tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16222081974759476532024-03-05T03:58:52.052-06:00Kerri's Useless JunkThere is absolutely nothing special about this blog. It's just the usual things that happen in my life, the crafts I make, the weird things children do and a lot of pictures. It will not be a life-altering event for you, but you just might find something in here that will make you giggle.Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-54369710118494579262009-02-09T22:34:00.003-06:002009-02-09T22:49:40.988-06:00Happy Birthday Marli<div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">We celebrated Marli's birthday by having dinner at my parents' house with Kristi and the kids. Marli decided we should have pizza from Beggar's for dinner so that everyone would enjoy it and get what they wanted. The ice cream cake from Schwann's was so good and rich! Vanilla and chocolate ice cream between layers of chocolate cake with fudge icing and mini-chocolate chips... soooo yummy! Of course Dad couldn't wait for candles and singing before he got his piece. That's why there is a piece already out of the cake in the pictures.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckYA4drjilytsFiDGtsb-GVQFI75lDbtmWyiclFQvOFV81cRizDoxGdK-YQV9kVsQ8PQLmZIRC3DDA1Y0fhAapwad6JLA7-_339RBBeVhgrMTWcC_YPGlv1nMeH6svVnCL8tDriQnaSw/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckYA4drjilytsFiDGtsb-GVQFI75lDbtmWyiclFQvOFV81cRizDoxGdK-YQV9kVsQ8PQLmZIRC3DDA1Y0fhAapwad6JLA7-_339RBBeVhgrMTWcC_YPGlv1nMeH6svVnCL8tDriQnaSw/s200/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301025192178922050" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-Pyz0ychxU6lJRqcbefWxq298QAcQlZomsFlINKJPvWMudeYO483suikvW2fVWntI_gRf39OaYhO-OuahbTw1PQUhfF5fL0XYVIh0Ay1v1FY2sE74QRd10kSZjdEkQOwcD0kc1BGQbY/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-Pyz0ychxU6lJRqcbefWxq298QAcQlZomsFlINKJPvWMudeYO483suikvW2fVWntI_gRf39OaYhO-OuahbTw1PQUhfF5fL0XYVIh0Ay1v1FY2sE74QRd10kSZjdEkQOwcD0kc1BGQbY/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301025202733347506" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlPsMCopZZkr6RNBMV7VI5bD9zC3Wq1ypJdQma9jWhlWC_gh_t3ZYAtj8vDp8emayLL3YNMP99hv64kL_M4dFtdlej4B1K6AvZ5Tqq8uvO6yKwpfRBmw3wkRMbnJtR6qZPhlOcmfpLt4/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlPsMCopZZkr6RNBMV7VI5bD9zC3Wq1ypJdQma9jWhlWC_gh_t3ZYAtj8vDp8emayLL3YNMP99hv64kL_M4dFtdlej4B1K6AvZ5Tqq8uvO6yKwpfRBmw3wkRMbnJtR6qZPhlOcmfpLt4/s200/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301025203806382770" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXr6Qpl2JqBD5i1-1YGDKlcW1dzrTtFYHdIbAhYKtVFWUiFf9JUKSjh-KC7vnpZlXHL27Ainmb2GmUfGJMfvU_MfeFZzeNYOhi4NlqZ7nQ4gLAJcAFdM81nKK77yMRLzYMxrCf4qt3O0I/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXr6Qpl2JqBD5i1-1YGDKlcW1dzrTtFYHdIbAhYKtVFWUiFf9JUKSjh-KC7vnpZlXHL27Ainmb2GmUfGJMfvU_MfeFZzeNYOhi4NlqZ7nQ4gLAJcAFdM81nKK77yMRLzYMxrCf4qt3O0I/s200/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301025209680939106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY, MARLINA!!!</span></span><br /></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-34335656242447814432009-02-09T22:25:00.006-06:002009-02-09T22:34:27.063-06:00A Day with Gavin<span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-weight: bold;">I was lucky enough to be available to babysit my cousin's adorable little man, Gavin. He is just happy all the time. Now that he's on the move, it definitely took a lot more work than watching him when he was a little baby. We got a kick out of him. It's nice to get that baby fix once in a while since my baby just turned 14!!</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="width:320px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w298.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w298.photobucket.com/albums/mm269/kerrisjunk/Gavin/5ec225fd.pbw" height="240" width="320"></embed><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-7422212843330030912009-01-14T11:02:00.003-06:002009-01-14T11:15:15.581-06:00Another day of Chicago Winter fun!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">It's a Winter Wonderland outside my window today.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZ60v21h9ynGjGjfooZhI0YkUyvn6q_8Pt_2jxZlDwzmDcyY056fdLGm1gerdzbj5gSXensBNBmSanC30EjbFBFY2DPpm7GnbxhsusKpYbvBib59CoOyyJPzrBkEeYa0rqTKrwn1FT7E/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZ60v21h9ynGjGjfooZhI0YkUyvn6q_8Pt_2jxZlDwzmDcyY056fdLGm1gerdzbj5gSXensBNBmSanC30EjbFBFY2DPpm7GnbxhsusKpYbvBib59CoOyyJPzrBkEeYa0rqTKrwn1FT7E/s200/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291196756953995762" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgBWVTw9_dxjGOgGmuJg0HbfFVeJYsw6fbUCF0lD4UrGYQcDZnEpvwpfZh7sEfdV_VjHX7hJlba9hDqPOIt7WBQuFCrnse-iJouBtbIaykEgzLphJBwjcop6GkPOGRXV_GCY7eBvRg_Y/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgBWVTw9_dxjGOgGmuJg0HbfFVeJYsw6fbUCF0lD4UrGYQcDZnEpvwpfZh7sEfdV_VjHX7hJlba9hDqPOIt7WBQuFCrnse-iJouBtbIaykEgzLphJBwjcop6GkPOGRXV_GCY7eBvRg_Y/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291196748087616658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA32QkXtygANMcb1CwS4zb0IsPygkZp_9N88_-k6NEt-XlPkZYQp8kXaw2vmnZJJkyGWjhA3ugmmKov55OyJJkDvxuxDzsRwfPyyx1bJJEzDIj-jleSlj3upw2qPSOzG7BDVzp2HwdpE/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA32QkXtygANMcb1CwS4zb0IsPygkZp_9N88_-k6NEt-XlPkZYQp8kXaw2vmnZJJkyGWjhA3ugmmKov55OyJJkDvxuxDzsRwfPyyx1bJJEzDIj-jleSlj3upw2qPSOzG7BDVzp2HwdpE/s200/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291196761168330402" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;">I had to take some pictures from my porch because I was definitely not going out in that mess until I absolutely had to.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fe-x7RvDSQ-bIFiqHkOQFvYLW3fvnIekn8GmMpnRbTEN541ldPfxGMX4PiEDbyLcDJQ4vU9XWmYh7gZMoqKxDnVnpwRH00kGjI7AOEzzhpcO18iLi2l1-8gjzABIrjpzfEL86_gAKsE/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fe-x7RvDSQ-bIFiqHkOQFvYLW3fvnIekn8GmMpnRbTEN541ldPfxGMX4PiEDbyLcDJQ4vU9XWmYh7gZMoqKxDnVnpwRH00kGjI7AOEzzhpcO18iLi2l1-8gjzABIrjpzfEL86_gAKsE/s200/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291196765995895522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;">At 8:30 this morning there were 5 inches of snow on my grill. Now at 11:00, I can't see the end of my porch. It blends right in with the rest of the snow, so I'd guess we have at least another inch or two. And it's <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">still</span> snowing! </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;">Isn't winter fun in Chicago? </span><br /></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-35249681429910944482008-12-27T12:00:00.008-06:002008-12-27T22:19:34.744-06:00Christmas Time<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Here are some pictures of our Christmas preparations and celebrations.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHloK4bbYPIt5t2zm8zBWpGqHEuuvPwqxsNgjk-utz-L90pnHoYOmL3C37rglBochTOWo0g2GhculmW6SHWSG2qNhJy4k-P8wQcOev9o-5F8-2NEseO03kYNSUla3jaOAOD-eBEYPZroI/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHloK4bbYPIt5t2zm8zBWpGqHEuuvPwqxsNgjk-utz-L90pnHoYOmL3C37rglBochTOWo0g2GhculmW6SHWSG2qNhJy4k-P8wQcOev9o-5F8-2NEseO03kYNSUla3jaOAOD-eBEYPZroI/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284531947679981266" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRFOVUuYj9m7wYPdNrB5x9fFaxlItf6lsOOCr4CalSXn-R1PDvG1nuxkiViHdHCX4vsyoNfSpRiYKxSuMXm-zzal3cYUZIimSEEAQJlq7zddA3YIPCH-_Gn0GwwDXBtnH-GKMuy8SOoY/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRFOVUuYj9m7wYPdNrB5x9fFaxlItf6lsOOCr4CalSXn-R1PDvG1nuxkiViHdHCX4vsyoNfSpRiYKxSuMXm-zzal3cYUZIimSEEAQJlq7zddA3YIPCH-_Gn0GwwDXBtnH-GKMuy8SOoY/s200/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284532225647303154" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqr0QT0p1av9W-fMtK67Da1QCKTaiGHy-OobOL0xy7CtZmoKAQRvT62ixZ8ENY3q0pEhQxW1l5Ybg56whFLIddS2IP-07_jIxYPcrKnGbqsqfSaNUNtlAUWr2WeWCXzz_3uabl0AUl40/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqr0QT0p1av9W-fMtK67Da1QCKTaiGHy-OobOL0xy7CtZmoKAQRvT62ixZ8ENY3q0pEhQxW1l5Ybg56whFLIddS2IP-07_jIxYPcrKnGbqsqfSaNUNtlAUWr2WeWCXzz_3uabl0AUl40/s200/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284531954677016466" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana;" >Putting up the tree and decorating at my parents' house is always a 2-day affair. There are stacks of totes full of ornaments, figurines, candles and all sorts of miscellaneous Christmas crap. Getting the angel in position and hanging ornaments on the top of the tree requires a very tall ladder. Marli was in the Christmas spirit this year, complete with Santa hat!