tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66703821991540273542024-03-13T21:32:40.564-07:00The Bremer BunchMelaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-62721403786573974142011-09-03T10:02:00.000-07:002011-09-03T10:06:35.040-07:00Fall Subway Art<div style="text-align: center;">So I have been loving Subway Art and since it is September, I was hunting for something cute to put in my frame. I didn't really see anything that tickled my fancy!! So, I made my own! I thought I would share. I just printed it out of my printer on computer paper and it looks just fine! Just trim around the edges to make it fit an 8x10 frame.
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<br />I don't know how to do the whole "download" thing. So if someone wants to tell me, that would be great!! Or can you just copy and paste my picture?? I don't know...
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkDSLeUZjYnm2Pz9YQSOFK9Agh-VjseOMzVwqciT4CcN6X7PVeEC0KdmReS5oyVjfGOP8KWBKNRQyzu-KQ_78Lul37oy8MJ1yg1kaFgyfvhsykK5BfYuGlC0G74ivZAIdPTaNzLXFrsXa/s1600/Fall+Subway+Art.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkDSLeUZjYnm2Pz9YQSOFK9Agh-VjseOMzVwqciT4CcN6X7PVeEC0KdmReS5oyVjfGOP8KWBKNRQyzu-KQ_78Lul37oy8MJ1yg1kaFgyfvhsykK5BfYuGlC0G74ivZAIdPTaNzLXFrsXa/s320/Fall+Subway+Art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648180522221888626" border="0" /></a></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-61143885495409733772011-06-06T09:36:00.000-07:002011-06-06T09:38:00.374-07:00Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;">My awesome friend Kyla is doing a giveaway all week long. I can't believe she has 1000 followers!! <br /><br /><a border="0" href="http://funkypolkadotgiraffe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p12/mormishgirl/Blog/1000Button-1.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Check it out!<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-44881719876296935582011-05-02T12:23:00.000-07:002011-05-02T12:28:16.963-07:00Milestones<div style="text-align: center;">I am so excited for Saturday. It is a big day for our family!! Heidi will be getting baptized and right after Evan will receive the priesthood!! Such awesome events!! We are thrilled at the decisions that our children have made. Mother's Day will truly be an emotional one because that will be Evan's first time passing the sacrament. I'm teary-eyed just thinking about it! We are so proud of our kids!!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNkv7M5AbOhGS1qhAZF9BS3F1lkSZObS6Mhi2LtKqE9dFjPbA4clQgDxTYGetV1FyFMEPvPZLo1PLuv_uj7gXACUJybfJw50F0jJbH4OJ5mjtqQmf-pDh3zUCMg6jqDxSXj4MwHCm-Spq/s1600/Evan+%2526+Heidi+redo2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNkv7M5AbOhGS1qhAZF9BS3F1lkSZObS6Mhi2LtKqE9dFjPbA4clQgDxTYGetV1FyFMEPvPZLo1PLuv_uj7gXACUJybfJw50F0jJbH4OJ5mjtqQmf-pDh3zUCMg6jqDxSXj4MwHCm-Spq/s320/Evan+%2526+Heidi+redo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602202599096478402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(This is the invitation that I made. It was my first time using PhotoShop. That's a hard program. I don't even know what I did or how I did it!! haha!!)<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-53829303349046136472011-03-07T17:20:00.000-08:002011-03-07T17:21:00.133-08:00Spring Boutique<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Xt0y6CY1w1pMhweMllB3npZVRn7pTYMMA7VsInbfN2jmaQrKsgcmPbLm3G40XhqJ-H38k7Teo_RWay-99o7WoV82f7InYUojQId8Jq8w2FcaVVeAh9nfKOzLoyd9uhQl7WqJXYFkWeDR/s1600/Spring+Boutique.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Xt0y6CY1w1pMhweMllB3npZVRn7pTYMMA7VsInbfN2jmaQrKsgcmPbLm3G40XhqJ-H38k7Teo_RWay-99o7WoV82f7InYUojQId8Jq8w2FcaVVeAh9nfKOzLoyd9uhQl7WqJXYFkWeDR/s320/Spring+Boutique.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581512928560785938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So...I have been recruited to do another boutique. Wish me luck and stop by and say hi!<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-39370557247574138782011-03-07T16:53:00.000-08:002011-03-07T17:04:10.011-08:00Ryan's birthday<div style="text-align: center;">Ryan had been complaining about his broken down BBQ for a long time so I thought that would be the perfect gift for him for his birthday. I invited a few people to help pitch in for it. I drove him to Lowe's with his eyes closed and he really had no idea why we were there. There were a whole bunch of BBQ's outside the store so I said, "Let's just stop here!". "Really??" was his reply. Super excited. And he loves it! So, come on over for a BBQ!