tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12647168001563836622024-03-13T19:08:31.802-08:00Griffin's Party of 5The many adventures of the Griffin family on the Rainy Rock!Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-59646666915636064132012-01-29T13:40:00.000-09:002012-01-29T13:40:24.507-09:00Week 4- Project 52<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLaG3eXT0jK8QBwQFGsABwBuOyDtqn17wehMf9Mn95qY9uCtv9H_fBkgbDMvmARs3cBpO7b_f-9fGRrTCWEtH_v2amjLXTygKo3nrTdwxPAHz3qe9x_t9vgpXQHP01zLGyTU69ivXto2U/s1600/Week+4+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLaG3eXT0jK8QBwQFGsABwBuOyDtqn17wehMf9Mn95qY9uCtv9H_fBkgbDMvmARs3cBpO7b_f-9fGRrTCWEtH_v2amjLXTygKo3nrTdwxPAHz3qe9x_t9vgpXQHP01zLGyTU69ivXto2U/s320/Week+4+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I cannot believe my baby boy turns 12 today. I kind of feel like we did when we brought him home from the hospital, completely clueless on what to do with a brand new baby. It's a brand new journey!<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-84186431368681330842012-01-15T21:47:00.000-09:002012-01-15T21:47:12.173-09:00Project 52-Week 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Sr37J7P8CUjTFiOE2eOUtCATU7Ju9zD4OyaFY5xd6D66bCyEWr9YkhdjUcXqwP8O4ZWXR7hxkJavDqkmU6kM7_ROX5Cz3k57abgipSzgByZOe8gaeCEXa9M0EaZX5nGJyhol3BflTOrw/s1600/Week+2+blood+pressure.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Sr37J7P8CUjTFiOE2eOUtCATU7Ju9zD4OyaFY5xd6D66bCyEWr9YkhdjUcXqwP8O4ZWXR7hxkJavDqkmU6kM7_ROX5Cz3k57abgipSzgByZOe8gaeCEXa9M0EaZX5nGJyhol3BflTOrw/s320/Week+2+blood+pressure.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Yes, my son would figure out how to do a science fair experiment involving video games.<br />
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The last of the New Years bubbly, mixed in with some POM juice. Best way to start the New Year.<br />
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Warmed up a little bit this weekend and we now have beautiful snow!<br />
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Isn't this candy bar card fun? I got the idea somewhere along the web, but made up our own card. <br />
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The very first day of Crab Fest-After days and days of rain, fog and wind we had a small break in the weather so we took the kids down to ride the rides.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-9405682591693318762011-01-03T20:00:00.002-09:002011-01-03T20:18:42.816-09:00Project 365 is off to a great start. A three day great start anyway! Well, after last nights run to the airport was a no go we came home with mom and had a yummy french toast dinner. Mom and I packed the lunches and made the coffee, bathed the kids and sent them to bed for the first day of school 2011. It was nice to wake up to all the busy morning work being done. Although there was this...<a href="http://thereallmelissasproject365.blogspot.com"></a> Mom was home all day and did so much laundry for me the house is totally clean. The sky's parted and she was able to make it out this afternoon but we will miss her for sure. On a roll the lunches are packed and coffee made, as well the cloths set out for tomorrow. This week is looking great.<br />What Santa Brought!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/b8_dJNi3mCRht-b3TnMOm7nhdh7BaKEi5Z9LcOW6PEY?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/TSAgS2fOyvI/AAAAAAAAAk8/bH7pzfQYz4M/s400/IMG_4554.JPG" height="267" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/missiesgot3/Christmas2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCJO7ts_n4pK_1wE&feat=embedwebsite">Christmas 2010</a></td></tr></table><br />Walk in the snow on a frozen lake by the sea!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ztCNNM4EeYdayfUouskmLLnhdh7BaKEi5Z9LcOW6PEY?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/TSFK-_uWpLI/AAAAAAAAAlk/6952x5QXs4o/s400/IMG_1208.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/missiesgot3/Christmas2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCJO7ts_n4pK_1wE&feat=embedwebsite">Christmas 2010</a></td></tr></table><br />Devon and Andy Their first Christmas married, and they spent it with us!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PzAToSJNowFQLtknih_sPLnhdh7BaKEi5Z9LcOW6PEY?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/TSFTjKz5KlI/AAAAAAAAAmw/QL7bkMpU0fA/s400/IMG_1205.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/missiesgot3/Christmas2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCJO7ts_n4pK_1wE&feat=embedwebsite">Christmas 2010</a></td></tr></table><br />Mario Caleb<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dcB87BSvirgXQO4wnhOvmrnhdh7BaKEi5Z9LcOW6PEY?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/TSFTrj1HtVI/AAAAAAAAAm0/QJTBore3CnQ/s400/IMG_1277.