tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15148894851645037462024-03-12T17:32:27.889-07:00Patti's happeningsa place for my family letters, pictures, scrapbook layouts, and quilt pictures.PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-56954415944272225882011-01-01T09:39:00.000-08:002011-01-01T12:13:03.821-08:00p365 nov 15-21<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBkZGHqIK3hj4OYysBruGSkFVhVg406AntE-XsNkwiIe_yCFVNHBK0jUyA9ItfFD-XqsMUZMddbHaG07GY9gdWiPulP61an7Pk8MM_CvXP2_W5WDp20YfogJs5GOz2wmPRP7VllAzeCk/s1600/Nov+15.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBkZGHqIK3hj4OYysBruGSkFVhVg406AntE-XsNkwiIe_yCFVNHBK0jUyA9ItfFD-XqsMUZMddbHaG07GY9gdWiPulP61an7Pk8MM_CvXP2_W5WDp20YfogJs5GOz2wmPRP7VllAzeCk/s400/Nov+15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557291519472380962" border="0" /></a>Daniel & Sarah finish up their dinner theater play practice before Emily & I go in for Choir Practice.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacuOYVt3eVQXttL2XXtui-XeLMbLVNNZblptwxqGbvcIM9sF8jtSryw8C-P4WK1klEgNCIuaklI7rvElg9-UZkxYW-d1KY9S2bQk2LrzPbndA1mG_FLz6C0iHywVGEh-RqCUaZacvmLw/s1600/nov+16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacuOYVt3eVQXttL2XXtui-XeLMbLVNNZblptwxqGbvcIM9sF8jtSryw8C-P4WK1klEgNCIuaklI7rvElg9-UZkxYW-d1KY9S2bQk2LrzPbndA1mG_FLz6C0iHywVGEh-RqCUaZacvmLw/s400/nov+16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557291516175048914" border="0" /></a>When you get 6inches or more of snow in mid-Nov, it is hard to tell if winter is just teasing us, or here to stay. Judging from the cold we got with it, I would say fall is over, and winter is definitely here a month early.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieH29m2ljqQjO76HI336fMXpqYEPpwLVIZFoyBfSy46B8K1Z6TvY81h_gs-v8qYqG2DM4rCLqVGuXIzkZvyeeiQPSO-wNJKqoK3QxpZ5XMV6c-USo03yPwjOO_qi05B1hiUKi35feeQss/s1600/nov+17.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieH29m2ljqQjO76HI336fMXpqYEPpwLVIZFoyBfSy46B8K1Z6TvY81h_gs-v8qYqG2DM4rCLqVGuXIzkZvyeeiQPSO-wNJKqoK3QxpZ5XMV6c-USo03yPwjOO_qi05B1hiUKi35feeQss/s400/nov+17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557291510509044450" border="0" /></a>Its cold, but not frozen yet. Snow on the trees & lake (Camillia).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONdbX8YwfSF6QF_QhSwvV-Zdvy-78kgMchbzB1sDnjJAcQN7EyN3ZFioszlwytMsy_IlJ07f-mwSi3mnHbOdHY4X3X2tOzcRlbSxx8cdFNEjPlg7LQ7eUGhsZQ7UVlYYRqMmitepqw1I/s1600/nov+18.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONdbX8YwfSF6QF_QhSwvV-Zdvy-78kgMchbzB1sDnjJAcQN7EyN3ZFioszlwytMsy_IlJ07f-mwSi3mnHbOdHY4X3X2tOzcRlbSxx8cdFNEjPlg7LQ7eUGhsZQ7UVlYYRqMmitepqw1I/s400/nov+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557286068858628338" border="0" /></a>We went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter VII pt. 1. On a school night? Why? Because I like the whole experience. The excitement of seeing the movie first. We did dress up in costume for HP VI, but we were the only ones who did, so we didn't do it this time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilR-KU4dw-QtfYtZq9yvxyZvFX7Gb-lLrF5qsVmpbCdUrxaSr432c0wdxv5kV0cBrYyc2LZl-o0qwpeX9uevkds8gvq8bpPWEs3b82J-83R3eqc94YLbdOno6d-wrcIuvWb3tdpYeYHb8/s1600/nov+19.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilR-KU4dw-QtfYtZq9yvxyZvFX7Gb-lLrF5qsVmpbCdUrxaSr432c0wdxv5kV0cBrYyc2LZl-o0qwpeX9uevkds8gvq8bpPWEs3b82J-83R3eqc94YLbdOno6d-wrcIuvWb3tdpYeYHb8/s400/nov+19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557286067031798946" border="0" /></a>Richard, Sarah and I went to a Fireside celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Minneapolis Stake. My grandparents joined the church in the late 40s. Grandpa Danielson was Branch President when one of the Branch buildings was built. This picture is a history of building the building written by Arnold Knapp that was there, and a picture that I brought of Arnold Knapp, Elder Ezra Taft Benson-who dedicated the chapel, and my Grandfather, Carl 'Al' Danielson.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpubTAwYUjZwafOjrk_k8EjMA_uPz9dp-AQ0C2diFc-qec8qCU6s36Ds1VDosREhkdSek0hBBX6GH-LsAY5qnltEUyZWgulipeOTe3OgOApJ65HZ0NeMnovU-beqp2siQ4UgLOdbRR7c/s1600/nov+20.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpubTAwYUjZwafOjrk_k8EjMA_uPz9dp-AQ0C2diFc-qec8qCU6s36Ds1VDosREhkdSek0hBBX6GH-LsAY5qnltEUyZWgulipeOTe3OgOApJ65HZ0NeMnovU-beqp2siQ4UgLOdbRR7c/s400/nov+20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557286061096306018" border="0" /></a>We finally got the rotting jack-0-lanterns off the porch and out where the squirrels could have them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9sqnfrWvqOxgsvkFtgBqVnUJxlN5tRzya7HqiH7fYZzjO_LIPrRFE4ikG7w1YvyVI0Zwh7IKkfmKlSCq_Mo2rOwq-dbCXpmopHLsPixi8G6o1VH0oEKPwtGjHgXotxTj4LCWQ4RlStU/s1600/nov+21.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9sqnfrWvqOxgsvkFtgBqVnUJxlN5tRzya7HqiH7fYZzjO_LIPrRFE4ikG7w1YvyVI0Zwh7IKkfmKlSCq_Mo2rOwq-dbCXpmopHLsPixi8G6o1VH0oEKPwtGjHgXotxTj4LCWQ4RlStU/s400/nov+21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557286051316036498" border="0" /></a>Sarah relaxing on a Sunday after church.<br /><br />Have a good day!PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-52857324452095751682011-01-01T07:06:00.000-08:002011-01-01T08:44:26.378-08:00p365 Nov 8-14<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgll5DSMm0KmNMOjKLNobS62Fi3PvbWsod9C-D_ESiR23Z0NJHjxHzjm5Rpj5GRTCWXcgN1_KTrgnOP9j1fcR4l7ojOWEDEePoFH6AyzVBFeFJgFZDtdQTBJz3zxMYCQ74hoacfhWPJ3Rc/s1600/Nov+8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgll5DSMm0KmNMOjKLNobS62Fi3PvbWsod9C-D_ESiR23Z0NJHjxHzjm5Rpj5GRTCWXcgN1_KTrgnOP9j1fcR4l7ojOWEDEePoFH6AyzVBFeFJgFZDtdQTBJz3zxMYCQ74hoacfhWPJ3Rc/s400/Nov+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557247129848434434" border="0" /></a>This sunrise beauty is right outside my back door. The leaves are completely gone off the trees by now.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEids8yB_wK8q11P9l78_KSM1Qizq7yutn2mqToaTUkZF5IrM06yAx4uNUWw-ydyWTSIhVduBCeaqV3NO3KWtNUGICo4B3begMzWoZY1ieFpcgHpXYzD4s-iHEksbWpoEhPcxzjtRqFcoOE/s1600/nov+9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEids8yB_wK8q11P9l78_KSM1Qizq7yutn2mqToaTUkZF5IrM06yAx4uNUWw-ydyWTSIhVduBCeaqV3NO3KWtNUGICo4B3begMzWoZY1ieFpcgHpXYzD4s-iHEksbWpoEhPcxzjtRqFcoOE/s400/nov+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557247127145975538" border="0" /></a>Every year, the 3rd graders have to make robots for a class projects. (can I tell you that I groan whenever these home projects get sent home??) But this was Daniel's robot. It is a cleaning robot that runs on cookies and makes money. Now I need to figure out how to get one of those for real.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDV7Lv492Uwb38TEHq4nb5j2AhNcFhwI4XQLElws59NU0bdZJQ36SauphTWaiR0JyhS_WydfhhTGqIq1XnuswA0GJ7GURZmIM6g02Kz7KZd9V88kVPkbcOS3CAJhxndKS3_VjpmeGT33M/s1600/nov+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDV7Lv492Uwb38TEHq4nb5j2AhNcFhwI4XQLElws59NU0bdZJQ36SauphTWaiR0JyhS_WydfhhTGqIq1XnuswA0GJ7GURZmIM6g02Kz7KZd9V88kVPkbcOS3CAJhxndKS3_VjpmeGT33M/s400/nov+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557247123873658466" border="0" /></a>The cat loves to take naps on the computer desk. Especially if someone is doing work on it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6JThX2BYIrErtIckq02PBnpG6QpVO-6kf6nH70xuTECi9X4YGUC5f5EGQuL76gwpZ6khUeR9WiY-aVvowttJbUK3PMp2cFPgfeuJhfirh5yBvxs7WPKRyp-luFdZkPHxIW3snCFUya4/s1600/Nov+11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6JThX2BYIrErtIckq02PBnpG6QpVO-6kf6nH70xuTECi9X4YGUC5f5EGQuL76gwpZ6khUeR9WiY-aVvowttJbUK3PMp2cFPgfeuJhfirh5yBvxs7WPKRyp-luFdZkPHxIW3snCFUya4/s400/Nov+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557245493756512258" border="0" /></a>Daniel's Bear Troop visited the Police Station. They were most excited to get their fingerprints taken.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ0UZ7S52x6KX_9eL7PFuLjXv28ecb5RlP04C7KFpPcGbsJdrfi6gJeNeEyEYMfNa5xe64Ig2VIjwc1FGOzEs3zkQPg3rFByWbUWtOgIqJ5qT40s74pSwjVgmBPTFdfK7cRn3Yns_o84/s1600/nov+12.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ0UZ7S52x6KX_9eL7PFuLjXv28ecb5RlP04C7KFpPcGbsJdrfi6gJeNeEyEYMfNa5xe64Ig2VIjwc1FGOzEs3zkQPg3rFByWbUWtOgIqJ5qT40s74pSwjVgmBPTFdfK7cRn3Yns_o84/s400/nov+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557245492635036114" border="0" /></a>Sarah, Daniel, Emily and I went to see Clear Lake Theatre's production of 'Phantom of the Soap Opera.' I was doing dinner theatre, so I couldn't be in this one, but it was very cute and fun to watch.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdPbIUIg58ODSd-k-UPNGwYFI3HKffTomz8-KQlRWBUA-YddiqfGeXOp4U-BAJsycKL4v1fW166FwfYJCMecMvWIFjkWCIsBJlUTdUqJwyMxuEE9L6JnwoaRDhfe1TvDRhv5ruMMESNQ/s1600/nov+13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdPbIUIg58ODSd-k-UPNGwYFI3HKffTomz8-KQlRWBUA-YddiqfGeXOp4U-BAJsycKL4v1fW166FwfYJCMecMvWIFjkWCIsBJlUTdUqJwyMxuEE9L6JnwoaRDhfe1TvDRhv5ruMMESNQ/s400/nov+13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557245488346188130" border="0" /></a>We got a good snowfall on Nov 13. Enough heavy, wet snow to build a snowman. We didn't get any of that kind of snow all winter last year. Usually, when it is cold, it is just light fluffy stuff that won't pack. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA2Z2-CYzNeaBg98bVk4AEzEXuRzwH-mGDVnmM7Gzg6BYPvkOKvgDBy9OnWseAsFTnM7mAsVwUPw96ixxPP45pPvQ9VjtHATy6Wqs3fCBHs1jLnpo8GOypBok5j8yWqOiK36rnfKkW0I/s1600/nov+14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA2Z2-CYzNeaBg98bVk4AEzEXuRzwH-mGDVnmM7Gzg6BYPvkOKvgDBy9OnWseAsFTnM7mAsVwUPw96ixxPP45pPvQ9VjtHATy6Wqs3fCBHs1jLnpo8GOypBok5j8yWqOiK36rnfKkW0I/s400/nov+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557245482816157906" border="0" /></a>Our beautiful, snow-covered tree. Winter is here (mid-November) ready or not.<br /><br />later!PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-41913877584727494302010-12-26T18:07:00.000-08:002010-12-26T20:01:11.149-08:00p365 Nov 1-7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-HAIG3ErqZSTed_qQ0mXcNKUCPKoLDmR9dmMYEH9NRY2PmiokDsBBvZdmSrO8RP3YH6Z72l5H0xLaqCo9XmzJt2ppyiYFnVWqzLCj1O4pbSDyAuIQwL-xWuRBzE1Vf0Am37et-ICj7Q/s1600/Nov+1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-HAIG3ErqZSTed_qQ0mXcNKUCPKoLDmR9dmMYEH9NRY2PmiokDsBBvZdmSrO8RP3YH6Z72l5H0xLaqCo9XmzJt2ppyiYFnVWqzLCj1O4pbSDyAuIQwL-xWuRBzE1Vf0Am37et-ICj7Q/s400/Nov+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555181838409097282" border="0" /></a>Fall colors in the morning. This time along Lake Magnor.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2V636UNPiFRE6G7Hz9tK64NtZfHUCi5G_4Jb-2e64QrdA7WpC1obmT7XRrn2gvN3iTFrpMiTG4mBo6_G3gBm_ntQ0LLO9QWTkbdd3TnLm7KH7M-fWzIHNBE8bvAYdXHLDt1mKbT6Rhg/s1600/Nov+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2V636UNPiFRE6G7Hz9tK64NtZfHUCi5G_4Jb-2e64QrdA7WpC1obmT7XRrn2gvN3iTFrpMiTG4mBo6_G3gBm_ntQ0LLO9QWTkbdd3TnLm7KH7M-fWzIHNBE8bvAYdXHLDt1mKbT6Rhg/s400/Nov+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555181835924738098" border="0" /></a>Another Cornfield picture. I like the cornfields I guess.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vNY8eRNUsPNuG6rJvB_FbYz0K3nuZKfsD7wvIZ-UMpLPb7r6T7aE3gT398QUyEIWEvweBxcV1I74vOCkBXevsoYxc3RwwCI9MkLi_V1wJ8GwgjSd7O6c319o-eeatOJET6d8P-LzZV8/s1600/Nov+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vNY8eRNUsPNuG6rJvB_FbYz0K3nuZKfsD7wvIZ-UMpLPb7r6T7aE3gT398QUyEIWEvweBxcV1I74vOCkBXevsoYxc3RwwCI9MkLi_V1wJ8GwgjSd7O6c319o-eeatOJET6d8P-LzZV8/s400/Nov+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555181829693964194" border="0" /></a>November is Catalog time. This just what came in about 3 days. Love shopping by mail and the Internet!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZ1EBXxf1ne8G968Gza5ZC6lQN_3mfNbcAtq4l8JekDPNw8Uj1cd4FoFvT3xiNzBelpgxOqfhtUpzCspm_IADDtcXczA5O20F4RqmS5xns31bEMSQHnAxEJCxjfydbq8lUtrmXM2eNMc/s1600/Nov+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZ1EBXxf1ne8G968Gza5ZC6lQN_3mfNbcAtq4l8JekDPNw8Uj1cd4FoFvT3xiNzBelpgxOqfhtUpzCspm_IADDtcXczA5O20F4RqmS5xns31bEMSQHnAxEJCxjfydbq8lUtrmXM2eNMc/s400/Nov+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555179086453104274" border="0" /></a>The Missionaries came for dinner and a short lesson. It was nice to feel their spirit in our home.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOjGGhklw-1FZ8Csx5PWqKkIsKRAt23-mibUllPIALLq9XOrvGgKrIbYARVRQAe_G5GeLyyCUQ_hYc8mvsRZ4HZnxHS0ft6MO7o3U0OcqBGW0cmE8mJrmhgu_LdvGyixAh3QwDtS1U-0/s1600/Nov+5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOjGGhklw-1FZ8Csx5PWqKkIsKRAt23-mibUllPIALLq9XOrvGgKrIbYARVRQAe_G5GeLyyCUQ_hYc8mvsRZ4HZnxHS0ft6MO7o3U0OcqBGW0cmE8mJrmhgu_LdvGyixAh3QwDtS1U-0/s400/Nov+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555179079010389394" border="0" /></a>not a very good picture, but these are monster feet meatloaves. Yummy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0W5k28NZbXM2Cmwc73tqegrETHoeaqCDkKqdbQVsaeIKauAFhwt6WoDLb0tfLlHjPMAc-_8YEVkFEyQBYnc5KN5ufOkUqSvrpvcnIGQ8AzIwPNbXm4f099g6F0bqWpazbFg8gGIX_Pk/s1600/Nov+6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0W5k28NZbXM2Cmwc73tqegrETHoeaqCDkKqdbQVsaeIKauAFhwt6WoDLb0tfLlHjPMAc-_8YEVkFEyQBYnc5KN5ufOkUqSvrpvcnIGQ8AzIwPNbXm4f099g6F0bqWpazbFg8gGIX_Pk/s400/Nov+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555179073560633346" border="0" /></a>Nov 6 was National Digital Scrapbooking day. I spent the day on my computer and got a number of layouts done.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwYule45TNbEnDIurR6iHnMhi_Jv_ZmOweXKMlcDAhpIOtssWpitjdHcFMSO7INC-tz0MSTAoRfJITxdl99T4uc6R4UvOuN1FgjkToAxKtwCs73lYIEu-nBrlQNSoG95hW5CEdqHkShg/s1600/Nov+7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwYule45TNbEnDIurR6iHnMhi_Jv_ZmOweXKMlcDAhpIOtssWpitjdHcFMSO7INC-tz0MSTAoRfJITxdl99T4uc6R4UvOuN1FgjkToAxKtwCs73lYIEu-nBrlQNSoG95hW5CEdqHkShg/s400/Nov+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555179069893516258" border="0" /></a>Nov 7, John was ordained an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood. Richard and I went to his ward to see him ordained. This is us taking pictures of each other after wards.<br /><br />It was a good week.<br /><br />Bye!PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-28621990633450169362010-12-25T18:54:00.000-08:002010-12-26T18:07:18.391-08:00P365 Oct 25-31<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYdIV1vTUuMqdR86FVbl3NH2x9o_w9e-AltjiM1MFPm65EC8CWKjPWSZiHx2pg8Ug42u36pN37ZfBbZJ6DvPznWw3Jb5f0UzZgEzNPc88w7VdkKyj8RzXJ2-B80pXskDZq4i1YqtrwW0/s1600/Oct+25.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYdIV1vTUuMqdR86FVbl3NH2x9o_w9e-AltjiM1MFPm65EC8CWKjPWSZiHx2pg8Ug42u36pN37ZfBbZJ6DvPznWw3Jb5f0UzZgEzNPc88w7VdkKyj8RzXJ2-B80pXskDZq4i1YqtrwW0/s400/Oct+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554825329331519474" border="0" /></a>Monday was the Senior High Fall Concert. . As part of that, they have a student art show of sorts where the kids in the choir do a piece about America or one of the songs they are singing. In this concert, they sang an arrangement of 'Jabberwocky'. These are Michael's drawings from the poem: The Furious Bandersnack and the Jub Jub Bird.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUF5S_XGiFlaYvScM6HjwrgNsgLd2hbjF0k15zgkyiQtpAT7N2n0cT2X3TIa0nPCvlc7B2DWPRPsrAYib3blcwrx0-A-UPyScVGz8hozMTO7Rw6dQo6W1j3J-FoKmOsC_boLPd7BDYAUc/s1600/October+26.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUF5S_XGiFlaYvScM6HjwrgNsgLd2hbjF0k15zgkyiQtpAT7N2n0cT2X3TIa0nPCvlc7B2DWPRPsrAYib3blcwrx0-A-UPyScVGz8hozMTO7Rw6dQo6W1j3J-FoKmOsC_boLPd7BDYAUc/s400/October+26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554825324184796706" border="0" /></a>It rained and rained and rained for several days. These are our pre-carved pumpkins after sitting out for a few days. Nice and shiny.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-KEccbudXAOnjqn4NXGfRo9TItmZtfHBG0EJiTO0MdO1d3OOwFWkAs25anRObSQ4ASV3ZPqWLruFirpOZbgn24YuBdb-Owfu8B7NFNPxnq_dN_uu5X0b3ZZn-4okWxlU2znnXSAIL0E/s1600/October+27.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-KEccbudXAOnjqn4NXGfRo9TItmZtfHBG0EJiTO0MdO1d3OOwFWkAs25anRObSQ4ASV3ZPqWLruFirpOZbgn24YuBdb-Owfu8B7NFNPxnq_dN_uu5X0b3ZZn-4okWxlU2znnXSAIL0E/s400/October+27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554825314681566066" border="0" /></a>So, after raining and raining, it decided to snow. Not much, but definitely the first snow of the year.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiU7g5ued2TyvVJPolLMh1JFLOsthO8KB3-0U8G9KhnqJi5lK25uhPVkTTM7dVrAFE1XvTLXyqVIbRnMF-2RU5WQ0BnstjWuCN15ICJTvvlftGZvYjYlFuH0Z2ge-bhBI0sN327tMJfNE/s1600/Oct+28.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiU7g5ued2TyvVJPolLMh1JFLOsthO8KB3-0U8G9KhnqJi5lK25uhPVkTTM7dVrAFE1XvTLXyqVIbRnMF-2RU5WQ0BnstjWuCN15ICJTvvlftGZvYjYlFuH0Z2ge-bhBI0sN327tMJfNE/s400/Oct+28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554823434532551570" border="0" /></a>Getting near Halloween. Time for some fun food. These were the mummy dogs we had for dinner.