tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26335621969171445502024-03-14T09:24:19.322-07:00These are Days to Rememberben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-45716446882927870882011-04-12T23:17:00.000-07:002011-04-13T12:46:16.468-07:00Visitors<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0lLFIyNDPXzIre_Bh5cRd8pJDK3zQA0n_YXzrTowVDjnZK2dlZ9jwmqm8VNjOzp2sO5hWO5FjHGVmwe0GZhjXqqrCG7IZx1nS-_T9ovnbdpUyFYh0Opasc6Ir909YedZ2eVcasRmevA7/s1600/602.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595153852133842802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0lLFIyNDPXzIre_Bh5cRd8pJDK3zQA0n_YXzrTowVDjnZK2dlZ9jwmqm8VNjOzp2sO5hWO5FjHGVmwe0GZhjXqqrCG7IZx1nS-_T9ovnbdpUyFYh0Opasc6Ir909YedZ2eVcasRmevA7/s400/602.JPG" /></a> Chase and Lanie <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOTLzukto-PjNkjulwanQr8NZGErZs-shTKmdkqHVn5dC6QESJJF6hOokZy_6TIoQT__ON4JA7zZT-vco-DQ-8YqXAHqriL3tPIfv1JHg3cZWlaAgRBJUW75AXhVUS_M2ycAdVSSk5KR3/s1600/600.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595152857283766162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOTLzukto-PjNkjulwanQr8NZGErZs-shTKmdkqHVn5dC6QESJJF6hOokZy_6TIoQT__ON4JA7zZT-vco-DQ-8YqXAHqriL3tPIfv1JHg3cZWlaAgRBJUW75AXhVUS_M2ycAdVSSk5KR3/s400/600.JPG" /></a> All the kiddos and Buster having a Creamie! <br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMbNC2QC57endHa0V3B5GNZowabR-Ui3kdK6l-DhgbNh5uldQaNR9rkd5Rj8fK2Kfw4I1xncqbMfQtrMb1O6inM1tyY4uSPasHQ89kdCsU3omyWVMoUIpTtEKerDlDGq8zJx4CYDUGjk-/s1600/601.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594949780078110322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMbNC2QC57endHa0V3B5GNZowabR-Ui3kdK6l-DhgbNh5uldQaNR9rkd5Rj8fK2Kfw4I1xncqbMfQtrMb1O6inM1tyY4uSPasHQ89kdCsU3omyWVMoUIpTtEKerDlDGq8zJx4CYDUGjk-/s400/601.JPG" /></a> </div>Megan and Buster</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We had some visitors a few weeks ago. Ben's sister came with her husband and son Chase and their cute dog.We had a blast and wish it could of been longer. Megan is in love with her cousins dog named Buster.Just look at that smile. She would love a dog or any kind of animal. But she will have to settle with her gold fish Alex for now. It's a good thing that both our neighbors have a cat or a dog that she can play with anytime she wants. We had fun entertaining Chase and Buster for a day. We went to two parks and played the whole day! Jaden loved having another boy around to even up his playing field. <br /><div><br /><div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-6848745753769193822011-03-30T15:38:00.000-07:002011-03-30T15:49:38.432-07:00Updates!Here are just a few updates : 1- We moved again!! But this time <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">alot</span> less stressful. 2-Ben is really enjoying his new job @Fidelity. 3-We miss our friends in California but feel lucky to be closer to family. 4-The kids are liking their new school, and have made friends quickly. 5-We have enjoyed the snowy weather here and have taken advantage of sledding every chance we can get.And the kids love eating the snow too! 6-The kids are now on a 5 week spring break( I hope I don't pull all my hair out before they go back to school). It has only been 3 days so far and we are staying busy going to all the fun parks, and library. 7-Ben's grandma passed away and it was a sweet experience for our family. We will miss her. It was also nice to be all together with Ben's siblings again. We also got to see my family too. 8-Well, that is all for now, I will post some fun pictures as soon as I figure out how with my new camera I got for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Christmas</span>. Hope everyone is doing well. And I promise to keep you all updated more. If there is even anybody who does read this anymore.<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">LOL</span>.ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-63416476753142806932010-10-05T16:09:00.000-07:002010-10-05T16:45:33.298-07:00What do the numbers 31 and 16 mean?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydhe0LPBflQ7wBsX5xuKMFwzcfb-u9LF67bsepFwxTchH1yyQg7ZQzhZOAN_16XSMOrkF-0I-XrZaCLuGVwKSbBc7G8lu-XcqkhU1hweTGnc5YaiyI_zm9mEnzVOvASZtoGuArYIYUHcI/s1600/BYU2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524712081769373730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydhe0LPBflQ7wBsX5xuKMFwzcfb-u9LF67bsepFwxTchH1yyQg7ZQzhZOAN_16XSMOrkF-0I-XrZaCLuGVwKSbBc7G8lu-XcqkhU1hweTGnc5YaiyI_zm9mEnzVOvASZtoGuArYIYUHcI/s400/BYU2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxwG88xhpPxiF7fHxpiOFRg_k3qCtYPw6yAguJ3I4IKpMWGdP7mnPG0ChAKdxK-ueAWTGktczvNhrwwLJ0HEGQeF9t-H96PNt74TZEGTulcI5oImlWFCYQPFLXWPUv6cQQMDZTFIBoIGz/s1600/BYU3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 257px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524712024669792674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxwG88xhpPxiF7fHxpiOFRg_k3qCtYPw6yAguJ3I4IKpMWGdP7mnPG0ChAKdxK-ueAWTGktczvNhrwwLJ0HEGQeF9t-H96PNt74TZEGTulcI5oImlWFCYQPFLXWPUv6cQQMDZTFIBoIGz/s400/BYU3.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div></div><div>USU 31 BYU 16! It is okay to brag every 17 years or so isn't it? I would also say it is okay to update your blog every month or so. So here is our most recent update - not necessarily in chronological order since July 4th. Yikes!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HlGqepr96XmRV5Iv4pWGaA2pPgFIoPCJGey7g-z0HdZI9eMy2ASuP1vDPJ9GaF4ovJSKaFU6_heeS9rpODOyqIGxcENwPkhdxIFBhx0aRMOCKSeSJQKZwqbmizeIGoZNgL6aaJVFx0PT/s1600/BYU.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 227px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524709012183143666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HlGqepr96XmRV5Iv4pWGaA2pPgFIoPCJGey7g-z0HdZI9eMy2ASuP1vDPJ9GaF4ovJSKaFU6_heeS9rpODOyqIGxcENwPkhdxIFBhx0aRMOCKSeSJQKZwqbmizeIGoZNgL6aaJVFx0PT/s320/BYU.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQgbh331aTLpnNbKasw3mHIyn2VODn9gt51V3TPBdE2jV5jMbuobJTP_V2z52DIX_189UFr6aHFB2ccJ_FfK-MVE25HUBSEtcNXoWayMxUyEbzi9jSwsDVJCgzNbSzca7_h4bcq7SqXJx/s1600/USU.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 277px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524705780625166306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQgbh331aTLpnNbKasw3mHIyn2VODn9gt51V3TPBdE2jV5jMbuobJTP_V2z52DIX_189UFr6aHFB2ccJ_FfK-MVE25HUBSEtcNXoWayMxUyEbzi9jSwsDVJCgzNbSzca7_h4bcq7SqXJx/s320/USU.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-67864971805159434552010-07-11T17:05:00.000-07:002010-07-11T19:43:53.551-07:004th of July!We had a really enjoyable weekend leading up to and a few days after the 4th of July. We went camping near Lake Tahoe with Ben's Sister Melissa, her husband Chad, little Boy Chase, and dog Bear over the 4th of July weekend. As far as camping is concerned, we had a great time swimming, playing horseshoe's (they take it serious in Tahoe), video games, and basketball, and overall catching up. Tahoe Valley Campground was an excellent host. It is a good thing when Jaden isn't bored. We watched the Fireworks on the Lake, ate our fair share of strawberries and of course too much good food, learned to play the new game Monopoly Deal and wished we were already retired.<br /><br />Then.....we came home just in time for Ben's brother JR, his wife Aubree, and kids Carson, Brenner, and Avenlee to come visit. We showed them around the foothills near Modesto, went fishing at a trout farm, panned for gold, visited an old fashioned candy store, of course ate too much food, played even more Monopoly Deal, went swimming, and watched Brenner nearly puke over the smell of fish guts. Our only regrets are that either trip didn't last long enough and that we didn't have any more room for pictures in the camera. Aubree, can you send us your copies? Why can't good things last very long?<br /><br />Us all at Tahoe Valley Campground!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgY6kwArVFmyJPHV49A-Pe7JOo_D7qvYP_e1e-AagyvQaIdoPGJl5pF9QzeckPohS2pPBuoQa4j1RDc7hOpsx5G50BhIhJ_GbrEiQPy5Zzp-PPfpHRcT4F9IVhgdQCeyXAIR3xuvaa_TX/s1600/102_5784.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492838861551403042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgY6kwArVFmyJPHV49A-Pe7JOo_D7qvYP_e1e-AagyvQaIdoPGJl5pF9QzeckPohS2pPBuoQa4j1RDc7hOpsx5G50BhIhJ_GbrEiQPy5Zzp-PPfpHRcT4F9IVhgdQCeyXAIR3xuvaa_TX/s320/102_5784.jpg" /></a>Roasted marshmellows always make you smile-<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVS8jDWBOQNadf_jhI1xeXocpCkAf-jWneRhs9OQ7cwW5r0sWvvMQv3RRIJ_Ei_HLrAGdYwFl_d2dywMo4vRIgFZ7QX088Q-_dWxuWn8zPb20LIjvUShzEPOd7gZva-_OSotf0oS0uufE/s1600/102_5766.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492838385181230738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVS8jDWBOQNadf_jhI1xeXocpCkAf-jWneRhs9OQ7cwW5r0sWvvMQv3RRIJ_Ei_HLrAGdYwFl_d2dywMo4vRIgFZ7QX088Q-_dWxuWn8zPb20LIjvUShzEPOd7gZva-_OSotf0oS0uufE/s320/102_5766.jpg" /></a> Can you relax any more? Can I get you something to drink?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdnaf4B6Hka8F0ubXwF3os3TLjl5AOHOJKg8HE1VsvdeG7W1mPN0mTr8c3z8LDqVKqcbcGKnJRRtGih3nB4fWomLVDqsQsLjTPRCDZwVsM3tbx865qbrZjRunJG4y8IWwQSBNluCMh6RB/s1600/102_5767.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492838063605965538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdnaf4B6Hka8F0ubXwF3os3TLjl5AOHOJKg8HE1VsvdeG7W1mPN0mTr8c3z8LDqVKqcbcGKnJRRtGih3nB4fWomLVDqsQsLjTPRCDZwVsM3tbx865qbrZjRunJG4y8IWwQSBNluCMh6RB/s320/102_5767.jpg" /></a><br /><div>How many strawberries can you eat at once, let alone in 4 days?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqN1Z0Vdq2KaGWlwr5W_yAGRsV2vaiehuglhhA0WAi0HwBKXB7nF8o5PvZfbielaNyUwPJuZi_zd642TqA09WoACZQBTBUhdO7rtX4z1gcBZF-FEzRkYwWBfN59GEW-MTBDMPZ-qXtuF5/s1600/102_5754.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492836948126928514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqN1Z0Vdq2KaGWlwr5W_yAGRsV2vaiehuglhhA0WAi0HwBKXB7nF8o5PvZfbielaNyUwPJuZi_zd642TqA09WoACZQBTBUhdO7rtX4z1gcBZF-FEzRkYwWBfN59GEW-MTBDMPZ-qXtuF5/s320/102_5754.