tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55319597800437819692024-02-19T06:37:25.793-08:00Cook CreationsTommy, Kim, Jaycie, and NathanCook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-79661120540863636912010-03-25T08:51:00.000-07:002010-03-25T09:00:47.175-07:00Future Class of 2023<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhCBQxtkkDbsm_JKa0W83BxqAE-gsG3ex1WAmC5ixy1RRa2q8JNQwwwhCL-50wl17hiYRljO1E7-0NZmfSAU8k3Mnw_ysrBsIe3kJO-fMCBb4xJabPEVFbikvGpQKXfoB1k5yGZa83k1o/s1600/IMG_7854.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452601775562677682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhCBQxtkkDbsm_JKa0W83BxqAE-gsG3ex1WAmC5ixy1RRa2q8JNQwwwhCL-50wl17hiYRljO1E7-0NZmfSAU8k3Mnw_ysrBsIe3kJO-fMCBb4xJabPEVFbikvGpQKXfoB1k5yGZa83k1o/s200/IMG_7854.JPG" border="0" /></a> Just got Jaycie's first class picture and had to share!!! The future Class of 2023! :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-46230419579845001012010-03-25T08:41:00.000-07:002010-03-25T08:47:42.909-07:00Literacy Night<div><div>I enjoy doing things with Jaycie at her school. We went to literacy night at Lake Park last week and it was a lot of fun! She read (told the story of) "Goodnight Moon" to Fletcha the black lab...visited the Cat in the Hat...played Starfall of a big touch screen...made a trash book....described how to eat an oreo...did more coloring and art work....and got to pick something out at the book fair!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHi1iDzSJJJnAtjDQfGfKw4J932QBO2-arCAsPZxi75IMMhP39SjFfau3q8_w0aFSMK0y3NvpKpV_mxQcTX3yj4ljqdWPckUZhpQdh3KLruolwcvS3vJRWi8TIcC6CfiSYKjlC_iPAl6Q/s1600/IMG_7789.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452597502148517826" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHi1iDzSJJJnAtjDQfGfKw4J932QBO2-arCAsPZxi75IMMhP39SjFfau3q8_w0aFSMK0y3NvpKpV_mxQcTX3yj4ljqdWPckUZhpQdh3KLruolwcvS3vJRWi8TIcC6CfiSYKjlC_iPAl6Q/s200/IMG_7789.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Lhqd9fiHiFPK3IlH6zQ5cfv8g6q0atNkt71i6wqyiRfCl9_uHwdrUoD9MUQpS3vSfaQ3gucGIqQt1wov7ZYUgn1cpYAEY5miLsySuthlwm1uBpa3G39YzvXqN0qciKu-1IhRvKqYS-st/s1600/IMG_7790.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452597791238956914" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Lhqd9fiHiFPK3IlH6zQ5cfv8g6q0atNkt71i6wqyiRfCl9_uHwdrUoD9MUQpS3vSfaQ3gucGIqQt1wov7ZYUgn1cpYAEY5miLsySuthlwm1uBpa3G39YzvXqN0qciKu-1IhRvKqYS-st/s200/IMG_7790.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-29260824744512213842010-03-24T21:11:00.000-07:002010-03-24T21:27:48.341-07:00CRUISE!!<div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwzbG_sZe9B4BOeq-1W289BBiz9EBNFBXa3c-dL7k8jyU767Ni3_YVAq-5QEIUdBuwwfkeIQJF_D3LPlhmeYkyfs2SDXHfIgFqQZgMhOQeocwd43w4TcsdHyvRni-6YFRvS_LXVc8IsMY/s1600/IMG_7614.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452420555884579714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwzbG_sZe9B4BOeq-1W289BBiz9EBNFBXa3c-dL7k8jyU767Ni3_YVAq-5QEIUdBuwwfkeIQJF_D3LPlhmeYkyfs2SDXHfIgFqQZgMhOQeocwd43w4TcsdHyvRni-6YFRvS_LXVc8IsMY/s200/IMG_7614.JPG" /></a><br />I never posted my cruise pics!! What have I been doing?? We had a wonderful, awesome, amazing Carnival cruise from Galveston to Progresso and Cozumel. We spent the night before boarding at my Grandma Dobbin's house in La Porte, TX. We enjoyed Grandpa Don's dinner and breakfast meals! Before getting on the ship, we found a shop in Galveston that had our flip flops that we have wanted since we bought some a few years back there. :) The ship was great. HUGE! Our room was just right...little but everything we needed. We were comfortable and had a window to see the ocean. Here is our map from our TV in the room that always showed us <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzcZlEdBBco-gUK_UWHptvTGDY5lbBPy-8eGs6j0QH65m9CAonyjU4YcxA3tbIEYhDX92vRYKmyamZSzxZ6k9fCA3IgwLX_9PxGBHVZXLe7eOYJgqvy7LLem6yqaUhACjfQtrysyiiFLg/s1600/IMG_7628.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452420800538569794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzcZlEdBBco-gUK_UWHptvTGDY5lbBPy-8eGs6j0QH65m9CAonyjU4YcxA3tbIEYhDX92vRYKmyamZSzxZ6k9fCA3IgwLX_9PxGBHVZXLe7eOYJgqvy7LLem6yqaUhACjfQtrysyiiFLg/s200/IMG_7628.JPG" /></a>where we were. Here we are at our dining room table on captain's night. We dressed up and took pics and had prime rib (some had lobster). It was fun! We loved dinner every night in the dining room with our new cruise friends. Here is the party crowd.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikX_9aQRtp0qWoM3epXyQ-nhEjszx_w3fWUR-f7INydyeb-be6IzCofW8aOIpRHgTbEZQmikZ0_TzhN_H7uEaChQUXNn6fVKn-rk_2a7G_2HWWer2HHSmniZMWcDrPk1rVQPMuYCH4EQ0a/s1600/IMG_7761.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452421402595871362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikX_9aQRtp0qWoM3epXyQ-nhEjszx_w3fWUR-f7INydyeb-be6IzCofW8aOIpRHgTbEZQmikZ0_TzhN_H7uEaChQUXNn6fVKn-rk_2a7G_2HWWer2HHSmniZMWcDrPk1rVQPMuYCH4EQ0a/s200/IMG_7761.JPG" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>We enjoyed sharing our day's events with our table each night. It was nice to get to know some new people and have some friends to hang out with and go watch karaoke after dinner! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-qiVma6IO8D42WXsaXsS_7dgLReRmdMgX2_JGMIFBR9SX2rIb1UcecTD_T2Xu77QtqorlwnK0d3KBEi4pHEZIxmVRZd5kmPm9HO0K1M_Ps00ADzl_G-lOWgAGxI6RhO2QOghy-C1Zxxm/s1600/IMG_7655.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452422215199604658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-qiVma6IO8D42WXsaXsS_7dgLReRmdMgX2_JGMIFBR9SX2rIb1UcecTD_T2Xu77QtqorlwnK0d3KBEi4pHEZIxmVRZd5kmPm9HO0K1M_Ps00ADzl_G-lOWgAGxI6RhO2QOghy-C1Zxxm/s200/IMG_7655.JPG" /></a>In Progresso, we took a bus to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. We loved seeing everyting there. This is the ball court where the losers were sacrificed. Our tour guide gave us some really cool history! The stone carvings were really neat in person!</div><div>Cancun was too windy and not quite hot enough to enjoy. Our snorkeling trip was cancelled, so I was very sad. We shopped instead. It was good to get home to the kiddos, but so nice to get away for a week! Thanks to family for taking good care of them and returning them rotten!<br /></div><div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-46622332661400258952010-03-24T20:30:00.000-07:002010-03-24T20:43:24.067-07:00Cinderella<div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCWyFgTryuzCnYoqtGBzcDlnskF2uncpuKMHW7H66sVtnT2Rnb5el_UtqzrbTldiQhTZJN48P5CPCX0o7eRudNyo7VhKUlWeXul3mYdYLSGCWyQWNFap4rHATMx5CmmXuVxAKuqlfCZET/s1600/IMG_7792.