tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192318945882267362024-03-05T22:40:41.294-05:00Monkey BusinessThe most serious business of the Peterson FamilyLPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.comBlogger367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-58508108253544428382012-11-11T22:41:00.002-05:002012-11-11T22:41:32.625-05:00since i haven't downloaded new pictures...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do you mind if I post some older photos? Photos from pre baby. In fact they are from much earlier this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We seem to still be surviving life with 4 boys, and it seems like no problem and we've got it all figured out and then I think it's only been about 6 weeks, we still have LOTS to figure out. Boy did the Lord want some humor giving us 4 children, let alone 4 boys! I do think its funny that whenever we go anywhere people see us and ask if they are all ours. then they are surprised to then get the additional fact that they are 4 boys. Being out actually doesn't seem overwhelming until it's been a minute too long. Then we pack up and head for home. :)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easter. this is a typical pose. they are all monkeys with each other, but love each other so much.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">School birthday celebration. I guess since Caed's birthday is at the end of the year, he'll always have a big class celebration. Funny to see all the names like that though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caed really enjoyed his "graduation" ceremony to 1st grade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cracks me up. His school is totally healthy, can't give them candy or other "bad" foods if you pack it. And the school lunch is as local and organic as possible, They grow their own stuff at the school too! But look at the options here. There is always a main option, and vegetarian option. This day it is Hot Dog or Sushi! ha!</td></tr>
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<br />LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-48333986233469605392012-10-31T22:27:00.001-04:002012-10-31T22:27:57.708-04:00Happy Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our little vikings (and one little monkey) hope you had a Happy Halloween!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you don't recognize who exactly they resemble, they love the film they come from, and so that's the costume designs we tried to replicate. Of course we thank the girls section of the thrift store....fur happens to be a lot easier to find in that section then boys, imagine that.</span><br />
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<br />LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-18983420678488932102012-10-24T10:19:00.000-04:002012-10-24T10:19:34.630-04:00First weeks with a newborn and 3 other children<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the past two pregnancies, the coming home was the hardest. Life was a huge adjustment. With Caed, our first, life was upside down. No more just Lauren and Jon. We had this little life to sustain now. The recovery afterwards for me was an unknown. It all turned out great, Caed fussed a lot, but we eventually got him on a schedule, and we enjoyed life with his mostly expected expectations. :) And my recovery went fine too. I remember that first pregnancy, my ob's office had me come in that week for a check up. It wasn't much, probably just mostly to make sure I was doing fine mentally. Then I went again about 6 weeks, and I was good to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Second pregnancy, with the twins, there was a lot of apprehension as well. We were coming home with 2! I am so thankful that with Caed we mostly did the Baby Wise way of the first year. (schedule...) It really set us up to be successful with the twins. I don't know how you'd demand feed twins...you'd probably be nursing/feeding all day! My recovery was good too, but this time, they didn't have me come in that first week. Instead I think it was 2 or 4 weeks. We tried to have things set up so Caed could help himself to basic things (sippy cup of milk in fridge, dry cheerios in a cup on the counter) and we didn't have to run out to school every morning. We also had set up months of help. Friends and Family would come in for a week at a time, and that was a lifesaver. I am still so thankful for all that help, in was invaluable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Third pregnancy....I wasn't sure how it would go. I was thinking it would seem better since we just did twins. And pretty much it's been good. It's of course hard to parent 3 other children and have a newborn with so many needs, but for the most part the 3 older boys have been so good. My recovery seems to be good, my energy level is pretty good too. We just can't seem to get the schedule thing going exactly the way we want. It's hard when every morning you've got to start each day making sure that 3 kids are dressed and ready for school. Including that they use the bathroom and get fed a nutritious breakfast, have their shoes on and bags filled with the right items. Then we have the baby who in between needs to be fed, changed and happy. We're planning on returning to a better schedule, but right now we're making it work. Little Grayson is along for the ride....and we love this little guy so much. </span><br />
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<br />LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-16523885788004937962012-10-19T19:31:00.000-04:002012-10-19T19:31:13.959-04:00Welcome Peterson boy #4!! Grayson Russell<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On October 2 we had our 4th little Peterson boy! What a blessing and a gift this little life is. We didn't expect (plan) to have a 4th child, and feel so blessed by his arrival. He is so sweet, and tiny....(well in comparison...) and healthy. That's all we really wanted, a healthy baby, gender didn't matter to us! We kept that a surprise the whole pregnancy and we were REALLY surprised!</span><br />
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<br />LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-37417956818985830052012-04-28T06:00:00.000-04:002012-04-28T06:00:02.339-04:00The Dairy Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one of my favorite cows!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mud!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kids! how awesome...it's like a movie...they all just stood for the picture and ran around dragging my kiddos too. it was AWESOME.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We saw a snake too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">battery was dead in the toy tractor, so Aldan pushed Caed. What a good brother!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And worms!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In March we went up to North Western PA to a big family baby shower for my BIL and SIL! We had sooo much fun! My SIL and her brothers significant others are all pregnant too, so they had a big party at once for all of them!! The boys had a good time too. Even though it rained, they played in the puddles, ran around and were soo good! We are so excited for our new niece, and for Sally's family! How much fun!! (of course the photo of Andrew and Sally wouldn't upload...sorry Andrew!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The three couples sat at the one end of the room. (you have to have a big space for this family! There are so many of them!) :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the blanket that my MIL made for Andrew and Sally. Gorgeous, isn't it?!?! She's made blankets for our three boys too, and they are so soft and cozy and wonderful!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The party was held at the Mennonite church, and all those quilts were made by church members! Awesome!</span><br />
