tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36897326311171859092024-02-02T03:55:06.326-05:00Sheridan & Natalie Hodson FamilyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-76788038030621034252011-06-17T13:14:00.008-04:002011-06-17T13:44:02.132-04:00Fun Day at the ParkHere are a few misc pictures of parks we have gone to in May 2011. I am short on time but wanted to get these pictures up so sorry the commentary is limited!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWAczXTiXfSEHZllcRP0vpBpiQJparSy8AUftp8ELakaDRriW8s1ucqqtJ5Otp-5gZVuU2NkCnqgFgKCyBfJpI-NzBAqOyp4DSasuXVqPvRSQ5f5HlFptbhKUjE_acvIuXs-npChEx2KW/s1600/DSCN0918.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWAczXTiXfSEHZllcRP0vpBpiQJparSy8AUftp8ELakaDRriW8s1ucqqtJ5Otp-5gZVuU2NkCnqgFgKCyBfJpI-NzBAqOyp4DSasuXVqPvRSQ5f5HlFptbhKUjE_acvIuXs-npChEx2KW/s400/DSCN0918.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619239678863951074" /></a>Lincoln only has one speed when he is outside - fast!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KzrbNBuB4in_FvP6vSl37GDP6FdF-be0awfoZN4arG1OkVpxWqNCxZxCy_NDxvYQdAYT1OPnDt3Wm0T5m7vyJj3IHEVZC3svY8WxMKiiA_2ZtmdgVo3VpyHz3aiYpVgwoPW2pGKF0Rwj/s1600/DSCN0919.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KzrbNBuB4in_FvP6vSl37GDP6FdF-be0awfoZN4arG1OkVpxWqNCxZxCy_NDxvYQdAYT1OPnDt3Wm0T5m7vyJj3IHEVZC3svY8WxMKiiA_2ZtmdgVo3VpyHz3aiYpVgwoPW2pGKF0Rwj/s400/DSCN0919.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619239681071154082" /></a>He LOVES to get chased!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwD33KIbJZqCMVUTTpTtl6P55vkHPXk4tPU2SpGdNmzPmWLoZpfx8TG7LZWC4wNxd70-bRyxRT-cPEezCleoLTTENHX4SeULRWApfgF3_d9KwXaFhqxyfrD0KUQB2cqKay59KfUJBMwWg1/s1600/DSCN0926.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwD33KIbJZqCMVUTTpTtl6P55vkHPXk4tPU2SpGdNmzPmWLoZpfx8TG7LZWC4wNxd70-bRyxRT-cPEezCleoLTTENHX4SeULRWApfgF3_d9KwXaFhqxyfrD0KUQB2cqKay59KfUJBMwWg1/s400/DSCN0926.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619239253993897394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpsegNAPJa8GpBJPoQkd0CGWBdOcZiK9S9opKTkpY6W4_A0ee72Z_2xQDDTikg3BGQETaSSyBc2AYdEZbDsgV1R7y_2Jz1rti0AktDUGuegoQJuYqtFV6Ia6W2nJCAamj4nVXMvqIcem9/s1600/DSCN0930.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwp6WN7qMces0La91Nmlf0_5lOu1Kb0su3JPBsEeDAoOVjzR_fa0DKJFN8wm8_Vf4cUxYpGan10akJPI_E7encIyqIHslrdkV2c8x5mPzxNrBoU_tY5HA_6aBw7yJB-3OqW_n3mnyMWkrJ/s400/DSCN0933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619239244621164082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjVn0o5Ch9NZAwQT-Qbfg9LdtpPd92_3Au_Hb5MxIGi9e6m3L_9gY6iUlTmcbWZoQGwi7DPSPPcfw9DXT_m1Q2SXSEBs37__rtpn6B0fSBu8Ixo3NtHvAyCk70AV6CBHpaWM6sU2ZY5_f/s1600/DSCN0934.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjVn0o5Ch9NZAwQT-Qbfg9LdtpPd92_3Au_Hb5MxIGi9e6m3L_9gY6iUlTmcbWZoQGwi7DPSPPcfw9DXT_m1Q2SXSEBs37__rtpn6B0fSBu8Ixo3NtHvAyCk70AV6CBHpaWM6sU2ZY5_f/s400/DSCN0934.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619239246643910370" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">We found this AWESOME park near our house that has all kinds of toys that the kids can play with, awesome jungle gyms, and a sandbox! And the best part is that it's fenced in so the kiddos can't run away!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrutfRkVbvr0yTfBVnLUHtiGNWG04bvPlR3pgCE08tCaoK3FIfWdpvqdC5CtErQcuAle-RUn0pRvVg5yfK36hF9Kd_VMyWOvyajFpfCdmJBGTchHJqiIdUxISQmfYMPHfDALbslv75e8A/s1600/DSCN0943.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrutfRkVbvr0yTfBVnLUHtiGNWG04bvPlR3pgCE08tCaoK3FIfWdpvqdC5CtErQcuAle-RUn0pRvVg5yfK36hF9Kd_VMyWOvyajFpfCdmJBGTchHJqiIdUxISQmfYMPHfDALbslv75e8A/s400/DSCN0943.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619239120425094450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGgAfjwlm5SMC7cCF8vehUkq9s6f3_2mDd1dz-mmeYNA1G0_TsHaCuP-7C9UoVpvZrVfpRTkupyNmQRi3oJwkJNtE5lMCXY9mAT2LYKbzEeIAyvnSlQbCpCsHS4bJkdqEriWmwMRRZ_-O/s1600/DSCN0944.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGgAfjwlm5SMC7cCF8vehUkq9s6f3_2mDd1dz-mmeYNA1G0_TsHaCuP-7C9UoVpvZrVfpRTkupyNmQRi3oJwkJNtE5lMCXY9mAT2LYKbzEeIAyvnSlQbCpCsHS4bJkdqEriWmwMRRZ_-O/s400/DSCN0944.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619239115976316834" /></a>There were a lot of nannies here today - I think people probably assumed I was the nanny and not the mom.....oh well!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzc8hoQ-NEZJiDHwL7sAlHM5lLW4s3VcLwCd2pz4GpYXl7g5PrvqZb5eDfeJ1trE9iurOCnpimUKEGu76CUw_QdvTckvG-dfux3SxrTCPKm0n33eqcWOh29HqdJeEWOWJgnWPIDsOTc44/s1600/DSCN0945.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzc8hoQ-NEZJiDHwL7sAlHM5lLW4s3VcLwCd2pz4GpYXl7g5PrvqZb5eDfeJ1trE9iurOCnpimUKEGu76CUw_QdvTckvG-dfux3SxrTCPKm0n33eqcWOh29HqdJeEWOWJgnWPIDsOTc44/s400/DSCN0945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619239113493421010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmeqZ-ggvLOMKG7amlPdThv4Oc9SOtbJeKDOjcw-U_Rmjm3WG6zzVTaA2yCeiHE-F0GOblEmqL8BJ2HdqtLCIova9hu20WqdvyJD8-GyupV4zNy2kBHewkAh6U9SxNMiIDV8rWLbSa-2RE/s1600/DSCN0951.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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Sort of like a (very) miniature roller coaster!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFvzu9gwZIAVB4QEWb5_0PoPRNggkKTvAG6QpSaQKyNdzco3-oYfI_rT8puuh5a5JZ54SiSV9h7XoB30nZvY5M2pspowwrEqRZHgesK2VPH2jYGAGz_xMFQRAyIc2S5Vn7GrYSEqDvDkh/s1600/DSCN0973.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFvzu9gwZIAVB4QEWb5_0PoPRNggkKTvAG6QpSaQKyNdzco3-oYfI_rT8puuh5a5JZ54SiSV9h7XoB30nZvY5M2pspowwrEqRZHgesK2VPH2jYGAGz_xMFQRAyIc2S5Vn7GrYSEqDvDkh/s400/DSCN0973.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619238394041395666" /></a>And then when mom gets worn out - we go to the swings!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_OMQGyUdG3ZOotXqmIDHN2q_uB_tsQeerDUzpZJycuoMO6mSU1plrR5GEKky7N3orM1Ou_63l_kYO-MEAQzZmkL7bjC7H_cEM2EKaGZONEwSL2g6d33P3IhfTSL_LQ8Tec3q3_UKQdxv/s1600/DSCN0974.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_OMQGyUdG3ZOotXqmIDHN2q_uB_tsQeerDUzpZJycuoMO6mSU1plrR5GEKky7N3orM1Ou_63l_kYO-MEAQzZmkL7bjC7H_cEM2EKaGZONEwSL2g6d33P3IhfTSL_LQ8Tec3q3_UKQdxv/s400/DSCN0974.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619238392708221314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn20pzahY1RMLQRcA4Vc3zGxhhGseDC9BbjMAkxxeQHPtnncUrlGaJs7VtC4CPN3TwCTYGXBc9HlHRqbeFQPMHNkyVP7SRkC-L4GGA9QlmWvsNHOiYXlOdj4afc-GYKrxCdoyXSvUl2Ige/s1600/DSCN0976.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn20pzahY1RMLQRcA4Vc3zGxhhGseDC9BbjMAkxxeQHPtnncUrlGaJs7VtC4CPN3TwCTYGXBc9HlHRqbeFQPMHNkyVP7SRkC-L4GGA9QlmWvsNHOiYXlOdj4afc-GYKrxCdoyXSvUl2Ige/s400/DSCN0976.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619238382416263970" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-56230483199310308272011-06-17T13:12:00.006-04:002011-06-17T13:46:00.285-04:00Misc. May HappeningsHere are just a few random photos/videos that we have taken in May (Lincoln at 20 months).<br /><br />I was doing a Scentsy event on Memorial Day weekend (ViVa Vienna!). Sheridan brought Lincoln down to hang out and he loved just "chillin" in the stroller. I love when he puts his hands behind his head like this! So cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7ox6ufZhbBc_JyAIsJtdSFEw4wrZZVl-IbKD6Y94c372Q8qbdpYFG4KWZlrmLqaANzNSpADckLVwv4ySs5JyYgaKgYHZnJKlqOcaeA5PafV48H4jSV829BYHiOhnEE_CbA90jeHoM-22/s1600/DSCN1323.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7ox6ufZhbBc_JyAIsJtdSFEw4wrZZVl-IbKD6Y94c372Q8qbdpYFG4KWZlrmLqaANzNSpADckLVwv4ySs5JyYgaKgYHZnJKlqOcaeA5PafV48H4jSV829BYHiOhnEE_CbA90jeHoM-22/s400/DSCN1323.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619242867304405522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_chSraEflHaW-z3TpRfQ_z7uS0MV0QNIJbOS6Mxcz5PtabCPi3soJ1tno_4WSF8CWTxPuTTp8mfB9R9552kGJkZi2jVQ2T5yC0TudATkbBjIuRF3MoCBk713wCpfML2R_VS52CG8MDAA/s1600/DSCN1324.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_chSraEflHaW-z3TpRfQ_z7uS0MV0QNIJbOS6Mxcz5PtabCPi3soJ1tno_4WSF8CWTxPuTTp8mfB9R9552kGJkZi2jVQ2T5yC0TudATkbBjIuRF3MoCBk713wCpfML2R_VS52CG8MDAA/s400/DSCN1324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619242866870383506" /></a>You HAVE to watch this video!! It will definitely put a smile on your face!! I love Lincoln's little laugh here.<br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0zexzah3wiY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br />Our friends, Dan and Candy Stone, had Lincoln and me over for dinner the other night. Our friends Josh and Elizabeth Jones were there and Elizabeth is pregnant! It was so fun to catch up on everyone and hear how our busy schedules have been.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIq2K5f1-Ws7X_9-YaGtZ-WUGDoAOmYYVHZTv68j6nrl4eMa9d88GAY-nGFAJ7IC7dB7EOx9ZcssFT33UdWUZHSnq0bZIxQLiy32M_TTyCIutfHp8CHKO5wxIzCNZ0_RO0-jSDp_ymlM0_/s1600/DSCN1223.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIq2K5f1-Ws7X_9-YaGtZ-WUGDoAOmYYVHZTv68j6nrl4eMa9d88GAY-nGFAJ7IC7dB7EOx9ZcssFT33UdWUZHSnq0bZIxQLiy32M_TTyCIutfHp8CHKO5wxIzCNZ0_RO0-jSDp_ymlM0_/s400/DSCN1223.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619238006253686802" /></a>Lincoln was being SUPER silly and was running around laughing and giggling.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeys36u8QwhopSh45Vc4XguDFrlEJnLLJ0Tts_-iYLHUvP5bR-OhWfgCUmLk-DrKbkG8UaF8n86M2K7uIeaaipN-HmKTrTEAhrS1Cj7f6mGeEh8rBQTAG5fToO_dQE0-6iZZEDB_FHGIAO/s1600/DSCN1224.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeys36u8QwhopSh45Vc4XguDFrlEJnLLJ0Tts_-iYLHUvP5bR-OhWfgCUmLk-DrKbkG8UaF8n86M2K7uIeaaipN-HmKTrTEAhrS1Cj7f6mGeEh8rBQTAG5fToO_dQE0-6iZZEDB_FHGIAO/s400/DSCN1224.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619237995746067474" /></a>Candy with Lincoln<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflUMBb-CFGS-c5DxO3vOnvwY1wIqtnGwas3y-4pbnCllIWjWaHBkACfi8-1PahtFOEOkSdEcSOj3GOlsGbYwu6uUu5ZG20YDqSZeyHKWh47aaBYRJkzEgwJzsCDIVnkZuiHJBWNlW-pr-/s1600/DSCN1225.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflUMBb-CFGS-c5DxO3vOnvwY1wIqtnGwas3y-4pbnCllIWjWaHBkACfi8-1PahtFOEOkSdEcSOj3GOlsGbYwu6uUu5ZG20YDqSZeyHKWh47aaBYRJkzEgwJzsCDIVnkZuiHJBWNlW-pr-/s400/DSCN1225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619237988819970274" /></a>Lincoln being squirmy and silly!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXeyRmhSiBGCfl4gK-7sE2iH_ZMH0XduO4fQ9FwL4VSlU5qFIYSvoJI5PYjaXLgrTC102rmyxz-NmNQduQZyVp4Tc6Q0IhDDPDtzEIhx263P7F5GyVufU4tX0bIP6dz6PBIhLA3xQScsr/s1600/DSCN1226.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXeyRmhSiBGCfl4gK-7sE2iH_ZMH0XduO4fQ9FwL4VSlU5qFIYSvoJI5PYjaXLgrTC102rmyxz-NmNQduQZyVp4Tc6Q0IhDDPDtzEIhx263P7F5GyVufU4tX0bIP6dz6PBIhLA3xQScsr/s400/DSCN1226.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619237987186245490" /></a><br /></div>Here is another cute video of us tickling Lincoln and then Lincoln "beating dad up" with the pillows! :) Don't mind my messy house :)<br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NDindJceBXg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-55370699546554697732011-06-17T13:02:00.004-04:002011-06-17T13:12:14.942-04:00Lincoln and the DogOur friend <a href="http://thewinwardfam.blogspot.com/">Megan Winward</a> just got a puppy! She brought him over the other day to let the boys play with him. Let's just say that Lincoln had a "mixed" reaction....let the pictures do the talking.... (okay, okay, the pictures are really over a course of two days, but we can pretend it is one sequence)<br /><br />So excited to see a DOG!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RIYnPR-gl_P08SQHsWuZGondpDWy5Mt-M6Ha-xKbEjUCIccNzW1sEKINaPSnM7vV4_9M3RfY6nndiaSph0L0tk0naeeoc9b-kWIK6RxEYf_H4jCIKL1E9QpBNsc8-NrFQM7TDp7ttACv/s1600/DSCN1326.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RIYnPR-gl_P08SQHsWuZGondpDWy5Mt-M6Ha-xKbEjUCIccNzW1sEKINaPSnM7vV4_9M3RfY6nndiaSph0L0tk0naeeoc9b-kWIK6RxEYf_H4jCIKL1E9QpBNsc8-NrFQM7TDp7ttACv/s400/DSCN1326.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235456307604018" /></a>"mom.....he is licking me!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoM0FPrbc0k0CRndzCx9n_8eeCq54Ria4pE1fr6Uz96MNwp7MXVgxSzCbuhyRXRbh4UXz4UlRmk3D2mwUOned0XQ6mc1IjgwRpf_4bB5g_XxpdL4K5_4xmswabJHDcfWubmoBE9OdxBNV/s1600/DSCN1330.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoM0FPrbc0k0CRndzCx9n_8eeCq54Ria4pE1fr6Uz96MNwp7MXVgxSzCbuhyRXRbh4UXz4UlRmk3D2mwUOned0XQ6mc1IjgwRpf_4bB5g_XxpdL4K5_4xmswabJHDcfWubmoBE9OdxBNV/s400/DSCN1330.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235452846896610" /></a>"Oh no!!! Mom he is bigger than me!! Mom I don't want him to kiss me!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla86zK_LMyownAJbAILtR8AdHJlzb_kvdWPEmxTQtUXDC6uJNQfcrtxe0Z3mfEK-bOZ1L8yYdJ8OGqruofgGK2zcylkksgtbrgxosiUaZ2N_Y3wBHT-Bpx1k6Rzc6c_cxmGhD7bq5bs22/s1600/DSCN1332.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla86zK_LMyownAJbAILtR8AdHJlzb_kvdWPEmxTQtUXDC6uJNQfcrtxe0Z3mfEK-bOZ1L8yYdJ8OGqruofgGK2zcylkksgtbrgxosiUaZ2N_Y3wBHT-Bpx1k6Rzc6c_cxmGhD7bq5bs22/s400/DSCN1332.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235449704858194" /></a>"Mom that dog tried to LICK me!!!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2EuOqZ1ikyhareGtj58C3ZTHsgXWo-K1JDm4HtmueNn5pwdaTljPDWFDUDXEmlIEQmPsA6Gt9KF_khexWAlChKq7OvtuX7PTRUsM4y34EvYktCm32SGcZijAYvyq4vnIi-WSXQi_JGoH/s1600/DSCN1333.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2EuOqZ1ikyhareGtj58C3ZTHsgXWo-K1JDm4HtmueNn5pwdaTljPDWFDUDXEmlIEQmPsA6Gt9KF_khexWAlChKq7OvtuX7PTRUsM4y34EvYktCm32SGcZijAYvyq4vnIi-WSXQi_JGoH/s400/DSCN1333.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235308830615634" /></a>"I don't want doggy kisses mom!!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzJ6GRh-3HGx-2iW28Jv8QhDmswcBxhrUq5tOiWO0xqXDnaTZVkccBoPuQEO1g5z1iQlIN7ZMvsk2LBCDlt54R4eIqQxuS6HL8Ox6aEhaElc6qSphTXbkUkcxPbkiLDKelY-1dPj7_a3c/s1600/DSCN1334.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzJ6GRh-3HGx-2iW28Jv8QhDmswcBxhrUq5tOiWO0xqXDnaTZVkccBoPuQEO1g5z1iQlIN7ZMvsk2LBCDlt54R4eIqQxuS6HL8Ox6aEhaElc6qSphTXbkUkcxPbkiLDKelY-1dPj7_a3c/s400/DSCN1334.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235299288947698" /></a>"Keep him an arms length away, thank you very much"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BlMtxMN5gnXiysHbQC6Hj5zkE8LLY-9efn3lwWg6HIv0RqslPq9QHqV2A1arbJyAUiyTaR7EjNSbyuIiXMT5M2k4YlySf2Wyp4Q0_UyoEDFyvilFTfg3euZSSIP_JMYrRxBDwpLp7pDb/s1600/DSCN1335.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BlMtxMN5gnXiysHbQC6Hj5zkE8LLY-9efn3lwWg6HIv0RqslPq9QHqV2A1arbJyAUiyTaR7EjNSbyuIiXMT5M2k4YlySf2Wyp4Q0_UyoEDFyvilFTfg3euZSSIP_JMYrRxBDwpLp7pDb/s400/DSCN1335.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235291769990066" /></a>"I think I will give kisses to the baby instead - he won't attack me back"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00wy1yx9pxWSWGDh76NM1JrokV5l6JcTG29vMKMAvwUQ9vujiygPT70nCtT6AdR94LWVeiMx64SodDBO2p5ct5azgnQzbK9WJRUN7auJB08rFjN-zvgyEaY_omTW3_ze9ymdL604efXs1/s1600/DSCN1336.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00wy1yx9pxWSWGDh76NM1JrokV5l6JcTG29vMKMAvwUQ9vujiygPT70nCtT6AdR94LWVeiMx64SodDBO2p5ct5azgnQzbK9WJRUN7auJB08rFjN-zvgyEaY_omTW3_ze9ymdL604efXs1/s400/DSCN1336.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235284768471762" /></a>"I like giving kisses to pretty girls!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxv1pdEXQ8wruvTuIoZNseonNBqF8Sd1Dh7OO8gD-c8dBsKF1lXdHmKM58HV9IRcGpvshXXxLT8SRWDWlXMmbZK8GCfdZ9L3QJMD41oK1fJzgLgLSeXVx0kJ1vOcoiPS8hieQpd8MHTR5R/s1600/DSCN1337.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxv1pdEXQ8wruvTuIoZNseonNBqF8Sd1Dh7OO8gD-c8dBsKF1lXdHmKM58HV9IRcGpvshXXxLT8SRWDWlXMmbZK8GCfdZ9L3QJMD41oK1fJzgLgLSeXVx0kJ1vOcoiPS8hieQpd8MHTR5R/s400/DSCN1337.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235283640503154" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-86136964000293564762011-06-17T13:00:00.005-04:002011-06-17T13:07:42.951-04:00First Day at the Pool!We have a pool at our complex and it opened up for the first time on Memorial Day weekend! Sheridan was really excited to get Lincoln in the pool!<br /><br />There are a lot of pictures here, and I am a little short on time, so sorry for the limited commentary.<br /><br />Here Lincoln is checking it out, "Dad what is that big thing filled with water?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKk60sfQ12ffJYK0AxwUiBviiswU3H_sl4iD4ukxOS2mGckPlZQV5EzkbeW-3Y-JQd7KttluRs5BHoISXzmPPERo-4ihzTpay8H94G7WA1OzApR3eeRv9enkt0_9LI2ZIiMfsE-nhkGrb1/s1600/DSCN1285.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKk60sfQ12ffJYK0AxwUiBviiswU3H_sl4iD4ukxOS2mGckPlZQV5EzkbeW-3Y-JQd7KttluRs5BHoISXzmPPERo-4ihzTpay8H94G7WA1OzApR3eeRv9enkt0_9LI2ZIiMfsE-nhkGrb1/s400/DSCN1285.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235687575798338" /></a>This expression is priceless!! Lincoln was so happy when he realized that he could SWIM in the pool! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_pK29DND9OW6JHF7ty8vbFE5apKL_9g9afmam48wubQ2RYWwAE4EaBukq4Lzqwwv51pSoKkEI_-OyGnI1Q0Ri9wtOWJ10tWpssBGHaKn0525DuYwSTnolngGOWsx95oBlLHa40PEVtxE/s1600/DSCN1286.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_pK29DND9OW6JHF7ty8vbFE5apKL_9g9afmam48wubQ2RYWwAE4EaBukq4Lzqwwv51pSoKkEI_-OyGnI1Q0Ri9wtOWJ10tWpssBGHaKn0525DuYwSTnolngGOWsx95oBlLHa40PEVtxE/s400/DSCN1286.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235686031545202" /></a>It was a little cold at first....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPMb_AxfbAb3JyItY9lrzUsGVp7NbMyCRqzY6ljWwzp2gJcgOXV-VKFHO1N9L_6xoHz1bUgxMGqPxqddM5AWzRscPD-iMEPZ_LegeDNt-JuTEsEl6-BvJBX51FvQZ16QtS16WdLAvVxk9/s1600/DSCN1288.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPMb_AxfbAb3JyItY9lrzUsGVp7NbMyCRqzY6ljWwzp2gJcgOXV-VKFHO1N9L_6xoHz1bUgxMGqPxqddM5AWzRscPD-iMEPZ_LegeDNt-JuTEsEl6-BvJBX51FvQZ16QtS16WdLAvVxk9/s400/DSCN1288.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235621105564354" /></a>But once mom and dad got in Lincoln loved it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pCN19MBbC7xe9EkTWnk69kpqy-4fi6x5mXOtBfiU37q35qi1yGLwgDTIKHR-WGSi9WSZ8IHGoEWwu9CccOK12gP9ymCSW7I5nHm_7E20Gu5NBuNBVT2jz5cPOrqnU2tpWRcLybbkMJgv/s1600/DSCN1289.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pCN19MBbC7xe9EkTWnk69kpqy-4fi6x5mXOtBfiU37q35qi1yGLwgDTIKHR-WGSi9WSZ8IHGoEWwu9CccOK12gP9ymCSW7I5nHm_7E20Gu5NBuNBVT2jz5cPOrqnU2tpWRcLybbkMJgv/s400/DSCN1289.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235616662593250" /></a>Look at that face!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScKS1BnuPtrSqhZUc4MS0oxYylNZsNEl8njabTDSHq5x4OnnqrvWxGm0cc99NvaARMG_v8bisZ87T145xixic7HJBqIp0Evr6A2jPRvkPAk47Oj1qVp_GNdalKfkPVn-qqWTl-5y7s6l-/s1600/DSCN1293.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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Stop taking pictures and come play with me!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcNk-d55fHIENyzp2gJofLqUiQfD8cPPdyYKzGbZ-gO1eRFcOAQXekrilt-899OZc7x-jVYDI3QwFmPMhvXa_zLrqIf45OxKX0DkHfoLxHhpAp7B_5OxxzDw4b2-boKu7FjgXnSIxdxYZ/s1600/DSCN1318.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcNk-d55fHIENyzp2gJofLqUiQfD8cPPdyYKzGbZ-gO1eRFcOAQXekrilt-899OZc7x-jVYDI3QwFmPMhvXa_zLrqIf45OxKX0DkHfoLxHhpAp7B_5OxxzDw4b2-boKu7FjgXnSIxdxYZ/s400/DSCN1318.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235025399314770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-H8H3wfXp4YnfYOMkyVv78PTUTghy58KQRiedcXtXptyyuKvJgn1oSUqYKwQIHemfSjX49dQARNJvh7KAEZzGb8Xk_kg0MkrvS4Ie7l8rlslkcGIdlTKfBma-m4xxGtQgWiZlJ0RXy3q/s1600/DSCN1319-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-H8H3wfXp4YnfYOMkyVv78PTUTghy58KQRiedcXtXptyyuKvJgn1oSUqYKwQIHemfSjX49dQARNJvh7KAEZzGb8Xk_kg0MkrvS4Ie7l8rlslkcGIdlTKfBma-m4xxGtQgWiZlJ0RXy3q/s400/DSCN1319-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235025042695698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkCjTG4jn9CjTjCKumgqCEdHhHEtSC_i00B94gazs21siQtywoRmadDbagYN80_h4TEPHfpmWsdIT9Izi63W6DRa7hg3hWOTXhEAeGsZhLJRAVZBnd-O82SrRmZg8AJV2yAkPewUnw7Xf/s1600/DSCN1320.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkCjTG4jn9CjTjCKumgqCEdHhHEtSC_i00B94gazs21siQtywoRmadDbagYN80_h4TEPHfpmWsdIT9Izi63W6DRa7hg3hWOTXhEAeGsZhLJRAVZBnd-O82SrRmZg8AJV2yAkPewUnw7Xf/s400/DSCN1320.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235010455583666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhidrKvqZsf66DBotyrm0heqr2gQ09NjdI6ygpo3N1Iy8CaO7IpRsa_KwA5P_10OOMkD8cWlKOdK6WZgPvv-AFkM4k9cdBXIcUVuV91asB8Xu_de48aVX7NVsWPlHVrec5PiYTMZ8R5wjF/s1600/DSCN1322.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhidrKvqZsf66DBotyrm0heqr2gQ09NjdI6ygpo3N1Iy8CaO7IpRsa_KwA5P_10OOMkD8cWlKOdK6WZgPvv-AFkM4k9cdBXIcUVuV91asB8Xu_de48aVX7NVsWPlHVrec5PiYTMZ8R5wjF/s400/DSCN1322.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619235011170189154" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-30673366683499900972011-06-09T20:42:00.012-04:002011-06-09T21:46:19.075-04:00Happy (Early) Father's DayI have a few older posts I need to get caught up on but I really wanted to get these pictures out so I will update the older pictures in a later post :) Warning: there are a LOT of pictures in this post! Sorry! <br /><br />Lincoln and I are headed back to Idaho on the 18th of June and so we won't be here for Father's Day this year. I didn't have anything planned for last Sunday so I told Sheridan ahead of time to keep that day clear that we were going to celebrate Father's Day early and he needed to keep the entire day open. <br /><br />Lincoln and I woke up early and let Sheridan sleep in. Around 9:30ish we made him breakfast in bed. I knew Sheridan would be happy because he was getting a "real" breakfast (his words not mine). I usually make him eat healthier than he would like for breakfast so he was so excited when he had real bacon (instead of turkey bacon), whole eggs (instead of just the whites), and real potato hash instead of sweet potatoes like I usually make him eat. We also made him a yummy fruit smoothie.<br /><br />Lately a lot of my cooking and preparation for meals gets done on the floor. Lincoln is really curious and wants to know what is going on up on the counter. The counters are high enough that even if he stands on a chair he can't really see what I am doing (plus he likes to "help") so instead, I just bring a lot of things down to his level. If I am cutting fruit, or mixing things together when baking, I just do it on the floor so he can "help" out. Well, I wanted to get a picture of the breakfast we were bringing Sheridan and Lincoln was mad because I wouldn't let him eat it! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUdOML2Gxd4N3frA8zKydsy_stmyJ8C5DTeoz68wPHM_v70m5cZoGQi0mz3Wn13cf1Q_Sd2d-SkStYClskXzywtwRAiGKQMhhAOBFlDJJ-7zRMkXftpD5AkeSJeG35ZMeQrZtBwEXEWwn/s1600/DSCN1368.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUdOML2Gxd4N3frA8zKydsy_stmyJ8C5DTeoz68wPHM_v70m5cZoGQi0mz3Wn13cf1Q_Sd2d-SkStYClskXzywtwRAiGKQMhhAOBFlDJJ-7zRMkXftpD5AkeSJeG35ZMeQrZtBwEXEWwn/s400/DSCN1368.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387145355722994" /></a>He was happy when I let him have a bite :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdqHQEroubwE8HBCoo26SqfasYNR4H2lx9J29yTMo-PQDDhmXzBShT98gWx7HqIXgI3Rg6yZ-2eHOQ9QpLNXfggizRSgF8ybjgLh366JnImrAj5uC0Hm1xKdqjnxuIzA0dQ-6TeKuiSOw/s1600/DSCN1371.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdqHQEroubwE8HBCoo26SqfasYNR4H2lx9J29yTMo-PQDDhmXzBShT98gWx7HqIXgI3Rg6yZ-2eHOQ9QpLNXfggizRSgF8ybjgLh366JnImrAj5uC0Hm1xKdqjnxuIzA0dQ-6TeKuiSOw/s400/DSCN1371.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387144830203858" /></a>Sheridan never, ever buys things for himself. I mean never. He is also really hard to shop for, because he doesn't really want that many new things. Well, recently he has been commenting that he needs new brown shoes but he never wanted to buy them himself. I was at the Bass outlet near our house a while back and found some brown shoes on sale so I picked them up and have been hiding them in a storage bin since! I wrapped them in some old Christmas wrapping paper we had and helped Lincoln write on the wrapping paper. It's hard to read but it says, "I love you dad, Love Lincoln"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQz4wc8hIwV6SL9QTM2mI20tVQ7wc4OVuZWCf87RiFsjB8E6h10sgor73oUFRuAyj_Uy6Us4P-J6RdDpwa6nGcnKuqAr1ohs6EF8KBiM05oUNqgh2P-cHoKCGfrhp2PeXfXFfuSy4wQWz/s1600/DSCN1373.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQz4wc8hIwV6SL9QTM2mI20tVQ7wc4OVuZWCf87RiFsjB8E6h10sgor73oUFRuAyj_Uy6Us4P-J6RdDpwa6nGcnKuqAr1ohs6EF8KBiM05oUNqgh2P-cHoKCGfrhp2PeXfXFfuSy4wQWz/s400/DSCN1373.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387138556556162" /></a>Lincoln was more interested in eating dad's food then he was surprising him with it :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6v31YL7s-b1qg_03HfVprQVypv7UjkCet9KTi4CMjfo8eCYrewAYhQ_NysUmn1kugkAkdd-hyYom0mq4P1_TXXPj0UC6u4SLJy9aAEXZrLW6Wt6WCpkMSQTAzDrkCVtr1VDwAwsfdyHdm/s1600/DSCN1375.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6v31YL7s-b1qg_03HfVprQVypv7UjkCet9KTi4CMjfo8eCYrewAYhQ_NysUmn1kugkAkdd-hyYom0mq4P1_TXXPj0UC6u4SLJy9aAEXZrLW6Wt6WCpkMSQTAzDrkCVtr1VDwAwsfdyHdm/s400/DSCN1375.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387135327612850" /></a>Lincoln LOVES feeding us - he laughs like crazy after you take a bite!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MqSYvpQJdjTEyNoZr3rI6XdradEUflvit8O5jVm27x-KHOCqr_VStcJDs1nqt5yEIOPmmtdfZ-TOQXNAHx2hVrxvunwsEVONGY8LAgmhQF-aJSm3OE870mWvt2aB5BMvvoANfAtzsOUp/s1600/DSCN1376.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MqSYvpQJdjTEyNoZr3rI6XdradEUflvit8O5jVm27x-KHOCqr_VStcJDs1nqt5yEIOPmmtdfZ-TOQXNAHx2hVrxvunwsEVONGY8LAgmhQF-aJSm3OE870mWvt2aB5BMvvoANfAtzsOUp/s400/DSCN1376.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387032916486786" /></a>Sheridan's new shoes! He liked them.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4nuyCGfrgKLaoU5c-ogafUUyHyXi_UWEYxG49jFhT_rMncfJt0eANTl4ealukN3p4rMqX-fmwbK9z0096hkMpUyTKCnbj6GzZfKnibgRNqRNBt9L92pir9i2QUi7iBZvESsXIaB2tcug/s1600/DSCN1380.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4nuyCGfrgKLaoU5c-ogafUUyHyXi_UWEYxG49jFhT_rMncfJt0eANTl4ealukN3p4rMqX-fmwbK9z0096hkMpUyTKCnbj6GzZfKnibgRNqRNBt9L92pir9i2QUi7iBZvESsXIaB2tcug/s400/DSCN1380.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387024501081314" /></a>Then I told Sheridan to get some comfy tennis shoes on we were going to spend the day driving the <a href="www.blueridgeparkway.org">Blue Ridge Parkway</a> and doing some hiking. Sheridan had mentioned a couple of months ago that he really wanted to drive this and had heard it was really pretty. I honestly hadn't really ever heard of the Blue Ridge Parkway before but it was sooo pretty! It is a part of the Appalachian Mountain range and really reminded us of home when we were there.<br /><br />It was a 2.5 hour drive to get there - the entrance we took to the Blue Ridge Parkway is near Waynesboro, Virginia. While I was inside at a gas station we stopped at Sheridan gave Lincoln some BBQ chips! The little stinker. He loved it though.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-1EceYbTlVIV44PwouzSXOrBNQUDmbLZig08pBmhZddiA0KKKlkc_ZTHBUDqnH1QgOTmApqKJ6MwDl83rjEGvFK0gflHDitk0F2liYhH93Qdg0TLQiD2eYgK4ZSVOlROUFh1_6tEFXda/s1600/DSCN1385.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-1EceYbTlVIV44PwouzSXOrBNQUDmbLZig08pBmhZddiA0KKKlkc_ZTHBUDqnH1QgOTmApqKJ6MwDl83rjEGvFK0gflHDitk0F2liYhH93Qdg0TLQiD2eYgK4ZSVOlROUFh1_6tEFXda/s400/DSCN1385.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387017913194194" /></a>The drive really started to get pretty! It is amazing how you only have to drive 40 minutes or so away from our house and you are in some pretty rural areas.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuuNnQwOSLg9z4LiG9WXR9fLOH5yPa-st9oGBD2STa3oh0Ftuk-OcgNOAHSbY4UBiba4WHTLW2XbLNvcAUGdvNY4vbRJn_VRMOAXf-W7WKFkKntZoGmZa1_zAJHSXLDHAy9TpvPa2KeHS/s1600/DSCN1387.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuuNnQwOSLg9z4LiG9WXR9fLOH5yPa-st9oGBD2STa3oh0Ftuk-OcgNOAHSbY4UBiba4WHTLW2XbLNvcAUGdvNY4vbRJn_VRMOAXf-W7WKFkKntZoGmZa1_zAJHSXLDHAy9TpvPa2KeHS/s400/DSCN1387.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387008909897266" /></a>Sheridan was bored on the drive and kept taking these weird pictures<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_OlzUyR-4PBZxjd5iSk_8ZbsqXhfb6765cxB2OYnJpq8lrv85qh50iKU4SS-zwPmmXM5smJKoHlS_VsHrt0JbeAlkGM3hTmnjqvVM6tyW5dRLOF_X4ZI5IfFOPcCLikfd-AchK3RCOp8/s1600/DSCN1390.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_OlzUyR-4PBZxjd5iSk_8ZbsqXhfb6765cxB2OYnJpq8lrv85qh50iKU4SS-zwPmmXM5smJKoHlS_VsHrt0JbeAlkGM3hTmnjqvVM6tyW5dRLOF_X4ZI5IfFOPcCLikfd-AchK3RCOp8/s400/DSCN1390.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616387007478995282" /></a>We finally made it! So, the Blue Ridge Parkway is a product of the New Deal's efforts to provide jobs to the unemployed of the Great Depression. Construction began in September 1935 at Cumberland Knob near the North Carolina and Virginia state line. The idea was to create a link between the Shenandoah National Park to the edge of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and was completed in 1983. It is such an interesting and beautiful drive! The speed limit is 45 for most of the drive, but really you need to go between 35-40 because the roads are so curvy. There are TONS of pull outs to take pictures and go hiking. There are no gas stations on the road to preserve the scenic beauty (but there are surrounding towns you can get to with gas stations). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5kw9RD5FFANzI8tBhkn86HSC7Fz9_PY6iAMy-OrUC1QPWFGC9bHS8fiJgZxeKfi7o_k-gAM-u_aTr_d16OO2GijSbLChw2LnxTc4XUJ8ryHKcLk8twPmX5u7aa8YQFhEFGZuZJOZd5ke/s1600/DSCN1394.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5kw9RD5FFANzI8tBhkn86HSC7Fz9_PY6iAMy-OrUC1QPWFGC9bHS8fiJgZxeKfi7o_k-gAM-u_aTr_d16OO2GijSbLChw2LnxTc4XUJ8ryHKcLk8twPmX5u7aa8YQFhEFGZuZJOZd5ke/s400/DSCN1394.