tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52534458134317217542024-03-06T01:08:05.706-08:00MIRACLE OF THE MOMENTMarilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-1978700276476290472010-05-20T10:18:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:23:37.311-07:00She Was Watching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-h7iTDsPh8LeoWnxi2ZZHVTQgAtwLcxb4VZBIV25tx3Uex_bPUD6-EnYUrsZLrLUKtfvlNIlOWxHIXf-IaV8c6_KG_BQ6i1hdgQb8d0_giyEOq9IU_dZdyyGbvd_qz3cV936SMW8O3_I/s1600/hutch+and+pioneer+woman+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-h7iTDsPh8LeoWnxi2ZZHVTQgAtwLcxb4VZBIV25tx3Uex_bPUD6-EnYUrsZLrLUKtfvlNIlOWxHIXf-IaV8c6_KG_BQ6i1hdgQb8d0_giyEOq9IU_dZdyyGbvd_qz3cV936SMW8O3_I/s320/hutch+and+pioneer+woman+009.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This girl...she's the one who can make me cry with her words. At least a couple of times a week she will say something that will put me on my knees.<br />
Just the other day we were driving in the car and the song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajl5-8gA45w">"She was watching"</a> by Mark Schultz came on. I don't know if you've ever heard it but it's about a little girl who watches her daddy's relationship with the Lord and wants to be just like him. We were singing along and came to the part about the daddy losing his job and how the mommy danced with him in the kitchen and Marina piped up from the backseat "Mommy! that's just like you and Daddy! Remember!" Well....I lost it...I could barely answer her as I remembered that day. When I think about that time I usually remember the tears and the anxiety... But I praise the Lord that my little girl remembers her mommy and daddy holding onto eachother. I pray that all of my children remember the good things and amazing provision that the Lord has given us over this past year and a half and not the mommy who was scared or the daddy who was angry at the trial we had been given....We are so humbled and grateful by all of the encouragement, spiritually and physically, that we have received during this time. The hand of God has touched us through His people in a mighty way and we are forever changed. We are holding on tighter to the Mighty One who is the creator of all things and when our grip begins to weaken we know that He is the one who will never let go.<br />
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James 1:2-12<br />
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Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. <br />
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. <br />
But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, <br />
being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. <br />
For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. <br />
Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. <br />
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In His grip,<br />
MarilenaMarilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-52749137696977888002010-05-11T08:06:00.000-07:002010-05-11T10:13:23.059-07:00The longest post ever...So much for keeping my blog updated...I guess you can call me a once a quarter blogger! Anyways, we've had a very busy few months. We've moved again since the last time I posted and we are finally getting back into a routine after having my family here for a visit. <br /> My in-laws were here for a month over Christmas and I didn't post any pictures of their visit so here are a few:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The kids loved having their grandparents here for a whole month. It was such a blessing to have them be a part of our everyday lives again.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr_Y_TNFGOL024iNab_rMVW_DeLK6-1fWOHjI_TgUsI1Sqc-UwOkQhyTLAcYCgae6gm_qIOU8Phau6OqVrJqqOIsAeqFImXcybUKoUqJM3FUbwkIDf0V6vfxul51unTdYGU8BDLfl37Q/s1600/dads+pics+496.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470049099678786162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr_Y_TNFGOL024iNab_rMVW_DeLK6-1fWOHjI_TgUsI1Sqc-UwOkQhyTLAcYCgae6gm_qIOU8Phau6OqVrJqqOIsAeqFImXcybUKoUqJM3FUbwkIDf0V6vfxul51unTdYGU8BDLfl37Q/s320/dads+pics+496.jpg" /></a><br />On Christmas day after we opened our gifts we went to the movies with the Green family. Afterwards we had them over for a prime rib dinner. It was yummy!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP2AOVx1eu3HHNryXcuf8pZHK5xdtxulU9jJPw7nOvuGRyvSDqNyNi_EWYYbmnre-k00Oc_wMTZ9m4EOcTan8iGMvubnKK3H24DsjAgJq0DlgLaOIWp8m4cjobCE0p2TMUwnU4SrNZRQ/s1600/dads+pics+439.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470047402083086562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP2AOVx1eu3HHNryXcuf8pZHK5xdtxulU9jJPw7nOvuGRyvSDqNyNi_EWYYbmnre-k00Oc_wMTZ9m4EOcTan8iGMvubnKK3H24DsjAgJq0DlgLaOIWp8m4cjobCE0p2TMUwnU4SrNZRQ/s320/dads+pics+439.jpg" /></a><br />The boys hiked Daisy Mountain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bw9oLpTix6AFlqh4Zzqd78wRfm-IPRXODBFog3l_ai-698TOKrh8fOsjI2BAzX7w1yRreooVu7_Hzq2SwqjPpQn8xLefsT6aJX7bzcvLKQL4Y4v4oaqZSCB-rPLMWGiLLOyXcMv_f30/s1600/dads+pics+408.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470046279889957522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bw9oLpTix6AFlqh4Zzqd78wRfm-IPRXODBFog3l_ai-698TOKrh8fOsjI2BAzX7w1yRreooVu7_Hzq2SwqjPpQn8xLefsT6aJX7bzcvLKQL4Y4v4oaqZSCB-rPLMWGiLLOyXcMv_f30/s320/dads+pics+408.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoujBKAUKj9gk0D4UmZtXBGx2HxR9CKPKWKF0NG95bYzayDUUc4FDgQcU8C1y-6JODHgC-_3dutzkFwlQvOEK8cdVGm7dtpkSMbdeezNfU88AI1KvBkJV11CNRVzUOtwWOszvPPjsIKE/s1600/dads+pics+387.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470045809967464994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoujBKAUKj9gk0D4UmZtXBGx2HxR9CKPKWKF0NG95bYzayDUUc4FDgQcU8C1y-6JODHgC-_3dutzkFwlQvOEK8cdVGm7dtpkSMbdeezNfU88AI1KvBkJV11CNRVzUOtwWOszvPPjsIKE/s320/dads+pics+387.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />We went to Sedona to see a production of Christ's birth. They turn a whole area into an old Bethlehem marketplace and all of the actors are in character. It is really cool. Here are the kids listening to a story about David and Goliath.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrySyYagyJ0sIN3-vOJEI7aoI7ZQ4bg5SqGfvXoBgw6-hIyIROLP0Deic40dPLCl0RiKrdJc9-9jL7AkH5-9T5_7p7TYbLFEB5PCBKXn-2x-d4b2OAG4o63-8VDLtQkwKISIXioTH8xlU/s1600/dads+pics+336.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470044895505870178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrySyYagyJ0sIN3-vOJEI7aoI7ZQ4bg5SqGfvXoBgw6-hIyIROLP0Deic40dPLCl0RiKrdJc9-9jL7AkH5-9T5_7p7TYbLFEB5PCBKXn-2x-d4b2OAG4o63-8VDLtQkwKISIXioTH8xlU/s320/dads+pics+336.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />All Michaela wanted for Christmas was twin Ariel's...so we had to buy two of the same toy! We thought that was hilarious. She was so happy!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5K2w2KXADmavayRfMkPYqCfZF3JlbtB-33fk7-kgtqNOgasc-FnfVnNVN3hSJUOS-JfhqrxICPGym3hSbw4oL2sPsOpvorLcGD84Yrk6KzQrIMxs3PmSzYBlTlBIKBLv6lbLfsMq-XAI/s1600/christmas+2009+123.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470044143421447970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5K2w2KXADmavayRfMkPYqCfZF3JlbtB-33fk7-kgtqNOgasc-FnfVnNVN3hSJUOS-JfhqrxICPGym3hSbw4oL2sPsOpvorLcGD84Yrk6KzQrIMxs3PmSzYBlTlBIKBLv6lbLfsMq-XAI/s320/christmas+2009+123.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I took my mother in law to an English tea room.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFIqpaOGshQyjqo_Um_XKM9uC1W2r8v7J9nQ7dUkk1ZXPrakpEDMHYXN0INxch-OTOwRctHax8UrWvfB6gwksTOexT1LPvUeWX_uCE9Dc6C_u0wAeuSwM7T3lTx06dqsNtF_PVrhJ4vE/s1600/christmas+2009+064.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470043800144881154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFIqpaOGshQyjqo_Um_XKM9uC1W2r8v7J9nQ7dUkk1ZXPrakpEDMHYXN0INxch-OTOwRctHax8UrWvfB6gwksTOexT1LPvUeWX_uCE9Dc6C_u0wAeuSwM7T3lTx06dqsNtF_PVrhJ4vE/s320/christmas+2009+064.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYboTVX09t_O_UI2HLLKz8N-tsw4DqW6mj1Ls52o0xDNFZf6eCd8QnGcJ2imGwEsnbY2a1EoMH9RNwbcig_OmEPDkrJvMQ7apNn33GWvjCdv9Sw9cTj6ZwgtMK_E_gHu6Cir5I96x9pc/s1600/christmas+2009+038.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470043572629281794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYboTVX09t_O_UI2HLLKz8N-tsw4DqW6mj1Ls52o0xDNFZf6eCd8QnGcJ2imGwEsnbY2a1EoMH9RNwbcig_OmEPDkrJvMQ7apNn33GWvjCdv9Sw9cTj6ZwgtMK_E_gHu6Cir5I96x9pc/s320/christmas+2009+038.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We had a wonderful visit with them and it was sad to see them leave...The kids just adore them so much!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPgzW_UuaFbTr0tv6YfMbkMG_BX45D-3gU7cYyBbWtnv8B14dfRuZhLZjfdMHPlWALLhlNzyOHx_xpnoiklITnuRUgnFWdT5D-nUdnB-DtnI07mElPLKXzL4Y0iWkHBjr7-m0nPMKOuI/s1600/christmas+2009+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470043186741322050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPgzW_UuaFbTr0tv6YfMbkMG_BX45D-3gU7cYyBbWtnv8B14dfRuZhLZjfdMHPlWALLhlNzyOHx_xpnoiklITnuRUgnFWdT5D-nUdnB-DtnI07mElPLKXzL4Y0iWkHBjr7-m0nPMKOuI/s320/christmas+2009+008.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We had a couple of quiet months after my in-laws left but then in March we made a big move! We had only been in our new rental house for 7 months when our dear friends asked us if we wanted to live in their house while it was for sale. They were moving to Tennessee and their house here in Anthem would be empty. We prayed about it and felt like it was a good opportunity for us so we made the move. We love this house and it is such a blessing to have a pool!!! Here are a couple pictures.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglA4_t2R4hCHFEbIpu9Pvak9tPX5pKE8JkpAGPE2rH9wyJN8BDjfOkVRJB8zkbqLQkpw1zcJFJr72bUE0fTK-3fsNExLperBY7kqYIVOwt9wwS415FuJBgY7dpqt1BODl-lOKN02ZJTgI/s1600/cell+phone+054.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470042995308691394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglA4_t2R4hCHFEbIpu9Pvak9tPX5pKE8JkpAGPE2rH9wyJN8BDjfOkVRJB8zkbqLQkpw1zcJFJr72bUE0fTK-3fsNExLperBY7kqYIVOwt9wwS415FuJBgY7dpqt1BODl-lOKN02ZJTgI/s320/cell+phone+054.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3GkVdSqQiTZd8v8makwBb3qAanHV0k6CUZ11OsmAtIGOgXGeEX4P1V7JLZuG2fK4aoLCw5U4hMtC24rWZlvQanXDkw5L1k6CqqBA9Wcjsx25jGD40kmLz_o1ptoj4-YLeocmf60znOM/s1600/cell+phone+049.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470042903166259922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3GkVdSqQiTZd8v8makwBb3qAanHV0k6CUZ11OsmAtIGOgXGeEX4P1V7JLZuG2fK4aoLCw5U4hMtC24rWZlvQanXDkw5L1k6CqqBA9Wcjsx25jGD40kmLz_o1ptoj4-YLeocmf60znOM/s320/cell+phone+049.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRxPP7ieYBJSOpjw7jDvDA61zQijmNcocXJm3tHf3E__n67Z-tiJTE8tDHN3eFjqVm98z3KAnhMD1NBrY0Ydy2muX3NjTj0Fcr5eBbXYR-fKySFijxutnMKCmcbKooKo_JPoppohk1eQ/s1600/cell+phone+052.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470042785176519714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRxPP7ieYBJSOpjw7jDvDA61zQijmNcocXJm3tHf3E__n67Z-tiJTE8tDHN3eFjqVm98z3KAnhMD1NBrY0Ydy2muX3NjTj0Fcr5eBbXYR-fKySFijxutnMKCmcbKooKo_JPoppohk1eQ/s320/cell+phone+052.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />About 3 days after we moved into the new house my parents came in for a visit. I also got the surprise of my life!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQJdgjoB2UMErEpDTKFMhyyIulR09li-f_SR6kAIgRG9GS6XpTO70Pr9xFsyHexLtjtSeaZF9KwMt11vf5pZAlEeZO74yEIo7KWBOoVQ60CdpIvJ9jG9A53lHo5fdyf5XhxuX-7_LMtM/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+163.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470042601846026514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQJdgjoB2UMErEpDTKFMhyyIulR09li-f_SR6kAIgRG9GS6XpTO70Pr9xFsyHexLtjtSeaZF9KwMt11vf5pZAlEeZO74yEIo7KWBOoVQ60CdpIvJ9jG9A53lHo5fdyf5XhxuX-7_LMtM/s320/family+visit+April+2010+163.jpg" /></a> My sister and her family came in with them!!! I hadn't seen them in over a year and I had never met my niece Natalia! I think I scared her with my screaming. I'm surprised the neighbors didn't call the cops with all the commotion that was going on at my front door!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbH2K9MssFv70Wvw-Xr7xlHFZYL837luFskD5R_lMx3aTkUqmXh6wr1kb4rsgwHlQ_vwYDuPqLk4mdU4rWpnX4liTTGB3tuvseZxe76HhmXCkBD4BH-3QwW7Zz9i8ZVXHLHnsawC7lbS8/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+165.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470041604332526770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbH2K9MssFv70Wvw-Xr7xlHFZYL837luFskD5R_lMx3aTkUqmXh6wr1kb4rsgwHlQ_vwYDuPqLk4mdU4rWpnX4liTTGB3tuvseZxe76HhmXCkBD4BH-3QwW7Zz9i8ZVXHLHnsawC7lbS8/s320/family+visit+April+2010+165.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div>We got to spend Easter together and my mom bought all of the kids matching outfits. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8Fjp4h4y0UYmAXkJgfvWuG7AtSTrqD_ekpQcuE64I2rP-DxCh3VVA_OoIq1IZhwwOZXUa-7YBWxx2D4UkGUbScUsLP4SpPJ3CHrmwEodJO4TsKQWnL7nI-m7Cgm2xkjIkWTzs4w5pY8/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+223.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470038887313245650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8Fjp4h4y0UYmAXkJgfvWuG7AtSTrqD_ekpQcuE64I2rP-DxCh3VVA_OoIq1IZhwwOZXUa-7YBWxx2D4UkGUbScUsLP4SpPJ3CHrmwEodJO4TsKQWnL7nI-m7Cgm2xkjIkWTzs4w5pY8/s320/family+visit+April+2010+223.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />My sister's family.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCTzhMZD4gnyFD_dxLCfbfdKDYmPBg5sl-K4Iyu6xjEnNtKoMjcgASgbwkwWmx6zovCqSqG9ss20Nvbhigjyi1hbkJWE5vc7Cst96VQgHTEgojVn__Tmve6oapY5WoPR7z2jkSSxWFbw/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+229.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470038878006381986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCTzhMZD4gnyFD_dxLCfbfdKDYmPBg5sl-K4Iyu6xjEnNtKoMjcgASgbwkwWmx6zovCqSqG9ss20Nvbhigjyi1hbkJWE5vc7Cst96VQgHTEgojVn__Tmve6oapY5WoPR7z2jkSSxWFbw/s320/family+visit+April+2010+229.jpg" /></a><br />My parents and the kids.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pMxmBuIwS4WOIxAm9AOWSva_ueoVGc08VJ2bdcqYGUuvHrZbYGYwbUpEDo-k9tyPGTwKgjSvIXN_uRcdKDPLJwkMmQHdWmq7uhIBidjGAZYVC-jJOZxNqqOesm1C6FX8Yb5XXTzNclE/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+231.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470038872030635058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pMxmBuIwS4WOIxAm9AOWSva_ueoVGc08VJ2bdcqYGUuvHrZbYGYwbUpEDo-k9tyPGTwKgjSvIXN_uRcdKDPLJwkMmQHdWmq7uhIBidjGAZYVC-jJOZxNqqOesm1C6FX8Yb5XXTzNclE/s320/family+visit+April+2010+231.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />It was so fun having my sister here. It was a little crazy having 5 little ones in the house and we all ended up with the stomach flu for a few days.....but I loved every minute of it! Well, except for the part when we were all throwing up in the middle of the night....that was not fun!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKDLSsUzqT59WCIK8FTfJo0FeX3Xl-dUaGVt7AcEqbqY25FUJ9jSTuWg812X5dLOaf7kaxnOAUXNLqiUNGCQJUfkCXwBeR2du5AIGN5HgY2LClpfJ_ZdQWj_PWf8HoNCVvIQ0EJB1H3I/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+233.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470038862892201218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKDLSsUzqT59WCIK8FTfJo0FeX3Xl-dUaGVt7AcEqbqY25FUJ9jSTuWg812X5dLOaf7kaxnOAUXNLqiUNGCQJUfkCXwBeR2du5AIGN5HgY2LClpfJ_ZdQWj_PWf8HoNCVvIQ0EJB1H3I/s320/family+visit+April+2010+233.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />My brother in law, Steve, is a major pizza lover. He heard that Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix was supposedly the best pizza place in the nation so we just had to go there. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7aIPWMCx9mKSSZMBgMrf2QIyPBqKl_GaQeuPlFUjVcVTxiqUhgZzHiyYa4Hd9qM5cuN7A2-qjzcuQ5vqlgOSxNqIOOzXsih04ovEljMkfR-AutejYK_DmPKdFQyz4JpDJYhdJwmAx0s/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+206.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470037458428408290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7aIPWMCx9mKSSZMBgMrf2QIyPBqKl_GaQeuPlFUjVcVTxiqUhgZzHiyYa4Hd9qM5cuN7A2-qjzcuQ5vqlgOSxNqIOOzXsih04ovEljMkfR-AutejYK_DmPKdFQyz4JpDJYhdJwmAx0s/s320/family+visit+April+2010+206.jpg" /></a><br /><br />They don't take reservations so we just put our names on the list when we got there. They said it would be a 4 and a half hour wait....yes your heard that right....so we waited! We would be seated at 10:45pm!! We were all hungry so we actually went and ate at another restaurant and came back and ate again! I was so tired by the time we got the pizza that it didn't even taste good to me, or maybe it was because I had already eaten dinner. I'm glad we went because now I can tell people who come to visit that it was not worth it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelm__lt75-i4JKyt1iKIdgCFCvFAId4Ht6UIXdjCUwCUoEJsIa8dOKGQJz7CyEDPgQFfsx_EYkhkhHjMqeboIJw4f0Ro16hN34K2zXFTXmNawLPvESXxJK8MKa4W7AQwlfr13ZLATums/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+208.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470037296754045906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelm__lt75-i4JKyt1iKIdgCFCvFAId4Ht6UIXdjCUwCUoEJsIa8dOKGQJz7CyEDPgQFfsx_EYkhkhHjMqeboIJw4f0Ro16hN34K2zXFTXmNawLPvESXxJK8MKa4W7AQwlfr13ZLATums/s320/family+visit+April+2010+208.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is Julio dancing with Marina and Emilio at Harold's in Cave Creek. That was a fun night! Emilio and Natalia were dancing up a storm with the live band.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5A14nqbWK0nk3YhBnfsHHWYhKGlvcJ3g-DlbmFKR0koFWlu3kW4IXVUJsM7xkgo3pOGLB0MWnbPris9iQAYBW-r_R-QrcKrENHvCLB_n0lEs8GH_D3MSFxxkK_IzKhBML2lgl_SDeBM/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+148.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470032022026833890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5A14nqbWK0nk3YhBnfsHHWYhKGlvcJ3g-DlbmFKR0koFWlu3kW4IXVUJsM7xkgo3pOGLB0MWnbPris9iQAYBW-r_R-QrcKrENHvCLB_n0lEs8GH_D3MSFxxkK_IzKhBML2lgl_SDeBM/s320/family+visit+April+2010+148.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is in Frontier Town before we went to Harold's. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN6pYS8qHs0NGJWrYFgea_VNBlhtSa5ARx5e9_SKt72kZpbuWoyxra_Zm2S4G2d3_UXfWEKKm02aCuJq09EOfennTBahxJBRIq9Y9OE-slymQjF6FcgJZylKXAOLI20wvbhASXzt_B1I/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+116.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470031752571881650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN6pYS8qHs0NGJWrYFgea_VNBlhtSa5ARx5e9_SKt72kZpbuWoyxra_Zm2S4G2d3_UXfWEKKm02aCuJq09EOfennTBahxJBRIq9Y9OE-slymQjF6FcgJZylKXAOLI20wvbhASXzt_B1I/s320/family+visit+April+2010+116.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-DL_o-50IIf-lZGk-hRBuz4mnvM8ST4L4ZjOw1b6qNww9CI4veBzqs0wwx3oeaf0pAQWq5J5ZLni5zaSezi-beWugmYUiwXUxcyog7rIvWfBezDu5oXx9N5U5i8Adc_04jhis0q-8uM/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+122.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470031600143991618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-DL_o-50IIf-lZGk-hRBuz4mnvM8ST4L4ZjOw1b6qNww9CI4veBzqs0wwx3oeaf0pAQWq5J5ZLni5zaSezi-beWugmYUiwXUxcyog7rIvWfBezDu5oXx9N5U5i8Adc_04jhis0q-8uM/s320/family+visit+April+2010+122.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We went the the children's museum. The kids had a blast! Poor Marina didn't come because she was still having tummy troubles from the flu.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbp7_hPrVBLocCOcCnnAOhX4aQ7k1_d5pxscxS4kaGQMsduzJ1lxlexZIWZfghwzkrlxLNB87UsSWJUFTV6VbU1hi4NmqymVFOHQJF1W1Gei0IPbAQUjpviJKGY2zbO3bDw_RdqpNzQM/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+080.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470031328078243634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbp7_hPrVBLocCOcCnnAOhX4aQ7k1_d5pxscxS4kaGQMsduzJ1lxlexZIWZfghwzkrlxLNB87UsSWJUFTV6VbU1hi4NmqymVFOHQJF1W1Gei0IPbAQUjpviJKGY2zbO3bDw_RdqpNzQM/s320/family+visit+April+2010+080.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Of course, I had to take them to the tea room. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwbVysYpPmIqJv_NfvC1YUtrxwC5Uom8krXLNABQdS_xz9MzSi0dKMyNLX2I-5tmtIrNpVJi5-jxWf2mhXnDfLOe_t6-Qch35tBd5Glhq5qN7yO_ssY5BUFpuooTWj3sH1yF93H7pDOU/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+053.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470030864168363170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwbVysYpPmIqJv_NfvC1YUtrxwC5Uom8krXLNABQdS_xz9MzSi0dKMyNLX2I-5tmtIrNpVJi5-jxWf2mhXnDfLOe_t6-Qch35tBd5Glhq5qN7yO_ssY5BUFpuooTWj3sH1yF93H7pDOU/s320/family+visit+April+2010+053.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Julio was not happy about going to such a girlie place until I let him eat the sugar cubes. All of the kids thought that was the best part!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5231L1bvJ0ikFtohPFfuYqi4bvJIq3p9rmMsLUmsEhYSzCLOscs6TSCM76sU-EPAyfuqga5OQrXFsOmKD6jz9U6aSYnAADLxYv0jCQxdzSj7lBBT_2VLSVE0Eq2Jf5EXe0wEczFy-Z14/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+038.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470030629273918770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5231L1bvJ0ikFtohPFfuYqi4bvJIq3p9rmMsLUmsEhYSzCLOscs6TSCM76sU-EPAyfuqga5OQrXFsOmKD6jz9U6aSYnAADLxYv0jCQxdzSj7lBBT_2VLSVE0Eq2Jf5EXe0wEczFy-Z14/s320/family+visit+April+2010+038.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Me and my sweet neice.....She is adorable and she loves me!! My sister told me that she doesn't like to go to anyone besides her but she would come right to me. I think she would get confused sometimes between me and my sister. I guess we have a lot of the same mannerisms and we look alike. I love this baby.....I miss her and her rolly legs....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgs8kQJjIZnFJ5BLx5yy1ex6l5Ogz_syqwYDBZsoq7B2PUzks4IyztR2oipo2pl2PL0w6Pp_8DY94ENFuLuTXmqGbttJsGoZyX-YQXIGn18Ho0fEJ_dZg9DMc_NWjTzu_wEzDXHLqCb0/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+033.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470030449217917426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgs8kQJjIZnFJ5BLx5yy1ex6l5Ogz_syqwYDBZsoq7B2PUzks4IyztR2oipo2pl2PL0w6Pp_8DY94ENFuLuTXmqGbttJsGoZyX-YQXIGn18Ho0fEJ_dZg9DMc_NWjTzu_wEzDXHLqCb0/s320/family+visit+April+2010+033.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />My cousin, Linda, was visiting also so we spent a day with her and her kids in Scottsdale. We got a lot of stares walking into the restaurant and into stores with all of these kids. It was so funny! <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPx1QlgMSWFeK_pb2WxY-snDzT5P5CDcg3q0qWoaifF4qVMstpO0s8fGiWfOwtdkrdHgsOMRY3IZ0lWwPc2bdWg9lTT-UYxkf4npQFAAHcZKKgF5gjU6dZhD_lvbg3g-nW57-uHg3oc6k/s1600/family+visit+April+2010+195.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470029444944925954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPx1QlgMSWFeK_pb2WxY-snDzT5P5CDcg3q0qWoaifF4qVMstpO0s8fGiWfOwtdkrdHgsOMRY3IZ0lWwPc2bdWg9lTT-UYxkf4npQFAAHcZKKgF5gjU6dZhD_lvbg3g-nW57-uHg3oc6k/s320/family+visit+April+2010+195.jpg" /></a><br />Some people think It's weird that I love having family visit us so often and for so long but I really love having houseguests!!! Don't get me wrong, I do like having some down time and just spending some quiet days at home but I also love having my house full of the people that I love. I really think that sometimes in our American culture we get so caught up with having nice things and a big house and just living in our own little bubble away from our extended family that we don't get the blessings of learning and living with other people. That is the one major thing that I do not like about living so far from our parents. I really want my kids to experience our Italian culture and to learn from their grandparents and it hurts me to not be able to give them that. I think the whole communal living thing would be awesome. I would love it if we could all have our own house but live on the same piece of land and just share all of the responsibilities of living together. Julio and I have always talked about doing that with our families. We actually bought land in Michigan with my parents and before we moved here our plan was to build houses right next to eachother. That didn't end up working out but I can keep hoping right?...<br /><br /><div><br /> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-44584397233636093962010-02-08T09:11:00.000-08:002010-02-08T15:01:14.792-08:00Let's try this again...Hello there,<br /><br />Wow! It's been a while since I've posted....Well, I think I'm going to try this blogging thing one more time. I have a new post below this one. It's the simple woman's daybook and it's an easy way for me to keep my blog updated. I might try to do that once a week and see if that keeps me posting! I know some of you in Michigan are not on facebook and like to keep up with us through this blog. I'll be posting some pictures soon.<br />Have a great day!<br />MarilenaMarilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-47404582698717159192010-02-08T08:30:00.000-08:002010-02-08T09:09:32.589-08:00The Simple Woman's Daybook<div align="center">Outside my window:</div><br /><div align="center">Clear blue and sunny skies. I think the high is going to be in the 60's.</div><p><br /></p><div align="center">I am thinking:</div><br /><div align="center">I can't believe my baby is 4...no more babies in the house...</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I am thankful for:</div><br /><div align="center">being able to stay home with my children.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I am wearing:</div><br /><div align="center">Pink polka dot pj bottoms with Julio's sweatshirt and fluffy pink slippers.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I am remembering:</div><br /><div align="center">That the Lord's grace is sufficient.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I am creating:</div><br /><div align="center">more hair flowers to sell.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.floragrace.etsy.com/">http://www.floragrace.etsy.com/</a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I'm going:</div><br /><div align="center">to a friend's house this afternoon to learn some tips on vegetable gardening.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I am reading:</div><br /><div align="center">The Bible</div><br /><div align="center">The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe</div><br /><div align="center">Lots of children's books about kings and queens</div><br /><div align="center">The Jesus Storybook Bible</div><br /><div align="center">The new edition of This Old Schoolhouse magazine</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I am hoping:</div><br /><div align="center">That Julio will find full time work soon or that he will start making some money with his LED business.