tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41179172997810019192024-02-16T10:48:04.688-08:00The Kirtley'sAaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-22465522864006899392012-03-26T12:29:00.002-07:002012-03-26T12:37:12.251-07:00Blogging Break~Ok, I don't know if my family even checks this anymore! I have obviously been in a blogging slump! I have a lot of things I could blog about and would love to share with you! However, I just don't have the time or the energy to do so!!<br /><br />After reading Amy's blog...Finding the Balance....the other day, I felt like she was blogging about me!! She was talking about a book she read, 'She Makes it Look Easy!"<br /><br />I feel like blogging turns into a competition of who can post the cutest things and look at what I'm doing with my child. It's just my own thoughts...not saying that is what people are doing!<br /><br />I started this blog to keep my family updated with what we are doing!<br />It was fun!<br />It's not so much anymore!<br />I was hopeful that I would use it to turn into a book and all our stories would be done for me!<br />It will not!!<br />It overwhelms me and I get frustrated!<br /><br />Trust me, we are doing LOTS of fun things in our family and in our lives!<br />I just don't have time to put it on here!!<br /><br />So....I may come back eventually! I hope to!<br />Sorry to my family that checks it regularly!! I'll let you know if I start it up again!Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-84587537224180525982011-12-07T12:34:00.000-08:002011-12-07T12:50:49.690-08:00familySo...I've been really bad at updating our blog! I've been given "gentle" reminders to update it!! <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>I have lots of things I can blog about, it's just a matter of TIME! Which I seem to not have enough of lately!</div><br /><div>We have family pictures taken...back in Sept!</div><br /><div>They are great! I love them! I love to see how much my little family continues to grow and change each year! The boys are getting so big and are so much fun!</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683489192564872258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ul5b5BcpzI3lMXjEfovMJEuKnV8WxHIzBdZj_YwDtjYJhqGEv-foqTZ1IKyALRQt5kbLJPCBcbk0mlI7DdSyMUTNzStuX8julC5bkGvByEh1KCitCrZMuDZatqfY_cQQA9SXQ7RdaBwH/s400/IMG_7027-3.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683489645431021042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKk0gBpq4oGyhZfDcsj7Y5XRmuWQ_8zOVeTq0JLTxSX_lceX-0AH9f5s1k0kLog5xAVGYBkQhAEK-qXWRJpg0oXqPVaB3whgurHNEJq0blLiqx2vf_1kNEhNLgGb2fFNDeW-5kihQaUlb/s400/IMG_7034-7.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683489777009775538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJriolKWzCeK8bp_4gPDABSJQJJdAg25i5XXdaX-3ov76_Nmj8NWsx3hVH-Qatd4sULEH_wELgDIvW66-Jtw6fGC1bi-rZO27gXtANhWIrW6sTnyUS6-j6SZzIyqa8omXlrm4nIDDzqxs/s400/IMG_7047-13.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683489886313171010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HnenrxYTTlO3BDOQzk35wRexctxm0CJJR5TsNpk3vv-bIygpCzIJSGA0wGjwXWieMJvKVP4gXjDwxxgXeRoi8ADbANUasq6HlLwEfPIGIpEIhBre45fgYXAZhzpixNV7wkiZN2EeoELh/s400/IMG_7142-45.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">My sweet 4 1/2 year old boy! </p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683489993928791858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJ0P5ObNmYt_B963Kb3_eJvKQxXYu9fs7_dluZiGwLLuQKo_3-5RAtkC6XfgNH4QmqtdiuEibgfQdVJf57WSA4J7vsLQenKfOR1kf3qr-w24CjVQiU8doeCZRFm5I_HbfspoW62NBNGuu/s400/IMG_7084-24.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">My sweet, ornery 2 year old!!</p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683490254533766450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkaXsCD-YsbqCl_vOVWkJUXwUtI-K8SLr455SJE_Mq_lXfxIJGxbfSzGOKRUvBnvF_gwNzbApGO81D7fWqZs5MknzophOXKgwywuYf_y09e5xUcfCAFX-x-Qb_6g4pp1zNawPzU3MCMaJ/s400/IMG_7114-36.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">I had to throw this one in b/c it cracked me up! That's what Cole does...crack us up! Such a funny little man!!</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683490554110770882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplGuHcSU72oSNfC2FPELS_2ze2OXhWN8sGQFrVIg0EOgQEDBqM_VTSP6WhKXTlVcvaHdmElgh6y2Vx1cwUMlDHIsYq5D3DMq3kW4Z4mPlyM8Z1gRZAP09PWa0eOlkadgYfO5qhOfylqTC/s400/IMG_7105-32.jpg" border="0" />Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-90462426356781830622011-10-22T10:35:00.000-07:002011-10-22T10:52:10.953-07:00Preschool<div align="center">Eli started his last year of preschool!</div><br /><div align="center">He goes 3 mornings a week and loves it!</div><br /><div align="center">I can't believe he will be in Kindergarten next year!</div><br /><div align="center">He has a new teacher this year, Ms. Mari! He loves her!</div><br /><div align="center">We have had the best teachers at his preschool!</div><br /><div align="center">I just look at these pictures and think back to last year when I took him!</div><br /><div align="center">He has changed so much in a year!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666374579344924354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiF_8iqtbgs1eSjbhMkP0FYIMFM7eh8lBhZx14xMaZnVCBtC8fPLF836FL54DkIQAudT_329G3SUgwkm6dnZlEQGEfSSkeVkOVp0DJzT-7nFnUL4weTu_ZT0Uv9q7UnPNYxGnIZleUuo0B/s400/DSCN1405.JPG" /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666374571262033586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFIbvJnuBo5csp72i94TgQOGiQ_NyN6rdvopGxVY_TMwe6Fl7hMEOU8QY4RcdKMKcn5fl3MNqNvlDZqKp59Y1x5Q9I62DqmI7ngDM9hHTuUEiDpNGAYnWpSVznYNylYnHC7-6A0CFzrHR/s400/DSCN1407.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666374560531120882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64-Z4Xap8ZiXM3x0qOYLyvBavKEzrdXai5jD7k1GNrK02WUpN5D45o_I2we-VJj4RWMEvjPygvZaXB8KjkeItIXzXWpQpe36YKNAaNmsDSHyR9O2qQqEoKbeyHstFkD6jOzAoDEuARbmJ/s400/DSCN1411.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666374559204075714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKfGH55o1wPKUuwrlE3TDbH1jrdGfDODjoiOuVSFNFRt6gSGlGyrtbUnixg1io_aoF6N7dTOLPBgmuzOmMm2AXupn86Et_eGFk9Udn-kAyHsnNI_DOx_8ET1BG4nZFovOcB9iMydy2edk/s400/DSCN1412.