdHwmylLNALxUieKWA/s600/CIMG3994.JPG" /></a></div><br />I really do miss my bike, but I have to say it's nice to be able to drive when it's raining or cold.Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-28083528268126990072011-03-20T20:58:00.004-07:002011-03-20T21:30:53.069-07:00Return to Normalcy<span style="font-size:180%;">S</span>o much has happened since my last post. Things are finally returning to a sense of normalcy so I feel I may have time to play a little catch-up. The biggest thing that happened was that we moved from Holland back to America. There will be many posts about that to come. It was a very stressful thing, but I feel so blessed to be living close to family again. Part of my heart will always stay in Holland though.<br /><br />While I sort through pictures for upcoming posts, here are a few random pictures to catch you up on some of the things we've been up to the past few months:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVtblMp0peqs-nLyv-EfgY_r8w2q2rjmLwGngEY-PvBHCGuLng6n7mFZdk6bkons7JMO7hUq4lTc3_oJGdsWxKHAcHBuSRMOgx5aGsR6nBmfih_pMLjF3cVVib6oJ5FR5lbsQKw/s1600/CIMG3592a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586381734701214146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVtblMp0peqs-nLyv-EfgY_r8w2q2rjmLwGngEY-PvBHCGuLng6n7mFZdk6bkons7JMO7hUq4lTc3_oJGdsWxKHAcHBuSRMOgx5aGsR6nBmfih_pMLjF3cVVib6oJ5FR5lbsQKw/s600/CIMG3592a.jpg" /></a><br />This is the best picture I have of my munchkins on Christmas day. We had a wonderful Christmas and surprised our families by telling them of our plans to move back to the US...lots of happy tears were shed!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCijinJWHAx6E0nBN8AYMc1cEHcFBZ0rxIJoBII4l7jsXSvMbHnXeObHPjiPBAmy9GzgwhNMyRkTJNj6lbwEvq6T2WB1sJV50pq9a8dVnbeWk7UXPz7Ft56bvC21kkEhJ_o_3QQ/s1600/CIMG3721.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586381727861082882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCijinJWHAx6E0nBN8AYMc1cEHcFBZ0rxIJoBII4l7jsXSvMbHnXeObHPjiPBAmy9GzgwhNMyRkTJNj6lbwEvq6T2WB1sJV50pq9a8dVnbeWk7UXPz7Ft56bvC21kkEhJ_o_3QQ/s600/CIMG3721.JPG" /></a><br />Celebrating New Year's is the best in Holland. We kept the boys up, played games, ate junk food, and watched movies while enjoying fireworks right outside our front window. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6KkaJUEYPkprEqlyE-uzJ2uHz9Eoc8PcuRczT-EjqJ2qRnB8RopQTHOATZbXf0t1mPsMzns9Uj4n4B3wbaoX9RlE2GuxqGgXKVfIkbhyphenhypheng_DNM-PXvvY-d7GGiZjfENI1RwgshQ/s1600/CIMG3912.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586381243349435218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6KkaJUEYPkprEqlyE-uzJ2uHz9Eoc8PcuRczT-EjqJ2qRnB8RopQTHOATZbXf0t1mPsMzns9Uj4n4B3wbaoX9RlE2GuxqGgXKVfIkbhyphenhypheng_DNM-PXvvY-d7GGiZjfENI1RwgshQ/s600/CIMG3912.JPG" /></a><br />Jimmy felt so grown up when I let him walk all the way across the street to his friend Roy's house by himself! He was so cute because he would stop at our curb and look both ways about ten times and then hurry across the road. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7maCXBDXanienXAWPbpBH_HMq_QMGApECQyq4M3O-W7jJpDSEjnooBbhBwrUnsy6_kp_LUGwh6nDZORabTJtI4P-j6z8xxPJTXgXiCiHL0v7YQkWIbmPJUKl_aQ0um9MBYETMQ/s1600/CIMG3921.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586381233179386418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7maCXBDXanienXAWPbpBH_HMq_QMGApECQyq4M3O-W7jJpDSEjnooBbhBwrUnsy6_kp_LUGwh6nDZORabTJtI4P-j6z8xxPJTXgXiCiHL0v7YQkWIbmPJUKl_aQ0um9MBYETMQ/s600/CIMG3921.JPG" /></a><br />We went to the kinderboerderij (petting zoo) a few times with my friend, Jennifer, and her two kids, Amber and Sam. Jimmy and Amber were so cute holding hands while we walked to the farm.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jSW7WQUDxFBu5zbTI09d0ioDT8hyphenhyphenmtxjQI4MzgPxQnSoSb7d643eKFhiW7gwVNRaXiIqAARq7FDbQqoN9BmnwHJfpcFUx2QNHTuxE2Y08NFAwVwCQu5qBcyE1lPax0b-ZnxdNQ/s1600/CIMG3925.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586381231545705154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jSW7WQUDxFBu5zbTI09d0ioDT8hyphenhyphenmtxjQI4MzgPxQnSoSb7d643eKFhiW7gwVNRaXiIqAARq7FDbQqoN9BmnwHJfpcFUx2QNHTuxE2Y08NFAwVwCQu5qBcyE1lPax0b-ZnxdNQ/s600/CIMG3925.JPG" /></a><br />Isn't it so pretty?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjLq0UhOsBFr2NA5eqZPlZf5fJ1CCWtYU2cgv3CbZGWQc3glil7aNaiSh9lZtNMNLlQXa5sCEkYsCK-uriIkBBgq6138YvLEeb2pHygt3lL2doXp2labljr75QdKOTvQQBB-7lA/s1600/CIMG3927.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586381223656673090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjLq0UhOsBFr2NA5eqZPlZf5fJ1CCWtYU2cgv3CbZGWQc3glil7aNaiSh9lZtNMNLlQXa5sCEkYsCK-uriIkBBgq6138YvLEeb2pHygt3lL2doXp2labljr75QdKOTvQQBB-7lA/s600/CIMG3927.JPG" /></a><br />Myra has a thing for animals and she squeals so loud when she sees them. She had a great time at the petting zoo. I love her cute red nose!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhV8hqUVo_QHekO4UuFbTMrupMbvvxP1bJ3D_PmkYZJM2ytRevOBTx63UW6FPwUJI6IwAILvOsCLc-nyfaxcZVevEK8kREVNYiNnHT3xo4iJSwVTdFdW4TdJeyOfNrYgI9y97lBg/s1600/CIMG3928.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586381216453507314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhV8hqUVo_QHekO4UuFbTMrupMbvvxP1bJ3D_PmkYZJM2ytRevOBTx63UW6FPwUJI6IwAILvOsCLc-nyfaxcZVevEK8kREVNYiNnHT3xo4iJSwVTdFdW4TdJeyOfNrYgI9y97lBg/s600/CIMG3928.JPG" /></a><br />Cute Jennifer and our clan of kids!Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-53236988516901172842011-01-26T13:53:00.003-07:002011-01-26T14:16:24.516-07:00December Recap<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBenW67ugzI9mwvHj3ZW59wPWSAIPrkgf04b20QPHypwqqOfclOx1AGlXlKs8FJWMJTKGNiLcnntKyaPsgxFMs_BdDaX2khIsE27L9Z7FHNx1urbDTd7sKUHedeHp7fdwWkvT-Ug/s1600/CIMG3511a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566605809809068370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBenW67ugzI9mwvHj3ZW59wPWSAIPrkgf04b20QPHypwqqOfclOx1AGlXlKs8FJWMJTKGNiLcnntKyaPsgxFMs_BdDaX2khIsE27L9Z7FHNx1urbDTd7sKUHedeHp7fdwWkvT-Ug/s800/CIMG3511a.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBf4AfqQ816QUz-uz2TiZVXJKGrk8R4TdEQL70fO_VE9QSeplHS-8FMC5KvJRQnvOA1ZYqIozmRLwsD-a4FiTrJeFKP5lZlNVkY-N7vNNeDyq0OSllwWJaVqi36fKZP0lir6M_w/s1600/CIMG3513a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566605806765620274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBf4AfqQ816QUz-uz2TiZVXJKGrk8R4TdEQL70fO_VE9QSeplHS-8FMC5KvJRQnvOA1ZYqIozmRLwsD-a4FiTrJeFKP5lZlNVkY-N7vNNeDyq0OSllwWJaVqi36fKZP0lir6M_w/s800/CIMG3513a.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmO2zJGwKCZRa7AMfghvRDU2p-b95rOo9RZKvaWU5pyrnKJYd4Ia-bnwGKmrPfRQ8hnkU9y7r5bfsUtzpwr235E2VZHb2NWkVsGOtxXcY30k0gFJpBiGOcqoZ0U0doEBCsMGYxA/s1600/CIMG3530a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566605793319564610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmO2zJGwKCZRa7AMfghvRDU2p-b95rOo9RZKvaWU5pyrnKJYd4Ia-bnwGKmrPfRQ8hnkU9y7r5bfsUtzpwr235E2VZHb2NWkVsGOtxXcY30k0gFJpBiGOcqoZ0U0doEBCsMGYxA/s800/CIMG3530a.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8_sCcgkIGY10n7yQR-9aNWOSxFHKatRJY8TnNG-6yuwvpn3xUVt51KwnslK1KtGPn6FfUY2Zg7ZS0o8wW8y1CQDk_jULQl1Td68TCpCkcLwk7iamqKoj6o-NvVu0YT7sSuLQUA/s1600/CIMG3516a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WCURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566605797781654354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8_sCcgkIGY10n7yQR-9aNWOSxFHKatRJY8TnNG-6yuwvpn3xUVt51KwnslK1KtGPn6FfUY2Zg7ZS0o8wW8y1CQDk_jULQl1Td68TCpCkcLwk7iamqKoj6o-NvVu0YT7sSuLQUA/s800/CIMG3516a.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-81540624618245139752010-12-29T12:44:00.013-07:002011-01-12T17:22:41.738-07:00Birthday Catch-up...Myra<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu66dXM0mmydEixJprLd8r9i3rWs8kTr6KX6yGcpWNAx64080fpBFFSHRsTpsDMj2tU_xrTACXe4s8HQ2D7guOzkDBekmq28scgcMiC9tsSP4A-IJ1uyw8sIE6InbinZvSaNVS5g/s1600/Myra+One+Year.