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVp3Mn-2KNNeORndjSwpi8iYfun8AFjw7uVZopRWARjron-WlhTDaFKg-fMD7woG164zt0yE1uN4Htsv5CMnZr4LL2d4GRorOCh0FDQ5qiuJrXxxDBAFOPKOCkCNiByxH3IL2Kvurfn6p/s1600/102_5770.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492836576039580050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVp3Mn-2KNNeORndjSwpi8iYfun8AFjw7uVZopRWARjron-WlhTDaFKg-fMD7woG164zt0yE1uN4Htsv5CMnZr4LL2d4GRorOCh0FDQ5qiuJrXxxDBAFOPKOCkCNiByxH3IL2Kvurfn6p/s320/102_5770.jpg" /></a><br />Our Perch on Lake Tahoe for the Fireworks!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBv4Hh7v6KIgxyR0BM-VRjb8usMwReRBdjNMdbXtGR7fUOc83EKHMJNbOVtpSTgbgEYLiWWiYMbT5khaey1oH3qnQ6y1s0A14YkDorVrLu0GU5lb4BX5rQAgP94ooSoGySuXde9md1ny7/s1600/102_5779.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492836255771800658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBv4Hh7v6KIgxyR0BM-VRjb8usMwReRBdjNMdbXtGR7fUOc83EKHMJNbOVtpSTgbgEYLiWWiYMbT5khaey1oH3qnQ6y1s0A14YkDorVrLu0GU5lb4BX5rQAgP94ooSoGySuXde9md1ny7/s320/102_5779.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0KdJ_Y6TgVIjMt4thCrpt09UXBl8io02V6njeHMoR2UiRqYYkbyjEQ1yieg2rGb-5TlLXIYzvL8kErzv4s2ixR7_KWeVwNto0DQFZttp7gGt4Orz3XAF-CnS2jj7V66XEus6t5k6jf0i/s1600/102_5780.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492835936150887266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0KdJ_Y6TgVIjMt4thCrpt09UXBl8io02V6njeHMoR2UiRqYYkbyjEQ1yieg2rGb-5TlLXIYzvL8kErzv4s2ixR7_KWeVwNto0DQFZttp7gGt4Orz3XAF-CnS2jj7V66XEus6t5k6jf0i/s320/102_5780.jpg" /></a><br />This is where the camera memory card is full! One of the fish we grilled after our visit to the Trout Farm! Would you believe that all of the kids liked how it tasted?<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVnDeriiK-efZTwVqUYnIlberMW8HhZ1RhFaltrrNhwZkNlq9t_EnW4vHngki7DU-uDvoH3JXfdzhxsasjrAzflORYVHjaAEvAOXElrTlRPMLIeJcltFPyElGKPXUFLNXjX03QaCVXgTu/s1600/000_0067.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492835598166710946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVnDeriiK-efZTwVqUYnIlberMW8HhZ1RhFaltrrNhwZkNlq9t_EnW4vHngki7DU-uDvoH3JXfdzhxsasjrAzflORYVHjaAEvAOXElrTlRPMLIeJcltFPyElGKPXUFLNXjX03QaCVXgTu/s320/000_0067.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-60060073415740220232010-06-28T22:54:00.000-07:002010-06-28T23:12:35.019-07:00Half Insane or Half....Is someone insane if they decided to hike to the top of this?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwTwO-nNRhUH0-djgDUQ7OyvnmtzfUtk3ogTtIj_Nn-bwySfzVEf0MJG5xENymp_TS_kGuQXenektthb524N3gRLwbr8i3Or-X4z4xLcJEjy3DYrXR3EbLGyHi4x-Aj4HspxJqXetZwSc/s1600/100_3171.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488073049802378898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwTwO-nNRhUH0-djgDUQ7OyvnmtzfUtk3ogTtIj_Nn-bwySfzVEf0MJG5xENymp_TS_kGuQXenektthb524N3gRLwbr8i3Or-X4z4xLcJEjy3DYrXR3EbLGyHi4x-Aj4HspxJqXetZwSc/s320/100_3171.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Via these?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpEmXoStA0ya5MYCqONBr15FngKffV7NKPP4t4oeZVQ2l_j9zNdtH0szbu9bDIfnWQsq2tzGjZbHgqOd8eM0StspfpxWilUvtsblyGauRi1_JefeT-0YWLPfaXDyIuI02bjYha9hX2yo8/s1600/102_5700.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488072615048198306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpEmXoStA0ya5MYCqONBr15FngKffV7NKPP4t4oeZVQ2l_j9zNdtH0szbu9bDIfnWQsq2tzGjZbHgqOd8eM0StspfpxWilUvtsblyGauRi1_JefeT-0YWLPfaXDyIuI02bjYha9hX2yo8/s320/102_5700.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LDFDpkZZHDU_efJ18umtMT5O_ce0QkIFjEjCOTTDvW2teFfre8M2uTi6TVdAzzpUEcyWKDJPZqFdoBdyUOf9bd4sb3_hp7zI0_eY1mziqFWoi6cWfj4WmnnENgWxa-7u-Yc2HyfBSoyz/s1600/102_5702.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488072292671709778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LDFDpkZZHDU_efJ18umtMT5O_ce0QkIFjEjCOTTDvW2teFfre8M2uTi6TVdAzzpUEcyWKDJPZqFdoBdyUOf9bd4sb3_hp7zI0_eY1mziqFWoi6cWfj4WmnnENgWxa-7u-Yc2HyfBSoyz/s320/102_5702.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7-gcb2hV__Q2PMuGlUQ8bAZ6f-kIRkd1wK4aHS1KBNcLnJ0xwnBB635AkgGFq-OC2klvRvlpa49yZf6TScPnrD90Arv2qJfhB6VZBZAEyrkEcJu5yLhSQ95bg7gGqR8IpqcOp498JVJz/s1600/102_5704.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488071935681183762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7-gcb2hV__Q2PMuGlUQ8bAZ6f-kIRkd1wK4aHS1KBNcLnJ0xwnBB635AkgGFq-OC2klvRvlpa49yZf6TScPnrD90Arv2qJfhB6VZBZAEyrkEcJu5yLhSQ95bg7gGqR8IpqcOp498JVJz/s320/102_5704.jpg" /></a><br />What about if they saw this when they got to the top?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_i1h69f6r2mOw4JnTzIJS-YwrQXAufqQk1qKhRnuPEqU2Iyyf6NpsBRPVGQKDvVWs_ViyVecDwr7MAZrIK_qOh8pN1sZniB_yIld1cGH4CvcajSw3IsvHaX50_bRw90ygNCy-tF09wtq7/s1600/102_5693.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488071494221591842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_i1h69f6r2mOw4JnTzIJS-YwrQXAufqQk1qKhRnuPEqU2Iyyf6NpsBRPVGQKDvVWs_ViyVecDwr7MAZrIK_qOh8pN1sZniB_yIld1cGH4CvcajSw3IsvHaX50_bRw90ygNCy-tF09wtq7/s320/102_5693.jpg" /></a><br />And felt like this?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiSzSNtzBkwaZFVt7tr-IPaaGAgibth1N0vhDvz2B3L21kesov_wj-8d6_mbZZbexah4lq-R8VKNRcbMFHsWvJjyQepYNO6Wzw8aAG8R7up8OpGhqvB_MfeVf-Or6LaqRXUIlEn3Pa0jN/s1600/102_5697.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488071221075695986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiSzSNtzBkwaZFVt7tr-IPaaGAgibth1N0vhDvz2B3L21kesov_wj-8d6_mbZZbexah4lq-R8VKNRcbMFHsWvJjyQepYNO6Wzw8aAG8R7up8OpGhqvB_MfeVf-Or6LaqRXUIlEn3Pa0jN/s320/102_5697.jpg" /></a><br />Last week Ben and a couple of guys from our ward hiked to the top of half dome. It was everything physically and mentally that he thought it would be, and more. It was nice for a few minutes to feel like you were on top of the world. I hope you enjoy some of the other pictures we encountered while hiking.</div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-18438835386786470122010-06-28T22:14:00.001-07:002010-06-28T22:14:44.389-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI3Nzc4ODQwNDI2NSZwdD*xMjc3Nzg4NDgyMzkwJnA9Mzk1MSZkPSZuPWJsb2dnZXImZz*xJm89MTgzZDI*OWY*ZDRmNDAw/Yzk2YzI5Mzk4OGUwMGIzYzUmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><div style="visibility:visible;width:460px;margin:auto;"><embed src="http://flash.picturetrail.com/pflicks/3/spflick.swf" quality="high" FlashVars="ql=2&src1=http://pic80.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1966/10870025/flicks/1/8281996" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000" width="460" height="350" name="Half Dome Hike" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" style="height:350px;width:460px" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> <p style="whitespace:no-wrap;margin-top:10px;height:24px;width:460px"><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?cID=924&link=/photoFlick/samples/pflicks=shtml"><img align="left" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?cID=925&link=/photoFlick/samples/pflicks=shtml"><img align="left" style="margin-left:5px" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/static/images/pt2.gif" border="0" /></a></p> </div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-91709476494814206432010-06-22T13:22:00.000-07:002010-06-22T13:58:49.739-07:00Look Who's Two!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQMHo142Pf7dMiNiMGesiA_t1d0tgaBsWV-DvZ3igcHtJJ7viy6GIMnfbm2u_lkwOidXG7d2panwk0lMezCGMtXvQPswUYouWBkoYFKINefYzpH2REkgn20SfKEy5ROAd70abvmjYj2BQ/s1600/102_5545.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485703168974299970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQMHo142Pf7dMiNiMGesiA_t1d0tgaBsWV-DvZ3igcHtJJ7viy6GIMnfbm2u_lkwOidXG7d2panwk0lMezCGMtXvQPswUYouWBkoYFKINefYzpH2REkgn20SfKEy5ROAd70abvmjYj2BQ/s400/102_5545.jpg" /></a> I can't believe my baby is two already.....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz61LNpwvsmliyVetBuaMLy-3zyeniZ3C1mse6v8sPWYdVjeX36EfbS7ng_1S6yi_fsOg2JF7-KYGYIjs2Z6n3vUR4epqogDbybQMOHFcoAeB_AaM_JbrzDp1eVE9wqJXd70Gk2anDNc7O/s1600/102_5544.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485702488894739666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz61LNpwvsmliyVetBuaMLy-3zyeniZ3C1mse6v8sPWYdVjeX36EfbS7ng_1S6yi_fsOg2JF7-KYGYIjs2Z6n3vUR4epqogDbybQMOHFcoAeB_AaM_JbrzDp1eVE9wqJXd70Gk2anDNc7O/s400/102_5544.jpg" /></a> She loved her birthday hat from nursery and her barbie from Mackenzie...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdHCM4f2xkPt66rDMC_8VoKMBXmfQaJntUSmNPq6fCq9Umci9NFyjUmJAsOZsZ_TFU3-OFEr81NBR56fgLGBdjPUirj5wZcpcfhA1NTZr0KRU_A3OMd2jswIzhXI4YES8yEsyx0Gpwm31/s1600/102_5525.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485702126374144674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdHCM4f2xkPt66rDMC_8VoKMBXmfQaJntUSmNPq6fCq9Umci9NFyjUmJAsOZsZ_TFU3-OFEr81NBR56fgLGBdjPUirj5wZcpcfhA1NTZr0KRU_A3OMd2jswIzhXI4YES8yEsyx0Gpwm31/s400/102_5525.jpg" /></a> She loved opening her presents but had to go hide under the entry way table so megan wouldn't open them first...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtY2wLG3r-JkzHT0bb5lBcpU5tp3ap531iQuwjkflI5rxuW5xJBQRwHRCMu3vydlOILb3AcyBV8t1d4whyphenhyphenp8p_Lvi9I-T-CTKLZq9_ArRPsjZrkovoHHzp5IXj6CvO6kjwFl-dq9j35_eG/s1600/102_5524.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485701314738700258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtY2wLG3r-JkzHT0bb5lBcpU5tp3ap531iQuwjkflI5rxuW5xJBQRwHRCMu3vydlOILb3AcyBV8t1d4whyphenhyphenp8p_Lvi9I-T-CTKLZq9_ArRPsjZrkovoHHzp5IXj6CvO6kjwFl-dq9j35_eG/s400/102_5524.jpg" /></a> Everytime we sang the happy birthday song she would say "Cha Cha Cha" and clap.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485700712386627762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4rXYsxfyc50pxt2_yUCkISevK0yHF6qRRitMcjo7BmLhqLx3kduqLDhoJdZn0l1FuVvFjG-8ij7IUyH-j_E6V_t-iH5n66evqiZtfnZQTwTnC3Fc6BNhlWtpb_j4Azt0dxQhHfvpD1d6/s400/102_5534.