<br /><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRz6EE6hTLEvZtxIHRIcgv-9pTFb8pC1Wk9gMg_0E3JhpKQb9o871X8L3gyjYeQrP8E6dhKMm45IM4MXCQZ6FkCCTnHLMBqoMjYyAX2XGZ7uCU0emYMzQ_G7eL43GFC2I9agdUM42PtEQ/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRz6EE6hTLEvZtxIHRIcgv-9pTFb8pC1Wk9gMg_0E3JhpKQb9o871X8L3gyjYeQrP8E6dhKMm45IM4MXCQZ6FkCCTnHLMBqoMjYyAX2XGZ7uCU0emYMzQ_G7eL43GFC2I9agdUM42PtEQ/s200/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284533823170528818" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5Rnv4d2j7JpuX3T0dSZbjRDuY2SDWGNojtGNn8OCSFduBtYaNgpDPEHM9c1fghnbjsDcbVVNXrgtNPQpsmu0HRemyW7pmWxNjuBmvZjFdJGJIgbVM_lYQoIMT3MC2xvA_ZggD20HZgk/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5Rnv4d2j7JpuX3T0dSZbjRDuY2SDWGNojtGNn8OCSFduBtYaNgpDPEHM9c1fghnbjsDcbVVNXrgtNPQpsmu0HRemyW7pmWxNjuBmvZjFdJGJIgbVM_lYQoIMT3MC2xvA_ZggD20HZgk/s200/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284533838047121522" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhriuIxAdjhdQ-_1pwoIEUmPoWtOkb0kfwgeChYxTPaYeFaQdpSyCQrfBwqrsqSwpagOonsMKvU6KYkjhCarfwrPI-QO14Qpb2Cqlv_e5zUOXvH_XMhHFLmZtgVfiQSoDkond4L_hbnsE/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhriuIxAdjhdQ-_1pwoIEUmPoWtOkb0kfwgeChYxTPaYeFaQdpSyCQrfBwqrsqSwpagOonsMKvU6KYkjhCarfwrPI-QO14Qpb2Cqlv_e5zUOXvH_XMhHFLmZtgVfiQSoDkond4L_hbnsE/s200/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284533855886876834" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU6xEsE2Yqfc3vRg2PeOPfFpOIsB7oq1zCOu-T2BYoT1NC0GHdEUA4jEvV6OQyRSyg_j2TviSAYoJX_mgSdA6cKZ3O_l_pput6Kk4yOWcf8MOJIxLBYwBbqsd6fToMwdz2RONBm392pg/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU6xEsE2Yqfc3vRg2PeOPfFpOIsB7oq1zCOu-T2BYoT1NC0GHdEUA4jEvV6OQyRSyg_j2TviSAYoJX_mgSdA6cKZ3O_l_pput6Kk4yOWcf8MOJIxLBYwBbqsd6fToMwdz2RONBm392pg/s200/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284533848230255170" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBL7TaX2__IaAe_uRyNe2_bqvsyWAb2KVSPy6VEPQRzJ9eO4D6kUZBCrMQXRHH05BnuIvbgRn3Nj6ZmOm71PgCk_-hfJan6PIuSXzMO8AiiCPyEbUpRIOKG-vHutPssiDHy3jKtKG_Gyw/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBL7TaX2__IaAe_uRyNe2_bqvsyWAb2KVSPy6VEPQRzJ9eO4D6kUZBCrMQXRHH05BnuIvbgRn3Nj6ZmOm71PgCk_-hfJan6PIuSXzMO8AiiCPyEbUpRIOKG-vHutPssiDHy3jKtKG_Gyw/s200/011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284533864640578338" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">These are just a few of the decorations we put up around the house. The big toy soldier gives me the creeps sometimes. It always scares me into thinking there is someone else in the house with me when I'm there alone. I know, it's childish, but I'm not the only one who gets the feeling. My child does too!</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR5Yj7-1c5vO3AipppYPAlijcEMuukRIt3kF-d8VublayOUAJCa7bp6KLrZLUxbVpI5KvAvNui0Pq18B8dqCgTiH7I4wl8SpseD0PZmX0QD0OfHCkjd5wk-Oz61vnzy2esOfyoJXbuIo/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR5Yj7-1c5vO3AipppYPAlijcEMuukRIt3kF-d8VublayOUAJCa7bp6KLrZLUxbVpI5KvAvNui0Pq18B8dqCgTiH7I4wl8SpseD0PZmX0QD0OfHCkjd5wk-Oz61vnzy2esOfyoJXbuIo/s200/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284535657474548626" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDN0w6WpljM-0nuvNJ9h-iHCynyyrkoRKok4rPnkEqwYZlNjPvhbaGjwbJ5Bcqf6lKdiHm0oO97aPYppbuYDgreQO7n30J2h7rvDCaPrfkLOldCQ7a5jRq71mzLEdDikMLlmQwC5BjTU/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDN0w6WpljM-0nuvNJ9h-iHCynyyrkoRKok4rPnkEqwYZlNjPvhbaGjwbJ5Bcqf6lKdiHm0oO97aPYppbuYDgreQO7n30J2h7rvDCaPrfkLOldCQ7a5jRq71mzLEdDikMLlmQwC5BjTU/s200/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284535669277813202" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkt-0j1tihwr3sek2Kr5_4-RrHsK-KZm7I6Khb8y4wV_4QrjfSXRDRLmdM89Iz1N0rhnQKhqNd4oeL9LKb8P15JygKzGb_SU7jW65D7kaJtORe_U9jpPasoDDgX3QARv0X-Txh2ieNF4/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkt-0j1tihwr3sek2Kr5_4-RrHsK-KZm7I6Khb8y4wV_4QrjfSXRDRLmdM89Iz1N0rhnQKhqNd4oeL9LKb8P15JygKzGb_SU7jW65D7kaJtORe_U9jpPasoDDgX3QARv0X-Txh2ieNF4/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284535678118698434" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana;" >On laundry day, Marli made pretzel treats with Hershey Kisses and M&M's. They were tasty and everyone loved them on Christmas Eve.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q-00tbKFMeCYn6hVmqP32og9FI8Mn3WopJL07mWpyVGmm7zUrhr538o_d7PEHBNi_tDvr2PMIx1YCOjsa8P7G603pXUxS9XZUvl_bBUi57K_3wNbbd5He7nfBx4NXjjwKw22PX3ab34/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q-00tbKFMeCYn6hVmqP32og9FI8Mn3WopJL07mWpyVGmm7zUrhr538o_d7PEHBNi_tDvr2PMIx1YCOjsa8P7G603pXUxS9XZUvl_bBUi57K_3wNbbd5He7nfBx4NXjjwKw22PX3ab34/s200/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284540444374986802" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana;" >This is my mom's tree on Christmas Eve after everyone opened all their gifts. I love Christmas Eve. I love the Christmas decorations at Mom's house. 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She was really excited! Can you tell? We gave Tyler gift cards to MLB.com so he can buy Cubs tickets or Cubs stuff. Marli wrapped it, in several boxes, using a whole roll of wrapping paper! Lizzie was thrilled with her bathrobe from Grandma and Papa. Emily thought she was hot stuff with her credit card. All the kids got Visa gift cards from Grandma and Papa. That happy look on my parents faces is due to the gift certificate from Merry Maids that Kristi gave Mom. Smart gift idea to give a woman who works full time an hour from home. I gave her useful stuff - gloves and slippers. </span></span><br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana;" >We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and send warm wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-64122468848555642222008-10-17T09:33:00.003-05:002008-10-17T09:42:30.274-05:00Concert in the Cold<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who could resist $6 concert tickets? No matter that it was 50 degrees outside. No matter that half the crowd was there just to see ZZ Top. No matter that the aroma of not-so-legal smoking materials wafted in the air. It was a fabulous concert! I had a blast!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnQmKV-gTfDDAZ2AjqHTuKCvb0bwvinC2df6u8V_UtQP8dSI-fIDSeGntx2Mob1_7pWURPdoHllSW9rnneceXKCjPcB1_UtDRrjSsW7YgS29INkFYsN2cHq7tWFn3qQFaX2zuIOp7-_M/s1600-h/020.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnQmKV-gTfDDAZ2AjqHTuKCvb0bwvinC2df6u8V_UtQP8dSI-fIDSeGntx2Mob1_7pWURPdoHllSW9rnneceXKCjPcB1_UtDRrjSsW7YgS29INkFYsN2cHq7tWFn3qQFaX2zuIOp7-_M/s200/020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258132194057393714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rodney Atkins was great! He should be headlining his own shows!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L7-nFP5deYNf2twrNX5EiiHHXceoV6z04aXUy194RG0ijkHPYeex-7XLZSRNI-3AxgVn0xgQOAPvvoR9du9cu5VbIzyvfMsP8DaR8gdCl4NuaLRT-rN08_E-hixi66hRZBmzEZRstrs/s1600-h/075.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L7-nFP5deYNf2twrNX5EiiHHXceoV6z04aXUy194RG0ijkHPYeex-7XLZSRNI-3AxgVn0xgQOAPvvoR9du9cu5VbIzyvfMsP8DaR8gdCl4NuaLRT-rN08_E-hixi66hRZBmzEZRstrs/s200/075.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258132206256004386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Brooks & Dunn were amazing!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGF4PFkaMEgPWfJanb3LIpMelW-RtYQTOHIV4KLm6J0T0XS8CwwgBl6lWIa_7A2o6a0Bnq7DVAJw8sicL3hR389ymuazki6Lf3PfMALGp97Jxa2EzlD2tXjm8xls71Ag_vOEEhCztOs6A/s1600-h/128.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGF4PFkaMEgPWfJanb3LIpMelW-RtYQTOHIV4KLm6J0T0XS8CwwgBl6lWIa_7A2o6a0Bnq7DVAJw8sicL3hR389ymuazki6Lf3PfMALGp97Jxa2EzlD2tXjm8xls71Ag_vOEEhCztOs6A/s200/128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258132210613898466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">ZZ Top still rocks after all these years!</span><br /></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-78442423422827824292008-07-31T21:15:00.003-05:002008-07-31T21:29:16.537-05:00What I did today<div style="text-align: center;">I spent the day hanging out at my sister's house with my nieces, and their pets. They swam, they ate, they argued, they Easy Baked some interesting concoctions that were supposed to be a cake, brownies and cookies. They made a mess of fingernail polish. They pierced my eardrums more than once with screeches of pain, anger and delight. I did my laundry, for free, in air conditioning. It was a little slice of heaven.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G9mf4-9mlSOI3mpkpEbvTknmCWvnhjD2ljPwyFhUmAP5zN3g-YxduwGNdDNl6SdpY9tGzVDC1c-OJ9Q7CBPYg1JjHkCvsS-OyL9CzkKCBdgw9kcq0tPbzDZiwh6gG1A-nr0gxsanP_0/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G9mf4-9mlSOI3mpkpEbvTknmCWvnhjD2ljPwyFhUmAP5zN3g-YxduwGNdDNl6SdpY9tGzVDC1c-OJ9Q7CBPYg1JjHkCvsS-OyL9CzkKCBdgw9kcq0tPbzDZiwh6gG1A-nr0gxsanP_0/s200/025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229368265366176770" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the "day spa" which involved Emily and Lizzie painting Marli's nails some interesting shades.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnuOzTBhtuP0Bx1XsXPdb0b27Eji6fa5PfLd2iiAaim66f4FaV6TcgfAUiokUHwdQIO13BDX9zh4DHiUM9cP3-n-r5x-Tw2T9D3QjZQ2yP2Af54yP1oIIqSX6d3BMt8mdIn3_3gNTK2w/s1600-h/041.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnuOzTBhtuP0Bx1XsXPdb0b27Eji6fa5PfLd2iiAaim66f4FaV6TcgfAUiokUHwdQIO13BDX9zh4DHiUM9cP3-n-r5x-Tw2T9D3QjZQ2yP2Af54yP1oIIqSX6d3BMt8mdIn3_3gNTK2w/s200/041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229368273903357666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the final result of the nail painting.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumwyWWVeLX1Th0-MlLnmPj4GjLyOsW2W25GiTmT44D2dY0y_AwdT1UZZ4fKYilYMH1TsnJRRGqbWcGnOcBXM6MNYZwJK6EEktKMA7_fxufW_VnKKTGTs-FfJtBTBkersOJau_N-Ry388/s1600-h/032.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumwyWWVeLX1Th0-MlLnmPj4GjLyOsW2W25GiTmT44D2dY0y_AwdT1UZZ4fKYilYMH1TsnJRRGqbWcGnOcBXM6MNYZwJK6EEktKMA7_fxufW_VnKKTGTs-FfJtBTBkersOJau_N-Ry388/s200/032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229368270374103122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Barkley. She's the best dog on the planet. She's also a little camera shy.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh650OnsE0ZQJFbb6WSC_KCdTEKFub876ixS2cnX9NQEUxUyJQr_9BEY9OtZ9wBFM6DMuqnYLYNc-Yo8LzypuXKqdhAaOyqyuQl1ECb2xqZr1Qq0D4GZkHRxymA4_xiXX-TTFI_3nH37_k/s1600-h/055.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh650OnsE0ZQJFbb6WSC_KCdTEKFub876ixS2cnX9NQEUxUyJQr_9BEY9OtZ9wBFM6DMuqnYLYNc-Yo8LzypuXKqdhAaOyqyuQl1ECb2xqZr1Qq0D4GZkHRxymA4_xiXX-TTFI_3nH37_k/s200/055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229368432280180802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Sugar. She's older than dirt, but the sweetest, most lovable cat ever!