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561438301461405746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu66dXM0mmydEixJprLd8r9i3rWs8kTr6KX6yGcpWNAx64080fpBFFSHRsTpsDMj2tU_xrTACXe4s8HQ2D7guOzkDBekmq28scgcMiC9tsSP4A-IJ1uyw8sIE6InbinZvSaNVS5g/s800/Myra+One+Year.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> I</span> would just like to know what happened here! Where in the world did the past year go? 2010 flew by faster than any other year. I really can't believe my baby girl is already ONE.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilw3mhQ_1DaHjNuDNoMOHN81gyDN_Tqm2KcBReOpytux0SjRrOVoQxBA5rQa3KkfP28NURXcxhJliGC9fHAC4nhXVV1rvEJGkhGHEnSdBJ9EhNo0rh9uZRlgNYcA0SIGrKFf8mbg/s1600/CIMG3382.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561434602567451202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilw3mhQ_1DaHjNuDNoMOHN81gyDN_Tqm2KcBReOpytux0SjRrOVoQxBA5rQa3KkfP28NURXcxhJliGC9fHAC4nhXVV1rvEJGkhGHEnSdBJ9EhNo0rh9uZRlgNYcA0SIGrKFf8mbg/s800/CIMG3382.JPG" /></a><br />We started out the day with a little shopping at the mall. Myra picked out a cookie. :)<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vdxtBWtIXQhSd90al8mG2AJ-g59ZWoX6jstvXjHO-7nyOjhOCUk_ln91YeZfEOjLoy4GtfAmZ7Btj2jGZNVjFA9WiS2EJ2HX3DzAG-dsT0_bJxoV9SBh4l0UpShcqG-4aGVRUQ/s1600/CIMG3383.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561435248888341026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vdxtBWtIXQhSd90al8mG2AJ-g59ZWoX6jstvXjHO-7nyOjhOCUk_ln91YeZfEOjLoy4GtfAmZ7Btj2jGZNVjFA9WiS2EJ2HX3DzAG-dsT0_bJxoV9SBh4l0UpShcqG-4aGVRUQ/s800/CIMG3383.JPG" /></a></div><div>Then she took a little snooze when we picked up Jimmy from school. Doesn't she look so cozy?<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA59UiuzyuhMPMH-ggKU0f5fMvP-ijdzXYadiyakCyRPBvsZeoSmxJTsg47mxHnrBYc5ufOtY8s4AR0tNpEiFb___NkaDWy6EHStXdZSPE_iz22N7L1TYpbGB-BzLjc8eiMCmwhg/s1600/CIMG3388a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561432734907225506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA59UiuzyuhMPMH-ggKU0f5fMvP-ijdzXYadiyakCyRPBvsZeoSmxJTsg47mxHnrBYc5ufOtY8s4AR0tNpEiFb___NkaDWy6EHStXdZSPE_iz22N7L1TYpbGB-BzLjc8eiMCmwhg/s800/CIMG3388a.jpg" /></a> </div><div>Birthday outfit from Gma & Gpa Lovelace<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3f727_8n6fbg9ShLFG342rtJyGykU-XgLyMZZOxC8omeOa7MOcuyc-BkdaT4MMEYBRRAxB2pOxydhXbLgSPS67TC1c_nF8zrLrKuG1aNj_D6R7EFG171CBrlEp4n1CnBqdXP-oA/s1600/CIMG3394.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561431269560862946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3f727_8n6fbg9ShLFG342rtJyGykU-XgLyMZZOxC8omeOa7MOcuyc-BkdaT4MMEYBRRAxB2pOxydhXbLgSPS67TC1c_nF8zrLrKuG1aNj_D6R7EFG171CBrlEp4n1CnBqdXP-oA/s800/CIMG3394.JPG" /></a><br />Myra's brothers had a good time wrapping up presents for her and drawing her pictures on the wrapping paper.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyl1U6kb_5Hc4AAe9w7oIjfEg1noqzyYQToowLwpl1FOmXqPX8EcAYSYtmrPMWVAhqEQ3bls0mrWa8U2RWfpCxlDmr06xW08x9McVBsMOXc6qN8b-9adv-RYOGHHEcEDKtzyPRTA/s1600/CIMG3400.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561431260861409474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyl1U6kb_5Hc4AAe9w7oIjfEg1noqzyYQToowLwpl1FOmXqPX8EcAYSYtmrPMWVAhqEQ3bls0mrWa8U2RWfpCxlDmr06xW08x9McVBsMOXc6qN8b-9adv-RYOGHHEcEDKtzyPRTA/s800/CIMG3400.JPG" /></a></div><div>Of course we <em>had </em>to make Myra a birthday hat because she loves to put on hats.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dDU-PWaE66yu0d0eDc_JgFIcPCPdLgLZ1biqw9dlSSzVgyGli2dEftoFvZRVeB3cqikMm7IaLaAgIgTmotgxrqq_ZNAfX5JWTRnBIO89E2HsnpePQZO_alD2mq58mal4-AWZvg/s1600/CIMG3412a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561430792193847138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dDU-PWaE66yu0d0eDc_JgFIcPCPdLgLZ1biqw9dlSSzVgyGli2dEftoFvZRVeB3cqikMm7IaLaAgIgTmotgxrqq_ZNAfX5JWTRnBIO89E2HsnpePQZO_alD2mq58mal4-AWZvg/s800/CIMG3412a.jpg" /></a><br />More pictures of the adorable one...</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCOvg6oaML6rX8LhE7x4bRxaO_pmGsyL7jbvBerTVOA_9MIjPGK2CzNUpDoGU2IeaS1xjv7NPsR0E-Z6bmHrqPP7MN9fD5SeBR0F6pk71fzxQ8OHoNEG81UT1SFL58c5XS4eWUA/s1600/CIMG3425.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561430783141753138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCOvg6oaML6rX8LhE7x4bRxaO_pmGsyL7jbvBerTVOA_9MIjPGK2CzNUpDoGU2IeaS1xjv7NPsR0E-Z6bmHrqPP7MN9fD5SeBR0F6pk71fzxQ8OHoNEG81UT1SFL58c5XS4eWUA/s800/CIMG3425.JPG" /></a><br />When Daddy got home the little boys helped Myra open her presents. She loved her kitten that Jimmy picked out for her.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkMRdvY8ojsN8WlCDmJtLfECBXwjiOUfSbsJnvAOMqUG5Zpx0K5YuyWSLd0k9A4qiobGorHry5PCfGtpV_gZdlotJnbiJWZycvmrobTLgCDVxTkCQscZ26SnAbc5WvhNJv2j0Hw/s1600/CIMG3436.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561430411562155890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkMRdvY8ojsN8WlCDmJtLfECBXwjiOUfSbsJnvAOMqUG5Zpx0K5YuyWSLd0k9A4qiobGorHry5PCfGtpV_gZdlotJnbiJWZycvmrobTLgCDVxTkCQscZ26SnAbc5WvhNJv2j0Hw/s800/CIMG3436.JPG" /></a><br />Then it was cake time...does this cake scream "girl" or what? haha, that's what you get after having 2 boys. When she was first born I dressed her in only pink or purple. I've relaxed quite a bit and she even wears blue (*gasp*) pajamas from time to time. :)<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GXQusNpP9YsAlnLCLrx3OhU0h5lE1SkfqikWDL22Ch2DFL1oEAWgwtVEOgnt0S0BYxg7unAZdFOiDzPIYeAC_eWUjkF275IJkD3yWA8LebiYWRIUTFiW1DacvnVQNYLb4BGXdg/s1600/CIMG3437.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561430400602675794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GXQusNpP9YsAlnLCLrx3OhU0h5lE1SkfqikWDL22Ch2DFL1oEAWgwtVEOgnt0S0BYxg7unAZdFOiDzPIYeAC_eWUjkF275IJkD3yWA8LebiYWRIUTFiW1DacvnVQNYLb4BGXdg/s800/CIMG3437.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Myra needed her big strong brothers to help her blow out her candles. Don't you love their wife-beater tanks and shaggy hair? Their kool-aid smiles just top the look off!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-xlZMHHkT59KwICiPiC0GqgiMM4MT9oyAu7IyXrrmqKTD7HuaAvJzpbgfbZoVWtV9_2ALZoJz0wn5KxvknopHz_P23PVPGaX2FBp5zgM-D4IdAVz3ImAEyvH04-m2iNoqfkdtw/s1600/CIMG3458.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561430051282239186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-xlZMHHkT59KwICiPiC0GqgiMM4MT9oyAu7IyXrrmqKTD7HuaAvJzpbgfbZoVWtV9_2ALZoJz0wn5KxvknopHz_P23PVPGaX2FBp5zgM-D4IdAVz3ImAEyvH04-m2iNoqfkdtw/s800/CIMG3458.JPG" /></a><br />She's wondering what this stuff is...<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RIzPic2o2c4UNAyfzHvOT45kjVtVh1TpYBRbBLlQplusDfHGJ8fdOSW2hndRNEmmk4sb1XkjfBQtVPhKd-P859yBuAkigCQdQblu16NJiMAWaUb2cIn4QcPxciYz34qm10F37g/s1600/CIMG3463.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556199063564512466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RIzPic2o2c4UNAyfzHvOT45kjVtVh1TpYBRbBLlQplusDfHGJ8fdOSW2hndRNEmmk4sb1XkjfBQtVPhKd-P859yBuAkigCQdQblu16NJiMAWaUb2cIn4QcPxciYz34qm10F37g/s800/CIMG3463.JPG" /></a> </div><div>...and thinking she doesn't like it so much. I think she tried a total of one bite and the rest ended up on the floor. She was really annoyed that it stuck to her hands!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YLDPyea4MQ4rpZR4CW1V9FXGOLfOVLFzWTwr_2jp8zAfribWUbX9cuYoxa0g4paOUHRr9Zpx9sq7FESoPZ1f72_5SB-TpaTXenRsPUUbmosO1kFI8hp2VsxcZlUB62vtom7TzA/s1600/CIMG3471a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556199054132690498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YLDPyea4MQ4rpZR4CW1V9FXGOLfOVLFzWTwr_2jp8zAfribWUbX9cuYoxa0g4paOUHRr9Zpx9sq7FESoPZ1f72_5SB-TpaTXenRsPUUbmosO1kFI8hp2VsxcZlUB62vtom7TzA/s800/CIMG3471a.jpg" /></a> </div><div>Do you know why we took this picture? Well if you remember, this was the exact spot where Myra was born. Right there on my bedroom floor in between my bed and my "closet" was where she entered this world. </div><div></div><div>If you missed that exciting story...click here for <a href="http://erikahigley.blogspot.com/2009/12/myras-grand-entrance.