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnw04C3wqjGfbBpy7kCL9VLrhRCoklqDEhCi4RPQI7H1o7jUO_D5hh3oPUSKRICkBF-OprCAixbBYoZpPLDZ0vFukDfL-WwxclAUT7zbTi3Gob8_X12VeVfia6eXv1NqacDSCk_YhV6ajK/s1600/102_5533.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485699514810335106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnw04C3wqjGfbBpy7kCL9VLrhRCoklqDEhCi4RPQI7H1o7jUO_D5hh3oPUSKRICkBF-OprCAixbBYoZpPLDZ0vFukDfL-WwxclAUT7zbTi3Gob8_X12VeVfia6eXv1NqacDSCk_YhV6ajK/s400/102_5533.jpg" /></a> We celebrated her birthday at the park with a few friends! We love you Lanie Bugs and you bring us so much joy and Happiness into our family. You are so sweet!! XOXOXO<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-3637070131845501442010-05-10T15:30:00.000-07:002010-05-10T15:55:47.685-07:00Happy Mommy's Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfSJpWN3ApQC3VVoT3Op5IHjZwEdJgsGecN28Ah-leZoFn3Gv0ekwcmTU2DPCEEQi9AYhn4Aq0L2fYe06WJ6fstfyxMIPe7XPh4VDz_N9vMCJsN-3K3OROn2CUX4gfVOr2ludGk4Pcx28/s1600/102_5479.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469775432568983458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfSJpWN3ApQC3VVoT3Op5IHjZwEdJgsGecN28Ah-leZoFn3Gv0ekwcmTU2DPCEEQi9AYhn4Aq0L2fYe06WJ6fstfyxMIPe7XPh4VDz_N9vMCJsN-3K3OROn2CUX4gfVOr2ludGk4Pcx28/s400/102_5479.jpg" /></a> I feel so blessed and Lucky.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1ZFPuYbGnHBiQvZHlThGTecu41iriN1pE6aJkyqls9fHQpFgG_48fKfQcFVeDhs5vDx15dGNnqGwYD9vOavnWRAr_M0aTFepnll403nF62b_MvMD5J5SLCa2DvoynpfeBUzgi8PdJQlU/s1600/102_5473.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469775090647737266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1ZFPuYbGnHBiQvZHlThGTecu41iriN1pE6aJkyqls9fHQpFgG_48fKfQcFVeDhs5vDx15dGNnqGwYD9vOavnWRAr_M0aTFepnll403nF62b_MvMD5J5SLCa2DvoynpfeBUzgi8PdJQlU/s400/102_5473.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNWNiCZL389PuYE7UZQ1kKxE4nfDQkzF1FPwoUu5FjsXqpcxqgMHI9NZHyAJcNN0oD7UyI5Y14oQ7dNfz5M04mqpYcOLxYMsHt0tHh7EW49XKlGj_50OAHv7f-UJoDMZf7PWN7Z5AVQqz/s1600/102_5481.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469774215171183634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNWNiCZL389PuYE7UZQ1kKxE4nfDQkzF1FPwoUu5FjsXqpcxqgMHI9NZHyAJcNN0oD7UyI5Y14oQ7dNfz5M04mqpYcOLxYMsHt0tHh7EW49XKlGj_50OAHv7f-UJoDMZf7PWN7Z5AVQqz/s400/102_5481.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfek0Oq977CtHRpqwqXCfSittr1BGAuQv_YY9B0pU8fLrkpdzTt-oMZabJmI7uuyh19WTmjAxCJb8ic10ER-TuH9ON9Qd48HchayjLOFPFsgc551_ZQNuGtyBQYRkqGRv6ct0IqaX8_NO-/s1600/102_5474.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469773793448279906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfek0Oq977CtHRpqwqXCfSittr1BGAuQv_YY9B0pU8fLrkpdzTt-oMZabJmI7uuyh19WTmjAxCJb8ic10ER-TuH9ON9Qd48HchayjLOFPFsgc551_ZQNuGtyBQYRkqGRv6ct0IqaX8_NO-/s400/102_5474.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyZ0vWMZHmcyqlh5djtLcpwxhud4zluGtnjZo2vDPQjNe3CmE_6EFziafwPRXoCFLgbDGyiOatv_COO05-hEisEpmN0u9Qh0JFIDjDVMVxRsAjCblxsK5HYnC29DirzurzKivCjctTF4x/s1600/102_5470.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469773247538242738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyZ0vWMZHmcyqlh5djtLcpwxhud4zluGtnjZo2vDPQjNe3CmE_6EFziafwPRXoCFLgbDGyiOatv_COO05-hEisEpmN0u9Qh0JFIDjDVMVxRsAjCblxsK5HYnC29DirzurzKivCjctTF4x/s400/102_5470.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I had the most wonderful Mother's Day! Lanie kept saying Happy mommy's day, it was so cute! I love that little girl. I got spoiled with flowers , and breakfast served in bed, a yummy dinner and a necklace and earrings that matched. Plus lots of fun cards from school and church! We had a great day going for a walk and playing games and wrestling until we couldn't laugh anymore. I have the best job ever !</div><div> I love you guys!XOXOXO </div><div> </div><div>Happy Mother's Day to everyone! I have the best MOM who has Always been there for me and has been my number one fan. I'm also so blessed to have the BEST mother in law, she is amazing and I am so glad she is my mom too!<br /> </div><div>P.S. After a random drawing, we announce that Aubree is the winner! Thanks everyone for all the good laughs and the fun memories!<br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-82731463804905787752010-04-05T13:12:00.000-07:002010-04-05T13:19:49.039-07:00100th Post!!Wow, I can't believe We made it to 100 posts!!!!.Anyways, I am not very creative but some of our family and friends do something cool for their 100 post. So I was thinking that if you would like to win a gift card to Cold stone, then leave a comment and add one funny memory of either Myself (Nat) or Ben or the kids or the whole family if you would like.We look forward to reading your commments. Then we will pick a winner!! GOOD LUCK!<br />PS. This will end on April 24th.ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-66944500363888516452010-03-07T16:37:00.000-08:002010-03-07T18:34:05.107-08:00March MadnessThe pictures and videos to follow is Modesto's version of March Madness. It won't resemble what is about to take place in College Basketball but that is okay. Megan and Jaden were both in a 6 week basketball clinic and they loved it. It was fun to watch them play and as parents it was even more enjoyable that it didn't last for 3 months. We did have to paint a 3 point line out front just so the kids can count down their own winning shot. We can't wait for the real Madness to begin so we can all fill out our own bracket.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuwlxQMvF_Ku9q8c-krW90QZRpdXU70h0wqFLEN-PNHUKQVyQ_CBB7R5rJ7Nj6zkk2oWdOo6rfrMEWYFx76a2Ddclesxan3Z-GNuMZmUovMFpqbnnsK2Ub5wY30HZPXWp5EgPnLBGqy1R/s1600-h/100_5246.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446080585149745746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuwlxQMvF_Ku9q8c-krW90QZRpdXU70h0wqFLEN-PNHUKQVyQ_CBB7R5rJ7Nj6zkk2oWdOo6rfrMEWYFx76a2Ddclesxan3Z-GNuMZmUovMFpqbnnsK2Ub5wY30HZPXWp5EgPnLBGqy1R/s400/100_5246.jpg" /></a> Look at that technique!<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzsO-9D8XjQSRotmB5tl5E-pvkOidqzzhqtn5IkoCYckHSvyNJSSEsliz2x4wgu9CFclmLgX5PtBaIzVmXzrQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>I know lousy video with the coaches in front but we were proud of Megan by not backing down to the bigger boys.<br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwinFGpnvYlIMmYNN0Kms4hE_K50Sa_2w8dntnKjUQp29cI1GrkZA0gWkbOj88QtP0v1eH4ukiA3K8feguBKQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p></p><p>How about that defense? Jaden was really fun to watch. He couldn't hardly stand it when the games were over each week.</p><p>Congrats to the Aggies on their 3rd straight WAC Regular Season Conference Title. Utah State Hey Aggies all the way. Go Aggies, Go Aggies, Hey Hey Hey!!! Now let's win a game or two in the NCAA Tourney!<br /></p><p></p><br /><p></p>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-73749554342099744312010-02-07T20:31:00.000-08:002010-02-07T20:45:04.037-08:00Life with 3 kids<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyy1nky0Bptr2nhGQALXwNtqzfJ5pq_FC65Kam36a5qFghULOXKSnIWHPmubzCuLFaKShLnOiP5-ZVC3ukEhg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-39331291720081192222010-01-31T17:10:00.000-08:002010-01-31T18:38:29.348-08:00Sorry for the Break -We apologize for the break from blogging. It has been a while since we posted anything. We know it is the same for everyone else but at the end and the beginning of the year it just seems like the days and weeks go by so much faster. What have we been up to lately? Some of Ben's family got together at Ben's brother's house in Arizona for Thanksgiving. We had a great time! We hiked, swam in the pool, played games, ate a ton, and watched the kids exhaust themselves. As always it didn't last long enough.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JZmV3peYRX9OaaVZY4XEVOJThni-bUBxIYo-TS1KM3gGF4gicAUyowN0EVZFAxl0DAbfzoCl4jSGzXQ1Q3w7mHaxl74T9LBkbcQV3brraAPWsS9k0OZIFVgfSEGzbO-e9fKBYn3PPw4q/s1600-h/100_5017.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433093957582512098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JZmV3peYRX9OaaVZY4XEVOJThni-bUBxIYo-TS1KM3gGF4gicAUyowN0EVZFAxl0DAbfzoCl4jSGzXQ1Q3w7mHaxl74T9LBkbcQV3brraAPWsS9k0OZIFVgfSEGzbO-e9fKBYn3PPw4q/s400/100_5017.jpg" /></a> Us seeing the lights at the Arizona Temple. Notice the shorts, nothing like being in warm weather.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xrJLf58eHsGQHpfUiSTHOZLLM2c_qdw9s72o7af4RSoj-oyS1icURg9PAOranLLTQLzv1uwKOy4HjJKkmXv7Jrjjme2KVMSXJsXwSV9xYhMKD0AjGzwZT44xf48AGXsFdVsCEGrkUrAo/s1600-h/100_5008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433093645761802738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xrJLf58eHsGQHpfUiSTHOZLLM2c_qdw9s72o7af4RSoj-oyS1icURg9PAOranLLTQLzv1uwKOy4HjJKkmXv7Jrjjme2KVMSXJsXwSV9xYhMKD0AjGzwZT44xf48AGXsFdVsCEGrkUrAo/s400/100_5008.jpg" /></a>Most of our time is taken by 3 energetic kids. Lanie is tearing apart the house cupboard by cupboard and room by room all while trying to escape the motherly care of Megan.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6HlMvw8Tx_NsABOjA59lSptd4B42bSP2jn6R0RJHLep5V4NSteoXVtx6xF2ooLrpah5nTEr8glqaXIK-EoFo-k0pvui5G-zROx9w9qDqfPQ_Z9d42ZXAQoTHT_k7ix39Ccx4ph0BvZgO/s1600-h/100_4955.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433093316539516914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6HlMvw8Tx_NsABOjA59lSptd4B42bSP2jn6R0RJHLep5V4NSteoXVtx6xF2ooLrpah5nTEr8glqaXIK-EoFo-k0pvui5G-zROx9w9qDqfPQ_Z9d42ZXAQoTHT_k7ix39Ccx4ph0BvZgO/s400/100_4955.jpg" /></a> By the look on her face she evaded Megan for a few minutes. No, she didn't fix the disposal but looks are decieving.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSitg25vZ2j0lsM0jiRH2U4F039n2T4VhEaxCogCShunVTEz1SyAGosMwm_du3PTIDCE-jKZ6dwwO-rzy4JN0Dh7YTSQBSvaGi-T2E3nEwo6qlDeDE6KNn_j1TQYQzi6JeMfc_RIyvtsS/s1600-h/100_5089.