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRR2M3qpvyPvARIiUjM-Am7s4LMIZg0ojubN-gWUleP7iOUWyKXGizobNRwgIXDIOvtky3q7sfqpV7C0zYTMeaunqn9Xgc-t22MNfBakNkmHN5nd10KY1JR14VryuI7N3fmyqpZo-J8n5/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRR2M3qpvyPvARIiUjM-Am7s4LMIZg0ojubN-gWUleP7iOUWyKXGizobNRwgIXDIOvtky3q7sfqpV7C0zYTMeaunqn9Xgc-t22MNfBakNkmHN5nd10KY1JR14VryuI7N3fmyqpZo-J8n5/s320/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581508119603409218" border="0" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplMj1pbgwtSPgu3rR3Qzi3QCADCjCd9qV1RL_8v-FTbBAn7BAw8CAa1w_8zlvwB2AXZG3PQdg3iK79bBxw8i_C1nxHg2XbBq7ku-ql5C10lHnTrSbUp3GFMgTnPiyNmXiMSneMrvx89Ci/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplMj1pbgwtSPgu3rR3Qzi3QCADCjCd9qV1RL_8v-FTbBAn7BAw8CAa1w_8zlvwB2AXZG3PQdg3iK79bBxw8i_C1nxHg2XbBq7ku-ql5C10lHnTrSbUp3GFMgTnPiyNmXiMSneMrvx89Ci/s320/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581508127879862322" border="0" /></a>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-64218084448637437352011-02-04T18:58:00.000-08:002011-02-04T19:11:46.531-08:00Daddy-Daughter Dance<div style="text-align: center;">I know...I'm a big time blog slacker. My apologies. But, it's so much easier and faster to upload pictures to Facebook, so that's where my pictures tend to go. So...here is a super cute picture to make up for my lack of blogging.<br /><br />Tonight is the Daddy-Daughter Dance at the school. Heidi isn't feeling too well...swollen tonsils, but really, really, really wanted to spend a date night out with Daddy. So, they went. I have to tell you about her dress. It is the bridesmaid dress that my little sister wore to my wedding. She was almost 9 at the time. She is also wearing a Cinderella slipper necklace. That was the theme of my wedding. And Ryan dressed in blue to match her. Very sweet! I hope they are able to enjoy the night at least for a little while!<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkCN4q4BZTtMHVR1OUyGzHAPfq8b_ReP21ikbe597RcVVkxu506llF2ayCRLrx6DEi2bBAPgYG7c3Fb6I54QLYe1LAYqTHg26ouGfzr_0GHZrD4lQKfg41L_8T6tzrWX57hLLuhAjc9rQ/s1600/064.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkCN4q4BZTtMHVR1OUyGzHAPfq8b_ReP21ikbe597RcVVkxu506llF2ayCRLrx6DEi2bBAPgYG7c3Fb6I54QLYe1LAYqTHg26ouGfzr_0GHZrD4lQKfg41L_8T6tzrWX57hLLuhAjc9rQ/s320/064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570037503222144258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3H5U3LatHDp68Iqb7atQeByreTMoWUmWew63aneDj8vy3PxZxDQHF81hh5bSR8MI3VBvcDBc5-uDy-rnhmKBJOto8fT__q9KlbrkQB2wowhIJ5scMAbdFkQSTUNXUgdUqbx1ICJQ5bajs/s1600/067.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3H5U3LatHDp68Iqb7atQeByreTMoWUmWew63aneDj8vy3PxZxDQHF81hh5bSR8MI3VBvcDBc5-uDy-rnhmKBJOto8fT__q9KlbrkQB2wowhIJ5scMAbdFkQSTUNXUgdUqbx1ICJQ5bajs/s320/067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570037146834223954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9z_x7PegBIpAC7IwtnUzB-sBhAA40T9sLSq5DzykKcqP2LeZeMU0c-mhZ1DAQwYnyNFZkJaLg14dQGA-V8kreMU-GJoQ0-tDqnQJVPOP5lpP3Scn5-TmcR22xrJZRuoan4hVtWBoelqzb/s1600/066.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9z_x7PegBIpAC7IwtnUzB-sBhAA40T9sLSq5DzykKcqP2LeZeMU0c-mhZ1DAQwYnyNFZkJaLg14dQGA-V8kreMU-GJoQ0-tDqnQJVPOP5lpP3Scn5-TmcR22xrJZRuoan4hVtWBoelqzb/s320/066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570037147296291762" border="0" /></a>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-27205176190664305582010-11-29T15:43:00.000-08:002010-11-29T15:45:52.790-08:00Boutique<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrvCdXNJqrGWOUYtuDICmKTcHcbEDIE2YFWRbuy5wyhuxLu7xip3g42rnsubWfdbukaPfwSMaoahl_pX5Pf7wzQzQ3LrJvb1uWLL9eI0jCe7zEruYtY2gZpabOzPbl3O1rOWyD91_uDL-/s1600/Cinnamon+and+Spice+Flier+2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrvCdXNJqrGWOUYtuDICmKTcHcbEDIE2YFWRbuy5wyhuxLu7xip3g42rnsubWfdbukaPfwSMaoahl_pX5Pf7wzQzQ3LrJvb1uWLL9eI0jCe7zEruYtY2gZpabOzPbl3O1rOWyD91_uDL-/s320/Cinnamon+and+Spice+Flier+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545122062340537106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I am excited to share that I am participating in my very first boutique! I'll admit, I am a little nervous. I'm not sure what to expect. But, we'll see! Check out the flier and stop on by! It's this weekend and there is going to be over 40 vendors! Fun times!<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-54021120424804450602010-11-02T12:43:00.000-07:002010-11-02T12:49:49.124-07:00Halloween<div style="text-align: center;">I post most of my pictures on Facebook because they upload so much faster. Sorry for neglecting my blog. But, here is a picture of all of us on Halloween. We all dressed up this year. We had a lot of fun!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMfok6jpCnIJJE2vDRTziY3z89HZY1JRxAdudihE_qV856rZxwMxUNDBlS9yRi4O5xOtt7zcDcLZCJEfh460bBPfpb__zWnkiJawy_jKdwraJwyHNAeNQsXgJ89M2ArCBVNoYF-8Szh7_/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMfok6jpCnIJJE2vDRTziY3z89HZY1JRxAdudihE_qV856rZxwMxUNDBlS9yRi4O5xOtt7zcDcLZCJEfh460bBPfpb__zWnkiJawy_jKdwraJwyHNAeNQsXgJ89M2ArCBVNoYF-8Szh7_/s320/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535041716830357458" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=247509&id=535724643&l=98fff3869e">here</a> to see all our Halloween pictures that I posted on Facebook (if you haven't already)! I hope you had a great Halloween month! We sure did! 2 Spooky dinners, movie night, game night, Adult party, trunk-or-treating x2. Good times!