tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87896378874521572542024-02-06T22:53:25.239-07:00Melissa's WorldA time it was and what a time it was, it was…. S&GMelissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-3214186765391302812010-11-08T20:47:00.004-07:002010-11-08T21:02:02.597-07:00Happy Halloween 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZLEioROmN-B8fUaEnxLvsgpaRwB06ST3maOGe6pqjwAtrQcJ4_mxpb2Obs6AXGhV0p0rRjhlsLNx4nbuLDikkMABxspghJlY0KXleUINXyXcUblEtvPl6Zvz7Hq_8sAfuOLzpxUE4ODF/s1600/100_1596.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZLEioROmN-B8fUaEnxLvsgpaRwB06ST3maOGe6pqjwAtrQcJ4_mxpb2Obs6AXGhV0p0rRjhlsLNx4nbuLDikkMABxspghJlY0KXleUINXyXcUblEtvPl6Zvz7Hq_8sAfuOLzpxUE4ODF/s320/100_1596.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537394923189408690" /></a><br />We had our 2nd annual Halloween party this year on the day before Halloween, since the actual day fell on a Sunday. There were a bunch of trick or treaters this year and we had fun getting dressed up too. No dry ice bombs however! Here are some pics :-)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCzJHqIXEdloA_ZNS2L3h9chI-7g_M72aLISHnL6PRDmjAoDEt5tSio0DvYslGid_mgZjzIL2sTc6YRKNZBMABosQBC6tkMFX4ArY4WrstMsDYAF9gmpVcxvsC2cixVeWbCK6v0BW_-9h/s1600/100_1588.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCzJHqIXEdloA_ZNS2L3h9chI-7g_M72aLISHnL6PRDmjAoDEt5tSio0DvYslGid_mgZjzIL2sTc6YRKNZBMABosQBC6tkMFX4ArY4WrstMsDYAF9gmpVcxvsC2cixVeWbCK6v0BW_-9h/s320/100_1588.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537393255985085570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsX2gf_JNrj3zru8-50W4tvceIR6VmZAo6_8GjOldAV5tym7nCFVf6XbYSdjXZgSdiDnlAQsS9RMQJ1WR6mpVCw-i5ItDsnU8kBf_Fii07cFELK1mWMtf5AClqX_YNvmN4XHAamwmGtGx/s1600/100_1592.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaBzjQUU5_NPAhx_1c2bWC6zEAX3s4076l6a4kdmB8W7dkm258evVKNLd5G3zCNx0muyRr3lAWjnhHgul5CsvX9BDsLLZMtRYLYZnDH8c0-ym7HQsPSIdKQdRNYzzKvHBwvJ6m6rdY3w3/s320/100_1600.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537394936683563122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Il4s6xfaAV5oCOmOcd4JxDxHRcNVrRytpk71ovM9qVQeQtmoYqCcEQowVTomcTe7buEM8v5-aMhIp0VTs1RvOBF8Zh9EbdgdnnaW4k6BrA5wksh76QVe0XjPOswF6KtCiJV-2P8gKoxn/s1600/100_1605.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Il4s6xfaAV5oCOmOcd4JxDxHRcNVrRytpk71ovM9qVQeQtmoYqCcEQowVTomcTe7buEM8v5-aMhIp0VTs1RvOBF8Zh9EbdgdnnaW4k6BrA5wksh76QVe0XjPOswF6KtCiJV-2P8gKoxn/s320/100_1605.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537394940103174370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68kVTUmbYBrQxGH6bm9DvG4OGi_T0IotYK6A5S-Y7_uEMSDBj-6rRWRNjIadEpxly-jdkKqYBh5eekwyDjdSl3mCd5U3XaJFJ8ujcbiNEKjo5b1Ebrt6pKV-YCnVeIUZr7Ws7Fcm990LZ/s1600/100_1598.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/AVvXsEg68kVTUmbYBrQxGH6bm9DvG4OGi_T0IotYK6A5S-Y7_uEMSDBj-6rRWRNjIadEpxly-jdkKqYBh5eekwyDjdSl3mCd5U3XaJFJ8ujcbiNEKjo5b1Ebrt6pKV-YCnVeIUZr7Ws7Fcm990LZ/s320/100_1598.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537394927283330834" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-88034043039756858802010-08-28T20:55:00.024-06:002010-08-28T21:44:28.178-06:00Camping in true roughing it style...Last weekend I made my yearly camping trip (as much as I like to camp it seems like I only manage to pull it off about once a year). This year we did it the hard way, meaning no running water and no toilets...not even a stinky little pit toilet. The only thing that convinced me to go was that I'd been to the same camp area six years ago and I knew how beautiful the area was. We were on our way to Boulder Mountain, in Southern Utah, and we were holing up in a place called Kings Pasture. Here was my home for 3 days and two nights...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMi3AE6ZOSlonzqJlGLPLsRc5KCLTEvO1WJAIbLTnSAdLyAzxTo0uSg_0BK9urrgRZJhzfTlu4BhquKYyoz_sme5R7DNlrK8AOo7pTqlZpdcKlCGINnSwJZrPPk8cn_tdPc-za0FMyzep/s1600/DSC03704.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510661034304036002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMi3AE6ZOSlonzqJlGLPLsRc5KCLTEvO1WJAIbLTnSAdLyAzxTo0uSg_0BK9urrgRZJhzfTlu4BhquKYyoz_sme5R7DNlrK8AOo7pTqlZpdcKlCGINnSwJZrPPk8cn_tdPc-za0FMyzep/s320/DSC03704.JPG" /></a><br />And I managed to put up my tent all by myself, no one had to help...I am a camping wiz...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRxOyirDi5742x6EJ83pahcsxiEv6zGi58YhW426SZUK_P-v8T3oowS3YsbOKpMy_nuwpmw-97nCqeINFSGtT6Js6J6eg9lcfz_jK-MS2rDEa9L4HNXdOkoPeY-KR9GfCNBE8jneLCOfM/s1600/DSC03706.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510661391967090178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRxOyirDi5742x6EJ83pahcsxiEv6zGi58YhW426SZUK_P-v8T3oowS3YsbOKpMy_nuwpmw-97nCqeINFSGtT6Js6J6eg9lcfz_jK-MS2rDEa9L4HNXdOkoPeY-KR9GfCNBE8jneLCOfM/s320/DSC03706.JPG" /></a><br />Oh and I found these delightful boots, my souvenir at the True Value Hardware/gas station in Loa...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQC2hljFVT3D2tgnEFIg0L5aNZzeNbiLNCRwJUQBMBcvXdlzfM5xFrssu-7F-LGpcrH3iEFGQQ3yLrcRTHa2wVPJZ1B9pbkkr3PItQa8ZPamjmXnndvFozKBgikbvY6NubiJ5i8bZ8gHz1/s1600/DSC03699.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510661914931024210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQC2hljFVT3D2tgnEFIg0L5aNZzeNbiLNCRwJUQBMBcvXdlzfM5xFrssu-7F-LGpcrH3iEFGQQ3yLrcRTHa2wVPJZ1B9pbkkr3PItQa8ZPamjmXnndvFozKBgikbvY6NubiJ5i8bZ8gHz1/s320/DSC03699.JPG" /></a><br />This year I was the one to cook the dutch oven dinner, my mother did mix up the food, but I cooked it just right, steak and veggies with blueberry cake ;-)...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuFWq81BM7fgol6sRxX2_k3zH31wthe61Yb_UnyOnAibjynlIO-io39a7qf8zco4Up73Cc9Gsik7Grt4QXixQenxowLLLbD_gmIh-65qciyX1Oabo560f0jjPgx93dday5TJ5XOXbfgQt/s1600/DSC03707.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510663321301870530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuFWq81BM7fgol6sRxX2_k3zH31wthe61Yb_UnyOnAibjynlIO-io39a7qf8zco4Up73Cc9Gsik7Grt4QXixQenxowLLLbD_gmIh-65qciyX1Oabo560f0jjPgx93dday5TJ5XOXbfgQt/s320/DSC03707.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuUVg_LziQhIeKLkJ0K96Cb3cbAxodbU4jMa3ZZ0Gmj-xuLfgN0tznhSmQV680JyGMhLUPHIlZwedipcfYkcWtXtvPp3ByfCiZ9Kza8G-e7b_jRUITuEDdG0nUSM4EGg2QhK98zXT5Mhi/s1600/100_1512.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510662969889331186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuUVg_LziQhIeKLkJ0K96Cb3cbAxodbU4jMa3ZZ0Gmj-xuLfgN0tznhSmQV680JyGMhLUPHIlZwedipcfYkcWtXtvPp3ByfCiZ9Kza8G-e7b_jRUITuEDdG0nUSM4EGg2QhK98zXT5Mhi/s320/100_1512.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia9eNMP6KPz779_jKTi7inOv7DOWwOLSSJ-afTyyeybkmrLAap1J11U09RK1PUEyvvzEXp1P4uXPnkbukJ5qP2tAK1R1mVIuID0759msiYgSwPiOa5jqkHbW8Lkg93HDuyE2hiumZTGvd/s1600/100_1513.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510662963631136754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia9eNMP6KPz779_jKTi7inOv7DOWwOLSSJ-afTyyeybkmrLAap1J11U09RK1PUEyvvzEXp1P4uXPnkbukJ5qP2tAK1R1mVIuID0759msiYgSwPiOa5jqkHbW8Lkg93HDuyE2hiumZTGvd/s320/100_1513.JPG" /></a><br />While we waited for the food we enjoyed the fire...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEknQzMdP_LmXBDtlIEnVDUwLxJASPrOB1aoqj2dWU0wElCQ3xd9F4svSPuOTWcxd4hSRuVbRuVn31Nf9c0N4Eo4MUlxoQ3oYP15JOdVorppTi6l68AxtUq8dRPN15D0l8fPvQZCRxpLv9/s1600/100_1519.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510663658060368434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEknQzMdP_LmXBDtlIEnVDUwLxJASPrOB1aoqj2dWU0wElCQ3xd9F4svSPuOTWcxd4hSRuVbRuVn31Nf9c0N4Eo4MUlxoQ3oYP15JOdVorppTi6l68AxtUq8dRPN15D0l8fPvQZCRxpLv9/s320/100_1519.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlfYIYnEL1K5U6YJsMx-YiBoj4Hl4fMUiCBgFZcXvjYwRqtfxVMb07A5hgpo9YoProPMXPECXfz3ZugBIjdfO1nm4CJBVgSuTsXU4MjkxrlGS3QdezzwQf23MUwfbEiRdHjAEHYwVdFMf/s1600/100_1518.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 211px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510670066529452578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35vTT6TBe67P37kKLJZkYh4_zhAC_lZSFQ0kyjtAgHR0wEqnxS6ioCZ7zmQvIB-w4U4pA1kf8u6LMR8IkaIn4kBu7R8AhBm3EHvetHVaHvZkETDTKCghNjcxhf714TbExPcmwHq7Bica6/s320/DSC03779.JPG" /></a><br />With a final stop by the tree my brother Greg and I had carved our names in six years before (except I had to re-carve it because we didn't cut deep enough then)...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrwX3kMjyX5NRxg78StiJ4GIjeDd9o_k6bFo4CKxwZwJn2pAv5vxjNwWRTmWuFlUqODqwy-brB3699XVBGjZYEUAMaz-OqbmudDYabjUdVjHkAWp41xjb8vkTpmj0mFN3GlGastNVjc23/s1600/DSC03791.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510670675388926306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrwX3kMjyX5NRxg78StiJ4GIjeDd9o_k6bFo4CKxwZwJn2pAv5vxjNwWRTmWuFlUqODqwy-brB3699XVBGjZYEUAMaz-OqbmudDYabjUdVjHkAWp41xjb8vkTpmj0mFN3GlGastNVjc23/s320/DSC03791.JPG" /></a><br />And on the way home we saw these precious guys...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyeP7g2UfvIFGzzDG-VaWQ4Y68PNJrZ1scu3st2tQV0-m63tMaRxxrXY2E21l-RdHnVcaAZYfwgel_H1uuJcsBU21RN9tO4S7L5cPNPCr6si5WFm49-dXHVOn9oxv_LyqsnLtGkm8mz8hH/s1600/DSC03792.