tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74744733406790214192024-03-12T20:46:27.323-07:00The Redd Famthe redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-18485890093202963892009-06-08T17:15:00.000-07:002009-06-08T17:47:50.702-07:00ciEnNa cLaiRe tUrNs oNe...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sWimMing</span> & <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sWeEts</span>...<div>Can you even believe it? My baby girl is one...I know I can't believe it. Well, we had a fun little shin-dig to celebrate...lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">fam</span></span> and lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">swimming</span></span> and lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">fun</span></span>!! I don't think Papa Jeff has seen that many kids in the pool in a very long time. Cienna had a little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">dip</span></span> and then she faced off with her cake...a "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">cupcake</span></span>" cake that was about bigger than she was. She stared at that thing...& didn't know what to do with it. Then when she realized it was OK to dig in...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">she dug in</span></span>...and loved it!! We had lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">bright cupcakes</span></span> for everybody else...it was just a cupcake kinda day. We spent that night pushing Cici around in her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">new car</span></span> and Ilie got to ride her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">new bike</span></span>...isn't summer grand!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:9px;"><div><embed src="http://widget-48.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=432345564274746440&site=widget-48.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564274746440&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-48.slide.com/p1/432345564274746440/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564274746440&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-48.slide.com/p2/432345564274746440/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564274746440&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-48.slide.com/p4/432345564274746440/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div></span><br /></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-41724589218513409372009-06-07T13:16:00.000-07:002009-06-07T13:58:06.448-07:00gRaDuaTioN tRip...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Siwp1OeK_kI/AAAAAAAAAZM/j0xYf08luCw/s1600-h/IMG_1142.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Siwp1OeK_kI/AAAAAAAAAZM/j0xYf08luCw/s320/IMG_1142.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344692852176387650" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>After four years of Canada, lots of amazing friends, two baby girls, amazing Canadian adventures, school, school & more school...we have made it through and Mark has officially graduated!! We had such an amazing trip going back to Halifax for graduation. It was so fun to go with Mark's parents and show them around our hometown and have them there to see Mark graduate. We were all more than proud. AND...it was sooo good to see all our friends again for one last Halifax horah!! I can't even begin to tell you how proud I am of Mark. I really had to hold back the tears throughout all the graduation stuff, because I was just so dang proud of him. He has worked sooo hard and put in so many hours and done so well...& I know it was all for the benefit of our little family. It is such a great feeling knowing that we have BOTH made it through!! When you are staring those four years down from the starting line, these seem sooo long and the finish line seems sooo far away. And then, all of the sudden you are about to put your foot across the line and be done for GOOD, and it almost seems surreal and trying to pinch yourself to make sure it's not one of those wonderful dreams where you wake up and you're stomach drops because you realize that you're still three years away...ya know that kind!! But it is real and you are really proud...proud of all of us really...cause we did it together!! And all I can say is....YIPPEE, YAHOO, and YEHAW!! So nice job Markus...you kicked butt and I hope you know how grateful I am for all of your hardwork!! And now we're off to the next phase and I know you're going to kick butt again!<div><br /></div><div>On our trip we also had the chance to see a lot of Halifax that we hadn't experienced over our last four years. Ya know, you kinda live a different life when you have two little kids. For some reason...you don't make it out late at night, you don't ever see the inside of a pub (for dang good pub food & awesome atmosphere) & you don't get to go to nice oceanside restaurants and get yummy seafood!! But this trip...we were kid-less, so we had many late nights, saw lots of awesome pubs (the Shoe Shop was oh, so my favorite) & had some dang good seafood sitting out on the waterfront. Can't ask for more than that. We also took a wonderful, and much needed trip to the temple...another thing we didn't get to do very often with kids. It was beautiful and the perfect thing to do when we had so much to be grateful for!! I honestly fell in love with Halifax in a way that I never could before!! Oh...and hello...it was the nicest weather i have ever seen in a Halifax May...absolutely perfect!! So here's some pics to sum up the trip....</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:9px;"><div><embed src="http://widget-01.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=432345564274726657&site=widget-01.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564274726657&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-01.slide.com/p1/432345564274726657/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564274726657&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-01.slide.com/p2/432345564274726657/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564274726657&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-01.slide.com/p4/432345564274726657/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div></span><br /></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-81508543337951952202009-06-07T12:43:00.000-07:002009-06-07T13:54:58.358-07:00rEpeNtaNce...& eVerYthiNg eLse...OK...OK...pathetic I know. I haven't <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">uPdAted oUr blOg</span> in basically forever!! AND...so much has been happening since I last updated. So I have lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">catching up</span></span> to do, so I'll try to do it as painlessly as possible and not bore ya (any of yous that still even check our blog...ha, ha) with too much craziness. OK...here's the quick to the point <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">synopsis</span></span> of our life for the last three months...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">READY, SET, GO</span>:<div><br /></div><div>•pack, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">pack</span>, pack and then we packed some more</div><div>•<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sell</span>, sell, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sell</span> and sell some more (we sold almost all of our furniture, crazy...but good)</div><div>•lived in a really <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">empty</span></span> house...sleeping on blow ups, boxes to hold the TV up...it was great</div><div>•lots of really sad <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">goodbyes</span></span> (miss you Halifax fam!!)</div><div>•pack a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">truck</span></span> with what was left of our life</div><div>•for me and the kids...one last 12 hour <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">plane ride</span> back to Utah</div><div>•for Mark, one long <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">50 hour drive</span></span> back to Utah...yuck</div><div>•now <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">living with the parents</span></span>...gotta love it baby...really, it's great and are parents are fabulous because they put up with us!! and hey, gotta love built in babysitters!</div><div>•we got cell phones (iPhones, that is)...can I get a YAHOO...after four years without it has been so fabulous...honestly these things are amazing and oh, so worth it!!</div><div>•<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">looked</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">at houses</span>, then quickly gave up when we realized we had to be making $ to get a loan...ha, ha, imagine that...so that's on hold for awhile</div><div>•gave up on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">looking at cars</span>...until we are actually making $...ha, ha...yes, we just have to laugh</div><div>•<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">GRADUATION</span></span>...we took an amazing trip to Halifax with Mark's parents for his graduation. It was so more than AWESOME, and we were pretty dang proud of that boy!!