tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54673326057766327412024-03-04T21:04:30.517-07:00Our JourneyMelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-38066197656815936182013-02-03T19:02:00.000-07:002013-02-03T19:05:28.536-07:00Finally!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So it's official. We are finally expecting our first child! We have been trying for over seven years to get pregnant, and were making plans to go see a doctor to see if we could figure out what we needed to do to make it happen since it wasn't happening on it's own. Then, all of the sudden I felt that maybe I was pregnant and took two pregnancy tests which both immediately read positive. We found out just a few days before Christmas and it was sooooooo much fun giving presents to our parents and family members announcing the great news. We've only had one doctor's appointment, and all is going great and I am 11 weeks along. I have had a little nausea but overall have been feeling mostly pretty good.<br />
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<br />Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-25282620459791600892011-05-08T08:47:00.008-06:002011-05-08T09:16:51.460-06:00All That I am....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkBNO9rc_RvcnIUXEZXi8t5IeLY8_u6m7DdHkwa-x0wL0qFcWVPfBRpEgKVLBKlecwKXsL3RVlA9ZdJXgj66dlg5hqPxEOBmEm0pAJH2tOtRMjpui5diWTtJwU9hJUL8Kv8HaLBkVsnk/s1600/dress-+b-w.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkBNO9rc_RvcnIUXEZXi8t5IeLY8_u6m7DdHkwa-x0wL0qFcWVPfBRpEgKVLBKlecwKXsL3RVlA9ZdJXgj66dlg5hqPxEOBmEm0pAJH2tOtRMjpui5diWTtJwU9hJUL8Kv8HaLBkVsnk/s200/dress-+b-w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604364536703691122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxi0Cuhda2FoaE-pQu6NUKv9JEzua0WgdVPGK1V95qYCmICOCiqSGcl5y5Pc9EPpFRwpwxS3LMQfFLv3rVWDx_6abxDpBv0d6LLXfxCwZo_tY8dH_xX2BB0165bpUHUTkJxvPWKDeDZoE/s1600/Jolene.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGyZH0uUPGEspzQT4lmd5rrwaxUAuHq2U6nd5QSDgCxAOJRqGVMOP1JR-ACTv8W7EiwLZa_uTA20b-1QvdI4_85itxwQJPw4pH5-4C1lcO-R2WZ-ThJN_zoO0oDyg7YAmbOGZbqQOhr0/s1600-h/Jolene-Necklace.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGyZH0uUPGEspzQT4lmd5rrwaxUAuHq2U6nd5QSDgCxAOJRqGVMOP1JR-ACTv8W7EiwLZa_uTA20b-1QvdI4_85itxwQJPw4pH5-4C1lcO-R2WZ-ThJN_zoO0oDyg7YAmbOGZbqQOhr0/s320/Jolene-Necklace.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429685412205950290" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">All that I am or hope to be a learned from my Angel Mother.<br /><br />Happy Mother's Day! Love ya and miss you.<br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-77704897598460244902011-01-22T08:30:00.000-07:002011-01-22T08:45:45.192-07:00To My Mother!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" >Happy Birthday!</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg31sFklsTS3bKGs5gHLVRYqoNLTzyti5LM0zPOjOcYNnql5iNIxXEhx8H6SxO3grYpeWjNvvHo8_pUmIvvpQPIimcS3PO2XCRPRFevSLHjmFie9W1FVWFoKvGhxTKj4YFgsLb87k9llg/s1600/Jolene.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg31sFklsTS3bKGs5gHLVRYqoNLTzyti5LM0zPOjOcYNnql5iNIxXEhx8H6SxO3grYpeWjNvvHo8_pUmIvvpQPIimcS3PO2XCRPRFevSLHjmFie9W1FVWFoKvGhxTKj4YFgsLb87k9llg/s200/Jolene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564840610138863122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:180%;" >To a really special lady!<br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4_pGsubUN82TjGGztBpARe0g_VF4ge0ipzkmmVNsqJ1z8y5rh9VvglrVO-_slqajoJg8jIgCSQQeqafTzBxB35ZnzGH2Xsf3YQGY0PcBhQPCR3-48NOva7J1SxhUTfA_koMLmxfLkpM/s1600/Jolene.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ABBiWtlLTskQcW37j-kZ2rJAD5l_4F7YT6uQae-yuAuA6cdq9CaO57lXbz6IQlPU8U4lZCZfVlGi1P0yA7Cgm75q7ckhsWgWKyQtsSskHaSfG9VOIUVwYfB9LEOhv4tYKLOlp0ab9HE/s1600/P8090015.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/AVvXsEg1ABBiWtlLTskQcW37j-kZ2rJAD5l_4F7YT6uQae-yuAuA6cdq9CaO57lXbz6IQlPU8U4lZCZfVlGi1P0yA7Cgm75q7ckhsWgWKyQtsSskHaSfG9VOIUVwYfB9LEOhv4tYKLOlp0ab9HE/s200/P8090015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564839852999140834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Love you!</span></span> </div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-10368117889017994942010-09-18T18:52:00.002-06:002010-09-19T08:00:44.541-06:00CruiseThanks to David and Camille, we had a great opportunity to go with Mike's parents and siblings on a cruise. We had so much fun that we want to go on another one. I was scared that I was going to get sick because I get car sick, but I am happy to report that no one got sick at all. We flew into LAX on Monday and went to the ship that was docked in Long Beach. As we were getting off the plane David had a call from Matt that he had missed his flight. We were all a little scared that he wasn't going to make it. He luckily got on a new flight and was able to get a taxi to bring him to the port in time. Once everyone was on the boat we all hung out and waited for the boat to be on its way. We had a late dinner time of 8:15 which was 10:15 Texas time. The food was worth staying up and eating. After dinner we just hung out. Here are some picture of us on the first night on the ship.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Queen Mary </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">it was d</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ocked next to </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">our ship. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">View of Long Beach. Our first towel animal(Dog) :)</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7KhvsSjKsZcpQzPVbfZ1c7WYyMIwsqpALHA_XLeqdQPNB9K0jsAQlT40AtgZj6llarWibLMph7mJ19Y2_rRMotLm9rwjX2hEdnz2jQxWmRhDjWkmHJRYxxPWnL88N1w7UMv98Hl8njk/s1600/DSC06693.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7KhvsSjKsZcpQzPVbfZ1c7WYyMIwsqpALHA_XLeqdQPNB9K0jsAQlT40AtgZj6llarWibLMph7mJ19Y2_rRMotLm9rwjX2hEdnz2jQxWmRhDjWkmHJRYxxPWnL88N1w7UMv98Hl8njk/s200/DSC06693.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518066657236618978" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqb7LKmH-rzCeYup0PWQnJBesrirNQlTG-XwRMOx1p7kwxXLTzN4PC2UrMNNx7aETV4qs-ykJ-9FDmYoJdzTP6LFaVUbqBFhEc0tZdct3TYLmENaXtSVnYRVNQWnLcj-Z4CXHFYCSzZ3M/s1600/DSC06691.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqb7LKmH-rzCeYup0PWQnJBesrirNQlTG-XwRMOx1p7kwxXLTzN4PC2UrMNNx7aETV4qs-ykJ-9FDmYoJdzTP6LFaVUbqBFhEc0tZdct3TYLmENaXtSVnYRVNQWnLcj-Z4CXHFYCSzZ3M/s200/DSC06691.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518066642632420738" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJuKEyRYZAVd8nowhfJY3cSDMkXhRQ2nDlDzev1IGXhIjMWBSH9gFHUUjCnsDuXi4aWeNdPhrRQM0HG55LxFrYZKkIcGotReVjzEOlxKBoEA-3Ko60NN2L4fMOs7R6jPf1mspyMtd1cM/s1600/DSC06705.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJuKEyRYZAVd8nowhfJY3cSDMkXhRQ2nDlDzev1IGXhIjMWBSH9gFHUUjCnsDuXi4aWeNdPhrRQM0HG55LxFrYZKkIcGotReVjzEOlxKBoEA-3Ko60NN2L4fMOs7R6jPf1mspyMtd1cM/s200/DSC06705.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518066667559459730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Day Two</span> we were in Catalina Island. We had to take a little boat to the island. Once on the island we walked around and looked at the little shops and Mike, Matt and I put our feet in the water but it was pretty cold so we decided going back on the boat and getting in the hot tub would be a better idea. Once we were done walking around we got back on a boat that took us back to the ship. We just hung out and walked around to see what the boat had to offer. We went to dinner and then hung out some more.