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386884697234658" /></a>Sheridan is not very good at focusing the camera when he takes pictures, but I wanted to post this picture to show that there really is a "blue" haze over the mountain range (hence the name). I tried to find out why the mountains look blue and this is the best answer I could find online:<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; ">The Blue Ridge Mountains are noted for their bluish color when seen from a distance. Trees put the "blue" in Blue Ridge, from the isoprene released into the atmosphere,thereby contributing to the characteristic haze on the mountains and their distinctive color</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9RCkj2mUHLw8-P_1koeCcxLSvfPMBT7_6gTs5U-drJ4YY09ozFEDMqAxiPO0CMiesXcQv1rAJGcpGZV4Gb0tGipVVmOwIcvIoSzSXBF7EifCKqoMuYpmz8yQTinvfFW09BMQzvYSfX3W/s1600/DSCN1395.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9RCkj2mUHLw8-P_1koeCcxLSvfPMBT7_6gTs5U-drJ4YY09ozFEDMqAxiPO0CMiesXcQv1rAJGcpGZV4Gb0tGipVVmOwIcvIoSzSXBF7EifCKqoMuYpmz8yQTinvfFW09BMQzvYSfX3W/s400/DSCN1395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386882095602434" /></a>We stopped at the Humpback Rocks Visitor Center first. Lincoln loved getting carried in the backpack carrier!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0O6q8nVGHHMNYU_SKWoYJwAb7IQyJawG2UmG8GuTaYHPKV0kQjO2WWojwJgj7G4x_7YgCspo6iur5VdCquuRMNthaV-sPb3UE3wxJYdsSEBisULBC8uEk2OCLzO4LuLIQUTNJ-dqnA4Kv/s1600/DSCN1398.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0O6q8nVGHHMNYU_SKWoYJwAb7IQyJawG2UmG8GuTaYHPKV0kQjO2WWojwJgj7G4x_7YgCspo6iur5VdCquuRMNthaV-sPb3UE3wxJYdsSEBisULBC8uEk2OCLzO4LuLIQUTNJ-dqnA4Kv/s400/DSCN1398.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386873311826514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXnCNAqI6a0Vdhzzl3s86MZHkrAXTucNMbqLHGgjVqYuX036rc3OQlw5JeWFdAHpGzAHLh36rPljJncuJ0POqVjaCbYgsh4sQIYmMS3vnau24aUgBA4mywfkQ1vMyiWOVYt9Qmc-_rPDN/s1600/DSCN1403.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXnCNAqI6a0Vdhzzl3s86MZHkrAXTucNMbqLHGgjVqYuX036rc3OQlw5JeWFdAHpGzAHLh36rPljJncuJ0POqVjaCbYgsh4sQIYmMS3vnau24aUgBA4mywfkQ1vMyiWOVYt9Qmc-_rPDN/s400/DSCN1403.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386862939914386" /></a>They had this awesome farm that simulated what original settlers of this area would have lived in (more pictures at the end of the post). This was a root cellar where they would store root veggies, potatoes, and canned food<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCbJlMU5XD5bdgK4KMSen0UFxc9O2l2m569aWl-LMGpVsfeXfNs93O5_tatvDhZ5Galwe6UpVjY_4V39oVpuTiIQ2ASZYabDgZbrePzy0cQAJQdtt5gA5fI6u1EPf9EASnOw1w3MxP7Ry/s1600/DSCN1405.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCbJlMU5XD5bdgK4KMSen0UFxc9O2l2m569aWl-LMGpVsfeXfNs93O5_tatvDhZ5Galwe6UpVjY_4V39oVpuTiIQ2ASZYabDgZbrePzy0cQAJQdtt5gA5fI6u1EPf9EASnOw1w3MxP7Ry/s400/DSCN1405.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386741924030866" /></a>Inside the root cellar<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wELeyaNanNQntU-Dv4156PjBdPOVKQDOP-HzgsdPs6aJTEfMTG03E3istxkhDwUZePRPAURwxnsmV8F7ddBd7vnAl1CWJ-6kR68CdIHpkl8ILYK93jSx5La15mJVEL31xzVa82TXAthe/s1600/DSCN1406.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wELeyaNanNQntU-Dv4156PjBdPOVKQDOP-HzgsdPs6aJTEfMTG03E3istxkhDwUZePRPAURwxnsmV8F7ddBd7vnAl1CWJ-6kR68CdIHpkl8ILYK93jSx5La15mJVEL31xzVa82TXAthe/s400/DSCN1406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386728729111698" /></a>What a goon! Look at that face...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVVQJnRhAYprp1q5AUZ5j1-rnJyMHOc8jeFLAqmFeT3Q8sOHjDIYOekdAQLHJ193f9pUNYWNajNu0kOWe88IrPCOiVjKh4UCQiVFRsxzXsz8CCodf4qNGiMYcH_qCn9cZE-49mhEd7Xj4/s1600/DSCN1408.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVVQJnRhAYprp1q5AUZ5j1-rnJyMHOc8jeFLAqmFeT3Q8sOHjDIYOekdAQLHJ193f9pUNYWNajNu0kOWe88IrPCOiVjKh4UCQiVFRsxzXsz8CCodf4qNGiMYcH_qCn9cZE-49mhEd7Xj4/s400/DSCN1408.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386727304834674" /></a>We switched off the backpack carrier and started the 1-mile hike to Humpback Rocks. The hike was labeled as "strenuous" on the guide, which normally wouldn't be an issue but two things made it harder: 1) we were carrying a 30-lb child and 2) I forgot tennis shoes and was only wearing flip flops<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yt7-LWZ429SCR6wBDjbpofVLeA-SsiufhPO7A4irUqlmBmYtUCGNYzmy5uwXupCh6fBB4jbLSAHtJaDTq7-T23f4lJ_AYmlwKDo6TDooDhcKj2j5CS-uRuOnZSERrC_ci7H-fsnGwc6N/s1600/DSCN1409.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yt7-LWZ429SCR6wBDjbpofVLeA-SsiufhPO7A4irUqlmBmYtUCGNYzmy5uwXupCh6fBB4jbLSAHtJaDTq7-T23f4lJ_AYmlwKDo6TDooDhcKj2j5CS-uRuOnZSERrC_ci7H-fsnGwc6N/s400/DSCN1409.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386719812513186" /></a>A little way up the Humpback Rock trail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFec7TFUBRrn7tuxffQs3qE41dWxJCAI9i7wXkXIvWx4YXXQmoLnZp4bpYHczGKWvXOZanKE37W3jhSE-3uMn9T_miOlCndMJ2Pf-azDkoUjgyVZOq38EPnvBezILgvLuphABPwTBXz7T9/s1600/DSCN1410.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFec7TFUBRrn7tuxffQs3qE41dWxJCAI9i7wXkXIvWx4YXXQmoLnZp4bpYHczGKWvXOZanKE37W3jhSE-3uMn9T_miOlCndMJ2Pf-azDkoUjgyVZOq38EPnvBezILgvLuphABPwTBXz7T9/s400/DSCN1410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386714233657970" /></a>Sheridan was a little grumpy on the way up....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeReTfccFgR5SGfZj48ruiNQE3dTSF2RqTS38_pZMqqprpGEkUUEZE8GmXocIdoUtmeX5Vv0H2GacAji2yDWOLozc5qEcXP5P5zqUzULzXJKi9Jd2sNe8JkhS9X52qwFbfCG4Emq82-rX/s1600/DSCN1411.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeReTfccFgR5SGfZj48ruiNQE3dTSF2RqTS38_pZMqqprpGEkUUEZE8GmXocIdoUtmeX5Vv0H2GacAji2yDWOLozc5qEcXP5P5zqUzULzXJKi9Jd2sNe8JkhS9X52qwFbfCG4Emq82-rX/s400/DSCN1411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386483765193826" /></a>This picture really doesn't do it justice, but it was a pretty steep little hike! Isn't this pretty!?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfj0DS3GdYiPK376jVSe_Lnt_Bd2_vYWqjCaNgkhrqbZAGpqpgkB7KK3IbiwRm9rdJ9fckmd3rA8qNABFgBVcTkBT7r0BQdXLgWM_F2SwMfL_WyvhB1ZBer1bA26bj2KQ08kZwywsQ5iZ/s1600/DSCN1413.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfj0DS3GdYiPK376jVSe_Lnt_Bd2_vYWqjCaNgkhrqbZAGpqpgkB7KK3IbiwRm9rdJ9fckmd3rA8qNABFgBVcTkBT7r0BQdXLgWM_F2SwMfL_WyvhB1ZBer1bA26bj2KQ08kZwywsQ5iZ/s400/DSCN1413.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386477794256402" /></a>Sheridan was being a grump and so we switched off and I carried Lincoln the rest of the way.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9a0pUJyDtPB3Dviq1eaRod6oD2YqBZ5Yrz-vqEVMuDc745k_evHnuIvTE0mwTJ5Ty0YZgkDn3nStsVi3Xy0L4K0OCxiUZvYnvSptvPDwgegIgl1kr36f1HEqCWNLMnalyFvQEtNQgwFe/s1600/DSCN1415.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9a0pUJyDtPB3Dviq1eaRod6oD2YqBZ5Yrz-vqEVMuDc745k_evHnuIvTE0mwTJ5Ty0YZgkDn3nStsVi3Xy0L4K0OCxiUZvYnvSptvPDwgegIgl1kr36f1HEqCWNLMnalyFvQEtNQgwFe/s400/DSCN1415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386476429306546" /></a>We finally made it! It is funny because you are walking through these this thick grove of trees and you are starting to wonder if maybe you accidentally got off the trail somehow, then all of the sudden you turn a corner and it opens up to this absolutely amazing view!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqKZrKwU15874MPxBUovSnMBPvbdjEFsbLIfo-j47S1doaqmeuZXZNREcv_njsF4Qe0QibGrWxlP8Di3nR-gXHlwuni_4frfIUX0mJRS-RK9yDVOWh0_2Yxi6NJT8nz5ME_rFYg-dDyJA/s1600/DSCN1416.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqKZrKwU15874MPxBUovSnMBPvbdjEFsbLIfo-j47S1doaqmeuZXZNREcv_njsF4Qe0QibGrWxlP8Di3nR-gXHlwuni_4frfIUX0mJRS-RK9yDVOWh0_2Yxi6NJT8nz5ME_rFYg-dDyJA/s400/DSCN1416.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386467688184498" /></a>Humpback Rocks<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PNv-FxA34mKC1R2Jt4fE1zA6vDSYA-X5juILWp4uFMzRG-AJ5_fWTDvyboGRNGNespufs0ESWTGSGzpTxGjwbVCSV2IUG28U4n7yOnzRuWfBm-RG4izoP7MpCIy813sX4Hc5hH9xETUB/s1600/DSCN1417.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PNv-FxA34mKC1R2Jt4fE1zA6vDSYA-X5juILWp4uFMzRG-AJ5_fWTDvyboGRNGNespufs0ESWTGSGzpTxGjwbVCSV2IUG28U4n7yOnzRuWfBm-RG4izoP7MpCIy813sX4Hc5hH9xETUB/s400/DSCN1417.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386462478900066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gzGcTuv-4GRE0Uoy2xwB1KPzwfFr_Oo3Yq7UtFdPnutLJ3pLs3mPPo1gxGn3WzUDsMVciYvCrxZD5nOTK0cVy_XiYu8MLqg0htZlNW0LZrQHhKZznPCkVB8lHeofxSiTTAS9xMDTrjqa/s1600/DSCN1418.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4-tsM41qxEWjAOaV_e1lMC0HsqHojSc2F0s9GdOa4bFkeurwtoel4OzShDI3KuwCg-4sSxvs8COR1mmRS9NvnAKYvezyd4Dw5RmredDANJYq28fQSxeg3xioQGug8qp8Y3IPwSyZXwyZ/s1600/DSCN1420.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4-tsM41qxEWjAOaV_e1lMC0HsqHojSc2F0s9GdOa4bFkeurwtoel4OzShDI3KuwCg-4sSxvs8COR1mmRS9NvnAKYvezyd4Dw5RmredDANJYq28fQSxeg3xioQGug8qp8Y3IPwSyZXwyZ/s400/DSCN1420.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386291538939314" /></a>Sooo pretty!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMQYfKrjv9CrNFdditsSSbplWQD9OfFRb_IQ6rzi6TNO4PP617R8JbyF2rJnNdujprIIES7mFl3ScuoEeeCAraraOk_Pi_gjypoC8z1_oj2sTQHTs0PUZVzW6lXFIcHBh8P1M0-CoSIKD/s1600/DSCN1421-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMQYfKrjv9CrNFdditsSSbplWQD9OfFRb_IQ6rzi6TNO4PP617R8JbyF2rJnNdujprIIES7mFl3ScuoEeeCAraraOk_Pi_gjypoC8z1_oj2sTQHTs0PUZVzW6lXFIcHBh8P1M0-CoSIKD/s400/DSCN1421-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386288698079826" /></a>It truly was breathtakingly beautiful.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKp8s_PgHlkhRhch0tF47bWrxiClbgc-4Cwgy8vhUHpqOAtNYobeROua-qTF-wUq3yQ13qf3eM-8EkY-wT2wJqkDppaxTqRuTvZDtBouFVdCRrmD0467V4n-8WZYId4TzYs50iYgD_7ai/s1600/DSCN1422.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKp8s_PgHlkhRhch0tF47bWrxiClbgc-4Cwgy8vhUHpqOAtNYobeROua-qTF-wUq3yQ13qf3eM-8EkY-wT2wJqkDppaxTqRuTvZDtBouFVdCRrmD0467V4n-8WZYId4TzYs50iYgD_7ai/s400/DSCN1422.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386281047426850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGFBgDWqCSikkQnm7apQZkU0mNOki-dgHm27ZgbpuizHhQLFMViIuu0UywR0hbl1CmWYyOmHm0XUbvWAqzUdcPCxqWGI3gjPm0fYlJHzkz-JQxDUMcpYSYKrwUavxCw2j_VknHu7xJbTX/s1600/DSCN1425.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGFBgDWqCSikkQnm7apQZkU0mNOki-dgHm27ZgbpuizHhQLFMViIuu0UywR0hbl1CmWYyOmHm0XUbvWAqzUdcPCxqWGI3gjPm0fYlJHzkz-JQxDUMcpYSYKrwUavxCw2j_VknHu7xJbTX/s400/DSCN1425.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386275216686914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9HG0408qg-ztfumLPC4Fzt1ROa1qFYQsU0_Kj0t8mWQjezpQ1MeldUBtSRp-v9D76x_Hxybq1GF2pVOz7lpfEKjc718_Lz892DQzij_bXAK_CFOXo3oi4XmVCYBv-D83KSYblX4B7BnB/s1600/DSCN1426.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9HG0408qg-ztfumLPC4Fzt1ROa1qFYQsU0_Kj0t8mWQjezpQ1MeldUBtSRp-v9D76x_Hxybq1GF2pVOz7lpfEKjc718_Lz892DQzij_bXAK_CFOXo3oi4XmVCYBv-D83KSYblX4B7BnB/s400/DSCN1426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386033136591378" /></a>So then we headed back down the mountain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8u7z6IB1oLGQD4RX-TJr7oAX_cdphgUIeuze2_t8S8D7_ZhJipfqDKMflW5XYGyieSwvE8LBofELZkLF59ckv6E0gwa9uhGY7fk1A6rDDh-dhlvPshcKmls5zQ3yzVl7MnARfSLwrkLj6/s1600/DSCN1427.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8u7z6IB1oLGQD4RX-TJr7oAX_cdphgUIeuze2_t8S8D7_ZhJipfqDKMflW5XYGyieSwvE8LBofELZkLF59ckv6E0gwa9uhGY7fk1A6rDDh-dhlvPshcKmls5zQ3yzVl7MnARfSLwrkLj6/s400/DSCN1427.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386027604048322" /></a>Don't they look so much alike in this photo??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqVefBizqVb51KTtm76dYZw7txLiVgaq3aje3rn0_aaYAP3-hIP7_0yBZtjUny1_sJB7LNfA-qRPtiGB-9UM_p8p6ISz2MHQWnbu13m4wS60CzfdbT4rh2vLxQUTmk14Iisx_lbhbZToO/s1600/DSCN1428.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqVefBizqVb51KTtm76dYZw7txLiVgaq3aje3rn0_aaYAP3-hIP7_0yBZtjUny1_sJB7LNfA-qRPtiGB-9UM_p8p6ISz2MHQWnbu13m4wS60CzfdbT4rh2vLxQUTmk14Iisx_lbhbZToO/s400/DSCN1428.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386023649481154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMNg0i2BUmh0DXNlVLp_dgFAZhZiSlR2S05LQvTa9rCaKrW51J_NUrqwjRQxnpo__crXm0govTvZPIkwj0ADIEdt2P_Xg5LJcw6-TISJkWvpzsrlPW6RCXdSrOqUhimGdhGX2vfduKVSE/s1600/DSCN1429.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMNg0i2BUmh0DXNlVLp_dgFAZhZiSlR2S05LQvTa9rCaKrW51J_NUrqwjRQxnpo__crXm0govTvZPIkwj0ADIEdt2P_Xg5LJcw6-TISJkWvpzsrlPW6RCXdSrOqUhimGdhGX2vfduKVSE/s400/DSCN1429.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386016879017378" /></a>Switched off again....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ox5KgNNC35Su9T0pZJXHi7iugC6A5zCzg2P3kzmlVr28Q82-CBw80VjfppjI7jQ4CYx2b1tkx-ylB2bKuyCGUBnTKQNY9HVG5pM42bhGY8Sn8aQftT2cubhDIcS7ylTeCKsZXxXKkEiQ/s1600/DSCN1431.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ox5KgNNC35Su9T0pZJXHi7iugC6A5zCzg2P3kzmlVr28Q82-CBw80VjfppjI7jQ4CYx2b1tkx-ylB2bKuyCGUBnTKQNY9HVG5pM42bhGY8Sn8aQftT2cubhDIcS7ylTeCKsZXxXKkEiQ/s400/DSCN1431.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616386014088613698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwp1xT8DIce685dEjV8ybLw_D9F3FiuVH4XXTi5NjK_rPN8QqWiqRJxwlTQqoXrkHWpt5dF7nNqy1TTYDOXSs5ogiCHpxIaSK8O_5JGCoJdxrblVohok8AzuA3QhtgFuqmPQD6PC1mjD8p/s1600/DSCN1432.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwp1xT8DIce685dEjV8ybLw_D9F3FiuVH4XXTi5NjK_rPN8QqWiqRJxwlTQqoXrkHWpt5dF7nNqy1TTYDOXSs5ogiCHpxIaSK8O_5JGCoJdxrblVohok8AzuA3QhtgFuqmPQD6PC1mjD8p/s400/DSCN1432.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385861877877410" /></a>As we were heading back we saw a rattlesnake!! It was kind of scary! It was a big one too....I didn't get very good pictures with my camera unfortunately<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimN25in_UphMD3QxjJ3KDogpXXyq8ejGwbUn8hAykmKFcC0YLI0r5BO3bcmvfj_Uh3zK_9HPoV2vnhPDP8ATYINEFUOeR0bPf5Jq0zy3lZEOCZsUbaUndQn8Dwt9grXYsXRLT2kh7tvr6-/s1600/DSCN1438.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimN25in_UphMD3QxjJ3KDogpXXyq8ejGwbUn8hAykmKFcC0YLI0r5BO3bcmvfj_Uh3zK_9HPoV2vnhPDP8ATYINEFUOeR0bPf5Jq0zy3lZEOCZsUbaUndQn8Dwt9grXYsXRLT2kh7tvr6-/s400/DSCN1438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385855728261666" /></a>You can see the rattle here. We asked one of the "locals" if it was normal to see rattlesnakes and they said they come here all the time and have never heard of rattlesnakes being around.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_B5UYQ1248XBdNJmYvaKb51o2j04KdbHA-1aXoznXkIQP5KJHg_WWiuNACuHUxXa5eEkm74S1wJOd9ERtuaZZXDZxoPGlkFWBa9MYZlE-McLFUwOg5jXqHN8m7zbTMiUeY9rSSaX6B3NW/s1600/DSCN1439.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_B5UYQ1248XBdNJmYvaKb51o2j04KdbHA-1aXoznXkIQP5KJHg_WWiuNACuHUxXa5eEkm74S1wJOd9ERtuaZZXDZxoPGlkFWBa9MYZlE-McLFUwOg5jXqHN8m7zbTMiUeY9rSSaX6B3NW/s400/DSCN1439.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385844874350562" /></a>Here are some more photos of the "farm". This is how people used to wash their clothes....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4PxxokB1NabydL0M_wLSCtloTWbsUQWzrDOj2cnLkLEb0v_brZGA5E7kfH62bPt1Zo70nTkLahXvunLwUIyY3qyRTAa_aRhKJMo-D_HAAz_KW6ZGeWa_HM1CJokfFY41en4yJZqASd3o/s1600/DSCN1440.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4PxxokB1NabydL0M_wLSCtloTWbsUQWzrDOj2cnLkLEb0v_brZGA5E7kfH62bPt1Zo70nTkLahXvunLwUIyY3qyRTAa_aRhKJMo-D_HAAz_KW6ZGeWa_HM1CJokfFY41en4yJZqASd3o/s400/DSCN1440.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385843629759458" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnJQrTNkuvShXIDcHWmbLN0YUIkB8hnPO_nB1pj9M8hf5VjOoaim7XCQQWLJK1CusUrHiNpK6Bqn6RSt7fHQRz4FLEdnJIW7KBk7WE_Z4pnOOZs5eBFW3mJaer-i-BcGcdeXlkSPnay8X/s1600/DSCN1441.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnJQrTNkuvShXIDcHWmbLN0YUIkB8hnPO_nB1pj9M8hf5VjOoaim7XCQQWLJK1CusUrHiNpK6Bqn6RSt7fHQRz4FLEdnJIW7KBk7WE_Z4pnOOZs5eBFW3mJaer-i-BcGcdeXlkSPnay8X/s400/DSCN1441.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385839240889010" /></a>I am still not sure if these people were park employees or just locals from a surrounding town. They were all sitting on the porch and had name tags, but they were just chit-chatting when we walked over.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t1agSibcTwUDgK7AguD8gyoaA49aBFlwCaCHNIUoCb9Xytyi5qAqrWYubTHPkEVp_R0ryJmKL60ETeC6C65GgI4aASb_xzKeSBfB2WIiga_e0TORxTkUBGT8CnAthLt-iOxXucLGItXp/s1600/DSCN1446.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t1agSibcTwUDgK7AguD8gyoaA49aBFlwCaCHNIUoCb9Xytyi5qAqrWYubTHPkEVp_R0ryJmKL60ETeC6C65GgI4aASb_xzKeSBfB2WIiga_e0TORxTkUBGT8CnAthLt-iOxXucLGItXp/s400/DSCN1446.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385595408073234" /></a>The sign in front of the chicken house....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy7X_LnJC1ITBZR-AyTimiOd9XnV33yKwFtTo4yvLht7gUkv7SaOvJ5KBu5PtKDy8W-zyDAYBF2dxrzhpF3vYXXX5oNOp-6IBUvh3VNhnVISK5B9uTco0uQLcLBqm3kfJvQz7zT4447Cg/s1600/DSCN1449.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy7X_LnJC1ITBZR-AyTimiOd9XnV33yKwFtTo4yvLht7gUkv7SaOvJ5KBu5PtKDy8W-zyDAYBF2dxrzhpF3vYXXX5oNOp-6IBUvh3VNhnVISK5B9uTco0uQLcLBqm3kfJvQz7zT4447Cg/s400/DSCN1449.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385591181022914" /></a>And the weasel got out! just kidding ;) corny, I know.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8-rlJEB6vX0XuyEBZxJUttCemUM4VvEDWdng2oVkwT3QA6GQn4nKDKqU9sSL9PnNJbcy4zYo0xOo00f_yPCywVC7uInOV8FsRdifpwY4P5b-ppqT0pvqHAvanCn3yOUOwEkHuyPZOjNV/s1600/DSCN1451.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8-rlJEB6vX0XuyEBZxJUttCemUM4VvEDWdng2oVkwT3QA6GQn4nKDKqU9sSL9PnNJbcy4zYo0xOo00f_yPCywVC7uInOV8FsRdifpwY4P5b-ppqT0pvqHAvanCn3yOUOwEkHuyPZOjNV/s400/DSCN1451.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385587932843154" /></a>Inside the log house - most families of 9 or 10 people would live in this teeny, tiny house<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhCAi-BOmr1qpezBqV1hxk-MHpsymQdvGM2YK-53NmnMLj49u9Lp3yLnGK_TEokA2-VATK7KZvUxWNWBoR1gSLGgln_tb_n5pyB7XeDKgLUrvGiiSbZS4aV9IzbK6pRduQuTOKM1tjHUf/s1600/DSCN1452.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhCAi-BOmr1qpezBqV1hxk-MHpsymQdvGM2YK-53NmnMLj49u9Lp3yLnGK_TEokA2-VATK7KZvUxWNWBoR1gSLGgln_tb_n5pyB7XeDKgLUrvGiiSbZS4aV9IzbK6pRduQuTOKM1tjHUf/s400/DSCN1452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385585427482258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqHDlJbwNcsvNiDbBA4pvd_EKA3yTvroDzyscx_diXjMWpXwJjXlUEOgegDqq9pddYZoUnQdoQBAowch8Ujr3ZUgtDRn0BzL9CHWMKIlnJd7YaBWeJvBhIhvMAkAjfr62MUlcxEekSMnU/s1600/DSCN1453.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqHDlJbwNcsvNiDbBA4pvd_EKA3yTvroDzyscx_diXjMWpXwJjXlUEOgegDqq9pddYZoUnQdoQBAowch8Ujr3ZUgtDRn0BzL9CHWMKIlnJd7YaBWeJvBhIhvMAkAjfr62MUlcxEekSMnU/s400/DSCN1453.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385577882846418" /></a>Another person who I am not sure if he was a park employee, or just a local who likes spending his time here. He was talking about the various types of corn settlers used and the tools they used to harvest it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpMjIEIvwOizxyOU8hm-LWRXfymF2H5yTsiV1EBZd8dpz8sYW8WnCi6tuuiSKSRRYDiru6v4lnqBX-QDzAs-Wn2PSUWdam3qQMSNNF8yyymMzAMj35gZSa42IX8J45nyH9j-w0UwpbARV/s1600/DSCN1455.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpMjIEIvwOizxyOU8hm-LWRXfymF2H5yTsiV1EBZd8dpz8sYW8WnCi6tuuiSKSRRYDiru6v4lnqBX-QDzAs-Wn2PSUWdam3qQMSNNF8yyymMzAMj35gZSa42IX8J45nyH9j-w0UwpbARV/s400/DSCN1455.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385427050882898" /></a>Pretty view - the camera really doesn't do this justice<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheu8RBwlEiJGldOMb3oAMO7O03nEqfWPVm_c-8vIejKDrzXBW3hKPsgT-wEberfEPEYbAVYJCI3elPyB2hie-9vs1d4qXymczanbJNXLlqRPGD7voGZK6TRWMAovcohozkqRMokaaQGWJD/s1600/DSCN1456.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheu8RBwlEiJGldOMb3oAMO7O03nEqfWPVm_c-8vIejKDrzXBW3hKPsgT-wEberfEPEYbAVYJCI3elPyB2hie-9vs1d4qXymczanbJNXLlqRPGD7voGZK6TRWMAovcohozkqRMokaaQGWJD/s400/DSCN1456.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385415690551874" /></a>Then it was time for our last gift to Sheridan for Father's Day! Sheridan's favorite all-time beer is made by Kona and is called Pipeline Porter. Well, it is a seasonal beer and is only available fall/winter. Sheridan didn't realize it was seasonal and was SO bummed when he realized he couldn't get it anymore. He doesn't really drink a lot, actually he rarely drinks at all, but when he does have an occasional beer he wants to have one that he actually likes to drink. So I called around to a bunch of grocery stores/wine stores and finally found one that still had a 6-pack in stock! I also have had this hidden (with his shoes) in a storage bin for the last month or so. Good thing Sheridan doesn't clean! :)<br /><br />I also got Sheridan a little cooler bag so he can bring his lunches to work. So, the idea was that when we got to the top of the hike I would give him his cooler bag and he would open it and see the beer in there! Then he could enjoy it at the top of the mountain. But, as we were driving down I realized I forgot a bottle opener, plus, it wouldn't have really been appropriate to drink the beer up there because there were other people around. So, instead I just gave him this present on our way home. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeSmQYzKkSyvUanpBcizY5_swVe2IkVB-9WmumkqcY3eN0GZ0tZQ5pkFHiOVW5sXY5J_HLn-1-74OEvIXM3h3Ghj0mGgfunQVtFpiKHo72AzoXoBlGaoK_eODY1rg6kpfIm-47VsIQP-p/s1600/DSCN1457.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeSmQYzKkSyvUanpBcizY5_swVe2IkVB-9WmumkqcY3eN0GZ0tZQ5pkFHiOVW5sXY5J_HLn-1-74OEvIXM3h3Ghj0mGgfunQVtFpiKHo72AzoXoBlGaoK_eODY1rg6kpfIm-47VsIQP-p/s400/DSCN1457.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385411448218834" /></a>Once he realized the Pipeline was in there....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJIHpzlOpxCxgi_uhW-gJvYhtY8NrC6kp12sUGeUdsJ737gv2SRE6c7oTZ9OnDSjB_LArHcxqoK5ex4kEoCzOPyPpz6JsDO4x7cjCD5MCDJ_pXXiREZgDRzBdeoI4V9Qo8jslp3LIhRg0/s1600/DSCN1458.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJIHpzlOpxCxgi_uhW-gJvYhtY8NrC6kp12sUGeUdsJ737gv2SRE6c7oTZ9OnDSjB_LArHcxqoK5ex4kEoCzOPyPpz6JsDO4x7cjCD5MCDJ_pXXiREZgDRzBdeoI4V9Qo8jslp3LIhRg0/s400/DSCN1458.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385402413405586" /></a>He liked it!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-txyDFoISxBXhjPuArjS3YT1Ymf8mujmu2NCy9vvdZ5u3_k0hOpahV3MG29fC5GPBMvikJVuaBxz58BUejmGgH4dvg1yfvDi6xalkpJvjYwwI9H8SboeeJ2QItwykGWZrzZhpBUurhcM8/s1600/DSCN1459.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-txyDFoISxBXhjPuArjS3YT1Ymf8mujmu2NCy9vvdZ5u3_k0hOpahV3MG29fC5GPBMvikJVuaBxz58BUejmGgH4dvg1yfvDi6xalkpJvjYwwI9H8SboeeJ2QItwykGWZrzZhpBUurhcM8/s400/DSCN1459.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616385400392299314" /></a>Overall we had a GREAT time and it was so much fun to spend some quality family time together. Sheridan was really surprised with everything and it was so much fun to get to spend an entire day together and not have to worry about work (Exxon/Scentsy) or anything else! What a great day :)<br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-15978093738885774182011-05-25T22:31:00.004-04:002011-05-25T23:21:52.373-04:00It Won't Be Like This For Long....<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span">I don't usually go into a lot of detail about all these things with most people, but tonight I was hit so strongly with the feeling that I am really going to miss these days and these moments with my sweet little boy. Lincoln has had a hard time getting to sleep lately....let me explain.<br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">It is funny the things that you </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; ">think </i><span class="Apple-style-span">you are going going to do when you are a parent, and then the things that you </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; ">actually </i><span class="Apple-style-span">do once you become a parent. A lot of this varies even from child to child. I have told myself SO many times since becoming a parent that I will never again judge another parent's parenting skills or approaches. Parenting is hard work and is something that isn't set in stone or that has just one successful technique. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Our sweet son Lincoln was </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; ">born</i><span class="Apple-style-span"> a strong-willed little boy. He came on his own schedule (13 days late), and has had a strong opinion of his own ever since. He knows what he wants, and will tell you....loudly. Lincoln is also a very sensitive child, and has been this way since the moment he was born. I remember feeling so bad when he was only a few days old and I yelled at the cat for jumping on the kitchen counter. Lincoln sensed the harsh tone in my voice and got so uncontrollably upset. He is really in tune with his emotions and hates to feel left out. When you are able to focus 100% of your energy on him he will be the absolute sweetest little boy. He loves to be told when he is being a "good boy" and will give anyone a hug or a kiss if you ask him too. He loves making you laugh and always wants to help out. But, if he feels like you only giving him half your attention he </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; ">hates </i><span class="Apple-style-span">it and will do anything he can (even if it means throwing a fit) to get your attention.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">So, with that being said, let me explain some of tonight's feelings.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">I delivered Lincoln (who ended up being a 10-lb baby) at a birthing center with a wonderful team of midwives. I delivered him naturally, with no drugs, and have since been a huge advocate of natural childbirth for low-risk pregnancies. When he was born, I didn't have many problems with nursing, and it was a very positive experience. I nursed Lincoln exclusively for the first 6 months (we tried cereal a little earlier, but he didn't like it, so we waited until 6 months to try again), and my goal was to nurse to 12 months and then we would go from there. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends nursing to 12 months and beyond, and the World Health Organization recommends nursing to 24 months, plus to me, it just seemed like the most natural way to feed and bond with your child. Well 12 months came and went, and Lincoln had absolutely no desire to quit nursing. I would try to wean him and it would turn into such a battle of wills. Lincoln would cry and cry and cry until I would nurse him again. He would actually cry so hard it got to the point of dry heaving and throwing up. So, I didn't worry too much about it and just decided that we would try again in a few months. Well, for the past few weeks (Lincoln will be 20 months next week), I have been feeling like it really is time that we should try weaning again. He has only been nursing at night and naptime, but he had a really hard time falling asleep if I wouldn't nurse him.<br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Sheridan has been out of town for the last few days, and so I decided that I was going to wean Lincoln while Sheridan is out of town. Sheridan gets really upset when Lincoln cries, which is another reason why weaning had been unsuccessful in the past, because every time Lincoln would want to nurse (and then subsequently cry) Sheridan would just get really upset and tell me to nurse him. I knew if I was going to wean Lincoln this might be my only opportunity.<br /><br />So, we have been almost 48 hours now with no nursing. And, actually, it has gone surprisingly well! I think, for Lincoln, nursing was more of a security/comfort issue than it was a food/liquid issue. Which, I know many parenting books will tell you that you are "spoiling" your child if you give them too much attention, and I personally don't agree with that. I think it is important to set boundaries with your children, but I don't think you can spoil them by giving them too much attention or attending to their cries. With that being said (like I mentioned earlier), our parenting style is very different than I <i>thought </i>it was going to be before I had kids, and just because we do things one way, doesn't mean I think all parents should do things the way we do.<br /><br />So tonight I started the process of our new night time routine. Before when he was getting tired I would just nurse him until he fell asleep and then put him to bed. With our "new" routine, I let him have his sippy cup while we read his favorite books. I kept telling him, "we are going to read your books and then go night, night". Then I would lay down with him for a little bit in bed while we read one more of his favorite books. After reading him his book I would tell him a story (tonight it was about a little boy who was such a "good boy" when his mommy told him it was time to go night, night, and I went into great detail about all the wonderful dreams the little boy had). Last night, that worked just fine and Lincoln fell asleep (without any crying or nursing, although he did wake up again at 3am and 6am)! But, tonight, when I tried to get up his eyes snapped open and he was awake again. So, I picked him up and held him so his head was resting on my shoulder and his bum was resting on my arms. Then I sang to him and walked circles around his room while he fell asleep. It was while I was wearing circles in the carpet, and his little head kept drooping down, that I started to get really overwhelmed with emotion. Even though this is exhausting and it is hard to get up multiple times a night to try to get your little ones to sleep, it isn't <i>always </i>going to be like this. There is going to come a day when Lincoln doesn't want me to hold him and rock him to sleep. Now Lincoln wants me to hug him and kiss him all day long. But, there is going to come a day that he is going to be embarrassed when I try to give him a kiss and tell him I love him. I know I am going to think back to these long nights where I had to get up three times to hold him and rock him back to sleep and wish so badly I could have these moments again. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It is so easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of our day-to-day routines, but I am so thankful and grateful for evenings like these that help me remember to cherish all these little moments that seem so hard.<br /><br />Here is a sweet picture of Lincoln asleep in his car seat driving home from a Scentsy event I had this weekend after we had "bribed" him to be good with a chocolate chip cookie :)<br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LXE84RDwRl6o10Y9xSahpecM5lXJMKHn3ppwmRemKiKvKDjzOtSajVD0h6OCBm_36Jo56L2XXvcdrKq37vEzNHIlQn01y0P1sKOBh6zsrLdqp2zErY_Aj4Cj1Nt7mEyYkl7qjCCMtvQn/s400/DSCN1245.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610857718914531234" /><br />"It Won't Be Like This For Long"<br />by Darius Rucker<br /><span class="Apple-style-span">He didn't have to wake up</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">He'd been up all night</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Layin’ there in bed listenin’</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">To his new born baby cry</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">He makes a pot of coffee</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">He splashes water on his face</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">His wife gives him a kiss and says</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">It gonna be OK</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">It won’t be like this for long</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">One day we'll look back laughin’</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">At the week we brought her home</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">This phase is gonna fly by</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">So baby just hold on</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">‘Cause it won't be like this for long</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Four years later ‘bout 4:30</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">She's crawling in their bed</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">And when he drops her off at preschool</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">She's clinging to his leg</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">The teacher peels her off of him</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">He says what can I do</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">She says now don't you worry</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">This’ll only last a week or two</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">It won’t be like this for long</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">One day soon you'll drop her off</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">And she won’t even know you're gone</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">This phase is gonna fly by</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">If you can just hold on</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">It won’t be like this for long</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Some day soon she'll be a teenager</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">And at times he'll think she hates him</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Then he'll walk her down the aisle</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">And he'll raise her veil</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">But right now she's up and cryin’</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">And the truth is that he don't mind</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">As he kisses her good night</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">And she says her prayers</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">He lays down there beside her</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">‘Til her eyes are finally closed</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Cause he already knows</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">It won’t be like this for long</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">One day soon that little girl is gonna be</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">All grown up and gone</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">So, he's tryin’ to hold on</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">‘Cause it won’t be like this for long</span><br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-38631732730161062522011-05-12T10:19:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:46.440-04:00A Day in the Life of a Busy Mom<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">I came across this on a friend's blog and just had to share! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><br /></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604551715648370994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK8Wk5tKXRnuso0wYTjHTF7r9q0lHF8Qb4xsOLrCqWw3I9e6xjEWu8HCHM_xO2x9R4DkiA4U9BqMibF1Bfs9EkKuxxo_fjXjzxkoFQ580p0ZZrRHf8WvqGG_jQ72Sl48MiaYS88cxJvc/s400/newswithkids.jpg" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; width: 400px; display: block; height: 67px; " /><span style="font-size: 11px; "><strong><em>Dear Carolyn:</em></strong> Best friend has child. Her: exhausted, busy, no time for self, no time for me, etc. Me (no kids): What'd you do today? Her: Park, play group... OK. I've talked to parents. I don't get it. What do stay-at-home moms do all day? Please no lists of library, grocery store, dry cleaners...I do all those things, too. I guess what I'm asking is: What is a typical day and why don't moms have time for a call or e-mail? I work and am away from home nine hours a day (plus a few late work events); I manage to get it all done. I'm feeling like the kid is an excuse to relax and enjoy, but if so, why won't my friend tell me the truth? Is this a contest ("my life is so much harder than yours")? What's the deal? I've got friends with and without kids and all us child-free folks have the same questions. <em>--Tacoma, Wash.</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11px; "><strong><em>Dear Tacoma:</em></strong> Relax and enjoy. You're funny. Or, you're lying about having friends with kids. Or you're taking them at their word that they actually have kids, because you haven't personally been in the same room with them. I keep wavering between giving you a straight answer and giving my forehead some keyboard. To claim you want to understand, while in the same breath implying that the only logical conclusions are that your mom-friends are either lying or competing with you, is disingenuous indeed.<br /><br />So, because it's validation you seem to want, the real answer is what you get. When you have young kids, your typical day is: constant attention, from getting them out of bed, fed, cleaned, dressed; to keeping them out of harm's way; to answering their coos, cries, questions; to having two arms and carrying one kid, one set of car keys, and supplies for even the quickest of trips, including the latest-to-be-declared-essential piece of molded plastic gear; to keeping them from unshelving books at the library; to enforcing rest times; to staying one step ahead of them lest they get too hungry, tired, or bored, any one of which produces checkout-line screaming.<br /><br />It's needing 45 minutes to do what takes others 15. It's constant vigilance, constant touch, constant use of your voice, constant relegation of your needs to the second tier. It's constant scrutiny and second-guessing from family and friends. It's resisting constant temptation to seek short-term relief at everyone's long-term expense. It's doing all this while concurrently teaching virtually everything -- language, manners, safety, resourcefulness, discipline, curiosity, creativity. Empathy. Everything.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11px; ">It's also a choice, yes. And a joy. But if you spent all day, every day, with this brand of joy, and then, when you got your first 10 minutes to yourself, wanted to be alone with your thoughts instead of calling a good friend, a good friend wouldn't judge you, complain about you or marvel how much more productively she uses her time. Either make a sincere effort to understand, or keep your snit to yourself. <em>--Carolyn</em></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-23668428485000057952011-05-12T09:12:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:45.934-04:00Easter 2011<div>We had such a great time this year on Easter!! I watch another little boy during the week (Parker) who is 5 weeks younger than Lincoln. He is such a sweet little boy and his family is so kind! His grandparents just live about 15 minutes from me and stop by often to visit with us during the day. They are so thoughtful and always bring a little gift for Lincoln on each holiday. Lincoln loves playing with Parker's "Papa and Bobo" and we really appreciate all the kindness they have shown us. Most of our family is back in Idaho/Utah (where we are from) and so Parker's grandparents were so sweet and invited us to their home for Easter Brunch! We had such a great time and they were wonderful hosts. Unfortunately I got there and realized the battery on my camera was dead! I was so bummed, but Parker's parents were so sweet and took a bunch of pictures for us.<br /><br />Lincoln and his best buddy Parker (there was a pinwheel on the table that they had their eyes on) :)</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0a6VywKS67fyrXfylFLQR0oa3W03rOKMAmp-_Kmrb3nyu3slqw1R6wry-uVpODWwW05G8XaK3TR0QDda9cBivC6K6hwQA5f6Yf-ZULWyYvG-004cUaxE8JSo8ZxXoplpxx7DpBG864M/s1600/DSC02930.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0a6VywKS67fyrXfylFLQR0oa3W03rOKMAmp-_Kmrb3nyu3slqw1R6wry-uVpODWwW05G8XaK3TR0QDda9cBivC6K6hwQA5f6Yf-ZULWyYvG-004cUaxE8JSo8ZxXoplpxx7DpBG864M/s400/DSC02930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817368439640626" /></a>Lincoln had fallen on the sidewalk the day before so he had a big ol' bruise on his forehead :(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7UPRvZ-O6AxUFdo0_6n5-wWE-FuFC9w1w1pU-XCGnX-6K33WAR8rSjSojk6b2dRoZz5VIojqBxfRQeFWrpfP7bc7b7Yf43WHvy5ESiuKPbdBQp9vthsQY9asYoftn33H6ufQQFPqPvc/s1600/DSC02931.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7UPRvZ-O6AxUFdo0_6n5-wWE-FuFC9w1w1pU-XCGnX-6K33WAR8rSjSojk6b2dRoZz5VIojqBxfRQeFWrpfP7bc7b7Yf43WHvy5ESiuKPbdBQp9vthsQY9asYoftn33H6ufQQFPqPvc/s400/DSC02931.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817325714831538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHULt5EmK7qXjARDkm9PiAWKhm1QkkWLmDgn2-m7fcnEIJO-0Qwr0_I2EN9achVfkqr8CR9XkKHMOLi5WTooQJ1yImia9IryAWrb7a7A-okJZb9UB64vDHikSoAItsFNQprt2G3fQul4/s1600/DSC02933.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHULt5EmK7qXjARDkm9PiAWKhm1QkkWLmDgn2-m7fcnEIJO-0Qwr0_I2EN9achVfkqr8CR9XkKHMOLi5WTooQJ1yImia9IryAWrb7a7A-okJZb9UB64vDHikSoAItsFNQprt2G3fQul4/s400/DSC02933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817322549713298" /></a>Playing with the pinwheels! Funny how the $1 toys are always their favorites :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPyW0ValFCgT2gC82vkAr65PQsChDkdJojkSO1kMj-9Qr3DObaOK40yQYu7fbQ3Qu6UQ4GxsV0DBIxLixLgIzwAxyqCUMM3HwcU6gBm4DfLuY6IEftWprD6umMTLIqwzKe9WNQOQMnos/s1600/DSC02936.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPyW0ValFCgT2gC82vkAr65PQsChDkdJojkSO1kMj-9Qr3DObaOK40yQYu7fbQ3Qu6UQ4GxsV0DBIxLixLgIzwAxyqCUMM3HwcU6gBm4DfLuY6IEftWprD6umMTLIqwzKe9WNQOQMnos/s400/DSC02936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817320021079666" /></a>I really should have gotten a white collared shirt that buttoned at the bottom, because for the life of me, I could not keep Lincoln's shirt tucked in! It is untucked in most of these pictures, because I would tuck it in, and then not more than two seconds later Lincoln would reach down, to grab a new toy, and the shirt would get untucked again.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x1qs9-3OAxK0ZoVv2Q7kuvZHG7hvdReCodXd_XMsw_qMLZL0N9a0jOsLdiHMyRRatQO3w6VeprBom9WD6s0PKxcA1TUIr6siRjwZI1ktgKS8Kcjt_pDHk-eDFhIBU99VrAPDTYE45jA/s1600/DSC02938.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x1qs9-3OAxK0ZoVv2Q7kuvZHG7hvdReCodXd_XMsw_qMLZL0N9a0jOsLdiHMyRRatQO3w6VeprBom9WD6s0PKxcA1TUIr6siRjwZI1ktgKS8Kcjt_pDHk-eDFhIBU99VrAPDTYE45jA/s400/DSC02938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817320617228066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlWCDgI17-KMct9zHDYheY7HJfXcuXsg_Z-kgeeDv4t6PKcsCLbI_3RzmkfCOutdYsvYQoXkUjaoIPqmz-aIu7fc_PNlay0MfhghaRjn8TV0ctRWpIzfGWXXWAnL4D96TcTYlyhYmnJc/s1600/DSC02939.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlWCDgI17-KMct9zHDYheY7HJfXcuXsg_Z-kgeeDv4t6PKcsCLbI_3RzmkfCOutdYsvYQoXkUjaoIPqmz-aIu7fc_PNlay0MfhghaRjn8TV0ctRWpIzfGWXXWAnL4D96TcTYlyhYmnJc/s400/DSC02939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817315305879394" /></a>Parker's grandparents got Lincoln this cell phone where you can record your own voice into it! He loves that he can "call" Dad during the day on his new phone!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6X4JfkRUG-yZXVEKSGhtpMocC7QFXdFZX4oyg3zbS5dDG6G3y0xBmd5iCXtC_a44txLWs0G2_H5mzyf3Iotv9XXeN4WOQQwd4wb8Yc2exu3U2T45kuzNWxFE8Wg8cdXTpIzH7RsAv5ms/s1600/DSC02940.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6X4JfkRUG-yZXVEKSGhtpMocC7QFXdFZX4oyg3zbS5dDG6G3y0xBmd5iCXtC_a44txLWs0G2_H5mzyf3Iotv9XXeN4WOQQwd4wb8Yc2exu3U2T45kuzNWxFE8Wg8cdXTpIzH7RsAv5ms/s400/DSC02940.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817219591165122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2w11Ec5y-XPrRz63mpo8sPQWUTKnzbFiDx9jYl78v8oNNPye8H_8oZifnaKov9tpNh5fH1wKhuCl4nJMY3j4x8STI273Fi0fWdk7jNsconxZLNCYORvbFOFK89zVmvkoSMt5NMZfIrc/s1600/DSC02943.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2w11Ec5y-XPrRz63mpo8sPQWUTKnzbFiDx9jYl78v8oNNPye8H_8oZifnaKov9tpNh5fH1wKhuCl4nJMY3j4x8STI273Fi0fWdk7jNsconxZLNCYORvbFOFK89zVmvkoSMt5NMZfIrc/s400/DSC02943.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817221435936370" /></a>They had an egg hunt outside and Lincoln had so much fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvikfKjPme8TjI8VTaBbFdHO-2YljkfQJEMyDAWmNOt2LRBMjBaC9zTgemSLB0ywNXDJNLPIpZy_0YlArpDMmyXw7-R0vTS2bD7MkC7TmHyTv-3IBrp3zx81jcN9A1fxzhpxBxnki-kZY/s1600/DSC02945.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvikfKjPme8TjI8VTaBbFdHO-2YljkfQJEMyDAWmNOt2LRBMjBaC9zTgemSLB0ywNXDJNLPIpZy_0YlArpDMmyXw7-R0vTS2bD7MkC7TmHyTv-3IBrp3zx81jcN9A1fxzhpxBxnki-kZY/s400/DSC02945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817214302352834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPW6UW79GXT90LBn4-ZYJGpdKdIHwiT4FQfiRv1xvE6bkGAT6DPfripbCeoElx7xtaEu0RY3KQXlA_nHl35DGZwhDH2kYu1oq0n_wGzaenqgDMdqNCOFhyphenhyphenjO7f4stEUoMbinpZsslsckw/s1600/DSC02946.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5OT4se30JAHlAlYu2zki2xs70EtO4_n-E_KaJoJ9jc25X20CreQpoW0HSbKER6J_vhCqL0M6tSvnrOS_9-vEXjTws7t94PRCmJ1V0wyMbghHi_dQ7dYvMc4SegNZYSDhAtMPbwDSgIQ/s400/DSC02955.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605817043737902626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6MuF9_eGbGzAMdVVUMkb_wZdXLaAw7wQedQyT_MJQI-3udxsnwoEDKg5hu_JXA7ygkJ86SofrM9nBGZJstwnxUUjcOVldMOx3BfSbSHrkVQdhJAQH-BM35XCMKkwZNwtndM4c4YdGUs/s1600/DSC02956.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6MuF9_eGbGzAMdVVUMkb_wZdXLaAw7wQedQyT_MJQI-3udxsnwoEDKg5hu_JXA7ygkJ86SofrM9nBGZJstwnxUUjcOVldMOx3BfSbSHrkVQdhJAQH-BM35XCMKkwZNwtndM4c4YdGUs/s400/DSC02956.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605816901273158354" /></a>Lincoln was really sleepy! He hadn't taken a nap yet and by then end of the afternoon was really close to a meltdown because he was so tired.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5JeOnkQMklgFudGPhvEONptsoEk5IjseTmlI6jUkzER0oxhpH6gOfU4GaUxthIQVpPxzQCQeo1trghsH3Wjq1WjEBCL1xHe2jFYTBLCobFmA2e31NIoleXKT73QzsolEZcfJCzQWi40/s1600/DSC02960.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5JeOnkQMklgFudGPhvEONptsoEk5IjseTmlI6jUkzER0oxhpH6gOfU4GaUxthIQVpPxzQCQeo1trghsH3Wjq1WjEBCL1xHe2jFYTBLCobFmA2e31NIoleXKT73QzsolEZcfJCzQWi40/s400/DSC02960.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605816902274228034" /></a>Parker's grandparents have a beautiful yard and all the flowers had recently bloomed!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwc-tdPfUyj1T-gpKDGXa9ax7YkpVgvmXaBedsp1XAgf26lddr1jSiLs6rK0ARYMiXxUayZGRi6epaiIgJ2_KBgGsRN3TvtkVES1nUaQ3T34y8NolDG2q-aIx-uSpHM7tQJZxQr22IDFA/s1600/DSC02964.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwc-tdPfUyj1T-gpKDGXa9ax7YkpVgvmXaBedsp1XAgf26lddr1jSiLs6rK0ARYMiXxUayZGRi6epaiIgJ2_KBgGsRN3TvtkVES1nUaQ3T34y8NolDG2q-aIx-uSpHM7tQJZxQr22IDFA/s400/DSC02964.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605816899778137794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWtH4dwVl9gDOesjO-5p2SULWarWKWLShQFWkugh2sV3x0HlEgDIT6qQNQSBQX0c6m9IX8aOtvl9Oz8NIV7FU83-zhV7cxe2dnYOXHUFD5FtM9pi_0SBHSKgmOp7get357R7PcFcF4qE/s1600/DSC02964-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWtH4dwVl9gDOesjO-5p2SULWarWKWLShQFWkugh2sV3x0HlEgDIT6qQNQSBQX0c6m9IX8aOtvl9Oz8NIV7FU83-zhV7cxe2dnYOXHUFD5FtM9pi_0SBHSKgmOp7get357R7PcFcF4qE/s400/DSC02964-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605816894275087698" /></a>We tried to get a photo of the two boys together, but it never seemed to work :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6znhzp2mwKVrFgZGNk6Lz5VDixNDrE5_6uLD1Y-hZBpw8MJANRov5zzNRXB5altL0iEuEGHjjtrkRwtmY6rq0ED8XY2akcJoH3DPckcnId34zUVZVFvJydW7VZ_W2eRntn8WAfghpbQ/s1600/DSC02968.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6znhzp2mwKVrFgZGNk6Lz5VDixNDrE5_6uLD1Y-hZBpw8MJANRov5zzNRXB5altL0iEuEGHjjtrkRwtmY6rq0ED8XY2akcJoH3DPckcnId34zUVZVFvJydW7VZ_W2eRntn8WAfghpbQ/s400/DSC02968.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605816895120622418" /></a>Parker's parents also took some video footage and put it on youtube here is the link: <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#366388;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDvCuFauzY" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue"><span id="lw_1305126710_2">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDvCuFauzY</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">We really had a great time and were so thankful towards Parker's grandparents for opening their home to us!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-8824076194537553592011-05-11T16:04:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:45.849-04:00Lincoln's First Easter Egg Hunt<div style="text-align: left;">I am part of a playgroup that meets on Tuesday mornings at 10. I just recently started going, and we have had a really fun time! It used to be so hard to get to playgroups because I had both little boys, and usually one of them would be napping around the time that the playgroup met. But, now that the boys are a little older it is a little bit easier to get out of the house with them, and they both really like interacting with the other kids. Now that the weather is nicer we meet at different parks each week and it is a lot of fun.</div><div><br />A few weeks ago the playgroup organized an Easter Egg Hunt! I was really excited because last year Lincoln was really too young to get the concept of hunting for eggs (he was only 7 months last year at this time). Unfortunately, we got to the park and it was raining! So, we decided to move everything to a church nearby.<br /><br />Of course, Murphy's Law, as soon as we got to the church it stopped raining. So, one of the moms set up the Easter egg hunt outside the church. Lincoln had a lot of fun! It was so cute to watch him, because he really understood that he needed to "search" for the eggs.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdzYsySlo4SjDVhbFZgu3qzKFHtXdiPWjnGXCMClZepoYseLp9drk0LS5rrv0z9hEO_sgfgWSXyElFW1ax7-SfPUNQmblEQ2vxcZXbdD6R1PoUgBJE-DFMRszleIDPxsQdEAm-T4f7CI/s1600/DSCN0781.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdzYsySlo4SjDVhbFZgu3qzKFHtXdiPWjnGXCMClZepoYseLp9drk0LS5rrv0z9hEO_sgfgWSXyElFW1ax7-SfPUNQmblEQ2vxcZXbdD6R1PoUgBJE-DFMRszleIDPxsQdEAm-T4f7CI/s400/DSCN0781.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552331962918578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNojpeszEzqL6RdCrjTtHrJAzcu1zRmt0EVxZL2uq8VKLUaskH_pPIKaLNMGV35atDsldRH_oqGxqmnCaI5WQVZ_7_IoFBF1J_QSCqOuLBpXPKP9atVZtHUYT3eGPJB36R5rgsLLJ_xQ/s1600/DSCN0783.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNojpeszEzqL6RdCrjTtHrJAzcu1zRmt0EVxZL2uq8VKLUaskH_pPIKaLNMGV35atDsldRH_oqGxqmnCaI5WQVZ_7_IoFBF1J_QSCqOuLBpXPKP9atVZtHUYT3eGPJB36R5rgsLLJ_xQ/s400/DSCN0783.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552327573640466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPVz6fuZncAyD_2Qz1zVeNe_LD-6SI1PD3U9SkXBpmdlmnmi3UNOzhevXX6PqXmCWgdF7zEQwvc6u6h-xClcT3bU6L-vB7S-AJFlRhSH_MwbOYeHJJer3LqdGkmRZigAHktkL7A2l39Y/s1600/DSCN0784.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPVz6fuZncAyD_2Qz1zVeNe_LD-6SI1PD3U9SkXBpmdlmnmi3UNOzhevXX6PqXmCWgdF7zEQwvc6u6h-xClcT3bU6L-vB7S-AJFlRhSH_MwbOYeHJJer3LqdGkmRZigAHktkL7A2l39Y/s400/DSCN0784.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552268776713666" /></a>Lincoln was so excited to find that there was candy inside the eggs!! I usually don't ever let him have candy (usually he only gets candy when I'm not looking and Dad sneaks it to him) :) so this was a very special treat for him!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xkYCQRblNfX2ypBm130n36I_9_7KWAtiUgEHKWU2I6OMTN9o6ZOyLBWtgQ0yOaEtukJCY6m0t2E-Wtyw4BkmNLr8QoB4In11ThMzJi4xWU2b0F0eCHhLdhBL_r-NkfJtNTA8yYo9JGs/s1600/DSCN0785.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xkYCQRblNfX2ypBm130n36I_9_7KWAtiUgEHKWU2I6OMTN9o6ZOyLBWtgQ0yOaEtukJCY6m0t2E-Wtyw4BkmNLr8QoB4In11ThMzJi4xWU2b0F0eCHhLdhBL_r-NkfJtNTA8yYo9JGs/s400/DSCN0785.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552269458005794" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">It was Spring Break this week in Fairfax County so there were a lot more kids at playgroup than usual. After the egg hunt, all the moms/kids got in a circle and sang a few songs. The kids really liked it! Lincoln was a little young to really get what was going on, but he still had a good time.<br /><br />I snapped this picture of me trying to help him sing, "The Wheels on the Bus"</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQQaFG5KJ0CsT8yJGo76bV0t3fRGMhr3VicQFc_Fa1_IdOCFhFMUr84U-L51WmxJczZmdBfYR6VFaHFg-gvRhs0D86jmiKeTytNB3W9XBTnWaleJemWz3gO0V9OPffuNpTkqA-iYvA1M/s1600/DSCN0789.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQQaFG5KJ0CsT8yJGo76bV0t3fRGMhr3VicQFc_Fa1_IdOCFhFMUr84U-L51WmxJczZmdBfYR6VFaHFg-gvRhs0D86jmiKeTytNB3W9XBTnWaleJemWz3gO0V9OPffuNpTkqA-iYvA1M/s400/DSCN0789.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552262979685874" /></a>Some of the kids from playgroup<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbx4S7edOYqWyny0UW9VpZFYa03aOYC8H4TB_E_Z0HdlGPfg9FyK5cuYu6R-4MHpYg-_NzMy3zWQlBH0IHcSxFoDrBVrJ1wXto7-ncFAtB_-sozcKqLqlZyZEZJPteh64qr5EMoXywd8/s1600/DSCN0791.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbx4S7edOYqWyny0UW9VpZFYa03aOYC8H4TB_E_Z0HdlGPfg9FyK5cuYu6R-4MHpYg-_NzMy3zWQlBH0IHcSxFoDrBVrJ1wXto7-ncFAtB_-sozcKqLqlZyZEZJPteh64qr5EMoXywd8/s400/DSCN0791.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552257237071954" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Parker's mom (Megan) is a teacher and so she was on Spring Break this week too! I was off from watching Parker this week and so they both came and met up with us for playgroup! It was nice to get to spend some time with Megan outside of a quick drop off/pick up. Unfortunately, Lincoln was running all over the place (like usual) and trying to "escape" through the doors so I didn't get a chance to really visit much. <br /><br />Here is a cute picture of Megan and Parker singing songs.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibE2QJit7XXEz3qNCcwKkZO2MyrOsyhMEszIg41n9R022WvzF_kzg1YoCCSnBCEg7kGCS3cB6yxGcNiHyVHzJOHV6Fbu4fHXfC2h9XT2arYoyRGr2JJsHg93FlYftDRnsdNTpVfFiAV0/s1600/DSCN0792.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibE2QJit7XXEz3qNCcwKkZO2MyrOsyhMEszIg41n9R022WvzF_kzg1YoCCSnBCEg7kGCS3cB6yxGcNiHyVHzJOHV6Fbu4fHXfC2h9XT2arYoyRGr2JJsHg93FlYftDRnsdNTpVfFiAV0/s400/DSCN0792.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552146351688210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXr5NnM68KZC_0-gGqBrxJYMyv_cqyEN-dsq1aQKupr_hYBq43EbqH_2BrMNy9tkg4HlOZqgZrCZbFoWkxFzG789LB5Zzg0waCVMpI_Bp8D91VZNn4XVPHPOUa9DvKPMBo06e5F8836M/s1600/DSCN0793.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXr5NnM68KZC_0-gGqBrxJYMyv_cqyEN-dsq1aQKupr_hYBq43EbqH_2BrMNy9tkg4HlOZqgZrCZbFoWkxFzG789LB5Zzg0waCVMpI_Bp8D91VZNn4XVPHPOUa9DvKPMBo06e5F8836M/s400/DSCN0793.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552146418681058" /></a>Afterwards, one of the moms organized this cute activity where the kids made Easter Bunnies out of candy treats (purple snowballs for the head, licorice for the whiskers, white cardboard paper cut out as ears, and jelly beans for the eyes). Lincoln isn't quite old enough to realize that it was a bunny, but he sure enjoyed eating the treats! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhE2rdcKZFdq6OM2IJIdGceLkLY4fINe_W6wU-9R3DZq5rt6Nmwa_LFvASfGklUVfeiVzdXWxU26uhAq1JdEjxBpIAvSbV0vKydXB3v333C9htwrojnMiYLZlDve3jCzXmRhvRVzdBfs/s1600/DSCN0794.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhE2rdcKZFdq6OM2IJIdGceLkLY4fINe_W6wU-9R3DZq5rt6Nmwa_LFvASfGklUVfeiVzdXWxU26uhAq1JdEjxBpIAvSbV0vKydXB3v333C9htwrojnMiYLZlDve3jCzXmRhvRVzdBfs/s400/DSCN0794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552141250618514" /></a>Helping Lincoln with the project...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmvVudRoynq-sPakznmwgjeZeezjKcMNZQxvATV5IzPnbh-t7Ku3wWJ9SwTlPrMOqZIYBD7akk0uxdRj2vEqcQUpWyaCpL0tQfixjjwrRbdyVYXzhT6y9JBX-RAx7QNhtvULMg1F_IC0/s1600/DSCN0795.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmvVudRoynq-sPakznmwgjeZeezjKcMNZQxvATV5IzPnbh-t7Ku3wWJ9SwTlPrMOqZIYBD7akk0uxdRj2vEqcQUpWyaCpL0tQfixjjwrRbdyVYXzhT6y9JBX-RAx7QNhtvULMg1F_IC0/s400/DSCN0795.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605552141948070978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldrHuUtNUTbArxwopivOO9QC34kw3WdbdlVPkdFB3S7ho0ACgChhyphenhyphen8WDyKRAdmh9fdROsumAMxhbvND8VnZwmCzGwnrMNNXm_fsh-6yefT13r4atVG94S2wMj2TBjaF6OnfwiGuoAfLg/s1600/DSCN0796.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldrHuUtNUTbArxwopivOO9QC34kw3WdbdlVPkdFB3S7ho0ACgChhyphenhyphen8WDyKRAdmh9fdROsumAMxhbvND8VnZwmCzGwnrMNNXm_fsh-6yefT13r4atVG94S2wMj2TBjaF6OnfwiGuoAfLg/s400/DSCN0796.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551983998696514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydeT0UwluDoS_bUiFWtW24lhdy8Wc1-La3DAI5FVeGXbycd3tGnHCGfVVTYVPViXDZgb24q16MFNqR0eW-1In8kIBSxxFD0BFbjIMXngX6Fffj9-SZAnBD0ujaE2tkQloOt2OVF_xqpk/s1600/DSCN0797.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydeT0UwluDoS_bUiFWtW24lhdy8Wc1-La3DAI5FVeGXbycd3tGnHCGfVVTYVPViXDZgb24q16MFNqR0eW-1In8kIBSxxFD0BFbjIMXngX6Fffj9-SZAnBD0ujaE2tkQloOt2OVF_xqpk/s400/DSCN0797.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551978938750450" /></a>Lincoln and Parker - best buddies!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdx2D4J-0UklAZW187roVgJJjDkF6wCQRCRlcTTjapIos2LPxtkHg2vT5D1E4TMG0jaO7VMGEkw10UHhuULidhU84T2i-RVLZeKqvTrpdZo44SFgpOqha81x1xmXzuNT69SaTNqjon2ek/s1600/DSCN0798.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdx2D4J-0UklAZW187roVgJJjDkF6wCQRCRlcTTjapIos2LPxtkHg2vT5D1E4TMG0jaO7VMGEkw10UHhuULidhU84T2i-RVLZeKqvTrpdZo44SFgpOqha81x1xmXzuNT69SaTNqjon2ek/s400/DSCN0798.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551974618319762" /></a>Lincoln's finished project - what a cute idea! Thanks Sarah for organizing this!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS29NwnSX2i925eR6vfrh_uXHsiZMPj3eKnSdauI49e2gqlPT3pDH7UdY0IkwY4H0bufqn3BsJVXsihH8fAFAumBUCXf-hngTTVDpA2eMjGhgFbG6SbsmqmKX7R6fy5LdnPcQfoK1GMoA/s1600/DSCN0799.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS29NwnSX2i925eR6vfrh_uXHsiZMPj3eKnSdauI49e2gqlPT3pDH7UdY0IkwY4H0bufqn3BsJVXsihH8fAFAumBUCXf-hngTTVDpA2eMjGhgFbG6SbsmqmKX7R6fy5LdnPcQfoK1GMoA/s400/DSCN0799.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551969201476530" /></a>All the cute kiddos at playgroup this week!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5C0WTBumx91qSK_qGk04uvsMyuJyIqZh1vLW4S-MFomKyHhL7xrSSWCEBbmoCqKAH-UOGUhHuFESzbXIfOmTKUoVKmwg6dr3PukFwVfpbyfp6n7S9rRO0s-_kJsL4-MZ07fuQBcRBNs/s1600/DSCN0800.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5C0WTBumx91qSK_qGk04uvsMyuJyIqZh1vLW4S-MFomKyHhL7xrSSWCEBbmoCqKAH-UOGUhHuFESzbXIfOmTKUoVKmwg6dr3PukFwVfpbyfp6n7S9rRO0s-_kJsL4-MZ07fuQBcRBNs/s400/DSCN0800.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551971342397458" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-7497026507279657532011-05-11T16:03:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:46.355-04:00Bubbles at the Soccer Park<div>I watch another little boy during the day (Parker) who is 5 weeks younger than Lincoln. He is so sweet and is such a great little boy to watch. Lincoln and Parker are best buddies! They both LOVE to run everywhere. I recently discovered this great soccer park a few blocks from our house. The fields are astroturf and so if the boys fall when they run (as they often do) they don't hurt themselves like they would if they are running on the sidewalk. During the day there is nobody on the fields, so it is great for the boys!<br /><br />Parker's mom got Lincoln this automatic bubble blower for Easter and the boys just love it! In fact, so do all the neighbor kids. I am now the coolest mom on the block :) After school gets out all the neighbor kids like to come over and ask if they can use the bubble machine. Of course the little boys love playing with the "big kids" too. <br /><br />Here are some fun pictures of the boys running in the field and playing with the bubble maker.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMSx34gUSMb4FKrZph_jaMdMcjogvm_SKIkBPpSY3JCr32ybK2f0tgsroaAeCG6SBaYCMA5GxUEPxuP3YjRGtiB27rDcYWKQ52iYDzB9MU9v66e87FkNSMEjtVDBDbVR__az-Rudlrec/s1600/DSCN0802.