</div><div>•Mark has been setting up his <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">associateships</span> with Dr. Mark Mackley and Dr. Jim Jones</div><div>•insurance, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">insurance</span> and more insurance to figure out</div><div>•trying to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">fit back in</span></span>, in good ol' Utah land</div><div>•<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">golfing</span>...trying to get the swing back</div><div>•seeing lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">family</span></div><div>•Ilie got a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">bike</span></span>...and loves it</div><div>•hangin' with the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">friends</span></div><div>•yummy Utah <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">restaurants</span></span>....oh, how I have missed you<br /></div><div>•<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Cienna turned one</span></span>...& we had one crazy fun swimming cupcake party (pics to come!!)</div><div>•Cici started full on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">walking</span></span></span>...yeah, you go girlie!</div><div>•<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Ilie</span></span> is making <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">new friends</span></span> (but so misses her Halifax buddies), is registered for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Preschool</span> and is going to start <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">tumbling</span> (I'm not use to all this big-kid stuff!)</div><div>•<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">swimming</span> in Papa's pool...and Ilie is finally getting daring</div><div>•NOW...Mark officially <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">starts his first day at work</span> tomorrow...crazy, eh? But oh, so exciting! & we're still getting settled into a new life with lots to do and lots to figure out...but it's all exciting, just add a little faith and pixie dust we'll be just fine...fingers crossed!!</div><div><br /></div><div>OK...did you survive? I think that about covers it! I am going to post a few more blogs with pics from the graduation trip and Cici's birthday...so don't worry there will be more, cause I know you are just dying for it, right? Ha, ha...yep, I'm pretty funny. OK...I will spare you and stop now. But to the blogging buddies out there, hopefully this is the start of a new beginning and I WILL do better!! </div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-57436831403571970982009-03-15T17:01:00.001-07:002009-03-15T17:50:39.376-07:00aNd sHe's oFF...So Cienna has been <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">cRuiSin</span></span> around for about a month now...but not efficiently! She could crawl backwards, scoot on her bum & roll around in about every direction...but not crawl forwards. But today it finally <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">cLicKed. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We got home from church and we were just relaxing and we look down and there is Cici crawling at full speed across the floor and belly <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">laughing</span></span> while she's doing it. She was so <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">hApPy</span></span> that she had finally figured it out & that she could finally catch her sister (well, at least a little bit.) So here's a little clip of her new talent. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Also...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;">we got some cute footage of Ilie and her philosophies on Daddy's new </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">profession</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">love</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;">!! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Yeah, but ignore her starting to fight with little sis at the end...she's never done that before...ha, that's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">funny</span>.)</span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">**PAUSE OR MUTE MY MUSIC AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE SO YOU CAN HEAR THE VIDEOS!!</span></div><br /><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx9Xp4WDebpjHEMcj6-7qNM9ri_vAvAXJlGFs4-8Jc021qDbvUGox7LePsjLjo4Q3Vt0L8rA3orUuWi3VGcLw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwMLwSSBiXRNSRzdCsR3t-TB0dSUcQ-0borQlPZTS_YcrkBr9CNTBTVXdHTa1Lgl4kyl5KgmcWzo-kUfFHewA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-42209225147091697492009-03-07T18:14:00.000-08:002009-03-07T19:12:47.690-08:00piNkaLiciOus pArtY tiMe...For Ireland's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">tHiRd</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">biRthDay</span>...she wanted a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">pInkaLiciOus</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">pArtY</span>!! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">She's has the book "Pinkalicious" and she is obsessed with it...we pretty much read it every single night. So...we had a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">piNkaliCioUs</span></span> party & it was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">pInk</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">piNk</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">pInk</span>!! She had lots of fun with her closest buds. They all got dressed up in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">pink</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">tutus</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">tiaras</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">shoes</span> & <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">wands</span>...except for our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">handsome</span> Jace...he was our pink prince in his cape, crown & sword...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LOVED IT</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">!! We decorated, played & ate lots and lots of sugar...including our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">pInk</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">cUpcAkes</span></span>!! It was a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">pinkalicious</span> time!!</span><br /><p style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-30.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" height="320" width="426" style="width:426px;height:320px"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-30.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="salign" value="l" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=432345564271121968&site=widget-30.slide.com"/></object><p style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=432345564271121968&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-30.slide.com/p1/432345564271121968/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=432345564271121968&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-30.slide.com/p2/432345564271121968/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=432345564271121968&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-30.slide.com/p4/432345564271121968/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></p></p>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-10900080517420611582009-03-07T17:55:00.000-08:002009-03-07T18:13:24.229-08:00mY bAby giRl iS tHree...Nope...I can't believe it, but like it or not...my baby girl is<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> tHree yEaRs oLd!!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I remember during our first year in Halifax, I thought how wierd it would be that Ireland would be <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">three <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">when we moved home.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now we're at the end & she's three...cRaZy!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Well, she's pretty much the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">cUteSt</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">fuNnieSt</span> & <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">sWeeTeSt</span> three year old out there. She makes me smile and laugh every single day!! We </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">prayed</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">wished</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">hoped</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> for a very long time for our little angel...and she is the greatest answer to a prayer that we could have ever hoped for. She makes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> me a better person and makes me see the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">siMpLe</span></span> & <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">wOndErfUl</span></span> in life. </span></div><div>I love you Ilie-girl...