tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279607868667989702024-03-14T11:04:32.620-07:00The Cleveland FamilyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-2599379772873933232010-08-09T03:36:00.000-07:002010-08-16T13:27:18.093-07:00Finally I Can Blog =)<div style="text-align: center;">Hallo again everyone! We are finally back on-line so I can now update the blog! We have had a busy two months. As I posted earlier the trip to Germany was interesting, but we made it smiling. I figure the easiest way to break it down is by weeks. I will try and add pictures as I go...</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/AVvXsEhwW2RjqeaeZY5EaKMTSnaYoZOet6SyqGJ1SsT19SyOUle_NYF5zPNliPBwxstVEe1RX060p2Jf59aVoxJvzBxxScl-ZWQHN_GFykWFZXH9Nd5RuxqlYYZ_y_0PSfdZx14QTeXW11S50OI/s320/IMG_1682.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503358904458585282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">The plane ride into Germany</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSgNzQ0SaN0GRhjsMjGNopaLAvsEEc7fAuUtQwPkZguS1SPpMJUiFkOxK8k7bv6EZ75t4lXSTRw6cHqR4douz9BLR59P44fp0DoQVuNk7xZRTV_o3Oe_Jqi6TDbtYeaOJbK25kncwG2E/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSgNzQ0SaN0GRhjsMjGNopaLAvsEEc7fAuUtQwPkZguS1SPpMJUiFkOxK8k7bv6EZ75t4lXSTRw6cHqR4douz9BLR59P44fp0DoQVuNk7xZRTV_o3Oe_Jqi6TDbtYeaOJbK25kncwG2E/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSgNzQ0SaN0GRhjsMjGNopaLAvsEEc7fAuUtQwPkZguS1SPpMJUiFkOxK8k7bv6EZ75t4lXSTRw6cHqR4douz9BLR59P44fp0DoQVuNk7xZRTV_o3Oe_Jqi6TDbtYeaOJbK25kncwG2E/s320/IMG_1691.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503358913745247586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The bus trip from the airport to our hotel</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrcLQCAXRDIDKVc5Tix-gS6NM_ue5BssB2q8o_4akjLjWLx0l13nvX7ufoCDUyl3d8Wz3wwStaEGxHq7Sd-Y6izm6CzUlhDLN2qjPtX07-rAK_aA2WBcsogNyvXCiCJs2UN9esWP4cB4/s1600/IMG_1688.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/AVvXsEjkrcLQCAXRDIDKVc5Tix-gS6NM_ue5BssB2q8o_4akjLjWLx0l13nvX7ufoCDUyl3d8Wz3wwStaEGxHq7Sd-Y6izm6CzUlhDLN2qjPtX07-rAK_aA2WBcsogNyvXCiCJs2UN9esWP4cB4/s320/IMG_1688.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503358907474757506" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>When we arrived in Germany, our baggage was missing! Thank the lord, Lani was fine and Michael carried on all of his paperwork. We were lucky to have ran into someone at the airport who was in-charge of helping all of the families get to where they need to be within Germany, and he helped us find our way to pick up Lani, report our lost luggage, and get us on the bus headed out of the airport-or else we would have been stuck at the airport until the following morning. Needless-to-say all of Michael's scheduled items had to be pushed backed, since we arrived here 1 1/2 days late. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The first week here was a whirlwind. Amaya got sick-high fever-we spent the night in the emergency room...luckily the hospital was a stones throw from our hotel...not so lucky that there were 4 ambulances that pulled up right as we walked in...6 hours in the ER is no fun. Good things is-Amaya was fine. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We found a house our first week here, which is a HUGE feat, because most people need at least 30 days. The house was the 1st and only house we saw, but it met all of our needs-so we took it. It also helped that I scheduled the appointment earlier than the 6 other families that wanted to see the house-it is true here-if you snooze, you lose!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrX5xAQMEuUp8tMeSKor6GZQTrHHg-mvunWjHG9oPy8sHPua_4gjsZtv5cbHXMy-Wyj36AviltppiYv02zFxByq_9VkUiJwmoEn0lLs_xoq8sqQ2Jc5C5kQOfXELU_u_uE5WBKY0p3s0/s320/show_pic-1.php.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503362529092015794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 120px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">This is our front yard</span></div></span></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/AVvXsEilm8rnX9ZdGXkErOCCeF7vNJF9VCZvL0lVycuY5179W9KWiV-c2JQToK16Vj0Q8PusohLc9HIKk8XbJMLAJ9JstXuyY5JrHhGCqF0TxqIhuanhND2YIBrwA4OqH602RGoRi-a_-ngKdnA/s320/show_pic-2.php.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503362539964419634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 120px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Front patio looking in from the yard</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbwJ2KdWe6tGjwVNMkFuoWRWOl5lzzifB7pP412gkL5OMQjyIjJr1-x_aGibnkFRq3bF7oP7WeS6ZNMePnM06XxCfAg3OL1-RtmtoDEzFcy6YLPjgJORR6G0H_XJPKN99LaPlYF-zVms/s1600/IMG_0005.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbwJ2KdWe6tGjwVNMkFuoWRWOl5lzzifB7pP412gkL5OMQjyIjJr1-x_aGibnkFRq3bF7oP7WeS6ZNMePnM06XxCfAg3OL1-RtmtoDEzFcy6YLPjgJORR6G0H_XJPKN99LaPlYF-zVms/s320/IMG_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503363078132599746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Back patio from our kitchen window with a view of the field and one garage</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEgL-_Iuk-3CKgfIVj8cPK5yPLCdXqK_ja3xnrxq5jKNKSmeQ3AGlvrHmgKqM77IqePhtfXHZ_SnElm0vueafwn2H6EricMloUJCJoeGFa4xCg26nsiEJ24OeSWUcn3bx3kzmnQzVrWlsVI/s320/show_pic-3.php.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503362533798717794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 120px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our kitchen before Michael and I peeled/scrubbed/scraped/cleaned off the horrible tacky paper on the wal<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;">l</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDM-M-YclZ2Kdlf7UMvVPjkg-CMqPWIUjKEXDg1fn8nRgpHm9aVbAM-FJGQqkRLbt3Likx5xdfNQGgVZg7g6f7N0tyhvHjHg0oTnTZOnuZIqK1wFZjnrc1le4-WpSmTaP2sIt5ke2VKk/s1600/IMG_1785.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDM-M-YclZ2Kdlf7UMvVPjkg-CMqPWIUjKEXDg1fn8nRgpHm9aVbAM-FJGQqkRLbt3Likx5xdfNQGgVZg7g6f7N0tyhvHjHg0oTnTZOnuZIqK1wFZjnrc1le4-WpSmTaP2sIt5ke2VKk/s320/IMG_1785.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503362546222330706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The vibrant clean tile backsplash that was hidden behind the horrible tacky paper</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzsDNF6yrVuhudOBNuIigfKNH_hB9xY9kD4_PxUJF15WCg-gBbjNkukB89690VK_OZIH1u61XVFkrM8J7Hz1QnEJfbQRrsPrl01J9xC2pmV2ADQdJMfn2DjhFm3RqiluyiOolixw7pI4/s1600/show_pic.php.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzsDNF6yrVuhudOBNuIigfKNH_hB9xY9kD4_PxUJF15WCg-gBbjNkukB89690VK_OZIH1u61XVFkrM8J7Hz1QnEJfbQRrsPrl01J9xC2pmV2ADQdJMfn2DjhFm3RqiluyiOolixw7pI4/s320/show_pic.php.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503362532404963906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our living room looking out into the front yard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I will post more pictures of the house once I have them...I need to clean up again before that happens though =) We have an 17 month-old with alot of energy and we are still working on the whole "pick-up after yourself" thing...What am I talking about, I am still working on that concept with my 29 year-old too =) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Michael had a wonderful 2nd Father's Day here in Germany-can't remember exactly what we did, but I am sure it involved beer and brats-not a bratty kid-but bratwursts! Michael also passed his driver's test, which was super exciting because we could drive around on our own now-he did this the second day we were in Germany. I took mine the 2nd week and passed as well, which of course made Michael happy because now he could order the "big Boy" beer instead of the "wussy" beer.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGjvwlaXtL-ENHPsZ20i8oEUSp68gDP4vl2AId0oMXvphKl9F9aMTAAY9GJO8IK0avdPHChcpf2o4MzQM20EuopcAczap0YiXSB6BIHvUim2Qo00b-p162axPQo9iCVlTYWDdHD3YMxM/s320/IMG_1721.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503365926343653938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrX5xAQMEuUp8tMeSKor6GZQTrHHg-mvunWjHG9oPy8sHPua_4gjsZtv5cbHXMy-Wyj36AviltppiYv02zFxByq_9VkUiJwmoEn0lLs_xoq8sqQ2Jc5C5kQOfXELU_u_uE5WBKY0p3s0/s1600/show_pic-1.php.jpeg"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Father's Day Lunch</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We officially moved into our house on June 30th. Lani moved in with us as well (we could not keep her in the hotel, but she was really living it up-the animals laws here are VERY strict-which is great-people are taxed on their animals and must have insurance on certain breeds. No matter what your beliefs-people take care of their pets in Germany-and they make sure you do too!) All of our boxes were here from the States. We were very lucky how it all worked out. We went without on the front end by living in the furnished apartment, and then we received all of our things immediately when we moved here because we sent them so early. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We started venturing out by visiting Burg Nanstein, which is a castle not too far from Landstuhl. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuG8cd5_6cucR2KIY6Mb3hje_nKsGp2XkCzz3ll086chFVykmT_uIdYxaHQoZO0p7Jt3bloKFI3DzJjDOeoJB53F-BbEBJgIJXTCHDvgF1Tde4JRZcol7svbUpfuaBvr-H3HwW6miPqU/s1600/IMG_1754.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuG8cd5_6cucR2KIY6Mb3hje_nKsGp2XkCzz3ll086chFVykmT_uIdYxaHQoZO0p7Jt3bloKFI3DzJjDOeoJB53F-BbEBJgIJXTCHDvgF1Tde4JRZcol7svbUpfuaBvr-H3HwW6miPqU/s320/IMG_1754.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503374671230083954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 313px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Michael in front of the castle</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCZp6GwQ9ScwR7A69Ze4CEgdu9q7bNUayCgVUJY8tGC7wTP9SMVcxG9MFzCmLWvumpLBircWzRaUi1goFsGwb5QPpnE6Osa12Wy_sI2I_FYH7A9HI9H1G6G3YAaIDpV2G6f4joYUzcZY/s1600/IMG_1768.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCZp6GwQ9ScwR7A69Ze4CEgdu9q7bNUayCgVUJY8tGC7wTP9SMVcxG9MFzCmLWvumpLBircWzRaUi1goFsGwb5QPpnE6Osa12Wy_sI2I_FYH7A9HI9H1G6G3YAaIDpV2G6f4joYUzcZY/s320/IMG_1768.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503374654993754274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A hotel right under the castle</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToRSUzLB0RNg31MQxBGSoV-0QLbnWsTwE5rFeUrQxdpS78swPAqgfHJ2nF65xVf4MpcdNEu8c3xv1YAJJxqt8IPRYIC1Lr5kSUcmI94mF1ZMOczvToqKl0gDxAMRlNk1x_Ue-Jt2pPWU/s1600/IMG_1771.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToRSUzLB0RNg31MQxBGSoV-0QLbnWsTwE5rFeUrQxdpS78swPAqgfHJ2nF65xVf4MpcdNEu8c3xv1YAJJxqt8IPRYIC1Lr5kSUcmI94mF1ZMOczvToqKl0gDxAMRlNk1x_Ue-Jt2pPWU/s320/IMG_1771.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503374131759188818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Tree carvings lead all the way up to the castle</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCM6RaQDsKXjUSbRSINi-tmljW2emT64ea32KmmQRn1oc1BeWrCKdL0dl37fgkL89Zp6PF5QXu3fgswn5IApmGjZjYmY8vzqF6fjqvEI4yszc2nzwYsm1B0l3mCNNLZw0EaWmq6SaOKCI/s1600/IMG_1751.JPG"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCM6RaQDsKXjUSbRSINi-tmljW2emT64ea32KmmQRn1oc1BeWrCKdL0dl37fgkL89Zp6PF5QXu3fgswn5IApmGjZjYmY8vzqF6fjqvEI4yszc2nzwYsm1B0l3mCNNLZw0EaWmq6SaOKCI/s320/IMG_1751.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503374119374319714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">View from the base of the castle looking down onto Landstuhl</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The first week in June, we used our trusty Garmin (Lucy) to get us to the Black Forest. It was absolutely beautiful hiking and wandering the streets. Michael and Amaya loved the food (I am still struggling to find food I can eat while we are out and about-I am still relying on my Detour Bars to get me through). There is an amazing ropes course that we hope to one day do with family or friends. We also hiked to the tallest waterfall. Then we drove to Triberg to see the "greenest" city in Germany. It was great fun-lots of action in the streets due to the FIFA World Cup. On our way home though, Lucy broke and we were in France with NO idea how to get home and NO map...We managed about an hour later than if Lucy were helping us...we bought a map the next day. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJySwG0p1JwOVCW8Bk_1Nh0hivLjAMicUtH5D3cm3uFoXUMpW8avu784TK_slSlW-ofc_UpeR3pEpKN4q2wz05cAzEysY9xTiEDXWejf0Ef5nQn2f6C3eKGhCsupLQBhyphenhyphenjrQwWkT6oAc/s1600/IMG_1838.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJySwG0p1JwOVCW8Bk_1Nh0hivLjAMicUtH5D3cm3uFoXUMpW8avu784TK_slSlW-ofc_UpeR3pEpKN4q2wz05cAzEysY9xTiEDXWejf0Ef5nQn2f6C3eKGhCsupLQBhyphenhyphenjrQwWkT6oAc/s320/IMG_1838.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503377510525152450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rz8BQdury3FqSGQ_dZ_lhaJm3xlX_bOS2RGoIfi2363miBTR5To206MTT8O1z_w2M-KD9pwLXNmkxmOyjpkBhjjquAMIAnhRWTaiS3eIQU9cP_hqjp28A83gsvQf9kSvxwzW7kq15rk/s1600/IMG_1842.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rz8BQdury3FqSGQ_dZ_lhaJm3xlX_bOS2RGoIfi2363miBTR5To206MTT8O1z_w2M-KD9pwLXNmkxmOyjpkBhjjquAMIAnhRWTaiS3eIQU9cP_hqjp28A83gsvQf9kSvxwzW7kq15rk/s320/IMG_1842.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503377505106615666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Walking down the beautiful vine covered pedestrian streets</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeVrrqG19QH_AW_o4Ip7mcAcz4cps7SwutejkJd9Vs-qZUZFgpBxcwzVPTTWqeCHqz3Ey0cyXZ4puhur8qbhbmdEUC-H06ms-_UnA7kcumSpfLn5EJ640C2X_CigN2xD5zFEZd8tdHvU/s1600/IMG_0009.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeVrrqG19QH_AW_o4Ip7mcAcz4cps7SwutejkJd9Vs-qZUZFgpBxcwzVPTTWqeCHqz3Ey0cyXZ4puhur8qbhbmdEUC-H06ms-_UnA7kcumSpfLn5EJ640C2X_CigN2xD5zFEZd8tdHvU/s320/IMG_0009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503377493967756194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The next weekend, we took a tour to Strasbourg, France. It was a beautiful city. We took a boat trip and saw the old town and of course the Cathedral. It was a hot day-over 100 degrees. On our way home our tour bus broke down and we were stranded for 2 1/2 hours in France on the Autobaun....notice a theme with things breaking down in France...</div><div><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/AVvXsEhM3bvxLAyjEYRg-cbk1MuWXnUfdA1MHMp_uTLADl2ni3wMow583lV3Q5yzw2nPq5H1Prwz1cBAYQrRl0Kwm_2dVm0hSePSxULXIwcUOJ2jivE8jnd_aeqkzS8b4FogmFFIqfb7cffpfbg/s320/IMG_1865.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506066972657622962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaTWKbXIurSUdogvWGNNMX1b4mYscagYeTaqNhgCjagcF_mZHHkzK8bKGHRzNdAMytKirIC5GU8CXgGczWIOViQY7uHyGJfvG9hXHAJ5YFU0fo27TuxdamD8qP0llTwLjksci8Z6VxJw/s1600/IMG_0038.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaTWKbXIurSUdogvWGNNMX1b4mYscagYeTaqNhgCjagcF_mZHHkzK8bKGHRzNdAMytKirIC5GU8CXgGczWIOViQY7uHyGJfvG9hXHAJ5YFU0fo27TuxdamD8qP0llTwLjksci8Z6VxJw/s320/IMG_0038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506068109157416466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>In 100 degree weather-there is nothing better<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiXlSBeHRis0IYfPdt4W6qAekMZeChuJhckf4iNFsv4COh_XUXG-ph4yJyryooWSsrG9DNJyoJlFtip-TqtK0KQzzx4VoQtHB71oM_CQxhmR8780xHuTz5wXrlX6GUo7md3hkTKYb028/s1600/IMG_0032.