tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54931426062729333002012-02-09T17:10:28.148-08:00Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847024916939012166noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493142606272933300.post-74525579830303144232007-10-19T14:49:00.000-07:002007-10-19T15:02:23.178-07:00although it took about two days to get there, we enjoyed our trip to visit tata and bapa ron in hanna city, IL (near Peoria).<br /><br />we've got the corn -- here's the field right next to tata & bapa ron's house:<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rxkoo9YjuFI/AAAAAAAAADM/npYdkWjPta4/s1600-h/IMG_1044.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rxkoo9YjuFI/AAAAAAAAADM/npYdkWjPta4/s320/IMG_1044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123170735248095314" /></a><br /><br />here's the combine we got to ride in!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxkopdYjuGI/AAAAAAAAADU/ZoS6mDVBQR8/s1600-h/IMG_1057.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxkopdYjuGI/AAAAAAAAADU/ZoS6mDVBQR8/s320/IMG_1057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123170743838029922" /></a><br /><br />a train ride at the animal park - <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rxkop9YjuHI/AAAAAAAAADc/GqqmeMpjxDw/s1600-h/IMG_1067.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rxkop9YjuHI/AAAAAAAAADc/GqqmeMpjxDw/s320/IMG_1067.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123170752427964530" /></a><br /><br />the riverwalk in peoria<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxkoqdYjuII/AAAAAAAAADk/reh5hPH0nmQ/s1600-h/IMG_1113.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxkoqdYjuII/AAAAAAAAADk/reh5hPH0nmQ/s320/IMG_1113.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123170761017899138" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5493142606272933300-7452557983030314423?l=bccq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847024916939012166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493142606272933300.post-83256642078424554572007-10-19T14:41:00.000-07:002007-10-19T14:49:36.531-07:00how is it that people can keep up to date on their blogs? if you are one of those few, i commend you. if not, you'll understand why i am about to post photos from a few months ago (sept 4, to be exact). Here is Caroline on her first day back to school. Quinn was so excited for big sis that she had to join in on the photo...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxklvdYjuCI/AAAAAAAAAC0/h4IJYA033Gc/s1600-h/IMG_1038.JPG"> </a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123167548382361634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxklvdYjuCI/AAAAAAAAAC0/h4IJYA033Gc/s320/IMG_1038.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxklvtYjuDI/AAAAAAAAAC8/kZy9q_0Rl7s/s1600-h/IMG_1040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123167552677328946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxklvtYjuDI/AAAAAAAAAC8/kZy9q_0Rl7s/s320/IMG_1040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxklwNYjuEI/AAAAAAAAADE/cbfHuCn-XQs/s1600-h/IMG_1041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123167561267263554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RxklwNYjuEI/AAAAAAAAADE/cbfHuCn-XQs/s320/IMG_1041.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5493142606272933300-8325664207842455457?l=bccq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847024916939012166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493142606272933300.post-11315285767076461742007-08-17T08:51:00.000-07:002007-08-17T09:02:58.477-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXGc3cxc7I/AAAAAAAAACk/jjApd3xvzcE/s1600-h/August+2007+009.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXGc3cxc7I/AAAAAAAAACk/jjApd3xvzcE/s320/August+2007+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099700352290223026" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXFtncxc3I/AAAAAAAAACE/bhcD4aoKiVg/s1600-h/August+2007+005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXFtncxc3I/AAAAAAAAACE/bhcD4aoKiVg/s320/August+2007+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099699540541404018" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXFuncxc4I/AAAAAAAAACM/A3Xoj8-iqrw/s1600-h/August+2007+018.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXFuncxc4I/AAAAAAAAACM/A3Xoj8-iqrw/s320/August+2007+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099699557721273218" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXFvHcxc5I/AAAAAAAAACU/UumkEqmebH8/s1600-h/August+2007+019.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXFvHcxc5I/AAAAAAAAACU/UumkEqmebH8/s320/August+2007+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099699566311207826" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXFv3cxc6I/AAAAAAAAACc/fpG7BEKi59c/s1600-h/August+2007+021.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RsXFv3cxc6I/AAAAAAAAACc/fpG7BEKi59c/s320/August+2007+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099699579196109730" /></a><br />we had a blast yesterday feeding the giraffes (can you believe those tongues?!?) and riding the carousel with our friend, arabella...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5493142606272933300-1131528576707646174?l=bccq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847024916939012166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493142606272933300.post-28128827508091108202007-08-11T13:27:00.001-07:002007-08-11T13:39:06.466-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4cRMEFWNI/AAAAAAAAAB8/-s0PnEMNoLc/s1600-h/IMG_0950.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4cRMEFWNI/AAAAAAAAAB8/-s0PnEMNoLc/s320/IMG_0950.