tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61637010741439700062024-03-05T17:30:18.951-07:00Our Little Bissett BroodA Dad, a Mom, Three Handsome Boys, and One Beautiful PrincessTravis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-74826085584711847602011-01-07T17:46:00.000-07:002011-01-07T19:12:53.498-07:00Ward Christmas Party<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our ward Christmas party on December 1st was a fun one for the kids. They all got to meet Santa and do some games and crafts before the rest of the ward arrived later for supper and a program.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsuTBzQkE8aSNf8qIX6wweBLFlA5ahrJNJpln69cvxi41pKO3NvVLIMYEW2MAhDjDC2C49QCXu3z5ki2lp6NMSOgjCVNwGbtEZutUvrWmzKqUci1WsCtKaR1DX1VE7B808xxsINK9jga6/s400/DSC06468.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559612754478592178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Megan, all set to head out to her first Christmas party.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtxh42KMtqv6aUdqW_3qJ7Q58xtKlfaBcxpAKyJfE-8VlQ3tJqeH5u4zQDM8WlqjQe7kwxbeP1OA_Eym01OHLT4OZZf_S_JmYVsemrzPkwTTh5XlP_U17cBL-90bDzoYE-876BIqHkIoL/s400/DSC06472.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559612761101614962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Megan and Caleb</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozkBQm2hTCmrrBqz8-ckV140v3ZctUNWCAz-3iQf3p5WkfE3RASbYczDQQHpv3-ZdZ346gqTbZzhxWuS1DpQNFKbA59X_bI15v6zFcATTNh2nRCW6X4qNoONEOgRqu8vcgb4ROZhNC8dD/s400/DSC06488.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559612766696213826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Dallin and Caleb with Santa. Dallin declared that he was a believer this year, "but only for this year", he told us. Better safe than sorry. Nothing to lose by believing! Caleb's still playing it cool.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEfQ56-hD7WHDwXEc77DCNtj797R0jDCJWRcKa-6NDmumjcSNfWQbYOlU5-pkTkvEEHxZ5L1KAyJ-DbNngZcb8l89kGnCHj1QCjC8Tp2LuysUKQ4aEY4qJaI7HJExuBokWVxlWb7vJuVL/s400/DSC06501.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559617536737141362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Taylor and Megan with Santa</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuo4arlV-P2vfYGa3ol3RBz7chom_u5ZfD8NwhrTaI99ReTfNe_ukHazlUBcHqnzhapMlt2jCFTaWiNsnONzw3cltTdARSkyji8kpGuE8wLYtIV-Nken0H-ZNVyRtvOXCNULYW_NgYDTA1/s400/DSC06503.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559617539287822738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Megan and her cousin, Teren, pose with Santa for the cutest photo of the night.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RROx7fTY_LAt7Wmy_qobf8e8BVZ0cmwTG04Cl4dcp1i3OR1UCgarzkcE73sUr6DkW5XLHTno33N871AVuol_dkYjWL3Nna-mjtiQIx58pTti3o8_gXXx566uXmLQYWfYLWmBgRwPu_f_/s400/DSC06496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559617527207309538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Taylor knew that his cousins, Elania and Brayden, are firm believers in Santa and so was very enthusiastically playing it up for them while waiting in line. Caleb had a different solution: "We won't tell them that Santa isn't real. We will just tell them that Santa is fake." I can't believe I've raised such a kill-joy three-year-old!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxL6Ajm0dsRv7d9G7opwZcY7fS9iRiDlVLXx7Y2iMQsn2hqAM0b_BBFJKt7zkjCf_8yuG9TgvJmk1K8H-dE7GybED-Tr4PjWuD6bA9ZP055N0YA4pvHh3A51CwPU9I3ZU84otwnkUur3x/s1600/DSC06514.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxL6Ajm0dsRv7d9G7opwZcY7fS9iRiDlVLXx7Y2iMQsn2hqAM0b_BBFJKt7zkjCf_8yuG9TgvJmk1K8H-dE7GybED-Tr4PjWuD6bA9ZP055N0YA4pvHh3A51CwPU9I3ZU84otwnkUur3x/s400/DSC06514.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559618300675516370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb, the non-believer, works on his Christmas craft.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkh7ZUj-rCwGb4i5F09a4kMxQPtw-51Fz_Q9-ecHFFSH-7Xis45J0z4-yu4HPBZkUF24ha3GcudH3pO5evhlIBqm2FBMV_Qyami5SGVs3s1mGY_xn1RnXJx_DNFyxmUknYrqd2tNsjk-C/s1600/DSC06512.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkh7ZUj-rCwGb4i5F09a4kMxQPtw-51Fz_Q9-ecHFFSH-7Xis45J0z4-yu4HPBZkUF24ha3GcudH3pO5evhlIBqm2FBMV_Qyami5SGVs3s1mGY_xn1RnXJx_DNFyxmUknYrqd2tNsjk-C/s400/DSC06512.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559617555155575346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb, Elania and Brayden</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2WqK6rEnaziKVei9fVDAaRUFuYUsMMKdALXGQ06SLQymCLUcgQOgzjCp54WowWYIKCh_SogqpGFvOqSFc9_7hhVMZEPMxWz6Bd18Pt8sFbhe28eeMs5x2uHhxWTRLiliP1BEml4N2dDF/s1600/DSC06510.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2WqK6rEnaziKVei9fVDAaRUFuYUsMMKdALXGQ06SLQymCLUcgQOgzjCp54WowWYIKCh_SogqpGFvOqSFc9_7hhVMZEPMxWz6Bd18Pt8sFbhe28eeMs5x2uHhxWTRLiliP1BEml4N2dDF/s400/DSC06510.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559617547009521538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor joins in to help.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ7wXXIt_8bkRd0-If_oMTD6w5DQf_JK0UIr6t6sHffHys4uSeLg00kU7Pn4lOb09eukVkkgBqeVhxhA_QlmHArTtyxV3vsCKHOZFluekAnkhj6w19nlCM5B7QmgV_4j5SuzfVJqlM3ft/s1600/DSC06493.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ7wXXIt_8bkRd0-If_oMTD6w5DQf_JK0UIr6t6sHffHys4uSeLg00kU7Pn4lOb09eukVkkgBqeVhxhA_QlmHArTtyxV3vsCKHOZFluekAnkhj6w19nlCM5B7QmgV_4j5SuzfVJqlM3ft/s400/DSC06493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559612777673082242" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Caleb went a little overboard on the stickers on his Christmas card. I think there were three or four layers at least.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnTaS_wETgpIM8eACGKn5oT0itLS5j1yuX8p1jRCtOSMk28RRdrw37Y4TOv9cJp8NC6jLZxZLBPhcC56SS12U7sxKfFlN-bXtkXGywfQ3xStU5faJBAXIMNTl-u-HtwXWx7W1kSP-VXV8/s1600/DSC06492.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnTaS_wETgpIM8eACGKn5oT0itLS5j1yuX8p1jRCtOSMk28RRdrw37Y4TOv9cJp8NC6jLZxZLBPhcC56SS12U7sxKfFlN-bXtkXGywfQ3xStU5faJBAXIMNTl-u-HtwXWx7W1kSP-VXV8/s400/DSC06492.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559612772472588098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor shows off his finished card.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsuTBzQkE8aSNf8qIX6wweBLFlA5ahrJNJpln69cvxi41pKO3NvVLIMYEW2MAhDjDC2C49QCXu3z5ki2lp6NMSOgjCVNwGbtEZutUvrWmzKqUci1WsCtKaR1DX1VE7B808xxsINK9jga6/s1600/DSC06468.JPG"></a>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-3602365124687800082011-01-07T17:13:00.001-07:002011-01-07T17:39:42.371-07:00Dallin Turns Six!<div>Dallin turned six years old on November 24th. He was so excited to have many of his Raymond cousins come over for cake, presents, and a light sabre duel! The kids all had fun with the usual dry ice too. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTygLQzGL8tY7jsn35anY8sMYr8TPaVknviwqWn-Ia6XdPnbghvw-IM2aym9FcKtZyrw_5B06x16DhkqNlHofoNyrTGCwl-5ehupdj_3hw6GADlD4nu4wu-7TBPlmiN8nVV5eaYsRUwlp/s400/DSC06354.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559604911631213154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jrQm_4nyGFR50pLVDGNACz35_-6f6K-3l_2kJSoCkBVpSYXMnCioUho_pfN0ZhbOz-u8JJmGf4VbSipU-v6b8H0jeMfV1sraOFbTRjLvaDqOwd7ikCVsLLjm9ige60IbG-izRLFFpE7l/s1600/DSC06350.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jrQm_4nyGFR50pLVDGNACz35_-6f6K-3l_2kJSoCkBVpSYXMnCioUho_pfN0ZhbOz-u8JJmGf4VbSipU-v6b8H0jeMfV1sraOFbTRjLvaDqOwd7ikCVsLLjm9ige60IbG-izRLFFpE7l/s400/DSC06350.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559604942261926130" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Caleb was as excited to give Dallin his present as Dallin was to receive it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixVZ_x_pfirRXyFDloVF61bKmrqZMAE5jwkO0nrRUGfrX4VjGDq2e_w7Ie7IHQjSdZhgjD5Luoy03av52OvhUuLl1z1_mxFnnM67wKOogiHf2tHPNyyVil_h6KF17jAOA3QJnv0BSZsoZ/s1600/DSC06362.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixVZ_x_pfirRXyFDloVF61bKmrqZMAE5jwkO0nrRUGfrX4VjGDq2e_w7Ie7IHQjSdZhgjD5Luoy03av52OvhUuLl1z1_mxFnnM67wKOogiHf2tHPNyyVil_h6KF17jAOA3QJnv0BSZsoZ/s400/DSC06362.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559604934851912866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin and Noelie</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohlk1LqA4IKW1PT1i71Mrg6mo5awoFFcnhGmsVT7ArnO8HnZK_P5Lva4DD_X1ySTRD7Wx-jnYz9fDDTAsw3pMz2ei62e1Uf29uFpKamiIMkyXlBvSSN0btEGjlaNo3D-c1Hryy8ODcyaN/s1600/DSC06339.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohlk1LqA4IKW1PT1i71Mrg6mo5awoFFcnhGmsVT7ArnO8HnZK_P5Lva4DD_X1ySTRD7Wx-jnYz9fDDTAsw3pMz2ei62e1Uf29uFpKamiIMkyXlBvSSN0btEGjlaNo3D-c1Hryy8ODcyaN/s400/DSC06339.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559604926390294658" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Dallin had another volcano cake this year, but this time he wanted it to be a volcano from the lava planet of Mustafar where Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi had their epic duel in Star Wars: Episode III. <sigh> Mom did her best on short notice (he changed his mind a number of times leading up to the birthday) and it seemed to please Dallin. Uncle Greg said that he thought it looked like a very tasty 'chocolate mousse-tafar'. Anakin and Obi-Wan are on top with light sabres drawn, but it's hard to see in this picture.</sigh></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQc0YVzlMdA6uI2zbpH7q15Fxt1_FVWEzK9WzGM3NoB8NodbGG7yKBYwGF5f-rhORhIWlRiurKzERdHCc61pCarmQMwHl6BYg3qE7Irquc1pnIAU2gTEFDHcWrFhlwssP8xPO_LAi3U8W/s1600/DSC06328.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQc0YVzlMdA6uI2zbpH7q15Fxt1_FVWEzK9WzGM3NoB8NodbGG7yKBYwGF5f-rhORhIWlRiurKzERdHCc61pCarmQMwHl6BYg3qE7Irquc1pnIAU2gTEFDHcWrFhlwssP8xPO_LAi3U8W/s400/DSC06328.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559604921126452690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin and Taylor on Dallin's sixth birthday.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTygLQzGL8tY7jsn35anY8sMYr8TPaVknviwqWn-Ia6XdPnbghvw-IM2aym9FcKtZyrw_5B06x16DhkqNlHofoNyrTGCwl-5ehupdj_3hw6GADlD4nu4wu-7TBPlmiN8nVV5eaYsRUwlp/s1600/DSC06354.JPG"></a></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-71690891231299781812011-01-07T16:39:00.001-07:002011-01-07T17:37:55.507-07:00Megan, Ballet Princess<div style="text-align: justify;">A small (trust me) sampling of Megan's recent ballerina pictures. She fits her little tutu swimsuit now and looked so adorable, we had to take pictures. Some of her poses were pretty close to the real thing, so we made a special ballet book for Aunt Chanelle for Christmas, starring Megan.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOBoeRQU5RdJb1RAG-UDVfmLD_pHH-ZRrIgp44vy9Z-yt-pf9jslJCTvvwBlnKWSBcBo1HZvthAUw4ko7juyL7oNU5us_nZJo4EyyCNYAoJzb3ZxnRbD2wAgEZw7FZ-9WztwSkGEChQLU/s400/DSC06687.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559597602306764610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDwwjwk8TdQmx-6ZrKVjfk2NMtV12wmjutmDwf9sCLJh1YB6aLt1Gy-VLm3LNL8ZkCE0d_Q_lX7VabG2ldb2-89Qv4ufsfg2Qarg-t05yVPGQsg9U3BBYGvKq7WCYy6qCnHLgOJ5tLKNL/s1600/DSC06701.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDwwjwk8TdQmx-6ZrKVjfk2NMtV12wmjutmDwf9sCLJh1YB6aLt1Gy-VLm3LNL8ZkCE0d_Q_lX7VabG2ldb2-89Qv4ufsfg2Qarg-t05yVPGQsg9U3BBYGvKq7WCYy6qCnHLgOJ5tLKNL/s400/DSC06701.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559597612030641746" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMt28qLpoHWKnnAzlgYQmvvVBRMVU7J9ybXNnNBYX2rUBYsC5qq8ZdeHJWXtPS1yFLAXJXrnMYQr00ZLXjStAyogOsV-3q3zm0H9-PASz9_c7Yl2u_Oqi-goIq_rPX1HRHLU0K09X6D64/s400/DSC06585.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559595528885072930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOBoeRQU5RdJb1RAG-UDVfmLD_pHH-ZRrIgp44vy9Z-yt-pf9jslJCTvvwBlnKWSBcBo1HZvthAUw4ko7juyL7oNU5us_nZJo4EyyCNYAoJzb3ZxnRbD2wAgEZw7FZ-9WztwSkGEChQLU/s1600/DSC06687.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLjoBGrWajYUG0Z3M_VheAAd9rWZY0l1MYN9PtbPSB9Gn42atPP83pq-WpiHL7vguCmU8j5GzebIpkh9rMUPWhGIfPBykWBShVDwx_KlGWm0Tm85Z6QVw7W_zXVg15V6oQCeLlGcZEwGQ/s1600/DSC06681.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLjoBGrWajYUG0Z3M_VheAAd9rWZY0l1MYN9PtbPSB9Gn42atPP83pq-WpiHL7vguCmU8j5GzebIpkh9rMUPWhGIfPBykWBShVDwx_KlGWm0Tm85Z6QVw7W_zXVg15V6oQCeLlGcZEwGQ/s400/DSC06681.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559597594237838194" /></a><br /><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSpgtEfVecTDE4SSIvIFh1MAzDSZafk3ZQQ-zLvMP3Zl82IINcFX5nj9D3IrO_L8bas961LENuuQfF53rCA0gz2NtWipyvN5rljtMD355MySiCxHC4IZBaDZQtRZccdeSXAkTit2JKAWi/s1600/DSC06678.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSpgtEfVecTDE4SSIvIFh1MAzDSZafk3ZQQ-zLvMP3Zl82IINcFX5nj9D3IrO_L8bas961LENuuQfF53rCA0gz2NtWipyvN5rljtMD355MySiCxHC4IZBaDZQtRZccdeSXAkTit2JKAWi/s400/DSC06678.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559595554522703250" /></a><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qbjsjankj77qDbiZzFUiIsDaT2GmYiL16us9Wd5nj-X5oLxK8WyzQs9m6UQh_yqmIdACZDDLY3F9P0EQ-AxX_tmkGD5E1fiPQODfiySYh21Gyq_l_CsULZ8DfLQdkOOmbksOeN3dLhWV/s1600/DSC06663.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qbjsjankj77qDbiZzFUiIsDaT2GmYiL16us9Wd5nj-X5oLxK8WyzQs9m6UQh_yqmIdACZDDLY3F9P0EQ-AxX_tmkGD5E1fiPQODfiySYh21Gyq_l_CsULZ8DfLQdkOOmbksOeN3dLhWV/s400/DSC06663.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559595546979863074" /></a><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOgsf6yFv0-t63rq0Xw2NyokPLgf14H8KtVpzf5KtdQn6LZqeBN36YrsWPMPegrKxI6kl3nUtlyRU4sgEx33kG5H2f8wZLxh8Xppnnqs06dbEbpjFUoX0hIu4X_FO6XMt9ALh8q2CtpNx/s1600/DSC06611.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOgsf6yFv0-t63rq0Xw2NyokPLgf14H8KtVpzf5KtdQn6LZqeBN36YrsWPMPegrKxI6kl3nUtlyRU4sgEx33kG5H2f8wZLxh8Xppnnqs06dbEbpjFUoX0hIu4X_FO6XMt9ALh8q2CtpNx/s400/DSC06611.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559595542635171618" /></a><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHOZtJ8mboanObWklss0-tmPDErZepWlJTyylG6l5RVdEuy8aAE1WFfXnjaIXE6SajpgUkLqQJqWlwusP5udw1HXgr4_9bj3N0c_jPt7rrOjT9QHiXiaS2PW_o2knM4Y9FBoIwx4wNNAY/s1600/DSC06608.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHOZtJ8mboanObWklss0-tmPDErZepWlJTyylG6l5RVdEuy8aAE1WFfXnjaIXE6SajpgUkLqQJqWlwusP5udw1HXgr4_9bj3N0c_jPt7rrOjT9QHiXiaS2PW_o2knM4Y9FBoIwx4wNNAY/s400/DSC06608.