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> On the way to Catalina Island and Us with our shi</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">p </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24PZRzNILYplWVsw1zF31k4pLqQH5rr2ccNgpMV52tQL49JmuawKnVBOd35hFBi2l4Wg4Bbye0jhOQTT1K4yEsW3_Jo62Izv1iWpUfYOQU6QLiTCYWeJozB7Yx4HCgRl9gH1L1aRjgt8/s1600/DSC06721.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24PZRzNILYplWVsw1zF31k4pLqQH5rr2ccNgpMV52tQL49JmuawKnVBOd35hFBi2l4Wg4Bbye0jhOQTT1K4yEsW3_Jo62Izv1iWpUfYOQU6QLiTCYWeJozB7Yx4HCgRl9gH1L1aRjgt8/s200/DSC06721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518073538917483698" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNyMOdT98a33YsYk4tdxtMhpGu5jYCllEWK9csW0zGyTrXyt_odcLY4IbBp9Ru_hFmVEfQTmM-vaCp-z868AlM635w5lKJdQMfQYKi0lXYzGqahEHYWwHwB-6UGvCLgYDFKKxiNbeLvw/s1600/Paradise.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNyMOdT98a33YsYk4tdxtMhpGu5jYCllEWK9csW0zGyTrXyt_odcLY4IbBp9Ru_hFmVEfQTmM-vaCp-z868AlM635w5lKJdQMfQYKi0lXYzGqahEHYWwHwB-6UGvCLgYDFKKxiNbeLvw/s200/Paradise.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518073548519530770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our Ele</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">phant and Mike in hi</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">s </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">robe with our towel elephant. :)</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU75oLJLP2Ov1bAavNjlFtXYC9dsPxnUI8-1q4U_VGe9-9GGCydiXQ2ixtFk6IykEXz3NgEwOwiR0ROqQtNIeKNlMdwoKfCAyxc-HmxT5daH7tcWNXl2YMDGH9gGaTIu2nRDQQoJQPCXg/s1600/DSC06742.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU75oLJLP2Ov1bAavNjlFtXYC9dsPxnUI8-1q4U_VGe9-9GGCydiXQ2ixtFk6IykEXz3NgEwOwiR0ROqQtNIeKNlMdwoKfCAyxc-HmxT5daH7tcWNXl2YMDGH9gGaTIu2nRDQQoJQPCXg/s200/DSC06742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518078086081448482" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80UWIUoUUgoMcGNrNNDI9x2njRviHp8zGKYrSMoDPQCGO4eFvu9zOiQ899a1pafpNtipxMO8vfCWzhqF3g0OmMiTDVwJepOmrJfZQLtWPf797YZt4jmpF7PUkc4yJOlf_MsS3XTPJGh8/s1600/DSC06745.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80UWIUoUUgoMcGNrNNDI9x2njRviHp8zGKYrSMoDPQCGO4eFvu9zOiQ899a1pafpNtipxMO8vfCWzhqF3g0OmMiTDVwJepOmrJfZQLtWPf797YZt4jmpF7PUkc4yJOlf_MsS3XTPJGh8/s200/DSC06745.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518080393508020498" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8H59eKHb11mdFdjcIgr5fRTlpSbcYtIl32PAzueqXS3upOHn2zR4QhVjt1z-3Se9EnJRP-22BM_-uMiIHZ0htdoFFNWip9Jn4GaovYEQ5vMq-ZMArIhKIKp_jRwFT9agcDZmTv7Ls2c/s1600/DSC06741.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8H59eKHb11mdFdjcIgr5fRTlpSbcYtIl32PAzueqXS3upOHn2zR4QhVjt1z-3Se9EnJRP-22BM_-uMiIHZ0htdoFFNWip9Jn4GaovYEQ5vMq-ZMArIhKIKp_jRwFT9agcDZmTv7Ls2c/s200/DSC06741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518073558876224290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The sign says Warning the bacteria level may cause illness. No Swimming</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Day three</span> was spent in Ensenada Mexico. Went and saw a big blow hole and then spent some time walking around the shops and doing some more hanging out.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRvA3Qnh_-qZ73l8vHWA3fRXj5ItM2iJsIZZyzDOU2WN0vzrfX75X-iBoXCgztvSUWh6mkvw3pPXElmy0nu1QNm-6ERNVGa7UQ4D0H0KeDkX6-n8KrgLqwXnDcAGETl8E4ef9LfOZTPQ/s1600/DSC06750.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRvA3Qnh_-qZ73l8vHWA3fRXj5ItM2iJsIZZyzDOU2WN0vzrfX75X-iBoXCgztvSUWh6mkvw3pPXElmy0nu1QNm-6ERNVGa7UQ4D0H0KeDkX6-n8KrgLqwXnDcAGETl8E4ef9LfOZTPQ/s200/DSC06750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518082985795208146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">We got back from breakfast to find the person that </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">cleaned o</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ur room put my sun glasses on our elephant. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our view from </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">the ship</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvECDoMRUIg5i83DYIjdRfQ0nkTPfr_3qOlU4xZ3vWZwZA6ocTBlFKvES0PExn2QZ4cthPLqSC9OeC-v7GnAvpAeOYCkHbEl9EI12bnBlfEHWayxHL-J2P_JqGL6oJbv1Y7L9QOGhgDc/s1600/DSC06747.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvECDoMRUIg5i83DYIjdRfQ0nkTPfr_3qOlU4xZ3vWZwZA6ocTBlFKvES0PExn2QZ4cthPLqSC9OeC-v7GnAvpAeOYCkHbEl9EI12bnBlfEHWayxHL-J2P_JqGL6oJbv1Y7L9QOGhgDc/s200/DSC06747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518082977469961586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">View from the blow hole</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5zUti-0-oC4TgVRr7HGE2i7vH-yp-0-og5w8ICPmzA7Sn1L9fEZEY7DnM8fZ-ENtywm-uZCzrsFNHII82b43wVyeOANvkKmcSVsDJEPFsT1Ir8qrmNGA1I4zK0lVFqsL4zKP7VPScCY/s1600/DSC06752.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5zUti-0-oC4TgVRr7HGE2i7vH-yp-0-og5w8ICPmzA7Sn1L9fEZEY7DnM8fZ-ENtywm-uZCzrsFNHII82b43wVyeOANvkKmcSVsDJEPFsT1Ir8qrmNGA1I4zK0lVFqsL4zKP7VPScCY/s200/DSC06752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518083000940163154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blow Hole ( If you look on the top right that is Matt that you can see)</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fGQQRRQrMEVxihn4WX-nQZ0NZtwwtjAW24vlKj2xuNSZQReNwd_J0GfT5moGYyUtrv3-q5AxaZa6gq7zhGwzgAOITAsMsUxK6AUepqhov2qiq5H6zskFp4JnVG1iYQL4MWYI41eKx9Y/s1600/DSC06759.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fGQQRRQrMEVxihn4WX-nQZ0NZtwwtjAW24vlKj2xuNSZQReNwd_J0GfT5moGYyUtrv3-q5AxaZa6gq7zhGwzgAOITAsMsUxK6AUepqhov2qiq5H6zskFp4JnVG1iYQL4MWYI41eKx9Y/s200/DSC06759.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518086826618104498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In the water are two ship </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">wrecks.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRhIru6hQETisK3paMdiIhDzjEnWLB25ynWcPESRC_pl2qjOV9zKKXez_oQhvzPM-MwZ072DSREZ21RGmmizRPlg2M-757yRZpmDA87u5iT2nBGcS02oKJvNFBAl63ROZRuaVdYHcHj8/s1600/DSC06768.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRhIru6hQETisK3paMdiIhDzjEnWLB25ynWcPESRC_pl2qjOV9zKKXez_oQhvzPM-MwZ072DSREZ21RGmmizRPlg2M-757yRZpmDA87u5iT2nBGcS02oKJvNFBAl63ROZRuaVdYHcHj8/s200/DSC06768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518086835583209154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0sPCkVB8NYk0YGKjyG0248DEur-nnS-_nWyyQWB5an3-3XqWrTS4CY5G-ql4wo3OnAVpTMn9bWI_xeMgOg8zZTKhb33y-BaoX0ACwHW-NcooR1AHMw7GdyhITWdMrOdtKNqILuypDL0/s1600/DSC06776.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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If you look at<br />the picture of our view of Mexico from the sh</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ip you can see the flag in comparison to the city.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEijwKEvRaV64w3Wxm2Sgu5Y83ryivqLRd3-Ef6WlizV8IG_vATLrYLMSLsWSaa1Smofkw62x0rD2aKCefpCgEQPJyEqQ6W7fr8GYaQXSgpv6gxNvOxHBEYIxdv5aR9sCu55vrHYxXSEI/s1600/DSC06782.