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<br />LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-88823006039358261432012-04-24T06:00:00.000-04:002012-04-24T06:00:00.217-04:00Cherry Blossoms 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year we went down and we were still a little early for the blossoms, but there were some gorgeous trees anyway. I love these beautiful white (and pink) flowers that bloom all over the city in early spring. It makes everything look so gorgeous. Really they are a sight when at peak, and we don't have to plan a trip around their blooming! (which was early this year! not a single bloom still around for the Cherry Blossom Race on April 1st!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ha! Looks like Aldan is picking my nose. Silly kid.</span><br />
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<br />LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-45402451539354399582012-04-22T16:01:00.001-04:002012-04-22T16:01:18.419-04:00My Favorite Photographer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have known Jan Michelle for a long time. I'd say at least 8 years. (have i blogged about her before?....) When I first met her she worked on the Hill, and then she decided to leave and pursue her passion, photography. Wow, was it cool to watch her talent and ability change and improve over the years. She's taken our kids birth announcement photos and our holiday pictures the past 2 years. I look forward to these intentional times of recording our family. This year we had the help of my sis and her BF since having three kids and getting them all to look the same direction was going to be a feat with no help...it was so worth it! She took their photo this year too- and I LOVE this one because Tom is a volunteer firefighter! check out her work: (and blog) <a href="http://www.janmichele.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<br />LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-30680255413653514722012-02-21T17:31:00.002-05:002012-02-21T17:51:10.104-05:00oldies..but not too old<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Funny enough, I turned my computer on with my older pictures (the netbook I was dumping the photos on before hubby finally got the other 'puter to notice the camera as well) and I saw these from the summer. It was end of summer when my twin friends came for a visit over their birthday. They were with us during the day, so I had the kids...and we went to the zoo of course! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One sister actually photographs animals in Africa, so maybe this was a disappointment, but it was entertaining for the kids! Look at Theron:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">we had just been to the gorillas, and we were walking further on the path and he started walking like them. It was hysterical. People were trying to get by him, and he just wanted to walk along like this, and since I was in hysterics, I couldn't get him to stop. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cw5nE6FWjDQSZp9JAdi_rMM98zs8tLRPVQgznhsa17Vjs8aTfI-QmlANAucYZQxcKNbtc7AACWdceSaOAgvkLK3I6YtbBG6G70C0L45Xv2g2uY8j60q5kgloKFWpMfIKZXu27banqut8/s1600/IMG_4581.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711721424511379810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cw5nE6FWjDQSZp9JAdi_rMM98zs8tLRPVQgznhsa17Vjs8aTfI-QmlANAucYZQxcKNbtc7AACWdceSaOAgvkLK3I6YtbBG6G70C0L45Xv2g2uY8j60q5kgloKFWpMfIKZXu27banqut8/s400/IMG_4581.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And cutie brothers, what a funny shot. love these kids! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjNvnUHJYtuTILuit5irzpB3rOOHVcIN0fPOyb1B7c-jXjaFVL9D1TyI6YUAqvdgO-a6qV4Mas8piQyo29ni1lKbXNEUTE_kB73C9GWOQoVLjXR4lGUYPZHB3uxQCoN_X9iqIOo4nejdo/s1600/IMG_4585.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711721398444115058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjNvnUHJYtuTILuit5irzpB3rOOHVcIN0fPOyb1B7c-jXjaFVL9D1TyI6YUAqvdgO-a6qV4Mas8piQyo29ni1lKbXNEUTE_kB73C9GWOQoVLjXR4lGUYPZHB3uxQCoN_X9iqIOo4nejdo/s400/IMG_4585.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Now I need to get some more recent stuff. But I guess when you're blogging from your kitchen counter waiting for the roasted chicken to make it from 149degrees, to 165, this is what you squeeze in.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-89733132669487774022012-02-20T08:55:00.003-05:002012-02-20T09:02:05.255-05:00watch out!<div><span >wow. almost a year. watch out. I may be on the verge of a change in this habit. It helps that I can now put photos on the computer that I would like to blog from. (it only took a year to get it done!) What a crazy year the two's are with twins....we're almost at three though...almost, which gets us closer to four...which I can only hope gets me to more sanity....maybe?</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >Here's the hilarious photo of Caed at Christmas. We got Theron a ukulele for christmas since he loves guitars. Caed was rockin' in out! (love the unzippered pj's like he's Steven Tyler or something...ha!)</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdqRsBdloJvyWEEjYkZrHzBLhFK3k2NFboektF1nn7Vkitm8x4jdRUJqmcQEs0pnMCjOhFJzrUSReX3Y_sgfIBrFPUvSZtvH8bVjP_h6nbl8qxKzMqWJ8yGqomhzXZfdByMNeX_cbQ1H7/s1600/IMG_4698.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdqRsBdloJvyWEEjYkZrHzBLhFK3k2NFboektF1nn7Vkitm8x4jdRUJqmcQEs0pnMCjOhFJzrUSReX3Y_sgfIBrFPUvSZtvH8bVjP_h6nbl8qxKzMqWJ8yGqomhzXZfdByMNeX_cbQ1H7/s400/IMG_4698.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711216524763113346" /></a>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-51586219561605126362011-05-26T18:45:00.002-04:002011-05-26T18:50:59.737-04:00My encouragement<span style="font-family:verdana;">This was my encouragement when I ran the marathon. I was so thankful for the support I just wanted to blog it a little more. Along with the sweet faces of my hubby, mommy, auntie and wonderful sisters, and even friends! Grateful I had the chance to run my first marathon. Hoping to add more in the future!!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSSk2-qDTKKZ06b-6j-nYTOvoPvKFOafHmz_dYYcl7pPOpR-UZkxtNXSm3mTWik1ZZu0UGQRO13XUA-sttQMc-Fjfoa5AOGqhE-mWBs4GXa_5Nzp7SdlDrYWgWZEqXohJF6zZU9fx9NNx/s1600/IMG_3919.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611160052249276066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSSk2-qDTKKZ06b-6j-nYTOvoPvKFOafHmz_dYYcl7pPOpR-UZkxtNXSm3mTWik1ZZu0UGQRO13XUA-sttQMc-Fjfoa5AOGqhE-mWBs4GXa_5Nzp7SdlDrYWgWZEqXohJF6zZU9fx9NNx/s400/IMG_3919.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDyulQjutS6aFvG5bDj_edGHh-zxi1-vPkLqxqiW25kegNPYVDPRqOcS3EcjD_5ZynZHQemTjzg_9ZBOnE6e93mNy-bzvADo8Se56ZLMSqwu4p4WVdF_Z_6qH-jEl2gbGqdmWUtUbd6di/s1600/IMG_3917.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611160049428136066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDyulQjutS6aFvG5bDj_edGHh-zxi1-vPkLqxqiW25kegNPYVDPRqOcS3EcjD_5ZynZHQemTjzg_9ZBOnE6e93mNy-bzvADo8Se56ZLMSqwu4p4WVdF_Z_6qH-jEl2gbGqdmWUtUbd6di/s400/IMG_3917.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNWCFJakmNcA2RzeaFfBSo9dUq31b_tFX3LyxnPPtwWKpwWzu5I_A0ShfVAm9XvtNYr5xVCQhjaOdUBZMu9wXQw-cm8FhfJ0VBSXowtVIVCtRohWcn_8K2KDsImjn4CcIB1NmN4pnagHK/s1600/IMG_3915.