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">hApPy biRthDaY</span></span>!!</div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-26369141133007452712009-03-05T17:53:00.000-08:002009-03-05T18:02:35.319-08:00tHeY aRe sOOO fuNny...OK...so I think little kids are the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">fUnniEst</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">pEopLe</span></span> on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">eArth</span>!! <div>The other day Ireland was going potty and she started</div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">gIggliNg</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;">!!</span></span></div><div>So I asked her what was so funny...and she said...</div><div>"Mom I'm a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">bUnnY rAbBit</span>!! And then she turns around <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">& </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in her </span></div><div>bare little bum crack she had stuffed a little wad of toilet paper...thus giving</div><div>her a little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">bUnnY rAbBit</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">tAil</span>!! </div><div> Holy crap...I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">laughed</span></span> so hard!!</div><div>Where do they come up with these things? No, it's not from Mark,</div><div>although I wouldn't put it past him! Ha, ha!!</div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-59673108107495376982009-02-28T17:52:00.000-08:002009-02-28T18:06:34.522-08:00cUteSt giRls eVer...Here's some of the latest <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">cUte</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">piCtuRes</span></span> of our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">cUte</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">gAls</span></span>...</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanr0noyoeI/AAAAAAAAAYc/59nGQ0CMQzc/s1600-h/IMG_0339.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanr0noyoeI/AAAAAAAAAYc/59nGQ0CMQzc/s320/IMG_0339.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308032925058638306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanr0Sgo_eI/AAAAAAAAAYU/YVqM6fhHpbA/s1600-h/IMG_0338.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanr0Sgo_eI/AAAAAAAAAYU/YVqM6fhHpbA/s320/IMG_0338.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308032919387307490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanr0JTNnfI/AAAAAAAAAYM/1KrCMH2WGb0/s1600-h/IMG_0337.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanr0JTNnfI/AAAAAAAAAYM/1KrCMH2WGb0/s320/IMG_0337.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308032916915068402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanrzje4BPI/AAAAAAAAAYE/96UzktCPigM/s1600-h/IMG_0329.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanrzje4BPI/AAAAAAAAAYE/96UzktCPigM/s320/IMG_0329.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308032906763437298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sansp-mSa6I/AAAAAAAAAY0/iB3VvwZC2HI/s1600-h/IMG_0395.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sansp-mSa6I/AAAAAAAAAY0/iB3VvwZC2HI/s320/IMG_0395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308033841755220898" /></a><br /></div><div>One morning while Mark was gone,<br /></div><div>I woke up and heard <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">giGGling</span></span> in the other room.</div><div> So I got up and looked in Cici's room</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">&</span> Ilie had <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">cRawLed</span></span> in bed with Cici</div><div>and they were laying next to each other just a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> giGGlin</span></span>'.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Don't ya just love Cici's hair!!)<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanr07h1IwI/AAAAAAAAAYk/YoWLl33GCfc/s1600-h/IMG_0360.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanr07h1IwI/AAAAAAAAAYk/YoWLl33GCfc/s320/IMG_0360.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308032930398151426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanspfq0tII/AAAAAAAAAYs/19-TYI4oAeI/s1600-h/IMG_0366.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanspfq0tII/AAAAAAAAAYs/19-TYI4oAeI/s320/IMG_0366.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308033833452745858" /></a>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-25060300069455274102009-02-28T17:30:00.000-08:002009-02-28T17:51:29.650-08:00vAlenTinE's dAy...Well, better <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">lAte</span> than <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">nEveR</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...but,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> hApPy lOveY dAy</span></span>! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> We had a fun little Valentine's day here in Scotia Land. </span></div><div>Started off with some festive <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> pInK heArt pAncAkes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-size:medium;">...</span></span></div><div> and Ireland was loving it...</div><div> since she is the total <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">piNk</span></span> girl.</div><div><br /><div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SanmiCADUtI/AAAAAAAAAXk/Kr9ruDN2WAs/s1600-h/IMG_0323.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SanmiCADUtI/AAAAAAAAAXk/Kr9ruDN2WAs/s320/IMG_0323.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308027108159869650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanmh48UhzI/AAAAAAAAAXc/pX76IlaMAhk/s1600-h/IMG_0325.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanmh48UhzI/AAAAAAAAAXc/pX76IlaMAhk/s320/IMG_0325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308027105728300850" /></a><br /><div>The girls opened their fun little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">pResEnts</span></span> </div><div> and we had a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">great night</span> with</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">FUN</span></span> friends, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">yummy chinese food </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;">& of course</span></span></div><div> lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">FABULOUS</span></span> treats!!</div><div>But best of all was being with my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">cute</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">wonderful</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> HUBBY</span>!!</div><div>He's pretty much the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">absolute best</span></span> and I'm the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">luckiest</span></span> gal out there.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SanoyRH_UQI/AAAAAAAAAXs/W2AeftQOYmc/s1600-h/IMG_0340.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SanoyRH_UQI/AAAAAAAAAXs/W2AeftQOYmc/s320/IMG_0340.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308029586120855810" /></a></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanoy1w-JQI/AAAAAAAAAX8/ss61G7dzqaY/s1600-h/IMG_0349.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/Sanoy1w-JQI/AAAAAAAAAX8/ss61G7dzqaY/s320/IMG_0349.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308029595956421890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SanoyjTj8GI/AAAAAAAAAX0/8Uhv5BIGu74/s1600-h/IMG_0345.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SanoyjTj8GI/AAAAAAAAAX0/8Uhv5BIGu74/s320/IMG_0345.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308029591001231458" /></a></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-91882687292874729012009-01-29T18:59:00.000-08:002009-01-29T19:25:36.330-08:00rAndOmnEss... So I have been <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">TAGGED</span></span> by Sonja to tell <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">thReE</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ranDom</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">tHinGs</span> about myself, </div><div> so here goes:<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">1</span>. I totally have OCD about certain things. Like my chairs all have to be the same distance from the table and my curtain tabs have to be even and my couch pillows have to be placed just so...OH, and my Dad totally turned my into a cord freak. ALL CORDS HAVE TO BE HIDDEN. I can't stand random cords hanging around, they have to be tied, taped, strapped and hidden. Yep...I'm officially wierd.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">2</span>. Anyone who knows me knows this...I LOVE TO SHOP. I seriously think it is therapeutic to me. I could go shopping everyday, not necessarily always buying stuff, but shopping none the less!!