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">"Myra's Grand Entrance"</span></a> and here for <a href="http://erikahigley.blogspot.com/2009/12/daddys-version.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">"Daddy's Version"</span></a> of the story.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNW4ZcTyHTUjEnt7c3CrIKbQZKA1nTBc2N3FVcj_GNkskCqJMdoEdlgspH4_dCEHzJvHiAiEP8pPDjPZuWzm6XPeWOISTjF77nKB0JtYlO5_diJ7QAWTRzmPBxAghCibXgEESew/s1600/CIMG3477.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556199049329467794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNW4ZcTyHTUjEnt7c3CrIKbQZKA1nTBc2N3FVcj_GNkskCqJMdoEdlgspH4_dCEHzJvHiAiEP8pPDjPZuWzm6XPeWOISTjF77nKB0JtYlO5_diJ7QAWTRzmPBxAghCibXgEESew/s800/CIMG3477.JPG" /></a> </div><div>My little baby is not so little any more. :(<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl5-cj-g29uB6gk3HSuHWIOGFYY3oeymLswrcJQs_9iE_OICCHCP_5d5ZR_Rx8B06afSh18wDJ_EKRRbCET3Ys-ZURj_5bm0qIm0AN589jXrFp0SAISjX16DCa3vN13Lu_bZUvA/s1600/CIMG0486.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556199042378641074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl5-cj-g29uB6gk3HSuHWIOGFYY3oeymLswrcJQs_9iE_OICCHCP_5d5ZR_Rx8B06afSh18wDJ_EKRRbCET3Ys-ZURj_5bm0qIm0AN589jXrFp0SAISjX16DCa3vN13Lu_bZUvA/s800/CIMG0486.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Yes, it's cliche, but it seems like yesterday I was snuggled up to my brand new baby daughter...still in shock from her crazy fast birth and so totally in love right from the start.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCKGqgbu84S8ifRdy3Mi14FfoR2gNN5bvWnp3ECCVWVbguu0vPMvKOiVzCGaUiVvHOe0oEAma-1KZo7Dz0sm-Nj06vgoh_apMgxbSrpu_1mg5_ry5yt_rzelwKYWVK4rpLLGWUA/s1600/CIMG0654.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556199034845637922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCKGqgbu84S8ifRdy3Mi14FfoR2gNN5bvWnp3ECCVWVbguu0vPMvKOiVzCGaUiVvHOe0oEAma-1KZo7Dz0sm-Nj06vgoh_apMgxbSrpu_1mg5_ry5yt_rzelwKYWVK4rpLLGWUA/s800/CIMG0654.JPG" /></a><br /><div>My Myra Girl, I am so excited to see what 2011 holds for us. </div><div>You make me happy <em>beyond</em> belief.</div></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-74124834536054267742010-12-09T06:11:00.008-07:002010-12-12T13:23:31.498-07:00Birthday Catch-up...Jimmy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XtwL4ASJAsKZWQTr_U-9dyLqqtJ-Ov75InEXOhQaHdAx7FJbWACn0iE9KClDhmYkofxWSZNQxxY5MlVNm-9GbsDyFjlFqTrTDFF8W9vW0r0GL8YRrkQBqJR9GcZGLMJQJKtV-g/s1600/CIMG3178.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548673652821486882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XtwL4ASJAsKZWQTr_U-9dyLqqtJ-Ov75InEXOhQaHdAx7FJbWACn0iE9KClDhmYkofxWSZNQxxY5MlVNm-9GbsDyFjlFqTrTDFF8W9vW0r0GL8YRrkQBqJR9GcZGLMJQJKtV-g/s800/CIMG3178.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">N</span>ow it's Jimmy's turn! Jimmy turned 5 in November and we got to celebrate it for 3 days! Saturday was his party with his friends, Sunday he opened family gifts, and Monday he took treats to his school class.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigG2Y5Uxq6-1GPCDcDr0RAFfhJQdkJVF246wZF4zaIYYmcYmcuPgfIfJpu9_4Fg0YN0T-nJLgmyXheNQqCg6ZFUhHkWZMmDvbWJHVEs7dsmw_cxYxNjRzAg6UWnVMWFLll7YTVQ/s1600/Jimmy+Bday.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548673651687068418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigG2Y5Uxq6-1GPCDcDr0RAFfhJQdkJVF246wZF4zaIYYmcYmcuPgfIfJpu9_4Fg0YN0T-nJLgmyXheNQqCg6ZFUhHkWZMmDvbWJHVEs7dsmw_cxYxNjRzAg6UWnVMWFLll7YTVQ/s800/Jimmy+Bday.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Jimmy said he wanted a Lego party so I searched the internet for ideas. I was quite surprised how many cute ideas there were. The cake was simple yet when I asked Jimmy if it looked like a Lego he said, "Um, kind of." haha, well, I'm no cake decorator so that worked for me.<br /><br />I printed mini Lego coloring books. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/34377624/LEGO-Colouring-Book">Link here.</a><br /><br />Also printed the Lego man boxes and filled them with candy for the kids. <a href="http://www.spotgirl.net/HC_LegoFavorBox.pdf">Link here</a>.<br /><br />The Lego trucks were one of the prizes from the games we played. <a href="http://www.filthwizardry.com/2009/12/lego-car-and-duplo-truck-cardboard.html">Idea here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xV21m843Q4d_zcTM3G7WKA5UAoMd9MH4CT1f_FQvwpSttDGjkVOS3jc9tYe_RfEnaukNOeXf0nCKjx26fn2DuVH5yS7jEvaGJV4or639l5bGQK1IPdCvFIglQCjl4s7O0NGgiA/s1600/CIMG3190.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548673646789513106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xV21m843Q4d_zcTM3G7WKA5UAoMd9MH4CT1f_FQvwpSttDGjkVOS3jc9tYe_RfEnaukNOeXf0nCKjx26fn2DuVH5yS7jEvaGJV4or639l5bGQK1IPdCvFIglQCjl4s7O0NGgiA/s800/CIMG3190.JPG" /></a><br />The kids colored these characters and I had hole punched the bottoms of them so we could stick a Lego on each side and they would stand up. <a href="http://www.filthwizardry.com/2009/12/festive-card-hole-punching-with-more.html">Idea from here.</a><br /><br />We didn't get any pictures of the kids playing the games because our hands were too busy to snap pictures! I had hid a bunch of duplo Legos around the room and the kids searched for them and saw who could find the most. Also we did a "Lego drop" where the child stood on a chair and there was a jar on the ground where they tried to drop the Legos into it...the kids really liked this one.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxVBmAFuiEhw6IAip5nj57goq-yfXdLiLInaiojvCyB2T6n0BIfkGNYgcjF8qwxNVOg1k7k1-_4pF6fpH0iC7TeEw2w3GZyIQNQZZG7ko9sw4V5cQUxOATMIvksI8wAghsd-A5A/s1600/CIMG3200.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548673643435936642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxVBmAFuiEhw6IAip5nj57goq-yfXdLiLInaiojvCyB2T6n0BIfkGNYgcjF8qwxNVOg1k7k1-_4pF6fpH0iC7TeEw2w3GZyIQNQZZG7ko9sw4V5cQUxOATMIvksI8wAghsd-A5A/s800/CIMG3200.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Opening gifts got a little crazy. All ten kids crowded around Jimmy and were yelling in Dutch and shoving presents in his face! All of his presents were Legos except one (a puzzle). He was of course absolutely thrilled about this!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIcAbwdTdSUh1Yo2S5FJLvr_XBH6zpYE2WCPR2G4BJWQqGk2k4hdcgoeLrBol1O8CHKp_ooyC8gDZ6Nq4EvWe6Rwqg9u8vMfE6tFVCT_Lunq1zi54lQAvHC5YPlk-ZpBxZhdCGQ/s1600/CIMG3204.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548673636162961666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIcAbwdTdSUh1Yo2S5FJLvr_XBH6zpYE2WCPR2G4BJWQqGk2k4hdcgoeLrBol1O8CHKp_ooyC8gDZ6Nq4EvWe6Rwqg9u8vMfE6tFVCT_Lunq1zi54lQAvHC5YPlk-ZpBxZhdCGQ/s800/CIMG3204.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Then time to sing "Lang zal ze leven, lang zal ze leven ... Hieperdepiep, Hoera!!!"<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqg98IPvqDLmQC2JTJXcYhu6WK3Kq8PjjU5dGPnlsvXI6neG2bVtDbe8PnuHm-xxLnVzRbcIAXdXemVh6Cesupa4lQ-HSHIF4_OtcBbUiAjVKnA769ZhRx9rGOaLUUzkZx6bByTA/s1600/CIMG3205.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548671506353818338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqg98IPvqDLmQC2JTJXcYhu6WK3Kq8PjjU5dGPnlsvXI6neG2bVtDbe8PnuHm-xxLnVzRbcIAXdXemVh6Cesupa4lQ-HSHIF4_OtcBbUiAjVKnA769ZhRx9rGOaLUUzkZx6bByTA/s800/CIMG3205.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Only two kids wanted cake and ice cream. The others all wanted to play instead. So they all ran off to destroy the house and over time a few came back downstairs and ate some cake! They had a great time.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrf8g9rCjhHHcfMjxLJZ2YVVDPoMPVtaoeHfn1Qo3ww8BUzFjs6L0TL1O9buhmTw2LAO1_5wmhKKOr5UpfUFdpbms4j25WUoCgtsHxjaQRe_b1k40vC0g3qg-B2D5bbpcPPlygA/s1600/CIMG3206.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548671503046082306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrf8g9rCjhHHcfMjxLJZ2YVVDPoMPVtaoeHfn1Qo3ww8BUzFjs6L0TL1O9buhmTw2LAO1_5wmhKKOr5UpfUFdpbms4j25WUoCgtsHxjaQRe_b1k40vC0g3qg-B2D5bbpcPPlygA/s800/CIMG3206.