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9zBPGQwwS9UC4JCTm6dpaaig7sBXJWxzgbS_JyqrrLsmUWE1n9pkxssxvn4ZL2n3eu5mkTpvZwlQ-u60E9AFT6nj1d_wWV3dz7hg2g6zKIp7prmULPeOXKc8NpjG0MvIHTSUK8_-ZQc/s1600-h/052.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9zBPGQwwS9UC4JCTm6dpaaig7sBXJWxzgbS_JyqrrLsmUWE1n9pkxssxvn4ZL2n3eu5mkTpvZwlQ-u60E9AFT6nj1d_wWV3dz7hg2g6zKIp7prmULPeOXKc8NpjG0MvIHTSUK8_-ZQc/s200/052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229368281079720418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Cookie. He squawks anytime the girls' start screaming.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4RxaR9_yR91sDISCBrjEooZBXwnDt6rNHxII_BSPJOv6BQJTappR2wHPwjKjclvOVHtKr-JhPMOeBphKka5QA1PjdqheVK-8f8OSzyO-14SW65hvVDoklWGD5os-wnDPMO6LlU14rc4/s1600-h/048.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4RxaR9_yR91sDISCBrjEooZBXwnDt6rNHxII_BSPJOv6BQJTappR2wHPwjKjclvOVHtKr-JhPMOeBphKka5QA1PjdqheVK-8f8OSzyO-14SW65hvVDoklWGD5os-wnDPMO6LlU14rc4/s200/048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229368277556158018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Hope, the newest addition to the family. She doesn't like to be held, she's a huge fat cat and she is the daughter of the cat that has adopted my dad at work.<br /></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-88363157012518498982008-07-18T08:45:00.008-05:002008-07-18T10:14:43.655-05:00At the races... Yeehaw!!!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">After torturing me for 2 days by text message and email about the fact that they were at the NASCAR races at Chicagoland Speedway, Jen and Mo begged an extra ticket from their hosts and invited me to the Sprint Cup race Saturday night. Needless to say, I was out the door in a heartbeat!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The traffic was much better than I anticipated and parking was not bad at all. I was a little worried given all the rain we’d had over the previous couple of days. Jen and Mo met me at the entrance to the infield </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03932nlp0mugKLTauYD-ejcj66ImAn6lKoRafmEOt2zMXZ1IrZmAq8blmdsHFRaqBlgpopFOCsifunmOtnG1_6DZRKZ4gWJmZ-ZCdAXGZd_x7K4w_A0z0i9N_3MTdGkoOiaqCqaQ9fzM/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03932nlp0mugKLTauYD-ejcj66ImAn6lKoRafmEOt2zMXZ1IrZmAq8blmdsHFRaqBlgpopFOCsifunmOtnG1_6DZRKZ4gWJmZ-ZCdAXGZd_x7K4w_A0z0i9N_3MTdGkoOiaqCqaQ9fzM/s200/022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224369634490930290" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">and we headed over to the Expo area to spend some money. While I was waiting for them, I spotted Jamie MacMurray and Kasey Kahne being driven around on golf carts. On the trek over to the Expo area, Richard Petty passed us. You couldn’t miss the guy in his signature black hat, but of course, Jen and I noticed and Mo missed it completely. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It must have been fate that the first trailer we encountered was a Newman trailer. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2e9ICF3H6T7cJdPaHq5UAjMPtHnIadFqfSuAi5daRLPXmG3mFWw0Ey3gL2rYWm2Fe5WjNvy3cZeygm2Jh6Eyj_nZ7Pdu-sEW8joenhFA2tcheB9jUuyNmCopH4tK78aprFoeExYGPpz0/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2e9ICF3H6T7cJdPaHq5UAjMPtHnIadFqfSuAi5daRLPXmG3mFWw0Ey3gL2rYWm2Fe5WjNvy3cZeygm2Jh6Eyj_nZ7Pdu-sEW8joenhFA2tcheB9jUuyNmCopH4tK78aprFoeExYGPpz0/s200/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224369629551429298" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I got shirts for Marli and me and a sticker for the car. We wandered a bit more, I got stuff for the other kids and then we headed back to the infield. I had no idea what to expect and boy, was I surprised with my first view of the track!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">They were in the new Turn 4 area of the infield and I think if I wanted to, I could have spit on the track from where we were. Holy cow! It was amazingly calm around there despite RV’s packed together like sardines in a can. Except for the spot directly across from us; it was empty.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kRopJT44LMLwSp4dD0aQTISqAT9vQSrvD0k03AuG3Bis5U4W9LpKW7tIHWlIalz2diE-isksTnRMQKv-yv0KjbXJVLJMzhWJngXJE1AZV2klBTmtwuRv6jvRMZCXWN__ymgmEpm_23Y/s1600-h/027.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kRopJT44LMLwSp4dD0aQTISqAT9vQSrvD0k03AuG3Bis5U4W9LpKW7tIHWlIalz2diE-isksTnRMQKv-yv0KjbXJVLJMzhWJngXJE1AZV2klBTmtwuRv6jvRMZCXWN__ymgmEpm_23Y/s200/027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224369641948235298" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> I really think Fate was on my side this weekend!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I thought it was loud in the grandstands. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUpSn-EgmidFyRvsJj6KHLPLABsWFLNxApGc7cPkj8MpMLFMl78EE7KwN1qGlcBNGEG5gJqYrPgNAH2_twcDkZoYxHUrHEquEok7O89VYs0Mn5Gcd1qP45HYNX1H8mstq-pVcMzwArcQ/s1600-h/155.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 82px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUpSn-EgmidFyRvsJj6KHLPLABsWFLNxApGc7cPkj8MpMLFMl78EE7KwN1qGlcBNGEG5gJqYrPgNAH2_twcDkZoYxHUrHEquEok7O89VYs0Mn5Gcd1qP45HYNX1H8mstq-pVcMzwArcQ/s200/155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224369650909199170" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Man, was I wrong! It was so loud that we couldn’t hear a thing that was going on. I brought my radio and headphones figuring I could listen to the broadcast on US99 and protect my ears at the same time. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHL1VjjzZ96dw-aSgUEueXfJ0ge19PHEdhp11IwhUHIhJR9Z2C3g907mkFQxqZ4SoaSCatQbeWexXs0UShnk85C6PAjbPS2K73vdWJutTEVtBNJCRIAEBQbV0GJkN1-sQ44Dg7WmAjn3c/s1600-h/128.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 96px; height: 73px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHL1VjjzZ96dw-aSgUEueXfJ0ge19PHEdhp11IwhUHIhJR9Z2C3g907mkFQxqZ4SoaSCatQbeWexXs0UShnk85C6PAjbPS2K73vdWJutTEVtBNJCRIAEBQbV0GJkN1-sQ44Dg7WmAjn3c/s200/128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224369625054402146" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">No way that was happening. So really, we had no idea what was going on outside of our view, which while nice and close through turns 3 & 4, left a lot to be desired on the other side of the track. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5bZmO9cfBKDM-iUhyhzfH89tQDQ9xxyVP_FzqHS9LqRTD_UtZ7je4YmY4SSXpPkLkjqqjnKsXWCrDdAGGMLakyiYgsvXPpLl_0BTH0BnmyBxoYH0ZvHa2y3U9zeMH2DSr8RBNRGmSHw/s1600-h/314.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5bZmO9cfBKDM-iUhyhzfH89tQDQ9xxyVP_FzqHS9LqRTD_UtZ7je4YmY4SSXpPkLkjqqjnKsXWCrDdAGGMLakyiYgsvXPpLl_0BTH0BnmyBxoYH0ZvHa2y3U9zeMH2DSr8RBNRGmSHw/s200/314.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224367029300428722" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It wasn’t a terribly exciting race, no major wrecks, not a lot of bumping and passing. But it was an experience I’ll never forget, that’s for sure. I took pictures of several of the busses for my dad to look at so he can make his own. Though I think after having experienced the race from both the infield and the grandstands, my ideal way to spend time at the track is to camp out/tailgate in the parking lot, but watch the race from the stands.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">After the race was over </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur8qJ2NT5cJSZALwvnvFr3oj5V_bkoVjjl6SIm5eAUOt3Rowqjte4z1sXmy6FbmLeuU46kQl_J5ShT_3AQBvlFZwHFOUz1rQH_ENlwlJBKCmRpLQ889Llzqm5092YOeV35BmtZ1R9yws/s1600-h/325.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 96px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur8qJ2NT5cJSZALwvnvFr3oj5V_bkoVjjl6SIm5eAUOt3Rowqjte4z1sXmy6FbmLeuU46kQl_J5ShT_3AQBvlFZwHFOUz1rQH_ENlwlJBKCmRpLQ889Llzqm5092YOeV35BmtZ1R9yws/s200/325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224367025319371010" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I hung out with Jen & Mo a while since I figured it was silly to fight all the traffic. We wandered all the way around the infield. We saw a bunch of haulers leaving</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuB8DO43Haxy6ijdiIJa9PtPDIAr11ClceV_WwloaGHm5-EYhXtgJoLUHZSKu8b9suiAWgfrAAgiY1d1DI4Jc-iaTKYbnYxb4SPes1RLcGSZIDZVPAtWJfqS3THQxr43uOBXzxDRE2pg/s1600-h/362.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuB8DO43Haxy6ijdiIJa9PtPDIAr11ClceV_WwloaGHm5-EYhXtgJoLUHZSKu8b9suiAWgfrAAgiY1d1DI4Jc-iaTKYbnYxb4SPes1RLcGSZIDZVPAtWJfqS3THQxr43uOBXzxDRE2pg/s200/362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224367017604902162" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">, though none of the important ones (Newman). We saw a massive pile of tires and some of the most bizarre RV/bus setups you could ever imagine. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiF02rwa3myo3VrOEITlqp_58_1KJ5KqoJn-WjG1ejWIslOyI7IjVUt5NkbHeCfokMT-pvm6nazpgDFKZR6ZOI5uWcPjtd6jMEZDnSLgo2Zbsr64IP5MTFIWlryGIVvtZAXT52cg-fhB0/s1600-h/270.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 78px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiF02rwa3myo3VrOEITlqp_58_1KJ5KqoJn-WjG1ejWIslOyI7IjVUt5NkbHeCfokMT-pvm6nazpgDFKZR6ZOI5uWcPjtd6jMEZDnSLgo2Zbsr64IP5MTFIWlryGIVvtZAXT52cg-fhB0/s200/270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224367040184261410" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">One RV had a slide from the top to get down. A few slots actually had little pools to kill time in. And I saw more bean bags being thrown in one place than I ever have before in my entire life (I have to get a set of those). </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Thanks Jen and Mo, I had a fabulous, once-in-a-lifetime night!