tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85803274602810067562024-03-12T22:19:48.923-06:00The Rogers' NeighborhoodSteve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-82538687070495202402010-06-28T19:25:00.002-06:002010-06-28T19:36:07.049-06:00Baby Jack<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyVBpTWDnt8RTDboYA9Y5fC24IwjuQfJuzrorYwWr3EsUW7WH-670e2lTETbd8SpVBaagD3JZoVcWtG9hnQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-23678660655578866772010-06-11T10:06:00.001-06:002010-06-11T10:06:27.876-06:00What we’ve been up to…<p>Well, I’m checking off the things on my list of things to do before baby brother, (or as Auston wants to name him, Crackers), gets here, and one of them is to update the blog, so here it is!</p> <p>Steve has started his internship in Indianapolis and is really enjoying it! The firm is awesome and he likes everyone he works with, and we really love Indianapolis! We’re staying at a place right downtown, within walking distance of the zoo, so we got a year pass, which has been really fun! Steve also was able to go to the Indy 500 and hang out in a VIP suite, because the firm represents the track and owner, so that was pretty exciting for him (sadly, we weren’t invited). He was able to go down on the track, meet some drivers, and get this, Danica Patrick looked at him. So cool (I’m rolling my eyes at that last one :) Just kidding babe). Anyway, we’re really enjoying it out there.</p> <p>Also, Steve’s mom came out for a week and we were able to get a lot done to prep for the baby, and it was so great to have her here to help out with the kids while Steve was in Indy! </p> <p>Another thing we did was plant a garden, and Steve made the container and fence around it all by himself, and I think he did a great job! The garden has really taken off, so we’re excited to start enjoying the rewards.</p> <p>Last week, some of friends out here threw me a shower, which was so nice and a lot of fun! Thank you so much for it, I loved it! </p> <p>So that’s a quick recap of what’s been going on, and here are some fun pictures and videos, so enjoy!</p> <p align="center">Touching the Elephants after their show</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe1scpPBI/AAAAAAAABDw/g9SDV3lU8LM/s1600-h/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20028%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Indy and Baby Shower2010 028" border="0" alt="Indy and Baby Shower2010 028" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe2UIVWLI/AAAAAAAABD0/3tI6EHKafcQ/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20028_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="188" height="151" /></a>   <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe3Ss-XGI/AAAAAAAABD4/wo83JERgS9k/s1600-h/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20026%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Indy and Baby Shower2010 026" border="0" alt="Indy and Baby Shower2010 026" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe3qyf6zI/AAAAAAAABD8/gbygvvPBfro/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20026_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="187" height="147" /></a> </p> <p align="center">The Dolphin show at the Zoo</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe41wNY0I/AAAAAAAABEA/asyGf8uYECo/s1600-h/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20013%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Indy and Baby Shower2010 013" border="0" alt="Indy and Baby Shower2010 013" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe5Y3NJaI/AAAAAAAABEE/3-0_SG80gZI/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20013_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="242" height="187" /></a> </p> <p align="center">My Baby Shower</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe6D3CyoI/AAAAAAAABEI/5z-nNZ64xiM/s1600-h/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20062%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Indy and Baby Shower2010 062" border="0" alt="Indy and Baby Shower2010 062" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe6iZIITI/AAAAAAAABEM/KKzt-cyBvI8/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20062_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="188" height="149" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe7sJAidI/AAAAAAAABEQ/dSs8JBQM_wk/s1600-h/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20061%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Indy and Baby Shower2010 061" border="0" alt="Indy and Baby Shower2010 061" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe7xFnZMI/AAAAAAAABEU/-aSuaKr1N2M/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20061_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="194" height="150" /></a></p> <p align="center">Our Garden (it’s now huge! The fence is to keep the rabbits out)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe9xS8HuI/AAAAAAAABEY/0ERS0ClRNYY/s1600-h/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20005%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Indy and Baby Shower2010 005" border="0" alt="Indy and Baby Shower2010 005" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe-bi2gtI/AAAAAAAABEc/_4S0-jDfI6M/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Auston and his girlfriend Grace. He’s always asking for her and showing off for her when he sees her, doing karate moves (which I have no idea where he learned them. Very manly)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJe_jHoA5I/AAAAAAAABEg/DbJi9Zigwxk/s1600-h/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20001%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Indy and Baby Shower2010 001" border="0" alt="Indy and Baby Shower2010 001" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJfACfB7bI/AAAAAAAABEk/4Ms0qregb0Y/Indy%20and%20Baby%20Shower2010%20001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p align="center">And here’s our future yoga master (I came downstairs from getting ready, and BYU TV was on somehow, and Audrey was doing the yoga on it. She was so into it, she didn’t even hear me come down or start filming her! It was adorable! And as a side note, the teacher who was teaching it turned out to be a yoga teacher I had at UVSC, and she is awesome! Good taste Audrey)</p> <p align="center"> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:33a3c27c-2263-42bc-859d-2483da9af07c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="1eda8962-ca8e-4352-8086-cf90f3951a9e" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJAjjxm09Q8" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/TBJfAg7TZHI/AAAAAAAABEo/fjJqt4mIrnE/videoc8f11de78878%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('1eda8962-ca8e-4352-8086-cf90f3951a9e'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/YJAjjxm09Q8&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/YJAjjxm09Q8&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div></p> Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-54314032149607762712010-05-09T22:48:00.001-06:002010-05-09T22:48:03.814-06:00Happy Mother’s Day!<p align="left">Can I just tell you how much I love being a mom? Today was so great, I woke up this morning to some awesome breakfast in bed, brought to me by my hot husband and two gorgeous kiddos, and then Steve surprised me with an cute scrapbooking tote, and I wasn’t expecting anything, I was so excited! The kids were so good getting ready for church, they actually were cooperating, and we were able to talk to Steve’s brother Matt whose on his mission in Italy via a conference call with the family. Then at church, Audrey fell asleep on my lap (or at least what she could of my lap, since it’s pretty much taken over by my belly), which was the best Mother’s Day gift she could give me! Church was great, the primary kids were good, sharing time went well, Audrey didn’t have an accident (she’s potty training), I got cookies (awesome!), Steve made dinner and one of my favorite pies, and the kids haven’t gotten in any really big fights. Such a great day!</p> <p align="left">It was funny, today we were out in our backyard on our swing set, and Steve was swinging the kids on the little two-seater swing thing where they face each other. They kept asking Steve to “Go higher, Daddy, go higher!”, which he of course did, when they went so high, Auston kind of flew off the seat a little, which scared me to death, but of course didn’t faze the kids. I told Steve to stop, and Audrey said to stop too, and when they did, this is the conversation we proceeded to have. </p> <blockquote> <p align="left">Audrey(waving me away): Go away mommy, go away</p> <p align="left">Me: Why?</p> <p align="left">Audrey: Just go away to the other side (of the yard)</p> <p align="left">Me: K, but don’t go high</p> <p align="left">Audrey: I won’t</p> <p align="left">I then start to walk away, then she says to Steve,whispering</p> <p align="left">Audrey: Mommy’s going away</p> <p align="left">Steve: Do you want to go higher?</p> <p align="left">Audrey: (still whispering) Yeah, go higher!</p> </blockquote> <p align="left">Isn’t she a little stinker? And she’s only two and a half! It’s scary to think about what she’s going to be like as a teenager. Ugh! Oh well, I still love being a mom! I wouldn’t trade it for anything, even on those days when Auston empties out every basket with every toy, or when Audrey has about 10 accidents in one day, or when Auston tries to play the Wii and throws the remote at the TV and brakes it so we have to get a new one (but hey, at least he has a good arm? :), or Audrey decides to get into Mommy’s make-up and jewelry. I still love it, and I love these babies! It makes me so sad to think we’ll only be able to share these fun moments for just a little longer, and then they’ll be all grown up and I’ll be wishing for these days again. But I’m so excited for this new little munchkin to join our family in 6 (yes 6!) weeks, I can’t wait to meet him! Here are some fun pictures to enjoy of the past however long it’s been since we last put up pictures :) And Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there, especially to my mom and my mom-in-law, I love you both and am so thankful for you!</p> <p align="center">I love these kids so much!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP3RHmd-I/AAAAAAAABDA/Ru8dJfoebRs/s1600-h/Spring%202010%20002%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Spring 2010 002" border="0" alt="Spring 2010 002" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP4MkbiWI/AAAAAAAABDE/RspqsjG3-j8/Spring%202010%20002_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="215" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP45ep69I/AAAAAAAABDI/7Tz00xwBsvE/s1600-h/Spring%202010%20249%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Spring 2010 249" border="0" alt="Spring 2010 249" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP5izRNcI/AAAAAAAABDM/ZcVXOschQWQ/Spring%202010%20249_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="133" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP6Ygf0UI/AAAAAAAABDQ/vZq8P2VZOdE/s1600-h/Spring%202010%20277%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Spring 2010 277" border="0" alt="Spring 2010 277" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP7OarFyI/AAAAAAAABDU/nITm1nzlDfM/Spring%202010%20277_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="162" height="213" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP8N-B6pI/AAAAAAAABDY/4bLUhtBST9M/s1600-h/Spring%202010%20023%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Spring 2010 023" border="0" alt="Spring 2010 023" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP8hADNGI/AAAAAAAABDc/jijIcwU-fkA/Spring%202010%20023_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="217" height="165" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP9t0YCqI/AAAAAAAABDg/6Xuh458Sn0Y/s1600-h/Spring%202010%20147%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Spring 2010 147" border="0" alt="Spring 2010 147" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP-J9aTfI/AAAAAAAABDk/fdvyL9Mb4uk/Spring%202010%20147_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" height="200" /></a>   <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eP_8vLDCI/AAAAAAAABDo/ko-HgxpF9fM/s1600-h/Spring%202010%20060%5B5%5D.jpg"></a> <p><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="Spring 2010 060" border="0" alt="Spring 2010 060" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S-eQAqS399I/AAAAAAAABDs/KduaSNNRrK0/Spring%202010%20060_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="201" /></p> <p align="center">The</p> Best Family in the World!</p> Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-53565323805859122242010-04-14T08:29:00.002-06:002010-04-16T10:23:45.102-06:00We are SO proud of you Daddy!!Well, Last week, Steve went to Hong Kong to compete in the International Competition for Client Counseling, and out of 22 countries, he and his team-mate James took 3rd! We are so proud of them, they did such a great job and really did a great job of representing our country! They also had a great missionary experience, where they were able to hand out 61 Books of Mormon, pretty amazing! I'll have him tell about that experience, because it's much better in his own words :). We are so excited he's home, we all really missed him! My mom was able to come out and spend the week with us while he was gone, and I am so thankful she did! We had so much fun with her, spending time in St. Louis, doing/finishing projects, shopping, and just hanging out. Pictures will come really soon, I just wanted to make this quick post to let you all know what we've been up to and how Steve did in Hong Kong. Congrats again Daddy! We love you!Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-51213265324176250572010-03-23T13:28:00.004-06:002010-03-23T13:49:10.800-06:00Congrats to Daddy, the National Champion!!!A quick little update, Steve and his partner/best friend/evil twin (to quote my friend Monica, the evil twin’s wife), James, won Regionals in their Client Counseling Competition in February, and this past weekend competed in Nationals in Texas, and they WON!!!! Yay!!! We're so proud of you!!! To quote my Dad, it's like he won the NCAA championship in Client Counseling :) The craziest/coolest thing is, though, that next they're going to HONG KONG to compete in the World Championship, representing the United States of America, so now it's like they're going to the Olympics of Client Counseling as Team USA!!! Whoo-hoo!!!We''re so excited for them!!! And thankfully, my mom will be coming out for the week while Steve is gone, so life is good :) Anyway, congrats to Daddy, we love you so much and are so proud of you!!!Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-31495390816372554352010-02-25T10:37:00.004-07:002010-02-25T10:59:35.860-07:00Our Monthly Opine<p>If you couldn’t guess by the title, Kristen is not the updater this week. I am not usually one to tend the blog and worry if we are up-to-date, but we have some pictures that were too cute not to post. These really cute pictures were taken at a friend's house. This friend is the type of friend everyone looks for, they have amazing, cutting-edge electronics and a photo studio in their house. On top of all the cool gadgets, they are easy going, faithful people, just the best! We’ve met a lot of families out here in Champaign that are great. We couldn't survive without friends out here, Kristen and I would probably have killed each other by now! Another exciting announcement, although not quite as big as the one we made over Christmas (but close to as big), is that I am training for a sprint triathlon out here called Tri-the-illini. It’s a little tri around the U of I campus. So I have been swimming, biking and running. Hopefully it starts to get a little warmer so I can train outside. I'll let you know more as it gets closer, but I expect a fast and prayer session the weekend of the event, the last thing I need is to try and bike/run into a 30 mph wind. Anyway, here are the pictures – Enjoy!