tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37525307905752062712024-03-14T04:39:22.362-07:00All About UsTanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-116339195381217372024-03-07T10:18:00.000-08:002024-03-07T10:18:39.555-08:00Our Vivi Kay<p></p><div style="text-align: center;">It has been quite the year with this girl. There is never a dull moment with the Vivikins. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwen3ZvfUWQ5_2OkSq_YBNS-sbqZihGf8b0F6_BwslGWnGltmOUDpIz7AE7HNK_N67ZDoGxEPxWqadCRvCXRIx3EPe3J1tMpA2yEgVIB2LSpaUpe5YOGm7kq094h9sl2eVPNs4I6y2PCPtvjM0vFt-d7YEcePg4E7N5ubxtYLLEDm_8d8WhoHdB6b86Jwj/s4032/IMG_5117.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwen3ZvfUWQ5_2OkSq_YBNS-sbqZihGf8b0F6_BwslGWnGltmOUDpIz7AE7HNK_N67ZDoGxEPxWqadCRvCXRIx3EPe3J1tMpA2yEgVIB2LSpaUpe5YOGm7kq094h9sl2eVPNs4I6y2PCPtvjM0vFt-d7YEcePg4E7N5ubxtYLLEDm_8d8WhoHdB6b86Jwj/s320/IMG_5117.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She always wants to wear dresses...and not just any dress, she has to pick it out and I never know what she will pick. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3fnmtjDruWz_wrlaBx2mCThSH2sNXchq70S4qRikX9qZRncqzxYMSTrQWL6LeBFU_HMZ9S24ronpH8n2DEa7S6tA1Y-ctqi1sbXqAL9DYjxaLlOPlsFk1X_3lD1FwCgZWjWX1-1BBfgdeEPiBXKSao1d6d9FnihZSYHdgrLGqOQYyKr5Ugj190449Gyk/s4032/IMG_4800.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3fnmtjDruWz_wrlaBx2mCThSH2sNXchq70S4qRikX9qZRncqzxYMSTrQWL6LeBFU_HMZ9S24ronpH8n2DEa7S6tA1Y-ctqi1sbXqAL9DYjxaLlOPlsFk1X_3lD1FwCgZWjWX1-1BBfgdeEPiBXKSao1d6d9FnihZSYHdgrLGqOQYyKr5Ugj190449Gyk/s320/IMG_4800.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gabonese dress? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQzBCEFvJ6ypFQ5PbW5UEMNmrow-2cB2tlyVzvhcXmle7bY_bmL9Dn24oAWR63h6dkJ8W6Ka0Escxru8K4rE55Ds4WZ4x_7a2yaEwEtS4YgX9FeYrk-VwCAjtTiLhm-4zujwXBWgfvmHg9UXX3IPipnkoVNI888KLtawz2Qn8tXP2zY5SFOhri3Pznwss/s4032/IMG_4941.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQzBCEFvJ6ypFQ5PbW5UEMNmrow-2cB2tlyVzvhcXmle7bY_bmL9Dn24oAWR63h6dkJ8W6Ka0Escxru8K4rE55Ds4WZ4x_7a2yaEwEtS4YgX9FeYrk-VwCAjtTiLhm-4zujwXBWgfvmHg9UXX3IPipnkoVNI888KLtawz2Qn8tXP2zY5SFOhri3Pznwss/s320/IMG_4941.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Slip? And no, she refuses to wear it under a dress. It must be worn alone. I don't let her wear this one in public...have to draw the line somewhere. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW48nOhUaM76snaUGoGQ6TLlXpuu7NY2lsOCIzV8tNe1UTykME7Ch5qWf6Nr5XD2iw0CVhqp22bYIDvT1m3_ZSuJLffoYUmUbptgp0qPzlkeCtnRA4otLUlh6O7iEeVakHzg1Mw_eDt7qW7b6jwDUaWOhcKI1zvpQ1_K-Rjjf4hPmFL1_-gfYzvURz486e/s4032/IMG_4930.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW48nOhUaM76snaUGoGQ6TLlXpuu7NY2lsOCIzV8tNe1UTykME7Ch5qWf6Nr5XD2iw0CVhqp22bYIDvT1m3_ZSuJLffoYUmUbptgp0qPzlkeCtnRA4otLUlh6O7iEeVakHzg1Mw_eDt7qW7b6jwDUaWOhcKI1zvpQ1_K-Rjjf4hPmFL1_-gfYzvURz486e/s320/IMG_4930.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a dress up dress that is way too big for her that she insisted on sleeping in. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOV3FnWXg-JHXE1IEnBEXe69zcfxdR1GxwJnDwjlhyphenhyphen2aPmVdWywuTi4JBHLosQDvSBOHDUCQwGMhXzXLfSwC2H3IaxVM9ADoX3sB-2fPBVMYw0PjbWI76lIymVdcEQ8k1vHwW1MjCrnfE60G__kedkMfV_ytMz1jMYIL04tSTeYJP0WQxwhLZ-soMMX7p/s4032/IMG_4796.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOV3FnWXg-JHXE1IEnBEXe69zcfxdR1GxwJnDwjlhyphenhyphen2aPmVdWywuTi4JBHLosQDvSBOHDUCQwGMhXzXLfSwC2H3IaxVM9ADoX3sB-2fPBVMYw0PjbWI76lIymVdcEQ8k1vHwW1MjCrnfE60G__kedkMfV_ytMz1jMYIL04tSTeYJP0WQxwhLZ-soMMX7p/s320/IMG_4796.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is just one of the dresses I wore as a toddler that my mom saved all these years. Vivi has totally justified Grammie's hoarding tendencies...at least this once. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAk9euMjztyzKYtPauUJ_1reqmqDG5IoeDV2nNC_tsew99-cHRvDmUZlO_zt3cqVMLxkOSUAO2y1ytmwY0Tv3dla8kJt7dz-ZJUXPcZ6bzl0aekyibLBGgk4ucXTZrjS7MGlpDmOdj2_bAwMsfQQAso_G4IuxiFCvVIDMAiwvB2Lv4N_qx9B85S1y1K3x/s4032/IMG_5363.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAk9euMjztyzKYtPauUJ_1reqmqDG5IoeDV2nNC_tsew99-cHRvDmUZlO_zt3cqVMLxkOSUAO2y1ytmwY0Tv3dla8kJt7dz-ZJUXPcZ6bzl0aekyibLBGgk4ucXTZrjS7MGlpDmOdj2_bAwMsfQQAso_G4IuxiFCvVIDMAiwvB2Lv4N_qx9B85S1y1K3x/s320/IMG_5363.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is another favorite dress. She also loves this bouncy donkey we have and will sometimes take it to bed with her. One morning she came out of her room bouncing on the donkey with the sleepiest face. It was pretty funny. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJb-oPqiWRZIDDGYbRhof6tHg3O1DSbNBFwJSxEoyZGdlW-dqgO9ri7U82JwGYhvJcVxQk2kRHi039F3u7T-0k2cla6t7ACPnPLskXymVRt4Bba802Ef2dbvzrtz-Oe2Zbc2JicQZNLJJmQO998yq6rJjBWyxISooxEPBju5m4UxxIsALsfAjGt9TH72B/s2436/IMG_4696.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJb-oPqiWRZIDDGYbRhof6tHg3O1DSbNBFwJSxEoyZGdlW-dqgO9ri7U82JwGYhvJcVxQk2kRHi039F3u7T-0k2cla6t7ACPnPLskXymVRt4Bba802Ef2dbvzrtz-Oe2Zbc2JicQZNLJJmQO998yq6rJjBWyxISooxEPBju5m4UxxIsALsfAjGt9TH72B/s320/IMG_4696.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She and Porter can actually play together without fighting. They sure are cute. Porter is quite the gentleman with Vivi and she enjoys being treated like a princess. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGqqI7EBrCpOXFaRYl08U1VsffTQ0yzFwN8UuS7Iy8UwIM_X47JWf-Do_qo8FUI7zOfKPIgzvP2ug2SN3fzTEuunv7RNyXaUHrCJ7l6mB5Nd9A6yg-NfXCebGvCu9Js5sQIauBR1DhX_cOel18aO2g3GiLgV7NsrCsUPQGAT_puNH7PKswdn4c-kcr_3X/s4032/IMG_4827.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGqqI7EBrCpOXFaRYl08U1VsffTQ0yzFwN8UuS7Iy8UwIM_X47JWf-Do_qo8FUI7zOfKPIgzvP2ug2SN3fzTEuunv7RNyXaUHrCJ7l6mB5Nd9A6yg-NfXCebGvCu9Js5sQIauBR1DhX_cOel18aO2g3GiLgV7NsrCsUPQGAT_puNH7PKswdn4c-kcr_3X/s320/IMG_4827.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She's learning to be nice to Josie and can be when she decides to. She loves to go outside and Josie will just tag along. Vivi calls her "my dog". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWfUzrp-faEkjb2gB3c7FT4FsOtp0_iu0DCrYDtsmHnUvSpVMEp3PD2ZipPW-hp5lVxWEhhOTiiWUAcCJ0or_4E2y0CU4Gf9U2YyCorYnGsvx7YEDAnU9YQtJ7DMI7fw2wn3s9xCdvs507btdAdFlZxFqMk5AATUc4ainyungAwXqfErECxl9fL8XEH-6/s4032/IMG_5524.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWfUzrp-faEkjb2gB3c7FT4FsOtp0_iu0DCrYDtsmHnUvSpVMEp3PD2ZipPW-hp5lVxWEhhOTiiWUAcCJ0or_4E2y0CU4Gf9U2YyCorYnGsvx7YEDAnU9YQtJ7DMI7fw2wn3s9xCdvs507btdAdFlZxFqMk5AATUc4ainyungAwXqfErECxl9fL8XEH-6/s320/IMG_5524.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During school she usually likes to see what kind of messes she can make. Here she left half eaten strawberries all over the counter and was so proud of her mess. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Nc7wFEhG8dWO02t5DmOuL3d4neC7f2tUSE4Uk1_PkiTcETs03JUzRpxq3mKiGJw7rLXu7qB3Dhj0YfrHtI-rpOg2_RcCGWkJeVjRRYSSIyn0xGeO6KWbwTXjx9ch1OSEvt8ChnjURe6yKQleAyEfEsnyZsR2myspbbO9hlqkcd7KaZeTEe_aQT6uVgIi/s4032/IMG_5467.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Nc7wFEhG8dWO02t5DmOuL3d4neC7f2tUSE4Uk1_PkiTcETs03JUzRpxq3mKiGJw7rLXu7qB3Dhj0YfrHtI-rpOg2_RcCGWkJeVjRRYSSIyn0xGeO6KWbwTXjx9ch1OSEvt8ChnjURe6yKQleAyEfEsnyZsR2myspbbO9hlqkcd7KaZeTEe_aQT6uVgIi/s320/IMG_5467.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She and Eliza are best buds. The other day I told them that they were best friends like Aunt Tiffy and I were growing up. To which Vivi replied, "I have a best friend named Strawberry". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTaCToblC-syrT_ESFfMeHxA9Sq331SDeZQoDz0Gsh90w2yhzcz3lRq1enbhhsgMAZfAKryBaRUU3txYBiCCd9MQINLe2WIsQtgZbRVki0pRb9vKPPcik4t84zJM0Way-dPClX2lmyLvqBQX8akt8-VSOivBmGxLnYIHOSW1gOVQ6KYJO69LbraY4tRF3/s4032/IMG_5408.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTaCToblC-syrT_ESFfMeHxA9Sq331SDeZQoDz0Gsh90w2yhzcz3lRq1enbhhsgMAZfAKryBaRUU3txYBiCCd9MQINLe2WIsQtgZbRVki0pRb9vKPPcik4t84zJM0Way-dPClX2lmyLvqBQX8akt8-VSOivBmGxLnYIHOSW1gOVQ6KYJO69LbraY4tRF3/s320/IMG_5408.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi loves to ride her balance bike and has gotten really good at it. She rides it all around the house and leaves it in the most inconvenient places: doorways, closets, in front of the stove...she has a gift. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiiOAn7wOP53Ux7e2M0S9FWW1dLVtWQT3-Idmgyko0hPvOPoy5TB4scj6SirItP_w1i2Audg98-cKjzv2cIJBHsDHcE7wqSrjX2wIxA3GsJ1amJ22_HRVJdiXNvKdwAtoyg5R4SThgF3PmG7bl7QfTTHrOWg8D5AGJm_z0i3KzHCnzZblohmukGffEJGR/s4032/IMG_4987.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiiOAn7wOP53Ux7e2M0S9FWW1dLVtWQT3-Idmgyko0hPvOPoy5TB4scj6SirItP_w1i2Audg98-cKjzv2cIJBHsDHcE7wqSrjX2wIxA3GsJ1amJ22_HRVJdiXNvKdwAtoyg5R4SThgF3PmG7bl7QfTTHrOWg8D5AGJm_z0i3KzHCnzZblohmukGffEJGR/s320/IMG_4987.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're entering the phase of awkward smiles and they crack me up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qNIZ8xhVfYh4g8eHgHCxOKdxUv2P1E3eQl5QuB385u0wO7-1-jbGgu6AwJyGpaJWxDLy5tr4EhY7CdL0cvSsl2walGWUpZcf8lHWqtKTA9KL1Gxd7qNkPJyWkbaNe7QrpiIOCvUqXn-VEiMDsm3rTq7qhmFHjJQM1nMXBkOPDX8cwPJjYoXPKRmV-OIi/s4032/IMG_5383.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qNIZ8xhVfYh4g8eHgHCxOKdxUv2P1E3eQl5QuB385u0wO7-1-jbGgu6AwJyGpaJWxDLy5tr4EhY7CdL0cvSsl2walGWUpZcf8lHWqtKTA9KL1Gxd7qNkPJyWkbaNe7QrpiIOCvUqXn-VEiMDsm3rTq7qhmFHjJQM1nMXBkOPDX8cwPJjYoXPKRmV-OIi/s320/IMG_5383.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She loves music and makes sure to practice her piano and violin (for the longest time she would ask where her violin was and we never knew what she was talking about. Until one day she was blowing on the recorder and told me she was practicing the violin.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fO9WowUj-KsyrK1zTuoexg-7Rnz38-2MuwKpUes8K8mFYkqp7HFCPoUQG87WXZJcjs7vE-aooHirnLmhmWw2E-Ae644s5msME5veWZFAXYPYnJTswwqrWo34GQEUbjnMlszRbh5i6gAvWG8ic4dOdWqnhF2P1XY0PtJzsEdkp0n4pzeOprZboccqpU7B/s4032/IMG_5470.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fO9WowUj-KsyrK1zTuoexg-7Rnz38-2MuwKpUes8K8mFYkqp7HFCPoUQG87WXZJcjs7vE-aooHirnLmhmWw2E-Ae644s5msME5veWZFAXYPYnJTswwqrWo34GQEUbjnMlszRbh5i6gAvWG8ic4dOdWqnhF2P1XY0PtJzsEdkp0n4pzeOprZboccqpU7B/s320/IMG_5470.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She also loves to play on Mariah's ukulele and came to me and asked me to take her to violin. She so badly wants to be all grown up like "the kids" (which is what she calls her older siblings).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now for some of the cute things she has said the past year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>She used to call ice "ice cream" </li><li>She loves when anyone will chase her, which can be a problem at times. </li><li>For the longest time she would randomly say, "oh no, a bear!" and seemed to be legitimately scared. Which probably came from reading <i>Going on a Bear Hunt. </i></li><li>She went through a phase where she would say "I by you", when she wanted someone to sit by her. She also wanted to be sitting by me whenever she ate. </li><li>She used to say "OK!" in the sweetest, most enthusiastic way. Sometimes even when she didn't want to do something and was crying she would say "oooookkkkaaayy" with her said little voice. </li><li>She used to say "kank you" and it was so cute. </li><li>Vivi can be very persistent when she is trying to figure out how to do something/get into something. When she figures it out she'll say, "I did it!" <br /></li><li>For the longest time if we told her she couldn't do something or have something she wanted she would say, "awe!" in the most disappointed voice. </li><li>"I want Jesus Christ Amen" is how she used to ask to say the prayer. She now will pray for the cows...we're thinking it must be our neighbor's cows that she can sometimes see out of her bedroom window. Don't worry Mark, she's looking out for you. </li><li>For a while she would say "oopadaisy" and I was so sad when she stopped that. </li><li>"Thank you mom for dinner" and "this is nummy" is something we would hear a lot during dinner. </li><li>One day she came to me and said, "I hurt my thumbkin" showing me her thumb. </li><li>Vivi loves to wear a crown but she often calls it a "queen" which gets a little confusing sometimes. </li><li>One day she was playing with her doll while I was holding Asa and then walked up to me and said, "mom, lets switch babies." She loves Asa, but doesn't quite know how to always show that love. Asa is pretty patient with her. </li><li>When Asa woke up sad from a nap: Vivi: Mom, he's sad Me: Yes he is sad, what can we do to help him? Vivi: He needs space...pretty sure she's heard that before...maybe multiple times every day. </li><li>One day while snuggling Tanner she said, "Mom, I'm sitting with my dad-girl". And then when Tanner wasn't feeling well she said, "Mom, I'll hold my daddy" and then went and sat on his lap. </li><li>Vivi doesn't always love going to bed so I try to get creative to make it less painful. Sometimes we are doggies, or elephants, or her favorite is when she is a wildcat that is scratching me as I frantically carry her to her bed. Or she likes when I pretend that she is super heavy and I can barely lift her. </li><li>One morning Josie snuck into the girls' room and woke Vivi up. I asked her, "Did Josie wake you up?" To which she quickly replied, "Yeah, because I'm a doggie". We often have to tell Vivi that she is a doggie that can walk on her hind legs to keep her from crawling around in public. </li><li>Every once in a while she'll say, "hey mommy guess what? I love you!" </li><li>After playing with a little girl during her siblings' basketball games she went to the little girl's mom and told her she wanted her daughter's backpack of toys for her birthday. No biggie. Vivi doesn't know a stranger and calls random children she sees "my friends". </li><li>Vivi is your typical toddler and is either happy happy happy, or furious. She started calling her siblings a name that I do not like, but got confused and started calling them "turtles" instead. Which doesn't bother me one bit so now all our kids say "Don't be a turtle" instead of the other word. Love those happy mistakes. She also calls us "poopy pants" and "booty bums" sometimes. </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;">We can't wait to see all the funny things Vivi will do and say this year. She is keeping me young, or aging me...depends on the day. But we love this girl! </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-53946669038738675562024-03-04T11:41:00.000-08:002024-03-04T11:41:07.528-08:00Seven Months<p></p><div style="text-align: center;">This boy just keeps growing and I can barely keep up with it! </div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Has his top teeth, which are adorable, but he likes to grind them together which is not my favorite sound. He also will chomp down on anyone's finger if given the chance.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanq4JIlh7qeprrmuLLZWB36hfDAsv1TEp9K4U5dEUgClhemFfVCmsjiQZJm8xe6DAPklXVyr5bQuD_S2cVIbNBderlVX6o7ze91kyRc3Vj3HzcpqcBSoRv5HXLgKsKBGFbWi-sTvkI29j86NvWI2GzHJROy2aDa33Oe29gt2KnvSqPRmJGYLba4kefH1U/s4032/IMG_5486.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanq4JIlh7qeprrmuLLZWB36hfDAsv1TEp9K4U5dEUgClhemFfVCmsjiQZJm8xe6DAPklXVyr5bQuD_S2cVIbNBderlVX6o7ze91kyRc3Vj3HzcpqcBSoRv5HXLgKsKBGFbWi-sTvkI29j86NvWI2GzHJROy2aDa33Oe29gt2KnvSqPRmJGYLba4kefH1U/s320/IMG_5486.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at those toofers! The gap kills me. Also he loved his first time in a swing. </div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>He loves to scratch things, especially his momma</li><li>Austin described his build perfectly one night while Asa was in the bath-a frog: skinny arms and legs with a chubby torso. </li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ2fMkfqnlFjzZG2KoIxoTd8_2iOQqwVI8SKaNJIWui4zsztKtL_RSaMGrB1Xux_B7_Y-K-9ZVbmKqd_8YRX5vfryzT5o5DPsiLYLVzMdEcUaHq66zqku55ibLm-kWbnWVUKvuqVKNOM6qooK4GQ5xj0EwJcgCalz5VMkbUfxOOWbxjXwLX9wd27-N5vE/s4032/IMG_5447.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ2fMkfqnlFjzZG2KoIxoTd8_2iOQqwVI8SKaNJIWui4zsztKtL_RSaMGrB1Xux_B7_Y-K-9ZVbmKqd_8YRX5vfryzT5o5DPsiLYLVzMdEcUaHq66zqku55ibLm-kWbnWVUKvuqVKNOM6qooK4GQ5xj0EwJcgCalz5VMkbUfxOOWbxjXwLX9wd27-N5vE/s320/IMG_5447.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If he's ever nakey he will usually start sucking on his bicep...cracks us up. </div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We started the month out with oat cereal, and Asa is not a fan. I even tried mixing it with breastmilk and he still wasn't sold on it. Also hasn't been a fan of avocado either. So I'm not pushing food too much right now. </li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMu4UHvtnER1rC-60Zb1fby0WHZFj01Qi4g26vF_hp3ZhjuC2j0IeNmoL8ogKUU1LcNnRyIz0GMcHCBjRl7pUIzQL4hvGIMYxg7E26DHUM1gTuIuL9q1E54prfjgoAf27cQ021Zo9XPt_aRzL6p_6GsZQSi1nGsmbBi4idN1x-IWnspbjt5-38XKuXuJk/s4032/IMG_5400.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMu4UHvtnER1rC-60Zb1fby0WHZFj01Qi4g26vF_hp3ZhjuC2j0IeNmoL8ogKUU1LcNnRyIz0GMcHCBjRl7pUIzQL4hvGIMYxg7E26DHUM1gTuIuL9q1E54prfjgoAf27cQ021Zo9XPt_aRzL6p_6GsZQSi1nGsmbBi4idN1x-IWnspbjt5-38XKuXuJk/s320/IMG_5400.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>He loves being with his momma, during the day and night. I'm so grateful for my carrier so I can get things done. And we still spend our nights on a mattress on the ground in the guest room. He's only rolled off the bed twice...</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9o2TlGipUFJ7_tB5Ga_v3xf3azbePtpUlHW0zTjckXoA38x6I603fTcDo7PFxstXMXvRjOoUEGhUn2FgfhGr0l42FjHk40qeS7vc8ErZJL1Nnc8fRoxN4S_tjNbTqUgmCSwvOjrCK61G2QrIMOfdJBdeQVC2WPlkzDSNFkTYSYvdlFl5ZBxR108ri-xO/s4032/IMG_5410.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9o2TlGipUFJ7_tB5Ga_v3xf3azbePtpUlHW0zTjckXoA38x6I603fTcDo7PFxstXMXvRjOoUEGhUn2FgfhGr0l42FjHk40qeS7vc8ErZJL1Nnc8fRoxN4S_tjNbTqUgmCSwvOjrCK61G2QrIMOfdJBdeQVC2WPlkzDSNFkTYSYvdlFl5ZBxR108ri-xO/s320/IMG_5410.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6Cz4y5MIIeYP4KwuPM4bSNjDwsc6Qjoc5TTLiADK_xLxSHv-w_32BLFNpaTZrzPjgvADmo78knMWeQHHkZ6JXtgibvcXQOCOWdD9Pt6JcpybMc7k87x-c4ykSudvwn0ryRP0i3fUOjl8qOqF3rTtu9r012CX6WxvhrDUafmr2laShtWwfNBmUHpgxKt5/s3088/IMG_5473.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6Cz4y5MIIeYP4KwuPM4bSNjDwsc6Qjoc5TTLiADK_xLxSHv-w_32BLFNpaTZrzPjgvADmo78knMWeQHHkZ6JXtgibvcXQOCOWdD9Pt6JcpybMc7k87x-c4ykSudvwn0ryRP0i3fUOjl8qOqF3rTtu9r012CX6WxvhrDUafmr2laShtWwfNBmUHpgxKt5/s320/IMG_5473.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The poor boy has continued the trend of a new sickness or teething every week. But he is pretty happy through it all, just a little more clingy and a lot less sleeping. </li><li>He's a pro at rolling onto his tummy, and is pretty content pushing himself up and kicking around, until he isn't; and then he screams until someone comes and rolls him over. He then rolls right over again and repeats the whole thing. </li><li>He also has been learning how to sit up but is still pretty tippy. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjR0aRhKXSDaZsHkhNap-Cj8Z92mWG3N3gtZ6JzUHrHTzmf9aASYngk4bUayrrnmfFqw8hdA82JwNOMABALQldGLbVVJZmFtIOana0RRff2wiPXo3-R6kCDZ-j_fNMl1b3jFHBPpfWDeVKoZYg9QX__mdhXJkKyvEqXPgSEViryQsJkjrkU0s0wPwyb9yx/s4032/IMG_5495.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjR0aRhKXSDaZsHkhNap-Cj8Z92mWG3N3gtZ6JzUHrHTzmf9aASYngk4bUayrrnmfFqw8hdA82JwNOMABALQldGLbVVJZmFtIOana0RRff2wiPXo3-R6kCDZ-j_fNMl1b3jFHBPpfWDeVKoZYg9QX__mdhXJkKyvEqXPgSEViryQsJkjrkU0s0wPwyb9yx/s320/IMG_5495.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little dude is getting quite the personality and we are all his adoring fan club. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZ5k0Kgvhb4qtjrEFbluBIRlO5SQ7lfSDo1hcNUgtKvActvRpddUIr4v-hy4GqCRgwfI_v6C0jePs6nF5uVfCRtZzQMyLF_MTMJH7ix8KaXjELy2cTkBZUtIaH4_hr7vFUCOiIOEq-y6jeSf4PTTcCk-S_F7d9rT2AY5uukXCeURzvn2NsziIYA7PGA3K/s4032/IMG_5490.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZ5k0Kgvhb4qtjrEFbluBIRlO5SQ7lfSDo1hcNUgtKvActvRpddUIr4v-hy4GqCRgwfI_v6C0jePs6nF5uVfCRtZzQMyLF_MTMJH7ix8KaXjELy2cTkBZUtIaH4_hr7vFUCOiIOEq-y6jeSf4PTTcCk-S_F7d9rT2AY5uukXCeURzvn2NsziIYA7PGA3K/s320/IMG_5490.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-1473529716687561242024-02-29T13:53:00.000-08:002024-03-04T11:57:15.942-08:00February<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were so happy that it warmed up in February; it softened the blow of the stomach flu and head colds that have been cycling through the family this month. Will we ever all be healthy?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEity7EWNg0NyjkmE9Tr389YoGSY99prxscMVc2CuTVTBujnlMcxdEnI3lEN5iz7D6_qC1fgBYmyB898GO6khTg5KvtlnBTBgrOM2BYPPoDzPbHcqs5mdh2s_KPWQ2spLrxk6ScutkIdjy41or34VMkVhgzARyi2FDSUpqMaFXlMSe-0TAV_7_oV8JVvH109/s4032/IMG_5406.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEity7EWNg0NyjkmE9Tr389YoGSY99prxscMVc2CuTVTBujnlMcxdEnI3lEN5iz7D6_qC1fgBYmyB898GO6khTg5KvtlnBTBgrOM2BYPPoDzPbHcqs5mdh2s_KPWQ2spLrxk6ScutkIdjy41or34VMkVhgzARyi2FDSUpqMaFXlMSe-0TAV_7_oV8JVvH109/s320/IMG_5406.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin got to launch his rocket and it was a success, shooting up way higher than we thought it would. The only downer was that the parachute didn't deploy either time they launched it. We'll have to get some more blasters (not their technical name) and try to pack the parachute differently. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO__ApXiboZBYzngQgqcuYRGi9fFBSJp6rRhA1JAqanZBDQqBcgk55ckrF0NWtFq-k2NvtuBk7nBmc0qfbEjFQo3Nz6_eecFtPpCYnBe3Vx3HlYw3blapxXpYfufctXDDXL5XcxS32AjbBa9BWO-u6g8RXEVm0JeIeHg7PCRv8yuy_OU3y8G99ojqcGB5s/s4032/IMG_5408.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO__ApXiboZBYzngQgqcuYRGi9fFBSJp6rRhA1JAqanZBDQqBcgk55ckrF0NWtFq-k2NvtuBk7nBmc0qfbEjFQo3Nz6_eecFtPpCYnBe3Vx3HlYw3blapxXpYfufctXDDXL5XcxS32AjbBa9BWO-u6g8RXEVm0JeIeHg7PCRv8yuy_OU3y8G99ojqcGB5s/s320/IMG_5408.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went on multiple walks/bike rides. Vivi even took her balance bike and did pretty well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My brother Tyler was going to be leaving for his year-long assignment through the Airforce to South Korea and I was able to go visit him and Emily. Amanda came too. Two days before I was supposed to leave, Asa got the stomach flu. I was so devastated thinking I wouldn't get to go and was praying so hard. The night before I was supposed to leave he threw up at three in the morning. But he didn't throw up anymore after that and I decided we were just going to go and he didn't throw up anymore. Which was such a tender mercy. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lF2vu30c9E18hQCP2AhyqYUTiuZpGBhINRnW1ntIICqL4Aub79_6Umxv-g4fu0SVXxnsvv4Gqw_JsKzDh5ZT5lAcXWTJx3GDHVqOzms7abg_82heawsUQnkHJrA9Nv8ua8n08C11JPNE2qIrCfkOmCjsSKBtSajTvaVYjgyrhqDgWYNuGUUWX4CrtgS4/s4032/IMG_5416.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lF2vu30c9E18hQCP2AhyqYUTiuZpGBhINRnW1ntIICqL4Aub79_6Umxv-g4fu0SVXxnsvv4Gqw_JsKzDh5ZT5lAcXWTJx3GDHVqOzms7abg_82heawsUQnkHJrA9Nv8ua8n08C11JPNE2qIrCfkOmCjsSKBtSajTvaVYjgyrhqDgWYNuGUUWX4CrtgS4/s320/IMG_5416.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took Vivi and Asa and after flying multiple times with babies, with four children by myself, five children and now just two, I've decided that flying with a two year old and infant is the hardest. But Vivi and Asa did pretty well and we sat by such a sweet girl on the way to Atlanta. She let Vivi climb right on her lap to look out the window. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhKMXJoiprkHJyTOg-4xXsrZtnMj55JVH7KWbOVguK1U2gSSHEPEt6jGGQw_qJypihoYhT7VbqlObtpFHNAx4uTAo3bIrWtpLD2ODtyvBxplGbfj01rdzLHRQshYxwlNCnIMI-NJw4cdqkUOsspcFsRhBwAViX7w9usXFfOSC8wUMDogTDv-k2kASYPVO/s3088/IMG_5417.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhKMXJoiprkHJyTOg-4xXsrZtnMj55JVH7KWbOVguK1U2gSSHEPEt6jGGQw_qJypihoYhT7VbqlObtpFHNAx4uTAo3bIrWtpLD2ODtyvBxplGbfj01rdzLHRQshYxwlNCnIMI-NJw4cdqkUOsspcFsRhBwAViX7w9usXFfOSC8wUMDogTDv-k2kASYPVO/s320/IMG_5417.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asa loved my garbage, but he didn't love when we descended to land, it hurt his ears and he screamed for the last 20 minutes. Poor little fellar. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCN6ePZoYWgmRKMUlKJ1YioSz9D_QCSpdfjPWi48B7_bMi5BNHMab5NevrPdvBb1OHNMxvY4k3xv4TsPHaNjbwv3Wz-x1jFxFZkWkzpufTJ853p21wzidiT5jnCZHb9mYYff7nyhrtnxqSnz5SLv6Z-XyQutsQPjeuc167ImSk0yL-cKBNw_9cdMl64WkY/s4032/IMG_5422.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCN6ePZoYWgmRKMUlKJ1YioSz9D_QCSpdfjPWi48B7_bMi5BNHMab5NevrPdvBb1OHNMxvY4k3xv4TsPHaNjbwv3Wz-x1jFxFZkWkzpufTJ853p21wzidiT5jnCZHb9mYYff7nyhrtnxqSnz5SLv6Z-XyQutsQPjeuc167ImSk0yL-cKBNw_9cdMl64WkY/s320/IMG_5422.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had so much fun being at Emily's house. It's crazy to think that my baby sister has a family of her own, and she is such a good mom. Vivi and Sofia thought it was really funny cramming in the bottom of the stroller on our walk. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtgXjArLeYYbteb382CLXt35q2GeAe0LW7Zzif5krBvQ4a2G52_nBdNQ5uHlRBP5aPyWNv09E1W3pOydhJgkTzQBwnL4T23iDmBBLMFp1krfmnFZ9DZCM19qPfK4Xovcl0_4nhKzMmBbS31f4CSorwNz790oM-tYi4zu0KhA971RSuxAZmex4_j-PRuxc/s4032/IMG_5428.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtgXjArLeYYbteb382CLXt35q2GeAe0LW7Zzif5krBvQ4a2G52_nBdNQ5uHlRBP5aPyWNv09E1W3pOydhJgkTzQBwnL4T23iDmBBLMFp1krfmnFZ9DZCM19qPfK4Xovcl0_4nhKzMmBbS31f4CSorwNz790oM-tYi4zu0KhA971RSuxAZmex4_j-PRuxc/s320/IMG_5428.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got to celebrate the Chinese New Year with Tyler's girlfriend Shanny. She and her roommate took us to a Din Sum place that was so amazing. We were all brave and tried chicken feet, even the kids! My favorite was the roast duck wrapped in rice paper. So good. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWKd1JOXzuMUsUNWutZ3IbJ4sdEUyDKDfIgeeB5xCnmQJl8a-Irz8xOLkgjjEUtQuXT2fskFh57hyphenhypheniQWo4HibkKyVkU7HHpH1YEY26xQu70M5M_foMQVyf1LAUkNUAqA1LmfNUrBteTHtkHJWJEEyB8nvMyUd87YLS7-ITHEnAswVc0tLqm92ChfP8hSK/s4032/IMG_5433.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWKd1JOXzuMUsUNWutZ3IbJ4sdEUyDKDfIgeeB5xCnmQJl8a-Irz8xOLkgjjEUtQuXT2fskFh57hyphenhypheniQWo4HibkKyVkU7HHpH1YEY26xQu70M5M_foMQVyf1LAUkNUAqA1LmfNUrBteTHtkHJWJEEyB8nvMyUd87YLS7-ITHEnAswVc0tLqm92ChfP8hSK/s320/IMG_5433.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1CIVdnYWid6ppBy2DTR_Ur36_rv6aw7Z0AEnq43956Kv75_KIrHUbpN9xwv8zMQ909qpiBBQViXF4w6iidyCqUiTfGwLLw8D4zJRFzvBcR7KrA4MM6f7zd5hZpMIEJtLTIRmof7hmkAlMhykwvoO_6ZzkRmdPCUeewVx2-gDglK5TJfU_AVdQO-m-m7R/s1600/c265a64f-f6f3-420a-9c0d-9fc41593fb7f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1CIVdnYWid6ppBy2DTR_Ur36_rv6aw7Z0AEnq43956Kv75_KIrHUbpN9xwv8zMQ909qpiBBQViXF4w6iidyCqUiTfGwLLw8D4zJRFzvBcR7KrA4MM6f7zd5hZpMIEJtLTIRmof7hmkAlMhykwvoO_6ZzkRmdPCUeewVx2-gDglK5TJfU_AVdQO-m-m7R/s320/c265a64f-f6f3-420a-9c0d-9fc41593fb7f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2tqjJwy-3E8i6RZITbzf0OQVxbG3zsOf1zGDax8I29Wx0Ou8UswDAKB3kjzHLPauNDKISTea4np7f44rMGWibwawjySPwV5V2YSW2gFYhM5qBAH-w4vqe-mWm-Zz-vDpS4a6x-D6OosMYEoH31Qv806jA2L8dXhFUp7JIDFktRrOLg-8wEcshYzDL0Vo/s4032/IMG_5435.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2tqjJwy-3E8i6RZITbzf0OQVxbG3zsOf1zGDax8I29Wx0Ou8UswDAKB3kjzHLPauNDKISTea4np7f44rMGWibwawjySPwV5V2YSW2gFYhM5qBAH-w4vqe-mWm-Zz-vDpS4a6x-D6OosMYEoH31Qv806jA2L8dXhFUp7JIDFktRrOLg-8wEcshYzDL0Vo/s320/IMG_5435.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we went to a Chinese New Year festival. We got to watch traditional dances, the lion dance, and a dragon was there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwJ4tXDmIAmxmxkV7G-LyLKvJzqrWBvOT_2H86tw2f1_T0OGRugK3iY4xrm3TeN2MVk4F5lnvH8QjEgiWoBAemA8D1Hq4Ffjhnn-7jgVVW3eGpI8p_JzVSJ_Ri3rNKs381JrxWteS0T5ob9X61c48PsIyx2cZq-gUl42XSmtQ3Go8laOLWvXZnUmDzVmQ/s1600/7295e1ab-82f1-4943-b30c-83cde25c5030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwJ4tXDmIAmxmxkV7G-LyLKvJzqrWBvOT_2H86tw2f1_T0OGRugK3iY4xrm3TeN2MVk4F5lnvH8QjEgiWoBAemA8D1Hq4Ffjhnn-7jgVVW3eGpI8p_JzVSJ_Ri3rNKs381JrxWteS0T5ob9X61c48PsIyx2cZq-gUl42XSmtQ3Go8laOLWvXZnUmDzVmQ/s320/7295e1ab-82f1-4943-b30c-83cde25c5030.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseFfzhNr7k7eatRavRPa2J1kim2c4XfsRu7M2aheu1U0Q6l68tO7XXdqZui3dDto6QhO9JFTdYkEm2m-gjxiHocJ8LFvsvPChNNL3o7JGZRxhcI0u3FCxCA7_sGdoR5ZK6S6dvGNx5nWmibfuhyTfRoEkNme9xKYnD6RkeqsbMSJBJkrO8G049qkfImZP/s4032/IMG_5442.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseFfzhNr7k7eatRavRPa2J1kim2c4XfsRu7M2aheu1U0Q6l68tO7XXdqZui3dDto6QhO9JFTdYkEm2m-gjxiHocJ8LFvsvPChNNL3o7JGZRxhcI0u3FCxCA7_sGdoR5ZK6S6dvGNx5nWmibfuhyTfRoEkNme9xKYnD6RkeqsbMSJBJkrO8G049qkfImZP/s320/IMG_5442.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's so easy when you have Uncle Tyler and Aunt Mandy there to entertain Vivi the whole time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXyABQ6jgkwlpmbxSBz7Ck_HJ0xISbrs9554L-LY-lEXk2t_xXL5wn7lsPWi_aReYyOhhaFxXkCr32sU9wJNAn3I5QtpjDlnhYsI6_vk9Dd57AtA5R_EskhtwDY62kbbtRxCWWqHoQNPaoJGSqLv7wv4XGXcdM6IlP1FS7X1uYQ_ftLs1O7rFi-LUzGDr/s1600/dc1d0401-af86-47be-addb-8cf2775831cb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXyABQ6jgkwlpmbxSBz7Ck_HJ0xISbrs9554L-LY-lEXk2t_xXL5wn7lsPWi_aReYyOhhaFxXkCr32sU9wJNAn3I5QtpjDlnhYsI6_vk9Dd57AtA5R_EskhtwDY62kbbtRxCWWqHoQNPaoJGSqLv7wv4XGXcdM6IlP1FS7X1uYQ_ftLs1O7rFi-LUzGDr/s320/dc1d0401-af86-47be-addb-8cf2775831cb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kaOPah6xVI2WnKOLdC_hq6JKkIbziEzxtp9bc2R0hp68OAAaGG3X0Wzm7p6WEhdGgn5HrExUSRyN7MiUMFdmDR5ELrYtdlcfnEAYDj7v0vpqrRD6r43O44LDTy_M3WoFOnVL0lnQvG2ITnXlpE_Wp9BwPst4wu4kDHGNPCAqEuJtWHJxMLNTeicZQX8O/s4032/IMG_5459.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kaOPah6xVI2WnKOLdC_hq6JKkIbziEzxtp9bc2R0hp68OAAaGG3X0Wzm7p6WEhdGgn5HrExUSRyN7MiUMFdmDR5ELrYtdlcfnEAYDj7v0vpqrRD6r43O44LDTy_M3WoFOnVL0lnQvG2ITnXlpE_Wp9BwPst4wu4kDHGNPCAqEuJtWHJxMLNTeicZQX8O/s320/IMG_5459.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi did not want to sit for a picture so this was as good as we could get. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi had so much fun with her cousins but by Sunday morning, when we were going to be leaving, she did not want to wear the clothes I had picked out for her. I was resigned to her just wearing a diaper to the airport but right before leaving she decided to get dressed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4MnNkj1t-_Fx_lUXSkKQCkOjjUu5IOi6qRESS_mUKFlm6i2YfTnM_mVVKIlne9zIIYXdQ7tNdHxNlAl0_MamF5IC_IDuO3BHZmuy__EVF6X27_iNo_XNtUn0YtCnwiBBLo4RTR1F-kKzosk8ng8HHBDsdCRB4P4nbEZQSLtxUmblOHosp5_K5qYfERj2/s1600/f1b90cfd-d182-4003-b557-b2fc492ed8fd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4MnNkj1t-_Fx_lUXSkKQCkOjjUu5IOi6qRESS_mUKFlm6i2YfTnM_mVVKIlne9zIIYXdQ7tNdHxNlAl0_MamF5IC_IDuO3BHZmuy__EVF6X27_iNo_XNtUn0YtCnwiBBLo4RTR1F-kKzosk8ng8HHBDsdCRB4P4nbEZQSLtxUmblOHosp5_K5qYfERj2/s320/f1b90cfd-d182-4003-b557-b2fc492ed8fd.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh look, now Vivi wants to be in a picture...and she wants her dress on. I love these people so very much and wish we could have had Dan, Tiff and Boo there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNn4O9ZlSGUBBXYbgYrQEV_ar45uKzwJ4w0psMEtHYdQ_isdS5khN56ppEL6hxH6mDeq2ccM7aHpIRgh5Ye2UsZdx6LIam6W91nOt5MkxUOC3zRjDSbLfs7s2Dvzq9B7n8AkhsIK529ggRWUC0ijtsg34j_TzFN7LJ_YHyRs-6ArWOD4Bi-ii__xh9KT2-/s4032/IMG_5462.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNn4O9ZlSGUBBXYbgYrQEV_ar45uKzwJ4w0psMEtHYdQ_isdS5khN56ppEL6hxH6mDeq2ccM7aHpIRgh5Ye2UsZdx6LIam6W91nOt5MkxUOC3zRjDSbLfs7s2Dvzq9B7n8AkhsIK529ggRWUC0ijtsg34j_TzFN7LJ_YHyRs-6ArWOD4Bi-ii__xh9KT2-/s320/IMG_5462.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This leash was the best...yep, I was that mom. I didn't want to bring a stroller because I wouldn't have been able to carry our luggage and push a stroller so the leash helped me to not lose Vivi. She did grab some false lashes and an earplug off the ground...and she really wanted to pet the airport security dogs but we were able to get through that without any tears.<br />The Atlanta airport is huge and our gate was at the very end of the terminal, and after getting there I saw that the gate had been changed, at the end of a completely different terminal. But we eventually made it and we were early so it didn't matter if we walked super slow. We sat next to another kind woman who was so sweet to Vivi, another tender mercy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpT7PRUxWLwo6zexYE55kNIHowirzA9xZh9VRHLpUcU1oFsMczthvxAY8x2ADi3NupENRI1Ez9JTtzRYbXHv2jn05SN-Gmomu2ojnWyJUkL_31vz1gcYAABe_qzvNtm-TXMw5z9GxvuxFzBTXSOMA6E_5KGBZYP4Kg_g5C40Q3Y-L5KZPpMbHf9zBNEPh/s4032/IMG_3995.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpT7PRUxWLwo6zexYE55kNIHowirzA9xZh9VRHLpUcU1oFsMczthvxAY8x2ADi3NupENRI1Ez9JTtzRYbXHv2jn05SN-Gmomu2ojnWyJUkL_31vz1gcYAABe_qzvNtm-TXMw5z9GxvuxFzBTXSOMA6E_5KGBZYP4Kg_g5C40Q3Y-L5KZPpMbHf9zBNEPh/s320/IMG_3995.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The weekend I was gone, Tanner took the boys to a Penguins hockey game and met up with a friend from Pittsburgh. He ended up getting the stomach flu on the way to the game, but didn't let that slow him down. The man is dedicated. And then Austin threw up that night...we sure know how to have a good time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Eliza and Mariah went down to Brittany's and had lots of fun with the cousins. But they brought home a new illness, fevers and runny noses. Still worth it though. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn54IA9xbQDx9G_FSAwx6GDx1-tK2u1dLnxgHEQ5OVLY_1eqyfPllRaLkt220dgcT61RaR1fWuXS2DC2n3qKDmPTTm4JYqAEdAbe2T6PKBr7TUJCFI7qLiNZncoKAF_oFbmdMZHwdZdN2nvQTZAXamoOCNTstnIo4sVc_1zBjNCbkWQZ-Qwvhjt5LlV4bM/s4032/IMG_5465.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn54IA9xbQDx9G_FSAwx6GDx1-tK2u1dLnxgHEQ5OVLY_1eqyfPllRaLkt220dgcT61RaR1fWuXS2DC2n3qKDmPTTm4JYqAEdAbe2T6PKBr7TUJCFI7qLiNZncoKAF_oFbmdMZHwdZdN2nvQTZAXamoOCNTstnIo4sVc_1zBjNCbkWQZ-Qwvhjt5LlV4bM/s320/IMG_5465.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did something new this year for Valentine's Day. We all wrote love letters to each other and read our letters during our "fancy dinner". The kids had fun decorating for it and I thought it was such a special way to celebrate love. I'm hoping it can become a yearly tradition. We did it a day early because youth activities were on Valentine's day. But we dipped strawberries earlier in the day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQm4SOrbglqRYv6LDarFcVgbKjxan66skfCsYsfbS3an2j658yHRoJDnNkAZyzzPIzl8nY_sWo6P73ULsWVSrwWy0NMJf75xkeeLE7mJGPREy8AvJW87t6iibIcstdDO-Z_bwplU7FMYR0lsJr4qnOAhCrjYUMO6Fc3BB5UjA9ggrZo-Icd4VUjRCFGHix/s4032/IMG_5466.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQm4SOrbglqRYv6LDarFcVgbKjxan66skfCsYsfbS3an2j658yHRoJDnNkAZyzzPIzl8nY_sWo6P73ULsWVSrwWy0NMJf75xkeeLE7mJGPREy8AvJW87t6iibIcstdDO-Z_bwplU7FMYR0lsJr4qnOAhCrjYUMO6Fc3BB5UjA9ggrZo-Icd4VUjRCFGHix/s320/IMG_5466.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin finished The Book of Mormon for the first time so we had an ice cream party. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2Pz0QWRfh9CKJuuD28tSil8emoqipLhlcJ95U9qgCDP-9lmZgj4bxhY0Y3t3iQUaBO54ZGhvoWTMl8N2ZZ1jPfcYGOSDjkB_s3JnP5LMjlHcVIe_6NAwtHvv80Yy3GMYsGbiWFQz6JDcpThWPTEQgJuS9OVNVM9QUv05l7BMsLwqs_M4ZkBLiiiOMqDR/s4032/IMG_5469.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2Pz0QWRfh9CKJuuD28tSil8emoqipLhlcJ95U9qgCDP-9lmZgj4bxhY0Y3t3iQUaBO54ZGhvoWTMl8N2ZZ1jPfcYGOSDjkB_s3JnP5LMjlHcVIe_6NAwtHvv80Yy3GMYsGbiWFQz6JDcpThWPTEQgJuS9OVNVM9QUv05l7BMsLwqs_M4ZkBLiiiOMqDR/s320/IMG_5469.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Josie was so good at comforting all the sickies. She would snuggle up to them and be so calm. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaL31-ArAedb7nEnFbRMy3cei-LFtMyDU_bbUQJNu9PDHh25p7lh2fGUcz4nRzbqyBDEa9j658uQrnjWHPOgwPe5URSj6X7gjeiMen3QDCjOj2UjG6Qokn32eYfiJz1XvIYO-NslSEn-6cD6REaqd7thYcQVLR4V3L_57c8ljWzGJO1-pxEXQf25k9iYS/s4032/IMG_5481.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaL31-ArAedb7nEnFbRMy3cei-LFtMyDU_bbUQJNu9PDHh25p7lh2fGUcz4nRzbqyBDEa9j658uQrnjWHPOgwPe5URSj6X7gjeiMen3QDCjOj2UjG6Qokn32eYfiJz1XvIYO-NslSEn-6cD6REaqd7thYcQVLR4V3L_57c8ljWzGJO1-pxEXQf25k9iYS/s320/IMG_5481.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are learning about cells in science right now so the kids made "cell sugar cookies". They were thrilled with all the different candy used for their organelles. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kW4DvV3xEU7f90OmPo0de1PPLzrUBVEoYWjvfqBgM82nT_h0m3dAF5a6-Om3QOXl9T99l0USXbEPlZYolt-QlyEJoaxTgS18j3rOu4tWLxqINJehW8-NiD-0n3tYPQP1m5_EZd4JQhbn9arYo_kmDeIZZpUZXI14rgyK4h3HciLWYck5_3rraYPYrh2H/s4032/IMG_5484.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kW4DvV3xEU7f90OmPo0de1PPLzrUBVEoYWjvfqBgM82nT_h0m3dAF5a6-Om3QOXl9T99l0USXbEPlZYolt-QlyEJoaxTgS18j3rOu4tWLxqINJehW8-NiD-0n3tYPQP1m5_EZd4JQhbn9arYo_kmDeIZZpUZXI14rgyK4h3HciLWYck5_3rraYPYrh2H/s320/IMG_5484.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nothing like sugar to help something stick in your head. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7QNooa30L7kM1Fh0zqvbu5WJSkAN-tS0v6_NjVr90RGCjTJDhPY7WoDr88TzMu7FeKLtivfzw2Td9hUWxD1O9UpjeXRTiFGd6nxaG2aeZ0V3aUgMt3tigyvgf3n-R54B3hOiuDX1ARmB4i3_DxqCDINmNMy3PiHqVokQSSBjwEUz8GT0IdZH9w-2vbaE/s4032/IMG_5485.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7QNooa30L7kM1Fh0zqvbu5WJSkAN-tS0v6_NjVr90RGCjTJDhPY7WoDr88TzMu7FeKLtivfzw2Td9hUWxD1O9UpjeXRTiFGd6nxaG2aeZ0V3aUgMt3tigyvgf3n-R54B3hOiuDX1ARmB4i3_DxqCDINmNMy3PiHqVokQSSBjwEUz8GT0IdZH9w-2vbaE/s320/IMG_5485.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJi8ZsgvCY3kZKLGmAcHuYiR_goWak59pLikX7Q27s4RsajoQBj_hrP59DoUq2X28uodNttIIqqagqm9jknGrhC-Tcm7CVZW4TeQEvVV7yGx1O3b3DUu_8JMosdduoTpEYZ5kfIgPYUk4Zp-gDdUo8EF6B8AjoeLDF3V_lZI1dvT7Xg4OlQVlfw9JckhA/s4032/IMG_5493.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJi8ZsgvCY3kZKLGmAcHuYiR_goWak59pLikX7Q27s4RsajoQBj_hrP59DoUq2X28uodNttIIqqagqm9jknGrhC-Tcm7CVZW4TeQEvVV7yGx1O3b3DUu_8JMosdduoTpEYZ5kfIgPYUk4Zp-gDdUo8EF6B8AjoeLDF3V_lZI1dvT7Xg4OlQVlfw9JckhA/s320/IMG_5493.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe Josie wasn't really comforting the sick, I think she just loves blankets. She kept following Eliza around and anytime she stopped, Josie would plop down on the blanket. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This month went by so fast but we're excited for what next month is going to bring. </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-86183146763263701072024-02-03T07:20:00.000-08:002024-02-03T07:20:31.184-08:00Six Months!<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXntCwoJHcLDcCjfXQR2_3XGPsDO8KtrFxSiRv0VPM81Ck_XCZIoQk8bFmYvUAtITgY6C9laX5pH0GOmO-zz4xo_xQdieexPm61pfI8VIn6RPitCGL8r_DWW3Vg8y4iy94Q38T23ZAXCPvdJBXjuJnlVit3XS634QXxPQtrB7jVOguvh-YbogIXif9kZy7/s4032/IMG_5313.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXntCwoJHcLDcCjfXQR2_3XGPsDO8KtrFxSiRv0VPM81Ck_XCZIoQk8bFmYvUAtITgY6C9laX5pH0GOmO-zz4xo_xQdieexPm61pfI8VIn6RPitCGL8r_DWW3Vg8y4iy94Q38T23ZAXCPvdJBXjuJnlVit3XS634QXxPQtrB7jVOguvh-YbogIXif9kZy7/s320/IMG_5313.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This boy...is just so delightful. He is a happy baby who wants to be a part of the action. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWCUIDrwlMiVPYw0hF305-J-Ej5R27dwGfXC1E7bZjApXfNi999Xj91eUbPUeioEcUUcE-dWyIm1hmv68qys7vR8DguNz0ZkpABUKIZwSxHpYBtfI10fpqLowE0pHRrza2CBVMVhAuweOyVTe_qNcozk7pS1tzNYaIk-RmPM7nW1wflDeDThuoRU565Ip/s3088/IMG_5296.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWCUIDrwlMiVPYw0hF305-J-Ej5R27dwGfXC1E7bZjApXfNi999Xj91eUbPUeioEcUUcE-dWyIm1hmv68qys7vR8DguNz0ZkpABUKIZwSxHpYBtfI10fpqLowE0pHRrza2CBVMVhAuweOyVTe_qNcozk7pS1tzNYaIk-RmPM7nW1wflDeDThuoRU565Ip/s320/IMG_5296.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He started sticking his tongue out at the beginning of the month which made us all laugh. He loves to laugh and his siblings try their hardest to be the one to make it happen. He always thinks it's funny when Eliza or Vivi are crying. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByMUw1v1i4XLT3HQ77l0KZU48OhCcarBTltHZVSlG5L2TqLDSTOXaOmlu05TxeQuKjfkN3_ZD7-nVggq_M6WiWKQogbQq-g0dVDVX_YEuC2mU0NjFn13WgfDvkn-9Xfk8CMADeWywgwNSkiXh7CGpBic0-KtGfD1UTh1_e_TxO2iWAkcbV3QE1IFX5Dgp/s4032/IMG_5308.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByMUw1v1i4XLT3HQ77l0KZU48OhCcarBTltHZVSlG5L2TqLDSTOXaOmlu05TxeQuKjfkN3_ZD7-nVggq_M6WiWKQogbQq-g0dVDVX_YEuC2mU0NjFn13WgfDvkn-9Xfk8CMADeWywgwNSkiXh7CGpBic0-KtGfD1UTh1_e_TxO2iWAkcbV3QE1IFX5Dgp/s320/IMG_5308.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And he still isn't a great sleeper, but after we treated him for an ear infection, he has started to take some good naps again, which helps so much. I usually spend my nights in our guest bedroom with him because he sleeps best when I am with him. I went without dairy for two weeks and he still didn't sleep well, so I decided I might as well have cheese and ice cream again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-80uT-KvS7kD9K9F-rwPdF3Al003pqN8CCO21q14D2pI3XEdSwnPTtLWPH0sSjM2vhwwcc9T9GxZDsjvb0sZx9yMYYNdXMMessUU7ccgPl49KCCVdRQfuf8NWfqteMzTFVnxz7lh4NbnbWGj5cSqYBEc524ewOg2C3jLDZtTprVL2oDQEgxGd_bMemk7Y/s4032/IMG_5381.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-80uT-KvS7kD9K9F-rwPdF3Al003pqN8CCO21q14D2pI3XEdSwnPTtLWPH0sSjM2vhwwcc9T9GxZDsjvb0sZx9yMYYNdXMMessUU7ccgPl49KCCVdRQfuf8NWfqteMzTFVnxz7lh4NbnbWGj5cSqYBEc524ewOg2C3jLDZtTprVL2oDQEgxGd_bMemk7Y/s320/IMG_5381.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm usually only able to get him to nap in his carseat...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdZDjsGRKz31-JsxDsDLME5Wtd4TvUcHT0hcjufjG2DBxRhSn9P8liEJAwFUeZpEKhc5NWWmwIq0Iy_lKfatWlhTCKyzN74tjyezkxN3G5rmnt8VWwYVzoS9EXRtWr3w67XDCq1BNlK5cWmarbQ3vh9xtOrjE6heCbLR0w3He2Hw0m_CvVg3kDabuR8W_/s4032/IMG_5367.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdZDjsGRKz31-JsxDsDLME5Wtd4TvUcHT0hcjufjG2DBxRhSn9P8liEJAwFUeZpEKhc5NWWmwIq0Iy_lKfatWlhTCKyzN74tjyezkxN3G5rmnt8VWwYVzoS9EXRtWr3w67XDCq1BNlK5cWmarbQ3vh9xtOrjE6heCbLR0w3He2Hw0m_CvVg3kDabuR8W_/s320/IMG_5367.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is how we found him after a nap. He was happy though. And yes...I know that it isn't recommended to have your baby sleep in a carseat or in your bed with you...but sleep is definitely recommended and this seems to be the only way we are getting sleep. We've just started buckling him in his seat now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z655kxVayYadAcUeQJGTWJvJf13ArrOrTpf9OFWa59zBwnUB257E8CxQki4IcIxQumcRsOlu9ymw3fwqjaqAopkV8G8U_fr8XtxgdlVAhpys9OKbfOMR2KeL5YODWoZeWpu2ehfiwNtBBsyEqvw5WcPtjbVu6xpAardZHMtPSNoYr4-WUdwfWxPllzS7/s4032/IMG_5325.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z655kxVayYadAcUeQJGTWJvJf13ArrOrTpf9OFWa59zBwnUB257E8CxQki4IcIxQumcRsOlu9ymw3fwqjaqAopkV8G8U_fr8XtxgdlVAhpys9OKbfOMR2KeL5YODWoZeWpu2ehfiwNtBBsyEqvw5WcPtjbVu6xpAardZHMtPSNoYr4-WUdwfWxPllzS7/s320/IMG_5325.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am Asa's favorite, with Tanner a close second. He gets so excited when he sees either of us. He loves me so much that he sometimes bites me...so sweet. He's started saying mamama, dadada and blowing raspberries. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYkuuRlvr4qyxRrAe9tXHyHLnY0qbrredX1ZKj30HPO7D7z9jKJ8fGfdtEP8snPjSmnjRtknx5T-eGOA37JCmZFYeOTJOhNGNrEQ7V_8W2H6movT-6Kut-YExAaCt4HGyaNCLD3sc48kgRfQIZvNOh_so8kVdF_o_GzPNqAZBv0EGt3J7dxQjL7WUqr5s/s4032/IMG_5341.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYkuuRlvr4qyxRrAe9tXHyHLnY0qbrredX1ZKj30HPO7D7z9jKJ8fGfdtEP8snPjSmnjRtknx5T-eGOA37JCmZFYeOTJOhNGNrEQ7V_8W2H6movT-6Kut-YExAaCt4HGyaNCLD3sc48kgRfQIZvNOh_so8kVdF_o_GzPNqAZBv0EGt3J7dxQjL7WUqr5s/s320/IMG_5341.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He keeps his siblings entertained. At one point I thought maybe he wasn't sleeping well because he wasn't getting enough stimulation during the day...but that thought didn't last long. His siblings are almost always in his face or doing something with him. The boy probably needs less stimulation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPwAaWW8PULXRmbUD0l-Y8cgBGuO1-b5NMG1V7uyW3HTljiG4L1Ab1vXViQtw8uQK2woWVXUuyclM5W8__bdhT3K4OFNAlvj1KaeuZoQVz-2VxcHO9AaEuRoyPiglA9ZN7h3f3wNByzugNqlKZMFQF4nya6FdSHDMtAsAkSyGbBly8oTyHSKb6ZjGiOw9/s4032/IMG_5369.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPwAaWW8PULXRmbUD0l-Y8cgBGuO1-b5NMG1V7uyW3HTljiG4L1Ab1vXViQtw8uQK2woWVXUuyclM5W8__bdhT3K4OFNAlvj1KaeuZoQVz-2VxcHO9AaEuRoyPiglA9ZN7h3f3wNByzugNqlKZMFQF4nya6FdSHDMtAsAkSyGbBly8oTyHSKb6ZjGiOw9/s320/IMG_5369.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is starting to grab onto things; his favorite thing to grab onto is his sisters' hair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He hasn't rolled again, I think he dislikes being on his stomach so much that he doesn't want to roll over. But he does scoot around by pushing his feet on the floor and arching his back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BFioAeMKHHnSeBmEvUBu6uy3xpAZTQm9R_prUcq7FejIc9ckiCcFZoAsGu4xjVr6xrWXGEJbLTWJgFHoA3-TbO0cfFmRWif_lEeyDzEHCEHcfVFdtgcVI8N6AMlq7HPTY1w_75UinZshEkpgYxnBSt4zMRmcVKCQW4Ux4YS97g6PpgABNL8-rk_6I9mb/s4032/IMG_5384.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BFioAeMKHHnSeBmEvUBu6uy3xpAZTQm9R_prUcq7FejIc9ckiCcFZoAsGu4xjVr6xrWXGEJbLTWJgFHoA3-TbO0cfFmRWif_lEeyDzEHCEHcfVFdtgcVI8N6AMlq7HPTY1w_75UinZshEkpgYxnBSt4zMRmcVKCQW4Ux4YS97g6PpgABNL8-rk_6I9mb/s320/IMG_5384.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's getting more hair which is fun to play with. I was trying to get rid of his cradle cap and the vaseline in his hair made it easy to stick it up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrohRJZfJp8Z2flu6DmxpvxN15RDxBB79tECgZADDkMVoVqyAdw9rPP8TVauuLKg2kuV7MKJRM6tzB6eNPSA7JmJYvLyXMDz0AT0vqSBOpQGC6De1zyXIpGPt9oLIGvDzHxPYlY_koiHJZcMorXugMR3LpHnS2wzOc5ZnHLLbM0KuuufWyte6yCyMMLxH7/s3088/IMG_5397.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrohRJZfJp8Z2flu6DmxpvxN15RDxBB79tECgZADDkMVoVqyAdw9rPP8TVauuLKg2kuV7MKJRM6tzB6eNPSA7JmJYvLyXMDz0AT0vqSBOpQGC6De1zyXIpGPt9oLIGvDzHxPYlY_koiHJZcMorXugMR3LpHnS2wzOc5ZnHLLbM0KuuufWyte6yCyMMLxH7/s320/IMG_5397.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm pretty sure his top two teeth are coming in. Which probably explains the extra clinginess at night. He'll start sleeping better...eventually. That has been my mantra for the past six months. </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-43700965579139586072024-01-31T11:06:00.000-08:002024-01-31T11:06:11.768-08:00January<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> We started out the month spending time with Grandma and Grandpa and cousins. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipA_qJGQytm0jHtF-T2AUs95M2Sy2CGrNeR5yD-f6OXehkRcSXXJq430YLFfpz8qBs3QNclpKSx3FPsqZmEGL8QjEjEymmzbc13Ymg7O-YQyl2ycJAUEqydrtOXrYkZHhMs3dnBZOb3_IbKUzjD_I5rJqyxfZVyAfWY2VE9MLDw1Ahr2tOua4yX6dGIGPx/s2004/IMG_5366.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2004" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipA_qJGQytm0jHtF-T2AUs95M2Sy2CGrNeR5yD-f6OXehkRcSXXJq430YLFfpz8qBs3QNclpKSx3FPsqZmEGL8QjEjEymmzbc13Ymg7O-YQyl2ycJAUEqydrtOXrYkZHhMs3dnBZOb3_IbKUzjD_I5rJqyxfZVyAfWY2VE9MLDw1Ahr2tOua4yX6dGIGPx/s320/IMG_5366.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet was thrilled to get in some hockey time with everyone</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mariah and Annalie have been looking forward to going to the temple for months and they were finally able to. Asa and Vivi were sick and Tanner and I hadn't gotten much sleep but we felt like if we didn't go then, it may not happen for a while. Asa slept the whole way to the temple and Vivi's fever broke before we left. Grandma was wonderful and watched the younger kids so that we could be with our girls in the temple. Chet and Miri were also amazing help for Grandma; Chet kept the older kids entertained with games and Miri held Asa. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0e85HcFNwsvD0nkdG0FMdFORrVg39TzMym5miEZigFmyTTf7CEp8RCKp6sg3T3FO9G2C9642m2jgFNJeFjHAkIlxPhTXU7n5zPR0oAkcK6hQEymUhe6cEgb1xMmViEBd_HBnGKtenZ0jbpUVVvFzxFLqOXnP2ExJLOhiCiSXVWY6DF0gfT-Fht-RQtts/s4032/IMG_5300.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0e85HcFNwsvD0nkdG0FMdFORrVg39TzMym5miEZigFmyTTf7CEp8RCKp6sg3T3FO9G2C9642m2jgFNJeFjHAkIlxPhTXU7n5zPR0oAkcK6hQEymUhe6cEgb1xMmViEBd_HBnGKtenZ0jbpUVVvFzxFLqOXnP2ExJLOhiCiSXVWY6DF0gfT-Fht-RQtts/s320/IMG_5300.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah and Anni were able to use some family names and even learned a little about some of the people they were baptized for. Many of them were from the Pittsburgh area which was fun. After getting dressed in her white jumpsuit, I asked Mariah if she knew what the safety pin on her key was for. She responded "to pick the lock if I lose the key?". She was a good sport when I laughed and showed her how to pin it on her jumpsuit. I still can't believe that I have a daughter old enough to do baptisms. It was so special to see her doing that work for those who weren't baptized in this life, giving them a chance to enter the Baptismal covenant if they choose. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9KxYf7gW0q_e-3Gk8Kl3F4DfT-zWT9KpPGMbLnNtGwqewG23ybRFeLhxzSNvqvmXtv070fmPN6jLAZHmpKAVX77EmPX8SYk7nO4PjndRNRw4it6xNQmm9PSar9NaubEN6FuvZllqP8obujsaz3ULwHpRlHT7CrhqeDorSmlk6O6xIrpcGgno8j5_O8oC/s4032/IMG_3956.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9KxYf7gW0q_e-3Gk8Kl3F4DfT-zWT9KpPGMbLnNtGwqewG23ybRFeLhxzSNvqvmXtv070fmPN6jLAZHmpKAVX77EmPX8SYk7nO4PjndRNRw4it6xNQmm9PSar9NaubEN6FuvZllqP8obujsaz3ULwHpRlHT7CrhqeDorSmlk6O6xIrpcGgno8j5_O8oC/s320/IMG_3956.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner got to baptize his dad as well which was special. Grandpa showed the girls the special hallway filled with old temple artifacts and he seemed to be happy in his ol' stomping grounds. Now if only we can get them to come back and work in the Nauvoo temple again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4blHy_loUC1E9lT6fhDiMiPwZVSCpf5UpX2xnhbPRkFBOS6yTzbEl26XulpCSXOH-Kl6p-C2mbTF8cOPe28GNWxct08sNgKicP-yYJd1b7_6rR-AbhSzZCv9OISij5AXqHSP_7CnVtlFwRhWhBiDGhc-IXuURNy3_jBcEjZlnLJClcxLLpza4QdTFnvd/s4032/IMG_3954.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4blHy_loUC1E9lT6fhDiMiPwZVSCpf5UpX2xnhbPRkFBOS6yTzbEl26XulpCSXOH-Kl6p-C2mbTF8cOPe28GNWxct08sNgKicP-yYJd1b7_6rR-AbhSzZCv9OISij5AXqHSP_7CnVtlFwRhWhBiDGhc-IXuURNy3_jBcEjZlnLJClcxLLpza4QdTFnvd/s320/IMG_3954.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm pretty sure it was just yesterday that we were sitting in our "special tree" up in Rexburg, Idaho; only to find out that it was also Brittany and Baydon's "special tree". I can remember my first time in the temple...how do I have a daughter that age?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day we said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa. It was such a tender mercy having them for that week. Asa hadn't been sleeping well and they helped so much. Grandpa made breakfast every morning and Grandma helped with school. They organized our garage, storage room, furnace room, and under the stairs. I'm so grateful for them and all that they do for us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Tanner got home from taking them to the airport in time for Austin's birthday party. The cousins stayed long enough to get a piece of cake and then had to head out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxv0EqMfeSerZcOg8tu8kDKlj_geQJrsYDkUg4JHWRnhddWnnQH3AvlcIqcxzqnynA0csCT5cuXmS6VG1geoVG4pLHyaFHmVZXAp1C6LvmQXaD0fvUCQpv272H6efzRkpfjYy-nz5FUxIafkV_S8bPCtndeL-W_r_nBHwldHCSJscOitk8LcLF4nNcXBv/s1977/IMG_5365.