tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35361254498044683572024-02-21T04:28:53.147-07:00The Art of '-ING'Laugh-ING, Lov-ING, Liv-Ing, Be-ing.
Not to mention runn-ing, play-ing, scrapp-ing, read-ing, clean-ing, car-ing, cook-ing, work-ing, creat-ing, travel-ing, organiz-ing, exercis-ing, calculat-ing, & many other 'ings'.
My life is full. That's a good th-ing.Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-43209040398525414792011-04-27T11:26:00.003-06:002011-04-27T11:43:10.418-06:00Designing....<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently, when my little sister was young and had dreams, she dreamt of being a famous fashion designer. Now, if you know us, you know that Lesley is 12 years younger than me - so it's not like we huddled together as children telling each other our dreams and aspirations. I mean, when she was 9, I was already killing it at hot spots like Sports Column and Jackson's Hole.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So you may wonder how I know this secret of Lesley's. Well, recently, I came across some of her first works as a young Donna Karan...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">This one is nice. It shows school spirit and an eye for hairstyling as well as fashion... Being that it is on lined school paper, I picture Lesley in her obviously boring math classes, doodling away...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqy_3DeJgoDJncRGS5i4pZAzjpOOdACOKzWVYHu-c9qveppe1tGhId3wVYRx3n1u6k0EyI5EkThwaNTk6ExZTu1Xj8OKCZMVou29g6nPuAQBu6wT4gI1pFCWVoFb4VyzbWej47EtqE9Ok/s1600/Fashion2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqy_3DeJgoDJncRGS5i4pZAzjpOOdACOKzWVYHu-c9qveppe1tGhId3wVYRx3n1u6k0EyI5EkThwaNTk6ExZTu1Xj8OKCZMVou29g6nPuAQBu6wT4gI1pFCWVoFb4VyzbWej47EtqE9Ok/s400/Fashion2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600317409211747538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Next we come to the swimsuit line. The model in this photo is expressing my own thoughts on the swimsuit. Her "What the H*@!?!?!" posture is correct. I mean, if you're going to be wearing a sailor bathing suit and three scrunchies in your hair, you certainly shouldn't be wearing heels at the same time, right?!?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8bnt-uDRuD-vAAz1Mm9RCfr4qHojcafuxN6mKrNe36pqCRXztzuUyFTdz7nFN22BDDhcNNgKYR3TYbUKufxLmmpZzNTPnCQyQj8eClroSvw99_Pq6DE_KodfkUkj7v1OJxrgDy2yME4U/s1600/Fashion1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8bnt-uDRuD-vAAz1Mm9RCfr4qHojcafuxN6mKrNe36pqCRXztzuUyFTdz7nFN22BDDhcNNgKYR3TYbUKufxLmmpZzNTPnCQyQj8eClroSvw99_Pq6DE_KodfkUkj7v1OJxrgDy2yME4U/s400/Fashion1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600317421683587394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now - evening wear. I fear, with this one, that there could have been some inspiration from a certain pink dress that I used to wear. Too bad I can't find a photo. But I promise, I never wore a huge pink bow on the top of my head like I was a puppy just back from the groomer. (This model will be getting lucky later on. All those holes in the dress? Totally asking for it.)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCNtcob3NsUDKD5ifNJMGIQf1VAnyZVuklmSodPh_Bry9hwKzYZZqd2vfd2geBguY1GWQNMPLIVlnQsb_ue_pV9JzytplG2BNnuFDaRwhJe9h10VpDwdGGVC5Sf-zmxVF2muI5Icnu973/s1600/Fashion3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCNtcob3NsUDKD5ifNJMGIQf1VAnyZVuklmSodPh_Bry9hwKzYZZqd2vfd2geBguY1GWQNMPLIVlnQsb_ue_pV9JzytplG2BNnuFDaRwhJe9h10VpDwdGGVC5Sf-zmxVF2muI5Icnu973/s400/Fashion3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600317403592989746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">This last one is my favorite. The outfit alone, while a sign of the early 90's, is outstanding. Anytime you pair Salt N Pepa high top sneakers with a high-belted overall jumpsuit, you're batting 1000. Throw that outfit into a pizza parlour, and BLAM!, it's shoop-time!!!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_By5CdK1O2pc0VmjUkat-YE_IY3d78x-D_7HnvxPtFBBtVk7luNuz15KvaQWhFnJ5KiHumauq8Cit6tWZ8Wj-9-xV-l6NgEo7p83N2mpoC8RLlGPSbXG33-DSHOK5xyA-wwK6foyPil-7/s1600/Fashion4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_By5CdK1O2pc0VmjUkat-YE_IY3d78x-D_7HnvxPtFBBtVk7luNuz15KvaQWhFnJ5KiHumauq8Cit6tWZ8Wj-9-xV-l6NgEo7p83N2mpoC8RLlGPSbXG33-DSHOK5xyA-wwK6foyPil-7/s400/Fashion4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600317396410648818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well done, little sister! I'm proud of you!</div><div><br /></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-41074446168533867572010-08-22T16:08:00.004-06:002010-08-22T19:18:31.029-06:00Joking...I recently was listening to the radio in my car and Uptown Girl by Billy Joel came on. Seriously?? Uptown Girl - you know I can't afford to buy her pearls... But maybe someday when my ship comes in. She'll understand what kind of guy I've been. And then I'll win. Terrible, terrible lyrics. And I was laughing to myself at how bad that song really is (Sorry Billy Joel, but it's pretty bad.)<br /><br />Anyway, being the sarcastic idiot that I am, I texted my sister "Why is Uptown Girl your favorite song?" Eagerly awaiting a funny response, all I got was "It is?" Boo.<br /><br />Then I got to thinking that I should test that and send the text to 10 more people and see if anyone comes back with a good response....<br /><br />I got one "It's not." Really? It's not your favorite???!?! <br /><br />I got two "Huh?"'s Guess they didn't quite get my sarcastic tones coming over the text message.<br /><br />Then I got a "Hahaha, what?!" OK. At least they understood the humor I was sending out, but didn't volley it back.... (Disappointed in you, Brendan.)<br /><br />Finally... the brothers both came through with a "It just is." and a "Why would it NOT be?"<br /><br />And another big FINALLY!! My good friend Tracey responded with "I don't understand the question." (At first, I was thinking she didn't get it.) "Isn't it everybody's?" YAY Tracey!!!<br /><br />So that was it for the day. <br /><br />Until the morning.....<br /><br />Ahhh, Kristen.... Love you! I have to preface by telling you that Kristen's favorite movie is Dirty Dancing. So perhaps I should have expected... "Loved Billy Joel as a kid bc of the singer/songwriter/piano thing, and it's such a feelgood song. Actually like For the Longest Time even more. :)"<br /><br />So I thought it was over with Tracey winning the best response. Until today when my friend, Bill, who has the worst cell service on the planet and can't get messages unless he's standing on top of his house or something, replied. He made me laugh with...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdQGPaWjMX09oJo6IRPwzf39rtmw0LI09NOKRPsajBaJ3kxml8bzELdo2srXwzbFzNe-1D08O2me9EiHSXrN-_uCpBD6Zvv0eZ9umPF5B21VUivIfRwySKrQbHs5-_LcGsGvuhruLoWjQ/s1600/IMG_0900.PNG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdQGPaWjMX09oJo6IRPwzf39rtmw0LI09NOKRPsajBaJ3kxml8bzELdo2srXwzbFzNe-1D08O2me9EiHSXrN-_uCpBD6Zvv0eZ9umPF5B21VUivIfRwySKrQbHs5-_LcGsGvuhruLoWjQ/s320/IMG_0900.PNG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508364444047509730" /></a><br /><br />Sorry, Dave. I went way over my daily text quota for the day!Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-38447706225658020812010-08-11T17:49:00.002-06:002010-08-11T17:52:09.324-06:00Reflecting...My mom saw this video on Facebook and it really struck me - and made me cry. Worth the 10 minutes to watch it and be grateful for the time you get to spend with your loved ones nearby...