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiXlSBeHRis0IYfPdt4W6qAekMZeChuJhckf4iNFsv4COh_XUXG-ph4yJyryooWSsrG9DNJyoJlFtip-TqtK0KQzzx4VoQtHB71oM_CQxhmR8780xHuTz5wXrlX6GUo7md3hkTKYb028/s320/IMG_0032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506068097830101890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><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/AVvXsEjG1IK5JmMTQ3rx2H8CfVkFAL6EBlAs9J3MZeRx5ySJa84PWbAhn4DqnDmbzF1nZ6_8WCyifoHzlktG6izHVX39rd_ulH5HVBrQcwrtS165B4uj2k-Cub3XAm8H_SXc4mkO6v4zF1S4s38/s320/IMG_0028.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506070034446448658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Astronomical Clock in the cathedral</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQMzxJ1IAngBFfqVm2L-ebWsgDBCFXiV32wwMIVG7XHpoLTfzEEpwcyFYsOetOHGYCTS755Mt6Xijz-qGBFQ66nxYNxf5rdaJWRb3oKg2pL3kmw7vssJWNxiusX20y3CoyfwFT8LIxko/s1600/IMG_0023.jpg"></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQMzxJ1IAngBFfqVm2L-ebWsgDBCFXiV32wwMIVG7XHpoLTfzEEpwcyFYsOetOHGYCTS755Mt6Xijz-qGBFQ66nxYNxf5rdaJWRb3oKg2pL3kmw7vssJWNxiusX20y3CoyfwFT8LIxko/s1600/IMG_0023.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQMzxJ1IAngBFfqVm2L-ebWsgDBCFXiV32wwMIVG7XHpoLTfzEEpwcyFYsOetOHGYCTS755Mt6Xijz-qGBFQ66nxYNxf5rdaJWRb3oKg2pL3kmw7vssJWNxiusX20y3CoyfwFT8LIxko/s320/IMG_0023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506068090387966706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The cathedral from the boat tour</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf2j1LvECLCNVEI4I-cp66E2AcdnbfNBNTw5Ds3L8myxNk_tBMU19yCW7AJkVHE7B3UgW9Q494iJbAubQAXWLPrjUQGVowOHCTD6x0-BcKP6oQw6RgkGrW8sJ_lnRbS-KlOteKSBP51I/s1600/IMG_0038.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf2j1LvECLCNVEI4I-cp66E2AcdnbfNBNTw5Ds3L8myxNk_tBMU19yCW7AJkVHE7B3UgW9Q494iJbAubQAXWLPrjUQGVowOHCTD6x0-BcKP6oQw6RgkGrW8sJ_lnRbS-KlOteKSBP51I/s320/IMG_0038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506069583129264370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Pretty girl on the boat tour<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA-mxR_V80OK41imFvaz9hAIhAU1bVVJg3xXNgrZj0nz9TfaZtQAvY-NHeQNzkxsI8MPC_PqeF-4wJURYObtrkTc0R_Wo8lwaCO6gVk1YL2prNandhehoWTh_lMQXgqMuu1A66JIqYJ8/s1600/IMG_0039.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA-mxR_V80OK41imFvaz9hAIhAU1bVVJg3xXNgrZj0nz9TfaZtQAvY-NHeQNzkxsI8MPC_PqeF-4wJURYObtrkTc0R_Wo8lwaCO6gVk1YL2prNandhehoWTh_lMQXgqMuu1A66JIqYJ8/s320/IMG_0039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506069580889137218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hitchhiking on the side of the road...hoping another bus will be arriving soon!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We did make it home safely and the next morning had our first picnic here in Germany.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEhkOZK94Lh4SdSzsqH3clVEdEhQn9ady8L3i7_xLZitwOy4GqcHAEf-15EHBiq2xb9W_Vdr2B5HAotJvjxt58tuzr3z9W5RAKqsQat74DSqkEr0sRupkamDP9Xkp6JD1qrC9cESEVm5_zk/s320/IMG_0046.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506070880244224690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Family picnic at the park</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We welcomed Michael's brother Chris and his girlfriend Justine the next weekend. We had a blast with them here. It was so wonderful to have family visit-it was much needed! We spent time locally, but also went to Frankfurt to sightsee. Amaya was in heaven with two men at her beckon call.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkbTE-5Y2PpphLP3qOGYIAgNiF13UAIriW0QC4_jtwR_L39rbVFLjNlICSNYSbGXtP8KNjNJpGNgki99MSzl9hnx59bXGlKY7Jw_K09fvvxb7z4H6qJPy3TTDq6IpSKRsVoMOYdPbi1Y/s1600/IMG_0070.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkbTE-5Y2PpphLP3qOGYIAgNiF13UAIriW0QC4_jtwR_L39rbVFLjNlICSNYSbGXtP8KNjNJpGNgki99MSzl9hnx59bXGlKY7Jw_K09fvvxb7z4H6qJPy3TTDq6IpSKRsVoMOYdPbi1Y/s320/IMG_0070.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072516786357810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya with Uncle Chris</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCFIbs3L7dffTInqyGxi2d-ATdyr4jL-UX4P8EVOoTSyuIJbUGg18Kr6piJoi0fgAR1SJyl_tDvIJhIJCmbnInwYofUXKBS9N_yMqhWO_qB3W-xXv0x-jUSMZzLpJZVAWMkdPUoS0j44/s1600/IMG_0064.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCFIbs3L7dffTInqyGxi2d-ATdyr4jL-UX4P8EVOoTSyuIJbUGg18Kr6piJoi0fgAR1SJyl_tDvIJhIJCmbnInwYofUXKBS9N_yMqhWO_qB3W-xXv0x-jUSMZzLpJZVAWMkdPUoS0j44/s320/IMG_0064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072514770141218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The boys enjoying their beers</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFKUuMhIUeP1h2MZa1sEn_lmFJMA5Ad2Nhfm6DT69dD_JchA5tvAYIpt2Rd6dWL3ayrchddkgy5U5UXAcQQxrl1TneNGdjr6VMdDmmGrzeVii_fbyJUGyUcBbA4X7-Zn_9b67U6_MKi8/s1600/IMG_0061.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFKUuMhIUeP1h2MZa1sEn_lmFJMA5Ad2Nhfm6DT69dD_JchA5tvAYIpt2Rd6dWL3ayrchddkgy5U5UXAcQQxrl1TneNGdjr6VMdDmmGrzeVii_fbyJUGyUcBbA4X7-Zn_9b67U6_MKi8/s320/IMG_0061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072507612192946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The fountain at the City Center</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvidOTB9LrYDftvARshNJglHONNRHNOg1HFI0Hda0yOTPKwpt_azbMStmhD8E5v8qi5-zA1fQAnNFRk6sq5S9NzTNAeegY2emSkoQgAXj-Rc4NyeJCBgHGbSvXDedpMfYzrcub4nX70N4/s1600/IMG_0059.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvidOTB9LrYDftvARshNJglHONNRHNOg1HFI0Hda0yOTPKwpt_azbMStmhD8E5v8qi5-zA1fQAnNFRk6sq5S9NzTNAeegY2emSkoQgAXj-Rc4NyeJCBgHGbSvXDedpMfYzrcub4nX70N4/s320/IMG_0059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072495277479842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEhk29TO8DmSkfC_gNxA7jI6t5V4o6Xlesj3XhTJwQQ3pBJ2dp12_Tz8vOutE7HJS2HW04XY-6VBQ7u_yIx7Gr1tguX8ayqxevuSaaKdBlnT4JXTDc-Y7FprjnPDDkdgDio8YZud-dQKx7A/s320/IMG_0050.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506073172663928850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys treated us with dinner (cheese, brats, 3 kinds of mustard, veggies, and portabellas)...and it was fabulous!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The following weekend, Michael, Amaya, and I went to the Annweiler Lion Heart Festival. We toured the castle and then went to the fest. We had a wonderful time. Amaya especially loved the 'unicorn.' </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5J065oIVD_sd1hBSTdr9FNbTQIwKK-HP10hpjwPRZQ0eySzFHuka_9S-5dx7iNoJ4yoiMVJzXsuvlqerLzYEUqoThNHUjTtMm6XIvazMbbv0yJn3Di_XFGpBStp3wxRJi9Mq8jvFX1w/s1600/IMG_0105.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5J065oIVD_sd1hBSTdr9FNbTQIwKK-HP10hpjwPRZQ0eySzFHuka_9S-5dx7iNoJ4yoiMVJzXsuvlqerLzYEUqoThNHUjTtMm6XIvazMbbv0yJn3Di_XFGpBStp3wxRJi9Mq8jvFX1w/s320/IMG_0105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506075071292530434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjcQ-JN2OxdhpNBO66wVSYP3SnMznTJNs29sDhLrGE6ungn2FBJWBRK98b4ykPgSyxH7SWmK8eFJGOa6k-glR1RV8phal_r58Z3W7PKAZnzbBxdRMvrIQZzl2GnYvhln7HZBZJ_m9q7o/s1600/IMG_0123.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjcQ-JN2OxdhpNBO66wVSYP3SnMznTJNs29sDhLrGE6ungn2FBJWBRK98b4ykPgSyxH7SWmK8eFJGOa6k-glR1RV8phal_r58Z3W7PKAZnzbBxdRMvrIQZzl2GnYvhln7HZBZJ_m9q7o/s320/IMG_0123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506075099576957778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigD_f36QPa6zjKiwoFLP-eIL8wK0WWXWeHmGh3iu8dYjJNir6Wzb9ZnLKjlskckwE3KikQlW0qr1rVQLVA6PUPfVuZ0aujvGYv4Ueac_OIahyphenhyphen3Tc97fK-oqLpcx1o01UkMX1sA16FBrh4/s1600/IMG_0122.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigD_f36QPa6zjKiwoFLP-eIL8wK0WWXWeHmGh3iu8dYjJNir6Wzb9ZnLKjlskckwE3KikQlW0qr1rVQLVA6PUPfVuZ0aujvGYv4Ueac_OIahyphenhyphen3Tc97fK-oqLpcx1o01UkMX1sA16FBrh4/s320/IMG_0122.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506075091353836530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtTgQGEuq22ljpumEeqCemXvagTz9dHzzFU64MaoZrBYKUJVTIzGAsBFo9t4djrXPYivPkAfHzCsTRdTKE3vBYwd-mR-wrNYEGRiX92lUW8jEM_jS9NlAlA_MBWXDAVXB1QVvMCjoceE/s1600/IMG_0111.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtTgQGEuq22ljpumEeqCemXvagTz9dHzzFU64MaoZrBYKUJVTIzGAsBFo9t4djrXPYivPkAfHzCsTRdTKE3vBYwd-mR-wrNYEGRiX92lUW8jEM_jS9NlAlA_MBWXDAVXB1QVvMCjoceE/s320/IMG_0111.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506075088368120498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEgLShyphenhyphen2nGEW9-58aDsML7B1vUvnLReelzBQWwDqnlNVlafJmLeHOY8ReQykWX6bkfn0pdOigBUdD2bbMUBHv5YoduvIwhVWuniQLenQ3f_WyB0e3ODPGpwL13pd-zCowTS6_PwnQkMUXoc/s320/IMG_0115.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506075464246418818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5J065oIVD_sd1hBSTdr9FNbTQIwKK-HP10hpjwPRZQ0eySzFHuka_9S-5dx7iNoJ4yoiMVJzXsuvlqerLzYEUqoThNHUjTtMm6XIvazMbbv0yJn3Di_XFGpBStp3wxRJi9Mq8jvFX1w/s1600/IMG_0105.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last weekend in July, we went to the farmer's market here at home. It was full of fresh fruit, veggies, eggs, flowers, meats, cheeses...just about anything you would want. It was not cheap though. We walked around and bought a few things...I made a delicious crab fried rice that night (not exactly your German fare, but there were all the right ingredients). All pictures are taken around the town.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqs6R6KDpUknFTmLCvoplnq61Jl7uFKvnn18JZhpQm6GOdh3ajObQSafRIif1EWYtR32N1ibY38ydw_fiPkZmln2V2PC_GOAp8zSij3XAMlc_UbEhkusNvfkqWRgS8tuUX8OPi1jBY8pw/s1600/IMG_0095.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqs6R6KDpUknFTmLCvoplnq61Jl7uFKvnn18JZhpQm6GOdh3ajObQSafRIif1EWYtR32N1ibY38ydw_fiPkZmln2V2PC_GOAp8zSij3XAMlc_UbEhkusNvfkqWRgS8tuUX8OPi1jBY8pw/s320/IMG_0095.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506076623370050642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir7hgrp6WhEtSyGcnIwyPEdk1QX-9sJc6z7PuvUrvjjbl8JGUhQlaRAOX66fbp0a5B_8eXWX84nvKboCLIxlX5rtyMZSEkYES38e2mstt5Hnq28YSXLbUzvLh3YNoaH1MQeU9I80ajmU/s1600/IMG_0003.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir7hgrp6WhEtSyGcnIwyPEdk1QX-9sJc6z7PuvUrvjjbl8JGUhQlaRAOX66fbp0a5B_8eXWX84nvKboCLIxlX5rtyMZSEkYES38e2mstt5Hnq28YSXLbUzvLh3YNoaH1MQeU9I80ajmU/s320/IMG_0003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506076613878412642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OESrL3QremLznW1lgsXEB_vN-s-ZxpoE0eZ51PvjvEwtGBfMHJz4kRO3JY0XIBItrsSTfpCLayzjoFjDv5gvskxXidh-nRPBH3D9XaTePf5LEvSMDRlcFpec9zKx_uJCG3TEy1epd24/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OESrL3QremLznW1lgsXEB_vN-s-ZxpoE0eZ51PvjvEwtGBfMHJz4kRO3JY0XIBItrsSTfpCLayzjoFjDv5gvskxXidh-nRPBH3D9XaTePf5LEvSMDRlcFpec9zKx_uJCG3TEy1epd24/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OESrL3QremLznW1lgsXEB_vN-s-ZxpoE0eZ51PvjvEwtGBfMHJz4kRO3JY0XIBItrsSTfpCLayzjoFjDv5gvskxXidh-nRPBH3D9XaTePf5LEvSMDRlcFpec9zKx_uJCG3TEy1epd24/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OESrL3QremLznW1lgsXEB_vN-s-ZxpoE0eZ51PvjvEwtGBfMHJz4kRO3JY0XIBItrsSTfpCLayzjoFjDv5gvskxXidh-nRPBH3D9XaTePf5LEvSMDRlcFpec9zKx_uJCG3TEy1epd24/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OESrL3QremLznW1lgsXEB_vN-s-ZxpoE0eZ51PvjvEwtGBfMHJz4kRO3JY0XIBItrsSTfpCLayzjoFjDv5gvskxXidh-nRPBH3D9XaTePf5LEvSMDRlcFpec9zKx_uJCG3TEy1epd24/s320/IMG_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506076606935074770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>As the weeks pass by, we miss having a dog as a part of our family. After much discussion, Michael and I decided to add a new addition to the family. The laws here in Germany are VERY strict in regards to pet ownership. We were so lucky to find a wonderful family that let us have one of their miniature schnauzer puppies. When we first met our puppy, he was only 4 weeks-after alot of thought and a couple name changes, we decided to name him Kaiser. We look forward to having him the beginning of September. Both Amaya and Lani (our cat) will love chasing the little guy around.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJwf1EmGw7VSXDtJdyuGFA2xn3JJMSo3dGzZsH8LJmhwGfy9WZ1jAkzdZyR8clOdp_KTfBBSuJM0_7W9iAFwiOlgSiYlsoVG0BOAwOMF4Sh9I9hyphenhyphenlawmfgRPgP7w-t_4DbhVBA31C-kc/s1600/IMG_0058.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJwf1EmGw7VSXDtJdyuGFA2xn3JJMSo3dGzZsH8LJmhwGfy9WZ1jAkzdZyR8clOdp_KTfBBSuJM0_7W9iAFwiOlgSiYlsoVG0BOAwOMF4Sh9I9hyphenhyphenlawmfgRPgP7w-t_4DbhVBA31C-kc/s320/IMG_0058.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506079878765727778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't he precious!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKAvkuQ0HYVnXpbys_WFBY7ubNzxvWSwUSTNlq0UtlMXK8iXt1jPHYLIrbTT4i69AGnu8WAER0pEeUwyEAzBRSbRdv7g674ugNcwHwe4yu2VdkMxWNEfk6AoW-XEhj9o5vrOk7M9DKTA/s1600/IMG_0180.jpg"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEgcKAvkuQ0HYVnXpbys_WFBY7ubNzxvWSwUSTNlq0UtlMXK8iXt1jPHYLIrbTT4i69AGnu8WAER0pEeUwyEAzBRSbRdv7g674ugNcwHwe4yu2VdkMxWNEfk6AoW-XEhj9o5vrOk7M9DKTA/s320/IMG_0180.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506079877109426546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first weekend in September, we decided to make the 2 hour drive to the Stuttgart zoo and botanical gardens. It was a beautiful day. Amaya LOVED the zoo. We stayed for nearly 5 hours (Michael is a trooper for wearing Amaya that long-hiking up and down the hills). Every animal Amaya saw, she made a WOW face and said, "WHOA!" It was priceless!!! Her favorites were the big cats (same as her daddy's-momma likes the bears).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbFuRkzris7wfDlDqe5jpRAwyh6hbCZNAydlRBEoN4Gj3JWObMYX3w2z39T5hLpshj56KIS3AYOTDuBN_Ujjsa9994R65d47tmesOjPwOlxRLa5Rp7nQKhbM_fs-oSLRvRndoFHsBNoM/s1600/IMG_0190.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbFuRkzris7wfDlDqe5jpRAwyh6hbCZNAydlRBEoN4Gj3JWObMYX3w2z39T5hLpshj56KIS3AYOTDuBN_Ujjsa9994R65d47tmesOjPwOlxRLa5Rp7nQKhbM_fs-oSLRvRndoFHsBNoM/s320/IMG_0190.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506078061429127538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The WOW face</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcd3xP6uTaEMRRhsbF2NCXsESMdQKaGpOZxV0uwZhwoUphuI0XZ4Pi7-aqW7obH5viygSy1gGWVQgf20_dRkGBbFiTBiC3LGjIdDbSAO6QL9U_GQI6gKCFXlAMMM9OlqmREyAiV_ATgU/s1600/IMG_0183.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcd3xP6uTaEMRRhsbF2NCXsESMdQKaGpOZxV0uwZhwoUphuI0XZ4Pi7-aqW7obH5viygSy1gGWVQgf20_dRkGBbFiTBiC3LGjIdDbSAO6QL9U_GQI6gKCFXlAMMM9OlqmREyAiV_ATgU/s320/IMG_0183.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506078060843622546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lilly pad pond</div><div style="text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEhn62s1RZfWX6hgRCeKM7z6Vo0y1KWn7biF8GvIkWt6h8h5m6wJPn8orMvQ4fhllI9gSB2UK1NLRXJX4Lmu6Fg6XartgFqQzQVBtxHuZLC-CoL5Vg1b5Uh-EKCHEOsH6WJmU4rrGl9ftRY/s320/IMG_0200.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506078070287876098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center; ">Amaya with the animals in the petting zoo. She loved letting them eat from her hand.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wow! If you are still reading, I am impressed. This has turned out to be the blog post of all posts. Before I post the most current weekend, I will update you on all of the other going-ons =) Amaya and I needed to get out of the house. Not that I don't like being home with my daughter all day, it is just being stranded here with no car, no phone, no internet, and no tv...I was running out of crafty ideas. I did try and teach her some self defense:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajlaiad4pIYKw6w6SqKi6lKuDCfJRMzb8A7gsEEDys0_Xjljk329__itDJNxB_SspXT8Xk_SfjWOa16kMyUfn3gB1lKners1XODXZoCRVgzr42m9BY7x_tPRiV5F8mqFw7t05Tg9zA98/s1600/IMG_1849.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajlaiad4pIYKw6w6SqKi6lKuDCfJRMzb8A7gsEEDys0_Xjljk329__itDJNxB_SspXT8Xk_SfjWOa16kMyUfn3gB1lKners1XODXZoCRVgzr42m9BY7x_tPRiV5F8mqFw7t05Tg9zA98/s320/IMG_1849.