tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345873822024-03-18T22:13:15.151-05:00Mustard Seed FaithLiving with Hope...it's the only way!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-30667037256189772222012-08-31T20:46:00.001-05:002012-08-31T20:47:29.279-05:00Happy Birthday Layton!!!!Layton turned ONE just about a month ago..I know, I'm slow at announcing things, but oh well..I am now! :) He seriously is THE best thing that ever happened to me. I look forward to seeing that little face at 6:30 every morning..or 4:30, or 2:30 or 1:00 lol (Last night he got up at 1:30am and 4:30) still loved seeing his little crying face. Anyway, he brings SO much joy to my life. He's a bundle of energy and keeps me on my toes, but I love it. He has SOO much personality for a one year old, it amazes me. I feel like he is aging twice is fast. Can you believe it...he already knows how to climb all the steps at the park to go down the big slide!! I DIDNT TEACH HIM THAT! lol He is such a daredevil. :) Scares me everytime he does it and I'm right behind him in case he falls but he does it, and goes down all by himeself also! :) Anyway...back to the post!<br />
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SO, we had an UP themed birthday party for him because of the 'Russell' in his name. :) lol Barely anyone around here just calls him Layton, it's always Layton Russell. I even catch myself, when I really need to get his attention I use both names and he listens! :) So back to the party..lol I guess I should let the pictures do most of the explaining...it was a fun day, I'll say that much. I was really having a hard time that Laytons grandparents on my side couldn't be here for it, but on the day of the party it was all good, and I'm so thankful for that. We missed them, yes, but it was still a fun party!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 'Guestbook' a friend drew it for me and I wish I had a pic of the finished thing...it's FILLED with balloons...everywhere! This is glued in as the front page to his Adventure Book</td></tr>
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The pinata! (Thanks Crystal for making this..it was SO cute!)</div>
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-68485910993021292032012-07-19T21:56:00.002-05:002012-07-19T22:00:02.751-05:00hard...Today has been hard...and I can vent here, right? No one reads this blog anymore anyway....I'm just going to vent.... I absolutely love and adore my son! I honestly never knew I could love one person so much. It's weird...with his birthday coming up, in just 15 days, I've been doing lots of preparation for his party and just a lot of thinking about him and his life.<br />
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Well today my Dad called and says, "Danielle, I'm thinking I shouldn't come up for his party, I'll just come to his party here in MO. (he already told me he'd come up for this one in IL, it's the BIG party, plus he's only been here once, a week after layton was born.) So he asked what I thought and I told him it's not my decision and just to make up his mind and do it....that's when the tears began to fall. i SOOo badly wanted my Dad and stepmom and brothers to be here for this...not just for the party but to see my life up here. To see Layton's room, to see Layton play in his OWN house. I ended up just getting off the phone quickly...my Dad isn't good with crying and by this time it was very evident I was crying and I just couldn't talk. I got off the phone with him and just sobbed....layton of course runs over to me and laughs..he ALWAYS laughs when I'm crying...funny i guess. ;) I just snuggled him up and held him as tight as I could. </div>
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that's when my brain got me into trouble.......i started thinking....WHY CANT MY MOM BE HERE? She would have been the BEST grandma. Even when I was 16 she talked to me about having my own kids and how much she looked forward to grandchildren. She talked about helping me homeschool them and just doing stuff with them. She would LOVE Layton...I know it...She loved babies anyway, but Layton...oh boy, he would steal her heart. ;( </div>
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His others grandmas are wonderful and they love him, so this is not a downing session on them, it's just that both Angie and Aarons Mom, Lonna, have little kids. They both have 4 year olds and don't seem "ready" to be Grandma's since they are raising their own kids. (that sounds mean, but my heart isn't to be mean here) Grandparents just seem like they are supposed to be old...my Mom would have been older, no kids, she would have had so much time to devote to him. ;( I want that....i want that so bad! </div>
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My Dad has no idea how badly he has hurt me and I can't tell him....I never feel like he "loves" layton...I hate that...I want him to have a grandpa on my side that enjoys being with him so much....I want so much for him and I feel like I'm failing in that area because I cant give him grandparents that have lots of time for him...I wish though. I wish so badly. </div>
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No one will know this hurt...I'll wipe the tears and go to bed and act like I never wrote this even though inside part of me is still aching. I hurt.....so much! It's like the bandaids i keep putting over my wounds keep falling off and the pain overwhelms me over and over again. Jesus, PLEASE heal my heart. Take my pain. And THANK YOU, for my son. I lOVE HIM!</div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-59787974825359475052011-11-23T09:17:00.009-06:002011-11-23T10:34:21.228-06:00Mama's Little Snugglebug!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vgu-E-7wuixM2ntoZcU7I7gVpthEx-Bp5PpfnmV1vaXSk4VxkVcmChWTUmXOlpmaH6YQwYAwa-tiNLALegw6HJzHlcGXzvhazDp9kl6z8S5igyhuRqaPh_uMZWGyNoLaQB2H/s1600/298969_10150761493590121_908265120_20271705_78571073_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vgu-E-7wuixM2ntoZcU7I7gVpthEx-Bp5PpfnmV1vaXSk4VxkVcmChWTUmXOlpmaH6YQwYAwa-tiNLALegw6HJzHlcGXzvhazDp9kl6z8S5igyhuRqaPh_uMZWGyNoLaQB2H/s400/298969_10150761493590121_908265120_20271705_78571073_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678227787850563058" border="0" /></a><br />I am so very sorry that I have neglected this blog....life just has become SO busy and without having internet always connected at home it's hard to just sit home and blog. If it was easy to do from my phone, I'd blog all the time! :) So hopefully this will catch everyone up on my life for the past 5 months! :)<br /><br />I am soooo incredibly blessed to announce that I gave birth to our SON, Layton, on August 3rd. First I have to say, he is the most amazing baby and I could never have dreamed of a better son! I'm not just saying this either....I love him more than I ever thought I could possibly love...it's amazing the LOVE God gives you for your child...!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!<br /><br />SOOO..... by the middle to end of July I was pretty regularly having contractions and thinking it was the real thing. They would hurt, last a long time, but sadly after like 7 hours they would fizzle out...I felt like I would NEVER go into REAL labor.... My best friend Bethany drove up with her brother from OK as soon as we were sure it was getting close to that time...wont get too graphic there, but we WERE sure it'd be within a week or so! :) So I had a great time spending my last few pregnant days with her just walking the mall or doing whatever I could to bring on labor! :) On August, 2nd my husband took me out on a little date night, I think to get my mind off trying to get our baby to come! :) We went out for a nice dinner and then he gave me a Willow Tree he had bought of a husband and wife holding their baby...oh how I longed that could be us soon!!! Little did I know it'd be VERY soon! :) Around 11:45 that night contractions started....I knew they weren't real because everyone had told me...oh when it's the real thing, they wont hurt and they'll be 20 minutes apart....well mine were 5 min. apart and painful! SO I got in the tub thinking they would eventually stop. Around 12:15 I got out and told Aaron I was just in so much pain! He was actually a little upset because he said he needed sleep for the next day of work, it was a big day! LOL I told him I'd just go in the babys room then, because I couldn't lay down...so I went in there and sat for like a minute and came back to him saying how bad I hurt! :) So we got out my phone and started timing the contractions...they were 2-3 min. apart and stronger each time....oh boy did they hurt! I remember Aaron saying to me, "Think it's the real thing??" Then I thought no way! How could they possibly be real if they started so strong and close! So we called the doula, Noel, to just see what she thought. Of course....no answer, it WAS in the middle of the night....so I told Aaron I'd be fine....well that lasted 2 minutes...by then I was telling him to call the midwife! Still all at this time I was thinking they were fake but I just didn't know what to do, I was hurting so bad. So he called the midwife and guess what! No answer! :) Well this particular night we had Bethany's brother staying at our house so my next concern was him....I told Aaron to call his parents and have them come get him! :) Our room is very cramped and it just wasn't going so well pacing back and forth in there and I didn't want to go in the living room by him. Soo...they ANSWERED! and came right away! By this time Aaron knew it was the real thing but I still doubted. When Aaron's Mom came she assured Aaron it was real as well. By this time we had gotten ahold of both the midwife and Noel, and they were both on their way.<br /><br />When the midwife came they asked what my pain level was and then pretty soon after had me start pushing. They filled up the pool for me in our living room so I could get in there to push. Oh that water felt SOOO good!!! Aaron's Mom was wonderful refilling it everytime with hot water for me. By this time my sisters had been called as well and were on their way and my friend Danyelle was coming to take pictures. We were going to have quite the housefull. :) Seeing that my contractions were coming on so quick I thought for sure my sisters would miss the birth, but I didn't care then, I just wanted that baby out. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9OXC3f_x9kgQE2-jTt3WsLOVNYJTMlvzsV7pgKc3EQITjZfNjs9a2zComTgwq6C3v24HKcigSIzxhJfQiriaQtQKQizouDxDR7rYxKzH2BpcWdbaZzA-J0jDZSkWZvloBxkF/s1600/293321_10150763670800121_908265120_20300250_1886301274_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9OXC3f_x9kgQE2-jTt3WsLOVNYJTMlvzsV7pgKc3EQITjZfNjs9a2zComTgwq6C3v24HKcigSIzxhJfQiriaQtQKQizouDxDR7rYxKzH2BpcWdbaZzA-J0jDZSkWZvloBxkF/s400/293321_10150763670800121_908265120_20300250_1886301274_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678227783412889906" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, I really need to condense this story, otherwise it'd be a book! :) I'll leave out a lot of in between stuff....after MANY hours of pain and pushing and jumping in and out of the pool, the decision was made to go to the hospital. My water had been broken for awhile now, I had pushed over 5 hours and I felt like dying. I had absolutely no energy, I couldn't eat or drink, had thrown up everything that was already in me and just was physically worn out. My sisters had made it by this time with hours to spare. Who knew it would take so long!<br /><br />I need to say first, I was TOTALLY against a hospital birth....there was absolutely NO WAY I'd have my baby in the hospital, I was terrified of the idea even. Aaron and I had discussed it while I was pregnant and I just really wanted a water birth at home. But we prayed anyway saying, "Lord, we want this baby to be born where YOU would have..." We knew that if planned a home birth and He wanted us at a hospital He would make it happen. And He did...I was still SO against it though, so Aaron carried me to the car and his Mom drove us, Bethany and Aaron were in back and my sisters drove seperate. We raced to the hospital but I still continued to push in the car because I thought it'd be better to be born there than in that hospital! Man, was I stubborn!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSEvqpVWiMDsWjN4w6-scyRtGY7SUNFfJ92B9GfC1p2xsJ_dmF3T0eb4UOYjtbKuosU588dxE8vva6IWejgIS6piq4yQiugSQh4q6bBtlxJcZsVPMDlfYW0VNR4tnOVR5C7hy/s1600/198791_10150759685050121_908265120_20253669_6273023_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSEvqpVWiMDsWjN4w6-scyRtGY7SUNFfJ92B9GfC1p2xsJ_dmF3T0eb4UOYjtbKuosU588dxE8vva6IWejgIS6piq4yQiugSQh4q6bBtlxJcZsVPMDlfYW0VNR4tnOVR5C7hy/s400/198791_10150759685050121_908265120_20253669_6273023_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678223778345798258" border="0" /></a><br />All I remember was getting to the ER and I was screaming and then wheeled me as fast as they could up to L&D and got me on the bed fast. It all went SO fast from there....20 minutes later, with the help of the doctor, my SON was born!! Here was my first reactions "A BOY??!?!? Look at his poor head! :( Aaron, look at his ears!! :( He is SO big, he's got to weigh 10 lbs!" It wasn't exactly the loving motherly response....He had been in the birthing canal SO long that his poor head was very coned shape and his ear was folded over and like stuck and they were HAIRY!!!! He didn't have hair on his back or anything just on his had and EARS! LOL The Dr. said not to worry it'd fall off, but let me tell you, it's still there!!! LOL I love it though! :)<br /><br />After he was born I was still SO exhausted, the Dr. gave me a shot of pitocin to because he said my uterus was like flattened from pushing for sooo long, they had to start contractions back up to deliver the placenta. I was scared about all of that but it was a breeze! :) So after washing him off and weighing him they brought my son back to me. We named him Layton Russell, his middle name after Aaron's grandpa who he was VERY close to! A man I really wish I could have met! Layton weighed 8.1 and was 20 in. long.. not so big after all! I was counting on having a 10 lb baby! He looked IDENTICAL to his daddy when he was born!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiie8fIbc5QVY5h0q7MtFZ248pIMGgwFQ04VwS8M5f6ETmeV0EV-m_3r_es-LxtSyzBSwYr6dNUFHj6bdA_0nGziXsTn95IyopbuR8ip77_T7N-AxM0wxQH_YyfW2sez8p03-Mf/s1600/layton17.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/AVvXsEiie8fIbc5QVY5h0q7MtFZ248pIMGgwFQ04VwS8M5f6ETmeV0EV-m_3r_es-LxtSyzBSwYr6dNUFHj6bdA_0nGziXsTn95IyopbuR8ip77_T7N-AxM0wxQH_YyfW2sez8p03-Mf/s400/layton17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678226635517655938" border="0" /></a><br />Layton was born on a Wednesday and by Saturday we finally got to go home...it was one thing after another, but by Saturday we brought our healthy baby boy home. He had become very jaundice and we had to stay longer to have him under lights. That was soo hard for me, seeing him strapped into this little bed thing....I cried and cried.. :(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNiLNH2oSxqIefvuaPCs5xF1XVWW3VFS1kAhRRtwBoVM4lDRClYcIFHP8qAml_HMYVSTCCEJAb5ZFSAJ-GnN4vpttSGMofSNpM1hBydFUt_aGtENo7NWWJKDM0GijQXP5sjM2/s1600/291616_10150776952045121_908265120_20480654_910941_o.