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 91px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510671351662509442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8mPsRcSbHouW77u78-AiIen_M4x8HIlYbg6mWzLhOwK8Lw4wpBzXeEkqSThBPdy0I-48TTcwW_OoXiW-5sHJq5fiIuVLfkvTdivf69_2SbeMtkaphhP0vZUIt3D-kXa7SKK8_mMxgVbq/s320/100_1535.JPG" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-81266582813724013002010-07-24T16:14:00.005-06:002010-07-24T16:41:52.595-06:00A Family Reunion ~ of sorts...So when I reflect back to my teenage years I have so many sweet thoughts...I know that isn't necessarily common but for me it is true. I can attribute it all to the wonderful friends I was blessed with at the time. I suppose I should give some credit to my parents because when they decided to make their last move they recognized that their children were about to enter some of the hardest years of their life. I was smack dab in the middle of 7th grade (the worst year of anyone's life I believe) and Jason was in 6th...Greg was only in kindergarten so he had many "good" school years ahead of him. My parents got the ball rolling by checking out the various wards of their church and picked one that had a strong group of youth. Of course they were very disappointed when the ward was promptly split and we were sent off to the "new" one, but that was where the blessings began. The kids that landed in that ward were incredible people and my teenage years were rich and full of fun because of them. I won't begin to go into all of the adventures that we had together, but it is a time in my life that I will always cherish. Shortly after this splitting of the ward my soon to be bestest friend, Joy, moved in to that ward's boundaries. My life would not have been the same without her, and yet once we reached adulthood our lives diverged and we drifted away from each other. A few years ago she made the effort to track me down and to reconnect...Thank you Joy for doing so. This past week, after more years than I can even remember (somewhere between16-18) we finally got to be together in person. We connected again at Music and the Spoken Word so that we could also visit with another of our childhood friends, Ryan (he grew up to be the Associate Music Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir). I've always wanted to attend this show so I was excited for that alone, but to catch up with my long lost friend Joy was so exciting. What we didn't know was that another of our childhood friends, Nate, and his father(who was the member of the bisopric over the youth program as we were growing up) had happened to pick the exact same performance to attend. It was a wonderful surprise. These people were part of my extended family growing up and it was a wonderful surprise family reunion.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bTYwkPhgB7JdS9Ra894cHqv_cW6ocQexwp-YIxxe6nvdX5OW-yC5tkVl36MtI68I9vMYrEYBkm3tTDneHN1CDZZdyOy5LjwtdajfwStmSNblDC-zKifK_fWdGa5KQb1CbJ0JFrHcKnnU/s1600/100_1509.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497605304806830066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bTYwkPhgB7JdS9Ra894cHqv_cW6ocQexwp-YIxxe6nvdX5OW-yC5tkVl36MtI68I9vMYrEYBkm3tTDneHN1CDZZdyOy5LjwtdajfwStmSNblDC-zKifK_fWdGa5KQb1CbJ0JFrHcKnnU/s320/100_1509.JPG" /></a> Left to right you have me, Joy, Bro. Lytle, Ryan, Nate, and his youngest brother Seth. Sunday was a wonderful day and I'm so glad I got to see everyone. Thank you Joy for taking the time to come and hang out with me on your family vacation. I was so glad to catch up and let's not let it be another 15+ years! I love you :-)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzGeji2BzteJrBx6hNgiJxAkWl8t8Y7Rbg1E3JBpLIlAeU18dIUCyf9aQtrhRd0I0NCG2S5zIHcqTrDv5aKhsjIPflkxMeFQuR6KiwkpCNg2MmnmZTgnVAMpvehkOJd6eOVYEhsrkTydl/s1600/100_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/AVvXsEjtzGeji2BzteJrBx6hNgiJxAkWl8t8Y7Rbg1E3JBpLIlAeU18dIUCyf9aQtrhRd0I0NCG2S5zIHcqTrDv5aKhsjIPflkxMeFQuR6KiwkpCNg2MmnmZTgnVAMpvehkOJd6eOVYEhsrkTydl/s320/100_1510.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497606516106563394" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-8345105835036245992010-07-10T19:07:00.006-06:002010-07-10T19:31:30.965-06:004th of July hiking - Silver LakeNotice that I'm in none of the pictures...nobody needs to see my overheated out of shape form hoofing it up the side of a mountain ;) You can see how high we climbed in a later picture because the lake in that picture is the same lake as this one here...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFZjIqH3hrTU2IkElPq_74DekCTFQlS4KMIjNdGXVBYSIcrQbg8bCJAsbjgKoXWa_bz-vUU611M3tHRPXmoAtgYpUoJXh6zDyCIkZY96MkzYhKOS_a7bl0QuRI6wDtM_YIme28dO_lPLJ/s1600/DSC03671.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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So I gathered up my two trusty companions, Jonsi and Magill, and set off on an adventure through the lens. At one time it really did turn into an adventure as I was determined to capture a honey bee, and after awhile one of them decided they had had enough, chasing me all the way back to the deck until he was satisfied that I was gone. Of course sneaky and determined soul that I am I headed right back to the tree (or rather a different tree because I didn't want to push my luck too much...) Some of the pictures turned out well I think, but mostly I enjoyed this last lushness of Spring knowing that in true Utah fashion it would be 100 degrees before I knew it...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnlL7sXYrFjYUojSULW0UaheCTPlIQHHEwnOKpaXQjb4YlZkzMRfc8H5nZYWMJYwGYKHxDi3maUb2nwajFLaZLkF5LIysMwTqKikqHD9Ifm0LdMMGeCnBl3WnvjW7dP2oRFGh1qRLPfVi/s1600/DSC03665.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483583846650573890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnlL7sXYrFjYUojSULW0UaheCTPlIQHHEwnOKpaXQjb4YlZkzMRfc8H5nZYWMJYwGYKHxDi3maUb2nwajFLaZLkF5LIysMwTqKikqHD9Ifm0LdMMGeCnBl3WnvjW7dP2oRFGh1qRLPfVi/s320/DSC03665.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-jRns3pYba4ul-qtVoC81oUxW-b1M5LVPftbL4Y3cbclABQm-gBpRhSfA35QHQqAMURebKwHqnL91RDXdjRrk82xEw7YYxceXo1aP4mZ7S-4bpAW5REcYYabH1lg0dukwlUX__20lGdh/s1600/DSC03624.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483579985844378194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh970NZOeVLtCJKuGBejnyy7LS0tKmc8jzE14tkpwot1fUUGMBTCpcr0h2niudVJ8ddUsaqL-XeT11IxwQjSoqDSFtoR76jP_2G_gN5_kOSn60w1PuyaiJC0DcN95AoOU4EsUtcDEKndlpT/s320/DSC03610.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-34458418121900057982010-05-30T13:46:00.008-06:002010-05-30T14:03:32.604-06:00Happy 90th Birthday!!!Recently my Grandpa D made it to his 90th birthday. I can't even imagine having seen all the changes that he's seen in the world, or to be so active in life as he is (I already feel broken down sometimes and I haven't even seen 40 yet!) but to me that was quite an achievement. He's had a few close calls in his health, and in fact we had to cancel his original birthday party due to the fact that he was released from the hospital that day (nothing too horrible, just a flare up of a bleeding ulcer, but scary just the same). Instead we all got together two weeks later and had a giant party. It's always fun to me to have a big family event because it gives us all time to catch up with each others lives. We also invited Grandpa to share a few words about what has been important in life and how he's used these things in his life to reach these wise years. I can't remember how many of them there were, or the order that he spoke them, but there are three that stand out in my mind (good thing Uncle Mike was recording it all). The three that I remember were Family, Exercise, and Faith. Can't wait to get a copy of the tape so that I can hear his statement again because lets face it I was too busy snapping pictures and not paying attention :) Oops!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkfQjvw0D9aTl7E9abVj5NAyuyU79ynIgOAIW53gIKZio1fchFLI0jHMyaafvuCIQb3ptFtRscSYA4xAkKpwysMTmyJ2He9W2Tr3jV8EL4gqWCupnM_8y-Aqd1UtfA4d8juM3QCcC3uSu/s1600/DSC03564.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkfQjvw0D9aTl7E9abVj5NAyuyU79ynIgOAIW53gIKZio1fchFLI0jHMyaafvuCIQb3ptFtRscSYA4xAkKpwysMTmyJ2He9W2Tr3jV8EL4gqWCupnM_8y-Aqd1UtfA4d8juM3QCcC3uSu/s320/DSC03564.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477154093982619682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajtLaJX_IiOY0x0uvIsvEIXfW19FsnWzeecBzwq5UGombTCVNhHHogskxk1NXm43s70Mx4osHJnAfrkkWCudHP2ANE4015s-UIJz7jq80iXJwDHC-wYQ5y_-kTkYvrhYUfrPipi7jNxiy/s1600/DSC03565.JPG"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-6Lm1bCBdGhJiwrDQuYWtgN8D9PwJYrj19REJa-iKGLosN8SQNr5G84TIHoIIbDHoVNhGw9y3-l7XOdw6DmJUS7eHa3qSFt4hWRrVPNGKsNPRKkDU518pMFQ2g6DWcYmHlmnUmevjTO0/s320/DSC03579.