tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73688696799950360402024-02-19T01:00:32.858-08:00Old Lady, Handsome Boy, Mr. Boogins & Sweet Baby GirlBonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-14440903374910970332009-01-03T13:06:00.000-08:002009-01-03T13:09:03.511-08:00Pleeeeaaaase can I have some???<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgEcprYYpXMTvRZDATjlR9wyYFMMKZirFXp-8W357TtI9KxJcJiSBQ9aI9xhukdyHbVGLBNg1onw7lwfuWdaUnx9YDpdz6t0b0kTC_DZqGwwwymWzpcekPZi3Vt_Rf2QyAxG7xCPySXA/s1600-h/IMG_0990.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgEcprYYpXMTvRZDATjlR9wyYFMMKZirFXp-8W357TtI9KxJcJiSBQ9aI9xhukdyHbVGLBNg1onw7lwfuWdaUnx9YDpdz6t0b0kTC_DZqGwwwymWzpcekPZi3Vt_Rf2QyAxG7xCPySXA/s320/IMG_0990.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287177440196740338" border="0" /></a>Mikey, dying to dig in!<br /></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-19600550060549565422009-01-03T13:03:00.000-08:002009-01-03T13:06:26.970-08:00Abbey's First Make-up Application...oh, and nail polish...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKoxOhdXI8VqVN8YJ2DmoaN-sOarI5n8dd4pZBnQe2TIe3DBoUqCJetp6B36MeMoYTlTyGsD3pfqmGRyWm9XEmIkAIAp3zMFbd8oXvROzKzGJJ4UaBhIB7MylD-nXWbWF6TPvE9PIZseI/s1600-h/IMG_1002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGGzoUNkxwJW-BiJc1XE3pO0lvyReqSK1P7FrIfdjyAE7rMqOp98jupd65G__0_qV4Oel2hsv3N3shRlF97L-vWFTF5tHrWzEI8F-kvY8fGWO3qhW8lDiN6mIFrJAO8XmuDNQc4PTEQc/s320/IMG_0983.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287176648809872482" border="0" /></a>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-45069037726255458062008-12-28T20:38:00.000-08:002008-12-28T20:44:46.166-08:00Hey, that's my...toa.....ster.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkslI1otHzkYJgFuTNUvhMCza5oo14smORIm7KMun39quYp4N7oYUzi2UIGsznCmER1EpA6wSvURRSPWpLPc_hAmAMuE5kGPODW-P-lLpsIvFrPBTWRoRHaZe40xsR3xCLd9ONk5qHAI/s1600-h/IMG_0979.JPG"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a>Hm. Science project? Nope, just Spencer's latest engineering project at home. As soon as he heard we were buying a toaster oven, he jumped right in there with "OH! Can I have the toaster?" So he's taken it completely apart to "see how it works". And to no doubt use parts to make something else.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQ3f9rW21pI2UGJNKMFyzP-KAr-ljD937cJpceHRN4-eUJFmD-TdJBjuE7cPPcJOoZfq_WYZZ4Dzgtj9Z3yZpsJdm96ccTF18EQJ0EAZ5N5-R8ocSt7tV_Hl1VUN8sY2EEO6k5-w-17U/s1600-h/IMG_0978.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQ3f9rW21pI2UGJNKMFyzP-KAr-ljD937cJpceHRN4-eUJFmD-TdJBjuE7cPPcJOoZfq_WYZZ4Dzgtj9Z3yZpsJdm96ccTF18EQJ0EAZ5N5-R8ocSt7tV_Hl1VUN8sY2EEO6k5-w-17U/s320/IMG_0978.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285067197384290226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNsTfKS7P-LEWj3PpS79JeAn7V5QuA3jBs7LZZneyG5wDjjfZhYatSQKOEqlyEq4eCqTGBd-_pIMunOXQ-zyX1h2DAX0N1oUyG27D7oeXAc6BQnFUpZBDpEYSr8D4Frf1qFRARoPVoCY/s1600-h/IMG_0976.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNsTfKS7P-LEWj3PpS79JeAn7V5QuA3jBs7LZZneyG5wDjjfZhYatSQKOEqlyEq4eCqTGBd-_pIMunOXQ-zyX1h2DAX0N1oUyG27D7oeXAc6BQnFUpZBDpEYSr8D4Frf1qFRARoPVoCY/s320/IMG_0976.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285067188239944066" border="0" /></a>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-20467674164177267422008-12-27T21:36:00.000-08:002008-12-31T09:06:58.278-08:00Christmas Break Pics<div style="text-align: center;">Maddy<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Uo8SRQeSnFlwWI5_Eh7g1pUayam99pvL4uAsoZe2lvmgzftR97sYIM92jb9z5jgwWaSvFc6seFNLqcbcVTkve0dtjiwoWKIlwE4_lyxFgVpcBObt4iA9VA80I0fIt-vl4K7JrM893lM/s1600-h/IMG_0955.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Uo8SRQeSnFlwWI5_Eh7g1pUayam99pvL4uAsoZe2lvmgzftR97sYIM92jb9z5jgwWaSvFc6seFNLqcbcVTkve0dtjiwoWKIlwE4_lyxFgVpcBObt4iA9VA80I0fIt-vl4K7JrM893lM/s320/IMG_0955.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284717823589283858" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Miss Abbey<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9g2D_RCPCXZQ1vk7wHXbuxyDwPmZewO0NWBfezNTZIqI1bVCW379_cSlWq3TLIvtkrpmAkZRZ8sDWp8vLKhCFdlJOqUmqZIIIsoHy-EerkwY2ar7Qi4mn4GQq2io_v6t3f6eKlbHWL6M/s1600-h/IMG_0963.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9g2D_RCPCXZQ1vk7wHXbuxyDwPmZewO0NWBfezNTZIqI1bVCW379_cSlWq3TLIvtkrpmAkZRZ8sDWp8vLKhCFdlJOqUmqZIIIsoHy-EerkwY2ar7Qi4mn4GQq2io_v6t3f6eKlbHWL6M/s320/IMG_0963.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284717823026567506" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Mikey<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuenJTvTYnFWgCx2B8TLdXpD5LofSSYY6ETjIjDe3jFpXhaDd3M4RKupVbs6NwZP0QHkos7QaKTJ1Ifw2FZD2ndo6fqu60PUjsdGbz-lvf09xTykK_DMXwjFcFqIQ-d6xu8J54ZBYFOw/s1600-h/IMG_0965.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyz0oW7InJEyshmbJbdhCCnLWdVmKJr_ZCS6L7S8I0ok4krEVEfF3RGKAMsR4oDn_1_1FAjqp4hF5Uz-2ybzmvRLWFZT4jquV0j1XEfxPMTVQIvNpP5dJkcjsj21JHgK3tMuJMnrL8z2Q/s320/IMG_0849+-+Copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284714646958748562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maddy and her beautiful jewelry!