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uSMlIM9zLio&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uSMlIM9zLio&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-87515781026831983832010-04-10T09:35:00.007-06:002010-04-10T12:37:02.380-06:00Enjoying....Colorado Rockies Home Opener...<br /><br />No tickets, no attempt to get tickets, Denver was crazy crowded. Beer and sunshine all around!!!<br />SWANKY'S...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxffUkXe3uO6mVbAkfO9xObhbwFw6NgLA42CgIDLMN1d5iQEbeNco_DakyQpXoXebY2ktUGbAHVS_LkwfHNw3jqkw6eChNkVk0-LSqA3ZfvyOS1bgnPrpYErzrA8YaEHsmfpgIPatS8P23/s1600/DSC00023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxffUkXe3uO6mVbAkfO9xObhbwFw6NgLA42CgIDLMN1d5iQEbeNco_DakyQpXoXebY2ktUGbAHVS_LkwfHNw3jqkw6eChNkVk0-LSqA3ZfvyOS1bgnPrpYErzrA8YaEHsmfpgIPatS8P23/s320/DSC00023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458533564968850114" /></a><br />FROZEN VODKA LEMONADE STASHED IN MY PURSE...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbxmXJ0TlvhmWBP-q4LxDe6QCatd55t-m6LuEGXvw5KRsyAVNT93yrjdY1WlasPI8fVh-MTUvU8uzV6qaWmGXQ3870zXv36thgrffocHac3lLhX9AZiwFrL_4Ojw4Huegdz-CTZLmvy2p/s1600/DSC00043.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbxmXJ0TlvhmWBP-q4LxDe6QCatd55t-m6LuEGXvw5KRsyAVNT93yrjdY1WlasPI8fVh-MTUvU8uzV6qaWmGXQ3870zXv36thgrffocHac3lLhX9AZiwFrL_4Ojw4Huegdz-CTZLmvy2p/s320/DSC00043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458533591610820994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyYoTtKiynSOBrKnq9weFTawf0f-7HL1xbxGibg9CeZtzMC5GTwVo5PlEsVftXqHem2eCDS-SlH18AwuN6xSVfAb7Tgv5WJHM0J34uCKiih3ZPYVjWfMzs_d-SE8_NkSeB743-ZYfAZ75/s1600/DSC00041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyYoTtKiynSOBrKnq9weFTawf0f-7HL1xbxGibg9CeZtzMC5GTwVo5PlEsVftXqHem2eCDS-SlH18AwuN6xSVfAb7Tgv5WJHM0J34uCKiih3ZPYVjWfMzs_d-SE8_NkSeB743-ZYfAZ75/s320/DSC00041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458533584153415666" /></a><br /><div>FREE ADMISSION TO PT'S????? HOW CAN WE PASS THAT UP????<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwH9G4YuuA3xVK94Jgia_g33OrPlAbZjGDru57D-LKA_hlNIqmDKcGV8w02SN2bgxYbNmpy_sBkeRMnpNB-4UUILJdPpDd2gs6TsMijlRfSYxLfOZOeL4KXiwCGsNCHgSXKDj9pscY5jfB/s1600/DSC00025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwH9G4YuuA3xVK94Jgia_g33OrPlAbZjGDru57D-LKA_hlNIqmDKcGV8w02SN2bgxYbNmpy_sBkeRMnpNB-4UUILJdPpDd2gs6TsMijlRfSYxLfOZOeL4KXiwCGsNCHgSXKDj9pscY5jfB/s320/DSC00025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458533572761126370" /></a><br /><br />ROOFTOP VIEW....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNtsLA9nVnDio4H2dVNQ26q3BEYDCgSfqqKC0xN2kRFbal0FOfS3yJNlHkfu8YyZKO_JoglVxzaUt8XzojDOgIBzDnDVeCzd0BrGzQblgxNCzQ5sldth0AR-e4mpMXKrsahCoDzmlZRBl/s1600/DSC00110.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sm8MOockZsXLGOs8V7jY0FAqj94WMCHqIxZejKPdFNeg3hDKLzN6rAZuWd9RqSDymg2lOMp8fu9X5caLwgBJpjStvEHVbd6lnG7nNIsxVMaSFBYcTmTPECsG7yv1b5-o0nI1U-tJ3L8n/s320/DSC00049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458534130355476498" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qWR1oBmR4UZ9-5OeN9gAYnx4uC6lQ9B5P8zye-TloC3e9REII4ZcCQMmtQYbXt9roFs3NLsPZJufoFvPbMKvhU-6uMedvcmwPcI30sHm29vq-G8pagx7PPFxIhB0wohRkJfcmG2nl0_L/s1600/DSC00120.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qWR1oBmR4UZ9-5OeN9gAYnx4uC6lQ9B5P8zye-TloC3e9REII4ZcCQMmtQYbXt9roFs3NLsPZJufoFvPbMKvhU-6uMedvcmwPcI30sHm29vq-G8pagx7PPFxIhB0wohRkJfcmG2nl0_L/s320/DSC00120.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458534681482642658" /></a><br /><br />BRIAN OWNING THE HAT....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFPfG00xsDSrkuiE_hoeFRacT7ETiDhephuZ6ak4iQdOZLNPyBZVGctESNbqZl7eoM45b2Hd1v4SlifcjAHouqa8SRTWfn93c2xiz4k87SwrtBFP7SgXMCEx3OL1NmtCWDJ_TEQH8DY7_/s1600/DSC00106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFPfG00xsDSrkuiE_hoeFRacT7ETiDhephuZ6ak4iQdOZLNPyBZVGctESNbqZl7eoM45b2Hd1v4SlifcjAHouqa8SRTWfn93c2xiz4k87SwrtBFP7SgXMCEx3OL1NmtCWDJ_TEQH8DY7_/s320/DSC00106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458535356792989730" /></a><br /></div><div>SOMEONE ELSE OWNING THE HAT (HELP ME WITH THE NAMES, PEOPLE... I MAY HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT TO DRINK...)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqierqwRTk7_wti0yfIw8JFjuBNGZmKIeWkmhw3EkcDrrTT0B0PTFLX5k2yfkLEgcr3vY-HWRsWRStZjK6iFhZlksVHlkLWcud78dgnTnhyphenhyphenw-f3ALf2DFEhXLWUs4lKbpih8bQlF0CI0Vg/s1600/DSC00104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqierqwRTk7_wti0yfIw8JFjuBNGZmKIeWkmhw3EkcDrrTT0B0PTFLX5k2yfkLEgcr3vY-HWRsWRStZjK6iFhZlksVHlkLWcud78dgnTnhyphenhyphenw-f3ALf2DFEhXLWUs4lKbpih8bQlF0CI0Vg/s320/DSC00104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458535127409058002" /></a><br /></div><div>KAREN OWNING THE HAT...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmpKaTdxfK6cp-yeuMdDPD0JEENk8x0CHkjtkbC6tkXnA6B10M3y26gC4ocFLZjx8HegwcliqO3pfcSI8KE3MhcLChuuHSjs-27Pn64RVvJY7KpCsRRu8ofQfusjIk_qR0Gm9l8OAvg2g/s1600/DSC00103.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmpKaTdxfK6cp-yeuMdDPD0JEENk8x0CHkjtkbC6tkXnA6B10M3y26gC4ocFLZjx8HegwcliqO3pfcSI8KE3MhcLChuuHSjs-27Pn64RVvJY7KpCsRRu8ofQfusjIk_qR0Gm9l8OAvg2g/s320/DSC00103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458535122395500914" /></a><br /></div><div>ME. OWNING THE HAT.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzbUpYCCCUFCCr5XnWTD5qsLKTeTgHa_vg5kKJZoxBU6BcWE9FqnUn_h4Rcnm-BIKZj7Fi9kgebIMzLEeZrtdszup5hiUwHTbQGOsG7SKeb8mCDJF5RBJdNmXQTtCZjrNZ3zGSH5Clddf/s1600/DSC00079.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzbUpYCCCUFCCr5XnWTD5qsLKTeTgHa_vg5kKJZoxBU6BcWE9FqnUn_h4Rcnm-BIKZj7Fi9kgebIMzLEeZrtdszup5hiUwHTbQGOsG7SKeb8mCDJF5RBJdNmXQTtCZjrNZ3zGSH5Clddf/s320/DSC00079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458535109574035010" /></a><br /></div><div>KELLY OWNING THE HAT...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMurTk-rWyZNvujicIHd-jBtDejbhJG51VEUg2J_qOMmmmqTC7e5_OvIsUB8Z8FPzIdrMK8bi-YeRoFYy3vVvvjr-DaRvJ_TAgxORWxVcv5z2uBESzstIntEUZBUh8lAFNo3bwLtQ2Is3l/s1600/DSC00078.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMurTk-rWyZNvujicIHd-jBtDejbhJG51VEUg2J_qOMmmmqTC7e5_OvIsUB8Z8FPzIdrMK8bi-YeRoFYy3vVvvjr-DaRvJ_TAgxORWxVcv5z2uBESzstIntEUZBUh8lAFNo3bwLtQ2Is3l/s320/DSC00078.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458535100476753794" /></a><br /></div><div>ANOTHER FRIEND OWNING THE HAT....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjXmxq7I5BGGzrWAWAriig5V0Q3Kr7gLXeICepOKmf1ey9I9tIPmAyyS8DXKEa1t3sAfbxPsan7tJZYKXFA1dX6KwAT79bPbuXQ4Hb4I9c67WOnfXWp9Rcl7mu9sUMUE7zIR1FjOd7KYY/s1600/DSC00046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjXmxq7I5BGGzrWAWAriig5V0Q3Kr7gLXeICepOKmf1ey9I9tIPmAyyS8DXKEa1t3sAfbxPsan7tJZYKXFA1dX6KwAT79bPbuXQ4Hb4I9c67WOnfXWp9Rcl7mu9sUMUE7zIR1FjOd7KYY/s320/DSC00046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458535086665062162" /></a>CHRIS OWNING THE HAT. (KIND OF)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0-kyzWPcIOX1WSi2YQGXdD1_KR3VfimQBXOpMGF3DJC8zu8xKN-A2DReBAyjcK5igXpN70BIJYI6Gnh2ZEgzT3CQ7kptDjlKEqahGe2D5whyphenhyphenVy0n3sdciEtiZNjx6nWjNVny0RVeB5wu/s1600/DSC00105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0-kyzWPcIOX1WSi2YQGXdD1_KR3VfimQBXOpMGF3DJC8zu8xKN-A2DReBAyjcK5igXpN70BIJYI6Gnh2ZEgzT3CQ7kptDjlKEqahGe2D5whyphenhyphenVy0n3sdciEtiZNjx6nWjNVny0RVeB5wu/s320/DSC00105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458535364715221842" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-16754268033688340602010-02-12T18:07:00.000-07:002010-02-12T18:08:05.841-07:00Trying...<div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center; ">I'm trying again! Yes, I know. You've heard it all before. But I'm very tired of being at the bottom of everyone's Updated Blog list! But don't hold me to keeping this up.