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">On my mind:</div><br /><div align="center">Grandpa Calibeo in Michigan and his failing health...</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">What we're studying:</div><br /><div align="center">beginning our kings and queens unit today. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I am hearing:</div><br /><div align="center">The kids playing so nicely together while I post this. They're playing a new game that Michaela got for her birthday yesterday.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">From the kitchen:</div><br /><div align="center">dirty dishes waiting to be washed...</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Around the house:</div><br /><div align="center">kids in pj's playing a game.</div><br /><div align="center">chores waiting to be done.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">One of my favorite things:</div><br /><div align="center">The smell of coffee brewing in the morning.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">A few plans for the week:</div><br /><div align="center">Gardening lesson today. </div><br /><div align="center">Renaissance festival, choir, and bible study all on Thursday!</div><br /><div align="center">Date night on Friday.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">A picture thought for today:</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrj4SICC2oSdwnRzKcmtlaJu-MbSMVlYw0b0vPkBZNEkAEmoHBUICVOXbAzwOJHdJ_AK7jtbuDdKye-X0WFYkU_IQ-WCTe_Ac3r2d9bUoS4L7Y1Noqp-_0_D14JmfWZQdu0hX64flyKRA/s1600-h/all+258.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435911600728158226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrj4SICC2oSdwnRzKcmtlaJu-MbSMVlYw0b0vPkBZNEkAEmoHBUICVOXbAzwOJHdJ_AK7jtbuDdKye-X0WFYkU_IQ-WCTe_Ac3r2d9bUoS4L7Y1Noqp-_0_D14JmfWZQdu0hX64flyKRA/s320/all+258.jpg" /></a><br /><br />My baby is not a baby anymore.....oh how I wish I could have another....<br /><br /><br /><br />Join <a href="http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/">http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/</a><br /></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-67473838542417664642009-08-07T17:27:00.000-07:002009-08-08T06:38:23.731-07:00Not Back to School Blog Hop: Curriculum WeekDarcy at <a href="http://www.my3boybarians.com/not-back-to-school-blog-hop-curriculum-week-2009/">my 3 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">boybarians</span></a> is hosting a blog hop this week. Hop on over there to see what other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">homeschool</span> mom's have planned for this year.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Here are my plans for the 2009/2010 school year. I really love Charlotte Mason's approach to education. You can read about her <a href="http://simplycharlottemason.com/basics/what-is-the-charlotte-mason-method/">here</a>. I have attached a link to all of the books.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367391222314790642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCW1sesNQdBsWJibWTEWv_ctj8DAq3iZE4H0JRtXCm9LW8E-7eJDPuOZtCjdN_vsrOGzP6qmI6odYXvGAC9UN7aASzVTUEUcFHud-EkL2jpEyFO3Ukl7VKQ-3vriRpTDkACAY6Scqahmc/s320/April+2009+197.jpg" border="0" /><br />For Family Time: History, Science, Literature, Bible, and Character Training we will be using <a href="http://www.konos.com/elemcurriculum/originalkonos.htm"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Konos</span> Volume 1</a> Unit Studies and going to a co op every Tuesday with about 10 other families.<br />The Units we will be doing this year are:<br /><br />For the orderliness character trait we will be studying: Counting/Measuring/Calendars/Seasons/Planets/Moons<br />Classifying<br />Animal Classification<br />Rock Classification<br />Plant Classification<br /><br />For the Obedience character trait we will be studying:<br />Horses<br />Authority/Light/Bible<br />Kings and Queens<br /><br />For attentiveness and Patience we will be studying:<br />Birds<br /><br />For Stewardship we will be studying:<br />Nutrition<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Exercise</span><br />rest/fun<br /><br />We will be using a lot of library books and doing a ton of hands on activities with each unit and we also have a field trip planned for each unit. I'm really excited to get the co op started! It will be a lot of work but I think it will be so much fun for all of us!<br /><br />For P.E. we will be going to Athlete's In Training which is a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">homeschool</span> P.E. class every Friday morning.<br /><br />Hymn Study: "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=hymns+for+a+kids+heart&tag=yahhyd-20&index=aps&hvadid=42688266511&ref=pd_sl_8z8uthn8p4_e">Hymns for a kids Heart</a>" working on each hymn for a few weeks.<br /><br />Composer/Artist study: Learning about a new composer and Artist every 6 weeks using the library as a resource.<br /><br />Italian: possibly Rosetta Stone, not sure yet.<br /><br />Shakespeare: Reading "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" and "Twelfth Knight" by "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=shakespeare+can+be+fun&tag=yahhyd-20&index=aps&hvadid=19458010511&ref=pd_sl_8jd2d2tp4e_b">Shakespeare Can Be Fun</a>!"<br /></p><p>Art: <a href="http://www.artisticpursuits.com/ak-3.htm#k-3%20a">Artistic Pursuits</a></p><p><br />Nature walks and nature <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">journaling</span>.<br /><br />In the evenings Daddy is reading through the "<a href="http://www.ywampublishing.com/c-39-hero-biographies.aspx">Youth with a Mission</a>" series "Christian Heroes:Then and Now" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">out loud</span> to us. We are reading "Gladys <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Aylward</span>" right now.<br /><br /><br />Now for each child's curriculum for the year.<br /><br /></p><div align="center">Michaela age 3/4</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367390021636057282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA3zpY7XiLQHMFzGJksLM0mKSm33uoqzMCR2YvPP3OMiolxbIfh4762mYjOTReFF_gyRHbxeju0gC_TJu6mPrRVJT4cBjsEIbOyv2-n5g153JU3lTVTghnwBETsHV1gx21XaFvwFUlPY/s320/P6194925.JPG" border="0" />lots of reading time on Mommy's lap.</div><div align="center">learning letters and numbers.</div><div align="center">Beginning to print.</div><div align="center">Lots of painting, play <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">doh</span>, and messy crafts.</div><div align="center">And I'm sure she'll be getting into plenty of mischief while I'm working with her brother and sister...<br /></div><p></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p></p><p align="center"><br />Marina age 5/6 1st grade:</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367388760559169202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUAtHv-1YoU8Tmi2NoJoTnym9WaMFr6FYhNjbEv1jzcuedCxcnzy-yeXgRPfaonQFJ5ahnCLqdwYhHwMbYzDv9OJxf8jrYFOMRXP2JqIGL0ov8OpWpgPLBHVA1fVGWR5t1GNzFH-1XMk/s320/P6124921.JPG" border="0" /><a href="http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/Language%20Lessons/Language%20Lessons.html">Language Lessons for Little Ones Volume 3</a> and <a href="http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/copyworkandpoetry.html">Copy work for Little Girls</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.explodethecode.com/">Explode the Code 2,3,4</a> Online</p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.mathusee.com/alpha.html">Math U See Alpha</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reason-Handwriting-Manuscript-B/dp/093678539X/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249738325&sr=8-6">A Reason For Handwriting </a>B</p><p align="center">Bible: Scripture memory and reading out of her children's bible.</p><p align="center">Girls swimming and art club once a week<br /><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p align="center"><br />Julio age 8/9 3rd grade:</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367386984871843282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_rSp79b8Yl-5tpPJEvukl7hzw4oGs8fZoLGrfj_9KgoPCY16Vx_PRZMq_R6UkRAc3fznaBFcK0fKAoqvPPKUcUQVVFiziYSxrTahyphenhyphenQkt-_vJ7q-q0v4NL1keE0wvFsttEu_-FlrBB3k/s320/P6124894.JPG" border="0" /><a href="http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/Language%20Lessons/Language%20Lessons.html">Language Lessons for the Very Young Volume 2</a> and <a href="http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/copyworkandpoetry.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Copywork</span> for Little Boys</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/Spellingthroughcopywork/spellingthroughcopywork.html">Learning Spelling through <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Copywork</span> A</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/Cursive/cursiveframeset.html">Pictures in Cursive A</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.mathusee.com/gamma.html">Math U See Gamma </a>and moving to <a href="http://www.mathusee.com/delta.html">Delta</a> mid year</p><p align="center">Bible: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Study-Discover-Yourself®-Inductive-Studies/dp/0736903623">"Discover 4 Yourself</a>" inductive bible study for kids and scripture memory.</p><p align="center">Boys Lego club once a week and, Lord willing, piano lessons.<br /><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p>WOW! That seems like a lot when it's all written out like that! I won't be doing every subject every day so my schedule really isn't that crazy. Some things are only once a week and some subjects only take 10-15 minutes. You'd be surprised how much a child can learn in just 10 minutes a day if it's done <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">consistently</span> and one on one!</p><p>I hope you enjoyed reading what our plans are for this year. I'm looking forward to a blessed year with my blessings! </p><p>In Christ,</p><p><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Marilena</span></p>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-42678107768294131262009-06-18T13:16:00.000-07:002009-08-10T16:40:00.745-07:00A new place to call home....well, for a little while.<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><div align="center">We've had a lot going on around here for the past few months. At the beginning of May we found out that we had to be out of our house by the end of the month. Julio was still not working full time and we had no $ to put down on a rental so we were a little bit nervous...But the Lord moved His mighty hand and we are all settled in a very nice 3 bedroom house in Scottsdale! A dear friend of ours from church is visiting her sick mother in Canada for a couple of months so we are staying in her rental house while she is away. It has worked out perfectly and we are very grateful! God's provision has been amazing over the last couple of months!! I am just awestruck by the generosity of our brothers and sisters in Christ. We have been able to keep up with our bills and feed our family and we've even been gifted a couple of date nights! </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Julio has been working with our old next door neighbors and our very best friends here in AZ. They own a pool business and Julio has been trying to get them some commercial accounts and he has also been doing pool maintenance for them. They just landed a big job here in Scottsdale which will keep us afloat for a couple of months. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">We are still not sure what the Lord has in store for us in the near future but it seems like work is starting to pick up for Julio and we might be able to stay. We are very torn about staying here or returning to Michigan. We really miss our family(especially now that my sister had a beautiful baby girl yesterday!!!! Her name is Natalia and I am dying to squeeze her) But we really feel like there is more opportunity here than in Michigan. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Please continue to pray for our situation. We are really asking for God's clear guidance on where we are to go. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Here are some pictures for you. I have a ton from the past few months but I don't have time to post them all.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348776109475637186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5_uEaock8Dow_fLnMOEJgR0sG-tfMyAsjNQCPGxgOAnV5VnBVa_YOQWVgmuhz_dpL1oILdDWCYxRLn-vFFnjUkA5BQfu8WU522XvVNA4VRquXTWku63zqjnaU7w_lZbdktqnoyV-YPI/s320/April+2009+017.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">My parents and my Aunt and Uncle from Italy came to visit us in April. We took a road trip and here we are in Sedona.<br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348775666982462482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5z4NXHTEXyRtdUOHVmoNGI7b_qzuDvGYUSUQCLENviklWWZbQDy_ZIGPT2q4cHXJnNtfoqLE3Gn8f8EoZdyiX3ElNV1j0y5J-XczIpGGLhd1MF0rjjUpfBZdg42jT8Pggv5L7ix_zrU/s320/April+2009+043.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">My Aunt and my mom at the Grand Canyon.<br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348775384446158130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPgTZNW2ngm0hijgUlNLWvIwtFfdZAfjukiX1NKLG0kMhLNmSFhRY__iFjqtVYdPjeLIHawQtNiorFPzUbtm-cRItdekebblfz4_mjk0m661pD8obB355SE6xWM6R4kDmxGnuS1uZYUI/s320/April+2009+058.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">The kids looking at dolphins at the Secret Garden Zoo in Las Vegas.</p><p align="center"><br /></p><br /><p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348775121305087314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDiz0dkLgsbVjN3AhHeVCnKoO_0bBrCn29X2sn3xVEn5vyDjFFtM7RO1-CgkxvfPbfZodXYpeEn_9SsVsfBpdksWEhUcwNwSZR48cMI0J33KWgNodWDuRVxNEUGZ50pb-pyvUAH9gOmU/s320/April+2009+128.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Our fishing trip....</p><p align="center"><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348774795283645570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprtzlHVl6z3sDfuEPH2T6GUBFMRvuJn1RolE_9YH85hdjaP86dr5IH192EPvm74mCZ6IElWsrdKYYS7ZFpeAujDtP1ZIsI6Mqn49OOZUtTmMjBz3dGFluKYYWo4UCpM_UVNCN6KkUVHg/s320/April+2009+213.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Julio and I took the kids to Southwest Bible Camp for the woman's conference in New Mexico. This is us in the Catwalk.<br /><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348769008928821266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3_pexGuDvui2Q9o1p-mHdZ4GPK_iMBgzFwbzxir6x0xUFy5uCXW-NyWCuRVRkW7OCJrZJE01SQh5nfS7I962c7NMSZNCZG4fewIcopJxMDUmy35pF1lprS0NSu3Kl6z-cqmJw4yEseI/s320/April+2009+254.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center">We went to White Sands in New Mexico and it was Awesome!!</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">Love you all,</p><p align="center">Mar</p>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-79652280398652035832009-01-30T11:04:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:44:07.726-08:00No news yet... just some pictures for you.Hello Everyone,<br /><br />No news yet on the job front except for some contract work up in Flagstaff. Julio has a 6 week contract and he is 3 weeks into it. He is there about 3 times a week and we are very grateful for the money coming in. He hasn't gotten any calls for interviews and he has his resume out all over the country. Please continue to pray that he will get some interviews soon!<br /><br /> We have been doing a lot of fun stuff lately! I have a bunch of pictures that I want to share with you but no time to upload them all so I'll just start you off with a few from the Phoenix children's museum. Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Here' s Michaela after she got done painting the play house in the arts and crafts room...I love the guilty look on her face.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhy6NpGGVYbrZNzdj7Vog9jGwafTudask1R7pTGzb_dUAaWUHbL0HW23lrpaZCfrVJgAH2iUbzRduu8L_ddLvRAbFLl2kiCqyA5Z5PdXFn0O58dREsDtcbtAQjpd7s9uCNEJpeEzDuWc/s1600-h/P1014118.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298271773352003682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhy6NpGGVYbrZNzdj7Vog9jGwafTudask1R7pTGzb_dUAaWUHbL0HW23lrpaZCfrVJgAH2iUbzRduu8L_ddLvRAbFLl2kiCqyA5Z5PdXFn0O58dREsDtcbtAQjpd7s9uCNEJpeEzDuWc/s320/P1014118.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />and here's Marina AFTER I washed her hands!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrBGFMet5HHBncYHv9xj1Nz15nM9qTVBQoHSq9QdgOQmmHdKB3DjhWj-5uMS5GKO92GTpfkSpucEYoQVJoMAnOK8wV3XTaC47bZXvBS2S75JolGCJJ2BnLKb0hqTVk67kVAzHVsl_LBo/s1600-h/P1014120.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298271548565153922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrBGFMet5HHBncYHv9xj1Nz15nM9qTVBQoHSq9QdgOQmmHdKB3DjhWj-5uMS5GKO92GTpfkSpucEYoQVJoMAnOK8wV3XTaC47bZXvBS2S75JolGCJJ2BnLKb0hqTVk67kVAzHVsl_LBo/s320/P1014120.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was the best part of the museum, the noodle forest!! The kids just ran around in there like crazy people and I even took a turn running through it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEL8pkwErHqHHgl5uQkA5fmLS3Z9LRxDQqGXYWg11Qpd3xzbNWcmpYGuREjxv4_SbxoFrw-etoVeOk4SsOB2Kmj1kPHlASf-UuSLxb4Xhqv5E5kFrRFF4slfjOIpFpJYfXP0aARZTjo0/s1600-h/P1014122.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298271267949880178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEL8pkwErHqHHgl5uQkA5fmLS3Z9LRxDQqGXYWg11Qpd3xzbNWcmpYGuREjxv4_SbxoFrw-etoVeOk4SsOB2Kmj1kPHlASf-UuSLxb4Xhqv5E5kFrRFF4slfjOIpFpJYfXP0aARZTjo0/s320/P1014122.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Making "play" pizza's in the brick oven.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdOaXBoZkUXFSGRuoj3lAyxetFs4_6TsUm_zbgTxCISRW_RRYG1RD8BDBqk_WRqkHbxbQq97O3lMSvIdx9GGMuJB1z2TmLUWwdmj2zlaSXjeR4iYQwYgWkTwpS7eNyEXPFAbr28lA3zA/s1600-h/P1014134.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298270903486843618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdOaXBoZkUXFSGRuoj3lAyxetFs4_6TsUm_zbgTxCISRW_RRYG1RD8BDBqk_WRqkHbxbQq97O3lMSvIdx9GGMuJB1z2TmLUWwdmj2zlaSXjeR4iYQwYgWkTwpS7eNyEXPFAbr28lA3zA/s320/P1014134.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />playing in the kitchen.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2yUBOaHYGAGsK6-zXagvcf4J2DIJ1DQEUOrAQ48QRY-galV_tBVk-SDuvOowOGSqaIG92ZCOekkrjiezLeH5ck_ZPEWkzLI9IyjUm0DtEKYN4s3W9pYrJ3uxU_eGaIMxt0oU7VW8O7g/s1600-h/P1014140.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298270483953132658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2yUBOaHYGAGsK6-zXagvcf4J2DIJ1DQEUOrAQ48QRY-galV_tBVk-SDuvOowOGSqaIG92ZCOekkrjiezLeH5ck_ZPEWkzLI9IyjUm0DtEKYN4s3W9pYrJ3uxU_eGaIMxt0oU7VW8O7g/s320/P1014140.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />grocery shopping.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIeO5VA7wUtLPO1bCuKfktFkGDlF0TEUBxQBblDFt2WZaL54UUQuut4SSG5ttzkxweplV3V6KvXahg4lz1FLVXryxOZdzBUlLmChq728VE1JdtNFM84dqymApMwRuMJJQmUkLrvfV68c/s1600-h/P1014149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298269986793276962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIeO5VA7wUtLPO1bCuKfktFkGDlF0TEUBxQBblDFt2WZaL54UUQuut4SSG5ttzkxweplV3V6KvXahg4lz1FLVXryxOZdzBUlLmChq728VE1JdtNFM84dqymApMwRuMJJQmUkLrvfV68c/s320/P1014149.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Playing on the front lawn of the museum.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLSOaVwdfcliH3IC2vs7M2aBSG6Oor0TzuqYhehRpfQJ-J3RnGeI5EkIdjOFK2N38TmTl5EZb_TWrdLy_kJkfT18_sJFbwiopddshGlq7jF1BKbo-lYHHMGmuUSEhnAlNA6ThWyHM3cw/s1600-h/P1014150.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298269680116480242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLSOaVwdfcliH3IC2vs7M2aBSG6Oor0TzuqYhehRpfQJ-J3RnGeI5EkIdjOFK2N38TmTl5EZb_TWrdLy_kJkfT18_sJFbwiopddshGlq7jF1BKbo-lYHHMGmuUSEhnAlNA6ThWyHM3cw/s320/P1014150.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br />Lunch!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXOXtk6EWCwpELd1jUmQWhbearXIB2jHR1zWncGXcIYZnzTZFErHhjEDPoSteBm5-Sr_27toSWJ95q-ye3gWTacPJ-dIMQ6SRff_b_tDjCU3xLlbnk4Zhxnv78UZy5drQLZea7dSyIYk/s1600-h/P1014152.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298269392579820194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXOXtk6EWCwpELd1jUmQWhbearXIB2jHR1zWncGXcIYZnzTZFErHhjEDPoSteBm5-Sr_27toSWJ95q-ye3gWTacPJ-dIMQ6SRff_b_tDjCU3xLlbnk4Zhxnv78UZy5drQLZea7dSyIYk/s320/P1014152.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUxOG0kodmxtcjtdU1aUVhzd5ZDnxq_RVYmziBUUc-Zr-MHA-5s7UxwjqqbEot_RiKmJh_siEV4A3yl2Pkrfp_Q0BtzdivrulhZy2jmYZgfX0auTk9VeR4frNg4h3Q_F_10Zdp3SGG8o/s1600-h/P1014157.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298269032936653394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUxOG0kodmxtcjtdU1aUVhzd5ZDnxq_RVYmziBUUc-Zr-MHA-5s7UxwjqqbEot_RiKmJh_siEV4A3yl2Pkrfp_Q0BtzdivrulhZy2jmYZgfX0auTk9VeR4frNg4h3Q_F_10Zdp3SGG8o/s320/P1014157.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />washing windows with squeegie's. I gotta get me some of those for the kids to play with. They loved it!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2ExWrfL8mSzcLrZX7zM9ceIsibiQJXM0sWMglNRc5H813cf1VWwLsEnu_6mR_7_ENkz1WkgnFBNQDTZ5ntby8IFZZ2kzP3exrJLnvlJf368dbWPmZFSioV10aQPMeTGFaseDcUY7v_A/s1600-h/P1014163.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297170768945056242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2ExWrfL8mSzcLrZX7zM9ceIsibiQJXM0sWMglNRc5H813cf1VWwLsEnu_6mR_7_ENkz1WkgnFBNQDTZ5ntby8IFZZ2kzP3exrJLnvlJf368dbWPmZFSioV10aQPMeTGFaseDcUY7v_A/s320/P1014163.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nKyhUENgNPX7OkN_CgEXqpybsuu_SPPzEpH2e8Dg4nbw_Vl59jQz1OWK7hUZi3E-t67Jh8QS-1vUWKHpmaaYcNuiPs2a9R2TCtgs5wsak4knilVHPFiFk4Eg_-y5WGR3eD93edsRDt4/s1600-h/P1014164.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297170429839083362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nKyhUENgNPX7OkN_CgEXqpybsuu_SPPzEpH2e8Dg4nbw_Vl59jQz1OWK7hUZi3E-t67Jh8QS-1vUWKHpmaaYcNuiPs2a9R2TCtgs5wsak4knilVHPFiFk4Eg_-y5WGR3eD93edsRDt4/s320/P1014164.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The trees out front were filled with these bird houses and I thought it was adorable! I wish I had a tree in my yard....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigT5omQjUtWssGdQrURjfl34aqdADJYPv2boAow1IBxKcHtg6GiYwF-8OtPWKUkmzK2-r9Tkfiz98gMsML3SeZXeUUhJGNGLXuP26OGIRfWvnhYPjt-dXcFZPYdQ-ZYJ4ZTeBMFG2dz90/s1600-h/P1014166.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297169066638313346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigT5omQjUtWssGdQrURjfl34aqdADJYPv2boAow1IBxKcHtg6GiYwF-8OtPWKUkmzK2-r9Tkfiz98gMsML3SeZXeUUhJGNGLXuP26OGIRfWvnhYPjt-dXcFZPYdQ-ZYJ4ZTeBMFG2dz90/s320/P1014166.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>sitting on the front steps. Marina was already inside running around with her little friends.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Q5CpiTgG1EogY9qFS1Z8Xr-epQpS3HQyDG5a_lVsst8NtHLpxiwiojuYO1Stxnh-hqtPJkbE0syIgnmr7JgKvwFHyQ4rtiV39dW01HgTQRM22USM7YPgp-luSn18mFQrjcXCpyV-I0E/s1600-h/P1014170.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297168336477027186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Q5CpiTgG1EogY9qFS1Z8Xr-epQpS3HQyDG5a_lVsst8NtHLpxiwiojuYO1Stxnh-hqtPJkbE0syIgnmr7JgKvwFHyQ4rtiV39dW01HgTQRM22USM7YPgp-luSn18mFQrjcXCpyV-I0E/s320/P1014170.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>This thing was really cool. The kids would put a scarf in one of the holes at the bottom and it would be sucked through the tubes and come flying out of the top. Loved it! (That's our little friend Hannah in the picture.)<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MIsPbs5bYEV2tm8A519kZs_ZLu__E9ZZ62qlB7JluXkZsgbKBRRs68enSZ6kEGBa0Yu8_sC2kuQV_4sZDYLzy4uHQoFjpOtiiUHyyY88EMy54S5ipM8HP1hd8llfbTD7KNmkupVSRrU/s1600-h/P1014181.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297166959961298146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MIsPbs5bYEV2tm8A519kZs_ZLu__E9ZZ62qlB7JluXkZsgbKBRRs68enSZ6kEGBa0Yu8_sC2kuQV_4sZDYLzy4uHQoFjpOtiiUHyyY88EMy54S5ipM8HP1hd8llfbTD7KNmkupVSRrU/s320/P1014181.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div> I have a lot more pictures to share but I'm going to have to post them later. I know I haven't been a very good blogger lately and I will try to post more frequently... </div><div>Thanks for all of your prayers!</div><div> </div><div>Love you,</div><div>Mar<br /><br /></div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-69396582099285714152009-01-26T10:25:00.000-08:002009-01-26T10:49:38.787-08:00Pray for us!Wow! It's been awhile since I've posted! Sorry.... I've been putting all of my pictures on facebook and I haven't had time to keep up my blog. Well... a lot has been going on around our house. We had a wonderful, quiet, peaceful Christmas and then we got to take a nice vacation to Michigan to have Christmas all over again with our extended families. Unfortunately, when we got back to Phoenix, Julio got laid off.... he is searching for a new job right now and Lord willing he will find something soon! And to top things off, our landlord wants to put the house that we're living in up for sale so we have about 3 months to find a new home. Needless to say, we are under a little bit of stress....but surprisingly we both feel really at peace knowing that the Lord will take care of us and He knew our situation even before it happened and He has a plan for us.... it's just hard to wait....We've been through this before and we really saw the hand of God lead us to Arizona, we don't know if these new circumstances are going to lead us out of Arizona but wherever He leads we will follow. I feel like I'm just getting used to things around here and I really love all of my new friends. I would love to move closer to family but I would have liked a little more time here..... Julio asked me the other night if I would like to stay here or move closer to Michigan and I said I would really like the Lord to choose for me... so that's what my prayer has been, that the Lord will choose whatever job and location is best for our family at this point in our lives.<br /><br />Please pray for us.... I'll be posting a ton of pictures very soon.<br /><br />With love,<br />MarilenaMarilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-76868075475129637402008-12-15T11:04:00.000-08:002008-12-15T11:58:48.367-08:00Yee haw!