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMSx34gUSMb4FKrZph_jaMdMcjogvm_SKIkBPpSY3JCr32ybK2f0tgsroaAeCG6SBaYCMA5GxUEPxuP3YjRGtiB27rDcYWKQ52iYDzB9MU9v66e87FkNSMEjtVDBDbVR__az-Rudlrec/s400/DSCN0802.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551783922540754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDm-ZqyrARNDBNrY6XDgGp7ofc6H3rB-ZXEKmwMJXafedWtuyiEqYjQ3YfsWMD-QCdfqzZQ8yHGAisTr05ifkDTMWMYMmWc7Ue1bZyt9EtamYsNYQdLGSml5sjxYSB4awKTG3di9BcoUU/s1600/DSCN0804.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDm-ZqyrARNDBNrY6XDgGp7ofc6H3rB-ZXEKmwMJXafedWtuyiEqYjQ3YfsWMD-QCdfqzZQ8yHGAisTr05ifkDTMWMYMmWc7Ue1bZyt9EtamYsNYQdLGSml5sjxYSB4awKTG3di9BcoUU/s400/DSCN0804.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551780412439138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh98UGhqmyDplH3Uym5fuGKvmPOhNhpQfxUekVKXbGCBjMi9w0yjhIk7zimRlxFCN8lwIL_wH4tolOqjquK5yKa0i5J8kG9G-mYEpPHtUU7IZMhqkT4doDBwmKphNQd5i2N7hnVj1dMH4/s1600/DSCN0805.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh98UGhqmyDplH3Uym5fuGKvmPOhNhpQfxUekVKXbGCBjMi9w0yjhIk7zimRlxFCN8lwIL_wH4tolOqjquK5yKa0i5J8kG9G-mYEpPHtUU7IZMhqkT4doDBwmKphNQd5i2N7hnVj1dMH4/s400/DSCN0805.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551778310900898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbQgzfa6zFp-pJBGsUmsPgmiXK8uU73TPbbirw7wIAxjLIJlGR2qeuIXLETOqTYAy6ED-6KzhUW7KgQbDKMRfNtpQU_0MuhEHrDqpHyGwddaKYr5QePsQ6aldeUFXl0ljFeN2N7YJOC8/s1600/DSCN0806.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbQgzfa6zFp-pJBGsUmsPgmiXK8uU73TPbbirw7wIAxjLIJlGR2qeuIXLETOqTYAy6ED-6KzhUW7KgQbDKMRfNtpQU_0MuhEHrDqpHyGwddaKYr5QePsQ6aldeUFXl0ljFeN2N7YJOC8/s400/DSCN0806.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551678111758610" /></a>You can see Lincoln running quickly down the field way down by the bleachers - his FAVORITE game right now is to try and get chased - he loves it!! If you don't chase him he will stop and peek over his shoulder until he thinks you are watching him and then he will start running again.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHQ5r5u92PdFcKoFI9IMYzUPtWZm6XDBqgOfKOVFrg3FqOdRBIQ0wI7wSw4Eq88IN3e09iWyK-1p5xNVql_f7plXf3_L0U5rCjOAJT2-Ct_Il4iV-_JRw3eSFhjjADC0pCIbN59KBHPw/s1600/DSCN0807.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHQ5r5u92PdFcKoFI9IMYzUPtWZm6XDBqgOfKOVFrg3FqOdRBIQ0wI7wSw4Eq88IN3e09iWyK-1p5xNVql_f7plXf3_L0U5rCjOAJT2-Ct_Il4iV-_JRw3eSFhjjADC0pCIbN59KBHPw/s400/DSCN0807.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551674140921794" /></a>And of course, in a huge, flat field, the boys gravitated to the only thing they could get hurt on! :) They wanted to climb up the bleachers, but mean ol' mom put a stop to that. Too dangerous when there are two little ones to watch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kUhLW7WMG6DNIybk3MzOQJN-a7gyGuplMjCa2V0nLcUsyIXkLj3zqhW0T8aveVE79pMy84T40mU47g39csEA4UalcfKMSs8rB13yarVWLDoaHCpH6SCs5vC_66KmpAr4PjD1bScPTIo/s1600/DSCN0808.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kUhLW7WMG6DNIybk3MzOQJN-a7gyGuplMjCa2V0nLcUsyIXkLj3zqhW0T8aveVE79pMy84T40mU47g39csEA4UalcfKMSs8rB13yarVWLDoaHCpH6SCs5vC_66KmpAr4PjD1bScPTIo/s400/DSCN0808.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605551669553133474" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-39678496179743000702011-05-11T15:59:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:46.249-04:00Sidewalk Chalk - the Weather is Getting Warmer!!<div>Finally we are getting some nice weather!! Lincoln got some sidewalk chalk in his Easter basket and he has had so much fun drawing on the sidewalk! We practice writing his name and drawing flowers. The area in front of our doorstep has been quite the popular area for all the kids after school gets out, and of course Lincoln loves playing with the "big kids"</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnSn7H1R5LE_roDhFaz-deCFo7SSKC1p-2V-419BznVlZ1aNABreAidO_s-jfblMSPerI_-F1G8gMHdb7YRy2Kq9DjdKnI2WRkDNis-2DJMRVERV76JsTrXK80P57LnPMehspSbFR2D8/s1600/DSCN0813.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnSn7H1R5LE_roDhFaz-deCFo7SSKC1p-2V-419BznVlZ1aNABreAidO_s-jfblMSPerI_-F1G8gMHdb7YRy2Kq9DjdKnI2WRkDNis-2DJMRVERV76JsTrXK80P57LnPMehspSbFR2D8/s400/DSCN0813.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605550393699158530" /></a>This is what Lincoln does all day long. Run, Run, Run!! I was at a playgroup the other day and one of the other mom's asked, "is he always this high energy?" When I said, "yes", she said, "oh I feel so bad for you!". It made me smile. I love his high energy, but it is also quite the workout to let him play outside! We have this great courtyard area in front of our house so we don't have to worry about cars, but Lincoln loves to be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">mischievous</span> and run as fast as he can around the corner and up the stairs to the street. He is pretty fast too!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzguZIlji-XVgJvVKl2OHo37Zf3IOwAtTsuZYQvmeJPesZeXiKX86m4Lnew7qM2AARw1ZoPcFBg4AIIEiU-dTzFb87rEGFLufo5LvoAc27aXvJ62SQwpG3t48neOvQb2aHkmIzPa3EGs/s1600/DSCN0815.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzguZIlji-XVgJvVKl2OHo37Zf3IOwAtTsuZYQvmeJPesZeXiKX86m4Lnew7qM2AARw1ZoPcFBg4AIIEiU-dTzFb87rEGFLufo5LvoAc27aXvJ62SQwpG3t48neOvQb2aHkmIzPa3EGs/s400/DSCN0815.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605550387725436690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21mykYbxUACDJM7nC_lR8pNBpMn1pUJopUA7kOrIZqhPIyqcXtvVUT0SMGNIBKYCuUx7Bp_1T4UoqQPzqIjpk8zukGYMHB-cYXd5cnGX6tVcaMuLfgynpqnSz1a-oBeTcdL01qsMAjIo/s1600/DSCN0816.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21mykYbxUACDJM7nC_lR8pNBpMn1pUJopUA7kOrIZqhPIyqcXtvVUT0SMGNIBKYCuUx7Bp_1T4UoqQPzqIjpk8zukGYMHB-cYXd5cnGX6tVcaMuLfgynpqnSz1a-oBeTcdL01qsMAjIo/s400/DSCN0816.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605550384035682482" /></a>He also runs with his arms sticking out like this, pretty funny.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhuRkTGG2Pf8vHybCDat41FYcvXLKxI9SQ5aWDZTRvuU7qnIOuNULnhhKymXIeWuuLBTf7jeP8DuDHYGhD-BRNEpyTJMicLqUa1Mz2bPLLZKYLq-BrHoWsCeHvbsAwRj8CtlQovggju0/s1600/DSCN0818.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhuRkTGG2Pf8vHybCDat41FYcvXLKxI9SQ5aWDZTRvuU7qnIOuNULnhhKymXIeWuuLBTf7jeP8DuDHYGhD-BRNEpyTJMicLqUa1Mz2bPLLZKYLq-BrHoWsCeHvbsAwRj8CtlQovggju0/s400/DSCN0818.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605550383232536354" /></a>Parker's grandparents gave Lincoln this fun bubble tub for Easter! It is great because it helps to prevent the bubbles from spilling. The boys have so much fun dipping the wands in and out of the bubble tub.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXDjXhOxmnoOXJ2QmJUDw4p5lROV8aIsTP4j9Xz7gCfo-j4hKTlqcA4p868XvU9NivMsNFfLjUoh_3nHDaVcuV7VQDg_vxhrDalEi-QqPqYd8q1TdzLXan7FBiC_rDEJv6lfA4V6HyB0/s1600/DSCN0819.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXDjXhOxmnoOXJ2QmJUDw4p5lROV8aIsTP4j9Xz7gCfo-j4hKTlqcA4p868XvU9NivMsNFfLjUoh_3nHDaVcuV7VQDg_vxhrDalEi-QqPqYd8q1TdzLXan7FBiC_rDEJv6lfA4V6HyB0/s400/DSCN0819.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605550379500457490" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-52555817554703033202011-05-11T15:56:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:46.401-04:00Lincoln Flexing Like Dad - 18 MonthsSo Sheridan is doing a 100-Day Challenge with himself trying to gain quite a bit of muscle. He has been having me take weekly photos of him to track his progress. The other night Sheridan was standing against the wall flexing while I took a picture, and all of the sudden Lincoln ran up and tried to flex like his dad! It was so funny, we were just cracking up.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqb6xeIdKLC8fCbybiQRBKc11HkYCqF3Vij94DgH8FHd_G3JfQ1LPSb6vzpA5-Y8Aav2Ecas4mayB95T3BhMmorEnD3roSd9DjG7Uciqy2VUWiBIU2tfZyxszrP35y1Jjp_QFPdz51no0/s1600/DSCN0689.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqb6xeIdKLC8fCbybiQRBKc11HkYCqF3Vij94DgH8FHd_G3JfQ1LPSb6vzpA5-Y8Aav2Ecas4mayB95T3BhMmorEnD3roSd9DjG7Uciqy2VUWiBIU2tfZyxszrP35y1Jjp_QFPdz51no0/s400/DSCN0689.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605549751861157794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdN5nHl5cg8O7HMUyz9XxiDouGKw313ZjBpb2UNWlujjSRgFr-9TYGCj9YaxSj9wYVRpglm6jpnOuLGM5J0Kcw-uRynkzIfC1SIti3D5xZm_fY28RHm7Vz-qWTBTcR53vbZl8oF2RGBQ/s1600/DSCN0687.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdN5nHl5cg8O7HMUyz9XxiDouGKw313ZjBpb2UNWlujjSRgFr-9TYGCj9YaxSj9wYVRpglm6jpnOuLGM5J0Kcw-uRynkzIfC1SIti3D5xZm_fY28RHm7Vz-qWTBTcR53vbZl8oF2RGBQ/s400/DSCN0687.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605549748437840658" /></a>I had a hard time snapping the picture at the right time, but he would hold his arms up in the "flexing" position - so cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeTfu_NMTjpeUNi4hlJyAtSZ5QJfA65Vl0uhe-rQBn7Utkf1M5JiXTWZ_rLyzeVnYCF8-gIEFkrmYCWc18atzReHtwD3TCYeW6rsB8BztyPYvY7_pkKKgTbqW-bPaG70MHk8XRLw636E/s1600/DSCN0685.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeTfu_NMTjpeUNi4hlJyAtSZ5QJfA65Vl0uhe-rQBn7Utkf1M5JiXTWZ_rLyzeVnYCF8-gIEFkrmYCWc18atzReHtwD3TCYeW6rsB8BztyPYvY7_pkKKgTbqW-bPaG70MHk8XRLw636E/s400/DSCN0685.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605549744304300306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-4qA2PWJU8GH08yCVZVsIRV4Iqqtz-Ngfu83V3fLE6iasStjxg9y4isunqvZi23gvuEOp-BJKNanHkDbRCPCNuaaRzaaQd1OAkzPOShjTv4119JQQvjhIEe1Xm1KK7Vn_7IyP5DXh90/s1600/DSCN0676.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-4qA2PWJU8GH08yCVZVsIRV4Iqqtz-Ngfu83V3fLE6iasStjxg9y4isunqvZi23gvuEOp-BJKNanHkDbRCPCNuaaRzaaQd1OAkzPOShjTv4119JQQvjhIEe1Xm1KK7Vn_7IyP5DXh90/s400/DSCN0676.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605549740861641634" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-29257513205865482402011-05-11T15:32:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:46.202-04:00Cherry Blossom FestivalEach year in Washington DC they have the Cherry Blossom Festival. Since we are only about 20 minutes from downtown DC we decided to head down this year! We didn't go down for the parade (we heard it is really hard to get tickets and is really crowded) but did head down to see all the pretty Cherry Blossoms. It was really crowded but I am glad we went!<br /><br />We saw someone getting married taken - how pretty would those pictures be!?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFvo6rKUE2Sig5b9-awo3Bg9UIa7KEa5Cigi5k3zWr999sV9Gt_pwrlMJoZz1uQ5Db50R6oyFNNfS4pbL-sfSYDaXb5rGAoSxT4WCjBXeqcd8FNLHuap3gohXnU-hDLNmfcpkdWbnKAo/s1600/DSCN0709.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFvo6rKUE2Sig5b9-awo3Bg9UIa7KEa5Cigi5k3zWr999sV9Gt_pwrlMJoZz1uQ5Db50R6oyFNNfS4pbL-sfSYDaXb5rGAoSxT4WCjBXeqcd8FNLHuap3gohXnU-hDLNmfcpkdWbnKAo/s400/DSCN0709.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546531703570594" /></a>Sheridan pushing Lincoln in the stroller (that he kept fighting to get out of)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KJ2q36fK53dP-ENjSwFz15rA2HnLXeWvHxO-uCkT5olIKlTbawtcop5TmtnoIO7MtVcQdrlQH4zG2q_PAtyut86dWvyiu2Y3DoFmWEEgMZf32uilatBmVLiUMP2ITsREXElEdulUOsw/s1600/DSCN0711.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KJ2q36fK53dP-ENjSwFz15rA2HnLXeWvHxO-uCkT5olIKlTbawtcop5TmtnoIO7MtVcQdrlQH4zG2q_PAtyut86dWvyiu2Y3DoFmWEEgMZf32uilatBmVLiUMP2ITsREXElEdulUOsw/s400/DSCN0711.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546471560597826" /></a>In front of the Washington Monument<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVbhq1IirM1VQOZpIp_JpkmbwtelVE42MCv21Z5RXBKDf-_rkSS34o_k3YXAB5WEc9JsenTqPkuyF5DhRWdf_cUQcJ8ktD9RiOWhorBtNTGf5uQfxVvtXBrSp5uQkM7b6I5vDDFK2TF8/s1600/DSCN0712.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVbhq1IirM1VQOZpIp_JpkmbwtelVE42MCv21Z5RXBKDf-_rkSS34o_k3YXAB5WEc9JsenTqPkuyF5DhRWdf_cUQcJ8ktD9RiOWhorBtNTGf5uQfxVvtXBrSp5uQkM7b6I5vDDFK2TF8/s400/DSCN0712.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546469280205042" /></a>The Cherry Blossoms were in full bloom! It was so pretty to see thousands of trees in bloom<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEe76UjRsHjtCUk1EPr5kR0WNPVqP5FlttTtAoEI3xYlnoD3wAzBEnLyXiWU3CjYitgCtKM948wp9p02OuwiqvK9uAsKUs_v3UQJs9X5uy0B8JNPSnxKDclUhbs1o51V1WlFlNR65Qhk/s1600/DSCN0715.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEe76UjRsHjtCUk1EPr5kR0WNPVqP5FlttTtAoEI3xYlnoD3wAzBEnLyXiWU3CjYitgCtKM948wp9p02OuwiqvK9uAsKUs_v3UQJs9X5uy0B8JNPSnxKDclUhbs1o51V1WlFlNR65Qhk/s400/DSCN0715.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546455993521042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXojU77Yo01JzTxBSTfgMAInbwn1yvfNzPT8_H6HX4u4m4NOf6tE8jrZb0EPHLjU0ulr6wa5yeicZ2JYWm9koaPnhAynZ5l89IZhjeh2T6mL0J3A4iPdD9ArwavTTqWy24VrU7WinW2dE/s1600/DSCN0716.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXojU77Yo01JzTxBSTfgMAInbwn1yvfNzPT8_H6HX4u4m4NOf6tE8jrZb0EPHLjU0ulr6wa5yeicZ2JYWm9koaPnhAynZ5l89IZhjeh2T6mL0J3A4iPdD9ArwavTTqWy24VrU7WinW2dE/s400/DSCN0716.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546454351613714" /></a>It was very crowded though!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAshj0piZkqePZlmQFPP7Ua5nCej1vA2NiBl5fWBGHAvExkt1QeoCYTiCNnURKhxQfvfvLJwfbgGtdUvqSez9NIvPSHsfvgbUHWuhlzi1LMOAkbWi32MPoTY4aSB7b8E6XcEe1XegIN-k/s1600/DSCN0718.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAshj0piZkqePZlmQFPP7Ua5nCej1vA2NiBl5fWBGHAvExkt1QeoCYTiCNnURKhxQfvfvLJwfbgGtdUvqSez9NIvPSHsfvgbUHWuhlzi1LMOAkbWi32MPoTY4aSB7b8E6XcEe1XegIN-k/s400/DSCN0718.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546446073448338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSl1kZGa5Y7JXAfvztGBHmrW8n7AUx7gdw18VhviVsu_viFAF4_Oz7JBTqdY2xH6s3ahZh-1qfl9FsrHfWxsxXAYqordjvVliNLgcR2IhP26U_Bg1Cx6SWScpnOzuEvnUkkUBySod8A50/s1600/DSCN0719.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSl1kZGa5Y7JXAfvztGBHmrW8n7AUx7gdw18VhviVsu_viFAF4_Oz7JBTqdY2xH6s3ahZh-1qfl9FsrHfWxsxXAYqordjvVliNLgcR2IhP26U_Bg1Cx6SWScpnOzuEvnUkkUBySod8A50/s400/DSCN0719.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546321250856242" /></a>I love Lincoln's face here! He was so excited to see the flowers!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Cl06VXUbhfTE5BGCfT2dFiCV3TObsorMnqMNhIl3kpRpfupjWJ-BScO1mz_woE2ePiRZLARyU2d4m6h6tk6hcZR-oabbT7JF_PhFDljL_omawE6qUSV-KlOjtdfbM4lXVOEzyGx6IBM/s1600/DSCN0721.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Cl06VXUbhfTE5BGCfT2dFiCV3TObsorMnqMNhIl3kpRpfupjWJ-BScO1mz_woE2ePiRZLARyU2d4m6h6tk6hcZR-oabbT7JF_PhFDljL_omawE6qUSV-KlOjtdfbM4lXVOEzyGx6IBM/s400/DSCN0721.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546316716442466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikABuH5RZ1gvXYlhgxIDfkKGEhFD8R2goFISKGq4S4LMUzJ-CC8_wnWeBpQxVXK4Brk55Lb-ppi9TZYlM_fzPqVnBjd_kcODvc6tTfnHCItDHWpKuESeiVJ7maY0TCpv5VX_lnatGAO0k/s1600/DSCN0722.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikABuH5RZ1gvXYlhgxIDfkKGEhFD8R2goFISKGq4S4LMUzJ-CC8_wnWeBpQxVXK4Brk55Lb-ppi9TZYlM_fzPqVnBjd_kcODvc6tTfnHCItDHWpKuESeiVJ7maY0TCpv5VX_lnatGAO0k/s400/DSCN0722.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546310150694658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIMHnDx3gMzgXNuve6jii0Y2ykYFeMI1317JEVpHdRDEOgahgUmlszKkBTdOFSzoWM6Sspub5h4SPuz-soDRgbWJFfqEsnih9-fS9mYqRSNabmjSQrfi19RyjRth0ct6KB5vQSad3glM/s1600/DSCN0724.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIMHnDx3gMzgXNuve6jii0Y2ykYFeMI1317JEVpHdRDEOgahgUmlszKkBTdOFSzoWM6Sspub5h4SPuz-soDRgbWJFfqEsnih9-fS9mYqRSNabmjSQrfi19RyjRth0ct6KB5vQSad3glM/s400/DSCN0724.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605546305118826386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3H8u1N4o-C-u0inGB_XaqzZ_rmwda8NfyvGAOlvttJ8GetKMzmLAgJIL_PqqPqHkJTrbeEft0_YHGjOS7wc_jTKt2oleszjBB0hBvCM6C8vBqz4V8GT9VW0Zstxo77hQayvoqYLduytg/s1600/DSCN0725.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3H8u1N4o-C-u0inGB_XaqzZ_rmwda8NfyvGAOlvttJ8GetKMzmLAgJIL_PqqPqHkJTrbeEft0_YHGjOS7wc_jTKt2oleszjBB0hBvCM6C8vBqz4V8GT9VW0Zstxo77hQayvoqYLduytg/s400/DSCN0725.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605545826369915938" /></a>We set Lincoln up on a branch of one of the trees but he didn't like it so much.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpSkumwx6AboKDrFa6Rv4Tw0ZmXLintOeDgtf35ImN0LIkIwz2IOihPKa-JtBGY9pq1X47plrgv4jiYuszrI10VxusX134MqLM9uI0MxCB9oTOr_cXnYTCA-sQtTQzimkR4EZVo3ip0o/s1600/DSCN0730.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpSkumwx6AboKDrFa6Rv4Tw0ZmXLintOeDgtf35ImN0LIkIwz2IOihPKa-JtBGY9pq1X47plrgv4jiYuszrI10VxusX134MqLM9uI0MxCB9oTOr_cXnYTCA-sQtTQzimkR4EZVo3ip0o/s400/DSCN0730.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605545822678432722" /></a>He started screaming<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij49nT9tlhTJ4dY3DpDLg5jw-kxEduGGtJt3K1n9u8Gz_Jl23lhpNkaHpm5JqIE-gNzu-CcRQ-hV7UnQ2MGXvs0QsbY0-sEvWf0bqG4EAK-Y4AdzDsXHnmUV-Rgv2lxh39krCBB68dRRQ/s1600/DSCN0731.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij49nT9tlhTJ4dY3DpDLg5jw-kxEduGGtJt3K1n9u8Gz_Jl23lhpNkaHpm5JqIE-gNzu-CcRQ-hV7UnQ2MGXvs0QsbY0-sEvWf0bqG4EAK-Y4AdzDsXHnmUV-Rgv2lxh39krCBB68dRRQ/s400/DSCN0731.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605545816831180002" /></a>and kept trying to get down<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcnwo36D3HIx3qTIvtQZ4PUVWXy0hXXx3x15k5Jat1xDjHCaLamrXTfOaYCKUFSwz8sJX_MiAE0XhHniYKY_ciywVz8g5edo-CccMEq4IXUPl3UN7WaiMmWdTBfIpgq8mElVNuNxAKgk/s1600/DSCN0732.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcnwo36D3HIx3qTIvtQZ4PUVWXy0hXXx3x15k5Jat1xDjHCaLamrXTfOaYCKUFSwz8sJX_MiAE0XhHniYKY_ciywVz8g5edo-CccMEq4IXUPl3UN7WaiMmWdTBfIpgq8mElVNuNxAKgk/s400/DSCN0732.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605545812770837698" /></a>Cute family photo with the Jefferson Memorial in the background<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8StmyUcR44frnB6fE7TVTX9ONP1bqCpA0UYTYNqpHeKTaHbP64ynND-6SXXqCkHrZkcQIPrrdmqMLi1MLG4KtSvEnRHVpXJWtbHUPQH1vg1gcuZkeEeRQWUffyHh67dfMrOpchRYD1Cw/s1600/DSCN0736.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8StmyUcR44frnB6fE7TVTX9ONP1bqCpA0UYTYNqpHeKTaHbP64ynND-6SXXqCkHrZkcQIPrrdmqMLi1MLG4KtSvEnRHVpXJWtbHUPQH1vg1gcuZkeEeRQWUffyHh67dfMrOpchRYD1Cw/s400/DSCN0736.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605545812372203938" /></a>Afterwards we stopped at this place called "Ben's Chili Bowl". It was featured on the Food Network and is one of President Obama's favorite places to eat in DC. The staff is very friendly and there was a line all the way out the door!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmY5qNisEWnaPEF3-NOts751iqANdaHk6Jjle18d92XtZ79QMq3WhVihqWol3RVp7G5REXMAJi-z4OToFGkISwIlMJ96IKiiZiOdLJyn1nrwct3z2v91-XqHazm4ZuY5M6fv-mb4XLj5s/s1600/DSCN0737.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmY5qNisEWnaPEF3-NOts751iqANdaHk6Jjle18d92XtZ79QMq3WhVihqWol3RVp7G5REXMAJi-z4OToFGkISwIlMJ96IKiiZiOdLJyn1nrwct3z2v91-XqHazm4ZuY5M6fv-mb4XLj5s/s400/DSCN0737.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605543702460779522" /></a>Lincoln was amazed with the colors on this bear<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VAM03n9apx-p23kZRsLBK8DoKY_GetT5_9L2iKotiqbIkhiGxJ8DGYMX3e4x2yP_4lFqF70al2DqWUMQAfLU4xBsPLMp_YeNSbgFjiE9xmBpDGhoFPkZfFazhVdqdKn1PKq__Q_Q93E/s1600/DSCN0738.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VAM03n9apx-p23kZRsLBK8DoKY_GetT5_9L2iKotiqbIkhiGxJ8DGYMX3e4x2yP_4lFqF70al2DqWUMQAfLU4xBsPLMp_YeNSbgFjiE9xmBpDGhoFPkZfFazhVdqdKn1PKq__Q_Q93E/s400/DSCN0738.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605543698529894546" /></a>This was funny....the sign says,<br />"List of people who eat free at Ben's Chili Bowl:<br />BILL COSBY<br />THE OBAMA FAMILY<div>And no one else"<br /><br />There are pictures of famous people eating there all throughout the restaurant<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoni_RvhxXICkV1KdZDljTy2fyKSqWPeAlNlqIuZ-dcQNmH_LP5CFvK-4htUcN1K_Wp9NxNSeNAbC1pIWigQORSIr4pt_ViFagAGlwOmYOgbVAIxuRlEPswGxvFUeDfIW_q23pZHZ0qs/s1600/DSCN0739.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoni_RvhxXICkV1KdZDljTy2fyKSqWPeAlNlqIuZ-dcQNmH_LP5CFvK-4htUcN1K_Wp9NxNSeNAbC1pIWigQORSIr4pt_ViFagAGlwOmYOgbVAIxuRlEPswGxvFUeDfIW_q23pZHZ0qs/s400/DSCN0739.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605543699976941618" /></a>Lincoln's first time eating chili fries! :) He liked them<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjodIEthc5uqVHV0fwAtkLpP-eZ703yB7Id7Glsn2fDZXmnoR0PesBaRB0WbPbdTL5Znv-RzmrAwrTjPINQsUnFmNeGV2ZuH1ml7G3LFnO2ADVg_3qGZpxZpsIqvHLg60LliqWqM-YbQ/s1600/DSCN0740.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjodIEthc5uqVHV0fwAtkLpP-eZ703yB7Id7Glsn2fDZXmnoR0PesBaRB0WbPbdTL5Znv-RzmrAwrTjPINQsUnFmNeGV2ZuH1ml7G3LFnO2ADVg_3qGZpxZpsIqvHLg60LliqWqM-YbQ/s400/DSCN0740.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605543693574860146" /></a>The food was really good too! If you visit DC I would recommend stopping here.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY6MjJQEzYTcLEYXoZuzeXSmRmTu7sbzHEhyFOkoqtu-uEEoL4OAYIjP_irMNCl4YsJi6N_GSWLy5d6sh8nIqSlSlA4vw-s-z9xHAMaaWVI-8-DEfWoSUoEUrdKrjpYx69oB_e4_06Fc/s1600/DSCN0741.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY6MjJQEzYTcLEYXoZuzeXSmRmTu7sbzHEhyFOkoqtu-uEEoL4OAYIjP_irMNCl4YsJi6N_GSWLy5d6sh8nIqSlSlA4vw-s-z9xHAMaaWVI-8-DEfWoSUoEUrdKrjpYx69oB_e4_06Fc/s400/DSCN0741.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605543696291702578" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-89489553194248896472011-05-11T15:30:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:46.056-04:00Lincoln Laughing - 19 monthsThe other night Lincoln wouldn't go to bed and so I started tickling him. Sheridan had the camera and got some fun pictures.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWSZSu31sPCfF-DHz2uZgP3Ez16Z9y3BrXzVKiqs9rVy9P3ORDo8yBG0k4JNGVPu0bFH2u_v2CGme6JHKcac_0qwDsejFnyYuMYgWPjru3snGMEHtaqkVAlLHDNBxK4wQ-sdd8V0rVys/s1600/DSCN0779.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWSZSu31sPCfF-DHz2uZgP3Ez16Z9y3BrXzVKiqs9rVy9P3ORDo8yBG0k4JNGVPu0bFH2u_v2CGme6JHKcac_0qwDsejFnyYuMYgWPjru3snGMEHtaqkVAlLHDNBxK4wQ-sdd8V0rVys/s400/DSCN0779.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605543120038554402" /></a>I just LOVE those big chubby cheeks of his<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0B4u1Iv40b32Cy5DHWDmiL5wTjMnYSmxdn-PmGqCyHOe8KaZMCdyY5ddunIdsgIbuaHr9lpETfg7kHQXYGRexUSqv4XXkSAH7VeqjPgpeYS421Vb5rPjyTdR-ALetBNRqCKDwzLn-SWA/s1600/DSCN0778.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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I found this funny headband at Target and he got a kick out of wearing it. I know a lot of these photos all look the same, but I was loving his silly, energetic faces! :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjVD7cDQIAFGDQaO440qkqYVtkqVpmM4prqSKmFmuinGN1be0HSKKlCoXq821XrTI_heV5tC_J3TRbFbW44D9ylMfq5driwrFZLgT9WynBesUgAiQDMvf1lOIxiAPn1kbA9g1LOC68as/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+119.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjVD7cDQIAFGDQaO440qkqYVtkqVpmM4prqSKmFmuinGN1be0HSKKlCoXq821XrTI_heV5tC_J3TRbFbW44D9ylMfq5driwrFZLgT9WynBesUgAiQDMvf1lOIxiAPn1kbA9g1LOC68as/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605541613961467826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_V-vyVqWdh0msT17YQDu8eFWyhoDaQa6nrImJn7xhM727qdFD_SC44nu5_Bi5U7MXbFE7T0a4NPBivH_IXAyw_7bh5Wtlw3CpEoPTRbx1Ghyphenhyphen5IDJES-7lc-hwmraerMKkQPyDsLVNCqw/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+117.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0uhZg91clPhnKWjXDxaVVbhS6CpjGhsDdKIrfPzUq1yCEfdPllcoqSmKzcaqqKlhid3WrjZWCMP91wMDlsMHDOVQ2rp85bSdlI5n0Jm0ac2BazqcrvJV1ucV__bYPQMhG3LzQany7UU/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+112.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605541478014564818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKpSCHC7I0IU78d26-aYWRp2RARB66BAZx3jbCSPeUPmC33PnhcSsC1d1K4Mn6Zo7loq1xjetNwMAhmFDwsCZBgZC0i4k0ZXdAM7zFRcC4MpTPvcOhkMSwsBA2b3Xys3F-LekW5UGt2A/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+111.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKpSCHC7I0IU78d26-aYWRp2RARB66BAZx3jbCSPeUPmC33PnhcSsC1d1K4Mn6Zo7loq1xjetNwMAhmFDwsCZBgZC0i4k0ZXdAM7zFRcC4MpTPvcOhkMSwsBA2b3Xys3F-LekW5UGt2A/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+111.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605541468593367890" /></a>The weekend before we went to a St. Patrick's Day Parade in Alexandria, VA and met up with our friends Josh and Elizabeth. Lincoln had a great time, but it was a workout for mom and dad because he wanted to run, run, run everywhere (like usual). Here is a cute picture of Lincoln petting a dog that was there. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOkW2zwYkVwLfjdb9mQTEgbh4IEBJd24PogzIg8UGgmT3jTrwURnlzmZR7bMpc2ADnOUOJPJT-GpkuJNAv5-PHITaT8F-xUt0Dhyphenhyphendv7Sy3sYzU1wbWqkw0F9oV-WeFpXR07ZZFnsbIUA/s1600/0305111332.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOkW2zwYkVwLfjdb9mQTEgbh4IEBJd24PogzIg8UGgmT3jTrwURnlzmZR7bMpc2ADnOUOJPJT-GpkuJNAv5-PHITaT8F-xUt0Dhyphenhyphendv7Sy3sYzU1wbWqkw0F9oV-WeFpXR07ZZFnsbIUA/s400/0305111332.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605541470810762370" /></a>Some funny Darth Vader costumes in the parade<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbPPnJfoIrfM6bDRs-PPZQGTScMkNVignfelIDKYNYqOJiLlTho6uzlmRF5-HRKBzwgyy6Ni1WFFygtvTqFRqsveadP1SVRRe4YtgUX1_C2ISlEAZYRDyLn_1L9Ssde9I7s2v9AU2-0tE/s1600/0305111328.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbPPnJfoIrfM6bDRs-PPZQGTScMkNVignfelIDKYNYqOJiLlTho6uzlmRF5-HRKBzwgyy6Ni1WFFygtvTqFRqsveadP1SVRRe4YtgUX1_C2ISlEAZYRDyLn_1L9Ssde9I7s2v9AU2-0tE/s400/0305111328.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605541231100778658" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg677zipXGOKNwQTH510VfxugKHUchaRnB8h1WBQ773RqXRTibXQntVcQrPOH0sxmJEKFIH2E4E9Pdk1OMiADb7W3t4o9xPt7DPxwPjDGoYMQOMjfKeqoJTlJl6B0vLoX9obOKAkb-bRbfj/s1600/0305111323.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg677zipXGOKNwQTH510VfxugKHUchaRnB8h1WBQ773RqXRTibXQntVcQrPOH0sxmJEKFIH2E4E9Pdk1OMiADb7W3t4o9xPt7DPxwPjDGoYMQOMjfKeqoJTlJl6B0vLoX9obOKAkb-bRbfj/s400/0305111323.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605541140003157410" /></a>Lincoln playing with his "uncle" Josh<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrxswtTS467jZzynrWcglyU3JI-LrIOoqFf5p5XvrsULePfXSauLzNjNzg8PrGPA_XmoIamCUFrZ2qxQ2ZwI_UtPyVjrQthg3U0EyijGE6S8svneQ23i0r-7WDenSV15CkkZDVvaD4S_J/s1600/0305111322.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrxswtTS467jZzynrWcglyU3JI-LrIOoqFf5p5XvrsULePfXSauLzNjNzg8PrGPA_XmoIamCUFrZ2qxQ2ZwI_UtPyVjrQthg3U0EyijGE6S8svneQ23i0r-7WDenSV15CkkZDVvaD4S_J/s400/0305111322.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605541107553648962" /></a>Lincoln and Sheridan<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWebsr2oxFGmaGKfwVQkfId9Y8dnwYmv4BS1FolCMW7IJ3SpRYdwWKB4ccdNW5W3HFWhgrUH0UtwKjQRqhjwuyzs612XSmPftXc5EiKpiTrKnuRA3nhDLX4EGdA36lDjHzGFwbvQ6cdCT/s1600/0305111320a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWebsr2oxFGmaGKfwVQkfId9Y8dnwYmv4BS1FolCMW7IJ3SpRYdwWKB4ccdNW5W3HFWhgrUH0UtwKjQRqhjwuyzs612XSmPftXc5EiKpiTrKnuRA3nhDLX4EGdA36lDjHzGFwbvQ6cdCT/s400/0305111320a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605541083173470242" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw23NnHEqNOto3LZLXIpX17Rqj1dnE2AS5g8odx9nz1JQynfOH5gE6ckh9__lSS1jKOpfMyBnZanh4AinQba1NYOnco7T7d9JMzjRwd9TDbKH1ARezMB_85j3f0RT7o91ylSwXSfv-LrYi/s1600/0305111320.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw23NnHEqNOto3LZLXIpX17Rqj1dnE2AS5g8odx9nz1JQynfOH5gE6ckh9__lSS1jKOpfMyBnZanh4AinQba1NYOnco7T7d9JMzjRwd9TDbKH1ARezMB_85j3f0RT7o91ylSwXSfv-LrYi/s400/0305111320.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605540984547000178" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-25872757064079939072011-05-11T15:14:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:46.491-04:00Prosperity ParkWe had a few really nice 70 degree days back in February and so I took the boys to this park near our house and they loved it! It is about a 20 minute walk away from our house, but it is definitely worth it - the park has a lot of slides, baby swings, and of course, the woodchips that they love to get messy in! I watch a little boy (Parker) during the weekdays and he is 5 weeks younger than Lincoln.<br /><br />Lincoln was cracking me up in these photos. He had this huge park to play in, and instead, he was obsessed with picking up these little balls from the trees and sticking them through the holes. He did this for about 20 minutes straight!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09KTV5ojmMEkCQsRRqozOImnAEIZ_J8fSxHdsf0tStnK6kE02FEwmvZoL0cYG881VrkV0674LrCcRwro0NeBMPcs4zQrIfnMg2kz7iqf1dsgCXkSzrBciAMWp2cCcpQ-4LxlPk9VOzKWZ/s1600/Feb+2011+Park+033.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09KTV5ojmMEkCQsRRqozOImnAEIZ_J8fSxHdsf0tStnK6kE02FEwmvZoL0cYG881VrkV0674LrCcRwro0NeBMPcs4zQrIfnMg2kz7iqf1dsgCXkSzrBciAMWp2cCcpQ-4LxlPk9VOzKWZ/s400/Feb+2011+Park+033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605539865486200450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iNoP740p1AzNbFJqujIN4EjjDNVrjLDXi-XHjW5P0m6i7FNCc2R5dUZs3uzEtITv3ez87f2Yv-nGkR993ba6atdtCr6DU-DnrC2BWfKb6u0eqCbs6UeAu4v5m71e0B25frk94jarvWfi/s1600/Feb+2011+Park+034.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iNoP740p1AzNbFJqujIN4EjjDNVrjLDXi-XHjW5P0m6i7FNCc2R5dUZs3uzEtITv3ez87f2Yv-nGkR993ba6atdtCr6DU-DnrC2BWfKb6u0eqCbs6UeAu4v5m71e0B25frk94jarvWfi/s400/Feb+2011+Park+034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605539857471830610" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcaTD1DfcTjTHCqZkJ9UjQXlTCTOtsPEUU508j2laYAINqLbZaUrLl9bAmpZAZucSvEUchI7J-3gNNAQmQuwdlu-wfG_dLY6KWC6yUlLK2hcxffYDOmjlIJCSVTZeciIK5jXBeUf8XJ4E/s1600/Feb+2011+Park+035.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcaTD1DfcTjTHCqZkJ9UjQXlTCTOtsPEUU508j2laYAINqLbZaUrLl9bAmpZAZucSvEUchI7J-3gNNAQmQuwdlu-wfG_dLY6KWC6yUlLK2hcxffYDOmjlIJCSVTZeciIK5jXBeUf8XJ4E/s400/Feb+2011+Park+035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605539807224095986" /></a>I love this cute little Ed Hardy shirt that his great-aunt Allison got for him :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3-uTyWSuWbYMMNNqrPNfCeTVnRa3Lzfs8nrJVaVnefRJaPkyg9UJg2JojLrwdo91latrnbp7LCcaHhoHoXhxe1FDU91s2WjzA3M7tgcPozHLkJGei32OtiRxi4dMtv6uvCoUE-JFsd9s/s1600/Feb+2011+Park+038+-+Copy.