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611160037059486434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNWCFJakmNcA2RzeaFfBSo9dUq31b_tFX3LyxnPPtwWKpwWzu5I_A0ShfVAm9XvtNYr5xVCQhjaOdUBZMu9wXQw-cm8FhfJ0VBSXowtVIVCtRohWcn_8K2KDsImjn4CcIB1NmN4pnagHK/s400/IMG_3915.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-67110712780435287992011-05-25T14:29:00.005-04:002011-05-25T14:42:49.196-04:00I love my blogI do love it here! I can't believe I don't get here to post pictures....i guess such is life as your kids grow.. just some random pictures...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90dxcgSJgM4A-YphvnPuFgfO2GOhOUCXvT7t6a8Y1NMtJVc0Ch8huX4KzUVAhKzeL1OP7SYVy51maiFfZJ4xIwJ0dxgydNLCow7sp5TjxkrKcBTUyfmC8WuvSMq8lX024ERRAC9_u9EhC/s1600/IMG_3990.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610725234618172002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90dxcgSJgM4A-YphvnPuFgfO2GOhOUCXvT7t6a8Y1NMtJVc0Ch8huX4KzUVAhKzeL1OP7SYVy51maiFfZJ4xIwJ0dxgydNLCow7sp5TjxkrKcBTUyfmC8WuvSMq8lX024ERRAC9_u9EhC/s400/IMG_3990.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3aXd50b38rHzSZYHSXXT6qP56BR-WyKGsQ6pkobLNcyd7f76TIF0jNtyRbbfq2OMiyiFqHUDtnUPmkE9VW3QBXr-qeokuds2IPuEyAi_vyZn2yzLp9bli1RdB25EbTXjF68qXDveekEO/s1600/IMG_3988.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610725227042740386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3aXd50b38rHzSZYHSXXT6qP56BR-WyKGsQ6pkobLNcyd7f76TIF0jNtyRbbfq2OMiyiFqHUDtnUPmkE9VW3QBXr-qeokuds2IPuEyAi_vyZn2yzLp9bli1RdB25EbTXjF68qXDveekEO/s400/IMG_3988.jpg" /></a><br />yes...that's me finishing the race. I hate how I look, but I love that Caed is running in behind me!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWe3TaoRgU0464di_SU2jZ1aUuZQiV1FrS07ja9Pot2fqIuQGJD_ysx-o7kyEqcZXtmk8-Ybu5IF_viMgkZ6qPmAeocjBohUE3uMOmZFzgzlw2_eI-EmBN6CKRrHlOCmfZ13q1t4y7lHg/s1600/IMG_3911.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610725214491943426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWe3TaoRgU0464di_SU2jZ1aUuZQiV1FrS07ja9Pot2fqIuQGJD_ysx-o7kyEqcZXtmk8-Ybu5IF_viMgkZ6qPmAeocjBohUE3uMOmZFzgzlw2_eI-EmBN6CKRrHlOCmfZ13q1t4y7lHg/s400/IMG_3911.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCd6eX9yjub20ILO3UXe8R-OEB_WJHWmls3J7iiOby3nm-lC85LtDj1SlRhLxl5f6tPBi-enhLcCAaCnfUajb2WMv1_tkyf2_QXsuTX_zqehoOfOq0gF8yh_UqhTyL27hftK0YTtMnh2-K/s1600/IMG_4091.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610723620581368754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCd6eX9yjub20ILO3UXe8R-OEB_WJHWmls3J7iiOby3nm-lC85LtDj1SlRhLxl5f6tPBi-enhLcCAaCnfUajb2WMv1_tkyf2_QXsuTX_zqehoOfOq0gF8yh_UqhTyL27hftK0YTtMnh2-K/s400/IMG_4091.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>our good friends, who we spend as much time as possible with! </div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMPsNYQ2qfO5z1um0DMTJRFeiRqU4TaswsPWhla6mMtyi9dMXVVlXYntjTR-eZx39UqglDHcOo_MnYf0WbqzsA1IYyZn6rJkRMN30MIqRzkZTbg_IJUTXuD2IR0PZdWgL7rW4zP2Y0HrC/s1600/IMG_4010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610723611859165058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMPsNYQ2qfO5z1um0DMTJRFeiRqU4TaswsPWhla6mMtyi9dMXVVlXYntjTR-eZx39UqglDHcOo_MnYf0WbqzsA1IYyZn6rJkRMN30MIqRzkZTbg_IJUTXuD2IR0PZdWgL7rW4zP2Y0HrC/s400/IMG_4010.jpg" /></a><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJW-1q-7TmhTD5ckGcOingrMvSpMOLOLHkHHcIaE2pr80uCw4rEe4OgaP9ABhyH5FcQPkrGZzI3RZAa8OFMl24Hi1eb2j0DKYoHninrzxvRdoVb_w1bZzE9phfJdZ6_iTmjmRp0w-w6pc-/s1600/IMG_4016.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610723603337625458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJW-1q-7TmhTD5ckGcOingrMvSpMOLOLHkHHcIaE2pr80uCw4rEe4OgaP9ABhyH5FcQPkrGZzI3RZAa8OFMl24Hi1eb2j0DKYoHninrzxvRdoVb_w1bZzE9phfJdZ6_iTmjmRp0w-w6pc-/s400/IMG_4016.jpg" /></a> </div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-51707010805246466662011-02-11T22:06:00.003-05:002011-02-11T22:27:38.004-05:00One week<span style="font-family:verdana;">In one week I'll be running my first marathon. The biggest reason for no blog post updates in so long. Earlier this week I was scared. yesterday I was confident. If I talk about it I get nervous. I can do this. I've been training for months. I don't want to box myself in with a time requirement, but I do have a time I'd like to complete it in. I won't tell if I make it or not. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />I never did think I'd actually run a marathon although I'd secretly been jealous of those who had.<br /><br />Here are the guys who have been making the biggest sacrifice by far for me to make this a reality. I run for them and I am running for my health and how and who that affects as a result</span>.<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572638408419687154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZJNwQVVKqA3eAWuCfB81GH9Jkzavm3batU_slqAbthKJOpN-nBgAG83PSIDAZH5er25E0eP36KIJOIdwr1vmnKGRUrduzxCy-gHbOdQNvH4BwYgN23jUAACJnSJI6pnKFqsAk69Nvoad/s400/IMG_3873.jpg" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-T5gDuNbwmpoB-a63YsoY_EgAiZ_lmvci7sfPBLWAnq-fISYGvbS1NYJu8u6Xf0byEOHTw1ioWn20ni18kpFdHVMU2E1J5Zn23yznwPQGU59I4S1hHaa2pFyqZvZnC7f9h9CYU7tMvGRw/s1600/IMG_3869.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572638402706611618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-T5gDuNbwmpoB-a63YsoY_EgAiZ_lmvci7sfPBLWAnq-fISYGvbS1NYJu8u6Xf0byEOHTw1ioWn20ni18kpFdHVMU2E1J5Zn23yznwPQGU59I4S1hHaa2pFyqZvZnC7f9h9CYU7tMvGRw/s400/IMG_3869.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5E4Ef4d_92-I7AgCjSVqDJH17kzj3WwaAOOf06kmd0QbEMydQMePcqFcCm5FW3ogGFXPEcyXOELZjS6oNn-qHHOVfE0dXiWX9qV6XhyphenhypheniLtZucRMgZqyGgjXrhif-BTYrWQc-r_ko1s2CX/s1600/IMG_3870.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572638400154521330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5E4Ef4d_92-I7AgCjSVqDJH17kzj3WwaAOOf06kmd0QbEMydQMePcqFcCm5FW3ogGFXPEcyXOELZjS6oNn-qHHOVfE0dXiWX9qV6XhyphenhypheniLtZucRMgZqyGgjXrhif-BTYrWQc-r_ko1s2CX/s400/IMG_3870.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-25891884958569521212010-12-21T15:24:00.002-05:002010-12-21T15:40:22.469-05:00prepping for christmas<span style="font-family:verdana;">I love to do gingerbread houses with Caed! I remember loving that day in my class when we got to make gingerbread houses out of graham crackers and decorate it up with all sorts of candy!! Fun, fun! I do the icing for these projects but Caed pretty much dictates the candy placement. He even cut the gummy circles and put it above the door himself. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoJd5lFHo7n_a-YVcvPGQ7EMDc1zTYTly8gVLD_beOwM-WI3uwotpkW0KSlgGhpTXu5l1pDlWh_Mo74pKo9teIF1ybooJpvXTAUs7_ECE2rtp6zAIC2cBpfqMHDe2j3nUwLJ1rhZ0KsLd/s1600/IMG_3787.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553235042375920770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoJd5lFHo7n_a-YVcvPGQ7EMDc1zTYTly8gVLD_beOwM-WI3uwotpkW0KSlgGhpTXu5l1pDlWh_Mo74pKo9teIF1ybooJpvXTAUs7_ECE2rtp6zAIC2cBpfqMHDe2j3nUwLJ1rhZ0KsLd/s400/IMG_3787.