tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22713815345567584882024-03-05T00:36:17.147-08:00Outnumbered Three To OneOutnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-13521523007007935312011-12-30T11:07:00.000-08:002011-12-30T11:12:05.161-08:00{Stubborn Little Bugger}We have had four days of complaining and tears over a tooth that just didn't want to come out. Thank heavens for tender mercies, we can now again eat in peace! :)<br /><br />You can watch it here: <a href="http://youtu.be/6G7calhEZ9Y">Video</a><br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-76637500999173270172011-12-08T13:29:00.000-08:002011-12-08T13:44:04.939-08:00{Growing Up}Caleb loves to climb. First it was trees. And now, it's walls. It has been a fun bonding activity. It's cute to watch your children evolve from little people to a little bit-bigger people. Every once in awhile you get a hint of what they might be like as adults. Caleb, I admire so many qualities about you. I love your determination, your focus, your willingness to take risks and try new things. I love you, kiddo.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJkcsCclsRlR9f4SHi3jREKxXr1a7H7aB_5T1qgv48hm5c5t8R4y4yBwwlFDC50R3fRc1vGZqGV-uKqsJiAC_DUbsXqr4HKPiDbJ2TXsl0w8wK-N0pHPTMTq9lm0Zhuoab5o5AeoHdGo/s1600/rockclimb3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJkcsCclsRlR9f4SHi3jREKxXr1a7H7aB_5T1qgv48hm5c5t8R4y4yBwwlFDC50R3fRc1vGZqGV-uKqsJiAC_DUbsXqr4HKPiDbJ2TXsl0w8wK-N0pHPTMTq9lm0Zhuoab5o5AeoHdGo/s400/rockclimb3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683872990233905346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilX7-6WKZJrKcPufE2dij_5UYUkJTEbx2QAWcjQVjr-8umUmThrBuZAZv7Ey9E0Un3rS-9WkiF6WBA9EQtvaO7gAHnAlcOG6fc1w9aepcApGh6IDxh2Rno0l0SfbemMOasLWdHj3CvJPI/s1600/rockclimb1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilX7-6WKZJrKcPufE2dij_5UYUkJTEbx2QAWcjQVjr-8umUmThrBuZAZv7Ey9E0Un3rS-9WkiF6WBA9EQtvaO7gAHnAlcOG6fc1w9aepcApGh6IDxh2Rno0l0SfbemMOasLWdHj3CvJPI/s400/rockclimb1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683872989631069282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"The moves that you do, are based upon the risk you're willing to take. You've got one shot on this dustball, let's have some fun."</span> -Michael Reardon<br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-19209639431488378372011-11-18T13:33:00.000-08:002011-11-18T13:44:47.676-08:00{Story Photos}I'm really enjoying all of these beautiful fall colors on the trees. We've had a relatively mild autumn and so we are soaking up as much time as we can outdoors. I saw something like this on pinterest.com and thought it was such a cute idea to do for yearly photos.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_K_HhMV9zx4tGTtmSAEMvncDRxdYYF4i7ZvInK3yimynTmGZlsdara0qPP7uyp-kDPZYJRk3TNMWU-pu9DNO25rlFm9-PI0AZ5EOC3W0gg38fHO3VJFqrAZmby1hUIcAW4g4rE-NO64/s1600/Porter2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_K_HhMV9zx4tGTtmSAEMvncDRxdYYF4i7ZvInK3yimynTmGZlsdara0qPP7uyp-kDPZYJRk3TNMWU-pu9DNO25rlFm9-PI0AZ5EOC3W0gg38fHO3VJFqrAZmby1hUIcAW4g4rE-NO64/s400/Porter2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676453014869944578" border="0" /></a><br />xoxo<br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-37708640062263133682011-11-04T14:51:00.000-07:002011-11-18T12:18:20.395-08:00{Diving Off The Deep End}I'm raising fishies I tell ya. My kiddos (age 7) diving off the board and my (4 year old) jumping off and swimming to the side all by himself...<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyefD-4DZxy829DZb5E249mboj2luFnop5jAKYaT_AjdEfhj-METhbCIdR1tfR5TUbW1XQWJaPD-_Cii2Pc_w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxbK_6T1tGgbZ-2KmZ2nsr5_cCR9VxHZy6J81dwxjcw9N5IIgTtD2rBa1T74tqVumK9C8k-LFE9BQR6dB3JxQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-4352760700423780982011-10-31T21:57:00.000-07:002011-11-18T14:01:09.822-08:00{Happy Halloweenie}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8N6EZEETVCXixlttWVSVUoXafybqZ_oMH4ZnHodbAAS9NPEoQWN6w3mgwDlwHFBLmbHaBx5GuEd_kBAvcPwaYUEndYcvGAi5MqBZk3ADPdfEsswKnPs3_KbbpRyGM3OIWk2N37YzeK_s/s1600/Halloween2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8N6EZEETVCXixlttWVSVUoXafybqZ_oMH4ZnHodbAAS9NPEoQWN6w3mgwDlwHFBLmbHaBx5GuEd_kBAvcPwaYUEndYcvGAi5MqBZk3ADPdfEsswKnPs3_KbbpRyGM3OIWk2N37YzeK_s/s400/Halloween2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671264890496453298" border="0" /></a><br />xoxo<br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-61229758059585372332011-10-04T14:40:00.000-07:002011-10-14T17:37:37.306-07:00{Star Power}My mother and sister and I took an eventful trip to visit my sister, her husband and her new baby in Pennsylvania. Flying across the United States in storm season isn't easy. We got delayed. We got rain. We got wind. We got stuck on an airplane for 1 1/2 hours in stifled airflow. We got lightening. We got sent to the wrong airport... Uh, what!? Yes, diverted actually. Apparently, there's a thing called tornadoes. They occur east of the Rockies. Us, Seattle-lites don't get to experience those bad boys unless you fly Eastward in prime storm season. We were grateful to eventually land in Baltimore. Sad however, that our ipod, GPS system, a camera and digital recorder flew onto Boston. Recovered, however!.. we got those treasures mailed back to us after our trip. But, all completely worth it to see family and the newest addition!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RWU99INKLjtnnRBcWXuFBveFmjzl1cQm8dRiPVZ3ewcI24gU3w1aMqci4femWxxGm5zlXzEU1U2EVfA-cUs1FRIj4-QnuAQMzUb1HfSnYz-mXl3l2J2jsReOHvSjvcwPlUVE6cIALKk/s1600/airport1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RWU99INKLjtnnRBcWXuFBveFmjzl1cQm8dRiPVZ3ewcI24gU3w1aMqci4femWxxGm5zlXzEU1U2EVfA-cUs1FRIj4-QnuAQMzUb1HfSnYz-mXl3l2J2jsReOHvSjvcwPlUVE6cIALKk/s400/airport1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659756034597332066" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For your info..if you ever have a lay over in St. Louis, the tornado shelters are located <span style="font-weight: bold;">inside </span>the bathrooms.