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9Tqy4qN_1MM65LZ867LdEHFhb463HSTHvhQRPxTADXM-qyunYBmYaYIndADc7cRLoyWS_DASjZXYZIHtTCZvTAXmiC-wLx0kjXeQVYIsHRk3AeYZLngveZHi0YGUX_r3bGjBqGZ1spAc/s400/Feb+2011+Park+054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605538996585401026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DNPMN7w-Z2rRzu-46k8Hkr3Rxe0HfGzOzPtvB00C1cT4xvCO3ResplAKQlhnmBoJv1IBqHeCPCOr0XZMW6n9vdk5uNmwcSHRvPT-cMljwFRJ9wAknexX4aIoIuau4iHM-kMUx1luTN_d/s1600/Feb+2011+Park+056.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DNPMN7w-Z2rRzu-46k8Hkr3Rxe0HfGzOzPtvB00C1cT4xvCO3ResplAKQlhnmBoJv1IBqHeCPCOr0XZMW6n9vdk5uNmwcSHRvPT-cMljwFRJ9wAknexX4aIoIuau4iHM-kMUx1luTN_d/s400/Feb+2011+Park+056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605538989878475538" /></a>We played so hard the boys just totally passed out in the double stroller on the walk home!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHchS0c7_0CQYbiGV-RUHvBtbMH4gLWNa0P1jl38doY44YyYWCulKloFRsa4bbP4pVQTB7TdaXgbG6uQ80ZIVR1b12wrg8hnfLaOmLt-UguydUjJy2pHKq9vYE9dtZ6i8MIfvJPKujvBA0/s1600/Feb+2011+Park+057.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHchS0c7_0CQYbiGV-RUHvBtbMH4gLWNa0P1jl38doY44YyYWCulKloFRsa4bbP4pVQTB7TdaXgbG6uQ80ZIVR1b12wrg8hnfLaOmLt-UguydUjJy2pHKq9vYE9dtZ6i8MIfvJPKujvBA0/s400/Feb+2011+Park+057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605538988122396738" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-78329752085978578342011-05-11T15:07:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:46.128-04:00Clemyjontri ParkThis is such a cool park that is near our house! The park is called Clemyjontri Park. The park was donated by the Morton Family....here is what the F<a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/clemyjontri/">airfax County Website</a> says about how the funds for the park were donated:<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Clemyjontri Park is an oasis, preserved in perpetuity for everyone to enjoy. The park is the dream of our benefactor Mrs. Adele Lebowitz, who envisioned this playground and park and generously donated this 18-acre property.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b>The Lebowitz Family</b></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Mr. Lebowitz started Morton’s Department Stores in 1935 in Washington DC and ran those stores for more than 50 years. In the 1930’s and 40’s, two decades before the civil rights movement, the specter of segregation was very much a part of the Washington landscape. However, Mr. Lebowitz refused to conform to the racial practices of the day and was one of the first to fully integrate his stores for customers and staff alike.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">A very modest man, he was driven by a sense of fair play and justice. He joined the NAACP in 1942 and the Urban League in 1952, for which he served as President. As a civic leader, Mr. Lebowitz worked untiringly to improve the economic standard of the citizens of Washington DC.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">And on the lighter side, Morton’s was the first sponsor of a local kids TV show—the Pick Temple Show—in the 1950’s. Many local children had the opportunity to be on television through this program featuring Piccolo Pony and a clown named Bozo. That clown went on to great things and has brought joy to many people. His name is Willard Scott.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b>The Clemyjontri Name</b></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">The name CLEMYJONTRI is derived from the donor’s four children: Carolyn (CL), Emily (EMY), John (Jon), and Petrina (Tri).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here are some photos from the park when Sheridan and I took Lincoln back in February...the ground is made of the bouncy/soft material so if they kids fall they don't hurt themselves as bad</span></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd-DWO5HFM9l-rucrCh2eK12-8iw4MzrcUcwNaLYsPxYiAnNtxAl5-uufxMwC-sF503DeWBIn3XRRSvqlRdWB3nYbN9-ygj-wUkfF1ZvtiP71Aa-Fhe_VQ4F2W6-tsfk3_eQCWPmOD5mn/s1600/Clymonjontri+Park2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd-DWO5HFM9l-rucrCh2eK12-8iw4MzrcUcwNaLYsPxYiAnNtxAl5-uufxMwC-sF503DeWBIn3XRRSvqlRdWB3nYbN9-ygj-wUkfF1ZvtiP71Aa-Fhe_VQ4F2W6-tsfk3_eQCWPmOD5mn/s400/Clymonjontri+Park2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605537381528493762" /></a>Lincoln absolutely LOVED it!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS6Ipys4GTuvzM1pT-1gqqmiEl8kyoEUYHDcdaFrGSzaP30Ro90I3mTjePAcsklilWJXJ7878XRBAIaAZHyzEHWk9LIeclek2KdBDI8HHX4Z8eaJGxTqtaJuFn072wHhaJBhLqce7vYE-/s1600/Clymonjontri+Park3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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I have a long recap of the race here, but if you don't feel like reading all of this you can just scroll down to the bottom and check out the pictures (but, come on, you KNOW you want to read it....) :)<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Around Christmas time I was getting annoyed with myself because I wasn’t consistently training.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I would work out for a week or two, then stop working out for a few days, then work out for a week or so.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I realized that I would probably be more consistent with my training (and my weight loss goals) if I actually had something to train for.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I have wanted to run another marathon for a while now, so I figured, “what the heck….why not train for another marathon?”.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I decided to run the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach, VA on March 20<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The reviews of the course were really good, and Virginia Beach is a place I had never been before and thought it would be a fun little mini-vacation for our little family to take.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p>I really hadn’t been doing a ton of running, so I decided to start working my way back slowly.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>After a few weeks of shorter runs, the first long run I did was a 90 minute long run.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It was rough.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I was only doing about 10 minute miles and came home afterwards and slept the rest of the day!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I decided to add 10-minutes a week until I was right around 2 hours 40 minutes and then do a few 3-hour runs in there.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Anyways…this isn’t going to be a long post about my training but the main point is that I was diligent and consistent with my training and was able to work my way back into shape (I have another post that you can read <a href="http://nshodson.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-race-in-two-years.html">HERE </a>about the half marathon I ran a few weeks ago).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I ran a lot of treadmill miles while my 1-year old son was in the daycare at the gym I belong to in order to get my daily run in.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p>So, fast forward to race weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>My brother Rich flew in to run the race with me.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Sheridan and I drove down Saturday morning, picked Rich up from the airport, and headed to the race expo.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This was an awesome expo!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We picked up our race shirts and then walked around a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They had all kinds of booths with discounted running gear, other races looking for runners, free food samples, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I purchased a $120 pair of running shoes for $60!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Rich and I also picked up some running sleeves for the race the following day.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We were planning to meet this running group that I am going to start training with (<a href="http://www.capitalarearunners.com/">Capital Area Runners</a>) for dinner and still had some time to kill and so we drove the race course (most of it at least – part of the course went through a military base and they wouldn’t let us drive through).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The course was super flat!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We were starting to get excited.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />We met with some of the Capital Area Runners for a nice Italian dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We had Lincoln with us, and I was a bit nervous because you never know how a one-year old will do in a restaurant.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The restaurant was packed with other runners, and so it took over an hour for our food to come out, but Lincoln was actually really good!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We brought some snack foods for him, and the restaurant gave him some crayons.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It was really nice to talk with some of the other runners and get to know them better.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />After dinner we checked into our hotel – the very classy Motel 6.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We decided to rent two rooms so that way if Lincoln was up all night Rich and I could still get some good sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The hotel had recently been renovated and was actually really nice.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Rich and I had been hydrating really well all day (well actually, we had been making an effort all week to make sure we were hydrating well) with pedialyte and water.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We got our racing clothes ready for the next day, and after a little incident with Lincoln ripping off his bad diaper in the hotel room, we made it to bed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />The race started at 8am so Rich and I got up at 5am, did a quick 5 min “shake-out” run, and then headed next door to McDonalds.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We each ordered three oatmeals and I had some coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Many of you are probably thinking, “three oatmeals!!!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>That is a lot!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And, yes it is a lot, but I also knew I was going to burn 2,500+ calories in the race and I needed lots of fuel!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>At McDonald’s they had these awesome touch-screens where you could play games for free!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Rich and I rocked the games and set a bunch of high scores <span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">After breakfast we headed back to the hotel, packed everything up, and headed to the race.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The temperature wasn’t too bad (about 50’s) but it was windy!!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Especially as we got closer to the start line and beach.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Parking was tough so Sheridan dropped Rich and me off while he went and parked.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Rich and I did about a five minute warmup and a few drills, then waited in the looooong and cold line for the port-a-johns.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We started to head to the start of the race (8am) and as we got there they announced that the start had been pushed back to 8:30am.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We snuck into a hotel lobby for the next twenty minutes to try to get some cover from the wind.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Finally the race was about to start.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We knew going into the race that we wanted to have a “slow start/fast finish” approach to the race.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>My new running coach, <a href="http://www.capitalarearunners.com/training/coach.html">George Buckheit</a>, gave some great insight to this method,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>“A lot of runners use the tactic of trying to "put time in the bank" by going out at faster than their target pace so that they will have some cushion when they inevitably slow down later in the race. The only thing that is correct about such an approach is that if you go out faster than your target pace, you WILL definitely slow down later in the race. Going out too fast, especially in a marathon, is a mistake from which you cannot possibly recover. Starting out too fast will leave you drowning in lactic acid and your rate of deceleration will be constant and dramatic in the latter stages of the race. On the flip side of the coin, there is no such thing as going out too slow in a long race like a half marathon or marathon. If you start out slower than your target pace, so what? You've got a long race ahead of you and you'll have plenty of time (and energy) to make up any lost time as the race progresses. It's far better to give away 10-20 seconds per mile in the first few miles of a long race in exchange for the extra energy you'll have later in the race (as well as the psychological advantage of blowing past all of the runners who made the mistake of starting too quickly), than it is to be 10-20 seconds per mile ahead of your target pace early in the race, only to be forced to give back multiple minutes per mile when you blow up later in the race.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />Very valuable advice that I did not follow very well in my race!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>My mile splits were all over the place!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I think this did have something to do with the wind.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>At the beginning Rich and I were running together and we would switch every mile so that<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>one of us was drafting off the other.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>After about mile 8 though we decided to just draft off of other people who were running. Here were my splits:<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:52<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:28<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:29<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>7:54<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:14<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:30<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>7:47<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:00<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>7:27<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>7:56<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:01<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>7:59<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:06<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">14.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>7:59<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">15.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:12<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">16.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:13<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">17.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:19<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">18.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:34<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">19.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:39<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">20.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:37<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">21.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:37<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">22.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:44<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">23.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:54<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">24.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:54<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">25.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:35<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">26.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>8:27<br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">27.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>2:05<br /><br />We started off with the 3:50 pace group and it felt so slow! I was so glad I was running with Rich because he kept reminding me to slow down and pace myself. It is so hard (but so important) to start off slow in these long races because you have so much adrenaline going! During Mile 9 we ran through the navy base Camp Pendleton. This was probably the single greatest experience I have EVER had during a race. Every serviceman came out dressed in uniform and lined the streets throughout the navy base. Because we had our names on our bib numbers they were cheering for us, congratulating us, and using our names to tell us what a great job we were doing. Seriously I felt like I was winning the New York City Marathon or something!! I accidentally ran that mile wayyy too fast because I had so much adrenaline pumping from the support of the troops.<br /><br />I felt really good until I got to about Mile 14, and that is when the race started to feel "taxing". I kept repeating to myself, "your body can do anything your mind believes is possible" over and over and over. It was really helpful that they had water stations so often throughout the course. I was taking Blok Shots continually throughout the race which also really helped (I recently discovered that "Gu Packets" tend to upset my stomach and am really happy that I switched to the Blok Shots). Around mile 18 Rich and I split up and that is when the race really got hard. We were running a stretch of the course that had very few spectators, and we were also running straight into the wind. I kept trying to find big, tall guys to draft behind because the wind was really strong. I remember at one point thinking to myself that I wanted to slow down, but then telling myself, "Well, even if you slow down you probably are going to exert just as much energy by breaking the wind yourself than if you keep this faster pace and draft off this big guy in front of you". Mentally, miles 18, 19 and 20 were the hardest. <br /><br />Once I got to mile 21, however, I had a newfound hope. I looked at my watch and realized that I was at 2:55. This meant that I had 5 miles left, and 45 minutes left to qualify for Boston. I quickly did the math and realized that even if I only ran 9 minute miles (which I knew I wouldn't go that slow) for the remaining 5 miles I would still qualify! This was a wonderful revelation to me! Instead of dreading how far I had left, I knew that I had an attainable goal. It wasn't until mile 23 that I realized when I was doing my calculations I forgot about the .2 miles at the end of the race! I tried to pick up the pace to compensate for that because my mind was so loopy at this point there was no way I could do the calculations to figure out exactly how fast I needed to pick it up.<br /><br />The last few miles were hard and my body was really tired, but this is the first marathon where I never really went "crazy" during the race or "hit the wall". My times did slow down at the end, and I think with better training and better race plan execution that could be fixed. But, mentally I was really tough and I am really proud of myself for that. The last .2 miles were on a Boardwalk completely lined with people cheering my name. It was awesome and, like the first marathon I ran, I crossed the finish line and burst into tears. I had finished in 3:38:28 and qualified for the Boston Marathon!! Just a month before my goal was only to run a 4 hour marathon and I was so proud of myself for achieving the goal of qualifying for Boston!<br /><br />Afterwards my body went into shock a little bit (it was really, really cold) and I ended up in the medical tent briefly to get warmed up. But, after I walked a little and got some warm clothes on I was much better. Sheridan was so sweet. I was sooo cold, but could also barely move after the race, so he literally took off my wet shirt and put on about 4 dry shirts/sweathshirts on top, and he sat my down and helped me put on 3 pairs of pants to warm up.<br /><br />I am really proud of how I did in this race! I am now training with an awesome running group called the <a href="http://www.capitalarearunners.com/">Capital Area Runners</a> and am excited to run a few shorter distance races this summer and then another marathon in the fall (either Marine Corps Marathon or the Richmond Marathon) where I can hopefully break my marathon PR of 3:24:41. I told Sheridan that we are going to have to plan our next baby around my marathon schedule! lol. Boston is next April (2012) so I am incredibly excited to run that race.<br /><br />I hope you have enjoyed this recap and these pictures! </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C1A6LcAHRfyDm1c66fgVx_-W-nvyPJAJ5nturWQU0eQTtOkXuniPExfo0M3Rm8ZMXESxo8nYBXqFw1mepr_S9jcZjvfs3zO-gH0Kbo0PlL2BhetXI75vFhHTv12an2wqigFZpLiaS_TP/s1600/marathon.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C1A6LcAHRfyDm1c66fgVx_-W-nvyPJAJ5nturWQU0eQTtOkXuniPExfo0M3Rm8ZMXESxo8nYBXqFw1mepr_S9jcZjvfs3zO-gH0Kbo0PlL2BhetXI75vFhHTv12an2wqigFZpLiaS_TP/s400/marathon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605485542555908754" /></a>Running the boardwalk at the end of the race (last .2 miles)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaY1_XrYvcMfVcmCU3Sbvjqvv6jUPMNcobxTevhw0H1UWpnf4LeE0FBU28LNuRIRkWxP4ELiL0hAgQEhXgspiwaduqdNeQc7RpcA5gGem5c62x3mnDccBSB_QAg0Q-p0RhtaHQs-TgxBIB/s1600/marathon2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 383px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaY1_XrYvcMfVcmCU3Sbvjqvv6jUPMNcobxTevhw0H1UWpnf4LeE0FBU28LNuRIRkWxP4ELiL0hAgQEhXgspiwaduqdNeQc7RpcA5gGem5c62x3mnDccBSB_QAg0Q-p0RhtaHQs-TgxBIB/s400/marathon2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605485541034266434" /></a>Tearing up as I crossed the finish line<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ERzO2XxuHmiDt_E7yGasVt6NyWBTZSM3ywSHcDC7FEloBcOzvBDmSVFEpYjkR6LjBrfoMGWDi6SVf0nd6y85hs6kr7B0OjKPru2BugGd4jetcC6Ofj-KrC2wcC5eLmYNv_JLdnYTVgD7/s1600/marathon3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ERzO2XxuHmiDt_E7yGasVt6NyWBTZSM3ywSHcDC7FEloBcOzvBDmSVFEpYjkR6LjBrfoMGWDi6SVf0nd6y85hs6kr7B0OjKPru2BugGd4jetcC6Ofj-KrC2wcC5eLmYNv_JLdnYTVgD7/s400/marathon3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605485461539658226" /></a>During the race<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvOxZ44hBfWsJjnkUIQIIw2Rli-WJFkUeDUpQer-BVYpk-MbW9bTpniwk4usQU83MeqWTjYrFERGYlmWjCYJ2skVeYBBzW5ZIDYhccrEZOKeC_RUwZJSpcPdgEYXLU02QscOf7Zat4hkK/s1600/marathon4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 383px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvOxZ44hBfWsJjnkUIQIIw2Rli-WJFkUeDUpQer-BVYpk-MbW9bTpniwk4usQU83MeqWTjYrFERGYlmWjCYJ2skVeYBBzW5ZIDYhccrEZOKeC_RUwZJSpcPdgEYXLU02QscOf7Zat4hkK/s400/marathon4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605485465640333730" /></a>During the race...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4adXuekNuXufvo2APXxFdqWxXPcB_uMF_2KzmS_U1M5Ob5-5GA08WWRksYGVcRlEh1IJ0FpyzTs2dVPUprYzLxE0R9_bDsIFS45-x0L3dSPuzJfBaHDPyQeWzNiUeeUaNogEmOTyNQAQy/s1600/marathon5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4adXuekNuXufvo2APXxFdqWxXPcB_uMF_2KzmS_U1M5Ob5-5GA08WWRksYGVcRlEh1IJ0FpyzTs2dVPUprYzLxE0R9_bDsIFS45-x0L3dSPuzJfBaHDPyQeWzNiUeeUaNogEmOTyNQAQy/s400/marathon5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605485456565787170" /></a>Rich crossing the finish line - love the stance!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYChYeOUcAAwVLaF1oZ6Emtl1z02h1arJnK4IEaRsg4mdyqjpjIGo72P6_Cd2LyE6jmlMyRKd8LCyRZWtwCymFp1uP5vRrVTgqSnhT8z1VjZQHIBp2xLUYnZSGIyKsR5BIs8ifF-GMO8HL/s1600/marathon6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 377px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYChYeOUcAAwVLaF1oZ6Emtl1z02h1arJnK4IEaRsg4mdyqjpjIGo72P6_Cd2LyE6jmlMyRKd8LCyRZWtwCymFp1uP5vRrVTgqSnhT8z1VjZQHIBp2xLUYnZSGIyKsR5BIs8ifF-GMO8HL/s400/marathon6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605485449448697618" /></a>Rich during the race...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TbKA12Z-YcYaEUa_g40OSxYiDBdyifKPGMtaC0onQzMxHnCLrPZqFexflRAbvwSfr1u0rPUhCwqNVzwV9_Gzstwaeuo6BwXgCQn417VDtrvoUWs2pubXRiOc2DcKj3GYXNId7QYcKscK/s1600/marathon7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 383px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TbKA12Z-YcYaEUa_g40OSxYiDBdyifKPGMtaC0onQzMxHnCLrPZqFexflRAbvwSfr1u0rPUhCwqNVzwV9_Gzstwaeuo6BwXgCQn417VDtrvoUWs2pubXRiOc2DcKj3GYXNId7QYcKscK/s400/marathon7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605485448688767106" /></a>Rich during the race....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSR6rGnPY1EK4LByYhD_K0IQf4sajmGhmoxZN7-oy7G1KsOp5-pujZFsE7U1xDOkt2A1oI-JuJn5TZLnPFxQ6TzLrKhTXKdmWIj6cgnk8rZwcuLjg8ZHcw065fNbGrXSkW9FG5DHo4frt6/s1600/marathon8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GBe2nWH4UrQDxBdYe9EpCxmZYU3CKwCFqtaaj0kgYnqnT-5sJJk7Gdca1-MDBrtgsaRDuW_A19g1aiV1V1KE-2122dohHvl0YoGIsgmps7gb_X0DIM9mRZo0CRzd0R7CNwNu1SC2hc61/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484775731094562" /></a>We set a bunch of high scores for these games! What a great idea! This would bring me to McDonald's more often if we had them here :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwroMfYy5pIwCEM1kF68XzhRyIIPi8q4fi2frTZUhbR9sNwQf4eiRLyrFHAnQ_cme6JnSACEb-7kctTAxoDtRtG5HP_ZU7yU9S__c67-DafCL3RexqI-VRiylw7q_Wr5gCXufXsCKdz7ee/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+149.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwroMfYy5pIwCEM1kF68XzhRyIIPi8q4fi2frTZUhbR9sNwQf4eiRLyrFHAnQ_cme6JnSACEb-7kctTAxoDtRtG5HP_ZU7yU9S__c67-DafCL3RexqI-VRiylw7q_Wr5gCXufXsCKdz7ee/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484607868266354" /></a>In the morning headed to the race....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5k18qkDV4et-aeWzYZyr7aFm2C-Q_ubzEH886czjYNjyOnMij1MbEChhHEX6ipGpasc31FCM2DWglfDa9GyY-QZD5-laihrKBV_FobbDc12zfIvXf3rzUC82HP6R1yETMlHJQY-JZRvOL/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+150.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5k18qkDV4et-aeWzYZyr7aFm2C-Q_ubzEH886czjYNjyOnMij1MbEChhHEX6ipGpasc31FCM2DWglfDa9GyY-QZD5-laihrKBV_FobbDc12zfIvXf3rzUC82HP6R1yETMlHJQY-JZRvOL/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+150.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484603456759314" /></a>Headed to the race...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTWqWDqY2dT3ffAKEqjzZru1_oT4kuuau9LSEAWPUHQFWkpjiL3aWUnfFq_ElyqZpPwaZD3cg4NMuRyWgmDzK6CiZWeLZ4ALiIj_Bx6hGnsWoNbFKpQjHPGKRlYZrL5lAIdily4vydEvC/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+151.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTWqWDqY2dT3ffAKEqjzZru1_oT4kuuau9LSEAWPUHQFWkpjiL3aWUnfFq_ElyqZpPwaZD3cg4NMuRyWgmDzK6CiZWeLZ4ALiIj_Bx6hGnsWoNbFKpQjHPGKRlYZrL5lAIdily4vydEvC/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484603842043074" /></a>Some of the boats that were docked near the course....Sheridan was bored while he was waiting for us during the race and snapped a few pictures<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v1ITxSr9AY6FBfVhyphenhyphenNj14rckhQv56LvwWsVBi96R4dzEBeSzvqqKvwGFG0vXETaWTLpc2e1YUw0aex0GOdCFTzMD7kpOUyUtI4SlHIPJdVQOx4NpILHdUkD_dlT_MadCjeXKz5vJIJx3/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+152.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v1ITxSr9AY6FBfVhyphenhyphenNj14rckhQv56LvwWsVBi96R4dzEBeSzvqqKvwGFG0vXETaWTLpc2e1YUw0aex0GOdCFTzMD7kpOUyUtI4SlHIPJdVQOx4NpILHdUkD_dlT_MadCjeXKz5vJIJx3/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484601113272978" /></a>We didn't pack enough warm clothes for Lincoln and so Sheridan bundled him up with things he found in the back of the car. He kept trying to grab these fruit snacks but was having a hard time! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurpEowFe4oKqmiJqDi0L55KPlfIW3NCzhW5rFk2-oEiAcEYm2IgSmg_LE3bsuJj3BaY68penG8WDDYbkdVTgzUOoFaPE1diDuzcYRaQdH9OFKij55_pqqmav0spupyPQOKlnjK_j2Ad6V/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+154.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurpEowFe4oKqmiJqDi0L55KPlfIW3NCzhW5rFk2-oEiAcEYm2IgSmg_LE3bsuJj3BaY68penG8WDDYbkdVTgzUOoFaPE1diDuzcYRaQdH9OFKij55_pqqmav0spupyPQOKlnjK_j2Ad6V/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484601716576978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwD8_ljafBmMhcFJ464bEhTmed_O-rY8xJ7W4NPh7sVnbKSAEhPQExnC0eASmHjla3-2xd_LdLiRl6egzpMP2IO4PnsgIVXACUsFshzeeRByTb0_FNEbPl2bmQwNDosv-WQir0BeM1XDK/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+155.