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433093011085580754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSitg25vZ2j0lsM0jiRH2U4F039n2T4VhEaxCogCShunVTEz1SyAGosMwm_du3PTIDCE-jKZ6dwwO-rzy4JN0Dh7YTSQBSvaGi-T2E3nEwo6qlDeDE6KNn_j1TQYQzi6JeMfc_RIyvtsS/s400/100_5089.jpg" /></a>The kids were out of school and Ben had the day off work for Martin Luther King Day so we decided to drive up to the foothills and see if we could find snow. It has been raining a lot the last few weeks so it wasn't hard to find it. A word of advice if you are hunting snow. At least dress the part in case you find it. We played in it for 10 minutes and then got back in the warm van.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLrjDJJALVLFAyRMHIjuJVxzZJVDkHPhKxsAzmcsp-_9hOoOOIKwMRGQ550BBCLRkHRH4sb8W8dtfwyQhKglnGJPzz_ZOhNhCWUvp9w1Wxd_XvfSXQLJ2J9yG9dhAZaGe3W9kzUfKLhbt/s1600-h/100_5214.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433092458826153010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLrjDJJALVLFAyRMHIjuJVxzZJVDkHPhKxsAzmcsp-_9hOoOOIKwMRGQ550BBCLRkHRH4sb8W8dtfwyQhKglnGJPzz_ZOhNhCWUvp9w1Wxd_XvfSXQLJ2J9yG9dhAZaGe3W9kzUfKLhbt/s400/100_5214.jpg" /></a><br />It is a good thing we didn't play longer because it really started snowing and we didn't take chains with us. We miss seeing the white stuff but I don't think we miss living in it or driving in it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPCQJsge5RxLzpFgxumOuekeaFaMDwKEYGBGq7vRhJ7AP-cwtw7RJYN8rbZySNo32wdg98jiPaBr2l3UQ2f0QYOAJTwJ0UvlVlLm5iGkt6VDQaG1owHJgaPjws31KADxuXRzf1F4kxr5O/s1600-h/100_5216.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433092124382088658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPCQJsge5RxLzpFgxumOuekeaFaMDwKEYGBGq7vRhJ7AP-cwtw7RJYN8rbZySNo32wdg98jiPaBr2l3UQ2f0QYOAJTwJ0UvlVlLm5iGkt6VDQaG1owHJgaPjws31KADxuXRzf1F4kxr5O/s400/100_5216.jpg" /></a><br />Jaden had his 1st Pinewood Derby last week. He designed his car to look like a Police Car (the MPD on the back stands for Modesto Police Department). Too bad it wasn't as fast as a police car and I will say we could use more of these type of cars around here. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwXq0cv-vX3MSlpA6JZvn64cd9Wcdc9AKsB04Om6GHpzeTkL7Iw6OetcnbUFf_Rp-IxJmq5ZDO0EiUAdZZmD84wG6RVtu0GcGjHPP4TQgC9LHli_UTybHXK2GB7-Xjl1ZgmX_iN54_3O-/s1600-h/100_5226.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433091859254561650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwXq0cv-vX3MSlpA6JZvn64cd9Wcdc9AKsB04Om6GHpzeTkL7Iw6OetcnbUFf_Rp-IxJmq5ZDO0EiUAdZZmD84wG6RVtu0GcGjHPP4TQgC9LHli_UTybHXK2GB7-Xjl1ZgmX_iN54_3O-/s400/100_5226.jpg" /></a><br />We have also done our fair share of being lazy, watching movies, and playing games. It is a good thing school has started again.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZjUx_HM2mN2-zGa-99MHDI0f-SlsNaHLM7L4tQnt8YnCMmNE0ptgYnVa6hugwKJwXIy-_s82-ZOlibd3LeZBQq1uLZM7OqUyV7bNolpvfv3y0C1NygkxDibXLz4jTC1oBIKUlsXlH2ud/s1600-h/100_5251.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433091524747299922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZjUx_HM2mN2-zGa-99MHDI0f-SlsNaHLM7L4tQnt8YnCMmNE0ptgYnVa6hugwKJwXIy-_s82-ZOlibd3LeZBQq1uLZM7OqUyV7bNolpvfv3y0C1NygkxDibXLz4jTC1oBIKUlsXlH2ud/s400/100_5251.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div>Jaden and Megan have also been playing basketball. The next post will have to be some pics and videos from their games.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-16429002909545470562009-12-16T14:37:00.000-08:002009-12-16T20:51:08.822-08:00So BlessedI was going to update the blog as soon as we got back from our trip to AZ. We went there for thanksgiving (those pictures are coming). But when we got back life just hasn't been the same. But I mean that in a good way. I was called to be The New Relief Society President. Our friends who aren't of the LDS faith this means a very big responsibility in our church. I have been very humbled and overwhelmed, and humbled and shocked and an emotional wreck. But it is starting to sink in now. Now, If only I still didn't feel like I am in trouble every time I talk to the Bishop then I will be okay! LOL. That will come and so will everything else as I put my trust in the Lord. I am so thankful for such a wonderful and loving and supporting husband. Who has been there for me! I am trying not to PANIC! I am just trying to take one day at a time. I do feel so blessed to be able to serve and have already seen the Blessings it has brought to our family! I will post some new pictures soon...<br /><br />I love this quote:<br /><br />"I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with the thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply DO WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THE BEST WAY YOU KNOW HOW. If you do so, miracles will come to pass." Pres. Hinckley<br /><br />All I can do is my best! And the lord will help me with the rest.ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-5405837563405818952009-11-07T15:24:00.000-08:002009-11-09T12:53:07.055-08:00October Fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S4QKLEnNxBC_VlzAasjegjP7b-8ySLgpDq8_Bs9RVUR05Ex-dpgCOqDasVvOwCqJYChQRgcPUW_cElrpsm2YQ19aNQwm8rC4kl2lfPUkC_n3E_ijLzHQEDqUjuIsZ2Td5lhnBfkoqaEv/s1600-h/100_4839.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402206824483749634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S4QKLEnNxBC_VlzAasjegjP7b-8ySLgpDq8_Bs9RVUR05Ex-dpgCOqDasVvOwCqJYChQRgcPUW_cElrpsm2YQ19aNQwm8rC4kl2lfPUkC_n3E_ijLzHQEDqUjuIsZ2Td5lhnBfkoqaEv/s400/100_4839.jpg" /></a> The kids getting ready for the Trunk or Treat at our church.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIoiS0anYTq4njd_aT8guLZHtlk98HSTbTzmj6SXvlS5d8g3wfPQeaE9SRSNeZxLqIL7uRi6w62I6hIvWOQm68oousEtKoUfg36OQdCeRgXLVg0-rk1xAe5y_9rONIniwAtadDFAf272h/s1600-h/100_4843.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402206297717521954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIoiS0anYTq4njd_aT8guLZHtlk98HSTbTzmj6SXvlS5d8g3wfPQeaE9SRSNeZxLqIL7uRi6w62I6hIvWOQm68oousEtKoUfg36OQdCeRgXLVg0-rk1xAe5y_9rONIniwAtadDFAf272h/s400/100_4843.jpg" /></a> We have a ballerina, Lady Bug and Mario. J is not to happy because I made him wear the mustache in the picture. But Lanie bugs is...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuJd7G0MPhohMkCrEDqJYqO4_Ht-l5FZnwQYsC_DhLIhuelP141GMinCZKtKj7SoKP469nXK0HG5C1tYWhZUrANC3GUCV8MDhwRkm0PElKSpWRpfli-A_dsw3UgDPRMnFB9_o9lm8oofg/s1600-h/100_4863.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402205879143755490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuJd7G0MPhohMkCrEDqJYqO4_Ht-l5FZnwQYsC_DhLIhuelP141GMinCZKtKj7SoKP469nXK0HG5C1tYWhZUrANC3GUCV8MDhwRkm0PElKSpWRpfli-A_dsw3UgDPRMnFB9_o9lm8oofg/s400/100_4863.jpg" /></a> J decided to paint his pumpkin like Tylung on KungFu Panda. He did a good job.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkNJ0eB6A4CVmXG4IZ1wb35Us-OHlrCXcy0hNas26LFwHPz5aV7HD2f-lctfvx3cCPZ9o6h07YSweCUdXwG-bnhTLLnJnUdOkOV5QUDu34aLiB8-DH3iD_acjGjY1G2ab1cCciRKoljrf/s1600-h/100_4858.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402204362791801554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkNJ0eB6A4CVmXG4IZ1wb35Us-OHlrCXcy0hNas26LFwHPz5aV7HD2f-lctfvx3cCPZ9o6h07YSweCUdXwG-bnhTLLnJnUdOkOV5QUDu34aLiB8-DH3iD_acjGjY1G2ab1cCciRKoljrf/s400/100_4858.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Megan really got into carving pumpkins this year.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuYlVH5BgMPF_wBU6yO1Up4OihECAk6rfPnLnAKf7nsRoioCw3Mm4ZOPeG-igZsD6GSO46tmRCLlQ_ooeLtAvqBAhYLkiGFo5Irjn2mRyVjEgQOuEN4BBoUw9DPo6oXgXEon5rhCxfS8c/s1600-h/100_4848.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402182638068630418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuYlVH5BgMPF_wBU6yO1Up4OihECAk6rfPnLnAKf7nsRoioCw3Mm4ZOPeG-igZsD6GSO46tmRCLlQ_ooeLtAvqBAhYLkiGFo5Irjn2mRyVjEgQOuEN4BBoUw9DPo6oXgXEon5rhCxfS8c/s400/100_4848.jpg" /></a><br />One night we made these spider cookies. They were fun to make.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmun1Q_yXpOW-wYB4y0-VBYuW57mqVg20PL-CbgZl3wzbf5G-2LHH0sveXVs0FxIuomlrG9GrvGOWQiODWia0qxlxA9j86BMqA9ojc1pBn6ZBQEmrmftxFqgJYntIntHCL_RYAPxr1f4Cx/s1600-h/100_4888.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402178061500616706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmun1Q_yXpOW-wYB4y0-VBYuW57mqVg20PL-CbgZl3wzbf5G-2LHH0sveXVs0FxIuomlrG9GrvGOWQiODWia0qxlxA9j86BMqA9ojc1pBn6ZBQEmrmftxFqgJYntIntHCL_RYAPxr1f4Cx/s400/100_4888.jpg" /></a> Trick or Treating on Halloween. Megan loves to take pictures with Jaden.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6yRTaWhqbquc9HFyQOIjgKJ4oBYezIiiQvcRkFdMc_WCDn0DJs1eh-caCTWexAssmYgMLK5T7T0PbyHBRmdMfEJtRBvCM509FSxSA4H4y7ccFVYiIKuG0MWF5OqO48G1RAohNCi6OnYz/s1600-h/100_4885.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402175867836635234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6yRTaWhqbquc9HFyQOIjgKJ4oBYezIiiQvcRkFdMc_WCDn0DJs1eh-caCTWexAssmYgMLK5T7T0PbyHBRmdMfEJtRBvCM509FSxSA4H4y7ccFVYiIKuG0MWF5OqO48G1RAohNCi6OnYz/s400/100_4885.jpg" /></a> Getting ready to go out Trick or Treating with some of our friends.<br />They had a blast running from house to house and got ALOT of candy!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSlZuCvQ_BSU18a3Ea-lGGPxZBuKWty-lvhxtPDgknp0Jr0-FvSn_Wccm_Qq0WR7EndD73HrG_cj9tBd3rzQdcoMf3eF0m0saokkFLCzXPNv8pP8G5g386Mip9EskKgp15eJ65cW7swb5/s1600-h/100_4837.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401510381930217442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSlZuCvQ_BSU18a3Ea-lGGPxZBuKWty-lvhxtPDgknp0Jr0-FvSn_Wccm_Qq0WR7EndD73HrG_cj9tBd3rzQdcoMf3eF0m0saokkFLCzXPNv8pP8G5g386Mip9EskKgp15eJ65cW7swb5/s400/100_4837.jpg" /></a> Our Cute little Lady Bug.<br /><div>We have had a very fun and busy month.</div><div>Playing pass the Hot pumpkin game. Carving pumpkins. Making cookies. Going to their School Fall Festival. Trunk or Treating and Trick or Treating and Surviving Ben being good for 5 days. I love October and can't believe it is already over.