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifq7ZeXw54Xpqyo5AUi-6vEGSwrD3NFrAwXg1Z7ff4lKDasc4Ly5XiTKHiXWqdJgp_0sKuPYu4D-lRrz5iCS0ZJ39Re_S1EqqD470FImZ_byQfvFMSIrSwwj7ni6pqiScUF3Wdx6ePdqw/s1600-h/P1013711.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280108168557781298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifq7ZeXw54Xpqyo5AUi-6vEGSwrD3NFrAwXg1Z7ff4lKDasc4Ly5XiTKHiXWqdJgp_0sKuPYu4D-lRrz5iCS0ZJ39Re_S1EqqD470FImZ_byQfvFMSIrSwwj7ni6pqiScUF3Wdx6ePdqw/s320/P1013711.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKF2EC3S_A9Hbu_NK7Qz_tKC-EYfdZ9lTkagdVQJTxWHt2Soc56ToRLkI4aPvalBnhPW_kC1omBd9Y4aVq23eQqWnBo2b9HHBsjLyJnxgjIvUG1_yFIMMoFTJWE-M9wMc3U-5kTmmabEA/s1600-h/P1013679.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280101469488829474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKF2EC3S_A9Hbu_NK7Qz_tKC-EYfdZ9lTkagdVQJTxWHt2Soc56ToRLkI4aPvalBnhPW_kC1omBd9Y4aVq23eQqWnBo2b9HHBsjLyJnxgjIvUG1_yFIMMoFTJWE-M9wMc3U-5kTmmabEA/s320/P1013679.JPG" border="0" /></a>We had a great weekend! We went to a Christmas party for little Julio's boy's club "Contenders for the faith" and they had a square dance caller there. It was so fun!! It was at our friend's pastor's home. They have a great backyard and it was a beautiful sunny day. </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div align="center">Marina wouldn't dance with anyone besides her daddy. She wouldn't switch partners when it was time and she was making it a little bit difficult for us. So she sat out for most of it...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8vNGbDhfsjmkW1UE38-zmhTtr4n0ymw_l0qEXQhh94_FEdf-xYBjlroPMC_50bVNBuSCCVoYBHNGihPhdUmNIaua955i2oH5xWYbHG0xzdV3d08pkZs-TNlgb1-KWUTlZa8aLUxEKTM/s1600-h/P1013676.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280100962215592258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8vNGbDhfsjmkW1UE38-zmhTtr4n0ymw_l0qEXQhh94_FEdf-xYBjlroPMC_50bVNBuSCCVoYBHNGihPhdUmNIaua955i2oH5xWYbHG0xzdV3d08pkZs-TNlgb1-KWUTlZa8aLUxEKTM/s320/P1013676.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br />here she is clinging to daddy's arm...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDIfBf0NSS-HTZn451l1VVqOTZyEtOOpIGjuom7Tf83qrDxXkDgTrzazqKYpp19NVJIuTUoHemMSbP5nkT7Qatm33fav8ycsMgUlRWadaicqYU2lGDAyqpbGJES5FIxMAU_rr0HIzo7c/s1600-h/P1013674.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280100572825588258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDIfBf0NSS-HTZn451l1VVqOTZyEtOOpIGjuom7Tf83qrDxXkDgTrzazqKYpp19NVJIuTUoHemMSbP5nkT7Qatm33fav8ycsMgUlRWadaicqYU2lGDAyqpbGJES5FIxMAU_rr0HIzo7c/s320/P1013674.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That's Julio and I at the end of the line.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2_abvI991vhgPxrpkFJmjwW7Co8fod-gIJWnPdFVYb4jHc0jBn8ZxAgk3Q2np4ADVfcGisqFz4fC4ZmjcP_7ypfCce3Be5fZhrVq7sTwvfM5wH2_ckDI4qFX3ZQivuBZMVcf_05rbCU/s1600-h/P1013680.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280099981472523602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2_abvI991vhgPxrpkFJmjwW7Co8fod-gIJWnPdFVYb4jHc0jBn8ZxAgk3Q2np4ADVfcGisqFz4fC4ZmjcP_7ypfCce3Be5fZhrVq7sTwvfM5wH2_ckDI4qFX3ZQivuBZMVcf_05rbCU/s320/P1013680.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Julio didn't like the partner dancing, but he got down during the line dancing!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQxQcGBYG6nAelki3K_O6My7R3jmEhNvPPALhlcV74TJjl-LUJU5tcG1d-fZ4_qGD0P1D3x_WMuV23r1HhTGCsMtnmtm8O9weACg4tm40OWG_bkDKfZgAUUK8RqQVroHfGppxcvJKA8M/s1600-h/P1013689.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280098872968120082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQxQcGBYG6nAelki3K_O6My7R3jmEhNvPPALhlcV74TJjl-LUJU5tcG1d-fZ4_qGD0P1D3x_WMuV23r1HhTGCsMtnmtm8O9weACg4tm40OWG_bkDKfZgAUUK8RqQVroHfGppxcvJKA8M/s320/P1013689.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwCjLOozQK-RrrjF1Ak7dviMLKT0UCf6zdUkUJbueiA22wrIqe3QNUsxsb5HLEv-7N2U8DA5AlDEhwg8nvZcba6QEouHLExir2QTJe81lDMSUTkZ_HJPytLNNAH9VXEsPO6Yy5AkxasU/s1600-h/P1013692.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280098464882449058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwCjLOozQK-RrrjF1Ak7dviMLKT0UCf6zdUkUJbueiA22wrIqe3QNUsxsb5HLEv-7N2U8DA5AlDEhwg8nvZcba6QEouHLExir2QTJe81lDMSUTkZ_HJPytLNNAH9VXEsPO6Yy5AkxasU/s320/P1013692.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9y4Ndf_eVYj112SeUCEuhCR96eSI-e_NM4FWqsVyI-NBz5-XJi0JYDI1v64_-VK3KFNWwcjB1wLOiFUBD52U7XGCz_-lQmbVHXS7jIVuUa-Wsrz3J029V1vYM0BAfxRg2nsvs14e4FEI/s1600-h/P1013693.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280098224739896066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9y4Ndf_eVYj112SeUCEuhCR96eSI-e_NM4FWqsVyI-NBz5-XJi0JYDI1v64_-VK3KFNWwcjB1wLOiFUBD52U7XGCz_-lQmbVHXS7jIVuUa-Wsrz3J029V1vYM0BAfxRg2nsvs14e4FEI/s320/P1013693.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />he was concentrating on the steps so hard. See his little tongue sticking out.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlRJ4r5uBQ3w9ffFSHKbQLu8o3OOt9k2tkfrB_6yoSWPg4VzK0tZV8_MGk5UjM8UYqOW_mjkwdBXf5FN2QBHaH9B9XIWKmxYU7fzlFqjCTGMjb6xzVJ0JY94LyIP0dc4h6L9LJUZADq0/s1600-h/P1013694.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280097963682548994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlRJ4r5uBQ3w9ffFSHKbQLu8o3OOt9k2tkfrB_6yoSWPg4VzK0tZV8_MGk5UjM8UYqOW_mjkwdBXf5FN2QBHaH9B9XIWKmxYU7fzlFqjCTGMjb6xzVJ0JY94LyIP0dc4h6L9LJUZADq0/s320/P1013694.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />That's me and the girls doing the boot scootin boogy!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08ulZernBDh2PgUWaw3pdJmcjqhoo4xkrtZ_JFcukt78LLk-eBgMBdI8DBO3rZOVvtK4TghPH7QE_eAdNNfTWgxgDj4Sm9cuyRRZVFH7OXo5zKOmEsu8OPn_DKFHe9pRRvawyVt09Y2A/s1600-h/P1013696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280097557065717714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08ulZernBDh2PgUWaw3pdJmcjqhoo4xkrtZ_JFcukt78LLk-eBgMBdI8DBO3rZOVvtK4TghPH7QE_eAdNNfTWgxgDj4Sm9cuyRRZVFH7OXo5zKOmEsu8OPn_DKFHe9pRRvawyVt09Y2A/s320/P1013696.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mr. Green getting his groove on!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV_yy324BbK9Djs43Y1KsCP_9SLkoknzVUKAg2wDxCFuhGQLu9QVAnolSeaR28sPPkXpnb-1MgRW_W0awJlIfSLcyGXuOP-pc-tyJ-Ycch9tS-MgxiE8oVju-dgR6xWU43F3irBHnGYA/s1600-h/P1013698.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280097283040502546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV_yy324BbK9Djs43Y1KsCP_9SLkoknzVUKAg2wDxCFuhGQLu9QVAnolSeaR28sPPkXpnb-1MgRW_W0awJlIfSLcyGXuOP-pc-tyJ-Ycch9tS-MgxiE8oVju-dgR6xWU43F3irBHnGYA/s320/P1013698.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Julio is pretending like he has his hands on his belt buckle.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSV84q8DUfxHNYJ6mQUxcQi8t8AsBII4HNWQrwRfTTdTgS8paibilrvsLy8nF4TlxkkpVW0r2C8qIeDudBW5XOwGL6YjKxLn90SftTo23ThbxFMiv7pUgCYnmlawaZjtwiDGkCGB1O7Q/s1600-h/P1013702.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280096930759954290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSV84q8DUfxHNYJ6mQUxcQi8t8AsBII4HNWQrwRfTTdTgS8paibilrvsLy8nF4TlxkkpVW0r2C8qIeDudBW5XOwGL6YjKxLn90SftTo23ThbxFMiv7pUgCYnmlawaZjtwiDGkCGB1O7Q/s320/P1013702.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BR53S-A1adaEsj-kC9-LiBZKLLALM4w6SWj-pYxFhDFThUeaI7vjc2nYSRnRF60h6MeQYvLMA4bbWwSjma9k5oHyvQHqBMmU-jVj5vdJXVU3xixi1yNhJoJUMrtPDwoyR5cQ8txUgxg/s1600-h/P1013703.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280096479155828130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BR53S-A1adaEsj-kC9-LiBZKLLALM4w6SWj-pYxFhDFThUeaI7vjc2nYSRnRF60h6MeQYvLMA4bbWwSjma9k5oHyvQHqBMmU-jVj5vdJXVU3xixi1yNhJoJUMrtPDwoyR5cQ8txUgxg/s320/P1013703.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Michaela just looking cute!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcipzSJDqn7UXuJ0MnravLdZEfc96UjucqvxXSC5PfWezjA_Ne8RdbOTFVG1nRbltemVxb_KwvWxHo94xbLEeeaTS8FOkUHJC7Dl4T8A20Nja03VS1ORbVyjLr3n2Tm3BcZR3piXIgNA/s1600-h/P1013704.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280096184701527842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcipzSJDqn7UXuJ0MnravLdZEfc96UjucqvxXSC5PfWezjA_Ne8RdbOTFVG1nRbltemVxb_KwvWxHo94xbLEeeaTS8FOkUHJC7Dl4T8A20Nja03VS1ORbVyjLr3n2Tm3BcZR3piXIgNA/s320/P1013704.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The kids love the great climbing trees!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlA7iuKOIjeAKtK2UgleAwHxPOydT1Ekd_0o9MnHxg_5IGuVnu0uKg78tG9SmNYIn9d9c94YvlgyZIxoERsHe7X523uKXCh2ibXQsYkNMdMvFfmo7SZ1MAbKP3rI5jepcDEVfmVF-kKY/s1600-h/P1013705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280095917149908098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlA7iuKOIjeAKtK2UgleAwHxPOydT1Ekd_0o9MnHxg_5IGuVnu0uKg78tG9SmNYIn9d9c94YvlgyZIxoERsHe7X523uKXCh2ibXQsYkNMdMvFfmo7SZ1MAbKP3rI5jepcDEVfmVF-kKY/s320/P1013705.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />and chickens.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzTOO7YCTI1ZC43RdeR95CjStLLcGz9lvxOeOI_5uiVachBwiHfm7Lsm7BH0itG7AaCQoqf-7WIbrwQIBU1VWGSYo4v19nCymcKSNI1cfrUv4jLSQI36NfXstBpJYj8-tZ_IkJOzfow8/s1600-h/P1013707.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280095681607592450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzTOO7YCTI1ZC43RdeR95CjStLLcGz9lvxOeOI_5uiVachBwiHfm7Lsm7BH0itG7AaCQoqf-7WIbrwQIBU1VWGSYo4v19nCymcKSNI1cfrUv4jLSQI36NfXstBpJYj8-tZ_IkJOzfow8/s320/P1013707.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />At the end all of the boys got certificates for completing the fall semester of Contenders.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9Dgth_CSgRnNXUi70ZWFlJvYZbdqNPyB4jV-6eJ50nyczPLN8q-0G7neviamrxccxHwCqPEKVk9pAIEOzXcIWDR5a7ntypHtrOQXM48md-DBiRd-9WLUsKXeSjyZS7POt6dfNOvQdc0/s1600-h/P1013712.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280095377724716434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9Dgth_CSgRnNXUi70ZWFlJvYZbdqNPyB4jV-6eJ50nyczPLN8q-0G7neviamrxccxHwCqPEKVk9pAIEOzXcIWDR5a7ntypHtrOQXM48md-DBiRd-9WLUsKXeSjyZS7POt6dfNOvQdc0/s320/P1013712.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Afterwards we had 2 families over for a barbecue. Fun, food, and fellowship, that's what weekends are all about!</div><br /><div>hope you enjoyed the pictures!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Love you,</div><br /><div>marilena<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-4465370344987515322008-12-01T15:44:00.000-08:002008-12-05T08:25:38.246-08:00It's been awhile...We've had a rough couple of weeks around here. I was sick with a head cold for about 2 weeks and then this past Monday night all three of the kids got the stomach flu! We were all fine on Wednesday but Thursday morning I came down with the nasty bug too. Let's just say it was a very long day!! I couldn't wait for Julio to get home so I could just go to bed. This morning I feel like a new woman!! Lord willing we will get a ton of school work done and no one else will get sick!!<br /><br />I have a bunch of pictures to share with you from November.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Julio's little league season ended on November 22nd. They were so cute!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3CUtelUfkagPpj8lWH3q-xfJBnGxuRt5lUiHllN6X5eNgUrSfi-uMoqs6_n108hCee2BcL42vp8CEFN4YZFUVUadXi0AMgiGPvT4jtWWcVXLHZIr3P_I_HGNeQmd35t-lC7nvuMBH-s/s1600-h/P1013578.JPG"></div></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274983887079673810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3CUtelUfkagPpj8lWH3q-xfJBnGxuRt5lUiHllN6X5eNgUrSfi-uMoqs6_n108hCee2BcL42vp8CEFN4YZFUVUadXi0AMgiGPvT4jtWWcVXLHZIr3P_I_HGNeQmd35t-lC7nvuMBH-s/s320/P1013578.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKCD9yp7jD6v8Nn8AYc1ust99gl3guwaCkfoinWUxC0dMIr4nRbRxAgffYQcvR2Jhuk1Eo5V_Wt6p2rh-d_NOJ1EYwMRQnTxvVeDhUJMGub8f3uqM3uPfcPr43l51FzGs2Fl4Ddjeyeg/s1600-h/P1013582.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274983455712199314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKCD9yp7jD6v8Nn8AYc1ust99gl3guwaCkfoinWUxC0dMIr4nRbRxAgffYQcvR2Jhuk1Eo5V_Wt6p2rh-d_NOJ1EYwMRQnTxvVeDhUJMGub8f3uqM3uPfcPr43l51FzGs2Fl4Ddjeyeg/s320/P1013582.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The girls made friends with all of the other players sisters. They looked forward to the games so they could play with their new friends.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJIRn2sTRgeQ3qw264Cgs3ocVqJxmeMYqdHlTYVIWakz9n5WRJK41sFLWqXA9qJd8xjXbSvpjUMY3r_BbLVm07eR0Y2q3HkgG8JN3PgDkynZJEmx6-O30b30v9rW3KlBd-0s0yuAUGUk/s1600-h/P1013583.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274982794316347010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJIRn2sTRgeQ3qw264Cgs3ocVqJxmeMYqdHlTYVIWakz9n5WRJK41sFLWqXA9qJd8xjXbSvpjUMY3r_BbLVm07eR0Y2q3HkgG8JN3PgDkynZJEmx6-O30b30v9rW3KlBd-0s0yuAUGUk/s320/P1013583.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVknDqceHlxmiZz3VhWUBUSCt375hDxj6Vve38lzWG3DxFKea4gL8jQrNrulPArmFyhjPBUqQe75WyFkl1luToa0dpjT0o1pNz-h4qc06B3AdEBwwG8t9jvcnZqRgLtcHpgbpEjfE2QU/s1600-h/P1013584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274982274910690546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVknDqceHlxmiZz3VhWUBUSCt375hDxj6Vve38lzWG3DxFKea4gL8jQrNrulPArmFyhjPBUqQe75WyFkl1luToa0dpjT0o1pNz-h4qc06B3AdEBwwG8t9jvcnZqRgLtcHpgbpEjfE2QU/s320/P1013584.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Coach Doug gave each boy a medal and said some nice things about each one of them. It was really sweet.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-ehZJ8YUABWqr7xyyJb7yj5tNovWsskULXaHJ5BlYRBxcLUmj79ZPElOEvUdRfzCkePIBtnRFN4D_RX55DRb2kqGKE3SepKk0dgIHKpN2Ji4QgmDzYipsyUc2URszGbsPn7Gw1ysujY/s1600-h/P1013593.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274981891820353906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-ehZJ8YUABWqr7xyyJb7yj5tNovWsskULXaHJ5BlYRBxcLUmj79ZPElOEvUdRfzCkePIBtnRFN4D_RX55DRb2kqGKE3SepKk0dgIHKpN2Ji4QgmDzYipsyUc2URszGbsPn7Gw1ysujY/s320/P1013593.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We 've been potty training Michaela and it's going really well. She is beginning to tell me when she has to go. Yeah!! We've had a few interesting accidents along the way, like the time she climbed onto the counter to get a cup and peed...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4tsbYuKrtRYYe-FByuEKrjQioFaDgfr1op645FJebSNSvcekEEKmlYO4td96GzKfedZG0CPGIDLuBziKR-VQXOp3Zjo6s_apB0SXRKYo1LOhnau63u78LlhOMRaEaxZv1_EMJw0g1jI/s1600-h/P1013559.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274981521620237426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4tsbYuKrtRYYe-FByuEKrjQioFaDgfr1op645FJebSNSvcekEEKmlYO4td96GzKfedZG0CPGIDLuBziKR-VQXOp3Zjo6s_apB0SXRKYo1LOhnau63u78LlhOMRaEaxZv1_EMJw0g1jI/s320/P1013559.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />My neighbor Kim and I took the kids on a field trip to the Challenger Space Center. </div><div>here are the boys listening to a story about the planets.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPWU05uk9ab3xhQyXmihAkxHcWjUIFgk91Mi40DhFerkTJHkA3Hz5R1_qKkoJaRgEpRec6xcIwJQogkClAi3WC0iHfFtR5MxyBBL-cLBA7k582UqcGD9Hb0vDa331_4jk47fGg6Y9o0E/s1600-h/P1013539.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274980819717039778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPWU05uk9ab3xhQyXmihAkxHcWjUIFgk91Mi40DhFerkTJHkA3Hz5R1_qKkoJaRgEpRec6xcIwJQogkClAi3WC0iHfFtR5MxyBBL-cLBA7k582UqcGD9Hb0vDa331_4jk47fGg6Y9o0E/s320/P1013539.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Marina dancing to a song about the planets.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBt8dobI9Fm9B8tHz0QU0r0a9sxkhEn9HMU0ykqih6sQeWwiH25HKmRdnq0MwAXZDx_zCoLVtWuctSHonv3JMlGVCdWtikfRBBtsNS_cGdkqBSr94tBAqST5S1KBhHP2R2Mlyq81wax4/s1600-h/P1013541.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274980567354436130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBt8dobI9Fm9B8tHz0QU0r0a9sxkhEn9HMU0ykqih6sQeWwiH25HKmRdnq0MwAXZDx_zCoLVtWuctSHonv3JMlGVCdWtikfRBBtsNS_cGdkqBSr94tBAqST5S1KBhHP2R2Mlyq81wax4/s320/P1013541.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />My little astronauts.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Kb6l7EfDmRBnnqwUxZdsFWaHCqyWeZdaUPnGIXEtY6ml6jCvi6nNUs5Ej6FdtYoxNobM8HPJd_uQTAu_JFHlwi-RhBPegepCyRLjTDS8QbdnRhkJyi4VWi11izgQpUxAAxUBjSBNu-Q/s1600-h/P1013546.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274980380438985490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Kb6l7EfDmRBnnqwUxZdsFWaHCqyWeZdaUPnGIXEtY6ml6jCvi6nNUs5Ej6FdtYoxNobM8HPJd_uQTAu_JFHlwi-RhBPegepCyRLjTDS8QbdnRhkJyi4VWi11izgQpUxAAxUBjSBNu-Q/s320/P1013546.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9G0FHsfW4gR13XDAIuErE1XcuxNKWFRdznMry58wun6Evj4EZvwGIOdrn8t2UDqyzc-ula7p6DXDvqxUwK3pQHbs8F3IbTRRVP_nQyzZVjpVQzeRrA05IvAwzw-qBAOspAp2llFRH-8/s1600-h/P1013547.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274980152488825458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9G0FHsfW4gR13XDAIuErE1XcuxNKWFRdznMry58wun6Evj4EZvwGIOdrn8t2UDqyzc-ula7p6DXDvqxUwK3pQHbs8F3IbTRRVP_nQyzZVjpVQzeRrA05IvAwzw-qBAOspAp2llFRH-8/s320/P1013547.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPS1g4ZvvZo64PMOTRKkd552DPODq63rxHexw4aFQSGALhMEABeMXnxIpGcqVsjkbyus-SVa_mZ61ryO-NXLlhVyFzMN4sbcstItQTIlpADgPqA-W2sJzFJOSoQRbBfTqQOG4Is7c0mc/s1600-h/P1013549.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274979913334811842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPS1g4ZvvZo64PMOTRKkd552DPODq63rxHexw4aFQSGALhMEABeMXnxIpGcqVsjkbyus-SVa_mZ61ryO-NXLlhVyFzMN4sbcstItQTIlpADgPqA-W2sJzFJOSoQRbBfTqQOG4Is7c0mc/s320/P1013549.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The boys putting a puzzle together.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25UqZdt2wgKhSREulysQUtgOoFnTt3UiBi6zWV2T7w0UO40fNJGmCts7KE2R5ye2RccNQzHqH6fUdnfisOwI7SA3DdTctgxc9FTJQ3eVDhKJgjDDEzySpXUoSvB9BULS3YxExOpED5Xo/s1600-h/P1013551.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274979661232372690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25UqZdt2wgKhSREulysQUtgOoFnTt3UiBi6zWV2T7w0UO40fNJGmCts7KE2R5ye2RccNQzHqH6fUdnfisOwI7SA3DdTctgxc9FTJQ3eVDhKJgjDDEzySpXUoSvB9BULS3YxExOpED5Xo/s320/P1013551.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />They made their own space suits.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jZ1nW15sE2EJeoDBNeVD6o5bfuO7fnmtVF63CDk6TfCnKNM62Phyphenhyphen7FZt_-F7ihhyBnInW21iIZGL8opRgndMG9m4cldNHqwLMHPXEtbaElpS0_awDnrduDiVIxpngfVTS4IIfhRKieU/s1600-h/P1013554.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274979389159628258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jZ1nW15sE2EJeoDBNeVD6o5bfuO7fnmtVF63CDk6TfCnKNM62Phyphenhyphen7FZt_-F7ihhyBnInW21iIZGL8opRgndMG9m4cldNHqwLMHPXEtbaElpS0_awDnrduDiVIxpngfVTS4IIfhRKieU/s320/P1013554.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pretending to walk on the moon.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueU3j66PYVF-5I1YxM59oY005hLuD6Rd574OnOmZXhJV3zl9DXBhedfxeva2TlzhiKuklTDxbw43climAq46-QXqNQ2-0ePs1q7W_LsAKM3dVpEYJXO9iqRk3Y4PRhB6BxosCwcKHJ94/s1600-h/P1013555.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274979032800114946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueU3j66PYVF-5I1YxM59oY005hLuD6Rd574OnOmZXhJV3zl9DXBhedfxeva2TlzhiKuklTDxbw43climAq46-QXqNQ2-0ePs1q7W_LsAKM3dVpEYJXO9iqRk3Y4PRhB6BxosCwcKHJ94/s320/P1013555.JPG" border="0" /></a>At the end of the class we all got to go in a rocket ship simulator and take a ride around the earth. It was really great and the kids loved it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I just had to share this picture. I was making hard boiled eggs and I turned around to see Marina like this...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9oLb6O0AZ1MT9EAIoLjxiD4DbDFBtZ-dGDntolI6Eh4yhVvMhtDUlVTl3uQVGtLjSg1hAHQH6BcguWzo6rVSJhomEHqpocMdN15oMl3hs6zxmIyjnggsGfHifNZ1xldufrV7AJvzwQg/s1600-h/P1013536.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274978730683428626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9oLb6O0AZ1MT9EAIoLjxiD4DbDFBtZ-dGDntolI6Eh4yhVvMhtDUlVTl3uQVGtLjSg1hAHQH6BcguWzo6rVSJhomEHqpocMdN15oMl3hs6zxmIyjnggsGfHifNZ1xldufrV7AJvzwQg/s320/P1013536.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />She said "Mommy, I'm sitting on my egg to see if it will hatch!"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It never did...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_PzYdb6p_hKkGp5Puxhi8f_R-saCfUx16eGL0IxF3OUKaDsLNf2uNkurDPPZ9lTBI7FfUTOkAq-3jB6qJXIcDKWW4P8zwxbwugmBagf4_E56Wk_gbalv_b8JlzRgN9EPpnDM84c76Mg/s1600-h/P1013538.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274977124903182386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_PzYdb6p_hKkGp5Puxhi8f_R-saCfUx16eGL0IxF3OUKaDsLNf2uNkurDPPZ9lTBI7FfUTOkAq-3jB6qJXIcDKWW4P8zwxbwugmBagf4_E56Wk_gbalv_b8JlzRgN9EPpnDM84c76Mg/s320/P1013538.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We went to Tucson for a church conference at the beginning of November. We stayed with a wonderful family who was very generous to open up their home to us. We had only met them one other time but it's so cool how the Lord brings people together and makes them family. No matter where I am in this world I will always have the body of Christ as my family. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is the beautiful sunrise that we woke up to on Sunday morning.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKy1XhvGaKT5xH5eAM-L6OMfyAMbk2qNnhNGKLz-wq4vT6PJHA5xc9FD0l2_iAyEqhmU3l4zp10T5ufGLylf484LFAbzQU5mvBERxkYBF6TOYAoLI1UQcjfpGXBVJ5oRUQGvlt2K1PSc/s1600-h/P1013516.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274976872585315778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKy1XhvGaKT5xH5eAM-L6OMfyAMbk2qNnhNGKLz-wq4vT6PJHA5xc9FD0l2_iAyEqhmU3l4zp10T5ufGLylf484LFAbzQU5mvBERxkYBF6TOYAoLI1UQcjfpGXBVJ5oRUQGvlt2K1PSc/s320/P1013516.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Michael and Michaela at church. Isn't he the cutest with his little bible?!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhtFT9DgdDfa0aSixaT-ChBITvKbhf6hzTVq3ziVH5ljiARHhzzgPz2MTokI3LSRozS71Tr7TtT5nWg6eqPNbPoxwFj9kZJp6GVC1WJ4PCEMeDBOnNHeZ0b7KG1NLCvn2UY1w-cgrxNQ/s1600-h/P1013521.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274976653816169842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhtFT9DgdDfa0aSixaT-ChBITvKbhf6hzTVq3ziVH5ljiARHhzzgPz2MTokI3LSRozS71Tr7TtT5nWg6eqPNbPoxwFj9kZJp6GVC1WJ4PCEMeDBOnNHeZ0b7KG1NLCvn2UY1w-cgrxNQ/s320/P1013521.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Look at the mischeif just brewing in Michaela's eyes.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNdpnPX0QIjaRXUvCzcLIJm8nEYOKZLveC-FB5ZWzp5N3do4JZ5KBbZVHJe3eSFKrVBe0YBRbTxKFHCSiMt1QOUG7byc8gQ4z-8g5anhyphenhyphenkr71H1PUGmx5eS8YMftSFnzWg0LnQ-43AG8/s1600-h/P1013523.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274976436827028914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNdpnPX0QIjaRXUvCzcLIJm8nEYOKZLveC-FB5ZWzp5N3do4JZ5KBbZVHJe3eSFKrVBe0YBRbTxKFHCSiMt1QOUG7byc8gQ4z-8g5anhyphenhyphenkr71H1PUGmx5eS8YMftSFnzWg0LnQ-43AG8/s320/P1013523.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Julio got a roping lesson from Mark after chapel on Sunday.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ly0-1JZNly7psvNoP-UcQwupSqUpbw9Uzp8k2aU4LSqe96xQIdEIKAa3EGZVZpeYrR8J-J0Guzvs4BjKqqdi8-AldGmVzxAKpyzFqgcuF-uo5tUCTB7VJ2e886ByMnY-axQjHm2gSeA/s1600-h/P1013526.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274976184436843026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ly0-1JZNly7psvNoP-UcQwupSqUpbw9Uzp8k2aU4LSqe96xQIdEIKAa3EGZVZpeYrR8J-J0Guzvs4BjKqqdi8-AldGmVzxAKpyzFqgcuF-uo5tUCTB7VJ2e886ByMnY-axQjHm2gSeA/s320/P1013526.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Mark teaching the guys the correct technique. he grew up in Kansas and Montana, so he's got the whole cowboy thing down.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTL626tSzbZ3mO6SU5aXw8EjbxK4U5xUakPk4rPoJvdYUkhwLCkGbxu0PmKkK8PBhs65fNIpWI93B6WuCDUqC0HwlHmAKdptqjjF8pMS-b-_SXtTcRucjZ8YF1e7k-2OvC3H5YhJ0riqY/s1600-h/P1013527.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274975920249550962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTL626tSzbZ3mO6SU5aXw8EjbxK4U5xUakPk4rPoJvdYUkhwLCkGbxu0PmKkK8PBhs65fNIpWI93B6WuCDUqC0HwlHmAKdptqjjF8pMS-b-_SXtTcRucjZ8YF1e7k-2OvC3H5YhJ0riqY/s320/P1013527.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCE6UeL4OTr1PuqlPGwe4b6SwmbvZhYGeq0VvzBfeU75P0HWdzfPuFzlalNumBC3645X_wH6NnOQglPyfQv7ahigQrd8BLCTUQAM5_R7tLveE8tcI7Hg0UYBAInwhfe9WxrVQauHymas/s1600-h/P1013529.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274975680312939266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCE6UeL4OTr1PuqlPGwe4b6SwmbvZhYGeq0VvzBfeU75P0HWdzfPuFzlalNumBC3645X_wH6NnOQglPyfQv7ahigQrd8BLCTUQAM5_R7tLveE8tcI7Hg0UYBAInwhfe9WxrVQauHymas/s320/P1013529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4J0OVS04NsGbJtyBpVDT1MZeQlvNtKAwPwWyotmCmskJY_Yz_Yl8UjNLj0vykXfD0Q_Z8Ncbyu1YwnfD6tnEORg8F7SCkPzFHmtp4gadiDkBoAdHIqLWlqpalLlUxOjbI7jbJb3dcXvI/s1600-h/P1013530.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274975453278901938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4J0OVS04NsGbJtyBpVDT1MZeQlvNtKAwPwWyotmCmskJY_Yz_Yl8UjNLj0vykXfD0Q_Z8Ncbyu1YwnfD6tnEORg8F7SCkPzFHmtp4gadiDkBoAdHIqLWlqpalLlUxOjbI7jbJb3dcXvI/s320/P1013530.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Marina had to join in on the fun.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyCCEWXAhbfeynX_ll5YykZO3V4477gkSmH_Wji7I7DHLpRPSZZ2FVRAR0HZjj-TiLeYNufr2ywYwVqSjHVGXEgjAzgo8MXVirgBxqoZz7-lt1dpyOXzRjsCwrbe21Y8TCHPed0MGUtk/s1600-h/P1013534.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274975144446216674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyCCEWXAhbfeynX_ll5YykZO3V4477gkSmH_Wji7I7DHLpRPSZZ2FVRAR0HZjj-TiLeYNufr2ywYwVqSjHVGXEgjAzgo8MXVirgBxqoZz7-lt1dpyOXzRjsCwrbe21Y8TCHPed0MGUtk/s320/P1013534.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Michael was torturing Michaela on his lawn mower. I had to get a picture in before I saved her. It was so funny!! If you click on the picture you can see it close up.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ7DjdhWzypS2CAUt1Y7jbVKcjoJZ9mDCpNcQTpEv8Lv26oRTIxR9NUJfJCw7mld_mkVn8C8Ye4yREqzr7WrPKwhGK_5FjVXRCwXQwtjpIZ_skw-A0zJEbiLMhwhtz5QKXLhUUlExxB8/s1600-h/P1013535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274974917390180722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ7DjdhWzypS2CAUt1Y7jbVKcjoJZ9mDCpNcQTpEv8Lv26oRTIxR9NUJfJCw7mld_mkVn8C8Ye4yREqzr7WrPKwhGK_5FjVXRCwXQwtjpIZ_skw-A0zJEbiLMhwhtz5QKXLhUUlExxB8/s320/P1013535.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well, that's all I have time for right now. I'll have to share Julio's birthday pictures later. I'll be sure to make it soon because I know you are all on the edge of your seats waiting for my next post. Just kidding! I wonder if anyone at all even reads this.... That's okay because I like to keep a journal of what we are doing and blogging is a great way to do it.<br /><br />Love you,</div><div>Marilena<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-76809158703919228402008-11-19T12:34:00.000-08:002008-11-19T13:16:06.195-08:00My first blog award!