tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27198806340135509302024-03-05T23:19:14.964-05:00The Decker FamilyPaper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-23605181450734948252010-01-02T21:55:00.006-05:002010-01-02T22:21:47.776-05:00Nathan's first ski lesson!Well we finally found something Nathan likes to do...SKI! and you won't hear any complaints from these parents. He really is a natural. His first lesson was Tuesday 12/29, he went up the tow rope and snow plowed down. He couldn't stop talking about it and his instructor was very happy with how he was progressing. After failed attempts at t-ball and soccer you have no idea how happy we are that he found something he likes. Take a peek for yourself!<br /><br />On the way to the slopes....what a cool kid!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTerQ-DGEOG-xUPNVeOO3XYTOKREaSOFrNEZfc9hXKrqXU_b6q_WriF-R2E4KdFz78DA2HIJTkaegTITHCcUop38AvjL4cS3tlG-PT50pec7KucktfXP0vx-ue8Aaai4uV4yt-ZQIHPz0/s1600-h/DSC01802.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTerQ-DGEOG-xUPNVeOO3XYTOKREaSOFrNEZfc9hXKrqXU_b6q_WriF-R2E4KdFz78DA2HIJTkaegTITHCcUop38AvjL4cS3tlG-PT50pec7KucktfXP0vx-ue8Aaai4uV4yt-ZQIHPz0/s320/DSC01802.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342601394149714" border="0"></a><br /><br />Goin up the tow rope. He actually did it by himself a few times too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KwAIfsyCBupMIK3gO6yI8RUsxvwWm0PwSjGoUGQL8dTNm1HSECnWmBSajDt5mLQgvWluf19ZQ9QK5-4yhqjpFk3woomRgcp4ZjgdULB0nQeJk8SkDzCr1XTZx3bm1ljSUxpDLPYC-YVK/s1600-h/DSC01820.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KwAIfsyCBupMIK3gO6yI8RUsxvwWm0PwSjGoUGQL8dTNm1HSECnWmBSajDt5mLQgvWluf19ZQ9QK5-4yhqjpFk3woomRgcp4ZjgdULB0nQeJk8SkDzCr1XTZx3bm1ljSUxpDLPYC-YVK/s320/DSC01820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422343274464376658" border="0"></a><br /><br />Comin down!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BjSqPrwnqD4Pud4OOkDM82RVRxbEfC6Y44j-84rSU4E73vI7oXHGe6tu48-R_Cg6D7kaTur7Q3VBORum-pegrdFfRgyufoymyZb10M3Dk6hEji43huLTIoRtDihbfiRQrBrke1DU1l2z/s1600-h/DSC01853.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BjSqPrwnqD4Pud4OOkDM82RVRxbEfC6Y44j-84rSU4E73vI7oXHGe6tu48-R_Cg6D7kaTur7Q3VBORum-pegrdFfRgyufoymyZb10M3Dk6hEji43huLTIoRtDihbfiRQrBrke1DU1l2z/s320/DSC01853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422343630742248866" border="0"><br /></a><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyolgIYQU6dD95S4162RwFGU1auMtn0h9ejkF5DB-q8hJyAOkB7XSVnUIyDz3ZTgmTG3phuI0OBpVa9vkT9zA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-2394039321343549642009-12-29T19:56:00.013-05:002009-12-29T20:46:34.212-05:00A Christmas Celebration!Wow what a Christmas. We did a bit of traveling but still had plenty of time to hang out at home and enjoy each other and our new gifts. On Saturday December 12th we had our Lenning family Christmas where there was I think a record of 45 people in attendance! Thanks Denis and Ginger for hosting! It was a great time!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcR-Eh521mkcGYzfSL3QE5m-sYlaHZthogrMQIr4FrxhlaVyNXV6VpDb_RYYCDz-5KWaJ7KFzR4jpqZBhm6dVCu-2G_k8U9hUbnV_6y6cRlutJrJYUQPFiM7UgGW_RCStXf9MOHHmzxIo/s1600-h/DSC_0420.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcR-Eh521mkcGYzfSL3QE5m-sYlaHZthogrMQIr4FrxhlaVyNXV6VpDb_RYYCDz-5KWaJ7KFzR4jpqZBhm6dVCu-2G_k8U9hUbnV_6y6cRlutJrJYUQPFiM7UgGW_RCStXf9MOHHmzxIo/s320/DSC_0420.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420833273951518562" /></a><br /><br />Then on Christmas eve we had our pizza dinner and the kids opened their present from us and the ones from each other. We had a blast playing with the games they got before bed. Christmas night was a bit crazy. Cole was up screaming at about 1:30am, after I got him back to sleep we heard Nathan tip toe down the stairs at 4:30am and finally decided to get up with them around 6:30. Not bad considering. The boys tore through their stocking stuffers and we had to hold them back before they started ripping through presents! All in all, presents and breakfast were completed by 7:45am....well before most people even think about getting up. The toys were a hit though. Some of their favorites included sum swamp, a robot arm, 'Vert car' (Sabre from battle force 5), any and all battle force 5 related toys, legos, and the long awaited shirt and tie Nathan had been asking for.<br /><br />Before picture:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbs2lfnGMl626b1wMGbIQUkf75KpWhAbNFPhOvB151JzLS8gTRYSHJX7Kgq3ehkWHpR81Pwoq_RDTHCl7PPWnfak__pRJZStAygfpbl4vTLQhywjROOeu03tvGdywXkuMnyOcLkc7mdk6C/s1600-h/DSC01733.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbs2lfnGMl626b1wMGbIQUkf75KpWhAbNFPhOvB151JzLS8gTRYSHJX7Kgq3ehkWHpR81Pwoq_RDTHCl7PPWnfak__pRJZStAygfpbl4vTLQhywjROOeu03tvGdywXkuMnyOcLkc7mdk6C/s320/DSC01733.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420834082949571490" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHIgGsoWuHfC110RGCOKCL9-J7BPIJF6OPaICLD0ap5IL0wYroFSkwHETCxOEuF15wtlsxV14rCGTrWTbnhuQjLrNBwAV7QNqJDjqGE4sFxaxKairLVyhj0RDeOmSyQDVcGHwonbu_a2d/s1600-h/DSC01740.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHIgGsoWuHfC110RGCOKCL9-J7BPIJF6OPaICLD0ap5IL0wYroFSkwHETCxOEuF15wtlsxV14rCGTrWTbnhuQjLrNBwAV7QNqJDjqGE4sFxaxKairLVyhj0RDeOmSyQDVcGHwonbu_a2d/s320/DSC01740.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420835569951850146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiuPQ2CC0gtZbk62wZkaEhw462YbCn17IMoX-bTYzCacGh1fiYFW14h4muiEmstQomqVvxOappXvJrOUFprTHbDDDowH0-8xZaCyQDnPHXpln1HPRJF9jHQzDmohxUIbKBEa0AzjFI_sM/s1600-h/DSC01756.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiuPQ2CC0gtZbk62wZkaEhw462YbCn17IMoX-bTYzCacGh1fiYFW14h4muiEmstQomqVvxOappXvJrOUFprTHbDDDowH0-8xZaCyQDnPHXpln1HPRJF9jHQzDmohxUIbKBEa0AzjFI_sM/s320/DSC01756.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420835558093644082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4uA3eiflSjKzYbZ357iVNU73zRs-Mh1CS4Vj-AKSTCRbeR_-jz5g8syoiYTR8tRQyvMYQSbdCRqiSCepOMDx_ZGZWF5PverosvFQ-7FXHtXxRE7jE6u82JIfsAfAPK-ePL76tzXljo0s/s1600-h/DSC01752.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4uA3eiflSjKzYbZ357iVNU73zRs-Mh1CS4Vj-AKSTCRbeR_-jz5g8syoiYTR8tRQyvMYQSbdCRqiSCepOMDx_ZGZWF5PverosvFQ-7FXHtXxRE7jE6u82JIfsAfAPK-ePL76tzXljo0s/s320/DSC01752.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420835550932838658" /></a><br /><br />Cole really was happy with his 'vert car'!<br /><br />And After:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu1XXR661rv9L4H3CuplZg83UJdezgcuKSDRz1PAPWNoaWydzsY7q83acR2xnAmcCDSfZE1O9GSr34zO1bVeWrZqWhFvHb7yNJUOARXX3C-z8E0o5F5ZKTWa-0yXg8V_ARYqhyxrGI-7j/s1600-h/DSC01759.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu1XXR661rv9L4H3CuplZg83UJdezgcuKSDRz1PAPWNoaWydzsY7q83acR2xnAmcCDSfZE1O9GSr34zO1bVeWrZqWhFvHb7yNJUOARXX3C-z8E0o5F5ZKTWa-0yXg8V_ARYqhyxrGI-7j/s320/DSC01759.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420834493888142562" /></a><br /><br />We spent Christmas dinner with dear friends and the kids had a blast playing with all of their toys. I'm horrible and didn't even get 1 picture of that celebration. Pam if you have any shoot them my way!<br /><br />Then on the 26th we had our Melcher family Christmas. The boys loved seeing the mass quantity of toys under nana's tree! and of course being able to play with their cousins who they don't see too often. Some other favorites from that party were legos, remote controlled helicopter (even though this was meant for Nathan, I think Chris has just as much fun playing with it!), boggle jr, clue jr, more race cars and tracks, and the fur real puppies. I honestly didn't think they boys would like them but Lance feeds his and puts it to bed every night!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxovbVyFACMeZTlUgzIaGHwAqj911hjX7s7p0DVrtOAggymA_vo_yqr_i_ynXEnUhyphenhyphen_xwU9wtmGGGu2H7e2V0bxuVfPk400k3jCECxa3nW8E-CXXnIXTa05zdr2W-dJdUREbSV3_2qLUPB/s1600-h/christmas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxovbVyFACMeZTlUgzIaGHwAqj911hjX7s7p0DVrtOAggymA_vo_yqr_i_ynXEnUhyphenhyphen_xwU9wtmGGGu2H7e2V0bxuVfPk400k3jCECxa3nW8E-CXXnIXTa05zdr2W-dJdUREbSV3_2qLUPB/s320/christmas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420836053546855042" /></a><br /><br />Lance loves his new cousin Molly. She was only 3 weeks old!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNs5A0miVZ8uRulZmxFIT1evDEfSHozq5uuR2ODhaW92azPjJgBPVOIyTKRy78rJOXdCXjF9ebwmhpvq_WZwj-sVHgSarsOJGqV3WffS75Zdeuryc48InrIdKzdelPSst2Ok2DcTGoIPGY/s1600-h/lance_molly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNs5A0miVZ8uRulZmxFIT1evDEfSHozq5uuR2ODhaW92azPjJgBPVOIyTKRy78rJOXdCXjF9ebwmhpvq_WZwj-sVHgSarsOJGqV3WffS75Zdeuryc48InrIdKzdelPSst2Ok2DcTGoIPGY/s320/lance_molly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420836197260550322" /></a><br /><br />Chris got some awesome personalized cutting boards! Super cool! Thanks dad!