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559595533827700738" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-47506528294287828622011-01-07T16:29:00.001-07:002011-01-07T17:10:11.439-07:00Halloween 2010<div style="text-align: justify;">We're playing some catch-up now that we've hit the new year. This is looking back to Halloween. Our boys were all Jedi Knights and Megan was a strawberry. We met up with cousins Elania (Minnie Mouse), Brayden (a "normal knight"), and Teren (an adorable spider). Chanelle is lurking in the background as herself.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9WgBkyP2G38dMqShNu44Pb1GXe7sneENIN4JtR8r3Uwaxh95Qi78EVhbstCDnmKUOSiY5MiPwqW_mIoEOk6a8iIWuN6GasQP2gJBhQoaUSb6J0WScb1K_2SDndLYv-d-3srbN21AqbeF/s1600/DSCN0088.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9WgBkyP2G38dMqShNu44Pb1GXe7sneENIN4JtR8r3Uwaxh95Qi78EVhbstCDnmKUOSiY5MiPwqW_mIoEOk6a8iIWuN6GasQP2gJBhQoaUSb6J0WScb1K_2SDndLYv-d-3srbN21AqbeF/s400/DSCN0088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559592685172137778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Light sabres are always drawn. You just never know.</div><div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQEoR7fGqAZqji-8D3-6PyXYL6sBAZlckb0dJAAJ4qIMmVfztGjrEUlrB1S1QP17YvukrzmX4C5Tw3COviZV7f_NqX8mG9bTTUqv4GgqvdaZ5Q9ZWjR1zeHw8ZQuN-evVvggt0BL47wLE/s400/DSCN0091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559591484246940962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">I like that Brayden, the Normal Knight, has joined in with the Jedi Knights and has his own sword raised.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4351JEwkoMXYlQBPdngnHbqS8KssV2fSHzxw4UgYEKLYq38bgFPlJquT8UDmKhzOsUMKAGwd0fe43onGWcelYuOsS3gYmGogyU9Y41KJhsHzYPz-eyrnM5jDRJbWwqhrhhVHvMDEsQci/s400/DSCN0093.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559591488733106434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Mardi and Megan with Teren and Mike. We were lucky to have such a warm evening for Halloween. The babies were actually allowed to emerge from their blankets for pictures.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Eaap3kwLyUq3qV6O5b7EIkfMLxe38S1XZZ1z8HKfO32KchvgVhAE-UvS17HG7NmTiR7IwBsrAOsdsN7MTkBvMuJh0w4FdGkAsWeX196u6aB3ZvH_TDYkuHSkVINWRwJMZHL6SkVpOatO/s400/DSCN0098.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559591492614128338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Mardi and Miss Megan Strawberry</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj166cu8N4u50nSFdI9hZPS9OsX-BcFNmhdDPaRcUBRWvUkyjGA_EZV3tCcxZZpQn1y1Ety2aBuRkyK9RhU24y0F-IllYNE-cu5OR50LhdE_YJsDoIUf3Gupeem8jj-3eUeLbw8sgV-sKM0/s400/DSCN0132.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559591500479994546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Dallin wanted to show off some Jedi moves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDnmV2_-eHVngz_D5c3vicDSpAUk90236-0awYLGGdqi_epAZiKm_hJbXNblMiNHzcX6GjgjzwbngA8ir5qATr5cm7Fk490CtCfZQ0M4Kd94RmzWl7LW1l1GyY8bc-5wNtj2JwoI8U6qt/s400/DSCN0134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559591503924443426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The wide stance is his favourite.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlZl0E4KNcfSCw6U9jWX-4EUE0crsCrH5EJEaLmESmIR-S0vH4DDt73qK1jjRP09ICfnnJHDlPD-KVqUzMikvlaw63Rq6sNl5t4MZLH7SOESCpFRSMpwm7Zg4I2RX8HJDin2QiprNRf3k/s1600/DSCN0085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlZl0E4KNcfSCw6U9jWX-4EUE0crsCrH5EJEaLmESmIR-S0vH4DDt73qK1jjRP09ICfnnJHDlPD-KVqUzMikvlaw63Rq6sNl5t4MZLH7SOESCpFRSMpwm7Zg4I2RX8HJDin2QiprNRf3k/s400/DSCN0085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559592681378311346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Megan has had enough of her first Halloween!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQEoR7fGqAZqji-8D3-6PyXYL6sBAZlckb0dJAAJ4qIMmVfztGjrEUlrB1S1QP17YvukrzmX4C5Tw3COviZV7f_NqX8mG9bTTUqv4GgqvdaZ5Q9ZWjR1zeHw8ZQuN-evVvggt0BL47wLE/s1600/DSCN0091.JPG"></a></div></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-47444738891407291162010-09-20T10:54:00.000-06:002010-09-22T11:04:44.414-06:00Our New Baby Girl Is Here!<div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've been slow in getting a new post up, but that's what happens when a new baby arrives. We're thrilled to announce the birth of our sweet baby girl! Megan Clara Bissett was born on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3:11 pm. She decided to make her appearance ten days early, which was a very nice surprise. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces (another nice surprise to have such a little one for a change!), and was 20 inches long. She is beautiful and perfect and we're so grateful. Megan is adored by her three older brothers, Taylor, Dallin, and Caleb. They call her their "pretty pink princess" and she does indeed have a beautiful pink complexion and just looks every inch a dainty, sweet, little girl. We're having fun with pink! Here are a few pictures of our little sweetheart.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIGrwlH4uu3s1-my2I7ljCND1zv3sWkBydtl_MH4vNPqOHjvUSTJ8pK7lD9mbf2_kMxOfqTWISe7Nee43h8eHxJpiiVyaP1pK6r5C1Uue_gY3Mr01MDCQGm9fTaexD1O1bNm9duwjbk5u/s400/DSC05238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519044328548576002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Megan Clara, just moments after delivery and peeking at Daddy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0L6JxIfDy9d-Vh4lmDih_sde5RCLZfvd0P8sCkfVk8C7BYkn99QH5SNijgySiIkOqVmOJfT5rs8ST04O6I5kyXGZf-emCZXMYdKZyvOt6DUz26-b_KY7J-hqUXTKUf6is_HiyQlYavaG/s400/DSC05245.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519044337248172978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mardi and Megan, right after delivery.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme-7Rm99uipZJkvBhbFzcEuJKyK1GSTyUFNwFae28REfJ0kpXRkfCVqAaCDuV-CyvtBdmjhK8aX9AVZ9hMYyPZE1_WMtSZCYQZiY43OFo6Cxn3oRs5bOqMEi7AFDYiYGqvr1kIUXiQJVY/s400/DSC05257.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519044349601992722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Travis, giving hungry little Megan a drink shortly after delivery.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTleATFlf1NWTRR6cMMlSAdTje7Wx_hA8UXCM0VX4xqylA2FJ5Xz8jvNGRWzAj5ty9ELHT2xkNiMitW0v7aoMH1gmKnz0hmLeqlhjWpyWdKFMTG257OsCG6gbdURNr8FqG4S7_6zm7gcL_/s400/DSC05309.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519050441410188370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Megan, all wrapped up and cozy after a bath.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWW3bMn6kQUpv6GEm5kNkpqkSB-xb2arbIWcERE4ELOjz3WsPXFsPRsOYo9K0gbWkOR4eo4NwZsAP_7juLmFNnNoBIqSlJRRn8O9J75CjkQxI9YwYFuhuJ64AZXSRID7rvawCx4uGZnhk/s400/DSC05281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519050409598959762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys meet their new baby sister!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHQXPzhldxIhPFRVZNr9Rx6o5-jokllORCgP4MUFpRCis8v2kdWLwPNiIuoCBmLyphZFymV12Vr1DKTFA1JZwGZ7HSc1rRWe45ZjTlfDeWe8p0KOh0oaHo7Qsszt2waQ17QY02zA5MeRZ/s400/DSC05275.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519044368218210450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor and Megan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOFE2LGTR9ciRaV3gby8Yx_f3CMvID0Q6c1KImgtppHfTVm2X-4dakfekvG4Oox-4aQS3JDPs0ZF0Cpf_gXdoTFGzNRWl4yX9ifg74kjEdk1umjbKJIOe_KjWXThhHPwwKW-6un_XE0tf/s400/DSC05294.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519050419732873810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin and Megan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqJiO21Qc0M247McrrxgVFDJ3o9qs-FFEbsOvoC64A0MYiHvG0zr7rW0oPfbc0QId8q20CMNprX3NRvGz0VxrS59vqjhBzuVlWQkILBrXbhwdj_bb-1f8GfwX3hJiNSZp8uJGm3UdQpRJ/s400/DSC05302.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519050429042259602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb and Megan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNLcm9KZXlSa-nonBwwqb72CS3jJxxhXMWzURynUpQ8j9O2PNFpfTsUtnbU-qybEGaCusqIlHocmAxG5nDp_dluvzvSBAKv8x_HhN-mYSlPHPJObQVsd62Hg0VcX_pu21E_PbLYz1PhLa/s400/DSC05316.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519050450214158002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Megan: almost one day old!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaYMo4qLzgTpkUuamirtLZx4ofgbBdIhig9Ym-_O36FqPPoz0kAf2NEJQEBGnsElWp0h6Li3vze-NqPpEwlzK5auojQfXEPxVZCxbT0tmgrGkLtuO2S9PPARyXDq12RjSOPEHxd0Z1-8Z/s400/DSC05266.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519044359766252322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor, Mardi and Megan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BfvDCU8wFKrBvB1AhWc9mrNWYpLP-e9OybQAUVE2tblx0uPd-y-7hRjf0gX0IuLojyMHrfvUfVDDKqjqRRojqB9Oy9QI5AG7m1ZEMvZ7VGbLwGpCsVbk9sf-GuMMaQ1YizwkiH5zw3V-/s1600/DSC05325.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BfvDCU8wFKrBvB1AhWc9mrNWYpLP-e9OybQAUVE2tblx0uPd-y-7hRjf0gX0IuLojyMHrfvUfVDDKqjqRRojqB9Oy9QI5AG7m1ZEMvZ7VGbLwGpCsVbk9sf-GuMMaQ1YizwkiH5zw3V-/s400/DSC05325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519051951723881010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Megan, snoozing on her first evening at home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfMdJbvFqtQHRZdb21GCHeL1pJ9dsnwV_8aWRJRS3ZQavIWKn9vBBTujSH4SXHWNr7hLj-EqnHAOoVv_vDCyOzw0iewi59bNRoXZYAxnK3AU58mVtAb8QLZ1XVGzlPLmITARJsUleCiz5/s1600/DSC05367.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfMdJbvFqtQHRZdb21GCHeL1pJ9dsnwV_8aWRJRS3ZQavIWKn9vBBTujSH4SXHWNr7hLj-EqnHAOoVv_vDCyOzw0iewi59bNRoXZYAxnK3AU58mVtAb8QLZ1XVGzlPLmITARJsUleCiz5/s400/DSC05367.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519051940406813218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our beautiful baby girl!</div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-58375342725448975892010-08-20T17:33:00.000-06:002010-08-21T16:59:45.505-06:00By Surprisingly Popular Request...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">I've had a lot of people ask me why I haven't posted pictures of myself progressing in size throughout my pregnancy. I should have thought the answer to that was painfully obvious. However, now that I'm almost done, Travis did take some photos of the boys and I outside so I suppose I can post them and at least be reasonably sure that it won't get much bigger than this. These are all taken at 38 weeks, with two weeks to go to my September 1st due date.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOxh7UNhQ8pjpNYB2TudR5SL_YwZGIAZL5e1lhx_CKv55bmw_qXQXYLC5Ycc8PHQ9NfNmoBoNnTGp5R2n0IMUa-CyVAFlxW5F5_umcutQ60M5E0WFAl5pjK65oWAqmt-R7Ec2OTulbGnm/s400/DSC05193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507647851454015394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">My three precious boys. They are so very excited to meet their new baby sister! Taylor has been making cards of welcome. Dallin asks every day if today is the day that she will come. Caleb jumps for joy whenever we talk about her arrival. He told me one day, "I love our new baby so much and I haven't even seen her yet!" He was opening all the drawers to the dresser in the baby's room one day and when asked what he looking for, he said, "I'm just checking that none of the baby's clothes are going mouldy." I think he'll be a vigilant big brother, just as the other two are.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVl78e6Q4LtYT3cJqF3r2cJ2bNFAJC-HZf-gX8oWTTxMEqz0fZ3Ps3qhBmWy00fK1XMFX0h9PYjLSWGPUiQoFQ_WYAjHpaggkLkVY3N9Jy4hUguuDKtLNfOlfMz5XqZcUvr5nx2qwUAFrI/s400/DSC05187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507647843382265890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Poor Dallin. He'd rather be riding his bike, which is what he thought he was doing when we came outside. He was released right after to go and do just that.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOcb7-ZZ7w00vlZ29Vn7DU7TRuGavJ35BriNA5EUj73ZWtF0bAEqNgx5L2AQ2Ny2OqBLMnlCFp7xDk4NBQdmTZeNcJspo788fvNgMdOT5dSzSbfrPiawk4symGH0_WdWWS4pZMMuoTQya/s400/DSC05194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507647868788908722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">My baby Caleb stayed with me for another picture, though!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUXZv4NYeWAGU4q_lB6UJLUb9ML7J5ecNTgL1waVbNTmp_PpGSihc4U8TjvBkUlM_JZJI3f8yYxK3pcKti63v-N7FDPBYZbgkbprIeccD2FQThuMt8fsIAcYBoWYrUuh8AQcykCAeMkW9/s400/DSC05195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507647879223416082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">Taylor thought that Travis and I needed one together too, so he took the picture for us. Travis has his elbow pads on since he was roller-blading with the boys.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfCKxh0cfBJdj6w7ZaZoQiRBZ3yZPrPkCC1p4yuP5mgMAkttVBtczVdj0rwq2riR5g5rL65n_b3wM62Xqwh_uHRzm5bwymESNFGLLoB-IdmEiHJ-vecyLqZB-NkYnWevL9cRWF_lD6B5o/s1600/DSC05196.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfCKxh0cfBJdj6w7ZaZoQiRBZ3yZPrPkCC1p4yuP5mgMAkttVBtczVdj0rwq2riR5g5rL65n_b3wM62Xqwh_uHRzm5bwymESNFGLLoB-IdmEiHJ-vecyLqZB-NkYnWevL9cRWF_lD6B5o/s400/DSC05196.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507647885957988626" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Here are the obligatory pregnancy shots. First, the straight-on, first impression shot.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUXZv4NYeWAGU4q_lB6UJLUb9ML7J5ecNTgL1waVbNTmp_PpGSihc4U8TjvBkUlM_JZJI3f8yYxK3pcKti63v-N7FDPBYZbgkbprIeccD2FQThuMt8fsIAcYBoWYrUuh8AQcykCAeMkW9/s1600/DSC05195.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTW4GIz56Vfy5Eabm6scBHLu9dEbW-73megoj2V7zMe0MinyzTMXkHUTFxic_bSogUb8CmW5lirGJ3expBL4gX1G8D8Vs8VjKnA8H9mx8fVN4C5ArahqJE_xBbWsvQt4DRaBsWkLRD8OBo/s400/DSC05197.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507996225356510578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOcb7-ZZ7w00vlZ29Vn7DU7TRuGavJ35BriNA5EUj73ZWtF0bAEqNgx5L2AQ2Ny2OqBLMnlCFp7xDk4NBQdmTZeNcJspo788fvNgMdOT5dSzSbfrPiawk4symGH0_WdWWS4pZMMuoTQya/s1600/DSC05194.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Next, the classic 'hand on tummy' shot.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNskJ3cB0hRDAC5-0s0YrIieQTeO8r65BLi7g3bcnvX49G6_T_eHlLK70mEcxqIhzZ2Tue7CSYde2f3xw2GeaeuU__CPmiGVVZsSbxcHLUcihlGt2Amt0xm7_CTRuwV3cMuiXAUKvlojC/s400/DSC05198.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507996241105541458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And, of course, the collection would not be complete without "the profile".