tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29726644031847628352024-03-04T23:24:42.765-05:00A day in the life...Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-13472485225028928162013-05-04T23:14:00.000-04:002013-05-04T23:17:26.901-04:00April 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
Spring break was at the start of April. Early in the week Rylan had tubes put in for a second time. He did better than the first time. Walking with the nurses and "helping" them. He bounced right back.</div>
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Later that week, my grandpa died peacefully in his sleep after a battle with cancer. This was a very hard time for our family. My grandma passed in 2008, and it was again very hard. Many of our family gathered, our friend LeRoy King officiated the service beautifully, Gabo played the piano wonderfully as usual, and I spent an extra week off with Mom. Emily, Gabo, Eric, and Cindy were all able to make the trip. What a blessing at the end of our time together when Eric and Cindy confirmed and announced that they were expecting a baby! (If I were writing this in real time, I wouldn't have been able to announce that. More about Evan Michael Bastine in the December post.) Our quick time together was very much worth it!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy was trying to roll over at lunch with our family.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So glad to have these faces around for a few days!</td></tr>
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That week also included Easter. Rylan was much more into the eggs this year, both coloring them and hunting them. He didn't know much about the bunny, but he did know we went to church to celebrate Jesus is alive!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy was happy to watch the boys color eggs...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and then she went to sleep!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rylan loved that the eggs were hidden in the toys and on the furniture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom tried this cake she found on Pinterest. Easter was so hard for her, but Rylan made her day when he saw it. He said, "Oh Nana, that is beautiful!" She cried.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Lucy hunting eggs at Grandma and Grandpa Kring's. The bunny brought her some new shades. I finished the pink bunny hat just in time for Easter!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rylan filled his basket with eggs at Grandma and Grandpa's. He didn't have any competition, so he was the big egg getter!</td></tr>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-58231191874560534292013-05-04T22:35:00.000-04:002013-05-04T22:39:31.743-04:00April 2012 -- Children's Museum<div style="text-align: center;">
We began April with a visit to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. We stayed over night at a hotel and headed to the museum early. It worked out pretty well to be there when it opened. Then we pushed it until we crashed for naps in the car. Rylan had a great time. Lucy enjoyed herself too, just checking everything out from her stroller.</div>
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This HUGE transformer was at the entrance of the museum. Rylan was more interested in the 4 door sedan on the side. I think it was being raffled off or something. We should have gotten his picture in front of the car.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did force Rylan to go on the carrousel because that is something you "have" to do at the Museum. He was NOT into it. This is the best picture Ryan could get but it is so perfect. His expression didn't change through the whole thing, and he stuck with not liking it even after we were off. </td></tr>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-36668836641458463412013-05-04T22:06:00.001-04:002013-05-04T22:06:15.033-04:00March 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
I am thankful for pictures and video to trigger my memory to write this blog!</div>
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This month Lucy started doing the belly laugh, mostly at Rylan.</div>
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Rylan started recognizing and reading words. Mostly names, his own, Mama, Daddy, Papa, Nana, Elmo. He thinks it's a game. We don't mind playing along. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was VERY warm this month. We spent a lot of time outside. It was great to have spring come quickly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy is just showing how flexible she is. She was still pretty tiny this month.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rylan was helping feed Lucy. He took his job very seriously.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We spent some time again battling ear infections this month. One day, Rylan just curled up on the coffee table.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my first attempt at the bunny hat. It turned out so cute. She has no idea what her mom is making her wear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Lucy out to dinner with "Aunt" Kristie. We met up for a quick get together when we went to Indy to visit the Children's Museum in Indianapolis.</td></tr>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-75998900371725301502013-01-31T22:24:00.002-05:002013-01-31T22:24:27.703-05:00Purdue Friends in Texas<div style="text-align: center;">
Over Presidents' Day weekend, the girls traveled to Houston to see Divya, Alex, and the newest Boilermaker, Annika. It was a great weekend of relaxing, shopping, and taking pictures of the babies. I made tutus and bows for the babies. They were red, white, and blue to celebrate the holiday. They turned out great! Here are a few (wink) pictures.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hannah and Lucy on their way to meet their new friend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy and Annika meeting for the first time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I went up to bed one night, this is how I found Lucy. Her paci was by her ear. Not sure how that happened. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy was barely rolling at this time, but she was already pretty flexible!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a sweet picture of Lucy. She was a little fussy while we were there, running a low fever. She was a trooper though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Get cuter! (Annika)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this smile! (Hannah)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Auntie Kel with the girls in their "auntie" t-shirts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this one of the 3 friends together! Martha's daughter Hannah is on the left, and Divya's daughter, Annika, is in the middle. Hannah and Annika are 3 months. Lucy is 5 months.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another of the 3 littlest Boilermakers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the only picture we got of all of us together. Early in the morning...before most of us were ready for the day.</td></tr>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-48323552478285758522013-01-31T21:52:00.000-05:002013-01-31T21:52:40.941-05:00February 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here are some pictures from February. It was a mostly average plus Lucy and I took a trip to Houston, TX to see the Purdue girls including new baby Annika!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took a walk one afternoon when it wasn't too cold. There is a picture of Lucy in the back of the stroller, but it is too dark to even see her face. I had the blankets wrapped all around with a whole for her to breathe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rylan is usually pretty affectionate. One morning when I was getting ready I came back in the living room and he was sitting with his arm around her giving her a kiss. What a sweet boy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy was still so tiny in February! Here is a picture of her in an outfit from our good friends the Hummels. She is a "Little Angel"!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy started eating baby food. She had very little trouble enjoying the new items.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here it is all over her face. :)</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_1868342360"></span><span id="goog_1868342361"></span><br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-92190248710545976842013-01-23T22:54:00.002-05:002013-01-23T22:54:42.959-05:00January 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy New Year! </div>
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(I know I'm a year behind, I am determined to catch up.)</div>
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This was a slow picture month with the start back to school and daycare. Lucy transitioned pretty well to daycare. Rylan had more of an adjustment back to full time, and did great once we were back in the routine. We love our daycare. It is close to my work, and I know the kids are in great hands.</div>
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In January, we discovered Rylan's tubes had fallen out. No wonder he wasn't feeling well. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy is 4 months old! She is still around 13lbs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy cut 2 teeth in January. This picture is fuzzy, but they are there. I noticed them one night when she was using my finger as a teething ring. She didn't really fuss or anything. She cut teeth very fast. All 4 on the bottom came in right away.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She started sleeping in her own bed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rylan is getting so big. He is officially 2 1/2.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He liked to sit in Lucy's seat. She was still a little small for it, and his legs seem so long here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He thought he might try the potty every now and then. Here he is practicing the states while sitting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this picture of him reading EVERY book on his shelf!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">December was a busy month and the last month of my maternity leave. It was a rough day when I decided to return to work 3 weeks earlier than originally planned. It all turned out fine, and we enjoyed the time with our family. Eric and Cindy also came home for Christmas. We had a great time. Here are some pictures to highlight the holiday season.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan joined Rylan for his nap on Christmas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy and Grandpa Grandpa Kring. We treasure this picture because Grandpa passed away in November of 2012.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the Christmas present I made for our Moms. It has a word for every month.</td></tr>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-18903660063731604152012-02-25T22:10:00.002-05:002012-02-25T22:10:43.151-05:00December!<div style="text-align: center;">
