tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76121390919449520572024-02-07T02:10:24.130-08:00The Young Family adventuresThe adventures of the Young familyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-32613477960695453942019-04-02T01:59:00.001-07:002019-04-02T01:59:41.220-07:00Pictures from Laos https://photos.app.goo.gl/je3wr8qpgfWg6RDQAAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-68236721413307657642019-03-30T09:30:00.000-07:002019-03-30T09:30:04.469-07:00Update from new visa trip to Laos<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter">
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Glad to be back at "Home!"</h1>
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WE TRAVELED BY PLANE to Udon Thani, BY BUS to Mukdahan, and Savannakhet, LAOS...<br />
BY FOOT, TUK TUK AND VAN back and forth in Laos from hotel to Thai Embassy, AND BACK AGAIN!<br />
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After six days, it felt like more than enough "exploring" and we were glad to go home to Chiang Mai.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Park in Savannakhet, Laos. Faithful started a fever</span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Our Visa Travels to Laos and Eastern Thailand</span></h4>
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Family witness meeting in Laos</h3>
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We had a surprise opportunity one night at dinner in Savannakhet, Laos. We shared dinner with the family at an outdoor restaurant!<br />
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<a href="https://youngsadventures.blogspot.com/2019/03/visit-in-savannakhet-laos.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Visit to Laos and family we shared dinner with">Keep Reading</a><br />
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I may be able to write this up and send it to those on the "Frequent Updates" list. (See end of email for Manage Preferences to see which lists you are subscribed to.)</div>
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CURRENTLY, we are awaiting the WORK PERMIT required to get a long-term visa, used for working or volunteering. The school folks informed me that I also will await the Ministry of Education approving my TEACHING LICENSE. On the one hand, they say it shouldn't be a problem. On the other, the administrators decided not to schedule me into the teaching schedule until they have both of these documents. We understand this partly as part of Thailand life - if its not in your hand, it may not happen.<br />
But as we are seeking to rent a house, it sounds unsure that we'll even have the job!<br />
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There's nothing we can do about the paperwork, except pray. As we see it, God can open or close this door according to His will.<br />
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Thanks for praying with us about the paperwork and housing. We may not sign a lease until we have some confirmation about the work in Chiang Mai.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-23503706596157215912019-01-18T16:50:00.001-08:002019-01-18T16:50:17.964-08:00Homeschooling <p dir="ltr">Jeff works with Berean on learning to read. You can see our front yard here. </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-69449970136045364102019-01-10T22:29:00.001-08:002019-01-18T16:57:07.342-08:00Little Girl Birthday <p dir="ltr">We made doughnuts for Faithful's 🎂. I don't have an oven so this was a dessert I could make on the stove top. I made a fruit glaze do it s some, and Jeff got chocolate sauce. Everyone was delighted! </p>