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Vm1_eE8Ps-vm0xmOwN7OwHzrCP1PERn6xSLSEuudK3oC47Thfn9JwSaI-4DRqbp-4gw_HdWzSYOaYQC73IpyADS2PDYvMxLS0z6RWpo6_yYlNAOUEKBTJbMDESxqRsvu1Ll_2wVczfE/s1600/Oct+29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Vm1_eE8Ps-vm0xmOwN7OwHzrCP1PERn6xSLSEuudK3oC47Thfn9JwSaI-4DRqbp-4gw_HdWzSYOaYQC73IpyADS2PDYvMxLS0z6RWpo6_yYlNAOUEKBTJbMDESxqRsvu1Ll_2wVczfE/s400/Oct+29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554823430786113218" border="0" /></a>The Friday before Halloween I got to dress up for work. Mohawk, tatts, and blue hair and black makeup. It was quite the look.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiOKM_Wb6FDc0Fb-bpDU13HDq04C3JYS2iF_hL_Ji0a2uRvMpZ09o1-h0uSHC7oqosmvmY94fjw4P6APsoUIT7YLuGJNtwL8ril5T3KsL7-KowGEHnancKRdiLOEyasaomFmmbbqIPyg/s1600/Oct+30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiOKM_Wb6FDc0Fb-bpDU13HDq04C3JYS2iF_hL_Ji0a2uRvMpZ09o1-h0uSHC7oqosmvmY94fjw4P6APsoUIT7YLuGJNtwL8ril5T3KsL7-KowGEHnancKRdiLOEyasaomFmmbbqIPyg/s400/Oct+30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554823421411741634" border="0" /></a>Saturday we carved our pumpkins. Shown are Daniel's, Michael's and Sarah's. Mine was a cool C3PO, but for some reason, I don't have a picture of that. We stayed up way too late getting them done. And for what? We didn't go out on Halloween, because it was on Sunday, and no one ever comes to our house because we are way out of town.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdIQMR6FCjr46Ouw4VMn45nI_BZxAFnApRT4NtH6SGKKDY5kXe-o_VVkVLYsUocTRM1e7PNK_vv7iVW957uzy0Zl1_6d1oRa6ENXfEqeRogjuxcUu7Ev44GSA2abqs9AzwQ3wrDD1JQU/s1600/Oct+31.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdIQMR6FCjr46Ouw4VMn45nI_BZxAFnApRT4NtH6SGKKDY5kXe-o_VVkVLYsUocTRM1e7PNK_vv7iVW957uzy0Zl1_6d1oRa6ENXfEqeRogjuxcUu7Ev44GSA2abqs9AzwQ3wrDD1JQU/s400/Oct+31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554823417147384050" border="0" /></a>Despite the snow earlier in the week, Halloween weekend had very mild, pretty weather.<br /><br />ttyl!PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-36800676484826263292010-12-25T17:03:00.000-08:002010-12-25T18:53:25.418-08:00p365 Oct 18-24<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8RdWZLE9OnTpLWg_oQQleU_my8191nFCII9e8-jR6wywzYmwEaHr852uYcY3bkai_uWVhRKp3QQGPKndYFG9kuB-zgNKV76T46G717UtBBo_H0W6fywOF5pYLlbfE0_FTfC0suU7cxw/s1600/Oct+18.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8RdWZLE9OnTpLWg_oQQleU_my8191nFCII9e8-jR6wywzYmwEaHr852uYcY3bkai_uWVhRKp3QQGPKndYFG9kuB-zgNKV76T46G717UtBBo_H0W6fywOF5pYLlbfE0_FTfC0suU7cxw/s400/Oct+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554797954252353426" border="0" /></a>For Home Evening this week, we watched a video by President Uchtdorf on Patience.<br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/654QGjYHlJY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/654QGjYHlJY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7LKdW5dPPDd_hjocyf38JplbBnNjLILHFphy0tQw6ipDcDzIVBR2fy3Lb_xGBYg_QcWcGofuegeZPqj4NIMN28Yjd7R6lZdbbngosCbQhDrAHNPjX5j4Qaj8KE5g06J4VG0eC8422eQ/s1600/Oct+19.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7LKdW5dPPDd_hjocyf38JplbBnNjLILHFphy0tQw6ipDcDzIVBR2fy3Lb_xGBYg_QcWcGofuegeZPqj4NIMN28Yjd7R6lZdbbngosCbQhDrAHNPjX5j4Qaj8KE5g06J4VG0eC8422eQ/s400/Oct+19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554797952155872434" border="0" /></a>Sunsets over a lake can be really gorgeous. I think this one is over Lake Wapogassett.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJIcemN8XVv5PA1pLjMYN3PBvur2AKSWpjPRG7wHw2t-ObuCJwz_jXgBfRMG-uXzzzN0k-2TypCNTgVwIPe4333t53MAfGLAGJlLfgFZMdAIdKp4ts3o7hPa6ltGqb3L7K2NvCD_hVfg/s1600/Oct+20.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJIcemN8XVv5PA1pLjMYN3PBvur2AKSWpjPRG7wHw2t-ObuCJwz_jXgBfRMG-uXzzzN0k-2TypCNTgVwIPe4333t53MAfGLAGJlLfgFZMdAIdKp4ts3o7hPa6ltGqb3L7K2NvCD_hVfg/s400/Oct+20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554797944731065074" border="0" /></a>these two pictures are the same--the birds are added to both of them, but I photoshopped one of them--can you guess which one? :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnGz_by_WazDCYfxg4hHk0ICFpIXEjD7sh24vCrJhGI5UC0MGnQOuOCGLMZt3D-okTR57x11B3kilg2mQbblvWuV1Ajw6Hsezr90gp3rrAUh6FEk6lEj_JunOJpR94bWxqr8uxNryPBo/s1600/Oct+20a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnGz_by_WazDCYfxg4hHk0ICFpIXEjD7sh24vCrJhGI5UC0MGnQOuOCGLMZt3D-okTR57x11B3kilg2mQbblvWuV1Ajw6Hsezr90gp3rrAUh6FEk6lEj_JunOJpR94bWxqr8uxNryPBo/s400/Oct+20a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554797939759856882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaZWegs7sxK20XxscI6AbQGOUWGZCvkzD_fyS7aT6Xvpaxcn35DBvjQFLAt6rfNP6qLC5BMI2bdhMSWDXhFw0B63c8GL1VpDDhhu2la5sdgBb0XNIFX9ELXK42k4iXgQ1rD09kZ8XSks/s1600/Oct+21.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaZWegs7sxK20XxscI6AbQGOUWGZCvkzD_fyS7aT6Xvpaxcn35DBvjQFLAt6rfNP6qLC5BMI2bdhMSWDXhFw0B63c8GL1VpDDhhu2la5sdgBb0XNIFX9ELXK42k4iXgQ1rD09kZ8XSks/s400/Oct+21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554794725605046850" border="0" /></a>We had Pack Meeting in the park. We had these cool 'firepits' made out of hollow logs. By the time the logs themselves caught fire and split in half, the insides were perfect marshmallow melting coals.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3S4m_2rfAEQQ7KUUxfnJZAMYZJBjNEnmO_MRKHjbQ3Huh4Nk-4k-mu4mmktfuoq6OLpbS6KrhSqRS8kh0fG54-5znWDLF3hYiMsy-SK7vEtMjYwcc5_zabi4rgOuTp40GOC-QMVeRlw/s1600/Oct+22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3S4m_2rfAEQQ7KUUxfnJZAMYZJBjNEnmO_MRKHjbQ3Huh4Nk-4k-mu4mmktfuoq6OLpbS6KrhSqRS8kh0fG54-5znWDLF3hYiMsy-SK7vEtMjYwcc5_zabi4rgOuTp40GOC-QMVeRlw/s400/Oct+22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554794715119914706" border="0" /></a>We had had our first good frosts and killed my garden down, so it was finally time to get the bulbs that I got for my birthday planted. Got to do that for spring!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KBAR2O2IBcRjV0tJ2ZhExyx1dQGuFsW1U73fBW17VIkxnT8pgshb655Q6bKnUXI4hP_2_iZ2lAbs8I3qvXY5CxlJbGWc7OG8dizTva_XnOjyjdOlmdZWdKoZ7l-7Ny4VCioFxuH2Xlo/s1600/Oct+23.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KBAR2O2IBcRjV0tJ2ZhExyx1dQGuFsW1U73fBW17VIkxnT8pgshb655Q6bKnUXI4hP_2_iZ2lAbs8I3qvXY5CxlJbGWc7OG8dizTva_XnOjyjdOlmdZWdKoZ7l-7Ny4VCioFxuH2Xlo/s400/Oct+23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554794707095436418" border="0" /></a>This is me writing my paper....ok., the mess I leave while doing it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRGWe_g5z3Ca40JCIlYapxaIO0vlbly87-hokQXxcyZG8rAhaBEGXzQrJCa9uF5G1Xjaq2FKwCYP9c73slPqETP33RHF9FJhS_RqP99-BvxSp354D3gw2XWlquyDy0uN4jMrPK3MyYfg/s1600/Oct+24.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRGWe_g5z3Ca40JCIlYapxaIO0vlbly87-hokQXxcyZG8rAhaBEGXzQrJCa9uF5G1Xjaq2FKwCYP9c73slPqETP33RHF9FJhS_RqP99-BvxSp354D3gw2XWlquyDy0uN4jMrPK3MyYfg/s400/Oct+24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554794706495071394" border="0" /></a>We had extra pumpkins sitting around the house, so Sarah decided she wanted to make pie. So we cut it up and cooked it in the microwave, and then Sarah turned it into pie. She is turning into quite the little baker.<br /><br />see y'all laterPattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-54631422843262755102010-12-25T16:16:00.001-08:002010-12-25T17:00:38.270-08:00P365 Oct 11-17<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifC4AqMeSl16QVyL91ZjYDhcLFcHXJqStHKN54wy_l0uS8TWtLG0mgtT5YmR45E9Ao5aUYMDD8-3ddqxqNyE57SJgyf216uRsJq6Z_wVkjNvTsBXkMnRtxMAT7Df2NhGo21BByGYuwu84/s1600/Oct+12.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifC4AqMeSl16QVyL91ZjYDhcLFcHXJqStHKN54wy_l0uS8TWtLG0mgtT5YmR45E9Ao5aUYMDD8-3ddqxqNyE57SJgyf216uRsJq6Z_wVkjNvTsBXkMnRtxMAT7Df2NhGo21BByGYuwu84/s400/Oct+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554786698568472002" border="0" /></a>These little guys moved into the field across the street from our house. I believe they are destined for the freezer, but they are cute!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhhWs7DZWMlJkwJAniuubFScZOgRxvryB2w8QMHqcm7bAEkiyzspLZ0z8OBJp1q93jpmIqHmQIipxc2mynuM_jyU3GrOUPyHL5IQSyXKOjUrOBY1tPXGlj9u6IIXLNFpHff2ZCJyBc8/s1600/Oct+13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhhWs7DZWMlJkwJAniuubFScZOgRxvryB2w8QMHqcm7bAEkiyzspLZ0z8OBJp1q93jpmIqHmQIipxc2mynuM_jyU3GrOUPyHL5IQSyXKOjUrOBY1tPXGlj9u6IIXLNFpHff2ZCJyBc8/s400/Oct+13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554786693308472674" border="0" /></a>Fall colors in the late afternoon sun are just so beautiful!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeflU-mbsog-1csOAexhMn7yT729YwitD7AwEyllqtdXjp7m38WB_OK8qCqC6HiB4ZIi-LxVun9G35fGyG92khyphenhyphenMUWGpTVOhua_cPCYBv_uDlbixzxEUuqC90TZJzD8stJgZGrp60Zrj8/s1600/Oct+14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeflU-mbsog-1csOAexhMn7yT729YwitD7AwEyllqtdXjp7m38WB_OK8qCqC6HiB4ZIi-LxVun9G35fGyG92khyphenhyphenMUWGpTVOhua_cPCYBv_uDlbixzxEUuqC90TZJzD8stJgZGrp60Zrj8/s400/Oct+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554786690334451186" border="0" /></a>Richard took the week off to work on getting the wood pile finished. Here is Daniel 'driving' the tractor while he helps.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthrcKc0yofgdI_6ZfmJfCO6QkqC2CtecKIlBMv_bfEDNicU28q6wlYMC3XXyb7epkaMOef0TzwmKDNo9PeAXsmYKgFK9lkaaLF2JQLY4OrqUO5TKohA2uKleGPm0i6X_NtYIbN8BeYiI/s1600/Oct+14a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthrcKc0yofgdI_6ZfmJfCO6QkqC2CtecKIlBMv_bfEDNicU28q6wlYMC3XXyb7epkaMOef0TzwmKDNo9PeAXsmYKgFK9lkaaLF2JQLY4OrqUO5TKohA2uKleGPm0i6X_NtYIbN8BeYiI/s400/Oct+14a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554779788553871826" border="0" /></a>Here is Michael really driving a load of wood to the pile. They take the log splitter out to the woods, chop and split the wood out there, load it into the bucket and take it to the pile.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IpuuzJTXtechzWFT1IyfkaTuFR_G3Ye_HQwFxasyyix-AcW8Zx54eKOM9YF5UQigXaETzTWeBvOP427tzOYwaTe3xA2FuyXX5UFmSOcZrdfaQezvIne3uZqtNFH8SccMTxDcv8oYveo/s1600/Oct+15.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IpuuzJTXtechzWFT1IyfkaTuFR_G3Ye_HQwFxasyyix-AcW8Zx54eKOM9YF5UQigXaETzTWeBvOP427tzOYwaTe3xA2FuyXX5UFmSOcZrdfaQezvIne3uZqtNFH8SccMTxDcv8oYveo/s400/Oct+15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554779783235980290" border="0" /></a>In Cub Scouts the boys were doing pushups and sit ups, etc. to work on their Bear badge. This is Daniel's unique take on push-ups.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd299rzFpZ74W5H1Vhq1sy-1m4znrvU7ogsZBjlJbJwDeI2WGAqa5MgUNH8i8LdA1ThmCSL0_EZMbkPE7XvwxyIAmppg1BTs3CAA8v-JQl-vJJePiQA6JB7LqN9oo4_TzQAGzdyMZ4-sg/s1600/Oct+16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd299rzFpZ74W5H1Vhq1sy-1m4znrvU7ogsZBjlJbJwDeI2WGAqa5MgUNH8i8LdA1ThmCSL0_EZMbkPE7XvwxyIAmppg1BTs3CAA8v-JQl-vJJePiQA6JB7LqN9oo4_TzQAGzdyMZ4-sg/s400/Oct+16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554779781800035250" border="0" /></a>My friend Meleda had a Witch's 'Tea' Party for her women friends and family. (This is another friend, Jennifer, in the picture). We were told to come in costume, and it was a very formal tea. It was a lot of fun!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIYcmxlQVEqjE4KYQrZylUPCM-BaKgEshXZqshyphenhypheno4RPf_OUTTq5qepRMOwW6Ex5V9Wk7_0Ey7h3kKXkakED_7puF3DHGnY3dubuQ_MAr-3897IaTT4iGOyOK20s3wOAtTWq-i-6c6oVM/s1600/Oct+17.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIYcmxlQVEqjE4KYQrZylUPCM-BaKgEshXZqshyphenhypheno4RPf_OUTTq5qepRMOwW6Ex5V9Wk7_0Ey7h3kKXkakED_7puF3DHGnY3dubuQ_MAr-3897IaTT4iGOyOK20s3wOAtTWq-i-6c6oVM/s400/Oct+17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554779773451098546" border="0" /></a>This is my sleepy kitty asleep in my room. Being that I'm posting this quite a bit after the picture was taken kind of makes me sad, because soon after this picture was taken (a day or two later), she went on walkabout and never returned. :-(<br /><br />'till next time!PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-44725948706370708552010-11-24T18:53:00.000-08:002010-11-24T19:28:49.813-08:00p365 Oct 4-Oct 10And now the continuing STOOOORY of life in the big cabin in the little woods... October 4-Oct 10.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn60KWiDc4CCVjwU2DqSK2P2LuOfmqPHxnDoFSYXDMNU1oXBUSPirsGVwKTCkMmSjQiZ3JInu9ghnTYmbxECoUEZip7ULG0cZLVJdi_AsSEpMoqTbOOhJc-l3p5TS-jDZrNN6N38u47Xo/s1600/Oct+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn60KWiDc4CCVjwU2DqSK2P2LuOfmqPHxnDoFSYXDMNU1oXBUSPirsGVwKTCkMmSjQiZ3JInu9ghnTYmbxECoUEZip7ULG0cZLVJdi_AsSEpMoqTbOOhJc-l3p5TS-jDZrNN6N38u47Xo/s400/Oct+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543319423231940354" border="0" /></a>Part of having a wood stove, is having to chop enough wood to last the winter. October weather was so nice, that Richard (and kids) was able to get it done with plenty of time to spare.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaHCctE_MXM9hPRv-yQ64GCVWIGHomNQ-WXGZV1rp3t4MxIBjrZMsh_RnF2Qk1cGQ7V_NP-TkB8hAb8eTBO8LuUcAWegooYNENb1vVvQt3x8_0FfwknZMzc8HWL7RIKikMJiVvr_MkBI/s1600/Oct+5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaHCctE_MXM9hPRv-yQ64GCVWIGHomNQ-WXGZV1rp3t4MxIBjrZMsh_RnF2Qk1cGQ7V_NP-TkB8hAb8eTBO8LuUcAWegooYNENb1vVvQt3x8_0FfwknZMzc8HWL7RIKikMJiVvr_MkBI/s400/Oct+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543319416736465106" border="0" /></a>This week was Homecoming week. This day for the elementary school was 'Nerd' Day, and this is Sarah at her nerdiest.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGDKTeDzAZFciD1nONJDmj5WjcQUECheMmV72sgBd1Tsd6DEe979S1WLGhEppeDIvdpSNfYhyphenhyphengsx_Gq-KsLExw_TcnPxChNVrJrKF76xytMDm4Mo1kJASuAyB8lt2D2Q_QNWTG2J_vvE/s1600/Oct+6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGDKTeDzAZFciD1nONJDmj5WjcQUECheMmV72sgBd1Tsd6DEe979S1WLGhEppeDIvdpSNfYhyphenhyphengsx_Gq-KsLExw_TcnPxChNVrJrKF76xytMDm4Mo1kJASuAyB8lt2D2Q_QNWTG2J_vvE/s400/Oct+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543319409073173682" border="0" /></a>the fall leaves at sunset. They positively glowed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLelabI9nwU8_D6wSIURR_dKJoA63zU4_dzsHw4w5FL3gijwrtKnSaVbqaLIcLj5-GDEqNhgHHO20nbWkIl0lQcIxH7Mm2Slqu4XSBxE_cMb9HiMiaBjMsy_emow0tYNyXxJ8qx7RyHwg/s1600/Oct+7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLelabI9nwU8_D6wSIURR_dKJoA63zU4_dzsHw4w5FL3gijwrtKnSaVbqaLIcLj5-GDEqNhgHHO20nbWkIl0lQcIxH7Mm2Slqu4XSBxE_cMb9HiMiaBjMsy_emow0tYNyXxJ8qx7RyHwg/s400/Oct+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543317931344889538" border="0" /></a>I have been trying to get this picture all year. Hermione jumps up on the door when she wants in. She waits until she obtains eye contact<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKDJei6vL5XEEvA5ayc12hJx4Xehb2Ped79XOrz5DcqVn4W26Um0925gGgOVLG3iFUU6cZ8VKkNe8H2Je0dyYFspBBzON5_fy5kF68RHwUBUX5YkE2ShqyugH8wOdkcVr-HeHIQ2PZMs/s1600/Oct+8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKDJei6vL5XEEvA5ayc12hJx4Xehb2Ped79XOrz5DcqVn4W26Um0925gGgOVLG3iFUU6cZ8VKkNe8H2Je0dyYFspBBzON5_fy5kF68RHwUBUX5YkE2ShqyugH8wOdkcVr-HeHIQ2PZMs/s400/Oct+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543317915836418786" border="0" /></a>Homecoming Night. The one halftime show that our band does. This year's theme was monsters--so they performed 'Thriller', 'Monster mash' etc. Unfortunately, I missed most of it, because I was working in the concession stand. At least Richard got video<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKH24v2W42HG3hcHfbKbhkQFs3tq2OL3INWON5BdSqH-2nG3Kbp8mZvCmbFm1fL1g3nBGK9VUBmXtjtpMc7zOHBjzAQmAT4fPlu0rkuEpHw8Vs11zxoLVwiEhCylauEFVdWlI_bQrfNBo/s1600/Oct+9a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKH24v2W42HG3hcHfbKbhkQFs3tq2OL3INWON5BdSqH-2nG3Kbp8mZvCmbFm1fL1g3nBGK9VUBmXtjtpMc7zOHBjzAQmAT4fPlu0rkuEpHw8Vs11zxoLVwiEhCylauEFVdWlI_bQrfNBo/s400/Oct+9a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543317913536238642" border="0" /></a>Oct 9, My Girl Scout troop went to camp Lakamaga which got made over by older Girl Scouts into 'Spookamaga'. With different 'fright sites' for the girls to go see. The weather was perfect (near 80!!) and we had a really fun time!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PE-TK0TUnmHTHHJntXKoCY_B7hWq_cMadBnw93jQKOyULp9Azcf32h8-xIlgVeCObH0C7HwgIJaHu35geVrVzXHgIcxSgz3YqEzRHwFCKK2_jLVEdPWxzXM3D_dtfv_VXerJkXTUZpM/s1600/Oct+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PE-TK0TUnmHTHHJntXKoCY_B7hWq_cMadBnw93jQKOyULp9Azcf32h8-xIlgVeCObH0C7HwgIJaHu35geVrVzXHgIcxSgz3YqEzRHwFCKK2_jLVEdPWxzXM3D_dtfv_VXerJkXTUZpM/s400/Oct+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543317900023249554" border="0" /></a>I work in the nursery at church (for the 18mo- 3 yr olds). We have animal crackers and water every week. Every week, the poor animals are forced to go swimming before being eaten. EEEWWW. They get soggy, but they really have fun doing it, and the older kids teach the younger ones the trick by example. We'll have parents mention 'he/she started dunking his/her food'. Sorry. I didn't teach them that. They figured it out on their own.<br /><br />Till the next post!!<br />mePattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-47378840660909050412010-11-21T17:47:00.000-08:002010-11-21T19:48:23.844-08:00P365 Sept 27-Oct 3OK, so I HAVE been keeping up with my pictures, I just haven't been posting them. So, without further ado, here is the end of September/beginning of October.