<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!</span></span><br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-5312590504468100532010-09-14T08:52:00.000-07:002010-09-14T09:17:42.647-07:00School is in session!<div style="text-align: center;">I do love summer, but sometimes it just seems too long. Life is better when we have a routine. So, yes, I am happy that school has started!! Even for Lindsey! Here are pictures of the kids on the first day. 6th grade, 4th grade, 2nd grade and Preschool.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdLkTSaZo6GidMivSc-Kn0jro-5a1RfsVrmBnOkBwzAeYcRfXxjJN2N9kBt6IMFvKOCgpPx3XBwoUbJusUVbb4kH47LERuDPpDOxPdQIPO7k4U16qVCfAiZ5dr0fm-1_PNAIrhjsrpj6W/s1600/034.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdLkTSaZo6GidMivSc-Kn0jro-5a1RfsVrmBnOkBwzAeYcRfXxjJN2N9kBt6IMFvKOCgpPx3XBwoUbJusUVbb4kH47LERuDPpDOxPdQIPO7k4U16qVCfAiZ5dr0fm-1_PNAIrhjsrpj6W/s320/034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516803995050150306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KDYj-xUHBasj3tdvw2BWDeoKdqkdHyKz_wtj4sFv43E-Zc5RMONsofvQkI50gNtMs4VTmXDkxbFpVRGzm2II4HfcZT5vI7JMbSkJdlYOR77RyIMU0bwZrKM59yjnArn2_sFLwiGFJahn/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KDYj-xUHBasj3tdvw2BWDeoKdqkdHyKz_wtj4sFv43E-Zc5RMONsofvQkI50gNtMs4VTmXDkxbFpVRGzm2II4HfcZT5vI7JMbSkJdlYOR77RyIMU0bwZrKM59yjnArn2_sFLwiGFJahn/s320/032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516803987194534450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_t56CmNwqzV2gJz6j90BCHZx5x0gawSj7u2dYsESH1n6NlYI1M8jqyJwxtR3ZO8giLb7q3wQuyfyNUzQAFCBKCMGWnsHeRsLYivWZW3FixnA9DIG9dtzuBNyzOx41Yu6kRDA6ydFb8If/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_t56CmNwqzV2gJz6j90BCHZx5x0gawSj7u2dYsESH1n6NlYI1M8jqyJwxtR3ZO8giLb7q3wQuyfyNUzQAFCBKCMGWnsHeRsLYivWZW3FixnA9DIG9dtzuBNyzOx41Yu6kRDA6ydFb8If/s320/036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516803978498126594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaOTQDQwwrdg9nso9aZ4Pz-E47wuOEp1SycEFTnYIgnmWo5Chaqd8NmqCz-Jt3k0P4-W51UvFzPXsnL44qUvipwnkLBEoD-4mQFY29G1tkB67DGq02gNZO2Fm40vjg1CechNxXEgUUsnK/s1600/046.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaOTQDQwwrdg9nso9aZ4Pz-E47wuOEp1SycEFTnYIgnmWo5Chaqd8NmqCz-Jt3k0P4-W51UvFzPXsnL44qUvipwnkLBEoD-4mQFY29G1tkB67DGq02gNZO2Fm40vjg1CechNxXEgUUsnK/s320/046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516803971887590546" border="0" /></a>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-17714585365070037522010-09-12T21:38:00.000-07:002010-09-12T21:41:44.569-07:00Oops!Well thanks to my sister I found out that I typed my new blog website wrong! Oops! The name of my craft blog is Strawberry Sweetie's Shoppe and the link is www.strawberrymel.blogspot.com. I hope you'll check it out!<br /><br />Click <a href="http://strawberrymel.blogspot.com/">here</a> so you don't have to copy and paste. :-)Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-87797277730229622072010-08-05T10:15:00.000-07:002010-08-11T20:09:28.681-07:00Long time...no write!<div style="text-align: center;">Sorry bloggers, I have been neglecting you. Not on purpose though...just got kinda bored of it. So...here's some updates...starting with the most recent.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />On Monday night we went to McDonald's for family night. Cheap ice cream!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMur6_bIaxj3FDayTLYIatuywYg7dEzs0_PBp8SlOH1hvIHMoWV-iavoKyDB9M7-d7Kc_04C-m26LOnttZbKzWfhmSvf3NDARkxAZB32oWmE-j454dCsmaMc0FpXkHFDg6gjySXdDNDz6g/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMur6_bIaxj3FDayTLYIatuywYg7dEzs0_PBp8SlOH1hvIHMoWV-iavoKyDB9M7-d7Kc_04C-m26LOnttZbKzWfhmSvf3NDARkxAZB32oWmE-j454dCsmaMc0FpXkHFDg6gjySXdDNDz6g/s320/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501977394278936690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6r4tZCYtPvC9pP3rah7yu3MGulDR9Jwkrvz5Xk9_sLFhhfIbTMzEhwIJHnjpv_lY2GruHrA1IR_W4Vs6wdxWsv94cs196itJJnHbcuXKx1U0Aff-XR6p0proMzaKHr0c6UDzUWGVq9NPl/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6r4tZCYtPvC9pP3rah7yu3MGulDR9Jwkrvz5Xk9_sLFhhfIbTMzEhwIJHnjpv_lY2GruHrA1IR_W4Vs6wdxWsv94cs196itJJnHbcuXKx1U0Aff-XR6p0proMzaKHr0c6UDzUWGVq9NPl/s320/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501977403858209138" border="0" /></a>Also...I have started another blog: www.strawberrysweetiemel.blogspot.com where I am displaying items that I have made and would like to sell. Check it out! I plan to open