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Caed thought of this little outfit all on his own. He came and told us he was dressed up like Santa. what a funny kid! we decided to tell Caed that Santa wasn't real. It was after a lot of thought and Caed's constant questioning. And actually he told us himself. One day after I had thought I was going to tell him, I asked casually after he had been talking about Santa "Caed, is Santa real, or pretend?" He answered with a stong "pretend" and that was that. (well we did discuss it more, but I thought he was ready for the reality of a pretend Santa at least!) He still loves the fairy tale of a santa, and all the stories and songs. We haven't ruined it for him completely! And he totally goes along with all his friends at school when they talk about him, so I think we're good. We've talked about it some more, and we talk about who St. Nicholas was, and even though he might not have it sorted correctly, he's got the gist. Anyway- he looks more like the Swedish Tomten then santa....but he totally cut and taped that outfit himself. (a white beard had made a brief appearance, but I haven't seen it since) we love this time of year! </span></div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553235038683593074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap9du-nAREvEHoeF535bZXjkA1Yu8cazH9kYBJtKIHpdskFw4htVtPwjKT140YPAkAilGCGbLjAVSMBqLeVcqyHOCmuVQAwElxwEoBRDR_HBvrBPkG0ajaxo4QpJnBEFw0-aWPt4G5jdZ/s400/IMG_3781.jpg" /></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-2063081144004881712010-12-20T08:14:00.003-05:002010-12-20T08:24:49.758-05:00Keeping busy<span style="font-family:verdana;">if you don't keep the Monkey's busy, they get into trouble...so we're keeping busy. Of course we do have some down time, but we try to keep the yelling and hitting to a minimum by taking them out and about. (that's not saying they don't yell and hit while we're out, but at least they are distracted!) These are some of our photos from Thanksgiving and the Myrtle Beach childrens museum.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tl0uxOvSAHJ9aAeJcPFAoIC2cxhE4VSETNytox3_O2IF8yCUZ6O5pdgeTh-mqT1VLTD1cVJ9cSXwjBep4PqdCoph9yB9YJFIlEWfgFsJPAglCxJadgJtdO8_k8DXio54hAoCkWW7vHiy/s1600/IMG_3726.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552754022953861650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tl0uxOvSAHJ9aAeJcPFAoIC2cxhE4VSETNytox3_O2IF8yCUZ6O5pdgeTh-mqT1VLTD1cVJ9cSXwjBep4PqdCoph9yB9YJFIlEWfgFsJPAglCxJadgJtdO8_k8DXio54hAoCkWW7vHiy/s400/IMG_3726.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZLaUV8JGZ9QxMhIpnNbIIADIPohnJ068CX5rBLQTVX0qkYjrIAgCZ56_HDR6tau8BSrv7H-Px2Rce6Uu5PcfGNNDr74WqBUopt4VPoOVhczb8D895kuzJluTKeLsOZkHAipTLCKkxGJN/s1600/IMG_3764.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552754021083308514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZLaUV8JGZ9QxMhIpnNbIIADIPohnJ068CX5rBLQTVX0qkYjrIAgCZ56_HDR6tau8BSrv7H-Px2Rce6Uu5PcfGNNDr74WqBUopt4VPoOVhczb8D895kuzJluTKeLsOZkHAipTLCKkxGJN/s400/IMG_3764.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpjJg2n24gFn7yQS-QPa8ZDwnW73_2x9c8KKfgZDDs01KIGbTm2Kgc1Ha3iVGdidr6w-TKynA5tNnWsMPR8GEiib-RSBE8gfVFYYIBoCfGNyB6RmwxVqHi2GNflRfpSpygoTWrw2PQ7hs/s1600/IMG_3731.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552754010170594178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpjJg2n24gFn7yQS-QPa8ZDwnW73_2x9c8KKfgZDDs01KIGbTm2Kgc1Ha3iVGdidr6w-TKynA5tNnWsMPR8GEiib-RSBE8gfVFYYIBoCfGNyB6RmwxVqHi2GNflRfpSpygoTWrw2PQ7hs/s400/IMG_3731.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Q3d4ePSuu4Mbp67wW7jtS7mi_PWrzLoXrsqvCjw7UbDeiviMfzs-bAOgW-q4eKlEMB9ycmCuH7QUOcA1cHbr7XziuyxQOSF_E7eLVqEeeAPR39HYDgtPwSzWR9CqFInMFK8T1ChPRIe8/s1600/IMG_3724.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552754008525545346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Q3d4ePSuu4Mbp67wW7jtS7mi_PWrzLoXrsqvCjw7UbDeiviMfzs-bAOgW-q4eKlEMB9ycmCuH7QUOcA1cHbr7XziuyxQOSF_E7eLVqEeeAPR39HYDgtPwSzWR9CqFInMFK8T1ChPRIe8/s400/IMG_3724.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyPHz7jEuOToq0z_kJtjeG8e_T-8bid-aB6l40v3FGWfTqd_2fYkWWSDN9nHhaWTsLyxW0fnc3CIqvgc2R5TNEfHbpqjbUPt6WYJ48PuW8mblMXYbZOPG0Z2aq4beHgoWmgoq0Z58Y81Q/s1600/IMG_3719.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552754002836834146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyPHz7jEuOToq0z_kJtjeG8e_T-8bid-aB6l40v3FGWfTqd_2fYkWWSDN9nHhaWTsLyxW0fnc3CIqvgc2R5TNEfHbpqjbUPt6WYJ48PuW8mblMXYbZOPG0Z2aq4beHgoWmgoq0Z58Y81Q/s400/IMG_3719.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-38240781653526909052010-10-28T21:49:00.004-04:002010-10-28T22:39:15.921-04:00pumpkin picking<span style="font-family:verdana;">I took the kids to a pumpkin farm a couple of weekends ago. Hubby had to do some home repairs involving a ladder at high heights, and I don't like that- so I took the kids out...I forgot how much I love this one pumpkin farm. It's popular, but not as most, and you don't pay to walk in, you just pay for what you do. And you can look at and pet animals for free. I wouldn't have needed to pay for anything if I thought my kids could walk to the pumpkin patch instead of the hay ride. But we had fun.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsy1EGJnwZWd6bDNJWkohNFJPcsre2ppR7JPUDhf2LqhMXEg5BNem6Oj3tTaHXjF8Gi0dBj4B_nQboF1ENvtlmFyCI6c1igSWck5GQDN0qPZ6ecN34w1S9fKOjbbhFEsS0psSauCkWJZ-/s1600/IMG_3552.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533284865858635122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsy1EGJnwZWd6bDNJWkohNFJPcsre2ppR7JPUDhf2LqhMXEg5BNem6Oj3tTaHXjF8Gi0dBj4B_nQboF1ENvtlmFyCI6c1igSWck5GQDN0qPZ6ecN34w1S9fKOjbbhFEsS0psSauCkWJZ-/s400/IMG_3552.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Theron was a little worried by the animals, but I kept pushing, I don't want them to miss out on these experiences. And well he kept the book away from the goats, because they did want it. I had to keep them in the stroller most of the time, it's the only way to keep 2 18mo. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">old's</span> in my possession! Poor Aldan would have loved to touch the animals. I am a little weary of touching them though since a couple of a years ago Jon got ringworm from a Pumpkin farm. (not this one)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX29svtYn1y5LoOvJ6YE7Mdi9OL6oCNbLGByhF65Jz_czN17sSdXLt3GrPeojrbBNeK7kPvBzI6grJqdheZM_yTxKGQ3_6G0FKMSCQuybqeHdrvmh5c-BzpCBwXJFaDT0-S8y5a1WZ9wH/s1600/IMG_3556.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533284853759959154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX29svtYn1y5LoOvJ6YE7Mdi9OL6oCNbLGByhF65Jz_czN17sSdXLt3GrPeojrbBNeK7kPvBzI6grJqdheZM_yTxKGQ3_6G0FKMSCQuybqeHdrvmh5c-BzpCBwXJFaDT0-S8y5a1WZ9wH/s400/IMG_3556.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Of course I love the baby animals, and I couldn't stay watching them long enough...I kept things moving- I was really on guard about the kids- and I didn't want to loose my patience.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejZV0fOhgvvHScx37JgAMaozsTtgSfVLWAFoC1vrwY6TMq8M55thcT3sATf6f_tJQi62MtgloK6LSjYlZ9XXcB62BobzBkLkug0nsBayTPFShvleXgw0dlPgQRGNYQH1Gx1I4hVq4Yzxs/s1600/IMG_3557.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533284843488702866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejZV0fOhgvvHScx37JgAMaozsTtgSfVLWAFoC1vrwY6TMq8M55thcT3sATf6f_tJQi62MtgloK6LSjYlZ9XXcB62BobzBkLkug0nsBayTPFShvleXgw0dlPgQRGNYQH1Gx1I4hVq4Yzxs/s400/IMG_3557.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IAHLh3AWuIYHeW6CkieY-Cmkj5ZiQO6hNG4ew22sc-Cx0vy7JZYobdR2P98YBIvsahaFxPsCX3RLw6fK4Hqm5PPGuv4bxbfhthXft8_0rkDSyTYNh_NlFz-Fb9RS-C1PBKvdhQjkp52i/s1600/IMG_3555.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533284839346742594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IAHLh3AWuIYHeW6CkieY-Cmkj5ZiQO6hNG4ew22sc-Cx0vy7JZYobdR2P98YBIvsahaFxPsCX3RLw6fK4Hqm5PPGuv4bxbfhthXft8_0rkDSyTYNh_NlFz-Fb9RS-C1PBKvdhQjkp52i/s400/IMG_3555.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> This photo was at the end....asked a stranger with an SLR camera to take our photo...<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3hGY4AvUjIMafUhSxtxr4dzJ9nJvqea8IrmT5DioAe7KLXFJGWM_gKbDiFMG82dVTeQHdpmutGk8YG5cxhlA0nlXIxugE-2uiaA1TdNMNBjXIjrHETzJVt1qXODbVnr9KQRmk665mO3B/s1600/IMG_3579.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533284829115227858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3hGY4AvUjIMafUhSxtxr4dzJ9nJvqea8IrmT5DioAe7KLXFJGWM_gKbDiFMG82dVTeQHdpmutGk8YG5cxhlA0nlXIxugE-2uiaA1TdNMNBjXIjrHETzJVt1qXODbVnr9KQRmk665mO3B/s400/IMG_3579.