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">I'll try, but I'm a very busy person! ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">So, I'm sitting here at home.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Annie is at her theater practice - it's 3 hours tonight and 6 hours tomorrow! It makes me really sad and a bit nervous. I have a knot in my tummy when I drop her off because it seems so long to me for her. But we'll just evaluate this after this play is done and decide if she wants to do it again... Her play is the first two weekend in March - three times each weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Ryan is downstairs with two of our neighborhood kids. One of them is almost 8 and is helping Ryan unlock levels in his Star Wars Wii game. I would help, but I would bet that Ryan is probably better than me at the game!! I'm exchanging babysitting so their parents can have a Valentine's dinner tonight. Then Dave and I will go out next weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Which brings me to Dave - who is gone and has been gone since Super Bowl Sunday! I have survived! He comes home tomorrow and the house is still somewhat in order, I had one child's doctor appointment which included 4 shots (one for me), one 1st grade Valentine party to put on at the school, one day of helping at the preschool, two batches of cookies to make, and lots of Sussies stuff to keep me busy. So I'm pretty pleased that I didn't lose it completely!</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">I even managed to make a batch of chocolate covered Ritz Bits with peanut butter. I had the chocolate and Ritz Bits and figured I would just do it. I added a Valentine M&M to the top of each. They turned out super cute. Unfortunately (but fortunately for my neighbors) they were too easy to pop into your mouth, I would have devoured the whole lot of them. So we made little plates and tied them up with bows and delivered them to the neighbors!!!</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6enHbXfket6tEDJ9jSzjE3BeiudkRETjPvDpKIyZB2ed9asjzs0ivAxihCF9ZKIxz8o4DwC7_rBaRiEc5ARw6gcvKhT5gN22o2EXtJXiilbo-bQiBMZesMlDXmbb9yDxHsFgUmohBA6CL/s320/IMG_4801.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437527472080137970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnu-Z0ouggmjVndPFVMhoqtXD19qGw7plAVMXE7ziQMV3E_dYhwkDrWgev7j4hKZmt5Z6UgFQUBrCicSuVtl9UxCgKutaM3_49KLrK8WQphD9bT2mHIzVfpxLRZvfVX6bcqWRmYsSWJQQ/s1600-h/IMG_4804.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnu-Z0ouggmjVndPFVMhoqtXD19qGw7plAVMXE7ziQMV3E_dYhwkDrWgev7j4hKZmt5Z6UgFQUBrCicSuVtl9UxCgKutaM3_49KLrK8WQphD9bT2mHIzVfpxLRZvfVX6bcqWRmYsSWJQQ/s320/IMG_4804.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437527487817224034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-24692450304206880732009-10-28T18:29:00.002-06:002009-10-28T19:05:35.081-06:00Snowing...WOO HOO! I just love it when it snows! And, boy, is it snowing today!! There is at least a foot outside - which is just crazy for before Halloween! But it's been fun. Kids still had school - which was also crazy. So I had a few hours at home when I got to work on some more of the Christmas Advent Calendars!! That was fun.<br /><br />During the day, I took some photos of our Halloween decorations out in the snow. I sent them in to our local Channel 4 TV Station! While I was talking to my mom on the phone around 5:15, she freaked out because my picture and name popped up on the TV! She had tivo'd it - so she rewound and made a video of the mention with her camera. Here it is...<br /><br />(They did spell my last name wrong and mispronounced my first name, but still...)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mH1SLemcJyg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mH1SLemcJyg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And here's the photos that I sent in...<br /><br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view¤t=IMG_3892.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/IMG_3892.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view¤t=IMG_3895.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/IMG_3895.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I wonder how long it's going to last!!Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-28507514401437358742009-10-25T17:52:00.004-06:002009-10-25T18:03:47.796-06:00Creating...I did some fun things this weekend! It felt good to be putting some of my creative juices to work. The first thing we did was to make this cute, little pumpkin. Our neighborhood was having our annual Halloween Parade with all the kids in costume and one of the activities was a pumpkin 'carving' contest. We haven't gotten our real pumpkins yet, so we had to make due with a foam one from Michaels. We didn't win the contest (I think the judges were crazy!), but the kids had fun helping me with this... I call it 'Fancy Dallas Pumpkin.'<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH_VkVmwrUN6gYBJx_3X1ra1bdk6I25vWHdjDAnoMqZGZ7Ht7t-JKI4_vUeA43ayrfOnyAOmflWrHXUL1gVo2xmUwwnVdwaR8nw9JBgIujwQ3hO64WS07VwEs4TdYVXqv-MfwSdbS014-/s1600-h/IMG_3835.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH_VkVmwrUN6gYBJx_3X1ra1bdk6I25vWHdjDAnoMqZGZ7Ht7t-JKI4_vUeA43ayrfOnyAOmflWrHXUL1gVo2xmUwwnVdwaR8nw9JBgIujwQ3hO64WS07VwEs4TdYVXqv-MfwSdbS014-/s320/IMG_3835.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396690841307057378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmr708KJ-2AQvVAEMtoqtu8CP_2KJBZ0rsFpIPhIUu_3R7hEwbHlgt9Xs95ESoLMQoW9mHO0FaACh8wZfAg5HkID0hqDiBntAJjp_8Ut-8gFVKD4aTH-L-42ELXk7iVWGmLMQ9Vt9OAuX/s1600-h/IMG_3836.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmr708KJ-2AQvVAEMtoqtu8CP_2KJBZ0rsFpIPhIUu_3R7hEwbHlgt9Xs95ESoLMQoW9mHO0FaACh8wZfAg5HkID0hqDiBntAJjp_8Ut-8gFVKD4aTH-L-42ELXk7iVWGmLMQ9Vt9OAuX/s320/IMG_3836.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396690837741423826" /></a><br /><br />Then, while I was perusing etsy, I found an adorable muffin tin Christmas advent calendar. I have a little craft show coming up in a few weeks where I will be going with all of my Scrapbook Sussies stuff. Craft shows in the past haven't always been the best for me - mostly because people want to take something with them (and, at past shows, I've only had subscriptions to sell.) This time, I have lots of kits, add-ons, and extras to bring to sell, but I saw this and knew I could make these and they would be a hit!<br /><br />I plan to make 6 different ones - each with a slightly different color scheme - and sell them for $35 each (Including the adorable little stand that it comes on!). Then, I plan on having an 'add-on' which will include everything you need to fill the 24 cups - hershey kisses, shiny $1.00 coins, little pieces of paper and ribbon for them to write an activity for the day on, and other fun things. If you have any ideas of what might fit in the cups, please let me know! I need to be on the lookout for the next two weeks!!<br /><br />If you're interested in one, I'll gladly take your order! (And 20% of the proceeds will go to my kid's school!!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGvuz02DFnfwlsC8KQl6Hzdrc_MJnTknhnQ6KtNckHGTRWw2NjpbcXV5B4xPccw9krGH_-qh2ssIUM8fmbho7HC68TrvxtdMOMf_9e7FRFS60xodiQVF6kC3zOLfHvvm6BmgjI6W5p3_T/s1600-h/IMG_3838.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGvuz02DFnfwlsC8KQl6Hzdrc_MJnTknhnQ6KtNckHGTRWw2NjpbcXV5B4xPccw9krGH_-qh2ssIUM8fmbho7HC68TrvxtdMOMf_9e7FRFS60xodiQVF6kC3zOLfHvvm6BmgjI6W5p3_T/s320/IMG_3838.