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Rtv4X2L76YNivPmVwZLlHEyIoTOi9QHYxPLYj6E3SbfrF3YOZ7KiCnR00IXjXccnHOQYkKUWRgtQO1oetZ494tF_LRJdx1eT3aufMAA-0nSXMOMapw2laNXMw5-5cZV7aNwHdsd31t8/s1600-h/bloglove.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270469797118143810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Rtv4X2L76YNivPmVwZLlHEyIoTOi9QHYxPLYj6E3SbfrF3YOZ7KiCnR00IXjXccnHOQYkKUWRgtQO1oetZ494tF_LRJdx1eT3aufMAA-0nSXMOMapw2laNXMw5-5cZV7aNwHdsd31t8/s320/bloglove.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My sweet friend, Kecia, in Brazil has nominated me for an "I love your blog" award. Isn't that so sweet! I am honored! I know I'm a dork, but this blogging stuff is so fun!! Anyways, I'm supposed to nominate 7 people to receive this award and list 7 weird things about me. Well, I don't even know 7 people with blogs. My friends have not joined the blogging community yet. And the bloggers that I do follow are extremely popular and busy so I'm sure they wouldn't have time to do this. So, I'll just list my 7 things and send the award on to the very few blogging friends that I have.</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>I don't even know how to link to my friend's blog's without showing the whole link. So here you go...</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Kecia <a href="http://keciasaionara.blogspot.com/">http://keciasaionara.blogspot.com/</a></div><div> </div><div></div><div>Gracie <a href="http://stephenandgracie.blogspot.com/">http://stephenandgracie.blogspot.com/</a></div><div> </div><div></div><div>Kim <a href="http://feedtheflock.blogspot.com/">http://feedtheflock.blogspot.com/</a></div><div> </div><div></div><div>J.C. <a href="http://jcschroeder.blogspot.com/">http://jcschroeder.blogspot.com/</a></div><div> </div><div></div><div>El <a href="http://www.profoundlyseth.com/">http://www.profoundlyseth.com/</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>And now for 7 weird things about me...</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>1. I don't like my foods to touch on my plate.</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>2. I have to eat my meat with some kind of veggie like potatoes or whatever. I do not like to eat meat by itself.</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>3. I cannot drink coffee after it has been in the pot for more than 20 minutes. Can you tell that I am a high maintenance eater yet...</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>4. I am constantly chewing on my cuticles and it drives me crazy!!</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>5. This is a really weird one...The pointer finger on my right hand has a life of it's own. If you watch it for a few minutes it will start moving and it is usually tracing some letters or numbers that I have just seen. I know it's weird, but I don't even know it's doing it. My husband always teases me and starts tracing words in the air with his finger. I'm actually getting arthritis in it. The phantom finger....</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>6. I am a perpetual procrastinator! I work better under pressure.</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>7. I am scared to take a walk by myself because a mountain lion or coyote might attack me! hey, I live in the dessert so it is possible!!</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Thanks again Kecia!</div><div>Marilena</div><div></div><div></div><div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-64105538215246585212008-11-05T16:17:00.000-08:002008-11-05T16:46:44.615-08:00I hate to see you go...We had house guests this past weekend. Our dear friends, Stephen and Gracie, are relocating to Virginia so they stayed with us for a few days while the movers emptied out their house. They were busy packing their house up during the day but we got to spend some time together in the evenings. We played a mean game of sequence (girls rule!) watched some old episodes of King of Queens, went to little Julio's baseball game,roasted marshmallows over the firepit and of course we ate a lot. I miss them already.... They were one of our first friends out here in AZ. I remember the first day I met them at church. They were so gracious and invited us over for lunch that same day. I thought they were the sweetest newlyweds ever and it was so nice of them to invite us over the first day we met. I know the Lord will bless them in Virginia but I will be missing them over here! And I will miss seeing little Clara's sweet smile on Sunday mornings....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UcE7juGzei9cIPnbLICVz6PYZO6pWoDlX6SFqui-YWTNSvnKW2NyPnSYL1lSq2CqyFMJGiCPB-PZYZsAIH7UCtTd9WblOazNxLTeeLw66UBSkhIX6-hFhrO-EZ1BuiMS7CSXQbiqIdQ/s1600-h/P1013513.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265333469009084162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UcE7juGzei9cIPnbLICVz6PYZO6pWoDlX6SFqui-YWTNSvnKW2NyPnSYL1lSq2CqyFMJGiCPB-PZYZsAIH7UCtTd9WblOazNxLTeeLw66UBSkhIX6-hFhrO-EZ1BuiMS7CSXQbiqIdQ/s320/P1013513.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">I knit Clara a little hat. I made Gracie a matching one and Stephen got a manly navy blue hat. Isn't she the sweetest!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG4_1XjxIql-CqUxG_viUSLIR4twI_OsOBkBO5taQmkmTG_cW_AyNGqgjdeZdvgQep7kZNYY7PS_43zjPKnnQXX7Y5Uh3EQDUIhwdTaRsh6n9mme02crVdoddNQdxCKy2POVczzCxy0s/s1600-h/P1013512.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265333253046326082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG4_1XjxIql-CqUxG_viUSLIR4twI_OsOBkBO5taQmkmTG_cW_AyNGqgjdeZdvgQep7kZNYY7PS_43zjPKnnQXX7Y5Uh3EQDUIhwdTaRsh6n9mme02crVdoddNQdxCKy2POVczzCxy0s/s320/P1013512.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">I got to babysit her for a few hours yesterday. She was getting hungry at this point so she looks a little concerned in this picture. She was probably wondering "is my mama ever coming back or am I gonna be stuck with this crazy lady?"<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDYxbeoAle3A4094a3nd9Wwacw1WsxkfjtL18oYaJVx3l8MKG2RCkBLixPGduaqVJNspJO4GU6XkqLNinKXQgcYtJC9W1enm8vwcJXhT16-NRk_p_4qUZXj-z3fzJkUYlVfLQxkCIirw/s1600-h/P1013508.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265333011067961154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDYxbeoAle3A4094a3nd9Wwacw1WsxkfjtL18oYaJVx3l8MKG2RCkBLixPGduaqVJNspJO4GU6XkqLNinKXQgcYtJC9W1enm8vwcJXhT16-NRk_p_4qUZXj-z3fzJkUYlVfLQxkCIirw/s320/P1013508.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center">On another note.... We had a little excitement in the garage Monday night! Julio found a scorpion in the garage and squashed it with a shoe. It was no ordinary scorpion. It was the mother of all scorpions!! It was huge!!<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQaULmF5TLm4zScclEu9Q9PFqytufbXWV2g5Dt3hB_badV3m2qCFf-HUiWb1xsK3VDd-d8u1J-wVAcl8K8Rd1gaVSS9SAOAHfEQoRzojUQFryUhmDMf0BKR0pFJQTORD2ahNCuFood1g/s1600-h/P1013506.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265332784639695218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQaULmF5TLm4zScclEu9Q9PFqytufbXWV2g5Dt3hB_badV3m2qCFf-HUiWb1xsK3VDd-d8u1J-wVAcl8K8Rd1gaVSS9SAOAHfEQoRzojUQFryUhmDMf0BKR0pFJQTORD2ahNCuFood1g/s320/P1013506.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To give you an idea of how big it was, here is a picture of it next to my husbands hand. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM11b0UIKh4ksa380_t0vWpn1k1Ve_eIeppqwxGTH5f05CAE4jskDVT1rRo_FHXqns9CKzsAs4o8kOwyhzrfVqHa15GUS_dKboUC_vbh0kBfxrw3qfKVwHGZFTg7PmYZEUMGlQN9e-OmM/s1600-h/P1013507.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265332566187582162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM11b0UIKh4ksa380_t0vWpn1k1Ve_eIeppqwxGTH5f05CAE4jskDVT1rRo_FHXqns9CKzsAs4o8kOwyhzrfVqHa15GUS_dKboUC_vbh0kBfxrw3qfKVwHGZFTg7PmYZEUMGlQN9e-OmM/s320/P1013507.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />It was dusk and we were all playing in the front yard. Julio was walking through the garage barefoot when he saw it. Michaela and I had just been through there a minute before and Michaela was barefoot too!!! I'm so glad he saw it and nobody got stung!!! No more barefeet in the dark garage!!!!!!<br /><br /><br />Love you all,<br />Mar<br /></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-86231409485821178522008-10-23T18:38:00.001-07:002008-11-01T12:27:28.501-07:00happy birthday Francesca.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMhfpn34ju-Tyw37AA1uMGwvjm4OQlRdQhyphenhyphenMN9w64p29puWlRYQN__1896jQkT7PB1yZtR7_vZG7YyHh0iFrmJPJxdvOG20UzYIKBQ6VtO-rBvKtF8XMlXiI1D81WDHB0XMJgi4UqaVA/s1600-h/Francesca.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260537384481800962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMhfpn34ju-Tyw37AA1uMGwvjm4OQlRdQhyphenhyphenMN9w64p29puWlRYQN__1896jQkT7PB1yZtR7_vZG7YyHh0iFrmJPJxdvOG20UzYIKBQ6VtO-rBvKtF8XMlXiI1D81WDHB0XMJgi4UqaVA/s320/Francesca.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfohm6Vor_YJEjXoBTJP0IfbgzU_iVwOslijG2ZVyI61BXqSrpRHMwVE9WlPQI272u-56qaHAIIS7iKLue3tpmPbpOqm-obn7cqAEh060MphyGGYib3nIELqYqrOWu0UrZvcMgSc3TUo/s1600-h/P1013436.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260536899108707586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfohm6Vor_YJEjXoBTJP0IfbgzU_iVwOslijG2ZVyI61BXqSrpRHMwVE9WlPQI272u-56qaHAIIS7iKLue3tpmPbpOqm-obn7cqAEh060MphyGGYib3nIELqYqrOWu0UrZvcMgSc3TUo/s320/P1013436.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKBhwVBpOMDUthl8je4ie-exm855RXWka_Uyxg31u7EiYkEbOx-vL6OSE8v5TrZvWz0Tmrr8J1tw052FSww5FFm-cTtEF_HOG8zlQl351mk-0mTCEvIsqU_Cl6Zwm7x0ioX7axCFc1KI/s1600-h/P1013437.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260536573760176466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKBhwVBpOMDUthl8je4ie-exm855RXWka_Uyxg31u7EiYkEbOx-vL6OSE8v5TrZvWz0Tmrr8J1tw052FSww5FFm-cTtEF_HOG8zlQl351mk-0mTCEvIsqU_Cl6Zwm7x0ioX7axCFc1KI/s320/P1013437.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtAdX-qOcFJ21-sMrD_zynNvtWXuT8VfUiHAzoxNSdWVW7e5ZSrnmP3d4iC9oM60XmODJti81kjkNng65M_ShQwJAoixObzuo55ya3Ro1GMlcSWnDzFnkU4DoCeeISzUaFbJmsg4AiGc/s1600-h/P1013438.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260536042171813090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtAdX-qOcFJ21-sMrD_zynNvtWXuT8VfUiHAzoxNSdWVW7e5ZSrnmP3d4iC9oM60XmODJti81kjkNng65M_ShQwJAoixObzuo55ya3Ro1GMlcSWnDzFnkU4DoCeeISzUaFbJmsg4AiGc/s320/P1013438.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>One year ago today Francesca Isabella was born. I was so excited to get the call from Michigan and to hear the words "IT'S A GIRL" I couldn't wait to come home to meet her. I was so excited for Nikki and Matt!! Their family was complete, two sweet boys and a beautiful baby girl.....but I never got the chance to hold that little girl in my arms. 75 days later on January 7th I'll never forget the call and hearing "She's gone..." Those were some of the hardest days in my life. Not being able to go home and wrap my arms around Nikki and Matt and to just be with our family as we all mourned and celebrated Francesca's life. I hated being so far away...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I loved that little girl and even though I never got to meet her in this life she has a special place in my heart. I will never forget her and she will be one of the first people I want to hug after I meet the Lord!</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Today as the kids and I were driving to bible study I was talking to them about Francesca and how today was her first birthday, Marina says from the back seat " Oh, I know! Francesca is having her birthday in heaven. Can we send her a card and balloons for her party and Jesus can catch them for her?"..... So that's what we did.</div><br /><br /><div>Francesca is celebrating her birthday with Jesus.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>happy birthday sweet baby girl......</div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-36743643376937718002008-10-20T15:34:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:10:58.277-07:00Babysitting, China, and The Zoo!Wow, I can't believe it's been over two weeks since I've posted! Life just flies by too fast. Anyways, we've been busy with our studies and lots of other fun stuff. I haven't been taking as many pictures but here are a few from the past two weeks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">We had the priviledge of babysitting our sweet little friend Clara. The girls loved having her over and they hardly left her side. She is moving away to Virginia, along with her mommy and daddy better known as Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Gracie. We are going to miss them so much!!!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpibuF_Arkimh3hr7cy5Tqc37IjYVDs-pzqmL5gU3HreqhP3_NObbTVM5fnDM67xmtus6Z1zwX2jkzgOtp03S4tr8x95JpLrI9sIW-NVwRBHJ4ytwnFam5i54Y8s8U08VBbmixmTXISM/s1600-h/P1013356.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259626533000291922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpibuF_Arkimh3hr7cy5Tqc37IjYVDs-pzqmL5gU3HreqhP3_NObbTVM5fnDM67xmtus6Z1zwX2jkzgOtp03S4tr8x95JpLrI9sIW-NVwRBHJ4ytwnFam5i54Y8s8U08VBbmixmTXISM/s320/P1013356.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />What a cutie!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyt4nu5xkPJwy6jwC8jfmByiHLp74hGE7BmId9CljUW9AmhtvEBhjEkC8mliWg0ICZi6ocubBegn8kqf9YUrh5IG_IDF7-2XZka9xi8nUhAC2qo-2hB3GHueALlaDrAnyCK8x-1L2W8LE/s1600-h/P1013359.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259626325505013746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyt4nu5xkPJwy6jwC8jfmByiHLp74hGE7BmId9CljUW9AmhtvEBhjEkC8mliWg0ICZi6ocubBegn8kqf9YUrh5IG_IDF7-2XZka9xi8nUhAC2qo-2hB3GHueALlaDrAnyCK8x-1L2W8LE/s320/P1013359.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When she got fussy Julio walked her around the house. That didn't work very well so I took her outside for about a 2 hour walk! She was quiet the whole time.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnGiQHNrfZs0IEJ84kSk0udo4LKs6OvIWjJRUfGKuPKqu6djjD2brIZ-BEqUD2lU_ksAi1owj3_l9wjqBxKQ2XeDTyyAZi4egZQHHvOol4VdniEb8winmRq6KarNDUfxWWlMe5ejJDJk/s1600-h/P1013360.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259625368215865282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnGiQHNrfZs0IEJ84kSk0udo4LKs6OvIWjJRUfGKuPKqu6djjD2brIZ-BEqUD2lU_ksAi1owj3_l9wjqBxKQ2XeDTyyAZi4egZQHHvOol4VdniEb8winmRq6KarNDUfxWWlMe5ejJDJk/s320/P1013360.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We studied ancient China for a week. The kids made these paper dragons.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2pwhXGegD1LUi_JBW_AZeaF4w2HSBLWLD2yNsfaaURrSHkyz-GF9rzTHjrSXAAs86-c0KZ8tJKLhYVblAdgb3qNLMbBNQaWGRMFuCkAn7Qm-E7r8BR4MM-fhgWOnewazQdRLr7gmwoA/s1600-h/091.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259624811685226834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2pwhXGegD1LUi_JBW_AZeaF4w2HSBLWLD2yNsfaaURrSHkyz-GF9rzTHjrSXAAs86-c0KZ8tJKLhYVblAdgb3qNLMbBNQaWGRMFuCkAn7Qm-E7r8BR4MM-fhgWOnewazQdRLr7gmwoA/s320/091.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We celebrated the end of the week with a chinese new year party. The Chinese give their</div><div>children these red envelopes with money in them. These were Marina and Michaela's. The symbols each mean something. I forgot what Marina's was but Michaela's means fun.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MYIDokKKKE78RzsXdsKv6pm_oWTGuqZA-7i6J7ilhR7YF8W5zF3Kv8-u-TCTWXCrewOtrEKSuApiIsntz4NPhmiih47m__FSSJoyvDZWQQwVjwqBHCVxEO029lFP1Pf3ZbztOkDjCy8/s1600-h/P1013370.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259622555215155042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MYIDokKKKE78RzsXdsKv6pm_oWTGuqZA-7i6J7ilhR7YF8W5zF3Kv8-u-TCTWXCrewOtrEKSuApiIsntz4NPhmiih47m__FSSJoyvDZWQQwVjwqBHCVxEO029lFP1Pf3ZbztOkDjCy8/s320/P1013370.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The kids ate with chopsticks.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMaYNyd0CU68dXErqF655BQR7WAxJRenjBfuE4kg_Nf7RkM7kdXq4lPO-glePuBFcZVUi59sic44i7S284CZMmOMpOZJpkbK9XuV_PDaZDJD15WwqAPPBQJ6K-TEK_4qpUy8v5kTWI2k/s1600-h/P1013363.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259622322483846050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMaYNyd0CU68dXErqF655BQR7WAxJRenjBfuE4kg_Nf7RkM7kdXq4lPO-glePuBFcZVUi59sic44i7S284CZMmOMpOZJpkbK9XuV_PDaZDJD15WwqAPPBQJ6K-TEK_4qpUy8v5kTWI2k/s320/P1013363.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Michaela tried so hard to use them...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79IS4aceDPkQ2EHxjseCgrr8zeGILa4UlT9u_VIXtG5GahGzuf39xcdT7EQ_GsqKAJijbg1uYlSzhI58mysq6lMQQ6xaozTUJqGV4qXpUfyfC4GFU3k9Q20EE9jaGnizzhlMPkX7NCHY/s1600-h/P1013366.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259622047230531362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79IS4aceDPkQ2EHxjseCgrr8zeGILa4UlT9u_VIXtG5GahGzuf39xcdT7EQ_GsqKAJijbg1uYlSzhI58mysq6lMQQ6xaozTUJqGV4qXpUfyfC4GFU3k9Q20EE9jaGnizzhlMPkX7NCHY/s320/P1013366.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />She finally just used her fingers along with the chopsticks.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xIC3-CnQHwlqxK15fW6GwAqQ5W-NEFVct0F2RcKCelXUbfXaTa-k5j0KKNZ6LJy4JNpoGwf2_Ol8hDkqJB0TDQTUmTJ2N5QS4jckVSCVXPm8DceXnNiA4O0ndJCrhfmAJVLokPVgjd8/s1600-h/P1013367.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259621634017170018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xIC3-CnQHwlqxK15fW6GwAqQ5W-NEFVct0F2RcKCelXUbfXaTa-k5j0KKNZ6LJy4JNpoGwf2_Ol8hDkqJB0TDQTUmTJ2N5QS4jckVSCVXPm8DceXnNiA4O0ndJCrhfmAJVLokPVgjd8/s320/P1013367.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Last week we took a field trip to the zoo.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9S0o8jCdECoysXyVSW9NrQmhFmHpqnLZPN-bINsG6khwumXeQVFpeZcSxHbkxw6dFUN1V9l-kiZDsD9vAsRgqZni-AvAZCwmsYFpGTC7ceSJkhTHSvoGGqcuKchvn7kV8NMg6suoaqY0/s1600-h/P1013373.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259621234394786514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9S0o8jCdECoysXyVSW9NrQmhFmHpqnLZPN-bINsG6khwumXeQVFpeZcSxHbkxw6dFUN1V9l-kiZDsD9vAsRgqZni-AvAZCwmsYFpGTC7ceSJkhTHSvoGGqcuKchvn7kV8NMg6suoaqY0/s320/P1013373.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />They're supposed to be posing like flamingo's.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_9Z099kiBeW0Ay5jvhTqd-648FmQk8-ekwIpIDMgyqQHd0otchKuqOaLDnk9aunWU3a8mx0tJsSvktU_gu9vAIx4UyJdTZoo9koIGHLqO_427VMqa92xEvJuSf5stR8sexl2kxawUZQ/s1600-h/P1013378.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259620733723364242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_9Z099kiBeW0Ay5jvhTqd-648FmQk8-ekwIpIDMgyqQHd0otchKuqOaLDnk9aunWU3a8mx0tJsSvktU_gu9vAIx4UyJdTZoo9koIGHLqO_427VMqa92xEvJuSf5stR8sexl2kxawUZQ/s320/P1013378.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nikky and Michaela.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QKhkvgvi3LI92JayFVO8i3MT_F45PXSJRy8KfnMq5KM9crygX2hRHo66Lcq3KLcyWGi7d_r3qxONYm2b-n6ES73kEDsorGJQtZx0nLxvt-rHhw6xZX9oos6iMxGs9R2TLLnbDIjB-gM/s1600-h/P1013381.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259620382151874498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QKhkvgvi3LI92JayFVO8i3MT_F45PXSJRy8KfnMq5KM9crygX2hRHo66Lcq3KLcyWGi7d_r3qxONYm2b-n6ES73kEDsorGJQtZx0nLxvt-rHhw6xZX9oos6iMxGs9R2TLLnbDIjB-gM/s320/P1013381.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Marina and her girlfriend's, hannah and Sarah.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMi8HT_MS6qRB6RE7SEUFmMPZm8iptvsZfrSJJpnWvtyBt_2KDDuphyL2jn9-4CW6jGghWU9SNLpskdD_-aG8FLSUKPu8LzzXSrqiJIRAKgqkDNXtYZ3CzTeYZikKhwAbqtvBGjZI7uM/s1600-h/P1013382.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259620062057419378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMi8HT_MS6qRB6RE7SEUFmMPZm8iptvsZfrSJJpnWvtyBt_2KDDuphyL2jn9-4CW6jGghWU9SNLpskdD_-aG8FLSUKPu8LzzXSrqiJIRAKgqkDNXtYZ3CzTeYZikKhwAbqtvBGjZI7uM/s320/P1013382.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />On the train ride<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCAgDq88qvf15zRRIRzMWDZyLosffmodqfOKUQGW_1WxqHctq7Z2m-Znt1ofjEXbqvEeaCGohcNG1AOljEJZnXEcPAcwEa-d0_ggpxwPRgoIvWh9vSAuyTEEgcIJsnLhww9UjWdSluOw/s1600-h/P1013384.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259619763683241186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCAgDq88qvf15zRRIRzMWDZyLosffmodqfOKUQGW_1WxqHctq7Z2m-Znt1ofjEXbqvEeaCGohcNG1AOljEJZnXEcPAcwEa-d0_ggpxwPRgoIvWh9vSAuyTEEgcIJsnLhww9UjWdSluOw/s320/P1013384.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />There was a petting zoo and Michaela loved this little deer.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoO-o_BfPJgLP2wR8c3JZqGVLtGqYVra7c8TNnb7VDdgAzKRJRWzLM5r9TL_19v3YXJSbdeuCaI6bZpSh3T2TH6I6YcjE4w3dQpa-_oOx5uxdZRF3Y11gtsHRIfiTByoo7ef_PVYte8I/s1600-h/P1013390.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259619404232844786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoO-o_BfPJgLP2wR8c3JZqGVLtGqYVra7c8TNnb7VDdgAzKRJRWzLM5r9TL_19v3YXJSbdeuCaI6bZpSh3T2TH6I6YcjE4w3dQpa-_oOx5uxdZRF3Y11gtsHRIfiTByoo7ef_PVYte8I/s320/P1013390.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />She chased the poor thing around the whole place.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0MuBoZHRDA8Iud2O-AFYlPslCR5goOpLH6Jco4oXIkkqXQW3j82VecCHlSZreNF8ANsq7FMU7LK5WYrwoD9Dn3gay7VJyzZA09-BxY5chi3B9ySkGRRR3DDElHDracYSSk6HbFkcIUY/s1600-h/P1013388.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259619176607084898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0MuBoZHRDA8Iud2O-AFYlPslCR5goOpLH6Jco4oXIkkqXQW3j82VecCHlSZreNF8ANsq7FMU7LK5WYrwoD9Dn3gay7VJyzZA09-BxY5chi3B9ySkGRRR3DDElHDracYSSk6HbFkcIUY/s320/P1013388.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />There she goes...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3lWRWvuKu8c4LipEmHpSKPAMKs-sDrzEvOwtuakT9vd3eIYItFKD342mAL_kx2TNTkEnK8tLcocQtNBJ71ofm2cSPE8pfZPCqwWraMdWpgpPPyW5oKydpRElb1IFPxCs3yinRcPGCIM/s1600-h/P1013389.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259618891713061042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3lWRWvuKu8c4LipEmHpSKPAMKs-sDrzEvOwtuakT9vd3eIYItFKD342mAL_kx2TNTkEnK8tLcocQtNBJ71ofm2cSPE8pfZPCqwWraMdWpgpPPyW5oKydpRElb1IFPxCs3yinRcPGCIM/s320/P1013389.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Michaela and I in the parrot feeding area. I was a little freaked out with that parrot on my arm...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSM4swqFT5WuYwpbVXI4fZxVSVlngjaCg_vTiTMnxQhxhkKW6NBoi07cZUOjZetckgfBbz4zWL7ywCGgevsCWPtq1IUclGo1GqAy5YM501UfTzNlgA4xahwa68yrjF9ayVv_b9dP9Fw8k/s1600-h/P1013394.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259618418134985986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSM4swqFT5WuYwpbVXI4fZxVSVlngjaCg_vTiTMnxQhxhkKW6NBoi07cZUOjZetckgfBbz4zWL7ywCGgevsCWPtq1IUclGo1GqAy5YM501UfTzNlgA4xahwa68yrjF9ayVv_b9dP9Fw8k/s320/P1013394.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sarah and Michaela waiting for our turn on the boat ride.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3kZ2CXFXpIYZQPzLOAMaLRmTjK-DYJxcZ9Sf5bBHVmCeSI9K6g5AJWGAn6tUJjvEbOZEbmhf1BOKMpAEHesBIN6KCEU4Bt7utXgwQsNQeeOjm7GXnTuWN01e0n40BhSZRsCNq3J2oG8/s1600-h/P1013396.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259618094121162562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3kZ2CXFXpIYZQPzLOAMaLRmTjK-DYJxcZ9Sf5bBHVmCeSI9K6g5AJWGAn6tUJjvEbOZEbmhf1BOKMpAEHesBIN6KCEU4Bt7utXgwQsNQeeOjm7GXnTuWN01e0n40BhSZRsCNq3J2oG8/s320/P1013396.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />On the boat ride.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Oe5AsoK_BxBQwOH9HjMsrPwuo8EJEktOtdEjwyFaN6VO6kAxf4c7nKMpA0RV7d_CR8iYQH21roz-0pm-vlc6J4Zmyk7RWPsxZeaTb55-LIcb-OjnBu3yqGAeK-UhrhIcjyQ7jylN82g/s1600-h/P1013397.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259617799667434322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Oe5AsoK_BxBQwOH9HjMsrPwuo8EJEktOtdEjwyFaN6VO6kAxf4c7nKMpA0RV7d_CR8iYQH21roz-0pm-vlc6J4Zmyk7RWPsxZeaTb55-LIcb-OjnBu3yqGAeK-UhrhIcjyQ7jylN82g/s320/P1013397.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Michaela has hit a couple of milestones over the past 2 weeks. We finally took away her choochi's (pacifiers) and now she is in a big girl bed! We've had a few rough nights with each transition but finally last night she slept through the whole night. Yeah!!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Z2wlMIP2i2ovsSOE91LbhgMTJOnAuN2PSAQv-7Yuo74S7-7kJSWoaitG5mUGdyedw_kT6ntKLajhyphenhyphen5JBiT0Rhn78RXbdZVU8t2x6dARPDcKJFbKltXGTpIUJ57ZKAR36IQ7WyVADYb4/s1600-h/P1013404.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259370240017164034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Z2wlMIP2i2ovsSOE91LbhgMTJOnAuN2PSAQv-7Yuo74S7-7kJSWoaitG5mUGdyedw_kT6ntKLajhyphenhyphen5JBiT0Rhn78RXbdZVU8t2x6dARPDcKJFbKltXGTpIUJ57ZKAR36IQ7WyVADYb4/s320/P1013404.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Julio started baseball again. This was right before his first game. Isn't he so cute in his uniform? The team is called the Clearwater Threshers and there is a shark on his hat, pretty cool huh?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2FlSfsBuCrG4p-9rqFuai_rxpULSLP-sUQ70WuNp1ComPpptO_kzc18jMqy0ce2iTSECCb_MCOjsXHTC4uRdNgRQQPHZjMKf4Y2b0fm6K_l09KDXt2ON9lz1BrQ7RY8U6nnRwGud44Y/s1600-h/P1013400.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259369009494513874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2FlSfsBuCrG4p-9rqFuai_rxpULSLP-sUQ70WuNp1ComPpptO_kzc18jMqy0ce2iTSECCb_MCOjsXHTC4uRdNgRQQPHZjMKf4Y2b0fm6K_l09KDXt2ON9lz1BrQ7RY8U6nnRwGud44Y/s320/P1013400.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well, that's pretty much what we've been up to around here. This week we are studying Greece along with going to 2 bible studies, a field trip to the State Fair, Wednesday night at church, baseball practice and 2 games, a fall festival and a Canadian Thanksgiving party. Whew! I'm tired already!! </div><div>Love you all!!</div><div>marilena<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-20064546770835820812008-10-04T07:28:00.001-07:002008-10-04T08:26:23.768-07:00A Week in Egypt!What a fun week! Ancient Egypt is so fascinating. The kids just loved learning about all of the strange customs and they had so many questions. It was really cool to be able to teach them why and how mummies were made and to ask them if what the Egyptians were doing was pleasing to God. We talked about when the Israelites came to Egypt and then how they came to be slaves to the Egyptians. They knew all of the answers when it came to Moses and the exodus. To top off the week we had an Egyptian feast at our house. We all dressed up, except for Kim(party pooper) and my husband even let me put make up on him. Here are some pictures.