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I come up with a well laid plan on things like this...keep the kids in stroller. Everything in a backpack. The only thing I wasn't sure how I was going to do it was the hayride to the pumpkins, all three kids, and carting a pumpkin. Aldan got on the hayride and wanted to sit across from me. I didn't make it an issue. As long as he sat. I didn't want meltdowns. Theron did give me some trouble with sitting, which was annoying- but you can't prevent everything!<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2fRa08Mobzj-NN-mJ2fLZCDxW9CQhpzbEX-7j9IsD8b8FDLhStGvKniPP12cHkTXJ9ltAwp0UJQqilsadv3zokD317hwu2ieWKdeESzeT3j8gn2rh4KogK9VF8RRsN2zUcC3HJJRLzM3/s1600/IMG_3562.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533281222188983634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2fRa08Mobzj-NN-mJ2fLZCDxW9CQhpzbEX-7j9IsD8b8FDLhStGvKniPP12cHkTXJ9ltAwp0UJQqilsadv3zokD317hwu2ieWKdeESzeT3j8gn2rh4KogK9VF8RRsN2zUcC3HJJRLzM3/s400/IMG_3562.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Caed</span> was just happy looking around. Of course I prepped him that I didn't want any trouble from him, if we were going to do it ever again. Ha. I ended up bringing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reusable</span> bag to carry a pumpkin we would pick. I thought that might give me the most flexibility and it would keep the pumpkin to a smaller size.<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKySmF09j5Rr8Y8vhBuGIOQRLu2Zgaa3lD88rbumqlCG7bT-K59_i9fyBA-3fosZM9PjFy3dTwQh3pfZPKtjR1kzU1v7XMUHJ8RNcjNFgICU9h5OxRhZ7u7aGeIGpYBRwSd9wjqHw4Im_/s1600/IMG_3560.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533281219731135490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKySmF09j5Rr8Y8vhBuGIOQRLu2Zgaa3lD88rbumqlCG7bT-K59_i9fyBA-3fosZM9PjFy3dTwQh3pfZPKtjR1kzU1v7XMUHJ8RNcjNFgICU9h5OxRhZ7u7aGeIGpYBRwSd9wjqHw4Im_/s400/IMG_3560.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Ha, evidence of Theron not wanting to sit!<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNJKulea9BAf0AnAVMSX9PuBnpydzd_Qyxs6enPuiJq_Zjcp7JMTFc_qzV9t-aj3GZ5DsKYx34tVEdJa46NWeWKmXR22aG7UizNE5omjbccQ4NfjWSR55fy6YMJAikrLWrRnJ2HFV35lY/s1600/IMG_3565.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533281208596442466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNJKulea9BAf0AnAVMSX9PuBnpydzd_Qyxs6enPuiJq_Zjcp7JMTFc_qzV9t-aj3GZ5DsKYx34tVEdJa46NWeWKmXR22aG7UizNE5omjbccQ4NfjWSR55fy6YMJAikrLWrRnJ2HFV35lY/s400/IMG_3565.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />I let them run pretty much as they wanted (could) once we got off the hayride at the pumpkins. They loved it.<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEVuEtEnaW5dHTxyNPiNez0z5w_-cz5OYB3VjEcpAGhfDzR5ysLIc_s-O4yZtxI-Fd5hmr4ETrHIz_pT3t6moCdx8te7YQ-XtjYmGF3tGmRjJ-v5LuCHRIXKxHAxUzcFdUoXLXxVxWEKI/s1600/IMG_3569.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533281204913430674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEVuEtEnaW5dHTxyNPiNez0z5w_-cz5OYB3VjEcpAGhfDzR5ysLIc_s-O4yZtxI-Fd5hmr4ETrHIz_pT3t6moCdx8te7YQ-XtjYmGF3tGmRjJ-v5LuCHRIXKxHAxUzcFdUoXLXxVxWEKI/s400/IMG_3569.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I attempted a shot with all of them. Of course I only tried a little, didn't want to make a big deal of it, I wanted happy kids more. I was by myself after all. We did have a great time, and they did really well. I left hoping they'd fall asleep in the car- we were 45min. away from home- and of course, they stayed awake! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Geesh</span>! I love our monkeys more then words- what a blessing they are to Jon and I.<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChdXQOla17Wkokzsh_z0oJzmeUpedPSpbXxbA4quXXuY7anGol-lGgySGPAq3s2MKx8M2Ox2cOlFrLrkt_izjYknre2beqoiY8fFYOwAJCkbUPAFNRoYtGUlF94SrqalI8BJXTXF77mAB/s1600/IMG_3577.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533281195450827954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChdXQOla17Wkokzsh_z0oJzmeUpedPSpbXxbA4quXXuY7anGol-lGgySGPAq3s2MKx8M2Ox2cOlFrLrkt_izjYknre2beqoiY8fFYOwAJCkbUPAFNRoYtGUlF94SrqalI8BJXTXF77mAB/s400/IMG_3577.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-42695828533256053542010-10-08T21:29:00.002-04:002010-10-08T21:43:14.149-04:00Happy 18 months!<span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm a bit late here...but not too badly. Our monkeys are 18 mo. old. My how strangely time passes...the days are long, but the years are short. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I couldn't get them both to look at me, but Aldan was all silly, so this is fun enough. Theron can't let things out of his little mitts all that easily and he was holding a special toy of Caed's, so there was no changing his view. Aldan is holding one of his love-ys. He's got two, which are actually left over's from Caed that he never got attached to. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Don't let that little smile of Aldan's confuse you that he's the sweet one. Both have a streak in them, but they usually come out at different times. We are truely blessed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525852998662940322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xwcuGuSzOuzJrZmZ4mkmKZmuuPPIcGaGAXVCEG0YHgMJIoDS32WScqfrk2f4cajxvfD4LC_bD_up21jyWrA44wVnSCPkMelhIa9N0DnKpRY_4_PHqHsh2gfstf1f9mGg3-npr0l5Vw50/s400/IMG_3505.jpg" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And here's a little love sharing....it's cute to realize they don't really know how to kiss one another when asked to. When an adult kisses them, they just have to lean in- so they just lean into each other. But they will pretty much do this at any time. What cuties. (and what a mop of hair that Aldan has!!)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBYyjQIkjYcd9B8GjFw9_0fG1kj7PIXnScGrt0rpNs0K03hg3yK9NV28fVluZHf9J8EcBluL6vPLpkEoyG76xzzhghYAtwlbhZs3Tn9E3-ShUUhcJMMRU5tmVOwpPbRQ6bPlRC5eG_LF5/s1600/IMG_3506.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525853002453014658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBYyjQIkjYcd9B8GjFw9_0fG1kj7PIXnScGrt0rpNs0K03hg3yK9NV28fVluZHf9J8EcBluL6vPLpkEoyG76xzzhghYAtwlbhZs3Tn9E3-ShUUhcJMMRU5tmVOwpPbRQ6bPlRC5eG_LF5/s400/IMG_3506.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I'd have their exact stats, except I can't find the small piece of paper the woman at the doctor's office so nicely wrote everything out for me on, since I am a bit scattered when I go to the appointments....I do remember that aldan is an inch taller then Theron, and because of that, Theron is only 90-95% and aldan is off the chart! Ha, that little overachiever!<br /></span><div><br /><br /><div> </div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-57690722052039957292010-10-06T21:21:00.002-04:002010-10-06T21:26:07.053-04:00Happy Birthday!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESd3TFpMDKipggygecXkXZzm2CrQnBE-G9_Wz-YpER_EIFS93sfMCVoOqYrr8BRYXhYWiF2s1P83GC7NdKRdMxtFG4618CjElK0b-xPFwN2qqIARdvzfQcgn1YbYvFfCkwTDDYmHffKIO/s1600/IMG_1986.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525108854067884178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESd3TFpMDKipggygecXkXZzm2CrQnBE-G9_Wz-YpER_EIFS93sfMCVoOqYrr8BRYXhYWiF2s1P83GC7NdKRdMxtFG4618CjElK0b-xPFwN2qqIARdvzfQcgn1YbYvFfCkwTDDYmHffKIO/s400/IMG_1986.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (Heather with her daughter)<br /></span><br />Happy Birthday to my older sister Heather! Hope you had a great one! Love to you, amazing mom, wife, sister and friend! (hope we get lots more time to get to know each other better!