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5hJ0tYNf6nBY_W7QejKSEJcRbtKSkXQAGv_sFCm72Mzn6ZHuXWqPpbgmQl6jB4b9vWDVpQ0efHKTz1s7jusC4A3cl9ysVZOnozXmrWnbft-4e2h93rCuzoTv0F4-egNpqQQHEG8lais/s1600/photo-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5hJ0tYNf6nBY_W7QejKSEJcRbtKSkXQAGv_sFCm72Mzn6ZHuXWqPpbgmQl6jB4b9vWDVpQ0efHKTz1s7jusC4A3cl9ysVZOnozXmrWnbft-4e2h93rCuzoTv0F4-egNpqQQHEG8lais/s400/photo-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659756443894107410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Me and my beautiful sisters.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfSU9wTzTCTW5tZaoc-usV72S01hfnHoVW0s7AFvubbtevef6oXq8OuutjOsspxcwORyslDUmfhXIbHnye-oE4FWVivC2Is7IeWjSia7ivp40i53t4N_upoe5yi3V1SC-_964NSvzSn4/s1600/VaughnsBlessing-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfSU9wTzTCTW5tZaoc-usV72S01hfnHoVW0s7AFvubbtevef6oXq8OuutjOsspxcwORyslDUmfhXIbHnye-oE4FWVivC2Is7IeWjSia7ivp40i53t4N_upoe5yi3V1SC-_964NSvzSn4/s400/VaughnsBlessing-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659756797062143378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I love that this candid shot was taken. After several minutes of snapping pictures we were sweating in beautiful Penn humidity. Uh, we done yet?<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuWc0AGv3kKPWDvS0AUiP6efobQOt-DpITbjR7NTCbwem8Kbn8S-V3-2zpLVVgeBONIbrbfuKIX9vJCbXIpLBJCfMTx63JsIvh50LJqp1zGlbNjbxsmyIZhaTafwqSnS0kdF3nyuHFNw/s1600/download.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuWc0AGv3kKPWDvS0AUiP6efobQOt-DpITbjR7NTCbwem8Kbn8S-V3-2zpLVVgeBONIbrbfuKIX9vJCbXIpLBJCfMTx63JsIvh50LJqp1zGlbNjbxsmyIZhaTafwqSnS0kdF3nyuHFNw/s400/download.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659759792486081874" border="0" /></a><br />The reasons for our visit.<br />And the star of the show... Vaughn Alan Herman.<br /><br />Love you guys!<br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-69583646880219400262011-10-01T13:46:00.000-07:002011-10-14T17:36:09.498-07:00{Back Two School}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBdE-V0wQfyH8UWwL829SPPFNysquiSzAR36I-d30YL4uphv9cR5tm7Daw37EYfOjFfRZ7Rk4fzU5ySsp2YkPc73v2AEa2rCbBGqRGIkBQrhmYBb07CDTRrA6LzA6sD7V-5g3NvF4Ns4/s1600/Caleb4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBdE-V0wQfyH8UWwL829SPPFNysquiSzAR36I-d30YL4uphv9cR5tm7Daw37EYfOjFfRZ7Rk4fzU5ySsp2YkPc73v2AEa2rCbBGqRGIkBQrhmYBb07CDTRrA6LzA6sD7V-5g3NvF4Ns4/s400/Caleb4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659743789230014338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uB72JlFeQRyMTHrjAOpWDjiDEFPynPXRl9M8bthgLiPRI14-lpCwQeCuc1nQ1fGHosXnLBOfXMTPCfUQ0K9G_E_e8IR2XEm8vQYqccznGBKFh23wWTfTEDLrFn0Gp1g_wgsGIbUjHpo/s1600/Caleb3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uB72JlFeQRyMTHrjAOpWDjiDEFPynPXRl9M8bthgLiPRI14-lpCwQeCuc1nQ1fGHosXnLBOfXMTPCfUQ0K9G_E_e8IR2XEm8vQYqccznGBKFh23wWTfTEDLrFn0Gp1g_wgsGIbUjHpo/s400/Caleb3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659743789756123746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYW4VKwKBwMmHb54S7UgaitPMj8yAtEHPbmC2kTAWFgsi4PCef2aydJPRB6T6u02Mun1DZc2bFOkhJGQKk5kz0V7thYuc8IUwoIHOJQFu09WFuExNUuVtzs5eMCU4lCAzj6MM8npfXCkg/s1600/Caleb2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYW4VKwKBwMmHb54S7UgaitPMj8yAtEHPbmC2kTAWFgsi4PCef2aydJPRB6T6u02Mun1DZc2bFOkhJGQKk5kz0V7thYuc8IUwoIHOJQFu09WFuExNUuVtzs5eMCU4lCAzj6MM8npfXCkg/s400/Caleb2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659743784943097586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOtTrgXGSbSqaW1aAnPwG7C0KcXYoe9w98S_6TbgrSyEQdVGnNzHcfinfHnGF4UfOxJzEi3aBtVQ4Uu6vlw38fI3uzuQET1C-DVu_eGXlGQpKojMb6SyI_VzjWB01wCGk5TMNl5LE1Jc/s1600/Caleb1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOtTrgXGSbSqaW1aAnPwG7C0KcXYoe9w98S_6TbgrSyEQdVGnNzHcfinfHnGF4UfOxJzEi3aBtVQ4Uu6vlw38fI3uzuQET1C-DVu_eGXlGQpKojMb6SyI_VzjWB01wCGk5TMNl5LE1Jc/s400/Caleb1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659743782951384962" /></a><br />And before I knew it I have two in school. My eldest, a second grader has spunk in his step. <br /><br />My youngest (in celebration of being officially potty trained at 3 3/4 of age) we get to go big. We are in preschool. And although we don't need it, we <span style="font-weight:bold;">also</span> have to have a back pack. (wink). <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpyoUd3MbB1sTaXQR39QFm8Byv55ajO94lgLpdPVLa6uB4KFifdiUlNOYanuA037_TT2Qb6a0_-fw_kuqErgNPLGcvXKFrWiRoKK47o4D3ZYmqwry-qTEccX90JIczVQSNOx9m8-NXEk/s1600/Porters1stdayofschool.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpyoUd3MbB1sTaXQR39QFm8Byv55ajO94lgLpdPVLa6uB4KFifdiUlNOYanuA037_TT2Qb6a0_-fw_kuqErgNPLGcvXKFrWiRoKK47o4D3ZYmqwry-qTEccX90JIczVQSNOx9m8-NXEk/s400/Porters1stdayofschool.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659745627305953042" /></a><br /><br />... Despite a shiner (below left eye) and marker all over our pants, we are loving it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtzCUAk82Nt0zmdlGMa2Vt1ZkSQU6pGuQGAyq_zHWCGpEtwGquJBXSBVQn40_GtbelzYZdpQp-MG5m3jtfJb1AcV-rMat0-qHOVIItGS1-FZT0r86A6R3NCpRe1sAs7kHtXsx_NF5vaE/s1600/Porters1st.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtzCUAk82Nt0zmdlGMa2Vt1ZkSQU6pGuQGAyq_zHWCGpEtwGquJBXSBVQn40_GtbelzYZdpQp-MG5m3jtfJb1AcV-rMat0-qHOVIItGS1-FZT0r86A6R3NCpRe1sAs7kHtXsx_NF5vaE/s400/Porters1st.