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477155961010870290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5I6XtrA8SBJouwek9zD4akFzR5T1U0YkKTeHjEJMFNLTgQJQ_xtC-QtPWSSjtRz6p10WqfdzptXbdzcuakVVW70ZEIjXKVtqeseXKBAIyWwWntgP3pWK2-aLJcJ5VGaVM4WlMN5Iz9wA/s1600/DSC03586a.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5I6XtrA8SBJouwek9zD4akFzR5T1U0YkKTeHjEJMFNLTgQJQ_xtC-QtPWSSjtRz6p10WqfdzptXbdzcuakVVW70ZEIjXKVtqeseXKBAIyWwWntgP3pWK2-aLJcJ5VGaVM4WlMN5Iz9wA/s320/DSC03586a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477156114196919682" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-88660014285361482892010-05-24T18:43:00.018-06:002010-05-25T20:33:57.149-06:00Catching up....So the month of April was incredibly busy with trips out of town and then preparing for Grandpa's big 90th birthday bash. I ended up heading to Las Vegas for a girl trip with my mom and Leigh to celebrate my birthday. The week after that I found myself back there again to help out with my friend Nancy's kids while she and her husband were celebrating a friends birthday (apparently Vegas is the place to head for birthdays). I thought I'd post a few pictures from my birthday trip to Vegas just for fun so here you go. On the way down we stopped at the ghost town of Silver Reef so there are some shots from there too. We also got the chance to visit with my stepsister and her cute little ones...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZC5haUpyKVrC8zMrYjuneFyN1mlopsqgs0F-bhYunP0SC_Jg63yvEo3GnvCX7hl5oTk4q6NcAz-es4-GF63RX-7sk9R9EyfaU5VAi72Jv6T2lt1QfAfSGdIaG_mlqJvjEZraIpUk5ITSt/s1600/DSC03528.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475392658517865906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZC5haUpyKVrC8zMrYjuneFyN1mlopsqgs0F-bhYunP0SC_Jg63yvEo3GnvCX7hl5oTk4q6NcAz-es4-GF63RX-7sk9R9EyfaU5VAi72Jv6T2lt1QfAfSGdIaG_mlqJvjEZraIpUk5ITSt/s320/DSC03528.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihs9Ss83NYTGtLQ7cWg9xya6S1d29UVsh1dAN8gXod1mldp5_uTNSQ7j4T6G4bAeWHUNxrGhrd10iCzWHWVAVlTBQ-baO2sU7pb-dN7gLom7phXdtxLdIriJGew7CObxFGly_Bo_WB0D6i/s1600/DSC03531.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; 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WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475398790271423426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qzpmZPAiFVIv1duCLJM_heWNcrl00buLvJNm5nBfbunL9WtuG7eiOdSQ_7r7jwklaatsswbrwFDnjbDsXmmKpBvPdc22pFa6w0eT2pZIsn8LNxz2xc5DAJWadXhUlz53cdvlRo6htsNs/s320/100_1492.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SrXMuO4E89jMjH35VEmNAW7I8K6U4ibmNNOVgFFUFZduFMrm2lIp6BdNy2E8Vq2UgIA-x5b4BlBszyxtv6YWp2ktQ-K6qD5jNIgq_QLKj3_q7of8RdQFliw9jVeEtDA2lqVs9q_SpZ4g/s1600/100_1501.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475399291110065874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SrXMuO4E89jMjH35VEmNAW7I8K6U4ibmNNOVgFFUFZduFMrm2lIp6BdNy2E8Vq2UgIA-x5b4BlBszyxtv6YWp2ktQ-K6qD5jNIgq_QLKj3_q7of8RdQFliw9jVeEtDA2lqVs9q_SpZ4g/s320/100_1501.JPG" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-17604486693216487432010-03-26T20:57:00.004-06:002010-03-26T21:01:40.237-06:00A new quilt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNkCvATt9SyOKMaqlSg3zqANlD4w88zc-3b4JFIaeCpX7c_OA3uM6qI-8_vX1c0nC1e8FQbQpm-MJ_4vHfvUh-U6YKluQ7Se8mZ1sWne1Pbbdi2Mq7Q_xmIKOQGNKFj1cw7OGVSzOap_e/s1600/100_1414.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453143133685767298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNkCvATt9SyOKMaqlSg3zqANlD4w88zc-3b4JFIaeCpX7c_OA3uM6qI-8_vX1c0nC1e8FQbQpm-MJ_4vHfvUh-U6YKluQ7Se8mZ1sWne1Pbbdi2Mq7Q_xmIKOQGNKFj1cw7OGVSzOap_e/s320/100_1414.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Ok like I said, I have a million projects going on at all times. I started cutting out fabric for this new quilt almost a year ago and yay I'm finally finished. Here's a sneak peak of all the wonderful patterns to be included...</div><br /><div></div>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-64039893724873499532010-03-14T17:31:00.011-06:002010-03-14T18:11:11.520-06:00Craft, Craft, Craft....So the people that know me well know that I have lots of different hobbies, and that I bounce from one to another, rarely finishing a project fully. Unfortunately this winter my hobby seemed to be watching TV every night, but with the warming and coming of Spring I have turned back to crafting and have actually finished a few things. Yesterday I was at Michael's Craft and picked up a few things to make a new spring wreath. Some people are intimidated by making wreath's but it's not too hard. I just grabbed some beaded garland, a few doodads, and some floral wire...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcU4VSoTkAYsj-BdU9-hBw7aCYdDGh3IV3H415CF5C5KXOXhsCuFnzA4Y8BOZOBKcYdhabSzHpZEJmyuSaKUvg1zgb_rT3z-YhDiezm4J1KcFnPLJK1E7J2NdtP_9GiMFcUJ0hVtso-ic/s1600-h/100_1410.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448637914485366338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcU4VSoTkAYsj-BdU9-hBw7aCYdDGh3IV3H415CF5C5KXOXhsCuFnzA4Y8BOZOBKcYdhabSzHpZEJmyuSaKUvg1zgb_rT3z-YhDiezm4J1KcFnPLJK1E7J2NdtP_9GiMFcUJ0hVtso-ic/s320/100_1410.JPG" /></a><br />Throw in one stubborn cat that likes to be a part of everything I'm doing and I got this:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaCaaX13xco64cztaQsdxL_gm20WNeiUgygRYTEAsogoJoitHzVtY113EdGwwTBlfikx0X99J-vN-4JW1yxnr2L3bwZeet3JgU1B09n0EGz23EDshyFEP3bKoxrB9lpCxja5q-m7bEHa_/s1600-h/100_1412.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448639050785489666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaCaaX13xco64cztaQsdxL_gm20WNeiUgygRYTEAsogoJoitHzVtY113EdGwwTBlfikx0X99J-vN-4JW1yxnr2L3bwZeet3JgU1B09n0EGz23EDshyFEP3bKoxrB9lpCxja5q-m7bEHa_/s320/100_1412.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Another thing I recently made was a coupon holder. A couple of years ago I started getting the local newspaper and with that comes the bonus of coupons. I know some people hate the hassle but it's been worth it to me. On the average I save anywhere from $8-$15 a shopping trip...just last night I saved over $12 at the grocery store. I was storing my coupons in the following, but as you can see it was just not working anymore...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7ZBoP0r7f4fLked5ICiVJ7vpJHB1_Z531YqgOySJB-vs6EGWVRUAEELIIFSe5pkSlPLZ8ffCAyT6IuPedaH7uhlY2UlBa3TaKtHqB50ASFChE2x8FftxlO88JuxZMUK0Q7RLkCauTEHO/s1600-h/100_1394.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448640680530530738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7ZBoP0r7f4fLked5ICiVJ7vpJHB1_Z531YqgOySJB-vs6EGWVRUAEELIIFSe5pkSlPLZ8ffCAyT6IuPedaH7uhlY2UlBa3TaKtHqB50ASFChE2x8FftxlO88JuxZMUK0Q7RLkCauTEHO/s320/100_1394.JPG" /></a><br />I went online and found <a href="http://ahappylittlefamily.blogspot.com/2009/02/free-pattern-coupon-organizer.html"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><em>this</em></span></a> cute pattern. After pulling out my fabric scraps I created this darling item...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqsjdfRhzlMGW1PgA2458H_hPh3TSC_mJFbmRRWkKnmCRcNiJbNWR1a7IDcHdbsIugu8jOPv-UZqPC9tR689Lra5OBMFIXPKy8-S2AwtctfXbiOfI7KnCp-DL2It0k3BQYHNpo5tJ4Syq/s1600-h/100_1387.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 227px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448642651387830226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqsjdfRhzlMGW1PgA2458H_hPh3TSC_mJFbmRRWkKnmCRcNiJbNWR1a7IDcHdbsIugu8jOPv-UZqPC9tR689Lra5OBMFIXPKy8-S2AwtctfXbiOfI7KnCp-DL2It0k3BQYHNpo5tJ4Syq/s320/100_1387.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfo_XenberyV1D0KYK86pmiKHl2XRvONmW5rm0vT1vsToKIKjIf1vrUnMIklXnM3vGzXE_3KKwEjGbgmP601KseQVcx2gXMbysE86YbJ9huHr7_lOCDnGwk2U7VlgPEQOMaWLqUGOb_tBr/s1600-h/100_1389.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 275px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448643104606605554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfo_XenberyV1D0KYK86pmiKHl2XRvONmW5rm0vT1vsToKIKjIf1vrUnMIklXnM3vGzXE_3KKwEjGbgmP601KseQVcx2gXMbysE86YbJ9huHr7_lOCDnGwk2U7VlgPEQOMaWLqUGOb_tBr/s320/100_1389.JPG" /></a> Now I did make some alterations such as making it a little narrower (2inches) so that it fit in my purse better, and, I'm not such a fan of Velcro (too noisy) so I added a snap and embellished with a cute button on the outside.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1poj5YYvLkC0J-XA_ec0o0gnh9UbN3T_yaesNo-Yhg-XYuyTOX2FumO3eyiOGpI4862oDJwWkz8ud2jE3kPVoCSC6HMjxVcScupMb01yQrjPM5HBsTXSvs2N5fzSnubPPU__dFvxcERmO/s1600-h/100_1392.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448644188629652402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1poj5YYvLkC0J-XA_ec0o0gnh9UbN3T_yaesNo-Yhg-XYuyTOX2FumO3eyiOGpI4862oDJwWkz8ud2jE3kPVoCSC6HMjxVcScupMb01yQrjPM5HBsTXSvs2N5fzSnubPPU__dFvxcERmO/s320/100_1392.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Finally, I recently did a little canning. I got <a href="http://dirtcheapdecoratingdivas.blogspot.com/2010/02/delicious-jalapeno-jelly.html"><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">this</span></em></a> wonderful recipe from my sister in law's decorating blog for some jalapeno jelly. It may sound a little gross, but it's delicious...I promise. It accents Mexican food wonderfully, and it was a breeze to make. From start to pulling the jars out of the canner was probably less than an hour!