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1977" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxv0EqMfeSerZcOg8tu8kDKlj_geQJrsYDkUg4JHWRnhddWnnQH3AvlcIqcxzqnynA0csCT5cuXmS6VG1geoVG4pLHyaFHmVZXAp1C6LvmQXaD0fvUCQpv272H6efzRkpfjYy-nz5FUxIafkV_S8bPCtndeL-W_r_nBHwldHCSJscOitk8LcLF4nNcXBv/s320/IMG_5365.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin wanted a volcano cake: we used rice krispies and the volcano ended up a lot bigger than I thought it would be. Austin did the decorating himself and knew exactly how he wanted it. Tanner picked up dry ice and even though I probably should have used a little more water with the dry ice, the kids still seemed to think it was cool. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGokYgAI_IsSqCUtRRo80YWAoy_9r4P4qiHOCOZTHvGjFvJOmWuEm2F39MCUPg7MlXHHBuOJPHp5lAtBB-whMPXBf62wkEUODSgUtuNIzt_aSmx6p-BKm_Nnf6E6BZtoYFFuKVI6Y3UuAnWZVFXoJEljvO9ayLw4ynDmKPxFwG4Y2Js4P0y-KKGK2hzu3/s2008/IMG_5364.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2008" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGokYgAI_IsSqCUtRRo80YWAoy_9r4P4qiHOCOZTHvGjFvJOmWuEm2F39MCUPg7MlXHHBuOJPHp5lAtBB-whMPXBf62wkEUODSgUtuNIzt_aSmx6p-BKm_Nnf6E6BZtoYFFuKVI6Y3UuAnWZVFXoJEljvO9ayLw4ynDmKPxFwG4Y2Js4P0y-KKGK2hzu3/s320/IMG_5364.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah had to leave early with Tanner for some basketball games and then Chet had to go soon after for his games. Tanner was their chauffeur/cheerleader. They both played well and felt good about the games. Austin had fun playing party games with his friends and opening presents. I was just happy to finally be able to have his party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYeOYAe3WOPCyalvTtjt3qmsNd_0JmDPWjGdCzZH1t1UM9ChU14pUjSf94LSpcMEvLsY7FUtj1jGrCfhB94f-ncf7nxFWhhF29DimklVUPYjqG2tKUfMORojCwl7lEKdUn19NgkPK7-nkk8UkPicCZPIzoQR8OhiAMAoVs5vdcSM8MgO58-DoBlJyMnJ3/s4032/IMG_5315.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYeOYAe3WOPCyalvTtjt3qmsNd_0JmDPWjGdCzZH1t1UM9ChU14pUjSf94LSpcMEvLsY7FUtj1jGrCfhB94f-ncf7nxFWhhF29DimklVUPYjqG2tKUfMORojCwl7lEKdUn19NgkPK7-nkk8UkPicCZPIzoQR8OhiAMAoVs5vdcSM8MgO58-DoBlJyMnJ3/s320/IMG_5315.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then we had snowmageddon! After sick kids I was perfectly ok with staying at home for a week, even though I was starting to get some cabin fever by the end. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4PS0idwhNPnB8w4kmKDa0nVf5pWFDT3pv2axbKqF0n_N0_jMzToTPf1KzpNi7z1dKxkHaHgn6ME-CQxXJJJy94NUtF7mVXnKS_ppl2_NckT9SbIyfq67o9YKqrb_pbyHXYvCVoQiyX7BYKsePx318EQsVbI_7ACqqs2ns0jK6qR2HP0Ucn3bKldaHo0L/s4032/IMG_5317.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4PS0idwhNPnB8w4kmKDa0nVf5pWFDT3pv2axbKqF0n_N0_jMzToTPf1KzpNi7z1dKxkHaHgn6ME-CQxXJJJy94NUtF7mVXnKS_ppl2_NckT9SbIyfq67o9YKqrb_pbyHXYvCVoQiyX7BYKsePx318EQsVbI_7ACqqs2ns0jK6qR2HP0Ucn3bKldaHo0L/s320/IMG_5317.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had lots of fun trying to build a fort in the yard and on the porch. Once our drive and the neighbor's drive had been plowed they enjoyed digging tunnels in the piles. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BD7L16zsfzsoxtfDga6HFgp8QY0T_WktzwRjkWhrE4nqSVtJ3roi2ZO-nPxtze_dqdXCEUSmljNaeL1gscqsfwLczN0uSRdTkQByFIi4_1tW9IkLkutvKYoHWm6UcEtlmOZwoFq3dPdnrr8m5u1b3y-KJB60NLsV3o7AQqlExqeBtVvir8W6IxJz4tlc/s4032/IMG_5322.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BD7L16zsfzsoxtfDga6HFgp8QY0T_WktzwRjkWhrE4nqSVtJ3roi2ZO-nPxtze_dqdXCEUSmljNaeL1gscqsfwLczN0uSRdTkQByFIi4_1tW9IkLkutvKYoHWm6UcEtlmOZwoFq3dPdnrr8m5u1b3y-KJB60NLsV3o7AQqlExqeBtVvir8W6IxJz4tlc/s320/IMG_5322.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doodles in the snow...the worst. Poor Josie hates being toweled off, but loves sticking her nose in snow banks...so she does it to herself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpSKpObsJhavyPuNoDcIPfZ1YUpFZAd0XqptOhnod4u7fWADJtXEcGiY9I6r7mPWIFFxTCULlWM3v0DSngmgZ2AvKTmYrYm9vOK_Y2gwHJDWOAHUQadjhfb0VCrgRBcEP4y9zADgKyXLw0YKunHmdggxHkwafnRF0zpD55tmSUFNtGOk_67i-OO8d8lnz/s4032/IMG_5324.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpSKpObsJhavyPuNoDcIPfZ1YUpFZAd0XqptOhnod4u7fWADJtXEcGiY9I6r7mPWIFFxTCULlWM3v0DSngmgZ2AvKTmYrYm9vOK_Y2gwHJDWOAHUQadjhfb0VCrgRBcEP4y9zADgKyXLw0YKunHmdggxHkwafnRF0zpD55tmSUFNtGOk_67i-OO8d8lnz/s320/IMG_5324.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then it got really cold, and it wasn't fun anymore. The kids would bundle up to feed the chickens but that was all the outside time we got. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_V6nUHjvxnl6ejEyOscUzODhbPIT7vJ7-Wm9RAGRIJVDqUyRihnIKt5jaPC4doQdbWNy-aR-KwnpPmkIDMaih58si_Db0NNIsdx3GOd1-DyplOfjYYoCSVqg8fbYWYhTaGs8EZ6OP1W0-Xn-RXlFGEbMYc7WSQ8tmCoENF7TrAafPnKerIqF9LPA-21_/s4032/IMG_5338.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_V6nUHjvxnl6ejEyOscUzODhbPIT7vJ7-Wm9RAGRIJVDqUyRihnIKt5jaPC4doQdbWNy-aR-KwnpPmkIDMaih58si_Db0NNIsdx3GOd1-DyplOfjYYoCSVqg8fbYWYhTaGs8EZ6OP1W0-Xn-RXlFGEbMYc7WSQ8tmCoENF7TrAafPnKerIqF9LPA-21_/s320/IMG_5338.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a few days of being cooped up...the oldest three stayed out for a few minutes longer, they really wanted to to see this big chunk of snow. But they didn't last long. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner got to shovel a lot of snow and grumble about how a tractor would have made this all a lot easier. (In the past I have said that we didn't need a tractor, but this snow storm must be on Tanner's side.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcPDvtcgDPnW5zWaFm48EOjngO8gsVCBGkSBDo1gFhftG-TQzdL6ds-2o54BAvt8qOI4WBKakOqElgmFcShOOOp7x4EdKLeURhdy3YDvyi1hieKM_6V2QBdEgL2g7fawUIGiktOx4Zczy8E-SO3muGXtXf9T2w2KUmXChivVnBHBtDIjmSXaGOZsQ2d1v/s4032/IMG_5342.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcPDvtcgDPnW5zWaFm48EOjngO8gsVCBGkSBDo1gFhftG-TQzdL6ds-2o54BAvt8qOI4WBKakOqElgmFcShOOOp7x4EdKLeURhdy3YDvyi1hieKM_6V2QBdEgL2g7fawUIGiktOx4Zczy8E-SO3muGXtXf9T2w2KUmXChivVnBHBtDIjmSXaGOZsQ2d1v/s320/IMG_5342.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I taught the kids how to make s'mores over the stove one day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPylu_aSfKgT-vvVXBJ5YZoTvAbaJ3noOJH-9MpG5UjrmPtj0lGwhsJ60F8OoUsRGJLC1kZ3Bft96VYY8KkMpoYGRnNu99oAk3fdLB7ZYvLCqYs-1JQdtwCGjCyonFK3-JnJOS4ImZR4R5uPtZX5IzrtoIN-wgW3NTuch739PnRA3n1t-uDYt_X1TkPg6/s4032/IMG_5354.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPylu_aSfKgT-vvVXBJ5YZoTvAbaJ3noOJH-9MpG5UjrmPtj0lGwhsJ60F8OoUsRGJLC1kZ3Bft96VYY8KkMpoYGRnNu99oAk3fdLB7ZYvLCqYs-1JQdtwCGjCyonFK3-JnJOS4ImZR4R5uPtZX5IzrtoIN-wgW3NTuch739PnRA3n1t-uDYt_X1TkPg6/s320/IMG_5354.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I told Mariah if she read <i>Pride and Prejudice</i> she could watch the movie. It was so fun watching her reactions: giggling during the dinner scene with Mister Collins and getting so sad when Elizabeth reams poor Mister Darcy. Now I'm hoping she'll read <i>Sense and Sensibility </i>and <i>Emma </i>so we can watch those too. It's fun having your kids grow up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It finally warmed up and the kids had fun sledding in the warmer weather. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner took Mariah to a Wild Hockey game one night and she enjoyed her one on one time with dad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL691BTD1SN9clq1k83WLSwoKPnb76DW5sur6fMRYkiPQ9azobDtXdioYGzMFcj0r5RYUU1Xi79ExHXKtTiL2npnHLVmsgvwQlEQU5Soj6PXSC32sX5ykVQeBGWFFKHIDjn3bS1pjZ6kdqB6gLXaSa4fjRsQ15auaY2LzJzntoMZxm8G2dzttBDD-gIo8y/s4032/IMG_5382.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL691BTD1SN9clq1k83WLSwoKPnb76DW5sur6fMRYkiPQ9azobDtXdioYGzMFcj0r5RYUU1Xi79ExHXKtTiL2npnHLVmsgvwQlEQU5Soj6PXSC32sX5ykVQeBGWFFKHIDjn3bS1pjZ6kdqB6gLXaSa4fjRsQ15auaY2LzJzntoMZxm8G2dzttBDD-gIo8y/s320/IMG_5382.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day Mariah and Chet finally got to have some basketball games again. Chet was sad that it was his last day of games for the season, but he played well and had fun. Vivi really wanted to sit by Mariah during her first game and snuck down to the bench when I wasn't paying attention. Asa was done by the fourth game, Vivi was crawling around like a puppy, and Eliza asked a stranger for candy...so Tanner and I weren't too sad about the basketball season wrapping up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1wPa5rGZ7d6k1P7-vWRew7PfN80t7Th4Hu_-ODScYfK-nCFzi3xYkEHFykrfdKu8I_0zcf-MNBcB4qDPVunKuOaFYGNnAzthWxm4M_AHYFRwkkm50C0IanrCG9XuutctV6isktvedCM-HpeLmZjpgyopd31LsHYMxYfnDVnJBR2b5EzJfpFkSm-59XLL/s4032/IMG_5386.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1wPa5rGZ7d6k1P7-vWRew7PfN80t7Th4Hu_-ODScYfK-nCFzi3xYkEHFykrfdKu8I_0zcf-MNBcB4qDPVunKuOaFYGNnAzthWxm4M_AHYFRwkkm50C0IanrCG9XuutctV6isktvedCM-HpeLmZjpgyopd31LsHYMxYfnDVnJBR2b5EzJfpFkSm-59XLL/s320/IMG_5386.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got to go down at the end of the month to celebrate Anni's birthday. She and Mariah were excited to have matching dresses. Our own little Anne Shirley and Diana. </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-36185260487413646162024-01-11T13:39:00.000-08:002024-01-11T13:39:36.137-08:00Five Months with Asa<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> Asa had quite the month and for the most part, was happy to tag along on our adventures. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Cl2U9dIYzJNITA6eMuf0Hq6WzZrhofUSOSbvYtaaAYqD2SEIhzb7pkiO6pXSAF34CfwfbttREXWeUX63j_y3teM7JOePbwPldV869h9e9zgdla2-NqRc2OGJXTaJwThIoTHWrEl4mTFQtXQdwY8gSPR49rUgKA2Fpak42BdgrvKXWdrdiI79pY9ZX-06/s4032/IMG_5054.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Cl2U9dIYzJNITA6eMuf0Hq6WzZrhofUSOSbvYtaaAYqD2SEIhzb7pkiO6pXSAF34CfwfbttREXWeUX63j_y3teM7JOePbwPldV869h9e9zgdla2-NqRc2OGJXTaJwThIoTHWrEl4mTFQtXQdwY8gSPR49rUgKA2Fpak42BdgrvKXWdrdiI79pY9ZX-06/s320/IMG_5054.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here he is rockin' his outfit from Aunt Mandy...spit up shows up real good on black, but that doesn't seem to bug the Ace-man. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He got two teeth at the beginning of the month! That is the earliest my babies have gotten teeth by a couple months! He had been so fussy and sleeping horribly at night and at one point I asked Tanner if he thought it could be teething but then dismissed the thought as ridiculous. A few days later what did I see in his mouth but two tiny toofers...crazy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSEv9RlJWnreMMsUpE11yhdIx1Go9Pe70eTFNMmsUn1Acki92XxqhCBdjOCl_WPgpNvl2IbyE8TQIT6YzbQfRdSuEJtz7hWa5AGsRqqs2UtM601nIUxuGWlgnecRAflLxzp9_8KbteKDD_qYCjuziD0ct_EH7TU3h6c0hD5SN62VRAQZYkY-ALDOs2xDs/s4032/IMG_5166.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSEv9RlJWnreMMsUpE11yhdIx1Go9Pe70eTFNMmsUn1Acki92XxqhCBdjOCl_WPgpNvl2IbyE8TQIT6YzbQfRdSuEJtz7hWa5AGsRqqs2UtM601nIUxuGWlgnecRAflLxzp9_8KbteKDD_qYCjuziD0ct_EH7TU3h6c0hD5SN62VRAQZYkY-ALDOs2xDs/s320/IMG_5166.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Speaking of sleep, after the teeth popped through we got a few nights of somewhat decent sleep...and then he got sick. So we're back to restless nights and tiny naps. This boy just doesn't like to sleep, unless he's in my arms, but he is pretty happy considering how little he sleeps. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0krvh5OTwYoTR2dHWLZOHhBILvZVnmWoX78JLZW9ikBEPlnRKuUiOPt7Wb4_dc9oLa0OUdTxpH1skKlUag-BkWhM6DlCo_WSFUzONAHu4bYO6Jjx-_NQFROQvrq5a155phJrDQxZxddLxRun0FcsAnVv8R6EJzXee3QDkrSyE1I_2i0RCXsrjGHojvse/s4032/IMG_5082.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0krvh5OTwYoTR2dHWLZOHhBILvZVnmWoX78JLZW9ikBEPlnRKuUiOPt7Wb4_dc9oLa0OUdTxpH1skKlUag-BkWhM6DlCo_WSFUzONAHu4bYO6Jjx-_NQFROQvrq5a155phJrDQxZxddLxRun0FcsAnVv8R6EJzXee3QDkrSyE1I_2i0RCXsrjGHojvse/s320/IMG_5082.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">See that one eye cracked open, thats when I know he's fakin'. But he was the cutest Christmas baby. Having an infant during the Christmas season is a real trip. It's hard to feel festive when you're exhausted, so Asa forced me to slow down and try to focus on what mattered most. And that made for a simpler, but just as special Christmas season. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUCSvyH1FQt-C8jWdX53YniqBiQ-kXBCpCO_Z-IFI1_wqUzluXc6IfNb3S8rg6qi8q72HOs9sttyIWjFtMTJZLKW0haWs9qIx-JoRTIAIE3_pKfG-f3RowppGw385y5M04obxt_e01-DsPDn0HfZYHhssa-ZqShV9SFVFbpT0PfJgthFKK4KdHfpw2NPE/s4032/IMG_5294.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUCSvyH1FQt-C8jWdX53YniqBiQ-kXBCpCO_Z-IFI1_wqUzluXc6IfNb3S8rg6qi8q72HOs9sttyIWjFtMTJZLKW0haWs9qIx-JoRTIAIE3_pKfG-f3RowppGw385y5M04obxt_e01-DsPDn0HfZYHhssa-ZqShV9SFVFbpT0PfJgthFKK4KdHfpw2NPE/s320/IMG_5294.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He got a rash just before Christmas so that led me to overthink what could be causing his sleeping problems/rash...overthinking, it's what I do best. But both Drs. Crossley and Hilton promised me it wasn't anything to worry about. So I just worried enough for the two of them...ha! But it eventually cleared up. Maybe the Doctors in the family know what they're talking about...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJw6s5CjAaeYSbSo2ZAoonrhjkxN4RUkdIKE4FiFOv1ryaUp3K3kiB7F7fyzWGsPGFOHjChFQdD5egZhPGrZfZ5oB1sj3opeHBAi49lNXy4Tr4RTz3jAixLp1-GFaIeLES3sKGIkHIaVEL5nOrVwKuoNXMaYgwk9QEr4bpJZnuQ6TcNDLep8iplEXzFlfX/s4032/IMG_5293.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJw6s5CjAaeYSbSo2ZAoonrhjkxN4RUkdIKE4FiFOv1ryaUp3K3kiB7F7fyzWGsPGFOHjChFQdD5egZhPGrZfZ5oB1sj3opeHBAi49lNXy4Tr4RTz3jAixLp1-GFaIeLES3sKGIkHIaVEL5nOrVwKuoNXMaYgwk9QEr4bpJZnuQ6TcNDLep8iplEXzFlfX/s320/IMG_5293.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asa got to spend time with family. His cousins loved carrying him around and he loved having Grandma and Grandpa hold him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3C2IYWT5tqY040VxBKQKcuX8B2NGn1qJst5rtYGdPhdWS7BEBBupVEq6afOZkc6EjfQCyEU9i75mOGNWPdpH3-WXFtE1A-cEBXpop7lcJJk7LFB1Ytb0Re8dSiBvGvYLXntsbUH0yoBE_ZDUqo-LhMoZfEgKenBvcG4lZvvNdrBu1mrDxZ-7__myMTYJp/s4032/IMG_3910.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3C2IYWT5tqY040VxBKQKcuX8B2NGn1qJst5rtYGdPhdWS7BEBBupVEq6afOZkc6EjfQCyEU9i75mOGNWPdpH3-WXFtE1A-cEBXpop7lcJJk7LFB1Ytb0Re8dSiBvGvYLXntsbUH0yoBE_ZDUqo-LhMoZfEgKenBvcG4lZvvNdrBu1mrDxZ-7__myMTYJp/s320/IMG_3910.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's starting to realize that I'm the best. He gets so excited when I come walking towards him. He loves to grab on to my hair or neck and dig his fingernails in, then he shoves his face on my shoulder or neck and gives me kisses. It's painful but so so sweet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwsvidNLHTWgWe5dC9IvtEyUy3AGOxSiKXQgExmpjV9Qt1nPytdh-W9My8mu8Wo9ba8Kw9XgcoE2AnETxMz86WjyI_6Lb4MVCuGap8UOSEcWM6XsGzMqcSk2ESXPmJr1FMJWYGKEa8IxaEIA_eg7XWbmFBwaZQx8uKKXbyZVvgPC6R1pIjs_OyF8JotRy/s3088/IMG_5155.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwsvidNLHTWgWe5dC9IvtEyUy3AGOxSiKXQgExmpjV9Qt1nPytdh-W9My8mu8Wo9ba8Kw9XgcoE2AnETxMz86WjyI_6Lb4MVCuGap8UOSEcWM6XsGzMqcSk2ESXPmJr1FMJWYGKEa8IxaEIA_eg7XWbmFBwaZQx8uKKXbyZVvgPC6R1pIjs_OyF8JotRy/s320/IMG_5155.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He got to hang out with our good friends Larry and JK at the church party and enjoyed watching football with Larry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXpXzhG7vSU4dH8SAzi8i1m8coqzd7Ws38N2dLo_7zdnM9sNOlMuT5mk1t4gn1UkqWMIRLQw_G9_rZkzCqYu4niFSPscHIeKgNW0Qn4dxsCs4auYCIk3u0ewuV2Yo6INTD4V9Y8VbYvQHjtkA9h1jWDSSqaLIUXCYXFDLad02FTWyrFyts9FOQg320H23/s4032/IMG_5150.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXpXzhG7vSU4dH8SAzi8i1m8coqzd7Ws38N2dLo_7zdnM9sNOlMuT5mk1t4gn1UkqWMIRLQw_G9_rZkzCqYu4niFSPscHIeKgNW0Qn4dxsCs4auYCIk3u0ewuV2Yo6INTD4V9Y8VbYvQHjtkA9h1jWDSSqaLIUXCYXFDLad02FTWyrFyts9FOQg320H23/s320/IMG_5150.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He enjoys baths, as long as his sister doesn't dump water on his head...ahem. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjz3tE9Br9pVaH8XFuWlr17wugJgJZ4eAgCgG3PTS58HhX7EclRe_oJmbyOQAN2ZkGWi6KjjH6gugc2CIoYn5teotBnXKggFFSF49S749ha-Bs24MMsYsIRd2bA0wtVIXO5-xAPsHpVp-RIUguzBjqP7W8SwpeSyw-HhDPgSWWlHisPTCubxnAT9mxWQI/s4032/IMG_5121.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjz3tE9Br9pVaH8XFuWlr17wugJgJZ4eAgCgG3PTS58HhX7EclRe_oJmbyOQAN2ZkGWi6KjjH6gugc2CIoYn5teotBnXKggFFSF49S749ha-Bs24MMsYsIRd2bA0wtVIXO5-xAPsHpVp-RIUguzBjqP7W8SwpeSyw-HhDPgSWWlHisPTCubxnAT9mxWQI/s320/IMG_5121.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He spent a lot of time sleeping in his carseat because it was the only place we could get him to sleep longer than twenty minutes. And he also is wearing his outfit from Aunt Tiffy here. My kids' heads never fit in baby beanies, but we tried. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjN-1KGNks_ooAZ99q3vpwvNhMz0tMDhCRojysH9Kj6miCiQ083Ki2POwKo6aRuaOzXjCP_GX_X4lh5BUkZxP93ktXqJ72GuieiTV0inWUKrQ02T_b-2Rcpl6omPrcMijplH4mk3ozUPd_gYUauznpGPNJxm5_wsOFwIjr0CigawioyoCi9ni5qXxrvBE7/s4032/IMG_5086.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjN-1KGNks_ooAZ99q3vpwvNhMz0tMDhCRojysH9Kj6miCiQ083Ki2POwKo6aRuaOzXjCP_GX_X4lh5BUkZxP93ktXqJ72GuieiTV0inWUKrQ02T_b-2Rcpl6omPrcMijplH4mk3ozUPd_gYUauznpGPNJxm5_wsOFwIjr0CigawioyoCi9ni5qXxrvBE7/s320/IMG_5086.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asa is starting to notice Josie every once in a while. Just a few more months and she'll be avoiding him like the plague.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He has quite the fan club celebrating every milestone and adoring his cuteness each and every day. </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-31033867216235213362024-01-11T13:35:00.000-08:002024-01-11T13:35:50.671-08:00Austie Boy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8nhV5iITQP10sLVIfINrjs21TwwOldAjm5f_kc1Fd-x9I1N9_6RUXzXoCzojh9M_ZTxS68QZF74_V9824_W4P2gFhaRLLbBT3XU5qCZFRGVpVJhmUshMT2ASIgFdevAtsnOALz5l598JnQ4NAJKG6uI8eyrvaId0scsJ1ZNIFo94xvCOEElHIV3gAPse/s4032/IMG_5203.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8nhV5iITQP10sLVIfINrjs21TwwOldAjm5f_kc1Fd-x9I1N9_6RUXzXoCzojh9M_ZTxS68QZF74_V9824_W4P2gFhaRLLbBT3XU5qCZFRGVpVJhmUshMT2ASIgFdevAtsnOALz5l598JnQ4NAJKG6uI8eyrvaId0scsJ1ZNIFo94xvCOEElHIV3gAPse/s320/IMG_5203.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another trip around the sun for this boy. In case you were wondering, December is the worst time to have a birthday. But don't tell Austin, because he thinks it's pretty great. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">1. What do you like about yourself? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">I like everything that I like about me. (I knew this interview with Austin wouldn't be the easiest, he's not much of a talker, but I didn't realize how hard it could be.)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">2. What do you think your future job will be?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">Engineering</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMugg_CPsRWrXEd5ED8-rSmw2yod4Cif6FRKINBBReFyWjyXQytajhDg1ebr_mM_s9GFjks6IlY3qg2YfRRu1rLDxrggIhhnUdaby9TN2OvSyo9KwT_jNNgcni4qnhL1K9keYd7RX3D-VanOUA6LYzP2e6EhSbru9CqZNVXMeYmLJ9c2iYxr8BHcWHUBDY/s4032/IMG_5059.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMugg_CPsRWrXEd5ED8-rSmw2yod4Cif6FRKINBBReFyWjyXQytajhDg1ebr_mM_s9GFjks6IlY3qg2YfRRu1rLDxrggIhhnUdaby9TN2OvSyo9KwT_jNNgcni4qnhL1K9keYd7RX3D-VanOUA6LYzP2e6EhSbru9CqZNVXMeYmLJ9c2iYxr8BHcWHUBDY/s320/IMG_5059.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin spent a day brainstorming how to make a car that is fueled by water. He finally decided that he would use geothermal water to create steam to propel the car. These are his sketches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He also informed me that he and his cousin Brigston had solved the Russian/Ukrainian war. They used marbles as models. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dhUeR5PY2qIQu7gQxkTXjIQ5Qb44-MTEt01HWtBS38HahD9gxe15OdE02mwga9eCtocDuCVJJndC_YylymSIN4rtOLIle4N4i3gSYxxE4igTaskcvEke6I_KFsZSr7CnkCQqxSyJTuH-UNTTSIdj3W8d_A2qsbpzF1ZCjmDCSPCZjqK2EYjgYM5vXKec/s4032/IMG_5058.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dhUeR5PY2qIQu7gQxkTXjIQ5Qb44-MTEt01HWtBS38HahD9gxe15OdE02mwga9eCtocDuCVJJndC_YylymSIN4rtOLIle4N4i3gSYxxE4igTaskcvEke6I_KFsZSr7CnkCQqxSyJTuH-UNTTSIdj3W8d_A2qsbpzF1ZCjmDCSPCZjqK2EYjgYM5vXKec/s320/IMG_5058.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. What do you love to eat? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Hawaiian Haystacks and Chet's carrot cake (He was very specific about his birthday cake request: he wanted the exact same cake that Chet had. No layers, and not too much frosting.)</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7XsoCJTlI_D7qjN8daiT_YC3YwsBHE6ci4WFtV_qr5iGyYIlI1gRnBYdbGA83ODmUMJdNzrSEE_gfaJfQnn8d0GMPa6E8ttTOFlQUSUZDaLMQ8DE2YBTZLzX56DD255UB0pJEiCPzNUWIq4F_mjOVnrTWgsJd17yvTHLgSdXN_-mqAIdlZ88lFKS8xw-/s4032/IMG_6425.HEIC" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7XsoCJTlI_D7qjN8daiT_YC3YwsBHE6ci4WFtV_qr5iGyYIlI1gRnBYdbGA83ODmUMJdNzrSEE_gfaJfQnn8d0GMPa6E8ttTOFlQUSUZDaLMQ8DE2YBTZLzX56DD255UB0pJEiCPzNUWIq4F_mjOVnrTWgsJd17yvTHLgSdXN_-mqAIdlZ88lFKS8xw-/s320/IMG_6425.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">And apparently brownie crumbs...our friend caught him in the act with some friends. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. How do you like to spend your time?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Play with my brothers and sisters</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. What are you good at?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Soccer, thinking and being a peacemaker. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCTRhlzlvL1PhzgQbqZWgA2Bqru-voTe2DjVmMoZgNJvbnRQFKX6kvLtp9zaNydTAZcyVVONddXGzTYxVaxthmZ3NqwzceTuIddIjjB2mIhpFqdZNi06w9H26wa0sCxWO4Ob4X2Vtp9309JAgOOxwPg0lW8MGtdzpPrroy7hIQy-THwsvtCgM1-UL9CNl/s4032/IMG_3727.HEIC" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCTRhlzlvL1PhzgQbqZWgA2Bqru-voTe2DjVmMoZgNJvbnRQFKX6kvLtp9zaNydTAZcyVVONddXGzTYxVaxthmZ3NqwzceTuIddIjjB2mIhpFqdZNi06w9H26wa0sCxWO4Ob4X2Vtp9309JAgOOxwPg0lW8MGtdzpPrroy7hIQy-THwsvtCgM1-UL9CNl/s320/IMG_3727.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austin loved soccer this year. His favorite thing to yell when he didn't have the ball was "pass! pass!". </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6. Who are your best friends and why do you like each other?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My family because I was born with them. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Who is someone you look up to? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My dad because of all the things he does. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. What makes you sad? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Getting hurt</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9. What is your favorite outfit to wear?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Shorts and short sleeves (I have to beg him to put pants on when we are leaving the house.)</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10. What makes you really annoyed?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing (Pretty accurate...it takes a lot to get him worked up.)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. What makes you feel proud?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I do something cool</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. What makes you happy?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Playing soccer and playing basketball with Chet</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. Which of your nicknames do you like the most?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oostie Poostie</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you lately?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">My Birthday Party</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. What do you do when you feel sad?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It depends how sad I am. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">16. What's your favorite thing to do with Mom? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Help you when you cook</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">17. What's your favorite thing to do with Dad? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Watch basketball, football, and hockey games</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">18. What's your favorite thing to do with Mariah?</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Try and get her to get up when she's reading a book. Really my favorite thing to do with Mariah is play wrestle with her. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">19. What's your favorite thing to do with Chet? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Play Basketball </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8e0zeNL48tnzbE4pO68BGtkoOXthT_f1x0y1jS2-rsxpFuzJaryh5TmSYqs7PZPgVCkJIkxElStU2uNXWXjxErLbO2eGS-uyQfHWuti2OBqILlCfV06EhaplvKmBwJltsEa2hARWJFYZh1785Bf6pOIggkpYL3tKgTVUF0OWOEv8KQXBNmJMd6FccR6P/s4032/IMG_1616.HEIC" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8e0zeNL48tnzbE4pO68BGtkoOXthT_f1x0y1jS2-rsxpFuzJaryh5TmSYqs7PZPgVCkJIkxElStU2uNXWXjxErLbO2eGS-uyQfHWuti2OBqILlCfV06EhaplvKmBwJltsEa2hARWJFYZh1785Bf6pOIggkpYL3tKgTVUF0OWOEv8KQXBNmJMd6FccR6P/s320/IMG_1616.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These boys are the best of friends. They love to stay up too late at night doing origami, playing games, or reading to each other.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">20. What's your favorite thing to do with Eliza? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Play with Magnatiles</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHhnhFBcqI-3WT5Lpznpu6yHMSdb29tt0yQX76SnYhUf4W6qwUsx1th9Cb7fXcqw0UUaj8GbtcZ5CF0qqqwqEOg2KGvi6-Gisv70Kom1FLA_cZF5bp8FVSJ5o_zsMwbDbehUTIB5exHKFwJ0g-dbjTxB2RFWulJuCxNypLcM9NJieoAIQ9Wpfoeilf4Ar/s4032/IMG_4862.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHhnhFBcqI-3WT5Lpznpu6yHMSdb29tt0yQX76SnYhUf4W6qwUsx1th9Cb7fXcqw0UUaj8GbtcZ5CF0qqqwqEOg2KGvi6-Gisv70Kom1FLA_cZF5bp8FVSJ5o_zsMwbDbehUTIB5exHKFwJ0g-dbjTxB2RFWulJuCxNypLcM9NJieoAIQ9Wpfoeilf4Ar/s320/IMG_4862.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">21. What's your favorite thing to do with Vivi? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Helping her </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">22. What's your favorite thing to do with Asa? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Try and make him laugh</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDFWcZSRODQ_0wqY2xTrYZPVWD7LjlUyPuf4p-PDApypkMv995zFahh6KM4nCrHEzqryuwUhq6xjvzrJvnMT5ETf2xzPSQP2FV5eEX7VpP3Q5YxOcBInmQaLIbjWRkBqx8762MLg4x7E5WHYMjBbt35hWHyRdW8t9VXCf8ZeNq_wawUbyIMRvwkSm97Xr/s4032/IMG_4926.HEIC" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDFWcZSRODQ_0wqY2xTrYZPVWD7LjlUyPuf4p-PDApypkMv995zFahh6KM4nCrHEzqryuwUhq6xjvzrJvnMT5ETf2xzPSQP2FV5eEX7VpP3Q5YxOcBInmQaLIbjWRkBqx8762MLg4x7E5WHYMjBbt35hWHyRdW8t9VXCf8ZeNq_wawUbyIMRvwkSm97Xr/s320/IMG_4926.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tUNaa90OT6HtUhmNZYqi-srDjHU7ODT6SM68yGXHEnZaWxH3cOY5eddPFcF2hePSr64hZ-tuqZiYHyMIGd-ZXWrcbJg0lLy-7iPawBVhn685VR-0d3yVRFMz_QNcKDn5U34zyGwK0iv3pbpFy8OovUiHB2LcqiygsU7w5goSKWzYL46StrhSGIkIvtGv/s4032/IMG_4766.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tUNaa90OT6HtUhmNZYqi-srDjHU7ODT6SM68yGXHEnZaWxH3cOY5eddPFcF2hePSr64hZ-tuqZiYHyMIGd-ZXWrcbJg0lLy-7iPawBVhn685VR-0d3yVRFMz_QNcKDn5U34zyGwK0iv3pbpFy8OovUiHB2LcqiygsU7w5goSKWzYL46StrhSGIkIvtGv/s320/IMG_4766.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Josie really loves Austin. She likes to sleep in his bed because he doesn't move very much in the night and he is usually the first awake in the house and he gives her lots of good scratches. </div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzEYbEQPHsgW5Ra5ZFAMJ1P2nZU3dAPkhNIAOpCuhOMCXVouoTvDfEehama5o-PRaKJ-Kzp_KZSQwEPiawA630_WS1faAz-sjVNOa47afuI9YwN3UMfvzEQrnjGsaYC9Y7jG5U1uDNETZ4Z2JgHlVWwV28PyA5gHRTbfXR2x4QHBPTqEGf5kaNcg9ZbDb/s4032/IMG_4249.HEIC" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzEYbEQPHsgW5Ra5ZFAMJ1P2nZU3dAPkhNIAOpCuhOMCXVouoTvDfEehama5o-PRaKJ-Kzp_KZSQwEPiawA630_WS1faAz-sjVNOa47afuI9YwN3UMfvzEQrnjGsaYC9Y7jG5U1uDNETZ4Z2JgHlVWwV28PyA5gHRTbfXR2x4QHBPTqEGf5kaNcg9ZbDb/s320/IMG_4249.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">One day I was teaching him about the Earth's poles. I was trying to get him to guess what the North Pole was called and said "If one is Antarctica, then what is the other one called?" He thought for a little and then said, "Uncle-artica?" </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">I came out early one morning and Austin was sitting on the couch and seemed to be in deep thought. He then asked me, "Have you guys been saving for retirement?" </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">When my sister Amanda was here they stopped to check the mail. She said, "Maybe there's a million dollars in there." To which Austin replied, "No, that only comes if my dad dies." </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Austin has been working hard reading the Book of Mormon. He likes to tell me about what he has been reading. He also has loved going to Activity Days with Chet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8ZweMQUmphqLbMOvA4zBEv3SFx49teZeGYa8HDIpXSy36joOqR1logUJ18N8VkyCTseMPoeWiQRAHLItMXUoedaVcLDyiDNxq8nUQbLYxEP-wOUWN6OGh_ub8s_JeQoAQPAFJpvtd_-GHLmP6CQcDPYZTEiaDEK5prjUQ6b1rgXY7ZGcSP1TMgx9pHWs/s3088/IMG_4509.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8ZweMQUmphqLbMOvA4zBEv3SFx49teZeGYa8HDIpXSy36joOqR1logUJ18N8VkyCTseMPoeWiQRAHLItMXUoedaVcLDyiDNxq8nUQbLYxEP-wOUWN6OGh_ub8s_JeQoAQPAFJpvtd_-GHLmP6CQcDPYZTEiaDEK5prjUQ6b1rgXY7ZGcSP1TMgx9pHWs/s320/IMG_4509.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He likes to steal my phone and take selfies. He's sporting a busted lip in this one. He got a little too close to a swinging pickleball racket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxrw7jq9I28Bwc6vqJ23mYltbufStBQAknEcOOFtLqgIhf1jSBt9cBjZa5pgKCQ07eptTN6aPB9_-GBPcFUTcZS3D0JhnxliI42TBweEYQrh5rHR1KImyQjnR_MOPhEcZxhr8dYUQxg8ylcaMW1cEOAfpD-wiQmzwn0QHVJSS72hXHtAbC8EwSrhi44Km/s2049/IMG_7782.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxrw7jq9I28Bwc6vqJ23mYltbufStBQAknEcOOFtLqgIhf1jSBt9cBjZa5pgKCQ07eptTN6aPB9_-GBPcFUTcZS3D0JhnxliI42TBweEYQrh5rHR1KImyQjnR_MOPhEcZxhr8dYUQxg8ylcaMW1cEOAfpD-wiQmzwn0QHVJSS72hXHtAbC8EwSrhi44Km/s320/IMG_7782.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Austin is such a champ. He loves to have fun and is up for pretty much anything. We are so grateful for the peace and joy he brings to our family. </div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><br /></p></div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-69408226076953430012024-01-07T13:26:00.000-08:002024-01-07T13:26:27.753-08:00December<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> We had quite the December full of Christmas cheer, family, good food, gifts and some sickness to keep us grounded. Wouldn't want to have too good of a time after all. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We started out the month with the Victorian Stroll. Tanner stayed home with the youngest two. The oldest three played their Christmas songs at their piano studio and they all did pretty well, considering they hadn't practiced the whole week of Thanksgiving. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q1aNiCoIW5mFfBcDnrycK0walr7XAnmKhdDAFVIoumA5z1FFTOIaJtXDmt1-erdl3zkx159oJXLzx7rYJtQ16EnSrlvCry_Hro1VUs7lbuKVFdUar61EHl1-5kuqgKvSC09qWm9eDtZARNJfS5mIQ_sWjWFvOyvMkTnqachU2V39VySKhUJGopyAXMv9/s4032/IMG_5042.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q1aNiCoIW5mFfBcDnrycK0walr7XAnmKhdDAFVIoumA5z1FFTOIaJtXDmt1-erdl3zkx159oJXLzx7rYJtQ16EnSrlvCry_Hro1VUs7lbuKVFdUar61EHl1-5kuqgKvSC09qWm9eDtZARNJfS5mIQ_sWjWFvOyvMkTnqachU2V39VySKhUJGopyAXMv9/s320/IMG_5042.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdHKQhH4Y3BYFgcCajm7w0U-BjNmBdIu5Ucf3HFQRJhuF25hHnEco3LKxaT-cH1W0luFi4LbctQ9E7jLUvC2vfq_oFLVXHGkham5MqZvmrOi6RDwRia53aspAj49k_6reFk8KitND6dqO00tkQXtLu2FIu0Spscx00ibYcPxhfqmuDugPly9O5vSbqzXm/s4032/IMG_5043.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdHKQhH4Y3BYFgcCajm7w0U-BjNmBdIu5Ucf3HFQRJhuF25hHnEco3LKxaT-cH1W0luFi4LbctQ9E7jLUvC2vfq_oFLVXHGkham5MqZvmrOi6RDwRia53aspAj49k_6reFk8KitND6dqO00tkQXtLu2FIu0Spscx00ibYcPxhfqmuDugPly9O5vSbqzXm/s320/IMG_5043.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEKf1JDDLtCvF5ezZ8Y56jB42JnC1tDzdGSvxtg_Say8fSMKK6yhkg6z_t6Rvbk7Q5nMhOMmxYn9aBhd5IXEZNvo4SUeeRsvUvolwWmgQlL3LBWFlR1mcEER6B9qPsKHkUzn4e9GWsobctfh5slWSQLVKNxPQw9xZyYoPBhSttRMfHxI1OL0X-iQGV2VF/s4032/IMG_5044.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEKf1JDDLtCvF5ezZ8Y56jB42JnC1tDzdGSvxtg_Say8fSMKK6yhkg6z_t6Rvbk7Q5nMhOMmxYn9aBhd5IXEZNvo4SUeeRsvUvolwWmgQlL3LBWFlR1mcEER6B9qPsKHkUzn4e9GWsobctfh5slWSQLVKNxPQw9xZyYoPBhSttRMfHxI1OL0X-iQGV2VF/s320/IMG_5044.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After that, the older three wanted to go see the trains and Eliza wanted to visit Santa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjxiuL3t-jbOCLLM_UF2K4biWI6EHEKpyuxtuxB3NrqQa9Uz9qWcQ5fcLnb0w1N07Hctrq-nNeWJel9_MaW8Bt_N1NJd14HPS0aqZKW934OAvmxgb-UaU_OtPl6NvAG4x9IzgdQMKScG5iqOcyyM7j1rhFm_roWqg6uqyJlWMqiTxlwNPT2BPHMFoqrkh/s4032/IMG_5045.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjxiuL3t-jbOCLLM_UF2K4biWI6EHEKpyuxtuxB3NrqQa9Uz9qWcQ5fcLnb0w1N07Hctrq-nNeWJel9_MaW8Bt_N1NJd14HPS0aqZKW934OAvmxgb-UaU_OtPl6NvAG4x9IzgdQMKScG5iqOcyyM7j1rhFm_roWqg6uqyJlWMqiTxlwNPT2BPHMFoqrkh/s320/IMG_5045.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I asked her what she asked for she said, "I asked Santa for a giant teddy bear because I know you won't get one for me." She isn't wrong.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night I started to feel pretty awful and woke up the next morning even worse. I stayed home with Asa while Tanner took the others to church. Our dear friends the Kooymans sat with our kids at church and besides Vivi being her normal wiggly self, they said the kids did great. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I was the sickest I have ever been. I started to not make sense when I tried to talk to Tanner or text people and Tanner was getting a little worried about me. But the kids were such great helpers and we made it through. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJn4G8coQKl7Iq9dmEyAcJGUcVZZeYcqx81XMTvS8iI1CpjtlWcFt7NOdaRORhWsJQDw1EwvuMB3RE8c_r5OMDYrM8NgCWmNAU8EFsmAfdHIT21ehvMITfpOZct6nQa3059IIQmx_YxhPN_atVRFNkrmRZ4uGkHPDaAfHEaJafWHrzOEbfe5XavqZnDIt/s4032/IMG_3896.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJn4G8coQKl7Iq9dmEyAcJGUcVZZeYcqx81XMTvS8iI1CpjtlWcFt7NOdaRORhWsJQDw1EwvuMB3RE8c_r5OMDYrM8NgCWmNAU8EFsmAfdHIT21ehvMITfpOZct6nQa3059IIQmx_YxhPN_atVRFNkrmRZ4uGkHPDaAfHEaJafWHrzOEbfe5XavqZnDIt/s320/IMG_3896.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner took this one morning...which is how most of our mornings have been going lately. I love how Chet is helping Austin with his math here; I am so grateful for the help my kids give. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I felt better in time to celebrate Hanukkah by making donuts </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknVw0uaUyDtf8rEIjSoNWgUhmcERTejIAgYBZqWtWmnOM1tDJZ2TxcTAYLo20tNZpkFXENLHKP7DnnX50T7e3DBk4QOx4NLlol7-C9Az1nneP41KJ4rn3X9VzEmgWaKCtiU2T0oJXeYMALzx57UE7odOewKhUy0dvEtk6yPSQoZuoOYvcQmANduZo387F/s4032/IMG_5075.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknVw0uaUyDtf8rEIjSoNWgUhmcERTejIAgYBZqWtWmnOM1tDJZ2TxcTAYLo20tNZpkFXENLHKP7DnnX50T7e3DBk4QOx4NLlol7-C9Az1nneP41KJ4rn3X9VzEmgWaKCtiU2T0oJXeYMALzx57UE7odOewKhUy0dvEtk6yPSQoZuoOYvcQmANduZo387F/s320/IMG_5075.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my dear friends from church brought us dinner that night "just because" and it was so nice to not have to worry about that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiel-GbP-NIuuNZJlXI4ybfGAl-O16nVvKWdmHgijokrhXq2whVZdOSnXiQSeBTnKpz1payF7WNPPjsbR1tyC82DW4HwA7EVFPAQMZlsNWVgdJSyK3QshBogwN1AbsmN0qKqGcgfNTrxsU4QhNhrdg5CYJXSsS4MuhwHyMRrNg3RKsY_QdNOVc72MdWVkiO/s4032/IMG_5078.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiel-GbP-NIuuNZJlXI4ybfGAl-O16nVvKWdmHgijokrhXq2whVZdOSnXiQSeBTnKpz1payF7WNPPjsbR1tyC82DW4HwA7EVFPAQMZlsNWVgdJSyK3QshBogwN1AbsmN0qKqGcgfNTrxsU4QhNhrdg5CYJXSsS4MuhwHyMRrNg3RKsY_QdNOVc72MdWVkiO/s320/IMG_5078.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi was super excited to wake up from her nap to donuts...can't say that I blame her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also decorated Christmas Cookies and I stayed relatively calm throughout the whole process. Must have been a good day for me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKqEDq4-j0Ywtm-Py3igRLT3_UodUsUinYZwBtsRVT1akCV_ocNjqqjHAU3ckQvPQUo5A9XhzOJXc0Wbcn6g2X5fC4zl7l9xo0tcC-di0z7cw18PmUNeFrHQIik0M_lX8VXF2VGQrJGAFrA1JZO_IIMR1TSDHrW7qwi_dcGg0P1Q7C2jPwSxVLkgx_chn/s4032/IMG_3894.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKqEDq4-j0Ywtm-Py3igRLT3_UodUsUinYZwBtsRVT1akCV_ocNjqqjHAU3ckQvPQUo5A9XhzOJXc0Wbcn6g2X5fC4zl7l9xo0tcC-di0z7cw18PmUNeFrHQIik0M_lX8VXF2VGQrJGAFrA1JZO_IIMR1TSDHrW7qwi_dcGg0P1Q7C2jPwSxVLkgx_chn/s320/IMG_3894.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe doing it on a day when Tanner was home helped. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhGGwYABk8BL8hcDdH18I4qace6wemM4sz3q1KfEsrMx2ra3kNpkRkpcOccACz9EzAsMvjhC5oCn0ehyphenhyphenoA_dj1irTbW8bGfUsuFfgMVB7acVnQn8GGck5isTTkJzE_mdjq5fbwkXIEGulWd1ok3FJEcJkvr2DAdbICIg5jhCotWn9XXEDDJEtJQxbvnr9/s4032/IMG_5110.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhGGwYABk8BL8hcDdH18I4qace6wemM4sz3q1KfEsrMx2ra3kNpkRkpcOccACz9EzAsMvjhC5oCn0ehyphenhyphenoA_dj1irTbW8bGfUsuFfgMVB7acVnQn8GGck5isTTkJzE_mdjq5fbwkXIEGulWd1ok3FJEcJkvr2DAdbICIg5jhCotWn9XXEDDJEtJQxbvnr9/s320/IMG_5110.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Eliza was so meticulous and focused decorating her cookies. </div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1CvBpsSaovvou7tH5_kcYpwodAs-12f8bA_JmEBXNA1ADld_J9IlPnty7qhmOwIKQ2pLxXyX4fwyq1-qcJ4b3ZkAJTVEGE69-iA11NB6k6gwtxw0z-YuP9lw0FcjNBgWBAZmIFDvMkZuTmpV3ZPc_z4UF4mohULJxRN3gb6WgQuTt2vd6fc0pX7SrbBu/s4032/IMG_5109.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1CvBpsSaovvou7tH5_kcYpwodAs-12f8bA_JmEBXNA1ADld_J9IlPnty7qhmOwIKQ2pLxXyX4fwyq1-qcJ4b3ZkAJTVEGE69-iA11NB6k6gwtxw0z-YuP9lw0FcjNBgWBAZmIFDvMkZuTmpV3ZPc_z4UF4mohULJxRN3gb6WgQuTt2vd6fc0pX7SrbBu/s320/IMG_5109.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqO34OawdXb5X1E3KtlD2TzUBwGS0gRPYDWQ2s1gIb1HsuRiTZkS0zor4HiVtWxjgtVRHusyWQKT4OmEvBJBBcofiGJJhcXIGhJoYD1tfMve8tYW43hEbjS2R44tO-Nq0Hny9euW5EKXlL2rBOiKV5lWTieUNlmyEo0-1hR544G9-XM0RqW7XsEy8WWttM/s4032/IMG_5108.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">We went to the Homeschool Christmas Frolic and the kids had a great time making pizza, singing carols, doing crafts, and playing Bingo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLsBuOjybmRZ9xhC9gPR55xxqDtMSQi-c79Y0xahbQUTXG_QPDbNnbwo8Sx8k9wAkr86gGfge9DcOGpFbv-5SBVRhL9-BQ4EbmfiPuST3E-O_I6ekObW6P_zo9wJVh251CrhiZ_LlxspOhoppEfxY_UvK8fVG-vH3Yqq3mIo2GSBgLvzpj92Akb_SLORh/s4032/IMG_5113.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLsBuOjybmRZ9xhC9gPR55xxqDtMSQi-c79Y0xahbQUTXG_QPDbNnbwo8Sx8k9wAkr86gGfge9DcOGpFbv-5SBVRhL9-BQ4EbmfiPuST3E-O_I6ekObW6P_zo9wJVh251CrhiZ_LlxspOhoppEfxY_UvK8fVG-vH3Yqq3mIo2GSBgLvzpj92Akb_SLORh/s320/IMG_5113.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza stayed the whole time at the Bingo station, insisting that she wouldn't leave until she won. I was real nervous as it went on, wondering how she would react if she never got a bingo. But on the last game she did! It was a Christmas miracle and she was thrilled with her prize: a candy cane. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwCWYY_D9qF0pOnTRXUg4bgyCHT0jU8dQBsacpF2cRWn-84xx_03D8aLP3ENrTY7eJKINcdgYc5uKuaHJE0NSn5urSw1tXqK3yGR1vPGrq-hYbIMp7_jAkLGhQY6QGUgjP25PV3TfeNV6mVOR3vc536Q8HEobIRw3piE1a5wLHIUF91raoIJUHzztFgb8/s2048/IMG_5167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwCWYY_D9qF0pOnTRXUg4bgyCHT0jU8dQBsacpF2cRWn-84xx_03D8aLP3ENrTY7eJKINcdgYc5uKuaHJE0NSn5urSw1tXqK3yGR1vPGrq-hYbIMp7_jAkLGhQY6QGUgjP25PV3TfeNV6mVOR3vc536Q8HEobIRw3piE1a5wLHIUF91raoIJUHzztFgb8/s320/IMG_5167.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah's friend, Stella, came home after the frolic and they helped me decorate cookies for my Relief Society activity that night. I got to spend time with friends and attempt a Nativity painting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3htsNFME70AEMm0WUVKNcAsSdnP4DSVsb2Sy6OvYk5kX4kLwoc4u8Vi4p_LgnVdeBIuiNGaXpdlKl08yuQHrgFogRuPjveMPSk_FI9V0okHSgzY-ms7Jr6n54EPhaON9FluBSw91Wtp3EMO5667Wdwqyc4XVFwQTcpiQ5WiM7v1nWslxa6hnNJLM60EFt/s4032/IMG_5135.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3htsNFME70AEMm0WUVKNcAsSdnP4DSVsb2Sy6OvYk5kX4kLwoc4u8Vi4p_LgnVdeBIuiNGaXpdlKl08yuQHrgFogRuPjveMPSk_FI9V0okHSgzY-ms7Jr6n54EPhaON9FluBSw91Wtp3EMO5667Wdwqyc4XVFwQTcpiQ5WiM7v1nWslxa6hnNJLM60EFt/s320/IMG_5135.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>We were really excited to visit the Giving Machine in Des Moines. This was the first year it was this close to us so we knew we needed to make the trip. <br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56Qjv-Ctvsxsy9A7pVAFbWR_IIFnZ2dcrsi3r2A1Y-5aReGNxiBC_4wVpjVj9en81rapWd_IhvkJiUCTuTc7QSwSPzbfo26VWuKL5OCj-T6A9AgqiZHc-9D7CBggFc4uR9VEmG2NEsIQ02PruAizUtJO9TKEyXp1lJ5Bn1KnmX5rFmSQ7SIHthVDdGI2A/s4032/IMG_5126.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56Qjv-Ctvsxsy9A7pVAFbWR_IIFnZ2dcrsi3r2A1Y-5aReGNxiBC_4wVpjVj9en81rapWd_IhvkJiUCTuTc7QSwSPzbfo26VWuKL5OCj-T6A9AgqiZHc-9D7CBggFc4uR9VEmG2NEsIQ02PruAizUtJO9TKEyXp1lJ5Bn1KnmX5rFmSQ7SIHthVDdGI2A/s320/IMG_5126.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The kids were really excited to buy a lamb, chickens, meals for refugees that live in Des Moines, and Peanut Butter for another local charity. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GxRl2v0n7NCqHFWdDHmR4YEKyFSNVnTSMsMFven4DCt26ntn3mMsgtqw4JPP8HbTyuu0w_3GmA7BlqxDA13A62_lTkIOA4W0nUjVrOnbvd0FzsDj_8mlpDt6ZCAypQcDoSPA5lgMOGBth79vXW13TVbD8_az_HuAz8BLMDN4zaG6H-f906YyG0Z2-8zW/s4032/IMG_3903.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GxRl2v0n7NCqHFWdDHmR4YEKyFSNVnTSMsMFven4DCt26ntn3mMsgtqw4JPP8HbTyuu0w_3GmA7BlqxDA13A62_lTkIOA4W0nUjVrOnbvd0FzsDj_8mlpDt6ZCAypQcDoSPA5lgMOGBth79vXW13TVbD8_az_HuAz8BLMDN4zaG6H-f906YyG0Z2-8zW/s320/IMG_3903.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was able to help with the ward Christmas party. Some of the primary kids acted out the Nativity and it was very simple, but sweet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dHYGNGUh-gcJ5YliKqqlz7xyfyIxAGnVUHumxdJhMeHgpEpUbTZOQguG4lS8x7Wu8VkGiiiUCJcfLsKcJLwA-Xnut6E0fvrJnuGNAJivan0LtwhUQEBcGA56m86HH2b-atS7n3qtEaEB2QAKYKW-reRYo1gci4qwAJSxmsr5cxKza1KqlLIup2Ajm2XT/s4032/IMG_5182.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dHYGNGUh-gcJ5YliKqqlz7xyfyIxAGnVUHumxdJhMeHgpEpUbTZOQguG4lS8x7Wu8VkGiiiUCJcfLsKcJLwA-Xnut6E0fvrJnuGNAJivan0LtwhUQEBcGA56m86HH2b-atS7n3qtEaEB2QAKYKW-reRYo1gci4qwAJSxmsr5cxKza1KqlLIup2Ajm2XT/s320/IMG_5182.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We watched lots of Christmas movies this month, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMgmO_bqMje4ZEP6Yp_nmXkWhteshfexMUBj0RnnBg2AcB9j3vtShVezMpvM56wEJ0b0hopMJvmvGz5zieQMbdk4z3U18fLyKnj9g7-snSiMuNLxrq1x7X6wErlNoNjz117uFQrCPF1lnTAmIgYE2aY3_acoiVt_F4uPXRjBlrY3IRWAFF7ZhYPPH8xVw/s4032/IMG_5186.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMgmO_bqMje4ZEP6Yp_nmXkWhteshfexMUBj0RnnBg2AcB9j3vtShVezMpvM56wEJ0b0hopMJvmvGz5zieQMbdk4z3U18fLyKnj9g7-snSiMuNLxrq1x7X6wErlNoNjz117uFQrCPF1lnTAmIgYE2aY3_acoiVt_F4uPXRjBlrY3IRWAFF7ZhYPPH8xVw/s320/IMG_5186.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>had our annual sleepover around the Christmas tree, <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQI3PBIJkTC9VGis2k4QtqEZSC3maBypiWDWKev4X_3dw0j6FfqYnQolcrcRWDid1JOhvKgkDmxRCX60q5KMPm66B_-6NnD4glgo77EwpYDx0c1XodtZ21SXAucDy3GG3h3iKPkLAod1XCCuNhR-QB7-8WWgMlLatz20G1hTCEzstFgQvH9S4IxNYptZE/s4032/IMG_5161.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQI3PBIJkTC9VGis2k4QtqEZSC3maBypiWDWKev4X_3dw0j6FfqYnQolcrcRWDid1JOhvKgkDmxRCX60q5KMPm66B_-6NnD4glgo77EwpYDx0c1XodtZ21SXAucDy3GG3h3iKPkLAod1XCCuNhR-QB7-8WWgMlLatz20G1hTCEzstFgQvH9S4IxNYptZE/s320/IMG_5161.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">and read lots of Christmas books. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We had an amazing Christmas Eve program at church. Mariah sang a duet and then she, Chet and I sang in the ward choir. The girls were excited to wear their new dresses and the boys looked dapper in their new suits. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BDW58g1FGqDwVXhbkqi5z0U-EOW3SlPmzq01cUsvYLIsxldbDWkCcF7YW8HVnHEd_zj71TnZNOwRhFqT1qmLj6ZCZ0-0Ig5uHDxsayokM0AAj0zKS8MZRYdkW386dh7XE1xdwFpTmvxFyLgd-Dsj1Wj9fkaicSpccNsMtCs-YaDz0dSMO4JJGbYp6mz9/s3088/IMG_5224.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BDW58g1FGqDwVXhbkqi5z0U-EOW3SlPmzq01cUsvYLIsxldbDWkCcF7YW8HVnHEd_zj71TnZNOwRhFqT1qmLj6ZCZ0-0Ig5uHDxsayokM0AAj0zKS8MZRYdkW386dh7XE1xdwFpTmvxFyLgd-Dsj1Wj9fkaicSpccNsMtCs-YaDz0dSMO4JJGbYp6mz9/s320/IMG_5224.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We were super excited to have dad ride with us to church, but forgot that he is still the Bishop and had to wait in the car for him to finish up after church. Thankfully we had some treats from friends to tide us by. There was a missionary couple in our ward and Chet would often give the sister origami flowers. They came for Christmas Eve and she brought Chet his own chocolates and said that she still had the first flower Chet had made for her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We opened our gifts Christmas Eve before we headed down to the cousin's house that night. The kids were so excited to give their gifts to each other that they had worked hard to buy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKapJ8NlnOjSgxpi4deL3OEGRiVocHwsRwKsywcUjVMb7K91vPu9zxfxtjaqcjcEGAMcUyx1RmYBYmxOj_GbaGa4dPz2dbsDT0FE5b8Daoc_xrAtJJDC0VPFN1lhsjN6zT9x3wboawEn3rXEVv30a_xQPuY-HIN2pkBrIqeGamscccTGG1Gfwqp9aLJ_X/s4032/IMG_5230.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKapJ8NlnOjSgxpi4deL3OEGRiVocHwsRwKsywcUjVMb7K91vPu9zxfxtjaqcjcEGAMcUyx1RmYBYmxOj_GbaGa4dPz2dbsDT0FE5b8Daoc_xrAtJJDC0VPFN1lhsjN6zT9x3wboawEn3rXEVv30a_xQPuY-HIN2pkBrIqeGamscccTGG1Gfwqp9aLJ_X/s320/IMG_5230.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMs5x6j5Ka83tGrnQviDvL8IjzhgJI3VbVv0rKhy1BoZKB3Dg9hrZ0WQJIcLMR6Kfg4_8HQcuHdXF66zs_Txwp_ZxE7bEodxcNGjWep8qxoF1gNFS_3g4EWey4uhIQwP8oEZcZdcIz5QG_mlQIWRjnAkXuBAEVw6oNQIgk3iMkDEEy3MNPxARRSd8H2902/s4032/IMG_5238.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMs5x6j5Ka83tGrnQviDvL8IjzhgJI3VbVv0rKhy1BoZKB3Dg9hrZ0WQJIcLMR6Kfg4_8HQcuHdXF66zs_Txwp_ZxE7bEodxcNGjWep8qxoF1gNFS_3g4EWey4uhIQwP8oEZcZdcIz5QG_mlQIWRjnAkXuBAEVw6oNQIgk3iMkDEEy3MNPxARRSd8H2902/s320/IMG_5238.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza got her teddy bear! It's not exactly giant, but it was big enough for her...phew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>We then headed down to Missouri for Shepherd's Night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkS_WBfErZZlxU8Z_tDXh2xVsIt38AY0pEi9thZYX6e7N5g0myCYVacakdvinTjkjuigYTA5t7MhoyuP6D1a3NA6Wyc6ekUOidDYfstMn8AHiJ5wVcyjbSLTdslsyghyCwDfCagEC2BEMuG9kZTpr-6Xlq3iJLsVR2es-H87rKtogemCBTT-7Tnb8RXR4/s4032/IMG_5256.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkS_WBfErZZlxU8Z_tDXh2xVsIt38AY0pEi9thZYX6e7N5g0myCYVacakdvinTjkjuigYTA5t7MhoyuP6D1a3NA6Wyc6ekUOidDYfstMn8AHiJ5wVcyjbSLTdslsyghyCwDfCagEC2BEMuG9kZTpr-6Xlq3iJLsVR2es-H87rKtogemCBTT-7Tnb8RXR4/s320/IMG_5256.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had quite the spread. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids spearheaded their own Nativity</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXTnEVpzyFi7fTwxsfVl-iIL7HRS3DlZOlE75VnBpxacf4PkE2dbtUmBfeNWtuHzSEDZiq6_y76Tr72hfJQ-hKfV44333lgCjYlI1Lg5QRquH_N-oYRM3i4avtt68j8PIhlGe66TgYaVEzIr512NFs9MtLOu7OpKd6c65ZpB5-hksVrLMMxXEUb84m0Du/s4032/IMG_5258.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXTnEVpzyFi7fTwxsfVl-iIL7HRS3DlZOlE75VnBpxacf4PkE2dbtUmBfeNWtuHzSEDZiq6_y76Tr72hfJQ-hKfV44333lgCjYlI1Lg5QRquH_N-oYRM3i4avtt68j8PIhlGe66TgYaVEzIr512NFs9MtLOu7OpKd6c65ZpB5-hksVrLMMxXEUb84m0Du/s320/IMG_5258.HEIC" width="240" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I mean, have you seen a cuter holy family? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghaBAzAZ1V4iksJ60qP3Ou2N5iQ4w6k86tjDSLjsVoF__7AqB5rHp9-vUQIJMpkkhFJvDtFtRiHMR33laWaNPWcwshhAD38Du2CAjlWX_FiDHZlbWIVgc6wRWMz7gy9Ug_r5O8AAXdQ8-nv7deH0oxOQNG6lVHdo79pGE8NUdqIoogc90YUbS7cHR3ux2Y/s4032/IMG_5259.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghaBAzAZ1V4iksJ60qP3Ou2N5iQ4w6k86tjDSLjsVoF__7AqB5rHp9-vUQIJMpkkhFJvDtFtRiHMR33laWaNPWcwshhAD38Du2CAjlWX_FiDHZlbWIVgc6wRWMz7gy9Ug_r5O8AAXdQ8-nv7deH0oxOQNG6lVHdo79pGE8NUdqIoogc90YUbS7cHR3ux2Y/s320/IMG_5259.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Uncle Baydon read from the scriptures and the kids gave a great performance. They even coordinated the lights in the room for the changes in the story. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The kids went to bed super excited for the next morning. Asa must have been excited too, because he had to be the first one up Christmas morning...and stay up for a while. But seeing him lay under the lights looking up in wonder made me think of that special little baby the first Christmas day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We woke up bright and early the next day and the kids were so excited to ring their bells to wake up the whole house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HSEZyYXqF5C4ZaI6TjsPOyUYxtffjjb4l311wxpXTdU60MHWOXGEihnZhQm-Q45-cPvwoYsShT84VNwjm5dCoWfiWTgVpNOi7W_fJZAMl8BViIIBLWk_qlfy_0HbL79Hq9mUzIRNzIFKvD9ZR64IykrqgWhR-xT6Lfgs6JMGdXn9pwyc9aMsFzFClpGD/s4032/IMG_5264.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HSEZyYXqF5C4ZaI6TjsPOyUYxtffjjb4l311wxpXTdU60MHWOXGEihnZhQm-Q45-cPvwoYsShT84VNwjm5dCoWfiWTgVpNOi7W_fJZAMl8BViIIBLWk_qlfy_0HbL79Hq9mUzIRNzIFKvD9ZR64IykrqgWhR-xT6Lfgs6JMGdXn9pwyc9aMsFzFClpGD/s320/IMG_5264.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Stocking time! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Because our kids had already opened their gifts we thought we would go and watch a movie while their cousins were opening their presents. But our kids insisted on staying and watching and they did so well. Of course Chet had to help put together Terron's scooter and Vivi decided Porter's new bike was hers, but luckily we brought her new balance bike so that little scuffle was solved quickly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrVA21fKBOFJQGse90SEZhGs9GwMhIiNznw86KMZ5wswFtVMnE1TEHyN0Ex3DOiXJhQd8j-cTRPMqi87Z3obCODYj7JcrI0EbG05BsvaYXKUslXZXbCPFKSS69-lJ3jjE8vI-VMtdNOB-MsCAZXZr21qZJ3kSKfEt8oKz84ausIpOwxAK67hfnDLQ4zo9/s4032/IMG_5270.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrVA21fKBOFJQGse90SEZhGs9GwMhIiNznw86KMZ5wswFtVMnE1TEHyN0Ex3DOiXJhQd8j-cTRPMqi87Z3obCODYj7JcrI0EbG05BsvaYXKUslXZXbCPFKSS69-lJ3jjE8vI-VMtdNOB-MsCAZXZr21qZJ3kSKfEt8oKz84ausIpOwxAK67hfnDLQ4zo9/s320/IMG_5270.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The kids had fun playing with their new toys and got to watch a Christmas movie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4y78EydPYJQqUCvHyM9r4ji8khbqb65i-sV7ts9VFMnpWtG2gOqtzrfzp_0C4ezVnOnuj9XUboIfV0K39LYchgbVihc9okGOfLiAIr0CqCvE2bml1Z9u6vhfqHFEhPlUYwDOxlegZI_XeMyHE6f8LlaSxGcEZ_93214Ow5Vcw8xOC3qN_nmPinyLzDJg/s4032/IMG_5268.