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506091391776136690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7wdABedhzVb3f_9c8kKhMNtcz6Ssbj1UDORCMUxSs96z78_HO29gPzNZxHmeMceTC8GxwWfihmOT8yxD0Ou7xzkh33RlUTtxcmmTeWkcSYYhDyN4QT87smSx_llpLlWthUb-c0tBLBU/s1600/IMG_1848.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7wdABedhzVb3f_9c8kKhMNtcz6Ssbj1UDORCMUxSs96z78_HO29gPzNZxHmeMceTC8GxwWfihmOT8yxD0Ou7xzkh33RlUTtxcmmTeWkcSYYhDyN4QT87smSx_llpLlWthUb-c0tBLBU/s320/IMG_1848.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506091380014757746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We also discovered pushpops (she eats with one hand and cleans with the other):</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7Apn2jVse9_YGWk5sEtx_MNh8SsVjFsomrWKoQvdMYaoOckSsZenUAn7JwbqzVeoKluRAoo2gr6Aaz8e15-IF5s2klhW9dRVtvYLFKbL6Q1v8QDw8n6x018RBO9PBC__JfXqaMSdz6w/s1600/IMG_0054.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7Apn2jVse9_YGWk5sEtx_MNh8SsVjFsomrWKoQvdMYaoOckSsZenUAn7JwbqzVeoKluRAoo2gr6Aaz8e15-IF5s2klhW9dRVtvYLFKbL6Q1v8QDw8n6x018RBO9PBC__JfXqaMSdz6w/s320/IMG_0054.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506091905362542434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>We took trips to the Japanese Gardens where we fed the koi and kissed Buddha:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdCnewoteoGy76FJ58NbAeGAfScNfdJIwaEh7QWLYsbOggG2AaxKZllhYowbauti2Fv0zvap_d2ZfMqtidWr1FDz0G7GGUjkysTC1BIJtSaPtmBRAbbAiUnE1KgMK8Mc6RdjNsUUUUnc/s1600/IMG_0013.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdCnewoteoGy76FJ58NbAeGAfScNfdJIwaEh7QWLYsbOggG2AaxKZllhYowbauti2Fv0zvap_d2ZfMqtidWr1FDz0G7GGUjkysTC1BIJtSaPtmBRAbbAiUnE1KgMK8Mc6RdjNsUUUUnc/s320/IMG_0013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506092637459098834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2EtBMyXqZD4qWzwCaHaMQ12UfuViM5xyk9zX6e5dcmsxNCrgN9p-Mxk9hJSWRs5_EwSox3Qtyi50W-vpwauXbbu59Li3gRZoMP16eKedQPyQAN4LXQv8EdTOcYyJT6Lpbcj7ffnl_dU/s1600/IMG_0013.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2EtBMyXqZD4qWzwCaHaMQ12UfuViM5xyk9zX6e5dcmsxNCrgN9p-Mxk9hJSWRs5_EwSox3Qtyi50W-vpwauXbbu59Li3gRZoMP16eKedQPyQAN4LXQv8EdTOcYyJT6Lpbcj7ffnl_dU/s320/IMG_0013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506092628437252082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> So we bought another car: a BMW wagon. Michael loves it-goes quick on the autobaun, has decent gas milage, can hold alot of things, but best of all...we paid cash =) My good ol' buddy Dave would be so proud. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEhZQUrmwFlf_O7vFTIgBYN94-bEteQB66Edn2a_R6ZjSm8NYylKh31_FjE8ypLuBtVAVAB1RLhuIOkAF5J_ePG_6mvTs0QeQdl2pbIlWx5pcgxj8LUj5f8cekKK6Cy4Q-YHI1-XQCVhePQ/s320/IMG_0084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506081868706890098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once we got the car, Amaya and I suddenly became busy bees...we started swim lessons two days a week, we take a toddler reading class once a week, and we have joined a play group. I went from being so bored I was ironing the sheets-to busy, busy, busy. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzeIFHDbzgbwmATkEVhKUy82MyvPwZjHzUOa7G8yitiZeCC8hFkf5VmB8IZvfAErR_Kg26CO8mHahEZpt4KJom-XsqMcXxh4yNRwPm-LwP4jj6H5YeEx7-WnDScj2CX1LVT-YOOJs0Tw/s1600/August+8th+Download+026.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzeIFHDbzgbwmATkEVhKUy82MyvPwZjHzUOa7G8yitiZeCC8hFkf5VmB8IZvfAErR_Kg26CO8mHahEZpt4KJom-XsqMcXxh4yNRwPm-LwP4jj6H5YeEx7-WnDScj2CX1LVT-YOOJs0Tw/s320/August+8th+Download+026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506103570964773378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya at the pool 1 year ago with grandpa.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7sFJ0NX3sqeziVBa-3LzmQJTiJnAEwMGfVs223n0uMA7HHBsnxdHFEUXLF5E8jqJezFrN3-5Va84pTlkXVZ4Sw9Sz-s5NJZef4gWzLETyzqJ5nFGIKmcRVDBaQc_Hq0u5GpNChsBdrM/s1600/IMG_0089.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7sFJ0NX3sqeziVBa-3LzmQJTiJnAEwMGfVs223n0uMA7HHBsnxdHFEUXLF5E8jqJezFrN3-5Va84pTlkXVZ4Sw9Sz-s5NJZef4gWzLETyzqJ5nFGIKmcRVDBaQc_Hq0u5GpNChsBdrM/s320/IMG_0089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506103577179136018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya loves to sing and splash</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzeIFHDbzgbwmATkEVhKUy82MyvPwZjHzUOa7G8yitiZeCC8hFkf5VmB8IZvfAErR_Kg26CO8mHahEZpt4KJom-XsqMcXxh4yNRwPm-LwP4jj6H5YeEx7-WnDScj2CX1LVT-YOOJs0Tw/s1600/August+8th+Download+026.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-9DiZwKfMc8TNIGDSEjZ_i3OVNHCwVkiC8li0NzO0XuACtOJM_JYyFEQHp9cDL-0KxlEGxk717-PjR7KDPDvPj-xmiP6w-zrSrkjQaUKDqA68u2if45KcqJfKrkFxU0kMgkZycVnvus/s1600/IMG_0128.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-9DiZwKfMc8TNIGDSEjZ_i3OVNHCwVkiC8li0NzO0XuACtOJM_JYyFEQHp9cDL-0KxlEGxk717-PjR7KDPDvPj-xmiP6w-zrSrkjQaUKDqA68u2if45KcqJfKrkFxU0kMgkZycVnvus/s320/IMG_0128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506103586692499890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She will also dunk her head to pick up the toys at the bottom of the pool</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQ6F4f4u9VThwGV-Q383jJJsK3ybi0ojT4tufS4w9RFAp4NsTE_VZhvYswdbI7JGM1dAiMcetbBA4G4-RcWMZ5lXBmBYOkMkLtA6_QR30VSvjPtRTKzhzbgYwzynorYzzGXd0gqHyQmc/s1600/IMG_0119.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQ6F4f4u9VThwGV-Q383jJJsK3ybi0ojT4tufS4w9RFAp4NsTE_VZhvYswdbI7JGM1dAiMcetbBA4G4-RcWMZ5lXBmBYOkMkLtA6_QR30VSvjPtRTKzhzbgYwzynorYzzGXd0gqHyQmc/s320/IMG_0119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506103581079282514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She is practicing her splashing and bubble blowing-she would rather be dunked than try and blow bubbles</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyO6sNsFwCMyCNvi8RajBjKK5vCHin9WSUfhRoLATY4UYiIW-1bHEPCvXfnx9wKtK-YOLbCqCaCb0SnWNRVvQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya and mommy going down the waterslide</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzeIFHDbzgbwmATkEVhKUy82MyvPwZjHzUOa7G8yitiZeCC8hFkf5VmB8IZvfAErR_Kg26CO8mHahEZpt4KJom-XsqMcXxh4yNRwPm-LwP4jj6H5YeEx7-WnDScj2CX1LVT-YOOJs0Tw/s1600/August+8th+Download+026.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We are loving getting out and meeting people. Amaya enjoys being with the other kids. She is growing at lightening speed. I cannot believe how smart she is (I am sure all parents think this about their kid). She knows how to distinguish between recyclables and trash! She loves to help mommy clean and do laundry. She chases Lani around the house trying to brush her and also trying to play with her by throwing hairties so that Lani will fetch them. She loves to read stories to us.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk29TO8DmSkfC_gNxA7jI6t5V4o6Xlesj3XhTJwQQ3pBJ2dp12_Tz8vOutE7HJS2HW04XY-6VBQ7u_yIx7Gr1tguX8ayqxevuSaaKdBlnT4JXTDc-Y7FprjnPDDkdgDio8YZud-dQKx7A/s1600/IMG_0050.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkbTE-5Y2PpphLP3qOGYIAgNiF13UAIriW0QC4_jtwR_L39rbVFLjNlICSNYSbGXtP8KNjNJpGNgki99MSzl9hnx59bXGlKY7Jw_K09fvvxb7z4H6qJPy3TTDq6IpSKRsVoMOYdPbi1Y/s1600/IMG_0070.jpg"></a></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwT15g9x9edf_qT8kKpTrO6xqPLNlYkJipk0au6NXC_B6Fxb9eKKuFQwSjsehCVwOrNbiEha0cMdOoHEN260Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>She is a shoe girl, who loves to pick out a matching pair of shoes and wear them around the house all day. She recently sat still so I could paint her toenails a pretty pink-it is the same color I wore to the hospital when I had her. She also found a pair of boots I was saving for her-they have become her favorite to wear.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82iXQptbPUU38QUF1lp4pJAz_foj2hpxA3wC4PsNkAMP-SkegPS2Ilcrjn9zbQp8NQ60L7GlE9EScnHF_tZeIQCupNMpUB86QSf0qp1Cl5cqbU6SNePcPksW2x__mXnZCcuJw4le5_c0/s1600/IMG_0175.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82iXQptbPUU38QUF1lp4pJAz_foj2hpxA3wC4PsNkAMP-SkegPS2Ilcrjn9zbQp8NQ60L7GlE9EScnHF_tZeIQCupNMpUB86QSf0qp1Cl5cqbU6SNePcPksW2x__mXnZCcuJw4le5_c0/s320/IMG_0175.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506086506449715634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty pink toenails</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLDqEYthx5jWI_XjaZc2QrT8m_7YkbV7l6_061EH8TEOfYmlI8j8GxqLkUGlHjLsaeUJ6qMif7LxJh5puxhOMnrKBmLQevuEaeUQwZ-qECPih1iy6lwtfFO1ED65AOc-EbggIKwf5gu8/s1600/IMG_0221.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLDqEYthx5jWI_XjaZc2QrT8m_7YkbV7l6_061EH8TEOfYmlI8j8GxqLkUGlHjLsaeUJ6qMif7LxJh5puxhOMnrKBmLQevuEaeUQwZ-qECPih1iy6lwtfFO1ED65AOc-EbggIKwf5gu8/s320/IMG_0221.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506086503048213634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">First thing in the morning...she loves to read-of course with her boots on</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUytYUtjg1QXwZ5yTmq7FZ_xA2CXK0ym-p2fmRMZxCOPg0RIMwc5NlLZTMl5qQHkl7VyUxx2YxTBsDnEtqakqNxpCgqbRlrnUKPpGNuOck6tl-1GeoNF-DQBnThWXLZTnI3fWcJwlQ3Q/s1600/IMG_0025.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUytYUtjg1QXwZ5yTmq7FZ_xA2CXK0ym-p2fmRMZxCOPg0RIMwc5NlLZTMl5qQHkl7VyUxx2YxTBsDnEtqakqNxpCgqbRlrnUKPpGNuOck6tl-1GeoNF-DQBnThWXLZTnI3fWcJwlQ3Q/s320/IMG_0025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506085957327459970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She loves rockin' the sparkly Lelli Kelly's </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>She has a mind all of her own. Today she saw the Dora bandaides and pointing to them, and in her little words told me that she wanted them. I explained to her that we only need them when we have an "owie." She walked away (I thought, "wow that went well") then she turned back around, walked back up to me, pointed to her finger and said, "Owie." I was cracking up (on the inside-of course), but I caved and let her choose her Dora bandaide for her "owie." She wore that thing all day-she even tried to keep it on during her nighttime bath.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0htpnLF2mkOjHldKstmSTo8SD5RvaZ10aBchZFRWOs0ui8EM0dpnoiY3pmSpQiUKgWDlmFCQNn_38xXp_C-dXuj393SKbH5J5YvVN0zZWOIsfJA2O-iFo7416Sjtp3tsLnlSYYnMwAiU/s1600/IMG_1846.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXCSiN4JglHp0CuRY6fodlCTM47WECWkwLTIMmweQ_VrpsiVODrvrewJ0pwDQl4zcNQvA0n_lQ7JWyhKfLL3mNI5eXDbBvnOjEeWxT9AFc4aflytKfqWWsTAA8ETp4y6QXgIO6W8ULoM/s1600/IMG_1762.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXCSiN4JglHp0CuRY6fodlCTM47WECWkwLTIMmweQ_VrpsiVODrvrewJ0pwDQl4zcNQvA0n_lQ7JWyhKfLL3mNI5eXDbBvnOjEeWxT9AFc4aflytKfqWWsTAA8ETp4y6QXgIO6W8ULoM/s320/IMG_1762.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506089680341446674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hiking at Burg Nanstein</div></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/AVvXsEh0htpnLF2mkOjHldKstmSTo8SD5RvaZ10aBchZFRWOs0ui8EM0dpnoiY3pmSpQiUKgWDlmFCQNn_38xXp_C-dXuj393SKbH5J5YvVN0zZWOIsfJA2O-iFo7416Sjtp3tsLnlSYYnMwAiU/s320/IMG_1846.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506089688879999746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">4th of July </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHlN8ddREiXN4IjTnTmIS1h68ogCHEDVeT8HaCkzOIeD8_iC0tVUs6oRwxbvRv3laALQ_Qd-BEaulvexX5VjHZIDg_KiPnlhiSdfF8adNzV0Q3EZI1a4q4Vlz-IAl9WN0MYbtIM40E5U/s1600/IMG_1787.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHlN8ddREiXN4IjTnTmIS1h68ogCHEDVeT8HaCkzOIeD8_iC0tVUs6oRwxbvRv3laALQ_Qd-BEaulvexX5VjHZIDg_KiPnlhiSdfF8adNzV0Q3EZI1a4q4Vlz-IAl9WN0MYbtIM40E5U/s1600/IMG_1787.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHlN8ddREiXN4IjTnTmIS1h68ogCHEDVeT8HaCkzOIeD8_iC0tVUs6oRwxbvRv3laALQ_Qd-BEaulvexX5VjHZIDg_KiPnlhiSdfF8adNzV0Q3EZI1a4q4Vlz-IAl9WN0MYbtIM40E5U/s320/IMG_1787.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506089671335904610" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hanging around town</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHK9-6A_Ls7eLjwjK-kORV2MWNa-i9zltyWF2ZK-nrYOyZbVeJQdjDtWq42aXRRGMsKTLp5z0TK37ce6aSA4EFjOywRaiI4o7AVeGR8tmUOHyV53a7xgY3Onh_xqut52PmlNFWJP34xkY/s1600/IMG_1746.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHK9-6A_Ls7eLjwjK-kORV2MWNa-i9zltyWF2ZK-nrYOyZbVeJQdjDtWq42aXRRGMsKTLp5z0TK37ce6aSA4EFjOywRaiI4o7AVeGR8tmUOHyV53a7xgY3Onh_xqut52PmlNFWJP34xkY/s320/IMG_1746.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506089658132395346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Out to dinner at our favorite restuarant (which happens to be our landlord's). Amaya loves Chupa Chupps...I have yet to buy her any-she gets them from the store/restuarant owners everywhere we go =)</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_297pTumHSBZX6gviubeZwA_G5Sj4_-B8myvVnxl8GsHvL51BmSDrIaKOAmOfumoHTFUvOYvPxJRLEYguNsP281OEPsXH9a-iwLmN2c_MhIQ1ppdLCUNnGRt55LbnsDG3FXe1zZ2YbkE/s1600/IMG_0235.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMks_2R2kvl41ZRXineLhiN4x_0Xov7-D7w4V-NDsfMJYiDS6ua-E8UzIy5i93Dvl7N-jFl9FRswEvqW6BROZU4V1bqCI9ycGZFRHBl-kG9imRWSAKfleXePyjuf8hlo26uz3Ugg0Blts/s1600/IMG_0093.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMks_2R2kvl41ZRXineLhiN4x_0Xov7-D7w4V-NDsfMJYiDS6ua-E8UzIy5i93Dvl7N-jFl9FRswEvqW6BROZU4V1bqCI9ycGZFRHBl-kG9imRWSAKfleXePyjuf8hlo26uz3Ugg0Blts/s320/IMG_0093.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506094455036952578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At lunch on our trip around Kaiserslautern</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rvkPj6ofJc-a8o2Vu-vU7dQvizZd_g37loX-bOVcTE56LPV7xD5yzI20fchmFR_Sm6atVczWMjbgmaV11_Gu_HtnWrdmlArn_nLUnvNF0r-QYPpCQlLN_VWMGb5uxZML4iigkFcxyAA/s1600/IMG_0080.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rvkPj6ofJc-a8o2Vu-vU7dQvizZd_g37loX-bOVcTE56LPV7xD5yzI20fchmFR_Sm6atVczWMjbgmaV11_Gu_HtnWrdmlArn_nLUnvNF0r-QYPpCQlLN_VWMGb5uxZML4iigkFcxyAA/s320/IMG_0080.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506094443476500978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Dinner at our favorite restuarant-Amaya decided to eat the cranberries straight from the bowl<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadwy-8awahgrFVlgbRMji5Q7EHClPQOjxeVKoicY5u2qpwJG-_ZrHWRFK2MrIVUmJ9GGVES0PCDsbsI_-JHPMDYGHLdd0Dz2ZSI6AHdmoLctANlhxka3YJQGyFHYc7WX0xC06HJjL6S4/s1600/IMG_0083.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadwy-8awahgrFVlgbRMji5Q7EHClPQOjxeVKoicY5u2qpwJG-_ZrHWRFK2MrIVUmJ9GGVES0PCDsbsI_-JHPMDYGHLdd0Dz2ZSI6AHdmoLctANlhxka3YJQGyFHYc7WX0xC06HJjL6S4/s320/IMG_0083.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506094434733281426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Driving the ship while watching the other kids play</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/AVvXsEg_297pTumHSBZX6gviubeZwA_G5Sj4_-B8myvVnxl8GsHvL51BmSDrIaKOAmOfumoHTFUvOYvPxJRLEYguNsP281OEPsXH9a-iwLmN2c_MhIQ1ppdLCUNnGRt55LbnsDG3FXe1zZ2YbkE/s320/IMG_0235.