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oSQ1XeugphpZzbaZ5KrEcfNyRwv-AMkmHxpW2LlwjSe8S_LjmbXqye9F7rePfFUEdzEM834GDDIhxcCCRtAkVMY5iLq9GUGwxXvpNCKcVhnGYpxiJ3tMlyHcfHPEUV5kjREldPgm4Ss/s1600-h/IMG_0865.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oSQ1XeugphpZzbaZ5KrEcfNyRwv-AMkmHxpW2LlwjSe8S_LjmbXqye9F7rePfFUEdzEM834GDDIhxcCCRtAkVMY5iLq9GUGwxXvpNCKcVhnGYpxiJ3tMlyHcfHPEUV5kjREldPgm4Ss/s320/IMG_0865.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284712091689420466" border="0" /></a><br />Maddy the lush!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6EsFtFUWchHcEbLWQkD_BPFHq2eYmYWAHy-28r693FVD60LLc9P0dmMEVenUBBYBs54Xx0tRjB3Rxtl_fN5W5Uq1MMttiyv8L2ekewg-BupbziVD4pBNaGxXVjPkS3RdKH2jZ8iqSak/s1600-h/IMG_0935.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6EsFtFUWchHcEbLWQkD_BPFHq2eYmYWAHy-28r693FVD60LLc9P0dmMEVenUBBYBs54Xx0tRjB3Rxtl_fN5W5Uq1MMttiyv8L2ekewg-BupbziVD4pBNaGxXVjPkS3RdKH2jZ8iqSak/s320/IMG_0935.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284712081652429874" border="0" /></a><br />Abbey's toe socks.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYFo1Gbl91wgmE8YKmofeH6bG44GEhUplUMcJyZLbFIqt1MXEnaeCpxRNw_SyMpLQzEJMBXCtcirtqbfOl6KYMsH_t-A9vxs9TvVg-ZTBezwwDyaLN35pbQbvUd0MPPSd5H9I509-kKY/s1600-h/IMG_0871.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYFo1Gbl91wgmE8YKmofeH6bG44GEhUplUMcJyZLbFIqt1MXEnaeCpxRNw_SyMpLQzEJMBXCtcirtqbfOl6KYMsH_t-A9vxs9TvVg-ZTBezwwDyaLN35pbQbvUd0MPPSd5H9I509-kKY/s320/IMG_0871.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284712089339895506" border="0" /></a><br />Spencer's engineering thing of some sort.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidCMhyphenhyphenx36LqClem5ndsMk6ydy4VPsu6yafxjBlJevCdvWMjVh_TJmRYDGhYF4u930WfTI6ixW2O8cbLs60uKmvq_NIdpQokZnNQoNPIiG7WyQnFWI3J4e4yDcNqaKZwcEQwzI7mqsB3s/s1600-h/IMG_0925.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidCMhyphenhyphenx36LqClem5ndsMk6ydy4VPsu6yafxjBlJevCdvWMjVh_TJmRYDGhYF4u930WfTI6ixW2O8cbLs60uKmvq_NIdpQokZnNQoNPIiG7WyQnFWI3J4e4yDcNqaKZwcEQwzI7mqsB3s/s320/IMG_0925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284712079525266370" border="0" /></a><br />Littlest Petshop Monopoly. The boys said, "Oh great, now we have to play it with her". Nice big brothers...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXyp6HBLnQBbCpE5Yrku9LOOlyDGF-soakDg6loIuKMiVOdSF_Nh-yCun044rWdy3dNemj9NoUQWXwjeF1lbYuLxm0zHEGj53yrzt7lDFaPTV101gyiD4Z58DLLxtcJ9woXtBsH-XkAg/s1600-h/IMG_0912.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXyp6HBLnQBbCpE5Yrku9LOOlyDGF-soakDg6loIuKMiVOdSF_Nh-yCun044rWdy3dNemj9NoUQWXwjeF1lbYuLxm0zHEGj53yrzt7lDFaPTV101gyiD4Z58DLLxtcJ9woXtBsH-XkAg/s320/IMG_0912.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284712077623068594" border="0" /></a>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-67284651521551673972008-12-02T19:24:00.000-08:002008-12-02T19:30:12.418-08:00Playground Songs<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz1WCsI7diScRJ1bnnZANl7AOo2pBenfFGnsPNBBPOmgqfEDbX-1XsU-iR0VM6UpivbZx9H4vISeIr_k756Qg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-56105136956374201562008-11-29T17:33:00.000-08:002008-11-29T17:36:29.695-08:00Do You Have Gas?<div align="center"> We do, now that the prices went down!! Yahooooo...finally, more than a quarter tank at a time for our $20.00!!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274258206750943346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcklnrkTGUq-fVQslweZxR6K7aNkawzQRtpbuU4x8OcJ5x7HdINfg-vMS6HnwMxOcQPwb_5PcDLSiq05Ia2WZHPx_-x_yiqeEbte4B7w-Jflm6rQSF9Ttm3qaegYnkxLeR1_j-xG6Guo/s320/IMG_0408.JPG" border="0" /></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-14687718038586003322008-11-26T21:58:00.000-08:002008-11-26T22:07:20.118-08:00I love a recycled piece of furniture!I have this old dresser I got from a friend of mine, who got it from her great aunt. We're talking <strong><em>old</em></strong>! Like 40's or so old. It was hidious when I inherited it. But I had a vision. When Abbey was born, Dad painted it white, with pink trim on the face of the drawers and on the knobs. I added new feet. Abbey has had it in her room ever since. Well, she got Spencer's old desk in her room yesterday, and that meant something had to come out of her room. A-ha! I decided to paint the old dresser black and use it in my entryway! I'm <em>kicking</em> myself for not taking a before shot...it was soooo cute! <br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5mlpfyfkUHYOMci7xN0Mo3GW8j5_vLBkMj79QCN_S7EReyfsI_CqgAM78z6iOO6zz7i6AYtrS6c98fmwZnfGKFDtBCCDvfl_mvoG2AtgI-ihnxsj0eJ2vvaHVCHv2mWgG9YV82zEGtg/s1600-h/IMG_0372.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273213382284408978" 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/AVvXsEjJ5mlpfyfkUHYOMci7xN0Mo3GW8j5_vLBkMj79QCN_S7EReyfsI_CqgAM78z6iOO6zz7i6AYtrS6c98fmwZnfGKFDtBCCDvfl_mvoG2AtgI-ihnxsj0eJ2vvaHVCHv2mWgG9YV82zEGtg/s400/IMG_0372.jpg" border="0" /></a> The brown looking spot on the bottom of the drawer is just the light reflecting.