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<p dir="ltr">Passing through Security went just fine, and we ate lunch from sandwich and snack bags before we boarded the plane.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As we got on the plane we noticed there were many empty seats. A huge provision from God was that faithful had her own seat on the 13 our flight! Wow! Looking back I really don't know how we would have actually survived such a long flight with her on my lap.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The seats were bigger than the domestic flights we were used to. All the chairs had their own TV screens. It had movies, TV, Etc. The neat part for us was the little games they could play; Samantha spent her time helping the boys figure out different children games like memory, matching, and popping balloons. With little access to this kind of play in our regular life, this provided hours of help on the long flight.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And the food! I thought we would get one meal. I packed a whole carry on bag full of food thinking that we would be hungry. But shortly into the flight they fed us a meal, a few hours later a tuna sandwich, and then another meal 2 hours before landing. Jubilee sadly felt nauseous on the descent into the first stop in China, and finally vomited. We were glad for our flight <u>was</u> so smooth otherwise. Thank you Lord Jesus for taking such good care of our little flock!<br><br><br><br></p>
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Our good friend, Ing-Zur, from Taiwan, stayed with us during the summer; The children enjoyed playing with him a lot.</div>
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Jeff will be teaching and volunteering at a school in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand<br />
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Here's our little flock on one of our last walks in Harrisburg Oregon.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-45061882460132558912012-01-03T11:13:00.000-08:002012-01-03T11:13:14.994-08:00Sushi<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1CDrQQCxpA-ZMvFPoUWhhRLQDwJ1262TCZLk_xTqqBbajD1aLzo9eABIrUhwZoZDKwyCGrYA2PcTcAXMObOLfAvQnMY3fSFrbdvzEyJ1Oy2IbRKkW7Uw8If8QzRFj3FHRBqqqtpl9iz1/s1600/101_0008.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1CDrQQCxpA-ZMvFPoUWhhRLQDwJ1262TCZLk_xTqqBbajD1aLzo9eABIrUhwZoZDKwyCGrYA2PcTcAXMObOLfAvQnMY3fSFrbdvzEyJ1Oy2IbRKkW7Uw8If8QzRFj3FHRBqqqtpl9iz1/s400/101_0008.JPG" /></a> </div><br />We made sushi for the first time for the Christmas meal at church...the kitchen is also filled with various cookie doughs - Jeff's project with the girls.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-30649833573978057492012-01-03T11:10:00.000-08:002012-01-03T11:11:03.241-08:00Aren't they cute?!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrt_vE2zRC0ztXy98qJer2-zeMi51h9k7wDJuxgLPt5HQG9dx0_0vz3KaF_Aq_Ro63yWc370q_396GCikQaouDkcfr8_F_TJPIlHLK4tCXYYTtz7TaDcJ2t-VSBIgvTHeupibLuyZKgzI/s1600/101_0003.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrt_vE2zRC0ztXy98qJer2-zeMi51h9k7wDJuxgLPt5HQG9dx0_0vz3KaF_Aq_Ro63yWc370q_396GCikQaouDkcfr8_F_TJPIlHLK4tCXYYTtz7TaDcJ2t-VSBIgvTHeupibLuyZKgzI/s400/101_0003.JPG" /></a> </div><br />Jubilee, Hosanna, and Wisdom (16 months) - charming little bunch!