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506094457571743522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shopping at the local German mart-she loves having her own cart</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I guess this brings me to last weekend!!! Yeah! It might not seem like it, but this post took me over 4 hours to complete...even Michael has gone to bed. Last weekend was our anniversary weekend. Six splendid years together. I wish I had wedding day pictures to post, but I have yet to scan any. That is one of the things on my "todo" list, but first I have to set-up the scanner... We had a wonderful anniversary in Trier. We went to their Roman Days festival. Last week, we met a great couple from California (who live a few blocks away from us now) and we all went together. They have a little boy about Amaya's age-it is great to see them interact with one another. We spent the day touring the town of Trier, walking through the Roman festival, and trying 120 wines from Germany. For 15 Euro we were given free reign of the wines-it was surreal. Of course we had the kiddos with us, so at least 2 of us had to be responsible parents-but we all had an outstanding time and tried some really delicious wine. Then we ventured off to see the gladiator fights-this was fun, but we were so tired and a couple of us had a lot of wine-during the show, I had Amaya asleep in my arms and Michael sleeping on my shoulder...can you guess which one of us was the 'responsible' parent =) We finally made it into bed at 3am, which is about 6 hours passed my normal bed time...and Amaya was up at her normal 5:30am time. Gotta love it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7luWNLItr1EeB6wF5XvxHMk1sDTmtOHG2pqBdEtHJoaHu55-nqwEJxQoAvAcjUuRxFIHZUSkNSf-Ix7p5g4-3LQhZYVHr7wc10YtPBTZRaAbaJhjv0_km-pwNQr-2LYKNqitK3FVZYuA/s1600/IMG_1905.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7luWNLItr1EeB6wF5XvxHMk1sDTmtOHG2pqBdEtHJoaHu55-nqwEJxQoAvAcjUuRxFIHZUSkNSf-Ix7p5g4-3LQhZYVHr7wc10YtPBTZRaAbaJhjv0_km-pwNQr-2LYKNqitK3FVZYuA/s320/IMG_1905.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506101283507710098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Porta Nigra-the Black Gate (2nd century AD)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EOefJy5M3bMSK4A9Aq3aGicS97SrIQ5Ypih8_Mf236TY0freoW5n2WB4mW1yJS-s5aQjqcU6ToB6g31klPFotPNfBJo4Qg1FDqdosK5qzAiIAJLy1oh-Vas5J5SW37shkRWXgQAKDho/s1600/IMG_1899.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EOefJy5M3bMSK4A9Aq3aGicS97SrIQ5Ypih8_Mf236TY0freoW5n2WB4mW1yJS-s5aQjqcU6ToB6g31klPFotPNfBJo4Qg1FDqdosK5qzAiIAJLy1oh-Vas5J5SW37shkRWXgQAKDho/s320/IMG_1899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506101275124617250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Vpyrg1EetcJH1Mu5DFiW1xA0wnp21QxpAgzCegQ0o3pQVJbVLgrTzYz75JPkcJTwp67SV6J0HqDXG1GLD4S6DyV7nGtMjGow52DD-AWu8lAsDLhpnydst6xfp-2mZwnXlKCRqB8kw58/s1600/IMG_1902.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Vpyrg1EetcJH1Mu5DFiW1xA0wnp21QxpAgzCegQ0o3pQVJbVLgrTzYz75JPkcJTwp67SV6J0HqDXG1GLD4S6DyV7nGtMjGow52DD-AWu8lAsDLhpnydst6xfp-2mZwnXlKCRqB8kw58/s320/IMG_1902.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506101265633590834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Roman Baths</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzZiSjtxRrCAB6wGAulEmmrNFxWip3V7abepT7XTLYnbFkkeTwO2LX2BrfrTROWwouHNp6fvm3AIx5wbXUv0ZVaEft9KlAVtg-N1t3rWp358Re9Vno3fDh4AFcq0ESfuY4Q0xl0yEFiI/s1600/IMG_1909.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzZiSjtxRrCAB6wGAulEmmrNFxWip3V7abepT7XTLYnbFkkeTwO2LX2BrfrTROWwouHNp6fvm3AIx5wbXUv0ZVaEft9KlAVtg-N1t3rWp358Re9Vno3fDh4AFcq0ESfuY4Q0xl0yEFiI/s320/IMG_1909.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506100511687976770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Wine tasting: 1st wine</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmQHZ6LcQPN83fNu_6f20mbcEjZSQt9iDCwz4Pq28F9rZdcmsVUyW92yPmXifSLEosHU31EC3PLjmSvR794DIrWAAFsCjnfDIkCVKCTgWvOiZWIpuuSBQessEeHrlDeLzbSAFrDY2zbk/s1600/IMG_1908.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmQHZ6LcQPN83fNu_6f20mbcEjZSQt9iDCwz4Pq28F9rZdcmsVUyW92yPmXifSLEosHU31EC3PLjmSvR794DIrWAAFsCjnfDIkCVKCTgWvOiZWIpuuSBQessEeHrlDeLzbSAFrDY2zbk/s320/IMG_1908.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506100500655957810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">#120</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3-_2YB0jMD9cjnI40HdbnX77WOYPTDraAXAcybJfYihQ-KRe9bimU0fR4nTO41-a7BZWCns49gUqWWf65Tt7rSRRyWutWDR0SP7P7s0NTYeo2J0I8m_judZkJCUxAiBJiXXZldPjWF0/s1600/IMG_0241.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3-_2YB0jMD9cjnI40HdbnX77WOYPTDraAXAcybJfYihQ-KRe9bimU0fR4nTO41-a7BZWCns49gUqWWf65Tt7rSRRyWutWDR0SP7P7s0NTYeo2J0I8m_judZkJCUxAiBJiXXZldPjWF0/s320/IMG_0241.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506100490423916786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya loved the live piano music and being chased by her newest buddy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hard to believe that we have accomplished all of this in exactly 2 months...we have many more adventures to come. We love and miss you all-remember-open invitation to all-COME AND VISIT!!!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-50265763496038051712010-06-18T10:39:00.000-07:002010-06-18T11:08:40.933-07:00The final 6-Weeks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xJQm-pIioguR12xyoIUg3qksgzTajEGnbu8QBgn8QFZmRm_GVsE8cSRPe6P9xChAZdCIaqWQlGeXmcYWRFFNUEZIrLSlRMq_34W2HA5n8XQEC9av9qf4WLuxuOm9VgYpHS9bgWk5Tcs/s1600/IMG_1678.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/AVvXsEi_xJQm-pIioguR12xyoIUg3qksgzTajEGnbu8QBgn8QFZmRm_GVsE8cSRPe6P9xChAZdCIaqWQlGeXmcYWRFFNUEZIrLSlRMq_34W2HA5n8XQEC9av9qf4WLuxuOm9VgYpHS9bgWk5Tcs/s320/IMG_1678.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484175651079171826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our final date night visiting Meg-Out at the Honkey Tonks </div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyQzeQCaVTgOhB9_qB7hlOXqIG986fYOu5310wvfgABY40DpjegAsRqQrjRmOAQYptA5vXMF6GJazZd_aiBOEr-f1UbpSi9PkDvDFEqF4pr6vxv4jvYKx-3QImXatkDST4X32xDk7Qz4/s1600/IMG_1669.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/AVvXsEixyQzeQCaVTgOhB9_qB7hlOXqIG986fYOu5310wvfgABY40DpjegAsRqQrjRmOAQYptA5vXMF6GJazZd_aiBOEr-f1UbpSi9PkDvDFEqF4pr6vxv4jvYKx-3QImXatkDST4X32xDk7Qz4/s320/IMG_1669.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484174147706952786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dinner at Judge Bean's Bar-B-Que with Michael's family</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBwYboNMiV3S0q3f4S21w9qVwAvfE_5-lXJWFUH5TSixbmQXXtl61EZOds0T4acrpPVZvmGJwkcvU2BZ_C2SFvb2n9ozFVY5ywqA_9cG77EtqrG6xLrLtclvsLKr2naxiaUAv1me0GfQ/s1600/IMG_1636.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/AVvXsEhDBwYboNMiV3S0q3f4S21w9qVwAvfE_5-lXJWFUH5TSixbmQXXtl61EZOds0T4acrpPVZvmGJwkcvU2BZ_C2SFvb2n9ozFVY5ywqA_9cG77EtqrG6xLrLtclvsLKr2naxiaUAv1me0GfQ/s320/IMG_1636.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484173101842622962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our little adventurer moves her stroller around and then stands on it to get what she wants...really safe huh...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphen66MB-M8XaWEA5q10fX6vAKm7BQzExRL2WUK8zJUgi0b94Dar24-ussaxgyPzOE7Iotp_W2lBgJ2m1vcTLzsip5C10ZAt50kttFze_U0ygRonAG8c6GgZmKeYk0FMxmi_S0rHsry4sw/s1600/IMG_1624.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/AVvXsEghyphenhyphen66MB-M8XaWEA5q10fX6vAKm7BQzExRL2WUK8zJUgi0b94Dar24-ussaxgyPzOE7Iotp_W2lBgJ2m1vcTLzsip5C10ZAt50kttFze_U0ygRonAG8c6GgZmKeYk0FMxmi_S0rHsry4sw/s320/IMG_1624.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484172195746532850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Helping to clean in our casita (Panama and I decided this was a good name for the apartment)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGh-29s10Q6VKV6uiCW1oF9Ur3exCLGbMvjfJVGWbh5_x3_0f1s-x9zCGrB5H87Hob89NnYgwY3yyTrB_vT8uG5fE4yst4s76oR4fECpP9N9DPgjWSFx435SkYjecYpU9U7m7Cg-6DlQM/s1600/IMG_1673.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/AVvXsEiGh-29s10Q6VKV6uiCW1oF9Ur3exCLGbMvjfJVGWbh5_x3_0f1s-x9zCGrB5H87Hob89NnYgwY3yyTrB_vT8uG5fE4yst4s76oR4fECpP9N9DPgjWSFx435SkYjecYpU9U7m7Cg-6DlQM/s320/IMG_1673.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484171505341251762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya hair is long enough to do full pig tails</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Our final 6-weeks before Germany have been a whirlwind. Here are some pictures to document the time.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-13173250904155650062010-06-18T10:06:00.000-07:002010-06-18T11:13:25.446-07:00Finally in Germany!Hallo! We made it =) It has been a VERY busy 6 weeks since I sent our last blog. We enjoyed the weeks in our apartment-swimming in the pools, grilling out, spending time with Meg, Panama, Eric, Nana, and Grandpa, and playing at the playground. I finished my final year of teaching (at least for a little while) and Michael came home. It was great to spend time together.<div><br /></div><div>The flight to Germany was interesting...Michael and I will are able to laugh about it now =) 1. We started out having a 2 hour delay in Nashville, 2. then an extra hour in the plane to our midway point. 3. We missed our connecting flight, 4. the next flight did not leave out until the following evening. 5. We stayed the night in an airport hotel (with the cat-no kitty litter...thank goodness the hotel was very helpful). 6. The flight the following day was delayed 6. We sat on the plane for 55 minutes before taking off. 7. Amaya only slept 3 hours of the 8.5 on the plane. 8. Our luggage went missing for 4 days. But we got it =) And it ended up being a blessing because they delivered it directly to us.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course we took it all in stride. Over the past couple days Michael passed the drivers test, we accomplished many of the things we needed to do, and this morning we found a house...which is GREAT! We cannot wait to finally be able to move in and get settled. More pictures to come.</div><div><br /></div><div>Amaya is adjusting-she has been in and out of the car for the past couple days and then airplane traveling the two days prior. Her poor little body is all out of whack. It was a little better last night, and I am hoping even better tonight. Tomorrow we have free =) so we will take her out and play for the day. She is saying many new words and sounds. She loves seeing and saying "doggie, puppy, ducky, tree, leaf, thank you (dank da), Panama (Anama), Nana/Banana (Nana), up, meow (eow), baa-baa." She is quite the talker. She loves climbing and sliding. She can climb and slide all on her own and actually does not want any help. She is a little adventurist. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-70965688752449912642010-05-03T15:12:00.001-07:002010-05-03T15:19:00.920-07:00Doggie Heaven<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOeAK2TDQHAK4CFv3ov2FxAddw-B5eKZtKOaDEi7uMUPxfclMWgn4Lz-Gr1AALIUlad2A6a1n5XtT65ZYk95jGYgXUnq6SWc8EjuiYm2TfV0_FDQ8U4u3qDSdz6KRWrnjXeprR3fqpLo/s1600/IMG_0032.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/AVvXsEieOeAK2TDQHAK4CFv3ov2FxAddw-B5eKZtKOaDEi7uMUPxfclMWgn4Lz-Gr1AALIUlad2A6a1n5XtT65ZYk95jGYgXUnq6SWc8EjuiYm2TfV0_FDQ8U4u3qDSdz6KRWrnjXeprR3fqpLo/s320/IMG_0032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467170442503730322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Me with Kasey </div><div style="text-align: center;">(a few day before Amaya was born)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>We made the difficult decision today to lay Kasey to rest. He had a wonderful life-but will be greatly missed! Not quite the way anyone wants to end their week, but he let us know, it was time. We have had him for 12 years-over a third of my life. Although it was very hard to say, "good-bye" I am at peace with the decision.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-16580437398839800202010-05-03T04:13:00.000-07:002010-05-03T04:33:24.211-07:00!```EDWAXZZZZZ (Amaya typed the title)<div style="text-align: center;">Nana, Gpa, Erica, Meg, Panama, Amaya at ChuckE.Cheese</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vAaK9H9J8j480XfYDAzlHAItflbtEBYWxkm7nDmfQmJBd7IyDLeImvmSFWa0cBfQw4nxjd8TRJc0BNuGk36v5j0ff_Bk9k3pAO_PToEsRAixBrC-dbxjWWFvMDLwL309ebE_1FJcscs/s1600/DSCN3819.JPG.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vAaK9H9J8j480XfYDAzlHAItflbtEBYWxkm7nDmfQmJBd7IyDLeImvmSFWa0cBfQw4nxjd8TRJc0BNuGk36v5j0ff_Bk9k3pAO_PToEsRAixBrC-dbxjWWFvMDLwL309ebE_1FJcscs/s320/DSCN3819.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466846747931188162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Almost the whole crew hanging with Chuck-E-Cheese</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyIO_5MznYJCE2McwSTMqDJ7CNH_Ry8d665MWHhb0MsR0BR03pMgSEtn8wy__COOsq0cINfLk0q1tgXKBa2X6wzSGg4vK_IS7SCAkWzqt_QXE_gKbU_29am91ORbkzhksELF6XrAQO2g/s1600/DSCN3820.JPG.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyIO_5MznYJCE2McwSTMqDJ7CNH_Ry8d665MWHhb0MsR0BR03pMgSEtn8wy__COOsq0cINfLk0q1tgXKBa2X6wzSGg4vK_IS7SCAkWzqt_QXE_gKbU_29am91ORbkzhksELF6XrAQO2g/s320/DSCN3820.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466846746264156946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Gpa, Momma, Amaya</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><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/AVvXsEiO1wkxNrGhsD53Em7GpMriimywxajg95vTMdPx8JubREJ1UXivDv-YtylQ2tV2hoVrFApfqT_X33mw-SEcI_-xmntOcmxgIzX_xYwlzj6pwymCTbWYPt658nEDPxkGC0NWO6djhauHH4A/s320/DSCN3825.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467000631930088002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>Meg and Panama</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Amaya loves playing (pounding) on the computer. She is growing so quickly! Here are some of the things she now does:</div><div style="text-align: left;">-She started walking backwards, and thinks it is so funny to bump into things</div><div style="text-align: left;">-She loves feeding her animals, giving them kisses, and talking to them</div><div style="text-align: left;">-She walks Kasy like a big girl-holding the leash all by herself...she also has a little dog that she love walking around the house</div><div style="text-align: left;">-She continues to love swimming-she now steps off the side of the pool into Gpa's awaiting arms-She is laughing the whole time</div><div style="text-align: left;">-She LOVES bananas and wakes up in the morning, walks into the kitchen, points to the nanas and says"nana-nana-nana" (this has to be her favorite word-it means all things good) We are trying to teach her please...but that may take awhile yet (Wonder where she inherited her love of food?)</div><div style="text-align: left;">-She uses her fork and spoon all by herself! No thanks to any of us adults...one day a couple weeks ago, she took the fork and has been feeding herself with one ever since</div><div style="text-align: left;">-She is a climber-thanks to her cousin, who is a fearless climber herself-Amaya thinks it is so great to climb on just about anything</div><div style="text-align: left;">-She still has a voice =) Loves to talk-talk-talk</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am sure I am missing so many things. She never ceases to amaze me!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_VCya6Cr05hsCI5lOAoNAMm-Xrmifb2idw-vMRqboZBddUuMI4YNKNgmjubjL71BELWqNaj3U5fU9k24chMlFhwIU-LMEEQYZg23rQ8L7BT1Pfu3NbTxBk618ZnKY9FalPCzBhcMuAQ/s1600/DSCN3825.JPG.jpeg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_VCya6Cr05hsCI5lOAoNAMm-Xrmifb2idw-vMRqboZBddUuMI4YNKNgmjubjL71BELWqNaj3U5fU9k24chMlFhwIU-LMEEQYZg23rQ8L7BT1Pfu3NbTxBk618ZnKY9FalPCzBhcMuAQ/s1600/DSCN3825.JPG.jpeg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_VCya6Cr05hsCI5lOAoNAMm-Xrmifb2idw-vMRqboZBddUuMI4YNKNgmjubjL71BELWqNaj3U5fU9k24chMlFhwIU-LMEEQYZg23rQ8L7BT1Pfu3NbTxBk618ZnKY9FalPCzBhcMuAQ/s1600/DSCN3825.JPG.jpeg"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-89939148028651566702010-05-02T18:01:00.000-07:002010-05-03T04:35:19.801-07:00Craziness!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcHrG_2iHP-RVWbHS4z8TdgRfeQwJdQkjD4QxzpnrM_phQRgJmbDfG54iJiIcSVNvfjTijkCsR0RfKXRZvNO8amfQ56PDmJyZceDLQSgSRDSyxCFzVxm1S0U2hem4fzhWzGTVcTMENyA/s1600/DSCN3785.