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEijwKEvRaV64w3Wxm2Sgu5Y83ryivqLRd3-Ef6WlizV8IG_vATLrYLMSLsWSaa1Smofkw62x0rD2aKCefpCgEQPJyEqQ6W7fr8GYaQXSgpv6gxNvOxHBEYIxdv5aR9sCu55vrHYxXSEI/s200/DSC06782.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518090241964989794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whale Man</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZwHYdVNydfXiFFhuLwD7D9swEj_awG_iaU6HDZJzb7aS5bF3r3plFdwwIs6x7pDdUchedwEWCA3la8pR7BPjG23L68giHiSfMpgb7Efc7FWg-HW5Dec3kHrPoFjtPBhlNh7H4HGKnmI/s1600/Ensenada.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZwHYdVNydfXiFFhuLwD7D9swEj_awG_iaU6HDZJzb7aS5bF3r3plFdwwIs6x7pDdUchedwEWCA3la8pR7BPjG23L68giHiSfMpgb7Efc7FWg-HW5Dec3kHrPoFjtPBhlNh7H4HGKnmI/s200/Ensenada.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518090230603462610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Us and the ship again</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEWWhXw-4hfnQvMrMoLRq7WAg0bVuazINqZRdpiVb14VmJoKBHbjmmLHAbDNCP2ix9lcD0_2CYhQPfz-nTdgzJORcQewYqY_umAIiVx_N8SU-_XrASeU0ZyxVyYQXjrKtHM521f91kbI/s1600/DSC06796.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEWWhXw-4hfnQvMrMoLRq7WAg0bVuazINqZRdpiVb14VmJoKBHbjmmLHAbDNCP2ix9lcD0_2CYhQPfz-nTdgzJORcQewYqY_umAIiVx_N8SU-_XrASeU0ZyxVyYQXjrKtHM521f91kbI/s200/DSC06796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518092796172787570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our fourth animal<br />a cat<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFcjqswSZBSznWnfCmT1wXfu8u5R1Wb9c_aKxX_J1L8fChoY81UiI2XfTVoMlrhWlJcTMXUYDj0DMoM4rfH7R0LzIHA-tTGZ6oZNsDfxzyvLRRyC1dZoP7wlx7w-SzC47o4gdqLFAvZM/s1600/DSC06790.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFcjqswSZBSznWnfCmT1wXfu8u5R1Wb9c_aKxX_J1L8fChoY81UiI2XfTVoMlrhWlJcTMXUYDj0DMoM4rfH7R0LzIHA-tTGZ6oZNsDfxzyvLRRyC1dZoP7wlx7w-SzC47o4gdqLFAvZM/s200/DSC06790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518092785912861346" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJLl4rXeyBoddF_sXmHj-9rwtGhSJFM6QoG_TGyPfEbrwp5YaAdLFyFMqIO2-jcY_Fg5niNqhQvJmSQxYCsn-dAx25Yg_3qFOznjjLG6zodkaQrSPKrQmTKjYMXJw6M3fzWGdMzUWMHM/s1600/DSC06787.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJLl4rXeyBoddF_sXmHj-9rwtGhSJFM6QoG_TGyPfEbrwp5YaAdLFyFMqIO2-jcY_Fg5niNqhQvJmSQxYCsn-dAx25Yg_3qFOznjjLG6zodkaQrSPKrQmTKjYMXJw6M3fzWGdMzUWMHM/s200/DSC06787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518092780865259474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dinner time</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0WJUqv2wrLN5yPtiIMb5wjWbodJ-MVghF8HHb6w0Ru43yypCVldPbw4rrjKV2z19nVsRWh6DPUXlJg3wIiFLZdQfrgZ7iihZITb08peoc2UR5Bpcmn_dFyKrmOPuoRORp_8_yqUR15c/s1600/DSC06813.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0WJUqv2wrLN5yPtiIMb5wjWbodJ-MVghF8HHb6w0Ru43yypCVldPbw4rrjKV2z19nVsRWh6DPUXlJg3wIiFLZdQfrgZ7iihZITb08peoc2UR5Bpcmn_dFyKrmOPuoRORp_8_yqUR15c/s200/DSC06813.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518092806649104610" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />Family saying good bye to Mexico</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Day four</span> was our last day on the boat. : ( We just laid out and got some sun, played some mini golf, and just relaxed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relaxing on our last day.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mdWN7ObKkGZXkBHxqMxvgUw9nW785lHzgZcX-kn7_juBH8WHJg8AQJVpjFdIVzQscD5vEi035E6FKLj_RDqHTyMrg8OMuAeudfeZjntUXaYBOBRoWTtyyj1LtgOSuwa9IQzTq79g5Ac/s1600/DSC06821.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mdWN7ObKkGZXkBHxqMxvgUw9nW785lHzgZcX-kn7_juBH8WHJg8AQJVpjFdIVzQscD5vEi035E6FKLj_RDqHTyMrg8OMuAeudfeZjntUXaYBOBRoWTtyyj1LtgOSuwa9IQzTq79g5Ac/s200/DSC06821.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518096172820144418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">At dinner on our last night.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> : (</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQirsoUTa-wR5RGDYFoUspEauiDH6rqlmmIhOvTW1okAqMWRjDmy64IKkIPRnyqxt3Z82xzZK7qkjAXmPHlsWgUOqLkRktcflItQNpbGDLYmAMI2EOL59DBFZPTJtf0xZJuMzdoY2hQMI/s1600/DSC06848.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQirsoUTa-wR5RGDYFoUspEauiDH6rqlmmIhOvTW1okAqMWRjDmy64IKkIPRnyqxt3Z82xzZK7qkjAXmPHlsWgUOqLkRktcflItQNpbGDLYmAMI2EOL59DBFZPTJtf0xZJuMzdoY2hQMI/s200/DSC06848.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518096180174912642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our last towel animal. Cute little bunny. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmuv3PBDWs-rFG25a1YKGJM9M_LLLS1iM6c2Tt_DOhAWP3LTQ28X9TEyrRoIRngtv5tywvrGVOrwSVUqHB5eBDvuHf7M7n_YcAb_39BA8f66L1e-1o7DX6WKYQMOix0UAK3-eU3CF-AQ/s1600/DSC06851.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmuv3PBDWs-rFG25a1YKGJM9M_LLLS1iM6c2Tt_DOhAWP3LTQ28X9TEyrRoIRngtv5tywvrGVOrwSVUqHB5eBDvuHf7M7n_YcAb_39BA8f66L1e-1o7DX6WKYQMOix0UAK3-eU3CF-AQ/s200/DSC06851.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518096191174471890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFtbeN8cj5v8BvbbKpE-tUIfEr2Wiq33r6iy-6NAT3c2n_ywuwdCVTBIykP5B2S_vTy8lxCaHF5tWOJfZBTqiIZTdqrboe072f0noIdFrDgof0NmORRPjSJNTmIxOiMxlLBua7e2iwUds/s1600/DSC06858.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFtbeN8cj5v8BvbbKpE-tUIfEr2Wiq33r6iy-6NAT3c2n_ywuwdCVTBIykP5B2S_vTy8lxCaHF5tWOJfZBTqiIZTdqrboe072f0noIdFrDgof0NmORRPjSJNTmIxOiMxlLBua7e2iwUds/s200/DSC06858.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518096196080162194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is all of our animal</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">s.<br />We made sure we didn't mess them up</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hope we can go on another cruise again soon. I think that if you haven't ever gone on a cruise it is a must. Loved It!Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-58905874799120410182010-08-07T20:15:00.002-06:002010-08-07T20:16:02.342-06:00Check it out!Go and check this sweet machine out that you can do so much with. <a href="http://vandcogiveaways.blogspot.com/2010/08/huge-giveaway-at-v-and-co-silhouette-sd.html">http://vandcogiveaways.blogspot.com/2010/08/huge-giveaway-at-v-and-co-silhouette-sd.html</a>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-41690501930198594192010-05-22T21:09:00.004-06:002010-05-22T21:26:37.156-06:00Bass...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFd_2mqlyb7HscS9t7TDXd4z7iy21MNfcZRMIvn9YAxG8vMKRH9NRPARUr1qrCQ2TaVlIl0680M4N3KXBOowbt_DyraEQtoo6nCsuL5QpeGRmr6jaDCrz3tGLzTrG4fi7lck1oHXVAlgM/s1600/melindas+fish.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFd_2mqlyb7HscS9t7TDXd4z7iy21MNfcZRMIvn9YAxG8vMKRH9NRPARUr1qrCQ2TaVlIl0680M4N3KXBOowbt_DyraEQtoo6nCsuL5QpeGRmr6jaDCrz3tGLzTrG4fi7lck1oHXVAlgM/s320/melindas+fish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474298021350838562" border="0" /></a><br />I have caught white fish and trout but now I can add bass to the list. All night I just kept getting my line caught in weeds and stuff so when I got the fish I just thought it was stuck again. All I remember was Mike saying that I had one and told me to keep reeling in. When it got close I couldn't believe that I really had one. I was shaking so bad out of excitement and couldn't stop smiling for the next 30 minutes. Mike got the hook out and he said I had it pretty good. I had gotten it in his lip and the bottom of his tongue. It weighed 2 pounds. I have some nice teeth marks in my thumb from holding him up. I still can't believe that I caught a bass!