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikobpwED0vc_04K_AMnaA3vsAzSNiRB1VBdn1sO130C1eOj5SIAPKi-Vf_gOWxWVMvV2lsTkuyKflA7bzNry6pRpYi2lGWy69kW7CRrVzoAadDqYyPRmrhqIEjYQKqrrNZylC8hgQ-EMY/s1600/Sept+27+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikobpwED0vc_04K_AMnaA3vsAzSNiRB1VBdn1sO130C1eOj5SIAPKi-Vf_gOWxWVMvV2lsTkuyKflA7bzNry6pRpYi2lGWy69kW7CRrVzoAadDqYyPRmrhqIEjYQKqrrNZylC8hgQ-EMY/s400/Sept+27+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542213042797950498" border="0" /></a>Daniel can't quite figure out why his strategy for battleship isn't working. (especially if Michael knows his strategy and can plan for it.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijydxz-XnOoAeOEhsVvSikJzNCPRpbk3psSwbZhJKqaHF1WE3nKJKYFrXk3cN80qpiz8F6PCVNFns-k7g-qIUpgrkxVIEg2UDQcf8-3pWhIb-lCplOcopflRIFuxFAsKPITGeO0zPbIaQ/s1600/Sept+28.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijydxz-XnOoAeOEhsVvSikJzNCPRpbk3psSwbZhJKqaHF1WE3nKJKYFrXk3cN80qpiz8F6PCVNFns-k7g-qIUpgrkxVIEg2UDQcf8-3pWhIb-lCplOcopflRIFuxFAsKPITGeO0zPbIaQ/s400/Sept+28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542213034728058466" border="0" /></a>Daniel really love board games. Michael found this vintage LIFE game at Goodwill, and the kids have really had fun playing it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf0RgOZMISUCz5ct7HJ15kRrEtYdAvsTdwTalG5f6uEdDKAjjYGJrjEuzYd6DsLWu91NrGPgRXo7SuZW37S52ADvaY_j1ck5sLAboBpi3PwPU7LSFLkMGVrGonewJqytrxs12atyXZeQ/s1600/Sept+29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf0RgOZMISUCz5ct7HJ15kRrEtYdAvsTdwTalG5f6uEdDKAjjYGJrjEuzYd6DsLWu91NrGPgRXo7SuZW37S52ADvaY_j1ck5sLAboBpi3PwPU7LSFLkMGVrGonewJqytrxs12atyXZeQ/s400/Sept+29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542212990986129394" border="0" /></a>This was really the most gorgeous fall. This picture looked like a postcard, so I turned it into one.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8Ry4gQf8Sioj9uoWvOES1WhmBK0bhcz39F7AmOh7zBLSdX_MfWy0YxHnycyN0s2Txl1ZkBln8fcBF3WDKDXhCU3aS8osfjIh5qkVkPPLxYL3aTAALamz6mmjObdC4TXY9cT9WRl3jU8/s1600/Sept+30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8Ry4gQf8Sioj9uoWvOES1WhmBK0bhcz39F7AmOh7zBLSdX_MfWy0YxHnycyN0s2Txl1ZkBln8fcBF3WDKDXhCU3aS8osfjIh5qkVkPPLxYL3aTAALamz6mmjObdC4TXY9cT9WRl3jU8/s400/Sept+30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542212981686337618" border="0" /></a>Cub Scouts have started up for the year. Here are the boys working on the physical fitness part of the Bear badge.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-etCPr-scY4oHGbPk5v_ZU_lKOLcI-coXmh93N_69pPPUbup9EkTSkdggVITUPmUt4geXoW7YXfUCo71yZpM-2ahcivZr39uQPZ9uAc-mcJOWVA36Z-ThAf2IYoN3c6PRH7nb3vWVaQ/s1600/Oct+1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-etCPr-scY4oHGbPk5v_ZU_lKOLcI-coXmh93N_69pPPUbup9EkTSkdggVITUPmUt4geXoW7YXfUCo71yZpM-2ahcivZr39uQPZ9uAc-mcJOWVA36Z-ThAf2IYoN3c6PRH7nb3vWVaQ/s400/Oct+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542207267840944034" border="0" /></a>Another example of why people should come and visit in September.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtov72ntieFvlsbJjExdkcQxk6r3gzu-kMSTwIPKKeIEcy1ohktcwnpa_jtRY9hRBbesj_6ScA3IrE3dv488AdMQe3lNqjRx8VbK6wsNcHqdI4ax4AIacRk_3SlBSAwEuY-eeCw1cW9k/s1600/Oct+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtov72ntieFvlsbJjExdkcQxk6r3gzu-kMSTwIPKKeIEcy1ohktcwnpa_jtRY9hRBbesj_6ScA3IrE3dv488AdMQe3lNqjRx8VbK6wsNcHqdI4ax4AIacRk_3SlBSAwEuY-eeCw1cW9k/s400/Oct+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542207225461854866" border="0" /></a>Conference Saturday. We had a ward breakfast before Saturday morning session. This is the kids having fun while waiting for breakfast.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhsjHzdur6pEHXw0rBuG2lBkZEL4Dinjtn6sHhpXCmatF214rPFrqpYVs54qaie73t7ZXf1CX0mxerXYfCSvIGQiRj6daNGCsds9UFtfpbfH65YvJd_GSqUwjkTldaklx6U9NqwVGHj4/s1600/oct+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhsjHzdur6pEHXw0rBuG2lBkZEL4Dinjtn6sHhpXCmatF214rPFrqpYVs54qaie73t7ZXf1CX0mxerXYfCSvIGQiRj6daNGCsds9UFtfpbfH65YvJd_GSqUwjkTldaklx6U9NqwVGHj4/s400/oct+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542207211844623762" border="0" /></a>Conference Jelly Beans. What better way to stay awake, than to get a handful of Jelly Bellys with every speaker? :-)<br /><br />Well, there is one week. I'll work on getting the other ones uploaded as well.PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-84913507708379747582010-09-26T16:27:00.000-07:002010-09-26T17:10:13.993-07:00p 365 Sept 20-26 Fall is here<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG88OibMDwfgUSZwe5pl2YVZh-MPns8kD8On4Y2yK3xhJXeFt5Cq1jtIgBUwQS6Hfj4ZGraArmVL4W7TTvJ1m5valJZ9Y3p8W57DBk30i1sV4qQ4wGtE4tlwoJ0GgU9HpmB8UE_n7nfZc/s1600/Sept+20.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521375334302693778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG88OibMDwfgUSZwe5pl2YVZh-MPns8kD8On4Y2yK3xhJXeFt5Cq1jtIgBUwQS6Hfj4ZGraArmVL4W7TTvJ1m5valJZ9Y3p8W57DBk30i1sV4qQ4wGtE4tlwoJ0GgU9HpmB8UE_n7nfZc/s400/Sept+20.jpg" /></a> This vista is directly across the street from my house. Really. Scenes like this is why we ended up here. It was this time of year when we were house hunting and we got hooked.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIqFYseNBLWXqvV73uTg_UFnTUSTAkypKTtwds2hyWxdPCzQHF4s5uriYJyjr2L8DyJsV-Ah7mVfWx9eZ6PPHIrsGTiEyEiMprKtGDJukv5NkNCYoeGOEKHk6qmqy2auoW7qK2_Ag7WM/s1600/Sept+21.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521375327142762386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIqFYseNBLWXqvV73uTg_UFnTUSTAkypKTtwds2hyWxdPCzQHF4s5uriYJyjr2L8DyJsV-Ah7mVfWx9eZ6PPHIrsGTiEyEiMprKtGDJukv5NkNCYoeGOEKHk6qmqy2auoW7qK2_Ag7WM/s400/Sept+21.jpg" /></a> Finally got John talked into getting a haircut. LOL. Trust me, this is much shorter than it was before the haircut.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzH1OqmiLEU0Dmu2QlzBeCtO0vzNMhsGd8CFemV5LXCx1VYHkIXZ8bvqkP7Jz8xHw-c8EhioRDvb9w4OEbzKNstVt0Y16zOvjAvF3DIinkRJmAOJ5rNyNbjWVuq3AL1t6OJxLH7wtY2s8/s1600/Sept+22.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521375315264775570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzH1OqmiLEU0Dmu2QlzBeCtO0vzNMhsGd8CFemV5LXCx1VYHkIXZ8bvqkP7Jz8xHw-c8EhioRDvb9w4OEbzKNstVt0Y16zOvjAvF3DIinkRJmAOJ5rNyNbjWVuq3AL1t6OJxLH7wtY2s8/s400/Sept+22.jpg" /></a> On Wednesday, our ward passed out flyers and bags for a food drive in Barron.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYcmewfst0g5z_eRsJBfkgWeo1Ca_RwSVFpn0HhRZDLAIgobfBqa6MRvxINNwbcYyNrM3RYu80p_HkTPMRIACibGQ6BN7WDB2h8eywsaG9uHFfFNGZJVxvHH97XhhG-HwmimeG0EWKlw/s1600/Sept+23.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521371770235920178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYcmewfst0g5z_eRsJBfkgWeo1Ca_RwSVFpn0HhRZDLAIgobfBqa6MRvxINNwbcYyNrM3RYu80p_HkTPMRIACibGQ6BN7WDB2h8eywsaG9uHFfFNGZJVxvHH97XhhG-HwmimeG0EWKlw/s400/Sept+23.jpg" /></a> Thursday was our first day of Girl Scouts for the new year. I've been the leader of some of these girls since Kindergarten and they are now in 5th and 6th grade.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69umq27Iev_MrkGe5igCxHnrsJZO0hJ831uxpSIwhgDzzIT4eHaLFKKMfgxLU1gvjrJQ0v5mVu8JfqBrXA62HO5H61QSIuHS_dGdGO_eG0a-rGvl4SuCxHRWv4LaY9tcuREELcASz6vc/s1600/Sept+24.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521371765523447682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69umq27Iev_MrkGe5igCxHnrsJZO0hJ831uxpSIwhgDzzIT4eHaLFKKMfgxLU1gvjrJQ0v5mVu8JfqBrXA62HO5H61QSIuHS_dGdGO_eG0a-rGvl4SuCxHRWv4LaY9tcuREELcASz6vc/s400/Sept+24.jpg" /></a> Find the picture of the field I took in the 2nd week of Sept. This is what it looked like after 2 solid days and several inches of rain. That's the extent of the flooding we got. Areas south of us got 10+ inches of rain and much more flooding.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BjiYuZC9yW-zHMwvWmsMWDsJdpJZvO8hSQrUpDiBzminNxqBTFMkIFPM1f-aYk3nGJC7Q86nc33gFuvaYf3UASUyVa51yC9K42A4nHlgcpwWHMK3ZPSa6h8aQICvR6oVJ95fN7ZPjao/s1600/Sept+25a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521371765346273906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BjiYuZC9yW-zHMwvWmsMWDsJdpJZvO8hSQrUpDiBzminNxqBTFMkIFPM1f-aYk3nGJC7Q86nc33gFuvaYf3UASUyVa51yC9K42A4nHlgcpwWHMK3ZPSa6h8aQICvR6oVJ95fN7ZPjao/s400/Sept+25a.jpg" /></a> Saturday we had the food drive pick up. I forget the total number of pounds, but it was a lot of food. Thanks Barron! The food shelf is very greatful.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RdWaHbUTcl1bluI7s8IcfzIyJB8FkSbnvceWyOPwGplMRZWZslb48UOfw74OLTSKrlV1zR_DmtCb8EXubxM3mS4_iTv9kPHUQl-xtNU6JbJMn74bSDvdWVxzTaDSEtlq205isrhUv8A/s1600/Sept+26.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521371759871272306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RdWaHbUTcl1bluI7s8IcfzIyJB8FkSbnvceWyOPwGplMRZWZslb48UOfw74OLTSKrlV1zR_DmtCb8EXubxM3mS4_iTv9kPHUQl-xtNU6JbJMn74bSDvdWVxzTaDSEtlq205isrhUv8A/s400/Sept+26.jpg" /></a> I love fall. I found this scene somewhere between Prairie Farm and Dallas (WI) on CR A. It wasn't until I looked at it on the computer today that I found the hawk sitting on the top of the tree. Awesome.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-77591383615795538922010-09-19T16:31:00.000-07:002010-09-19T18:28:38.215-07:00P 365 Sept 13-19<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTjHsofSPhn64QaYoaSrpjilRLD8ToXfbyChYhd2TVLvhoRGo01jWk8DaIQPoh3RJt7CbrGxrfI1Z253g6QAz5dZeQwWik3xQBFhe0_M6c-A3TtwQT_zE8si2Q1TnKQKk7Bhvqjxn1lE/s1600/Sept+13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518786582423057474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTjHsofSPhn64QaYoaSrpjilRLD8ToXfbyChYhd2TVLvhoRGo01jWk8DaIQPoh3RJt7CbrGxrfI1Z253g6QAz5dZeQwWik3xQBFhe0_M6c-A3TtwQT_zE8si2Q1TnKQKk7Bhvqjxn1lE/s400/Sept+13.jpg" /></a> The school finally got to giving out the plaques for the 2nd semester of last year. Michael is planning to get a whole collection of these.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KKg2Zl7wZ63AJlPjvn2Ia3WV7t0NVy-KAGrKiq-CRAvSQ1edzPg3xbgBpRjRwYR3Xs-lc6aN5gnb5nZww26DcAvluiTaUGq4goaf3DfxPKSPsQMRgyk3XCyP4vIR71UplzXfFa4xYaU/s1600/Sept+14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518786570827754146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KKg2Zl7wZ63AJlPjvn2Ia3WV7t0NVy-KAGrKiq-CRAvSQ1edzPg3xbgBpRjRwYR3Xs-lc6aN5gnb5nZww26DcAvluiTaUGq4goaf3DfxPKSPsQMRgyk3XCyP4vIR71UplzXfFa4xYaU/s400/Sept+14.jpg" /></a> Tuesday was our Scout sign up. The Girl Scouts were on one side of the hallway, and the Cub Scouts were on the other side of the room. Our Girl Scouts had about a 90% re-registration last spring, so we didn't get very many girls signing up, but the Cub Scouts had a line going around the corner.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNDIAZlPydDUOs8f7wv3pSZLsBLV7vhU3eotCLErOf1ehzLvg5ALdZFW0bhZcu1gVoHIA-imxYLbRx84K3tib1TLBywFLHLMCh2M3cDOX1JwxBW0EzIXWnY1YnJXk_JjZ8QSe1d4wC2Y/s1600/Sept+15.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518786557859466450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNDIAZlPydDUOs8f7wv3pSZLsBLV7vhU3eotCLErOf1ehzLvg5ALdZFW0bhZcu1gVoHIA-imxYLbRx84K3tib1TLBywFLHLMCh2M3cDOX1JwxBW0EzIXWnY1YnJXk_JjZ8QSe1d4wC2Y/s400/Sept+15.jpg" /></a> I burned my hand at work about a week and a half ago. It is healing slowly but surely. The scabby area is where it was blistered and hurt the worst. Gorgeous picture--I know. :-)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfU_Y7s_MdLHCj8yT0jYnKqt3KGLcEa3LOz9cc17BlgWZB0fOFnURqFX2zOhkiOvjGjXUrSVfz_JCTFbpInTgvGe7KIGJSYWLQx3n_BekH1c-1GFuXzRfrVNL8sQZWQqdT4OtdlJ3Vcs/s1600/Sept+16.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518786545265843154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfU_Y7s_MdLHCj8yT0jYnKqt3KGLcEa3LOz9cc17BlgWZB0fOFnURqFX2zOhkiOvjGjXUrSVfz_JCTFbpInTgvGe7KIGJSYWLQx3n_BekH1c-1GFuXzRfrVNL8sQZWQqdT4OtdlJ3Vcs/s400/Sept+16.jpg" /></a> Thursday night was our first Pack Meeting of the year. Daniel is now a Bear Scout.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmO-zld8huXGiN8bIU8ES1hcD2N_U2tvkdb-mMKcnXEhcON1S0M__ifygZKgpiqU_qkDxYLqqo9JS_PJKnO7kGhGO7XauGkDtnGOLxvk-Tw6xYtFhswW7_04O4glmP63TuBvXkjp0i4o/s1600/Sept+17.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518784029461633810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmO-zld8huXGiN8bIU8ES1hcD2N_U2tvkdb-mMKcnXEhcON1S0M__ifygZKgpiqU_qkDxYLqqo9JS_PJKnO7kGhGO7XauGkDtnGOLxvk-Tw6xYtFhswW7_04O4glmP63TuBvXkjp0i4o/s400/Sept+17.jpg" /></a> I had to knock out one of my other pictures this week to showcase this bit of family drama. I earlier have posted pictures of my mountain ash tree that the birds have slowly been killing. Richard decided it was time for it to come down. When we came home from the parade, (next picture) the branches were all cut off, and Sarah burst into tears. It was her favorite climbing tree. She spent time saying goodbye to the tree before Richard knocked it down with the tractor.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfA02pHGtlESnz6l2XIDlhG0g41PKclrwLIINRCmebPkLKrrCIiufUlFSxEbB63qg36Kli18qlV3XBibScwXNMVtCNsLj3-fvbcYnQOqfy3RvntSllav8h8tvb-Ege0R-WRV1wTNdam6A/s1600/Sept+18a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518784021248229154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfA02pHGtlESnz6l2XIDlhG0g41PKclrwLIINRCmebPkLKrrCIiufUlFSxEbB63qg36Kli18qlV3XBibScwXNMVtCNsLj3-fvbcYnQOqfy3RvntSllav8h8tvb-Ege0R-WRV1wTNdam6A/s400/Sept+18a.jpg" /></a> Saturday was the Amery Fall Festival Parade. This is the Clear Lake Band. It was definately fall, with the temperature hovering right around 48 degrees. Luckily, it was sunny.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMinNJJ5hqcUIDMRA2lfz8NegsOHHMFU9AnCnrQRviyl-8rymHDrWJaTkRkBNKulWE_EKxyWMceGD7RXHi2becsnzzQ1yeKM16S55_uMuM-gGbcRWdpZ0wblIF0IyFMfizViUTkfnhrkE/s1600/Sept+19.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518784011861421234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMinNJJ5hqcUIDMRA2lfz8NegsOHHMFU9AnCnrQRviyl-8rymHDrWJaTkRkBNKulWE_EKxyWMceGD7RXHi2becsnzzQ1yeKM16S55_uMuM-gGbcRWdpZ0wblIF0IyFMfizViUTkfnhrkE/s400/Sept+19.jpg" /></a> The temps weren't much warmer on Sunday, and I decided it was time to pull out the boots and tights to wear to church to try to stay warm.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-12965750752564297462010-09-19T14:38:00.000-07:002010-09-19T18:03:57.610-07:00P365 Sept 6-12<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30p-wcba-SZq-R05vIFdQ1XYXtIHGV3s9DlpSL9PaUY9nTDKFtE-7ljr1JQaS7HceUQov0Pe9lfvECoFXzeHRqX3a_2v25YN5Jy0Zy0sqvq3PFtctcGLj_xwEfXt7S3HSghQXgy9RSIY/s1600/Sept+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518781681961320530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30p-wcba-SZq-R05vIFdQ1XYXtIHGV3s9DlpSL9PaUY9nTDKFtE-7ljr1JQaS7HceUQov0Pe9lfvECoFXzeHRqX3a_2v25YN5Jy0Zy0sqvq3PFtctcGLj_xwEfXt7S3HSghQXgy9RSIY/s400/Sept+6.jpg" /></a> Sept 6 was Labor Day and my birthday. I got to work because it was a holiday, but when I came home, the family had bbq hamburgers for me and Sarah made me this cake-from scratch. She's 10. The chocolate cake was about the consistency of brownies, but it was still really good. With all the candles facing inward, it was quite the conflagration when it was lit.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVI6UIRkQGm4ByijDgH0XUXiGJCrqZiiJVCjdeO0UPgiRS1m6rG1pSmjkMYw3ZaVr7q-O-8SH8EnzF7V5sh7aCELAPdm3ta4wmgiOkLknDJlW0W-g7ev8mZA983io3KDgPACgD_TTsFY/s1600/September+035.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518790123498219890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVI6UIRkQGm4ByijDgH0XUXiGJCrqZiiJVCjdeO0UPgiRS1m6rG1pSmjkMYw3ZaVr7q-O-8SH8EnzF7V5sh7aCELAPdm3ta4wmgiOkLknDJlW0W-g7ev8mZA983io3KDgPACgD_TTsFY/s400/September+035.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LUfzuDacCah1z7XDwCiUq98IVikdf7uGH7RdN5dYI5sUjju3aXODw2PiqJQa2nYMkYOzKPwYVmmC-vUusdE6FRLRw5SRXUZyBqtjxAhnaeXirNCGSpls7hDbo_abkOm3NqHpHOVRFps/s1600/Sept+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518781668148731746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LUfzuDacCah1z7XDwCiUq98IVikdf7uGH7RdN5dYI5sUjju3aXODw2PiqJQa2nYMkYOzKPwYVmmC-vUusdE6FRLRw5SRXUZyBqtjxAhnaeXirNCGSpls7hDbo_abkOm3NqHpHOVRFps/s400/Sept+7.jpg" /></a> This is a hay field just down the road from our house. I haven't quite figured out why they grow all the hay, because as far as I can see, all they ever do, is line the haybales up in rows, and just leave it there, where they rot & start to grow and just make little hills.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kiOV73NN2UuMInABXzLkbrtu34z0yvafH-xduORC1O51hx5R5wB4Dxxevz98rgGwhA8sJC3G_1bq3yvIZxw4tuEb2RiwJMNspGAAnXrnC1ug6pD3zGaQ_tmsw-S1_WV_A9g5BFLWvt0/s1600/Sept+8a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518781659003712850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kiOV73NN2UuMInABXzLkbrtu34z0yvafH-xduORC1O51hx5R5wB4Dxxevz98rgGwhA8sJC3G_1bq3yvIZxw4tuEb2RiwJMNspGAAnXrnC1ug6pD3zGaQ_tmsw-S1_WV_A9g5BFLWvt0/s400/Sept+8a.jpg" /></a> I went shopping at WalMart-a good stockup shop. These are my all time favorite crackers from them, and at only $1.85 a box, I just can't pass them up!