December started out with a bang! Lucy and I picked Emily and Gabo up in Chicago on December 1st. I was thrilled they would be coming for 6 whole weeks! God worked out the timing of my maternity leave, Gabo's green card, and Christmas so well. I am so thankful. </div>
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December was a full month!</div>
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On the way to get Em and Gabo, I stopped at the Tran house in Chicago to
meet and introduce Lucy to her new friend, Hannah. It was a quick
stop, but a great chance to catch up with Hannah's mama, Martha, and to
see Hannah's big brother in action.</div>
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Lucy and I also invaded the Burritt house, but it was a school night, so it was more of an adult visit this time. </div>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-54910807361127144702012-02-25T21:52:00.000-05:002012-02-25T22:12:00.685-05:00Christmas Tree<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ryan and I both cut down trees with our families when we were growing
up. We cut down trees together after we were married. Due to our fast
paced life, Ryan has picked up a pre-cut tree from Menard's on the way
home from work two years in a row. This year, we decided to go cut one
again. We went on a week night to avoid the crowd. We had a great time!</div>
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<br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-47598078832673739192012-02-25T21:02:00.004-05:002012-02-25T21:13:52.032-05:00New in November...<div style="text-align: center;">Thank you YouTube! I learned to crochet from <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/">The Crochet Geek</a>. Theresa is a friend in my head, now. I started out slow, but quickly enjoyed having something to do instead of my "To Do" list. I also started making bows, and had other creative ideas, we decided I should start an <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sistergirlproducts">Etsy</a> page. This led to <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://sistergirlproducts.blogspot.com/">Sister Girl</a>. Sister Girl Products is my new endeavor. It would be ideal if this could turn into my stay-at-home mom job. This is still a big work in progress. If I sat around all day just crocheting, making bows, and thinking of new ideas, business would be booming! Instead, I will play cars and babble at my little girl and do those things on the side. :)<br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-59385453216427621502012-02-25T16:47:00.004-05:002012-02-25T21:02:03.290-05:00November<div style="text-align: center;">Here are the November happenings...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So silly! <br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(Yes, he still has the paci(s). This is a summer project.)</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbe2O-B-bGFINcG6drWIJa0HCSpbMnkeXmhAfvPH-TV4Dk3w4ua6ERDQ0JDMR2S0QZS3HQihT0lvcNZ6ThcV0uiwer1zjOfSFRHq40T2gXvyOzyrQH1bt1CnD10Ubr8Q4k-RKTvqgU6k/s1600/IMG_0861.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbe2O-B-bGFINcG6drWIJa0HCSpbMnkeXmhAfvPH-TV4Dk3w4ua6ERDQ0JDMR2S0QZS3HQihT0lvcNZ6ThcV0uiwer1zjOfSFRHq40T2gXvyOzyrQH1bt1CnD10Ubr8Q4k-RKTvqgU6k/s200/IMG_0861.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713254489221749106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Relaxing and watching a little Disney Junior.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_ZWrQVqbuii_89EvgWb5HYNW0OzEBSeLfythPGi3pI9mM6B8oK7zGPupzxhuwZXR_chH_BoRWuTlzeZ6TYrxWhOPAhVmoOCJl-stQfRbgjqyn2O_z58EzFAjZhc5I9UTtv7zZhX5YD4/s1600/IMG_0825.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_ZWrQVqbuii_89EvgWb5HYNW0OzEBSeLfythPGi3pI9mM6B8oK7zGPupzxhuwZXR_chH_BoRWuTlzeZ6TYrxWhOPAhVmoOCJl-stQfRbgjqyn2O_z58EzFAjZhc5I9UTtv7zZhX5YD4/s200/IMG_0825.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713252429650841650" border="0" /></a><br />Smiley!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eSzx4u2oP9CVZ9_X5iaLvHlMorfw3m8YbnbwxYuZuv9jSuDfanuEYrSLGdZUOON-a_CSgmurzdhs_vjj9dti4Wy6r1q3Df_1JhHMwqJ2Kw5r_U7ZZ2xR9Co8L2B3jqwg-qj8NqReJEQ/s1600/IMG_0865.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eSzx4u2oP9CVZ9_X5iaLvHlMorfw3m8YbnbwxYuZuv9jSuDfanuEYrSLGdZUOON-a_CSgmurzdhs_vjj9dti4Wy6r1q3Df_1JhHMwqJ2Kw5r_U7ZZ2xR9Co8L2B3jqwg-qj8NqReJEQ/s200/IMG_0865.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713252455134437842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">One more trip to the zoo. Notice the light jackets this time. <br />Our "winter" has been out of the ordinary.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VqfYCLOrOGNh5cusRO58zFzronN2szJlZrM0Ab5ul6YkWbuTBlUz6bKtzvRDAe3-nfrDXFTDN-wANBfMuiVyAf_d1HYTpPZDahaKALqLXykVHnPIGzjCtAGT9_jqZF-1_mF0Cy-R7-A/s1600/IMG_0764.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VqfYCLOrOGNh5cusRO58zFzronN2szJlZrM0Ab5ul6YkWbuTBlUz6bKtzvRDAe3-nfrDXFTDN-wANBfMuiVyAf_d1HYTpPZDahaKALqLXykVHnPIGzjCtAGT9_jqZF-1_mF0Cy-R7-A/s200/IMG_0764.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713251634589848274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">One more trip to the lake!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQw9fL1N0tVATZPF2xXxKOogLgcDXy8yCueJIr9lb5uKbwhQQcQDlwXVpdnFopNZUgF-19SRH4nuPFi_p-IMJQNy0-3QlLoqhlE_UWLUZNdpIvwmQfgh5i3vkqv_l-fZ5RMdjyBHeRdtA/s1600/IMG_0784.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQw9fL1N0tVATZPF2xXxKOogLgcDXy8yCueJIr9lb5uKbwhQQcQDlwXVpdnFopNZUgF-19SRH4nuPFi_p-IMJQNy0-3QlLoqhlE_UWLUZNdpIvwmQfgh5i3vkqv_l-fZ5RMdjyBHeRdtA/s200/IMG_0784.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713251608745155730" border="0" /></a>There are so many leaves at the lake! I think they raked 20ish bags.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3lO_-VscprWU1ySRAUwfqHQtY9IsXfySzFHeDRXHtJDemtwOdlbm-J8WohUWeK7psBQ0ZKSpqZ4KZ6e4Xz_BZhIUjfmvwgkOZfVv7vtxQsVSZhYFstp-W5Z0Qpjp_KMr6STWqZ89dpc/s1600/IMG_0887.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3lO_-VscprWU1ySRAUwfqHQtY9IsXfySzFHeDRXHtJDemtwOdlbm-J8WohUWeK7psBQ0ZKSpqZ4KZ6e4Xz_BZhIUjfmvwgkOZfVv7vtxQsVSZhYFstp-W5Z0Qpjp_KMr6STWqZ89dpc/s200/IMG_0887.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713254501303159106" border="0" /></a><br />Rylan loves the bath these days. He would stay in there forever. He has been practicing his swimming for the summer.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gWcYYqNTlNfnkBSUXLG0MyTTukIX1iy6Cc8klBfi9iNrSMLF98t5OMblP2pz85yvlXDDzKJykacCBxCxnNUaDVQhw6w8Qdj8zTSAV_f-Obtsjfp2NxgmLl-1mDUjhyphenhyphenJUsmWMUFrQl14/s1600/IMG_0761.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gWcYYqNTlNfnkBSUXLG0MyTTukIX1iy6Cc8klBfi9iNrSMLF98t5OMblP2pz85yvlXDDzKJykacCBxCxnNUaDVQhw6w8Qdj8zTSAV_f-Obtsjfp2NxgmLl-1mDUjhyphenhyphenJUsmWMUFrQl14/s200/IMG_0761.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713251629181361874" border="0" /></a><br />Todd and Lilly came to South Bend for Thanksgiving. We missed Shannon. The kids had a great time coloring and playing together.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzjd1jLeCnslGqpoY2Jx4YgOmnXH-2dy9lKNKcjw-_yCxUb5CJEO_znRsk05GUsCw2s-Z5eIoJmjRpx3zm3ddWopaFYZ0uOO7FgBAgcMbV6WM3q4x-GZtGxoRWtLoRWMuzTRwV7Qjduk/s1600/IMG_0840.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzjd1jLeCnslGqpoY2Jx4YgOmnXH-2dy9lKNKcjw-_yCxUb5CJEO_znRsk05GUsCw2s-Z5eIoJmjRpx3zm3ddWopaFYZ0uOO7FgBAgcMbV6WM3q4x-GZtGxoRWtLoRWMuzTRwV7Qjduk/s200/IMG_0840.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713252443376712338" border="0" /></a>And a hug good-bye. So cute!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcM_FtXDu_wrkOEDfpDstWH6REI-ODTB6AwBp9jwVIlpAuAAEY3fMhPMFyzqyM8U9OKHrtpyaPF9BThfPZOAiRkVMZa8fV2RcsEfyAYasuDNQv1Zu4BhNa2q5vE6iSCpeldiItHpWZqU/s1600/IMG_0839.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcM_FtXDu_wrkOEDfpDstWH6REI-ODTB6AwBp9jwVIlpAuAAEY3fMhPMFyzqyM8U9OKHrtpyaPF9BThfPZOAiRkVMZa8fV2RcsEfyAYasuDNQv1Zu4BhNa2q5vE6iSCpeldiItHpWZqU/s200/IMG_0839.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713252434700538818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is my attempt at a Thanksgiving picture.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0V_LF8FMoi8oJQIED5abKugI1bU2TRUt9yS6KL_DerVN1nmKS6FlYjzTLy7InAGwuR1lSr9Ydep_FYUmqQrxwG6iTUwVP31vVhly0JY9kC0LxZIu1CuimvOgrc9WV7SuaYtBC1lQW5Tk/s1600/DSCN2454.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0V_LF8FMoi8oJQIED5abKugI1bU2TRUt9yS6KL_DerVN1nmKS6FlYjzTLy7InAGwuR1lSr9Ydep_FYUmqQrxwG6iTUwVP31vVhly0JY9kC0LxZIu1CuimvOgrc9WV7SuaYtBC1lQW5Tk/s200/DSCN2454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713251614217070162" border="0" /></a><br />Thankfully we saw some of the Purdue girls and Teri brought her nice camera so we had a quick impromptu photo shoot. Check out that cute dress Grandma and Grandpa Kring found for Lil' Lucy! Only Erin B. would have such perfect photo shoot pillows on her couch.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGRGyylDUumdXuVPKGGKDYxoEq5YQHWNRZlBN8mKU2y87PpraHkrokBBh3n5mYdjWQu-K-NX6q0rzsoXnuO0QB-NFKuWbKUF5d8BQRAleff4HB9dnCf5nTNfdWCOy3N4NXBPCBxFHkCE/s1600/DSC_2930.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGRGyylDUumdXuVPKGGKDYxoEq5YQHWNRZlBN8mKU2y87PpraHkrokBBh3n5mYdjWQu-K-NX6q0rzsoXnuO0QB-NFKuWbKUF5d8BQRAleff4HB9dnCf5nTNfdWCOy3N4NXBPCBxFHkCE/s200/DSC_2930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713254511563909234" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And another one of my favorites of Lucy!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7grwLeg-29l1FXNYGApuqeZiL0g_R6PpQhVoH3u494UuWkOGhLDKkIYIf8GnqKh-V0GKMwC7LSwSTghDO2ToZPGM8D3v_ffa0ZLWhOUYJg_PD1FdOL3z6IblT8vhd_jbJkcmRE-l98f4/s1600/IMG_0788.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7grwLeg-29l1FXNYGApuqeZiL0g_R6PpQhVoH3u494UuWkOGhLDKkIYIf8GnqKh-V0GKMwC7LSwSTghDO2ToZPGM8D3v_ffa0ZLWhOUYJg_PD1FdOL3z6IblT8vhd_jbJkcmRE-l98f4/s200/IMG_0788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713251643811595538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-54581756593163537172012-01-27T20:49:00.010-05:002012-01-27T22:56:32.765-05:00October<div style="text-align: center;">Because I'm so far behind...here are some pictures...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7m9FiVgaCgiG22GHTE2c5TiRRaFLCZPBmoMW9QfwgVisvEw3R4UuoGO2qwDC7eiqhdwZnz168dhfcoT69B8tEISX9dB8xfGJswH2PszoQoQIzbSYQ5_E0eG7aBVBKYfMmy33WI8ZMCqU/s1600/IMG_0795.