<br /><br /><div align="center">We wrapped Julio up like a mummy.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmLDlMiihUPtC-0w7w207pOoWxEUuvUKcCd4os4rmWcJnQG6aN0dkWsVjvqqpV_4PJ0b7FVmWwInhr2KOjRBt65b-sbkA47_wCkKo6ZsFRz4rhsLFpeJ1aF3S6GjUoYlz2ZS4YYtHXz0/s1600-h/P1013325.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253311388204992786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmLDlMiihUPtC-0w7w207pOoWxEUuvUKcCd4os4rmWcJnQG6aN0dkWsVjvqqpV_4PJ0b7FVmWwInhr2KOjRBt65b-sbkA47_wCkKo6ZsFRz4rhsLFpeJ1aF3S6GjUoYlz2ZS4YYtHXz0/s320/P1013325.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihq5t4aBKbf-EfHVjfsRUm4eQhvy3zmn-AUy4E5c-JpKRMmMkVQaGm6KjDL8lZEE9FB1Kx4BXBJKFIpD29pmlyFYJKS7lNU-96eU7F01JLREjq8_HFII-Ji7cbK4S0SEjk2DHJVpo5CcQ/s1600-h/P1013323.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253311086146933266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihq5t4aBKbf-EfHVjfsRUm4eQhvy3zmn-AUy4E5c-JpKRMmMkVQaGm6KjDL8lZEE9FB1Kx4BXBJKFIpD29pmlyFYJKS7lNU-96eU7F01JLREjq8_HFII-Ji7cbK4S0SEjk2DHJVpo5CcQ/s320/P1013323.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A fun craft that we did. When you open one side...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcIbqU28DXjAK3v3oKVShtX3oYpBNo_Id5UQIvu-NDbp3D6ODEyIwW4FeLbsJIOdZStzc2Efi73bBTXD267Z25stZyvD2YgZt1Lvo78KPFCrbaS38FG_sUsKiGasd1wL4gezhBGoifxI/s1600-h/P1013327.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253310798752559634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcIbqU28DXjAK3v3oKVShtX3oYpBNo_Id5UQIvu-NDbp3D6ODEyIwW4FeLbsJIOdZStzc2Efi73bBTXD267Z25stZyvD2YgZt1Lvo78KPFCrbaS38FG_sUsKiGasd1wL4gezhBGoifxI/s320/P1013327.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />the pyramid is filled with pictures from the kids life. Just like a real pyramid is full of pictures and artifacts from the pharoah's life who is buried in it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzBMhQhIKyiqgcv8XpQW1MQdv4TPIl5dAqmNzWfEI01A9NSw5uGbWdTSK7FLIB_A-ICmYYHwd6J3D3juRrNe4oZokOl3cjxtJg_1NbyDHeM1fH3mKpVx6qGXZlBXx1ES7Dux9HLhjuXg/s1600-h/P1013326.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253310407365865410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzBMhQhIKyiqgcv8XpQW1MQdv4TPIl5dAqmNzWfEI01A9NSw5uGbWdTSK7FLIB_A-ICmYYHwd6J3D3juRrNe4oZokOl3cjxtJg_1NbyDHeM1fH3mKpVx6qGXZlBXx1ES7Dux9HLhjuXg/s320/P1013326.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's our hideaway. It was too small for the kids to fit into so we they used their lego guys and polly pockets to mummify and put inside.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFqwKrdl9ldM-LKSz58rVqd4515Er_8ggS0OfTGuIfEt1DiW4RZVQ0K7PZJrQA1x_ruE-aLkJFw3_R9pYBGEUNGCPRn0Zi2aG0Eovb8yUY5azi35M1MFxwtwLd0z4hyphenhyphenX2JXwIU6SCHv0/s1600-h/P1013329.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253309871453727170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFqwKrdl9ldM-LKSz58rVqd4515Er_8ggS0OfTGuIfEt1DiW4RZVQ0K7PZJrQA1x_ruE-aLkJFw3_R9pYBGEUNGCPRn0Zi2aG0Eovb8yUY5azi35M1MFxwtwLd0z4hyphenhyphenX2JXwIU6SCHv0/s320/P1013329.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />this is a close up of their mini mummies. The pharoah was Indiana Jones and of course his pets and his horse were mummified along with him. He also needed food, furniture and toys to take with him into the afterlife.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A92uKDmLkBG-zijhZq0AOWi1fED53xNiNBBz9n7rjjaDn2QxwJofBrHXjihe6OFTgEUEPBiJerlD5nCVyzFk0c7a_yvX2SAFSAux5RrLU9cgCaQ7KdyiVvjFEFJ3yNGcTCcquAJPdLA/s1600-h/P1013331.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253309621948560818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A92uKDmLkBG-zijhZq0AOWi1fED53xNiNBBz9n7rjjaDn2QxwJofBrHXjihe6OFTgEUEPBiJerlD5nCVyzFk0c7a_yvX2SAFSAux5RrLU9cgCaQ7KdyiVvjFEFJ3yNGcTCcquAJPdLA/s320/P1013331.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />An evening in Egypt!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf0Njs7E__dcCssQDE2S9iQBIp8t_LSYgfERbmOqDqYOlXcK-roTxIMpatdN4Gwz_PAvJ8iQFGUACgEtP2U8szK9EuI3emkMauAjJjIyeLZIfvzhPQdkBDRffwpVwxpoCEhAhR8Tpcq8/s1600-h/P1013332.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253309376150106674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf0Njs7E__dcCssQDE2S9iQBIp8t_LSYgfERbmOqDqYOlXcK-roTxIMpatdN4Gwz_PAvJ8iQFGUACgEtP2U8szK9EuI3emkMauAjJjIyeLZIfvzhPQdkBDRffwpVwxpoCEhAhR8Tpcq8/s320/P1013332.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMXvYTdyD16ol4DYciNJ-hxneqE9g2YPDw0PVoymlO8mV45ic7qSho8ZgO76_eJBfCdjiET4yRfXO_HB0tgY40L-waZI4tWoErhPJU1joDX1R5QaYnubWdFZcaKcKMYQzTsLkzwtug-Q/s1600-h/P1013334.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253309161008774370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMXvYTdyD16ol4DYciNJ-hxneqE9g2YPDw0PVoymlO8mV45ic7qSho8ZgO76_eJBfCdjiET4yRfXO_HB0tgY40L-waZI4tWoErhPJU1joDX1R5QaYnubWdFZcaKcKMYQzTsLkzwtug-Q/s320/P1013334.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Of course, I was Cleopatra.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejUTDDokiILaNWRNJctKYVI5DFq8_MCvTLZEGoQJ8ZEqK0VhuXLIMYm4ysAeLpxYp9KjgM8K7P4rS6G609tW8tSfQgibVbDetx6-iY-s3o7OhJV2ZOiDmY-7r-nHkLEi3sq2DJgjSbAY/s1600-h/P1013336.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253308910339059170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejUTDDokiILaNWRNJctKYVI5DFq8_MCvTLZEGoQJ8ZEqK0VhuXLIMYm4ysAeLpxYp9KjgM8K7P4rS6G609tW8tSfQgibVbDetx6-iY-s3o7OhJV2ZOiDmY-7r-nHkLEi3sq2DJgjSbAY/s320/P1013336.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is my king, or maybe it's just one of my many "man friends";)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pPJ5AomzqcSW2m_k5-CWiFZG0VULG1sbSe4SXlQdc-1BiLB-1OTyOFv302NM4ZXrDPz8-bldJ7EsG0zYEHAPihaBddVFDBndbHYi9cg7c1F9yaJWa3-L1oOzOzwuFVCMSlVtLtZqUtU/s1600-h/P1013339.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253308117986076594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pPJ5AomzqcSW2m_k5-CWiFZG0VULG1sbSe4SXlQdc-1BiLB-1OTyOFv302NM4ZXrDPz8-bldJ7EsG0zYEHAPihaBddVFDBndbHYi9cg7c1F9yaJWa3-L1oOzOzwuFVCMSlVtLtZqUtU/s320/P1013339.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />He looks a little too pretty with that eye makeup on!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE4HTEFMnOJTde03RyctsY_kB_I5OAUJA8QChsvSLSdMznY9GyuhmuV8CFATg0kbf2NVrDLJOMTotkZ2rvUfAyXPqfvoPcT10y-KNTDWVMCYJxCWUMMErdhtsJJf1e15AQbyLM6KQwlA/s1600-h/P1013337.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253307892279015602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE4HTEFMnOJTde03RyctsY_kB_I5OAUJA8QChsvSLSdMznY9GyuhmuV8CFATg0kbf2NVrDLJOMTotkZ2rvUfAyXPqfvoPcT10y-KNTDWVMCYJxCWUMMErdhtsJJf1e15AQbyLM6KQwlA/s320/P1013337.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The three amigos, or should I say egyptians.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoj7mVRurxsXOMK_YDRrN04E3TzxkYlJuYLiSNYGeTuTDoxAUyJARuco0od5h-YTzlcE4ntx_y_QfRkqRFIhjPHBKigqjDgq98nyJR9QbK2MDRG96Y1qa4Pux34HW3oSnwVhcQLPQsq0/s1600-h/P1013343.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253307642257910034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoj7mVRurxsXOMK_YDRrN04E3TzxkYlJuYLiSNYGeTuTDoxAUyJARuco0od5h-YTzlcE4ntx_y_QfRkqRFIhjPHBKigqjDgq98nyJR9QbK2MDRG96Y1qa4Pux34HW3oSnwVhcQLPQsq0/s320/P1013343.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We had baklava and I made caramel stuffed walnuts from Cleopatra. Legend has it that she would give them to her "man friends" for energy.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOhLNszOMhlCyQIDVpLtnWUj7UVc28mCGVkj9OuLtT_AyXFLI1UhKpfGI8sYwd7TLUgMaH-b6ytG2zzKkpltDt5TTgr-7c9qlqPUWXe7tUXWnac989T5wuLmo9-EFUMLpJCi2dPqvTSM/s1600-h/P1013340.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253307410753778290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOhLNszOMhlCyQIDVpLtnWUj7UVc28mCGVkj9OuLtT_AyXFLI1UhKpfGI8sYwd7TLUgMaH-b6ytG2zzKkpltDt5TTgr-7c9qlqPUWXe7tUXWnac989T5wuLmo9-EFUMLpJCi2dPqvTSM/s320/P1013340.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The men awaiting their feast.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs-V8nNU5oIqCfeJO2dwfdVb95zyXEjKhHh6mdwmNPptxixYu6HeuSK2IidsRmqoRDnOWhYWJZ43YnWS0PH2MQX9DxANa9AWXC1iW9U08O30hue4ecJU5RK8jhfrzYTH5HiUgZ3L1PJg/s1600-h/P1013344.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253307124428763986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs-V8nNU5oIqCfeJO2dwfdVb95zyXEjKhHh6mdwmNPptxixYu6HeuSK2IidsRmqoRDnOWhYWJZ43YnWS0PH2MQX9DxANa9AWXC1iW9U08O30hue4ecJU5RK8jhfrzYTH5HiUgZ3L1PJg/s320/P1013344.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We ate shish kebab, hummus, tabouleh, falafel, cous cous, ful madammah, yogurt cucumber salad with mint and potato salad with lemon and olive oil. It was all really yummy!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQ-guKTv32CzPMZk-AM6RgrwqtC-b_M4t9p-8oAKhTg0oWz9UFCgC0aRP2L6CAo3CcvlauxmTCS0EuEdYryzwj-vICw8qcKs9A7Clwa3aFlcHy28TgqaQ1_vl_Iogd6cpU5GZpe30ztc/s1600-h/P1013345.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253306865251547522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQ-guKTv32CzPMZk-AM6RgrwqtC-b_M4t9p-8oAKhTg0oWz9UFCgC0aRP2L6CAo3CcvlauxmTCS0EuEdYryzwj-vICw8qcKs9A7Clwa3aFlcHy28TgqaQ1_vl_Iogd6cpU5GZpe30ztc/s320/P1013345.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLVXta6OdkxczpkG3ENJa48xm_NG2DkkF8TCUbdVx-t50Z38l_pC6433_if8OKrqi6xmoQLaWBFKW9YV1EzGbUbhdgYYC9bvAq4xrJrnbP8HvN9PAgAj2ztHcUSxIp4ufF4UbEgidFCQ/s1600-h/P1013346.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253306651354232466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLVXta6OdkxczpkG3ENJa48xm_NG2DkkF8TCUbdVx-t50Z38l_pC6433_if8OKrqi6xmoQLaWBFKW9YV1EzGbUbhdgYYC9bvAq4xrJrnbP8HvN9PAgAj2ztHcUSxIp4ufF4UbEgidFCQ/s320/P1013346.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The men relaxing after the feast. They were waiting for us to fan them and feed them grapes......never happened.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHT-kLKfZuJZPU1QQ7Hgkob87UwigTK7upm6GbuiovPwYDwCUjf-uBvqEGRuwNSQOh3QRXCZdb1jWdMvWvuSFAXgsh29cFcmmx-rXrSyjX6-d3l9MPv9SdmnsUw2Y7gs8w7a17DdBPC0/s1600-h/P1013350.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253306312000719890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHT-kLKfZuJZPU1QQ7Hgkob87UwigTK7upm6GbuiovPwYDwCUjf-uBvqEGRuwNSQOh3QRXCZdb1jWdMvWvuSFAXgsh29cFcmmx-rXrSyjX6-d3l9MPv9SdmnsUw2Y7gs8w7a17DdBPC0/s320/P1013350.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The kids watched "Prince of Egypt"<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDp4Cl9SNtIQDQopRX02-SZr-t12LomRdn-3ysrHFsFjMBo7cJfsNdVz9LTJC-E0NQRY1P-3-BcvR4WVMywaoSArHHk-XxkP0WRH3qR-cFA0F7q1_A6yLZ8S2ii9NrzWzzeKk86jqhqc/s1600-h/P1013351.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253306085408374162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDp4Cl9SNtIQDQopRX02-SZr-t12LomRdn-3ysrHFsFjMBo7cJfsNdVz9LTJC-E0NQRY1P-3-BcvR4WVMywaoSArHHk-XxkP0WRH3qR-cFA0F7q1_A6yLZ8S2ii9NrzWzzeKk86jqhqc/s320/P1013351.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Julio and Marina are asleep on the couch and Michaela is still going strong, dancing on the table!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4bzMzK3l0p_a-OxYrGHBEYqpcEKvcUEIcHasTD7lBrOMDq7QaggIF5-Hx1C9XNOBRws2GTt4sjtm5WlrIXB0RejhFp-_eg6CM9Hn_qAIz-ub_Ck3vLTpqe4pl64Ux9zjbkh8JP4W3i8/s1600-h/P1013352.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253305857163788962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4bzMzK3l0p_a-OxYrGHBEYqpcEKvcUEIcHasTD7lBrOMDq7QaggIF5-Hx1C9XNOBRws2GTt4sjtm5WlrIXB0RejhFp-_eg6CM9Hn_qAIz-ub_Ck3vLTpqe4pl64Ux9zjbkh8JP4W3i8/s320/P1013352.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Next week we're going to have a Chinese New Year party. Stay tuned...</div><div> </div><div>Love ya,</div><div>marilena<br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-84779473354755790412008-09-27T10:08:00.000-07:002008-10-03T09:32:50.248-07:00Back to school again and "Family Fun Night"Hi All,<br /><br />What a week! We had so much fun getting back into school after our little hiatus in Michigan. We've been co-opping for history and science with our neighbors so we have spent a lot of time at their house this week. Next week I will be teaching so we'll have the kids at our house.<br /><br />We also had our first themed family fun night last night. The theme was " Fun at the Fair." We all had a blast. We decorated the house and ate "fair food" for dinner. We did some face painting, played games, and listened to bluegrass music. It was so fun that I'm going to try to do a different theme every week.<br /><br />I have lots of pictures to share so enjoy!!<br /><br /><div align="center">Here are the kids in their "hideaway." We are learning about the first people and talked about Nomads and how they traveled around and lived in tents or caves. I let them paint some hieroglyphics in their cave. They loved it.<br /></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250756904098522962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WKo5CXQdTMjVZPBkX4gh2njbTQWkTw9G4iyPXIeGXugMm6gLvmGgadoTiS87OnXY2VIPhptcRwmgsZQFDSCkIRe4dtX8ZdRtq7F4oWuOHvsto6JYBIgXvDdeN90E3ZkbXrSW8yVa-ho/s320/P1013084.JPG" border="0" /></p><p></p><p align="center">Doing a science experiment.<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3_U2Gua6GrqJa2PLQZe8sJM1mNzCCToLsLcZp2KxyhQPxLea497IKDel7wfbi9ak_pXmPnfIFIOAZoXh3XpODC5TgCX0xvsS4wrx0ZFDDSI8ZOJrFK4GPFLZNCm7hMIe-NLFcA6g0Uw/s1600-h/P1013267.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250756562377807314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3_U2Gua6GrqJa2PLQZe8sJM1mNzCCToLsLcZp2KxyhQPxLea497IKDel7wfbi9ak_pXmPnfIFIOAZoXh3XpODC5TgCX0xvsS4wrx0ZFDDSI8ZOJrFK4GPFLZNCm7hMIe-NLFcA6g0Uw/s320/P1013267.JPG" border="0" /></a> Practicing their observation skills. That's an egg. They loved touching it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSqDRrI5fjRGSnkqxzMaNRG6GV97FnugTaAwlUzCmiO6LH47rhCfnmJrexpvszFAIZp6lhm_e2PV9CqVkym-EMtdG4VtakPCztH7EtqsnUOiC9aD75iUzMAxfZqJIR-ISvS7U7kXtSxE/s1600-h/P1013268.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250756458982036194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSqDRrI5fjRGSnkqxzMaNRG6GV97FnugTaAwlUzCmiO6LH47rhCfnmJrexpvszFAIZp6lhm_e2PV9CqVkym-EMtdG4VtakPCztH7EtqsnUOiC9aD75iUzMAxfZqJIR-ISvS7U7kXtSxE/s320/P1013268.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We took a field trip to Petco.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHE0QulTbeD5_N6ki0gV0LFEnw6NRSIq83-_hx4oxALNNDzKPuuNc8xESzIp-Vcd8K0oZ7VscAOKD_TgNWibi_vz7x0IJm9JmhakV57MsWOZCE0JworlbQw9QG10RTYCL2mO-lcalHx5s/s1600-h/P1013274.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250756296704689074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHE0QulTbeD5_N6ki0gV0LFEnw6NRSIq83-_hx4oxALNNDzKPuuNc8xESzIp-Vcd8K0oZ7VscAOKD_TgNWibi_vz7x0IJm9JmhakV57MsWOZCE0JworlbQw9QG10RTYCL2mO-lcalHx5s/s320/P1013274.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After we looked at all of the animals and talked a little about them, they each had to pick one to draw in their science journals. Marina picked the ferrit.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbpp_ovTSGQK4mVxrLk2QOJKHQwWD_4RPwLikpcMbua8bVgGJ9OJviWVuNGEmSea4hxpxfaDfHFZVjWi5JZuzSlSohx1xn2BvqjFZzHOcYyxL0ZK-SsB6IxdzRdm7McdDeyepEkTCL5o/s1600-h/P1013278.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250756135283918386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbpp_ovTSGQK4mVxrLk2QOJKHQwWD_4RPwLikpcMbua8bVgGJ9OJviWVuNGEmSea4hxpxfaDfHFZVjWi5JZuzSlSohx1xn2BvqjFZzHOcYyxL0ZK-SsB6IxdzRdm7McdDeyepEkTCL5o/s320/P1013278.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I thought her drawing was hilarious. I thought it was also pretty cool how she drew it coming out of it's play toy.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCBtBMD6MnWxgAHaYzPCCnSlMwhN6uc_cBIhTPzoRQvwFUF_QvAxJC2kG3FsTJyRj1TLuimbP89qihhyphenhyphenSeY_LAaCkAdG-zNgreJVw6mo2nZ8Lhmxw24O6Hlm9bY_ivp1yWcOKKxD2JPQ/s1600-h/P1013279.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250756012563781762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCBtBMD6MnWxgAHaYzPCCnSlMwhN6uc_cBIhTPzoRQvwFUF_QvAxJC2kG3FsTJyRj1TLuimbP89qihhyphenhyphenSeY_LAaCkAdG-zNgreJVw6mo2nZ8Lhmxw24O6Hlm9bY_ivp1yWcOKKxD2JPQ/s320/P1013279.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Julio picked the boa constrictor.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNSLXie5afw23Ybp-_3eFI8fIavNJ1ROOXTRai8gx06nHebCvvs6wgX4zFO040rAeEx6wNW3pZrCObsK5wm-fqMxavTvzokkcx4GwGciIeBAurck7kF25r50IFLICKUSGTYprBbqhs_0/s1600-h/P1013281.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250755838530252450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNSLXie5afw23Ybp-_3eFI8fIavNJ1ROOXTRai8gx06nHebCvvs6wgX4zFO040rAeEx6wNW3pZrCObsK5wm-fqMxavTvzokkcx4GwGciIeBAurck7kF25r50IFLICKUSGTYprBbqhs_0/s320/P1013281.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />All of the kids outside of Petco.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2stNzXM2IVU3Y_h1JqdbeIMgZKuNLWRTSwiuEip33xa5s3lV4-PY7DsSwMW3xjtasOhYBkE4CSBKZJDfR0l9S-R0BqqQ8-U8KdsSDtlmv6czn_PeBA_HHq9WRjymHWnBjPyYnJrPcEng/s1600-h/P1013283.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250755697911262914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2stNzXM2IVU3Y_h1JqdbeIMgZKuNLWRTSwiuEip33xa5s3lV4-PY7DsSwMW3xjtasOhYBkE4CSBKZJDfR0l9S-R0BqqQ8-U8KdsSDtlmv6czn_PeBA_HHq9WRjymHWnBjPyYnJrPcEng/s320/P1013283.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We learned about the tower of Babel. Here is Julio building the tower out of his blocks.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNxYgsdgJeaUWmZfQJWfEz5Gd_PRBoIml67q31kH58Rb0bGtEcrpiejRQ3SrmmduqdAPOPcce0taXf5YD-wbqsRJEyfSAa98zFKGl6hewFPCPyS3buyTOhtxG3b0fPNTUzZpoQz8fEv4/s1600-h/P1013287.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250755563667615554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNxYgsdgJeaUWmZfQJWfEz5Gd_PRBoIml67q31kH58Rb0bGtEcrpiejRQ3SrmmduqdAPOPcce0taXf5YD-wbqsRJEyfSAa98zFKGl6hewFPCPyS3buyTOhtxG3b0fPNTUzZpoQz8fEv4/s320/P1013287.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Notice all of his Lego guys.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-LgWN1C6TP_JGKvdX8o2t1zqGnrDgGnSLzmAA7KGpxfaWZqP02pv097Orv8Cmwy8FqbLqzDxv-eLmMOtnoJntE7RSHGPd8xN3BwJoa5YxbEuW0Cb37i3QPu0l_M-Kmc2mKb3ywTtslw/s1600-h/P1013291.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250755455709298946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-LgWN1C6TP_JGKvdX8o2t1zqGnrDgGnSLzmAA7KGpxfaWZqP02pv097Orv8Cmwy8FqbLqzDxv-eLmMOtnoJntE7RSHGPd8xN3BwJoa5YxbEuW0Cb37i3QPu0l_M-Kmc2mKb3ywTtslw/s320/P1013291.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And, of course, Indiana Jones is at the top.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjog5eJ30QKfJZAiuUEGXaHk2cMX49tb8rsIEj2KYQD_rHXaRPtVVNfbIy65Xp5DgPLp2QolGzQParEKt_e4Fh919fGnftyNjqzQrJHOii3vRhhrrd1m1ZY85-V2m6aDa-gbKRqQBnpS4Q/s1600-h/P1013289.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250755362769864226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjog5eJ30QKfJZAiuUEGXaHk2cMX49tb8rsIEj2KYQD_rHXaRPtVVNfbIy65Xp5DgPLp2QolGzQParEKt_e4Fh919fGnftyNjqzQrJHOii3vRhhrrd1m1ZY85-V2m6aDa-gbKRqQBnpS4Q/s320/P1013289.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The best part was knocking it down!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4pOrkCFdWAwXkpnSP-H_HHDp2W9X2SqJB-hWvSgtz04mq-l19vbvKAGna3Ckrg2YvlKMxq5YIwHpcV8rRITfRpSRWAh7Xzux3PkdWYcIa7p5PmyxM-v7o0XQiLf6AXpl9mxxxZXZK0E/s1600-h/P1013296.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250755135759124818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4pOrkCFdWAwXkpnSP-H_HHDp2W9X2SqJB-hWvSgtz04mq-l19vbvKAGna3Ckrg2YvlKMxq5YIwHpcV8rRITfRpSRWAh7Xzux3PkdWYcIa7p5PmyxM-v7o0XQiLf6AXpl9mxxxZXZK0E/s320/P1013296.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Practicing cuniform writing.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3u4-EmDYxeoTCmr_hMM-emWl8Cf8EGpo3IrUkwu20Oy7XPEbyR2o1ZiCJanaptL5_qiyg71D6_gmihj8KGP6QUAEqAZ5SENYQrDhwiWSGQqr0vtK_H1_fPVm6ecpz3eCfSakAZpsyRTE/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250754938047007522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3u4-EmDYxeoTCmr_hMM-emWl8Cf8EGpo3IrUkwu20Oy7XPEbyR2o1ZiCJanaptL5_qiyg71D6_gmihj8KGP6QUAEqAZ5SENYQrDhwiWSGQqr0vtK_H1_fPVm6ecpz3eCfSakAZpsyRTE/s320/013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here's a close up of Marina's.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpHXw9-FDE6kOkCN78Lv2tT-qTtVuB4FuiZOdr-rO3QHTJDvOhvzoqQm4glelJKw_-EXL4BhIeXqEBqR7x6vfCmWVWDRlHbSPNNpmT1BCJdvlk8Kjrv7GtPSRAxlzmlnm3A-8h59p25o/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250754841845424802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpHXw9-FDE6kOkCN78Lv2tT-qTtVuB4FuiZOdr-rO3QHTJDvOhvzoqQm4glelJKw_-EXL4BhIeXqEBqR7x6vfCmWVWDRlHbSPNNpmT1BCJdvlk8Kjrv7GtPSRAxlzmlnm3A-8h59p25o/s320/015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lwkdXMgwKaOjpFo-UGJG1gDWiJ_XObwnLM_GxmoIKevOAy4Aj2vNTYIn8TWgGUbmYZJiE0Lc4EGPLSZ4I2AEBXzU6GpOH_ytb13SX0ZsdPWZhKb1eG-zNmAwEKdxDvYUmKgHJTbGVh0/s1600-h/027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250754749455779698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lwkdXMgwKaOjpFo-UGJG1gDWiJ_XObwnLM_GxmoIKevOAy4Aj2vNTYIn8TWgGUbmYZJiE0Lc4EGPLSZ4I2AEBXzU6GpOH_ytb13SX0ZsdPWZhKb1eG-zNmAwEKdxDvYUmKgHJTbGVh0/s320/027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />They made sugared dates just like the Assyrians used to eat.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEo2MRVwCG3590H7wuPwxkpQ3stVLjywcJpf4YabQMpQjJftOlPu8yaypIXYCKN1q3l0vOkQQP6_WHkttWd_05K_xaTEeVsJAsm5Cmlx-VoAruPbb-RwDbCgUJ5qU5R3Rrp4fSjr1mR4/s1600-h/028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250754612964907634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEo2MRVwCG3590H7wuPwxkpQ3stVLjywcJpf4YabQMpQjJftOlPu8yaypIXYCKN1q3l0vOkQQP6_WHkttWd_05K_xaTEeVsJAsm5Cmlx-VoAruPbb-RwDbCgUJ5qU5R3Rrp4fSjr1mR4/s320/028.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzgei7y6knh-LahP2sc0u6PLrh3Wu2cHyrngKkiv1QKn9dp_ycVceeqkAFJljz-Bop95dd7MxvZjewP2U1BZfj3VfCnL6kHLK4XGxGzhvL3gZ8IGfjfD7tuDfz0MZ7GbujEJKLonEs0M/s1600-h/031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250754472877653522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzgei7y6knh-LahP2sc0u6PLrh3Wu2cHyrngKkiv1QKn9dp_ycVceeqkAFJljz-Bop95dd7MxvZjewP2U1BZfj3VfCnL6kHLK4XGxGzhvL3gZ8IGfjfD7tuDfz0MZ7GbujEJKLonEs0M/s320/031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More science! Learning about color mixing and what happens when you mix oil and water. Then they got to drop alca seltzer tablets in their test tubes and watch them fizz over.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzr5ImqUSuA-Mj1P0MJtW2e8xsfVCL2tKwlXRc4bC0o-G9zU_Y5ruO8cg9gnmBoOrrqFZN2ch1AWno5Aw_ewtTktOdWqVyy91ITOjXaaYX6AUQ26IjmxHNqdGwKf4V6wLcreHBTZcQlgQ/s1600-h/036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250754322990221394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzr5ImqUSuA-Mj1P0MJtW2e8xsfVCL2tKwlXRc4bC0o-G9zU_Y5ruO8cg9gnmBoOrrqFZN2ch1AWno5Aw_ewtTktOdWqVyy91ITOjXaaYX6AUQ26IjmxHNqdGwKf4V6wLcreHBTZcQlgQ/s320/036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We made slime!! The kids loved it! Julio said "this is my dream"<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUR954eeIbzp9knf_R1PprRn4g0mtR6HO8m-5I9ObhSPtRGbu2Zpl4I8CKH1s9qeDN-gRNkhtgzReDXdC6NhGowzX5gqmTMtEBxw9Lyo3FfgIQkl0fOK-v4z6fmd8bgKasQz0N-SjgZE/s1600-h/042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250753908491246242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUR954eeIbzp9knf_R1PprRn4g0mtR6HO8m-5I9ObhSPtRGbu2Zpl4I8CKH1s9qeDN-gRNkhtgzReDXdC6NhGowzX5gqmTMtEBxw9Lyo3FfgIQkl0fOK-v4z6fmd8bgKasQz0N-SjgZE/s320/042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />So yukky but so fun!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdxGhhwK5Rp87GB9saUSuluYGByfugbjv-rLDk8YjU_QsONWapCRKBkwtRpRB_no5QWtA6BjnyrZ0m1WTCPJ8iaPkZvabeKPPtcTlmB0DbJzoIIoqAD-i30nnFpKFIrIyCBXjyIKM2Tw/s1600-h/045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250753756600972642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdxGhhwK5Rp87GB9saUSuluYGByfugbjv-rLDk8YjU_QsONWapCRKBkwtRpRB_no5QWtA6BjnyrZ0m1WTCPJ8iaPkZvabeKPPtcTlmB0DbJzoIIoqAD-i30nnFpKFIrIyCBXjyIKM2Tw/s320/045.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Family Fun Night at the Fair!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf1fMpGRuxpQUKWpevkrSCRvSRimR9RJH_3_if26JjHR8EtnA1Am4zowywnJ_TVh9IHuX1_TdjC-unuF3_DpTqYb6vqllVzLlNQ6C7JgzPrA-X6RXfbAhPg_CxV5Ax70yo2rVzZ7RJGg/s1600-h/P1013305.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250753577786900898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf1fMpGRuxpQUKWpevkrSCRvSRimR9RJH_3_if26JjHR8EtnA1Am4zowywnJ_TVh9IHuX1_TdjC-unuF3_DpTqYb6vqllVzLlNQ6C7JgzPrA-X6RXfbAhPg_CxV5Ax70yo2rVzZ7RJGg/s320/P1013305.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We ate corn dogs, corn on the cob, french fries, watermelon and of course some lemonade to wash all of that healthy goodness down!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcG7yeOQ8HA90MGAsd93WwrKrv-_y1mrzz8ueSNRaRtj9fJ8SaqLJgP09uEehFe1UVKhonqUJCDQmUo9t2sEiMA05ddc3SNyXRNm1zxuYn6oP14XjazmfwD2yb_fnGvewu5RNaHlwej8/s1600-h/P1013306.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250753473960575010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcG7yeOQ8HA90MGAsd93WwrKrv-_y1mrzz8ueSNRaRtj9fJ8SaqLJgP09uEehFe1UVKhonqUJCDQmUo9t2sEiMA05ddc3SNyXRNm1zxuYn6oP14XjazmfwD2yb_fnGvewu5RNaHlwej8/s320/P1013306.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />These are cupakes. Pretty cute, huh?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBylfdMfqs3hvhGViFpBjSLGhZi3MLkeaQSgC-I1QkDv7Iu54ARrPeGXxJx1CPKpUznxDEsCfdssqTjB2JaMAQjr1VOfZo3Vxd4_j0ooPNfZcYjhbMd8tnzzdMlR2xPJhp_rRyyslIqDo/s1600-h/P1013299.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250753149894348834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBylfdMfqs3hvhGViFpBjSLGhZi3MLkeaQSgC-I1QkDv7Iu54ARrPeGXxJx1CPKpUznxDEsCfdssqTjB2JaMAQjr1VOfZo3Vxd4_j0ooPNfZcYjhbMd8tnzzdMlR2xPJhp_rRyyslIqDo/s320/P1013299.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Face painting.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRUmefYkWZvQCcwV-DwjjbH6BTLZtrPhauySVEMtUew2LnPwoB4XkQU57R4xWFUd4bIHiLfJgiujoPaRQJb_XjNyzdhTR1JtER6k53a7cCTXBauojjoURFGgPnawmJFAPxRidR46Vl44/s1600-h/P1013307.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250752955894437266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRUmefYkWZvQCcwV-DwjjbH6BTLZtrPhauySVEMtUew2LnPwoB4XkQU57R4xWFUd4bIHiLfJgiujoPaRQJb_XjNyzdhTR1JtER6k53a7cCTXBauojjoURFGgPnawmJFAPxRidR46Vl44/s320/P1013307.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhbRakjAf3PsYmBT2jxu4u485XTItycdtyU6gLV77PUHUzSVCl2BEKeosMMZPNgm4kkOb6-868DYPSn_gYVSpWO8YKjdxXUFP7da14VRSjdEXGhfD5su6RZgpcJhvpLkAbvwJPB97l2M/s1600-h/P1013315.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250752802736335042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhbRakjAf3PsYmBT2jxu4u485XTItycdtyU6gLV77PUHUzSVCl2BEKeosMMZPNgm4kkOb6-868DYPSn_gYVSpWO8YKjdxXUFP7da14VRSjdEXGhfD5su6RZgpcJhvpLkAbvwJPB97l2M/s320/P1013315.