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tS1D7ZQG8971siqThP0-UkGrXfrrER5GAe7XuppIakrqbAOq7H8hKVD6bXrewFEU_okdl084cWnLNwQrEK7i8vSkCO2ovdbQ0x4cXIjeDlB9f5pMrN3ZmwpFs9RGrzxctbMlEehU2m8/s1600/Sept+9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518776834021094802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tS1D7ZQG8971siqThP0-UkGrXfrrER5GAe7XuppIakrqbAOq7H8hKVD6bXrewFEU_okdl084cWnLNwQrEK7i8vSkCO2ovdbQ0x4cXIjeDlB9f5pMrN3ZmwpFs9RGrzxctbMlEehU2m8/s400/Sept+9.jpg" /></a> I have an Autumn Joy Sedum that has been in a pot all summer because I haven't gotten to putting it in the ground. It is starting to bloom, and this butterfly (nope. moth) decided it was a good place to rest.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4MsLYcI4t1R9SdlwI417sCeSV7A7AXc2cM4x6uUHb6HaA1d9nLFTVaShIjXNaXlCxk7xuAVH8StAZWbhP2x_s33LAvH6D39JPDTiWzcPGdOWECE6wJTQ7YWu1xCnVSdiY7zJ2e9ohOs/s1600/Sept+10b.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518776826993333890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4MsLYcI4t1R9SdlwI417sCeSV7A7AXc2cM4x6uUHb6HaA1d9nLFTVaShIjXNaXlCxk7xuAVH8StAZWbhP2x_s33LAvH6D39JPDTiWzcPGdOWECE6wJTQ7YWu1xCnVSdiY7zJ2e9ohOs/s400/Sept+10b.jpg" /></a> It has been so wet this summer, that there is now a good crop of mushrooms growing. I found this fairy out there one day. :-)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sQFtYiNUqvL3HD5LUmT86VGmnWUzuKIGSD_60N_7HnK6CSOIuA5Qs-0cnEHIBJpFWJ5_kDU3sM12pCsK-pW_NG5VRTURM6akvlNe6Ksw8H1QOys7Cyo6QdqLe3ZJB94Er2kUr7VyJLI/s1600/Sept+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518772676418259378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sQFtYiNUqvL3HD5LUmT86VGmnWUzuKIGSD_60N_7HnK6CSOIuA5Qs-0cnEHIBJpFWJ5_kDU3sM12pCsK-pW_NG5VRTURM6akvlNe6Ksw8H1QOys7Cyo6QdqLe3ZJB94Er2kUr7VyJLI/s400/Sept+11.jpg" /></a> Sept 11. Daniel and I went out shopping together.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNs_J5tkS97c45udq_hDWPTU7CXLzWm9vOZk3XU3fdBaDqIJuzuY1MCtgW0nLFxyI2NmfFsfTqCjV9C5v26Dfqik4bpfE3cEk1EJhKe8pEZA6Nc9Z-PwomdldAecADyCa9C7jRiZaZJR0/s1600/Sept+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518772667981037058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNs_J5tkS97c45udq_hDWPTU7CXLzWm9vOZk3XU3fdBaDqIJuzuY1MCtgW0nLFxyI2NmfFsfTqCjV9C5v26Dfqik4bpfE3cEk1EJhKe8pEZA6Nc9Z-PwomdldAecADyCa9C7jRiZaZJR0/s400/Sept+12.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />Sunday afternoon I looked up and realized the sky had changed. It is now the perfect, clear blue that I like to call September Blue. It happens when the angle of the sun changes. I love Spring, but Fall is a close second.PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-45828999566824730962010-09-05T15:25:00.000-07:002010-09-05T18:27:46.046-07:00p365 Aug 23-Sept 5 (2 weeks!!)I had some Internet issues last week, so last week's pictures didn't get posted. So if you don't mind, here are 2 weeks' worth of pictures.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwJApmYD0s3awJKlEQ5a4dfTXlNOmk8VegxFOck0-j4EDK2w34SQIrEcNJyH9dYmm45cc9tP1UvnJLNg7a35eog_j5CmRw6W8exI990E3LuqPrRCeKXv1hkovhUfkrw_yKEOGQmqO2Xw/s1600/Aug+23.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513581791327470082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwJApmYD0s3awJKlEQ5a4dfTXlNOmk8VegxFOck0-j4EDK2w34SQIrEcNJyH9dYmm45cc9tP1UvnJLNg7a35eog_j5CmRw6W8exI990E3LuqPrRCeKXv1hkovhUfkrw_yKEOGQmqO2Xw/s400/Aug+23.jpg" /></a> Aug 23- This is one very comfy kitty.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJyXGtB4OFDuaiOSIFDwg1yTPulmyw5RrsgH77apZTipcXUFPvEljHSfGnchaEZmd9ssFNababqsR0pAFv4Omp7AqP909hxuJG7lT9iAabf40MfLe1h2yx1V1I2wH6RciM2EWRBU1i1Y/s1600/Aug+24.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513581786644827570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJyXGtB4OFDuaiOSIFDwg1yTPulmyw5RrsgH77apZTipcXUFPvEljHSfGnchaEZmd9ssFNababqsR0pAFv4Omp7AqP909hxuJG7lT9iAabf40MfLe1h2yx1V1I2wH6RciM2EWRBU1i1Y/s400/Aug+24.jpg" /></a> Michael came up with this 'device' to carry in a lot of groceries in from the car at one time<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHC3ZrGrI6nVhXKBQ8x-NX-Nb-ueMN6zjGXwESxsEC4kBaMm2xxwMSBOwh7ElOK8zTqannCUrTGq_id0rgzYP_BGBg5qNr2Iz4M6d0e4UvcXmLvF35Ycb1gloZBbcDGyu0rdUFC4QKbc/s1600/Aug+25.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513581778988089154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHC3ZrGrI6nVhXKBQ8x-NX-Nb-ueMN6zjGXwESxsEC4kBaMm2xxwMSBOwh7ElOK8zTqannCUrTGq_id0rgzYP_BGBg5qNr2Iz4M6d0e4UvcXmLvF35Ycb1gloZBbcDGyu0rdUFC4QKbc/s400/Aug+25.jpg" /></a> The kids played softball for mutual on Wed. He says to tell you that he owned everyone. Sure, whatever you say. :-)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6nPObkhXGrVD5VAq07e9y1uDOjNhwGcpyNcoZkgrBNemH-tjpK2zHY4VjZcT2I041zTgOM3a3zHQYS6bmUQrMNR1naZB-hzoCfCZZp7C3PUNGKJR4iz0cUdr7ZNKrZki4i1fq16UTQo/s1600/Aug+26.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513581771004013858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6nPObkhXGrVD5VAq07e9y1uDOjNhwGcpyNcoZkgrBNemH-tjpK2zHY4VjZcT2I041zTgOM3a3zHQYS6bmUQrMNR1naZB-hzoCfCZZp7C3PUNGKJR4iz0cUdr7ZNKrZki4i1fq16UTQo/s400/Aug+26.jpg" /></a> Richard & I drove to the temple and went over the Stillwater lift bridge. Its kind of amazing that the water level is still this high at the end of August. When it is low, you can walk down by those pylons.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvZG94xzmzIHocW0TUmTTm0RYmKD15B1NTa26WMfuIySTtG7v8FwX00TB2CXftb0Dx_UqwsjgTNUa5SSDuuv7VskLQCmDznAuewlGy-WFC5pABVM-XgxUmGQyemmtJb5VroQs3Tnx1pg/s1600/Aug+27a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513579313533494674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvZG94xzmzIHocW0TUmTTm0RYmKD15B1NTa26WMfuIySTtG7v8FwX00TB2CXftb0Dx_UqwsjgTNUa5SSDuuv7VskLQCmDznAuewlGy-WFC5pABVM-XgxUmGQyemmtJb5VroQs3Tnx1pg/s400/Aug+27a.jpg" /></a> I took the kids shoe shopping. I was helping Daniel get shoes, Sarah was behind me and found some, and then Michael came around the corner to show me the shoes he found. Yes, all 3 of them got the same shoes--Sarah got the high tops.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7w65KviFjNx3o3FSxWmi4Q-MbmU00QAoNax7SinSGt9AOTcFvbEjjRk1_9jgyXSjgjs4IA5A-EbFIZ6zXicj18UtmasvIsjifR1tjq9Kyu9KMCDkM8dTw70mgjydCWEij1UQziHRqeU/s1600/Aug+28.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513579311044831362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7w65KviFjNx3o3FSxWmi4Q-MbmU00QAoNax7SinSGt9AOTcFvbEjjRk1_9jgyXSjgjs4IA5A-EbFIZ6zXicj18UtmasvIsjifR1tjq9Kyu9KMCDkM8dTw70mgjydCWEij1UQziHRqeU/s400/Aug+28.jpg" /></a> Just a very cool Pontiac I found in a parking lot.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1MXWvpdZfHUoGs9KgtfWfkyF2hbH91KoNSCJvldrPhsZPKyM27GQo2AQgmgsILQkHIflg6NdZ5yBXrMMv67uocM2gkslt0fbv_C1F9siSmsO1AzGXxxYNRPLh7JQWF_AojByL7-Yen8/s1600/Aug+29.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513579299588576450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1MXWvpdZfHUoGs9KgtfWfkyF2hbH91KoNSCJvldrPhsZPKyM27GQo2AQgmgsILQkHIflg6NdZ5yBXrMMv67uocM2gkslt0fbv_C1F9siSmsO1AzGXxxYNRPLh7JQWF_AojByL7-Yen8/s400/Aug+29.jpg" /></a> This is a tree on our way to town. The colors are starting to change. Fall is on its way.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdH18HO6HkLY5mKqkK8MKLO3gvxBbujuRxYqFZtV8f1gLBBoN2P5shS7QSlH2V7mAS3T5XUEiiPPoeTViLuebSlGL6_ub592uwihYO1G-woyX6uzhAqxdPd83rgCSgq2nwD-j3UYLj08/s1600/Aug+30.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513579289137424450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdH18HO6HkLY5mKqkK8MKLO3gvxBbujuRxYqFZtV8f1gLBBoN2P5shS7QSlH2V7mAS3T5XUEiiPPoeTViLuebSlGL6_ub592uwihYO1G-woyX6uzhAqxdPd83rgCSgq2nwD-j3UYLj08/s400/Aug+30.jpg" /></a> The town of Amery has a couple of raptor nest sites around town. This one is by the lights to the outdoor hockey rink. There is a nesting couple & chicks. I could hear them from the bank a block away.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OOjBXWEodnL8TI5jfzsAVoRBnj0E2Ba2YclEwnbXHeIYEg_M1cCpoyGUh_LymCdrUG_Jm6ZMO0jy1nM-SGKhbqlsknEQH6XBHV5KQGifBi1G7jnWO3SGSytkLr45Qj5JzdaO9W1zuOw/s1600/Aug+31.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513579280435296418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OOjBXWEodnL8TI5jfzsAVoRBnj0E2Ba2YclEwnbXHeIYEg_M1cCpoyGUh_LymCdrUG_Jm6ZMO0jy1nM-SGKhbqlsknEQH6XBHV5KQGifBi1G7jnWO3SGSytkLr45Qj5JzdaO9W1zuOw/s400/Aug+31.jpg" /></a> My flower garden has a distinctly different look and feel to it as we head into fall.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1E7FNhdmYmTM-Z_lAOG8kP1lde5wC-thy0GwrOW2DS_qud4DjCHtqAj-cxLnJI4PKDbK-tl-olShM7ugQMLuj7_RiOE4LqMbTUSyI02iGypE2d-gCydREKJgoxTOdQ498fQhgazFelWo/s1600/Sept+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513574951554157026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1E7FNhdmYmTM-Z_lAOG8kP1lde5wC-thy0GwrOW2DS_qud4DjCHtqAj-cxLnJI4PKDbK-tl-olShM7ugQMLuj7_RiOE4LqMbTUSyI02iGypE2d-gCydREKJgoxTOdQ498fQhgazFelWo/s400/Sept+1.jpg" /></a> Sept.1 Possibly the worst 1st day of school picture I've ever taken. And this was the best one of the bunch from this day. Oh well. Daniel is in 3rd grade, Sarah in 5th, Emily in 11th, and Michael in 9th. "Her 2 kids in high school, they tell her that she's uncool, but she's still preoccupied, with 19 19 1985."<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB52xRrJHP9KeFaDi4OhgcuDQ8FhbokoQ048GJqF42y531mxCnN2mMxI_rsTZEpaLg2N4VGVRVMYudDBT9milzqmeI-VgA5Kt9gYpe91ijQCwYs4gxEJNVu1Zcj5Ungf1KRW9GBEgsa40/s1600/Sept+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513574942810630546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB52xRrJHP9KeFaDi4OhgcuDQ8FhbokoQ048GJqF42y531mxCnN2mMxI_rsTZEpaLg2N4VGVRVMYudDBT9milzqmeI-VgA5Kt9gYpe91ijQCwYs4gxEJNVu1Zcj5Ungf1KRW9GBEgsa40/s400/Sept+2.jpg" /></a> I took Daniel to the dentist. They have it decorated for Amery's Fall Festival. I loved their sign.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLv7nvQMyTWh_UW4182Gb7KtQMIXSIayYzYzp1yIkjiZpIE5P5Weu8-G7Vfrq2sj_uHC6OHauKFoMojJcG0OejNUaLOFGXleXloNQ_w4NwIalsyLeB54VTMvGA87f4SPdcT_5Rg9U6Y0/s1600/Sept+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513574933205278338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLv7nvQMyTWh_UW4182Gb7KtQMIXSIayYzYzp1yIkjiZpIE5P5Weu8-G7Vfrq2sj_uHC6OHauKFoMojJcG0OejNUaLOFGXleXloNQ_w4NwIalsyLeB54VTMvGA87f4SPdcT_5Rg9U6Y0/s400/Sept+3.jpg" /></a> My homework now that school started. Filling in all the forms. 1 per child. At least there were only 4 to fill out this year!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDjhta8s1pRbTo-j2TPrCnhtp73An3pLMwpFrkGI5RMPtpERo6_dk8jD6PmWCZM1145WmJjqHExjsq-UV6ecJlxfB6d2tddG0E5gUs1rD2GgzMFRpg96MxSM3xze35S5fxCme8oo-aMw/s1600/Sept+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513574923347031730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDjhta8s1pRbTo-j2TPrCnhtp73An3pLMwpFrkGI5RMPtpERo6_dk8jD6PmWCZM1145WmJjqHExjsq-UV6ecJlxfB6d2tddG0E5gUs1rD2GgzMFRpg96MxSM3xze35S5fxCme8oo-aMw/s400/Sept+4.jpg" /></a> A very pretty sunset I came across one evening after it rained most of the day. Fall is most definately on its way. Once Sept 2 came, the temps have dropped, the wind seems to have changed, and it is fall.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnZeigiyZPmt1WUbKmcDCEqRSpA56RGYGPY4FUzvtSEmVmBheLo4CVdTUvAkwSgWbUgeE6_hZFUZ_Qc1e7X-A5F73hZW2kgP0XMrvgYTgOM8eFlxU0y3H5GDL3I4DUieEYGDo6FUSmOs/s1600/Sept+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513574910203134338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnZeigiyZPmt1WUbKmcDCEqRSpA56RGYGPY4FUzvtSEmVmBheLo4CVdTUvAkwSgWbUgeE6_hZFUZ_Qc1e7X-A5F73hZW2kgP0XMrvgYTgOM8eFlxU0y3H5GDL3I4DUieEYGDo6FUSmOs/s400/Sept+5.jpg" /></a> Sept 5, and I found these in my garden. These are really the first tomatoes I've gotten from my garden this year. I didn't have much success with vegetable gardening this year. Of course, I really didn't put too much effort into it either as our tiller broke and it has yet to be replaced, and I didn't feel like tilling by hand.</div><div> </div><div>Well, Have a great 4 day week.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-66469519720517683372010-08-22T16:09:00.000-07:002010-08-22T18:01:48.691-07:00p365 Aug 16-22<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RU8YOBRV0WvMDLzIHHK9_BW8b3J4GqS2O3vmpvGVglLIUfXC2hu6m1VgS_GQezatIyLbaSpLkoj-6as4LdliVaGSHQ6g6Qt044mPUzHzP2qSqET1CJvz5ilGSNaTQYhr47kWj6Z6_tg/s1600/Aug+16.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508380920778899490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RU8YOBRV0WvMDLzIHHK9_BW8b3J4GqS2O3vmpvGVglLIUfXC2hu6m1VgS_GQezatIyLbaSpLkoj-6as4LdliVaGSHQ6g6Qt044mPUzHzP2qSqET1CJvz5ilGSNaTQYhr47kWj6Z6_tg/s400/Aug+16.jpg" /></a> Yummy! No, these are not cookies. They are fried red tomatoes. Use ripe, firm tomatoes, dip in flour, an egg bath, and then bread crumbs. Fry either in a frying pan, or I used my deep fryer until golden brown. Serve with crumbled bacon and chives.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_r1D8JFRXfA-bG-PRcJ40XigdDYmCd0xAZK6IvuhcZW1WpBju0hbZsMwFrNIlbo9oRhqV31R-icvaFHtwtBgzVW6FHbt4UUbbd4iSNih5VxEEC7qdESQw2bVNRZrNKc16ygko4ufNiA/s1600/Aug+17.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508380912483126178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_r1D8JFRXfA-bG-PRcJ40XigdDYmCd0xAZK6IvuhcZW1WpBju0hbZsMwFrNIlbo9oRhqV31R-icvaFHtwtBgzVW6FHbt4UUbbd4iSNih5VxEEC7qdESQw2bVNRZrNKc16ygko4ufNiA/s400/Aug+17.jpg" /></a> For Family Home Evening, Michael had us do a <a href="http://www.marshmallowchallenge.com/">marshmallow challenge<br /></a>where we built structures out of spaghetti to support a marshmallow. It was a fun exercise. Richard's was the tallest, but I think mine held the marshmallow the longest.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05sT_5NbnGZRkFR9clsEaPpvwGFqTG_k-i3sa22BeF6ZhNls3bsTPpbVyn2BQLObytHUfjWDUujqDl1ERP_CVOBjEu4nbBfqSJXc5yV8Il5C4c8Tms32E-Sny4xH8XsCqgnsAq3IOY0Y/s1600/Aug+18.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508380905031145714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05sT_5NbnGZRkFR9clsEaPpvwGFqTG_k-i3sa22BeF6ZhNls3bsTPpbVyn2BQLObytHUfjWDUujqDl1ERP_CVOBjEu4nbBfqSJXc5yV8Il5C4c8Tms32E-Sny4xH8XsCqgnsAq3IOY0Y/s400/Aug+18.jpg" /></a> It is late summer. The goldenrod is blooming everywhere.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQH2iH9qsBtabiNAOdAtJenja0d676ZQqdt6R3bF-5zfT1Vcp2Znfj4ZxCaYUGqu2HDG3Vi59Oo4d2Crq2tQ9q9pk07IMQmblZicg_iCWv5VxSlK9c4kHOsFYjxT9TTaFmFkLucSLvtpQ/s1600/Aug+19.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508378613260937442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQH2iH9qsBtabiNAOdAtJenja0d676ZQqdt6R3bF-5zfT1Vcp2Znfj4ZxCaYUGqu2HDG3Vi59Oo4d2Crq2tQ9q9pk07IMQmblZicg_iCWv5VxSlK9c4kHOsFYjxT9TTaFmFkLucSLvtpQ/s400/Aug+19.jpg" /></a> I really like the white impatiens right next to the purple foliage.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEKZUsAE2JNbN1QtSSZhZIXcxvFPJRUc8X4hO8E80WYV90kAxu8tEA_GIB72-fri4o8-c_io9dJP45S0U3twNiLObSqjnFzrnmj2IHfDlLPizvEJSeQAZkjoRi3saYljjMWTn-fxSncg/s1600/Aug+20.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508378606831265298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEKZUsAE2JNbN1QtSSZhZIXcxvFPJRUc8X4hO8E80WYV90kAxu8tEA_GIB72-fri4o8-c_io9dJP45S0U3twNiLObSqjnFzrnmj2IHfDlLPizvEJSeQAZkjoRi3saYljjMWTn-fxSncg/s400/Aug+20.jpg" /></a> Friday night, Richard & I drove the kids to Minneapolis to a dance and then we went downtown. There was a Twins game, and various other events going on, so we had to drive all over the place to find parking somewhere near Nicollet Mall. A block or so over we drove by this building. I don't even know what building this is, but I love it!! We were driving, so it isn't the best picture.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7i0nT6Wi_4ZB_ggxCcafNmp8F6d1VfEMa8sesYhXpSQghrjvxFbM7Ay6kWo5Es2QATRgaV32PSE2fiD1hUP6cXod82oKK-gnWIenmXYaDKNzVLbRmk2BiHj8tE7WF2lCyJ5BBsaz4l7U/s1600/Aug+21.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508378598504754066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7i0nT6Wi_4ZB_ggxCcafNmp8F6d1VfEMa8sesYhXpSQghrjvxFbM7Ay6kWo5Es2QATRgaV32PSE2fiD1hUP6cXod82oKK-gnWIenmXYaDKNzVLbRmk2BiHj8tE7WF2lCyJ5BBsaz4l7U/s400/Aug+21.jpg" /></a> Saturday I went to a Girl Scout Leader Adult Enrichment Conference. I took a couple classes on communication, and keeping older girls interested, as well as a couple of craft classes (cake decorating and making a cement stepping stone.) In between times, there were a couple of charity sewing projects. We put together strips to make quilts for children's hospice programs, and we made pillowcases for <a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/faqs/">the million pillowcase project</a> (Ha! I learned how to do links in my blog!) The pillowcases went together so fast once I figured out the directions that I put together about 4 or 5 of them. (O.K., the pieces were all pre-cut, I just had to sew them together. But once they are cut out, they go together in about 5 minutes. Just 3 seams)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6a-bcKT9RBil6jHrR_1RoKd8TvbarvKgzEN15zAz_DraTHLsElwgIRCX_KNl2gODx-xS3ECvn4_XAf2j1rPjSzNgDCJm4qb_Krzok5fwpaLSdZYUkM1aY4hpPIMHEY7Wa7rKzJBe4lLg/s1600/Aug+22.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508378589057097346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6a-bcKT9RBil6jHrR_1RoKd8TvbarvKgzEN15zAz_DraTHLsElwgIRCX_KNl2gODx-xS3ECvn4_XAf2j1rPjSzNgDCJm4qb_Krzok5fwpaLSdZYUkM1aY4hpPIMHEY7Wa7rKzJBe4lLg/s400/Aug+22.jpg" /></a> Michael has been folding and making lots of paper stars. Really cool stars. This morning I noticed they were all perched on top of the bulliten board.