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hopefully, this satisfies any curiosity any of you were feeling.</span></span></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-89795270604548480372010-08-20T15:34:00.000-06:002010-08-20T15:59:56.273-06:00Agatha the Hutt<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">I've been a dismal blogger as of late, but I suppose that was rather predictable. The arrival of our new baby is very close now, but even when it wasn't as close, we did already have these three little boys who actually take a bit of effort to raise. Who would have thought? So, here we are. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">We've fallen behind in posting pictures here, but we've been having a fun few months. Lately, the boys are very much into anything to do with "Star Wars", and light sabre duels are a daily occurrence. However, they're still a bit new to it all so some of the names are hard to remember. For some reason, they all have it in their heads that Jabba the Hutt is in fact named Agatha the Hutt. It's pretty funny to hear them all going on about "that evil Agatha". One day, Dallin pulled out a feather duvet and decided he would make himself into Jabba/Agatha. I thought he did a pretty good job!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0Xb7bZ6TDpR-TPfedXCkZKO55iJg2KbMaKDTwR9FlPll0OPbkpR7FMZ5XNqzLLWyi3Hh9fOmAri8Di8AWsN-QEhQtbERCOcwYZccZqe7An4sqVc6tXwt-kdEWsC0OXQj0OH90wLxc3mX/s1600/DSCN0273.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERSg2A1h1mCHohJc2o6WlMmg3elkt_2OzA0T3KlvDvXFPTe6kAJV7zGKes3BN-LWtAnmH_vdUToRw_4GV1FO1kQXUsSvTf2I5WdiDKddIB9khJyQhsE1cQCsXt5Ylv0X2NucDZ0EBu0Ad/s1600/DSCN0272.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERSg2A1h1mCHohJc2o6WlMmg3elkt_2OzA0T3KlvDvXFPTe6kAJV7zGKes3BN-LWtAnmH_vdUToRw_4GV1FO1kQXUsSvTf2I5WdiDKddIB9khJyQhsE1cQCsXt5Ylv0X2NucDZ0EBu0Ad/s400/DSCN0272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507609283379142674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dallin as Agatha (or Jabba as you prefer) the Hutt</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3XVUVTvErJQl1CW-Kqd0_6KzLEl9c6CgsTdoF0MWlIu3sL9ZksWx4-nNAyBSOQbT5ioJW9id3OknWDQF_kqD-w5FKlsw41dO1D-XnNg-BTE6bSt1mUak0TytC1AOVJ1JbWAO6Whd5rjA/s1600/DSCN0271.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3XVUVTvErJQl1CW-Kqd0_6KzLEl9c6CgsTdoF0MWlIu3sL9ZksWx4-nNAyBSOQbT5ioJW9id3OknWDQF_kqD-w5FKlsw41dO1D-XnNg-BTE6bSt1mUak0TytC1AOVJ1JbWAO6Whd5rjA/s400/DSCN0271.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507609276568497698" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I told Taylor he could be Salacious Crumb to Dallin's Jabba, but he wasn't too keen on the idea for some reason.</span></span></div><div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0Xb7bZ6TDpR-TPfedXCkZKO55iJg2KbMaKDTwR9FlPll0OPbkpR7FMZ5XNqzLLWyi3Hh9fOmAri8Di8AWsN-QEhQtbERCOcwYZccZqe7An4sqVc6tXwt-kdEWsC0OXQj0OH90wLxc3mX/s400/DSCN0273.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507609286613780770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dallin, doing his very best imitation of the yucky "Jabba tongue".</span></span></div></span></div></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-11980911374231373642010-06-03T09:53:00.001-06:002010-06-03T10:42:55.921-06:00Mother's Day<div>We took these photos at home on May 9, 2010, Mother's Day.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBe59cTpMg3iKj50F1kiGbIMnXm0Tv8zCK2NQaXVmBIrZZ6BqaWnvAGIANlLIiZGrfdYuONa-tC10iGeYnPr4-MjKlxELqZIg_FaSlBSUnViG2CGY1eX8PAky9LlIEpvkII-FmpCi1ME1/s1600/DSC04334.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBe59cTpMg3iKj50F1kiGbIMnXm0Tv8zCK2NQaXVmBIrZZ6BqaWnvAGIANlLIiZGrfdYuONa-tC10iGeYnPr4-MjKlxELqZIg_FaSlBSUnViG2CGY1eX8PAky9LlIEpvkII-FmpCi1ME1/s400/DSC04334.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478582856188630882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mardi, with her three boys on Mother's Day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHw_Lx2w2hyIwWycdL6COH9RFMWpoQAX-mfv7uSyS9Poqw1qDKSMXt2lGHXOpL7ubw7cWgjfw2OPOfZELycKViwPj-j_tI9jilGp6JBvkzIiYajTr83bnOC6zA_hhyq0mhfVOhvLMOMkx/s1600/DSC04330.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHw_Lx2w2hyIwWycdL6COH9RFMWpoQAX-mfv7uSyS9Poqw1qDKSMXt2lGHXOpL7ubw7cWgjfw2OPOfZELycKViwPj-j_tI9jilGp6JBvkzIiYajTr83bnOC6zA_hhyq0mhfVOhvLMOMkx/s400/DSC04330.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478582848712732706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBs9-WO0QLGEqV6PQpcSwFhhBLg7-v9wQBsbbzEfK_CNx7cyqt1-72a66v_KDJA_jus_Ht0mc0vhGl-HKlXuPD3RrGzDfED0aWcQjbbiv9YKtxaoml65QjIEh8AZBbRyNDOsN2mIhZG0b/s1600/DSC04324.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBs9-WO0QLGEqV6PQpcSwFhhBLg7-v9wQBsbbzEfK_CNx7cyqt1-72a66v_KDJA_jus_Ht0mc0vhGl-HKlXuPD3RrGzDfED0aWcQjbbiv9YKtxaoml65QjIEh8AZBbRyNDOsN2mIhZG0b/s400/DSC04324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579739212109890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Three boys: Caleb, Taylor, and Dallin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkJwnKx2xHQ84rDsFJ1Axp3dZbeIDjlnkK_mM_biSi8fG2o0E9xnUWfvtEz1odjcu0l_iZ_FAZrjpL2rCv6-GJBXr0Lu9jPt6CVkeNk3zqktGQDVr98ovdqdSbSe2IQuk8_RzzPIonC7t/s1600/DSC04319.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkJwnKx2xHQ84rDsFJ1Axp3dZbeIDjlnkK_mM_biSi8fG2o0E9xnUWfvtEz1odjcu0l_iZ_FAZrjpL2rCv6-GJBXr0Lu9jPt6CVkeNk3zqktGQDVr98ovdqdSbSe2IQuk8_RzzPIonC7t/s400/DSC04319.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579719442224066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor and Caleb</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR5BzXLwGDoJNoHad1MCf8HCoLo3vauaLy1XDeuDAgspgpZrKbJ7WDrXxN0rAf8NWK7Maz3yjSDQamUxj1IP3Fn13cQxlFtxR4hvE_BGjbDj_zE7q1xO-PTVSHABz0JSy_fM0dEOmfkhp/s1600/DSC04317.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR5BzXLwGDoJNoHad1MCf8HCoLo3vauaLy1XDeuDAgspgpZrKbJ7WDrXxN0rAf8NWK7Maz3yjSDQamUxj1IP3Fn13cQxlFtxR4hvE_BGjbDj_zE7q1xO-PTVSHABz0JSy_fM0dEOmfkhp/s400/DSC04317.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579704850933554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin and Caleb</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBsc_5ix3nW54mOhO6m8IKxzj6Yv40ZM4rniuo9Mrppimb8hEqe0eOFq_unKGllttvhZ5sqM4K4BC3HoYBEwfMJPC0uq9Q7kElYk2bcG5afu-60tSQpayhdJFYfXATj_XtHf9d9r-WJKT/s1600/DSC04316.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBsc_5ix3nW54mOhO6m8IKxzj6Yv40ZM4rniuo9Mrppimb8hEqe0eOFq_unKGllttvhZ5sqM4K4BC3HoYBEwfMJPC0uq9Q7kElYk2bcG5afu-60tSQpayhdJFYfXATj_XtHf9d9r-WJKT/s400/DSC04316.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579677071738690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin and Caleb, modelling their new suits. They look so handsome in them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuccc5hrMhM5pgWc3SH1ltuLsc1J7b9qXI8f5Z7BGH_jlmVPifInA5fBlll2P7MY45VMGUQRNIn9g_L3ixa0oVmiQL4Je7Bm-DDPr8vhO7qgfVUl1VZzkQ48zG3IGaZC-Vt6lBK5m17fk/s1600/DSC04277.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuccc5hrMhM5pgWc3SH1ltuLsc1J7b9qXI8f5Z7BGH_jlmVPifInA5fBlll2P7MY45VMGUQRNIn9g_L3ixa0oVmiQL4Je7Bm-DDPr8vhO7qgfVUl1VZzkQ48zG3IGaZC-Vt6lBK5m17fk/s400/DSC04277.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579655105286882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb</div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-17686019275631809382010-06-02T12:43:00.001-06:002010-06-03T09:50:30.546-06:00An Evening at Henderson Lake<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These photos are from April 22, 2010. It was a beautiful afternoon and we headed in to meet Daddy at Henderson Lake after his work.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhr6m3gAP4gn0QQL0NttgaoxxSv0mjhJH39kYzPG0A5hWEumA-GbOY-nAdWElZSJLeXcoHSLiLmaiY-4dD8kZLufxwZZSM3z5uvRi-VkR4aVEi96LFvh5ap5es0TBrMQ3mkUg3pG-fyMT/s400/DSC04250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478327312351448290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb requested to be photographed with a Canada goose.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GZs359Yl-ULWf4TNZ4RhV6D6-xo-dxMK-lm8Rj_BfEuhDqW8tjahZTR9-_UqX6dBcQCllfGfBnlMY9PAVFf4v8AMAGf_EOsQY6SOvqhsXcDEQrk2WHQaxaPIqEKAOZwJaruOOSQRqLz8/s1600/DSC04269.JPG"><br /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ngE-deVWgWXVRzK85_VnYRRRAvY7UlEC_CPtDBM9qgTWtlSsgZNfPOcWECViQ4NVd8rHnCT2Xq-bHEVZk1HACwxGiY_eDsxpSbDebYFyv41A5sqhgzJJzMSvGOVs4iZxxTvdZBQkVPhG/s1600/DSC04268.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ngE-deVWgWXVRzK85_VnYRRRAvY7UlEC_CPtDBM9qgTWtlSsgZNfPOcWECViQ4NVd8rHnCT2Xq-bHEVZk1HACwxGiY_eDsxpSbDebYFyv41A5sqhgzJJzMSvGOVs4iZxxTvdZBQkVPhG/s400/DSC04268.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478332508481346706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin and Taylor</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJ-F8VkqTUju0oGvNMyAoNv_zH5DeV782aQgMzWhf7KEc0KitZ1BVb3eIoYmTVL502JtXCf1J-6l6hhmo92qHdHLxsIn5vRgMOTKigJl1Pb6uNXwOY8RQnHbH-ISqA1T-_Yruy-lwCD05/s1600/DSC04267.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJ-F8VkqTUju0oGvNMyAoNv_zH5DeV782aQgMzWhf7KEc0KitZ1BVb3eIoYmTVL502JtXCf1J-6l6hhmo92qHdHLxsIn5vRgMOTKigJl1Pb6uNXwOY8RQnHbH-ISqA1T-_Yruy-lwCD05/s400/DSC04267.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478332500904815298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakQaS-rdfWhrM1c3QDTx35Pg0BBMJTZ6mEUaKSRq4UxG71zKFo0Clb_te8iAgy2f_WApvpPJQUroTOBieIvQu7GUTKqgS_fi3qurCKEaWJ3hArinj89_5PukEmYeL56CiypYS6SV6XTA-/s1600/DSC04259.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakQaS-rdfWhrM1c3QDTx35Pg0BBMJTZ6mEUaKSRq4UxG71zKFo0Clb_te8iAgy2f_WApvpPJQUroTOBieIvQu7GUTKqgS_fi3qurCKEaWJ3hArinj89_5PukEmYeL56CiypYS6SV6XTA-/s400/DSC04259.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478327325983493698" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">Mardi with her boys.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhr6m3gAP4gn0QQL0NttgaoxxSv0mjhJH39kYzPG0A5hWEumA-GbOY-nAdWElZSJLeXcoHSLiLmaiY-4dD8kZLufxwZZSM3z5uvRi-VkR4aVEi96LFvh5ap5es0TBrMQ3mkUg3pG-fyMT/s1600/DSC04250.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPSiYfgDrNxQ3IMMmk10YC9EJIz3a5uAMbosh143xgCy1dY_OXBSe_bcAmFmK_oZuzW9fxdl2U2cqsJGT5uNHoFOJ1FxwmZl2Cwje6wYZr4m3qTEnYreDflz4ZHI10_ZjYuQnHrQ7KpfK/s1600/DSC04251.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPSiYfgDrNxQ3IMMmk10YC9EJIz3a5uAMbosh143xgCy1dY_OXBSe_bcAmFmK_oZuzW9fxdl2U2cqsJGT5uNHoFOJ1FxwmZl2Cwje6wYZr4m3qTEnYreDflz4ZHI10_ZjYuQnHrQ7KpfK/s400/DSC04251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478327303372938434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb found a comfortable seat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCXw0OFNGwbogTQklYvnik-qOLLQdJapFPGx23o1VaY4XO3SLKn4QIb2wqS5TMXkRBV1-lcxgoVbFHGBiFPDQJ4-uqDepqqB8UGMvObUf9R6-G0PTOFzeSg7us9Zf1xbpIQUnbeap4MFy/s1600/DSC04245.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCXw0OFNGwbogTQklYvnik-qOLLQdJapFPGx23o1VaY4XO3SLKn4QIb2wqS5TMXkRBV1-lcxgoVbFHGBiFPDQJ4-uqDepqqB8UGMvObUf9R6-G0PTOFzeSg7us9Zf1xbpIQUnbeap4MFy/s400/DSC04245.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478327288517460850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor, Caleb, and Dallin encounter a piece of Canadiana.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicv80fA_6XHGqwDZCa4b12tWm3au27s_-_ULyLqJ60L7CstSo9IXrpxIgQCNsq2UjtFnBmY3BS7Jn8GD7oy56oaen6dsySN06QnimoD-R4Mm2uonXdIHfvts1UCw9RkGgovMnEJ5CvL2kD/s1600/DSC04243.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicv80fA_6XHGqwDZCa4b12tWm3au27s_-_ULyLqJ60L7CstSo9IXrpxIgQCNsq2UjtFnBmY3BS7Jn8GD7oy56oaen6dsySN06QnimoD-R4Mm2uonXdIHfvts1UCw9RkGgovMnEJ5CvL2kD/s400/DSC04243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478327273902057138" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The boys have heard all about geese being mean and territorial so they were hoping to see some aggression displayed. Later, we did get one to hiss at us when we accidentally came across a nest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rYprrbkOYKgXtch6OFlMLnPHpONmyahoUPDncuc8wxsa_6Ll1sbGuBppd-qzWlnLdvJx9B99f2D8vK8YeHgG7Q4j1Ay0pM8U819SIayin7IuSaInINrHpaCfQs6ixh9EMDmLgchm1kCs/s400/DSC04240.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478321004806210706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Three boys on a tree.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNdOd_r8nDBIb7cYLeXr1e8ksZy5vgpBO-k4OHr2zC9G_T6Wf_xrgtrefwcLMzUE7KJJ0g5kwmHdjoNuRe05YACTX61phDy-QkSXvuHPfrrekyzK5GP8igDEj3osbkJfDaoFDfIIGNqJs/s1600/DSC04243.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho02kch-lvIk1joUZFOTDautm426ADHpOw7Vw1zML1hjyegOg2us1GAlH4x2Si26UaQlfY5CTvrNyuD0ZFm458z5HrdxYHEm71JS7jmX8Hy5qbZsTJvts37RBwg4krZQvRm1wyuyL3OchX/s1600/DSC04242.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho02kch-lvIk1joUZFOTDautm426ADHpOw7Vw1zML1hjyegOg2us1GAlH4x2Si26UaQlfY5CTvrNyuD0ZFm458z5HrdxYHEm71JS7jmX8Hy5qbZsTJvts37RBwg4krZQvRm1wyuyL3OchX/s400/DSC04242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478321016290799874" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GZs359Yl-ULWf4TNZ4RhV6D6-xo-dxMK-lm8Rj_BfEuhDqW8tjahZTR9-_UqX6dBcQCllfGfBnlMY9PAVFf4v8AMAGf_EOsQY6SOvqhsXcDEQrk2WHQaxaPIqEKAOZwJaruOOSQRqLz8/s400/DSC04269.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478332524296741570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy and his boys. Dallin has his classic 'deer in the headlights' eyes here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rYprrbkOYKgXtch6OFlMLnPHpONmyahoUPDncuc8wxsa_6Ll1sbGuBppd-qzWlnLdvJx9B99f2D8vK8YeHgG7Q4j1Ay0pM8U819SIayin7IuSaInINrHpaCfQs6ixh9EMDmLgchm1kCs/s1600/DSC04240.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICTC7_B2NCXVK40_0h9asOoxCVF_23TA-wKH_b_mIIRDsTUVAL25gOgRSS9bYH-14RK9n0TyyZ_-HKR-1ppioQjOAanocc7nQL_YBjEiqRAoPwoE-1NMlaxFb_EqktR2497slO2Fy_aJi/s1600/DSC04236.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICTC7_B2NCXVK40_0h9asOoxCVF_23TA-wKH_b_mIIRDsTUVAL25gOgRSS9bYH-14RK9n0TyyZ_-HKR-1ppioQjOAanocc7nQL_YBjEiqRAoPwoE-1NMlaxFb_EqktR2497slO2Fy_aJi/s400/DSC04236.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478320996533481010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb started the trend by finding a tree that he could climb. The others soon followed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwsptAWlfpz3UnSOBMlueC8pS6V8YisKux37-d6iKS7S2WYMx7JyGWRoLGXIVyiNmC1OR9KQhbTkh0bL9hoB7-9KEaYkooB0fWTiBT8Ob36eJJNOWb-tu9DH9Z53Yw3LOvUAPJOsvuL_j/s1600/DSC04234.