tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90052868515685241482024-03-07T15:09:45.907-08:00Journey To KateJourney To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-14638491999329952212010-04-09T15:49:00.000-07:002010-04-09T16:46:40.533-07:00Chinese New Year<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgAaLhxZTbf_eHAEzIVaBe-5eaKscAjYAbm99SvpI_8xxl64aR97o6qvQMFhO0VU0F5MPXdNzvbepYAHqrffNezcdjW2WIiwwzvBjjR-slt3J4vDlwIqA2FEvq1JtY6TItJeCBoljdXo/s1600/Picture+319.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 342px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgAaLhxZTbf_eHAEzIVaBe-5eaKscAjYAbm99SvpI_8xxl64aR97o6qvQMFhO0VU0F5MPXdNzvbepYAHqrffNezcdjW2WIiwwzvBjjR-slt3J4vDlwIqA2FEvq1JtY6TItJeCBoljdXo/s400/Picture+319.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458284344074208194" /></a><br /><br />Chinese New Year brought an invitation from friends, who also have 2 daughters from China, and the FCC catered CNY event. Both were very fun, and had Kate sporting 2 different outfits. The red one, I'm pretty sure is too short (but the next size up was very...roomy!)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoK3S7WbZTIjRvcXtSNiEgafl_fBcHofP9K3c8zIvzeIqmD8nVCRrjH1dS-iSYKF6lBL5yXI3UCoC4QV8C3HM_TjeLaHwv86z3H-ieXEim7LiTVMMPNy_IllPpIf_Q_EGWboGFba616M/s1600/Picture+321.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoK3S7WbZTIjRvcXtSNiEgafl_fBcHofP9K3c8zIvzeIqmD8nVCRrjH1dS-iSYKF6lBL5yXI3UCoC4QV8C3HM_TjeLaHwv86z3H-ieXEim7LiTVMMPNy_IllPpIf_Q_EGWboGFba616M/s400/Picture+321.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458283814586777858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBziN0ZIDzYpAUVI_G_Q74U8y4Q66XtXJK2JSmC4nYHkqewhA-xUCZj4qcM5ZrXt1emQ1BtjqzSA0lnqKXw_DzgYkv6Q1C4N5pun0MeQlJ3Gk9o3dkPInnm3uZcWs3CK-PihvLif6p9I0/s1600/Picture+322.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBziN0ZIDzYpAUVI_G_Q74U8y4Q66XtXJK2JSmC4nYHkqewhA-xUCZj4qcM5ZrXt1emQ1BtjqzSA0lnqKXw_DzgYkv6Q1C4N5pun0MeQlJ3Gk9o3dkPInnm3uZcWs3CK-PihvLif6p9I0/s400/Picture+322.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458282555181889186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzDeWgEU-MU8go5zAE27DxVZnRvj3QMyUYfnp_MVAKmvNDJbsyikqjjkmCI-EMugnOhx7Roj6DGirJpWJB8hPMqwveuMRB6p75w_Ca6czBtNTEeH5I7bADvH40J2VlAxKFJBYgV7eWTQ/s1600/Picture+325.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzDeWgEU-MU8go5zAE27DxVZnRvj3QMyUYfnp_MVAKmvNDJbsyikqjjkmCI-EMugnOhx7Roj6DGirJpWJB8hPMqwveuMRB6p75w_Ca6czBtNTEeH5I7bADvH40J2VlAxKFJBYgV7eWTQ/s400/Picture+325.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458281782217711858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdh4LLU_njCk8srrKZW3Ocwma4i_qpfSWA0_PmtWdPalmFakK6lOs2KL6S1hzZn87Sa8vi9memZy_fXbSTDDjLMr7IYwRO44qoIgi7mm9JuZy9GEn9Gh6y8RZSJcQCn1IdthRmSY_TWk/s1600/Picture+329.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdh4LLU_njCk8srrKZW3Ocwma4i_qpfSWA0_PmtWdPalmFakK6lOs2KL6S1hzZn87Sa8vi9memZy_fXbSTDDjLMr7IYwRO44qoIgi7mm9JuZy9GEn9Gh6y8RZSJcQCn1IdthRmSY_TWk/s400/Picture+329.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458280653087572626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZ_HxlvEobQ2GjSScnNIuSNvN-swpaBSCfizIOKg0QqtkmwICTM7Huy_4Actstfiv8iNUHsvW5rGP4bVUsr7RaoM-0gAEFlHnfewdVyUtg0rt_XfiMtJ7DALyDe1IEP-g5aOCXghmL8Q/s1600/Picture+323.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZ_HxlvEobQ2GjSScnNIuSNvN-swpaBSCfizIOKg0QqtkmwICTM7Huy_4Actstfiv8iNUHsvW5rGP4bVUsr7RaoM-0gAEFlHnfewdVyUtg0rt_XfiMtJ7DALyDe1IEP-g5aOCXghmL8Q/s400/Picture+323.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458279827901097522" /></a><br /><br />I love this picture of Kate. I think she looks so beautiful!Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-68525712842522129762010-03-15T09:48:00.000-07:002010-04-09T15:46:57.950-07:00Silly Poses!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVriq9y29qeFp3Kp8VCHXSV1yrSI8lVVAz_uRTeQBRPD82yUvyBveN5CDqWsXks75j4IRB0T4Aw_9js_AFsYoZPq9LBJNEJWXugwrvhdZoOlggit-JfrAAAdbeUmoi0iuB9icyYuNexU/s1600-h/Picture+285.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVriq9y29qeFp3Kp8VCHXSV1yrSI8lVVAz_uRTeQBRPD82yUvyBveN5CDqWsXks75j4IRB0T4Aw_9js_AFsYoZPq9LBJNEJWXugwrvhdZoOlggit-JfrAAAdbeUmoi0iuB9icyYuNexU/s400/Picture+285.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447867312242245554" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9CRqzEpATeP2_Nc4gQT-HKOWoLRWrEl2J14alvHky7qDh6HCf6tmcLg5mLMAXkBS5qrKNGNRc6VKP1fLUIQ2vllKv3SCIHHF2JydWviGPOnUDWSJHGdfq5c2WRaDx0o_4Et8G8qFKFs/s1600-h/Picture+282.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9CRqzEpATeP2_Nc4gQT-HKOWoLRWrEl2J14alvHky7qDh6HCf6tmcLg5mLMAXkBS5qrKNGNRc6VKP1fLUIQ2vllKv3SCIHHF2JydWviGPOnUDWSJHGdfq5c2WRaDx0o_4Et8G8qFKFs/s400/Picture+282.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447867297495810194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPdQJ1XAWKLrdLYcNhfOUL6AI6c7DVPk32d1Rv2oxnItYC8LJjBp80nvbQC-vZ43n7-DrhBFSVQeEvFn-N7Ii0sbWns9UrT8SbbrnRlnHPSZXRqeUuNojGcSJvJG2GdlcRM7l61qZ9XQ/s1600-h/Picture+281.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPdQJ1XAWKLrdLYcNhfOUL6AI6c7DVPk32d1Rv2oxnItYC8LJjBp80nvbQC-vZ43n7-DrhBFSVQeEvFn-N7Ii0sbWns9UrT8SbbrnRlnHPSZXRqeUuNojGcSJvJG2GdlcRM7l61qZ9XQ/s400/Picture+281.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447865284491520034" /></a>Kate with her silly poses. I think she is so pretty that every picture or different expression is fun for me to see.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsAGrlYCs5WFSuQDfb9ZA-6DNZYi8C4clVrqArVOmWt2W3BstxX4UTbA4poBnXkSTQ5T4wJ8jOkLIp3l4U1jafAaxlU1TsFu4T4JW4WSmdPL0IVc_3WRraq80KhIFE0L5m0EeYg_rqbE/s1600-h/Picture+280.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsAGrlYCs5WFSuQDfb9ZA-6DNZYi8C4clVrqArVOmWt2W3BstxX4UTbA4poBnXkSTQ5T4wJ8jOkLIp3l4U1jafAaxlU1TsFu4T4JW4WSmdPL0IVc_3WRraq80KhIFE0L5m0EeYg_rqbE/s400/Picture+280.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446764140882373538" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LeI9RCeWgT1JCR7SuzWFA2msYYyJKu1S3PyfIQXqzaah20sehZ_9TadRFtV9dOsSyJJ2ZAaNMPHykt9bkZ8pw-D44sJY7Iaumn5I845kFKeKx5y6PQqJaCPS6wvoMrCt0yTavlhSldE/s1600-h/Picture+277.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LeI9RCeWgT1JCR7SuzWFA2msYYyJKu1S3PyfIQXqzaah20sehZ_9TadRFtV9dOsSyJJ2ZAaNMPHykt9bkZ8pw-D44sJY7Iaumn5I845kFKeKx5y6PQqJaCPS6wvoMrCt0yTavlhSldE/s400/Picture+277.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446764122121183378" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bye-bye!Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-5989755518152058412010-03-09T14:20:00.000-08:002010-03-15T09:53:26.019-07:00Katie Pootie Pie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3OmgAdyhz0l6xcHEBX689zOd3_OLt7G7ZAoY6aoZolKz0XdvTKvKIsTgDaRy5cQEFxZu_vTngZWw-v10KBTrfkxuwJidqrnQHN0TXzBBHju2Yosno7A6C-q6IApBOnfxnNUEbb6eH2U/s1600-h/Picture+305.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3OmgAdyhz0l6xcHEBX689zOd3_OLt7G7ZAoY6aoZolKz0XdvTKvKIsTgDaRy5cQEFxZu_vTngZWw-v10KBTrfkxuwJidqrnQHN0TXzBBHju2Yosno7A6C-q6IApBOnfxnNUEbb6eH2U/s400/Picture+305.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448889092247944290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii25GiknFTO3e8FZ3xWEg2uPeCOmyoiVZrEh_2116pMeNNyuDUWTBb3NEZCJqrFYmNqH47wqrtHmSaZjpzVu2jW3h9mX8e7J-guMaJOOSJi8tGBCeLQLWosh0X0h5HHwNFY_mQ6VojlOs/s1600-h/Picture+303.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii25GiknFTO3e8FZ3xWEg2uPeCOmyoiVZrEh_2116pMeNNyuDUWTBb3NEZCJqrFYmNqH47wqrtHmSaZjpzVu2jW3h9mX8e7J-guMaJOOSJi8tGBCeLQLWosh0X0h5HHwNFY_mQ6VojlOs/s400/Picture+303.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448889082087312466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWKnGgzonbRdpjeljKGhT1bQY3KzRWUfcOmlJr607BAmRlGBhPhEnUMa7zhgrvt6AKJBjlGDo6KuKBQpGTO3V6CanRr4cPHnT7wdUIKhlCVsnK37tZ1yNAcqyPj-SPZeBZ8KSRawZ71I/s1600-h/Picture+304.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWKnGgzonbRdpjeljKGhT1bQY3KzRWUfcOmlJr607BAmRlGBhPhEnUMa7zhgrvt6AKJBjlGDo6KuKBQpGTO3V6CanRr4cPHnT7wdUIKhlCVsnK37tZ1yNAcqyPj-SPZeBZ8KSRawZ71I/s400/Picture+304.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448889065717232850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dg7VCjMV4YAg5CsiCZX15rxhhfUsOV4DCUA9iHWxoKeuCGrNI6rpA0flSANG6TQqbdXNRqG_aRbvlTa63MFpJXj7B2MlOvikGJingLpZ95wT_OmylI9bxNkYsof4WMlRF9jFuxBl6xM/s1600-h/Picture+302.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dg7VCjMV4YAg5CsiCZX15rxhhfUsOV4DCUA9iHWxoKeuCGrNI6rpA0flSANG6TQqbdXNRqG_aRbvlTa63MFpJXj7B2MlOvikGJingLpZ95wT_OmylI9bxNkYsof4WMlRF9jFuxBl6xM/s400/Picture+302.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447874831471527282" /></a>I don't know how she got the nickname Katie-pootie-pie, but I often sing to her,"Katie Pootie Pie, you are my little cutie pie...Katie Pootie Pie, you are so cute!" <br />One time, Aunt Shannon joined in singing it with me and Kate was in awe and just smiling! It was pretty cute.<br /><br />These are pictures of Kate <em>after </em>I picked her up from preschool. I didn't think about the rain the previous week when I dressed her in a cream dress and tights, and Kate does not let her apparel slow her down on the playground! From the looks of it, she had a good time!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7raLtPGPL8O1J9QTXQzrGf7trryFgq6X0I-Mp_pAh8J6BPjsatWJfIs5JxccJgsywe6txqFwdwESXy1JqsKSXKjakp1hRqMh14FuPdiQWWyD0k1HyjOOYZ-BbJDMk7JWYYN7VEHCbBG0/s1600-h/Picture+286.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 364px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7raLtPGPL8O1J9QTXQzrGf7trryFgq6X0I-Mp_pAh8J6BPjsatWJfIs5JxccJgsywe6txqFwdwESXy1JqsKSXKjakp1hRqMh14FuPdiQWWyD0k1HyjOOYZ-BbJDMk7JWYYN7VEHCbBG0/s400/Picture+286.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447868807883440226" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rLhHCLUHcwHysP4Rw5460jp2Hwfy4HXps_5OIhrndsYa3usbrjsTyO12YqirDA-0ovj4urrUw_WgJ8fctHjuGRPzBiTgfeNifnz6JkhZDI4jLD3LeaweYEy0oL0dUdWeDSB_oBMY2Lg/s1600-h/Picture+293.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rLhHCLUHcwHysP4Rw5460jp2Hwfy4HXps_5OIhrndsYa3usbrjsTyO12YqirDA-0ovj4urrUw_WgJ8fctHjuGRPzBiTgfeNifnz6JkhZDI4jLD3LeaweYEy0oL0dUdWeDSB_oBMY2Lg/s400/Picture+293.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447870995594277986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiBzm9U90d_BfQcO4GLNgLH-pdUxBtXWgQ_y45s5chbkTjuFX6vB_OfDtZBIJB84yhpEOynfMMPTUmROKDgBYuK_3xG5jNgjkVSJDu0ze0CimIzyCs5uK_kHrZGN8-BRxZexQ0dRqZAY/s1600-h/Picture+292.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiBzm9U90d_BfQcO4GLNgLH-pdUxBtXWgQ_y45s5chbkTjuFX6vB_OfDtZBIJB84yhpEOynfMMPTUmROKDgBYuK_3xG5jNgjkVSJDu0ze0CimIzyCs5uK_kHrZGN8-BRxZexQ0dRqZAY/s400/Picture+292.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447870981281794002" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh_nR7qC7WEWO08ER8sjWXF6j3Rry4qk_WIiv5c-xpn3dRsOYt6M_lKa2UAGQzPmFkr2u9WKC-Ufb_ONDV3VgjXjg0c6j1nvf6kwHcqfLydr7nhNd8cg7wo2BXg7PhnXKyH9bCXEgHyE/s1600-h/Picture+298.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh_nR7qC7WEWO08ER8sjWXF6j3Rry4qk_WIiv5c-xpn3dRsOYt6M_lKa2UAGQzPmFkr2u9WKC-Ufb_ONDV3VgjXjg0c6j1nvf6kwHcqfLydr7nhNd8cg7wo2BXg7PhnXKyH9bCXEgHyE/s400/Picture+298.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447874821363129218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXwSjazuwm_CEBqaNtORulZTUHdv4I8Hv5vvesTrMW2E6-BtsaTNXT5o4dk9RGiUGu_uIlvr5Uh1jbu6b2kQA3i2_1hbWqV_M4VPHPtpFoVxuGN0xGpnrI1srGhs9dqSp5MzPenGuOWU/s1600-h/Picture+297.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXwSjazuwm_CEBqaNtORulZTUHdv4I8Hv5vvesTrMW2E6-BtsaTNXT5o4dk9RGiUGu_uIlvr5Uh1jbu6b2kQA3i2_1hbWqV_M4VPHPtpFoVxuGN0xGpnrI1srGhs9dqSp5MzPenGuOWU/s400/Picture+297.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447872837037031154" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kate is using her new baby carrier! It's exactly like the one I carried <em>her </em>around China in, but made for a doll! Her small baby is the one she got for Christmas.Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-73047047024101224792010-03-09T13:42:00.000-08:002010-03-11T11:22:25.628-08:00What Did Santa Bring You?On Christmas morning, after we open our presents, we all bring food to Aunt Shannon's house for a big brunch/lunch. There's a lot of people...aunts, uncles, cousins, and my Grandma and Grandpa. Everyone eats (and eats and eats!) and we open presents for each other and laugh and talk together.<br /><br />After we're there for a couple hours, we head down to the park a couple blocks away, and everyone plays soccer. My Dad and Uncle Sebastian are usually leading the pack. There are a lot of boys in our family, big ones and little ones!<br />We head back to the house, and someone inevitably turns on the 24 hour marathon of A Christmas Story and we watch it together plopped on the couch or on the carpet. It's a good day. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PhD-nu6umA163wWiCofFrCkJc3CIPSGfKFrFUtBonUvX8XnFyPesJdWvg3ct-4OaIV1u1JD0av88AMapRuqzw2RAsSdwe-nBBFhjiE2MRZS7ISF6Cr1vfl-qKRwLSVPaxLvfOCFcfak/s1600-h/Picture+138.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446761635604698418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PhD-nu6umA163wWiCofFrCkJc3CIPSGfKFrFUtBonUvX8XnFyPesJdWvg3ct-4OaIV1u1JD0av88AMapRuqzw2RAsSdwe-nBBFhjiE2MRZS7ISF6Cr1vfl-qKRwLSVPaxLvfOCFcfak/s400/Picture+138.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Murphy gets a new bone every Christmas. He sometimes doesn't even chew it, but will go and bury it, making sure that no one is watching him.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtX1u-l4KriZ26179CBDhUOGXWLEzARXYFw6ymTyXuPccpdWwuFhJAMw7lAzwaruL3xI2vQZEe70GCTjOpiBT0mrXju1V2kP1jJHB4GFSJYVomPqgEnfGoF46ltm4YxsBxD62zXM-ggBM/s1600-h/Picture+190.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446760005437155506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtX1u-l4KriZ26179CBDhUOGXWLEzARXYFw6ymTyXuPccpdWwuFhJAMw7lAzwaruL3xI2vQZEe70GCTjOpiBT0mrXju1V2kP1jJHB4GFSJYVomPqgEnfGoF46ltm4YxsBxD62zXM-ggBM/s400/Picture+190.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ryan, and the other little boys, all got a new transformer from Grandma.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg8Pcfdvl7vyUwP9dKepIUDbr2eIbtKKpAfZLkBeWqoDwOn3u7LijUYvGyTTIthW0ESI3dhvb4TwdsZWSh_TaP1l2B8qwX5ZSOXDYZnfAsf78S1shbPvIagIPBOUWYq27ySp8zsW_bx8/s1600-h/Picture+186.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446755237223423218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg8Pcfdvl7vyUwP9dKepIUDbr2eIbtKKpAfZLkBeWqoDwOn3u7LijUYvGyTTIthW0ESI3dhvb4TwdsZWSh_TaP1l2B8qwX5ZSOXDYZnfAsf78S1shbPvIagIPBOUWYq27ySp8zsW_bx8/s400/Picture+186.jpg" /></a><br />Cousin Brian trying to open her toy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkCbA7sewi1TsSAANXThH6n_T3FFmLHC_zsf1n2RnyLCs4U3LALDa-cS6Urq1JSVwak4KxhcTYLg5my7KYXjZ6aie04HVeOLv8bzSJyKLaBN5maHHK9_Vdh3mEnPNh9g6xaXvuRfN3Jk/s1600-h/Picture+184.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446755223711105074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkCbA7sewi1TsSAANXThH6n_T3FFmLHC_zsf1n2RnyLCs4U3LALDa-cS6Urq1JSVwak4KxhcTYLg5my7KYXjZ6aie04HVeOLv8bzSJyKLaBN5maHHK9_Vdh3mEnPNh9g6xaXvuRfN3Jk/s400/Picture+184.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Cousin Evan trying to open the same toy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEo1Y_htpLZmblh3K_HEgEmBi9SrIY75sBdMfoZ-MRvbTJC1GNNqqRsrvgOCCbq-q0W4PQcx0bkr4O8KPgh_tkH5SInJJN9aUSCUgHxrgqYTYrCsuVWEKXX8FPkglBWyXgvnH9c98rpo/s1600-h/Picture+187.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446759988665468306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEo1Y_htpLZmblh3K_HEgEmBi9SrIY75sBdMfoZ-MRvbTJC1GNNqqRsrvgOCCbq-q0W4PQcx0bkr4O8KPgh_tkH5SInJJN9aUSCUgHxrgqYTYrCsuVWEKXX8FPkglBWyXgvnH9c98rpo/s400/Picture+187.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Aunt Shannon finally got it open!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAovgMc2KQWxmwi4_hGnspyCsDFVf6kc1PPQtO1lPulf4WROMakqSR7HVHqNjl_m0zrcLzqGvc2jqVbsv7IWT8Yv9XCfkjpclYnAny2UfWV1gchdfHB8lVsavr9g3VNQfbQA9wy_OG0k/s1600-h/Picture+180.