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/missiesgot3/Christmas2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCJO7ts_n4pK_1wE&feat=embedwebsite">Christmas 2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /></ br><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-5220255222724181252011-01-02T20:01:00.000-09:002011-01-02T20:02:08.402-09:002/365 and Kodiak WeatherGuess what? It's raining! Imagine that adventures on a rainy rock equals rain blowing against the windows in sheets, then turning to snow the size of dinner plates. Actually, having no where to be or go over the holiday weekend kept us cozy indoors and it was really nice to relax. We read, built legos, played a few games and watched movies. A perfect way to end our Christmas Break. <br />Took the Grandma to the airport tonight to catch her flight home, with no flights leaving the island on the first we weren't very optimistic, and by the time we made it to the airport it had rained, hailed and snowed(huge flakes!) When we arrived the flight desk assured us that every flight had made it in that day so we should be good to go. Alas, no luck was had and Grandma got to come home and spend one last night with us.<br />That reminds me that tomorrow is back to school and work for everyone. I am actually looking forward to seeing my kiddo's again and the kids need to get back to a regular routine. So tonight the clothes are laid out, lunches are made, everyone is freshly bathed and the coffee is on auto brew. <br /><br /><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGCmLCTt48bfc8Br9j-BWqUlrsvsN7-Yum2iWoFtix1_dIvl_-2sfPYk25SSeYKnyKBRISdjtJv18ZIpXbAvVEx6ZFAVjUxmWelDDyBcuKn6nSHjoaYq2gxOt-JyjKd1gZ5MSb5T-zO9u/s1600/IMG_1282.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGCmLCTt48bfc8Br9j-BWqUlrsvsN7-Yum2iWoFtix1_dIvl_-2sfPYk25SSeYKnyKBRISdjtJv18ZIpXbAvVEx6ZFAVjUxmWelDDyBcuKn6nSHjoaYq2gxOt-JyjKd1gZ5MSb5T-zO9u/s320/IMG_1282.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br />Pic 2/365 1/02/11 Peach and Caleb at the airport in SNOW!<br /><br /></ br><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-11156838021661793842011-01-01T21:55:00.002-09:002011-01-01T22:09:23.876-09:00New Year and a New ProjectProject 365 is a photography project where you take one photo a day for 365 days. Mostly they are random pics of whatever to document the year and give a snapshot of your year in just one picture. I hope I can keep up on it, I know I start a lot of projects but I really want to get to know my camera (maybe get a new one!) and try to hold on to these years that are slipping by so quickly. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. So here it is the first pic of 2011 on 1/1/11<br /><br /><a href="http://goo.gl/photos/d1aCCkuiE5" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/TSAdQt_MRSI/AAAAAAAAAko/7vVeJ-eLQ6k/s512/IMG_4571.JPG"></a><br /><br /></ br><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-67639643509452539492010-01-13T15:03:00.003-09:002010-01-13T15:07:47.147-09:00Wow,a blog entry about me!I can do that right? This is a post I had to write for my upcoming Education Psychology class.<br /><br />Hello Class! My name is Melissa Griffin I live on the beautiful island of Kodiak with my husband and three children. I love to sew, knit, read and take walks on the beach with my family. My journey through college education began over 10 years ago; I always knew I wanted to be a teacher even as young girl. At the time the prime motivating factor for my desire was to be given the freedom to draw on the chalkboard anytime I wanted. Through my formative education years I had many excellent teachers and few not so skilled but I still wanted to teach, even if the chalkboard had been replaced by the white board; dry erase offered so many more colors! And so I began at UAA with an interest in special education, especially in the field of autism. Shortly after graduating high school I met my soon to be husband, we married young and started a family, I had finished two years of college classes. I always intended to go back, but life as a military wife was demanding, with deployments overseas and long hours alone, I simply fell into the rhythm of motherhood and was very content. In 2007 I had a three year old a five year old and a six year old, my oldest was in school full time. I realized I was entering a new stage in my life as mother; I wanted to do something satisfying with my coming freedom and felt personally motivated to finish what I had started. By now we were living in Kodiak, which for me was perfect; distance education fit our lifestyle to a T. I have been plugging along only taking 6 credits at a time, this semester will be my most intensive yet. I have a wonderful support system from my husband, family and friends. Now that all of my children are in school full time, I have many opportunities to volunteer at my kids school where I am surrounded by a talented and wonderful group of motivating teachers. I haven’t decided which age group I would like to teach as of yet but I am focusing on the lower levels of elementary for the time being. I can’t wait to finish my journey.