<br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-16819849516587892812010-05-09T08:01:00.005-06:002010-05-09T08:26:36.800-06:00Happy Mother's Day!!<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj2JA9bHR5Rp2AQoa_gf3oUkoKgrp75_eOh3Vk-1JVrBPgtNGjSs84NE1j6_4HY6SgRZmuVriLLMxnUafli8sOU7pLiJ6TX8CxWMUaTKNOOV0Fw8CZb1-TgUjdVJp8Yp_hXUAqfmua00/s1600/DSC06343.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj2JA9bHR5Rp2AQoa_gf3oUkoKgrp75_eOh3Vk-1JVrBPgtNGjSs84NE1j6_4HY6SgRZmuVriLLMxnUafli8sOU7pLiJ6TX8CxWMUaTKNOOV0Fw8CZb1-TgUjdVJp8Yp_hXUAqfmua00/s320/DSC06343.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469275213216127746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz33YFOQP3oLKQO4kAmjFLIJDb20XQm8IG6cmxXvzE3QVMu0UYdFjj2Mnj4_50Uox-TncMBEKO9nAiC1Ue0YRsbGN0bbKIXNm31nxD55wOLD8Tytbt5_D1QuVTsovWeaHYFp7jAvkiIs4/s1600/DSC06349.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz33YFOQP3oLKQO4kAmjFLIJDb20XQm8IG6cmxXvzE3QVMu0UYdFjj2Mnj4_50Uox-TncMBEKO9nAiC1Ue0YRsbGN0bbKIXNm31nxD55wOLD8Tytbt5_D1QuVTsovWeaHYFp7jAvkiIs4/s320/DSC06349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469275200443383298" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn4jCoY0V1xWjcU9caU8wzgst7N5JMIZ8QFrLw-29qh5McZKNyCH3EqqPSFjSy3HlfWobtV7mLDnWvaUazevmTlXGg3PzVb1jiMn_m5chx6zszknotC08wxy64Xao5D0DHKnHvohMVXc/s1600/DSC06346.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn4jCoY0V1xWjcU9caU8wzgst7N5JMIZ8QFrLw-29qh5McZKNyCH3EqqPSFjSy3HlfWobtV7mLDnWvaUazevmTlXGg3PzVb1jiMn_m5chx6zszknotC08wxy64Xao5D0DHKnHvohMVXc/s320/DSC06346.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469273050582142034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy Mother's Day!!</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBxxX4gDtt7o5B-mr30YZg8UiYOfLDsVngVvLQnw2kFLryV2LSwpagDBPODZV3-HNT8H6T824w-k0A9s98OZC6gm9XyYyo7VI6BcTna_QuJBIVJCg_QTpKVaB3vwfVI2FiCkRJNdbBzk/s1600/DSC06343.JPG"><br /></a>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-60237935423915748272010-01-22T14:48:00.002-07:002010-01-22T14:55:08.545-07:00Happy Birthday!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGyZH0uUPGEspzQT4lmd5rrwaxUAuHq2U6nd5QSDgCxAOJRqGVMOP1JR-ACTv8W7EiwLZa_uTA20b-1QvdI4_85itxwQJPw4pH5-4C1lcO-R2WZ-ThJN_zoO0oDyg7YAmbOGZbqQOhr0/s1600-h/Jolene-Necklace.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGyZH0uUPGEspzQT4lmd5rrwaxUAuHq2U6nd5QSDgCxAOJRqGVMOP1JR-ACTv8W7EiwLZa_uTA20b-1QvdI4_85itxwQJPw4pH5-4C1lcO-R2WZ-ThJN_zoO0oDyg7YAmbOGZbqQOhr0/s320/Jolene-Necklace.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429685412205950290" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Birthday to an amazing mother who has taught me so much. I couldn't of asked for a better example and mother. I miss you and love you so much.<br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-70138521687922479422010-01-10T19:13:00.001-07:002010-01-10T19:15:09.807-07:00New PostsI have posts that are coming but they are going to have to wait a little longer. I tried to post one today but I wouldn't let me post pictures.Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-61152593335045544272009-08-31T20:04:00.004-06:002009-08-31T20:33:23.655-06:00Happy Birthday Dad!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcvU10u0QQ_2yc12WS7H8z8M3GdsO7w0Kd5nnivyxX3HkC2-nrxnnb2lNME6OuIyG9yADjL9waJEGuoOYEhZEYSmWvtiLEy0aGPuW8jmqSBlBhCtFLZm6fD1ZHrGdtbPsbTfy8YDMtqM/s1600-h/Mike+%26+Melinda%27s+Wedding+295.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcvU10u0QQ_2yc12WS7H8z8M3GdsO7w0Kd5nnivyxX3HkC2-nrxnnb2lNME6OuIyG9yADjL9waJEGuoOYEhZEYSmWvtiLEy0aGPuW8jmqSBlBhCtFLZm6fD1ZHrGdtbPsbTfy8YDMtqM/s320/Mike+%26+Melinda%27s+Wedding+295.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376320833865911970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnj932fCKWuFrd1C2ZPgUdGBrlMD33AiQSUuJEmuF-Rg0bCqgEEyj4dvxcv2uIndRffh3ZY72LsnIh7dR0aliEXRl7rt8u2fs9WbKxu8u0432hUjPHyq2XuptAzSb3CLpkwl1teqYJV0k/s1600-h/Mike+%26+Melinda%27s+Wedding+255.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnj932fCKWuFrd1C2ZPgUdGBrlMD33AiQSUuJEmuF-Rg0bCqgEEyj4dvxcv2uIndRffh3ZY72LsnIh7dR0aliEXRl7rt8u2fs9WbKxu8u0432hUjPHyq2XuptAzSb3CLpkwl1teqYJV0k/s320/Mike+%26+Melinda%27s+Wedding+255.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376320831375973842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg649NzyZlT2-benNHqdHrxe-qHCHM7phrBmibZEkIby14O_h2v-QVScs5boya2xzQsfAt9Zt_JJmqK8WKNcrmKpKtF2C1xazHL1xqTSCn09TPvkryLLlJgUsHrB6bOWeaSAMzFeFNWJsE/s1600-h/Happy+Couple.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg649NzyZlT2-benNHqdHrxe-qHCHM7phrBmibZEkIby14O_h2v-QVScs5boya2xzQsfAt9Zt_JJmqK8WKNcrmKpKtF2C1xazHL1xqTSCn09TPvkryLLlJgUsHrB6bOWeaSAMzFeFNWJsE/s320/Happy+Couple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376320821935799234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXxR-DQowK3IXXKtOtghp2iXGD9DaqoKrEoEFsqzLiZv5Nif6YgjFDtZB33Y7Q6quphOMzEkFs18Yyc2n5CQjLjMUeNAEmoR3HF_6WEvm3djUcGRif-JnWrl9K5rK9wZQhLdYkTO9uVo/s1600-h/Dad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXxR-DQowK3IXXKtOtghp2iXGD9DaqoKrEoEFsqzLiZv5Nif6YgjFDtZB33Y7Q6quphOMzEkFs18Yyc2n5CQjLjMUeNAEmoR3HF_6WEvm3djUcGRif-JnWrl9K5rK9wZQhLdYkTO9uVo/s320/Dad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376320813710426850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Happy Birthday</span> to an amazing <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >father</span>!! You have done so much for our family. I couldn't be more thankful for the <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amazing</span></span> father that you are. We <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >love you</span> so much and hope you have a great day!Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-7323073264459658412009-07-24T20:46:00.005-06:002009-08-29T09:48:51.684-06:00Nelwyn and Bostons's Birthdays<div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday was Nelwyn's Birthday and Wednesday was Boston's Birthday. So we got together as a family on Monday to celebrate the two amazing people. We went over to Ashley's parents for dinner and the festivities. After dinner it was time to open presents.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFpEbdVhyphenhyphenHqYSrzE5oz9nSBtawPnzqFtsxJvm5DrZbqI1alXsENvEfwdwph3bL-NzI-pT3tpgnPhxdtO5vMKGomvzJ7lcAaQByoLTklpzGIKty5HdkIHaNlz-oFmRgSuPv8pLPdWVSZ4/s1600-h/Nelwyn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFpEbdVhyphenhyphenHqYSrzE5oz9nSBtawPnzqFtsxJvm5DrZbqI1alXsENvEfwdwph3bL-NzI-pT3tpgnPhxdtO5vMKGomvzJ7lcAaQByoLTklpzGIKty5HdkIHaNlz-oFmRgSuPv8pLPdWVSZ4/s320/Nelwyn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362225430785424754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdbc92HVM6TzSscEbOM3iHYSuw9WMpjaoa5HyNQIqVP_4AN4gRf1C685Qz-r3pwCRbkelSMFfH_AeTnoGK8hwfZWgSwK2pvygQMhlzZCxBR0y04b5JV7OG2Eu1uX7UE9YSFe1NEmNLa8/s1600-h/Boston+and+MIke.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdbc92HVM6TzSscEbOM3iHYSuw9WMpjaoa5HyNQIqVP_4AN4gRf1C685Qz-r3pwCRbkelSMFfH_AeTnoGK8hwfZWgSwK2pvygQMhlzZCxBR0y04b5JV7OG2Eu1uX7UE9YSFe1NEmNLa8/s320/Boston+and+MIke.