up an etsy account as well. Here's a sample of what I have done recently:<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivk0amSxlb6DnodWnyCoiLYwZfU0hKwLcCoFDPHlheL7EECy1VEn92MvAWAoeD1zxaTO6lXeTJp2ArvkbBlgOYt7hErN4Bx3QOAcTT3FKQ5duGTo9xMVfgo8qD54LqrTQVpMlewKYitpaa/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivk0amSxlb6DnodWnyCoiLYwZfU0hKwLcCoFDPHlheL7EECy1VEn92MvAWAoeD1zxaTO6lXeTJp2ArvkbBlgOYt7hErN4Bx3QOAcTT3FKQ5duGTo9xMVfgo8qD54LqrTQVpMlewKYitpaa/s320/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501979882574662498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfIt8xhHpy7OxGkK3-efcHBVmOPpjTfT3uIj83qVeIpsFP2CnMJIne3hpeLf9ejsZcTRLVvmKyiLcRtR41sM_BmwkNHmfbESs3qjF74qLS8KDsMZ1oYpCTluTqyfk2gmXFX_WwsbXmAGc/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfIt8xhHpy7OxGkK3-efcHBVmOPpjTfT3uIj83qVeIpsFP2CnMJIne3hpeLf9ejsZcTRLVvmKyiLcRtR41sM_BmwkNHmfbESs3qjF74qLS8KDsMZ1oYpCTluTqyfk2gmXFX_WwsbXmAGc/s320/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501979873858210114" border="0" /></a><br />I gave my baby a haircut! I cut off all his curls... :-( He looks so cute though! It was just really bushy in the back. Much better now! (Pardon the food in his mouth! hahah)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcH7ex6siXJK8f1RZdpv_riDi4-mkRV5YbqWv06fJ6N3gZ4bIZKcQfZaBLXbXIL0plaT0vhNZRdvklGNY6oz8ytcqkuosAhTVByeRxIRYKr3z9GhOcnknf27h_Tu_hQzSXY8nhpuVacNL/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcH7ex6siXJK8f1RZdpv_riDi4-mkRV5YbqWv06fJ6N3gZ4bIZKcQfZaBLXbXIL0plaT0vhNZRdvklGNY6oz8ytcqkuosAhTVByeRxIRYKr3z9GhOcnknf27h_Tu_hQzSXY8nhpuVacNL/s320/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501980872472735426" border="0" /></a>We have had some fun at the beach with family and friends and look forward to many more trips there. It's been rather cold for a California summer...but I'm not complaining too much! :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphcpH4EoIQnfPTwNr9upxkInv4AWk9Tb_o3bvW3HrFyW_EcWWqUOH-cr6W0NbEHb_fW0wk0OdMXVvCzQQqFNNKJ9THmrWWT-P8tRFIqmq_o1s7472kYMrOmol_Cu0AZzsVKAYGKlKTCMr/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphcpH4EoIQnfPTwNr9upxkInv4AWk9Tb_o3bvW3HrFyW_EcWWqUOH-cr6W0NbEHb_fW0wk0OdMXVvCzQQqFNNKJ9THmrWWT-P8tRFIqmq_o1s7472kYMrOmol_Cu0AZzsVKAYGKlKTCMr/s320/025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501985962412875522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBV3cJvWjaGATl95qpXvCgSJkdoVrbNFTcF_AXhnusq2ZN48FUsFF9LKL1i5mv5JwGpFZXjSZ_GGCabfnpnCK8AgvqFCFQ6-vnu5ziCB5esV4AVkgsOX6E_1TXEYTge35-umMfFU_GyeD/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBV3cJvWjaGATl95qpXvCgSJkdoVrbNFTcF_AXhnusq2ZN48FUsFF9LKL1i5mv5JwGpFZXjSZ_GGCabfnpnCK8AgvqFCFQ6-vnu5ziCB5esV4AVkgsOX6E_1TXEYTge35-umMfFU_GyeD/s320/023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501985954383546626" border="0" /></a>We love having Aunt Mandy here!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SD-IobGlE65B0G7dp6iwfPhdpvANkW0qwgXfDGQHaCt9riqk5pcShd_HxOvWvpRp7BxmP3Kiq50JWmRE_fLQX3aS-q3qNSswyyVrzDnFH4EhLArYzwMot47uHE3Nomekp2Vv7uTVvT7X/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SD-IobGlE65B0G7dp6iwfPhdpvANkW0qwgXfDGQHaCt9riqk5pcShd_HxOvWvpRp7BxmP3Kiq50JWmRE_fLQX3aS-q3qNSswyyVrzDnFH4EhLArYzwMot47uHE3Nomekp2Vv7uTVvT7X/s320/021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501985949456787362" border="0" /></a>Silly Grandma and Derek waving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtb5fy6TALXO14QSJ4g74OYZ6qYn9W1Dp4xcJ6CSsE0uzt-iiRDw5jLQ-KjgbLV3GFTWthFVUBceLQO7eiEHCuEB1Py-l2YQIPNB9gn8LZJc90XAbSXxRHRhTqe_jsA3vODqvWsFeDeRx/s1600/016.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtb5fy6TALXO14QSJ4g74OYZ6qYn9W1Dp4xcJ6CSsE0uzt-iiRDw5jLQ-KjgbLV3GFTWthFVUBceLQO7eiEHCuEB1Py-l2YQIPNB9gn8LZJc90XAbSXxRHRhTqe_jsA3vODqvWsFeDeRx/s320/016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501985944802349298" border="0" /></a>Ryan cooking the hot dogs...YUMMY!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgtduPtLugDp-NLBOKCHHmbkzWvtKBKTEZW84MLGodhjZZdUphsiVtrFMc-qrDJBl4m2d9V3X4qZ5IOMCfb9REluLtOg-AOnEss_uYsQwf4LiI4parnVeHfdR44I8tcnkiDQKeBIuMk1L/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgtduPtLugDp-NLBOKCHHmbkzWvtKBKTEZW84MLGodhjZZdUphsiVtrFMc-qrDJBl4m2d9V3X4qZ5IOMCfb9REluLtOg-AOnEss_uYsQwf4LiI4parnVeHfdR44I8tcnkiDQKeBIuMk1L/s320/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501985935651634738" border="0" /></a>Lindsey sitting underneath the EZ-up and the umbrella...it was really windy that night.<br /><br />So, there's a taste of what we have been up to. I will try to be better about posting because I am sure that you all missed me so much!!!!!!<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-81709000350584184012010-06-25T15:26:00.000-07:002010-06-25T15:30:24.089-07:00Lindsey is 4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcZEnxj9YFKNWvVs-YzSqnR5fj3PntsajF-8AH9qszGrpkVWgiQ7y-1i9eIWfqwLZ11D1az861F5PCsFRcxvPiQVmWkADztAaOzdzuDEWzJ0yxFuPcDv8ToQgQ_bB1utnM-R_Y6MQWqqv/s1600/404.