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Daddy just had to paint Mommy's face....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8MH1NxQKSW4wJi2idPkgq5MfCi4kAlh64mYxnJs7dhi2EH4fdDHbVrX7dxSqV6tvbRJtSTndYXwrtnw7Qhc6otiISKva6pmslPW8D1lfRYWxo8VzCo19MyyrnwJMGNDR6WqHwOLTgWY/s1600-h/P1013310.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250752692283540242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8MH1NxQKSW4wJi2idPkgq5MfCi4kAlh64mYxnJs7dhi2EH4fdDHbVrX7dxSqV6tvbRJtSTndYXwrtnw7Qhc6otiISKva6pmslPW8D1lfRYWxo8VzCo19MyyrnwJMGNDR6WqHwOLTgWY/s320/P1013310.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />What do you think? Am I ready for a night at the casino?! I don't know what he was thinking!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QQsX6wpWbKch42k__YcS64yaZilbVviHxhx5wP4QWVKLKNO_0wfbEBeUGg3fywT_SEGfaX1ODW5IWJCB-FKoxDPBzN2JQe8pYcPZvkXcyB-MoXa4EZ6iHDp4Mi077lj3F29BaSD7vOU/s1600-h/P1013313.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250752447278253362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QQsX6wpWbKch42k__YcS64yaZilbVviHxhx5wP4QWVKLKNO_0wfbEBeUGg3fywT_SEGfaX1ODW5IWJCB-FKoxDPBzN2JQe8pYcPZvkXcyB-MoXa4EZ6iHDp4Mi077lj3F29BaSD7vOU/s320/P1013313.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCT7I7vUOvt6wcr-WixtQavuZ17HMKEiWuGgcSRKwZuxnrf663TojfRTXatVdd4ks9-cINUTrk1vypBqvi11MBOdBjYwVYox-wx8JEJtCxQlk7xlqryI1AD3_v3rviAoHYs2JQyFKdKY4/s1600-h/P1013314.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250752351866887282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCT7I7vUOvt6wcr-WixtQavuZ17HMKEiWuGgcSRKwZuxnrf663TojfRTXatVdd4ks9-cINUTrk1vypBqvi11MBOdBjYwVYox-wx8JEJtCxQlk7xlqryI1AD3_v3rviAoHYs2JQyFKdKY4/s320/P1013314.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then I got a hold of him and turned him into "Super Dad" We make a handsome couple, don't we?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_b_g6K7DJxgQ2P8wRGsiGeunjAjXoh2ATM_yHZtaDMhAtITf17O0uz5WQ5Bso3HqcX2lgqefoJS7YjliHXBCMwGMC33O1Q7kwpVkDKqdgb9HLmZyh7OxwOOueluVe7HlyhuglaTOC_As/s1600-h/P1013312.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250752249190382866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_b_g6K7DJxgQ2P8wRGsiGeunjAjXoh2ATM_yHZtaDMhAtITf17O0uz5WQ5Bso3HqcX2lgqefoJS7YjliHXBCMwGMC33O1Q7kwpVkDKqdgb9HLmZyh7OxwOOueluVe7HlyhuglaTOC_As/s320/P1013312.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Cupcake eating contest.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaUrOsVgyyl9-n4-kmYn25i3kGpOMb-4QU0lebfkwWArU-Q2CZfQyp6I8k1AzSw4uItIDHHka52_UDDkETJ3G7DVi6y73j89NqGnqCIJJeIhdOA2Ym1D1fTwQnwdTYgkSCDS1Xv3jw20/s1600-h/P1013316.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250752074675862834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaUrOsVgyyl9-n4-kmYn25i3kGpOMb-4QU0lebfkwWArU-Q2CZfQyp6I8k1AzSw4uItIDHHka52_UDDkETJ3G7DVi6y73j89NqGnqCIJJeIhdOA2Ym1D1fTwQnwdTYgkSCDS1Xv3jw20/s320/P1013316.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Daddy won!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6BRvypojQCuHPbQtav0ObpEnB-TYIV0LVuuZEa5305YweOfgxUAU4IM9L210SfRvbLHSQd7mC1rpyP8cyxHCv_UYCuzmmKEvSqRcKmmLqMBLKjmJwdIrqcsDM-zcjMgUcAxOo_bWm3w/s1600-h/P1013318.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250751960094128162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6BRvypojQCuHPbQtav0ObpEnB-TYIV0LVuuZEa5305YweOfgxUAU4IM9L210SfRvbLHSQd7mC1rpyP8cyxHCv_UYCuzmmKEvSqRcKmmLqMBLKjmJwdIrqcsDM-zcjMgUcAxOo_bWm3w/s320/P1013318.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We also had a race while hopping in pillowcases(little Julio won) and we had a coin toss(more like a mess of coins all over the kitchen floor) and we did some crazy dancing to bluegrass music.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And nothing like topping the night off with some suckers!<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7f44x68oyEV-AK6zacVRLhcE84BAJa8umgV7D1zGfBo0rG5k_JbVv2eCl72eywDufTmdJHt2b3-Z0P6FoU8HENe5h3slCIVxmOF-5_XENtaPHjKjjWiTpvf43malQV23H3jfg4lq-2Mw/s1600-h/P1013319.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250751837750419186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7f44x68oyEV-AK6zacVRLhcE84BAJa8umgV7D1zGfBo0rG5k_JbVv2eCl72eywDufTmdJHt2b3-Z0P6FoU8HENe5h3slCIVxmOF-5_XENtaPHjKjjWiTpvf43malQV23H3jfg4lq-2Mw/s320/P1013319.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It was a great success. We can't wait until next week. We'll be spending the week on Egypt and I'm thinking our theme for family fun night might just have an egyptian theme. Stay tuned...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Whew! I didn't realize how much we did this week until I looked at all of the pictures. By the way, we did fit in reading, grammer, math, and bible during all of that fun. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Thanks for stopping by! </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Love ya,</div><div align="left">Marilena<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-62951335549045803292008-09-18T15:00:00.000-07:002008-09-18T15:34:08.272-07:00My Poor Marina!Hello All,<br /><br />Well we had an interesting night! Julio was working late and I was just getting the kids ready for bed when all of a sudden I heard a thud and Marina crying. I knew that she had hit her head on the countertop in the kitchen ( like she has done about 10 times this year) but I didn't panic until I saw blood running down her hand!! She must have hit the corner just right because above her right eyebrow she had a one inch gaping wound! I didn't know what to do because it was 8pm and I was all alone with the kids so I called Julio crying. Poor guy, he probably felt so helpless because I just told him that Marina had a huge cut on her forehead and to meet me at the ER. I called a few of my neighbors to see if someone could help me with the kids but no one was home so I just put the kids in the car and went to the hospital. I had calmed down by then and Marina was holding the wound closed with a washcloth. I called Julio on the way to let him know that we were OK and that I had all of the kids with me. We spent a couple of hours in the children's ER and Marina got about 6 stitches. Except for the fact that we were still on Michigan time and Michaela fell off a chair and was bleeding because she bit her lip, the kids did great.<br /><br /> To top off the night Julio told me that while he was rushing out of work he bent down to get his cell phone (while he was driving) and when he looked up he saw a telephone pole right in front of him! He swerved and blew out a tire. He was right by his office so he went back and took one of his coworkers trucks. He didn't know how bad the damage was until this morning. He blew both of his tires and totally trashed his rims!! His friend had to have someone else drive him home. Thank goodness he didn't crash into that pole or I would've seen and ambulance pull up instead of his truck! <br /><br />Well, all is well now. Marina is fine. She will probably have a scar on her pretty face. I'm so thankful that she didn't hit her eye. Here are some pictures of our day.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">My little princesses playing dress up. Michaela got this outfit for her 2nd bday and Marina was so happy when she got a matching one for her bday.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMix8PNYSGdmXMmiCS7_mOF1byoA8rAHnQy95ajsAkLdFVI7CZf-cYvobaVWvEwYnv1YzGgQfmzt0F1rjkrwAokSFUq2cvjTN2sm0iDe70l6NKE3Eqik3XWLhF1V7hnK_r-tyf-vvJ0M/s1600-h/P1013228.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247486522845133394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMix8PNYSGdmXMmiCS7_mOF1byoA8rAHnQy95ajsAkLdFVI7CZf-cYvobaVWvEwYnv1YzGgQfmzt0F1rjkrwAokSFUq2cvjTN2sm0iDe70l6NKE3Eqik3XWLhF1V7hnK_r-tyf-vvJ0M/s320/P1013228.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Up48Mmhy93fDn6lZjut9tG00xv3Z1VUi8XVSJZHnmVRQeEZV2KCL1a1n2JxwvpHDW6HfYLonB9hlgAnlL3f3ox3xZ46huisckFLbJXggdZvqgjB7KgltOPWl-S7tB6Gvw2tJhnXS9fM/s1600-h/P1013229.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247486393836986754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Up48Mmhy93fDn6lZjut9tG00xv3Z1VUi8XVSJZHnmVRQeEZV2KCL1a1n2JxwvpHDW6HfYLonB9hlgAnlL3f3ox3xZ46huisckFLbJXggdZvqgjB7KgltOPWl-S7tB6Gvw2tJhnXS9fM/s320/P1013229.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The little mommies tending to their baby.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO3zOpIxuFdNFy0fSOyikUOhUW8cUEYCbgDZrtiK-vvkYgn3T6ukDROLlcEPBMisOhSJMXmnkjLU9N7RcUVvqzyDkywCkUns5iz6_2TlFLhxH67eNuBoXgevwoY4a-qyOfIH0qcJd5jE/s1600-h/P1013235.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247486292903938178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO3zOpIxuFdNFy0fSOyikUOhUW8cUEYCbgDZrtiK-vvkYgn3T6ukDROLlcEPBMisOhSJMXmnkjLU9N7RcUVvqzyDkywCkUns5iz6_2TlFLhxH67eNuBoXgevwoY4a-qyOfIH0qcJd5jE/s320/P1013235.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Then they decided to tie their baby up and pretend they were witches instead of princesses. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HII1POzPrzQPYybnjdcMoZKEIQLFLrhUbkBKupejdzzM-6QDePcvoTYfdFJau4GgtyL1ukb05R1rUv_QvE4E1e4EDYdkrtwqijHirry6wrpg8GSgf0qQ-fS7u-H6Edp4ol02CnIO-nc/s1600-h/P1013237.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247486166830765346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HII1POzPrzQPYybnjdcMoZKEIQLFLrhUbkBKupejdzzM-6QDePcvoTYfdFJau4GgtyL1ukb05R1rUv_QvE4E1e4EDYdkrtwqijHirry6wrpg8GSgf0qQ-fS7u-H6Edp4ol02CnIO-nc/s320/P1013237.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My poor baby!! It looks great in this picture compared to what it looked like when it first happened. When little Julio saw it he said "I can see all the way to her heart!"<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeW6joEok_vtdyaTnCzuwsfyVub7UMZsCvXs_9umckxPewFzQHLe_zBt7NcIpKs2qi7DM-nqoLJWs19OLXJ1yKwau72Z0ZwGXCoVniXKXZIJC3OyUEcyEpQYBUjtuM6TlhroQFbyfq6I/s1600-h/P1013242.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247485928842767826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeW6joEok_vtdyaTnCzuwsfyVub7UMZsCvXs_9umckxPewFzQHLe_zBt7NcIpKs2qi7DM-nqoLJWs19OLXJ1yKwau72Z0ZwGXCoVniXKXZIJC3OyUEcyEpQYBUjtuM6TlhroQFbyfq6I/s320/P1013242.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />They were really nice to her at the hospital. She got this cute polar bear and a book for being such a good patient.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTxiTEiCO-qY4LbXL32Hzgotde-sk18Lozd00ram845S6lm_yDb8L7uN9Ee2v66bxtur0Aw4daDAIKqO6isabrWtdh8N4y_b9DB32i5lS2mkbB8qFN5brUbg7_s2G3RhRrJOvy0WgY80/s1600-h/P1013243.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247485772957703666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTxiTEiCO-qY4LbXL32Hzgotde-sk18Lozd00ram845S6lm_yDb8L7uN9Ee2v66bxtur0Aw4daDAIKqO6isabrWtdh8N4y_b9DB32i5lS2mkbB8qFN5brUbg7_s2G3RhRrJOvy0WgY80/s320/P1013243.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Love ya,</div><div>Mar<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-52334635286988964882008-09-17T08:51:00.000-07:002008-10-03T09:34:38.037-07:00Our Trip to MichiganHello Everyone!<br />We are back from our trip to Michigan. The kids and I had a great time but Julio wasn't able to come out for the last week as we had planned so it was a very long 3 weeks. I really missed him and it is so good to be back! The kids were so cute at the airport. When they saw their dad they all ran around the baggage claim area and jumped in his arms yelling "Daddy, Daddy!"<br /><br />We had a lot of fun on our trip even though we didn't get to do half of the things that we planned on doing. The weather was perfect for most of the time except for the last weekend. I never got a chance to go to the cidermill because it was pouring rain on the day we were going to go =(<br /><br /><br />This is probably the longest post ever because I had so many pictures to share and I couldn't narrow it down to just a few, so here you go...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Julio between his Grandpa's on our first night at my parent's house.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicG4UUNmVclaw_Bu_fZieaw1EG3DlwIXvetx-gZw3OcshnnZUCUhJjVvRvXrO1S0RB3xcvsfbJ0Fua58CiKCRpOWHZZ6tE3HwOgVQN7mpTRdmzw7-ljzfWmnCFwICCU2rJEz3Ha6Bj9e8/s1600-h/P1013093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247027657205328370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicG4UUNmVclaw_Bu_fZieaw1EG3DlwIXvetx-gZw3OcshnnZUCUhJjVvRvXrO1S0RB3xcvsfbJ0Fua58CiKCRpOWHZZ6tE3HwOgVQN7mpTRdmzw7-ljzfWmnCFwICCU2rJEz3Ha6Bj9e8/s320/P1013093.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Marina, Michaela and Daniells playing ring around the rosy.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFqxlH0NAv2rPyTsuIZi_tP5b4yCsqUxQGbcEs4GtC0xdvAGbMQ5R3CafX-EWSlQ_mVMKXEPyE95NGLB-b4QC-1AZiNgROWmGLTs8n6s60UuaLONIr6XeW017BHpN_ig7DdXQY6WCHGA/s1600-h/P1013094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247027539881407026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFqxlH0NAv2rPyTsuIZi_tP5b4yCsqUxQGbcEs4GtC0xdvAGbMQ5R3CafX-EWSlQ_mVMKXEPyE95NGLB-b4QC-1AZiNgROWmGLTs8n6s60UuaLONIr6XeW017BHpN_ig7DdXQY6WCHGA/s320/P1013094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Marina and her cousin Daniella<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKX-l_mwkxdQ4ALgIbFtc2-JutS10nAb0abGA20id70fbsrSIbtZHtJYromlPMkvsRMFD6tHfwHZk1GAarV85jcRxOIjvhQ2EB64_us2S5Xq3cJ-kSitlbHBYGcaIB7V30-zrag6KR47s/s1600-h/P1013097.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247027340896679794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKX-l_mwkxdQ4ALgIbFtc2-JutS10nAb0abGA20id70fbsrSIbtZHtJYromlPMkvsRMFD6tHfwHZk1GAarV85jcRxOIjvhQ2EB64_us2S5Xq3cJ-kSitlbHBYGcaIB7V30-zrag6KR47s/s320/P1013097.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Michaela lying in the bright, soft, green grass. We don't get to do much of that here in Phoenix.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbhkUy4HjnhbC4nxdCvpQBfl2UpDtYWVcvBCmbkC6zwaAA8B-xuUch5nz9o-Fz3AtxeBv5-Hx7NNuigUvGw8kD9mmY-02HjbNWqs1Qks5S04hynGJSbdNJ9TKjPjtfIbe5SACv17jHt8/s1600-h/P1013098.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247027229217247058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbhkUy4HjnhbC4nxdCvpQBfl2UpDtYWVcvBCmbkC6zwaAA8B-xuUch5nz9o-Fz3AtxeBv5-Hx7NNuigUvGw8kD9mmY-02HjbNWqs1Qks5S04hynGJSbdNJ9TKjPjtfIbe5SACv17jHt8/s320/P1013098.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The girls with Nonna Mia.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuizJv8yk_fBCceC-ssAWDSIyQ3MO_dJfuXyAN7aBZWDs6XRzsFsyF3pceFFExdSflM7cz-okpmdgXcE61Uss6XlcfU6wazT8qKOOATJ1kvZx-6NbVn9Vwxen93-vQkj5bP-ymH1x9deo/s1600-h/P1013104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247027065960135202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuizJv8yk_fBCceC-ssAWDSIyQ3MO_dJfuXyAN7aBZWDs6XRzsFsyF3pceFFExdSflM7cz-okpmdgXcE61Uss6XlcfU6wazT8qKOOATJ1kvZx-6NbVn9Vwxen93-vQkj5bP-ymH1x9deo/s320/P1013104.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Julio and his cousin Sammy. They are like two little old men. We were at a church fair when they first saw eachother and they walked around holding hands. It was so cute!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVwNiCxKYZ_mVgkh_6s19Yf8FyjSIQI103WNd1TvB6Nqz4-0ARgYab-YEbJKeHKVDGNvDYSzYL3byhSR2sIhfIUc40pO___9atkgJSMCGLwP2WbbQcx_RZgGrxG82jrSbD61qocVtKLw/s1600-h/P1013106.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247026941796300546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVwNiCxKYZ_mVgkh_6s19Yf8FyjSIQI103WNd1TvB6Nqz4-0ARgYab-YEbJKeHKVDGNvDYSzYL3byhSR2sIhfIUc40pO___9atkgJSMCGLwP2WbbQcx_RZgGrxG82jrSbD61qocVtKLw/s320/P1013106.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Michaela and her cousin Emilio at the sprinklers.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWTxOkQMCS4isaTcKi48sJldKfqmbNi0TCYIt31t2FAhSHKXngdyuOBEe-fCSYKGCUIsuDIkgCQndGLKgecp2ioAzmXtxTYYBj05eFrvndn35BCCU59S4yU6cowifeMNGrwbEWE1UJp8/s1600-h/P1013107.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247026831367395394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWTxOkQMCS4isaTcKi48sJldKfqmbNi0TCYIt31t2FAhSHKXngdyuOBEe-fCSYKGCUIsuDIkgCQndGLKgecp2ioAzmXtxTYYBj05eFrvndn35BCCU59S4yU6cowifeMNGrwbEWE1UJp8/s320/P1013107.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Me and Michaela<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVXG62LZ1Si6lAqJF-dQQ0p4CZYWgdHz-qaoLFYyk-A-FgwurthnrLQ48WKaAA-DuVPr8XA5oqdl3HNNGZQVG0YAhyphenhyphendlE0VWfncZSXI795GXKFptHF9zfj0nwEfqzY63JXaN4fhGctZE/s1600-h/P1013110.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247026504243932610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVXG62LZ1Si6lAqJF-dQQ0p4CZYWgdHz-qaoLFYyk-A-FgwurthnrLQ48WKaAA-DuVPr8XA5oqdl3HNNGZQVG0YAhyphenhyphendlE0VWfncZSXI795GXKFptHF9zfj0nwEfqzY63JXaN4fhGctZE/s320/P1013110.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Emilio loved the sprinklers. Michaela not so much.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9T_n2vGMjvHfMtqBF9D3bdwD3TfhFbmVCf7naCypndvR9CGq5RmitS0OnNmcPk2qyGTWpJAm7V9xU287q_Pf-6Pi0TXpZMcn7fd4tJVxgh1lUj3uKy0dQ3K-03Oc3KVo8NsDlRxKTLM/s1600-h/P1013113.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247026326685107842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9T_n2vGMjvHfMtqBF9D3bdwD3TfhFbmVCf7naCypndvR9CGq5RmitS0OnNmcPk2qyGTWpJAm7V9xU287q_Pf-6Pi0TXpZMcn7fd4tJVxgh1lUj3uKy0dQ3K-03Oc3KVo8NsDlRxKTLM/s320/P1013113.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">My mom and me canning tomatoes. These tomatoes are all from her garden<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dxBTDooOXiz6koqzUYe1S9h93coHEWSBjM92ATkXccC1UGQFaFwtFHUmFpFOsbKef4Wd5cnMHBnd8SsPh_fzzFsqLJ2R60OUf6sGuvVQzg0acBv_ihnLN6eC_qbGeVV_L0y3JPr8O5k/s1600-h/P1013117.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247026133888460322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dxBTDooOXiz6koqzUYe1S9h93coHEWSBjM92ATkXccC1UGQFaFwtFHUmFpFOsbKef4Wd5cnMHBnd8SsPh_fzzFsqLJ2R60OUf6sGuvVQzg0acBv_ihnLN6eC_qbGeVV_L0y3JPr8O5k/s320/P1013117.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247025893726588354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadRbW64vpwmN73Cz8iteUb7h_RjzCQDT5Pt8CC2nneopX6ZdB5D8ve-edwbuW9vozpmGe70MHPdqxcKcYImaz4rvIG5tYHJXIPQGpvcR8CrpFeAjYvHP6bN2ZKIJknIY1wxmwUge6qlM/s320/P1013120.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Julio and Marina in front of my mom's house. If you look closely you will see that Julio was riding a pink and purple princess bike... poor kid didn't even care.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247025743114980034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbL6tcpdwIbYtDsepRDuwB1YVZW6La9x_H84g5Syv5uuHM10IAD8933uYOzTiYQ8jWZvwAy9cXQHbx6INa6e2ItVhCoDRSCLWy6_4s5efoejBDeqnqsMmI7GjFxrHc48NsYoDrhZ22Ns/s320/P1013121.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br />The kids helped my mom make a gazillion mini meatballs for a benefit dinner she was cooking for.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247025513513542082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1eZqdUrf08okAv8f3wcA0e6UH6F_tMYzIRhnX31dYxeABG6TsvgfvQtcwn1hgV6sDd230n7VbHV2Ml8wveigWPZlprpBlZEFldQ6Atwtgav_0n2ym4ZNjEZrHIIvhzZp6qvwxpmlmz8/s320/P1013133.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is our cat Kimba. He lives with Nonna because we were afraid to bring him to Phoenix with us. He is an outdoor cat and we here that cat's don't last long around here with all of the coyotes. The kid's had fun bonding with him.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247025365219239138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4DkOJ5usieRCcXb3WPOOv3GhMBiZksNlVvOSVie8Nc47HSYMwoAsfqVewShSTrRIuOV0o4_jj3G4j5JFBLBC-omzWBvoEPhvebfUhiOYszWdq82maaFX6vvUUQ4GFNGzsFOuo9FHwsw/s320/P1013134.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>My sister, sister in law and me decided to go out one night at the last minute after we put the kids to bed. We just hung out at PF Changs for a couple of hours talking and laughing.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247025021991092482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY5xX9DNq5_YXSoUpu7ok3gr6btpCkSVU3IU0lj0heM_IEJpjnt8wEkBIEakApJ_2b4nlLO-GX2GrdhQxN8Wz6VE7UYEMleLmJw20YDwJE6TZhQXQQh-paN9e_1ZprAJnOwBwtBAldK4/s320/P1013138.JPG" border="0" />And then at the end of the night, to our surprise we saw our cousin, Nikki, ( in the middle) with her husband and his cousins on the other side of the restaurant. We were there together the whole time and we didn't even know. We had a good laugh and then we all hung out for another couple of hours.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247024881480917490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8eOFWFKh-VDIBcnamQwYzRALSe1E83sXla9fx8K8FDxpKsh4E0D5b2IzDBh81kYgKqarvGmm7jBjCKe9VABbfqGTn8Bp09DzU1-8sR7i81DoA0aFpvAHvtNGMBu9lac_8jBJohn-Mu4/s320/P1013140.JPG" border="0" /><br />Emilio and Michaela hanging out in front of the hot pepper plants. They picked quite a few of them too. It's a good thing none of them broke and got into their eyes!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247024560171331250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRskSo6PHCFeSQgCPeoaw4AYV5uMjLZLwsnzHHCtU9fWynBLdyV4xNqEHh3DmtjnoqDayt_Ll5xh-uHt5i6Ovbmc6PPf_cwBUdD-HXKHvrAFIFlT2Lq2P832mlPAfQ8NVNLyk-WQtoqM/s320/P1013146.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nadia and Michaela.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247024446796537426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7bup-vqCZ14DoAddxHqRcrOqPSrLxOx84JTgWKv4388Qt_6aU2ItxCi9PW8F5QGiuWQ6KUiem3Q8PuXsJ2gi2uVeGK8_zkAIGKvqHKCGwnB9P4tXOjCbod4NFR-4MqCYo4uHS7qtyWo/s320/P1013148.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Marina and her cousin Olivia.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247024314201247650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPVnvEhWZgYc9ReO5MGQIOEru48uyOGJuC98fiuHRarDhGSJiRRrHjLP7irwCUCTeJlKOJFJYQBlqEBrEujmAqB6LQptrckqJvc8a9GUS5XGIh1yJqEqt5GRtDhJwNep7pqxJPF_URh4/s320/P1013151.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Lina, Me and Angela<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247023912380118642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIgNCla6ABJA6Lfw6UjU7ie5Ih19R31pZCVS-IpueCRKeNi6-LLz_YRkGt7Wyva1HdCvSI_mBlhzCa6ZQf5b4Q2km4kNhL18M3MjKIddAvrqafcyAMFAqRt9w0ODPzVADkBSz27Ch1xM/s320/P1013155.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><br /><br />We had a beautiful lunch at Lina's mom's house one day. Here I am with my mom, my mother in law, Grandma, Maria and Lina's grandma.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247023531035599506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbbcs8Ttn2oxG8x1rSB8LhxqC3KEm7QX8RU1yAJ74Lzbxhn6HhDKQfI4-XzX3OBTNetXwTzJYKpl3lOypXaVC24Uv8o6KZCeK2C2Nh_2x_Iq4hBE70B85Vj4YL2nGO5kGtJqQY7tBf0w/s320/P1013157.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Lina's sister brought her puppy. His name is Erros. Julio just loved him.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247023303472927970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9OOI5E0sQgeggN72xHvmYPaJbAa1XMec8mrQHKV5FUhjoO49av5hJv8NMcc-loabVmE-IVrxCDMq1tMf1WKDticT6_pTpMrNV3_LLqC6D3bXKopPL_CY_vZlRzTHnCwHtznWlJk6JEg/s320/P1013160.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Michaels took a little longer to warm up to him but she finally held him for a bit.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247023141144671410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAGe6evKseyAt2wPEbfaVdfeqothsqsfCLPgIzDiiXysaW2EFCf0rhCCTxSkMRGZ4u6gC_lAxMNSdbDaRDsvnY6ST3FNAMMG0bb7EmOpo_tNHvV86rhR07XyZ0M5tttK6tUSsw8YqFO0/s320/P1013166.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="left">Julio caught a frog. If you look close it is on his leg. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOD9X_LTYs_fjeLLRQDm4NS6SQyN1k9Jh_qIUwa1SvXtOnQxmp354F1xI60kaax_9mj6Z58krUYezIBBwTls5D6RrlyANPdwHiW5BQ79To8wMHxtqPT9kIr_5c0ccqfoo94kXGPXEHyVc/s1600-h/P1013174.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247022772582064930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOD9X_LTYs_fjeLLRQDm4NS6SQyN1k9Jh_qIUwa1SvXtOnQxmp354F1xI60kaax_9mj6Z58krUYezIBBwTls5D6RrlyANPdwHiW5BQ79To8wMHxtqPT9kIr_5c0ccqfoo94kXGPXEHyVc/s320/P1013174.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />While we were at my in law's house Marina spent most of her time on this swing. She loved when Papa would push her really high.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247022582344050386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzcRFs1fZX0rye8yJC3ossUH_GVMVn2aDsoqyZ4_ciRI6fFBMTbskPuWD93XWVYXBbyiBDfuJquebw85Te3DGMz6JCRP1-Y2D0wa4YjShJTxsNOU3WKVdXPqELbY7vZEfIdf-7FDJWoc/s320/P1013178.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Just a cute picture.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247022357892552450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73V-VX8NySRhy8XQU5P8IavC4AGF_-WSzgu55-AoVjPw-xegqNlqLYDNSZk1j6w4A1VddktruCBXyDNE7wqXGXiKBgVf4zTz-OuBZqCW7ds34qHrrwFGKcoINThIHnJ0wwVJyoUiI74E/s320/P1013182.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247022229694324146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2TI6rMmi18sgUeXMdIDDo02X2S9h68gctrbMJQX8B3EgsJXdaHhtP0xlTHDVgnMchZsR52xnxymE1DTdVUrUc2JNeNSIaI_2gQX5K-RWEX9ZXKq2D8tYC3_QerlYbY_WOG8Tw0KXfNE/s320/P1013183.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We celebrated Marina's 5th Bday while we were there.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247021984530944290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUlksbRS0Ke_SNpos5cxRekpcU6p8kNg8zn-3WLzJQBn7_x3JhNHsoB3FXLdyI-pGG7QNVScamv5r-hpL2A_Cm0l-mO0cqHnn55h-RErnHbsEyXQqpF5-5IjuTL6g4TWBcxDiQy06koM/s320/P1013187.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />I can't believe my little girl is 5...<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247021537464367314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_f9DHrgWgO32Q7Ca4l1C5ni3eorYHWGmQySk5IkjpsUo620LMqex534xOsJE2U2fP23owPixCdQeOV9cPGv4S83jJLF0UgLONZTQhwinANa4wLmkLRRHcLhkDa-MfswIS2jdlkjl6H-E/s320/P1013190.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247020871362320994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_V0sswL8H1WVBTvQQH8988Abn9BcNqrg4WFTz4c8Bl_x_qD_TrJRDefNAzziEYiW7vF7zDbd70ywlk2Hpg2Hd-WBlO_WR-CjWS7Uev1jF2N3JSSdzop7Bma0_NiLTWpY7Y7xk47O7saE/s320/P1013192.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><div></div><div>This was hilarious. Julio is wearing Papa's glasses.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247020639084628930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1ki3n1dAF9F-gdX5m9Us0ejiY5OcHIr736ILlLWiIC3IC4eV1ishHTngc0_wHSc8oZJ8GQD8TAkmryi84ogTspMPnxkERGj7-H21ad6Dz_jr2TbhpleQg8nk8KwPn2JZyYbTGy7DcGw/s320/P1013209.