<br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-84296863210014595852010-01-12T15:50:00.003-09:002010-01-12T16:04:17.541-09:00"I'm a LOT of Chinese"<center><a href="http://notbefore7.blogspot.com/search/label/Tiny%20Talk"><img src="http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv146/homeschoolcreations/tinytalklogofall09copy.jpg"/></a><br/></center> <br />Tiny Talk Tuesday's is new blog carnival event I am trying out. It focuses on the funny things our kids say and their unique view on the world around them. I hope you enjoy it.<br />This conversation was relayed to me by Miss Maria one of the aides in Naomi's class. Sometime during the last week the kids in her K-5 class had a discussion about what nationality a few of the kids were i.e. Filipino, Japanese, Russian, Caucasian.<br />The next day Miss Maria was sitting at a table with Peach and her friend Grace. The girls were talking about where they were from, Maria told them she was little bit Chinese. Peach responded with "I'm a LOT of Chinese.....My Mom makes a LOT of Chinese food and I eat it all up."<br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-91607056314820879962010-01-11T17:44:00.003-09:002010-01-11T19:28:15.160-09:00The Sun Came Out and One Eyed Piano PlayingToday was a beautiful day cold,clear and the sun was shinning, I opened all the curtains and let the sun shine in! The blogger gods must have heard we complaining about the weather and played a fast one on me. I should complain about the weather more often or maybe it was a gift for revisiting my poor neglected blog.<br />Peach is now taking ballet lessons she had a great time tonight but cried all the way home because she was hoping to have the same teacher she had last year. There are two Naomi's in her class of 5 girls. Good thing she still goes by Peach. Eli and Caleb are both in piano and doing a great job, Eli can even play with one eye. Eli's eye is getting better as far as we can tell but he will need to see the specialist in Anchorage this month. Hopefully we can catch a flight out next week via the CG, I would love to get off the rock even for just a few hours.<br />Okay, YouTube is taking forever to upload that video of Eli. <br />We are now entering the time of night after 6pm when I simply run out of steam as it were with the kids. Tonight Peach is especially tired. Like Oh my goodness give me a spanking and put me to bed tired. Which I shall gladly grant her, well maybe not the spanking but I'm going to step away here for a sec read her a couple of books and put that little princess down for her beauty rest.<br />I'm back! Here's the video of Eli playing. Hope you enjoyed day 2 of blogging for a week.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hNSrrU3so7I&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hNSrrU3so7I&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></ br><A href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target=_blank><IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png"></A>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-62181634839329414452010-01-10T10:10:00.005-09:002010-01-10T16:15:49.036-09:00Blogging for a Week!Thats right I am going to try my best and jump start my blog again by blogging every day for a week. To start off the week I'll post a picture of a very talented little artist.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefn5gcaEUguC1rdG_fXgwicik1O3fso6a6BjguMkQzJBQEaRtJ1ddRtQ8P7V_4nqRQzrgLaoxZxn-kalUAVumHtPy4aleK-p4yURllwqhr5w1A1eVEwHwSWBX_gnu9Cupx-f_7QMyFxXX/s1600-h/095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefn5gcaEUguC1rdG_fXgwicik1O3fso6a6BjguMkQzJBQEaRtJ1ddRtQ8P7V_4nqRQzrgLaoxZxn-kalUAVumHtPy4aleK-p4yURllwqhr5w1A1eVEwHwSWBX_gnu9Cupx-f_7QMyFxXX/s320/095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425284047769390658" /></a><br /><br /><br />Caleb's picture "Kid's Don't Float" was chosen as the May photo for the Alaska Joint Insurance Group. He won a cool art kit and a special recoginition award certificate. We are very proud of him. Grandma's and Grandpa Dennis we will send you a copy if would like one. Dad I need your current address. Other then that we had a long first week back to school and are trying to get back into the swing of a schedule. I start classes again on Wednesday and will be very busy this sememester taking 8 credits. <br />We have had so much rain, wind and fog for so long I honeslty can't remember when the sun shone last. I have us all taking vitamins and we have been visiting the new pool, and the tanning salon (just me and Aaron) to try and stay somewhat emotionally stable. I told my mom when she was here that it's gotten to the point where I don't even look out the window in the morning. I just assume it will be raining. But, thats Kodiak in January and we just make the best of it. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wGaHijoPoShzQKx4tBZwx4LeNiBvjgOASqOL2X0rLJBrjFHo3gsE4W_BQb5mi8CcltUvbcIx1PbBvLx_DtghC7jFrWd_X_T1P40kSjDKemUHy46xHRpntSJtOz6uo2It5qmnXJ0xTphJ/s1600-h/094.