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCnhV2qa_jCyRZI9kHJ7BxvA8CpfkiWU1YcV196paQ03pTUEtShH0XopUuSaXqjUxMClOKm4R1pWHqM30i0m9AIS2CKtEhAvmSDgIpljbh5f8ckj_XaqbDFdZ-Z1tcgR5PXp6w_OEc_DO/s1600-h/100_1403.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448645678275709394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCnhV2qa_jCyRZI9kHJ7BxvA8CpfkiWU1YcV196paQ03pTUEtShH0XopUuSaXqjUxMClOKm4R1pWHqM30i0m9AIS2CKtEhAvmSDgIpljbh5f8ckj_XaqbDFdZ-Z1tcgR5PXp6w_OEc_DO/s320/100_1403.JPG" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-1351240199981773052010-02-24T20:14:00.009-07:002010-02-24T20:41:12.649-07:00What do you do...<span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">when you look out the window and this is what you see?</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81pDk29s12e6xvLUv3FLvG4hApUuCUQxpU_LEvtVoHt114oL9u75yFksUero3y-maTX_lZUvv13NE9Lx1kO8Fss_nB_9WW6eM8Y-77ET7MxMwgts8n1EjpiIRnnq9ZJBe3j-pyyM1lY7D/s1600-h/100_1386.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442015351007842290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81pDk29s12e6xvLUv3FLvG4hApUuCUQxpU_LEvtVoHt114oL9u75yFksUero3y-maTX_lZUvv13NE9Lx1kO8Fss_nB_9WW6eM8Y-77ET7MxMwgts8n1EjpiIRnnq9ZJBe3j-pyyM1lY7D/s320/100_1386.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Well you head to the outdoor swimming pool of course, silly! Ok maybe you wouldn't normally do that...but if you happen to be in Southern Idaho you can. This weekend we had to stop at the</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALmlCzG88q2d5_12qzUA2Bj3-aPvqZ0I0M0y9ptZY4SI4w7DERthn_vkoLbb7nkryU-JMz5mv5ypUR5iZc5B1mxCEraPxtP70ZgzHmPdLHjy52mJDKegzKaPtRceymLQDjRUVIm3LOC1Y/s1600-h/100_1384.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442017888311369202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALmlCzG88q2d5_12qzUA2Bj3-aPvqZ0I0M0y9ptZY4SI4w7DERthn_vkoLbb7nkryU-JMz5mv5ypUR5iZc5B1mxCEraPxtP70ZgzHmPdLHjy52mJDKegzKaPtRceymLQDjRUVIm3LOC1Y/s320/100_1384.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">and enjoy the 95-105 degree water. Sadly the water slides were closed but there was a great <span style="color:#ff6600;">orange</span> Octopus to play with :)<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhny7c7Yp5y_KD0ED18H2WMdFhTC0yTV4rTKFxZ_FSMQvOLZINNRcRNsytLg_px7qXY7htWQkMI8Lwuvyaz_89y-InfyAHBZot8AimkcbBJsDyX6DAo3pnOxZQb25ql0I_fpFXsRIHrVa0R/s1600-h/100_1377.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442019025576244610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhny7c7Yp5y_KD0ED18H2WMdFhTC0yTV4rTKFxZ_FSMQvOLZINNRcRNsytLg_px7qXY7htWQkMI8Lwuvyaz_89y-InfyAHBZot8AimkcbBJsDyX6DAo3pnOxZQb25ql0I_fpFXsRIHrVa0R/s320/100_1377.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBUVO_F77T8WtCpgKUIknSeCLwG2E73TaRc2A8HSeTKsAr4Cln893Jtl1hm2E9iDzmTSm2vntAuS3lq7A1rUWZm1R3RQ4Uor7iNJSoVf08j4h2P-MvMa6ET900QEn6Yq3K23AR8LumK_U/s1600-h/100_1380.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442019626484512498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBUVO_F77T8WtCpgKUIknSeCLwG2E73TaRc2A8HSeTKsAr4Cln893Jtl1hm2E9iDzmTSm2vntAuS3lq7A1rUWZm1R3RQ4Uor7iNJSoVf08j4h2P-MvMa6ET900QEn6Yq3K23AR8LumK_U/s320/100_1380.JPG" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-16948271998420740852010-02-23T20:28:00.003-07:002010-02-23T20:50:29.073-07:00Mexico - TulumThe last place we visited before going home was Tulum, the fortress city on the hill. This was my second visit and it was equally as beautiful as the first time. Unfortunately we got there as the same time as a cruise ship tour, but the place is big enough that once we were inside we could get away from them. Here is a montage of some of the pictures we took.<br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Futphotogirl1%2Falbumid%2F5441648878866291329%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCN7b3Myg28Dv3gE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-32432624608075410212010-02-18T19:14:00.028-07:002010-02-18T20:39:25.943-07:00Mexico - Aktun Chen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanKlnEG_Jl7_4QxNkJJAcp7bH4z1iC8ua7NqXcwQ9vKw1cgnq_aei4bFgQ8J9u3vybNyIsu9iuyAcQ4sO6hUTl5JFmL08HCiCvc2i6D99r2rOlxXHhDCbUpg2r47vAmI3oUugJfw82KCa/s1600-h/DSC03347.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439778194240632354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanKlnEG_Jl7_4QxNkJJAcp7bH4z1iC8ua7NqXcwQ9vKw1cgnq_aei4bFgQ8J9u3vybNyIsu9iuyAcQ4sO6hUTl5JFmL08HCiCvc2i6D99r2rOlxXHhDCbUpg2r47vAmI3oUugJfw82KCa/s320/DSC03347.JPG" /></a>So when I was visiting before I took a trip out to these caves and enjoyed it so much that I brought people back. There were some disappointments, mostly that before we actually got to play with the monkeys (there were only 2) and now all the animals were in cages like a real zoo but mostly it was just nice to see how successful the place had become. We took the cave tour that went through a series of limestone caves while the guide talked about various facts regarding the area. Mostly I just think it is really beautiful and enjoyed it the second time around just as much. Here are some of the fun moments... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqX52Lw2n6bZ1CscQ-XX6gZML4xo90woOHmJAHpCuFNnwibsGopg1_r6bUPMWx7U7OyzzYbkfyKIUxX1JP_vxReHM85ujJ_uEIqlPxmbMmKW3Ms4EEPWi_6AWuN3blBM3lcGAlgC2gLxfK/s1600-h/christmas,+cancun+134.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439787475482426306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqX52Lw2n6bZ1CscQ-XX6gZML4xo90woOHmJAHpCuFNnwibsGopg1_r6bUPMWx7U7OyzzYbkfyKIUxX1JP_vxReHM85ujJ_uEIqlPxmbMmKW3Ms4EEPWi_6AWuN3blBM3lcGAlgC2gLxfK/s320/christmas,+cancun+134.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p></p><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrDZFV8agJxGnGMuSgzreypz05zl7qbg6fdzTC7QP_XOtreG0fqGNsvOTkrGYcQjVgagT2n_pwUlzrcAWyGE1gmPppuokxdOGXFN9KMFnB1mpTe5RfEWj1QehgWhtlsgYVyyRRrHy7h3T/s1600-h/DSC03353.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; 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A cenote is an underground pool of water. They shut off all of the lights and then slowly light up sections so that you can really catch the beauty of the place. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxZN7GxkyOpgmVWQIYGJ6EUuOmkPX5T77dliIOqlc2rslYga9k8w4dWukz-_gYHqPaHAQjiXsSFT1DNTb2J2_Tf1ztNZ6ijoCySV2P9tNVWDVkmu-LT2T1kOg3Qp0OVlkHAZoWCUkYIZ-/s1600-h/DSC03338.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439781630474660274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxZN7GxkyOpgmVWQIYGJ6EUuOmkPX5T77dliIOqlc2rslYga9k8w4dWukz-_gYHqPaHAQjiXsSFT1DNTb2J2_Tf1ztNZ6ijoCySV2P9tNVWDVkmu-LT2T1kOg3Qp0OVlkHAZoWCUkYIZ-/s320/DSC03338.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And then there were our animal friends, like this snake for instance, she gave birth th 70 live babies last year...gross I know :) We also made friends with birds and pigs and then who doesn't love a monkey?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUbSGcSPCLMxem7Y9AFGRSyriIOhE9OG-qrxD4jtskcaE0dhYJecYLxZh5gZXhH1jqmcliDdVd8nzWbwBhDICagcq5O9pNoDc1I0tLNBN9j2kNjtPNICVAmJ2pjV0eNmsuXoT9M9PqyDq/s1600-h/DSC03342.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; 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WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439788877749545650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX1snEgeZtIgyp1GOfgTDYo4HoVCQlgJNrFPdgGoFsAs607FEl350oJmQchPMrKd7F6CDJPK1mmM31v0GhlBUKqozoXfvuAbg4JuwU7fx9GuFgToZhp6-u0bR2bLw9705YWKawOHKWNcb/s320/DSC03419.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WieP0bBIGTgaMfOmbv1HQvsaBYQLZso7r3wJ97B_t6s_LYcXdvmzUNAfgBRjTnhTn1b2rzq3ekQR9OSRudEbZnHGVF9eY405IlcxTUXI9fvwWjEE2fK9e_l5lnI9oHD0GrdLuj37RSSb/s1600-h/DSC03421.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439789206234800578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WieP0bBIGTgaMfOmbv1HQvsaBYQLZso7r3wJ97B_t6s_LYcXdvmzUNAfgBRjTnhTn1b2rzq3ekQR9OSRudEbZnHGVF9eY405IlcxTUXI9fvwWjEE2fK9e_l5lnI9oHD0GrdLuj37RSSb/s320/DSC03421.JPG" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-53743034185619743692010-02-17T21:15:00.013-07:002010-02-18T08:16:09.939-07:00Mexico - Fishing and BeachesSo the week we were set to arrive in Mexico it was gorgeous...and the week after we left was also supposed to be gorgeous (sunny and in the 80's) but of course the week we were actually there it was showery everyday. Just the way it goes, however that Monday was nice and where John had a deep sea fishing trip planned Mom and I decided it was a great day to hit the beach at our hotel. I've included just a few pictures of our hotel, it was amazing!<br /><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgI3fD3Hdbef8tjVkowzJS1XjXeouOoT9sIhJ1-3v8hN1xmGVueqKjMSAwBhGjTZEqu5xEpufkYEqq5VyWATTDPkHqYHYMtvslf5d6HvpD-vcGTV-yNbjnJmMYdCpG-ZhAq1ak5PmHBSFi/s1600-h/100_1348.