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452411077979930626" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCWyFgTryuzCnYoqtGBzcDlnskF2uncpuKMHW7H66sVtnT2Rnb5el_UtqzrbTldiQhTZJN48P5CPCX0o7eRudNyo7VhKUlWeXul3mYdYLSGCWyQWNFap4rHATMx5CmmXuVxAKuqlfCZET/s200/IMG_7792.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlCjFT2Ggb_wCQx-4jcxKBsnclnlxnGbdovLShjRzHAe7LfU-eh3L_vFjx9-mt8Rn24Fqbce10UqTTHAn6ujDr8mxyLv3kC-CGz6nVO8wbJ89xjTFcdoy8EgqJX0zvs7QdIdRrkDC8gch/s1600/IMG_7806.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452411226796258722" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlCjFT2Ggb_wCQx-4jcxKBsnclnlxnGbdovLShjRzHAe7LfU-eh3L_vFjx9-mt8Rn24Fqbce10UqTTHAn6ujDr8mxyLv3kC-CGz6nVO8wbJ89xjTFcdoy8EgqJX0zvs7QdIdRrkDC8gch/s200/IMG_7806.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div>We went to the Putnam City West's play Cinderella with our friends. It was a fun little mother daughter date and the girls got to dress up like Cinderalla for the occasion. Catherine and Heather Thomas (our friends at church and occasional babysitter) were awesome as usual...the little drama queens. Jaycie enjoyed finding them on stage. Catherine was gorgeous as the fairy Godmother and Heather was hilarious as a step sister. Lovely evening!!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULDk2sSoKYj39hmXJdi8oet7PS904ahiduMiIUz3YewaeRONPwvr8yTZXU79TrH84zZxdLSb3f9h1vy9Veoc9n4VM-w6L8GtUdUYS-ct5xVcQ9bJBahpS-mhnm6OfDvp-REpufGy9jDT_/s1600/IMG_7812.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452411346516168274" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULDk2sSoKYj39hmXJdi8oet7PS904ahiduMiIUz3YewaeRONPwvr8yTZXU79TrH84zZxdLSb3f9h1vy9Veoc9n4VM-w6L8GtUdUYS-ct5xVcQ9bJBahpS-mhnm6OfDvp-REpufGy9jDT_/s200/IMG_7812.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtuSt1BmdLtPeiWea1kdU0m72oHATidtU5ThSa8g1DIw023_IYgcQWiUa2VBQH5VeUOqjd0xx2r0z0GpIBrSWHkuiS16nLDllqmFy0Yhu8le_qgXppvxH4xbPGMaZQJjf2xHwQH2FeCWY/s1600/IMG_7815.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452411598743510722" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtuSt1BmdLtPeiWea1kdU0m72oHATidtU5ThSa8g1DIw023_IYgcQWiUa2VBQH5VeUOqjd0xx2r0z0GpIBrSWHkuiS16nLDllqmFy0Yhu8le_qgXppvxH4xbPGMaZQJjf2xHwQH2FeCWY/s200/IMG_7815.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IZkzliZwskoH3hh34nnbeT1RJiY4f_12prKsC54bpHhC9o61ZGyhkTpsGxW2457AXSBtf7LnHR0AeTOZFDwDYlqBm40LsdSxoipr6iwPVzNGjKDKCyw5Zw0gCdQbTphxAgg_SMi43GQY/s1600/IMG_7817.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452411743520750258" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IZkzliZwskoH3hh34nnbeT1RJiY4f_12prKsC54bpHhC9o61ZGyhkTpsGxW2457AXSBtf7LnHR0AeTOZFDwDYlqBm40LsdSxoipr6iwPVzNGjKDKCyw5Zw0gCdQbTphxAgg_SMi43GQY/s200/IMG_7817.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>We got to take some pics after the play with Cinderella too! As you can see...Jaycie loves Heather!</div></div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-55676303624824300092010-03-16T21:54:00.000-07:002010-03-16T21:58:33.124-07:00Spring Break 2010<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJYH2JPB8DnZyJYFIrVSsHRxcxDHB1NFg5VM_zhuGebgmW1Pnm2m00gkS0x6biQ1q8-Fu464E_32XlI7XfOKP-CLHpU5SEhvF0fE03iIzqZ6MwQcjMzGu9zX_iY4-Hv3U_n6OrWbDX0yd/s1600-h/IMG_7835.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449461773634906450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJYH2JPB8DnZyJYFIrVSsHRxcxDHB1NFg5VM_zhuGebgmW1Pnm2m00gkS0x6biQ1q8-Fu464E_32XlI7XfOKP-CLHpU5SEhvF0fE03iIzqZ6MwQcjMzGu9zX_iY4-Hv3U_n6OrWbDX0yd/s200/IMG_7835.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9LT4QLuEml6GVrx7GyJK2TTHRgDR0rGFCg2TN5V2jk8p_gTQ4HDtCGv31mba0HVovTTn9NCrKmuPVfvStWyhqrAUu6fsViDP0rI_2fEDx24jVOsNY-sgtQDjyoV9qxP1lB6HYu0xa0nr/s1600-h/IMG_7831.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449461977164106322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9LT4QLuEml6GVrx7GyJK2TTHRgDR0rGFCg2TN5V2jk8p_gTQ4HDtCGv31mba0HVovTTn9NCrKmuPVfvStWyhqrAUu6fsViDP0rI_2fEDx24jVOsNY-sgtQDjyoV9qxP1lB6HYu0xa0nr/s200/IMG_7831.JPG" /></a><br />We went to see the new Children's exhibit at the OKC Zoo. It was really nice and lots of fun even though it was a chilly day! These girls are always great posers! Will have to get more pics of the boys to share!<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5z8Brbk4SttXhW57VNSxC2lCDtIyOz88bK18th72IwjPGsl40TWkr6htgtcYoxhw-Sigu5lnxjAiMHf1JKU_5x8xAQX6ZwJSzSWfbObODmQBk4rx5QFlzYIKhxMHk9aOoVppkYkuf8CE/s1600-h/IMG_7830.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449461876171655874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5z8Brbk4SttXhW57VNSxC2lCDtIyOz88bK18th72IwjPGsl40TWkr6htgtcYoxhw-Sigu5lnxjAiMHf1JKU_5x8xAQX6ZwJSzSWfbObODmQBk4rx5QFlzYIKhxMHk9aOoVppkYkuf8CE/s200/IMG_7830.JPG" /></a>Jaycie and Margie</div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-20176139817391344762010-03-16T21:46:00.001-07:002010-03-16T21:54:20.073-07:00Happy St. Patrick's Day!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNJkpx4G6TsbSKr97KOovSNOGIaPpyAeoBQ6ys5dnzxih5gdI_fkvGVJZ0WKFMnflydfl9QhXIuCid5-1SCn0Ybsv9KKGqLBc9jWIkyDwbQ4G8F17UcuULub4vjGVUzLb8jvOxKvfA8U-/s1600-h/IMG_7844.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449459670067941490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNJkpx4G6TsbSKr97KOovSNOGIaPpyAeoBQ6ys5dnzxih5gdI_fkvGVJZ0WKFMnflydfl9QhXIuCid5-1SCn0Ybsv9KKGqLBc9jWIkyDwbQ4G8F17UcuULub4vjGVUzLb8jvOxKvfA8U-/s200/IMG_7844.JPG" /></a> This is a classic Jaycie picture these days, so I had to share. She is writing her name really well now, including the last name (dunno why it is there twice however) She has always colored beautifully and with detail..especially with crayons. I am proud of her! Her teacher, Mrs. Owen loves to show me her work. I get plenty at home too though. She draws hearts and writes ILU (I love you) frequently too. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H2QbOuDoRgAHvwm_QbhL8NgF-T6FTCISpDSE1QerQXENPEYPA73yw5F6BvgkQ5FXSxQcFBavy6IkS1tndehooS0lauXiPVpAqdVqODL9mVmpijay_qBq_BwIIYMpg_dOYJtkmwhM-v_E/s1600-h/IMG_7845.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449459753902690338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H2QbOuDoRgAHvwm_QbhL8NgF-T6FTCISpDSE1QerQXENPEYPA73yw5F6BvgkQ5FXSxQcFBavy6IkS1tndehooS0lauXiPVpAqdVqODL9mVmpijay_qBq_BwIIYMpg_dOYJtkmwhM-v_E/s200/IMG_7845.JPG" /></a>Nathan on the other hand has never shown an interest in coloring until now. I am excited to see that he is beginning to trace things and will occasionally color something for fun. These are great pre-handwriting skills that I was hoping would come soon since he starts pre K THIS August!! Crazy!</div><div> </div><div>*Hope everyone has a good St. Pattys and that you always find "pots of gold" at the end of your rainbows!!!