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Building with the new Legos<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmA9WqQ67egsQSKdAgE1rhRhvB1g16mie0JUuAATM3eqewpMlS0Vs7TqDnFunqEX7D6VQaGPdrVXkWWrv2LNBCeSp6l8r9Bebe8khyEH9aCNqbb8zbVYb5r-cOe1iHx7iwtvWVg/s1600/CIMG3207.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548671489352598610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmA9WqQ67egsQSKdAgE1rhRhvB1g16mie0JUuAATM3eqewpMlS0Vs7TqDnFunqEX7D6VQaGPdrVXkWWrv2LNBCeSp6l8r9Bebe8khyEH9aCNqbb8zbVYb5r-cOe1iHx7iwtvWVg/s800/CIMG3207.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We had kids turned into superheroes and kids "fixing" my walls with the toy hammers! And of course every toy had to be out of the bucket/basket. :)<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQREaDbU4Djx5w5iNkETzwhgeQMjrJEfJ-ZOkLKa58vZJNWD2-_WoFlYvaFXkAOVEZoznPuA2f7O5KwqLHqiIomfhMEF-SZOgDWcPoHdusnPMJ64UpWvWniOBPJrJXjY2uyebRmw/s1600/CIMG3216.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548671485101323426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQREaDbU4Djx5w5iNkETzwhgeQMjrJEfJ-ZOkLKa58vZJNWD2-_WoFlYvaFXkAOVEZoznPuA2f7O5KwqLHqiIomfhMEF-SZOgDWcPoHdusnPMJ64UpWvWniOBPJrJXjY2uyebRmw/s800/CIMG3216.JPG" /></a><br />I had many party games planned and we played a few but the kids didn't want to play any of my games any more. They preferred to run around. Then they decided to go outside and see if they could fit all 10 of them on the playhut at the same time! Only one child cried in the process...success.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_z_VMM1g1WZTAPxYGa8qPd-2-jtaVrzoz9pfN93oahw3Pgdm_TuaLdJeVbxwQwmueyNb8srppzgEDMdd2VNy_lG6IR8JdQZtrZzDxzFof0Ts-_IG_9AkehfLQcD67wnyHp4yGw/s1600/CIMG3224.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548671477583573922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_z_VMM1g1WZTAPxYGa8qPd-2-jtaVrzoz9pfN93oahw3Pgdm_TuaLdJeVbxwQwmueyNb8srppzgEDMdd2VNy_lG6IR8JdQZtrZzDxzFof0Ts-_IG_9AkehfLQcD67wnyHp4yGw/s800/CIMG3224.JPG" /></a> </div><div>And they all went home with nice filthy hands. I'm sure their parents loved me for that! But they really did have a great time!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimH4sgzlYwBbniFFzo9-z4T76FtlS-9qY_fjajo7L5uT7UBw1j5fpiT_EeFzQmUSkRKegSOepMBusq7ZlEF9o5YvhAhPWbtgNwzV5IJi9zihBikYu4wHTdsJm0alQvtc1chT_08g/s1600/CIMG3241.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548670561505521810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimH4sgzlYwBbniFFzo9-z4T76FtlS-9qY_fjajo7L5uT7UBw1j5fpiT_EeFzQmUSkRKegSOepMBusq7ZlEF9o5YvhAhPWbtgNwzV5IJi9zihBikYu4wHTdsJm0alQvtc1chT_08g/s800/CIMG3241.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>Then Sinterklaas came to Hesseplaats (our local shopping area) so the boys and I headed there to see him and the Zwarte Pieten. The boys were sad they didn't get to get close to him. It's not like in the US where you get to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what you want.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBf8luuFILpu0OLkiBYevnJngkdTCP2wDtp94RklwVGJlmVRF72Zs2tgmMYnBO7FNdpSsvgmEAT4lEU9kgrjnCh43TYL4TTkfCDsczQWtuTF36cdaR-vf8__3MglnX682yOe2aRQ/s1600/CIMG3246.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548670559151283474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBf8luuFILpu0OLkiBYevnJngkdTCP2wDtp94RklwVGJlmVRF72Zs2tgmMYnBO7FNdpSsvgmEAT4lEU9kgrjnCh43TYL4TTkfCDsczQWtuTF36cdaR-vf8__3MglnX682yOe2aRQ/s800/CIMG3246.JPG" /></a> </div><div>On Sunday Jimmy opened the gifts from family.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWS1qv_KJECuqxm587yXTzNMHhT3iVUi-vxLdQFwsJfeJ_hjTOHM89VWHG89mgrohnw5naYq5FSpMsm9me1IEJsaskeHjLtdDYWYkeRyTPODHvKucHBHLcEr-yBptouJYnLtTrJw/s1600/CIMG3254.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548670553720979266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWS1qv_KJECuqxm587yXTzNMHhT3iVUi-vxLdQFwsJfeJ_hjTOHM89VWHG89mgrohnw5naYq5FSpMsm9me1IEJsaskeHjLtdDYWYkeRyTPODHvKucHBHLcEr-yBptouJYnLtTrJw/s800/CIMG3254.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Glade was sad because Jimmy was getting all these presents and Jimmy so sweetly handed one of the boxes of Legos to Glade and said, "Here Glade, this one is for you!" Awww, one of those moments as a parent where you feel you must be doing something right! Either that or the kid just got too many birthday gifts...we'll go with the former. ;)<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5z2LVz26GfZng_B-zKrciw926MPRv9FFfiLSjep-_hywumZwc861P5eJrd6zb8yvnomMXu-84jbd6bx27LINPocVkOEqXnHiLGzkf50bmUHJ-vvdcFjfdX9y-89heJwYJBM8pDw/s1600/CIMG3259.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548670543840025250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5z2LVz26GfZng_B-zKrciw926MPRv9FFfiLSjep-_hywumZwc861P5eJrd6zb8yvnomMXu-84jbd6bx27LINPocVkOEqXnHiLGzkf50bmUHJ-vvdcFjfdX9y-89heJwYJBM8pDw/s800/CIMG3259.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>And finally on Monday Jimmy got to take a snack to his classmates. Some people go all out on the "traktaties" but this year I didn't. I was worn out from the party so we just made apple cinnamon muffins and called it good!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJChWZj-4xp7I5r9E8w6IMehbYIw46TNFdFA4Xad2APw-qxK3xNuDAH4F9n0tIf06GZ508ImNzXf9ejiVmoKX8XBAM3k8D6MzD_MRQVqhCEhDHfkq9im14jsnGAhsK1Msn0Md_7Q/s1600/CIMG3262.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548670539119190210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJChWZj-4xp7I5r9E8w6IMehbYIw46TNFdFA4Xad2APw-qxK3xNuDAH4F9n0tIf06GZ508ImNzXf9ejiVmoKX8XBAM3k8D6MzD_MRQVqhCEhDHfkq9im14jsnGAhsK1Msn0Md_7Q/s800/CIMG3262.JPG" /></a> </div><div>And here he is Monday after school. Tired, you think?! :) What a fun weekend we had with our Jimmy. He is such a kind and generous boy. </div><div>We love him a lot. </div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy Birthday Jimmers!</span></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-83994305045049283342010-12-09T05:15:00.006-07:002010-12-09T05:59:28.420-07:00Birthday Catch-up...Glade<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjwUjjWW5ym4x3Ct19fS3GXpL9HWiZgQfgDd4-rsVahWiXIf5R9mVGriC6p_TVG0FACsfy4AVXNy84kNEWnta81aBOEgH0Rwut88pCN_l9iTyfTJPwyHwltatoHFZNAyhZwnBKQ/s1600/CIMG3010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548660427002761682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjwUjjWW5ym4x3Ct19fS3GXpL9HWiZgQfgDd4-rsVahWiXIf5R9mVGriC6p_TVG0FACsfy4AVXNy84kNEWnta81aBOEgH0Rwut88pCN_l9iTyfTJPwyHwltatoHFZNAyhZwnBKQ/s800/CIMG3010.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">N</span>ow that all my kids have had their birthdays, I think it's about time I blog about it! We'll start with Glade. He turned 3 in October! We had a day all focused on whatever Glade wanted to do. On the way home from dropping Jimmy off at school, we stopped in the store and Glade got to do the grocery shopping. As you can see, he has very good taste!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4WTNk45-brqA3sfRW8ziNW0wWfQDk7nZV3C1y0-yeQXuiY9gbcjwhtqggeCW3nKxoClzVD0GAAjCRVU8JWHTFez6mfffbVehkeMP7mZpB04pMG0iZZ7h74oEFy7Mjaf6k2vibw/s1600/CIMG3019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548660418811641874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4WTNk45-brqA3sfRW8ziNW0wWfQDk7nZV3C1y0-yeQXuiY9gbcjwhtqggeCW3nKxoClzVD0GAAjCRVU8JWHTFez6mfffbVehkeMP7mZpB04pMG0iZZ7h74oEFy7Mjaf6k2vibw/s800/CIMG3019.JPG" /></a><br />Then we watched movies, played trains, and ate junk food all morning until it was time to pick up Jimmy from school. He decided he wanted to wear his birthday hat in the bike!