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-74161427862263806212009-10-06T19:23:00.000-07:002009-10-08T21:57:56.213-07:00Oh to be Eight!Last Saturday Jaden turned 8 years old! It does not seem like he is 8, nor does it seem like he was born 8 years ago. Sorry to say it again but how time flies.<br /><br />When turning 8 in the LDS Faith comes the decision whether or not to be baptized. Jaden not only decided to be baptized but he was able to be baptized on the day of his birthday, October 3rd. We had a wonderful weekend with several family members coming to participate! Ben's parents came along with Ben's sister, Lisa, and her daughter, Ella. Natalie's parents came along with Natalie's sister, Lori, her son, Laran, and their friend Danielle. We had a relaxing BBQ and party at the park on Friday. On Saturday we went to the Farmer's Market before Jaden and Megan's soccer games. In the afternoon was the Baptism and that evening we had cake and ice cream and Jaden opened some presents. The weather was perfect.<br /><br />On Sunday we all relaxed and watched General Conference. During and in between all of this we ate plenty of food which of course included lots of Fruits and Veggies from Lindon, Utah. Happy Birthday Jaden and Congratulations on your big day/weekend/decision!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUn4avi-ZqtYJzlKtaz54eT_Txee_A4vUOfQKO-aaCtiBXGEzm3yXR-gSmL-Y2rf3T1cnoTAy0VjOtuNuQA7avhxbE_y4pezTHVN1o9ajsJlyDhXyR6hyGIL1Cvr2MkMC-iRjbXSwzmpy/s1600-h/100_4733.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390455778085059682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUn4avi-ZqtYJzlKtaz54eT_Txee_A4vUOfQKO-aaCtiBXGEzm3yXR-gSmL-Y2rf3T1cnoTAy0VjOtuNuQA7avhxbE_y4pezTHVN1o9ajsJlyDhXyR6hyGIL1Cvr2MkMC-iRjbXSwzmpy/s400/100_4733.jpg" /></a> Mom and our sweet boy<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLoDZ484bpwsss1WuFoTK0jZQfgmVN9YaNGhKAnbYJwHwArrhnun5rcCjzUFwQSx8fNG4RVMJjKPrCCLzM1aE26-tI5NslU1Xc_z4vAbPw3yLS7N6Br5vQDwDIQdgeeV42zgiiNOFUf6_/s1600-h/100_4688.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390455328032446626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLoDZ484bpwsss1WuFoTK0jZQfgmVN9YaNGhKAnbYJwHwArrhnun5rcCjzUFwQSx8fNG4RVMJjKPrCCLzM1aE26-tI5NslU1Xc_z4vAbPw3yLS7N6Br5vQDwDIQdgeeV42zgiiNOFUf6_/s400/100_4688.jpg" /></a> Do you see any drool? Dora does<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7X0jKt3HtcEPaNMQ7U9B35Jt3SPU1z2XX4GpaZF8_9wBep0BH4b6Of8RWzgDQNx3vNtpIHc5xKWeNdepgiV8mND1_UiZ0UAmHp4KrYawre_KHHt9vvh0TJDpFtnKpJeG5Gmx52tn_o1od/s1600-h/100_4737.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390453448052343106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7X0jKt3HtcEPaNMQ7U9B35Jt3SPU1z2XX4GpaZF8_9wBep0BH4b6Of8RWzgDQNx3vNtpIHc5xKWeNdepgiV8mND1_UiZ0UAmHp4KrYawre_KHHt9vvh0TJDpFtnKpJeG5Gmx52tn_o1od/s400/100_4737.jpg" /></a>The Lego Lovers!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIAnbHg2diCKpyuc0UIrCsVn308SUGI2rg5F4ckIPxkYPowls9vfRZuVpSsR3wwji8-DLA8kuFKjWUeMTkzNtoFh555UrNgMyECtdVTbbXIrLgtGzBPhWBvmsC80ayX9hphPKXX2-k1J3/s1600-h/100_4723.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390452876948390754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIAnbHg2diCKpyuc0UIrCsVn308SUGI2rg5F4ckIPxkYPowls9vfRZuVpSsR3wwji8-DLA8kuFKjWUeMTkzNtoFh555UrNgMyECtdVTbbXIrLgtGzBPhWBvmsC80ayX9hphPKXX2-k1J3/s400/100_4723.jpg" /></a> How happy is he? And he read every single word in every single card before opening the presents!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRxikNS5RAbuChzjzHqm6xMSmcfCNIG6ajijVL9VXYCbahdJkqDg-qdBONBj1EuWH8-LLh2-frTJzNDD7uvNxGrRHaN0n1qzVjMJwUoU1XWKCog_yxR7dxcQ5chXVyV1ZBzGx-TJVxK7Y/s1600-h/100_4717.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390452399715303202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRxikNS5RAbuChzjzHqm6xMSmcfCNIG6ajijVL9VXYCbahdJkqDg-qdBONBj1EuWH8-LLh2-frTJzNDD7uvNxGrRHaN0n1qzVjMJwUoU1XWKCog_yxR7dxcQ5chXVyV1ZBzGx-TJVxK7Y/s400/100_4717.jpg" /></a>Like Father Like Son<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IFwhyGqLJbNVysEsiV4nwTgWobQUhR_gWu2go7l4y-zPSLbA6Q5ABIk6rGVLy_NGjdmV-D_k3Hsg_q6jjCQ1YkpsTd6y3GWu9OOIlCRGa8i_bEtRtl4EcBxgYHCKuzqTmLDWJjA3BgOd/s1600-h/100_4712.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390451993131116866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IFwhyGqLJbNVysEsiV4nwTgWobQUhR_gWu2go7l4y-zPSLbA6Q5ABIk6rGVLy_NGjdmV-D_k3Hsg_q6jjCQ1YkpsTd6y3GWu9OOIlCRGa8i_bEtRtl4EcBxgYHCKuzqTmLDWJjA3BgOd/s400/100_4712.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVFwpbTGHXJY0KAH3H72ubJwPBR-79IjIoDZLbSRUCoRBujeigtgnJVzF1gxuQayYGSlrly2W4y9IqhGgTWFb2kjPEOAnjuADda2fL2-i93BXLK-BB6UdRHTT8mmsf742kMfcKMfkDhGU/s1600-h/100_4700.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390451566307401794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVFwpbTGHXJY0KAH3H72ubJwPBR-79IjIoDZLbSRUCoRBujeigtgnJVzF1gxuQayYGSlrly2W4y9IqhGgTWFb2kjPEOAnjuADda2fL2-i93BXLK-BB6UdRHTT8mmsf742kMfcKMfkDhGU/s400/100_4700.jpg" /></a> A small portion of our great families<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqNGlS4GRbVilsLsrm4hb5cKmXEvuTyepuIQ5smwNa_sLwH7MCzH5S9Qdn_wZkWbbgDk8GReaxa0RGwywYfrJuj0eCbV-IQ-omLcgbIG8SESIZZVF83xrfL6hwH3UHaPnikxkU21-2vK4/s1600-h/100_4697.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390451153180693426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqNGlS4GRbVilsLsrm4hb5cKmXEvuTyepuIQ5smwNa_sLwH7MCzH5S9Qdn_wZkWbbgDk8GReaxa0RGwywYfrJuj0eCbV-IQ-omLcgbIG8SESIZZVF83xrfL6hwH3UHaPnikxkU21-2vK4/s400/100_4697.jpg" /></a> Thanks to Aunt Lisa and Ella for the awesome candy gram and decorated door<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGRBVC046rgIVLitrv5djjk2GuegKTalT_xRkhgmHKk2f0j07nUggp0BJyYiySO02tG2TikkuCgxbVGmN_gqOUrthi2rUZkcKtox2gxjWrV3rBt04xsqaMAQy8OQyIpLYNwrgboYuPKGa/s1600-h/100_4680.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390075281199994194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGRBVC046rgIVLitrv5djjk2GuegKTalT_xRkhgmHKk2f0j07nUggp0BJyYiySO02tG2TikkuCgxbVGmN_gqOUrthi2rUZkcKtox2gxjWrV3rBt04xsqaMAQy8OQyIpLYNwrgboYuPKGa/s400/100_4680.jpg" /></a> Our two favorite soccer players</div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVxynzftVeFMvPsmBAAH6yvUE63Akryyjq-s8NJVbv30tWeHmQeFy7_L8dXBOhKujypMesWYLxB_9QJueV1o07Pa-GfDxpcwku8vF3JgDDNMG0NXa0cpWx8-H6AGGkbZndjSegWdg30Qi/s1600-h/100_4674.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390074884254673762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVxynzftVeFMvPsmBAAH6yvUE63Akryyjq-s8NJVbv30tWeHmQeFy7_L8dXBOhKujypMesWYLxB_9QJueV1o07Pa-GfDxpcwku8vF3JgDDNMG0NXa0cpWx8-H6AGGkbZndjSegWdg30Qi/s400/100_4674.jpg" /></a> The surprise birthday door</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHEvb82w5sVn9ukQtLh0QZJf2lG0susE4Monly-5iP2HWg1NnozORTQU_RGujMoadprZjia3eRUxDVrwAmGySVCepnhCC_6w2SQZGoTj10OiQC-cQO8HhVN7_4x_N6Y5wwebexIplcb1c/s1600-h/100_4662.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390074311605068642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHEvb82w5sVn9ukQtLh0QZJf2lG0susE4Monly-5iP2HWg1NnozORTQU_RGujMoadprZjia3eRUxDVrwAmGySVCepnhCC_6w2SQZGoTj10OiQC-cQO8HhVN7_4x_N6Y5wwebexIplcb1c/s400/100_4662.jpg" /></a> We love you Jaden!! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-91743081233719606872009-09-22T19:59:00.000-07:002009-09-22T21:39:10.369-07:00Wicked Weekend!So not only was Wicked cool but so was the rest of the week and weekend. As mentioned in the Wicked Post; Lisa, Byron, and Ella came to visit. We had a great time driving through San Francisco, hanging out, visiting Modesto's Splash Parks, Disc Golfing, playing cards and games, eating lots of food (we had to visit In N Out more than once), watching football, going to the Farmer's Market, and visiting the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk followed by a relaxing drive up Highway One on the coast. The only thing is that time went by way too fast!<br /><br /> Gotta love those San Francisco Streets<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_AUbUCornzkCYoE_rF903RCYlRA_L0rLxBaBhQBYp9ywGKGhHA5hfq1AVjMgn0WUVLmW4tNdm6WrQzIX2T3Wcx27fwOGJs3EURXw5WdhrVn_cmAmUkMVhTdbR99hyphenhyphen17AbhNqhbm6KEUs/s1600-h/100_4548.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_AUbUCornzkCYoE_rF903RCYlRA_L0rLxBaBhQBYp9ywGKGhHA5hfq1AVjMgn0WUVLmW4tNdm6WrQzIX2T3Wcx27fwOGJs3EURXw5WdhrVn_cmAmUkMVhTdbR99hyphenhyphen17AbhNqhbm6KEUs/s400/100_4548.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384510230215273362" /></a><br /><br /> Natalie and Lisa Showing off their Wicked Shirts<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-PCOvthFK4XUTiNyFRX5nP4ueZv7AyxWLhJJnnalNJQoIUnC80c5Hv4s6efv7jnZUPYeR6SFle9I4ud1nVrU8lajGsl3npgKq9LtJhx0voa4ZMs5fldpMZPNaXq3ZxONj3jhTaBhrv8D/s1600-h/img_0893.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-PCOvthFK4XUTiNyFRX5nP4ueZv7AyxWLhJJnnalNJQoIUnC80c5Hv4s6efv7jnZUPYeR6SFle9I4ud1nVrU8lajGsl3npgKq9LtJhx0voa4ZMs5fldpMZPNaXq3ZxONj3jhTaBhrv8D/s400/img_0893.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384509811525882962" /></a><br /><br />Megan and Ella at the Splash Park<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPPO3oODcngb_2a7fdSg4LY1UAUQ_qZgHt4qYuGHmrTz-OZXG5areLme3XPLUfACPrgBpGsFf-6A6lj3j20YEzzhLywASTwFTNx_v6XmNOSnb79eQemaNfEd1G2hvTAbuM9fjKiSqnNN2/s1600-h/img_0906.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPPO3oODcngb_2a7fdSg4LY1UAUQ_qZgHt4qYuGHmrTz-OZXG5areLme3XPLUfACPrgBpGsFf-6A6lj3j20YEzzhLywASTwFTNx_v6XmNOSnb79eQemaNfEd1G2hvTAbuM9fjKiSqnNN2/s400/img_0906.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384509457617014754" /></a><br /><br />Watching Princess Movies in Princess Pajamas<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGAw7Qxj5ZZAz-I3OlpYVoXWtguHMdp4x4nRG-wQoUQXNog1JiMSGs2RIhbDzPSwo0aB6bHiIjDuhC1Q8YGPBAthK3hVjBVUKnW_9jh1zyC9bK-ewWdFu_7P8kEF92lywPBUGmGr0DB59/s1600-h/img_0944.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGAw7Qxj5ZZAz-I3OlpYVoXWtguHMdp4x4nRG-wQoUQXNog1JiMSGs2RIhbDzPSwo0aB6bHiIjDuhC1Q8YGPBAthK3hVjBVUKnW_9jh1zyC9bK-ewWdFu_7P8kEF92lywPBUGmGr0DB59/s400/img_0944.