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446755189121761074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAovgMc2KQWxmwi4_hGnspyCsDFVf6kc1PPQtO1lPulf4WROMakqSR7HVHqNjl_m0zrcLzqGvc2jqVbsv7IWT8Yv9XCfkjpclYnAny2UfWV1gchdfHB8lVsavr9g3VNQfbQA9wy_OG0k/s400/Picture+180.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tinkerbells fairy friend from Grandma. (yay!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIUFGVjhwwRq954JOBCRF3OF8fqzgygU6cHwvOYHgQBkx8teNMhSQ93uCAItZ2A_4kdlTu01YM4hlvP5bN9RvHMuzY48yZ4pfDRdaawzIweGdGgMbJTjhk5dXiIt2g_5MnZ_KvTY8eXY/s1600-h/Picture+163.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIUFGVjhwwRq954JOBCRF3OF8fqzgygU6cHwvOYHgQBkx8teNMhSQ93uCAItZ2A_4kdlTu01YM4hlvP5bN9RvHMuzY48yZ4pfDRdaawzIweGdGgMbJTjhk5dXiIt2g_5MnZ_KvTY8eXY/s400/Picture+163.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447455960509524418" /></a>Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-17810523748066424632010-03-03T10:05:00.000-08:002010-03-04T11:08:12.239-08:00Yay! It's almost Christmas!!I know I'm behind on the blog, but I've got lots of cute pictures to put up!<br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-ef39947d67e1bf1a class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="ef39947d67e1bf1a"></OBJECT><br />A giggling Ryan and Kate rockin' around the Christmas tree! <br />(Just ignore the Christmas boxes and stack of clean laundry that are not put up yet! :) <br />I'm not anticipating either of them performing on Dancing With The Stars anytime soon! :)<br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUc9mYGfydgAvvuMRFsiMImzdGf25YFBJ8q_O7Dw9HEAB6hfilaMnmhz68C6WHnANOPqfurosABgdus8U09qGl18u0MlTQLYmQj80ZuWLmF9-V9kmNmGv4PkaSK69K9wIzwEFitIn2cyQ/s1600-h/Picture+021.jpg"><IMG style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444471691852696946 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUc9mYGfydgAvvuMRFsiMImzdGf25YFBJ8q_O7Dw9HEAB6hfilaMnmhz68C6WHnANOPqfurosABgdus8U09qGl18u0MlTQLYmQj80ZuWLmF9-V9kmNmGv4PkaSK69K9wIzwEFitIn2cyQ/s400/Picture+021.jpg"></A> <br /><br /><br />Kate's Christmas performance.<br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTg94LY39nHfFI8rwqXkQiSu2uvJRMi241niR3hLvA1b1xa4GIYVOihV6AGDZ8DaT47F1tYvfJzYrCrMNM-fw_NGiIcRx3Onw9_2_21oZAVc-0_5iDeZSCZRxxcfWCW3HYT3Vv56NHlQ/s1600-h/Picture+027.jpg"><IMG style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444481308653787538 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTg94LY39nHfFI8rwqXkQiSu2uvJRMi241niR3hLvA1b1xa4GIYVOihV6AGDZ8DaT47F1tYvfJzYrCrMNM-fw_NGiIcRx3Onw9_2_21oZAVc-0_5iDeZSCZRxxcfWCW3HYT3Vv56NHlQ/s400/Picture+027.jpg"></A><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The funniest thing about preschool performances is how many things go wrong...kids yawning, laughing (or crying), falling down. Sometimes I'm laughing so hard I can hardly hold the camera straight. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZvmPNz3uo1X7guDbv587wAa9Mk9gpmbR5-9CROMsr3-DDXXLLvPKCj0DbiKi0Q_byFq3t08fIA0D0wlSA1vi3In40ZGBK7wWMFYG2qC6a6GFt5iwp2ezJwbrXnJZEUE-aBVAfVLIFGg/s1600-h/Picture+018.jpg"><IMG style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444471678670022786 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZvmPNz3uo1X7guDbv587wAa9Mk9gpmbR5-9CROMsr3-DDXXLLvPKCj0DbiKi0Q_byFq3t08fIA0D0wlSA1vi3In40ZGBK7wWMFYG2qC6a6GFt5iwp2ezJwbrXnJZEUE-aBVAfVLIFGg/s400/Picture+018.jpg"></A> <br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-3f77184f54587c2f class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="3f77184f54587c2f"></OBJECT><br />I think this was the last song (aside from We Wish You A Merry Christmas) and a few of the boys got a little...overzealous! A couple of the quieter kids had their fingers in their ears! The little girl in red and black is Kate's best friend. She is actually a Korean adoptee!<br /><br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMAmjdJnIK20irm2lLkNfLdvEeBzCnYdr5VzWa_Ct2yEwrLhFhP43_FzB5URfQGUJd-S20yv4TbH0eJGLcH2L5v_4rLsPbT3h7M9SdkN2vqi1PYjx89ZuwgU43qGIanNO9pfOLL1kqXo/s1600-h/Picture+032.jpg"><IMG style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444482685796583346 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMAmjdJnIK20irm2lLkNfLdvEeBzCnYdr5VzWa_Ct2yEwrLhFhP43_FzB5URfQGUJd-S20yv4TbH0eJGLcH2L5v_4rLsPbT3h7M9SdkN2vqi1PYjx89ZuwgU43qGIanNO9pfOLL1kqXo/s400/Picture+032.jpg"></A><br /><br /><br />After the singing was a Christmas party for Kate's class. She was the official napkin-passer-outer. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreJ2s4_2M5W0fUkqBL-YnMju7Ms5aQX4NqmTVPrdpHoGAIINRdntKYp74e1XVDbZZic3_oKLf5WHYjBi1IWAtciL8tJtVrIr5koYuuUN-q48ZSzah0C7YcOdzBdnJIFpgtLptXkeBm9U/s1600-h/Picture+033.jpg"><IMG style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 367px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444504482942717538 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreJ2s4_2M5W0fUkqBL-YnMju7Ms5aQX4NqmTVPrdpHoGAIINRdntKYp74e1XVDbZZic3_oKLf5WHYjBi1IWAtciL8tJtVrIr5koYuuUN-q48ZSzah0C7YcOdzBdnJIFpgtLptXkeBm9U/s400/Picture+033.jpg"></A><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The mom who owns a bakery made all the kids a cookie with their name on it. Very sweet!Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-34349242354807558262010-02-24T14:03:00.000-08:002010-02-24T14:23:50.450-08:00Night MommyA couple days after Kate's comments about China, Kate woke up with a bloody nose, then came in my room.(She gets bloody noses a lot when it's dry out.) I decided to migrate downstairs because someone (who shall remain nameless) was snoring. Kate of course followed suit.<br /><br />She was wrapped up in a cozy blanket at one end of the couch, and I was on the other.<br />"Oooohh Mommy. I like this...I'm all snug-uly, bug-uly!<br />I love you Mommy...and Daddy.<br />You make my heart happy."<br /><br />"You make my heart happy too, Sweetie."<br /><br />It's 4:00 in the morning and I'm sooo sleepy.<br />Just as I'm drifting off, I hear a whispered,<br />"I'm glad God picked me out for you."<br /><br />"Me too. I'm glad God picked you out for me too. <br />Night little girl."<br />"Night Mommy."Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-20001131665789367522010-02-21T14:16:00.000-08:002010-02-22T08:49:10.551-08:00I Want To Go Back To China.....(I'm sorry, what?)So after church, we went to Souplantation. Kate is very nicely eating her macaroni-and-cheese, and in between bites says, "I wanna go back to China."<br /><br />She has said this to me before, once or twice, very calmly and matter-of-factly.<br />Instead of listening to her <em>words</em>, I try to "hear" what she's feeling.<br /><br />"What do you think you would do there, Kate?" I ask.<br />"I would go in my crib and play with my Chinese friends."<br /><br />"Well, you actually have a lot of Chinese friends here." (There is also a new FCC activity/play group for Kindergarten and pre-K kids starting up in a few weeks that we'll be taking Kate to.)<br /><br />As she puts another big bite in her mouth, I have to listen closely as she says "I'm starving for Chinese food and for<br />ChineseLand. I want to go back to China."<br /><br />Ryan pipes up cheerfully with "You'll never go back to China, Kate." and nicely pats her leg reassuringly. Kevin quickly adds, "Well, we can go back to visit." Colton says "Won't you miss us Kate?" and (Kevin leans in and whispers "She's only 4, and you're confusing two separate issues. It's not a matter of being right or wrong, it's just a matter of being supportive of what she says and how she feels.")<br /><br />"It's sad my Chinese parents live in ChineseLand. I miss them, Mama. I want to go to China and see my Chinese parents. I just miss them."<br /><br />"I know, baby."<br />And then it was over. She went back to eating her lunch, and on to another topic,...I think it was 'can we get ice cream'.<br /><br />So we have officially begun the emotional journey Kate will be on to understand her life, her heritage, and how she came to be living in San Diego with a house full of brothers.<br />Before when she had brought it up, I asked her who would take care of her, and she said 'the Chinese ladies at the orphange'. (Good answer). I tried to explain to her that most, if not all of her "friends" have probably been adopted and are now living in America. I pointed out that her brothers and Mommy & Daddy, Murphy, the cats, her preschool, her new ballet/gymnastics class are all here in San Diego.<br /><br />How do you explain to a 4 year old that while your "life", and family who love you are here, your biological family and heritage is in another country, across the sea. Somehow, I think she already knows. It's confusing to her, but she knows something isn't the way it was supposed to be. She looks at me and smooths the hair away from my face, the way I always do to her, and smiles at me.<br /><br />I'm glad she talks to me about her feelings of China and her biological parents. I don't ever want her to feel this is a "taboo" subject. I try to help her understand, without giving her an overload of information. (Like when she asked me if she came out of my tummy, and I said, no, <em>you</em> came out of your <em>Chinese mommy's</em> tummy. I don't want her to feel like she just fell out of the sky one day.)<br />I just began reading "Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child", and one of the points they make early on is that "a child is never "too young" to remember losing a primary caregiver who represented the world and safety when he was an infant, baby or toddler."<br />How was that for timing!<br /><br />ps. Two days ago, Kate told Kevin and I, "When I get old and grow up, I'm going to have a Chinese baby....just like you!" What a great kid!Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-1282064823952146332009-11-26T10:21:00.000-08:002010-02-23T10:06:03.760-08:00Thanksgiving Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-p0wUl-apMkoFpSI6fn8ULvDwrkA0y97XTja5W22OD1P7HkhUEHNKE0pK2ZW9JXmVgIX_Fa_Mx5z5CfGK3TqTEegoUq5ehPky0IYw1xMSoyeRw05mf-tMBoeOW15SFD4kdqG7lcdfQQ/s1600-h/IMG_3683.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441498067426336258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-p0wUl-apMkoFpSI6fn8ULvDwrkA0y97XTja5W22OD1P7HkhUEHNKE0pK2ZW9JXmVgIX_Fa_Mx5z5CfGK3TqTEegoUq5ehPky0IYw1xMSoyeRw05mf-tMBoeOW15SFD4kdqG7lcdfQQ/s400/IMG_3683.JPG" /></a> A great day was spent with family at Aunt Shannon's house. Behind Kate is the "grown-up" table. The kids and grown-up "kids" sat at another table. The little ones were so busy playing with their cousins, it was hard to get them to sit down long enough to eat!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXe4DkeScmvvVVKbHkwvtSqkzXPkhQ4LxuPRmQOeeDkB6uRQWcCLBwcJM6iyHVdPyXgai7DPYayc8-Kr9BmkZ6Ls1zno_pa57UY9Ie5Cq_xlxGQ-MdQwb-INLPDoWcZXx-uSlmWwHMmw/s1600-h/IMG_3682.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441137157076151282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXe4DkeScmvvVVKbHkwvtSqkzXPkhQ4LxuPRmQOeeDkB6uRQWcCLBwcJM6iyHVdPyXgai7DPYayc8-Kr9BmkZ6Ls1zno_pa57UY9Ie5Cq_xlxGQ-MdQwb-INLPDoWcZXx-uSlmWwHMmw/s400/IMG_3682.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvN8ta4f0IJvVkrXfUC50w0gyxJQs0PJ6eT7NvbPL4qBYaCNzLANCsqhpgSVxQ50MM6lpv3_sLVnXtj4QVBPsHCGMckoxeGzQtywj2h9jsf20oUtFOTaJkXQJwO-5TBIvVVqEdP4ZQn4/s1600-h/IMG_3704.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvN8ta4f0IJvVkrXfUC50w0gyxJQs0PJ6eT7NvbPL4qBYaCNzLANCsqhpgSVxQ50MM6lpv3_sLVnXtj4QVBPsHCGMckoxeGzQtywj2h9jsf20oUtFOTaJkXQJwO-5TBIvVVqEdP4ZQn4/s400/IMG_3704.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441501064041637746" /></a>Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-2343350518445549342009-11-18T14:14:00.000-08:002010-02-22T10:16:57.753-08:00Thanksgiving at Kate's school<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiXVrA5br52Y_eKAaPwIA28Fg8qfhlq5JHW8Jyr0-DZnJOP5ct8kyHlimqH0i8NNP0reIqga3QTUutwGjzqHssQUAw3mf50ta3UkUP6aLy7vg4WNtdZGsa6Em27o-UMjOWJ7QbiWihrw/s1600-h/IMG_3636.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440880075442506994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiXVrA5br52Y_eKAaPwIA28Fg8qfhlq5JHW8Jyr0-DZnJOP5ct8kyHlimqH0i8NNP0reIqga3QTUutwGjzqHssQUAw3mf50ta3UkUP6aLy7vg4WNtdZGsa6Em27o-UMjOWJ7QbiWihrw/s400/IMG_3636.JPG" /></a>Hey Kate, you look so cute, let me take a picture of you outside. And then the sillies start.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6wF7Jp2xHUX99aXg-s-qCkdyYxXXDy11AZ1_3LsSJFNq6TTg2f9gz1t_TCy43BQYNMgQ1mvIGNki5Of1k_WAT2MIetFPKnwSiIIskxRv5RvIFbsSIxgqcvXZPsk83RhxSWIVDvQZqE8/s1600-h/IMG_3629.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440880064251333698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6wF7Jp2xHUX99aXg-s-qCkdyYxXXDy11AZ1_3LsSJFNq6TTg2f9gz1t_TCy43BQYNMgQ1mvIGNki5Of1k_WAT2MIetFPKnwSiIIskxRv5RvIFbsSIxgqcvXZPsk83RhxSWIVDvQZqE8/s400/IMG_3629.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have about 5 or 6 pictures of her being a goober, before I got one of her just standing still and smiling!<br /><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZhjAmiGBgkmUjx-8cWVe6q_EzbD1G2ijD9Bh1nbkn5H1DRUNjmhYYne7da2qqftn9VS9Ofrg-7HukcaLD3qLb_M-Zq2k3lRzjwLYWrDIwE05xAsVu2_Nrfi6xHKfhNeZ42AdwOw2hmg/s1600-h/IMG_3627.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440880054263620002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZhjAmiGBgkmUjx-8cWVe6q_EzbD1G2ijD9Bh1nbkn5H1DRUNjmhYYne7da2qqftn9VS9Ofrg-7HukcaLD3qLb_M-Zq2k3lRzjwLYWrDIwE05xAsVu2_Nrfi6xHKfhNeZ42AdwOw2hmg/s400/IMG_3627.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCcaHMC13eL-aH1d-ZYD88B-Kr8BRaug2ZDtmjGqcRLvbWftD3x1aOlkRN13V2D-s1ZucByCOKvY1eUX48IJun56bInOySKqHLnvKmlvqzyvArKpLSUEwio9D5mlLb-k9xzpjZbwuuFo/s1600-h/IMG_3640.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440873495670362770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCcaHMC13eL-aH1d-ZYD88B-Kr8BRaug2ZDtmjGqcRLvbWftD3x1aOlkRN13V2D-s1ZucByCOKvY1eUX48IJun56bInOySKqHLnvKmlvqzyvArKpLSUEwio9D5mlLb-k9xzpjZbwuuFo/s400/IMG_3640.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Kate at her Thanksgiving "feast". It doesn't change much from year to year...chicken dinosaurs, a small muffin, fruit and apple juice. But everyone is in a festive mood and happy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ53w3aEgWBc4e7TFbd41clswU2CgVUHHSmFlm1qJgXjAElj3t_iD60aQVhm8whyphenhyphens7IxWExTaOK78Dh8cTeazda-dh_c1QrTUDQImxYoOmD2Z-GFw42NSSrtuGNFP3r_nIjJxbL_P8KWk/s1600-h/IMG_3645.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440873507980215986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ53w3aEgWBc4e7TFbd41clswU2CgVUHHSmFlm1qJgXjAElj3t_iD60aQVhm8whyphenhyphens7IxWExTaOK78Dh8cTeazda-dh_c1QrTUDQImxYoOmD2Z-GFw42NSSrtuGNFP3r_nIjJxbL_P8KWk/s400/IMG_3645.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>One of the moms has a bakery business and makes the kids cookies. Kate is holding up her turkey cookie that she already bit the head off of! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dl-ErBtLiJJkfVNukeMxWvMqOiNeXZtBtw9HafdOmllOGlZPsZpFY9t3wXYOafxkSF3tFq0oO86-pEQnjzZt5wm31gkCWRx_1d4o5Y-VI2bAMUsQibmnjF3gvWH8_lK5ZRAmJmGOEZM/s1600-h/IMG_3648.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440873517287682226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dl-ErBtLiJJkfVNukeMxWvMqOiNeXZtBtw9HafdOmllOGlZPsZpFY9t3wXYOafxkSF3tFq0oO86-pEQnjzZt5wm31gkCWRx_1d4o5Y-VI2bAMUsQibmnjF3gvWH8_lK5ZRAmJmGOEZM/s400/IMG_3648.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kate (4 1/2) and Mommy.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp512YYoRZilLeUy3eF85tmiUlJ_xrmAnAQPWWGDxqWCm_0gqAYzjzuxf1uZXcpRhbwSNaQG6wUT94DhABwJ1_1xvsMKv-O1EWkEEw5ZjSIQzWEF98Y1mOfa_TMWQnyBiGvZYZbuVENRQ/s1600-h/IMG_3662.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440871826976468546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp512YYoRZilLeUy3eF85tmiUlJ_xrmAnAQPWWGDxqWCm_0gqAYzjzuxf1uZXcpRhbwSNaQG6wUT94DhABwJ1_1xvsMKv-O1EWkEEw5ZjSIQzWEF98Y1mOfa_TMWQnyBiGvZYZbuVENRQ/s400/IMG_3662.