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihywATjeL4-lfi3oLmdn4bNlS22sm7zHCUZ1Ndf2jcHQCzLAkdzuFGiz416L2_0X47IkYTGQQ1TF8vr2ZcqCKNCDaHQmF2LQjQWMYUiJrH436lP7OBilvwHsWCH_FEpgFC3ounnQ/s1600/CIMG3039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548660408147737986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihywATjeL4-lfi3oLmdn4bNlS22sm7zHCUZ1Ndf2jcHQCzLAkdzuFGiz416L2_0X47IkYTGQQ1TF8vr2ZcqCKNCDaHQmF2LQjQWMYUiJrH436lP7OBilvwHsWCH_FEpgFC3ounnQ/s800/CIMG3039.JPG" /></a><br />We played and watched more movies and ate more junk and waited until Daddy got home for the party. Then Jimmy helped Glade open his presents. He got Legos and Toy Story toys...his two favorites right now. Oh and some little mini cars. Glade loves anything little he can shove in his pockets or carry around the house in a little bag.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QkUts_ZcLe4DYy_QxY4dDgAZw2mY5L8lxR0mzDDRTnH0Tdg0ZZ-BF2ksDC5MaSwMt4UxHrcyrLirN84eOa2GgtQJo90hEZzFEOtoxMXuXrerBI1q2q9aE_-OmFvXE2UQi_lFPA/s1600/CIMG3048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548660403324348802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QkUts_ZcLe4DYy_QxY4dDgAZw2mY5L8lxR0mzDDRTnH0Tdg0ZZ-BF2ksDC5MaSwMt4UxHrcyrLirN84eOa2GgtQJo90hEZzFEOtoxMXuXrerBI1q2q9aE_-OmFvXE2UQi_lFPA/s800/CIMG3048.JPG" /></a><br />It was kinda funny that Jimmy was more excited about opening Glade's gifts than Glade was! Good thing Glade is (pretty) good about sharing. :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPT3jx91Kj-daEyLkv5OJb_bBwob7GbVsTbql4W_KSQdPw42I8SmNnIrPNIlAc_rS6y8EgEnnby9FDbI1BfCOVsPfROuE3V-0bb78HEIZvmc7dXxDdbqIwAzyMtfi-4oXAlex-g/s1600/CIMG3093.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548660401913117826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPT3jx91Kj-daEyLkv5OJb_bBwob7GbVsTbql4W_KSQdPw42I8SmNnIrPNIlAc_rS6y8EgEnnby9FDbI1BfCOVsPfROuE3V-0bb78HEIZvmc7dXxDdbqIwAzyMtfi-4oXAlex-g/s800/CIMG3093.JPG" /></a><br />We love our little goof (or as the boys say it "doof"). For dinner he wanted hot dogs, french fries, and chicken nuggets. Delish!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQKRscbEMyO_1PWtrjwXhl6Krebqn_zMBgDKfbyMKuzeiv6VNZ28jd7FTXV11gobGPvTVG-qd2TpkqFlAkuO1iWmLxf9uFZa_FEBL_RXVaA7-DeMJZMVRbgadOkOpViHYAyksEg/s1600/CIMG3050.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548659451138857794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQKRscbEMyO_1PWtrjwXhl6Krebqn_zMBgDKfbyMKuzeiv6VNZ28jd7FTXV11gobGPvTVG-qd2TpkqFlAkuO1iWmLxf9uFZa_FEBL_RXVaA7-DeMJZMVRbgadOkOpViHYAyksEg/s800/CIMG3050.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Putting in those 3 candles...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZJnH9Q0slghl5v-uoLGBuERZQ1JD9A-F1fqqveGM8G41Ks0tnncKv39M2Fs5TekV2sVeO5bAHh1gYb5najQNE37z8-zD97RwWBNSpYuQ3O2cWMjgMQhZCRnrUYE8sJuwObpBxA/s1600/CIMG3053.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548659446798540530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZJnH9Q0slghl5v-uoLGBuERZQ1JD9A-F1fqqveGM8G41Ks0tnncKv39M2Fs5TekV2sVeO5bAHh1gYb5najQNE37z8-zD97RwWBNSpYuQ3O2cWMjgMQhZCRnrUYE8sJuwObpBxA/s800/CIMG3053.JPG" /></a><br />I think we sang Happy Birthday about 7 times that day!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMLgbgxuQ11m0jVJCT2Plznt4nKjprgnrVJ_98o5VNes5iecE9vMPbSw9zVSg3LCNq5PIgWSZAP5PnqcU7_0uOITQ5ogZs7mvIvX3iyMSidI0FmO9KxnElLMY4Q56oMeP7dk3pw/s1600/CIMG3054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548659440626339026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMLgbgxuQ11m0jVJCT2Plznt4nKjprgnrVJ_98o5VNes5iecE9vMPbSw9zVSg3LCNq5PIgWSZAP5PnqcU7_0uOITQ5ogZs7mvIvX3iyMSidI0FmO9KxnElLMY4Q56oMeP7dk3pw/s800/CIMG3054.JPG" /></a><br />And he was SO fast at blowing out those candles. The second we finished singing they were out! I only captured the smoke!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhbooR3AwSJ_eaR4KSdvWsvLikb8GTioU2koc0yGUboYAU8fMG8DXqvLHjX_03WQ67z7yRMDXWVhc2FDN6gmexR1W7QwQKkWlm_bt2K1_0l3IsbgTrEG7FjrPp214kLrjg0X73w/s1600/CIMG3057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548659434661513602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhbooR3AwSJ_eaR4KSdvWsvLikb8GTioU2koc0yGUboYAU8fMG8DXqvLHjX_03WQ67z7yRMDXWVhc2FDN6gmexR1W7QwQKkWlm_bt2K1_0l3IsbgTrEG7FjrPp214kLrjg0X73w/s800/CIMG3057.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqnv3J6gMHhtRN4rCqRxFUW01Mi0f0ut4DzcyFK9FP4ssnN-A2a_En6Z-yzI1nj_QTcQDydt7kASf1ODVF8pqm5d22sMucSE362Vv7yyDw86ebYnEoG_ZWVupy1ujx7ihB42nOQ/s1600/Glade+bday.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548659428081032402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqnv3J6gMHhtRN4rCqRxFUW01Mi0f0ut4DzcyFK9FP4ssnN-A2a_En6Z-yzI1nj_QTcQDydt7kASf1ODVF8pqm5d22sMucSE362Vv7yyDw86ebYnEoG_ZWVupy1ujx7ihB42nOQ/s800/Glade+bday.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy Birthday to Glade!</span> You are such a sweet boy. You will always be my "wittle" boy. Love you! I'm so thankful for you...and thankful that you don't decide what we eat every day...I think I was a little sick after a day of junk food and hot dogs!Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-19294201380443471912010-12-01T02:37:00.003-07:002010-12-01T03:09:42.525-07:00Difference #7<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V2P1f3r0a4k2UaSObNZWiRLNDlRfHgu-pbFTiLcchF6NZ_ZsVYL2ACCrqgPsKQJeErZBaK0L3hszV35tCaw-mW2iQ43-RvnN6btBO7kZ61YHX04bD3ls6pTzSMTvIJXI7VJlrA/s1600/scan0002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545646581852401042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V2P1f3r0a4k2UaSObNZWiRLNDlRfHgu-pbFTiLcchF6NZ_ZsVYL2ACCrqgPsKQJeErZBaK0L3hszV35tCaw-mW2iQ43-RvnN6btBO7kZ61YHX04bD3ls6pTzSMTvIJXI7VJlrA/s600/scan0002.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">#7. School Sibling Pictures</span><br /><br />It's standard here to get sibling pictures taken when school pictures are taken. I didn't realize they were going to do this until I picked Jimmy up from school. Glade was not excited about it and strangely enough he ended up smiling the best in the picture! It's not the best picture, but it's always fun to have a picture with all 3 of them in it.<br /><br />While I'm at it, I'll just post the other two school pictures we got:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3WVSAU9S2v-ap9WHUZr3gyIo1YsWQXBhqTodI1dg4iHhSMDRPoPl98R46KoZdbZo91do9cst9A3j6kRYpUeD2jWLinOWQEg8yAZdZjqoHdW7S3PZvHoyzuPXLAVqzL6do2A8og/s1600/scan0003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545646578796408402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3WVSAU9S2v-ap9WHUZr3gyIo1YsWQXBhqTodI1dg4iHhSMDRPoPl98R46KoZdbZo91do9cst9A3j6kRYpUeD2jWLinOWQEg8yAZdZjqoHdW7S3PZvHoyzuPXLAVqzL6do2A8og/s600/scan0003.jpg" /></a><br />Class picture...too bad like 4-5 kids are missing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIApa-CWZe4cU_ph57rhXGaSV3NHFboqLXpqpGXAkWsMzvTjE8jNLZZvuUAzKlSvi67YEmuo-hzFu3FHl56fXv_1zCAbxKUO9AYJym4guLlpehXpIzJK8AAUBTM9-ujR0j7xq8DA/s1600/scan0001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545646575739389426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIApa-CWZe4cU_ph57rhXGaSV3NHFboqLXpqpGXAkWsMzvTjE8jNLZZvuUAzKlSvi67YEmuo-hzFu3FHl56fXv_1zCAbxKUO9AYJym4guLlpehXpIzJK8AAUBTM9-ujR0j7xq8DA/s600/scan0001.jpg" /></a><br />And here's Jimmy, age 5. I think it's a pretty adorable first school picture!<br /><br />They start elementary school here at age 4. Thus they have children starting school all throughout the school year since they come in on their birthday. Jimmy just barely missed the school pictures last year.<br /><br />In the beginning the kids usually go just in the mornings for the first few days or weeks depending on the child. Then they are at school all day Mon-Fri (except early out days). I think it's too much at such a young age, but thankfully Jimmy has really enjoyed it. He's been in school now for one year and it's weird to think that if we were living in the states he wouldn't start going to elementary school until fall 2011...and wouldn't start going all day long until fall 2012 (that's 3 years later than he started here). I don't like my kids growing up so quickly.