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384509143869421474" /></a><br /><br />Belle and Cinderella<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBDfPbAGP4r18j32sV7sD6dKe91W-xLtnupHFn3HKyWEHg6IdGQs7wYcLtfbgVi2rfdJTLDZb0vy0-SchyphenhyphenJZMWeFTu9o1U9kJW2dWSSyBMKNX3oH-EDPsNBD9gNcl2u_u7CkqbGCzb35q/s1600-h/img_0942.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBDfPbAGP4r18j32sV7sD6dKe91W-xLtnupHFn3HKyWEHg6IdGQs7wYcLtfbgVi2rfdJTLDZb0vy0-SchyphenhyphenJZMWeFTu9o1U9kJW2dWSSyBMKNX3oH-EDPsNBD9gNcl2u_u7CkqbGCzb35q/s400/img_0942.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384508748340871794" /></a><br /><br />How about that view<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHDhUTGSTa4ddbb5K0K2PMTpcye-ZxdC53sYdSk5aFwqjznQrvoLn6Mh_5MO8d9L31AA244wz0iyeIh1x7arkXYALixf8po993WZzsH0MtXT_rB4r6DdIoTzjP3NZX-1XN_O6CofDGxHO/s1600-h/img_0926.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHDhUTGSTa4ddbb5K0K2PMTpcye-ZxdC53sYdSk5aFwqjznQrvoLn6Mh_5MO8d9L31AA244wz0iyeIh1x7arkXYALixf8po993WZzsH0MtXT_rB4r6DdIoTzjP3NZX-1XN_O6CofDGxHO/s400/img_0926.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384508447722309186" /></a><br /><br />Notice Natalie is the only one wearing a sweatshirt<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztQxVym9CM8y9pzHe3-9NRf_ZVeH4l1qLHXBbCqWWCG4WJfD9mCHifhLn4jAP_VeCxKL_-zrCybvFzL2NH6utHz0T7KLczUfdbChJpBdwa2QsmWfRDsE6B4PIyBhW5UeAyv2n2DPIRvND/s1600-h/img_0938.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztQxVym9CM8y9pzHe3-9NRf_ZVeH4l1qLHXBbCqWWCG4WJfD9mCHifhLn4jAP_VeCxKL_-zrCybvFzL2NH6utHz0T7KLczUfdbChJpBdwa2QsmWfRDsE6B4PIyBhW5UeAyv2n2DPIRvND/s400/img_0938.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384508213951718578" /></a><br /><br />Lanie learning to surf<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Q8vwnFLnT18xJmCLtASHKwUwkB7QRv_g1uEuISEtUd78ovfM4yxBBwRVjgLls8DoLlf1jC3WqzQzavM3SyWmf1PFgQ75cJmD-m_JV5dUG-MgINiPXiO7xELzqmKArDkgL-k94n5P2fz7/s1600-h/100_4575.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Q8vwnFLnT18xJmCLtASHKwUwkB7QRv_g1uEuISEtUd78ovfM4yxBBwRVjgLls8DoLlf1jC3WqzQzavM3SyWmf1PFgQ75cJmD-m_JV5dUG-MgINiPXiO7xELzqmKArDkgL-k94n5P2fz7/s400/100_4575.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384507909833866978" /></a><br /><br />A good view of the Beach and Boardwalk<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBU3XNIjixKf3elC21Xots8dzaczt1oUSP37yx-_NmVibN2Xj1V6GGKVrNLCmrYJyp-a2hZ578d3sBz9QEGHuUa8CGb3-tfHfmLoBBYhKn76JURpMumK5wZbShAiO6OFABbXn741pnSPmA/s1600-h/100_4604.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBU3XNIjixKf3elC21Xots8dzaczt1oUSP37yx-_NmVibN2Xj1V6GGKVrNLCmrYJyp-a2hZ578d3sBz9QEGHuUa8CGb3-tfHfmLoBBYhKn76JURpMumK5wZbShAiO6OFABbXn741pnSPmA/s400/100_4604.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384507589277828466" /></a><br /><br />A view from Highway One<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TPWiXCTtJ9kahFdp-oHFum2cTXh_0jwetVrONz7GSp5hud2X7BSpnksNL9TVKEA3zmzWPFrHl2cv5TiQ6mZYz70G1p5uzFB7s9oJGyDlDixCCd0KZG8BfWtl50vko2mxGB8BSy3Vh10W/s1600-h/100_4630.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TPWiXCTtJ9kahFdp-oHFum2cTXh_0jwetVrONz7GSp5hud2X7BSpnksNL9TVKEA3zmzWPFrHl2cv5TiQ6mZYz70G1p5uzFB7s9oJGyDlDixCCd0KZG8BfWtl50vko2mxGB8BSy3Vh10W/s400/100_4630.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384506918689375394" /></a>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-5440515859971196382009-09-17T16:28:00.000-07:002009-09-22T19:58:00.793-07:00WICKED<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT57n-i9FfoZRGRfkBhJNTS201WtQJ-xjoYPByAv1FQLgac2XaFB8KFgG3zv6IghZhiHudafUatuC7c11yNZz_Z6OvrrAce6ZsYC_o-0SmLOjdEFrjHQ-j7J8p7UvASKlHRl40v9aKlzUk/s1600-h/100_4551.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT57n-i9FfoZRGRfkBhJNTS201WtQJ-xjoYPByAv1FQLgac2XaFB8KFgG3zv6IghZhiHudafUatuC7c11yNZz_Z6OvrrAce6ZsYC_o-0SmLOjdEFrjHQ-j7J8p7UvASKlHRl40v9aKlzUk/s200/100_4551.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382585572763390626" /></a><br />Just look how excited Lisa was to go...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48Yv49x52eNclvAH20k771bxU7WzANGiXLSKH12bmdyDvOmsxJmOb4NTgXMIZJ2W130oW9vlEyzCF4WJHLgz-RVnL_Tq2j6kc-xBUpzYWnyIjU2FoGBt3l3roE-cDaOD0z9qdGmvEsthv/s1600-h/img_0884.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48Yv49x52eNclvAH20k771bxU7WzANGiXLSKH12bmdyDvOmsxJmOb4NTgXMIZJ2W130oW9vlEyzCF4WJHLgz-RVnL_Tq2j6kc-xBUpzYWnyIjU2FoGBt3l3roE-cDaOD0z9qdGmvEsthv/s200/img_0884.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382585022087545218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQiZ73HA-YyLAkONi9cojK6N0Yy9fujiVY-3hkLuieLDNJV6mb7dEEoVDI4Wbom07fDSOyJtwo7RempMB5arUsU-OzfJ4wncc6OvyP546xvNrLf8pbpzLjg7NQPn_AQEYXMiuTKsFkxEk/s1600-h/img_0882.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQiZ73HA-YyLAkONi9cojK6N0Yy9fujiVY-3hkLuieLDNJV6mb7dEEoVDI4Wbom07fDSOyJtwo7RempMB5arUsU-OzfJ4wncc6OvyP546xvNrLf8pbpzLjg7NQPn_AQEYXMiuTKsFkxEk/s200/img_0882.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382584679402578466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CTaxIQ6qio9UlLnXRpkIQKuJoxlNahzpRJzX0GS69YiCZxGDSfjNt6A8riXb9WxSL8WsUUsPbNW3ZK-V0TEgnHpacz-v4pnE5YlxpMmd6Yy9-Qen7X4tC68M8oV-gyHO2qVCK4rxAYgU/s1600-h/img_0886.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CTaxIQ6qio9UlLnXRpkIQKuJoxlNahzpRJzX0GS69YiCZxGDSfjNt6A8riXb9WxSL8WsUUsPbNW3ZK-V0TEgnHpacz-v4pnE5YlxpMmd6Yy9-Qen7X4tC68M8oV-gyHO2qVCK4rxAYgU/s200/img_0886.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382584015862126946" /></a><br />Last night I went to Wicked!! It was so cool. I have been smiling all day because I loved it so much! I went with Ben's sister Lisa and her husband Byron. It was a really good show. I have heard how good it is but until you see it yourself you have no idea how great it is!!! If you get the chance it is well worth it. "Ga lenda" was so funny and Elphaba was so amazing. Lisa and Byron and I can't stop talking about it. Wahoo! We loved Wicked!!<br />P.S. Bryon says " It was Wickedly Awesome!ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-61856776124484150562009-09-12T21:50:00.000-07:002009-09-12T22:26:21.326-07:00Giants Game<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8iTXylr53zLJ_p8Rq9PqXHQDQ74WxbNPeQr102MifvW9Xp283D61ammmbU3gP73Kqcgs0mzCoaibnfyfRsBANKk711e_a9mVnncUBDaz3FySDwMDlpaf6aYJn4HYjrQJugvH4grtAzbj/s1600-h/100_4290.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-<br />align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8iTXylr53zLJ_p8Rq9PqXHQDQ74WxbNPeQr102MifvW9Xp283D61ammmbU3gP73Kqcgs0mzCoaibnfyfRsBANKk711e_a9mVnncUBDaz3FySDwMDlpaf6aYJn4HYjrQJugvH4grtAzbj/s200/100_4290.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380817012272258002" /></a><br />we took the kids to a Giants game.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LCiPosowWA4W5eLjm6pKdJVHTgKws7cj5Dz6cAOQByjG9ujamkB9TW_DQE6DCVYBnHbnyBdSUt6XZmSzYSzYfSINnLKWsIEWGuS6yqB5w-Th_n_lNZ4TOHXRr-e33YfiutNTVAZnz7eX/s1600-h/100_4293.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYN6X3o_dcyO0GM2rrre7c_OY1coEUfRtcSQgdnfJ4p0czvib3ebBEWaeqmQ6QCURoJyjsCK58a_OG5cflDbRCE_h0C3Magr7QzF2TPF-NWogD9FQ39BRdAvMUUdk0nBb00RF6vHV3qPj/s200/100_4288.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380810544026272338" /></a><br />A couple of weeks ago we went to a giants game. It was so fun! The kids just loved it. They loved going on the B.A.R.T. and thought that was way cool, even when we went under the ocean. It was so HOT, I planned on it being cool weather because it is always chilly in San Fransico but not at an afternoon game- we all got sunburned. The kids actually sat there and watched the whole game and Lanie even took a nap in my lap. We ended the day with a hamburger and shake at In -n- Out, what a perfect day!ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-24807572886478378162009-08-31T21:27:00.001-07:002009-09-12T21:42:01.315-07:00It's Fab to be 5!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDW2Rmh0TZhKygQoB1fvMzoct-Gq2q3pOfXpA-WOXtfiC1ykUEgNDU1qQdZJPjWiSCen_ZAT02yYq4kbEvHUTPsDLtvHRkvjbsiQmr0KMJlAoZRRQtOYjxJq9axo8raWba00ZXva9QT6t/s1600-h/100_4465.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDW2Rmh0TZhKygQoB1fvMzoct-Gq2q3pOfXpA-WOXtfiC1ykUEgNDU1qQdZJPjWiSCen_ZAT02yYq4kbEvHUTPsDLtvHRkvjbsiQmr0KMJlAoZRRQtOYjxJq9axo8raWba00ZXva9QT6t/s200/100_4465.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380806832013662802" /></a><br /><br />Can't Belive you are 5 already! We have loved every minute with you.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl1hvlU9GgWJ2qvcqWDt8hb4W8rPMZcvKyoefwFdUTGg6KqBY408X3eo9BgUBzO-mtBW6wbi2T3OkP1U8phorh7aMK03zDT2__zMRHbctZGNhor7uiJoy_ktayhQ1h7PwMC3COzl6PNAD/s1600-h/100_4500.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380804231390792322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl1hvlU9GgWJ2qvcqWDt8hb4W8rPMZcvKyoefwFdUTGg6KqBY408X3eo9BgUBzO-mtBW6wbi2T3OkP1U8phorh7aMK03zDT2__zMRHbctZGNhor7uiJoy_ktayhQ1h7PwMC3COzl6PNAD/s200/100_4500.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXIkBgDKMiSpdhA8LRyYHZzdFSEw2oUEpqePkDkfQVb0YJpnul2jBPP9xmDvu0SVsnrRaUn-r4b96voBhbPN0av3rKPKz0otPYBijjQW43hMKUT1ns81sDY5zK1swtFwk-810C3R8ZreS/s1600-h/100_4476.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380803732590371186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXIkBgDKMiSpdhA8LRyYHZzdFSEw2oUEpqePkDkfQVb0YJpnul2jBPP9xmDvu0SVsnrRaUn-r4b96voBhbPN0av3rKPKz0otPYBijjQW43hMKUT1ns81sDY5zK1swtFwk-810C3R8ZreS/s200/100_4476.jpg" /></a> Listening to her new Hannah Montana CD.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNOycRSEXBjmMGCmX2D51yHRMC5So9uPYe19RiXbRziCIXTb95eYZEzCgwx5bre4zxHA73399I7LIlDqRLjcXB04MctPLU86k_q_ym9kAR6rybsJcQ7EoqWqF8r4zx_lM4ikABrLHPFB4/s1600-h/100_4488.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 149px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380803090815359938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNOycRSEXBjmMGCmX2D51yHRMC5So9uPYe19RiXbRziCIXTb95eYZEzCgwx5bre4zxHA73399I7LIlDqRLjcXB04MctPLU86k_q_ym9kAR6rybsJcQ7EoqWqF8r4zx_lM4ikABrLHPFB4/s200/100_4488.jpg" /></a> We took Donuts to her class.