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwsptAWlfpz3UnSOBMlueC8pS6V8YisKux37-d6iKS7S2WYMx7JyGWRoLGXIVyiNmC1OR9KQhbTkh0bL9hoB7-9KEaYkooB0fWTiBT8Ob36eJJNOWb-tu9DH9Z53Yw3LOvUAPJOsvuL_j/s400/DSC04234.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478320986708686962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6Loa1H5r3fxG37ZdvklQGtwlXLNu-nKgNM0J9y63zVewJLvasVdlK-8akj3z88XwB2PwvWm8kea-_dXDYiY4JwKf5MI2LZqDuMf35J1ljmQDvlmymU7VGuod2uSiQWOzXSKbYypkcllQ/s400/DSC04228.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478253840063687266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The three boys, excited to find an intact, dead crayfish near the shore. They happily picked up various body parts for quite some time and, of course, had Daddy carry everything for them in a paper cup.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqNYSjzmeWpdXo0e_cnhL5XlbO-GPk_uw29Rmut_s-40jegXRCjbFBkNdMRuYjaj1n1UA4ZzvzxIxsqIA0LXFCjzKimhNBYxAVHPems6T9tLa1a09P1K-LVccLrBTGl0ukvGcx6dqc25h/s400/DSC04229.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478253849055296978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's just too exciting for Caleb.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzopTei6mLuFIava5MhBjjlNsedLUsWXm__4iNzeSeZ1NeixLu7-b_HeYb0LfaBnuBUWvIBkiz5k1N39br9ECJpr34yeG6u8djU2d2jdx8YKP33XwjsTIMkx31BhAxcijIKtpEf-5trLe8/s1600/DSC04233.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzopTei6mLuFIava5MhBjjlNsedLUsWXm__4iNzeSeZ1NeixLu7-b_HeYb0LfaBnuBUWvIBkiz5k1N39br9ECJpr34yeG6u8djU2d2jdx8YKP33XwjsTIMkx31BhAxcijIKtpEf-5trLe8/s400/DSC04233.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478253869339731970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor, slightly disgusted, though happy with his find.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nixUoQUkXe84O0CxB5yN0ByQvk39vmns1NIFOmnIAput73QIF54y0RQwpWbeNARJNWIk3aFtzBRGq5BxKvYFsygFt4ja8iRkp52bjiUCk66G2lzMRPt6fAYaaIdeQDYXhlPOAyMB10wi/s1600/DSC04231.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nixUoQUkXe84O0CxB5yN0ByQvk39vmns1NIFOmnIAput73QIF54y0RQwpWbeNARJNWIk3aFtzBRGq5BxKvYFsygFt4ja8iRkp52bjiUCk66G2lzMRPt6fAYaaIdeQDYXhlPOAyMB10wi/s400/DSC04231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478253856687022146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin, with his creature.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJAgPBCf-UBnzLoZIMRo_s9vtnvn-zhHbqS6DR_H2fnELM0Http1uUSYKpTm7UGYv2UWHRDDM7gYDMQ5dE6H2KSoLI2I_mlRgA88pNmDp1cM5fCEpn0TkTOUp96zMritRqiR1nwsqjryA/s1600/DSC04223.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJAgPBCf-UBnzLoZIMRo_s9vtnvn-zhHbqS6DR_H2fnELM0Http1uUSYKpTm7UGYv2UWHRDDM7gYDMQ5dE6H2KSoLI2I_mlRgA88pNmDp1cM5fCEpn0TkTOUp96zMritRqiR1nwsqjryA/s400/DSC04223.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478253828375548914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb was pretty pleased to stand on such a big rock by Henderson Lake.</div></div></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-64113551709759885562010-06-02T09:49:00.000-06:002010-06-02T12:41:27.142-06:00When We're Helping We're Happy (Honest)!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', serif; ">We've been rather neglectful of the blog lately and have some catch-up to do with photos. This selection is from April 12, 2010 and shows the boys during a Family Home Evening activity where we practised some valuable "cleaning skills", as Dallin calls them. We took pictures so that we could make a little slideshow later for the boys to watch and they actually seemed to enjoy themselves. Caleb especially is a great little helper around the house and often cleans spontaneously. The other two need a little more reminding. Cleaning the toilets was an especially big hit and I was happy to have eager volunteers to scrub all three of them in the house!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGpXRruq63mACFIXNUCzA1Y_01LsJQjWZm-WCsfG822HZ2PCnun_bxWJoFHcnREB8WvhTDIBlmABb7ZD7mtoLKWkXCsIwfsrsIMBp4mTTxOg3B3BOj-8MTdj5j-sPa_6H131A7fAmicnw/s400/DSC04213.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478243591438371762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was only fair that the boys clean this window since they're the ones who always have their hands, noses, etc. pasted to it while watching for Daddy to come home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbX8S2TY_FYakDaqXt39HajLYN30vcilr_8RZFe0Ju3k6CwrmqZ9BMjJSj_auW2PpVTP6-0CfIoMoY5IIuDPUp0lvkLKTqlx8Ud_o-DlSJC21OIiD1lZq4w8lzPQ-86u-4WdACoMhBNMS/s400/DSC04210.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478243583587706034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">Washing the window looking out over our lovely dirt front yard. We're looking forward to grass very soon this year (as soon as it decides to stop raining).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XXNxgNEPUgBboYs8md99WeV4jNCKg7g6lziIQhzC5gdWg2_UWu-g8B9rqH4jzxysmI-LiQiSJ_7ka-FefMt-4kJp0AsHuZqjE9hPyulb7uT5VEzgCLIz3HVS_FORLM0IVe3ola6hEBL1/s400/DSC04181.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478211101682086562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb sweeping floors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkaJ4TY-6ts1XBqS-bN8yqisQfXj05O1Z-jgqQHY91F6ghBBpPX_PnrXH3UmRQy7Ska9z_i_Haj4GjF-uusKVbFzGKIYKb5PvTFNnBVtTTTQWJcD2R0Jou6w9_4MoFBLQzW-wBY0ZH4wH/s400/DSC04182.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478211114883157282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin washing floors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYlzhVTSRS53XzkerEd7MCyj6HnBCoZA8TMDmD7eCDGPp8zRFu0qAMTjR9YsUQUf6trcHTMXgcmd58zvg-SAPQt6V3TFRaaWLpnDioY1-GGjBS3nd29tO3U_Egu_vdeYi7c_4nNKepvka/s400/DSC04185.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478211122982729090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor putting away utensils from the dishwasher.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YcteG8HF8LSaoD11tdPegJMRHHLroeo5_LHxV0mrzvBDPlNAm0-SkaKQN83ldUMimIy5th4XLzdrWpUpqQHIoiC3UrjXYHuPWA3z6u97ICp3C9plwhDf0h7UN5Rm8qqVu69tfMArqJQr/s400/DSC04187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478211128575427714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Caleb loves to empty the dishwasher. He's already an expert. He'll be a real prize of a husband someday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQSzIPFriVmNWuwJRYGrs1sgtyBuYS3y8E7J5NFaesLoWKsZBormxRfMRTTqDKovH4AUvP1M0rWoEIMdtXhXR1AuoE3vEhAoMp_kvwjA6obhttTFR5waC4OV-noi2jSTHUC9Kfw3iZiKP/s400/DSC04191.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478211141455498402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin goes to work on his first toilet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYu1AQzO60F8Weh9KjWmY_FAjFfg6aH7hMPWsGMMuHEg8SOCPdnkwmEKQO8LaU1egH5P_pLBQcSvpazOsxeBdvUra8_QluD1A5DqTd-mi8ilKL3EzPU5ELJRsoPwIojO4HRMnuUtdH7fX/s400/DSC04209.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478217298150897554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb sets to work in the basement bathroom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvDCwGd9ZCjPuR1Pn6np8_HTAP8xIKUKZnDlfdCZHbgxmekRDiGQO4FAMMn2eJjroX0xOfToZNCZZkkHRK8b_YLgJui4Lc2qPe5lG2OiC52oy7g-SZLJI6jHtEK6OBqjBYbu30PVJYjoP/s400/DSC04205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478217289279925250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpp90DvZG6z4OX-c5Dl5C1sJ6gMhXyFJHUCuTB0hl9O_ncWoFfFg4-_1HjnkgncASJlXV8pP5MPMnrYXsKQWttkkR_AUiuWpb-ei_yyLIckApbV9a8j4RUx2KvL7l8GWjTYaw5CDbmRfSA/s400/DSC04196.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478217272654081138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin works in the master bath.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kdNxA0iryANaD4klrr_4jYNoy1ZGvu5aJd71FYyqDEUJkKZdOnWLXvq0cy7JaK3z31Rv_EuGUMCF3Ga0_J6LGBVL3206pFONo8ledTXbZK7fVC9XywDI-7Ua5jI2w1bRzuLqKrNli6fs/s400/DSC04194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478217263817612850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Last toilet picture. They really had a good time with it. I only wish that Caleb was as keen on actually using it as he is on swishing in it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48OwwobHUWuz_yYtrGE2K_IgHwVwUxe9j2CHQ9FcCBRzQ_2s-ofWgQgabX4EIjUDpVHhfjuFlh5oqQ-0Vljcs3xJndLpB_IB2rZw93oRohSB8IN8ebqQZii681WyyVMUbJemPqspzCVsp/s400/DSC04201.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478243573956355234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dallin thinks it's fun to clean mirrors if he gets to climb on countertops to do it.</div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-37416538543536557522010-04-27T08:32:00.001-06:002010-04-27T09:51:30.524-06:00Our Family Update: We're In the Pink<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', serif; ">We've had some exciting news to share with family and friends the past little while. As most of you know who maybe read this blog (or maybe not - it's tough to tell who actually does), we're expecting a new little addition to our family. I'm five months along now and my due date has been set at September 1, 2010. Pushing that back into August would be nice, but I've never had the pleasure of being so much as one day early before, so I won't hold my breath for that one.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I had my 20-week ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and we got the results back from my doctor. The best news is that baby is doing very well and everything looks to be developing normally and healthily. Some other news to go with that, however, is that our baby is a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">GIRL!!</span> We're very excited to experience some pink after three sweet little boys. It'll be fun!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Speaking of the boys, they are in various states of excitement or, at the very least, acceptance. For a long time, Dallin has actually insisted that "there is no such thing as a baby sister." In his limited experience, there wasn't. But, now he's older and wiser and has actually predicted for quite some time that our baby is a girl. He's very happy about it and wants to tell everyone he meets that he will have a baby sister. Taylor is delighted and is fully prepared to dote on her. Caleb has been the most difficult to reconcile to the idea. For quite awhile, he wouldn't even discuss the idea of a baby. Then, he seemed to consent to the plan so long as baby was a boy. He didn't seem upset at the news of a girl, but it all may be a bit abstract to him still. We've been reading all the 'big brother' books in our arsenal and Caleb seems pleased about all the skills he has that the new baby won't have, so I think it'll all be fine. It's a good thing we have some months left for further negotiations.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">I guess we'll have to think up a change to the name of our family blog. Any suggestions?</span></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-27198927002805919572010-03-30T10:19:00.001-06:002010-03-30T10:46:34.758-06:00Taylor's Baptism: February 27, 2010<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Taylor was baptized on February 27th in the Raymond Stake Centre. He was very excited for this important event and everything went so very well. He was the only one being baptized at the service, so it was nice that he was able to choose the program outline. He asked his two grandmas to give the opening and closing prayers, Nana Bissett to play the piano, and Mom to lead the music. He wanted Grandpa Bissett to give the talk on baptism and Grandpa Smith to give one on the Holy Ghost. Both grandpas did so well and we appreciated their words. Taylor was baptized and confirmed by his dad. He had two grandpas and four great-grandfathers assist with his confirmation - a unique and special circumstance. We were so grateful to have them all present. We're thankful to all of our family members who made the effort to attend and support Taylor on his special day.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCk9xDS4YHjAKYy17giSj0NJbZdsl_D8PF-WEHFJtPXXAh-RmpaGrzTcDXqbLTzyV_41HZtm0F_RyiXFTq1sWMTh4rZOTzA2EvbVMwZ-4pBhyphenhyphengJwWi_7aY2fSR9ZkpXrFIfqnmOseUPq1/s400/DSC04103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454463195459657986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor and Dad</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cYzMA17SAb794RGrjxVBaQQd2lr6mC4Nqfr2ULppZY5XIJmwnFo3KgphiVLTdBTIPvHLXFJyu6OfMHV588trNklipbJY1r54QmQAXGTVuBJMH-lUHOdEP3JIM3-wBKqXzD26WeBVj5Jp/s400/DSC04105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454463206668192914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAroCG-RKppVgtiDzCdffuc1IT-bP6YlVkJwjnHEfOBz5s_w6CZFt8WlsPiAjKsG80zZmo3V15oiYaUbvqzXKjuFCgz1umNaYiQJeQQMmSc1LAB2iNnzWGBw3vYqRaagEGvkmLbxXb-O_L/s400/DSC04108.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454463216313025106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor and Mom</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SjfJF2keVpdPIgivn006CXb0ZsQJlyeb1gzjCNSxsPTzj_2hiUs-RsFYTCpWQYfBrvX12iKPLdS8nNJNzqC9q2yzC5vMnGYjTMH7vHTdL6oZo9h7LSQ_TyQB_PRJUqNBz_pPrSg-b9gp/s1600/DSC04123.JPG"></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMUyOdacCFJtffnv8hSAnVjuH13zBMUzwkzg2JLSGSeugE_AJ2-ak1ca4CnlD1tgLv5tShGPBXpKiPX9wgBX44NxS-mco6zQDm4MVePnOUAuLev5-_gguRnjpNW9etJO1Me29HMdGWHwZ/s400/DSC04118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454463827442392530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Bissett Brothers: Caleb, Dallin, and Taylor, after the service. Caleb was impressed with Taylor's baptism. He watched attentively and then turned to Mom and said, "Taylor went under the water and he didn't even die!" We hoped he hadn't been thinking all along that he would! </span><br /></div></span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZduTZK2ZqlCDMMmeasCoCr9sTA_ltII2Ow6_e9eDvzdxA-yFKb8frT4jmGUE_kEmW3Cx8kc2q7a_dCvSBcvNKVGG5o9uG__wlfNUBg9cgtkJaULXDALK40Mp4spL1creVfeilcbg2XV4/s400/DSC04116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454463229278811922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We're so proud of our sweet Taylor!