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Now we need some playground time to burn off the sugar and the wiggles!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFSzRUizepgjCSccpmgaYddizkspOLpdfspP7O0Ez7TGl57cQnp9oUlHFnqBEYDVx4Pp3unEaiYuiipau56fVN51NKJ4GuHMiPT2i7b-EC2ftnvLyR3JGggK84GGmrLK-dKG_AX9S8Gc/s1600-h/IMG_3661.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440871818707781650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFSzRUizepgjCSccpmgaYddizkspOLpdfspP7O0Ez7TGl57cQnp9oUlHFnqBEYDVx4Pp3unEaiYuiipau56fVN51NKJ4GuHMiPT2i7b-EC2ftnvLyR3JGggK84GGmrLK-dKG_AX9S8Gc/s400/IMG_3661.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I love this picture...her face reminds me of her as a baby/toddler, and I love the look of excitement.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0INKffx8HTANrTLvAA2XwB062pgS5pr9pLQkcnXMQW3B8J4QosCyUw8RWmvn9ciydwcYquZErM1sMOyDBZ3xZlEyPags1k1ShhyphenhyphendeabcprphSwVcsiZZWglQSGvtrU1tOaFZHoqmuF0/s1600-h/IMG_3657.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440870620775609666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0INKffx8HTANrTLvAA2XwB062pgS5pr9pLQkcnXMQW3B8J4QosCyUw8RWmvn9ciydwcYquZErM1sMOyDBZ3xZlEyPags1k1ShhyphenhyphendeabcprphSwVcsiZZWglQSGvtrU1tOaFZHoqmuF0/s400/IMG_3657.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The playground is covered with big shady trees, and is a very pleasant place to be.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQ940d9dr5IQADIeXJNhvTTb0P0E7kUmNN7CUr_Ske7NtdWKLxEtuqobo4c8bl-K-BwJ6xilb4xsaWHxwgvSQOA3d2_wB7QxN_66PrPsg9weP1p_IaldYm_oozrJoL54uNX09oRV60rc/s1600-h/IMG_3656.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440869890234841346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQ940d9dr5IQADIeXJNhvTTb0P0E7kUmNN7CUr_Ske7NtdWKLxEtuqobo4c8bl-K-BwJ6xilb4xsaWHxwgvSQOA3d2_wB7QxN_66PrPsg9weP1p_IaldYm_oozrJoL54uNX09oRV60rc/s400/IMG_3656.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTKmFKccv_eZr5wsQNdrUtrqAauxTPL8yWmAaVmscTMCGO_WFOt9NIjAlvZRhZ0aNK8QrgdL2t_xw0mtRtiydse4HFRNkXVrSTS-J8fy1BhLiz6-bGq5NUSD5PmIbD9VsO8gVjveYeys/s1600-h/IMG_3653.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440869880945771218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTKmFKccv_eZr5wsQNdrUtrqAauxTPL8yWmAaVmscTMCGO_WFOt9NIjAlvZRhZ0aNK8QrgdL2t_xw0mtRtiydse4HFRNkXVrSTS-J8fy1BhLiz6-bGq5NUSD5PmIbD9VsO8gVjveYeys/s400/IMG_3653.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hi Mommy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jL6Y1tK9UsCUKZ-_JP-NM0M_fsnbgOe0c5xo5f9NBk0UvscsyuXHVxRK6ATc1dsId6CglMMozvLU-iuu8LuzuvifAXlD2Ho_QmVD93mN3clrsnso4DY_L1cyYfbzoBqu9Z3HMqv4c5o/s1600-h/IMG_3667.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440086403644660338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jL6Y1tK9UsCUKZ-_JP-NM0M_fsnbgOe0c5xo5f9NBk0UvscsyuXHVxRK6ATc1dsId6CglMMozvLU-iuu8LuzuvifAXlD2Ho_QmVD93mN3clrsnso4DY_L1cyYfbzoBqu9Z3HMqv4c5o/s400/IMG_3667.JPG" /></a><br /><br />After we sign her out, Kate often asks to go walk on the bridge, that goes out over the stream. I said 'yes'. </div><div>We used to bring Murphy, but a while back Murphy tinkled on some kids shoes (while he was wearing them) through the fence, so now he waits in the car, much to his dismay.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQSNnrAu-RId26v7RiBYH5HDjJ_rA-DVW3w4PkIa6MeS5BwL7laqBOcn68XDjhHneSAJLqe2dJDeW4ZSAIaixMRPfTBKy2614hQimjQThDE2tMQXUHOUq8NDSYYTQK5dzilsKsr8g3iM/s1600-h/IMG_3666.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440086384119917746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQSNnrAu-RId26v7RiBYH5HDjJ_rA-DVW3w4PkIa6MeS5BwL7laqBOcn68XDjhHneSAJLqe2dJDeW4ZSAIaixMRPfTBKy2614hQimjQThDE2tMQXUHOUq8NDSYYTQK5dzilsKsr8g3iM/s400/IMG_3666.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I love you sweetheart.<br />I'm Thankful for you!<br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-72530750196415075972009-11-12T13:20:00.000-08:002010-02-22T09:42:16.779-08:00An Autumn CutieIt will be a sad day when she outgrows Gymboree clothes!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgk3ZgiCiIngiJV74vSJztAR49pPg8gzS2QXWup7tHje64bjhPEVDX0AcpBnpq4bRUWeffoU9ZlTGNIgPhYueI-JoqBUI32-FGuzxC6IR5LASwugf6sja9rcfy4fUmxe_Wl7IHbWui1Hk/s1600-h/IMG_3614.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436734533525934242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgk3ZgiCiIngiJV74vSJztAR49pPg8gzS2QXWup7tHje64bjhPEVDX0AcpBnpq4bRUWeffoU9ZlTGNIgPhYueI-JoqBUI32-FGuzxC6IR5LASwugf6sja9rcfy4fUmxe_Wl7IHbWui1Hk/s400/IMG_3614.JPG" /></a><br />Somehow Kate inherited my long, lanky build!<br />Actually, I'd give anything to see how her Chinese parents were built, and how tall they were. We hear constantly how tall she is for her age. Since our boys hear the same thing (McLaughlins tend to be big, tall guys), she sees this as a good thing. I still wonder, will she grow until she's 14 or so and then just stop, or will she end up being 5'10". I'm curious to see!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUZRyxoE37jkIHGXE2hd_vZZUMUCFsmXz5SvhM1z5Iio0zNboQtsBzOPS-p8tZNUMSthk0NGmGenKd9L95WhSFmYbNiuvq1xYTaktzTpzFqqtrMM8PEH2Zv7QM3CU9Z1hkN_FBQS-exM/s1600-h/IMG_3612.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436733776965172914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUZRyxoE37jkIHGXE2hd_vZZUMUCFsmXz5SvhM1z5Iio0zNboQtsBzOPS-p8tZNUMSthk0NGmGenKd9L95WhSFmYbNiuvq1xYTaktzTpzFqqtrMM8PEH2Zv7QM3CU9Z1hkN_FBQS-exM/s400/IMG_3612.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Monkey see, monkey do.<br />(Mommy was sewing a lot in November and December!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nKHaHJI-M7_8y1Ao-4ndm9zPKro6gvZxscVY5WDP8i9GamrUdBeqobkjhuWyROr15j380pV-xLZRiyXgkNEtKF7knNup-bpwiKuWP5W8ehidwbWyPWE0BzXi9meBFMBglw8eCEakGG8/s1600-h/IMG_3602.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436730653765014034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nKHaHJI-M7_8y1Ao-4ndm9zPKro6gvZxscVY5WDP8i9GamrUdBeqobkjhuWyROr15j380pV-xLZRiyXgkNEtKF7knNup-bpwiKuWP5W8ehidwbWyPWE0BzXi9meBFMBglw8eCEakGG8/s400/IMG_3602.JPG" /></a><br />Out little sweet pea outside the playground at school. Her smile makes me happy. And she smiles a lot.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFNralMPex-JeQSFsOwxiu5I4LGmzpf8ql3tr7IJl9hBqYf6Q6hQRg-8aOW_GzVhI-tx_W3ohemftuqKwqLQWJxKgQ5W8YGwfXI9DyUOjLRlYxoBdeTHI-AxFpUbgXS3Vytd5jHPr85c/s1600-h/IMG_3605.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436732444670424034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFNralMPex-JeQSFsOwxiu5I4LGmzpf8ql3tr7IJl9hBqYf6Q6hQRg-8aOW_GzVhI-tx_W3ohemftuqKwqLQWJxKgQ5W8YGwfXI9DyUOjLRlYxoBdeTHI-AxFpUbgXS3Vytd5jHPr85c/s400/IMG_3605.JPG" /></a>Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-55703373323295491092009-11-06T11:16:00.000-08:002010-02-22T09:43:23.204-08:00This Is Miss Kate, Can I Help You?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-udgqvf1XzwZGIHHupfJ0RErZJ0FjaRnF9B53mCKzTKsCZp6wAHyWmV6890K4z7VdWyQxcC2CH2w5mqE74AIRsYrrUI5FY2WAqUeFZ_zOcnXMEM8IBJgNoDrGUfb4oWVESxrdbJ-O5RA/s1600-h/IMG_3595.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/AVvXsEi-udgqvf1XzwZGIHHupfJ0RErZJ0FjaRnF9B53mCKzTKsCZp6wAHyWmV6890K4z7VdWyQxcC2CH2w5mqE74AIRsYrrUI5FY2WAqUeFZ_zOcnXMEM8IBJgNoDrGUfb4oWVESxrdbJ-O5RA/s400/IMG_3595.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429246639764211746" /></a>Hello, can I help you? Yes, I work here. Uh-huh, uh-huh. Okay. Yes, that's fine. Okay, bye-bye.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS6tXOugJKQB7bAvBKpH9JADcTbnb7nuoAKlmkXUW_RISMBXfZt37wgk2_epTdyR9iDICaBmTOFUWlXyNRb3EOoPtFGXDcJ7EOwL_ys1ePFzwcBeImJw4qEm-px0wINsZRwxxrxy5drY/s1600-h/IMG_3594.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428533520468858322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS6tXOugJKQB7bAvBKpH9JADcTbnb7nuoAKlmkXUW_RISMBXfZt37wgk2_epTdyR9iDICaBmTOFUWlXyNRb3EOoPtFGXDcJ7EOwL_ys1ePFzwcBeImJw4qEm-px0wINsZRwxxrxy5drY/s400/IMG_3594.JPG" /></a><br />Hi Daddy. Yes, I'm busy working. I on the phone. I work here. Okay, see you later. Love you more. Bye.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qif78Hz4ZLoG3zrgb2CGKlQAgeNQTgV9WwEe_dXxFSpjOKV41LJDKcLM9XhDXiXbpCuve5ehYPBitnn-9lhyphenhyphengzDqO3jrCB8jTdqJXpoVK372aoO5ABxXGinulkQ6Uelk8-eQCpHk1jg/s1600-h/IMG_3597.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428543272977423362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qif78Hz4ZLoG3zrgb2CGKlQAgeNQTgV9WwEe_dXxFSpjOKV41LJDKcLM9XhDXiXbpCuve5ehYPBitnn-9lhyphenhyphengzDqO3jrCB8jTdqJXpoVK372aoO5ABxXGinulkQ6Uelk8-eQCpHk1jg/s400/IMG_3597.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, I see your problem. Maybe you need lunch, or a nap. Are you hungry? Okay what do you want? What else? We don't have tacos. And what do you want to drink? Okay. Comin' right up. Thank you.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0qgu3zC0Hlsqlc-oaIN7qlxsWd5zmpKDq_SGjJsRlNNAzQc703CKCmN99rxEe4WjMEkCvY0qgXz4xzh8qcrTNL76JQfUiEaHSqu3C8niPmQv3F9WaJVQoOPrBsVrjomq62cS38oZNtI/s1600-h/IMG_3596.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428543261134293298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0qgu3zC0Hlsqlc-oaIN7qlxsWd5zmpKDq_SGjJsRlNNAzQc703CKCmN99rxEe4WjMEkCvY0qgXz4xzh8qcrTNL76JQfUiEaHSqu3C8niPmQv3F9WaJVQoOPrBsVrjomq62cS38oZNtI/s400/IMG_3596.JPG" /></a><br /><p><br /><br /><br />I'm busy, Mommy.</p><p>(Do you want lunch, Kate?)</p><p>whispering - Yes. I want yougurt, too. <br />(into phone) Okay, I have to go now, bye-bye.</p>Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-90495057688094474432009-10-31T10:58:00.000-07:002010-02-22T09:44:47.847-08:00Halloween<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2khHZTlEGQ_FEQqYO6ejyN5R7wGfE_51yq_3ttne2FO5F-1L89Sc0kF017ixlTkybxT_Kyl1dcgKuJAEy3lTawrvLcCYIENkkrkq-Os-cSuf28FD7C1K-Pv_D3v5pBsdDjGF-_I0MDRE/s1600-h/IMG_3576.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428173371783555026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2khHZTlEGQ_FEQqYO6ejyN5R7wGfE_51yq_3ttne2FO5F-1L89Sc0kF017ixlTkybxT_Kyl1dcgKuJAEy3lTawrvLcCYIENkkrkq-Os-cSuf28FD7C1K-Pv_D3v5pBsdDjGF-_I0MDRE/s400/IMG_3576.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Well, here they are in all their glory...Mr. Incredible (without the mask), and Minnie Mouse!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM2U_X2BIySntBrItYwk08q8yiQNkvYF7lq4rj6H5ymirsEAYgm-yk4rUdCHmYI90tiXd4FNHSE_IP2qowrGvUdoNBb7GTlLYRkyK9XcN6QmKsrq0A9U8JqAT7Kwb7P84UDVkJRMjq4Q/s1600-h/IMG_3547.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428171702178516674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM2U_X2BIySntBrItYwk08q8yiQNkvYF7lq4rj6H5ymirsEAYgm-yk4rUdCHmYI90tiXd4FNHSE_IP2qowrGvUdoNBb7GTlLYRkyK9XcN6QmKsrq0A9U8JqAT7Kwb7P84UDVkJRMjq4Q/s400/IMG_3547.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Kate trying to help with the scooping part of jackolantern carving. She draws a face and does some of the scooping, and some of the cleanup, but not the carving.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Gzvi3EvkiUFwkbJvUFlkHEBClUG0KBemhRMhEA_EhkfjBbc6ELcBNaj8aMg7Y8eXpJ6lC9M7hSUiOelXARL1KJ0c4zX-jUoGf0xNp_W3XmfZZCKXpRyaCvMozZESmafotUCWl1GzXKM/s1600-h/IMG_3545.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428168796619439986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Gzvi3EvkiUFwkbJvUFlkHEBClUG0KBemhRMhEA_EhkfjBbc6ELcBNaj8aMg7Y8eXpJ6lC9M7hSUiOelXARL1KJ0c4zX-jUoGf0xNp_W3XmfZZCKXpRyaCvMozZESmafotUCWl1GzXKM/s400/IMG_3545.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mom and Colton in the backyard.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2ptEBsliGw7qJYnl5O4sOxmDevix5Ex_kcMe95EV3Jtw8kbUvKEm1dPbDZCOtIroIKQX4Kxlf7w27NeplPSGZYD9-UEXVBBjUaAdwf0oZO2qJOi2vLIn88yiobKWUidy9MmkY0zxbOA/s1600-h/IMG_3559.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428167350240485954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2ptEBsliGw7qJYnl5O4sOxmDevix5Ex_kcMe95EV3Jtw8kbUvKEm1dPbDZCOtIroIKQX4Kxlf7w27NeplPSGZYD9-UEXVBBjUaAdwf0oZO2qJOi2vLIn88yiobKWUidy9MmkY0zxbOA/s400/IMG_3559.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Ryan showing off his pumpkin face. We actually had to make it bigger, you couldn't see any light coming through his little eyes and mouth!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDroj9SzAExIUsRusI9LQungVqVhnxs1L2o4O4glSUtf54QF8ioQ5TctwN3XTLzi7JP9Q_g8FPzWAFz4P2PaoCLI92qB9vK7H4SrqKyj_T2DtIuZ59sSiVSxr3u3Std-i8pxaNCaKjvk/s1600-h/IMG_3570.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428164639818426466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDroj9SzAExIUsRusI9LQungVqVhnxs1L2o4O4glSUtf54QF8ioQ5TctwN3XTLzi7JP9Q_g8FPzWAFz4P2PaoCLI92qB9vK7H4SrqKyj_T2DtIuZ59sSiVSxr3u3Std-i8pxaNCaKjvk/s400/IMG_3570.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN49BDyjemucQu5aFTFIOHMGX7LmliGVzrPLsgyAApuSYI937X18AxoeETSHt4etpq9zPbIcLB_R-HuSgt8pRcv-5LaOAZP7e7w71pPPGvMuZznavZ7-E7mIqRnsgqwprhWPtanZ1SCBg/s1600-h/IMG_3572.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428164631330265554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN49BDyjemucQu5aFTFIOHMGX7LmliGVzrPLsgyAApuSYI937X18AxoeETSHt4etpq9zPbIcLB_R-HuSgt8pRcv-5LaOAZP7e7w71pPPGvMuZznavZ7-E7mIqRnsgqwprhWPtanZ1SCBg/s400/IMG_3572.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8r66hTlIKk_IRcnVb1HzhTQ2TSYtYOpIHXeEkXqGjvXFhmrI97shw_8bJpCzH7H07Er-FqIOnsPUvFCVMdIxcjCOu0y-DKFieh7FBZzr5jLJOYbjEqp1BTaF5_COnc1Y4h22jrX8teQ/s1600-h/IMG_3575.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428162854585051986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8r66hTlIKk_IRcnVb1HzhTQ2TSYtYOpIHXeEkXqGjvXFhmrI97shw_8bJpCzH7H07Er-FqIOnsPUvFCVMdIxcjCOu0y-DKFieh7FBZzr5jLJOYbjEqp1BTaF5_COnc1Y4h22jrX8teQ/s400/IMG_3575.JPG" /></a>Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-43360543844548547362009-10-25T13:57:00.000-07:002010-02-22T09:45:23.119-08:00Autumn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wA6Ecz7AhPhp3I-5iZoIJICT9vXMNsQnvRyOWbUarqdBFFb2AnYWzR0FczTKpcWNBcca6yf5Efu0RzYT9MmsCyS2LogV0X3A4DlzdKjRvNIOG5Fi0eC04pJJrZqStcodFQq-ql_DuG0/s1600-h/IMG_3524.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427104034250264962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wA6Ecz7AhPhp3I-5iZoIJICT9vXMNsQnvRyOWbUarqdBFFb2AnYWzR0FczTKpcWNBcca6yf5Efu0RzYT9MmsCyS2LogV0X3A4DlzdKjRvNIOG5Fi0eC04pJJrZqStcodFQq-ql_DuG0/s400/IMG_3524.JPG" /></a><br />It's that time again...pumpkin time. It was so close to Halloween, that we snuck and took the guys out of school to join me and Kate at the pumpkin patch. It was a beautiful day.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMuHRuZzD7EdTYUxo9W3M5qVOTaH3MU2xZHfif4-aBXQTrxe4ZsY1O9DVm9TMWkoB6xUmIC3IG3o6s9UYhVDho8yZ6EAikVyl4JOBuym5oWIcneL1NR4_Zr8NlvubbiVBVJSdFLseYOc/s1600-h/IMG_3522.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427102299902272946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMuHRuZzD7EdTYUxo9W3M5qVOTaH3MU2xZHfif4-aBXQTrxe4ZsY1O9DVm9TMWkoB6xUmIC3IG3o6s9UYhVDho8yZ6EAikVyl4JOBuym5oWIcneL1NR4_Zr8NlvubbiVBVJSdFLseYOc/s400/IMG_3522.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Ryan, Kate and Colton with their chosen booty.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCU8CbdJwZHI-_MJyAg2J8a_-Z76pRki8rlEhbMSEjEWlgi0NUcjEidklzGE8rdwSRqiLAy0gIgegLvOHQFBJ7sA2i8wiOzS2u8GKMWdpuOZhxjIfrWq2beAQrmSacrOUw9r171gSBM1s/s1600-h/IMG_3518.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427101519728547154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCU8CbdJwZHI-_MJyAg2J8a_-Z76pRki8rlEhbMSEjEWlgi0NUcjEidklzGE8rdwSRqiLAy0gIgegLvOHQFBJ7sA2i8wiOzS2u8GKMWdpuOZhxjIfrWq2beAQrmSacrOUw9r171gSBM1s/s400/IMG_3518.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ryan inevitably confiscates my sunglasses whenever we come here, it's so bright!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoSsDGlq3sK3srPSCNBa1VxMP3sTOdQrmWJ7Swtb2D609cZy2Q3Ho8Q078xrmJCngJXxZEbvSrSU-sdWfzRCGe2Ixw7aPm6qqrsRcOsfAnRF6sVaka2A90nE0iKeK6SmKEPcpKsyE5L4/s1600-h/IMG_3481.