*</div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-39615391167429833272010-01-03T19:42:00.000-08:002010-01-03T19:59:44.343-08:00Birthday nails<div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsgHGFDySyRvl8l3HsZDB_ybsYCeJVthyphenhyphen_gccIDZ591lKkBXLPorF3F3fi2gzIx1qFsYr69gPvw_kzgc11DF2Uq7-e_3tEY7AkbVu92ugUcJYk8CtQfvUzaQC_DvsLKA6JYNvsFdYiGev/s1600-h/IMG_4698.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422729036259009666" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsgHGFDySyRvl8l3HsZDB_ybsYCeJVthyphenhyphen_gccIDZ591lKkBXLPorF3F3fi2gzIx1qFsYr69gPvw_kzgc11DF2Uq7-e_3tEY7AkbVu92ugUcJYk8CtQfvUzaQC_DvsLKA6JYNvsFdYiGev/s200/IMG_4698.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgrijDPkozM42KOugfLckpqMDCho714CMDxwAg3MxVjhfJLu0cI4NAxyp7yDLtV9Zohs5tybqovQW6BTCI7rTYeZFBQtb9HsGbez41vJoD7RKL325X50BdByaskw6vgxMlQtQgdXkVL2K/s1600-h/IMG_4695.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422728855764389458" style="WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgrijDPkozM42KOugfLckpqMDCho714CMDxwAg3MxVjhfJLu0cI4NAxyp7yDLtV9Zohs5tybqovQW6BTCI7rTYeZFBQtb9HsGbez41vJoD7RKL325X50BdByaskw6vgxMlQtQgdXkVL2K/s200/IMG_4695.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div>For Jaycie's birthday, Grandma Brown treated her to professional finger and toe nail polishing. She felt like a princess and it was fun to watch her pick her colors, etc.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbr2mnyQNlMPIvuJT9gP4r4-rb5Wrnxc6Pab-8vIKX-DKwIZ13Ve-eoa1Pm939KepX31Na0mQQ6mHLLkh4Ej7tSj87de0_8_sILzbzD7MtazFGnYgOc87ihVgG_1vrhneF_enkQld85ZlY/s1600-h/IMG_4705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422729213077874018" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbr2mnyQNlMPIvuJT9gP4r4-rb5Wrnxc6Pab-8vIKX-DKwIZ13Ve-eoa1Pm939KepX31Na0mQQ6mHLLkh4Ej7tSj87de0_8_sILzbzD7MtazFGnYgOc87ihVgG_1vrhneF_enkQld85ZlY/s200/IMG_4705.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCOMqUn8kL3Fg-96YQH05HFDy-EuBrGXl-6zrz2lGJhmkluSVLBOG8oEnRDw2kc5MGH3hDu9OQjriQB3dyi-Y13o_8o25oBVI3Rj972Y4jrhRHbf0fSczjSOAnGTwJ3rwwkpoxebdZlpD/s1600-h/IMG_4707.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422729344352960818" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCOMqUn8kL3Fg-96YQH05HFDy-EuBrGXl-6zrz2lGJhmkluSVLBOG8oEnRDw2kc5MGH3hDu9OQjriQB3dyi-Y13o_8o25oBVI3Rj972Y4jrhRHbf0fSczjSOAnGTwJ3rwwkpoxebdZlpD/s200/IMG_4707.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-9277275922417994222010-01-03T19:28:00.000-08:002010-01-04T13:12:21.813-08:00Happy Birthday Jaycie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPT_KaNFBhXMprSZ_0_So8pg9FFIWF52NXYabA0OcfSeHnNJY9L0XjzOuxZzTXAkI3etEhvQkJM0MhNLE0S54DRezlOmT9qhMwver4ZIVO0klYwCbscYaekyz-bIDpWlGwP6m5lRRkf2i/s1600-h/IMG_4453.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422722099793740930" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPT_KaNFBhXMprSZ_0_So8pg9FFIWF52NXYabA0OcfSeHnNJY9L0XjzOuxZzTXAkI3etEhvQkJM0MhNLE0S54DRezlOmT9qhMwver4ZIVO0klYwCbscYaekyz-bIDpWlGwP6m5lRRkf2i/s200/IMG_4453.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We celebrated Jaycie's 5th birthday at the Little River Zoo September 26, 2009. We were happy to have lots of family and friends able to attend even though it was a little drive there...especially for our out of town families. We had great weather though and it was fun! We had a guide that showed us the animals, taught us, and let us touch some.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlmHt5yOBQeHOJFsRXcPjtp369aWrASaJRlOcl1yN3rEC67_XHgyTjbJyGwPIZfCiXdpTdVm2NFgQU1eyf_zx9jzqhiG71Y5Ipd0biZKXBT62aRKf5igHCbowkMSCXD1rxU-mkbQO10Jr/s1600-h/IMG_4546.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422722518233654322" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlmHt5yOBQeHOJFsRXcPjtp369aWrASaJRlOcl1yN3rEC67_XHgyTjbJyGwPIZfCiXdpTdVm2NFgQU1eyf_zx9jzqhiG71Y5Ipd0biZKXBT62aRKf5igHCbowkMSCXD1rxU-mkbQO10Jr/s200/IMG_4546.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The group was hopping like kangaroos before we went into the kangaroo habitat.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9MZyEz2MpvtbOooHVX3WGABnOVbwg7F-ZDBnu0nNG6PvOUa7swyavyXm0tKO4E1_-E0lflLYhIt19Aj927Tpv01n7J3ObjrKPCGBgTVV0bIbnvvOE-R4grT4MVz3Hzi5Z4plGw1L2C6N/s1600-h/IMG_7177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422722739001895922" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9MZyEz2MpvtbOooHVX3WGABnOVbwg7F-ZDBnu0nNG6PvOUa7swyavyXm0tKO4E1_-E0lflLYhIt19Aj927Tpv01n7J3ObjrKPCGBgTVV0bIbnvvOE-R4grT4MVz3Hzi5Z4plGw1L2C6N/s200/IMG_7177.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The kangaroos were a highlight for sure. The kids got to feed them bread and walk through their habitat. Other favorite animals were monkeys, a bear, foxes, etc. The petting zoo was also fun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsyskUjEfR60LCrc6HYzd0Vw_U1fzLWSO2oo8H3hSzQrBk0KXaLMnppglmqRg2KlUxm75kNuOCH1Odk0GQBECuUhyryWGBr5VsTCYYQgnSOqOInSXvN2uv7fwRiAd6yAMDpgk2P8JGIma/s1600-h/IMG_7195.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422723460741549426" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsyskUjEfR60LCrc6HYzd0Vw_U1fzLWSO2oo8H3hSzQrBk0KXaLMnppglmqRg2KlUxm75kNuOCH1Odk0GQBECuUhyryWGBr5VsTCYYQgnSOqOInSXvN2uv7fwRiAd6yAMDpgk2P8JGIma/s200/IMG_7195.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We had hot dogs with chips and apples. Cake for dessert, of course.<br />Presents!!! Thanks to all for coming. It was a great time!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuDV2WPJwpdKbxD9CLj4wQ_sPFbkd2eO9kimm7k0pdfbLo-yqCuLnGc8pkewMcad5CpxweUw-6pNYHxfgGjurx_YZxYDKvdC3HiDu-XyCyV0pi8SwmysmCEHsUKh8IBNV36h8vXCFAiZv/s1600-h/IMG_7202.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422722328982070194" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuDV2WPJwpdKbxD9CLj4wQ_sPFbkd2eO9kimm7k0pdfbLo-yqCuLnGc8pkewMcad5CpxweUw-6pNYHxfgGjurx_YZxYDKvdC3HiDu-XyCyV0pi8SwmysmCEHsUKh8IBNV36h8vXCFAiZv/s200/IMG_7202.JPG" border="0" /></a>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-38498489188682622942010-01-03T18:57:00.000-08:002010-01-03T19:04:49.479-08:00Date Night 9/12/09<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQpcDvf9l03t4VkW9j1WKhVksgcjmHvS8l4jUXg2pKMdFTK_V90rUnDT5N84_zDR3nzUh09gOhe_resy2ddUy2XeFieVdPgh5sKAikTtVjsnNpLgq-V2LV_hLk-myJRMmq7AsiIV8iMOF/s1600-h/IMG_7058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422714399433011250" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQpcDvf9l03t4VkW9j1WKhVksgcjmHvS8l4jUXg2pKMdFTK_V90rUnDT5N84_zDR3nzUh09gOhe_resy2ddUy2XeFieVdPgh5sKAikTtVjsnNpLgq-V2LV_hLk-myJRMmq7AsiIV8iMOF/s200/IMG_7058.