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVl47DAHnBWhQGM8RFiemozO0r7jmZ9ShaaMxv5u9e2vOcMy4vtpSUS_lbpU_4riWW19aFxlg5ZD-7Ldxjf0-XQJmeBjjU2WrT_QeEV5P1JguACACOHs33rZQg1iblAJoE-dC_CligNni/s1600-h/DSC01782.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVl47DAHnBWhQGM8RFiemozO0r7jmZ9ShaaMxv5u9e2vOcMy4vtpSUS_lbpU_4riWW19aFxlg5ZD-7Ldxjf0-XQJmeBjjU2WrT_QeEV5P1JguACACOHs33rZQg1iblAJoE-dC_CligNni/s320/DSC01782.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420836766217831458" /></a><br /><br />Our little family<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEX3GBcU-EYqt6UPNm7O2J4VANDA8fS2cQDnAotgHjR_hMUkMuNXeuQUN3jCAb-ZUUFdG20dj0Bur57D0Jn34w1ZshgsqKLoLoaPB5niMGJP39CqJ7MQ-BqA8Kl23taLRWdCvvy8-ZIEy4/s1600-h/DSC01786.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEX3GBcU-EYqt6UPNm7O2J4VANDA8fS2cQDnAotgHjR_hMUkMuNXeuQUN3jCAb-ZUUFdG20dj0Bur57D0Jn34w1ZshgsqKLoLoaPB5niMGJP39CqJ7MQ-BqA8Kl23taLRWdCvvy8-ZIEy4/s320/DSC01786.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420837385269088642" /></a><br /><br />Lance and Cole with some gifts:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUp9llfZGpJn3kT8BM63uvx2vGm8Jlk3pID8aZ_dwh91OOEpwiEl9BtlfMPLtvdZCawZRGpSAwNRV_QKDCJERBAXwidpUU5GW0Wt_fNeDEvQdcIGx__Ih-HAQCgPzXN5j-QA-O8lUY8f35/s1600-h/DSC01768.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUp9llfZGpJn3kT8BM63uvx2vGm8Jlk3pID8aZ_dwh91OOEpwiEl9BtlfMPLtvdZCawZRGpSAwNRV_QKDCJERBAXwidpUU5GW0Wt_fNeDEvQdcIGx__Ih-HAQCgPzXN5j-QA-O8lUY8f35/s320/DSC01768.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420838263308947506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5dyAW7DSmfZwpffsKJcWzPDM2lWH9v2UnYGgKc8LI5UXPZdJan3c8jApGUjV7-0bxw5esl9-CwqF1hD3dpNh7YjtswX-uIM4h1zAuOqgkBc3BPsALUW8of4ShBndYwWRSkoWiN9dHnwW/s1600-h/DSC01771.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5dyAW7DSmfZwpffsKJcWzPDM2lWH9v2UnYGgKc8LI5UXPZdJan3c8jApGUjV7-0bxw5esl9-CwqF1hD3dpNh7YjtswX-uIM4h1zAuOqgkBc3BPsALUW8of4ShBndYwWRSkoWiN9dHnwW/s320/DSC01771.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420838254259667154" /></a><br /><br />and Nathan giving a thumbs up to his swing k'nex!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsR1awy1xi2ovOqQ1DDlghKJJFHZWWS16qm1emvM5G8aRNW1_czyavm090JR1mvh6RGFEOxLpFiVTIhIEA_g44NnJhV56PMx5cg4vmzXgwgTukLCcI26GE0yPzFR7yKhHYqP09JOoDSu-/s1600-h/DSC01796.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsR1awy1xi2ovOqQ1DDlghKJJFHZWWS16qm1emvM5G8aRNW1_czyavm090JR1mvh6RGFEOxLpFiVTIhIEA_g44NnJhV56PMx5cg4vmzXgwgTukLCcI26GE0yPzFR7yKhHYqP09JOoDSu-/s320/DSC01796.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420838780159591458" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-81724895603731230472009-12-10T11:29:00.005-05:002009-12-10T11:40:07.952-05:00Long overdue update & Lance's 5th birthdaySo I've neglected this thing! So much has happened in the past few months....Nathan starting kindergarten, Lance starting young 5's, Halloween, Lance's birthday, the arrival of my precious niece, and preparations for Christmas. Let's just start by saying the Decker's are doing wonderful over here in snow land (it's only December 10th and already we're on our 3rd snow day!). The boys are loving it! Nathan had a great set of conferences a few months ago as did Lance. Nathan is almost reading and Lance learns new stuff nearly everyday. Cole is wild as ever, wishing he was a 'big boy'. Although potty training will still be the death of me. I've lived with the fact that...it will just happen when he's ready....whenever that will be!<br /><br />Anyway, most recently I guess was Lance's 5th birthday. He could not wait to turn 5 since all of the kids in his class are already 5 (being that close to the Michigan cutoff, he was certainly the youngest). We decided to have everyone together at nana and papa's house since his special day this year fell on Thanksgiving!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_-G0BP0YynnAQeb7urKTljBn9ZZjlJTGL6f5hRm7NCKYnzXcJu2Yup-21QgSoqrWYGVRLaNttc1AuiqVELn-EN5qKlRfi2XGoNLMuXYzXQxHs2i7DO-fAqJOZ95Fak_JOpXg3igW4ToE/s1600-h/lance_5th_birthday+(8).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_-G0BP0YynnAQeb7urKTljBn9ZZjlJTGL6f5hRm7NCKYnzXcJu2Yup-21QgSoqrWYGVRLaNttc1AuiqVELn-EN5qKlRfi2XGoNLMuXYzXQxHs2i7DO-fAqJOZ95Fak_JOpXg3igW4ToE/s320/lance_5th_birthday+(8).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413647825099196258" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYUgHfizs2zkM8DsU_NQT-NAUXJwIiVw4Nu4gU-HdGRUlQeQLMogzurqp8ifgDvP8Y7mTaGORgw0q_C5hwulhq987H0_L8E3hiIjRuD0MXEEG-f08ZL7e0jn63C-lmWhyphenhyphenZiUyFFBStfZk/s1600-h/lance_5th_birthday+(9).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYUgHfizs2zkM8DsU_NQT-NAUXJwIiVw4Nu4gU-HdGRUlQeQLMogzurqp8ifgDvP8Y7mTaGORgw0q_C5hwulhq987H0_L8E3hiIjRuD0MXEEG-f08ZL7e0jn63C-lmWhyphenhyphenZiUyFFBStfZk/s320/lance_5th_birthday+(9).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413648170575703346" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-51671045710989003802009-06-21T21:06:00.004-04:002009-06-22T11:50:37.664-04:00Father's Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUztQzyCtpQau5qX7rjnMRdV7dzv-zycVxolmLQlXhXJw5AzFzMVhupXRK51lvMgK2AFOAZDZgYB9jAr_nA8F3g9vTctmXivGehDP22I40XjgIhnUgu4ou3MkrUCJTeRTjCmyCzJ8XEVhf/s1600-h/Kids+Spelling+DAD+-+Fathers+Day+2009(reduced).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUztQzyCtpQau5qX7rjnMRdV7dzv-zycVxolmLQlXhXJw5AzFzMVhupXRK51lvMgK2AFOAZDZgYB9jAr_nA8F3g9vTctmXivGehDP22I40XjgIhnUgu4ou3MkrUCJTeRTjCmyCzJ8XEVhf/s320/Kids+Spelling+DAD+-+Fathers+Day+2009(reduced).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349952489424698002" /></a><br /><br />We had a great father's day! The boys and I made Chris the above picture to frame for his office. We did this a few weeks ago and it basically took everything Nathan had to keep it a secret. He almost blurted it out the minute Chris got home from work! They did great though and it only took 1 try to get some good pictures (bribed by popcicles of course).<br /><br />Then we headed to Michigan Adventure with some friends. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and the boys behaved so well. There were tons of rides for all of them and Cole even got to ride a roller coaster! Then of course the water park! Full of water slides and a wave pool. Fun fun!<br /><br />Here is the photos we took for Chris back in 2007. I think I skipped last year for some reason.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jbupsliyZUax8oc6f8TDcwmlbQJdJggh4exat_7PJGqIR-tXvImSbLY4KzRMvCgqUDz0xtvnd8VsFGNUbd3vXFo6HoZSOc2bqFMRl_mewhVoFSh9SL-ExNfyejqu-emuINOhCb-0ZECx/s1600-h/dad2007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jbupsliyZUax8oc6f8TDcwmlbQJdJggh4exat_7PJGqIR-tXvImSbLY4KzRMvCgqUDz0xtvnd8VsFGNUbd3vXFo6HoZSOc2bqFMRl_mewhVoFSh9SL-ExNfyejqu-emuINOhCb-0ZECx/s320/dad2007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349960692016553346" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-20435057946876455212009-06-01T18:41:00.007-04:002009-06-02T08:52:30.445-04:00Nathan's 6th birthday party....superhero style!Nathan decided (well with some help from me) to have a superhero birthday party. Since his birthday was on a Monday I figured we'd just invite the boys from his class for an afternoon party instead of having a big to do with family and 'my friends'. (After this years experience maybe I'll go back to the old ways next year!). Thankfully only 6 kids rsvp'd. <br /><br />We had batman invitations, superNathan cake, batmobile pinata, and you can't forget personalized superhero capes. Although I can't take the credit for them, Lauren you did a fantastic job!<br /><br />The party started at 2pm and little did I know that 6 year old boys don't want to play the fun games I thought they would! Obstacle course was a bust, spoon/golf ball relay turned into a war zone, and balloon between the knees race - well no one made it to the end with an inflated balloon. So the pinata and cake was done by 3pm with an hour to spare. Now what? I guess it was a good thing I got water balloons! Nothing like a good water fight before sending them home! All in all it was a fun party and I think I walked away with just a minor ulcer!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuQdu13ogWvocPpn9s_4FlK6vl6ySJnR8f0elT-mDQs5Z5aHcKyPRY_sjiucKsTpzXE-WcL-nx1csscQQZ0SS_nOXfYpkoclr6r-15-SgQHgSNYpQgkI94x4zCWWWxTCnX9VUsYkQacrd/s1600-h/DSC00877.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuQdu13ogWvocPpn9s_4FlK6vl6ySJnR8f0elT-mDQs5Z5aHcKyPRY_sjiucKsTpzXE-WcL-nx1csscQQZ0SS_nOXfYpkoclr6r-15-SgQHgSNYpQgkI94x4zCWWWxTCnX9VUsYkQacrd/s320/DSC00877.