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-55175103286968642472012-01-03T11:09:00.000-08:002012-01-03T11:09:24.483-08:00Wisdom and Daddy<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjbGzwBuLe4Wv8OBlmMKIacWaMq115Rf22_qbMFB1HpwJJAoPttCxPu5rvxnDKHzL9dpkppl5JKIIR5PiSAXXF-Uv7PU0OZPHZeujLZnpdFvgoFKLHYqmF-1wqYe8lMJZxN1IxwxXIV2M/s1600/101_0068.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjbGzwBuLe4Wv8OBlmMKIacWaMq115Rf22_qbMFB1HpwJJAoPttCxPu5rvxnDKHzL9dpkppl5JKIIR5PiSAXXF-Uv7PU0OZPHZeujLZnpdFvgoFKLHYqmF-1wqYe8lMJZxN1IxwxXIV2M/s400/101_0068.JPG" /></a> </div><br />I don't know who enjoyed the tool set more! Daddy and Wisdom played with the tool set together for quite a while. :)<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-83058060754334181862012-01-03T11:01:00.000-08:002012-01-03T11:01:36.520-08:00Christmas Day<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYw8NwvpfwXm8Lj583CLQpJuK2s3BVEnhRwbtXBPHFfpRMN9NiRNx2OQTX82XQUipNSERexEnIVG8LW5bJLl_pTDGT-moW5oVdDgeBd7LobGdDs125llW_53Lu4k7XXiNOn2YeILPLQcoS/s1600/101_0054.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYw8NwvpfwXm8Lj583CLQpJuK2s3BVEnhRwbtXBPHFfpRMN9NiRNx2OQTX82XQUipNSERexEnIVG8LW5bJLl_pTDGT-moW5oVdDgeBd7LobGdDs125llW_53Lu4k7XXiNOn2YeILPLQcoS/s400/101_0054.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_QP0aG4gO4mncuEHOy_wzjnIXCNRH3rDqOY-_vMkOs50uy_yhJE8HQpa-hlP2HZ-ciepp8l9jgI4v5sitRz3yaVBbfnDQ4rX5OHNareEVu-j-wmsatsgKDY39E_FGbp96_Lo_IhwRYBO/s1600/101_0061.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_QP0aG4gO4mncuEHOy_wzjnIXCNRH3rDqOY-_vMkOs50uy_yhJE8HQpa-hlP2HZ-ciepp8l9jgI4v5sitRz3yaVBbfnDQ4rX5OHNareEVu-j-wmsatsgKDY39E_FGbp96_Lo_IhwRYBO/s400/101_0061.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuZRb-K4J1cb8b2WWyHx0VhaWMUmZhreDK-gYUSvxkQtvp17-ayN7Qyh7a3d-rKqB-SHo4uiPczUGmKfA6NwjZkUn1vXW8shyphenhyphenxUBFamA8mnAF8AI8TgVcpE8PyJzmBMKupLB4WVdMlsRl/s1600/101_0064.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuZRb-K4J1cb8b2WWyHx0VhaWMUmZhreDK-gYUSvxkQtvp17-ayN7Qyh7a3d-rKqB-SHo4uiPczUGmKfA6NwjZkUn1vXW8shyphenhyphenxUBFamA8mnAF8AI8TgVcpE8PyJzmBMKupLB4WVdMlsRl/s400/101_0064.JPG" /></a> </div><br />Everyone was pleased with their gifts! It was a blessing to have Christmas on a Sunday as we could be with our church family and share a big meal together.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-68578534494619771282012-01-03T10:58:00.000-08:002012-01-03T10:58:37.478-08:00Christmas Eve<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLb_ZFplqPGgqTf-bBbGPyHjkd-DuYV5Ysn6ImlCgFlWFZgnXQfBOM-iTGSd6zen7sbaHuAXQChdETwXxg2jjoiKr4Ta1J6HOA6OLd904qa-fPeGZphchvQUus7puNcVbSfOjUZ7wxK11s/s1600/101_0010.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLb_ZFplqPGgqTf-bBbGPyHjkd-DuYV5Ysn6ImlCgFlWFZgnXQfBOM-iTGSd6zen7sbaHuAXQChdETwXxg2jjoiKr4Ta1J6HOA6OLd904qa-fPeGZphchvQUus7puNcVbSfOjUZ7wxK11s/s400/101_0010.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Uie74oTKHemZ5tjpcQqY4xWgfz6RK-U_1bo6KvTaN01p2uldNWEOdYlOZKaudB7RoT0SGB3eSPkQyPN34gPAGir5vcsD1orsICq7nfg5O7OkKKaiUbQvVG-XlGuCaFgSel3pbmV6DNVN/s1600/101_0014.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Uie74oTKHemZ5tjpcQqY4xWgfz6RK-U_1bo6KvTaN01p2uldNWEOdYlOZKaudB7RoT0SGB3eSPkQyPN34gPAGir5vcsD1orsICq7nfg5O7OkKKaiUbQvVG-XlGuCaFgSel3pbmV6DNVN/s400/101_0014.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87jwU1AYn8gZl7uTT4eKnWNu3QmmYbB7-eKUJ8spPb8fJczHZaOsCMFqop05Jc6bVWhTAW_WqcOeaohy02Q8EqWAmJDomkFWbBgWtviS6pt2716mW_lOxCX-PneiE-TtB-OwIfPMzJRvm/s1600/101_0015.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87jwU1AYn8gZl7uTT4eKnWNu3QmmYbB7-eKUJ8spPb8fJczHZaOsCMFqop05Jc6bVWhTAW_WqcOeaohy02Q8EqWAmJDomkFWbBgWtviS6pt2716mW_lOxCX-PneiE-TtB-OwIfPMzJRvm/s400/101_0015.JPG" /></a> </div>We hiked a bit at Bent Creek on Christmas Eve before we went to Daniel's home for dinner. Wisdom was very interested in peering through the fence to see the ducks on the water.