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-2410132776908155192010-10-03T21:25:00.001-04:002010-10-03T21:25:00.415-04:00if i make it out to the garden<span style="font-family:verdana;">I find really cool things. Unfortunately my neighbor who watered our garden while we traveled this summer probably was in my garden more then me. But I did catch this guy one day. He looked like such the textbook grasshopper that I had to take a picture. This first picture was actually taken upsidedown. I know...not a gripping blog entry...</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkkrU84I1nOD17GLOxhkI9YZMauWDXoAWpbr4UisTuYr5DZO4Kd4-WGgEI4B8Zun13c8cL43TuAevD1Q9eCB068uqZAGpTkEr_ePTdc3Ko-rx6Uap4dUYoLUy2bGMR97XJs0vdbfjQUpf/s1600/IMG_3381.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522141058537329618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkkrU84I1nOD17GLOxhkI9YZMauWDXoAWpbr4UisTuYr5DZO4Kd4-WGgEI4B8Zun13c8cL43TuAevD1Q9eCB068uqZAGpTkEr_ePTdc3Ko-rx6Uap4dUYoLUy2bGMR97XJs0vdbfjQUpf/s400/IMG_3381.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgZ7txJJmifAYt-iEaMyRveNDeXCQznxg82Yrb19cXoPiYhoC7KiuoX0hJXA-XiSQ5X6Tz3bZtUAt9haSHUGD0W1z5WDGQ6F-QpcfObt-PPPnl-_PITct0ZL8-aeXG5WPxoZpgt6m5Enk/s1600/IMG_3378.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522141047201519282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgZ7txJJmifAYt-iEaMyRveNDeXCQznxg82Yrb19cXoPiYhoC7KiuoX0hJXA-XiSQ5X6Tz3bZtUAt9haSHUGD0W1z5WDGQ6F-QpcfObt-PPPnl-_PITct0ZL8-aeXG5WPxoZpgt6m5Enk/s400/IMG_3378.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-70078488524567565342010-09-28T21:10:00.003-04:002010-09-28T21:25:02.315-04:00will the real twins please stand up?<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522137605787123666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEICRUrHePXiVZMsx-R7M4yDvASrbKpKFaZ-7ZFm-Yu_7dSv0VIZ_YTRbEkQ8rmgLVqx6sBadFgeqNs33wRMyb-b-5Sz_xzxPrPx4WDb8es_63zc-4bpOINu0jQ_NfCBxFs0ocuCIMionL/s400/IMG_3414.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">my mom and her sister, our fabulous aunt, have always been asked if they are twins. They probably look more like twins then our actual twins...but I can't see the similarities in either set- I guess I know them too well. We took a picture for fun- unfortunately it's very difficult to keep the adults and children all looking at the same time! (well the adults could keep looking, they just couldn't keep their eyes open!)</span><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522138867590627938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPo7BOE1yPwW6gowNKsa-rc7rAl0raE9fqwS8EUkGqRk4gPfo5G6cFGc5JNLrXPvYJT0uAjD5ElTwA4LmvETLcnV3nNQ2aFvJCNkMSaxsqf134c0QqpUbnXESjTE3v8HMkeMk4ukH8gH5/s400/IMG_3368.jpg" /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">and here's Caed with his requested photo...with his beloved kitty and pink paper cheeburger car. I love his love for his toys. He plays with them until he wears them out, and then we still can't get rid of them because he asks about them later! (tonight he requested some obsure car we threw out because it had come all apart, and this remote control car that our neighbor gave him, that burned out- not to be working again....I just tell him we'll have to look for it, if it's something I think he'd be too upset to hear we threw out...and hope he forgets about it a little longer!)</span><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-8315587704603644622010-09-26T21:10:00.003-04:002010-09-26T21:34:27.270-04:00you can do it too!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkwA5mHKbx0OaPA0y9-RkLsygRqCYzv2koHlzpfYNpflsThC7SkhbCmQQynuq9ALZuBgVWVyep9FVkL76H6oicjjMgqHnPLKa1NyOeS8DUgfnWpy3XPmPYoWXZR-Gv4kIlJGzb5h9DxFl/s1600/CIMG0562.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521394735845577138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkwA5mHKbx0OaPA0y9-RkLsygRqCYzv2koHlzpfYNpflsThC7SkhbCmQQynuq9ALZuBgVWVyep9FVkL76H6oicjjMgqHnPLKa1NyOeS8DUgfnWpy3XPmPYoWXZR-Gv4kIlJGzb5h9DxFl/s400/CIMG0562.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">last <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Sunday</span> I accomplished half of a goal. I ran a half marathon. 13.1 miles. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">While pregnant with the twins I realized it might be a bit harder to loose the weight the second (and third) time around. I considered taking up running, once it was possible. It took a little longer to start running then I anticipated because of the logistics. That's when hubby gave me the amazing Christmas gift to the gym with childcare. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I started running on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">treadmill</span> in March. I ran a 5K in April, and had my heart set on the Paris Marathon 2011. I found a half to run which I thought would be a good indicator before registering for Paris on how I'd do. I ran in this past weekend. I was a bit slower then I anticipated due to a few reasons. I think I'm going to put off Paris another year, and try for a closer to home Marathon next year. So I'll stick with my goal of distance, but I'll put off the destination for now.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I am really really proud of myself. I don't feel badly about putting off Paris, because I think the bigger objective is getting healthy and having energy for my family. Running has made me a better mom and wife (i think!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Other friends and family are really supportive and proud too. I keep reminding them that it's not hard to do when you take the time to train. You could do it too if you set out to train. It's not like I woke up last <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Sunday</span> and decided to run 13.1 miles...I've been working really hard at it for months. Don't underestimate your own abilities when you work up to something- give yourself a small goal and then what you think you can handle from there....there were weeks it was hard- there were my long runs that took a long time... that my knees hurt me or I didn't have the best mood...and my tummy gave me problems, once home, at 10+ miles! i kept trudging through and had a good time. And I did it- and i wasn't last or didn't have to be picked up by the van that drives at the end...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">so thankful that my family has made the sacrifice too.</span></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-70054201109168089252010-09-21T10:26:00.005-04:002010-09-21T10:51:09.127-04:00just a day..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0Zp-UgGUg625-lBBhp1ZFjDuD8ebCDgUhhFnjLE7AuNtVVtZTK87vSNymS46r_nqpLUpAALA5mlZ-F54E9RXgjeEacBNUMlcWtGKL7SHNwKpQ4rEmRxHgb_7SH7mdcU8O7hAZlQ48HQg/s1600/IMG_3488.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519375998709531490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0Zp-UgGUg625-lBBhp1ZFjDuD8ebCDgUhhFnjLE7AuNtVVtZTK87vSNymS46r_nqpLUpAALA5mlZ-F54E9RXgjeEacBNUMlcWtGKL7SHNwKpQ4rEmRxHgb_7SH7mdcU8O7hAZlQ48HQg/s400/IMG_3488.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOy8XwHcjRJ1KrU8x3CCIa4NP8lFQFj9COLkTSp-7LBNPOSpTyfuvx8lS0YRGv90M863ZAiYPoPBCrkxRZb_1tv4W1c4l0qBJbVpJFMBJlDPseYmUFtiYSelC_EOisZEEVS1LjE215Ibqw/s1600/IMG_3406.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519375970610464034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOy8XwHcjRJ1KrU8x3CCIa4NP8lFQFj9COLkTSp-7LBNPOSpTyfuvx8lS0YRGv90M863ZAiYPoPBCrkxRZb_1tv4W1c4l0qBJbVpJFMBJlDPseYmUFtiYSelC_EOisZEEVS1LjE215Ibqw/s400/IMG_3406.jpg" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:verdana;">C started school. We started adjusting to a new schedule. I have had to have a lot motivation to keep us on track with our time from wake up until 3. Kids all go down for bed now between 7-8 rather then the extended 730-9.