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342495214768505746" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4kK-AVVEVGmFokKDKKg5Fwj5vJ93BRn9nD1pMPBdTbTU1z0mHTFqABApcb6zDNQW3z25bD-WmR5YV36ybJIiqbhJT9SJ66FTh0DG_9bkBjSP3B4dMHVxSbtvaqwQuVV2H2uCk_uqxo_y/s1600-h/DSC00888.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4kK-AVVEVGmFokKDKKg5Fwj5vJ93BRn9nD1pMPBdTbTU1z0mHTFqABApcb6zDNQW3z25bD-WmR5YV36ybJIiqbhJT9SJ66FTh0DG_9bkBjSP3B4dMHVxSbtvaqwQuVV2H2uCk_uqxo_y/s320/DSC00888.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342495512835655698" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DiMKJCEz1lEbAq9FUOVHHqwNRtfVlZ2TVXn97zohK8hXruBXwbLEqOJ6scCIgm82M-bi4XN9xmYS2QXPV6JnsXQTkGY68L5OQ_AbmOzfeb9NlmwSVJxV7il9_PU7lX5R6hlONIKp65gE/s1600-h/DSC00891.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DiMKJCEz1lEbAq9FUOVHHqwNRtfVlZ2TVXn97zohK8hXruBXwbLEqOJ6scCIgm82M-bi4XN9xmYS2QXPV6JnsXQTkGY68L5OQ_AbmOzfeb9NlmwSVJxV7il9_PU7lX5R6hlONIKp65gE/s320/DSC00891.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342495789169713618" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzEkve1OR7A-A7qNnroxWM4QOYgmwEsVJCkTkzhxkGjkTzfG_Cdy28taiBpH1mna4gupQMxSP9D_b1NuSKqUTiMKG-55YDSlS2Wzvuv073a29f2kzM4JalnrAUF4O_9K5W_SCGQfqGhXT/s1600-h/DSC00896.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzEkve1OR7A-A7qNnroxWM4QOYgmwEsVJCkTkzhxkGjkTzfG_Cdy28taiBpH1mna4gupQMxSP9D_b1NuSKqUTiMKG-55YDSlS2Wzvuv073a29f2kzM4JalnrAUF4O_9K5W_SCGQfqGhXT/s320/DSC00896.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342495958937663506" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-9975477742873629542009-06-01T17:54:00.002-04:002009-06-01T18:41:30.429-04:00Fifth Third Riverbank 25k results!A bit late but thought I'd share here my glorious news! I trained for the 5/3 riverbank 25k again this year. Had a few injuries along the way but still felt 'ready' for the race. The morning of, it was cold and drizzly. Miserable! Not to mention everyone was in an uproar about the course change due to flooding. I was hoping the rain would pass through or at least hold off. The race started at 8:20am and at about 8:18am it started to down pour. No amount of wicking material in my under armour running clothes could keep me dry! I started with the 9 minute pace guy hoping I could keep up with him. I would have been happy with any sort of improvement from last years time, although last year was pretty impressive for a beginner!<br /><br />So right out of the get go we start sprinting. Ok so we need to break away from the thousands of people who started with the 9 minute guy would should have really started with the 12 minute guy but holy cow it was non stop. They certainly were not going 9 minutes/mile! I think mile 5 was 8:19 and that's when I decided to fall behind a bit. Luckily this year I had my GPS so I could track my own time. I was doing really well the whole time really, had some sore muscles throughout but nothing unbearable. I ended up finishing 2:17:45, almost 4 minutes faster than last year! Averaging 8:53 min/mile! I really could not have asked for a better time. During the walk through the food lines afterward I could hear everyone else complain about this and that and how bad they did and I walked away with my head held high!Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-75040336562431097522009-04-08T15:53:00.005-04:002009-04-08T16:16:57.072-04:00Bye bye training wheels!Today Nathan decided he wanted to take his training wheels off. We'd been asking him since last summer but he always said he wasn't ready. We figured this summer would be the perfect time for sure since all of his kindergarten friends are on 2 wheelers. So today was the day. They came off and within seconds he was off on his own. Chris held him up for literally 10 seconds and that was all the help he needed. No running down the street, no riding into garbage cans, no tipping over. He's a daredevil now too, standing up to pedal and 'racing' Lance. Take a look!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0bwWkIPziI1MYtvPkPIyZOiFN3bvqhU__O3kMzFIbfIM0A2CG9IyReTHg5sjEQZ6JsmyPmBuZZw_eyXTrb57Eeb3HHZxv8-HO31DqfUUqECPlWpAfbEFap77HDTrpfahKmREOe5Xt7Et/s1600-h/DSC00748.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0bwWkIPziI1MYtvPkPIyZOiFN3bvqhU__O3kMzFIbfIM0A2CG9IyReTHg5sjEQZ6JsmyPmBuZZw_eyXTrb57Eeb3HHZxv8-HO31DqfUUqECPlWpAfbEFap77HDTrpfahKmREOe5Xt7Et/s320/DSC00748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322412583878543506" border="0"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCkjYv9gM3SSCihXkQooXwJsAkGIv8TMcZNKOeLHTFt-ik7y971FEKAIcQ4uMssiPHW6jK0le4lHONHr7VS6wvZyz7I7Vjcp-E6oT9Z3gvWx3rBI8NTzE2zQXEzL52Nz3zNJK6vBl7UhM/s1600-h/DSC00752.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCkjYv9gM3SSCihXkQooXwJsAkGIv8TMcZNKOeLHTFt-ik7y971FEKAIcQ4uMssiPHW6jK0le4lHONHr7VS6wvZyz7I7Vjcp-E6oT9Z3gvWx3rBI8NTzE2zQXEzL52Nz3zNJK6vBl7UhM/s320/DSC00752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322412975220620226" border="0"></a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzo--F9jX7DUBvoDWzp4it_GIeiOFuXAbdaNHXzHLNvvlU0sV9jjk9QQoGDx1PhQGwiaC5Slr1jXDoL96xqkw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-1620511499825580002009-03-04T19:42:00.003-05:002009-03-04T19:50:46.274-05:00Newly Painted Living RoomAs if you can get any more exciting than that! We finally painted (well had someone paint) the horrid looking living room that we've been looking at for 4 years! No more dings, no more scratches, no more crayon drawings, no more holes in the walls! I wonder how long it will last! The painter just finished up. Take a look! <br /><br />Before:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtArjexfYLZ2bsFWa9PTcUqM6y_jwdvetJzICDIzif4DPNl7H1d0iCMD6TT-W3Mw3P85wv0JdrdYzwCMfPxMytZW1_Kht3Z5kyy-sLF-XTVVpI76KjIhW3Sv-ttJK_7wg5Kuwc_r4bynAk/s1600-h/Living_room+before4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtArjexfYLZ2bsFWa9PTcUqM6y_jwdvetJzICDIzif4DPNl7H1d0iCMD6TT-W3Mw3P85wv0JdrdYzwCMfPxMytZW1_Kht3Z5kyy-sLF-XTVVpI76KjIhW3Sv-ttJK_7wg5Kuwc_r4bynAk/s320/Living_room+before4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309498700831362354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9C1ysiPvjwslz1wE4vcUqViNlJD3NCckUEP5UBMcnA4E2FbGoZdlbms9HkUAtTf2TCKrEFipkOqbxUo2CfSdf2NpN8ZIzoVyX35vmJDgu9mkHVEhx8q_OHM79XDP7pazmTAdlosvdZw_l/s1600-h/Living_room+before3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9C1ysiPvjwslz1wE4vcUqViNlJD3NCckUEP5UBMcnA4E2FbGoZdlbms9HkUAtTf2TCKrEFipkOqbxUo2CfSdf2NpN8ZIzoVyX35vmJDgu9mkHVEhx8q_OHM79XDP7pazmTAdlosvdZw_l/s320/Living_room+before3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309498689895154674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwh3GGAhWcAdu5rGhzN84sdzXQ2QcMa1RL-vaxn11xFQdN7Qy4EQtMCR1hyphenhyphenVqPozLxJejj5oWeodkT52WTm8X0aNay2CEEM1Qis_pQY7DJi8vV-g1sKDvLobk8CZHgm6KXrPrFIK3r5LR/s1600-h/Living_room+before2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwh3GGAhWcAdu5rGhzN84sdzXQ2QcMa1RL-vaxn11xFQdN7Qy4EQtMCR1hyphenhyphenVqPozLxJejj5oWeodkT52WTm8X0aNay2CEEM1Qis_pQY7DJi8vV-g1sKDvLobk8CZHgm6KXrPrFIK3r5LR/s320/Living_room+before2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309498684190647762" /></a><br /><br />And after:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzI89EwTEwhyphenhyphenykTTXXiiGkHtP0R1ZVcpDAtrFmQ08a2cC0rZpBCBcM0XyFx7842QNUxWJTlHVFoH0pg2UW3FCnpNl8TDMUYj8rirjLqzwg7cP4S2qpJxfzgkYxR4gMCRPu9gb5GxnVa7eR/s1600-h/Living_room+(6).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzI89EwTEwhyphenhyphenykTTXXiiGkHtP0R1ZVcpDAtrFmQ08a2cC0rZpBCBcM0XyFx7842QNUxWJTlHVFoH0pg2UW3FCnpNl8TDMUYj8rirjLqzwg7cP4S2qpJxfzgkYxR4gMCRPu9gb5GxnVa7eR/s320/Living_room+(6).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309499646935076946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Fm-D8sHvLiDnc5h35QA-74gMajLPElqAdymj5LuogvDXx703SrqWRxuhCT84BQITIw_9jjBhPuZB4bFnEWs4w8PXumOf9_Rr-Df_e5JfVzuvk4UcXB2RBuFEXa8ZOFCqZLvKN0pmIL0X/s1600-h/Living_room+(5).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Fm-D8sHvLiDnc5h35QA-74gMajLPElqAdymj5LuogvDXx703SrqWRxuhCT84BQITIw_9jjBhPuZB4bFnEWs4w8PXumOf9_Rr-Df_e5JfVzuvk4UcXB2RBuFEXa8ZOFCqZLvKN0pmIL0X/s320/Living_room+(5).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309499639183925106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto595bWWIkHzx3T3tOkcY3_njYUwM6SA1T68bkNpPUq-q_7t2NXWfc0bFmJkAQpBvGDMAE2-lHo7Cf3eZBDtgTc-0z3D64Aa6eajSXkFg3OFZF9ph0o_jGdN-aAsLW6RC90LsBlzv1s1j/s1600-h/Living_room+(7).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto595bWWIkHzx3T3tOkcY3_njYUwM6SA1T68bkNpPUq-q_7t2NXWfc0bFmJkAQpBvGDMAE2-lHo7Cf3eZBDtgTc-0z3D64Aa6eajSXkFg3OFZF9ph0o_jGdN-aAsLW6RC90LsBlzv1s1j/s320/Living_room+(7).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309499630559121266" /></a><br /><br />We still plan to paint the wall leading up the stairs. and I have a whole list of other rooms to start!Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-5925275052158663352009-01-18T20:25:00.003-05:002009-01-18T20:32:31.671-05:00Big boy bedAnd just like that Cole has decided that he should be sleeping in a big boy bed. We've had the toddler bed set up in his room since the day he was born. It was just easier that way. I kind of wondered when he'd make the switch since both big boys were in their toddler beds before they turned 2, not that I was in a rush to let this wild man free. None of them ever tried climbing out. In fact most of them would only try to climb IN!<br /><br />Every now and then Cole would pick 'dat bed' to sleep in. He'd climb in but upon us leaving, we'd turn to find him straight by the door.<br /><br />This morning I took the big boys to Sunday school and when we got home I asked Chris how Cole was like I always do. He showed me a picture from the camera of him sleeping in the tot bed. I couldn't believe it. No coaxing, no going back and forth putting him in....he just decided today was the day (which is great since I'm loaning out our crib starting sometime in February!).<br /><br />Again tonight he decided it was time to sleep in the big bed, and at the rate he's growing we're going to need a queen size by mid summer!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yhJb7woSSP3gB8uROAWBIa-1KPHu8jm-eTEoTIEYgwuy9oux8nE2u7KCUeQ_dIKJwz8RO6V_FRxU2m3kc3UJrtPYKp-65irFuU1LBHa3wL0txw6n3hwT7XorNLcii6fuXaPLVPVh9zGT/s1600-h/DSC00607.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yhJb7woSSP3gB8uROAWBIa-1KPHu8jm-eTEoTIEYgwuy9oux8nE2u7KCUeQ_dIKJwz8RO6V_FRxU2m3kc3UJrtPYKp-65irFuU1LBHa3wL0txw6n3hwT7XorNLcii6fuXaPLVPVh9zGT/s320/DSC00607.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292811302509519010" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-89112081920416107422009-01-18T20:08:00.011-05:002009-01-18T20:24:20.347-05:00Happy 2nd Birthday Cole!!!Sunday January 11th Cole turned the big 2! and boy did he let everyone know! He just loves being 2 and considers himself one of the big boys now. He hasn't really had much of the terrible 2's thankfully....or maybe because Nathan's terrible 5's are masking it?<br /><br />We didn't have a big party for him. Christmas was 2 weeks earlier and I had just gotten my surgery bandage off 2 days prior. I did manage to make him an Elmo cake. It snowed like CRAZY that day so I decided to hold off on taking him to Build a Bear until just this weekend to replace the monkey he gnawed the nose off of. His real present on his birthday was no nap! oy oy! <br /><br />He had his 2 year check up on Friday and he weighs 29 lbs and is 35.5 inches tall. He showed Dr. Aaron where all of his body parts were, and that he wanted a red sucker! The things they remember about doctors offices! Dr. actually asked me how his appetite was! I couldn't hold back any laughter on that question! The kid eats everything! Anyway, here are some pictures (past and present) of my big man.<br /><br />Here I am reminiscing about my last 2.5 hours of being pregnant, just before changing into the gown. Cut me some slack though....It's 5:30am, ON MY DUE DATE and I'm 40 lbs swollen!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpKfeve14ewgwswYIHA0zc3lauK86HDJhR4CVcLn1ZYLidXAG-g-_qn84rPIFvfQOpHgCjWg4iRm5sqmKF9Hw2lllulvg7QbQrufzPJHysKSyqOs95BRWsMFiXy-X6F452eobXrY6tzOf/s1600-h/final_belly.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpKfeve14ewgwswYIHA0zc3lauK86HDJhR4CVcLn1ZYLidXAG-g-_qn84rPIFvfQOpHgCjWg4iRm5sqmKF9Hw2lllulvg7QbQrufzPJHysKSyqOs95BRWsMFiXy-X6F452eobXrY6tzOf/s320/final_belly.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292806939989093506" /></a><br /><br />And here is my BIG 9 lb 6 oz baby boy. Thank goodness for c-sections!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP89U-UaxZjNRzUQ6QDgIcuZnZnW7BZSmoNBN0Y7vFt3s6oZsoFKuEWMXcfKG-HEgNADTXxqwGl8eYjSS_qA2E-ERNAGBdJtJC6RIyRlt2Lbj15da_RLQDX9DOntEULJZb3_966Ub5xHQJ/s1600-h/00005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP89U-UaxZjNRzUQ6QDgIcuZnZnW7BZSmoNBN0Y7vFt3s6oZsoFKuEWMXcfKG-HEgNADTXxqwGl8eYjSS_qA2E-ERNAGBdJtJC6RIyRlt2Lbj15da_RLQDX9DOntEULJZb3_966Ub5xHQJ/s320/00005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292807309236400082" /></a><br /><br />And of course the recent ones. He enjoyed the 8 people he had singing to him!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDfsgZ9WnhaEYHlwws-acQ5NgAfRM4j7TlQoA9wbi8r-eqhur0UyrgK4lvgOvOcEe80tdNvgfjuGeER6RL04DsHtDk4cdzPcaYM5MsEvlt9wCYwOLgyd1GNnSF2SjQzqovo6n4XbshKpL/s1600-h/DSC00566.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDfsgZ9WnhaEYHlwws-acQ5NgAfRM4j7TlQoA9wbi8r-eqhur0UyrgK4lvgOvOcEe80tdNvgfjuGeER6RL04DsHtDk4cdzPcaYM5MsEvlt9wCYwOLgyd1GNnSF2SjQzqovo6n4XbshKpL/s320/DSC00566.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292807859143348082" /></a><br /><br />But we all know you can't be a Decker (or a Melcher for that matter) unless you like cake better!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsbcNENW160c9IcYL-INxuzr3Y9sEKePLv3mx4eHxNy_N3zFYM8uTYJGW9NFrUNnA3Cse6cUGguN91TEtjdimjJm-VTVespXI3aVivKxgv0LuOpJ2Q5q856s1zJuDev8hve_TPhvEgP4n/s1600-h/DSC00576.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsbcNENW160c9IcYL-INxuzr3Y9sEKePLv3mx4eHxNy_N3zFYM8uTYJGW9NFrUNnA3Cse6cUGguN91TEtjdimjJm-VTVespXI3aVivKxgv0LuOpJ2Q5q856s1zJuDev8hve_TPhvEgP4n/s320/DSC00576.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292808172579856626" /></a><br /><br />For good measure I had to show off how cute he is :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyWFodHSji5arPa7_ODisKPqT7UdR2c_IVDyG3mxKrHASWyK9vmb_AxTpExXwhKlrJ4GDRkxTsGxB03CpEVMuvsHTl-HddBe3gqvHOInQyGM9nOhKcS6kohprmnDPUaBUsnKA1T55ChQp/s1600-h/DSC00585.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyWFodHSji5arPa7_ODisKPqT7UdR2c_IVDyG3mxKrHASWyK9vmb_AxTpExXwhKlrJ4GDRkxTsGxB03CpEVMuvsHTl-HddBe3gqvHOInQyGM9nOhKcS6kohprmnDPUaBUsnKA1T55ChQp/s320/DSC00585.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292808448123685586" /></a><br /><br />Here are the build a bear pictures. He had a hard time deciding what to pick out. A dog, a bear, an elephant....finally ended up just replacing the monkey!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8YBEVSYRvdMvI4BhYVk8-Zj2hHio9ZGhNa7DEEPcRBfWbK10d7OqEOhSww28Xv8ezwhJTOMWBku9bx69IJtY3iYyANqhL9Ah35jA7o2N0g5pEtZJAkiCUN1XUFIL8aJJCArqpWSORfQK/s1600-h/DSC00592.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8YBEVSYRvdMvI4BhYVk8-Zj2hHio9ZGhNa7DEEPcRBfWbK10d7OqEOhSww28Xv8ezwhJTOMWBku9bx69IJtY3iYyANqhL9Ah35jA7o2N0g5pEtZJAkiCUN1XUFIL8aJJCArqpWSORfQK/s320/DSC00592.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292808671408287122" /></a><br /><br />And he wouldn't go near the thing that inflated it with stuffing. Here he is putting the heart in though.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3sMH1WieYkxLer7I0z3f5zSmV0XNDUBgm-y69IjP54cayn0hilaU1Rria99pYoYAi3j91Rt2jtf_SLHGyIXnUpMiMjfbJ9ng4o3lWtvoeCyuEq8dIabGN_m7zlhA7y2CWkGdpsuZpVte/s1600-h/DSC00596.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3sMH1WieYkxLer7I0z3f5zSmV0XNDUBgm-y69IjP54cayn0hilaU1Rria99pYoYAi3j91Rt2jtf_SLHGyIXnUpMiMjfbJ9ng4o3lWtvoeCyuEq8dIabGN_m7zlhA7y2CWkGdpsuZpVte/s320/DSC00596.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292809028220675778" /></a><br /><br />and last but not least you can't leave without giving it a good wash!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrXTGbV_1fhKit35182hZejXXLluzAqiJHcadAWOJbf0-Sa9PwqjmeUmQERduMrNlwpZyCExgKETQnRsL5gHMqjRRKHBqRRC399r52vS9k5i1RiYSod_ckbks_zKK4lWLfg6BQindbXFy/s1600-h/DSC00599.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrXTGbV_1fhKit35182hZejXXLluzAqiJHcadAWOJbf0-Sa9PwqjmeUmQERduMrNlwpZyCExgKETQnRsL5gHMqjRRKHBqRRC399r52vS9k5i1RiYSod_ckbks_zKK4lWLfg6BQindbXFy/s320/DSC00599.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292809262992762530" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-71061713917125268402009-01-04T17:15:00.002-05:002009-01-04T19:42:15.354-05:00Hand surgeryWell in case this is new news to you I'd thought I'd share. 3 years ago I broke my right hand/thumb (the joint that connects the base of the thumb to the wrist). A very hard spot to break and on the joint at that. I decided to make a running catch during a softball game with my right hand. Unfortunately I must have forgotten that my mitt was on my left hand. I did make the catch but not w/o consequences! I was casted and went through therapy, etc but it still hurt 2.5 years later. Turns out severe arthritis had developed causing the pain and the 'bone spikes' as I call them were 'scraping' away the cartilage in the joint. So I decided to have surgery to have the arthritis removed as a way to avoid having to have the joint fused together.