<br /><br />I had a parent/teacher conference last week and Jimmy's teachers said he is doing great! He is speaking so much more Dutch and makes a lot more comments in class now. Last year Jimmy was very quiet in school and actually got into quite a few arguments (we think because he couldn't understand the kids and they couldn't understand him). He's doing so much better now. He really looks forward to school and has learned so much. I love hearing him speak in Dutch and sing in Dutch...so cute!<br /><br />It's funny because Jimmy often starts jabbering on and on in Dutch and Jarom will just look at me because he has now clue what his son is saying! Guess he's gotta learn Dutch too. :)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Here are links to </span><a href="http://erikahigley.blogspot.com/2010/10/difference-6.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Difference #6,</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><a href="http://erikahigley.blogspot.com/2009/12/difference-5.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Difference #5</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://erikahigley.blogspot.com/2009/10/difference-4.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Difference #4</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://erikahigley.blogspot.com/2009/02/difference-3.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Difference #3</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://erikahigley.blogspot.com/2009/02/difference-2.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Difference #2</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://erikahigley.blogspot.com/2009/01/difference-1.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Difference #1</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">. </span>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-2671259988254684192010-10-25T01:58:00.002-07:002010-10-25T01:58:00.337-07:00Germany: Movie Park<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteII-4SudFDbInP6X4kn0k0K-V7l7xYSjqlcOW2a3eLBGny0CzMGSZWjida3Q7OwecfNJq9L_ORYfhfK0rH-0FPgdDyMeGDRlaMicI7SH_9ns0KG9-R1-D5eWWYEDv1AiTJZA2Q/s1600/CIMG2849.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530514440499730162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteII-4SudFDbInP6X4kn0k0K-V7l7xYSjqlcOW2a3eLBGny0CzMGSZWjida3Q7OwecfNJq9L_ORYfhfK0rH-0FPgdDyMeGDRlaMicI7SH_9ns0KG9-R1-D5eWWYEDv1AiTJZA2Q/s800/CIMG2849.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;">T</span>his is my last post of summer vacation pictures! Can you believe it? I thought I'd never finish. Well we may have overdone it a little with the amusement parks, but we all had such a good time. Our last stop was Movie Park in Germany.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVPl1GNkxeFjN44pkIp129hHT6Amd8RXqMdaIQoZ2llpqakIiK3xUbH4QMV2kfT0hHqFIBP_OooVt7cvHt3N1fNwMaXeqHtmFAkXFW_UuB340XBHf6hq6o7q4O5MndXHl515eAw/s1600/CIMG2854.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530514430979530866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVPl1GNkxeFjN44pkIp129hHT6Amd8RXqMdaIQoZ2llpqakIiK3xUbH4QMV2kfT0hHqFIBP_OooVt7cvHt3N1fNwMaXeqHtmFAkXFW_UuB340XBHf6hq6o7q4O5MndXHl515eAw/s800/CIMG2854.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jimmy was a little cautious at first in jumping but towards the end he was having a blast!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9u_G-RiO1Vftv7NKB42KpzbxEyS7U-ythRn_EjuaX2Bp1AeGscZMJOdBXmQZP9XL-MBLGKrO0wp-9fs6J83UtYBNM-O4LcXmWzkDdqyQcSnfp_AYK8BKuv2UdznH1WriTWLNmQ/s1600/CIMG2857.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530514417254204354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9u_G-RiO1Vftv7NKB42KpzbxEyS7U-ythRn_EjuaX2Bp1AeGscZMJOdBXmQZP9XL-MBLGKrO0wp-9fs6J83UtYBNM-O4LcXmWzkDdqyQcSnfp_AYK8BKuv2UdznH1WriTWLNmQ/s800/CIMG2857.JPG" border="0" /></a> More driving...Glade is just thrilled!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zASoPpgJi3RMVfep9mrN6jzsFMdKfaCJf8lkjMRU465GCdaW9sdhzlN0s3bHy6VvzLxk2ubri5rCEgP_DT8kSsN23iFbnN5xQjpFxwICfELHE8fVFlrQ0k4CIwFzZ8CmNRFdcg/s1600/CIMG2858.JPG"></a> We had such a wonderful summer and feel so blessed that we got to see so many family members...and so many cool places too. </div></div></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-4472774242184560572010-10-24T14:36:00.001-07:002010-10-24T14:36:00.550-07:00Cologne, Germany<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvH2Fb9GJkywsGA03tNq-tPLhb-iRUzIv8ksfGzhUspori2WoiYYTLUNpSIUwlCkDxnktp34ydhnyiuc8ufbwqNgtHkDeWBZXo0JOqNX39bw-GL8x4aDdhV2YRhtBL866MQUxcSg/s1600/CIMG2828.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530508742512522978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvH2Fb9GJkywsGA03tNq-tPLhb-iRUzIv8ksfGzhUspori2WoiYYTLUNpSIUwlCkDxnktp34ydhnyiuc8ufbwqNgtHkDeWBZXo0JOqNX39bw-GL8x4aDdhV2YRhtBL866MQUxcSg/s800/CIMG2828.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>ith a few more days left of our vacation, we stopped in Cologne, Germany.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpS8lF92dmgb4lUptWxQBo2KTCbBzJlCT7_T0DX-Ran5mLUlnSOl8OBXZIWvRTukHOdj6z5wBHWt8J_4XASZMl3eQHV9JXk9I87Q2_cZsbBUmGORWaOSL1gtN3BhKxeXIo-YT0g/s1600/CIMG2829.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530508731483224562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpS8lF92dmgb4lUptWxQBo2KTCbBzJlCT7_T0DX-Ran5mLUlnSOl8OBXZIWvRTukHOdj6z5wBHWt8J_4XASZMl3eQHV9JXk9I87Q2_cZsbBUmGORWaOSL1gtN3BhKxeXIo-YT0g/s800/CIMG2829.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here's the Cathedral of Cologne (Dom). It is so huge!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRcODDd1tqM-l4ZOAib916EZ-Kich-uY9TX8gy-bJ5IhtMRA6qsZ03LASXfj8H0CYb9FAhx5sV1L00l3UuFsRDMuXRyGmJXyy68Q35i6I9NMjvUhcMfMnBqoHA5o_VuJISUnTQQ/s1600/CIMG2841.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530508721574156898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRcODDd1tqM-l4ZOAib916EZ-Kich-uY9TX8gy-bJ5IhtMRA6qsZ03LASXfj8H0CYb9FAhx5sV1L00l3UuFsRDMuXRyGmJXyy68Q35i6I9NMjvUhcMfMnBqoHA5o_VuJISUnTQQ/s800/CIMG2841.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is possibly one of my favorite pictures from the summer...so sweet.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGR_F4Dlq4Zl_VxeWFiaevkAo354iEBdd6oXnZpCNU1rJRju34RYdXkxknb4gPX7p3ejHXt9SWgtpxOG6kDAtabmEZ1JW2rO9dzHv6Ez3Ny1tZHjPwd7SIemqlpeX7QojVzPdqRg/s1600/CIMG2843.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530508718234462354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGR_F4Dlq4Zl_VxeWFiaevkAo354iEBdd6oXnZpCNU1rJRju34RYdXkxknb4gPX7p3ejHXt9SWgtpxOG6kDAtabmEZ1JW2rO9dzHv6Ez3Ny1tZHjPwd7SIemqlpeX7QojVzPdqRg/s800/CIMG2843.JPG" border="0" /></a> And there you have the Rhine River<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-4-B131aidg61FCg6TaUfbAXDePcrP_y26cJ1TThvM3B4HrNrcDEaap-2JWPJhr2eLFpEc3MhRgJsIhMVFgP3NJWh_XZ5IJUhEq0H1i-fqh0P_c_XaEOEkUDWHMTMxAhQchdFQ/s1600/CIMG2846.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530508712912147586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-4-B131aidg61FCg6TaUfbAXDePcrP_y26cJ1TThvM3B4HrNrcDEaap-2JWPJhr2eLFpEc3MhRgJsIhMVFgP3NJWh_XZ5IJUhEq0H1i-fqh0P_c_XaEOEkUDWHMTMxAhQchdFQ/s800/CIMG2846.JPG" border="0" /></a> This last stop wasn't planned, but when we saw a Lego store we just HAD to stop! I think the adults had almost as much fun as the kids did! We love Legos.</div><div> </div><div>Oh, and how could I forget, we also went to a Gestapo Prison. It was sad but very neat also. Sadly, no pictures of it.</div></div></div><br /></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-47465003858299998872010-10-24T02:25:00.000-07:002010-10-24T02:25:00.499-07:00Germany: Fantasialand<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt5TchvT3Li7dQqE_Cc1n6s1RBRtDgbyiLNFOZCtryLVNLcCJVVQtDGzU0dRqCPodaB9P4udJUtaW77O56tmvUnRfQCmw743KjEPXZrcxqAbjgiAHCNJFPThIEWx0KCSJoTFqag/s1600/CIMG2822.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530506225304007506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt5TchvT3Li7dQqE_Cc1n6s1RBRtDgbyiLNFOZCtryLVNLcCJVVQtDGzU0dRqCPodaB9P4udJUtaW77O56tmvUnRfQCmw743KjEPXZrcxqAbjgiAHCNJFPThIEWx0KCSJoTFqag/s800/CIMG2822.