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwD8_ljafBmMhcFJ464bEhTmed_O-rY8xJ7W4NPh7sVnbKSAEhPQExnC0eASmHjla3-2xd_LdLiRl6egzpMP2IO4PnsgIVXACUsFshzeeRByTb0_FNEbPl2bmQwNDosv-WQir0BeM1XDK/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484392179538786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdrXRjPd_fI-cHtXkqWN3agyRB5D9eXHG3Dn5lODxMLhd4FEXZmZ-4pEszfWEerGMmUNTIfhj2ks2k1NgbcrXipgwwpDPkyKLiGZ6N_o1zoMiepfjLG7PV-ZArPeUQR2skAPo52v14F-2/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+156.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdrXRjPd_fI-cHtXkqWN3agyRB5D9eXHG3Dn5lODxMLhd4FEXZmZ-4pEszfWEerGMmUNTIfhj2ks2k1NgbcrXipgwwpDPkyKLiGZ6N_o1zoMiepfjLG7PV-ZArPeUQR2skAPo52v14F-2/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+156.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484392312918162" /></a>I think this was at about mile 3 or 4....you can see my hand in the corner :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini6cNxR6Jfy5OlX7hOhR37VO7k78KP3qIalNNskbhNeC18bEt7uv6LZ9qsl_wYPYtlDgmrlB7qUZCOhyXyJ31O4HqjJe598qsIajJrgm8WmzUOXCpXMXyb0PiRACG05oBFi0Q779dbeoX/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+186.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini6cNxR6Jfy5OlX7hOhR37VO7k78KP3qIalNNskbhNeC18bEt7uv6LZ9qsl_wYPYtlDgmrlB7qUZCOhyXyJ31O4HqjJe598qsIajJrgm8WmzUOXCpXMXyb0PiRACG05oBFi0Q779dbeoX/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+186.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484389411954322" /></a>Mile 3 or 4<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sTCeBL94Z9dYNRryOzwycmJQA6InpKm_MaldyAlAZI9QBNMzNhC8zmffkCQBu1S0uyPhwRBVCIoi_fkXJD_DHTMeA7whwxLFgfuj3bBdeZwxXnrUFXzTNTtOSWZzOBk10elarjS8DzPK/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+187.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sTCeBL94Z9dYNRryOzwycmJQA6InpKm_MaldyAlAZI9QBNMzNhC8zmffkCQBu1S0uyPhwRBVCIoi_fkXJD_DHTMeA7whwxLFgfuj3bBdeZwxXnrUFXzTNTtOSWZzOBk10elarjS8DzPK/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484392035630226" /></a>Pretty course but because we were on the water it was SO windy!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCarGFIsRx6mt6Vngz44qNg3EnRccn5UJcTOGFLHEyAS9dDsR9S5Ei5hvsiPrPaIFStYNKGiPbotWuUud9_eMUDUNOJGAkraEAOmxRimVldvQAMe1FPXwP9boUqxNWJGcG6F6m1V-DTlZ/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+191.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCarGFIsRx6mt6Vngz44qNg3EnRccn5UJcTOGFLHEyAS9dDsR9S5Ei5hvsiPrPaIFStYNKGiPbotWuUud9_eMUDUNOJGAkraEAOmxRimVldvQAMe1FPXwP9boUqxNWJGcG6F6m1V-DTlZ/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+191.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605484386352779074" /></a>Mile 11 I think<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhG5UfiNrYRJhyCOw1KkTxUSOV-J-VGruI2v6ATMN7mKswXtYZ-X2XiFvNUqLDQQjHg2Z7AlbCPsmf-g_ZpGGT6FfZKA5j1_9GvWI32nRh6mgiHX28tNAwntbsFDyn5RlRyAWY21Glv6d/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+201.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhG5UfiNrYRJhyCOw1KkTxUSOV-J-VGruI2v6ATMN7mKswXtYZ-X2XiFvNUqLDQQjHg2Z7AlbCPsmf-g_ZpGGT6FfZKA5j1_9GvWI32nRh6mgiHX28tNAwntbsFDyn5RlRyAWY21Glv6d/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+201.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605461228260752082" /></a>Around Mile 11<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcP7isCeXIXTILaZ-q-M_88PUSdk840NIwMfkvygpemz1NKEyGmZ0LhAumY-x9Hy0BqXcsFisnx5j4i-lSiVsA_xRqVzVtr3gzN_x887S1dNOyFqDaetsMHaR_RXAOFs3xsG2JZRqPKN5/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+202.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcP7isCeXIXTILaZ-q-M_88PUSdk840NIwMfkvygpemz1NKEyGmZ0LhAumY-x9Hy0BqXcsFisnx5j4i-lSiVsA_xRqVzVtr3gzN_x887S1dNOyFqDaetsMHaR_RXAOFs3xsG2JZRqPKN5/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+202.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605461210023793186" /></a>Around Mile 11<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE41-MPGT14pQwi-q8kR75FDrE5dEFOlOrW7mxg7bP1NRRB7KEj9gsxKrSXeBNdEGn-IVDU1NaKNmjfVzehcHbp6QJV7HMWUatj1gFtaOn8wlOmqcZQuiU3ajZNZXeEfG0MfBqt9QXqDBw/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+203.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE41-MPGT14pQwi-q8kR75FDrE5dEFOlOrW7mxg7bP1NRRB7KEj9gsxKrSXeBNdEGn-IVDU1NaKNmjfVzehcHbp6QJV7HMWUatj1gFtaOn8wlOmqcZQuiU3ajZNZXeEfG0MfBqt9QXqDBw/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+203.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605461195745540962" /></a>Lincoln and dad hanging out for a while until they had a chance to see us again</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ezZ6BQD9V2x5ZfVR4iVT5tb8xrXBiy2OfsLM9LvZLqgX9bwcwCvqciX9fFcOoJQWBKIHuaBwat-uilWr29sh60hyAk6WVtv09gsadMQKPVMBWUH5Lt1AMu_0YuhwCL0Ip0-x92Ur8QZt/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+205.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ezZ6BQD9V2x5ZfVR4iVT5tb8xrXBiy2OfsLM9LvZLqgX9bwcwCvqciX9fFcOoJQWBKIHuaBwat-uilWr29sh60hyAk6WVtv09gsadMQKPVMBWUH5Lt1AMu_0YuhwCL0Ip0-x92Ur8QZt/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605461189194673138" /></a>Sheridan thought these girls were funny. They were handing out candy to the runners!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9cU3v6FA1KtXMhP8OgRs1K4EZhIUvhizdMwXP_9AdXx7CEPUxr_2kSOLOxqU-NXqmGq-aRJvaTgAHr-qrd7NzgS40sj1PZMNZYWv56NL1ba_XhQev52oXouHWj2l30InZtqPzZHPJWnn/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+206.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9cU3v6FA1KtXMhP8OgRs1K4EZhIUvhizdMwXP_9AdXx7CEPUxr_2kSOLOxqU-NXqmGq-aRJvaTgAHr-qrd7NzgS40sj1PZMNZYWv56NL1ba_XhQev52oXouHWj2l30InZtqPzZHPJWnn/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+206.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605461174167966514" /></a>Mile 23ish<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99TzxoSGesRhZdCAVNMHf-9j7c486qXQfU9EdXopT6J25hUXyfc2RpIgH7SB7zQR7zjNOeJ-xKUOgwns6hZfPmhrpfAkEv0MqHCvvQF-jp-i50ZW-9iU03QrIrE85rUePOzfOHuc24m0X/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+207.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99TzxoSGesRhZdCAVNMHf-9j7c486qXQfU9EdXopT6J25hUXyfc2RpIgH7SB7zQR7zjNOeJ-xKUOgwns6hZfPmhrpfAkEv0MqHCvvQF-jp-i50ZW-9iU03QrIrE85rUePOzfOHuc24m0X/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460950739166818" /></a>You can see me in the left hand side of this pic....judging by everyone's faces no one is feeling very good right now!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9oNebdTdPnHnCTG69SEbz7UKiacSfYVmMBONGZr-TGUYuopJ7UEeGC9bNCSM_dQDZ3B0c8qyXPXT9G0nDxo7aFdmCi6Yh3IKVcLoU-zFSBikCvkodLeq2irW8MomcRuYVFFkiVECDl_5/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+208.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9oNebdTdPnHnCTG69SEbz7UKiacSfYVmMBONGZr-TGUYuopJ7UEeGC9bNCSM_dQDZ3B0c8qyXPXT9G0nDxo7aFdmCi6Yh3IKVcLoU-zFSBikCvkodLeq2irW8MomcRuYVFFkiVECDl_5/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+208.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460942982128786" /></a>People were ditching their clothes left and right<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl55GFv9bIYM64eqR6vRvgC2g08OQj4NFWn4JCGD5z_zyGj8zYyozk9vQ4F69MlHgYMUxV49fUCAIFT2JkxuWh8CzDVC0cJMv7_t7Cr4Yb1t7JP4jYUQKjOLXGWktVlU6Q6Gstb_RYokM/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+209.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl55GFv9bIYM64eqR6vRvgC2g08OQj4NFWn4JCGD5z_zyGj8zYyozk9vQ4F69MlHgYMUxV49fUCAIFT2JkxuWh8CzDVC0cJMv7_t7Cr4Yb1t7JP4jYUQKjOLXGWktVlU6Q6Gstb_RYokM/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+209.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460945659738114" /></a><br />Mile 23ish<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYYYmhsCfevZJ4CBtUPh4iBghs4Kle9w7FwY3LFtpMlIcbrxGEiWAxban_dDofjx9QcZ8wAQUYkw0zlot-oKm_tRqD4K1wrHPJLb5L0CSeJitqpb1iIqyd18V6DDWX5ni9uhdefebqN1w/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+210.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYYYmhsCfevZJ4CBtUPh4iBghs4Kle9w7FwY3LFtpMlIcbrxGEiWAxban_dDofjx9QcZ8wAQUYkw0zlot-oKm_tRqD4K1wrHPJLb5L0CSeJitqpb1iIqyd18V6DDWX5ni9uhdefebqN1w/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+210.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460939882942850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkht1XT3FxC1sQD4C86KNAfkV5y1HLRD6p_0MQ5B75hyphenhyphentdQediFslV3CHpMp_ZKXpYiNeIb0CeHpDd5NNsswsVbW-IqL8OkDhygYPuZ-p-I8joXDIbjgCnahM4i3DsKi4xxK2wORoFx5io/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+190.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkht1XT3FxC1sQD4C86KNAfkV5y1HLRD6p_0MQ5B75hyphenhyphentdQediFslV3CHpMp_ZKXpYiNeIb0CeHpDd5NNsswsVbW-IqL8OkDhygYPuZ-p-I8joXDIbjgCnahM4i3DsKi4xxK2wORoFx5io/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+190.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460047010942290" /></a>Mile 23ish<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JD465qH73xS8HNVwray_P98xwh7eQcE35nWlIxJTBZvOIGxHxAMjp3oIWnniVhDpZDLNlLTqGjF18_UvRS6bFwJn1FmR9ZGMfXFPhceQSuVW80W84QUQsDdfXyTaMKcr6XrG3asIrT7i/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+211.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JD465qH73xS8HNVwray_P98xwh7eQcE35nWlIxJTBZvOIGxHxAMjp3oIWnniVhDpZDLNlLTqGjF18_UvRS6bFwJn1FmR9ZGMfXFPhceQSuVW80W84QUQsDdfXyTaMKcr6XrG3asIrT7i/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+211.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460043308504018" /></a>Rich at about mile 23ish<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5zPk_OG9yQKtAPhsQSegZ_aRvVM0a3Sj4trnPMyvT8o-wb-X89xpCgj276L_rOCP0_c29vmgMR-XiZGobF_21Io1X7vXMITK6oE2A7fatTdrZHvuu27ISqIbMaZ2OuZPb6BADeO__PT0/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+212.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5zPk_OG9yQKtAPhsQSegZ_aRvVM0a3Sj4trnPMyvT8o-wb-X89xpCgj276L_rOCP0_c29vmgMR-XiZGobF_21Io1X7vXMITK6oE2A7fatTdrZHvuu27ISqIbMaZ2OuZPb6BADeO__PT0/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460039151333234" /></a>After the race...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OXG0t8Eq01y8Q7ZHuzHvHYxtKvddKE693q6W1PaeK0MokjIq7zPkeA_3L729ZvCOSFuH8-m0b-pFqoFOgp5vLZ7fj-cEf9_gtj85UUQRDkcgE9a4cuP8-cAIV5p0gyq_thSOzDd0gPlJ/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+214.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OXG0t8Eq01y8Q7ZHuzHvHYxtKvddKE693q6W1PaeK0MokjIq7zPkeA_3L729ZvCOSFuH8-m0b-pFqoFOgp5vLZ7fj-cEf9_gtj85UUQRDkcgE9a4cuP8-cAIV5p0gyq_thSOzDd0gPlJ/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+214.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460033551471842" /></a>After the race with 4 layers of pants and 5 layers of shirts on - I was cold!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpX0QaM-PellBmOHyM2J92wtY_3gsegSyiSEq4yJ9FIcsMyOWk4YtCz7xZsWdgu7dd5YpW59DNX6dSrcs1VI_k9Qlhu2Wz0JeZOavgtxQWrd2RmSLucO9C4pRT839vUKibKkEUib44jHw/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+215.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYpQQe9yuwhkm1aDExzWjLAcTie9O18JR6p6AtkBbDnftj4_IXjR30Da1aCiPShyphenhyphendDoO7LCzXqE87kAPbAzE9wqiNEaPTWsP2RLZ8R-E2Gw69T3hRxzNGziWNCDchzwD14D7GO7hyphenhyphenvAix/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605459719901058242" /></a>Shamrock Marathon finishers! Funny story about Rich's blue gloves. He had given Sheridan his gloves around mile 11 because his hands were getting sweaty. Somewhere in the mile 20's he was getting cold again. He saw these gloves on the side of the course that someone else had ditched and put them on! They were blue with sparkly snowflakes on them and had holes in the fingers.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTBoZqW3zXa2PEKbQVaknO4MuM5NAXuOR4AJHCnVMQmW5qXoW-ixYAc3kTzxvb_2He2gTWaS8-i_O1w5kvTPE_j1N5J1GhyB3B1_usXgcDnedOa4nO3SfyXSHz_wLoZf-kqZd-tdWK20O/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+221.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTBoZqW3zXa2PEKbQVaknO4MuM5NAXuOR4AJHCnVMQmW5qXoW-ixYAc3kTzxvb_2He2gTWaS8-i_O1w5kvTPE_j1N5J1GhyB3B1_usXgcDnedOa4nO3SfyXSHz_wLoZf-kqZd-tdWK20O/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+221.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605459715012956386" /></a>This guy ran the ENTIRE marathon with this flag, and finished really fast too.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib87B_hJy696WFVscjzGfk780qtw0iSpcmxlPKymcDHJl307ny8z5uiM-YhWdYiVhwYn8KsjUI1YRJJZf42ICMyM0LGc4ZWVS6lH5xL4hYycYYNUcUS0cwE9oFAyQ_jghLjWlI6oHCCY_3/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+225.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib87B_hJy696WFVscjzGfk780qtw0iSpcmxlPKymcDHJl307ny8z5uiM-YhWdYiVhwYn8KsjUI1YRJJZf42ICMyM0LGc4ZWVS6lH5xL4hYycYYNUcUS0cwE9oFAyQ_jghLjWlI6oHCCY_3/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605459709807895970" /></a>Pretty coastline!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0HWZjahHYSvYNfwAjPGd6GCInQ_jUZ0Igmf39QETrxzKemdYTPcHKYIIZdKW5JeuoVrteRVzSZ9ZFGzq0MXM_W1ho85It5OTdvSZU6U3bWWf94peoR1sDWwIfkJsPm8CaQCd0VZKI3NC/s1600/Shamrock+Marathon+226.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0HWZjahHYSvYNfwAjPGd6GCInQ_jUZ0Igmf39QETrxzKemdYTPcHKYIIZdKW5JeuoVrteRVzSZ9ZFGzq0MXM_W1ho85It5OTdvSZU6U3bWWf94peoR1sDWwIfkJsPm8CaQCd0VZKI3NC/s400/Shamrock+Marathon+226.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605459706409229090" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-51512393147300911882011-03-15T09:31:00.004-04:002011-03-15T09:41:28.671-04:00Natalie's First Marathon<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">I was trying to organize things for my taxes last night and was going through a box of old papers. As I was sorting through everything I found a printed-out copy of this email I sent after my first marathon! It was really fun to read through this, and I since I am running another marathon this weekend I thought I would share my recap of THIS race and then write another recap after the Shamrock Marathon next week.</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Enjoy!!</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">---------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Dear Friends and Family,</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">I know I have talked to many of you about the marathon I ran this weekend at Nationals, and I told many of you I would let you know how it went, so rather than tell the story 50 times, I thought I would give you an update this way! </p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">I qualified for the marathon at the NAIA National Track & Field competition in Fresno, CA a few weeks ago and have been really excited to compete. There were six athletes from my team who qualified (in different events), and we arrived in Fresno, CA on Tuesday evening and my race was at 6am on Saturday. It was really nice, because I was able to spend a few days preparing for finals (which are this week), adjusting to the heat, and getting used to waking up so early! </p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">All week I had been hydrating really well. My coach was having us drink mixtures of Pedialyte and Gatorade, and <i>lots </i>of water. It was so incredibly hot in Fresno – averaging about 99 degrees each day.</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">On Saturday, I had to wake up at 4am in order to eat and get ready for the race. Finally, we got to the track and I had to go through some funny routines to prepare for the race. I had to make sure I had lots of Vaseline on my ankles, armpits, thighs, and chest so that nothing would chafe and hurt during the race. I also wore a visor so that during the race I could pore water on my head and not have it drip into my eyes. </p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">My goal was to run 3 hours and 20 minutes, which I thought was a fairly realistic goal. However, I was a bit nervous, because the longest run I had done in my training was only 2 hours and 30 minutes. Up until about 3-4 weeks before the race, I was actually training more for 10k/half marathon distance, and was only going for 90-100 minute runs each week. I had done three runs over 2 hours, but that was it. </p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">There were 39 girls and over 40 guys who had qualified, and we all started together on the track. The race began with 2 and 1/8 laps on the track, which was nice because we were able to pace ourselves with the 800m distance. The first 16 miles of the race felt great! I was running really consistent 7:20 miles (give or take a few seconds) and felt really strong all the way up to mile 18. Then, it got significantly harder. My body was getting depleted of its glycogen storage, and my legs were definitely feeling it. My coach was on the course, and every 40 minutes or so was giving me a PowerBar Gel, as well as Gatorade, and towards the end of the race, had me drink watered-down, flat Coke to increase my blood sugar levels. Miles 20-24 were significantly slower, and in hindsight, I probably should have gone out about 5-8 seconds slower per mile in the first half so I wouldn't have gone into oxygen debt so bad during these miles.</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Nobody had warned me of this (and apparently it is quite common) but I started to go crazy during the race! <span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span> I had to start talking to myself in order to stay sane. It makes sense, if you think about it, when your body gets depleted of glycogen, so does your brain, and it starts acting funny. I kept imagining and hearing people behind me, and then I would turn around and absolutely nobody would be there. Or, I would imagine that my feet were really swollen and I would look down and they would be completely normal. I had to keep talking to myself on the long stretches where I was completely by myself. I kept saying, "Come on Natalie, you can do this. Believe in yourself. You're Natalie Hatch. You are great…" etc etc. Remember, this was not a normal road race with lots of runners. Only those who qualified and were on a collegiate team could compete, so by the end the runners were really strung out from each other (and almost 20% of the girls dropped out at some point during the race). We also were not allowed to listen to any form of music during the race, so on those long stretches all by yourself, you could get pretty lonely out there.</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Finally, in the last mile, I saw the girl ahead of me and she was walking! I couldn't believe it. It really motivated me to pick up my pace, because there was no way I was going to let somebody beat me who had walked. My last mile was a 7:40, and my last 400 meters on the track was at a 6:00 pace. When I was trying to pass that last girl, I remember thinking I had to do <i>something</i> to motivate myself, so (remember, I had been running fast for over 3 hours now and was going a little crazy) I started singing the Chariots of Fire theme to myself in my head as I passed her. It worked! Although, in hindsight, realize I was going a little nuts at that point.</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">I crossed the finish line and burst into tears…only for a second though…because then I had to catch my breath. I had finished in 3 hours 24 minutes and 21 seconds…only 4 minutes slower than my goal. Physically, it was probably the hardest thing I had ever done. However, it's hard to explain the feeling of accomplishment that is felt afterwards. I looked over and saw my coach and teammates standing on the side of the track, and they were so proud. It was really an awesome experience. Immediately, my coach got me out of the sun and changed into some dry clothes. I could hardly move! He had to untie my shoes for me because I couldn't even reach over that far. Compared to most of the other runners, I was in pretty good shape (many had collapsed on the fin</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">ish line), but I was soo sore. My hip flexors felt like they had been through a meat grinder, and were sore just to even touch. Even now, two days later, I feel like a 90-year old woman limping/walking around. </p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Although I can still barely move (I have to actually lift my left leg up with my hands when I get up or get into a car), and from miles 20-24 I thought I was going crazy, I am so happy that I ran that marathon, and finished so strongly. I learned a LOT and am really excited to run my next one (not in any time soon though – I have to get back to walking normally first!). I think that with a few more miles added to my training I can really prepare for those hard miles at the end, and shave off a lot of time. </p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">I know this was a really long email, but I hope you enjoyed it! I have one more final and one more paper and then I am all done with college and will graduate on Saturday. I would love to hear back from each one of you and get an update on how things are going with you. </p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br /></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Much love,</p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Natalie</p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span></span></p></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_Fb9MtBg_-SzEw0FFeHXxNxjFybX_cwEcl1yyO1YjdRk9ckX6_wqKONR55pyS27bRV0BTvwZxcPqO1iWJ92FFXhsPWHuuW_vQYJBZ4LM0BUTkxpDeEt5XsK68uktxyy9uMGYkUr-6bb9/s400/marathon.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584300287591616114" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-64734328459305240622011-03-10T22:16:00.004-05:002011-03-10T22:43:52.631-05:00Cherish Every Moment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaKbJF7fT1PLuEj2W3V-ijMvwrM1Nt6wNrSEbuLyKkcaXpofWtync30o95VfkOreWwO-cM1ROHnXi4y3CjGTMoR_yZqgUZFzNMdxgTgMRolVbtdOfbTHjPtuPqT6DarUu8XoJmKIwztt5/s1600/natalie_storyboard_2-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaKbJF7fT1PLuEj2W3V-ijMvwrM1Nt6wNrSEbuLyKkcaXpofWtync30o95VfkOreWwO-cM1ROHnXi4y3CjGTMoR_yZqgUZFzNMdxgTgMRolVbtdOfbTHjPtuPqT6DarUu8XoJmKIwztt5/s400/natalie_storyboard_2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582662707517170642" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I recently stumbled across a friend of a friend's <a href="http://patrickandashley.blogspot.com/">blog</a> that really touched me so much I feel compelled to share their story. I was reading through this blog and seriously had what Oprah calls the "ugly cry" going on as I was reading each post about a very tragic experience in their family. I couldn't stop thinking about my sweet little Lincoln and what would happen if something tragic like this were to happen to our family. I am a strong person, but I don't think I am strong enough to handle something like this.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Ashley and Pat Sullenger had a 2-year old little girl, Preslee, who drowned i</div><div>n a canal behind her grandpa's house in Southern Idaho this past summer. In their blog, they have Preslee's "story" in 17 different posts. Each post goes through the few weeks between the actual drowning and her passing. Click <a href="http://patrickandashley.blogspot.com/">HERE </a>to read their story</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>There are so many things that Lincoln does every day that absolutely warm my heart and make me feel so grateful to be a mother. Here are some of the things I love so much right now and <i>never </i>want to forget:</div><div><br /></div><div>Lincoln loves when you ask him to be "gentle" and he will gently pat your head. He gets SO excited when you call him a "good boy" and he claps his hands loudly and smiles his huge, dimpled smile.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lincoln loves when Dad comes home from work. No matter where he is in our little house, as soon as he hears the front door open, he cocks his head, yells, "dadda, dadda, dadda, dadda" and runs (very bow-leggedly) towards the front door. He runs right up to Sheridan and latches onto one of his legs.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lincoln is such a great eater! He eats anything we try to feed him and he is not afraid to try anything. He also has all of his baby teeth. Some of his favorite foods right now are: apples, salmon, steak, steamed carrots, and fruit snacks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Lincoln is no longer in a crib, he is in his big-boy bed. He also can open doors. So, every morning between 7 and 8, he crawls out of bed, opens his door, and RUNS into the living room. He is always so happy and excited in the morning and wants to tell me ALL about his dreams (although I have no idea what he is actually saying). </div><div><br /></div><div>I even love Lincoln's temper tantrums. Ok, I don't actually love them, but they are pretty cute. When Lincoln doesn't get his way he throws himself on the floor and then ROLLS all the way across the room until he hits a wall, couch, chair, etc that stops him from rolling any further.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Probably my favorite time to spend with Lincoln is while we are reading. Lincoln LOVES to read. We read probably 2-3 hours a day. Lincoln is a very, very high energy kid but the one thing that calms him down is reading a book. It is the only way I can get him to sit quietly on my lap. He will sit for 30-40 minutes at a time, as long as we are reading books. He sits on my lap while I read each book and I point to the words as I read them. Lincoln loves to turn the pages. Some of his favorite books right now are: That's Not My Monster, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Old McDonald Had a Farm, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You, and Ten Little Ladybugs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Lincoln loves to talk in his own language. He talks all the time! And, although he definitely knows what he is saying, we still can't really make out any clear words. He LOVES to talk on the phone to Dad. We call Dad often at work and Lincoln will hold the phone between his head and shoulder and talk to his Dad.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lincoln has so much fun "dancing" and is so cute. Whenever music comes on tv, he starts waving his hands all crazy in the air, stomping his little feet on the ground, and spinning in circles. American Idol especially triggers his dancing sessions. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>When I read the Sullengers story tonight, it really reminded me to cherish each moment you have with your children. I love all the little "moments" I get to have with my son every single day. I love staying at home with Lincoln, and seeing his little mind grow and develop. If you are reading this right now, remember to give your kids an extra-long hug before they go to bed tonight and make sure they know how much you love them. Accidents can happen to anyone and you never know how much time you will get with those you love.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKce0_Ekjht6LpdegH8b8gziHlzLguU601MnDOvPeL4NFLhf3Y_NKWAuobvmVlPtIoSi9vAPVR4pKFuSRbSz8rhsfpymAdeJRZwN3AFVHO3SOg76QT8L3EXJpdyYrP0CpCGRv2bVHl5s2/s400/Natalie+Sheridan+and+Lincoln+%2528106%2529_edited_polaroid1-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582662095699079330" /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialyUsokVmvMSTA82dLLvK4cERGdG1gdronoOviyqZpKV7GEbXW4ZN9xQIyi-K0dd0JTPHIOI36d_g0AV1Sp_YJx_MIPEGe3W-j8EvpGrwcb-hmptm4lBp-XgaNfwkU1-sMIYtY8TMgGiq/s400/Natalie+Sheridan+and+Lincoln+%2528114%2529_edited_polaroid1-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582662092509348546" /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGC1JQZfzjtYrVhU9lGIYFX17eugAlV8MiPWOZw16DePeRM-55KSgeHMDmkXzrcHIC0FCV6QxZiZEHb2TC3k9AsmSz6FxL6hYFGV5sPluonTlkQAmCYSJnnRmvXoLkMYnXrezvjAo1T16/s400/Natalie+Sheridan+and+Lincoln+%252862%2529_polaroid1-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582662089765263698" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-41283783351121410102011-03-01T09:22:00.006-05:002011-03-01T23:41:41.426-05:00First Race in Two Years!<div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> *</o:p>**Disclaimer: One I started typing it just didn't stop! This is a long post :)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Also, SO SAD, but I forgot my camera on this trip, so all the pictures are from my cell phone which explains the bad quality*****</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p>I</o:p></span> became pregnant with Lincoln in December 2008 and I have not competed in a race since. For someone who has been a runner since 5th grade, that is a long time to go without racing! But, once you get out of the “competition mode”, it is really easy to stay out of it. I would work out often, and go running occasionally, but I wasn’t training seriously. Finally I decided to just go ahead and register for a marathon. I knew that if I was registered for a race, it would force me to train consistently. As part of my marathon training I decided to run a half marathon in Williamsburg, PA. As this was the first race I had competed in for a long time I was quite nervous!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The race didn’t start until 1pm on Sunday afternoon but I had convinced Sheridan to drive down the night before. Williamsburg is about 2.5 hours from our house and I didn’t want to sit in a car all morning, race 13.1 miles, and then sit in a car all evening. So, I went online and found a room at Motel 6 for $20! What a bargain! Well, we got to the hotel and realized why it was such a bargain. The hotel was quite a dive!! I will say we have stayed in some worse hotels before, but this one was right up there.<br /><br />I haven’t really had to stay in a hotel with Lincoln since we drove cross-country last year. He is older now and more aware of his surroundings. At around 1am I realized maybe it wasn’t as good of an idea to drive down the night before. Lincoln was seriously up all night, I think because he was just in an unfamiliar place. Finally it was 5:30am and nobody had slept well. Lincoln kept waking up what felt like every 30 minutes and crying. Sheridan was so sweet! He said to Lincoln, “Come on buddy. You and Dad are going to go for a drive. Mom has a big race today and needs to get some sleep”. So they went for a drive and scoped out Williamsburg while I got to sleep in until 9am. I was so happy and it was really thoughtful of Sheridan.