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4y78EydPYJQqUCvHyM9r4ji8khbqb65i-sV7ts9VFMnpWtG2gOqtzrfzp_0C4ezVnOnuj9XUboIfV0K39LYchgbVihc9okGOfLiAIr0CqCvE2bml1Z9u6vhfqHFEhPlUYwDOxlegZI_XeMyHE6f8LlaSxGcEZ_93214Ow5Vcw8xOC3qN_nmPinyLzDJg/s320/IMG_5268.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got hair tinsel for the girls and put it in everyone's hair. Eliza immediately decided that she hated them because "they felt like ticks" and ripped them out. But the other girls were able to last until bedtime. I'm going to call it a success. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WTkvkrmyDgSqwciLTvpFDcljboozxAHOlBSdr5yvUsUdyFRg3Go8IqCy7icEILpwU1YQHqqOBTIPzfjScIQYsjb5DoWvEQkALoCilPzlvFdDl0-24Vbr1ny2tSS_PFApcPn6OzmZ619v55FEKxldgcWF77BzVaHjoY5o-QO9um74zgTgNTTn6qyckGU0/s4032/IMG_5272.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WTkvkrmyDgSqwciLTvpFDcljboozxAHOlBSdr5yvUsUdyFRg3Go8IqCy7icEILpwU1YQHqqOBTIPzfjScIQYsjb5DoWvEQkALoCilPzlvFdDl0-24Vbr1ny2tSS_PFApcPn6OzmZ619v55FEKxldgcWF77BzVaHjoY5o-QO9um74zgTgNTTn6qyckGU0/s320/IMG_5272.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brittany put together the most beautiful Christmas dinner. We loved eating by candlelight. The next day we relaxed and ate lots of good food and then headed home to get ready for Austin's birthday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhBBL6TuVUGAuDOwQ0fjfs2btHlg8JXKMGlh4WlavRVAksAmSQfQbedmNo0dSK21P8kPOw6wBnbOlp-4QU68fu66xMCfVrfVHGKbIq_VTff-mTuUDs-4g0H69PrqFrCxjnnXukZ9MNMdkly5zQDWwDfk1EAAdMtjl_L5_WhEG5IG5TCX72fQdnywxnelG/s4032/IMG_5276.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhBBL6TuVUGAuDOwQ0fjfs2btHlg8JXKMGlh4WlavRVAksAmSQfQbedmNo0dSK21P8kPOw6wBnbOlp-4QU68fu66xMCfVrfVHGKbIq_VTff-mTuUDs-4g0H69PrqFrCxjnnXukZ9MNMdkly5zQDWwDfk1EAAdMtjl_L5_WhEG5IG5TCX72fQdnywxnelG/s320/IMG_5276.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza was so excited to use her new kitchen set and made this salad all by herself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQqgz2malmbHxPIdqsPshng1L_tendXdtp9e0jd8z_SbBh8yLPFoQrXa3etyPd9rHZDgGsw1DKeYNih0YT-hzzBMAbC0m_apMbP4SXzOk5DEmrNLUm-uDLYoz8jO8K3Ze4qzVp5fWsf7sDxV4oUK7DRc8wmqEqXyXyGQnezXNwdHGu-TKGcx3c8GMXfne/s4032/IMG_5277.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQqgz2malmbHxPIdqsPshng1L_tendXdtp9e0jd8z_SbBh8yLPFoQrXa3etyPd9rHZDgGsw1DKeYNih0YT-hzzBMAbC0m_apMbP4SXzOk5DEmrNLUm-uDLYoz8jO8K3Ze4qzVp5fWsf7sDxV4oUK7DRc8wmqEqXyXyGQnezXNwdHGu-TKGcx3c8GMXfne/s320/IMG_5277.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The next morning we celebrated Austin. He wanted crepes for breakfast and to open his presents as soon as possible. He also was adamant that he would not be doing school that day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpVEJdn0uH_OeL2ERGUvwhRiLUiE3F0GbnIzsWg60927FDOYpft_C25RshFPfpZ_e59iv1so7auJxatQz1NjyzezdSoVpLnZ_nlFl9LFnLwAnGl-yw2G5I19uOB4vA0WBKt9xyBKwOydafe42VCKSgF9jp8WeMtgSiF7Z-M32e9nOdlD4CPUwbAEIQDLi/s4032/IMG_5283.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpVEJdn0uH_OeL2ERGUvwhRiLUiE3F0GbnIzsWg60927FDOYpft_C25RshFPfpZ_e59iv1so7auJxatQz1NjyzezdSoVpLnZ_nlFl9LFnLwAnGl-yw2G5I19uOB4vA0WBKt9xyBKwOydafe42VCKSgF9jp8WeMtgSiF7Z-M32e9nOdlD4CPUwbAEIQDLi/s320/IMG_5283.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>A few days later he was baptized. Austin was looking forward to this day for a very long time. He wanted to make sure that he was ready for his Baptism and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. He also was so excited to send out invitations. <br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPtGAX1Vyh8Jsf0ubkwLsENrlB1jBZsWppitGliB2CYaIUGVo_1aydf7VvL44MWHJlxRToJaVwyj3ywR8lkMONvk-yhQTheTo8P6GwCl0llCEjq_rB5moN31iY7KSobhzwOBGrPXsqLtAOLOjNwjXLl0kNh2JoaSHS4pPGdWaIZCstKp1hi1NdIstPqzK/s4032/IMG_5280.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPtGAX1Vyh8Jsf0ubkwLsENrlB1jBZsWppitGliB2CYaIUGVo_1aydf7VvL44MWHJlxRToJaVwyj3ywR8lkMONvk-yhQTheTo8P6GwCl0llCEjq_rB5moN31iY7KSobhzwOBGrPXsqLtAOLOjNwjXLl0kNh2JoaSHS4pPGdWaIZCstKp1hi1NdIstPqzK/s320/IMG_5280.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Besides being baptized, the thing he was looking forward to the most turning 8 was his special baptism blanket from Grandma Crossley. She picked the word meek for Austin and I couldn't think of a better word to describe him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aEmc1mGyD3k58eN3lmlOybVFyhGbRmJEvyhRaxFLY6ACFktU2siDQtIhnDeZwxH63vAba9oC9eGAfhh52UsyZ7faPt3_skrcsO22BPtSG8op-tfd-ft_kVl_W-lMWROxB9KRhHCjCj0NbbGpnuPvz8AAzht7_xWrzi15WcPAn_SDawu6tNS6o4dqBtMn/s4032/IMG_3942.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aEmc1mGyD3k58eN3lmlOybVFyhGbRmJEvyhRaxFLY6ACFktU2siDQtIhnDeZwxH63vAba9oC9eGAfhh52UsyZ7faPt3_skrcsO22BPtSG8op-tfd-ft_kVl_W-lMWROxB9KRhHCjCj0NbbGpnuPvz8AAzht7_xWrzi15WcPAn_SDawu6tNS6o4dqBtMn/s320/IMG_3942.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We loved having Grandma and Grandpa here for a week. </div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxsYQ7thOqGBIuxNA2iDqbT4EskL5Tvfbd33Q9HI0Ioe_zQtiFhyvQ-TZB3vR_D-Xl265tZGuOkijjrFius1OTtQmj6Xo8I2fUkO6oVT_n41feDq0SdZZyMWkF_sKXedQa6x4ums2Hu1ppczS5fWBApFYHIZMU39mMIQfq4O-pf0omZg3RZoGsU9Rwun4/s4032/IMG_5285.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxsYQ7thOqGBIuxNA2iDqbT4EskL5Tvfbd33Q9HI0Ioe_zQtiFhyvQ-TZB3vR_D-Xl265tZGuOkijjrFius1OTtQmj6Xo8I2fUkO6oVT_n41feDq0SdZZyMWkF_sKXedQa6x4ums2Hu1ppczS5fWBApFYHIZMU39mMIQfq4O-pf0omZg3RZoGsU9Rwun4/s320/IMG_5285.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi sure loves her Grandpa. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cousins came back up to celebrate New Years Eve. The kids dressed up as characters from the New Testament and we had to guess who they were. They then shared how they could see Jesus in their character's stories. It was pretty special. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAsuT9Rhkkxum-19CznOhq-lCWUvcZY1iNxB23Br_U8amLZf7i0RqJXwdixTIuT4Th2EimZFg-5o0PuRCY1mHOjGrFt6egBvX8y8tO07lrCMC1vpOLyTsz-udAD9f6bZNeitf70Y6hQg6fYQef95bu2r8z5ooaAVpcv0qvm2gP6WPh_Bc_BRbS39l-i-h/s4032/IMG_5290.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAsuT9Rhkkxum-19CznOhq-lCWUvcZY1iNxB23Br_U8amLZf7i0RqJXwdixTIuT4Th2EimZFg-5o0PuRCY1mHOjGrFt6egBvX8y8tO07lrCMC1vpOLyTsz-udAD9f6bZNeitf70Y6hQg6fYQef95bu2r8z5ooaAVpcv0qvm2gP6WPh_Bc_BRbS39l-i-h/s320/IMG_5290.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was quite the year. A new baby, a big calling for Tanner, and lots of learning and growth for the kids. We are so grateful for the many blessings we have been given this year and are excited for the new year and all that will come with it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-42566091052694237842023-12-09T09:37:00.000-08:002023-12-10T12:43:20.315-08:00Four Months <p></p><div style="text-align: center;">I love doing these month updates of my babies. They grow and change so much in just a month's time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3AwplK48kbiYI9Q6IEINmTw-LOybZvyzHpa6uVhnhMAuZwDYO82MLIDPa5K9iPCxr4Z9MgmR5WUNZ5IgyGexXFhZOc0bYVxQ73QQzNhPS0kNzRzb6qJQojh54Ijtofc8QF5ix5T15rKFl1gNjfSWeiBQYTjro55aDL45dcg1HQ5ZdH1v5uxYxmHOAXZg/s4032/IMG_4963.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3AwplK48kbiYI9Q6IEINmTw-LOybZvyzHpa6uVhnhMAuZwDYO82MLIDPa5K9iPCxr4Z9MgmR5WUNZ5IgyGexXFhZOc0bYVxQ73QQzNhPS0kNzRzb6qJQojh54Ijtofc8QF5ix5T15rKFl1gNjfSWeiBQYTjro55aDL45dcg1HQ5ZdH1v5uxYxmHOAXZg/s320/IMG_4963.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asa is becoming quite the talker. He talks when he's happy or sad and loves when someone will talk back to him. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1KYE0CqtK50dUO_eOM-J8RjMfHOI8sv8AcN9ismGs1FHv8ynOHBa_FuGo40I4gXXjjs5IJKbPDutPvttrWBHg2awiZNK7DarUdgggfGiBI-vgltMUCLUoI7TzJrRhF2qSLX3Va_TMblOlmOiEq4eavNFikRzf8kgb6aNC44Hg-rhO4OmxW1VjccNswpA/s4032/IMG_4959.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1KYE0CqtK50dUO_eOM-J8RjMfHOI8sv8AcN9ismGs1FHv8ynOHBa_FuGo40I4gXXjjs5IJKbPDutPvttrWBHg2awiZNK7DarUdgggfGiBI-vgltMUCLUoI7TzJrRhF2qSLX3Va_TMblOlmOiEq4eavNFikRzf8kgb6aNC44Hg-rhO4OmxW1VjccNswpA/s320/IMG_4959.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's got the sweetest smile and makes us all feel like a million bucks when he smiles at us. But he also is learning how to grab things and his favorite thing to grab is hair. Ouch! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-mI0tY6VtSLc4QfdUmF3b6BIylcviHy2HqM5ckJYJ5DHKoe83gZk2UxS2TzIDtCjO70h4MXdGIFBroJxE3r0NFp1Buq4WR4Qc0KRcsQf-mFtqeWHBFflIpCv-vle2ZLAKQ7L-pQalKNblCXaxLmZJRpZtsMkOu_IsLn6bZzKTTMvjQNPdIbk8MfHfLR7/s4032/IMG_4928.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-mI0tY6VtSLc4QfdUmF3b6BIylcviHy2HqM5ckJYJ5DHKoe83gZk2UxS2TzIDtCjO70h4MXdGIFBroJxE3r0NFp1Buq4WR4Qc0KRcsQf-mFtqeWHBFflIpCv-vle2ZLAKQ7L-pQalKNblCXaxLmZJRpZtsMkOu_IsLn6bZzKTTMvjQNPdIbk8MfHfLR7/s320/IMG_4928.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His face says it all here...he's a little scared of his big sister, for good reasons. And also scared of the violin...it makes him pucker when Mariah is playing. We also went to an orchestra performance and that brought on the puckers. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6n2fuwkjAIG7W5bgfxg5ZtwaYlqGuPzUIBRlSnXA0Be0G6T7lRbMJl1CKlSU9YslsiBtm9El7IGvaenbQLM-DbG5E4Ch7FiVXD4-CuzXgvVuONFQ8B6ZY_rME4Zlwca_5HRcOHePIj4BDCvSEKjrQ7_aVEmwv1lt1QiX9kRqRTJc2RNk_nlFPwq0VAqL/s4032/IMG_4922.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6n2fuwkjAIG7W5bgfxg5ZtwaYlqGuPzUIBRlSnXA0Be0G6T7lRbMJl1CKlSU9YslsiBtm9El7IGvaenbQLM-DbG5E4Ch7FiVXD4-CuzXgvVuONFQ8B6ZY_rME4Zlwca_5HRcOHePIj4BDCvSEKjrQ7_aVEmwv1lt1QiX9kRqRTJc2RNk_nlFPwq0VAqL/s320/IMG_4922.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tummy time doesn't bug him too much and he's even rolled from back to stomach a few times and once from stomach to back. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsF16ngUsAcY1aJ4Z0ZwOTj1OupcTEW4Lowk-s1i9p3uniUJq1utUWogISmRHRThDE_uTZRlXyieISRYheIk14WaO3IEV_-LKZIDkvjTf_9FsJLXKhrfGfN8FOA-HmqSTq9kxThjIo4usiNnxkvH08LtObSttrN8tVgPY6dCx3HMFwoXd4Dkat6wid5PW/s4032/IMG_4899.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsF16ngUsAcY1aJ4Z0ZwOTj1OupcTEW4Lowk-s1i9p3uniUJq1utUWogISmRHRThDE_uTZRlXyieISRYheIk14WaO3IEV_-LKZIDkvjTf_9FsJLXKhrfGfN8FOA-HmqSTq9kxThjIo4usiNnxkvH08LtObSttrN8tVgPY6dCx3HMFwoXd4Dkat6wid5PW/s320/IMG_4899.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's getting more hair and it's fun to style it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's a big time drooler and has been spitting up more, which makes a fun time with Asa quickly turn into panic and disgust for Asa's siblings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He still isn't a great sleeper but I can usually get him to take a pretty good nap in the carrier. We spend a lot of time sleeping on the couch in the night too. I just have to remind myself that he won't always be a horrible sleeper right? right? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But he's still the favorite around here and we love the joy he brings. </div><br /><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-65314086944630751362023-12-09T09:23:00.000-08:002023-12-10T12:48:26.572-08:00That Thankful Time of Year<p style="text-align: center;"> We started November with one of Tanner's favorite past times...family pictures. Ok, so it isn't Tanner's favorite, but he loves me so he "suffers" through it. Vivi was hilarious and this picture Tanner got perfectly captures her essence throughout the whole photo shoot. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjd6VYX5BTjeJOHoZQaLAOW0ECpAXOEM_kO_eLGGfqvYgKQOb7ISjdGBWWBlNxXvupnNpmZBzWao_ZxADzteGm3qie0QimuvbCtxZSxdATkT_4jNceVk_HEZA0K3LH7NZhv8O-AJDuZNmnYBU_lgYbvYf0ZzuPRNN0H_g_xbd_Jj-qIo1a4Xewe_RfjXFq/s2436/IMG_4921.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2436" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjd6VYX5BTjeJOHoZQaLAOW0ECpAXOEM_kO_eLGGfqvYgKQOb7ISjdGBWWBlNxXvupnNpmZBzWao_ZxADzteGm3qie0QimuvbCtxZSxdATkT_4jNceVk_HEZA0K3LH7NZhv8O-AJDuZNmnYBU_lgYbvYf0ZzuPRNN0H_g_xbd_Jj-qIo1a4Xewe_RfjXFq/s320/IMG_4921.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had their primary program at church and all of the kids did so well. The spirit is always so strong. The primary got to play a game with the Bishopric where they got to put different things on them whenever they answered a question correctly. Luckily I was pacing the halls with Asa so I was able to snap this picture: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mCtanM4zWbvMXg2Y65SOLkMkXTxU-0Qe0nNKUjnkPzqFIjnosFr8DmBelMFIUzlH-QDAms4HVRLzeBjRO8icLU7TUbR4o7p9m-oOihyGSi79EZQuJn1J7-ebtS7xigyTJjmBfRYl93Ija7HzUglAWeHSTiQrWIjAu51ZwqGW6W3BFIVPIBnVqO02KQu8/s4032/IMG_4932.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mCtanM4zWbvMXg2Y65SOLkMkXTxU-0Qe0nNKUjnkPzqFIjnosFr8DmBelMFIUzlH-QDAms4HVRLzeBjRO8icLU7TUbR4o7p9m-oOihyGSi79EZQuJn1J7-ebtS7xigyTJjmBfRYl93Ija7HzUglAWeHSTiQrWIjAu51ZwqGW6W3BFIVPIBnVqO02KQu8/s320/IMG_4932.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner got creative with dinner one night...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDlfYbj1Ww-nG6lGoJLq7lvIJTmSjy28FQYZs3_AgGwdc4YOnc_a75IggkOzfP9koMv2ZBJW3WPbbBWnTKAW5x-O5wRkTezm8C4_HKOdsGAqUxJZLb78_2SH2BkclvvetMVH6G0UZfChLtvk1xtfM71RxlT02Bu6O-MEGb6H3G8_QQKOZQZyj8Nimicvp/s4032/IMG_4935.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDlfYbj1Ww-nG6lGoJLq7lvIJTmSjy28FQYZs3_AgGwdc4YOnc_a75IggkOzfP9koMv2ZBJW3WPbbBWnTKAW5x-O5wRkTezm8C4_HKOdsGAqUxJZLb78_2SH2BkclvvetMVH6G0UZfChLtvk1xtfM71RxlT02Bu6O-MEGb6H3G8_QQKOZQZyj8Nimicvp/s320/IMG_4935.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah got braces; just three brackets on her top teeth. She's got a long road of braces ahead of her so she wasn't exactly excited about this milestone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We don't have any pictures of this, but we went to Kidsymphony's performance of Peter and the Wolf with a performer acting it out as well. It was so delightful and we all had grins on our faces watching it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went down to Tiff and Cameron's for Thanksgiving this year. We split the trip there into two days, leaving on Sunday afternoon. The kids did pretty well at the hotel. We've learned that long car rides help Asa to sleep really well because he wears himself out screaming in the car. But we didn't have a pack and play for Vivi so she was a little bit harder to get to sleep. She thought she was going to sleep in a bed with Eliza and Austin but she kept going between our bed and theirs. So finally Tanner wouldn't let her leave our bed and she was being so funny. She would get really quiet and then try sneak out from the bottom of the bed. Tanner would grab her by the foot and drag her back up between us where she would flop down and go limp, I think hoping we would think she had fallen asleep, but she wasn't patient enough to fake it for more than a few seconds before trying to escape again. She finally fell asleep though and did great between Tanner and I. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY6TfWWHKVZlB3xkBnDz9pZ4h6FMEAdLl0B8KAQYpFVW-MUpx1zlkKw2MXhqxQZ84XFcpO9yI3Q6RRI44PXJ6wNGJwtv9YR_0z4rzBg4vUey-9AzynV6jU8A-WxsISjXIBRPuozeM3Vad1RiGcR9ADrOntC7_4jk2FB0w8m2XMbiv9CWUTpL7nGAi7Ana/s4032/IMG_4964.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY6TfWWHKVZlB3xkBnDz9pZ4h6FMEAdLl0B8KAQYpFVW-MUpx1zlkKw2MXhqxQZ84XFcpO9yI3Q6RRI44PXJ6wNGJwtv9YR_0z4rzBg4vUey-9AzynV6jU8A-WxsISjXIBRPuozeM3Vad1RiGcR9ADrOntC7_4jk2FB0w8m2XMbiv9CWUTpL7nGAi7Ana/s320/IMG_4964.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day was longer and we started the morning with some throw up (never my favorite) but everyone was pretty happy and excited to see cousins.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bzyKEXMyM9HBd9UbRyp5x58r57JVx6AKjB8yPp8eLKIRAz83ADUAjwPXbHOVoeL_Jv_s7uQaqv9zDG4KOOlTt4-nOVPct1Fr2Dmx88ziada3LPioYimTtIhX-C1-dESDAJoJ2XGLDkBPc3BKn0IbCLfZV31MGpbO5HCMSpinqBbWvKgbT0ZXBJomUXuX/s4032/IMG_4966.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bzyKEXMyM9HBd9UbRyp5x58r57JVx6AKjB8yPp8eLKIRAz83ADUAjwPXbHOVoeL_Jv_s7uQaqv9zDG4KOOlTt4-nOVPct1Fr2Dmx88ziada3LPioYimTtIhX-C1-dESDAJoJ2XGLDkBPc3BKn0IbCLfZV31MGpbO5HCMSpinqBbWvKgbT0ZXBJomUXuX/s320/IMG_4966.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, almost everyone. Asa was not a fan of the car but we got a few naps out of him. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjsLG2xYFfDBxpsdD_blgKKyYL9hS3FhyphenhyphennYHCVyX-VdR5aRREC2NjFS4PJqL87mY7bFO1Vb1RCGUfXbbyZ0hnLarNqFr-lH46EuuvvnmgcAxk3m34qIEQDkXSslbGUqRHUUC3pikhAGWFxZX_fAMJ7PGovJ4U8w9lhrMwIgGxpWAYde_z3F2MQ-ecVj-b/s4032/IMG_4976.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjsLG2xYFfDBxpsdD_blgKKyYL9hS3FhyphenhyphennYHCVyX-VdR5aRREC2NjFS4PJqL87mY7bFO1Vb1RCGUfXbbyZ0hnLarNqFr-lH46EuuvvnmgcAxk3m34qIEQDkXSslbGUqRHUUC3pikhAGWFxZX_fAMJ7PGovJ4U8w9lhrMwIgGxpWAYde_z3F2MQ-ecVj-b/s320/IMG_4976.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were real excited to make it to Tiff and Cameron's. And then Vivi threw up again and I began to wonder if we may have just brought the stomach flu to the Barrs. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oT2P7FL9kLXcCmXOQfH7r7-HLiPvdEQs3GSfzVh8Cc3f0bDO23FktNT1YHtnLQxkUxn62UvloUxG2_ecvlYk1S6mq9QZcMC6GCRR5dWXZfC4JQdkT7b-YkAvU9nnpjWgNaxGTAi0N3FQAlDTVDjQwdBzqqYYOcmv-UVcQAnlWGppEMknXnEn9W4alWuz/s4032/IMG_4989.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oT2P7FL9kLXcCmXOQfH7r7-HLiPvdEQs3GSfzVh8Cc3f0bDO23FktNT1YHtnLQxkUxn62UvloUxG2_ecvlYk1S6mq9QZcMC6GCRR5dWXZfC4JQdkT7b-YkAvU9nnpjWgNaxGTAi0N3FQAlDTVDjQwdBzqqYYOcmv-UVcQAnlWGppEMknXnEn9W4alWuz/s320/IMG_4989.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aunt Tiffy's house was so fun! She did the girl's nails and fixed their hair. They all had a blast outside riding the four wheeler and motorcycles. Chet and Austin went to a basketball camp with Brigs and had a good time. Austin wasn't feeling well for the scrimmage that night so he stayed home with me. Austin wasn't feeling the next day but he still tried to be outside as much as he could. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night we went to a Mexican restaurant and had some really good tacos. We have missed good Mexican food. Midwest Mexican just isn't very good...sorry guys, I said it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSpeXpVj-M9Brj8kLbRnl-7-UZx-AqS4qnu3oxUdq5qpUgWuld0KLYfTDjvnH5XNVETf8H2bdOVw2eqM1SsREoJjRCIRW3YdaRjgLKAfjpJvMEwLg3niJIAqMW7oxEomk7ZRMXeJwvF3Y1NReDEYaDxdM-JBX_xjvqn2vaVhtKnGl1VbQzJf17PvbCBr1/s4032/IMG_4990.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSpeXpVj-M9Brj8kLbRnl-7-UZx-AqS4qnu3oxUdq5qpUgWuld0KLYfTDjvnH5XNVETf8H2bdOVw2eqM1SsREoJjRCIRW3YdaRjgLKAfjpJvMEwLg3niJIAqMW7oxEomk7ZRMXeJwvF3Y1NReDEYaDxdM-JBX_xjvqn2vaVhtKnGl1VbQzJf17PvbCBr1/s320/IMG_4990.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These cousins don't get together enough, but when they do, it's a party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDeZPtgTVEIZkDeH0WThvQLprhdbRe4wvnI8EIjVxGyHseqK_WmUUd_qrBA2x07D4HrwyZWosE7b8I2ek8wS8NOy6dFu5RsFk2P0utOFxYyxb6cJJu2BgFag9GKhaf_nfLMqScnt0TR1xruSAGqXQYp8ibkqxGT47pb3yU-2fqqjBhBoJCPIeSQBnodBX/s4032/IMG_4986.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDeZPtgTVEIZkDeH0WThvQLprhdbRe4wvnI8EIjVxGyHseqK_WmUUd_qrBA2x07D4HrwyZWosE7b8I2ek8wS8NOy6dFu5RsFk2P0utOFxYyxb6cJJu2BgFag9GKhaf_nfLMqScnt0TR1xruSAGqXQYp8ibkqxGT47pb3yU-2fqqjBhBoJCPIeSQBnodBX/s320/IMG_4986.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi loved Irie and wanted to hold her, even though they probably weighed the same. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-F51xje8TIhwQquCzcLSE3j326aJ-pbPZrS53BHtr4NkzfkLN58yZefU72xsCV3shi89kdGqlGreETfN5w-w9hkGywQLlyzQ6LKm-beCUtWUkYSTjkp6dFkgOtTCBQScRa4fGhze31twNBRH94MJVoCPgQARrIxAK11p5KMmV0XaAk-xSQlb9RZsVnW9H/s4032/IMG_3816.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-F51xje8TIhwQquCzcLSE3j326aJ-pbPZrS53BHtr4NkzfkLN58yZefU72xsCV3shi89kdGqlGreETfN5w-w9hkGywQLlyzQ6LKm-beCUtWUkYSTjkp6dFkgOtTCBQScRa4fGhze31twNBRH94MJVoCPgQARrIxAK11p5KMmV0XaAk-xSQlb9RZsVnW9H/s320/IMG_3816.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Barrs saddled up the horses and everyone got to ride. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsVfa4zXVvDHi0TbQepyxrQ3EQBwJmxqMLYFeMHu_C521WGpaMuFKfGkmlxe9kwJ6RDlm0RSnuAL_FVrqIBQXrUsbkWtE-u4qJEO5IxSkwbV1g-sHAmnUiS2fl1Bo9vQtKXyTrpkxB0lSt5PWiyAUbExrRSaJqtiEhRADMZVpisYFmzPFS0NJ6Dv2WWEM/s4032/IMG_4991.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsVfa4zXVvDHi0TbQepyxrQ3EQBwJmxqMLYFeMHu_C521WGpaMuFKfGkmlxe9kwJ6RDlm0RSnuAL_FVrqIBQXrUsbkWtE-u4qJEO5IxSkwbV1g-sHAmnUiS2fl1Bo9vQtKXyTrpkxB0lSt5PWiyAUbExrRSaJqtiEhRADMZVpisYFmzPFS0NJ6Dv2WWEM/s320/IMG_4991.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvvDRjcUhcSB5NvR3VzFXAJQqB_8of1HbSJVZpbVOQl5XLiZivxPmwLJeV0LZcMhZ_sQNeHK5y_ltDTVVAhiJRkAsFeC_gWShMKoeP7mr4XVYTQ0IhYHtLDrMUx0siSDkyUMq9hr5fkNerdKBUieTnW43hEkQb63pmxFOnl1iySo8gmuW6jTmBYqpbXXX/s4032/IMG_4992.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvvDRjcUhcSB5NvR3VzFXAJQqB_8of1HbSJVZpbVOQl5XLiZivxPmwLJeV0LZcMhZ_sQNeHK5y_ltDTVVAhiJRkAsFeC_gWShMKoeP7mr4XVYTQ0IhYHtLDrMUx0siSDkyUMq9hr5fkNerdKBUieTnW43hEkQb63pmxFOnl1iySo8gmuW6jTmBYqpbXXX/s320/IMG_4992.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza kept wanting me to run as I led her horse. The elevation about killed me...it had nothing to do with me being incredibly out of shape. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWBZ6-Buy4REuAhttwUSb7HErWum90McCIaZpj-lp0t3eI4lps88mZ0kSgY_6qWB3RarRzIb579wPADNJnCjvBYeSR45ua9Rw8f8tJGKEV282d9A7HmCVBxY02qqoHoJDQ_yNgGM1KoBbQWUB8eb1vGYvUPVcDaG4SxZE8DmPtUhoLsT5alV_PQkMf710/s4032/IMG_4993.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWBZ6-Buy4REuAhttwUSb7HErWum90McCIaZpj-lp0t3eI4lps88mZ0kSgY_6qWB3RarRzIb579wPADNJnCjvBYeSR45ua9Rw8f8tJGKEV282d9A7HmCVBxY02qqoHoJDQ_yNgGM1KoBbQWUB8eb1vGYvUPVcDaG4SxZE8DmPtUhoLsT5alV_PQkMf710/s320/IMG_4993.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi loved riding and didn't want to get off. I even got to ride but I've realized something, I'm much more scared of being bucked off now that I'm a mom. The horse I was on gave one little crowhop and I wasn't too sad about getting off. I'm not going to jump right up after being dumped like I used to. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUW4qaMC3fjJMyYrm9LY2bP2a36cRmHciuMN2wkkzu7-d_nglJQCoASfdVPRye9L-03vISnazpH1FyHXyJ4SKWn-JpusBxh1SoacwE3MWU8XPP3zAO_xH2c5_z_HfRHJ6GVvqivNtKuWdrd8Q9g_9Xm_9yOM-tJCkiVf3rEsUYIdiDSdI8P6g_sQ_xyRi/s4032/IMG_4995.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUW4qaMC3fjJMyYrm9LY2bP2a36cRmHciuMN2wkkzu7-d_nglJQCoASfdVPRye9L-03vISnazpH1FyHXyJ4SKWn-JpusBxh1SoacwE3MWU8XPP3zAO_xH2c5_z_HfRHJ6GVvqivNtKuWdrd8Q9g_9Xm_9yOM-tJCkiVf3rEsUYIdiDSdI8P6g_sQ_xyRi/s320/IMG_4995.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAWtzV9DZwtbWigSGbBA192TUxAV-Qn5EO4GZsDpQnMDhU_69giBj6dVudcM0D5dga3QsdUoWyIM_UTYJZ_pqR-LL5-IY-v8hoJKJv_QsW7ymlblubQhseCjaQ2Xl822koau-NdI9ChKbpBw72nEJx7z77zHvNR6Yp6rXPLGofHtMMAYu_AjqGkKkjvhp/s4032/IMG_4998.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAWtzV9DZwtbWigSGbBA192TUxAV-Qn5EO4GZsDpQnMDhU_69giBj6dVudcM0D5dga3QsdUoWyIM_UTYJZ_pqR-LL5-IY-v8hoJKJv_QsW7ymlblubQhseCjaQ2Xl822koau-NdI9ChKbpBw72nEJx7z77zHvNR6Yp6rXPLGofHtMMAYu_AjqGkKkjvhp/s320/IMG_4998.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had so much fun dancing with the surround sound music and jumping on the couch. And Eliza loved petting all of Uncle Cameron's mounts. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCz-7R-LkK_SJfrHnDSu0flyzVARgbJzHmEc2A00AhiAnhhomYzaIgnhfbDQJ2cM4rhMmRl2CnDysvugxKx41aTcMcav4WGNmZrDL15BKsnwy1cZpC54qcbXk5A8Q5DBlBJG_4XxXoKr-2-M4iPl8wpi1rWsOJCZgrg183TVqYiVZjcya6VVhGW4pqxxKA/s4032/IMG_5001.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCz-7R-LkK_SJfrHnDSu0flyzVARgbJzHmEc2A00AhiAnhhomYzaIgnhfbDQJ2cM4rhMmRl2CnDysvugxKx41aTcMcav4WGNmZrDL15BKsnwy1cZpC54qcbXk5A8Q5DBlBJG_4XxXoKr-2-M4iPl8wpi1rWsOJCZgrg183TVqYiVZjcya6VVhGW4pqxxKA/s320/IMG_5001.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They went and caught crawdads and saw all the animals at Grandma Delio and Papa Barr's house and even got to go for a ride in the Razor. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9B89puq2l6vD2djLXIN9Ir_Kz2q7DLFJNoY_2kA2ybkE75IL_bqbMfQWHDqyd71vKoLCSTzqKoUecWHBq7XPmkXk_gZu3uCOERRz6dp1oJ-yAfHNJqeO7M4VwL1k0a96ZSIFf85_SxQyYji_ucquoFqJ0FMs2o78iVOdzK-VSwidftMZXt9YMe501iWts/s4032/IMG_5003.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9B89puq2l6vD2djLXIN9Ir_Kz2q7DLFJNoY_2kA2ybkE75IL_bqbMfQWHDqyd71vKoLCSTzqKoUecWHBq7XPmkXk_gZu3uCOERRz6dp1oJ-yAfHNJqeO7M4VwL1k0a96ZSIFf85_SxQyYji_ucquoFqJ0FMs2o78iVOdzK-VSwidftMZXt9YMe501iWts/s320/IMG_5003.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza and Jude had fun playing with snakes all day. Those two are cut out of the same mold. One night Jude was sitting next to Eliza in the car and I heard her say, "Jude if you don't stop I'm going to punch you in the face!" To which Tanner quietly said to me, "he'll just punch her right back." But they got along so well. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhV-qy3MvxFb1X0KE1CXFjEjEAJEdlXNuloS4vJxyljYAFhaK80gMc15tSNv2HOyS9WZfS0zdi9C_LORWVXTwMwMeLOPCocFl7wrYDyZnaZeDQN-ifEmTSLO9JpqYNQYE4nz_iKbrRjsEDIKtVugfWv8rL6NN5YXaB3O7Voe1_nyTN6YFsEGTHIq2NaMO/s4032/IMG_5004.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhV-qy3MvxFb1X0KE1CXFjEjEAJEdlXNuloS4vJxyljYAFhaK80gMc15tSNv2HOyS9WZfS0zdi9C_LORWVXTwMwMeLOPCocFl7wrYDyZnaZeDQN-ifEmTSLO9JpqYNQYE4nz_iKbrRjsEDIKtVugfWv8rL6NN5YXaB3O7Voe1_nyTN6YFsEGTHIq2NaMO/s320/IMG_5004.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had some really rough nights with Asa where I could just tell that he wasn't feeling good. Tiffany reminded me so much of my mom, coming in asking how she could help. And then Vivi was feeling sick again. Chet started throwing up and then Thanksgiving day I started feeling sick. I ate our big meal and almost immediately regretted it. I was sick all night long, haven't been sick like that for a long time. I was feeling better the next day but then Mariah was sick. So yeah...we were the Typhoid Maries of the trip. So sorry Barrs. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FRAlriLbOmFAGmweGRLJlrIDHYbWhy5-jWg2PEID7-fge_m3-gDWba006QkH8I55x7xV_duAxlc9J0_VnNVkyJgczoG4YVaDoHiIIpSvSE8bKYUrV5W1omxbSRfGw4Pum88OMPxoGVRDaIV4K8kLDs6vrEG6ug9io7v6m-ZJx75bVeifqrT5v6B16M8z/s4032/IMG_5007.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FRAlriLbOmFAGmweGRLJlrIDHYbWhy5-jWg2PEID7-fge_m3-gDWba006QkH8I55x7xV_duAxlc9J0_VnNVkyJgczoG4YVaDoHiIIpSvSE8bKYUrV5W1omxbSRfGw4Pum88OMPxoGVRDaIV4K8kLDs6vrEG6ug9io7v6m-ZJx75bVeifqrT5v6B16M8z/s320/IMG_5007.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look at these two together! Irie is the cutest thing! She is especially good at hissing, which makes sense with her brother's snake obsession. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBZk-fBdA5IQmc_AVFyZxpPQUiQszxae5TlSFVg-fyZtclecqNu51_O2rYdI5aROjqSBfrdciPNwr3wqT474UiosZEp12N7OMoqtF-RXRCJt_pP6rtINc-JcfpI_tCAfsrL9DGZ-dX50oBVyNHCYN45qiv65HUFFXxh6o8c5CV5lVefqBsaltxcj5kn1i/s4032/IMG_3869.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBZk-fBdA5IQmc_AVFyZxpPQUiQszxae5TlSFVg-fyZtclecqNu51_O2rYdI5aROjqSBfrdciPNwr3wqT474UiosZEp12N7OMoqtF-RXRCJt_pP6rtINc-JcfpI_tCAfsrL9DGZ-dX50oBVyNHCYN45qiv65HUFFXxh6o8c5CV5lVefqBsaltxcj5kn1i/s320/IMG_3869.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the only picture of Tiff and I. I just love this girl so much. She never made me feel bad about bringing sickness into her house. She's a good one. Tanner got to go on a scout day (or whatever hunters call that...) with Cameron. It was so good for him to get outside and talk about Bishop stuff with Cameron (they were called just weeks apart). </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTMtIcV292tItc1hJHgBqWi5nY76O6rPuxXE8uBRq25xxgcYib7mdI4aEmnrxjIN7gTlUIwXJG0NiQutK07oWWvn8kalPz2PsoJDUUbpl4QNieWFmwCiyV4zBChQgxQHuKPpCCV0qHl5lbmWNdZT9tpYcU2KGDlQ-FoWrglzp34FmfqH2MRMp93dGuaJT/s4032/IMG_3875.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTMtIcV292tItc1hJHgBqWi5nY76O6rPuxXE8uBRq25xxgcYib7mdI4aEmnrxjIN7gTlUIwXJG0NiQutK07oWWvn8kalPz2PsoJDUUbpl4QNieWFmwCiyV4zBChQgxQHuKPpCCV0qHl5lbmWNdZT9tpYcU2KGDlQ-FoWrglzp34FmfqH2MRMp93dGuaJT/s320/IMG_3875.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adele pointed out how much Benny and Vivi look alike. They pose the same too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We headed out early the next day. Mariah was still feeling pretty sick and Eliza started throwing up as well. Poor Mariah was covered in hives and looked miserable. Tanner got her some Benadryl and she spent most of her time sleeping. Asa did much better on the way home and I think it was probably because he was so exhausted from so many bad nights.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jsNPC6c3-DwLh_Ct_SvIktDC4WnxP4pyIYo8wye87WAYCjozb9H04oU25knKKrDEqV4PTHFD6Kr8dwKK6JgBbx6c6cI_g_ebgEYS9WRoelg8rptOUp0LGw4u0zrWhNY2zunZgXYTe82JModcfECU1mxHuGa22HQyBnS9lEnWTxuSiatFMn9j8zgrT-o0/s4032/IMG_5009.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jsNPC6c3-DwLh_Ct_SvIktDC4WnxP4pyIYo8wye87WAYCjozb9H04oU25knKKrDEqV4PTHFD6Kr8dwKK6JgBbx6c6cI_g_ebgEYS9WRoelg8rptOUp0LGw4u0zrWhNY2zunZgXYTe82JModcfECU1mxHuGa22HQyBnS9lEnWTxuSiatFMn9j8zgrT-o0/s320/IMG_5009.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The roads were snowy for the first hour of the drive and even worse the last three hours. We decided to head straight home because we didn't want to deal with sick kids in a hotel. But we were so grateful that we all got good sleep that night at home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although we had lots of sickness and some really miserable nights, I'm still so glad we went. Tiff and Cameron may think differently...but they were such great hosts and we're excited for the next time we go. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've still been dealing with sickness but hoping that we'll get it all out of the way before Christmas, because seriously, I think we've had every virus going around. </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-42602678600067515452023-11-12T13:59:00.000-08:002023-12-09T08:30:04.410-08:00October<p style="text-align: center;"> We started off the month with General Conference at Brittany and Baydon's house. Our kids have been begging to be able to go and stay the night at their new house and it finally happened. I drove down early on Saturday while Tanner took Mariah and Chet to their soccer games. I took the youngest four to Old Navy to shop for some clothes for family pictures that were coming up later that week. They were giving away balloons and we ended popping three of the four within the first ten minutes. But there weren't too many tears. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxu1GbMUHZ-J-RKSoXibJ-7aSJWaKWE90FEMnR6FBFvb62Db12-Au4TxdO7sar15Q_eeoWDXJyOoVVcnkN-MhEjkmawc0kOMHm_vaEd28iHqEuCXsSsNK_vmpMtFojFcSwxoiZ6vGyJrGt5eYJrEMkmKTbS5pWD4wnQX_-kTjm3h0shMHipYBS5XfNspJ/s4032/IMG_4731.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxu1GbMUHZ-J-RKSoXibJ-7aSJWaKWE90FEMnR6FBFvb62Db12-Au4TxdO7sar15Q_eeoWDXJyOoVVcnkN-MhEjkmawc0kOMHm_vaEd28iHqEuCXsSsNK_vmpMtFojFcSwxoiZ6vGyJrGt5eYJrEMkmKTbS5pWD4wnQX_-kTjm3h0shMHipYBS5XfNspJ/s320/IMG_4731.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner listens best when his "eyes are closed".</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJTP3yqhbCLfkmlx5XFZ4sd0I7VmkGPSl86rkFXafXhq3GSqXOnr8FaNbP_O7OXoPdC7rGq3gSSaNATbBnup2Zc6DS52EpcNFbXTJucW-nSF4j0rVqYal-GGMqS00RYUXokMdEfCoAEQ8WAsk1YVSDAsqF9NF5ev044BAPCLmF1ydsJZQh83Yz8siU4g0/s4032/IMG_4732.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJTP3yqhbCLfkmlx5XFZ4sd0I7VmkGPSl86rkFXafXhq3GSqXOnr8FaNbP_O7OXoPdC7rGq3gSSaNATbBnup2Zc6DS52EpcNFbXTJucW-nSF4j0rVqYal-GGMqS00RYUXokMdEfCoAEQ8WAsk1YVSDAsqF9NF5ev044BAPCLmF1ydsJZQh83Yz8siU4g0/s320/IMG_4732.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza and Jack spent a lot of time running throughout the house and screaming at the top of their lungs thinking Uncle Baydon was going to get them. He played along for the first ten minutes and then the anticipation of him jumping out from any corner was enough to keep them on edge for at least another hour. Eliza lost her voice from all the screaming and shouting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We love time with family at General Conference and hearing the words of prophets and apostles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin found poison ivy at the cousin's house, he has a real knack for it. So we had to postpone family pictures to give his face time to recover. Uncle Baydon brought some medicine from his office and Tanner ended up giving Austin a steroid shot and I think that helped him recover a lot faster than he has in the past. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4YRBnbhjvVrXVI-zonXnkKbIB3TjAlZicCF_LT1IlAsAJqUtKejskh7kAl0nEkstTZUqzBq8POH3l6Sa0USfvoxTxrrMYTKrpMnykGRZ8ttWo6eYkJ0sQ3MO2lbNjoC5e5hR_QZ3jhbwp5t7IbDbY16ocbSSrCDAo2fRgdFUCEzN5GvnXchGABJTC15Y/s4032/IMG_4770.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4YRBnbhjvVrXVI-zonXnkKbIB3TjAlZicCF_LT1IlAsAJqUtKejskh7kAl0nEkstTZUqzBq8POH3l6Sa0USfvoxTxrrMYTKrpMnykGRZ8ttWo6eYkJ0sQ3MO2lbNjoC5e5hR_QZ3jhbwp5t7IbDbY16ocbSSrCDAo2fRgdFUCEzN5GvnXchGABJTC15Y/s320/IMG_4770.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivienne was "helping" Tanner with breakfast and found the red dye. It looked a little like a murder scene, but it washed surprisingly well out of her pajamas and the dish towel. Her hands had a nice red hue for a few days though. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDDoFBqHqS99-B2mZ93nEqSZKaALCQpKngXCQhfezWPZyZEXfrLcP0ld-sc6rcgeDdwtuQTODv8wBC8Uymr__B071R-0jKsbOhOWIBabSNnKPi4yf-fLS6sOm2dhjCy0_fiXBWLs8gQ6x8kzbkd_-kX7vLX3tBLvwtoJRMKRZ5Gw1lCTbAj-M77nLLZUd/s4032/IMG_4781.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDDoFBqHqS99-B2mZ93nEqSZKaALCQpKngXCQhfezWPZyZEXfrLcP0ld-sc6rcgeDdwtuQTODv8wBC8Uymr__B071R-0jKsbOhOWIBabSNnKPi4yf-fLS6sOm2dhjCy0_fiXBWLs8gQ6x8kzbkd_-kX7vLX3tBLvwtoJRMKRZ5Gw1lCTbAj-M77nLLZUd/s320/IMG_4781.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got to go to the Blank Park Zoo for a field trip. We took a picture of Eliza in this turtle shell three years ago so it was fun to recreate it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CdPWORX881WyoZaMmvRebkgFeFjqwv2s1IkVzIJnYtEyWSsxrYDQQXeY1t2xQjCpQETScCUoNrEEUW0rLqNnZrtJ-Ipr_DI_vTFkXVlOnekILhrdS9-eAqkAkZtSL5TFcXpQ2AJvKh20nkhM_KNCGS1p97aFxMCZIB63JCEsBTogPbvEwyH0ExdDcTyc/s4032/IMG_4789.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CdPWORX881WyoZaMmvRebkgFeFjqwv2s1IkVzIJnYtEyWSsxrYDQQXeY1t2xQjCpQETScCUoNrEEUW0rLqNnZrtJ-Ipr_DI_vTFkXVlOnekILhrdS9-eAqkAkZtSL5TFcXpQ2AJvKh20nkhM_KNCGS1p97aFxMCZIB63JCEsBTogPbvEwyH0ExdDcTyc/s320/IMG_4789.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We only lost Vivi one time, and she felt no distress being away from us...wish I could say the same. I guess I should just be grateful that she wasn't in an animal enclosure. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCC8vqjHD37IisU5ouL-tzzDpDGxqJsInuG0g0oatj8Yu9fKdX6G_pJTQ1G5rJiz5xfkqhEE6Hpjc_oGNGg52cHgWn0Xb_Z4TaRXT3FThEVqfsjKnWDj47aXQknMascO1MJX46jPK0SBwIpZu-e17796U_DB2x9gZ4LNSsaKKbMyhQPQANyx6nD9Ec9Z3j/s4032/IMG_4786.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCC8vqjHD37IisU5ouL-tzzDpDGxqJsInuG0g0oatj8Yu9fKdX6G_pJTQ1G5rJiz5xfkqhEE6Hpjc_oGNGg52cHgWn0Xb_Z4TaRXT3FThEVqfsjKnWDj47aXQknMascO1MJX46jPK0SBwIpZu-e17796U_DB2x9gZ4LNSsaKKbMyhQPQANyx6nD9Ec9Z3j/s320/IMG_4786.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asa was an angel baby and slept most of the time. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1eBJi0cLB66uwHI_PABPmbHAoYNNVXooA5Ts2GWfqDLm5y2_fwJkUomxHh0vRiwkwfX-nEjAClmVkZYoBJXp9mFtCE3qg9iWwZDXFFIRwqLrL5ggWxaD03KiwKLWuTXg1WUGY1XA4PKGPZaAbNP-9L0tWRKWe0VQKmQDNMOl-EM67W2CaQoQX3ejTUl7/s4032/IMG_4783.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1eBJi0cLB66uwHI_PABPmbHAoYNNVXooA5Ts2GWfqDLm5y2_fwJkUomxHh0vRiwkwfX-nEjAClmVkZYoBJXp9mFtCE3qg9iWwZDXFFIRwqLrL5ggWxaD03KiwKLWuTXg1WUGY1XA4PKGPZaAbNP-9L0tWRKWe0VQKmQDNMOl-EM67W2CaQoQX3ejTUl7/s320/IMG_4783.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided that our favorite animals were the giraffes. But I must say the rhinos were a close second for me. When we very first got to the zoo the seal tank was empty and they were cleaning it, and the Australia exhibit was closed, but when we circled back around, the seals were back in their tank and we were able to see the wallabies and kookaburras. It's a small zoo, but it is just the right size for me to go by myself with six kids. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAieVxLxivB5rQIrEgTsFp5T-R6qT5jz3VmyUg9bWRfkovdOpeCZJDn4dhvQnwRuM6aaDDtOvme_HE7oRyCGwuDjKS_O0WXe88EcvVAZYY7i2MeHmm_lRejvwpTMvpQoD4Khx7T2nwfKbopnpVQA4MqPK6LCPtz8nzL4_zo64xiLZCI2sxljJce-mxJiG/s4032/IMG_4797.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAieVxLxivB5rQIrEgTsFp5T-R6qT5jz3VmyUg9bWRfkovdOpeCZJDn4dhvQnwRuM6aaDDtOvme_HE7oRyCGwuDjKS_O0WXe88EcvVAZYY7i2MeHmm_lRejvwpTMvpQoD4Khx7T2nwfKbopnpVQA4MqPK6LCPtz8nzL4_zo64xiLZCI2sxljJce-mxJiG/s320/IMG_4797.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a few watermelons in our garden this year but they weren't very big. Tanner decided that he would save them and carve them for October, and I scoffed at his idea, thinking it wouldn't really work. This is what I came home to one afternoon. The watermelon jack-o-lantern is sticking its tongue out at me...I was proven wrong. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0BdjIGJBEcIIHvCaj6xd1ElAgQXnEs2flvAvQIS6t_o0I3RElCe9ESTQqvtUjXtosuGoKwCDZaTyBQ0IunFqP1tH5RuEzp_St5faOVhIP3pzU_NXRYp3CVcw4w1Oy4Yz8M5435DeI_LfjrUUvrOli3DyKbHdRfywp1RXWDRCNCWwryUWnSAK7xXnn-La/s4032/IMG_4801.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0BdjIGJBEcIIHvCaj6xd1ElAgQXnEs2flvAvQIS6t_o0I3RElCe9ESTQqvtUjXtosuGoKwCDZaTyBQ0IunFqP1tH5RuEzp_St5faOVhIP3pzU_NXRYp3CVcw4w1Oy4Yz8M5435DeI_LfjrUUvrOli3DyKbHdRfywp1RXWDRCNCWwryUWnSAK7xXnn-La/s320/IMG_4801.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shera came to visit! She made a traditional Chilean tea for us and taught us a little bit about her mission. She also shared some Chilean candy with us; it was delicious! The kids really loved the Chilean dessert she made, they were like little donuts. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCt_REBWTpxT3JuL6l906n0bLpXLM1ag7kkPsKEQ2GeVrDdgmRcs3dOGdCDHEtEjQp33lmQvePnfDXdpZ4Si0mfGY0yovf7Dz4m0I38BFSx5uqhtRd6QKsecws4SsY3SajIp2L0H73TpB80ldSFRx3P4jE1ocyPjc398xOoxPZIY30dIGbJc97zA76FKC/s4032/IMG_4804.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCt_REBWTpxT3JuL6l906n0bLpXLM1ag7kkPsKEQ2GeVrDdgmRcs3dOGdCDHEtEjQp33lmQvePnfDXdpZ4Si0mfGY0yovf7Dz4m0I38BFSx5uqhtRd6QKsecws4SsY3SajIp2L0H73TpB80ldSFRx3P4jE1ocyPjc398xOoxPZIY30dIGbJc97zA76FKC/s320/IMG_4804.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shera is such a delight to be around. She always sees the good in others and loves with her whole heart. We were so happy to get to spend some time with her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0Ikmu7cMWCpE-vf4ZO2YpBi6bcHiHgfWQJ97-iG6E0OCcZVYt2Wrp6rniASIoHcnEiNkTINHtl7OpDqH_ruPkpz8elgO_jdc6n0lwJP3mUT6BYCjVhrH7cx2V1g5ESmStK-yhuwXdjn8IuhkWQdu-JOEW8WrOxzZPyNEr5wwTDeggtLVRQLC4_jc25CS/s1985/IMG_4934.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0Ikmu7cMWCpE-vf4ZO2YpBi6bcHiHgfWQJ97-iG6E0OCcZVYt2Wrp6rniASIoHcnEiNkTINHtl7OpDqH_ruPkpz8elgO_jdc6n0lwJP3mUT6BYCjVhrH7cx2V1g5ESmStK-yhuwXdjn8IuhkWQdu-JOEW8WrOxzZPyNEr5wwTDeggtLVRQLC4_jc25CS/s320/IMG_4934.PNG" width="181" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I came in to Vivi dancing while Shera sang and played the guitar. My kids are so lucky to have older cousins to look up to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFQg9mBD90i-UtA6UIHhyphenhyphenhlpV8Vj9xrHgaIz95TR30LnNSf3QL8Sb1Z1qgClfYgfU6CwaLt2yiCzP1IQZ7G23QdA7wQeCmzvNIwT3sZNbO8ckn3Hfl4BrJZhddB_BNboioCiCKswVoeGjpnAyWZqVLH62onFcGPC4euOTBkPUb0nOrGp8PMUWHBtyjWZm/s4032/IMG_4808.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFQg9mBD90i-UtA6UIHhyphenhyphenhlpV8Vj9xrHgaIz95TR30LnNSf3QL8Sb1Z1qgClfYgfU6CwaLt2yiCzP1IQZ7G23QdA7wQeCmzvNIwT3sZNbO8ckn3Hfl4BrJZhddB_BNboioCiCKswVoeGjpnAyWZqVLH62onFcGPC4euOTBkPUb0nOrGp8PMUWHBtyjWZm/s320/IMG_4808.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we were leaving Costco we saw a man with a little parrot on his shoulder; of course I couldn't walk by without saying anything and he put him on Shera's shoulder. He said he takes him everywhere and the bird will fly around some but always come back to him. It was so cute and full of joy, just like Shera!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55LFXoZBDjdiMpXRXlxOdwl5Rto2oVGx9bIdmSbeyK5ZP0e2uPZbgZMsNpP1XJ13_CvdVb-ExeieH1JiR_iT1ILaLcukKse6nKxC577WdUGXrvMbiG0HXwgnhhyphenhyphenPefxHeUKKdNJ4_KX3c5uUizS7b-IHJY5nRHgzV29T8cADfDYvmpfWme4Fdao_aJs7R/s4032/IMG_4806.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55LFXoZBDjdiMpXRXlxOdwl5Rto2oVGx9bIdmSbeyK5ZP0e2uPZbgZMsNpP1XJ13_CvdVb-ExeieH1JiR_iT1ILaLcukKse6nKxC577WdUGXrvMbiG0HXwgnhhyphenhyphenPefxHeUKKdNJ4_KX3c5uUizS7b-IHJY5nRHgzV29T8cADfDYvmpfWme4Fdao_aJs7R/s320/IMG_4806.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I came out one morning to Austin sitting next to Josie like this, it made me laugh. That dog is spoiled. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg4ISoUN88JMkUFNB3dDtN1vvZO2CyjU7h9VZdm75jJKz-ZqJBYRb3y-TibnTSiXRyhqD6fz22FM3n-ioA5ptyApjna7aPdDBXpUiFHYosXf6TGbnrYO8JfcPjf1277z09i1YtjP1-IOJgT4hYpq6IUb-HkRtuC020LYuQXm007hyxDqbRLf0IbYK7Ggp/s4032/IMG_4827.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg4ISoUN88JMkUFNB3dDtN1vvZO2CyjU7h9VZdm75jJKz-ZqJBYRb3y-TibnTSiXRyhqD6fz22FM3n-ioA5ptyApjna7aPdDBXpUiFHYosXf6TGbnrYO8JfcPjf1277z09i1YtjP1-IOJgT4hYpq6IUb-HkRtuC020LYuQXm007hyxDqbRLf0IbYK7Ggp/s320/IMG_4827.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes Vivi can be nice to Josie, she was snuggled up to her whispering in her ear about what they could see outside. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3cAQBbdR1e2iVdc0UNmWEuOwOXIiNWDMWYmLuJt5DpqA8T31JMyOGeGGpEyVOtOS8c3bCvfE8Ehy5fX4kmYtEqSDfDM9SVwKucIWxDiZzVn4XwInKZu_DVxHvd_41zxuGeY5N9yOrYxCDYB_6h0Bd_zTkNZmm4eNJnu8XuOW_D4aAGEhrzGUakvMr_Kw/s4032/IMG_4832.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3cAQBbdR1e2iVdc0UNmWEuOwOXIiNWDMWYmLuJt5DpqA8T31JMyOGeGGpEyVOtOS8c3bCvfE8Ehy5fX4kmYtEqSDfDM9SVwKucIWxDiZzVn4XwInKZu_DVxHvd_41zxuGeY5N9yOrYxCDYB_6h0Bd_zTkNZmm4eNJnu8XuOW_D4aAGEhrzGUakvMr_Kw/s320/IMG_4832.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to Autumn Acres with some of our homeschool friends and even though it was really windy, the kids had a blast. I enjoyed visiting with friends while the kids ran around. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapwnRokWiEU7KC_p4UPPB-4Vo2b6Az8rYYtJBgg-wpXqRRZ__K8Tj47BU8NPgBnoSEl-HSQSONjGHoqyUlNVc30eM_fQzZAQBqpd97RduHq75VvbontEMsZwsu3dGrFXQyyyU2ZKIxaIi5hBJmPH89bMmkL6P9lBVNgr9M1UkkDyoyZqIBxjFn55VDGxv/s4032/IMG_4835.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapwnRokWiEU7KC_p4UPPB-4Vo2b6Az8rYYtJBgg-wpXqRRZ__K8Tj47BU8NPgBnoSEl-HSQSONjGHoqyUlNVc30eM_fQzZAQBqpd97RduHq75VvbontEMsZwsu3dGrFXQyyyU2ZKIxaIi5hBJmPH89bMmkL6P9lBVNgr9M1UkkDyoyZqIBxjFn55VDGxv/s320/IMG_4835.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS07hlbEZZODDdoq9BDyuRDsVg552U-1IOtur6tcEiJRhWQuVpcKc6aU68ydXB_X-97Pnc0605Bf_BuLlNc4cNEQXHg4Q2MVtnRljzZ8Mqs8QIW4QMTSeMbvqT75ltuAq_1lhDOfFhuI-fNT7ZiT8loMM03oM-um4q1ovHWkNu_9RbQVcHlnP7tJIkDl0o/s4032/IMG_4836.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS07hlbEZZODDdoq9BDyuRDsVg552U-1IOtur6tcEiJRhWQuVpcKc6aU68ydXB_X-97Pnc0605Bf_BuLlNc4cNEQXHg4Q2MVtnRljzZ8Mqs8QIW4QMTSeMbvqT75ltuAq_1lhDOfFhuI-fNT7ZiT8loMM03oM-um4q1ovHWkNu_9RbQVcHlnP7tJIkDl0o/s320/IMG_4836.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The big kids spent most of their time in the corn, which is usually for the toddlers, but they stacked tire tubes on each other and then tried to fill them up with corn. I had to intervene a little when it started to escalate into a wrestle match...boys. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6k9jBM3fWjthfYpgAi90PA6JnnVAohYuChJVoSP8r2ridzCi-e1TOE4YJ4BdXQwwiUS3vDd2xOtL3GWRz4T-RBKG3pdAfNA166Lbq6Pj6X43CbAm9K6AJesN6IaR3XenFx1nOpCoU5CJUzqv66o6Uqi69bGXo9KDNhWuCcAj59DYOB9qtru7oZT45X3h/s4032/IMG_4848.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6k9jBM3fWjthfYpgAi90PA6JnnVAohYuChJVoSP8r2ridzCi-e1TOE4YJ4BdXQwwiUS3vDd2xOtL3GWRz4T-RBKG3pdAfNA166Lbq6Pj6X43CbAm9K6AJesN6IaR3XenFx1nOpCoU5CJUzqv66o6Uqi69bGXo9KDNhWuCcAj59DYOB9qtru7oZT45X3h/s320/IMG_4848.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got to have Aunt Natalie at the end of the month. We put her right to work helping with the pumpkin carving. The kids did most of their carving all by themselves and they were really pleased with their creations. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPypNGAbqRimo-bE1p5j2A9sL0hs5GyxuEkfo2allIV-wJ3c48zQAXawCu6vcgeorVAmK1Envft70EtffeA2K9Gl_4iVuDxj2zq84LzkLk75-qEYxfpkbM-roon_UBuc3LVj-m1s3E2Hcmc5QetRempO662nckmGNbOBAm1xS96P3ZYBaMzgg2NHE46f5/s4032/IMG_4851.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPypNGAbqRimo-bE1p5j2A9sL0hs5GyxuEkfo2allIV-wJ3c48zQAXawCu6vcgeorVAmK1Envft70EtffeA2K9Gl_4iVuDxj2zq84LzkLk75-qEYxfpkbM-roon_UBuc3LVj-m1s3E2Hcmc5QetRempO662nckmGNbOBAm1xS96P3ZYBaMzgg2NHE46f5/s320/IMG_4851.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet's haunted house and a "cat that looked like a chicken". </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VuMz7J2SGEXiPsdjvg2Vyl1jC8XpZgfAEbzqP8FjIqEkyP5PTPuZF2czIlg9a6iaczNEWhlISfNPvPhvW4egoweNlqxh8vIO2g7hNKAdmYATWX_ylO-Qw0e0yPEladWACJk70tMmiaMq87Pvd-7Xb7FGLQW2GuTwQsl19WOcIIK6EjlnOGGbvsT57bqD/s4032/IMG_4852.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VuMz7J2SGEXiPsdjvg2Vyl1jC8XpZgfAEbzqP8FjIqEkyP5PTPuZF2czIlg9a6iaczNEWhlISfNPvPhvW4egoweNlqxh8vIO2g7hNKAdmYATWX_ylO-Qw0e0yPEladWACJk70tMmiaMq87Pvd-7Xb7FGLQW2GuTwQsl19WOcIIK6EjlnOGGbvsT57bqD/s320/IMG_4852.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza knew exactly how she wanted hers. I love the cute little face. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhCiaV0dO0T6SDfUCSGrDANGJ1-4pZcKRBwdDiyeQs8F25Alul25A3cKrFySOVfiU13_liwhxXfwlXO9-kcgDwwYbh0NQkbM9XKnvuqW0O8veVXZt5apukWGkJorWuIu_nZBhFLK61d7NZMWt4CIobs_DmdDF7bayrKcZZo2u9_dP_7IpgCHeLvGxp4ji/s4032/IMG_4853.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhCiaV0dO0T6SDfUCSGrDANGJ1-4pZcKRBwdDiyeQs8F25Alul25A3cKrFySOVfiU13_liwhxXfwlXO9-kcgDwwYbh0NQkbM9XKnvuqW0O8veVXZt5apukWGkJorWuIu_nZBhFLK61d7NZMWt4CIobs_DmdDF7bayrKcZZo2u9_dP_7IpgCHeLvGxp4ji/s320/IMG_4853.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah is all about cute...never scary. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgn4mG72u6YVYtBPndrAsnEZTQahtAX2O7ZOdI0kO3ervMJy03wDXrdaJb7YriyyfQX9NOpp0hiNXwQLt1iB7VxRErZASQdpe10BaLRShQON2LkTdOUuRriINZ4CezFd6Hd4TuGfooltEBd33UEDdXYY4Qsx-6xqMsuWTvk2oBfZAir7LAt9I6Z9oAV_Z/s4032/IMG_4854.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgn4mG72u6YVYtBPndrAsnEZTQahtAX2O7ZOdI0kO3ervMJy03wDXrdaJb7YriyyfQX9NOpp0hiNXwQLt1iB7VxRErZASQdpe10BaLRShQON2LkTdOUuRriINZ4CezFd6Hd4TuGfooltEBd33UEDdXYY4Qsx-6xqMsuWTvk2oBfZAir7LAt9I6Z9oAV_Z/s320/IMG_4854.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin wanted a little bit of everything on his pumpkin. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYRVXOYvskXu8pOMwMzuX-DAYtT0HF89h10zbcYfIZOFHAn9EHXJynXGYl_QGz1wa100NL6mw1iFDZ8BYtx5JZEXHsOp4ujqLWL4DHW1xqpdoBcXTm4mbqmmnB_cHSYJ7kHxFpFFLhu0sqtJfrDc36tOGdMKSC7kRjCZrUuvj0xa9Qahp7Ph3s1mrnJi-/s4032/IMG_4855.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYRVXOYvskXu8pOMwMzuX-DAYtT0HF89h10zbcYfIZOFHAn9EHXJynXGYl_QGz1wa100NL6mw1iFDZ8BYtx5JZEXHsOp4ujqLWL4DHW1xqpdoBcXTm4mbqmmnB_cHSYJ7kHxFpFFLhu0sqtJfrDc36tOGdMKSC7kRjCZrUuvj0xa9Qahp7Ph3s1mrnJi-/s320/IMG_4855.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Vivi painted her pumpkin and only tried to stab her siblings pumpkins with knives a few times. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1P-mL5Jk1o6iDyFniJtlLuT3josP9zAFKuIDFHQlNoiziGio4R6eFvH35cFCO7C9JhFPyZo6dYpcMb8cb5EhXkQcwEctHNVrhd6IHyOmai8QM9nBUAAWhCxg3AENjDrpJ_XWJeQCct_113_t63_YMPi2WercZP_mabpUQYVYusv3ZsVAuiamJ0lRN7X4l/s2048/IMG_4869.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1P-mL5Jk1o6iDyFniJtlLuT3josP9zAFKuIDFHQlNoiziGio4R6eFvH35cFCO7C9JhFPyZo6dYpcMb8cb5EhXkQcwEctHNVrhd6IHyOmai8QM9nBUAAWhCxg3AENjDrpJ_XWJeQCct_113_t63_YMPi2WercZP_mabpUQYVYusv3ZsVAuiamJ0lRN7X4l/s320/IMG_4869.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our HSAP does a "Friday Fun Day" and we had our first one this fall. The kids made turnovers and were able to pick their own filling. Even though Vivi isn't a part of the HSAP, they still let her make a treat each time. Then the big kids went on a scavenger hunt, learned about leaves, and painted rocks. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEise_TmuQPnJfIWPWPvl53jmXbDOBnAWqGY8ernJ2hCIR8Yu1W_KHew3-u_jMZZPP8Sh6W_AX62CLwLOLDSCa77eI0YQGfkdj2uyQ_GFbglfaGYe39RBYVk2CSgk47e08kI9xNBCr3bQ0wba_PgvdcTTVqzXuT44N94QJ2JCJPJsH1UFtNK50NPkrGZ0K-4/s2048/IMG_4870.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEise_TmuQPnJfIWPWPvl53jmXbDOBnAWqGY8ernJ2hCIR8Yu1W_KHew3-u_jMZZPP8Sh6W_AX62CLwLOLDSCa77eI0YQGfkdj2uyQ_GFbglfaGYe39RBYVk2CSgk47e08kI9xNBCr3bQ0wba_PgvdcTTVqzXuT44N94QJ2JCJPJsH1UFtNK50NPkrGZ0K-4/s320/IMG_4870.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRp1GD41a7QMYhzZ0EFn64MGnekoKTA8e9QF5c9P4UuhcHvwL2LRu5sp5OZ0v9EyC0dw86nsa07q8nedQCkjrNIXlOF6-z5egmLzZWcrcDpaIwCWZJoiD_KaIHZlNRniHuVYvtCj3x2KwIhc6VyYg6ZwmJ6hOo-tnqYN_FT0RtalmiDw927H6FkOY2O-4/s2048/IMG_4871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRp1GD41a7QMYhzZ0EFn64MGnekoKTA8e9QF5c9P4UuhcHvwL2LRu5sp5OZ0v9EyC0dw86nsa07q8nedQCkjrNIXlOF6-z5egmLzZWcrcDpaIwCWZJoiD_KaIHZlNRniHuVYvtCj3x2KwIhc6VyYg6ZwmJ6hOo-tnqYN_FT0RtalmiDw927H6FkOY2O-4/s320/IMG_4871.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QZ6MUYYpzWUyg146A0TaFLWIksIYfjgutkhjz1uNEblbHxwdyaA7yp-22LHa1sB5m6d7BIWnFWgBly9kCLaVMOrOf4wrSAaJAvKwmoTAGVh3FuOe4IgwCc9QcS-AEzwExVGhjU80czV7epAVmm827qULNy3RZMBbWljhnI7YT7J_mr5FeasKjjeP03B7/s4032/IMG_4859.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QZ6MUYYpzWUyg146A0TaFLWIksIYfjgutkhjz1uNEblbHxwdyaA7yp-22LHa1sB5m6d7BIWnFWgBly9kCLaVMOrOf4wrSAaJAvKwmoTAGVh3FuOe4IgwCc9QcS-AEzwExVGhjU80czV7epAVmm827qULNy3RZMBbWljhnI7YT7J_mr5FeasKjjeP03B7/s320/IMG_4859.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had no desire to put any kind of effort into costumes this year. So when Chet jokingly said he wanted to be a banana for Halloween I went with it. Mariah decided a monkey would go great with Chet's banana. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb6Dp4_57bvAiRt15lWflIawEhwb2p2QV9NqXwDP-5QcUOeUiazjZnCJ-1FjuZxI2D7_rEukn5sIQhzwAreMDFj07MviS4CztItgpYad1iL_7V_sxX9sV0v3eouPVZefVPt3rOtovPmiF-W1Nn5xCFgtDtTcFq4wyfOx5pNI_caRCKNU2-AYHIPbaK6uK/s4032/IMG_4862.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb6Dp4_57bvAiRt15lWflIawEhwb2p2QV9NqXwDP-5QcUOeUiazjZnCJ-1FjuZxI2D7_rEukn5sIQhzwAreMDFj07MviS4CztItgpYad1iL_7V_sxX9sV0v3eouPVZefVPt3rOtovPmiF-W1Nn5xCFgtDtTcFq4wyfOx5pNI_caRCKNU2-AYHIPbaK6uK/s320/IMG_4862.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin wanted to be a magician and Eliza was excited to be his rabbit. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0sBwNXMtNpnx4EIvjnkEpf7jL7MyuoldCGsqCObBp92Nw4SGgzUO3-EpGOQZmK0-z_L0idlGGGCPjPmok6XsRGUW2tJoehjztkUBFjGxWRqgp4h2JsriqbEUf4Wrxr0FIoopTenyVvldwnPS3I_XIeSfBvUkK3F6-5EVPFY_Q0NKDuLlrz2rIbOg-Dxr6/s4032/IMG_4864.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0sBwNXMtNpnx4EIvjnkEpf7jL7MyuoldCGsqCObBp92Nw4SGgzUO3-EpGOQZmK0-z_L0idlGGGCPjPmok6XsRGUW2tJoehjztkUBFjGxWRqgp4h2JsriqbEUf4Wrxr0FIoopTenyVvldwnPS3I_XIeSfBvUkK3F6-5EVPFY_Q0NKDuLlrz2rIbOg-Dxr6/s320/IMG_4864.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi wanted to be a "pincess" until she saw Eliza's costume, and we had to order her a bunny costume as well. They were so adorable. And the suits were perfect for the cold weather. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqXYgxvJhFLoNR7DZrrn6p2EpPTOQXIdD0fT9UMh2cb1Ei2r9pDPU1LM5VWKfrCNS6Ox4Z2hCQ2otqJ9c76OkyoYsY7deUa2kcE5zHZcSzMi_lBbiLWNRpjR7w7dab0k3GuLx_Hbo_ZrjkSOrY8YbThRG9HyeXnMC1xc1z73hMby9IPDRgqeO6W_23YjE/s4032/IMG_4866.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqXYgxvJhFLoNR7DZrrn6p2EpPTOQXIdD0fT9UMh2cb1Ei2r9pDPU1LM5VWKfrCNS6Ox4Z2hCQ2otqJ9c76OkyoYsY7deUa2kcE5zHZcSzMi_lBbiLWNRpjR7w7dab0k3GuLx_Hbo_ZrjkSOrY8YbThRG9HyeXnMC1xc1z73hMby9IPDRgqeO6W_23YjE/s320/IMG_4866.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet and Natalie decided she should be an ant/aunt and Mariah made her antennas. It was so nice having Natalie there to help me with the ward trunk or treat. I don't think I would have been able to do it without her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day we had Stake Conference; Natalie left the same time as us to spend some time with Brittany's family. Our kids were excited to stay at the Newton's house again. Asa was amazing and slept the whole night. Vivi was basically living on candy from the trunk or treat Saturday morning, and had a few epic melt downs but we survived. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah was given the opportunity to speak in the Saturday morning session and she did so well. She wrote her own talk and brought such a sweet spirit with her message. We were so proud of her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went home Sunday night and Natalie and the cousins came up for Sunday dinner. Then we also got the cousins to come up and stay a few nights for Halloween. Tanner had been working really late nights and I did not want to take six kids trick or treating in the icy cold wind, so we were able to convince the kids to have a Halloween party instead of trick or treating. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtISkt1BmdWZUoyUPeW1xHhJBDeeEcAK0gpOL6lYZuI_vv650nKfUTPuI8hwOBPOL1jwiRxGhDRiVPV4DSYRB6aa6Lw3Yqo1fr_pYzi4bnRXwhQtUlqoCOtiHP1wslb8NhOnplLOKi72DBKKz0uusy3gJvq-Q6aE3zArZaGV5bngPNcXsZDsLrCTFAKN_/s4032/IMG_4876.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtISkt1BmdWZUoyUPeW1xHhJBDeeEcAK0gpOL6lYZuI_vv650nKfUTPuI8hwOBPOL1jwiRxGhDRiVPV4DSYRB6aa6Lw3Yqo1fr_pYzi4bnRXwhQtUlqoCOtiHP1wslb8NhOnplLOKi72DBKKz0uusy3gJvq-Q6aE3zArZaGV5bngPNcXsZDsLrCTFAKN_/s320/IMG_4876.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Natalie painted everyone's faces...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDLhfRpf-48i9rTHx6ed7fxjbG0RHj2VB7qAH3pT3i-FbWSvlQAiwa-YyDvBzXHVKIVNm_0u1JvL9xuk0Wa5GbZXeevXrfhiH1bZyFtBL8pPzQtanrigA5HOm-nyaA4bZ-WKpG4udgu2ul2OISQiexKzBh3Pw_D3atoZImEgLRFLWZA6jIzOpL8pzioR9/s4032/IMG_4875.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDLhfRpf-48i9rTHx6ed7fxjbG0RHj2VB7qAH3pT3i-FbWSvlQAiwa-YyDvBzXHVKIVNm_0u1JvL9xuk0Wa5GbZXeevXrfhiH1bZyFtBL8pPzQtanrigA5HOm-nyaA4bZ-WKpG4udgu2ul2OISQiexKzBh3Pw_D3atoZImEgLRFLWZA6jIzOpL8pzioR9/s320/IMG_4875.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had Jack-O-Lantern quesadillas with tomato soup for lunch...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AQ2wpvfmlIjmAvanK89t_TG30Y1Bi4Ro_3gzrhG94fNXW2u-ipUdFLyVWm4pKRpWgMGBxe2drKKdPnlJMTiQHm9GUfpuYyiYaAaqhjx-mdnLsdoISd43BqLIsNNw0PnckAoF7dbmgn55xAj356MuP0Fx2qadTMQVtaIHHFKn42TBFISOrZFNS4vgjEnf/s4032/IMG_0460.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AQ2wpvfmlIjmAvanK89t_TG30Y1Bi4Ro_3gzrhG94fNXW2u-ipUdFLyVWm4pKRpWgMGBxe2drKKdPnlJMTiQHm9GUfpuYyiYaAaqhjx-mdnLsdoISd43BqLIsNNw0PnckAoF7dbmgn55xAj356MuP0Fx2qadTMQVtaIHHFKn42TBFISOrZFNS4vgjEnf/s320/IMG_0460.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ended the night with monster mash (sloppy joes) and no one complained about staying inside on that cold, cold night. That night for scripture study we told family history stories and talked about how important it is to know who came before us and the choices they made to help us to be where we are today. I'm so glad Brittany and Natalie were there, they did most of the fun stuff that I never would have been able to do with a baby. They are some of the best! </div><br /><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-8834847437821006612023-11-05T15:46:00.000-08:002023-11-12T14:06:11.604-08:003 Months of Asa<p></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwFpiH8bNziREzZqVRwCqFri6oKT9qnLUzksyqCvT0hICWkPoMe7G5yIEUCFp8Lzvij2F-iqC_i-NRoMxIIiMSRIwsE1go4IABBjFnWqA8xz0spJ3oyLX_yQr-7X6NBVjm3UvoEFgpVVxPBYXqYhiAYqgAO6rkY_GTOtQhe0DrfTZpppczz0KFvSxJ79O/s4032/IMG_4825.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwFpiH8bNziREzZqVRwCqFri6oKT9qnLUzksyqCvT0hICWkPoMe7G5yIEUCFp8Lzvij2F-iqC_i-NRoMxIIiMSRIwsE1go4IABBjFnWqA8xz0spJ3oyLX_yQr-7X6NBVjm3UvoEFgpVVxPBYXqYhiAYqgAO6rkY_GTOtQhe0DrfTZpppczz0KFvSxJ79O/s320/IMG_4825.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> He's a big time drooler, the front of his clothes seem to always be soaked</li><li>We are loving all of the talking he does. He has a lot to say. </li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4jwFPJc-mRSlMQnx2pa6DPLgIIBX_IfJdyCXcgKUhrhyhElLsFKZWFMWA-KJ7GjKVmPfFY1Hq8MXgNo_2-E70af6A3wEcWUmK8Tp_i6LWgB10JikkCP3OHN8h6VrJ6sB6VVQVNQOYIm9iKfvpe72P6CjxUTZ0I9GwfBMk-vb6NM271Tu4B2pNUN7fx5B/s4032/IMG_9246.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4jwFPJc-mRSlMQnx2pa6DPLgIIBX_IfJdyCXcgKUhrhyhElLsFKZWFMWA-KJ7GjKVmPfFY1Hq8MXgNo_2-E70af6A3wEcWUmK8Tp_i6LWgB10JikkCP3OHN8h6VrJ6sB6VVQVNQOYIm9iKfvpe72P6CjxUTZ0I9GwfBMk-vb6NM271Tu4B2pNUN7fx5B/s320/IMG_9246.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This picture makes me so happy! </div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Still not a fan of his car seat, but I think he is getting a little better. His siblings do a good job of trying to keep him entertained in the car. </li><li>He has the most heartwarming smiles that are my favorite, except when I think I've finally gotten him to sleep only to look down and see him smiling up at me. Little stinker. </li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8t-odaZhTknFa7JlPpooxr7yDb73coR6K9PO2Btb_EK9BA593xzqGlb67c-wIDFjFXV09dziLlaNRBxjpY-nR7Zs2DdhAbCXsNDZS8wrp6b6mDsVMwCkMeaww_TP6mJwm3tspVqdoCplubfwB1ou4Dp0GH5Tvg9mr1nIaps6HKQDdF5CJMRnpzMzpfkP5/s4032/IMG_4776.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8t-odaZhTknFa7JlPpooxr7yDb73coR6K9PO2Btb_EK9BA593xzqGlb67c-wIDFjFXV09dziLlaNRBxjpY-nR7Zs2DdhAbCXsNDZS8wrp6b6mDsVMwCkMeaww_TP6mJwm3tspVqdoCplubfwB1ou4Dp0GH5Tvg9mr1nIaps6HKQDdF5CJMRnpzMzpfkP5/s320/IMG_4776.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIR-uVhUrQC6X7hS-D3wleBL99Ap5QfZI5F-Eq28ee2kY7AFDGjCaApuvsFEkyNoT39lMntGDK9TljxKGhLZCFCYZKGJ4r93d4uAtS3gwtBbsi-jSnCOKiBrXI54PYaoRe1lRj6ZY1_VrFWX1-0AZ9bt1Z1rYg8u0EyjPp3H1zk0wro4_GJWIvwzUXZcf1/s4032/IMG_4830.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIR-uVhUrQC6X7hS-D3wleBL99Ap5QfZI5F-Eq28ee2kY7AFDGjCaApuvsFEkyNoT39lMntGDK9TljxKGhLZCFCYZKGJ4r93d4uAtS3gwtBbsi-jSnCOKiBrXI54PYaoRe1lRj6ZY1_VrFWX1-0AZ9bt1Z1rYg8u0EyjPp3H1zk0wro4_GJWIvwzUXZcf1/s320/IMG_4830.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chet got this one and I think the angle is kind of fun...but yes, his siblings are always right in his face. </div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>He's laughed a couple times and it is just so delightful. He seems to only do it on Wednesday nights when Tanner has church meetings, maybe he knows I need the extra little boost. </li><li>He had his first cold at the beginning of the month and then we ended the month with another one. so the two of us haven't been getting very much sleep. </li><li>I'm still working on getting him to bed before 11, but he isn't convinced that is the best option. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHX0PkoG6tbJErPClC_1PK0NQ5F23UrD4aWAL1LkHE76Qb1iSfWIVlhszBL9XsyB4vjpgCVk1ujVCl-IrOrfD9D2fADRa_h4320W0xjAabCohdjAWJQr8PaOmj55F9l_nIksU5wUdDi9D2sRDdKIXgHEFv4jtzRR_YrDv9i5K6ZNp5IJuHwsDqXkL6yNDZ/s3088/IMG_4805.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHX0PkoG6tbJErPClC_1PK0NQ5F23UrD4aWAL1LkHE76Qb1iSfWIVlhszBL9XsyB4vjpgCVk1ujVCl-IrOrfD9D2fADRa_h4320W0xjAabCohdjAWJQr8PaOmj55F9l_nIksU5wUdDi9D2sRDdKIXgHEFv4jtzRR_YrDv9i5K6ZNp5IJuHwsDqXkL6yNDZ/s320/IMG_4805.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His favorite place to sleep is in my arms...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>He is starting to enjoy the carrier more and will sometimes take long naps in there so I can get some stuff done. </li><li>He loves sucking on his fist and tries really hard to shove it all the way in his mouth. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tZ58zp3urh77LW-Of7fGZOjpe2YU7Fl3jSNrh6qLtjDlDg3Qwk75KMG4CeJPBiF4HJBS9n2G4tnBW5B6nGE0Cx3kuqnYz6fVxVI57vPMHgFYN7VN_Kjigl1COaKQFeUEapbjRLh8RoAi3sCkuA16dtaDrOztsKILncaD0CltV58yFE61S8DcDFWqkrxA/s4032/IMG_4810.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tZ58zp3urh77LW-Of7fGZOjpe2YU7Fl3jSNrh6qLtjDlDg3Qwk75KMG4CeJPBiF4HJBS9n2G4tnBW5B6nGE0Cx3kuqnYz6fVxVI57vPMHgFYN7VN_Kjigl1COaKQFeUEapbjRLh8RoAi3sCkuA16dtaDrOztsKILncaD0CltV58yFE61S8DcDFWqkrxA/s320/IMG_4810.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>It is my favorite when my babies start to interact more with others. You start to see their personalities come out. We are so happy to have Asa in our family. We're tired but love this little boy so much. </div></div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-70589773729447490332023-10-06T14:06:00.003-07:002023-10-06T14:06:50.069-07:00Two Months<p style="text-align: center;">Asa is now two months old. </p><p style="text-align: center;">This last month was back to real life after a month of recovery. Asa gets hauled wherever we need to go. He is not a fan of his car seat, but he seems to be getting better as long as it's light out. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8S00sYmmTQyGqMa1RNS-d_4FeC2LkQBNlaM6tykHzjfbJCJsLJwTzCMnqKTX0mK6chPi-kX3jQKFATOu44RUkM_A4EqCJbFz4Z2QlFP9N0-yI_lnlhFkXNWmyxewBCMm2TQymzYgX1xyjoiT0hsrYgJjsRdCXUMI_qUBJOFH8KtMjHaWbOekhdXoFUQXU/s3088/IMG_4727.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8S00sYmmTQyGqMa1RNS-d_4FeC2LkQBNlaM6tykHzjfbJCJsLJwTzCMnqKTX0mK6chPi-kX3jQKFATOu44RUkM_A4EqCJbFz4Z2QlFP9N0-yI_lnlhFkXNWmyxewBCMm2TQymzYgX1xyjoiT0hsrYgJjsRdCXUMI_qUBJOFH8KtMjHaWbOekhdXoFUQXU/s320/IMG_4727.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">He got to cheer his siblings on in soccer and did pretty well for the most part. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRUHNde04pFEthhE26kVleVaF79IcOlR7KR7EKISvhAwfEnaJiDwwGW7cDueJ9jWhGTYO6IB0HOQQ289rZ7Q7uUC25_pxgClGSZMAvyJI7D08MGiaqQBAITaDIsGHzhsF9K2IKJPGICDqkAe6ARkaXfa70zLhvdwnFdWVVbKn643jrSemRAWn1GA12aQX/s4032/IMG_4633.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRUHNde04pFEthhE26kVleVaF79IcOlR7KR7EKISvhAwfEnaJiDwwGW7cDueJ9jWhGTYO6IB0HOQQ289rZ7Q7uUC25_pxgClGSZMAvyJI7D08MGiaqQBAITaDIsGHzhsF9K2IKJPGICDqkAe6ARkaXfa70zLhvdwnFdWVVbKn643jrSemRAWn1GA12aQX/s320/IMG_4633.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza is his biggest fan and asks to hold him all throughout the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG1MXaRHww_2rb_Kidd12h2qx4vXcF49ldGHsNvQp8w3mLMcovPydWa2fLFFBpZ4SzVfMcNOPNm6ZNNSfnHEwg_z0qGMjDQhbuCXYPQuoqS4PyQqw3VwDTcByjnYW_nNfYWdo8wiFN8rIuGtFGM_fAojgfmo3CFdFH9jt6TeecNmAQWg7HYcTgTvM7u-c/s4032/IMG_4693.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG1MXaRHww_2rb_Kidd12h2qx4vXcF49ldGHsNvQp8w3mLMcovPydWa2fLFFBpZ4SzVfMcNOPNm6ZNNSfnHEwg_z0qGMjDQhbuCXYPQuoqS4PyQqw3VwDTcByjnYW_nNfYWdo8wiFN8rIuGtFGM_fAojgfmo3CFdFH9jt6TeecNmAQWg7HYcTgTvM7u-c/s320/IMG_4693.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi still will plug his nose occasionally (she thinks it's hilarious) but she's learning to be soft. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrOm_jCgixR9R3ZO8JSYsVvNRbE5rxqlvS6MLx4vTgQ2Y-U0GkPSAupMkKapgekX4XfgCOFk8I1Q1uqgtpgmtJpuv-R6WlqMrtDyqrIdWrpnjQdoYsZ9RCswTQOC52OmgGs50XULtSwWwz7yFs_FAMmT2_ql7tPtSy-u_g8hNOeCeQHxIT9gunU0OTw8e/s4032/IMG_4729.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrOm_jCgixR9R3ZO8JSYsVvNRbE5rxqlvS6MLx4vTgQ2Y-U0GkPSAupMkKapgekX4XfgCOFk8I1Q1uqgtpgmtJpuv-R6WlqMrtDyqrIdWrpnjQdoYsZ9RCswTQOC52OmgGs50XULtSwWwz7yFs_FAMmT2_ql7tPtSy-u_g8hNOeCeQHxIT9gunU0OTw8e/s320/IMG_4729.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He seems to have some tummy issues that make him fussy, but I think he's getting better...or at least I hope he is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJIJR6h2QuN_MUYFrsN5s57_3cs85c19N76EeLSPE01EIg_rYvg8OjcUSYDNg7DQoTL7lmJDysaaWwHSvXUVXquO3Pg1cX2LtbV8wR2LjPMSTWFJtyzmU5vHhGW8XkJ2mIjIcg7mMwc8xUjupnsjX2BqrYxYKc7eFlut-fk_pxuiXWyAtlROsTzS7XecA/s4032/IMG_4635.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJIJR6h2QuN_MUYFrsN5s57_3cs85c19N76EeLSPE01EIg_rYvg8OjcUSYDNg7DQoTL7lmJDysaaWwHSvXUVXquO3Pg1cX2LtbV8wR2LjPMSTWFJtyzmU5vHhGW8XkJ2mIjIcg7mMwc8xUjupnsjX2BqrYxYKc7eFlut-fk_pxuiXWyAtlROsTzS7XecA/s320/IMG_4635.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We try all kinds of positions at night to help him calm down...this worked that night.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37I6WwQaDILOe0ZI3WnQO-6WUxjSu52u4PjwlHgv0nnWsyjAIGkFqc2eHJspN6Ir_FtdL9g4JqflIEq55Y3HJbymvsM-jJBA8zygXpbFn08511cAAcQVRMaIq7-q1Zq8miV704Xjq0BK1t5iVCrU4iPGR-ONr4F35nFXY09VnsumW-oIUVn2VFOozcKZF/s4032/IMG_4636.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37I6WwQaDILOe0ZI3WnQO-6WUxjSu52u4PjwlHgv0nnWsyjAIGkFqc2eHJspN6Ir_FtdL9g4JqflIEq55Y3HJbymvsM-jJBA8zygXpbFn08511cAAcQVRMaIq7-q1Zq8miV704Xjq0BK1t5iVCrU4iPGR-ONr4F35nFXY09VnsumW-oIUVn2VFOozcKZF/s320/IMG_4636.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He usually will only take good naps in the swing or in our arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">He isn't a huge fan of the wrap but if I can get him to fall asleep then he will take a good nap in it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIn06ew4k8Y3r3acfg10_ox78DVKIWmI3eteZfXQWXCTfmdAfScdQsG73hzZBqUC1ilX74kfOtXWeVW6382X-I_9M6F0WpYfnsUovuLNcJRel6Ncx_PPWIbPyRvI_ucYwJczs3UA5HBeISR-5X7Oe6OJtgIpGcM-wrU0USr_WfIb3d5yRnmkyXaVIs0lc/s4032/IMG_4674.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIn06ew4k8Y3r3acfg10_ox78DVKIWmI3eteZfXQWXCTfmdAfScdQsG73hzZBqUC1ilX74kfOtXWeVW6382X-I_9M6F0WpYfnsUovuLNcJRel6Ncx_PPWIbPyRvI_ucYwJczs3UA5HBeISR-5X7Oe6OJtgIpGcM-wrU0USr_WfIb3d5yRnmkyXaVIs0lc/s320/IMG_4674.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He has had really bad cradle cap but it has gotten better. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's still staying up late most nights but usually gives me a four or five hour stretch of sleep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He has decided that a bottle is not a good substitute for his mom, so that's a bummer. And he hates the binkie...even the $15 one I bought out of desperation. Getting him to go to sleep requires lots of bouncing and pacing the room...he makes us work for it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3wL6C2LhCCvRhxqsd4-kGmvk9cA2h5qSWBt7Pe7iNnOlmN3E8ce80T9kI3SIG9cE9dsfGg4hRjF3CniVc6Ce-kpOOZkGtiR1ycMROfmAt5gpAz-cwmw9dPn5J0jnbMjvtJZvWK1YDxhzmo-c1aY5UeSbnSI90YHnY1dqOiPnGV4SximHt9bg_rBIEnv3/s4032/IMG_4700.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3wL6C2LhCCvRhxqsd4-kGmvk9cA2h5qSWBt7Pe7iNnOlmN3E8ce80T9kI3SIG9cE9dsfGg4hRjF3CniVc6Ce-kpOOZkGtiR1ycMROfmAt5gpAz-cwmw9dPn5J0jnbMjvtJZvWK1YDxhzmo-c1aY5UeSbnSI90YHnY1dqOiPnGV4SximHt9bg_rBIEnv3/s320/IMG_4700.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vT5ad_o5dMsza2ZLFY8Vnjcqj5eR_2KIrwahLiz1GiNijG_69GSbq1M7XRlMJrI_a2qb-UDsOxGkMkzCt_MaY3QsZbyLsQzLEJgd8jtbckKJEp0l9-PvUH_oTnKgMZ05zUmYgK9Nvxlrx63H_YuzCcXyUQcZNgZbswVM6pjZEEbUz6pdsj6oTki7KPPa/s4032/IMG_4699.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vT5ad_o5dMsza2ZLFY8Vnjcqj5eR_2KIrwahLiz1GiNijG_69GSbq1M7XRlMJrI_a2qb-UDsOxGkMkzCt_MaY3QsZbyLsQzLEJgd8jtbckKJEp0l9-PvUH_oTnKgMZ05zUmYgK9Nvxlrx63H_YuzCcXyUQcZNgZbswVM6pjZEEbUz6pdsj6oTki7KPPa/s320/IMG_4699.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Though he is high maintenance, we love this little boy so very much. He brings us so much joy. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRlvXqnwbHi0aoyeocHpAs68KBd-Pn-sbUl6HpcC_vAuxC6-miTqdIsI_aVImxdwa5Cm1UC9En-v1hMyEy4pL-elL2D81-QgGDKTrX7uGmoVaczvAnrnbMv62dj9W1QHVoyspNoc1GyUF-RV8syCMu7b4qUPUtJ-H4zAvR3N2sn3HW1aMQ3tEEejRifoD/s4032/IMG_4704.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRlvXqnwbHi0aoyeocHpAs68KBd-Pn-sbUl6HpcC_vAuxC6-miTqdIsI_aVImxdwa5Cm1UC9En-v1hMyEy4pL-elL2D81-QgGDKTrX7uGmoVaczvAnrnbMv62dj9W1QHVoyspNoc1GyUF-RV8syCMu7b4qUPUtJ-H4zAvR3N2sn3HW1aMQ3tEEejRifoD/s320/IMG_4704.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-86501202320537419432023-10-05T12:13:00.002-07:002023-10-05T12:13:40.015-07:00Chet turns 10<p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IcynWmiAoFC1WbWjiMllYxWBcKnomTDYwbcLGY0oRjwYEpTZEXmaBLLIPF3m8nD-z9FJ89RQDaN4fC7EAJC3v4mEqZNJMa9r36G0Og6ll3AcEWEXWEi3D8ZRDEElRxZVRDkYWv7tCdAlV8ft7jIWreWXqhSrJwjS-Ol2LHZdlSxnVHuMHCLhzVklLu0K/s2049/IMG_7784.JPG" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IcynWmiAoFC1WbWjiMllYxWBcKnomTDYwbcLGY0oRjwYEpTZEXmaBLLIPF3m8nD-z9FJ89RQDaN4fC7EAJC3v4mEqZNJMa9r36G0Og6ll3AcEWEXWEi3D8ZRDEElRxZVRDkYWv7tCdAlV8ft7jIWreWXqhSrJwjS-Ol2LHZdlSxnVHuMHCLhzVklLu0K/s320/IMG_7784.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">Chet's in the double digits! This boy has changed so much this last year. First, the obligatory birthday interview:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. What do you like most about yourself right now? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Probably that I try my best to be fair. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">2. What do you think your future job will be?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">I have no idea. I would like to live on a ranch, but there's lots of hard things that come with that. A bunch of fun stuff and a bunch of hard stuff. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. What do you love to eat? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spaghetti and Hawaiian Haystacks (Chet has gotten pickier this last year. He used to eat anything and everything but now he's a little more particular...I blame COVID. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. How do you like to spend your time?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">I like to spend time outside as much as possible and if the weather isn't the nicest I will sometimes read or do origami. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. What are you good at?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel like I'm pretty good at soccer and basketball. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6. Who are your best friends and why do you like each other?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Probably my family. I like them because they usually support me in what I'm doing and they're just fun. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Who is someone you look up to? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My dad. I just like what he does and I feel like it's usually the best choice and I just feel like he tries to do his best. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. What makes you sad? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When people are unfair, that makes me upset. But what makes me sad is when people aren't being kind and when I haven't been kind. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9. What is your favorite outfit to wear?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Basketball shorts and t-shirts </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">10. What makes you really annoyed?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">When people aren't fair. (If you couldn't tell, Chet has a strong sense of justice...he's trying to learn to let things go for the sake of peace at times.)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. What makes you feel proud?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I fix stuff and when I make a good choice. (Chet loves fixing things around the house. He'll work hard for hours if it's something he wants to do. But often emptying the dishes or cleaning the living room seems like the hardest thing he's ever done...but he is getting better.)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. What makes you happy?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being outside and playing sports. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. Which of your nicknames do you like the most?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chetter</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you lately?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Probably during soccer when I played really well on defense and in the goal.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. What do you do when you feel sad?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes I go into my room and take a break or I go outside. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">16. What's your favorite thing to do with Mom? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Talk with you and listen to stories that you tell. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">17. What's your favorite thing to do with Dad? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Talk with him and play games and sports with him. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">18. What's your favorite thing to do with Mariah?</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Have her read with me or play sports with her. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">19. What's your favorite thing to do with Austin? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Origami and play sports with him. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QhDnBUWfypeDUKB7Wkw6y8b0-f6mzXzX1u7JRTB2Lak7g0i8-16wQMaZLB12ykCPMQm8gGsUUnRNJVeQeEwEqScesBm_KOieVVl-Lsoum6LRJyEU54kr0oesn2ldNMNoQudoz_6JdnwBEOaMsXVzs7LsQcC9y37wE6FBE19gc5cwSQFxphbcd7nqzzvd/s4032/IMG_4600.HEIC" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QhDnBUWfypeDUKB7Wkw6y8b0-f6mzXzX1u7JRTB2Lak7g0i8-16wQMaZLB12ykCPMQm8gGsUUnRNJVeQeEwEqScesBm_KOieVVl-Lsoum6LRJyEU54kr0oesn2ldNMNoQudoz_6JdnwBEOaMsXVzs7LsQcC9y37wE6FBE19gc5cwSQFxphbcd7nqzzvd/s320/IMG_4600.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These boys never let us forget about Mario Cart on Saturdays. Chet and Austin are almost always together. </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"> 20. What's your favorite thing to do with Eliza? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Listening to stuff she says because she says funny stuff without even trying to. And watching her play with Vivi. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6FIzyToMps-z4b1BG8Jp9KW0vJUVPMep6fD3o6gs6TqrMvBlfxFQIBR-zwi3izizMK9RBlCKNHkpylPBeWmIJ0v7YYY5JASmcKp4kKewq4ZcMftkLH7Y6Dp2KwndY8HwbfFCjRBnFsBQ_uUwBERmOJNF_XCQmCTWdpISc8FIa50kBNuH_1qIFJ1uiOvL/s4032/IMG_4192.HEIC" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6FIzyToMps-z4b1BG8Jp9KW0vJUVPMep6fD3o6gs6TqrMvBlfxFQIBR-zwi3izizMK9RBlCKNHkpylPBeWmIJ0v7YYY5JASmcKp4kKewq4ZcMftkLH7Y6Dp2KwndY8HwbfFCjRBnFsBQ_uUwBERmOJNF_XCQmCTWdpISc8FIa50kBNuH_1qIFJ1uiOvL/s320/IMG_4192.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">21. What's your favorite thing to do with Vivi? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">I just do stuff with her, whatever she wants. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCADaT609Nff6p_g00K8EFSuaJn_l5RFB-FSeU3vUgEodfgs-3qVPdzTwgiiJZA7ziexZ_4V0CFUSG9gtKq4XCYvuNNofpQmeYMIYgyecaIdXmT4TrEndmRN0k9AQBjfqtDDZf9eg8vgaDwS8Z8-_RWszDQgHPW0FaxAzr2kad7ufF65NhAkdf5wdx2Q-z/s4032/IMG_4764.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCADaT609Nff6p_g00K8EFSuaJn_l5RFB-FSeU3vUgEodfgs-3qVPdzTwgiiJZA7ziexZ_4V0CFUSG9gtKq4XCYvuNNofpQmeYMIYgyecaIdXmT4TrEndmRN0k9AQBjfqtDDZf9eg8vgaDwS8Z8-_RWszDQgHPW0FaxAzr2kad7ufF65NhAkdf5wdx2Q-z/s320/IMG_4764.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi was having a hard day and went into our room to cry. Chet followed her in and in no time she was giggling. She loves her big brother and it makes her day when he plays with her. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQphnfHlLdMqQ6rW3AycOfMTJI9mbHBAJzvSg5mmVgkudWVTEfLy5uRK48XGCYbR3qXsr0BHcrufmSzV0foM2xeS5W1uUCDsfVng-ehoICWTqtlqgvEE4WjRxGNc00KYTlDDww6BtCGptBPKTgt-L-H4sRjoCsVr2z7ooda7ugkZYXVFeVQQLGFaxLaT0n/s2049/IMG_0111.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQphnfHlLdMqQ6rW3AycOfMTJI9mbHBAJzvSg5mmVgkudWVTEfLy5uRK48XGCYbR3qXsr0BHcrufmSzV0foM2xeS5W1uUCDsfVng-ehoICWTqtlqgvEE4WjRxGNc00KYTlDDww6BtCGptBPKTgt-L-H4sRjoCsVr2z7ooda7ugkZYXVFeVQQLGFaxLaT0n/s320/IMG_0111.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet still loves to fish and is so good at helping his siblings. He is just as happy as they are when they catch a fish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Cofvqfhe_b1U1xJvsBQ79kE0qroQeD7BTzIF5YWeAYbBJK2VlOR0QNdjFN_AVXuMDUxl-XPUoIlOaIHkwAX2JBxZCxA-mgaGULh5a7M4qZGgXsBTjSoH1MDd6_JyR0DMTO2k75deQU6wU76qT0MLVaMANkKPUSKcPvS1yLJVIodg9mrk4dkhMqVZhLk/s2049/IMG_7791.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Cofvqfhe_b1U1xJvsBQ79kE0qroQeD7BTzIF5YWeAYbBJK2VlOR0QNdjFN_AVXuMDUxl-XPUoIlOaIHkwAX2JBxZCxA-mgaGULh5a7M4qZGgXsBTjSoH1MDd6_JyR0DMTO2k75deQU6wU76qT0MLVaMANkKPUSKcPvS1yLJVIodg9mrk4dkhMqVZhLk/s320/IMG_7791.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So grateful for Bethany getting these awesome pictures. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2VZAc8DyEWEzzuiW51JNXOEIT8nEUff1Hd69_cYm5xyQpqlCDJr7jFuq6OZouX0fHp2Qg6Mj-I1H5KcUuFhVQeMocON7-Bick3rXmCDqG1GUW7sxD-LhvgQbyt4a8XUiZLfy9LY7wZFyl6uY6Wq-3pO_Rw2QygM40IEOXZk7wQaQQDMjlmqtNSMxD93M/s4032/IMG_4316.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2VZAc8DyEWEzzuiW51JNXOEIT8nEUff1Hd69_cYm5xyQpqlCDJr7jFuq6OZouX0fHp2Qg6Mj-I1H5KcUuFhVQeMocON7-Bick3rXmCDqG1GUW7sxD-LhvgQbyt4a8XUiZLfy9LY7wZFyl6uY6Wq-3pO_Rw2QygM40IEOXZk7wQaQQDMjlmqtNSMxD93M/s320/IMG_4316.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet brings Josie into his bedroom every night to sleep with him and if she doesn't want to be on the bed, the boys join her on the floor. When I asked him how he could sleep with a stinky dog he said, "I can't breathe through my nose so I can't even tell that she's stinky." </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1JCsePitfZfzJO8S9lF1sA_4cnTdKFfx8E-iZUcnLq9pod9lS1GsHjbD_rMLuvaInkJJqxfCiw92S7rCubWPN0stkjj9mJHhacdoXLF5chiA2PCYs_keziMyKvx7C96bG1YxBiWWFVWCrY9L2MAbl2L0T0Ty1XGgm6HM_SrQZfYD3pIeH_PL_xh3iiQJ/s4032/IMG_4643.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1JCsePitfZfzJO8S9lF1sA_4cnTdKFfx8E-iZUcnLq9pod9lS1GsHjbD_rMLuvaInkJJqxfCiw92S7rCubWPN0stkjj9mJHhacdoXLF5chiA2PCYs_keziMyKvx7C96bG1YxBiWWFVWCrY9L2MAbl2L0T0Ty1XGgm6HM_SrQZfYD3pIeH_PL_xh3iiQJ/s320/IMG_4643.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is quite the jokester and loves to make people laugh. The other day he tried to do the "smolder" and I laughed at his attempt. Now he just randomly flashes the face to see me smile. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet is an amazing helper. He often comes to me when I'm making dinner and asks how he can help. He makes lunch and breakfast when I'm busy with Asa and he loves to organize things in the house. He was helping so much at his birthday party and when I told him that he didn't need to help and should go play with his friends he said, "I like the feeling of being in charge." Mariah quickly replied with, "I can tell." He has wanted to be in charge since he was a toddler. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EwlDmneXJN2KI4aHhLVtUnXklCrp1AgWw6aSWOWOiBaCga-96q4Ibv0q4OPteGSEUHN8bsrce1WyzWf4OjtiUZBke5aqQuW83tn84m8EgAJEWR56xGbsgwA_oQ3NIY9ykT1K7hKtPXlhjGQnTZVqFDb_rsC0pefBKVRnFDjmqudIugVe9bciy3NvLHtP/s4032/IMG_4681.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EwlDmneXJN2KI4aHhLVtUnXklCrp1AgWw6aSWOWOiBaCga-96q4Ibv0q4OPteGSEUHN8bsrce1WyzWf4OjtiUZBke5aqQuW83tn84m8EgAJEWR56xGbsgwA_oQ3NIY9ykT1K7hKtPXlhjGQnTZVqFDb_rsC0pefBKVRnFDjmqudIugVe9bciy3NvLHtP/s320/IMG_4681.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: center;">The night before Chet's actual birthday Asa didn't go to bed until almost midnight. Just as I was getting into bed I remembered that I hadn't decorated for Chet's birthday like I usually do but I was so exhausted that I just hoped he would be ok without the decorations. He was the first one up the next morning and sweetly told me that he didn't mind at all and had never been a fan of the gold tinsel curtain that I always put over the doorway of the birthday child. I had forgotten to get bacon for his birthday breakfast and so I asked him if he would be ok with donuts instead of pancakes and he was excited about that. Mariah and he made his lunch and he helped me with dinner as well. Which is just the way he likes it. </span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">It has been so neat to watch Chet grow and mature this past year. He has such a strong desire to do what's right and has been learning to apologize when he makes a mistake. I am so grateful to be his mother and can't wait to see him learn and grown for another year.</span></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-267691537716495242023-10-04T14:06:00.000-07:002023-10-04T14:06:01.208-07:00September<p style="text-align: center;"> September: the start of the school year, cooler weather (not as much as we would have liked), soccer and time with family. It was full, and at times chaotic, but there was so much good this month. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kKF3KJcwWJ5OCTdF8yL-94-GQPJfUPKW5zJGD2Dbo-5SQmPq8-8YffHbDibptNs_5O3TVTBuStZyXL0k5ZWhtbFzSY8zk_6b_ajpCdJDtgtA3quPxZEBsTpoccqMok3b9Y4UQpnR2tOwEIHQnmYDJScPOkNEdzGbisLGsIyuujClvwuEo0pU2aZBWUmi/s4032/IMG_4640.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kKF3KJcwWJ5OCTdF8yL-94-GQPJfUPKW5zJGD2Dbo-5SQmPq8-8YffHbDibptNs_5O3TVTBuStZyXL0k5ZWhtbFzSY8zk_6b_ajpCdJDtgtA3quPxZEBsTpoccqMok3b9Y4UQpnR2tOwEIHQnmYDJScPOkNEdzGbisLGsIyuujClvwuEo0pU2aZBWUmi/s320/IMG_4640.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">While I was pregnant and then sleep deprived with a newborn, the kids had fun watching the Junior Great British Baking Show when I would nap and Austin decided he wanted to make one of the recipes (Chockie Stack) for FHE. It took a while before we were able to do it, what with a newborn and all, but he waited so patiently and it was delicious. I risked an irritable baby to try it and it was totally worth it. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGSg4aU4zdYuwzl1czw6aJdO-rmB1ebnQyeEUZunVoCatgcdSLn_GlKnnXcMo-HNwwCVdAaSS3JWs7ihGbK0tHSsIFimxOXE7EhZUGe8Rgs4xd_2tze5IJgFkaWn3TUgdylcPpU07p4RhU2JOYtu45dQHgC7CldSEMgpUYO_C9nXcLKTh1RHdh2VI4yNb/s4032/IMG_4648.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGSg4aU4zdYuwzl1czw6aJdO-rmB1ebnQyeEUZunVoCatgcdSLn_GlKnnXcMo-HNwwCVdAaSS3JWs7ihGbK0tHSsIFimxOXE7EhZUGe8Rgs4xd_2tze5IJgFkaWn3TUgdylcPpU07p4RhU2JOYtu45dQHgC7CldSEMgpUYO_C9nXcLKTh1RHdh2VI4yNb/s320/IMG_4648.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Eliza made a bed in a laundry basket for Vivi but Josie seemed to enjoy it the most. She is always getting on Eliza's nerves because she wants to lay on all of her setups for play. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvLgDq1_78Ix8rads539r3e_-wUjCD-dnTOON3K3HAEM9FC_nvpNY8-_u3zVFJ9IAyUcHsf9QLbOYaDWeONaaG-sRPX42DKvlTZoJwWaZUhwlNyqdfS_3Np4a4JdWFhGXttSFtu-49hFehXydlS2KcHpipPGzArXWxc6pn7pnx8HzUUvxrKxOwdKWoSDa/s1280/IMG_4654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvLgDq1_78Ix8rads539r3e_-wUjCD-dnTOON3K3HAEM9FC_nvpNY8-_u3zVFJ9IAyUcHsf9QLbOYaDWeONaaG-sRPX42DKvlTZoJwWaZUhwlNyqdfS_3Np4a4JdWFhGXttSFtu-49hFehXydlS2KcHpipPGzArXWxc6pn7pnx8HzUUvxrKxOwdKWoSDa/s320/IMG_4654.JPG" width="180" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Here's an example of one such setup: blankets laid out and pillows everywhere. This is usually what the family room looks like each day. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp7aCIzvxHmDYUa_wyLJNbYnsSzotvQtGzHTuN83KtjuRY7sBso9g0NSv7zDU54Q9p2GZJs1hJ1fgSOP9obmFA3f3eXZMohQmwGHECszSyOK3-dDPCCFFWutIbLAEA_9OwIIO-4Nkyon1NpJHV1AqiP-gIsMBi51wj8YjD_zcSfvHe2D8SWRZ5jE2d7D4/s4032/IMG_4662.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp7aCIzvxHmDYUa_wyLJNbYnsSzotvQtGzHTuN83KtjuRY7sBso9g0NSv7zDU54Q9p2GZJs1hJ1fgSOP9obmFA3f3eXZMohQmwGHECszSyOK3-dDPCCFFWutIbLAEA_9OwIIO-4Nkyon1NpJHV1AqiP-gIsMBi51wj8YjD_zcSfvHe2D8SWRZ5jE2d7D4/s320/IMG_4662.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The oldest four started soccer this month and Austin and Eliza had their last games the last week of September. Eliza enjoyed soccer a lot more this time around and Austin applied what he had learned in the Spring and did really well. He is starting to understand the game more and was able to put himself in good spots to be able to score and also noticed his teammates more and had some awesome passes. Vivi loved soccer as well and spent most of her time wandering away or trying to steal all the snacks. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yN-CvTMbn3Ke-KxnUhjnB97yrm3uPqyVoHKRBkBZtBCcVa9Nx8mEN-MirMb68O9wlY51F7VUxTzIPMaYu5O9bZHKCB8wjPO-Q0ZbnYZJpn0syQ0T1K6x-BVkwD5qFYwOu_HzpqjVYJGZrUrYh1lgLnw8dYW4X8V8Xqe7Sf4AxZ6uuV-e5E8KmJGCZ-QF/s4032/IMG_3727.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yN-CvTMbn3Ke-KxnUhjnB97yrm3uPqyVoHKRBkBZtBCcVa9Nx8mEN-MirMb68O9wlY51F7VUxTzIPMaYu5O9bZHKCB8wjPO-Q0ZbnYZJpn0syQ0T1K6x-BVkwD5qFYwOu_HzpqjVYJGZrUrYh1lgLnw8dYW4X8V8Xqe7Sf4AxZ6uuV-e5E8KmJGCZ-QF/s320/IMG_3727.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDEYoTYi3SqL2v0fsG36pOEtzC86MCSMY2rRSoe5ssaysNSqDQZ73swNCsOWBWImkwAbeYt5gqh2fH924UrN2yxIq9SqmvaBQBwsCFEGTvjfndN_3dEkVz-cQeqpwaVaUu3WCpx7GHVhUiFmlnow1JNYhkrlqY-K9xOSYdhUM8F3VKmOWUxyrAOP7SqCL/s3088/IMG_4665.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDEYoTYi3SqL2v0fsG36pOEtzC86MCSMY2rRSoe5ssaysNSqDQZ73swNCsOWBWImkwAbeYt5gqh2fH924UrN2yxIq9SqmvaBQBwsCFEGTvjfndN_3dEkVz-cQeqpwaVaUu3WCpx7GHVhUiFmlnow1JNYhkrlqY-K9xOSYdhUM8F3VKmOWUxyrAOP7SqCL/s320/IMG_4665.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">One day I went to the grocery store to grab something and on the way home I heard some rustling and looked back to see Sean. The stinker must have jumped in the car before I left the house. I'm just glad he didn't get out of the car at the store. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FF9J72bKewvelsxLuB4275_6raC2ZBs5zqBtqa1DzEMkRxwXJMaqkUbYr66cEBxRpRBokNB9c2jsbGaU0ZBg9mvOuK-SpscZLfKRRTiFN_XSHADl9j6xqe7GNCKv_i38bmx0HD-yFu2R69_FSgcPvh_aG25CP5T9iTdDKsl-VI2tpq_erSIzcWN9PQb6/s4032/IMG_4668.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FF9J72bKewvelsxLuB4275_6raC2ZBs5zqBtqa1DzEMkRxwXJMaqkUbYr66cEBxRpRBokNB9c2jsbGaU0ZBg9mvOuK-SpscZLfKRRTiFN_XSHADl9j6xqe7GNCKv_i38bmx0HD-yFu2R69_FSgcPvh_aG25CP5T9iTdDKsl-VI2tpq_erSIzcWN9PQb6/s320/IMG_4668.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Chet has been so excited for his birthday. I was a little nervous about how it would all go down with a six week old infant, but Chet did almost everything on his cake and helped so much setting up for the party. Tanner was on call and we had soccer games that morning an hour and a half away from home. I had so much help at the games from some friends. We had to move fields after the first game and they helped me haul all our junk and make sure Vivi didn't wander off. I don't know how I would have done it on my own. Just minutes before their next game, thunderclouds rolled in and it was canceled. We just barely made it to the car before the rain started pouring. Once again, I wouldn't have been able to make it to the car in time without the help of friends. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Chet was worried that it was going to rain during the party and I was too. I didn't know how I would keep 19 kids entertained in our house. But by the time we got home it was beautiful and clear and everyone played hard outside. When I asked Chet what activities he wanted me to do he told me not to worry about it because they were just going to play foursquare volleyball, basketball, frisbee golf, and pickle ball in the shop, which made my life a lot easier. Chet really wanted soda at his birthday and we accidentally got way more than originally intended. All the kids were walking around with sodas in their hands the whole time. Best Day Ever! Talk about a sugar rush. Brittany's family came up to celebrate as well and I was so grateful for their help. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_MGNN9ZTxnxCKC4vQv5CcYDwog9RdtxVcGXC_UHqgfnQ4vALNbNmFj8frXv3SjZVqeLeABAP5GPsizwue1xDoo60fK6sBozuhM92F-uSvkS8hX7fuHiRDouR3FZAUqEcGsEc4-Y-NzOrz_fIETapx4NsCJM5rg7ndV3APukxdz1RuLZgFXBa9NezWryxQ/s4032/IMG_4669.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_MGNN9ZTxnxCKC4vQv5CcYDwog9RdtxVcGXC_UHqgfnQ4vALNbNmFj8frXv3SjZVqeLeABAP5GPsizwue1xDoo60fK6sBozuhM92F-uSvkS8hX7fuHiRDouR3FZAUqEcGsEc4-Y-NzOrz_fIETapx4NsCJM5rg7ndV3APukxdz1RuLZgFXBa9NezWryxQ/s320/IMG_4669.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Chet wanted "Aunt Brittany's carrot cake" and I'm happy to say that he felt like mine was close enough to hers. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P-xvVx0Hjddz7j8l1ARK-80Y0Z5WC5Y4_wrj2xTl5xxr7li3cYO72blMSRu80zU5CpkPJNeSoXMGTgMvFBNBiiVt2yviVCcxEKaDuQp9LHLK9Z4C1zBoxJy_EUa_SUu4fwPZjod-q4TkX9XU4En2LZVyqd84paIv7RAaYjLcwKK7tkiWz4MMHw4cmZGo/s4032/IMG_4684.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P-xvVx0Hjddz7j8l1ARK-80Y0Z5WC5Y4_wrj2xTl5xxr7li3cYO72blMSRu80zU5CpkPJNeSoXMGTgMvFBNBiiVt2yviVCcxEKaDuQp9LHLK9Z4C1zBoxJy_EUa_SUu4fwPZjod-q4TkX9XU4En2LZVyqd84paIv7RAaYjLcwKK7tkiWz4MMHw4cmZGo/s320/IMG_4684.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The family gave Chet their gifts on his actual birthday. Austin made a fall tree, Mariah bought him the game Battleship, and Eliza bought him a glow in the dark football and spent days making him different things. Vivi just tried to convince everyone that it was actually her birthday the whole time. Typical two year old.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuGE14EgJ-8t-Xp6_23-_a_e2IXTZhM3mA8lG0yrM_zHLEUNUpafh3RE9gFJbxoNCnYmZPeZfTtqDLpBqPSEiVDsL34cw9aK0CYbiUmRQCR56WHpbMUNB_vD1DJA57FDe6NM6vs8l_Es32GC4YWijSmNcpHB3fy70YKJuC7kZs6l9ssng8bmxbUc7RohW/s4032/IMG_4688.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuGE14EgJ-8t-Xp6_23-_a_e2IXTZhM3mA8lG0yrM_zHLEUNUpafh3RE9gFJbxoNCnYmZPeZfTtqDLpBqPSEiVDsL34cw9aK0CYbiUmRQCR56WHpbMUNB_vD1DJA57FDe6NM6vs8l_Es32GC4YWijSmNcpHB3fy70YKJuC7kZs6l9ssng8bmxbUc7RohW/s320/IMG_4688.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Chet reacted perfectly to all his gifts and gave his siblings big hugs. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3e-hg9Ehc0FqCE6p3J_3Sm-_ccdLQvvvfjsJi6LVb8QSPpx4qVhERne9GmYCCLE6VrKp8uou4c33JP-CREwGRK3j9xKfJA9C6ITdYo1N5RQX7IqkGN7eg-HFzd49Rd1kWuJqqilxuoDSfx3SAGvLcABkzHKivVlkmxbhYJ2ycDLN41qOlyynh3QQYou9/s4032/IMG_4685.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3e-hg9Ehc0FqCE6p3J_3Sm-_ccdLQvvvfjsJi6LVb8QSPpx4qVhERne9GmYCCLE6VrKp8uou4c33JP-CREwGRK3j9xKfJA9C6ITdYo1N5RQX7IqkGN7eg-HFzd49Rd1kWuJqqilxuoDSfx3SAGvLcABkzHKivVlkmxbhYJ2ycDLN41qOlyynh3QQYou9/s320/IMG_4685.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-cRBZ-XvF8t9uLtjisLpyJXR4cVQyqIjpZNXoq3lEKfIP3R3vBvjpjv6kRu0Ny1n3UQHSOTDiAZZc11WllQGHW4ajwNRGb5T0706roQeNa8PdRrJHLGwTP_vIZj9MNHOlLFspv3l9fSlG9eeM1E_ZTC0Z-XbUosRg3NTYc4UF7KEaEE62PdL7nLv-l6O/s4032/IMG_4678.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-cRBZ-XvF8t9uLtjisLpyJXR4cVQyqIjpZNXoq3lEKfIP3R3vBvjpjv6kRu0Ny1n3UQHSOTDiAZZc11WllQGHW4ajwNRGb5T0706roQeNa8PdRrJHLGwTP_vIZj9MNHOlLFspv3l9fSlG9eeM1E_ZTC0Z-XbUosRg3NTYc4UF7KEaEE62PdL7nLv-l6O/s320/IMG_4678.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Now that piano has started again the younger three get to hang out with me. We've gone to the library a couple times and the park. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0HZIQgzdZUCYjs8_kUpTwBbekyIMmBKU9Wjn_N4wS3___XMOKwCjWx6Zy7JpE32t1iSVhPiOk6maTKTEm8pGhjlINu76X8CIxs3M6J6jTrQANtaAjkFsl74HxN9mYkIPQwXDhqydIjR3UtXJk7-uzfwqH0yueaUMFPmEWQZa-jPIehZoXvDW5Mrm2YVb/s4032/IMG_4689.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0HZIQgzdZUCYjs8_kUpTwBbekyIMmBKU9Wjn_N4wS3___XMOKwCjWx6Zy7JpE32t1iSVhPiOk6maTKTEm8pGhjlINu76X8CIxs3M6J6jTrQANtaAjkFsl74HxN9mYkIPQwXDhqydIjR3UtXJk7-uzfwqH0yueaUMFPmEWQZa-jPIehZoXvDW5Mrm2YVb/s320/IMG_4689.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">School is....going. I don't know why I always worry about doing school with an infant, the toddler is the hard one. Vivi spends her time cutting up anything she can get her hands on, or drawing on everything. It keeps us all on our toes. But she has figured out faces so that's fun. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2SgBb_c8cUIb6zQKlrXrmMNLARPO1HkLNSTWj63hmnEAUELez-q-DGLYCXGlNK-9yB-tK4PejRdScZ_n5wYknFCLjqVpQEqTmuCGKJdmTzjDj89GAmFPM2FYKE5gDWHhUfcrGfsBDbJuNL_Ci1740xLmIej5aXnkpRQZaVo9S7hg3vreS1qRFlEPSPn_/s4032/IMG_0398.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2SgBb_c8cUIb6zQKlrXrmMNLARPO1HkLNSTWj63hmnEAUELez-q-DGLYCXGlNK-9yB-tK4PejRdScZ_n5wYknFCLjqVpQEqTmuCGKJdmTzjDj89GAmFPM2FYKE5gDWHhUfcrGfsBDbJuNL_Ci1740xLmIej5aXnkpRQZaVo9S7hg3vreS1qRFlEPSPn_/s320/IMG_0398.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our Stake held an event called Come Unto Christ at His Temple. Tanner and I were able to do Initiatories and while I was in the temple the kids got to help clean up cobwebs around the temple grounds. Vivi kept telling everyone that "I made the temple". The kids got to walk through the lobby of the temple as well. We then hurried home to get ready for Grandma and Grandpa Crossley and the Hiltons to arrive that night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day we blessed Asa, and Tanner was called as the new Bishop of our ward. Asa was perfect during his blessing, but then cried the whole time Tanner was being set apart...but then Brittany worked her magic and let Asa drool all over her arm while he slept. We are so grateful that Tanner's parents were willing to come out for a very short stay and Brittany's family were there to support us. While Tanner is feeling very overwhelmed, he is so grateful for the ward members' faith in him and sustaining prayers. We know there are going to be great blessings through his willing service. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwxVWdnHOX3hQDdpuK68pIQKPLj3KBGAxzju615BE8nTeAwfJy9-7aA3y_z6jPMnF6uKKyOKE1q53HpF9vnRKvqX8ORwhTWH6RX8skNoOYIbzS7STPKrpiEiNp-yKtddZOcd8h6Q3dTnZo-9Vjc1eH44nnWATY0LQFZjZSTpmZYTs0pzhU9kbxdWek9NQ/s4032/IMG_0330.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwxVWdnHOX3hQDdpuK68pIQKPLj3KBGAxzju615BE8nTeAwfJy9-7aA3y_z6jPMnF6uKKyOKE1q53HpF9vnRKvqX8ORwhTWH6RX8skNoOYIbzS7STPKrpiEiNp-yKtddZOcd8h6Q3dTnZo-9Vjc1eH44nnWATY0LQFZjZSTpmZYTs0pzhU9kbxdWek9NQ/s320/IMG_0330.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner was still at the church and Baydon took the picture. Sure love all these people. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTCxyMgKh0sixjHRgrHRfa96F5SvN6wWM2Hk4XJaD7EPYb-oSTSGaRpl6rGtHHCV9nBeADlj-aH0RyKJtKK_dSTIiFQv_SQ-BKjmO2FSJsoGbiYIPyxJxhQYm1kqCvfhMSt3dCxn6CTxtwHum6Y_sTlOzDsSDdzBVDhlVIn5umwoMwCrY6DnwQIaQYxUF/s4032/IMG_4710.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTCxyMgKh0sixjHRgrHRfa96F5SvN6wWM2Hk4XJaD7EPYb-oSTSGaRpl6rGtHHCV9nBeADlj-aH0RyKJtKK_dSTIiFQv_SQ-BKjmO2FSJsoGbiYIPyxJxhQYm1kqCvfhMSt3dCxn6CTxtwHum6Y_sTlOzDsSDdzBVDhlVIn5umwoMwCrY6DnwQIaQYxUF/s320/IMG_4710.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hardest part of being Bishop for Tanner may just be the suits, but he couldn't bring himself to button the top button of his shirt...there's only so much he can do. </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-16916471253543510152023-09-05T13:13:00.001-07:002023-09-05T13:14:50.189-07:001 Month with Asa<p></p><div style="text-align: center;">The first month with a new baby always feels like the longest month ever. Until it's over, and then you wonder where the time went. We are starting to adjust to life with 6. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBCGF7DnJW-C2Sfl4dcaUjppKIH3vqifLCA8FO_mIbsCQtPxV_81_g-f6li3disjx8ztJ8wl2xL4JhBVAfD-s-LFE-LdG6QbIQwakg0ce7qLxacKwWNvwX3hZC3lP0w4rm9uRX8y5DvzcotGq_RA9Uv0B-vy555LVwmfYDo2zhYuS1XSfY21HiMOe2fPZ/s4032/IMG_4631.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBCGF7DnJW-C2Sfl4dcaUjppKIH3vqifLCA8FO_mIbsCQtPxV_81_g-f6li3disjx8ztJ8wl2xL4JhBVAfD-s-LFE-LdG6QbIQwakg0ce7qLxacKwWNvwX3hZC3lP0w4rm9uRX8y5DvzcotGq_RA9Uv0B-vy555LVwmfYDo2zhYuS1XSfY21HiMOe2fPZ/s320/IMG_4631.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All the kids love holding Asa, as long as he is happy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkV4Ps1xpagY3YXJ3p5MsCYqhvXrpiWE-_G7z2imN3Ot8BLEGg3I_bMIyMtogdGpUhW4wmaEGS5U59O3LqJRDvfJefSP6n7vErlV01LaoZ5wrW3Tds9gXO7BMvE_Xf8Vek_-aoJLnCShQJxOOc-r-71ducrjtQjIEL1fcUyyj1UVn2-_jDolbx6qcuBvX/s4032/IMG_4568.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkV4Ps1xpagY3YXJ3p5MsCYqhvXrpiWE-_G7z2imN3Ot8BLEGg3I_bMIyMtogdGpUhW4wmaEGS5U59O3LqJRDvfJefSP6n7vErlV01LaoZ5wrW3Tds9gXO7BMvE_Xf8Vek_-aoJLnCShQJxOOc-r-71ducrjtQjIEL1fcUyyj1UVn2-_jDolbx6qcuBvX/s320/IMG_4568.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tanner dropped Bethany off at the airport the same day that he picked Grandma up. We were so grateful for all of Grandma Crossley's help. She cooked meals, did so many fun things with the older kids so I could nap, and even chased Josie down a few times when she escaped. Tanner also convinced her to stay longer as well. Basically, if you are coming to our house plan on Tanner trying to get you to stay longer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And Asa must have been really sad about Grandma leaving because the very next day he started to be fussy. He isn't our hardest, but he also isn't our easiest. Luckily this isn't our first rodeo so his fussy spells aren't too hard to handle...most of the time. That one night where he was inconsolable through most of the night was a little rough; I may have shed some tears as well. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em right? So I've sworn off chocolate and it may help...at least we haven't had another night like that so I'm not going to risk it for a while. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5d-BE3JZhviTVZehvgVRf5oD8s66rK7hzpd5lmGpsGevTskdlYdp5wPNN-lmc2ROYitGxRlH066nC4PP2JgX5hIBJc6daT1WnhuE6TWP5X3oHopsKRDn-X75-XRxD1jfiJc1IB19SM7O7Xn0tnjA3r-dgV76p4Eb5IIGjKRHLoE4hc_D19c_JYghMYHJ-/s4032/IMG_4618.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5d-BE3JZhviTVZehvgVRf5oD8s66rK7hzpd5lmGpsGevTskdlYdp5wPNN-lmc2ROYitGxRlH066nC4PP2JgX5hIBJc6daT1WnhuE6TWP5X3oHopsKRDn-X75-XRxD1jfiJc1IB19SM7O7Xn0tnjA3r-dgV76p4Eb5IIGjKRHLoE4hc_D19c_JYghMYHJ-/s320/IMG_4618.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asa took his first bottle thanks to Chet and Mariah. They have been such good helpers with him. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXCRf4jgPRRLmTYmF8xMjG1TZSULfhh5rQlgJK7DaLzsHl_n2MXpbBaM9duCdIacWagVTVvsMtcrqgCDJr4xTVPVUrp0mXL8Yd2xJIbKMcO2Z_S4jcgaXpBQmym8T2u67FmBOEPJil92CnHEtDr9OuE4XfFcbfqbba80Ck4OunE6_IkoGU5f3ZJSZ_A1r/s4032/IMG_4621.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXCRf4jgPRRLmTYmF8xMjG1TZSULfhh5rQlgJK7DaLzsHl_n2MXpbBaM9duCdIacWagVTVvsMtcrqgCDJr4xTVPVUrp0mXL8Yd2xJIbKMcO2Z_S4jcgaXpBQmym8T2u67FmBOEPJil92CnHEtDr9OuE4XfFcbfqbba80Ck4OunE6_IkoGU5f3ZJSZ_A1r/s320/IMG_4621.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't mind my hair-do...Eliza really wanted to take a picture. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asa went to church for the first time at the end of the month. The boys were so excited for him to wear his very own "Sunday shirt" complete with tie. He was amazing and slept all through Sacrament meeting and took a bottle for Tanner second hour so I could teach a lesson. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have a friend who is a chiropractor and he worked on Asa after church. We are grateful for "Doc" and his willingness to help. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3IQsCzmZ_M3ewaE_BcYEnovcx6UMp9lc-DN16YGJQ5KROtFuTe0JraPekhh7MfICXViUmvMN387R0XqkQqytBPXqxZZx3EkQacIEAYWB-bHuXU1PPZmhpO7w-KVITXDuWM8NHrmHebDr41G9fPqFnWKss-NIiPNDC-J78KlnDrU2_Qco57R40BRHpHj-/s4032/IMG_4626.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3IQsCzmZ_M3ewaE_BcYEnovcx6UMp9lc-DN16YGJQ5KROtFuTe0JraPekhh7MfICXViUmvMN387R0XqkQqytBPXqxZZx3EkQacIEAYWB-bHuXU1PPZmhpO7w-KVITXDuWM8NHrmHebDr41G9fPqFnWKss-NIiPNDC-J78KlnDrU2_Qco57R40BRHpHj-/s320/IMG_4626.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asa has quite the receding hairline which makes us giggle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is getting his nights figured out and usually goes down around 11 and sleeps until about 3 and then falls right back to sleep after eating and usually will sleep for at least two more hours. I'm grateful that he is sleeping so well at night because he is pretty high maintenance during the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUZNme8IIC7t-IlaMi9nq6zx-7KUf3TAwPPdwbifyRe7kbn2oTu_hhYihKLmF3GTBT1bq7TinhbT_5AHiYzmgi8unln_zREkFXok-rMxZZwn5OuW-hoaPwm0NwxQcseJu3c9eBSeyWvq7Bpeyenpn2RtSUH1BaMwbT6ndz12E7XvzASj7J49JnYaS2wqq/s4032/IMG_4598.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUZNme8IIC7t-IlaMi9nq6zx-7KUf3TAwPPdwbifyRe7kbn2oTu_hhYihKLmF3GTBT1bq7TinhbT_5AHiYzmgi8unln_zREkFXok-rMxZZwn5OuW-hoaPwm0NwxQcseJu3c9eBSeyWvq7Bpeyenpn2RtSUH1BaMwbT6ndz12E7XvzASj7J49JnYaS2wqq/s320/IMG_4598.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi has done so well with "baby brother". There are the occasional eye jabs or plugged noses, but for the most part she just talks to him and lets me know when he is crying. She had a hard time adjusting to Dad putting her to bed at night but is getting better about it. She went to sleep last night without any tears. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18uyV8EPMRdyzEY1HDrH9hAGoqgrnQb7G7FsnJfSM8P_J3tsaq20LIprlt-Fdk_tPGiNikK2Zv51Flg55VpIlIj9YciXANd-B6tNu7DbJng0kLvBZ-NJUYho6VgUsAkJ7ofLVzjw4Zu6y1HFCVybNpz3pomtlLR-M7LV5F70Vjz24jpDESC-BQV2Gc4jj/s4032/IMG_4555.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18uyV8EPMRdyzEY1HDrH9hAGoqgrnQb7G7FsnJfSM8P_J3tsaq20LIprlt-Fdk_tPGiNikK2Zv51Flg55VpIlIj9YciXANd-B6tNu7DbJng0kLvBZ-NJUYho6VgUsAkJ7ofLVzjw4Zu6y1HFCVybNpz3pomtlLR-M7LV5F70Vjz24jpDESC-BQV2Gc4jj/s320/IMG_4555.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first few months with a newborn are so full of contradictions. You are so overwhelmed with love for this sweet new spirit and have no regrets, but you're also so overwhelmed with everything else that goes with a newborn: your own body healing, exhaustion, helping siblings adjust, crazy hormones...it's quite the wild ride. You would think I would take it all in stride with it being my sixth but while I know it won't last forever, that doesn't mean it isn't hard. I have moments where I'm so proud of my "mother's intuition" but that seems to always be followed up with moments of overwhelm and inadequacy. And I'm learning that it's ok. Imagine Dragon's song <i>It's OK</i> has gone through my mind quite frequently:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's okay to be not okay</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's just fine to be out of your mind</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Breathe in deep, just a day at a time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Cause it's okay to be out of your mind</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then I follow it up with <i>I Feel My Savior's Love </i>to remind myself Who will make it all okay. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe I'm supposed to feel this way so I know that I can't do it on my own. I hate asking for help, and maybe that is what makes the first month so hard for me. But this vulnerability is what helps me rely on the help of others and most importantly, it is what helps me to turn to my Heavenly Father. I can't do it on my own and that's ok. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This isn't a cry for help, I have had so much help this last month, and we're adjusting well. I just think it's important for me to acknowledge that it isn't always sunshine and rainbows. Maybe this will help someone else one day, maybe even my own children when they are bringing their own babies home. It is such a beautiful, spiritual, emotional, exhausting, humbling, and especially joyful time and I'm so grateful to be able to do it again. As President Nelson has said, "...the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with with the focus of our lives."</div><br /><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-11756099011859422112023-09-05T13:06:00.001-07:002023-10-04T14:03:56.289-07:00August<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> August started in the best way possible, with a brand new baby. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbqYT2csy3mAloClDOFUujrwRh8UldrvOwBcoNZM1L_fb7gz4zsv9iSA5qsaQXOZlUkV0zh9iWYIWZybZnxBOIpEhPF1Z5MNqKLHQNjFJe33OkUa77ijAbVGfxNvzT7x65jbKOf534oGoMViXZMUKpLakbz45IJIoqoyVOOCPdJF103k1o1dUbBCr8lI7/s4032/IMG_1685.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbqYT2csy3mAloClDOFUujrwRh8UldrvOwBcoNZM1L_fb7gz4zsv9iSA5qsaQXOZlUkV0zh9iWYIWZybZnxBOIpEhPF1Z5MNqKLHQNjFJe33OkUa77ijAbVGfxNvzT7x65jbKOf534oGoMViXZMUKpLakbz45IJIoqoyVOOCPdJF103k1o1dUbBCr8lI7/s320/IMG_1685.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brand new baby Asa</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tanner gave Amanda a good ol' guilt trip and got her to stay a few more days. I wasn't complaining about that and neither were the kids. That just meant a few more trips to the pool and other adventures. Plus she got some more time with Asa. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7q5wCCaAC0bSng0dX-vG3HerXbN9kkcFDcQhqmtdMH8KEvI7NoUguwrgHDbCVo0cyBquDNEB2jxq8K3NJJFsFEBVwLOFaFxDWQ7-OBsjWo-kHHFKN7z1pLk8xP_L4EYUh5hihwhD5V53a2gymPELyMYbSGTPfc-wIknZPd2y8AOBR2RO_D3Gtdd-_CB1X/s4032/IMG_1673.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7q5wCCaAC0bSng0dX-vG3HerXbN9kkcFDcQhqmtdMH8KEvI7NoUguwrgHDbCVo0cyBquDNEB2jxq8K3NJJFsFEBVwLOFaFxDWQ7-OBsjWo-kHHFKN7z1pLk8xP_L4EYUh5hihwhD5V53a2gymPELyMYbSGTPfc-wIknZPd2y8AOBR2RO_D3Gtdd-_CB1X/s320/IMG_1673.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amanda took the kids to ride the Snakenburg's horses when I was in the hospital having Asa. It was the perfect distraction for the kids as they anxiously awaited the arrival of their baby brother. We are so grateful for good friends who are willing to share their horses with us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPBSTQOfspX8DTHcghhsUBg7ppQ7ma6qKG3h9OqXwh72N2_aZ7FNChTV_M2K-1KdY48gF3_45qrUd2VDdhHeceCzrDTgiU9OXwUJlj8e8zBQm9wfUdgrThHVV-RxW6bYHM1ERVXo4T6LoKF4yy9y4Z9AOptWV1ySqnvV3RJdCALFT71df3LNTSNz8O1lT/s4032/IMG_1669.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPBSTQOfspX8DTHcghhsUBg7ppQ7ma6qKG3h9OqXwh72N2_aZ7FNChTV_M2K-1KdY48gF3_45qrUd2VDdhHeceCzrDTgiU9OXwUJlj8e8zBQm9wfUdgrThHVV-RxW6bYHM1ERVXo4T6LoKF4yy9y4Z9AOptWV1ySqnvV3RJdCALFT71df3LNTSNz8O1lT/s320/IMG_1669.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvHbT3QYqyVpuKpIsZr6KDVLwg4RyibIj4ex-W_GfgQ_ZBsLlKcNc60TzkATm1rY5StW_EABJmxzq6DwSFg6pSjlKFU77bE73ANNMzRVDpIX1Je3vGuCGwsm_giEX0gmlEyKG2u5mWQMOhLQqvaXVAfYTqpsP1mVr8185cS29pwhD8ap3sOvIG3YaFb2y/s4032/IMG_1661.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpz3f8Jfz3ukYlmErems5hwZIad0sFZtPi9vfsqA7fVgpRxc-Z-YHbEChVNTpyU7F97mtgZlxaH-AoOjn3Wba2kwGTBZuwHf6q5R9lZhCUyJau-yLHsg1J0Woht8RPlaH0l2mkzCZpbyio7_63y30591CoE7BEplwiDB9dzsItyi0_L73VV8uB0QJu9up/s4032/IMG_1728.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpz3f8Jfz3ukYlmErems5hwZIad0sFZtPi9vfsqA7fVgpRxc-Z-YHbEChVNTpyU7F97mtgZlxaH-AoOjn3Wba2kwGTBZuwHf6q5R9lZhCUyJau-yLHsg1J0Woht8RPlaH0l2mkzCZpbyio7_63y30591CoE7BEplwiDB9dzsItyi0_L73VV8uB0QJu9up/s320/IMG_1728.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had to show Aunt Mandy the Welcome Home Soldier Monument as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rvbyczS-Q0aVmSGoj9T5vlcAFEgzWeM9W21xHrsuyIn14SlD9Kej1rE-sLJCgQFNeuATgzi16GRDNzSl1XysORVVO-X63OzY4sGF2R3OeOymg_E3WbDEPPbO5Qd0X4Dl1ThI3wo5jey63z_TVJ1_a0TlOvnSGVt_-lW_PMKCDDxduZ4khCYs5g34Kjrn/s4032/IMG_1726.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Amanda made me a chocolate cake to celebrate my birthday. It was so delicious and I felt very loved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacAiCT0equ06veWRnVFgukK4HHQzeqPMsJjBU-CLj0OWypAUegWAZbXopzXxpkGuy-nCDTQjBT0D-IdXdXks3KWzsLK-KLYjny_TVzeP2eQjCd_zVR2DS4qwJfuJXfoBK8BIT2GXj1oX76rYBGLTY6ljOlH7JmbaxqmSWk954dhpx-RoSLOPpWsqjPdSL/s4032/IMG_4520.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacAiCT0equ06veWRnVFgukK4HHQzeqPMsJjBU-CLj0OWypAUegWAZbXopzXxpkGuy-nCDTQjBT0D-IdXdXks3KWzsLK-KLYjny_TVzeP2eQjCd_zVR2DS4qwJfuJXfoBK8BIT2GXj1oX76rYBGLTY6ljOlH7JmbaxqmSWk954dhpx-RoSLOPpWsqjPdSL/s320/IMG_4520.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Birthday posters the kids made for me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ikrd3lu39SCdk9Paz09ErIjWYu5WZE2X_iK6a_qcX4CmCtz8NJj2QMVJuRMzsnUVxw6M096pMuQaRZ67S0dJPyIUEolfGu53jfpdbPxxBzqsiwIunuQVFVk05zXX5Z5va_ZWH9tL_ouLb2GKn4K3XNk4olwOtG30o4kxgxxr734awMG7sTaxePgeW81v/s4032/IMG_4522.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ikrd3lu39SCdk9Paz09ErIjWYu5WZE2X_iK6a_qcX4CmCtz8NJj2QMVJuRMzsnUVxw6M096pMuQaRZ67S0dJPyIUEolfGu53jfpdbPxxBzqsiwIunuQVFVk05zXX5Z5va_ZWH9tL_ouLb2GKn4K3XNk4olwOtG30o4kxgxxr734awMG7sTaxePgeW81v/s320/IMG_4522.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amanda made it so fun for the kids. She took them to the pool and out for ice cream multiple times. And she even managed to make freezer meals for us as well. She left pearler beads for them to work on and it kept them busy for several hours. We were all real sad to see her go. But having Bethany still here and knowing that Grandma would be here in a few days helped. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I finally had to say goodbye to Bethany. I'm not sure why we couldn't convince her to stay forever. What single 18 year old wouldn't want to live in rural Iowa? But really, she was so amazing. She made delicious meals, so much bread (including amazing, artisan sourdough loaves), played with the kids, took them to the pool, made me delicious date balls and protein balls, made cheesecake, gave me foot massages, and was just so very helpful. She is going to be such a great Doula and I'm so grateful to have her in my life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grandma took the kids on lots of adventures too. They went to the Mahaska Learning Center, Red Haw Lake and swam at Lake Rathbun with the neighbors. She went with Tanner and the older kids to the State Fair as well. Tanner kept sending me videos of all the pretty horses and it made me so happy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0YGuxTC1ABeLHFYMAdfHkm8qVaOpKtdi4p515OKqFRSGvLQzs8BMjnaeyFi2A8b-BAM3JI_JreC64DXbFUbnHBjtsMTUWeMvq550eDp4AmZsrpPTukYT7GG072uEDmiz_3nNtniNpxk-I1f81HJ_x7Tbzdvo0xR8t1lUEsKx2fUaHeUn7Mu6D9JuNmiJ/s4032/IMG_3652.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0YGuxTC1ABeLHFYMAdfHkm8qVaOpKtdi4p515OKqFRSGvLQzs8BMjnaeyFi2A8b-BAM3JI_JreC64DXbFUbnHBjtsMTUWeMvq550eDp4AmZsrpPTukYT7GG072uEDmiz_3nNtniNpxk-I1f81HJ_x7Tbzdvo0xR8t1lUEsKx2fUaHeUn7Mu6D9JuNmiJ/s320/IMG_3652.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9rBOHUxxo4WXdYlDWReiA7MJcOs4gk8UgxdVUO7dvOL2MWezsHGrDiNqhQxNybw_9GkII5K9ojAO6aR5L2sf-y9TsHynaFA-d6h9ScpByJd9lLQkciApoCs8R82Lw14_6z0PeFCoYT1kRg29qMcHy95w5Q8ugjrzcPD5EWgIqyLRLstj9KLGJV-MPPFK/s4032/IMG_3639.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9rBOHUxxo4WXdYlDWReiA7MJcOs4gk8UgxdVUO7dvOL2MWezsHGrDiNqhQxNybw_9GkII5K9ojAO6aR5L2sf-y9TsHynaFA-d6h9ScpByJd9lLQkciApoCs8R82Lw14_6z0PeFCoYT1kRg29qMcHy95w5Q8ugjrzcPD5EWgIqyLRLstj9KLGJV-MPPFK/s320/IMG_3639.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NJuFJlXwIT7xldKKGkCloh0cqtrlmbNpojYSBMa2tzyOc9l85arn6bPD-10lZWP24nDMEvT5wLrllJlouxt9EUwNrPq5pW0SC8qaxsLM1d-RG5_YPgHZklC0ibuxittCMR0hFOTLfu-vdH6znKkASrEdeyjmAHTbxldgg03C2_f4hVjvV4JNobbuHTm-/s4032/IMG_3653.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NJuFJlXwIT7xldKKGkCloh0cqtrlmbNpojYSBMa2tzyOc9l85arn6bPD-10lZWP24nDMEvT5wLrllJlouxt9EUwNrPq5pW0SC8qaxsLM1d-RG5_YPgHZklC0ibuxittCMR0hFOTLfu-vdH6znKkASrEdeyjmAHTbxldgg03C2_f4hVjvV4JNobbuHTm-/s320/IMG_3653.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Grandma made us delicious meals and took the kids to church when Tanner was on call. We were so grateful for her and all that she did. She really is the best. We were sad to see her go and are counting down the days until we see her again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiom08DzZwtrXbPmw4p-1jEcw_gPNWlRND0-9TShYCBlCUObV5mEAzhf0iIcJq65BJbc2vxX3C2Y_O25Zal_2XJSOXGS0HbGKjBxVu5UwFNucMmMJK9ZuOIUHVlhIuzg6xmiSuKwZ4rQWZ7XWtYgNU_mUodTu90ETUFoyjVzLmzguaATmhtzOWbUbG5Nha/s2049/IMG_8515.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiom08DzZwtrXbPmw4p-1jEcw_gPNWlRND0-9TShYCBlCUObV5mEAzhf0iIcJq65BJbc2vxX3C2Y_O25Zal_2XJSOXGS0HbGKjBxVu5UwFNucMmMJK9ZuOIUHVlhIuzg6xmiSuKwZ4rQWZ7XWtYgNU_mUodTu90ETUFoyjVzLmzguaATmhtzOWbUbG5Nha/s320/IMG_8515.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a day of cooler temperatures, I think it was around 68 degrees, and the girls had to wear jackets outside because it was "bursing cold". </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkh4LO5E2C9TTMyNCjKgtLb95qyXrzM4bMR41cTaiEhbLkzExtcW2rZRR2_0MLDafdp6AfXnbezcyZqhMlHbtSxOsZUqpspp9PAyzur7xaFi0mq5vIh0Ke1ufpWztEPkzGLDrpaJ7qL7v8devO4GukBUC39xyHucAAgvlNCFatduCDZ33JB-I9V5XmSYea/s4032/IMG_0023.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkh4LO5E2C9TTMyNCjKgtLb95qyXrzM4bMR41cTaiEhbLkzExtcW2rZRR2_0MLDafdp6AfXnbezcyZqhMlHbtSxOsZUqpspp9PAyzur7xaFi0mq5vIh0Ke1ufpWztEPkzGLDrpaJ7qL7v8devO4GukBUC39xyHucAAgvlNCFatduCDZ33JB-I9V5XmSYea/s320/IMG_0023.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The older kids played at the neighbors' house one day and got creative. They were very proud of the different human pyramids they made. Trey had to send me some pictures. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGslSquK9VQvlm0imaoMtgToZKyGGSy2xrBreCxAPX1bjY5OmOxEoBcGMZNoEv_4qG0piwccv1Prcon5fkpUQMIYhZcQn61CogZRESQzoIoUiCu231BxosztRem9C6EQ3K898ekbNDI12ZGduimzdm7RS8kZgqixI_X3Pm5tMqqvSK4-OpwXpY1dbZ2mxU/s4032/IMG_0026.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGslSquK9VQvlm0imaoMtgToZKyGGSy2xrBreCxAPX1bjY5OmOxEoBcGMZNoEv_4qG0piwccv1Prcon5fkpUQMIYhZcQn61CogZRESQzoIoUiCu231BxosztRem9C6EQ3K898ekbNDI12ZGduimzdm7RS8kZgqixI_X3Pm5tMqqvSK4-OpwXpY1dbZ2mxU/s320/IMG_0026.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImzg_xrU63zFTfPVJLMMi0E_C1pqUmnXOHeGV7kCIYnuJSQnDsH9CJB2QVNUBS4h1M-IN3hz-_U94I5fk_ThVPNgoj8u4iloSWeS_e2iROaKvsC-79--XLfQIl8xOVWxZOjFmYNldT8CnKUkOTJrujOudQp16AGVlUGFol7jBVBi6nEey5YrBGrkSqHOP/s4032/IMG_4550.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImzg_xrU63zFTfPVJLMMi0E_C1pqUmnXOHeGV7kCIYnuJSQnDsH9CJB2QVNUBS4h1M-IN3hz-_U94I5fk_ThVPNgoj8u4iloSWeS_e2iROaKvsC-79--XLfQIl8xOVWxZOjFmYNldT8CnKUkOTJrujOudQp16AGVlUGFol7jBVBi6nEey5YrBGrkSqHOP/s320/IMG_4550.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin set the table for me and decided to get fancy. He even labeled the dishes of food and wanted me to take a picture for dad to see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSiuwk1kZKSKvCN9w0LTVQMsoO-J1V6Mtvo43lisfcoiZ7xw-_ZxinD1UFl_kTeyb_9uMudfH_IN7Nx2DG2jF63SL8H6bQnG6MWG7QT7TQOtmecjgMnhjnijB4hlgy1X0Pkx3B7fCY3g__Duxb3O-KhA8uxMhgPeYeVDYmDYLZhIeSSWn3l6veGpbv1zT/s4032/IMG_4565.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSiuwk1kZKSKvCN9w0LTVQMsoO-J1V6Mtvo43lisfcoiZ7xw-_ZxinD1UFl_kTeyb_9uMudfH_IN7Nx2DG2jF63SL8H6bQnG6MWG7QT7TQOtmecjgMnhjnijB4hlgy1X0Pkx3B7fCY3g__Duxb3O-KhA8uxMhgPeYeVDYmDYLZhIeSSWn3l6veGpbv1zT/s320/IMG_4565.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've had a bug going slowly through everyone. Asa has stayed healthy though and I'm praying it stays that way. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2kvv64dl2JRRjMZGS_Y-UvP8yT7jTjgYjQgOHTvtImxWcMy9oDVxT7gvuoBaTBXD-NqFvevVCpgbpZkAnqjslBXQCUowsoyOYFOEwr0tWjywzSND1Mw8R2_GfHCHAhR26a8a1OAxOJT6fGS7gMU1Ck2JBHtIbDwGelyPOJeblLgNPOtDAX-Qq2D8NuJJ/s4032/IMG_4600.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2kvv64dl2JRRjMZGS_Y-UvP8yT7jTjgYjQgOHTvtImxWcMy9oDVxT7gvuoBaTBXD-NqFvevVCpgbpZkAnqjslBXQCUowsoyOYFOEwr0tWjywzSND1Mw8R2_GfHCHAhR26a8a1OAxOJT6fGS7gMU1Ck2JBHtIbDwGelyPOJeblLgNPOtDAX-Qq2D8NuJJ/s320/IMG_4600.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boys make sure we don't forget Mario Cart on Saturdays. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXd02nOylJ8TxgG03dVf_DEyic_JinBu49Y4aj5Jhz3_kRNMHpUsyT7FG1koIxJXDVnLBw8d7sAlWiiUwft-KwZmOd1ay92lp5cNRty_QqZp4JYKtD95RiIgBhR-RTa2ZaP5ci8txO7DSMCEm4j36d6Ue0FR7bcC6xV2peXYTILwQ1WUdmhJT9V5R-1x47/s4032/IMG_4601.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXd02nOylJ8TxgG03dVf_DEyic_JinBu49Y4aj5Jhz3_kRNMHpUsyT7FG1koIxJXDVnLBw8d7sAlWiiUwft-KwZmOd1ay92lp5cNRty_QqZp4JYKtD95RiIgBhR-RTa2ZaP5ci8txO7DSMCEm4j36d6Ue0FR7bcC6xV2peXYTILwQ1WUdmhJT9V5R-1x47/s320/IMG_4601.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When Miss Robin from our HSAP dropped off our books for the school year, she also brought a meal, and multiple treats. One thing she brought was a bag full of different apples and caramel. She wanted the kids to try each of the apples and decide which was their favorite. She even included the receipt so they could see the different prices. I was feeling sorry for myself the first solo Sunday evening because Tanner was gone at a church meeting and Asa hadn't slept much the night before. But then I decided I could choose whether I was going to be grumpy or not. So we got out the apples and had a taste testing party. We decided the Braeburn (the cheapest) was our least favorite and the Honeycrisp (most expensive) was at the top. It was a really fun activity! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IllMCsg3DXo_Ulr9qsgT9QQaBPcMYZWuks6eTFlV7pyVceCq2WcyF70ZHTPghV5maMwbXTuqX8LIiHjh2rL5VgGbf08qfmuA6zxJypCuvdgqau_wY6rQB1WntkPF-8XTInbRb9kDDXQWzJNxzLsecChEqaSaFSBwkZA8FVfNQfOvmibEor0QNJN-QjSR/s4032/IMG_4617.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IllMCsg3DXo_Ulr9qsgT9QQaBPcMYZWuks6eTFlV7pyVceCq2WcyF70ZHTPghV5maMwbXTuqX8LIiHjh2rL5VgGbf08qfmuA6zxJypCuvdgqau_wY6rQB1WntkPF-8XTInbRb9kDDXQWzJNxzLsecChEqaSaFSBwkZA8FVfNQfOvmibEor0QNJN-QjSR/s320/IMG_4617.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the last Saturday of the month, Vivi fell off the chair she was standing on at the island and split her chin open. She was being oh so helpful cutting up watermelon on the counter, and I had just come in and was starting to clean up the mess without realizing she was still holding the knife. So her injury could have been much worse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As Tanner and I were taking her to the clinic I jokingly said, "We get to go on a date!" And Vivi got really excited and kept saying, "We're on a date!". When she laid on the table, Vivi looked up at the big light and said, "Wow, thats a big doctor". So then I tried to explain that Dad was the doctor, but I'm not sure she really understood. But she held so still while Tanner fixed her up and it has healed quite nicely. So grateful for those Doctor privileges we have. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-35795755145719950542023-08-11T15:48:00.001-07:002023-09-03T15:02:15.644-07:00Asa Bowen<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYUxcBelrdDGQHWbtaFQPNIWktsVqgzKYTI5WfzTH8qyQGf83HzwCZv6SNISOdgmSXR_Gafs7aCdoR2RZuDq9ynHWJ_7ZFKzFimqM9nEQ7QbNm_cZstOBnNTjXha63gckwDOonEI7SLzx_9g_uh0jHffd448DlRsbJ0Ady-1KsnuZgVCbEOluSSdrx5rp/s4032/IMG_4372.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYUxcBelrdDGQHWbtaFQPNIWktsVqgzKYTI5WfzTH8qyQGf83HzwCZv6SNISOdgmSXR_Gafs7aCdoR2RZuDq9ynHWJ_7ZFKzFimqM9nEQ7QbNm_cZstOBnNTjXha63gckwDOonEI7SLzx_9g_uh0jHffd448DlRsbJ0Ady-1KsnuZgVCbEOluSSdrx5rp/s320/IMG_4372.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are completely smitten with this sweet boy. Our kids have been talking about adding another baby to the family since Vivi was a baby. Tanner and I didn't tell anyone about the pregnancy for a really long time. My parents were going to be leaving on their mission to Botswana and I knew my mom would struggle more with going if she knew I was having a baby. It was getting to the point where the kids were asking if I "had a baby in my tummy" and I knew we were going to need to tell them. They were so excited when we told them there was a reason why mom had been "more lazy" than usual...I had multiple children tell me that during my first trimester, little dears. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the longest time, Tanner had been talking about us having another boy, but throughout the first trimester I was convinced we were having a girl because I felt nauseous a lot which is how I had felt with my other girls. Everyone was really excited when we found out about baby brother. Austin let me know that "it was a good thing we were having a boy otherwise I'd have to have at least two more babies to even things out." It's amazing how my children are convinced they have a say in how many children we will have. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I felt like this was such a long pregnancy. Probably because there were so many people anxiously awaiting his arrival. For the first time in a pregnancy, I kept thinking that this baby would come early, which is not the right frame of mind to have. My doctor was concerned with the size of the baby because my other boys were so big, so he set an induction date for the day after my due date. I was convinced that I would go into labor on my own so I wasn't too worried. Tanner kept telling me every day that as soon as I was having contractions to let him know. He also kept saying, "today would be a good day to have a baby." And then it was the day before my induction...and despite all my best efforts, I was showing no signs of labor. After a lot of prayer, we felt like I should still move forward with the induction. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We headed out early Thursday morning. I was able to have a young woman from church come to watch the kids, I was so grateful for her willingness to come and help. After arriving at the hospital I was checked and had not dilated at all...I felt really devastated about it all and had the thought that we should just go home. But we decided to try some medication that would hopefully help me to dilate. We had to wait five hours for it to fully work. I decided to read my scriptures and read some great verses talking all about how the Lord can bring us peace. It brought me so much comfort. Tanner and Bethany went and got breakfast and explored Pella for a while and I took a nap. After the wait I was checked again and my body had not progressed at all. I was feeling really discouraged and decided that we should just go home and thankfully the doctor was on board with that. It was really disheartening to leave without a baby in my arms, but I felt peace in what we were doing, and was grateful that the baby was doing well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I felt a lot of frustration and wondered why we felt good about going in if it just ended in us going home. But after talking to our kids about how I was able to receive comfort through scripture study and prayer, I realized that maybe it had to happen that way so I could have a teaching moment with my children. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtF9D_q4vDHoQPA6nE33vdRYzaPHJ9hUBR05_vSp2OnrVJVMaCb5EV7yueSY9UhsQabzeueflKD52iTUz8PoxraLKuo8WDtciR0QJQCE229D2cThrfi-CcYRPWCZRvWSJmNuBL4aLBKEi9uvQ9XM-Hip0W_uYC4zuudmVob66WtjTvKr6uLWmsSWAIYy9U/s2048/IMG_3533.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtF9D_q4vDHoQPA6nE33vdRYzaPHJ9hUBR05_vSp2OnrVJVMaCb5EV7yueSY9UhsQabzeueflKD52iTUz8PoxraLKuo8WDtciR0QJQCE229D2cThrfi-CcYRPWCZRvWSJmNuBL4aLBKEi9uvQ9XM-Hip0W_uYC4zuudmVob66WtjTvKr6uLWmsSWAIYy9U/s320/IMG_3533.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaving the hospital...wah, wah, waaah</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div> We stayed really busy on Saturday going to a church activity, and then to the swimming pool. The kids had a lot of fun showing dad all the cool things they have learned this summer at the pool. Bethany stayed with the kids on Sunday so Tanner and I could pick Amanda up at the airport. Her flight was delayed so we went to a Hyvee and looked at all their fancy cheeses. We're cool like that. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I spent a lot of time praying about whether I should go in on Tuesday to try to be induced again. I kept feeling peace about going in. I told Tanner I felt a mixture of peace and dread, which is a funny combination of feelings. But we headed to the hospital Tuesday night after Tanner got done with work. This time I was given a medication that had to work all night long. Bethany slept on the little hospital couch and Tanner was on the floor. I was cramping all night so needless to say, none of us got much sleep. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was checked first thing in the morning and was just dilated enough for a foley ball to be placed. I was able to pull that out pretty quickly and started to have mild contractions. We passed the time playing card games and visiting. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqb2_NjYU6k8nWGvF4Elhe6JjxZ_-GXqfPqpNQhRCDLIgO17E87_WBGx1yuCzq8T_lFl4Ug_k20bY--dTrbgaozZcEWZDNNLgfIivyA_wMJNiIDrd4Ov0y2uAT_JjOvZ9e-ApZald3PwyffZo5FV9geYuuFFhZLtpxm81wRZQihxqKSQE0Mo-DjVTbWms/s4032/IMG_8261.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqb2_NjYU6k8nWGvF4Elhe6JjxZ_-GXqfPqpNQhRCDLIgO17E87_WBGx1yuCzq8T_lFl4Ug_k20bY--dTrbgaozZcEWZDNNLgfIivyA_wMJNiIDrd4Ov0y2uAT_JjOvZ9e-ApZald3PwyffZo5FV9geYuuFFhZLtpxm81wRZQihxqKSQE0Mo-DjVTbWms/s320/IMG_8261.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The doctor broke my water around 12. I had so much fluid, even more than I had with Vivi. My stomach went down so much. I told Tanner and Bethany that I didn't think this baby would be too big, probably 9 pounds. The nurses were great with helping me try different positions to help the baby get engaged. I was started on Pitocin shortly after that. My contractions started to come more consistently and were getting uncomfortable. I got to the point where I was wanting to give up, which I knew meant I was in transition. I was so exhausted by this point that in between contractions I was almost dozing off, even while standing up. I ate a popsicle hoping it would give me some energy and it seemed to help. I started to have Tanner put pressure on my back through contractions while I leaned on a table. The nurses kept offering to check me but I didn't want that. I was afraid they would say that I wasn't dilated enough and that would have been really discouraging. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Tanner began to feel my pelvis opening with each contraction and knew that I was close to pushing. I also knew that I was close but still didn't want to tell the nurses. He tried to encourage me to get on the bed and be checked but I kept saying no. Finally he just told me to get on the bed and went to get the nurses. Almost immediately after laying down I began to push. The nurse ran in telling me not to push and like any good laboring woman, I completely ignored her and kept pushing. Tanner was looking for gloves but couldn't find any so after a few pushes the nurse delivered the baby. I felt peace knowing that Tanner was watching her like a hawk to make sure everything went well. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Our sweet boy was born with the cord wrapped around his neck and body several times and with a knot in the cord. Like Tanner said, "he was doing jumping rope in there."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlbuXqvJY6TpZX3ncjLyI5k8Q28dz9ytqYGxsUhQ0JAakGbylznkikacH84HYhkbv_TTYbauTvnqFVdkk74l7U3HlpzxOcO-Gf1RdmwSPs1j2HCGQcjGHKWHkfNU59xWBSZ3Mwnx5LuiWAL6T_8Fkb2R9d6McVTrXqCPWsuppONc0-xF4zSgdR1QZb82m/s3562/IMG_8269.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3562" data-original-width="2918" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlbuXqvJY6TpZX3ncjLyI5k8Q28dz9ytqYGxsUhQ0JAakGbylznkikacH84HYhkbv_TTYbauTvnqFVdkk74l7U3HlpzxOcO-Gf1RdmwSPs1j2HCGQcjGHKWHkfNU59xWBSZ3Mwnx5LuiWAL6T_8Fkb2R9d6McVTrXqCPWsuppONc0-xF4zSgdR1QZb82m/s320/IMG_8269.heic" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is nothing like the euphoria you feel when your baby is placed on your chest. I feel so close to heaven in those moments. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMccGYnqdpRaIs1fpCrmO1aKd8b_uQXeDTXRVEvXrJ-PE-Rn1RC4tRerQZjMjgcL1veQsG12wdGMNcUWI72qQwJ_ugjMKBZ7QcHHGSRPsxSDXnFJkqWuZ_UvKDmGfiBLo5J-Iy6yiiquYOiw5tJ_FPYRCGT4gzBKZ6Lp43v4bfY8Etp9AZc57eXWxtjpfZ/s3549/IMG_8275.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3549" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMccGYnqdpRaIs1fpCrmO1aKd8b_uQXeDTXRVEvXrJ-PE-Rn1RC4tRerQZjMjgcL1veQsG12wdGMNcUWI72qQwJ_ugjMKBZ7QcHHGSRPsxSDXnFJkqWuZ_UvKDmGfiBLo5J-Iy6yiiquYOiw5tJ_FPYRCGT4gzBKZ6Lp43v4bfY8Etp9AZc57eXWxtjpfZ/s320/IMG_8275.heic" width="273" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so grateful for Tanner and the support he gave me through this labor. No one else I'd rather have.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpKCVf-WxPzx3eIaToexrYamCORNfPRw0vGVLPpRCn9ih6o6c94AUo50x_IRmxvRGR3qiTrLWyOe-QuQMs1bxlDfLL6IkFHyUjVGy8s6fvijbt2LNbgK_PKvLXGNg0Ug84ePFZ8pKVmpKQA73D4u-rU8mKPKQ_68-mowh13_q-2ThQb-0jNWWDQg5lK9A/s2049/IMG_8281.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpKCVf-WxPzx3eIaToexrYamCORNfPRw0vGVLPpRCn9ih6o6c94AUo50x_IRmxvRGR3qiTrLWyOe-QuQMs1bxlDfLL6IkFHyUjVGy8s6fvijbt2LNbgK_PKvLXGNg0Ug84ePFZ8pKVmpKQA73D4u-rU8mKPKQ_68-mowh13_q-2ThQb-0jNWWDQg5lK9A/s320/IMG_8281.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look, he found the gloves. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqIF5DdKzIoBVuRFotlsVW9N65x5Ybw_ysFg4o3-fojFxVGQad34ZCFpeN_n0vb7m3ANW7I-XS08Dx1Wx5om7krguUosSbH71MId0Cv07CzFXjpz1-4GFYA6_qmGSgy9fhIQC3yh_LTjeazJGfml8WCzOpGkbvuui6yVNGQYJLSfgkpIiBuACb_uzwT7L/s2049/IMG_3544.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqIF5DdKzIoBVuRFotlsVW9N65x5Ybw_ysFg4o3-fojFxVGQad34ZCFpeN_n0vb7m3ANW7I-XS08Dx1Wx5om7krguUosSbH71MId0Cv07CzFXjpz1-4GFYA6_qmGSgy9fhIQC3yh_LTjeazJGfml8WCzOpGkbvuui6yVNGQYJLSfgkpIiBuACb_uzwT7L/s320/IMG_3544.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was so neat having Bethany there too. She helped make the day go by faster and is going to be a great midwife some day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfz8YdeGpnYUL2gtO91iHGfwT-mexLUrf3cGwu2BLcJJz6pwOpXjhV2srV3bR776ZREDDGMSFNHhOp3T2a5aqVWrG1yXGjMo6bKFpXtsvDyjTors-wJfnbARBLbxYy1FgLhAS20in7pNpREv6IGsMiRUNjBgWQHkTVSg6cBY9MTF7nm9_iOQvfj4YYcHeH/s4032/IMG_4345.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfz8YdeGpnYUL2gtO91iHGfwT-mexLUrf3cGwu2BLcJJz6pwOpXjhV2srV3bR776ZREDDGMSFNHhOp3T2a5aqVWrG1yXGjMo6bKFpXtsvDyjTors-wJfnbARBLbxYy1FgLhAS20in7pNpREv6IGsMiRUNjBgWQHkTVSg6cBY9MTF7nm9_iOQvfj4YYcHeH/s320/IMG_4345.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tanner has always loved the name Asa, which means healer in Hebrew. Anson Bowen Call is my great grandfather and we have loved learning about his life as a family. Asa Bowen seemed like the perfect fit for this little boy. And my prediction was right, he was "just" 9 pounds. Now that may seem big to most people but when you hear that Chet was 11 pounds and Austin was 10, 9 pounds doesn't seem so big after all. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsBcBdppcZwga9R8N4mdMgriJS-FbfHcN5MebHk0HRHD4LamY33WUSd9StXcasWY--Tt50hAVkPJPG6SPynYK-Qlgd9_lwu3xUbQS9RnY7HfqkSCsQ8EM7nYRgRJn-edEpsGMazh59Q8lbc5OFkOpGO_OYXaHn6NfOuc6tBpX7vH6vwEUsajVkmNYnoVb/s4032/IMG_1690.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsBcBdppcZwga9R8N4mdMgriJS-FbfHcN5MebHk0HRHD4LamY33WUSd9StXcasWY--Tt50hAVkPJPG6SPynYK-Qlgd9_lwu3xUbQS9RnY7HfqkSCsQ8EM7nYRgRJn-edEpsGMazh59Q8lbc5OFkOpGO_OYXaHn6NfOuc6tBpX7vH6vwEUsajVkmNYnoVb/s320/IMG_1690.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to laugh when Tanner came to pick me up in the same shirt that I had picked out over a week before to wear home from the hospital. Maybe that was a sign from Caleb that he was looking over us. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoQCSblsQIxxx9yxdS4N9s0GNvHgVqwkN0LO8LElxk-RhK6r8dDhut-A2vwRQQzq0zunj14q8Rj56CgR7-v06WaJlH2ad1fONTvyNgpAVZ2_6H8HcmNuhg7cBFPSmvAe6sUvhRR5m7VcRi9YB5OvmwqSZdOci7INhIDJmmDo_YkAkP2ccrloMsF8jO3JB/s3520/IMG_1703.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoQCSblsQIxxx9yxdS4N9s0GNvHgVqwkN0LO8LElxk-RhK6r8dDhut-A2vwRQQzq0zunj14q8Rj56CgR7-v06WaJlH2ad1fONTvyNgpAVZ2_6H8HcmNuhg7cBFPSmvAe6sUvhRR5m7VcRi9YB5OvmwqSZdOci7INhIDJmmDo_YkAkP2ccrloMsF8jO3JB/s320/IMG_1703.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amanda captured this perfect moment of the kids meeting their new brother for the first time. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is so loved, the only conflict we've seemed to have lately is who gets to hold Asa next. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwH4odVZTSYmqGvPFOjcF6dn-1gxCgUqYt9zVOduncp0PzSRotryM18A8nz_dwFH_X3HJjqNQiF5jFwcNWkqhTjc-pEyyg3UAbwerv0g9pUl_Dt9cd8KrMkeS63v-8-ajycdP0BgUaakn5N5b9rd-3__j66vvXgtROl9pDmq5T667d108vaR0cIc3GYui/s4032/IMG_4375.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwH4odVZTSYmqGvPFOjcF6dn-1gxCgUqYt9zVOduncp0PzSRotryM18A8nz_dwFH_X3HJjqNQiF5jFwcNWkqhTjc-pEyyg3UAbwerv0g9pUl_Dt9cd8KrMkeS63v-8-ajycdP0BgUaakn5N5b9rd-3__j66vvXgtROl9pDmq5T667d108vaR0cIc3GYui/s320/IMG_4375.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so grateful for Amanda coming to help. I felt so much peace knowing she was at home with my kids. It is such a blessing to have others love your children. Bethany made a delicious berry cheesecake to celebrate Asa's birth. I can't think of a better way to welcome him home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8s9Gxxqy3tIZ7cN6XW2bi0A5QAQrGyPH6SIA1zhVFh15i-4QtC7o_Dcbys35_kWw7J2rRF1VGo9fVDGqelob7D4EyyuC-FARIlXyNS_XT6uqwdpYlqI1ltDLCpDKROnW75FonVf3ngsXBxrbPOiBcdpLgcgl-PTZBsYQPGSarWU52OSQv6hvWQH3Kbjp/s4032/IMG_4521.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8s9Gxxqy3tIZ7cN6XW2bi0A5QAQrGyPH6SIA1zhVFh15i-4QtC7o_Dcbys35_kWw7J2rRF1VGo9fVDGqelob7D4EyyuC-FARIlXyNS_XT6uqwdpYlqI1ltDLCpDKROnW75FonVf3ngsXBxrbPOiBcdpLgcgl-PTZBsYQPGSarWU52OSQv6hvWQH3Kbjp/s320/IMG_4521.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Posters the kids made for Asa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM39pTTG69hWWdHkBCojxMCf45F49-0ThCLPimyDonPZgCZ_bsIgrWhsm1cVxfaKZ6Wfu7PgjbvchwxXPPFm2Fe2Wr1Rp5r8olN4d7myfDg0mUbNADdxszGaczZlepUiPqlArqy0b8LLYCcLFRvX1byzW4NCTwdlTw4qMWdsz2yXzQJoJ_wxIWMeLQ9MK/s4032/IMG_4523.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM39pTTG69hWWdHkBCojxMCf45F49-0ThCLPimyDonPZgCZ_bsIgrWhsm1cVxfaKZ6Wfu7PgjbvchwxXPPFm2Fe2Wr1Rp5r8olN4d7myfDg0mUbNADdxszGaczZlepUiPqlArqy0b8LLYCcLFRvX1byzW4NCTwdlTw4qMWdsz2yXzQJoJ_wxIWMeLQ9MK/s320/IMG_4523.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were so many Spirit filling moments leading up to Asa's birth. My mom has a friend named Beauty in Botswana who asked if she could pray for anyone in my mom's family. My mom mentioned me and Beauty said a very heartfelt prayer. A few days later she was with my mom again and told her that while she was working, she heard children playing and one of them said the name Ashley. She immediately stopped what she was doing and said another prayer for me and my baby. I thought it was so special to know that someone on the other side of the world that I didn't even know was praying for me. I believe so strongly in the power of prayer and felt so many prayers sustaining me in the days leading up to and on Asa's birth. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFmxIycsQBXZIsgGBLJT0nHoRImHKuYe8iEjb-Jugwx85dKfLNyF8JVmmcJuiKhGKOo0IbO8hqaB8hc8jAHJMx6mEvgiCBeC5mZXE999PV7tiXruUwo6R42CgghhY9-4N2MRIM2UIQU7rQyqCXbwZOzjBrkL9_C66BvczlWXM9xgTsiesXs4lKHi5X4ho/s3088/IMG_4518.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFmxIycsQBXZIsgGBLJT0nHoRImHKuYe8iEjb-Jugwx85dKfLNyF8JVmmcJuiKhGKOo0IbO8hqaB8hc8jAHJMx6mEvgiCBeC5mZXE999PV7tiXruUwo6R42CgghhY9-4N2MRIM2UIQU7rQyqCXbwZOzjBrkL9_C66BvczlWXM9xgTsiesXs4lKHi5X4ho/s320/IMG_4518.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's nothing quite like the sweet spirit a new baby brings. We sure love our little Asa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BwIalnSMNXZSjythdaITdglbYjRGD6jYLl33octQ1NDwmy0xOSTmNdgQnPy8DSUsJubqfxr-31DkZbdObvz9TXiS27NNxhrwbEvI3ex8MJirxn0Sl3drXey0oaBBE8gGwG3GIP6jibZd83L4pZzZF3DnPK-i5J1X0G8YqTiAHmOB0KXfmxDvWQBsYGIi/s2049/IMG_8595.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BwIalnSMNXZSjythdaITdglbYjRGD6jYLl33octQ1NDwmy0xOSTmNdgQnPy8DSUsJubqfxr-31DkZbdObvz9TXiS27NNxhrwbEvI3ex8MJirxn0Sl3drXey0oaBBE8gGwG3GIP6jibZd83L4pZzZF3DnPK-i5J1X0G8YqTiAHmOB0KXfmxDvWQBsYGIi/s320/IMG_8595.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-84349678735734423982023-08-09T14:09:00.002-07:002023-08-09T14:09:57.211-07:00July<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">July went by in a flash...We had such a wonderful month. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started out the month celebrating Terron and Benson's birthdays and baptisms. They are birthday twins and it was so fun that they were able to be baptized together on their birthday. Even though Tanner was on call he was able to come down for the baptism before heading back home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_I3eh4j8mged3MOpydcJnl8QUNn7XpzGxIDsd_EjeB2lqeOe-lXD-m374wr4TLE0qOrCzB5lh-bYclwx7yK2vbh0aQh8JXid_1-R7jc5C98mut79ZjJT67z-x0Cc_3wI2ScFy6wegBNA0h0lzV4b6Ui2OnRH2Uj84w1_HEXVgBfDRuvmalW1c5i3y4aK/s1600/IMG_7147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_I3eh4j8mged3MOpydcJnl8QUNn7XpzGxIDsd_EjeB2lqeOe-lXD-m374wr4TLE0qOrCzB5lh-bYclwx7yK2vbh0aQh8JXid_1-R7jc5C98mut79ZjJT67z-x0Cc_3wI2ScFy6wegBNA0h0lzV4b6Ui2OnRH2Uj84w1_HEXVgBfDRuvmalW1c5i3y4aK/s320/IMG_7147.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nGIjqJCc3M20ndWgypibUqAYt4k_vVO_UHcfZ3KdNtR_9ljWYazJ_15HpdVU4PUVUk3f_Sgn6dzwhnVxhgZqLE0yWR_ZJa16TyXKIuUP7Y8LmHgv0-7bLafpBJZFleA8ydtBCa3829H8EQpcHeely8nL--rDOkVkwbT9nWVlgnnL2mlk7N6M_0WwweJs/s1280/IMG_7358.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nGIjqJCc3M20ndWgypibUqAYt4k_vVO_UHcfZ3KdNtR_9ljWYazJ_15HpdVU4PUVUk3f_Sgn6dzwhnVxhgZqLE0yWR_ZJa16TyXKIuUP7Y8LmHgv0-7bLafpBJZFleA8ydtBCa3829H8EQpcHeely8nL--rDOkVkwbT9nWVlgnnL2mlk7N6M_0WwweJs/s320/IMG_7358.JPEG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids and I drove home that night in a rainstorm and enjoyed watching the lightening and the frogs hop across the road. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had Grandma and Grandpa, Natalie and Heather come up the night of the 3rd. They went with Tanner and the big kids to watch the fireworks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDOZmIXaRtd3DTSaiHPF6I-_BvIW8z6iSsQ8K7HQu5cUJBrx0c_1P6YPeCoUy1_FHTunG3tpmHVeyOOEfjMM4wyrc-umA-2WyLI-8UpTITsmrObQh8ZyW1IeAvyI9Yys4We8bgfjYTjL-tDIqRSwLWHG5hJg-a02r7R2E8Y3s9HBCJjC0sf20UXK5LC5N/s3088/IMG_6749.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDOZmIXaRtd3DTSaiHPF6I-_BvIW8z6iSsQ8K7HQu5cUJBrx0c_1P6YPeCoUy1_FHTunG3tpmHVeyOOEfjMM4wyrc-umA-2WyLI-8UpTITsmrObQh8ZyW1IeAvyI9Yys4We8bgfjYTjL-tDIqRSwLWHG5hJg-a02r7R2E8Y3s9HBCJjC0sf20UXK5LC5N/s320/IMG_6749.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxCKxaQSNYzqnLnxqeSJ_L5K1LN2QZO5rdkAYPSCiObWK6Wq_zDKb8n37sn3e_ysoZ-Z-j0GS_kv7HFoEVIZSA56HriWPBdp2FAZtwQWhjpU-uwj26HMb-BEKrvQfGhzp3KN5bQNdA6MhO45ioU-6NSV5_3gsRBXFZe78hxO29qVc-EOPrEBcI8m0JRXj/s3088/IMG_6739.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxCKxaQSNYzqnLnxqeSJ_L5K1LN2QZO5rdkAYPSCiObWK6Wq_zDKb8n37sn3e_ysoZ-Z-j0GS_kv7HFoEVIZSA56HriWPBdp2FAZtwQWhjpU-uwj26HMb-BEKrvQfGhzp3KN5bQNdA6MhO45ioU-6NSV5_3gsRBXFZe78hxO29qVc-EOPrEBcI8m0JRXj/s320/IMG_6739.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had fun with Tessa and Tiffany while watching the fireworks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brittany came up with her kids the next day and we spent the day playing on the slip and slide. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sw_YTAmA4IsT_TjClz8al8a3U-FyL8EHJIEd62JZbBDQs_hq_MMLID6BKSiuL1YAOQfzE0h-oamFWX-MKkCdL2qg3ygGSgPvTLBNFUC9GbibUOO5u3ggin_U4QNAI968Bp97_CkVGW0SgTwa5ASoykjpAPlX8R6EGsP8qAmWjEvb0k3k2ApOFNNwmrgH/s4032/IMG_6773.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sw_YTAmA4IsT_TjClz8al8a3U-FyL8EHJIEd62JZbBDQs_hq_MMLID6BKSiuL1YAOQfzE0h-oamFWX-MKkCdL2qg3ygGSgPvTLBNFUC9GbibUOO5u3ggin_U4QNAI968Bp97_CkVGW0SgTwa5ASoykjpAPlX8R6EGsP8qAmWjEvb0k3k2ApOFNNwmrgH/s320/IMG_6773.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi went down for a nap right as the slip and slide was set up so I promised her she would get to play in the water when she woke up. By the time she woke up everything had been cleaned up, but Aunt Nattie helped me keep my promise by filling the pool back up. Porter and Jack had to join in on the water play. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5yfxvswye6rMEcojTvNNfxcE7KrSnYHdWKshuMjbsJJyRhu6SHoUVPG1MVc-WvrMghTwSplAo0y3sEEiizc8zf6g46M_kCf8G0TN26yBb2A23cn6d4mV5kqA8AbKAL4yyOy0o4YlFHGIUaN5E8x63srPIT8OGIdqTHj07DFb25jR7OIeXePMYVQnq6xb/s4032/IMG_4248.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5yfxvswye6rMEcojTvNNfxcE7KrSnYHdWKshuMjbsJJyRhu6SHoUVPG1MVc-WvrMghTwSplAo0y3sEEiizc8zf6g46M_kCf8G0TN26yBb2A23cn6d4mV5kqA8AbKAL4yyOy0o4YlFHGIUaN5E8x63srPIT8OGIdqTHj07DFb25jR7OIeXePMYVQnq6xb/s320/IMG_4248.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids have loved playing four square volleyball and were especially thrilled when even the adults came out to play. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtVKYDr_XU4Yg2JFCuOnZgney1wFM7dpT9DJAOnNVT1tao8iIIEtEGfY8hMA23lCCJiig9G5l1tMng3G8UcWcftCRUKqY28ctsnmki4zTloqXYdw7tvJ2cvEHfROc08WjfOnLcfJKIeHO18Pim-S9tec3ycOoMuvcfAf1B8Q-H0mIcaYoaOpppNoIs9lR/s4032/IMG_4247.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtVKYDr_XU4Yg2JFCuOnZgney1wFM7dpT9DJAOnNVT1tao8iIIEtEGfY8hMA23lCCJiig9G5l1tMng3G8UcWcftCRUKqY28ctsnmki4zTloqXYdw7tvJ2cvEHfROc08WjfOnLcfJKIeHO18Pim-S9tec3ycOoMuvcfAf1B8Q-H0mIcaYoaOpppNoIs9lR/s320/IMG_4247.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made our flag cake and we sang Happy Birthday to America. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLym6QXm9a1FJ7IXOjxSrMW0DjfanVDW_5eu0mTwZE5qC7gmm9fii6_gOVLKUaYkfdrL8bptd3nDD8fnFetXYL6lu9zxhownTH-A5sO9d4FmLWnKr3YMzI5zxN3dBg0Jc3nrIEjBJJRaznl0yQ4-jbKtPr2h2vXvoA_asfAQZyug6GcXcihoQ7xX7uFNa/s4032/IMG_6770.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLym6QXm9a1FJ7IXOjxSrMW0DjfanVDW_5eu0mTwZE5qC7gmm9fii6_gOVLKUaYkfdrL8bptd3nDD8fnFetXYL6lu9zxhownTH-A5sO9d4FmLWnKr3YMzI5zxN3dBg0Jc3nrIEjBJJRaznl0yQ4-jbKtPr2h2vXvoA_asfAQZyug6GcXcihoQ7xX7uFNa/s320/IMG_6770.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza and Vivi enjoying Aunt Heather's shoes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKc4rAmhQEpkrjwN8VRu4jDYd9csBbA2O8FTNp2mJqG1QOTl4O09-5RjcnePwU8GTv7D7ThTa8klJzgfy2QNr9E6WpOPl-tqY72zSVoLESQKuNw47MJnJQIiW71MzF-sojMXocvY2I-TXbF_dU3EiggpYdB10hxB-ZPfRErqVEX41JYGdy43LZmFGIP0LE/s4032/IMG_4243.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKc4rAmhQEpkrjwN8VRu4jDYd9csBbA2O8FTNp2mJqG1QOTl4O09-5RjcnePwU8GTv7D7ThTa8klJzgfy2QNr9E6WpOPl-tqY72zSVoLESQKuNw47MJnJQIiW71MzF-sojMXocvY2I-TXbF_dU3EiggpYdB10hxB-ZPfRErqVEX41JYGdy43LZmFGIP0LE/s320/IMG_4243.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin really wanted to make jello jigglers, so Grandma helped him with that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later that week, we were able to do the much anticipated trip to the Bishop's pond. The kids always have a blast playing on the kayaks, paddle boat, and other floaties. Chet even got to do some fishing and was able to catch two fish. One got flipped out of the boat, but the Bishop helped him fillet the other one and he fried it up at home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO_IihgCtTo44GU3IMq-6hMhP2MJgf0gYMevFJTelaWJWDCJ8h9Kiko6vBCRWm94xDSfg3j7HfPVopBUdQCU9UJAFQcx75SsKxJIvKCq8A8-cyNAcE__44-6PgkISfF5osk8DTmCZmjysT4y6612gbp6zKuSYJDkcvixQNzKTJsFfuKHqzuMAsom8dZRB/s4032/IMG_3454.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO_IihgCtTo44GU3IMq-6hMhP2MJgf0gYMevFJTelaWJWDCJ8h9Kiko6vBCRWm94xDSfg3j7HfPVopBUdQCU9UJAFQcx75SsKxJIvKCq8A8-cyNAcE__44-6PgkISfF5osk8DTmCZmjysT4y6612gbp6zKuSYJDkcvixQNzKTJsFfuKHqzuMAsom8dZRB/s320/IMG_3454.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah had fun jumping through the tire tube. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vWwU78cxX9xJJCzmoxxlcm_W2m9U6UjufrOJu4ZKXV1_iInZKCSLSiqy0JSmKmi22-u_o7GSe7buFmt4jzhnyOUM75aRHeKziIkRymtUi_a3JKwpbuZlTHUdPSnfyc7JqnZL-yWZsU-hTXkwGQIAV4e_XoCfhBaS0G2KmCYxHUV-92rCqVgfrIo4iAe7/s4032/IMG_3458.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vWwU78cxX9xJJCzmoxxlcm_W2m9U6UjufrOJu4ZKXV1_iInZKCSLSiqy0JSmKmi22-u_o7GSe7buFmt4jzhnyOUM75aRHeKziIkRymtUi_a3JKwpbuZlTHUdPSnfyc7JqnZL-yWZsU-hTXkwGQIAV4e_XoCfhBaS0G2KmCYxHUV-92rCqVgfrIo4iAe7/s320/IMG_3458.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahTwGe6C0h1CsjLsNTc3RLusxq-5GW2A_Y4X4gzzY1otMNG5L5h24tx7MT4AnrHeioZZGdL1tB-Ybvt33Rm3JWF0Bv-xYZINCz18ThqgXqoFa_UA83TpWxKFs_U_Gb3c-wfBQFLyhPqV7ZSWpgCUo6BVmY4DkL9eh4Xhl-jZEAjwakLcGOsiqUF4OJr_V/s4032/IMG_3462.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahTwGe6C0h1CsjLsNTc3RLusxq-5GW2A_Y4X4gzzY1otMNG5L5h24tx7MT4AnrHeioZZGdL1tB-Ybvt33Rm3JWF0Bv-xYZINCz18ThqgXqoFa_UA83TpWxKFs_U_Gb3c-wfBQFLyhPqV7ZSWpgCUo6BVmY4DkL9eh4Xhl-jZEAjwakLcGOsiqUF4OJr_V/s320/IMG_3462.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza and Vivi had a blast and were so comfortable in the water. Vivi was especially excited with the princess floaty that was just her size. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYkQrNU26vLVM80mDx14Mpq5xVcOzklGJCs_OjSQoXJ6cELEdP2V3Rs3BTM2sxMBnD1eWkWIN3nEST1t0cYnKYeL5adcxzLA1D7ERW6TB-9t5jiAEs030McbRfogmRpkGUK9e9_SzKZ6gDb1Qvu9AU7e-QQhfKmQ80v1CQaOmUp78Brs57nTputm6GoKp/s4032/IMG_3466.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYkQrNU26vLVM80mDx14Mpq5xVcOzklGJCs_OjSQoXJ6cELEdP2V3Rs3BTM2sxMBnD1eWkWIN3nEST1t0cYnKYeL5adcxzLA1D7ERW6TB-9t5jiAEs030McbRfogmRpkGUK9e9_SzKZ6gDb1Qvu9AU7e-QQhfKmQ80v1CQaOmUp78Brs57nTputm6GoKp/s320/IMG_3466.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzId17jQI27y-A3I2QmpDtvCO7c7Me3NdhabCmh-vRSoZcpbxA6aGt91MVa_DXTZH5ZAimPcM2KjYH5b_PH7Ba-MU6-EqiUiMuEVy6vw4z_tL3eptyJbmmjkJu3U0j6XHquP1RwWlLUGmBU9N7hcafLupllJElN6kc4Otl1h0O391t7AzBElnjqNTDXqZ/s4032/IMG_3477.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzId17jQI27y-A3I2QmpDtvCO7c7Me3NdhabCmh-vRSoZcpbxA6aGt91MVa_DXTZH5ZAimPcM2KjYH5b_PH7Ba-MU6-EqiUiMuEVy6vw4z_tL3eptyJbmmjkJu3U0j6XHquP1RwWlLUGmBU9N7hcafLupllJElN6kc4Otl1h0O391t7AzBElnjqNTDXqZ/s320/IMG_3477.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So so happy about his fish</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7igOTyRTJcjvqP5FM13m2iay3K_T4WyBGTnNu-UqAAQxMVSCr2_Flx_qbfdLjy4xLpUoKQs_zPAB9U1XhbgWXzdi6E3Kpt-uqgMHxZqlrWY6ttS8UwDX7TO_SdU6EmuzZ4YHVD6LKaHZ3uw_RKtPRNwcQvYZntzL2wv8yTiT6PA3SANnmCw-8P-1JLp2I/s4032/IMG_3473.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7igOTyRTJcjvqP5FM13m2iay3K_T4WyBGTnNu-UqAAQxMVSCr2_Flx_qbfdLjy4xLpUoKQs_zPAB9U1XhbgWXzdi6E3Kpt-uqgMHxZqlrWY6ttS8UwDX7TO_SdU6EmuzZ4YHVD6LKaHZ3uw_RKtPRNwcQvYZntzL2wv8yTiT6PA3SANnmCw-8P-1JLp2I/s320/IMG_3473.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner and I working on our tans...actually just trying to recharge enough to get the kids packed up and home. We love the Vander Martins and are so grateful for their friendship. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ilFeRsgJP0LxJu1FNTO8MthEgFvabEh-cmDyoqZogEJZUWglHPniqET5mM_4oGVdKDXyHzb-bBbqimnQriEkcT8Jx1M8NxMvJyM4TiHSElt99EGO7Fwf8kCKDXs3n8pLjyHufUBH29PkIJpVlbOX6gaA-EDillPaSaXLe4Imyqi1PeOkHa8Tc9ivbjN0/s3088/IMG_3453.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ilFeRsgJP0LxJu1FNTO8MthEgFvabEh-cmDyoqZogEJZUWglHPniqET5mM_4oGVdKDXyHzb-bBbqimnQriEkcT8Jx1M8NxMvJyM4TiHSElt99EGO7Fwf8kCKDXs3n8pLjyHufUBH29PkIJpVlbOX6gaA-EDillPaSaXLe4Imyqi1PeOkHa8Tc9ivbjN0/s320/IMG_3453.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner was able to go on some bike rides throughout the month. He had to take an obligatory corn picture, it's July in Iowa after all. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizM5XsvE0V2fSP1fCO4Jx3z88DT7wICyqb3dCY2NGZFAhKT0-OwpQsfsu-4SXxLKMz6TKb3-HxBWoLVwPoMpUzlxBPkKMOEfUZizPZl06b3tQ3LjjPW0O2nWywFtBy4kAo2u_dUAuQML-OwCuXYJbMoY8ssmrR0bmRiKosF1dY8iehmioBX_n5eMb5Zqd/s4032/IMG_4279.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizM5XsvE0V2fSP1fCO4Jx3z88DT7wICyqb3dCY2NGZFAhKT0-OwpQsfsu-4SXxLKMz6TKb3-HxBWoLVwPoMpUzlxBPkKMOEfUZizPZl06b3tQ3LjjPW0O2nWywFtBy4kAo2u_dUAuQML-OwCuXYJbMoY8ssmrR0bmRiKosF1dY8iehmioBX_n5eMb5Zqd/s320/IMG_4279.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to Nauvoo so we could watch the cousins in the pageants. I was able to survive the heat without getting too grumpy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VuBNfBDlKXTznhYotxWRfZiTzvrHioYeYDQtYYCOAVlUzNVT79Fdw8Ny9_ffiU0HugmxMhbgoLNcLT2LUYWbkrSgLtq8gKtO-2gq9fH3prXXlKXKXQyA7j3-aWNy-phOZ21aAM4Zn3AWnQmat9FDGn9hnA_uRadENqZsAswGE64qgFUsQcGC0Wq99SZA/s4032/IMG_4280.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VuBNfBDlKXTznhYotxWRfZiTzvrHioYeYDQtYYCOAVlUzNVT79Fdw8Ny9_ffiU0HugmxMhbgoLNcLT2LUYWbkrSgLtq8gKtO-2gq9fH3prXXlKXKXQyA7j3-aWNy-phOZ21aAM4Zn3AWnQmat9FDGn9hnA_uRadENqZsAswGE64qgFUsQcGC0Wq99SZA/s320/IMG_4280.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boys had run off with cousins so Tanner and the girls had a photo shoot. I knew any extra layers on in that heat and humidity might ruin the fragile balance that was my mood so I sat out this time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyPqvVsBbPf7LSKH980vYU9TJ6lK_Sp5Z7Vq1H535_AwrY51GVFGi3sJgVUc1K9mCNT6SE2cLtHr64QmgGuNf1BvUKMROuP-2w3DgpsrJPKoiNNQNZgJGFw4KjxsU-hCMA49DEkWjqnerYLunACpwCfA5NvYTuu19R3si6EX9xhdib2cgCSV8ITDmxGxh/s4032/IMG_4276.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyPqvVsBbPf7LSKH980vYU9TJ6lK_Sp5Z7Vq1H535_AwrY51GVFGi3sJgVUc1K9mCNT6SE2cLtHr64QmgGuNf1BvUKMROuP-2w3DgpsrJPKoiNNQNZgJGFw4KjxsU-hCMA49DEkWjqnerYLunACpwCfA5NvYTuu19R3si6EX9xhdib2cgCSV8ITDmxGxh/s320/IMG_4276.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've never done the oxcart ride and were lucky enough to take a short little ride before they had to stop because of work that they had to do in the yard. The kids had fun learning what the difference is between a cow and an oxen and they all managed to pet them without getting jabbed with a horn. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs0eBYZPnR1ZcNo9eL6sRvoGWg5TU_gX-JgXXZ089gS8WJVi1ynQxVAeNS-SqAimW9P-QAcxgOrpoWdWUgSs5aw70lSVtEB_HIvAbbdXWdOmnlbV3Bd8y1Fm7zRjExcfzxvuQKp1-6MJiSV_JgfTx5LxSfm3rNIw41DihD2xqMxK_N9fef-6MozGAmgad/s4032/IMG_3490.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs0eBYZPnR1ZcNo9eL6sRvoGWg5TU_gX-JgXXZ089gS8WJVi1ynQxVAeNS-SqAimW9P-QAcxgOrpoWdWUgSs5aw70lSVtEB_HIvAbbdXWdOmnlbV3Bd8y1Fm7zRjExcfzxvuQKp1-6MJiSV_JgfTx5LxSfm3rNIw41DihD2xqMxK_N9fef-6MozGAmgad/s320/IMG_3490.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We learned that oxen are a lot slower than horses when we followed up the ox cart ride with a wagon ride for the umpteenth time. Never gets old though. We all love those draft horses. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEb3SA19Rh96VPipQY8fqvKfkjk0zF_8_EdNG1tmDKRVMbwIeZujb8ICYnQ_mw_K2rVVQ4TedB3ZrR08CUAOILeT96cQ8WKPDXhsPC9r2Mn9k54D1MizZmOaX33oJUlw_TTEaFsLC96cpNHqVE3Ic45uQF8vomFkwunUtEjQhMgImgHPDW2FcT7wndBLEL/s3088/IMG_3489.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEb3SA19Rh96VPipQY8fqvKfkjk0zF_8_EdNG1tmDKRVMbwIeZujb8ICYnQ_mw_K2rVVQ4TedB3ZrR08CUAOILeT96cQ8WKPDXhsPC9r2Mn9k54D1MizZmOaX33oJUlw_TTEaFsLC96cpNHqVE3Ic45uQF8vomFkwunUtEjQhMgImgHPDW2FcT7wndBLEL/s320/IMG_3489.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first night we were there, Tanner ran into a friend from medical school. They ended up staying the night in the same hotel as us so Tanner had to get a photo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7itjys70FT5gLYtqVREkYvx_akKyqN0XfWUNXWU6AHYrL99wXgdFEulSW6eU67FevJe_A1hkASXzcYWKfSgTTjckrUMvZv9_49LSe7fNAVsiL84-lkKYkZYFWbCk9gCzKpoejlTtpaBol8C4IuiHRgJg-DyNppf6CtBtywba-wbaklDGPW5jtiOd0jdww/s4032/IMG_4278.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7itjys70FT5gLYtqVREkYvx_akKyqN0XfWUNXWU6AHYrL99wXgdFEulSW6eU67FevJe_A1hkASXzcYWKfSgTTjckrUMvZv9_49LSe7fNAVsiL84-lkKYkZYFWbCk9gCzKpoejlTtpaBol8C4IuiHRgJg-DyNppf6CtBtywba-wbaklDGPW5jtiOd0jdww/s320/IMG_4278.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi and Eliza were insistent on doing the Maypole and really wanted to do it with no help. I had to be sneakily helping Vivi the whole time and she was pretty annoyed with me but we got through it without any tears so I'll call it a success. I then took the two of them on a handcart ride and Eliza was disappointed that I didn't run like some of the teenage boys she saw...In my advanced pregnant state I was pretty proud of what I did, but you can't please everyone. Then we watched a puppet show and the kids all got to pick out a sock puppet. Mariah tried her hand at learning the highland fling and also learned some square dancing. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5D9VXRXJq6VrRo95qhNOfCCVzrx26Avr8tgwUxGpm2yNBf9_BzExN0HVo3NoqnnVlJAWSlV6F1O-8QQzZavvvIi_WhEC6pIMOaYqeF8KbCPio4-ZYw4f54mJEOx0NjZXIo_ROChtz2Zi_6_1eiPC5W3doYwVqIBD-pV37aGhodbZqn3Ely0BkfQh5oXi/s4032/IMG_3486.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5D9VXRXJq6VrRo95qhNOfCCVzrx26Avr8tgwUxGpm2yNBf9_BzExN0HVo3NoqnnVlJAWSlV6F1O-8QQzZavvvIi_WhEC6pIMOaYqeF8KbCPio4-ZYw4f54mJEOx0NjZXIo_ROChtz2Zi_6_1eiPC5W3doYwVqIBD-pV37aGhodbZqn3Ely0BkfQh5oXi/s320/IMG_3486.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Hilton cousins came up the first night of pageant to watch with us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The next day we went to several shows with the cousins and went to the bootmaker's shop and a few other sights. Then we headed to where the cousins were staying and the kids swam in the pool while I persuaded Vivi to take a nap. She was a little put out about not swimming but was much happier that night. And I was happy to be in an air conditioned room for a while. </div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo8fyLe1D8QfPX6FJ5yy7L7cffxpCQvJf8c7P1MhQct7h7jXfEAh7hGLVX1-fUeHRnCyz_YflLDTamM-YMuZdCyWq3lHEa1eZSczTTlxA33FQXeaaCWAkyfBhlTah-vttv3yp7U7t7NZgnfmbCNuJ1X_6jrPPJ0Yr-B-15g0AtHxTHuDcvXlmfRKJSV_w/s4032/IMG_4288.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo8fyLe1D8QfPX6FJ5yy7L7cffxpCQvJf8c7P1MhQct7h7jXfEAh7hGLVX1-fUeHRnCyz_YflLDTamM-YMuZdCyWq3lHEa1eZSczTTlxA33FQXeaaCWAkyfBhlTah-vttv3yp7U7t7NZgnfmbCNuJ1X_6jrPPJ0Yr-B-15g0AtHxTHuDcvXlmfRKJSV_w/s320/IMG_4288.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so wonderful to watch the two pageants with family in them! The first night we were in the back so it was harder to see and the kids weren't as engaged, but the next night we saved seats right in the front and our kids were so excited to see their cousins throughout the show. Nauvoo is such an amazing place, there are so many amazing things to see and do and it's all free! We are so lucky to be so close. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtXgy_vmra2OUTkvqsbU7fH7v7j8BaDDeBtdOGweP4GGgPcagGvoifkpJtqox6nJNkp4Mp6Tq595hacLSsSYyukpU2xWafIisW_FzeGH7QFXT9-RrB5EBJrhdHs4VnsG38nYaK_ToEe-lXP_ZOujHdI40UhacLL7F11AOdk_N6dph-oO9P6j0VtKT485w/s4032/IMG_4267.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtXgy_vmra2OUTkvqsbU7fH7v7j8BaDDeBtdOGweP4GGgPcagGvoifkpJtqox6nJNkp4Mp6Tq595hacLSsSYyukpU2xWafIisW_FzeGH7QFXT9-RrB5EBJrhdHs4VnsG38nYaK_ToEe-lXP_ZOujHdI40UhacLL7F11AOdk_N6dph-oO9P6j0VtKT485w/s320/IMG_4267.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really love this picture, just a little snapshot into our life where we all look happy...That's what I want to remember. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdAAVAqjvZovbLGo4CvtpQrhESQgt2ReA7LEuUnF0BdAQBx7BEuiZbIpz7kzpVGLK6kneMH6SxkLbfhH93S_R8PhBz8gAWGhUcqnPuSCo-mJ8HaVIV8oJz06d1I8N5ELbmeOjhUj7Ln6VziTYDdntJjaraTxgFxcqY2ehenqEpHi_WEgZUyYAWFcs3JSy/s4032/IMG_4296.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdAAVAqjvZovbLGo4CvtpQrhESQgt2ReA7LEuUnF0BdAQBx7BEuiZbIpz7kzpVGLK6kneMH6SxkLbfhH93S_R8PhBz8gAWGhUcqnPuSCo-mJ8HaVIV8oJz06d1I8N5ELbmeOjhUj7Ln6VziTYDdntJjaraTxgFxcqY2ehenqEpHi_WEgZUyYAWFcs3JSy/s320/IMG_4296.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Four square Volleyball was played almost nightly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8H15BDZqm14QaNRwsU46hJXijJKknEZsrSpM3ACSs-kuMQ9TATj8zMNRsV3e9KB1rRFz6wIoiKHuqL6q28S4CzjJTUNBfv1BcmbnUd49wsNywIGvVUSLktyyRLS6z3IVJUsi003sAJ0_LRUP3DN7QVY5lLWvE0HgT3hUqVJdQqcE8Py2m3q-cI4HIQEl/s4032/IMG_4304.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8H15BDZqm14QaNRwsU46hJXijJKknEZsrSpM3ACSs-kuMQ9TATj8zMNRsV3e9KB1rRFz6wIoiKHuqL6q28S4CzjJTUNBfv1BcmbnUd49wsNywIGvVUSLktyyRLS6z3IVJUsi003sAJ0_LRUP3DN7QVY5lLWvE0HgT3hUqVJdQqcE8Py2m3q-cI4HIQEl/s320/IMG_4304.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We said bye to most of the cousins as they headed home from pageant. But Bethany stayed! Here she made pretzels with the kids while I napped. She was such an amazing help around the house. I was telling Tanner how I usually start to get pretty grumpy towards the end of my pregnancies but hadn't this time...and then I realized it was because of Bethany and all she did to help around the house. I was so spoiled. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8I0dEfFZ1-cjM2DPFk3w0diFmRkm0bsUE9DuUfgEdKUr_2-7Mu2Nkl2iFgwY8j3lDckLQho23cchMPBkK1H8eqUYxxw2OkUtMJKBnRTCiX6CS92FQVvX4xshTJDMtJzyVq6HGy6qvdQbO8MVnPPPVlTTObJHDrrExM-KnS2qkQMHBZ6ukuexNL1JV-qM/s4032/IMG_4310.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8I0dEfFZ1-cjM2DPFk3w0diFmRkm0bsUE9DuUfgEdKUr_2-7Mu2Nkl2iFgwY8j3lDckLQho23cchMPBkK1H8eqUYxxw2OkUtMJKBnRTCiX6CS92FQVvX4xshTJDMtJzyVq6HGy6qvdQbO8MVnPPPVlTTObJHDrrExM-KnS2qkQMHBZ6ukuexNL1JV-qM/s320/IMG_4310.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi in one of her daily getups: swimsuit, snowboots, and a bandaid without an owie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindfHhIpRVXoXiA3UboCl9FlkE_Gx65mdL1V3uZMeHlBQIpwa-8mQkOtVXgKMhu6gcHAIlEdvnkd4ghjGqTd1pHh5_ytzxgA77I-1CR8ArCKG6f5nEoJZmY9VxjKH5V6IRYFSfugQz5dMSi7StuGwvkFZMn8AG6JN8OYF2G-N8ML2aY1d5sHp8y1auDxAb/s4032/IMG_4321.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindfHhIpRVXoXiA3UboCl9FlkE_Gx65mdL1V3uZMeHlBQIpwa-8mQkOtVXgKMhu6gcHAIlEdvnkd4ghjGqTd1pHh5_ytzxgA77I-1CR8ArCKG6f5nEoJZmY9VxjKH5V6IRYFSfugQz5dMSi7StuGwvkFZMn8AG6JN8OYF2G-N8ML2aY1d5sHp8y1auDxAb/s320/IMG_4321.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is how we usually find her at night...looks comfy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULuWxoypLthyyiZj2ICPkh_NmL8QIZ4DbqC_r252VUbc07gVAe2TEVAL5ppsLWe7Uqh6wpfeETB58nrOQywvilQTHYxOz7_DLW3J5OIXQd0IT5AvnDDo0_d_f93knzYgI_uiZ_vFShlvGDNvQ47hzFdo-5es7ZH1sbrS4ZL2i9J53jJq7mEdn86Wd6x8w/s4032/IMG_4331.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULuWxoypLthyyiZj2ICPkh_NmL8QIZ4DbqC_r252VUbc07gVAe2TEVAL5ppsLWe7Uqh6wpfeETB58nrOQywvilQTHYxOz7_DLW3J5OIXQd0IT5AvnDDo0_d_f93knzYgI_uiZ_vFShlvGDNvQ47hzFdo-5es7ZH1sbrS4ZL2i9J53jJq7mEdn86Wd6x8w/s320/IMG_4331.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the end of the month Aunt Mandy came to help with the baby! The kids were so excited to have her here. On Monday night we had a campfire for FHE and everyone ate way too many marshmallows. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtY3L7XEpRLQNXXbcJ-Om8Bm5Lz-hW6ZMmXDHjBOkUO4KulVAC0J2u_hI5wttBcZ9lHp9Jualfrfa8lgD1Afacy-NPxaU4soueZod2y_Lqm9PtYa5nkOS3l7MihO2lYhfoXzgEGaSgA2nuoOyZiQ-g-JMfy7ir9cz4nG1CeEbksjT-XWUIiiPOHHxqNX8y/s4032/IMG_1617.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtY3L7XEpRLQNXXbcJ-Om8Bm5Lz-hW6ZMmXDHjBOkUO4KulVAC0J2u_hI5wttBcZ9lHp9Jualfrfa8lgD1Afacy-NPxaU4soueZod2y_Lqm9PtYa5nkOS3l7MihO2lYhfoXzgEGaSgA2nuoOyZiQ-g-JMfy7ir9cz4nG1CeEbksjT-XWUIiiPOHHxqNX8y/s320/IMG_1617.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet built the fire all by himself and was feeling pretty proud. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Log_4ZKc1h_ZYSaOF-ymbWRz-prwI7dA2iX8zTg51NGecHAcosJT9LUT7DD8MSnKjazZCvWKxV72DH9SMQu5gulHqWFV3xMoqa2JMznmgE5Yqiy52Vxrht9RGHiRRETrQ-2rCRC_a8E6ibfLEUtR5wR7QDjTWbU2jIKuP49TZNu6rSUqdZsGddKBMZDe/s4032/IMG_1619.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Log_4ZKc1h_ZYSaOF-ymbWRz-prwI7dA2iX8zTg51NGecHAcosJT9LUT7DD8MSnKjazZCvWKxV72DH9SMQu5gulHqWFV3xMoqa2JMznmgE5Yqiy52Vxrht9RGHiRRETrQ-2rCRC_a8E6ibfLEUtR5wR7QDjTWbU2jIKuP49TZNu6rSUqdZsGddKBMZDe/s320/IMG_1619.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMrjXxptBotq5kYLcPvMlC2twC-EQXNj0zZcTbNMV5EjHKtwQ_PterCfcCOkLA3qszO2CwhxJ5lcnW-bodBuUosbq4rIiWekcIbmteleJtTTTpJXkT2T2kEjiJH7fZ-75t1P2YptWnjYerbj57h79uL7QYByV4QUVTo6gFGenvGmdMcAqrE09qGnIdE5S/s4032/IMG_1620.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMrjXxptBotq5kYLcPvMlC2twC-EQXNj0zZcTbNMV5EjHKtwQ_PterCfcCOkLA3qszO2CwhxJ5lcnW-bodBuUosbq4rIiWekcIbmteleJtTTTpJXkT2T2kEjiJH7fZ-75t1P2YptWnjYerbj57h79uL7QYByV4QUVTo6gFGenvGmdMcAqrE09qGnIdE5S/s320/IMG_1620.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza was in charge of the treat and took her job very seriously. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqN0UfoKjC0W8K1SXJ2ooIC_shicotVSv70ofJuA08Y_91BUNjFjkylRiTclDTLgQ2MBHpqnvgFeLYjI4bNwI_4-bCWBV5Ka6naCouMETuNaIVogm4B9MAoQeAYljxTbBHy4zYRp6N5ZsF_lfmv9JE4cNWfuHGk2LPtiqI5eFRzW0qhR4__a8Zc9mU8xo/s4032/IMG_1623.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqN0UfoKjC0W8K1SXJ2ooIC_shicotVSv70ofJuA08Y_91BUNjFjkylRiTclDTLgQ2MBHpqnvgFeLYjI4bNwI_4-bCWBV5Ka6naCouMETuNaIVogm4B9MAoQeAYljxTbBHy4zYRp6N5ZsF_lfmv9JE4cNWfuHGk2LPtiqI5eFRzW0qhR4__a8Zc9mU8xo/s320/IMG_1623.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am walking around the property trying to convince my body to go into labor...but no luck.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had such a full and eventful month with lots of family and good times. </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-88459704795547125482023-07-02T15:57:00.000-07:002023-07-02T15:57:30.091-07:00June <p></p><div style="text-align: center;">June flew by! We didn't have much time to recover from our trip because we were going all month long. We started the month out finally celebrating Eliza's birthday with friends. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5vMPJU31FWPKbn5KrPG2GWGVZiwsLsnbKJjYHOykjjsHds_EZGTPuAzOFvvo4pp4s3sVUjqA5daLcZNcTcOnAiRV1TwhZA6rx7Ipvyx_Jf95Zn38fyq29meDvlre5acEh8kcW0oD2iH9k_OjXJ8eDSfrUgyylhM7xzl9ms5TbBbxhusNjtlBs-xP9A-5/s4032/IMG_4118.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5vMPJU31FWPKbn5KrPG2GWGVZiwsLsnbKJjYHOykjjsHds_EZGTPuAzOFvvo4pp4s3sVUjqA5daLcZNcTcOnAiRV1TwhZA6rx7Ipvyx_Jf95Zn38fyq29meDvlre5acEh8kcW0oD2iH9k_OjXJ8eDSfrUgyylhM7xzl9ms5TbBbxhusNjtlBs-xP9A-5/s320/IMG_4118.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEWc95L7wD7DYwPfx8lZKZVvUduGz1UElTFBzy0zX4CbR9OtBmJ86grlCdW1j2-nsc5fBAP8SEy8IuHy1P-JFpN635HBci1LiuO4sJoF1VNteu9ceaqPKPaI5U0A8vZbfest-RaAuwGD6X5nnDv-oYgTaks9GSLVebxs6ui2QItubMG8VYYdcO4_svs7Z/s4032/IMG_4117.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEWc95L7wD7DYwPfx8lZKZVvUduGz1UElTFBzy0zX4CbR9OtBmJ86grlCdW1j2-nsc5fBAP8SEy8IuHy1P-JFpN635HBci1LiuO4sJoF1VNteu9ceaqPKPaI5U0A8vZbfest-RaAuwGD6X5nnDv-oYgTaks9GSLVebxs6ui2QItubMG8VYYdcO4_svs7Z/s320/IMG_4117.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids have been so excited to have some of their Crossley cousins come to our house for the first time. They traveled in an RV and our kids are now convinced that that is the only way to travel. They went on many rides with the cousins. Chet and Austin took them all fishing several mornings. There weren't many fish caught but everyone had muddy shoes so I guess something was accomplished. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1ryb1ARgQFvfAFPD1VYzaw0mWpbMaJmToyhd7Po6NGmrek-gAKzhbqrAk19x4kYCBxQAHUo0SvVOYin-WKms1eR3_8XS4lIFUDk763AbLmsv_3L0dKQqJTfMvvKUc33y3dvki2_RLTlsayvqi4_CmV4UHwAYqmSxsds5NNHKeyQVgZPAuS4mnY_SafQX/s4032/IMG_7017.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1ryb1ARgQFvfAFPD1VYzaw0mWpbMaJmToyhd7Po6NGmrek-gAKzhbqrAk19x4kYCBxQAHUo0SvVOYin-WKms1eR3_8XS4lIFUDk763AbLmsv_3L0dKQqJTfMvvKUc33y3dvki2_RLTlsayvqi4_CmV4UHwAYqmSxsds5NNHKeyQVgZPAuS4mnY_SafQX/s320/IMG_7017.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eliza was excited to let Tanner borrow her new fishing pole (Chet's birthday present to her)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkOA4dp_iFNpf8ccFIuKqGCKX-FIQtvxSzgVULu2c57C6MNTtHGCrRa2xhQfE8CzuBrmjYdeVzMzBvaAWpRrwc1hvRsE6o7Ur4rGmdlhSsL4qKyHMBTPBMGhR3FoNWI_7LHuqNoD_cIYQSCi_kJU_LDY5bQkEM556BPHY-seHc2jBgeSnR2nHl5ueiA9h/s4032/IMG_7016.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkOA4dp_iFNpf8ccFIuKqGCKX-FIQtvxSzgVULu2c57C6MNTtHGCrRa2xhQfE8CzuBrmjYdeVzMzBvaAWpRrwc1hvRsE6o7Ur4rGmdlhSsL4qKyHMBTPBMGhR3FoNWI_7LHuqNoD_cIYQSCi_kJU_LDY5bQkEM556BPHY-seHc2jBgeSnR2nHl5ueiA9h/s320/IMG_7016.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are so grateful for wonderful neighbors that let our kids fish to their heart's desires. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwy2b29-JJyuzLSVvY8Pizn5HQxhepcN7cHDgXOwUwfGhWXnKUJuHU-SWCkWX3jnHq9gAZlIIYp3OhXc7L60L309kobjNA9lYy0dmEIqtcUCbtJpk0gJJnu-O6RMBVXtdmynydJKVLdGpNQ2OV1UHwU4_BbLPXHXomb9uwC9Zg-WSjoq3QriYS2VBupmWY/s4032/IMG_4123.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwy2b29-JJyuzLSVvY8Pizn5HQxhepcN7cHDgXOwUwfGhWXnKUJuHU-SWCkWX3jnHq9gAZlIIYp3OhXc7L60L309kobjNA9lYy0dmEIqtcUCbtJpk0gJJnu-O6RMBVXtdmynydJKVLdGpNQ2OV1UHwU4_BbLPXHXomb9uwC9Zg-WSjoq3QriYS2VBupmWY/s320/IMG_4123.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spencer found a caterpillar attached to a leaf in a J hook. It was only a few hours later that we were able to see it go into a chrysalis. We always seem to miss it so we've decided our cousins are a lucky charm. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4wW_hciaQAoEuy9D7NgEeuE2jVUVIUuvqMA_rMK3Mvx_Vy2zDoJJMzv9MdB0S1i2kLoMx2gB1_lGkg2StJ7hbrpWYnWhf0AWeWDyt5UBSTonNu_RtiIsrpGPwAYJjW_OR3dTVExrWcPHt1HdlU1ooXuXaBjY5NIcNKKkqzmx0GqVeBliacVZ1PzP4Kbr/s4032/IMG_4122.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4wW_hciaQAoEuy9D7NgEeuE2jVUVIUuvqMA_rMK3Mvx_Vy2zDoJJMzv9MdB0S1i2kLoMx2gB1_lGkg2StJ7hbrpWYnWhf0AWeWDyt5UBSTonNu_RtiIsrpGPwAYJjW_OR3dTVExrWcPHt1HdlU1ooXuXaBjY5NIcNKKkqzmx0GqVeBliacVZ1PzP4Kbr/s320/IMG_4122.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We went to the library one day and got to learn about all kinds of different animals. Mariah got to hold a snake for everyone to touch. Chet was disappointed that he didn't get to carry around the bigger snake. But I accidentally won us an aquaponics system...now we'll see whether we can keep the fish and plants alive. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtqT3gYHkbVPLrO_QGwO4WtRDrXuNCZL7cCpQhElUcS4FUHW__1vtPzu-UHpc4Qd96k6DcNaFyGbGMHWGqDb4-g4wavMACkOayKCS1BdWHka0BUdLqqOVlVb05uwxn05p8Czb6U_EYtXQuZTGOAEz6zIQ1gTDS5qSivyTG0usojj0vyFN0bCutBMxgw47/s4032/IMG_7027.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtqT3gYHkbVPLrO_QGwO4WtRDrXuNCZL7cCpQhElUcS4FUHW__1vtPzu-UHpc4Qd96k6DcNaFyGbGMHWGqDb4-g4wavMACkOayKCS1BdWHka0BUdLqqOVlVb05uwxn05p8Czb6U_EYtXQuZTGOAEz6zIQ1gTDS5qSivyTG0usojj0vyFN0bCutBMxgw47/s320/IMG_7027.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had another wonderful weekend with the cousins. Little Tanner is so good at looking after Vivi and helping her when she's sad. Our Kirksville cousins came up for the afternoon one Sunday. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEv3TfyU8puDEHlnVRXp7jUTxyoEym2jlXcWIisKdfuBvwzcL2A01RFilGliHX7Rlf0q_xFJkZ-6fiv9bSI36kE_wRJ-8vD59t2kF0Gn1leTewoTBM-N7MYuvOdZp27cflY0cU2I-OudQDKmTB9z1Ya9XmD0GRyfGGF4B_CG2jDxigK4mBIxKZ2fOnnaow/s4032/IMG_7026.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEv3TfyU8puDEHlnVRXp7jUTxyoEym2jlXcWIisKdfuBvwzcL2A01RFilGliHX7Rlf0q_xFJkZ-6fiv9bSI36kE_wRJ-8vD59t2kF0Gn1leTewoTBM-N7MYuvOdZp27cflY0cU2I-OudQDKmTB9z1Ya9XmD0GRyfGGF4B_CG2jDxigK4mBIxKZ2fOnnaow/s320/IMG_7026.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vivi looking fabulous. Aunt Heather came to visit too and we were so happy to have her back in her U.S. home. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXvd9gW5GYyWqRyNTcNyKTpr9kOAJoBirUYHBF2d1lbMpOkTnrWMAsHH0d6Y0Kllz94PNInrV8Ihd0bvYjMuFnJzfeRTAA1GQMLs1gurZFKdZFJLgb2AxIobPfD_b6aoU778bY408ZqleiGBWPghm6Lhn-bndX8cuz7wbTGdt7-NkVRD2R2U3W7Ob2qaC/s4032/IMG_4125.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXvd9gW5GYyWqRyNTcNyKTpr9kOAJoBirUYHBF2d1lbMpOkTnrWMAsHH0d6Y0Kllz94PNInrV8Ihd0bvYjMuFnJzfeRTAA1GQMLs1gurZFKdZFJLgb2AxIobPfD_b6aoU778bY408ZqleiGBWPghm6Lhn-bndX8cuz7wbTGdt7-NkVRD2R2U3W7Ob2qaC/s320/IMG_4125.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The girls went with me to bring a meal to a friend and we saw a brand new baby fawn across the street. It held so still and the girls were really good about not petting it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn5Ff817EydAo8RCe-YfnKH9TRIW7UTixmsIxcnb0PtvPSGICfgzq1GFkI3jqvImo9p0N0iuTNzr8UdSC74_OiTWNxoe1efII0xsh5eaNGWvnZ17gWyUB2Vn-Ci-P_M8UFZ-gaSU4JIkQqnp9CDUv4UQuqD_WEyZKFZ32r6b1SFu2Wmv2oxewCh3Bm2f1/s4032/camphoto_1804928587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn5Ff817EydAo8RCe-YfnKH9TRIW7UTixmsIxcnb0PtvPSGICfgzq1GFkI3jqvImo9p0N0iuTNzr8UdSC74_OiTWNxoe1efII0xsh5eaNGWvnZ17gWyUB2Vn-Ci-P_M8UFZ-gaSU4JIkQqnp9CDUv4UQuqD_WEyZKFZ32r6b1SFu2Wmv2oxewCh3Bm2f1/s320/camphoto_1804928587.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mariah started Violin lessons! She has been dreaming of this day since she was three years old. And I must say, starting an eleven year old on an instrument is much easier than a three year old. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskCcNnx6gH_0PPdynKLDlS_URUxV8Cl-ERQteOh00AFqR0-Gf-qxudp3xbpB9b_Oy00lxhouk39KLCUS-1fz-D1_88g1BpGPi5jQpylfxqrMTOu29YvEnKSTCVDhWyN8ReZ_blCY2-V-m3zEKV5G3EjD_mRs5eDK7pnGdVJO8gqMSsCmq7pQysPvnp_WT/s4032/IMG_4165.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskCcNnx6gH_0PPdynKLDlS_URUxV8Cl-ERQteOh00AFqR0-Gf-qxudp3xbpB9b_Oy00lxhouk39KLCUS-1fz-D1_88g1BpGPi5jQpylfxqrMTOu29YvEnKSTCVDhWyN8ReZ_blCY2-V-m3zEKV5G3EjD_mRs5eDK7pnGdVJO8gqMSsCmq7pQysPvnp_WT/s320/IMG_4165.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We spent two weekends helping the cousins move to their new house. We are really excited for all the memories that will be made there. I hung out with the youngest five while the big kids helped move things into the new house. We used popsicles as bribery to keep the littles happy about being left. Then Aunt Lisa read them stories and they didn't even feel like they missed out on anything. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_7LpWW4e4KzGDM8T1dogG5hn1gzr1f3RUYVAwqTdGMUOqTGgVEcIFBua2mW6tZkMw6aiC8_9o2dOONA0eZc5LTSsQt_zQj54QX4WowKmrIzFdD5sbAai9OfJg9NV3jiy8N6zf_nnQ3JDpqYsMcArAZ8ME509UT2wIFntFhFYK63hae_nJVfPrkWpnNDQ/s4032/IMG_4184.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_7LpWW4e4KzGDM8T1dogG5hn1gzr1f3RUYVAwqTdGMUOqTGgVEcIFBua2mW6tZkMw6aiC8_9o2dOONA0eZc5LTSsQt_zQj54QX4WowKmrIzFdD5sbAai9OfJg9NV3jiy8N6zf_nnQ3JDpqYsMcArAZ8ME509UT2wIFntFhFYK63hae_nJVfPrkWpnNDQ/s320/IMG_4184.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The second weekend the kids were rewarded for all their hard work by playing on the awesome blow up water slide. I am shocked that the only injury sustained was Austin's jammed finger. He was having so much fun that he didn't even tell me about it until that night, but it was pretty bruised and swollen the next day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXt7_z55cfMBeB83tq5Ix1_c8FofLaml8SaVorazHXGo55paXju_H1fGfUaNglkN521vAwHf52cV0IXSCOGkOoT-tY3rwa0Fc1Abe3Z74Vz6UwdLt0ZD2ZNo5LmLqumQ1bMazbf4FlhRHBuvAdnXCEl2MtQgb7fSXaaugw01nALt4wLFz1gYniNee4WA1/s4032/IMG_4186.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXt7_z55cfMBeB83tq5Ix1_c8FofLaml8SaVorazHXGo55paXju_H1fGfUaNglkN521vAwHf52cV0IXSCOGkOoT-tY3rwa0Fc1Abe3Z74Vz6UwdLt0ZD2ZNo5LmLqumQ1bMazbf4FlhRHBuvAdnXCEl2MtQgb7fSXaaugw01nALt4wLFz1gYniNee4WA1/s320/IMG_4186.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vivi kept herself busy all day at the new house and finally around 4pm fell asleep watching us set up a bunk bed. She has figured out how to take her clothes off so we have a lot of diaper time at our house. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next day we celebrated Father's day. Tanner had mentioned almost buying a huge key lime pie from Costco when he picked Heather up at the airport so I decided to make that for him for dessert. The kids made him some really sweet cards, and even though he was on call, Tanner went to church and didn't get a single phone call. Not a bad fathers' day gift.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had swim lessons each weekday for two weeks and the kids mostly had fun (it's always hit and miss for Eliza) and learned a lot. Vivi felt a little left out and insisted most days on wearing her swimsuit and goggles, even though she couldn't get in the pool. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14BLABoMZodNTRk9JcjNyh7lHWWiI05Yl4Oxpc3zp7vF9wEWh1MM8i9P2CNbOwghBC_fXl7Hh27MisDDw4wgW26Ph4rlGjuvpb_yGQ3aFwi-jxAzAKzkdQlwVAHM5iAxM8pgxic2d8u-asNl45rx86BZGKO_0LL-bRc-Xt7ADAR6gPQGOwCytGz0LNviK/s3088/IMG_4172.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14BLABoMZodNTRk9JcjNyh7lHWWiI05Yl4Oxpc3zp7vF9wEWh1MM8i9P2CNbOwghBC_fXl7Hh27MisDDw4wgW26Ph4rlGjuvpb_yGQ3aFwi-jxAzAKzkdQlwVAHM5iAxM8pgxic2d8u-asNl45rx86BZGKO_0LL-bRc-Xt7ADAR6gPQGOwCytGz0LNviK/s320/IMG_4172.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She had a high fever for a few days and woke one night feverish. I put her in bed with me and after a few minutes she whispered, "I need my goggles". I tried to pacify her but she climbed out of bed and went looking for them. She wouldn't rest until I got them out of her crib and then she fell asleep with them in her hands. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWsY0-bsbTZxefQbN9JQgNKNHynNgFySUA4K0czzPboG83zxyIhpcEybC_nFsW926VNqdzhAuVnv-qbm0TqCBNt1EKi16Uyunw6VgVs1mNHyGWtxZEncJzFerEwF1BAWm4DHh1cb8ef2ldh0cGVlC_CiI5YA0AdLjmWSn3ewWME7ExzJTpkt63ai-Q0GA/s4032/IMG_4174.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWsY0-bsbTZxefQbN9JQgNKNHynNgFySUA4K0czzPboG83zxyIhpcEybC_nFsW926VNqdzhAuVnv-qbm0TqCBNt1EKi16Uyunw6VgVs1mNHyGWtxZEncJzFerEwF1BAWm4DHh1cb8ef2ldh0cGVlC_CiI5YA0AdLjmWSn3ewWME7ExzJTpkt63ai-Q0GA/s320/IMG_4174.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a little obsessed</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2D-8iRR64tCzVQM-4KbZ7g-2qntTr-Uer-mVMemY3ZzdS1NJ8-oxlD_VE61JKFlftwBqWzHachlc8kJylYXbl4k2x_iFAaZCixZkGVHUGy_kX9D5S3cnrLpqw6fq9OJr2F1LyOVcvNYvivumrXq5FaF2Vm1ErXouJDaXjnqvbNxn4c1Sb7MNsu3vgUb2/s3088/IMG_4176.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2D-8iRR64tCzVQM-4KbZ7g-2qntTr-Uer-mVMemY3ZzdS1NJ8-oxlD_VE61JKFlftwBqWzHachlc8kJylYXbl4k2x_iFAaZCixZkGVHUGy_kX9D5S3cnrLpqw6fq9OJr2F1LyOVcvNYvivumrXq5FaF2Vm1ErXouJDaXjnqvbNxn4c1Sb7MNsu3vgUb2/s320/IMG_4176.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We spent our time in the car during lessons and Vivi enjoyed pushing as many buttons (mine and the car's) as she could and snitching gum. She finally got her time in the pool when we went to a birthday party one night after dinner. It didn't disappoint. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGPPcUZdEwRclCzTwZZ8OH5siZxQ60EY861hFAe218mMx7q2pHdtKhrz8VjL_WV9ctj7ymdC32oJsyrT54M1YLP4TONm9ZXUkNKYeMbsyXaFwLD9NOHXNnJOvjxJ6wMazXvx33zBzgEPpmL0N99p3VmGQrb1bmsZGxHgkbvsToOfcgqAJpOYXtRPrQFD3/s4032/IMG_4179.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGPPcUZdEwRclCzTwZZ8OH5siZxQ60EY861hFAe218mMx7q2pHdtKhrz8VjL_WV9ctj7ymdC32oJsyrT54M1YLP4TONm9ZXUkNKYeMbsyXaFwLD9NOHXNnJOvjxJ6wMazXvx33zBzgEPpmL0N99p3VmGQrb1bmsZGxHgkbvsToOfcgqAJpOYXtRPrQFD3/s320/IMG_4179.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We celebrated Josie's 1st birthday (a month early we found out, whoops) and she really enjoyed her treat. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jXkeCUek8wkiHLrLq6VtNUDS3NtKBQ-VfbEl5nr6FjPJLAqSvwktAosrGsUAvYbb0sHqldM4OBU4KQPQHwpSy1PFBur6uqgm_dRK5RwDbWbOz7McKEfaZsX8U-aE6g680EUQPZ-g1NxV8zqUDIQNfwl1ao96wUjVjXdJTSrkvmkuXnTK3vDx0m9ME50O/s4032/IMG_4201.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jXkeCUek8wkiHLrLq6VtNUDS3NtKBQ-VfbEl5nr6FjPJLAqSvwktAosrGsUAvYbb0sHqldM4OBU4KQPQHwpSy1PFBur6uqgm_dRK5RwDbWbOz7McKEfaZsX8U-aE6g680EUQPZ-g1NxV8zqUDIQNfwl1ao96wUjVjXdJTSrkvmkuXnTK3vDx0m9ME50O/s320/IMG_4201.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We're pretty big fans of this goofy dog...now if we can just keep her from trying to kill the chickens...and not run out the door...and follow a command other than sit...all in good time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceQCONROX_TBx7KPAX3AUfXjz77jSuUbJLOyRFke5VudBMMC0ROL4UFMplCMkuyss8NWyVwv3PIGYwfa0QwaF0h8bVw3GdL-IWfoNClb6dhx7YIuBym3UIULsN_7jDDodr42L8iPmn9Q_NCnE0TxP_kyBjKPMOCr1jYuDp_Pq2WQSzHDZ2BXHZqlcv4gJ/s4032/IMG_4203.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceQCONROX_TBx7KPAX3AUfXjz77jSuUbJLOyRFke5VudBMMC0ROL4UFMplCMkuyss8NWyVwv3PIGYwfa0QwaF0h8bVw3GdL-IWfoNClb6dhx7YIuBym3UIULsN_7jDDodr42L8iPmn9Q_NCnE0TxP_kyBjKPMOCr1jYuDp_Pq2WQSzHDZ2BXHZqlcv4gJ/s320/IMG_4203.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfL47O9IgY5PNf2HFA4MlN1RFy2GDhrd22CJNy24o-Ii_Wfvy2XYo-372YQIy0RZeaZ9URJtmHyNTHLc9kQoz7-b4VPFZHkeskwsYDrcddFmdksZDp6ORBGX6wCxM5s9JgY0Z-vAK2-U9Iu8sHfjaaTlVn4QNctZN0LRb1a6pkN01n4VGWhLmSZRZomLw/s4032/IMG_4183.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfL47O9IgY5PNf2HFA4MlN1RFy2GDhrd22CJNy24o-Ii_Wfvy2XYo-372YQIy0RZeaZ9URJtmHyNTHLc9kQoz7-b4VPFZHkeskwsYDrcddFmdksZDp6ORBGX6wCxM5s9JgY0Z-vAK2-U9Iu8sHfjaaTlVn4QNctZN0LRb1a6pkN01n4VGWhLmSZRZomLw/s320/IMG_4183.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have loved having Aunt Heather with us. The girls love brushing her hair during scripture study and she even watched the kids so Tanner and I could go on a date one night. We tried tennis, and let's just say it's going to be while before that will be considered a workout for us. Sorry Tanner, I'll work on my backhand...and my serve...and everything else. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yyxAFOh65QBmmLjDVQGYwp4vOMd7FaAVfspWV0Wh6eqxfZ_BDd1tiymZHy3dmYRgYCDO7PNut3G2oXJhLMvNp-x9wOj7IhmPFC4gskcRfMAdM4SCeF4B755he9vWfmWc2SfFbSe_CkgeYjwWapzS2GWiPYcK3SUZU2JRrr-d8nqBiXxuwCuxgFN9aHgG/s4032/IMG_4188.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yyxAFOh65QBmmLjDVQGYwp4vOMd7FaAVfspWV0Wh6eqxfZ_BDd1tiymZHy3dmYRgYCDO7PNut3G2oXJhLMvNp-x9wOj7IhmPFC4gskcRfMAdM4SCeF4B755he9vWfmWc2SfFbSe_CkgeYjwWapzS2GWiPYcK3SUZU2JRrr-d8nqBiXxuwCuxgFN9aHgG/s320/IMG_4188.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spencer and Adrianna spent a Sunday with us one weekend and Chet and Spencer made some rice krispie treats. Mariah loved spending time with Adrianna, she makes her feel so special. I'm grateful for these older cousins and the love they show to my children. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmIybJ9yEaVC7st06QqSnX6-QSROc86BbRMX0Tes0jRXYnF5SVAGPhHr8IavlV2YB6l5PHgQTrlX-a5v6WRtxi1q91JoFp22xquH5v8W2XxRexbXj5-F_A-BeHgEnbgghGQ4PwxFD2KDyFS5JxN0RK_qk0NlggG6LzwuELQm9XDE6rIA0z6JybxTnn29d/s4032/IMG_4202.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmIybJ9yEaVC7st06QqSnX6-QSROc86BbRMX0Tes0jRXYnF5SVAGPhHr8IavlV2YB6l5PHgQTrlX-a5v6WRtxi1q91JoFp22xquH5v8W2XxRexbXj5-F_A-BeHgEnbgghGQ4PwxFD2KDyFS5JxN0RK_qk0NlggG6LzwuELQm9XDE6rIA0z6JybxTnn29d/s320/IMG_4202.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mariah had to have some baby teeth removed and she was really nervous. She spent time praying and thinking about the procedure and how things were going to go and how she would stay calm throughout. She asked Tanner to give her a blessing that morning. She did so amazing. When the dentist told her that she was the best patient they'd had all day Mariah responded with, "Well I would hope so!". It was 9 am so maybe thats why she said what she did. She said that the gas made her super talkative and the dental team thought she was so funny. I'm grateful it was a positive experience for her. Definitely an answer to prayers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-C909LPxJg1vtJJJuYPkly2qdAodAgIn8t8oTW5sGbShBtNr_uUZ171nArk0EMcTwnklwuKTBRZvJphP6S-NDRR3Qemj79F2mac5pT0NOJFMl9cIeHShZo8ag5jlK8NGrPKy4mJA0ZsYY0QFskzD2GTo_j5Im1TV6qmuTLIjDlg8tfNbu1wMwL8Bdfxa/s4032/IMG_4204.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-C909LPxJg1vtJJJuYPkly2qdAodAgIn8t8oTW5sGbShBtNr_uUZ171nArk0EMcTwnklwuKTBRZvJphP6S-NDRR3Qemj79F2mac5pT0NOJFMl9cIeHShZo8ag5jlK8NGrPKy4mJA0ZsYY0QFskzD2GTo_j5Im1TV6qmuTLIjDlg8tfNbu1wMwL8Bdfxa/s320/IMG_4204.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grandma and Grandpa Crossley, Natalie, and Kathleen spent the night at our house at the end of the month and we had a great morning with them. We have loved all the family time we have had this month. It was busy and there wasn't much relaxing but it was all worth it. We have loved the memories made this month. </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-65931282310348095972023-06-26T16:27:00.000-07:002023-06-26T16:27:21.012-07:00Eliza Ann<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UlJC1Ov1U8nedKqwfwjKMTLOax7ZKZiSE7wCk77nX1v9hoSJlzlfhfpoJv16hvFsXQC96hqMonp1qaxSBBzrduoYS1bvjiZny4hGcrryWWA07m6DyTjc5CXns5VoGmm5BlhQm7MKMx4m5raPnMQK4obvvC0Ml0El1NVWGHgU1Egiu4O-4QyXT6phMFAg/s4032/IMG_3970.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UlJC1Ov1U8nedKqwfwjKMTLOax7ZKZiSE7wCk77nX1v9hoSJlzlfhfpoJv16hvFsXQC96hqMonp1qaxSBBzrduoYS1bvjiZny4hGcrryWWA07m6DyTjc5CXns5VoGmm5BlhQm7MKMx4m5raPnMQK4obvvC0Ml0El1NVWGHgU1Egiu4O-4QyXT6phMFAg/s320/IMG_3970.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Another year with our Eliza. I'm going to start this post with all the favorite things she has said in the last year...</p><p style="text-align: left;">One day we had Terron in the car with us and he was telling us a story about his dad. I responded with, "Your dad's one cool dude!" To which Eliza promptly scoffed, "He doesn't even wear cool dude clothes!" But Terron was quick to defend his father: "Well he has red pants and a Nike shirt." Which we all know is the epitome of coolness. </p><p style="text-align: left;">While playing with Austin she said, "He has all the powers under the universe and I have all the powers over the universe." The girl knows how to get ahead...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzwqecBIaxz5buv4KgPZxnYynoZWSqvkqo_IDUCb4Mx2ICQcWQ4nJxAJ5Yx4Z25t6dJYTdDPGsMovEOFxGDll2Qfbwh8H-xlDKDkksZLcHw02kvODvunvZ5kbbtRh8XZDtNqbrD0J1unB2v5no8BB_tsQO01iQrE-oWOEkpdeMOZNMC6zBVrAsMbaEQbW/s4032/IMG_3727.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzwqecBIaxz5buv4KgPZxnYynoZWSqvkqo_IDUCb4Mx2ICQcWQ4nJxAJ5Yx4Z25t6dJYTdDPGsMovEOFxGDll2Qfbwh8H-xlDKDkksZLcHw02kvODvunvZ5kbbtRh8XZDtNqbrD0J1unB2v5no8BB_tsQO01iQrE-oWOEkpdeMOZNMC6zBVrAsMbaEQbW/s320/IMG_3727.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is such a great blend of girly and tomboy. </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">One day she was feeling angry and kept telling me that she wanted to hit me. But then she went into the other room and said a prayer. She let me know that she felt better after she prayed. </p><p style="text-align: left;">After taking a nap when she wasn't feeling well: "I wanted to sleep to get the sickness knocked out of me." </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBMjkdWYsEFDe4Lzcn0otYYrkDgorfsPJFzZLZjz3DcPj8s3LvR4gs-4kCGmMIr5ZsEW6cdJwW8kZaflaOIiCMNYbxSxD5Yb3ITgmmOPLQuGoM3-SJxyxNam32GW5M5XpwA-Qjfzwg3E5y9zaujilZ1lVvI1fu107agRSfCT-xLVtu4HbWSQ7sEmT6B-4/s4032/IMG_2660.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBMjkdWYsEFDe4Lzcn0otYYrkDgorfsPJFzZLZjz3DcPj8s3LvR4gs-4kCGmMIr5ZsEW6cdJwW8kZaflaOIiCMNYbxSxD5Yb3ITgmmOPLQuGoM3-SJxyxNam32GW5M5XpwA-Qjfzwg3E5y9zaujilZ1lVvI1fu107agRSfCT-xLVtu4HbWSQ7sEmT6B-4/s320/IMG_2660.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Eliza is fascinated with how different bodies can be. She once told me, "My bum cheeks only have a little bit of chubber but your bum cheeks have a lot of chubber, like a google percent of chubber." Said without a hint of criticism, I might add. </p><p style="text-align: left;">"I'm hungry too, but I can hold it." </p><p style="text-align: left;">One day Jack and Eliza were eating lunch when he burst out with, "Natalie's bum can fit on a teaspoon!" (Natalie was a premature baby) Eliza asked incredulously, "Today?!". </p><p style="text-align: left;">She went through a phase where she would say "I can't imagine" instead of "I can't believe". "I can't imagine that I can do this good of drawings." </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp94IPXTgTA-uBnY6g1ZXXpCFhgxeT3l2SDcwwItLIIVbsRuYDjHlkfdKOz1S6fhAp8ZppKv0uQPPxRDzs9pV5BfTn1mMEh3WfaP3dh8OJ0XQb-eV7OCCyhBHUYb56Kr6LIMKvZFB5MXAWhXQRDn_vtDNMJYL9Z-BHMvjXYwACOyb56df7jPtug_9iU2jq/s4032/IMG_2678.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp94IPXTgTA-uBnY6g1ZXXpCFhgxeT3l2SDcwwItLIIVbsRuYDjHlkfdKOz1S6fhAp8ZppKv0uQPPxRDzs9pV5BfTn1mMEh3WfaP3dh8OJ0XQb-eV7OCCyhBHUYb56Kr6LIMKvZFB5MXAWhXQRDn_vtDNMJYL9Z-BHMvjXYwACOyb56df7jPtug_9iU2jq/s320/IMG_2678.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just one of her works of art</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEMf0k03UDOo4DMd2RumSJ3liWOfkbVG9NvPz88mzIu2J9Z8eTvzg1QOouG2NtAkJ4SswqhLeac6mHWurqYd7rU0zwomBYoty8rprtIpd5xSzjGm5D4yaGM4nI4clyHGiE1GP3QbdNIDuyQOyy4d_CguXKcdo6M4l_K8JGHggATYcX32hZKDoZpsqDhBh/s4032/IMG_4191.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEMf0k03UDOo4DMd2RumSJ3liWOfkbVG9NvPz88mzIu2J9Z8eTvzg1QOouG2NtAkJ4SswqhLeac6mHWurqYd7rU0zwomBYoty8rprtIpd5xSzjGm5D4yaGM4nI4clyHGiE1GP3QbdNIDuyQOyy4d_CguXKcdo6M4l_K8JGHggATYcX32hZKDoZpsqDhBh/s320/IMG_4191.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was so proud of this one that she made a frame for it and it has been above our fireplace for months now. She wanted me to title it, I love the Beautiful Sky. I can't bear to take it down. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We were going through a phase of Eliza coming into our room throughout the night. After a long conversation about how mom and dad need their sleep we asked her to stay in her bed. She replied with, "I make no promises." </div><p style="text-align: left;">She likes to call tornadoes "tomatoes" </p><p style="text-align: left;">Eliza has figured out how to do her own ponytails and buns and doesn't feel like I need to fix her hair anymore. She especially despises curls...not really sure why. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0s0GTNLOBsS84QHXesB2TBYOA6KfModVlDySpJL_uo0syOrcA2TIMcRqeaaUgxKHo1_1e7mULV3LsiOdt745GSb2TLWh2DHDIAMgorQZw3odBY9gI6yBJci8W4JIfkDJyqYs9BnRhB17n7_kQfQzxohkdNhbmvNC7XLTu2Rype1HpzJUZaA_5a5zXXBC/s4032/IMG_3074.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0s0GTNLOBsS84QHXesB2TBYOA6KfModVlDySpJL_uo0syOrcA2TIMcRqeaaUgxKHo1_1e7mULV3LsiOdt745GSb2TLWh2DHDIAMgorQZw3odBY9gI6yBJci8W4JIfkDJyqYs9BnRhB17n7_kQfQzxohkdNhbmvNC7XLTu2Rype1HpzJUZaA_5a5zXXBC/s320/IMG_3074.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXek4Hiq6f1jQ92NPkUKQ4HpfTYKGYkPPkBq-Tm5wu8zmRdNe_6_AUd11diUBODCsSJTbcuZppoYz4L1ZlXW284Vhia3XT3UjIGA9UkK6uIzvgfqYR-PFsP06HFV8a1brctQK4hcPZVXAig_3p0__2_lGA0wYJnm9EjUJWdgSkTueuBgL2PVssVrj4CpoW/s2208/IMG_3601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXek4Hiq6f1jQ92NPkUKQ4HpfTYKGYkPPkBq-Tm5wu8zmRdNe_6_AUd11diUBODCsSJTbcuZppoYz4L1ZlXW284Vhia3XT3UjIGA9UkK6uIzvgfqYR-PFsP06HFV8a1brctQK4hcPZVXAig_3p0__2_lGA0wYJnm9EjUJWdgSkTueuBgL2PVssVrj4CpoW/s320/IMG_3601.JPG" width="180" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11eFaQWCXCQeWegFBH3SWuhfcDqhzk4TqslV8RVpOz5GL2-zt_yi2tdbZ6ZA98bfqTssFHsoCyxCm3lE7pyjNEf1zgZ2jyNEUWC6rLT_RyTYD_QaU12aj9XdEHedZZazxaOmP1N4MMAnO33SKYZfBDkXLFdFpPCNivmTwIBt2xwbVKhK-B0894hpwpimH/s4032/IMG_3660.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11eFaQWCXCQeWegFBH3SWuhfcDqhzk4TqslV8RVpOz5GL2-zt_yi2tdbZ6ZA98bfqTssFHsoCyxCm3lE7pyjNEf1zgZ2jyNEUWC6rLT_RyTYD_QaU12aj9XdEHedZZazxaOmP1N4MMAnO33SKYZfBDkXLFdFpPCNivmTwIBt2xwbVKhK-B0894hpwpimH/s320/IMG_3660.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Jack and Eliza went through a phase where they loved playing "church". They would take turns giving talks and it was so fun to see what they would say in their little sermons. </p><p style="text-align: left;">One day when they were playing "mom and dad" they were "teaching their children the gospel". When Natalie commented on how that was so great Eliza humbly replied, "We just do our best." </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyq2Yg2PO2CMgpfX8aAPe2I16ZQFqJbrb_WTcbu97436DMk3jahKrlIMlaXuTzGAW5_pGhbmcnzkzrHMDBmxSPLZknBsgkwpB0wZHkgifExXerekAO8ERLTqIgBioH0dce1MEdHMKxk8opWF6tzLq3imzM-docJocODNEKl4Z6BGF6Cvx1KHpf8F4bmdk-/s2049/IMG_0098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 16.6667px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyq2Yg2PO2CMgpfX8aAPe2I16ZQFqJbrb_WTcbu97436DMk3jahKrlIMlaXuTzGAW5_pGhbmcnzkzrHMDBmxSPLZknBsgkwpB0wZHkgifExXerekAO8ERLTqIgBioH0dce1MEdHMKxk8opWF6tzLq3imzM-docJocODNEKl4Z6BGF6Cvx1KHpf8F4bmdk-/s320/IMG_0098.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two are still the best of friends </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">One day we were jamming in the car to Ace of Base (only the highest quality of music in our household) and Eliza said, "All that mom wants is chocolate...and love." She knows me so well. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I asked the kids one day what their biggest dreams were. Mariah would like to publish a book, Chet would be an NBA player, Austin a scientist, and Eliza wants a dragon. </p><p style="text-align: left;">When talking to Grandma and Grandpa Crossley on the phone about her dad she said, "he's a doctor, a big burly doctor." </p><p style="text-align: left;">One day she brought in a dandelion and somewhat dejectedly said, "I'm not going to make a wish because I know it won't come true." After asking her what she would wish for she said, "lots and lots of animals, like dragons and other stuff." </p><p style="text-align: left;">This spring was such a delight because Eliza was running in almost daily exuberantly telling me what new blossoms had bloomed. It is so wonderful to relive things through the eyes of a child. </p><p style="text-align: left;">And another time commenting on my body, "Woah mom! Your bum cheeks are so big!" I responded with "They are, maybe one day if you're lucky yours will be this big too." She quickly responded with, "No, mine will be as big as the bathtub." Maybe the body positivity conversations are going a little too far...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7Hat5bjn_yl2PuCdekS9sr6VqIIYnpqYxvxEsOwEx0DWB2lCQTsFs04wlMI0KZ9SO2wTyzw8nAS0o0P1HSxeiRDQW3f1baPmkBBVu_9b5oPUziRtG0GDpiaC5f909WPj35EHN875GpHeTkyzIof5DE9EN9rIb7nWv0Jf3pnazyFOIEEAEo71jB7gZ_YM/s3088/IMG_3464.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7Hat5bjn_yl2PuCdekS9sr6VqIIYnpqYxvxEsOwEx0DWB2lCQTsFs04wlMI0KZ9SO2wTyzw8nAS0o0P1HSxeiRDQW3f1baPmkBBVu_9b5oPUziRtG0GDpiaC5f909WPj35EHN875GpHeTkyzIof5DE9EN9rIb7nWv0Jf3pnazyFOIEEAEo71jB7gZ_YM/s320/IMG_3464.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza loves to be funny and is thrilled when she is able to make everyone laugh</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCZ05lZ0IHjqjggtZq4dUvVpfdOaAWXwgqzqvUggWd-BQUnjDXlAfEf6kd2TfkRhQsjIWcfig6Y4cTeHtPdShZVgc4l4MqAKby3NfNCKV-Z60RgB9_CbxgOLCMYesm5MeWtpxDfsHQafj8zw9Ejg5aT0zydfL8IsFHoVSCHTCi6NUeLMdx-2KV_A5_ttY/s4032/IMG_3593.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCZ05lZ0IHjqjggtZq4dUvVpfdOaAWXwgqzqvUggWd-BQUnjDXlAfEf6kd2TfkRhQsjIWcfig6Y4cTeHtPdShZVgc4l4MqAKby3NfNCKV-Z60RgB9_CbxgOLCMYesm5MeWtpxDfsHQafj8zw9Ejg5aT0zydfL8IsFHoVSCHTCi6NUeLMdx-2KV_A5_ttY/s320/IMG_3593.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have so many pictures of her because she is always requesting a picture to be taken. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5zE8sLJsY7mOnmN6vtuR7FcbtTBOWrppKfo3AKwR_AEBJlzGEuTRUmAQAWGGDY_laV6mq8cTq2ALDahgQQkPJlKJ_Pxm6ye_XoGLkWRuPc2ZwCJX7h6WDjjXSsWQVAlEJxc7sENa6LB3DJCYtBU0kjvBIX0UoSJ0HAhwtZb-m_pEWbvJa54QCrTGHS6l/s4032/IMG_3789.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Eliza always had interesting outfits for soccer, here she insisted on wearing jeans...and bringing her coloring kit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SnwtrrKPBpyhraYD2wT7M1AJMyHimVJZhyX1ceGPclV4hX9wH6O3WiNlx_z8BRk0a3aRpeoCi8JDzEXLSs9Z7yCBddL3Tk6KbmeSI9o2v833Kdjax_3wP_yV3fabvOMKz36PGKIr0GIAETGCN1JnJw6gFT5RSpAZS2SW7SkCMtes2FYSx1KViMrdwgem/s4032/IMG_3920.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SnwtrrKPBpyhraYD2wT7M1AJMyHimVJZhyX1ceGPclV4hX9wH6O3WiNlx_z8BRk0a3aRpeoCi8JDzEXLSs9Z7yCBddL3Tk6KbmeSI9o2v833Kdjax_3wP_yV3fabvOMKz36PGKIr0GIAETGCN1JnJw6gFT5RSpAZS2SW7SkCMtes2FYSx1KViMrdwgem/s320/IMG_3920.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The snacks were what kept Eliza going to soccer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94fCtRF8jYOkux4DY7r3DfMCJ6aJQFYi-28tbcZB1z0SifJiPYWtR_VfncHAV0f1kvLSEwFKgVYutU0vyxD64CgXKgh0BYzLi4w1Gwf8GovOvuJfKRHql7WBwpFJfpTE2uxRLWOxjs7s3mS8ar0c7uRYhJ5oPW8NuPMRmyOyebGXPyFI29SKpkS4XN8hU/s4032/IMG_3993.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94fCtRF8jYOkux4DY7r3DfMCJ6aJQFYi-28tbcZB1z0SifJiPYWtR_VfncHAV0f1kvLSEwFKgVYutU0vyxD64CgXKgh0BYzLi4w1Gwf8GovOvuJfKRHql7WBwpFJfpTE2uxRLWOxjs7s3mS8ar0c7uRYhJ5oPW8NuPMRmyOyebGXPyFI29SKpkS4XN8hU/s320/IMG_3993.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She has mastered the art of selfies...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRQ7EK398kAnWcwaohPM9_rTlsy5eYWimxB5nZb5wn5PFGINADFw4sYLZY9ZQsA5cNqJlx8QQ8N55bFQQqY7rFXjJF_Afw7meBxqc9tRpdKYx5-4nHI2p9hJ0HP20kYF6M6TA3lRr9iAgy9EeEUgcKAmNP_K1FJLjB89AWfbQsx3BapgaUIRJx1IqQHx5/s4032/IMG_3247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRQ7EK398kAnWcwaohPM9_rTlsy5eYWimxB5nZb5wn5PFGINADFw4sYLZY9ZQsA5cNqJlx8QQ8N55bFQQqY7rFXjJF_Afw7meBxqc9tRpdKYx5-4nHI2p9hJ0HP20kYF6M6TA3lRr9iAgy9EeEUgcKAmNP_K1FJLjB89AWfbQsx3BapgaUIRJx1IqQHx5/s320/IMG_3247.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And silly faces</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>Mom: </b>What is your favorite color?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Josefin Slab"; font-size: 15.4px;"><div><b>Eliza: </b>white! You already know! (same as last year)</div><div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Mom:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> What is your favorite food?</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><br /><b>Eliza: </b>Noodles...same as last year as well. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><b style="font-size: 16.6667px;">Mom:</b><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"> What is your favorite animal?</span><br /><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza: </b>Horses, I really love horses!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAcCuFigQgwIGrbizF3Xn3f86b4QohcQbkzAbIp7GKHLr_4sldwfM44Gm1hNOu2ovK6nB6aJ4UHkzTQl82E3iyNkwaWDzKk88VoyJ2KguvPsyK5Pjkl8VHmJpWcKZ78sjp-WjCB6gyC-hpauZWbku2kdIU4TsjiGNNmHN0E6XfVmkKuXzvBycZiMbMByp/s4032/IMG_3624.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAcCuFigQgwIGrbizF3Xn3f86b4QohcQbkzAbIp7GKHLr_4sldwfM44Gm1hNOu2ovK6nB6aJ4UHkzTQl82E3iyNkwaWDzKk88VoyJ2KguvPsyK5Pjkl8VHmJpWcKZ78sjp-WjCB6gyC-hpauZWbku2kdIU4TsjiGNNmHN0E6XfVmkKuXzvBycZiMbMByp/s320/IMG_3624.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;">She is starting to enjoy Josie more, for the longest time she just talked about how much better Gus was. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkj9SKQX1C7k5tJOUCb0zLsPrPPa1nUudMX5yUiQNMAGcW4_SpDzWUCin_bzvqmCkZd8WmezplqAggQQ3nIPCUP7_6fk5JVGi-tEjHMQF8Hx8JnyiBOPNAi35uDyu93SGBOln5nACagpWwEetKcxdjRmy5B4XAQ8em21xqDTOdUU22CjrDakiRxGfWEAZ/s4032/IMG_3884.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkj9SKQX1C7k5tJOUCb0zLsPrPPa1nUudMX5yUiQNMAGcW4_SpDzWUCin_bzvqmCkZd8WmezplqAggQQ3nIPCUP7_6fk5JVGi-tEjHMQF8Hx8JnyiBOPNAi35uDyu93SGBOln5nACagpWwEetKcxdjRmy5B4XAQ8em21xqDTOdUU22CjrDakiRxGfWEAZ/s320/IMG_3884.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;">Sean is still a favorite too, as long as he isn't in a feisty mood</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mom:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> What is your favorite book?</span><br /><b>Eliza: </b>Go Dog Go</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mom:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> What is your favorite movie?</span><br /><b>Eliza: </b>Robin Hood (Winnie The Pooh is another favorite of hers)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mom:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> What is your favorite song?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza:</b> My Own Sacred Grove (she requests that every Sunday on the way to church)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Mom: </b>Who is your scripture hero?</span><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza: </b>Mormon</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Mom:</b><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> What is your favorite dessert?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza: </b>Ice Cream, except mint ice cream </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mom:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> What do you like to do for fun? </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza: </b>I like to play with my brothers and sisters and I like to play with Austin</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Mom:</b><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> What is your favorite thing to do with Mom?</span><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><b>Eliza: </b>Read books </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJAXtokMeN_kCFaFw0YTkwhupHo8epfzWznVwjBVPW3E_BdIEmd--hGoJ_3Po5AYqshiJjHnaOYqAo9HvWVA8_EpN7WEjV_2sTvIUFZs2HjlK7oD6HoFLZK3FBWvDVxWJOmiwLP1eL5G_cT2eRBDGKe1qaL1THqSm676JUZ-0HW2x6MtBE88q5LE47Df7/s3088/IMG_3710.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJAXtokMeN_kCFaFw0YTkwhupHo8epfzWznVwjBVPW3E_BdIEmd--hGoJ_3Po5AYqshiJjHnaOYqAo9HvWVA8_EpN7WEjV_2sTvIUFZs2HjlK7oD6HoFLZK3FBWvDVxWJOmiwLP1eL5G_cT2eRBDGKe1qaL1THqSm676JUZ-0HW2x6MtBE88q5LE47Df7/s320/IMG_3710.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Mom:</b><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> What is your favorite thing to do with Dad?</span><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "josefin slab"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><b>Eliza: </b>Same thing! Read books</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Mom: </b>What is your favorite thing to do with Mariah? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza: </b>Play </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHoCXkxfb425yPe22c_kdVkCQIc4Qrlnuk4mqNvRk7iYUaqGgHtI_vVjoGhhqwnONVdntuuRA_RUA5vK6FO_BBvYsgUJ_uJSWUThQGlZKx8oFO0sGr5rbNDbnXyJ9aKteMZ9t92geywrZoC5X7m38kx307khymmNilFC9fw1SFnVtRIP7TBCOkGAiXGL6/s4032/IMG_3228.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHoCXkxfb425yPe22c_kdVkCQIc4Qrlnuk4mqNvRk7iYUaqGgHtI_vVjoGhhqwnONVdntuuRA_RUA5vK6FO_BBvYsgUJ_uJSWUThQGlZKx8oFO0sGr5rbNDbnXyJ9aKteMZ9t92geywrZoC5X7m38kx307khymmNilFC9fw1SFnVtRIP7TBCOkGAiXGL6/s320/IMG_3228.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza loves when Mariah will paint her nails</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mom:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> What is your favorite thing to do with Chet?</span><br /><b>Eliza: </b>Read books</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQOnRt3Gm9pakY52-gyLPA7JCzuUp8-9agrj_L8ZVXkkRZo7Ao72A-m2PTVW2ELYaWy_JVAlNPOf8rzwuXv3mkhlJG8DU0CsOvuOrlCww3pVXYHxkKTCkfydwNMWQgmjhZogFRT-MAKu29cQgIAdTdN_-flhGEBOXj-HFIrchb0LmliDcfshZ4jf_IFMO/s4032/IMG_4192.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQOnRt3Gm9pakY52-gyLPA7JCzuUp8-9agrj_L8ZVXkkRZo7Ao72A-m2PTVW2ELYaWy_JVAlNPOf8rzwuXv3mkhlJG8DU0CsOvuOrlCww3pVXYHxkKTCkfydwNMWQgmjhZogFRT-MAKu29cQgIAdTdN_-flhGEBOXj-HFIrchb0LmliDcfshZ4jf_IFMO/s320/IMG_4192.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She always gets excited to go fishing with Chet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: center;"><b>Mom:</b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: center;">What is your favorite thing to do with Austin?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza: </b>Play stuffies</span></div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9nFsoANR8GH2mz4mir4eG6EF_VyC4IDfld52OZXRROxpgX7dPllgtF81HyfHc7DCbGTjOkg0aD6PsButF_8VD6a3cYI65p10ZWjebtiiugXh7JK7a_ffd7TQ5xV38TcJL5kHP-GKlf7HsnQDfqGgo1P5iwa4WCK4H_58JYav-uFfY-Dd0mgaHkjIrrKg/s4032/IMG_3945.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9nFsoANR8GH2mz4mir4eG6EF_VyC4IDfld52OZXRROxpgX7dPllgtF81HyfHc7DCbGTjOkg0aD6PsButF_8VD6a3cYI65p10ZWjebtiiugXh7JK7a_ffd7TQ5xV38TcJL5kHP-GKlf7HsnQDfqGgo1P5iwa4WCK4H_58JYav-uFfY-Dd0mgaHkjIrrKg/s320/IMG_3945.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab";">These two are still hit or miss as far as playing together goes, but Eliza is always thrilled when Austin plays with her. </div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><br /></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Mom: </b>What is your favorite thing to do with Vivi? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza: </b>Play baby dolls</span></div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPq-TcgF7gXdr9Ws3eUCwIgYC6hhWaWlgXOzp31ryk1zVf-cnOh3uIyAW_TJv-BG6V8_7GhbWtpAOXs8QHsjINhJgGUsAjBZAPXZaZa72yGGgS6dJffB3mgsvMzop7Tbgao8jI8BYq9DXpsnh0-yOBtKNziijxP5kvcswAMA2NXrOgNscLRDRpy83-pyl/s4032/IMG_3152.heic" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPq-TcgF7gXdr9Ws3eUCwIgYC6hhWaWlgXOzp31ryk1zVf-cnOh3uIyAW_TJv-BG6V8_7GhbWtpAOXs8QHsjINhJgGUsAjBZAPXZaZa72yGGgS6dJffB3mgsvMzop7Tbgao8jI8BYq9DXpsnh0-yOBtKNziijxP5kvcswAMA2NXrOgNscLRDRpy83-pyl/s320/IMG_3152.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;">This picture perfectly captures how clingy she is with Vivi...but it all comes from love. I've never had an older sibling more patient than Eliza is with Vivi. </div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4i4eWKiI4A8Ik9SHJ6IgrcgiTZinmlZY_UJ205nIPLD7Y1H_fOtRtTrWCtc_GPVoPaJ25VLi9MdU_XrnlxWN8O-c_Ro3V0_PH-F4POENPKhQ2YrQEQXMNwI1qndmTligHmkkHxLbsPJy0TZb_pJuPWLzvPrm1ST6xXNXIaC6gK5jEXB2y8FAsLpC0pg0M/s4032/IMG_3956.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4i4eWKiI4A8Ik9SHJ6IgrcgiTZinmlZY_UJ205nIPLD7Y1H_fOtRtTrWCtc_GPVoPaJ25VLi9MdU_XrnlxWN8O-c_Ro3V0_PH-F4POENPKhQ2YrQEQXMNwI1qndmTligHmkkHxLbsPJy0TZb_pJuPWLzvPrm1ST6xXNXIaC6gK5jEXB2y8FAsLpC0pg0M/s320/IMG_3956.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;">She is such an attentive sister and cousin and the toddlers often call to her for help before they ask the adults. </div><div style="font-family: "josefin slab"; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><b style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: center;">Mom:</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: center;"> Who is your best friend?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "josefin slab";"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><b>Eliza: </b>My Family and one of my best friends is Jesus and Heavenly Father</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><b>Mom: </b>What do you want to be when you grow up? <div><b>Eliza: </b>I want to be a trainer that trains all kinds of animals <br /><p style="text-align: center;">Joseph F Smith once said this about Eliza R. Snow (one of our Eliza's namesakes): "She walked not in the borrowed light of others but faced the morning unafraid." And I think that describes our Eliza perfectly. The girl has a confidence that will take her far in life. Tanner and I often repeat to ourselves the mantra, "teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves." especially when it comes to Eliza. She has a forceful will and spirit that cannot, and should not, be tamed. We need strong people in this world who will stand up for others with kindness and Eliza is just the girl to do that. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh005_hRm_jyGFIhAd8wRVDvAvDfo3uKgkqDC95cwi5Y_pXLEFMreCyabwOHsYgDQpO492AWxyd0MuARyyv3O-_inyP7Fvq3VWH6Igf_3UtaAB5wKSZOw7Pd7YLHr2pXcLz1HQtLH17jTiquzUzEytzYzsT5Sj-M-txLy_uHN7loKET9W6JoXKd797iqy5a/s4032/IMG_4021.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh005_hRm_jyGFIhAd8wRVDvAvDfo3uKgkqDC95cwi5Y_pXLEFMreCyabwOHsYgDQpO492AWxyd0MuARyyv3O-_inyP7Fvq3VWH6Igf_3UtaAB5wKSZOw7Pd7YLHr2pXcLz1HQtLH17jTiquzUzEytzYzsT5Sj-M-txLy_uHN7loKET9W6JoXKd797iqy5a/s320/IMG_4021.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are so grateful for Eliza, her honesty, caring nature and willingness to try. Life just wouldn't be the same without her. </div></div>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-11115386094525067482023-06-13T12:33:00.001-07:002023-06-13T12:38:03.442-07:00Westward Ho! <p style="text-align: center;"> Once again we had a wonderfully full May, so buckle up, this is going to be a long one. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioug61lFdSx-lElNjagLPcVJ4Njyq8R8A77_OiJ-dZ5U3HteyxlpR2xQm5fpCO_FVCFUDbRp0OaVfaEIv-XVM9C4NOFY2dW1hFIQ3i3jd0i42o07xdPdNmQBxKKflb5WRjP3cRkKWrCcjcr0FEk-mlSQTXS0R6imufUB12hgx2BHUk18liupi50iaBPQ/s4032/IMG_3886.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioug61lFdSx-lElNjagLPcVJ4Njyq8R8A77_OiJ-dZ5U3HteyxlpR2xQm5fpCO_FVCFUDbRp0OaVfaEIv-XVM9C4NOFY2dW1hFIQ3i3jd0i42o07xdPdNmQBxKKflb5WRjP3cRkKWrCcjcr0FEk-mlSQTXS0R6imufUB12hgx2BHUk18liupi50iaBPQ/s320/IMG_3886.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started out the month with a field trip to a dairy farm. They had the most beautiful Jersey cows that were grass fed and so very spoiled. Everyone got to sample their creamy milk but my kids felt like it didn't taste as good with the aroma of manure in the background. I'll give them that...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqamzDRCfVua2VL7gXEUiI_zWswUjif_MG3CNSpYi5IW_74M9u_OdJuljB0mBVZQLgVnRhijuCgU7KdrkM9DfzEBVstIHLeTCuCgW-nXvi31SJNvQaoUQgAge9n_90hbPPeh6MpacseIofKkLETHUNwIXym0HSxT1zfV4NBvsm_XCWdALkSonoJU5s7w/s4032/IMG_3889.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqamzDRCfVua2VL7gXEUiI_zWswUjif_MG3CNSpYi5IW_74M9u_OdJuljB0mBVZQLgVnRhijuCgU7KdrkM9DfzEBVstIHLeTCuCgW-nXvi31SJNvQaoUQgAge9n_90hbPPeh6MpacseIofKkLETHUNwIXym0HSxT1zfV4NBvsm_XCWdALkSonoJU5s7w/s320/IMG_3889.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the end the kids got to walk through the fields with the cows. If I didn't know how much work a cow can be I would have been trying to smuggle one home in my van. It's going to happen someday...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmE9rP4IIVG5nvOCQNwRhRROrGxX33OCAPdloL6lk7xPTsuwSTxVlWcgSMOYqIP_I5MEqeCeyEx3LcCzyt1ajWwah_y23Zgpbl0EXJbcYr_ETcJJj0YvpOTm9p873JCMVhkxl2-lcnk3BFJHSUDRmQiKVgdXYnI76IsJc84geyJ1R_ccNxCxUcuIcOPg/s4032/IMG_3890.