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wGaHijoPoShzQKx4tBZwx4LeNiBvjgOASqOL2X0rLJBrjFHo3gsE4W_BQb5mi8CcltUvbcIx1PbBvLx_DtghC7jFrWd_X_T1P40kSjDKemUHy46xHRpntSJtOz6uo2It5qmnXJ0xTphJ/s320/094.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425284038010605602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5y5LHwfEqUeqXz4w8KXlsZE1WbkanWgwrRA8pMg-UWb5eYBNq8hnDJR-IbokTQx0VSyexeOZQS74DRj9gu89KkJd4W_8KVsFtgFwJuYMgYSwLmNwROQlDaw4ibVXRbg0wbv3sRp-BNz-s/s1600-h/093.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5y5LHwfEqUeqXz4w8KXlsZE1WbkanWgwrRA8pMg-UWb5eYBNq8hnDJR-IbokTQx0VSyexeOZQS74DRj9gu89KkJd4W_8KVsFtgFwJuYMgYSwLmNwROQlDaw4ibVXRbg0wbv3sRp-BNz-s/s320/093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425284027096033442" /></a><br /><br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-35469971381064340252009-10-12T15:27:00.005-08:002009-10-12T15:53:49.486-08:00We are home from Disney and the BeachWe had an AWESOME time! Enjoyed family, and family drama and crowds and plans that didn't go exactly as planned. But we had fun! Apparently we took over 700 pictures. I won't bore you with all of them but as soon as Aaron comes home with the laptop I can post a timeline of pictures.<br />Now that we are back to to "normal" we are busy. For the last few years we have participted in the local community theatre. This year the production is The Christmas Carol. We are really excited for a Christmas show. Eli tried out for the part of Tiny Tim and was chosen, Caleb is experiencing his first year, he plays in the Childrens Ensemble. We are proud of both of them, its a busy time of year with lots of practices but the next few months are dark and gloomy and this keeps us busy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ_q4nj3NjksOYYMIzYZhqy28UHWOwkjwEm_5GohkdKktHbzPAwAEgpqEnctY4Q6NGybyL4wfDHnhn8ixj9NyVOOr7pOCRXNqFB8meVXM1JFP0senb-XHao-pndnFyOlN0e3d276zJPdg/s1600-h/Disney+09+100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ_q4nj3NjksOYYMIzYZhqy28UHWOwkjwEm_5GohkdKktHbzPAwAEgpqEnctY4Q6NGybyL4wfDHnhn8ixj9NyVOOr7pOCRXNqFB8meVXM1JFP0senb-XHao-pndnFyOlN0e3d276zJPdg/s320/Disney+09+100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391861497087619010" /></a><br />This is at Great Grandmas pool in south Florida we spent a week down here after Disney.<br />We had Muffins for Moms. Kindergarden is so much fun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEnyHgatsJBECi4UruE2pbhJwgKeax2r877aF8caAvGJ0TZKzRzuQVwFztULEcb3I0zJ_ivmTw5-V-DhxALBufIXjRorGBekjWKtc0WRVRXDpROM5d-yV90ZtBxfJoMjdZ40Ilw3RXDVx/s1600-h/Disney+09+101.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEnyHgatsJBECi4UruE2pbhJwgKeax2r877aF8caAvGJ0TZKzRzuQVwFztULEcb3I0zJ_ivmTw5-V-DhxALBufIXjRorGBekjWKtc0WRVRXDpROM5d-yV90ZtBxfJoMjdZ40Ilw3RXDVx/s320/Disney+09+101.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391865310829103138" /></a><br /><br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-12564824117144306792009-08-31T10:03:00.002-08:002009-08-31T10:04:07.850-08:00The First Day<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/SpwQS85nW1I/AAAAAAAAAh0/lW6mobkozfo/s1600-h/Peachies%20first%20day%20of%20school%20003%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Peachies first day of school 003" border="0" alt="Peachies first day of school 003" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/SpwQTYgtqmI/AAAAAAAAAh4/Bz-LnYCl0nc/Peachies%20first%20day%20of%20school%20003_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" height="260" /></a> </p> <p>Standing on the porch waiting to get in the car. As soon as we arrived at the school she said “Okay Mom I got this see you later!”</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/SpwQUhIrHuI/AAAAAAAAAh8/It6iGC94o4E/s1600-h/Peachies%20first%20day%20of%20school%20015%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Peachies first day of school 015" border="0" alt="Peachies first day of school 015" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/SpwQVDQTRAI/AAAAAAAAAiA/ROeytWkd7aw/Peachies%20first%20day%20of%20school%20015_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="180" /></a> </p> <p>A sweet little note Mrs. Patrick gives all the mom’s and dad’s”</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/SpwQWOjbbeI/AAAAAAAAAiE/vP5Pb33cqzI/s1600-h/Peachies%20first%20day%20of%20school%20012%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Peachies first day of school 012" border="0" alt="Peachies first day of school 012" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_oe7OhcJnOCA/SpwQWt2tMhI/AAAAAAAAAiI/gLe_xd72818/Peachies%20first%20day%20of%20school%20012_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="180" /></a> </p> <p>Naomi and her best friend Grace were all smiles.</p> <p>I know she is going to do awesome in school. She was so excited to be there and see her friends.