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGphnsYvWMbKHqo7TxNTv_DNaGP6t25eOMOUqo9igWRUe-9G6Jb7cYFCzGlqk4KYJqO0oA3T2xv3WGON5iTHugXhKpHBljdFUR2vjw_enptPUVjHGh9JpkLyleqMa4IkkIXe9T28YfW0Lw/s1600/DSC04121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGphnsYvWMbKHqo7TxNTv_DNaGP6t25eOMOUqo9igWRUe-9G6Jb7cYFCzGlqk4KYJqO0oA3T2xv3WGON5iTHugXhKpHBljdFUR2vjw_enptPUVjHGh9JpkLyleqMa4IkkIXe9T28YfW0Lw/s400/DSC04121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454463834967755618" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor, with his dad and grandfathers. What a wonderful grouping!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SjfJF2keVpdPIgivn006CXb0ZsQJlyeb1gzjCNSxsPTzj_2hiUs-RsFYTCpWQYfBrvX12iKPLdS8nNJNzqC9q2yzC5vMnGYjTMH7vHTdL6oZo9h7LSQ_TyQB_PRJUqNBz_pPrSg-b9gp/s400/DSC04123.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454463844632085282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor, with his mom and grandmas who love him so much. We missed Grandma Regehr today, but we're sure she was aware of Taylor's baptism too.</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajMnhIveblx3MMTgoHMzmGHtUhaCyfd_by0Jn1yzpzj9db02JuwnBYeeEoVA8p-piLelavHD0zLMzb-qgJmaLPVgNZ5HrVR5ho7lUZ6n7cGnVe_LW4f_iPLZvdus9ZDoh2JAJfser61d3/s1600/DSC04117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajMnhIveblx3MMTgoHMzmGHtUhaCyfd_by0Jn1yzpzj9db02JuwnBYeeEoVA8p-piLelavHD0zLMzb-qgJmaLPVgNZ5HrVR5ho7lUZ6n7cGnVe_LW4f_iPLZvdus9ZDoh2JAJfser61d3/s400/DSC04117.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454463243204965330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor and Dallin (and Cat, of course!)</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZduTZK2ZqlCDMMmeasCoCr9sTA_ltII2Ow6_e9eDvzdxA-yFKb8frT4jmGUE_kEmW3Cx8kc2q7a_dCvSBcvNKVGG5o9uG__wlfNUBg9cgtkJaULXDALK40Mp4spL1creVfeilcbg2XV4/s1600/DSC04116.JPG"></a></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-43942454308296883542010-02-12T11:07:00.000-07:002010-02-12T11:48:12.153-07:00Another Birthday Extravaganza: Caleb's 3rd!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We have a final installment of Bissett Birthdays to report, and then we promise we won't bother you with another one for at least six months or so. Our birthday season finishes with Caleb, our sweet new three-year-old! Dallin asked him in the morning if he was "still a little baby or a big boy now?" Caleb replied that he was, "Three! A big boy!" Dallin groaned. He wants Caleb to stay a baby forever and still dotes on him and calls him his "little Caleb baby" and wants to "hold" him, even though Caleb weighs about as much as he does. Mardi can relate to Dallin's feelings, but we're sure happy to have had Caleb a part of our family for three years now. He's our little sunshine with the golden hair!</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yIOsUCUjdtmboyrCt6jCthc8h0DGWX9ziYYDDtF47pavblMSvaZTGMqBinuvbxCJIzIuksBOZjnpJv3h0BCISqgSmo73SI-_EvWIRBLz3wiBqFUbjv9iJFig2WiMJd3785QCAzqWT6OY/s400/DSCN0063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437420772116858834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">C</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">aleb and Taylor, our boys with the February birthdays. Caleb was excited for his third birthday to arrive on February 11th, and his brothers were excited for him!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgff4JRiFGdbyJymUny0RIu4dvewrmPgUzTDs3J8w2WByccPtY4RJmMQIN1bwKeolj7QmNZ7lh_UBYmuM0y6zXtUI9iIOzfEBnhB3Exj-Kc1MyejLnOPmxolYKo9bjmAciIZeL6IfusHE98/s400/DSCN0064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437420785286320274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It should be noted that the February birthdays always place somewhat of a strain on Dallin (see face). However, he cheered up, recovered very well, and had a good day doting on Caleb.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7MJS1tfhZ7oxSm2T0qqMcwDfDI0Lkl9spMMNCbjKQPAPeBkaAABa7hX3X5na2A3IWNo7yyBuQCGDdPJhqKtbZgT489FKTjiToEnkFWLV7yfL_ZN6MU6h33SYgGPiJOP8Svo_WT-Q94ub/s400/DSCN0068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437420795387209538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb, with his new yellow bucket, and opening his clock puzzle.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFmki_5fq-Gmaj0cE_Bwmq98llV6Ra8qgJx0JEA6C8t-pmK-idUIeaHKW8MG3Klo7G08Nq9opQFSZs6Qm-HIfBQs9VMZMOFdY4yEOo5CEJyGlPPdLk4SfD6jqCA52Yc1lrq0kZ_tOvI8w/s400/DSCN0069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437420802143545218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The clock puzzle was a big hit</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">!</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Be_V6cadJ4G1X7plqZNfoorrg0v_sRuTBvvN3_OQsVnGp2EvgKHIIqkwcG9HQF2PbhIhKHzkJ8G14eVoMpMKEEIJ5rFcjH5HmAkSVYCn4Kmp1y8nQBDLCETGiO2diZNZKV9IG8HIug4b/s1600-h/DSCN0107.JPG"></a></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AWSUovFQwuPVjLIFb8B9unuXA4QhmdzjGtnpDMOH1j_rkdhXhg1NUpdhyphenhyphenhSUl75aV2XkZHQcFg1fKY0VRPSZ2JUbpnsUyMAh6GGQfa1ju0o7LlgUMzNfLx8GxK93oeTEqqXIQGSeD3-S/s400/DSCN0077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437420814672266050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A new toy tractor</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">!</span></div></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Be_V6cadJ4G1X7plqZNfoorrg0v_sRuTBvvN3_OQsVnGp2EvgKHIIqkwcG9HQF2PbhIhKHzkJ8G14eVoMpMKEEIJ5rFcjH5HmAkSVYCn4Kmp1y8nQBDLCETGiO2diZNZKV9IG8HIug4b/s1600-h/DSCN0107.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLqXE6wdKPy6Zd8_1ToDz15meNwwRTMGWo24MCeU9fLdh8xIAy-zEL7l7bNa8rDVbDrlzWbj7GULXBAJBptQP6oexoCyMDZHANFK8nZN0WI549UvpCNGLunE5cregU8D18e-ymMzESjMv/s400/DSCN0083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437421510268691986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Caleb had lots of visitors on his birthday. Grandma Bissett and Great Nana Bissett came over and spent the late afternoon and evening with him. Great-Grandpa Regehr, and Grandpa and Grandma Smith came too. Great-Grandma Matkin talked to him on the phone, and he has a date with Great-Grandpa and Grandma Smith for the day after his birthday. What a lucky little boy to have so many wonderful grandparents!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK61EhFBOSPBJSgZl33tJGTPNgc_WHpxXW-ZqTlBUbUDIeeiN96JqifhVKm9xFVcsdpHmOSim1iZ0cEj31w5a9iNu8VW1YaKIPbVKYq9OhYqy_kAMXO5zvLu5-VKqLdeJYNiA-JsmaWUwi/s400/DSCN0085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437421516708110018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The great Bissett dry ice tradition was continued, though we didn't incorporate it into the cake this time. Caleb decided he wanted a cheetah cake, and we were pretty sure that cheetahs don't breath smoke. So, we just made a big bowl of brew and added some dish soap. Good times ensued.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZVTkgow__euK4diAakhRJL7_c_SaRaSMG3XOscnAx-NDXw8w7X2HnMPWUjwLhjXDJnSnQrbXYz5OFvqrQx2fyrEfUa39oirxoe7qIUfOaFDIlZWMcUjzOMxvbTA3RHdkWYiJU1XHGKxT/s400/DSCN0090.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437421525605167714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dallin and Caleb</span></span></div></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Be_V6cadJ4G1X7plqZNfoorrg0v_sRuTBvvN3_OQsVnGp2EvgKHIIqkwcG9HQF2PbhIhKHzkJ8G14eVoMpMKEEIJ5rFcjH5HmAkSVYCn4Kmp1y8nQBDLCETGiO2diZNZKV9IG8HIug4b/s1600-h/DSCN0107.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcFEM_wcAAIGDe04EicduwK4ClX_rshmJVVNYyUOKGZBhuWo0QWT5wXQnpMYH2njzRHmDygffr42njGngNc1H5EXymtSBAehCCFVsr9pC61PpGmi6OTwnMA2oWeS4NpD3eajMHQwkMMh1/s400/DSCN0094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437421532697762514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb and his cheetah cake. Mardi was relieved to have a much easier cake assignment for this birthday.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjNkfVD3_dPKhskUzVB_2sdViMmBChhhttBsh3ak0TEbu1MfMBc8YUG01Erx0g8ifOEx3JG-4iDati6Arl_yXK6s1NS4fT_5ma4nSKOIqzEpMVwP88fTDyn8YGVu3tD2AKhbayWNqeKwg/s400/DSCN0095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437421538289656642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The sparkler was so exciting, and Caleb blew out all the candles in one blow!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5VRI3MNXS0-6br8qvkuW7ihcndFFamkfA3xtH6fbFcygYY1zig9MPKt-D25GD-YoPptxxVa8E7KDQHwL3Y_54wWfnvc-eqQgQdHI2WfPZ6cACTD4_L8utzbkZsBhjQp27GJ82gF3_Kdy/s400/DSCN0101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437421964349498210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb has always been a boy who enjoys having his cake and eating it too.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolCMnItvAjbfkhcrsqO_I7yZ4BBztaFE3YgLM765AGxP92xsBvrtPvJIw7sEkpFTBm8UHC5oreAAd9eP8DwI3z0SvCRK-zvUHj0774BRcrJnRYgSXmUuh9ARD07jUtA01QjTOE6EpMDjU/s400/DSCN0105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437421970543175106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;font-size:small;">Grandpa Smith and Caleb go through the sea shells that Grandpa and Grandma Smith brought from Hawaii. Caleb had fortunately received his great little bucket as a gift earlier in the day, so he has a perfect place to keep them! Caleb declared that he was going to build a "tidal pool" using his new shells.</span></div></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Be_V6cadJ4G1X7plqZNfoorrg0v_sRuTBvvN3_OQsVnGp2EvgKHIIqkwcG9HQF2PbhIhKHzkJ8G14eVoMpMKEEIJ5rFcjH5HmAkSVYCn4Kmp1y8nQBDLCETGiO2diZNZKV9IG8HIug4b/s1600-h/DSCN0107.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Be_V6cadJ4G1X7plqZNfoorrg0v_sRuTBvvN3_OQsVnGp2EvgKHIIqkwcG9HQF2PbhIhKHzkJ8G14eVoMpMKEEIJ5rFcjH5HmAkSVYCn4Kmp1y8nQBDLCETGiO2diZNZKV9IG8HIug4b/s400/DSCN0107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437421981663796834" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Taylor tries out the new conch shell that Grandpa and Grandma Smith brought him from Hawaii for his birthday. Grandpa proved that he's really good at getting a great sound out of it! Taylor is practising.</span></div></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yIOsUCUjdtmboyrCt6jCthc8h0DGWX9ziYYDDtF47pavblMSvaZTGMqBinuvbxCJIzIuksBOZjnpJv3h0BCISqgSmo73SI-_EvWIRBLz3wiBqFUbjv9iJFig2WiMJd3785QCAzqWT6OY/s1600-h/DSCN0063.JPG"></a></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-11458255388421856402010-02-05T11:15:00.001-07:002010-02-05T11:29:09.891-07:00Surfin' Safari<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Do you ever start to get the feeling in about February that you've been cooped up in the house for too long, and that its been winter for too long, and its been too long since you've felt the sun? And then you realize that winter is only half over (maybe) and then you whimper and wish you could be like the bears and hibernate until it's over? I'm getting that vibe around here lately. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The boys keep asking if we can go to a "real beach", and I'm guessing that an ocean is required for that. Last evening, we found Dallin and Taylor doing this, and I admired their attempts to break out of their winter funk. Who among us is brave enough to try this? (I should add that they had put on The Beach Boys for their background music.) </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRSECVcHppOhJmPazBbh7eGc4iyH_3yPjRjWtw8hDkr5IrZoQueLBcT9_-7X5mr9I-3NxhZeKoIH3go-0DWbh1YRSuz6iPCwSxT4zenAYQfNX-D9vYcHlAzbFl44TBu4_QHsIZMfz9vMS/s400/DSCN0056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434824883199067650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Surf's Up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCTIu3UF445cOQTSTfyFhTIx1JtYPItfFq3Lkbm25nHmEK3pP_FjsQ2QoigDpeqFXLpSJuOO035ljR8gsv1gECnf9BJ7lKSIL5Jl7qbX19nxgP5JCmx8iqH0M7eEpEAlBhjLjle983lG2/s1600-h/DSCN0057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCTIu3UF445cOQTSTfyFhTIx1JtYPItfFq3Lkbm25nHmEK3pP_FjsQ2QoigDpeqFXLpSJuOO035ljR8gsv1gECnf9BJ7lKSIL5Jl7qbX19nxgP5JCmx8iqH0M7eEpEAlBhjLjle983lG2/s400/DSCN0057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434824887731726994" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I don't know that even the best surfers in the world are brave enough to do it while holding pointed skewers in their mouths.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRSECVcHppOhJmPazBbh7eGc4iyH_3yPjRjWtw8hDkr5IrZoQueLBcT9_-7X5mr9I-3NxhZeKoIH3go-0DWbh1YRSuz6iPCwSxT4zenAYQfNX-D9vYcHlAzbFl44TBu4_QHsIZMfz9vMS/s1600-h/DSCN0056.JPG"></a>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-57437799854151255472010-02-05T10:19:00.001-07:002010-02-05T10:57:15.135-07:00Eight is Great!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">Taylor was so excited for his eighth birthday! He is always glad to share his special day on February 2nd with the groundhogs of the world. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1q8fb1y3fohaeY7dI0zGW0WVC2nZBf7HDNVRJA6U9ti2lNkQDhqvdcIJf-HyRcQl3R9gs6wyejQ9Lr7s3PZLZRK1TROCx24J8Y1C8BYCcKYT5oQB_3FEYL7YOQC6c6B93dhdZ8I5W0u4/s400/DSC04045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434811286521482386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Waiting to open presents.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQG4P1wpn5OXWln6q5034ljcAV-cRXanhY7EgFx6Byp_QwzLeGlbOMF4qQhHXhEtQVzQHWxZivcJJisZ2ieBiaM_vL1W6tSBmd5mo7OGvxTakLDRT56SWtJ-gD1pEydFGrnLQ6ZRm_Lqg/s400/DSC04048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434811291602807346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A plush black rat that Mom and Dad found at Ikea (that place is so great for finding toy rats!). The rat was immediately added to Taylor's growing rat family and was declared to be "the daddy, who goes off to his dangerous job every day!"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJU8mNNu9pll4Z2yY4Pg6yih7BnxH-87PUb0QJHwwx139KY-Qf87IqSnxDDFbE0R9MzqFUXg1x3lRI6h1WxiJyHjybgEMJvRqVOU0tP-9aOI-U4UgTkGsnT_mgl2zPRy8NhNKLDn35kt7i/s400/DSC04056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434811302388964162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor, opening a box containing two Webkinz. The envy on Dallin's face is palpable.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_SRidM7YKuBLefrM1T1GuS3QBbOve_hlMO49ERpkxu6vpxf12pm0Ksx4kq4RgfpSG-CGnUxauRsFvXJQx3mfdxx_3MBUsnipkqCAMt8wM2uPfkvuIZx9g62q5iQgafQAKuY3zB9uM2ch/s400/DSC04058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434811316204582514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor happily shows Dallin his new caterpillar and lemon-lime gecko Webkinz. Dallin is not a happy camper. How was I to know that Dallin had long cherished a desire for a lemon-lime gecko? This day was the first I had heard about it. Birthdays can be so sad when they're not yours.