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN59I4oyGxd5VY9BItc6YscAfNjTFUMbHkIXBD8ek3U5eQ86ueuoa5GZYBduiTCes_hz5YlcDb1TFu4_5u5dCACFiNU9WjjtKZzuIjK82ZIz8luBGGnKXRX1TLwTzB1trr8WrdF74xcmM/s1600-h/215.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN59I4oyGxd5VY9BItc6YscAfNjTFUMbHkIXBD8ek3U5eQ86ueuoa5GZYBduiTCes_hz5YlcDb1TFu4_5u5dCACFiNU9WjjtKZzuIjK82ZIz8luBGGnKXRX1TLwTzB1trr8WrdF74xcmM/s200/215.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224367046764407922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm269/kerrisjunk/Chicagoland%20Race/?albumview=slideshow">Click here</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> for more pictures</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-56414262032313964222008-07-06T07:19:00.004-05:002008-07-06T07:34:10.288-05:00More Fireworks<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" >It was another crazy day. We hauled ourselves up to Palatine for Jillian's graduation party. There was, of course, plenty of yummy food and drink and lots of family. Unfortunately we had to bow out early to get Chelsea home so we missed out on some of the fun, like cake, s'mores by the fire pit, and swimming.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" >We drove straight through to Bourbonnais to drop Marli and Chelsea off at Chelsea's house and headed over to Great-Grandma's. We visited with her for a bit while Lee did some work there. We made a few more stops, then pulled over to the side of the road to watch the fireworks. Actually, we pulled into a parking lot of a small plaza that would enable us to get the heck out before all the people at the mall swarmed the roads.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" >The show didn't start until after 9:30, but when it did, it started with a bang. I honestly thought they were starting with the Grand Finale. The show went on and on. I, of course, forgot the camera (story of my life), so Lee suggested I try to take pictures with my phone. Imagine my surprise when it actually worked! Not all that well, but they are not bad. Here are a few of the better shots. Those lights at the bottom, that is Northfield Square Mall. They light them off from behind the mall every year. The show went on for so long that we actually got bored and left early. We were probably 5 minutes out of town when I saw what I assume was the Grand Finale out the back window of the car.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiEjDxdqjzej2koWqEtmDTaHIYjkX4zXY3jiFRJXEcPvKRyHVnTjhAvub0hDo-dBXljN6u9pSNGaz6H0wj9bR2m0eKnDwZXnHYtT4Ym0r7b2jvsDdSPaN4QeAfJAmJNhbDbaGAMT9O2E/s1600-h/Photo_070508_023.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiEjDxdqjzej2koWqEtmDTaHIYjkX4zXY3jiFRJXEcPvKRyHVnTjhAvub0hDo-dBXljN6u9pSNGaz6H0wj9bR2m0eKnDwZXnHYtT4Ym0r7b2jvsDdSPaN4QeAfJAmJNhbDbaGAMT9O2E/s200/Photo_070508_023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219875556638280818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiEjDxdqjzej2koWqEtmDTaHIYjkX4zXY3jiFRJXEcPvKRyHVnTjhAvub0hDo-dBXljN6u9pSNGaz6H0wj9bR2m0eKnDwZXnHYtT4Ym0r7b2jvsDdSPaN4QeAfJAmJNhbDbaGAMT9O2E/s1600-h/Photo_070508_023.jpg"> </a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEThbdGs6dD7kPrNPwFUMLMnEtVmT-KqYhoWfKlQaf7ZWItXmrwk91CN5DnP7sQjF4Gt9QVxGRD0p_J8Ena1VAk0Bp8EObuCCQ6XeSlBYr5PajDh4wmlGJPtBj7EBPmlRKqf0yYGBVrE/s1600-h/Photo_070508_018.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEThbdGs6dD7kPrNPwFUMLMnEtVmT-KqYhoWfKlQaf7ZWItXmrwk91CN5DnP7sQjF4Gt9QVxGRD0p_J8Ena1VAk0Bp8EObuCCQ6XeSlBYr5PajDh4wmlGJPtBj7EBPmlRKqf0yYGBVrE/s200/Photo_070508_018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219877949403892498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0knBgs_xOZGu2N2GX8Sf8jvbChgRACEZ6kI5FN_qZkwdPqx-BiimLgdchPmuH9m8koWaWmSJdQGRRKozWaaTgEQm45AKTsYZ_wS28KAs2cTP6TAVkDWNE2NhradZQPO2YY97baRyGOI/s1600-h/Photo_070508_018.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3k3Q7KB6-b6QgWwPP1hPVYLow-c-9aF_uA4dvZSERvmKv0AAElMTchSJaygOmMcTqDuCRIGGbdlVF6GF63MIrcnVwKP4Mk5jpI_goGvMfV-8V1jjL6T4K-VFzu-SHIRoSeOKHfbXu6gY/s1600-h/Photo_070508_043.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3k3Q7KB6-b6QgWwPP1hPVYLow-c-9aF_uA4dvZSERvmKv0AAElMTchSJaygOmMcTqDuCRIGGbdlVF6GF63MIrcnVwKP4Mk5jpI_goGvMfV-8V1jjL6T4K-VFzu-SHIRoSeOKHfbXu6gY/s200/Photo_070508_043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219875565740979922" border="0" /></a>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-16388161918053683582008-07-05T08:02:00.005-05:002008-07-05T08:45:50.298-05:00Independence Day<span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">We broke tradition this year and actually went to the park to see the fireworks. We dropped the van off in the parking lot at the park in the morning with the chairs and coats. We walked back later in the evening. I'm so glad we did that. By the time we got there around 8 the whole area was a madhouse. 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From their deck you can see all the fireworks you could ever want to see. We usually go to their house for the fireworks because you can see the shows from at least 4 different towns, not to mention the assorted pyromaniacs in the area. 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He's all good now, but it was a LONG night. So you will please excuse me as I head back to my bed for some more shut eye. There will be more fireworks pictures posted tonight or tomorrow. Bradley is doing their fireworks tonight and since we will be in the area anyway, I have decided that we will stay and watch them too!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTRVtGIlibuTPcPThsdrtT8w6UDhHqGYVHuim6NaDozgAqpWA0sFC-56VtCGBJfUjsJNQYghJ8af6Uj75LsKiP2g7c0OMXjJKSVNHa1g6o_Ctdaz1xYN4uQXb5y6yD8hOPTGFgunyVnY/s1600-h/4th+of+July+207.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCI05r3cWXLTgN0BGP_pRqpvkEqM1M0Co8YB-BGUcM39sMxSC7okYlytVseJu1_9tsPoDn9doSplCvVDyDjUlBsek0MLA0TpZ9Dr9zjJwDAOGQSpdldnZVkwfpv_kANEpDRTL6gd5ec4/s1600-h/4th+of+July+132.JPG"> </a>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-21076252129724443722008-06-29T21:14:00.005-05:002008-06-29T22:09:08.183-05:00Abigail, Olivia and KearaThese are some pictures from our trip to Olney to visit the new little bundles of joy! Abigail and Olivia were born Friday, June 20. They are the first twins to ever be delivered at their local hospital, and they have become quite famous. People stopped is in the aisles at Walmart to ask if they were the babies they read about in the paper. It was pretty fascinating to get all that attention from strangers, but the people in Olney are all very friendly.<br /><br />These pictures are in no particular order since putting pictures in blogger is about as difficult as doing calculus!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuzRkT5ILzd_banGTTPxk9QxCGFktuom_4-p6HfTlp50F7oYE3JlzECwLpENG-SzBPlXqGMYWx-psCU5XDX3yrIFoMlfmK5zBDbWusyAZZetqqh7RVAKJBqsqXTRXygaL5-qBBkevhfo/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+169.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuzRkT5ILzd_banGTTPxk9QxCGFktuom_4-p6HfTlp50F7oYE3JlzECwLpENG-SzBPlXqGMYWx-psCU5XDX3yrIFoMlfmK5zBDbWusyAZZetqqh7RVAKJBqsqXTRXygaL5-qBBkevhfo/s320/June+in+Olney+169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217495086503219666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoi0RUvWDCZszTN9D0lJrNYDUnteejNVuZE3VnnSwSelKGMBBaRa-h_UEFN5YzZY_ZVZVgPW5D_mM9Rkp021UiU4kINi6b_RLTFV7boh2NdiCUAqWVMEy0SM05yaDCcqDM7fUwKqG6QQ/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+013.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoi0RUvWDCZszTN9D0lJrNYDUnteejNVuZE3VnnSwSelKGMBBaRa-h_UEFN5YzZY_ZVZVgPW5D_mM9Rkp021UiU4kINi6b_RLTFV7boh2NdiCUAqWVMEy0SM05yaDCcqDM7fUwKqG6QQ/s320/June+in+Olney+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217495093180699474" border="0" /></a><br />Marli took a little nap with Olivia on the boppy on Saturday afternoon, and there she is holding Abigail when we first got there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBgdO6b4nd5c_TAJT-Izsev13MRhHVYbIfxDgwut8Vp1Z4CowikyNCt464r9HErFqsF1WwoeCr8Ein0O2KpHv2uCtZKgUo1_nrjvZMUfzl2S92UUKjzfKAiblrpRW9CSN0JL5l5JXqyo/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+159.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBgdO6b4nd5c_TAJT-Izsev13MRhHVYbIfxDgwut8Vp1Z4CowikyNCt464r9HErFqsF1WwoeCr8Ein0O2KpHv2uCtZKgUo1_nrjvZMUfzl2S92UUKjzfKAiblrpRW9CSN0JL5l5JXqyo/s320/June+in+Olney+159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217495110263738130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1qHjPGQgqQp2wROT-dE1vZRvbBT5XpDcgpUWIXLZcm3LgVRI5kyUyqQlftNFzZBs29WQiipt3OvZFUNgbkGnjxHFf5So0Clr4pSBF1fZl5OMBucauSK7JiaKSQaiGltggkbtUPHZSrI/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+150.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1qHjPGQgqQp2wROT-dE1vZRvbBT5XpDcgpUWIXLZcm3LgVRI5kyUyqQlftNFzZBs29WQiipt3OvZFUNgbkGnjxHFf5So0Clr4pSBF1fZl5OMBucauSK7JiaKSQaiGltggkbtUPHZSrI/s320/June+in+Olney+150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217495106070953010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1QxySdlxcTgwQCYB3J0p0Bnm0GNufUbHHZDmJzWjyZQPK_5Z_CN9ejwf9eaXNCorRpqaxyjds22KG88ERuNfk-Ft01rRpjI37gj2YJ0PtbS0Oancdkuseqxw_fVtWEjtCjGzNMkTgl0/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+024.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1QxySdlxcTgwQCYB3J0p0Bnm0GNufUbHHZDmJzWjyZQPK_5Z_CN9ejwf9eaXNCorRpqaxyjds22KG88ERuNfk-Ft01rRpjI37gj2YJ0PtbS0Oancdkuseqxw_fVtWEjtCjGzNMkTgl0/s320/June+in+Olney+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217495102075273666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Keara is a great big sister. She loves to hold and kiss the babies. They are so tiny that they are just the perfect size for her little arms. I think she has dolls bigger than those girls! :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0AEIM2V-am8YB_hbryvizoOZWw1ImxRnPsCy0612PSIj-2sLlHVeHhU-NqtYeid-VbUqpT3CSbSHW8dsSxPIRDZpMXG-5Pz-M1RcQ9_62tXqWi4zeRGEuwRgwESr4ulfMsyWwpAeN-s/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+008.