<br /><br />5 days later and still reliant on every one for most of my daily activities. I've got a wrapping on my hand about 6 inches thick up to my elbow that completely encompasses my thumb. I'm off pain meds and narcotics but still unable to drive, open sippy cups, make sandwiches, open child proof locks, zip coats, change diapers ( :) ), so I have 4 different people doing my weekly 'duties' next week. 1 to take Nathan to the bus stop, 1 to take Lance to school, a different one to pick him up, and one to take Nathan home from school. I'm also going to be hanging out with neighbors often! I guess I really took for granted all the things we do with our thumbs....our RIGHT thumbs! <br /><br />I have to have this eye sore on my hand until Friday, and then I'm sure it will at least be in a removable splint which will be much better than this foul smelling thing.Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-28252904613639238652009-01-04T16:43:00.003-05:002009-01-04T17:13:33.154-05:00Christmas!What a great year! and can you believe the furthest we traveled was up to Rockford the week before!!! The boys could not wait for Santa to come and the conversations the morning of were classic. The big boys were of course up before 6 and had their stockings opened before they got us. Once Cole was up everything flew by and Christmas including breakfast was over by 7:30am. My parents came over that night and Saturday we had the whole Lenning family over. I'm so thankful for everyone making the trip and believe it or not the weather actually cooperated for once! <br /><br />Christmas eve we continued the family tradition of opening only gifts from each other and the ones from mommy and daddy are usually games. I set them out Christmas eve morning and Nathan had them 'organized' within minutes. All separated according to person! and there were only 9! They had fun picking out gifts for each other and actually using their own money to buy them. The big ticket items this year were geotrax (like we need more!), a bike, a scooter, remote control everything, and a HUGE tote of crafting stuff!<br /><br />Christmas eve before opening our family gifts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxlDKsfqSf_2LgPiExS-b24-8v9UV2W3SQOLQq6vorvyh4Wl9mxAO-KaGgWB7Osr2cjhGg3MxxMVRXERZ5EXf3uAbsZ5YCrpcx9l2M67Ro3Le_WoHfTLvkzWOifB5TDOWi6W08QbqoKNE/s1600-h/DSC00462.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxlDKsfqSf_2LgPiExS-b24-8v9UV2W3SQOLQq6vorvyh4Wl9mxAO-KaGgWB7Osr2cjhGg3MxxMVRXERZ5EXf3uAbsZ5YCrpcx9l2M67Ro3Le_WoHfTLvkzWOifB5TDOWi6W08QbqoKNE/s320/DSC00462.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287562038047084402" /></a><br /><br />The 'before' picture<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSixMno9Kr_eanf75HU92qyyYsjlc6xlP69xZkVZ1dd8Iks8shQDDdqTCeBpJCQNnvKirFkxSsNCeUi4novHMgGUkhwgNGEuqj6dJCN2V97oZE0Owflegxhcsw0e6iYcovLftlf9H9hC5C/s1600-h/DSC00468.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSixMno9Kr_eanf75HU92qyyYsjlc6xlP69xZkVZ1dd8Iks8shQDDdqTCeBpJCQNnvKirFkxSsNCeUi4novHMgGUkhwgNGEuqj6dJCN2V97oZE0Owflegxhcsw0e6iYcovLftlf9H9hC5C/s320/DSC00468.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287562366587072338" /></a><br /><br />Lance on his new bike<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqKgm0FunIKiyEf4E-ykgkVX-EdMXJvd_hsHPgYQfBHNGsISOHFWBbza74Ko80AfTUDjAXbpKJ6k6qA15bZe5YR2E8wHItmhVBGitao2hEES-4rShdKyqGuQILIf0YV8fgxV754JR68Vm/s1600-h/DSC00477.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqKgm0FunIKiyEf4E-ykgkVX-EdMXJvd_hsHPgYQfBHNGsISOHFWBbza74Ko80AfTUDjAXbpKJ6k6qA15bZe5YR2E8wHItmhVBGitao2hEES-4rShdKyqGuQILIf0YV8fgxV754JR68Vm/s320/DSC00477.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287562893767908802" /></a><br /><br />Nathan showing off a present<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3vBMjZOt47CSw1di-SaKdTs0LA7mnS7vZEEWSGZyklEm5u8cXertuKDjZhzoTD_xso4atshQYJtWHA4kHA_bguAQZ7wiB7lShTyyWuW5mpHk-suma4h01SA_4Nh_ASEKu2koVEA_8lAg/s1600-h/DSC00486.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3vBMjZOt47CSw1di-SaKdTs0LA7mnS7vZEEWSGZyklEm5u8cXertuKDjZhzoTD_xso4atshQYJtWHA4kHA_bguAQZ7wiB7lShTyyWuW5mpHk-suma4h01SA_4Nh_ASEKu2koVEA_8lAg/s320/DSC00486.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287563119254923522" /></a><br /><br />Cole got into it this year too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18jbOV9SPqE_uqgTgyONTTyoIPMDCPT5KROCVV0QYBi4REGVF6W0vJsLQD8SO68plmnllQzpgownj8r-hcWjyD-Yx2dezPeOGWBqiLE6K66SoVpE3u1T2LPbCKtWr0jubSFRtHP2UVEwC/s1600-h/DSC00481.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18jbOV9SPqE_uqgTgyONTTyoIPMDCPT5KROCVV0QYBi4REGVF6W0vJsLQD8SO68plmnllQzpgownj8r-hcWjyD-Yx2dezPeOGWBqiLE6K66SoVpE3u1T2LPbCKtWr0jubSFRtHP2UVEwC/s320/DSC00481.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287563447743276242" /></a><br /><br />The 'after' picture!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInQKCmed_2NstVx7yhbkmt4iyILRM-GLAwebbYhknHnp5aKwFSd6KlARal6JyehRDTmPh7FhaZtmoXgZB2GesAvTjOxopPlUy0d-9fZIU60112GzlkelPXLvvVdQdGjEnRAVnxW_ViLX0/s1600-h/DSC00500.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInQKCmed_2NstVx7yhbkmt4iyILRM-GLAwebbYhknHnp5aKwFSd6KlARal6JyehRDTmPh7FhaZtmoXgZB2GesAvTjOxopPlUy0d-9fZIU60112GzlkelPXLvvVdQdGjEnRAVnxW_ViLX0/s320/DSC00500.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287563679423061026" /></a><br /><br />And after a very long day, a Christmas family picture<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMylidDZwUWVeVB29lgnC6fygkH2jYVdqAwsCxlag05dGP9ENxOWJE2ExtSLSva7QYaeynTcKo-VCOnl6BAH3Ps4LtiX7DH-GncjcxvGoDkbRqZ5XJPEbXT5-37lCxyetSYuRshzJmLVE/s1600-h/DSC00555.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMylidDZwUWVeVB29lgnC6fygkH2jYVdqAwsCxlag05dGP9ENxOWJE2ExtSLSva7QYaeynTcKo-VCOnl6BAH3Ps4LtiX7DH-GncjcxvGoDkbRqZ5XJPEbXT5-37lCxyetSYuRshzJmLVE/s320/DSC00555.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287564045170059586" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-17657144947689270602008-12-19T09:59:00.004-05:002008-12-19T10:04:51.972-05:00Morning with SantaSo I'm a little behind! We went to the morning with Santa event through the moms group I'm in. They did a FABULOUS job! The kids got to frost and decorate cookies, make Christmas cards for elderly people, color and of course sit on Santa's lap. The big boys could hardly contain themselves, Cole on the other hand was not thrilled. At least they were cute and matching thanks to Aunt Laura!!! The sweaters fit perfect!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-A7_mwwGew-frq77_YSzIPgSEcbG-1GnnC9V_I9E3u6QdwF2Hz4M08x5aJUj1wU1G2FS8rqVsVj58qXmGQlPo_fBtqd0hpXDkrtQCNujY8HLg4ZhSmP9fLbVjWodCGkXQx3Jwv0xooi1H/s1600-h/DSC00403.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-A7_mwwGew-frq77_YSzIPgSEcbG-1GnnC9V_I9E3u6QdwF2Hz4M08x5aJUj1wU1G2FS8rqVsVj58qXmGQlPo_fBtqd0hpXDkrtQCNujY8HLg4ZhSmP9fLbVjWodCGkXQx3Jwv0xooi1H/s320/DSC00403.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281516659517972594" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_btulWFGD75SgME85l-lRVa2OhXcTrJT_nNQNMBVaLcm7v9wO-DHlZ3PT8vcvf2eGNcLFxzEJOsqQxjlW29F6uTkmKSKp3NzWa8sZJsy7Ai_g9b9uQ_tQrUJUUGBa_j_B4U25QKmsbfCW/s1600-h/DSC00408.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_btulWFGD75SgME85l-lRVa2OhXcTrJT_nNQNMBVaLcm7v9wO-DHlZ3PT8vcvf2eGNcLFxzEJOsqQxjlW29F6uTkmKSKp3NzWa8sZJsy7Ai_g9b9uQ_tQrUJUUGBa_j_B4U25QKmsbfCW/s320/DSC00408.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281516920721923410" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCSEX2OrggpIoW8lSILjcEcKTsGMPUkApZwZEtyUHRaJtC626ZjOKROsNdE-VSkHpJwTcGhIayULCr4e55aMJ9gxrGu11Ohrm3FYe3Tsy88mlEgbFfOEzhxBVa_r5x3d3HsMwdL-ke4MK/s1600-h/DSC00409.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCSEX2OrggpIoW8lSILjcEcKTsGMPUkApZwZEtyUHRaJtC626ZjOKROsNdE-VSkHpJwTcGhIayULCr4e55aMJ9gxrGu11Ohrm3FYe3Tsy88mlEgbFfOEzhxBVa_r5x3d3HsMwdL-ke4MK/s320/DSC00409.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281517147754923170" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqGcuVRuQpsy34EDjZzjblNGGwnyBoUBbTBp1wt3HV9rbGmf7wnIK5O-KHn7FPp25ZqR6jfDRAXOGHI7du2aeKc1CbLmYhVGVZmR0ZNJDnGTGIndQu-tjlXSumO_xB8XfQxynzKw4QXj1/s1600-h/DSC00411.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqGcuVRuQpsy34EDjZzjblNGGwnyBoUBbTBp1wt3HV9rbGmf7wnIK5O-KHn7FPp25ZqR6jfDRAXOGHI7du2aeKc1CbLmYhVGVZmR0ZNJDnGTGIndQu-tjlXSumO_xB8XfQxynzKw4QXj1/s320/DSC00411.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281517321419130946" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-80435679862146601642008-12-12T17:04:00.005-05:002008-12-12T17:10:51.389-05:00Christmas Photo Shoot!Our neighbor and very talented photographer friend had a special last week so we decided to try to get pictures of the boys....together! We had a mini 20 minute session so after she took about 80 of them together we decided to get some individuals too. Here's how they turned out!