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396690833253496850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HFRHYd77MGMIiKs7dxNa6dv4J7eCEmTCTGl-41gEpNgr6qM5D-iy39jMi6gprCvtik9SGsVbfdQUmcSm0xKDXZTcz6Ysdg5DGYHvnPtiEsk8Q8bsyjEOv8iSayY8QEjTNHrae27IlXz3/s1600-h/IMG_3839.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HFRHYd77MGMIiKs7dxNa6dv4J7eCEmTCTGl-41gEpNgr6qM5D-iy39jMi6gprCvtik9SGsVbfdQUmcSm0xKDXZTcz6Ysdg5DGYHvnPtiEsk8Q8bsyjEOv8iSayY8QEjTNHrae27IlXz3/s320/IMG_3839.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396690824537500066" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-34614029255234951362009-10-18T10:53:00.000-06:002009-10-18T10:54:08.494-06:00Snoogling...<object width="464" height="289" alt="Snoogly! 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I simply made it because I could recall the ingredients from memory while I was picking up things at the grocery store. Over the next few days, Grandma and I ate the whole pie! I joked with her that we weren't going to be sharing that pie with anyone! And, after we polished off the last piece, we took this photo of us with the empty pie plate....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1e10U6OE23kxI1vkKTQEOV3V-SFIUcZD_l-1mIKuOsNGb4VMm01f5SzL6DlCxX7PJ60Zz_C1GMqZZYDuBvXmY0php-Fox03nOFuVzR2ZHKFfOqsB4xnijPzfQ48moDbjsQ1gOZtORzrt/s1600-h/DSC00021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1e10U6OE23kxI1vkKTQEOV3V-SFIUcZD_l-1mIKuOsNGb4VMm01f5SzL6DlCxX7PJ60Zz_C1GMqZZYDuBvXmY0php-Fox03nOFuVzR2ZHKFfOqsB4xnijPzfQ48moDbjsQ1gOZtORzrt/s320/DSC00021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392105427444672322" /></a><br /><br />At her funeral, there was a slideshow of all sorts of pictures of Grandma. I fell in love with this one. It was so artsy and special and showed my grandparents so full of youth. It's going to be a fun one to scrap!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjngcsX4S7z0pEU9WgRTwJLtfekoB913ErWVNB838RFz4LJ8BdN6isHziM73nIzdJcA5xO3RNQs2uMI-PC8KI3mMOS_gpr9QVyp544MByOQiZXx0H8Q1iZxhHG4ST10E9DNsvCmiLwo6y/s1600-h/gma+gpa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjngcsX4S7z0pEU9WgRTwJLtfekoB913ErWVNB838RFz4LJ8BdN6isHziM73nIzdJcA5xO3RNQs2uMI-PC8KI3mMOS_gpr9QVyp544MByOQiZXx0H8Q1iZxhHG4ST10E9DNsvCmiLwo6y/s400/gma+gpa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389325337624461618" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-36852561733774571692009-10-08T09:08:00.000-06:002009-10-08T09:09:01.747-06:00Celebrating...Annie had her birthday party this last weekend. It was a slumber party - Rock Star style. There were 7 girls coming over and one little boy to hang out with Ryan. So we had 10 kids here!! <br /><br />When the girls arrived, we did their hair and make-up. Big Thanks to Grandma Kathy for coming and helping! I know I couldn't have done it all without her! After their makeover, they took sassy pictures (for their backstage pass) and then got to sing Karaoke - lots of High School Musical songs! (I even got in on the action!!!)<br /><br />We had pizza, cake in the shape of an ipod, Hannah Montana movies, popcorn, pancakes in the morning, and lots of fun!!! The girls did great - no big issues. And it was very easy to get Annie to take a nap the next day!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKqcdxZGVdzgNOzSNs6o3M5hJEtxv-KRJrvsbZ-CARF4UBWeWjbmX_BK_VbZZ1K2mgjt4XrT0Rd1PO6qEh842ZQ8rLNt2U16G57udm5-umz_aIoSKnZSl_7SgVOTpirJLLI0qZLO0vZl4/s1600-h/IMG_3676.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKqcdxZGVdzgNOzSNs6o3M5hJEtxv-KRJrvsbZ-CARF4UBWeWjbmX_BK_VbZZ1K2mgjt4XrT0Rd1PO6qEh842ZQ8rLNt2U16G57udm5-umz_aIoSKnZSl_7SgVOTpirJLLI0qZLO0vZl4/s400/IMG_3676.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389325894995568098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoF1JW8CsrgY-m9hmCMyZHK1VWkLT-OFHHdSorCg9diuQyv903uHEonxq2ezbZdJkl0xWqUdifF7jVvdok6PN6Ds902p0hX3Zxs9SxlPmrgY5DXbILOM8HVlGuNaBzF2Oez8D5d5GLyBqR/s1600-h/IMG_3647.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoF1JW8CsrgY-m9hmCMyZHK1VWkLT-OFHHdSorCg9diuQyv903uHEonxq2ezbZdJkl0xWqUdifF7jVvdok6PN6Ds902p0hX3Zxs9SxlPmrgY5DXbILOM8HVlGuNaBzF2Oez8D5d5GLyBqR/s320/IMG_3647.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389325712197017762" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-43253478519593549312009-10-05T18:03:00.000-06:002009-10-05T21:32:38.880-06:00Drawing...I found this paper in Annie's backpack yesterday. I realize that it said 'Do Not Open' and 'Freaky Picture Inside', but I was prepared to take my chances...<br /><br />There's been a girl at school who has been a little bit mean to Annie and her friends. I did have a talk with Annie to tell her that it wasn't very nice to draw pictures like this because it could hurt someone's feelings if it got into the wrong hands. <br /><br />But I, personally, think it's hilarious and worth posting! It makes me laugh! If you can't read what Someone In Jail is saying, it's "MMMMMMMM..... Poop is good!" (I think Annie takes after her Dad!!!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKWGLaS3o_C2b1yV6SJdIqm5tZLjQjskjro__agTTRt8HF0-qWxjdSzhtnfe09Pq1SBworAhgNczlux_UcUpRpOk-lG-6rkZZw_oYKuAmgBAV_z2qTdrFILRYq1RPMpr_-Zo99Xb1qGDQ/s1600-h/FreakyPic3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKWGLaS3o_C2b1yV6SJdIqm5tZLjQjskjro__agTTRt8HF0-qWxjdSzhtnfe09Pq1SBworAhgNczlux_UcUpRpOk-lG-6rkZZw_oYKuAmgBAV_z2qTdrFILRYq1RPMpr_-Zo99Xb1qGDQ/s320/FreakyPic3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386618021170269442" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieptavAoEb8foQEGos0zZp3aT3VjwCYM_p-AIvrz7lqJ1qQLKouPpoj5whJJyS1_7dGHPm-386fE27k3vZiZqvLc5wb9dERWS9wcaVzT4JlPd101mgBP2wELiCqCOe1PGmBbaQaEfZuT8O/s1600-h/FreakyPic4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieptavAoEb8foQEGos0zZp3aT3VjwCYM_p-AIvrz7lqJ1qQLKouPpoj5whJJyS1_7dGHPm-386fE27k3vZiZqvLc5wb9dERWS9wcaVzT4JlPd101mgBP2wELiCqCOe1PGmBbaQaEfZuT8O/s320/FreakyPic4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386618011009193714" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-91015327305446165072009-09-29T21:55:00.003-06:002009-10-01T10:59:15.272-06:00Singing...I just love this video. Every night, I sing to each of the kids. Ryan always wants us to sing "Jesus Loves Me". It's so cute because he always sings along. I got this video of him singing one night...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WxV8MxujckQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WxV8MxujckQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-3374119444525490412009-09-23T19:29:00.005-06:002009-09-28T14:15:11.705-06:00Scanning...Whew! I finally did it! I went through all the layouts that I did over the weekend in Dallas and then also all the layouts from pictures from the year 2008. (These are all pics that haven't been put into albums yet so they were the easiest to scan.)<br /><br />I do have plans to do all of my pages that I've done, but this will have to do for now!!! I've posted them here in a slideshow, but a lot of these can be found on the Scrapbook Sussies Design Gallery page as well as in the Scrapbook Sussies Member Gallery! <br /><br />Thanks for looking!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7jasazoks88OZ8bk-QoMC91__RzTEEVg3CxeTi0LIBYS4OaX3ULwE9cTYNdVXrOVDCk53z9FmV8jao1oTjcaT_ZZ9yLSngR0H3Bb8ta-XykFiLFfyO531a84RztBxEF7enzYhOWboGJW/s1600-h/IMG_3570.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7jasazoks88OZ8bk-QoMC91__RzTEEVg3CxeTi0LIBYS4OaX3ULwE9cTYNdVXrOVDCk53z9FmV8jao1oTjcaT_ZZ9yLSngR0H3Bb8ta-XykFiLFfyO531a84RztBxEF7enzYhOWboGJW/s320/IMG_3570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386612569974919186" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-60548534887923464532009-09-23T19:22:00.003-06:002009-09-24T09:14:22.206-06:00Reflecting...The weather has been rainy and cold lately. Today, Annie had indoor recess at lunch - which means that they usually show a movie. At dinner tonight, I asked her what movie they played. Here is how the conversation went...