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427092293712042530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoSsDGlq3sK3srPSCNBa1VxMP3sTOdQrmWJ7Swtb2D609cZy2Q3Ho8Q078xrmJCngJXxZEbvSrSU-sdWfzRCGe2Ixw7aPm6qqrsRcOsfAnRF6sVaka2A90nE0iKeK6SmKEPcpKsyE5L4/s400/IMG_3481.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ryan and Kate both asked (actually, begged) to right the ponies, so here we are. :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNqB94UugaXC8_OTbO5_hMKZeTBtE25XL1tjIuf1RNkmmwHgXnQ6N6FJc-Gi-tD3LBOCBOlvQcnco8xwcYaqq11RU5dkhygKxqxQ9-m5_-Zw9Y21KU-3bHQSuNIDLjScyyyX30iqWtfY/s1600-h/IMG_3480.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427091641326696322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNqB94UugaXC8_OTbO5_hMKZeTBtE25XL1tjIuf1RNkmmwHgXnQ6N6FJc-Gi-tD3LBOCBOlvQcnco8xwcYaqq11RU5dkhygKxqxQ9-m5_-Zw9Y21KU-3bHQSuNIDLjScyyyX30iqWtfY/s400/IMG_3480.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Two years ago when we came here, Kate was very afraid of the ponies. Not now!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSue0a5Wc6bPLSXjhA5yk9mSMIm1szuLNptnbM1ZY-wouLFGmVCDJeIb3jFDvWBF0QTtV93S8yuvnCZSR1O7H61rtqGa70bK-QiHaWOpQSR5zYuLQTwK62AYAg50L6zmXmY2bafTwZ2os/s1600-h/IMG_3499.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 319px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427100466545101474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSue0a5Wc6bPLSXjhA5yk9mSMIm1szuLNptnbM1ZY-wouLFGmVCDJeIb3jFDvWBF0QTtV93S8yuvnCZSR1O7H61rtqGa70bK-QiHaWOpQSR5zYuLQTwK62AYAg50L6zmXmY2bafTwZ2os/s400/IMG_3499.JPG" /></a><br />Kate and Ryan checking out small farm animals.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw37mh_ib9PIcTfF-Dk6S85WOmbntEZqF9d8I6HRkJpCby6XHf-c2It-Hj7QRVICbN4YjmgJxiAe0mbfE4DwI9RMHiqeCRluOroZlOZNtXebALaKMdnAtgkNREzaUd5abnvSkrpldubBQ/s1600-h/IMG_3493.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 298px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427098301468976386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw37mh_ib9PIcTfF-Dk6S85WOmbntEZqF9d8I6HRkJpCby6XHf-c2It-Hj7QRVICbN4YjmgJxiAe0mbfE4DwI9RMHiqeCRluOroZlOZNtXebALaKMdnAtgkNREzaUd5abnvSkrpldubBQ/s400/IMG_3493.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUjQdjnXSZhvxqqtyDcMjCrG_CUZclk7fplSkohlaD2B4KC7NAxqRvuhZDsIvPyw1Vf09bK7vXzhT1Z6KdXtbb65J_MAYmJm9c_8Dhko1LP1pe6_hyphenhyphenaeX13yK1WGKHMyRD9D5u9-ysHU/s1600-h/IMG_3491.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 357px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427097643614817138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUjQdjnXSZhvxqqtyDcMjCrG_CUZclk7fplSkohlaD2B4KC7NAxqRvuhZDsIvPyw1Vf09bK7vXzhT1Z6KdXtbb65J_MAYmJm9c_8Dhko1LP1pe6_hyphenhyphenaeX13yK1WGKHMyRD9D5u9-ysHU/s400/IMG_3491.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-LfNHX4R3FWaOelpE20foQijSUL5TqMJjMGtLHIiEXhmpWinX67cq7gMT0S_xu_jvPoDmXP3sH4pnQN0es-igRdc6CfC5VzDxflkPh4RuaH-FFdCUVkcbyPLb60tQp0aD2-xHZUWg7Y/s1600-h/IMG_3497.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 309px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427096571500034562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-LfNHX4R3FWaOelpE20foQijSUL5TqMJjMGtLHIiEXhmpWinX67cq7gMT0S_xu_jvPoDmXP3sH4pnQN0es-igRdc6CfC5VzDxflkPh4RuaH-FFdCUVkcbyPLb60tQp0aD2-xHZUWg7Y/s400/IMG_3497.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kate-4 1/2, Ryan-6 and Colton-11 on a pretty day.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJz3kgwi1lJQi91zUqbshx9TZkzKOGGC-vWcd0GXSjuThx2lEDU2QiwAjfDI4wqgeR9z-RjwX1xe_qSDKD8y54VG5eseHQl-SLBJb1jieDWxOrRvobA74LDWDPWNVzjusD6vGYpheHpc/s1600-h/IMG_3532.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427105218403107314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJz3kgwi1lJQi91zUqbshx9TZkzKOGGC-vWcd0GXSjuThx2lEDU2QiwAjfDI4wqgeR9z-RjwX1xe_qSDKD8y54VG5eseHQl-SLBJb1jieDWxOrRvobA74LDWDPWNVzjusD6vGYpheHpc/s400/IMG_3532.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ryan thought he looked very cool as the fat farmer!Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-72695001585375445572009-10-10T14:14:00.000-07:002010-02-22T09:47:36.213-08:00Carousel and the Zoo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxZK5VBWBNc7lJuzBnnm1HUGUYXMY9ataVTyNrpKHppEbvkqmk63g2ldRZno3wdrY2b_QHzDvxeWcR8sIxT_2gxCXlFxYW59lfqueltluaC-H7G2vSkqDwGmXEC0KCU2dYSl51pTbZ-w/s1600-h/IMG_3435.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424129615135144290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxZK5VBWBNc7lJuzBnnm1HUGUYXMY9ataVTyNrpKHppEbvkqmk63g2ldRZno3wdrY2b_QHzDvxeWcR8sIxT_2gxCXlFxYW59lfqueltluaC-H7G2vSkqDwGmXEC0KCU2dYSl51pTbZ-w/s400/IMG_3435.JPG" /></a><br />There's a carousel in front of the San Diego Zoo that my mom used to take us on. My kids love it as well. So when we went to the zoo, Ryan and Kate asked, "Can we go on the Merry Go Round?! Please, please please?"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWSlR8wNMovuJwe_ztDO230ituEfEgTB1OBkTjSD6zvX8fVZIV_SQDvEkmL75sKVbJ4IP1HZsNACOZSu1mYZPFj1Qr3dI583ML-CwpKNPakbRIvMxM6waqYMXfVd9VZ4yCrABW5-5Nyw/s1600-h/IMG_3434.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424128975816849618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWSlR8wNMovuJwe_ztDO230ituEfEgTB1OBkTjSD6zvX8fVZIV_SQDvEkmL75sKVbJ4IP1HZsNACOZSu1mYZPFj1Qr3dI583ML-CwpKNPakbRIvMxM6waqYMXfVd9VZ4yCrABW5-5Nyw/s400/IMG_3434.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKXskGRLtpJNJhGFDeZWWIEXpxVpxb-QTWKFRLMi7GPBJYesGZp2AufO0prhjhrGpGjImzkjEQcUwsjET1s2QfxsVhQY-BCCZ_Pr85iO_11r5nLsOEbOUo0UwPfg9_EcDpCxAdElmoRk/s1600-h/IMG_3437.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424130308352194034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKXskGRLtpJNJhGFDeZWWIEXpxVpxb-QTWKFRLMi7GPBJYesGZp2AufO0prhjhrGpGjImzkjEQcUwsjET1s2QfxsVhQY-BCCZ_Pr85iO_11r5nLsOEbOUo0UwPfg9_EcDpCxAdElmoRk/s400/IMG_3437.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />They're so sweet holding hands...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hU9ckAoh5yvlTNR5tumL4KWxL17760sEACL4JRuuzH525p40cNM8xhlwvukkmQQMhu-ZPtfbaVVRtFXuhG7-tJDTpQwmbVeyYaRvSiJA8pKkxlKz3hlHocAY1mqQrUXWDn7gtjb-bqM/s1600-h/IMG_3470.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424134754791237874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hU9ckAoh5yvlTNR5tumL4KWxL17760sEACL4JRuuzH525p40cNM8xhlwvukkmQQMhu-ZPtfbaVVRtFXuhG7-tJDTpQwmbVeyYaRvSiJA8pKkxlKz3hlHocAY1mqQrUXWDn7gtjb-bqM/s400/IMG_3470.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpfLWXjyZ6RXfdqd8Jah-Z9fFWWej8QAfgOGjfPp1PDaAqj65laNwnA-kQeJsYDEDMkPkfEU9g49WHIf7cTUNessKOB7KoGGrwn-fsw4ktqAhPe6fQf4qP9swqbv_fVpMGqR19ME4_Yw/s1600-h/IMG_3453.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424134748890132434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpfLWXjyZ6RXfdqd8Jah-Z9fFWWej8QAfgOGjfPp1PDaAqj65laNwnA-kQeJsYDEDMkPkfEU9g49WHIf7cTUNessKOB7KoGGrwn-fsw4ktqAhPe6fQf4qP9swqbv_fVpMGqR19ME4_Yw/s400/IMG_3453.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mom and the little guys. Ryan -6 and Kate 4 1/2.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuKat7-FQbb1NjVV9TLc5IaSpr5s82Lc54CVhyW64cA8jz0UgFtIoDqeosLmgFfwVFgtBFCBBCR1YcS8p7kmkfnm0okrZC620jipcdGtndCTw4J_QQpYHVOS8YYjlooImp22eyw0v7E8/s1600-h/IMG_3446.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424132838696717074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuKat7-FQbb1NjVV9TLc5IaSpr5s82Lc54CVhyW64cA8jz0UgFtIoDqeosLmgFfwVFgtBFCBBCR1YcS8p7kmkfnm0okrZC620jipcdGtndCTw4J_QQpYHVOS8YYjlooImp22eyw0v7E8/s400/IMG_3446.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0OuW6h-YDh1X6Ag_OLDJnp54lw7-kvIHN4sEZw5Xx2T8Vnz3fQq6jFlT-COiSMbaIXTXLPJmDL5FmsjTi-YTcvnw5Yr5cU7qtuz1Ei66-vjvbOa1oxPzqE-GK3SGqOGacu-oEe7gyGw/s1600-h/IMG_3444.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424132830946365410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0OuW6h-YDh1X6Ag_OLDJnp54lw7-kvIHN4sEZw5Xx2T8Vnz3fQq6jFlT-COiSMbaIXTXLPJmDL5FmsjTi-YTcvnw5Yr5cU7qtuz1Ei66-vjvbOa1oxPzqE-GK3SGqOGacu-oEe7gyGw/s400/IMG_3444.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The gorilla looks kind of annoyed. : )<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfla4etjALh2nv_TZms6trJZAk9awnHEgNCUq5DQe6WJDML7doXk0jR7YUU1-nUfx389ER3r_aI-R5IYDf1nHrofHcxcmcnMPGdgPaJxUdEfebCDpaBlxqAd8juHAhWhSbSHET9Xjhds/s1600-h/IMG_3442.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424131207503166546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfla4etjALh2nv_TZms6trJZAk9awnHEgNCUq5DQe6WJDML7doXk0jR7YUU1-nUfx389ER3r_aI-R5IYDf1nHrofHcxcmcnMPGdgPaJxUdEfebCDpaBlxqAd8juHAhWhSbSHET9Xjhds/s400/IMG_3442.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ryan, Kate and Dad.Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-74807780478532994282009-10-03T09:31:00.000-07:002010-02-22T09:46:56.933-08:00FCC Picnic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ17VMyH0OgZo10YQXS9cAemzV6Rsg5CHVGsXdm-2z_2ejvjuh97Kv8J0YpydFgmH4xgyWWPETVPdbRPmRrGVzOthAhYUKJ-dgzqQjBKa85PUpUH1hP-sw-EnBivzQVnf6DFrwaODJPu8/s1600-h/IMG_3378.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/AVvXsEjZ17VMyH0OgZo10YQXS9cAemzV6Rsg5CHVGsXdm-2z_2ejvjuh97Kv8J0YpydFgmH4xgyWWPETVPdbRPmRrGVzOthAhYUKJ-dgzqQjBKa85PUpUH1hP-sw-EnBivzQVnf6DFrwaODJPu8/s400/IMG_3378.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424114838978574274" /></a><br />In early autumn, the local FCC has their Mid Autumn Moon Festival at a local park. Everyone brings their own dinner or small barbeque, or if you're having a hectic day, your own pizza! It's very low key, and lots of fun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rrznC8BQ1qsnjx6mgsAEVTmVOo6SJv-T8VSai61dLHRoHSpT11eLDHl7YSZ7yOXOGgTnUueFPPexMTuWjYf2fOMWFb5Bjujw0PHMYlkPsbRTHWeYZpdrXva4Jrdt5VpvPKPMePVbR6U/s1600-h/IMG_3373.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410710081386520290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rrznC8BQ1qsnjx6mgsAEVTmVOo6SJv-T8VSai61dLHRoHSpT11eLDHl7YSZ7yOXOGgTnUueFPPexMTuWjYf2fOMWFb5Bjujw0PHMYlkPsbRTHWeYZpdrXva4Jrdt5VpvPKPMePVbR6U/s400/IMG_3373.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This year we finally got a group photo. Yay!! Kate is in the orange in the middle in front.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4X7FTICr-5sVuq5eQgNiTudepFPx3M3PyRbuid4WjJDX0Atks2MeFPGlQqo6jX0ZMgQEc6kS8z1MotyNycSO93R_JfciuJUbNY_0kNoUn0HO3rYtU8byXwZW4Xc0gSd91cpNcFS1PBQ/s1600-h/IMG_3371.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410706773398234802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4X7FTICr-5sVuq5eQgNiTudepFPx3M3PyRbuid4WjJDX0Atks2MeFPGlQqo6jX0ZMgQEc6kS8z1MotyNycSO93R_JfciuJUbNY_0kNoUn0HO3rYtU8byXwZW4Xc0gSd91cpNcFS1PBQ/s400/IMG_3371.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Kate and her friend Mae, who lives down the street.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-Tu0jR_f1AOjAF7yyC3sMKjqU_gJSvkXftF6Hms5c6Zr8B04F2dv0FChBDTNQDflPRc2t5hyphenhyphenlczvMN2cx6bf58nElcANre99W2oDXIEnAGdHI_TfTDxuo6iKKF4j6xz791SrFNm7C2Q/s1600-h/IMG_3361.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 186px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410706760466974098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-Tu0jR_f1AOjAF7yyC3sMKjqU_gJSvkXftF6Hms5c6Zr8B04F2dv0FChBDTNQDflPRc2t5hyphenhyphenlczvMN2cx6bf58nElcANre99W2oDXIEnAGdHI_TfTDxuo6iKKF4j6xz791SrFNm7C2Q/s400/IMG_3361.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The oldest girls you usually see are about 12 years old. There used to be lots of babies, but what with the adoptions being so much more difficult, and the wait being 3-5 yrs.!, you don't see many babies. I hope that changes. Recently, many people hoping to adopt from China have looked to other countries, due to the difficulties. You can see all their cute faces if you double click on the picture (then just hit the 'back' arrow). I don't know how I used to think Asian people all looked alike. They're so different!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOkpzFcVMxCE7gV-cR6oXszVjNc1PrPkvzTxiLgncZTq0o8FJuRqWfgtvyWJaR3HZY41x2Tzrn0VpVvXXAoThHQXsEq7xiWbO0Q1lgfOuZgXpP6_P0vxur_mbAxrHh0kgyVR1KASFxmc/s1600-h/IMG_3354.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410706745391423618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOkpzFcVMxCE7gV-cR6oXszVjNc1PrPkvzTxiLgncZTq0o8FJuRqWfgtvyWJaR3HZY41x2Tzrn0VpVvXXAoThHQXsEq7xiWbO0Q1lgfOuZgXpP6_P0vxur_mbAxrHh0kgyVR1KASFxmc/s400/IMG_3354.JPG" /></a><br /><br />A bunch of sweet little girls, waiting to have their picture taken .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBiv3E7T6NR_J6kXYudCsIbBGHnsyTOqyJgnz_roPrak7hqhLTaCZWHpKzV_rnATwQkAGilwT_By0ZwZNxx8MaAAtnQk8FhreAlEFqCMhdgNEdIAECd9Zi7TTdBxrUTRg9hG2-835nH8/s1600-h/IMG_3384.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410704360548170802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBiv3E7T6NR_J6kXYudCsIbBGHnsyTOqyJgnz_roPrak7hqhLTaCZWHpKzV_rnATwQkAGilwT_By0ZwZNxx8MaAAtnQk8FhreAlEFqCMhdgNEdIAECd9Zi7TTdBxrUTRg9hG2-835nH8/s400/IMG_3384.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />It's a nice enclosed park, where people can "catch up" with the other parents, and the kids can play on the playground.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC5-va6DNgEuB5Xr12oeOgXUxv6UEPnc_fSXWy8TrK1ZZ-H90LkR_ZQfdGWZVg2ntA6hkfNMlwtiMQGTx3ucFGgf6iKki4zjWpTWjI5wmxDxGjcIQ3OZ4weip76LrLekK0rDJGlWjsH4/s1600-h/IMG_3385.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410704348219084786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC5-va6DNgEuB5Xr12oeOgXUxv6UEPnc_fSXWy8TrK1ZZ-H90LkR_ZQfdGWZVg2ntA6hkfNMlwtiMQGTx3ucFGgf6iKki4zjWpTWjI5wmxDxGjcIQ3OZ4weip76LrLekK0rDJGlWjsH4/s400/IMG_3385.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Moon cakes donated for tasting. They're very expensive. I usually try a quarter piece of one, can't bring myself to finish it, and give it to Kevin.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rG-4dSpercLR_gY6uf8h0FyTG-SDc8O9iBsDZIhw_Kz68b7ihFWgOGFVMlG4bqaYIQpv71A-B4QzLKQdJTMTuQl4oZkLCxaFg6FQEBP-x4k4GY_dExscKsulUoTcspsup7id9DXpNf0/s1600-h/IMG_3348.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410704369094754242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rG-4dSpercLR_gY6uf8h0FyTG-SDc8O9iBsDZIhw_Kz68b7ihFWgOGFVMlG4bqaYIQpv71A-B4QzLKQdJTMTuQl4oZkLCxaFg6FQEBP-x4k4GY_dExscKsulUoTcspsup7id9DXpNf0/s400/IMG_3348.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kate with her new Halloween shirt, 'Welcome to My Website'.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingqQ8gJCZ4FrTtMI5uZpD7mJABqOd3KYrZZTqxFXWi2oN3YVVyDIqKELhs1eqnm73g4UYwA8L4AfTEQCPV1o5c1u9rE4D8qjaRo6z02R-5fZylHLcVYSwIr2nk05nY-Np0vrhThotxDY/s1600-h/IMG_3383.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410702206684589586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingqQ8gJCZ4FrTtMI5uZpD7mJABqOd3KYrZZTqxFXWi2oN3YVVyDIqKELhs1eqnm73g4UYwA8L4AfTEQCPV1o5c1u9rE4D8qjaRo6z02R-5fZylHLcVYSwIr2nk05nY-Np0vrhThotxDY/s400/IMG_3383.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mooncakes come in all different flavors.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXZYKbtGyPpB0ZQloRTfHz3cHYQCTEvOwRBnbqBtd3Bm5Zc7eaWV01UFueti60sKFgrKJ6i5VEnCuHVfzBPX4gL86PBszm55xFZJEOLE-lJOug6x9AUJ5sQIE7cz4k8xhn6z8q7GAgIU/s1600-h/IMG_3382.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410704343078683154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXZYKbtGyPpB0ZQloRTfHz3cHYQCTEvOwRBnbqBtd3Bm5Zc7eaWV01UFueti60sKFgrKJ6i5VEnCuHVfzBPX4gL86PBszm55xFZJEOLE-lJOug6x9AUJ5sQIE7cz4k8xhn6z8q7GAgIU/s400/IMG_3382.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIUQ23GvsWLWPBmP_-VNiM3SJIrVU-E4urIwCc0wqLOceKyZ9BT97dI3tSYuXdiL0jFFyBnX-j8wX5dZpnnuPYCXMTwZZC65WJKF5LP0vEWrOESOFAjI4O58LKaVa1sBxUq_Iw2H09y0/s1600-h/IMG_3387.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410702203115126322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIUQ23GvsWLWPBmP_-VNiM3SJIrVU-E4urIwCc0wqLOceKyZ9BT97dI3tSYuXdiL0jFFyBnX-j8wX5dZpnnuPYCXMTwZZC65WJKF5LP0vEWrOESOFAjI4O58LKaVa1sBxUq_Iw2H09y0/s400/IMG_3387.