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wslZOO27aLG52XYH__gekuWE223ERYGqvx7vwPpcdMpEYlu5Pw6FMbQqc5bbQPMku-g7f30D5Fd9aUhVz-BDsruoODt_i7yp9xQYZbhYSYh-cT-_-QBxDqtkxHAZjouMV2zjr6agGEQ/s1600-h/IMG_0374.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273213379970579826" 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/AVvXsEg_wslZOO27aLG52XYH__gekuWE223ERYGqvx7vwPpcdMpEYlu5Pw6FMbQqc5bbQPMku-g7f30D5Fd9aUhVz-BDsruoODt_i7yp9xQYZbhYSYh-cT-_-QBxDqtkxHAZjouMV2zjr6agGEQ/s400/IMG_0374.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here it is in full...it's really hard to see it...it's super cute, though! I love it!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltFGEXcnIET68rVMNHE51H05-wv3fGr36pDV0YdQKXMZgJM9dmrRQy2nKy-k_gmunNQzNectS6xkRFTfgD7H4QWVCsxMbmXFjWPf25BZV0zGKaoDFUB0vLsS4ar_u02mO9HX0B7520sk/s1600-h/IMG_0373.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273213375859232994" 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/AVvXsEjltFGEXcnIET68rVMNHE51H05-wv3fGr36pDV0YdQKXMZgJM9dmrRQy2nKy-k_gmunNQzNectS6xkRFTfgD7H4QWVCsxMbmXFjWPf25BZV0zGKaoDFUB0vLsS4ar_u02mO9HX0B7520sk/s400/IMG_0373.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-61252765728699039472008-11-20T09:08:00.000-08:002008-11-20T09:11:21.241-08:00What's more beautiful? The leaves or the children?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHuDc_LW0HBfOS5h69wIphei5MZg7Z7hL3hUwmKiKQwJm_HxsjA-Um5kJNdEhAANssNq8fhbndUAzGhteQZMpoki_k4pJBFjFhgaOFK8j0kcRurp78ghHbTLYkV-RKNHywAvdJVMwTkY/s1600-h/IMG_0286.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270788363302702994" 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/AVvXsEggHuDc_LW0HBfOS5h69wIphei5MZg7Z7hL3hUwmKiKQwJm_HxsjA-Um5kJNdEhAANssNq8fhbndUAzGhteQZMpoki_k4pJBFjFhgaOFK8j0kcRurp78ghHbTLYkV-RKNHywAvdJVMwTkY/s400/IMG_0286.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCc8bpzAMYm-vFJ53-mmNKuvPiYDZaSqrRTtbutXdrmhXG9UL2OTIuubJrI9JLnnbfo9usMvOF-gCvAth5Ipo6TYb4srkPbG4l2nrGZjyXKUGYRNENFDbWq0_-rb4gS5tWnBKM0CJv1Q/s1600-h/IMG_0280.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270788359161903746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWwonLSS_Zhn1aobsZ4kb1p7D-SGPJOTEdD-hI4PytAleyzT5I16LmLUL6rGcjweO2hIke3BqjLWPerG7ZfuWVMvOFpabOYRh6TARmo1WAouFJ1uUxA2D8nTY1N1cahmV3GpnA10RU8k/s400/IMG_0284-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYw5C-txL8cGCs84WxQg-DsWHBeDbNnzW0TkRscZUp_ytZLVU9cOCg7X9_aPen74t4n_C_cxCZe2Sff-c5TfuUOFIAmCgk0fSBT-FTXOsJoQmm6FQO4E3vq8y4zZm8J1lH-5FUhEC9Aw/s1600-h/IMG_0278.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270788346458100098" 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/AVvXsEiVYw5C-txL8cGCs84WxQg-DsWHBeDbNnzW0TkRscZUp_ytZLVU9cOCg7X9_aPen74t4n_C_cxCZe2Sff-c5TfuUOFIAmCgk0fSBT-FTXOsJoQmm6FQO4E3vq8y4zZm8J1lH-5FUhEC9Aw/s400/IMG_0278.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-50747033662112963452008-11-18T18:01:00.000-08:002008-11-18T18:03:51.892-08:00Happy Birthday Julie!!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXcdK2rbPd_qAiwQv-G5N5eHLf_hHBY4QFNTVbLnUjF9VCot3sz7CttSuCrswUKOFP3Bn7xc4UeYHWJdttFHN9bU75-_V8oD_S9lr-KQXxsYzE9egT8_4WSHkdr_PFPqMflCHTCoelLM/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXcdK2rbPd_qAiwQv-G5N5eHLf_hHBY4QFNTVbLnUjF9VCot3sz7CttSuCrswUKOFP3Bn7xc4UeYHWJdttFHN9bU75-_V8oD_S9lr-KQXxsYzE9egT8_4WSHkdr_PFPqMflCHTCoelLM/s400/1.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">On November 18, 1973 Julie was born...</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">That was 35 years ago today!!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">We love you very much...have a good one!<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; 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MaxwellSaw this on another blog and loved it...truely speaks to our time <em><strong>right now</strong></em>:<br /><br />Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.''This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.'Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened.... Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was,till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat.<br /><br />~~Neal A. Maxwell, “A More Determined Discipleship,” Ensign, Feb 1979, 69–73. From an address delivered at Brigham Young University, 10 October 1978.BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-48911097640807092782008-11-13T21:54:00.001-08:002008-11-13T21:59:12.122-08:00Two things Abbey loves...her Daddy's hat and a mirror<div align="center">I caught her in the bathroom standing on the toilet "dancing" and singing...holy cow, drama!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-htAKdnjkmfVI6bzRZaP8ti3NdGhRa06Aa0vJZwwcw6JQ9A-3s8AmAnGqxzBTDusNF5STEQ1zt04mnUUTWgTA74tX0c6_6iuGI1lO3BHN2aeJmZP0V2c7h8R5pHLFew1TFkr8Zk28-Q/s1600-h/IMG_0113+Nov.+2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268388257601784674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-htAKdnjkmfVI6bzRZaP8ti3NdGhRa06Aa0vJZwwcw6JQ9A-3s8AmAnGqxzBTDusNF5STEQ1zt04mnUUTWgTA74tX0c6_6iuGI1lO3BHN2aeJmZP0V2c7h8R5pHLFew1TFkr8Zk28-Q/s200/IMG_0113+Nov.