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439434730943354450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgI3fD3Hdbef8tjVkowzJS1XjXeouOoT9sIhJ1-3v8hN1xmGVueqKjMSAwBhGjTZEqu5xEpufkYEqq5VyWATTDPkHqYHYMtvslf5d6HvpD-vcGTV-yNbjnJmMYdCpG-ZhAq1ak5PmHBSFi/s320/100_1348.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3tdUj2ZzWUGNC3-CQkUxfTz1KmIFvs5BuRq8hsi6lClYw30KdwoBn8vj-8JNoJZrPz1qoCmjEMsM09RSPa221wrFIF46wSpQMaX8r_a7RXlGNNrsu9VebYakGMmXMlwl29wuI9ZHzrm6/s1600-h/100_1345.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439436232910392930" style="FLOAT: right; 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He made the big haul on his boat that day, landing a <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqURu-eIZKITxYl_zOJbSmMnpBH13-j7Z5LfXi2s6ly11p1vH6Y5Lu52wLO5TpA8Vt19hxLpe20cDLndogqnIQJvJn3ZNHxAc9rUd_NHpIyCRK5odhMfQf2iFaKl60zLOVLaecELurRIlF/s1600-h/christmas,+cancun+109.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439444455274756562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqURu-eIZKITxYl_zOJbSmMnpBH13-j7Z5LfXi2s6ly11p1vH6Y5Lu52wLO5TpA8Vt19hxLpe20cDLndogqnIQJvJn3ZNHxAc9rUd_NHpIyCRK5odhMfQf2iFaKl60zLOVLaecELurRIlF/s320/christmas,+cancun+109.jpg" border="0" /></a>60 lb grouper...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIrMDEcTYM_LQ0PMzW4K5DyIs6UYeCA_uPa8jxW8fhp19AY1xdh3gkPL6FcKKS2VXT8CLuVEuF46bE8DDm5WMJOM1t4GqhxZRmpd0a1dJS0ZFOsvO7tS_8ONtTE_rSvXApgyGMd8Ug3y3/s1600-h/christmas,+cancun+114.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439445523429379250" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIrMDEcTYM_LQ0PMzW4K5DyIs6UYeCA_uPa8jxW8fhp19AY1xdh3gkPL6FcKKS2VXT8CLuVEuF46bE8DDm5WMJOM1t4GqhxZRmpd0a1dJS0ZFOsvO7tS_8ONtTE_rSvXApgyGMd8Ug3y3/s320/christmas,+cancun+114.jpg" border="0" /></a>and it was delicious!</div>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-28447373523158894422010-02-17T20:51:00.000-07:002010-02-18T20:35:36.529-07:00Mexico - the Coba ruinsOk, I know I've been horribly delinquent in posting these pictures etc (I have been home for over a month after all) but I just haven't felt like blogging. I've been trying to exercise and be more disciplined this year, but man it eats up my time, so blogging has just fallen by the wayside. Anyway, I loved my trip to Mexico. I've stayed in Cancun about 9 years ago and things have changed a lot in the area. This time we were staying at a resort about 40 minutes south of Cancun. The resort was gorgeous and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Our first day there however was rainy, so we took the time to make a run to the local WalMart (yes they are everywhere now) to grab some groceries and figure out the lay of the area. We had rented a car, and the highway they have built there was great so traveling around the area was a breeze, I highly recommend it. When we woke up Sunday it was still overcast but warm enough so we headed out to our first stop...the Coba ruins. Now last time I was in Mexico we went to Chichen Itza, which was very impressive but hours away so I suggested this stop. These ruins were closer and it is still being excavated so it's different than visiting some of the other sites. It just blossomed right out of the jungle and made you feel very Indian Jones like while exploring. This city was huge in it's day (600-900 AD) but then was just abandoned for some unknown reason. It has the 2nd tallest Mayan pyramid, which I made it half way up but John did make it to the top. 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Maybe because I know the back story to several of the adoptive parents (my co-worker's sister was adopting one of the children that this story refers to) I was moved while I read, but really it just is an amazing story of one mans own experience as he helped aid the orphans of Haiti.<br /><a href="http://countdowntohomecoming.blogspot.com/2010/02/suffer-little-children.html">http://countdowntohomecoming.blogspot.com/2010/02/suffer-little-children.html</a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-57348796048493012612010-01-03T17:20:00.015-07:002010-01-04T15:17:09.737-07:00Happy 2010!I can't believe that we have actually arrived at 2010! Once upon a time that seemed so far away, and yet time just flies on by. Heck I can't believe that 2010 marks my 20 year high school reunion and I just realized it's been 15 years since I left the good old college years behind. At the same time all of those events seem like different lifetimes. Life has been good lately, or at least my attitude about it has been good I should say. So here's to a great 2010 (won't be hard as the last two years have been pretty trying!) We rang in the new year up at my brother Jason, and his wife, Melissa, place. After some fun times on the Wii, apparently I have the physical abilities of a 48 year old woman :( , and some great homemade pizza we took a trip back in time and started watching the original mini series of V. Ah fond memories of childhood up on the screen, we loved that movie when we were little, and got a great kick out of the cheezy special effects as adults. 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 373px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEmoPizmDZWg2GvG4hQvb-D3yiOagWFASehM3234B4IlFUq6xz1zTjobWzawnanNMniEb48Pai7J1goXf6GrMRkL8l6qGCAR-cW8lM6FxoEe_wq3T-hT4k8soviU-byiFi6DBh_Rwd9mH/s320/100_1288.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3geVCg9f8HPzqd68DvYk7fE2y5Pv-U_-Hz_NX0q_SHWxr7-KuOKM0SYYYrG09vvv10hDuzhq7MkdeMciu7FTrK6lnS5r2zj69G5nKP2Mhvg-7snIByScDJip7vFAPhEzWUOXAtJ7zsdH/s1600-h/100_1290.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422679743803348322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 378px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 295px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3geVCg9f8HPzqd68DvYk7fE2y5Pv-U_-Hz_NX0q_SHWxr7-KuOKM0SYYYrG09vvv10hDuzhq7MkdeMciu7FTrK6lnS5r2zj69G5nKP2Mhvg-7snIByScDJip7vFAPhEzWUOXAtJ7zsdH/s320/100_1290.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And, no she's not a lush, it's Martinelli's...I promise :-)</div></div>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-17406445457430185802009-12-31T16:17:00.014-07:002009-12-31T18:11:25.555-07:00Merry Christmas to all...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsgWqkVMtLoBbwV_8VLsu5LrJGZGnEFK532_suGI5tgNzgiEjcMcK-qtl5pJ9Zp7fnjWaqN580bPdt4_2g_lT0AGfpgrpJMp3Mfbyc2bl574LCk93lIUNUg8mn2pcAcnoLCGjyb-qEuuD/s1600-h/100_1239a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421572224802170866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsgWqkVMtLoBbwV_8VLsu5LrJGZGnEFK532_suGI5tgNzgiEjcMcK-qtl5pJ9Zp7fnjWaqN580bPdt4_2g_lT0AGfpgrpJMp3Mfbyc2bl574LCk93lIUNUg8mn2pcAcnoLCGjyb-qEuuD/s320/100_1239a.jpg" /></a> This year was rather quiet in my world. Both of my brother's where at their in laws for Christmas Eve and the next morning. At first I thought that might be a bit sad, but it turned out to be very relaxing. I just went and watched a movie Christmas Eve with my mom and step dad and then got to sleep in on Christmas Day as we weren't meeting until 1:00ish. It was nice to actually get ready and look nice for once. I was kind of giddy for Christmas this year, I kind of felt like was a kid again. Not sure why but it was nice to feel that kind of excitement. It may have been because I made some of the gifts this year. For my sister in law, Leigh, I made a Halloween quilt (she loves Halloween...and quilts) and for Jason & Melissa I did a scrapbook of their wedding. Here are just a few pictures from our day: <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoa8mlACVVC6b8r3hG6QgrPN06CVCto4HOapd2z-dqAv9b3YSjMizuxbjUxD8vNdnBnxq8CxjnZuFVZlemioWYASRkINTLmSOUPEsGUU9tEedviWdWRGoIXjFFG4y9n9j_6NsFmcZow0Jy/s1600-h/100_1244.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421555699552831618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoa8mlACVVC6b8r3hG6QgrPN06CVCto4HOapd2z-dqAv9b3YSjMizuxbjUxD8vNdnBnxq8CxjnZuFVZlemioWYASRkINTLmSOUPEsGUU9tEedviWdWRGoIXjFFG4y9n9j_6NsFmcZow0Jy/s320/100_1244.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukXteK4EUKgG8Lb2SqBTLj91KIfeOsLXSDYl77LmAERl2SWMfVVuF-3N_O_JVs-Bd7iG3fiGYG7xfbWCxpwxGv4dKkGzB_va5cZJyeiznduqDy9zRXTuWh43s1seuLhNjfCowBcVQz0a5/s1600-h/100_1242.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 210px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421549629605248578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukXteK4EUKgG8Lb2SqBTLj91KIfeOsLXSDYl77LmAERl2SWMfVVuF-3N_O_JVs-Bd7iG3fiGYG7xfbWCxpwxGv4dKkGzB_va5cZJyeiznduqDy9zRXTuWh43s1seuLhNjfCowBcVQz0a5/s320/100_1242.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFG-JmL-Ox0NWCzQw4QEZfAajXhRwvKRUpBDec5wAxtClxuOx2WEHsr2OEKJljG40Z-ZMSszjNHl41bUENeRr4cbpL4rRcRVST5eo5FEdAGs4OJBxqqvom6_AjGiSEso9QQbJCb6H30yy/s1600-h/100_1243a.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421549634630069922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFG-JmL-Ox0NWCzQw4QEZfAajXhRwvKRUpBDec5wAxtClxuOx2WEHsr2OEKJljG40Z-ZMSszjNHl41bUENeRr4cbpL4rRcRVST5eo5FEdAGs4OJBxqqvom6_AjGiSEso9QQbJCb6H30yy/s320/100_1243a.