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666372986398127458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7-oLeQIfhNOS0HnCOXa-bGbxftuim7UI6mexnrYJj6I3vWomBkZx_IF1wNxA2bsMhiuoy_53jlTkFJwsAnpsJ5zH8NEHZms73oD3i1TIgpgKtjIu4BGR_j80mpgImjf1z07_xLcQLdWm/s400/DSCN1415.JPG" />Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-32709014038043655002011-09-06T18:00:00.000-07:002011-09-06T18:21:38.133-07:002<div align="center">I can't believe my baby is 2!</div><br /><div align="center">However, he definitely acts ALL of 2!</div><br /><div align="center">I love that he has so much personaility! He makes us laugh daily!</div><br /><div align="center">He LOVES his brother and calls him "Bubba!"</div><br /><div align="center">He talks....ALL...THE....TIME!!!</div><br /><div align="center">He uses complete sentences and talks just as much as Eli does!</div><br /><div align="center">I can't wait to see what God has in store for him this next year!</div><br /><div align="center">We love you Cole!!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_j0P7ZqvSnpXyLg1SiMOLFLU4yR2U-J7AhQ-0jEwTE6cpLNr1QRshKAwYue_u5MzDGVKUaZ_Egoy5svs4yPcg8sQCjJjCwPrCl4J6B8H6MSY5OYDitvoKoTdUSywBBZaadJhLG1tKXmeg/s1600/DSCN1389.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649420356327170850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_j0P7ZqvSnpXyLg1SiMOLFLU4yR2U-J7AhQ-0jEwTE6cpLNr1QRshKAwYue_u5MzDGVKUaZ_Egoy5svs4yPcg8sQCjJjCwPrCl4J6B8H6MSY5OYDitvoKoTdUSywBBZaadJhLG1tKXmeg/s400/DSCN1389.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7Jq_hyui_pa1MAGSGgfLQvVmUgjk6vYqm-ytuAXUgzOjypPQEHuRaqLtl6nVHuxhtT7xQtwjzLoz7PecRfkzvVVIdAD6XnWMU4ileojYiMM0qwDpC4c4xSIvcTNOTH0N4ml1wXSkTtga/s1600/DSCN1386.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649420350221300818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7Jq_hyui_pa1MAGSGgfLQvVmUgjk6vYqm-ytuAXUgzOjypPQEHuRaqLtl6nVHuxhtT7xQtwjzLoz7PecRfkzvVVIdAD6XnWMU4ileojYiMM0qwDpC4c4xSIvcTNOTH0N4ml1wXSkTtga/s400/DSCN1386.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649420345076842082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIurMTExHfUP8ybxj5jSE0EZMZJeORLyJKuabsX8Zran-7BrexWl2iyYGjzVUewuHQWFFNWzVs5tIMygC0CkrKwsLjy3f7Rtz-8wosSHryaU_9xkSXsqOWLecoItITifxUJqtxqpg-7Dj/s400/DSCN1385.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649420342748118754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCslWGqONbOI4Mcc0m4s9IqyeoSROIOklTC5Ma4emD5FAKdocpLoMqItpw594WNbraJS2P7YxAEWik8UajUAgQWzTNPty5rFo31fZvloUg2tcdu4qax16-mI3YnGo0dxq-0fJfkJD9SF_u/s400/Cole.jpg" /></div>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-73513961151345868902011-06-21T06:54:00.000-07:002011-06-21T07:23:12.203-07:00a little bit of farmer!We had Eli's 4 year pictures taken back in April! <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>It was supposed to be warm, so I had shorts and a polo picked out for him.</div><br /><div>Well, in Kansas we never know what we are going to get.</div><br /><div>So we had a change in plans last minute, due to weather!</div><br /><div>This is probably more Eli...being out on a farm.</div><br /><br /><div>(The belt/beltbuckle he has on was Aaron's from when he was little. It has his name engraved on the back. It was sooo cute!)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620674927957725842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsd7eqqAP55RmaY6HqO1ve6Y3lsxWcS4tVSPC4eVURMbFcl25qbDeArV_Cme3ib964iMX1IHxqr89Z8vtSLd5eCpuXVpyewMYp7GvVg_nhXzuyqEDqBLSLpBjD-GuReEIbVSYHrMWgTub/s400/IMG_1884-50.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620675937366552066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhU8Q6fWcsfnmQA2hFvZ2GK-FfNjj5pVWK3PetF56tHAW_YwOp79hzygFwyHgOcQm8PEur7vNI4aXLm-yjgqd_tJW5NkZho1kTz-iDbO6ya90dsTHZu0heLUZ_-LyZVlrCHmjMW69KYhel/s400/IMG_1878-48.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620677114405653234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkX7Arnpy7_Y2LJyzpp8ZAmYq5vKVtD0lNVD7fPjVbo2rK1f0plPVqDVkUKx_H5m-HVZPBdx7MSWqJJTAYKVZAqviKPjqbyI2-qyTubGHN0f2oNwzFEgQeXO5jiPjdytbgacjXIgpMvFkK/s400/IMG_1825-31.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620677742608161682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJotNKexNoljEh0XGTnV96ShV-0XoY7OQPr2r71Bjt46JRyIN-l-Au97e28qwXwBQJJ1_jZp6aZw4aFy8LYxLpTdyjx0a5otwjqIcEArZQqk84EpYCzoY30r0Ara9J-tHGc-o7jAOjejiK/s400/IMG_1901-55.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620677408961120482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFBUArBlsQO61NUzEMnO7UYv0D7bbfePhbBaIGPsIq4rKxOM3lnzaHZIml_P5mhF_RVy_F4X3cYI95fyTnA2J424ruLa_62q7bCDYFKw1x8fZWCZNbSvP45rLH9LE4rHABKVbVFvqlTVa/s400/IMG_1809-17.jpg" border="0" /> <br /><p align="center">I love this smile!</p><br /><p align="center">Thanks again, Meg for capturing our sweet boy!</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-40357712294717750872011-06-11T12:48:00.001-07:002011-06-11T12:58:55.439-07:00cruise<div align="center">We spent 5 days on this....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617052792163868626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiKFK-1xFNLJofcNNm9gOF3SEo0vEiSoVBf00RmGXjDkT1wbq0N_SUzeZU4S0E7ZK7IYZO9tR5PT-R0RUicM889KPmx3JU5m6rQqFV61WyTRuEbNfTcALDoXxQ0e-nw6Xl9aegp4kIDQi/s400/DSCN1045.JPG" border="0" />Doing a lot of this...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617052802797802258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsVdBNHlJX2WAvxHdEMxjpUIHvEHlDBrNs6SKnNCY77y-uE_lZra42-SBSFkre31U09naw9eA_9gdjRDFpHq8MiHDKALkcVboo78iEW30i8ityRv3SL3URxn11JiROBvbFUM9YkMqEGG2/s400/DSCN0992.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617052852681004850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFy0fBPHrQfjCSkRPdLW_E0iJYsF2kDIXH6P2BT68fhweXfa2aOSf5hVLWjvIwMW8kB8aE2Dt4tLLkIsN-7JZzwvtCYaTslm1NfnNo49TyS4_zWo8QUsl8kwTkaExNamXPM7WwqHLX09oE/s400/DSCN1040.JPG" border="0" />With some awesome friends that were celebrating their 10 yr anniversary!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617052833312809234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kmLmSJZ2F4a66HvJoLDuLJ6BZT4IZikqSQYSVt6ltZ0gZ3-Vp0ePGtphP_wSRaLf-r_-9C8OOKPqAZXgi0JT05Ma03pBl_e1wI4EbHz7tp4grm8XSiT-XxDwByZuEN8dxmgjjNbQMkVs/s400/DSCN0997.