<br /><br />If you have never been to Williamsburg before I would definitely recommend it! It is the cutest little colonial town and only 8 miles from the original Jamestown settlement (all weekend I had Pocahontas songs stuck in my head ;)) There are TONS of restaurants but each one we stopped at had a 45+ minute wait! Finally we just settled on McDonald’s for breakfast and ordered the Breakfast of Champions - coffee and oatmeal. I have had major stomach issues lately on my long runs, so I was really nervous to eat too much, but knew I needed to eat enough to get me through 13 miles of racing.<br /><br />We drove to William and Mary University and picked up tshirt, map, and beer tickets (this is actually becoming more popular in races to serve beer afterwards.....I have actually even done races before where they hand beer out <i>during </i>the race....so strange to me!) We still had about an hour until the race started so Sheridan and I drove first three miles of course. I started getting nervous when I realized miles 2 and 3 were ALL uphill!! “Uh oh!,” I thought, “What does the rest of the course look like??” But, there really was no turning back at this point. Sheridan kept saying to me, “You are going to have to forget about trying to make your 8:20 min/mile pace. Just take that goal out of your head now so you don’t get disappointed while you are running”. I didn’t really give him a yes or a no, I just started going over everything I knew about hills in my head. All of the sudden I got Pat McCurry’s voice in my head (my cross country and track coach in college):<br /><br />“run hard all the way through and over the crest of the hill”<br />“short, quick strides uphill, long strides downhill”<br />“use your arms for strength on the uphill”<br />“tuck your head and arms in, and lengthen your stride on downhills”<br /><br />Sheridan dropped me off at start of the race, I got in the looooong line to use the port-a-johns, and as I was waiting in line I looked down and realized that my hands were shaking with jitters! I laughed to myself as I got excited for the race and started to remember how fun it was to get that race-day adrenaline pumping.<br /><br />I did my 10 minute warmup, drills and strides. People started lining up for the start line. I lined up near the middle of pack – thinking I shouldn’t start off too close to the start for a 8:20 pace and get passed by all the faster runners.<br /><br />The air horn went off and instantly I got excited! Took me almost a minute to get to start line and start the time on my watch. It was at this point that I realized I had started too far back. I stayed on the outside edge of the crowds, picking people off, passing them 10 at a time. I was a little frustrated because I kept getting boxed in and was concerned it was going to slow down my first mile time. About halfway through the first mile I knew I was going fast but had so much adrenaline pumping it was hard to slow down. I just maintained the pace I was at and all of the sudden I saw the one mile sign ahead of me, looked at my watch, and though, “Oh crap”….my watch said 7:01. By the time I reached the actual marker my first mile time was 7:13.<br /><br />I slowed down a little, but then I had a little bit of downhill and thought to myself, “well I might as well open my stride up and go fast on this downhill to gain momentum for the uphill” . Because I had started further back I was steadily passing men and women, which felt good and made we want to keep at the pace I was going. I got to the two mile marker and ran that mile in 7:36.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I knew I was going fast, but I felt good and it felt so good to actually <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">compete </i>again, so I decided just to keep with the pace.<br /><br />Finally I got to the top of the huge <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">two-mile hill</b> (right before the 3-mile marker). There was a water station set up, so I grabbed the Dixie cup of water, drank half and poured the other half on my head (surprisingly it got to 70 degrees on this February 27<sup>th</sup> day!). At this point the race turned into a 10-foot wide trail through a beautiful wooded area. I loved this part of the race! This trail went appx. through mile 6 or so with up-and-down hills the entire way. I don’t think there was any flat ground on this section. The field really started to thin out at this point and I was mostly running with guys, although there were a few women along the way. I must mention that I am not very strong at hills, so I had a game plan coming into this race. I knew there would be a lot of hills, so I decided I would increase my stride and pick up my pace as much as possible on the downhills and then use that momentum to make it through the uphills. I always would pass people on the downhill and then those people would pass me back on the uphill. Haha! I am sure I was annoying to them, but oh well, if I wouldn’t have picked up the pace on the downhill part they would have been way in front of me, as I never would have made up that missed ground.<br /><br />So, I have to tell you, in the first four miles I was thinking to myself, “Crap. I am going to have to tell people after the race is over that this is exactly how <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">not to</i> run a race”. I was certain I had started out too fast (remember, I had intended to run 8:20/mile pace which is the pace I will need to run to qualify for Boston, and instead started out at 7:13/mile pace!). However, my competitive spirit was alive and running (no pun intended) so I decided just to keep with the pace.<br /><br />I got out of the wooded trail at around mile 6 and hit another water station. This area was very rejuvenating because there were a number of spectators cheering and the terrain wasn’t quite as hilly as the first 6 miles. We ran on paved road from about miles 6-8, hitting another water station. I saw Sheridan at that point. As I ran closer to where he was standing with Lincoln I had this huge grin on my face. I think he was shocked when he heard me say, “I am running 7:30 pace!”. He gave me a nice swig of water and I knew I probably wouldn’t see him again until the finish. At one point, probably during mile 8, I felt really good physically, and had a really positive mental outlook. I remember telling myself, “remember how you feel right now and memorize that feeling. When you hit a wall during the marathon (and it is bound to happen) bring yourself back to this moment when you felt so positive”. We headed back onto the wooded trail at about mile 9 and went back to the grueling ups-and-downs with no flat ground to recover from. I just made sure that I really opened up my stride, tucked in my head, and picked up my momentum on the downhills, and then pounded it out on the uphills.<br /><br />Miles 9 and 10 were the hardest. There was a lot of uphill and my stride started to tighten up a little bit. I never gave up though, ever. I remember thinking to myself, “well, you have made it this far at this pace, if you can just keep with this pace until mile 10 you should be able to finish strong (as I knew there was a lot of downhill at the end)”. I forced myself to stay present and positive. One of the ways I did this was a little corny but it helped! Whenever I saw a spectator I would smile real big and give them a thumbs up. Some “real runners” might laugh at this, or say I was wasting my energy, but that’s alright. It really helped me to keep my mind from thinking negatively! At about mile 10 one of the race organizers was walking in the opposite direction and yelled, “You are female number 18. In the top 20 great job!”. This was so motivating for me!<br /><br />I knew that miles 2 and 3 were all uphill, which meant there was going to be a decent amount of downhill on the way back. Once I got to mile 11 the downhill started and I felt really good. There was one really tough uphill somewhere around 11.5 miles by the golf course that was SO steep! There were two people in front of me who stopped and walked up it. After that steep hill the final mile and a half was all flat through neighborhoods around William and Mary college. There was no mile marker for mile 12 (unless I just missed it) which would have been nice to gauge how much further I had to run.<br /><br />Finally I could see the college arena. Spectators were starting to crowd the streets. One group of college girls were wearing shirts and holding signs that said, “Free Hi-Fives!”. I picked up the pace as much as possible (cursing myself for not doing more speedwork in my training) and focused on the person in front of me. I ended up getting passed by a 40-year old guy in the last 200 meters, but kicked it in as much as I could. The course finished inside the sports arena. I crossed the finish line and stopped my watch at 1:39:59!! That is an average of 7:38 min/mile pace! 42 seconds per mile faster than I had intended to run! I was really happy and proud with my time. In hindsight, I actually think I could have gone even faster on those middle miles, but I had intentionally slowed my pace down because I was afraid of dying at the end (well not <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">actually</i> dying, just my pace dying down).<br /><br />I went through the finisher’s chute, loaded up on Gatorade and headed outside to find Sheridan. We did a 10 minute cooldown together and then stretched. I went back inside to grab a banana, bagel and two of the free beers that all the finishers received! As I was munching on my bagel I heard my name announced over the stadium’s intercom. I looked up to the main stand and to my surprise realized I was being awarded a medal! I had taken second place in my age group (25-29). I walked up to get my medal and they told me that unfortunately the chip timing wasn’t working this year and so the “official” times likely weren’t my true time. I had my own watch going so I knew my time truly was 1:39:59, but this was a little disappointing. I had lined up about 40 seconds behind the start line and my recorded time was 1:40:41. The person who took first in my age group had a time about 35 seconds faster than me, but there is no way to tell if she started right up at the front, or back where I was. Oh well, I am happy with my time and I still got a medal </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings">J</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><br /><br />In conclusion, I have to say that I am so happy I ran this race. It was the first race I have competed in since I got pregnant with Lincoln (over two years ago!). To all my runner friends – if you are like me and had gotten out of running for a while I would strongly encourage you to sign up for a race! Even if it is just a 1-mile or 5k. It was such a thrill to get that “runner’s high” back. I forgot what it felt like to feel nervous before the race, to feel adrenaline pump through your body when the start goes off, to feel the ache of exhaustion as you are giving everything you have in the last 100 meters, and to feel the sense of pride as you hit the ‘stop’ button on your watch and see the time you finished in. To my friends who have never been a runner – I would also encourage you to sign up for a race! A 1-mile or 5k race is a great place to start! Set a goal and put a plan in place to train for the race. There are all kinds of great training programs online or send me an email and, although I don’t claim to be an expert of any sorts, I would love to help you put a training plan together.<br /><br />I had a great time at this race and would definitely run this course again. I am looking forward to the Shamrock Marathon in three weeks where it is a very FLAT course. Hopefully I will be able to qualify for Boston!<br /><br />1 – 7:13<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">2 – 7:36<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">3 - ?? (didn’t see the 3 mile marker)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">4 – 15:20 (average 7:40 per mile for miles 3 and 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">5 – 7:32<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">6 – 7:35<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">7 – 7:45<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">8 – 7:31<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">9 – ?? (didn’t see the 9 mile marker)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">10 – 15:15 (averaged 7:37 per mile for miles 9 and 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">11 – 7:44<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">12 - ??<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">13 - ??<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">13.1 – 16:37 (averaged about 7:54 per mile from miles 12-13.1)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>I had written my "projected" mile times on my wrist to keep me on track. Ended up not using any of these times!</o:p></p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1vKPCg9wIWilc8tA3XBPmnG6B-FXwkFaHV6QPMZCDu-p7F287EcWsLpB5a5YjHqwOrX2bGgZwIoBYMd3fU7QP3-a4r4DycJyWlSZha7pnfVoNiwA11imuSW0mx5_jh2zMwXuPqZvKq_l/s1600/Arm+Times.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1vKPCg9wIWilc8tA3XBPmnG6B-FXwkFaHV6QPMZCDu-p7F287EcWsLpB5a5YjHqwOrX2bGgZwIoBYMd3fU7QP3-a4r4DycJyWlSZha7pnfVoNiwA11imuSW0mx5_jh2zMwXuPqZvKq_l/s400/Arm+Times.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579127675995480546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUERof1LNUnZGbdK5wQDnHjwUtBfnCdh5ES5HvoBa2G_abnujo7jSKSAXhQKA-RJUEELfsdfI7Ut1vL9AxumW5cVYWbUKvIKNbMP6bSWgOpbEZzd8UAzUopVBIS2oaDdp9huXuz4sRYnN/s1600/Beer+Tickets.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUERof1LNUnZGbdK5wQDnHjwUtBfnCdh5ES5HvoBa2G_abnujo7jSKSAXhQKA-RJUEELfsdfI7Ut1vL9AxumW5cVYWbUKvIKNbMP6bSWgOpbEZzd8UAzUopVBIS2oaDdp9huXuz4sRYnN/s400/Beer+Tickets.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579127672803160690" /></a>Sheridan took this photo while he was sitting down in the driver's seat when he dropped me off for the race start.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0-44npIejefCMBQxq-aMFXy97a-aIkhtAKoL_4n-G9nWSaNrvRHvP9gOBx7vbj7qvy6asZlavQWvFZ9zMQrFgqFUUgr6xyFHU5Ujt9oT3iATPoJ9A3vAkQxdBb0VSIpzdPY25nzJrYVi/s1600/Pre-Race.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0-44npIejefCMBQxq-aMFXy97a-aIkhtAKoL_4n-G9nWSaNrvRHvP9gOBx7vbj7qvy6asZlavQWvFZ9zMQrFgqFUUgr6xyFHU5Ujt9oT3iATPoJ9A3vAkQxdBb0VSIpzdPY25nzJrYVi/s400/Pre-Race.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579126717844120802" /></a>The medal I was surprised to get after the race!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFQ5g76pHb18rWOSghtfk-FGpTQuHnhBWcIe0PvCe5EPf1sH4brt5hMCQy-5FkAyg_lw7YHsjmKcYHlSqYtIjjyKrv9nJppc_8A_sVIIDmYsS-v9_AtVZgvKEKCBrcm5PYnXZW8vGaa1W/s1600/Medal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFQ5g76pHb18rWOSghtfk-FGpTQuHnhBWcIe0PvCe5EPf1sH4brt5hMCQy-5FkAyg_lw7YHsjmKcYHlSqYtIjjyKrv9nJppc_8A_sVIIDmYsS-v9_AtVZgvKEKCBrcm5PYnXZW8vGaa1W/s400/Medal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579126700933546994" /></a>Lincoln was more interested in the blueberry bagel in my hand then taking a photo :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr4_czpJPt_4iB_lNhXPLBFw3Pf5mZp1f9O68GdBiTq75cPQxYBk0smi7WEVXwHPkCp5GeE6M8WZErIdGCXvQnfbWOAVIicI0V9KOHMXvjWEsdPstOhHQij9S9Y6LrJTdDoh_qXX2an4w/s1600/Medal+w.+Lincoln.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr4_czpJPt_4iB_lNhXPLBFw3Pf5mZp1f9O68GdBiTq75cPQxYBk0smi7WEVXwHPkCp5GeE6M8WZErIdGCXvQnfbWOAVIicI0V9KOHMXvjWEsdPstOhHQij9S9Y6LrJTdDoh_qXX2an4w/s400/Medal+w.+Lincoln.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579126691954160642" /></a>Ok....this is right up there with one of the worst photos ever of me but oh well....I was happily exhausted!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-Exta-0FSaxY_e_nw7iwpieHe1nOwkSNTKyUZMJeoVD4TBL5g7xXrZpoyiwTba9jbIW74LfLyzzq8VAbAPGg6UaBrKiwleyE4z5CseB6bBJxeM-c8JBS3O2AlPqRk078gMm_meecApS7/s1600/Post+Race.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-Exta-0FSaxY_e_nw7iwpieHe1nOwkSNTKyUZMJeoVD4TBL5g7xXrZpoyiwTba9jbIW74LfLyzzq8VAbAPGg6UaBrKiwleyE4z5CseB6bBJxeM-c8JBS3O2AlPqRk078gMm_meecApS7/s400/Post+Race.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579126687332520322" /></a><div>Right after the finish....apparently I can't keep my eyes open for a photo these days :)<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurV87TVdnWDQMa_6rkiGBRXOOzfg1AENclxQRtwc0O5zyqQNjb6AY39Ez-KkENc1rNNsCwPc_09AnOiR3ZGBGa3TYWVn3EgxwiNU_95wOZB97BkJZwrrgGScxA1oZbUPDI32eK7h19b02/s400/Post-Race2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579126687473500386" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-819515674187380632011-02-14T15:45:00.009-05:002011-02-18T09:25:14.751-05:00January and February 2011 UpdateSo I have a lot of pictures that I wanted to post so I am just going to do a big "update" of the last month and a half and then hopefully be better about consistently posting now that I have my camera/memory card issue figured out! :)<br /><br /><br /><br />Can I first say that I am sitting here (in the middle of February) in shorts and a tank top!! I am so excited!! It is supposed to be 71 degrees today here in Fairfax, VA. I don't think this nice weather will last long but I am NOT complaining!! It is so nice to feel like Spring is here and I just can't wait for the days to pass until we have nice warm weather every day. Last night I got Lincoln into the jogging stroller around 6pm and we went for a nice 40 minute run while the sun was setting. I absolutely cannot wait for nice weather!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is a cute photo I snapped of Lincoln while we were grocery shopping. My little baby is getting so big! He was 15 months in this picture. It is really cute, he is starting to "figure things out". Last night I was grilling chicken for dinner and I accidentally left the front door open. One of Lincoln's favorite things to do is run outside (usually because we chase him to get back inside and Lincoln LOVES to get chased) and try to climb up the steps outside our front door that lead to the road. So, he ran outside when I left the door open, but I was rinsing off a plate so I didn't run out immediately to grab him. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Disappointed</span> that he wasn't being chased he came back inside and shut the door behind him! It was so cute and I was so proud of him! Lincoln is really starting to pick up on little things like that (shutting the door) and it just makes me realize how quickly their brains are developing at this age and how impressionable they are.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqxff9kzf5rrO-y_adIMy9ghKcSWYwdA9n1AEuWlEUgcwtuaQxoWcWZE7x-vHE7pa7HFIsgJ1LZ5kjaCugtLz5k07Jvh8qd8UHObNRHVpcMuZHTUSTDwFsZmTD-LIxBR6Q3t1K1cLCl-h/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+225.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573680132522581474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqxff9kzf5rrO-y_adIMy9ghKcSWYwdA9n1AEuWlEUgcwtuaQxoWcWZE7x-vHE7pa7HFIsgJ1LZ5kjaCugtLz5k07Jvh8qd8UHObNRHVpcMuZHTUSTDwFsZmTD-LIxBR6Q3t1K1cLCl-h/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+225.JPG" /></a> The other day I came home from working out and Lincoln was home with Sheridan running around the house with his pants on his head! It was pretty funny so we snapped a few pictures.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-KAMNik4b970Rj0oo7yhuw7QjIpkHS72-tqjbkBsHMxOPCeFPsi-cWSr4q-nDU5PvYorG13yZrPlrlVqFqWwWWYe90r1Y-E-Kb11OVyQtguvAjo-qaUgmp087FrCnLAYSIcxDetIn_yA/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+261.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573680131236765490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-KAMNik4b970Rj0oo7yhuw7QjIpkHS72-tqjbkBsHMxOPCeFPsi-cWSr4q-nDU5PvYorG13yZrPlrlVqFqWwWWYe90r1Y-E-Kb11OVyQtguvAjo-qaUgmp087FrCnLAYSIcxDetIn_yA/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+261.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5KJSYUBIM5yhzKdTVdo1k50WBdmI5zGPXKYP0vBm0aIWpYUmIMdkj-WHWX8Dh280f1GGPTjwT5F2Hv0tMN2j1l8EV3oUKLW6KWR8jJY5k4D_lXBGVyxny338eqEP3Lv9IdTg72jlzheA/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+263.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573680125242007282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5KJSYUBIM5yhzKdTVdo1k50WBdmI5zGPXKYP0vBm0aIWpYUmIMdkj-WHWX8Dh280f1GGPTjwT5F2Hv0tMN2j1l8EV3oUKLW6KWR8jJY5k4D_lXBGVyxny338eqEP3Lv9IdTg72jlzheA/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+263.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCm9HzaqL7dcpqlNLkqprNaKsODbS9W1jRMI6XSGJCbuRFUAdT8C5pxwWECf3_OCRh0xyG0XkYzssNxZmH76ND_baoKiQqI3_p5u0Ma4xQb3VB2RUdEftYT9dP7Kubhn1kyF9IHydE5eC/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+264.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573680125489670146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCm9HzaqL7dcpqlNLkqprNaKsODbS9W1jRMI6XSGJCbuRFUAdT8C5pxwWECf3_OCRh0xyG0XkYzssNxZmH76ND_baoKiQqI3_p5u0Ma4xQb3VB2RUdEftYT9dP7Kubhn1kyF9IHydE5eC/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+264.JPG" /></a> We had a HUGE snow storm in January! They closed school for three days! The snow came down really fast and really hard. There were some people who were stuck in traffic for 6-8 hours for their regular 30 minute commute home!!!! Here are a few pictures of the storm while the snow was falling.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoY0og8JNKqJSLmNRA_bNqrqCyWWhWW-Qkk8w1kyNcHqY0uHI6IodVgh8Dvi7iRj48iP7ujB4AGSgto57R9zKBrqxaDbJLOc0ksRMxEa9WBhh0-syrX4fP0AayM48IjdVt3IqMjZNSPOaN/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+270.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573680124850538338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoY0og8JNKqJSLmNRA_bNqrqCyWWhWW-Qkk8w1kyNcHqY0uHI6IodVgh8Dvi7iRj48iP7ujB4AGSgto57R9zKBrqxaDbJLOc0ksRMxEa9WBhh0-syrX4fP0AayM48IjdVt3IqMjZNSPOaN/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+270.JPG" /></a> The little courtyard in front of our house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuR-Z9iH-PCDFRpLPND6zs05Kx1_Tyjyx5ks8OyCE95seMd5IBKaIjVFSKy3u3R9ILJWxfWHH8hyphenhyphenxOMXt8kMLwYeKMvWgOT0fOmuFbKKWbppE33txeU7VfhKTN9-EXLsQyMUbwRovmbyi7/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+271.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679875151775794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuR-Z9iH-PCDFRpLPND6zs05Kx1_Tyjyx5ks8OyCE95seMd5IBKaIjVFSKy3u3R9ILJWxfWHH8hyphenhyphenxOMXt8kMLwYeKMvWgOT0fOmuFbKKWbppE33txeU7VfhKTN9-EXLsQyMUbwRovmbyi7/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+271.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGLpUnzT9-fI3AD7qWEa6ogxgp-NPIqHyN6WkXBYy01LEss0BK3xTrBJBXDFGDMGU7GtYLu7sge1BbcFl-i-v7ZTK3MNETBKfw7ndvjhPaJKQt7xwygDSU6PM2hchjba_q7VtU6BuZ78q/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+272.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679867163136002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGLpUnzT9-fI3AD7qWEa6ogxgp-NPIqHyN6WkXBYy01LEss0BK3xTrBJBXDFGDMGU7GtYLu7sge1BbcFl-i-v7ZTK3MNETBKfw7ndvjhPaJKQt7xwygDSU6PM2hchjba_q7VtU6BuZ78q/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+272.JPG" /></a> As the snow started to get really heavy, all of the sudden all of our power went out! It was already dark outside, so it was PITCH black in our house. We suddenly realized that we don't have any flashlights in our house! The only thing we did have was a head lamp that we use when fishing. Sheridan was using that and then decided it would be funny to put it on Lincoln's head. It was hilarious!! Lincoln went crazy!! He was running through the halls yelling and screaming with excitement. He would crawl on his hands and knees and try to "catch" the light. He was so cute! My camera was able to capture some of it, although it literally was pitch black in our house except for this headlamp, so some of the pictures are blurry from the flash on the camera working hard.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD8Sn9fSoFCpiZ2D-zQY222LnS29_YeJdNrC6gmtA_BdPzDC6wkPYDGkc76V_V1SoWBLOMQsWZHv37dyTuJwjhwmPpV87whX84K0p-2ZJmHbTUMD2jLePmhxOxW-WZ4UX5zqY7b_tn2sN/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+273.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679864351930962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD8Sn9fSoFCpiZ2D-zQY222LnS29_YeJdNrC6gmtA_BdPzDC6wkPYDGkc76V_V1SoWBLOMQsWZHv37dyTuJwjhwmPpV87whX84K0p-2ZJmHbTUMD2jLePmhxOxW-WZ4UX5zqY7b_tn2sN/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+273.JPG" /></a> He was running around and having so much fun! I love his chubby little legs!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmuLb_BGdImr7UTFRIhl3DIDmVyVBcATIQsUICCRGFFrPAC6OZJ93dzaJ8ZDAzXb7IZsC9CY2XK6VICd4bHNp-FeSzPHyA_dKUmNdWEVIgLzhVS-qhG-5wbDrGUKnK-NtOQYnA_vIu_ZT/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+274.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679862708520594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmuLb_BGdImr7UTFRIhl3DIDmVyVBcATIQsUICCRGFFrPAC6OZJ93dzaJ8ZDAzXb7IZsC9CY2XK6VICd4bHNp-FeSzPHyA_dKUmNdWEVIgLzhVS-qhG-5wbDrGUKnK-NtOQYnA_vIu_ZT/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+274.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPodxcjzjnn4UPFRuT5Ux-pQriykIFIUY0WouOwFmmBsDyJHWXDsOFFO85sCFMuatZqguzv4RDGlSaQT97Gw1Y62cyFUIbwJMsWQCWJ3xJnazseTyiHTD8MDmgyGBrbhDyPxnNOPkAYvK/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+275.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 265px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679861405203170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPodxcjzjnn4UPFRuT5Ux-pQriykIFIUY0WouOwFmmBsDyJHWXDsOFFO85sCFMuatZqguzv4RDGlSaQT97Gw1Y62cyFUIbwJMsWQCWJ3xJnazseTyiHTD8MDmgyGBrbhDyPxnNOPkAYvK/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+275.JPG" /></a> Lincoln was egging him on and running with him :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIf2VJ1Qje_x3ugyZwY9SMfU8Q7LIutHHxIA2cHSmRzccouim9fqsqVv4PYyqH2f20WcH6oPGm49SAQZ_5anaa4w6zRe66of9q7_Vcl7pvgFhNU6004QF55qiJ7GroN-LgntpEORbVjzN/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+276.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679624718611570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIf2VJ1Qje_x3ugyZwY9SMfU8Q7LIutHHxIA2cHSmRzccouim9fqsqVv4PYyqH2f20WcH6oPGm49SAQZ_5anaa4w6zRe66of9q7_Vcl7pvgFhNU6004QF55qiJ7GroN-LgntpEORbVjzN/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+276.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOavm1aMuZ1xUoJ_y6iunArr3IxDYuNh_5n61RifFKPdBd4mbh6tnzWTXVeJRgyGgmmWLAn3rJID-w3b8iZMliuhQRuaxTj3soZZYf7BJwVuS3CSo5qv_BRfcYwwj2k3-1eN3K80AEhyphenhyphen2/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+277.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679621700724034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOavm1aMuZ1xUoJ_y6iunArr3IxDYuNh_5n61RifFKPdBd4mbh6tnzWTXVeJRgyGgmmWLAn3rJID-w3b8iZMliuhQRuaxTj3soZZYf7BJwVuS3CSo5qv_BRfcYwwj2k3-1eN3K80AEhyphenhyphen2/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+277.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKSKpWHUM-VM8QzeJPyOc5kAlnGOfkbnD5ZFuyj12D6mEoFIs1ZZLfoU68ciH4ivxSHcaZTJOxQq5JjklWZUrgcpv4G9bvFAar8q6oNSuEbjHMfwgnAI-zDW8jnFZ8u9HvhA5hVDeAuUL/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+280.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679610252950482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKSKpWHUM-VM8QzeJPyOc5kAlnGOfkbnD5ZFuyj12D6mEoFIs1ZZLfoU68ciH4ivxSHcaZTJOxQq5JjklWZUrgcpv4G9bvFAar8q6oNSuEbjHMfwgnAI-zDW8jnFZ8u9HvhA5hVDeAuUL/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+280.JPG" /></a> Sheridan didn't want to sit inside a dark house all evening so he decided we would go for a walk. I wasn't too keen on the idea because 1) it was really cold outside and 2) I hate getting wet. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Buuuttt</span>.....he talked me into it :) We bundled up and decided to walk down the street to 7-11. I love love love this photo of Lincoln here!! He looks <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">sooooo</span> chubby and just so cute!!! And, of course, he didn't want us to take off the head lamp :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejnzhzbW8lVsxFko-1GJXMSMRaTK5L1oO_ihH83OjP7MX6ODxOBaHO_ryWlLzdpOvczblH7vB2Bg6rdDa2MflRUTU5jPsknrzHbkrZQdnWOqOqtneCnBNeWdecnice1_WduffERYgV4d8/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+281.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679604423082274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejnzhzbW8lVsxFko-1GJXMSMRaTK5L1oO_ihH83OjP7MX6ODxOBaHO_ryWlLzdpOvczblH7vB2Bg6rdDa2MflRUTU5jPsknrzHbkrZQdnWOqOqtneCnBNeWdecnice1_WduffERYgV4d8/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+281.JPG" /></a> Trying to figure out what all this white stuff was....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39PKlG7PyFAL-U-zv0i1pcyeHAvGKJ0qrja0D56CqBC0XU9SNSc4v94f4nFs3np7-ukeMFTWditljZHpqnOnZpFtYBPOd337Kqh6dZBnQiTRHtD9l9MBNbu2ZEqAZ6-QEGgGisDrlsohh/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+282.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679601429068082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39PKlG7PyFAL-U-zv0i1pcyeHAvGKJ0qrja0D56CqBC0XU9SNSc4v94f4nFs3np7-ukeMFTWditljZHpqnOnZpFtYBPOd337Kqh6dZBnQiTRHtD9l9MBNbu2ZEqAZ6-QEGgGisDrlsohh/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+282.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTojwHx1Iz461lZf5UURczTs2IrJLv9K95Wk8-LQGraWCWwJG5uTsZEytVxhdAUAlaPEbVduqRh0KJkz5-H-_5GTydYdlm8NZdw3B6wllSjIUevWQOWw9-zn-Y8AAAvkmDTj0JSFEQm-jv/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+283.