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcZEnxj9YFKNWvVs-YzSqnR5fj3PntsajF-8AH9qszGrpkVWgiQ7y-1i9eIWfqwLZ11D1az861F5PCsFRcxvPiQVmWkADztAaOzdzuDEWzJ0yxFuPcDv8ToQgQ_bB1utnM-R_Y6MQWqqv/s320/404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486842155920603170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">My little girl...who was my baby for so long...is 4 today. She is growing up so fast. She still loves to snuggle with me and love me! Her favorite color is purple and since that is also my favorite color, I now have to be yellow for everything because she is purple! She is so cute and sweet. I just love her!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LINDSEY!!<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-47179046024779204912010-06-16T11:37:00.000-07:002010-06-16T11:42:10.949-07:00Crazy hair day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBxLP6IL9T0aJ5VPIJ3GZu_3bh-JVCg2DK43-2GYbbABDkec8RklluS_uAs3OAR4rnJVUKvvygpmdC_INKoZAbNR0dA9b-CBn_x9JQ7R68iJzCdI-cZ3FXveyxdxOgqx2_0V3_mt0hpRv/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBxLP6IL9T0aJ5VPIJ3GZu_3bh-JVCg2DK43-2GYbbABDkec8RklluS_uAs3OAR4rnJVUKvvygpmdC_INKoZAbNR0dA9b-CBn_x9JQ7R68iJzCdI-cZ3FXveyxdxOgqx2_0V3_mt0hpRv/s320/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483443558188199458" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gotta love crazy hair day at school!!<br /></span></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-51535595557420085462010-06-01T10:29:00.000-07:002010-06-01T12:36:31.389-07:00Another giveaway!I know...I know! But one of these times I gonna win something!!!!! Cute potholders are the giveaway this time! Check it out <a href="http://cutecupcakesallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/06/its-giveaway-time.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Actually, I did win something once, but it never got sent to me... :-( It was way cute! Oh well.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-52670493121649107842010-05-19T08:43:00.001-07:002010-05-19T09:49:47.058-07:00Birthday boy<div style="text-align: center;">I can't believe it! My baby is 1 today!! I am so not happy about this!! I want him to stay small. When I was pregnant with him...my #5...we got lots of flack from people. It was a really rough pregnancy emotionally. But...I didn't care (for the most part!) what people said because I knew that he was supposed to be a part of our family. My regular readers will probably remember how he came to be (not the birds and the bees story...the cool story). If not, you can check it out <a href="http://thebremerbunch.blogspot.com/2008/09/story.html">here</a>. He is a wonderful little boy. The rest of my kids just love him to pieces! He truly is a blessing! I love you, my sweet baby Derek! Our life wouldn't be complete without you.<br /><br />Some stats for your reading enjoyment: he has 7 teeth...almost 8, he is walking ALL over the place now (crazy!), a month or so ago he weighed 24 1/2 pounds. We'll see what he is like tomorrow. He loves to eat...duh! He's my chunky monkey! He gets excited when he sees dogs...and food! I love this little guy!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqxTm77t-YjRXyJcpCL_xmkO735iyhH1vGSfEiZtW_nJqfq0wJk2_uPwNfxUTH1JIm-Vubau4wsh7F1ji0XEIIVuwfOP5wCpFq6fHnvBxTQkl2D4AN9EEuPzSZhIlEGm4du8jA_GLG6Ym/s1600/026.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqxTm77t-YjRXyJcpCL_xmkO735iyhH1vGSfEiZtW_nJqfq0wJk2_uPwNfxUTH1JIm-Vubau4wsh7F1ji0XEIIVuwfOP5wCpFq6fHnvBxTQkl2D4AN9EEuPzSZhIlEGm4du8jA_GLG6Ym/s320/026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473012248063645730" border="0" /></a>Gag me!! Gotta love prego pictures!!<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pumDNNsX2f_fno9IzCaKtaOMRNp8AgE1-jakUsbpV5DRmV8AWOOxlLzwT5jC5U1SwIN4T9gPbEtVW-AJTCDpDUfyKofKCEUEilGcQslPxPrTnrv480VStEiWXRH94S_BHYlL4HRjXWBP/s1600/051.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pumDNNsX2f_fno9IzCaKtaOMRNp8AgE1-jakUsbpV5DRmV8AWOOxlLzwT5jC5U1SwIN4T9gPbEtVW-AJTCDpDUfyKofKCEUEilGcQslPxPrTnrv480VStEiWXRH94S_BHYlL4HRjXWBP/s320/051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473012256725532578" border="0" /></a>My newest son!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfNnQDpV12McF9lZPAE8xPC1tZ3lzsyrBTRELSHr1NZF5X73TcLpM_l-y8d9a31Fo56Lm_3cgdCnXKZ7C6EBGOCT20PV5lDaoL_l4cu54iiZDqj8Qsrop5vHMRQe_x4YIlQjzH-TEjC2U/s1600/186.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfNnQDpV12McF9lZPAE8xPC1tZ3lzsyrBTRELSHr1NZF5X73TcLpM_l-y8d9a31Fo56Lm_3cgdCnXKZ7C6EBGOCT20PV5lDaoL_l4cu54iiZDqj8Qsrop5vHMRQe_x4YIlQjzH-TEjC2U/s320/186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473012265658382194" border="0" /></a>I love how peaceful he looks when he's sleeping!