+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3pp0-1IpeyRgHsMyH6JVcpwTwemGjRrBofasnyc9GtUvSnhnAGpI5j7g_JarmA0_5HAON6VAEBeq4kwIcNTLwML669rBiE9fLLuoQJ_nVvGn9HvGGwZBxl1TRuyMCJceu6mSZk4r5TY/s1600-h/IMG_0111+Nov.+2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268388151907859714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3pp0-1IpeyRgHsMyH6JVcpwTwemGjRrBofasnyc9GtUvSnhnAGpI5j7g_JarmA0_5HAON6VAEBeq4kwIcNTLwML669rBiE9fLLuoQJ_nVvGn9HvGGwZBxl1TRuyMCJceu6mSZk4r5TY/s200/IMG_0111+Nov.+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1TfWwBLKuGotqzsxQtqvgOCUrWUfEZiameXetW5AxdFp-pdn0wfciUSry2isN0DP7jCkGHdgYYBm9kyTEyENVCRmhUCeR4tG66IvbXUGkBSnNPw9SNzHjFEB11Bxai_YTdcJd4mDx0g/s1600-h/IMG_0113+Nov.+2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268388057861382754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1TfWwBLKuGotqzsxQtqvgOCUrWUfEZiameXetW5AxdFp-pdn0wfciUSry2isN0DP7jCkGHdgYYBm9kyTEyENVCRmhUCeR4tG66IvbXUGkBSnNPw9SNzHjFEB11Bxai_YTdcJd4mDx0g/s200/IMG_0113+Nov.+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuj_OYI3Be6qExq-HdzAF-pPxCziMhiZJWgetV5lrOSOA8sdXpF1XvnY8ESMYDf525eQpV6H1tuJ0EzEF4ykRXzx4ZsX9yYSdFLIiU7mri4Mm45kxvR08nW5kmgti3__r94GnYruBe3GQ/s1600-h/IMG_0112+Nov.+2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268387941080209986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuj_OYI3Be6qExq-HdzAF-pPxCziMhiZJWgetV5lrOSOA8sdXpF1XvnY8ESMYDf525eQpV6H1tuJ0EzEF4ykRXzx4ZsX9yYSdFLIiU7mri4Mm45kxvR08nW5kmgti3__r94GnYruBe3GQ/s200/IMG_0112+Nov.+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtfK8_1y17_xNxYo6rIgFL0BlEMsxABur-hUtI_6IFMuiH9JRb1Lrzy_c8ddpVtu5oTeAEIrqWkTf_g3JI5jTkfuUXvZJXJlYT1g5Ur1NdQfUI7Mmjg0kUHqOgSFVnRnu0cyNCqAvTQY/s1600-h/IMG_0110+Nov.+2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268387800376162466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtfK8_1y17_xNxYo6rIgFL0BlEMsxABur-hUtI_6IFMuiH9JRb1Lrzy_c8ddpVtu5oTeAEIrqWkTf_g3JI5jTkfuUXvZJXJlYT1g5Ur1NdQfUI7Mmjg0kUHqOgSFVnRnu0cyNCqAvTQY/s200/IMG_0110+Nov.+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-86925853798674617872008-11-13T09:35:00.001-08:002008-11-13T09:48:26.277-08:00Self Confident or Snotty?<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Found this on the table this morning after Abbey left for school:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIHZluhko25VRmtYFH6tQlT0RXsKCxb0LhLylUcytI1fO6jZ19tQ8ROXHPNbqeBOIOURDpVsbKR880X9tPjRDiE0w09A9l-tlrDm981m8C795XWpfFw78PhUOdwZ41jquKBRVhDp72Qg/s1600-h/IMG_0273.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268197496018636114" 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/AVvXsEhDIHZluhko25VRmtYFH6tQlT0RXsKCxb0LhLylUcytI1fO6jZ19tQ8ROXHPNbqeBOIOURDpVsbKR880X9tPjRDiE0w09A9l-tlrDm981m8C795XWpfFw78PhUOdwZ41jquKBRVhDp72Qg/s400/IMG_0273.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;">For those of you who are not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">proficient</span> in "kid-spell", I will decode for you</span>:</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"I love it when I am pretty. I can be so cute I just have to look in the mirror every day. The end Mrs. May".</span></span></em></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">(Mrs. May is her teacher)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;">All I can say to this is "Oh my"!</span></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-34653469758667524442008-11-12T13:44:00.000-08:002008-11-12T13:46:50.997-08:00My thoughts exaxtly...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskU0k86oz_vXhqrVDGpULiNTlGzbHZevZEiHWjq7DRsFkT-8hOFbfAcpP_ZWS9jap_AHrfNkJZwTfMl9NrYBiHLIeMHD1y9HZJEltxXWDWpzFD6GtTW396eRviLWyQupJRvlhJdg7VHc/s1600-h/samuel.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267890532074047922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskU0k86oz_vXhqrVDGpULiNTlGzbHZevZEiHWjq7DRsFkT-8hOFbfAcpP_ZWS9jap_AHrfNkJZwTfMl9NrYBiHLIeMHD1y9HZJEltxXWDWpzFD6GtTW396eRviLWyQupJRvlhJdg7VHc/s400/samuel.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-81886190097492535672008-11-11T20:54:00.000-08:002008-11-11T21:02:33.904-08:00The 70's<div align="center">Since my scanner does not work, I've been taking pics of old pics with my camera so I can upload them to my computer. These are some of my favorite pics ever:</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIErr7BlOvozMhRJwGKBJcvTzD6WmlL5HvopIMg0oOUoRMMulGiv6ASZvZ0LQD0CPORqlGCN7L0djWICfN7-ybilxC_Mxe8104ZqXtTQ_y94tPrpEeC0eUK95zVv3COlzOH59VSpS9kk/s1600-h/IMG_0118.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267631600208171010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIErr7BlOvozMhRJwGKBJcvTzD6WmlL5HvopIMg0oOUoRMMulGiv6ASZvZ0LQD0CPORqlGCN7L0djWICfN7-ybilxC_Mxe8104ZqXtTQ_y94tPrpEeC0eUK95zVv3COlzOH59VSpS9kk/s320/IMG_0118.jpg" border="0" /></a> Me and Lisa<br /><div align="center">July 1972</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITBbw-7g8lqOYrSWNcOW2Zq4wy1fvfae2akOMddETnIbHMd6Tnn5SIkBIikXUu8skzSuU9uwbVX-eNzr5CrHA-PW7cVclLgabUX9996zc697t6rYgZCsCfHiYupTL8OMq9kp-m8MSrDE/s1600-h/IMG_0139.