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362225440668842002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrsV67ZaUJMbpaUWr_PIYna6anJkp0RSEsW-Vzf2-5g8I7suW_1tKCblFm4pAcI1Fio8bc2EXC_XsortnMwSgZ-Gju5MJx9YHPGJlDjBiFa-BZdDdddmnT9aVj3_11VfYROTHesYV1no/s1600-h/Ashley+and+Boston.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrsV67ZaUJMbpaUWr_PIYna6anJkp0RSEsW-Vzf2-5g8I7suW_1tKCblFm4pAcI1Fio8bc2EXC_XsortnMwSgZ-Gju5MJx9YHPGJlDjBiFa-BZdDdddmnT9aVj3_11VfYROTHesYV1no/s320/Ashley+and+Boston.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362225438495061922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4gks79J4IEAYZYq4Py2lvEUvzr5BiYEAWnxniovGUYzaYW4hAcoDZnO-wPtaVnKIykzKw8wkuLktj5tzL32I4XU0upFfIMX7XwKdsQegpIRDkkoiMQTLrzzHYJDqH_QDPUKvRajO5u0/s1600-h/Cade+and+Nelwyn.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4gks79J4IEAYZYq4Py2lvEUvzr5BiYEAWnxniovGUYzaYW4hAcoDZnO-wPtaVnKIykzKw8wkuLktj5tzL32I4XU0upFfIMX7XwKdsQegpIRDkkoiMQTLrzzHYJDqH_QDPUKvRajO5u0/s320/Cade+and+Nelwyn.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362225448079428306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIbSR55OhYIt-RgZFvxXu0_FWTAYjHiypJGf0xLRDixoCfVzrmK90hQuUzoYqm9t-bZoGuey59dY_shmbgeRQ4t2IaGtrngV95GlESm54SZbEi9K_p74WBEkf5_9ce8FP-hYLhmHUnnQ/s1600-h/Boston+and+Bike.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIbSR55OhYIt-RgZFvxXu0_FWTAYjHiypJGf0xLRDixoCfVzrmK90hQuUzoYqm9t-bZoGuey59dY_shmbgeRQ4t2IaGtrngV95GlESm54SZbEi9K_p74WBEkf5_9ce8FP-hYLhmHUnnQ/s320/Boston+and+Bike.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362227088767296674" border="0" /></a>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-7703080032493902712009-07-24T19:31:00.006-06:002009-07-24T19:55:17.747-06:00Mike's Birthday<div style="text-align: center;">I know this is late but this is a update on Mike's Birthday. We had a family dinner for his birthday on Sunday.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWmgWOwCEE78h1cIrxfqB6bMBsfodG7ghLZSnlA8kK49Fw0r_OvU8X1-FhMQGubo1FMiKULiZfvn9ksl4VA11kVkdeAe9HN3bXsUKvdBUlsFK3B2Kcm24pTnLoyFa50ttBwcmpP2anQ4/s1600-h/MIke1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWmgWOwCEE78h1cIrxfqB6bMBsfodG7ghLZSnlA8kK49Fw0r_OvU8X1-FhMQGubo1FMiKULiZfvn9ksl4VA11kVkdeAe9HN3bXsUKvdBUlsFK3B2Kcm24pTnLoyFa50ttBwcmpP2anQ4/s320/MIke1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362206801396566194" border="0" /></a>Mike and his cake by his request it was 4 layers with funfetti and strawberry.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSAb7PkyDgoXllJs0z7jIDZVw5EciEErGAyWru4BT9B7DGcps-gVpGdJXG-Ka4bz3Oxt8FGBBNYxoSxsAlgd4TFJzf7F345UrrjrT_J4cyFHdQgU5poBrP5ZgCSPIEf_BjLGrglLbz4s/s1600-h/Melinda+Boston+Mike.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSAb7PkyDgoXllJs0z7jIDZVw5EciEErGAyWru4BT9B7DGcps-gVpGdJXG-Ka4bz3Oxt8FGBBNYxoSxsAlgd4TFJzf7F345UrrjrT_J4cyFHdQgU5poBrP5ZgCSPIEf_BjLGrglLbz4s/s320/Melinda+Boston+Mike.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362209201345361778" border="0" /></a>Singing Happy Birthday to the Birthday Boy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJnmprJJrz_QrMv_APMgkWJwGZI0Ae04UeUH5ldbl-aaU87plH_lyl8r2oXzVSGOXAyaz99WWF1E_5FkQg97Mwdwx1rXhEPzi6BUNv2cjnJZrN984FK3hGm8DlVjc9gXSRRZe76673lM/s1600-h/Mike.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJnmprJJrz_QrMv_APMgkWJwGZI0Ae04UeUH5ldbl-aaU87plH_lyl8r2oXzVSGOXAyaz99WWF1E_5FkQg97Mwdwx1rXhEPzi6BUNv2cjnJZrN984FK3hGm8DlVjc9gXSRRZe76673lM/s320/Mike.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362206809212190546" border="0" /></a><br />So on the day of his birthday I had the week off. I made him breakfast in bed and then we just relaxed in the pool for the day. Then we went to a wonderful dinner with Mike's parents. I tried to get a picture of us before we went out to dinner but our camera is broken and we tried with our phone and that didn't work out. :( So that is the update... I hope he had a great birthday and I look forward to spending more of those with him. Love ya Babe!!<br /></div></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-24969555747149810602009-07-05T12:58:00.010-06:002009-07-05T20:46:09.392-06:00Happy Birthday Babe!!<div style="text-align: center;">I hope that you have a great Birthday tomorrow!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for everything you do for us.<br />I love you so much!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwHxqCk9-ICRbUVu6Y09FTfWkAN5g-8Y0zSMJPULJTnBx5BAiJiMxmPSqHNk4HyaUREMMmsuk2o_fRM8n-Sqx25m-O8z4jK86dTlc_15q48ETRnr6-0YbrVWpL6xSgpzWEBYtO47H664/s1600-h/Cabin+8-2007+019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwHxqCk9-ICRbUVu6Y09FTfWkAN5g-8Y0zSMJPULJTnBx5BAiJiMxmPSqHNk4HyaUREMMmsuk2o_fRM8n-Sqx25m-O8z4jK86dTlc_15q48ETRnr6-0YbrVWpL6xSgpzWEBYtO47H664/s320/Cabin+8-2007+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355053607569250546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxTjWrTLtDgzLphLlRIWOol2F0-Z_k9Aq66OjjqpJwVmAWFUcJCukqTbRWxxQihTXAXsoBcWwfjlBF7lnLn_pzjSfVMh1GbHfCz7j6WDXcbrzmQujjHgevgd8Tu62QEG2ev0yGop2G40/s1600-h/christmas2007+092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxTjWrTLtDgzLphLlRIWOol2F0-Z_k9Aq66OjjqpJwVmAWFUcJCukqTbRWxxQihTXAXsoBcWwfjlBF7lnLn_pzjSfVMh1GbHfCz7j6WDXcbrzmQujjHgevgd8Tu62QEG2ev0yGop2G40/s320/christmas2007+092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355109980106384962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cd40iq2ckIl_RbuZryBzrXIAaBZLdlv8m6ipUvFSRDLnoD-dMXcsxBCpoj7eBXMvyA6FE1koDHmH1cLZf3Ue80Rdym-wjpr_0USueehkNO3wUBEB4-VyeORf0yHUSsUoiuFWbbpYCvU/s1600-h/IMG_3078.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cd40iq2ckIl_RbuZryBzrXIAaBZLdlv8m6ipUvFSRDLnoD-dMXcsxBCpoj7eBXMvyA6FE1koDHmH1cLZf3Ue80Rdym-wjpr_0USueehkNO3wUBEB4-VyeORf0yHUSsUoiuFWbbpYCvU/s320/IMG_3078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355104034111762306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2TydQHom-h1PAxA6OIhW5BEj66b0GkDccuP_bSnJPjbNk18nVLBXFNbKc36shgWAj56lD_0FQYSFc-DNbvzctIjg7RJZXYV3Vz7uO462jo3Dhh_PVvtYrfX88hyphenhyphenwRvPP_lI2kuh9JgE/s1600-h/m+and+m.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2TydQHom-h1PAxA6OIhW5BEj66b0GkDccuP_bSnJPjbNk18nVLBXFNbKc36shgWAj56lD_0FQYSFc-DNbvzctIjg7RJZXYV3Vz7uO462jo3Dhh_PVvtYrfX88hyphenhyphenwRvPP_lI2kuh9JgE/s320/m+and+m.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355109989154937890" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-44529514081768412622009-05-19T19:58:00.008-06:002009-05-19T22:05:36.893-06:00Corey and Amber's Wedding<div style="text-align: center;">We had an amazing weekend. It was so cool to be together as a family and to have all of us there for Corey's wedding. We had a nice relaxing weekend. There will be more pictures to come once I get them from Amber and Corey.<br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsTo4BFpsAdxi6rOsF6AdkIIrwjgaBZDjRQ3jzQS-vD7UhXw2NAMo-QmX3fBdtzjJjW_-gS3Ce1m1v8oe4vWkpWqElsQlYBtyppmnzH-cYfrA9kXUT9gLTaLjNEnTvZCKtqXfAkfphjc/s1600-h/P4240177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337723748650825346" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsTo4BFpsAdxi6rOsF6AdkIIrwjgaBZDjRQ3jzQS-vD7UhXw2NAMo-QmX3fBdtzjJjW_-gS3Ce1m1v8oe4vWkpWqElsQlYBtyppmnzH-cYfrA9kXUT9gLTaLjNEnTvZCKtqXfAkfphjc/s320/P4240177.JPG" border="0" /></a>Mike and I the Morning of the Wedding<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZk15cX0N9bqx0xZgy88gvmeggxnrVYfuKcEc-KEEz6rC6e6PJPna8Utwsm0Dm590ZAdxCLGdrjSO07FGWqmLNb00h7vYBxfP1kKAX5S-SsTo5AJKleaZXnPfyv7sA9Qhzxt26Kok4XE/s1600-h/CoreyandAmber.