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcHrG_2iHP-RVWbHS4z8TdgRfeQwJdQkjD4QxzpnrM_phQRgJmbDfG54iJiIcSVNvfjTijkCsR0RfKXRZvNO8amfQ56PDmJyZceDLQSgSRDSyxCFzVxm1S0U2hem4fzhWzGTVcTMENyA/s320/DSCN3785.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466846759254712754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya helping Gpa get the car ready to be shipped</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/AVvXsEi80LSUrkdkm8hWNeUvyOR4CL-TteBB0LDGFkb-kwaW2BY-na7nfMBeHHMv4phHXP5aZOE3UQbNoWUbjjBYXAsizn58JjZJQ3hLtWuTt1naeuW4pCxPS_MfGSPi1xirJeuOkgZRc60QFS4/s320/DSCN3829.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466846740110431554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Daddy is molding a SuperFan...</span></div></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/AVvXsEgnENb2b3YwvD28EerZ_ulGDLKuKFv5hroD8pElxFxecTj2nQLXZY0LpJd48_rOl8j4dz_54W3dhbhEH5EDl6KbviwWlc_hernRG7hWesizTbSFtHmlp5cfZ3fogIG0eHASpuJTrudNaNk/s320/DSCN3860.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466846518105772002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">All boxed up!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxUzpgb_1lQC7TLklriRSofJ5lGUY_ASYTSauM5vBm55r5oWH3hwy3USqenmKAcG9oMTbevRyD0cw2MkE55cViMv-azJzxEgpfnBOl6LW8xfT8a-xx9LV62AE7rd0E6IqRPtptYYMs-Y/s1600/DSCN3854.JPG.jpeg"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxUzpgb_1lQC7TLklriRSofJ5lGUY_ASYTSauM5vBm55r5oWH3hwy3USqenmKAcG9oMTbevRyD0cw2MkE55cViMv-azJzxEgpfnBOl6LW8xfT8a-xx9LV62AE7rd0E6IqRPtptYYMs-Y/s1600/DSCN3854.JPG.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxUzpgb_1lQC7TLklriRSofJ5lGUY_ASYTSauM5vBm55r5oWH3hwy3USqenmKAcG9oMTbevRyD0cw2MkE55cViMv-azJzxEgpfnBOl6LW8xfT8a-xx9LV62AE7rd0E6IqRPtptYYMs-Y/s320/DSCN3854.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466846528412685570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The last time all 3 of us were at our 1st house</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPczfot-PjLM4bV9eb3_wT5D5Twzf5uCt_3X7-_SCt4BrMRseaMT-IQJHSRWmNT_fCfsZ968Ut5K05qebWyQ2oT-oNMv8vP9D6nOl7xsZ5G2hrFNUaSINAJ2xgf5TI_M1KuUlpj_IMoSk/s1600/DSCN3878.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPczfot-PjLM4bV9eb3_wT5D5Twzf5uCt_3X7-_SCt4BrMRseaMT-IQJHSRWmNT_fCfsZ968Ut5K05qebWyQ2oT-oNMv8vP9D6nOl7xsZ5G2hrFNUaSINAJ2xgf5TI_M1KuUlpj_IMoSk/s320/DSCN3878.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466846518251843922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Living large at our new place </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hello all!!! Sorry for such the delay in blogging. I thought life was crazy before, but that was nothing compared to what we have done this past week...(which is nothing compared to what our fellow <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Nashvillians</span> are going through with the local flooding. We have had 14 inches in the past 24 hours!) As a good friend once said, "Life Lives" and we are sure living =) <div>The week in review:<br /><div>--Nana and I drove the car to St. Louis last Friday and drove back the same day. </div><div>--Michael flew in from San Antonio on Saturday, we got <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Amaya's</span> traveling passport, drank some great wine, spent time as a family, had a hail storm Sat night, and Michael flew back out on Sunday.</div><div>--The movers started moving us on Monday and they finished Friday afternoon. They left us with an empty house-and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ALOT</span> of cleaning for the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">dueling</span> Cinderellas to do.</div><div>--We moved into our little apartment on Friday as well-Grandpa took the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">grandgirls</span> to the pool. It is a really great place-I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">defiantly</span> miss my house though =)</div><div>--Saturday: Nana and I cleaned like crazy-the rain sure was coming down.</div><div>--Sunday: Almost didn't make it to church this morning...rain...rain...rain. Organized the apartment and found out there is no school tomorrow. </div><div>Please keep the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Nashvillians</span> in your thoughts and prayers.</div><div><br /></div><div>At this point, I am hoping that all starts to calm down. Michael, Amaya, the animals, and I will be headed to Germany mid-June. As I have said many times before-We would LOVE to have you visit!!!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-42753168386146371862010-04-06T19:24:00.000-07:002010-04-06T19:53:31.208-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTEPc4hkXF7cK1iYeTgPuKBRFARaxXfkXR4L9_feN4C2vMH29cgMBPdA1c9YEsEcUDvLBUqCqk0DgMN-jFVQx7E_ML1-RUwI4W_IbaWN4wNNxBHSYP2Af3f7jt-GcgdOIcWzLKPl6xq4/s1600/IMG_1563.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYf1OF3i9DUMJfqwYvG1OHjFPpAyBTaIP28p9R9vJHiRnafNA4RVTJLLarmqa4tlXexjeDcJxp1pampvCwPGkdzalQTIeYrtBv7rhPfHIZjectret8jaSZADho03suZZXG1f8UaTdajfg/s320/IMG_1537.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457217640505710962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">The 3 Ladies at Easter Mass</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL07-ENSLuWrkThPraxb4xc6dkLmGkh6JZVsWgq1nw7_IU-fvpPmbSiBw0RDS48CiJN1ClSqDWnst9Y2LKJRpmAsFaaBZtrhkR3ak1YYzMcf8ZShq3j2OTiPdHbSjGEzgsSro8BV8DfTM/s1600/IMG_1557.JPG"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL07-ENSLuWrkThPraxb4xc6dkLmGkh6JZVsWgq1nw7_IU-fvpPmbSiBw0RDS48CiJN1ClSqDWnst9Y2LKJRpmAsFaaBZtrhkR3ak1YYzMcf8ZShq3j2OTiPdHbSjGEzgsSro8BV8DfTM/s1600/IMG_1557.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL07-ENSLuWrkThPraxb4xc6dkLmGkh6JZVsWgq1nw7_IU-fvpPmbSiBw0RDS48CiJN1ClSqDWnst9Y2LKJRpmAsFaaBZtrhkR3ak1YYzMcf8ZShq3j2OTiPdHbSjGEzgsSro8BV8DfTM/s320/IMG_1557.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457219273400471026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Trader Joe's Shopper in Training</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Multi-tasking with the balloon in one hand and the cart in the other!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTEPc4hkXF7cK1iYeTgPuKBRFARaxXfkXR4L9_feN4C2vMH29cgMBPdA1c9YEsEcUDvLBUqCqk0DgMN-jFVQx7E_ML1-RUwI4W_IbaWN4wNNxBHSYP2Af3f7jt-GcgdOIcWzLKPl6xq4/s1600/IMG_1563.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTEPc4hkXF7cK1iYeTgPuKBRFARaxXfkXR4L9_feN4C2vMH29cgMBPdA1c9YEsEcUDvLBUqCqk0DgMN-jFVQx7E_ML1-RUwI4W_IbaWN4wNNxBHSYP2Af3f7jt-GcgdOIcWzLKPl6xq4/s320/IMG_1563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457220516354260082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Taking Hello Kitty for a walk<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center; "></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mom, Amaya, and I had an eventful Easter weekend. With the sale of the house, we are now in the hunt for an apartment...I was shocked to find out how expensive furnished apartments are! We hopefully found a place that will take us animals and all. The girls enjoyed the weekend together as the rest of the family was out-of-state for one reason or another. We had a great time shopping, walking the parks (as you can see, Amaya decided not to just walk Kasey, she also decided to walk her Hello Kitty around the house) and dinner at PF Changs (gotta love their GF menu). Amaya finally had her 1 year pictures taken and the kid wouldn't sit still long enough for a picture. She was too busy chatting and running over to the prop box to kiss all of the stuffed animals (too cute!) Overall, we are all doing fabulously well. Everything seems to be falling into place. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-85815144831849905442010-04-03T17:45:00.000-07:002010-04-03T18:30:35.776-07:00The Countdown Has Begun!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiBqHgjMDLb67RcF7-Ys0DCQnxzLHiZbgHIoPSM1twFkpCnuvuArktxaCQ8m36Feubl6oHARK_YJt6EBkdaPwjCmr5Tj5d5ShYDOHY81k8r5b2FLOhq7foj4jjIFxOTUUI34olUp2tyc/s1600/IMG_1535.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqggboplIhWteHcT5uGeMCEDBXTCyCME8q4yRQKZvd9x4oVMRaF7XRWlaTJ911ewIetvW5Cw5gUInkW3Y65WDPYpwqaRIurq1dyFaTI_1f_ZDXNJ0sPQF29Gx2JLmwkVeJwCMmK6Klqc/s1600/IMG_1529.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/AVvXsEhzqggboplIhWteHcT5uGeMCEDBXTCyCME8q4yRQKZvd9x4oVMRaF7XRWlaTJ911ewIetvW5Cw5gUInkW3Y65WDPYpwqaRIurq1dyFaTI_1f_ZDXNJ0sPQF29Gx2JLmwkVeJwCMmK6Klqc/s320/IMG_1529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456086420122418546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Michael's Promotion Ceremony</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqo77c8fgUw7jbFp9HotcswHYInkEd80IZwKDhanERGJtV6uvoBJGCbR-3zZ9AQGwYGJa8yL3uIHiCCfprVjabGzTPg7bK14wtKHrUu7btF0fwxficmRRUtuCqKLwuCzhu9eVMQuJuco/s1600/IMG_1510.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/AVvXsEhbqo77c8fgUw7jbFp9HotcswHYInkEd80IZwKDhanERGJtV6uvoBJGCbR-3zZ9AQGwYGJa8yL3uIHiCCfprVjabGzTPg7bK14wtKHrUu7btF0fwxficmRRUtuCqKLwuCzhu9eVMQuJuco/s320/IMG_1510.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456086411690329618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya's 1st Ride</div><div style="text-align: center;">She wanted to steer-just like she does in Grandpa's car</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEYS7kVa9Y0a75b9jaW6MEPskpf-_c-kPNqSz2wMfLlgdD7yNBieLCGRfcxcQd4g1bVyNNgx6vEqdT-tdph1Jn1fUfxbNBTfHNFMpnpQIX6g06aigkqlmpMigQx-GIpyZvq7bZ1WrZwU/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEYS7kVa9Y0a75b9jaW6MEPskpf-_c-kPNqSz2wMfLlgdD7yNBieLCGRfcxcQd4g1bVyNNgx6vEqdT-tdph1Jn1fUfxbNBTfHNFMpnpQIX6g06aigkqlmpMigQx-GIpyZvq7bZ1WrZwU/s320/IMG_1532.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456088012137779986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya in San Antonio trying to put on her sun glasses</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiBqHgjMDLb67RcF7-Ys0DCQnxzLHiZbgHIoPSM1twFkpCnuvuArktxaCQ8m36Feubl6oHARK_YJt6EBkdaPwjCmr5Tj5d5ShYDOHY81k8r5b2FLOhq7foj4jjIFxOTUUI34olUp2tyc/s1600/IMG_1535.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiBqHgjMDLb67RcF7-Ys0DCQnxzLHiZbgHIoPSM1twFkpCnuvuArktxaCQ8m36Feubl6oHARK_YJt6EBkdaPwjCmr5Tj5d5ShYDOHY81k8r5b2FLOhq7foj4jjIFxOTUUI34olUp2tyc/s320/IMG_1535.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456088020432781538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya, Panama, and Meg jumping on the trampoline</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We have been in a constant whirlwind the past two-weeks. We put our home on the market, had the fabulous Myra & Jodie visit, found out Kasey (my doggie baby) has diabetes, flew to San Antonio to watch Michael be promoted (Yippee!!!), and got a contract on the house...all in less than two weeks! <div><br /></div><div>We are so happy with all we have been blessed with and I am trying to slow down, take a breath, and enjoy the moments as they come. I have a new found respect for single parents-Amaya and I are so lucky to have my momma here to be a momma =) I was also so fortunate to have Jodie and Myra visit when they did-Michael had just left, we had our first showing (The people loved it so much...they wrote up an offer-I hope I am not jinxing myself by writing this...), and it was just plain crazy at our house. They were here to talk, walk, and have a great glass of wine with me =) </div><div><br /></div><div>Amaya is getting even better with age! She is absolutley the best thing ever!!! She is a little comedian-who loves making others laugh with her weird sounds, funny faces, and new words. Today she was saying, "Peek-a-boo" while running and hiding behind the walls. So much fun!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>San Antonio was a blast. There is a little bakery called "The Little Aussie Cafe." I had bread for the first time since August. It was a wonderful little place. We loved the riverwalk, the food, the shopping, and the people. I am looking forward to our next visit.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-66264232711781914192010-03-02T18:00:00.000-08:002010-03-02T18:18:40.915-08:00Loving Life!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4IgILux3y_ZryLrBBA5UnZF-jbPQfjNf9G0Js_Xkh8Z6zvaFlSHrlR8MwcE63sAtnJ_WOzJrLEtPil7R5vGBwvjm0_kBOxLvomBSZD_xNkDOJK_EBcpTHXrMKn3ulnqVIahtClnFaTw/s1600-h/DSCN3390.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4IgILux3y_ZryLrBBA5UnZF-jbPQfjNf9G0Js_Xkh8Z6zvaFlSHrlR8MwcE63sAtnJ_WOzJrLEtPil7R5vGBwvjm0_kBOxLvomBSZD_xNkDOJK_EBcpTHXrMKn3ulnqVIahtClnFaTw/s320/DSCN3390.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444225182522742242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I love Amaya in her piggy tails!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieC7RODQXm7rKuRVQVlCAcwRZnfbBCQ_8838-pISfQXfyFPxkq1kImCX-GA7J35bVzL0x9b8V2q_VOZytrONAOaTRhXpnlfRZu-0Qnhcjy29yRm5QVSTHkXAhwsBaqFnedDC2Xjg4Db0A/s1600-h/DSCN3392.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieC7RODQXm7rKuRVQVlCAcwRZnfbBCQ_8838-pISfQXfyFPxkq1kImCX-GA7J35bVzL0x9b8V2q_VOZytrONAOaTRhXpnlfRZu-0Qnhcjy29yRm5QVSTHkXAhwsBaqFnedDC2Xjg4Db0A/s320/DSCN3392.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444225175527263554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She loves loving on her teddy bear!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know I am biased, but isn't she just the cutest!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Well the whirlwind has truly begun. Michael is headed off in 3 weeks and will return for only about a week before heading off to Germany in June. We are still thrilled, we just did not anticipate it all happening so soon...our new family motto has become, "That's Life" (of course we say it happily). So we have spent the past several days running from place to place on-base trying to figure out where to even begin. Michael spent all of Friday laughing because he was so excited to finally have me see what he has been dealing with for years. It was a fun filled day of passports, POA's, account transfers, transportation offices, flight scheduling, and doctor's visits...and I still don't think we got a single thing accomplished. I tried to make myself feel better by saying, "We empowered ourselves with knowledge." =) The knowledge that we really have no clue what we are doing! <div>Amaya continues to be our ray of light through all of this insanity. She is now walking more than she is crawling. In fact, now that I think about it...I don't think I saw her crawl at all today (granted, I was at work for most of the day-we are now going 30 minutes longer to make-up for our snow days). She is teething like crazy-she still only has two full teeth. Some how she manages to eat all things put in front of her, and some things that are not-like Lani's cat food. Yuck!!! She likes it though...she races straight for it as soon as I put it out. It makes me gag =) Maybe she does it just to see me racing across the room after her making gagging noises...she always laughs when she sees me coming.</div><div>Overall we are all well, and happy. We are booking up the Cleveland haus (yes, my German tutoring is paying off). We would love to have you all come to visit =)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-64781139286614054312010-02-24T18:50:00.000-08:002010-02-24T19:04:20.021-08:00Germany...Here We Come!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkdPGh0RMhVRdSLnnNVIbaZhcAaEoUSi9MFcpDS90hFIVvMbU5fO2V8MKvJOUyS23OPDyawsMRCjCtVItpVt7VSbDWjdL2LdfpHxByYosB9NH9SfTdZ4PIc9wbRrAJMrvBFrBcAKu5ik/s1600-h/IMG_1270.