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-87776150320126197012011-09-17T07:51:00.000-07:002011-09-17T07:51:49.060-07:00Tail Gate Party<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0dnvvhhrKIOrKKOx-pS26sIhcLjgW7NEWr9RUeARsEzFd4FAQa2eO-PKODTyJ5qo0F5lQmouAj3B0fWjRz8S57rx0AG-f7iUCQ3u2VMOnLlxXEbykc20umdElCTFJ78PQw7fMKzwUogr/s1600/100_4587.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0dnvvhhrKIOrKKOx-pS26sIhcLjgW7NEWr9RUeARsEzFd4FAQa2eO-PKODTyJ5qo0F5lQmouAj3B0fWjRz8S57rx0AG-f7iUCQ3u2VMOnLlxXEbykc20umdElCTFJ78PQw7fMKzwUogr/s400/100_4587.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wULoy8o2itRb2px0YtQWga9JySBSIhQ6d2v-c2pypvSHv1fzDxeQnbEP6c43BSYQrNr62juXSa_lGkDotYXOtqbZj6XLJgVjjLUzPaWvcETi466Tsm2krYqXkAUyrElOl6beS0R9F5ej/s1600/100_4590.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wULoy8o2itRb2px0YtQWga9JySBSIhQ6d2v-c2pypvSHv1fzDxeQnbEP6c43BSYQrNr62juXSa_lGkDotYXOtqbZj6XLJgVjjLUzPaWvcETi466Tsm2krYqXkAUyrElOl6beS0R9F5ej/s400/100_4590.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPg4AWmmCCXtOts14A9WSsUa4Ao8QvXYPArvAvrqXvStqhntCNAStJ4MA483nC2v7kNoFG9_hmksM-ZtpSn0asON5Ny6_cQ4lNJeDFNyW9PVhwdHg812d8TzisztbtcJteonAJbeBAZpGO/s1600/100_4591.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPg4AWmmCCXtOts14A9WSsUa4Ao8QvXYPArvAvrqXvStqhntCNAStJ4MA483nC2v7kNoFG9_hmksM-ZtpSn0asON5Ny6_cQ4lNJeDFNyW9PVhwdHg812d8TzisztbtcJteonAJbeBAZpGO/s400/100_4591.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br />We brought the cake and presents to the orchard and had our little party in the back of the truck. Our family has many fond memories of eating in the back of the truck. I remember one cold November day we went hiking and huddled in the back of the truck with a crock pot full of soup - exiting Dolly Wood and eating in a sea full of cars...to mention a two.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-82895098260723211602011-09-17T07:47:00.000-07:002011-09-17T07:47:18.348-07:00Apples<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJctbv0So6TWiU7s6nf1516ezoVu1rE9sJmJe09CFdFqK0pVvIcEzTL1BJjGEN30WWkXWtOUkt-Tg8yjDInAlDh597-sCmx3f5uXzJf0Mz76YhWugWVppDZcClpkiI88vPlHgWL2Y3ekRp/s1600/100_4579.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJctbv0So6TWiU7s6nf1516ezoVu1rE9sJmJe09CFdFqK0pVvIcEzTL1BJjGEN30WWkXWtOUkt-Tg8yjDInAlDh597-sCmx3f5uXzJf0Mz76YhWugWVppDZcClpkiI88vPlHgWL2Y3ekRp/s400/100_4579.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisu3mc4MKFn1ELcD5ECPNX0tz16nJM10J39KbjdbeOsoyzc5Kxz2W3H_gungzCH0pHIzZAAvO9u-o-x-XVqyJAPdZo1QuduvmjWuzkfQjAQw544WZwVNpUI2359S3T7i7kV5dO6TGToF4B/s1600/100_4596.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisu3mc4MKFn1ELcD5ECPNX0tz16nJM10J39KbjdbeOsoyzc5Kxz2W3H_gungzCH0pHIzZAAvO9u-o-x-XVqyJAPdZo1QuduvmjWuzkfQjAQw544WZwVNpUI2359S3T7i7kV5dO6TGToF4B/s400/100_4596.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTJUmUc-2aeGyQHefUuKINFyCRz-DJuBThvO51Tm_nAkw2upQDHDE86ph1bhO8HglmqQ4d4V_kJNTMn6ygFNgBPRyO5ir6ml8MTvGLBYlmZ-kSO23FJsdKDBG2l8BXP88NNpQ_E-juo33/s1600/100_4603.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTJUmUc-2aeGyQHefUuKINFyCRz-DJuBThvO51Tm_nAkw2upQDHDE86ph1bhO8HglmqQ4d4V_kJNTMn6ygFNgBPRyO5ir6ml8MTvGLBYlmZ-kSO23FJsdKDBG2l8BXP88NNpQ_E-juo33/s400/100_4603.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-2358798852911636262011-09-17T07:45:00.000-07:002011-09-17T07:46:21.979-07:00Apple Picking<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RjMSOog3FDQ4SW6GhPyfOQv3Fv958fkLtg1HiigFBGGIeH3sUwEqB8YkvxozDA4CXgbEAVjWZRO8-jpt-lQJu5b9E3rn4wzhC9kfrfb_HQ8BAgrqmIIIW0R6l_8LlJ83PLNxZ3STFhoz/s1600/100_4576.