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0AEIM2V-am8YB_hbryvizoOZWw1ImxRnPsCy0612PSIj-2sLlHVeHhU-NqtYeid-VbUqpT3CSbSHW8dsSxPIRDZpMXG-5Pz-M1RcQ9_62tXqWi4zeRGEuwRgwESr4ulfMsyWwpAeN-s/s200/June+in+Olney+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217493602891808962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj0FtiZhPSY-G7xfRqLjsrrTuP7CyoRxcGsqwcuc_ADeHj9T1KErrS8wjvLtDEWLffubHjOymp-sMUjw0POWQGxBTfinV-C3qDZo-BDZwn79Cfy2uBpWSwEDi61v2pGOEYH3k1TzPDuo/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+016.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj0FtiZhPSY-G7xfRqLjsrrTuP7CyoRxcGsqwcuc_ADeHj9T1KErrS8wjvLtDEWLffubHjOymp-sMUjw0POWQGxBTfinV-C3qDZo-BDZwn79Cfy2uBpWSwEDi61v2pGOEYH3k1TzPDuo/s200/June+in+Olney+016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217493608265199970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The girls love their boppy pillows. They snuggle right into them to sleep. That's Abigail there by herself. When they are together, it's Olivia on the left, Abigail on the right. We can tell because Olivia's skin is a little darker, and Abigail's face is a little rounder. They have different personalities already too. Abby is always happy, eats like a pig, from the bottle or nursing, and sleeps really well. Olivia loves to be held, gets a little gassy, prefers her meals in a bottle and is usually the first of the two to wake up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-UVrTrkUvBomoWy0DAnqJx0E2W67cW72jll613EB7bAgTwdsHZAD3rDRImzAqvdu3ZtyMGDHKOZE5tUNEa9GdmQWgDpQFytyVJ5lizeIxmpFs1B-l7l1jW7C9WaXgRzvt1b-ByJMkdU/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+031.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-UVrTrkUvBomoWy0DAnqJx0E2W67cW72jll613EB7bAgTwdsHZAD3rDRImzAqvdu3ZtyMGDHKOZE5tUNEa9GdmQWgDpQFytyVJ5lizeIxmpFs1B-l7l1jW7C9WaXgRzvt1b-ByJMkdU/s200/June+in+Olney+031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217493615874760178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya2HMuG1AJe4cnjL75KeN6RnLmS5zt-PzLpw3sh09BBhPMrnoJFOltcTlqzbOD3d-tdQ2Y9ZDHY8LlQ3jApKrRTwBhd9zP0gG9RVn3jssCiJO7XaKAd_86FfEtbpwhXeoUw-h2H6zaIE/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+119.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya2HMuG1AJe4cnjL75KeN6RnLmS5zt-PzLpw3sh09BBhPMrnoJFOltcTlqzbOD3d-tdQ2Y9ZDHY8LlQ3jApKrRTwBhd9zP0gG9RVn3jssCiJO7XaKAd_86FfEtbpwhXeoUw-h2H6zaIE/s200/June+in+Olney+119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217493617784785106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2OXP84cZTimAyuS7CH_dSA_iC0J1sdvIVfRKYuwBVbIMJ_aVonhIn9xKKvNlH9qR6DMevgnnBLof83XL1kHLdmjBCENypjqIVI3XHU7VKE0bPxPa_W_D68KUYF5SxbBhw1TluEZPr5U/s1600-h/June+in+Olney+066.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2OXP84cZTimAyuS7CH_dSA_iC0J1sdvIVfRKYuwBVbIMJ_aVonhIn9xKKvNlH9qR6DMevgnnBLof83XL1kHLdmjBCENypjqIVI3XHU7VKE0bPxPa_W_D68KUYF5SxbBhw1TluEZPr5U/s200/June+in+Olney+066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217493619648182962" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No, that's not a huge crib, it's just a tiny baby. They don't have a whole lot of fat on them yet, but they do have lots of extra skin. Look at those little skinny legs! Keara and Marli had a blast out on the Slip & Slide Friday and Saturday... that was $20 well spent.<br /><br />I can't wait to go back, hopefully sometime in July. If only they didn't live so far away!Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-8389711133672470482008-06-24T14:55:00.002-05:002008-06-24T15:00:01.928-05:00The Newest WebkinzThis is what happens when you send Marli into her room to clean:<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oGWk1KJ_ldWPK54aiLn5hUXm_hIwhde3kDuHQ7qbzcpfKloNiuTn-w2H1xNHDfR5VxXXYuCdbv9VGDE5_S7LBquuxUfHkyifNn_pJJbNn-O91oPxHYMV_mBmOtfXxC-6hyphenhyphennjy5n8gCI/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oGWk1KJ_ldWPK54aiLn5hUXm_hIwhde3kDuHQ7qbzcpfKloNiuTn-w2H1xNHDfR5VxXXYuCdbv9VGDE5_S7LBquuxUfHkyifNn_pJJbNn-O91oPxHYMV_mBmOtfXxC-6hyphenhyphennjy5n8gCI/s320/019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215539758521770210" border="0" /></a><br />See that black animal between the monkey and the bear? Yep, that would be our guinea pig, Licorice. He is apparently the newest addition to her Webkinz collection. Oh, to be able to understand the mind of a 13 year old girl.Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-51174138549432984312008-06-24T12:19:00.003-05:002008-07-05T08:49:56.230-05:00They're Here!!!<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:times new roman;" >Well, not here exactly... but the twins have been born!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Abigail Elizabeth was 4 lbs. 15 oz and Olivia Jean was 4 lb.s 14 oz. The girls aren't giving their parents much of a chance to rest, but they are doing well. Keara is loving being a big sister so far and is really gentle with them. Tiff still can't tell them apart yet, but she will before too long. She said Olivia is a mommy's girl, very affectionate and lovey. Olivia is more alert and looking around at the world all the time. Marli and I just might have to go visit them on my day off. It's too bad they live so far away!</span><br /><br /></span></span><br /><div style="width: 400px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w298.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w298.photobucket.com/albums/mm269/kerrisjunk/abby%20and%20olivia/d4e818ca.pbw" height="300" width="400"></embed><a href="http://i298.photobucket.com/redirect/album?action=slideshow&landing=/slideshows&type=116" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm269/kerrisjunk/abby%20and%20olivia/?action=view&current=d4e818ca.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: left;" /></a></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-79129940472369154712008-06-19T23:50:00.003-05:002008-06-20T00:02:58.523-05:00Summer time is baseball time<span style="font-family: verdana;">Tonight was Tyler's playoff game, and since we haven't been to any yet this summer I figured it was now or never. So we loaded up the camera and tripod and headed over to the fields. They played a great game and it was close right up to the end, but they lost 10-9.<br /><br /><div style="width:600px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w298.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w298.photobucket.com/albums/mm269/kerrisjunk/Tyler/ac2af041.pbw" height="180" width="600"></embed><a href="http://i298.photobucket.com/redirect/album?action=slideshow&landing=/slideshows&type=4" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a><a href="http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm269/kerrisjunk/Tyler/?action=view&current=ac2af041.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />And while Tyler was hard at work on the fields, the girls found all sorts of ways to amuse themselves. There is even a video (too long for here) of Emily and Lizzie playing "Webkins Idol" with their stuffed animals, complete with judges and lines of animals waiting for their turn to audition.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB1jzDZ8kp-vbWPeHGvilgE31I2j9j4TUDN_QRToCLMSYx3lEFJwMnf7M0tfSKZSt0ENclT3uGTzH786LQowPBPLtz9jgz7zw9CM_ju7v-LddaWlnM1oWCLCRiK2WL1vdySdaOZQYhGY/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB1jzDZ8kp-vbWPeHGvilgE31I2j9j4TUDN_QRToCLMSYx3lEFJwMnf7M0tfSKZSt0ENclT3uGTzH786LQowPBPLtz9jgz7zw9CM_ju7v-LddaWlnM1oWCLCRiK2WL1vdySdaOZQYhGY/s200/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213823046834549762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB1jzDZ8kp-vbWPeHGvilgE31I2j9j4TUDN_QRToCLMSYx3lEFJwMnf7M0tfSKZSt0ENclT3uGTzH786LQowPBPLtz9jgz7zw9CM_ju7v-LddaWlnM1oWCLCRiK2WL1vdySdaOZQYhGY/s1600-h/015.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MibxaEjihmahh-4E9YYMAdVmBqcFxhT5LXxvCRNE-WLX1oAxoI59gNajQf3aX_fisYoN3Mcn2cQ559uGnqWNbWTGblJ151vRRxZF02Hy8MlwZ8gNzUnhyY6kCRaUiosu97KHNHX7L2Y/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 132px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVvqEGhUz-oZGF9CKSUkujKc7jXLrMcQf58mR7gpYyvVXOjDBg8KHqqinxKzwxksD4eD0yFZ4swXIPXDe-7-Lw4fNcTTWTqyDjQgTFTdsm69jD0tl0MaaAWlt_-H23yOtWxiSl9yzwwE/s200/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213823061401062626" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEA5LV2dKjjmOoEA2LdAvTe2CwLPDwoYIb-gy5A1ghWrw8LUub7tQ53c9DeAB6dlIaWuc4k0i1hJx5NP_b6IvUIs0VVTJqMHJZ2YSUpuUbLXhCmdQXjVaABW6fM52nM5LF89NWIPQsR1M/s1600-h/018.