</p><p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1O88ZZpI/AAAAAAAABBg/JyYmHpDtLC8/s1600-h/5%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" title="5" border="0" alt="5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1PaFcZDI/AAAAAAAABBk/D6_eytYMPV0/5_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" height="271" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1P34ZUCI/AAAAAAAABBo/b2m39D2QYB4/s1600-h/57%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" title="57" border="0" alt="57" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1QXVtDzI/AAAAAAAABBs/ftbe5foIDr8/57_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="145" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1Q9o5cdI/AAAAAAAABBw/koQqBSFlJNk/s1600-h/8%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" title="8" border="0" alt="8" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1RekHMTI/AAAAAAAABB0/LVcuvlTqFv0/8_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="188" height="176" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1R-kKN0I/AAAAAAAABB4/d1ClBKIUxIk/s1600-h/12%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" title="12" border="0" alt="12" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1SZNqt7I/AAAAAAAABB8/XfHXqY5T1nE/12_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="301" height="434" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1TOQdhII/AAAAAAAABCA/rQFEGqLQHKo/s1600-h/16%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" title="16" border="0" alt="16" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1T24P2FI/AAAAAAAABCE/jGMDRXfdRf0/16_thumb%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" height="346" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1UUTzaWI/AAAAAAAABCI/2YGYfIh43Og/s1600-h/20%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" title="20" border="0" alt="20" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1U6WtMcI/AAAAAAAABCM/u_6efIBHSkk/20_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="209" height="148" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1ViBPvnI/AAAAAAAABCQ/K1nBQQw-yUg/s1600-h/22%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" title="22" border="0" alt="22" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1WDwOtwI/AAAAAAAABCU/9yticpkUI10/22_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" height="172" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1Wyl_zvI/AAAAAAAABCY/-VicBK-pjyI/s1600-h/37%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" title="37" border="0" alt="37" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1XFCS9MI/AAAAAAAABCc/Cta2FzQEvhY/37_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="166" height="175" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1XhtAZ6I/AAAAAAAABCg/AVy43bYFwv0/s1600-h/52%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" title="52" border="0" alt="52" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1YO_5kkI/AAAAAAAABCk/d84pfP7Flac/52_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="185" height="258" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1YvyLZlI/AAAAAAAABCo/rGc_rfG01lI/s1600-h/53%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" title="53" border="0" alt="53" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1Y8T6LkI/AAAAAAAABCs/al6eeXxiUpQ/53_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="196" height="262" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1ZdbTqoI/AAAAAAAABCw/SsKBbzyo_QY/s1600-h/55%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" title="55" border="0" alt="55" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1Z91hlMI/AAAAAAAABC0/H4LuNLzlULo/55_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="168" height="161" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1aRNAnQI/AAAAAAAABC4/VOlcwzebSBM/s1600-h/56%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" title="56" border="0" alt="56" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S4a1a5Wa06I/AAAAAAAABC8/ie4i2eukWtQ/56_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="377" height="365" /></a></p>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-21616214165446161222010-02-01T14:59:00.000-07:002010-02-01T14:59:41.411-07:00Grandpa and Uncle Dave are in HaitiThis news clip has an interview with Steve's dad, (kind of at the end), we're really proud of him! He is in Haiti right now, along with Steve's brother Dave, helping to do surgeries and provide medical attention, and Dave is helping and will be flying back with the orphans. We love you and are keeping you in our prayers! When Audrey saw this, she got all excited saying "Apa! Apa!", it was so cute :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9495240">ksl.com - Utah Hospital Task Force on its way to Haiti</a>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-72591872988345473942010-01-29T22:30:00.002-07:002010-01-29T22:31:48.555-07:00Time For a Little Catch Up!<p>Ok, now you know that we don’t keep promises made on the Blog . . . You really shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet.</p> <p>Since it’s been forever since we last updated, I thought we might be due for one  :). We had a great time over the Holidays, and it all was kicked off with Auston and Audrey’s birthday! We had their party at an indoor playground nearby with all of their friends, and they had such a great time :).</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDs6UYVpI/AAAAAAAABAM/iWJGqXcwbOI/s1600-h/IMG_0747%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0747" border="0" alt="IMG_0747" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDtdHSEeI/AAAAAAAABAQ/Jw3DyqXgbZ8/IMG_0747_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" height="137" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDupXX21I/AAAAAAAABAU/YqZQ2F576-U/s1600-h/IMG_0730%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0730" border="0" alt="IMG_0730" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDvLaG4oI/AAAAAAAABAY/fI8B5qptU3A/IMG_0730_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="169" height="134" /></a> </p> <p>They turned 2 years old and it almost seems like they instantly grew up! They just started talking a ton, putting words together into sentences and saying the cutest things! It seems like everyday I’m cracking up at something they said. For example, the other day Audrey’s tummy was hurting, and she let us know by telling us “My button’s hurting” (meaning her belly button). It was so cute, poor thing. <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDv0BvIkI/AAAAAAAABAc/ap6OF_ZCbZ4/s1600-h/IMG_0751%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0751" border="0" alt="IMG_0751" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDwILiKaI/AAAAAAAABAg/bykOrl4-hMg/IMG_0751_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="190" height="146" /></a> Audrey’s actually more talkative than Auston, but he’s constantly making me laugh, with the funny faces he makes and mischief he gets into. Audrey has a very strong little personality and definitely knows what she likes, wants, dislikes, etc. She’s so funny. Auston is a little sweetheart, (most of the time), but he’s also a little <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDxARJgXI/AAAAAAAABAk/wMRasoIYiXE/s1600-h/IMG_0687%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0687" border="0" alt="IMG_0687" align="right" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDxkE7gII/AAAAAAAABAo/PqBN74sd83g/IMG_0687_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="189" height="144" /></a> troublemaker. He climbs on everything, is constantly throwing balls, as well as other things, (and he actually has a pretty good arm), but don’t you worry, Audrey’s always right there to help him with whatever trouble he’s getting into, and then to come get me and tell on him right after (don’t worry, I know the real story going on here). It’s pretty funny. Anyway, I could talk forever about these two, and you’ll probably hear a lot more about them in the future, but I’ll move on to finish updating!</p> <p>Before we left for Utah, we had an Ugly Sweater and Mustache party with all of our friends here, which was so fun. Steve won one of the prizes, and looking at his picture, you’ll see why (he kind of looks like a creepy 40 year old man, no offense to any 40 year old men out there, or Steve for that matter :) Love you Babe!). So here some pics:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDySTpd2I/AAAAAAAABAs/TqXXOMnfQ8Y/s1600-h/IMG_0768%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0768" border="0" alt="IMG_0768" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDyv1OghI/AAAAAAAABAw/jJEAblHmlR4/IMG_0768_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="206" height="157" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDzcw_rNI/AAAAAAAABA0/HOfp6Af878I/s1600-h/IMG_0765%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0765" border="0" alt="IMG_0765" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PDzuq38xI/AAAAAAAABA4/697EBBLie8Q/IMG_0765_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="128" height="167" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PD1DaPHAI/AAAAAAAABA8/Ikxk8-byVpo/s1600-h/IMG_0772%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0772" border="0" alt="IMG_0772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PD1lR4k2I/AAAAAAAABBA/U6-odOac6z4/IMG_0772_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="196" height="154" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PD29hHMtI/AAAAAAAABBE/Fj3OH9rB3Tw/s1600-h/IMG_0775%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0775" border="0" alt="IMG_0775" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PD3O7nrHI/AAAAAAAABBI/zaZYfThFytM/IMG_0775_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="187" height="152" /></a> </p> <p>We then drove out to Utah (thank heavens for the dvd player and Cinderella, Audrey’s favorite! Although we can now quote the movie almost by heart) We had such a great time out there (see the albums below), spending time with our families and seeing friends, it was so awesome! We shopped, went on dates (finally!), went to the temple, went snowshoeing (actually really fun), went skiing (well, Steve did), saw movies in the actual movie theater, and had a great Christmas and New Years. We loved our time in Utah and were sad to leave, but it was nice to come home, and another fun thing is that we actually bought Steve’s brother’s van, so now we have two cars :).</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:9b7dc942-f7a4-40c2-b27e-1b95ecc24cb2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><a style="border:0px" href="http://cid-adb4af9f694804ed.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?page=browse&resid=ADB4AF9F694804ED!364&ct=photos"><img style="border:0px" alt="View Winter '09" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PD3ldQMZI/AAAAAAAABBM/pAuF1dOBlO4/InlineRepresentation56fa6de8-57e2-4bb9-94f6-bd3eeb8840c2.jpg?imgmax=800" /></a><div style="width:340px;text-align:right;" ><a href="http://cid-adb4af9f694804ed.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?page=browse&resid=ADB4AF9F694804ED!364&ct=photos">View Full Album</a></div></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:0e2c3ea6-320d-4ea1-b7c2-4e93c9f4c8b3" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><a style="border:0px" href="http://cid-adb4af9f694804ed.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?page=browse&resid=ADB4AF9F694804ED!399&ct=photos"><img style="border:0px" alt="View Snowshoeing on New Years" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/S2PD35apgxI/AAAAAAAABBQ/jEONA15Bdlc/InlineRepresentation4ccf0018-410c-48d1-ad92-ffbf7f5f05bf.jpg?imgmax=800" /></a><div style="width:340px;text-align:right;" ><a href="http://cid-adb4af9f694804ed.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?page=browse&resid=ADB4AF9F694804ED!399&ct=photos">View Full Album</a></div></div> <p>Now why did we buy the van, you might be asking. Well, here’s the most exciting news of all, WE’RE EXPECTING!!! That’s right, we are 20 wks along (half way there!), and we found out yesterday we’re expecting a boy!!! He’s due June 20th, right in the middle of Steve’s internship in Indianapolis, so we’ll see how that all works out :) Indy’s about 2 hrs away, so hopefully he can drive really fast! (I have to stay in Illinois because of insurance) Anyway, we’re super excited, even though we’ll be one of those fun families with 3 kids under the age of 3. Yee-haw! </p> <p>Anyway, so there’s our update! Sorry so long, but we had a lot to include :)</p>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-2471656038094561542009-12-13T17:55:00.003-07:002009-12-22T01:40:12.170-07:00What the Halloween in December?<p>Surprise, Surprise we are over a month late in updating our blog.Oh well, I promise it was worth the wait. From Halloween Costumes, to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC, the pictures are cute and kids are cuter.  Plus-  IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME!!!!!! So let’s get right into the pictures!</p> <p><em>Halloween!</em> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM1zG6CiI/AAAAAAAAA-U/fACDZErBPh8/s1600-h/IMG_0399%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0399" border="0" alt="IMG_0399" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM2HpWKqI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/Olge2X8vkSY/IMG_0399_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM3F7ZJVI/AAAAAAAAA-c/rSbc9lrNg2Y/s1600-h/IMG_0400%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0400" border="0" alt="IMG_0400" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM3f-2A7I/AAAAAAAAA-g/WP7j--gxIyY/IMG_0400_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="194" height="149" /></a>  </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM4OIQ6RI/AAAAAAAAA-k/Bp_FSO7cKgY/s1600-h/IMG_0410%5B12%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0410" border="0" alt="IMG_0410" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM4r-3jBI/AAAAAAAAA-o/N_atzE4MinA/IMG_0410_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="196" height="151" /></a> </p> <p>The cutest Witch and Wizard on the Block. Auston’s Costume is hand-made, by Kristen.</p> <p><em>New York City and THE Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM5oYYwoI/AAAAAAAAA-s/gbmHeYoQ_8o/s1600-h/IMG_0436%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0436" border="0" alt="IMG_0436" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM6Ee0wAI/AAAAAAAAA-w/-Qtd8L2ynTM/IMG_0436_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" height="300" /></a> </p> <p>You can see we had a great time in the Big Apple with Steve’s sister Minde and her family. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM7G0yZMI/AAAAAAAAA-0/rtQ-ScaGkpA/s1600-h/IMG_0454%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0454" border="0" alt="IMG_0454" align="right" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM7VQkaMI/AAAAAAAAA-4/Ze4_D9BBcmM/IMG_0454_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM8DgntaI/AAAAAAAAA-8/oHcBLqVEqK4/s1600-h/IMG_0464%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0464" border="0" alt="IMG_0464" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM8rGGLKI/AAAAAAAAA_A/NMdh8yBYmxs/IMG_0464_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p> <p>Skating in Rockefeller Center, and Steve And Kristen in the Central Park Mall, Yes the Mall is in any Chick-flick set in NYC.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM9FrVgkI/AAAAAAAAA_E/4eme0BTh7G0/s1600-h/IMG_0467%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0467" border="0" alt="IMG_0467" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM9f0Y3kI/AAAAAAAAA_I/YDBPqntNyX4/IMG_0467_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="177" height="135" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM-MPPpII/AAAAAAAAA_M/jktjscDcQkA/s1600-h/IMG_0468%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0468" border="0" alt="IMG_0468" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM-irIASI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/JyJAn8vqsjA/IMG_0468_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" height="137" /></a></p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWM_oTjDDI/AAAAAAAAA_U/dV64dySNjGY/s1600-h/IMG_0580%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0580" border="0" alt="IMG_0580" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNAO72J5I/AAAAAAAAA_Y/5fO9SdWiiTU/IMG_0580_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="177" height="135" /></a>The World Famous Brooklyn Bridge!<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNAxdGtXI/AAAAAAAAA_c/JjHjenuLcwc/s1600-h/IMG_0585%5B12%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0585" border="0" alt="IMG_0585" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNBcBtkTI/AAAAAAAAA_g/m84_h3ddrgE/IMG_0585_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="185" height="141" /></a></p> <p> Jimmy Fallon is an old friend, I mean, Look- He’s pointing right at us. He was looking the other way, but Steve started to scream, “Jimmy!, Jimmy! We love you!” So we became friends. Oh and it was a little packed.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNCVayZfI/AAAAAAAAA_k/SC_fwBJ0JNw/s1600-h/IMG_0631%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0631" border="0" alt="IMG_0631" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNC4gG2gI/AAAAAAAAA_s/eFTuwaQ4rxQ/IMG_0631_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="363" height="276" /></a></p> <p>Santa rolled into town and ushered in the best time of Year! It was so awesome to be right down on the front row of the Parade. The clowns would come right up to Audrey and give her a handful of confetti, both the kids loved it.