</p>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-45623262926162094182009-08-22T10:57:00.003-08:002009-08-30T22:53:53.781-08:00Summer is over!In an effort to condense two months worth of blogging into one gigantic blog I decided to create a slide show. With a few highlights.<br /><br />I'm a little bummed because I really wanted to go camping this summer. Unfortunately it just didn't work out for us. I'm not ready to admit that we are "not camping people" just yet though. I just would prefer to camp in a cabin or a camper, with hot water, and a toilet. We did spend allot of time out of doors, we just came home and slept in our nice comfy beds. I'm not really a morning person I don't enjoy waking up hours before the kids to work out or clean house Preparing a hot breakfast is not my forte. We eat cereal and pop tarts A LOT! Does oatmeal count as hot? Summer time breakfast rolls around about 9:30 meanwhile I'm drinking my coffee and facebooking.<br /><br />Peach turned 5! We had a kitty cat party and it was so much fun. Probably one of the best parties we have had yet for the kids. The boys start school on Tuesday. The summer has been awesome. Kodiak has had the BEST weather with little rain and lots of sunshine! For some reason I can't find Eli's camera with pictures of him going off to Camp Woody but he did that this year too. <br /><br />This is what I call a two part blog because I started this post a week a go and came back to finish tonight. We just got back from a fun family weekend with our church at Camp Woody. Sadly someone ran into our car while it was parked in the 72 hour parking lot. The boys have been in school a week now and Peach starts her first day tomorrow. She is super excited to spend "All Day" at the big school. <br /><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F15190844%40N02%2Fsets%2F72157621987764807%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F15190844%40N02%2Fsets%2F72157621987764807%2F&set_id=72157621987764807&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F15190844%40N02%2Fsets%2F72157621987764807%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F15190844%40N02%2Fsets%2F72157621987764807%2F&set_id=72157621987764807&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-55433205673371773892009-07-14T15:23:00.006-08:002009-07-14T16:19:59.521-08:00Hike up the Old WomanLast week we decided to take a hike up one of the local trails to the top of a mountain they call Old Woman. I'm not sure why they call it that but my kids were calling Old Lady mountain. Its a pretty steep trek up but not terrible we reached the top in about 30 minutes. Since it has been so warm probably 75 that day we were going to attempt to make it to a snow melt pool at the top. Well, we thought it was at the top. In our minds we would get to the top and be greeted by a beautiful snow melt lake to swim and cool off in. WRONG. We made it to the top with a lot of encouragement given to Peach and ended up meeting another group that was hiking back to the lake as well. Oh no worries they said just go that way and you can't miss it. Well we ended up walking another mile and a half to get to the lake. It was worth it to splash around, throw snow and swim in a warm pond all at the same time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipboAUkFZJFZM20_LV-i3C9el4rxWYKF1goXNmwk5HgTUaqR3v_1eBxKm720GjROlsYbClfgA3V4FDIzS2fQueCfa_e2ei338MRkNGUqgFCiPxtS3mmcR8Qx8PZ2_BWQz2z5GKYJizN5gg/s1600-h/July+013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipboAUkFZJFZM20_LV-i3C9el4rxWYKF1goXNmwk5HgTUaqR3v_1eBxKm720GjROlsYbClfgA3V4FDIzS2fQueCfa_e2ei338MRkNGUqgFCiPxtS3mmcR8Qx8PZ2_BWQz2z5GKYJizN5gg/s320/July+013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358464544784637602" /></a><br /><br />A view of Kodiak from the top.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvrdJ_egIzEsagLaWtVBpAoynABXNyu5LDrn8mMirqrn8xO8Y-TaM88nIWNXHxBDw3pGs14ogcill_HrERm7SywGcFhuPXZsuzF3kCEiHKszQj9nHEVL4WJVRl3f_ae2KuEFGpHjO7byY/s1600-h/July+008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvrdJ_egIzEsagLaWtVBpAoynABXNyu5LDrn8mMirqrn8xO8Y-TaM88nIWNXHxBDw3pGs14ogcill_HrERm7SywGcFhuPXZsuzF3kCEiHKszQj9nHEVL4WJVRl3f_ae2KuEFGpHjO7byY/s320/July+008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358464535508684370" /></a><br />The BEST view in Kodiak! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkcq1AeXeuVwTMaaKJrH-sPu2qi6nX1j73v07ZPAx48onZ-e8nTpQIUS3h_TOk1_n9RZksB5Zl5u-MPedvHXGR0sVes0NWhg3Yac7AI5Rq1lzUH75j0BSJLorAqkMLyD5WMfxXPrK5bi-/s1600-h/July+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkcq1AeXeuVwTMaaKJrH-sPu2qi6nX1j73v07ZPAx48onZ-e8nTpQIUS3h_TOk1_n9RZksB5Zl5u-MPedvHXGR0sVes0NWhg3Yac7AI5Rq1lzUH75j0BSJLorAqkMLyD5WMfxXPrK5bi-/s320/July+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358464518631104066" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkFIMvlcVmx58tkcvqtawtVNAZGfBgqqY2UmAeXhKDRvx4UfWhUiKWtHd6LVWoPJiEF8EiU207ggPk1ErRIGJTouQvgg1mmQx2XPJweFE-R9fSnIHhR1iLga4oIJsoJO6TKpN0QhbKz3_/s1600-h/July+029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkFIMvlcVmx58tkcvqtawtVNAZGfBgqqY2UmAeXhKDRvx4UfWhUiKWtHd6LVWoPJiEF8EiU207ggPk1ErRIGJTouQvgg1mmQx2XPJweFE-R9fSnIHhR1iLga4oIJsoJO6TKpN0QhbKz3_/s320/July+029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358470011289867714" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgIHTJ_3Xm6pw1RCCLheHZYC6ez7UjScZw0rHlRh2DyuiM2i2f7xT6-J9BE2y4y9R5_pDMRlCgfatveyN2d9Qmbp_kS1WV_mQYmJU5G3m3cXvcz96RmQNfM8V_Iz2ta20x9a-rTW8gMZ9/s1600-h/July+030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgIHTJ_3Xm6pw1RCCLheHZYC6ez7UjScZw0rHlRh2DyuiM2i2f7xT6-J9BE2y4y9R5_pDMRlCgfatveyN2d9Qmbp_kS1WV_mQYmJU5G3m3cXvcz96RmQNfM8V_Iz2ta20x9a-rTW8gMZ9/s320/July+030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358470028798492962" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMCH-Todp97nuiy56JbMtWmlPRsnyc323xCuFPXSq0SFQkh5_yhyphenhyphen11F5pHY7PVj5-I7GHCiAApB-E1agw-Y4kO-qquQQ8vxFP4t-IKNGdp0B3PPDmmOJMIDoIX1TUDETHldeN4YJ8hGlN/s1600-h/July+025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMCH-Todp97nuiy56JbMtWmlPRsnyc323xCuFPXSq0SFQkh5_yhyphenhyphen11F5pHY7PVj5-I7GHCiAApB-E1agw-Y4kO-qquQQ8vxFP4t-IKNGdp0B3PPDmmOJMIDoIX1TUDETHldeN4YJ8hGlN/s320/July+025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358470017802032386" /></a><br /><br />The kids acted out a story I read to them about Abe Lincoln. Caleb was Abe!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsg_TcrFbt9FugNp-Pz9pIRYXAy4RVf45ukXSprmbjJceIUttjsLmGLwr1gQwlAt_VVyjyBOqTEBpyVi8CsxPydLpzEOQgj6u_LH6RCmxWaQXHOj8TijZTAiL6zbxAI7Xs70ecCbcrgvez/s1600-h/July+038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsg_TcrFbt9FugNp-Pz9pIRYXAy4RVf45ukXSprmbjJceIUttjsLmGLwr1gQwlAt_VVyjyBOqTEBpyVi8CsxPydLpzEOQgj6u_LH6RCmxWaQXHOj8TijZTAiL6zbxAI7Xs70ecCbcrgvez/s320/July+038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358470042001770994" /></a></ br><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0koN2OIYxqJD_cZM1ue5Jj_RTubwmL_CA-4XyW2pkY0UdK9m_XXBtR0xX8oHCdVSRKPKXsLJKEJTZawoe1LM6IYS9GHREszKnun-xfPOPqmpLL1OThtqM2KJyYndw6AWnltB6pUQmgYxQ/s1600-h/July+034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0koN2OIYxqJD_cZM1ue5Jj_RTubwmL_CA-4XyW2pkY0UdK9m_XXBtR0xX8oHCdVSRKPKXsLJKEJTZawoe1LM6IYS9GHREszKnun-xfPOPqmpLL1OThtqM2KJyYndw6AWnltB6pUQmgYxQ/s320/July+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358470033373952274" /></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-49256825946740709512009-07-12T18:17:00.007-08:002009-07-12T18:50:43.375-08:00Summer Day'sOkay, time for a blog update. I know it's been forever but here we are for all the world to see. Life in Kodiak (at least for the last 10 days) has been glorious. With temperatures in the low 70's and a perfect ocean breeze to cool you down just when you need it. <br />In June we went to Anchorage and visited Grandma. The weather was warm and we spent some time at Goose Lake and visited about 10 parks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5M3_ZTHdGXyZa96wHDmu3fQmzh-DJskEJISs04keeAweEmzvXWlH_nwUG47R5louf1sO9YqXyjs23tXx3I7cho7ATfLZiUSJa-plJQnQFLsHNbT-1oWqCknKTg-PVFe-VwUN6io0dzNn/s1600-h/Summer+09+009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5M3_ZTHdGXyZa96wHDmu3fQmzh-DJskEJISs04keeAweEmzvXWlH_nwUG47R5louf1sO9YqXyjs23tXx3I7cho7ATfLZiUSJa-plJQnQFLsHNbT-1oWqCknKTg-PVFe-VwUN6io0dzNn/s320/Summer+09+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357765765102161858" /></a><br />Naomi at Goose Lake<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEih4GeXVhcss7h3KZPnXSIJgq8uWf8_9Rip77aKjqwwpNIUDI85Om_3yj9keuDpB_LvHu3vIA7x8c4EkIvXevqfle22B_uM0fPS-pC7zR6rt8vTcTJJ5hyphenhyphenMb__0VKzOPBoZX64wWeKG4/s1600-h/Summer+09+016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEih4GeXVhcss7h3KZPnXSIJgq8uWf8_9Rip77aKjqwwpNIUDI85Om_3yj9keuDpB_LvHu3vIA7x8c4EkIvXevqfle22B_uM0fPS-pC7zR6rt8vTcTJJ5hyphenhyphenMb__0VKzOPBoZX64wWeKG4/s320/Summer+09+016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357766433968077410" /></a><br />The back deck gets really warm we had an inflatable pool to fill with water. Caleb and Naomi loved it but Eli was a little to old this year and didn't play to much in it. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQDmdIJIiyDzPuAdnX1ewP3N25QDqcYv0OiPLZ6YacVZbgL9E3PcV0_9QfNygQtQ1L9-T8ptEXYApy8tB5gTGIIBc9ehMzhMHffWV2QhDEhmjj0Elm7ED_KefapKtEbzuzlm5v1LVtnQ8/s1600-h/Summer+09+017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQDmdIJIiyDzPuAdnX1ewP3N25QDqcYv0OiPLZ6YacVZbgL9E3PcV0_9QfNygQtQ1L9-T8ptEXYApy8tB5gTGIIBc9ehMzhMHffWV2QhDEhmjj0Elm7ED_KefapKtEbzuzlm5v1LVtnQ8/s320/Summer+09+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357767116375669810" /></a><br />A little product placement here!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJovOaZCqsWQs8Vyv_lu7a5WVnO7C_hanVV5E_hfq0Q6m4GXRtdXiQj0rCtcF_53vAAG0OCRcHEn93TnVVkvXU6nE-ZTvweLXl0kY4SSUm_DW2QaU1D10_jF0099T5tHI_ituobN3GHy4/s1600-h/Summer+09+026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJovOaZCqsWQs8Vyv_lu7a5WVnO7C_hanVV5E_hfq0Q6m4GXRtdXiQj0rCtcF_53vAAG0OCRcHEn93TnVVkvXU6nE-ZTvweLXl0kY4SSUm_DW2QaU1D10_jF0099T5tHI_ituobN3GHy4/s320/Summer+09+026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357768935165225026" /></a><br />We added a new member to our family. Our new little kitten is named Kiki and after a bit of a rough start with or other kitty Zuko she is fitting in quite well. Naomi loves her or rather tortures her all day.