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 67px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7m9FiVgaCgiG22GHTE2c5TiRRaFLCZPBmoMW9QfwgVisvEw3R4UuoGO2qwDC7eiqhdwZnz168dhfcoT69B8tEISX9dB8xfGJswH2PszoQoQIzbSYQ5_E0eG7aBVBKYfMmy33WI8ZMCqU/s200/IMG_0795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702523153880171810" border="0" /></a><br />A cold trip to the zoo with Rylan's buddy Christoph</span><span style="font-size:78%;">er.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfO6WeG0mKlteuyoWyKSombjwOctd_LG_ZfvCvzZ48cG-M9xjGhu_zkd6lgBO7t6HfGA4WBrmL68XB2sm0IqgrLiNi-cLw7JrRYI-XWPJvfrfXulUdirwtW_GKYgoRPOLTIXCv0ks0Ec/s1600/DSCN2430.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfO6WeG0mKlteuyoWyKSombjwOctd_LG_ZfvCvzZ48cG-M9xjGhu_zkd6lgBO7t6HfGA4WBrmL68XB2sm0IqgrLiNi-cLw7JrRYI-XWPJvfrfXulUdirwtW_GKYgoRPOLTIXCv0ks0Ec/s200/DSCN2430.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510642601125522" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> This is how Lucy spent a lot of time during this month.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRJyYVS5AJTk1PM99WTJIzc5sDZnDzr5Gf8xCdvAq-_U7zkWvUJ1OIiCj_yRLXvTjAKrra5HyqoC2HOlwvehE7bZTgmsOTvnkFRB2ItoJYNDXf_uNN18V91ojCBZVzcO2bEtd97xrCcc/s1600/DSCN2363.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRJyYVS5AJTk1PM99WTJIzc5sDZnDzr5Gf8xCdvAq-_U7zkWvUJ1OIiCj_yRLXvTjAKrra5HyqoC2HOlwvehE7bZTgmsOTvnkFRB2ItoJYNDXf_uNN18V91ojCBZVzcO2bEtd97xrCcc/s200/DSCN2363.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702495052614634674" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:78%;">One of my favorite pictures of Lucy to date.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9KErnEGGSGciaqunAURUMwadZCxK2RkMRkj1wUwN5Cetn0whoHxzHAcP3chvTp_vGWxBOb2xuJeTjo6zdUoyjUFVewIaBHiSZh9SsZRqpPMkQDAjN1ump1EEoRys_knm6Pu7jCA3_lg/s1600/DSCN2402.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9KErnEGGSGciaqunAURUMwadZCxK2RkMRkj1wUwN5Cetn0whoHxzHAcP3chvTp_vGWxBOb2xuJeTjo6zdUoyjUFVewIaBHiSZh9SsZRqpPMkQDAjN1ump1EEoRys_knm6Pu7jCA3_lg/s200/DSCN2402.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702495061274718226" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Rylan's first pumpkin carving. He had a great time!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_fFW7_n-en7lyU5SMVIYdxyu3No1Rbm9T8-2SAVfSqTW4-6ain6gia4ApTeapm0A_fYpFyJVNQb7XuhW1EElYHsIrNGH_a40vKkczgGnFv6eL02ut28VggoHPY8bRsmSUEkn6qWZ4VQ/s1600/DSCN2421.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_fFW7_n-en7lyU5SMVIYdxyu3No1Rbm9T8-2SAVfSqTW4-6ain6gia4ApTeapm0A_fYpFyJVNQb7XuhW1EElYHsIrNGH_a40vKkczgGnFv6eL02ut28VggoHPY8bRsmSUEkn6qWZ4VQ/s200/DSCN2421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510120600495746" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-q9EIJ_R3lwrlsYQpiRYXVua4YowbWxQmOzgGkHFAcB-pqioVbAE6JsJEDqG7LxP0QlZ7ewuoZKGFIAbUJAJLsJCAqXft0IJjqv98KCI6biv3UHGkzLFtq27LZq7AhNf5kXfo5JvNkbY/s1600/DSCN2415.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-q9EIJ_R3lwrlsYQpiRYXVua4YowbWxQmOzgGkHFAcB-pqioVbAE6JsJEDqG7LxP0QlZ7ewuoZKGFIAbUJAJLsJCAqXft0IJjqv98KCI6biv3UHGkzLFtq27LZq7AhNf5kXfo5JvNkbY/s200/DSCN2415.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510119016006386" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0E6dg7oo6Twwc333u7PJzA3kj0crOw0ERg_foR_l1IXV6MFqw7izXVsejisAiSFDlL-SVed0JQZCO_wssAK6bIbqL9vuDz3vVjVAU-CiPUp6k6pG_Gh3p-2qX2wd06is6kzIN1W_2Au8/s1600/DSCN2427.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0E6dg7oo6Twwc333u7PJzA3kj0crOw0ERg_foR_l1IXV6MFqw7izXVsejisAiSFDlL-SVed0JQZCO_wssAK6bIbqL9vuDz3vVjVAU-CiPUp6k6pG_Gh3p-2qX2wd06is6kzIN1W_2Au8/s200/DSCN2427.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510118531241074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Visiting the pumpkin patch with Grandma and Grandpa Kring, Aunt Lindsay, and Uncle Travis.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBBCbszFHMUmAZVh52fjDByosTPMNdY2kGRPlJzfCiZ8SUCIlXWEW7NE8Zz04tYL8teOFslPUQWUT0jWempUkzOa3zPdm6FBYYhFwICXlLVbdovhlLB6n-brGLNCb0FVUnznu2LKUojo/s1600/DSCN2410.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBBCbszFHMUmAZVh52fjDByosTPMNdY2kGRPlJzfCiZ8SUCIlXWEW7NE8Zz04tYL8teOFslPUQWUT0jWempUkzOa3zPdm6FBYYhFwICXlLVbdovhlLB6n-brGLNCb0FVUnznu2LKUojo/s200/DSCN2410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510106427296226" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt15VojT_N0M7JzpkTeAqKTNSO0GRhyztsqLOkfQIfHj_D_JwdLR_4_ap8YXG4ctQqm_U7vwbdzT_vQHb8To-qgNQBNcbGw4MNaJz1iNxrUemi7RVsGdwS-INVdFCyk2R9LTj2TEoGWjc/s1600/DSCN2408.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt15VojT_N0M7JzpkTeAqKTNSO0GRhyztsqLOkfQIfHj_D_JwdLR_4_ap8YXG4ctQqm_U7vwbdzT_vQHb8To-qgNQBNcbGw4MNaJz1iNxrUemi7RVsGdwS-INVdFCyk2R9LTj2TEoGWjc/s200/DSCN2408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510103896953554" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5YshylafB4ExXaqW0jg5YcPVJw1OTmWQLW7U-ihuOS2wrb5XxilMffYgDhMGlnrig9ZAkYQUPO8dsews9-gKX76PrQz1UhH7QH31Jdl_PYAV-UzPpVKir_NrZWvEvQ4AlSJ-7A7jXao/s1600/DSCN2403.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5YshylafB4ExXaqW0jg5YcPVJw1OTmWQLW7U-ihuOS2wrb5XxilMffYgDhMGlnrig9ZAkYQUPO8dsews9-gKX76PrQz1UhH7QH31Jdl_PYAV-UzPpVKir_NrZWvEvQ4AlSJ-7A7jXao/s200/DSCN2403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702495065990240914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Another trip to the zoo. Ryan came too. This time we rode the train</span><span style="font-size:78%;">. </span><span style="font-size:78%;">Rylan loved i</span><span style="font-size:78%;">t!<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPBq1USUKsHEAo3W9_9uFsIeYsA2bIdEVP2IvBjNrCNTbUfjrW0nl3Rz-sCKz9C2g7Bc6Q_n2VapAGBWNM1duuHnQujUxPNe5fY1L1wXohOl8zo5Fusek_rTJ8tirAvSGva6qR6fVNFY/s1600/DSCN2355.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPBq1USUKsHEAo3W9_9uFsIeYsA2bIdEVP2IvBjNrCNTbUfjrW0nl3Rz-sCKz9C2g7Bc6Q_n2VapAGBWNM1duuHnQujUxPNe5fY1L1wXohOl8zo5Fusek_rTJ8tirAvSGva6qR6fVNFY/s200/DSCN2355.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702494626262960482" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJngPbcLT5n_A-yomkEzv1SzIn88DHPmm9gMUdUx2HeBpft98JX87jmLusmLknRMb0eX9soPXinhDuCEb3xN11YD6ZUUreJkLygjcs8HTPZBFuVLGoR7V6_R9M3jUr2lOuaRESyU9BzLA/s1600/DSCN2358.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 107px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJngPbcLT5n_A-yomkEzv1SzIn88DHPmm9gMUdUx2HeBpft98JX87jmLusmLknRMb0eX9soPXinhDuCEb3xN11YD6ZUUreJkLygjcs8HTPZBFuVLGoR7V6_R9M3jUr2lOuaRESyU9BzLA/s200/DSCN2358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702494641447786786" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5T0RboQ1nLekbMJ7d8eZ0JDHa3ySfe2VTTpym7R1D4Byo_fVAMITXQmkzs8CqCKDDP-sHObPzD9s2er1tMW4QEX-C9wz-ZG1PvmvbaAgdGLtmhOtfiShUHZJHb0OxjGzj25TEHnt31II/s1600/DSCN2359.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5T0RboQ1nLekbMJ7d8eZ0JDHa3ySfe2VTTpym7R1D4Byo_fVAMITXQmkzs8CqCKDDP-sHObPzD9s2er1tMW4QEX-C9wz-ZG1PvmvbaAgdGLtmhOtfiShUHZJHb0OxjGzj25TEHnt31II/s200/DSCN2359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702494645278271458" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">A visit with the high school crowd and all the kids.</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">There were 9 kids all together. I think someone took a whole group shot, but I just had a few of the kids around. It was fun having everyone together! We added 4 kids to the crowd this year alone</span><span style="font-size:78%;">. </span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnlA67pDLuJAPFSmPHjhTVd38OclTchhOwFub3h7SDvXBVQ0EUgr-9EZWTx_Hm7vR-JGvmjDFZ8EaRNl6Ak8o84Wud85upzZf1bMHzYUqFDn6SrGJ44tXemjdnwZfW1qChEbNmGkgj_0/s1600/DSCN2431.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnlA67pDLuJAPFSmPHjhTVd38OclTchhOwFub3h7SDvXBVQ0EUgr-9EZWTx_Hm7vR-JGvmjDFZ8EaRNl6Ak8o84Wud85upzZf1bMHzYUqFDn6SrGJ44tXemjdnwZfW1qChEbNmGkgj_0/s200/DSCN2431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510647124838418" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYAJ_WKGz8avPwg2jrYz4DE0ker80TUYmyZQxzDCz7HppHzIRaF4V8n44o8N6P1TMD9sAdAVbTFliwDMWV8i_C6B5_skw7JefWTFlMTGR7EIJ9Rz9-eyCro23c5WI99QOwKcstRmUsqY/s1600/DSCN2437.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYAJ_WKGz8avPwg2jrYz4DE0ker80TUYmyZQxzDCz7HppHzIRaF4V8n44o8N6P1TMD9sAdAVbTFliwDMWV8i_C6B5_skw7JefWTFlMTGR7EIJ9Rz9-eyCro23c5WI99QOwKcstRmUsqY/s200/DSCN2437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510662374491538" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CF3F3bJx7bEf-wl9z4KWt46OG1mKwxSKQfD2b58iooJ8aoA7V4FYWs2aSYPCVWnnRJ3OxHRZzmwjxyP4yfURc2tqU4EJMLlPU03SV_aGQyjV7f3gqYr6EfRs58-b410IO0YZaVCyuM4/s1600/DSCN2435.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CF3F3bJx7bEf-wl9z4KWt46OG1mKwxSKQfD2b58iooJ8aoA7V4FYWs2aSYPCVWnnRJ3OxHRZzmwjxyP4yfURc2tqU4EJMLlPU03SV_aGQyjV7f3gqYr6EfRs58-b410IO0YZaVCyuM4/s200/DSCN2435.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510656479882674" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Lucy's first Halloween.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbHZuwPc4mC1VEE37KSaWl_6T31qgxnxX2qiz217apl5VPmWuNhApJEgm6V6bh3MaORsSDKaOdIMshCci-ltW9SOe2uC_9PK7sHuakPuTLMi6qu85-w0WyyCiAPwmeYqDjBTX4Cy642Q/s1600/SDC14547.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 89px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbHZuwPc4mC1VEE37KSaWl_6T31qgxnxX2qiz217apl5VPmWuNhApJEgm6V6bh3MaORsSDKaOdIMshCci-ltW9SOe2uC_9PK7sHuakPuTLMi6qu85-w0WyyCiAPwmeYqDjBTX4Cy642Q/s200/SDC14547.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702519971432201410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Rylan was a football player and Lucy was a football this year. We celebrated by going to Trunk-or-Treat at Grandma and Grandpa's church, going to Zoo Boo with Nana and Papa, and going Trick-or-Treating at family's houses.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpGsAt3CaSkvHlNKNka0gBd3mQUizK4aa4RMoQOzY-ddIywtt5OAJySH2KsdgOTlJgeAYIoiV_AArKXnao0Dwyn5YWBO_7siPNBcY0trcJHfwYOdqYW3zP4UG4yynUa3t_DX_K6ux4yk/s1600/SDC14439.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpGsAt3CaSkvHlNKNka0gBd3mQUizK4aa4RMoQOzY-ddIywtt5OAJySH2KsdgOTlJgeAYIoiV_AArKXnao0Dwyn5YWBO_7siPNBcY0trcJHfwYOdqYW3zP4UG4yynUa3t_DX_K6ux4yk/s200/SDC14439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702519961125715314" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAqWrtJWyxPB6qo6sMFrCuwJYFWDEgkcsQcrjrG9XNXrBVsnMYt-2Yl9cLHBKuoeqPlDVcJopWB5jn4iwqLCf1HDYWp5ReTgObBYG7zu2svwNfVGrGQkjHiILb4uHMDrAiFnMP7CiO7o/s1600/IMG_0839.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAqWrtJWyxPB6qo6sMFrCuwJYFWDEgkcsQcrjrG9XNXrBVsnMYt-2Yl9cLHBKuoeqPlDVcJopWB5jn4iwqLCf1HDYWp5ReTgObBYG7zu2svwNfVGrGQkjHiILb4uHMDrAiFnMP7CiO7o/s200/IMG_0839.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702523152074600978" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXu0Kzh-Y2KKuWb3U5nCCwXezO3uXJ7EOwgOTVnGUoPl_jVzMfku26uUZ4CZRCOEbeFt3tEZqyIp6HHYgd9E3tl_2t9oWhu6LflnQ9SkELKw7cFlXaNEiEzHzNjKjp1lLVoGdgHPis-I4/s1600/SDC14434.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 112px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXu0Kzh-Y2KKuWb3U5nCCwXezO3uXJ7EOwgOTVnGUoPl_jVzMfku26uUZ4CZRCOEbeFt3tEZqyIp6HHYgd9E3tl_2t9oWhu6LflnQ9SkELKw7cFlXaNEiEzHzNjKjp1lLVoGdgHPis-I4/s200/SDC14434.