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>e've decided the way to vacation (enjoyably) with kids is to split up the seeing of castles, museums, and the like with a day in an amusement park. So our next one was Fantasialand in Germany. Again, we had lots of fun.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4b30QrzAEebfeaK-Bdo12lXdMaAut-1x5Il07ig1SnFwHc8k9W0AiV0dQIWwWicGFIXuTqDMzN6QlvgD5YKjphpUREfKI7mu9NbHFoZrUsx_4lrSq_qqBk1V0YRkiwCLGfaeAQ/s1600/CIMG2793.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530506215114886610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4b30QrzAEebfeaK-Bdo12lXdMaAut-1x5Il07ig1SnFwHc8k9W0AiV0dQIWwWicGFIXuTqDMzN6QlvgD5YKjphpUREfKI7mu9NbHFoZrUsx_4lrSq_qqBk1V0YRkiwCLGfaeAQ/s800/CIMG2793.JPG" border="0" /></a> Of course it had a carousel (several, actually).<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOczMRnlCPT4nDFg9SW1VP0C8AFHfBvHGeS9dC6nhJLkDma4KfP-iDKZZWRK45GiVTId6COmv23dH4cb0FRH5eWCgwK1zTMF1heM_jFqXINvZ3LHsbvMf6HLHKTeg33DNzHn2zA/s1600/CIMG2794.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530506200725820114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOczMRnlCPT4nDFg9SW1VP0C8AFHfBvHGeS9dC6nhJLkDma4KfP-iDKZZWRK45GiVTId6COmv23dH4cb0FRH5eWCgwK1zTMF1heM_jFqXINvZ3LHsbvMf6HLHKTeg33DNzHn2zA/s800/CIMG2794.JPG" border="0" /></a> I don't think I've ever seen somebody take so many pictures as Grandpa. It still makes me laugh thinking of all the things he took pictures of (haha, love ya dad). <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEb3lTMdVuS4QKKsCkPTXJcCOsYqZ7v6mmF08qWVb73l-Wy92m1JAYEUtaYIYTX4WGZgiVFkft_XrK5kvux3-JD0AetxXrgkSn0elwL-KuwGuFPZz0wlyMYU7sLzJXlAOqjm0mQ/s1600/CIMG2813.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530506195108425298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEb3lTMdVuS4QKKsCkPTXJcCOsYqZ7v6mmF08qWVb73l-Wy92m1JAYEUtaYIYTX4WGZgiVFkft_XrK5kvux3-JD0AetxXrgkSn0elwL-KuwGuFPZz0wlyMYU7sLzJXlAOqjm0mQ/s800/CIMG2813.JPG" border="0" /></a> Can you believe I let my baby play in the nasty ballpit? She couldn't either...and she loved it!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2wtyJoNzw-lYuHnV7_wKOKgbPNq78Aoct6jMlCiOwaQpQrq-NEunh0NoixMfYwQuWbNqTXVBL5NP3AZwYuWcJxzIDjQfOCu23jM2bdpqwHg47EJ8RlLSZH_TC3oqfuuOC11mqg/s1600/CIMG2799.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530506194123377218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2wtyJoNzw-lYuHnV7_wKOKgbPNq78Aoct6jMlCiOwaQpQrq-NEunh0NoixMfYwQuWbNqTXVBL5NP3AZwYuWcJxzIDjQfOCu23jM2bdpqwHg47EJ8RlLSZH_TC3oqfuuOC11mqg/s800/CIMG2799.JPG" border="0" /></a> And here was Jarom's favorite ride...it looks like he's riding it alone...haha!</div></div></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-33413012094019395832010-10-23T02:08:00.000-07:002010-10-23T02:08:00.513-07:00Luxembourg<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR3B2JStxOM7fX5mLUKUxoE0Hb4qdXCHSp6uMS3H_inz9F8nCc_X7WXlU-DuxR702sHHaDh2_W5EzRBFzYtup4ln3G8HAJqZFRmnsihy_cCHeFuPUmpvQRaLZUTbPV8BqTaYQig/s1600/CIMG2759.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530501814074138690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR3B2JStxOM7fX5mLUKUxoE0Hb4qdXCHSp6uMS3H_inz9F8nCc_X7WXlU-DuxR702sHHaDh2_W5EzRBFzYtup4ln3G8HAJqZFRmnsihy_cCHeFuPUmpvQRaLZUTbPV8BqTaYQig/s800/CIMG2759.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;">O</span>ur next stop was Luxembourg. I loved it...SO gorgeous! Above is Jarom in front of the Palace of the Grand Dukes.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4EM4PrQLYnL9CraDIskeO7me5vTqI_QSDqZFbdeycgLOKHHmJxJyuxsodGS0g94STJohEkLjDBHg1LPMMKpdsBgp9I8lWGFHVcgdN7RSD9ixuw_U8FTqjetXRGw67fgZHtLI1A/s1600/CIMG2746.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530499999185058578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4EM4PrQLYnL9CraDIskeO7me5vTqI_QSDqZFbdeycgLOKHHmJxJyuxsodGS0g94STJohEkLjDBHg1LPMMKpdsBgp9I8lWGFHVcgdN7RSD9ixuw_U8FTqjetXRGw67fgZHtLI1A/s800/CIMG2746.JPG" border="0" /></a> It was quite humbling to be in the Luxembourg American cemetary and memorial.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9slZf92xQH9MFgkRJwLm0v1Xyyc8R5zoJqt_DbJNol_i3z8LwHH0qphHaJ0jyuPP2qTMBrHz5j_S5pJdcw5ujPILjsN6JifZR3yyOYnehodDwqDPoaRceDFGSwiOSvGxT5WBatQ/s1600/CIMG2752.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530499996730148514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9slZf92xQH9MFgkRJwLm0v1Xyyc8R5zoJqt_DbJNol_i3z8LwHH0qphHaJ0jyuPP2qTMBrHz5j_S5pJdcw5ujPILjsN6JifZR3yyOYnehodDwqDPoaRceDFGSwiOSvGxT5WBatQ/s800/CIMG2752.JPG" border="0" /></a> We got to see Patton's grave.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYafLIGMDmj-KHukoDXmxZvh6oo7yVPeQvfoe6ouBzRXdYc3smBaETZiuUqu0jfKZPcP02y5KCV3Wn2kOqYBXMXzJROGdABHappqeAjkdpA2NwDuseAImHj_7XluKkIfqal7hVg/s1600/CIMG2753.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530499988349950386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYafLIGMDmj-KHukoDXmxZvh6oo7yVPeQvfoe6ouBzRXdYc3smBaETZiuUqu0jfKZPcP02y5KCV3Wn2kOqYBXMXzJROGdABHappqeAjkdpA2NwDuseAImHj_7XluKkIfqal7hVg/s800/CIMG2753.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jimmy found a cute little frog friend...ew, sick!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVmSCVEEwp2hLOhL5_19WED6D2FVSMOKqrvXdaOjV8k0Zj2b7LhML9UVHw1myxEktZl9avZIJZVS1cuNLsxo3eouhJ6KjleOuCH-q0xGX2IeSXgv43pDBWp9uRnz0oxE0huG0hQ/s1600/CIMG2760.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530499984947068098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVmSCVEEwp2hLOhL5_19WED6D2FVSMOKqrvXdaOjV8k0Zj2b7LhML9UVHw1myxEktZl9avZIJZVS1cuNLsxo3eouhJ6KjleOuCH-q0xGX2IeSXgv43pDBWp9uRnz0oxE0huG0hQ/s800/CIMG2760.JPG" border="0" /></a> Look at the cool chimney.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZihRtSl1zfxhxD-8t8h1e1f94dkIB3J1wpplw6N0E4zfLIexGEkSNgfsdV98C4-WTXV0zl4JoogyRfZCuRH1rDIBVup6FtMBDNTZr2-ot6o3M7zCcLl78jjqJez_od9AJVOEtw/s1600/CIMG2762.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530499975490631842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZihRtSl1zfxhxD-8t8h1e1f94dkIB3J1wpplw6N0E4zfLIexGEkSNgfsdV98C4-WTXV0zl4JoogyRfZCuRH1rDIBVup6FtMBDNTZr2-ot6o3M7zCcLl78jjqJez_od9AJVOEtw/s800/CIMG2762.JPG" border="0" /></a> To entertain the boys we gave them a toy catalog and crayon. We told them to circle the toys they wanted. I think it turned into torture rather than fun, haha! Jimmy was sad by the end thinking of all the toys he wanted. Woops!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_i5WZXOb9_h3qLfK8nVZBBbsQictKKKgNZyCJGQzgUZkNar_mBsv_sA7MmKhkgSr1A6LV5ZiS3sfOdB2UuGER7QlCEydmR_nBuy-dczboUy6RtvR0tVTG_CKkfTxYvyHKNJImOA/s1600/CIMG2769.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516508738441129218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_i5WZXOb9_h3qLfK8nVZBBbsQictKKKgNZyCJGQzgUZkNar_mBsv_sA7MmKhkgSr1A6LV5ZiS3sfOdB2UuGER7QlCEydmR_nBuy-dczboUy6RtvR0tVTG_CKkfTxYvyHKNJImOA/s800/CIMG2769.JPG" border="0" /></a> <em>Such</em> gorgeous views<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-s8Vrj1FdYicc76AR48BgYn-nh687VHgR1_KFQTISoIpmvoHvxSBJlLFxncA788p5NN5bfZvf7rGRVYZKXneo_WUjRRagFrB57VsAmg78iIJ40t3Uh93upN0QLZqWze_bIPRLA/s1600/CIMG2774a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516508728820770338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-s8Vrj1FdYicc76AR48BgYn-nh687VHgR1_KFQTISoIpmvoHvxSBJlLFxncA788p5NN5bfZvf7rGRVYZKXneo_WUjRRagFrB57VsAmg78iIJ40t3Uh93upN0QLZqWze_bIPRLA/s800/CIMG2774a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmfwqSDcmR-C0ZPsB2GyFyomy0ssPaT3jpE4DBfQs1tiwqWJK_M44_bYtAQ65r8yTaGm-vGLh6k-Srn8rY_ezZSrpJbocGK4PLIKbhB-2QAJHP50rQ7KJSCBwqoyflmFpGI1mVw/s1600/CIMG2784.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516508728489983186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmfwqSDcmR-C0ZPsB2GyFyomy0ssPaT3jpE4DBfQs1tiwqWJK_M44_bYtAQ65r8yTaGm-vGLh6k-Srn8rY_ezZSrpJbocGK4PLIKbhB-2QAJHP50rQ7KJSCBwqoyflmFpGI1mVw/s800/CIMG2784.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Casemates du Bock were pretty cool...lots of stairs though! I was impressed how well the boys handled it with their little legs.