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617052851158711250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNf5TbAnSqbZ-205Ecn-DAEeWULjUUoJJ50u5iEdvswdJ9-iT4LzmHnYB8Lvb1J-NYwvJVLALqYInYotn3B4AxFJx9xAhl5ZmDkMcDFWSX7vwMBS7LM510OyFCdbjWHtHdYLUi9Hesz7uk/s400/DSCN0976.JPG" border="0" />It was perfect! <br /><div align="center"><br /><div>We will go again! (for our 10 yr anniversary!)</div><br /><div>More to come...</div></div><br /></div>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-26508891811566234752011-05-26T15:16:00.000-07:002011-05-26T15:20:04.629-07:00poemEvery year I send this poem home with my students.<br />I take a picture with each one of them and put it at the bottom.<br />This year I struggled getting through it!<br />I have loved this class and will miss them dearly!<br /><br />I'm glad I was your teacher<br />I've come to love you so.<br />I can't believe the end is here.<br />I hate to see you go.<br />Remember all the fun we had<br />and all the things we did<br />but most of all remember...<br />You're a VERY SPECIAL KID!<br />Love,<br />Mrs. Kirtley :)Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-38677197286725027082011-05-19T16:08:00.001-07:002011-05-19T16:21:32.511-07:00another milestoneToday was Eli's last day of preschool! (I wish I could say that I've had my last day too!)<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>They had a little program and celebrated with a circus theme!</div><br /><br /><div>It was cute!</div><br /><br /><div>I am so glad that he still has another year of preschool!</div><br /><br /><div>This Mommy isn't ready to send him off to Kindergarten just yet!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608569296581118498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 368px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9M6aDuKdbzBLR44zMuuXS4gvLRisxMt-JLpzCanpg3l6syVwGcKXnOLUooyvNKPUH8VucQ1AI7XpYgJVMnIYT-UmVa4RHpWmv6iZn5P8ISSvrN28pq9TsatrorPXD3kui64gK8x1m1uNl/s400/last+day.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608569299648186738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPfFP4kIInLwpm1Y5RYcKG0CwD0x3Q4NxzmzV5P1DDLWeTWGvqdNh-Yvv2oDhyphenhyphenrmAPGtWO898uwoLpqdZSpihGt1LolqgGZhLJINZHUiFlyW7huqNylVy-wdNbHNyblZv4ZAX9M1LcYY9/s400/DSCN0939.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608569305460719650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8XKA8znbusuiPXUA5UQPTyWp4v_6mFu-0rO29pheBFjunFG2BT281DG0QEsepPvzFAaP_VtrFpQ0f7ascJVXtVkfehCKL5IJRnR1lbwqSoFC8UH7CEcfj2cLgW2glDn1zm0LwRg3R3ml/s400/DSCN0947.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">After the program we went to the classroom and had popcorn!</p><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608569309955693906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiJwhk7YQKpjK09Uq9B7-_RJqmcUuKLFvQwo3UJyKD4dLN00k0q5NZjQ-qTjDPdRPrHEmIsDv3TfITenkBO6MfM14BoCe0mG9UEsLeYV2j1ogNpNgYdT2ofH8tgi9jwzbrhd5ZXWUEfPY/s400/DSCN0953.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">Ms. Karri was Eli's teacher! She was awesome! Eli learned so much from her!</p><br /><br /><p align="center">Ms. Renee is the directed and helped out in the classes! She is awesome as well! We were so lucky to have Eli in preschool there!</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608569298886105906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf46cHmnxEUcyVXJrGF_SRJqMTOPJPXVOBeWXTitbYGLaENLKh4g2B7x5yG6iSEAe2AYlF7e7aHy0qjQTiViiF1ASFm4ni4fsWgGJfADBR7fCVHrOzM5E_Snc93yTTLiL4N4JdTgdysm3/s400/teachers.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">Eli will go back to preschool there next year, but he will have a different teacher b/c he's going 3 days a week, instead of 2! We will miss Ms. Karri! Thank you for all you did this year!</p><br /><p align="center">(I don't know why it's leaving all that space at the top...it did it on my last one too!)</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-4172758681411154172011-04-25T11:17:00.000-07:002011-04-25T11:27:58.741-07:00Easter Eggs!So we waited til the last minute to dye Easter eggs!<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>We decided to dye them Saturday afternoon!</div><br /><div>Cole had just woken up from his nap, so he's a little out of it!</div><br /><div>Eli did GREAT!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599589006924224706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKmPqq0aK-HVYACTVt_i2GZsnZ_H-9YengAEn49uqehtovs2Y70D7QCJ9y6RoV434MGP9o3TpGfje3z4aFagPgSahFlZkML9t4746F-W5S9a-m0NedAME_rN3sRKXoO-c0w-_Ku5DaeFV/s400/DSCN0806.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599589009447268258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qmAaofpQlHHinP6ZXtSvm_iPLyHHsNum6opBrTowLHmuxMLxowoW4MTAQkvuIMgW375wP9WxUUqkmWuwVtH0p49t9kZo7yG67GFjXg7K2C8P5HSBqJlpbnuapZ_80yKgizBGZpaWOVor/s400/DSCN0817.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599589025991516546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqSkqtcU9MBnluAlmRULZ0rFk2GeuKz8UVvLJlEKCJVKBsha54YqfrFJJhl6WWEm0dycUWy2ugWOLEFm7nDXlucGhIsA85jnD3OwlHImJen_-iW6QLuPuQ8jFdtDQK1fZ-ukVno79MfNu/s400/DSCN0813.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599589015546974370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3snDxEdtEUmFoug6lyiwxXiB7KlN-6A8s-BErjVgsrQB4Gigh2_gsv1rQvgMnvFi7ckzYdK0hikGHPNbA3FG8fuFBP5AY6tn6JupZj4ferqNlzmhF6xUrvyG7XkFxk01S1ZymHSqbJEs/s400/DSCN0811.JPG" border="0" /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599589022196546578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJZgEqvXOmLhGrWsAa3glOdvZ8hTqicJr2ScqQ0aTY5ekTEtfWUfNjJURq3hkLf3f2IeKOMsBYtX10skBadGuHUYJJ-6pJljNNG9o47GjPa9iCZnwJ8bjCKjbaDTg_4K-fPVjnBNmDLi3/s400/DSCN0820.JPG" border="0" />Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-8854156619778443232011-04-22T05:42:00.000-07:002011-04-22T05:53:40.216-07:00glasses<div align="center">Cole got glasses a week ago.<br /></div><br /><div align="center">Poor boy got my bad eyes!</div><br /><div align="center">We noticed a few months ago that he was having a lazy eye.</div><br /><div align="center">I mentioned it to our pediatrician and he sent us to a pediatric optometrist.</div><br /><div align="center">I was hoping that I wasn't right. That maybe I was just imagining things!</div><br /><div align="center">Unfortunetly, I was right! It's very slight and he was impressed that I noticed it already.