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 173px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkdPGh0RMhVRdSLnnNVIbaZhcAaEoUSi9MFcpDS90hFIVvMbU5fO2V8MKvJOUyS23OPDyawsMRCjCtVItpVt7VSbDWjdL2LdfpHxByYosB9NH9SfTdZ4PIc9wbRrAJMrvBFrBcAKu5ik/s320/IMG_1270.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442010732858639026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya walking with her bunny ears on...isn't she just the cutest!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(This picture has nothing to do with Germany...but it was so cute)</div><div><br />Hello All =) In the craziness of this week-we got news that Michael has passed the NCLEX (Nursing Boards) and that we are officially going to Germany! Of course we are thrilled, but we also found out that Michael will be headed of to training in Texas and will only have a couple days back at home before he has to report in Germany. So, we are running around like crazy trying to get things in order...too bad we really don't know what the heck we are doing. One way or another it will all fall into place-a good glass of wine helps to make the reality a little easier...here's to you my fellow wine lovers. Michael and I are already filling up our calendar with visitors' requests-we would love to have friends and family come and stay. Just let us know! Michael will be there in June, we plan on joining him the end of July/early August. We hate to be apart especially with Amaya growing leaps and bounds daily-Michael really dreads the thought of missing out on anything...that is part of what makes him so wonderful =) (Yes, Amaya and I are two lucky ladies) I will continue to keep you posted...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-83477250990087042912010-02-24T03:38:00.000-08:002010-03-02T18:20:04.487-08:00Birthday Girl!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYDgD6KxeBnkpYPDtpdMxbyPIve1dQpwAVMp0KkyBTPRvGISOaSzpJ0TiwOyzeOvqwmGPsMJfOjP9Sy-TZvIW6eLmFCvbBp-heXl4WGz9gRZUOlM_7n4ceR-8MRCjRwIATga7tJiWt0s/s1600-h/DSCN3439.JPG.jpeg"></a><div><br /></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/AVvXsEiw4fN9Vs7zU-bn98NoFrkfoOc2QT1WYPZJHsU5KgVpyj0p7qiIYdmKr16AnS7c2SDX-s-24hBgMNmrVhAJbIgXYZZEgMm24F0VB_JGDV94w5Oz-FkL64JvQaY2NRqTskg4f3TxnRLZNPE/s320/IMG_1280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441776389802793154" style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKQFgDdXqqxMEDSPmeM5canXtcEZA9DaQ3dwXDPwUH_HJjWpYcvnnEFqmiPw43FZzQB_lIZmu0kV6GH05N_yvX3n5zeSxp0y3IGrxorI-m0Hbgw12tdfom-57QqcK4fKY6UebtFStPrU/s320/IMG_1282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441778282616735842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivM2d9qqRiZiV5lwquYlvIxyxJuN1sA3wjkUW4CxgUvW9Cr1vS3ZJ7LO2YyknWZb7-Qe9HwQ_Ag4seSiri0GfB7mVjA_KtZ2T9veK5clUFCuGEg_H87tORbknfhUnFYq6WBiBDQTSlqT4/s1600-h/IMG_1277.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivM2d9qqRiZiV5lwquYlvIxyxJuN1sA3wjkUW4CxgUvW9Cr1vS3ZJ7LO2YyknWZb7-Qe9HwQ_Ag4seSiri0GfB7mVjA_KtZ2T9veK5clUFCuGEg_H87tORbknfhUnFYq6WBiBDQTSlqT4/s320/IMG_1277.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441777178693225138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZqvEu3XhO8REPxBHQI191EFUMiWdGgcTg9K1Om4g5D6WgK0y7xtZb4Mc_kFHObk5fYWXImPi_VPKVzTLCnaHmVxui7V_WW6UvDCgYIekY_d9gdbFQc91M8D7VJ1WnEdjUwvWtUcMu6E/s1600-h/IMG_1276.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZqvEu3XhO8REPxBHQI191EFUMiWdGgcTg9K1Om4g5D6WgK0y7xtZb4Mc_kFHObk5fYWXImPi_VPKVzTLCnaHmVxui7V_WW6UvDCgYIekY_d9gdbFQc91M8D7VJ1WnEdjUwvWtUcMu6E/s320/IMG_1276.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441777173404821730" /></a><br /><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/AVvXsEgZYDgD6KxeBnkpYPDtpdMxbyPIve1dQpwAVMp0KkyBTPRvGISOaSzpJ0TiwOyzeOvqwmGPsMJfOjP9Sy-TZvIW6eLmFCvbBp-heXl4WGz9gRZUOlM_7n4ceR-8MRCjRwIATga7tJiWt0s/s320/DSCN3439.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444226555267598370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL59mhRIynCS6Mrf7XdYB5jkUlFVQA_miAucLj8U5kom-xnAmf6UEX7nI8LT3FBkZqKPos9t4WUavSTlrqTO_eGOMSFMHaGEZ0baBx505ERo_wG2xhwQxsah5tcXtJSxjpaYJR21cVn8/s1600-h/IMG_1301.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/AVvXsEjdL59mhRIynCS6Mrf7XdYB5jkUlFVQA_miAucLj8U5kom-xnAmf6UEX7nI8LT3FBkZqKPos9t4WUavSTlrqTO_eGOMSFMHaGEZ0baBx505ERo_wG2xhwQxsah5tcXtJSxjpaYJR21cVn8/s320/IMG_1301.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441776382165840962" /></a><br />Our precious baby girl turned ONE!!! We are now the parents of a toddler...she continues to be the best gift ever! Everyday she accomplishes something new and we are amazed. Amaya had a very special 1st birthday party. It was wonderful to have our family here to celebrate. Amayacontinues to follow Panama around and try everything she does. Amaya had a special doggiecake-Panama got one too. The cake experience was not nearly as dramatic as we imagined it would be...Amaya ate a tiny bit of frosting and did not care for the cake part. We had a blast at the JumpZone...Panama is a fabulous climber! Amaya had a great time opening her gifts-she quickly learned how to climb and slide on her new swingset. Overall it was a splendid way to kick off year # 2!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-27692666926826854062010-02-10T17:08:00.000-08:002010-02-10T17:28:13.064-08:00Walking Lady<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WF6NQeSXWpU45HwmIlOTU7z68zVPlVg90p2SDNXaxgmlh65Ul7Il0rHyVwCFNFaeaVFUwb110wZrGOW57wYKW-WNeUjiX0zNBKkSgmrvZARCwmTg-erpwf-0HCQU3ZBsxwZF4X-4XJQ/s1600-h/DSCN3306.JPG.jpeg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgSIIo8qbGHjTfsa2rSxLeo4bDPFEf7PORw4em-dzj8HFE_G7YVKfwFeMj5Ha2RnBjlBiQVMrmr2oS8zENqDWJxIcqqwcFl-8bXmrp9Zl6RHaKkVGa6l67adQPsytKEDdPFTLhyphenhyphen8UU0E/s1600-h/DSCN3295.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgSIIo8qbGHjTfsa2rSxLeo4bDPFEf7PORw4em-dzj8HFE_G7YVKfwFeMj5Ha2RnBjlBiQVMrmr2oS8zENqDWJxIcqqwcFl-8bXmrp9Zl6RHaKkVGa6l67adQPsytKEDdPFTLhyphenhyphen8UU0E/s320/DSCN3295.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436788212599969154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya took a face plant in the snow =) She didn't seem to mind-she loves the outdoors!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUwqPdSyEfTKGwwL0AE4hcOZbCDSd5oTQ6HWhUDIRBUbIA9CRqHDcntTzlURFm7Tq1FeBIvKIFkJWU38oIopmixLHu5LUl3-Ej8ihAZshamyFgURZtWB3wp7vStwZEhnRwAzevZy9D0o/s1600-h/DSCN3322.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUwqPdSyEfTKGwwL0AE4hcOZbCDSd5oTQ6HWhUDIRBUbIA9CRqHDcntTzlURFm7Tq1FeBIvKIFkJWU38oIopmixLHu5LUl3-Ej8ihAZshamyFgURZtWB3wp7vStwZEhnRwAzevZy9D0o/s320/DSCN3322.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436788202352097090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Still walking around the neighborhood, even in the snow...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEg4WF6NQeSXWpU45HwmIlOTU7z68zVPlVg90p2SDNXaxgmlh65Ul7Il0rHyVwCFNFaeaVFUwb110wZrGOW57wYKW-WNeUjiX0zNBKkSgmrvZARCwmTg-erpwf-0HCQU3ZBsxwZF4X-4XJQ/s320/DSCN3306.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436791361268939138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't she pretty!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>It has been an exciting couple weeks...lots of snow. Well, for Nashville =) We had several more inches on Monday night, which meant I got two more snow days to enjoy with my family. Amaya stared really walking on Michael's birthday (it was better than any present I could have gotten him). It is so much fun to see her grow!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-81987745064855276122010-01-30T17:16:00.000-08:002010-01-30T17:43:46.801-08:00Play in the Snow Day<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhlKC84eZnTKD0dRCspwT6oQcwwxWnUdaoOOBYLOmEsUY1S6dtfIIsN_FDr0LiyvYaxVMzXsKdCipIGZuPiRvDlnSuIN9nEAVQgZGDB4WDWNwNi_0HpQZwfoXo12-TQcOmI7wrPFK1Lg/s1600-h/IMG_1251*.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8P4_0YYawHctVA30H7BnCVjew-r-drzE841pqdudaEn2FobT-Hb92t0aRmiEaq3X-6A35FXCjpduUNECxrgHRkj2vb_tXwGF2gOd807YK-3ILM5IZdCXi44QBckl_br7kAVmgg9q718c/s1600-h/IMG_1257*.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><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/AVvXsEg8P4_0YYawHctVA30H7BnCVjew-r-drzE841pqdudaEn2FobT-Hb92t0aRmiEaq3X-6A35FXCjpduUNECxrgHRkj2vb_tXwGF2gOd807YK-3ILM5IZdCXi44QBckl_br7kAVmgg9q718c/s320/IMG_1257*.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432711768056528530" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqT4Wpg6AeWbypHZTNEehJtO0niqJ4b6KrYWEKA_ynWe2sPxHcU0dYxGU-AaUwPagdw69vl9RIMoFY_DjJc2HehJQPDVKbidAnv1G_Ykt1LbWt_9WXTmSzSYJ7Gu0Y7tyqmPTT0ML-BM/s1600-h/IMG_1257.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_YE9QmIobJT9cu7Oj16pu1r1lfvGAkkndqrFL4433zRF3pBHDc53tjM3b9KDp9Fg72uVOVJs9txYsiodKQSzIN0EvDKw3a_kfeEoJKfB7s5yH7wbhH2n7EDszMaQnAttJeq4_KSTvBo/s1600-h/IMG_1259*.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/AVvXsEi7_YE9QmIobJT9cu7Oj16pu1r1lfvGAkkndqrFL4433zRF3pBHDc53tjM3b9KDp9Fg72uVOVJs9txYsiodKQSzIN0EvDKw3a_kfeEoJKfB7s5yH7wbhH2n7EDszMaQnAttJeq4_KSTvBo/s320/IMG_1259*.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432709460677669218" /></a>Well we had our first big snow here-well at least in the past 10 years Michael has been here. It was so much fun dragging Amaya around on our homemade sled (top with shoe strings). She had a lot of fun as did Mommy and Daddy. Grandpa got into the action by building a German town-no kidding-check out his blog =)<div><br /><div>http://olehere-olethere.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html#8383322374750687398</div><div><br /><div><div>--Amaya took her first solo steps today =) She is a very cautious little lady.</div><div><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/AVvXsEjwhlKC84eZnTKD0dRCspwT6oQcwwxWnUdaoOOBYLOmEsUY1S6dtfIIsN_FDr0LiyvYaxVMzXsKdCipIGZuPiRvDlnSuIN9nEAVQgZGDB4WDWNwNi_0HpQZwfoXo12-TQcOmI7wrPFK1Lg/s320/IMG_1251*.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432711776594841426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div>Amaya and Panama love playing. Amaya follows her everywhere. Panama is sure one smart little lady. Shas taught Amaya how to push her around =)</div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-4249060034807713802010-01-26T17:35:00.000-08:002010-01-30T17:12:40.214-08:00Princess Amaya<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-IHtYameh1SARtr5QcCuZN85qk0H3u8_JQPfFR0n7Pu9p-sCxkfBwvnaIBZNcaUjLLTtAY3L5r0qxcunn4VT0PNNRyY1oSsHfsnk5RMnH07oF4elpK1Lr7Do_VfPh3_TwoD4lcS-kH4/s1600-h/IMG_1249.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/AVvXsEid-IHtYameh1SARtr5QcCuZN85qk0H3u8_JQPfFR0n7Pu9p-sCxkfBwvnaIBZNcaUjLLTtAY3L5r0qxcunn4VT0PNNRyY1oSsHfsnk5RMnH07oF4elpK1Lr7Do_VfPh3_TwoD4lcS-kH4/s320/IMG_1249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432705622307929714" /></a><br /><div><br /></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/AVvXsEhF-e71y_XiBsMvYzj6Nxq5P9WfAJECazhxUdp0e6BmOv_O8Zt6SPmtsFTRnKmFvzWhRljVMZKZEA4zpkzNMyVZ_oIUi80wQBfZXQbyRvt4JasbDPpFH7ZjPlQuBYFZx6Exajwb9MR2Fkw/s320/DSCN3260.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431232818044671586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">She still only had 2 teeth-we finally got a picture of them</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Notice my shirt-hand made in Africa-from Nana's Medical Mission Trip)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ic8H-41YJfcYb4uA1rtzguMIRZpB9uDZ6r9b6DDmklipsqp57mLMH4eiYKO4am1ZLpQGniQJxa6hwr04F0lV6ZO-kG_14dW8-GC6wZJRPrmYqpjNyrUKLTywU1zrXSn4JRq8f7VxVBU/s1600-h/DSCN3254.JPG.jpeg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ic8H-41YJfcYb4uA1rtzguMIRZpB9uDZ6r9b6DDmklipsqp57mLMH4eiYKO4am1ZLpQGniQJxa6hwr04F0lV6ZO-kG_14dW8-GC6wZJRPrmYqpjNyrUKLTywU1zrXSn4JRq8f7VxVBU/s1600-h/DSCN3254.JPG.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ic8H-41YJfcYb4uA1rtzguMIRZpB9uDZ6r9b6DDmklipsqp57mLMH4eiYKO4am1ZLpQGniQJxa6hwr04F0lV6ZO-kG_14dW8-GC6wZJRPrmYqpjNyrUKLTywU1zrXSn4JRq8f7VxVBU/s320/DSCN3254.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431232817518779858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Orange tights, Velvet pants, Striped sweater</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Grandpa let her pick her clothes)</div><br />Wow-the time really flies by...Amaya is now 11 months. She continues to amaze us. She went to her first birthday party. A friend of ours turned 3 years old. She had an adorable princess party filled with crowns, wands, and a dragon (the dragon was destroyed with swinging swords). Amaya had a blast chasing the big girls. Michael and I had a great time watching her interact and play. I know I have said this before, but we are so lucky to have my parents here to care for Amaya during the day. She comes to visit me for lunch everyday. With that though comes Grandpa's fashion =) I have learned to just smile and hope that it doesn't 'sink in.' Amaya may end up with a style 'all her own.'</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-63701321722618909102010-01-06T18:59:00.000-08:002010-01-06T20:00:06.819-08:00Happy New Year!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgkieM2uS03XmQzcO2X6bBbqo2IBYYnHlY-RKI0eK5GiSVsjAqtFtcQVWNPmPvOtrfavj3PY0TscNgpYDarabUw9ZNiEB2d0r1W6S7Bqum7Sgcg_VYhs_YIuTWyuBZHJjo6blpPJFOsA/s1600-h/IMG_1240*.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdEBhtKa-p94YvvmpYEcfCA4bN-Lv_odRgTmP3ltehqvL0CMnu1I9bQRwNCi-IlulllXIpuBSXexglv3KE47-SK6G35TmDTeLnqkRS0saS78K3Ke5vS-o3S23Wd4pbO_-hqJFMY36C7o/s1600-h/IMG_1245**.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/AVvXsEixdEBhtKa-p94YvvmpYEcfCA4bN-Lv_odRgTmP3ltehqvL0CMnu1I9bQRwNCi-IlulllXIpuBSXexglv3KE47-SK6G35TmDTeLnqkRS0saS78K3Ke5vS-o3S23Wd4pbO_-hqJFMY36C7o/s320/IMG_1245**.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423839703975307906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya turns 10 months! She loves her 100% fruit popsicles =) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She is a Daddy's girl in her Raiders shirt</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I need to take a pix in her UCSB sweatshirt)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-mzs9Ti34TC1rXcEf_qXTzABNMvZYb3iv5hFsyUXsAC87uKlqZospQJ34LA15amf9WSKs2YEzj4qSc8FnbmqE8FnYP0EhTU2GfwYiFbu8eNraQo7zcxZIUORGwuq9z8aM3qmm_IqWiI/s1600-h/IMG_1210.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/AVvXsEj8-mzs9Ti34TC1rXcEf_qXTzABNMvZYb3iv5hFsyUXsAC87uKlqZospQJ34LA15amf9WSKs2YEzj4qSc8FnbmqE8FnYP0EhTU2GfwYiFbu8eNraQo7zcxZIUORGwuq9z8aM3qmm_IqWiI/s320/IMG_1210.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423835122858861650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Avery's Baptism</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hello All! It has been a few weeks since I have been on-we have been running around like crazy since Michael's graduation. We started our Christmas break with the beautiful baptism of our God Daughter Avery. Then we were off to celebrate Christmas with family and friends. It was a fabulous holiday weekend-we could not have asked for a better 1st Christmas for Amaya (we know Grandpa Cleveland is watching down from above). Amaya had a special Christmas with her two cousins. It was so much fun to see the little girls together playing-Amaya was a trooper keeping up with her two older cousins. As always, we all had a wonderful time. She turned 10-months on the 21st-she is not quite walking on her own yet, but she is clapping, high-fiving, and waving 'hello' & 'goodbye.' <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvO6qS31O4Oj_27AuFVndz2UIIesST9jmh0kN2uG4OBkmIzLRStSG15aeSYrxQkEeahipfsYRWe5csQlL-KsvZjzICmrbgrJMHOZWCAyk_mNZ-rLH3f4YzrNAV_jo8vdmUX5laOqK_Nk/s320/IMG_1217.