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Colton is a little girl magnet.<br />I don't know what it is, but they head straight for him and he will play with them or carry them around, like a big brother.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdRF3dfk02tgMbMFAAntTCQJG9IYUk1naq505gz1yoURYX2YUuWnajQVlH38kYEDdmQhsJHaWGsw7AZEExL5afh7xC1HTrPuugPCs3LaQIVF7dXHBu6HewlFi8zLztNnV70KQYRzTq54/s1600-h/IMG_3390.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410702193911711298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdRF3dfk02tgMbMFAAntTCQJG9IYUk1naq505gz1yoURYX2YUuWnajQVlH38kYEDdmQhsJHaWGsw7AZEExL5afh7xC1HTrPuugPCs3LaQIVF7dXHBu6HewlFi8zLztNnV70KQYRzTq54/s400/IMG_3390.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kate always has such love in her eyes for Colton.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFunPtPNqgRQDc3a8x68RJ8PKhvDueSxG8ro129FIZnm0JSeVdyr_CrdfHh4EqBhy5Lhaz__NnHbGAKngOBio1RsDpJX6ZY2U2aiwmvi7T1lXdF3UDFz9nwUnW4lmigM63UYjSDL6Qa_M/s1600-h/IMG_3394.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410702178666192114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFunPtPNqgRQDc3a8x68RJ8PKhvDueSxG8ro129FIZnm0JSeVdyr_CrdfHh4EqBhy5Lhaz__NnHbGAKngOBio1RsDpJX6ZY2U2aiwmvi7T1lXdF3UDFz9nwUnW4lmigM63UYjSDL6Qa_M/s400/IMG_3394.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dad and Kate in the lantern 'parade'.<br />When the sun sets, everyone gets out their lanterns, store bought, or homemade, and walks around the sidewalk loop, that goes around the park. It looks pretty.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fcJYeYzeQcLBwUaBA-pbUgZFS5dxYoC5oUTNU6YNKGzlcs6uPAgzqL04wsuvZh-KkeraFfOd-59hreCF2jP9VdbqM_iZtBDVYv3vAHIhakzpEP74QNLoAR-negcKmsT2i1MKJogHWV8/s1600-h/IMG_3392.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410702183810829954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fcJYeYzeQcLBwUaBA-pbUgZFS5dxYoC5oUTNU6YNKGzlcs6uPAgzqL04wsuvZh-KkeraFfOd-59hreCF2jP9VdbqM_iZtBDVYv3vAHIhakzpEP74QNLoAR-negcKmsT2i1MKJogHWV8/s400/IMG_3392.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Colton and some very cute little girl he "found". :) <br />Her parents kept telling her not to bother Colton, or make him carry her, but she and Colton remained buddies throughout the evening, with Colton carrying her through the whole "parade".<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCYPCaM1WvXbnXx6E_y1cH6yirZaWrus0XPllpT9J-3s2Qq90fzQ1giYl-K6rhCiG03E7xrI7A8_rAG2FwJ5HPCAOEmIcPieHX5fq2nzIK-IuLO_H8IIPczjqxjNn0oVsAZFU5IdChSY/s1600-h/IMG_3397.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410700850647019778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCYPCaM1WvXbnXx6E_y1cH6yirZaWrus0XPllpT9J-3s2Qq90fzQ1giYl-K6rhCiG03E7xrI7A8_rAG2FwJ5HPCAOEmIcPieHX5fq2nzIK-IuLO_H8IIPczjqxjNn0oVsAZFU5IdChSY/s400/IMG_3397.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJohFQSVeveq4W2C6L4imaAR_HkyvKBxaNCL0WzspCGMuOvvprsbfT3G2P_sem6e4CyBdDKrkeVxAjD8qAAQHlXlRduXuKTfE5oKk-Bhm6R9KlMEY8wgyIJ7S8ezWe10FReE0xNBEqeY/s1600-h/IMG_3398.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410700836357730370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJohFQSVeveq4W2C6L4imaAR_HkyvKBxaNCL0WzspCGMuOvvprsbfT3G2P_sem6e4CyBdDKrkeVxAjD8qAAQHlXlRduXuKTfE5oKk-Bhm6R9KlMEY8wgyIJ7S8ezWe10FReE0xNBEqeY/s400/IMG_3398.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Brendan, Ryan, Dad and Kate, all being silly for the camera.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPPTcTUwBzRSgfts8aRSvo_X1Q_N-BRqx1PTHe7Qh1teerXoOEeRF7Fi3KiF4ElNb6aQ7c-euc9GiP_X1q016_jX4egCW8N2KQt-iUui6aAHqk3hEhx_VdwERZes07tvFjMdrlY4mDtU/s1600-h/IMG_3404.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410696717950288850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPPTcTUwBzRSgfts8aRSvo_X1Q_N-BRqx1PTHe7Qh1teerXoOEeRF7Fi3KiF4ElNb6aQ7c-euc9GiP_X1q016_jX4egCW8N2KQt-iUui6aAHqk3hEhx_VdwERZes07tvFjMdrlY4mDtU/s400/IMG_3404.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I love this picture of Kevin and Colton, with Kate tucked in between them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5OD5LF31UjFtO-rXMv4lS6COVzvKrzju24z0522Lt1pZUIQGWVMQmKlXEV-IFCxfDXl5iGJjSlJvALSr7kAYo05uFavUYF4wkqmIU3ixkZ3QpAdhQ_ib-0RRJHRKG8Roudh1TTHvXCQ/s1600-h/IMG_3402.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410696738508324434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5OD5LF31UjFtO-rXMv4lS6COVzvKrzju24z0522Lt1pZUIQGWVMQmKlXEV-IFCxfDXl5iGJjSlJvALSr7kAYo05uFavUYF4wkqmIU3ixkZ3QpAdhQ_ib-0RRJHRKG8Roudh1TTHvXCQ/s400/IMG_3402.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7C7WWjWJiunfNuGfpzQn_3iA6mP6LxnSA6TOVDDSptiCAl5mCyF3yGMENpEdSF1eCMFTmuyeWIk5-kdLwMuHY6nEXMi4q_ESvXqAExKPtNOKF4vvw8wMNw_Te18uiFi2QW_mtC-xd_A/s1600-h/IMG_3403.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410696729596484162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7C7WWjWJiunfNuGfpzQn_3iA6mP6LxnSA6TOVDDSptiCAl5mCyF3yGMENpEdSF1eCMFTmuyeWIk5-kdLwMuHY6nEXMi4q_ESvXqAExKPtNOKF4vvw8wMNw_Te18uiFi2QW_mtC-xd_A/s400/IMG_3403.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Someone had brought their telescope and let the kids look at the full moon. Kate and Ryan were trying very hard to look, without bumping it at all. If you move it even a tiny bit, you can't see the moon any more. (This was unfortunately learned through experience.)Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-13995973132548709232009-09-06T10:25:00.000-07:002010-02-22T09:49:03.553-08:00A Trip to the Birch Aquarium @ Scripps<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECxUxyq5PLFPBQfYDGJ9DhOLLOlg_73SlMIkKzkmeHOujF8KYxQtlQQ-0uzSzzJ9MCx11-hPIR0BaSveZuamPI0jDTcyFzqdenbirX4QrttBrZJ2DVhtb2PdlOSWDPZCoXdAd-DM63xs/s1600-h/IMG_3299.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401066418657382210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECxUxyq5PLFPBQfYDGJ9DhOLLOlg_73SlMIkKzkmeHOujF8KYxQtlQQ-0uzSzzJ9MCx11-hPIR0BaSveZuamPI0jDTcyFzqdenbirX4QrttBrZJ2DVhtb2PdlOSWDPZCoXdAd-DM63xs/s400/IMG_3299.JPG" border="0" /></a>Brendan had been asking to go to the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. It's about 20 minutes from our house.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfJkz0F0W92REdY0cqRYqjehNGR2CYoKQ6pjlhKrZZRc6pyzm6ONyYVvmmQ-6SGOzAOjPBUhyphenhyphen8DSIowSedoeIxO7RJNpAxiRPKSqWjehIy2f1msqnQEcAcNfviyGJBQe_j-vhq6_QFkg/s1600/IMG_3274.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfJkz0F0W92REdY0cqRYqjehNGR2CYoKQ6pjlhKrZZRc6pyzm6ONyYVvmmQ-6SGOzAOjPBUhyphenhyphen8DSIowSedoeIxO7RJNpAxiRPKSqWjehIy2f1msqnQEcAcNfviyGJBQe_j-vhq6_QFkg/s400/IMG_3274.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409704442520622658" /></a><br /><br />4 year old Kate loves places like this. Actually, she loves any new adventure.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tymPFVFhK8JlgdtddzpVtzcFlO8aDdXSU7mMYTGV6kt2rXToierQsn0Q1g54-uffDV50HgQH1PCBKdc8Vs84PWEoG0USSiQuDEgkjEoG2020iOOXD8zDuhAbQWvMxwS6_h4jC7RceHQ/s1600/IMG_3296.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tymPFVFhK8JlgdtddzpVtzcFlO8aDdXSU7mMYTGV6kt2rXToierQsn0Q1g54-uffDV50HgQH1PCBKdc8Vs84PWEoG0USSiQuDEgkjEoG2020iOOXD8zDuhAbQWvMxwS6_h4jC7RceHQ/s400/IMG_3296.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409704453136268594" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Kate and Dad<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG64AIsIO6lcZ9bJNsSTCmiAHjxxwHBUaMwQuwXwtUiTx67M0vko_LfWUep-gGkzeYwhHoMmRW_Gq9cdMXNjhdLt5rVhv9ds6OKNLI6ItCRQB_u9ADHKwbTdgG0K27LEYfafSVfLXBHLI/s1600/IMG_3287.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG64AIsIO6lcZ9bJNsSTCmiAHjxxwHBUaMwQuwXwtUiTx67M0vko_LfWUep-gGkzeYwhHoMmRW_Gq9cdMXNjhdLt5rVhv9ds6OKNLI6ItCRQB_u9ADHKwbTdgG0K27LEYfafSVfLXBHLI/s400/IMG_3287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409704461065438818" /></a><br /><br />Brendan is the man behind the camera. :) <br />(Colton was at a friend's house and wasn't with us).<br /><br />After you walk through the huge aquariums, you can walk outside to the tidepools, and the view looks over Scripps Institute of Oceanography and La Jolla Shores.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbazKWtnJR7lYrMT7DATP6ujHvDNLbUA-4g4hho0ikEQvsejW_jGeU6BzId_Lxzva_pGrM-pvptihPS2vPOhPtUJlFHmnhqTj4TQ2j-gYJf4klB03HtkA_qnoHIGvSonQcZ8osqQpF_k/s1600/IMG_3300.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbazKWtnJR7lYrMT7DATP6ujHvDNLbUA-4g4hho0ikEQvsejW_jGeU6BzId_Lxzva_pGrM-pvptihPS2vPOhPtUJlFHmnhqTj4TQ2j-gYJf4klB03HtkA_qnoHIGvSonQcZ8osqQpF_k/s400/IMG_3300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409704467613513458" /></a>To the left is La Jolla Shores; this is where we usually go in the summer. It's a nice, clean beach, and the currents don't tend to be as strong as at other beaches.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHdm8mRvY1DaAXPtkGioA0DkOnp9Z502PcvUJVxKxkvYQogHG8rzgGql9ewbTRF09hiCjTvWWV2ukFFXRIkoazWHtkJDihjmk7AQv9RCgUFP9aoggPqE1j6p7976Mhyphenhyphen9PHGd_N4bVBhI/s1600/IMG_3276.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHdm8mRvY1DaAXPtkGioA0DkOnp9Z502PcvUJVxKxkvYQogHG8rzgGql9ewbTRF09hiCjTvWWV2ukFFXRIkoazWHtkJDihjmk7AQv9RCgUFP9aoggPqE1j6p7976Mhyphenhyphen9PHGd_N4bVBhI/s400/IMG_3276.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409704479243871602" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kate and Ryan feeling a Sea Cucumber with a Birch employee. They don't really do anything, except feel wet and squishy.<br />The Sea Cucumber, not the employee! LOL! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKGgOFVzYKdX8r_Av9ZrnnjNsYd8wvojzREKLimkbshMSh2RdKXZNGyz6pP6GoHf0YwVirJMNhwp0alLegE7rZvcobx8YawNsPoU2XTDDArat4mZmGB3y6uTjmayeKWQEPAEnkZsV-Bo/s1600/IMG_3298.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKGgOFVzYKdX8r_Av9ZrnnjNsYd8wvojzREKLimkbshMSh2RdKXZNGyz6pP6GoHf0YwVirJMNhwp0alLegE7rZvcobx8YawNsPoU2XTDDArat4mZmGB3y6uTjmayeKWQEPAEnkZsV-Bo/s400/IMG_3298.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409711180127659458" /></a> Kate showing off her little muscular legs, trying to look through the binoculars! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7m14n0z90kcZmyGeMNABCk-rynCzhlIc25kTqf3td1f6qlKIfgLqmK36ByCcKvndLlg8nVdoaM5MR4ReNASgejFUQ7ysnj23FtG1OJHD3JCWxo-C3y4GR3cnzuBTrocvurwuEduQ872U/s1600/IMG_3310.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7m14n0z90kcZmyGeMNABCk-rynCzhlIc25kTqf3td1f6qlKIfgLqmK36ByCcKvndLlg8nVdoaM5MR4ReNASgejFUQ7ysnj23FtG1OJHD3JCWxo-C3y4GR3cnzuBTrocvurwuEduQ872U/s400/IMG_3310.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409711208507549394" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Ryan found another Sea Cucumber and a star fish.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA67hTYL6WIYGWJNimyeot1E7DWVzrGlMwajzjPXF7GfK1xxo4TzBkqNEF3gQlPilq0ntU8pE4pmdgfnR7vMwthhSyFE8MZthTzOXWGoB68rEOmPCeqe6Z6f4_wG_Rs6lvCL9UjDEuBnY/s1600/IMG_3309.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA67hTYL6WIYGWJNimyeot1E7DWVzrGlMwajzjPXF7GfK1xxo4TzBkqNEF3gQlPilq0ntU8pE4pmdgfnR7vMwthhSyFE8MZthTzOXWGoB68rEOmPCeqe6Z6f4_wG_Rs6lvCL9UjDEuBnY/s400/IMG_3309.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409711198572464370" /></a>I'm pretty sure Kate is wiping her wet hand on the rock!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLidCjh_YPIj6XMpvFMQNbwTlzOEVILZevDXOsM1hsLYYNHHmi6SKnxVoJsnO2F55elHYZs5Kmj8G2cwq9JZtuUbbrXPZ2vkabaz-lfT0z6cyOj33yl6b7I2B6CS6U1gNYvVFtX1SFrk/s1600/IMG_3322.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLidCjh_YPIj6XMpvFMQNbwTlzOEVILZevDXOsM1hsLYYNHHmi6SKnxVoJsnO2F55elHYZs5Kmj8G2cwq9JZtuUbbrXPZ2vkabaz-lfT0z6cyOj33yl6b7I2B6CS6U1gNYvVFtX1SFrk/s400/IMG_3322.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409711189915814146" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />What did you say? Somethings behind me?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cuzrvaIIJjGmHPpqf4-nCdxrrUDS_yCaQNpqk_oSi4sPZIUTgyb80SrBuw1_bVvE6pKsWdOvuVf6QgxkDX_PVL4GloSj5uvfvTNBRs9l4G7UUXD75Fk1dF4BLLo4C3AgJcXs1H-lJa8/s1600/IMG_3326.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cuzrvaIIJjGmHPpqf4-nCdxrrUDS_yCaQNpqk_oSi4sPZIUTgyb80SrBuw1_bVvE6pKsWdOvuVf6QgxkDX_PVL4GloSj5uvfvTNBRs9l4G7UUXD75Fk1dF4BLLo4C3AgJcXs1H-lJa8/s400/IMG_3326.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409708331752503970" /></a> The hands-on part of the aquarium, teaching about water currents.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildk6jpX6_Qrx1JKO4jopG0jDHsFtR1nTy0ApFbHd895xsU2gpYuvEtsbINJrLiYqvqMjAjm0Z7qD8rly9ci0bQFUEo8SBnmM1wNUPlA25OocWBhjMDOLybUzZRruHbQlAGJKX0-xPCxo/s1600/IMG_3320.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijM2XVVO4T2vbPPSrVCHE4Le25IiWxicBNsiGs5swvhxZl5oUdtCHKuMUHgeuZZlFFCXKvTomwpSKdv8JVDDtvhaKp3ZfT-XUNvDiyo2ds5gEfLojdVpc4hxoZ23fBw1DHLBbWYXVOkYE/s400/IMG_3324.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409708288918346082" /></a> <br /><br /><br />Kate and Brendan in the shark's mouth.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BmkVy3rVO3gtdaRsswxvlyyL8S2_vIS1h89B2yjNfwuJcakJt2ADJgOIkWlVJ5PFXgp1P63IdYZV4y0ublegjC8XIOZbk376E6cjA_e1hhHpcwDx35u3hnqKNJgKesK7ob_rk9vUi8c/s1600/IMG_3330.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BmkVy3rVO3gtdaRsswxvlyyL8S2_vIS1h89B2yjNfwuJcakJt2ADJgOIkWlVJ5PFXgp1P63IdYZV4y0ublegjC8XIOZbk376E6cjA_e1hhHpcwDx35u3hnqKNJgKesK7ob_rk9vUi8c/s400/IMG_3330.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409708281552584530" /></a><br /><br /><br />So, yes?, we can go to McDonald's or Souplantation when we leave?<br />I'm hungry.<br />And I'm thirsty!Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-38498281632574448362009-09-01T12:52:00.000-07:002009-10-07T13:31:05.921-07:00Rock On Kate!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPBqYq62BiBPYkO5PXlf39FPF8abwOoiYQK8KYnQ2v_vLziMMLrTKvt-PtTtPBaYTYYJu8TQeEAWXoSlNwZ_xkwMJwMuFBiDzFXyVMqR3mik6e3xsxVBwXYbU7qsTXnJxg6j5AWtUd5s/s1600-h/IMG_3179.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/AVvXsEgXPBqYq62BiBPYkO5PXlf39FPF8abwOoiYQK8KYnQ2v_vLziMMLrTKvt-PtTtPBaYTYYJu8TQeEAWXoSlNwZ_xkwMJwMuFBiDzFXyVMqR3mik6e3xsxVBwXYbU7qsTXnJxg6j5AWtUd5s/s400/IMG_3179.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389949152608567746" /></a>Colton had been in the garage,digging through the box of Halloween costumes, and couldn't resist pulling out the 'rocker' wig. <br /><br />After trying it on Murphy, (which he did not appreciate, and kept trying to roll over to get it off), he put it on Kate, and we could not help laughing.<br /> <br />She is signing 'I love you', popsicle in hand.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZLCUQ7Nut0CFgCf4F8_kccoYk_QNClbRDlcJ8is3FS8Equ8z3Zd07tnlUGxcXlvlUhgb9nbdwY28Tv9_WgKMOre9ve4tpDuOF18sS-NggKtC_FoCvSEvkJFMCcy4JL6N-kunBLgaTvA/s1600-h/IMG_3178.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZLCUQ7Nut0CFgCf4F8_kccoYk_QNClbRDlcJ8is3FS8Equ8z3Zd07tnlUGxcXlvlUhgb9nbdwY28Tv9_WgKMOre9ve4tpDuOF18sS-NggKtC_FoCvSEvkJFMCcy4JL6N-kunBLgaTvA/s400/IMG_3178.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389949143861075394" /></a>Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-59022583487777278212009-08-28T11:18:00.000-07:002009-10-07T13:33:09.848-07:00SPLASH!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_dUmKjzkR-OSJHy4cT39YwJdd8ymlD1oZU7MV9mpZ1w1lhwhkKjOqfSVUm74ysm-o0SR6XX_R2eNnPq1YbprhGtowLIiXvB1JdJG8kbJo4LXqAYCuAMpvjnmpkZfpy2Q9AaZLLOuFec/s1600-h/IMG_3161.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_dUmKjzkR-OSJHy4cT39YwJdd8ymlD1oZU7MV9mpZ1w1lhwhkKjOqfSVUm74ysm-o0SR6XX_R2eNnPq1YbprhGtowLIiXvB1JdJG8kbJo4LXqAYCuAMpvjnmpkZfpy2Q9AaZLLOuFec/s400/IMG_3161.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389538243676218786" /></a>Wanna see what I can do?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYPKzeTZbkrfvI1V0OtRMecuao03zMMLd8g-D17Nvin26qGhdIwdqIrIAGcazNeWHN7sdKECUO8JCqq9U1w76PypQcllrCxrZhAXOWBJIiVtPZTTcZJdTc1Seze2rwKAAkMi4kK6ARUE/s1600-h/IMG_3165.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYPKzeTZbkrfvI1V0OtRMecuao03zMMLd8g-D17Nvin26qGhdIwdqIrIAGcazNeWHN7sdKECUO8JCqq9U1w76PypQcllrCxrZhAXOWBJIiVtPZTTcZJdTc1Seze2rwKAAkMi4kK6ARUE/s400/IMG_3165.