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqhvrpZzNbuot0Vr0uSEEn5ubJHZ7AKDdsQGLLM8Jw0wA3VSy7kUMYRbllwq_VGvwyo99_6S-0wXxysdTjube77jEsR7IVmIXMS0yUw26YBBA6ooGpQcdUFPBR-NCKt9-fOAYsCDfv9g3/s1600-h/IMG_7057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422714303748329282" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqhvrpZzNbuot0Vr0uSEEn5ubJHZ7AKDdsQGLLM8Jw0wA3VSy7kUMYRbllwq_VGvwyo99_6S-0wXxysdTjube77jEsR7IVmIXMS0yUw26YBBA6ooGpQcdUFPBR-NCKt9-fOAYsCDfv9g3/s200/IMG_7057.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> The kids love to play with their friends. I am happy with the group that we have had for almost 4 years now to have a date night every once in a while. When it is our turn to have the group, it is always a party. We feed all of the kids and they play and make messes until clean up time. The kids think that date night is designed for them. Everyone benefits, Iguess!! </div><div>Here are classic pictures of the girls playing dolls and the boys watching a movie. <br /><br /></div><div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-14651001137075095342010-01-03T18:47:00.001-08:002010-01-03T18:53:17.730-08:008th Anniversary<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLXhynJo5jx-4r0LIS9opDgxwLKFEKRu3vLNCZJdHIEEmWA_GBKOeUpRmREdpvBz3Ok914LcC19C8S__vgiLz74AB5IlOgl_TQIrsw09RtiFyoiu3JR5mF9sw1WBSAqG8l4RklCgTclH0/s1600-h/IMG_6866.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422710927213981202" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLXhynJo5jx-4r0LIS9opDgxwLKFEKRu3vLNCZJdHIEEmWA_GBKOeUpRmREdpvBz3Ok914LcC19C8S__vgiLz74AB5IlOgl_TQIrsw09RtiFyoiu3JR5mF9sw1WBSAqG8l4RklCgTclH0/s200/IMG_6866.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />Tommy and the kids came and picked me up at the airport late the evening of our anniversary August 4th with pink roses. I was so excited to see my family. It had been a long day in the airport with 2 connecting flights. My kids were missing me..they told me on the phone many times. I missed them terribly too. It was too late to do anything for our anniversary, but I took a couple of pictures holding the camera out because we don't have hardly any together! It is amazing, but Tommy is smiling. It has been a great 8 years. I can't believe how time flies. I am so grateful for a wonderful husband that is a great daddy too!Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-89217696941211770912010-01-03T17:39:00.000-08:002010-01-03T18:46:50.283-08:00California part 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFlfy5oRkrMxwz9dwT62ZdUkm0CL3Jn_rQyo00MNF9kfPmxds8Z2PilLIW81bK0uaaE1Otb0t1u9exFKaZWxjL90zX1OnbP2-bLdK-fAHLyFeBjByBhn3pM0J6Ep-nRV7j3z1u0Qri9Mc/s1600-h/IMG_4090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422695557111122610" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFlfy5oRkrMxwz9dwT62ZdUkm0CL3Jn_rQyo00MNF9kfPmxds8Z2PilLIW81bK0uaaE1Otb0t1u9exFKaZWxjL90zX1OnbP2-bLdK-fAHLyFeBjByBhn3pM0J6Ep-nRV7j3z1u0Qri9Mc/s200/IMG_4090.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div>Mom and I had a day to go to the Oakland temple. It was a wonderful day and an adventure. We took the Bart by ourselves and we could see the temple on the side of a mountain from the Bart. We were glad that we got the right stops because we had to catch a connecting train to Oakland. When we got off at our stop we walked a bit toward where we saw the temple but we never found a taxi. We found a pastry shop in Fruitvale and had some breakfast. No one we came in contact with spoke English to direct us toward a taxi except for a boy in a group that was about 6 or 7. We had turned the wrong way from our stop. When we got to the taxi, we were in business. The driver knew where to go. We were amazed by the beautiful flowers and palm trees when we arrived on the grounds! We had lunch there in the cafeteria and went to the visitors center. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUJA4Gtp4sDbPLtHBFZ6F3oLJg2V7BFOYCmFAYwqI-NIf6Pr3JnS_csKn1a-2NL0Yt3TMx_0yi63_4cwUi5EPXC7a7WlX9tJHsrVdEMiItF0O6UEOtukvxkg1NWGH7dc2VCRxN-jBLHwL/s1600-h/IMG_4123.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422695776222223682" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUJA4Gtp4sDbPLtHBFZ6F3oLJg2V7BFOYCmFAYwqI-NIf6Pr3JnS_csKn1a-2NL0Yt3TMx_0yi63_4cwUi5EPXC7a7WlX9tJHsrVdEMiItF0O6UEOtukvxkg1NWGH7dc2VCRxN-jBLHwL/s200/IMG_4123.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The view was amazing. </div><br /><div>Another one of my favorite little trips was to the Redwoods. It was truly mesmerizing to see how tall and beautiful the trees are. I could never fully explain the feeling, so I really want Tommy and the kids to go there with me. There were campers there, and that would be my dream camping trip!! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVPcOTooM_3HgbWfy0qei-3rLC6d4fje3rSvcBSqNwHqWRuS7hILe_944WClz18aMWtVJnLnRS6MqPOok4Q23zS4rALbV9R8vWMLGKJ4daTKi2UmY1n3oQ9HbS2S-kDrhiIU32c2iWE0Y/s1600-h/IMG_4300.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422706306668320418" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVPcOTooM_3HgbWfy0qei-3rLC6d4fje3rSvcBSqNwHqWRuS7hILe_944WClz18aMWtVJnLnRS6MqPOok4Q23zS4rALbV9R8vWMLGKJ4daTKi2UmY1n3oQ9HbS2S-kDrhiIU32c2iWE0Y/s200/IMG_4300.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We are standing by some of the redwood trees. You could get inside of the middle of the trees, the trunks are so huge and so tall. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4uZb2SJqOWXFKNkzYmR6RpIZlZ5LMeU5dK-ZGX8l_uwItYFcXmqNMAOYAx_WHuN0u_vvtVX3BZM1NJdMXP992Es9x8C0kEZNcGP7U-8EXwgjcHkBgzfkuj3hUaJaRZIr7fwK6qI4xu4h/s1600-h/IMG_4244.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422707191638112002" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4uZb2SJqOWXFKNkzYmR6RpIZlZ5LMeU5dK-ZGX8l_uwItYFcXmqNMAOYAx_WHuN0u_vvtVX3BZM1NJdMXP992Es9x8C0kEZNcGP7U-8EXwgjcHkBgzfkuj3hUaJaRZIr7fwK6qI4xu4h/s200/IMG_4244.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is the beach of Santa Cruz. We went for a walk along the beach and had lunch on a pier. There were shops selling fresh fish and crabs on the pier. We watched the sea lions and birds. It was beautiful but the water was very cold. Ryan went for a swim and was ok, but mom and I didn't. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggw9WT7hBCw6Y9nzCW026I3qWClrshZx8dFj9PTrnaliI0ous85sugZT4ZPk6HyLibDqKuVQr1Gd8LXV5__3Mu-W-jKVS2v3uN-a3Mr68JxsqI3ywTjdPp8sb4MzZNqBC3KWKJ3034i1q5/s1600-h/IMG_4153.