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423838406861358962" style="text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Smiles all around in pretty Christmas dresses</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4Cv41kRUOuWfVTA1YuCjv5sKVgOpLomUrca-AJzW7Ea9_AeXTXp5dUsJpPugMa9k16DNEFXrHcsf3SWJbiB20BJZCAmbnOdNfSMWFFUd41_4bKfq9C5N0vZsYSW51_hf1u_ULrD2tdA/s1600-h/IMG_1228.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4Cv41kRUOuWfVTA1YuCjv5sKVgOpLomUrca-AJzW7Ea9_AeXTXp5dUsJpPugMa9k16DNEFXrHcsf3SWJbiB20BJZCAmbnOdNfSMWFFUd41_4bKfq9C5N0vZsYSW51_hf1u_ULrD2tdA/s320/IMG_1228.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423838410845925170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvO6qS31O4Oj_27AuFVndz2UIIesST9jmh0kN2uG4OBkmIzLRStSG15aeSYrxQkEeahipfsYRWe5csQlL-KsvZjzICmrbgrJMHOZWCAyk_mNZ-rLH3f4YzrNAV_jo8vdmUX5laOqK_Nk/s1600-h/IMG_1217.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; "></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvO6qS31O4Oj_27AuFVndz2UIIesST9jmh0kN2uG4OBkmIzLRStSG15aeSYrxQkEeahipfsYRWe5csQlL-KsvZjzICmrbgrJMHOZWCAyk_mNZ-rLH3f4YzrNAV_jo8vdmUX5laOqK_Nk/s1600-h/IMG_1217.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; "></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Who would have thought that Big Girl Pants were the best gift!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Panama was so excited when she saw them, she put them on right away!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzwd1Q5yG0iV046wY0VVcqbKoIm7APMoKLYr-lkLh8Q4wVA-CvNfQuUpY5mVspRfUWD9ssNg20m68IgNWxVDfpt8cVE8-Hhx-WvQgqGaLUCM7RrJRH_9j-Ge858HMmprP8Wwr0GzQk7o/s320/IMG_1248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423841623175166226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Michael, Amaya, and I went to visit the Gestautas Family-we hiked, ate sushi, and played on the floor with the kids. Alicia is a trooper! At nine months pregnant she is hiking 4 + miles (there were many pee breaks though).</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgkieM2uS03XmQzcO2X6bBbqo2IBYYnHlY-RKI0eK5GiSVsjAqtFtcQVWNPmPvOtrfavj3PY0TscNgpYDarabUw9ZNiEB2d0r1W6S7Bqum7Sgcg_VYhs_YIuTWyuBZHJjo6blpPJFOsA/s320/IMG_1240*.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423841635194070338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div>Megan's Birthday and Garth Brooks!!! My little sis turned 27-WOW!!! The big kids left the babies with the grandparents and went out on the town. **Garth was unbelievable!!!!!! It was so much fun to see him at the Encore. It was a very intimate performance-better than I ever dreamed** It was a long time coming-Thank you Michael for making it happen for me =) You are still making my dreams come true-one of the many reasons why I married YOU!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-82680871957496650332009-12-20T06:21:00.000-08:002009-12-20T16:16:30.948-08:00Graduation Weekend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmregqS2Y6KyZ5gXZgacR5fMXd3LpzqWBVXQ1DXHuIOaTwdWAAkwZtIA5-OpZN8e4dovrs7_45I3CU5IOA9E-yqooC8jbPuukCT1GUhD_jmixl4pS5OqJaFzbWVxph2C2r9vdTv1ZOMs/s1600-h/IMG_1153*.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/AVvXsEjzmregqS2Y6KyZ5gXZgacR5fMXd3LpzqWBVXQ1DXHuIOaTwdWAAkwZtIA5-OpZN8e4dovrs7_45I3CU5IOA9E-yqooC8jbPuukCT1GUhD_jmixl4pS5OqJaFzbWVxph2C2r9vdTv1ZOMs/s320/IMG_1153*.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417476609260776194" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Michael's Pinning Ceremony</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0GUYMISCIwDt0xOq9wjCMf60XmJ88GJ4t79Ic9W1fqWcxz-7OULHFebli4oA6S-wsGVRsubvUfwKnZtkaeFUdfJNh2mhC7Prd_u6cFI4Q722RnqwfQKvd254AtzzUTEQI3u1G8oK3tQ/s1600-h/IMG_1145.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/AVvXsEjy0GUYMISCIwDt0xOq9wjCMf60XmJ88GJ4t79Ic9W1fqWcxz-7OULHFebli4oA6S-wsGVRsubvUfwKnZtkaeFUdfJNh2mhC7Prd_u6cFI4Q722RnqwfQKvd254AtzzUTEQI3u1G8oK3tQ/s320/IMG_1145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417329836616078322" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IGYo6Ro7Z-V_CkgEe5ISkWGNMWW-LJhqFF__vTLEVoSSOGH9ECHA_fA_zTzI2mXYb4CSHuQPLWGmk8UIkK5s1lxvMnm2G7LzpGP6oWpL5qyYRdx9qgS5YxppcNPG-kAwDXDoGFAEaDg/s320/IMG_1163.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417329854278061970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"> Michael's Graduation<br /></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBCoZUh31uIM1oapVBSs7QtXF0zjqmF1VZx9ktvpXZuABKKSTmyR6kxOg6rdxzA2dujdben-OG0g6AAH-zpPgmhurjbOJ0dnLASlwNolE9nrR8RRAppWvhaQ-xo-6cp9EhEYDazNZKao/s320/IMG_1162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417329843646545826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSrl5vy87wd_vUTilb4RTl3TtwZ3JkvZ0UXtvYuuq_srCMMzQr0y0uJn9XrUd7-lpT-fH3c3pdVhEGuNmUvbd-XstCGknVvslYQlBogCTNijBryLR_2cfGKRcsVz6VOjo6pMS7N77QyE/s1600-h/IMG_1192.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSrl5vy87wd_vUTilb4RTl3TtwZ3JkvZ0UXtvYuuq_srCMMzQr0y0uJn9XrUd7-lpT-fH3c3pdVhEGuNmUvbd-XstCGknVvslYQlBogCTNijBryLR_2cfGKRcsVz6VOjo6pMS7N77QyE/s320/IMG_1192.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417331532208081186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Green's Gluten Free Beer! Hard to find-from Belgium </div><div style="text-align: center;">(One day Gpa and I will visit the Distillery!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Well, it is official...Michael has graduated from Austin Peay State University. It was a crazy week, but we all made it through smiling =) We could not be more proud of Michael! He had his final assessment (final) on Monday and on Thursday was his Nursing Pinning. The Pinning ceremony was beautiful-Megan, Eric, Panama, Nana joined the two Cleveland girls to cheer Michael on-he was awarded the Sigma Theta Tau International Award (yes, I am bragging on him!). It was really awesome-of course, Nana says that is the best award! STT is the National Honor Society for Nursing and it is awarded to the student who has maintained the highest GPA and demonstrates impeccable leadership in Nursing. <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Graduation was on Friday-it was a small graduation in comparison to the UCSB graduations our family is used to. We arrived 1/2 hour early with no parking problems (I worked half a day) and we got great seats. After graduation, Michael and I went into Nashville for dinner and celebrating with friends. We went to a wonderful sushi restaurant, the Flying Saucer, and stayed at the Historical Union Hotel. Amaya had a party night with her Nana-I hear they had a blast =) <br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The weekend ends today with the Baptism of our God-daughter: Avery. It will be a beautiful baptism. We are looking forward to a fabulous ending to a very special week.<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-57038354407262695472009-12-05T06:10:00.000-08:002009-12-05T06:47:44.755-08:00Thanksgiving Weekend<div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6McQWEvlovMSXH5pylKtuGmlT3kux5d-EncB6o6Kn5b1ItuGWe9vGa-bBIZvdlfJlxPvzYMl83pgMskIaP0sARi0SMbqhVG5W680sIIUFouiEcgxkPQEjpCIjz8hlokA8O1V6sOK4nuk/s320/IMG_1082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411758427293326162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving Mashed Potatoes-Yum!!! (Notice her 'bull snort' face-she does sound effect too!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHMPber4UQwnR8JamIdPNIqyhvqUzV9GnmUVQe6hL7JkiX08Do6NrN79HP3d44eJvFRPyXkaZTtSnXLmcaPN4RJjwwAxzVGDQswR-GNa6XycFZjpMe-V1PexZFHnex75j9bMnFChmUio/s320/IMG_1084.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411758435364778914" style="text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving Night Pictures-I will get the entire family picture on here soon =)<br /></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28iaSADgk8ivNGW5D4xBsHRhuGLCOU7obq9TvAtt__dA7RrvsbX-K7Gfl0hdkr9GsDKkgvF4-_5W59RsoVm65iq53anw8oJgQbhc251tyCa6xixPdAtVNPFqTt-mtmw0v17UkA4K3Dfc/s320/IMG_1087*.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411760299349899314" style="text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); ">Her first Christmas Decoration Morning</span><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLR8_T-pNdgpxQ6hguZ4PCF6A78VIzJ6z2SN6olUnrH-Bqfd_496f5FlxlxQAzgPiMii3GsUpCap_S7dITS3kFlYcrz0M1OD4qiEKrwegkSU32VxB8YlX16OStQ5NAYTm-LbCxZc26uUI/s320/IMG_1093*.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411760306452652610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">She enjoyed putting the first ornament on the tree</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLU8mCCvEpjuyAP7GZYt48U_8ofJUTM6pUpSSDvfbZDNnPB3vZIb_E2JILQxrGnv2VBBzrRvNJjDyFb1lLiqx-tO5BmFkZZouOrJky2SvYhrjiFQMfdc8VuMxDqggB6ES5SRslq-VSSFM/s1600-h/IMG_1101.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLU8mCCvEpjuyAP7GZYt48U_8ofJUTM6pUpSSDvfbZDNnPB3vZIb_E2JILQxrGnv2VBBzrRvNJjDyFb1lLiqx-tO5BmFkZZouOrJky2SvYhrjiFQMfdc8VuMxDqggB6ES5SRslq-VSSFM/s320/IMG_1101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411761991992659634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTtz3qzFPpv6Z37LjlhkG5mf6rwVO71ZHiVtzKnFJT_eJvZn2iRSnkJY2HIDi60k5LjxjIuSaaavRhrV3tC-hg7DHcC-KGSa_XtN3919ApBlyWrxSwy-TJzoObK_nnFXVxKQgIGGp_uU/s1600-h/IMG_1110.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTtz3qzFPpv6Z37LjlhkG5mf6rwVO71ZHiVtzKnFJT_eJvZn2iRSnkJY2HIDi60k5LjxjIuSaaavRhrV3tC-hg7DHcC-KGSa_XtN3919ApBlyWrxSwy-TJzoObK_nnFXVxKQgIGGp_uU/s320/IMG_1110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411762000184417522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;">Rocking at school-Playing Patty Cake!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div>Thanksgiving weekend came and went so very quickly-we find ourselves so blessed! Amaya and Panama looked beautiful in their Holiday dresses. Amaya was thrilled to eat a mixture of sweet and white potatoes...she likes to grab her food by the fist full (unlike her dainty cousin). <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>On Friday morning, Michael and I had a early morning date-shopping all of the best sales. We had a ton of fun! Not to mention we finally went to one of Nashville's famous breakfast spots-Pancake Pantry-guess what-they had gluten free pancakes!!! Go Pancake Pantry!<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Michael and I decided to get a real tree this year for Amaya's 1st Christmas. She had a blast pushing the boxes around and hanging her first ornament on the tree. <br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Last week Amaya started playing 'patty-cake!' It is the cutest thing-she will clap whenever we sing the song. I am trying to get her to clap to 'Yeah!' so that she can clap at Daddy's graduation =) She also finally has two bottom teeth =)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Our family has been busy, busy, but we are loving every minute of this crazy life. <br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-29976267183921328572009-11-25T14:52:00.001-08:002009-11-25T14:54:35.122-08:00Sitting with Santa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3VUNulSpnMXZiVpNQLz6blz9j5Bo1Vw3S3h2mbABeuIXrlKnbhHdqidqth11Irx8pkzGhnRImU455cxMe8kLO7YGq_bN8Sea6zKurb9O5EfJBYaDI1HGdqw7IgxdGkoLR_hoERY9tvQ/s1600/Picture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3VUNulSpnMXZiVpNQLz6blz9j5Bo1Vw3S3h2mbABeuIXrlKnbhHdqidqth11Irx8pkzGhnRImU455cxMe8kLO7YGq_bN8Sea6zKurb9O5EfJBYaDI1HGdqw7IgxdGkoLR_hoERY9tvQ/s320/Picture.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408178412785703858" /></a><br />Michael and I went to Borders to get some new books and we ran into Santa at the mall!!! Amaya is not quite sure if she likes him yet or not =)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-53180444782576509492009-11-22T10:15:00.000-08:002009-11-22T10:36:17.213-08:009 Month Princess<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wyyrmHTiotI5X6SqECRsKI8UujRhxM4jkjPoGxC5ska0sctDTuGEqZQYPtBhP6hRn3yOIv_q7Z-l51Jr7rzMrREcaSrqm-6nVQl-aeOVChpvPiuBycwpI071r1_VjD0Mo6dQP1yenvc/s320/IMG_1079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406997810191530162" style="text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty Ladies<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9GkysrfMFMUd8QnFvOFY2HugiySC5WPVsWIujnVW4OvHnusyJmUESjU-yOU04-rphNq1x-l-7hcsySylw-kE5FBm0nZ6_Js5gFDmMS5qYtTtqtFJDX8TNAxjJuRV0Uvg6TNpXS6KUzU/s1600/IMG_1076.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/AVvXsEjs9GkysrfMFMUd8QnFvOFY2HugiySC5WPVsWIujnVW4OvHnusyJmUESjU-yOU04-rphNq1x-l-7hcsySylw-kE5FBm0nZ6_Js5gFDmMS5qYtTtqtFJDX8TNAxjJuRV0Uvg6TNpXS6KUzU/s320/IMG_1076.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406997813194845458" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">Chasing the Kitty<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The months continue to fly by...Amaya continues to enthrall us with her delightful personality, beautiful smile, and sparkling eyes. She continues to pull herself up and walk around everything-she loves holding our hands and 'running.' We cannot imagine that it will be too long before she is walking on her own-she has stood on her own, but then realizes that no one is holding her and she sits quickly =) Luckily, she is very cautious on the tile floors. She also loves chasing Lani -our kitty- around. Lani enjoys teasing Amaya and lettig her get within hairs of touching before she runs off. It won't be too long beore Amaya gets her hands on Lani. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our household continues to be a fun and crazy place. Michael has started his preceptorship and the 12 hour shifts (14 hours if you include travel) are not much fun for Amaya and me...he goes to work while we're sleeping and gets back when we are sleeping...at least we are getting our beauty rest =) He is enjoying it though! School days are flying by for me. I am still really enjoying work, but I am also very much looking forward to taking time off to be at home. I am freaking out a little bit, because I am going to have to start cooking on my own again! I better watch Nana and learn all of her tricks. Michael will official graduate in less than a month and then the craziness will really begin =) We will keep you all posted...</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-54152719662114627862009-11-09T17:40:00.000-08:002009-11-09T18:26:51.079-08:00Celebrating Life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLr7hjODbErSxPbW3F8VHB8KAGGhqK5WGEK344hYhd332mInFS0P3KNBsGdxQJz4-j5NqBGXXPMCOEN8FHSG6Xrqtagc0BPNkyjx9E0U9Bczo1DJJguniJ9t17phlnRH6q4Kn858WV4Do/s1600-h/IMG_10402.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/AVvXsEhLr7hjODbErSxPbW3F8VHB8KAGGhqK5WGEK344hYhd332mInFS0P3KNBsGdxQJz4-j5NqBGXXPMCOEN8FHSG6Xrqtagc0BPNkyjx9E0U9Bczo1DJJguniJ9t17phlnRH6q4Kn858WV4Do/s320/IMG_10402.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402295746204329410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2h7qZEHgFR_warhjSP6AN2xt-dpEGT0qHHti86cFR2ZAbjkLq9p7Sti0PJ7S4tJp58kun86vP56l6oArk0ju-aBFevm6PtC70gfPGJAS17_ZADkHvRvr5V20rTVeAlFIxTDZ4n9RQ6Ow/s1600-h/IMG_1048.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/AVvXsEj2h7qZEHgFR_warhjSP6AN2xt-dpEGT0qHHti86cFR2ZAbjkLq9p7Sti0PJ7S4tJp58kun86vP56l6oArk0ju-aBFevm6PtC70gfPGJAS17_ZADkHvRvr5V20rTVeAlFIxTDZ4n9RQ6Ow/s320/IMG_1048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402295736953988034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1cqjB_VLi6iGtcvwmDL0My4b9CutxBOvT1mre9v-ePmFjWAcviMsb8UfzLi2MZ68steR-x3dQZvAZDp3VKkWdpDv8T2kotqyVN3tGczT9wQ1ep6cTJ6zGXrO9_uWXzcV0hootY_DOFw/s1600-h/IMG_1055.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/AVvXsEhb1cqjB_VLi6iGtcvwmDL0My4b9CutxBOvT1mre9v-ePmFjWAcviMsb8UfzLi2MZ68steR-x3dQZvAZDp3VKkWdpDv8T2kotqyVN3tGczT9wQ1ep6cTJ6zGXrO9_uWXzcV0hootY_DOFw/s320/IMG_1055.