<br />With July we have summer soccer. Being a soccer mom requires you to spend 3 hours a day 3 days a week on the field. This last week was so worth being outside. The kids are having a blast and I get to enjoy visiting with the other moms or walking around the track. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIuBrWF62t3Ynw0CyHvUzd9eh60NoZPmkulPbuL4obaXs94exz8a8Memq1RF4lexSQaXqLvYn3Zusy0HWhReX0dADVeAaDiLT9cAeFJQeZGQyQ9gR0TcWyiLl_ir_XfFZdpKV_CaiSilO/s1600-h/Summer+09+031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIuBrWF62t3Ynw0CyHvUzd9eh60NoZPmkulPbuL4obaXs94exz8a8Memq1RF4lexSQaXqLvYn3Zusy0HWhReX0dADVeAaDiLT9cAeFJQeZGQyQ9gR0TcWyiLl_ir_XfFZdpKV_CaiSilO/s320/Summer+09+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357770704676295218" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-30080907555664870852009-05-29T19:52:00.005-08:002009-06-01T14:42:29.657-08:00May Mayhem!Mostly just a picture update. Things have been a little nuts around here. I finished my fall semester. I received all A's! I had one week off and then started my summer classes. This summer I am taking a Children's Literature class which so far is really interesting and I will also be taking a 5 week Art for Children class in June.<br />Naomi was in a performance of Alice and Wonderland. She was a teacup and was so pretty. The boys just finished school this week on Wednesday and are already enjoying there summer break. Aaron had a visit to the Emergency room for some heart problems. He has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation">atrial fibrillation</a> he's had it for about 8 years. Every 4-5 years he has an episode and in May he had another one. This time medication was able to get it back on track but the doctor here wants him to go see the specialist in Anchorage. We may be looking at surgery. The surgery involves sending a wire through the femoral artery to basically electrocute the nerve that causes the problem. Apparently it is pretty common solution but we will see. Please pray for us as we determine what the best solution is and that the doctors will have wisdom as to what to do.<br />So next week he heads over for a ANG one week drill and to see the doctor. Me and the kids are hoping to catch the C130 and fly over to spend about 2 weeks with my mom and then I can go with Aaron to the doctor.<br />Peach graduated pre-school so now all of my kids are "in school." I think it will really hit me come August when I drop them all off. The boys are in baseball this spring and really having a good time. Caleb took a really good fall off the top of the monkey bars and Eli accidentally hit a kid with a bat at the first practice but hey life is exciting around here. We had almost two weeks of super nice weather in May but unforutnatley the wind and rain blew in and Crab Fest was kind of bust this year. Sunday cleared up a little bit so the kids and I headed downtown. The rain blew in pretty good just after we finished up the rides. There is a curse about Crab Fest. If it is sunny for CF then it will be a rainy summer. We shall see we had alot of rain for CF so we should have a great summer. The Koehlers have been hanging out with us quite a bit and we have enjoyed backyard fires and yummy dinners. The kids Gabriel and Donavyn have a name for me now! They call me Mimi!<br />Well that was May in a nutshell. It was a crazy month at our house. I am hoping the June calms down a bit and that we can make it off the island for a few weeks.<br />If you can't see the slide show follow the link to <a href="http://www.slide.com/arrange?nxcid=xD8yh3uI2z9EakibD4fFvCY614xhkBmu">here</a><br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-09.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3170534137687906057&site=widget-09.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3170534137687906057&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-09.slide.com/p1/3170534137687906057/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3170534137687906057&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-09.slide.com/p2/3170534137687906057/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3170534137687906057&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-09.slide.com/p4/3170534137687906057/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-53985514323896180442009-05-23T08:51:00.003-08:002009-05-23T09:04:48.043-08:00Tag: I'm IT!I know I am so lame. I haven't blogged in a whole month but it has been crazy and well raising kids and keeping a house clean and a husband happy is a lot of work. A. Lot. Of. Work. Wow I always want'ed to write one of those super punctuated sentences and I finally got the chance. Anyway I got tagged my friend <a href="http://cheri-beri.blogspot.com/">Cheri</a></ br> to find the sixth picture flolder and publish my sixth picture so here it goes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSntO4KnWTe8dDjffVMzZiNQU-0ndfZA8UQUgzMAkOy0LMAh838TInCaghUWn5DWeveQChCT0_3qrmRfVdel2S6i79QWjcjXDUUrSlzjqRqCfbnhW3I0E1q8Ot8BxZuZMiq4COpDJzLz-/s1600-h/2003+Holoween+(7).