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">3</span>. I'm a total artsy-fartsy girl. I love the art world (probably why I got my degree in art...go figure!!) I miss it terribly, since I graduated and moved across the world and became a mother...it's been hard to keep up with that part of my life. But when we move home and get settled into life again, I really want to dive back in. If I could have a dream come true...it would be to have an art show someday and sell a few of my paintings!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">4</span>. I use to play the guitar. Another one on the list of things I miss. And another thing I am determined to get back into. I love it...still need to learn lots, but love it.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">5</span>. I have a serious obsession with Haribo gummy grapefruits. They are my absolute favorite and they are sooo hard to find. I have to order them in 10 lb bags from Amazon, but they are oh so worth it!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">6</span>. Can I tell you just how much I love being a mom. Yes, motherhood can be the hardest thing EVER, it totally changes your life and need we even mention what it does to your body (and mind). But I cannot think of anything that makes me happier. When my girls smile, giggle, give me loves, say something cute or hilarious, etc, etc...I just melt. I really can't even wrap my brain around how much I love them. Greatest blessing I could ever ask for!</div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-84083704041636374472009-01-24T10:54:00.000-08:002009-01-24T11:03:23.121-08:00hEy miC...reMemBer tHis?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SXtlo1AQM6I/AAAAAAAAAXM/83nwRP9HSeA/s1600-h/P5293227.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SXtlo1AQM6I/AAAAAAAAAXM/83nwRP9HSeA/s320/P5293227.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294937539001463714" /></a><br /><div><br /></div> soon...the tables will be <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">tUrNed</span>!! <div>yippee...to my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">cUte</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sIs</span> who is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">pReGo</span></span>!! <div> i am so <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">eXciTed</span>. she is due the end of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">jUly, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">so we'll be there to</span></div><div> welcome little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">bAby wArd</span></span>.</div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-60921027319994147872009-01-15T16:07:00.000-08:002009-01-25T10:13:59.861-08:00CRUISE 2009...Well, this January we did a little early <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">gRaDuaTiOn ceLebRatiOn</span></span>, and took a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">cruise</span></span> to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Western Caribbean</span></span> (Belize, Costa Maya & Cozumel)! We went with a bunch of the Kammeyer crew...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Joanne, Jim, Amanda, Marty, Jennifer, Bub, Todd, Spencer, Diane, Dennis & Mark and me</span>!! It was more than <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">FABULOUS</span>. We went on a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Royal Caribbean</span> ship called the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Independence</span></span> and it's the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">largest</span></span> ship in the world...and it was huge!! It seriously had everything on it...there was so much to do...we couldn't even do it all! But we did get lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">loungin</span>' time, lots of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sunshine</span></span> and perfect weather (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">yes, warm...and not 25 below..so that was kinda nice</span>), tons of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">entertainment</span></span> & so much good <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">food</span></span> that it was just ridiculous!! In <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Belize</span></span></span> we took an insane van ride out to the Mayan ruins and they were pretty amazing (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">and it was pretty amazing that we made it there and back alive too!!</span>) In <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Costa Maya</span></span></span> we went to a beach and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">swam</span>, bargained for some nice little Mexico treasures and ate some yummy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">salsa</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">guac</span> on the beach. In <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Cozumel</span></span></span> we went to a beach resort call <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Mr. Sancho'</span>s and then headed downtown for some shopping (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">which included some serious bartering action</span>!!) It was a seriously fun trip and it was so <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">WONDERFUL</span></span> to be with Mark for a week straight...and to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">SEE</span></span> him for a week straight, with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">NO</span> studying. We <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">missed</span> the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">girls</span> horribly, but they had a blast with their Grandmas and I think we missed them more than they missed us!! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now we just have to recover from the post-cruise syndrome!! ;)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Sorry I had to put the pics on three different slide shows...there were a bit too many. My cousin Todd took a bunch and we did too...hence, WAY TOO MANY PICS!! 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Many trips to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">CaFe RiO </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(i tried really hard to make myself sick of it, so I wouldn't miss it so much...yeah, that didn't work!!)</span></span>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">a bit of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">shopping </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">(well, maybe a little more than a bit...)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> , </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">&</span></span> lots of Christmas "shtuff".</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">ChRistMas <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">wonderful</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">&</span></span> the girls had more <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">fUn</span></span> (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">& presents</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) than they could even take in. Ilie was so fun this year...she was so excited for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Santa</span></span> to come & her face was just priceless when she saw her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">dollhouse</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in the morning (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">those are the moments us parents live for!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) But the best was being with all of our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">wonderful</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">fAmiLy</span></span>!! </span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-22.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" height="320" width="426" style="width:426px;height:320px"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-22.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="l"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=432345564266664994&site=widget-22.slide.com"></object></p><p style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=432345564266664994&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-22.slide.com/p1/432345564266664994/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=432345564266664994&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-22.slide.com/p2/432345564266664994/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=432345564266664994&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-22.slide.com/p4/432345564266664994/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></p><p></p>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-4044112424644822332008-12-09T23:56:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:37:44.546-08:00oUr cAnaDian giRls... Well...here are the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">piCs</span></span> <div>I have been so anxiously waiting for...