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702519952788931666" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCcGlqfUzEkiKxKInGBsd5zXyRm6SCfCF-uQQyh47dVftHs5lNYLnMdAOCM7CKejQnxdvlvgbmiaz6Ctz6jJPP0W_LRUn6yeNeRqCgTs1myE3MzW1PdfnwiMFGrFw1NEcWVQP867c9tU/s1600/DSCN2369.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCcGlqfUzEkiKxKInGBsd5zXyRm6SCfCF-uQQyh47dVftHs5lNYLnMdAOCM7CKejQnxdvlvgbmiaz6Ctz6jJPP0W_LRUn6yeNeRqCgTs1myE3MzW1PdfnwiMFGrFw1NEcWVQP867c9tU/s200/DSCN2369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702495053780831138" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdap7e4uJavcBH7y7P5BxWG1nGdCqAPRUCBjzwNpjDViYEEV0h9ZThOVDIvh7V39xDtqbGIJAI04HM1pFV0Ymc7tTQwYOvJDbpGDEdyu21fRK_Ib2BGMwphwrsmFNM00ffhlkwakWdnKU/s1600/IMG_0883.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdap7e4uJavcBH7y7P5BxWG1nGdCqAPRUCBjzwNpjDViYEEV0h9ZThOVDIvh7V39xDtqbGIJAI04HM1pFV0Ymc7tTQwYOvJDbpGDEdyu21fRK_Ib2BGMwphwrsmFNM00ffhlkwakWdnKU/s200/IMG_0883.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702523155851195250" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDL9Czv5hrS_UNtM_Z5nKKkNwAY9-LwNFkOqCLfNrPFY6oLrSuc8pmIzUwYacxgQnP5X7fy-Zt2Lft1co7ZDk5j3WBVg6hpyQWu2YXGMnxq1sedAXxUF5xVeLFdLlcdFGISPcC1WAr74/s1600/DSCN2444.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDL9Czv5hrS_UNtM_Z5nKKkNwAY9-LwNFkOqCLfNrPFY6oLrSuc8pmIzUwYacxgQnP5X7fy-Zt2Lft1co7ZDk5j3WBVg6hpyQWu2YXGMnxq1sedAXxUF5xVeLFdLlcdFGISPcC1WAr74/s200/DSCN2444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702519952327919858" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhvvcoKcdQbBu-f3ju8mPmes1bFwYEyJJmIuaf0WqntibBBiH3Td7oTZ5Fu8KqG1kLcdlJi4aoPc2pB62lcVl_Rm-Apj-rhNGtnXaGyMnjhC2f6uhpV73g1II_kulumiGmTQy25DFSp0/s1600/DSCN2441.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhvvcoKcdQbBu-f3ju8mPmes1bFwYEyJJmIuaf0WqntibBBiH3Td7oTZ5Fu8KqG1kLcdlJi4aoPc2pB62lcVl_Rm-Apj-rhNGtnXaGyMnjhC2f6uhpV73g1II_kulumiGmTQy25DFSp0/s200/DSCN2441.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702510670810623586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Ryan and I also went to a Halloween party. I was the pregnant marathoner and he was Guy Fieri.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE7wS0Y-0RXhSioMrMcf8obT7ohLNpqAx4Vux5O-vweAmCYrluK7Oe9EcLE2oG6EbofMG-Z8Ul-GJEEDUT1wDlwhvSFq9IvMyWqM0aUTNoRbDQiQggvRUs2g_v63rWidou-n85jQYxz4/s1600/IMG_0844.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE7wS0Y-0RXhSioMrMcf8obT7ohLNpqAx4Vux5O-vweAmCYrluK7Oe9EcLE2oG6EbofMG-Z8Ul-GJEEDUT1wDlwhvSFq9IvMyWqM0aUTNoRbDQiQggvRUs2g_v63rWidou-n85jQYxz4/s200/IMG_0844.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702523168372724962" border="0" /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1ppjf7fT_jLUuqcLOHUMClwzHQKNHj4CP25KHgVxr17M-KX7t28dwFBNCOIj7l-XuZM3u5T0yweDT1QqBO_a_bV8CKmdztK1ATWJg_sl-vuAy_0_FV9gXiwVSh1ZnhYoR4DRryL2JrA/s1600/IMG_0842.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1ppjf7fT_jLUuqcLOHUMClwzHQKNHj4CP25KHgVxr17M-KX7t28dwFBNCOIj7l-XuZM3u5T0yweDT1QqBO_a_bV8CKmdztK1ATWJg_sl-vuAy_0_FV9gXiwVSh1ZnhYoR4DRryL2JrA/s200/IMG_0842.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702523162253943122" border="0" /></a></span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-40073322891430572622011-11-28T08:40:00.005-05:002011-11-28T11:19:53.558-05:00Rylan's First Field Trip<div style="text-align: center;">I was able to go with Rylan on his first field trip with his class at daycare. We went to Matthys Farms. We visited the petting zoo, played on the playground, and rode the hay ride out to get pumpkins. Rylan was full of energy on this particular day, so I was after him a majority of the time. The kids enjoyed looking at the animals too. It was a great time!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCsfLs4wNRBufKy2d6HekCS61p2FF8llqtNKh2-1cG_44vC2jaFurN9VyxpmQiRHOGEfCk_DsagKZNtlKQHaSxpPuKvDLj1v8nedFy06KSTgykV1Wwh2GQaZwFbeEzIMef78ZLSQb13M/s1600/DSCN2373.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCsfLs4wNRBufKy2d6HekCS61p2FF8llqtNKh2-1cG_44vC2jaFurN9VyxpmQiRHOGEfCk_DsagKZNtlKQHaSxpPuKvDLj1v8nedFy06KSTgykV1Wwh2GQaZwFbeEzIMef78ZLSQb13M/s200/DSCN2373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680042478286713522" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here is the group shot. Pretty difficult to get a group of two year olds looking at the same time. Also, Rylan's school puts all of the kids in the same shirt when they go on field trips. Due to it being a little chilly, you can't really see them. Except for Rylan's. They gave him a bigger size, so his is hanging out the bottom of his sweatshirt.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJHfg49mmC8mwnl2EAhDl1cX9UaPdo0C5YrZe_c5wgyDX4U3CvnPHExbxYpTP5amRgmYWG-HRddbNa2Mme1QXqjqvUxoIDgBNVvvi8mtlJh_fXgpkltFCKgdWhahdQtzY-uDxTdKOb58/s1600/DSCN2382.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJHfg49mmC8mwnl2EAhDl1cX9UaPdo0C5YrZe_c5wgyDX4U3CvnPHExbxYpTP5amRgmYWG-HRddbNa2Mme1QXqjqvUxoIDgBNVvvi8mtlJh_fXgpkltFCKgdWhahdQtzY-uDxTdKOb58/s200/DSCN2382.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680042482762550034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">All of the kids waiting for the horse to come closer so they could pet him.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXHgScUkaakVSJ7EuwUaSPR64BL8V4e3ZQ0R8WW1MckxiDgXufHaI4DDStB1rRcIcF5w56CXno0lMvahxBFuqeMLrnIox5_BwLAK-r-fyhN9aKUYOjZfD52H6kw3r5lJkZGUaB6_XNhk/s1600/DSCN2375.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXHgScUkaakVSJ7EuwUaSPR64BL8V4e3ZQ0R8WW1MckxiDgXufHaI4DDStB1rRcIcF5w56CXno0lMvahxBFuqeMLrnIox5_BwLAK-r-fyhN9aKUYOjZfD52H6kw3r5lJkZGUaB6_XNhk/s200/DSCN2375.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680042484059673458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Rylan petting one of the goats.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjx-6pGqZF8EzGEnJ5GoJKXNTd1B8XoDi1MGQXVRoWy1Puu5LFvrvHcXRHJirQ-2eyqw-9yEVH8mLD173HfH8DKDk1-Tpn4LLLdx98S9oZN2QyDag1Nl4S6PJ6-dE9ZuWdcdMSRtrAXk/s1600/DSCN2391.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjx-6pGqZF8EzGEnJ5GoJKXNTd1B8XoDi1MGQXVRoWy1Puu5LFvrvHcXRHJirQ-2eyqw-9yEVH8mLD173HfH8DKDk1-Tpn4LLLdx98S9oZN2QyDag1Nl4S6PJ6-dE9ZuWdcdMSRtrAXk/s200/DSCN2391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680042495559713810" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Playing on the playground.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9yFLrr84Wzwit10fOKXJ8-TkYYwPSk16i_zFVVknrPzEOeVGfhRSSDTFbBRnCNoF6dlgCYEEiR0EOGoTzAL8mYYFG9Z9o9U18psCv0VJMhqtsQWif2eXctJNyI3oF0KJULhuwsrzO40/s1600/DSCN2400.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9yFLrr84Wzwit10fOKXJ8-TkYYwPSk16i_zFVVknrPzEOeVGfhRSSDTFbBRnCNoF6dlgCYEEiR0EOGoTzAL8mYYFG9Z9o9U18psCv0VJMhqtsQWif2eXctJNyI3oF0KJULhuwsrzO40/s200/DSCN2400.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680042691615428898" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Picking pumpkins in the field, Rylan spent more time trying to get away from me than actually looking at the pumpkins.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdMysffPvb2gLb_0qwo4V6q3w3lbVcaujbX6xXJU0vpLS-tOuFmQcSDdc55M8tFCko1KitXFsoE-Vk-qpp3Y0EEuMr0stv_hHnyCgCp5lTD6jYXOmQq_cS1Gsb5nKbvLJDQy4WPkcGtQ/s1600/DSCN2397.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdMysffPvb2gLb_0qwo4V6q3w3lbVcaujbX6xXJU0vpLS-tOuFmQcSDdc55M8tFCko1KitXFsoE-Vk-qpp3Y0EEuMr0stv_hHnyCgCp5lTD6jYXOmQq_cS1Gsb5nKbvLJDQy4WPkcGtQ/s200/DSCN2397.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680042495178431666" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Riding on the hayride. Rylan loved the big tractor wheels. Especially because they were driving through the mud.<br /></span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-67432679361206632952011-11-28T08:29:00.004-05:002011-11-28T08:40:17.351-05:00Great Grandma Horein<div style="text-align: center;">Lucy got to meet Great Grandma Horein for the first time in October during a trip to the lake. Grandma turned 91 on August 5th. One month before Lucy was born. Thankfully, we had a few great weather weekends in October. It is great to head up to the lake on those days. Grandma was enamored with Lucy.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7x_VUgeSHmq6bX8IcOsii3WG7nt3b55wgbbkfsFlOHiUe5v2jDB2KZUpL5oGXSiMK664SEHyboAIRQ7e9JVGF_UtW4r8ICwiqrcDPsUtVrj_ypHpqKtLGa5PZzl2idBpnSsvHRB4y08/s1600/SDC14200.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7x_VUgeSHmq6bX8IcOsii3WG7nt3b55wgbbkfsFlOHiUe5v2jDB2KZUpL5oGXSiMK664SEHyboAIRQ7e9JVGF_UtW4r8ICwiqrcDPsUtVrj_ypHpqKtLGa5PZzl2idBpnSsvHRB4y08/s200/SDC14200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680039542797520034" border="0" /></a>Lucy was looking right back at Grandma as she was talking to her.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOWpwq33XyftVW1oHc61ChdBBWOqcoq5byBjiPyqgsHB2J6EmiTeZhL6NK9bZk-80dkEZyXA_-3C-EjPaZqIlIJ_Tx6kAj3HNOWO_m2hubRPfCVCwCGTL1t-sN8G484okQKf2eutfNZc/s1600/SDC14201.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOWpwq33XyftVW1oHc61ChdBBWOqcoq5byBjiPyqgsHB2J6EmiTeZhL6NK9bZk-80dkEZyXA_-3C-EjPaZqIlIJ_Tx6kAj3HNOWO_m2hubRPfCVCwCGTL1t-sN8G484okQKf2eutfNZc/s200/SDC14201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680039545330944690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Mf7WA0zMY40UYiAfvWeM4bXmFixigXEB5yrtrbIAcxy2nt3_8WmLAB0zdk29BmEKt2GPjbfa1vps3MQCE2mW49vq-A95tZPA-xByETS3kexwJ85tmn5ZgYjn2u1Bsn26WCcFs_wRmRY/s1600/SDC14197.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Mf7WA0zMY40UYiAfvWeM4bXmFixigXEB5yrtrbIAcxy2nt3_8WmLAB0zdk29BmEKt2GPjbfa1vps3MQCE2mW49vq-A95tZPA-xByETS3kexwJ85tmn5ZgYjn2u1Bsn26WCcFs_wRmRY/s200/SDC14197.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680040066064933522" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here is a picture of Roger and Grandma fishing off of the deck. They were just sitting there talking and fishing.<br /></span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-33266163219887503822011-11-27T22:58:00.006-05:002011-11-28T08:29:01.738-05:00Dave RamseyYes, Ryan and I drank the Kool-Aide! And it is so worth it. In 2007, Ryan and I (with the help of my sister) attended <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu">Financial Peace University</a> at our church. We began to follow <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.daveramsey.com/home/">Dave Ramsey's</a> baby steps to financial freedom. Since then, we are on a first name basis with Dave, and he is a friend in our head. We are not as intense as some, but this has changed the way we think about and spend money. It is fun to think of the possibilities we might have if we stay on the path we are on. We have already made great progress.<br /><br />At the end of September, Dave came to South Bend to promote his new book <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.daveramsey.com/store/books/prodentre.html?ictid=sb1.prodentre.PUB.C11">EntreLeadership</a>. Ryan and I took Lucy and stood in line for 1 hour and 40 minutes to get the book signed. We had a great time talking to the people around us while we weaved through the aisles at Barnes and Noble. Lucy was pretty quiet until we were about 10 feet from the table to get the book signed. Then she really started fussing and crying. I was attempting to get pictures of Ryan while holding her. It all happens very quickly once you get to the table so the pictures are not the best. It was exciting anyway.