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659745942697422370" /></a><br /><br />xoxo<br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-70884540807834048132011-09-26T19:00:00.000-07:002011-09-27T08:25:37.511-07:00{Party Favors}I have a girlfriend who throws the most amazing birthday parties for her kids. She's a fabulous mom and knocks the word "details" out of the park, down the hill and around the corner. Seriously Jen, you are amazing!<br /><br />I was reading up on one of my favorite <a href="http://jonesdesigncompany.com/">blogs,</a> she was quick to point out a few other extremely talented individuals out there that dish up some very nice inspiration and I thought I would continue passing around that love... (Grab a Dr. Pepper, a tea, bottled water, your latte or your whatever beverage catches your fancy and prepare yourself.. you're gonna be sitt'n on your glutius maximus for awhile.)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.saraspartyperfect.com/"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.saraspartyperfect.com/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sSA9S_-7cLpRR7a5k6NuHaNRxlvF2_hk23a8TSq9GFECLpE1MgVwWrkTwG24FplOw6CbLB0lojuWG-hAO7P911AQznzI_wt6jFdPD0dzlWc_K81iIhl6CFKMXpKGXGmejMmyvGZz3DQ/s320/logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656859546476976082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://hiphiphoorayblog.com/"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hiphiphoorayblog.com/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEGQWpY3CwbM8CDHOnHqW3Ltt4s-p9BaHKFTmb1UoLxrrzgjp83A-vNNpBDKHPh3tE29BxbtVjnxwhO211i8e3vJN9wfOUGuhitQXwWz9f3lfLggWShm326_QRuwuwPxbqdMTh5fJGlI/s400/image_thumb1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656857995069091746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hostessblog.com/"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hostessblog.com/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAt7sE4YJOL-ZfEsu8nnuV08LlgS8n7RHSYpRgtfq1r_u2AJRr3ES5HPExW4rxsDWnz2EblQNs2rGQQ_Eu3H-vWXFYhoYYsVUI450iNkX3GA3zzwdE9uMas2mRsLDAoPITqbgaVaflJXw/s320/category_kids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656861537536298194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptyRnsYR4YhvJM6ha2uG8_-Xpeu-w2iZ4bDGkVFKjhGCj8BCU1ZHbfxr3kJMnJ7WDQv9U-9imiL5GiMApIAxvo7Bp2wbloj7bGchRkwtSyxooIy1VcEwya8R6hGyypM48moX4G6qCT-k/s320/the+tomkat+studio.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656862775580679458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-66877297572569784302011-09-20T16:44:00.000-07:002011-09-20T23:39:09.568-07:00{A Bunch Of Characters}Living it up at our local fair is always a much anticipated event around our house. However, this year was a bit more challenging as the age spread between the boys was evident. Caleb has become to grown up for the kiddie rides and Porter although brave enough doesn't have the inches to qualify him for the big boy ones. However, there was one thing that we could all agree on and that was the food!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUIOn6WixvOPcSsEncvFV-A63sOLlpliLThnrQn6BpuvrkNsP8m7utA3rk1vDOIMvgyJC3nhxzrxzwl7F8MnLkYpAeH5uKHbWgfU7ZR0cyqdgNJDTorlwDmbw2RGcJqoPm9YqmsRqFLU/s1600/puy5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUIOn6WixvOPcSsEncvFV-A63sOLlpliLThnrQn6BpuvrkNsP8m7utA3rk1vDOIMvgyJC3nhxzrxzwl7F8MnLkYpAeH5uKHbWgfU7ZR0cyqdgNJDTorlwDmbw2RGcJqoPm9YqmsRqFLU/s400/puy5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654587818455284178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Caleb accompanying Porter on a "baby ride"... although, it looks like your enjoying himself to me!</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qKL3RCSCP4gefhXiJ8SBwA3S6ZLoZ9Mh9v-nj7tZgfKCxhOaQihASlFSAkWbzJ9PwCvwQpDH16zziqmbEB0vxM_0vXmkuhjZgJbDL-5XR2jbd2QQG3TlYE9MeiWqGpaI6rGRhPgSV-k/s1600/puy3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qKL3RCSCP4gefhXiJ8SBwA3S6ZLoZ9Mh9v-nj7tZgfKCxhOaQihASlFSAkWbzJ9PwCvwQpDH16zziqmbEB0vxM_0vXmkuhjZgJbDL-5XR2jbd2QQG3TlYE9MeiWqGpaI6rGRhPgSV-k/s400/puy3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654588661065517842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Da-train.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRYa51FlDiGQ9lQY65s37lUfWJxJn-QJ5yZ7YEscwovwmBt54yxRMdmNttIkCPuSW2IxZVQFDBktFwxhCYZUXtcygwse24pDgsIHRQNfMN0kg4TcZgJ1Y7RmAaDCZoTOy9I7vfctqcp4/s1600/puy2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRYa51FlDiGQ9lQY65s37lUfWJxJn-QJ5yZ7YEscwovwmBt54yxRMdmNttIkCPuSW2IxZVQFDBktFwxhCYZUXtcygwse24pDgsIHRQNfMN0kg4TcZgJ1Y7RmAaDCZoTOy9I7vfctqcp4/s400/puy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654588245074105266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Matador.. the big ride of the day.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNxLPpXKRqopOqbC_qM4viHqbe-5_JDFAlMLTee4XCgBeOnivtLw8hLj8ZcxUA5NqmwDhkhwX9p7REDr__4eHbXoZTPOPv5bMHyV_94S3AZJCd69_e3xijLbklTvOh8_d6yP4B7J2kUE/s1600/puy1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNxLPpXKRqopOqbC_qM4viHqbe-5_JDFAlMLTee4XCgBeOnivtLw8hLj8ZcxUA5NqmwDhkhwX9p7REDr__4eHbXoZTPOPv5bMHyV_94S3AZJCd69_e3xijLbklTvOh8_d6yP4B7J2kUE/s400/puy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654593670652952354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Caleb wanted to try out the haunted mansion. Porter declined. Caleb went by himself and came out like this. :)</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46zObyjEncXnSATEdU2jNn2sIlO73rvk-H_OKXdc7a7FRBSwq18Tz1M_L15sMi2IAI2bJ36Lge-TFTjVMPGnTn0L01l_yCrmi3nBGqrlsNmxmb1u7mU2H7geL_6jl_KEt3cHiq82rYb4/s1600/puyallupfair1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46zObyjEncXnSATEdU2jNn2sIlO73rvk-H_OKXdc7a7FRBSwq18Tz1M_L15sMi2IAI2bJ36Lge-TFTjVMPGnTn0L01l_yCrmi3nBGqrlsNmxmb1u7mU2H7geL_6jl_KEt3cHiq82rYb4/s400/puyallupfair1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654588037055998946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Bumper Cars... Porter's mad he's not tall enough to drive.