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcc9ybxLpJ-A2ShNzcLUXPfJeM2iVYf2HNcp6fH-jzsxgAmndNH3XPNcNnaXE58LSPvlsp-prS_fMBQPx11D3cGbvq2ghE20ikFwl-6D7tX8oFY9hbuDv6qSB12grblKx29fJsA3BiJaQH/s1600-h/D025e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcc9ybxLpJ-A2ShNzcLUXPfJeM2iVYf2HNcp6fH-jzsxgAmndNH3XPNcNnaXE58LSPvlsp-prS_fMBQPx11D3cGbvq2ghE20ikFwl-6D7tX8oFY9hbuDv6qSB12grblKx29fJsA3BiJaQH/s320/D025e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279028611493025826" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKlSR66rl4WC1xxS86StIdcsJR4dkbIPdFqCoa97mw0izk478fVphUs32W0GnbTQBsZp2DG-nVv32ogSZkwiSaXvBTfla8QVQ_FyjJRlF7AFPQJGWXsCie0OWKQz_SNm-Vs88dRylKNCi/s1600-h/D002e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKlSR66rl4WC1xxS86StIdcsJR4dkbIPdFqCoa97mw0izk478fVphUs32W0GnbTQBsZp2DG-nVv32ogSZkwiSaXvBTfla8QVQ_FyjJRlF7AFPQJGWXsCie0OWKQz_SNm-Vs88dRylKNCi/s320/D002e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279028862279659458" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8p71EjodMVV6WrLly_m6236K5IhxegefpOD8tzPRC0aueyJ5f6o5BMUM-F32hdCxwm3b_WTMVPiStx7hzuhC3Mb8Jwyqe2a1HyNUmh8d7_HFYe2vgURJDXnnhgR5m-g4NUp3LXRWajpbs/s1600-h/D111e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8p71EjodMVV6WrLly_m6236K5IhxegefpOD8tzPRC0aueyJ5f6o5BMUM-F32hdCxwm3b_WTMVPiStx7hzuhC3Mb8Jwyqe2a1HyNUmh8d7_HFYe2vgURJDXnnhgR5m-g4NUp3LXRWajpbs/s320/D111e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279029080822374274" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5Bx_n_ITPCh8SkqNWt7Y9Rn3ii14jQebbWVhbfE3lhjyOBkDyY9M9x4gK9LZne9jjsOoWo_kP5qWJZOl64hRMT5xoj3yn1T2HVc6wBUbMEvMnlkEuJXEbvznNVMK5QMFFSzZKIA6dT9p/s1600-h/D120e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5Bx_n_ITPCh8SkqNWt7Y9Rn3ii14jQebbWVhbfE3lhjyOBkDyY9M9x4gK9LZne9jjsOoWo_kP5qWJZOl64hRMT5xoj3yn1T2HVc6wBUbMEvMnlkEuJXEbvznNVMK5QMFFSzZKIA6dT9p/s320/D120e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279029315979239282" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2u_WxjBaHwEp746Zz9dyNB7xZVUe_M9O7n8KM3nti5i_sp7wOWm2zwrnH0mQ2MRfwzUyph6nByjNYTQuKEUcS4cztOkjXDqTYDfLXYno-wpm2VqKkrEfqdtt44yqVimkCxnVqOGX-0Tz7/s1600-h/D128e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2u_WxjBaHwEp746Zz9dyNB7xZVUe_M9O7n8KM3nti5i_sp7wOWm2zwrnH0mQ2MRfwzUyph6nByjNYTQuKEUcS4cztOkjXDqTYDfLXYno-wpm2VqKkrEfqdtt44yqVimkCxnVqOGX-0Tz7/s320/D128e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279029468134496866" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-556418792745446202008-11-28T22:27:00.010-05:002008-11-28T22:43:55.912-05:00Happy 4th Birthday Lance!!Well his birthday started out on Monday the 24th at school. I was able to go with him to help out and just have a Lance day. Of course it snowed like the dickens that day! <br /><br />Here he is playing outside at school<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4yc6rwDfNJWVY-0ycKs0SQP_FpDNdspLmcpA8O2_C5bNhhK4uQc0CcgRQSctv5O3LKbmcgUJMCGkMdIltx1iWdXPz-bP_41szjpJMIXmq_EXC2jIxuyG1YwyGMLEI0sZpcfzBQhARYNN/s1600-h/DSC00232.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4yc6rwDfNJWVY-0ycKs0SQP_FpDNdspLmcpA8O2_C5bNhhK4uQc0CcgRQSctv5O3LKbmcgUJMCGkMdIltx1iWdXPz-bP_41szjpJMIXmq_EXC2jIxuyG1YwyGMLEI0sZpcfzBQhARYNN/s320/DSC00232.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273916492858784578" /></a><br /><br />He was also signed up to be the special line leader that day. It is a huge thing for the kids!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZLFacS2-nPji4IqMpvEIroaFR6qOKlbfX4l0TLWhYUvsXrxtNFZ73Zod2WuLqQADeGMqlxXE7UcuUjnY3SLeXKtt86fOFRLS7qiE-xDcTIrrNPyzAiLq4VlON2a4IOajaF1YBe87WspG/s1600-h/DSC00236.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZLFacS2-nPji4IqMpvEIroaFR6qOKlbfX4l0TLWhYUvsXrxtNFZ73Zod2WuLqQADeGMqlxXE7UcuUjnY3SLeXKtt86fOFRLS7qiE-xDcTIrrNPyzAiLq4VlON2a4IOajaF1YBe87WspG/s320/DSC00236.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273916792884547282" /></a><br /><br />After school Chris met us for lunch at Perkins where he got some chocolate chip pancakes and chocolate milk. He chose the restaurant of course! Then it was off to the toy store where he could pick out a toy with the money Aunt Jen sent to him! He chose a helicopter that really is a cool little toy! Cole and Nathan seemed to like it too!<br /><br />Then on Wednesday he got the special treatment again. He didn't have school that day so we planned his birthday party. We invited all of his 'usual' friends and all of his classmates. So 25 kids in all! Thank goodness it wasn't at my house! I rented out a local gymnastics place and it was beyond awesome! I'm pretty sure everyone had a great time! and I didn't have to clean up a thing!!<br /><br />Here are some of my favorite pictures!<br /><br />First here is the much talked about Monster Truck cake. It took quite some time to finish but was well worth it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PLTgxmhS-iXhO2AF7whuXZNuLcwvU5OcAdBGyobBL7RKF8SF3WrMmLCQAZeUILYPuwpT3sqpQ-x6t9PjaOWLyie_sy1Epa82RP7f8V-fGW2cpwdfNzeWqGYZijN2bekG_KpBsbmyqE5e/s1600-h/DSC00272.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PLTgxmhS-iXhO2AF7whuXZNuLcwvU5OcAdBGyobBL7RKF8SF3WrMmLCQAZeUILYPuwpT3sqpQ-x6t9PjaOWLyie_sy1Epa82RP7f8V-fGW2cpwdfNzeWqGYZijN2bekG_KpBsbmyqE5e/s320/DSC00272.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273917760182400658" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0KO0qKXO1EDSkHTzBxwFalNj6AJdM-QCmE99bL3YnmbjKojqr1C5fuph5BwZgq2K1fn91NZkSBdR6-dcKprLJpJWiyLwWIxG-ci1J1F5kYJbXPIlUcGYj19sz-6jwl4izqz-5Wx-v2sO/s1600-h/DSC00277.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0KO0qKXO1EDSkHTzBxwFalNj6AJdM-QCmE99bL3YnmbjKojqr1C5fuph5BwZgq2K1fn91NZkSBdR6-dcKprLJpJWiyLwWIxG-ci1J1F5kYJbXPIlUcGYj19sz-6jwl4izqz-5Wx-v2sO/s320/DSC00277.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273918203540781554" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXDrKg2dpewJjRFWj46xZEmJh-hO6_rkgKkFEU3-C3W8pjO-JqhaqTvttNWv_cegab-60OXuBb1uK4SLxGN6K4x79ubJ6Vld5UnCyN3YyHhIhSgBZwxnMx3c29CcT_lrn9XkckTIll719/s1600-h/DSC00284.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXDrKg2dpewJjRFWj46xZEmJh-hO6_rkgKkFEU3-C3W8pjO-JqhaqTvttNWv_cegab-60OXuBb1uK4SLxGN6K4x79ubJ6Vld5UnCyN3YyHhIhSgBZwxnMx3c29CcT_lrn9XkckTIll719/s320/DSC00284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273918434120691122" /></a><br /><br />Here's super Lance jumping into the foam pit! He was at this thing almost the whole time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJ7Bvijf1tvkR8pbsc5cCcBZJiHBL8RyepPY7Zs813QHM5joG-RFL3CXoJ-Ch0BnN3oA_gv7kMC45cHuMo0Yke0_JV1qjEHVFYajdf7ctZc2RlQBbEHK3afSbTpnaov2V6PHcs6B1kMAK/s1600-h/DSC00289.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJ7Bvijf1tvkR8pbsc5cCcBZJiHBL8RyepPY7Zs813QHM5joG-RFL3CXoJ-Ch0BnN3oA_gv7kMC45cHuMo0Yke0_JV1qjEHVFYajdf7ctZc2RlQBbEHK3afSbTpnaov2V6PHcs6B1kMAK/s320/DSC00289.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273918664866026882" /></a><br /><br />Once he finally left the foam pit he had a BLAST on the bungee!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wmsYof3L4exfNV7gd92SgOSn8vqzFguiB0qqGN8IC84qEAAffQcQog_UCdiz6YMKmc4XdqOkKAvRbNuM_iPVGY7mQMsVQTZjxEcTXvTYNp0QiaGScoawPCdMj_cHj_lX0HSWCovlI3Ou/s1600-h/DSC00295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wmsYof3L4exfNV7gd92SgOSn8vqzFguiB0qqGN8IC84qEAAffQcQog_UCdiz6YMKmc4XdqOkKAvRbNuM_iPVGY7mQMsVQTZjxEcTXvTYNp0QiaGScoawPCdMj_cHj_lX0HSWCovlI3Ou/s320/DSC00295.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273919185675586994" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKagBDalkgPvQR7kQyD-WzIRsI5uOf0solH_kaltgCCzqxwFEspIASr5_1vR1pVQtVffBKYmB3pyTyl66I4YmxuCjqb-4c4eowYW-O5-0Ra_cDn8zTFmu41_IaRuKIaGJUGui-gKfzv3Q8/s1600-h/DSC00300.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKagBDalkgPvQR7kQyD-WzIRsI5uOf0solH_kaltgCCzqxwFEspIASr5_1vR1pVQtVffBKYmB3pyTyl66I4YmxuCjqb-4c4eowYW-O5-0Ra_cDn8zTFmu41_IaRuKIaGJUGui-gKfzv3Q8/s320/DSC00300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273919539636834706" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WBmp9CNFiw_suQZhzHtmPo4pIJ8c85rh65OEmNHKxy-A1WPTdzz9upC7mE5wwwNkshi4eLDINGht-7hlCw4hZ8F9XQwYyu549hM6EO05i5M69biAwzY5zLLyBtPi4TpCRj8Hm4JtSwU3/s1600-h/DSC00301.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WBmp9CNFiw_suQZhzHtmPo4pIJ8c85rh65OEmNHKxy-A1WPTdzz9upC7mE5wwwNkshi4eLDINGht-7hlCw4hZ8F9XQwYyu549hM6EO05i5M69biAwzY5zLLyBtPi4TpCRj8Hm4JtSwU3/s320/DSC00301.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273919821518204530" /></a><br /><br />Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Lance, happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuu<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1CKwsQ4Ub-7n4_AlohoRs6cphQwRw84jkxmVa3BVvq6kJaUmNZ0JQ07-yAhjeDxmmu3X47YF3DaRjjpmQud3shzV-pwP1PkvOC_Gj0M_6vltmdakZzWTLUay8O8rq2cHPFeb3ETJMrSn/s1600-h/DSC00352.