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzM_PgPc_Kfbb2lMsE-QRRc-7KHZyrZR7XTH_JOrES7e0LfCv6ErGIYhjzXRmJBD-t2LHPqN37svz_cU_I2IxSF9fI-xf9PvoX-URbPK_qWtaU-eKh4JhpA4P8gzsuRZTlENrZQDoC9Lc/s1600-h/100_1265.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421555707267696258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzM_PgPc_Kfbb2lMsE-QRRc-7KHZyrZR7XTH_JOrES7e0LfCv6ErGIYhjzXRmJBD-t2LHPqN37svz_cU_I2IxSF9fI-xf9PvoX-URbPK_qWtaU-eKh4JhpA4P8gzsuRZTlENrZQDoC9Lc/s320/100_1265.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4Fyb5ATyuhpDETT6SrzY3ki2I4xIm8qi1VqOavtigGbm1cFvwq5BKi2mptogBiVphjF_tZIy7cDM4n7yOq_FE0WoMGznJVfHtYFZpq7ZIt39zH9LnFKLZMroR-ScWRe3YT8S1Uk23dE_/s1600-h/100_1257.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421555676808814642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4Fyb5ATyuhpDETT6SrzY3ki2I4xIm8qi1VqOavtigGbm1cFvwq5BKi2mptogBiVphjF_tZIy7cDM4n7yOq_FE0WoMGznJVfHtYFZpq7ZIt39zH9LnFKLZMroR-ScWRe3YT8S1Uk23dE_/s320/100_1257.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESsCBRpyM_xe3FEycKHdCyfNSItsWj6M210skMXZnxj5fXJ3HgIIl4NEl0aAXzBYruyylkqd9hcWjOpFOZViW5NqrP4UgfBcJj7YDo-Jg6HClmV1vye7FFkUnqTQzuzdgaNg8S6E3bpvD/s1600-h/100_1266.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421555685940951330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESsCBRpyM_xe3FEycKHdCyfNSItsWj6M210skMXZnxj5fXJ3HgIIl4NEl0aAXzBYruyylkqd9hcWjOpFOZViW5NqrP4UgfBcJj7YDo-Jg6HClmV1vye7FFkUnqTQzuzdgaNg8S6E3bpvD/s320/100_1266.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGHZfFcYjkBzpkOJVRh1hPpsCNuFskimsUYLXtUg2peYstW5RHXpj1j8oSka3apfcGAFPL8ldxjbcmCZjWXwHa2V-27VQhAvDhxf0Y9ub2eRshRVt3KXg-ZBruGM2eT-F2hVycswk-I8t/s1600-h/100_1267.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421555689009476594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGHZfFcYjkBzpkOJVRh1hPpsCNuFskimsUYLXtUg2peYstW5RHXpj1j8oSka3apfcGAFPL8ldxjbcmCZjWXwHa2V-27VQhAvDhxf0Y9ub2eRshRVt3KXg-ZBruGM2eT-F2hVycswk-I8t/s320/100_1267.JPG" /></a>And here is a close up of the homemade gifts...</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuqvV2tEoymn9Sq1r2BfP6hY78XCsAveDc6_nUvDFDkeGoF441D8d7IRCzXJ1bBY56qIUwxaKs99LiverpWX3rj-J3_grrw0voMfcooqskLS40Mx3J8CIffMtKtnASMw3bwAxtq9QJii8/s1600-h/DSC03233.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421571083278311618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuqvV2tEoymn9Sq1r2BfP6hY78XCsAveDc6_nUvDFDkeGoF441D8d7IRCzXJ1bBY56qIUwxaKs99LiverpWX3rj-J3_grrw0voMfcooqskLS40Mx3J8CIffMtKtnASMw3bwAxtq9QJii8/s320/DSC03233.JPG" /></a></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzmBK6G-8QFvkuJWeA2l_OOOSWoAXb94-_ugjm3sCUFH2cHYTm4Td1NQv9D8dyeTT_NkSc4bWtJlfn1URmehR5r6XSWLvhFO3Ni_6AKJKDKabQbfMKCZcV3587zeAB0RJGowx-ID3_KNt/s1600-h/DSC03235.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421571088558596066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzmBK6G-8QFvkuJWeA2l_OOOSWoAXb94-_ugjm3sCUFH2cHYTm4Td1NQv9D8dyeTT_NkSc4bWtJlfn1URmehR5r6XSWLvhFO3Ni_6AKJKDKabQbfMKCZcV3587zeAB0RJGowx-ID3_KNt/s320/DSC03235.JPG" /></a><br /><embed height="267" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Futphotogirl1%2Falbumid%2F5421567356230020497%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCJqptsul4b77hAE%26hl%3Den_US"></embed>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-77891710563280288582009-11-17T21:07:00.003-07:002009-11-17T21:27:35.402-07:00Happy Halloween...2 wks lateI thought that before Thanksgiving arrived I'd get my pictures from Halloween posted. This year Halloween was on a Saturday so we had an actual party up at Greg and Leigh's house. They have the perfect house for holidays and decorating for those that know us well they know that Halloween is our favorite holiday. Maybe a bit morbid but I like it. We spent that morning putting up the final decorations and getting ready. Ok so our party wasn't really that exciting, just me, Greg, Leigh, her brother and his girlfriend, but it was fun for us. We dressed up, ate delicious food, and watched a good old 70's horror movie. A few catastrophes, one time as tricker treaters were approaching the door and Leigh was shutting off the lights so it would be spooky Greg was getting ready to put the dry ice in the punch. Without the lights he just dropped the whole chunk in and when the lights came back up we discovered it was way too much dry ice...punch was everywhere. Due to the emergency he pulled it out with his bare hands, which is none to pleasant. We also thought setting off a dry ice bomb would be a great idea (ok the boys thought that) and after the first failed attempt made quite the explosion. Heading back into the house we were joking about the cops coming by due to the noise, only to notice tail lights in front of the house a few minutes later. As Leigh went to the front door she announced that it really was the cops, only to realize a minute later that there were little heads peaking in through the front door and realizing that she'd forgotten about the strobe light in the graveyard out front that was flashing on the wall in the house. In her defense it really did look like a cop car must be parked out front. Well that pretty much sums up our adventures, silly as they were, but they were fun to us :) Here are some pictures from the night...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UV38Ks8S9miD57DHXCAChS1rdLY2_bip5mxworXMkRbA3Xk9BAi0eulN_gdlpvkFrlSQNP5_qf53K-YKnZ3pB57PBv1pGD36yzOTB1otBXhXIt45dItnNXXeCMjp_JIeFfFofyizfwxP/s1600/100_1212.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405294856103126082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UV38Ks8S9miD57DHXCAChS1rdLY2_bip5mxworXMkRbA3Xk9BAi0eulN_gdlpvkFrlSQNP5_qf53K-YKnZ3pB57PBv1pGD36yzOTB1otBXhXIt45dItnNXXeCMjp_JIeFfFofyizfwxP/s320/100_1212.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSdJcBB8SwXCpOiNqWtIVGw73RvOHHkKwE88-vvybMZfqj2smOojDc65PRywY2dxdXi-aF6z6f1KppVNiH1I3Eb9ogmnPQtuzBZchETfq5nvCALjzHSgqVUcP0GlOZ9OoZ4Yb-2lYOW5c/s1600/100_1215.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405294860677721730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSdJcBB8SwXCpOiNqWtIVGw73RvOHHkKwE88-vvybMZfqj2smOojDc65PRywY2dxdXi-aF6z6f1KppVNiH1I3Eb9ogmnPQtuzBZchETfq5nvCALjzHSgqVUcP0GlOZ9OoZ4Yb-2lYOW5c/s320/100_1215.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rrTsw0ACDK7BiGhz26Qeq5XIn4NIIIYRiNlmE4DFwHR1L75w3RhdHUrW0UyP56rN3Z2xZ7qRAquhDqGJyVxyaIgkXU6o_gdwvUXAk0piHJ9L7-PtXkpDFJpoqelONuehWrI-pNX7YolG/s1600/100_1222.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405294867183787586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rrTsw0ACDK7BiGhz26Qeq5XIn4NIIIYRiNlmE4DFwHR1L75w3RhdHUrW0UyP56rN3Z2xZ7qRAquhDqGJyVxyaIgkXU6o_gdwvUXAk0piHJ9L7-PtXkpDFJpoqelONuehWrI-pNX7YolG/s320/100_1222.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNvROhP5gJKaNTz5pG-7hGCXdxds6aKAIZS18KOIBOmRfcbb58xEvxq0oObIAbW8cJou_DcTckZQT7QPA1zsTDZlNa5SOrp_huGq00_aUfWwNRqdcNqgArZAI2v-ZuJQsZ4PlGmTmIdV7/s1600/100_1224a.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405294877641066738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNvROhP5gJKaNTz5pG-7hGCXdxds6aKAIZS18KOIBOmRfcbb58xEvxq0oObIAbW8cJou_DcTckZQT7QPA1zsTDZlNa5SOrp_huGq00_aUfWwNRqdcNqgArZAI2v-ZuJQsZ4PlGmTmIdV7/s320/100_1224a.jpg" /></a> <div> </div><div> </div>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-91372411260718211972009-11-07T16:47:00.015-07:002009-11-07T17:36:09.297-07:00My trip to the Grand Canyon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyzt2gM0u3QDadsJNQv752c7bj-TLadOMHU2MNbziaiaFP6KqwHE-tAZEezQA-THYQynGlWl64Y4n_RtND3IGwwIfqLL9vClJJoVx4b7VC6V1BTAYlftcRKyzMYhaIqCF7wgz9d25WwpQ/s1600-h/100_1173.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 90px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401523991442637042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyzt2gM0u3QDadsJNQv752c7bj-TLadOMHU2MNbziaiaFP6KqwHE-tAZEezQA-THYQynGlWl64Y4n_RtND3IGwwIfqLL9vClJJoVx4b7VC6V1BTAYlftcRKyzMYhaIqCF7wgz9d25WwpQ/s320/100_1173.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Ok, so I'd never been to the Grand Canyon even though it is fairly close, within a days drive, to where I live (and I've been living here for 19 years now which sounds crazy in itself). Anyway, my mom turned the big six o (60) this year and as usual wanted to head out on a trip to get away. She chose the Grand Canyon just because I haven't ever been there...isn't she sweet? :-) We drove down to Kanab and spent Friday night with her mother-in-law and then spent all day Saturday at the park. I couldn't have asked for a better autumn day. I know I've already posted these pictures on facebook but I wanted to include some here too. It was just beautiful...<br /><div><div><div><div><div></div><div></div><div><br />On the drive down:</div><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnyZ61W8yRP0rCFaERG5o2Rg3l8fDo-x4eCuqCnU_pIY6M1J5ai1WHospWyi9Bx7kQfRtfD4ldNiGsdwkm9hCOgBWbTqN4-I4fZ6rdnm0H3AbnZb-AQS90DEWwNDQwRwOlZq2zuvC6r7X/s1600-h/DSC02973.