<br /><br />Me - What movie did you watch at indoor recess?<br />Annie - Guess.<br />Me - Madagascar?<br />Annie - No.<br />Me - Toy Story?<br />Annie - No mom. It's a classic.<br />Me - Oh. Ok. Sound of Music?<br />Annie - No.<br />Me - Wizard of Oz?<br />Annie - No.<br />Me - Ok give me a hint.<br />Annie - It starts with N and ends with O.<br />Me - Finding Nemo?<br />Annie - Yes.<br /><br />It just makes me smile to see what she consider a classic and what she doesn't! Kids these days!!Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-89415695576460436082009-09-22T15:16:00.003-06:002009-09-22T15:24:25.075-06:00Smurfing a cake...Annie has been a big fan of the Smurfs lately and even wanted to have a Smurf Birthday party. It was a debate between a Smurf party and a Rock Star party. For her actual birthday party, we decided upon Rock Star - because most of the other kids don't know the Smurfs. However, she was still sad that no one would sing 'Happy Smurfday to You.' So I made her this cake today to bring into her class tomorrow for a treat.<br /><br />This is my first time doing one of these shaped cakes with all the little dots for the icing. (See. I don't even know the cake lingo because I'm sure they're not called little dots for icing..) Anyway, I think it came out great and I can't wait to surprise Annie with it!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCEIrFwc-7oDRr_S0m0AzsxbVFA4qzVVX-1IgzPFeDmZnAeNbB-ML3mKVkOeL9hTNcHPv9kj2vSEHtC4IXEon9VeEEY4gXycnNu_Q2dX07KG90M361SF1vZkXNBftvLgQGonJmrzaXqX8/s1600-h/DSC00031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCEIrFwc-7oDRr_S0m0AzsxbVFA4qzVVX-1IgzPFeDmZnAeNbB-ML3mKVkOeL9hTNcHPv9kj2vSEHtC4IXEon9VeEEY4gXycnNu_Q2dX07KG90M361SF1vZkXNBftvLgQGonJmrzaXqX8/s320/DSC00031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384405394951083410" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-5174547403573295782009-09-17T10:07:00.000-06:002009-09-17T10:07:00.328-06:00Dodging..."If you can dodge wrenches, you can dodge balls..." <br /><br />Oh, the quotes were flying from Dave the week before the big Dodgeball Tournament! You can imagine how we all got a little lesson about techniques, etc from Coach Dave the night of the game! Whatever he did, it worked! Because we were the Champions!<br /><br />Rewind...<br /><br />It was back in March at the Wilder Elementary School Silent Auction. We had signed up for this tournament to help raise money for Annie's school. After a few cocktails, everyone thought it would be AWESOME to play in the tournament. So we paid our entry fee and made sure to request that 6 of us all be on the same team (with our friends, the Raabs and the Svendsens). Dave even managed to write a little note about how we were going to clobber everyone on the sign up sheet...<br /><br />Fast Forward...<br /><br />September comes along and it turns out only the Raabs and the McClendons can make it (The Svendsens chickened out - or they had a really good reason - I can't remember). Each team is made up of 10 people and we got placed with two other random couples. So our team was short handed. It should be really easy to knock us out, right? It really didn't matter. Dave and Mike (and the two guys placed with us) were a force. I didn't do much except for shuffle around, hand balls to Dave and Mike, dodge a ball or two, and jam my pinky finger (ouch). We played four games, won four games, and took the championship hands down.<br /><br />Our prize? $10 per couple to The Gorilla Room - a little dive bar in downtown Littleton that I'm sure has never been as busy as it was when 60 adults (all in 1980's gym class attire) showed up to celebrate the tournament. I also happened to win another $10 for having the "weakest throw". It was really part of the master plan - I mean, if I'm not going to win strongest throw, may as well go for the weakest, right? <br /><br />Anyway, it was a really fun night and we met lots of other Wilder parents that I can see us hanging out with more often in the future. And we won. Did I mention that already?<br /><br />I told everyone to look tough... (No one listens to me, I guess.)<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view¤t=DSC00021-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/DSC00021-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Kelly & me with our girl, Mo<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view¤t=DSC00025-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/DSC00025-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Mike & Dave<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view¤t=DSC00031.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/DSC00031.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-24942058940326175042009-09-15T10:00:00.001-06:002009-09-15T10:00:03.370-06:00Winning...Saturday! Game day! 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<br />Dave and I had tickets in the middle of the Huskies seats. The fans were tremendously nice. The only person who threw their drink at us was Dave when he got so excited after a great play that his soda cup hit the guy in front of him while he was jumping up and down, spilling on us... The Washington fans were very spirited. The stadium was loud and rowdy and fun. At the end of the game, the LSU fans looked like their team lost because the team didn't play as well as expected. The Washington fans were cheering to the last second and looked like they were the fans of the winning team.
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<br />I think a wise man once said, "If you had fun, you won." (Not everyone will get that.)
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<br />First cheering "GO Tigers" for the Tiger fans, then easily moving on to 'Tiger Bait' the Washington fans...
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<br />Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-85403821081124485742009-09-13T10:00:00.000-06:002009-09-13T10:00:00.584-06:00Sightseeing...<a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=IMG_3515.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/IMG_3515.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />About a year ago, we found out that LSU was going to be playing Washington in September of this year and that a lot of Dave's college buddies would be making the trip. Now, when most people say a lot of college buddies, I don't know what that means to them. When Dave says it, it means like 40 or 50. In addition to this, I had never been to Seattle, so we deemed this a must-attend road trip. <br /><br />First things first, we had to get there... Some old friends of ours, David & Colleen, were nice enough to wait up for us and pick us up at the late hour of 11:30 pm at the airport. D & C used to live in Denver and were our camping / hiking / drinking / hanging out buddies. They had been in Seattle since Wednesday for a few days of hiking up by Twilight Territory (They didn't see any vampires, but they did eat a Bella Burger.) And even though we made them stay up halfway through the night to pick us up, they had a beer waiting for us in the car and hung out in the hotel bar for a bit when we got to the 'busiest hotel in the world' - The Westin in Seattle). (Thank you Doug!)