</div><br /><div align="center">But, it's a good thing I did. Hopefully the glasses will correct things and he won't have to have surgery like I did.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598389402501351602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wNwf79nFsan8CjMf3BVXikLuq6xeQ4cN5NGDCiqcCxHd7gQgEdnfse_P4jHELmnb31N2OJGbzNAR7G0ZSGK29Nb-FlFoRvPPFv3jzViv5sagU7Ao24bY4Ag98haFPADcVt4An6jG5FsA/s400/DSCN0773.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598389418663721250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TxAS1tEiDw681s0403S66jJvayPl4m_XH4WoIF5omsVF0xYgXRYsrxbOPIp0KuJ8aOt_ms5aTTOU5NMDKJNYM7ds0WzkkK7yrOIBVIMMQrXpwOYvgVRFKhf8xDWb85eoq8b2ZxU5dSjG/s400/DSCN0774.JPG" border="0" /><br />He does AWESOME with them! He rarely takes them off. I think it's usually when he has smudges on them.<br />I could not be more proud of this little guy!<br />He's far exceeded my expectations with them!<br />He's been such a trooper!<br /><br /><div align="center">And, how adorable is he?? Such a sweetie!!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598389411291432210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpyQISulFuPJ5-KOQfpudcCV__Z6_jfMpRc9GMk4GWuLmfP-iIvEtZFgZSTClyW7ZviOm5qQoQ8evjXW1dEweNFETcBL_I9KEHoTgU5HjubstquIpWAL9XDI7vXFrWQqyfqF5lw1B3sBU/s400/DSCN0775.JPG" border="0" />Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-86742075739832129582011-04-15T18:22:00.001-07:002011-04-15T18:33:45.778-07:00I hope this NEVER happens!!<div align="center">Our friend, Derek, works for the Police Dept. He also works for Aaron with the guttering business. The other day he stopped by and this is what happened!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595986697470893730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2c5CJbICuOZybokAOMqwEUBf5cGYkkAoZ4DPjPZgHml69HpdDgmvQ0a1ErT2EdmzvsodlVQNRuwa-dJ1FG_k289RJS4k9-L9j2IxlZeb_TAQumH6e7kWdAslBIeYw_nNN9Hp-MqhiBzP/s400/DSCN0755.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center">Eli got arrested! (Notice one brother is arrested and the other one is holding a gun?!)</p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595987156735896050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYmoDKLTYn66QC5GhVAE2do-sm0DRncoTD3XL8Xgylanvm0DCOC0jO1GlXevqEutbDoa-Ebs6-fQKte1GgD7Pr-BkU4F7fJlmXHgXrulGmgSPr3i2L7TmyE_MWw7oTeG7-jCSa1s83YRz/s400/DSCN0753.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">Put in the police car. </p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595986709204658082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaJe7jqHp35KorY_cbw7X1gsVZqRyLuRm8wncDIm501Z1aMTSjq_wNx6oXCuCoKjemfF1PckNPJc6EeGlKoWs5cxILjHSGvuHAI48KnnZipZpLQw1qGxf-G9lSQUEDzvshaPNswB-J0Ix/s400/DSCN0748.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">Yes...what one brother does, so must the other!</p><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595986712455730386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9aGmZDksNJ5AyNTYiD9GyC9PKGPwxzLDWb3JFNwbTFXuPdHNgyy0rc6bC8yvS8zdkNKGBSsWt55lef0SuyBpKCZ_HnryNhMeLQB4DFfZVY8z0hy7i6QuJfporAvnzw_KNF21EUuFU0-q/s400/DSCN0751.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">They had fun. We did talk to Eli and tell him that it's fun now to sit in a police car, but how serious it can be when he's older! </p><br /><p align="center">When Derek left he turned on the lights and sirens. I'm sure our neighbors were wondering what was going on! That better be the last tme I see both of my sons in the back of a police car!</p><br /><p></p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-12046737894089872702011-04-08T19:03:00.000-07:002011-04-08T19:12:13.751-07:00I am so ready for this...SUMMER!!!!!! <br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593399838094891490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKGXHsxgfLtzVAnlPg6Xh3_C5u97IRO-urlQpV3Ei6KlefmdSyBrh-NRjNW9iGZRIXUBGzwp9CapBiXwEUejyav9vRG_ScngjgN2SEzhiIIHgsaaD5Qq4btu-lnYjEIfAOMky1KBBvrx0/s400/DSCN0739.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593399840739377858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl8Zib5xxR5ZiSI0ZxBAcH1ZzQDW-Q6dLIptDm1tptPZDtIisjDCRTQ5oaFEbyyDAMQmkVTANvUBwX3HUrv3kIS_Zlb5LdlYP0n_JryOslFU7PnirKAvXoIz5u0xC2GegNIO2p6gfbpf2/s400/DSCN0740.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593399846999388242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4nCgmiv8OXoVd2YlRu5Q09_tXaJrcSF7QUGDatYp1_suymtZm1Kt1G119ciHra9VxW2EAxmCMhzyQQmF-GOFTaubiue3gcbBnTYhmrP2PbOtBTM4e08kpRh1dqvd86-sQrmr9mAnTLtx/s400/DSCN0741.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593399850609102210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ84K6SyODM7_vMf50BbUH01bwuIKjAGvfNcygI8ppLWfHQmw_wWg4Zoh7Dqp0GbAwrhBeDrVzg5V9_QwaWAOZXfycwF_FNJFzPYFOHURRm7qmubRF8FKJYLDg4FhvacwCljvgvEqhsxcS/s400/DSCN0743.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593399850973921922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MQy1z6hI8y5rJ-A_zy9Wx6G25hV76YebAZRLm1Z48M_2Zr8hlwUKhjwbq7jvN_-bKGUMCk0R2iB27L_qb9EFhFJFVhLcwsMyfZljPkSqzN7eyWR32VBvnxePOxNvFkAz6rbJtejvmDUt/s400/DSCN0747.JPG" border="0" />I caved! </div><br /><div>The ice cream truck stopped right infront of our house today.</div><br /><div>Both boys were outside and it was HOT!</div><br /><div>So, they got popsicles!</div><br /><div>Eli was very neat and clean with his!</div><br /><div>Cole...well, you can see how that went!</div><br /><div>We then got water guns out and played for a while.</div><br /><div>It was a fun afternoon to come home to after work!!</div><br /><div>I am so excited for this summer and spending more time with my boys!</div><br /><div>Come on summer!!!!!!!! </div><br /><div></div>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-7592367955396537772011-04-07T19:10:00.000-07:002011-04-07T19:18:55.187-07:00presentsSince we had a birthday party with Eli's friends at the fire station, we decided to keep things low key with the Grandparents! Good thing too, since Eli was running a fever. <br /><div align="center">His favorite things: soccer, Transformers, Power Rangers and Spiderman!</div><br /><div align="center">We enrolled Eli in Newton United for instructional soccer. So we got him the things he needed: a water bottle, shin guards, shorts and ball!