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUspVn7l5Rvmg4wzmsUaHxtjn8vPWqPhGVRu-8EeZBCnPjdxwqWp1EVvrR3Y1AeJ248I975V9yAMZwldMlZ3huMO3AGT4Mrb1Y-fR4bgHFC9_a13Y3F4aDP2HKDF8CEZHtjfjfQJr0oc/s1600/puyallup.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUspVn7l5Rvmg4wzmsUaHxtjn8vPWqPhGVRu-8EeZBCnPjdxwqWp1EVvrR3Y1AeJ248I975V9yAMZwldMlZ3huMO3AGT4Mrb1Y-fR4bgHFC9_a13Y3F4aDP2HKDF8CEZHtjfjfQJr0oc/s400/puyallup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654587919997531106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Porter's mad again but this time it's because we are leaving. Perhaps that's a</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> true sign of a fabulous time! </span><br /></div><br />Goodnight, Fair!<br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-17109646662124891032011-08-08T12:32:00.000-07:002011-08-08T12:41:05.004-07:00{Water You Doing?}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZheYdivzw8XmHE-8PwTsud3W3D74lqRKDQxm0yJIs9841DBrEEbP_AuFufHTjaGJu8WF18193Y1jGojFjgrTo_NI7DId-fop-BhJcifaiSAc1jUsuMTgA-TewyCokaowu6nMPiddKyEc/s1600/285006_2321822245578_1250223733_2814892_3632674_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZheYdivzw8XmHE-8PwTsud3W3D74lqRKDQxm0yJIs9841DBrEEbP_AuFufHTjaGJu8WF18193Y1jGojFjgrTo_NI7DId-fop-BhJcifaiSAc1jUsuMTgA-TewyCokaowu6nMPiddKyEc/s400/285006_2321822245578_1250223733_2814892_3632674_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638571618216248866" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-22847095597458304532011-08-06T09:44:00.000-07:002011-08-06T10:15:26.903-07:00{Weather Outperforms Cartoons}We've had major family changes this past year. And despite it all, Caleb has had a terrific 1st year of school. A typical morning before school would include waking up, going downstairs, asking for a bowl of cereal and then ask for today's newspaper. While chomping and chewing sugar coated Froot Loops or Lucky Charms, Caleb would read, analyze and critique Seattle's Chief Meteorologist's weather synopsis for the week. He would let us know where we could expect thunder and lightening storms, tornadoes and snow blizzards. He learned words like mostly, partly, precipitation, mph, high/low pressure and El Nino. And upon entering class, his 1st grade teacher would get a short weather report for the day.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Jeff Renner's biggest fan.<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiASJwJIYLHilhLvCnF1m-NYWuA_VVxpghC51ke1kGXoDjclwt1lpmCXp8WGh-wYFz9YFpjSNlq5G66VZPelb3dwBoJiZI9vH-jGV487U0mW1ZFPrv4oF89DJJQ8e-rZACZfIRMH7iWpQ/s1600/P6170140.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiASJwJIYLHilhLvCnF1m-NYWuA_VVxpghC51ke1kGXoDjclwt1lpmCXp8WGh-wYFz9YFpjSNlq5G66VZPelb3dwBoJiZI9vH-jGV487U0mW1ZFPrv4oF89DJJQ8e-rZACZfIRMH7iWpQ/s400/P6170140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637785448904754578" border="0" /></a><br />Caleb was sick one day and stayed home from school so I tucked him on the couch and asked him which cartoon he'd like to watch. I don't want any cartoons, Mom. Can you turn it to the weather channel?<br /><br />You are one of a kind, sweetheart.<br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-54782188438405232252011-08-04T22:17:00.000-07:002011-08-04T22:25:16.987-07:00{Chuckle}The boys and I were in the car this evening when Caleb gasps the following-<br /><br />"Mom! You must have spent a lot of money on my flip flops."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Me:</span> "What do you mean, bud?"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Caleb:</span> "My flip flops. They must be expensive. It says they were made in China."<br /><br />I love you buddy. <br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view¤t=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-17907028845608850032011-06-03T14:07:00.000-07:002011-06-11T10:35:34.663-07:00{You Are My Sunshine}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31AEunpAu_B78WnR2O1_jCK5Onz5KhXPmB8D8f25RvdnSr14PNBGj40Ap_xzzRmoOtiBgp36ygfsc9BYErJX_alffHBSsSX4GlnEYG_YMbDY0rY_kT6vTBayKK1nQXWxUfn-8O_q9CUc/s1600/P6030141.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31AEunpAu_B78WnR2O1_jCK5Onz5KhXPmB8D8f25RvdnSr14PNBGj40Ap_xzzRmoOtiBgp36ygfsc9BYErJX_alffHBSsSX4GlnEYG_YMbDY0rY_kT6vTBayKK1nQXWxUfn-8O_q9CUc/s400/P6030141.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614921290015068226" border="0" /></a>Today I had the privilege of hanging out with this little man. We were sun bums eating watermelon and exchanging knock-knock jokes. It was a sweet and surreal few hours in which I had the privilege of soaking up every word, every face, every exchange. Here's to living in the moment. And here's to a wonderful summer's bucket list.<br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-75975931449421355222011-05-21T09:35:00.000-07:002011-06-03T21:01:11.015-07:00{Somebody Got Older, Dirty & A New Name}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgQX4bQFX2Qw3tT_dgA9IgaYOhJ3REo7cCdDgnONihsrA8inbb3upMQ9AtFUY7DhgMMWm27PaKqLj3R1ySYIrIGHuHudPNwhUSdR19mYYqWy5-pQYTnx_z_vphvcZ6pt3CVwD2HfWpfw/s1600/P5210135.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgQX4bQFX2Qw3tT_dgA9IgaYOhJ3REo7cCdDgnONihsrA8inbb3upMQ9AtFUY7DhgMMWm27PaKqLj3R1ySYIrIGHuHudPNwhUSdR19mYYqWy5-pQYTnx_z_vphvcZ6pt3CVwD2HfWpfw/s400/P5210135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612929012088377186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iqXxk7ieYFnYCBCrwX7gU2t1RxA3233QMUEvTV0jiBysE0xX0CVe00FHyhMB3X8-OfoxSGa5-t6pgkm8IUNAE-SYaTQkFmd1xgjds3E1w3MRden23h8pbz87_Jmu9wxAb6a70IERq3I/s1600/P5210137.