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNiLNH2oSxqIefvuaPCs5xF1XVWW3VFS1kAhRRtwBoVM4lDRClYcIFHP8qAml_HMYVSTCCEJAb5ZFSAJ-GnN4vpttSGMofSNpM1hBydFUt_aGtENo7NWWJKDM0GijQXP5sjM2/s400/291616_10150776952045121_908265120_20480654_910941_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678223782487403634" border="0" /></a><br />Saturday was wonderful though, our little family was FINALLY going home!!!! Layton had dropped to 7.11 I think when we left on Sat. so Monday they sent a home nurse to check on his counts and weigh him and stuff...she told us, don't be scared if he's lost weight, baby's usually take 2 weeks to regain birth weight....well not our little chunker! He was at 8.6 already!!! Then at his one week appt. he was at 8.12!!! He was growing SOOOO fast!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YnPS4mPg8aWBGmBp_s9dQhtkglxb-CXldD7ghQR_bBOtRqw4vmEObm_S92FWtvYXdcey9CSNIyDYDdtK_71yPSkn7mg4g3slj-lQ40xvx8Yxg76Yw3AOL2oP3P8Y61oatySn/s1600/layton9.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/AVvXsEh0YnPS4mPg8aWBGmBp_s9dQhtkglxb-CXldD7ghQR_bBOtRqw4vmEObm_S92FWtvYXdcey9CSNIyDYDdtK_71yPSkn7mg4g3slj-lQ40xvx8Yxg76Yw3AOL2oP3P8Y61oatySn/s400/layton9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678226618219934354" border="0" /></a><br />Okay so now I have to say this.... I'm really thankful that God had Layton born where HE wanted....I needed that! My fear wasn't right and my experience with a hospital birth was absolutely wonderful!! They all were SO nice and respectful of our wishes with vaccinating and different things. If anything, I'm scared of a home birth now. lol There are reasons why my home birth didn't go so well, I wont go into those here, but there were things that probably should have been done that weren't and they would have helped a lot! The Dr. did them once I got to the hospital and Layton was born right away. Anyway....all this to say, I loved my hospital birth and I'm glad that God is concerned with the little details in life!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZ_wPUt3_i8tgWxNqVv_tt82Jcj9w9qxCotkejPvNtPjfdnCnVa_csJ6ne5URxK0Zt1crcUmwz6Blxn5XTpatdbie1w9I3ro4-_GZI4cRO8bmz9dX43NOxay0F8hhe699EVo1/s1600/302206_10150818718790121_908265120_20924839_1321879966_n.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/AVvXsEgAZ_wPUt3_i8tgWxNqVv_tt82Jcj9w9qxCotkejPvNtPjfdnCnVa_csJ6ne5URxK0Zt1crcUmwz6Blxn5XTpatdbie1w9I3ro4-_GZI4cRO8bmz9dX43NOxay0F8hhe699EVo1/s400/302206_10150818718790121_908265120_20924839_1321879966_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678224944726453682" border="0" /></a><br />No one warned me about this overwhelming joy that comes after having a baby....I didn't know that this love was even possible. I love my Mom, and I love my husband...a LOT, don't get me wrong, but there is something about having your own child....it seems like the first week everytime I'd rock him or nurse him I'd be crying tears of joy, soo thankful that God had given him to me. I wasn't prepared to love my child so much...that sounds silly I know, but seriously it is hands down THE.MOST.AMAZING.THING ever!!!!! Aaron and I could not be happier!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7vA40LTjjKUFuHO2UqyFMN7hAWIyLjHFDZBe5vKFCGZ4Q5wtT_qELOWB118yH2EsHXKtGge927Bxcs4DYFvwJE2b0UEe_17mBsrct1e7Q4-h-fWfQ3DmORDjLANGusl417Ky/s1600/325870_10150813984175121_908265120_20885497_2146470193_o.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7vA40LTjjKUFuHO2UqyFMN7hAWIyLjHFDZBe5vKFCGZ4Q5wtT_qELOWB118yH2EsHXKtGge927Bxcs4DYFvwJE2b0UEe_17mBsrct1e7Q4-h-fWfQ3DmORDjLANGusl417Ky/s400/325870_10150813984175121_908265120_20885497_2146470193_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678225323589765186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So now 16 weeks later I am even more in love and have the most wonderful son in the world!! He is growing up too fast and is learning SO much!! He tries all the time to sit up on his own and can do it if I sit him up...he scoots everywhere on his back and just about roll over!!! Did I mention he isn't even 4 months yet!! ;) He smiles ALL the time and is starting to really giggle a lot too!!<br /><br />The last two days he has seemed to just REALLY grow up, I can't exactly even pin point what it is, but he seems so much older to us.... he was so sweet yesterday we BOTH took a nap and we were laying in my bed and I was HOPING to stay asleep an hour or so, but no, my son wanted a little cat nap, so he woke me up not by squirming around or whining but by sticking his fingers in.my.mouth!!! LOL I opened my eyes to find him all smiley and bright eyed!! It was just so cute!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkoOvd9WG1yEGFFIHgSQ1Q7a0SQX6pOslKDoqlyvBsBIe72xfFWnbCEqp7W21-_Z6p1Aoau88yAjJC1dO8QN-cGYY2wSOREKaLgSqWGVoe9N-Rg1KksQQUiuGJihlk0GUsAMs/s1600/313165_10150976072320121_908265120_21920085_1978632149_n.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/AVvXsEhRkoOvd9WG1yEGFFIHgSQ1Q7a0SQX6pOslKDoqlyvBsBIe72xfFWnbCEqp7W21-_Z6p1Aoau88yAjJC1dO8QN-cGYY2wSOREKaLgSqWGVoe9N-Rg1KksQQUiuGJihlk0GUsAMs/s400/313165_10150976072320121_908265120_21920085_1978632149_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678224963033841362" border="0" /></a><br />Alright, I better get going, he is napping now and I have other things I need to get done! Trying to get my house very clean today so I can decorate for C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S. on Friday!! :) I've been waiting SOO long to do it! :) Knew I couldn't before thanksgiving! :)<br /><br />Hope I didn't bore you all with my birth story, but I had to at least announce that he IS here!! And he's NOT a girl!! LOL Oh, and I have to say...I think I'll take all sons! I LOVE having a little BOY!!<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRVTlL-Dje1QtvekMpcNGsxiRrmP9EcwOv2EW_eLee4_Bz9pth1P4xcjWVuA2TLBFRdvLPs6DO0vVyB659-eN5QQ8PCcqPzhJzBMwzF5tDmWnD_JAkzNm0nq-YiiyfrX7uqdO/s1600/3family.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/AVvXsEgiRVTlL-Dje1QtvekMpcNGsxiRrmP9EcwOv2EW_eLee4_Bz9pth1P4xcjWVuA2TLBFRdvLPs6DO0vVyB659-eN5QQ8PCcqPzhJzBMwzF5tDmWnD_JAkzNm0nq-YiiyfrX7uqdO/s400/3family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678226615363985698" border="0" /></a>(Almost 2 months old)<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3KECmfPF55mw8eFefKs3afTO7sRmnj_fMnveuywV2DrpaZwnZgbbkPVWesw_-Odx-huKLJxPY6c8xPVCCuhLW4lHOjgVtdrB_A_jE99LuAU-oRAPa4u1RRpAprrnx32dEssq/s1600/384000_10150976065080121_908265120_21920065_1755858097_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AJayf7mn8a2n-k3B1YVxnGjsXuHezrUfCBU9ztJ4DJdQS9kYq_2o4aA-mG8vdvwUvYbcOSu1hZw9nOu3wWXcWQJ08GuTWpuU6hqvABKDQij34-7YOieIle2bAamO7ZVUbTA3/s400/328628_10150887998120121_908265120_21399178_533399126_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678225341979544130" border="0" /></a>(on a walk with mommy)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVY6Bs92Iq8a7H_6RTzWUqn_BsCdR6zzteBr49jfQVBGPfHGIj9ky_XCb2Pkyr3cDyqBNKwUqq_0YOyREUUcJ0qNV03p2KZGODQmVZvSJc5TLtCPCLPxZu3r59qVWMQ38opGPA/s1600/326931_10150962900160121_908265120_21873500_1214023425_o.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVY6Bs92Iq8a7H_6RTzWUqn_BsCdR6zzteBr49jfQVBGPfHGIj9ky_XCb2Pkyr3cDyqBNKwUqq_0YOyREUUcJ0qNV03p2KZGODQmVZvSJc5TLtCPCLPxZu3r59qVWMQ38opGPA/s400/326931_10150962900160121_908265120_21873500_1214023425_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678225325724283282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(Aunt Besh aka Bethany came to visit- 14 weeks)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RkxD8zlYiVCcJYiqq9KOgmTBNLl7QdWxR2r0AtJSnuKJHf17jPKMJ1aXqp99yja8KNNAboDiU2hjrk3MWAowycWuJG6J9CXWrsLdWQ4v3R0C4Pg8Brcn-c0DLckek0CCPmJv/s1600/315597_10150976067890121_908265120_21920070_89351758_n.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/AVvXsEj2RkxD8zlYiVCcJYiqq9KOgmTBNLl7QdWxR2r0AtJSnuKJHf17jPKMJ1aXqp99yja8KNNAboDiU2hjrk3MWAowycWuJG6J9CXWrsLdWQ4v3R0C4Pg8Brcn-c0DLckek0CCPmJv/s400/315597_10150976067890121_908265120_21920070_89351758_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678224975609723586" border="0" /></a>(15 weeks)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyokFJ9ExUsZdGrb3dTC34o6XBlMNeQBbNxTAO-mMzaXZS4M4y__U7F81GqrTT6iw63Z_idADFyx48podQmZAZcKTGnL4VhMXCgT4wXfuTaMSqC-75i_t9cTPBNug44hl7sijP/s1600/314498_10150976071760121_908265120_21920083_1043345412_n.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/AVvXsEjyokFJ9ExUsZdGrb3dTC34o6XBlMNeQBbNxTAO-mMzaXZS4M4y__U7F81GqrTT6iw63Z_idADFyx48podQmZAZcKTGnL4VhMXCgT4wXfuTaMSqC-75i_t9cTPBNug44hl7sijP/s400/314498_10150976071760121_908265120_21920083_1043345412_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678224966511300402" border="0" /></a>(sitting up on his own!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vITC1JbNeLA1pyhYiYUPUKLgjJpu86VTM2Ql6dhKXx7T53MS2kvgiI38ks-OltvIPwaN9KHOeOKlDYtN7CAVxRwmC5U63UelZpVTVBUxoGUa9l8hxjyBul69JcRE5U25E80d/s1600/307188_10150976068445121_908265120_21920073_710978489_n.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/AVvXsEj3vITC1JbNeLA1pyhYiYUPUKLgjJpu86VTM2Ql6dhKXx7T53MS2kvgiI38ks-OltvIPwaN9KHOeOKlDYtN7CAVxRwmC5U63UelZpVTVBUxoGUa9l8hxjyBul69JcRE5U25E80d/s400/307188_10150976068445121_908265120_21920073_710978489_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678224948288820530" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4spYAsOQPUFear62uQNm_Oxt_shXItLfb4mfsKj_ThrLHqKEMzzEwEAxf5mLwC67SzTXgBX9C63YgCEvVB7J8m94xbz737_juEJN01xIEk945cyTs1Tl5JD4OILGVzUWqkuop/s1600/296259_10150885130390121_908265120_21385108_1288249959_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4spYAsOQPUFear62uQNm_Oxt_shXItLfb4mfsKj_ThrLHqKEMzzEwEAxf5mLwC67SzTXgBX9C63YgCEvVB7J8m94xbz737_juEJN01xIEk945cyTs1Tl5JD4OILGVzUWqkuop/s400/296259_10150885130390121_908265120_21385108_1288249959_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678223801671950626" border="0" /></a>(He L.O.V.E.S bath time!!!)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFFIJxBMSlSVIgU0V7VDclaiVoWsyIkip6P6ecYODzFaNlHAlbBFHw3Qzdj8VPjGfDYVT6vnNLXnLJvWBusVmGyO6Q5HQm0s3N57endyFdhxZBgg9MkD3QMepWxhAuG7kwl5H/s1600/298969_10150761493590121_908265120_20271705_78571073_n.jpg"><br /></a>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-63325024163850478902011-07-12T17:13:00.011-05:002011-07-12T19:47:12.168-05:00Maternity Pictures!While we were in MO last time, we had Stephen Schuknecht take our maternity pictures for us! He does and great job and is wonderful to work with! I'm not totally happy with them, but NOT because of him....I just look like I'm in tons of pain or something. I felt like I was smiling, but clearly I wasn't. Seriously people, I don't look like this always! :) I DO know how to smile! ;)<br /><br />Here are some of the pictures from the day! :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zLTQ7LcqN02Qs82oOPSGaGPaZq71Uy1-edU6pigmq6c9vdUT6WCne94cYDJai6txTxutacD_mXuGBTDY_O4y2GdCUzRmEazN4sc_vqDrkqocgEWWIcm6NMKU_Ra95QOBISEp/s1600/Aaron+and+Danielle-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/AVvXsEi-zLTQ7LcqN02Qs82oOPSGaGPaZq71Uy1-edU6pigmq6c9vdUT6WCne94cYDJai6txTxutacD_mXuGBTDY_O4y2GdCUzRmEazN4sc_vqDrkqocgEWWIcm6NMKU_Ra95QOBISEp/s400/Aaron+and+Danielle-27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628631091888625714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrkXzC41l29VvkpUec_dsTrMu4k0aESGkbcjPMhugNMUXT80GrqzkE_PZLmAQ-93o7zjlqj482yFWNAXvEwEHdCHZAQBQu2E8hZHJ7b25uak00o9zwKll7kIRrHDjAR8cFIgz/s1600/Aaron+and+Danielle-22.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREH4MWXheWkCvMgQ4gOffmt8uIbAyrrzRxZMaBFBIiqP80cXh-27kzOmMBf6ZaDeYP8nF7tHtpiyjKlrxGWHCL-kbTq2UWm2GOlTdEfgvuYJPR_w-06ezrSJ_B4Lr2dqWY9a-/s400/Aaron+and+Danielle-19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628629761329661538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJknfDl1mgq4qjCmRZmiPksDFbMNmpC7KjYB5Zxbm2kTWZwj9tOLcox7NAAtZfURImnKq2OiFGzqROoVN8MMdj_iF2NSr1Clkk6MLYrdyaN7XcptjKhDX7CjYrMpnDIYBPjr0/s1600/Aaron+and+Danielle-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/AVvXsEjAJknfDl1mgq4qjCmRZmiPksDFbMNmpC7KjYB5Zxbm2kTWZwj9tOLcox7NAAtZfURImnKq2OiFGzqROoVN8MMdj_iF2NSr1Clkk6MLYrdyaN7XcptjKhDX7CjYrMpnDIYBPjr0/s400/Aaron+and+Danielle-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628594766134818562" border="0" /></a>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-43405047072370718122011-06-27T16:22:00.003-05:002011-06-27T16:33:37.634-05:00Less than 6 weeks left....Just have a few pictures to post, but once again thought I'd update you all! We are getting SOOO excited to have this baby here! We started taking bets on what the gender will be, the weight and the date of birth! :) We'll see who gets the closest! For fun, leave a comment with your guess as well! :) I'm due the 6th, just so you don't have to do the math. Boy? Girl? July 27th or Aug. 11th? 6 lbs or 15 lbs? LOL (Let's hope not 15 lbs!!) :D<br /><br />The nursery is JUST about all put together!! Crib is done, room is painted, just waiting to get the bedding washed and put on the mattress.<br /><br />My sister threw me a baby shower a couple weeks ago in Missouri also, which was WONDERFUL!! Thank you Mandy! :) We got tons of nice things, we are so blessed! One of the things we got was a bassinet, so that is up as well and ready to be put in our room!! :) Can you tell we are excited?!<br /><br />Okay here's the pics now! :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkJcosAqOJnV2ElPX8UsxswADeqO2n2Q1JzbQTRlLs0JC4FiWXawafNGNTBXA8TbAznfmwFlZNbY6n4ARWiE4GcvWOhkGGP8-SOCvRZmR6JddD6iObYefe8wziiSNPGrJoOXe/s1600/266360_10150656234770121_908265120_19026174_5783121_o.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkJcosAqOJnV2ElPX8UsxswADeqO2n2Q1JzbQTRlLs0JC4FiWXawafNGNTBXA8TbAznfmwFlZNbY6n4ARWiE4GcvWOhkGGP8-SOCvRZmR6JddD6iObYefe8wziiSNPGrJoOXe/s400/266360_10150656234770121_908265120_19026174_5783121_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623015330131319586" border="0" /></a>30 weeks<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaiEORg5ORxiE1HJmEWCetZ94hb6f7JYU64Mq2zmJqS3OobbN7_85BefvkTpkiZ-T1vkHYL8PPRJ9hB2deKtYZPTPyHnkKeuBK_H6UINxrMwWtbMzrOEp6v2BlPAUHdxDqUPL/s1600/266944_10150656236780121_908265120_19026194_590097_o.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaiEORg5ORxiE1HJmEWCetZ94hb6f7JYU64Mq2zmJqS3OobbN7_85BefvkTpkiZ-T1vkHYL8PPRJ9hB2deKtYZPTPyHnkKeuBK_H6UINxrMwWtbMzrOEp6v2BlPAUHdxDqUPL/s400/266944_10150656236780121_908265120_19026194_590097_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623015335817693490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwTPQ-EcuDF4vlAQKxLr6IV67zOb1wUQZdVNMel0aEE-lHKcogjbWWEwpvLHhkGc_wQWzvxfNeMsgwsxUYUzB4H33szxAsaI-2iwWdQy62XJvelneuosxqXfKwBA4yXdGap5O/s1600/258651_10150695397450121_908265120_19501575_8371704_o.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwTPQ-EcuDF4vlAQKxLr6IV67zOb1wUQZdVNMel0aEE-lHKcogjbWWEwpvLHhkGc_wQWzvxfNeMsgwsxUYUzB4H33szxAsaI-2iwWdQy62XJvelneuosxqXfKwBA4yXdGap5O/s400/258651_10150695397450121_908265120_19501575_8371704_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623015348832552818" border="0" /></a>34 weeks...getting HUGE! :)<br /></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-4830185861617756352011-05-10T15:51:00.004-05:002011-05-10T16:10:31.003-05:00Growing Baby!Well, I haven't been so faithful updating this blog lately but I have time now, so I am! :) Most of you are on facebook so have seen these pictures, but just in case some of my friends aren't, these are for you! :) Baby Schuler is doing wonderful!! Kicks ALL the time and even pops out ocasionally for me to grab it's foot or see it's arm or leg. (Can't quite tell the difference of some parts through my belly!) It's SOOOO neat though! I love feeling our baby move and kick!