</p> <p>But it wasn’t all fun and games. Kristen’s maternal instinct was needed to keep a tenacious Grandma at bay. We were standing there, enjoying the parade, when we started feeling major elbows in our back. We tried to ignore it, but when the pushing got so bad that Kristen almost fell on top of our kids and two other families’ kids we had made friends with from standing there for two hours before the parade. The instincts kicked in and Kristen turned to this old lady that had pushed her way up till she was between Minde and Tyler and us,(mind you, this wasn’t your typical sweet looking old grandma, this looked like a mean, mean grandma, so don’t start thinking “How mean of Kristen”), and said “Look, I can’t go up any further. We are as far up as we’re going to go, and there’s no way you’re going to cut in front of us and separate us from our children.” We then turned around to continue enjoying the parade, and again, elbows in our back. Kristen turned around and asked “Seriously? You’re going to keep pushing?” This Grandma then uses the lame excuse saying “ I’m trying to let my Granddaughter see” and her Granddaughter looks like she’s about 13 and she could care less about anything going on around her. And then we notice that this Grandma is using her to push through, she’s got her arms around her neck with her elbows poking out so she can push her way through. So Kristen says, “See that family behind you? They are with us, but you’ve pushed your way through so that now we’re divided and they can’t even see the parade now.” That’s when this lady next Kristen, who had also been getting pushed, starts going off on this lady, saying “That’s right, they got here at 6 o’clock to save places and have waited here this whole time with their kids to save a spot, and here you just barely get here and you push your way through, separating them from each other, and you think that’s ok? Now they can’t enjoy the parade together.” Then the Grandma starts going off saying something about this is Thanksgiving and we’re not being very giving, blah blah blah, and the lady starts yelling back about how it is Thanksgiving and the grandma has ruined all of ours, and they yell back and forth for a little longer, well, the Grandma didn’t just give up, she tried to go around Steve. But Steve just stuck out his elbows. So the Grandma says the same thing, “My grandkid can’t see.” Steve just looked at her and said, look, My two years olds are up there and you are not going to separate me from me kids, you could have come earlier.” The grandma again tries to elbow through, but Steve just stood there with his elbows out for the rest of the parade. Crazy old tenacious New York Grandma! Sure it was a long story, but so worth reading, right?</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNDqiF_KI/AAAAAAAAA_w/6tEDAyIIkTU/s1600-h/IMG_0636%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0636" border="0" alt="IMG_0636" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWND9Iw0bI/AAAAAAAAA_0/jOuYrCp376c/IMG_0636_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p> <p>This is the Origami Christmas tree at the Museum of Natural History. All of its ornaments are Origami and they have examples from all the exhibits in the Museum, It was named one of the 10 Must-See-Christmas trees, Yeah we saw two, Rockefeller and the Origami Tree.</p> <p>We also think our tree is a must see!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNE-AUvqI/AAAAAAAAA_4/z42e-GQNQBA/s1600-h/IMG_0643%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0643" border="0" alt="IMG_0643" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNFRrBE6I/AAAAAAAAA_8/vVSbHcyg64s/IMG_0643_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNF5izloI/AAAAAAAABAA/BTJjhtLm1yc/s1600-h/IMG_0648%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0648" border="0" alt="IMG_0648" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SyWNGWcvoXI/AAAAAAAABAE/OwMKJuSWIo0/IMG_0648_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>Birthday Pics to come soon . . . before Christmas . . . We Promise!</p>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-34829909972923302009-12-02T08:12:00.001-07:002009-12-02T08:12:50.471-07:00Happy Birthday Grandpa!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BxSaYtV4mY8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BxSaYtV4mY8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-78140745047355867932009-11-02T02:06:00.000-07:002009-11-03T06:56:14.795-07:00Utah, Illinois, California, and New York!<p align="left">We are updating! I know it’s only been two months, but we thought, “What the heck, let’s update early.” So we are!  Here’s a run down of what we had going on, pictures included!</p> <p align="left">Kristen braved the two-day trip in a car out to Utah with Auston, Audrey and four of the five Noonans.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2FgezHWI/AAAAAAAAA7A/A9rMwZ5t3OY/s1600-h/IMG_0742%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0742" border="0" alt="IMG_0742" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2F_Y2tjI/AAAAAAAAA7E/v3Md-yyT_H4/IMG_0742_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="185" height="141" /></a></p> <p align="left">She stayed for over two weeks and was able to visit lots of family! </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2GlNP-ZI/AAAAAAAAA7I/4nu9lKuTaLA/s1600-h/IMG_0795%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0795" border="0" alt="IMG_0795" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2GwqteYI/AAAAAAAAA7M/IUHn7GRQHNI/IMG_0795_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" height="135" /></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2H_91jAI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/-YSoMk7uxMM/s1600-h/IMG_0778%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0778" border="0" alt="IMG_0778" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2IBv1sPI/AAAAAAAAA7U/Uzj_RYOiZrs/IMG_0778_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="181" height="138" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2IhuxnOI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/IYh5DgOsMLQ/s1600-h/IMG_0805%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0805" border="0" alt="IMG_0805" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2JE449zI/AAAAAAAAA7c/pRofl47LYiA/IMG_0805_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="144" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2KNqHPLI/AAAAAAAAA7g/eVKwz6y3r2o/s1600-h/IMG_0811%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0811" border="0" alt="IMG_0811" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2KVkfWvI/AAAAAAAAA7k/1MGpWr--enU/IMG_0811_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="186" height="144" /></a> </p> <p align="left">After Everyone arrived home safely, we visited Chicago. We spent some time on the shores of Lake Michigan and also went to the Harry Potter Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2LFeiwgI/AAAAAAAAA7o/utVdaLMjUm0/s1600-h/IMG_0822%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0822" border="0" alt="IMG_0822" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2Ln3991I/AAAAAAAAA7s/FqwJy6vXx0s/IMG_0822_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="190" height="145" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2MAyKQeI/AAAAAAAAA7w/azdO9EKKJEY/s1600-h/IMG_0834%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0834" border="0" alt="IMG_0834" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2MQoSwpI/AAAAAAAAA70/egflHMn4Aw0/IMG_0834_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="192" height="147" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2M9PUAhI/AAAAAAAAA74/t1_LnTCbXmk/s1600-h/IMG_0845%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0845" border="0" alt="IMG_0845" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2NjLv9-I/AAAAAAAAA78/POR5sKG_ADk/IMG_0845_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">October didn’t slow down at all. Steve was interviewing in Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, St. Louis and Indianapolis.  We also spent a week in California.</p> <p align="center">In California, Grandpa and Grandma Ririe were in Newport for the first half, then Steve’s family came down for the last part to go to Disneyland.</p> <p align="center">With Grandpa and Grandma Ririe we went to Church and got to see the beautiful Newport Temple, we cruised around Balboa Island on a Duffy, walked along the ocean and went to Disneyland.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2OrzIw6I/AAAAAAAAA8A/00Cur4CtpKA/s1600-h/IMG_0008_2%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0008_2" border="0" alt="IMG_0008_2" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2OwOY-0I/AAAAAAAAA8E/bW2sS8wy744/IMG_0008_2_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="187" height="145" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2P73jtBI/AAAAAAAAA8I/FpRofn00Xb8/s1600-h/IMG_0014%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0014" border="0" alt="IMG_0014" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2QdX090I/AAAAAAAAA8M/ACQ44Ztepvw/IMG_0014_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="187" height="143" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2RGfXfEI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/ovbavLNH1ac/s1600-h/IMG_0070%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0070" border="0" alt="IMG_0070" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2RvzACUI/AAAAAAAAA8U/rNU5zpns9IQ/IMG_0070_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Yeah, the convertible was the only car the rental place had left!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2SDXybMI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/yBjN8ISusaE/s1600-h/IMG_0080%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0080" border="0" alt="IMG_0080" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2SSNlRrI/AAAAAAAAA8c/orbdak2PQsY/IMG_0080_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="193" height="147" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2TECa3RI/AAAAAAAAA8g/XewE_2pHfQc/s1600-h/IMG_0102%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0102" border="0" alt="IMG_0102" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2TQdzbhI/AAAAAAAAA8k/-FEyyf3s76M/IMG_0102_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="193" height="147" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2T3MRdDI/AAAAAAAAA8o/r-oEIW399bk/s1600-h/IMG_0137%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0137" border="0" alt="IMG_0137" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2UKN_L4I/AAAAAAAAA8s/hcYxmOBXSok/IMG_0137_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p align="center">We even found time to celebrate Steve’s Birthday. <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2U62Bk7I/AAAAAAAAA8w/bYAi5s8tcVM/s1600-h/IMG_0141%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0141" border="0" alt="IMG_0141" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2VLg-ZAI/AAAAAAAAA80/D0T0OB3YOl4/IMG_0141_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="178" height="234" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2V1IFEaI/AAAAAAAAA84/jf3AG9AhcjA/s1600-h/IMG_0175%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0175" border="0" alt="IMG_0175" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2WC4JlJI/AAAAAAAAA88/KyliztgMHmo/IMG_0175_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="178" height="234" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2WnEC4wI/AAAAAAAAA9A/Z72T4KDHLyk/s1600-h/IMG_0206%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0206" border="0" alt="IMG_0206" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2W8zWcKI/AAAAAAAAA9E/SNST_DmuV60/IMG_0206_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="186" height="142" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2XY3NFSI/AAAAAAAAA9I/v-aqimA4DSg/s1600-h/IMG_0215%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0215" border="0" alt="IMG_0215" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2XupYh7I/AAAAAAAAA9M/hoiFMp4YC_A/IMG_0215_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="186" height="142" /></a> </p> <p>When Steve’s Family Arrived it was more Disneyland, it really is the happiest place on Earth (until it’s naptime)!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2YqEH-BI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/-c-njReiWm4/s1600-h/IMG_0227%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0227" border="0" alt="IMG_0227" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2Y2s6jMI/AAAAAAAAA9U/qcTjq2fAPs8/IMG_0227_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="198" height="151" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2Z5vY7rI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/uJ8nbiWVfU0/s1600-h/IMG_0257%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0257" border="0" alt="IMG_0257" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2aESdBoI/AAAAAAAAA9c/i6x1_fGQKJI/IMG_0257_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="197" height="150" /></a> </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:aff1b040-06f8-490c-9c8d-6dac6aa9b71c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="0af5b354-3b13-4268-8318-4de0daf3f709" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9443pgPFWxU" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2aSvdEaI/AAAAAAAAA9g/wW_49H3LXqQ/video4e999112c691%5B14%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('0af5b354-3b13-4268-8318-4de0daf3f709'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9443pgPFWxU&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9443pgPFWxU&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p>The absolute cutest little Princesses Dancing! ( Audrey and her cousin Taylor)</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2axD4tOI/AAAAAAAAA9k/TPMCOdQYbq0/s1600-h/IMG_0333%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0333" border="0" alt="IMG_0333" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2bBFO1mI/AAAAAAAAA9o/v1_8s-fnfbs/IMG_0333_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="166" height="218" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2bhm-UjI/AAAAAAAAA9s/71sF1t3GOHg/s1600-h/IMG_0341%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0341" border="0" alt="IMG_0341" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2cGx1d2I/AAAAAAAAA9w/3PO7gIRa7Fs/IMG_0341_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="221" height="168" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p>The next day we just re-cooped at the beach, and did a little shopping in Downtown Disney!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2cvnG-NI/AAAAAAAAA90/1Myt0Ovf60M/s1600-h/IMG_0364%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0364" border="0" alt="IMG_0364" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2cqG_hxI/AAAAAAAAA94/cR9V6aFY9sI/IMG_0364_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" height="137" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2dL10GRI/AAAAAAAAA98/Yg5JgXijbss/s1600-h/IMG_0377%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0377" border="0" alt="IMG_0377" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2dRofdVI/AAAAAAAAA-A/7AfCVnZ0cLM/IMG_0377_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="188" height="143" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2dzyxihI/AAAAAAAAA-E/4MGM-1q9F-I/s1600-h/IMG_0378%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0378" border="0" alt="IMG_0378" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2eBiqvAI/AAAAAAAAA-I/ZDhdiyJexmI/IMG_0378_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="140" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2fP3JHNI/AAAAAAAAA-M/JIuXVgd0_H0/s1600-h/IMG_0368%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0368" border="0" alt="IMG_0368" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SvA2ffAKvAI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/VM20B5Mr7WE/IMG_0368_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="185" height="141" /></a> </p> <p>Just three days after getting home, Steve had a Trial Team Tournament in NYC! Of course he didn’t take a camera, but he had a great time. He hasn’t found out his scores yet, but felt good about his performance. He and his teammate when to a Broadway play and got to spent a day with Minde, Tyler Chase and Riley.</p> <p>Wheww! What a month, Steve was gone more days in October than he was home, and now it’s time to gear up for Finals (even though they aren’t until the second week in December).  I guess that’s life, busy busy.</p> <p>We’ll update soon with Halloween pictures, I promise, at least within a couple of months!</p> Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-15638746472449967222009-09-03T17:06:00.002-06:002009-09-08T16:05:49.366-06:00Our Quarterly Update<p>Well, we had a crazy summer and it has not let up now that Law school is in session. I, Steve, am doing the update because I am family-less. Kristen, Auston and Audrey are in Utah visiting family while I get settled in to school. Here is a picture recap of some of the stuff the you missed because you weren’t in the Beautiful Midwest:</p> <p><em>Nauvoo</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLrjYqlpI/AAAAAAAAA4o/n00-x3z15X4/s1600-h/IMG_0427%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="IMG_0427" alt="IMG_0427" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLsqhC5fI/AAAAAAAAA4s/32auaq5NzR4/IMG_0427_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="178" align="left" border="0" height="141" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLqfa2cPI/AAAAAAAAA40/AnLOChjmEFw/s1600-h/IMG_0426%5B16%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="IMG_0426" alt="IMG_0426" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLqmxgagI/AAAAAAAAA5A/gbeSnkz_-ks/IMG_0426_thumb%5B14%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="179" border="0" height="144" /></a></p> <p>The Kids had great time playing like the pioneers. They are the cutest pioneers I’ve ever see. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLvSffD4I/AAAAAAAAA5I/ss2n54SksHw/s1600-h/IMG_0450%5B18%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_0450" alt="IMG_0450" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLvx_z2iI/AAAAAAAAA5M/ub1lpZMLnxI/IMG_0450_thumb%5B16%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="186" border="0" height="153" /></a></p> <p>I met my match in the stick pull!