<br /><br />Friday was spent all over Seattle - we hit Pike Place Market, the first Starbucks, a Brewery for lunch, and Snoqualmie Falls for a quick hike, and finished the day having dinner in the Space Needle. It was insane to see the number of people wearing LSU colors around. It's a funny thing to me how the LSU crowd brings not just one outfit of school colors to wear to the game, but three or four to wear on the days preceding and subsequent to the game as well. They sure are proud of their school! One lady even offered to let me wear her LSU jacket when they were taking a picture for us since I didn't have anything with the school logo on! I politely declined - I was at least wearing a gold colored shirt!<br /><br />Pike Place Market - you have to see it if you go just to say that you did, right? <br /><br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=IMG_3474.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/IMG_3474.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=IMG_3476.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/IMG_3476.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I happened to catch this awesome video of the guys throwing the fish...<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyucYp4t5mUIy_9bFfToPa4chAO_ul_c7ae70pEeorAQb7AmPKHMWCaehml-oAvl7jLx0uIesi99X3QQSaDGw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Very first Starbucks - Guess what?! It tasted like the soy latte that I get at the one 5 minutes from my house!<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=IMG_3478.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/IMG_3478.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=DSC00061.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/DSC00061.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />After seeing a ton of Dave's buddies at the Brewery, we headed off for a hike down to the bottom of Snoqualmie Falls!<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=IMG_3490.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/IMG_3490.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=IMG_3503.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/IMG_3503.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Notice this is the only picture of our 'dinner'. While the rotating restaurant was cool, it took CC and me a bit of time to get used to it. The food was phenomenal!<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=DSC00074.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/DSC00074.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />And I'll leave you as we walked home from the Space Needle on Friday (You'll have to wait to hear about Game Day.) with a pic of something you don't see every day.... Hmmmmm......<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/?action=view¤t=DSC00072.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Seattle/DSC00072.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-45111165178367868202009-09-11T17:03:00.004-06:002009-09-11T21:58:11.614-06:00Losing...Annie is about to turn 7 in a few weeks and has been very much bemoaning the fact that she hasn't lost even one tooth. She's been very dramatic. She'll get a phone call from a friend who just turned 6 who lost a tooth and, while she is very happy for them while she's talking to them, begins crying immediately after she hangs up. It's so important to her, but one of those things that she just has to be patient with.<br /><br />This last weekend, when I was in Seattle, I got a phone call from her. <br /><br /> "Guess what, Mom. Good news!", she says. <br /><br />"What is it, hon?"<br /><br />"I LOST MY TOOTH!!!" <br /><br />She lost her first tooth while she was still six while she was staying at Grandma's house! WOO HOO! What a story!! She was so excited and so animated when she was telling me about it. Of course, the tooth fairy had to wait one night until we got home to come because 1) she didn't want the tooth fairy to become confused about where she lived and 2) I didn't want to explain that the tooth fairy doesn't always give $100 bills (which I was worried my mom would do!).<br /><br />I asked my mom to email me a picture and this is the one they took. You can just see how excited she is!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4JkQ_GutNVxDfwwgryESeBC_Rneby86d4Gj6lptnoasa-E4cg4mDt97HAIRsPZ8aMe_rfftW2BeoaHKD_RaSH882s9IChwutPMefI2wLuBUThm65jhXQ4iPXjQoeP0QDEmweUOfTXrLo/s1600-h/DSC06306.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4JkQ_GutNVxDfwwgryESeBC_Rneby86d4Gj6lptnoasa-E4cg4mDt97HAIRsPZ8aMe_rfftW2BeoaHKD_RaSH882s9IChwutPMefI2wLuBUThm65jhXQ4iPXjQoeP0QDEmweUOfTXrLo/s320/DSC06306.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380350802762156962" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-83428474652306611222009-07-31T16:58:00.000-06:002009-07-31T17:16:27.188-06:00WORKING...So I just got back from CHA in Orlando. They moved it from Chicago to Orlando. Which is good and bad. I loved having a fabulous excuse to go to Chicago - one of my very favorite cities - at least once a year. But it was awesome to go visit my brother in Orlando (and lay by the pool by myself and soak up the sun! - even if it felt like a sauna!!)<div><br /></div><div>CHA was very productive. I felt like I got a lot of great deals this time and will have lots of cool things to offer up to my customers in the coming months!</div><div><br /></div><div>After a few late nights staying up to get all the calculating, figuring, ordering taken care of, I had a chance to have some fun at the show.</div><div><br /></div><div>My favorite booth is the Doodlebug Designs booth. It's always set up like a little candy house. It would be the type of place you would love to have as a playhouse for your kids (or yourself!). Here are some shots of it with one of me 'in the kitchen, baking cookies'!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bgkrxdvNNlO1VyXWnUcA7wFpyEhGvtraYyW6K_0ve6QNTms9fZDJ4b2-2yIIErQiztiS3DbTx0Co1Z9DmB887DNmdyOWWU8kb789X348dXDRP_fkPUP0WWe5qxjN883rGFVAFXWch70Y/s1600-h/DSC00028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bgkrxdvNNlO1VyXWnUcA7wFpyEhGvtraYyW6K_0ve6QNTms9fZDJ4b2-2yIIErQiztiS3DbTx0Co1Z9DmB887DNmdyOWWU8kb789X348dXDRP_fkPUP0WWe5qxjN883rGFVAFXWch70Y/s320/DSC00028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364764007453991778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeGjCpY6ISQWXjqnUJDyoB3K-pRYXtPJ9e7MbEDeOGPtMzr-i-eo9Z_3j8ZrJqR4seQircjCfL8VIbbeg1Pxg_LyqZwAd_461Mn2cnN2Q2IWxTS4t9tTZaq_pLWd_nj0gdDBzZfx6jySp/s1600-h/DSC00025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeGjCpY6ISQWXjqnUJDyoB3K-pRYXtPJ9e7MbEDeOGPtMzr-i-eo9Z_3j8ZrJqR4seQircjCfL8VIbbeg1Pxg_LyqZwAd_461Mn2cnN2Q2IWxTS4t9tTZaq_pLWd_nj0gdDBzZfx6jySp/s320/DSC00025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364764000602816050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV0vmHpXonkXQST6h9FFi5cYMDFGv1cNXbtBLbn7CnoWhFfGs125efQp1NTMMd94cKgno72Phc2wvOgL18pIgkaJ5mFSYP1-BK2S29Hvq5tFqJJ4SqJHrfdzG49rqZRpeQVPccMPADz4X/s1600-h/DSC00022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV0vmHpXonkXQST6h9FFi5cYMDFGv1cNXbtBLbn7CnoWhFfGs125efQp1NTMMd94cKgno72Phc2wvOgL18pIgkaJ5mFSYP1-BK2S29Hvq5tFqJJ4SqJHrfdzG49rqZRpeQVPccMPADz4X/s320/DSC00022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364763992534579970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHuhc_6OIHABhSQIaBkMX3S0Ga4jmpY6Lu4M2pWYwGEeU97TZU-h_5MA7o5l5TiIIf5PtIm9_h8Z_8iv9FebxFamKDJAyF0YoU6d70liWFn3w1NvcBJnYQ4K69FYEauXcL6sP3kh6zAvK/s1600-h/DSC00021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHuhc_6OIHABhSQIaBkMX3S0Ga4jmpY6Lu4M2pWYwGEeU97TZU-h_5MA7o5l5TiIIf5PtIm9_h8Z_8iv9FebxFamKDJAyF0YoU6d70liWFn3w1NvcBJnYQ4K69FYEauXcL6sP3kh6zAvK/s320/DSC00021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364763984914242562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddwrV9oLOMMnAyMsV1hxsydhyphenhyphen297UQXkPRgC6i3hqthsTLhcbAfA_oDbr9yf-k7_F6fkRrmBUirSBqkMBrJRWu9OOOJ32vsuCeSeqkQ4TfJwth8RIJwdIWpCS2IdAoEDG1sk68dpAAzbe/s1600-h/DSC00017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddwrV9oLOMMnAyMsV1hxsydhyphenhyphen297UQXkPRgC6i3hqthsTLhcbAfA_oDbr9yf-k7_F6fkRrmBUirSBqkMBrJRWu9OOOJ32vsuCeSeqkQ4TfJwth8RIJwdIWpCS2IdAoEDG1sk68dpAAzbe/s320/DSC00017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364763981363281298" /></a><br /><br />Also, the one and only shot from the night I went out with my brother and friends....