<br /><br />According to my baby application on my phone, our baby is 15 inches long from head to toe and 2.2 lbs. It's amazing to think something that big is growing inside of me! We feel soo incredibly blessed that God chose to give us a little blessing! Sometime I will have to share our story how God did a miracle for us by bringing us our baby! :)<br /><br />I'm starting this week to paint and get the nursery ready...I'm SO excited to get it done!! Lord willing it will be done soon! :)<br /><br />Well here are the progressive pictures of our little blessing!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcV0MnmsWB4TEdfZIstcNsabDo0RL1d4H2V0g4YgywQRLhGCz613WtzhF25Qwcqauy2UYlOoAFfC7QwrrexV7-JPEJ1A7hWFyAR0QF4ovLEjS_DuZyOVHLqza6MMe4cXiXysDJ/s1600/168042_10150423670450121_908265120_17348898_5388581_n%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcV0MnmsWB4TEdfZIstcNsabDo0RL1d4H2V0g4YgywQRLhGCz613WtzhF25Qwcqauy2UYlOoAFfC7QwrrexV7-JPEJ1A7hWFyAR0QF4ovLEjS_DuZyOVHLqza6MMe4cXiXysDJ/s400/168042_10150423670450121_908265120_17348898_5388581_n%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605196639458021058" border="0" /></a>Ultrasound from like 14 weeks! I'm sure it looks MUCH different now! But we aren't having anymore. :) I still think our baby here looks soo cute!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DlgOcnzdaAZKH5-rR4qSJCk2lDuvFR1ThoPZUwTUs1pT1O4rPtmpLtYCwtABeEI9fdaz71q3C9HfXJqhB4SwhKQdfkUMMQCRmMsoVtiA5LvjXcODrks9ce9pvHOvEMhv2VXR/s1600/180925_10150423669750121_908265120_17348890_6339327_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DlgOcnzdaAZKH5-rR4qSJCk2lDuvFR1ThoPZUwTUs1pT1O4rPtmpLtYCwtABeEI9fdaz71q3C9HfXJqhB4SwhKQdfkUMMQCRmMsoVtiA5LvjXcODrks9ce9pvHOvEMhv2VXR/s400/180925_10150423669750121_908265120_17348890_6339327_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605196210695608402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UyZQRhLQEp4kWqYauBNnVEsfxPyHtN6MsW6-ybFpqrIfkzxBfVBwO_pRn8R85ys_InupSBQtl8cVMboBDZtkMIHVnT2A7qhxmnXd09EiKHyehUmWMZWC0I0t4CbfIWhGat2e/s1600/190200_10150446334515121_908265120_17659734_5297700_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UyZQRhLQEp4kWqYauBNnVEsfxPyHtN6MsW6-ybFpqrIfkzxBfVBwO_pRn8R85ys_InupSBQtl8cVMboBDZtkMIHVnT2A7qhxmnXd09EiKHyehUmWMZWC0I0t4CbfIWhGat2e/s400/190200_10150446334515121_908265120_17659734_5297700_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605196642760766482" border="0" /></a>(18 weeks)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NjwVMKhG5cEK7JjI3OPyvejIFhI3m-5IHdCDnrFnmUXp0KndUsX5o_YBqhJ8363E_9SKw9TJTaI_xzuc5jpYcVF5CsY8bKpP1HSnvIqfvAZjFcvMevfecAUszwWiCIwBBmZp/s1600/216207_10150577876055121_908265120_18297525_5349613_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NjwVMKhG5cEK7JjI3OPyvejIFhI3m-5IHdCDnrFnmUXp0KndUsX5o_YBqhJ8363E_9SKw9TJTaI_xzuc5jpYcVF5CsY8bKpP1HSnvIqfvAZjFcvMevfecAUszwWiCIwBBmZp/s400/216207_10150577876055121_908265120_18297525_5349613_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605196646820362594" border="0" /></a>(2 days short of 24 weeks)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3rJaBZdWrDT7HzWR1_HiWoP7fbIzoLpjn6caB04FVxZmQHRSS1FHBul08vnp_tdT7jWIZvYm8AZUEAc8m0vSnSCcXSPhisCyM19DoCfApLdCoAL3RMr_ks6ys4fw252qP9Uu/s1600/210365_10150611356975121_908265120_18661713_2656071_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3rJaBZdWrDT7HzWR1_HiWoP7fbIzoLpjn6caB04FVxZmQHRSS1FHBul08vnp_tdT7jWIZvYm8AZUEAc8m0vSnSCcXSPhisCyM19DoCfApLdCoAL3RMr_ks6ys4fw252qP9Uu/s400/210365_10150611356975121_908265120_18661713_2656071_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605196650695190834" border="0" /></a>(One day short of 27 weeks...and now I'm almost 28 weeks!)<br /></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-88159229213481539192011-03-01T14:00:00.000-06:002011-03-01T15:33:12.037-06:006 months!<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579226968536056562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6GxXdYNK3ws2GZTrCshgbiI5o1DcwTmY2WiwG1aUJC07qAacCecOsWJEQ68CDFZ5tgIkIFDqgFHp474aTxcAA7cbMQKXK1LTVXR8mYgsYHPWsvG6bRD6ghTD5OI4TM3OoVT-/s400/166150_10150376626785121_908265120_16472264_1729811_n.jpg" /> <div align="center">Today...sort of...marks 6 months since Aaron and I have been married! We say March 1st is, because there is no February 29th. It's funny though, yesterday, Feb. 28th, we celebrated one year since we started courting! We sure did things fast huh? :) The last year has been the most thrilling of my life though, I'd have to say! The Lord has definitely showed us both so much and taught us a ton! I'm soo thankful to Him for giving me such an awesome husband, he truly is the best! I could not have dreamed of a better man to marry! I was told so much that marriage is lots of work and fights and well good times too, but I was just really thinking, wow we are going to fight a TON! (Now, don't get me wrong, we DO get in arguments) but....the good times SOO out-weigh any bad time, so it's wonderful and those bad times are easily forgotten. :) <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579226965606857602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCh_OKRtOcLsdSrc3oZ93z2fWL6tJoaSLZxR80SHBYdJyMh_0mlMxaNFC0DTwHRya1ogFk-i8PN9fSUWV0X7ttGa7Bnm6-4EAb234_FgrBhdzEbPb03zCGG3QwW1M0QGBkr8F/s400/69759_10150376626070121_908265120_16472252_6964618_n.jpg" /></div><div align="center">It's amazing also to think that in just six months we have gone from newlyweds to soon to be parents! For those of my blogger friends who don't know, YES, we are expecting! I am due Aug 6th, so that makes me 17 and 1/2 weeks today! The pregnancy has been wonderful, I'm just needing to learn to not worry so much about letting my stomach grow and stretch so much! This is a gift from God and I need to just be happy it's growing...right? :) I'll try! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Well, it's been forever since I've updated anyone, so I thought today was as good a day as any! I'll try to keep updated on here with growing pictures of our little one! Oh, and no we aren't finding out the gender....so we'll just have to surprise EVERYONE! :) </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579225486979031154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYPsoOk7BkF-Y5Z1dtnBis1spFitykkGUXsszkRn-arcBSqkszF5IahlR3Cglw4VfHsWbsjteCakoeGDmuejMedpXH_MfkPKFvWMFikdZ0PBUMU_TW77PC95PHvPsNmaZuOle/s400/180393_10150410564625121_908265120_17139390_3143393_n.jpg" /> <p align="center">(12 weeks 5 days)<br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579225496855812978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjxTkFEkox0Cz5hDvZgEwRqQm-tY2mW48zs7JXo61pejx7iXCdyT5qOR1V0oeW46y-BUemHj3RZu3n5BWjttj6_8SPRi-ncINNnTZKVIYbmp62v1wUjtagUDCN-dGfHgCh6gr/s400/182652_10150423673425121_908265120_17348921_3999728_n.jpg" />(14 weeks 4 days)<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579225503286895938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2vkQzP4Sm1Qh9S_z3tCp3-F8pDz6brKBTEEvb6iXq_1U4BXA9YXUZg5g5KyyUxvVn5IgZNbrRFlFjWPwATRYt3jTOdDhWmpNl-F2Q3vmNFJ5_3M2smJIlPWLdnqcMTBfoGls/s400/183270_10150441246290121_908265120_17587639_3544981_n.jpg" /> <p align="center">(17 weeks)<br /><br /></p></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-92116861276239552612010-11-04T17:40:00.008-05:002010-11-04T18:02:57.144-05:00a FEW wedding pictures!!!!<div align="center">I don't have a ton of time to write but I wanted to get some wedding pictures on the blog finally! :) I'm waiting to have the ones of Aaron and I done (edited I mean) but heres just some that I've done. It's been quite the process, it's one thing editing photos for someones wedding that I've shot, but when it's your own it's like you want to save and treasure every photo, which can get exhausting when editing them! :) All I have left are the reception photos though and then I'll be done. I just HAD to get the others done because I have lovely HUGE frames to put all these in and put on the wall...its like a collage frame, so neat! :)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">(They are in no specific order...I'm just in a hurry!)</div> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535831839248128066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7Q7vwe_sZMvi_4nieLj1riAsqj66pJjzZAMLTxCEUep9T7bhwRp7rZ2JHXsaIp2PlKxg-Qg4t7C5P1AxzpwQ1DuJb-j_Z34F3RALf87fOSrQJGE4jYQodr799ezMrv7NXfGc/s400/zipup.jpg" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5SzvnWhZZ6t674gtKIHR_RJBhoo_12z6zeF0uJdL40sMnWiAw1weOJhjzvPkU49wSLWy-C5od5V2NkoW6enoTP4MVrEkK6KuuBAIfVBsEBnCA9CiXY9rqX_hn6jmosamChL-/s1600/us2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535831829775245234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5SzvnWhZZ6t674gtKIHR_RJBhoo_12z6zeF0uJdL40sMnWiAw1weOJhjzvPkU49wSLWy-C5od5V2NkoW6enoTP4MVrEkK6KuuBAIfVBsEBnCA9CiXY9rqX_hn6jmosamChL-/s400/us2.jpg" /></a><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535828946336499442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwXy-JEoRcwC_vUfI20S2m4HfmYIQhLPRR5NN3MSR7pq9RLntA3wRyUgODA2jMb-rQNFMbmvMqDqJl0Spru0fQEgFpghitRUxHYCMW-ELzIdAYlYuJoJEzo6lQg2ZbB_W_r4G/s400/aaronandjor.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4p6558N3yy6kAYMYJ2tyck78-tWDnRk0IJAEUOXviV95Twp3jJ3nE1jH011VJXDDxfG2hMPQ2Y-dyQLmY_mSvxCiETvktes04_JspVTlK4VELl7Ud9YWZVHKqrwpQq0TFxai/s1600/aaron3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535828939554428946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4p6558N3yy6kAYMYJ2tyck78-tWDnRk0IJAEUOXviV95Twp3jJ3nE1jH011VJXDDxfG2hMPQ2Y-dyQLmY_mSvxCiETvktes04_JspVTlK4VELl7Ud9YWZVHKqrwpQq0TFxai/s400/aaron3.jpg" /></a> Oh, and the trailer for our Wedding Video will be online soon, so I'll post a link soon, it's SOO good! :) Love it!<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-44724996481424635212010-08-07T04:13:00.003-05:002010-08-07T04:22:03.408-05:00It's late....And I'm REALLY missing my Mom. :( This whole day has been kind of ummm <span style="font-style: italic;">bad</span> for me! My fault though, I've just been very short with everyone and rather rude to those I love most. :( Tonight we went to a Relay For Life benefit thing and we were just part of the volleyball tournament...anyway, as I walked around the track and read all the names of local people who have died from cancer, I just couldn't get my Mom off my mind. :( Then on the way home I heard a song that my friend Mandy sang that was written for my Mom, and then after that another song that was at my Mom's funeral. Anyway...it's just been rough. I miss her SOO much! ;( As the wedding is getting closer and closer (3 weeks away) I'm wanting her here even more. With all this wedding planning it's like this HUGE part of my life is missing and it shows in all I do I feel like. How I would have loved to plan this wedding with her help, and have her there at the shower on Sunday, and her there to be escorted down the aisle at the wedding and to witness me marrying the love of my life, Aaron.<br /><br />All the wishing in the world won't change that though. So I better just pray and let God fill that missing part...I'm trying, really I am, just seems about impossible. Still everytime I miss her like this..it hurts so bad, like someone is stabbing me. Emotional pain is worse than physical I think....<br /><br />Please just pray for me...and for Aaron and me as we seek to keep the Lord first in everything, but as the wedding draws near, small details seem to get in the way and distract my focus.<br /><br />Thanks!! Goodnight!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-40495697045135432392010-05-18T08:53:00.000-05:002010-05-18T10:19:37.431-05:00I've got news......I am engaged to the most WONDERFUL man on earth! I've been keeping things pretty quiet for awhile now, dropping just subtle hints here and there, but now I can tell the world! :) I guess I'm a little late though, seeing as though Mrs. Morris already did a post <a href="http://weloveyoujoel.blogspot.com/2010/05/somebody-is-engaged.html">here</a> and I haven't even blogged yet! :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bUto1vKPhetg1N24n8_sJRx7twnuhZetU0dsb-Lgs6F0pF_fV0p6qxQ7lpXNjIbjYkTrsnQa-b1Pff4oI-bfZPUqET9OqYofh72yuo_eo7Kq0fEn092wd8ARbU8RyhgWDYDC/s1600/dannie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bUto1vKPhetg1N24n8_sJRx7twnuhZetU0dsb-Lgs6F0pF_fV0p6qxQ7lpXNjIbjYkTrsnQa-b1Pff4oI-bfZPUqET9OqYofh72yuo_eo7Kq0fEn092wd8ARbU8RyhgWDYDC/s400/dannie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472628327855367266" border="0" /></a><br />On Mother's Day, Aaron got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife! It was perfect! I was SOOO shocked..didn't expect it at all on that day, but it was the perfect day. So special to me! I'll just post a few pictures and then hopefully soon I'll write out the whole story for those of you who don't know everything! :)<br /><br />Praise God for His many blessings!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SWjfmNow6OpREHLwQbTHXZP1PjG8TTnvok5qUARfJR5FGr-82KIurjIgiqvGLxmvpSbRT6Ox2e1zIgYuXzrSc11EFIPwbX4mC2xKjqIO3bR02p905dk6r0ZobQYa_avLbi6l/s1600/us4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SWjfmNow6OpREHLwQbTHXZP1PjG8TTnvok5qUARfJR5FGr-82KIurjIgiqvGLxmvpSbRT6Ox2e1zIgYuXzrSc11EFIPwbX4mC2xKjqIO3bR02p905dk6r0ZobQYa_avLbi6l/s400/us4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472628739711910674" border="0" /></a>(During our courtship)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5mLbys2Vw7ky2Vz36UBNBWbeYs2cdnOIBNRJcgw3VPFAHuJZi6jFMDoe5J8uYMfoELBLup78xp0umTyh46awRms39Bngp_Vp8sQnrYxufJk-AGJHVzIlNAlKC5ELXemBQOG_/s1600/dannie+%283%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5mLbys2Vw7ky2Vz36UBNBWbeYs2cdnOIBNRJcgw3VPFAHuJZi6jFMDoe5J8uYMfoELBLup78xp0umTyh46awRms39Bngp_Vp8sQnrYxufJk-AGJHVzIlNAlKC5ELXemBQOG_/s400/dannie+%283%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472628349700111170" border="0" /></a>(Opening gifts from my sister Tara after he proposed)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNZQWl5WYm2nAQ4uFni_GxtJmN3SS_9EOUD9H2_P-HfCsaCJxofXfccKv6C5IH-yIFuB-GrqB_FBaNiLKI0nl89vWM4tDWoJuROxQ44PMQn3VjoJVQ8PormSfgYo2cCkv1gi7/s1600/dannie+%282%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNZQWl5WYm2nAQ4uFni_GxtJmN3SS_9EOUD9H2_P-HfCsaCJxofXfccKv6C5IH-yIFuB-GrqB_FBaNiLKI0nl89vWM4tDWoJuROxQ44PMQn3VjoJVQ8PormSfgYo2cCkv1gi7/s400/dannie+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472628340554560178" border="0" /></a>(These were taken right after...) </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX5KBFSWrXabXkSZEj_ZM4SSPhmmgqnl5_eMQaQVoyXYuIDOxYPLPEisPsinAj8fz9aUNsI2Z8pRgluu_JxVXsbnCCpvBoabBN15mKzBtvH-TyxpFVovRaVohew0kRrM0JWRc/s1600/dannie+%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX5KBFSWrXabXkSZEj_ZM4SSPhmmgqnl5_eMQaQVoyXYuIDOxYPLPEisPsinAj8fz9aUNsI2Z8pRgluu_JxVXsbnCCpvBoabBN15mKzBtvH-TyxpFVovRaVohew0kRrM0JWRc/s400/dannie+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472628338231628338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3OpJ3xYVZdQf-rapkZRQ9HtVbQfuyvH7QbWbJoly-MhNZN_mChQQYRrGbJ2LH8oETBxvTjUh4k-inZnIGcnFc-yrVLniKcv1PcTEnfl4UbrMGeHSADEZiwu9PEWHz-oDUxd1/s1600/us3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3OpJ3xYVZdQf-rapkZRQ9HtVbQfuyvH7QbWbJoly-MhNZN_mChQQYRrGbJ2LH8oETBxvTjUh4k-inZnIGcnFc-yrVLniKcv1PcTEnfl4UbrMGeHSADEZiwu9PEWHz-oDUxd1/s400/us3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472628735049964386" border="0" /></a>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-11907298843895539532010-04-29T17:11:00.004-05:002010-04-29T18:20:49.381-05:00An UpdateWell, I was going through my comment moderation and saw Mrs. B's comment and thought I should do a blog post to answer her question. :) So, Mrs. B, THIS post is for YOU! ;)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVH3FZW_n_LU89JZp3o2vP9HOJQ6kQZnhN9z9E-Cog6WpL-XkOBHxlv9M60p4KtsnJZQWGWoKqiElsHkc287UiMaVe8Qr0cxLBDAEKwJH4-l4llYNmLmwniBJkLBE4k5o8eS3/s1600/IMG_3410.