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267631203139638114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITBbw-7g8lqOYrSWNcOW2Zq4wy1fvfae2akOMddETnIbHMd6Tnn5SIkBIikXUu8skzSuU9uwbVX-eNzr5CrHA-PW7cVclLgabUX9996zc697t6rYgZCsCfHiYupTL8OMq9kp-m8MSrDE/s320/IMG_0139.jpg" border="0" /></a> Me age 11 or 12 </div><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KoZhEOC4nhYRCAX53FSMtTD48NYl5qBuEMf7Xxu7LYaI62ZaT0G_sXFV1sb2TX1NR4P5JklX0PrjfLP5gC2Ti_rewk3eMRLI3X-kzDlSQZdK1mkIFKOftm8ON4NlCwWK4Ar_1-6tKQY/s1600-h/IMG_0119.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267630711569894834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KoZhEOC4nhYRCAX53FSMtTD48NYl5qBuEMf7Xxu7LYaI62ZaT0G_sXFV1sb2TX1NR4P5JklX0PrjfLP5gC2Ti_rewk3eMRLI3X-kzDlSQZdK1mkIFKOftm8ON4NlCwWK4Ar_1-6tKQY/s320/IMG_0119.jpg" border="0" /></a> My Mom and I at Borchard Park in Newbury Park, Ca.<br /><div align="center">Probably still 1971</div></div></div></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-67042736570787258292008-11-10T08:32:00.000-08:002008-11-10T08:49:27.136-08:00Wish Us Luck...We Have A Teenager!<div align="center">Spencer turned 13 yesterday, Nov. 9th</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXY63TRGynDu8Fx9grfgXShQyrkduudXLnJ2Oeag2K2WPjjfelVFaG8EU_0LiirtpAcDqpEHYX3TBuPPIvr1DKxS0wCqKUkO9IPOIkQo3hV2MqnUunm4Kv0B9tA_ZUPsjL14-Xmi-aOAo/s1600-h/IMG_0068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267070735791784978" 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/AVvXsEjXY63TRGynDu8Fx9grfgXShQyrkduudXLnJ2Oeag2K2WPjjfelVFaG8EU_0LiirtpAcDqpEHYX3TBuPPIvr1DKxS0wCqKUkO9IPOIkQo3hV2MqnUunm4Kv0B9tA_ZUPsjL14-Xmi-aOAo/s400/IMG_0068.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgTfYsyOh1wI9wBVpmE-U9XKSyJ1Mu4soYipMpByav1LZcIDxzknbAk0Fcx1eObKJAR9k0qHlD_p47TvitHpAycFQdozWctH7_uLDD8U_emUgD0bEyQD5HdkBuhLeU71n_Us1LWNQGpI/s1600-h/IMG_0053.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267070014336427346" 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/AVvXsEgQgTfYsyOh1wI9wBVpmE-U9XKSyJ1Mu4soYipMpByav1LZcIDxzknbAk0Fcx1eObKJAR9k0qHlD_p47TvitHpAycFQdozWctH7_uLDD8U_emUgD0bEyQD5HdkBuhLeU71n_Us1LWNQGpI/s400/IMG_0053.JPG" border="0" /></a> THIRTEEN REASONS TO LOVE SPENCER:<br /><p align="center">His sense of humor</p><p align="center">He is responsable</p><p align="center">He cares about others</p><p align="center">He has my need for ORDER</p><p align="center">His laugh cracks me up!</p><p align="center">He gets excellent grades</p><p align="center">His pastey white body in a swimsuit...how could you not love that?</p><p align="center">He is my firstborn</p><p align="center">He has been able to sing on pitch since the day he could speak</p><p align="center">His curly red hair...it's beautiful!</p><p align="center">He stuck with track even when it got hard</p><p align="center">He is on the fast track to getting his Eagle</p><p align="center">In three years he can drive and I can use that to my advantage...errands, baby!! </p></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-54500741523989684542008-11-03T08:17:00.001-08:002008-11-03T08:31:26.604-08:00"I miss Jesus"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlFEFFgWdESkJbkv340UxJ7e9oglVpWN5IkVqdjJvasLXshxU1_r2RVqid-ggGmowmRG-z-MONc6tbwpUIjPtFeuUji3Zg-K44R7lKWzvoPwx1pXqFY-QfENcjJqcTJNudfWjKxbux74/s1600-h/jesus.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264469663671981650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 93px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlFEFFgWdESkJbkv340UxJ7e9oglVpWN5IkVqdjJvasLXshxU1_r2RVqid-ggGmowmRG-z-MONc6tbwpUIjPtFeuUji3Zg-K44R7lKWzvoPwx1pXqFY-QfENcjJqcTJNudfWjKxbux74/s400/jesus.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>As you may know from a previous post of mine, I am not a perky, happy person when I first wake up. It takes me a little while to be totally awake and ready for kids, chatting, etc. For this reason, I try to get up before the kids to get my day started. So this morning I am <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">soooo</span> tired, and still not totally ready for kids when they came downstairs. I was looking at a blog and they just <strong><em>had</em></strong> to come over and look over my shoulder. Annoying sometimes. I'm getting ready to click on something and Bailey says, "Can we look at that"? As I'm about to say, "Go get ready for school" (because I am trying to do something by myself) I see that he's pointing at a video clip on the blog with a picture of the Savior on it. So, somewhat reluctantly, I click on it thinking, fine, they can watch it and then they'll go along <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">their</span> way. The music starts, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">immediately</span> I recognize the voice of the man singing...Kenneth Cope. His voice gets me <em>every time</em>! Love him! So we watch this video to this song and I'm thinking to myself, how thankful I am for kids who have a desire to learn about the Savior and for kids who <strong><em>enjoy </em></strong>and <strong><em>choose</em></strong> to listen to Gospel centered things. Just yesterday, they requested to watch the movie "The Work and the Glory". Anyway, then Abbey starts asking questions about Jesus, and we had a couple of little chats about some doctrine principles. At the end of the video, Bailey says, "I miss Jesus and Heavenly Father, don't you"? Wow.