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudtWzMuAjElgUEcl645EuvZJ9DPboIgdKIFu7IBMCnZqo5YBUlmR_JbVcnKREcC_6GBPAsYPDGQgYaCGceWG6_mRa0NdakbCKLNu4hKzi7m5ZPLK_8HN4_2Yx5hYZnImaMW008Oq9oL07/s400/DSC04060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434813418915893042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor, with rat, gecko, and caterpillar. Dallin lost it about now.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniB_54qyWbHmqBHy1QMZfSpq0cm0y1CvJdleNp_xNsNbe4Dr7sOV4Bveigmdu1qxn1w7n648Mg2QRTCc88FOheXOOYrC5i04mujBCYbaEgfCbyPu6gEt6JegxSvsghhEoKZIYE0uBiUbF/s1600-h/DSC04062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniB_54qyWbHmqBHy1QMZfSpq0cm0y1CvJdleNp_xNsNbe4Dr7sOV4Bveigmdu1qxn1w7n648Mg2QRTCc88FOheXOOYrC5i04mujBCYbaEgfCbyPu6gEt6JegxSvsghhEoKZIYE0uBiUbF/s400/DSC04062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434813427179899298" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor and his Great-Grandma Smith, with his new baptism book. He is excited to be baptized on February 27th!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudtWzMuAjElgUEcl645EuvZJ9DPboIgdKIFu7IBMCnZqo5YBUlmR_JbVcnKREcC_6GBPAsYPDGQgYaCGceWG6_mRa0NdakbCKLNu4hKzi7m5ZPLK_8HN4_2Yx5hYZnImaMW008Oq9oL07/s1600-h/DSC04060.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7cR2_1MQspjihU-TcuHQGicfby0DYEMCAxlF0B-2yHTDaPDBXlrdpBfl2KAGIYYaZKXYVgjGFcI7slPFlVGbSl7BSr8iWyd8EOFH0fZfH8V8Aaq1wk2EVZwnt3VuW9zGysjhbnWF6T4k/s1600-h/DSC04073.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7cR2_1MQspjihU-TcuHQGicfby0DYEMCAxlF0B-2yHTDaPDBXlrdpBfl2KAGIYYaZKXYVgjGFcI7slPFlVGbSl7BSr8iWyd8EOFH0fZfH8V8Aaq1wk2EVZwnt3VuW9zGysjhbnWF6T4k/s400/DSC04073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434812882089491890" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor, with his new 'Guess Who?' game from Grandpa and Grandma Bissett. Dallin had recovered nicely from his disappointment of the morning</span>.</div><div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHP1H0L030PKFa2xLmIVWQrL03lJVo70xG9pU7WsDeDrVhJMzGLeOn7XChgVHlXlaS5_Y2nIANY52B9ia2aCyC8EIn3_d3lz9jk_nDKor311lYebJg0ZPxNd5isXJx3-7W94MWONpVqdww/s400/DSC04070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434813434166178786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mardi's culinary skills were once more strained as she attempted to fulfill Taylor's desire for a "yellow, fire and smoke-breathing dragon cake, with wings". Fruit roll-ups did the job for the fire and the wings.</span></div></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CgbmQ0URKaIq73tKtJLWFd6BD4jF_5Qyr1LsCeaMNJWYurypP_gzdEbhcjLTnKxThDHqyjHP6b-cbDUoEltTNPOfM23uMyOL47MQbEITtLHn0nOPlprXhwlCcF2yD2MME3JMA7kYsiEN/s1600-h/DSC04079.JPG"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CgbmQ0URKaIq73tKtJLWFd6BD4jF_5Qyr1LsCeaMNJWYurypP_gzdEbhcjLTnKxThDHqyjHP6b-cbDUoEltTNPOfM23uMyOL47MQbEITtLHn0nOPlprXhwlCcF2yD2MME3JMA7kYsiEN/s1600-h/DSC04079.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CgbmQ0URKaIq73tKtJLWFd6BD4jF_5Qyr1LsCeaMNJWYurypP_gzdEbhcjLTnKxThDHqyjHP6b-cbDUoEltTNPOfM23uMyOL47MQbEITtLHn0nOPlprXhwlCcF2yD2MME3JMA7kYsiEN/s400/DSC04079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434812874382362354" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ever since <a href="http://travisandmardi.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-birthday-of-dallins-whole-life.html">Dallin's epic volcano cake</a>, the boys feel that every cake should incorporate dry ice in some way. Travis now has a 'dry ice guy' who is more than willing and able to equip him, so we managed to get the dragon to breath smoke. The boys were very impressed, I'm happy to report.</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87XCULvG6PVNfVRFusZZC7ZQgeeohY8M4fidohFI42UFJ0suo65JezEDlG7SI-YDLEx9V3ewdO892ND3VJJpy4W4p1YEZbvT4_AHQaScCwbc4qXuvfXFb_DcNBfOrYXkcMTuoeGO5VfLM/s1600-h/DSC04085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87XCULvG6PVNfVRFusZZC7ZQgeeohY8M4fidohFI42UFJ0suo65JezEDlG7SI-YDLEx9V3ewdO892ND3VJJpy4W4p1YEZbvT4_AHQaScCwbc4qXuvfXFb_DcNBfOrYXkcMTuoeGO5VfLM/s400/DSC04085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434812864398484066" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So, since <a href="http://travisandmardi.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-birthday-of-dallins-whole-life.html">Dallin's birthday last November</a>, we now have a new birthday tradition which involves playing with the rest of the dry ice after the cake has been cut. I think this is their favourite activity for birthdays now. Caleb is already talking about the "smoke" for his birthday coming up next week.</span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UkV3BqmQmexfDLEH0TYgBFP5Z2FLdbYVf4BNKq0GBCCuv1hfMSUbpEqEw8QcpOi9x7uxA8PGDGD27zTH6o4xXJqwzHq3v6_pbqMwxjcB8FnbHRakz0tS69YxRWD6C5XZ7SybI4QqKprv/s1600-h/DSC04091.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UkV3BqmQmexfDLEH0TYgBFP5Z2FLdbYVf4BNKq0GBCCuv1hfMSUbpEqEw8QcpOi9x7uxA8PGDGD27zTH6o4xXJqwzHq3v6_pbqMwxjcB8FnbHRakz0tS69YxRWD6C5XZ7SybI4QqKprv/s400/DSC04091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434812852623536418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Stirring the brew.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6lwlo2pnFiJUek-ETQ1xENwiPcGqnvgH0iXog6wc2n5NJmciS0DBUFf4LkMVfLSBrnjQDjBxLx0plJr0p99OI9l5w-9LSMOMFAls1TpW8QrAJ2w6M638PUY7fsWX-_Cas1cXdyQiyngO/s1600-h/DSC04094.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6lwlo2pnFiJUek-ETQ1xENwiPcGqnvgH0iXog6wc2n5NJmciS0DBUFf4LkMVfLSBrnjQDjBxLx0plJr0p99OI9l5w-9LSMOMFAls1TpW8QrAJ2w6M638PUY7fsWX-_Cas1cXdyQiyngO/s400/DSC04094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434812848805594530" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Travis decided to add a drop of dish soap to the dry ice mixture to see what would happen. This gives a general idea of the result.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1q8fb1y3fohaeY7dI0zGW0WVC2nZBf7HDNVRJA6U9ti2lNkQDhqvdcIJf-HyRcQl3R9gs6wyejQ9Lr7s3PZLZRK1TROCx24J8Y1C8BYCcKYT5oQB_3FEYL7YOQC6c6B93dhdZ8I5W0u4/s1600-h/DSC04045.JPG"></a></div></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-57273544835535979202010-01-02T20:05:00.000-07:002010-01-02T20:29:13.311-07:00A Bissett Boys' Christmas<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The boys were, of course, very excited to open their presents on Christmas morning. However, nobody woke up to do this until 8:15 am so Mom and Dad got a nice gift right from the start. Anyway, we had a wonderful Christmas together and it was so much fun seeing our boys so excited about everything. They all agreed that it was well worth the wait.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nexSRIOyFx0AGntduy9gssaSpfRNWWV4mr5X1x3CUos8GMbSnjYJ7f_5qgD0cFmBb_J3AUaFTEB4kve___lMdkJ1H_SiRSMetNruyDPvF-iCErE4xX-MFYnb3Z5GX18qnJS1ndgBFTZD/s400/DSC03996.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422345294129948338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The three boys with their Diego Rescue Packs full of great Lego pieces for making trucks, cars, planes, and submarines. They had all been wishing for propellers and wings to make their cool vehicles.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89vAaQSw4rbvkTbHrKVyBrU_s4Nfp6lXS0bZoFpzFNZDdice6MuNLPURzSvTqsmZhFITcXjAg3f6VldaBYq7WDkogEt14F8j2pyoyV4tkksPW8Zh8cNZvbHVZ_EbL4w83HOlXQ2CsLYAU/s400/DSC03994.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422345285542369426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The big ones are always so exciting!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89vAaQSw4rbvkTbHrKVyBrU_s4Nfp6lXS0bZoFpzFNZDdice6MuNLPURzSvTqsmZhFITcXjAg3f6VldaBYq7WDkogEt14F8j2pyoyV4tkksPW8Zh8cNZvbHVZ_EbL4w83HOlXQ2CsLYAU/s1600-h/DSC03994.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW51DFMHFSleVeoPDax4OKMcit-7IdneQvgMu4Qyoqtf9hQQMSBuH1kHzayM-XjP4S6z3bnP7E2g9DckcPozYWifdWMPUiPlUfXn-hB7NEk4KGe2FAvgI9EMW2zD4MofmXbxEMW6Icj_WM/s1600-h/DSC03990.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW51DFMHFSleVeoPDax4OKMcit-7IdneQvgMu4Qyoqtf9hQQMSBuH1kHzayM-XjP4S6z3bnP7E2g9DckcPozYWifdWMPUiPlUfXn-hB7NEk4KGe2FAvgI9EMW2zD4MofmXbxEMW6Icj_WM/s400/DSC03990.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422345275710189362" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Caleb's big brothers help him open his new blocks. Baby Leopard will soon have an addition on his </span><a href="http://travisandmardi.blogspot.com/2009/12/home-for-baby-leopard_18.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">house</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNic5fq_i1-Lr3NYVe4kCaIZ2O20PrHpEAq6woXqsM08dA11s53XNcCWaHChLCaL1kgpaDeMUwUAkq08C0s1W2HdRrgRp2hmE4IYUBs5d4JMz8Yq5g410Ii3BZFeZS65Qms0WgwjWXTmk1/s1600-h/DSC03986.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNic5fq_i1-Lr3NYVe4kCaIZ2O20PrHpEAq6woXqsM08dA11s53XNcCWaHChLCaL1kgpaDeMUwUAkq08C0s1W2HdRrgRp2hmE4IYUBs5d4JMz8Yq5g410Ii3BZFeZS65Qms0WgwjWXTmk1/s400/DSC03986.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422345270969467394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Bissett Boys on Christmas morning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_Y9e1YLQuQDN6l0ncRWnJLRY3dntPXWkBq6-9DPpLScPaSQAsrzMK67nCCevnpzn-Thrjh1juffWr40MSer6BKTWj0ZN7iLSHF9wzzaKzshgYa2RiJ8CcCeuVGrL5cghOiY2Bf6Ycbsd/s1600-h/DSC03982.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_Y9e1YLQuQDN6l0ncRWnJLRY3dntPXWkBq6-9DPpLScPaSQAsrzMK67nCCevnpzn-Thrjh1juffWr40MSer6BKTWj0ZN7iLSHF9wzzaKzshgYa2RiJ8CcCeuVGrL5cghOiY2Bf6Ycbsd/s400/DSC03982.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422345261392795570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Checking out the stockings.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FQzoJgOkLqnRatSDzDTZHjcF_ljOP1LjYdvXJwjeogxuA_b1q0juvUIuuVV1B7nZsAFeneUDZgm_SRS7RRRPuXgWQAVjzymDD4zNWHwJzGbF9nPtuZb49jwMS8swQBM1qhccHeLJAu_t/s400/DSC03998.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422345805608776866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Dallin, hard at work building one of the amazing Lego hovercrafts he is famous for.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUISUlrtfS4Sz8hrepyH2o_zJFW02Yp32accK2Z1Ew27rM1dK9owhyphenhyphen-MABq95RDe_VdisngorNPDpwy9GvCwR9aXbo_yzznSF7CmfGHmCe0I2PN8ew_X7EXAAl0TiG5uHmZcEC5wuneNU/s400/DSC04003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422345817928630066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Caleb, playing with the new Lego crane and backhoe loader.</div></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-45169013554365850692010-01-02T19:58:00.000-07:002010-01-02T20:30:18.846-07:00Official Hot Chocolate Tasters<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">On December 5th, we woke up to a huge blizzard and six-foot drifts. The boys decided that hot chocolate was the only remedy for being snowed in!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcT8VSYCJeud2Nypv5kpzxe-o-04GpWPS6j0i7TpnudwENn9rdcqhn_s2eyx6cqG1iFbokv2Hw0fl-FjJN8-sYsNgvWBwf5-gttT0OUJrokRLv1lPWkMA6OJ4mYa0-b7xj7Z5uyeK0Gx_/s400/DSCN0016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342914418974162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcJw8UZmTYhY7BSwKnQpg09reUzLqeaCYP4LFE3D6SuY1JeLMkDHVngxK4NHlDe7VgIDrM-e_vPqJqcSWHGpqZd_843H9K6LcvEELkHXs53R4UZX56yaz1R-I2pyw2I8JhtBQiJ0Kbwqu/s1600-h/DSCN0027.JPG"><br /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3b06lnI6NImSJoWjrLtgel3RN2QT5Aw6hhlouGR_MOQWZopdy73Bk7iVkav5TL2AMJb-l-TxezRFYSqCNIpViGBGoAL1gqRCXT3C8IsPunxcELVVbuKg7uGEFlXyHj_2hGcKFHsA7Ip1j/s1600-h/DSCN0026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3b06lnI6NImSJoWjrLtgel3RN2QT5Aw6hhlouGR_MOQWZopdy73Bk7iVkav5TL2AMJb-l-TxezRFYSqCNIpViGBGoAL1gqRCXT3C8IsPunxcELVVbuKg7uGEFlXyHj_2hGcKFHsA7Ip1j/s400/DSCN0026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342934810719138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1F2b-p2pCGoZvyCk5gz2T8vEWzRIgER4KvqfGB6kURASAA8cRGBWjpR4Y9bgXjJLcNMNGIKKBxyM322HtqHoLOfwtQIjk5Gn9YeulFFGkS7s7C8vN94AhgjMMtTWMFhBmHuw18aaR3wFr/s1600-h/DSCN0022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1F2b-p2pCGoZvyCk5gz2T8vEWzRIgER4KvqfGB6kURASAA8cRGBWjpR4Y9bgXjJLcNMNGIKKBxyM322HtqHoLOfwtQIjk5Gn9YeulFFGkS7s7C8vN94AhgjMMtTWMFhBmHuw18aaR3wFr/s400/DSCN0022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342928460590818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dallin: He's my big-time chocolate loving boy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitosIqEXLNSIsYOrGz6b-gz3W5HQ3iLUNg6p__51_YUd93PYUt_Ex50Dny9VmRO5ylMui9yopEA_n0dVQwFU9WtsYq7f3H1cUQCe_DLKqy_tN02t23SpWIW6sWjEF0WynQ6vUrljfrBoHG/s1600-h/DSCN0020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitosIqEXLNSIsYOrGz6b-gz3W5HQ3iLUNg6p__51_YUd93PYUt_Ex50Dny9VmRO5ylMui9yopEA_n0dVQwFU9WtsYq7f3H1cUQCe_DLKqy_tN02t23SpWIW6sWjEF0WynQ6vUrljfrBoHG/s400/DSCN0020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342923505111634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">Caleb</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcJw8UZmTYhY7BSwKnQpg09reUzLqeaCYP4LFE3D6SuY1JeLMkDHVngxK4NHlDe7VgIDrM-e_vPqJqcSWHGpqZd_843H9K6LcvEELkHXs53R4UZX56yaz1R-I2pyw2I8JhtBQiJ0Kbwqu/s400/DSCN0027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342939215346674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb is a big fan of marshmallows, even if he has to fish them out by hand.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcT8VSYCJeud2Nypv5kpzxe-o-04GpWPS6j0i7TpnudwENn9rdcqhn_s2eyx6cqG1iFbokv2Hw0fl-FjJN8-sYsNgvWBwf5-gttT0OUJrokRLv1lPWkMA6OJ4mYa0-b7xj7Z5uyeK0Gx_/s1600-h/DSCN0016.JPG"></a></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-68584836248578788732009-12-18T10:38:00.000-07:002010-01-02T19:58:07.052-07:00A Home for Baby Leopard<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb has a little baby leopard toy that he likes to carry all over. The trouble is, it's a little bit too little and Caleb is always setting it down and forgetting where he left it. Thus, looking for Baby Leopard is an oft-repeated daily ritual. I wish I could stick some kind of GPS tracking device on him. Anyway, Caleb decided that Baby Leopard needed a home and so he set to work and built quite a magnificent block castle all by himself. Caleb pointed out to me that the yellow blocks inside the house made a "really fancy floor". Nothing but the best for Baby Leopard. Maybe he can live here now and won't go missing quite so often.