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbo1hoEeg-IY-DkGn5ADyRC3t0WDr4H2WrfKVfk6LTJAe4IH7918AS3uSpxKH6raSsTQC6v2N5AJUFZC0KjkzrU257RwL8yMQynN5Tcyb4KpeUbaZPwtXc5Jj6H6CfePmg8vbjoUtSqAy/s1600-h/100_4428.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380802429719815394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbo1hoEeg-IY-DkGn5ADyRC3t0WDr4H2WrfKVfk6LTJAe4IH7918AS3uSpxKH6raSsTQC6v2N5AJUFZC0KjkzrU257RwL8yMQynN5Tcyb4KpeUbaZPwtXc5Jj6H6CfePmg8vbjoUtSqAy/s200/100_4428.jpg" /></a> BFF Megan and Tea<br />They have so much fun together.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIkAidh2e3cdIY5eoVxsPHIuXYp-9ILgWB60RNPSiS2RdgxFT8smrAwEdC1BhNnXD4Icv-PZfSQ_xk1v3HuLKTYabsjl_K8N3BKX1KiF-ejVRpO-xZyJ3pS3AtBYzEMcVhWoMvUFjPS6S/s1600-h/100_4442.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380800078676534466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIkAidh2e3cdIY5eoVxsPHIuXYp-9ILgWB60RNPSiS2RdgxFT8smrAwEdC1BhNnXD4Icv-PZfSQ_xk1v3HuLKTYabsjl_K8N3BKX1KiF-ejVRpO-xZyJ3pS3AtBYzEMcVhWoMvUFjPS6S/s200/100_4442.jpg" /></a><br /><br />At the Chuck E. Cheese Party show with her friends.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyPFNahFJAVw4K3eowHBehW-2Z6AfsDk0-pbWcfEPC4xNpmP-sy_MhYms9kSv8qB-Ay_Xw-41GnJV3ECZX0Lr-grSS2_er55QKDzcqf_4KfJxDl9DbIvZgC6O7t0Waui-YQhjbRKcDToB/s1600-h/100_4452.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380799732165525682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyPFNahFJAVw4K3eowHBehW-2Z6AfsDk0-pbWcfEPC4xNpmP-sy_MhYms9kSv8qB-Ay_Xw-41GnJV3ECZX0Lr-grSS2_er55QKDzcqf_4KfJxDl9DbIvZgC6O7t0Waui-YQhjbRKcDToB/s200/100_4452.jpg" /></a><br />She loved being next to Chuck E.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsb2FHLmy-vpBFS7m8iyGvhAwIEuVATGiGHZtvWW4MIUgfAfudpoj8sjV_yD4LKMsZrlP0H8Mrtdc2vFR-5Z4rMM-SxBTswHMpQs2DaPDuvhz4UCJ3dziFfVs2frzNrLJ4KPIThQ9JniIu/s1600-h/100_4463.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380799197909638290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsb2FHLmy-vpBFS7m8iyGvhAwIEuVATGiGHZtvWW4MIUgfAfudpoj8sjV_yD4LKMsZrlP0H8Mrtdc2vFR-5Z4rMM-SxBTswHMpQs2DaPDuvhz4UCJ3dziFfVs2frzNrLJ4KPIThQ9JniIu/s200/100_4463.jpg" /></a> She loved her new pet shop house.</div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkWt0EWTnF2ZFLrpaYhieS91ZDGCDKKuu6Z6XutFP0r5cpaDagDIJyIQfEvw5guiOmvrLgp8gxHblFMOOkgg6cAeefZCId2XHHxWDyCLvOohFa7wNq-srVBUOOXDeR8xk6SALJ47pd6MF/s1600-h/100_4426.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380798396876620322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkWt0EWTnF2ZFLrpaYhieS91ZDGCDKKuu6Z6XutFP0r5cpaDagDIJyIQfEvw5guiOmvrLgp8gxHblFMOOkgg6cAeefZCId2XHHxWDyCLvOohFa7wNq-srVBUOOXDeR8xk6SALJ47pd6MF/s200/100_4426.jpg" /></a><br />Daddy's girl<br /><br /><div>We celebrated Megan's 5Th birthday this weekend! She was so cute and loved her party @ Chuck E Cheese. She got lots of fun presents Lil Pet Shops, Barbies, Puzzles, Games, Microphone so she can sing HSM and Hannah Montana. ( Will Post a video later).She was trying to learn all the words to " Best of Both Worlds today.She kept saying:" Mom am I Five today? "She could hardly wait to be 5! It is Fabulous to be Five! We are so blessed to have great friends here in California- thanks guys! We love you meg and are so thankful you are in our family! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-65314776937669758082009-08-22T19:55:00.000-07:002009-08-23T16:50:42.692-07:00A Fun 5 Days!<div align="center">Ben's sister Ericka, her husband Jeff, and their family, Justin, Brandon, and Darren made the 11+ hour drive West to Modesto. We had a blast and took advantage of the excuse to go do a lot of things. First of all we met them on their way into the State at Coloma State Park (aka Gold Discovery Park) and Sutter's Mill.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9nssDsZLAZRzUcoHjQl0P5sslmeuNdx-CRmxDiic49tMN882rgGt4unNRDsUCg_8D2j5pxFx4h9bbcEtC0BshOYPolx6ZcaLVjFTK1QobGVUxmkHxxXgLwXZbz-6KvHC3cuDkNt1CnwK/s1600-h/100_4335.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373303369343123394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9nssDsZLAZRzUcoHjQl0P5sslmeuNdx-CRmxDiic49tMN882rgGt4unNRDsUCg_8D2j5pxFx4h9bbcEtC0BshOYPolx6ZcaLVjFTK1QobGVUxmkHxxXgLwXZbz-6KvHC3cuDkNt1CnwK/s200/100_4335.jpg" /></a>It was not as educational as we thought it would be nor was it like Ericka and Ben remembered as little kids but it got us out of Modesto and it gave the Olsen's a chance to get out of the truck instead of driving straight to Modesto. We played in the River and watched people pan for gold.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgu8VynW6IusBkZG3QDwWN6LJT3CSJ4U0SF5qkmtc9epa04M8FVnFH4Wv3Z4fiQZK6V4aSWfMHyIiL9M2lTYOWiuRcUV1SlqUEqBfUpbGj7Qr1AW33gKO2G9YDFPmdthVaLYELxZzFnOme/s1600-h/100_4318.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373303357127101234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgu8VynW6IusBkZG3QDwWN6LJT3CSJ4U0SF5qkmtc9epa04M8FVnFH4Wv3Z4fiQZK6V4aSWfMHyIiL9M2lTYOWiuRcUV1SlqUEqBfUpbGj7Qr1AW33gKO2G9YDFPmdthVaLYELxZzFnOme/s200/100_4318.jpg" /></a>The kids enjoyed entertaining one another, riding in the same car, and singing to the radio and CD's. When we were home we watched movies, played the Wii, and played cards.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzh1PlG-YC5Hwnr9xJmnHCFpSK5WExLl_p2Mj01mVMgxhYEJHJuJwv029r8WSC59Fpt_Nl7YqZpaAgi265d9BEKWFJJpOct4kNIOlXfMsf8N391FT_wSlCj-WHdXYNLuIXYy2jhkWExJL5/s1600-h/100_4412.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373302324797124706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzh1PlG-YC5Hwnr9xJmnHCFpSK5WExLl_p2Mj01mVMgxhYEJHJuJwv029r8WSC59Fpt_Nl7YqZpaAgi265d9BEKWFJJpOct4kNIOlXfMsf8N391FT_wSlCj-WHdXYNLuIXYy2jhkWExJL5/s200/100_4412.jpg" /></a>I am sure they were all tired of being in the car but Brandon took it the hardest. It was so painful he pulled out two of his teeth to help pass the time.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIohevOGoi4U0e9Cmxii0Ctynzdqonlks4bWPrX6kNcQLp7f8uGlurzbjwD0s9eJp9f9oqNAOB6tKAyz5hPLS1CXkcrhdFjm_1i4zhyBDN-S47-YDpieEEHDbO2XwqEczXPFeZ_ALJVfU/s1600-h/100_4337.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373302307735023554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIohevOGoi4U0e9Cmxii0Ctynzdqonlks4bWPrX6kNcQLp7f8uGlurzbjwD0s9eJp9f9oqNAOB6tKAyz5hPLS1CXkcrhdFjm_1i4zhyBDN-S47-YDpieEEHDbO2XwqEczXPFeZ_ALJVfU/s200/100_4337.jpg" /></a><br />Yosemite, as expected, was spectacular. This picture is right in front of El Capitan where people stop and look at the rock climbers. I think Jeff located some.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YmwSgpwmbgoy8hNKeGXY4X2oMJWHORFnkQJI9focWTrEDPkm1fkeFJZ01ufhcpLQRbEqVIRIxOwXNCOGSyeGc-P3xEHfXrkU0aDpzFt95QXtZnsjY11Zkag75WXzQxsxjiKSwd-uzJZT/s1600-h/100_4353.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373302293236098978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YmwSgpwmbgoy8hNKeGXY4X2oMJWHORFnkQJI9focWTrEDPkm1fkeFJZ01ufhcpLQRbEqVIRIxOwXNCOGSyeGc-P3xEHfXrkU0aDpzFt95QXtZnsjY11Zkag75WXzQxsxjiKSwd-uzJZT/s200/100_4353.jpg" /></a>We then went to Mariposa Grove - a grove of Sequioa Big Trees within Yosemite. The pictures don't do justice for what you see with your eyes. We took a 2 mile hike to get a better view.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDgjuFmKS2cz2_KmIGlQ4xgzqeWKJFBYPeYMSNkASiNc3wN-m-rMUfdnq-lOLR4y5xOkwjKHdrUWAKo5g1wv6gnxsJ2s13yIaIeHvQQpPXrNTx7NGQ2wULk_oWrNVz8fPRNLKmnUSendsV/s1600-h/100_4360.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373302284700059826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDgjuFmKS2cz2_KmIGlQ4xgzqeWKJFBYPeYMSNkASiNc3wN-m-rMUfdnq-lOLR4y5xOkwjKHdrUWAKo5g1wv6gnxsJ2s13yIaIeHvQQpPXrNTx7NGQ2wULk_oWrNVz8fPRNLKmnUSendsV/s200/100_4360.jpg" /></a>This is us in front of the Grizzly Giant.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsQNEbpCdUZ9EX9L7k13xmSMdQZ4R5MmSFDPWhU0HE39xjkJbOBhCFlmhkC2pq8iqmlAyzCkR6XjGiSh-H1Kw2rjUo61fMu65O0dwtiNYj9CkGM2g7thdi2IFcqTKOSZfSN_Mfwb78G4Y/s1600-h/100_4370.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373302277202283874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsQNEbpCdUZ9EX9L7k13xmSMdQZ4R5MmSFDPWhU0HE39xjkJbOBhCFlmhkC2pq8iqmlAyzCkR6XjGiSh-H1Kw2rjUo61fMu65O0dwtiNYj9CkGM2g7thdi2IFcqTKOSZfSN_Mfwb78G4Y/s200/100_4370.jpg" /></a> On our hike we saw a deer and walked through the Tunnel Tree!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbsb3T-H4CwV48PKD06tl0KVoHnKBDjU1qLnWsEQw9SRCFih7c5EiBUX_BT6QfXvM5dHd_jWAAuPsWrib3Dh7x2abWF53n6IlGf184hUqJ9Jh5sfs6CkR9qcR7SWC8j_O7VPU1n6fHKKD/s1600-h/100_4388.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373300544213972818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbsb3T-H4CwV48PKD06tl0KVoHnKBDjU1qLnWsEQw9SRCFih7c5EiBUX_BT6QfXvM5dHd_jWAAuPsWrib3Dh7x2abWF53n6IlGf184hUqJ9Jh5sfs6CkR9qcR7SWC8j_O7VPU1n6fHKKD/s200/100_4388.jpg" /></a>Our camera batteries died at Glacier Point so this is one of the only pictures we got. One of these days we are hiking to the top of Half Dome. How can you live here and not check that off your list?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY0-NZEXIrw3LeXkU7m-bnFBa-XwTDYhS2Zwaf0qXNA2_FWGiG11RiWAa71wrxwtPHP5CwVS9yfaIpq5P69cetkcyIwNzJJxi-qNuv2j2ZODYEDVNhIzs-GZapZF9iZVSYNye_xlcxG-N/s1600-h/100_4394.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373300536293791522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY0-NZEXIrw3LeXkU7m-bnFBa-XwTDYhS2Zwaf0qXNA2_FWGiG11RiWAa71wrxwtPHP5CwVS9yfaIpq5P69cetkcyIwNzJJxi-qNuv2j2ZODYEDVNhIzs-GZapZF9iZVSYNye_xlcxG-N/s200/100_4394.jpg" /></a> In addition to spending one whole day in Yosemite and watching the sun set while at Glacier Point (we arrived home at 1 am), we went to the Jelly Belly Factory. The Olsen's drove through San Francisco and across the Bay Bridge, Golden Gate, and Richmond Bridges. I guess they will have to come back since we didn't get to do some of the other things on our lists.</div><div>Thanks for coming to visit!