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLxK54qVI/AAAAAAAAA3c/yhqnMNBN3FI/s1600-h/IMG_0410%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_0410" alt="IMG_0410" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLxSRtazI/AAAAAAAAA3g/ZewhP8lKLRs/IMG_0410_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLydDO_YI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/TUdZhxGH42M/s1600-h/IMG_0468%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="IMG_0468" alt="IMG_0468" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLyinFuzI/AAAAAAAAA5c/PoTbEU5UMEo/IMG_0468_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="187" align="left" border="0" height="144" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLzLm13iI/AAAAAAAAA5g/S7pRYxukRPg/s1600-h/IMG_0518%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="IMG_0518" alt="IMG_0518" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLzTz8FrI/AAAAAAAAA5k/rzedhksLDQo/IMG_0518_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="151" border="0" height="198" /></a></p> <p> It was great to go to such a beautiful Temple and Pageant. We were reminded of the sacrifices of those who came before and were strengthened in our efforts to be better.</p> <p><em>The Bloomington, Illinois Children’s Museum</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL0x-Hs5I/AAAAAAAAA50/8yCVXxiQuzs/s1600-h/IMG_0556%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="IMG_0556" alt="IMG_0556" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL1GeTyzI/AAAAAAAAA58/xWPgSILaQ_M/IMG_0556_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="194" align="left" border="0" height="148" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBLz_rTQ_I/AAAAAAAAA6E/Uf5B53BgaWE/s1600-h/IMG_0561%5B18%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="IMG_0561" alt="IMG_0561" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL0bLrzVI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/t4tiQeZ50iM/IMG_0561_thumb%5B16%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" border="0" height="150" /></a></p> <p align="center"> Our little scientists!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL1-ENK1I/AAAAAAAAA6U/CZVjiqc2bY8/s1600-h/IMG_0583%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="IMG_0583" alt="IMG_0583" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL2IwbcYI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/Q5EK1Tl9cxs/IMG_0583_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" align="left" border="0" height="142" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL2qjh5OI/AAAAAAAAA6o/F-ddn0ZL94I/s1600-h/IMG_0602%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline;" title="IMG_0602" alt="IMG_0602" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL23WYgPI/AAAAAAAAA6s/NhFo5g0gn2s/IMG_0602_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" border="0" height="141" /></a> </p> <p align="center">They had an awesome time exploring everything, Sadly I wasn’t able to go, but I heard it was fun!</p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL3uhtHbI/AAAAAAAAA4U/CQUIvVPU98M/s1600-h/IMG_0636%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_0636" alt="IMG_0636" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL32uNkII/AAAAAAAAA4Y/AW9P63_l2Fo/IMG_0636_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="179" border="0" height="137" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL4WlsaTI/AAAAAAAAA4c/QuEB2F9TNhA/s1600-h/IMG_0639%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_0639" alt="IMG_0639" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL4oFetSI/AAAAAAAAA4g/hshAw795aLo/IMG_0639_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="175" border="0" height="138" /></a> </p> <p align="left"><em>The Circus</em></p> <div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline; float: none;" id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:98adbefb-2a5a-4e50-b33b-3dfaba56ef8f" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><a style="border: 0px none ;" href="http://cid-adb4af9f694804ed.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?page=browse&resid=ADB4AF9F694804ED%21292&ct=photos"><img style="border: 0px none ;" alt="View Circus" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SqBL43ha0lI/AAAAAAAAA4k/Xbt6LyUt_d4/InlineRepresentationc8f67778-c3e3-430c-af92-288c9f841931.jpg?imgmax=800" /></a><div style="width: 340px; text-align: right;"><a href="http://cid-adb4af9f694804ed.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?page=browse&resid=ADB4AF9F694804ED%21292&ct=photos">View Full Album</a></div></div>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-54761056827404004882009-07-27T11:53:00.010-06:002009-07-27T14:15:30.325-06:00The trips we've taken in the past 2 months:<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The past two months have been super busy, we've tried to cram everything in, because our thinking is, this is our last summer here, so we need to see everything that's within driving distance while we're here. So we have. And it's been crazy. Ok, maybe not everything, but a lot. So here are the trips, and later I'll post the fun things, (and our trip this past weekend to Nauvoo for Pioneer Day), that we've done here in Champaign.<br />(Believe it or not, there are fun things to do here!)</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />For Father's Day, we went to Indianapolis for the weekend. We left Champaign while the tornado warning sirens were going off, and as soon as </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">we got into our hotel room in downtown Indy, the sirens started going off again. The tornado had followed us there, and the whole time driving we had some crazy weather. But the next day turned out beautiful and we had a great time! We went to the NCAA Hall of Champions and the Zoo, where they had a great dolphin show! Unfortunately, shortly after arriving at the zoo, in the middle of the dolphin show, our camera died. But we still had fun!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A2UOV9jI/AAAAAAAAA1s/dDQSTVFO_Nw/s1600-h/IMG_0150.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A2UOV9jI/AAAAAAAAA1s/dDQSTVFO_Nw/s200/IMG_0150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363225139386644018" border="0" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The dolphin show</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4E2Qov7vI/AAAAAAAAA2M/cG4PocYgxt8/s1600-h/IMG_0164.JPG"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4E2Qov7vI/AAAAAAAAA2M/cG4PocYgxt8/s200/IMG_0164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363229536470167282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The bears</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4E2JkEoWI/AAAAAAAAA2E/d5aoNA729yU/s1600-h/IMG_0161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4E2JkEoWI/AAAAAAAAA2E/d5aoNA729yU/s200/IMG_0161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363229534571503970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The monkeys (Audrey's favorite)<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4E1kQVksI/AAAAAAAAA18/ikY2ybBiJ80/s1600-h/IMG_0159.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4E1kQVksI/AAAAAAAAA18/ikY2ybBiJ80/s200/IMG_0159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363229524556616386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Playing at the Hall of Champions<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A2uEnucI/AAAAAAAAA10/H84st40MM8M/s1600-h/IMG_0154.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A2uEnucI/AAAAAAAAA10/H84st40MM8M/s200/IMG_0154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363225146325187010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">On the bridge connecting the Zoo to downtown</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A2uEnucI/AAAAAAAAA10/H84st40MM8M/s1600-h/IMG_0154.JPG"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4E2q6fPsI/AAAAAAAAA2U/ufPgC3FwHjA/s1600-h/IMG_0158.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4E2q6fPsI/AAAAAAAAA2U/ufPgC3FwHjA/s200/IMG_0158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363229543523892930" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For the 4th of July weekend, we went to Springfield with some friends for Lincoln's 200th birthday celebration. It was so awesome, visiting the places where Lincoln had been, he was such a great man. We had a great time with our friends, even if the fireworks did get rained out on the 4th</span>. <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We ended up coming home early on Sat and had a indoor BBQ at our place, complete with sparklers, and the next day they did the fireworks. Luckily, we could see the fireworks from our backyard, so it worked out perfectly!<br />Lincoln's tomb<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A10g2UpI/AAAAAAAAA1k/mDv7ca0poME/s1600-h/IMG_0201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A10g2UpI/AAAAAAAAA1k/mDv7ca0poME/s200/IMG_0201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363225130874327698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Outside of Lincoln's tomb (it's really impressive)<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A1v6of6I/AAAAAAAAA1c/SJW7EthxnHA/s1600-h/IMG_0204.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm4A1v6of6I/AAAAAAAAA1c/SJW7EthxnHA/s200/IMG_0204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363225129640296354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">"Lincoln" giving a speech on the steps of the old capitol<br />(Steve was experimenting with our camera)<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm346rsBPvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/yZG5EaWAt0E/s1600-h/IMG_0233.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm346rsBPvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/yZG5EaWAt0E/s200/IMG_0233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363216418311585522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Our family with Lincoln<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm346ADrkfI/AAAAAAAAA0c/wCank54keGA/s1600-h/IMG_0236.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm346ADrkfI/AAAAAAAAA0c/wCank54keGA/s200/IMG_0236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363216406599668210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Ladies of our group with Lincoln and Mary Todd<br />l-r: Me and Audrey, Melanie and Paige, Stephanie and Ellis<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm345yvt3oI/AAAAAAAAA0U/MyzBaldYTsU/s1600-h/IMG_0239.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm345yvt3oI/AAAAAAAAA0U/MyzBaldYTsU/s200/IMG_0239.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363216403026271874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Our group on the lawn of the Old Capitol watching the totally awesome laser show<br />(I'm a bit sacrcastic :) I think the laser show was made in the 90's, but the Cold Stone ice cream made it totally worth it) It really was fun<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm345ceGyrI/AAAAAAAAA0M/RxL6BqB6xz8/s1600-h/IMG_0241.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm345ceGyrI/AAAAAAAAA0M/RxL6BqB6xz8/s200/IMG_0241.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363216397046827698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Standing in front of Lincoln's house<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3258pjfYI/AAAAAAAAA0E/Gj2FSkYSEGE/s1600-h/IMG_0260.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3258pjfYI/AAAAAAAAA0E/Gj2FSkYSEGE/s200/IMG_0260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363214206661524866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The exact desk in the exact place in Lincoln's room that he wrote "A House Divided" on<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm325dMCXjI/AAAAAAAAAz8/fF1cE190k_E/s1600-h/IMG_0259.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm325dMCXjI/AAAAAAAAAz8/fF1cE190k_E/s200/IMG_0259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363214198216220210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Watching the fireworks on our lawn</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm325DOwZAI/AAAAAAAAAz0/DfJELv6rIlw/s1600-h/IMG_0276.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm325DOwZAI/AAAAAAAAAz0/DfJELv6rIlw/s200/IMG_0276.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363214191248303106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm324pnxPaI/AAAAAAAAAzs/2ZPd14cGdxA/s1600-h/IMG_0283.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm324pnxPaI/AAAAAAAAAzs/2ZPd14cGdxA/s200/IMG_0283.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363214184373894562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Steve's a co-pres, with our friend James, of the Federalist Society in the Law School, and as a result, he was able to go back to D.C. for a Federalist convention, and had a great experience!<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm30r2lKRcI/AAAAAAAAAzk/C9b27VPcfZY/s1600-h/IMG_0303.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm30r2lKRcI/AAAAAAAAAzk/C9b27VPcfZY/s200/IMG_0303.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363211765491058114" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm30rlB8fqI/AAAAAAAAAzc/OxAQvFlyU-4/s1600-h/IMG_0319.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm30rlB8fqI/AAAAAAAAAzc/OxAQvFlyU-4/s200/IMG_0319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363211760779951778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He met Orrin Hatch, a Federalist Soc. member<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm30rf4AlPI/AAAAAAAAAzU/bVfWLWJf5Bs/s1600-h/IMG_0308.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm30rf4AlPI/AAAAAAAAAzU/bVfWLWJf5Bs/s200/IMG_0308.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363211759396099314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and Justice Clarence Thomas, of the Supreme Court, also a Federalist<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm30q9OTO4I/AAAAAAAAAzM/MKP475wKKHk/s1600-h/IMG_0318.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm30q9OTO4I/AAAAAAAAAzM/MKP475wKKHk/s200/IMG_0318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363211750094355330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our friends, Greg and Katie, invited all of us law school friends to go camping at Greg's parents' farm in Northern IL, and let me just say, it was Awesome! His family has this huge farm (that's been in his family since the mid-1800's), and in the middle of the corn fields, they have this grove of trees with this large field mowed down where you can camp. Greg and Katie planned and did everything, the food, games, and even fogged the place so there were no bugs. It was completely perfect! Thanks so much you guys, we had a blast!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Daddy, Auston, and James playing some 'tunes 'round the campfire<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3ysEvJChI/AAAAAAAAAzE/1Z4uFGWMB1A/s1600-h/IMG_0345.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3ysEvJChI/AAAAAAAAAzE/1Z4uFGWMB1A/s200/IMG_0345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363209570267761170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mommy and Audrey<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3yrkNJktI/AAAAAAAAAy8/dEaJfBC2Eh0/s1600-h/IMG_0347.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3yrkNJktI/AAAAAAAAAy8/dEaJfBC2Eh0/s200/IMG_0347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363209561535255250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ring around the rosy....<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3yrN91JdI/AAAAAAAAAy0/pzaIymQtHVk/s1600-h/IMG_0368.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3yrN91JdI/AAAAAAAAAy0/pzaIymQtHVk/s200/IMG_0368.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363209555565422034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We all fall down!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3yqlrTHUI/AAAAAAAAAys/V2z2-Og7ugM/s1600-h/IMG_0362.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3yqlrTHUI/AAAAAAAAAys/V2z2-Og7ugM/s200/IMG_0362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363209544750275906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Taking a walk through the grove<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3tAyORtyI/AAAAAAAAAyk/M1riz-ncv2E/s1600-h/IMG_0373.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3tAyORtyI/AAAAAAAAAyk/M1riz-ncv2E/s200/IMG_0373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363203329005565730" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Swimming at Greg's parents' house, the perfect way to end a camping trip<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3tAuRPzoI/AAAAAAAAAyc/tFHcXIKNegE/s1600-h/IMG_0376.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3tAuRPzoI/AAAAAAAAAyc/tFHcXIKNegE/s200/IMG_0376.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363203327944281730" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Holding Auston and our friends' baby, Liam<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3tAcxuv1I/AAAAAAAAAyU/izw3pAgd3E8/s1600-h/IMG_0377.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3tAcxuv1I/AAAAAAAAAyU/izw3pAgd3E8/s200/IMG_0377.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363203323248688978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Playing basketball<br />(I think Audrey's about to commit a flagrant foul)<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3s_3en2-I/AAAAAAAAAyM/BIGWd5GIOOk/s1600-h/IMG_0383.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sm3s_3en2-I/AAAAAAAAAyM/BIGWd5GIOOk/s200/IMG_0383.