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkp6jbgndDfJ-1pqDXdjOrRYmhENyb4la07NRiRwuw-NTdUSSovbHZu7Lkr84WWv0YRva5HcCsMlpoRJESDSxU6LJFbB3pwd06mQ3di6RL7IuDwikQNeO5PDz5NPcKmF5ZurbXIPELLB8/s1600-h/DSCN0040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkp6jbgndDfJ-1pqDXdjOrRYmhENyb4la07NRiRwuw-NTdUSSovbHZu7Lkr84WWv0YRva5HcCsMlpoRJESDSxU6LJFbB3pwd06mQ3di6RL7IuDwikQNeO5PDz5NPcKmF5ZurbXIPELLB8/s400/DSCN0040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416632209122850018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyVuGeJU7zJWaa4Nwm__WRqTp7zW-n7De43gyI7TnFq6tlH9TkGYEVGFqWwrQ4okiFm84Lr4HtAmL5B-qvxE_MRt3XaMapS4vPbEAK9U6vTq2NBV15RN72bsrUAx2RhFs4jGMx_dbJsG0/s1600-h/DSCN0038.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyVuGeJU7zJWaa4Nwm__WRqTp7zW-n7De43gyI7TnFq6tlH9TkGYEVGFqWwrQ4okiFm84Lr4HtAmL5B-qvxE_MRt3XaMapS4vPbEAK9U6vTq2NBV15RN72bsrUAx2RhFs4jGMx_dbJsG0/s400/DSCN0038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416632206136542258" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-37486215364419946922009-12-18T10:11:00.000-07:002009-12-18T10:36:19.986-07:00Ooooo Yes, It's Pajama Time!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We got out the new pajamas for the boys a little early this year, partly because Dallin and Caleb's are seasonal and so it's more fun to wear them leading up to Christmas. Wearing Santa jammies in March might not be quite as much fun. Also, Taylor is outgrowing all his pajamas like crazy, and so he really needed some that actually come down to his wrists and ankles! The boys were pretty thrilled with their pajamas and wanted to pose by the Christmas tree with them. They were pretty cute!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6xGeDfaZmhEOAsnN9aAgNowYjo5B6g284jk3UedwHR1VBdYA_WcwLQwnvzHB4FUf55CpUiR3wYHO5G4JrEPVhkitfMe-DKFPCLgqAAmkMAmsTfWErYv-NpRgWois41h3-IHzdOIjSMD7/s400/DSCN0043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416625657094610514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oX-FDfQHEi5H5jgRwig1p9yRiBIP63aly2hTTjD9XtzFWqMW_6FF_eml1MPoLk6oPEpBOONe90nde16IM5FLVs0JixYESLLShu8pz24gfwAuVFai0dsajsNslwMu11QZQxLLeIadUaTj/s400/DSCN0041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416625652044242834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmXfLGP1A2KTDuEbJYjXbXyDlTsIzOztSCrn5dlVvFrnWC0ZyrDlsGf9fJCCbt-fdhoXAoJEXfom2Gt_yR9D16TLSbHdN8E0pWwD26E85oRmx7cdgVnbw6glT5gCQB5bnb09_kKM_nKF4/s400/DSCN0044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416625666319768162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPt9yUjYDWLGXCIe_rhtICFttKTKMZabe2KNBbigCl4uF4wXzK2vqJerUJIItrgNizLmruJJM4VrGnm6uG9_ivASFQPRgCnbsYl_LQ-FFO67nA9WQCmmg3qFC0cizEj82GJImLL8F9K4h/s1600-h/DSCN0049.JPG"><br /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLrrM6vrnAWLOLXzYOzUEq8ChyphenhyphenJWeSWPPlpLlr47VCqnlyR-9mbdFMcZvwYhfwI7Iv9itLrj6D1uiij6mEOIQzHGGhYQ6KMbInk3Omfp-vWuzy9eJE-pxTzWDGQddL0zxANOIdDe8bmH0/s400/DSCN0045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416625670196453570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPIn20FcJV3M7IVIFEqtm26dSnXduhHjzXnFcq38gbTBnoDjshiWmNvXZeahriNjmZxrV2QPba8yFx5KNg1wgQ8P1cbrT0JUwBZ-viJfu9XEL2wgHPlCjgzvWZiTzqR46-4N3df3KmVP0/s400/DSCN0046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416625681707797570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Group Brothers Hug!</span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sDiun1LlvZYWmsvZ-NuKoR4TzxBbccdNQlfhMNqaokpcxMvSF8TkqLvOxz7XIm_VpmHcKb5wysi4fPD_aqVq3TFaxKpmKxmMGUayf25pC73OIZ6sImqfL5_3g3GQFgnT_wrnYqxXEoq9/s1600-h/DSCN0047.JPG"></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sDiun1LlvZYWmsvZ-NuKoR4TzxBbccdNQlfhMNqaokpcxMvSF8TkqLvOxz7XIm_VpmHcKb5wysi4fPD_aqVq3TFaxKpmKxmMGUayf25pC73OIZ6sImqfL5_3g3GQFgnT_wrnYqxXEoq9/s1600-h/DSCN0047.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sDiun1LlvZYWmsvZ-NuKoR4TzxBbccdNQlfhMNqaokpcxMvSF8TkqLvOxz7XIm_VpmHcKb5wysi4fPD_aqVq3TFaxKpmKxmMGUayf25pC73OIZ6sImqfL5_3g3GQFgnT_wrnYqxXEoq9/s400/DSCN0047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416626113927960498" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPt9yUjYDWLGXCIe_rhtICFttKTKMZabe2KNBbigCl4uF4wXzK2vqJerUJIItrgNizLmruJJM4VrGnm6uG9_ivASFQPRgCnbsYl_LQ-FFO67nA9WQCmmg3qFC0cizEj82GJImLL8F9K4h/s400/DSCN0049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416626124054937474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Travis was pretty disappointed not to receive new pajamas too, but he put on a brave face for the camera. Looks like my shopping isn't done after all!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oX-FDfQHEi5H5jgRwig1p9yRiBIP63aly2hTTjD9XtzFWqMW_6FF_eml1MPoLk6oPEpBOONe90nde16IM5FLVs0JixYESLLShu8pz24gfwAuVFai0dsajsNslwMu11QZQxLLeIadUaTj/s1600-h/DSCN0041.JPG"></a></div></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-57794101510201486922009-12-04T11:07:00.000-07:002009-12-04T11:38:19.210-07:00A Very Merry Bissett Christmas Album<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is another in the Bissett Boys' series of holiday albums. Dallin once again brings home some great song selections from Preschool and has taught most of them to Caleb. Highlights in this video include Taylor in character as a shepherd (though he mostly succeeds in appearing to be Russian), Caleb as a "poor bee" (mostly because Dallin dressed up as a sheep for Taylor's performance), and the boys all displaying a complete disregard for the lyrics to "Jingle Bell Rock". Who knew that the phrase "miss all the fun" was in there? </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What's missing from the footage is the bee threatening to sting the sheep and the shepherd cheering the bee on.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We hope you enjoy this little video from the Bissett Boys in the spirit of the season!</span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwcxMrtUy016pfFd07k6skR_dR_lpkWVNVDHBVCMUeDUwciIopIrsjGNTQhLwUgV7P1LPFRMoizDHhAWYoijA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-63343768071920532592009-11-24T20:03:00.000-07:002009-11-24T21:20:53.605-07:00The Best Birthday of Dallin's Whole Life!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Dallin turned 5 years old today! The day began at 6:30 am, with Dallin appearing at our bedside and saying, in a very casual voice, "So, I just remembered that today is my birthday." And so it was. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Dallin had a fun, happy day. We opened presents in the morning and then baked a volcano birthday cake. We had a visit at Great-Grandma and Grandpa Smith's house, and then received visits from Grandpa Smith (Grandma Smith was still away at a family wedding), Great-Grandpa Regehr, and Grandpa & Grandma Bissett. Dallin declared that it was "the best birthday of my entire life!" We're not too sure how many other birthdays he remembers so far, but it's good to know that they're getting better! Dallin is such a fun little character and we love him very much. We're so glad he's in our family.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwp15FNV3R6uiC9_cWQjYQ2ENOTSAcCHhzJjeE8V_P05ud1xAaAtTPDfq_DT3EsddOAWqt1P4mS3JjfUbb36e55fFH_QmDS3roQVIGawZMuD4IzTfFozKwvzzCB7LoMrJik8YB39I-qZ_/s1600/DSC03944.JPG"></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmF4R5yQ7-Ci1L_7915OtTLcZ72qum5NuOOfVUtBeWVoZNy9whTAq0KlWcnDWLkA8DJS4ACrfY1uMpuaW4-5rN7njYcuWAmJ4X528qmaSrYydIsHhPAamZ6VLVDdTJLgaJ2YjEkMICizJu/s400/DSC03880.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407873745546379826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Dallin, full of anticipation for present-opening!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmdX5Lvi65IOC9y7XXdzCwMjIxSzoPmP6IRs0riP2JQmLPtwXWp5M5ZsoUOstBzXj7TNCRJl6KHeJ8CJw8TcMbdp42-jWkx175C84_xOM84gTmDMoM6YCqy8D8mzRPd8cbe7k5uV6cMyH/s400/DSC03886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407873751512277314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">A plush woolly mammoth that Dallin had long wished for, but hadn't actually ever seen anywhere. He was just sure his idea must exist somewhere, and it became his mother's job to find it (which I did!). He immediately named it Tuskers, a name he had picked out long ago.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4Ie-b4X2yXSCDL_GQVz2GUiZtJNzq9EfaDnPjXz-zgR1uTjq8BDw6UTm7Amye1_yEZr3sQMbrBMiEXbKh7VIyzOZlT7wmhMk89zmq0PD51xOMBKEySQgPD_jwfa-nB7LSePdMtWcQ3NW/s400/DSC03891.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407873760159126754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">This is a book all about prehistoric Sea Monsters and is based on Dallin's favourite National Geographic documentary. He learned about Tylosaurs from this show and has become fascinated with them. Another of his gifts was a small, plastic Tylosaur replica.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xojg1f6f_UR1YWEFFnH3XoyEhkqBNRA943IOIQifZYo-QRPpsi9s7sFrCZkedUXvehqG6gihzOl1tttY1JX8EQPXDlJ3PNy117IRnx5Lwx37f23I5EkPYU76rSW3-RUsQf7tBhGgu242/s400/DSC03902.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407873768958208258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Our Little Wolf Pack</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Taylor and Caleb received brother presents on Dallin's birthday so that they would all have matching wolf T-shirts and binoculars. The boys have decided that the binoculars provide "scent vision" for when they play wolf pack together. That is, the binoculars allow them to "see" smells, in order to locate prey, other pack members, and enemies. Daddy is usually the enemy bear and they all howl to warn each other when the bear is approaching. They play some variation of this great game almost every evening. Now we have "scent vision" to add to it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoP7xfodxtYKV0sYYiCdMfWEq2hhujJg66MH_KzEJodinyICwLtmF5d8ljjlGRzX2GthBZtsvBwvHRzE679x2-kdgrNuC5vMGxHCs1R2ThNdQD1uu7IAmHlbl7sLnSblwmNIKoJow-IGj/s400/DSC03909.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407877579020206802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">The best part of making a birthday cake, is licking the bowl clean!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6S2Qnj_9iU15Ik-_T8VKbY8QLJMbElBbh9Q9GYalOpsRa5FjAxWmWYYRV78eeaRW90Fsns5p0G9MpsdzwWLn7tipqQdgjlmThMR6sVQWUBHcxOJuw-FeZsiiBMye-9M8zt9UOOjLDyl9/s400/DSC03907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407873776677505234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Messy Hands!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd7Cp0rK2Bil5QVJBZlp2Nh1TsGlkyLLnUxuQ-kUBdLwiYADVZsWqwyk4dEF6L1HyjfZNEQwf9GXJA-5LMcy4vHB4uGZ-t0yQJcSzipfub_nUbrsQ2ZZwAcz7OM_nzl6RwI1WFHvdrDu3/s400/DSC03922.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407877589185728434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Mardi made a volcano cake for Dallin, since he has long been fascinated with mountains that spew fire. Daddy brought home some dry ice and we placed it in a hollowed out spot in the top in order to make the volcano smoke. It was such great fun!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OaT2DzUC-aayqa1-LmD1XkG-pADd5PlkX-u5yjr80qffimZgP2sOID9UqB8NoUbhFejV4kae8Pv0GmEQ7k2O_TjqdivWf_LAZLl0PY6f-kjevcdIjDjWAqIJL5e4n9QrLOZt2EeBGwj2/s400/DSC03929.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407877595748062578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">I love the look on everyone's face here. As we added more dry ice, the whole table became covered in mist. Dallin and Taylor are just loving it, but Caleb looks as though he's a little nervous about it touching him! Dallin's new Tylosaur can be seen beside the volcano cake.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56FOZbCmT7yGi9Qu3rNpOEvqFW4d8VD2cY84bHYAfAjsP35K0pGRJwk1sZycneseodfleEox11mhpJ1T4f1TbnFOt8QPucRNljInl6yGjVv-ZuZmgtm9FlWYbPJFDLrq8sF39ZPomyIG_/s400/DSC03930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407877610484645730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Caleb did get into the spirit of things as soon as he realized the dry ice didn't actually do any damage. We've never had so much fun with a birthday cake before! We spent a long time just playing with it! Easy to make, cheap, and a big hit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXbGU6rVkN1nXB7ek-SzXNX1T4YJ_FZjJd5SXt7hVZtJx-7PelYsp4bpnGNyvVTfmJO4zi0S96iJZlexU7ZU8D0de_Ex6EUkpZToKuH8FHo1p-33osq0M_tINcyEx4yzgfsmyI7uJ9w2L/s400/DSC03934.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407877619186050274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">We put several sparklers around the top to make an "eruption".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd6OdQGcCJrDwtURvg5a_1P4olq9yKXT0f6Zzn87XGit9s9mZ8mHWQ0QCj0jXgZUUxXQjyUwa1JTOlvMDb5bk0y2tPZ_itBWUTh0Io2IBBT11wU4Sl2MCEJhU3pAiUP1oRyeHAd-7W6Xn/s400/DSC03936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407879472026963554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Blowing Out the Candles</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwp15FNV3R6uiC9_cWQjYQ2ENOTSAcCHhzJjeE8V_P05ud1xAaAtTPDfq_DT3EsddOAWqt1P4mS3JjfUbb36e55fFH_QmDS3roQVIGawZMuD4IzTfFozKwvzzCB7LoMrJik8YB39I-qZ_/s400/DSC03944.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407879483177169458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Dallin, with a little toy fish aquarium from Grandpa and Grandma Bissett, and showing off those beautiful eyes.</span></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-54442373362768870352009-11-03T09:24:00.000-07:002009-11-03T09:33:42.594-07:00Dallin's Great Skills<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">At the end of the summer, Dallin learned to ride his two-wheeler without any training wheels. He was very pleased with himself, and expresses himself quite well in this short video. We're sure you'll agree that this was indeed "the Bissetts' lucky day!" (But Mardi really hopes he's wrong about the African mission.)