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389183326153318434" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBMQ_s4HtUNn1Wl6y1lH5j107XC2bKTPu2GDTWOhoyjJRWEOTyuhC2f8RH_gQb0cmJSHOlvb1t73JQvcU8SKrQxT36S7WGCuqKiMGqqibRRb3YUuRAkW3_tVstWy3lFhKy3DZd8Sd__Y/s1600-h/IMG_3163.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBMQ_s4HtUNn1Wl6y1lH5j107XC2bKTPu2GDTWOhoyjJRWEOTyuhC2f8RH_gQb0cmJSHOlvb1t73JQvcU8SKrQxT36S7WGCuqKiMGqqibRRb3YUuRAkW3_tVstWy3lFhKy3DZd8Sd__Y/s400/IMG_3163.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389183153560098594" /></a><br /><br /><br />First you climb up on the side of the pool.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_um4qIxOufanjaAa3n-T0iH5jpezXY7vXeJCKlwPRh_FstSmnSr8akr-YUBnoNETdRBDAzrwinnC4M3VeZESczU9QpFzDq2HuSMrnrN7ULFBIN89RIuql9zmwsdx-IWHXIxxRjulCn1Y/s1600-h/IMG_3159.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_um4qIxOufanjaAa3n-T0iH5jpezXY7vXeJCKlwPRh_FstSmnSr8akr-YUBnoNETdRBDAzrwinnC4M3VeZESczU9QpFzDq2HuSMrnrN7ULFBIN89RIuql9zmwsdx-IWHXIxxRjulCn1Y/s400/IMG_3159.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389183120161103298" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Stand up and get your balance...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36jAxG59kNLxyY55-grMPWiMapC9aErhV8SWmvgi7j9LYSzuFuBvId2kElFdssOMe8fTHQmJbVyqx0AQUUWYAEgw0LZxwdTBwG8tTEQbUaczw-53Axzh81bsAfUdsOOqAS6pEyaURpVQ/s1600-h/IMG_3155.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36jAxG59kNLxyY55-grMPWiMapC9aErhV8SWmvgi7j9LYSzuFuBvId2kElFdssOMe8fTHQmJbVyqx0AQUUWYAEgw0LZxwdTBwG8tTEQbUaczw-53Axzh81bsAfUdsOOqAS6pEyaURpVQ/s400/IMG_3155.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389182551624059650" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Ready? <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoUn6k466yv7SAx-exiX1cIaXWZzvRk3fodgdXHqiuMAiYdWVgvhlTIkZm4ccKt8EZ-MDP1kKSRmlqpPcKMgLIe2FzbJpsZC3ieV0RA_CdT_2txM9r75GffjMftn75BEGcUcfKEfGEZg/s1600-h/IMG_3160.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoUn6k466yv7SAx-exiX1cIaXWZzvRk3fodgdXHqiuMAiYdWVgvhlTIkZm4ccKt8EZ-MDP1kKSRmlqpPcKMgLIe2FzbJpsZC3ieV0RA_CdT_2txM9r75GffjMftn75BEGcUcfKEfGEZg/s400/IMG_3160.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389183127551393986" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and... <strong>JUMP!</strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0xU6Tvxwb8iaL0ulRy1kEsSW4nOUTFW4AuNKnK6wOhwxIhlpAk3FOHUn2Wg-7Qnbx3Hk4gRbn-nHi8vJ3Y_QKf0TszKH-v-ogoEJzSsRPb5ZAFZ986HXbaDcqAMBQf5ynY4iAyU_NTY/s1600-h/IMG_3162.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0xU6Tvxwb8iaL0ulRy1kEsSW4nOUTFW4AuNKnK6wOhwxIhlpAk3FOHUn2Wg-7Qnbx3Hk4gRbn-nHi8vJ3Y_QKf0TszKH-v-ogoEJzSsRPb5ZAFZ986HXbaDcqAMBQf5ynY4iAyU_NTY/s400/IMG_3162.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389183145771330370" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_6qA55jxc6Ai_AcmYFe_By9qYYYcf6hZ53znqRSu1A0MkJIGHorgyCLoJ4AtY_VNSwoA7hq0El3GbNMwh23Quhds-yhd0ZGC8JPc1y7gkW_PVc4rVIbhSllq1KGgPVLenofqem6eEpY/s1600-h/IMG_3158.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_6qA55jxc6Ai_AcmYFe_By9qYYYcf6hZ53znqRSu1A0MkJIGHorgyCLoJ4AtY_VNSwoA7hq0El3GbNMwh23Quhds-yhd0ZGC8JPc1y7gkW_PVc4rVIbhSllq1KGgPVLenofqem6eEpY/s400/IMG_3158.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389182578802231602" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Weeeee!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1nEoKkrDJ4CSRE9LT8-XU0d5yNRTpj_1fueOpGxb1GIfevOFhYcH4A1t3tRopXXW8t9UfZ7_NlwpNCyQBS1gSWScVIIkXVFz8pOq5CJvudsHNJHYNQAOJmAIYrvvyatORtnJAQtuRoM/s1600-h/IMG_3156.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1nEoKkrDJ4CSRE9LT8-XU0d5yNRTpj_1fueOpGxb1GIfevOFhYcH4A1t3tRopXXW8t9UfZ7_NlwpNCyQBS1gSWScVIIkXVFz8pOq5CJvudsHNJHYNQAOJmAIYrvvyatORtnJAQtuRoM/s400/IMG_3156.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389182560059632402" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Woo-Hoo!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOyuFUk83yfGYhdgV8Uqdli-88JO2L59_juh8eREwe3ywG1ESvECAspewunuD0mw_rEj6NHiveF26AZdRUowDqnlr3NQaJeFKAmPWuk4agdrmERvdHsLYdrfYpRxVtldz6wrOm19b250/s1600-h/IMG_3154.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOyuFUk83yfGYhdgV8Uqdli-88JO2L59_juh8eREwe3ywG1ESvECAspewunuD0mw_rEj6NHiveF26AZdRUowDqnlr3NQaJeFKAmPWuk4agdrmERvdHsLYdrfYpRxVtldz6wrOm19b250/s400/IMG_3154.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389182546012076834" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Who says you can't have fun in a blow up pool? :)<br /><br /><br /><br />Mommy says I'm a natural athlete, and that I'm head-to-toe muscle. She says it's 'cause I never stop moving or dancing.Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-29772974074213922672009-08-26T11:39:00.000-07:002009-10-07T13:32:36.688-07:00First Day of School<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGz1XAM82fgdgTsmCJznrqgiePKNn0N6waedUsEK5Rd_p5rEm6quGZ7_flklntxhV81bY0wD-GUy15q2wbV_gZqX3PCUYWiloU_I_lC1rUmYEYaD8PemqSc8emusqbate4qVOzR23COdc/s1600-h/IMG_3138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386590755725387778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGz1XAM82fgdgTsmCJznrqgiePKNn0N6waedUsEK5Rd_p5rEm6quGZ7_flklntxhV81bY0wD-GUy15q2wbV_gZqX3PCUYWiloU_I_lC1rUmYEYaD8PemqSc8emusqbate4qVOzR23COdc/s400/IMG_3138.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It's the first day of school, and Kate's in the big kid class for the 4 yr. olds.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTJyPER3GVEMjkkTGP8swbb4a6ak5OUuTG-AxtdE0srvW7uRIRL6x4_rOL382-_-7UGl5mzXPKpiKIomQ8BdyXKnCVk9rcoC1gSQQaoSgJIb5cRG6wenzC9HmzgfNTGA8f4GEVsX5PGc/s1600-h/IMG_3139.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386590764850143346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTJyPER3GVEMjkkTGP8swbb4a6ak5OUuTG-AxtdE0srvW7uRIRL6x4_rOL382-_-7UGl5mzXPKpiKIomQ8BdyXKnCVk9rcoC1gSQQaoSgJIb5cRG6wenzC9HmzgfNTGA8f4GEVsX5PGc/s400/IMG_3139.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It was really warm out, so first order of the day...dress cool and pretty.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5oSyvepqle3ITWeMkANAKgyCRBcEKYcJr77rONobOrNKJcE4FHnv6SLKwLf9txTv2cfGD2NwdAo5n9BfHWtQLqWTD7BHF4bpT4QZXW1FZKjLHGGebDiEtxou1nu6YhjsFYP5kB1-msU/s1600-h/IMG_3137.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386590739821284818" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5oSyvepqle3ITWeMkANAKgyCRBcEKYcJr77rONobOrNKJcE4FHnv6SLKwLf9txTv2cfGD2NwdAo5n9BfHWtQLqWTD7BHF4bpT4QZXW1FZKjLHGGebDiEtxou1nu6YhjsFYP5kB1-msU/s400/IMG_3137.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm excited!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVW3GXNuJjY0-kv84oYn6L6L3EXywPejqpm_xe55XYwkTemK3bK78_93Upi9PiJWONlMiCrtILuzIVvFJ8d8H_3Uy3JOSbOmw8kMQaYiIhr8JkgQe2PJR9ydVRYJEA26CvWNG9n2mBps/s1600-h/IMG_3140.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386590776899635314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVW3GXNuJjY0-kv84oYn6L6L3EXywPejqpm_xe55XYwkTemK3bK78_93Upi9PiJWONlMiCrtILuzIVvFJ8d8H_3Uy3JOSbOmw8kMQaYiIhr8JkgQe2PJR9ydVRYJEA26CvWNG9n2mBps/s400/IMG_3140.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Hurry up Mama! You're takin' too long!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8yX2UEyxkYTMb-5e_1aZ01jifU41p90jGtjLPqjS0AtRY5rFgH_GDVUYk2T5O4t78XZIQ_8HRvStG8AXfuHEofyukakuk8UgkG_2LFEue2sChl9-14QE-Vu0gr6bQdjIwFdpsNT4-M0/s1600-h/IMG_3141.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389159520136555586" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8yX2UEyxkYTMb-5e_1aZ01jifU41p90jGtjLPqjS0AtRY5rFgH_GDVUYk2T5O4t78XZIQ_8HRvStG8AXfuHEofyukakuk8UgkG_2LFEue2sChl9-14QE-Vu0gr6bQdjIwFdpsNT4-M0/s400/IMG_3141.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Okay, one more picture, then let's go!! <br />Cheese!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIvXG5YAhDHiScOkR0Z2ggKjsCZPwjFOW-Y2TSS5Db3SikPDhtYBFtx2ZMx_9c7ngQV164wwXZfrvx5jIvH2uS38ZKIY8aBZzkoR69Zx3mrJWTCG1ptOnlMCstLpaFkpPW857JIzzJ0Y/s1600-h/IMG_3142.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389159525688208770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIvXG5YAhDHiScOkR0Z2ggKjsCZPwjFOW-Y2TSS5Db3SikPDhtYBFtx2ZMx_9c7ngQV164wwXZfrvx5jIvH2uS38ZKIY8aBZzkoR69Zx3mrJWTCG1ptOnlMCstLpaFkpPW857JIzzJ0Y/s400/IMG_3142.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is where we hop.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlIpCZKp3s_93h1TPzqfeMdZ18LEgCb2DNsn7t2aSaZN6S9Mrm2kkyMuSG_glcA2UCWcSa2N1yi4ToTX4_tiD7dgXTMp40Es17KvHuuB3vWFVmyH9XYLWis7-3u3HnHxe5EP1a3EHtuUE/s1600-h/IMG_3143.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386593527930840194" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlIpCZKp3s_93h1TPzqfeMdZ18LEgCb2DNsn7t2aSaZN6S9Mrm2kkyMuSG_glcA2UCWcSa2N1yi4ToTX4_tiD7dgXTMp40Es17KvHuuB3vWFVmyH9XYLWis7-3u3HnHxe5EP1a3EHtuUE/s400/IMG_3143.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This looks like a fun table.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLS3WMjC5G-_1hiiERCqazMXhE4adaR3So5sI9SH3TZqnuwdGbCOVm41p2V-EtuY6T0419rjVvAQ9xhK88KI4xU7TbD-rvZFRvdTbkvk6cZAvf2KYvkmhIhWQ5gx46-tAS3kfq2Y_AdE/s1600-h/IMG_3147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386595385107889602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLS3WMjC5G-_1hiiERCqazMXhE4adaR3So5sI9SH3TZqnuwdGbCOVm41p2V-EtuY6T0419rjVvAQ9xhK88KI4xU7TbD-rvZFRvdTbkvk6cZAvf2KYvkmhIhWQ5gx46-tAS3kfq2Y_AdE/s400/IMG_3147.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Kate's new teachers...Both of these women were just made to be preschool teachers. They're wonderful! The one on the right was Ryan's preschool teacher.<br /><br />In the background, you can see Kate's new best friend. Her name is Katelyn, and she is a Korean adoptee! Her adoptive parents are also Korean.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k-dSdiF8_d9GS7ewsBVQU2MwNQ2Td-CxLV1Or0wUfXbHgwq-NnrDI8INL9ZnNXN798bEnQwHutqHyMXUIdHXFdg3-pyaD3rBB_idciuIk8jfKNeWIc5FcKyaK6ShW1CCY9o9YJxM8KY/s1600-h/IMG_3153.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k-dSdiF8_d9GS7ewsBVQU2MwNQ2Td-CxLV1Or0wUfXbHgwq-NnrDI8INL9ZnNXN798bEnQwHutqHyMXUIdHXFdg3-pyaD3rBB_idciuIk8jfKNeWIc5FcKyaK6ShW1CCY9o9YJxM8KY/s400/IMG_3153.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389169802729627218" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />At the end of the morning when I pick up Kate, she shows me her picture. (I didn't know she could draw that well!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXS_F5dVXsezcNUAzrv-MRz_lwdjZS-egfd4ZNc1hJ4wgAMhLkjrJqwI8eYb4coEGBPYOMQWZmxwqbj7blypiqtWfJQaZXL1zjD3jQ71gLGt5_jT4vs6sbC2FFxzhoYvz6mxiBduDOiA/s1600-h/IMG_3150.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386596646943356066" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXS_F5dVXsezcNUAzrv-MRz_lwdjZS-egfd4ZNc1hJ4wgAMhLkjrJqwI8eYb4coEGBPYOMQWZmxwqbj7blypiqtWfJQaZXL1zjD3jQ71gLGt5_jT4vs6sbC2FFxzhoYvz6mxiBduDOiA/s400/IMG_3150.JPG" border="0" /></a>I think this picture is so funny. Reminds me of Mr Potato Head and makes me smile when I look at it. Kids are so funny.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis21ep3Hu0fKf7vfQ4eK7lTGgxhIzuvTQtoi90ELIdfldPkCPyLLyguNK7iHDP2yEBAiCY5iLWfIIMDq0loJGr5bDlffmi1qedu16a-AV_iqxEc6Ozv4vsc1qRvJxXYinDCkYXDioeK6M/s1600-h/IMG_3149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386596635194469970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis21ep3Hu0fKf7vfQ4eK7lTGgxhIzuvTQtoi90ELIdfldPkCPyLLyguNK7iHDP2yEBAiCY5iLWfIIMDq0loJGr5bDlffmi1qedu16a-AV_iqxEc6Ozv4vsc1qRvJxXYinDCkYXDioeK6M/s400/IMG_3149.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A hot, tired and sweaty little girl plops down in the chair at school. <br /><br />It was a good first day!Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-4746288061404186992009-08-24T10:54:00.000-07:002009-09-28T11:32:43.544-07:00A Summer Cutie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICNdJe8D0PfAcBYfw_Z6Aydgv8ezUcEggeNVzNUSJbDFE_G1P_FgzfcGlJLfceqT5VSkngXfF1G0krmoZZ2uyeW6FlaqfqGbf617z4Sav9HM98YeFzJoSt9Xi8T9w5QLtiAWfJAaYZ2M/s1600-h/IMG_3133.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICNdJe8D0PfAcBYfw_Z6Aydgv8ezUcEggeNVzNUSJbDFE_G1P_FgzfcGlJLfceqT5VSkngXfF1G0krmoZZ2uyeW6FlaqfqGbf617z4Sav9HM98YeFzJoSt9Xi8T9w5QLtiAWfJAaYZ2M/s400/IMG_3133.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386580627239559554" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />As soon as the bow went in her hair, I said, "Oh, we gotta take a picture...you look really cute!"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDjqiMjj4Om0RiQUz0ksbF2Ks_xRfUBfydRGqzTPFnin20M8A3Lno4EE8VkWqQ_MyqyFGbQ0XaARx75qsl5UIJwlxUWs4bvGb-CnTpFW03eoeKS_F-YA39QSfmnS8j9Fdciv5x7SxqHQ/s1600-h/IMG_3130.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDjqiMjj4Om0RiQUz0ksbF2Ks_xRfUBfydRGqzTPFnin20M8A3Lno4EE8VkWqQ_MyqyFGbQ0XaARx75qsl5UIJwlxUWs4bvGb-CnTpFW03eoeKS_F-YA39QSfmnS8j9Fdciv5x7SxqHQ/s400/IMG_3130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386580606591059410" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This picture went on her 'About Me' poster for school, under the heading, 'This Is What I Look Like'.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDw01ToQEpyaIXsoyeiUxhOH21wfcvAGONn9izTs3OndxkIp6-uDKlfUeUjoxImzIU7zQiDjCB8oPhYJXCKcgZJx5pYM7vDT6kZSW6-_PIInnktXxIiistKdFgM9mOViLuQyikl33tNk/s1600-h/IMG_3127.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDw01ToQEpyaIXsoyeiUxhOH21wfcvAGONn9izTs3OndxkIp6-uDKlfUeUjoxImzIU7zQiDjCB8oPhYJXCKcgZJx5pYM7vDT6kZSW6-_PIInnktXxIiistKdFgM9mOViLuQyikl33tNk/s400/IMG_3127.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386580641076530130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w9OhaReUKiCqMoYCMHeKXIsr5wD8x9fq92yt9YhOBLv1n2B_3ImkW-dGidRS2DUcWk2EGzPeMba3LRSgMgs4Le66HHvW1xGsEh67eJDZJ5Dbb17mwvAVmVllbODPcO4ma2VpQAS7NKY/s1600-h/IMG_3132.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w9OhaReUKiCqMoYCMHeKXIsr5wD8x9fq92yt9YhOBLv1n2B_3ImkW-dGidRS2DUcWk2EGzPeMba3LRSgMgs4Le66HHvW1xGsEh67eJDZJ5Dbb17mwvAVmVllbODPcO4ma2VpQAS7NKY/s400/IMG_3132.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386580615218665362" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IyHNFfas8AZ3LihQ_pok2SZ6FdVXZ7pE58e7t79IMRP1NB5bUN0xmSjVySy3BR6PsmI8IfRTid1lmXIvUMBtoquAAhyUlLPx19m5e-qxkdt-1tvtZ4n3nzIe1UToztN57jxmc7S-Hz8/s1600-h/IMG_3135.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IyHNFfas8AZ3LihQ_pok2SZ6FdVXZ7pE58e7t79IMRP1NB5bUN0xmSjVySy3BR6PsmI8IfRTid1lmXIvUMBtoquAAhyUlLPx19m5e-qxkdt-1tvtZ4n3nzIe1UToztN57jxmc7S-Hz8/s400/IMG_3135.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386580654981435490" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Kate and Ryan watching a cartoon movie on Netflix on the computer.Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-79889342197787453922009-08-14T13:24:00.000-07:002009-09-28T11:38:28.714-07:00A Chance MeetingKate's Aunt Shannon and I took the little ones to the Visitor's Center shop, and did a bit of shopping before we left Mammoth, and as we walk out with packages, who is out in front but Kevin and the boys on their bikes. <br />Oh, uh, hi! Hello.<br />Shopping again?<br />Nooooo! Not us. Why would you even think that?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybMD77AK8rnlynxV_dQTZAW1Ff8vh5LZAJ13xDPl6k6HvZ3MAWcABzkdkDYOxs5rA8-Xjr7VoHYt_EvBGPJ2iTAQeHXm8yF3jNfD4zGSnplHwWaaBzoXp-21uzJurg9WcZBzMNur8KT0/s1600-h/IMG_3090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381424846860516242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybMD77AK8rnlynxV_dQTZAW1Ff8vh5LZAJ13xDPl6k6HvZ3MAWcABzkdkDYOxs5rA8-Xjr7VoHYt_EvBGPJ2iTAQeHXm8yF3jNfD4zGSnplHwWaaBzoXp-21uzJurg9WcZBzMNur8KT0/s400/IMG_3090.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Kate with her new black kitty (she wasn't goin' for the bear I tried to get her), posing with Smokey.