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZk15cX0N9bqx0xZgy88gvmeggxnrVYfuKcEc-KEEz6rC6e6PJPna8Utwsm0Dm590ZAdxCLGdrjSO07FGWqmLNb00h7vYBxfP1kKAX5S-SsTo5AJKleaZXnPfyv7sA9Qhzxt26Kok4XE/s320/CoreyandAmber.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337749141527972898" border="0" /></a>The beautiful Couple<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tVfABTflmfxu04G0iLMtBAo4On2bHeHui2l-ziY1qcnOly9Eq0TjhWM9OWVkr1Cjd8bWN4Rey7QsAJQQ9NIbaePGZYHLtjtdlnz0A21PiZiBuQZY2pKbrjyuZ1307x94nQLfMyLjycI/s1600-h/IMG_2594.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337723509820931426" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 240px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tVfABTflmfxu04G0iLMtBAo4On2bHeHui2l-ziY1qcnOly9Eq0TjhWM9OWVkr1Cjd8bWN4Rey7QsAJQQ9NIbaePGZYHLtjtdlnz0A21PiZiBuQZY2pKbrjyuZ1307x94nQLfMyLjycI/s320/IMG_2594.JPG" border="0" /></a>The beautiful Couple again<br /></div><br /><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitn5s2ornO9e1CUtuiGC3lujO6ulOdfOhSI0lbGugYNkE6dtAnFQMGrx5KiuHGssVFBRD-1gm77E3_ognXZr1N1O6aw2mbm4Si1bJgRK9WS2pkRcsFiYMF9EJwX_V4OaIudoo-__-MU0E/s1600-h/walkerfamily"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337721946847779346" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitn5s2ornO9e1CUtuiGC3lujO6ulOdfOhSI0lbGugYNkE6dtAnFQMGrx5KiuHGssVFBRD-1gm77E3_ognXZr1N1O6aw2mbm4Si1bJgRK9WS2pkRcsFiYMF9EJwX_V4OaIudoo-__-MU0E/s320/walkerfamily" border="0" /></a>Walker Family<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337721927256558322" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzsuAhrNsHPNvYYng2uadx_jZ8T21qgHLRLtBKFygqhFdUQxQ_2MdYX0gwiu0MEap-2XW2zhdyEFT-AFUeHr_5PyG1uu7zLLwZ-2A_Cy7LdC8fICLr5DzFMvs-ayDDKq0XfHI07N3NJ4/s320/P4240003.JPG" border="0" />Siblings<br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjB3F9PT40M0tSOFHtHqEmkrRanODYb4T0sxRwlWzM7ZyeXTveSu7Lk9kie9pl7v3iOAC205X2o8OsxAZ8amxZVIUys_jRJbUDOLukBNG-dm08_-CKHEgfotLNE_hyphenhyphenXNJ31InVQBv_uo/s1600-h/P4250023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337721940728963826" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjB3F9PT40M0tSOFHtHqEmkrRanODYb4T0sxRwlWzM7ZyeXTveSu7Lk9kie9pl7v3iOAC205X2o8OsxAZ8amxZVIUys_jRJbUDOLukBNG-dm08_-CKHEgfotLNE_hyphenhyphenXNJ31InVQBv_uo/s320/P4250023.JPG" border="0" /></a>At My Mother's Grave the morning after. Amber wanted to take her bouquet and put it on moms grave. So we went and right as we drove up it started to rain really hard and sideways.<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-55415493072154060052009-05-19T19:41:00.002-06:002009-05-19T19:45:37.361-06:00Happy Birthday Jamie!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEi5-fi6Tvlb8JCadHNrMhRRnnuwbV70J0Tp5oVddRKa4cu3pJBGh_PX5oqWhF3NqVGp8VbkcpSNUwk9BXTFWtSihFMvxAkOEDWaltq1g_e3xTKqdahSDboYHRdW2W3RtsRHu1zhx6FsQ/s1600-h/Jamieandtheboys"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337715525065372866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEi5-fi6Tvlb8JCadHNrMhRRnnuwbV70J0Tp5oVddRKa4cu3pJBGh_PX5oqWhF3NqVGp8VbkcpSNUwk9BXTFWtSihFMvxAkOEDWaltq1g_e3xTKqdahSDboYHRdW2W3RtsRHu1zhx6FsQ/s320/Jamieandtheboys" border="0" /></a> You are such a kid at heart... We love you and hope you have a great birthday.<br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-15717324960423278382009-05-16T13:06:00.001-06:002009-05-16T13:31:18.329-06:00Finally an Update...I know it has been forever since I have made a post. My excuse is that I don’t have a kid so I don’t have anything to write about or any cute pictures to show. I really have just been working and have had the chance to take care of Boston and Cade last weekend. I had so much fun with them even if I didn’t get that much sleep. I got them Friday night and they spent the night with Mike and me. Then on Saturday we just hung out around the house and I even took an adventure with the two boys and we went out shopping. That was an experience in and of its self, me with a two year old that likes to be independent and a 6 month old that doesn’t like being in the car. We first went to Hobby Lobby and then it was off to Wal-mart. We were in the craft section and Boston has a good eye and noticed the toys. So as we are looking at the beads Boston is trying to convince me to take him over to the toys. I had to inform him that we were not going to buy anything. It was really funny because he would tell me that we would just go and look and he was fine with that. So we get over to the toys and the next thing out of his mouth is “I would like to hold that but we aren’t going to buy it” and that was ok with me. Then he started to tell me that we aren’t going to buy it but he was going to get it for his birthday. So anything he saw he said “I get that for my birthday”. So after that we went home and made a Mother’s Day present for Ashley from Boston. I was a poem that I had about little kids’ fingerprints and then we stamped his hands on the paper. Later that day I look the boys back to Ashley and Jamie. It was a nice weekend to spend with those little guys. Thanks Jamie and Ashley for letting me take your kids. So that is pretty much all that has gone on around our place.Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-86194682225685314462009-01-31T19:39:00.004-07:002009-01-31T20:18:33.257-07:00Ice StormHere are some picture from the Ice Storm that we got on Tuesday night. It was nice to have Wednesday off of work and just sit at home and stay warm. When I went back to work on Thursday my days were all messed up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVCNTfq3wQrsOjRa9Tv8RTmO_Qb6M0FxVwqI_bcZprDJ8w_IQQejAcQc2HTb7h2WxRO3t2Q3y0dWQb-x4e7W6gYS0bDBHOhLYe-pwcdKuLxUo4qI5LN-gyCKSzKGfBMwopmCyvcBVqeg/s1600-h/IMG_3293.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVCNTfq3wQrsOjRa9Tv8RTmO_Qb6M0FxVwqI_bcZprDJ8w_IQQejAcQc2HTb7h2WxRO3t2Q3y0dWQb-x4e7W6gYS0bDBHOhLYe-pwcdKuLxUo4qI5LN-gyCKSzKGfBMwopmCyvcBVqeg/s320/IMG_3293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297656237513706194" border="0" /></a>Our Car about 8:30 Tuesday night<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-ref8JzjhwG1XjEwpc_ypys2HqCO6W6FX3C5jOPRSjSxZc5f4iCb25uH62nA_1ZiqOn_5NsYNDRtK1TALOAuirh9UFskIS_GFCjZdVZLptTZzOx49krYPmyqruHIHOZmXDocphG482c/s1600-h/IMG_3297.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-ref8JzjhwG1XjEwpc_ypys2HqCO6W6FX3C5jOPRSjSxZc5f4iCb25uH62nA_1ZiqOn_5NsYNDRtK1TALOAuirh9UFskIS_GFCjZdVZLptTZzOx49krYPmyqruHIHOZmXDocphG482c/s320/IMG_3297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297656241174200322" border="0" /></a>The next morning at 10am<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0qDWaf3XVfEbacRV5T8cRcG5KDR7LtrLn2tSVSMKbfXoPPtXTt-Y7wrSbuuDdzgnN5EbaTGE_aGh6Pvvg2HDV0Sf2yEpagBAkNTzSV5IP9dekEr6LrIdorlK3wfIGZakj2-g9astmso/s1600-h/IMG_3300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0qDWaf3XVfEbacRV5T8cRcG5KDR7LtrLn2tSVSMKbfXoPPtXTt-Y7wrSbuuDdzgnN5EbaTGE_aGh6Pvvg2HDV0Sf2yEpagBAkNTzSV5IP9dekEr6LrIdorlK3wfIGZakj2-g9astmso/s320/IMG_3300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297656242177722706" border="0" /></a>The patio at 10am and that is pure ice.