<div> and they were <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">wOrTh tHe wAit</span>!! </div><div>A big pat-on-the-back to our wonderful photographer....</div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">hEleNe...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;">yep, we totally love you!!</span></span></div><div> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">& we still would even if you didn't take AMAZING photos</span>)</div><div>I have to apologize in advance...there are so many pics. </div><div> But <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">sErioUsly</span>...</div><div>I could not narrow them down anymore.</div><div> But hey, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">considering</span> that we originally took over <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">3000</span></span> pics, I guess this isn't too bad, eh?</div><div> So if you have five hours...LOL...take a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">peek</span>!<div><br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-d8.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=432345564265732056&site=widget-d8.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564265732056&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-d8.slide.com/p1/432345564265732056/bb_t047_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564265732056&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-d8.slide.com/p2/432345564265732056/bb_t047_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564265732056&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-d8.slide.com/p4/432345564265732056/bb_t047_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /></div></div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-5175294627506518732008-12-07T21:54:00.001-08:002008-12-07T22:13:13.114-08:00yEp...sTill heReHey <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LL</span> </span></span>...<div> so I am totally <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">failing</span> </div><div>in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">blogging</span> department lately!!! <div> But I promise some new posts <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">SaP</span></span></span>! </div><div>I can't tell you how excited I am to post some of the new and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">f</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">AbULoUs</span></span></span></span> pics that Helene took of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">girls</span>. I saw a sneak preview on Helene's blog, but I am waiting for the CD (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">hat Mark sent in the mail</span>) to see the whole <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sha-bang</span>!! But all I can say is...cute, holy cute, and FABULOUS (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">yep, already said that...but it had to be said again!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">)</span> Thanks again to our cute Helene...we luv ya! <div><br /></div><div> We hope everyone is having a wonderful <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">hoLiDay seAsOn</span></span> in good ol' Scotia land. </div><div> We miss you and have a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">mErRy chRiSTmAs</span>!!</span></div></div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-44760928028492511042008-11-01T18:18:00.000-07:002008-11-02T11:58:56.647-08:00OK...sO wE're kiNda mEan...So, hopefully this doesn't qualify for child abuse...but it was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">pretty dang <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">funny</span></span>. Ireland got some of those <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Warhead</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">candies</span> trick-or-treating. (For those of you that don't know...they are hard candies that are <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">sour</span></span> enough to make your eyes about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">pop</span></span> out!!) Soooo...yep, you guessed it...we're that <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">mean</span>...you just have to watch!! We were <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x- large;">laughing</span></span> so hard...I guess that makes us even meaner! (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">JUST A NOTE...I really do love my kids :) !!</span>)<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">**</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">another note...TURN OFF MUSIC AT THE BOTTOM OF MY BLOG TO HEAR VIDEOS BETTER</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">**</span></div><br /><br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=74bacb10d66329993f0497" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=74bacb10d66329993f0497&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link?p=74bacb10d66329993f0497&skin_id=701&source=emplay" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link_image/74bacb10d66329993f0497/701.gif" style="border:0px;" width="408" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Photo and video editing at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-45402758919863515572008-11-01T17:50:00.000-07:002008-11-01T18:17:18.793-07:00HAPPY HALLOWEEN...I think we had the two <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cutest</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">ladybugs</span></span> around <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">but I'm a little biased</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">!</span>)<div> Ireland loved <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">dressing up</span> in her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">costume</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">&</span></span></div><div>her and Emmy couldn't get enough of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> trick-or-treating</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">.</span></span></div><div>They loved it, but...there was this trick-or-treater that was on the same path as us and she had a "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">scream</span></span>" mask on. Well...Ilie wasn't too fond of it. Every time they would go up the stairs at the same time, Ilie would <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">run</span> to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">opposite side</span></span> and stay there until she left. Then one time they ended up at the door at the same time and she <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">yelled</span>, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">But I don't like her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> SHE'S SCARY</span></span>!!" </div><div> Amber and I couldn't stop <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">laughing</span></span>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><embed src="http://widget-63.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=432345564264212323&site=widget-63.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564264212323&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-63.slide.com/p1/432345564264212323/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564264212323&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-63.slide.com/p2/432345564264212323/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564264212323&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-63.slide.com/p4/432345564264212323/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-29076242939617072352008-11-01T17:11:00.000-07:002008-11-02T11:30:31.715-08:00pLayiNg dReSs uP...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQ3_ETATntI/AAAAAAAAAVY/fHUy9iPaWgg/s1600-h/DSCF0888.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQ3_ETATntI/AAAAAAAAAVY/fHUy9iPaWgg/s320/DSCF0888.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264143988752096978" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>Is this just the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">cutest</span> or what? </div><div>My cute <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">daddy</span></span> was quite the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">grandpa</span></span> </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>during his visit to Scotia Land. </div><div>Not only was he good at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">playing princesses</span>, </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>he even looked <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">fabulou</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">s</span></span> in makeup!!!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQz14SvmifI/AAAAAAAAAVI/T-dHKQZW7EM/s1600-h/DSCF0887.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQz14SvmifI/AAAAAAAAAVI/T-dHKQZW7EM/s320/DSCF0887.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263852411942242802" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQz13nSZIMI/AAAAAAAAAVA/7yrYbCHnrgo/s1600-h/DSCF0886.