<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">C comes home usually pretty happy now too. He's glad to be back with his toys, and our home. It's fun to watch that and think of the transition it must be in his mind...today I came back home after dropping him at school and the twins seemed bored...and like they wanted Caed to play with. after about 20 minutes. they warmed up and started playing together. I love seeing just the twins together, it's been a lot of fun to see their own interactions now too...</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">So today is just a day...and I may be seeing a spot in my day to add some blog posts. Lord knows there no shortage of things I think of blogging!</span></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-73144870926747324482010-09-16T19:52:00.003-04:002010-09-21T10:25:27.050-04:00Part 2I<span style="font-family:verdana;"> really find so little time for blogging these days that I can't believe I'd go back and catch up. Ha! This is the last pressured 'go back' I'll do! (why did I name that last blog part 1!)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I had the hardest time actually on the boat. To me a cruise is a wonderful way to see lots of places without having to do the driving/flying ourselves. I would love to try a cruise with others- friends and/or family. I couldn't help feeling an overwhelming sense on how indulgent it was. Especially in the beginning. All I could hear in my head was lines from the movie Wall-e. "Lunch, in a cup!" I relaxed a bit after the first meals, but frankly I would have been more comfortable cleaning my own room and serving myself at dinner then having it done for me. I was awkwardly grateful to all the staff and wanted Jon to tip everyone more! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXcILuveH0bI7xQn8vjkYpuKEO8fZWeK0OgdFadmx7q48xwxGXv9fm5xAXhhYw_CfggB5F02SPLRnS2O53v6lYSOaWI_NrMADk61X-LZv9yrUIJBbRwHUR2txmr7O-0F5-YBJJ5kUFU1p/s1600/IMG_2974.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517665002593048578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXcILuveH0bI7xQn8vjkYpuKEO8fZWeK0OgdFadmx7q48xwxGXv9fm5xAXhhYw_CfggB5F02SPLRnS2O53v6lYSOaWI_NrMADk61X-LZv9yrUIJBbRwHUR2txmr7O-0F5-YBJJ5kUFU1p/s400/IMG_2974.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> We had lots of time to relax....<br /><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnle0sg_KongvkFauMVJ6qeoAbldpnho1OW-apeVB-PxjuvcLORILG2-Gwn66hJ-jUjOcVeFvAk_vuYcByZWtQ2Go0JCld510xQbAxWewv88aYZyZkLyvsiDJUjqyBwdA2jqGEfmSlqdp/s1600/IMG_2934.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517664983620684226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnle0sg_KongvkFauMVJ6qeoAbldpnho1OW-apeVB-PxjuvcLORILG2-Gwn66hJ-jUjOcVeFvAk_vuYcByZWtQ2Go0JCld510xQbAxWewv88aYZyZkLyvsiDJUjqyBwdA2jqGEfmSlqdp/s400/IMG_2934.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />I was thinking a lot about how blessed I was to be there. There are lots of people who deserve as nice as a break and vacation as we had. I never dreamed that I would get to see and do the things we did.<br /><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrq_yMl9mvtagyJXFDvG_gbtD5kItTFwTKWiWX8Nds4rCL9N4AAfmi1hFd_EmDl2-VgrFLWsMwfblweeSkHO83vy_ZP4meejDeRKIvzIqsiVW37-dbmFKRGMO_azWCG8yZuR9v5fbgXmo/s1600/IMG_2918.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517664961571884002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrq_yMl9mvtagyJXFDvG_gbtD5kItTFwTKWiWX8Nds4rCL9N4AAfmi1hFd_EmDl2-VgrFLWsMwfblweeSkHO83vy_ZP4meejDeRKIvzIqsiVW37-dbmFKRGMO_azWCG8yZuR9v5fbgXmo/s400/IMG_2918.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />And we got our picture taken with the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Norwegian</span> captain.<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWrV-QIu3mLH5PGC67MnT0nA14b_RRSY_L5Tt4MtejVxVLpLBplyTYesNHwR4TBX3HgHuFqCred4nJWfoxLoSToi0psqP41f7Omxi4PuWANQhARIjycKXs_S7xgQi6xXWxDxa1cuERZh7/s1600/IMG_2926.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517664953965869250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWrV-QIu3mLH5PGC67MnT0nA14b_RRSY_L5Tt4MtejVxVLpLBplyTYesNHwR4TBX3HgHuFqCred4nJWfoxLoSToi0psqP41f7Omxi4PuWANQhARIjycKXs_S7xgQi6xXWxDxa1cuERZh7/s400/IMG_2926.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G-KUYiUrgza_SiSXdu4dVXd4Bidh6IxUw4Ll_0LB_zAnkmBVr2S1rzLi6G1q74xwnnsnYm28vsq4d2KtvuoYVx27MCRROI1XU8Wp9TWuecnZwIR8TZoEIXhyphenhyphenweW0DPxjsWYhmfOGYzcs/s1600/IMG_2875.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517664944530988914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G-KUYiUrgza_SiSXdu4dVXd4Bidh6IxUw4Ll_0LB_zAnkmBVr2S1rzLi6G1q74xwnnsnYm28vsq4d2KtvuoYVx27MCRROI1XU8Wp9TWuecnZwIR8TZoEIXhyphenhyphenweW0DPxjsWYhmfOGYzcs/s400/IMG_2875.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />We really had a great time and I am so thankful for Jonathan and his commitment to our family, and us as a couple. It really was great for us to do the trip, and especially after the twins turned 1. It was a long year...and we made it!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-39283549278196973642010-08-28T09:00:00.003-04:002010-08-28T09:00:05.941-04:00Back in May...part 1<span style="font-family:verdana;">We went on our very first cruise! What fun to get away for a week! We are so thankful to Jon's parents for keeping all three boys for us! We did EVERYTHING we could do. I was up for lots of fun, and things outside my comfort zone! I didn't want to be tied to the ship or be fearful because I might not get this chance again!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZl8hxBp2xl4NGk9kKpoql9GUOtCb66F4fNStFJ0opduYSJbsJiTSvsoBq4Q2pWcs0M7rzbW2EgeiNXLKmmBJ_XagIdt0bULGeLHP8uFX_9ebXRDK_P6n7jzS053qV3EcMdqXhGFtg5Yf/s1600/IMG_2923.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509172390035564722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZl8hxBp2xl4NGk9kKpoql9GUOtCb66F4fNStFJ0opduYSJbsJiTSvsoBq4Q2pWcs0M7rzbW2EgeiNXLKmmBJ_XagIdt0bULGeLHP8uFX_9ebXRDK_P6n7jzS053qV3EcMdqXhGFtg5Yf/s400/IMG_2923.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The water is super blue in the middle of the ocean! Who knew!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjcf_GvLXFsau8F_wrTrN6Nmnyjgsyw5jdCSiJyfMf9aVSc03JRj3yWRvNInIib79t61bywMeUqtEdZ_bLtd-YJOXCv90pgmCYixo7kawiRQNdVsUvUBXRj7bFA9g9UG_sdgosdk6scQF/s1600/IMG_2910.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509172372067810466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjcf_GvLXFsau8F_wrTrN6Nmnyjgsyw5jdCSiJyfMf9aVSc03JRj3yWRvNInIib79t61bywMeUqtEdZ_bLtd-YJOXCv90pgmCYixo7kawiRQNdVsUvUBXRj7bFA9g9UG_sdgosdk6scQF/s400/IMG_2910.jpg" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Jon trying to let the ship loose: (these are some major ropes here, amazed by it)<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJwTZGlELBRYzYPcS0zZ8Ng5Lj-uLHWJwsV_oJ85x4eOYkHYQf03n9CJTYaHkDI1nxmrfUzgM26dDlhNse66dgFbXHIsYC_ZFsjf6XR8YMplfxEq1n60mOMNgbHbL54X4Qj8rXaDanqxN/s1600/IMG_2905.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509172370095712754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJwTZGlELBRYzYPcS0zZ8Ng5Lj-uLHWJwsV_oJ85x4eOYkHYQf03n9CJTYaHkDI1nxmrfUzgM26dDlhNse66dgFbXHIsYC_ZFsjf6XR8YMplfxEq1n60mOMNgbHbL54X4Qj8rXaDanqxN/s400/IMG_2905.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I was just so in awe of some many things on the cruise. The ropes that tie up the ship were just one thing. they are incredible. I never did see us dock or leave, so I don't know how many people it took to do this, but it's incredible.