</div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-82620856484145830732008-10-30T21:50:00.000-07:002008-10-30T21:58:28.308-07:00Weakness<div align="center">Weakness.</div><br />The atonement doesn't cover only our sins, but our adverstiy. And that part is very broad. God does not turn up his nose or turn away from us because of our weaknesses, or our sickness or heartache. He sees in them the seeds of our sanctification, a way in which we can be more like His Son. Weaknesses are a key pattern to how the Lord works with us. He has told us often that He purposefully picks the weak things of the world to accomplish His work.<br /><br />When Christ appears to the people in the Americas, at the temple Bountiful, he asks them to come forth and touch his wounds. Why his wounds? Usually we think to prove, as evidence, that He is who He says He is. But what about this--what if he wanted them to feel his weakness, his humaneness and scars, so that we might know that it's OK for us to be the same? " I think he calls us all to touch the woundedness in Him, and in ourselves, so that we can be one with Him. REAL INTIMACY COMES THROUGH SHARED WEAKNESSES, NOT STRENGTHS; OTHERWISE, HE'D HAVE US FEEL HIS BICEPS, NOT HIS WOUNDS."<br /><br />Some people seem to be more open. More open to my pain, more open to feeling and hearing and experiencing it with me. While others turn away because it is "too hard for them." Do you know how much it means to have someone acknowledge your pain? Through an awakening of what this would mean in their own lives. It makes the pain so much less in vain. Does this mean we go around being negative and only speaking of our weaknesses? No. It's about honesty. And openness. It's about being real. Including celebrating our blessings. We may be making someone feel unnecessarily isolated because we choose not to share our weaknesses in appropriate ways.<br /><br />We may be causing our fellow sisters or brothers to feel even MORE weak, when we turn away from their pain and show them only our "best selves". Do you agree with me? Take the example from this article about a Relief Society talent show, where women come and show their very best. Some may come away feeling diminished and alienated, like they don't measure up to other ladies in the ward. The activity of sharing strengths often produces feelings of personal insecurity and separation, if not downright competitiveness. (Church basketball with the men?)<br /><br />But what about three or four of these same women in a Visiting Teaching moment...sharing some tender moments of the grief of losing a child, a failed marriage, a wayward teenager, a fractured testimony. Has this happened to you? You've wept a bit with your sisters and come away feeling a closer bond, feeling the wounds of a fellow sister, and had a connection, warmth, and uplift perhaps not possible from the talent show. Again, Terrence Smith says, "I think there was something about touching Jesus' woundedness that built a Zion culture in ways that touching His strengths would not have done."<br /><br />--Personal thoughts from another blog... as well as quotes she gave from Dr. Terrence C. SmithBonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-67470159378180467442008-10-29T07:48:00.000-07:002008-10-29T07:50:31.833-07:00AHAHAHAHA!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLRdQWJ479miUtTP_yEklI6QGT80QplRv54Ij8CeWRkB1K-1E9ZogCmMRfRBHg-KaOmpXR341fcY2vp5gZFO4OyQ7ZYzun609Kh3qhSg2QzQUeXaOY9AQ8a4OMT3t8cqRcV8mINyRvsQ/s1600-h/politics.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262588121895053890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 338px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLRdQWJ479miUtTP_yEklI6QGT80QplRv54Ij8CeWRkB1K-1E9ZogCmMRfRBHg-KaOmpXR341fcY2vp5gZFO4OyQ7ZYzun609Kh3qhSg2QzQUeXaOY9AQ8a4OMT3t8cqRcV8mINyRvsQ/s400/politics.bmp" border="0" /></a>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-27749744110939086032008-10-29T07:45:00.000-07:002008-10-29T07:47:44.182-07:00A boy and his dog<div align="center">No, this is not one of my sons, but I'm sure it would be just as sweet if it were. :o)</div><div align="center">Look how intense the dog looks? Way too cute!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25nOXaz_akAR0d8xAGW35zF0LaaTkvkt5dT1wih4exe4Dvi4bSxdYseVRqZiZhXaD0tpZLRrqVUYSDkDt1tHOzL4fzfC88RDFMyI825W5-kVfHpYu8a8XGES7yltyYYlfMuXo0Im3Hws/s1600-h/boy+and+dog.