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363203313236433890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-8503542552304650232009-06-23T10:39:00.006-06:002009-07-27T11:52:41.381-06:00Utah: Part Two...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So big! Swinging at Gma and Gpa Rogers' house</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEH0mraNKI/AAAAAAAAAvc/OESLHKhWx4k/s1600-h/SNC10198.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEH0mraNKI/AAAAAAAAAvc/OESLHKhWx4k/s320/SNC10198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350566432610071714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Riding Lady, my parent's sheep, she is so sweet, Auston loved her! Muttin' Bustin' here we come! (It's where all the little kids ride sheep at the beginning of Strawberry Days Rodeo in PG, in case you were wondering)<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEH0J4c4kI/AAAAAAAAAvU/-YVxel12pZI/s1600-h/SNC10129.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEH0J4c4kI/AAAAAAAAAvU/-YVxel12pZI/s320/SNC10129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350566424880144962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEHzyiIhnI/AAAAAAAAAvM/zHTcWDPON-Q/s1600-h/SNC10117.JPG"> </a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Swinging at Gma and Gpa Ririe's house</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEHzyiIhnI/AAAAAAAAAvM/zHTcWDPON-Q/s1600-h/SNC10117.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEHzyiIhnI/AAAAAAAAAvM/zHTcWDPON-Q/s320/SNC10117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350566418612520562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Gpa Ririe</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEH1CsyxVI/AAAAAAAAAvk/nZWfWDc2gRM/s1600-h/SNC10223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEH1CsyxVI/AAAAAAAAAvk/nZWfWDc2gRM/s320/SNC10223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350566440132068690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We went to Gardiner Village with our friends, Andrew and Missy, and the kids loved the petting zoo!<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sk4OUvfN95I/AAAAAAAAAxg/4cjCRfjqoR0/s1600-h/DSC00037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sk4OUvfN95I/AAAAAAAAAxg/4cjCRfjqoR0/s320/DSC00037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354232756497676178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sk4OULkw2aI/AAAAAAAAAxY/0gTjMGp0PLM/s1600-h/DSC00033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sk4OULkw2aI/AAAAAAAAAxY/0gTjMGp0PLM/s320/DSC00033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354232746857257378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sk4OTiCVkmI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/V8dEK0OROE0/s1600-h/DSC00030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/Sk4OTiCVkmI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/V8dEK0OROE0/s320/DSC00030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354232735707009634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We went to Idaho falls for Dave (Steve's brother</span>) <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and Britten's</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">sealing. It was so beautiful, Congrats you guys! Here are 10 of the 13 grandkids:</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEPzmbb4vI/AAAAAAAAAwc/9x2PqNw_uMI/s1600-h/SNC10261.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEPzmbb4vI/AAAAAAAAAwc/9x2PqNw_uMI/s320/SNC10261.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575211456226034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Audrey</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">with Taylor and Hailey<br />(poor Hailey broke her leg, but she got to get a cute pink cast)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkERBYCxRHI/AAAAAAAAAxI/818y_8bjBzs/s1600-h/SNC10257.JPG"> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkERBYCxRHI/AAAAAAAAAxI/818y_8bjBzs/s320/SNC10257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350576547624469618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEP0H2iGeI/AAAAAAAAAwk/tHJBFfD6DyE/s1600-h/Us+at+dave%27s+wedding.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEP0H2iGeI/AAAAAAAAAwk/tHJBFfD6DyE/s320/Us+at+dave%27s+wedding.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575220428249570" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We were able to stop in Rexburg and see my brother Seth and his cute family<br />l-r: Audrey, Paige, Auston, Ethan, Cole, Olivia, and baby Hazel<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEPzRyVyKI/AAAAAAAAAwU/5Rs3tzk1MFs/s1600-h/SNC10283.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEPzRyVyKI/AAAAAAAAAwU/5Rs3tzk1MFs/s320/SNC10283.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575205915150498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Yellowstone and all the buffalo</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEPzLkTMdI/AAAAAAAAAwM/6UvleLGfCpE/s1600-h/SNC10291.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEPzLkTMdI/AAAAAAAAAwM/6UvleLGfCpE/s320/SNC10291.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575204245647826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEMisi5NXI/AAAAAAAAAwE/vjGpkCHBTZk/s1600-h/SNC10297.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEMisi5NXI/AAAAAAAAAwE/vjGpkCHBTZk/s320/SNC10297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350571622505461106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Old Faithful<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEMiGTWu8I/AAAAAAAAAv8/YgTouq0-CVs/s1600-h/SNC10319.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEMiGTWu8I/AAAAAAAAAv8/YgTouq0-CVs/s320/SNC10319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350571612239739842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEMh1H_3UI/AAAAAAAAAv0/4Ms0kaDl43Q/s1600-h/SNC10315.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEMh1H_3UI/AAAAAAAAAv0/4Ms0kaDl43Q/s320/SNC10315.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350571607628700994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Stroller Brigade at Yellowstone:<br />Auston, Hailey, Taylor, and Audrey<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEMhZE8_SI/AAAAAAAAAvs/9x81OIUCvbw/s1600-h/SNC10326.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SkEMhZE8_SI/AAAAAAAAAvs/9x81OIUCvbw/s320/SNC10326.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350571600099736866" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-40108123437156714212009-06-01T09:32:00.014-06:002009-06-01T17:47:08.075-06:00Here's what we've been up to...Part One...(warning: lots of pics!)<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This past month has been pretty busy, with Steve doing fina</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ls, gett</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ing together with friends before everyone leaves, and then going to Utah for two weeks. Busy b</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ut so much fun! (Except for the finals part :) ) Oh, and our anniversary was thrown in th</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ere also, w</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">hich</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> was fun too :) Here are some pics of all the fun we've been having!</span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We had a BBQ with the J. Reuben Clark Law Society (the LDS st</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ud</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ents)</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> at </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Prof. Stancil's house. We're really going to miss all of our friends, the Parrys, Andersons, Logsdons, Watkins, and Gutkes, who have graduated and are moving away to start their real-life adult lives :) Congratulations everyone!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQAqhrqMlI/AAAAAAAAAp0/KJg0sVyFdBA/s1600-h/law+school+family+1st+year.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQAqhrqMlI/AAAAAAAAAp0/KJg0sVyFdBA/s320/law+school+family+1st+year.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342395788564247122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's a picture of our last girls night out all together. Every week we'd get together for a movie night and/or craft night, and we had so much fun!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQArEk2FzI/AAAAAAAAAqM/KkHCEdSWieg/s1600-h/Law+wives+club+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQArEk2FzI/AAAAAAAAAqM/KkHCEdSWieg/s320/Law+wives+club+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342395797930907442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Playing on the computer: Laney, Auston, and Audrey</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQO-LlLaMI/AAAAAAAAAqk/T_jss0q85YA/s1600-h/SNC10017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQO-LlLaMI/AAAAAAAAAqk/T_jss0q85YA/s320/SNC10017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342411519391656130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Steve's up-to-bat in the law school softball tourny</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQO9Y65iRI/AAAAAAAAAqU/hwi0hhTYNtI/s1600-h/SNC10018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQO9Y65iRI/AAAAAAAAAqU/hwi0hhTYNtI/s320/SNC10018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342411505792551186" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Watching Daddy play softball, one of our favorite things :)(It was a long day)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQO9k3sjjI/AAAAAAAAAqc/F6a0tA36q4c/s1600-h/SNC10031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQO9k3sjjI/AAAAAAAAAqc/F6a0tA36q4c/s320/SNC10031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342411509000343090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Where's Auston and Audrey?</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQVAWrGtNI/AAAAAAAAAqs/DnFrjDXA_y8/s1600-h/SNC10036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQVAWrGtNI/AAAAAAAAAqs/DnFrjDXA_y8/s320/SNC10036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342418153798808786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQVAi24jcI/AAAAAAAAAq0/aqdmuihAsg8/s1600-h/SNC10037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQVAi24jcI/AAAAAAAAAq0/aqdmuihAsg8/s320/SNC10037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342418157069438402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Caught ya!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQVBKxw2aI/AAAAAAAAAq8/iBG2zRTeM8I/s1600-h/SNC10040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQVBKxw2aI/AAAAAAAAAq8/iBG2zRTeM8I/s320/SNC10040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342418167785380258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQVBc268pI/AAAAAAAAArE/5c_NoKfwJo8/s1600-h/SNC10003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQVBc268pI/AAAAAAAAArE/5c_NoKfwJo8/s320/SNC10003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342418172638851730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Little Miss Cool</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQY5IemO7I/AAAAAAAAArM/T258kqDZva0/s1600-h/SNC10005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQY5IemO7I/AAAAAAAAArM/T258kqDZva0/s320/SNC10005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342422427775679410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Just like his dad, he can sleep anytime, anywhere!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQY5hDPjiI/AAAAAAAAArU/Fh4jl7Hkne8/s1600-h/SNC10007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQY5hDPjiI/AAAAAAAAArU/Fh4jl7Hkne8/s320/SNC10007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342422434371833378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQY58mEdgI/AAAAAAAAArc/5V26pikI0To/s1600-h/SNC10008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQY58mEdgI/AAAAAAAAArc/5V26pikI0To/s320/SNC10008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342422441765664258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >UTAH</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After arriving in Utah, we went swimming at our neighbor's pool and we had so much fun!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQY6dP-5NI/AAAAAAAAArk/Y3gbza7oOvg/s1600-h/SNC10048.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQY6dP-5NI/AAAAAAAAArk/Y3gbza7oOvg/s320/SNC10048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342422450531394770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQdZLOuAII/AAAAAAAAArs/cFUTh4MVtrA/s1600-h/SNC10050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQdZLOuAII/AAAAAAAAArs/cFUTh4MVtrA/s320/SNC10050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427376316711042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQdZWaGT9I/AAAAAAAAAr0/dVnnR1WWOSI/s1600-h/SNC10055.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQdZWaGT9I/AAAAAAAAAr0/dVnnR1WWOSI/s320/SNC10055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427379317231570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQdZ1L96PI/AAAAAAAAAr8/hT7g3z2-L8M/s1600-h/SNC10059.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQdZ1L96PI/AAAAAAAAAr8/hT7g3z2-L8M/s320/SNC10059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427387579459826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQdaG5ksGI/AAAAAAAAAsE/lmlkG7IjQ-Y/s1600-h/SNC10064.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiQdaG5ksGI/AAAAAAAAAsE/lmlkG7IjQ-Y/s320/SNC10064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427392334147682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audrey found the googles and loved having them on! She didn't even try to take them off :)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRB5XxFDGI/AAAAAAAAAsM/lSO7GwM4_bU/s1600-h/SNC10068.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRB5XxFDGI/AAAAAAAAAsM/lSO7GwM4_bU/s320/SNC10068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342467511856467042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For Steph's (Steve's sister) husband Spencer's birthday, we went to Crown Burger and a Bee's game in Salt Lake, and had a blast! Here are the four cousins who were born within six months of each other: Audrey, Hailey, Auston, and Taylor</span>. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They're quite the troublemakers when they all get together!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRB5_QL9OI/AAAAAAAAAsU/nlPNNE44_dY/s1600-h/SNC10080.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRB5_QL9OI/AAAAAAAAAsU/nlPNNE44_dY/s320/SNC10080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342467522455925986" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRB6BeZmII/AAAAAAAAAsc/VC9yAzUoRKE/s1600-h/SNC10084.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRB6BeZmII/AAAAAAAAAsc/VC9yAzUoRKE/s320/SNC10084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342467523052411010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRB6aPyDnI/AAAAAAAAAsk/kR9pNFHWRF8/s1600-h/SNC10092.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRB6aPyDnI/AAAAAAAAAsk/kR9pNFHWRF8/s320/SNC10092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342467529701985906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRO7thLdQI/AAAAAAAAAs8/Ns2Xl-sLGCs/s1600-h/SNC10104.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRO7thLdQI/AAAAAAAAAs8/Ns2Xl-sLGCs/s320/SNC10104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342481845706257666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audrey couldn't stop dancing, everytime a little clip of music came on, she'd start shaking! It was pretty darn cute when her cousin Taylor joined in!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxdhIpNUVbLkm5EGjTd1_b_G_-hK1UNLDnOS294WBRY4dhUOPnIvfLAGeRd6P5TdV5Xuxpe2D-bUBR046t0tg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">With Aunt Stephy</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRO6yKhyiI/AAAAAAAAAss/91QPZCPV4SA/s1600-h/SNC10101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRO6yKhyiI/AAAAAAAAAss/91QPZCPV4SA/s320/SNC10101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342481829773560354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Pink Ladies: Hailey, Gma Rogers, and Audrey</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRO7CawrtI/AAAAAAAAAs0/o83mwQUJ_nA/s1600-h/SNC10105.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SiRO7CawrtI/AAAAAAAAAs0/o83mwQUJ_nA/s320/SNC10105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342481834136612562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There will be more pictures to come in the next couple of days. Our camera broke, so since I don't have any pictures besides the ones from our trip, I'm trying to stretch these out till we get a new one. Recommondations on which camera to get?</span><br /><br /></div>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-80120663328537039282009-04-15T10:06:00.010-06:002009-04-15T12:58:49.907-06:00Spring Break, Chicago, Easter, Oh My<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well, here's a quick update on our past month or so and I'll </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">get to the pictures. Spring Break, we just took it easy, but we did do a day trip to Nau</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">voo w</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ith our friends, the Bednars, and were able to go to the temple and see some of the great sites :) The temple is beautiful, we had a lot of fun!