</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593030195654110034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1lG8WqbR_AQqZTKtMVYtEdcznzG2L_q6Acz33PY72uw_stbJlr0neMJPYCpYNRkeASTA_hNaX8P4FYYkFuK9nQHdfo1WPu6piq4IVZoyejRpI6izYi22CS8GoOHFBnirgvf7mkZ8w2Qz/s400/Picnik+collage+bday.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593030200493189986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu08hCq21GU2If05ZNs-eioPR1KZLFi5j8Y4-fUM_OUOOPHUGihhxh3czShge5TWoWAaPEZbDunzJJ2be9vFsJ4lAbrPtUs4K8_rTE_1q2y8F738KEobCT62HHDbwABbh8_voGsWtdWBXZ/s400/DSCN0729.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593030204377096978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguew3cHhZ191QjX6c9wqf9yGEFnqQEgS6zt-tP4p0H4W9I2M685UWHP-oPVQ34Aq8wZS8E-bzLYJnYfMxM-f1AY-KEH0vfmCJUXsR4Qu9epM-sdH1UtU0HrEqB4qrEQvFNH_ZrGIWjYNmd/s400/DSCN0733.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593030207714943074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ72U1aDfJz9JdV7D-QArhMmMUf8HUE0PN6vg3IVN57Rmk1R_B2Y9cQaPdFWz0Th8JRGz6pEpv2VAEZL4Mfn5hEjbib719Cn2ZW91JkIEAF3xY6ryglW3G62_FYfNgphyM8DrtPMb4PEdv/s400/DSCN0735.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><p align="center">Happy Birthday, Eli! We love you! </p><br /><p align="center">We felt so bad for you that you had a fever on your birthday (and 3 more days after that!)</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-79662017781108363562011-04-04T07:08:00.000-07:002011-04-04T07:26:26.641-07:00birthday boyFour years ago Aaron and I were blessed to become parents for the first time! <br /><div>I can't believe our baby is turning 4 today!</div><br /><div>Eli is one of the best blessings we could have ever asked for!</div><br /><div>He LOVES to play outside!</div><br /><div>He has such an imagination! He can play by himself for hours! I love listening to him play!</div><br /><div>He loves his baby brother and <em>usually</em> so good to him!</div><br /><div>He has a kind heart and a loving spirit!</div><br /><div>He is smart and loves to ask questions to find out more!</div><br /><div>He loves to spend time with his grandparents and is completely spoiled by all of them!</div><br /><div>He is loved by so many and we are truly grateful for that!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Happy Birthday sweet boy! We love you so much!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591734416425736082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0aboL3nyKOsQbvawoiZr7GdGNQz7mipi5LjXhCK95b7M-sm0loA0UjxAcZfI3aR9rxpXop9CTY7gmGdwiHDuvo69Zi4y8pt8OBOqJe01Aiy_ZKZ1Ojo0VaZOQRBbXRx3WWamSItJs7-d/s400/picnick.jpg" border="0" /></div>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-25977583756210547512011-04-03T12:41:00.000-07:002011-04-03T12:48:24.453-07:00Oh...these faces!!Ever since Eli turned 3, it is almost impossible to get picture that truly captures his beautiful smile! It almost always looks like this:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591445940041337842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmm0VoUgiktCZsDA2YIVzMkOvyVzh6afjH6Lm8ba8X-QNLVhNdVovG0OtbJSZSCMGGx7cV1Gc1if3gqtSfz1B9yh0lsmTGJEleiflYjqljdY13u9cBmW5XID8oKs6JM3eBFbmX5oI8ONC/s400/Picnik+collage+3.jpg" border="0" />Every once in a while I can get one that looks like this: <br /><div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591445947962996274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7VYPjqVGhXtCSbt4yFwe9njbPAUPPcH9H3ERluuGolnWNIh5fHikgphtZSCTa1cjfBOuVxs_4yYexneUdewITcd_gJHUsuqx1TPoBxlwLnXg_l5r250LI5J2qzYutsnApKksypHo_yEo/s400/DSCN0621.JPG" border="0" />So, what do you think his brother picks up on? <br /><div>Yep! This:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591445946940520450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitu3Dn6dT6aH80g-yzFmbipPGMGg-zpqXZDKLRxczS0gMWHXrn2iAx2MeuB2Nxim4tYK0XtvTpTWSABwS2PFL3dlzxYjSHzrQFiYy2lL2zyVnvYAWjKItzwtzcVbz2sOKah6whweLWoSOe/s400/Picnik+collage+4.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div><br /><p align="center">Good thing they are so cute!</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-77984527143602073072011-04-02T19:33:00.000-07:002011-04-02T19:44:49.863-07:00birthday party!This year we decided to have Eli's party with just his friends! <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div align="left">He said; "Only boys can come Mom."</div><br /><div align="left">(Except Mom's...we were aloud!)</div><br /><div align="left">We had it at one of Eli's favorite places, the fire station!</div><br /><div align="left">It was a lot of fun! (Despite the look on Eli's face below!) </div><br /><div align="center">Spiderman came to the firestation!</div><br /><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591180728502584546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsFNJfJFjLkbeTxLCGGnW7C1R316ws9J8cLS2jPFZoDInC4t6BGnWbtmZrKZPh3ptLdGO_PWOSg1Pf1t6uVYFWvbWTZm5IQl4M2zdsJFr3WsZ0TR8bpTQp7bxIrLvdc9nnUsRkrXRH4hz/s400/DSCN0645.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591181349203427154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PZW7bEgzLTUaV880HyWEwMd_hLAlXj7YnnllCz-FDdnb3cKiU-BKVj4iWHtsEEnTMV_mXTGGZviD9QmuR5DZKczpHQvKfsl2HV_owaFCj55th-cbj3QtigyX8yEGO6G30s2L-YcnFihu/s400/DSCN0646.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591181354335232562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcG2QKlVzjdRItFr2SdKxYvVJV3aHM6V4FAR4sDIo738994P3hWdbkoLM2Mne3noX2k1iMTbL9r1BVdf_kcA9r0D5SZN5qqTfdl8KNTNPuPWDwYeM5JQnAD2cAL80icvGwOqM1CfhfJgAf/s400/DSCN0652.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591181356588394450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqRqsD58s6q61x3-tjPPMNtM3qVVFBBeezshSN7qM_UiA-xVeqczFTwSUIho8M7gXISoD3eveUlRKicx3Ab2eniTfjLYYABBQ3ViWr-qORi0n-OO4KMcgNKw7pEvF2A_C3-PYK3gCkWq_/s400/DSCN0659.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">After cupcakes, ice cream and openning presents we toured the station and headed outside to see the ladder truck!</p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591181363715410002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XKqlwVmCs7FxiChfm4ime6QyZf_dMRBpvB-QSG_0jYm58apreaf3IdKRvo5NIA7FykdQUuSlXOR-riDZL0NsgtluizwGqEcNxhlCSXb5bwe69tF_MZGoprm9t5bqJElU-5Bnt7QR5Jf_/s400/DSCN0679.