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjp5qUnWrmXAl2BkgiwGllGtqXwGZZLmXjlLw3BRZTUkfugHXt5XsZBM-TZw84i5YtCzruAdd5OQhDbF2huDjq9It4pJK9j8jNBmkJqqWSK9it78BQZYhTVgIOuHmxtTYToJlNil24yvPQ/s1600/339.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjp5qUnWrmXAl2BkgiwGllGtqXwGZZLmXjlLw3BRZTUkfugHXt5XsZBM-TZw84i5YtCzruAdd5OQhDbF2huDjq9It4pJK9j8jNBmkJqqWSK9it78BQZYhTVgIOuHmxtTYToJlNil24yvPQ/s320/339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473012273503596930" border="0" /></a>Here's his 1 year old picture. Such a big boy!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0TS9qyLERWFavqkYWMMrvRnwhp7QgX4S2W4-eq59pEQNilpzSZ8H3AQu8ldBxV-vyEAQley-u-Agdgb9cAamkTnq0E1_13U3vNM-rPxLa1PnD4mtkFmLNp2__2elalBCgNvlGNK9JP_e/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0TS9qyLERWFavqkYWMMrvRnwhp7QgX4S2W4-eq59pEQNilpzSZ8H3AQu8ldBxV-vyEAQley-u-Agdgb9cAamkTnq0E1_13U3vNM-rPxLa1PnD4mtkFmLNp2__2elalBCgNvlGNK9JP_e/s320/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473014531453204290" border="0" /></a>Dallas Cowboy Romo Jersey from his Aunt Wendie...I had to post this...soo cute!!<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-17551773326973636972010-05-17T12:17:00.000-07:002010-05-17T12:40:57.323-07:00Two years ago...<div style="text-align: center;">my father-in-law passed away. I can't believe it has been that long. Some days it seems like it has been a really long time. But, other days it seems like it was just yesterday. It is still weird to go over to the house and not see him sitting there in the living room. We took the opportunity to visit his grave yesterday. We stood around the headstone and just talked about things we remember about him. We gave the kids the opportunity to say something...as if they were talking to Grandpa. Needless to say that there were plenty of tears flowing. I'm so sad that he is not here to watch my kids grow up. If there was one thing I knew for sure is that he loved my kids...more than life! He wanted to see them all the time...and he spoiled them! Always a trip to McDonald's or treats...not just one either! He would always call us and ask why we were keeping his grandkids away from him...and we were just there the day before! I'm thankful for the love he showed my children. He was a great man! I am thankful for the opportunity to have spent time with him.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Grandpa...we love you and miss you terribly!!!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qEEwLHGpGK4MdAKSKd5km1xsmhIN5OiFgfX7pptPj6sGSnvZFYX5X0YUw7J-ApdqzjCBio-Dp6UKwNmEEFJyUUcPSbNI8374vf8PszHzcv713WbYqYpRHopFPhrAHn7P_5x-T43KR172/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qEEwLHGpGK4MdAKSKd5km1xsmhIN5OiFgfX7pptPj6sGSnvZFYX5X0YUw7J-ApdqzjCBio-Dp6UKwNmEEFJyUUcPSbNI8374vf8PszHzcv713WbYqYpRHopFPhrAHn7P_5x-T43KR172/s320/017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472325104488010178" border="0" /></a>Ryan & I<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsJkg-SoWfGf5zjcxJISJQCsrZeIZsMfJCpwzbdZ5CLEiEun_Vu7TDSB2HEfpT14uZlUdGzmBqn37SqpNMMDUeHcC67U0dxssZLdhXsRFGGv6T80rxvezN_d5EjA-CSjWUcvB2aL70JG3/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsJkg-SoWfGf5zjcxJISJQCsrZeIZsMfJCpwzbdZ5CLEiEun_Vu7TDSB2HEfpT14uZlUdGzmBqn37SqpNMMDUeHcC67U0dxssZLdhXsRFGGv6T80rxvezN_d5EjA-CSjWUcvB2aL70JG3/s320/022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472325097044211186" border="0" /></a>Derek was so cute...he just kept sitting there and touching the headstone. So sweet!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfVxE1LvBFalZ-9UCuMN3t8eRzf4EpZde6QBpO4PDzm8NpFHvW-YzmKvUt42QldqEkPbOY9E4ubGM2lpCDOn1n6uU-NMKZiZRHkpQTZb2Gn23hBeiGzOndqJxmjfPR6QBtN7BSlUa6s62/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfVxE1LvBFalZ-9UCuMN3t8eRzf4EpZde6QBpO4PDzm8NpFHvW-YzmKvUt42QldqEkPbOY9E4ubGM2lpCDOn1n6uU-NMKZiZRHkpQTZb2Gn23hBeiGzOndqJxmjfPR6QBtN7BSlUa6s62/s320/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472325089857909090" border="0" /></a>The kids...missing their grandpa!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-48908360526201093502010-05-17T11:56:00.000-07:002010-05-17T12:06:48.266-07:00If God wanted holes in your ears....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">he would have put them there himself!</span><br /><br />This is what I believed because that's what my mother believed! I didn't get my ears pierced until I was 18. My friend took me for my birthday. Both my sisters got them done when they were younger. So, Heidi just had a birthday earlier this month and I suggested to her about getting her ears pierced. We talked about it for a long time. First it was "YES!"; then "No...not till I'm 8...or 9...or maybe 10." So funny. She finally went back to the "YES!" answer and was telling everyone! She was so excited. I suggested this to her Aunt Wendie and she was all over it! I went with them and she was so brave! We went to 3 different places in the mall and had her choose 2 earrings from each place that she liked the best and then picked her favorite. She picked cute flowers with a pink stone in the middle. She was sooo brave! No tears or anything! I was impressed!! She loves it!