<br />The following weekend, we went to Chi</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">c</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ago</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and met up with Steve's parents and brother, who were there for a conference. W</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e st</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ayed up there for the weekend, and had a blast! We did shopping on the Magnificent Mile, ate a</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">t so</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">me</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">really great resteraunts, went to the Lincoln Park Zoo, Wrigley Field, and the Field Museum. It so much fun, and the best part was seeing Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Scott!<br />Easter was fun, except for the fact that Audrey and</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Steve were sick, and I was in charge of our big Primary Easter activity, but other than</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> t</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">hat, it was great!<br />The kids are growing up so fast, they both are walking around and getting into everythi</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ng, talking and jabbering away! They're so much fun, I love watching them figure things </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">out and put things together. The other day, I started singing "Old McDonald", Au</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">drey was singin</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">g along going "E-I-E-I-E-I....", when I got to the horse, Auston jus</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">t got up and walked out of the room, and I could hear him in his room moving things around, then he comes walking in h</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">olding his</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> to</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">y horse! I was so surprised and proud of him! He's so smart, they both are! Anyway, enough jabbering, here's the pictures, whic</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">h I know is the reason you all came here. Enjoy!<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Nauvoo Temple</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYQYIuIX-I/AAAAAAAAAnw/LgnrQJ2Ek40/s1600-h/SNC10138.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYQYIuIX-I/AAAAAAAAAnw/LgnrQJ2Ek40/s320/SNC10138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324961616256065506" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYQYbVDFLI/AAAAAAAAAn4/_dNrKVFPXbA/s1600-h/SNC10181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYQYbVDFLI/AAAAAAAAAn4/_dNrKVFPXbA/s320/SNC10181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324961621251134642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The kids love the playground, once they're there, we can't get them away</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYQYxWonZI/AAAAAAAAAoA/cUE7qhzSGWk/s1600-h/SNC10163.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYQYxWonZI/AAAAAAAAAoA/cUE7qhzSGWk/s320/SNC10163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324961627163368850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chicago, We back the bid! (for the Olympics)<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYQZAE6cPI/AAAAAAAAAoI/AfRIx8P3KCw/s1600-h/SNC10201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYQZAE6cPI/AAAAAAAAAoI/AfRIx8P3KCw/s320/SNC10201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324961631115571442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The view from Grandma, Grandpa, and Scott's hotel room. Ya gotta love Lake Michigan!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYUhWoICpI/AAAAAAAAAoY/U8n3giX84Qs/s1600-h/SNC10215.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYUhWoICpI/AAAAAAAAAoY/U8n3giX84Qs/s320/SNC10215.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324966172654307986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Auston's pointing something out to Audrey, not sure what...<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYUhAxr8UI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/my0fUNy6JfY/s1600-h/SNC10214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYUhAxr8UI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/my0fUNy6JfY/s320/SNC10214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324966166788829506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So much fun at the Zoo!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYUhtdFYGI/AAAAAAAAAog/mWE0NeTrIt4/s1600-h/SNC10239.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYUhtdFYGI/AAAAAAAAAog/mWE0NeTrIt4/s320/SNC10239.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324966178782011490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's a really cool video of the lion roaring, be sure to mute the music before you push play</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYDhuZSEI/AAAAAAAAApI/c93PhiFnSQ4/s1600-h/SNC10273.JPG"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyUEcKIy9xD-6O90lmuhN9jbU5PtggCziIFFOy2tQDOlyOvuiLt1SXnjoOEfTHGJH0xvm6bjAPdrQSupI2qKg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here,</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the monkeys were going crazy, swinging around and fighting, and one of them only had one arm, it was amazing to see him swinging</span>. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The kids loved them!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYDhuZSEI/AAAAAAAAApI/c93PhiFnSQ4/s1600-h/SNC10273.JPG"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxm5rDMMI8sEOWIU4zWSV5DPNg8gVuiCf0SB8e4UQCCIvh9XxSKtYwIV-Klc-FLrnTYdHyc1dLWEIa-ndfe-Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">With </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sue, th</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e T-Rex, at the Field Muse</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">um<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYUh9KtBbI/AAAAAAAAAoo/OkrJ76_ceTs/s1600-h/SNC10246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYUh9KtBbI/AAAAAAAAAoo/OkrJ76_ceTs/s320/SNC10246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324966182999885234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Easter Time!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYDF0_iPI/AAAAAAAAApA/kWQQkj05xH0/s1600-h/SNC10267.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYDF0_iPI/AAAAAAAAApA/kWQQkj05xH0/s320/SNC10267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324970050795309298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They loved the balls we got them<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYCaYVtDI/AAAAAAAAAow/vbbolfPLpy8/s1600-h/SNC10257.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYCaYVtDI/AAAAAAAAAow/vbbolfPLpy8/s320/SNC10257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324970039132402738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and their "house"!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYCvkii-I/AAAAAAAAAo4/vvnJGGPNu8A/s1600-h/SNC10252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYCvkii-I/AAAAAAAAAo4/vvnJGGPNu8A/s320/SNC10252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324970044820720610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Easter best!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYDhuZSEI/AAAAAAAAApI/c93PhiFnSQ4/s1600-h/SNC10273.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SeYYDhuZSEI/AAAAAAAAApI/c93PhiFnSQ4/s320/SNC10273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324970058283829314" border="0" /></a></div>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-44493043454639340372009-03-23T12:19:00.004-06:002009-03-23T12:57:42.735-06:00Ancestry<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I was approached in Church to see if I could start helping</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> out with Family History, so I joined Family Search, a Church website, and we have become addicted! It is so amazing to see how far back our ancestry goes, and where it originates, </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and actual names of people, instead of just a vauge idea, and also to see if their temple work has been done. My family, the Riries, originated from Scotland, mainly Aberdeen area, while Steve's family, the Rogers, originated from Wales. To keep it simple, for right now, we mostly followed the patriarchal line, following our last names. we then googled names of family members, and we found some pretty neat stuff. Here's a picture of Steve's direct grandfather, Rev. John Rogers, who was born in Wales and immigrated to Massachusettes sometime before 1691:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/ScfVE4k-J6I/AAAAAAAAAng/XOqI4gBfUxk/s1600-h/rogers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/ScfVE4k-J6I/AAAAAAAAAng/XOqI4gBfUxk/s320/rogers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316452165017806754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We think he looks a lot like Steve's grandpa.<br />Also, something of interest to my Arizona friends, Steve's grandpa was William Jordan Flake, the man who founded Snowflake, AZ with Erastus Snow. Small world, huh?<br />This is a picture of my grandpa, James Ririe, who immigrated from Aberdeen, Scotland to Utah in 1853, after joining the Church in Scotland and serving as a missionary there:<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/ScfYmkUqHZI/AAAAAAAAAno/8kvLBQeUVaY/s1600-h/james_ririe_bio.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 80px; height: 110px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/ScfYmkUqHZI/AAAAAAAAAno/8kvLBQeUVaY/s320/james_ririe_bio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316456042231111058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Anyway, hopefully this doesn't bore anyone, but we thought it was so interesting!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><img src="file:///C:/Users/Steven/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Steven/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt="" />Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-54151152339047152692009-03-11T15:37:00.002-06:002009-03-12T20:29:40.172-06:00Short but Sweet<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well, this past weekend was Steve's little brother Matt's mission farewell, so we decided to fly home and surprise him, and everyone else! We flew in late Saturday night and my parents came and got us and we stayed with them, and </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">then Sunday, we walked into Sacrament meeting, (don't worry, we were a half hour ear</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ly, so we didn't cause too much of a commotion!), and I wish we could have taken a picture of everyone's faces! We were all crying and hugging, it was so great! Steve's sister Minde al</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">so flew in from New York, so all of the kids were th</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ere to see Matt! He did such a great job, he's going to be an awesome missionary. That night, his friend, Conner, came over, whose a litt</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">le autistic, and he had written a song for Matt as a gift</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. He and Matt have been good friends f</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">rom kindergarten, and Matt's always been kind of his protector, standing up to him to bullies and always looking out for him. Conner sang about how Matt is his best friend and how he always had his back, and he'll miss him and love him. It was so touching! All of us were crying, it was like something you would read in the Ensign or New Era. It really said a lot about Matt and what a great brother and friend he is. We'll miss you Matt, but we're so proud of you and can't wait to hear about all of the amazing experiences you'll ha</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ve! We had such a great time seeing everyone, we wish it wasn't so short of a trip!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;">Matt and Steve a couple of days before Matt went into the MTC<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SbnERLlBUmI/AAAAAAAAAnY/5b7yY5Fq77I/s1600-h/Steve+and+Matt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SbnERLlBUmI/AAAAAAAAAnY/5b7yY5Fq77I/s320/Steve+and+Matt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312493034905096802" border="0" /></a><br />Matt with Auston and Audrey a couple of days before he heads into the MTC<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SbnEQp1PhuI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/AnmQuX-HX6Q/s1600-h/matt+with+twins.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SbnEQp1PhuI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/AnmQuX-HX6Q/s320/matt+with+twins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312493025846331106" border="0" /></a>Steve's Immediate Family<br /></div><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SbnDfS2kv3I/AAAAAAAAAnI/ToAxTgGMrnc/s1600-h/whole+family.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SbnDfS2kv3I/AAAAAAAAAnI/ToAxTgGMrnc/s320/whole+family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312492177864310642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;">Our Little Family<br /></div><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SbnDfMaQC0I/AAAAAAAAAnA/zfe6RODju_U/s1600-h/Our+Family.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SbnDfMaQC0I/AAAAAAAAAnA/zfe6RODju_U/s320/Our+Family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312492176134900546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-56119000489136536422009-02-20T16:59:00.000-07:002009-02-20T17:00:05.922-07:00It's About Time<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since we last updated. I've been meaning to for awhile, but it seemed like things just kept coming up, like the two weeks in January, everyone in our little family got a really bad flu bug, which I wouldn't wish on anyone! Also, someone, who wishes not to be named (but it wasn't me), lost our camera card with all of our Christmas pictures on it, and me being the kinda neurotic perso</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">n I am, can't blog out of order, so we've been trying to find the card so we can post. We found our small card with the last couple days of our vacation on it, so I guess it'll do, on to the update, and I'll try to make it quick and get onto the pictures.<br />Christmas was great, all because we were able to go back home to Utah for three weeks! It was so great to see all of our family and friends and the mountains again : ) Christmas was great, we had Christmas Eve dinner with my family, and then we slept at Steve's parent's house, which was fun because 7 of the 8 kids in his family slept over! It was crazy but so much fun, especially with all the grandkids! We also had pictures taken of all the Rogers grandkids together, plus family pictures, which were freezing, but fun. We were also able to go skiing and after the first bumpy run it was a lot of fun and a beautiful day! One of the most exciting things that happened while we were there, was that my sister Amber and her husband and kids were able to be sealed in the temple. It was such an amazing experience, especially seeing Ryleigh and Braydon walk into the sealing room and seeing them kneel all together around the altar. I'm so happy for them and love them so much! Some other fun things that we did was go to the aquarium, which the kids absolutely loved, went sledding and played in the snow, (while we were there, it snowed more than I think it had since we moved there), and went to the Body Exhibit that was in Sa</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">lt Lake (so interesting! but I'm into that kind of stuff). Overall, we had the best time, and we owe it all to our families! We love you guys!<br />Since we've been home, we all got sick, Steve started school and entered a client-counseling competition at school with our friend James, (the same partner from his other competition), and they WON Again!! So exciting! So they were able to go to Milwaukee and compete in Regionals, and they're automatically going to Regionals next year and are in charge of the competition at the UofI next year. So that left a weekend where I was all by myself with the kids, which was filled with lots of playdates and dinners with friends, and one eventful day at church with Monica (James' wife) and their girls! Valentines Day was so fun, we ate at this great resteraunt called Bacaro, and it was delicious! And we were able to go do some shopping without having to spend twenty minutes getting kids in and out and pushing an incredibly huge stroller around! It was heaven!