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1CKwsQ4Ub-7n4_AlohoRs6cphQwRw84jkxmVa3BVvq6kJaUmNZ0JQ07-yAhjeDxmmu3X47YF3DaRjjpmQud3shzV-pwP1PkvOC_Gj0M_6vltmdakZzWTLUay8O8rq2cHPFeb3ETJMrSn/s320/DSC00352.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273920050151725858" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-17826013958728574772008-11-28T22:22:00.003-05:002008-11-28T22:27:33.536-05:00Our first snow family!Well on Monday November 24th we got some GREAT snow! After Cole's nap we went outside with the neighbors to start a huge snow project! It started as just a snowman, but ended up as a whole snow family! The snow packed perfectly and this thing took both Lauren and I to put it's head on! All of the kids helped put his body parts on and the rest of the fixin's. Once that was done they wanted to build more so we ended up building a smaller snowman and Lauren had an idea to put together a snow dog! Cole and Avery had fun sitting on him!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ9e7vR06FUJx6o9I6qAZido_zf6404Jo7yZHxTohpQUuhE5xX38ObYBxJH-3Tk-FxLqVUB3kHbr5zckvxIknA87aYSz2-depMhjHk_c2QDA7FaVWsmjDP16YgLFq8yDmo-ja5MEaH-QE/s1600-h/DSC00241.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ9e7vR06FUJx6o9I6qAZido_zf6404Jo7yZHxTohpQUuhE5xX38ObYBxJH-3Tk-FxLqVUB3kHbr5zckvxIknA87aYSz2-depMhjHk_c2QDA7FaVWsmjDP16YgLFq8yDmo-ja5MEaH-QE/s320/DSC00241.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273915667368746354" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8hMIj7_e4DmSB-BrDukoEUDaxHe9FT0YGCQpf0pN6b9hfLDF6K7ba2B8gl44RPliwzaJzytnIaFMzP-9lXG_7kI88_bSeILtIq9UueqrLfU68dTqE7eWWapHgEceO8wmvjuk6BpUSJJy/s1600-h/DSC00265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8hMIj7_e4DmSB-BrDukoEUDaxHe9FT0YGCQpf0pN6b9hfLDF6K7ba2B8gl44RPliwzaJzytnIaFMzP-9lXG_7kI88_bSeILtIq9UueqrLfU68dTqE7eWWapHgEceO8wmvjuk6BpUSJJy/s320/DSC00265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273915843638445986" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-90480866993425310832008-11-05T23:01:00.002-05:002008-11-05T23:09:39.718-05:00A little update on NathanWell we had parent/teacher conferences on Monday and well they were interesting! While we were waiting we got to look through a few 'books' that the class had put together. One was the 'What I am thankful for' book and the other was the 'my favorite thing to eat is' book. Ironically Nathan's thing he's most thankful for and his favorite thing to eat are one in the same. CAKE! He's spells it 'cac'. Teacher said he loves that word since he can sound it out and spell it all by himself! So he throws it into any situation he can! He also loves math! Another engineer in the making I guess! but we got the dreaded 'he can't sit still or concentrate for too long' speech. All in all though, I'm completely thrilled with his progress and I absolutely love his teacher! <br /><br />We also got his school picture back. What's not to love?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuR3SVIg6cACg9hRikMNT5OJlBu8nKbGHiAGG_tYHqRHHcYLGO5LiYm5inkAlor7UyIJ1tsQEx-hvNeYLNp6iWeGS6zovUPIesSQ3DCv2ICrxvB1O8wLvkdK8iXknNoz9bGLq9E28IA0OG/s1600-h/nathans+kindergarten+photo+10_2008_smallsize+.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuR3SVIg6cACg9hRikMNT5OJlBu8nKbGHiAGG_tYHqRHHcYLGO5LiYm5inkAlor7UyIJ1tsQEx-hvNeYLNp6iWeGS6zovUPIesSQ3DCv2ICrxvB1O8wLvkdK8iXknNoz9bGLq9E28IA0OG/s320/nathans+kindergarten+photo+10_2008_smallsize+.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265391810321884002" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-26433922990182031892008-11-03T07:54:00.002-05:002008-11-03T08:00:10.688-05:00Halloween 2008Well it started off pretty good. The whole school district had a half day so that meant Nathan could ride the bus home (usually I have to pick him up as there is no mid day bussing). So I wait at the bus stop and all of the kids get off except Nathan! Luckily the bus has to drive back through that stop on the way out of the subdivision so I stopped her then and Nathan got off! Little did I know that virtually every Kindergarten mom (except me) goes to the schools Halloween party and parade so none of his friends were on the bus.<br /><br />So being such a beautiful day (and since Cole took a short nap earlier) we decided to rake leaves and jump in them. There were about 10 neighbor kids all playing and Cole started going down hill fast. Very whiny, clingy, and tired. So we went home, put him down for a nap, woke him up for dinner and he had a 102 temp. Poor thing was still dog tired. So needless to say he missed trick or treating. I don't think he was too upset as earlier in the week he was scared of his costume (an alligator) and refused to put it on! <br /><br />Nathan and Lance on the other hand had a blast and made out like bandits! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1U3tRpmAbuXbXpUffb4MsaA1dVH2ejy9LFfHMrtbp9f7BCT9RKplL7HZ6go0lZjnksTog42PMwtrqg1IQI8HIIKoi-yI3jQgOyApnWCFa7B9Oh2TVhQKmCbwrpe7XrlS51Gx5V0m4nkT/s1600-h/DSC00226.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1U3tRpmAbuXbXpUffb4MsaA1dVH2ejy9LFfHMrtbp9f7BCT9RKplL7HZ6go0lZjnksTog42PMwtrqg1IQI8HIIKoi-yI3jQgOyApnWCFa7B9Oh2TVhQKmCbwrpe7XrlS51Gx5V0m4nkT/s320/DSC00226.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264415270227872370" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-69728267350433145882008-11-03T07:39:00.003-05:002008-11-03T07:54:08.605-05:00Lance's Halloween singThe morning of Halloween Lance's class sang a few songs for us! He had been practicing literally for weeks singing to us at home so we thought we would FINALLY have a child that participated in one of these things.....wrong! He pretty much coughed through the first half of it (self induced). We asked him why he didn't sing and he said it was because he was coughing. ugh! But they finally got to some of his favorite songs and he sang along a bit. Still no hand gestures like the rest of the kids but he did sing....at least you can see his mouth moving!! Here's a video for your Monday morning enjoyment.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxRBvxmA4a_rbpPMl1BYht1PoC9CMwJwmb4nHn3EFQEPbkoLC_9zhWjacPb7825wyvnfPmaxQAGmtphAGsxDQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-20434403739100469112008-10-18T15:18:00.004-04:002008-10-18T15:24:53.383-04:00The kids first marathon!This morning the boys and I did the Grand Rapids kids marathon! We trained for 2 months and today finished the last 1.2 miles of it downtown. They had a blast! We started out strong, all holding hands while I still had one hand on the stroller (Cole didn't want to miss it either) and about a quarter of the way through Lance tripped and fell. They still finished and got their medals, bagels and gatorade! All in all an exciting morning!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4IV4n7dQxGMwZmehdYp-_RIIKp-K5mOxgasnQCHZo77DhVYr5e5hiXtUuXgv-raj0hIoTFOKs5k_0MqXCF-IGG5ZXlP1sEXxU7ohmoRutXoWiP9er1iwLv2xoUgVFdxiwLByQo2rum-9/s1600-h/DSC00201.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4IV4n7dQxGMwZmehdYp-_RIIKp-K5mOxgasnQCHZo77DhVYr5e5hiXtUuXgv-raj0hIoTFOKs5k_0MqXCF-IGG5ZXlP1sEXxU7ohmoRutXoWiP9er1iwLv2xoUgVFdxiwLByQo2rum-9/s320/DSC00201.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258576401961277954" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO-RGz8ZtnqKKlId0tuDtCX0hfOzDAkX8gXDGeMnpxBWkqx9PNooWACKebpre_jpQ4hlwa2L_28GCckyKxQLK-mWDaF-aiZkVUVgYJg7ZGC-X_ahB35wftvsepEpgXHhC8iyU1knz64fk/s1600-h/DSC00202.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO-RGz8ZtnqKKlId0tuDtCX0hfOzDAkX8gXDGeMnpxBWkqx9PNooWACKebpre_jpQ4hlwa2L_28GCckyKxQLK-mWDaF-aiZkVUVgYJg7ZGC-X_ahB35wftvsepEpgXHhC8iyU1knz64fk/s320/DSC00202.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258576630695415506" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewzhDbOOuVt_F0CyqZr6mcrrcbInOOUpJPZPjd_4zQfECOHSaD9QQR83G8QkuZeDfgrbZHjvRQRTcBX713L0l6kudp36MbhwIfEpSpSd5SN56MFrIC1zpGru7uVVBrArtwLDidWh3u8Wk/s1600-h/DSC00204.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewzhDbOOuVt_F0CyqZr6mcrrcbInOOUpJPZPjd_4zQfECOHSaD9QQR83G8QkuZeDfgrbZHjvRQRTcBX713L0l6kudp36MbhwIfEpSpSd5SN56MFrIC1zpGru7uVVBrArtwLDidWh3u8Wk/s320/DSC00204.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258576863245576082" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnix6VFbXj2d3ikyiwoqcuhpEcVzpPKDQlSnHVVvKXUmB47_IbnjhYI90Ynw-Xx4vpFT5DJLbxEx8X4np747Exx4j8njwnuHyhC4XyV7J7-t8dWPWqlQ9oL1wa3x7ta9U5BVPwowixtDft/s1600-h/DSC00206.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnix6VFbXj2d3ikyiwoqcuhpEcVzpPKDQlSnHVVvKXUmB47_IbnjhYI90Ynw-Xx4vpFT5DJLbxEx8X4np747Exx4j8njwnuHyhC4XyV7J7-t8dWPWqlQ9oL1wa3x7ta9U5BVPwowixtDft/s320/DSC00206.