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zWaj0FK-wcsjvpe0LLmwMJQhe6duMzUj7PUH-8iGV5m0Qn4ATqTHtgh04pJ6AdPzjORngTUhAXJxZaOM6NNme8EzUChheX1jXP5Q3OK_3WYbY_SHqvstYY1Hyi-k4_1lctXSQVbCu_Y/s1600/DSCN2336.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zWaj0FK-wcsjvpe0LLmwMJQhe6duMzUj7PUH-8iGV5m0Qn4ATqTHtgh04pJ6AdPzjORngTUhAXJxZaOM6NNme8EzUChheX1jXP5Q3OK_3WYbY_SHqvstYY1Hyi-k4_1lctXSQVbCu_Y/s200/DSCN2336.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680035120843002626" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Outside we stood in front of the tour bus.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib09atxqqE1qPz8pyuT0x63AJTXIX3MKkJlvDBSSdYOboU2EWKjy4IiYIGL4QT5VifMM6NzExCPI3ie5dGJuIiJnrGDKxku9P4N5OPsyyN6lFuo2fDaI1FC1JsijMqG3IQEoKx-NDNhOo/s1600/DSCN2340.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib09atxqqE1qPz8pyuT0x63AJTXIX3MKkJlvDBSSdYOboU2EWKjy4IiYIGL4QT5VifMM6NzExCPI3ie5dGJuIiJnrGDKxku9P4N5OPsyyN6lFuo2fDaI1FC1JsijMqG3IQEoKx-NDNhOo/s200/DSCN2340.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680035122165702498" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Dave talking to the crowd before he began signing books.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIO5GdP6lW4ObWp56zYUoIt_DbsWvoEkt5IIIxxStQVcVqVyP8Nl7eewrDR_a2LR0hrcR-SxnXEUP4TNfHvcskCayaIY_z6bDNFFL95FYzYsBFKPCezJtJQxSNAGM5xKhEISsOf3rSyGc/s1600/DSCN2342.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIO5GdP6lW4ObWp56zYUoIt_DbsWvoEkt5IIIxxStQVcVqVyP8Nl7eewrDR_a2LR0hrcR-SxnXEUP4TNfHvcskCayaIY_z6bDNFFL95FYzYsBFKPCezJtJQxSNAGM5xKhEISsOf3rSyGc/s200/DSCN2342.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680035130054468562" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Me with Dave (way) in the background.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf9qNyWMfPeUyYiKG9vHKhYwy35Ai0-1TPdWSuvqEakWq8nooJnPIkPaj4II47w3EUA0iKFkHSbajfRAvmjR2UFg-NTvtv4MVPOCE06abrMUjxU2_nrA_omXgMeA4ZpKBCj7BUrTVM6A/s1600/DSCN2345.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf9qNyWMfPeUyYiKG9vHKhYwy35Ai0-1TPdWSuvqEakWq8nooJnPIkPaj4II47w3EUA0iKFkHSbajfRAvmjR2UFg-NTvtv4MVPOCE06abrMUjxU2_nrA_omXgMeA4ZpKBCj7BUrTVM6A/s200/DSCN2345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680035135809782162" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ryan talking with Dave and having him sign our book.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Another fun Dave fact is that my sister's BFF Angie's dad looks just like him! Here is the picture I too</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">k of their family photo to show Ryan after we visited them in Oklahoma a couple of years ago. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO07H4K7yH5eqtrhqKD9KpxTT2ToSzLC1rwH1vMJqL5bz48maCsCplmBo-BurVcg2uMhmwiV1Os06v-1J7kdV_5xG8E698MewPSRE73fsyqpyd5-1Zo7hc_tYt5AxeSMaC-C-vASX4TGI/s1600/DSCN1198.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO07H4K7yH5eqtrhqKD9KpxTT2ToSzLC1rwH1vMJqL5bz48maCsCplmBo-BurVcg2uMhmwiV1Os06v-1J7kdV_5xG8E698MewPSRE73fsyqpyd5-1Zo7hc_tYt5AxeSMaC-C-vASX4TGI/s200/DSCN1198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680037416660508610" border="0" /></a></span></span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-2369488552571443662011-11-27T22:51:00.003-05:002011-11-27T22:57:52.692-05:00Uncle Eric and Aunt Cindy!<div style="text-align: center;">We were so excited when we told Eric and Cindy we were expecting in January because they realized they would be in town for their friend Trisha's wedding just after Lucy was born. They flew in for a long weekend, met Lucy, and had a great time celebrating their friends. We also made a stop at the lake (Lucy's first trip).<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7OlTxZk1ZOR465xj2tHeD-RwZVKgehuFPS81UIqpbK2j0Oq8G59SMBsa8g4MvnCnWnSs5330QOVr03n7UGLBNanfypQ_jrtlHcmAOuXgCs_U7ywKLMb_ElL7mxBCZtcWtUk0FieVHLs/s1600/SDC14183.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7OlTxZk1ZOR465xj2tHeD-RwZVKgehuFPS81UIqpbK2j0Oq8G59SMBsa8g4MvnCnWnSs5330QOVr03n7UGLBNanfypQ_jrtlHcmAOuXgCs_U7ywKLMb_ElL7mxBCZtcWtUk0FieVHLs/s200/SDC14183.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679890187959954738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4njII8jbu3-Ly7EVqMxrgJeZyCsCYo4gXDPEfiiugqt5xrlcM8PriLM1J5GnmmiZXLOOWgxVRSSb98bOksdIvl1zspfkFOb5MSoL0CZzQlKCkwy3LYQNGoyDvP995qlMk6q6Pb_A2mQ/s1600/IMG_0697.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4njII8jbu3-Ly7EVqMxrgJeZyCsCYo4gXDPEfiiugqt5xrlcM8PriLM1J5GnmmiZXLOOWgxVRSSb98bOksdIvl1zspfkFOb5MSoL0CZzQlKCkwy3LYQNGoyDvP995qlMk6q6Pb_A2mQ/s200/IMG_0697.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679890191660033762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Lucy's shirt says "Current Family Favorite". This is perfect for our family. She had to wear it when Uncle Eric and Aunt Cindy were in town so they could be aware of the change in pecking order for the time being.<br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-17195289588245835522011-11-27T22:14:00.008-05:002011-11-27T22:51:06.180-05:00September Happenings<div style="text-align: center;">Lucy was 9 lbs when she was born and 8 lbs 3 oz when we had her first appointment at 4 days old. We guessed most of the weight was in her cheeks! :) It's amazing how they got smaller so quickly!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyaWpO3yY4sGOD3SfKHJdCsxn2TpfJANIEkqiJ9dHG-P0mB7SsKTXNlkGKSWkhXOIrCmR2ELhyphenhyphengTssvEdr-q6qgtJ8KKUpHcTaPj9Ds3QZBQjoVCfCQpm-5QbJsecLSFEJo8lvjjSYhSw/s1600/DSCN2298.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyaWpO3yY4sGOD3SfKHJdCsxn2TpfJANIEkqiJ9dHG-P0mB7SsKTXNlkGKSWkhXOIrCmR2ELhyphenhyphengTssvEdr-q6qgtJ8KKUpHcTaPj9Ds3QZBQjoVCfCQpm-5QbJsecLSFEJo8lvjjSYhSw/s200/DSCN2298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679881542127020754" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">First bath at home.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkXKex1iOz0p8Ue5f3wTWtRGtLqIRQjSWsMReR-REtEmapOdRIWD9A1qo-gYmNUAK5jrERg2i3GfP4PGr-V3B7HrgoqbicpdI2-1VcxHEbJi5Y4MF_oRJJ-xdAtGU1o4HZb3FvxCDM6s/s1600/DSCN2303.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkXKex1iOz0p8Ue5f3wTWtRGtLqIRQjSWsMReR-REtEmapOdRIWD9A1qo-gYmNUAK5jrERg2i3GfP4PGr-V3B7HrgoqbicpdI2-1VcxHEbJi5Y4MF_oRJJ-xdAtGU1o4HZb3FvxCDM6s/s200/DSCN2303.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679881538270434466" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out that hair!</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwDDyKC8OWSqoa28_2be-upy2N_IxpiZIT4iBqA5IwJ8oYc23g1EhduzRmhkXqgmhb0MJ3LbNa2hDPwmBxNJyz0ocrIf-nYKv-fktokMO8_f9w2yBqQJmY_DW8A1KDzI5hyyg64G1MSc/s1600/DSCN2328.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwDDyKC8OWSqoa28_2be-upy2N_IxpiZIT4iBqA5IwJ8oYc23g1EhduzRmhkXqgmhb0MJ3LbNa2hDPwmBxNJyz0ocrIf-nYKv-fktokMO8_f9w2yBqQJmY_DW8A1KDzI5hyyg64G1MSc/s200/DSCN2328.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679881540000207170" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first time Rylan asked to hold her. The picture isn't so great because I trying to make sure he didn't drop her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8DOmwdeM62nVpBUopQIbuEMhGcO_PrQiH8jhGSXQujav0BHpLsJho-br0uRm5tiX3JkdtByU_Bjh-ltWOe2Q_AZRkZ6CQZJgJ3jS6BMDvu_oCb1ReIwe2XiKsGkW7x4uOUKSESgpsBY/s1600/IMG_0678.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8DOmwdeM62nVpBUopQIbuEMhGcO_PrQiH8jhGSXQujav0BHpLsJho-br0uRm5tiX3JkdtByU_Bjh-ltWOe2Q_AZRkZ6CQZJgJ3jS6BMDvu_oCb1ReIwe2XiKsGkW7x4uOUKSESgpsBY/s200/IMG_0678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679886391584761458" border="0" /></a>First trip to church for bible study. (8 days old)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQh4bV06uHqlbzr-2IcnJ2imve533DMP3U2-NFHpRFzzPXRrRnV4lvznbtaJRTlr13x35DoLeTBwbQuY2Z4lTzeTtxrt-j7eB4gM6D8ygvyWC2P0EDYxTYBiWzbN8dC1zyC5ZDsnCynyw/s1600/IMG_0711.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQh4bV06uHqlbzr-2IcnJ2imve533DMP3U2-NFHpRFzzPXRrRnV4lvznbtaJRTlr13x35DoLeTBwbQuY2Z4lTzeTtxrt-j7eB4gM6D8ygvyWC2P0EDYxTYBiWzbN8dC1zyC5ZDsnCynyw/s200/IMG_0711.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679886396669691058" border="0" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Rylan gave Lucy some cars to play with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmYmmBRWAYHIp0PNrDWsygg8vH7GT1RZ7VqupDUTAbNsWWz8KLd-oMb88m6hmHlLGQ0taXFRn0E3hLU1tz_cocdAiZQ2DoEEmvdCFDTq2p2UJGZExyHsMfMYTV76jRdrMGVGzAs9UHGE/s1600/DSCN2333.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmYmmBRWAYHIp0PNrDWsygg8vH7GT1RZ7VqupDUTAbNsWWz8KLd-oMb88m6hmHlLGQ0taXFRn0E3hLU1tz_cocdAiZQ2DoEEmvdCFDTq2p2UJGZExyHsMfMYTV76jRdrMGVGzAs9UHGE/s200/DSCN2333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679881536981766610" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out that face! Hilarious!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWESM31Kszoto4uJCEMziB2URb8f8_q0P5bJGHZZq2Yu23laQIc6fS7ptpEjp0JVSUi7PALZBhFdB2sdhYCnIJ5JPK-KxD5U7-wvJUy6-B5DkWMlLyQyUhTN2sYLFIadKpaZDiUwZ6Ius/s1600/DSCN2334.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWESM31Kszoto4uJCEMziB2URb8f8_q0P5bJGHZZq2Yu23laQIc6fS7ptpEjp0JVSUi7PALZBhFdB2sdhYCnIJ5JPK-KxD5U7-wvJUy6-B5DkWMlLyQyUhTN2sYLFIadKpaZDiUwZ6Ius/s200/DSCN2334.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679881544480363634" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ready for her first lunch date at Hacienda!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-791505322716515732011-11-08T06:56:00.009-05:002011-11-27T22:14:50.540-05:00Birthdays in the HospitalWith having Lucy on the 5th, I was scheduled to go home on my birthday. Mom's whole birthday was wrapped up in helping with Rylan, getting him to and from school, and bringing him up to see us. I was surprised how sad I was in the evening after Rylan left the hospital. He was glad to see me, but didn't really love being confined in the space of our room. He also knew he was going to see Lucy, and called the hospital "Lucy's house". Thankfully he didn't seem to mind when we brought her home to live at our house.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGKQasRnPpHsi5wG88Me8R9x_Vo3GimLSirFDlnpFII46BWq1xpciQQuyMsYaaSFVKay8rGPcK-pyJUU4YGNuIPgARaysUAC0ejeOjdheRR4CN2nrzVB2MZzO2VAOmT9cnIwOfsjZ_OvQ/s1600/SDC14075.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGKQasRnPpHsi5wG88Me8R9x_Vo3GimLSirFDlnpFII46BWq1xpciQQuyMsYaaSFVKay8rGPcK-pyJUU4YGNuIPgARaysUAC0ejeOjdheRR4CN2nrzVB2MZzO2VAOmT9cnIwOfsjZ_OvQ/s200/SDC14075.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679875557797743186" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ryan reading to Rylan at the hospital to keep him busy.