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422708336356714178" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggw9WT7hBCw6Y9nzCW026I3qWClrshZx8dFj9PTrnaliI0ous85sugZT4ZPk6HyLibDqKuVQr1Gd8LXV5__3Mu-W-jKVS2v3uN-a3Mr68JxsqI3ywTjdPp8sb4MzZNqBC3KWKJ3034i1q5/s200/IMG_4153.JPG" border="0" /></a>Mary got to join us for a few evenings for dinner. We had some very nice and different foods. Argentenian food...Kobe mini burgers, brisket tacos, ceviche, etc. Of course we had to try In N Out burger. It was good and fresh. Mary took us to Palo Alto to see the campus at Stanford. It was very nice. Thanks Ryan and Mary for an amazing week! <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-47023202362870645442010-01-03T16:10:00.000-08:002010-01-03T17:30:45.230-08:00California visit 8/1/09I had a wonderful opportunity to meet my mom and visit my brother Ryan and sister-in-law at their home in Freemont, California. It was such fun and I really enjoyed visiting. Ryan was a great tour guide, and Mary stayed very busy with her Anesthesia work as she is knee deep in<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>her residency. They have several lime and fruit trees in their back yard. The weather was amazing there. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQFBywJTuXfWKk9uEvQL4tQ5nknIMeBOxU8noKiLzQnO-ZbMDTRsvXl2lch7q6GwR40g_2yrMsHGTpGs3nGw3US3VmiLjxX95xLqK8bdN-9AJ7LzzAjVJ2XVa3jV8SMCxQ5gfsdpa7ahO/s1600-h/IMG_3923.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422679190456595154" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQFBywJTuXfWKk9uEvQL4tQ5nknIMeBOxU8noKiLzQnO-ZbMDTRsvXl2lch7q6GwR40g_2yrMsHGTpGs3nGw3US3VmiLjxX95xLqK8bdN-9AJ7LzzAjVJ2XVa3jV8SMCxQ5gfsdpa7ahO/s200/IMG_3923.JPG" border="0" /></a>Our main source of transportation was the Bart railway transit system. This was (for good reason) very foreign to me. There were all types of people to watch on the Bart. Mom and I were a little scared of it all at first, but we got the hang of it. We took it to San Fransisco for my first day. Here is Alcatraz. It was very cool from a distance. That is a close as we got this time. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBQMBzknFMpgTh5YiavpXfF5eFXHQn2yRuyMdV3ajjvnufW6cV0pIoUfjs1xoN4DsWVaapxYGqByA90_6UJNiJGBkz4tvIJpgKiFmZo-HCr_Nohso8jX-2h8GEfPOfVUO_Q0BM-HAvOca/s1600-h/IMG_3973.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422680418286978450" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBQMBzknFMpgTh5YiavpXfF5eFXHQn2yRuyMdV3ajjvnufW6cV0pIoUfjs1xoN4DsWVaapxYGqByA90_6UJNiJGBkz4tvIJpgKiFmZo-HCr_Nohso8jX-2h8GEfPOfVUO_Q0BM-HAvOca/s200/IMG_3973.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>We walked all through main town San Fransisco. It was very windy, of course. We went to the Fisherman's Warf for lunch. We saw Pier 39 and all of the sail boats and sea lions on the way.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgInpqe4AtrCRCtaxOuZI7ZCIDLHAsKV5_MUw4CbFE2buGwIJ2b0xTkLh15NmLsdeKmicxmpZvDrD-83hyphenhyphenCpTf-3CxLJp0xOynDqSfw_7gEdIfc9b217W0bKr31K_2XflKNyVN09iaByMW/s1600-h/IMG_3986.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422680859668320306" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgInpqe4AtrCRCtaxOuZI7ZCIDLHAsKV5_MUw4CbFE2buGwIJ2b0xTkLh15NmLsdeKmicxmpZvDrD-83hyphenhyphenCpTf-3CxLJp0xOynDqSfw_7gEdIfc9b217W0bKr31K_2XflKNyVN09iaByMW/s200/IMG_3986.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Ryan and mom are both seafood fans, but all who know me know that I am not! Here is one of the dishes that I ate (for documentation). We got crab legs, swordfish steak, and this seafood stew in the picture called ciopinni (sp?). It was acutally not bad. I avoided the tiny purple cuddlefish though. I was already out on a limb tasting everything. Those would have put me over the edge.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZBODbyCTW04jJW5hordCqwjlmTp59F_hqs4oyIDwC2ET82T7CGgasB2MKRx5Skp1tJna-8E_naj-c6MQqGQWyxLg7G45d90ihGxEXaXnCVSncr0I8aNs2Meq9Clecfq2raSW4JdmoX0E/s1600-h/IMG_4012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422682629533504562" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZBODbyCTW04jJW5hordCqwjlmTp59F_hqs4oyIDwC2ET82T7CGgasB2MKRx5Skp1tJna-8E_naj-c6MQqGQWyxLg7G45d90ihGxEXaXnCVSncr0I8aNs2Meq9Clecfq2raSW4JdmoX0E/s200/IMG_4012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Chinatown was pretty cool. Mom got us sweatshirts and we got a smoothie. We drove through a small part of Castro (to catch mom off guard).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyMbv4dsfcKYUNft4MP26UMCH96GxZhtyWm-yu9zA73jnWJ1wDbazd9hYGrIX_XH2bxpJ_SgegaGUT-qSvV9mieXT3cQurOiYswwuCZSpAgcWoh6wYZZnO3RW_QZrte2EFstnpq2M-TzB/s1600-h/IMG_4375.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422687504422342802" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyMbv4dsfcKYUNft4MP26UMCH96GxZhtyWm-yu9zA73jnWJ1wDbazd9hYGrIX_XH2bxpJ_SgegaGUT-qSvV9mieXT3cQurOiYswwuCZSpAgcWoh6wYZZnO3RW_QZrte2EFstnpq2M-TzB/s200/IMG_4375.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It was neat to see these famous things that I have only seen in movies or heard about. The streets are very steep! </div><div>Another day, we went back with their dogs and took the scenic tour. We walked across the Golden Gate bridge. It was very foggy and windy there!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jiWKpVf8XJcUc9HbgM5ttjnerJPdNlFt1H_W3hQaXhhVKBTUI4DWiR9tasvknKS19keTuUEfeldQo6Wy7rwkZ4pVoHziqIck9kQWKVYvG8vs9nREp4Q54TjrmE7DohDf2KXbegLHnmN7/s1600-h/IMG_4340.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422688844682526658" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jiWKpVf8XJcUc9HbgM5ttjnerJPdNlFt1H_W3hQaXhhVKBTUI4DWiR9tasvknKS19keTuUEfeldQo6Wy7rwkZ4pVoHziqIck9kQWKVYvG8vs9nREp4Q54TjrmE7DohDf2KXbegLHnmN7/s200/IMG_4340.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojSBVpB7i-PIQTHkfehd_fpAulrZGNkvXG8K9EQNATl53OeCs-mw_VH8yRalD2iKlYh_1B15OK5qafwpnbbLdHmEcAlLWYX6AxGLyVIqEohGUnzTkpCbJ6uBpuQR59wOuQzSqFXmNaDYu/s1600-h/IMG_4318.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422689280575604802" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojSBVpB7i-PIQTHkfehd_fpAulrZGNkvXG8K9EQNATl53OeCs-mw_VH8yRalD2iKlYh_1B15OK5qafwpnbbLdHmEcAlLWYX6AxGLyVIqEohGUnzTkpCbJ6uBpuQR59wOuQzSqFXmNaDYu/s200/IMG_4318.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We hiked some hill that had a great view of the bridge before we got on it. Kermit and Blakey had a nice walk.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG_HOtyR1S2MjRdhJeRCw5sFMqwYfWZVX5wPIkE29oAfc9gArPKIiSqEli5RkbmQxJX9ly7Kve_fN3VtEl8vhYO_w2FQdLu_KEH1vz22GJ3Llx0lpL1A_ckBkCJ4DpoBOpRm1qIzReCUV/s1600-h/IMG_4361.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422689987998917810" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG_HOtyR1S2MjRdhJeRCw5sFMqwYfWZVX5wPIkE29oAfc9gArPKIiSqEli5RkbmQxJX9ly7Kve_fN3VtEl8vhYO_w2FQdLu_KEH1vz22GJ3Llx0lpL1A_ckBkCJ4DpoBOpRm1qIzReCUV/s200/IMG_4361.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVxY3FHut0dVQt2bjJFSnSAqoODQLZCWsbFRhjXpdAxu37TNo9kD5Len5_-fmStt3XVpAkFSrnqx5Wu171huvUZoQDahsNxL62TTXsY4YlqmgJH2nnTtnHp6ER5w-lIwHtuQn3s_ceiTh/s1600-h/IMG_4348.