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402294421427018882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwanNlTdCYCO8jMtoTZrIKDL2izoDvXpBWJqWimMZdLHuSXib6fFxDujfXIFDI5Oh1fQCtuja02UX1bMwEqPOYWyZsRWEN31vAVZvyA_sTgo25BwHLnewR45YxUQGI7ldTcgdLpyR_Yxs/s1600-h/IMG_1062.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/AVvXsEjwanNlTdCYCO8jMtoTZrIKDL2izoDvXpBWJqWimMZdLHuSXib6fFxDujfXIFDI5Oh1fQCtuja02UX1bMwEqPOYWyZsRWEN31vAVZvyA_sTgo25BwHLnewR45YxUQGI7ldTcgdLpyR_Yxs/s320/IMG_1062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402294412539704434" /></a><br />Mom, Amaya, and I had a wonderful weekend (in Florida) filled with love and many memories of our dear friend Bobbie. Tim was so gracious to have us visit-we made many more unforgettable memories. Amaya was wonderful on the trip to and back from Tim's...I was thankful since I was flying on my own with her-with out the assistance of the hubby-aka Amaya Entertainer =) In our family, dad is the 'fun' one...mom means business =) Well...not really, but I like to think so...<div><br /></div><div>Amaya had her first trip to the beach-she fell asleep about two minutes after we got there-I think it was the sound of the waves and the cool breeze. I enjoyed a 40 minute stroll along the ocean-boy, do I miss the smell of the beach and the salty water. No matter where I go, I will always miss Santa Barbara...</div><div><br /></div><div>We enjoyed a lot of food and ate fabulous fish-yum!!! We also met many of Tim and Bobbie's friends. What a special group of people there! Tim, mom, Amaya, and I all celebrate my big 30 at a beautiful little restaurant down the street from Tim's house-we all had the Genuine Snapper-as opposed to Fake Snapper =) It was wonderful!!! Amaya had one of her favorites: pears =)</div><div><br /></div><div>At 8 months Amaya is still toothless! I did meet an 11 month old who had just gotten her first tooth, so I guess my kid is not too out there =) She is teething like crazy and will gnaw Nana's chin off any time she gets a chance. It is the funniest thing, something about Nana's chin makes Amaya want to chew. Amaya is always on the move. She is still walking around everything, crawling up the stairs (we are still working on how to get down them safely), and talking up a storm. On the flight, she talked with everyone around us the entire hour & a half there and back...people all get a kick out of her and she is always making her momma laugh. I cannot imagine life without her!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Turning 30...</div><div>Wow, I always thought 30-year olds were OLD!!! Now I am one =) I think this is one of the best birthdays that I have had...I am so blessed with great family and friends. As I get older, I realize more and more how lucky I am to have the support system that I do. I truly feel grateful and I look forward to many more years of memories to be made.</div><div><br /></div><div>PS...We found out this weekend that we are headed to...da.da.da.da---Germany!!! Who knows when our final arrival date will be-most likely next summer. We are more than thrilled-it will be a bittersweet move-we will miss Meg, Eric, and Panama more than I can imagine!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-71299767481967752612009-11-02T05:51:00.000-08:002009-11-02T06:02:52.925-08:00Pumpkin Patch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59s7wKO89RfsFZxUY1HPzZ2u3n4LXI99yGu5Y58BiTq3axO3wtlrsCiaFWLmyM9G4djV4A7ypM5LpHgHpLnM5cljCwXk9gQUXIca-kpQD4MKqSFC0pfvYlOaTbIPEqZTQvK3LdTZNbrU/s1600-h/IMG_1032.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/AVvXsEh59s7wKO89RfsFZxUY1HPzZ2u3n4LXI99yGu5Y58BiTq3axO3wtlrsCiaFWLmyM9G4djV4A7ypM5LpHgHpLnM5cljCwXk9gQUXIca-kpQD4MKqSFC0pfvYlOaTbIPEqZTQvK3LdTZNbrU/s320/IMG_1032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399505690605056514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She was 'hog wild' for Halloween<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHC0C7PX6PENuqXksNqfSLf_bKiu_HCVyMFUTI4ub6iC5KfUrwcIIhzkq34UFlp4IXKmIw403SFS8iKJZL3k6Ic5X84mfzYQ8zroVM5xLBSMXx3p6W5h85g2oQw26Po7vIg3EwEaXcQd0/s1600-h/IMG_1030.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/AVvXsEhHC0C7PX6PENuqXksNqfSLf_bKiu_HCVyMFUTI4ub6iC5KfUrwcIIhzkq34UFlp4IXKmIw403SFS8iKJZL3k6Ic5X84mfzYQ8zroVM5xLBSMXx3p6W5h85g2oQw26Po7vIg3EwEaXcQd0/s320/IMG_1030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399505688432554594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She loves to give the 'smirk' smile</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_ZAlzllpuBHuyxUTncjm-_vK6aUFbf4sERYYIveb8w65N3lDGUI7MW7ru2ge4gYtVorpsvR7OrZZmfClP9pYzYzKMINkIsjYn1TAwpk78PUTRGoQbUY2CYxsmB2K-dxWaJRDCJ1G7_s/s1600-h/IMG_1034.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/AVvXsEjZ_ZAlzllpuBHuyxUTncjm-_vK6aUFbf4sERYYIveb8w65N3lDGUI7MW7ru2ge4gYtVorpsvR7OrZZmfClP9pYzYzKMINkIsjYn1TAwpk78PUTRGoQbUY2CYxsmB2K-dxWaJRDCJ1G7_s/s320/IMG_1034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399505228985776098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya got 2 baby pumpkins </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrROVTcBokmCr3Z3bi5q9PrdF13OInChZOXjGCGZAOYTfuvXgYUx1DuageKxS4R_isMd1p5bTyc7v7F4Qia1q4e5DTj6PpgEhUJuhVdT7fos_viKvCuPH63fi4UXuzOUM7NAJ2lbz66xw/s1600-h/IMG_1033.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/AVvXsEjrROVTcBokmCr3Z3bi5q9PrdF13OInChZOXjGCGZAOYTfuvXgYUx1DuageKxS4R_isMd1p5bTyc7v7F4Qia1q4e5DTj6PpgEhUJuhVdT7fos_viKvCuPH63fi4UXuzOUM7NAJ2lbz66xw/s320/IMG_1033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399505223788425282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jumping Pillow</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Amaya had her first trip to the pumpkin patch on Halloween and she had a fabulous time! Michael, Amaya, and I all headed out on Saturday to Honeysuckle Hill Farms-it was fun for me to go back-it had been years since I went there on a field trip with my 1st grade class. Each year, the owners of the farm add something new...this year they added a huge 'jumping pillow.' I think I had the best time on that!!! We went in the mazes-Michael and I let Amaya decided which direction by going on the trail that she looked in =) Needless to say, she got us very lost! <div><br /></div><div>Halloween night was fun...we had bar-b-que with good friends Bob and Cathy...we only had 10 tricker-treaters...more candy for me =) </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-60945074069951387782009-10-30T15:55:00.000-07:002009-10-30T16:03:38.860-07:00Piggy Tails =)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy01jtKHDuNbXFSHqujmggBIQJsVIIRQqt2GuOQSfGmJeF79gGj6zRuDqAE7fwbwE60Xggs7NjFeUMcDfmUqkcWtrE1zdMwc_gkuUDwNi-nLtUOXhdGelIJexG4d4V16F-bJJTS1jfro/s1600-h/IMG_1013.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/AVvXsEjQy01jtKHDuNbXFSHqujmggBIQJsVIIRQqt2GuOQSfGmJeF79gGj6zRuDqAE7fwbwE60Xggs7NjFeUMcDfmUqkcWtrE1zdMwc_gkuUDwNi-nLtUOXhdGelIJexG4d4V16F-bJJTS1jfro/s320/IMG_1013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398532122160623282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">7am-momma on her way to work<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">daddy & Amaya at home to play</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-gDhjgCWkUleOIiIdI80rHrEPbXk8YidKd05dMJDJ_ktvMhcwsNYHNqUJok8FhiscN2VvERoWua2hqV0HexDPrJNRkUupjUAlqx93_IsBhyphenhyphenrbaW3hCbM2AhQwc20fYMI8ju7FidU4bo/s1600-h/IMG_1009.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/AVvXsEhT-gDhjgCWkUleOIiIdI80rHrEPbXk8YidKd05dMJDJ_ktvMhcwsNYHNqUJok8FhiscN2VvERoWua2hqV0HexDPrJNRkUupjUAlqx93_IsBhyphenhyphenrbaW3hCbM2AhQwc20fYMI8ju7FidU4bo/s320/IMG_1009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398532115937142914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">crazy crawler<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amaya can wear pig tails! She is cute as a button!!!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-17919993752630018892009-10-25T18:02:00.001-07:002009-10-26T16:57:25.090-07:00Missing Grandpa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiGaoUwRXRz6_J6JjFyX0ElXZ4xVna_2ZQ3bAw7fGf6_Lj6Zd6Vdb8u8-6MJiHbqsA2-vveJxjO58dmuqb1f4tDu5EulzaWVIK1f1FlcTR6dqfwdl9PvemNFUdj62X4K58caI6i_HNF4/s1600-h/IMG_0987.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDPxdAW7JMiairOTB4GRmKC2CS1ogR0M1swKvTdUs8Pv6FYxlBNLny8IzkY_Vq3OsAXxe2ecCLgqJo_hNlhle7jlHXUqcVQggcQijKbziorDDuRMKo5ItYdRV-ekS6iWuitU6-DS9niU/s1600-h/IMG_0981.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zIV_GgH6MxKZkdqzv3fAMvQxBUaaednphYFnS5qmIjmuBF5OyhKMgqNdSS11OU8huip5cd2sCEGP8KpijSQFKWTlRfd99VQdY42bq4jRjzISc1RkmYPm-JeHnnll_GRibk-cuArnCvU/s1600-h/IMG_0999.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/AVvXsEi6zIV_GgH6MxKZkdqzv3fAMvQxBUaaednphYFnS5qmIjmuBF5OyhKMgqNdSS11OU8huip5cd2sCEGP8KpijSQFKWTlRfd99VQdY42bq4jRjzISc1RkmYPm-JeHnnll_GRibk-cuArnCvU/s320/IMG_0999.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396720004118431410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXsdawqqP6a1J_8mGjuRkIsZJgpki7LNYTYeHpZKGd7yd38LgEC68G2W9Nan-izq-pnsQAQDwitrw-OTpAy47EaENH9zm88R-I2n8m8nI4gYpT4V9isULTN6eH-bw-h-0HmUDwSb4J20/s1600-h/IMG_0992.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/AVvXsEiDXsdawqqP6a1J_8mGjuRkIsZJgpki7LNYTYeHpZKGd7yd38LgEC68G2W9Nan-izq-pnsQAQDwitrw-OTpAy47EaENH9zm88R-I2n8m8nI4gYpT4V9isULTN6eH-bw-h-0HmUDwSb4J20/s320/IMG_0992.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396719181378673026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjNP7xtTozwDtlZsRMz1H0GBpx1PQr8yJpAJElwvffAH4g3iR-DNLMru8QcUDxveHBQpFroXPIG5XYVwx0N1-Iy_cVosToPlQVXTYpoehDVDna9TrNv9BMAbnttXXqQOrplddBQD-nv0/s1600-h/IMG_0990.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/AVvXsEhTjNP7xtTozwDtlZsRMz1H0GBpx1PQr8yJpAJElwvffAH4g3iR-DNLMru8QcUDxveHBQpFroXPIG5XYVwx0N1-Iy_cVosToPlQVXTYpoehDVDna9TrNv9BMAbnttXXqQOrplddBQD-nv0/s320/IMG_0990.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396719174949834130" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj347utldhMLNZwvH-xr4ZzpRcvyR21jykMI1btjMlxIigcqrAz1vK0PrjCc8ThrzeAW7iL0ZH3olhBbBV1YTxlgIi_mqa3CiEqv55S4mRFcpYWJT-Wo9j7uxG0DfRd_6gGBiqH9ORX2tc/s1600-h/IMG_0972.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx3B9N2gynK63T45kH1BkwZYYhChqR0gu9PNcmdX04uuv05tOgGMouyMYa2ffdy5J4-g3Q6X2hDfWHlwjuu2HHxs7GOlVLQ53aHTzKAY33dw1RboHYODPLMhz7U91A5G-dXbUo_yVaoY/s1600-h/IMG_0971.JPG"></a><br />Alot has happened in the past week...we went to Asheville, back to work, back to school, and family fun. Grandpa has been missing his girls-for the past couple weeks he has been living it up in Little Rock (well maybe not living it up, but he is earning a living) =) He has been doing some consulting and seems to be really enjoying it. So the girls decided they wanted to take a picture for Gpa, but they could not agree on which picture to smile in =) So we took many, but none of them has 2 smiling girls. <div><br /></div><div>We had Ken, Jan, and Brian swing through on their way home from a trip along the East Coast. It was great to have them here again...it had been since the first year Michael and I moved in...hard to believe it has been 5 years.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDPxdAW7JMiairOTB4GRmKC2CS1ogR0M1swKvTdUs8Pv6FYxlBNLny8IzkY_Vq3OsAXxe2ecCLgqJo_hNlhle7jlHXUqcVQggcQijKbziorDDuRMKo5ItYdRV-ekS6iWuitU6-DS9niU/s320/IMG_0981.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396721088421526546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div>Michael and I decided that it would be fun to take Amaya to Ghouls at Grassmire zoo. We all dressed up in our costumes (50s theme) and drove to the zoo...we waited in line for about 30 seconds before we decided that all we really wanted was a picture...so we went to Meg and Eric's and had a picture taken =) We ended up going to a Nashville pizza place that makes gluten free pizza...yum...yum.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiGaoUwRXRz6_J6JjFyX0ElXZ4xVna_2ZQ3bAw7fGf6_Lj6Zd6Vdb8u8-6MJiHbqsA2-vveJxjO58dmuqb1f4tDu5EulzaWVIK1f1FlcTR6dqfwdl9PvemNFUdj62X4K58caI6i_HNF4/s320/IMG_0987.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396722197962894050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Amaya is going like crazy. She loves being the center of attention and at this point she is standing more than crawling. She has not taken any hands-free steps yet, but walks around everything. She reminds us of Skippy-John-Jones because she 'crawls over, and squeezes under' everything (if you don't know who SJJ is...you have to catch up on your kitty-kiddy reading). She is quick! Even with all of us here, we have to keep a constant eye on her. Same goes for Panama...she quickly found Auntie's mascara today and decided she would be beautiful if she made herself up =)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx3B9N2gynK63T45kH1BkwZYYhChqR0gu9PNcmdX04uuv05tOgGMouyMYa2ffdy5J4-g3Q6X2hDfWHlwjuu2HHxs7GOlVLQ53aHTzKAY33dw1RboHYODPLMhz7U91A5G-dXbUo_yVaoY/s320/IMG_0971.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396713204472877650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj347utldhMLNZwvH-xr4ZzpRcvyR21jykMI1btjMlxIigcqrAz1vK0PrjCc8ThrzeAW7iL0ZH3olhBbBV1YTxlgIi_mqa3CiEqv55S4mRFcpYWJT-Wo9j7uxG0DfRd_6gGBiqH9ORX2tc/s320/IMG_0972.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396713211283101634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Amaya loves playing peek-a-boo...notice the pictures =) She will hold up something in front of her face and likes to hear, "Where's Amaya" then she pulls it out from her face and laughs...it warms my heart just thinking about it. Parenthood is WONDERFUL!!!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-74749132918136450752009-10-25T17:51:00.000-07:002009-10-25T18:01:21.122-07:00Fabulous Asheville<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjvS-b4eiqZQNy7VuBTf2FbFXvRnYQILRy20gxnomAlheFhOZjUQYvNUHZ5DKnENhAJfiEXiPXK07dLLPvcoZX1PJuWgg9mVcZQTQKzn2nzD6_mxx4BQabKg-PSOSn6G7ovxU9kmWza8/s1600-h/IMG_0963.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/AVvXsEjFjvS-b4eiqZQNy7VuBTf2FbFXvRnYQILRy20gxnomAlheFhOZjUQYvNUHZ5DKnENhAJfiEXiPXK07dLLPvcoZX1PJuWgg9mVcZQTQKzn2nzD6_mxx4BQabKg-PSOSn6G7ovxU9kmWza8/s320/IMG_0963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396707428154509026" /></a><br />We had a splendid time in Asheville-The Brown's were great (as always) and we finally got to meet Buzz boy...We ate WONDERFUL food at both the Laughing Seed (a vegan-vegetarian-gluten free) restaurant and Posanas. Needless to say, I think we all may have gained a pound or two on the trip. We did walk alot at both the Farmers' Market and the Biltmore.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127960786866798970.post-78556324753980856232009-10-15T12:26:00.001-07:002009-10-15T12:28:46.170-07:00Gluten Free!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxgy5EGcG83pzv3lZfKI_mayAYkmukU0cv_BomP-wzty7wQZAA2XCYkQg2LEyvUGYP18BogjqpzH_8cb-bSPfFiyGvqHhaAdSB3vp-7lSTAk2JVTd9jO0LZcKmChlZfir-UWhBLPrWGs/s1600-h/posana.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxgy5EGcG83pzv3lZfKI_mayAYkmukU0cv_BomP-wzty7wQZAA2XCYkQg2LEyvUGYP18BogjqpzH_8cb-bSPfFiyGvqHhaAdSB3vp-7lSTAk2JVTd9jO0LZcKmChlZfir-UWhBLPrWGs/s320/posana.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392910908071755362" /></a><br />I am sooo excited! Mom, Amaya, and I are headed to Asheville, NC for a weekend retreat-we are meeting up with the beloved Brown's =) I have just found a completely GF restaurant!!! It is called Posana...I will let the rest of you Celiacs know how it is...I know your jealous =)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0