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262587268404873122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25nOXaz_akAR0d8xAGW35zF0LaaTkvkt5dT1wih4exe4Dvi4bSxdYseVRqZiZhXaD0tpZLRrqVUYSDkDt1tHOzL4fzfC88RDFMyI825W5-kVfHpYu8a8XGES7yltyYYlfMuXo0Im3Hws/s400/boy+and+dog.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-1958641801206893202008-10-28T16:52:00.000-07:002008-10-28T18:36:03.620-07:00Who Knew??<div align="center">WHO KNEW THIS??? </div><div align="center"> Have you ever rented or borrowed a car and when arriving at the gas station wondered...mmm, which side is the gas filler cap? My normal solution was to stick my head out the window, strain my neck and look, try to see in the side mirrors or even get out of the car! Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to share with you my little secret so you will no longer look like Ace Ventura on your way to the gas station or put your neck at risk of discomfort or injury. If you look at your gas gauge, you will see a small icon of a gas pump? The handle of the gas pump will extend out on either the left or right side of the gas pump? If your tank is on the left, the handle will be on the left? If your tank is on the right, the handle will be on the right (see photo). It is that simple!</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgpb45KoBVJYlcSlmjWE5nlD-OtbTk0w6NXRMFXvcLTGMeaiI3lN5e5K3CqeI4D3Bfi-Gf2hHAse1IbrweX2vBFkIn0hCsH2Cp82ErLWp9rXr3a_AqEgZvhEcoz8Itw9lokVicSwU8JI/s1600-h/Whoknewt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262357069936304498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgpb45KoBVJYlcSlmjWE5nlD-OtbTk0w6NXRMFXvcLTGMeaiI3lN5e5K3CqeI4D3Bfi-Gf2hHAse1IbrweX2vBFkIn0hCsH2Cp82ErLWp9rXr3a_AqEgZvhEcoz8Itw9lokVicSwU8JI/s400/Whoknewt.jpg" border="0" /></a> Don't feel dumb, just go out and share the world's best kept auto secret with your friends.<br /></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-62315986354554992672008-10-25T10:36:00.000-07:002008-10-25T10:44:16.186-07:00Foundation of our Country<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>"It's been said, 'the right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins'. </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Although the argument of redefining marriage is couched in happiness</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>or equal rights, it's really about gaining control; forcing all of us</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>to give up the very foundation of speech and religious freedoms on which</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>this country was founded."</em></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">--Taken from a video clip supporting Prop. 8</span></div>BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-63164090387535398592008-10-23T10:12:00.000-07:002008-10-24T12:54:45.596-07:00"I'm John Stossel (bonnie freebairn), and I say 'Give me a Break'"!<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span>, I am so ticked off at my credit union! I found out the hard way this morning that my credit union, the one I thought was avoiding the "corporate America" way of dealing with customers, is worse than the "corporate America" banks. Now, perhaps I'm the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">dumby</span> who <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">doesnt</span>' know if ALL banks pull this nasty little trick, but it's the first time I've had to deal with the fallout! Here's what happened...<br /><br />I lost my debit card for our joint account over at "corporate America". I had to cancel both mine and Isaac's, since they have the exact same number. So, I deposited money into my credit union account, since I have a debit card for that, just until our new cards come in the mail in 7-10 days. Seems reasonable, right? One would think so. So, as of the 21st, (yes, two days ago) I had $73 in my account. Watching to be sure I know how much is left in there (as the rest of our money is in the "corporate America" account), I get gas. Only $10.05. Okay, so I do some other little things, $11.95, $7.56, $2.00 and then $9.05 in gas again. So I should have roughly $32 in there, right? Yeah, I thought so. This morning I wake up at about 5:45 thinking I should go check my account. Just a feeling. I go online and find that I am in the negative $107.56!! WHAT???? I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">must've</span> forgotten to put something into Quicken, I think to myself. Oh no, no, it wasn't my mistake, it was "corporate America" at work in my credit union. Long story short, I double check everything and discover what must surely be an error. When I got $10 in gas with the $73 balance, somehow I got a $28.00 overdraft fee. Huh? For $10? Then, another one after the next $2.00 thing. How is that possible when right there in black and white my balance is $43.05 at this point?? Needless to say, all the little things also got fees. Yeah, so I should have a positive balance in my account, but instead I have 