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422690214625757106" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVxY3FHut0dVQt2bjJFSnSAqoODQLZCWsbFRhjXpdAxu37TNo9kD5Len5_-fmStt3XVpAkFSrnqx5Wu171huvUZoQDahsNxL62TTXsY4YlqmgJH2nnTtnHp6ER5w-lIwHtuQn3s_ceiTh/s200/IMG_4348.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The view from the bridge was awesome too, even though I am not sure exactly what it all is.<br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-4593734574028074282010-01-03T15:57:00.000-08:002010-01-03T16:10:49.659-08:00Where did 2009 go???Oh my, my last post was in July. One friend (Tammy Jo) keeps reminding me of that, but other than that I haven't thought about my blog. (I almost forgot how to log in) I have been so out of touch because of it. I am excited to get back into my routine. It keeps me on track taking pictures and keeping record of the kids, etc. My only excuse for all of this time passed is ..........CHEMISTRY!! I have decided that if I am going to get my master's degree like I have always planned, I need to get to it. I feel like the timing is right with the kids starting school. So..I took Chem II with lab at OCCC with Dr. Zhu on Tues and Thurs evenings. There were moments through this past semester that I thought I was crazy! Some of those times were when Zhu said "remember from Chem I..." I realized that it has been 10 years, marriage, and 2 children since Chemistry I and there was no way I knew the remainder of his statement!! However, after lots of class and study time, frustration, and a horrible sickness on the day of my final.........I got an A. That makes it all good. So, now that it is over I am going to resume normal life and get back to blogging and I have a lot of time to make up!!Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-9455384940231329852009-07-11T12:59:00.001-07:002009-07-11T13:03:35.651-07:00FireworksJames did a great firework show over the water on the 5th. (We missed most of things of the 4th and the kids fell asleep in the car)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9w6q0L9EZytmPZV-clcfWH-sg-86yY3rNYwcAqRcWC8lRmN6O7JVCF23-QVOXc2i2ucEHP_ygpiWjcuAfzoqwUNp9L1hBMuoFlkuG6-OPUhoV-POZkpNWRl3sunQ7s7ks4EW_RHnFElV/s1600-h/IMG_3866.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357294922623230562" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9w6q0L9EZytmPZV-clcfWH-sg-86yY3rNYwcAqRcWC8lRmN6O7JVCF23-QVOXc2i2ucEHP_ygpiWjcuAfzoqwUNp9L1hBMuoFlkuG6-OPUhoV-POZkpNWRl3sunQ7s7ks4EW_RHnFElV/s200/IMG_3866.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeYEoIRrSMwWjAwsDgQhoefcS0bSnRcAz2JjhBUa0QwcuO2mKv24ul4ZhveXVfzhv2r-wtuxy00rvKohK6NdAUC7tcuW-IuNbVSNgyMPP9Ph76ucSZILmSgypmDzerQ9Hmv1XZyGsr-yO/s1600-h/IMG_3861.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357295088970044722" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeYEoIRrSMwWjAwsDgQhoefcS0bSnRcAz2JjhBUa0QwcuO2mKv24ul4ZhveXVfzhv2r-wtuxy00rvKohK6NdAUC7tcuW-IuNbVSNgyMPP9Ph76ucSZILmSgypmDzerQ9Hmv1XZyGsr-yO/s200/IMG_3861.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I was shocked that Nathan joined in with the sparklers. Fireworks have not been his thing thus far. Last year he was scared of them and this year he held his ears because of the noise. I was glad that he gave it a try! <br /><div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-22066131736428879592009-07-11T12:50:00.001-07:002009-07-11T12:59:30.929-07:00Family ReunionMy grandma hosted the reunion this year. Here she is with her brother and sisters. Corky, Edith, Ben, and grandma. (not able to make it this year, Jerry Sue)<br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA36c4zUis6aADOdZFKd8a9Iy1NPg0vxM9J3F5od3_qLQO8lVqCtq3_y95Pw2VPWKyUIV5Hhyphenhyphen0GlazGrOdfLFr6cHfZ6glr4P1E7nF2J4KXf0lxPVYEmTvc6cLVRLZ0wa2WTkY-fEOAXQ6/s1600-h/IMG_3848.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357292837235523970" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA36c4zUis6aADOdZFKd8a9Iy1NPg0vxM9J3F5od3_qLQO8lVqCtq3_y95Pw2VPWKyUIV5Hhyphenhyphen0GlazGrOdfLFr6cHfZ6glr4P1E7nF2J4KXf0lxPVYEmTvc6cLVRLZ0wa2WTkY-fEOAXQ6/s200/IMG_3848.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here is grandma, mom, and her sister Jacquie. It was so wonderful to see Aunt Jacquie and her daughters Dawn (and her 2 boys) and Angie. It has been over 10 years since we had seen them, but I have great childhood memories with them!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezjvrF5PYAB9OuEnkGiXi8TOFdRNetzrudWPI0L1aPa8Ky5fMEtJHqACcbaJzhrtVT9Pkbpidc6er-rMS7LqbMgK8WaCg47TVNIKbZdNyNplvkquw3HuSfzYg443602WjBzLfBjiM2TZb/s1600-h/IMG_3821.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357292567533069634" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezjvrF5PYAB9OuEnkGiXi8TOFdRNetzrudWPI0L1aPa8Ky5fMEtJHqACcbaJzhrtVT9Pkbpidc6er-rMS7LqbMgK8WaCg47TVNIKbZdNyNplvkquw3HuSfzYg443602WjBzLfBjiM2TZb/s200/IMG_3821.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is Jaycie and my cousing Angie! The kids loved all of our extended family members!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkN0x-wmfmbbtqw_NhYNC5duln-2dKAt5ar3QRT9glGCSWCa5u9g2RNb0lFmDzoM0UBeT6VW3pdVbK12JH-3wJiivVTNJaw2PkJ89gSmsFUWCVaPY8DaSI-_jQbCwPjASZErMsGfdDtjNc/s1600-h/IMG_3532.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357292396303029474" style="WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkN0x-wmfmbbtqw_NhYNC5duln-2dKAt5ar3QRT9glGCSWCa5u9g2RNb0lFmDzoM0UBeT6VW3pdVbK12JH-3wJiivVTNJaw2PkJ89gSmsFUWCVaPY8DaSI-_jQbCwPjASZErMsGfdDtjNc/s200/IMG_3532.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Io3Ntq_H1gvV2wKZnYjL1BphjKNSg7M-D_tfNC_2Z1llgRA37PAZ3E186mI2zWObqbwz4FUzQ_4XFatPXebB0CV9f4DWAkVX4nsbbBvLzNFPcMddoay0E4SmsRctBJPuwvwWbcgYReju/s1600-h/IMG_3824.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357292712396088610" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Io3Ntq_H1gvV2wKZnYjL1BphjKNSg7M-D_tfNC_2Z1llgRA37PAZ3E186mI2zWObqbwz4FUzQ_4XFatPXebB0CV9f4DWAkVX4nsbbBvLzNFPcMddoay0E4SmsRctBJPuwvwWbcgYReju/s200/IMG_3824.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Grandpa Don Dobbins, the fisherman, did a wonderful fish and shrimp fry for us the evening of the 4th. We had the standard auction at the hotel meeting room and games in the afternoon. I won the "guess how many monkey finger puppets are in the jar" game. We had a good time with everyone together. <br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-54595000642771990412009-07-11T12:36:00.000-07:002009-07-11T12:49:49.544-07:00Kemah BoardwalkThere was an amusement park, shopping, aquarium, etc. downtown in the city of Kemah. We spent one HOT afternoon there.