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Michaela trying on a bonnet that Nonna had hanging on her bedpost.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247020494068532514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yz8zcSk_7AtWR4d8agwLtwuQpnAoIEikyPQ72hMJZExEogq9Pz8haT-faYEJJ0pPRgGDMOO6VjdYux-L4KinGyeVlsDlu9g9XGb19eGTE-TtMtWNgrwRgVyPB_S0-JmIbVjbBT-KUa4/s320/P1013214.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saying goodbye to Great Grandma and Grandpa was hard.<br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247020218148296434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ExEhXnetyjOUzVrb2krwmTcvDWNIk6AxH3oZyuqMuVn4kZLqh6T0TW3ZnVPctoRwYhIWvBOSydHmkM2A5zVdzw56VeWVYBAFgErqC5TwJ1HXSdSKwg228SYO4MqKDuy93k5GIbycub8/s320/P1013216.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />On the plane ride home. That's gum on Michaela's upper lip...<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247019767820266738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdG1uNJDI_jpt5QxGigCp1KOoib8sRCGKhdEykIL6pcRbsSXu65S2Jml9VyQJeZq43INfMtJ4to5GSkrwdoZ-zi0-PIKpsh4knc0a3fcAYlNXn5Qbn_fyqLG6mtV9zC2nqLXes-HjMrI/s320/P1013217.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Julio played with his new DS the whole plane ride.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247019613157306050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-K521cxxhfz9WuDTyXwZa2xYoSvKL_JrQDaMz1MA9Uif3_BUbY2E-fzFF3inaalsHOtOoorlTuM0rQGJbizcAzt5D3PfHol85eaqWI2QOz0Fpabx4o7zhky1ptXNbvH4r1_yCtG5CXQ/s320/P1013218.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br />We came home on Marina's real bday. Daddy brought home a cake after work and we sang to her at 8:00 last night. We were exhausted, with the time change it was 11: 00 for us but we wanted to wait for Daddy to come home from work. He had to go in after he picked us up from the airport.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247019321638910210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpimFhH4gfVvBYfCgJ4yV_gzwtmDQ2Cd4Qjs1kN4uWLM5hTJPv420mO-YbqUTK7wQdnHuH7nNSJ9mWUoGBqkfJeQp-HHRvcRjkVMnXsyEN3O_8Bn3_cXI4bpLMeb7RUZrjvFW-UuBx5BQ/s320/P1013224.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Whew! I'm pooped! It took me awhile to write this post. I think I'm ready for a nap. There are a lot cuter pictures in my sister and my father in laws camera's. I'll have to post some more when they send me them. If you made it this far I'm sure you are sick of looking at our pictures and I'm sure you don't want to see anymore!! </div></div><div></div><div>Thanks for stopping by and for all of you back in Michigan, I miss you already!!! </div><div></div><div>Love you,</div><div>Marilena</div><div></div><div>P.S. How do you like my blog's new look. I thought I would change it up a bit.<br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-88166256383866666612008-08-20T12:49:00.000-07:002008-08-20T13:28:32.406-07:00Nature WalkingWe went on a nature walk today. The kids made nature journals and then we headed outside. I told them that whenever they saw something interesting in nature to draw it with as much detail as they could. They used pencils and then colored their drawings when we got home. We had a ball! Here are some pictures.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_auFJPP9BpqZaCz1dnTYbHpjEwrNk02uz1q3bhIHO04jlSF4PXqnj8-CBQjWX9VX7tLMwgKxzG8xIFXh1MPjBWNXoBMtxUcvxCw6OkAZROa_CJUvwuLyVV7NzYSpw55J3cKQmbz4nPtE/s1600-h/P1013074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236696604884305170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_auFJPP9BpqZaCz1dnTYbHpjEwrNk02uz1q3bhIHO04jlSF4PXqnj8-CBQjWX9VX7tLMwgKxzG8xIFXh1MPjBWNXoBMtxUcvxCw6OkAZROa_CJUvwuLyVV7NzYSpw55J3cKQmbz4nPtE/s320/P1013074.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /> </div><div></div><br /><div align="center">Here's a better look at the covers.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRKhiqza6mJhcGaNZkMXs4Fbw6GGQ5GbFgYo2eUZ_Ti1jrwr3AkpziB9iIEa06-Zd2oBWqDAOL3cLL5cJDwR7vFmNfMLv8x7b-Ma3Rockx3_8USe6OaBnacx9b7j7ZnRgpx8Lkbd0O8o/s1600-h/P1013075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236691326601475218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRKhiqza6mJhcGaNZkMXs4Fbw6GGQ5GbFgYo2eUZ_Ti1jrwr3AkpziB9iIEa06-Zd2oBWqDAOL3cLL5cJDwR7vFmNfMLv8x7b-Ma3Rockx3_8USe6OaBnacx9b7j7ZnRgpx8Lkbd0O8o/s320/P1013075.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center">The difference between boys and girls. Julio drew every bug that he saw and Marina drew all the pretty flowers. They were so cute! Whenever they saw something they would yell "Nature" and sit down and draw it.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxN1dQLYoM72Im2wr4l9mATvvFICL_Q7BfV5W6GSxPztYGw8kf8lTREGEIAT2tDitl4hr2ND0-1bsvwK-CBdWn7FkHVIpkwmvQzy3nkY9yHRLqKGujx5DAeO6lBoyEmElh_EeVV2_xiE/s1600-h/P1013076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236691235941986802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxN1dQLYoM72Im2wr4l9mATvvFICL_Q7BfV5W6GSxPztYGw8kf8lTREGEIAT2tDitl4hr2ND0-1bsvwK-CBdWn7FkHVIpkwmvQzy3nkY9yHRLqKGujx5DAeO6lBoyEmElh_EeVV2_xiE/s320/P1013076.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Can you guess what this is??? Yes.... it's poop. Julio drew it and I guess he's right, it is nature...<br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiij6IB5OI5amYxgePOgrW1s0HL9u6escRlnfVaqPJSTacnBXAI-h2TDxxFghxsn95BY4_WwVAh1nVGBQe1-65bmQWkqxD3V19lndjDfSX9WHwudQNm2KTOgYRL6spaAavN7i7dbADQK3M/s1600-h/P1013080.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236691129846911202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiij6IB5OI5amYxgePOgrW1s0HL9u6escRlnfVaqPJSTacnBXAI-h2TDxxFghxsn95BY4_WwVAh1nVGBQe1-65bmQWkqxD3V19lndjDfSX9WHwudQNm2KTOgYRL6spaAavN7i7dbADQK3M/s320/P1013080.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div>Well, that's it for our nature walk. I'm going to try to do that with them a few times a week. I can't wait until the weather gets cooler and we can spend more time exploring! Here are some other pictures I thought you would enjoy.<br /><div></div></div><div align="center"><br /><div></div><div> Michaela with a glue stick. She said "Look Mommy, I have makeup!"<br /></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvLWytzlKekVxKqQxHJTBlT6mYuqCZ2pH391jex38eXDsbZ7aDSPMaCMgd4bfJd28-W1yWbrPYJcnY0QNHiCsuLh5OVIQND_FfKRYyLSb9i1NgzXy2vJuopuEVZVRP0nFasQ99K5qiWw/s1600-h/P1013078.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236691033763536162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvLWytzlKekVxKqQxHJTBlT6mYuqCZ2pH391jex38eXDsbZ7aDSPMaCMgd4bfJd28-W1yWbrPYJcnY0QNHiCsuLh5OVIQND_FfKRYyLSb9i1NgzXy2vJuopuEVZVRP0nFasQ99K5qiWw/s320/P1013078.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The other day we were in the front room and the kids started yelling " There's a horse outside" and when I looked, sure enough there was a horse right in front of our house. Our neighbor, Jackie, got a horse!! We ran outside and she let Julio take a ride but the girls chickened out. Isn't he beautiful!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYsBMcq9xCy3RpxXE6yd6uSDLMEJYOQ2T8R6PrgGJ5mAMg9ZXRk7v1ZRYalWC15x9LzK3s1JqcCUx80PJh194aL8IXzvM-cHsTuTVSGfRwKop7D7od5I1oraRW4ok39omUG39maY3hI8/s1600-h/P1013072.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236690790057072738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYsBMcq9xCy3RpxXE6yd6uSDLMEJYOQ2T8R6PrgGJ5mAMg9ZXRk7v1ZRYalWC15x9LzK3s1JqcCUx80PJh194aL8IXzvM-cHsTuTVSGfRwKop7D7od5I1oraRW4ok39omUG39maY3hI8/s320/P1013072.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5lJ1E_AcPyj15p5Zbi9ahSEeFBJQrA4ISLtuE1avDyhEHZ094Ns6sxFjtR69u_ApY1YA8JPl4AzeQv92UErs_pM3r8RcodIoFXZggicGx-9pZ4TslrTJe6Rs5BtZ4843T7tVWyeDqjw/s1600-h/P1013073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236690606750587666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5lJ1E_AcPyj15p5Zbi9ahSEeFBJQrA4ISLtuE1avDyhEHZ094Ns6sxFjtR69u_ApY1YA8JPl4AzeQv92UErs_pM3r8RcodIoFXZggicGx-9pZ4TslrTJe6Rs5BtZ4843T7tVWyeDqjw/s320/P1013073.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Julio was so excited to ride him without a saddle. He just held on tight to his mane. I loved the sound his shoes made on the pavement. It was pretty cool to have a horse in our front yard!<br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br />And of course I have to share a little more knitting with you. Here is a cell phone holder I made the other day. I've been working on another hat and now I have to start all over because Michaela got a hold of it and took almost the whole thing apart!<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJJP13CGzV6wuxmyneU4SUHHatsySpUQIKFk5Z1GUA5ORuBJbLRUfEEMaQ1l2RF4UUEVPARwVaYUpeKygn89PL2xjT09JTHuYkGItOXJ3lOAyndEo5CZSOg4BqyXOt4ghqeZObPMM1OI/s1600-h/P1013070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236690495131464418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJJP13CGzV6wuxmyneU4SUHHatsySpUQIKFk5Z1GUA5ORuBJbLRUfEEMaQ1l2RF4UUEVPARwVaYUpeKygn89PL2xjT09JTHuYkGItOXJ3lOAyndEo5CZSOg4BqyXOt4ghqeZObPMM1OI/s320/P1013070.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />6 more days until our Michigan trip!! </div><div> </div><div>Love ya,</div><div>Mar<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-91303617081922613122008-08-15T11:51:00.000-07:002008-08-15T12:26:17.896-07:00First Week of School Down!Hi Everyone!<br /><br /><br />I knit my first hat last night! I was so excited. I think it came out pretty cute. What do you think? I knit it while the kids were watching a movie. But enough about me......<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uyH3ODkgwEozh-GroP3jYbtiNiEqn353cpwmuHY8xehzTJgibWmTI-FQ7vz2TgL-wpph9CiqcYrQoTAXpXPaHp2BzwR7VCz4XgGK1hKV34SgGHsal9hqduPB7MDXyWwAs1_FeMmnCn0/s1600-h/P1013069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234820661755927106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uyH3ODkgwEozh-GroP3jYbtiNiEqn353cpwmuHY8xehzTJgibWmTI-FQ7vz2TgL-wpph9CiqcYrQoTAXpXPaHp2BzwR7VCz4XgGK1hKV34SgGHsal9hqduPB7MDXyWwAs1_FeMmnCn0/s320/P1013069.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">We finished our first week of school, Yay!! Here are the kids doing a science experiment with their dad. They're trying to break an egg by squeezing it.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdT0T52ZqHzBp2f0c_GfdVkZByOHfIXkVcbq8bXLqhBatdrYv1zKduy9D5UqddHqwknWM3jeHcq3yIZxjwqWevauPzyWDI3TVy5RqcvwNDE_IJPQz3-oswNBsZvQgVP3o2lrW2LZ5l5FQ/s1600-h/P1013065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234820545041757570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdT0T52ZqHzBp2f0c_GfdVkZByOHfIXkVcbq8bXLqhBatdrYv1zKduy9D5UqddHqwknWM3jeHcq3yIZxjwqWevauPzyWDI3TVy5RqcvwNDE_IJPQz3-oswNBsZvQgVP3o2lrW2LZ5l5FQ/s320/P1013065.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br />This is how we stayed cool in the afternoons. It's been over 100 degrees for a couple of months now! If you look at the front of the picture you can see the hose rigged up to the fire pit.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZGmHhoTAyaT9suLdxFkYo-Wsdby40k5PwZURbcfq5ns0jtwg4PIYaY6vz2Up2puC4_9LLPc9yKVt1qPoYsdOAHry6_97ZJ-5G50_Vqe7aVZsVNm8O2PGjFjjZvZNeTLff8-gYrT3UrM/s1600-h/P1013060.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234820347022424194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZGmHhoTAyaT9suLdxFkYo-Wsdby40k5PwZURbcfq5ns0jtwg4PIYaY6vz2Up2puC4_9LLPc9yKVt1qPoYsdOAHry6_97ZJ-5G50_Vqe7aVZsVNm8O2PGjFjjZvZNeTLff8-gYrT3UrM/s320/P1013060.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Michaela is wearing a jumper that I actually wore when I was little. She looks so sweet and innocent here doesn't she?? But......<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYhCrFNssQqYJvmZkIVEPMyrmT7vBUAV0MtdtkUT1WQZSdCTJKvRo1TrlMgQRj02ni9SLdMHnxXXtmWEbI9X3dcQt3l9SLpNq_EQydwX5XzuZIyDEQBrjH1iou3bFtKbq5DiCmL50Hcc/s1600-h/P1013068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234820212232998882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYhCrFNssQqYJvmZkIVEPMyrmT7vBUAV0MtdtkUT1WQZSdCTJKvRo1TrlMgQRj02ni9SLdMHnxXXtmWEbI9X3dcQt3l9SLpNq_EQydwX5XzuZIyDEQBrjH1iou3bFtKbq5DiCmL50Hcc/s320/P1013068.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>This is how she really is!! That's lotion all over her face! and all over the outlet cover, and the countertop and.... well you get the picture. I guess she was working on her science too, "how many pumps will it take to empty this bottle?" or " what will this lotion feel like in my eyes" She learned that one pretty quick, ouch ! I'm hoping that she'll remember the stinging and think twice before trying that again, but I'm guessing she won't!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrR1w8XplkHQ2gjH-Ov4RaWpA0vZxhhONToTDWa_IyymUs8GYCQcQBTx0th5-FaqIaNSZxnzHwz9fQAUKi9V9cV_yi7_mKdxPbwFyV6ZjtxrXU4LZpmL4D45nSfLvfOHLdkp6-VpsFK6U/s1600-h/P1013061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234820068343431170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrR1w8XplkHQ2gjH-Ov4RaWpA0vZxhhONToTDWa_IyymUs8GYCQcQBTx0th5-FaqIaNSZxnzHwz9fQAUKi9V9cV_yi7_mKdxPbwFyV6ZjtxrXU4LZpmL4D45nSfLvfOHLdkp6-VpsFK6U/s320/P1013061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is what she does when I try to fold clothes. Those are her shorts on her head.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMDET8tGfStOzYfp9CfmSaWlxaOR_xOgXqw7Y_-sekVAD47Zqylb8KXo5Zzs8vWgSGcM544n7eYkd9KMKTcIx0G5HE4QljXikuL3_RgiOQN-KJ4UHbJFWJ-dOgCriqG09Yc_zHdiSt0A/s1600-h/P1013050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234819831604163330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMDET8tGfStOzYfp9CfmSaWlxaOR_xOgXqw7Y_-sekVAD47Zqylb8KXo5Zzs8vWgSGcM544n7eYkd9KMKTcIx0G5HE4QljXikuL3_RgiOQN-KJ4UHbJFWJ-dOgCriqG09Yc_zHdiSt0A/s320/P1013050.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Daddy and the kids playing dominoes. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcNDGpOg7MKCEjm3ejEVR2crFknPkNeI1OGW7XjmQAdq7IZWj7ikI9t6WuGgxSgEztP-6LX-Ic3KQ0A06i9QYoaacXpMSnfoKO37zm2IlTHfokAXdYu1hdQTb8MfH_HD3k4ISmbbmUic/s1600-h/P1013049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234819692824031026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcNDGpOg7MKCEjm3ejEVR2crFknPkNeI1OGW7XjmQAdq7IZWj7ikI9t6WuGgxSgEztP-6LX-Ic3KQ0A06i9QYoaacXpMSnfoKO37zm2IlTHfokAXdYu1hdQTb8MfH_HD3k4ISmbbmUic/s320/P1013049.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Julio reading a bedtime story to the girls. <br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EFI2RT0YNzau0pH57w-cp-IyxUTNm-Kmpxdc3VFyqg6OJX1pmKQOVk8TP6QFwfM7pPC6BVhd8NQuUBwGY9dPQaH-goRqD64C5GOnYt4a8gTmyShlIbxXmGwZUkCPe1_iDskVz-n5mTU/s1600-h/P1013045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234819524520099794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EFI2RT0YNzau0pH57w-cp-IyxUTNm-Kmpxdc3VFyqg6OJX1pmKQOVk8TP6QFwfM7pPC6BVhd8NQuUBwGY9dPQaH-goRqD64C5GOnYt4a8gTmyShlIbxXmGwZUkCPe1_iDskVz-n5mTU/s320/P1013045.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We had a lot of fun but I'm so glad it's Friday!! Little Julio went to the movies with one of his buddies to see the new Star Wars movie, so it's just me and the girls right now. When I finish posting I think we'll do something girlie together. </div><div> </div><div> We are all really excited to be coming home to Michigan soon! 11 days to go!!<br /><br />Love ya,</div><div>Mar<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-51109950398745046422008-08-11T15:19:00.000-07:002008-08-11T15:48:35.070-07:00Back to School!We had our first day of school today! We had a great morning even though it didn't go quite as we had planned. The plan was for us to work on Bible, Math, and Language in the morning and then our neighbors were going to come over around 10:30 to do History and Science with us. We are doing a really cool world history program called "Hideaways in History". Each week we build a "hideaway" ( a cardboard box) that goes along with whatever time period we are learning about. Well, our neighbors are sick =( and it doesn't look like they will be better for a while so we decided to wait until we get back from our trip to start history and science. The kids were disappointed but we went ahead and started on the rest of our lessons. Here are some pics from our day.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">I got them each a little back to school gift. Michaela thought she was pretty cool with her new pencil and stickers.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbzZUIWLUcA2zCw9PdohHF6JjBx1tySbmLYIPPdnBOI_qsRcMWdUGzy_j36lm-OrQ5NV3cy1-GZSDmHhgAVoIP7ODF5G1euKgYtrd8Xh7ZC3RJIXRuA5tYQv7z0EtamRD8l3iAAkIofM/s1600-h/P1013052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233389429279443026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbzZUIWLUcA2zCw9PdohHF6JjBx1tySbmLYIPPdnBOI_qsRcMWdUGzy_j36lm-OrQ5NV3cy1-GZSDmHhgAVoIP7ODF5G1euKgYtrd8Xh7ZC3RJIXRuA5tYQv7z0EtamRD8l3iAAkIofM/s320/P1013052.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Here they are hard at work. Actually, Julio is doing his math and the girls are just coloring. I couldn't believe how much he remembered after taking 2 months off. I thought for sure I would have to do a ton of review.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSj9D1PTRBDkwjlz2-MjeZN5gBXtYJERfhUiqBRXVeYoB4eCNJ1e5vtfAVFGNq_iQyKISoek-H1bAfXq_gTOEI-kOXEC6nKIAAl0lj54zxjJxURqjr1waNT7cORoKynNj826bJiJQF7U/s1600-h/P1013054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233389321912020514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSj9D1PTRBDkwjlz2-MjeZN5gBXtYJERfhUiqBRXVeYoB4eCNJ1e5vtfAVFGNq_iQyKISoek-H1bAfXq_gTOEI-kOXEC6nKIAAl0lj54zxjJxURqjr1waNT7cORoKynNj826bJiJQF7U/s320/P1013054.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Michaela just giving her sister some love.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5rnZZJsJa1nhSk5QxnAefdvOqzb3f3J_0-InzGEcbgTrr8b1Pn8GRlzPDd_JC7KcKj-AIwbqNIkl_lBfCstX_wjp8_DsvrvTdhrTQN53uP8CdBxlQAbGbaA9AJ-5YOhTAwPwAdQFWi8/s1600-h/P1013056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233389211987078434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5rnZZJsJa1nhSk5QxnAefdvOqzb3f3J_0-InzGEcbgTrr8b1Pn8GRlzPDd_JC7KcKj-AIwbqNIkl_lBfCstX_wjp8_DsvrvTdhrTQN53uP8CdBxlQAbGbaA9AJ-5YOhTAwPwAdQFWi8/s320/P1013056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And her brother too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL6V627bOn3KQXk5Xa_vKlPmF73ybVWvmmrVd9NLFuwlQJ1dEJ9Cp8V6RyUFepZOsrAtgz4185GJy1q-8gkRnQEU4p2vdLMKadXWXT48-AhVORMg3K8Nn3acYxa6PvyyU7y0pRCJ8ljw/s1600-h/P1013057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233388934410404434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL6V627bOn3KQXk5Xa_vKlPmF73ybVWvmmrVd9NLFuwlQJ1dEJ9Cp8V6RyUFepZOsrAtgz4185GJy1q-8gkRnQEU4p2vdLMKadXWXT48-AhVORMg3K8Nn3acYxa6PvyyU7y0pRCJ8ljw/s320/P1013057.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Awww, aren't they sweet?!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggofQu8L3U2YEX3Zvts4tfKue8W_4lPKsJGps29vFN3uRioTKd-Vs2CtUSPKroLGnKENoMjTq0JgyOzCnPfm3Kh74pNtQF9N3y_ZzBS24h3d_4Scuu4-iHQLHGCEu4p7DyCNv9BdsdBcM/s1600-h/P1013058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233388784287762562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggofQu8L3U2YEX3Zvts4tfKue8W_4lPKsJGps29vFN3uRioTKd-Vs2CtUSPKroLGnKENoMjTq0JgyOzCnPfm3Kh74pNtQF9N3y_ZzBS24h3d_4Scuu4-iHQLHGCEu4p7DyCNv9BdsdBcM/s320/P1013058.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Enjoying their back to school celebration cake that our neighbors made. We were supposed to have a pizza party for lunch but we had to celebrate without them.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySIjltAkkSCPBL0hOmZo2I7C_EDZZfwvJxSIKWQe6OY_7LNQbeSA-oO1CpN7IxCGRWdaxXBco8paBEWVRvWSzE2BT27uq7OC3IXKGEAwR8WjEWvT2L589j8dS6HDYV4CIlmDBBJAc0o0/s1600-h/P1013059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233388623397572866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySIjltAkkSCPBL0hOmZo2I7C_EDZZfwvJxSIKWQe6OY_7LNQbeSA-oO1CpN7IxCGRWdaxXBco8paBEWVRvWSzE2BT27uq7OC3IXKGEAwR8WjEWvT2L589j8dS6HDYV4CIlmDBBJAc0o0/s320/P1013059.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />All in all we had a nice first day. I love my kids and I feel blessed to be able to stay home and share in all of these little moments with them.</div><div> </div><div>Have a great day!</div><div>Love ya,</div><div>Mar<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div><br /></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-7963989667025823852008-08-06T13:19:00.000-07:002008-08-06T13:35:15.157-07:00Knitting and Baking!<div align="center">Here is my first completed knitting project. Not very fancy, but it was my first try. I'm working on a scarf for Boo and some gloves and a hat for myself. I know it's 110 degrees over here, but I'm just getting ready for when the frigid 60 degree temps come in ;) I have to say knitting is addictive.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczHr0FUSDqujvpWIjbe9nsNCv97WsdHsfjz-_-uiIsSmZ9rhZXxZQ7Qde2Fv0Dol4GmwuWCsnwA9Raat9ZxjlhP0pNC8XiknbkTrTkl3ceeH1cPumq8si5XLLnAgprR3CgWM_6mOqptk/s1600-h/P1013046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231502352337162370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczHr0FUSDqujvpWIjbe9nsNCv97WsdHsfjz-_-uiIsSmZ9rhZXxZQ7Qde2Fv0Dol4GmwuWCsnwA9Raat9ZxjlhP0pNC8XiknbkTrTkl3ceeH1cPumq8si5XLLnAgprR3CgWM_6mOqptk/s320/P1013046.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">And I decided to get my haircut short last night. What do you think? Boo says I look like ZiZi Nikki. I love it. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYK3MlTATsHCQE9KxIFMWoGkdZbGFw5Se2fFU9V1yvO6jk4m2jPEPqOxeVwgJ5z0dl3gcamqKrt7Zambh3cbVWMPepCpTd4-H0wmgBlaG_duQIChLnO-3qS-KbSF43dvKhnZLfKiZYfk/s1600-h/P1013047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231502234312805602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYK3MlTATsHCQE9KxIFMWoGkdZbGFw5Se2fFU9V1yvO6jk4m2jPEPqOxeVwgJ5z0dl3gcamqKrt7Zambh3cbVWMPepCpTd4-H0wmgBlaG_duQIChLnO-3qS-KbSF43dvKhnZLfKiZYfk/s320/P1013047.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Not much new going on around here. My neighbor and I have been on a quest to find a good whole wheat bread recipe. I hate going to the store and searching through every brand of bread to find a whole wheat loaf without High Fructose Corn Syrup. So I decided I can make it myself. Let's just say I've been doing a lot of kneading and baking. I think I found a good one today. I have 2 beautiful loaves sitting on my counter right now. If my kids like it I think I'm going to quit buying bread at the store. <br />I hope you all have a wonderful day!<br /><br />Love ya,<br />Mar<br /><br /><br /></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-87238329796972822182008-07-26T10:15:00.000-07:002008-07-26T10:57:03.048-07:00Our Day at the BeachLast week we decided to take a last minute trip to the beach. So Julio and I tried to load up the van while the kids weren't looking. We wanted to surprise them so when we were done loading up we told them to stop playing and get in the van. They were dying to know where we were going! Julio can't stand surprises and he kept saying " I just have to know where we are going, I can't stand it!" It was so funny. <br /><br /> There is a beautiful Lake about 45 minutes from us that has a nice sandy beach area. <span></span>Not easy to find in Arizona! And as we started to get closer the kids began to recognize it and started chanting "We're going to the beach! We're going to the beach!"<br /><br /> We had a really nice relaxing afternoon and the scenery was just beautiful!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"> Here are some pictures of our day. Enjoy!</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpJPDMtRFGiWsJimqawd_dxY4MWIsvy8Ha3aFY-wH80B90_IoUud2LJvEEyE1OULiInRxeW4JlYgDcnlcQVKdy2l-330A9peHmdMrkEY-yZLV1ySq0BgGa46uR7C3CNFpceTNyFARPw4/s1600-h/P1013023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227376103870699938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpJPDMtRFGiWsJimqawd_dxY4MWIsvy8Ha3aFY-wH80B90_IoUud2LJvEEyE1OULiInRxeW4JlYgDcnlcQVKdy2l-330A9peHmdMrkEY-yZLV1ySq0BgGa46uR7C3CNFpceTNyFARPw4/s320/P1013023.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGl5O8hV8ZnZXzfPnr34loJ80DZd2JG8q3t2nPGytgHS3qtYvyrPI1cnvjVlhB_PftX0HOWIdYXLZjCp_uaS0Wd1wlvUxg5eaxCUXHE82dIp72U1ukJxkFBRrUdojKa3lGhjiS8UT2CnQ/s1600-h/P1013026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375996115789554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGl5O8hV8ZnZXzfPnr34loJ80DZd2JG8q3t2nPGytgHS3qtYvyrPI1cnvjVlhB_PftX0HOWIdYXLZjCp_uaS0Wd1wlvUxg5eaxCUXHE82dIp72U1ukJxkFBRrUdojKa3lGhjiS8UT2CnQ/s320/P1013026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNRQB0VLWX29RYICsxY3KAngJvx6IFywjS2_qlzaQTf0MeM4-XZvWOLd9Y3t-9Tbi0Q4Gg7u-aZYtdtOGJqSk2-8FNtbDmg_-wN9HKcwhuUj1wwrRXNbD1NgTgtccMEaWnJvR8oCirXo/s1600-h/P1013022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375885797015378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNRQB0VLWX29RYICsxY3KAngJvx6IFywjS2_qlzaQTf0MeM4-XZvWOLd9Y3t-9Tbi0Q4Gg7u-aZYtdtOGJqSk2-8FNtbDmg_-wN9HKcwhuUj1wwrRXNbD1NgTgtccMEaWnJvR8oCirXo/s320/P1013022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicA7LO_PDN76cGMAs9A4KvU9_IFW-7ia1TKe4wnZYXTg1O33Z0G3QUJLWBYchnmuIMZ3oegNp8hbrsKCQUaCmNa-0ufAO8-ZAw9C4gXtjTaRkfMw0JfEyqxNlpdS2NTB_RgXOR9l8Y0iw/s1600-h/P1013019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375777855519346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicA7LO_PDN76cGMAs9A4KvU9_IFW-7ia1TKe4wnZYXTg1O33Z0G3QUJLWBYchnmuIMZ3oegNp8hbrsKCQUaCmNa-0ufAO8-ZAw9C4gXtjTaRkfMw0JfEyqxNlpdS2NTB_RgXOR9l8Y0iw/s320/P1013019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BmfpqDM9g7P95WyrOjLbqVwznPOjfoAfX1OY5UJ1RhLaejHlLgN7MtRjjLH12m5DB1rcgC6J1rl4SxlRMmyiM0i_2SgIWX_8H9VOApPk6FPblzKJkz4gPN_u9cqm-gZSmlfxgWrZQCY/s1600-h/P1013021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375658357209666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BmfpqDM9g7P95WyrOjLbqVwznPOjfoAfX1OY5UJ1RhLaejHlLgN7MtRjjLH12m5DB1rcgC6J1rl4SxlRMmyiM0i_2SgIWX_8H9VOApPk6FPblzKJkz4gPN_u9cqm-gZSmlfxgWrZQCY/s320/P1013021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />There were little gold specs in the water, so Julio was trying to pan for gold. No luck...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLXrvf5x1hzKhC7hy9IqbYxbmd6HRehlExvjZfOCOC1JTGoDMRdQIk3eEmgNM3fyZR3zwZ4uxFddarHL6Abgb6CDDuQA2kvxJsOpph8c9OWtc9nDUvwyY4BwnyZqCLNuWhXcxYBLSaVE/s1600-h/P1013036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375519710453778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLXrvf5x1hzKhC7hy9IqbYxbmd6HRehlExvjZfOCOC1JTGoDMRdQIk3eEmgNM3fyZR3zwZ4uxFddarHL6Abgb6CDDuQA2kvxJsOpph8c9OWtc9nDUvwyY4BwnyZqCLNuWhXcxYBLSaVE/s320/P1013036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Boo Boo was trying so hard to catch the little fish that were swimming around.