<br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-40177181742494990872009-01-19T14:30:00.000-07:002009-01-19T14:31:11.339-07:00Finally....I finally put an update on.... :) Check it out and I hope you Enjoy!Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-88571622462531651722009-01-19T13:08:00.008-07:002009-01-19T14:34:27.148-07:00Christmas....Christmas.... It was a Walker Christmas this year so we spent the time with my family. We had Jamie, Ashley, Boston, and Cade stay at the Nixon's with us b/c there is just not enough room at Dad and Nelwyn's and at their house they had Corey and Marianne( Nelwyn's Daughter). We just hung out until Christmas Eve. Then on Christmas Eve we did our usual tradition of having chili and corn bread for dinner, open our Christmas pajamas and then we headed out to go look at Christmas lights. We went to a house that is in a neighborhood close to us that has 104,000 lights on it and you can turn your radio to a station and the lights go with the music. It is so amazing I can't even imagine all the time it would take to put it up and take it all down. On the way home from looking at lights we played freeze out so that we would be ready when we got home for some nice warm hot chocolate. :) Then Christmas morning we got up and got ready and went back over to dads house. It was so fun to see Boston so excited to see what Santa brought him and if he had the cookies and milk Boston up out for him. He also helped my dad in handing out the presents. Each of us kids got an amazing present this year Corey got my moms wedding ring, Jamie got my moms 25th anniversary ring, and I got my grandmas wedding ring. It is amazing to have that and be able to pass it on to my oldest girl some day. I also got for my birthday my moms CTR ring. For Christmas dinner we had Ashley's family and one of Nelwyn's friends and her son over. We had yummy ham with all the sides but the best was the delicious fried turkey that we had. Holy Cow it was amazing! If you have never had that I do have to say you should to try it. On that Saturday Jamie and Ashley went to celebrate their 5 year wedding anniversary so Mike and I had the boys. It was so much fun and it wasn't bad at all to go from having no kids to having two boys over night. Then on Monday the 29th Corey's girlfriend Amber flew into town and we went over to Jamie and Ashley's to meet her. She is an amazing girl and I wish we could have spent more time with her. Hope to see her again soon. On New Years Eve we went over to Jamie and Ashley's so that the next day they could take us to the airport. We had fun staying up and watching the ball drop and eating some munchies. Then we got up the next morning and went to the airport and headed off to the Nixon Reunion. Update on the once I can get some pictures from Dad.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfH7HNTJ-Yruh2QmDHPOccHNUwc3y3nAJfpTQHoZXMc9ilqlfDniMDQBdrFcRSILv_7ouHalntsofENBxWGj5pSk5xA8BT6Au6TPqhwGBEngJ21oPFduAu_uRx8slqs3oq0NO1THJyueg/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfH7HNTJ-Yruh2QmDHPOccHNUwc3y3nAJfpTQHoZXMc9ilqlfDniMDQBdrFcRSILv_7ouHalntsofENBxWGj5pSk5xA8BT6Au6TPqhwGBEngJ21oPFduAu_uRx8slqs3oq0NO1THJyueg/s320/Christmas+2008+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293115875485965618" border="0" /></a>Boston Christmas morning in his Christmas PJ's (Well half of them)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KFl21GSxgETmUKJt1hY30SjecRfnEGW0CYxzNDsZ0iIX81y3JzPSQMK7MH6Ei7PFI1SsSDwrmByxbfTmzl3Pe_pG2PmCTm0Kg7fJuHM-0SMTC82nX_igq-qtJILRB21neOCm44QafsA/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KFl21GSxgETmUKJt1hY30SjecRfnEGW0CYxzNDsZ0iIX81y3JzPSQMK7MH6Ei7PFI1SsSDwrmByxbfTmzl3Pe_pG2PmCTm0Kg7fJuHM-0SMTC82nX_igq-qtJILRB21neOCm44QafsA/s320/Christmas+2008+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293117572944637618" border="0" /></a>Boston eating a snack while waiting for Christmas dinner.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL6XnAhrHIdUcJVAv1ynn8nCMEo_JCHlHLa1bkD6VO45QO5CTAt5JPbfDJaAD6BYdAD32LpKb7tlvm2Yj3ID_tI-UGwwHvc8M4wbSwDG9AmiCRyqTHFb40qEjsh_iErXKpah5n4O-BgM/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL6XnAhrHIdUcJVAv1ynn8nCMEo_JCHlHLa1bkD6VO45QO5CTAt5JPbfDJaAD6BYdAD32LpKb7tlvm2Yj3ID_tI-UGwwHvc8M4wbSwDG9AmiCRyqTHFb40qEjsh_iErXKpah5n4O-BgM/s320/Christmas+2008+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293117575652784866" border="0" /></a>Nelwyn and Jamie with the yummy turkey. (It might look a little over done but inside was really good)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiET9WNDJFfPCA3HrwCqA6BY6GYCBsPFc47WdEtQidQMMWpO_tCqGxEsCA47jW_G8wppdzcgb5Pg9N-MhJLRuH1rdrnaYwIP2cZcDr8qvOKYHl7uzwfUuTEmJUxN51mnbhNvHZTtJOraCY/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiET9WNDJFfPCA3HrwCqA6BY6GYCBsPFc47WdEtQidQMMWpO_tCqGxEsCA47jW_G8wppdzcgb5Pg9N-MhJLRuH1rdrnaYwIP2cZcDr8qvOKYHl7uzwfUuTEmJUxN51mnbhNvHZTtJOraCY/s320/Christmas+2008+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293119411226416274" border="0" /></a>Marianne, Nelwyn and Dad playing Rock band<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7UEWcTuFtk6nPhlsf__kkG0A_pbd2Z9sQrkfrUF9LU88GJofkiPaKddlfao2-Tr2Ro_G7d4jeHvODd33mPRpSLmMy1vPhXx42daCHAJZh6aHx6qsapHwSikmOrN7JGOaXEz4NhyphenhyphenufIE/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7UEWcTuFtk6nPhlsf__kkG0A_pbd2Z9sQrkfrUF9LU88GJofkiPaKddlfao2-Tr2Ro_G7d4jeHvODd33mPRpSLmMy1vPhXx42daCHAJZh6aHx6qsapHwSikmOrN7JGOaXEz4NhyphenhyphenufIE/s320/Christmas+2008+033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293119419032984226" border="0" /></a>Boston eating his New Years Eve treat<br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-58012371042727413432009-01-19T12:20:00.012-07:002009-01-19T13:53:15.775-07:00Thanksgiving....Thanksgiving ...Camille's birthday is at the beginning of November so David got her tickets for all the kids to fly home for Thanksgiving. It was so much fun to have everyone home. We didn't have that much time to spend with everyone especially Chris who got here on Thanksgiving afternoon but we made the best of it. We went out to eat and hung out. We also did a lot of Rock Band playing. We went to Main Event and went bowling and then at work I got coupons for all of us to get a free card with 10 bucks on it for the arcades which was a lot of fun. Then we had to say good bye to everyone but we knew we would see them after Christmas for the Nixon Reunion.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lz11OJafdrBwsR8W7Vv0VlPffLSLms4KE_37X4h4-mFJhnjdznD-l11e6FirDvqttuMMUYipzU02kAQdLeJMpZABwQXnRjt8_wRS52PArlQHyCvn7Z9087grV7zu8jwpy2nl7UI2Z5k/s1600-h/IMG_3201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lz11OJafdrBwsR8W7Vv0VlPffLSLms4KE_37X4h4-mFJhnjdznD-l11e6FirDvqttuMMUYipzU02kAQdLeJMpZABwQXnRjt8_wRS52PArlQHyCvn7Z9087grV7zu8jwpy2nl7UI2Z5k/s320/IMG_3201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293108464704126370" border="0" /></a>Our amazing centerpieces<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqmI82djVOa87bbKwCv_Y3ivBRqn6dpCzKgduIBlGR4lYeiF6aj9i5u5ZsJ-6Yy3due5qNwWrh0sL_haSaC14EQeJV1SaLMlAtXgow08T_g8GTrKpX5_4dl0A6O3MhcCOrshzBAzUM24/s1600-h/IMG_3211.