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591181368605348722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWesyy0chdi0NLNqmkGd1cocm2i9mskfJIsv22qHzcZcjUE3thQ_967pPogICpre3SKwXGe124NqKGR-kl4DTdChJnV_z2y1oKivGib5yRDK2p9WnNTMuxwP-npulUp1dRMQtkxgNvcRXd/s400/Eli+bday.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591181446996771026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOctGR9i4vC7RZ8FngJ24ULwdS8zPsug27Xpmfk8KD-z63o0r2y3SWddETUwmUUrH-guU-k_LqHu-AtvjVXlAPBnOqjJwfbcpeqVpskD0c85cZCfCqD4QxhHuzScFoddi4uIuRkgD47bU/s400/Picnik+collage.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">It was so much fun to celebrate Eli's birthday this way! </p><br /><p align="center">I'm not sure that he realizes he hasn't <em>actually</em> had his birthday yet!!</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-23370325560833282212011-03-15T18:47:00.000-07:002011-03-15T18:53:17.037-07:00little helpers<div align="center"> We made pizza the other day. I have such good helpers!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXT2U9-K4q4XkcrQIlwMgv2UV46j8FeO9d-83wMVpwELCH9lLAEql17Ch7cD_IV79-0-35SK03gFyk0SQHSHWwqEv_tcHR0H5wWYIcMRiN405j09IWyzObW_R7-aYJPOfBUKx1ipbbrvM/s1600/DSCN0523.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584489187706901714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXT2U9-K4q4XkcrQIlwMgv2UV46j8FeO9d-83wMVpwELCH9lLAEql17Ch7cD_IV79-0-35SK03gFyk0SQHSHWwqEv_tcHR0H5wWYIcMRiN405j09IWyzObW_R7-aYJPOfBUKx1ipbbrvM/s400/DSCN0523.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584489199924846786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QdlSXc7pbT9DeEp-jSxAHxv5T-HYSCfobU3yDbGLTkQezpIG_NpW78KCv6Duu7GrgsAd_2upPmBIZgILClcWrtynSu6JIdd5E6voQ7Fyqx-mz92OuPwWC5SKMXYMTwrVIzBL11yTfQ0G/s400/DSCN0526.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584489196421047586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSObN0-5U5cGQNXDW2BZY3EFwufWZuO8unoADcL8oedbiNa1PWyyAf_eRw_GRt7SIoG4SYXIe7QjvS-XB9Cd1VJMq2_xq2vFalG6Hi_2isKdO4p_ExVVAB4GLjEWkl4YwQ0uS5nNfOtu_/s400/DSCN0529.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584489203977968818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7rPrinP-QcB_imDB_SPvRD560tc91XIkPdOxiP8bVqHvd3hkpYPBXfj9ARjaktwosCKezJhRDC-k6LdMMwu5fqC2PEkgXpgKJWnFC9pUGSoYtiQ7W45hRcefH3HrutbChRyCR2NdYo9c/s400/DSCN0535.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584489206697563186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6n6vELcRcOSPlhRC2CXgvCRi8iXXXlCq2oiTRcTaTWNsLLMAcwLmVEUkG7tGWBiwy0Gawk_90bp3mDevbG_0ciLyuUPbksl6wKvc30ozop7FtxGnZqL3LL7qjX_bxkbYAGmzqyO26QDVL/s400/DSCN0532.JPG" border="0" />They loved it! (And each other!)</div>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-5980295534172103092011-02-21T18:11:00.000-08:002011-02-21T18:21:11.635-08:0018 months<div align="center">Wow! I can't believe my baby is already 18 months!</div><div><div align="center">He is so much fun!</div><div align="center">He is talking a lot...repeats everything you say!</div><div align="center">I can't wait for this summer to spend more time with him!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576332173596691698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj180lV7xzmI6jivicoKE2JtfN8ntR5IDEdD58wZ2z87I5m4ZOFz9O0Mk3n-efU2NIa3AbZxbGVo3M_TWhd6fOolzN00QmHuPxr16kyVmz01lzrYFZJ9iaKgBPMD9Ov-dgZQhNZ-9XIrQ/s400/DSCN0457.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576332195309485794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuPkAbYGRZU71ArJaB5gBk6ETjTbus-9RTSa78z_fD1wlFYlLBm8MSh89O5z0y6KXRfCxKkFHzuHnnCY4A5lS6f7tATgzg6FymBn51slPBpOKtYmkdEkU88g1raZBLYxmmBvjVgx0Fg9a/s400/DSCN0419.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576332224516789922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVC05Cai6zwovYcmrsWspFoYw555sKRy0H5g0LGq7Nz_-4aBRLzr6-x81LQf-XWMm18grU-dn77WYXhmBZv30fVi9jHsib2HnSWngEabgdFaUGlKxpJ2vlgRnS0bRtzzC9eZdwf7ShyoYT/s400/DSCN0425.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576332270820546386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkFu-Zh0SNCz_ewr6pZbkcqsk4ZeCxjwqO6h7_1nTLhEPJwhlu98COz_hL8UikK9HV7VEti85vSDm49WThQZZCsd3__C7p_nK29yGZqVQ_iB56oq4Lp2w9BUBq59UxcA6EXJsmuapFzOD/s400/DSCN0438.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576332249797765378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETfOV6wJhQpijRM_YBI582FLcmA1aCTLi73cOA5_aAaZqv5hN2fFW99xkb4AkTl39ZtofP4yZ7D6Lz6-qzJKAFCfpzDkh2CFEqeUOrjv4ITGFB-fm01UeD9Wzflaw_WGJ7OiK5PMdAtuE/s400/DSCN0435.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">I love you sweet pea!</p><p align="center">You have such a loving spirit and we are truly blessed to have you!</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-61271877085462621232011-02-12T19:32:00.001-08:002011-02-12T19:39:23.516-08:00wrestlingThis happens ALL the time in my house! <div><div><div><div><div>Aaron was a wrestler...Eli can't wait to be a wrestler.</div><div>Cole...he just joins the fun!</div><div>It makes for a crazy, loud time in my house, but I love it!</div><div>It's kind of nice to be the queen of my house!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573013063940498930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGt5hhJZvAy39wmv8477FwSDu-WYZHtmm9VEI83ovbP0sr-H9sFyovDp4q7jw1Dgvu-_l5naF7oaYXMf1hD6oyZVOWhNyBMYcT1o5_w6qd-_P5itDtFN5cyNcizmXAr8qSU23vrQJa5l2/s400/DSCN0489.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573013066459002354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqAZc6WmuYjZSgMLTQ81WJYMVYl9y7Ede2jCZL8d87n5wWeexmVCDUxEQ1cukrN_S4wN2GEH5ULhEiT4hAZeEsxuVZfyExTjjlhDWOlvzCa0E-orIdp6ZqsTqQ_ptDJ6PBRjZf53Cy7LF/s400/DSCN0490.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573013070949180002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_fF0c0EutHkdUaDtx8KsV6uJiI-oDMXawt7cFSu5rinMGTTn6TxULU7SR7qj47ppT_KVNP363WpiFJPLCnSztuPW6Y8teKcnN7gQDhil7NjWm6qDvyvVCS5lmI8hSueyJqUkW0epbmb6/s400/DSCN0498.