<br />So girly = So Heidi!!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvbhe2oAfYMn6DdRhLBv8dzTqQGne-Jz9aceNm-1k_YvjeXPSR6FbRZeA__65SqvoYZfby8TX3dL32O6ESNAJjxajDHtnU5Ee5iNBLh1ZvOtIMQxwuzjLr_P1yWWFxslblZhXL3MfgnK_/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvbhe2oAfYMn6DdRhLBv8dzTqQGne-Jz9aceNm-1k_YvjeXPSR6FbRZeA__65SqvoYZfby8TX3dL32O6ESNAJjxajDHtnU5Ee5iNBLh1ZvOtIMQxwuzjLr_P1yWWFxslblZhXL3MfgnK_/s320/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472317261203290882" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-33305832101157663372010-05-05T10:40:00.000-07:002010-05-05T10:58:17.351-07:00Anniversary<div style="text-align: center;">So a couple weeks ago Ryan and I celebrated out 13 year anniversary! That seems so crazy! I can't believe it! I still remember our wedding day very vividly. It was a wonderful day. We had all our siblings there. The reception was huge. Usually people come and go but people stayed! We had to pull out chairs to put against the wall!! Crazy! We felt so loved and we so in love that day. Well, it's 13 years and 5 kids later. Life gets in the way a little too much! Gotta make more hubby and wifey time. Doesn't happen very much! :-( Anyways...I married the best man for me! He is wonderful!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAksjZyZyGIDPRqQbEQIBTvvQVST9GKIjg5Flcr3DhActw5RJd-igF9q_hV_ZXQ956gs5xb1oTTCd4V8w5AiYMSqHCjZr8-brIMnoVYvADqqY4_QTEI_Vqb2nf2RAQtvSSOM3OgPiHiO5/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAksjZyZyGIDPRqQbEQIBTvvQVST9GKIjg5Flcr3DhActw5RJd-igF9q_hV_ZXQ956gs5xb1oTTCd4V8w5AiYMSqHCjZr8-brIMnoVYvADqqY4_QTEI_Vqb2nf2RAQtvSSOM3OgPiHiO5/s320/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467845343961640434" border="0" /></a><br />Awwwww....so cute! :-)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouu7PXwtg8CRosxUdjlwNFdVSTbCekS12zYB8AlgfaiXngEJXCq8uxokE5JZoT-KbCJj7BMgfz8jiSGmQxiJACjnT814VpD8NmfndlBRW6O3_DBt_IrQ8SVkP7fFwmFOGjKqxR62B44Rf/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouu7PXwtg8CRosxUdjlwNFdVSTbCekS12zYB8AlgfaiXngEJXCq8uxokE5JZoT-KbCJj7BMgfz8jiSGmQxiJACjnT814VpD8NmfndlBRW6O3_DBt_IrQ8SVkP7fFwmFOGjKqxR62B44Rf/s320/008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467845351774574418" border="0" /></a><br />My family...look how young we all look!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk18HwCats2VAlx-rqLrpZ0LoPt2Ja7abpnco4CYEHpuARctEFna5Vf5qDrLfbQbFBmkgpKVE5pA6zHw-TIKp4L_K8j51L_nIDGBc2Fx2090RLeQHkxTh3Lp62El53Q-BkG8vvklHCLl1H/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk18HwCats2VAlx-rqLrpZ0LoPt2Ja7abpnco4CYEHpuARctEFna5Vf5qDrLfbQbFBmkgpKVE5pA6zHw-TIKp4L_K8j51L_nIDGBc2Fx2090RLeQHkxTh3Lp62El53Q-BkG8vvklHCLl1H/s320/011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467845368930108802" border="0" /></a><br />Ryan's family...love them!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGxH20S1tfrfM5LccqQgRgnZGjaLz_FBc3r6MwJovZbGy-XNuwKcKbUl1t6_Fld-v7H5Q9ffTo7SaIJkkEE-aL8-gjOI39DzE6ndgLmf8eKNBj0t8SytEOcTU9mnCZmXnWit70BvtdYOm/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGxH20S1tfrfM5LccqQgRgnZGjaLz_FBc3r6MwJovZbGy-XNuwKcKbUl1t6_Fld-v7H5Q9ffTo7SaIJkkEE-aL8-gjOI39DzE6ndgLmf8eKNBj0t8SytEOcTU9mnCZmXnWit70BvtdYOm/s320/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467845376688023394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The cake!! :-) We were nice! ♥<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-18828884944273634662010-05-03T10:46:00.001-07:002010-05-03T10:48:08.047-07:00Another giveaway!Here's another fun giveaway on my friends blog...the cupcake queens! Check it out <a href="http://cutecupcakesallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/05/giveaway.html">here</a>.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-15003377090588075872010-04-30T09:16:00.000-07:002010-04-30T09:24:41.686-07:00Swimsuit giveaway!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIcaVF_A8VRUsJ00zCizmxvgZXsVX9OnZbanXIRZFXYn6dT5KA11THzyKysOYhUDCAQDVLMqFUbu1Qb5d3uw3XDCyssdF-deAubFxaPRNpPWm9XDA7VRUPVo6lYLagSTAezEwwMNVCfpg/s1600/giveawaybutton.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIcaVF_A8VRUsJ00zCizmxvgZXsVX9OnZbanXIRZFXYn6dT5KA11THzyKysOYhUDCAQDVLMqFUbu1Qb5d3uw3XDCyssdF-deAubFxaPRNpPWm9XDA7VRUPVo6lYLagSTAezEwwMNVCfpg/s320/giveawaybutton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465967201791938434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Who wouldn't love to win a new swimsuit?? They are super cute! Check it out <a href="http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/2010/04/deb-swim-edition.html">here</a>!