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RjMSOog3FDQ4SW6GhPyfOQv3Fv958fkLtg1HiigFBGGIeH3sUwEqB8YkvxozDA4CXgbEAVjWZRO8-jpt-lQJu5b9E3rn4wzhC9kfrfb_HQ8BAgrqmIIIW0R6l_8LlJ83PLNxZ3STFhoz/s400/100_4576.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAN5hvQOD6lcyRzGAXA_phfagF7zdav4yX1irzamthArK0OdGor9vP3wnDlSD62seCufdaWpwDrI-BvzdXt-ayLJbPuX-yKvNdJDaEvMzzs_fyDF6OUk9NR4-Trc2wQZ3cAJohRyPKyVO/s1600/100_4577.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAN5hvQOD6lcyRzGAXA_phfagF7zdav4yX1irzamthArK0OdGor9vP3wnDlSD62seCufdaWpwDrI-BvzdXt-ayLJbPuX-yKvNdJDaEvMzzs_fyDF6OUk9NR4-Trc2wQZ3cAJohRyPKyVO/s400/100_4577.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWiw_fVtghLM9qClihHYIB7B0i1XwNB3F27d3nizG_X_S7B2KOwPSwDxo3KHxEr6Z2e4C0Gn2uDqjPZz8OBuV5dZMwLBlC3oPOFVVe-wDTazuN6nQ1mbMGdPsCR8905xFxn6S-BadJtBY/s1600/100_4578.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWiw_fVtghLM9qClihHYIB7B0i1XwNB3F27d3nizG_X_S7B2KOwPSwDxo3KHxEr6Z2e4C0Gn2uDqjPZz8OBuV5dZMwLBlC3oPOFVVe-wDTazuN6nQ1mbMGdPsCR8905xFxn6S-BadJtBY/s400/100_4578.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLyrTkRE3Z5D_P5lDAhoxOoVmjY3B_VF-h8DyamjlO9EChej_DA6LRZlrnGSGc9Tt05-VXy_vEUc-LWSdzLhn7htRbo2cwk-Z_-sw1e6W1nM7iZH2B0zbysqOytkRmM3DDoSrtvaUAdQS/s1600/100_4581.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLyrTkRE3Z5D_P5lDAhoxOoVmjY3B_VF-h8DyamjlO9EChej_DA6LRZlrnGSGc9Tt05-VXy_vEUc-LWSdzLhn7htRbo2cwk-Z_-sw1e6W1nM7iZH2B0zbysqOytkRmM3DDoSrtvaUAdQS/s400/100_4581.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br />For Hosanna's birthday we went apple picking! There was a free event near Bat Cave and they were just giving the apple away - organic too. Jeff climbed to the top of the trees and tossed the ones he could reach to me and then shook the tree and like we scattered about collecting them all - kinda like a pinata!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612139091944952057.post-88036638214199457812011-09-17T07:40:00.000-07:002011-09-17T07:40:11.269-07:00Hosanna is 6!<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKMa0LTyrAxT8UUblpCQIDsOF203ZLkHE-vqMPjK0p66By8BDiRtQo1V-nDfxgfe0OgrxLS8wBCBVvjH-5zURbKZQPe1ur9mMw9miNJaPmzjjxKKN9v47kLQ-KjuWlQfLSB6Ld8xgt0WN/s1600/100_4573.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKMa0LTyrAxT8UUblpCQIDsOF203ZLkHE-vqMPjK0p66By8BDiRtQo1V-nDfxgfe0OgrxLS8wBCBVvjH-5zURbKZQPe1ur9mMw9miNJaPmzjjxKKN9v47kLQ-KjuWlQfLSB6Ld8xgt0WN/s400/100_4573.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRdEo-l43OYNUb7BejKoK-oamUinZMamnOAwenHF9y4WmZqeKKIdNAeANbUKsERgs55K977hm6k_Rs-MyiVSnjP7cGlnOsXA4Koec6dXNbeuyK4Wzhyphenhyphend7GqLV4S1mE7-tVnRZACJoKILa/s1600/100_4574.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRdEo-l43OYNUb7BejKoK-oamUinZMamnOAwenHF9y4WmZqeKKIdNAeANbUKsERgs55K977hm6k_Rs-MyiVSnjP7cGlnOsXA4Koec6dXNbeuyK4Wzhyphenhyphend7GqLV4S1mE7-tVnRZACJoKILa/s400/100_4574.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br />This year Hosanna asked if she could decorate her own birthday cake. Usually I do it and they watch and give their suggestions and color preferences but this time she wanted to try it alone. But Hosanna knew exactly what do do with the tips and frosting bags - I was surprised at how well she was piping! So, her flip flops were a success, complete with sprinkled marshmellow slices on the sides. She was very proud of her work. :)<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315502316206721947noreply@blogger.com0