</div><div> </div><div>Have a great week. Last full week of August/summer.</div><div> </div><div>*moi</div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-44252070044706287792010-08-15T15:58:00.000-07:002010-08-15T16:21:46.577-07:00p365 Aug 9-15<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ1mqDiWoJGrGxKG5n6VrRlnmlFjt4C4JBnGboyUtYOz0tOtJnMxpp3smcw9lxCeaJvnKxeCSdymDDr8sWjI3cf2FMtHNSq701lSQo8jxOJpCgwunzXJVe0jRx46W0MAtiG6yEQ9v0hE/s1600/Aug+9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505777172798885074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ1mqDiWoJGrGxKG5n6VrRlnmlFjt4C4JBnGboyUtYOz0tOtJnMxpp3smcw9lxCeaJvnKxeCSdymDDr8sWjI3cf2FMtHNSq701lSQo8jxOJpCgwunzXJVe0jRx46W0MAtiG6yEQ9v0hE/s400/Aug+9.jpg" /></a> Aug 9, was Emily's Birthday. We had orignially scheduled her wisdom teeth surgery for that day, but with the Lyme's and waiting for funding, we kind of postponed her surgery. We also postponed her celebration until Tuesday due to other scheduling. However, I found a really cool spider web in the foggy morning.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuWg9cThq7aQFI3vLIvtmvmuManOV06PA3ftSBIghU2dZzle3ryxM_gXQrziwGiGuCvkmwUmOL6gccloVEuaLXEt4aAeAEzryHjo6Ksxumq1QfG_V9i5Dj8hodZGwlFovCiKrOW9_n90/s1600/aug+10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505777159701799586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuWg9cThq7aQFI3vLIvtmvmuManOV06PA3ftSBIghU2dZzle3ryxM_gXQrziwGiGuCvkmwUmOL6gccloVEuaLXEt4aAeAEzryHjo6Ksxumq1QfG_V9i5Dj8hodZGwlFovCiKrOW9_n90/s400/aug+10.jpg" /></a> We had Emily's birthday dinner and cake on the 10th. She is 16!! This is kind of an odd shot, but I like it for the look of the candles and the intruding siblings. I took her to see Eclipse that night. Finally. We were almost too late for it. I think there were only 2 theatres in the area that still had it playing.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTUjghhHjo4ps7-o-PUQxYtmP8HK6mQBxv2OII2UIJ8dzyd6mbTdwZzAlolQH6vlMCjrc-AVlJ3dXaxJ0y8EGA2UpGtgOU1d_0YvZeYJ6fewAY87zZVK-8In1zVOf5YEaaM5rpH5tlcA/s1600/aug+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505777150035229298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTUjghhHjo4ps7-o-PUQxYtmP8HK6mQBxv2OII2UIJ8dzyd6mbTdwZzAlolQH6vlMCjrc-AVlJ3dXaxJ0y8EGA2UpGtgOU1d_0YvZeYJ6fewAY87zZVK-8In1zVOf5YEaaM5rpH5tlcA/s400/aug+11.jpg" /></a> Wednesday was SOOO hot. When I got home from work, we went to the beach. Its odd. It has rained so much this summer that the lake level was actually higher in August than it was in June.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib44Laejm-YiQyaR9uYF-NhnxfGUqNL0kjo-DssLGkGgVbPgMjtwZvFHKUcuk-bvK0FHZVnGHjlJ_eAnYHE27tdENAzmNJaALfQ_Ov02reBntaVNXOdrJ8ldy-2sI9hvRjNBnCM1athGg/s1600/aug+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505775903463329666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib44Laejm-YiQyaR9uYF-NhnxfGUqNL0kjo-DssLGkGgVbPgMjtwZvFHKUcuk-bvK0FHZVnGHjlJ_eAnYHE27tdENAzmNJaALfQ_Ov02reBntaVNXOdrJ8ldy-2sI9hvRjNBnCM1athGg/s400/aug+12.jpg" /></a> Sarah had her friend come stay for a couple of days. She brought her mama cat & kittens over too. (I have a feeling they wanted us to keep them--NO) So, we had visiting cats for a couple of days. We had a kitty that looked just like this that was the mama to our other cats.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLhG2XtQTjJPsbqFQ-9Q717mZg0LAgx1CdBuZvOFKXYzUdqeycki1HKObuB9x9Xnkx75pnUkLhCSz69GQpC44oLQfDuoeaXAXr7ezcW7CqCtJO8OJuChq0B2Z-fYURHDDkBJAtKHft3I/s1600/Aug+13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505775890643961938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLhG2XtQTjJPsbqFQ-9Q717mZg0LAgx1CdBuZvOFKXYzUdqeycki1HKObuB9x9Xnkx75pnUkLhCSz69GQpC44oLQfDuoeaXAXr7ezcW7CqCtJO8OJuChq0B2Z-fYURHDDkBJAtKHft3I/s400/Aug+13.jpg" /></a> Friday night Richard & I took these 3 out to see Despicable Me. It is such a funny movie. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. We drove there in a driving rainstorm (raining. again.) The show was so early, we got dinner after the movie. I took this picture just to show what we did, but I realized that it shows a turning point for my family. We didn't buy a kids' meal. Everyone got the regular sized meal. I really don't have babies anymore.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFACed0MaFczqAzDtt7y9AVMZS3tcLGHIiItZyRInZICuTJ9dMMPL1_grl5hfLUitR_RzgDlVEe_Ysb-VXVIFj38S-c2xRKx9HaU8Yf-L7B7TSfsZNTwe5B_1TEsa6RBKmYy3P6VzQ24/s1600/Aug+14a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505775887211047970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFACed0MaFczqAzDtt7y9AVMZS3tcLGHIiItZyRInZICuTJ9dMMPL1_grl5hfLUitR_RzgDlVEe_Ysb-VXVIFj38S-c2xRKx9HaU8Yf-L7B7TSfsZNTwe5B_1TEsa6RBKmYy3P6VzQ24/s400/Aug+14a.jpg" /></a> Saturday, we went to my friend's house where she had a Kids' Survivor-A day in the woods. They learned about what they would need to survive in the woods. How to get shelter, build fire, collect water, and trap food. Really a cool event. It was well attended. In this picture, they are talking about edible plants in the wild like plantain, lambs quarters, and dandelions.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikehNiCasBfJU-NrsNVqGGi3BnulANXUx09a-mkff5UQCtlcHDoOOuWUdJrBJDCF6CeIqwZSA6P1e5u9jdUpJauzg-9xJHfs_oMQtNAEknxssP_zbrwDZt1mJPOnD6r1SKP1K27HAGMVo/s1600/Aug+15.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505775878328307554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikehNiCasBfJU-NrsNVqGGi3BnulANXUx09a-mkff5UQCtlcHDoOOuWUdJrBJDCF6CeIqwZSA6P1e5u9jdUpJauzg-9xJHfs_oMQtNAEknxssP_zbrwDZt1mJPOnD6r1SKP1K27HAGMVo/s400/Aug+15.jpg" /></a> This is the view from my porch. My camera didn't want to capture the blue of the sky, so I had to re-create it. :-)</div><div> </div><div>August is halfway over. 16 days until school starts!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-53775456817577554692010-08-08T16:32:00.000-07:002010-08-08T17:45:08.525-07:00p365 Aug 2-8<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iEhmamO6xHB9dWmAVex1k3OZ2as2X6eIDM-2xGS9Bd8a-_B8cwXc1LKWE6M5G8agN0OJqj54k-XKXe9f-8S6Pmim34PP5mx2YguLKFFUK1wXbWLsgu04TLii4DMfVakp7NMQVw7hTDg/s1600/aug+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503193481799703442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iEhmamO6xHB9dWmAVex1k3OZ2as2X6eIDM-2xGS9Bd8a-_B8cwXc1LKWE6M5G8agN0OJqj54k-XKXe9f-8S6Pmim34PP5mx2YguLKFFUK1wXbWLsgu04TLii4DMfVakp7NMQVw7hTDg/s400/aug+2.jpg" /></a> Emily came home from Utah with this rash all over her body. She also had had headaches for several weeks. Took her to the doctor's on Monday and she took one look at the rash and diagnosed Lyme's Disease. She got put on a 3 week course of doxycycline which is a pretty powerful antibiotic that make her stomach hurt. We have figured out if she eats first before taking the pill, and that seems to make a difference.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIz1xhn74zMDficcfuQdj1cbkL_NYvvXOToLUrB04uTRsv_cL1-q6JzmM0DxrwyTjXhjDIMk27FVZ6R-JIR7harDjH5O2fu4clN_nQVJP5SRUs6LRGEHlXWUI0TcHAtb6p95uiURUUafo/s1600/Aug+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 277px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503193472630832210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIz1xhn74zMDficcfuQdj1cbkL_NYvvXOToLUrB04uTRsv_cL1-q6JzmM0DxrwyTjXhjDIMk27FVZ6R-JIR7harDjH5O2fu4clN_nQVJP5SRUs6LRGEHlXWUI0TcHAtb6p95uiURUUafo/s400/Aug+3.jpg" /></a> Tuesday I participated in Turtle Lake's 'National Night Out' gathering. I don't live in Turtle Lake, but I work there. McDonald's had a booth there. We had activies for kids, and information about the Ronald McDonald house for the adults. Richard brought my kids down and they had a lot of fun with different activites, dancing, free hot dogs and rootbeer floats.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH2GFgEHDHtY4MNtjFNqS2GYKZHH8yggHBwbzRP-9q3CYvdU3hr7x5_Rb0ZRxdtg4mp7QNlyqlRXx1Uh8N2KKiIPiLHH0b21x_SxeG-MwEySM6395mCq_NmW0GJgRm5_LRPK6dcm42Zk/s1600/Aug+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503193463987865010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH2GFgEHDHtY4MNtjFNqS2GYKZHH8yggHBwbzRP-9q3CYvdU3hr7x5_Rb0ZRxdtg4mp7QNlyqlRXx1Uh8N2KKiIPiLHH0b21x_SxeG-MwEySM6395mCq_NmW0GJgRm5_LRPK6dcm42Zk/s400/Aug+4.jpg" /></a> The kids & I did some experiments this week. We had some dry ice and had fun with it, and this is another one... take a plate full of milk (whole works best-good fat content), put drops of different food coloring all over the milk, and then just a few drops of dish soap. It makes the milk come alive with color.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoLWq3c2V1OgC1S1rJslumNCzJoqM7kdeMyCoUp3yiOBoOIi_9r-ezpZNF3_t03V42uGcuoOYyDRKJono52Vf6HUz_tfAFrbcNyWq8NgjUtYove57tcYtjivh05P72m2yr23gS5czBJI/s1600/Aug+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503192017896858194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoLWq3c2V1OgC1S1rJslumNCzJoqM7kdeMyCoUp3yiOBoOIi_9r-ezpZNF3_t03V42uGcuoOYyDRKJono52Vf6HUz_tfAFrbcNyWq8NgjUtYove57tcYtjivh05P72m2yr23gS5czBJI/s400/Aug+5.jpg" /></a> Thursday we went to a couple of parks. We went to a sculpture park, and then to a nature park. This is at the latter. They are watching for their pooh sticks to come out the other side of the bridge.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDH_UFv_5rVCuthnBQYovHrl-ozywDnMB8_rMGHzd9ibQ8pVMSXm1HhnHNBZj2FNbkkJcLV0Tn_GkL9qDsCZDhJTFK15cRVP80FpruVbz740-Iz71EL0ymAoQp4y5-yiG-jdoF60aqKI/s1600/Aug+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503192010224401090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDH_UFv_5rVCuthnBQYovHrl-ozywDnMB8_rMGHzd9ibQ8pVMSXm1HhnHNBZj2FNbkkJcLV0Tn_GkL9qDsCZDhJTFK15cRVP80FpruVbz740-Iz71EL0ymAoQp4y5-yiG-jdoF60aqKI/s400/Aug+6.jpg" /></a> Friday was my last day as regular crew at McDonald's. I have been promoted to manager, and start that on Monday. So, I came home and retired my hat & old nametag.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zOTqfIco2wOg7YV_kipwa9iUl0AWb_p5sX-TGVgTZ-bBFUUwl9uzVYhrkoxhNu7Mm4z-QzqYl-r2dWeqMXiXQ3U-VqChccPMJU-gbsBxuksb9nIPME-3RG7Lrs49ni60PFYejIxIDzI/s1600/Aug+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503192001888374994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zOTqfIco2wOg7YV_kipwa9iUl0AWb_p5sX-TGVgTZ-bBFUUwl9uzVYhrkoxhNu7Mm4z-QzqYl-r2dWeqMXiXQ3U-VqChccPMJU-gbsBxuksb9nIPME-3RG7Lrs49ni60PFYejIxIDzI/s400/Aug+7.jpg" /></a> I love this stargazer lily, but the picture does not do it justice. I had focus problems, and problems with little people trying to put their fingers in my picture.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOj5UPaXWL0P48A1G8t1cEJatO0DmussN9fvJDJuquK8v7EyYvJzvL4_2ZzgdA5MtoDW_nUAtgyrZYBGj-TnJnjeLta9eRCtE3ySNF-wbfqSIi3-dUjF8H8JW80jAtjPo2vviAHd6h4f8/s1600/Aug+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503191985611112370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOj5UPaXWL0P48A1G8t1cEJatO0DmussN9fvJDJuquK8v7EyYvJzvL4_2ZzgdA5MtoDW_nUAtgyrZYBGj-TnJnjeLta9eRCtE3ySNF-wbfqSIi3-dUjF8H8JW80jAtjPo2vviAHd6h4f8/s400/Aug+8.jpg" /></a> Sunday afternoon--a perfect time for a game of Monopoply.</div><div> </div><div>Have a great week!<br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-76390438497229424242010-08-01T19:52:00.000-07:002010-08-02T18:25:14.926-07:00P365 July 26-Aug 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWaipaqii5LR2-lD2yJwSPGVXsA0eWhMtqo45RxQ0M_82itAf6E7xNw1fdDSmHqsL4AM4P5m1XwSv9PQCbWR42ZdwgA4Q-n6R7TmO8Vz1FXOJAQi2SeUw83TkhapNX-eVvylWkzvKsAg/s1600/July+26.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500645255929788274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWaipaqii5LR2-lD2yJwSPGVXsA0eWhMtqo45RxQ0M_82itAf6E7xNw1fdDSmHqsL4AM4P5m1XwSv9PQCbWR42ZdwgA4Q-n6R7TmO8Vz1FXOJAQi2SeUw83TkhapNX-eVvylWkzvKsAg/s400/July+26.jpg" /></a> This is the welcome of my phone. Monday morning I woke up and saw only that-and then the t-mobile logo. Over and over and over. It would never finish loading. I took it to the dealer, and they still couldn't help me. So I called T-mobile, (instead of having me wait on hold, they took my number and called me back-fantastic!), and ended up having to get a new phone sent to me which finally came on Thursday.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5g_gP7Ar3cChxHIHCSEpnk6pldSDK3J4HA409E0c9T2DnE7OLgb1jvBFBDUbYVaEL4tWxqPwKnldrV1BrKw6UUrpJIMWe0BDTpXNUj7f6SZojJ9H-vPrKczRQUSQsX8w4ct4WtYYARaY/s1600/July+27.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500645247221753074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5g_gP7Ar3cChxHIHCSEpnk6pldSDK3J4HA409E0c9T2DnE7OLgb1jvBFBDUbYVaEL4tWxqPwKnldrV1BrKw6UUrpJIMWe0BDTpXNUj7f6SZojJ9H-vPrKczRQUSQsX8w4ct4WtYYARaY/s400/July+27.jpg" /></a> Tuesday I got my first good harvest of blackberries. I'll be getting even more in the next couple of weeks.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITalbkRz0fpVpuaB_h_-3FYV6FyHlKqn2p8K8eO-ZbMLSZzXYLKcdUH5jYMgepxq3SxAZH15rqsxR0b74CRrrt7spEeohDBfX9EInaLhHtIspZbRmLMjSngvpX8hk2soOzg79Qrj78x4/s1600/July+28.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500645238910653058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITalbkRz0fpVpuaB_h_-3FYV6FyHlKqn2p8K8eO-ZbMLSZzXYLKcdUH5jYMgepxq3SxAZH15rqsxR0b74CRrrt7spEeohDBfX9EInaLhHtIspZbRmLMjSngvpX8hk2soOzg79Qrj78x4/s400/July+28.jpg" /></a> This bunny sits at the corner of our yard by the driveway every day just taunting the cats.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoQ14JQ-Q0Yb7JdYQ6xs2nlGuL7wrio3jHy1EKliRuAt07Rnuy7WItPr1wsuYqR43baf_CNzjbT5PUS45gCUE_98UyH0_GD86xoD8pj5kSS2B_vEr_VzHlgTO5oU2P3ykuJss3hSEuvg/s1600/July+29.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500642640250667282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoQ14JQ-Q0Yb7JdYQ6xs2nlGuL7wrio3jHy1EKliRuAt07Rnuy7WItPr1wsuYqR43baf_CNzjbT5PUS45gCUE_98UyH0_GD86xoD8pj5kSS2B_vEr_VzHlgTO5oU2P3ykuJss3hSEuvg/s400/July+29.jpg" /></a> Thursday I went and toured the County Fair by myself. Everyone else was still either at camp, or driving back from Utah. These are the best things at the fair. Mini donuts. You get a bag of 13 or so hot, mini bites of cinnamon sugary goodness.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aHmr7xRxSemCoSbtPtNxcUfFa6xChRsbWs9uYlrtzlbly_5CNKeEdohQJCOgj-vHwkd6lCkVM_4UrBLpjItXiGWImFBs6hPpq24ZDMcesRFBFezDZVraAbRKifE6vk3YzGy1SfMLYE8/s1600/July+30.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500642635605842258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aHmr7xRxSemCoSbtPtNxcUfFa6xChRsbWs9uYlrtzlbly_5CNKeEdohQJCOgj-vHwkd6lCkVM_4UrBLpjItXiGWImFBs6hPpq24ZDMcesRFBFezDZVraAbRKifE6vk3YzGy1SfMLYE8/s400/July+30.jpg" /></a> Daniel is carrying a bottle. They all came home Friday. This is a root beer bottle that they got at a restaurant called Bummer's in Sterling, CO. It is kind of our tradition to stop there either to or from Utah for dinner-depending on when we get there.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7R0h9us6TAU5mcE4egs44eWmjUA_M2R84iWGltkVoFeItlfXoC2sVitpcZNOtKR7lX-kAGRM_QJy8tBm5_5khBIHKASbWd2sSs4H2WpMzokJQHB_ipGhB1_V9FMdvP1AnKhEuLfH3bs/s1600/July+31.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500642628849571522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7R0h9us6TAU5mcE4egs44eWmjUA_M2R84iWGltkVoFeItlfXoC2sVitpcZNOtKR7lX-kAGRM_QJy8tBm5_5khBIHKASbWd2sSs4H2WpMzokJQHB_ipGhB1_V9FMdvP1AnKhEuLfH3bs/s400/July+31.jpg" /></a> Saturday we went to the Fair as a family. This is Sarah standing underneath her entry with a blue ribbon on it. I also got a blue on one of my photos, and a 3rd and 4th place on 2 other photos. Also, despite being on my way to getting a fantastic cold/laryingitis on Sunday, I managed to still get 3rd place in the talent show.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJuwNS1pssCn7KekISqQhN-plIg50SbfE5xUHVrsVBUhVzL3bVTOC5f5zJC6ODOMxeQAFVhI_JOOUNBguRqhF_v2AMMRgYRBbMH-quhnuj3H9uvxufcsuyEz1HBIn0uLmK3KmfZOmUXw/s1600/Aug+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500642614274780930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJuwNS1pssCn7KekISqQhN-plIg50SbfE5xUHVrsVBUhVzL3bVTOC5f5zJC6ODOMxeQAFVhI_JOOUNBguRqhF_v2AMMRgYRBbMH-quhnuj3H9uvxufcsuyEz1HBIn0uLmK3KmfZOmUXw/s400/Aug+1.jpg" /></a> Sunday was a little different. We just had our own Sacrament Meeting, and then a lot of us went downtown to a ecumenical service that Barron was having as part of their 150th Anniversary Celebration. We were encouraged by the Bishop & Stake President to attend to have a showing of Latter Day Saints as part of the Christian Community in the town.</div><div> </div><div>Have a great week!<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-90335257090655709922010-07-25T17:53:00.000-07:002010-07-25T18:31:39.075-07:00p 365 July 19-25This was a very quiet week with Richard and most of the kids in Utah this week. It was just me & Michael at home. We got the house picked up (and it stayed picked up).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAHJYrc6DLzskHBoDw9ab5m8kbmdjroVJXK3HQUSzVJm_I1crggBTz2OztlAIiE9LkfceWgmVnx7ruoQL1oMkgxoCkehuogJ9YSr5aW22bIlBaHttaYLpFal9ZOWZq5iX-Paq5hVmWSA/s1600/July+19.