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573013077356356338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieajReaL7QEd2vLk6-eiPaR2Hsw5QsUoGvI9XeaaiPr1Yx3MpHVusL9LMzjplbw-24B5UoR3ed7mRpDy4ddmxPODYtLh_8ip2NppnkfPfqR9k_oNxmjl6meaId-N3U-bnTRWrw4Ds69Rvc/s400/DSCN0506.JPG" border="0" /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573013088618953874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrTWn44U0lyrFYpe0Bd12DvYR8VuYOwpJQ9aHyUYBPnfRDoiGG_x3yw13hwgkYblAsKC89qR7a04s_AKi5J21AuASZaENxxsaWBIEEC0l9TJSjMEH2wqkb2GnvG4vRKUM_T60jSuqW_Xo/s400/DSCN0488.JPG" border="0" />Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-81176549496312960392011-02-03T11:40:00.000-08:002011-02-03T12:01:36.258-08:00snow day<div align="center">We had 2 snow days this week.</div><div align="center">This NEVER happens!</div><div align="center">So, we got to hang out and do whatever we wanted.</div><div align="center">Here's a little bit of what we did!</div><div align="center">A little bit of reading!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569553247347518626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcT5K9VwObsCgLKxg350AH2ot4aDxQMPVxOo8RkZCnSVbcdOOCyd3q4qTsFZM2j9mT7SgQxbNTDj_zbCbVVDTlZRo89z6v3D_vDhN-_Wumy1B1PkXs9FEHSMWNJ6GHB580if3gp2lTbMDi/s400/DSCN0454.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Bubba climbed in too!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569553274360872114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dALTH47MmyaKLYrtv5HxF4Chn4l0R1TshmJPlCA373471wqKvs_vTOT2blumTvSR8iJibCN2ebmIN0rlTnn-5DZf9F0qn9vjQHkABgfIFgCQUe7LgnVjHWpNqWqHfG7FfW8-qPB5KjjF/s400/DSCN0458.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">A little bit of Spiderman!<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569553322349086434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-lowVCf8DrruMKIxQr0uAMg51un8cfUIZj0dsk68Nb-Lvk6q5irXi-D6QBOH0kbFWZ3j41A5_C98_fxr_3YvcoJ5SOaaEmFxjL_MOf4YP_gYZpfW8diSVqhLnIJH3Wb2jiFitePER6ql/s400/DSCN0461.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">A little bit of running around, almost naked!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569553348881053474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3PI8dwHuYdUmJz7OVWtubCF6UHMwOoRPSEF-4lxEkPgiqgpkxviHHaECy0XxaeoTdyTNh0nYlm1lltivTtTRKhv95B_oboAqW0wq9kve8LJ0QU3DZ_cqpE695_JECe6VZhsMgHv89C3p/s400/DSCN0468.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569553361349030018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHv0TehEx63y2wPA6nn3_einRBQPICZuG5S4ZCJvl9900l9QOmzhFUMnOy2X8M2UkYC7C5hKlNye89xXb5tSZvg5kEuZkakk37wG7ggYNkU2bHKvOuM-OrHeXWB5sqD9Jb8nVc_FVgEJor/s400/DSCN0470.JPG" border="0" />And a little bit of watching the blizzard outside! Wishing they could play out there! But it was below zero outside!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569553665926159394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoie9KrCKpyDyoKxKnlIZJbBKBm9Y_E31ha-1Wc1AjAdveoz21nSgdekNUfAWrAtPPbimZXEJHNIVWvIUWBBvyJHn2TCaSb0iW_LR5r5UNVFRq3Jo0o8x1-ONhDemMm8FO7PW93KMIMa_/s400/DSCN0477.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">I loved the time at home with my boys. However, it was starting to get crazy since we couldn't get out at all!! It was a nice break!<br /><br /></p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-78555519559533932942011-01-22T10:43:00.000-08:002011-01-22T10:55:00.506-08:00loveThese 2 have a love/hate relationship! <div><div><div><div><div align="left">Cole LOVES Paco.</div><div align="left">Paco LOVES that Cole feeds him!</div><div align="left">Cole HATES when Paco follows him around when he has food.</div><div align="left">I'm pretty sure that Paco HATES it when Cole is all over him! (But he lets him do it!)</div><div align="left">And me...it drives me crazy!! </div><div align="center">Typical: Paco following Cole around since he has food!</div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565084595015964866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDXGj5mHh9FIOH3T8bWEVnWOzlKdftlvjWjJy4v_ZecrS0O0osDQ_rud_FCCR2mqXD-KyM8SbL1eeg7QKMi1FVO4gT9RedUlj1AXVaoQIg8OVd30wjwq9M3pYJQ9o8TGgcx9F_O75bm_-/s400/DSCN0440.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p align="center">Cole: teasing and Paco watching his every move!</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565084601145300162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue2X4s9c9ApgBQNA0WvboIBLi5jhwTmfOKPWe6SjCAhUJPZ3MrcH4uSQYNkAI4J1ZIsMrBF427eY3cEoXkQ2cG_mjRoyJcnl-jVTqs06UewrUi7KMNd9f_5DG-mnYTJgBpiUkogEA76t-/s400/DSCN0442.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565084611039223138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeqCV3w0RlGGRKxfI05QPxAEW8Wt0TVvA73RrQvOybbdcv6n31DhxPUIPIdO_yDCw7MCi5RDpaubReu_63AR9ku-5f1dE-JgOl_dCZwZOnBkbaIp19gQjNuKl_UOVhW2i1LA2YgGDR3GY/s400/DSCN0443.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Yep: Can you tell? Cole has dropped some. Paco's on it though!</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565084612903400242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xFQV8DWCyh0ygFAeddeUm-VZKKvjSEXdboncmGPgeWMUzuHk3v2OcBb32UEQVJSIXvQYXMG-hDdB7eSwGN1B7GItzBmlDe7IHI0PfISu-pB6D0QHW4tqsGqTzEHYnIA7UXb1givuO_pg/s400/DSCN0446.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">And, the rest went to Paco. He always seems to win in these situations!</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565084618700009394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u2BlCJaXZFOsG1r5udc2AMfyof5hch_7Y8d2liZ8bAyt1CLk_EuDCr9t6JDd9duLwbZ090lLAZBIuuJsI_BAicKeKOvm-Kuj77m9PvHeK4uoK-kMISh6P1DtAxJhrKkJ2pNr8xtQvRWY/s400/DSCN0450.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Oh well! Paco does do a nice job of cleaning up after dinner!</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-10927912156154981192011-01-16T12:36:00.000-08:002011-01-16T12:42:24.352-08:00teething<div align="center">I had forgotten what the second year of a child's life can be like!<br />Eli was not pleasant when he was teething...but Cole, whew!</div><div align="center">Let's just say he's made Eli look like a walk in the park!</div><div align="center">And for those of you who don't even know your children are teething, I don't want to hear from you! :)</div><div align="center"><br />This is just a little bit of what I saw most of the day!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562886147315792130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJT5-StCiisIHHiJO55f4C3tdEVmWVB7N0B_EGWr_fvNgMpFQVo9KsCUWvRPwWXBtxMM3wOFvsaRqCQZm2o_ENKmoQU17s2Y9JkNOJiQkgI0JVaqM-cLYymFvfpsDXl4u-rBo9SZ56eFh/s400/DSCN0409.