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmE9rP4IIVG5nvOCQNwRhRROrGxX33OCAPdloL6lk7xPTsuwSTxVlWcgSMOYqIP_I5MEqeCeyEx3LcCzyt1ajWwah_y23Zgpbl0EXJbcYr_ETcJJj0YvpOTm9p873JCMVhkxl2-lcnk3BFJHSUDRmQiKVgdXYnI76IsJc84geyJ1R_ccNxCxUcuIcOPg/s320/IMG_3890.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin got to have soccer practice one evening in the William Penn indoor turf. Vivi had the little black rubber pieces all over by the end but she was happy. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQLILIZ8JieGt-Y-ieFYYFvUu7LuxXyjBhxt12ZKsNHJIcgoUAAJe0Gwlz9pddQThna06WsIkhBhr3UM3xipYX9puCNbdZQd1jJEUG2NWcwt9uQV_NcY6mspVkMqvVmZBoAaA6DRkuspBTvPodK8v9UU-I3kXYvxl9ixBfy5U_6U9WapTHsCqd71pfA/s4032/IMG_3891.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQLILIZ8JieGt-Y-ieFYYFvUu7LuxXyjBhxt12ZKsNHJIcgoUAAJe0Gwlz9pddQThna06WsIkhBhr3UM3xipYX9puCNbdZQd1jJEUG2NWcwt9uQV_NcY6mspVkMqvVmZBoAaA6DRkuspBTvPodK8v9UU-I3kXYvxl9ixBfy5U_6U9WapTHsCqd71pfA/s320/IMG_3891.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah, Chet and Austin had their piano recital and all did really well. It's been neat to see the improvements they have made throughout the year. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1_MMNr_kLX3C48W5ivDf-_ljPpvJJ6KWY-0fYzh5q3T6NWPAFfKfmPD8XA01BxUjh2hTtp0G9EsG-Uns7QTOJpo5l72eAZTEEJsgaCwE-79qEpcdV7O0IAxVcU4gG7-U60oMlYlwEn5iX5NseOk6LA4jWy4JNRuxnoR-5UHFDH9b_XIh5Tf7kKBRQQ/s4032/IMG_3926.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1_MMNr_kLX3C48W5ivDf-_ljPpvJJ6KWY-0fYzh5q3T6NWPAFfKfmPD8XA01BxUjh2hTtp0G9EsG-Uns7QTOJpo5l72eAZTEEJsgaCwE-79qEpcdV7O0IAxVcU4gG7-U60oMlYlwEn5iX5NseOk6LA4jWy4JNRuxnoR-5UHFDH9b_XIh5Tf7kKBRQQ/s320/IMG_3926.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We planned on celebrating Eliza's birthday before our trip out west. She decided she wanted a Winnie the Pooh cake and did most of the decorating herself. She was very proud of the end result. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kn93j6GuH23TBKMzRfuPjNwX6Ddy91tWLnl3V_wHxVh0jNXy2HDh3jgu4uylaiVgGrf0bB5t-wKbJTs4xk8mC_P2o6H55UrFfhxs3xGAuODNtNuzujoTvki1RjwLgBoPBJHb8WkdKxhA4_DG2YCUF1Aj0yWrWuSOZW-5lD1bGUe6Gc9fZUQhHGKFPg/s4032/IMG_3927.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kn93j6GuH23TBKMzRfuPjNwX6Ddy91tWLnl3V_wHxVh0jNXy2HDh3jgu4uylaiVgGrf0bB5t-wKbJTs4xk8mC_P2o6H55UrFfhxs3xGAuODNtNuzujoTvki1RjwLgBoPBJHb8WkdKxhA4_DG2YCUF1Aj0yWrWuSOZW-5lD1bGUe6Gc9fZUQhHGKFPg/s320/IMG_3927.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadly, she woke up that night with a fever and threw up first thing in the morning. So we had to postpone her birthday. I covered her cake in saran wrap and tinfoil and put it in the freezer, praying that it would still taste ok in three weeks. She still opened her presents that day but felt pretty miserable the whole day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokJoVLkVO8F19i66d51jQ6WNppoKmSayBzAlvgowM1g26qHXFsdZFP2xp1kul5LcyZm4SOMLKxbQzY48iXaL0JtRpgPAIiJvDJFqUL_6y31DLt7Lsg-sJ6Uecxq70edWT05GPZOKK849QLHewNYrjprnmFeGoSPWiFqUoWnknAT94c2Wct7aE9eELoA/s4032/IMG_3928.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokJoVLkVO8F19i66d51jQ6WNppoKmSayBzAlvgowM1g26qHXFsdZFP2xp1kul5LcyZm4SOMLKxbQzY48iXaL0JtRpgPAIiJvDJFqUL_6y31DLt7Lsg-sJ6Uecxq70edWT05GPZOKK849QLHewNYrjprnmFeGoSPWiFqUoWnknAT94c2Wct7aE9eELoA/s320/IMG_3928.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was completely out on the bench. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9seuKkQ9B2jy63pUyceCkL9Kd9geiGtOPkB4k-YeYFOIOhHWRvcEMzcmkoDU8fg7KzEJfIEPSkePO_3BkQWMQN_WWnAkDCxWJwxRtSJJSgO1EyqBy_JePq2KSJh7dekNE7YllFuVw_uA9pjAo549uMYylGn9DxUPilPHuHLxH6NW1jrK0cMIWia5kvQ/s4032/IMG_3932.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9seuKkQ9B2jy63pUyceCkL9Kd9geiGtOPkB4k-YeYFOIOhHWRvcEMzcmkoDU8fg7KzEJfIEPSkePO_3BkQWMQN_WWnAkDCxWJwxRtSJJSgO1EyqBy_JePq2KSJh7dekNE7YllFuVw_uA9pjAo549uMYylGn9DxUPilPHuHLxH6NW1jrK0cMIWia5kvQ/s320/IMG_3932.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day was Mother's Day and the kids made me this card. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNHBYY01gbXKq7emBYZ_HF14LRfFFtjD80d6aUoJelyVUGmRdVN8Oq7mqJMXwIvrNVNwk2Q0icTqDeQ3xs_DqQgH71mwjxcwDFg9VkuIvl-x0ET43F62BKJfCDwLeARJCXrk_umXSzfcJi1EbXhsi4Ppu0oUDJr-TxU08J60MNQlOtsO_bbhChhSh_Q/s4032/IMG_3933.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNHBYY01gbXKq7emBYZ_HF14LRfFFtjD80d6aUoJelyVUGmRdVN8Oq7mqJMXwIvrNVNwk2Q0icTqDeQ3xs_DqQgH71mwjxcwDFg9VkuIvl-x0ET43F62BKJfCDwLeARJCXrk_umXSzfcJi1EbXhsi4Ppu0oUDJr-TxU08J60MNQlOtsO_bbhChhSh_Q/s320/IMG_3933.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had so much fun making my card that they decided to make cards for all the women in the ward. They were so excited to hand them out at church; seeing the joy their service brought them was the best gift they could have given me. Eliza and Vivi stayed home with Tanner because they weren't feeling well still. Tanner made me a delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner and even wrote me a love note, which doesn't happen very often, making it all the more special. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day my mom asked if I could send her a picture of Mariah reading the scriptures for a member of the church there to use in a slideshow. I needed to do it quickly and Mariah was hesitant because she hadn't brushed her hair yet that morning. I told her she looked fine and went to take the picture. When I turned on the camera, this is what I saw: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-6QDw2Bfx4XH9b-mKDMcXvTW3yWVJGPnOIVDuwbW7ydpPptYaFR3LB0lSQDU-Sh0QtbEYbTfbCt_Og8HYMnJ4cvN4b47Kx1l9LFgHJ6Y42GPyqPpF06hUABGZV5cJL6VDt_R-kDdTcxYlRgHBVy0RG3eCW6v5E_NSBhMvBdbAj2khj6qrTVf7ZtFAA/s3664/52F359DC-7A5D-4C6F-B70C-FDA63E8F11F2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3664" data-original-width="2062" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-6QDw2Bfx4XH9b-mKDMcXvTW3yWVJGPnOIVDuwbW7ydpPptYaFR3LB0lSQDU-Sh0QtbEYbTfbCt_Og8HYMnJ4cvN4b47Kx1l9LFgHJ6Y42GPyqPpF06hUABGZV5cJL6VDt_R-kDdTcxYlRgHBVy0RG3eCW6v5E_NSBhMvBdbAj2khj6qrTVf7ZtFAA/s320/52F359DC-7A5D-4C6F-B70C-FDA63E8F11F2.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a good cackle and then asked Mariah if my appearance is what made her think she might need to fix herself up a little before I took a picture. Obviously it had been a morning...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah and Eliza decided they both wanted haircuts so I attempted to do them myself. Thanks to Youtube they turned out alright and I was happy to not pay someone else to do it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnS_yhpqYY0Sqk2YNoxekduECU1kK1bUGqhckhwO6cUx4oeScNtAsFa1lMLL5ybk3E4StSeEK2O-NThMquG1kUQQ7JesgklMKebdoWV3CrDDF-oQnx_SNYhI8Lnm_7W257GXCaJNMa8OjYpC2NjR-HaW0D4KdPiwFNzHITwGgIPgoMu5txXWa1orutQ/s4032/IMG_3959.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnS_yhpqYY0Sqk2YNoxekduECU1kK1bUGqhckhwO6cUx4oeScNtAsFa1lMLL5ybk3E4StSeEK2O-NThMquG1kUQQ7JesgklMKebdoWV3CrDDF-oQnx_SNYhI8Lnm_7W257GXCaJNMa8OjYpC2NjR-HaW0D4KdPiwFNzHITwGgIPgoMu5txXWa1orutQ/s320/IMG_3959.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finished up the soccer season with a freezing cold last game. I'm always happy to be done with soccer and the kids are always sad...except for Eliza, she's probably happier than me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All but Austin got sick in the weeks leading up to our trip and we were just praying that we could all feel better enough to be able to still leave on time. Our prayers were answered and we were all healthy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning we woke up bright and early to began the trek out west. The first night we stopped in Denver (Sorry again Tiffany for being the worst sister and not letting you know). We ate at an Indian restaurant where the food was delicious and we even had leftovers which we were grateful to use on Sunday so we didn't have to buy food then. We spent a little time swimming in the pool at the hotel and then had a great night of sleep.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFs-Q0FU-3OEIdvW3xJ0Q-ztwmMbzoKKYi4n0INWHTPy5_VYtAPk3oC46T348NXAIAeFeqac9DdyZClrreHZlCt40R84GsXdJGgj2v6T69Xk-hWzpU1yYzLRh6a5YfcLKS8yeqHUtaa65A31kbyS-STqO_WeBlZaVGFgtPZtjcHb8C_J1TaTN5cdbnIg/s4032/IMG_3960.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFs-Q0FU-3OEIdvW3xJ0Q-ztwmMbzoKKYi4n0INWHTPy5_VYtAPk3oC46T348NXAIAeFeqac9DdyZClrreHZlCt40R84GsXdJGgj2v6T69Xk-hWzpU1yYzLRh6a5YfcLKS8yeqHUtaa65A31kbyS-STqO_WeBlZaVGFgtPZtjcHb8C_J1TaTN5cdbnIg/s320/IMG_3960.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped for church in Vail, CO at a small branch house. We were definitely the loudest ones there, but everyone was very nice. We then had lunch at a really fun park by the river in Glenwood Springs. Tanner had made pepperoni rolls before we left on our trip so we enjoyed those for our lunch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphVf9XUc-A9JnXiGcBfVWOzu2rWRVQRxYnIoQpcmm5YdLf6PzcbgkayRv7fpkdQxEseEWbpzzpB_QJB7JkZ1-y25W17bu5OKRVs7XprWnAtsPj9NVgQlcwABToTe09C5F2lnQWSFbllzDFNB3xsbgk8x21obXRzTeiAgPN8Q7OPrG3dZglPl4R82sJA/s4032/IMG_3222.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphVf9XUc-A9JnXiGcBfVWOzu2rWRVQRxYnIoQpcmm5YdLf6PzcbgkayRv7fpkdQxEseEWbpzzpB_QJB7JkZ1-y25W17bu5OKRVs7XprWnAtsPj9NVgQlcwABToTe09C5F2lnQWSFbllzDFNB3xsbgk8x21obXRzTeiAgPN8Q7OPrG3dZglPl4R82sJA/s320/IMG_3222.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were all very happy to make it to Moab and headed right into the park. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMPrW-vukH4UrgWs9dSO3-pSVboT4LqdILJu_WjJvGnbKShBr-LMivFVa7BnIqBrSM4LKSdeuETehvmlUsC9Po5bUG1XMxa6YtsCbIQcsWsXJhd3sOflt_AYBlKpw1NU2-un9cSN-ilMsFPDGcScIWxVokf80kDA2n55tJEJxK5D5LTX4O1AEUB3mVA/s4032/IMG_3966.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMPrW-vukH4UrgWs9dSO3-pSVboT4LqdILJu_WjJvGnbKShBr-LMivFVa7BnIqBrSM4LKSdeuETehvmlUsC9Po5bUG1XMxa6YtsCbIQcsWsXJhd3sOflt_AYBlKpw1NU2-un9cSN-ilMsFPDGcScIWxVokf80kDA2n55tJEJxK5D5LTX4O1AEUB3mVA/s320/IMG_3966.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did a few short, kid friendly hikes that evening and the kids had so much fun exploring the red rocks and playing in the sand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI3Tzi0O_52CB6i5F1AJqegRjdKhbNaSHgN40Kuznzhdybo7cNZXAXl5R8STdF3hMAPbfnG0YxHDMB8GJctbMbT3ZCKbFNdMxWZKe-UTXFzCnbmoXgAHYtLYaKiSUMIjAmxpaI-hclLO8hY_-ktpnsRpJ-zgrhbJ3_v5lhSrlqlk04BoKb6jeU7lZew/s320/IMG_3249.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi was a pretty good sport for the most part, but she just wanted to play in the sand the whole time and couldn't understand why we kept leaving. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXwygLKYcig3oo8xrLmYL0Nwfj27-ABHY262Ir2D2eP_uHl8aa1BAwSUJ_BpR87nAJKV4LTLgJl6rFe8Dhx-3jW4XsY9WghRc9oxRc5rrh-fVS7OrF1Ia5Xx4hOEXa5mvnWkrje490vPupFubAIa9LZXgsz6yx6JAMD20UZQgQNZAlRwqBO0pASeKgA/s4032/IMG_3969.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The kids were awesome on the way to the arch and Tanner and I had a hard time keeping up with them. When we finally made it to the Arch there was an older couple there who pointed to Eliza and said, "Your little girl was way ahead of everyone else." We just responded with "Yep, she's pretty amazing!" and they gave a look as if to say, "You guys need to step up your parenting game." But what is life with a big family if not to stress some people out every once in a while? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDu772Ipy0ZET2ng4Rh4mkajN-bLR4ymE1aQS3IiHbCZS6donH3QZBOMCMhRBjecDJTIXGuRDi0266ECfksEzra1yV0GeAxZUqvpQM269b1pD3MWcExTl8_VO6Oy0Pg0oDejdw9J1Q6A69LXe5dijyUM5GoJTpOKsK76JLE7wNitQULeVGQcWfloqMkg/s4032/IMG_3975.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDu772Ipy0ZET2ng4Rh4mkajN-bLR4ymE1aQS3IiHbCZS6donH3QZBOMCMhRBjecDJTIXGuRDi0266ECfksEzra1yV0GeAxZUqvpQM269b1pD3MWcExTl8_VO6Oy0Pg0oDejdw9J1Q6A69LXe5dijyUM5GoJTpOKsK76JLE7wNitQULeVGQcWfloqMkg/s320/IMG_3975.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Eliza's method on the steep parts often involved sliding on her bum so by the end she had a pretty nice hole in her pants. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Needless to say, everyone else on the hike knew a whole crew of obnoxious people were somewhere on the trail. We then headed back down and Eliza started to lose some motivation so we took it slow together. I had been praying lately for ways that I could better connect with her and that one on one time on the hike was an answer to those prayers. We talked the whole time and by the end she was jumping from rock to rock full of energy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped on the way back to the hotel to look at some dinosaur footprints and then headed back to swim at the pool. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4N-6VRTIXNG0NJM66SSqiysHfUk8fGkBCqByLdAcJXve-LHkcHQ0c83fzwx3Ny7OxWx0zgttZdpu2CWygPGy6SoyY324GwfgqsGQyq7ojG_ORp9dgwyBJdCuB6ORi-pz7nI7mpHSEWt-b4oSw4Bt066detaxqn5bI1RZ3XB9RdvQvo05uJuEJCkDqA/s4032/IMG_3260.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4N-6VRTIXNG0NJM66SSqiysHfUk8fGkBCqByLdAcJXve-LHkcHQ0c83fzwx3Ny7OxWx0zgttZdpu2CWygPGy6SoyY324GwfgqsGQyq7ojG_ORp9dgwyBJdCuB6ORi-pz7nI7mpHSEWt-b4oSw4Bt066detaxqn5bI1RZ3XB9RdvQvo05uJuEJCkDqA/s320/IMG_3260.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had a great time and didn't want to leave the water but we were hoping to do a few more hikes in Arches before bed. We first stopped at some food trucks for dinner and then headed back into the park. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvheSq3DIy4Rm7FmL_GTzoLxpsgu_6E0yH3bFrrmD_7lyIBnU9ZDfr13aULwLexgtg_r56tGzvI5kdc-rLodK2IYnJlzaKYO5oqaDp182QdbPjgZH0eJ0n9DFBgseNCJcoQdCWkTlS4z3sKvu7ZTAACXxOnsqaad6yBdQowa91JcyxH73TW_KCnluvKg/s4032/IMG_3308.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvheSq3DIy4Rm7FmL_GTzoLxpsgu_6E0yH3bFrrmD_7lyIBnU9ZDfr13aULwLexgtg_r56tGzvI5kdc-rLodK2IYnJlzaKYO5oqaDp182QdbPjgZH0eJ0n9DFBgseNCJcoQdCWkTlS4z3sKvu7ZTAACXxOnsqaad6yBdQowa91JcyxH73TW_KCnluvKg/s320/IMG_3308.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVY_ptlSnX5Lfe8wTFW-6BzVv61n7zWSuKqaK8dnnwNHel1A5bJnMgLkFl0d-9tSew9DY8thVRnnjIC9KAlTPjhKoSijMfv0myhj_3iFEFAK_c70pOLNTEMj77UdDspOVfhtSQT-cJJ_E60V9oZJBbacCLGVH167XYiHcvsZCDLbwNlmmARPKTtzxmQ/s4032/IMG_3309.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVY_ptlSnX5Lfe8wTFW-6BzVv61n7zWSuKqaK8dnnwNHel1A5bJnMgLkFl0d-9tSew9DY8thVRnnjIC9KAlTPjhKoSijMfv0myhj_3iFEFAK_c70pOLNTEMj77UdDspOVfhtSQT-cJJ_E60V9oZJBbacCLGVH167XYiHcvsZCDLbwNlmmARPKTtzxmQ/s320/IMG_3309.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFalOAu7SK-b3R-5Z7m265QP3GxPrNvcmmWOmaMPzbYucf2hR7cGdGBKOURNtjFyNQbOwgDubAZ5s0TswfHi072SURKgAf841kndY1A7NwoDEb3vOaN4i16cJobYFkkwkklotAzf5lW99i6nBTeD5oqTuAAnhQntB2NnY5Rz3b-ges5CyQoSwodWMs0g/s4032/IMG_3311.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFalOAu7SK-b3R-5Z7m265QP3GxPrNvcmmWOmaMPzbYucf2hR7cGdGBKOURNtjFyNQbOwgDubAZ5s0TswfHi072SURKgAf841kndY1A7NwoDEb3vOaN4i16cJobYFkkwkklotAzf5lW99i6nBTeD5oqTuAAnhQntB2NnY5Rz3b-ges5CyQoSwodWMs0g/s320/IMG_3311.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza and Vivi fell asleep on the drive through the park so it was a little rough waking them up, but once they walked for a little while, they seemed to perk up. Vivi and I didn't make it to the base of these arches...she was so happy to play in the dirt so I decided to just wait with her while the others explored. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZ7q9ekxtI8-63-vgSSwcTX_mCuxUtnLVZYcytCLJwsPN60dgXGHGaNQf4-moUEUHB0I-_6ged91nFKSH60buMHZVxC7D74p3WzXCSpQaM786D0XFEdfMpZ4eEg87SeI1cUCnn8ydwEZp79FG21ZmPx3nFRG1Fz5wrjVAGccoy4rZeM9UWsep42ISZA/s4032/IMG_3313.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZ7q9ekxtI8-63-vgSSwcTX_mCuxUtnLVZYcytCLJwsPN60dgXGHGaNQf4-moUEUHB0I-_6ged91nFKSH60buMHZVxC7D74p3WzXCSpQaM786D0XFEdfMpZ4eEg87SeI1cUCnn8ydwEZp79FG21ZmPx3nFRG1Fz5wrjVAGccoy4rZeM9UWsep42ISZA/s320/IMG_3313.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Any time I asked if she wanted to keep going, or if she wanted me to hold her she said, "no thank you!" quite forcefully. She left with a little rock that she wouldn't put down for hours after. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning we headed for Nevada. We stopped at Lehman caves but found out that we had made our reservations for the following week...whoops. So we watched a video about the Great Basin and Tanner had the epiphany that I grew up in the Great Basin and he actually knew the area rather well. And now that we know, we'll make sure to have our reservations made so we can take a tour of the caves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs49s3wG85d2b6GkZnjtAcYHBjFws_84Sv92U7gft-NPAcB4H_YR9VQyJzbmk6o6uoNgIAXIZShMICSVkEAgYdKPqXh_MOqXhhc_DzTCFzO-8poH5R55mbwS7TW9YRdN0kfOS2BbmcjX4VAEpMdBBt1Tymq9Re3c8v1R7njsHZ-tiwXXmLbMxF79QV5Q/s4032/IMG_3316.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs49s3wG85d2b6GkZnjtAcYHBjFws_84Sv92U7gft-NPAcB4H_YR9VQyJzbmk6o6uoNgIAXIZShMICSVkEAgYdKPqXh_MOqXhhc_DzTCFzO-8poH5R55mbwS7TW9YRdN0kfOS2BbmcjX4VAEpMdBBt1Tymq9Re3c8v1R7njsHZ-tiwXXmLbMxF79QV5Q/s320/IMG_3316.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finally made it to the ranch and Mariah wasted no time in finding the horses. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA8euB1cxL7cH85f2oUsIE5D6Is_qRadNpp43Zx9GTCLfGNd2vSc5quHEWF0s3Y9GBWYqDmab7SWANWoF3JcZrzxw-Kp0f7xOnF1DzUufRTInQYKThB8RegW5Lbdio3VmvXHLhEeHVqteUra-OU7lSIYZQIU0qXhgx-6RkTGdo13nJI0FN6rinyoOUw/s4032/IMG_3980.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA8euB1cxL7cH85f2oUsIE5D6Is_qRadNpp43Zx9GTCLfGNd2vSc5quHEWF0s3Y9GBWYqDmab7SWANWoF3JcZrzxw-Kp0f7xOnF1DzUufRTInQYKThB8RegW5Lbdio3VmvXHLhEeHVqteUra-OU7lSIYZQIU0qXhgx-6RkTGdo13nJI0FN6rinyoOUw/s320/IMG_3980.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah and Trey spent a lot of time drawing together. And the kids had a blast riding four wheelers, jumping on the tramp, and exploring around the ranch. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV2vTDPCkaN5ZFzFH2wlVKg6liMPYZPG4zsP00FFLJ0MdYOfGFVOoc4AdRif55vlLM1X5UNgwmZ-Kc0pVrryXopkvCgHZ-XueP9WtqBwjsKiH527VbH7NhcgZG0dD5xEWZwPWZx9nhbOpX4c5TpcJU4orY4anpaOaU8GhQz6_s33r7P1FhWb9oXhqLw/s4032/IMG_3982.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV2vTDPCkaN5ZFzFH2wlVKg6liMPYZPG4zsP00FFLJ0MdYOfGFVOoc4AdRif55vlLM1X5UNgwmZ-Kc0pVrryXopkvCgHZ-XueP9WtqBwjsKiH527VbH7NhcgZG0dD5xEWZwPWZx9nhbOpX4c5TpcJU4orY4anpaOaU8GhQz6_s33r7P1FhWb9oXhqLw/s320/IMG_3982.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids also got to see the bummer lambs at the main ranch and had lots of fun letting them suck on their fingers. Vivi thought they were pretty fun too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJtkWKO1K6_6jmq1bFYET4X2YjMiezJWNMjq2ZXfZzC67stOe7s7jihoN4FoQujNAuERErGz-QHfWKej9Kj728yyheRJAAt_6miSs_j7dLltnZbrDpuGMuzVVLrH6GQGXbObMCvxeZC7ZJZRg_O8xlY6KqexbC7JM7S1RapCYFuwA32-uN0t85f3heA/s4032/IMG_3319.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJtkWKO1K6_6jmq1bFYET4X2YjMiezJWNMjq2ZXfZzC67stOe7s7jihoN4FoQujNAuERErGz-QHfWKej9Kj728yyheRJAAt_6miSs_j7dLltnZbrDpuGMuzVVLrH6GQGXbObMCvxeZC7ZJZRg_O8xlY6KqexbC7JM7S1RapCYFuwA32-uN0t85f3heA/s320/IMG_3319.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7HiOmAQnwCSXv9zBxxU_Us_XcyMRdak3KPQ4xsOQpOCeNKNXbfVc_txoJk7Lqa-Bo-T36l6ih98j0xa7MbxLtOGW2iQ8pYWi4LatS6yTU5zsapKGv7g5FgRqUQHdL4FBXG1cmnDq6g_xKZX7cOSGbqQhuywgGwSXf1S5cntTyvxMtg5zf59l02GRdA/s4032/IMG_3985.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7HiOmAQnwCSXv9zBxxU_Us_XcyMRdak3KPQ4xsOQpOCeNKNXbfVc_txoJk7Lqa-Bo-T36l6ih98j0xa7MbxLtOGW2iQ8pYWi4LatS6yTU5zsapKGv7g5FgRqUQHdL4FBXG1cmnDq6g_xKZX7cOSGbqQhuywgGwSXf1S5cntTyvxMtg5zf59l02GRdA/s320/IMG_3985.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These boys were quite the handful on the drive down to the main ranch. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTq3XGmsSbo07uYw-BMLKQF8tCL9qqTP9ANggE36JEBK_m-eIo9sMP1MaxUgkF3_BSloNdqiKW6sfyAyboElKl6BCfA3TxmZTOJt4utCTWPS00dUA_x89A9erT1KuBUizpjkXMz4XA3cShhQPYz1Trysn2CqkfkV_kkNCB4sB_GDGnlkxB1Zp9JNO2Q/s4032/IMG_3981.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTq3XGmsSbo07uYw-BMLKQF8tCL9qqTP9ANggE36JEBK_m-eIo9sMP1MaxUgkF3_BSloNdqiKW6sfyAyboElKl6BCfA3TxmZTOJt4utCTWPS00dUA_x89A9erT1KuBUizpjkXMz4XA3cShhQPYz1Trysn2CqkfkV_kkNCB4sB_GDGnlkxB1Zp9JNO2Q/s320/IMG_3981.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We tried our hand at fishing at the reservoir but didn't have any luck. It rained a lot while we were there and I was so happy with the wonderful, wet sagebrush smell. We spent some time visiting with Aunt Kelley and Uncle Paul and she spoiled everyone with warm homemade bread and honey. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3LAFvPIgRfk0tJfwTPoCULnm8Z8b5vGZXqgcL3pM6WxqFLqzhQZlAO0uxdkNV67ihHduKhZ97mNH5pcVF4dJvo5SxlVC9Y9bgWD6V4i-va-0Sf7rzCpqNl3v33lpx5O9aDwbKC7zh7j6smsfndfUkgmKFZEikkZzIr9YAU6LpHQh34o6d_t-YiPKYg/s4032/IMG_4003.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3LAFvPIgRfk0tJfwTPoCULnm8Z8b5vGZXqgcL3pM6WxqFLqzhQZlAO0uxdkNV67ihHduKhZ97mNH5pcVF4dJvo5SxlVC9Y9bgWD6V4i-va-0Sf7rzCpqNl3v33lpx5O9aDwbKC7zh7j6smsfndfUkgmKFZEikkZzIr9YAU6LpHQh34o6d_t-YiPKYg/s320/IMG_4003.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These girls had lots of fun together. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYnS5MzayPX_0H4bcq3RgzpqNHZoGJB6M0ovFr-hxUGKiYw0i74wN5D3ni3gGRQrL_FiKdQHzXg4cDYeIuQkpAcb1344x1ooqY5f9X4Km5Vg8RPv2OtFXWJt3PGOxssxPbXeFTzh3uUfn6yPl7d_sdXOdx2X12eCu-gA5seyCQMjb6XWFChyAjuR_oVQ/s4032/IMG_4002.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYnS5MzayPX_0H4bcq3RgzpqNHZoGJB6M0ovFr-hxUGKiYw0i74wN5D3ni3gGRQrL_FiKdQHzXg4cDYeIuQkpAcb1344x1ooqY5f9X4Km5Vg8RPv2OtFXWJt3PGOxssxPbXeFTzh3uUfn6yPl7d_sdXOdx2X12eCu-gA5seyCQMjb6XWFChyAjuR_oVQ/s320/IMG_4002.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet's awesome 4-wheeler hair. After leaving the ranch he told me of his harrowing experience in almost flipping the 4-wheeler. I asked if he had saved that story because he was afraid if he told me right after it happened I wouldn't let him ride any more, and he answered with a sheepish "yes". </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkolIJ8h3dXn_lhi3WY3B-GLHiL7JkttqiEVMlq6QyxyH1pmpLkuauSw_9ihR-MvPUjqYBtpaprS5e1K_ZYlEgIeog_5-bsndw6jVT0GSKDjs6yxLfya2xWVtGJ2kvwHd-zZN8fXuWglubl13csCDxnTafBU-46b2ucYDUgTNJWKRTe7ZakZ-_M7OyLw/s4032/IMG_4005.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkolIJ8h3dXn_lhi3WY3B-GLHiL7JkttqiEVMlq6QyxyH1pmpLkuauSw_9ihR-MvPUjqYBtpaprS5e1K_ZYlEgIeog_5-bsndw6jVT0GSKDjs6yxLfya2xWVtGJ2kvwHd-zZN8fXuWglubl13csCDxnTafBU-46b2ucYDUgTNJWKRTe7ZakZ-_M7OyLw/s320/IMG_4005.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It wasn't long enough but we had a wonderful time with Dan and Katie's family. The morning we were leaving I was able to visit with some of my cousins that were in town for Karlie's graduation and that was such a treat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then headed to Whitney, ID for the Crossley family reunion. Tanner and I were in charge of it this year but didn't feel like we had to do much because of Kaisa's awesome schedule from last year and all the happy helpers that made it such a great experience. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9RF0lMCL4HV7zd5Uv_3Y7acpvwy8iQj1vlm4GViFwG86q7A7HWH-XbwFScyuvGOY9Og0aL9qUFlbsbv3-0lvgR1KfErtw63_Zhq2xJWWHFDZI3fE_-FZ9dsNVDOCz7Jx_dyHCS73ktjqLrUATbUMd8jMDw8AgR-geIN7gKTPOMHV2jctVhgo6nqGVQ/s4032/IMG_4008.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9RF0lMCL4HV7zd5Uv_3Y7acpvwy8iQj1vlm4GViFwG86q7A7HWH-XbwFScyuvGOY9Og0aL9qUFlbsbv3-0lvgR1KfErtw63_Zhq2xJWWHFDZI3fE_-FZ9dsNVDOCz7Jx_dyHCS73ktjqLrUATbUMd8jMDw8AgR-geIN7gKTPOMHV2jctVhgo6nqGVQ/s320/IMG_4008.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aunt Lisa brought a bunch of scrap fabric and helped with sewing projects. Everyone learned how to thread the machine and sew with it. They enjoyed it so much that they did it another day as well. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYXevr16Ht1R-ocyVgmeCacwYqvHmC-guvvuc3MVP93Xr1eBwloDCOqTc0sZZy-Yf5aF-hiVJdVfcISinUAayooTkXaV8rbb4Xgd7vFn-WmXxwBMckxevyHg0g4Fjt8pSZ_caK46l60QMZKVOZn_u29IuypbYdQvrHtaR8NHZaHVSwnvP4XONX3pIdw/s4032/IMG_4010.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYXevr16Ht1R-ocyVgmeCacwYqvHmC-guvvuc3MVP93Xr1eBwloDCOqTc0sZZy-Yf5aF-hiVJdVfcISinUAayooTkXaV8rbb4Xgd7vFn-WmXxwBMckxevyHg0g4Fjt8pSZ_caK46l60QMZKVOZn_u29IuypbYdQvrHtaR8NHZaHVSwnvP4XONX3pIdw/s320/IMG_4010.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet and Austin were excited to do an origami class and had fun teaching some of the boys their favorite creations. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87K0qCUTz4R519zj6MrvSBJU_q8WpmufjVFiDVgYN4Z3y93jnN8MRJOxctiXPW5IOLPTdOWCa0xNh1Slwh6vww7Q88ldJNQanZjUuClTgMCLXMzVZ7zJ731B8zj860zKZWPxlNIMdX1kdarUkiq-3MuAOyPxR078sFFsacDo_-VSz58hraIrhBYO7dQ/s4032/IMG_4014.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87K0qCUTz4R519zj6MrvSBJU_q8WpmufjVFiDVgYN4Z3y93jnN8MRJOxctiXPW5IOLPTdOWCa0xNh1Slwh6vww7Q88ldJNQanZjUuClTgMCLXMzVZ7zJ731B8zj860zKZWPxlNIMdX1kdarUkiq-3MuAOyPxR078sFFsacDo_-VSz58hraIrhBYO7dQ/s320/IMG_4014.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi and Ruth were having a little moment eating their snack. They were just chatting away with each other. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi4n5IVzEpJXoP0mVV-3Yd7QGL2ASxt67HFGgn2klx6Flw2pLWb5SUb3X3yNZqk-7zTtGixoEuf97xyiXPIkyx2m5_43IcMLwVpkFDul86yhVk8vGo9wpwgpFtfKyNFAq6rGmEWTLRTwZcmiLbm48hYT-Ie0Pszz4-Z1fmekk6ghWi07g3E7rEe1IvQ/s4032/IMG_4016.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi4n5IVzEpJXoP0mVV-3Yd7QGL2ASxt67HFGgn2klx6Flw2pLWb5SUb3X3yNZqk-7zTtGixoEuf97xyiXPIkyx2m5_43IcMLwVpkFDul86yhVk8vGo9wpwgpFtfKyNFAq6rGmEWTLRTwZcmiLbm48hYT-Ie0Pszz4-Z1fmekk6ghWi07g3E7rEe1IvQ/s320/IMG_4016.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WHaAWaBXNbdmc1qjr7oBTt2IVI1w9FZvwrz8N66si8EKINYnBZQmepNElqXdm57bXIpw4icFimmbwRg-CTZUEXKkRc9kECOOODdumOmGkNTt6aGSuZgDP9_VeCsG91tpvUuAbzsrpWT6SldFr4e68zEGRYUV-Cm0jUpiTOeEg7zOo5LurE7Gy62GFw/s2049/IMG_0187.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WHaAWaBXNbdmc1qjr7oBTt2IVI1w9FZvwrz8N66si8EKINYnBZQmepNElqXdm57bXIpw4icFimmbwRg-CTZUEXKkRc9kECOOODdumOmGkNTt6aGSuZgDP9_VeCsG91tpvUuAbzsrpWT6SldFr4e68zEGRYUV-Cm0jUpiTOeEg7zOo5LurE7Gy62GFw/s320/IMG_0187.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aunt Natalie did a nature journaling class that had a big group of participants. Everyone seemed very pleased with their artwork at the end. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZgalm7dsQL9VoUvmjVbSHtRvUqsBTKm2H8ywH3Xrh14jA3tl3xLsIS99f1VuKCm_m0Ci-o1ojsjHT2KqAxIvBDYaxHKY3daLedDhZiv-ZOlakt5Dr1tcCCoNk6IofGaidF_AiFcpXQLLMcvGypp1jRIIonF289fk05SNHMg4c1Jf_LK5u7wPFy1VJw/s4032/IMG_4023.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZgalm7dsQL9VoUvmjVbSHtRvUqsBTKm2H8ywH3Xrh14jA3tl3xLsIS99f1VuKCm_m0Ci-o1ojsjHT2KqAxIvBDYaxHKY3daLedDhZiv-ZOlakt5Dr1tcCCoNk6IofGaidF_AiFcpXQLLMcvGypp1jRIIonF289fk05SNHMg4c1Jf_LK5u7wPFy1VJw/s320/IMG_4023.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtaGjrnCyXNj7qbxxJCRWV4ep18UUuR3t41v3AfpDyYFoR7S40-sawZPOl8ASZaWrC_iFh9niR9YASFsMcrxAq0EjkuZxYSdPOEXiYzdOkRcW0eaG3DnPMbxOaRWf_hAzTrE6F_oLN82RTTHJPDXV-CglDAtFrnbeTr-kWLIfKTWHqzE1HIzQQNX6sA/s2048/IMG_0252.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtaGjrnCyXNj7qbxxJCRWV4ep18UUuR3t41v3AfpDyYFoR7S40-sawZPOl8ASZaWrC_iFh9niR9YASFsMcrxAq0EjkuZxYSdPOEXiYzdOkRcW0eaG3DnPMbxOaRWf_hAzTrE6F_oLN82RTTHJPDXV-CglDAtFrnbeTr-kWLIfKTWHqzE1HIzQQNX6sA/s320/IMG_0252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went on a beautiful hike up a canyon. There were so many wildflowers and the mountains were amazing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3iNI3yolgc0IJ46vgELjbfdVjTjHu-MmfypoO2vQQoWTGOVyfjt9eW8QIt4CYgZ8jVbW7yaOd77iSoZxrjVECUpHbiyvLK1E9NwjO5GGLCxeyvL5ThMaWByMNN6hyBgpll1LNNVZQO0qncCbi2OA_dgIRAFDP3hiA3fP5VLiZF1UanwTdfkODLKk3Q/s4032/IMG_4020.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3iNI3yolgc0IJ46vgELjbfdVjTjHu-MmfypoO2vQQoWTGOVyfjt9eW8QIt4CYgZ8jVbW7yaOd77iSoZxrjVECUpHbiyvLK1E9NwjO5GGLCxeyvL5ThMaWByMNN6hyBgpll1LNNVZQO0qncCbi2OA_dgIRAFDP3hiA3fP5VLiZF1UanwTdfkODLKk3Q/s320/IMG_4020.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tanner led a great devotional talking about our theme for the reunion, "Give me this mountain" from the story of Caleb in the bible. He used the quote: "Thee lift me and I'll lift thee, and we'll ascend together" and talked about how as a family we can help each other on our journey to our Heavenly Father. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFW7NdNRYQINEyB4yqhcaCN55BxRkUPm6pEyqP8FOq_eZCjGckeGva0ikX2hxYNMDXztIEbpU57fbwt6jTaBTkpoD30PbAShZogzl-LsUrRGPOZeSF6NxHkecm0-KW_0qrWUSS5dGiH-xRrl4AauiDUjWQL28GL77hFoEbE59veLRWHe2_F3A_CGtAQ/s2048/IMG_0284.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFW7NdNRYQINEyB4yqhcaCN55BxRkUPm6pEyqP8FOq_eZCjGckeGva0ikX2hxYNMDXztIEbpU57fbwt6jTaBTkpoD30PbAShZogzl-LsUrRGPOZeSF6NxHkecm0-KW_0qrWUSS5dGiH-xRrl4AauiDUjWQL28GL77hFoEbE59veLRWHe2_F3A_CGtAQ/s320/IMG_0284.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The youth were able to do baptisms in the morning and then the adults went that night to do sealings (where families are able to be together for eternity). It was such a special experience to all be together doing temple work for ancestors who have already passed. We were able to seal a family of 10 children to their parents and that was a really neat thing to see. That night we celebrated Lisa's birthday. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUSkAwAIWifcn5ori-m3vuleE3vSm2iNTqhlv8M36rkZzf2KPOg0o6jvCXnBkZeQf2GhK0OZcZn9WidaHUCoOUM4JtqOoIZPqspfHefqiCqptAowOlEfCfkZp_n1S09ZqFlgAE2SmPtMU9WkqgDeOymjr-xY1mMOVnI7dOrVYYCbQEz7Yv2S_0tzKGg/s2049/IMG_0204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUSkAwAIWifcn5ori-m3vuleE3vSm2iNTqhlv8M36rkZzf2KPOg0o6jvCXnBkZeQf2GhK0OZcZn9WidaHUCoOUM4JtqOoIZPqspfHefqiCqptAowOlEfCfkZp_n1S09ZqFlgAE2SmPtMU9WkqgDeOymjr-xY1mMOVnI7dOrVYYCbQEz7Yv2S_0tzKGg/s320/IMG_0204.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite part of the reunion was all the time the cousins had to bond with each other. I'm so grateful they have each other. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpQyCKyyzjkIzquApRy0FLDPDLzq7jH97IYdNWWZM1YL95OWAbQMNid9qU1scHuQT9JuEM4VoO7hZVjwExl3thvo9WAB0iRDskwEfmP_HDoZxKaMMdkFqExpXVitEJtKYd5EmB6SmsmIUoQ4tifFxi_JbA7Mxe99bxQ50rTZPObkPukwaIqWQTcb-xQ/s2049/IMG_0249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpQyCKyyzjkIzquApRy0FLDPDLzq7jH97IYdNWWZM1YL95OWAbQMNid9qU1scHuQT9JuEM4VoO7hZVjwExl3thvo9WAB0iRDskwEfmP_HDoZxKaMMdkFqExpXVitEJtKYd5EmB6SmsmIUoQ4tifFxi_JbA7Mxe99bxQ50rTZPObkPukwaIqWQTcb-xQ/s320/IMG_0249.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ty, Heather and Eliza decided to get fancy; Eliza wasn't so sure about it though. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduZ3-5hty3_xdVQ77FnlZ6trgYKz3mpPjG90-b18mN1Kf0Klv4Le4HB9__WRHp_A1WYvX7u_EaHTtd2Ag0-UKvLvEJHp4Kf3HPXGIRHBwvKd0tjr_2DGxeC3rjIvYmWlHTpKFle5qRGXISQRGkBme7cH_Uzl57iB7W_4ziq1N1iHI3EkFgBEQRNb43Q/s4032/IMG_3347.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduZ3-5hty3_xdVQ77FnlZ6trgYKz3mpPjG90-b18mN1Kf0Klv4Le4HB9__WRHp_A1WYvX7u_EaHTtd2Ag0-UKvLvEJHp4Kf3HPXGIRHBwvKd0tjr_2DGxeC3rjIvYmWlHTpKFle5qRGXISQRGkBme7cH_Uzl57iB7W_4ziq1N1iHI3EkFgBEQRNb43Q/s320/IMG_3347.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took family photos in our reunion shirts</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OYd__aXZJZp_YGADygqzOq43VkPb6DyZfThAWRFj-W3ynFPuJDnb9VUgK6LnoJ27GMff9VcYjGzm7YfRIm6g7yfSOtKiK5kn6SGXaTN0q-3-AjhpRXlcKmz0H4ciHpiZ_JPBm7RjWtn_6JYHNGeg2nsYKzKaukBldFE0x1OGIQdIsOww4DleM2C3cg/s4032/IMG_3341.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Played some partner soccer</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7znTNnPkD2v-tYXyOvKZJxSCOfIk6Z0tXOAZ4T-2tGpp-JHlqvh8f66p1TcMZc9mQ10VYLVe4yu5-cI2POCWer3nJ14zt7BKAfm6NF2S1wFdcd4F12w1NoKQbB7Sk6kjuVJL5lEXnIKEGy8M7h11zJP7AtJJMAKx6WNFodD2cTEwCVh9P9Hk1gW3Lg/s2049/IMG_0326.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7znTNnPkD2v-tYXyOvKZJxSCOfIk6Z0tXOAZ4T-2tGpp-JHlqvh8f66p1TcMZc9mQ10VYLVe4yu5-cI2POCWer3nJ14zt7BKAfm6NF2S1wFdcd4F12w1NoKQbB7Sk6kjuVJL5lEXnIKEGy8M7h11zJP7AtJJMAKx6WNFodD2cTEwCVh9P9Hk1gW3Lg/s320/IMG_0326.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sang lots of songs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a talent show with some awesome acts and a musical fireside. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIrpv5sY5rdlbzYoyYMpdBSFwsytmfmBab-zZbSLCIvv1agtA3WhAvbVP8BqPrOPxDJlI7PjMtVzgbzeMueVyrc0oLZDpA8aCDAt9zrZXODBV1TdLnzZkRwro4NTYjhumzSQb1zWFyqNbgy4oTSAMwDhl7MPnPd3pb1CGnhY2nWNZskhjxU-Tt8nY8g/s4032/IMG_3395.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIrpv5sY5rdlbzYoyYMpdBSFwsytmfmBab-zZbSLCIvv1agtA3WhAvbVP8BqPrOPxDJlI7PjMtVzgbzeMueVyrc0oLZDpA8aCDAt9zrZXODBV1TdLnzZkRwro4NTYjhumzSQb1zWFyqNbgy4oTSAMwDhl7MPnPd3pb1CGnhY2nWNZskhjxU-Tt8nY8g/s320/IMG_3395.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I guess this is a pregnancy announcement: Baby boy due at the end of July! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVlkw_rWnJZgsZ5YhLF4f30xBeYToRLxw3sd374r2JQvzECLEIpokk0sdL2ATsi_FYkgw5g1R5MD68ea5x8Kai4fPNP_VgYIAWVyBsj5x6uYa_hqPRp7BHlWOnMcafObZkna8ICu9pjqJBOVW7NHZGCQxh2wSepr5Fq6KB2T5NIIXyCNZ9ncDbNZzvA/s2049/IMG_6959.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVlkw_rWnJZgsZ5YhLF4f30xBeYToRLxw3sd374r2JQvzECLEIpokk0sdL2ATsi_FYkgw5g1R5MD68ea5x8Kai4fPNP_VgYIAWVyBsj5x6uYa_hqPRp7BHlWOnMcafObZkna8ICu9pjqJBOVW7NHZGCQxh2wSepr5Fq6KB2T5NIIXyCNZ9ncDbNZzvA/s320/IMG_6959.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These five were all born within a year of each other</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOPboHFEuci7Ytx3zBEloZ676juprglhas2E-uh61h5y-0FLySVKA9zA3NVXW81jCIJF0zkw8Oq-iCG5pAhjyzCM29SHojIa6eIKkl67Zf79Z1FOirQJiQJauKgUtbKOUlM-cD9WxdMA-UV84H8RkBCUI6srq7Mc1XP-01fD4IT_GudBAWndzPXyUzA/s2049/IMG_6960.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOPboHFEuci7Ytx3zBEloZ676juprglhas2E-uh61h5y-0FLySVKA9zA3NVXW81jCIJF0zkw8Oq-iCG5pAhjyzCM29SHojIa6eIKkl67Zf79Z1FOirQJiQJauKgUtbKOUlM-cD9WxdMA-UV84H8RkBCUI6srq7Mc1XP-01fD4IT_GudBAWndzPXyUzA/s320/IMG_6960.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same for these four. Austin and Eliza both have a group of five as well and I'm so bummed I didn't get a picture of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kathleen had a question and answer session to talk about her mission and it was such a neat presentation. I'm grateful she is such a great example to all her younger cousins. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday evening we had each family act out a family history story and it was so fun to see all the different stories. Mariah and Chet each did a great job reenacting stories that my Grandma used to act out for her grandchildren. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwVaDiKS4sU3R3E2SnmjSfcWmLDL2ZYQCtjH4zQ3Ahz1qx8OTSGZaCJefJPpj3tDeWJsuIvJ8M0rQLBpi47OVKJcBTfnu0N9bupVQNmdUy8a96ZxS1dwYa29JsnGc5jQjfgFhElZwjPKjAxj_c42bDjrh4Lh-mTCAxv_1AEDf9BPwOdUQ4tRrPWxxXQ/s2049/IMG_0186.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwVaDiKS4sU3R3E2SnmjSfcWmLDL2ZYQCtjH4zQ3Ahz1qx8OTSGZaCJefJPpj3tDeWJsuIvJ8M0rQLBpi47OVKJcBTfnu0N9bupVQNmdUy8a96ZxS1dwYa29JsnGc5jQjfgFhElZwjPKjAxj_c42bDjrh4Lh-mTCAxv_1AEDf9BPwOdUQ4tRrPWxxXQ/s320/IMG_0186.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aunt Nattie brought a massager and here is a picture of the littles lining up for a turn. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm6WM9UNOx0DRjmsSdmt9X85Z_-1h-cKk57kUNualNL1pc-E1AzRDCnJ-fbl5obkyz2RagpFiZuN1HR3dAwCePVL19N_1V3RS8so0Ll4_ATGM1aJfVizQaWk6p1TuzrRYN07_SDYFEe3RRuNUATVesJJ2FGK2mggEnhlTQs-hymT-6w0DozbNom6qww/s4032/IMG_4036.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm6WM9UNOx0DRjmsSdmt9X85Z_-1h-cKk57kUNualNL1pc-E1AzRDCnJ-fbl5obkyz2RagpFiZuN1HR3dAwCePVL19N_1V3RS8so0Ll4_ATGM1aJfVizQaWk6p1TuzrRYN07_SDYFEe3RRuNUATVesJJ2FGK2mggEnhlTQs-hymT-6w0DozbNom6qww/s320/IMG_4036.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin wore himself out...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5HvhvXb4jMB_-_yCl4tLfe9SZXhDt4ObvVFhnW67dqoG_K2vhh4wKe5Nxkafgd6CnW-SGH7gGK3lIkXqCkpZWBJLzXUztGVe2VcVb-OF4MwlWczY21K0bzv3LjoDbAkBvL92GaIF5bw8q3D0WQztVJ2-vYNqxt0e1Mpto5TmVEM88dbUfBHCmC0Xng/s4032/IMG_3350.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5HvhvXb4jMB_-_yCl4tLfe9SZXhDt4ObvVFhnW67dqoG_K2vhh4wKe5Nxkafgd6CnW-SGH7gGK3lIkXqCkpZWBJLzXUztGVe2VcVb-OF4MwlWczY21K0bzv3LjoDbAkBvL92GaIF5bw8q3D0WQztVJ2-vYNqxt0e1Mpto5TmVEM88dbUfBHCmC0Xng/s320/IMG_3350.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza with Miriam Eliza</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEQUuLJxAYwkToDWZxSQhxzMEfJ8MQMI_mYScp8zZU0nC-thgVuDoCFEIuLGPaJNqtNB_D-DmeJxplY2ZFHyNHbaf-i05araby0WU7MRhHJmcCyk1SY58MgRJMQOVq6YyIrRrm1Mgs-0CBZI00R-10h3fCvlXL6jmnLxe_UBNkC6kMG6P9w6Jw1wNng/s4032/IMG_4040.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEQUuLJxAYwkToDWZxSQhxzMEfJ8MQMI_mYScp8zZU0nC-thgVuDoCFEIuLGPaJNqtNB_D-DmeJxplY2ZFHyNHbaf-i05araby0WU7MRhHJmcCyk1SY58MgRJMQOVq6YyIrRrm1Mgs-0CBZI00R-10h3fCvlXL6jmnLxe_UBNkC6kMG6P9w6Jw1wNng/s320/IMG_4040.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aunt Heidi brought some fun minute to win it games with awesome prizes. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUUm3iCx-3g1PfAcvKhwKQ3u8awrSu3uNasl4H6PO-KA4bQT5SvlNE1Ml6588bCK0v2Ge9EZRNxGzJE88AkfSE95Bzdc5vk5jcSWt0PdUgcExfZ6_gXQ9dVkLQfPIyrT4sA9zOtFsXt1MJ0TadY-3Z0s6Q7RD3_y6N7zyvuEwQ2GUvIEqcq1ndzuvFw/s4032/IMG_4041.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUUm3iCx-3g1PfAcvKhwKQ3u8awrSu3uNasl4H6PO-KA4bQT5SvlNE1Ml6588bCK0v2Ge9EZRNxGzJE88AkfSE95Bzdc5vk5jcSWt0PdUgcExfZ6_gXQ9dVkLQfPIyrT4sA9zOtFsXt1MJ0TadY-3Z0s6Q7RD3_y6N7zyvuEwQ2GUvIEqcq1ndzuvFw/s320/IMG_4041.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi was just happy to eat the ice cream at the end </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The reunion was filled with amazing devotionals, music, and time spent together. We were able to do yard work again for our service project and I was so impressed with how hard everyone worked. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the reunion, Tanner met up with his good friends Matt and Layton and I headed up to my sister Brittany's. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bbbDg4AbJ3Tg9SCQv4nsHQxYhu-xxOoLC_mWmIpo5BdI4HxKdL7BpWyKLWWyTaQbQq4acjKqdrfttSoSQxP1zPl_Fkkyk-X7NKYtaGJV-rvku7Y3Du3Ik_XZGidkj4dTr3FCXYZhYEXNQCeCMrRfTJpyyCuE4_-mm67awOCc0lxEdGVb5B7G6A8xUw/s4032/IMG_4044.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bbbDg4AbJ3Tg9SCQv4nsHQxYhu-xxOoLC_mWmIpo5BdI4HxKdL7BpWyKLWWyTaQbQq4acjKqdrfttSoSQxP1zPl_Fkkyk-X7NKYtaGJV-rvku7Y3Du3Ik_XZGidkj4dTr3FCXYZhYEXNQCeCMrRfTJpyyCuE4_-mm67awOCc0lxEdGVb5B7G6A8xUw/s320/IMG_4044.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza and Levi got along great</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9qOTpyyo6gVfWunfTJ0IBbgyfEE_ZA5ZVuRGE-ZaJ7dxcbXSFnt7Fw07GZh3v_nvshG20SIXIbajPatD5-ideu7M4AeN6iC0iCeYZPwljY5KreMxduztQcBfLtV1x-kbyrtfaSka8IhwDoRflpb1VIWGLKqk3mkmWWZj9CJFmL3o46gF9gu3Dz9YRQ/s4032/IMG_4046.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9qOTpyyo6gVfWunfTJ0IBbgyfEE_ZA5ZVuRGE-ZaJ7dxcbXSFnt7Fw07GZh3v_nvshG20SIXIbajPatD5-ideu7M4AeN6iC0iCeYZPwljY5KreMxduztQcBfLtV1x-kbyrtfaSka8IhwDoRflpb1VIWGLKqk3mkmWWZj9CJFmL3o46gF9gu3Dz9YRQ/s320/IMG_4046.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got lots of puppy time which everyone was thrilled about.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQcX0JGM56I_BpT2_jQjSPwNzJy_4NYGG6RPLswA7Q9jrEYOmCPM7SWlwaq83o8q9w1rdtm5PD-p6j4suj3JqWzQn8eMIh9GzXXPjB8Au8hNTdgrd0tAH60BJhRa9LHrXTP3biR1HOS3ce8-nyFwy26HkNo-VR0HMaSw1KG_FcqIFrSNXBuwGUUpSHg/s4032/IMG_4048.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQcX0JGM56I_BpT2_jQjSPwNzJy_4NYGG6RPLswA7Q9jrEYOmCPM7SWlwaq83o8q9w1rdtm5PD-p6j4suj3JqWzQn8eMIh9GzXXPjB8Au8hNTdgrd0tAH60BJhRa9LHrXTP3biR1HOS3ce8-nyFwy26HkNo-VR0HMaSw1KG_FcqIFrSNXBuwGUUpSHg/s320/IMG_4048.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boys had fun playing in the water. We all learned to avoid them with the squirt guns. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcn2v8KyiBOaUt0D53DGhaMBF8kD8jzO2xIG0nj4OIh-ezPMVlO4FE7WHzExJ9uF-R7zfyA6hzll2DfRvd_Tt0KKC8653mdnb2WODf2Q5QgwDEBHduIwS9UcDKboaoC_rffKhNiUj0HNvzwGWou4TDGj3aAm2bM1ihSmgSE1R_tnV5Pzzv6pfvGT0gA/s4032/IMG_4049.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcn2v8KyiBOaUt0D53DGhaMBF8kD8jzO2xIG0nj4OIh-ezPMVlO4FE7WHzExJ9uF-R7zfyA6hzll2DfRvd_Tt0KKC8653mdnb2WODf2Q5QgwDEBHduIwS9UcDKboaoC_rffKhNiUj0HNvzwGWou4TDGj3aAm2bM1ihSmgSE1R_tnV5Pzzv6pfvGT0gA/s320/IMG_4049.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah enjoyed watching Aunt Boo with her training and even got to help her. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHShq9RMSrykuk9GGuPHiWLIlXvHc_DtP2FLr1zwfZ6SVv_byT0nPuuZd1tU6s9ZZhpXsgaTNCd-ayZwAnXzLOvk5H9JCxEwi74ReEa3emHwrgtFRaKGLprKD7IUbTVCwdyFpxP4FAmFZaiUuUk2BEQTLi5QIczv8T0ScQHQJDczamQwo4blpQSpNoA/s4032/IMG_4050.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHShq9RMSrykuk9GGuPHiWLIlXvHc_DtP2FLr1zwfZ6SVv_byT0nPuuZd1tU6s9ZZhpXsgaTNCd-ayZwAnXzLOvk5H9JCxEwi74ReEa3emHwrgtFRaKGLprKD7IUbTVCwdyFpxP4FAmFZaiUuUk2BEQTLi5QIczv8T0ScQHQJDczamQwo4blpQSpNoA/s320/IMG_4050.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aunt Boo bought Eliza cupcakes for her Birthday which made her feel so special. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpNyL-onYijUejC_EPR3IvLU1T8B5nfyGnpQNRGiB3HpOoQZPidjMoTEs-ERzf1zTCpC2bSxy9rUUMoxM8Zyrj0PfID2ebPg3oZT68NTrRYbW-v5XnehCGF81a_ruSDsAiDHW6dJc2A-TVDPKV1CuAhFsSAG_62qAclYYsPkPgkAGVwOFed5bOcAjnA/s4032/IMG_4060.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpNyL-onYijUejC_EPR3IvLU1T8B5nfyGnpQNRGiB3HpOoQZPidjMoTEs-ERzf1zTCpC2bSxy9rUUMoxM8Zyrj0PfID2ebPg3oZT68NTrRYbW-v5XnehCGF81a_ruSDsAiDHW6dJc2A-TVDPKV1CuAhFsSAG_62qAclYYsPkPgkAGVwOFed5bOcAjnA/s320/IMG_4060.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On our last day with the Staples we went to a hot springs and enjoyed the warm water. We then headed down to Ty and Lisa's from there. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JsIspsZBxa98cX1j4xLVye0_bRO_wpBAdAQxPndjUrN5wr0Auvm_2IAd_fvEa20byS0UeZurNRc4PE3WAj77tbwuVXDoz5afr9HNLtY_2SaJ4W3gegLxtNskHRlUPGFGShhBTxxJR4z5PuqU29x6BopE_hsg7iom4CicI_-LLupjmrK_1pCqlfDczw/s4032/IMG_3621.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JsIspsZBxa98cX1j4xLVye0_bRO_wpBAdAQxPndjUrN5wr0Auvm_2IAd_fvEa20byS0UeZurNRc4PE3WAj77tbwuVXDoz5afr9HNLtY_2SaJ4W3gegLxtNskHRlUPGFGShhBTxxJR4z5PuqU29x6BopE_hsg7iom4CicI_-LLupjmrK_1pCqlfDczw/s320/IMG_3621.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aunt Heidi made bath bombs with the oldest four and they really enjoyed the process and were so excited to have their own. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4x1uOM1Iz-a57UCh_-rgiecPH_ya0og3inoR7vqzW_g0Qfo6CDJvPosiLjOo2hqgkYk8Bz0owpNJSA87HeMW9k4BvS6LfTLqrVTjLgwIZppD80G5GM9Ih7XdVekAVqfNKVWr5O2vbhWVcm6sd5syFVBg25LS4lNemlwvwv4BHKbIiVPjOdoMhGhoDw/s4032/IMG_3363.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4x1uOM1Iz-a57UCh_-rgiecPH_ya0og3inoR7vqzW_g0Qfo6CDJvPosiLjOo2hqgkYk8Bz0owpNJSA87HeMW9k4BvS6LfTLqrVTjLgwIZppD80G5GM9Ih7XdVekAVqfNKVWr5O2vbhWVcm6sd5syFVBg25LS4lNemlwvwv4BHKbIiVPjOdoMhGhoDw/s320/IMG_3363.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our kids have been wanting to go inside a temple for a long time so we were excited that there was an open house in Saratoga Springs. We loved having Aunt Heather with us. If you ever get an opportunity to go to a temple open house I highly recommend going. They are very sacred buildings with a special spirit inside them. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixugrAc-55TBOdr0ABRI-iF8tFEn-raiuwjCCmnQZK2ZptO7hwiMgoS123_nHjRZcvDJIu30-QC8PONBNOk5LOe0KZzPoIge4ziHqFnrSrFrDJLgJzRwUiKX1xTpUu-Ap-xwMPe-O7aimFp3MfCcESovLWCDBIt7eXws1Eo8LkGSCFw3LFmBWINmI2Gg/s4032/IMG_3361.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixugrAc-55TBOdr0ABRI-iF8tFEn-raiuwjCCmnQZK2ZptO7hwiMgoS123_nHjRZcvDJIu30-QC8PONBNOk5LOe0KZzPoIge4ziHqFnrSrFrDJLgJzRwUiKX1xTpUu-Ap-xwMPe-O7aimFp3MfCcESovLWCDBIt7eXws1Eo8LkGSCFw3LFmBWINmI2Gg/s320/IMG_3361.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WMGDLz95dYyQVObGkMTTsQLiKEZlLHNNj6nVnLyLDYbpohQIkyv3cjouNo6kxBt9qYl6CqJuKgJsNEgpqQ_VeJYieVSHJIVio0RHtyMlHhYoWyCzgLr2sWrwxDOwff1KW91xfEGUda1dFSPP5_BuqrRFk2F2KhzT9AhKJyPnr5Cm2iLG05X458kvLw/s4032/IMG_3373.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WMGDLz95dYyQVObGkMTTsQLiKEZlLHNNj6nVnLyLDYbpohQIkyv3cjouNo6kxBt9qYl6CqJuKgJsNEgpqQ_VeJYieVSHJIVio0RHtyMlHhYoWyCzgLr2sWrwxDOwff1KW91xfEGUda1dFSPP5_BuqrRFk2F2KhzT9AhKJyPnr5Cm2iLG05X458kvLw/s320/IMG_3373.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just in case you missed it...I'm pregnant...very pregnant. I was nervous about this trip and how I would feel with all the driving but I was so blessed to feel pretty well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning we woke up and headed to a Badger Creek reunion. I worked at a youth camp in 2008 and it was such a transformative experience. Some of my best friends came from that job and I was so excited to be able to see so many of them. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSflE8CVUggbuZhFicyKXMcl52UwEakLhhfwhbf1VlIGi5A19bfnRU4LkkWC9kasj6DZr4w4TyWblVCCn6Ev6WFbFp9N9QOcX5wg_CHUKqNt5u_VJlOYNvj5hlWY8EEBkV8_Kln6BfgRwJ2TxCyOoyNu9UbDaSXr0_BVBaQCIjIZG2Cc6PCRCCkbCeg/s4032/IMG_3382.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSflE8CVUggbuZhFicyKXMcl52UwEakLhhfwhbf1VlIGi5A19bfnRU4LkkWC9kasj6DZr4w4TyWblVCCn6Ev6WFbFp9N9QOcX5wg_CHUKqNt5u_VJlOYNvj5hlWY8EEBkV8_Kln6BfgRwJ2TxCyOoyNu9UbDaSXr0_BVBaQCIjIZG2Cc6PCRCCkbCeg/s320/IMG_3382.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids got to go on a zipline</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTRltfBsnc9QSwoIVsBdjsPNLginhCYfgXznSHkgYXETbPrv6csNKVA91axCuXU-PyZDmIhkNQGDuswM5uQlh1S1I5n8DUSUttEBXULniBV2AdWt6gAvHsuxrUWiG4TzSescOcdBKJI2l2ZU6kNX4d5u6FiWg0qTTKIzbt8NuFego7SoSh78IaqUOeg/s4032/IMG_3389.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTRltfBsnc9QSwoIVsBdjsPNLginhCYfgXznSHkgYXETbPrv6csNKVA91axCuXU-PyZDmIhkNQGDuswM5uQlh1S1I5n8DUSUttEBXULniBV2AdWt6gAvHsuxrUWiG4TzSescOcdBKJI2l2ZU6kNX4d5u6FiWg0qTTKIzbt8NuFego7SoSh78IaqUOeg/s320/IMG_3389.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A giant swing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKKU6VYF6WBSUihihZ-_rIiAECNsFxCi3bFmPyVYeONkMGtn7aHsxGEHKAJnNrPQSx29BZr69791HLNvsPraWMpOgBjJYLI9apQWi07YypjRSF-v8cY423I7LNxJ_DYXEOl_hTxM9-k4SztJplpoBMeBs1Fc8g9LX0BWdXGidSgmZ49cHnuFNx3tdlw/s4032/IMG_3390.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKKU6VYF6WBSUihihZ-_rIiAECNsFxCi3bFmPyVYeONkMGtn7aHsxGEHKAJnNrPQSx29BZr69791HLNvsPraWMpOgBjJYLI9apQWi07YypjRSF-v8cY423I7LNxJ_DYXEOl_hTxM9-k4SztJplpoBMeBs1Fc8g9LX0BWdXGidSgmZ49cHnuFNx3tdlw/s320/IMG_3390.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and rock climbing. I was proud of how brave they all were and they had a lot of fun. They also did some team building exercises. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73eJJD51Et2BaG0SB43oHvWS3DSi82vGfsj_VVZilI6Z-RX_3uvj3gEuzCJIp0FWE5FMjT--M82icpFbqN5WKmxcwQrOVFIaKDgtt_4EOQf0nONvOcwzqXfaAhUEOd_uVW04oTJ8KyonfVGxk4wgEpLvgokvQcnE9d8W0qbjK5J2-ln2RJ2qAS3FFow/s1024/IMG_4743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73eJJD51Et2BaG0SB43oHvWS3DSi82vGfsj_VVZilI6Z-RX_3uvj3gEuzCJIp0FWE5FMjT--M82icpFbqN5WKmxcwQrOVFIaKDgtt_4EOQf0nONvOcwzqXfaAhUEOd_uVW04oTJ8KyonfVGxk4wgEpLvgokvQcnE9d8W0qbjK5J2-ln2RJ2qAS3FFow/s320/IMG_4743.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a great group of people! We didn't get to spend as long as I would have liked but it was still so great to be with those wonderful people. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9VKssXC6uz-Q5cYi_No81E0uaKAA1rOe0xGMnm4G47kcWcSkXgy5ijzpIgBZezOLBx7Zc4Lt7UXOgYy5T0GSZbdAcr67DRJ_1sVLhsKi8DI2Z6yr1B6Qm-Uq7LH8pSJQauxZsaK_QuXOVO7rAqwiBboeyJwYxEF3NKMKK9DhbUvWGFC5ONAPacn3Yg/s1024/IMG_4738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9VKssXC6uz-Q5cYi_No81E0uaKAA1rOe0xGMnm4G47kcWcSkXgy5ijzpIgBZezOLBx7Zc4Lt7UXOgYy5T0GSZbdAcr67DRJ_1sVLhsKi8DI2Z6yr1B6Qm-Uq7LH8pSJQauxZsaK_QuXOVO7rAqwiBboeyJwYxEF3NKMKK9DhbUvWGFC5ONAPacn3Yg/s320/IMG_4738.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then headed home, which is always our least favorite part of the trip. But the kids were amazing and we were grateful to make it home safely. Most times when we are traveling we don't get the best sleep because our youngest two are usually restless and wake us up a lot. But this is the first trip ever that we only had two nights of bad sleep. Vivi had a diaper rash one night that made her uncomfortable and Austin was feverish another night. But we were so grateful for the relatively good sleep that we got. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWklz7U_qQTWpVwTnJgTQwhVboL7J4Obnblpv_47GZlh_ydS9tw4GrL4zsPqdINWeVvgIU5hzAClvv51nkP8X_qfrBtI6pAwqZ5Ln5rzvm7W_zXMi1zCElQ3ggamMW3o3yJ7LDWz9vhF922glRgbZlryT_VF272PcDMmHQPJ4D5YaIjjAxlPspJb6_9g/s4032/IMG_4068.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWklz7U_qQTWpVwTnJgTQwhVboL7J4Obnblpv_47GZlh_ydS9tw4GrL4zsPqdINWeVvgIU5hzAClvv51nkP8X_qfrBtI6pAwqZ5Ln5rzvm7W_zXMi1zCElQ3ggamMW3o3yJ7LDWz9vhF922glRgbZlryT_VF272PcDMmHQPJ4D5YaIjjAxlPspJb6_9g/s320/IMG_4068.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always feel a little sorry for our youngest on family trips because I know they would be a lot happier at home. But Vivienne was such a trooper. There was lots of bribery with fruit snacks and gum and we had a few meltdowns, but I was so impressed with her happy attitude. The older kids are so experienced with traveling that as long as there are lots of snacks and a good audiobook, they are pretty content. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're always sad to say goodbye to family and friends, but there's no place like home. </div>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-50222598513975139762023-05-07T19:43:00.000-07:002023-05-07T19:43:37.945-07:00April<p></p><div style="text-align: center;">April is always a busy month but it seemed even more full this year. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was able to go with Tanner to a med conference in Florida at the very end of March/beginning of April. It was so nice to get away for a while just the two of us. We spent the first day in Tampa at the beach. I was so worried about Tanner getting sunburnt and kept nagging him until he put some on. And then pointed out all the burnt people and talked about how miserable they must be...smug in my preparedness. Then I forgot to put sunscreen on my back and chest...so I ended up burnt. A little bit of a humbling experience. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrUkLmUnz7emhdqq8MDi4KKEDPkLOO3fsazqpH7HzRFtWlm_YMcDXSIWK09Pj6u0lZVR_IlMLeI8yPbc-LJh3W1qlUV4XQjGKMBwZGUbvXlEUpnlTaDPrxU33H3f7atwLXPCGid_7qp-rRyqRoYobtWY3JxIg9hw7E29j4Uo0xlDDi7wGiyEayprrGg/s3088/IMG_3106.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrUkLmUnz7emhdqq8MDi4KKEDPkLOO3fsazqpH7HzRFtWlm_YMcDXSIWK09Pj6u0lZVR_IlMLeI8yPbc-LJh3W1qlUV4XQjGKMBwZGUbvXlEUpnlTaDPrxU33H3f7atwLXPCGid_7qp-rRyqRoYobtWY3JxIg9hw7E29j4Uo0xlDDi7wGiyEayprrGg/s320/IMG_3106.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this was the only photo we got together the whole trip...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We then drove to Orlando during rush hour, not the smartest move on our part but we survived. Tanner had his conference for the next few days. I would work on church stuff, go shopping, and relax in the mornings and then when Tanner was done with his classes we would do something in the afternoon. We tried out lots of restaurants, went to the Orlando temple and swam in the hotel pool. Our favorite restaurant was probably this little hole in the wall Indian restaurant. I wanted to order everything off the menu and what we did get was delicious. Tanner had had a really busy last couple months at work so we were perfectly ok with taking it easy this trip. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlk6z_yYFVVZQRVy-RT_TSJdSCVYmkC-BQiluPkp3J86JjSDsX5YUu3Tk_pcUqqlhfP_FI4wWpJl6R0Gztyio9po36U_k7-XwDsyJC2_iHF9WAUuqYfPu5Hc5fFjj10qTprTz1n-nEgmWtSM37bXpecJgjR9U_Hiajgj3_jolF985z8JXSRAPPmZxstg/s4032/IMG_3758.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlk6z_yYFVVZQRVy-RT_TSJdSCVYmkC-BQiluPkp3J86JjSDsX5YUu3Tk_pcUqqlhfP_FI4wWpJl6R0Gztyio9po36U_k7-XwDsyJC2_iHF9WAUuqYfPu5Hc5fFjj10qTprTz1n-nEgmWtSM37bXpecJgjR9U_Hiajgj3_jolF985z8JXSRAPPmZxstg/s320/IMG_3758.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The last day we had to check out of our room before Tanner's classes were done so I went and got my nails and toes done. I initially went in planning on just getting my nails done but when I got a notification that our flight had been delayed I decided to get my toes done as well. The girl who worked on me was so sweet and we had a great time talking. I was wearing tennis shoes so I got to leave in these super cool sandals. The kids were disappointed that I didn't save them. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The last day of the trip was our anniversary so we held hands for a little while in the airport...we're romantic like that. Twelve years married and we still like each other; we're calling that a win. We then watched General Conference as we waited at the airport for our flight. I actually got a lot more out of conference without the wonderful distractions that are my children. Although crying in front of a lot of strangers wasn't the most ideal. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">During our layover we went to California Pizza Kitchen. When I found out they were all sold out of sandwiches, I said to Tanner, "Well that was the only thing I wanted here". Meaning that he could order pizza and I would eat somewhere else. But then the manager heard me and went to the back and found more sandwiches and insisted on paying for both of our meals. It was really sweet of her. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were so grateful to Brittany and Natalie helping out watching the kids. They braved a tornado watch and did all kinds of fun things. I didn't feel like our kids missed me much when I was away in Colorado but they seemed to miss us a lot more with Tanner and I both being gone. We were Facetiming with them one night and Vivi said, "hold you mom" which I think was her way of saying she missed me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We got home late Saturday night and started off Sunday morning with all of our kids and all of the cousins in our bed. I couldn't have planned a more perfect welcome home. For breakfast I made biscuits and gravy and strawberry shortcake for Tanner's birthday. We are all so grateful that we have a Tanner in our life and though the lackluster celebrations may not show it, he really is our favorite. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XUaP7TMJxhlLRlNwDQvaOjLr131yi7WpB82cCkZixMk8UCBdha_tPa0BtMxwrsjtO8GhzqsdYXWo5f8OmzwQQS3pKZmCQiKOVvCeq7zUyM1zUdcLr0-EgXZvS4HtTuKFQKNMAfFH6Wj18JVNi6fEZTpcyivYwp2vICWLyqgdUs-VE0h7YLDYmtyINw/s4032/IMG_3864.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XUaP7TMJxhlLRlNwDQvaOjLr131yi7WpB82cCkZixMk8UCBdha_tPa0BtMxwrsjtO8GhzqsdYXWo5f8OmzwQQS3pKZmCQiKOVvCeq7zUyM1zUdcLr0-EgXZvS4HtTuKFQKNMAfFH6Wj18JVNi6fEZTpcyivYwp2vICWLyqgdUs-VE0h7YLDYmtyINw/s320/IMG_3864.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03iM6ejXmmKwkzbiVsMrOKjgkCMcfqrFEnkL_2EJbjW4-iAkfCIv7SjdHPgROdrV_7gFXaFiAb2Ows41x0hzZhKwzOZeDWBf2i4K2CiBfREmc5QUX7coxCT6n33X5BY8FR8-81KAnnj2r9ntQCdnRdildOMMCJho-2Saka0-QyivTdWH0dAXDB44HRg/s4032/IMG_4743.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03iM6ejXmmKwkzbiVsMrOKjgkCMcfqrFEnkL_2EJbjW4-iAkfCIv7SjdHPgROdrV_7gFXaFiAb2Ows41x0hzZhKwzOZeDWBf2i4K2CiBfREmc5QUX7coxCT6n33X5BY8FR8-81KAnnj2r9ntQCdnRdildOMMCJho-2Saka0-QyivTdWH0dAXDB44HRg/s320/IMG_4743.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That night we had our Palm Sunday celebration and I thought the girls were so cute. It's a favorite of mine to hear the kids get excited for Jesus' triumphal entry; their "hosannas" are the most pure and precious thing. It is such a great way to begin the Easter week. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-F6VwrbX9a8y_SwwV-i7I1ge0k5ZCuwOGsKghwrK236nAgMDBjJaZ80BF0udgFDuAEbEFYuMSrKPvnYMB8Oxgdr1v9JuGAzHlev6Q_EME2-_RHNKkiLWUIvqgGrlK1UuwXQx_AvJUlCpoX-hI5h0t5ybBv5b9KAe0HM2gvj9tNRKzzdqMOQ8_mmcr1A/s4032/IMG_3762.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-F6VwrbX9a8y_SwwV-i7I1ge0k5ZCuwOGsKghwrK236nAgMDBjJaZ80BF0udgFDuAEbEFYuMSrKPvnYMB8Oxgdr1v9JuGAzHlev6Q_EME2-_RHNKkiLWUIvqgGrlK1UuwXQx_AvJUlCpoX-hI5h0t5ybBv5b9KAe0HM2gvj9tNRKzzdqMOQ8_mmcr1A/s320/IMG_3762.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We then ended the night with brownies and ice cream to celebrate Mariah's birthday a little early so her cousins could be there. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4o2RWP4LOR5JMtXc1cH1kxLwp3Ds6oVcJfKXLlxFojAAtqzozWiVu532Wt5lHtLQPW8dZ6__TryAFqy743ngZAaI4D6Z7sNw9XcVLJjNXI-K1Cu0UnCdZy6wN4rNk8IEOZXsLNoN1uBX4MquVmg-70s0Cl-CozENBdaHfkDGEEFTMnXQTdqvs8Vgyw/s4032/IMG_3763.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4o2RWP4LOR5JMtXc1cH1kxLwp3Ds6oVcJfKXLlxFojAAtqzozWiVu532Wt5lHtLQPW8dZ6__TryAFqy743ngZAaI4D6Z7sNw9XcVLJjNXI-K1Cu0UnCdZy6wN4rNk8IEOZXsLNoN1uBX4MquVmg-70s0Cl-CozENBdaHfkDGEEFTMnXQTdqvs8Vgyw/s320/IMG_3763.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mariah is realizing she doesn't love cake, and I wasn't going to complain about brownies; they were a much easier choice. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV8EEPEi1Vxrdqsnm-YoDyNJUb1IoZK7i0Ggv99Nj-jHey8UPmGqKhd_PvdoynoxTKSZV4L4yPVKah52FDj-0gmeAq8hTnVQS4lv3F0LzYvMSyQDz7_2dci5n8arvpPDPODLmJXhx2uEZ_0KsH1cmG7YP1XCo_572LRE4MdYHIOEewEHpZDWOIPtUqA/s4032/IMG_3766.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV8EEPEi1Vxrdqsnm-YoDyNJUb1IoZK7i0Ggv99Nj-jHey8UPmGqKhd_PvdoynoxTKSZV4L4yPVKah52FDj-0gmeAq8hTnVQS4lv3F0LzYvMSyQDz7_2dci5n8arvpPDPODLmJXhx2uEZ_0KsH1cmG7YP1XCo_572LRE4MdYHIOEewEHpZDWOIPtUqA/s320/IMG_3766.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vivienne Kay sure loves her Aunt Natalie Kay, I think we named her well. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We started off Mariah's birthday with a tea party and german pancakes. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8Po7caZ1Sk3OJs_4G_ue5HhhSEDZcctucU92FCilkHU6_rgloEQy97ngVV4FPIPyepzK2MBl1_CG3kvjeaV2oIy2kd2pnqPWHyLeTA8ZqJc7TYecvee9kDMo2JPu_aCdAUbb-O8Hp_N1LQDptpIkSKxCHnVjDbe9F43TwDjxSTXfeL7b50RDdz5l1A/s4032/IMG_3775.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8Po7caZ1Sk3OJs_4G_ue5HhhSEDZcctucU92FCilkHU6_rgloEQy97ngVV4FPIPyepzK2MBl1_CG3kvjeaV2oIy2kd2pnqPWHyLeTA8ZqJc7TYecvee9kDMo2JPu_aCdAUbb-O8Hp_N1LQDptpIkSKxCHnVjDbe9F43TwDjxSTXfeL7b50RDdz5l1A/s320/IMG_3775.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we surprised her that night by taking her to the Lion King Broadway production. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiaHv2f-gM_z46aSvH-E3co2sR3mqU_fM9N9_JyKTUXx_AvRj8Qvn4MNDyQUAxI6mnLZDj-Yj1uci86ab20PH24JgDH3f7_W2xZWFEQVuQiXX7ZFngKg49npKhSMvhIujPCXQNQccwvkbXL46oRn8vetF9H_za7EponUgQjYYROD6C8EEsnnxLCuzpfw/s4032/IMG_3779.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiaHv2f-gM_z46aSvH-E3co2sR3mqU_fM9N9_JyKTUXx_AvRj8Qvn4MNDyQUAxI6mnLZDj-Yj1uci86ab20PH24JgDH3f7_W2xZWFEQVuQiXX7ZFngKg49npKhSMvhIujPCXQNQccwvkbXL46oRn8vetF9H_za7EponUgQjYYROD6C8EEsnnxLCuzpfw/s320/IMG_3779.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started crying within minutes of the show starting. The costumes were amazing and it was nostalgic hearing that intro music. I'm pretty sure the movie is the first I ever cried in...so it was only fitting that I would cry throughout the whole production as well. There is so much beautiful symbolism throughout the play, and I felt so many emotions while watching it. It's definitely a new favorite. We then drove home that night through a tornado watch and enjoyed the lightening show. Poor Natalie wasn't so at ease at home. She ended up moving the kids down stairs so she could have some peace of mind. Which is exactly what I would have done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Natalie had to leave the next day and we are all counting down the days until we see her again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwey0ftFEatX8DHLCoGF9sXWk19wuR8NpuTPMEH4W_ymUlYMU3YyuZbqcOd1v7PBonyX2w-y5i2n0c-uV_Jdg_O3ygl_ypWhu2pKczP8DdPh1pxlWjAMEc-YQ2-oDDw75VouEUFjYjSz0wOq4D6ETTZ7zWpS4rdwbYig08RzR60SWa3r8_04RtA2R45w/s4032/IMG_3784.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwey0ftFEatX8DHLCoGF9sXWk19wuR8NpuTPMEH4W_ymUlYMU3YyuZbqcOd1v7PBonyX2w-y5i2n0c-uV_Jdg_O3ygl_ypWhu2pKczP8DdPh1pxlWjAMEc-YQ2-oDDw75VouEUFjYjSz0wOq4D6ETTZ7zWpS4rdwbYig08RzR60SWa3r8_04RtA2R45w/s320/IMG_3784.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We dyed eggs and I have to help less and less with each year. And I'm not going to complain about that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtq8P7NPT4zVmGPSsbdnWGl3SxX-MMp25IhzUT0fyE6PLsw67-qh4nCzhQ4LbDONej0ffAOmNY_LCZTCFUNkT-SImLrAzeziij2qO6kdqBrAKME6s3o-HHcKA8Dm4MVqAhSRLHhhYK-9h4uf_FHZKQlom6UBEyvI-H_N1pP-UOwopn3zYzettuYRzGA/s4032/IMG_3786.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtq8P7NPT4zVmGPSsbdnWGl3SxX-MMp25IhzUT0fyE6PLsw67-qh4nCzhQ4LbDONej0ffAOmNY_LCZTCFUNkT-SImLrAzeziij2qO6kdqBrAKME6s3o-HHcKA8Dm4MVqAhSRLHhhYK-9h4uf_FHZKQlom6UBEyvI-H_N1pP-UOwopn3zYzettuYRzGA/s320/IMG_3786.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrwUFQGQAtLFv6K72Zfd792FetClGbk94oKIYDcZQeOYwJsG_nr7g6MlGuiHCvLwr24pNhdKp_RIWDPlTZIsDu8huiS1aDueBwiqW1iuxdmuCzzHnIFEsb6IWNiU6fgrF1GdA5_4PmIr4-K2Moqvo4tw3pEtjNtQFOZTkz99yFUFFiIkco6JQ-pwdvQ/s4032/IMG_3162.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrwUFQGQAtLFv6K72Zfd792FetClGbk94oKIYDcZQeOYwJsG_nr7g6MlGuiHCvLwr24pNhdKp_RIWDPlTZIsDu8huiS1aDueBwiqW1iuxdmuCzzHnIFEsb6IWNiU6fgrF1GdA5_4PmIr4-K2Moqvo4tw3pEtjNtQFOZTkz99yFUFFiIkco6JQ-pwdvQ/s320/IMG_3162.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had our Passover meal and I think the kids consumed their weight in grape juice and flat bread. But it's all part of the experience. I'm always so proud of them for trying the unique flavors like horseradish and plain parsley. And they are able to focus and participate in the program more and more each year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlKed3QQRKoaQM9zL278umQS171du_uln15ZzypOzBozjefVf5DKX01NhAZbBAMQvvDrZhTf4Gy5lSUXFmC3gctmh3Dx7H06tVRUNo98De34e60fCulU1nVkdc1ld1MajXuMoRkwsON2ltO58lKgAcy4XLgBL_JPRw6wpTXaY_kGQg5V1iwX7YEXY5Q/s4032/IMG_3166.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlKed3QQRKoaQM9zL278umQS171du_uln15ZzypOzBozjefVf5DKX01NhAZbBAMQvvDrZhTf4Gy5lSUXFmC3gctmh3Dx7H06tVRUNo98De34e60fCulU1nVkdc1ld1MajXuMoRkwsON2ltO58lKgAcy4XLgBL_JPRw6wpTXaY_kGQg5V1iwX7YEXY5Q/s320/IMG_3166.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGPZ2BRLONSTNy4eZ0PwsQKf60HHWcsK7xOp8Rv4koKzSjVNFY0wsYC6kWiOo85gC8PpUTEbR-cOwmK8XyEw9L-sFyXn-0aQE0whW6zbRwEonWrL2YLKbFkwnWRrEk6dbvqEiZMmV1piSfWpZDx-xMKXv6x3mIfCeKAdU9GOcpRXRkjHWqTSa6oqhKQ/s4032/IMG_3804.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGPZ2BRLONSTNy4eZ0PwsQKf60HHWcsK7xOp8Rv4koKzSjVNFY0wsYC6kWiOo85gC8PpUTEbR-cOwmK8XyEw9L-sFyXn-0aQE0whW6zbRwEonWrL2YLKbFkwnWRrEk6dbvqEiZMmV1piSfWpZDx-xMKXv6x3mIfCeKAdU9GOcpRXRkjHWqTSa6oqhKQ/s320/IMG_3804.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a wonderful Easter Sunday program. There were many beautiful musical numbers and we had the opportunity to sing <i>Risen </i>as a family. We gave Vivienne a bag of marshmallows right before our song and she was a peach the whole time, much better than our practice the day before. I also spoke during the program and was grateful for the inspiration I was given from God in what to say. I always feel like my talks impact me more than they do anyone else, which is probably the whole point. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boys had been begging to have a campfire for several weeks and we finally were able to do that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Adej5osQXEbZchrbHx6o_AH1erxcugACksVoj6HHr6BMY77Kj1CXIJRmNDl02S8fpMcI85R-gOp_SXhqNeZXyAA_3_bWMwRrmnLzJEgOFqNh1NE_qXptcGXQt25QfVNeSBj-nmpIy0sTQivmlO089-n2xSCt092Q2F4uv3jiz3poF8zVPfjNRMSuPQ/s4032/IMG_3180.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Adej5osQXEbZchrbHx6o_AH1erxcugACksVoj6HHr6BMY77Kj1CXIJRmNDl02S8fpMcI85R-gOp_SXhqNeZXyAA_3_bWMwRrmnLzJEgOFqNh1NE_qXptcGXQt25QfVNeSBj-nmpIy0sTQivmlO089-n2xSCt092Q2F4uv3jiz3poF8zVPfjNRMSuPQ/s320/IMG_3180.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I told them they had to gather up a bunch of the sticks around the yard to burn and that, my friends, is how you get enthusiastic helpers to clean up your yard. I'm going to have to remember that for the next campfire. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EdfGTTEfnMgScfuuzIJ6LME7W845I6m_kPU73X4S9FHf8No3Kv_OwEcn9EiNhitnTDdxN2tCts--UFy1EVOHxHBG5GBsmI2RL8xfO4k002W8e1wdFkbhkfEiT9TwklUtH7At1MbPbNjnc_xnVLA7cErmzKROVxI1tCyYiedPDLj0yIHIdlPi1FXnEg/s4032/IMG_3858.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EdfGTTEfnMgScfuuzIJ6LME7W845I6m_kPU73X4S9FHf8No3Kv_OwEcn9EiNhitnTDdxN2tCts--UFy1EVOHxHBG5GBsmI2RL8xfO4k002W8e1wdFkbhkfEiT9TwklUtH7At1MbPbNjnc_xnVLA7cErmzKROVxI1tCyYiedPDLj0yIHIdlPi1FXnEg/s320/IMG_3858.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet bathed Vivi that night while I was doing the dishes and this is how her hair looked when I finally sat down for a minute...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJupkuNHL3jTUTWpQXhfsVLh3rX7NWI79qrTwqCrdU-XBuHeTd_aqAX4dB1FRHuqDsJFE3_dtETYsQYIla9ZMx7BvT3HqovdEQ-rvRmU1u6Kv05pij217EukBZBjpuPYqhQuvwKdVqbVDFTWg_N3u_cRvJYIvyKmrkbyOizviTOGZf-d8O9G3MJU51Tg/s4032/IMG_3850.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJupkuNHL3jTUTWpQXhfsVLh3rX7NWI79qrTwqCrdU-XBuHeTd_aqAX4dB1FRHuqDsJFE3_dtETYsQYIla9ZMx7BvT3HqovdEQ-rvRmU1u6Kv05pij217EukBZBjpuPYqhQuvwKdVqbVDFTWg_N3u_cRvJYIvyKmrkbyOizviTOGZf-d8O9G3MJU51Tg/s320/IMG_3850.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was able to go to Nauvoo with a group of sisters from church for a temple trip. We went on a wagon ride after and I had to get a picture of Hyrum the Percheron for my favorite nephew with the same name. We had so much fun talking on the ride to and from Nauvoo. I am so grateful for my wonderful church friends. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOx6_36QLeJ8GIHVBNPfzefWEQpI-50A_E0qZ6oln0GvfvlMDB3zuWmyoWHOw9h7rC5AJLiwyLhuveaGukgWLCn3UMVWMMFezWBs_3dF3mbmT_nLfMs2W_SecD_NC9MCXl8brbfj_VNZUbRhqUIdjlmB7c30D83feoi1u_VovsXCqavtBkXOtJ2lLBQ/s4032/IMG_3834.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOx6_36QLeJ8GIHVBNPfzefWEQpI-50A_E0qZ6oln0GvfvlMDB3zuWmyoWHOw9h7rC5AJLiwyLhuveaGukgWLCn3UMVWMMFezWBs_3dF3mbmT_nLfMs2W_SecD_NC9MCXl8brbfj_VNZUbRhqUIdjlmB7c30D83feoi1u_VovsXCqavtBkXOtJ2lLBQ/s320/IMG_3834.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vivi is a real firecracker, someone described her as a "pistol" today and I felt that was accurate. I found her cutting her own strawberries and she was so pleased with herself. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1QiQu4_EeoheuxosqXRddbtY1VgORZXK78v5Q3YMnShBIyl_mg0P2CWi72x4KxcY2uR0FjNDbEcQ5VeMJdqF_kfrJiFvSqXtZ8QsMtiSP9M9XxB3IuQuOQtM6fTuKvIGb8Qw51h_-19CJO-lLfjK1cu4ooXrz98Q-NF_XKdKwgYoPIh7cX6yZbAu3Q/s4032/IMG_3829.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1QiQu4_EeoheuxosqXRddbtY1VgORZXK78v5Q3YMnShBIyl_mg0P2CWi72x4KxcY2uR0FjNDbEcQ5VeMJdqF_kfrJiFvSqXtZ8QsMtiSP9M9XxB3IuQuOQtM6fTuKvIGb8Qw51h_-19CJO-lLfjK1cu4ooXrz98Q-NF_XKdKwgYoPIh7cX6yZbAu3Q/s320/IMG_3829.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had to go and buy some soccer gear for some of the kids and Vivienne wore one of Eliza's cleats throughout the whole store. She would not let me take it off until we were ready to check out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheF6ZLX8Xz5zqb5saXiQ0slrndAw3DpBPe_Mipz0Ji_YspfgFncZjH-TS0odChKZhZn6B9pIwJ9QmzO2RrKITFp67pYQNjpPfSQHGLX0YNWCcst6DSwH2F3eYVMPfE8yngyMAlCMT6m0zdFsYrq6Ne_46PWEF8K5e9OyysbVovEldDEdbC3nR2jJ5pUw/s4032/IMG_3787.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheF6ZLX8Xz5zqb5saXiQ0slrndAw3DpBPe_Mipz0Ji_YspfgFncZjH-TS0odChKZhZn6B9pIwJ9QmzO2RrKITFp67pYQNjpPfSQHGLX0YNWCcst6DSwH2F3eYVMPfE8yngyMAlCMT6m0zdFsYrq6Ne_46PWEF8K5e9OyysbVovEldDEdbC3nR2jJ5pUw/s320/IMG_3787.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza taught her how to make a "scary face" and she loves doing it to everyone. It makes us giggle. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0t-fsGgvJjrNnOpNe1u5h5V1L1fNFtt9FODjrG11yM1ghN61ncqFdt8va63duEJRr657si4INCPpVfoX14VZMZYGa_-z35EyOVHsi2FYIznObPzoKtwOYovuMXnct5keofRt6X7jy1B9jRq_utNY-86k23Ch4ulVzQe9b8BgYj_cL9HFkKr7gm0kbQ/s4032/IMG_3872.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0t-fsGgvJjrNnOpNe1u5h5V1L1fNFtt9FODjrG11yM1ghN61ncqFdt8va63duEJRr657si4INCPpVfoX14VZMZYGa_-z35EyOVHsi2FYIznObPzoKtwOYovuMXnct5keofRt6X7jy1B9jRq_utNY-86k23Ch4ulVzQe9b8BgYj_cL9HFkKr7gm0kbQ/s320/IMG_3872.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spring Soccer is in full swing and I feel all kinds of regret, but we're committed. Yeehaw...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ended the month cleaning up our flowerbeds and putting in mulch. What I optimistically thought would only take a few hours took most of the day and we laid the mulch down in the rain, but the oldest three helped and we had that part done in about ten minutes. We are all ready for good weather and more time outside! </div><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-71549954684440632592023-05-01T12:39:00.004-07:002023-10-04T14:23:58.272-07:00Our Mariah<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The girl who made me a mother is 11...I have been a mother for 11 years! Some days it feels like 100 years and other days I feel like I'm still 11. This motherhood thing is a wild ride. I feel so blessed to get to experience life with Mariah Jeanne, she brings so much light and joy to others. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-vWiJ1WeMmj8Ug7MLSEPIbqtgM6AJQ_5wyULG81x4zyCVxm1n2_esYLacYqiaP1N9hDj_3Czc5hRHAMQJzd2fIxUz9yGa7P17vlfJRijuveKzl-lI3yZcenVg639b5dKlmBAQJe9ZdLkBiNTit09qUaW3LvdN1F5sWV9y0A-1It7fQK3KiHVkr2uaQ/s4032/IMG_3375.HEIC" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-vWiJ1WeMmj8Ug7MLSEPIbqtgM6AJQ_5wyULG81x4zyCVxm1n2_esYLacYqiaP1N9hDj_3Czc5hRHAMQJzd2fIxUz9yGa7P17vlfJRijuveKzl-lI3yZcenVg639b5dKlmBAQJe9ZdLkBiNTit09qUaW3LvdN1F5sWV9y0A-1It7fQK3KiHVkr2uaQ/s320/IMG_3375.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I decided to use some different questions as my kids get older for their birthday interviews. </p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. What do you like most about yourself right now? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">This year I've been trying to notice other's needs more and monitoring my interactions and doing that </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">has made me a better person. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. What do you think your future job will be?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know, but I know some things that I want my future jobs to be. I really want to write books because I </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">love writing stuff and I think it would be fun to be a piano performer. And my Aunt Nattie is a painter and I</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">might want to do that. Oh and I love animals so maybe own a farm or be a dog trainer. (I love how she has </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">been positively influenced by three different aunts and the career paths that they pursued.)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>3. What do you love to eat? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love Alfredo because of how creamy and delicious it is. I also love Hawaiian Haystacks because of all the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">different flavors in it. You have the sweet and sour sauce mixed with the gravy and then you have all sorts of </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">fruits and vegetables mixed with the rice and it's just so good. I also love eating out because all the food is not </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">what we normally have at home. (Mariah has come a long way in her acceptance of food, just don't make her </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">spaghetti...that always puts her in a depression.)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. How do you like to spend your time?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love playing with my siblings but I also at least once a day read a book. I enjoy playing outside and when I'm </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">really bored I draw a picture or play the piano. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. What are you good at?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm good at reading and writing not spelling but describing things and illustrating things through </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">words. And I think I'm pretty good at piano and music. I love to sing too. I love doing soccer, I'm not a pro, but </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">it's fun for me; it's something I love to do. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6. Who are your best friends and why do you like each other?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My siblings and family are definitely some of my best friends. Annalie and Miri are some of my best friends </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">because of all the interests we share. For instance we all play the piano and Anni and Miri are kind of like my </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">sisters because I don't have sisters around my age so it's fun to have them come over. I also love to play with </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">our neighbors, especially Tessa and I go to choir and I have some friends there. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Who is someone you look up to? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I definitely look up to my dad a lot, my dad and my mom. Because they have influenced my world and I <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>always want to be like them. I've always wanted to be a mom so looking up to my parents shows me how I can <span> </span>be in the future. (Disclaimer: Mariah sees the best in everyone, it's a wonderful gift that she has. And while <span> </span><span> </span>Tanner and I are far from perfect parents, we're grateful for the grace Mariah extends to us and the potential <span> </span><span> </span>she sees in us.)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. What makes you sad? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span>I get sad when my family is away or when family members leave; it just makes me unhappy. (Anytime family <span> </span>that has come to visit leaves we have lots and lots of tears.)</span><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9. What is your favorite outfit to wear?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit;">On Sunday I love wearing my dresses because I just feel so nice. I love floral patterns in my clothing. I just </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit;">love flowers, they are so beautiful and delicate. I also like my clothes to be not very restricting so my pants I </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit;">like to be tight around the waist and lose on the legs. (Mariah loves to </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e;">accessorize</span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit;"> with jewelry and bows to <span> </span><span> </span>match her outfits...something that I never even thought of at her age.)</span><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10. What makes you really annoyed?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>I don't like when my siblings scare me really bad. That annoys me so much. </span><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. What makes you feel proud?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I feel proud that I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Being a member makes me </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">feel like a daughter of God and I'm very proud to be one of His daughters. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. What makes you happy?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love being with my family and having a good time with them. I also love giving gifts to others and I enjoy </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">music: playing music, listening to music. I also like reading and writing my own stories for others to read. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. Which of your nicknames do you like the most?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> I don't really have a nickname but I'm trying to get people to call me MJ. So far only my mom has and one girl <span> </span>at soccer. </span><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you lately?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> My birthday was in April and what's great about my birthday is I feel that every birthday you're moving on and <span> </span>getting older every year. (I don't think going to The Lion King on her birthday hurt either.)</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. What do you do when you feel sad?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span>What I do most often is I read a book. And I like to say a prayer sometimes when I'm feeling sad. I also play the piano because it calms me down. </span><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">16. What's your favorite thing to do with Mom? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span>I just love talking with mom because our conversations can be so different and yet in every one it makes me feel so important and helps me to be happy. </span><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">17. What's your favorite thing to do with Dad? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">Dad loves being read to so I like to read him books. I also like to play sports with him and have him teach me little more about sports. It's fun. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">18. What's your favorite thing to do with Chet?</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span> I like to do pillow fights because he always makes every fight so funny without even trying to. </span><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">19. What's your favorite thing to do with Austin? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span> I like to draw pictures with Austin because he wants to learn more of that and I'm not very good but I can still <span> </span>teach him some things. (Mariah will draw intricate pictures as a dot to dot for Eliza to trace and color.)</span><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">20. What's your favorite thing to do with Eliza? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span>I like to read story books to Eliza because when I read funny ones she laughs really hard and it's kind of like <span> </span><span> </span>she becomes part of the story and I like to watch her. </span><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;">21. What's your favorite thing to do with Vivi? </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span>Vivi loves to "fly" so I just hold her up and she'll spread her arms and legs out and I'll run around with her. She <span> </span>also asks me to "get her" so I'll pretend to be a monster and chase her. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY1TKTKdP_XhLaPLd3IttQTKbgRxfvASllkE4AEbXho_cW6YAtMOHvNKjEkQMqgPRwe6eTIDRyp26Pwd6X-3yFOQtoZA7StKd_FiBY1hSyXVkklXsQBXtVMnm-cOk4DxFDk_NeZSY3sFHYK5vus8VsSlSw_8EGcJLG4MzrSP2q8bWNrF4X7ZKbfh_0A/s3088/IMG_3845.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY1TKTKdP_XhLaPLd3IttQTKbgRxfvASllkE4AEbXho_cW6YAtMOHvNKjEkQMqgPRwe6eTIDRyp26Pwd6X-3yFOQtoZA7StKd_FiBY1hSyXVkklXsQBXtVMnm-cOk4DxFDk_NeZSY3sFHYK5vus8VsSlSw_8EGcJLG4MzrSP2q8bWNrF4X7ZKbfh_0A/s320/IMG_3845.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah is so good at doing her school and is learning how to handle an increased workload as she is getting older. There are times where math can get overwhelming...hence the sad selfie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSy2_RHHMfaOa5L7OTV8pn86KBR-iW3BvHw8Ip83qeQNbqQf1QcvoruuOoSiQINbE2EHqb3bP-GvNAzOIsSRccgQyDUBucxf6x6NHBIVo367nfnpTG3ki1MvfJfGA25EYgWdLeQclGVu6ZN3MEkcbdBsADFRyJ-BtAaeoL6PVFIVBDPfcTuXkBiSCsgA/s4032/IMG_3250.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSy2_RHHMfaOa5L7OTV8pn86KBR-iW3BvHw8Ip83qeQNbqQf1QcvoruuOoSiQINbE2EHqb3bP-GvNAzOIsSRccgQyDUBucxf6x6NHBIVo367nfnpTG3ki1MvfJfGA25EYgWdLeQclGVu6ZN3MEkcbdBsADFRyJ-BtAaeoL6PVFIVBDPfcTuXkBiSCsgA/s320/IMG_3250.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah is such a good big sister. She is always thinking of ways to make her younger siblings happy and they all adore her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgfewTlhChIOsvqyykIU6n7sX5q65e07t1r1QpKdKwoIG58QGaSzFKu1Bn2RYotPkFzcrNrPXuuCLWm2TvsAkBkyBQ4uEXlTjm_0H8F6z7lUsBm1luk3ZeqrbqCJg6P6afwRpSnczcAwOrqzgJSS6Sg7od7tpREgGEcGn7vpy2wbJrwegSRjFTn9G5Q/s4032/IMG_2833.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgfewTlhChIOsvqyykIU6n7sX5q65e07t1r1QpKdKwoIG58QGaSzFKu1Bn2RYotPkFzcrNrPXuuCLWm2TvsAkBkyBQ4uEXlTjm_0H8F6z7lUsBm1luk3ZeqrbqCJg6P6afwRpSnczcAwOrqzgJSS6Sg7od7tpREgGEcGn7vpy2wbJrwegSRjFTn9G5Q/s320/IMG_2833.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDa9Idg4aJNpo_bBWPJi9V5EKXTPyDXJnH5UFOl5cqENMkhg11pvO0gfqazrY64Hxg41P_X5RdNZPqh2W3lN4eXo8y4O8yuc2Mo5WOS6kK66GDBTIBKgUdW9fsB8GSucNKfqAos4CFLRjjFrDLi8cFokfqDq-hD8Y9HfmeDYYXzSxArhjBTpbN3Agkeg/s4032/IMG_3210.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDa9Idg4aJNpo_bBWPJi9V5EKXTPyDXJnH5UFOl5cqENMkhg11pvO0gfqazrY64Hxg41P_X5RdNZPqh2W3lN4eXo8y4O8yuc2Mo5WOS6kK66GDBTIBKgUdW9fsB8GSucNKfqAos4CFLRjjFrDLi8cFokfqDq-hD8Y9HfmeDYYXzSxArhjBTpbN3Agkeg/s320/IMG_3210.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love Mariah's creativity and willingness to try new things. Often I have to ask her if she really wants to do something or if she is only willing to do it because she thinks I want her to. She is learning to choose the things that bring her the most joy and fulfillment. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju24qZv43a3rLv90-qWmEQgMT46bQ7BvS5-ruzIl0kBuWb0AMFJZtEWjlxu5Qifick81XqBXBgxGcUBHCS4DCKLxMJ_xnLXeeGD0Mlo1an_BtMfmPEYp_yEMd--R5P4QIZd7BsAeyE1CD1YJwVm_67IcBnT2yhOGNEGvbULrZwmt_CTdX5CnzREC-pTQ/s4032/IMG_2668.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju24qZv43a3rLv90-qWmEQgMT46bQ7BvS5-ruzIl0kBuWb0AMFJZtEWjlxu5Qifick81XqBXBgxGcUBHCS4DCKLxMJ_xnLXeeGD0Mlo1an_BtMfmPEYp_yEMd--R5P4QIZd7BsAeyE1CD1YJwVm_67IcBnT2yhOGNEGvbULrZwmt_CTdX5CnzREC-pTQ/s320/IMG_2668.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah still loves animals, especially Josie. She talks to her in this high voice that gets on my nerves, but Josie seems to really like it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdGm392jQ-l1sCLm3MWaRdg2j3z016eVxdeOMS8siCKNrqgMVSE2F3nwLXotg_AAf0NrHlEgbNvFL_Mr9yslJI8d-Ej20VLrhZRp4c9mBlX-PRE_501NDl4VjsNNkrOI1f5-IeI4GZHw_-l3N0_5Bqmbubn_LcA5JlILf3p-bRjTks-3a1BjU0zDDSw/s4032/IMG_2555.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdGm392jQ-l1sCLm3MWaRdg2j3z016eVxdeOMS8siCKNrqgMVSE2F3nwLXotg_AAf0NrHlEgbNvFL_Mr9yslJI8d-Ej20VLrhZRp4c9mBlX-PRE_501NDl4VjsNNkrOI1f5-IeI4GZHw_-l3N0_5Bqmbubn_LcA5JlILf3p-bRjTks-3a1BjU0zDDSw/s320/IMG_2555.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EwHcBqHDjKFAz3Skqu88pmy6QaFfozqKiB8Fzvp-P4YimUiidzfz2bjFJDc0v1Y_A151sHPMtyhaoYVs241XoDEQHEzA29LUqEguptw6NGo-A8uoaHqnvozmRtf7o5778yzhvjxIPpOCWv2v6C8P0RVrgXEeG2cDg9Z5Qpi6w9KmE0xVDVUIwRPyQQ/s1952/IMG_3870.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1952" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EwHcBqHDjKFAz3Skqu88pmy6QaFfozqKiB8Fzvp-P4YimUiidzfz2bjFJDc0v1Y_A151sHPMtyhaoYVs241XoDEQHEzA29LUqEguptw6NGo-A8uoaHqnvozmRtf7o5778yzhvjxIPpOCWv2v6C8P0RVrgXEeG2cDg9Z5Qpi6w9KmE0xVDVUIwRPyQQ/s320/IMG_3870.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love listening to Mariah try out new songs on the piano. She has been experimenting with songs she knows by ear and changing them up. Right now she's been doing her own version of <i>That's What Makes You Beautiful</i> and it makes me so happy hearing her plug away on it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHy9QZy_wQwHDgSWjoeLBZuhYgvGBpBJJA8BRxOMnYsIRx5W_28c16lSihUqX4vq0FuGxCsUVYQ0itTZI0RWMn2j0V85Oti-75Mxy78oGUrH5xyRf3AXqcr46IGf5YZVqQtaPKE-SoDEHE4moqZk9oFsq33s91ipPEfvflLw5qztThU_eLGOFL2GZAEQ/s2072/IMG_3869.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2072" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHy9QZy_wQwHDgSWjoeLBZuhYgvGBpBJJA8BRxOMnYsIRx5W_28c16lSihUqX4vq0FuGxCsUVYQ0itTZI0RWMn2j0V85Oti-75Mxy78oGUrH5xyRf3AXqcr46IGf5YZVqQtaPKE-SoDEHE4moqZk9oFsq33s91ipPEfvflLw5qztThU_eLGOFL2GZAEQ/s320/IMG_3869.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She also loves to come up with her own songs that are often funny. I took this picture of her singing her own song filled with all the random Spanish words she knows. She has been learning Spanish through Duolingo and never misses an opportunity to use what she has learned in conversations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah loves to sing in public and has been able to touch others through her gift of music. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AV3iqiWKWr3lAq-Xtrx2M3JoeWTjATCDHdehF3GE23IK-r13fd-OyPqwnbUMSj26YOmNJtFN38hkZ1BcllJM0-r0MDCZVLhkOyzW08fZS_fkceOeezgnKf3j-zCATsTy8CmsklJdmvefm8WHbcfJaOPNiW4_tce007VY7ZytDbpxptc961tKHcM7NQ/s1980/IMG_3868.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AV3iqiWKWr3lAq-Xtrx2M3JoeWTjATCDHdehF3GE23IK-r13fd-OyPqwnbUMSj26YOmNJtFN38hkZ1BcllJM0-r0MDCZVLhkOyzW08fZS_fkceOeezgnKf3j-zCATsTy8CmsklJdmvefm8WHbcfJaOPNiW4_tce007VY7ZytDbpxptc961tKHcM7NQ/s320/IMG_3868.PNG" width="182" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah loves to dance...her moves are a lot like her mother's, so she probably won't be paying the bills with her dance skills. But dancing makes her so happy and I love to see the joy that it brings her. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2P-2uoy2ewBJWdkmD_N5za-q2C4hzIWJGywVFgESsou12SANcf9ljfIr_IEwVQ9-DKfOkSXjfkB0UjAdcvV_txkXtZtD3oBsYNokjROcdSItOceI6zOLdqp3GjTRq781y_Mq6JSELe-WFisqW0Q_pmxUjCpQcThDHWftWJJDUx8_SznBasXIUnIBXlA/s3088/IMG_3299.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2P-2uoy2ewBJWdkmD_N5za-q2C4hzIWJGywVFgESsou12SANcf9ljfIr_IEwVQ9-DKfOkSXjfkB0UjAdcvV_txkXtZtD3oBsYNokjROcdSItOceI6zOLdqp3GjTRq781y_Mq6JSELe-WFisqW0Q_pmxUjCpQcThDHWftWJJDUx8_SznBasXIUnIBXlA/s320/IMG_3299.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1jZYfmqXy9BWFqNdJAxhmF58JDEZUVyOG-Vjw1o4NFCOYSWflckjI4e-1E4wtDndeBlGfjht0sSYieE66qLZAkjmRETYcsLe_7YK3U4xC4fctbSSW_DPDr9mhxeSrJdRwu6WOHceVJMv5gEViX7VqgI1fUL1Ex-6I8LEZSWx86FQLQG3GEMBoc465w/s1969/IMG_3879.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1969" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1jZYfmqXy9BWFqNdJAxhmF58JDEZUVyOG-Vjw1o4NFCOYSWflckjI4e-1E4wtDndeBlGfjht0sSYieE66qLZAkjmRETYcsLe_7YK3U4xC4fctbSSW_DPDr9mhxeSrJdRwu6WOHceVJMv5gEViX7VqgI1fUL1Ex-6I8LEZSWx86FQLQG3GEMBoc465w/s320/IMG_3879.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah has improved so much in soccer this last year. It's really fun to see her ability to be in the right place at the right time grow. She usually only plays defense and scored her first goal last week from the back (or however they would say that in soccer talk). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrFPYlZruLHHMhR0Z2Utw99_f3ARU2H69bDFwU4tM3EizEftIIrjRz_lCblvxIV3mmncT5awBbAjKTtJFuwsaymLiQUnhLY9q8qbL-SFRpk0bwk8ghdtY4yhucsnF-vZDhWLDHwiYZPrz-w_KXs1J0iKTyk-HaqFtHDqK1YiVajCzpdgIUnDwUGKc7w/s2732/IMG_3871.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1934" data-original-width="2732" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrFPYlZruLHHMhR0Z2Utw99_f3ARU2H69bDFwU4tM3EizEftIIrjRz_lCblvxIV3mmncT5awBbAjKTtJFuwsaymLiQUnhLY9q8qbL-SFRpk0bwk8ghdtY4yhucsnF-vZDhWLDHwiYZPrz-w_KXs1J0iKTyk-HaqFtHDqK1YiVajCzpdgIUnDwUGKc7w/s320/IMG_3871.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mariah is constantly doodling different things. She especially loves drawing animals doing human things. Her siblings love those drawings too. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCylGR5ABDM_Tpvjqd3qfIk1UbT2rLAIFQ2EY_Gxen7yDLWnXqCCd4nj8EzJAlZO_g5bV3Ze1wkRXYqH5x_xEE9Ior0ihx_XXGdtdify7wm2TGqnb8X5xNsAuNtn-b4nmq98I2fLVUHrRxqeKb5ESbPV0ucTYxGXX3rH9IqmZCP6FJ2VDJYCX8JzYZg/s4032/IMG_3878.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCylGR5ABDM_Tpvjqd3qfIk1UbT2rLAIFQ2EY_Gxen7yDLWnXqCCd4nj8EzJAlZO_g5bV3Ze1wkRXYqH5x_xEE9Ior0ihx_XXGdtdify7wm2TGqnb8X5xNsAuNtn-b4nmq98I2fLVUHrRxqeKb5ESbPV0ucTYxGXX3rH9IqmZCP6FJ2VDJYCX8JzYZg/s320/IMG_3878.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This girl is just so good. She is a friend to everyone and knows how to make people feel special and important. She has a quiet confidence about her from knowing who she is and Whose she is. I'm so grateful for her love for Jesus Christ and her willingness to share that love with others. We are so proud of Mariah and all that she is. </div>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752530790575206271.post-21239759514695829852023-04-09T18:36:00.001-07:002023-04-09T18:36:18.583-07:00March Happenings<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> We started out the month celebrating the Vivster</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGLdUKSk7Ycb0_ZOsgSqcGPKwQJKWYZqoDoZfAYTjverbHGeJKlREkNXxCNqxSdSxU5NhReM51BFMvOk3EkjHQ1MXDAhvleJse0JnE-Wki74bXlL6PPPgDXuc50e4byiw6h_ESFJnXYQQT73wI1NPZsjKprD2A3_t6OQbkJ0T1DUiQt5JA0X7CQMl9w/s4032/IMG_3671.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGLdUKSk7Ycb0_ZOsgSqcGPKwQJKWYZqoDoZfAYTjverbHGeJKlREkNXxCNqxSdSxU5NhReM51BFMvOk3EkjHQ1MXDAhvleJse0JnE-Wki74bXlL6PPPgDXuc50e4byiw6h_ESFJnXYQQT73wI1NPZsjKprD2A3_t6OQbkJ0T1DUiQt5JA0X7CQMl9w/s320/IMG_3671.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She had to help with her birthday pancakes</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-KFUROqP7--xn1e1Hwa17GetwMn0sVDWolQ7q6cu_i_T29QOi2ahsReoRHUu49l9vCozcI2oPLReRLzKpl4C6yyms1Xti4SSRy1zqW2mqHI83PS59grQUuwMDvfykktLW5F4gsbLWidOkQp_4rPgvKevrEUIKsrsO4OqByzAQpq4hRQaxjreQfhxhw/s4032/IMG_3673.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-KFUROqP7--xn1e1Hwa17GetwMn0sVDWolQ7q6cu_i_T29QOi2ahsReoRHUu49l9vCozcI2oPLReRLzKpl4C6yyms1Xti4SSRy1zqW2mqHI83PS59grQUuwMDvfykktLW5F4gsbLWidOkQp_4rPgvKevrEUIKsrsO4OqByzAQpq4hRQaxjreQfhxhw/s320/IMG_3673.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the best smile I could get. I think she was a little confused with all the attention she got this day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPiAmhoQyFPskQCIH6unO4V0be8pG36gXLeFYCxLaYBf6Qpf3LOqFeQzgwIUPAh90wPN0AuPsGa_7QVgeXAtFJW_6LxoaWdJsS-9hXHyjBtP9Ibo790tZRwMTyE_wJyBhuW8SrdwhyG47JHIDPHN7pag9y7EFAVgyW-U9chSsCK6dgyT7DzkJYIl0eA/s4032/IMG_3679.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPiAmhoQyFPskQCIH6unO4V0be8pG36gXLeFYCxLaYBf6Qpf3LOqFeQzgwIUPAh90wPN0AuPsGa_7QVgeXAtFJW_6LxoaWdJsS-9hXHyjBtP9Ibo790tZRwMTyE_wJyBhuW8SrdwhyG47JHIDPHN7pag9y7EFAVgyW-U9chSsCK6dgyT7DzkJYIl0eA/s320/IMG_3679.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The life of a fifth child: constant smothering by adoring older siblings. Vivi could barely look at one gift before they were "helping" her open the next. Everyone picked out gifts for her at the dollar store and were so excited for her to open them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finished Vivi's birthday with angel food cake cupcakes with whipped cream and berries. She blew the candle out like it was something she did every day and was most excited about the berries. She sang Happy Birthday for days after so I think overall it was an enjoyable experience. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9JflH6cfhdMessGgPOyUeKMKlTEQS_lsgIfif7hn_zKWx_J7-f0gSEhxPjnqJe5dlWBro8TC0MV7IjsyQ0PFT5QcY_VX7MWAg5H1oBXsB7SDVvE-1kup0qvMCdxzSL63qVrpP4hHndvWClA1qUW3XLHzkku9wWC5rkRf4qFuF2agoJoP0QssD2dWPA/s4032/IMG_3692.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9JflH6cfhdMessGgPOyUeKMKlTEQS_lsgIfif7hn_zKWx_J7-f0gSEhxPjnqJe5dlWBro8TC0MV7IjsyQ0PFT5QcY_VX7MWAg5H1oBXsB7SDVvE-1kup0qvMCdxzSL63qVrpP4hHndvWClA1qUW3XLHzkku9wWC5rkRf4qFuF2agoJoP0QssD2dWPA/s320/IMG_3692.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crazy hair day, they wanted it documented to send to the cousins. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhy-5r_yoHfqRjai2aHHrGRuUGeYaxjk3j4U5rr1f8zcasPURAa2iCFUBMS2ARKTEaxXm8ek591vv5lIs_Womsugv6v9HN3uU_2n3anZ99Gl06mTzdVj-daP3cMkYpBs7DuQdvfXiO5gDq23vDOT4u5IbjRqnEKDK1ZxRBk8ilAnxxW_GgIwZZOI9KgQ/s4032/IMG_3698.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhy-5r_yoHfqRjai2aHHrGRuUGeYaxjk3j4U5rr1f8zcasPURAa2iCFUBMS2ARKTEaxXm8ek591vv5lIs_Womsugv6v9HN3uU_2n3anZ99Gl06mTzdVj-daP3cMkYpBs7DuQdvfXiO5gDq23vDOT4u5IbjRqnEKDK1ZxRBk8ilAnxxW_GgIwZZOI9KgQ/s320/IMG_3698.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have so many pictures of them reading together but they always make me so happy. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1T3jVSLrW7Y85h60HnFPX_VE3CJjwk-hOj2oks4Bbh62fyOP3P8T1EbLzDy8CVoPExRVHU2GgL9yrVJPRwn3YyQUd94Sy9RsnnEPAtV96qVx4hRMelQg1_cBozd2C3QppeZ_O6DQ-uuQefiPnvzWjsy-BY9ZY6prct8IL3U2L28NdE2J4xtbP4aRPyw/s4032/IMG_3699.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1T3jVSLrW7Y85h60HnFPX_VE3CJjwk-hOj2oks4Bbh62fyOP3P8T1EbLzDy8CVoPExRVHU2GgL9yrVJPRwn3YyQUd94Sy9RsnnEPAtV96qVx4hRMelQg1_cBozd2C3QppeZ_O6DQ-uuQefiPnvzWjsy-BY9ZY6prct8IL3U2L28NdE2J4xtbP4aRPyw/s320/IMG_3699.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin lost some more teeth and is losing faith in the Tooth Fairy. The other day he said, "Mom just put my dollar in my account, you can't seem to remember to put it under my pillow". It isn't nearly as fun giving them money when they don't believe, though I only have myself to blame. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYw30aznHbXcJX-l003GIKMGWofVVfCThCPyMERP1OVB-MNaBYfrdRovCcL_XFuuovg9-p9aAJi1Eny7KYKdN-ztQBZ37C0UhxuHzcapuuqelUjMmo_axG0LQ5CaNhOdAf1mKW01WWETTBimXYnlBqjoW40XSK6HkP4UnJcJ4otw2QRkKocri4VEnABA/s4032/IMG_3700.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYw30aznHbXcJX-l003GIKMGWofVVfCThCPyMERP1OVB-MNaBYfrdRovCcL_XFuuovg9-p9aAJi1Eny7KYKdN-ztQBZ37C0UhxuHzcapuuqelUjMmo_axG0LQ5CaNhOdAf1mKW01WWETTBimXYnlBqjoW40XSK6HkP4UnJcJ4otw2QRkKocri4VEnABA/s320/IMG_3700.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's always trouble when Vivi finds a marker, I'll take hands over the walls or doors any day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PDx6ZsDITYSW2Qr-BEMLXH0-NdPJ2IJsK24MUwaujoyyPs2b72QWXipk-RaOIHZ5SD_MieMuOxHW1dRIyypAwLeIo3sPNTysS_6n8bwdE7RoNPtGzY210-mYa43OVMM3hEhSD-7nLG-Gi9UqXgOKCf28mLzo4D0SD4R5xlhSQ_KWFS7EDE9kth0BBw/s3088/IMG_3711.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PDx6ZsDITYSW2Qr-BEMLXH0-NdPJ2IJsK24MUwaujoyyPs2b72QWXipk-RaOIHZ5SD_MieMuOxHW1dRIyypAwLeIo3sPNTysS_6n8bwdE7RoNPtGzY210-mYa43OVMM3hEhSD-7nLG-Gi9UqXgOKCf28mLzo4D0SD4R5xlhSQ_KWFS7EDE9kth0BBw/s320/IMG_3711.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided to teach the kids all the tricks to look your most beautiful. This will serve them well in their life. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqA8GqqUcvjjP2WZZxSigctWa023H4ynF0HEftCUuS9DZ--e6-2wojtZtRc16lecMiqZTDZQjx_bQFQIhj6a59b8x92Sq-CHsv_0r2Nkso4Rb-r5sNXYy6O0ZpLbiqKcvy1ulKLT1xhWP0Np2TmwFicXU5NadRs8391yRxnoTh6lU47HBomf9OlyB-w/s4032/IMG_3723.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqA8GqqUcvjjP2WZZxSigctWa023H4ynF0HEftCUuS9DZ--e6-2wojtZtRc16lecMiqZTDZQjx_bQFQIhj6a59b8x92Sq-CHsv_0r2Nkso4Rb-r5sNXYy6O0ZpLbiqKcvy1ulKLT1xhWP0Np2TmwFicXU5NadRs8391yRxnoTh6lU47HBomf9OlyB-w/s320/IMG_3723.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to go on a "hike" one warm day. It was a super short walk but the kids were excited seeing the rock formations, and new growth. Josie had a blast dragging us around trying to smell everything. There was lots of mud but that just added to the adventure. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_xJfCvdTQhsHyRUIRODQVkc0nX1VvVnUIoBzJn4_YPoWtjFK4Vs9by8QyqRNSPEVR_5WLbAnO1JfDbCeeKiYZV6tKgNKRb82gLl_64CstwS2gsvPKpJRneU81_KmEsr3mHF1WwXIDSspf0fJlZvNmGpz3llfaCZdzkaOqMTTX7raKIEz_WFEImHRWA/s4032/IMG_3718.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_xJfCvdTQhsHyRUIRODQVkc0nX1VvVnUIoBzJn4_YPoWtjFK4Vs9by8QyqRNSPEVR_5WLbAnO1JfDbCeeKiYZV6tKgNKRb82gLl_64CstwS2gsvPKpJRneU81_KmEsr3mHF1WwXIDSspf0fJlZvNmGpz3llfaCZdzkaOqMTTX7raKIEz_WFEImHRWA/s320/IMG_3718.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHoo1hVDuWe77S1xMR__OXCZxeHub-38CV_2VfJFTIgYPomqiyjCKwdkAt3zLAHYITUb1ig8Xd8iZpZoKl5uxMdyiJ3jIo3-BtAvursZjWVJIcwnKI9bEpAlz5XElpdmWl3V4kIZONSU8HSWRg1DgkppJgvX5T5LjZcMYebLo4P1lyglkurQOJwaP6A/s4032/IMG_3717.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHoo1hVDuWe77S1xMR__OXCZxeHub-38CV_2VfJFTIgYPomqiyjCKwdkAt3zLAHYITUb1ig8Xd8iZpZoKl5uxMdyiJ3jIo3-BtAvursZjWVJIcwnKI9bEpAlz5XElpdmWl3V4kIZONSU8HSWRg1DgkppJgvX5T5LjZcMYebLo4P1lyglkurQOJwaP6A/s320/IMG_3717.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQUK_CNcv1SDLDurtJo7ik1PYtgswDac56bLmFedjVsRQiBySajuZ9WoSKaPR5EQUQLaOTi_CM0zwrEZhO0Cp-ITVxNZ9p3RQ2E3Z98hCjGv9KyRBD7aSsjtfbCPnL78AXQKV_jyxm1dAJfO4eNW7u6PC100fubJa49CYLPN2f6c6ilmFXXrCwFpxJQ/s4032/IMG_3716.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQUK_CNcv1SDLDurtJo7ik1PYtgswDac56bLmFedjVsRQiBySajuZ9WoSKaPR5EQUQLaOTi_CM0zwrEZhO0Cp-ITVxNZ9p3RQ2E3Z98hCjGv9KyRBD7aSsjtfbCPnL78AXQKV_jyxm1dAJfO4eNW7u6PC100fubJa49CYLPN2f6c6ilmFXXrCwFpxJQ/s320/IMG_3716.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwNqc-QRBx10YMG41eQnSIwiDGsDxbgIe-EcnhJVSjYwLscE6xm6YFLlve1J1IPjT1dGYVlFTApf7GueeG4FajBdXbaGZVKnh2AvjETgpv28jDUH0MtuPq0EYbm1gpi2aWt_wDWKoURu1GepxE0FusKOQZL308VExv2_DyMTEN-oLJsLIoAGLuhuu0w/s4032/IMG_3724.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwNqc-QRBx10YMG41eQnSIwiDGsDxbgIe-EcnhJVSjYwLscE6xm6YFLlve1J1IPjT1dGYVlFTApf7GueeG4FajBdXbaGZVKnh2AvjETgpv28jDUH0MtuPq0EYbm1gpi2aWt_wDWKoURu1GepxE0FusKOQZL308VExv2_DyMTEN-oLJsLIoAGLuhuu0w/s320/IMG_3724.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little rule breakers; they both know Josie shouldn't be on the couch. But they looked so sweet I had to get a picture. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lye8kvonCjsuuO39qAICo7Vg2tX11iWkpkCeZxZrnhW076zjDazux_8OjgLdCSlzhOM8XZpD0AnxHf1sf5_NN3BqUB-pdMErZqavo1Yj8ukjeLAx9XP7zfwHnmo9lukznlfd6_QNVrVF8Sj-2RTXnro9iNVefDWaQGJEuT4Vc5vW69GlUmD-JfrKew/s4032/IMG_3727.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lye8kvonCjsuuO39qAICo7Vg2tX11iWkpkCeZxZrnhW076zjDazux_8OjgLdCSlzhOM8XZpD0AnxHf1sf5_NN3BqUB-pdMErZqavo1Yj8ukjeLAx9XP7zfwHnmo9lukznlfd6_QNVrVF8Sj-2RTXnro9iNVefDWaQGJEuT4Vc5vW69GlUmD-JfrKew/s320/IMG_3727.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza wanted some pictures of her cool poses and Vivi had to have one taken of her as well. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2IGcfvA3AU5tV2hXDuj4bidef-ojQHGVfiBs2i3ARcHGAxeV4vc0pHZFZKQ8xZu_cBGK9IdDChKGhyUekigohCmPNrkguOGbNsTqhzF3VRJKlat9EUVwwo0HoXzhNMa2KWmYyGbzuvIdVjt04Y8SJDRymjvxmdo7CQf-S_u6Y9XltqyRalUogwLrbQ/s4032/IMG_3731.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2IGcfvA3AU5tV2hXDuj4bidef-ojQHGVfiBs2i3ARcHGAxeV4vc0pHZFZKQ8xZu_cBGK9IdDChKGhyUekigohCmPNrkguOGbNsTqhzF3VRJKlat9EUVwwo0HoXzhNMa2KWmYyGbzuvIdVjt04Y8SJDRymjvxmdo7CQf-S_u6Y9XltqyRalUogwLrbQ/s320/IMG_3731.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtr-Sxv3Yv8XegIvOIEVkOy4gzpjajHDOlfeMAeNXa340Ug18tLNA4NuB3dfVZUriO0mbGqwRFpzDfaqCjTMrQz0sHokV_SBBVqUQYYupixW9pfL4l-8rmmlBkaeygtq81ElWzM2CIADrxKavyK5G-aa86KBSk9KueOF_wxaQJQs2HnRtCdCL51pw1A/s4032/IMG_3732.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtr-Sxv3Yv8XegIvOIEVkOy4gzpjajHDOlfeMAeNXa340Ug18tLNA4NuB3dfVZUriO0mbGqwRFpzDfaqCjTMrQz0sHokV_SBBVqUQYYupixW9pfL4l-8rmmlBkaeygtq81ElWzM2CIADrxKavyK5G-aa86KBSk9KueOF_wxaQJQs2HnRtCdCL51pw1A/s320/IMG_3732.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On St. Patrick's Day, we had green pancakes for breakfast and then I made Shepherd's Pie for dinner. We watched Darbie O'Gill and the Little People (the banshee may have traumatized the littles, but now they know not to mess with Leprechauns, a valuable lesson). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEINZZUcJ2UUhCA13FmncWSQUr-VOHvnRN9cUtTKcI15LbPp9vTPvEAkdHIhHOX9tIOar1VhoQVNxJQ5DU5qpmC-Lnbm79Pe_4CbLbgmHz4HOEYJzdj1a5vwAhikNFr-OtoL0VJXKQWqijJ-wbHzLWhGIUKQuY7xGvnzdItRobCwhRwMQTgb3EBqbjg/s4032/IMG_3733.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEINZZUcJ2UUhCA13FmncWSQUr-VOHvnRN9cUtTKcI15LbPp9vTPvEAkdHIhHOX9tIOar1VhoQVNxJQ5DU5qpmC-Lnbm79Pe_4CbLbgmHz4HOEYJzdj1a5vwAhikNFr-OtoL0VJXKQWqijJ-wbHzLWhGIUKQuY7xGvnzdItRobCwhRwMQTgb3EBqbjg/s320/IMG_3733.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The night ended with Lucky Charms. I used Spinach to make the pancakes green to avoid using artificial food coloring, so naturally Tanner brought home Lucky Charms. Balance... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOCkA6SzekHcd5jfFJqS8gSV-IZWxsb6tMwSIy0RggSDQqRZ0G8lc7HTKV_JCweiYMsTzPJWjXLOPPsH_hq8vwZZ5QQrvM-rA9y_ybMfBJMLT_raTE8KQhSMwEvTPQbHUKZGgYv_QiqSXqlGCBUUM8pZ1F7VcNAbGGytY6bK0Xf2lBIlAjeLEoiSHRA/s4032/IMG_3739.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOCkA6SzekHcd5jfFJqS8gSV-IZWxsb6tMwSIy0RggSDQqRZ0G8lc7HTKV_JCweiYMsTzPJWjXLOPPsH_hq8vwZZ5QQrvM-rA9y_ybMfBJMLT_raTE8KQhSMwEvTPQbHUKZGgYv_QiqSXqlGCBUUM8pZ1F7VcNAbGGytY6bK0Xf2lBIlAjeLEoiSHRA/s320/IMG_3739.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had my first activity in my new responsibility at church. Let's just say I didn't get called because of my decorating skills, but the message was good and it was wonderful to spend time with the sisters in my ward. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb6zgRZt6mmbV4ekYkPVIynBeTkADO25Ve6NiY1Bxh_wibq29Y5l5FAOMO4tJag65r4ByTyvGIhKHo-h3g3P6HnzAPBh-fJQeRnxlTMT2s2DEEDCTNLndq3aUOPmfY2I7gHSq_hNBWbSDqedf6D-2L6J-VTXhUSgBBIebP9d40i0NnNP92U5cCir1hQ/s4032/IMG_3741.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb6zgRZt6mmbV4ekYkPVIynBeTkADO25Ve6NiY1Bxh_wibq29Y5l5FAOMO4tJag65r4ByTyvGIhKHo-h3g3P6HnzAPBh-fJQeRnxlTMT2s2DEEDCTNLndq3aUOPmfY2I7gHSq_hNBWbSDqedf6D-2L6J-VTXhUSgBBIebP9d40i0NnNP92U5cCir1hQ/s320/IMG_3741.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chet and Austin have been on a big origami folding kick. They decided to step up their game and make some super-size creations. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjkTxf60VKSTdldONhdIrSyI4TJMGe8ZbU9F1124bTQZyjyR2SXfHxRN-1nEGx8OW3xwgyCYHE6Jz-pPFIy13WJb07zWCqn4E2Jj857dBj8ypfWCjxyDavN7bch0OhpVbMCXi-HjDVKrH18CVyotyaecqlp6yZlDOnhUn4r7w95NC7hAR18rdupn3dA/s4032/IMG_3742.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjkTxf60VKSTdldONhdIrSyI4TJMGe8ZbU9F1124bTQZyjyR2SXfHxRN-1nEGx8OW3xwgyCYHE6Jz-pPFIy13WJb07zWCqn4E2Jj857dBj8ypfWCjxyDavN7bch0OhpVbMCXi-HjDVKrH18CVyotyaecqlp6yZlDOnhUn4r7w95NC7hAR18rdupn3dA/s320/IMG_3742.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin loved the designs that Mariah put on his paper airplane. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are excited to move into warmer months! </div><br /><p></p>Tanner and Ashley Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078270636170756257noreply@blogger.com0