<br /><br /></span></div>While you're at the hospital, when you take medicine or order food (which was awesome, they have a new menu) they ask you your birthday to confirm you are you. When the gal brought me my breakfast on Thursday, she said "What's your birth date?" I responded, "Today is my birthday!" Then they brought me a cake at lunch! It was such a nice treat!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ydn8RBjMfLFh0BaqH7ExTbecmizQZocRhjqM6BUgSIgo7uxxCJzoV42ydFjECmeddwQTr_uO7S0c4NP1lqzOvhTHN-z8sM49Bj38qd4gefL6xki36NpKAsClQlPAdQD5ECb4qxuIBO4/s1600/DSCN2295.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ydn8RBjMfLFh0BaqH7ExTbecmizQZocRhjqM6BUgSIgo7uxxCJzoV42ydFjECmeddwQTr_uO7S0c4NP1lqzOvhTHN-z8sM49Bj38qd4gefL6xki36NpKAsClQlPAdQD5ECb4qxuIBO4/s200/DSCN2295.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679875553409596834" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here is the cake they brought me. Notice the "cravings" menu under the cake. It was like room service.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISfgSOQPcXkqrF60ciDDi9W1UnlZ-QsNdaQry8w6MwOF0n_PH12DHwJGrW-smIZW9Uzm09G7r9QGXjISb5J9WvxXB3PSZxw1zcArgvEADKViJzDppsh_sFan4RzTPRUUXn_Oz2-BbSmI/s1600/DSCN2296.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISfgSOQPcXkqrF60ciDDi9W1UnlZ-QsNdaQry8w6MwOF0n_PH12DHwJGrW-smIZW9Uzm09G7r9QGXjISb5J9WvxXB3PSZxw1zcArgvEADKViJzDppsh_sFan4RzTPRUUXn_Oz2-BbSmI/s200/DSCN2296.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679875556561778818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Ryan holding Lucy before we headed home.<br /><br /><br /></span></div> Mom picked up Rylan on Thursday because we were coming home from the hospital later that evening. Of course we had to stop for McDonald's diet cokes and Hacienda to Go on the way home. When we got home, Mom and Rylan were coming out the front door and Rylan yelled, "Did you bring Baby Lucy home with you?". He was excited we were all back to normal again.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmeeueAY0b0pK6DFFdEooVAfNNVtRLuEy4vq6TfkcwRG18ieO4oO07oMggehhnF61IuxcW0FLAZSa7ROdavDVL_3VQ0IzdqBWCimdOjuPA49n4QiTPQdiI10E-bOdVQx_IOhrMmSL4wcs/s1600/SDC14089.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 117px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmeeueAY0b0pK6DFFdEooVAfNNVtRLuEy4vq6TfkcwRG18ieO4oO07oMggehhnF61IuxcW0FLAZSa7ROdavDVL_3VQ0IzdqBWCimdOjuPA49n4QiTPQdiI10E-bOdVQx_IOhrMmSL4wcs/s200/SDC14089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679876705604642850" border="0" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here we are getting out of the car. I have the Hacienda bag in my hand! Happy Birthday to Me!<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMGQj6V0BHpzA6yao8eYxexZzo9rQppZUTDIxBkN7IMe-a0Vso6vGkpkpbAbE-xKR_Pd-uLDX45HYdXfPU5Lx7-yj_Sf9uDjU9tjhtISw3XxHqakE60ibj5FMSGwFQSlLQ9uFsi3pX_U/s1600/SDC14100.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMGQj6V0BHpzA6yao8eYxexZzo9rQppZUTDIxBkN7IMe-a0Vso6vGkpkpbAbE-xKR_Pd-uLDX45HYdXfPU5Lx7-yj_Sf9uDjU9tjhtISw3XxHqakE60ibj5FMSGwFQSlLQ9uFsi3pX_U/s200/SDC14100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679876706594708242" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rylan peeking in at Lucy</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCx7k2ERNAPJebnH3wgbiaQ1Rf_8c46MVJmBx6GNmCQJHpnVYjDQ9zC71q5obe2AyAgqxXNrhz-dS4K161hmhdkRdII1MWBuWHV62VxCcl8Y3HU7G6Pmi8KHucy8tpWUIO1mMPZu48Hk/s1600/SDC14105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCx7k2ERNAPJebnH3wgbiaQ1Rf_8c46MVJmBx6GNmCQJHpnVYjDQ9zC71q5obe2AyAgqxXNrhz-dS4K161hmhdkRdII1MWBuWHV62VxCcl8Y3HU7G6Pmi8KHucy8tpWUIO1mMPZu48Hk/s200/SDC14105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679878721753792530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Our new family of four at home for the first time.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a great birthday week! Next year it will be even more fun with Lucy turning 1.<br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-37737801499218207482011-10-19T15:50:00.007-04:002011-10-19T16:18:16.866-04:00Labor Day! Literally!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lucy Marie Kring is here!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">She was born at 5:50pm on Labor Day<br />Monday, September 5th.<br /><br /></span></div>I woke up at 4am just like most of the days in the month of August, and start of September. I was then so excited when I started feeling light contractions shortly after. I was awake so I got up to start walking so I could keep it moving. I walked and walked around the living room watching the DVR of America's Got Talent and having contractions. Rylan got up around 6:30 (as usual), and I woke Ryan to tell him he would have to cancel his golf outing because I the day was here.<br /><br />The morning was slow labor wise, and we started making phone calls. Grandma and Grandpa Kring came to get Rylan around 10 and then labor picked up. Of course when we headed to the hospital at 11, everything slowed down. I had to do the dreaded hour long walk in the hospital at 1pm. It worked wonders! And that was when the real pain started! I was admitted, got an epidural, and made quick progress in the next two hours.<br /><br />Lucy arrived in 3 pushes while everyone raved about her black hair and big cheeks! We guessed her weight before they weighed her, and we were so wrong! I guessed she was around Rylan's size (8 lbs, 7 oz - but really didn't know), Ryan said in the 7 lb range, and the nurse guessed 8 lbs (ish) as well. We were all wrong. She was 9lbs!<br /><br />What a great day! The family came up to see us, and we settled in for the night at the hospital. We had great nurses and felt good about the delivery process. We are grateful.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwK4Bto_l6Fqhi1OAp9APxV3-Fr3r4JhaDMAQ34OVvb4_eRfWDui2CZIFUGn3RR5IVGNwSg2dhJ0RcBWSjiT9lAROctTH8_IvNk0apAX9dOuVX0g69IpNUuESgiFcbSVTGkT7-VTQtdOQ/s1600/SDC14067.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwK4Bto_l6Fqhi1OAp9APxV3-Fr3r4JhaDMAQ34OVvb4_eRfWDui2CZIFUGn3RR5IVGNwSg2dhJ0RcBWSjiT9lAROctTH8_IvNk0apAX9dOuVX0g69IpNUuESgiFcbSVTGkT7-VTQtdOQ/s200/SDC14067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665298502612801426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAj4pqbie9buOaTby-EaV7luVaID906V9ujcT60K3Xle-TpIvLwdinx54O3AljrjpyvtcitnMS4QmvaKN_7xCwhRgMWTVDHFNU9PLHLIOvztZvQ26AVOg4bQbzd3spA0tSq6bakIdtac/s1600/IMG_0674.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlgrVoNQq2dEIHtQcEjz7EiCawftWdEJndGPuCIxETUGJlSN-QRQDpQ8BffoDt_PRCGaBSnr8B26huK0mLNGwrXKivY6IdKwPmAMJwjEVS5CUPmqrn4P-ote5CSGLGBWg5BsAvsuO-J0/s200/SDC14063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665296935481518834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVIqRXufSnRTGA-slDWeKYD10FtfFJetncuRIJ04oZw_xLE5T1fMNuYOoEaMLJQqWpqYOy397Lq6pe65Ni3d4EFVH0dkqs3IgLDsdZZ6eKKoflUBIFQVJ7TIZUojW_eBOdVmsGbH3ves/s1600/SDC14050.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVIqRXufSnRTGA-slDWeKYD10FtfFJetncuRIJ04oZw_xLE5T1fMNuYOoEaMLJQqWpqYOy397Lq6pe65Ni3d4EFVH0dkqs3IgLDsdZZ6eKKoflUBIFQVJ7TIZUojW_eBOdVmsGbH3ves/s200/SDC14050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665296927883395442" border="0" /></a>Now Lucy's birthday is the 5th, Mom's is the 6th, and mine is the 7th. I love week long birthday celebrations! Mom is right, she is a great present!<br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-20928239512062184292011-10-19T15:37:00.005-04:002011-10-19T15:49:24.579-04:00September 1st -- Due Date<div style="text-align: center;">When I was due with Rylan, I posted <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://amykring.blogspot.com/2009/07/due-today.html">this pictur</a><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://amykring.blogspot.com/2009/07/due-today.html">e</a> of me. I was feeling pretty good and so excited!<br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><br />Here I am on September 1st.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNy-SLburFHdmXtBB2ebgkdJ7dp0wQx47jJSb64LJOVz_MP45yxX59ObXk-fUfdYn_iND5fzQAhlyB_zS4GgXrBP1BwN6aUrjaZAPDIRrMGIbGnNSqnSLCfk6bCI8P95jPiC5WwUj34A/s1600/DSCN2242.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNy-SLburFHdmXtBB2ebgkdJ7dp0wQx47jJSb64LJOVz_MP45yxX59ObXk-fUfdYn_iND5fzQAhlyB_zS4GgXrBP1BwN6aUrjaZAPDIRrMGIbGnNSqnSLCfk6bCI8P95jPiC5WwUj34A/s200/DSCN2242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665289990631040594" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br />I was having some signs of labor but worked through the 2nd. We had a relaxing weekend, and I made a list of all of the things I was going to do while I was off work waiting for Lucy to arrive. I thought for sure I was going to make it to my next appointment scheduled for my birthday, the 7th.<br /><br />I was ready. I was tired, and it was difficult to get things done or take care of Rylan very well. I wasn't really complaining though, just moving really slow. Ryan helped me all the time. I was also SO excited to meet her, and see what she looked like, and tie my shoes without grunting. It is so funny to me how people in your life, some who you know less than others, predict when the baby is going to arrive. So many people said she would be early and she would come so fast because she was my second. I just kept saying there was no way to know with a smile on my face.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I was very thankful to spend 7 days in my classroom meeting my students and establishing routines. I am also thankful for my awesome sub for the fall (and into the winter), Barbara Bandera. I have known her since high school, and she couldn't be nicer. She is a great fit! God worked that out really well, as He always does, in His timing and on His schedule. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-25291776572095722482011-10-19T15:24:00.004-04:002011-10-19T15:36:52.579-04:00Last Weekends Before BabyWith Lucy's arrival approaching, we spent some more time at the lake. Ryan took Rylan up with him one day while I stayed home. I don't know how much I got done, but it was a nice treat. Mom took Rylan to Lunker's to look at the fish tanks. Rylan also wore some awesome sunglasses which ended up finishing the trip in the lake.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmHOvaTY4X493AOAGTsCFpc_JhyphenhyphenTAOLBL0YHTQpWYO0wcpvfr1COuYM7_fpn4b3kZoQQcJYvlMcBZaH2tjhO-DhAMhV5xYCFKVE4F4rNnWzGkSB_vfaJwP6ewwNiFMdkrSbx9BikOo2Q/s1600/SDC14025.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmHOvaTY4X493AOAGTsCFpc_JhyphenhyphenTAOLBL0YHTQpWYO0wcpvfr1COuYM7_fpn4b3kZoQQcJYvlMcBZaH2tjhO-DhAMhV5xYCFKVE4F4rNnWzGkSB_vfaJwP6ewwNiFMdkrSbx9BikOo2Q/s200/SDC14025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288131321119746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCo-_-50erWkv9dTWBby9MrAVqVdyhs92rr5D1P38IoFwkMIVnzMnSLEEy26UUlBTl-M2D5JHRZSfZT71b0PzzR8dVGqtWv_ZGDm3-HkMSl_o30-SFb8SH51bdaS8QnnrSorofASlxwAc/s1600/SDC14027.