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498016103931242786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAHJYrc6DLzskHBoDw9ab5m8kbmdjroVJXK3HQUSzVJm_I1crggBTz2OztlAIiE9LkfceWgmVnx7ruoQL1oMkgxoCkehuogJ9YSr5aW22bIlBaHttaYLpFal9ZOWZq5iX-Paq5hVmWSA/s400/July+19.jpg" /></a> I started getting ready for the fair. These are the photos that I'm entering.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oCZoaOAK1q-Qj7morynl7Nz7p4IfaEapfPo4KofLNPbF9aB0n3amDfuauwdl95BP8B2VykPamOYgoC0tx7InnvL03dcZj4lL9RXbTmrbR26oYfNDP-zKThjt16Tj3PsbT714CmnBeV4/s1600/July+20.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498016098155060114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oCZoaOAK1q-Qj7morynl7Nz7p4IfaEapfPo4KofLNPbF9aB0n3amDfuauwdl95BP8B2VykPamOYgoC0tx7InnvL03dcZj4lL9RXbTmrbR26oYfNDP-zKThjt16Tj3PsbT714CmnBeV4/s400/July+20.jpg" /></a> The phlox in my garden are at near full peak. They also are going to the fair this week.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtq0L7VSfmCA3ZjTR5TPRLIkr3jq6jWZcb7PBZjUt6AAma-kWGo6gJQnKqgOAaOTOOy15Ti2vU4lcvRyEzcuVSJtZDQKDMCnGljCZrB7mQx2FSo_xnGnWhPm6rxYK2AsStnOfNyLwylI/s1600/July+21.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498016089709419970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtq0L7VSfmCA3ZjTR5TPRLIkr3jq6jWZcb7PBZjUt6AAma-kWGo6gJQnKqgOAaOTOOy15Ti2vU4lcvRyEzcuVSJtZDQKDMCnGljCZrB7mQx2FSo_xnGnWhPm6rxYK2AsStnOfNyLwylI/s400/July+21.jpg" /></a> As are my favorite giant daylillies.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWR_nLSxt4Mg7i0aZpEiM3vZtC3RsVru2Uzz8uBZokEcmHZ1e2vuMqz2_cp-3J2XV0BCuRdcE1-ZPh1-7vJH9yhz38z_HXDQsAkHit9_eaVxX888HHngwxZpYNEuiao9IvJvkrXyQoKo/s1600/July+22.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498014388327958210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWR_nLSxt4Mg7i0aZpEiM3vZtC3RsVru2Uzz8uBZokEcmHZ1e2vuMqz2_cp-3J2XV0BCuRdcE1-ZPh1-7vJH9yhz38z_HXDQsAkHit9_eaVxX888HHngwxZpYNEuiao9IvJvkrXyQoKo/s400/July+22.jpg" /></a> On Thursday, Michael & I went to Rice Lake and went school shopping. We stopped at Norske Nook for lunch. Norske Nook serves good, homestyle Norwegian/American food. But they are most famous for their PIES. Fantastically good pies. I had a white chocolate/strawberry pie. Michael had a Peach Praline pie.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTREQS20OC1aN8Rkh7pBD7RGzgXTc9VjYDK2kFlZZqoRMUt8bHFP78ttYXshhgJq4xjl_HKFMfx7XsXetQu6ElvnAdYk-gDEqoyjceER8I77mM8peMf8EfXxOdYeXHd29UF6m-tVGjog/s1600/July+23.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498014379016448706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTREQS20OC1aN8Rkh7pBD7RGzgXTc9VjYDK2kFlZZqoRMUt8bHFP78ttYXshhgJq4xjl_HKFMfx7XsXetQu6ElvnAdYk-gDEqoyjceER8I77mM8peMf8EfXxOdYeXHd29UF6m-tVGjog/s400/July+23.jpg" /></a> This little fellow came to our window, over the porch ledge, on the 2nd floor!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSn3OlmVO3ZsmOT7NO8JZMxIbpu4_UH0kWATYjsTSd3bowmNMb_tsEoHu9WuGEYR9oALZHGm1PvwSJyB2VIyp15DC-t8fZI4kiWnAbU_JIE8HmOWjPppeyW2nxlv-Ae58dnxAPv1WDDys/s1600/July+24.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498014370082298498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSn3OlmVO3ZsmOT7NO8JZMxIbpu4_UH0kWATYjsTSd3bowmNMb_tsEoHu9WuGEYR9oALZHGm1PvwSJyB2VIyp15DC-t8fZI4kiWnAbU_JIE8HmOWjPppeyW2nxlv-Ae58dnxAPv1WDDys/s400/July+24.jpg" /></a> Saturday we had some storms roll through, and then the sun came out. The clouds were really cool.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRSzlqp-FtBg_TvqVTOZ4kwfb35QKP_pZwRIQ_G-dHgneAvj8a51jNH8_uAeSviFZ1Jw2xbkZ0PdNcmsyciRDVMaeFDaVtmppa08dW48EiMsbrRaa09G6_Z2N2CwO1nIGuCTLW2Tplrc/s1600/July+25.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498014360997178082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRSzlqp-FtBg_TvqVTOZ4kwfb35QKP_pZwRIQ_G-dHgneAvj8a51jNH8_uAeSviFZ1Jw2xbkZ0PdNcmsyciRDVMaeFDaVtmppa08dW48EiMsbrRaa09G6_Z2N2CwO1nIGuCTLW2Tplrc/s400/July+25.jpg" /></a> Today Michael went off to camp. That means I'm by myself until about Friday when everyone returns home. VERY quiet indeed!!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-27541272351387163632010-07-18T16:57:00.000-07:002010-07-18T19:23:15.416-07:00p365 July 12-July 18<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChSQzwli_bSEPksy4wxtbRrKHUetuRylOJH19D0lgw6ueKTL6hPsm0sW1YSfjfVnOeECZ0IgWSfl3LGJz2B63O8emib111FdJoTuzOG7OvpPY5BJaFmBa7NBhyfep1nt6vwy-0HyBIAg/s1600/July+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495416206816747282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChSQzwli_bSEPksy4wxtbRrKHUetuRylOJH19D0lgw6ueKTL6hPsm0sW1YSfjfVnOeECZ0IgWSfl3LGJz2B63O8emib111FdJoTuzOG7OvpPY5BJaFmBa7NBhyfep1nt6vwy-0HyBIAg/s400/July+12.jpg" /></a> Monday Evening we went to see ToyStory 3 in 3D. This is everyone before the movie started. The movie was awesome and I cried almost the whole last 10-20 minutes. I am a boob. It was our first 3D movie and I was impressed.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2IgOsDOZ1WYMbJsKuc5oPYodUuN7h7ISI5_XQ34IM2cEKUPiJTsrhemApwqnzfRfs30-YGEuSL9M0QJebBrQz2AvdKTLhpnCYojG3Ui5WFsPg3d8RvUB2HPhPhiXz-ktJzmun9XrNI8/s1600/July+13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495416197224114114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2IgOsDOZ1WYMbJsKuc5oPYodUuN7h7ISI5_XQ34IM2cEKUPiJTsrhemApwqnzfRfs30-YGEuSL9M0QJebBrQz2AvdKTLhpnCYojG3Ui5WFsPg3d8RvUB2HPhPhiXz-ktJzmun9XrNI8/s400/July+13.jpg" /></a> This is a story of my poor mountain ash tree. I love this tree. It is right in front of the house. It makes beautiful red berries. The past couple of years, the wood peckers have been poking systematic holes in the branches and drinking the sap. This year, it is especially bad, and branches are starting to die. The insects love the sappy holes and the tree is buzzing with flies, bees & butterflies.. One day my tree will be dead. :-(<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpG2RiJZcyw16jrl8Zicmoi0NzFTupDaldESeRcHODB_cFm5HMmMcCr6x1wXyq2rAvGyj5MNlOijrA8ka6puLnzz7q0Q73QHWKssUDthz-CGY2N0X0iZDc9c_u7ImdMxUtzEu317wE9Nw/s1600/July+14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495416188027573282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpG2RiJZcyw16jrl8Zicmoi0NzFTupDaldESeRcHODB_cFm5HMmMcCr6x1wXyq2rAvGyj5MNlOijrA8ka6puLnzz7q0Q73QHWKssUDthz-CGY2N0X0iZDc9c_u7ImdMxUtzEu317wE9Nw/s400/July+14.jpg" /></a> Wednesday we had several hours of storms roll through. Just as I was leaving work, the storms were clearing up. This is the back end of the storm front moving away.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9C_ZMDqRUsKGSvUT0Pe0f4fP0GlwHs_0Gs5muIDapnw6y-nXvKtDtzc-6-28guqf-ZC8gFbGr2JoAA-qqlJdnOg9GKv8lwqFNz6E6UILzUmFnjBragmV_BuyicQxfN9Yd5axGwfLmys/s1600/July+15.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495403645049449202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9C_ZMDqRUsKGSvUT0Pe0f4fP0GlwHs_0Gs5muIDapnw6y-nXvKtDtzc-6-28guqf-ZC8gFbGr2JoAA-qqlJdnOg9GKv8lwqFNz6E6UILzUmFnjBragmV_BuyicQxfN9Yd5axGwfLmys/s400/July+15.jpg" /></a> Thursday night we had our ward Pioneer Day Picnic at the Rhode's house. One of the kids' favorite thing to do is to play on their handcart replica. We get slow roasted bbq pork, turkey & beef brisket, potluck & then people play softball/kickball, at the next door park, or board games like Scrabble & RummiKube. Its our annual tradition.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaAdjXvlrR5oLiY5gcqUpFOq1FOn-9FBnW8KQU_MbprxQKg6tSas208DehiJGlIee_RPG_IZ-C6Lyp8SuksGU_n3VGJoGJ58k_K6_rMsrGExgcEYz7YP_GJWhTQECHpL2dbgRF7dB2_I/s1600/July+16.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495403640943506610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaAdjXvlrR5oLiY5gcqUpFOq1FOn-9FBnW8KQU_MbprxQKg6tSas208DehiJGlIee_RPG_IZ-C6Lyp8SuksGU_n3VGJoGJ58k_K6_rMsrGExgcEYz7YP_GJWhTQECHpL2dbgRF7dB2_I/s400/July+16.jpg" /></a> Friday we took the teenagers to Crystal for a youth dance. That is just about 10 min from Minneapolis. It was a gorgeous evening, so we went downtown, ate on the patio of Chipotle on Nicolette Mall. Then we just spent the rest of the evening people watching & walking up and down the street. This is a cool fountain on the street. The water was falling down the pipes.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKujMpFDrNDuXRnlu_hV3ULKcBb-efGF7WWFxfj_We-whNZYL-xsxS8HHFM4FSdHwZzUMo1mmkrDnsPk-tSqMyzbhfwkRgF8bxmzMll32xKijqbVMdk5dCeAkvPjMsvZcdj_GzRgszYeQ/s1600/July+17.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495403629464107522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKujMpFDrNDuXRnlu_hV3ULKcBb-efGF7WWFxfj_We-whNZYL-xsxS8HHFM4FSdHwZzUMo1mmkrDnsPk-tSqMyzbhfwkRgF8bxmzMll32xKijqbVMdk5dCeAkvPjMsvZcdj_GzRgszYeQ/s400/July+17.jpg" /></a> Saturday my family left. Most of them anyway. Richard took John, Emily, Sarah & Daniel and went to Utah to his parents' house. I just got a text from John that they arrived about 2 hours ago. I stayed home to get Michael to Scout Camp next week. The two of us went to see Despicable Me last night & got home just in time for another round of storms.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-i77s5PeFxfgAnxkIlCyqEJngPkrk4JoXk0TbES4GIiifnlaLqhVH9-zGTkBDsTGqRo2vDIZKGYoC_HJFoMAp4OCU77itpvnZQTf2fpoabDzhDPtq1kkRNqjS4SXEc30ozBpTA0esWs/s1600/July+18.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495403622821795218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-i77s5PeFxfgAnxkIlCyqEJngPkrk4JoXk0TbES4GIiifnlaLqhVH9-zGTkBDsTGqRo2vDIZKGYoC_HJFoMAp4OCU77itpvnZQTf2fpoabDzhDPtq1kkRNqjS4SXEc30ozBpTA0esWs/s400/July+18.jpg" /></a> Saturday night I made a banana pie for potluck . Really Yummy. Unfortunately, I left it at home, and didn't remember it until I was about 10 miles from home. So, we had to eat pie when we got home. Too bad.</div><div> </div><div>It will be an odd week. Very quiet, I think. <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-50055255424539865882010-07-11T17:38:00.000-07:002010-07-11T19:49:11.641-07:00P 365 July 5-11<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9PED0g1a1s2qUe39QMuHZjjxO-u4cTUX6Y5PGrD5ExPW2bIgbCgbgwGkwPajVCglhku5yLxTSBrDai8u4Sk3w-muc0fIWFInSSnnQ-fnse4a9w_UQ0osRagJ-Ai9tjuPKXtOAee8osw/s1600/July+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492818291364869874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9PED0g1a1s2qUe39QMuHZjjxO-u4cTUX6Y5PGrD5ExPW2bIgbCgbgwGkwPajVCglhku5yLxTSBrDai8u4Sk3w-muc0fIWFInSSnnQ-fnse4a9w_UQ0osRagJ-Ai9tjuPKXtOAee8osw/s400/July+5.jpg" /></a> July 5, I went to the farmers market in Amery and got fresh corn and other veggies. Emily likes to shuck corn, so she got right to work.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-yb53RPSTXnFtMbuzH8eTv8Ikfk6N7wI2f2qQFdU8XoiNQa1f7O-JgCOMDaU1AElH1b1iFVjISrUMqavORKrCE5_eUfLYEqKZ9qgG6r5-MOYKK76l15LcDfMGdZsOjBvVU3Pg6jwo0Q/s1600/July+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492818272563222514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-yb53RPSTXnFtMbuzH8eTv8Ikfk6N7wI2f2qQFdU8XoiNQa1f7O-JgCOMDaU1AElH1b1iFVjISrUMqavORKrCE5_eUfLYEqKZ9qgG6r5-MOYKK76l15LcDfMGdZsOjBvVU3Pg6jwo0Q/s400/July+6.jpg" /></a> Tuesday the 4th year girls & Youth Leaders went off to camp. The rest of the girls went on Wednesday. They had a blast & came home Saturday.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSp15Lvh_LXp4y_4X585QiC57_g_z6VBt4GaXyHgZr925ccm9UCwzYvjfEkb_wjG7airo5gNk0OTjjKqs6XXsyMkzqds2-NKaKkeDG470bqhUI-BfL0FA6N-6k1tFNapjBUfC7MMTJ41w/s1600/July+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492818249714373938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSp15Lvh_LXp4y_4X585QiC57_g_z6VBt4GaXyHgZr925ccm9UCwzYvjfEkb_wjG7airo5gNk0OTjjKqs6XXsyMkzqds2-NKaKkeDG470bqhUI-BfL0FA6N-6k1tFNapjBUfC7MMTJ41w/s400/July+7.jpg" /></a> One of the beautiful Asian Lillies growing in my garden surrounded by the ferns that just naturally grow here.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6du_rYvyP0oek4QA5dNEn90nOIDzWGPaAWLayDfmPlHoH0GDpdXUPwKSpUCepa_robCS-yWUhKreKoESYcoCsOPtgneMdC3vJe-Of9dHNegurHcu1l-R41zt_EdmEu2LDujS_Tg8fsUY/s1600/July+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492814085178958034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6du_rYvyP0oek4QA5dNEn90nOIDzWGPaAWLayDfmPlHoH0GDpdXUPwKSpUCepa_robCS-yWUhKreKoESYcoCsOPtgneMdC3vJe-Of9dHNegurHcu1l-R41zt_EdmEu2LDujS_Tg8fsUY/s400/July+8.jpg" /></a> Thursday Sarah went to her friend Emmily's house. This is not to be confused with Emily and her friend Sara. :-)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw0w2gIFm1Wt1CI3oF30cKyVKCbng2ulNta3WqNxRdSKeY9YcE3MgDAfaJvjcdeoDbO-2urOOf62IXavT4WiS10XPntPCokDywfRUjgN4EGo03LbjmC1U-9RSMF1K8QdTrLR2l0RPbZ4/s1600/July+9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492814075182949042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw0w2gIFm1Wt1CI3oF30cKyVKCbng2ulNta3WqNxRdSKeY9YcE3MgDAfaJvjcdeoDbO-2urOOf62IXavT4WiS10XPntPCokDywfRUjgN4EGo03LbjmC1U-9RSMF1K8QdTrLR2l0RPbZ4/s400/July+9.jpg" /></a> Friday we had a ward picnic at the Roper's house on a lake (Rice Lake?) It was a gorgeous evening, and Michael got to take a ride in the kayak & Sarah & Daniel went fishing.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijR_8BOCdKOOZMZEuD8J81Bf5aRIIoQCtAQXfXkPjCmRzhZ3fH-W-JIOnGmZ_-suZ8pnOIyIn-21LDKud0vpP_ZCqrlRTBkebvBao2l3kiRaDdiTKt4HxYroCoEKHbaFdDs5UXK08gbRY/s1600/July+10a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492814063104501250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijR_8BOCdKOOZMZEuD8J81Bf5aRIIoQCtAQXfXkPjCmRzhZ3fH-W-JIOnGmZ_-suZ8pnOIyIn-21LDKud0vpP_ZCqrlRTBkebvBao2l3kiRaDdiTKt4HxYroCoEKHbaFdDs5UXK08gbRY/s400/July+10a.jpg" /></a> I LOVE sunsets, and this one was particularly stunning.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZIocds_nWbjtXJtTNXhmbqnX57FLFXSJx9dXVq7sI50vvbU-bEb-nDX9FWkDRl1G9SqFSaI_uwFVDqdps5dNZHnC3OTr9YgztIHymXl_I3R4vvm7HYxcOi3pY6SWgpSdt9KindV_bN8/s1600/July+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492814054167722082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZIocds_nWbjtXJtTNXhmbqnX57FLFXSJx9dXVq7sI50vvbU-bEb-nDX9FWkDRl1G9SqFSaI_uwFVDqdps5dNZHnC3OTr9YgztIHymXl_I3R4vvm7HYxcOi3pY6SWgpSdt9KindV_bN8/s400/July+11.jpg" /></a> Today we had a storm and as it passed, I thought, that looks like Rainbow Weather. So I got in the van and drove to the top of the hill. Sure enough, I was able to capture this beauty. If you look carefully, you can see the faint double rainbow further to the right of the main one.</div><div> </div><div>Have a great week!<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-12619374855314607112010-07-04T15:59:00.001-07:002010-07-04T16:29:27.589-07:00P 365 June 28-July 4 (half way through the year!!)Well, this week marks the half way point of the year. I've really enjoyed this <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">experiment</span>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGRp8bciRkJW9K3Jp6dnYM-weG-OeNQwGa5twqTmjd_LWfWm0MlPZoo7H7KFUm5GYENw74F2nKzl0RzJNp6TmAvgPPybrxwS83vlvzf0hYhd1mR3704yZryN86-Sn3FORHwmCYbnouhE/s1600/June+28.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490193816277034722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGRp8bciRkJW9K3Jp6dnYM-weG-OeNQwGa5twqTmjd_LWfWm0MlPZoo7H7KFUm5GYENw74F2nKzl0RzJNp6TmAvgPPybrxwS83vlvzf0hYhd1mR3704yZryN86-Sn3FORHwmCYbnouhE/s400/June+28.jpg" /></a> I came home on Monday(June 28) and found the tree flying a kite. (Michael had something to do with it)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDRwCaqIk19j2TnJyhvf34bG_k9mCy-lDiosGCDCozYq1uGWtrivf-jZSQNkgM_u9zpAB3FuW13TXuZpm31Yycy7vtC_2dHy855DRBd_-RrdJIYiArdhCGvAAs84IIJjYQ3-WQBnMlZc/s1600/June+29.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490193807171131490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDRwCaqIk19j2TnJyhvf34bG_k9mCy-lDiosGCDCozYq1uGWtrivf-jZSQNkgM_u9zpAB3FuW13TXuZpm31Yycy7vtC_2dHy855DRBd_-RrdJIYiArdhCGvAAs84IIJjYQ3-WQBnMlZc/s400/June+29.jpg" /></a> Happy Birthday to John! My oldest son is 20 years old. Yikes!!! Jenny came down for the week to celebrate.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcBqRn5y6ldlldd3-k-ooxUE1aT7V-lCLXOV9CflucaX2SJ6Yne6Oa6tQxdL4xoW94KzUyovZaDQr1wr9Zc0kndOnYJntAo-aWm0guo2MNHQOps0LtmU9X4uUQ5LXww5Ln9jPgVd5G3c/s1600/June+30.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490193798690761330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcBqRn5y6ldlldd3-k-ooxUE1aT7V-lCLXOV9CflucaX2SJ6Yne6Oa6tQxdL4xoW94KzUyovZaDQr1wr9Zc0kndOnYJntAo-aWm0guo2MNHQOps0LtmU9X4uUQ5LXww5Ln9jPgVd5G3c/s400/June+30.jpg" /></a> June 30, John & Jenny took the kids to the park. Jenny knows more about fishing so she helped Daniel do some fishing. He actually caught a couple. Michael & Sarah caught some too. (they brought 2 of them home for the cats, but the cats had no clue what to do with a fish)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvTyJENeL5d0ujZ_UvTaP2rEF2qW3Wwfyx8yGwqZZgSylVufRAbD7VdcYxMO5nQZ923YC56JHjTf8KOBSorDx_eQjA4CDtYlf7XznJVS6nvSI45v-SRC2bChTeKan1khilAp_5-5knlo/s1600/July+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490190658183090162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvTyJENeL5d0ujZ_UvTaP2rEF2qW3Wwfyx8yGwqZZgSylVufRAbD7VdcYxMO5nQZ923YC56JHjTf8KOBSorDx_eQjA4CDtYlf7XznJVS6nvSI45v-SRC2bChTeKan1khilAp_5-5knlo/s400/July+1.jpg" /></a> July 1, I took the kids to see 'The Last <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Airbender</span>' because they'd watched the 'Avatar' series about two-three times. On our way out of the theatre, there was a roadside strawberry stand. Oh, they were so good! But we saved most of them and made some yummy jam.