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258577045863169778" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-81008144738724954502008-09-23T21:09:00.003-04:002008-09-23T21:19:58.478-04:00Lance's first day of preschool!The day has finally come! Lance has been begging to go to school for over a year now. His first day was Monday Sept. 8th. He has the same schedule and teachers that Nathan had last year so he is familiar with the school, classroom and teachers. He is the youngest in the class as he only meets the age cut off by 5 days and some days it shows...some days it doesn't. He is doing great so far though. He sits through story time wonderfully, listens, plays nicely with the other kids. The only thing we've had a 'problem' with so far is that sometimes there isn't a 'project' for him to take home in his bag. Either it was painted and is still wet, or the teachers are keeping it for display, etc. and this causes SERIOUS meltdowns! Embarrassing meltdowns! I'm used to it though :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWDVxPEc2hL00U4e03xXqM7ZjYrBMWh-vfBbvRmKt9idHiLme78TKVHO0uCVkJ9M4_YCwQ3RpoVw0zu1ScFI3yy1IkYijsTAlxeuaAD6K1VdcKEsGMSobou7ZFZkHVHklRdwSbOYbVARe/s1600-h/DSC00142.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWDVxPEc2hL00U4e03xXqM7ZjYrBMWh-vfBbvRmKt9idHiLme78TKVHO0uCVkJ9M4_YCwQ3RpoVw0zu1ScFI3yy1IkYijsTAlxeuaAD6K1VdcKEsGMSobou7ZFZkHVHklRdwSbOYbVARe/s320/DSC00142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249391164844829266" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-HkjlkRFgdRXYf0xt0RpE2fOoRPXgRryfJGsK9kQ_ZUGLwegA7zNAbUHT8zOJFWWqR2XYOj_5t8HMFLiRgz2sKKQb3ABg4h7Rp8Awd25U0AGZEPWlsJeu_2oXwAztXyQFlAjx3KY8ljN/s1600-h/DSC00145.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-HkjlkRFgdRXYf0xt0RpE2fOoRPXgRryfJGsK9kQ_ZUGLwegA7zNAbUHT8zOJFWWqR2XYOj_5t8HMFLiRgz2sKKQb3ABg4h7Rp8Awd25U0AGZEPWlsJeu_2oXwAztXyQFlAjx3KY8ljN/s320/DSC00145.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249391413664949106" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-43136840218352988722008-09-23T21:01:00.004-04:002008-09-23T21:08:33.044-04:00Nathan's first soccer gameWe decided to sign Nathan up for soccer this fall. I also threw Chris under the bus and put him down as coach! Their first game was Saturday Sept. 6th......yes the same day as the triathlon! Chris pretty much had an hour and a half after his race to eat lunch and get ready to coach 6 five year olds! Nathan did great though. Within the first minute of play he took the ball down the entire field and scored a goal! I didn't even have time to pull my camera out yet! The rest of the game however he thought it was fun to continually stop game play by touching the ball with his hands....apparently that draws far more attention than scoring a goal? He had his second game the 13th and scored yet another goal so he's quite the star!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw0limoiZwLG1hLFqv5gI6bHaAC7RAaWCzBNlD0HXcTEzFHAdt_8dZ8YB4SmL0AiUxsOKsNR-EO_yxBOND7yezcCAI-J23l2BlPEqsRlLMEfy2WbatXDw7flYbjR3J64gI74Wsr3P22Q6/s1600-h/DSC00121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw0limoiZwLG1hLFqv5gI6bHaAC7RAaWCzBNlD0HXcTEzFHAdt_8dZ8YB4SmL0AiUxsOKsNR-EO_yxBOND7yezcCAI-J23l2BlPEqsRlLMEfy2WbatXDw7flYbjR3J64gI74Wsr3P22Q6/s320/DSC00121.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249387918659008130" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnASSP4ha0PzApwtc-HxT_ItoU7Mcibe7yvcCvtJpDn_pIenwPnUtwngYW5-Qvo6WF1eJZZOTTtz__kJR7myyi6Tpn85RgopLSEreOXvQmAjJpw_hAPmnmJxyI4CVfE-JjhN8Cxk0TT8Nx/s1600-h/DSC00122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnASSP4ha0PzApwtc-HxT_ItoU7Mcibe7yvcCvtJpDn_pIenwPnUtwngYW5-Qvo6WF1eJZZOTTtz__kJR7myyi6Tpn85RgopLSEreOXvQmAjJpw_hAPmnmJxyI4CVfE-JjhN8Cxk0TT8Nx/s320/DSC00122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249388218806078370" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIakxEDgdmi-h32C9TWw_6K9vGSwlsdLsh9MVxcGnYDeyJIJRmmeHgWDcGSGd-TTXQ4rdH6CkuMkWbM6DWOrS-1WB56QmdWOExbECDTE4mTVdBFbEnsd-0h1nkiMMjgTgW9sOLThNn_TGI/s1600-h/DSC00125.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIakxEDgdmi-h32C9TWw_6K9vGSwlsdLsh9MVxcGnYDeyJIJRmmeHgWDcGSGd-TTXQ4rdH6CkuMkWbM6DWOrS-1WB56QmdWOExbECDTE4mTVdBFbEnsd-0h1nkiMMjgTgW9sOLThNn_TGI/s320/DSC00125.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249388361556239650" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-25277296545928913592008-09-09T19:58:00.002-04:002008-09-09T20:07:39.606-04:00Reeds Lake Triathlon Results!Well Saturday was the big day! Chris completed his second triathlon (1/2 mile swim, 18 mile bike, 5 mile run).....2 minutes faster than last years time! He finished this year at 2:12:28 stomping on his last years swim time and still running under a 10 minute mile! <br /><br />Unfortunately the boys and I did not get to see him at the bike turn. I was under the impression that the first swim heat took off at 8am when in fact they started at 7:30. We showed up to cheer him on and missed him by a good half hour. I'm not sure we would have even been out of the house in time to see him taking off that early!!!<br /><br />Overall, a great time and still room for improvement. Who knows maybe next year I'll join in?!Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-74824840794109418012008-09-08T16:06:00.001-04:002008-09-08T16:08:23.961-04:00Subscribe to the blogI've become even more computer savvy I guess and added an email subscription to the blog. If you forget to check it often for updates or lost the link, etc. type in your email to the right and each week I believe if I've added a post you will be sent an email with the updates. Just an easier way to keep up with the family!!Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719880634013550930.post-5244122589267992412008-09-02T21:51:00.006-04:002008-09-02T22:03:47.962-04:00First day of kindergarten success!The morning wasn't too different here except that at 8am we started our treck to the bus stop! I could tell Nathan was a bit nervous but once he saw his friends and finally saw the bus pull into the sub his eyes lit up! He was the 3rd one on the bus and tried to fight in to be first! The bus took him to school and his teacher met him and the others at the entrance. Since our district went through budget cuts the parents have to pick up the kindergarteners at 11:55am in a so called 'pick up line'. OH MY GOSH! What a nightmare! We arrived at 11:50am and were so far back in the line we were actually parked on the side road in front of the school. We got there at 11:50 and Nathan finally got in the van at 12:15. Thankfully Cole fell asleep as soon as we parked! Crisis averted! But you figure 2 kindy classes @ 20 kids each = 40 cars trying to pick up their kids. Hopefully tomorrow goes a bit better since we have a magic tag that goes in the van to alert everyone who we will pick up. I imagine car pooling will start soon as well.<br /><br />Nathan didn't say much on the way home, except that he sat by his neighbor friend Maddie and played with her on the playground. We'll see if I can get more out of him tomorrow!<br /><br />Here are a couple of pictures!<br /><br />Waiting at the bus stop with his friends<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaykJLf2RmFMSDkjupRvlGjclMw3XHrrqUi64sIQuIjV_5PiOaFGqMu16DxQgJqBkI_aHEPTAx3l6VLEq5DhdYVObILeFbLewvquBvocUFe7eIuahGbXqR_vpjoI3CYliQsraTt1skYEwj/s1600-h/DSC00110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaykJLf2RmFMSDkjupRvlGjclMw3XHrrqUi64sIQuIjV_5PiOaFGqMu16DxQgJqBkI_aHEPTAx3l6VLEq5DhdYVObILeFbLewvquBvocUFe7eIuahGbXqR_vpjoI3CYliQsraTt1skYEwj/s320/DSC00110.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241608805345885410" /></a><br /><br />The last wave goodbye!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_J3_uz7xt1xW-gnmNWxm3G32U_Zd_fPfTO941dksS6vP_N9qF768pEg0T2-KhiJC-E03Sgj3J9i49ftZNraaXyyf4R_ch6FzN17VT1FWybL7V6ofiBYmyTw0DLwdjrtsdvxR3Wx3sqH_/s1600-h/DSC00114.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_J3_uz7xt1xW-gnmNWxm3G32U_Zd_fPfTO941dksS6vP_N9qF768pEg0T2-KhiJC-E03Sgj3J9i49ftZNraaXyyf4R_ch6FzN17VT1FWybL7V6ofiBYmyTw0DLwdjrtsdvxR3Wx3sqH_/s320/DSC00114.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241609022690012514" /></a><br /><br />FINALLY in the van at noon and still smiling...SUCCESS!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKm9dR0LrWb_ftdCWfgTOJ9mB2KEu2KAi1hnLragmy4SLThpehj0T_ydgKeB4mMoATKw7hyphenhyphenX7aMLzlHEA6-75aod-TQvY3vkQUC-ezkpZoJjjgAzJxewcMEyG97JWudznS2QsS6eTGWLO/s1600-h/DSC00119.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKm9dR0LrWb_ftdCWfgTOJ9mB2KEu2KAi1hnLragmy4SLThpehj0T_ydgKeB4mMoATKw7hyphenhyphenX7aMLzlHEA6-75aod-TQvY3vkQUC-ezkpZoJjjgAzJxewcMEyG97JWudznS2QsS6eTGWLO/s320/DSC00119.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241609248223093410" /></a>Paper DECKERationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992257869996052354noreply@blogger.com0