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iqXxk7ieYFnYCBCrwX7gU2t1RxA3233QMUEvTV0jiBysE0xX0CVe00FHyhMB3X8-OfoxSGa5-t6pgkm8IUNAE-SYaTQkFmd1xgjds3E1w3MRden23h8pbz87_Jmu9wxAb6a70IERq3I/s400/P5210137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612929019645623602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We celebrated Porter's Birthday with a race, swimming and a party at Chuck E. Cheese's. Porter has been excited to turn four for a very long time. This magic age of four symbolizes big upgrades to his little life. Like getting a full size Flinstone vitamin like his brother instead of mom biting his in half. Turning four means getting to sit in a booster seat like big brother and saying good-bye to a clunky baby 5 strap harness. Turning four means going to school and wearing a back pack just like big brother. (Sigh.) All things Porter has been excited to do/get when he turns four fingers. Happy Birthday, Big Boy! :)<br /><br />Dad entered his first running race and took 3rd place! He rocked it and ran his guts out! To his dismay, his bib number goes down in the forever Google race results as Coral Coon by mistake. (Which got me thinking..is Coral Coon a real name?) Go, Coral!...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">{Getting Ready}<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHc7XhW_8iyuFUW2s2HjEpGP8TYIIrdBfYq_HHzYWL7ICXcY5npSChQRuGaZ5lusRSLATj22dxbyEcHXx43Xr4eLSmmZN79a0-iUtDIR0QheVFaWN526xtHg1WWPVhbjDUyrBjUulyDqg/s1600/P5200114.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHc7XhW_8iyuFUW2s2HjEpGP8TYIIrdBfYq_HHzYWL7ICXcY5npSChQRuGaZ5lusRSLATj22dxbyEcHXx43Xr4eLSmmZN79a0-iUtDIR0QheVFaWN526xtHg1WWPVhbjDUyrBjUulyDqg/s400/P5200114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612928091592251202" border="0" /></a>{Waiting to see Dad}<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQPNcOJr2HLQSJRZ8F8vdqaRjR0HriY_BWJKtXwerUY_fw2dv82GoTU4v0QRcB6Hi4193Kup2qXcITAWpKdJk-J27BeIRUoRoD_e2NxIwQ9C0aztOCSkooMBoCyt-wS6imCAvskk4fCI/s1600/P5200118.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQPNcOJr2HLQSJRZ8F8vdqaRjR0HriY_BWJKtXwerUY_fw2dv82GoTU4v0QRcB6Hi4193Kup2qXcITAWpKdJk-J27BeIRUoRoD_e2NxIwQ9C0aztOCSkooMBoCyt-wS6imCAvskk4fCI/s400/P5200118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612935351534982882" border="0" /></a><br />{On the course}<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6j5Nw0jMlcQSWNF4baPAVJPVobuChLEH7NaaaJFfEgV7R3quygqUihYkXR0oxbX7XTdJV_00CtnIeG5jaxyg0o3nIK9XFNVf94mWA4LKN7QohgMcht05ni6eBHOYgWH5K3r2zIqvG7G4/s1600/P5200121.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6j5Nw0jMlcQSWNF4baPAVJPVobuChLEH7NaaaJFfEgV7R3quygqUihYkXR0oxbX7XTdJV_00CtnIeG5jaxyg0o3nIK9XFNVf94mWA4LKN7QohgMcht05ni6eBHOYgWH5K3r2zIqvG7G4/s400/P5200121.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612930525449474978" border="0" /></a>{and running happy}<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-Tm3hzZv9oqRCMcZmyiYMmFOh91pjzySe6QDyx6aJ1NM3Arm1eDufoUPeECPOFIxBhNHCQSHVZQqpKwmg1tWzeoXOwSfgcmxX0o8I2FOPiMpaR4mg_7OXN3k-3_3AEBcEXTQ7RamIIo/s1600/P5200122.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-Tm3hzZv9oqRCMcZmyiYMmFOh91pjzySe6QDyx6aJ1NM3Arm1eDufoUPeECPOFIxBhNHCQSHVZQqpKwmg1tWzeoXOwSfgcmxX0o8I2FOPiMpaR4mg_7OXN3k-3_3AEBcEXTQ7RamIIo/s400/P5200122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612930977242119106" border="0" /></a><br />{and gett'n dirty}<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGOG3fbnLMABEUjz7z_sH7zfePLa3-48tBYv-760hpslX9_aGP3l15gm2PrLlCOCaSrtzvKkEBJ4Np1upHAQ19rrDDjJUwLlkHloQDGbtJrBlPhZAI7t0EIZ43GcV1FjC498zWZLXHgw/s1600/P5200126.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGOG3fbnLMABEUjz7z_sH7zfePLa3-48tBYv-760hpslX9_aGP3l15gm2PrLlCOCaSrtzvKkEBJ4Np1upHAQ19rrDDjJUwLlkHloQDGbtJrBlPhZAI7t0EIZ43GcV1FjC498zWZLXHgw/s400/P5200126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612931669246296930" border="0" /></a><br />{Fabulous race time, Dad!}<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQlmaZoRrnDQ1hpaRJQgx7BsYPxhcFO3YDUPuK_WQFA6I0QlgekrfMN95t0NUbfcm9cEe3Wh5XjrOKs_vRoqi5Mv7kDz37Q90ShBI1eyDPkgbvHvH458KFXXBdy30WvUaqy_65ZEhJUc/s1600/P5200128.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQlmaZoRrnDQ1hpaRJQgx7BsYPxhcFO3YDUPuK_WQFA6I0QlgekrfMN95t0NUbfcm9cEe3Wh5XjrOKs_vRoqi5Mv7kDz37Q90ShBI1eyDPkgbvHvH458KFXXBdy30WvUaqy_65ZEhJUc/s400/P5200128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612932361216574322" border="0" /></a>... I mean, Coral. (wink)<br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-36693629844499059222011-05-19T16:15:00.000-07:002011-05-31T10:32:47.231-07:00{I Have An Extra $36.00 In My Pocket}Well, we made it. We did it. It was no small feet. But we are done. We are official...(well until Mr. & Mrs. Holmes require Depends) this Holmes family is diaper/ pull up free. Can I get a Hallelujah?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAc3Zr1Wjy5dwETgeYVWGK4hGEvlsAyQulw7wEVQHBaMgcjU9Shbv3IIpvD9_32XiWgKQlZLQ2-rku1lnPy7_B8wDuUkmH7aUhiFUuuuhKgSfTN_VPx3pqi6V2hIU-rXBWX-1BI9Mxos/s1600/photo+4.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAc3Zr1Wjy5dwETgeYVWGK4hGEvlsAyQulw7wEVQHBaMgcjU9Shbv3IIpvD9_32XiWgKQlZLQ2-rku1lnPy7_B8wDuUkmH7aUhiFUuuuhKgSfTN_VPx3pqi6V2hIU-rXBWX-1BI9Mxos/s400/photo+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611166203870206210" border="0" /></a>Two days before Porter's 4th birthday, he gave US the best un-birthday present ever!<br />Hand shake, high five, tator, chest pump.<br />Boy, you are rock'n it in your "pocket" undies. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-88245261875892835162011-05-13T17:17:00.000-07:002011-05-14T17:26:47.135-07:00{Float Your Boat}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNHbd111RyukJbqY5r-deybrDS9Bh-WwLgi34K6scsTDHuMe8sWR4AB1Kj8Kc-qetUCiBFen3QYd_QUncQOELrE9_qV1moOt69zamXMyN7Bl9ZxBGI3aESqdszpkIIG1V1TVg6q3C9wY/s1600/IMG_1870.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNHbd111RyukJbqY5r-deybrDS9Bh-WwLgi34K6scsTDHuMe8sWR4AB1Kj8Kc-qetUCiBFen3QYd_QUncQOELrE9_qV1moOt69zamXMyN7Bl9ZxBGI3aESqdszpkIIG1V1TVg6q3C9wY/s400/IMG_1870.