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5sXcCvv8EQd0RB5fyJZjleDhlDYJi1Xw4rTbglEcrnvt5E7B4FPD9nIJZPDVR-nYzcn3WAsJCnUEwI5sLHrZsIrG9FdU2NSjA69VXk0Pe-5aiAyQQEFA_Q_Vaq0EMjq9RTerYmn87lQ/s1600-h/IMG_3111.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381425431324062370" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5sXcCvv8EQd0RB5fyJZjleDhlDYJi1Xw4rTbglEcrnvt5E7B4FPD9nIJZPDVR-nYzcn3WAsJCnUEwI5sLHrZsIrG9FdU2NSjA69VXk0Pe-5aiAyQQEFA_Q_Vaq0EMjq9RTerYmn87lQ/s400/IMG_3111.JPG" border="0" /></a>(L-R)Our friend's son Nate, cousins Brian and Evan, Brendan & Bryson.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGfNYGt2Mk2H7HpwfoyENJePAwCWWotGkwGK0YuaZqn_N6pwFYbA11qK7sHGnUn-KqJ-VcDLwto4Ovub8Z0DAR_xNMgsST-bau7pbHfFkutpjm71Sg0ysjFCoazB21O83eZ5lPxm4Cbo/s1600-h/IMG_3110.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381425417026257026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGfNYGt2Mk2H7HpwfoyENJePAwCWWotGkwGK0YuaZqn_N6pwFYbA11qK7sHGnUn-KqJ-VcDLwto4Ovub8Z0DAR_xNMgsST-bau7pbHfFkutpjm71Sg0ysjFCoazB21O83eZ5lPxm4Cbo/s400/IMG_3110.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The guys biked down the mountain...you start at the ski lodge and ride down, then a tram takes you back up and you can do it again. They said it was really fun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE63cAvYpeFAeOvMA8eLIApEbNt150r1B2MYdg1DtvKVJjKtDB5jL1Q6RKrAHYXd-Jd7_i6IpiKRIU9nOc74bke0Fdwo3b0m-ALV64NLOkW92RncbbfCPHukblOvyWo010OvFb3WWTXE8/s1600-h/IMG_3089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381424837553927506" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE63cAvYpeFAeOvMA8eLIApEbNt150r1B2MYdg1DtvKVJjKtDB5jL1Q6RKrAHYXd-Jd7_i6IpiKRIU9nOc74bke0Fdwo3b0m-ALV64NLOkW92RncbbfCPHukblOvyWo010OvFb3WWTXE8/s400/IMG_3089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Brendan, Kate, and of course Black Kitty and Smokey the Bear.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWGwHzH6l2TJP1Vj6_7CCW1iITtQH3_GXnijFCXEAWmOWweTTlPGirQiJGJKHc_TCQt9Tg8ZqTV6OQ1jT0E5oN08GtPWXCqLh8VMqO9oFkzyY7EQUOFy5vLh3yBYq-m50Nb3w4uHZcFk/s1600-h/IMG_3093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381424854756522930" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWGwHzH6l2TJP1Vj6_7CCW1iITtQH3_GXnijFCXEAWmOWweTTlPGirQiJGJKHc_TCQt9Tg8ZqTV6OQ1jT0E5oN08GtPWXCqLh8VMqO9oFkzyY7EQUOFy5vLh3yBYq-m50Nb3w4uHZcFk/s400/IMG_3093.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Aunt Shannon & Theodore (trying to hold his new bird with his neck), Ryan, Kate, Mom & Brendan.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozat1OV9MG8DAlVTiCYwE0Vipk12LZCXsK7M9H7xI8XcL2G3ouwFm2Stmyqe7VW81SGyRg1ELFv3o4KDJP-VCJOoS8cA_aRq25QbYalIPR9IVLv4zXwJjVZCFeORwYjzZwIZez5vRTqc/s1600-h/IMG_3084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381422634341424882" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozat1OV9MG8DAlVTiCYwE0Vipk12LZCXsK7M9H7xI8XcL2G3ouwFm2Stmyqe7VW81SGyRg1ELFv3o4KDJP-VCJOoS8cA_aRq25QbYalIPR9IVLv4zXwJjVZCFeORwYjzZwIZez5vRTqc/s400/IMG_3084.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Colton and cousin Charlton spending a few minutes in front of the Visitor's Center.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1U7IgRsofoE05gFGPns12FTJnKz1r42z6aLQaSpXbLa4-GzPLxB-RDlSc_Rm5BdaJ8CDbsKRporiBOrG6jxCHPGCK7iefeIgS1TedgNTlUseihFGr7-nK6GhfOyT4wS7uyoB1L99rr1w/s1600-h/IMG_3077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381422607973011666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1U7IgRsofoE05gFGPns12FTJnKz1r42z6aLQaSpXbLa4-GzPLxB-RDlSc_Rm5BdaJ8CDbsKRporiBOrG6jxCHPGCK7iefeIgS1TedgNTlUseihFGr7-nK6GhfOyT4wS7uyoB1L99rr1w/s400/IMG_3077.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Colton & Brendan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFpcZGN2oA7QUpDsvzafJuZSVivD95B3wfW9bBYY-EXBGCbwRa147EolkC1hHdF4xgFwC0AER56Zb3W_Kh78DjVdoG2YYx0JBuv2Mlj0to2fxwncQOHPRm3nynKPqsOgVykAG5UuU7O4/s1600-h/IMG_3087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381422641275008002" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFpcZGN2oA7QUpDsvzafJuZSVivD95B3wfW9bBYY-EXBGCbwRa147EolkC1hHdF4xgFwC0AER56Zb3W_Kh78DjVdoG2YYx0JBuv2Mlj0to2fxwncQOHPRm3nynKPqsOgVykAG5UuU7O4/s400/IMG_3087.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwF0X6t1om439oVfZHEf1wZ_4JIlNQZvDroczw4p306C1eYDqqzbTju_FVriC0uiBX1qQ2T9eBuqgPxFxa-DtmNaO48-QKYoB7EeY6rJmqxi0Cmb8tLuhMIx98qNy32xdBoWXxAuZ-auU/s1600-h/IMG_3080.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381422625249560754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwF0X6t1om439oVfZHEf1wZ_4JIlNQZvDroczw4p306C1eYDqqzbTju_FVriC0uiBX1qQ2T9eBuqgPxFxa-DtmNaO48-QKYoB7EeY6rJmqxi0Cmb8tLuhMIx98qNy32xdBoWXxAuZ-auU/s400/IMG_3080.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYyk-h4gOlilZLj3Oz5McvzPcks6o10wEfdrBFuxg44x5B957VBltA8gj1V92w-FdVWe4mCwYjo3uj74lX823BzylZogCoSnlWal1Z9QDg57BrLavGWLEDCBuNUK3YH0TX6lllLiy1gg/s1600-h/IMG_3096.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381424872052116834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYyk-h4gOlilZLj3Oz5McvzPcks6o10wEfdrBFuxg44x5B957VBltA8gj1V92w-FdVWe4mCwYjo3uj74lX823BzylZogCoSnlWal1Z9QDg57BrLavGWLEDCBuNUK3YH0TX6lllLiy1gg/s400/IMG_3096.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Kate holding onto Daddy's hand, smiling up at him. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcv77m6SzB4Rw1zoMRGf212N-k4hEYRpJiPgrGKNCG9N4R-say26rLkfM1nTHsE0pwg7cDtV2rhvI5Md-ggmUjn4kh1D2UtgRgP25RlULvV5e0_u0ToQW2Kud_oEDcDveJ3U9PmRJjEz4/s1600-h/IMG_3094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381424863818082786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcv77m6SzB4Rw1zoMRGf212N-k4hEYRpJiPgrGKNCG9N4R-say26rLkfM1nTHsE0pwg7cDtV2rhvI5Md-ggmUjn4kh1D2UtgRgP25RlULvV5e0_u0ToQW2Kud_oEDcDveJ3U9PmRJjEz4/s400/IMG_3094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ryan conked out in Mom & Dad's bed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRus1pIWVtlT7Pq2oON3TaieorLDusiqQ3hG5g1tpzbXluZVnCQSR0HOm1jHl18xUYb7YOx0zB62BhU0SwCZ9PgiBftWXvxnr8ZPbWnG2z2lxItLF1JFeT23oYmcgNuCkqZtUOsfw1wq4/s1600-h/IMG_3100.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381425410009916082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRus1pIWVtlT7Pq2oON3TaieorLDusiqQ3hG5g1tpzbXluZVnCQSR0HOm1jHl18xUYb7YOx0zB62BhU0SwCZ9PgiBftWXvxnr8ZPbWnG2z2lxItLF1JFeT23oYmcgNuCkqZtUOsfw1wq4/s400/IMG_3100.JPG" border="0" /></a>I stuck this picture in just so you can see what it's like to take a picture of Kate! Ryan and cousin Everett are already being silly, and Kate just can't stand it and starts dancing...which she does A LOT!Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-68093891034757882572009-08-13T12:25:00.000-07:002009-09-28T11:38:01.837-07:00Is That A Bear...AGAIN?The McLaughlins must be a wildlife magnet! <br />Remember last year's Mutual of Omaha's Wildlife Kingdom adventure in Mammoth? There were huge deer on the golf course, a black bear (that was actually brown) while the guys were fishing, and to top it off, a pack of wolves or coyotes howling on the front porch in the middle of the night.<br /><br />Well, this year, we all go on hike after hike up in the mountains, by lakes and rivers...and....no bears. (Which was, just fine with me!)<br /><br />Then, it's about 8pm and Brendan and I walk out of the condo to get a load of laundry out of the dryer. Kevin is about 30 seconds ahead of us. The one gate closest to the pool and laundry room was locked, so you had to walk through the small parking lot, and come in the other gate. Right as we get to the parking lot, about 2 car lengths in front of us, a big fat dog goes trotting by. It's dark, and I'm squinting...what the heck? Is that an afghan hound? That is the fattest......"IT'S A BEAR!" Brendan excitedly says. I'm sure it's not a bear, I answer, it's just a really big,...fat...dog. Just then, Kevin comes over to us <em>inside</em> the gate, and says, be careful, there's a bear in the parking lot. Yeah! Got it! <br />After a few jokes with Kevin about him being more attractive to the bear than me or Brendan, we headed back to the condo. Kevin stayed inside the gate with his friend Dave and chatted, giving the bear time to move on, before coming back in.<br /><br />A local told me the ranger station knows the names and locations of all the local bears. He also said 5 home break-ins a year is a lot. This year, they have had 40, 23 by the same bear! I guess they stand up, push on the front door a few times until it opens, then they walk into the kitchen...instant food. No berry picking or fishing. The bears will often have a regular route worked out...like a milkman in reverse, and they aren't wise enough to vary their route so as not to get caught. So I asked if the bear would come back to the condo parking lot looking for food. He said probably, yes. Sure enough, Bryson drove up in his car the next night with his cousins, and he said it was just as I had described...a really furry, big, fat dog trotting through the next complex parking lot, then climbed over a rock and through the bushes to our condo parking lot. Ah, yes, life in Mammoth.Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-24155432518139335322009-08-12T09:36:00.000-07:002009-09-28T11:37:12.350-07:00Visiting A Ghost Town<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvE4gRLWNOfQ7N6cSd6c9FuQw9qzgW9ZWtOzWUHME36bz72eiczBYmgFeE5RNp1Siaxul9hfvApcocsqE9j3fQHlGzHd99uhCz_We-Mcseo7WXhwy5HeBxaIyHyNPMvC1XxiLHRrAzJk/s1600-h/IMG_3055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381363259826406530" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvE4gRLWNOfQ7N6cSd6c9FuQw9qzgW9ZWtOzWUHME36bz72eiczBYmgFeE5RNp1Siaxul9hfvApcocsqE9j3fQHlGzHd99uhCz_We-Mcseo7WXhwy5HeBxaIyHyNPMvC1XxiLHRrAzJk/s400/IMG_3055.JPG" border="0" /></a>The last time we were at Mammoth, the one thing I wished we had seen (but didn't) was Bodie, the ghost town. So this time we made the trek. Oh, my gosh! This is one of those places that the more you learn about it, the more interesting it gets! Located northeast of Mammoth, Bodie is out in the middle of NOWHERE, and used to be a gold mining settlement.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBtpuoHRiPzT8aL-ZBnTPuEbGuFm8tnD2mF32Fh5PLeeBK2l7nRSYbxCFw_oPJDgFmDi-pwqH0NLPZFqX8O_oCbrVzZCd_m4DYw4aBUeOP-0fbNqPP0lWt8k5ZFwmJXXBU2ez2Zuw9x8/s1600-h/IMG_3031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380266082511931618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBtpuoHRiPzT8aL-ZBnTPuEbGuFm8tnD2mF32Fh5PLeeBK2l7nRSYbxCFw_oPJDgFmDi-pwqH0NLPZFqX8O_oCbrVzZCd_m4DYw4aBUeOP-0fbNqPP0lWt8k5ZFwmJXXBU2ez2Zuw9x8/s400/IMG_3031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bodie's glory years were 1877-82, when it <strong>had a population of 10,000!</strong> and a bawdy downtown crowded with saloons, stores and brothels.<br /><br />In 1869, a miner named Waterman S. Bodie found gold there, 2 years later opened a mine with 20 miners, and less than 10 years later, there were 10,000 people living there! <br />Bodie, himself, unfortunately had died in a blizzard after building the mine, so he never saw how the town grew.<br /><br />There were over 2000 buildings, Main Street was a mile long, there were 2 newspapers, 3 volunteer fire departments and 65 saloons!! There was also quite a few "houses of ill-repute". Bodie even had it's own Chinatown, having a large Chinese population.<br /><br />The town produced $34 million worth of gold! The combination of money, gold and alcohol though, was often a fatal one and it was said that a man was killed <em>everyday</em> in Bodie.<br /><br />Today, it is a state historic park so authentic that rusty mining gear and buckboard wagon parts are left scattered in the streets. It's as if the people of the town just all left one day. You can peer in the windows of the schoolhouse and see dusty primers sitting on desks, a pen in an inkwell and a teacher's final instructions written on a blackboard, as if the children had merely stepped out for recess.<br /><br />The rangers and crews who work there mend roofs and prop up sagging buildings, but do little more to change the way the town was left.<br />Bodie has no snack bar, no campsites, and no modern amenities (except a bathroom), giving the town a bit of an eerie feeling. The drive is down a deserted 13 mile road. How this guy ever found gold way out here is beyond me. Bodie is scheduled to be closed and placed under "caretaker" status to preserve the remainder of the ghost town.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIUQUrSWZOAWksjAOFRJbJ_MwcXhg9PXvRG7rHRXcnrRtQGcMyuRukg0ozwURtaudPsAEKu1NxIE80kRw-1Q4jLDZZLB1Wzci7VyNSmvoFomo5dVG5Q0gNVHj0xRXY6f4x63FuZyu9MU/s1600-h/IMG_2992.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380271214379908082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIUQUrSWZOAWksjAOFRJbJ_MwcXhg9PXvRG7rHRXcnrRtQGcMyuRukg0ozwURtaudPsAEKu1NxIE80kRw-1Q4jLDZZLB1Wzci7VyNSmvoFomo5dVG5Q0gNVHj0xRXY6f4x63FuZyu9MU/s400/IMG_2992.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Colton checking out the buildings, and a small outhouse.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAh7BY_o9yQw3Q7J6mliAAVP_NfvurYyVFU2d6EdIjJz1KRVufae-iOQGa42Q8sqDqjQqVjFB2Q00YNagz4XXE1RoMrp1a_lGKQJL_PPDxPVEGBV3XxsOxsAHLqrqukN4_3WKUbubW-o4/s1600-h/IMG_3034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380266092789632354" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAh7BY_o9yQw3Q7J6mliAAVP_NfvurYyVFU2d6EdIjJz1KRVufae-iOQGa42Q8sqDqjQqVjFB2Q00YNagz4XXE1RoMrp1a_lGKQJL_PPDxPVEGBV3XxsOxsAHLqrqukN4_3WKUbubW-o4/s400/IMG_3034.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Brian and Kate.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAvmSrEm8ut47Tf1tK0819Ad9Xvkuk-xn6qt4NqpiSSN2OCxVeReEx7dMxjqUNkA-zkdZXqbZWY1WPjOSc8Ct4Znfcpk8hsZy_Qv6DA4nwvtqq_n671COgw0tPimRkkhja-XQwRYRkuU/s1600-h/IMG_3022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380271203067933426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAvmSrEm8ut47Tf1tK0819Ad9Xvkuk-xn6qt4NqpiSSN2OCxVeReEx7dMxjqUNkA-zkdZXqbZWY1WPjOSc8Ct4Znfcpk8hsZy_Qv6DA4nwvtqq_n671COgw0tPimRkkhja-XQwRYRkuU/s400/IMG_3022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The valley was actually quite pretty when you sat and looked at it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF74v4liBfWrw3kCCdd4QtY8p53fYOHw62dgnU-Eb7rzIO_zJSVxsBopesvJ4vKPQRIdZkbKDp4qmT7WFlEhRv1cK7NHUU8gFJwjyssU-el5clwCvSurddHRIKL3hhwZ4wwLoNwlNNJnE/s1600-h/IMG_3028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380271193439235906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF74v4liBfWrw3kCCdd4QtY8p53fYOHw62dgnU-Eb7rzIO_zJSVxsBopesvJ4vKPQRIdZkbKDp4qmT7WFlEhRv1cK7NHUU8gFJwjyssU-el5clwCvSurddHRIKL3hhwZ4wwLoNwlNNJnE/s400/IMG_3028.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheM2yTdOc77gTrTiSMljDa1pC1np6TXAn6xBzvku2ADBF3kDbljZIMhfvX-5k0trP5IxP1PCpPD_mEeJwv-nQTQyzHkg_DhIwfQo4ZokY0jc2aWcYeo-r6VhbAsnRsXdPx5sDyeOrdB0/s1600-h/IMG_3026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380267782866953954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheM2yTdOc77gTrTiSMljDa1pC1np6TXAn6xBzvku2ADBF3kDbljZIMhfvX-5k0trP5IxP1PCpPD_mEeJwv-nQTQyzHkg_DhIwfQo4ZokY0jc2aWcYeo-r6VhbAsnRsXdPx5sDyeOrdB0/s400/IMG_3026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Kate giving me a thumbs up. The walls, roofs and doors of the homes were so thin, I do not know how the people did not freeze to death. (Actually, I bet a lot of them did!) The day we were there was quite chilly, and it was August! Kate has on <em>2</em> light jackets, and Ryan has confiscated Colton's new 'Mammoth' sweatshirt.