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQz13nSZIMI/AAAAAAAAAVA/7yrYbCHnrgo/s320/DSCF0886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263852400277004482" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>My <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">two</span> cute <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">pRinCesSes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">!! </span></span></div><div>Ilie decided she wanted to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">dress</span> </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">little sis</span></span> up too.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQz13HF1W0I/AAAAAAAAAU4/GWL5IfloEek/s1600-h/DSCF0889.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQz13HF1W0I/AAAAAAAAAU4/GWL5IfloEek/s320/DSCF0889.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263852391634393922" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQz123V4rII/AAAAAAAAAUw/8QxvrWx-nIo/s1600-h/DSCF0890.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SQz123V4rII/AAAAAAAAAUw/8QxvrWx-nIo/s320/DSCF0890.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263852387406752898" /></a></div></div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-7438238014830854322008-10-26T13:48:00.001-07:002008-10-26T16:29:11.233-07:00a tReAt fOr the gRanDpas aNd gRanDmas....Can I just say how much I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">love</span></span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">adore</span></span> <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>my two cute girls. <div>They make me <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">smile</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">laugh</span> every single day!! </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I can't imagine my life without them...</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>even on the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">craziest of days</span>. </div><div>Here's a cute little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">video</span></span> of each of them...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Cici</span> as our little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">giggler</span> and Ilie as a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">fairy</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span> </div><div>on our hike on the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">you'll get a good laugh at her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">CREATIVE</span> outfit...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>some horrible Mom forgot her warm coat!!)</span><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxpLmRJC3JgO3HfyxrY4orvEN9eZ9JvCWjDaqvDXbFBu3cpp3YL23IWU_HomY3cF467C6WvDY6vHR2V-umsDw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyzu1gIO6kY2HRA0YcNKBF-Q3jm68pQxPN-IWPr11xTeKYECNwHEproSmkHkEvKkMy5GImAqdgh7XB-FP7UwQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-66987777980332642692008-10-26T13:10:00.000-07:002008-10-26T14:49:05.624-07:00tHe SHEPHERD fAm viSits sCoTia lAnd...We just wanted to tell our fam (Dad, Mom and Shelby) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">thanks</span></span> for coming to visit us!! We had way too much fun and we're <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">pretty sad</span> that's it's all over. We went on many adventures:<div>First, we headed to Annapolis Valley for some festive apple and pumpkin picking.</div><div>Then on Monday we celebrated <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Canadian Thanksgiving</span></span> and my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">birthday</span></span> with a trip to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Peggy's Cove</span></span> and a yummy bite at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Lonestar</span> (mmmm....my favorite!!)</div><div>We also had a fun trip to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Dal</span> to visit Mark in action. We showed the fam around and they got to see where Mark spends most of his time <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">playing dentist</span>. Of course we had to end the day with a trip to the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Stache" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">(our favorite pub/restaurant downtown).</span></span></div><div>Then we headed to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Crystal Crescent Beach</span></span> and it was a perfect day (besides the fact that they had locked the gaits so we had to push the "bus" stroller all the way in!!) But we were the only ones on the beach and it was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">warm</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">beautiful</span>...so well worth the trek!! That night we officially initiated my fam into the wonderful dining of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">lobsters</span></span>. I think they loved it (minus the icky green goop...they weren't too fond of that!)</div><div>Next, was our trek up to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Cape Breton</span></span>. We left Thursday morning (after running around to the rental car shop because someone decided to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">hit our van</span> and not tell us about it...how nice, eh!!)</div><div>Then we hit the road, and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">SIX</span></span> hours later we arrived in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Ingonish</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and ate at a cute little restaurant on the Cabot Trail. Then we headed to our cottage and I have to give a little recommenation on this spot:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It was absolutely fabulous, it is called Lantern Hill and Hollow in Ingonish. They were little cottages on the beach (and I mean like ten feet from the sand...we could hear the waves crashing all night!) And the grounds were beautiful and the cottages were really nice and clean and new and the owner (Susan) was awesome. It was such a cute spot. I definitely recommend it for the summertime. It would be so nice to hang on the beach when it was warmer and spend a lot of time there. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">OK...back to the trip!! We spent the next day seeing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">waterfalls</span></span>, soaking in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">GORGEOUS</span> fall <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">leaves</span></span>, driving the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Cabot Trail</span></span>, checking out the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">beaches</span></span> and hiking the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Skyline Trail</span></span>. It was the most beautiful time to visit the Island...a little cold at times, but still GREAT!! </div><div>It was a great week and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">thanks again</span></span> Dad, Mom and Shel for everything, we sure had fun and we hope you did too (minus the sleeping on the lovely hard futon bunkbeds!!)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(I posted the pics on two slide shows...because there were too many!!)</span></div><div><br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-a0.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=432345564263272608&site=widget-a0.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564263272608&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-a0.slide.com/p1/432345564263272608/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564263272608&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-a0.slide.com/p2/432345564263272608/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564263272608&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-a0.slide.com/p4/432345564263272608/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><div><embed src="http://widget-d7.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" 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font-weight: bold;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div><embed src="http://widget-b8.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=432345564263270584&site=widget-b8.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564263270584&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-b8.slide.com/p1/432345564263270584/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564263270584&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-b8.slide.com/p2/432345564263270584/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=432345564263270584&map=F" 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class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">such a huge part of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">who I am</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> today?