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVH3FZW_n_LU89JZp3o2vP9HOJQ6kQZnhN9z9E-Cog6WpL-XkOBHxlv9M60p4KtsnJZQWGWoKqiElsHkc287UiMaVe8Qr0cxLBDAEKwJH4-l4llYNmLmwniBJkLBE4k5o8eS3/s400/IMG_3410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465689286079777554" border="0" /></a>Well, currently I am in Missouri and spending time with my sisters! My time with them has been really good. On Tuesday, I had the privildige to go to the Cardinals game with both of them! Can you believe it, it was our first game ever for us three to be at together! Best thing about the game was...THEY WON! GO CARDS!!!! :) We had perfect seats..Mandy got them through her work for her birthday, so we were in box seats and SOO close to the field!Thanks so much Mandy! Only bad part about the game....I was missing a certain someone a LOT...Next time!<br />o<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDcmw0V9Mrbr-cabUC6RuOgX2vXGLhATJyldAD5xxDkQxbSWpwu9gy7s5OMRl6jSVyRlEithwvCW5NYteAYjCSyiTN5Fp6bHQUeUfkAvkOfNcyu_NWO1Eubed2lvRbpM6XB_u/s1600/IMG_3341.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDcmw0V9Mrbr-cabUC6RuOgX2vXGLhATJyldAD5xxDkQxbSWpwu9gy7s5OMRl6jSVyRlEithwvCW5NYteAYjCSyiTN5Fp6bHQUeUfkAvkOfNcyu_NWO1Eubed2lvRbpM6XB_u/s400/IMG_3341.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465689313958852002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPgoNCtFtYAVKdUtiR6eTkgr49RjLYjxJm-C477ZPPE5waCoaAha2SnhNRHR6nf3EHPgAQf17DURoeeM0U4NvZM2QtgwR7evYTPyjeR2A2EmB5eRHIrQqR2YBtn4Sp0YLwVI8/s1600/IMG_3379.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPgoNCtFtYAVKdUtiR6eTkgr49RjLYjxJm-C477ZPPE5waCoaAha2SnhNRHR6nf3EHPgAQf17DURoeeM0U4NvZM2QtgwR7evYTPyjeR2A2EmB5eRHIrQqR2YBtn4Sp0YLwVI8/s400/IMG_3379.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465689306005006658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gWijmK1e7mxEUF99kQVSjaOVOLHQ2Vooxa-C4J9HvEtM8NgLuFQoYydvvTgZkZN0IliBMrQunDD2tlP4klgWzUw8l2yGOnW6V7CTcyW0NocNOMod0Cmv1Hhyphenhyphenm8HvYJVDUoX3/s1600/IMG_3371.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gWijmK1e7mxEUF99kQVSjaOVOLHQ2Vooxa-C4J9HvEtM8NgLuFQoYydvvTgZkZN0IliBMrQunDD2tlP4klgWzUw8l2yGOnW6V7CTcyW0NocNOMod0Cmv1Hhyphenhyphenm8HvYJVDUoX3/s400/IMG_3371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465689298037777378" border="0" /></a><br />Then yesterday Tara, Jason, Mandy, Joel and I all went to some sand volleyball court to play! At first the bugs were horrible so it wasn't as much fun as it could be, but once it got dark the lights turned on and that attracted the bugs to the light! :) We were the only ones there so that was cool!<br /><br />During the days I've really just been relaxing I guess. :) Cleaned some at Taras today, but other than that I've really just been praying and reading God's Word, seeking His direction and praying for wisdom. I've been encouraged by a lot of scriptures this week also! I'll share some with you guys! :)<br /><br />Proverbs 2:2-6 "Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; If you see her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will discern the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding."<br /><br />James 1:5 "But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him."<br /><br />James 3:13-18 "Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."<br /><br />then just two more..... James 1:2-4 "Consider it all JOY, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."<br /><br />James 1:12 "BLESSED is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him"<br /><br />THAT is encouraging!! We all go through things, big or small, God is in control and as hard as it may be we need to take joy in it. I guess when I think of that first verse I relate it to running...lately I've been running and it's hard to have a lot of endurance. You want to start out fast and then it's hard to go very far because you become weary...but with trials in our lives, God is using that to produce endurance in us...to keep us going! It's weird to think like that but the more we are going through, the more our faith is tested, in the long run we will have an endurance like no other and will be able to withstand anything...things we think now that there is NO WAY we could go through that, but one day, with God preparing us... "getting us in shape" we can! :) Hope that makes some sense! :)<br /><br />Okay...so moving on! :) Tomorrow I plan to spend the day with my Dad, which will be nice. It's been a LONG time since I've really got to just spend the day with him. I'm looking forward to it! Hmm...what else! Well Mrs. B, I know your probably wondering about OTHER news but...for now I'm keeping quiet! ;) Hopefully SOON, I can share something with you all! :) And post LOTS of pictures! I've got plenty, that's for sure! :)<br /><br />Well I guess that is all for now. Unfortunately I can't edit pictures here or downsize pictures, so it's hard to post too many on here. Sometime I'll have to blog about our big dance we did, it was GREAT!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-24809038105561677472010-04-20T13:43:00.004-05:002010-04-20T13:59:50.036-05:0020 YEARS!<div align="center"> It's hard to believe that my "LITTLE" sister is 20 years old today! :) Time is just flying by, and especially because we don't see eachother every day anymore. As sad as it seems, it took getting away for awhile to really fully appreciate the bond my sister and I had. We were so close! Did just about everything together and she was my best friend! I'm so thankful to have Mandy as my sister!</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462294009226126194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 384px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOtVXxHzvE0PjOkgqBVOSKfajwz-GDczSssTyxQ9q6J5u95npvzHVa7oCbXP8N-rtn4ba3mIXvPSyYj6JWvIJAJDPV0fnjo6pLqdDQRCAyFibIyZVan_JYArl_Ff_l_B9_1xr/s400/man5.bmp" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">I hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday Mandy! I miss you a lot and can't wait to see you next month! </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzSB6N1PbyYMSHFDYHqCKZImSAWAtA8JIJ1YcGE1fD076BLuFODjS2-3h4t73mx1OXEGN0lLwJ5SVP4W_ghKNcH2dDNNUpDZm2Npr3vAvtIGKHKmd1ds3wPEJpEQNEKVrR7jx/s1600/man4.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462294000940287986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzSB6N1PbyYMSHFDYHqCKZImSAWAtA8JIJ1YcGE1fD076BLuFODjS2-3h4t73mx1OXEGN0lLwJ5SVP4W_ghKNcH2dDNNUpDZm2Npr3vAvtIGKHKmd1ds3wPEJpEQNEKVrR7jx/s400/man4.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigouP29Pl3LPnsIY3qennK-3IfwrTAF26cgwOGR397uZAXHHPv-34R2Wf_KceMJM0APuxt0vbZSvq9GBvIRrc0YwgrVvjWvy-rXd3MX6kv4hA8NK286qeC7aGvMRkQACYB3S4N/s1600/man2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462293998485867890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigouP29Pl3LPnsIY3qennK-3IfwrTAF26cgwOGR397uZAXHHPv-34R2Wf_KceMJM0APuxt0vbZSvq9GBvIRrc0YwgrVvjWvy-rXd3MX6kv4hA8NK286qeC7aGvMRkQACYB3S4N/s400/man2.jpg" border="0" /></a> As you can see BOTH of my sisters can act QUITE crazy...I'm just glad her face didn't get stuck this way! ;) Mandy, I'm afraid Joel might be having second thoughts if so.... ;) Love you being this wild though! :D Your so much fun!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fhNWQBxq_yV2BY9ixkhxr41jQTileq0AOK4tlZ-t02B2BgwRAXse38kTP0Beea8_yhqA_fTXZ1wR4H_fW06owcas1ix5544x1K9UGuXAvs3xYykMUGPq592_wgFMj5c6V-Ye/s1600/man.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462293988440077122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fhNWQBxq_yV2BY9ixkhxr41jQTileq0AOK4tlZ-t02B2BgwRAXse38kTP0Beea8_yhqA_fTXZ1wR4H_fW06owcas1ix5544x1K9UGuXAvs3xYykMUGPq592_wgFMj5c6V-Ye/s400/man.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462292341155716578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqo31VPQWYCcR0BAp2ksqZxFk_fxJQMARV3a3C9UXd2kcQS1PBNGt7x3nkoN_aZWdodvnAORM0t6ESYw-CfRe8WkvpiaR8qFMrK_9kK-DrOpg08_6AsLlLOf0pD3GOdrDkiSY/s400/man3.bmp" border="0" />(Mandy and her boyfriend, Joel, they've been dating over 6 months now, he's great for her!)<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">I LOVE YOU MANDY!!!!!!!!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY!</span><br /></span></strong><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-31475167890809234782010-03-12T15:13:00.005-06:002010-03-12T15:23:47.715-06:00Spring is about Here!Today was a beautiful day! :) At least to me it was...I guess it's been kind of on the verge of rain but it hasn't so that alone makes it beautiful, right?! :) (Ok, so your seeing I REALLY don't like rain!) ;) I ended up going outside earlier today and playing around with the boys. They were having bike races and so I ran in to get my camera to catch some of the action. :) Some of the older boys were busy cleaning up Jordan's mowers and getting him ready for his mowing season. So I bounced back and forth between everyone. :) Then, Kaleb, Isaac and I played BASEBALL! :) It was fun! Isaac and Kaleb are quite the hitters! I had to run out of the way real quick though after I pitched because they liked to line drive it RIGHT at me! :( Well, just wanted to post some of the pics from our day! :)<br /><div align="center"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447860178863058786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlZbSAf_PEGJtMjKOg_9xUB5TNDQUSQEvlTgJTC2GLDi2jAzjBeRtABgYKFFJzX8kPQgZP0wRisIvktxNWjyqO6IDS3iuSVMbY53_MahzNQs1HVTidwsjRppJ69qUUo2kf4Kt/s400/8.jpg" border="0" />Goin' Country! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj1P3Kvn3lHnf9qS3XyB-zOD_K4bOVEsG0RLDxDcLYs_sSM4uni1PuuoKs-mXuO25JW3OrKIjSRVC75QDk-_vUkfUdTJCQ_Mob_UqbmHofAm8EOotSijUl7iD2SptUHDyKgu3/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447860170074459794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj1P3Kvn3lHnf9qS3XyB-zOD_K4bOVEsG0RLDxDcLYs_sSM4uni1PuuoKs-mXuO25JW3OrKIjSRVC75QDk-_vUkfUdTJCQ_Mob_UqbmHofAm8EOotSijUl7iD2SptUHDyKgu3/s400/7.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447859974135111218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTCVuRdcAYgIxx7OpHJ9uZwZ0VcIkEk-OZh_RpMG-PeilLay5o47vhzLGQ452Le8NkXWQ_b5ZWKlCOAyz-n_KI16MnoGjFqoTocnNw6j3NjoQQSvhSCsOM-KHaA8XZrGmhMik/s400/6.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447859966695727666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6vHx0mDn_wCIH2UDse9a9CjBhfRjYdcS3QlwSWsCIuYfLI43oSrHwYHpKS-oLZppWO5QDdMWln3IDDPEKJFO97XffHzWf_PH6_zLdJdIJDcvi0W1-Z2zISYu6Q2x5lKFH9sG/s400/4.jpg" border="0" />The Boys!<br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447859962700844082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdVjLRKqrU3TtV8mORLNtrj2HQODFAtIaCUjGXOPBQiWTIaJ1vORoXKJQuN6Q8cE6r18g4xBL881d77j44POE3exUONTAp-TghHidjwOoiKnLDonm-CDEd3GBi9EgLJplSxcO/s400/3.jpg" border="0" /><br />He got some air!! :) Pretty exciting!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447859954162405762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJza37lnzydecVaiOnOW6SU6UFcblB-NcfIYACAcVzuC99MxBPTvdNpQZkC9UYBcAWfU0TGq-_f4reanNTePitev3KR_yPQas42nteknmzCe4XbU14ADWS4gG-NnQBwM_wWnaQ/s400/2.jpg" border="0" />NO SNOW!!! :) YAY!<br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447859940583121842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfUKWtj4JyvJYeRxzwYofs49nnnglIwRRpDRPuT8kqnC1bEb1Z3asTDmUe4h1rXKdKl4U2uDmAs29jrgWwSyXFUkhYxhrZiL57ofVwffKOOF1ukUl2BUmzCgekbpWBgH4OfW0/s400/1.jpg" border="0" /> <div>Isaac :)<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-19999493092342056022010-03-11T18:24:00.005-06:002010-03-11T18:45:50.393-06:00Life is Good! :)Well I know it must seem like I've completely forsaken this blog, but I haven't! :) We don't have internet in our home any longer so I don't get to the library THAT often and I especially don't blog everytime I come.<br /><br />Life has been wonderful and I've been feeling incredibly blessed! :) I had the opportunity to shoot at a friends wedding last weekend in Missouri which was nice and some friends of mine from up here went with me, Danyelle and Andy. Danyelle is also a photographer so she helped me out a lot! :) Thanks!! :) If you'd like to see some wedding shots click <a href="http://gracecreationsphotography.blogspot.com/">HERE</a>! :)<br /><br />It's getting warmer here and I'm loving that also! I really REALLY enjoyed this winter and loved learning to ski, but now that the snow is gone I'm just ready for summer to get here! I'm not a fan of all the wetness we've been having but hopefully it will dry up quick and warm weather will be here to stay! :)<br /><br />Here's just a few pics from what I've been up to! ;)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfcAA2S9GAfjv_-HMe6UIHUU__PwCYEAQ1MqurmkelHlq4VBfv1e39YfMYcUdqJsYjknome8h2yMHCAGwUdqeNNM7A8jC9d6l1mt77BRsw-t1J5M7GYPcDTmNoFdF7fPjuP-S/s1600-h/IMG_2252.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447540033678860130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfcAA2S9GAfjv_-HMe6UIHUU__PwCYEAQ1MqurmkelHlq4VBfv1e39YfMYcUdqJsYjknome8h2yMHCAGwUdqeNNM7A8jC9d6l1mt77BRsw-t1J5M7GYPcDTmNoFdF7fPjuP-S/s400/IMG_2252.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDNyNEBRatEolGCU3ZV1fnOqJk6C0GdE4RcecM6UwPKC3g1xiFTF2TrXERsPCLD-dQZid7WBD8zQHrKB6GYqcRXJewyu81FDR8S3jQ3NQDzATv5EuOQvKMtrWUz61pCWHKH-p/s1600-h/IMG_2290.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447540031776714722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDNyNEBRatEolGCU3ZV1fnOqJk6C0GdE4RcecM6UwPKC3g1xiFTF2TrXERsPCLD-dQZid7WBD8zQHrKB6GYqcRXJewyu81FDR8S3jQ3NQDzATv5EuOQvKMtrWUz61pCWHKH-p/s400/IMG_2290.JPG" border="0" /></a> Anna Schuler :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7trb6rAtTxrvYS8nj0DspalA9RgHFaVyMMh5WcVgOFXNeUlQCxUviciJ3yRa5P6hhj8wTAnvZYF8ygBI5bEeU9qa092zSEcrGYix_VSdJQwX-vVGE-Gw8FQqZ3Uf1rZkNY9a/s1600-h/IMG_2276.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447540025429558690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7trb6rAtTxrvYS8nj0DspalA9RgHFaVyMMh5WcVgOFXNeUlQCxUviciJ3yRa5P6hhj8wTAnvZYF8ygBI5bEeU9qa092zSEcrGYix_VSdJQwX-vVGE-Gw8FQqZ3Uf1rZkNY9a/s400/IMG_2276.JPG" border="0" /></a> Aaron :)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447540018134063442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCY-6vPmSQRv25UEhu6p9mbXshcBKjhrCr6cEDovAeQtSMwPBpuIBiKvVu4Q8tCM6HtfjqtvLsz5wHy6F0ohiXjDX4GnsqJNFpsilY5qtUQtf7Wsq64sCtnYtZEkgl8kG4JNN/s400/IMG_2271.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447540012084053090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTheS14ZWB5bmnnkEd__4j2KVQ9N3_aBSz-8t2TZSIHvS796JejOkm4we1b-4sQcbJu4ZBW68jm4oEX8gZGGuiVoFqVr9WvVGCzqVMLGKO9VzpFLZd-3xWcDznR2TnRo94_UO/s400/IMG_2263.JPG" border="0" />We were playing Kemps! Aaron and I won!! :)<br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447539044947801122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcYYCGzySz4Y4hujG_LJ54UIKN0J3W6sv2gJsSjsFhYMaYlM94y1_LgO0l_JmqJRMzkRNgOcRhf6MYuZaqPTbm3xxVFCHS6e9ZdVc_Rv6NaB2rPVYrBD2NqiC3pv6yqzS_tPT/s400/IMG_2267.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRkWS7_t-yCPcpB33c1xdsFBmMG4Gw6mkqqhyphenhyphenxZryyNoJ1SAL68kUytJJcHYgTXRp63E6W4afvd5MVg1yIL1wnuf_fflrwa177GE908-a6eN8uDvLHjIwGhPwm2vzSTMWUCu9/s1600-h/IMG_2265.