</div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-42120915737975663142010-04-08T20:34:00.001-07:002010-04-08T20:36:21.442-07:00First Ice Cream Cone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkV45mAV6EWEXyY0CYDoKRCr2r-vbmws2dLSBxum2eVjztuYYsQEQ6Hc4-c5R_DLDGR2OLbel1mZMK9x5Lrld8Su4MUmGOBWPOs7yiaZ33xqxEoKBRHUZXeP_R7vvVeD292RELj2wLDOqL/s1600/Derek-ice+cream.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkV45mAV6EWEXyY0CYDoKRCr2r-vbmws2dLSBxum2eVjztuYYsQEQ6Hc4-c5R_DLDGR2OLbel1mZMK9x5Lrld8Su4MUmGOBWPOs7yiaZ33xqxEoKBRHUZXeP_R7vvVeD292RELj2wLDOqL/s320/Derek-ice+cream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457976307011771890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We went to Souplantation last Saturday and they had the little mini cones. My sister convinced me to get one for Derek. So, here he is enjoying his very first ice cream cone! YUM!<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-54756996675230503302010-04-08T08:16:00.000-07:002010-04-08T08:19:53.919-07:00Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;">My friends over at <a href="http://cutecupcakesallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/04/giveaway-time.html">Cute Cupcakes. All The Time.</a> are doing a giveaway! Cute homemade magnets and coasters. Check it out! These girls are so talented!</div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-88770701910415987472010-03-29T16:32:00.001-07:002010-03-29T16:36:07.283-07:00Baseball Boys<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVHVlUKRVxw1ynnzDQJp_iRLUuHyjLQnwQ-Wk4hqWbLIptAICgiglOSd2kT4s8oJrY4OASpqZZSyuq98_HrMTNz1YS8ujD2Z_IikVzBpoJlwWmodV67Tjqnd5lKU2J8izID22t7AS4UwO/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVHVlUKRVxw1ynnzDQJp_iRLUuHyjLQnwQ-Wk4hqWbLIptAICgiglOSd2kT4s8oJrY4OASpqZZSyuq98_HrMTNz1YS8ujD2Z_IikVzBpoJlwWmodV67Tjqnd5lKU2J8izID22t7AS4UwO/s320/027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454203672520050354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a picture of my boys in their uniforms. They look so cute! They are having so much fun! I am too...it's busy, but I love to watch them play! Go Sun Devils and Titans!<br /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-65408761214615237992010-03-01T18:38:00.000-08:002010-03-01T19:15:50.520-08:00Game night<div style="text-align: center;">We had a game night here last night with some of our siblings. We haven't hosted one in such a long time and boy have we missed it! We had so much fun!! We played two really fun games. Have you heard of them??<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu_RyYgFakT2ES6edTux4EPPSgcIrwQMPaDw1i4lmqHdIpg_9qpHHThw6taY2C2ToS7m6SZPGKEKrZAFb21ifc8HVkP8v3qyT17hsNVypMlNh24-0qyRCFmlGDkBg-VtMg17G8EYB9558/s1600-h/hit_or_miss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu_RyYgFakT2ES6edTux4EPPSgcIrwQMPaDw1i4lmqHdIpg_9qpHHThw6taY2C2ToS7m6SZPGKEKrZAFb21ifc8HVkP8v3qyT17hsNVypMlNh24-0qyRCFmlGDkBg-VtMg17G8EYB9558/s320/hit_or_miss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443860913531386626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgRylMXs21r0GHv5SurmGlz5iIB0X76jdThoNEkJdnMn3AWlXO5sC5gWPZHIHty2BbfvXCt_NWrZSwR8aMUX2TP-Zws-NAWDOboKz7c4ldO1_E1rOm2imvBTLtDRCiQsb0vcSDzUxAVRu/s1600-h/Snorta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgRylMXs21r0GHv5SurmGlz5iIB0X76jdThoNEkJdnMn3AWlXO5sC5gWPZHIHty2BbfvXCt_NWrZSwR8aMUX2TP-Zws-NAWDOboKz7c4ldO1_E1rOm2imvBTLtDRCiQsb0vcSDzUxAVRu/s320/Snorta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443860922876484082" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hilarious games!! We loved them! Great group games!! And then, of course, we always play this one:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBbpIITQtWAd1Lb3Qz8mO07JmXD_Hjfr5WSGO0hXXqXRUqppQlcmM2pEZ02CLFVFeL3jaT20Xz6L-enTEUXjaosBFGRUca_VihhkoXPlEM4DbqbSDLqYr6848HwosVVVXYmPS2uPUBxZx/s1600-h/applestoapples_11_15_06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBbpIITQtWAd1Lb3Qz8mO07JmXD_Hjfr5WSGO0hXXqXRUqppQlcmM2pEZ02CLFVFeL3jaT20Xz6L-enTEUXjaosBFGRUca_VihhkoXPlEM4DbqbSDLqYr6848HwosVVVXYmPS2uPUBxZx/s320/applestoapples_11_15_06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443869513712158002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Definitely a favorite!</span></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670382199154027354.post-50475712130395366312010-02-24T15:22:00.001-08:002010-02-24T15:24:31.064-08:00Giveway!My awesome cupcake crazy friends are doing a giveaway! Check out the cute bow...I tell ya...these girls are just amazing!<br /><br /><a href="http://cutecupcakesallthetime.blogspot.com/">http://cutecupcakesallthetime.blogspot.com/</a>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909714636560941128noreply@blogger.com0