</div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-19054260608511875752009-08-10T16:37:00.000-07:002009-08-12T22:00:37.774-07:00Back to SchoolOh the First Day Of School! I still get butterflies in my stomach and can hardly sleep at night, and I am not even going to school. The first day of school was last week August 3rd. I can't believe it is time to go back already. I was sad at first because we had a great summer vacation. But I was also happy because then they don't have time to fight with each other. The past two weeks have been horrible. They play well together but they do have their moments and we defiantly had more and more of them lately. Anyways, they were so excited for their first day! Megan could hardly wait. She said all morning that her stomach hurt and we told her you probably have butterflies in your tummy and she said " I do , How did they get in there".<br />LOL. I warned the kids the night before that I would be taking lots of pictures but I won't bore anyone with them all but here are a few from that day.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSicXbW63D1-REloHVfb4NgdRSsA-TaddkB1kXeMJQ6-r9RuP90oU2GXG4VUQePhrsUNVNKWL6sJhuiew-1gRxT8CUqvYRUibf5_DZvUAZAOtvWG3O0zZoevepRc0tUnPDTxNdIsk0uOM/s1600-h/100_4242.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369301161778976898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSicXbW63D1-REloHVfb4NgdRSsA-TaddkB1kXeMJQ6-r9RuP90oU2GXG4VUQePhrsUNVNKWL6sJhuiew-1gRxT8CUqvYRUibf5_DZvUAZAOtvWG3O0zZoevepRc0tUnPDTxNdIsk0uOM/s200/100_4242.jpg" /></a> Two Happy kids and One happy Mom, (Except for the first Day I do get a tear or two.)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhK5UO0N0ziDxa8jgB3w9-_FGoHKDqx3kt9ucMZ-ZQmHiJ69NgbtqZTD5hk7TmChc3htaBnP6GQnDb95YRXsZjM210EjEOUHLfUB8yIbwFDlWnTdBWmMk-earZKRPyGmva8vr7QNtH-1QL/s1600-h/100_4244.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369300922596593986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhK5UO0N0ziDxa8jgB3w9-_FGoHKDqx3kt9ucMZ-ZQmHiJ69NgbtqZTD5hk7TmChc3htaBnP6GQnDb95YRXsZjM210EjEOUHLfUB8yIbwFDlWnTdBWmMk-earZKRPyGmva8vr7QNtH-1QL/s200/100_4244.jpg" /></a> Jaden going into Second grade.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sC82n2EA7mhUbCTE0_qBooJsPo9gzkQSfK43LZkeunk5tjN4r2eK6rkE4lxyjY7cbeKOj1O8HLS9Ejhpe5Q4X9zxZ_Vn8CySf9CjLt7FOWNDSn5e8URRSbLB1Jls93WzbHdlrjgszMTE/s1600-h/100_4249.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369299218977579810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sC82n2EA7mhUbCTE0_qBooJsPo9gzkQSfK43LZkeunk5tjN4r2eK6rkE4lxyjY7cbeKOj1O8HLS9Ejhpe5Q4X9zxZ_Vn8CySf9CjLt7FOWNDSn5e8URRSbLB1Jls93WzbHdlrjgszMTE/s200/100_4249.jpg" /></a><br />He was excited to have some friends in his class .<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Kr1rmc0zuNml2Yf8lbvnt_wd67IEwgtdY_q8IW4KK7WFwnPIhsXiByfeDE4-9MqsVmu-DlinmTgB6sgHfSAp3DNm0wOLBvxT3LhBTsCckb42bMsb6rrHnoxczFuFjZ0mwSXLYrgXRPzL/s1600-h/100_4236.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369227882129742002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Kr1rmc0zuNml2Yf8lbvnt_wd67IEwgtdY_q8IW4KK7WFwnPIhsXiByfeDE4-9MqsVmu-DlinmTgB6sgHfSAp3DNm0wOLBvxT3LhBTsCckb42bMsb6rrHnoxczFuFjZ0mwSXLYrgXRPzL/s200/100_4236.jpg" /></a><br />Megan all ready for Kindergarten. She was so Happy !<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCPrxLAKkim8JjS1EDDS0VaXf21cuv-RUQahqnsVf33789bg52JL4Ew2EY6tnYmuqZQH041Fj1Yo4x33kPJ7rVOaYOoBjKN1r3MGp8LlG3Wmj8mikbeU4B990SOzm0cLU_W84Z9JE5v_h/s1600-h/100_4264.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368485825653443826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCPrxLAKkim8JjS1EDDS0VaXf21cuv-RUQahqnsVf33789bg52JL4Ew2EY6tnYmuqZQH041Fj1Yo4x33kPJ7rVOaYOoBjKN1r3MGp8LlG3Wmj8mikbeU4B990SOzm0cLU_W84Z9JE5v_h/s200/100_4264.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Just look at that face, she had a great first day! This is Megan's cute hat she made! She also made a new buddy . They get along so well. We have already had some play dates this week. This is going to be a great year.( Even though we have had a few tears). The week went by way too fast! Before I know it they will be going into High School. Until then ,I am just going to SOAK it all in as much as I can. They are just both so energetic and love learning new things. This is a great age and I can't wait to have many more adventures with them in Elementary School.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-17320949280203104972009-08-05T21:26:00.000-07:002009-08-05T21:28:24.744-07:00It's Over -Where did July go? For us that means summer is over. With living in California comes modified year round school. We may be complaining about it now but when we are sleeping in from Thanksgiving until after New Year's and with a month off in April we will deal with it. Too bad we aren't Teachers and get that time off right?<br /><br /><br />We had an enjoyable month of summer. A Trip to Utah was our getaway. We camped, played, rode the 4 wheeler, ate, swam, jumped off a zipline, golfed, played some more, swam some more, ran/walked a 5k/10k, and laughed while hanging out with family. Too bad we all don't get together more often. We had a blast and it was nice to relax!ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-4032607385700410752009-08-05T21:22:00.001-07:002009-08-05T21:22:58.040-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI*OTUzMjQ5MjcwMyZwdD*xMjQ5NTMyNTc3MzEyJnA9Mzk1MSZkPSZuPWJsb2dnZXImZz*xJm89YjNmZGU2NDg*YWNiNGQ*YTkxNDlmMGYwZjk*NmNjZTgmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><div style="visibility:visible;width:540px;margin:auto"><embed src="http://flash.picturetrail.com/pflicks/3/spflick.swf" quality="high" FlashVars="ql=2&src1=http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL1966/10870025/flicks/1/7431751" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000" width="540" height="410" name="geometric" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" style="height:410px;width:540px" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> <p style="whitespace:no-wrap;margin-top:10px;height:24px;width:540px"><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=%2FphotoFlick%2Fsamples%2Fpflicks%3Dshtml&cID=924"><img align="left" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=%2FphotoFlick%2Fsamples%2Fpflicks%3Dshtml&cID=925"><img align="left" style="margin-left:5px" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/static/images/pt2.gif" border="0"></a></p></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-87710805735183052542009-07-27T14:34:00.000-07:002009-07-28T06:11:42.855-07:00Happy Anniversary!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9OG9pYWQIKGKoHj9v1DYUigJsJtV7UZ9I8AJ3eM78zJgYurNhEKV2L0k8N-80LeCx3JVo3nF48LClApaiX2wY63O2MBwG7Ls6wJE8AjyCOoD3iHvA8w2HcBjmBsEip__CGP6ekybe773/s1600-h/Ericka+JR+Ben+June+%2709+116.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363259745700811522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9OG9pYWQIKGKoHj9v1DYUigJsJtV7UZ9I8AJ3eM78zJgYurNhEKV2L0k8N-80LeCx3JVo3nF48LClApaiX2wY63O2MBwG7Ls6wJE8AjyCOoD3iHvA8w2HcBjmBsEip__CGP6ekybe773/s200/Ericka+JR+Ben+June+%2709+116.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2wcPm_INBLYSZCOEgHMHs7WDIhL76bUo2MtKD4NyOkQ23s5dELFnas0LEYEOpnEJeKWbpR6L9dQx_5F64xOZaOcxmeJ2ZP7W5Nf71SS1n84DiKYCOw_CoBlxFxX0x7gVedBZkSlFnOMN/s1600-h/Ericka+JR+Ben+June+%2709+117.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363258617608278050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2wcPm_INBLYSZCOEgHMHs7WDIhL76bUo2MtKD4NyOkQ23s5dELFnas0LEYEOpnEJeKWbpR6L9dQx_5F64xOZaOcxmeJ2ZP7W5Nf71SS1n84DiKYCOw_CoBlxFxX0x7gVedBZkSlFnOMN/s200/Ericka+JR+Ben+June+%2709+117.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVziz7VxqE6aSgJtwASr7k_OE9RT8E8RF68vyiJp1F_50T7p_IY-5r7TEWu5Lo2gNDsolT2xE3RZtTbj8yyX4HwCnJsKbpjsKfzClZt2kdb9Z8oCG2Y2QW6gTmFTOHW8ztIHr1ZtlKeD0N/s1600-h/Ericka+JR+Ben+June+%2709+121.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363257484262450658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVziz7VxqE6aSgJtwASr7k_OE9RT8E8RF68vyiJp1F_50T7p_IY-5r7TEWu5Lo2gNDsolT2xE3RZtTbj8yyX4HwCnJsKbpjsKfzClZt2kdb9Z8oCG2Y2QW6gTmFTOHW8ztIHr1ZtlKeD0N/s200/Ericka+JR+Ben+June+%2709+121.jpg" /></a><br />10 Years ago Today I married my Best Friend! It has been the best decision I have ever made=) Where does the time go? Ben is the Best Husband, Father and Friend. Ben, thanks for all the Good times and the Bad times that have brought us closer together. Here's to another great 10! Ben I love you so much!<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633562196917144550.post-49573708325265766002009-07-26T18:27:00.001-07:002009-07-26T18:30:21.869-07:00As Promised -<img style="WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; VISIBILITY: hidden" border="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI*ODY1NzgyNDMyOCZwdD*xMjQ4NjU4MDc2Mzc1JnA9Mzk1MSZkPSZuPWJsb2dnZXImZz*xJm89YjNmZGU2NDg*YWNiNGQ*YTkxNDlmMGYwZjk*NmNjZTgmb2Y9MA==.gif" width="0" height="0" /> <div style="MARGIN: auto; WIDTH: 460px; VISIBILITY: visible"><embed style="WIDTH: 460px; HEIGHT: 350px" height="350" name="stack" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" width="460" src="http://flash.picturetrail.com/pflicks/3/spflick.swf" quality="high" flashvars="ql=2&src1=http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL1966/10870025/flicks/1/7395149" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain"></embed> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px; WIDTH: 460px; HEIGHT: 24px; whitespace: no-wrap"><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=%2FphotoFlick%2Fsamples%2Fpflicks%3Dshtml&cID=924"><img border="0" align="left" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=%2FphotoFlick%2Fsamples%2Fpflicks%3Dshtml&cID=925"><img style="MARGIN-LEFT: 5px" border="0" align="left" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/static/images/pt2.gif" /></a></p></div>ben and nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213345186984122186noreply@blogger.com4