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLJe1neP8NFUpcsLNT8YMfSEuflllCvIDb80441hMjqLEq8_XkJGysecdBboRGDmbTbKDKDNENZLmofsq0dpjtXO9KoUerOF5Zi2SN6D75zmL2vBBtO3FSumDrqzXOjLASBSYFHKRyPzG/s1600-h/DSC00044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLJe1neP8NFUpcsLNT8YMfSEuflllCvIDb80441hMjqLEq8_XkJGysecdBboRGDmbTbKDKDNENZLmofsq0dpjtXO9KoUerOF5Zi2SN6D75zmL2vBBtO3FSumDrqzXOjLASBSYFHKRyPzG/s320/DSC00044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364764392917270258" /></a><br /><br />Unless you consider these two 'photos from the night...' (First is the front cover of a great newspaper in the Orlando area. Second is a shot of my brother's friend, Brendan, which may have been manipulated to look as if it was in the newspaper. I don't know. You'll have to ask Bennie / Brendan for the truth...)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFpFdjYjnZ-fxUkJyIamx6fIggJ20HLfgjWTl7FjiLbrkZLsHRUdXLu68e9IB9FLUBipOEWU4aJAH5-fQ_lM9kbriiAr-cLjoB2V_mmZZ6Gy6AGjOI2eVaZcWNqOY4p6Sn1rY4hjlxWwa/s1600-h/IMG_0520.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFpFdjYjnZ-fxUkJyIamx6fIggJ20HLfgjWTl7FjiLbrkZLsHRUdXLu68e9IB9FLUBipOEWU4aJAH5-fQ_lM9kbriiAr-cLjoB2V_mmZZ6Gy6AGjOI2eVaZcWNqOY4p6Sn1rY4hjlxWwa/s320/IMG_0520.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364766578172040994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwe8ULbQT0Ux5aYjK_yv9FBK4-vXczEgW4Xka9VuSW0pMISO3n0ns_Qnj4pLom7xdDWGH26NKXs4lZVrPHYAVHlh6fZ2L6_HcIymLz-aaoFJvmvnl4sFiqyQar4moSLYc7ZNJL5HEBobXy/s1600-h/IMG_0519.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwe8ULbQT0Ux5aYjK_yv9FBK4-vXczEgW4Xka9VuSW0pMISO3n0ns_Qnj4pLom7xdDWGH26NKXs4lZVrPHYAVHlh6fZ2L6_HcIymLz-aaoFJvmvnl4sFiqyQar4moSLYc7ZNJL5HEBobXy/s320/IMG_0519.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364766580592882194" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-31053146228568021962009-07-20T12:06:00.001-06:002009-07-20T12:26:26.853-06:00NEW KITCHEN!!!Yes... it's my quarterly blog entry.... I know that I need to be better about this, but this summer has been crazy with a capital C! Along with several vacation trips we made in June, my grandmother passed away. So I had an unexpected trip to Viriginia in early July as well. On top of all that, the kids were home and we were spending time doing fun things AND we were getting our kitchen remodels.<br /><br />Seven short, stress-filled, fun-filled weeks later, we have three small things that need to be done in order to completely finish the kitchen (dimmers put on two lights, a valence put over the cooktop, and to get that darn oven actually working.) Aside from that, things are put away, organized, and we're absolutely loving it! Dave and I spend time in the kitchen in the evenings just enjoying it. We're looking forward to having people over to break it in!!<br /><br />For now, here's the before and after shots!!!<br /><br />BEFORE #1<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuRFQpBzitGPB_NYRFMHsmqfZJux0G020uTjiLR4fbN603_MPRVFsLKgUtQKlySMNIYgjM06X8iISAxc_fMYHnpr_MVQFc3Zh-SP0QDBaVvwHZXRjhqB-DphcqWkufpLlPjJ5VVpot4KT/s1600-h/IMG_1802.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuRFQpBzitGPB_NYRFMHsmqfZJux0G020uTjiLR4fbN603_MPRVFsLKgUtQKlySMNIYgjM06X8iISAxc_fMYHnpr_MVQFc3Zh-SP0QDBaVvwHZXRjhqB-DphcqWkufpLlPjJ5VVpot4KT/s320/IMG_1802.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360607010752682050" /></a><br /><br />AFTER #1<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU8OJxNaEeKX5iHTzgU7bWRjgdhPc4ZTBgW7mI-p8TgO0iufMZZpsEsgAy5GUh9ax-nS954RDmStlNuqkunq66RYBp3ZL6FMJ2Cg5EPuMvW3LD-E1-3yu-FpNpUzpui4PYNZKN86Xmtuw/s1600-h/IMG_2257.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU8OJxNaEeKX5iHTzgU7bWRjgdhPc4ZTBgW7mI-p8TgO0iufMZZpsEsgAy5GUh9ax-nS954RDmStlNuqkunq66RYBp3ZL6FMJ2Cg5EPuMvW3LD-E1-3yu-FpNpUzpui4PYNZKN86Xmtuw/s320/IMG_2257.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360608556814881570" /></a><br /><br />BEFORE #2<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2DqRYL1UM2ZjDNqT_WL-_y0x4H55Ouxdriw4bWLnKQ33fNUqoPcEiaIL0HX4tP7nD16OJL9qqxtSiLiJNXUhD021QTo0swv82OG_B2IKdYow7HtPAnAFjCBpdYQ7R5m3MR4peN2QlMyi/s1600-h/IMG_1803.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2DqRYL1UM2ZjDNqT_WL-_y0x4H55Ouxdriw4bWLnKQ33fNUqoPcEiaIL0HX4tP7nD16OJL9qqxtSiLiJNXUhD021QTo0swv82OG_B2IKdYow7HtPAnAFjCBpdYQ7R5m3MR4peN2QlMyi/s320/IMG_1803.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360607014066241442" /></a><br /><br />AFTER #2<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPYLD_Bh3ExVB15k08MUb8eZV7J7F3auQ_Gu5HoKCEUv6FoZ3Ywd-RJIkJ-kD-VmhtOEU9oylo9-NLQtWR5XJ73X2kFDRg6W6rP76WapzskjolRFpZdzWSfX-QQxqn7JYZm4NhMl0CfuG/s1600-h/IMG_2259.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPYLD_Bh3ExVB15k08MUb8eZV7J7F3auQ_Gu5HoKCEUv6FoZ3Ywd-RJIkJ-kD-VmhtOEU9oylo9-NLQtWR5XJ73X2kFDRg6W6rP76WapzskjolRFpZdzWSfX-QQxqn7JYZm4NhMl0CfuG/s320/IMG_2259.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360608563990912594" /></a><br /><br />BEFORE #3<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQqZ_FE8SNPl4uHU62JcoU3tsqqbrplCkBYUYXXRLpWP80DPdQ6HFEDpAAg8X7T4bn35SeZD15vpCCHdM-o-raldjwntuHhhW4VGksFlBUH8ece20e7q50tO8RcE3LIbKUI390r6xY2bi/s1600-h/IMG_1804.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQqZ_FE8SNPl4uHU62JcoU3tsqqbrplCkBYUYXXRLpWP80DPdQ6HFEDpAAg8X7T4bn35SeZD15vpCCHdM-o-raldjwntuHhhW4VGksFlBUH8ece20e7q50tO8RcE3LIbKUI390r6xY2bi/s320/IMG_1804.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360607023259946178" /></a><br /><br />AFTER #3<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEXspx7u5idhsjiTv264caBGSObxEMtVOmPs8xGdz-iw6zSM9oE2J8Nk4_XPt7nYbl9MxJbX6GJ1g6u6pGxgqOQptH73b8WBXbRD5iZo7kZXezvlH089vXAviFc-sV0Y1PDCJUsqyCciR/s1600-h/IMG_2260.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEXspx7u5idhsjiTv264caBGSObxEMtVOmPs8xGdz-iw6zSM9oE2J8Nk4_XPt7nYbl9MxJbX6GJ1g6u6pGxgqOQptH73b8WBXbRD5iZo7kZXezvlH089vXAviFc-sV0Y1PDCJUsqyCciR/s320/IMG_2260.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360608572271024306" /></a><br /><br />BEFORE #4<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6OkznOKmwPk46muI1w1_c1pHN0geK8z5bWLJE9pDhyxoYv5caAG060P5Rb11K26crMBAmN2j_bLcaoFhF8vpwJ5GndaGnWvi7FQ3Pxk16LOVusomX189p4Ss5rUH82mrursd63vorpVd/s1600-h/IMG_1805.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6OkznOKmwPk46muI1w1_c1pHN0geK8z5bWLJE9pDhyxoYv5caAG060P5Rb11K26crMBAmN2j_bLcaoFhF8vpwJ5GndaGnWvi7FQ3Pxk16LOVusomX189p4Ss5rUH82mrursd63vorpVd/s320/IMG_1805.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360607026320410962" /></a><br /><br />AFTER #4<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXxM5BxKQ5h8WzRuMAklVlJnvCln4gxVScszivensOARpV1u6qmDa2SEuezaT6kDl5gfmS8KEInoWVIouAjfi85sqeYyI1BjcKc1lGcJj_vAPUydMODaXqulrqYEQy_FWTaimqN-_YIPm/s1600-h/IMG_2261.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXxM5BxKQ5h8WzRuMAklVlJnvCln4gxVScszivensOARpV1u6qmDa2SEuezaT6kDl5gfmS8KEInoWVIouAjfi85sqeYyI1BjcKc1lGcJj_vAPUydMODaXqulrqYEQy_FWTaimqN-_YIPm/s320/IMG_2261.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360608583933433458" /></a><br /><br />BEFORE #5<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWVdVP7ENeBIvrjuIwgDQVBIU4LnfQDbIgq-O7UrJ0dCBGyPd_FgCIA1x2iQNwN2kUORnKsgayF5Sil9Ajke4kJi20JUXa8AqIbEI7WaYJ7nKXrS6kHm6pgwJ2QDj5LubX5062DKFKB4M/s1600-h/IMG_1806.