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606731512828241346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygf2BTFTQeUlcP6tItnZTAbGmV2vmNxjEoeg0C0jg8qRsMQ9RUFoKOjBQBGqaVXIzvU9cltlsqoCPM4SPS95ykZm4m-SWomM4FzwjK_dOCDKn_y4eo9ipHv6ymJYC4myAM6oGLH0lZsA/s1600/IMG_1862.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygf2BTFTQeUlcP6tItnZTAbGmV2vmNxjEoeg0C0jg8qRsMQ9RUFoKOjBQBGqaVXIzvU9cltlsqoCPM4SPS95ykZm4m-SWomM4FzwjK_dOCDKn_y4eo9ipHv6ymJYC4myAM6oGLH0lZsA/s400/IMG_1862.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606731509781509970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OHm2mSCep931dco9nkQ-RU7WDth2bPqaDZhpA41T1JQRVGp4NdU1pHTSVoeGTas4g1Qycad8blkglGmk-6TNu4kwEuvfifjn1b5HeaWeKDZG_YaJ0rY1EQaCNJ90bBd7tyq33CCqs_A/s1600/IMG_1830.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OHm2mSCep931dco9nkQ-RU7WDth2bPqaDZhpA41T1JQRVGp4NdU1pHTSVoeGTas4g1Qycad8blkglGmk-6TNu4kwEuvfifjn1b5HeaWeKDZG_YaJ0rY1EQaCNJ90bBd7tyq33CCqs_A/s400/IMG_1830.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606731506072504146" /></a><br />I love living in the Pacific Northwest. I really do. And although we get our share of rain and our share of cloudy days.. I still love it. I love running in our weather. I love the greenness and the beautiful scenery. <br /><br />Boat season just started. Kids are counting down the days until school is out. Watermelon and corn on the cob are in full force at the grocery store... which means summer is around the corner. And it's getting me all smiley. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-47427973556106707252011-05-08T22:46:00.000-07:002011-05-09T16:47:21.490-07:00{Mother's Day}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLFEFwZOTkdFH2tIf3yLf1qg7wj0s1FByZ3jNM3ZneDfBDPwVqDs030DkYoqOmSRcrQowcaZPEAteB8pLBnYL5FBvDbNtChaXz052N9fC-DaYhPKvzsqAgFvT3FpkxS_jioTOTuV7zT4/s1600/P5080116.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLFEFwZOTkdFH2tIf3yLf1qg7wj0s1FByZ3jNM3ZneDfBDPwVqDs030DkYoqOmSRcrQowcaZPEAteB8pLBnYL5FBvDbNtChaXz052N9fC-DaYhPKvzsqAgFvT3FpkxS_jioTOTuV7zT4/s400/P5080116.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604805409528863986" border="0" /></a><br />This past week has been filled with events that have helped me realize my true simple blessings. I'm so lucky to have a wonderful mother and equally lucky to be a mother to these fun-loving, personality plus little tycoons that have so much unlimited potential .<br /><br />I love being your mom.<br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-61697192332989357002011-05-02T16:15:00.000-07:002011-05-03T12:08:46.843-07:00{Jump'n Super Mario}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUWdGza2vccKnmQJpP_zJfQ8OO-nVUD0pC2vQPZwEAaz5gnqu0uBtR4CLsmnyQQfogXlWMWy4-YRHk9AeV5MBjuDYd_Dd7d-CbQMp536AXgu6j1ykDJexfe3CHQkqUq-yHvy80hIa4mk/s1600/P4290109.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUWdGza2vccKnmQJpP_zJfQ8OO-nVUD0pC2vQPZwEAaz5gnqu0uBtR4CLsmnyQQfogXlWMWy4-YRHk9AeV5MBjuDYd_Dd7d-CbQMp536AXgu6j1ykDJexfe3CHQkqUq-yHvy80hIa4mk/s400/P4290109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602342644164152050" border="0" /></a><br />There's a first for everything. I'd like to announce to the world that Porter is potty trained, ... but that first has not arrived and frankly if I'm being honest, I'd like to swear.<br /><br />No, this is not what the post is actually about. But after attending a birthday party this weekend for one of Porter's friends, and being surrounded by children who do use the potty, I'm reminded again that perhaps my son could possibly hold the world's record for being the oldest child to wear a pull up.<br /><br />We have exactly 19 days before Porter turns four. 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We had an absolute blast!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUv3uAG-sbN1rViO2tq-eGKbc9xmDgeeZSs1rn40jO_TwYX2ruNSE7Y0GKIB36afKZzrUp6sM0CSoWZ61Al-mXwPQbxkbJeljnJN1bwkE2g-CUrVyia99VVdU2ay0ewurIdYvay-Kw9xE/s1600/206988_10150102780078039_698933038_5497141_2308261_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUv3uAG-sbN1rViO2tq-eGKbc9xmDgeeZSs1rn40jO_TwYX2ruNSE7Y0GKIB36afKZzrUp6sM0CSoWZ61Al-mXwPQbxkbJeljnJN1bwkE2g-CUrVyia99VVdU2ay0ewurIdYvay-Kw9xE/s400/206988_10150102780078039_698933038_5497141_2308261_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598502292124137746" border="0" /></a>{Loading up on pre-race pasta!}<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwxz31aG5eO5PSzrJVXBUQkmoVYynhxYNwW_WV8gTw_Ki86jAheB1mN1kjzlPy5NFlbnMPxtoatL6iwf3uOZJG5KQTDwzxN7ZaFAkdiW1Z6WWK_6_F_WKrRxIlS8pU6N45TXqKmZG_hk/s1600/216886_10150102780343039_698933038_5497145_7588838_n-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwxz31aG5eO5PSzrJVXBUQkmoVYynhxYNwW_WV8gTw_Ki86jAheB1mN1kjzlPy5NFlbnMPxtoatL6iwf3uOZJG5KQTDwzxN7ZaFAkdiW1Z6WWK_6_F_WKrRxIlS8pU6N45TXqKmZG_hk/s400/216886_10150102780343039_698933038_5497145_7588838_n-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598504198416938034" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjj-ghT3tcpOebwBhyphenhyphenoY0pI8Zty59LYeFHPE7doQIuDoLnMIPAa_3hyphenhyphentxo7Csybe6vh9HsqggL61yIYH5LJI8cEOq6tJ1VSgofKJ4R_2utInySd7nBpiVYzfhxy6TvMriJiGDgfADfZU/s1600/216362_1983320184901_1300119483_32350152_2696369_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjj-ghT3tcpOebwBhyphenhyphenoY0pI8Zty59LYeFHPE7doQIuDoLnMIPAa_3hyphenhyphentxo7Csybe6vh9HsqggL61yIYH5LJI8cEOq6tJ1VSgofKJ4R_2utInySd7nBpiVYzfhxy6TvMriJiGDgfADfZU/s400/216362_1983320184901_1300119483_32350152_2696369_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598504570213410002" border="0" /></a>{Our bellies are officially stuffed. It's hang out time & sign planning for Anna's 10th marathon celebration!