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDC1BcJFuDmdrX20teK4MHyEI9zxcRg1Y8kZVMuK3KrNf7hK-p5KDDc0Ptl4BdUsFcpDVeVXEnnDuhSiMSQz6QZquXzlH1fPG5uUDV9s1yblqPhog9RpG29sDCmj3PcPV5_16604Xx624/s1600-h/P1013029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375374709632386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDC1BcJFuDmdrX20teK4MHyEI9zxcRg1Y8kZVMuK3KrNf7hK-p5KDDc0Ptl4BdUsFcpDVeVXEnnDuhSiMSQz6QZquXzlH1fPG5uUDV9s1yblqPhog9RpG29sDCmj3PcPV5_16604Xx624/s320/P1013029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hnhJ_t_CVroo-x_vRXbghMSM7cPiz-HOOLre4g98sA3zPr1jCC2yPij-r0NBUtuDYm87JDSVoo5EWXSxbc9p_uq-T1D20a4xTbBFt354UxfgQUJCqxid38uvjyX-ANSpKuei1jDkMPI/s1600-h/P1013030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375268189376082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hnhJ_t_CVroo-x_vRXbghMSM7cPiz-HOOLre4g98sA3zPr1jCC2yPij-r0NBUtuDYm87JDSVoo5EWXSxbc9p_uq-T1D20a4xTbBFt354UxfgQUJCqxid38uvjyX-ANSpKuei1jDkMPI/s320/P1013030.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />His dad tried to help him.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nsYg7tZyFCFCc1TzwEa8Ll9Ol9l2-1g5gxa9pP4M9GaHKXAdwxlHC489tHD4MZbHmSmHfagCxATBMYLqH93ARkN2VoFMzKfqDmv-QMAC9KIneSX2ywXqEEwDKoWd6auY5Gv-J6zNS9Q/s1600-h/P1013031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375173537848690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nsYg7tZyFCFCc1TzwEa8Ll9Ol9l2-1g5gxa9pP4M9GaHKXAdwxlHC489tHD4MZbHmSmHfagCxATBMYLqH93ARkN2VoFMzKfqDmv-QMAC9KIneSX2ywXqEEwDKoWd6auY5Gv-J6zNS9Q/s320/P1013031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Daddy showing Julio how to be really still and cup his hands.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0syXWb0yaud9NFoHSHEE9iyn-HDr5oEW9WvsQ5t-rujNZifta8U56odUu5ql_FH9NnRlOtMR2mcnZyKLIag3e6Eg6ZD4H_9UluoKHtpvpa5Piap99BH0XOB8Vf_-uVLWR-CpwVyUsgjg/s1600-h/P1013032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227375005598945682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0syXWb0yaud9NFoHSHEE9iyn-HDr5oEW9WvsQ5t-rujNZifta8U56odUu5ql_FH9NnRlOtMR2mcnZyKLIag3e6Eg6ZD4H_9UluoKHtpvpa5Piap99BH0XOB8Vf_-uVLWR-CpwVyUsgjg/s320/P1013032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The girls loved practicing their swimming in the lake.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7EEPxbn52Z7abh1Ng1wxrGgT9YLHqR6EAnLL5u0XsC-Da0ryMGeZBsN5_lManEMf1qOW-7sONiYwh4HOhrTSPRqdeTdHokAT5sk0amsraivkrDHC22wBMXmUHsAqGtHp3JPHXB69Afw/s1600-h/P1013034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374852335720754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7EEPxbn52Z7abh1Ng1wxrGgT9YLHqR6EAnLL5u0XsC-Da0ryMGeZBsN5_lManEMf1qOW-7sONiYwh4HOhrTSPRqdeTdHokAT5sk0amsraivkrDHC22wBMXmUHsAqGtHp3JPHXB69Afw/s320/P1013034.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Marina looks so big in this picture =(<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioly7RQ3lWlf8AN2h8_VI3MCU5lpGfxt4O38LaJSNTaaIaP_Vle73HI_OQ61h-RyhRPDjJodKvjKusfqkepBnd6d-Ko-wE3SZnQ3-3OEv6SPNAqNS4Se1Cnb4JUXcXs3PlHNrlQRMlAzo/s1600-h/P1013037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374722979989218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioly7RQ3lWlf8AN2h8_VI3MCU5lpGfxt4O38LaJSNTaaIaP_Vle73HI_OQ61h-RyhRPDjJodKvjKusfqkepBnd6d-Ko-wE3SZnQ3-3OEv6SPNAqNS4Se1Cnb4JUXcXs3PlHNrlQRMlAzo/s320/P1013037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Michaela saying "Cheese"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnUSnQ_Oz58AcY52HsG8IThTkQDQ5rKWs07f5VCsVw8yYj-w4VTB0DuvPKSKwKfOEf6Yrle13P-hjqbkK1Cjg0IJ9JQNM6WtuaiU-9fNaE1z0_6uYwJsLcXOCbsy3iZe0AB0ZU8F47YU/s1600-h/P1013043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374590204045266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnUSnQ_Oz58AcY52HsG8IThTkQDQ5rKWs07f5VCsVw8yYj-w4VTB0DuvPKSKwKfOEf6Yrle13P-hjqbkK1Cjg0IJ9JQNM6WtuaiU-9fNaE1z0_6uYwJsLcXOCbsy3iZe0AB0ZU8F47YU/s320/P1013043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Marina was having so much fun playing with the sand.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiADKhjAns8V7y-N9tEq_zO9aTh-03Y44uEU862E4wNKs00c8i81hyphenhyphenDEYIVz8myjfsAQK3OOQGepHvasNEtxaAqaq6vg0zaSICPdY1KGL2UwTCNPHuB3DzOHOdcMIIZXbF8xP4fsz0uwU/s1600-h/P1013041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374488041785202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiADKhjAns8V7y-N9tEq_zO9aTh-03Y44uEU862E4wNKs00c8i81hyphenhyphenDEYIVz8myjfsAQK3OOQGepHvasNEtxaAqaq6vg0zaSICPdY1KGL2UwTCNPHuB3DzOHOdcMIIZXbF8xP4fsz0uwU/s320/P1013041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Until Michaela showed up. Look at that face!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A3xJffteq1LzIKePruXUVy8LfGcIn1bzBTqXn8cP5EFWMjEJa5l_IqepfbaqapPElhRvB-T4K-Nh4U0QIMm2u9cLOPsR3Pg2XeCuUUx9-ujmDbEiAnAj-vEE4n-FQGtVEn2a-QBksgU/s1600-h/P1013040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374394555081138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A3xJffteq1LzIKePruXUVy8LfGcIn1bzBTqXn8cP5EFWMjEJa5l_IqepfbaqapPElhRvB-T4K-Nh4U0QIMm2u9cLOPsR3Pg2XeCuUUx9-ujmDbEiAnAj-vEE4n-FQGtVEn2a-QBksgU/s320/P1013040.JPG" border="0" /></a>Good thing we had 2 buckets and I got Michaela set up with her own.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Michaela taking a cheerios break from all of the playing<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YLR_vLvTPbx4JiwyqWbLP5L9mrd6lmSxaZEPshFjCn_DD9yK4w3pwGAkIPj-WxGlo8QBE6EXVYWl1We2F0_Itfjkz535ixn5HzTu1sSKm1Af7GaCXvfFyVe1D4AYG-C-Asu0fO4d0iY/s1600-h/P1013035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374257163022258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YLR_vLvTPbx4JiwyqWbLP5L9mrd6lmSxaZEPshFjCn_DD9yK4w3pwGAkIPj-WxGlo8QBE6EXVYWl1We2F0_Itfjkz535ixn5HzTu1sSKm1Af7GaCXvfFyVe1D4AYG-C-Asu0fO4d0iY/s320/P1013035.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Julio took this of mommy and daddy just relaxing.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1tWOcqqH-pYEhwE7Qp_9wY4BcQCz0kSinugvYu9Fp9ihKwdWtERQEA58hZZ1LU2mN3daqKo2NmpZyuSFSQitXepBEqwDAp96ZQHrEZmJ4wE6EKtTFbT34pip0lud5KTBkklExS8ytUY/s1600-h/P1013038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374125121994530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1tWOcqqH-pYEhwE7Qp_9wY4BcQCz0kSinugvYu9Fp9ihKwdWtERQEA58hZZ1LU2mN3daqKo2NmpZyuSFSQitXepBEqwDAp96ZQHrEZmJ4wE6EKtTFbT34pip0lud5KTBkklExS8ytUY/s320/P1013038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These are my knees and that is pretty much where I stayed for the whole afternoon. </div><div>It was so great to take a break from the everyday busyness. I loved it!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTe9uUz6pVPocddElZS81TAASpvvi3uxA0YCZZx5hMsb_epgVfNxKRU2tD8UXzqnDtK93HeFksDCMNhh3DQbcndl-ypLm1rm2qxByt0RGMtDpf3Ne2LZdqocX2N-Of2RSEyErCtWj_k4/s1600-h/P1013020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374006309374290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTe9uUz6pVPocddElZS81TAASpvvi3uxA0YCZZx5hMsb_epgVfNxKRU2tD8UXzqnDtK93HeFksDCMNhh3DQbcndl-ypLm1rm2qxByt0RGMtDpf3Ne2LZdqocX2N-Of2RSEyErCtWj_k4/s320/P1013020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We will definately be going back!</div><div> </div><div>Love you all,</div><div>Mar<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-56384506347234861902008-07-16T11:51:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:37:12.487-07:00Summer fun!Hello Everyone!<br /><br />I know it's been awhile since I've posted so I thought I would give you all an update on what we've been doing for the past few weeks.<br /><br />The girls have both graduated from their swimming lessons. Yeah!!! Marina finished a couple of weeks ago and Michaela just finished today.<br /><br /><div align="center">This is Marina with her instructor. He was great with them and the girls loved him.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnB9zR1NwLlfGKahUbwt6C5Jg6_c_J7_tACp2mQTR68F8uoSCRAEPHtjGLspeo8WhLyJl5uKQ3vGJKSD2DpL_AV8wVWQowoF1plyWlh2Eb8Lxm4mKzucGsiNcz-ap7eSjxzXB6xbWy0oA/s1600-h/P1012952.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223692550173391042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnB9zR1NwLlfGKahUbwt6C5Jg6_c_J7_tACp2mQTR68F8uoSCRAEPHtjGLspeo8WhLyJl5uKQ3vGJKSD2DpL_AV8wVWQowoF1plyWlh2Eb8Lxm4mKzucGsiNcz-ap7eSjxzXB6xbWy0oA/s320/P1012952.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Marina with her medal and diploma.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJO-MoEp4ddPuqND1Kkk5XDW9T9TvZIPII6Ub_zK-tXH1oWx5YAXjZH_c1InWuY7Npm2BYE8RzlnrzoBgy_dHnKgyoPeh2gdIGmsLtm0_hschfZzhZetkEhU_QhdRueqr48eNryFDsUWg/s1600-h/P1012951.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223692428315643538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJO-MoEp4ddPuqND1Kkk5XDW9T9TvZIPII6Ub_zK-tXH1oWx5YAXjZH_c1InWuY7Npm2BYE8RzlnrzoBgy_dHnKgyoPeh2gdIGmsLtm0_hschfZzhZetkEhU_QhdRueqr48eNryFDsUWg/s320/P1012951.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Michaela with her medal and diploma.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiIh-Kk-xxo2CLKlZwA32_OGP4AKazhQSvj3tHw3kSqLEETB-mLvfYSPULOIxdN9lnHngM1f2qcrhz986iRA16RQdEW64ZA7na4dDy94NAObdSUaewloZofTpIV3oA8x_3VUbA-cfge8/s1600-h/P1013016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223691807410412018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiIh-Kk-xxo2CLKlZwA32_OGP4AKazhQSvj3tHw3kSqLEETB-mLvfYSPULOIxdN9lnHngM1f2qcrhz986iRA16RQdEW64ZA7na4dDy94NAObdSUaewloZofTpIV3oA8x_3VUbA-cfge8/s320/P1013016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Today she got thrown in with all of her clothes on including socks and tennis shoes!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCMyntS7REVCCvGLopYnzFlSDlyflwk2iv559OvmwkkO3us4aFQbUxxLIVvpDcb134_mVUkP9_0y_0c9eZz9P1jkRnGF3Fvmyvj4KS0dNowzDKzWaIEjeRrOOp2Cl76UzktgpYSwiXNk/s1600-h/P1013012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223691657780895314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCMyntS7REVCCvGLopYnzFlSDlyflwk2iv559OvmwkkO3us4aFQbUxxLIVvpDcb134_mVUkP9_0y_0c9eZz9P1jkRnGF3Fvmyvj4KS0dNowzDKzWaIEjeRrOOp2Cl76UzktgpYSwiXNk/s320/P1013012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yep, that's Michaela going in upside down in the deep end!<br />A little scary for mommy but she got out just fine.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpZgBajCUkbKYOjfGCBRI8qdOkrgTjm2495Xx6OLjo7hTFQnUNDUmEe1p7O-9hF668cX5TlYC59SFhFZc4PzFn80ZNnG9HYIAo1VydEkVSDxjqgjTXePQW9ZFgPtpxyBYHcczp4lIUF4/s1600-h/P1013015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223691280474768450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpZgBajCUkbKYOjfGCBRI8qdOkrgTjm2495Xx6OLjo7hTFQnUNDUmEe1p7O-9hF668cX5TlYC59SFhFZc4PzFn80ZNnG9HYIAo1VydEkVSDxjqgjTXePQW9ZFgPtpxyBYHcczp4lIUF4/s320/P1013015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Last night was Daddy's Bday. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNKQpbos4OOD4ioUBSZzFDTQv2fITaxln2zuyhBW58MaJk2vMoLYmH_SBN5-811tcWONaiDCiY85LJ1UM1XwNjDt3MSeegbSzRILaX_BIhgpYx-TfU3nVjuyEly6IDWhA2wPFZKluCsE/s1600-h/P1013009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223691027965015490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNKQpbos4OOD4ioUBSZzFDTQv2fITaxln2zuyhBW58MaJk2vMoLYmH_SBN5-811tcWONaiDCiY85LJ1UM1XwNjDt3MSeegbSzRILaX_BIhgpYx-TfU3nVjuyEly6IDWhA2wPFZKluCsE/s320/P1013009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The kids making a cake for Daddy.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVROzxCBPJ1x9x7uN-J5b5HiusZzaUYbcchwkpM8v5-ueZ59BGxTd4G79kX9OUNdbgjZCXkGt8y37pxnyPmIjDKH2x5-zBedfN-EeiM2yF2F4tO1Ge4lDxVFBeq0XFNKkK_3RShyJcrk/s1600-h/P1013007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223690920992209586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVROzxCBPJ1x9x7uN-J5b5HiusZzaUYbcchwkpM8v5-ueZ59BGxTd4G79kX9OUNdbgjZCXkGt8y37pxnyPmIjDKH2x5-zBedfN-EeiM2yF2F4tO1Ge4lDxVFBeq0XFNKkK_3RShyJcrk/s320/P1013007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I found an impromptu tea party in the kitchen the other day. They were so cute with their hats and little purses. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQObikRUS-AQfN-43XczH4C_c7Jp948ZHVDBLsNRJojWFxAy3vH3BGyKfAGMqipyg2gOFrFN84WGQIaH3W7slsBMS9zOgBmbA9p-DgtIHj8bYRB3J0xEqmkU2SnHdpnYz9FiNCnLdBpk/s1600-h/P1013004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223690715801663650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQObikRUS-AQfN-43XczH4C_c7Jp948ZHVDBLsNRJojWFxAy3vH3BGyKfAGMqipyg2gOFrFN84WGQIaH3W7slsBMS9zOgBmbA9p-DgtIHj8bYRB3J0xEqmkU2SnHdpnYz9FiNCnLdBpk/s320/P1013004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We had a thunderstorm last week. When I went to check on the kids before going to bed I found Marina in Julio's bed. She must have been scared of the thunder and climbed in with him. It was so sweet.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkfslassOxXlY7wBRlrQVWnrMRq_-p4RWqeckS7Ctj6oN2eyuf3jj0YTZa1E5u3sdbINicZ9ugPe2-CBUqri_1cW9QHVKuoFwjxwWTxXnCbCceBSO8F0FJwvbzSmeO-YKiSc-UcmUsgM/s1600-h/P1013003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223690366662267874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkfslassOxXlY7wBRlrQVWnrMRq_-p4RWqeckS7Ctj6oN2eyuf3jj0YTZa1E5u3sdbINicZ9ugPe2-CBUqri_1cW9QHVKuoFwjxwWTxXnCbCceBSO8F0FJwvbzSmeO-YKiSc-UcmUsgM/s320/P1013003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The 4th of July at our neighbors house.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL82O2YlpkTEgYT0ZwNZPSQ1GF40oFGHFdYVb7zZDeoubllbQdw7pLFNukQMEZ1dMaMMHIv00CtNMbD4DJw-zgCwou52xnOihW-7dPJL4chKpz0ZfSBwG2t0qMdV8hca-8wlKVWt5TQ4k/s1600-h/P1012994.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223690182721250434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL82O2YlpkTEgYT0ZwNZPSQ1GF40oFGHFdYVb7zZDeoubllbQdw7pLFNukQMEZ1dMaMMHIv00CtNMbD4DJw-zgCwou52xnOihW-7dPJL4chKpz0ZfSBwG2t0qMdV8hca-8wlKVWt5TQ4k/s320/P1012994.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We had a great time in their pool!<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RQPMFng6c7GWpXO532Vgkq5PJqAfD252AetVwfE74mEFxtW6ZzwcXEp5BZJKf3E5y0s44xZ10P9dUJLdn9-13OdaYg0PRhWboId6MKJh0Xj1s1Urozg45Vc_BbhKk7bcZnaIldEnfQo/s1600-h/P1012993.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223690017724503938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RQPMFng6c7GWpXO532Vgkq5PJqAfD252AetVwfE74mEFxtW6ZzwcXEp5BZJKf3E5y0s44xZ10P9dUJLdn9-13OdaYg0PRhWboId6MKJh0Xj1s1Urozg45Vc_BbhKk7bcZnaIldEnfQo/s320/P1012993.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLteF-ZXq0hRzBAyh31jiRpQ_Z3tv-WkgVOMoEYY47GJv3Xt5Y8Raf7ikx8OO7dDyz2ddODfo-5-bXjbLQzuM9XtrOSHCMdvFFc9tDsraLlrhSb8V4CZbd5lV_WSWx68n2lIiUkDMLF_I/s1600-h/P1012991.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223689863808130002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLteF-ZXq0hRzBAyh31jiRpQ_Z3tv-WkgVOMoEYY47GJv3Xt5Y8Raf7ikx8OO7dDyz2ddODfo-5-bXjbLQzuM9XtrOSHCMdvFFc9tDsraLlrhSb8V4CZbd5lV_WSWx68n2lIiUkDMLF_I/s320/P1012991.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphntHwL9d8prHetIHUzzRN6CH9XdbAgF7oPEEKGvDa2lqEdf1sbemtNDhiAohXOQ1lKj4mq6tqKUzugDAPKRuxhJZoghnEbIcejJye4Un33pzTuzlGHRPU1hr-Z1MBCYfKGV76hksgcY/s1600-h/P1012985.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223689695335683490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphntHwL9d8prHetIHUzzRN6CH9XdbAgF7oPEEKGvDa2lqEdf1sbemtNDhiAohXOQ1lKj4mq6tqKUzugDAPKRuxhJZoghnEbIcejJye4Un33pzTuzlGHRPU1hr-Z1MBCYfKGV76hksgcY/s320/P1012985.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Julio made a crazy 4th of July hat in his art class.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiUPL9eyYiFAFUwqiFhJGq5sr49T2tuvojHtjmjhmUT6RyPQmpOAS2WS3G1rmH38m4IymeIW80eRl7CvNlJmqP3tC5emq0attg8GBtjMmd6UoM6HvEnJLVO0wQC6tcUa0XGalYXdELYo/s1600-h/P1012981.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223689472145360914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiUPL9eyYiFAFUwqiFhJGq5sr49T2tuvojHtjmjhmUT6RyPQmpOAS2WS3G1rmH38m4IymeIW80eRl7CvNlJmqP3tC5emq0attg8GBtjMmd6UoM6HvEnJLVO0wQC6tcUa0XGalYXdELYo/s320/P1012981.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Strawberries were on sale for a great price so we made strawberry rhubarb jam. Yum!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzm9c4x7gf1epL7Ep1t_i1HPWOuhiVE3S-Mh7ba1MgwoBuAJy3iJbCNBU0jjvng1nHfTHVuZT_r93b66RjMdol8LYHi9GXCNeZhREc-ndtVtEFkWoiFvQ5a4SljhbtSYuDdq9brhL5QKg/s1600-h/P1012978.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223689353168552402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzm9c4x7gf1epL7Ep1t_i1HPWOuhiVE3S-Mh7ba1MgwoBuAJy3iJbCNBU0jjvng1nHfTHVuZT_r93b66RjMdol8LYHi9GXCNeZhREc-ndtVtEFkWoiFvQ5a4SljhbtSYuDdq9brhL5QKg/s320/P1012978.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We had a movie night and sleepover with our friend Rachel. The kids love to pull out the air mattress and put it in the family room to watch a movie.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4r7yTzlX3mkaSzPZFqgBHECIaitQaHMu4YBmYDFPTng3X5ozgZHTC1rnGd27Z_y5dbHo8hSu-C_7JKWhH1qOPco7kwtDNAEdKkdtg8ACUjn79sAnSi1pbqz581-OMKv1udWM-8FKBb4/s1600-h/P1012919.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223689182444576434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4r7yTzlX3mkaSzPZFqgBHECIaitQaHMu4YBmYDFPTng3X5ozgZHTC1rnGd27Z_y5dbHo8hSu-C_7JKWhH1qOPco7kwtDNAEdKkdtg8ACUjn79sAnSi1pbqz581-OMKv1udWM-8FKBb4/s320/P1012919.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Of course, we played with the face paint some more. This time I let the kids paint my legs. It was actually very relaxing. I felt like I was at the spa, sort of...<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHoaeYx0X9ZkCI10aD9l7ycysebNkwAYyVf7Oi9GlAOTBg_KNp1Gczlu84l_Xq9hh14-whyphenhyphenff7iy4w9ZJT8OOSbB6FYkf_RkPnBIfIG7sJqc9aJKx8JeDEzyi3e8IGnlg2IsBkGeADrg/s1600-h/P1012925.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223688830504884946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHoaeYx0X9ZkCI10aD9l7ycysebNkwAYyVf7Oi9GlAOTBg_KNp1Gczlu84l_Xq9hh14-whyphenhyphenff7iy4w9ZJT8OOSbB6FYkf_RkPnBIfIG7sJqc9aJKx8JeDEzyi3e8IGnlg2IsBkGeADrg/s320/P1012925.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JO414vAl6hYITKHqv2GrZxt5_DBfPlpmWS4lysBAPjCwN4E07tTaEdiGs9VznZhp_XCzReENV4OGdMMVxK21g7HfspEdoS2EaOPACdbhgefHV59ty4ivm1cvnfdVndPKUwV60K6w9UU/s1600-h/P1012931.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223688652925673042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JO414vAl6hYITKHqv2GrZxt5_DBfPlpmWS4lysBAPjCwN4E07tTaEdiGs9VznZhp_XCzReENV4OGdMMVxK21g7HfspEdoS2EaOPACdbhgefHV59ty4ivm1cvnfdVndPKUwV60K6w9UU/s320/P1012931.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The finished masterpiece.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpO5ef8pSFfxHxU2KAk6CrpEXL5k3fihFWtBGyX6HX2Ipsuhaop-m6oJ1Tsi5KkqpdwSiu3Soktk4MNlHqeK4FAf7_ENRnmIxqHMZl3cV5E3XtR-oIlFedwTFOt-Og0ESubRYUdlMjC0s/s1600-h/P1012936.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223688477364014658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpO5ef8pSFfxHxU2KAk6CrpEXL5k3fihFWtBGyX6HX2Ipsuhaop-m6oJ1Tsi5KkqpdwSiu3Soktk4MNlHqeK4FAf7_ENRnmIxqHMZl3cV5E3XtR-oIlFedwTFOt-Og0ESubRYUdlMjC0s/s320/P1012936.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Then they wanted me to paint them so I did these flip flops on them. Pretty cute, huh?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4TWLTeDgMZTjoSJfhTvTsY7OcoOOqRpgmBgwODs_JA3cl5ZfJknZ4w3IZkQJKGt4W-eZ5FiKbM8V6h8EDZZny9q4yMhu9GlJHHJ-o0mAjuSA8nOjjGrx47aUgMIeaJY1uFgJ9NuLB-c/s1600-h/P1012943.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223688240533820530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4TWLTeDgMZTjoSJfhTvTsY7OcoOOqRpgmBgwODs_JA3cl5ZfJknZ4w3IZkQJKGt4W-eZ5FiKbM8V6h8EDZZny9q4yMhu9GlJHHJ-o0mAjuSA8nOjjGrx47aUgMIeaJY1uFgJ9NuLB-c/s320/P1012943.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have been teaching myself to knit and little Julio really wanted to learn so I taught him how to finger knit.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZucFrB43uxywji7mizjvKSOaLLbzZjtovRMG_B6eB4Mfcz5PIqY7Z0gxSJAZTDyGUpAgSPbTdUyqDtn6s36smMvHgHyHrHW2CD3i19wUj9SEknOmc0aIlZQoJRsX7d-L4EiLTkvjXF90/s1600-h/P1012954.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223688102599466722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZucFrB43uxywji7mizjvKSOaLLbzZjtovRMG_B6eB4Mfcz5PIqY7Z0gxSJAZTDyGUpAgSPbTdUyqDtn6s36smMvHgHyHrHW2CD3i19wUj9SEknOmc0aIlZQoJRsX7d-L4EiLTkvjXF90/s320/P1012954.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />He's totally addicted! I found these chains around the house for days.<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iwUwy6htHGuRFYeSBwFlIgaICqqmoHs2l571D0SYDN93gcKwS5f5b2HJeDHTy8uzmzVhVArG5Q6yrr7UohARXrLtXU7SmgmTHC5IWruND4jTho06yH2S2iwCNl1NMLHRKlIIUQPS6io/s1600-h/P1012955.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223687986849842322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iwUwy6htHGuRFYeSBwFlIgaICqqmoHs2l571D0SYDN93gcKwS5f5b2HJeDHTy8uzmzVhVArG5Q6yrr7UohARXrLtXU7SmgmTHC5IWruND4jTho06yH2S2iwCNl1NMLHRKlIIUQPS6io/s320/P1012955.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And here's Michaela before we headed off to ballet class. She had to wear a tutu like her sister.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtTeeUHRO3xiVt3IyEQJNRjj32lUSjUlmcp69P8bwvvTDVfjRGPLPHsCTLVPzaEnGKt7xtIhPI1T8oB7veqnHozpf0mL1eMULSaL5_jrZYe7pOenTO9aiXvC95QY9rQ_BnwJGPms901E/s1600-h/P1012971.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223687527572178258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtTeeUHRO3xiVt3IyEQJNRjj32lUSjUlmcp69P8bwvvTDVfjRGPLPHsCTLVPzaEnGKt7xtIhPI1T8oB7veqnHozpf0mL1eMULSaL5_jrZYe7pOenTO9aiXvC95QY9rQ_BnwJGPms901E/s320/P1012971.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well I hope you all enjoyed the pictures! We have been having a great summer. Lord willing we will be able to enjoy the last few weeks of summer in Michigan!!! </div><div> </div><div>Love you!</div><div>Mar<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253445813431721754.post-40945818571116552542008-07-01T19:06:00.000-07:002008-07-01T20:11:25.260-07:00Retreat!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9F-r9uF8pA3bNYjfNNLGHj5XkjSf6rNMidzNdiRdpPe_96Xldc5yG9Y5LKUoxP3SSz4hvea2Vj4sOPbpHFTtNmMw7MKUW__MJXAzCcUMOH7Bhj16kZqF6nd5pxCltnEBXyn-VkMZ0-Y/s1600-h/P1012966.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218248956512346594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9F-r9uF8pA3bNYjfNNLGHj5XkjSf6rNMidzNdiRdpPe_96Xldc5yG9Y5LKUoxP3SSz4hvea2Vj4sOPbpHFTtNmMw7MKUW__MJXAzCcUMOH7Bhj16kZqF6nd5pxCltnEBXyn-VkMZ0-Y/s320/P1012966.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hey Everyone,<br /><br />I had an awesome time in Cornville, Arizona! ( I can't help saying that without a little southern drawl...) I learned a lot and I made some great new friends. We laughed, we cried, and then we laughed so hard that we cried again! I kept my roomates entertained with stories about my dad and our crazy family, all of you back home know what I'm talking about. The grounds of the retreat center were really beautiful! So lush and green, with lots of willow trees a pond and even a little creek. I felt like I was back home in Michigan, I loved it!<br /><br />The ladies who ran the retreat did a great job. The speakers were truly genuine and they had such a burden to reach people with the word of God and to teach everyone how to study the word for themselves. I was really convicted! I have been saved for over 13 years and haven't even cracked what the Lord has waiting for me in His holy word! I came home with a hunger to dig in and study my bible and to teach my kids how to study. If you have never been to a precept bible study, I encourage you to find a group near you or start one yourself. You can go to <a href="http://www.precept.org/">http://www.precept.org/</a> for information and resources.<br /><br />I'll leave you with a few pictures of my weekend. I love you all!<br /><br />Miss you,<br /><br />Mar<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbOuMk-t8y-Tk17Af6Z7Qk4N4kTGwXJu91yBrUIfKg8mFqgUqEJIqxapbrhKXV8uqdPSj2eSAOEZKyOChovvh2rQmf7PWmY-xoUWeKfRLdKb4aAl36SXHOwKCBijzW1RBpTM5jrjvEZA/s1600-h/P1012966.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218235559676503026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbOuMk-t8y-Tk17Af6Z7Qk4N4kTGwXJu91yBrUIfKg8mFqgUqEJIqxapbrhKXV8uqdPSj2eSAOEZKyOChovvh2rQmf7PWmY-xoUWeKfRLdKb4aAl36SXHOwKCBijzW1RBpTM5jrjvEZA/s320/P1012966.JPG" border="0" /></a> It was so great to see a willow tree! I used to play under and in them all of the time as a kid. I really miss them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0-qmKBF6sLyS6tkMhKjRbq7QfClFBgyuukk57rAJpHe0_yLbVoMyJsXZS51LQjvdWsMLSffdeXsq57ppHZXt6ByLpcLklU5XoV-coRNYAPPehUvGbUeB4WFxE-N-Xso1WrzV-_UkQl8/s1600-h/P1012965.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218235431112941122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0-qmKBF6sLyS6tkMhKjRbq7QfClFBgyuukk57rAJpHe0_yLbVoMyJsXZS51LQjvdWsMLSffdeXsq57ppHZXt6ByLpcLklU5XoV-coRNYAPPehUvGbUeB4WFxE-N-Xso1WrzV-_UkQl8/s320/P1012965.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9i5m_k-U4Bdq8Yjw0kHWeQGPsPgC35CezFmr-0l-nN82kT_NIUqkiHtPcehSxXVttmPnTKGxjTgzkId2D2tHKVkvNvmwmHzUCc_taAnZw84iA2V3M2441NjvsJJzKUG-4cXwaOGnIaJ0/s1600-h/P1012967.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218235284510576242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9i5m_k-U4Bdq8Yjw0kHWeQGPsPgC35CezFmr-0l-nN82kT_NIUqkiHtPcehSxXVttmPnTKGxjTgzkId2D2tHKVkvNvmwmHzUCc_taAnZw84iA2V3M2441NjvsJJzKUG-4cXwaOGnIaJ0/s320/P1012967.JPG" border="0" /></a>That's me, my new friend Heidi and my neighbor Kim.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigI8mH4ayNzC81sORX89ioJgUbsvtvNUcsqAwwHmf_SWAJEj1J6QG7ShbrgbdbVMnkOWxEEbtz6Ke65laWJsu_c0Gog23rUbUYxEi1uFVgSl98QqWm2crvp0BJNe9VcctCGvnXKJiiMmo/s1600-h/P1012969.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218235154472917394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigI8mH4ayNzC81sORX89ioJgUbsvtvNUcsqAwwHmf_SWAJEj1J6QG7ShbrgbdbVMnkOWxEEbtz6Ke65laWJsu_c0Gog23rUbUYxEi1uFVgSl98QqWm2crvp0BJNe9VcctCGvnXKJiiMmo/s320/P1012969.JPG" border="0" /></a> Heidi and me laying under a big tree, ahhh heaven!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VMyO-DS8ZI6mWnQVCB67AqxIUFL_EFGLmlkcmxRYXInr7I5paMPwTqbUUAdKNerwmx7pk3wJ3rud5VJv5yjFsTtORUBo9nG_SmrjUHiil2JfNpS2VW7v8C2hCzvEga9UpkvKHoUtNfE/s1600-h/P1012970.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218234968918121874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VMyO-DS8ZI6mWnQVCB67AqxIUFL_EFGLmlkcmxRYXInr7I5paMPwTqbUUAdKNerwmx7pk3wJ3rud5VJv5yjFsTtORUBo9nG_SmrjUHiil2JfNpS2VW7v8C2hCzvEga9UpkvKHoUtNfE/s320/P1012970.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Me and Janna Arndt who is the author of the "Discover 4 Yourself" series for children. She was one of the main speakers. She is so great and sweet and is from one of my favorite states, Tennessee.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marilenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879162007275445309noreply@blogger.com1