5 overdraft fees of $28 each, and a negative balance of $107. So I call. I talk to the first "customer care" lady, she explains to me that the gas station <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">pre</span>-authorized my card for $100.00. Okay, fine, but only $10.05 came through. "Oh, but that doesn't matter, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">pre</span>-authorization put you over your available balance". Huh, again?? I say, "So even though you see that it was only $10 I spent, you are going to overdraft me for a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">pre</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">auth</span> amount"? We go round and round. I go round and round with 4 people total. All of them tell me it's all done automatically by computer, and no they cannot reverse the charges because it's been their policy since January to overdraft customers if the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">pre</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">auth</span> is over the amount available. NICE!! Does this make any sense to anyone?? I just don't get it! The one guy told me I need to have a buffer of at least $100.00 at all times in case I get a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">pre</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">auth</span>! Okay, I don't even mind the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">pre</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">auth</span>...it doesn't effect my balance. The credit union kept saying "it's the gas stations that are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">pre</span>-authorizing such high amounts". I said, "Yeah, but it's you guys who are charging me for something I did not use". Anyway, I kept telling them that clearly I was not trying to use money I did not have...it was $10.00. After I called higher and higher up the authority chain, the 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">th</span> person I spoke with reversed my charges, but DEFENDED THE POLICY to the death!BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-8016673834125816782008-10-15T08:37:00.000-07:002008-10-15T08:39:11.142-07:00Future planningAbbey said two funny things just now:<br /><br />First, she said, "I'm gonna get married as soon as I find a boy". Okay. Then she said, "I hope my daughter will have curly red hair just like her mother". Wow. She talks about being married and about being a mom all the time, but that's pretty dang forward!BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-28401285139874796312008-10-12T17:21:00.000-07:002008-10-12T17:33:59.156-07:00Whose been an artist the longest?In our house, <em>anything</em> can be turned into a contest, er, a fight. How many peices of bacon did you eat? Three? I only had two! Or, I can eat four pancakes and you can only eat three. You get the picture. So today Abbey and Bailey are at the table drawing, and I hear this bit of a conversation:<br /><br />Abbey: Is my drawing good, Bailey?<br />Bailey: Yes, but mine is better. (really, he said this very sweetly)<br />Abbey: That's not very nice Bailey.<br />Bailey: Well Abbey, I've been an artist longer.<br />Abbey: No you haven't. I've been drawing for two years.<br />Bailey: Well, I've been drawing for like, five years.<br />Abbey: Actually, I've drawing since I was <em>five years old</em>!<br />Bailey: Abbey, you're only six!<br />Abbey: So!?<br />Bailey: Well actually Abbey, I've been drawing since I was two. That's seven years.<br />Abbey: Well, I've been drawing since I was one years old.<br />Bailey: That's only five years and I've been drawing seven years.<br />Abbey: Well, Bailey, I started drawing when I was negative nine years old.<br />Bailey: Abbey! That would mean mom was pregnant with you and there's no crayons or colored pencils or paper in there.<br /><br />Ahahahahaahahaha! This is one of the best ones I've heard yet!BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368869679995036040.post-2094206011439622232008-10-09T14:23:00.000-07:002008-10-09T15:14:48.442-07:00Are we willing to battle for the Hearts, Minds & Souls of our Children??Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to view a very well done interview with a couple regarding Prop. 8. I didn't know the ramifications could be <em>this</em> severe. These parents are very concerned about thier children as well as others' children and our rights as parents to teach a moral code that is in line with our beliefs. They are extremely straightforward, yet very respectful, while at the same time demanding change. I believe they are being cautious about "bible bashing" for lack of a better term, but being very bold and I think that's the way it needs to be. Anyway, let me know what you think.<br /><br />P.S. This would not fit on the side and it has to be in a "gadget" so I had to put it at the bottom.BonBonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803714041239839367noreply@blogger.com1