}<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwNg7YWV-MJh7v7f6kCMWXOYlV-Y2YUIulUF0lGng17LQgCHZwPT-euJP1tz6ru2Oni7chvNZSevcEd17Tkq-0DIqkBZwQedXMVr-IlvULfKs-VNTSbx51iSu9vIrbVTTVm_HgttuMuI/s1600/215630_1983322624962_1300119483_32350158_2728360_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwNg7YWV-MJh7v7f6kCMWXOYlV-Y2YUIulUF0lGng17LQgCHZwPT-euJP1tz6ru2Oni7chvNZSevcEd17Tkq-0DIqkBZwQedXMVr-IlvULfKs-VNTSbx51iSu9vIrbVTTVm_HgttuMuI/s400/215630_1983322624962_1300119483_32350158_2728360_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598504571420510898" border="0" /></a>{Race day- Tiffany hitt'n it}<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBDCghQeBGXlng4dApLFG-PYxBImj6jEWYjBSc_3S8r3QUAXDWyL6gYbFE-yJEEIFA2Q7lwmAnZS0ZxNEyxbIwgcNQJ7Ok5DCasEbqpKrwFjppAfOChPdlqQEVz7n_riufUB8M83VSYg/s1600/205601_10150102782428039_698933038_5497201_2728291_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBDCghQeBGXlng4dApLFG-PYxBImj6jEWYjBSc_3S8r3QUAXDWyL6gYbFE-yJEEIFA2Q7lwmAnZS0ZxNEyxbIwgcNQJ7Ok5DCasEbqpKrwFjppAfOChPdlqQEVz7n_riufUB8M83VSYg/s400/205601_10150102782428039_698933038_5497201_2728291_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598506080086678658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">{The entire group}<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYSPIyC3ps8Pdq_3jBqugazBL_b5AegxITqtndC5I88PK_gmtlsQ0yNx20FtspMoI6iFUHniziVQ2Jos5h9VvCf2fuvNUziXvvQVfVfmr3RFOxfffRUtiSSXfgcFU6En0zgSySfXbUHE/s1600/208275_10150102781538039_698933038_5497172_4243662_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYSPIyC3ps8Pdq_3jBqugazBL_b5AegxITqtndC5I88PK_gmtlsQ0yNx20FtspMoI6iFUHniziVQ2Jos5h9VvCf2fuvNUziXvvQVfVfmr3RFOxfffRUtiSSXfgcFU6En0zgSySfXbUHE/s400/208275_10150102781538039_698933038_5497172_4243662_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598506087529378818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Love you girls!<br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-17228449055420080722011-04-21T16:27:00.001-07:002011-04-22T13:45:23.722-07:00{To The T}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2ORRiy1ewB0s8Rjs11yn7XLDL-FTea-vlGXP-W6IEvdaexytKKnUFn7ZfCWzEhudVdaMX8KuTeF9lLrvbMLfFeh2lcfzYiDiTZHH_2wcHBWLnpj4INE3C6AI7inWmjXsgrHX6GLIfR4/s1600/1000035-04-04-04-00_lg.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2ORRiy1ewB0s8Rjs11yn7XLDL-FTea-vlGXP-W6IEvdaexytKKnUFn7ZfCWzEhudVdaMX8KuTeF9lLrvbMLfFeh2lcfzYiDiTZHH_2wcHBWLnpj4INE3C6AI7inWmjXsgrHX6GLIfR4/s400/1000035-04-04-04-00_lg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598182596707501698" border="0" /></a><br />Caleb and I both had dentist appointments this afternoon. After we were done, we went and got slurpies to celebrate our cavity free teeth before heading back onto the freeway.<br /><br />Half way through our drive home Caleb is still slurping away and says, "Mom, don't worry I'm hiding."<br /><br />Totally puzzled I asked, "Why are you hiding?"<br /><br />Caleb says, "Because that bill board back there said we can't drink and drive."<br /><br />Thanks for making my day. I love you, buddy. :)<br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-36341210741779692212011-03-16T13:14:00.000-07:002011-03-17T12:19:59.812-07:00{A Birthday Surprise}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilut__SBis2-RlEF4SY7q0ClHJmE2WfkMxBocJxz1XATFIrMZ0L5QPsTpElAbPnmm4zSw2tKYjZ_jnTVJQoyzAhjPpbhutTw0zGmamvGRyw2czg-eapgp9dm1Gm9JY13sFfmTYeYI9HTc/s1600/P3160012.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilut__SBis2-RlEF4SY7q0ClHJmE2WfkMxBocJxz1XATFIrMZ0L5QPsTpElAbPnmm4zSw2tKYjZ_jnTVJQoyzAhjPpbhutTw0zGmamvGRyw2czg-eapgp9dm1Gm9JY13sFfmTYeYI9HTc/s400/P3160012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584777934349975282" border="0" /></a><br />My sweet eldest turned seven this month. Where in the world does the time go? For months leading up to his birthday, he was determined to have his big day at a local family fun center called, Charlie Safari. When anyone asked what he was doing for his birthday, that was it. And he was excited.<br /><br />Since Caleb's birthday landed on a week day we told him that we'd pick him up after school and go straight from there. But we are mean parents. And instead of doing what he wanted to do... we planned something a little bigger and crossed our fingers that our focused son wouldn't be too upset.<br /><br />Here's Caleb as we passed by his school in the morning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzF65q_YPyQ21tK1kGkb1_EGlysZEL776NrFU6ivryZuoGWTbEMolz7eJW_w4vyNdQ7tQjV7PxfXcwjftw6V-zbVvhXRIgKTaaCmg0rKkybdNweTGFvG_rLBUq6KbCw_I3Sik-z2eSnko/s1600/P3070117.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzF65q_YPyQ21tK1kGkb1_EGlysZEL776NrFU6ivryZuoGWTbEMolz7eJW_w4vyNdQ7tQjV7PxfXcwjftw6V-zbVvhXRIgKTaaCmg0rKkybdNweTGFvG_rLBUq6KbCw_I3Sik-z2eSnko/s400/P3070117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584780311584784770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's Caleb when we tell him he doesn't have to go to school today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLJ5fp-F_83RxaDCL_y9vDBl_T9lYqyEv11wbc1PteOFFEB__csiLX4rORBXOGfBkzIs_Z9VJ2LjYUj6NtETlJXJvDpf1dU2toQ_034pmiqS3EJ9-Rc1mDLVXDTe9jA0LX9GIQ1R0xrs/s1600/P3070119.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLJ5fp-F_83RxaDCL_y9vDBl_T9lYqyEv11wbc1PteOFFEB__csiLX4rORBXOGfBkzIs_Z9VJ2LjYUj6NtETlJXJvDpf1dU2toQ_034pmiqS3EJ9-Rc1mDLVXDTe9jA0LX9GIQ1R0xrs/s400/P3070119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584780982067005602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's Caleb when he asks if we are going to Charlie Safari right now!?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JdiJjsw628o6hHwsuKVdsHQX7DbeparrvGKUp1MeiR70fWcnNzcv8UHSZUp_h3eLFcOIpmbWurhHLUa_YDNaKBLLybzXXMfzJvcbLC_3jNiGBIk07VSAf9XJrpqLVIJWX13o-CCGpzA/s1600/P3070123.