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCo-_-50erWkv9dTWBby9MrAVqVdyhs92rr5D1P38IoFwkMIVnzMnSLEEy26UUlBTl-M2D5JHRZSfZT71b0PzzR8dVGqtWv_ZGDm3-HkMSl_o30-SFb8SH51bdaS8QnnrSorofASlxwAc/s200/SDC14027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288134956750194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikghoCv0Uje24Ng5PKD9rmrc6k2iKqSBJiRxZQ1dpalQNmJPeofnpIZI_Qy0lVjR-qXzyZPv4HVp8Ggx73l9QsTXrg7HA7c7A7xV7tfGETT27Vaq7ChDJmNBH9Gmxy_PzW3TpTl-31gi4/s1600/SDC14035.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikghoCv0Uje24Ng5PKD9rmrc6k2iKqSBJiRxZQ1dpalQNmJPeofnpIZI_Qy0lVjR-qXzyZPv4HVp8Ggx73l9QsTXrg7HA7c7A7xV7tfGETT27Vaq7ChDJmNBH9Gmxy_PzW3TpTl-31gi4/s200/SDC14035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288136161506306" border="0" /></a><br />Sunday, September 4th, we celebrated Mom and I's birthdays (September 6th for Mom, and 7th for me. This was noted very early on in our pregnancy as the due date was Sept. 1st.) We had a laid back day with lunch and boat rides (for some) and ice cream cake!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlECqz5omfK9E2ALiBpdJPfF5A4cKnP5mbD3uScAdPf3BREcQn-QvKVxRRjDAUBeejVjRW4N45Tv9NvPV5OsIT12rI3h02onUJSGzWPIZ_DqO8H7RijXzNdjnqj84jXmwZVdli25ocaYQ/s1600/SDC14043.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlECqz5omfK9E2ALiBpdJPfF5A4cKnP5mbD3uScAdPf3BREcQn-QvKVxRRjDAUBeejVjRW4N45Tv9NvPV5OsIT12rI3h02onUJSGzWPIZ_DqO8H7RijXzNdjnqj84jXmwZVdli25ocaYQ/s200/SDC14043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288156085757410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn-tp5bL0kUBsc1HvRsGjFg-RaYK4YbQx0ptcWqUnHbJVR_yLZru2iH4CTIxwz2bHZS4DsH9nCFlJ5OGQR4EgXAaN22-TgbxB1mscPXn6VCZBbvog82f0mMIIExLx-WurGDTa8ZnhGn4/s1600/SDC14040.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn-tp5bL0kUBsc1HvRsGjFg-RaYK4YbQx0ptcWqUnHbJVR_yLZru2iH4CTIxwz2bHZS4DsH9nCFlJ5OGQR4EgXAaN22-TgbxB1mscPXn6VCZBbvog82f0mMIIExLx-WurGDTa8ZnhGn4/s200/SDC14040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288149009280546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Here are Rylan and I reading a book. He barely fit on my lap at this point. I love his little hand on my belly. Mom says she has a picture of Eric on her lap right before she had me. This will be a great memory in 30 years. :)</span><br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-14438996973734316822011-10-19T14:50:00.005-04:002011-10-19T15:50:04.186-04:00Emily came home...to see me! Well, she came home to see everyone, but in my head, it's different. :) She <a href="http://emilybastine.blogspot.com/2011/09/quick-trip-to-south-bend.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">blogged</span> </a>about it too! We had a great time just relaxing and enjoying each others' company. Here are some pics of our time together (and some good ones of Rylan, because I like him).<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwNnOqYWWCpCf3RVKAAMwjlHlu8gHKyntdjWiOm7O78nLyxZfgRyKrkR1rARnsvEOQtaUbFilqyIIoSO0crisjXqMgfAk00AWDJsddvocRFKG-zEcqMGlOfA3e17Ai5gwXAyhv_r8baw/s1600/SDC13943.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwNnOqYWWCpCf3RVKAAMwjlHlu8gHKyntdjWiOm7O78nLyxZfgRyKrkR1rARnsvEOQtaUbFilqyIIoSO0crisjXqMgfAk00AWDJsddvocRFKG-zEcqMGlOfA3e17Ai5gwXAyhv_r8baw/s200/SDC13943.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665280347163325538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Rylan playing with his Tia, aunt in Spanish. He doesn't even know her name is Emily.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlYysNJIBqguhzECe8KgJeX0se91kO-robzm3R-8vwkS0T99QPxvGnfC4blAKMgYcCNVr0Zt70j9OPIfMiyBXyMJLrdJgpioUzn8KEYvD6kLdtjaCLbOTxJ1HhGlmDUY_mIwrRx7XKhU/s1600/SDC13944.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlYysNJIBqguhzECe8KgJeX0se91kO-robzm3R-8vwkS0T99QPxvGnfC4blAKMgYcCNVr0Zt70j9OPIfMiyBXyMJLrdJgpioUzn8KEYvD6kLdtjaCLbOTxJ1HhGlmDUY_mIwrRx7XKhU/s200/SDC13944.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665280346374805762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnok-rueMG2KUf6aT6X6WYznTleko9bt8DD0DyLpbeDrLUkjmQK5UkpHVJbp_IvgkcSUG4xXLVR5PxBsdNM3zNWKfCVsNA52L1GFKwOuvHpNiYQVxPdWRMa-xI3p_7cBIVV946SJDY0zg/s1600/SDC13963.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnok-rueMG2KUf6aT6X6WYznTleko9bt8DD0DyLpbeDrLUkjmQK5UkpHVJbp_IvgkcSUG4xXLVR5PxBsdNM3zNWKfCVsNA52L1GFKwOuvHpNiYQVxPdWRMa-xI3p_7cBIVV946SJDY0zg/s200/SDC13963.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665280360930314802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Playing with Papa in the lake...and crying because it was time to get out.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd0IjWkmd7AOqIYYS6X4Kp7IAmADoKb-2CK_zpFpYpaie44m8Nk58EbXKOh9UR6R7cfQn0SEj6nXp1b_vv1wLtxBzt4fpC7gV4NQJtFDx09gDaHwFoYjoPrgkb5pN1qzKzOg380MJC-0/s1600/SDC13971.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd0IjWkmd7AOqIYYS6X4Kp7IAmADoKb-2CK_zpFpYpaie44m8Nk58EbXKOh9UR6R7cfQn0SEj6nXp1b_vv1wLtxBzt4fpC7gV4NQJtFDx09gDaHwFoYjoPrgkb5pN1qzKzOg380MJC-0/s200/SDC13971.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665280366894320274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0ZrPgq2GqUfYh_sjDoOA-bBaWNCOqRSNnI7m5uPq5_6JQCUdYNutgpK7RMbfxHj7-XobfXy59usybqrHF5qKR7sqKdIT5aYgukMG0P9xamUcnXWdiE4AeaFsmCZP2DTznDpPHm0C0L4/s1600/SDC13977.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0ZrPgq2GqUfYh_sjDoOA-bBaWNCOqRSNnI7m5uPq5_6JQCUdYNutgpK7RMbfxHj7-XobfXy59usybqrHF5qKR7sqKdIT5aYgukMG0P9xamUcnXWdiE4AeaFsmCZP2DTznDpPHm0C0L4/s200/SDC13977.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665280364343338194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Some sweet corn, and some sweet hair indeed!</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">One of our best cousins, Kim, came up for the weekend too. We were hot enough to take a dip in the lake. Of course, I left my bathing suit in Chicago. So I had to act like a celebrity and bare the belly...in a bathing suit top and Purdue shorts. Everyone was fine after being blinded by my white skin. Emily and Kim boarded "Big Mabel" by the house, and I pushed/pulled them down the channel because I didn't think I could get my body up there. Well, I was tired on the way back, so we made it happen. And we cracked up the whole way. Uncle Dave had to help pull us in.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfgAlpe0uqjt4T4q0NQpU2ZR_WlpFn-HOwwK5yJtCdDJ2yMOlBg0SUJNhKXQB4nQ2VKGYBfeAM__hlB_m-lxF-X-wlWU5MFdf0pH3kXqN9PhdrgDpkUqt4CYP8Uxs6BTFGd4OcYSn4hY/s1600/SDC13978.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfgAlpe0uqjt4T4q0NQpU2ZR_WlpFn-HOwwK5yJtCdDJ2yMOlBg0SUJNhKXQB4nQ2VKGYBfeAM__hlB_m-lxF-X-wlWU5MFdf0pH3kXqN9PhdrgDpkUqt4CYP8Uxs6BTFGd4OcYSn4hY/s200/SDC13978.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665282926168180594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Get ready for your ride ladies!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKvJO0eK3Q8Q0fMMckxA0nk3n6FMLr9cgfHfShXnm74Ac7ItszWWW8zlz0cpIae8SyjZRV7b2nPfu6RdcN74GTUZpdTPP140obJiiS6fkKgRmzTteEKO74PpoM3h51y2Plq9Sdp-4TAc/s1600/SDC13985.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKvJO0eK3Q8Q0fMMckxA0nk3n6FMLr9cgfHfShXnm74Ac7ItszWWW8zlz0cpIae8SyjZRV7b2nPfu6RdcN74GTUZpdTPP140obJiiS6fkKgRmzTteEKO74PpoM3h51y2Plq9Sdp-4TAc/s200/SDC13985.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665282931743173778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Swimming out in the water with Em, Kim, Roger, and Uncle Dave.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGc4bXEDoQrE7vt69JQxPd8zlmSm6c4heFH_0RM0b9sD3OMP6syA5847l7_bqsHBfbti331Ck6gJyodt8gN8e6nP-9J2abgQPxw7__hu5BXyuz6u1bVEqbsUp4Y3LvpzaiaB9vg27Qcg/s1600/SDC13987.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGc4bXEDoQrE7vt69JQxPd8zlmSm6c4heFH_0RM0b9sD3OMP6syA5847l7_bqsHBfbti331Ck6gJyodt8gN8e6nP-9J2abgQPxw7__hu5BXyuz6u1bVEqbsUp4Y3LvpzaiaB9vg27Qcg/s200/SDC13987.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665282940061966066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks Uncle Dave!</span><br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-433751389121538392011-10-04T18:51:00.010-04:002011-10-19T14:13:16.198-04:00Summer TimeWe have spent the summer keeping busy, as families with 2 year olds do. It is hard to stay still when the little guy wants to run. Rylan had a fear of animals earlier in the spring. He was terrified of any animal, big or small. We have slowly moved out of that phase, thank goodness, because the zoo and the 4-H fair are summer staples.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KcOnLr6knNIahyphenhyphenkIbJdOJJp3HypmnEk8hLRwF5Jo2UVjdtKYmCt_-Zi5pxUYVdrKk7FdnUT74Q_vlORVvuohipOfl-ByNtTUhAd1JaisDJhg61oUXQ4dgMyE8deVHqF9lEzz2HNnK3Q/s1600/DSCN2093.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KcOnLr6knNIahyphenhyphenkIbJdOJJp3HypmnEk8hLRwF5Jo2UVjdtKYmCt_-Zi5pxUYVdrKk7FdnUT74Q_vlORVvuohipOfl-ByNtTUhAd1JaisDJhg61oUXQ4dgMyE8deVHqF9lEzz2HNnK3Q/s200/DSCN2093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659776284206465570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Rylan checking out the animals at the fair.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkR5-ba58O3U3vCDcEEOzLCuUv1BuJlta5yG6jLq2BAEVY3QsxVXDGujAG3U4w71AmzOvbNTuaBkMVhxdy7dELVGgFBdy_7GKJNox__BIF_CeHjR6ZN820-sggDvNhS_K1naagrytejs/s1600/DSCN2096.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkR5-ba58O3U3vCDcEEOzLCuUv1BuJlta5yG6jLq2BAEVY3QsxVXDGujAG3U4w71AmzOvbNTuaBkMVhxdy7dELVGgFBdy_7GKJNox__BIF_CeHjR6ZN820-sggDvNhS_K1naagrytejs/s200/DSCN2096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659776282854169106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> We have also spent a good amount of time at the lake and at the new pool at Grandma and Grandpa Kring's house. Rylan has enjoyed swimming to the point where he jumped into the water without warning one time. This is the reason for life jackets.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WHUaBwi0yETRi2UazeWPjQHja0MWSMHtfnNHrAUeRExErHo1fJfHMDgh3tcrctcdcxM-jGOjJP-66erYAk2yWD7nchdrwC2USjm-1oxZ3jozOhX_xxB1MNTyZi2wwyL-j59tpWIQZI8/s1600/SDC13965.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WHUaBwi0yETRi2UazeWPjQHja0MWSMHtfnNHrAUeRExErHo1fJfHMDgh3tcrctcdcxM-jGOjJP-66erYAk2yWD7nchdrwC2USjm-1oxZ3jozOhX_xxB1MNTyZi2wwyL-j59tpWIQZI8/s200/SDC13965.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659782612729071682" border="0" /></a>Rylan jumping in the lake to Papa and swimming back to do it again. </span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsiyNmftWTACBvHJdrYKI4XQzKDtPqhcou4T6RyZ5DZ5h7jhGujRKZv8XEeZQc0nkrlNBIuAbsLl1IySnAgt2rsrffhWiIJWwlg2eqZfMGYEEyTdiz5ZbnFHw84xydF_gM7rOPEE0Gmk/s1600/SDC13966.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsiyNmftWTACBvHJdrYKI4XQzKDtPqhcou4T6RyZ5DZ5h7jhGujRKZv8XEeZQc0nkrlNBIuAbsLl1IySnAgt2rsrffhWiIJWwlg2eqZfMGYEEyTdiz5ZbnFHw84xydF_gM7rOPEE0Gmk/s200/SDC13966.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659782617041117362" border="0" /></a></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7252SHWcnrZxkrw6FDpe_2NVdz8i7U4dkhR3BCv8hyipiFuodg2Hp8tl5k-z87h6PvpD8s388ycnIfkxzOS8wTasT3wBUTP_vzAhmZT6j1cdaazoIL4v6z0FOVkTy9wBQhBoGGmITBX4/s1600/SDC13982.