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XwBCYGYe-7-CgkxtixVg5NhuMxpc-NOyyZXstzEylF8-rkAOHSAr3EbA0vFjUPwk7H6yZzti-2UiLWXJYtSNXYH7hMwSD25us0HQAPQ28qr5cuxbK4XLkFN1thpYb4RJcFUeVjkSp5A/s1600/July+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490190653218288306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XwBCYGYe-7-CgkxtixVg5NhuMxpc-NOyyZXstzEylF8-rkAOHSAr3EbA0vFjUPwk7H6yZzti-2UiLWXJYtSNXYH7hMwSD25us0HQAPQ28qr5cuxbK4XLkFN1thpYb4RJcFUeVjkSp5A/s400/July+2.jpg" /></a> Friday (July 2), Richard & I went to the temple. We hadn't been in a while and it was so nice to get back.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkCpVw2oasSCD_3Xkv_sFbaW4rxp8HwzRQGYuFY045-4ESuNBubelkRQr2HWC7rQZs2_eD0XDJZ9-pHUQ_uh2ZzwwfjI46sYOtnd38OuwTgMG-GlDetVZRi8aBMukqbzH8WbgXUP22z0/s1600/July+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490190640830051538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkCpVw2oasSCD_3Xkv_sFbaW4rxp8HwzRQGYuFY045-4ESuNBubelkRQr2HWC7rQZs2_eD0XDJZ9-pHUQ_uh2ZzwwfjI46sYOtnd38OuwTgMG-GlDetVZRi8aBMukqbzH8WbgXUP22z0/s400/July+3.jpg" /></a> Yes, the quilt top is finished!! Just needs to get to the quilter.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mIHdi6K5ZbuM8glo-ODq8ngC59uYGSDeNMn-IDN63ZqHpRI4tiNWF7ynnxVC1i21TZOUiO_qGgx_AhljY4Ld92pK1AaXUuIL3hTGp0x-k49Sc10GiyxQWRA1NO-yi459ADEm5JAbknY/s1600/July+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490190631664765554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mIHdi6K5ZbuM8glo-ODq8ngC59uYGSDeNMn-IDN63ZqHpRI4tiNWF7ynnxVC1i21TZOUiO_qGgx_AhljY4Ld92pK1AaXUuIL3hTGp0x-k49Sc10GiyxQWRA1NO-yi459ADEm5JAbknY/s400/July+4.jpg" /></a><br />Happy 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> of July! I thought it was real nice of Abraham Lincoln to show up in my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">root beer</span> float today. (really!!)</div><br /><div>The weather is a bit iffy, so I don't know if we get fireworks today or tomorrow.</div><br /><div></div><div>Have a great week! </div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-80016612949829687762010-06-27T17:07:00.000-07:002010-06-27T18:29:31.362-07:00P 365 June 8-June 27This will be a long post. I've got 3 weeks to show ;-). Between going to Utah, etc., I haven't had a chance to get things uploaded, but I have still been taking pictures, and I'm almost halfway through the year!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CV1rkB3WozaZ8Yk8uk_4QmvgYOzUp6pmP5pdTAe6R0Rbp9aGULKm9KuTvxcNye6f0fzzMtFT4ywi1Z9dcYaVnjU-Og6VLnB6FDdQ7Jo6zaT7cxHn6Oa4tTj7jDcKbJj44um-9kVKP4U/s1600/June+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487622777074790850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CV1rkB3WozaZ8Yk8uk_4QmvgYOzUp6pmP5pdTAe6R0Rbp9aGULKm9KuTvxcNye6f0fzzMtFT4ywi1Z9dcYaVnjU-Og6VLnB6FDdQ7Jo6zaT7cxHn6Oa4tTj7jDcKbJj44um-9kVKP4U/s400/June+7.jpg" /></a> June 7, I got this much of the quilt put together. Now, I have a 8 inch border to stick on it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSglHlS7VwuNJeE5OybWL7t72G_XaMYOMlz6wta8gnQx0P1QoTEPGhD_nSsgqMtJEPL_9EUFQcTjxPZFfgeR11HY3dMBwWju51u97lhfOXmf9KluweHJwus8uZU7eZkN3-kmdn3JZZmpA/s1600/June+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487622769180386274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSglHlS7VwuNJeE5OybWL7t72G_XaMYOMlz6wta8gnQx0P1QoTEPGhD_nSsgqMtJEPL_9EUFQcTjxPZFfgeR11HY3dMBwWju51u97lhfOXmf9KluweHJwus8uZU7eZkN3-kmdn3JZZmpA/s400/June+8.jpg" /></a> June 8 was Alisha's track banquet. This is her being recognized as one of the seniors leaving the team. She was a long distance runner. Ran the 1 & 2 mile.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCfGnHLX_MKZHymB-MK9IKIlTuYDzceKr0cCZFv5bkndp_-djp2R6cD9aE7TA3G6PqLDP6uUwbo4uGUO7rIIvtXTk02l_5dxcYhFSmORE-eBZV3YW_VEZX8k5nYFZon-IyDRNp_tJTS0/s1600/June+9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487622762411898002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCfGnHLX_MKZHymB-MK9IKIlTuYDzceKr0cCZFv5bkndp_-djp2R6cD9aE7TA3G6PqLDP6uUwbo4uGUO7rIIvtXTk02l_5dxcYhFSmORE-eBZV3YW_VEZX8k5nYFZon-IyDRNp_tJTS0/s400/June+9.jpg" /></a> June 9, The Young Women went canoeing to get ready for camp. Michael & I even got to get out on the canoe as well.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VNABoWzbCbkXowc0pOOYfxE9LkkADIF5WiLln53O8DU7wpT4B-qEX8YqMaISN1bWg1d3MIchLrxxWnCZ2kcq0N8c3UgiQbxUcxQIFQg92Tch2vKL3eBHMVwHmLYyoxIWd9MEDxB6cUg/s1600/June+10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487622753192256322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VNABoWzbCbkXowc0pOOYfxE9LkkADIF5WiLln53O8DU7wpT4B-qEX8YqMaISN1bWg1d3MIchLrxxWnCZ2kcq0N8c3UgiQbxUcxQIFQg92Tch2vKL3eBHMVwHmLYyoxIWd9MEDxB6cUg/s400/June+10.jpg" /></a> June 10, I picked flowers from my garden. So pretty!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDfsGJwbAtkFXxels5l_S2M6qxnBf1SmNyi-01QLdXaI4Ab_kQsNKrLp-ow9UIALUjd9kq4Jn9FcVXTAlcIFL1qykavxI-XtBh_h5WNhyphenhyphenENRxUSYNUIva1Rn1XqXKRpEE2eWjRZm_4lQ/s1600/June11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487622746572147154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDfsGJwbAtkFXxels5l_S2M6qxnBf1SmNyi-01QLdXaI4Ab_kQsNKrLp-ow9UIALUjd9kq4Jn9FcVXTAlcIFL1qykavxI-XtBh_h5WNhyphenhyphenENRxUSYNUIva1Rn1XqXKRpEE2eWjRZm_4lQ/s400/June11.jpg" /></a> Friday, the 11th, Alisha packed up the car and got ready to go. This is our last family picture for a while. We left about 6pm and drove all NIGHT.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNr0b6SSzneLlU6-4AZnVkJDB5hA969YsQ9yxggmj0MYggCzujST7eSCB7uI88HccTpN1G1U33C1XmNhvYu8CLFyBmyH1ElDIoqRy4Wf9E3esTArcUC-DfvonkM5f_rE25qO1DXFOfYPs/s1600/June+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487621131210211794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNr0b6SSzneLlU6-4AZnVkJDB5hA969YsQ9yxggmj0MYggCzujST7eSCB7uI88HccTpN1G1U33C1XmNhvYu8CLFyBmyH1ElDIoqRy4Wf9E3esTArcUC-DfvonkM5f_rE25qO1DXFOfYPs/s400/June+12.jpg" /></a> Saturday we drove ALL DAY. We even drove through Yellowstone on our way to Rexburg, ID to stay with my sister Jenny for a couple of nights. We saw these guys on our way through Wyoming.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9P1xIgDINQ0Nt9GjKmHdt3pjOQxe79R_ljKt1-QcO52LmH_oUv6e6YXafzvPrPppkmu0XZxZtMZTjVnUfTHEgaiCQ0WrLeMBHqV-Xr2ZVotWT1UKfyCou9yV3k0EDWYmKg0IHQmIJSZQ/s1600/June+13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487621118831578642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9P1xIgDINQ0Nt9GjKmHdt3pjOQxe79R_ljKt1-QcO52LmH_oUv6e6YXafzvPrPppkmu0XZxZtMZTjVnUfTHEgaiCQ0WrLeMBHqV-Xr2ZVotWT1UKfyCou9yV3k0EDWYmKg0IHQmIJSZQ/s400/June+13.jpg" /></a> Sunday morning we all got ready for church and discovered that all the girls were wearing black skirts. Alissa didn't really want to be in the picture, but she is one of the big girls now too!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPnhyphenhyphenFu6XbTeh7EFJFBs2_FBDA0OQ8c6oaw-AjjqZnmpWHKWP720dJ5w1JP5mrANn6rzZUAObXMjPMSKhWz92-y505vPgzCzIxVzhB0FvoJJ54uUWIczphtIBbUcHNRX-vJOqCSUDh1Q/s1600/June+14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487617525271223698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPnhyphenhyphenFu6XbTeh7EFJFBs2_FBDA0OQ8c6oaw-AjjqZnmpWHKWP720dJ5w1JP5mrANn6rzZUAObXMjPMSKhWz92-y505vPgzCzIxVzhB0FvoJJ54uUWIczphtIBbUcHNRX-vJOqCSUDh1Q/s400/June+14.jpg" /></a></div><div>Monday morning, we left Rexburg, and drove to Orem, UT where we stayed at my brother Carl's house. Monday night we went to dinner at my Uncle Randy & Aunt Becky's house in Salem. They live across the street from a vacant lot that is now a very nice park. Other cousins came to join us for dinner, and the kids had fun playing on the playground while the rest of us sat around and talked. It was a beautiful, warm evening. Just couldn't have been nicer!<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGFOw0iEI3VtXvvSuM3KDUczsazIphLHDlZLb4krS09ihkypDMIh6drpDkXbaTNLvCYTbdcTndo8IgwxH8BBblzyxzrglQv2KNsCd7Ls-SEqYTQDhlk1jJTNoVRhKo8evM5bv4tz_aGA/s1600/June+15.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487617516112717090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGFOw0iEI3VtXvvSuM3KDUczsazIphLHDlZLb4krS09ihkypDMIh6drpDkXbaTNLvCYTbdcTndo8IgwxH8BBblzyxzrglQv2KNsCd7Ls-SEqYTQDhlk1jJTNoVRhKo8evM5bv4tz_aGA/s400/June+15.jpg" /></a> Tuesday I went to dinner with a couple of friends from Torrance, CA who now live in Utah. We used to go to seminary and dances together. I haven't seen them for 20+ years, but thanks to Facebook, we reconnected. Barbara and Deanna & I had a lovely dinner and can't wait to get together again!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpecc2AEp_Sbgz6f7V5UFik7kdKJjnkcnU8jW_h4nfC9GAy2WUyd4mUMByGJuRfOsz1S2naa8Wq5nIvMbmSwshHZp4_voJLHSVZJFCRXtoyd4M8x06Jt_KltxXXZBH8hEbzdbRqvV_zDY/s1600/June+16.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487617508384499570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpecc2AEp_Sbgz6f7V5UFik7kdKJjnkcnU8jW_h4nfC9GAy2WUyd4mUMByGJuRfOsz1S2naa8Wq5nIvMbmSwshHZp4_voJLHSVZJFCRXtoyd4M8x06Jt_KltxXXZBH8hEbzdbRqvV_zDY/s400/June+16.jpg" /></a> Wednesday we went to Thanksgiving Point with my cousin Tamie and her husband kids and her mom, my Aunt Ardis. It was very nice to see them again. We went through the Museum of Ancient Life there and saw dinosaurs. Then we toured the gardens and went and saw the animals.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhby22UEJ9kFlniEYF8W0yl4B-TsRVFQqG_NPaY8qcgRpUB1uVRea5Bc9KVZodNiYsCmYYDG7sLjX_1Hs8QLok5DpI8xSaE9G_A1cT-uqHnQNRrml2Jds7mWbtvh0hFiNMRj68dGJYEZ5g/s1600/June+17.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487617503241733410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhby22UEJ9kFlniEYF8W0yl4B-TsRVFQqG_NPaY8qcgRpUB1uVRea5Bc9KVZodNiYsCmYYDG7sLjX_1Hs8QLok5DpI8xSaE9G_A1cT-uqHnQNRrml2Jds7mWbtvh0hFiNMRj68dGJYEZ5g/s400/June+17.jpg" /></a> Thursday the girls and I went to Temple Square. We did the tour of the Conference Center and the Relief Society Building. We also heard a rehearsal of the Mormon Youth Symphony & Chorus reunion concert.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrLOFVGxgKj5XQh7fUhTgVrrJlZvCBUE-fCJUYQc4KHdSk-yUph7dF8M9cl1bfAHO9gveRklQMFdA-jY-h4QrIwMvwaxGUY5-JOlEArhUCCYjhYepVYOdXQ_GkfSu_NSWLAtWm214PyU/s1600/June+18.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487617496940012930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrLOFVGxgKj5XQh7fUhTgVrrJlZvCBUE-fCJUYQc4KHdSk-yUph7dF8M9cl1bfAHO9gveRklQMFdA-jY-h4QrIwMvwaxGUY5-JOlEArhUCCYjhYepVYOdXQ_GkfSu_NSWLAtWm214PyU/s400/June+18.jpg" /></a><br />Friday June 18 was Freshman Orientation for Alisha and me (parents). There was a group meeting for all of us, then they went in their Y-groups for lunch, and the parents went to lunch elsewhere.. We got her checked into her dorm, and then there was another program in the evening. I said goodbye before she left to go to her dance.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeDmGJ6-g8XUosUtfX5gxvX29XyauF65TQFk008SCxoBnBlj45iXK90ZmJi9kFfv09ExHIiEOyUjT-AFp8O35TF9CGxUjmTqy89qveCOORCE13nTj8pqIKBvs2E7Uyvsd4IjIL6qa35Q/s1600/June+19.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 277px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487615342218849538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeDmGJ6-g8XUosUtfX5gxvX29XyauF65TQFk008SCxoBnBlj45iXK90ZmJi9kFfv09ExHIiEOyUjT-AFp8O35TF9CGxUjmTqy89qveCOORCE13nTj8pqIKBvs2E7Uyvsd4IjIL6qa35Q/s400/June+19.jpg" /></a>Emily & I started home on Saturday (June 19). Traveling through Heber City, I saw a group of hot air balloons. I had to stop & take a picture.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JGh-TV_HbAmXq05bUjIW_2ajh09cysF_jBdOzk4gzPD0JtXJyHbOjH5bqQWiBbV4y5VzQ-nN5KH_0KLuEl8WO_7gNPu9JKGsYdMWlXWeS_kY-fekxwIz3OihcD7xIw7ZBB9TZgTtA8s/s1600/June+20.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487615335577764530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JGh-TV_HbAmXq05bUjIW_2ajh09cysF_jBdOzk4gzPD0JtXJyHbOjH5bqQWiBbV4y5VzQ-nN5KH_0KLuEl8WO_7gNPu9JKGsYdMWlXWeS_kY-fekxwIz3OihcD7xIw7ZBB9TZgTtA8s/s400/June+20.jpg" /></a> We finally made it home about 1pm on Sunday. I took a tour of my garden and found the peonies bloomed while I was gone, but we also got monsoon rains and they about killed the flowers. I do like how they are the same color as the sweet williams that bloom at the same time, though. :-)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUjdGIvvqmvuwgZPbEiO0OPWcyPMECd7d-96jvuUPGKpDgM38GXmciLkFAPABy0u_zQFxPb_EdYY2YWHzgn8Vm4zc0yCGJLXtICAKZ5t7Vbwww98bNQJmlzCdqWAwqHj0sR5gmeNekok/s1600/June+21.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487615325101515698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUjdGIvvqmvuwgZPbEiO0OPWcyPMECd7d-96jvuUPGKpDgM38GXmciLkFAPABy0u_zQFxPb_EdYY2YWHzgn8Vm4zc0yCGJLXtICAKZ5t7Vbwww98bNQJmlzCdqWAwqHj0sR5gmeNekok/s400/June+21.jpg" /></a> I came home from work on Monday (the 21st) and found Michael & Daniel having a friendly game of Battleship.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmg1rHDynQBU-1iuO3IrxTn8MN9VqipeF96LJJtm43I_LgFYgrUKuq8ctM_SoOiyAUBFfPcI246NL-mT8Q4f4qhZDWGPyv7Xu86-NrjP6X-84S14hkV9hFOL3tTNPVFqQMTaUdU4UAFk/s1600/June+22.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487615318873444994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmg1rHDynQBU-1iuO3IrxTn8MN9VqipeF96LJJtm43I_LgFYgrUKuq8ctM_SoOiyAUBFfPcI246NL-mT8Q4f4qhZDWGPyv7Xu86-NrjP6X-84S14hkV9hFOL3tTNPVFqQMTaUdU4UAFk/s400/June+22.jpg" /></a> Ice cream was on sale this week. Good flavors too. S'mores, peach pie, rootbeer float, and this lemonade swirl. I believe in ice cream with stuff in it over plain vanilla any day.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHlZ5x5wPFraMuGAwzxtHX3tOg3ST_AVMQE1WGKq-Ggwss9HUzA_52zAkUY_P5PqYdPm-vnYb3NcnTpThlFP4w2I7jieso-0f6oS2u1HgUVBLc0vZIngGaNIUfu9VMiZk-utLw3uK4jw/s1600/June+23.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487615310253169282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHlZ5x5wPFraMuGAwzxtHX3tOg3ST_AVMQE1WGKq-Ggwss9HUzA_52zAkUY_P5PqYdPm-vnYb3NcnTpThlFP4w2I7jieso-0f6oS2u1HgUVBLc0vZIngGaNIUfu9VMiZk-utLw3uK4jw/s400/June+23.jpg" /></a> Another flower shot. This is an astilbe which I could never grow in Utah, but they grow wonderfully here!! (on the other hand, there were flowers I could grow in Utah, but I can't grown here.)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ES7q427N9t-z645-e9_YoZj0VhcwrdHm0amiPJg1G4HA_kMisNTttFxrIZgr2g4zZRyLi2Lc57Fgz6jNq0I1L_TEPkWF7DhLo-LNWuSNjv05G4meO-Z9i_Ztg5YNFt86YaOJOKIGLN8/s1600/June+24.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487612023934540114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ES7q427N9t-z645-e9_YoZj0VhcwrdHm0amiPJg1G4HA_kMisNTttFxrIZgr2g4zZRyLi2Lc57Fgz6jNq0I1L_TEPkWF7DhLo-LNWuSNjv05G4meO-Z9i_Ztg5YNFt86YaOJOKIGLN8/s400/June+24.jpg" /></a><br />We have our old couch on our porch. Kids started getting stung and we noticed more bees hanging around the couch. After watching it, I moved the cushions and found this being built inside it. Gah! Later that evening when they were all home, I pulled out the bee/wasp spray and sprayed it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5X1vjV1VknXRx3snhyh759MxePYTNw2szqTMUikL3g-6TsBqo3PgmkgAt5OMvP6gUbQu9s85eGhD6dudtHRQT1m_kj30a2DMa2xh9Mn1JpI6N9mOrDztVt50J9QhZ4mJCs1jIxGULc0/s1600/June+25.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487612012963316642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5X1vjV1VknXRx3snhyh759MxePYTNw2szqTMUikL3g-6TsBqo3PgmkgAt5OMvP6gUbQu9s85eGhD6dudtHRQT1m_kj30a2DMa2xh9Mn1JpI6N9mOrDztVt50J9QhZ4mJCs1jIxGULc0/s400/June+25.jpg" /></a> This is a picture of my favorite app for my phone--the Gospel Library. It has everything I need for my scripture study and lesson preparation (not that I ever go to Sunday School--I'm in the Nursery). I use it daily. Even Sarah has started using it to read the scriptures on.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1ENfbYSABPzk7ZIgDMaDT8KYHciTPFgXpWq9vtLOJIAKRl7HNHvxuL5Q8Rk6mOpyfE3Ilw4oSYomDRWE0m5bpV8n5J3u9AM92YAKPOqDZu_ksQFCiFu_5XbDFM10YAuEw6lHCXnfdxc/s1600/June+26.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487612008155772066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1ENfbYSABPzk7ZIgDMaDT8KYHciTPFgXpWq9vtLOJIAKRl7HNHvxuL5Q8Rk6mOpyfE3Ilw4oSYomDRWE0m5bpV8n5J3u9AM92YAKPOqDZu_ksQFCiFu_5XbDFM10YAuEw6lHCXnfdxc/s400/June+26.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnddgR-R9IGR26s2Z3fiaGbG4HJWZ1iFKJ7qikw07KaTlGFVLZ39jVvYY1JL4wJuOFRbSKEGibi42l3mOvrv6FH5IYsNAFK_3UkMWQXy6NVmlP50cQd5lkUnzuv-YWaA6FZGrZe6OGDU/s1600/June+26b.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487612003851332626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnddgR-R9IGR26s2Z3fiaGbG4HJWZ1iFKJ7qikw07KaTlGFVLZ39jVvYY1JL4wJuOFRbSKEGibi42l3mOvrv6FH5IYsNAFK_3UkMWQXy6NVmlP50cQd5lkUnzuv-YWaA6FZGrZe6OGDU/s400/June+26b.jpg" /></a> Saturday was the Clear Lake Days parade. I've included 2 pictures for this day. Picture 1 is Sarah's Girl Scout Troop and Picture 2 is Daniel's Cub Scout Pack getting ready for the parade. Emily also marched with the band, but she really doesn't like me taking pictures. :-)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIxouPfj8d30n3GHN5BQa-4QOf8yI5KQFhbLCPgjnHO9w9hlAAhSxOgbQ8PVtk9UxUEmAlS-mC1ubToXLa7nJ9MfjxIeehYfpracDpOD0w55Ava_gnr2A27LhmaswJ-9ffXBxC-1sxCQ/s1600/June+27.