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447539041771444498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRkWS7_t-yCPcpB33c1xdsFBmMG4Gw6mkqqhyphenhyphenxZryyNoJ1SAL68kUytJJcHYgTXRp63E6W4afvd5MVg1yIL1wnuf_fflrwa177GE908-a6eN8uDvLHjIwGhPwm2vzSTMWUCu9/s400/IMG_2265.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jordan Schuler<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZcCxwAggBWOjFdzDOJBmqFJlejQV0mG3lh3XCYrIAL2Xps_nFaMTRtybQQdXWGFs1wOjHk91ZCqLK6g83blPaFas9cBd-OgQ_rhz7uZlPb548QrJn4Qc1OZ_xtiKaMaf2Vbp/s1600-h/IMG_2255.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447539024327167170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZcCxwAggBWOjFdzDOJBmqFJlejQV0mG3lh3XCYrIAL2Xps_nFaMTRtybQQdXWGFs1wOjHk91ZCqLK6g83blPaFas9cBd-OgQ_rhz7uZlPb548QrJn4Qc1OZ_xtiKaMaf2Vbp/s400/IMG_2255.JPG" border="0" /></a> I must not have wanted my picture taken! LOL<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-l1xG_n6xVM-17dQEYnSmA4W3WswnBNsizDt7mZZQbq5rXF2LZeMPccyV-XiHoppCqD1bTuxPu6Azxpb-1J-3or4BRhTtLNd5tOGZbMZh0gFXJmoadsit0xcnayoaRYtRl1i/s1600-h/IMG_2253.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447539016983611474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-l1xG_n6xVM-17dQEYnSmA4W3WswnBNsizDt7mZZQbq5rXF2LZeMPccyV-XiHoppCqD1bTuxPu6Azxpb-1J-3or4BRhTtLNd5tOGZbMZh0gFXJmoadsit0xcnayoaRYtRl1i/s400/IMG_2253.JPG" border="0" /></a> :)<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-35589730948065445302010-01-11T11:44:00.003-06:002010-01-11T13:32:40.602-06:00GossipToday I was reading through my Bright Lights book and the subject today was on Gossip. I thought it would be like every other lesson I've read where there are certain things that really stick out and I can apply to my life and other things that I kind of just "pass by" but this subject has kind of hit me hard. I think gossip is something that almost EVERY lady or girl struggles with and it's something we are NOT aware of. We excuse the behavior very easily and make up excuses.<br /><br />Here are a few verses on gossip:<br /><br />Romans 1:29-32 "Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; <span style="font-weight: bold;">whisperers</span>, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: who knowing the judgement of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."<br /><br />Leviticus 19:6 "Thou shalt not go up and down as a <span style="font-weight: bold;">talebearer</span> among thy people"<br /><br />Psalm 101:5 "Whoso privily <span style="font-weight: bold;">slandereth</span> his neighbor, him will I cut off; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer."<br /><br />Proverbers 26:20 "Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no <span style="font-weight: bold;">taleberarer</span>, the strife ceaseth."<br /><br />Ephesians 4:29 "Let <span style="font-weight: bold;">no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth</span>, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers."<br /><br />God knew that us women would be this way also, because in 1 Timothy chapter 5, Paul says, "And withal they learn to be idle, wandering bout from house to house; and not only idle, but <span style="font-weight: bold;">tattlers</span> also and <span style="font-weight: bold;">busybodies</span>, speaking things which they ought not. I will therefore that the younger woman marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion tot he adversary to speak reproachfully."<br /><br />Gossip is so hard to control I think because it is so subtle. Negative things come out of our mouth all the time and we don't even think about what we are saying or what effects it may have on the person. In 2 Corinthians 10:5 Paul says, "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." THIS needs to be our goal.<br /><br />I think we all REALLY need to step back and look at our lives, look at our conversation through email, texting, talking..whatever it may be and be open to what God is saying here through his Word. Are we being uplifting in our conversations? Are we edifying that person in any way by sharing something negative about them with someone else?<br /><br />My Bright Lights book gave some examples also on very subtle ways of gossip. I thought I'd share some to give you an idea....<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Keep Jill in your prayers. I haven't seen her at church or Bright Lights in several weeks and last time I saw her she was with a friend who had a nose ring"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Why do you think Debbie treats people so rudely?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I don't mean to say anything against Elizabeth, but have you noticed how she has been dressing recently?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I'm really concerned about Lucy. I heard that she spends over an hour in the morning doing her hair and make-up. She is really being influenced by those new girls down the street."</span><br /><br />The last thing I just wanted to mention is the difference between slander and gossip. Something that I didn't realize. Slander is when we are purposely trying to damage the reptuation of someone else, often by telling lies about them. (This is what I thought gossip entailed too) But really Gossip is sharing information that is true, or at least that we believe to be true. Gossip could be told without wrong motives but simply because we like sharing stories..but this is NOT right. :(<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Proverbs 22:1 "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eccleciastes 7:1 "A good name is better than precious ointment"</span><br /><br />Nobody wants to be talked badly about and God has really shown me today the areas that I need to work on and I've experienced the pain of being gossiped about and it is no fun. We all know that, so I'm challenging all of you girls to examine your lives...can others look at us and call us Gossips? Talebearers? Whisperers? Slanderers? Tattlers?<br /><br />Let's try to stop Gossip all together. Think about each word before we say it and if it doesn't bring glory to God or uplift anyone, let's just not say it. And if someone comes to you to share gossip, quickly but nicely put it to them that you don't want to be involved in the conversation. And pray...pray that we all can live our lives without gossip and slander. That we can grow to be more like Christ each day!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-4634404092561639462010-01-05T00:01:00.000-06:002010-01-05T00:01:00.852-06:00Dear Mom...A video I put together for today. It explains it all...<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2gDnBFt53xM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2gDnBFt53xM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-58957094615528520212009-11-10T19:39:00.003-06:002009-11-10T19:49:59.124-06:00Hold My HeartRecently I heard this song by Tenth Avenue North called "Hold My Heart" It's becoming one of my favorites I think! Thought I'd just share the lyrics with you.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">How long must I pray, must I pray to You?<br />How long must I wait, must I wait for You?<br />How long till I see your face, see You shining through?<br />I'm on my knees, begging You to notice me.<br />I'm on my knees, Father will you turn to me?<br /><br />One tear in the driving rain,<br />One voice in a sea of pain<br />Could the maker of the stars<br />Hear the sound of my breaking heart?<br />One light, that's all I am<br />Right now I can barely stand<br />If You're everything You say you are<br />Wont You come close and hold my heart<br /><br />I've been so afraid, afraid to close my eyes<br />So much can slip away before I say goodbye<br />But if there's no other way, I'm done asking why.<br />Cause I'm on my knees, begging You to turn to Me<br />I'm on my knees, Father will You run to me?<br /><br />So many questions without answer, your promises remain<br />I can't sleep but I'll take my chances to hear You call my name<br />To hear you call my name.<br /><br />Hold my heart, could you hold my heart?<br />Hold my heart.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The second verse in this song seems so real to me. Afraid to close my eyes, because soon it could slip away. For awhile after my Mom died, it was even hard for me to truly love someone because I was afraid God would just take them. I can't live with that fear though... He's holding my heart! <3<br /></div></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-169096871470069662009-10-30T17:18:00.003-05:002009-10-30T18:05:39.561-05:00Nothingness...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8Pm6EGUiGCiFPhPsT00-0xlIxkdUefw8wTOhWllXOD0luHE2DXkaWALfABt8UhrK5PTOD47Kr-zPu6NkE1qz0miHFHvyvmIz0VmKNt9w2Eo9UvBuRqV-MKFYCpPWY_y2Fap1/s1600-h/IMG_9588+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8Pm6EGUiGCiFPhPsT00-0xlIxkdUefw8wTOhWllXOD0luHE2DXkaWALfABt8UhrK5PTOD47Kr-zPu6NkE1qz0miHFHvyvmIz0VmKNt9w2Eo9UvBuRqV-MKFYCpPWY_y2Fap1/s400/IMG_9588+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398532671071275778" border="0" /></a><br />It's been forever since I've blogged, hasn't it? Since I've moved to IL it's seemed weird to keep a blog though. For various reasons actually....since I have time now and want to write though, I figured I'd update you here! :)<br /><br />Life has slowed down a lot since canning season. The younger ones have started school again and Jordan is working a lot of hours for a farmer, but as for me I'm kind of just existing. I work part time for a couple near us but other than that I try to help out around home. I don't do that much though, so there is a LOT of room for improvement! I think I have to change my mindset though because right now it's hard for me to get involved with the school work for the kids and to try to be creative to do things with the younger ones. Pray for me! :) I almost feel like right now that I'm "stuck" (that sounds bad, but I don't mean like stuck here or anything..i love it here) what I mean is that I feel like there should be a greater purpose in life for me than what I am doing now. And yes, that is my own fault, cause obviously I am not doing it, but I need guidance. Awhile ago Mom bought me a Bright Lights group study so that I could be preparing to start my own group. I've about read through all the material but at the same time I feel inadequate to even lead one and then my faith must be so small cause it's hard for me to believe God will bring anyone. :( Once again, please be praying!<br /><br />Oh well, while I'm thinking of it, I thought I'd post a link to a video I watched a few weeks ago. Most of you have probably already seen it, but my family and I thought it was incredible! <a href="http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/film/?film=4dd298f102c77b625cf37a9e7744ac68">THE BUTTERFLY CIRCUS</a> . I have to remember God has each of our lives in His hand and it's a journey and he's turning us all into something beautiful! :) He has a plan AND a purpose!<br /><br />In the last two weeks I was working on another song too. There was a stretch of about 2 days that I was struggling with missing my Mom in Heaven. For some reason writing helps me a lot when I get like that. So I wrote..but this time tried to write it from a perspective of someone hurting, but not just ME hurting. Anyone who has gone through something hard. When writing a few people came to mind. Friends who have had cancer affect their life somehow, a friend I knew who was in a serious car wreck, and those who have had young children taken from them. ALL of them hurt and I'm sure ask similar questions I ask. After finishing the song though someone asked me why I write just "sad" songs. It really offended me at first but I think the thing is we write what we know. And me being who I am, I write when I'm sad and so with that combination, sad songs come about! :) Do you all think there is something wrong with writing about pain and hurting though? I'm not negative in it....well, I'll let you be the judge. Here's the chorus to the song.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I still hurt, I still cry...All of this time and I still don't know why<br />It's still real, life just goes on...But God is the healer of my life and those that are gone"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">When writing this song I wanted to show that even though you are a Christian and the one who was taken was a Christian, it's still difficult losing them. But we do have an anchor holding us and to comfort us. There is hope!<br /><br />Well I'm kind of just rambling on and on I guess. I have a few events in the upcoming few months that I'm pretty excited about. My sister is about to have her baby, any day now so I can't wait for that and then my other sister from MO is coming up here for Thanksgiving so that will be really great. I'm looking forward to having her see into my life up here a little bit! :) And then in December a dear friend of mine is getting married back in MO, so my family here will be traveling back for that! I can't wait!!!! So a lot of fun and exciting things planned!<br /><br />Hope you all have been having a great fall! Oh and check out my other blog for some pictures from a recent hike we had at the <a href="http://gracecreationsphotography.blogspot.com/">Nachusa Grasslands!</a> :)<br /><br />oh btw...the pic at the top is of me and my friend Anna. We met this summer and she's been a great friend. My family has really been enjoying getting together with theirs! :) Just figured I should explain the random pic I posted! ;)<br /></div></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-48919328424702769122009-09-12T19:35:00.009-05:002009-09-12T21:14:35.525-05:00Walk Down Memory LaneLast month I took a week trip down to Missouri to celebrate my birthday with my family there. I had a great time with them and they had a neat idea planned for me for my 21st birthday. Tara, Mandy and Joan sat down ahead of time and tried to think of lots of places that were important to me growing up, or that had funny memories tied to them. As most people know I have about the WORST memory so some of these places took refreshers for me so I could remember where I was at! :D (not too many though) Very sadly though, almost all the places have either been knocked down or have changed companies, so if you see me outside a "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" don't think it's just a great store to me...it didn't USED to be that! ;) I'll explain under each picture though! :) Hope you enjoy this little peak into my past though!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7YZ-WixmqCL0xdtZaJZqBRPriw7hhLhXAzuQVt6-LLqutALWYEosUTojg_3Ka6RX_WX8cJ09LME2LfVCLiwABkySLg5a3CmL-77B1wPMYcRxs-la6_LT6qVQ1RXXoMHGpN7k/s1600-h/IMG_8153.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7YZ-WixmqCL0xdtZaJZqBRPriw7hhLhXAzuQVt6-LLqutALWYEosUTojg_3Ka6RX_WX8cJ09LME2LfVCLiwABkySLg5a3CmL-77B1wPMYcRxs-la6_LT6qVQ1RXXoMHGpN7k/s400/IMG_8153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380749088975656578" border="0" /></a>Tara's house! Lot's of my time was spent here before moving up here<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91KTx3ocFbQdCYzNwb3jsVjJ_Cyo1nD5GJiAK8V-kUW8DtZlZF3bEhBH7gk7M1XLwa3sl5ZqvXt1DzWkvBVWm5nUUt4vbbZ3pDXMe73rWBcQZv9Sc1_e_tTNoWMho0OyZSgrK/s1600-h/IMG_8157.