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEA5LV2dKjjmOoEA2LdAvTe2CwLPDwoYIb-gy5A1ghWrw8LUub7tQ53c9DeAB6dlIaWuc4k0i1hJx5NP_b6IvUIs0VVTJqMHJZ2YSUpuUbLXhCmdQXjVaABW6fM52nM5LF89NWIPQsR1M/s200/018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213823053997246418" border="0" /></a>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-43122368134699141312008-06-17T18:51:00.003-05:002008-06-17T19:05:07.733-05:00Strawberry picking<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDTTfP81AFYbw2y03rRYrnkL_eyxT04DUgPw4g6Ctwfo05mW_ZY7HavXtgIT-lxcNajaSy1aFQahJ6Oaes7C4FuYr-V6SmRCyhyphenhyphenbdTXgqvQcVxxf_AiAw3rJQeTqs3QHf8zIx7AbQUsU/s1600-h/Strawberry+picking+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDTTfP81AFYbw2y03rRYrnkL_eyxT04DUgPw4g6Ctwfo05mW_ZY7HavXtgIT-lxcNajaSy1aFQahJ6Oaes7C4FuYr-V6SmRCyhyphenhyphenbdTXgqvQcVxxf_AiAw3rJQeTqs3QHf8zIx7AbQUsU/s200/Strawberry+picking+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213003567238979410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHddCYIU7k-MvPNsJlrpSAO2SWceqUb5xr5aICpiIfFo8MHspul7nJvNDWJht-4cK8zJxmxgNcei4bB8af_9tkVg20YBQVELEx9DE1biaN6Mv_4pTyj4qXbTrOXzvup7jdV2EPXiDZggY/s1600-h/Strawberry+picking+005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHddCYIU7k-MvPNsJlrpSAO2SWceqUb5xr5aICpiIfFo8MHspul7nJvNDWJht-4cK8zJxmxgNcei4bB8af_9tkVg20YBQVELEx9DE1biaN6Mv_4pTyj4qXbTrOXzvup7jdV2EPXiDZggY/s200/Strawberry+picking+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213003583406135746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;">We went out to Garden Patch Orchard in Homer Glen today to pick some strawberries. Marli and I went there a few years ago in the fall to pick apples and get our Halloween pumpkins. They have a really nice facility. The</span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7klFZTzAYAJ-NXgjrr7igyHd_0nhMIDsIkBRY5T8kAvs_gORJMPwl3uMdcdnNr3AZrKCYLCXEpBFhdJGODrTbm3HpCDHRFi9b2bg-CXcLt-tFNeGcrUHPqPNrQcAIkOZP18aBOhFPIbQ/s1600-h/Strawberry+picking+004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7klFZTzAYAJ-NXgjrr7igyHd_0nhMIDsIkBRY5T8kAvs_gORJMPwl3uMdcdnNr3AZrKCYLCXEpBFhdJGODrTbm3HpCDHRFi9b2bg-CXcLt-tFNeGcrUHPqPNrQcAIkOZP18aBOhFPIbQ/s200/Strawberry+picking+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213003573983655266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;"> strawberries are absolutely</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJZqvi9hVv0XQ1jfYrQOkEytpP92M_sGkqHxMaYn42xIPggaj66V6Rsrm4rFMb_KpDjjl239fIvDxnKfipyB5V_py1f29mYbgiQM04ip62Br01tSW-XbXRglC5aZDD8mvfk1dpr6IYLg/s1600-h/Strawberry+picking+006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJZqvi9hVv0XQ1jfYrQOkEytpP92M_sGkqHxMaYn42xIPggaj66V6Rsrm4rFMb_KpDjjl239fIvDxnKfipyB5V_py1f29mYbgiQM04ip62Br01tSW-XbXRglC5aZDD8mvfk1dpr6IYLg/s200/Strawberry+picking+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213003594750086002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;">deliciou</span><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;">s</span><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;">; juicy and sweet and perfect right off the plants! The apples aren't ready yet, as you can tell by the pictures. But I will definitely go there again in the fall for some apples!</span>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-88967945940692904002008-06-17T18:35:00.002-05:002008-06-17T18:51:23.308-05:00Twinkle Toes on StageMarli has been taking a hip-hop dance class every Tuesday night since September. All of her hard work culminated with a recital last weekend. She did a fantastic job. Here are some pics from the dress rehearsal (no photos allowed during the show).<br /><br /><embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i298.photobucket.com/remix/player.swf?videoURL=http%3A%2F%2Fvid298.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fmm269%2Fkerrisjunk%2FRecital%2F5ffdd40e.pbr&hostname=stream298.photobucket.com"></embed>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-47310781131782372002008-06-17T09:51:00.003-05:002008-06-17T18:34:20.611-05:00The Names<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUb1W0qvaVjsUcHle_k_WxxCb1wF1juf2HshBPIcWso8pErOjwQd0jCOP4p5Epw0S4N3QhDRWJZzRfqHS9tL9cnofQCdpPvr7NtqB0Dmma5AYyRgA0vHEuLTOaPqLQin740Pn__yWx6Y/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUb1W0qvaVjsUcHle_k_WxxCb1wF1juf2HshBPIcWso8pErOjwQd0jCOP4p5Epw0S4N3QhDRWJZzRfqHS9tL9cnofQCdpPvr7NtqB0Dmma5AYyRgA0vHEuLTOaPqLQin740Pn__yWx6Y/s200/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212996414441321938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">They are done, they are being mailed tomorrow. I can't wait to see what they look like hanging on the wall over the girls' beds. And it sounds like they may be here soon! Tiff is at the hospital right now! Hurry up girls, I want to meet you both!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIahj7DOCwC6EO4Ds3gNggQ32f5nZk6OqHqRCswCk8F-iK9eOyYBsLCZoCtlcA9PoFYEvytYkPcIkq0_V1zemPlTo_hkSfjim2E74hZbPcCpodH15JinKqKdqk0gPPLzCZkFLsolBgfHE/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIahj7DOCwC6EO4Ds3gNggQ32f5nZk6OqHqRCswCk8F-iK9eOyYBsLCZoCtlcA9PoFYEvytYkPcIkq0_V1zemPlTo_hkSfjim2E74hZbPcCpodH15JinKqKdqk0gPPLzCZkFLsolBgfHE/s200/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212996403347318146" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-70666456874366206672008-06-04T21:53:00.005-05:002008-06-07T09:08:40.237-05:00Crazy Summer Storm<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >It hasn't rained a drop, but there have been thunderstorm and tornado warnings from here to Indianapolis. Tornado sirens went off in Bourbonnais, sending Chelsea's family to the club house while she's here visiting us. I took some video of the lightning. It is lighting up the entire sky. Check these out!</span><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzLfRoZQ1IMH-DSXew2xR3OFqfVqNbksBVkU2WorJu27hKYixYFlrQv8qCM_oaiCjpdQNGgR8Ifv1AoXU-f0w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >Here's another one facing the other direction :</span><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyKdNWn3k7AIz80i7upI2jNXg484Gdp6oEAff2HNZcA2k0cYwgjdvKLl1pljCNAmHYziYWtQNL6WVA92O_j' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >Hope you all weather the storm well and stay safe and sound!</span>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-7765369511977290112008-06-02T21:26:00.003-05:002008-06-02T22:15:50.485-05:00Emily's Birthday PartyEmily's birthday party was Sunday at My Party Palace in the Trolley Barn in Frankfort. These girls had a blast! Every 5 minutes there was a high pitched squeal from somewhere in the place. They all got to wear cute little robes like they were at a spa and got their hair put up. 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style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF031FZjfJ9bJmQiKD-8uCv6Y-gA2VpSDa7biGCjzbT3z6YUMSaCOFp4wQDijB2UxMDXLS0YuPQDjzyTs40MrWXHJfSX13yAF3qaFbeGx10eTH7P8HaWd8uAXmvj1nUtdCmdFFP-QJ7-U/s200/IMG_0743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207477290934174370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />They danced and sang karaoke.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6Wj5vgSsN1_FCixNecVdUewhjT8L_YNYE8WxbD2Nr1A-YxL1uqJUEYtd9vthrkG3hfkN1t1IvQBIRkLGLGGLfZWdLIBGK23KbHOoLDy7Ynl63R_1rAK1s4SIgGx1gA3U6trG9ej8R5A/s1600-h/IMG_0722.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6Wj5vgSsN1_FCixNecVdUewhjT8L_YNYE8WxbD2Nr1A-YxL1uqJUEYtd9vthrkG3hfkN1t1IvQBIRkLGLGGLfZWdLIBGK23KbHOoLDy7Ynl63R_1rAK1s4SIgGx1gA3U6trG9ej8R5A/s200/IMG_0722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207478539523814978" border="0" /></a><a 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/></a><br /><br />After the cupcakes was the all important "opening of the presents!"<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Fzrrpqlm-BZciqnj-9fzg-sWuFPtSPjaEdLydOvi064iUAt9rks09GpRA-C4hFrMgos43tO3Qu2-kBb3V_quuY3jwbcZJP4Dk_5xzYBzNvzHhOaDFY0w1xU87wA1M6R9OrEzSIA2hfU/s1600-h/IMG_0804.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Fzrrpqlm-BZciqnj-9fzg-sWuFPtSPjaEdLydOvi064iUAt9rks09GpRA-C4hFrMgos43tO3Qu2-kBb3V_quuY3jwbcZJP4Dk_5xzYBzNvzHhOaDFY0w1xU87wA1M6R9OrEzSIA2hfU/s200/IMG_0804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207478558957821698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Fzrrpqlm-BZciqnj-9fzg-sWuFPtSPjaEdLydOvi064iUAt9rks09GpRA-C4hFrMgos43tO3Qu2-kBb3V_quuY3jwbcZJP4Dk_5xzYBzNvzHhOaDFY0w1xU87wA1M6R9OrEzSIA2hfU/s1600-h/IMG_0804.JPG"> </a><br /><br />Every opened gift caused a chorus of squeals from the guests and looks of amazement from Emily. After it was all over, it was just too much for Emily... she just fell right over the chair from all the excitement.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The party was a huge success and I took tons of pictures for Kristi to print!<br /><br /></div></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-21791061619116170092008-06-02T20:41:00.006-05:002008-06-02T21:26:09.511-05:00It was a busy weekend!Wow, I'm exhausted! We had 4, count 'em, 4 kids here this weekend! And that doesn't even include the one who lives here. We went to the Fort Frankfort and the Splash Park in the afternoon. Katie and Nate had a blast playing in the water while Marli and Jaimee played in the park. They took videos and everything.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aXmoHqDCh6vDwrSAy8LS8lqCA9Be9Aj89G6VnshwJ9jBF6lgzQGIyWxiR9tEevCtorylD5gKIPH3dzxuMKt1atnAhYhXdmbbfASE6Gnts4DzTsAMjNpv1X8-zjSXh-w-i50lC9_mXB8/s1600-h/IMG_0610.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aXmoHqDCh6vDwrSAy8LS8lqCA9Be9Aj89G6VnshwJ9jBF6lgzQGIyWxiR9tEevCtorylD5gKIPH3dzxuMKt1atnAhYhXdmbbfASE6Gnts4DzTsAMjNpv1X8-zjSXh-w-i50lC9_mXB8/s200/IMG_0610.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207466522766574818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDa-woUrlQjYN5nMrN1dCl9jPD545ZEENbZwKyo_nSaFj2hMMypMXuRNWvbw9j2wDsVPF-IGAzyP_uFWhIY2xE5TYlYvBwYB8ByQmLfKKfqNOj7NhiucuDvpbV1fkmDFYzk3kFF86Eb4w/s1600-h/IMG_0618.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDa-woUrlQjYN5nMrN1dCl9jPD545ZEENbZwKyo_nSaFj2hMMypMXuRNWvbw9j2wDsVPF-IGAzyP_uFWhIY2xE5TYlYvBwYB8ByQmLfKKfqNOj7NhiucuDvpbV1fkmDFYzk3kFF86Eb4w/s200/IMG_0618.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207466533419647314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipETA2AlpSRbtYfKBOLjNiZOTDqytOnjifuhotVNO_l2nmDWsZvyEKvpYyhO_I-gAKRBWi7GpUFPmExzN109QYl4IBbWnN5s__cZekhzDlsuc3qb22xF_VkKAL8Hr3G22fcyi-tLtpG0U/s1600-h/IMG_0625.