</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxOHatpAta9Dmm3genLBeMP4NVYLkdZHufXfZzJnAREKslQhQXfixEoAtwONQwBFQg0AfhjetVixkc-fuMz6A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-18537311979974093172009-11-02T09:06:00.000-07:002009-11-02T16:00:29.878-07:00Happy Halloween from the Bissett Brothers!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We had a fun Halloween! The boys loved trick-or-treating, and sang Halloween songs for all of their grandparents we visited in town. (See the video below for a sampling of some of their songs.) We were lucky to have such mild weather that made walking around quite pleasant. Hope everyone had a great night!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfW6mgowohS9e88J2Igop4I6uZAnTODMlwBuIiIo7OZTRjnXzofimSYUotnQ6rkRgEpwueJ-fLaY4h-nsDHMxTx2Lhk_E-acQFgNgV2mBVAD5shtSE6wXwZtg9Q_dlGg0aX4rWiPl0eQl/s400/DSC03827.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399540550595788882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcB8-oc7DUoRSqWmDNt0BJdMPdlkRQli0f7gcBdRUyZQYTue5OOM59eXnXECLD3oqbUPtGkDTpCbiWANZ97CZBty6E5zaM-8fu4ZZo1OEQ0Zr9tb9DyHMx8gQFkX_Cprm2jtilL-8sr6AB/s1600-h/DSC03852.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TKBxyYgQH4JsMf5gBvBX3y4nlnwLy2Nq6E0I1Q2AldvgDMpFvih3mhaQ3IF5UJwZOrM2fuS0YkUm2bvImvJlE2NBJHNrAM30YOXIozr3IReXlSjI9UnG2BTPdZk_aph5EQ6sevndiRCB/s1600-h/DSC03843.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaGIrzhhL2CXT-bCGndks_LptCxVYwd2_X8njFGQC8hN58GX0sApc7VkQeToS3-VlywaTYrw6jZMfBmjs1mf96Oaup-WMh-EWGAgW5aCOJI6WqPiW62lTCoiF53jHl93YGP__TC1NaKKf/s1600-h/DSC03835.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCsYwph_EyYuSoc_f79JlZqWcgrtY29Klgl2fEXRVeqaT6EOF32UJ9IBpV1FLkjKq2SW_YXklczlQrfU38z4fEMyLqpEioPPfwv8gEqGiKC-KDPiUHrAKNQLPZXVBzEN93z-wV0jhkgnT/s1600-h/DSC03829.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCsYwph_EyYuSoc_f79JlZqWcgrtY29Klgl2fEXRVeqaT6EOF32UJ9IBpV1FLkjKq2SW_YXklczlQrfU38z4fEMyLqpEioPPfwv8gEqGiKC-KDPiUHrAKNQLPZXVBzEN93z-wV0jhkgnT/s400/DSC03829.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399541596213853250" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;">Three boys in their matching skeleton shirts and their carved jack o' lanterns.<br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfW6mgowohS9e88J2Igop4I6uZAnTODMlwBuIiIo7OZTRjnXzofimSYUotnQ6rkRgEpwueJ-fLaY4h-nsDHMxTx2Lhk_E-acQFgNgV2mBVAD5shtSE6wXwZtg9Q_dlGg0aX4rWiPl0eQl/s1600-h/DSC03827.JPG"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaGIrzhhL2CXT-bCGndks_LptCxVYwd2_X8njFGQC8hN58GX0sApc7VkQeToS3-VlywaTYrw6jZMfBmjs1mf96Oaup-WMh-EWGAgW5aCOJI6WqPiW62lTCoiF53jHl93YGP__TC1NaKKf/s400/DSC03835.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399541606627879826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb discovers the distinct aroma of pumpkin innards: "What's that stinky smell?"</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApGbmYSY-PjKOPWBTv2xycvA5G-riNq7DoOxytkCo3JntCnsWd1S_iC-kWNUdhOPHVZfdSRogS9FU8IPcvfMKPrwqUtoi1QXUwKjdYaxSmSvp05poOmEJor9jYf5dKtZnHF9aNoqhNNdv/s1600-h/DSC03817.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgwyZBFWr5w31M9jAUuyLR8oiEjJPqvFdQk7BjoXKTJGQe74W_Upn9fPyFaIIGG6ImqUv1lij629_yCPO94rl1tvIZqBzYRh1ubNqhg_eBMil7fCCTCrkWLqRV-asd_4cSqnwVSojh1Cd/s1600-h/DSC03815.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgwyZBFWr5w31M9jAUuyLR8oiEjJPqvFdQk7BjoXKTJGQe74W_Upn9fPyFaIIGG6ImqUv1lij629_yCPO94rl1tvIZqBzYRh1ubNqhg_eBMil7fCCTCrkWLqRV-asd_4cSqnwVSojh1Cd/s400/DSC03815.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399540517813798770" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;">Taylor enjoys cleaning his pumpkin a lot more if he has a rubber glove to avoid the slimy texture.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJFPLtbbaPb_xRnByncLvi3a_Zh8-RMXHAnxQHxQU7YT3BzgMTRfVB3BNB5tfz9SwoIelLyMMEzKqi43-AWqz44Eb3QuphmTrOgSj-12pTo_dHLjuC8PryiMwsLV7EBgChathwHnlRtHw/s400/DSC03812.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539320516684146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb doesn't enjoy it even with the glove.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVh5W9ZmcoupAD4a5U1699nq7cnPr6ZpfJR1UnDfTe2QWzqqe1Tcl0XB9oHcQ6a9YCNGw35AV6K0EwV64FmCiRkONwLWlQCg0wYjPpu1f04nKD9Wdk77c3QOmxa1qFbNpvCmMq5-My3OF/s1600-h/DSC03813.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVh5W9ZmcoupAD4a5U1699nq7cnPr6ZpfJR1UnDfTe2QWzqqe1Tcl0XB9oHcQ6a9YCNGw35AV6K0EwV64FmCiRkONwLWlQCg0wYjPpu1f04nKD9Wdk77c3QOmxa1qFbNpvCmMq5-My3OF/s400/DSC03813.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539328832709298" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;">The face says it all.<br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrmsC68mIY-I3kmYlBbxProKYcyJXsnC9vO0nuu0mSdX2Qd_TU0ctTfkG2tyPubDzCRQXo5IB7b_64LwISp_CrazTcqpjYy4fV_jUtqM5LSxabsvqUqg9tMFwvjunl6BIJydbmYnhCHey/s400/DSC03818.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399540533870560002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dallin, of course, usually has a different opinion on things. He filled up his bowl with innards and declared that he was calling his new dish "Ogre's Delight".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApGbmYSY-PjKOPWBTv2xycvA5G-riNq7DoOxytkCo3JntCnsWd1S_iC-kWNUdhOPHVZfdSRogS9FU8IPcvfMKPrwqUtoi1QXUwKjdYaxSmSvp05poOmEJor9jYf5dKtZnHF9aNoqhNNdv/s1600-h/DSC03817.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApGbmYSY-PjKOPWBTv2xycvA5G-riNq7DoOxytkCo3JntCnsWd1S_iC-kWNUdhOPHVZfdSRogS9FU8IPcvfMKPrwqUtoi1QXUwKjdYaxSmSvp05poOmEJor9jYf5dKtZnHF9aNoqhNNdv/s400/DSC03817.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399540524052192578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dallin was quite delighted with how gross the whole experience was. No rubber glove for him!</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8tV8MXytMFmNoiJl_BUd86cFfzdCwjmH1Y-89gTCsnKvOdx8prbabsnnhNfKuDDbTaPp_-XgCKDUXpLBiH9Cb4_K9Rf-CeCpUJ_zDMTkdZzBrPqpS6Vo2xBYaYkhGURc1RMD2agasxY7/s400/DSC03823.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399540539601802258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dallin carefully directed Daddy during the carving process.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJFPLtbbaPb_xRnByncLvi3a_Zh8-RMXHAnxQHxQU7YT3BzgMTRfVB3BNB5tfz9SwoIelLyMMEzKqi43-AWqz44Eb3QuphmTrOgSj-12pTo_dHLjuC8PryiMwsLV7EBgChathwHnlRtHw/s1600-h/DSC03812.JPG"><br /></a></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4_LXMhyphenhyphen7O0Llqnp5ByPXt9-ErEvXxp3UyjZLFVyNNfq8A-k__bzacgpbXUrJv77_nkGZtBwwfQhSvYb_RI3Pk7WHjiZ3lOvSiGncbYD7-Di46NMIfHfisZuqFWBGnUyX_D3-WgsZ6Diz/s1600-h/DSC03794.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4_LXMhyphenhyphen7O0Llqnp5ByPXt9-ErEvXxp3UyjZLFVyNNfq8A-k__bzacgpbXUrJv77_nkGZtBwwfQhSvYb_RI3Pk7WHjiZ3lOvSiGncbYD7-Di46NMIfHfisZuqFWBGnUyX_D3-WgsZ6Diz/s400/DSC03794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539297466301874" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor's black rat costume for his school party and parade. Grandma Smith gave him the silver pumpkin with a rat head and tail poking out of it.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28v1gOXz-ZHjMxoZ4-1_GcyDpJWiBoIxtUS840kjk-gnD9iiIpcahHfRR9yIXqBkK9uVRG5qABf4hISh2VpwqOmwCYlzwOGraMFbJBhjx_QTabOaBmtSVwtTUNfWdyxyE4H9ElNKqnKpU/s400/DSC03803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539310445026514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dallin the Shark and Caleb the Bee at Taylor's school Halloween Parade. Mardi's mom made a shark costume years ago that we wanted to borrow for Dallin, but we couldn't find it anywhere, so Mardi and her mom had to sew up a new one. Dallin was really pleased with it! It seemed to be sufficiently fierce-looking.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TKBxyYgQH4JsMf5gBvBX3y4nlnwLy2Nq6E0I1Q2AldvgDMpFvih3mhaQ3IF5UJwZOrM2fuS0YkUm2bvImvJlE2NBJHNrAM30YOXIozr3IReXlSjI9UnG2BTPdZk_aph5EQ6sevndiRCB/s400/DSC03843.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399541613590654258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Taylor, in his dinosaur trick-or-treating costume (It was warmer than the rat one and Taylor had had a hard time deciding which one to be, so it worked out well.) Caleb was a very enthusiastic trick-or-treater and quickly caught on under the tutelage of his brothers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRaGFJ2nZs_w7ytW5JK4OFYgsLyNaV8apywARSa8vzU1mXtfdwJaHlf2s1K6Sa-16jeByeu3yfbZPSxfrv_XYQ2mABgp225wHMR7xe583QgQoxRKrN5-wBWcOKwVJ45hxwPL2TWGTCSMz/s400/DSC03858.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399541633125100066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dallin the Shark. Sorry about the blurry shot. We'll have to re-do that one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcB8-oc7DUoRSqWmDNt0BJdMPdlkRQli0f7gcBdRUyZQYTue5OOM59eXnXECLD3oqbUPtGkDTpCbiWANZ97CZBty6E5zaM-8fu4ZZo1OEQ0Zr9tb9DyHMx8gQFkX_Cprm2jtilL-8sr6AB/s400/DSC03852.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399541623886089250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Caleb, our little bumblebee, absolutely loved his costume. He had been wearing it for about three days at this point. He especially loves the stinger on the back and enjoys backing into people, poking them with it and saying, "Sting!" Mardi found the little bee basket at Value Village for $1 and it finished things off just perfectly.</span></div></div></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-46224504573261203142009-10-27T15:54:00.000-06:002009-11-02T09:58:44.320-07:00The Bissett Boys Present: A Very Spooky Halloween Album<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dallin and Taylor have been learning a myriad of Halloween tunes at school lately. Preschool has been a gold mine for Dallin - he didn't know that so many great songs existed! The boys put on a concert for us and we have it reproduced here for your viewing enjoyment. At almost 5 minutes long, however, this album is recommended for serious fans only.</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxjY9xMhdNR2fk_I0QjRk0NjF7V3uprz5fX3SYBiFs0bIvutTy-j851Fy5-Kw00rtETTtoyIZVR4cxRgBPhsQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163701074143970006.post-5877657669131979872009-10-05T13:46:00.000-06:002009-10-05T16:08:00.114-06:00Adventures in Fencing, Part 45 (approximately)<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnI0c9vnMAhZSj0RxWc85FS_GTHp0CQ-qQCAkBl8b0uE-mTbTsB7iDmu6e9tnB82LkT4A7go4jp0Nsxcw_CmkMz2fvPxE-cR5AKFpl4J0Y8VzdCoqgEn1I_TTr30k7Q5ldi25MLSAZJoaN/s400/DSC03688.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389206274754832674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o, after much work in his few hours of daylight after his real job was done (and some more work done in complete darkness), Travis succeeded in getting our new fence ready for its concrete curb to be poured. This is the final step before we can install the actual walls of the fence. Everyone was assembled and ready to work when the concrete mixer and the pumper truck pulled up at 7:30 am. The pumper truck was supposed to make the pouring much easier as the guys would not have to be running a wheelbarrow to fill the narrow forms. Anyway, the pumper truck extended its mighty arm and the truck promptly tipped, and almost fell right over, supported by only one of its "sturdy jacks" as Dallin called it. As a result, the boom arm crashed to the ground, narrowly missing Travis and his helpers on the ground, as well as our house and fence posts. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Very fortunately, nobody was hurt and nothing was damaged, with the notable exception of the pumper truck. The situation soon attracted a sizable crowd and they were treated to full morning of entertainment as various methods were employed to hoist the truck and its arm back up. This involved about three hours, a tractor and truck or two, a chain (which subsequently broke part way through the operation, sending the arm crashing back down to earth and nearly hitting our house again), a bunch of puzzled-looking men, and an evacuation order for Mardi and the boys inside the house. All in all, it was a productive day and Travis did eventually get his curb poured...but they had to use the wheelbarrow after all.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7fiUBdaKuaaTcFYfZbGzTXFF17ynPxmwnVqr7x-B_yxtOdavTZU8eFVF4A0Hxk_OlA_4jegG1X_0wb3_hzP5uM5VElmoCfWKzMs12wwl8IfzH7kQdb16iYk2YZhiBD55z6y9jgRxwAjk/s400/DSC03682.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389206252061976994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfIfUlYcDwXXUBPaQGEMLB-VaUFgMUenurASjMGdshxTxVSdIzEspZP5rhjM7eW2PShScWPRZoFVtBybTbZE4DABOpMpZAYooZPCS01ZRjL5FRgP9mFX3HN0YYO_H9QVJVDMRBgBlzGFl/s1600-h/DSC03693.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfIfUlYcDwXXUBPaQGEMLB-VaUFgMUenurASjMGdshxTxVSdIzEspZP5rhjM7eW2PShScWPRZoFVtBybTbZE4DABOpMpZAYooZPCS01ZRjL5FRgP9mFX3HN0YYO_H9QVJVDMRBgBlzGFl/s400/DSC03693.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389206290667947570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLCf9vt3gmptMJGPbJEmd3w815rmj00InT9T8cbQKpLkPb8mFWZMdPmDFHwTjbWRzQFW2aqFWGhIebwzqvk2LXgOkFUiDptiMKy2WZfU4MYdrR7JhXqUgEsdTMA2wZq2cBx02bnZmboq4/s1600-h/DSC03691.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLCf9vt3gmptMJGPbJEmd3w815rmj00InT9T8cbQKpLkPb8mFWZMdPmDFHwTjbWRzQFW2aqFWGhIebwzqvk2LXgOkFUiDptiMKy2WZfU4MYdrR7JhXqUgEsdTMA2wZq2cBx02bnZmboq4/s400/DSC03691.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389206281665561634" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKc-5Koq5cz1DJpQZaL56Ccv-MMquaLg5ZZDCW03xQ83OfcLuQg_x7vnFkR0d6nsY1edIV2odpzrHQ7OlCk_u2aWNamhQG06rHrupGZwVe_4OnAVUUBmwWkmKFeHMXFXIiJTK0X7gGp89c/s1600-h/DSC03687.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKc-5Koq5cz1DJpQZaL56Ccv-MMquaLg5ZZDCW03xQ83OfcLuQg_x7vnFkR0d6nsY1edIV2odpzrHQ7OlCk_u2aWNamhQG06rHrupGZwVe_4OnAVUUBmwWkmKFeHMXFXIiJTK0X7gGp89c/s400/DSC03687.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389206261606891522" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">That drain pipe on the right is on our house. The boom was literally a few feet away from it.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7fiUBdaKuaaTcFYfZbGzTXFF17ynPxmwnVqr7x-B_yxtOdavTZU8eFVF4A0Hxk_OlA_4jegG1X_0wb3_hzP5uM5VElmoCfWKzMs12wwl8IfzH7kQdb16iYk2YZhiBD55z6y9jgRxwAjk/s1600-h/DSC03682.JPG"></a>Travis and Mardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348367989216467786noreply@blogger.com3