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097542909851687122" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5493142606272933300-2812882750809110820?l=bccq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847024916939012166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493142606272933300.post-38057310217860519772007-08-11T13:19:00.000-07:002007-08-11T13:27:25.002-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4bL8EFWJI/AAAAAAAAABc/G-y8GteCWPY/s1600-h/IMG_0892.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4bL8EFWJI/AAAAAAAAABc/G-y8GteCWPY/s320/IMG_0892.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097541720145746066" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4bMcEFWKI/AAAAAAAAABk/cJEj1r05YPY/s1600-h/IMG_0886.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4bMcEFWKI/AAAAAAAAABk/cJEj1r05YPY/s320/IMG_0886.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097541728735680674" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4bNcEFWLI/AAAAAAAAABs/I0_sZW4JwyM/s1600-h/IMG_0904.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4bNcEFWLI/AAAAAAAAABs/I0_sZW4JwyM/s320/IMG_0904.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097541745915549874" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4bOMEFWMI/AAAAAAAAAB0/1jiqVnf3n6Y/s1600-h/IMG_0913.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/Rr4bOMEFWMI/AAAAAAAAAB0/1jiqVnf3n6Y/s320/IMG_0913.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097541758800451778" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5493142606272933300-3805731021786051977?l=bccq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847024916939012166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493142606272933300.post-51185110012959446352007-07-02T16:31:00.001-07:002007-07-02T16:44:43.325-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMu5tCr-I/AAAAAAAAAA0/tJaGFpw94f0/s1600-h/Olympic+game+farm+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082748391855927266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMu5tCr-I/AAAAAAAAAA0/tJaGFpw94f0/s320/Olympic+game+farm+005.jpg" border="0" /></a> ferry ride to sequim (pronounced "skwim")<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMvZtCr_I/AAAAAAAAAA8/MmGrmZRk57Q/s1600-h/Olympic+game+farm+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082748400445861874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMvZtCr_I/AAAAAAAAAA8/MmGrmZRk57Q/s320/Olympic+game+farm+017.jpg" border="0" /></a>getting up close and personal with the northwest's finest animals...<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMv5tCsAI/AAAAAAAAABE/9hZQ75aJTUU/s1600-h/Olympic+game+farm+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082748409035796482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMv5tCsAI/AAAAAAAAABE/9hZQ75aJTUU/s320/Olympic+game+farm+025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMwZtCsBI/AAAAAAAAABM/R2XGCYIsQKk/s1600-h/Olympic+game+farm+031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082748417625731090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMwZtCsBI/AAAAAAAAABM/R2XGCYIsQKk/s320/Olympic+game+farm+031.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />you would not believe the tongue on these bisons -- or the bad breath!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMw5tCsCI/AAAAAAAAABU/qwfRLa34Z6o/s1600-h/Olympic+game+farm+041.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082748426215665698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RomMw5tCsCI/AAAAAAAAABU/qwfRLa34Z6o/s320/Olympic+game+farm+041.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />the elk are not shy<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5493142606272933300-5118511001295944635?l=bccq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847024916939012166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493142606272933300.post-6078784033151851412007-06-22T20:38:00.000-07:002007-06-27T11:19:13.477-07:00<div>I won't try to do much on this, my first posting ever. So, here it goes:<br />Caroline is now a fish in the water after spending 2 days with her cousin, Jacob, in California. Uncle Bryan (Clay) coached her and by the end of the second day she was swimming with her head under water! The video was too large to send/post, so I'll just add a picture or two...</div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RoKgoZtCr6I/AAAAAAAAAAU/3iEmK3Z2G6Y/s1600-h/June+2007+096.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080799945582358434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RoKgoZtCr6I/AAAAAAAAAAU/3iEmK3Z2G6Y/s320/June+2007+096.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RoKgo5tCr7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/k-kKNh_WG-Q/s1600-h/June+2007+080.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080799954172293042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RoKgo5tCr7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/k-kKNh_WG-Q/s320/June+2007+080.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RoKgpJtCr8I/AAAAAAAAAAk/pZ2I4ZhSbiA/s1600-h/June+2007+107.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080799958467260354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RoKgpJtCr8I/AAAAAAAAAAk/pZ2I4ZhSbiA/s320/June+2007+107.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We also got to meet the newest cousin -- Katherine Joy Clay! Taking a picture of a 1-mos-, 1-yr, almost 2-yr, & 4-yr-old is NOT easy! These were the best... </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RoKhqptCr9I/AAAAAAAAAAs/Wlwf90Jrpu4/s1600-h/June+2007+109.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080801083748691922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LH9W7p3amE0/RoKhqptCr9I/AAAAAAAAAAs/Wlwf90Jrpu4/s320/June+2007+109.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5493142606272933300-607878403315185141?l=bccq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847024916939012166noreply@blogger.com3