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipETA2AlpSRbtYfKBOLjNiZOTDqytOnjifuhotVNO_l2nmDWsZvyEKvpYyhO_I-gAKRBWi7GpUFPmExzN109QYl4IBbWnN5s__cZekhzDlsuc3qb22xF_VkKAL8Hr3G22fcyi-tLtpG0U/s200/IMG_0625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207466536344358018" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />After Katie was done with the water, we headed over to the park. Nate just kept on playing at the Splash Park.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9wdYduaYfH4qYu5Oy4AXXVfbYgsOOMBj4IdAZ066Jeag-mFlVutx1uOV2fLYZNlP14DK9q_VlKOSDC59qWu7b5k9kEeH9j1NpTezT8jj3H0MNXFt0EnJ2JCrmRAYIzKC3j7MJ-H68rU/s1600-h/IMG_0637.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9wdYduaYfH4qYu5Oy4AXXVfbYgsOOMBj4IdAZ066Jeag-mFlVutx1uOV2fLYZNlP14DK9q_VlKOSDC59qWu7b5k9kEeH9j1NpTezT8jj3H0MNXFt0EnJ2JCrmRAYIzKC3j7MJ-H68rU/s200/IMG_0637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207468859670245858" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWpyVHnU9klsyavNdQAhOVx_d6AEtbvv_fUCOzRJ7BGyHXOuD2x4VgEA14G2Q67Q-8bNfP8_8DSooCuQIpQs_lnfKZmyZhq2NHuHsYGGDGHC5oxQPVT4orq5LYuZQ5rG3lv6rlY8RUMg/s1600-h/IMG_0646.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWpyVHnU9klsyavNdQAhOVx_d6AEtbvv_fUCOzRJ7BGyHXOuD2x4VgEA14G2Q67Q-8bNfP8_8DSooCuQIpQs_lnfKZmyZhq2NHuHsYGGDGHC5oxQPVT4orq5LYuZQ5rG3lv6rlY8RUMg/s200/IMG_0646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207468866554229378" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo4QsRuT4TrcyncdbSMly0DPHilVOo8UXyydSfcTtCiPPMgD5qpMvCE5foOw6hqg3XJcIDCYhHRdBvCctW69qkNUGsEGgfgH4xzk2KBU71iRCnwSmXuQmizKrtRpmMjXSAWGHtMsavtc/s1600-h/IMG_0653.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo4QsRuT4TrcyncdbSMly0DPHilVOo8UXyydSfcTtCiPPMgD5qpMvCE5foOw6hqg3XJcIDCYhHRdBvCctW69qkNUGsEGgfgH4xzk2KBU71iRCnwSmXuQmizKrtRpmMjXSAWGHtMsavtc/s200/IMG_0653.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207468876431394690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4l-7580uDrcX7zN0KvHOw76BV6KZjt2Un2sMLGEZ9by52aJ2UrVDT7OKzfbhOFfR8ck0CiYMxUFPJJdjUhj2FDT6lQHdO4PxrkH1CaxNz7hmi5rxb5vQT2MeSShyphenhyphenAD5C_12uTnNcin_k/s1600-h/IMG_0644.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4l-7580uDrcX7zN0KvHOw76BV6KZjt2Un2sMLGEZ9by52aJ2UrVDT7OKzfbhOFfR8ck0CiYMxUFPJJdjUhj2FDT6lQHdO4PxrkH1CaxNz7hmi5rxb5vQT2MeSShyphenhyphenAD5C_12uTnNcin_k/s200/IMG_0644.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207468851496079906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJrFqyqmwE1fefnTyQb7uk1fOCf6WKrPDsU1HYCf7vg-dusoimysLoHvbtrdzEDXnM-rWyjbSj2j809EnRajbVZ0VvBCLhqpr3ntcOKlosQhy0Of2lJHcnxzXawyhTmNQEtXsmLNdedA/s1600-h/IMG_0631.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJrFqyqmwE1fefnTyQb7uk1fOCf6WKrPDsU1HYCf7vg-dusoimysLoHvbtrdzEDXnM-rWyjbSj2j809EnRajbVZ0VvBCLhqpr3ntcOKlosQhy0Of2lJHcnxzXawyhTmNQEtXsmLNdedA/s200/IMG_0631.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207468836569289042" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Here is a video that Marli took while she and Jaimee were being pushed on a tire swing.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrUE66VZ_zviVbM1kc3ieI8ChLNdTxHE7HSz2UphL4sYlNeKTjcxG_yPhRDoj3VpfySN6g8ExNzv86Ewisjg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />After the park, we went to The Creamery for some ice cream! YUM!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqfOO8PBcgn54QwJ-uJ5fHTJ8Wb7NLYJApu10nAmr4IaYBjjD3RuA0w-DzLQFjdpvunOFEDHTd6bp1qiGyCOV7oyBfZU7vceWTPhe6Thg8vrYqrGtEjq_-wbAw7W3as6ukNxkcA2y8Xc/s1600-h/IMG_0663.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqfOO8PBcgn54QwJ-uJ5fHTJ8Wb7NLYJApu10nAmr4IaYBjjD3RuA0w-DzLQFjdpvunOFEDHTd6bp1qiGyCOV7oyBfZU7vceWTPhe6Thg8vrYqrGtEjq_-wbAw7W3as6ukNxkcA2y8Xc/s200/IMG_0663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207474887024158546" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKTb7bA7_YnTv_WFvUSvT4FhfXZFw9xzB43E_5o4M_2SU146ckVsGs5Up4lFNkjP3DJTcS_lx74YjWP07Iru9rnO0pmiV1Gu9Sa50VST5xqirwqUBfdQ8Ck-amKkhRkPI8aybuQ_EkPs/s1600-h/IMG_0664.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKTb7bA7_YnTv_WFvUSvT4FhfXZFw9xzB43E_5o4M_2SU146ckVsGs5Up4lFNkjP3DJTcS_lx74YjWP07Iru9rnO0pmiV1Gu9Sa50VST5xqirwqUBfdQ8Ck-amKkhRkPI8aybuQ_EkPs/s200/IMG_0664.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207474899138525202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Right after I snapped that picture of Nate, he dropped the whole thing right in the grass! But all in all we had a great day!<br /></div><br /></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-77998298778869923472008-05-29T07:33:00.006-05:002008-05-29T08:02:40.929-05:00GraduationPoor Lee. Both of his girls graduated this year. Ashley graduated from Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School this past Friday. Jaimee graduated from Bradley Central Middle School on Tuesday. He said he was OK after Ashley's graduation (I couldn't go), but on our way home from Jaimee's he got a little teary-eyed about his little girls.<br /><br />Lee was responsible for taking pictures of Ashley's graduation. Photography is definitely NOT one of his talents. Here are a few pictures:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4va5a2Zhj1v6oLK59crCaECspT4AeaA53rJJgs5HZB0tF7bXb3frHaJGONN9e3G006ictw0zZ3q-0eU4mgHnsSqPLUCJntce0pkrjFpW11TYm7bv_znfoY0s21-w9lskzhAPF-B7-kE/s1600-h/IMG_0486.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4va5a2Zhj1v6oLK59crCaECspT4AeaA53rJJgs5HZB0tF7bXb3frHaJGONN9e3G006ictw0zZ3q-0eU4mgHnsSqPLUCJntce0pkrjFpW11TYm7bv_znfoY0s21-w9lskzhAPF-B7-kE/s200/IMG_0486.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205780157037963554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4va5a2Zhj1v6oLK59crCaECspT4AeaA53rJJgs5HZB0tF7bXb3frHaJGONN9e3G006ictw0zZ3q-0eU4mgHnsSqPLUCJntce0pkrjFpW11TYm7bv_znfoY0s21-w9lskzhAPF-B7-kE/s1600-h/IMG_0486.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDa8XOR4Ycnd7WuImvg3OshCh9KwNYgSlf_Tw0_Bm9w5Dr4oJAZpQJv4aOZSaYUrIzZln2lrYI2eEZnrwosdbcoajX_xklzLLSj-k8NokGa9kkuizmSDPCeKft6Cgm1V-HqT6qfTlcEEw/s1600-h/IMG_0506.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDa8XOR4Ycnd7WuImvg3OshCh9KwNYgSlf_Tw0_Bm9w5Dr4oJAZpQJv4aOZSaYUrIzZln2lrYI2eEZnrwosdbcoajX_xklzLLSj-k8NokGa9kkuizmSDPCeKft6Cgm1V-HqT6qfTlcEEw/s200/IMG_0506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205780165627898162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4va5a2Zhj1v6oLK59crCaECspT4AeaA53rJJgs5HZB0tF7bXb3frHaJGONN9e3G006ictw0zZ3q-0eU4mgHnsSqPLUCJntce0pkrjFpW11TYm7bv_znfoY0s21-w9lskzhAPF-B7-kE/s1600-h/IMG_0486.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrQYBt_sLz6mjFBn2MtIquSZDSivM1LKzbq1WvgEOn4IblXy9rS7CydbRyWNm2liCAQ1VaDXRTSYbAxu6-IVms5mh0JJoZn_Enb3O0019IfXtiwbvg5vONoSkYm_dKGyLedJXxH_IQAY/s1600-h/IMG_0518.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrQYBt_sLz6mjFBn2MtIquSZDSivM1LKzbq1WvgEOn4IblXy9rS7CydbRyWNm2liCAQ1VaDXRTSYbAxu6-IVms5mh0JJoZn_Enb3O0019IfXtiwbvg5vONoSkYm_dKGyLedJXxH_IQAY/s200/IMG_0518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205780174217832770" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />OK, so he didn't take the last picture, and my camera is on the complicated side, so we'll cut him a little slack. There were over 400 graduates in Ashley's class. It was a long ceremony. That's Lee's dad, Herschel, with them in the last picture.<br /><br />I took pictures at Jaimee's graduation. Well, I started to anyway. Then the batteries died. I felt like such an idiot for not having charged them during the day Tuesday. You can bet I won't make that mistake again. So, I missed the all important getting-the-diploma-shaking-the-principal's-hand shot, but we got some batteries on the way back to their house so I got some decent after-grad shots.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mO0uLV-eP2ZwEoYjRIuR3kvMCvKPebGKB8s0a39tzV7eOAhddV4rOswdvobquyHi5rhLPOkXNOzI5cEuChYsnl0tEePkPSKDTf6LtYvKeC_BGhTfYTW0uVakRx8YKqakEa3WAO5rV7E/s1600-h/IMG_0588.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mO0uLV-eP2ZwEoYjRIuR3kvMCvKPebGKB8s0a39tzV7eOAhddV4rOswdvobquyHi5rhLPOkXNOzI5cEuChYsnl0tEePkPSKDTf6LtYvKeC_BGhTfYTW0uVakRx8YKqakEa3WAO5rV7E/s200/IMG_0588.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205782210032331106" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFVt2G52kE7QylKNf6AMmoRr-1vI8oNEANMmDiqP_x607uYlLWDzFDkFhn25yeo3TI1MlLr630mV3JKkXGoz9A0vCVvC6IOFdMfbhVBt3mnyzDCCT-oGDvlIXj_D1f7JMh2oVMyuyRhw/s1600-h/IMG_0592.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFVt2G52kE7QylKNf6AMmoRr-1vI8oNEANMmDiqP_x607uYlLWDzFDkFhn25yeo3TI1MlLr630mV3JKkXGoz9A0vCVvC6IOFdMfbhVBt3mnyzDCCT-oGDvlIXj_D1f7JMh2oVMyuyRhw/s200/IMG_0592.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205782205737363794" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />I made Ashley put on her graduation gown when we got back after Jaimee's ceremony so I could take some pictures of them together. This is what hit Lee right in the gut I think.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQz5fXI9fOaAqRDB_9ib_MU6TZq6gLihIn1GBfZGMU7N3ot4dIH8H2WLLX561pqu0ihhJWCNQsba6UoAbBSy810g1u6IYZorjnKG0PUNiQZNCX0IW2Fi3o9q8ysMnWNO3hUDmc7m_1CeI/s1600-h/IMG_0584.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQz5fXI9fOaAqRDB_9ib_MU6TZq6gLihIn1GBfZGMU7N3ot4dIH8H2WLLX561pqu0ihhJWCNQsba6UoAbBSy810g1u6IYZorjnKG0PUNiQZNCX0IW2Fi3o9q8ysMnWNO3hUDmc7m_1CeI/s200/IMG_0584.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205783580126898546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQz5fXI9fOaAqRDB_9ib_MU6TZq6gLihIn1GBfZGMU7N3ot4dIH8H2WLLX561pqu0ihhJWCNQsba6UoAbBSy810g1u6IYZorjnKG0PUNiQZNCX0IW2Fi3o9q8ysMnWNO3hUDmc7m_1CeI/s1600-h/IMG_0584.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOj7llIwmDoVCIghG84MrAmyjXx-VmEfZ5qD7XjBi3er4YSN-f7NrZYn38W0eXCMO_tgsGNVhfMrvMFj_IBSOCSosk5l9yZOhBw_WtESqo7DTZmpHAqnjJRQRoqlc_eWnnCaTW0Oj9H0/s1600-h/IMG_0587.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOj7llIwmDoVCIghG84MrAmyjXx-VmEfZ5qD7XjBi3er4YSN-f7NrZYn38W0eXCMO_tgsGNVhfMrvMFj_IBSOCSosk5l9yZOhBw_WtESqo7DTZmpHAqnjJRQRoqlc_eWnnCaTW0Oj9H0/s200/IMG_0587.