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWVdVP7ENeBIvrjuIwgDQVBIU4LnfQDbIgq-O7UrJ0dCBGyPd_FgCIA1x2iQNwN2kUORnKsgayF5Sil9Ajke4kJi20JUXa8AqIbEI7WaYJ7nKXrS6kHm6pgwJ2QDj5LubX5062DKFKB4M/s320/IMG_1806.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360607035237387138" /></a><br /><br />AFTER #5<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58rJRpECTxSZaQC7AulPLr8trZ84BvBitT-mBmccr3n2wE-1BtWRMFzUpxrjejTWNcNutuHbloytdmlOVVcM4S0enGysX2h3UcZsBj14ACsc1peNhQ3B2VRvNASkdizMWEfxpjaxYuTVo/s1600-h/IMG_2262.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfflgrCA09EKG8xkcgqyVYql2KRUUdYt5MO0ud7xW7tfwRjgZkHGaLzOK1m7dkryrXEAqmB1p9RCznYVTudnOSpmCRY3cww7i466MemBha5siVSswEH0Bt2Q9tEc7RUR1YnRXE3lkBErJ/s320/IMG_2263.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360608816551781826" /></a><br /><br /><br />So there it is!! Who wants to come over??Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-15941241474980416062009-03-28T14:26:00.000-06:002009-03-28T14:28:46.760-06:00Sledding!!!We took the kids sledding this morning. It finally snowed here, but you could tell that it was going to melt quickly. So, we got up and hit the 'slopes' early. Dave decided he was going to hit a jump and 'get some killer air'. Here is what ensued... (The last one makes me laugh hard every time....) <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i24.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/MOV09992.flv"></embed><br /><br /><embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i24.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/MOV09993.flv"></embed><br /><br /><embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i24.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/MOV09994.flv"></embed>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-67978693080645545042009-01-20T21:08:00.000-07:002009-01-20T21:32:39.471-07:00Cowboy Day & January SussiesSo, if you didn't already figure it out, I have an online Scrapbook Kit Of The Month Club, Scrapbook Sussies. We just started the Year of the Sussie - a great, new loyalty program that is going to give out lots of fun free stuff!<div><br /></div><div>The January kit is loaded with fun stuff (and there still are a few January kits left!). Here's a layout that I did with one 'side' of the kit....</div><div><br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view&current=BoyTreasure.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/BoyTreasure.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, today was Cowboy Day at Annie's school. It was fun to see them wrestling, wrangling, and yee-hawing! Of course, we had to get an outfit for the day and she fell in love with these boots.... (They were a huge hit and she looked so cute in them!!!)</div><div><br /></div><br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view&current=Boots.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/Boots.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-12125097948102756972009-01-15T08:59:00.000-07:002009-01-15T09:16:02.896-07:00Will this be my year???Should I be better about blogging? YES. Should I get more scrapping done? YES. Should I reorganize things to make more time for my family? YES.<div><br /></div><div>All of these are things I should be doing and vow to do. In fact, I just got an item that has been on my to do list ALL LAST YEAR off of my to do list yesterday. It was just one of those things that, because of how busy I was, just getting pushed down to the bottom. But, after two days of working on it, it's gone!</div><div><br /></div><div>Still, I haven't made as much time for the above things as I could be. INSTEAD... I'll give you a little video of how the year started off. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is what happens when you go off on a weekend with some friends WITHOUT KIDS...</div><div>(We will not be auditioning for American Idol or any other singing / talent show.)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i545.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid545.photobucket.com/albums/hh376/dinnerclubphotos/2009%20January/DancingII.flv"></embed>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536125449804468357.post-68000216576661852842008-08-21T21:25:00.000-06:002008-08-21T21:46:08.984-06:001st Day of Kindergarten!!!It is finally here! A day that I both looked forward to and dreaded! For the past several weeks, I would burst into tears as I was filling out the mounds of paperwork or as I was reading Kindergarten books to Annie before bed. (I would at least wait until I was out of the room!!) My little girl is growing up and it is so bittersweet! <div><br /></div><div>I knew she would be fine. I knew she would love it. This morning, she ran into our room while we were getting ready shouting a la Finding Nemo, "First day of school! First day of school!!" It was so cute! She was ready! But was I???</div><div><br /></div><div>On her way...</div><div><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view&current=IMG_8744.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/IMG_8744.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /></div><div><br />Kindergarteners at the bus stop...<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view&current=IMG_8746.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/IMG_8746.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We headed down early to the bus stop which is only a few houses away. 14 kids are at that bus stop! It was a crowd this morning, with moms, dads, siblings, and the kids who actually had to get on the bus! The bus arrived and the kids crowded on - three to a seat! Annie was on, no looking back! That's when the tears started for me!</div><div><br />Getting on the bus...<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view&current=IMG_8763.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/IMG_8763.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I followed the bus to school to make sure she got to her class. (This will not be a normal thing for me, believe me!) She got in just fine. More tears for me!</div><div><br />Annie's two best friends...<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view&current=IMG_8770.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/IMG_8770.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>The girls getting ready to go in...<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view&current=IMG_8775.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/IMG_8775.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>How cute is this? Can't you see them in 10 years???<br /><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/?action=view&current=IMG_8783.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/lmcclendon/IMG_8783.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /></div><div>Then the rest of the day was fine. It did seem awfully long for me. I'm so used to picking her up at 1:30, that 4:15 (when she gets home on the bus) seemed to take forever to arrive! But it did, and she had a blast. And I survived! And I am now hoping that the rest of the days seem as long as today. Because I know it won't take long for me to get busy busy busy again and have those moments when I am wishing for one more hour!</div><div><br /></div><div>But tonight I just hugged her and tucked her in - as she was telling me she couldn't wait to get on the bus tomorrow!</div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146916400052141769noreply@blogger.com3