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JdiJjsw628o6hHwsuKVdsHQX7DbeparrvGKUp1MeiR70fWcnNzcv8UHSZUp_h3eLFcOIpmbWurhHLUa_YDNaKBLLybzXXMfzJvcbLC_3jNiGBIk07VSAf9XJrpqLVIJWX13o-CCGpzA/s400/P3070123.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584781459123661762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here's Caleb when he finds out we aren't going to Charlie Safari, but somewhere even better...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-KoPTM6YaCA_-cBZFTAY4QGGDznWRvZSbIr7DPKAVau1CX_DN2dw12NamzmkfleaXyj0zLQAp-YivKXhIGPrIq_OskKqV_W1O5BWT_O7lV1w7obDUHfS6uHjPgWWN39H7Beeq7BxvY0/s1600/P3070126.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-KoPTM6YaCA_-cBZFTAY4QGGDznWRvZSbIr7DPKAVau1CX_DN2dw12NamzmkfleaXyj0zLQAp-YivKXhIGPrIq_OskKqV_W1O5BWT_O7lV1w7obDUHfS6uHjPgWWN39H7Beeq7BxvY0/s400/P3070126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584781868562790498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />... somewhere even better sounds fun, eh? Oh man was that an ugly cry. For a brief minute, I thought what have we done?<br /><br />We planned an overnight trip to <a href="http://www.greatwolf.com">The Great Wolf Lodge</a>, an indoor waterpark resort. It took my husband and I twenty minutes of our car ride to console Caleb and convince him that where we were headed, he was going to forget all about Charlie Safari. We get to stay in a hotel for heavens sake. :)<br /><br />Here are a few pictures from our very fun birthday surprise.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp-fhxSNrudOL3izmaBmast9i9PVt1M9aCFnqlOH7XzZFTc4TNE4PcZGQVNqcb7zSty3FCSxiWN4oDpscZI8pY7hR0TLf45DtZNGY4G_sco5SPtVnePZ1_kehwoeBs_5FZm5YlQkCAxjM/s1600/P3080156.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp-fhxSNrudOL3izmaBmast9i9PVt1M9aCFnqlOH7XzZFTc4TNE4PcZGQVNqcb7zSty3FCSxiWN4oDpscZI8pY7hR0TLf45DtZNGY4G_sco5SPtVnePZ1_kehwoeBs_5FZm5YlQkCAxjM/s400/P3080156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584783906563736690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghp7xOPnPmRarTVxasE-yGLisG4q3mLWvCqHKjC6tZbzb-j8C2vGeJvbpWM7iEH8dgVem9V3BG0v7AkYCtRppRaW9kQ805nUICtWrX21ydyEktSukPbezyhcFMAUz6Sjjh_1Y9fVvF7Mc/s1600/P3080142.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXRVA2dwWccJ86TJRs8T7q8m_nBCnMaTppRVDkbYcH_m7MZudhjCnT_36YY01poS6A_ZVTnwUHgsdZEvLvxlwiehbRY2FL1svHyglZVUiLBCh4D1px1R3fJgyTrMEFOv5AI6pXIokIos/s400/P3080139.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584785134541123122" /></a><br /><br />Happy Birthday, sweetheart.<br />I love you...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-81189661469835161552011-03-14T19:20:00.000-07:002011-03-14T19:31:34.507-07:00{First Dentist Appointment}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPDzqFOCrn8N8x02xy6JrW8lyUxDf3j5-EzYtiqRxRjUbswt2vn4_87CNc1TDHTpnjH_k57A5THCOUkMEMOpCAK3nDH8B0bKMFIMbjm7hLKXLe4ItBaHUAZFJ83GSWt6tFjk7GSb6hmM/s1600/P9210506.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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So thrilled, I'm dreaming in Gray. Love his tone!:)<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e-PdVjB3bcg?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-45806162155416862502011-02-18T08:05:00.000-08:002011-02-18T09:47:35.968-08:00{The Reptile Man}<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzLFstjYmlGpMh9d-XFfcUSbC0mOKS8IKWT2Gdo8mU5X4-havX044r9-ETAjshWPtPfMVetopoGpHfpA8k7VZN-8xpaeR4SOTnO1v5cdqfv4v9bTESE8gJpkN68vPO_dDHAtVG1ASA3I/s1600/ReptileMan1B%2526W.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzLFstjYmlGpMh9d-XFfcUSbC0mOKS8IKWT2Gdo8mU5X4-havX044r9-ETAjshWPtPfMVetopoGpHfpA8k7VZN-8xpaeR4SOTnO1v5cdqfv4v9bTESE8gJpkN68vPO_dDHAtVG1ASA3I/s400/ReptileMan1B%2526W.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575086109567455986" border="0" /></a>The Reptile Man came to Caleb's school yesterday. We were introduced to several pythons and vipers, a mamba, a pretty tame turtle, a monkey lizard and oh, this guy.. a baby alligator. Fabulous!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJU2RV6gBEUf1A3vUrWY3azJqIiq7pxpjziiGNVF3x3a2oMXsN17pMurYIk2Y8oA68R4D01VQsgRJlP0uU63xX3muElwfFcxx5nPgEBJL4FDm6p8J5S11k_UU73-Mdmm-GH4XuU6RlOz4/s1600/Reptiles1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJU2RV6gBEUf1A3vUrWY3azJqIiq7pxpjziiGNVF3x3a2oMXsN17pMurYIk2Y8oA68R4D01VQsgRJlP0uU63xX3muElwfFcxx5nPgEBJL4FDm6p8J5S11k_UU73-Mdmm-GH4XuU6RlOz4/s400/Reptiles1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575085916256340114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271381534556758488.post-75063471163342848152011-02-14T21:05:00.000-08:002011-02-14T21:48:12.158-08:00{What Is Ragnar?}Picture this. Running a relay race through the Seattle area, starting near the border of Canada and winding south, all the way down to Whidbey Island. This race pushes you and 11 friends, day and night, through 187 miles of stunning Washington scenery. Starting in the seaside town of Blaine, teams head south through farm country, along the coast and ultimately crossing over Deception Pass. The race (and your stamina) wraps up on the southern tip of Whidbey Island.<br /><br />That's the Northwest Passage.<br /><br />How do you cover 187 miles? Only one runner hits the road at a time. The rest of your teammates are on support duty in your race vehicles. Oh and am I going to get a lot of support. My teammates are wild, crazy and just plain old fun. And although I voted for the team name, Runnin' Like We Stole Somethin'.... in the end, majority ruled and said Pimp My Stride.<br /><br />So... Pimp My Stride it is.<br /><br />And I'm absolutely looking forward to it-<br /><br /><a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd256/holmesfamilyblog/sig.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Outnumbered Three To Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632770179251530811noreply@blogger.com2