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401515410588172306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnyZ61W8yRP0rCFaERG5o2Rg3l8fDo-x4eCuqCnU_pIY6M1J5ai1WHospWyi9Bx7kQfRtfD4ldNiGsdwkm9hCOgBWbTqN4-I4fZ6rdnm0H3AbnZb-AQS90DEWwNDQwRwOlZq2zuvC6r7X/s320/DSC02973.JPG" /></a></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br />My first view:</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUk7LsPaGmWmmJ-ApMyCxzuDJ0KRF6M8IdrgljNFB7TQQYzoejCnCMQ1Dh8tqlZfJUsNOzuxUCHduE_EixUqdFBLwNpSKVk_VeHQYmjP7IYsP9qinudRIgu-BQI0dDG8OEt7A2raJ09hsJ/s1600-h/DSC02986.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401516238081497586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUk7LsPaGmWmmJ-ApMyCxzuDJ0KRF6M8IdrgljNFB7TQQYzoejCnCMQ1Dh8tqlZfJUsNOzuxUCHduE_EixUqdFBLwNpSKVk_VeHQYmjP7IYsP9qinudRIgu-BQI0dDG8OEt7A2raJ09hsJ/s320/DSC02986.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p>WOW:</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWmL-nUuP4IPtWUFcYJbip3DVxmSVggSQfblXfzql-_eAqrY3jHAzAyHUSgFLGdErHGW6s3nVyT6YeKbgdKXmRkMKrbpAkrOdMI9NlerRaoiIG5y2gtETNRtay84WF71B3vwd1GgxG3jv/s1600-h/DSC02992.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401516889713267410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWmL-nUuP4IPtWUFcYJbip3DVxmSVggSQfblXfzql-_eAqrY3jHAzAyHUSgFLGdErHGW6s3nVyT6YeKbgdKXmRkMKrbpAkrOdMI9NlerRaoiIG5y2gtETNRtay84WF71B3vwd1GgxG3jv/s320/DSC02992.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9eo-w_G-j6pzwfP7IFbCtdnDDTw9w29FlIsHtpcO4Lzcy8cno8Gu1nLZhXeDXS2tK2mn1M0SSB1FqvuhovNx86yeoWpdlo6zRfVmiJl4Raq1GYwvO5tyU00ybJCs1ZnSsQ82MPOHg8jT/s1600-h/DSC03020.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401517400149382130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9eo-w_G-j6pzwfP7IFbCtdnDDTw9w29FlIsHtpcO4Lzcy8cno8Gu1nLZhXeDXS2tK2mn1M0SSB1FqvuhovNx86yeoWpdlo6zRfVmiJl4Raq1GYwvO5tyU00ybJCs1ZnSsQ82MPOHg8jT/s320/DSC03020.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEw4-beaEcNU0Wi4gh2422UXMx0avWGL9x_TTE5xR08in7xEehJXjk4zMJoiuaQBMkxpDBNOGBQteOapmjhzgEx0ytWTAXAtuKDt2rCrhyphenhyphenoJkGaJ_e7hQ7qInWRWzs3nwpcqKnTGxXS8Q/s1600-h/DSC03027.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401518116497307794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEw4-beaEcNU0Wi4gh2422UXMx0avWGL9x_TTE5xR08in7xEehJXjk4zMJoiuaQBMkxpDBNOGBQteOapmjhzgEx0ytWTAXAtuKDt2rCrhyphenhyphenoJkGaJ_e7hQ7qInWRWzs3nwpcqKnTGxXS8Q/s320/DSC03027.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluRwFYpRs2QahnhJL7RLd7fd43683jjbmPsYG7EzyJnS-RUwVX3e6Bf8ycHWLnHT7B9anx0Jl0WyxUDfe16ZLf_h6sr-R1JMTOb1YMUljTUKtkF_VH3ECJECj4FyOQiu1xS6nV7FkZxlF/s1600-h/DSC03053.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401519017750669346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluRwFYpRs2QahnhJL7RLd7fd43683jjbmPsYG7EzyJnS-RUwVX3e6Bf8ycHWLnHT7B9anx0Jl0WyxUDfe16ZLf_h6sr-R1JMTOb1YMUljTUKtkF_VH3ECJECj4FyOQiu1xS6nV7FkZxlF/s320/DSC03053.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_RO39QQgxwbv7RtGDLwTkmu5lAADNkQ3Jegmjl4fMAwKjpq5uRyFlZfjD0PAmoIG2XKGL4HG0ESkJzdDzokzyiZR8JwTl_Syrzanae9SiDToxUzaGpI13AnfKvkufPHlEIyR7izKNspC/s1600-h/DSC03068.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401519717894245682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_RO39QQgxwbv7RtGDLwTkmu5lAADNkQ3Jegmjl4fMAwKjpq5uRyFlZfjD0PAmoIG2XKGL4HG0ESkJzdDzokzyiZR8JwTl_Syrzanae9SiDToxUzaGpI13AnfKvkufPHlEIyR7izKNspC/s320/DSC03068.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p>Autumn Beauty:</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3cZQQ8nGaMastcnd-5BkOONx5gv18Oh1ALDvSB2bmturMupU_3oFVx2tC9iEa1ouJ902K9TKVKyhhlgv7UBhvTLkaxvOB90Er1XW32IlrzO3Bbs7EQE_YRYUHDucrzd3nXJBFgSzN3U5/s1600-h/DSC03081.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401520729070688114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3cZQQ8nGaMastcnd-5BkOONx5gv18Oh1ALDvSB2bmturMupU_3oFVx2tC9iEa1ouJ902K9TKVKyhhlgv7UBhvTLkaxvOB90Er1XW32IlrzO3Bbs7EQE_YRYUHDucrzd3nXJBFgSzN3U5/s320/DSC03081.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9eo-w_G-j6pzwfP7IFbCtdnDDTw9w29FlIsHtpcO4Lzcy8cno8Gu1nLZhXeDXS2tK2mn1M0SSB1FqvuhovNx86yeoWpdlo6zRfVmiJl4Raq1GYwvO5tyU00ybJCs1ZnSsQ82MPOHg8jT/s1600-h/DSC03020.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHJjs2Fg5PvnOnIPc41VNKiEMHdLWVI1fYR82rQt8Cjag7wsioVEgJWi-CllMGNsOaZ4rAxDwrWsuueFes4moj5K1VdxxBKs7U0yDeyCZdUbfI3fbzb-zFUphYJvHrZ-2W8CcAlDNLd9o/s1600-h/DSC03098.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401521405484197538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHJjs2Fg5PvnOnIPc41VNKiEMHdLWVI1fYR82rQt8Cjag7wsioVEgJWi-CllMGNsOaZ4rAxDwrWsuueFes4moj5K1VdxxBKs7U0yDeyCZdUbfI3fbzb-zFUphYJvHrZ-2W8CcAlDNLd9o/s320/DSC03098.JPG" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-30056778806309792412009-10-27T20:27:00.024-06:002009-10-27T21:49:46.424-06:00Haunting time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM86cz4dlvdMANl-VrVZL-nr4TCHSXeHMeJZ3Hyv7zAzlUMftf3WeOii5j98sMQC8emOCyzn_fDH8YWVJ5ovjpgtHI-GF2u-6hwHtQ23ajptE2OK0LIaPNIN4GHWH5keZ3o1AeF8urNKce/s1600-h/100_1156.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397479314789073602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM86cz4dlvdMANl-VrVZL-nr4TCHSXeHMeJZ3Hyv7zAzlUMftf3WeOii5j98sMQC8emOCyzn_fDH8YWVJ5ovjpgtHI-GF2u-6hwHtQ23ajptE2OK0LIaPNIN4GHWH5keZ3o1AeF8urNKce/s320/100_1156.JPG" /></a> So what can you build with a little styrofoam, some dried moss, spray paint, and a bunch of glue? Well watch and see..
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<br />So with a little painting
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOu1QhcekeBQKWtX6iGMlD5enM4PlCnqk8Hr7uAfiyxCJ5L9q5FfveuImXa7F6kJvvdc9gBm2lnvxCN04yIWBfJt2i5TmeoWutdzsH6xYjD_7pyifl0Mkf4rFemLk_qCOW1tDsxYPOejXl/s1600-h/DSC03183.JPG"></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-51491749884980148622009-09-28T20:57:00.015-06:002009-09-28T21:45:34.037-06:00The Autumn Leaves...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKYO9II4GMLI515S2u9decycj80V9377qXUVJ_pKrowyDp-qQWJ_OILnBk9MQrsHN16RaMtOwt-W-4sG5QPBlrtgm8lufgcHYhfPe0biOSXACshmpNLPHYlU6otEZkiCUIVL2AFfkJRMJ/s1600-h/DSC02830.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386726497016299954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKYO9II4GMLI515S2u9decycj80V9377qXUVJ_pKrowyDp-qQWJ_OILnBk9MQrsHN16RaMtOwt-W-4sG5QPBlrtgm8lufgcHYhfPe0biOSXACshmpNLPHYlU6otEZkiCUIVL2AFfkJRMJ/s320/DSC02830.JPG" /></a> So with winter's first storm rapidly approaching our mountains here (now they're saying it won't even get into the 50's on Wednesday) it was the last chance to get out a view the foliage...at least in the higher altitudes. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than to stroll around the grounds at the Sundance ski resort? Well apparently a lot of people felt the same way as it was utter chaos in the parking lot, but it was still absolutely gorgeous!!! Despite all the people that is :-) Amazingly, with a little patience, I managed to avoid photographing any of them and managed some enjoyable pics...well at least to me they are enjoyable but hopefully you feel the same way. And if these pictures don't open big I don't know what to say...sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. When I published a minute ago only the one at the top of the page would open, although they were all input the same way. Who understands how the world of blogging actually works???<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386726062919479010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMWLVnMmYFySI88_e_cC3xnj-rrk6KFi00SiMDGbsBfw7mkWTYh2KcMRRB0Md2kf6TtQlqvJG_ocUnIDzS1Jaq-U91yDBolAPhOdfi9NQ62jYQEuOxUlwgmErqJCpDlUvqyHr137flBhU/s320/DSC02838.JPG" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386725260384411378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlO2R5txQNsNQ04s8f6OD431ojxP4iCAzMHQ39yBC0eh4afZ9qgzq_OFsihCeaVzD5vPCLI5k4ZEC3FGbapgfsm4wDsGqI06vbFLJ5CAS7x_e81TXWcPeFdYtRsXvCK4iYuFM_EnXVwdh/s320/DSC02845.JPG" /></div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374454427079503762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPJ3h9SANtzp_8pcgICUmyTUU7WePjAIBfFMA6HwdeklaL5gfNegvucyIRmBT8EpTjSpbD9bsdVnuQhyunQGa3UX_HMqTmZljjpDqyluLe0e5q3g45FNJ-JaMf_h9_Asu3YSh8w65k6Y4/s320/100_1131.JPG" /></a> So a week or so ago we participated in a family tradition that was new to us, but apparently has been around for over 100 years. On my mom's side of the family, the Dowdle's, it has been a tradition to go and pick huckleberries every year for generations. When my Great Uncle Bob mentioned that they were heading up to Idaho for some berry picking my mom told him we were interested in coming along. He was so excited to have others who were interested in coming along. While we were picking he told us how the tradition had been around for so long, which was news to us, and it was fun to be a part of it. It was a beautiful, if chilly day, and it was so nice to be outside. For those who don't know (because I had no idea) a huckleberry looks like a blue berry but is about a third the size. Needless to say it takes a lot of picking to get enough berries to do anything with (but it's worth it because they are tasty!). We were pretty proud of our berries....