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqmI82djVOa87bbKwCv_Y3ivBRqn6dpCzKgduIBlGR4lYeiF6aj9i5u5ZsJ-6Yy3due5qNwWrh0sL_haSaC14EQeJV1SaLMlAtXgow08T_g8GTrKpX5_4dl0A6O3MhcCOrshzBAzUM24/s320/IMG_3211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293108450014823282" border="0" /></a>Mom and her owie from cutting the stems of the hydrangeas<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1C8_btQ90aFL6cNMOJDDKI12cIs0F4efZD4vCaCIfN9XikjzSvM_bIxiTnBB8va987d9N9DoeA25wAvVeKlU_PH_5xz9HYi587EWgbnAc-cutz2HmCRaY5UNu__AqIvBR1HyT3rxDXaE/s1600-h/IMG_3214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1C8_btQ90aFL6cNMOJDDKI12cIs0F4efZD4vCaCIfN9XikjzSvM_bIxiTnBB8va987d9N9DoeA25wAvVeKlU_PH_5xz9HYi587EWgbnAc-cutz2HmCRaY5UNu__AqIvBR1HyT3rxDXaE/s320/IMG_3214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293106832541138002" border="0" /></a>Nixon Men Watching Football<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQykj8C6Nt57PNsyH59QcNkdm43TeODfoO2WjIqYKzp6rq1lUy9lDZ-JLTHS452CkYkAmmtnWDfcSWCXGS8bjm-2zEOq2tZjh6KS3VrZIfVPw_NnCHcmg22eL3W_DftuWTN-6fSKKWnU/s1600-h/IMG_3218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQykj8C6Nt57PNsyH59QcNkdm43TeODfoO2WjIqYKzp6rq1lUy9lDZ-JLTHS452CkYkAmmtnWDfcSWCXGS8bjm-2zEOq2tZjh6KS3VrZIfVPw_NnCHcmg22eL3W_DftuWTN-6fSKKWnU/s320/IMG_3218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293106821222552642" border="0" /></a>Mom. Matt, Sara, Mike Rocking and Wade and Chris being fans<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHcgOnmK-e6vBqKe4Pr5t4RY00Fo8VOw-R71XQAmwkWM5bIdIF5oKZwotBiwoaJoTRad1qfrHnUSVIdGNX6SrTn15JZtl40zVC5fzg8pBd6BDtuBPa_CiUvvgmapPnawWN0jy3Z7r0qM/s1600-h/IMG_3223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHcgOnmK-e6vBqKe4Pr5t4RY00Fo8VOw-R71XQAmwkWM5bIdIF5oKZwotBiwoaJoTRad1qfrHnUSVIdGNX6SrTn15JZtl40zVC5fzg8pBd6BDtuBPa_CiUvvgmapPnawWN0jy3Z7r0qM/s320/IMG_3223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293104848047850194" border="0" /></a>Sara, Mom, Mike, and Dad Rocking Out<br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-45384493394108499702008-12-14T18:12:00.003-07:002008-12-14T18:17:15.930-07:00Update Coming Soon...I promise after this week is over then I will update my blog. This is my last week of work for the holidays until Jan 6th so I will have some time on my hands to do some updating. So hopefully everyone can hold on for just a little bit longer.Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-64806455219571720522008-10-05T19:46:00.003-06:002008-10-05T19:49:24.150-06:00Mike's Online PortfolioI put a link on the side of my blog under the "about us" section for Mike's online portfolio. Enjoy!!Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-7934076595502621342008-09-22T15:14:00.004-06:002008-09-22T15:24:35.343-06:00Update....<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So here it goes the last month… So we left <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Rexburg</span> in the middle of August and on our way home to Texas we stopped in Utah for Mike’s sisters wedding. It was a great day. It was really cool to be there in the Temple with Mike’s Parents, his two brothers, and his sister and her husband. Then we stayed in Utah for a couple of days. We headed on our way to Texas on Tuesday (our 5 year wedding anniversary) and we stopped in Colorado. Then we got up on Wednesday and finished the long drive and made it here on Wednesday night. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248957586728468722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QhX4Hz9HGsTfAtOJHOZ1z6Ly48h-5Pz5Ltr86ztSwLZzKQOKpzGtIH8bw9bYz3NZqDUoomIOcQqiGeySSbNAQjG4clBSajK1QawSDBVxm9FFioM0eklh2GyzCp5XoKWLCa9EH9LSPd4/s320/SSPX0015.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">After we crossed the Texas Border </p><p align="center"><br />Our truck with all of our stuff in was already here and so Thursday we got up and unloaded that. Then we hadn't been in Texas for twelve hours and I went for a job interview at a Private Preschool and was offered the job that night. I took the job and started work that Saturday getting the classroom in order. Then the next week was trainings and open house. I was hopping to have at least a couple of days to get things in order around the house but that is not at all how it happened. Oh well someone has to make some money. Mike has been getting his portfolio together and will start contacting people this week about jobs. Cross your fingers that he will get something soon. We will definitely let everyone know the outcome of that. We did get some of Ike but mostly just rain but, were prepared for much worse. I know this probably sounds like we haven’t been doing much but I feel like I am just going and going all the time. </p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-47786351959828983712008-09-21T21:12:00.000-06:002008-09-21T21:13:00.085-06:00Update....Update coming soon!Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467332605776632741.post-50477192273802812202008-07-28T13:32:00.004-06:002008-10-25T10:59:01.911-06:00<div align="center">I know this was a about 5 months ago but I just put it together in a scrapbook program and I wanted to post what I did. This was from a weekend at my Aunt and Uncles with my Dad, Nelwyn, Corey. We also got to spend some time with my new nieces and nephews. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCekzRvqlM7oFvsjc7cIeJPgO9LFJdB_UlFXndgB4Pnj2yfkLkBs3eXeM8YLu_EIXSrAy_Ooa9cRI8J0E1I946-eu4UYMCdd8UdTAx6JCL-VLZHsZRRXlLwZxI7Gw3N0AJG7-H5YQMrng/s1600-h/March2008_Page_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228150323385414962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCekzRvqlM7oFvsjc7cIeJPgO9LFJdB_UlFXndgB4Pnj2yfkLkBs3eXeM8YLu_EIXSrAy_Ooa9cRI8J0E1I946-eu4UYMCdd8UdTAx6JCL-VLZHsZRRXlLwZxI7Gw3N0AJG7-H5YQMrng/s320/March2008_Page_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8Q6IyoRx4UyVSFtzwEex3KIB_Ccg2RGJ0UpzxFiHPpCOzBC4z1I7iLXtDHe5rTNl20B0BvLwlOWkcRoDQFxJloPb-920QgvHPQeC4EwYIYqQJQQCSoY0yBw0B88iUr840mYx4NpMRs8/s1600-h/March2008_Page_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228150322196273186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8Q6IyoRx4UyVSFtzwEex3KIB_Ccg2RGJ0UpzxFiHPpCOzBC4z1I7iLXtDHe5rTNl20B0BvLwlOWkcRoDQFxJloPb-920QgvHPQeC4EwYIYqQJQQCSoY0yBw0B88iUr840mYx4NpMRs8/s320/March2008_Page_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WujAH64r1s-CQWwPN0CZSPEAwH2k7OEP_B8pMjA11-r49J3Lfypv-zPrFlwCF_QxSD7GIUMLzb38aKsVOJUTr1TB-IgcZ9xRqtj_tjpDXUpvlK7HYSWQlWW_86RZAH4VT04vH01qbcw/s1600-h/March2008_Page_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228150325283026370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WujAH64r1s-CQWwPN0CZSPEAwH2k7OEP_B8pMjA11-r49J3Lfypv-zPrFlwCF_QxSD7GIUMLzb38aKsVOJUTr1TB-IgcZ9xRqtj_tjpDXUpvlK7HYSWQlWW_86RZAH4VT04vH01qbcw/s320/March2008_Page_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomJ5af-8t02MvhPA4wtSqiBFDux_JszV7fFzYeBSYQ4vC-4SR30iN7TmfDrSS79P5R8k32SKkPZPo3ZTxE_k6jrrb-sFjyfMV8LKJIJM3XDgEiAuLsxJqUz3uavmihFVecr0Zu7jstnM/s1600-h/March2008_Page_4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228150333886245682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomJ5af-8t02MvhPA4wtSqiBFDux_JszV7fFzYeBSYQ4vC-4SR30iN7TmfDrSS79P5R8k32SKkPZPo3ZTxE_k6jrrb-sFjyfMV8LKJIJM3XDgEiAuLsxJqUz3uavmihFVecr0Zu7jstnM/s320/March2008_Page_4.jpg" border="0" /></a>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909771199374542390noreply@blogger.com9