</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">On to the kid-os: They're both walking! They're still both a little unsteady, but Audrey can take about ten or so steps, while Auston can take about 4! It's so exciting, but I'm a little worried about what this may bring! But no matter what, it'll be fun (I hope). They're also jabbering away, with Audrey being a LOT more vocal than Auston, but that's to be expected since she's a girl! They are both so funny, and so fun to watch! They both LOVE to dance, especially Audrey, the minute they hear music, they're bouncing all over! They fight big, but love big, which makes all the fighting bearable! Funny story: They were fighting over these two stuffed animals, Auston kept taking them from Audrey, and when she finally took them from him for the fourth time, she just started hitting him with them over and over! Auston just started laughing and rolled onto her lap while she was hitting him, but then she started laughing and rolled over on him! Steve and I were laughing so hard, I know I know, we probably should have disciplined, but it was just too funny! Anyway, there's an update on us, sorry so long! Enjoy the pics and vidoes!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lovin' thier spaghetti!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ87UM5tD2I/AAAAAAAAAmg/JwV0x-IxryA/s1600-h/SNC10085.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ87UM5tD2I/AAAAAAAAAmg/JwV0x-IxryA/s320/SNC10085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305024104312409954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ87URpnKBI/AAAAAAAAAmo/3PuX2jzo3jU/s1600-h/SNC10087.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ87URpnKBI/AAAAAAAAAmo/3PuX2jzo3jU/s320/SNC10087.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305024105587091474" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audrey loved her tutu that her Aunt Cara made for her!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ87T7jsalI/AAAAAAAAAmY/WPdToNyYcgw/s1600-h/SNC10079.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ87T7jsalI/AAAAAAAAAmY/WPdToNyYcgw/s320/SNC10079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305024099656690258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Auston's first haircut, he looks so old!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8y5lQ36CI/AAAAAAAAAlo/tah0WI9nLvQ/s1600-h/SNC10048.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8y5lQ36CI/AAAAAAAAAlo/tah0WI9nLvQ/s320/SNC10048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305014850902550562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8y6OC78uI/AAAAAAAAAlw/S7LNSwt0Gfg/s1600-h/SNC10056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8y6OC78uI/AAAAAAAAAlw/S7LNSwt0Gfg/s320/SNC10056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305014861849948898" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8y5uC_m5I/AAAAAAAAAlg/3D8kf04eLuA/s1600-h/SNC10049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8y5uC_m5I/AAAAAAAAAlg/3D8kf04eLuA/s320/SNC10049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305014853260254098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They weren't afraid to touch anything!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8y6BJCf0I/AAAAAAAAAl4/D8Ckrr7dQUY/s1600-h/SNC10069.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8y6BJCf0I/AAAAAAAAAl4/D8Ckrr7dQUY/s320/SNC10069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305014858385882946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8tYySEFvI/AAAAAAAAAlA/D57nettJFZo/s1600-h/SNC10009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8tYySEFvI/AAAAAAAAAlA/D57nettJFZo/s320/SNC10009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305008789903382258" border="0" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8tZUaRrhI/AAAAAAAAAlY/rnEm70RWg1A/s1600-h/SNC10026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8tZUaRrhI/AAAAAAAAAlY/rnEm70RWg1A/s320/SNC10026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305008799064632850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8tZSJIQGI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/D8OTFPgQJs0/s1600-h/SNC10025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8tZSJIQGI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/D8OTFPgQJs0/s320/SNC10025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305008798455840866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audrey loved my parents' sheep, Lady</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8tZEro6XI/AAAAAAAAAlI/yHlUsVsXD9E/s1600-h/SNC10020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SZ8tZEro6XI/AAAAAAAAAlI/yHlUsVsXD9E/s320/SNC10020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305008794842491250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This video is of Audrey and Auston in the bath, and Audrey was telling a big story. She tells stories like this all the time, and it's too funny!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwBAvNVEAoZX2HV3WgdnfSduPwEvubVZnkzoSGIv-k7z9qEUGyAmkBxNKegDD9nAnsyylV2UFC8qvIq8at1QA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-7866424389958282252009-02-19T21:57:00.003-07:002009-02-19T22:42:03.545-07:00PostingWell . . . As you may or may not have been able to see, we have been slacking in or blog updating duties. Many of our, or should I say Auston and Audrey's, faithful fans are enraged because of the lack of updates since Christmas. Rest assured we still think about our blog and plan to update sometime, hopefully soon. Thank you for your patience and we are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused you.Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-26220230892660801472008-12-19T13:14:00.004-07:002008-12-19T14:10:38.298-07:00Birthday Cake!<span style="font-family:verdana;">Drum roll. . . . Here is the video of Auston and Audrey eating their birthday cakes. You can see that Auston had no problem figuring out what to do, Audrey was a little more timid. But, after the video was taken Audrey really started to dig into the cake as you can see in the pictures below.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">(Make sure you pause the playlist on the side)</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy4z2Dc1X8JziWXiJg-9JdupZVucxDSDW5dB12-8jn6W44jSbaiDMEAYLLymoYgVSATnJsuEH8OwkA16rAE9g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-11444937636797698052008-12-18T21:02:00.004-07:002008-12-18T21:19:07.773-07:00A Christmas Blessing<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Well, tonight we were the recipients of a Christmas blessing. We took the kids to see Santa Clause at the mall (pictures to come later). And decided to grab some dinner at Chile's. We were seated by an older couple. Nothing really seemed special. We ordered and were talking while helping Auston and Audrey to eat some snacks before their favorite meal arrived, grilled cheese. Anyway, Auston and Audrey always seem to draw a crowd, and a few people made comments to us, of course the standard "Are they twins?" and "Oh! Boy and girl twins?" The older couple leaned over and talked with Kristen for a little. They asked how old the kids were and commented that they were beautiful children. The lady talked to Auston and we tried to coax him into saying "Hi" but he just stared at the lady and smiled. We noticed the couple leave and it seemd like the older gentleman was having trouble or something with his credit card because he took the server aside and was talking to her about his credit card. Kristen was about ready to offer to pay, but they got it figured out and left. When we asked for our check our server informed us that the couple had taken care of our meal and told her to tell us "Merry Christmas!" We couldn't believe it and wanted so badly to say "Thank you". It was so amazing to see the potential for good we have. We felt truly blessed and were impressed with the spirit of the season that motivates all of us to give gifts, whether big or small, in rememberence of the Ultimate gift.</span>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-23250849240691102162008-12-14T12:21:00.013-07:002008-12-14T22:24:49.659-07:00The Big ONE!<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Happy <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Birthday</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Auston </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">and</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Audrey</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">!!!!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This past Monday, Auston and Audrey turned the big One!!! We were so excited, but also sad that our sweet little babies aren't so little anymore, so it was a little bittersweet! Last Saturday we celebrated their big day by inviting a bunch of our friends over for their Mickey and Minnie birthday party, where we watched Aus</span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ton and Audrey blow out their candle (with a little help from their mom and dad) and then dig into their Mickey an</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">d Minnie cakes, making a huge mess! As soon as Auston got the cake, he knew just what to do, he started mashing, kneading, and smearing it everywhere! Audrey was a little more like, "what is this pink blob in front of me", just kind of pinching at it with her thumb and two fingers, but after a while of watching Auston having his fun, she d</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ecided to have some of her own, and also made a huge mess! During the mess-making, everyone else had a cupcake and ice cream, and then we made "gingerbread" houses, only with graham crackers, and th</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">en I made</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> the icing and we had all sorts of candy to decorate, (which is so bad, because we now have all sorts of candy left over, and I'm forced to eat it all). It turned out really great and we really appreciate everyone who came, it made all the more fun! We crammed almost 30 people into our little house, so it was a bit tight, but we like to think of it as "cozy" (although those of you who were here might think otherwise :) ). Now that our babies are one, they've moved on to bigger and better things and are growing so big, so here are their stats:</span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They are now riding in their booster seats! Yay!</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They are now completely off formula and bottles and totally on sippy cups and whole milk</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They're favorite food, as we just found out, is a sun-dried tomato pasta salad. We seriously couldn't get them to stop eating it, they ate so much! It was crazy!</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Auston is 20 lbs and 29 and 3/4 in long</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audrey is 23 lbs and 30 in. long</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They both had their first ear infections this week. I took them in for their</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 12-month check, and they had runny noses, and were a little cranky, but not bad, so I just thought they were teething. Turns out they have ear infections, so we'll have to go back next week for shots, once they finish their antibiotic. I felt so bad, because I didn't even realize they were sick! It was funny, though, because it seemed like once the Dr. said they were sick, it was like they were given the ok to act like it, so the past several days hav</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e been awful! They weren't near this cranky at all before. Hmm, strange how that happens... J/K! They're doing really well now,</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> though, thank heavens!</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Auston got his first haircut, and now he looks like a little man!<br /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So this week has been a little crazy, and add in the fact that Steve's been stu</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">dying for and taking finals, and I was just called into the Primary pres., we haven't been able to get a lot done, so I feel bad that I</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">'m just now getting around to doing their birthday blog</span>,<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> or updating our blog, period.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Anyway, just to do a quick update, my parents and my grandma came out for Thanksgiving, and it was so much fun having them here! My </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">mom and I made a big dinner, Steve really hurt his ankle at a Turkey Bowl game, we did the whole Black Friday thing and got some great deals, and we went to Springfield and saw the Lincoln Museum, (which was so awesome), and the other Lincoln spots. We loved having them here, and can't wait to see them in a week! Anyway, onto the meat of the post, the pictures! There's also a really funny video at the end, so don't miss it : ) Enjoy!</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUVrPr3H6QI/AAAAAAAAAiM/ECIFsMsvQzM/s1600-h/SNC10219.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUVrPr3H6QI/AAAAAAAAAiM/ECIFsMsvQzM/s320/SNC10219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279744055377914114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUVrQ3yuY6I/AAAAAAAAAiU/kCjhAUBo5w4/s1600-h/SNC10224.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUVrQ3yuY6I/AAAAAAAAAiU/kCjhAUBo5w4/s320/SNC10224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279744075760559010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUVrRDkPPbI/AAAAAAAAAic/0-W6AYffRO4/s1600-h/SNC10223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUVrRDkPPbI/AAAAAAAAAic/0-W6AYffRO4/s320/SNC10223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279744078921022898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our Gingerbread house</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUVrRZKpTTI/AAAAAAAAAik/9isHiehbz_0/s1600-h/SNC10231.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUVrRZKpTTI/AAAAAAAAAik/9isHiehbz_0/s320/SNC10231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279744084719258930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Noonan's winning house</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV7xMMT6FI/AAAAAAAAAi8/0Vv4u4KY8wE/s1600-h/SNC10234.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV7xMMT6FI/AAAAAAAAAi8/0Vv4u4KY8wE/s320/SNC10234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279762223178442834" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Parry's Bomb Shelter (Jack smashed it)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV7xxftqoI/AAAAAAAAAjE/TGtEwBPYDls/s1600-h/SNC10235.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV7xxftqoI/AAAAAAAAAjE/TGtEwBPYDls/s320/SNC10235.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279762233191934594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The McCubbins' cute house</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV7w_kAQ6I/AAAAAAAAAi0/Vq3LEHmC5J4/s1600-h/SNC10232.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV7w_kAQ6I/AAAAAAAAAi0/Vq3LEHmC5J4/s320/SNC10232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279762219788157858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The other Rogers' cute house<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV7wb9lNzI/AAAAAAAAAis/-YmVnRS9CkU/s1600-h/SNC10230.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV7wb9lNzI/AAAAAAAAAis/-YmVnRS9CkU/s320/SNC10230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279762210231760690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Bednar's cute house</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWl6B1Pk8I/AAAAAAAAAjc/wat-GryQl9k/s1600-h/SNC10237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWl6B1Pk8I/AAAAAAAAAjc/wat-GryQl9k/s320/SNC10237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279808554504524738" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All tuckered out after a big day</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV-fcQ6LhI/AAAAAAAAAjU/k6aS0ovQgqM/s1600-h/SNC10248.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUV-fcQ6LhI/AAAAAAAAAjU/k6aS0ovQgqM/s320/SNC10248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279765216789933586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thanksgiving</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWoPxAf_kI/AAAAAAAAAjk/to3Y6AFBoh0/s1600-h/SNC10202.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWoPxAf_kI/AAAAAAAAAjk/to3Y6AFBoh0/s320/SNC10202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279811126968712770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWoQh3PhMI/AAAAAAAAAjs/okud9SzU8FQ/s1600-h/SNC10195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWoQh3PhMI/AAAAAAAAAjs/okud9SzU8FQ/s320/SNC10195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279811140083221698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWoRfw_7XI/AAAAAAAAAj8/w7XtO6NPpuI/s1600-h/SNC10201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWoRfw_7XI/AAAAAAAAAj8/w7XtO6NPpuI/s320/SNC10201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279811156700032370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWoRI4rwHI/AAAAAAAAAj0/7gzs889WCZU/s1600-h/SNC10197.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUWoRI4rwHI/AAAAAAAAAj0/7gzs889WCZU/s320/SNC10197.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279811150558249074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Auston is our stairmaster</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUXMMuv4KCI/AAAAAAAAAkc/6RLvY3lCSuw/s1600-h/SNC10175.