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91KTx3ocFbQdCYzNwb3jsVjJ_Cyo1nD5GJiAK8V-kUW8DtZlZF3bEhBH7gk7M1XLwa3sl5ZqvXt1DzWkvBVWm5nUUt4vbbZ3pDXMe73rWBcQZv9Sc1_e_tTNoWMho0OyZSgrK/s400/IMG_8157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380748798441675458" border="0" /></a>This little cabin/shed thing was on the property I lived on from the time I was 15 to when I moved to my Dads. It was an ugly old shed though, and we completely redid it! This holds a lot of memories though! We would all work on this as a family each night, and this was where we saw the first signs of my Mom not talking right and knew something was wrong. We had ideas for a long time after she died calling it "Peri's Playhouse" and having it as a store selling canned things we made and quilts and stuff<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8dyMh6yNZf5pOlFXEsMKB6P4DUp3Z0PZfPqpLMVhdkp5bHc4PF2coSXa3bl8-FSUIGJnhmttRbbqtLqc4CWQkTJ2lXWa6Ilf7iARD9CTgkgLw315YP41m8-nhPQSA9LT369C/s1600-h/IMG_8161+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8dyMh6yNZf5pOlFXEsMKB6P4DUp3Z0PZfPqpLMVhdkp5bHc4PF2coSXa3bl8-FSUIGJnhmttRbbqtLqc4CWQkTJ2lXWa6Ilf7iARD9CTgkgLw315YP41m8-nhPQSA9LT369C/s400/IMG_8161+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380748789935948546" border="0" /></a>Me and my dog, Macy!!!! Greatest dog, left her in MO though!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhpcOshFZTWG-ZeVu-6GF4uK8X0N112RCUhl-0TlkH7OwWxgqhgMaXy5lCOtEaT1_DSskcOYdip7_qAHWYRUa3paVjBHUF1Ah3_hs4t6MoN012m5R8BkJPF7_WZIyMgB1082I/s1600-h/IMG_8196.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhpcOshFZTWG-ZeVu-6GF4uK8X0N112RCUhl-0TlkH7OwWxgqhgMaXy5lCOtEaT1_DSskcOYdip7_qAHWYRUa3paVjBHUF1Ah3_hs4t6MoN012m5R8BkJPF7_WZIyMgB1082I/s400/IMG_8196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380748781493995042" border="0" /></a>This is my Dad's house where I lived for about a year a half...that's Lane with me!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfbHu-0ONKW_1ahl9tfSpRLGfUwVxG_J3LIAPE0YdZKH5HkjlDaxbo3N9EmW8sGec_Y1gRGhfWC_EQ7BXKeW6O9Dyv9gnwdjEp92Bl3g022d1EG05a_fuxsjmsgzrX_07mDNB/s1600-h/IMG_8198.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfbHu-0ONKW_1ahl9tfSpRLGfUwVxG_J3LIAPE0YdZKH5HkjlDaxbo3N9EmW8sGec_Y1gRGhfWC_EQ7BXKeW6O9Dyv9gnwdjEp92Bl3g022d1EG05a_fuxsjmsgzrX_07mDNB/s400/IMG_8198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380748778458423298" border="0" /></a>The mall! ;) Spent too much time here growing up!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk3wLylhmIN8VsgK_a6c-ANIzEhr2M7D7yPFnO_HwvlnCGlGPEnYEPzbfW8SFvVLZ-BjQ241xy67_rkwyuhNQ_SP11dy5znbYs9XMtsbI5YL1myGfG6zTyI6gE7GH7bt75lEb/s1600-h/IMG_8199.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk3wLylhmIN8VsgK_a6c-ANIzEhr2M7D7yPFnO_HwvlnCGlGPEnYEPzbfW8SFvVLZ-BjQ241xy67_rkwyuhNQ_SP11dy5znbYs9XMtsbI5YL1myGfG6zTyI6gE7GH7bt75lEb/s400/IMG_8199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747859271484754" border="0" /></a>This is the paint store my Dad has been doing business with for EVER! At least as long as I've been alive! :) We used to go up quite often to see everyone and Mandy and I would always look through all the wallpaper books. lol<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjuBsG3dcwniH4SRH9AomEN1etJWGrQL78PpATRplnv_ag6p5O0krSIqwAozF7aR3blwDRFTm95s4RYXD8efiRgfVX_478Vc9le0ttXR2DmRM_4ejvBJRhCe5Qaf3kSuG06ks/s1600-h/IMG_8200.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjuBsG3dcwniH4SRH9AomEN1etJWGrQL78PpATRplnv_ag6p5O0krSIqwAozF7aR3blwDRFTm95s4RYXD8efiRgfVX_478Vc9le0ttXR2DmRM_4ejvBJRhCe5Qaf3kSuG06ks/s400/IMG_8200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747855117769250" border="0" /></a>Mid Rivers Christian Church. This was the church I went to for most of my 'younger' life. Did TONS of plays and things here, guess this is where I first started acting. ;) This was a big time memory for Tara too!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkMsJq_RZXshco4nWrCvPJD20_iPz3DXe-u31G4bD77kK12Gnki5VD3CGKwfWWKajcHU55TuqtuKl62hEWKrcV-HCpx-LFo44ndCu_zmiomA_2nWZ0iiAjBkMNVlNA9kalpJ7/s1600-h/IMG_8201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkMsJq_RZXshco4nWrCvPJD20_iPz3DXe-u31G4bD77kK12Gnki5VD3CGKwfWWKajcHU55TuqtuKl62hEWKrcV-HCpx-LFo44ndCu_zmiomA_2nWZ0iiAjBkMNVlNA9kalpJ7/s400/IMG_8201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747848298111122" border="0" /></a>LOL, the library! This is more of a joke place. I did go to the library quite often, but I think it made the top 21 places because I never could find my way there. It was only a mile from my house, but I am directionally challenged and well, it was just hard for me to get to! :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tzZmxLOf3XwiPUKRzeTCKR9A7_-7U2oLwCDXL5YuHbIHu8VZwGQWnl8yMzIOX2bT4FXiEdpVWNIhYn4LqZXXzR3pgm6JeOM5GXtK7dgkW_0ld1YnUcD1YcoZDQN69rilFYEZ/s1600-h/IMG_8204.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tzZmxLOf3XwiPUKRzeTCKR9A7_-7U2oLwCDXL5YuHbIHu8VZwGQWnl8yMzIOX2bT4FXiEdpVWNIhYn4LqZXXzR3pgm6JeOM5GXtK7dgkW_0ld1YnUcD1YcoZDQN69rilFYEZ/s400/IMG_8204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747839627625714" border="0" /></a>Gou-Jon Academy of Dance...I spent most of my life here. :) As you can see it's currently nothing right now. My dance teacher passed away and they closed down, but I spent 6 days out of the week here for many MANY years.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSK3GFu3qXDR20mUGn5aC4e67crbt3PXJmbjQBhw-7yzzm9ICYe8n_RsQN7jT-zMAfTcBmkF1a0aKE4RLC649wCWRS4q87RL8y1XJh-zIYHKmjJ0-3o6owc3nc2IoULtjD5U1/s1600-h/IMG_8206.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSK3GFu3qXDR20mUGn5aC4e67crbt3PXJmbjQBhw-7yzzm9ICYe8n_RsQN7jT-zMAfTcBmkF1a0aKE4RLC649wCWRS4q87RL8y1XJh-zIYHKmjJ0-3o6owc3nc2IoULtjD5U1/s400/IMG_8206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747827837398850" border="0" /></a>Pundman Ford! Not sure why we always had to go to this Ford dealership, but we did. Every vehicle we bought I think came from here, except our little bug! They always gave out free popcorn here! :)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NuWwtX3pBXIcYYjLjjAynC1ROnV7wVOVHYClD7ega00oKF-zIxPnBEMCPGFs0I-ONlP0BAIFU_MiHYtuIUenVDZ2boBxI771YuLCbkIzMfGAlpbz4Y_6mWS0eXfjC0H1RmjT/s1600-h/IMG_8207.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NuWwtX3pBXIcYYjLjjAynC1ROnV7wVOVHYClD7ega00oKF-zIxPnBEMCPGFs0I-ONlP0BAIFU_MiHYtuIUenVDZ2boBxI771YuLCbkIzMfGAlpbz4Y_6mWS0eXfjC0H1RmjT/s400/IMG_8207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747464978579378" border="0" /></a>The sign says JJ's but when I was younger it was known as "The Roadhouse" Think I only ate there once but my Mom liked this place and Mandy and Tara seemed to remember it a ton! I don't remember liking it very much though! :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyta0luGTlvJq9W6MCL1j4eoRbBTWgtSEltCn6HepGvHxD6LWrE8K43-LGTh-ENyHVBM8xPE8Quvvr04582qN0mkf4hfxzGZepzAfof5DnePRSjfVst6PXzMVmSW5o7xYlJ-j/s1600-h/IMG_8208.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyta0luGTlvJq9W6MCL1j4eoRbBTWgtSEltCn6HepGvHxD6LWrE8K43-LGTh-ENyHVBM8xPE8Quvvr04582qN0mkf4hfxzGZepzAfof5DnePRSjfVst6PXzMVmSW5o7xYlJ-j/s400/IMG_8208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747456400220418" border="0" /></a>Dance Techniques West...my first dance studio. I was not even 2 years old starting dance here. It has also closed down, but I have fond memories from that studio! :) I was young when I left though, 8 or so.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXxfX0olXmR1No-8YXF2mFz_ixp6wTk2q2EXr4aNCzQNR9XXXA26_HKc_cmvIujJrSzPy7TuEZ_d_e1feKXPojhWsRECWRoAtcPUldsuCb_ZLm0kNDEXv8od4YD1yh-6OEnLw/s1600-h/IMG_8209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXxfX0olXmR1No-8YXF2mFz_ixp6wTk2q2EXr4aNCzQNR9XXXA26_HKc_cmvIujJrSzPy7TuEZ_d_e1feKXPojhWsRECWRoAtcPUldsuCb_ZLm0kNDEXv8od4YD1yh-6OEnLw/s400/IMG_8209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747449706616962" border="0" /></a>Can't explain this picture too much, but I came here quite a bit with my Mom when I was a lot younger. Holds quite a few memories. And right on the other side of this building was a VERY CREEPY cemetery, that always scared Mandy and me!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ813pyGQ3XRnAs6QHA86OWtVs81r9hhGzCI3y3KvJSUaEcpHWjNrJ2UJg7idJ1hdfivIyeB_jIHKXoIkOtatoPlu5SGUwl5ePVMrPE6uSLXZx5YN68pwO1RZ1QT84de91H8KK/s1600-h/IMG_8211.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ813pyGQ3XRnAs6QHA86OWtVs81r9hhGzCI3y3KvJSUaEcpHWjNrJ2UJg7idJ1hdfivIyeB_jIHKXoIkOtatoPlu5SGUwl5ePVMrPE6uSLXZx5YN68pwO1RZ1QT84de91H8KK/s400/IMG_8211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747443367670994" border="0" /></a>This was Phar-Mor (could be spelled wrong) I was young when it changed but I have one distinct memory from here...! I was 4 and my brother was pretending to play "beauty shop" with me at home before leaving and I told him not to really cut it and he said okay, but as we are walking into this store, my Mom noticed that a chunk of my hair had been cut out right in the back, my hair had been really long and he cut it quite short! Let's just say she was NOT happy with Kyle, but was able to hide the missing piece of hair! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvXFa08U2AmOhfA9rgcXHiCAf2ofDTMj3A-Y9VRAjyarm9EQhthPfuhgdrGp19pfQn7zYumf3dqf3VGYCUXypOmQ0kbBhk0Yg-1i-4WPlK_k2IEtLzxinZHNHdYQhs2wW5dg9/s1600-h/IMG_8214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvXFa08U2AmOhfA9rgcXHiCAf2ofDTMj3A-Y9VRAjyarm9EQhthPfuhgdrGp19pfQn7zYumf3dqf3VGYCUXypOmQ0kbBhk0Yg-1i-4WPlK_k2IEtLzxinZHNHdYQhs2wW5dg9/s400/IMG_8214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380747435685060594" border="0" /></a>The house I grew up in! :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZL7k1T3YC0mjlfHLlhh3FW-XLbac8nY2d8gyu7aEr7KmFQc0IC33gvBAzcu1euwsada0pKCLMG2buGHd3_jp34JsxJgHF5Jbdbuw4HHplcVn2lVFlIiS721I0zq3Jy5WnT_kF/s1600-h/IMG_8215.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZL7k1T3YC0mjlfHLlhh3FW-XLbac8nY2d8gyu7aEr7KmFQc0IC33gvBAzcu1euwsada0pKCLMG2buGHd3_jp34JsxJgHF5Jbdbuw4HHplcVn2lVFlIiS721I0zq3Jy5WnT_kF/s400/IMG_8215.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380746912724245426" border="0" /></a>Our mailbox! :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIT0xTcThHdK8DEGij2GQQwRC0iDxotzoutqdvDPpO7u3gYz-EhcAvbjhfu_sT2J1P-ISdOq3QSxG_UvALEbGYwB-lQZ70JoXrZoGbhEJfO2E7HJDRwHnl3JKH_d4M6Mf5pgpj/s1600-h/IMG_8217.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIT0xTcThHdK8DEGij2GQQwRC0iDxotzoutqdvDPpO7u3gYz-EhcAvbjhfu_sT2J1P-ISdOq3QSxG_UvALEbGYwB-lQZ70JoXrZoGbhEJfO2E7HJDRwHnl3JKH_d4M6Mf5pgpj/s400/IMG_8217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380746908701320002" border="0" /></a>My neighbor's house. Clark and Kathleen Meyers and they had 3 girls that we'd play with all the time! :) Kathleen babysat us sometimes too! :)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyWa550_JCDvpk8a5EbsuwkbcPrpaYlKfBhFsFvJxXLY5138JaI6AVhrKjh8dxnlJ-3wgh5rymrYf-SrKwLRcQAJyKAZ9gRyGCzcNtNuihPYajqlcPhfafNgbFNUebWCwsVAO/s1600-h/mepurple.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyWa550_JCDvpk8a5EbsuwkbcPrpaYlKfBhFsFvJxXLY5138JaI6AVhrKjh8dxnlJ-3wgh5rymrYf-SrKwLRcQAJyKAZ9gRyGCzcNtNuihPYajqlcPhfafNgbFNUebWCwsVAO/s400/mepurple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380768519777683554" border="0" /></a>THEN...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEJCQViykNvpbYIWKfUJrJ_ZyDg3ZzcthBy_GhfZnvGyWRZ89jx2JyIVOjolSx-hC6L9CehtzrN6A45FuUJfbMrHdxbF6PySqg0N2uvTZ7OHvTPXDEA-_Ss-shBHHOmtT2dcB/s1600-h/us3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEJCQViykNvpbYIWKfUJrJ_ZyDg3ZzcthBy_GhfZnvGyWRZ89jx2JyIVOjolSx-hC6L9CehtzrN6A45FuUJfbMrHdxbF6PySqg0N2uvTZ7OHvTPXDEA-_Ss-shBHHOmtT2dcB/s400/us3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380746896035773970" border="0" /></a>...and NOW! This picture was taken at City Hall in St. Peters. We'd go there all the time to get pics taken! Joan and my Mom would get us all dressed up and then just taken us to the park here and get pictures! The first one was taken in the same park when I was around 5 or so.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8PnXDSByNUaiPd4NZCFZoqq3GMNyNuiGpzSiSk4RXzft0PiXZYNs0EAnSotCOrmB1p4IFITmyy8MgdV4EGAF5EsZQgs1WCcbWicz1dd87JDn1iFQ12rv1dRsn-xgKuV1gGHE/s1600-h/IMG_8255.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8PnXDSByNUaiPd4NZCFZoqq3GMNyNuiGpzSiSk4RXzft0PiXZYNs0EAnSotCOrmB1p4IFITmyy8MgdV4EGAF5EsZQgs1WCcbWicz1dd87JDn1iFQ12rv1dRsn-xgKuV1gGHE/s400/IMG_8255.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380746887641920530" border="0" /></a>Chad Theatrical...this was where we bought our dance shoes and leotards and stuff! :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexpY_w7_aHg4AyfqQJs_qyPLlG-xOiHNRR5rM-bAfZICoJtWW2WUSEN5ohrhcsHrhyphenhyphen49Tmaw0ly-MACRxXhTgAf0IWXZ9r2CiUBeNuLir6lCAmfS04YaBJWFS4o5ttc0jQfMP/s1600-h/IMG_8261.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexpY_w7_aHg4AyfqQJs_qyPLlG-xOiHNRR5rM-bAfZICoJtWW2WUSEN5ohrhcsHrhyphenhyphen49Tmaw0ly-MACRxXhTgAf0IWXZ9r2CiUBeNuLir6lCAmfS04YaBJWFS4o5ttc0jQfMP/s400/IMG_8261.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380746879899273970" border="0" /></a>Can't forget this place! :) Fritz's Frozen Custard! Our favorite place to go for ice cream..and we went OFTEN! :)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I've got a lot more pictures from the park that I'll probably post tomorrow! It'll just be a separate post though for the pictures. :) Hope you enjoyed the walk! ;) Oh, and I didn't take all the pictures, Joan had her camera, so she has more of the 21 places! :)<br /></div></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-85418480568397996442009-09-12T17:08:00.002-05:002009-09-12T17:12:36.254-05:00SMILE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdN4QBD_X3a5Zq37kK3asZopn2G_vxrYRYSjtLTCWd1U9mm84jNBH5fvObQsqkhl4hx3z6h5_woCZUynH-nPiGj-DdJUbg9y1sr5luFA7Zk8EDXif9roOCxiR81UaFtHF942o/s1600-h/IMG_8730.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdN4QBD_X3a5Zq37kK3asZopn2G_vxrYRYSjtLTCWd1U9mm84jNBH5fvObQsqkhl4hx3z6h5_woCZUynH-nPiGj-DdJUbg9y1sr5luFA7Zk8EDXif9roOCxiR81UaFtHF942o/s400/IMG_8730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380706527593087842" border="0" /></a>Today I was doing my most favorite thing...canning....YEA RIGHT! :D Let's just say that canning is NOT on my list of "likes" but it's something that has to be done and I need to learn to like it. So, yea...I'm still working on that! ;) I had a pretty bad attitutude about it earlier today though and finally had to just change my thinking and it became fun today working with Mom making the salsa and cutting up the tomatoes and peppers. God gave me a little "smile" today too, so that 'kept me goin' :) Isn't God GOOD! :) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7eY-Ied4fCOBvFiaIPYGOViI_Ag55UEnD6SCZZ7ggak9UweuHL-tbLaSXNkJtkv6Wc_9eQ4X5wBwXKQ_wu2lJLpHPzmNmXVSiNqDsE6WoSlxXjMb13CGeFE9RisXgyKoAa5Y/s1600-h/IMG_8737+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7eY-Ied4fCOBvFiaIPYGOViI_Ag55UEnD6SCZZ7ggak9UweuHL-tbLaSXNkJtkv6Wc_9eQ4X5wBwXKQ_wu2lJLpHPzmNmXVSiNqDsE6WoSlxXjMb13CGeFE9RisXgyKoAa5Y/s400/IMG_8737+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380706538325988466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(Just so you know, I did NOT do anything to this pepper...this is how it looked when I opened it up! That'd cheer anyone up, right? :) Thanks God!)<br /></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-33991531685599551732009-08-26T19:42:00.009-05:002009-08-26T20:37:02.861-05:00My Princess Party!