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205783584421865858" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />It's hard to believe we'll be doing all of this next year for Marli and Tyler. Time goes by too fast!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOj7llIwmDoVCIghG84MrAmyjXx-VmEfZ5qD7XjBi3er4YSN-f7NrZYn38W0eXCMO_tgsGNVhfMrvMFj_IBSOCSosk5l9yZOhBw_WtESqo7DTZmpHAqnjJRQRoqlc_eWnnCaTW0Oj9H0/s1600-h/IMG_0587.JPG"></a>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-78742115869669583512008-05-23T06:48:00.002-05:002008-05-23T07:06:12.407-05:00Field Trip downtown<span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;">Wednesday was the 7th grade field trip downtown. We spent a couple of hours exploring Navy Pier on our own then met up with the rest of the group for an boat tour down the Chicago River. Tyler's class went the day before and he warned Marli that the tour was exceedingly boring. I think they enjoyed it though. I know I certainly did. It was really cool to see the buildings from that perspective and to learn about their history at the same time. The only bad part of the tour was the hispanic couple sitting next to us who could not keep their hands or lips off each other. I took over 150 pictures! As soon as the boat docked, we got right on the buses for the ride home. We got back to the school about 10 minutes after school let out. It was funny how worried they all were about that. We got off the buses at school and the kids all jumped on their buses which were all full of kids waiting for us to get back. My very strange child decided to take the bus home instead of riding with me. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;">Here is a sampling of the pictures I took. Marli took a bunch of her own too, but I could only put 30 pictures in a slide show. ;)</span><br /><br /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w23.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/738ebf5a.pbw" height="360" width="480"></embed><a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/redirect/album?action=slideshow&landing=/slideshows&type=202" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/?action=view&current=738ebf5a.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-5824169205130138382008-05-20T23:42:00.002-05:002008-05-21T00:17:00.293-05:00Ashley's Senior Pictures<a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9g51FzVwptK-1LeZvDdyB0Bt4sthnI5OLsSmX-aFS6bcpqP2eGGbcj30GyRuA-Q2dqm9cenO1d2TEP11gQ6jA_Cy4ehXLdjgd7FxujuJCyQvb4E7r-EwMbadbTUspU9dKOzLjgnDuKI/s1600-h/IMG_0309.JPG"></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Ashley and her mom asked me to take some pictures of Ashley for her graduation announcements. We went out to Perry Farm today and took a ton of pictures. The weather didn't cooperate with us. It was chilly, windy and the sun hid behind the clouds all day long. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Here are a few of her favorites:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNTaq7Wzu-KR2oalYg5AII9J5sWsCAfqt_Mj-6PG9ZQywHfgjZX8csdtq46V94IpbwGztwVfNViY9iA0Vwmz0A8mdEamo0H2YoovsMqo5jCCi_j3kN6F2_RrjKDnO1-kDwXTqAxz6x4M/s1600-h/IMG_0264.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNTaq7Wzu-KR2oalYg5AII9J5sWsCAfqt_Mj-6PG9ZQywHfgjZX8csdtq46V94IpbwGztwVfNViY9iA0Vwmz0A8mdEamo0H2YoovsMqo5jCCi_j3kN6F2_RrjKDnO1-kDwXTqAxz6x4M/s200/IMG_0264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202693958440954434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSaMDc7_Q7fLxUaxp5VX7apHfZji52zbfg4evSXXru_WmZfKF-Wzn36_YQJ9PXFquwQbh0Q6DikrvvTUrgGzS-VEvCY6E0ctx3mbMWWw0KPDTh3JgYcHPoNOvhdSAf1ZVEmsScSMQuUfo/s1600-h/IMG_0270.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSaMDc7_Q7fLxUaxp5VX7apHfZji52zbfg4evSXXru_WmZfKF-Wzn36_YQJ9PXFquwQbh0Q6DikrvvTUrgGzS-VEvCY6E0ctx3mbMWWw0KPDTh3JgYcHPoNOvhdSAf1ZVEmsScSMQuUfo/s200/IMG_0270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202693967030889042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNTaq7Wzu-KR2oalYg5AII9J5sWsCAfqt_Mj-6PG9ZQywHfgjZX8csdtq46V94IpbwGztwVfNViY9iA0Vwmz0A8mdEamo0H2YoovsMqo5jCCi_j3kN6F2_RrjKDnO1-kDwXTqAxz6x4M/s1600-h/IMG_0264.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXUYXYzX71SRga_xzM-fZj6mxsIu0VCnTq3J5r84k79ULPm5Be-1FjPFuHKsoWMu7rsZxpXi0mhXmmdJ-d8rrQ51k-I9TD830p69jaWCQQ65Y7FHKnrivn8uaKR289N2JJFdtFDvUHAc/s1600-h/IMG_0282.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXUYXYzX71SRga_xzM-fZj6mxsIu0VCnTq3J5r84k79ULPm5Be-1FjPFuHKsoWMu7rsZxpXi0mhXmmdJ-d8rrQ51k-I9TD830p69jaWCQQ65Y7FHKnrivn8uaKR289N2JJFdtFDvUHAc/s200/IMG_0282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202693975620823650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9g51FzVwptK-1LeZvDdyB0Bt4sthnI5OLsSmX-aFS6bcpqP2eGGbcj30GyRuA-Q2dqm9cenO1d2TEP11gQ6jA_Cy4ehXLdjgd7FxujuJCyQvb4E7r-EwMbadbTUspU9dKOzLjgnDuKI/s1600-h/IMG_0309.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9g51FzVwptK-1LeZvDdyB0Bt4sthnI5OLsSmX-aFS6bcpqP2eGGbcj30GyRuA-Q2dqm9cenO1d2TEP11gQ6jA_Cy4ehXLdjgd7FxujuJCyQvb4E7r-EwMbadbTUspU9dKOzLjgnDuKI/s200/IMG_0309.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202693992800692866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOh11I3u7fxcVRTiKJ2MF8j61rtQFHO7MjVYMT1ZboDz5NSWVZ3VSP2Q-iwM_tniB_W1NxyFEvmHqbq3_E-Jszhef9M1HupVhhWVgtIATISPbJML8v0nDUyR2SWVYZoIOehnWLJS8TM0/s1600-h/IMG_0298.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOh11I3u7fxcVRTiKJ2MF8j61rtQFHO7MjVYMT1ZboDz5NSWVZ3VSP2Q-iwM_tniB_W1NxyFEvmHqbq3_E-Jszhef9M1HupVhhWVgtIATISPbJML8v0nDUyR2SWVYZoIOehnWLJS8TM0/s200/IMG_0298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202693979915790962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> If you click on this little picture, </span><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/Ashley/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 72px; height: 96px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/Ashley/IMG_0297.jpg" alt="Peachy1202/Ashley" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> you can see all of the pictures we took on my photobucket account. The guest password for the album is "smiley".</span>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-3009767411869927722008-05-19T11:16:00.002-05:002008-05-20T21:57:05.315-05:00Visiting with GavinGavin brought his dad and grandma over to visit at my mom's yesterday so he could meet his very excited cousins! The kids fell in love with him in an instant. Gavin was very patient being handed around and held by so many strange pairs of arms. He just yawned and looked around like all this adoration was all in a day's work for him. He is such a good baby. And all of the kids had a wonderful time getting to know him and hold him and kiss him.<br /><br /><div style="width: 480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w23.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/Gavin/73764214.pbw" height="360" width="480"></embed><a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/redirect/album?action=slideshow&landing=/slideshows&type=3" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/Gavin/?action=view&current=73764214.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: left;" /></a></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-89292909700995621192008-05-19T08:41:00.002-05:002008-05-19T08:55:23.704-05:00Jaimee's Last Concert<span style="font-size:130%;">Jaimee has decided not to continue with music in high school next year, so this was her last concert ever! They did a great job. She received her awards during the concert for performing in the solo and symphony contests during the year (that picture didn't turn out at all!). We're all very proud of her!<br /><br /><br /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w23.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/Jaimee/72cf1ba7.pbw" height="360" width="480"></embed><a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/redirect/album?action=slideshow&landing=/slideshows&type=112" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/Jaimee/?action=view&current=72cf1ba7.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a></div><br /></span>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622208197475947653.post-73744133605027648992008-05-02T22:25:00.002-05:002008-05-02T22:30:13.655-05:00Gavin James<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">We finally got to meet Gavin today! He was born May 1 at 12:30 am by cesarean section. He was 7 lb. 13 oz and 20 1/2 inches. He is the cutest baby ever! Jimmy and Amanda did good! He is going to have so many people to love and take care of him. It was a constant parade of people in their room from the minute they checked in Wednesday morning. They should be home late tomorrow or Sunday. </span><br /><br /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w23.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/Gavin/d1f9fbdd.pbw" height="360" width="480"></embed><a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/redirect/album?action=slideshow&landing=/slideshows&type=74" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Peachy1202/Gavin/?action=view&current=d1f9fbdd.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kristi and I went to visit this morning for a couple of hours. It was so relaxing to hold a new baby. I could have done it all day long. He is just happy and calm and peaceful, until it's time to change the diaper.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I know Jim and Amanda will be great parents; you can already see how dedicated and caring they are. I'm so proud of Jim! And can't wait to cuddle little Gavin again!</span><br /></span></span></span>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213913208572341550noreply@blogger.com1