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUXMMuv4KCI/AAAAAAAAAkc/6RLvY3lCSuw/s320/SNC10175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279850657241114658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audrey loves to play peek-a-boo with her shirt<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUXMMc5EhAI/AAAAAAAAAkU/WhRnVKiGI7U/s1600-h/SNC10165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUXMMc5EhAI/AAAAAAAAAkU/WhRnVKiGI7U/s320/SNC10165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279850652447835138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Us and the Lincolns</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUXMMKFLvvI/AAAAAAAAAkM/zm684d09DYs/s1600-h/SNC10210.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUXMMKFLvvI/AAAAAAAAAkM/zm684d09DYs/s320/SNC10210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279850647398366962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Steve's ankle injury, it was swollen for almost two weeks, crazy guy wouldn't go to the dr<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUXML9pIZoI/AAAAAAAAAkE/3mCa6vLnv5s/s1600-h/SNC10204.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SUXML9pIZoI/AAAAAAAAAkE/3mCa6vLnv5s/s320/SNC10204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279850644059481730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is a video of Auston and Audrey riding this airplane thing we got them for their birthday. Audrey screams everytime she's on it like its a roller coaster, it's too cute! Auston gets mad, because he likes to have it all to himself, and so, it's begun.</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxP3_mfYjkGBsCsdh93Jv70gTULgiiesKUydxUTrdYZqOkGGAUf56qXALe44PRTLw9-tl-41Qn9d1inQzSvgA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-57131881266994774852008-11-23T16:14:00.005-07:002008-11-23T18:16:25.803-07:00And Now We Have 'Happy Feet'<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">These past two weeks have been pretty eventful, but thankfully they've been growing and faith-building experiences. To start off, two weeks ago, Steve's backpack was stolen from a gas station where he was filling up. His backpack was basically his entire school life. It had his notebook, his books for law school, and his laptop with all of his notes and outlines on it, so he was really in trouble. He asked everyone in the parking lot, no one knew anything (of course). He went inside the gas station, and what do you know, there's two cops inside that are stationed there, but they didn't see anything. So Steve files a report, then drives around looking at everyone walking the streets, looking in dumpsters, he drove to the library and walked around inside, wondering if someone may have taken his laptop there to try it out, just doing anything he could think of. After realizing that there was nothing he could do, he drove home. The whole time he was praying to find his backpack, but as he drove home, he felt hopeless, which is hard for Steve, since he loves feeling in control of himself and situations (those of you who know him, know exactly what I'm talking about, and I love him for it :) ). Suddenly he had this thought that he shouldn't be praying to find his backpack, but he should be praying that the goodness that is inherent in all of God's children be stimulated in the person that had taken his bag. He thought about the 'light of Christ', that's in all of us, and how God really does have power to influence His children to to good. He prayed that God would use his power to stimulate the goodness that was in this person and they would feel the need to return the bag. The spirit really confirmed that that was exactly what he needed to pray for. Anyway, so when he told me this, me, being the completely supportive wife that I am, said, "that's great honey", when inside I was thinking 'yeah right, there's no way that's going to happen.' I know, I'm awful. So the next morning, Saturday, I talked him into to going to buy another laptop, since it's required for his school, and he reluctantly agreed, so we bought that, a new backpack, new law books, etc. We then continued to go through the process of filing a claim with our insurance company, putting a fraud alert out on our credit, and all that fun stuff. Steve also emailed all of his classmates, explained what happened, and asked if they would be willing to send him their notes. He wasn't expecting anything, since law school is really cut-throat, but the next morning, he had so many emails where people had not only sent him their notes, but their outlines and stuff as well, so that was pretty amazing. Also, that Sunday, as a side-note, Steve was asked to speak the following Sunday on Unity and how we're all connected. Well, that Wednesday, Steve gets a call from the police officer saying that his backpack was turned in, and not only that, EVERYTHING was in it!!! I know, it's a miracle!!! All of his books, his notebook, and most importantly, his laptop, were all there and intact. The only things missing was a dollar in change and his ipod's headphones. And the weirdest thing of all, in his laptop was the movie 'Happy Feet', which we don't own, (but we do now, and the kids absolutely love dancing too it!), so we know someone was at least trying to get into his laptop, but because of security features, they weren't able to. (Good old Windows Vista) Isn't that so amazing? Luckily we were able to return everything, so we aren't out any money. So, to sum it all up, for whatever reason, maybe the person's 'light of Christ' was 'lit', they turned it in, and Steve was able to give his talk about how we all have the 'light of Christ' within us and we're all connected. We definitely learned a lot and grew from this experience, especially me! (I need to have a lot more faith and be more supportive of my husband :) )<br />Well, so I realize this is a really long post, so I'll the post the rest of our eventful week later! Love you all!<br /></span>Steve, Kristen, and the Twinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091296360382324306noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580327460281006756.post-31502137215565275642008-11-05T09:20:00.008-07:002008-11-05T20:58:33.287-07:00News, News, and More News!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wow, talk about an eventful couple of weeks</span>! <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So much has happened, I feel bad I haven't been keeping more on top of things. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">~First off, how amazing was last night? Even though I didn't vote for Obama, I couldn't help but feel excited and proud to be an American and to have been able to take part in a major piece of history. I can't remember who said it, but on some show they said that there wasn't really a loser last night, everyone won.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(Whoever it was said it a lot more eloquently than I did :)</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> It was also really cool to be here in Illinois when it happened. Steve and I were so close to driving up to Chicago just to be part of the excitement! We didn't, but a little part of me wished we had. :)<br />~On to an equally important and exciting</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> announcement, Auston started crawling for real yesterday! Break out the baby-proofing! I say for real, because he's been a professional army crawler for a long time now. Also, not to be left out, Audrey's our professional scooter. She'll sit and scoot around on the floor with her legs, or if she's on her tummy, she only goes in reverse, but with both, she's really fast!<br />~They both have also been teething almost constantly for the last month or so, and they both each have 8 teeth now, and I swear there could be more, with the way they're carrying on! (It's been a <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span> rough time!)<br />~</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Also, our little family has a new addition! Last week, we got a dog. I know, we're crazy, but we always said if we found the perfect dog, we'd consider it. Well, we found him. :) He's a two-year-old Miniature Australian Shepherd named Maximus. He's out of the puppy stage, so he doesn't bark or whine a ton, he's already house-broken, he's trained, he's small, and he's so gentle and cute with the kids. We just love him!<br />~Also, Halloween was a ton of fun here, we had a big Halloween party with all the LDS law students, and our ward trunk-or-treat, so it was non-stop fun! Audrey was an adorable ladybug, Auston was a freakin' cute bumble bee, I was a witch, and Steve was,....Captain America! You know, because he really is Captain America, since</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Captain America's alias is Steve Rogers. :)</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> At our Halloween party, we had dinner with "mashed brains and eyeballs" (spaghetti and meatballs), "bones" (breadsticks cut like bones), a skeleton veggie tray, spider cupcakes, cookies, and other treats! After dinner, we had a haunted ghost "walk" and story, (the kids walked up our stairs that we had covered in spider webs, and then we set up our little tent in our guest bedroom and had our friend, James, dress up like a ghost and tell a spooky story. It was totally cute! Then we decorated cookies and trick-or-treat bags, so all in all, it was pretty fun! Thanks so much to everyone who helped out and brought food!<br />~Another exciting bit of news, is that in the past couple of weeks, Steve and our friend James partnered up and took part in their school negotiation competition, of which they took FIRST! So exciting! As a result, they had to go to ST. Louis this past weekend and take part in the regional competition, which included other law schools from Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin. They did really well, and ended getting 8th! We're really proud of both of them! ~After Steve's competition, we drove up to Chicago and stayed with Steve's dad, who was in town for some meetings. It was so great to see him, and it's getting us more excited for Christmas break! We stayed over night with him and had breakfast with him in the morning, before his flight left. Afterwards, we drove and walked around Chicago, seeing the different sites. It was so fun, I really love that city.<br />~Steve's law school softball team was in the tournament, and out of 30 teams, they made it to the top 8, a little better than his last softball team. :) His team was made up of all the other LDS law students, so we were known as the Mormon team, known by the facts that we were pretty much the only sober team and the only team with kids! Our friend Zach made everyone on the team baseball cards, so I've included Steve's on here. His nickname is 'Captain', after Captain America. Well, that's about all the news of our family for the next little while. Hope you enjoy the pictures! Sorry so long!</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Where to Mom?</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRInF-MpxII/AAAAAAAAAhg/a1ub3jQU130/s1600-h/SNC10095.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRInF-MpxII/AAAAAAAAAhg/a1ub3jQU130/s320/SNC10095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265313897898427522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRI48boEAkI/AAAAAAAAAho/RfEwhC1Hnxc/s1600-h/Baseball+Card+Captain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRI48boEAkI/AAAAAAAAAho/RfEwhC1Hnxc/s320/Baseball+Card+Captain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265333525208629826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How cool am I?</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRInBWnP-xI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/hHx3z_6gA14/s1600-h/SNC10096.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRInBWnP-xI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/hHx3z_6gA14/s320/SNC10096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265313818553088786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My head's too big for my shirt!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRInCntgPdI/AAAAAAAAAhY/-gkovCZlPus/s1600-h/SNC10056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRInCntgPdI/AAAAAAAAAhY/-gkovCZlPus/s320/SNC10056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265313840322592210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our newest addition, Max!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRInAhSE0bI/AAAAAAAAAhI/D1VuvOWWOw0/s1600-h/SNC10115.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRInAhSE0bI/AAAAAAAAAhI/D1VuvOWWOw0/s320/SNC10115.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265313804237197746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Getting Ready</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for the donut eating contest at the trunk-or-treat</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRIPRWlLAuI/AAAAAAAAAg4/e5wosA_TiF0/s1600-h/SNC10100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRIPRWlLAuI/AAAAAAAAAg4/e5wosA_TiF0/s320/SNC10100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265287705143214818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chowing Down</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRIPR8hnFvI/AAAAAAAAAhA/eCYiz8GOEK0/s1600-h/SNC10102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRIPR8hnFvI/AAAAAAAAAhA/eCYiz8GOEK0/s320/SNC10102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265287715328825074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Avengers, led by Captain America (or something like it)</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRIPQwHXzEI/AAAAAAAAAgw/dusqRx8_e_U/s1600-h/SNC10105.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRIPQwHXzEI/AAAAAAAAAgw/dusqRx8_e_U/s320/SNC10105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265287694817676354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The kids lined up, once again, on our couch</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">R-L: Ellis (John McCain), Auston (bumble bee), Grant (lion), Charlotte (kitty), Eliza (princess), Audrey (ladybug), Laney (skunk), Jack (eggs), Cadence (toast</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHsLa7MHyI/AAAAAAAAAgo/WyKCcKzzND8/s1600-h/SNC10120.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHsLa7MHyI/AAAAAAAAAgo/WyKCcKzzND8/s320/SNC10120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265249120323116834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The kids (and parents) decorating their Trick-or-Treat bags</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHsLNIyfcI/AAAAAAAAAgg/7odS7l7pioU/s1600-h/SNC10128.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHsLNIyfcI/AAAAAAAAAgg/7odS7l7pioU/s320/SNC10128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265249116622060994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audrey chowing down on our friend Tanner's necklace (he and his wife Carli dressed up as each other for Halloween, hence the necklace)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHsK7kygmI/AAAAAAAAAgY/gxzFCoFYdM4/s1600-h/SNC10130.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHsK7kygmI/AAAAAAAAAgY/gxzFCoFYdM4/s320/SNC10130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265249111907664482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Captain America and Laney showing off the cookie they decorated</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHsKVW6EbI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/vjXeOZNrfKA/s1600-h/SNC10136.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHsKVW6EbI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/vjXeOZNrfKA/s320/SNC10136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265249101648892338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our Day in Chi-Town (pronounced shy-town, just in case you were wondering)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHU51Ons8I/AAAAAAAAAgI/MEQHUpI25CA/s1600-h/SNC10140.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHU51Ons8I/AAAAAAAAAgI/MEQHUpI25CA/s320/SNC10140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265223529378853826" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHTeydMyHI/AAAAAAAAAgA/50bCbn60yeQ/s1600-h/SNC10143.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHTeydMyHI/AAAAAAAAAgA/50bCbn60yeQ/s320/SNC10143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265221965266602098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wrigley Field</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHTeW_h0UI/AAAAAAAAAf4/22_mtzh8zgA/s1600-h/SNC10147.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHTeW_h0UI/AAAAAAAAAf4/22_mtzh8zgA/s320/SNC10147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265221957894394178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Bleachers on houses across from Wrigley</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHTeFAEWqI/AAAAAAAAAfw/vmM2gMLTkAM/s1600-h/SNC10149.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHTeFAEWqI/AAAAAAAAAfw/vmM2gMLTkAM/s320/SNC10149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265221953064819362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Navy Pier</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hn6BVtKG-V0/SRHTdkd4uOI/AAAAAAAAAfo/f3lapXFpafw/s1600-h/SNC10151.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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