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGnzcoD_lg38ulohuOsuutJVZy-NlHMbSWfxFB6az_LnTeafomU4rtSjPt-QCpFwIvW7mqRyL5CvJwCo8997rSWW52d9uosxIWR5gEi0q-4046tWh-Rjo_HmHHu9iE9ZIzu8kH3ZsyZs/s1600-h/IMG_3017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380275498305982770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGnzcoD_lg38ulohuOsuutJVZy-NlHMbSWfxFB6az_LnTeafomU4rtSjPt-QCpFwIvW7mqRyL5CvJwCo8997rSWW52d9uosxIWR5gEi0q-4046tWh-Rjo_HmHHu9iE9ZIzu8kH3ZsyZs/s400/IMG_3017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDAYOsjC43t_WoZKrWUIIGnqg-uQn_XLi-VKO7zp05Y7DmoXBnfgRxk_RHfiFOeUEjNRF_HXgMv71zloE4ttR-Z3EBoshiWs_xhspMH7MsIG9ULQFhOQBr2Zoz3RXxRiIsYVU_bMVXSA/s1600-h/IMG_3009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380267809786496642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDAYOsjC43t_WoZKrWUIIGnqg-uQn_XLi-VKO7zp05Y7DmoXBnfgRxk_RHfiFOeUEjNRF_HXgMv71zloE4ttR-Z3EBoshiWs_xhspMH7MsIG9ULQFhOQBr2Zoz3RXxRiIsYVU_bMVXSA/s400/IMG_3009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Looking into the corner "goods" store....really interesting to peer in here. (sorry about the reflection on the glass)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGD2vPSOsQwQlKJrC-pMqfIG6UwZRLxjFPz4XchwW_fo3zudz3M_rEJwxGJVCqTUtFwy-5maVzkNX-7EkzMHdAwaA5hsC62gUabxz4LGPUCoV3GQ6SOJjFKX84rsTljBnuNh5HP4ODDls/s1600-h/IMG_3008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380267804666985538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGD2vPSOsQwQlKJrC-pMqfIG6UwZRLxjFPz4XchwW_fo3zudz3M_rEJwxGJVCqTUtFwy-5maVzkNX-7EkzMHdAwaA5hsC62gUabxz4LGPUCoV3GQ6SOJjFKX84rsTljBnuNh5HP4ODDls/s400/IMG_3008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xYsHMHBzg0BqCldBV2QW_NT_XBGOMBaF0FP_lg8SXmSIlNSoIKX6CprrK_VEyMbDlumk4PcJbdx8ic8eFk4dK57cyewHKVfAqUrRIzeM99FfM38q1lJvNWW_o3Xuc2_XM9udAoAbZPY/s1600-h/IMG_3012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380267817685222386" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xYsHMHBzg0BqCldBV2QW_NT_XBGOMBaF0FP_lg8SXmSIlNSoIKX6CprrK_VEyMbDlumk4PcJbdx8ic8eFk4dK57cyewHKVfAqUrRIzeM99FfM38q1lJvNWW_o3Xuc2_XM9udAoAbZPY/s400/IMG_3012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KIL4hsygBzqemXwTko_pRv6N_sF2_6pz2hJWKEGJhjY9UXfpK2WY-pNobgk0uLs93xa1FDfGTpyxoLIR8BxwPIUCPyYrrjCxROdJjsb4dq3t6l0IrTuWNrr0zwB5BNjKXS7DlBvZbF4/s1600-h/IMG_3013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380275488045338866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KIL4hsygBzqemXwTko_pRv6N_sF2_6pz2hJWKEGJhjY9UXfpK2WY-pNobgk0uLs93xa1FDfGTpyxoLIR8BxwPIUCPyYrrjCxROdJjsb4dq3t6l0IrTuWNrr0zwB5BNjKXS7DlBvZbF4/s400/IMG_3013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Ryan and cousin Theodore giggling together.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzVb4VYulZI9bmKhmufIF8nHXipAmWjbtWZsh3anRleJm1GhO1y2VKDRIRC95274OhnVH5S2wSXqm9A3hbOQYUGpYHy-Jr49cw_0M5m2dkR7R61qeXshBeZSa5WiPVwGSXQaq2cxzru4/s1600-h/IMG_3025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380267787988332610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzVb4VYulZI9bmKhmufIF8nHXipAmWjbtWZsh3anRleJm1GhO1y2VKDRIRC95274OhnVH5S2wSXqm9A3hbOQYUGpYHy-Jr49cw_0M5m2dkR7R61qeXshBeZSa5WiPVwGSXQaq2cxzru4/s400/IMG_3025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sitting on the steps of someone's home. Inside, a lot of the homes had the same wallpaper. Shannon and I found it interesting that no matter what period of time it was in, women tried to make their house a home, and make it pretty. Some of the houses still had lace curtains up, and one had a baby crib in a small room off of the kitchen...probably for the warmth.Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-17387347893001070792009-08-11T14:32:00.000-07:002009-09-28T11:36:53.168-07:00Mono Lake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYXWERnKJKnHQJ1onmgI5AQ0XR2W-eiBf3DaNbr5df6gQ8_51pHdgOuNHGJBZn-PVYSgwiyWAkSs1juj9BUndLQBvXJjBG1woFlpf2XGOw2YYGgNh9NVBK0yQlLHoOBDcDWB3dGlGtA8/s1600-h/IMG_2927.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373285080886244402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYXWERnKJKnHQJ1onmgI5AQ0XR2W-eiBf3DaNbr5df6gQ8_51pHdgOuNHGJBZn-PVYSgwiyWAkSs1juj9BUndLQBvXJjBG1woFlpf2XGOw2YYGgNh9NVBK0yQlLHoOBDcDWB3dGlGtA8/s400/IMG_2927.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here we are at Mono Lake. Did you know Mono is oldest lake in North America? It is at least 760,000 years old, and probably more like 1-3 million years old!<br /><br />In 1941, the <em>Los Angeles Department of Water and Power</em> began diverting Mono Lake's tributary streams 350 miles south to meet the growing water demands of Los Angeles.<br />Deprived of its freshwater sources, the volume of Mono Lake halved, while its salinity doubled. <br /><br />It is now 45 feet below the level of the lake, pre-diversion. That is why there are tufa towers above ground. It gives you a very clear picture of how much deeper and wider the lake used to be.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dHz15XNZM_lJusGMUZOyEIGOk1V2SV34oWoCiy9eBbT9pGi8LlZrZxpUp_vasridwnSLo0jpHS2blmvcyCp9-YSRQn_7B9d_A-yJDJ-OtfTm_EboDdz7EHThEK6xEEi0yzqSWgVHdOA/s1600-h/IMG_2973.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dHz15XNZM_lJusGMUZOyEIGOk1V2SV34oWoCiy9eBbT9pGi8LlZrZxpUp_vasridwnSLo0jpHS2blmvcyCp9-YSRQn_7B9d_A-yJDJ-OtfTm_EboDdz7EHThEK6xEEi0yzqSWgVHdOA/s400/IMG_2973.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376946545420360514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EECuAsSskTtcP8BDS-E-hXsvVTSR71Yno2WaDHo2N29c5HyeK9UaTsiS_ob6UhkCFDNb26uzHV2HT5Lx1FOzph6b1_JM-EAlGM46gqh5yKy2ycIXsCrPGEojUCdo1BnZDxHNKriNHCU/s1600-h/IMG_2977.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373286850264307266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EECuAsSskTtcP8BDS-E-hXsvVTSR71Yno2WaDHo2N29c5HyeK9UaTsiS_ob6UhkCFDNb26uzHV2HT5Lx1FOzph6b1_JM-EAlGM46gqh5yKy2ycIXsCrPGEojUCdo1BnZDxHNKriNHCU/s400/IMG_2977.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cZjCVcroeG4A5POeJb0m6Kr7ZtBN5rbisAaThKRjC8_qkSlAbBBhyphenhyphenU_2_S7Hmd2t9mXCzZSKMJtGUWPsXWbd9rzuMTn9ClbC4Pb6DNeOlJoOn5PTtWjMJyf3T5_en1rthYTYWEqZA2o/s1600-h/IMG_2970.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373286840525174530" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cZjCVcroeG4A5POeJb0m6Kr7ZtBN5rbisAaThKRjC8_qkSlAbBBhyphenhyphenU_2_S7Hmd2t9mXCzZSKMJtGUWPsXWbd9rzuMTn9ClbC4Pb6DNeOlJoOn5PTtWjMJyf3T5_en1rthYTYWEqZA2o/s400/IMG_2970.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kate hitching a ride from cousin Brian. He's home from college and joined us for the trip to Mammoth.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYqCczC3QRPSCt9nb7pbALCFRuDTWeOlPzaEgFHoIFT1hbCxATkgnCVIpjeuFRHKkzUQMNtD2ddwHmPjKJ3sCPwPlgesuWLXz1jjIF71zkzvYiSLtXR4S1w1n7Jxn53A30F5q4A-PgMM/s1600-h/IMG_2959.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373285633238137954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYqCczC3QRPSCt9nb7pbALCFRuDTWeOlPzaEgFHoIFT1hbCxATkgnCVIpjeuFRHKkzUQMNtD2ddwHmPjKJ3sCPwPlgesuWLXz1jjIF71zkzvYiSLtXR4S1w1n7Jxn53A30F5q4A-PgMM/s400/IMG_2959.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eBWDZAXzeC522puZ82Yd0BqFJyngdl77tQq3jul-O-hlRgb53agfZz8gDByStXZdEIRHKoEOxqhO2Pmn0-5HBd9Ro4HsYjY6A_QiyhxtW1aHJRBuel1rXipr79PSBkyi7sqyaCBUQ5k/s1600-h/IMG_2967.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373285643613316482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eBWDZAXzeC522puZ82Yd0BqFJyngdl77tQq3jul-O-hlRgb53agfZz8gDByStXZdEIRHKoEOxqhO2Pmn0-5HBd9Ro4HsYjY6A_QiyhxtW1aHJRBuel1rXipr79PSBkyi7sqyaCBUQ5k/s400/IMG_2967.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglR_rYmjH_El3ECh7aDRAqzvKlJ0B2OCJ8EnNr1AUpZI6-c1qVKs3XxFJ6WgY5o4hbTeulR25SGp_6tSZMw00hGvpogGU6SDYUXCG4foFCyYRFgRkj2K25y8JFXOFIhLbSzykRL7m3ChI/s1600-h/IMG_2928.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373277665608170466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglR_rYmjH_El3ECh7aDRAqzvKlJ0B2OCJ8EnNr1AUpZI6-c1qVKs3XxFJ6WgY5o4hbTeulR25SGp_6tSZMw00hGvpogGU6SDYUXCG4foFCyYRFgRkj2K25y8JFXOFIhLbSzykRL7m3ChI/s400/IMG_2928.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I really like this picture. I'm not sure what it is, but the sky always looks so interesting/dramatic at Mono Lake.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIu0UMRbd9yzENYiOCurYuNxh_8WKFotAcZ_xStgLtsO9r6GkX466UuAdhNRKpQ1H9HOPSPzVRDc5CNOsSEOpNBg37VvyLxDQBwkPo5XjW0QqnfU5h8IqZaicnZZWpeIlxhwX4w-DGqkQ/s1600-h/IMG_2969.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373278815777658338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIu0UMRbd9yzENYiOCurYuNxh_8WKFotAcZ_xStgLtsO9r6GkX466UuAdhNRKpQ1H9HOPSPzVRDc5CNOsSEOpNBg37VvyLxDQBwkPo5XjW0QqnfU5h8IqZaicnZZWpeIlxhwX4w-DGqkQ/s400/IMG_2969.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Brian and Kate became buddies by the end of the week.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQEW97zxuCuuVUBSEV53oay5v0NPHer7NFqAS-DmxyE_ivnVg9kUnkm888yEBgZf_5RLexXHjl4xh8OBuhy_FtYzrCjuzbITK8pcFV3qEgKsZd7_gGMyWVfT2jOzj2nEEB74-L9AI-N8/s1600-h/IMG_2964.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373278807910295282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQEW97zxuCuuVUBSEV53oay5v0NPHer7NFqAS-DmxyE_ivnVg9kUnkm888yEBgZf_5RLexXHjl4xh8OBuhy_FtYzrCjuzbITK8pcFV3qEgKsZd7_gGMyWVfT2jOzj2nEEB74-L9AI-N8/s400/IMG_2964.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Double click on this picture (then hit the back arrow). Kate just looks so happy, completely oblivious to the guys in the background. I think she has a piece of licorice in her hand.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFig29K-tCGqfXM8tmaDN5dg1RjPnv5WfoYE7IES8LLHWNzdnetC1F5UoQUeuvhIpJVgkF6BhXZURRrQOw0VcJzNFwhuFJhWZW56xf-9UY5pzCigmHW9QvAbUKn6aA1J-DXyXpj-E_xw/s1600-h/IMG_2934.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373277686674581826" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFig29K-tCGqfXM8tmaDN5dg1RjPnv5WfoYE7IES8LLHWNzdnetC1F5UoQUeuvhIpJVgkF6BhXZURRrQOw0VcJzNFwhuFJhWZW56xf-9UY5pzCigmHW9QvAbUKn6aA1J-DXyXpj-E_xw/s400/IMG_2934.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes Ryan and Kate are exhausting together, and sometimes...Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005286851568524148.post-59745039379417569242009-08-10T09:50:00.000-07:002009-08-13T16:36:32.341-07:00Time With Dad In Mammoth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtoNSRmjQgjEmkJd1dqbYEDJL9Pj6zW2GMSBWRrjVAITUZoN9h30hlE5AvCAWTyTJlyy-8Ppeod5631orrmqU9S5iYvjI9wx42mOT7tRpLoa2LfqH0WFLA5GSjgwVjKBncgJSmYxNrfE/s1600-h/IMG_2755.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368749922115327922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtoNSRmjQgjEmkJd1dqbYEDJL9Pj6zW2GMSBWRrjVAITUZoN9h30hlE5AvCAWTyTJlyy-8Ppeod5631orrmqU9S5iYvjI9wx42mOT7tRpLoa2LfqH0WFLA5GSjgwVjKBncgJSmYxNrfE/s400/IMG_2755.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />While we were hiking to Devil's Postpile and Rainbow Falls, Kevin stayed with Kate and Ryan. Kevin wasn't feeling up to hiking that day, so even though I was disappointed not to have him with us, he offered to take Kate to the park and get an ice cream. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUAxS1kleZVn9g17nRKfKuUoFtGkahRYXvdxXqSdW4F5bRtX8tI6wbYXVdwLdSyY36ax6jtuq0DmD3-b9q3aIPZjNFqQmmk5QKuiIVDUtOtFeaqVobvYwHvxIFe9A9SopKur0c8hFKUM/s1600-h/IMG_2753.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368749906620423362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUAxS1kleZVn9g17nRKfKuUoFtGkahRYXvdxXqSdW4F5bRtX8tI6wbYXVdwLdSyY36ax6jtuq0DmD3-b9q3aIPZjNFqQmmk5QKuiIVDUtOtFeaqVobvYwHvxIFe9A9SopKur0c8hFKUM/s400/IMG_2753.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, it wasn't long before Ryan joined their party, and opted for food and the park, instead of a hike.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iDdJ-pXo3uFPZf5fyoajDRQP63VD5gRRAF6pakD5mRGOgaFWQf24DfDXb7WbYYZLrtR-qP-eWi963Nj9FL6cbtAoj2AwIaN7gqWDVnS9f8hGh090Hef8nJsHZmFlrPsx63E5UCxZOqA/s1600-h/IMG_2754.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368749912002343026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iDdJ-pXo3uFPZf5fyoajDRQP63VD5gRRAF6pakD5mRGOgaFWQf24DfDXb7WbYYZLrtR-qP-eWi963Nj9FL6cbtAoj2AwIaN7gqWDVnS9f8hGh090Hef8nJsHZmFlrPsx63E5UCxZOqA/s400/IMG_2754.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I can tell from the pictures they had fun being together with Dad.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5U1SUxTuP-yY_0NZie5ICdRb-id3mtHuidM2v4sc1YjU-o-Af76wZwRB9UlDr-gjWvr8DKZg-xgJwR3We0rfDasix_IB9POjd1weAjGo1W-c71ENV-FMNa4mbJ3AM8gSzxg8glO6Jbk/s1600-h/IMG_2765.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368750914564055826" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5U1SUxTuP-yY_0NZie5ICdRb-id3mtHuidM2v4sc1YjU-o-Af76wZwRB9UlDr-gjWvr8DKZg-xgJwR3We0rfDasix_IB9POjd1weAjGo1W-c71ENV-FMNa4mbJ3AM8gSzxg8glO6Jbk/s400/IMG_2765.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After the park, came the pizza and milkshakes. Ah, life is good.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWpWRvEw5wkt3rGEMbISwtbjh0V0Qw7odTLdN4mo1q5fvbkQrJXTTzAddXUirwZ3tAlI1T9iTEu3aJSgo1ib4g6lwnlEWsKVwaGmtYGUn12uOo6cJkGIsa7THk6wlZ2wCvOyH_Vj4N5U/s1600-h/IMG_2769.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369590281357776354" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWpWRvEw5wkt3rGEMbISwtbjh0V0Qw7odTLdN4mo1q5fvbkQrJXTTzAddXUirwZ3tAlI1T9iTEu3aJSgo1ib4g6lwnlEWsKVwaGmtYGUn12uOo6cJkGIsa7THk6wlZ2wCvOyH_Vj4N5U/s400/IMG_2769.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Boy, it's getting chilly!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuowVG0ue_uKav-qyyav5JvcxIU1qxPsS6daVeJIIFz2NfH8_5sA5KNI0XerdsoPmDlp0ktBkk3mSIWsWB09aZ2J70gy8AHz7gMLZqT4JD-yPsvHgl4Tu2xbMZT-PneRT9KamRPxUixI/s1600-h/IMG_2778.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuowVG0ue_uKav-qyyav5JvcxIU1qxPsS6daVeJIIFz2NfH8_5sA5KNI0XerdsoPmDlp0ktBkk3mSIWsWB09aZ2J70gy8AHz7gMLZqT4JD-yPsvHgl4Tu2xbMZT-PneRT9KamRPxUixI/s400/IMG_2778.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369594858589406770" /></a><br /><br /><br />Hold on Dad. Oh, these are beautiful!<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369590305135618450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2M4olD6NePbpWBf1__MlRDSdoutWXN_d8BRPE_6OPOO-YQ0I3m97W-s8nFzz3Soh89oxz2EV58mNqvZXqceKUHRgcFar5zFk4iR3plVOAbUx7-fi8AfY2rQEM6z25L6gBncozQfkdHOw/s400/IMG_2779.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><br /><br />Yup, this one right here.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTEZNsyrguoRv27GXBEhYH4wPlo7z4_RDqWER_o59_BQsXDnUDE1oUsyfI8A2EhG2aJ67QEya1Pezj5GPigjswxftomySi6zZdHUZP6bvaGtE0Mm40L58s54tnm2lBsopMorvS9xEPlc/s1600-h/IMG_2793.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368750929077617938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTEZNsyrguoRv27GXBEhYH4wPlo7z4_RDqWER_o59_BQsXDnUDE1oUsyfI8A2EhG2aJ67QEya1Pezj5GPigjswxftomySi6zZdHUZP6bvaGtE0Mm40L58s54tnm2lBsopMorvS9xEPlc/s400/IMG_2793.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Back in the entry hallway at the condo, Kate practice her skateboard moves.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWQHLgHOqSIP9-_MTGX_ZD6NwVojl7hxBBKXtd4C4bedCdHA42e8gGxMOfjFoCyf2BHnQxm1BbpraNHENxwB1jzvYFTp6zAJVLz9UcnsFN4-1CS9WfU_btKmsyK8VT1x3p3jJzIreiMM/s1600-h/IMG_2791.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369590505468263170" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWQHLgHOqSIP9-_MTGX_ZD6NwVojl7hxBBKXtd4C4bedCdHA42e8gGxMOfjFoCyf2BHnQxm1BbpraNHENxwB1jzvYFTp6zAJVLz9UcnsFN4-1CS9WfU_btKmsyK8VT1x3p3jJzIreiMM/s400/IMG_2791.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />As one who also had 4 brothers, I remember riding a skateboard, climbing trees and fences, and riding minibikes. Brothers have a way of toughening you up. You've gotta be kind of tough if you want to 'hang out' with them, especially older brothers...cause...they're probably not going to play dolls or Barbies with you.<br />(Except for my <em>youngest</em> brother who would play with me, my sister Shannon, and our best friends Ingrid & Kendra; go get his G.I. Joe and Big Jim, complete with a Big Jim truck, and pretend he was the next door neighbor, or Barbie's boyfriend! If we were playing in the backyard, he would dig a hole, lay a plastic bag over it, and fill it with water to make a pool for Barbie.<br />I <em>love</em> men who can do cool stuff around the house!)Journey To Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925427392507707371noreply@blogger.com0