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1PbZekcVkMVnEP9PUPwHKDwhSyFWLFTtvu40g__XVVB5hiNBO0zB8MlsqcQj9nXt8SwhXKlo1CCGlckssPB9oOhwSZJEYXHOeFL9ywckk4LqvYviuAaj1odRTrY0oqw7xTm9/s1600-h/IMG_8390.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1PbZekcVkMVnEP9PUPwHKDwhSyFWLFTtvu40g__XVVB5hiNBO0zB8MlsqcQj9nXt8SwhXKlo1CCGlckssPB9oOhwSZJEYXHOeFL9ywckk4LqvYviuAaj1odRTrY0oqw7xTm9/s400/IMG_8390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374446245550999490" border="0" /></a>I can't begin to tell you what an amazing day I had yesterday! :) My family definitely gave me the "royal" treatment! :) On Monday they made me go to bed by 11:00 telling me that even princesses have bedtimes! ;) I had no idea they were going to stay up and DECORATE! :) Tuesday morning was perfect though. They had me close my eyes as I came down the stairs to find the prettiest dining room ever! :) They had used pink sheer fabric around the windows and doors with white lights in it to make a very "pretty" soft look to it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2bcV5r9bfI6Id1zIhTUnPit3GCwohq-EhbX0Ctzs7wZOVYZRemlwZfZkoWEBR8nheV2KrFYv1km3MS-YltW0nhyChqA3LbfZj9VHoZmjCAWKVDpFlr1501tVbohyOVTCpvmg/s1600-h/IMG_8440.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT67QurStyk3t3AUZ50E2lqpH-3yo4LXN0YrXviayon6fhMWYjVcz8HGCY4MkJM3YA39R2JPJDNUpBUlT-JXH3BqrkiqeSRtr96enkXj6MvZEmcAVgPzYP8TDABmhP6UY5i_yC/s1600-h/IMG_8380.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT67QurStyk3t3AUZ50E2lqpH-3yo4LXN0YrXviayon6fhMWYjVcz8HGCY4MkJM3YA39R2JPJDNUpBUlT-JXH3BqrkiqeSRtr96enkXj6MvZEmcAVgPzYP8TDABmhP6UY5i_yC/s400/IMG_8380.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374443647682880610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSKlzNkC0eY1wQ2pXmN6gC3YTE9ppsNDWv4erzmiABBy42ZQ1jGA9PMN1EVIUul-gS1hL3zz1weVS1KWUFT-6GvYEilH13EsXRLW_S1hwePPPwdkD8Q9slUBr2T14Vnx-UJ7n/s1600-h/IMG_8379.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSKlzNkC0eY1wQ2pXmN6gC3YTE9ppsNDWv4erzmiABBy42ZQ1jGA9PMN1EVIUul-gS1hL3zz1weVS1KWUFT-6GvYEilH13EsXRLW_S1hwePPPwdkD8Q9slUBr2T14Vnx-UJ7n/s400/IMG_8379.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374443635943149954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIAvwY48E3TWkXC1LEi7K-B74jcE7NKsxBYZcPtb0VdNEeO3aWKBPrqhQDfyXCsOrWxE_67agFGGiyb2O_G9EUIz_oXMmyNHcjdpI508IALPzEomBJEjKFaF8Q9fp-Q0gWNRC/s1600-h/IMG_8373.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIAvwY48E3TWkXC1LEi7K-B74jcE7NKsxBYZcPtb0VdNEeO3aWKBPrqhQDfyXCsOrWxE_67agFGGiyb2O_G9EUIz_oXMmyNHcjdpI508IALPzEomBJEjKFaF8Q9fp-Q0gWNRC/s400/IMG_8373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374443632427360978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WZEs2r6Kd-pBeGrhNNeYyvkTQCDDdN7RLXac4p624WQ_AbP3wSa6uTWRW4bluvCBnEQ66Ax9JC55zm75cVorWmMcH2Z5wMUVK1Ed3hNlxWrkrzca23x59XEh3AnfILfei3z7/s1600-h/IMG_8369+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WZEs2r6Kd-pBeGrhNNeYyvkTQCDDdN7RLXac4p624WQ_AbP3wSa6uTWRW4bluvCBnEQ66Ax9JC55zm75cVorWmMcH2Z5wMUVK1Ed3hNlxWrkrzca23x59XEh3AnfILfei3z7/s400/IMG_8369+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374443623398326658" border="0" /></a>There were flower petals all over the floor and heart swirly things from the ceiling fan. Floating candles in a clear bowl with pink water and sparkley confetti stuff on the table! Just PERFECT! Mom did an amazing job sewing all the dresses and outfits for the boys! She really outdid herself on this! I am definitely not worth all that she did for me to make my day extra special! We had a fun time getting ready for the party and then around 1:30 or so we started it! :)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TbGtVhhK_CplpST5vL_965mDElAlqqKvwz13CcIPGPzE3W0EmgwebCj8S77CLNtBfMGcyHgjFASV0Xdbw3vljB-Uq-Hdzd3JETicWcagK8_IM-8n83p0O_2f-hyvmbZLeWXX/s1600-h/IMG_8411.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TbGtVhhK_CplpST5vL_965mDElAlqqKvwz13CcIPGPzE3W0EmgwebCj8S77CLNtBfMGcyHgjFASV0Xdbw3vljB-Uq-Hdzd3JETicWcagK8_IM-8n83p0O_2f-hyvmbZLeWXX/s400/IMG_8411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374446225310611682" border="0" /></a>(The head piece is NOT part of the outfit!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTxFfo8ceLTyy8w-YjoZzjhfgS4AqflAaQzNYfg5AzDluYGYH3eg-P0wuzgeb633IUjdc57ayr_yGhy_z8gaahqSb2E46cWCdw2NKLiiIBrwWNpvWgs6gj3LjKrVBGuk1pwAj/s1600-h/IMG_8412.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTxFfo8ceLTyy8w-YjoZzjhfgS4AqflAaQzNYfg5AzDluYGYH3eg-P0wuzgeb633IUjdc57ayr_yGhy_z8gaahqSb2E46cWCdw2NKLiiIBrwWNpvWgs6gj3LjKrVBGuk1pwAj/s400/IMG_8412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374446216258718498" border="0" /></a>(Honored guest...Esau...lol)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1NKlHLsboY_wEByGeozx76rVWs6jPDlGuxZynjOy-cGXSJY9CKrlk-d9iCCDzvtTEf7uMaaNnlevIMh5n2oYeTCrUnWIbgsoT55OulOIVD80kylzxnlqlp50AxYPLxrPJmFE/s1600-h/IMG_8419.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1NKlHLsboY_wEByGeozx76rVWs6jPDlGuxZynjOy-cGXSJY9CKrlk-d9iCCDzvtTEf7uMaaNnlevIMh5n2oYeTCrUnWIbgsoT55OulOIVD80kylzxnlqlp50AxYPLxrPJmFE/s400/IMG_8419.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374445946731488642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkPRrocqM-Op9FZEImb6aKjUeN74n7mOw5InTVHHIHy4zo7sdc3A71pqc6YSl_qdi_ezwHCCveISy3ZOYydKSv7EFQ4JZ7tp1QcEm3CByGETyvK4B0WbLbe7XFDhLi9hqcWu5/s1600-h/IMG_8437.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7peYyyyC_oFa8dVNeXBZQoIQEQU9XJBNjVR-baBYnuz12fq-RRd57mSoGLFLuE4QJ4NAzbWp3hGxXVTzLTyZWItL5fv88U0q-170AXgTEqSIxhtyPIwdSWPz4bh9hVsLYj5fc/s400/IMG_8442.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374445570810665314" border="0" /></a>(The girls with Dad)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73zyRN-_5-zW9Q4SWqjbkFHOh5AqSoTqhyphenhyphenP_D6SX-VC7glOeGXVWPzTlegSfiJEhVNfM84OM4Jsk4bEBOp0CRGJYt3jerxdvmsFZhaBU_gxy474zQh_rA3CtsQ3GlDMyFwLbi/s1600-h/IMG_8438.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73zyRN-_5-zW9Q4SWqjbkFHOh5AqSoTqhyphenhyphenP_D6SX-VC7glOeGXVWPzTlegSfiJEhVNfM84OM4Jsk4bEBOp0CRGJYt3jerxdvmsFZhaBU_gxy474zQh_rA3CtsQ3GlDMyFwLbi/s400/IMG_8438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374445909187623506" border="0" /></a>Mom with the help of Gabrielle and Jess I think made a delicious mexican meal! (my favorite!) Dad had to leave quick after eating for work so we did gifts real quick right there! :) Some were uh...umm...quite embarrassing! (Some pics I just CANT post) They were funny though, and well...I think it was JAMIE'S idea! :D My family got me very nice things though and one in particular was a scrapbook for the party. Mom got all different stickers and things for it! So we got quite a few pictures to fill the book! :) Oh, and Mom made me a shirt! I thought she had bought it cause it looked SO good, but she didnt! It's perfect though! ;)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvX-vriW8mkrqrNT8nFln2rIWuDBvLN7iLBTfcG2zyr82Ax0CWvlGgFALloNp4LBRFZfo1_pdxycs9ky0DexW9RWb5vISU_NlRahA3IIxhNIBPjNXgnjLEvpmQ_0iO3WzoFyw7/s1600-h/IMG_8454.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvX-vriW8mkrqrNT8nFln2rIWuDBvLN7iLBTfcG2zyr82Ax0CWvlGgFALloNp4LBRFZfo1_pdxycs9ky0DexW9RWb5vISU_NlRahA3IIxhNIBPjNXgnjLEvpmQ_0iO3WzoFyw7/s400/IMG_8454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374445560727031858" border="0" /></a>(Can anyone guess who I got this from?..JESS AND JAMIE)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6rLf-vX-stR_-8cicDxvLW8beC4ZoaWn1vW79J4utJKBgRSARL9ln3XQAOAjJRk_9hW39NAN3KXUuidi8yvY-eCG0Rds3D2fyUKXWuuuHOt_WivL1aNlX3FuXwv0vokrWykU/s1600-h/IMG_8455.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6rLf-vX-stR_-8cicDxvLW8beC4ZoaWn1vW79J4utJKBgRSARL9ln3XQAOAjJRk_9hW39NAN3KXUuidi8yvY-eCG0Rds3D2fyUKXWuuuHOt_WivL1aNlX3FuXwv0vokrWykU/s400/IMG_8455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374445554704938098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhligv_-cnfGD_rpiToddr9Iby0zFomqtYKkZrXjG3w7LmBFDhHq23ahVw5oKCJz3kHlYcB_-qtflb8Eopy5q_O_2bQMWf7VewOQEb8fkhkiL9sBfbj9S-mvFIHFZFBDZSVEDV9/s1600-h/IMG_8457.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhligv_-cnfGD_rpiToddr9Iby0zFomqtYKkZrXjG3w7LmBFDhHq23ahVw5oKCJz3kHlYcB_-qtflb8Eopy5q_O_2bQMWf7VewOQEb8fkhkiL9sBfbj9S-mvFIHFZFBDZSVEDV9/s400/IMG_8457.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374445538898479586" border="0" /></a>(the gift....ahh!)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QI2yCiUR2A0QdM4nASG8D5JLWsKgvlMXwkg6SV_pHW-a780GJ4R174kuZKR16vrcMEHiKBuJqL_30-udQWC5etT8WUCyRSAmxQt4m5LrnF9SsfHrtHun8aWc4RfaNqI16OkH/s1600-h/IMG_8465.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QI2yCiUR2A0QdM4nASG8D5JLWsKgvlMXwkg6SV_pHW-a780GJ4R174kuZKR16vrcMEHiKBuJqL_30-udQWC5etT8WUCyRSAmxQt4m5LrnF9SsfHrtHun8aWc4RfaNqI16OkH/s400/IMG_8465.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444881810829890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRi5giHSVeR4WN117-jGSpImztpbJq1JGsKMnI1rpTS38zjkqDFytqLct3IRaRmTeVjPrC-rplf6dp7rz3_AS9MDu5z5FM9jS1WdXFtLZaoBMceYXIBHq7kcZmTr7Ug1_PtwC/s1600-h/IMG_8469.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRi5giHSVeR4WN117-jGSpImztpbJq1JGsKMnI1rpTS38zjkqDFytqLct3IRaRmTeVjPrC-rplf6dp7rz3_AS9MDu5z5FM9jS1WdXFtLZaoBMceYXIBHq7kcZmTr7Ug1_PtwC/s400/IMG_8469.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444873211112706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmH6_mKbKtFmtgb0ofnZC9Xf2YhtNBAJpcEYNmdd2K8FYy7jpFr0xbXQuFhRqfR7-4HVmFCZPGgN5PqTsFYU99Qrp88Lrix_uF7u2KzY2Vf7Ob6csVYVZW9z5niufxQSwj5lh/s1600-h/IMG_8470.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmH6_mKbKtFmtgb0ofnZC9Xf2YhtNBAJpcEYNmdd2K8FYy7jpFr0xbXQuFhRqfR7-4HVmFCZPGgN5PqTsFYU99Qrp88Lrix_uF7u2KzY2Vf7Ob6csVYVZW9z5niufxQSwj5lh/s400/IMG_8470.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444865521335362" border="0" /></a>After gifts we had a "funny" time dancing! :D None of us really know what we are doing when it comes to that, but we tried anyway! :D Christian was somewhat willing to learn but Jordan just liked to twirl me around as fast as he could and get me SO dizzy! Mom was even getting into it! ;)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0S86epoS25xRXnl0LR_M4MicC1eXjEhBLT_76Lg-OSCGDDI44LRDr5vABPIN4eyEjuQOka8oSEgkdGw9TznLrtg6pX4IHZ6FNiI76I63OzPBhjsTcni0XT92ADli55p8Zq_e9/s1600-h/IMG_8494.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0S86epoS25xRXnl0LR_M4MicC1eXjEhBLT_76Lg-OSCGDDI44LRDr5vABPIN4eyEjuQOka8oSEgkdGw9TznLrtg6pX4IHZ6FNiI76I63OzPBhjsTcni0XT92ADli55p8Zq_e9/s400/IMG_8494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444493546129090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGmP7PH7YgKdqz3S0S1iTuD34dpimlEu7nNabtbrWgqmMVyiC3d_Yd_qzVXQ2KPju9n3wJWFHAWM1BSOB0_vIGbgtKCbIsg2vt4mi1Ff_1Vzgl8Kl7t_C8zGLyRMwZrk2SRFN/s1600-h/IMG_8510.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGmP7PH7YgKdqz3S0S1iTuD34dpimlEu7nNabtbrWgqmMVyiC3d_Yd_qzVXQ2KPju9n3wJWFHAWM1BSOB0_vIGbgtKCbIsg2vt4mi1Ff_1Vzgl8Kl7t_C8zGLyRMwZrk2SRFN/s400/IMG_8510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444480716022386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4veiqaQoTgRpkzmHrd5Mhl4z7tg72LTWwu7LEG1mo1gjiktSsSolDW5Dl0QEchSRSrqhcWh48QnicWBKF4-HgXi_BGQfYxlEQlEFnpU9OWZN7sZPjKtUxR7q-On3Jl_vgUfC/s1600-h/IMG_8521.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4veiqaQoTgRpkzmHrd5Mhl4z7tg72LTWwu7LEG1mo1gjiktSsSolDW5Dl0QEchSRSrqhcWh48QnicWBKF4-HgXi_BGQfYxlEQlEFnpU9OWZN7sZPjKtUxR7q-On3Jl_vgUfC/s400/IMG_8521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444469822366322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4gKYqCktfFEvdQj7uvF6sXDH4P52mmoKX2aFTWh6oI8Nrb8RpoFXeRkby6obJsmcQSxll_pN3Wa6KkbCYLdItk-KSUqIvzPhpRG9_dCl_8yfWVz_zJ9KEP6k36qpxRbEMLOf/s1600-h/IMG_8483.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4gKYqCktfFEvdQj7uvF6sXDH4P52mmoKX2aFTWh6oI8Nrb8RpoFXeRkby6obJsmcQSxll_pN3Wa6KkbCYLdItk-KSUqIvzPhpRG9_dCl_8yfWVz_zJ9KEP6k36qpxRbEMLOf/s400/IMG_8483.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444508755738210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDtNTTaTqmPqZY08PNr7xlUGZtUwUeA1wj8JSgH_RTs6Nj46ABTD5FSsqvMylZsA0DnftxYJeUK8OvpzBvOe7A1Tb3AlaXBXGtcqvM6oliTBEEBlEhxvyy0m5YdPY5gzdax4T/s1600-h/IMG_8482.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDtNTTaTqmPqZY08PNr7xlUGZtUwUeA1wj8JSgH_RTs6Nj46ABTD5FSsqvMylZsA0DnftxYJeUK8OvpzBvOe7A1Tb3AlaXBXGtcqvM6oliTBEEBlEhxvyy0m5YdPY5gzdax4T/s400/IMG_8482.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444859702691314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXh3N4KnxIHaKFUx7e9CmJbiZ3tz5KN2EawlxA6FyNUYN9PiHbJAfi05bbQ7HwK4eDfwSfiFELxtvSp0DEOkmA8hqz9EdguJqVcMBlyhQk2Gy-7lkeiYgiHNGGpFgcHJnxghz/s1600-h/IMG_8488.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXh3N4KnxIHaKFUx7e9CmJbiZ3tz5KN2EawlxA6FyNUYN9PiHbJAfi05bbQ7HwK4eDfwSfiFELxtvSp0DEOkmA8hqz9EdguJqVcMBlyhQk2Gy-7lkeiYgiHNGGpFgcHJnxghz/s400/IMG_8488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444500760195778" border="0" /></a>(Mom, Me and Gabrielle)<br /><br /></div>So after dancing we had cake, oooooh So good! Mom made a heart shaped cake but it was chocolate with reeses peanut butter cups in it!!! DELICIOUS!!! :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvX-vriW8mkrqrNT8nFln2rIWuDBvLN7iLBTfcG2zyr82Ax0CWvlGgFALloNp4LBRFZfo1_pdxycs9ky0DexW9RWb5vISU_NlRahA3IIxhNIBPjNXgnjLEvpmQ_0iO3WzoFyw7/s1600-h/IMG_8454.JPG"><br /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_UywpSbDUlpkDPgILRfRXeyvLU4vV1DWEfueTfaH1MmpHTaCaPD0gUlTi2Tv_5NOS78JO1pM7ImvRMOw3DIj9hXyCooub4Noq7PtRufkd-sV71125bxRRjrEtrfQccEIHgOl/s1600-h/IMG_8399.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_UywpSbDUlpkDPgILRfRXeyvLU4vV1DWEfueTfaH1MmpHTaCaPD0gUlTi2Tv_5NOS78JO1pM7ImvRMOw3DIj9hXyCooub4Noq7PtRufkd-sV71125bxRRjrEtrfQccEIHgOl/s400/IMG_8399.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374446234731644082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmrpAkH-INdM_ljKhtJWlAkn5636RghGegO0ush2mPT51t_HUchFQ9HJh4ZaLg1nhG8iwr_xXIpArdX_o2-8B8YvmOeXDXtPSqP3QhT7AHAl1hafifSeJdPfwb33-YhFgMM8r/s1600-h/IMG_8400.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmrpAkH-INdM_ljKhtJWlAkn5636RghGegO0ush2mPT51t_HUchFQ9HJh4ZaLg1nhG8iwr_xXIpArdX_o2-8B8YvmOeXDXtPSqP3QhT7AHAl1hafifSeJdPfwb33-YhFgMM8r/s400/IMG_8400.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374446227638597778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_UywpSbDUlpkDPgILRfRXeyvLU4vV1DWEfueTfaH1MmpHTaCaPD0gUlTi2Tv_5NOS78JO1pM7ImvRMOw3DIj9hXyCooub4Noq7PtRufkd-sV71125bxRRjrEtrfQccEIHgOl/s1600-h/IMG_8399.JPG"><br /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TBE17SVAJHkYpsc_luxx1nYf8sj5bXw2rJxpC373r_LZCOmS1KNzjtQJVBjeifCgfoITj1Uetbf84waxZO97cGuxg2OfbeVwD72C6lYwqHPGZa-hhXDKTXZ9zaVs88pAdAbo/s1600-h/IMG_8526.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TBE17SVAJHkYpsc_luxx1nYf8sj5bXw2rJxpC373r_LZCOmS1KNzjtQJVBjeifCgfoITj1Uetbf84waxZO97cGuxg2OfbeVwD72C6lYwqHPGZa-hhXDKTXZ9zaVs88pAdAbo/s400/IMG_8526.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444098607813586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTa_BaA1bMOdmA-4c8YGIozGKc0vk-fDK_-6ioBhR9KPt_pZboLuxRh5P-4VoyhFcGcySDzjj5-vABAAawu26CPB-Ue9zPFa9SwKh_SSp1dMTp1QXJti5qfefLJ73pYLLyiDa/s1600-h/IMG_8532.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTa_BaA1bMOdmA-4c8YGIozGKc0vk-fDK_-6ioBhR9KPt_pZboLuxRh5P-4VoyhFcGcySDzjj5-vABAAawu26CPB-Ue9zPFa9SwKh_SSp1dMTp1QXJti5qfefLJ73pYLLyiDa/s400/IMG_8532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444089061489634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVOVSdqELutu5UNdAtQVZu4dvA6uLLMLM7NHeeFOKroKClXFbqac2SMnTknjSYNhKDak4GS2DhN7iX0N7t28ESvBocxHaCFEsXm0ES5TocsiGe4U7N4oUGQKb3SDSwhKvydvu/s1600-h/IMG_8534.