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSntO4KnWTe8dDjffVMzZiNQU-0ndfZA8UQUgzMAkOy0LMAh838TInCaghUWn5DWeveQChCT0_3qrmRfVdel2S6i79QWjcjXDUUrSlzjqRqCfbnhW3I0E1q8Ot8BxZuZMiq4COpDJzLz-/s320/2003+Holoween+(7).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339064382080057666" /></a><br />Ah our first Halloween in the new house in Kodiak. Eli was a pirtate and Caleb was a cowboy and Peach was just a twinkle in our eyes. That day I remember because it was a day like today. The wind was just whipping like crazy, but like all good parents we took them downtown to get candy. It was Halloween after all. Eli's hat blew away but we had fun...at least for a little while.<br /><br />Today is CrabFest. It's really a small carnival with a few rides and really good food an fun stuff to look at. Its more about the running into people and chatting. Sadly today the weather is crummy. Normally we go the parade today then go have lunch and put the kids on the rides. And after alomost two weeks of super amazing weather today it rains. Not just your plain old rain. Were talking straight up Kodiak Island style where it blows 30 mph with gusts to 50 and a nice balmy 42 degrees with a 31 degree windchill. Yah were staying home this time. Maybe it will clear up and we can get down and enjoy the fun before they pack it up on Monday!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-75406692504467863862009-04-23T09:31:00.002-08:002009-04-23T09:38:06.456-08:00Carmens The ChampionAnyone out there remember that guy! I am sure you do. My old church used to put on these dramatic mini operas with his music. He was really cool especially back in the day. Anyway Aaron found one of his songs and we played it for the kids last night. We told the they had to close there eyes and picture it in their mind. Then we talked about it and used it as a time to share a devotion and talk about the incredible sacrifice Jesus made for us.<br />Eli got very emotional he is very sensitive and so open to the Spirit. We prayed and had a really neat night just sharing our faith with the kids. In case you wanted to hear it again here is a youtube video. Try closing your eyes while you listen.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a3RqhIPYMpE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a3RqhIPYMpE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-77816693928375969672009-04-14T17:24:00.005-08:002009-04-14T17:50:02.655-08:00Easter Sunday And Guess whose Birthday!Well tomorrow is my Birthday but we had dinner out and I got one of my gifts from Aaron. I have been trying to take a picture of it but I can't seem to get the flash to turn off. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovqHFaSo2Otmw4aKlGtbyL4Ba25Me7s6lL9lLdFRPLu3zU2Q7a27rEkMWhYzrLFlKc7wihfJIemYFY3uUuHgp2boS3dFrcxSqpD4CaRElsdBwCd_Emqhwlft8rmuG4jQ6ZfVLHHmhKpOw/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovqHFaSo2Otmw4aKlGtbyL4Ba25Me7s6lL9lLdFRPLu3zU2Q7a27rEkMWhYzrLFlKc7wihfJIemYFY3uUuHgp2boS3dFrcxSqpD4CaRElsdBwCd_Emqhwlft8rmuG4jQ6ZfVLHHmhKpOw/s320/014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324727255961801378" /></a><br />Oh I here I got it to work! Its a past, present and future ring. I have always wanted one and for my 30 years birthday I got it! Honestly, I was so surprised. Which is unusual for me becasue I am one of those people who is really hard to surprise. I think I would have made a good spy! <br />You know what I did speaking of spys. I totally took 10 pictures of the kids on Easter and had no CF card in the camera! Silly Me!<br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264716800156383662.post-68289231553241180682009-04-06T13:25:00.001-08:002009-04-06T13:27:59.322-08:00Peachies Easter DressI made Peachies dress this year. I worked really hard on it because I wanted it to be just right. I am really proud of how it turned out. We curled her hair and took a few pictures to show of her cute little self.<br /><a href="http://s592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/peachiesmama2004/?action=view¤t=Eastersewandshow005-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/peachiesmama2004/Eastersewandshow005-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/peachiesmama2004/?action=view¤t=Eastersewandshow006-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/peachiesmama2004/Eastersewandshow006-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br /></ br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/88/A918C1EA9ECA8B4E2BEBBF8A2F8E124E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934057473680985626noreply@blogger.com4