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My Grandpa, Russell Dean Shepherd, was a man of </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">extreme</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">TALENT</span></span>,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>immense <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">LOVE</span></span></span>,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>witty <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">HUMOR</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">& </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">quiet, firm </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">TESTIMONY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;font-size:16px;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> </span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I will be forever grateful that he gave me the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>eyes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">see</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">beauty</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">expression</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">vibrance</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> of the art world </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ears</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">hear</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Mr. Miles Davis</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and the world of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Jazz</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">I will miss the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"LOOPTIE-DOOS"</span></span> on his lap, </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">lunches</span></span> every Tuesday afternoon, </div><div style="text-align: left;"> pouring over his <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">paintings</span></span> and the checking out the latest "masterpiece under construction",</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>laughing</span></span> at his "under the radar" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">humor</span></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(while trying to talk him out of his talk radio philosophies)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>& most of all his sweet <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">kisses and hugs</span></span>!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My Grandpa touched my life in about every way possible and even in his passing he continued to do so. He had been writing a life history for quite sometime and he finished it not too long before he died. On the last page he wrote his last words and a little bit of advice for each of us. I first read these words at his viewing and I absolutely broke down. I was touched beyond words, because his words were perfect!! I could just hear him reciting them, with his cute little grin and his baby-blue eyes a' shinin'. The words were absolutely what I needed to hear. I needed that message...right then...at that moment, I needed those words for MY LIFE!! Some how, my Grandpa wrote the words that I needed. His life continues to bless my own, even when he is gone from my sight. Thank you Grandpa. I love you and I can't wait for the day when I will get that last hug that I missed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I thought I would share his last words with you, for I know there is lifetime of wisdom and love behind them. Hopefully they will touch you as they have forever changed me...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A time to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">blow your chorus</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and a time to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">put your horn away</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A time to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">paint your masterpiece</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and a time to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">put your brushes away</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A time to be <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">born</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> and a time to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">die</span></span>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I, Russell Dean Shepherd, realizing that I have reached the ending of my life do lay my pen aside and make an end to my writings. Peace be with you my friend, and I will see you in a season or so. In the meantime, some advice...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">LOVE</span> thyself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>You cannot <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">LOVE</span> someone else if you cannot love thyself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> LOVE</span> your loved ones with an unconditional and charitable LOVE and care for one another.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Family is your most prized possession. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">LOVE</span> your fellow men.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">LOVE</span> the gospel of Jesus Christ and make it an important part of your life.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">LOVE IS THE SECRET!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Click your Heels,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">pull the curtain,</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">& put out the light.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I am out of here!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This the last day, my friend!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">...I THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER END!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yGohxgI/AAAAAAAAAQA/_dfV6D87VJM/s1600-h/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+056.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yGohxgI/AAAAAAAAAQA/_dfV6D87VJM/s320/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252665874311136770" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yGohxgI/AAAAAAAAAQA/_dfV6D87VJM/s1600-h/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+056.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yK_uKII/AAAAAAAAAQI/-8xNTGbHkVw/s1600-h/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+069.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yK_uKII/AAAAAAAAAQI/-8xNTGbHkVw/s320/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+069.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252665875482159234" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yK_uKII/AAAAAAAAAQI/-8xNTGbHkVw/s1600-h/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+069.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yT1hhXI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/NBTcmRyRNdI/s1600-h/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+061.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yT1hhXI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/NBTcmRyRNdI/s320/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252665877855307122" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3yT1hhXI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/NBTcmRyRNdI/s1600-h/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+061.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3ya21GnI/AAAAAAAAAQY/okchb8JXMyU/s1600-h/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+020_2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3ya21GnI/AAAAAAAAAQY/okchb8JXMyU/s320/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+020_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252665879739832946" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3ya21GnI/AAAAAAAAAQY/okchb8JXMyU/s1600-h/Mom+Dad+50th+wedding+anniversary+-+020_2.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3ym3MjJI/AAAAAAAAAQg/OESWnuEoUfM/s1600-h/IMG_0204_2.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3ym3MjJI/AAAAAAAAAQg/OESWnuEoUfM/s1600-h/IMG_0204_2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SOU3ym3MjJI/AAAAAAAAAQg/OESWnuEoUfM/s320/IMG_0204_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252665882962594962" /></a><br /></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-52474662531792791942008-09-14T17:11:00.000-07:002008-09-14T19:06:32.169-07:00a nEw tRiCk...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SM2opO20IvI/AAAAAAAAAP4/Qq2gZKIMlP0/s320/DSCF0762.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246034567272604402" /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The other day we noticed that when we were playing <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>with Cici and sticking our <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">ongues</span></span></span> out at her...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>she would <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">do it right back</span></span></span>!