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCjncL52Q-25iqtJXPmlQNG1YRQp5VHrh419z0oLSb983rPIu1Ywmgqh8SAkwjs15QdxyPZRQzZHHWrsmAi8Q6c1ZBUXtINT0LKJJ36UYvDegV2vcDHDSIyfhJAQnXevIrnKSLaOXW_3m/s1600-h/100_1115.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374452393377652370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCjncL52Q-25iqtJXPmlQNG1YRQp5VHrh419z0oLSb983rPIu1Ywmgqh8SAkwjs15QdxyPZRQzZHHWrsmAi8Q6c1ZBUXtINT0LKJJ36UYvDegV2vcDHDSIyfhJAQnXevIrnKSLaOXW_3m/s320/100_1115.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVEBb1lwZVcuOpJStM3eDmTJpV0pTA94lU8ZR1pAKp6wq4wv06CP5xm8vPc08ODmVxHdjz_HA4CAAhyphenhyphenx3lF0_C8PYPxQT_r33VF4Tbk__l-imHCeLuoGMMpe6Kkn6ogYawbBzDcD38khv/s1600-h/100_1118.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401530801652276610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3kt1j-cU_Ps7TOW4lkC6OCUGckB-a2tQ9xS8i6tJbXxHIBhg-DYO-uc_-Zeh561jh028V6ILsbrdk92RhamOQ2PQnKBHPm5N8svScIyWFdvDJx86rVbkUJBA7RbxK5Ib2zlR12F4G3FJ/s320/100_1078a.jpg" /></a>m Jason's wedding was that my dad came into town. The question always is what to do with him wants he's here, I'm no good at entertaining people. Because of that I impose on Greg and Leigh and we go up and stay at their house, aren't you guys lucky? We thought we may be doomed again with bad weather (it poured the whole time he was here last fall) as Saturday was rather yucky, but finally the weather pulled through for us on Sunday. It called for a nice leisurly drive through Logan canyon and a stop for a burger and raspberry shake at Bear Lake....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlRzzOSHGEEphItzQyw9fsTdcYYDZod-d2B89duaVKfpziT_gMeM7pdXOyA9U6s4_kE1Br5I-D0ff36qRHlDK8YMOFjn23dfRI2qar0BVG778pskylCsGWTZ9P7T9019sMXITK-27f1QR/s1600-h/100_1075.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401530820411120978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlRzzOSHGEEphItzQyw9fsTdcYYDZod-d2B89duaVKfpziT_gMeM7pdXOyA9U6s4_kE1Br5I-D0ff36qRHlDK8YMOFjn23dfRI2qar0BVG778pskylCsGWTZ9P7T9019sMXITK-27f1QR/s320/100_1075.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Mac's cave<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxY_M3_0QKxcLyS4mLhfOZrH4v04XxtHeDCD1QBa9kb4sw1ViWVdfqtsUzNccLL2GZxvPInths_Acf5pMXc8HADPv2zEm_0m-YABjakmfggFWpXJNzFmYyxj_6Soz8EwYKz3IreFUGU7bl/s1600-h/100_1084.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401530816718634306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxY_M3_0QKxcLyS4mLhfOZrH4v04XxtHeDCD1QBa9kb4sw1ViWVdfqtsUzNccLL2GZxvPInths_Acf5pMXc8HADPv2zEm_0m-YABjakmfggFWpXJNzFmYyxj_6Soz8EwYKz3IreFUGU7bl/s320/100_1084.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nice glasses!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bear Lake...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxHm3cnNglcEVY8ot4jjMYoC1ESOsjofmVhxOuvaRb_1L0otb7ujYx28TxBsM2E7cAuyd_l7u16di8hq1zmScsPG0vILewTCYJOmDJuM_YnpgCD1TuHx769Bz72ySw2SX3gru74txktUJ/s1600-h/100_1082.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401530808052135826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxHm3cnNglcEVY8ot4jjMYoC1ESOsjofmVhxOuvaRb_1L0otb7ujYx28TxBsM2E7cAuyd_l7u16di8hq1zmScsPG0vILewTCYJOmDJuM_YnpgCD1TuHx769Bz72ySw2SX3gru74txktUJ/s320/100_1082.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBZE80RST1MK0jeh0LQqKS0buJRVhURxZR0WOjltHULTA1wDk3aDM-3J0i39A8JoBbAt6HVp4S_8x8oYoOiewcABi_sjxvQt6a8M8uRPNzB42iyuiHSy7B7uKIHs6FV0xnUoCUVDhGCVW/s1600-h/IMG_6011.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401530826323314130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBZE80RST1MK0jeh0LQqKS0buJRVhURxZR0WOjltHULTA1wDk3aDM-3J0i39A8JoBbAt6HVp4S_8x8oYoOiewcABi_sjxvQt6a8M8uRPNzB42iyuiHSy7B7uKIHs6FV0xnUoCUVDhGCVW/s320/IMG_6011.JPG" /></a></div>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-22074171893927828582009-08-17T18:19:00.003-06:002009-08-17T18:30:37.750-06:00Jason & Melissa's WeddingSo the past few weeks have been incredibly busy, and it's been hard to stay caught up on the blog side of things. Because of that I thought I'd just touch on the wedding briefly and do a slide show since I've had some real difficulties lately adding pictures etc. Due to some crazy circumstances they decided to get married one day and then have the reception the next. Being in the beginning of August, in Utah, one would think that they would be pretty safe on expecting good weather. Unfortunately it didn't quite pan out that way (according to Melissa there is some family curse when it comes to wedding day weather). Anyway, the day of the wedding dawned as a hot and blustery one...ok it was just blustery, sometimes the gusts were so strong they blew us over a few steps. Since there is so much construction going on in downtown SLC there was just dirt flying. Sounds horrible huh? Well it wasn't the most pleasant experience, but overall it was a great day and I think the pictures turned out great despite the chaos in the weather. Flash forward to the next day, the day of the reception. It dawns absolutely beautiful, looks like the cold front has blown in and we'll be safe for the night. Guess again, just as we start driving un to Salt Lake big black clouds start oozing in from the west and here comes that dastardly wind. Waiting for disaster to strick we walk into the back yard and helped move a few things around so that they wouldn't blow away and waited. By the time the reception started the wind had stopped and although the sky had it's black spots no rain fell. It turned out absolutely gorgeous! Only one vase of flowers turned suicidal in the wind and took a dive bomb off their pedestal. Here are just a few of the pictures:<br /><br /><embed height="267" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Futphotogirl1%2Falbumid%2F5371085008317157841%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCIS4pP-q8u76cw%26hl%3Den_US"></embed>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789637887452157254.post-37606715356972902372009-08-11T19:56:00.010-06:002009-08-11T20:13:09.901-06:00White Water, the final edition...So I finally got our official pictures from the rafting trip, notice all the screaming....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheStv0Ab7jRrC9uqGQAo3NW3Ad63199mlIPB5WJKHhoWZjGzYFZp3CXnS3aifNlo_rbLXIHyj_MMIoGgWtQGuqqHAqAhMo2cTtCAce5G4X9RVuqgJevhxlM9uwRyN7ypEK6TEv9MTCSpG8/s1600-h/CCI08082009_00000.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368890871801652338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheStv0Ab7jRrC9uqGQAo3NW3Ad63199mlIPB5WJKHhoWZjGzYFZp3CXnS3aifNlo_rbLXIHyj_MMIoGgWtQGuqqHAqAhMo2cTtCAce5G4X9RVuqgJevhxlM9uwRyN7ypEK6TEv9MTCSpG8/s320/CCI08082009_00000.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgML2OIzB8gfT97_NhWJqj_pxCF6T_a__N75Qn5vnaAKsOWCgjt_l26oDVBTdC66_leaFnrtFwJ5L-3IO5WtSl9duZohyVoj-qF49UnmXZJLT4b8LwHlGp1IbLF194M2YZ24NZ5VIEK6-4r/s1600-h/CCI08082009_00001.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368891295142444226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgML2OIzB8gfT97_NhWJqj_pxCF6T_a__N75Qn5vnaAKsOWCgjt_l26oDVBTdC66_leaFnrtFwJ5L-3IO5WtSl9duZohyVoj-qF49UnmXZJLT4b8LwHlGp1IbLF194M2YZ24NZ5VIEK6-4r/s320/CCI08082009_00001.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfyIJCyEWeaI7lBVstcDAjcCVDeUPBC-DKvkFjGkmRxfHPx29vQ0UjmrWL-_H6k25qagREAXKS5k9bXf8hHk8ZMWdZGCT5Q_t2pMUrU6R84PKKGUQ1DY2LKaR9qdn-r90Ju9fHjVZsAaU/s1600-h/CCI08082009_00002.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368891875099290226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfyIJCyEWeaI7lBVstcDAjcCVDeUPBC-DKvkFjGkmRxfHPx29vQ0UjmrWL-_H6k25qagREAXKS5k9bXf8hHk8ZMWdZGCT5Q_t2pMUrU6R84PKKGUQ1DY2LKaR9qdn-r90Ju9fHjVZsAaU/s320/CCI08082009_00002.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyq6FMwtOAzFqbkU1VfR4aACnxFIrA7ZLEM43GtxG2EPNH8wB14lQcA_vZPC8ysCcymcH4GDXZ8TlcbqsG6jhEMz6W7FbJiR19NAFPV43zdPjbL21wDf6RTjqGPPzIwkATq0g9NwXPXUwA/s1600-h/CCI08082009_00003.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368892357337424946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyq6FMwtOAzFqbkU1VfR4aACnxFIrA7ZLEM43GtxG2EPNH8wB14lQcA_vZPC8ysCcymcH4GDXZ8TlcbqsG6jhEMz6W7FbJiR19NAFPV43zdPjbL21wDf6RTjqGPPzIwkATq0g9NwXPXUwA/s320/CCI08082009_00003.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ71OnnY1icQ9OXO_eHyyHDSjD8mDzl3LQQDgMr0arlrN41XomasUmzRUMplDp8zblBpu90ZYVxk9mhzdH5ljq15AFDxUH1fbovY1c88ugYgDUPL0wkDTqYnV0q74tPN8nfuNrJ-1ZU82D/s1600-h/CCI08082009_00004.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368893591870296562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ71OnnY1icQ9OXO_eHyyHDSjD8mDzl3LQQDgMr0arlrN41XomasUmzRUMplDp8zblBpu90ZYVxk9mhzdH5ljq15AFDxUH1fbovY1c88ugYgDUPL0wkDTqYnV0q74tPN8nfuNrJ-1ZU82D/s320/CCI08082009_00004.jpg" /></a>Melissa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10583972946042026523noreply@blogger.com2