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbgu623j3RAh9DcMAcsq3iF2qx_cgKX6nEuvjSTCwSeOA8LzGAjbBR8CbLFmuCZ7xd0EzKMcWFcxxaHyI_0qWmVtSHPWFRdhtOb98vNKj-6gG1qRo0uxyF4XUKzJOfT7vwMuAJOqoB7J-/s1600-h/IMG_3713.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357289430897463426" style="WIDTH: 192px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbgu623j3RAh9DcMAcsq3iF2qx_cgKX6nEuvjSTCwSeOA8LzGAjbBR8CbLFmuCZ7xd0EzKMcWFcxxaHyI_0qWmVtSHPWFRdhtOb98vNKj-6gG1qRo0uxyF4XUKzJOfT7vwMuAJOqoB7J-/s200/IMG_3713.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We all met up and rode the train.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYd9-fUyMuE4sZebBikWP_fNwOyjlJ3GjlxnKXxtIyKYxAfIGTTf_ycBURCkUe3U9lZpsHAH956zZC7fFnit2brrsO5pIY4qhn4wbHghsa8oBnUmS-Zv9Vb2c87sVlKCQRn_xafBocfxCl/s1600-h/IMG_3748.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357289900029341346" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYd9-fUyMuE4sZebBikWP_fNwOyjlJ3GjlxnKXxtIyKYxAfIGTTf_ycBURCkUe3U9lZpsHAH956zZC7fFnit2brrsO5pIY4qhn4wbHghsa8oBnUmS-Zv9Vb2c87sVlKCQRn_xafBocfxCl/s200/IMG_3748.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A "blue" snowcone saved the day while we were waiting on a ride to be fixed. Jaycie had been talking about riding on an airplane earlier in the day and it took us a while to figure out that the ride is what she was talking about. Great grandma had told her about it and we thought she was talking about a real one that some of our family members flew on to get here. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgag3yZu3h1O0kBsntmvVYKsbNsV9BoDSXMViv_r79UTqpwTb4M5TyYGSYli5v_p1eWkaSbxnJy0ooUPz-EDaf75Sp912cPo3hIEiG_rZMGdjcGVkit3XgHjGvLaSHqgc4NSaWMGVVxMqAM/s1600-h/IMG_3709.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuW_awjFDvGVj4FA05j2lh14O-5EKPMAvcJVmF8w24TOjWE3QjntCV56EquHBqY6rmCpDlH7v15l-xdwqozXYm-fCsl7OEVW-fqOEfhjIkv36XmGqDx6uB7a-e7lnwm7P8Nmqee3flx_7/s1600-h/IMG_3782.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357290457528991442" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuW_awjFDvGVj4FA05j2lh14O-5EKPMAvcJVmF8w24TOjWE3QjntCV56EquHBqY6rmCpDlH7v15l-xdwqozXYm-fCsl7OEVW-fqOEfhjIkv36XmGqDx6uB7a-e7lnwm7P8Nmqee3flx_7/s200/IMG_3782.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Finally...the airplane ride. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIvFuED6NUMYNU2IAfWLypHIuNV2cU7-g431rYidi3KNW6Y_3eKN1BzE45etk2nOZ9ktzoKXoOtlGlJCcWSX3rPHux5KjpEfNLrgIY-z2I0pZRT_9iXpTS7pQ7AmlOU7GDUUF56aWmjRK/s1600-h/IMG_3801.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357290669845999842" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIvFuED6NUMYNU2IAfWLypHIuNV2cU7-g431rYidi3KNW6Y_3eKN1BzE45etk2nOZ9ktzoKXoOtlGlJCcWSX3rPHux5KjpEfNLrgIY-z2I0pZRT_9iXpTS7pQ7AmlOU7GDUUF56aWmjRK/s200/IMG_3801.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-34608981500693458082009-07-11T12:25:00.001-07:002009-07-11T12:32:27.739-07:00Beach walk with GrandmaWe wanted a little bit more time at the beach, so we went another day for a short trip. It was very nice, but windy. <br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvV-NbzQtQqpCTB4u9nQlBNS7ZCm1YFKSff6B8hbjutiGA6OeIefjMdt4f8Hzu4pCq6p1eE6qlyuLIc6MldS2S8yfrkggFNivyD3NTKpCqE7Y5LhaGiiuEeCnpESzOqmRhLfnEgfNzlT-g/s1600-h/IMG_3672.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357286268316813810" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvV-NbzQtQqpCTB4u9nQlBNS7ZCm1YFKSff6B8hbjutiGA6OeIefjMdt4f8Hzu4pCq6p1eE6qlyuLIc6MldS2S8yfrkggFNivyD3NTKpCqE7Y5LhaGiiuEeCnpESzOqmRhLfnEgfNzlT-g/s200/IMG_3672.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrXO00odUf0vdOCndVsznHJ9hQUwv2gCL0eMda6phU6oyXBMf5thK6j0EytSunJF0kyQL74xobERmnZ1gkbyduDy_qjlRtbvIZH-EJGumQeAv9h31mZTk7DmbFls9nxszKd3ZoUmxDBv-/s1600-h/IMG_3679.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357286444985237442" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrXO00odUf0vdOCndVsznHJ9hQUwv2gCL0eMda6phU6oyXBMf5thK6j0EytSunJF0kyQL74xobERmnZ1gkbyduDy_qjlRtbvIZH-EJGumQeAv9h31mZTk7DmbFls9nxszKd3ZoUmxDBv-/s200/IMG_3679.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jaycie was very much in to seashells. She took a waterbottle from the car and began filling it up. We found lots of them on the seawall that we had to have! It was a great little day trip.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxSEREyVFSZl4SwcSEdvV1-q04lDMFrfSHMm0vdLGYbvYJLvHE0pNxcxSSa4el-FihkIifFcs1K6dqb0emxiKvtvioFbD8oVsRE0xblwCQo_nCPb2h4ZNz8XTTgcsCIGzoDbwO42o_kHd/s1600-h/IMG_3696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357286665448611250" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxSEREyVFSZl4SwcSEdvV1-q04lDMFrfSHMm0vdLGYbvYJLvHE0pNxcxSSa4el-FihkIifFcs1K6dqb0emxiKvtvioFbD8oVsRE0xblwCQo_nCPb2h4ZNz8XTTgcsCIGzoDbwO42o_kHd/s200/IMG_3696.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-45152356758708458482009-07-11T12:07:00.001-07:002009-07-11T12:21:37.277-07:00Schlitterbahn!!We loved the water park!!! Thanks to the reunion for paying for half of our ticket.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdIi0zUnvrBFRIsaswXf8py_3DgzXPwwVsBQLFv8YC3KtU0v3GQZFXmfdXRReKwWZKPtOsm53cxqi7atY6LcgkCsv-HKDEtBWBEqVIwJpUNiGxrWYjx5j52ptuh4k_m0REpXf8gRaxmx-/s1600-h/IMG_3526.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357282355469260946" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdIi0zUnvrBFRIsaswXf8py_3DgzXPwwVsBQLFv8YC3KtU0v3GQZFXmfdXRReKwWZKPtOsm53cxqi7atY6LcgkCsv-HKDEtBWBEqVIwJpUNiGxrWYjx5j52ptuh4k_m0REpXf8gRaxmx-/s200/IMG_3526.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The kids were able to do so many things and we could do lots together too! Some of our favorites included the river that goes all around the park. There were waves that pushed us a long. Mom and I had 2 person rafts that had an enclosed kid side and we held on to each other. We also did a family slide where we sat in a big circle raft and went down a curvy slide. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOC2OuH8qPXhhj82NEf5cxf8hZUEi-gLk3fcEA6i_Ogmj7xWgUQ0RAvUQ_-sO0QX2VqR_erRANlpWACbZUvl3qJsrgyYQbLF2PjvLKVd4b2_l1rOneTnf-wiIF-Hh09mj813a_FXX2rybv/s1600-h/IMG_3518.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357281989519308658" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOC2OuH8qPXhhj82NEf5cxf8hZUEi-gLk3fcEA6i_Ogmj7xWgUQ0RAvUQ_-sO0QX2VqR_erRANlpWACbZUvl3qJsrgyYQbLF2PjvLKVd4b2_l1rOneTnf-wiIF-Hh09mj813a_FXX2rybv/s200/IMG_3518.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotChTYQTktkh7HzGWD_vme_AhgmUKfW3ziMqNJYmV3X8J3NCrLiLfGf39zwa6xv2FSVzKpSYhyfWVlHoZ4Y4e91byGddmUy36skDjGg0_wYcXUf01k5bRfWVcjZnp1vRMtL0J2pASNRVj/s1600-h/IMG_3523.