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Now she'll just sit and stick her tongue out at us </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and wait for us to do it back. <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I</span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">t's pretty dang cute</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></span></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-14235400952802588862008-09-14T11:58:00.000-07:002008-09-19T17:41:37.420-07:00i aM...<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i am</span></span>: a mommy of the two cutest girls<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i think</span></span>: way took much!!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i know</span></span>: that God lives!!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i want</span></span>: to move back to Utah<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i dislike</span></span>: cantaulope (however you spell that)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i miss</span></span>: my family :(<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i fear</span></span>: losing someone I love<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i feel</span></span>: frustrated, hungry and tired at the moment (not a good combo)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i hear</span></span>: the football game<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i smell</span></span>: nothing...got a stuffy nose<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i crave</span></span>: gummy grapefruits, Smartie blizzards and Cafe Rio<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i cry</span></span>: more than I'd like to lately<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i usually</span></span>: talk to my mom a lot<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i search</span></span>: for cute clothes and great deals<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i wonder</span></span>: how we are ever going to pay back all that loan money....ahhh!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i regret</span></span>: STUPID mistakes and forgetting how to play my guitar<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i love</span></span>: my husband, my girls, my family and friends<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i care</span></span>: too much about what other people think<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i always</span></span>: want a diet coke<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i worry</span></span>: about anything and everything...and then something else on top of that<br /><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">i am no</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">t</span></span>: good at being on time<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i remembe</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">r</span></span>: sitting in the meadow in Christmas Meadows...and that makes me happy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i believe</span></span>: that we are bigger than anything that can ever happen to us...I just have to remind myself that a lot<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i dance</span></span>: when I am cleaning and with my Ilie-girl<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i sing</span></span>: Old McDonald, If You're Happy and You Know It. The Wheels on the Bus...etc, every day<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">i</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> don’t alway</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">s</span></span>: "just say no" to shopping<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i argue</span></span>: with myself a lot (never said I wasn't crazy;)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i write</span></span>: email to my friends<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i win</span></span>: at NERTS (ha, yeah right...that's McCall)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i lose</span></span>: my patience more than I should<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i wish</span></span>: I was more laid back and a little less OCD...Mom, Dad...your fault...ha, ha--luv you<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i listen</span></span>: to mt cute girls jibber-jab, scream and sing all day<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i don't understand</span></span>: when life doesn't seem fair...oh, and wht I can't ever buy a can opener that works<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i can usually be found</span></span>: cleaning, fixing, feeding, showering, stressing, playing, loving, eating and when I am lucky...shopping<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i am scared</span></span>: of spiders (the big Nova Scotia spiders) and deep dark water<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i need</span></span>: a house!!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i forge</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">t</span></span>: how to get to places<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i am happy</span></span>: when I am with my hubby and my girls<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">i tag</span></span>: Amber, Sonja, Melesethe redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-49623004242849268332008-09-10T11:39:00.001-07:002008-09-14T19:10:09.694-07:00dOn't leAve yOur kiDs aLone...<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>So, you've probably seen this photo in an earlier post!! <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Well...Ilie just <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">LOVED</span></span> having her <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">FACE PAINTED</span></span>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>So...the other day she was <span style="font-weight:bold;">WATERCOLORING</span> in the kitchen </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and then she came into the family room and said, </div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hey, look at me</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">!!"...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-size:16px;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgU1hkSM2I/AAAAAAAAAPo/lqJ7PZBqf-o/s320/DSCF0749.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244464675849122658" /></span><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Well, she loved having her face painted so much </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>that she decided to <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DO IT AGAIN HERSELF</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">!</span>! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gotta love two-year-olds!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgU2EfvobI/AAAAAAAAAPw/6LtUR-mSln4/s1600-h/DSCF0759.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgU2EfvobI/AAAAAAAAAPw/6LtUR-mSln4/s320/DSCF0759.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244464685225320882" /><br /></a></div></div>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474473340679021419.post-29012317180737852192008-09-10T11:30:00.001-07:002008-09-10T11:38:13.599-07:00ciEnna iS tHree mOntHs oLd...Our little Ci-monster (as Markus calls her) is <span style="font-weight:bold;">THREE MONTHS</span> old now. She is getting so <span style="font-weight:bold;">BIG</span> so <span style="font-weight:bold;">FAST</span>! She still is a little <span style="font-weight:bold;">CHUB</span> and she still is the cutest little baby around!! She loves to <span style="font-weight:bold;">SMILE</span> and is <span style="font-weight:bold;">LAUGHING</span> a ton! She loves to stand up on her <span style="font-weight:bold;">LEGGIES</span> and she's doing pretty good at starting to <span style="font-weight:bold;">SIT</span> by herself. What a <span style="font-weight:bold;">CUTIE</span>!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgT1-MYytI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/lNCyzD23mvY/s1600-h/DSCF0732.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgT1-MYytI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/lNCyzD23mvY/s320/DSCF0732.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244463584021891794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgT2I74WqI/AAAAAAAAAPY/7-r_I9jhJ5E/s1600-h/DSCF0733.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgT2I74WqI/AAAAAAAAAPY/7-r_I9jhJ5E/s320/DSCF0733.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244463586905447074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgT2kSPU5I/AAAAAAAAAPg/J8lSxKXj_4A/s1600-h/DSCF0735.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnmDeCx1RB4/SMgT2kSPU5I/AAAAAAAAAPg/J8lSxKXj_4A/s320/DSCF0735.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244463594246984594" /></a>the redd famhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975950363158937078noreply@blogger.com1