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679385507117698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTojwHx1Iz461lZf5UURczTs2IrJLv9K95Wk8-LQGraWCWwJG5uTsZEytVxhdAUAlaPEbVduqRh0KJkz5-H-_5GTydYdlm8NZdw3B6wllSjIUevWQOWw9-zn-Y8AAAvkmDTj0JSFEQm-jv/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+283.JPG" /></a> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzz5ffNeTB6f3oHzbs41xdSAo5b4p9AsYHMvP04_lbjomL53J66JhDlJ79fCdzoSp-7EcXV7a1rKTbaHBIL9sUJYfIFbGPYN47PPNVnb7UqLKjrHfrIOfI6L_9fabxHrkzb9gHX8jr23H/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+284.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679379613304882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzz5ffNeTB6f3oHzbs41xdSAo5b4p9AsYHMvP04_lbjomL53J66JhDlJ79fCdzoSp-7EcXV7a1rKTbaHBIL9sUJYfIFbGPYN47PPNVnb7UqLKjrHfrIOfI6L_9fabxHrkzb9gHX8jr23H/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+284.JPG" /></a>It was pretty hard to push the stroller during the storm! There were no "grooves" in the snow yet, so we had to make our own tracks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEDOQbi14plyYbxGklRF6F83j2oElYQ_pjGx8PAks8_3G7t9CNc_zpY6eqswhexYOohGcD5jnyOKnHU_3qWKXxpimfjk8NOGRyYqiJBZsaASFTi9ps4vctuRos3OnA5eFugBqSCMEJ74c/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+286.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679374316829970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEDOQbi14plyYbxGklRF6F83j2oElYQ_pjGx8PAks8_3G7t9CNc_zpY6eqswhexYOohGcD5jnyOKnHU_3qWKXxpimfjk8NOGRyYqiJBZsaASFTi9ps4vctuRos3OnA5eFugBqSCMEJ74c/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+286.JPG" /></a>I was so cold!! I really hate being cold so I pulled my scarf up over my face so just my eyes were showing. Sheridan for some reason thought it was funny to call me the "White Russian" while I was pushing Lincoln. We like to play poker and he thinks I should try to give myself the nickname the White Russian while I play poker. Who knows where this came from.....I'm not even Russian!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfeZpRdCudbdMRPHuCCluvdUpHslw2yW8P0MBYthJvBsk0JRqMJ-wnsEWHpriDwSYHXFj8l7qvGi259jwK9HxaQPW0L2jtZ4gfNd5BVo5WooGIc-H8MQG7NmWx5kOo9khoGaN1v_Ui8wQ/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+287.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679375906047538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfeZpRdCudbdMRPHuCCluvdUpHslw2yW8P0MBYthJvBsk0JRqMJ-wnsEWHpriDwSYHXFj8l7qvGi259jwK9HxaQPW0L2jtZ4gfNd5BVo5WooGIc-H8MQG7NmWx5kOo9khoGaN1v_Ui8wQ/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+287.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDFjvL203Suyh9mW6MJT60cO6p3wbavA2Jdqo73Jjs31Jz5fuAL0heRZ8zGS606rKWsYsnrPttU7TAPdWil3G3PrODuavTRR1H7EWFV1nk7cBEl0QPK1CUBccqiK72g-wuXJiPkTTp2_W/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+288.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573679362619567650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDFjvL203Suyh9mW6MJT60cO6p3wbavA2Jdqo73Jjs31Jz5fuAL0heRZ8zGS606rKWsYsnrPttU7TAPdWil3G3PrODuavTRR1H7EWFV1nk7cBEl0QPK1CUBccqiK72g-wuXJiPkTTp2_W/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+288.JPG" /></a> I debated whether or not I should post these photos but they are so cute I finally decided to do it. I know I love the photos I have of myself at this age doing the same thing. Lincoln has turned into a HUGE climber and climbs on EVERYTHING! But, he also enjoys climbing out of the tub while taking baths. That is what happened in these photos. So, I was able to get his towel on his head before he kept running through the halls. He thinks it is so funny to get chased and he is FAST too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARRQrGURDxDEeZ4wxRlxpGJUSl7b5spEhLjbu41cxHCB8akYk4xNl1iQcTK-iQQTfE_I_KKlDHv_ZsmnzOaFNc_omJIe4ei0a8zFupRovmdvEGlN8OUpdPFyVsnkUqfWYn_N-0f6w3wIP/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+289-1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573649663616087586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARRQrGURDxDEeZ4wxRlxpGJUSl7b5spEhLjbu41cxHCB8akYk4xNl1iQcTK-iQQTfE_I_KKlDHv_ZsmnzOaFNc_omJIe4ei0a8zFupRovmdvEGlN8OUpdPFyVsnkUqfWYn_N-0f6w3wIP/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+289-1.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iSEkfEyDUjNcfb13jDZmte_yUto2Wcs1p786rCd5FhCSe7N40fN6kL76rgpiuSJ5YQF8V2tnxgRu-MS3CKVp2a_XCJoBuGe5sRPv559IejOQAE_xTG-XEgy_9Ov5GfbLLEdKngmLY_R9/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+290.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573649652146313810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iSEkfEyDUjNcfb13jDZmte_yUto2Wcs1p786rCd5FhCSe7N40fN6kL76rgpiuSJ5YQF8V2tnxgRu-MS3CKVp2a_XCJoBuGe5sRPv559IejOQAE_xTG-XEgy_9Ov5GfbLLEdKngmLY_R9/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+290.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575029253394355506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcI1w0xB3_aGdXzLaJoMVE2PjPCxcZgMJol-TPX1Op5_92Igo8tZttePh6koAPQ6SrstfciWiOm6Se-VJ8_HfUGAlb42RwnmtdNh-1MdoZmR6nSQstGcAx4ue_bDIAOn2Vv_YJ79yr7E8z/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+292.JPG" /><br />I was doing some cleaning/organizing the other day and was making piles of clothes that I was going the throw away and/or donate. Well, Lincoln got into the pile of clothes and grabbed this old bra of mine, threw it over his shoulder and was running around the house like a mad man!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVycjrY4EHzWCBiktkW2Xj7vZ9w-YXfanZh7ev2pHh_6sp40h3RJ_WJvwHRGFRls1ebCp0kGJ0af1F7IAJpXrYC8P8tRkuZ-ZPDU6mWsE4IjN44BUwKrQhBBMPF9TPr9GaaJ_zJt6egynM/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+293.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYCmbh1kOsaH9xr4-YxbmMFLKdW61na7tfHS1ctTEiav9wY2u0cZCap4-hVtY2ovv75RmqrA632W3nWd-mEH3e-CtMt3QvgVqKdzMyLW9WemlzVzrkfhvyUj1PwATaULjkPCDZb7gfEB6/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+310.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573649638665912626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYCmbh1kOsaH9xr4-YxbmMFLKdW61na7tfHS1ctTEiav9wY2u0cZCap4-hVtY2ovv75RmqrA632W3nWd-mEH3e-CtMt3QvgVqKdzMyLW9WemlzVzrkfhvyUj1PwATaULjkPCDZb7gfEB6/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+310.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5angkbEpunrpNz1P3n1bme5f_B8pstMMKyevB_Ie08j2qDwackIh1KmzQHXKKiBqlK-n3gcGLDUwo06TlTkyCf1L84n_ZW8-xWP2nPlDgU50FYeGxYy7MDbN5nmCcDn-zlQ-H443kWdaq/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+311.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573649385965056338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5angkbEpunrpNz1P3n1bme5f_B8pstMMKyevB_Ie08j2qDwackIh1KmzQHXKKiBqlK-n3gcGLDUwo06TlTkyCf1L84n_ZW8-xWP2nPlDgU50FYeGxYy7MDbN5nmCcDn-zlQ-H443kWdaq/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+311.JPG" /></a> Lincoln LOVES wearing sun glasses and Lincoln put these sunglasses on him that we found while we were cleaning/organizing things. What a punk!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaWkLyZCbJ8m1wGPa0wTAvSJhz5x95kNUQr5FAjgwtkmn0pViFUAEJkecrw9cl1xT3oWewljoO-f7EZ_X2r31AR-54BbbhK8DIBygj803dXoYvbTV8ytcaWffmhaGG_BbLvpigBb-cUfr/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+360.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573649379595288514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaWkLyZCbJ8m1wGPa0wTAvSJhz5x95kNUQr5FAjgwtkmn0pViFUAEJkecrw9cl1xT3oWewljoO-f7EZ_X2r31AR-54BbbhK8DIBygj803dXoYvbTV8ytcaWffmhaGG_BbLvpigBb-cUfr/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+360.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TgYi3_5KaGInbO_IZJntngfasJGhVDoCV86uYzyLayVVnlBb_KwXaA-0d2bXj4l_VWZZoCLJDaGzDj6CIwpXc75NSD2Gm-fftbv3aKs4DYZWojJVEjZKosTHN20g3aN06tACZt1Q8McA/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+363.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573649376529569218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TgYi3_5KaGInbO_IZJntngfasJGhVDoCV86uYzyLayVVnlBb_KwXaA-0d2bXj4l_VWZZoCLJDaGzDj6CIwpXc75NSD2Gm-fftbv3aKs4DYZWojJVEjZKosTHN20g3aN06tACZt1Q8McA/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+363.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7YdD6InJkUojg9Qvqw5qOWY7GVRF5vi7FubuAusD7fTIjUS4utLGvwaM7FOG-PMOthcTqwSyI7EXMxtD6yV_Qp17-PNGTFRyq1yU7fmglxKn8mfwbA1pbxV16gJwuMWmxTjYJXSYOS_f/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+364.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573649373555744114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7YdD6InJkUojg9Qvqw5qOWY7GVRF5vi7FubuAusD7fTIjUS4utLGvwaM7FOG-PMOthcTqwSyI7EXMxtD6yV_Qp17-PNGTFRyq1yU7fmglxKn8mfwbA1pbxV16gJwuMWmxTjYJXSYOS_f/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+364.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0HdhsIwmIVZLijvAILiHy3O0CEhYXc3bozg5SU0muY34WS0rMb8j9re4noj58-BNAJnfLdswwZEq6y2e80Xu4CuyuLIh-UYm-Z3stPH-rqmcDT99Vi0h-NNnBdkRx5uKENH7xHFWM10P/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+367.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573649368785726578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0HdhsIwmIVZLijvAILiHy3O0CEhYXc3bozg5SU0muY34WS0rMb8j9re4noj58-BNAJnfLdswwZEq6y2e80Xu4CuyuLIh-UYm-Z3stPH-rqmcDT99Vi0h-NNnBdkRx5uKENH7xHFWM10P/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+367.JPG" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-33087687336016716922011-02-14T14:59:00.004-05:002011-02-14T15:24:10.773-05:00December 2010 Update<div>Here are some photos from December (minus the ones from Christmas which I will do a separate post for). Lincoln is 14 months in these photos.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One of Lincoln's new favorite foods this month was black beans!! I swear he would eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The only problem is that every time he would eat them he would make a huge mess! Here is what his face would look like afterwards...</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnZWcQvNyyfXOpP_108_59IXUY_c6uL25ycecD9qTaIjWy26BsES14xow9lFfY5wetWr3VemOskWdniUO1_f4Jo9MQGeaVcVC1CiU1S00beDodlhyRti0IBiSKoenxdThaznOt5wIO3xc/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+091.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnZWcQvNyyfXOpP_108_59IXUY_c6uL25ycecD9qTaIjWy26BsES14xow9lFfY5wetWr3VemOskWdniUO1_f4Jo9MQGeaVcVC1CiU1S00beDodlhyRti0IBiSKoenxdThaznOt5wIO3xc/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573639429209731826" /></a>Lincoln and Dad just chillin' out together on a Sunday morning.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBzauXFLSabKn7rEN2mlnyBx-o4SCJWBxEQrFa3LjF8aa0CYYvaprDcsuq5sSDK7lqJtrqHYJbZhWKgpxPfQQ2dIboGAWYzXignfFvL_z6pqr8VWM7BR0LlStZ56TwsVT4M0EOm6nwPNK/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+092.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1FSRPaM525_THLXoMHhEoIbJ98u5lc2ObhZLwuQRGD5hvXgqttgomuIILPR57__LFDfawYT_Yi3SNphwGLD7tU1pZFdkcOIURefcy_8QknXHsKaplrC5NXOl0fuVhjSC0iPP56XmwumE/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573639219055777986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZYVX_Ybg79apEkv_02JB37YGnR8dE7r3ubOWi5S4MRg0zH_RhhajFGI-XYeZp8r_Sj4qDg6c5oveY_uKuoM4Xc1mQFWh4sPg4mEK9KfYDfDeIqsSuZCJIZUO9dfdu5ASMGemGxvjHAwO/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZYVX_Ybg79apEkv_02JB37YGnR8dE7r3ubOWi5S4MRg0zH_RhhajFGI-XYeZp8r_Sj4qDg6c5oveY_uKuoM4Xc1mQFWh4sPg4mEK9KfYDfDeIqsSuZCJIZUO9dfdu5ASMGemGxvjHAwO/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573639214846838338" /></a>The zoo here in DC is part of the free Smithsonian museums so we decided to head down for zoo lights. It was kind of chilly but we had a fun night together as a family. The only downside was when we got lost....I offered to look up the address before we left but Sheridan said not to do it that he knew how to get there. So, of course, we made a wrong turn and got lost. Sheridan drove around for 30 minutes and wouldn't ask for directions. Finally I just called my brother Rich, he googled the address for us, I put it in the gps, and in a few minutes we were there :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AYtUnKlyic7CMtWWz7nYjwMCAwVorhRDsp5JfGjNdrNFozLkukpsn5iH-X6a1XqTGtKFmljXFx5p9XJTPZGEZBvTO7PRQFgtBKD8rihE79SMcqPozD_fJUq6gfQ8LrHaMiAYeEV-TtQ0/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AYtUnKlyic7CMtWWz7nYjwMCAwVorhRDsp5JfGjNdrNFozLkukpsn5iH-X6a1XqTGtKFmljXFx5p9XJTPZGEZBvTO7PRQFgtBKD8rihE79SMcqPozD_fJUq6gfQ8LrHaMiAYeEV-TtQ0/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573639200684078050" /></a>I was teasing Sheridan that he needed to learn his etiquette from the apes.... ;)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAszmkIHkj6_2DIn-ddHRQ6NX9lXxHCdUIC8Dt7SkC12Roza79pgUbKkLC1Ekhv1fW8V11ZEUUEIE69dK25OxPTIE6vUVQeATmetkwMCKQUieH_Kh2WDJpJNvTAuLK71xPbZXYUkc5jxtN/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+108.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAszmkIHkj6_2DIn-ddHRQ6NX9lXxHCdUIC8Dt7SkC12Roza79pgUbKkLC1Ekhv1fW8V11ZEUUEIE69dK25OxPTIE6vUVQeATmetkwMCKQUieH_Kh2WDJpJNvTAuLK71xPbZXYUkc5jxtN/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+108.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573639198337620226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkEHPmO0UpgW6k_kr4fNblbB07JYp0_j88aUz3AEAvBKfoBY1rcc9uk0Fh79aesUOKdOasC11hHSLmO8ntxcTOp2-uTkyxXGqNa5jd8qcXRs1sLWjEt5UzrfJ0cJVT1PV0vRhrDxSiuRX/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkEHPmO0UpgW6k_kr4fNblbB07JYp0_j88aUz3AEAvBKfoBY1rcc9uk0Fh79aesUOKdOasC11hHSLmO8ntxcTOp2-uTkyxXGqNa5jd8qcXRs1sLWjEt5UzrfJ0cJVT1PV0vRhrDxSiuRX/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573639194421966706" /></a><br />Sheridan doesn't like PDA, so it is a rare occasion that I get a kiss in public. We were taking this photo and I sneaked a kiss in there real quick!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8drs_CD077znikTxrpAlsh5u47KIvlx-hL6rldMIK4YBMyTbRP15L43tMEhmOOyJqS5jMZvDwBkUPKdjd9il9oB0JzAtg5sFbb86TlqnNFHMZZPzjTHpmzt99TnxuREV7V6dYcmb-8Pdx/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8drs_CD077znikTxrpAlsh5u47KIvlx-hL6rldMIK4YBMyTbRP15L43tMEhmOOyJqS5jMZvDwBkUPKdjd9il9oB0JzAtg5sFbb86TlqnNFHMZZPzjTHpmzt99TnxuREV7V6dYcmb-8Pdx/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+112.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573638920641675042" /></a>For New Years Eve we went to our friends' house, Josh and Elizabeth. They are two of our closest friends here in Virginia - Lincoln calls them Uncle Josh and Aunt Elizabeth (well, okayyyy, he can't really <i>say </i>it yet, but we tell Lincoln to give uncle josh a hug, give aunt elizabeth a kiss, etc). They are great hosts and we always have such a great time when we go to their house. Josh had just gotten the Kinect for his Xbox 360 and so we were playing it all night. It is SO much fun!!! Basically you just do the same dance movements as the people on the screen, and the game uses sensors to recognize your movements. You get points for how close you get to the people on the screen. I am so amazed at the technology that is coming out now! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLq9up2ap9c8PBGWr3VQC0I8TotXt6Ax95qH4KMz0Z3YhDYLs8E90XB0Orel_8_Z897UI9WnIs98oYalFcOm8rVLT-ciBnFtdDGagnL0GXIJtFwpxxVve7plAoka88r_CoSXH3makah3j/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+232.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLq9up2ap9c8PBGWr3VQC0I8TotXt6Ax95qH4KMz0Z3YhDYLs8E90XB0Orel_8_Z897UI9WnIs98oYalFcOm8rVLT-ciBnFtdDGagnL0GXIJtFwpxxVve7plAoka88r_CoSXH3makah3j/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+232.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573638918305345074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsSA8D2w_pTr4HBExr2oKK9Nlvq7AOGpG2SovAheEUOFbP1uAEdFHLooVidbCipsvvM7W52WOenqAItWbM_-B7iSaOOsqA0Ldg1RWB_r3pMiRss4RojD-Cpv7BL5toQPTtQt31PeteXmt/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+233.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsSA8D2w_pTr4HBExr2oKK9Nlvq7AOGpG2SovAheEUOFbP1uAEdFHLooVidbCipsvvM7W52WOenqAItWbM_-B7iSaOOsqA0Ldg1RWB_r3pMiRss4RojD-Cpv7BL5toQPTtQt31PeteXmt/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+233.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573638906924452162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6VhtfFMKfksll82-f7WtsAhDm4uvCg_2P7WkTTE7CPG7KjR3IpY6RfcPC0PSPMGEn0du9XA87TmppV8W5k-ToaV8lCz0SVzlsdbHOc1GX-8erWGG950kV6j7DKhHCvQd1I1aUGfbtJw9/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+234.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6VhtfFMKfksll82-f7WtsAhDm4uvCg_2P7WkTTE7CPG7KjR3IpY6RfcPC0PSPMGEn0du9XA87TmppV8W5k-ToaV8lCz0SVzlsdbHOc1GX-8erWGG950kV6j7DKhHCvQd1I1aUGfbtJw9/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+234.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573638906032916738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmV3zFecJ8JvM613qnd4lKilrx-1vON-fFnSK9KoVvnqOfH-JbsEmJttWgD6BgcPdDXirKyCOlPOfISPyuNUivWKznaHyQZSWVSwEga1fYt1RFOOkB2XjKfp1uAQksVH7tpLl3uSOUb9W/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+235.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmV3zFecJ8JvM613qnd4lKilrx-1vON-fFnSK9KoVvnqOfH-JbsEmJttWgD6BgcPdDXirKyCOlPOfISPyuNUivWKznaHyQZSWVSwEga1fYt1RFOOkB2XjKfp1uAQksVH7tpLl3uSOUb9W/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+235.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573638898490990674" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-23356579119771894202011-02-14T14:44:00.005-05:002011-02-14T14:58:31.296-05:00November 2010 Update<div>Ok, Ok so I know I said that I was going to be better about updating my blog now that I got a new camera....but for some reason I was having problems getting my photos to transfer from my camera onto my computer! It was the strangest thing....a few different people looked at it and we couldn't figure it out. Anyways....we bought a memory card reader this weekend from Walmart for $8 and it fixed the problem. So I really should be better this time about keeping my blog updated. In the meantime, here are some pictures to summarize what we have been up to the last few months.</div><div><br /></div><div>See the pictures below.....Lincoln gave Dad a nice little surprise before he got into the tub! :) This is Lincoln at 13 months.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzLeB2PPpJv1yt_Ytj6IcPnfM6yuFaOdftBTcn15XKXbPJWAyGRjiCL1rj8def5FPmeeGGheLQDySsHb2R1WmMOFg-WXw51vCDhP4wwcmcqCs73OyvU9B7MnGLlORp0fjfiLNZEvnlX2X/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzLeB2PPpJv1yt_Ytj6IcPnfM6yuFaOdftBTcn15XKXbPJWAyGRjiCL1rj8def5FPmeeGGheLQDySsHb2R1WmMOFg-WXw51vCDhP4wwcmcqCs73OyvU9B7MnGLlORp0fjfiLNZEvnlX2X/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634699234351570" /></a>Sheridan came home from work for lunch one day. I was getting Lincoln ready to go into the bath, so he was butt naked. I warned Sheridan not to pick Lincoln up, but he is a sucker for Lincoln's puppy dog eyes whenever he wants something :) Sheridan picked him up and was holding him and all of the sudden I heard Sheridan yell, "Ew gross Lincoln!!" and then very soon after, "Natalie, Natalie, come help please, please, please, please!" I was laughing so hard.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8llz8gQI_uQWLkJzWX-52MicS9Zr6adF6WnLwFmCPHf2A_m0M-ct0vTBRJK0MiLzPJsNkf2fqp659n4TR0i_ScfHmEz0Ab_Y-fnHTd8z7vWOrgm0UjYYAmcL0xsaphdr8BAGr-ZxGFVhs/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+067.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8llz8gQI_uQWLkJzWX-52MicS9Zr6adF6WnLwFmCPHf2A_m0M-ct0vTBRJK0MiLzPJsNkf2fqp659n4TR0i_ScfHmEz0Ab_Y-fnHTd8z7vWOrgm0UjYYAmcL0xsaphdr8BAGr-ZxGFVhs/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634698618286130" /></a>Gross!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvK7JPJCDiA9VWFwQ8CgiF4O3fjO_064Cyhmt_BatVsgBoxflDT9kV8sVaAaJKJGvRMaa5AtigSOFB7NeQNcsA6iNUKiX1Lylacub7q4RwprwhmQXLHFYqTHRfQet9v5uLpM04VQmarHy/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+066.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvK7JPJCDiA9VWFwQ8CgiF4O3fjO_064Cyhmt_BatVsgBoxflDT9kV8sVaAaJKJGvRMaa5AtigSOFB7NeQNcsA6iNUKiX1Lylacub7q4RwprwhmQXLHFYqTHRfQet9v5uLpM04VQmarHy/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634568634473826" /></a>Lincoln's favorite thing is to go down the slide at the park! I was so proud of him in November because he learned how to climb all the way up the jungle gym all by himself to the very top of the slide. I would wait at the bottom of the slide and he would just dive headfirst down the slide! He was so cute, he would start laughing, jump off, and run right back over to the bottom of the jungle gym and climb right back up. We can't wait for the weather to be a little warmer and drier so we can start going back to the park. Oh and don't mind his mis-matching outfit....it was what we could find as we were heading out the door! :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SdMtcXyC2ZNVxMcW-lvgpd3ElSo6tZ2d3J2HBDURItGJCeNu-FZM2EI64ubaj90_QgBtnbqD_AE3fFadho4cwlIYdK9yOAk5uG4akFhcGj0R0BoKsGUXLRX1CzXFr7_7fbBzwcmTo4KI/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+059.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SdMtcXyC2ZNVxMcW-lvgpd3ElSo6tZ2d3J2HBDURItGJCeNu-FZM2EI64ubaj90_QgBtnbqD_AE3fFadho4cwlIYdK9yOAk5uG4akFhcGj0R0BoKsGUXLRX1CzXFr7_7fbBzwcmTo4KI/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634566277206866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyNTx6lJkqGVrU47j8JxdAA2jxyt9yMiholOOJ6eWT1rmkhSALw8Ma9vH3XZALedrbdYNVRB5VFJXQQj-S7D-yV7yPSzjoNpGdww4nUbLmcOuObMpz52eegMNGzsC7iVd31aKFrq6d0Gg/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyNTx6lJkqGVrU47j8JxdAA2jxyt9yMiholOOJ6eWT1rmkhSALw8Ma9vH3XZALedrbdYNVRB5VFJXQQj-S7D-yV7yPSzjoNpGdww4nUbLmcOuObMpz52eegMNGzsC7iVd31aKFrq6d0Gg/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634560785137618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszbyKtC5ZjWToU4oZGXLqPssIuTc0vSBVYYN7joduhEPIVtTyc9eV6rWwcb1-hxfnfiaCqDBQO33dox8vhQxvt3YsRKt0n-BNWFw00m5w_m1UzYlnP5ar4aRqmnJz70Cl3-GWNXEWk8Sx/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszbyKtC5ZjWToU4oZGXLqPssIuTc0vSBVYYN7joduhEPIVtTyc9eV6rWwcb1-hxfnfiaCqDBQO33dox8vhQxvt3YsRKt0n-BNWFw00m5w_m1UzYlnP5ar4aRqmnJz70Cl3-GWNXEWk8Sx/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634559906227586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3SPMwDxffGrCjm9O75HtEG3ab66Zq0weu9j-zB94KQViofQWsI4oUBVKr-YZEsPjwyBusoPvWsDBEk5jk7KfBtoRV3qob9YKkVyRZb_cVUxs2KNuenATs5beh472z_BGWF25OLs2pj9t/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3SPMwDxffGrCjm9O75HtEG3ab66Zq0weu9j-zB94KQViofQWsI4oUBVKr-YZEsPjwyBusoPvWsDBEk5jk7KfBtoRV3qob9YKkVyRZb_cVUxs2KNuenATs5beh472z_BGWF25OLs2pj9t/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634557863075730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWZImPl7y3EUG6Jpao71lDHX2wHcpOAm3wegs8NF8_PGpy4mRGxt-8YTrofzEpoGMOmYR7Ki69V_W9WnY7LoQj17-WocoxoHC2iD7PrjwSnZUzwpbWzGi75Zm2lOrz0hPKDxlTYhB906w/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWZImPl7y3EUG6Jpao71lDHX2wHcpOAm3wegs8NF8_PGpy4mRGxt-8YTrofzEpoGMOmYR7Ki69V_W9WnY7LoQj17-WocoxoHC2iD7PrjwSnZUzwpbWzGi75Zm2lOrz0hPKDxlTYhB906w/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634388038449650" /></a>Here he is at the top of the slide trying to figure it out...."should I just go head first or try to scoot down?"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZIHRIvamgdDYBwQCYWiJQzpPTzGlh-gGB9nJAPSvHWQH_o5ZgWBhdGN8RMeRnQd_sozswTMXyf4pbZD_neCU9AJyunZ8cb0XFsHmhqJu8S3X6caYZs4OftFKcVaR1-M5FCxJ1_2FDrEf/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZIHRIvamgdDYBwQCYWiJQzpPTzGlh-gGB9nJAPSvHWQH_o5ZgWBhdGN8RMeRnQd_sozswTMXyf4pbZD_neCU9AJyunZ8cb0XFsHmhqJu8S3X6caYZs4OftFKcVaR1-M5FCxJ1_2FDrEf/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+050.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634385473999666" /></a>"Ok! Here I go!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiD1ze-edp2dkVxES_w07MOd3zJ0D6GKfQxC31SiCjsgJvKYiY7e-sGuLjx9R9HVTd1b0krefpH5KsVWyBCtX4j7_9DCUNl-bPILQ_Nnee0vfMqO3nABSrgqR5uuzB0iMVA-MZt2VN_JKE/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiD1ze-edp2dkVxES_w07MOd3zJ0D6GKfQxC31SiCjsgJvKYiY7e-sGuLjx9R9HVTd1b0krefpH5KsVWyBCtX4j7_9DCUNl-bPILQ_Nnee0vfMqO3nABSrgqR5uuzB0iMVA-MZt2VN_JKE/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634381064304962" /></a>"Hmmmm.....should I do it??"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38nuWxtrGM7tadz8Y6v3qgXM6zT4PxtMVa48Ck0wOiyOEv_LA3JhzUMjD0L6NwENNupu4vCEBjcGMQwfKBVPwJYEBvDHJ2a37MldLQx7xIcDbDyaH5zEHylKXUNe8sEHlkKzsii7DWMgM/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38nuWxtrGM7tadz8Y6v3qgXM6zT4PxtMVa48Ck0wOiyOEv_LA3JhzUMjD0L6NwENNupu4vCEBjcGMQwfKBVPwJYEBvDHJ2a37MldLQx7xIcDbDyaH5zEHylKXUNe8sEHlkKzsii7DWMgM/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634375912351570" /></a>Here is one of him climbing up the steps to the slide.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhdPt7ZnYb1jXw1g8ASsgqxND178jd9xMNJ8Oc8rDhpvLfymVfMt9baDMfHkpFFoWeIrzaTSkLhg6x7Eo9yZE7Jy0zWs1hkurC5dVRDhz004y4LUkYka2tzlFcyWKkprQFpvVvpCvPuIH/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhdPt7ZnYb1jXw1g8ASsgqxND178jd9xMNJ8Oc8rDhpvLfymVfMt9baDMfHkpFFoWeIrzaTSkLhg6x7Eo9yZE7Jy0zWs1hkurC5dVRDhz004y4LUkYka2tzlFcyWKkprQFpvVvpCvPuIH/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634370917547666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqV6YOcn0uyDc_nS_E4smKNyzbvljW-xP5fIADygFX9ZLFQtcmhVaxkSOxGDYl4yf1D5h1LsEn4GHwTjZCuoCcgtPRkJNwlht64KgeEy_zj7vyHGe8KWkaBCCiGZOJSKd7VqlUZ9NvTn7L/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqV6YOcn0uyDc_nS_E4smKNyzbvljW-xP5fIADygFX9ZLFQtcmhVaxkSOxGDYl4yf1D5h1LsEn4GHwTjZCuoCcgtPRkJNwlht64KgeEy_zj7vyHGe8KWkaBCCiGZOJSKd7VqlUZ9NvTn7L/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634203911150162" /></a>This was a fun Capitols hockey game that we went to (thank you ExxonMobil!). Sheridan was able to get us tickets in the ExxonMobil suite and we had a lot of fun. It is so nice to be able to take Lincoln to these events. Because we have the extra room in the suite he can run his energy off while we still watch the game.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUj2jzPXLXhFbndeU_ZiS1RDpcjOH0pHBHbgUZH2ZVLoCdzC2vkaxF7cZ3RZ6f_hE5NHeaeCKSYPPPiz6gFQuSoFuk9hhh4jVh1X7e-2L3T9hch-C_8sECJS5jX3sxdwCX824K9_oMIx1/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUj2jzPXLXhFbndeU_ZiS1RDpcjOH0pHBHbgUZH2ZVLoCdzC2vkaxF7cZ3RZ6f_hE5NHeaeCKSYPPPiz6gFQuSoFuk9hhh4jVh1X7e-2L3T9hch-C_8sECJS5jX3sxdwCX824K9_oMIx1/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634199199886210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxlbibD0f8Sb8PN1LHUFcb8oDTJStv-BwxSIohZ1sYO9jdZ46jXrBWFevf4Sa5JPAmj0NQu6fsqn1wKSsG7MzmV9mlf7W9EeKVanRH_fkBk8uPZtXLc1vWHF7cFroedmFdjjeOakVLc-t/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxlbibD0f8Sb8PN1LHUFcb8oDTJStv-BwxSIohZ1sYO9jdZ46jXrBWFevf4Sa5JPAmj0NQu6fsqn1wKSsG7MzmV9mlf7W9EeKVanRH_fkBk8uPZtXLc1vWHF7cFroedmFdjjeOakVLc-t/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634197331385010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfViRBKzV7KpnRVifHrkD3MGvNUjGPUU58q-ixWrcUdF4VnS8Vjj_2D3qZ5Kzmu8sacqMkE3w3SI6a9nuwCAuvkQsabnY7Fstot3j0Grn_D6OcT23eMFgNPmDNruSZCeHfX32_Gjv90tj/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfViRBKzV7KpnRVifHrkD3MGvNUjGPUU58q-ixWrcUdF4VnS8Vjj_2D3qZ5Kzmu8sacqMkE3w3SI6a9nuwCAuvkQsabnY7Fstot3j0Grn_D6OcT23eMFgNPmDNruSZCeHfX32_Gjv90tj/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634190583665762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Btsqp5g7YdLlemhmRbtmu6e1SdEeBkwmndahVzC0MJqwxCBK6ohq3G0IQnAHDqZJyuauOuoEKx9Ipk-q9v35t9WW0-BiTcII7dkpXvsp4CHegmsZQatCA65OnR5aftAYugDylQEK31EV/s1600/Jan+and+Feb+2011+039.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Btsqp5g7YdLlemhmRbtmu6e1SdEeBkwmndahVzC0MJqwxCBK6ohq3G0IQnAHDqZJyuauOuoEKx9Ipk-q9v35t9WW0-BiTcII7dkpXvsp4CHegmsZQatCA65OnR5aftAYugDylQEK31EV/s400/Jan+and+Feb+2011+039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573634188845830882" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689732631117185909.post-14797161295660160612010-12-16T07:34:00.012-05:002010-12-16T08:47:36.449-05:00Family Pictures November 2010<div>We recently had our family photos taken and I LOVE LOVE LOVE how they turned out!! If you are in the DC area and are looking for a good photographer I would strongly recommend Chasing Moments. Olga Bogatyrenko is the photographer. I actually met her at a mom's group that I used to participate in. She has a little boy Lincoln's age. She was taking candid photographs one time at one of our get-togethers and the candids were so great!! I then found out that she was a professional photographer. <span style="color:windowtext">I tend to favor the photos which have been toned (I prefer the lighter ones and the warmer ones) but there are a few different versions of some of these photos. Lincoln did give us too many huge cheesy grins, but we got a few good ones! :) </span>Olga specializes in newborn/maternity/family photos. Her website is<span style="color: windowtext; "><a href="http://www.chasingmoments.com/">www.chasingmoments.com</a> and she also has a blog </span><span style="color: windowtext; "><a href="http://chasingmoments.livejournal.com/">http://chasingmoments.livejournal.com/</a> </span></div><div><span style="color:windowtext"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOkrCpd4mPeiprpAWGmz8Tdj18OQaY7sC-XepHVzy4fTzCJMVSyP1vvuo30Q5Cp2VPOQTphtmqfnHbIWEYj9Tb8_C_kwxCvPryKsbVbbarhlMG94sfiUd18NqNp4nWfhlfgrOEXZcSf0o/s1600/natalie_storyboard_2-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOkrCpd4mPeiprpAWGmz8Tdj18OQaY7sC-XepHVzy4fTzCJMVSyP1vvuo30Q5Cp2VPOQTphtmqfnHbIWEYj9Tb8_C_kwxCvPryKsbVbbarhlMG94sfiUd18NqNp4nWfhlfgrOEXZcSf0o/s400/natalie_storyboard_2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551274805030125522" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYcofn8NAaENzlrMkNdY14K5C-nXb48nQI4LF7V_t-bxoZAz1_1XEosM_3IC2uhrSviyvmhJSGNwI3dxDXezCaEAHXKgA0ELgUFIgPgdGcdJ-AB94NVYPzX2Tg_8_sZPoRRaGMLZRu_Wf/s1600/natalie_storyboard_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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