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487611994386289650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIxouPfj8d30n3GHN5BQa-4QOf8yI5KQFhbLCPgjnHO9w9hlAAhSxOgbQ8PVtk9UxUEmAlS-mC1ubToXLa7nJ9MfjxIeehYfpracDpOD0w55Ava_gnr2A27LhmaswJ-9ffXBxC-1sxCQ/s400/June+27.jpg" /></a> Having a big tractor tire garden may not be the most high class yard decor, but this came with my yard. I have tried many things over the years, and this planting done several years ago is working quite well now. The yellow daylillies and yellow sedum bloom at the same time and the same color yellow. Plus, the sedum is now so thick, that weeds can't grow through. And the hosta just looks nice with it.. <div> </div><div>Have a fantastic week!!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-3545189281966174842010-06-06T14:45:00.000-07:002010-06-06T15:08:34.109-07:00P365 May 31-June 6<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIEhk7a0GAKAHa7msy1L_UHDJ0u2r8AfSDZWjASq9jdfB1gI_2WL6XsVVv1QI5sQdyUhzRHs9N_Tas_V6t7hP-gE7AmjDPc8dmSWCIHA2SWaWk36q_KNGy7-n9B8n-iXmyLCgkpqpq2U/s1600/May+31.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479782673229641362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIEhk7a0GAKAHa7msy1L_UHDJ0u2r8AfSDZWjASq9jdfB1gI_2WL6XsVVv1QI5sQdyUhzRHs9N_Tas_V6t7hP-gE7AmjDPc8dmSWCIHA2SWaWk36q_KNGy7-n9B8n-iXmyLCgkpqpq2U/s400/May+31.jpg" /></a> Happy Memorial Day! I got to spend the day at work. It was a crazy busy day. Emily played in the band at the ceremony at the cemetary. Alisha & Michael went to watch. Richard, Sarah & Daniel went and got new tires for the car.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAitN2Fm_m5JaXdJcMJMquk5vjSncJ3YaxVAMno3kHwO8CTu-SNMa32UG9hL9qA3EycAyls0L2ptTBkhvccvaS1HqS18iGft4ZnjoGoN1Kyu1-oocmtQcWPKOXyOtvr4PIZ9zK2PdFOw/s1600/June+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479782657177979730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAitN2Fm_m5JaXdJcMJMquk5vjSncJ3YaxVAMno3kHwO8CTu-SNMa32UG9hL9qA3EycAyls0L2ptTBkhvccvaS1HqS18iGft4ZnjoGoN1Kyu1-oocmtQcWPKOXyOtvr4PIZ9zK2PdFOw/s400/June+1.jpg" /></a> These are my iris that are blooming. I think their coloring is really pretty.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1f1Y9Pej7EomlRLf4XWjINGo34UPgTJGFTXZ5TedDEJ5920YkZgEZdH7f0py3amWrPu9Gw9ZE_iTIImQPn1Th6S_mABde8Wn8gnu4-ZdDazTGI9MorldE3ecmd7XdVWGPklTsgb186A/s1600/Jun+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479782648153902114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1f1Y9Pej7EomlRLf4XWjINGo34UPgTJGFTXZ5TedDEJ5920YkZgEZdH7f0py3amWrPu9Gw9ZE_iTIImQPn1Th6S_mABde8Wn8gnu4-ZdDazTGI9MorldE3ecmd7XdVWGPklTsgb186A/s400/Jun+2.jpg" /></a> Wednesday night Richard worked on the brakes on his car. I took a picture of the radio on the wall. This is my old boombox that I got for my 16th birthday. Now it is just a shadow of its former self, but it still plays music! :-)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FELFPvj3K2i3Bdm3Hrde8dZPOe7UkTgxrJwFy0uYnDnKkl4FKQcjVxwqtKSglOREOydCEQk_7Pkc_UGhnc7DjG8c1a1DyvbNG1h5XS0AIl9-O9aD8lhXadznoZge9awqohSYUsmsv8Q/s1600/June+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479781490718818178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FELFPvj3K2i3Bdm3Hrde8dZPOe7UkTgxrJwFy0uYnDnKkl4FKQcjVxwqtKSglOREOydCEQk_7Pkc_UGhnc7DjG8c1a1DyvbNG1h5XS0AIl9-O9aD8lhXadznoZge9awqohSYUsmsv8Q/s400/June+3.jpg" /></a> Thursday was the end of the year elementary school picnic. Alisha came and joined us too.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPipuA3HxWW5qKRNhr45M6o0j7sVmFx8nyKIP9bK27i7hruBNR4997eS0Zt7e84dNHhKUlNAz_YuYwqAqeWLmQQGHQTAHzSoF1255-ts3F6dIA_rH06nh9Ox4u70R5J7hSb7BH5ufR7cw/s1600/June+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479781486689894146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPipuA3HxWW5qKRNhr45M6o0j7sVmFx8nyKIP9bK27i7hruBNR4997eS0Zt7e84dNHhKUlNAz_YuYwqAqeWLmQQGHQTAHzSoF1255-ts3F6dIA_rH06nh9Ox4u70R5J7hSb7BH5ufR7cw/s400/June+4.jpg" /></a> Friday was the last day of school. Richard & Michael went to the Scout Spring Camporee, John was gone at Jenny's house, Alisha went to Valley Fair, and Emily had a potluck at a friend's house, so I took Sarah & Daniel to dinner at McDonald's and then we went to the movies & saw 'Marmaduke.' Not a bad family movie, really. Daniel really liked it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vrFR2yP7Y5Tzw0SwkhrhIDAkVz5p9-PeEAGU2cJn8MuXG06HL1SxgD1eQ3-EeEEe-tS3qTXmZ2Fq57ALNpsJjJ5vOoB8JiHjVxdGbN1us-sjmPa2gP-5CrGu9k5UOUWG1D1dDMGHVqE/s1600/June+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479781468313400146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vrFR2yP7Y5Tzw0SwkhrhIDAkVz5p9-PeEAGU2cJn8MuXG06HL1SxgD1eQ3-EeEEe-tS3qTXmZ2Fq57ALNpsJjJ5vOoB8JiHjVxdGbN1us-sjmPa2gP-5CrGu9k5UOUWG1D1dDMGHVqE/s400/June+5.jpg" /></a> Saturday we went to a really cool petting zoo in Amery. It had goats, fainting goats, yaks, a camel, a wallaby, a llama, tortises, an otter and other creatures you usually don't see at a petting zoo.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-W_sYSRqeZpoH2LkVW7vMLeF_E0NDPWdV-qIGhAfxAddMxylMjTy3E3II_Kq-nw0EAZ506_l3FIZcAuENjxssmkujAIjJ4XtQUln-UJzgtfj1V7Ku4qj5SqJYejDz4iEGcqG64wbObw/s1600/June+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479781459073415938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-W_sYSRqeZpoH2LkVW7vMLeF_E0NDPWdV-qIGhAfxAddMxylMjTy3E3II_Kq-nw0EAZ506_l3FIZcAuENjxssmkujAIjJ4XtQUln-UJzgtfj1V7Ku4qj5SqJYejDz4iEGcqG64wbObw/s400/June+6.jpg" /></a> Alisha & Dad sitting out on the porch on a cool Sunday afternoon. It is Alisha's last Sunday at home as we leave on Friday to take her to Utah!!</div><br /><br /><div></div><div>Have a great week! </div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-50813345053684322702010-05-30T20:06:00.001-07:002010-05-30T20:43:35.447-07:00P365 May 24-30<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIdDh9kMQxc2BIY_SUg7JAccYMlYkIg_hAK-XKSdaHjHpN4kDGnB39bjdLv3wWA6kAYtRCPjPPFfgbJydYdb2Z4yKkfh_eWYXbFWnkbJgYjt6OYz-h3Eu3mvd38YpcSiXANCpZ-l7mJs/s1600/May+24.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477268952639165506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIdDh9kMQxc2BIY_SUg7JAccYMlYkIg_hAK-XKSdaHjHpN4kDGnB39bjdLv3wWA6kAYtRCPjPPFfgbJydYdb2Z4yKkfh_eWYXbFWnkbJgYjt6OYz-h3Eu3mvd38YpcSiXANCpZ-l7mJs/s400/May+24.jpg" /></a> Monday was quite hot, over 90. It hadn't been that hot since the last week of June last year. Alisha was running at a track meet that day. Sarah & Daniel met me at the car when I got home and they were in their swimming suits. "Can we go to the park??" I was hot & sticky too, so I changed, and Sarah, Daniel, Michael & I went swimming for an hour or so before we came home for dinner. It was very refreshing.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcepqUgNFfXsma39BwCtML279-A4J7XJVp73YjpNm4SD_6lK9b8MklmbVzRVl4c5wyxA9b5jF1mf1y8qut42HhGwgdL71lrRx-KcUirs6SGGNNdjKDyK1QW6cBlAVkCjVsVTcWPd3MnTg/s1600/May+25.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477268943546214194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcepqUgNFfXsma39BwCtML279-A4J7XJVp73YjpNm4SD_6lK9b8MklmbVzRVl4c5wyxA9b5jF1mf1y8qut42HhGwgdL71lrRx-KcUirs6SGGNNdjKDyK1QW6cBlAVkCjVsVTcWPd3MnTg/s400/May+25.jpg" /></a> Alisha's graduation party was on Tuesday. It rained (only a little--it poured elsewhere), so most of the adults stayed inside. The kids played games outside, and Michael manned the bonfire (which was really quite impressive) where they eventually roasted marshmallows. We had tacos/nachos and a rather nice turnout. Thank you to all who came.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5YivmBo7LhlSOZLEbUIfcbCUy19rI3ksoJ6zsud7RfNPPXhEQ6nnBdt_PWCD74BRLWS9flKWOVg_rEJROPWGNLV3oGdhOkn6VyyKfkVkPh4jZdQd8M5Whl0SGx_3_bTwDelSzprBW6Q/s1600/May+26.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477268930232138498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5YivmBo7LhlSOZLEbUIfcbCUy19rI3ksoJ6zsud7RfNPPXhEQ6nnBdt_PWCD74BRLWS9flKWOVg_rEJROPWGNLV3oGdhOkn6VyyKfkVkPh4jZdQd8M5Whl0SGx_3_bTwDelSzprBW6Q/s400/May+26.jpg" /></a> Graduation over, I had to start working on my quilt again. Here are over 100 flying geese blocks, that are finally cut out. Now, time to assemble.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JrHH6t8wjtGfrc3uv-Gdj1NWQj4YxTYV4of7Gbjd9gsbqyX-VD3XuyGXdpdoMYRA-OIvUnwo2lm2LpaIFi2AFtWuymzTYFZmm2Pkcajo7nhZMFjvsM31Le3WR5koHVAJrYfeQEimmv8/s1600/May+27.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477266927152182546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JrHH6t8wjtGfrc3uv-Gdj1NWQj4YxTYV4of7Gbjd9gsbqyX-VD3XuyGXdpdoMYRA-OIvUnwo2lm2LpaIFi2AFtWuymzTYFZmm2Pkcajo7nhZMFjvsM31Le3WR5koHVAJrYfeQEimmv8/s400/May+27.jpg" /></a> On Thursday I got to go to Como Zoo with Daniel and the rest of the 2nd grade. It was a perfect day of about 76 degrees, and low humidity. My friend Mary came to chaperone her daughter Elizabeth (Daniel's best friend), so we all hung out together. It was a lot of fun, though we didn't get to see the polar bears, because their new exhibit doesn't open until June 3. :-(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheexnkm5skOWJlN5v4QKZOlKUn-AUnMA4D_UXXWCeoedXslHHcyz41sccs3ZL02tnF7MDYR374t7Q0cm1t4-skYD09jJ1Jaf6CtcdDgzGTUD8HKIFo1HZJUyH17zLqH6GZQsHxi4mOcT4/s1600/May+28.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477266921611802626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheexnkm5skOWJlN5v4QKZOlKUn-AUnMA4D_UXXWCeoedXslHHcyz41sccs3ZL02tnF7MDYR374t7Q0cm1t4-skYD09jJ1Jaf6CtcdDgzGTUD8HKIFo1HZJUyH17zLqH6GZQsHxi4mOcT4/s400/May+28.jpg" /></a> We went to another ward party and drove home just as the moon was rising. It was really big & orange...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSueLc916tpqvUUNWs_1PTP-2qArFxbN1hEL77oGTvLk_YQxU_jpGTxlAc4bDSYbhoaEZf-EqdDPxjJBP968MhKV_9hD-TVNjg1tp0RoMAncxmALTCeaJLvQ-nPmHlGl1EmU6x8Oy3Go/s1600/May+29.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477266915295136562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSueLc916tpqvUUNWs_1PTP-2qArFxbN1hEL77oGTvLk_YQxU_jpGTxlAc4bDSYbhoaEZf-EqdDPxjJBP968MhKV_9hD-TVNjg1tp0RoMAncxmALTCeaJLvQ-nPmHlGl1EmU6x8Oy3Go/s400/May+29.jpg" /></a> I went with Alisha to a graduation party of a friend of hers at Clear Lake Park. There were a couple of dead trees that recently got cut down. This week the stumps got transformed. This one has an eagle perched on a stump, and at the bottom, it has a bear sitting at the bottom of it. The other stump will be a fish.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJwWXZN4mTVE0fcBM5NaNTYrgV9MhT_krcmTZ-7dQ8cPLwncH_sEflhM0-Dk8vU_bFZhst7IOKEakY6PnRnpcCmZbtamMVNtYj_RL9G9bupd2cHzQrf_UI1v5XA-taN3U-vVMIeEhReg/s1600/May+30.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477266903463094226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJwWXZN4mTVE0fcBM5NaNTYrgV9MhT_krcmTZ-7dQ8cPLwncH_sEflhM0-Dk8vU_bFZhst7IOKEakY6PnRnpcCmZbtamMVNtYj_RL9G9bupd2cHzQrf_UI1v5XA-taN3U-vVMIeEhReg/s400/May+30.jpg" /></a> This is my flower bed in a rather boring state....all green. The spring flowers have faded, and the summer flowers haven't opened yet. It is rather pretty, with the long straping leaves of the daffodils and daylillies, the flat leaves of the peonies, the little, light leaves of the ferns, the pointy leaves of the wild dasies, etc. </div><div> </div><div>Have a great Memorial Day. I get to work (for holiday pay), but the kids will participate at the ceremony at the cemetary.</div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-68147012388725743532010-05-30T15:31:00.000-07:002010-05-30T15:33:15.322-07:00Happy Memorial Day!<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kDA9NbPAK8o&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kDA9NbPAK8o&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Hope this works!PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514889485164503746.post-57917510289811444312010-05-23T17:15:00.000-07:002010-05-23T18:00:46.603-07:00p365 May 17-23<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVr89Svh1xUhK_OXr0zaD6n3zolTO-VfoXVGLO2yZKokCw9xdWjIc6pMAsWrpPC3ZWnD0LqSV6-tSftCcGfpZTYUSpqrGgN54f0SLW1nQM-4WZE9xrBpGu-oqv6ZZd1v-UdIBwICZ_Pc/s1600/May+17.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474629205015260578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVr89Svh1xUhK_OXr0zaD6n3zolTO-VfoXVGLO2yZKokCw9xdWjIc6pMAsWrpPC3ZWnD0LqSV6-tSftCcGfpZTYUSpqrGgN54f0SLW1nQM-4WZE9xrBpGu-oqv6ZZd1v-UdIBwICZ_Pc/s400/May+17.jpg" /></a> Monday was the best band concert of the year. The pops concert, aka the 'pie concert'. and yes, there is pie. Lots of it too. I like the concert because it shows the band progression. First the elementary band, then the Jr. High band, and finally, the High School band. After hearing the elementary band, you can certainly appreciate how well, the high school band has improved. :-)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6O0yUsd85fbpUMUlDtQr07Xy-7WJ0hCmfoVA3u_SUnY_5iu4TvJEErqB41nfX33uGmHkfvHig8QsxkMuvWD5MBaIrFu-jkp90Al8lQTNnv5aLGhXJu5G4IMI8Ooqo-xmwEytu69Xj9c/s1600/May+18.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474629197490581810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6O0yUsd85fbpUMUlDtQr07Xy-7WJ0hCmfoVA3u_SUnY_5iu4TvJEErqB41nfX33uGmHkfvHig8QsxkMuvWD5MBaIrFu-jkp90Al8lQTNnv5aLGhXJu5G4IMI8Ooqo-xmwEytu69Xj9c/s400/May+18.jpg" /></a>This is my last daffodil picture of the year. They are now all gone. :-(<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3WnFwYxOfTscuKTJRVGN9n_g6k0a_YowQXdQCQ7S7QyfgSj-A1exnmT8M039YxyQIIE3eTWW4CtuE3CP2VfNi07aaIEFYvQC4z3Eq6qOYzruFwIdhZkEAl1O5laXtBEKxXOhVALhPWU/s1600/May+19.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474629188411360450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3WnFwYxOfTscuKTJRVGN9n_g6k0a_YowQXdQCQ7S7QyfgSj-A1exnmT8M039YxyQIIE3eTWW4CtuE3CP2VfNi07aaIEFYvQC4z3Eq6qOYzruFwIdhZkEAl1O5laXtBEKxXOhVALhPWU/s400/May+19.jpg" /></a> Wednesday night was the Cub Scout end of year Pack Meeting/picnic. Daniel recieved his Wolf badge and 3 arrow points.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DiEFujTFwGsnusyroYfYbEW5TmipQ_BXCDvguLlUTH9x_D9dD4IJMi0cCY-zEx4eMtk63qa7x2OaLdT1vOR0NlE1VBGbyOplr-WD7B02yjjJwYSVB3KFstn0nLncLY3iR-iEaNwVpkU/s1600/May+20.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474627692171143090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DiEFujTFwGsnusyroYfYbEW5TmipQ_BXCDvguLlUTH9x_D9dD4IJMi0cCY-zEx4eMtk63qa7x2OaLdT1vOR0NlE1VBGbyOplr-WD7B02yjjJwYSVB3KFstn0nLncLY3iR-iEaNwVpkU/s400/May+20.jpg" /></a>Thursday night was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bacculareate/awards night. This is Alisha receiving recognition for being a part of SNAP (a group that worked with inclusion of kids of all abilities). She also was recognized for going to Girls' State this past summer, and for being an honor student.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrpVCpcKQEB7XDMI_DdblP2UERC46dxj171ZJQh-QsRYmTsht97aOPjv_jNIoksFYqnq4ZPjB7dM4dXL-WitZZg1WOI26oypgr-gzxCSEAunO-zEqxfVVDMhSDaxSw2CRKzlgaZM_wj0/s1600/May+21.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474627679336634498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrpVCpcKQEB7XDMI_DdblP2UERC46dxj171ZJQh-QsRYmTsht97aOPjv_jNIoksFYqnq4ZPjB7dM4dXL-WitZZg1WOI26oypgr-gzxCSEAunO-zEqxfVVDMhSDaxSw2CRKzlgaZM_wj0/s400/May+21.jpg" /></a> Our ward started having Friday night fireside/picnics last summer. We've started having them again this year. Friday was the first one of the year. This is John, Michael & Richard relaxing by the fire.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-tcAkdwWVgfm9OxWQC78vDquHJ8FiIOixfxSaW2q7M5YouKclF181pAGq9H4o8aj4chVherUsJndRiTcx4-kPQ4qaZu2leQWwfIOpiR0FTgo_zcImjLhgeIEzYSIY1ViCnh28AaCB7s/s1600/May+22.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474627670383893874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-tcAkdwWVgfm9OxWQC78vDquHJ8FiIOixfxSaW2q7M5YouKclF181pAGq9H4o8aj4chVherUsJndRiTcx4-kPQ4qaZu2leQWwfIOpiR0FTgo_zcImjLhgeIEzYSIY1ViCnh28AaCB7s/s400/May+22.jpg" /></a> O.K., its a carpet. Its a really ugly carpet. But I can see it! Its my basement floor, and I haven't seen it in at least 6 months. Alisha cleaned it up so people can go down there for her graduation party this week.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnWdmjn7DjJKeYDiNwkO8saZ2cFVLFn5qMhqk_rR0ENg_Ro-TwrEdeOZo7LciURm75ZlhziDxRf407INEAULgGJPgbDEX4ShcE6xxd0VcBjPopP1qAfhZ2SY308e30ZT5AOj-7Q1WNsY/s1600/May+23.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474627659285850466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnWdmjn7DjJKeYDiNwkO8saZ2cFVLFn5qMhqk_rR0ENg_Ro-TwrEdeOZo7LciURm75ZlhziDxRf407INEAULgGJPgbDEX4ShcE6xxd0VcBjPopP1qAfhZ2SY308e30ZT5AOj-7Q1WNsY/s400/May+23.jpg" /></a> Today was Alisha's graduation. The class of 2010. I'm proud of her, and she graduated with honors as well.</div><div> </div><div>Have a great week! <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PattiH05khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807010189950559017noreply@blogger.com0