<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cO96FalOfaBADSwIWETatZa5NXM5nwmoU1vLnMFmvthhNecKQhfGK9KZwHdV0-l34dGZrxkTp4b9_3XJ7WlGl_joNHkwnOSLfz2Yru2V9VTQ-WZ5VUrbjztviHkWTBklAdCq59TDUZmL/s1600/IMG_2903.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509172358174886322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cO96FalOfaBADSwIWETatZa5NXM5nwmoU1vLnMFmvthhNecKQhfGK9KZwHdV0-l34dGZrxkTp4b9_3XJ7WlGl_joNHkwnOSLfz2Yru2V9VTQ-WZ5VUrbjztviHkWTBklAdCq59TDUZmL/s400/IMG_2903.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />We had beautiful weather, and the seas were amazing. We even happened to see wild dolphins out in the middle of nowhere swimming past the ship.<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKOcxZj6Q3wKWIM5HfS__PYs6PHGHA4d92PrQG06tEsBcmtwLpBZydUy4Qcho2wCUs7A-H62rWY4wHWeHa_fEtnfsW2I8ag82YJOmP_9zGs5otmrxKCvJbLTDdGbrXH-jvi0npq-asWcR/s1600/IMG_2872.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509172349832375506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKOcxZj6Q3wKWIM5HfS__PYs6PHGHA4d92PrQG06tEsBcmtwLpBZydUy4Qcho2wCUs7A-H62rWY4wHWeHa_fEtnfsW2I8ag82YJOmP_9zGs5otmrxKCvJbLTDdGbrXH-jvi0npq-asWcR/s400/IMG_2872.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hrjvOpwnyJD3jLAEOYCciDpj3pvmslbvZRpt-jVxDSUUfcOW1D5Vp9bZouAKIyWaxEw-Dwlab_76UFgGvR2fsKODcNwGYtKr2dcYZwebY87OFB4M8SQbs9STtiwQqBc0yG4xxELvPvDd/s1600/IMG_2870.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509170429931289554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hrjvOpwnyJD3jLAEOYCciDpj3pvmslbvZRpt-jVxDSUUfcOW1D5Vp9bZouAKIyWaxEw-Dwlab_76UFgGvR2fsKODcNwGYtKr2dcYZwebY87OFB4M8SQbs9STtiwQqBc0yG4xxELvPvDd/s400/IMG_2870.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">In Cozumel we Zip Lined (me in this photo!)<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9TQEkCu_b9ALafSJnFbVGWQf8Wstjj_w_hRhDUC850dW4d_0XdHRWoE09cOhzsjs7_y3denDOoRRV-R2umuJ1bED9zCcM_NDFQc-X9PEQKyKQUa42ZVsge19JuRD1EHGz2PB_SR2rBm0/s1600/IMG_2854.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509170428717798658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9TQEkCu_b9ALafSJnFbVGWQf8Wstjj_w_hRhDUC850dW4d_0XdHRWoE09cOhzsjs7_y3denDOoRRV-R2umuJ1bED9zCcM_NDFQc-X9PEQKyKQUa42ZVsge19JuRD1EHGz2PB_SR2rBm0/s400/IMG_2854.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">We climbed the rock walls: (Jon is good at this, and me notsomuch although I kept trying as much as my arms would let me!)<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqOfkeVF-_MY78Yyzn1sRSlDgZeXT61PC_gFuJpiC4tOkjoiOnvbDyfPQFNXZZ-VMpUo3e1hYuYqVdmBxfpvkM4R7mkCDDBWPX3epmV4-GPzmfNYfr6yp-fZb0yZCVMWzw_WrCZGIuBtQ/s1600/IMG_2853.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509170414698949858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqOfkeVF-_MY78Yyzn1sRSlDgZeXT61PC_gFuJpiC4tOkjoiOnvbDyfPQFNXZZ-VMpUo3e1hYuYqVdmBxfpvkM4R7mkCDDBWPX3epmV4-GPzmfNYfr6yp-fZb0yZCVMWzw_WrCZGIuBtQ/s400/IMG_2853.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Jon geared up:<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQP_tIk2-QPK3aQkRifz88Gui9yFVXQV-4OFc5p2B01pISeAWJshy1mFq3StPETc3jEbkejT3rI6elEdln6fAl6PVuG3F1bGpNAtKZnqDK0Xa1Mjfjv24MFrYOkfOLZ8cAMKE-Hbc2YPau/s1600/IMG_2850.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509170406303242162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQP_tIk2-QPK3aQkRifz88Gui9yFVXQV-4OFc5p2B01pISeAWJshy1mFq3StPETc3jEbkejT3rI6elEdln6fAl6PVuG3F1bGpNAtKZnqDK0Xa1Mjfjv24MFrYOkfOLZ8cAMKE-Hbc2YPau/s400/IMG_2850.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Jon coming down:<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIXDZ62dP7KwpoMtjsvyFkAtpJVP-VdxegreM2sOMlR9YRzMLRHsswAsAqrMpa2ZokFRbK90k3GZyDoE8HwlKqwO0-y2cMZEji7ZH_UiXyDiyRRLKwQgRd9hptDwX831sBu6LGUuco5uo/s1600/IMG_2863.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509170398254940178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIXDZ62dP7KwpoMtjsvyFkAtpJVP-VdxegreM2sOMlR9YRzMLRHsswAsAqrMpa2ZokFRbK90k3GZyDoE8HwlKqwO0-y2cMZEji7ZH_UiXyDiyRRLKwQgRd9hptDwX831sBu6LGUuco5uo/s400/IMG_2863.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219231894588226736.post-74207421869158849492010-08-24T22:02:00.002-04:002010-08-24T22:19:41.821-04:00living in DC<span style="font-family:verdana;">I love living in DC. The past couple of weeks we've really been getting out. I have been taking the metro with all three boys too! There are lots of upsides of the place. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The big downside is the transient nature of people living here. People tend to come here from other far off places to intern or work a job temporarily. Or they work a job, start a family and realize they want to be closer to home again with their family. Or they just move to the 'burbs. I generally don't mind that. I love getting to know people, keep in touch and know that one day when we want to travel to these really cool places they all live, we can go visit! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But sometimes it means that you feel like you want to get to know someone better and it just can't happen because of time. We (I) met a family last year that moved to DC for an internship at our church for the past year. It's time for them to move on. They have two boys and are really fun. Caed loved their oldest right away. I had anticipated not getting to know them because I knew they'd be leaving....I resisted. I tried to avoid wanting to be friends. I had twin babies, so it was easy to avoid with their busyness. But it was so much fun getting the boys together. Today as we had a last playdate for the kids, and all 5 were running around the grass and gravel of the National Mall, I realized that I really did like them! I was sad that I didn't get to know them better and have them over for a meal. We do have great friends in DC, I was just reminded how hard it still is to watch families leave regardless of how well you know them. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Today Amy was willing to corral the kids and enjoy the Air and Space Museum. I pray for the best for them, and we will stay in touch as they plant a church in Miami- but I shouldn't have waited this long to commit to getting to know them better. I know it's more then just us that will miss them too.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">All 5 boys</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisP0BIRTMhVEy3sHGMFx-WWBexJNUyUxL_Sbn55Y1rcoi3UZVKtWozRZoDoxM-NkK1YtnsCgPkvdUIl_7FlxSNuxATXl99INJ87Jdj93fBnWTqIxklhuw8PAtykjay42NQqbyVy8dAOwl3/s1600/CIMG0497.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509162347869981298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisP0BIRTMhVEy3sHGMFx-WWBexJNUyUxL_Sbn55Y1rcoi3UZVKtWozRZoDoxM-NkK1YtnsCgPkvdUIl_7FlxSNuxATXl99INJ87Jdj93fBnWTqIxklhuw8PAtykjay42NQqbyVy8dAOwl3/s400/CIMG0497.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">C and A: (Caed actually wasn't feeling great today, so he wasn't so compliant with the smiling)</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AjLUMIxQtvJqbH1SOnCaJyzfJqsSHaP2sgKwo9CQYtK44XfNsFIz5goGsyTflbkXNzbJBaTrHrIgxw_p9ieuzVzkL1tsj0S3iOg4mZ3Bo3CbyNHZMfZRmqpALrV6xaPDNVBSN1GGzBhw/s1600/CIMG0505.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509162342564125154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AjLUMIxQtvJqbH1SOnCaJyzfJqsSHaP2sgKwo9CQYtK44XfNsFIz5goGsyTflbkXNzbJBaTrHrIgxw_p9ieuzVzkL1tsj0S3iOg4mZ3Bo3CbyNHZMfZRmqpALrV6xaPDNVBSN1GGzBhw/s400/CIMG0505.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div>LPetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571584456719979341noreply@blogger.com1