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVOVSdqELutu5UNdAtQVZu4dvA6uLLMLM7NHeeFOKroKClXFbqac2SMnTknjSYNhKDak4GS2DhN7iX0N7t28ESvBocxHaCFEsXm0ES5TocsiGe4U7N4oUGQKb3SDSwhKvydvu/s400/IMG_8534.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444078649047826" border="0" /></a><br />After eating we took some cake to our neighbors, Dale and Addie. Addie is very sick but I had promised her that we'd go over in our outfits to show her. I'm not even sure she remembered me, but she definitely knows Mom, so it was a treat I think for her to see everyone so dressed up...or those who STAYED in their outfits! :P We had decided that it'd only be fitting to watch a princess movie that night so ALL dressed up we went to the movie store in town to pick out one! :D We got quite the looks but the girl there was really nice to us, maybe she thought we were royalty! Jordan was too embarrassed of us though, so he stayed in the van. :D<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseDIGNY2aPFtXO4RvBxCwt0FrPio3KBSNU7V-mu31lhU0ho_WV-ADjvspspdGi30jbAaSkuzoX3S-Bb7fOIabnushv-O0yQRfzl-zc4GuCQxCcCFBOFY_bMjWavIYcj43MRHw/s1600-h/IMG_8462+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseDIGNY2aPFtXO4RvBxCwt0FrPio3KBSNU7V-mu31lhU0ho_WV-ADjvspspdGi30jbAaSkuzoX3S-Bb7fOIabnushv-O0yQRfzl-zc4GuCQxCcCFBOFY_bMjWavIYcj43MRHw/s400/IMG_8462+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444892928796402" border="0" /></a>(This was at night...it looked SO pretty!)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3LFNqcgK-6HOSd9yBPWdYuyA_b6j28GhWljB5g2BLzZpxd_aC49jKzUChlY0lKz1Wprv5pj-DRReNDJVntXbOBlm_JmgVdILPr65iMZt6hjo8xd1i0YGUzYzQWUDRiF-JgGl/s1600-h/IMG_8552.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3LFNqcgK-6HOSd9yBPWdYuyA_b6j28GhWljB5g2BLzZpxd_aC49jKzUChlY0lKz1Wprv5pj-DRReNDJVntXbOBlm_JmgVdILPr65iMZt6hjo8xd1i0YGUzYzQWUDRiF-JgGl/s400/IMG_8552.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444065036788418" border="0" /></a>When we got home I changed out of my dress and got to do what I love most, well almost most...RIDING! :) Jordan took Gabrielle and I riding for a couple hours. I'm seriously thinking it's my new favorite thing to do! Can't even describe how much I love galloping through the farmers field, seems like the whole world is disappearing and its just me and my horse! :) LOVE IT! :)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUg2lBFbS-mpz6ruhqZGgVjn4msmHRYlVemg8jsCWoZ-UXOVYrqtJ0zC5EFjGwyuAbDp3kp1JCxYBfhoXxF2h4hAubxIFjrAOCuU1zg686_fGtFDrgTldu4RJAiwSSNgbrJXA/s1600-h/IMG_8544.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUg2lBFbS-mpz6ruhqZGgVjn4msmHRYlVemg8jsCWoZ-UXOVYrqtJ0zC5EFjGwyuAbDp3kp1JCxYBfhoXxF2h4hAubxIFjrAOCuU1zg686_fGtFDrgTldu4RJAiwSSNgbrJXA/s400/IMG_8544.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444069984889970" border="0" /></a> Anyway....on to the party! :) We finished the night by watching "Princess Protection Program" Surprisingly it was pretty good! :) If my family reads this...Thanks SO much for the wonderful birthday! :) And for treating me like a princess! :) Love you all!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiX02GdgUgC_wXBGBuumF3wryDLhJuHqiE0c1nL3mdkG4uGKDzLJnj7GcynkqW2g7D33mO5zrSlnI1gAC-5yQadSsRnbmF3EJckoIbnVvRhSISFFKQFJCrcHYbfkQDzWSFvJ-E/s1600-h/IMG_8389.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiX02GdgUgC_wXBGBuumF3wryDLhJuHqiE0c1nL3mdkG4uGKDzLJnj7GcynkqW2g7D33mO5zrSlnI1gAC-5yQadSsRnbmF3EJckoIbnVvRhSISFFKQFJCrcHYbfkQDzWSFvJ-E/s400/IMG_8389.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374443654068189314" border="0" /></a>(This is Mom's great grandma's necklace that she let me wear)<br /></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-58291987629163039022009-08-11T23:09:00.004-05:002009-08-14T00:38:09.190-05:00August 14th...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEA_l0fZNvO1-pPCqXEEgiWthQCb4wJl0xd2MkgMn2fclrlP7_QoAcl6-DDBwiunO03UyLMhgLBOFYHkvAfyob8WaqTIXtlWpU-Dsx-R3KoxpvNr2WZykwEXweZnR_3t6OSoG/s1600-h/22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEA_l0fZNvO1-pPCqXEEgiWthQCb4wJl0xd2MkgMn2fclrlP7_QoAcl6-DDBwiunO03UyLMhgLBOFYHkvAfyob8WaqTIXtlWpU-Dsx-R3KoxpvNr2WZykwEXweZnR_3t6OSoG/s400/22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368928464055168690" border="0" /></a><br />This is one date that I hate very much. This was the date that marked the beginning of my changed life. Never again on this earth would my Mom live with NO cancer and who would have known that only 5 short months later she wouldn't even be with me any longer.<br /><br />I'm trying really hard to not dwell on all of this because it seems foolish. My Mom is in Heaven and I have a wonderful loving family here with me, why be sad? But it doesn't work...I still get sad, I still miss her a LOT, and there are still even parts of me that long for her to be back. Just to be with her one more time.<br /><br />I went back and reread the blog post I did last year at this time and it seems crazy to me even how much life has changed in this one year. The past 6 months life has been incredible. I love it! I have that same joy that I had when my Mom was alive. Okay, maybe not exactly the same because that hole is still somewhat there. How could it ever fully go away, but my heart HAS been restored to an extent and I'm so thankful to God that He has blessed me with some family that does love me unconditionally. It's like my Mom can't be here for me, but God's allowed someone else to come and fill that spot and I know my Mom would be so happy.<br /><br />If any of you are interested in reading the other blog post I'll post the link to where I blogged at. It explains more of what I went through on this day. The pain and heartache and why I hate the 14th of August so much. <a href="http://mustard-seed-faith.blogspot.com/2008/08/remembering.html">Old blog post</a><br /><br />Please be praying for me that I can look to the Lord tomorrow as I go through this day. That I'd look at all the blessings God has given me instead of the tremendous loss.<br /><br />I miss you Mom and I'll never forget you! I'll love you forever! ;(Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-77301889979515356372009-08-07T20:58:00.003-05:002009-08-07T21:10:49.202-05:00LUKE IS ONE!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiB5QHWNGKliVQh9mdCfcPNBqb2YTYfM0XQEg3stXsdC4H9AJc7G1LwtlcuA_bH3JRTxgIKQirF-NDXFffRqSQm4aP-sMDUtGU6rwkC61N5ImHwfNpCTQWtX569X9aODeNIYg9/s1600-h/luke2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiB5QHWNGKliVQh9mdCfcPNBqb2YTYfM0XQEg3stXsdC4H9AJc7G1LwtlcuA_bH3JRTxgIKQirF-NDXFffRqSQm4aP-sMDUtGU6rwkC61N5ImHwfNpCTQWtX569X9aODeNIYg9/s400/luke2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367409117928634514" border="0" /></a>Today is my baby brother's first birthday! :) I know I don't usually post too much on siblings birthdays but it being his first I thought I'd at least update you all with a few photos. :) Luke has been such a blessing to everyone in the family. What a little bundle of joy he is. It's hard to believe he is one, but at the same time it seems like it's been FOREVER since we were at the hospital with him being born. I guess just so much has happened since then! :) I'm so thankful to God though he gave me Luke to be my brother. I just love him so much!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFn5_rKNpkFx35sWFs0jiflUyEO2-eN8B8S7jqlNnNFHJ4U4X4jcmyTi7qJbGc4gZYyoBwmpCaL-csMybO5u0oDj-OZ-6C-yrpgZcQ78GYfQPJHhyphenhyphenOtQD7900zBwDpwtNlB1iw/s1600-h/luke3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFn5_rKNpkFx35sWFs0jiflUyEO2-eN8B8S7jqlNnNFHJ4U4X4jcmyTi7qJbGc4gZYyoBwmpCaL-csMybO5u0oDj-OZ-6C-yrpgZcQ78GYfQPJHhyphenhyphenOtQD7900zBwDpwtNlB1iw/s400/luke3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367409134132445842" border="0" /></a> Love you Luke!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw59bcRBZ-L58mBUOhwuq6Q-9uY4dnNVzkSgTezFNqB8u9dUQSgwnMnuz79LUu6uC0DJv8zyawtZNZxPJdnTL8CCcD8tONu-Ry8sFWyzhg8I8xHYNJ-D93TRLoIR90OwKkk88g/s1600-h/luke2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw59bcRBZ-L58mBUOhwuq6Q-9uY4dnNVzkSgTezFNqB8u9dUQSgwnMnuz79LUu6uC0DJv8zyawtZNZxPJdnTL8CCcD8tONu-Ry8sFWyzhg8I8xHYNJ-D93TRLoIR90OwKkk88g/s400/luke2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367409127923401074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KTI2LR07oPYL0tL9oDayA9R6QPppR6VPRW2QZJZeESl7UPdBJPTpYOhr9f7kOg1elhtvHAcI1sAZdAmT7PRk6HmffXTFqMfseN_AXa4WAn3h38ZPvN2zXPtyfuHIGxZNVOEz/s1600-h/luke1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KTI2LR07oPYL0tL9oDayA9R6QPppR6VPRW2QZJZeESl7UPdBJPTpYOhr9f7kOg1elhtvHAcI1sAZdAmT7PRk6HmffXTFqMfseN_AXa4WAn3h38ZPvN2zXPtyfuHIGxZNVOEz/s400/luke1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367409125697726930" border="0" /></a>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-79482464422885373342009-07-31T19:00:00.002-05:002009-07-31T19:05:46.818-05:00Country Princess<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULvAGBZZgKixBtUsfO6cXYawV5cxSRUvkgFknDiF2N1PPQ9FPHtu_x4witcPfB78P-h0TNIuSZ-T-znnycFQkyUji710hhWQSFdUEOO5WVoa7Jx2VPNSo2BwLBVcKb9paFM_A/s1600-h/countryprincess3"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULvAGBZZgKixBtUsfO6cXYawV5cxSRUvkgFknDiF2N1PPQ9FPHtu_x4witcPfB78P-h0TNIuSZ-T-znnycFQkyUji710hhWQSFdUEOO5WVoa7Jx2VPNSo2BwLBVcKb9paFM_A/s400/countryprincess3" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364779741073586242" border="0" /></a>Well, since it's taking me forever to get together a post of my OK trip I figured I'd blog about this first! :) Kind of has to do with OK, so it'll work. My friend Bethany has been going through her registration papers for her goats and needed to name them all, well to my surprise she named one after me! How sweet huh? She named this little goat, "Country Princess" I guess she saw that my Mom called me that a few times so she liked the name and used it! :) Thought I'd post some pictures of her too though, since it's the first goat that Bethany is keeping that she's named after me!! :D Exciting, huh? :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtEXoe26M-jwy4uoApKSwMjpIhd-_mWSroqbvr7mDRVxvdVx53XZvZJGFCPwjrcjUf3IXD_6Odk5ar8-c5Mg6QOCXWlbl8XEnWrCBwEjQINXmXMZRvIndBbDv-OW8c6raIz4h/s1600-h/countryprincess2"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtEXoe26M-jwy4uoApKSwMjpIhd-_mWSroqbvr7mDRVxvdVx53XZvZJGFCPwjrcjUf3IXD_6Odk5ar8-c5Mg6QOCXWlbl8XEnWrCBwEjQINXmXMZRvIndBbDv-OW8c6raIz4h/s400/countryprincess2" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364779738769416914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYv3ObupUPFf3Y5VGQxRGTKuOyjTGb0YesHV_DYYgM1_pvo7XlNY5QVr8t2XeVCw-r3FfXp79rbb2Kli4fa_uuE_k197idKJhLwX3MzbMJipWylan2d8aWUmq9ovo6lDNWiKb/s1600-h/countryprincess1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYv3ObupUPFf3Y5VGQxRGTKuOyjTGb0YesHV_DYYgM1_pvo7XlNY5QVr8t2XeVCw-r3FfXp79rbb2Kli4fa_uuE_k197idKJhLwX3MzbMJipWylan2d8aWUmq9ovo6lDNWiKb/s400/countryprincess1" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364779732974045426" border="0" /></a>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34587382.post-71423240033480111092009-07-21T06:00:00.007-05:002009-07-21T08:09:28.624-05:00HaPpY BiRtHdAy MoM!<div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360686069665840962" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJN42hBmvWKdUtuz3sUWUaDiCLnVCpaet7I-jF5YcSLJqPbjQUT9o9dgyx0j6zfJMZR6oALLZdo4xUGuuTIYpd3tH0QiNGR9rVfrLo7GYDToQfpucfWvmS9S2ZABLjKr0DMwf/s400/IMG_0485.jpg" border="0" />Today is no ordinary day...but it's my new Mom's birthday! Although it's only been 6 months since I've lived here, there are already so many qualities about Mom I love and look up to. Most importantly is her ability to love anyone and everyone. I wouldn't be here today if she didn't have the heart she does. How many people do you know take in 20 year olds? Also Mom is about the most organized person I know. Some of us kids about drive her crazy with our lack of organization.....not ME of course!! ;) :D (ya right!) <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360686080700732626" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAt4UutWIjWoBbg878W-RA310rc0J-oNTl6FzGh48jkmRHmxr9nTpGvbTVf3hQAo-NJiiGrdk5NyekwYVENMe1XuyftwwPjh6Pmpt_Iq02TEWlRksUZNNIJkyJkPtGYrIHXt4/s400/IMG_0651.jpg" border="0" /><div><div><div><div></div>She rises very early and is the last to sleep at night just so she has everything caught up for the day, Whether it's dishes, laundry, or school stuff. Mom also has such a generous heart and is a servant to so many. The way she so diligently serves her family is such an example to me. I know it'll be hard shoes to fill when I have the chance to be a Mom to a family but I hope I can have the servants heart she has. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360686064207803330" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF05gpQ_tpHj-rlsGYepAlVKwmx8GbIX7MCLee1A6bz_D2qKjbkzEZD-WFXAjNE3Go0lG0bMdP7SnPwQEa7KtbPVRRVGclnS3ecmYYphbDouxETR66wxyn3CMqV4rghVlOmk9l/s400/IMG_0279.jpg" border="0" />I could go on and on and say how talented, creative, honest/blunt ;), forgiving, and fun person she is but almost all of you already know that all! So Happy Birthday Mom and thanks so much for choosing to be my Mom!!!!<br /><br /><br />...This passage SO describes Mom, but I'm adding things in parenthesis to further explain it and to apply to her!... ;)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. (He has no lack of anything with her!) She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax (maybe more like cotton fabrics and grain..is flax a grain), and willingly works with her hands. She is like the merchant ships, she brings her food from afar. (We have a garden at Jaspers, so that's kinda far!) She also rises while it is yet night, and provides food for her household, and a portion for her maidservants. (See...this is Mom completely! We don't have servants, but she gives food to the neighbors each day!) She considers a field and buys it (Or our neighbors house...lol), from her profits she plants a vineyard.(Guess what...the house she wants HAS a vineyard) She girds herself with strength and strengthens her arms.(She has to be strong to pick me up to tickle me!) She perceives that her merchandise is good and her lamp does not go out by night. She stretches out her hands to the distaff and her hand holds the spindle. She extends her hand to the poor, yes she reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household is clothed with scarlet. (I'm so glad she doesn't really have us in scarlet all the time but we do stay warm) She makes tapestry for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. (Dad's pretty well known I guess!) ;) She makes linen garments and sells them; and supplies sashes for the merchants. Strength and honor are her clothing; she shall rejoice in time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom and on her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all." Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. (Mom you are so beautiful on the inside AND out!) Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates." <br />Proverbs 31:10-31 (with added stuff)<br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360723564167213074" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTBGIf0pUqSOrUAlz5JMRY8-MAkkYWnFzEnHg2r9Ii-JV2vOe0dvM8AvUqOsqIZhvFdNjMtQImArF7qdIClw2vfnaYkftXmaZPDg9JEE-8nuPD92UAHH64vuvNGccWx4kUex_/s400/IMG_0447.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Love you!!!</div><br /><br /><div>Your Country Princess, Danielle ;)</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14837677710305353947noreply@blogger.com3