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z3MFhE7sVs6cUyw-aFYKCRbOQhC3keh0hFJFj1mzBpE_YUU0mVKbmkWW-MKBnaVSeTzQvm-G702QqAfHmSViIskUYAitGvH1B10aln2A1hhxtCZE6H_OcoNnSkYKLjvjgMjywg/s1600/CIMG2788a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516508717358595490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z3MFhE7sVs6cUyw-aFYKCRbOQhC3keh0hFJFj1mzBpE_YUU0mVKbmkWW-MKBnaVSeTzQvm-G702QqAfHmSViIskUYAitGvH1B10aln2A1hhxtCZE6H_OcoNnSkYKLjvjgMjywg/s800/CIMG2788a.jpg" border="0" /></a> I was also impressed with how well the kids did in the car. We did a lot of driving but thankfully did pretty well to split it up so we weren't in the car for too long at a time. The above picture was taken when we had to take a little stop and let the kids stretch and Myra eat.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gwJ0tFzgw4HD_FNHWF2UcDrsGHLu2_POQ7mRIroUNdTQdioU_cRdJnq6K67bdLjCq-8USRKZcHxwHJ6jucNvEF7qo9c2kblTQ38tEXsl5KOMSgpkeVTJ2xNNnxMQAC4auywTzA/s1600/CIMG2791.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516508708619985298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gwJ0tFzgw4HD_FNHWF2UcDrsGHLu2_POQ7mRIroUNdTQdioU_cRdJnq6K67bdLjCq-8USRKZcHxwHJ6jucNvEF7qo9c2kblTQ38tEXsl5KOMSgpkeVTJ2xNNnxMQAC4auywTzA/s800/CIMG2791.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jimmy thought it was so cool that he had his own bed. He didn't even care that it was a play pen! :) The boys loved staying in all the different hotels.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-35733268894976216922010-10-22T14:18:00.003-07:002010-10-22T14:23:36.803-07:00My New Nephew<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSUAYw10xxtSu4pA2c015hJveIflWdyY8aFj3ocfyHkw6kftOEuHyYNcQUi8301ypy4swxwm1y98bLm9xN01xMlQBnfYVECLQNhyphenhyphenCe3gcTWYJmfnX37HQSqn-fAUuLm6p22hA3Q/s1600/Kru+Conlyn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530982942176674018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSUAYw10xxtSu4pA2c015hJveIflWdyY8aFj3ocfyHkw6kftOEuHyYNcQUi8301ypy4swxwm1y98bLm9xN01xMlQBnfYVECLQNhyphenhyphenCe3gcTWYJmfnX37HQSqn-fAUuLm6p22hA3Q/s800/Kru+Conlyn.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">G</span>lenn</span> and <span style="font-size:130%;">Amber</span> (my brother and his wife) just had their second little baby boy minutes ago!</div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Kru Conlyn Lovelace<br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QAlE8D9McMGIdOTvBaCotmnFJLZYxDmS4OmRS-JP_nOx_QJHXGHBujDpBOgAIlg1hQsoKo6LVaShbYCufo_YAYicB_RX5l2Z-EPCtIatBySB6yPtaEJlazO_0PJ0zJhEhwEqdA/s1600/Kru.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530982939922537170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QAlE8D9McMGIdOTvBaCotmnFJLZYxDmS4OmRS-JP_nOx_QJHXGHBujDpBOgAIlg1hQsoKo6LVaShbYCufo_YAYicB_RX5l2Z-EPCtIatBySB6yPtaEJlazO_0PJ0zJhEhwEqdA/s800/Kru.jpg" border="0" /></a> Isn't he just adorable? I love all his blonde hair! Now if I could only hold him. :(</div><div align="center">Congrats you guys. I sure love you and miss you all. </div><div align="center">Give sweet Kru hugs and kisses for me.<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848495.post-39543952880581832972010-10-22T06:11:00.000-07:002010-10-22T06:11:00.278-07:00Antwerp, Belgium<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh8vJn683goLJZ5c7nH9OimqFuJoAbGa8ApUECjyjcfNsJkI57fJxySRhIQUR2GmjGsS70ap8M8wwBY9BkVC74FD2N3q_R02bDT4CVSsNlb76KHmbk0wzzGOBnWWy-jH4u70pCw/s1600/CIMG2710.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487636140558402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh8vJn683goLJZ5c7nH9OimqFuJoAbGa8ApUECjyjcfNsJkI57fJxySRhIQUR2GmjGsS70ap8M8wwBY9BkVC74FD2N3q_R02bDT4CVSsNlb76KHmbk0wzzGOBnWWy-jH4u70pCw/s800/CIMG2710.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>e rented a large van so we could all go on a little adventure together. I was just glad I didn't have to drive at all! Major thanks to Grandpa for doing all the driving...what a trooper! We made our first stop in Antwerp, Belgium.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4Dx3-H_Qnh8gDqjUsWgBwY7u4GV3yFWkRHNnOL7tn7SSGsVAaWi-iUasTk9azMA1TV0Gi7CCtIo0E1CjxHY98RFbhkBm3ZALx2zmIcTD1GQEY1ErX4kp-5uM0sYNLOB1yTb1IQ/s1600/CIMG2713.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487629444228546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4Dx3-H_Qnh8gDqjUsWgBwY7u4GV3yFWkRHNnOL7tn7SSGsVAaWi-iUasTk9azMA1TV0Gi7CCtIo0E1CjxHY98RFbhkBm3ZALx2zmIcTD1GQEY1ErX4kp-5uM0sYNLOB1yTb1IQ/s800/CIMG2713.JPG" border="0" /></a> The boys were thrilled to spot Spidey!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjw_-_UznNxzV5pKk9OnkNykKuJvVDYN_A53jL9nzeTemOSKOUv5ufafhVUg4A_C8Yy4KbMPIZGtzCoRaehkX_28rcyoYr-cFJTqIg4LwYYED3kbOhFSzEn5ZqZXwScxBEDAgoQ/s1600/CIMG2724.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487626821441634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjw_-_UznNxzV5pKk9OnkNykKuJvVDYN_A53jL9nzeTemOSKOUv5ufafhVUg4A_C8Yy4KbMPIZGtzCoRaehkX_28rcyoYr-cFJTqIg4LwYYED3kbOhFSzEn5ZqZXwScxBEDAgoQ/s800/CIMG2724.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jarom tried to toss Jimmy in the water.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDltGp0MaCmU9CQidY2NTb1b-Q8PnUDp1959pWmClNyYFZfNRL5BFOKA-Jg9RI-17V86gPkhfWVBGUzjDFx8rOcguNc2aHg0MihGz7N_jdE0IDrU3gyEqKnlcSK__kIw4ibnhwA/s1600/CIMG2730.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487167112860034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDltGp0MaCmU9CQidY2NTb1b-Q8PnUDp1959pWmClNyYFZfNRL5BFOKA-Jg9RI-17V86gPkhfWVBGUzjDFx8rOcguNc2aHg0MihGz7N_jdE0IDrU3gyEqKnlcSK__kIw4ibnhwA/s800/CIMG2730.JPG" border="0" /></a> And Jimmy tried to get him back!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8brfaig41wqMaIbMAVKFGrD_8n0vT3OfpvlB_8o2OyzgOAazy7hVSfLuut9oerSKWrCFFt90zdSc9IcIllhpWbiODwabyHKJLck_t6yy64YMPwV_SawLe9_zdwh2OqbLAcF30qQ/s1600/CIMG2733.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487159003012354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8brfaig41wqMaIbMAVKFGrD_8n0vT3OfpvlB_8o2OyzgOAazy7hVSfLuut9oerSKWrCFFt90zdSc9IcIllhpWbiODwabyHKJLck_t6yy64YMPwV_SawLe9_zdwh2OqbLAcF30qQ/s800/CIMG2733.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our cool view outside a little restaurant.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjGrv6BY3xsuJH1MvByAPrBCUS0I7f7AwcJTdSsicEQSESA6Tb3N_bNzSpFMk1d0HhKtIvST6VFP0Qg7RS73Es6iHr7qCbi9XK74r2QJfEv7gkXJ8820J9REzVjgLIBlENP4FLA/s1600/CIMG2737.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487152197488658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjGrv6BY3xsuJH1MvByAPrBCUS0I7f7AwcJTdSsicEQSESA6Tb3N_bNzSpFMk1d0HhKtIvST6VFP0Qg7RS73Es6iHr7qCbi9XK74r2QJfEv7gkXJ8820J9REzVjgLIBlENP4FLA/s800/CIMG2737.JPG" border="0" /></a> My delicious Belgium waffle....Mmmmm, I want another one right now!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiY32e464HheqfsqhWyI-M71F4SJlIjprXuACy2J4Eoi0iRaYVgvl8nXAFAkb-AZ0svCJw0d-6nJSjJSNY81vZnbUcP8xsr1U2JcGFA337E7PC2MGK9gpwzMMnkW5bfekiF2-YQ/s1600/CIMG2739.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487150613487090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiY32e464HheqfsqhWyI-M71F4SJlIjprXuACy2J4Eoi0iRaYVgvl8nXAFAkb-AZ0svCJw0d-6nJSjJSNY81vZnbUcP8xsr1U2JcGFA337E7PC2MGK9gpwzMMnkW5bfekiF2-YQ/s800/CIMG2739.JPG" border="0" /></a> Myra loved the waffle too. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9soeK5DpKsf7FTnQbAurUYJt1NapD9ACRKoTqdk0dr4jAn6QNGNSuC-Cd9Tb734eGGn7OJrR_19MtXzro7GBif6ulpvvfHh5RMRyAAo_aN3wfXzZ40325dkOxANfgbIEvYFKfIg/s1600/CIMG2740.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487143569949026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9soeK5DpKsf7FTnQbAurUYJt1NapD9ACRKoTqdk0dr4jAn6QNGNSuC-Cd9Tb734eGGn7OJrR_19MtXzro7GBif6ulpvvfHh5RMRyAAo_aN3wfXzZ40325dkOxANfgbIEvYFKfIg/s800/CIMG2740.JPG" border="0" /></a> And we finished it off with a cool castle.</div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15203728650808383299noreply@blogger.com0