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562886152040093090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoefsHKjUOV-fBnszVs4JTUOvRAaXdnCT4lj8oDMlLwYD-bPuIk8WtC40PUDXm3SvK2tiwLqK7J6I8qnCij9s1b4X8N82J4Kfc5MPHAOcmjdssWyzCXN_YxvkaHSpxlMP34rYa5T1nY4JC/s400/DSCN0410.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Bless his little heart! At one point he had 6 teeth coming in all at once...4 of them being molars. Now all of them have at least come through, so there must be more! Yipee!</p><p align="center">Good thing he's so cute and I love him with all my heart, or I might lose my mind!</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-89657934895769500752011-01-15T16:00:00.000-08:002011-01-15T16:16:11.194-08:00too early?<div align="center">Aaron got Eli a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas.</div><div align="center">He'll be 4 in April. I had some hesitations about it!</div><div align="center">But, he's been very good at explaining safety to him.</div><div align="center">And, it's locked up in our gun safe!</div><div align="center">He's only shot it this one time...maybe in a few more years he'll be more interested!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562569878905044050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XE-Y3iPK4G-gXq0m286VFCJbR1ostEct43MFLNHCb3Sx-J81JQ1t9u1LaW6-eI3GGkGyGDWANvkM2cSbi09NNCph4IbXkPE1-Mn6gj4cm-mfkh6qc4FDjoxpZ5mkZ2y6A_5vsb-sWAIG/s400/DSCN0353.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center">I don't know what was being said, but I love their faces!</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562569875660054866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRG4Ud-Wys0nZjYVKuN_4y56UKWG9E9KrdBwKoDp84ZUtjygrP5hKWqxTz_pVrHBud3zWafXYFVYwQqH7-ZKOqM1wHAGDkKwSZqI8Oy_n9lScOmwcPjuN1VHR9aelmwEKSmg1uzpgR15pK/s400/DSCN0355.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562569885422724546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiiUV500oxy5vIggP7KlHY6rLcE-hoOk3VhHpNIj7XzQyAdoEuUL857_rSw0qKafOiEMNdtNrQuHMUyO74lp4Qei9bHyFwnUsNdLy5efN4Ox17jjAW00uaVTq_LO8PQioqE8K54avK7jb/s400/DSCN0357.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Then, Aaron was shooting the BB gun and Eli a water gun!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562569893138916610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPe6EGIEuSS53FfsGdKx2wpVph17DN6GRSZYinRh9gMhCXaKzhRhhpG2I0nourQa7hVP2_ppFGC3y-UgHlyAhBsd1SqwOXgmgE8AO4iJ1amq2Lodj6FVK5MFauxILubYrqzMA4Bp96G8IN/s400/DSCN0361.JPG" border="0" /></p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-11470401200752328932010-12-28T11:34:00.000-08:002010-12-28T11:39:55.244-08:00this little guy...<div align="center">This little guy thinks he can sit at the big table instead of his high chair!<br />Big brother does it, so why can't he??</div><div align="center">So this morning he got to...he did pretty well!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555819582129512274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZAkLZ_Cb1WoCnPidKHJGuDcgC5iiRv-cV7aHLvrO-5aJm46rCcVQTPRVRfvA_6RliNZUy-74aIZpzfFeh-W7e6R8oMvjoDMnKfykTB4SBLuTiILGeEKO1LCUGJO0wOzARM0p5iqF0ZtV/s400/011.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555819590600167346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwesXF437iIG0y8-OhVzTGGtFp9BASxDJYT0XBSLe0wuF4hA_B53IIxJlCJwPKVzlKqUla59-qq9FeZ8JvoKVGkZTraE-Y8etfjXFnmNzwddlr764iJMIeBliU-bbjq4jDxT5DvXzoUGJH/s400/013.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">He thinks he did a pretty good job too!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555819588996503954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtCUBqkFmtmgMIMLfA_WuJgJoKfpXEFvAmu_HgWMj3O29mN1GirklPqKVR0y8n1r26d27oGVwd43CesBK7ZoE2EQDeolhU_apZJ1soYsCzoAYw2_32D4Oa1tyHGs4xQuqgis7oS742Jsi/s400/012.JPG" border="0" />Pancakes are easy...the messy stuff he has to sit in his highchair!</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117917299781001919.post-64059801193022862062010-12-27T06:09:00.000-08:002010-12-27T06:19:13.182-08:00trucks, trucks and more trucks!Can you tell we're ALL boy around here??<br /><div><div><div><div><div>There's no princess/girly things in this household!</div><div>It's ALL trucks, trucks and more trucks!</div><div>It seemed like every present the boys got had something to do with trucks!</div><div> </div><div align="center">This isn't even half of them...I found a lot more later all around the house!</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555364676075834770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxJ0ucgtfLiD21acV1pqctsA1yzYuCH0gUlItfiwJiO7CjLdfva_cQHTwuWKO-XLw3_-mO1VZ9uUSXEB2WDltm3eAi0d66fEyx3nl_NnbPCiJO2hut2xLSuj6N_SQAGlH3FnxHiy8hktt/s400/096.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555364683322372370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV__S4tGwELX5UVZRpwrkGdd3cKVjCE_anwJisDEPxovEUMDN8AxA0Hc8D15DzlW4R1m2eW7YhqI0EHGottk-rnw7lcj4FRSDQSTsiFlDlUy0EPKfsJw6ObYzUtVvVLxEltLg1pvBvbWiA/s400/097.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555365502608424466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpUriuJsUeQLCclJ8p-KQwJFyfKHx_-pY_ssZcACeUKxaABglUcw0Caqw7-8Sz2ukSpe9TGxTNZ2lTFDM2R4BcWvFo34l2kENkQY60_9W__pkhUt-AIYlDY3MGhLVYgUojlYyIDWyxay6/s400/086.JPG" border="0" /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555365506902234194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75y1k_1luuWtMkVecgyvi_m8nT-BsPw6-sNIzghLFTJ3aoCD930plBOmMpKH-_j06_90_F2p31g88fvZrdR7JrAO65E4QWGaU8WEIuTdB0LTl3qinkZb9-561iXR5VE199Ci3TRaqooq8/s400/089.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555365510282995362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqBcfyjvle-WjBzGuKt4bPiv4puadBwmGHtltvcsRZ0XqZge7vyf4AK9opUOJfAKEONZ-L6hyW_Y9UW2TwjgAR0L9pONekl29saH2-gCGLQPUXmbO87AuleOysUZmVhBmqVO_3Z1uOYRm/s400/073.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Even though we got a lot of trucks...I wouldn't have it any other way! </p><p align="center">I love my boys to pieces and I LOVE watching play with all the trucks!</p><p align="center">They have such an imagination!</p>Aaron and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950582543573907659noreply@blogger.com0