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7252SHWcnrZxkrw6FDpe_2NVdz8i7U4dkhR3BCv8hyipiFuodg2Hp8tl5k-z87h6PvpD8s388ycnIfkxzOS8wTasT3wBUTP_vzAhmZT6j1cdaazoIL4v6z0FOVkTy9wBQhBoGGmITBX4/s200/SDC13982.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659782623510003586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Riding the swing and driving the boat with Daddy.</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUbH1Mp1RK7xYavOZ4yrBbNqXBs8uOeU06VscKs5HBdYJEyM392vlNUQ9-qwCpxjqDpq4266WPgzuxS9TvyTS_PJCwFb5CRQ-XJ-cLrLG04leyrq2gq2-blolLXxdwJ2Zj7ncAdrXEDA/s1600/SDC13932.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUbH1Mp1RK7xYavOZ4yrBbNqXBs8uOeU06VscKs5HBdYJEyM392vlNUQ9-qwCpxjqDpq4266WPgzuxS9TvyTS_PJCwFb5CRQ-XJ-cLrLG04leyrq2gq2-blolLXxdwJ2Zj7ncAdrXEDA/s200/SDC13932.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659782601485878370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiR7pQSIyysJFC2GnhkeqKTRG7c5evJjxOA1IhDkUWCBSWzGK5MV_diXafqJq9CsU_BWKmHidc4jifkmQaG3HfcAu68SiVwio2Icg74nUEFhsfJcV_UzacUeTnZLHie7iov1idHmCrOeY/s1600/SDC13929.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiR7pQSIyysJFC2GnhkeqKTRG7c5evJjxOA1IhDkUWCBSWzGK5MV_diXafqJq9CsU_BWKmHidc4jifkmQaG3HfcAu68SiVwio2Icg74nUEFhsfJcV_UzacUeTnZLHie7iov1idHmCrOeY/s200/SDC13929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659782596142669090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Checking out the fish Papa caught.</span><br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-60914042228682275692011-10-04T18:43:00.003-04:002011-10-04T18:51:33.720-04:00RIP TV/VCR Combo<div style="text-align: center;">Before moving to Windsor, the dorm where I spent my sophomore year at Purdue, I purchased this...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghut_VyoceSqZJTx8LzIqXeKTBACcwxUh-tRA9udSKxQRg3-2mBfGUDBve1ZQ392qbXOHxHu_PbeB3yJM0zXETBtCnpktpFEDfp3OJVBb_sLjdG0-VnJTp6t7Evtptu2Hax7N_N7LVanQ/s1600/DSCN2265.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghut_VyoceSqZJTx8LzIqXeKTBACcwxUh-tRA9udSKxQRg3-2mBfGUDBve1ZQ392qbXOHxHu_PbeB3yJM0zXETBtCnpktpFEDfp3OJVBb_sLjdG0-VnJTp6t7Evtptu2Hax7N_N7LVanQ/s200/DSCN2265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659771691524130866" border="0" /></a><br />I was so excited about my purchase. I paid just over $100 dollars of my hard earned Target money and even used my discount. This TV later spent time in 5 other residences before becoming our bedroom TV. Ryan would always say, "We have got to get a new TV." And I would say, "but this TV is such a good deal. I have really gotten my money's worth."<br />Unfortunately, after nearly 12 years of function (well, the TV anyway, the VCR stopped working a while ago), my beloved TV finally died. Though I hoped it was a problem with the DVR, the black screen with a green line in the center signaled it's end. <br />On a Dave Ramsey note, we did not run out and buy a bigger, expensive TV, we have taken an old TV from my Grandma Horein's house to replace "Old Faithful". We'll see how long that lasts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghut_VyoceSqZJTx8LzIqXeKTBACcwxUh-tRA9udSKxQRg3-2mBfGUDBve1ZQ392qbXOHxHu_PbeB3yJM0zXETBtCnpktpFEDfp3OJVBb_sLjdG0-VnJTp6t7Evtptu2Hax7N_N7LVanQ/s1600/DSCN2265.JPG"> </a></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972664403184762835.post-74913423870681424382011-09-03T08:13:00.010-04:002011-10-04T17:47:19.285-04:00Birthday and BedroomJuly was a busy month! Rylan turned two! We can't believe he is getting so big. At his 2 year check-up, he was 31 lbs 4 oz, and 37 1/2 inches. He seemed like such a big boy in there, not really fussing or anything. I'm not sure if this is because he is such a big boy or because he has seen the doctor so many times in his 2 years. His ears look good now, so that is a relief!<br />We celebrated his life by inviting our families over and getting Rylan's big boy room ready. We decided to move him into our former guest room, and keep the baby room a baby room. Originally I wanted a regular twin bed, but was swayed to get a race car bed when we found it at a garage sale for $50! Rylan loves it!<br />We had a Mickey Mouse Birthday party because let's face it, he loves Mickey! I got some ideas off of the internet and got a little creative. I had fun preparing for his party. My mom and cousin helped me out a LOT with the cleaning and day of prep, I may still be getting ready if it weren't for them. Rylan had a great time. We tried to get him to announce what we were going to name the baby at his party, but he wouldn't do it on command. We just told everyone that were are going to name her LUCY MARIE!<br />Here are probably way too many photos of these events...enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofY2gURdMnEuvG0gqcnp72wC3O8c7ytpeTVyEd1J12ut-5d8DA66ui-nmxSFkIes-r2azR4YBZAlDuqUhEvBZBXJ_v_ihPm8rkm_GXlGF1FNjDaM7nBD22YzOMNqB-64k0aDh1VPWFhg/s1600/DSCN2102.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofY2gURdMnEuvG0gqcnp72wC3O8c7ytpeTVyEd1J12ut-5d8DA66ui-nmxSFkIes-r2azR4YBZAlDuqUhEvBZBXJ_v_ihPm8rkm_GXlGF1FNjDaM7nBD22YzOMNqB-64k0aDh1VPWFhg/s200/DSCN2102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648491715469698210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Here is the car bed. He loves it!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFACit4rI-1j2YvhhTgMnQG28ljRbljBLBxTDRzXRotJL3DCwfinA_h-Byvy3h0Zovu-7KIBRfxwzBBjUJfgnOaDQYMIWToSUCu3mzJjgXgu6g-bQmd0r2C3QJtYDCX0_oT4V3dB-9Tq0/s1600/DSCN2099.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFACit4rI-1j2YvhhTgMnQG28ljRbljBLBxTDRzXRotJL3DCwfinA_h-Byvy3h0Zovu-7KIBRfxwzBBjUJfgnOaDQYMIWToSUCu3mzJjgXgu6g-bQmd0r2C3QJtYDCX0_oT4V3dB-9Tq0/s200/DSCN2099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648491709297837650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This is our attempt to organize his toys. We have moved many of his books and toys into his room now. However, they still seem to make their way out to the living room.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjhjRRL-ExZvusUHPuF1cYI3i_h_tkJ0SHDYAry3MYICQLZLsb-MoXfPCW3SdkUfIBQuDECBgdS3tfktqmIr-yn_t5grZy2OWHRgKOTtIJ6NWgrayqloAMQh2QxwQX0TBkz_dsF9YDx0/s1600/DSCN2097.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjhjRRL-ExZvusUHPuF1cYI3i_h_tkJ0SHDYAry3MYICQLZLsb-MoXfPCW3SdkUfIBQuDECBgdS3tfktqmIr-yn_t5grZy2OWHRgKOTtIJ6NWgrayqloAMQh2QxwQX0TBkz_dsF9YDx0/s200/DSCN2097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648491704233395202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Here is Rylan in his "big boy" bed.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrGN857aD3-hb48FLvbV70KCVczuw-bR3GRxEcEDUV1kv7KtG3vQ5Tc4V1gFpRAva_kjCMgLFoye333GFIon6ecwL-jlv7XAhGhZ1BNgayw-2F59mBuRQXS88mzCU_0RMjgXtB7BHVa4/s1600/DSCN2263.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrGN857aD3-hb48FLvbV70KCVczuw-bR3GRxEcEDUV1kv7KtG3vQ5Tc4V1gFpRAva_kjCMgLFoye333GFIon6ecwL-jlv7XAhGhZ1BNgayw-2F59mBuRQXS88mzCU_0RMjgXtB7BHVa4/s200/DSCN2263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659752626136991538" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50teqnz0MDgebFeHF4M6nonhGEQ-Sk8A3lBih99zo9zu85i9GnLfwwQL3bSaKKJt2ectIwzkigbpusYLyzZdgjVQffLb7PIpFCyvyRLTk6YTLIOVarLMIB_DyzUI_BoCS3x4etCLN_Ro/s1600/DSCN2264.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50teqnz0MDgebFeHF4M6nonhGEQ-Sk8A3lBih99zo9zu85i9GnLfwwQL3bSaKKJt2ectIwzkigbpusYLyzZdgjVQffLb7PIpFCyvyRLTk6YTLIOVarLMIB_DyzUI_BoCS3x4etCLN_Ro/s200/DSCN2264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659752627036783970" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the invitation I made for Rylan's birthday. I found an example on etsy and made my own. (I'm still deciding if I might make my own and sell them since they were asking $45 for 20 invites. I made 25 for less than $9.)</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJO5DfVVYc36yFTCgwcUPB7g9LLXnWrxbhogtodebzWHst-PkyM9WP8VLFkN0Ie_iRa_MPsjU9lw_urgHD8LWAv0uYmiQ_zfz-FUkudMM8zp7FEgwNDaR8gl002f5jIhRmrWa1oFo5wEM/s1600/DSCN2115.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJO5DfVVYc36yFTCgwcUPB7g9LLXnWrxbhogtodebzWHst-PkyM9WP8VLFkN0Ie_iRa_MPsjU9lw_urgHD8LWAv0uYmiQ_zfz-FUkudMM8zp7FEgwNDaR8gl002f5jIhRmrWa1oFo5wEM/s200/DSCN2115.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648491722081797570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Here are the desserts I made for the party. It is fun putting it all together. The cake was a little lopsided, but it still looked cute. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyIjcIjtX-KIbagpg2aC2tEUneNI1ehL5I81awLLVUYEQUhc16PleOI9QSs61DFXcgDndCDIce485jNzZVfJ8t90lV0kn_Bh7JKAFC6vVIh4iQRgE3Wg8EkuAtsIw3asOxAkiJOlxrH4/s1600/DSCN2114.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyIjcIjtX-KIbagpg2aC2tEUneNI1ehL5I81awLLVUYEQUhc16PleOI9QSs61DFXcgDndCDIce485jNzZVfJ8t90lV0kn_Bh7JKAFC6vVIh4iQRgE3Wg8EkuAtsIw3asOxAkiJOlxrH4/s200/DSCN2114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648491716675874002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Rylan's cake.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBE5M7btFkZ5nXTbehbL3ajpjBIH1bHC4wipe6b6Tt50gqc569fPAJwkAgNmq6qxRrf3aYqRwEYhqWNBHlIybVneegu8kY4-koBMyPNEEOOK9vk8RTpYpbZcWXt3zLMWuRF-8ub3wI2Q/s1600/DSCN2117.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBE5M7btFkZ5nXTbehbL3ajpjBIH1bHC4wipe6b6Tt50gqc569fPAJwkAgNmq6qxRrf3aYqRwEYhqWNBHlIybVneegu8kY4-koBMyPNEEOOK9vk8RTpYpbZcWXt3zLMWuRF-8ub3wI2Q/s200/DSCN2117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648493636978124162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Mom has had this cookie cutter since we were kids. Good thing she hangs on to everything. ;)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYVzTbj-x39BO6XNtzOLKJixhxYDrpwITevglFTSpWiSpr8wKt77uelhtePzjKPwwwN05Rh8GCgq17TdaHirI8U60hGOeZN_RwhX_h3MegU8cr7KweZjvL_vRMIEiIUfIzLq-7CfHrpU/s1600/DSCN2157.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYVzTbj-x39BO6XNtzOLKJixhxYDrpwITevglFTSpWiSpr8wKt77uelhtePzjKPwwwN05Rh8GCgq17TdaHirI8U60hGOeZN_RwhX_h3MegU8cr7KweZjvL_vRMIEiIUfIzLq-7CfHrpU/s200/DSCN2157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648493650973658402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Opening presents. I saved an outfit for Rylan to wear that day and he ended up wearing his bathing suit the whole time. The rug is now in his bedroom.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3JoV_ERx-JVBI-uI_AB7bQv3UE-zJVYpnyF4GzQfDR2_krvnhAmyDIHdmVnM7j3iTuLGm4SSESmflFgOCIEpy6D4WwT9cCCUF0IaOsYkOJUwBzmO_BOEjhUxt6R8ZehNpQPs546wfcM/s1600/DSCN2120.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3JoV_ERx-JVBI-uI_AB7bQv3UE-zJVYpnyF4GzQfDR2_krvnhAmyDIHdmVnM7j3iTuLGm4SSESmflFgOCIEpy6D4WwT9cCCUF0IaOsYkOJUwBzmO_BOEjhUxt6R8ZehNpQPs546wfcM/s200/DSCN2120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648493645482847442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The kids having lunch at the cute picnic table.</span><br /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666878288026524052noreply@blogger.com1