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357282168115382770" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotChTYQTktkh7HzGWD_vme_AhgmUKfW3ziMqNJYmV3X8J3NCrLiLfGf39zwa6xv2FSVzKpSYhyfWVlHoZ4Y4e91byGddmUy36skDjGg0_wYcXUf01k5bRfWVcjZnp1vRMtL0J2pASNRVj/s200/IMG_3523.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jaycie went on the yellow slide a million times, Nathan did it too and a few time they went together. We fit the blue one in at the last minute. I never expected her to ask to go on the blue one...it was a big girl slide!! I was so proud and she loved it. She is just like me as a kid.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHCBjz9UqN-idV6Uu19WQ-vLv7VAKZp9DmgwZqkxdpm1HJqBQLTdyjYaOFQgmywFiO_AB1-BsZ1I2O-ERDspifQFFyxpCDc3HDx5sMOTt3ObFVL8wBnG8j1lfD9JW17C3ZlJ-41Y_IOVm/s1600-h/IMG_3514.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357281627369411554" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHCBjz9UqN-idV6Uu19WQ-vLv7VAKZp9DmgwZqkxdpm1HJqBQLTdyjYaOFQgmywFiO_AB1-BsZ1I2O-ERDspifQFFyxpCDc3HDx5sMOTt3ObFVL8wBnG8j1lfD9JW17C3ZlJ-41Y_IOVm/s200/IMG_3514.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQM1bRULEaI0yF3Jc-xGFvgKPqO5s7UPYu9eQ3oloyvP_pAP3OBMUdpoLknXnx0JAdAH4BhFMWnm3bqvmZJqMF1F6zi8iZs50YbxIwPzwYpF3GrdqxD9R34LAOo1rt-In8HqR65GOkJJP/s1600-h/IMG_3525.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357281815171053842" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQM1bRULEaI0yF3Jc-xGFvgKPqO5s7UPYu9eQ3oloyvP_pAP3OBMUdpoLknXnx0JAdAH4BhFMWnm3bqvmZJqMF1F6zi8iZs50YbxIwPzwYpF3GrdqxD9R34LAOo1rt-In8HqR65GOkJJP/s200/IMG_3525.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Nathan really liked the kids areas the most and of course the little frog slide.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-71960874965558948782009-07-11T12:00:00.000-07:002009-07-11T12:07:01.795-07:00Galveston BeachWe went with everyone to the beach our first morning. It was very hot, but the water was nice. Here are Jaycie and Nathan with Raylee, mom's cousin hanging out in the shade of an umbrella. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9e4J_fIBGw9e1QwgzhU_xw1-wZ86F-cebgPAYXet70RG3hXXuONJ8xRxmFg-UWNXJMFI6OWLtWovZmsVbF3rffEai1xlqcDvfpQg5BN7sCkaRjD-uGKrWRuFjCWLdX080UUgAVxnkwKkL/s1600-h/IMG_3457.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357279760322318290" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9e4J_fIBGw9e1QwgzhU_xw1-wZ86F-cebgPAYXet70RG3hXXuONJ8xRxmFg-UWNXJMFI6OWLtWovZmsVbF3rffEai1xlqcDvfpQg5BN7sCkaRjD-uGKrWRuFjCWLdX080UUgAVxnkwKkL/s200/IMG_3457.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jaycie loved her cousin Samantha, and referred to her as her mermaid friend the whole time. Nathan didn't like the salty waves splashing on him, but he did enjoy the sand.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k45QQLRFkCiRCLmpwx6lDvzA1aH_P-v_RZMuiA7qzMZQNoN29N_h5ss_P_N0XvHs0YASEhsrUVMfaUpOG2u-LtI6vDNfTmCSeITSabUv3MXn4BiGppZRrD3Qr_i94UD8BHo5rSS7N9ML/s1600-h/IMG_3467.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357279868548045570" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k45QQLRFkCiRCLmpwx6lDvzA1aH_P-v_RZMuiA7qzMZQNoN29N_h5ss_P_N0XvHs0YASEhsrUVMfaUpOG2u-LtI6vDNfTmCSeITSabUv3MXn4BiGppZRrD3Qr_i94UD8BHo5rSS7N9ML/s200/IMG_3467.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoZwsHVP3pTwc6f7g92PxE5190QeUttJ2Wf_Bww10q3gRJOKecxlfGEeWTeGCBaKI2oJSPklifb5dfr5KkxjUXk6avhPz-rDUdq6MOL1Oyd3vwQ49i7GnQS-rMtYwoqR1YrJzQzd5D8pe/s1600-h/IMG_3496.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357280074568644034" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoZwsHVP3pTwc6f7g92PxE5190QeUttJ2Wf_Bww10q3gRJOKecxlfGEeWTeGCBaKI2oJSPklifb5dfr5KkxjUXk6avhPz-rDUdq6MOL1Oyd3vwQ49i7GnQS-rMtYwoqR1YrJzQzd5D8pe/s200/IMG_3496.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-24276035183431577542009-07-11T11:53:00.001-07:002009-07-11T12:00:05.187-07:00Texas VacationMy mom and the kids and I drove a rental car to La Porte, TX for our family reunion this year. We stayed at the Best Western. Here we are at the pool, and this is part of the clan....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85DPEDdihq39yuGPirQd1cPU1iaHuB-byCAlwWPiWuDVhXF_qIiUdntOQutFHx35NO3PCEI_R-FWyLw0YTwr8FACLQn6zF8-DSV9oc80L-UOVmmrMjRkVdduU9xlwJEDYmM4nz74BDDCj/s1600-h/IMG_3583.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357277942014121922" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85DPEDdihq39yuGPirQd1cPU1iaHuB-byCAlwWPiWuDVhXF_qIiUdntOQutFHx35NO3PCEI_R-FWyLw0YTwr8FACLQn6zF8-DSV9oc80L-UOVmmrMjRkVdduU9xlwJEDYmM4nz74BDDCj/s200/IMG_3583.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIGC_4lhX9i-4NJzOJQe1a8ofOZuh9vWE7PH9_cs54u9g2vCg2Ckt-Ve3AbN8xIb6M2jBz_awCJ-zJYSujcdcUZz3dfuMwbq7s_aEMTJZc5uRARTWEwm6gm6caUSPyahD9DY0Eiq7-gGh/s1600-h/IMG_3589.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357278086017539858" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIGC_4lhX9i-4NJzOJQe1a8ofOZuh9vWE7PH9_cs54u9g2vCg2Ckt-Ve3AbN8xIb6M2jBz_awCJ-zJYSujcdcUZz3dfuMwbq7s_aEMTJZc5uRARTWEwm6gm6caUSPyahD9DY0Eiq7-gGh/s200/IMG_3589.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Darrel, Dawn, Tyler and Nathan, Jessica and Jaycie, Chance, me and DeAn in the back</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrs8c_sOS61BsnYHpeOxNCaC6BsJlPCY8tpY4HXFxJ0BHfxj5j-GIdcKpOXX_SldncLAx0NMf4cdvlT8LlJOr-lKzogrke6XtcybU9Z-27PdVIGdaphcxEcbd3-zkNB6B4BtXaGT52Qbck/s1600-h/IMG_3555.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357278313942809634" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrs8c_sOS61BsnYHpeOxNCaC6BsJlPCY8tpY4HXFxJ0BHfxj5j-GIdcKpOXX_SldncLAx0NMf4cdvlT8LlJOr-lKzogrke6XtcybU9Z-27PdVIGdaphcxEcbd3-zkNB6B4BtXaGT52Qbck/s200/IMG_3555.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Jaycie and Nathan in our room. Jaycie made a picture for her cousin Samantha.</div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-45737098706701191222009-06-28T21:33:00.001-07:002009-06-29T12:08:57.394-07:00TurtleThis morning before church, Tyson was barking a lot so we went outside to see what was going on. This is what we found. I am not sure what kind of turtle this is, but it isn't the box turtle that I used to find. I am not sure how it made it's way into our back yard either. My kids have seen all kinds of animals, but this was our closest encounter with a turtle. They were very excited. They sat and watched it for a while. When I came into the kitchen after some last minute sharing time preparations, the kids showed me how they made a bed and got some toys for the turtle. Too cute!<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTpaK1qjshTdq_00vS4E87ZkHOWyZzXiAkD7Wq4IUJ18Ox9aMnsHyHRU0OAvNJm16XL2Xr5KD6mb42OslFg1ks1WWjZuHMDESwDiVst3RX9mIAiTAxTqD75TE2jL1KvQudATNEzFXK-AL/s1600-h/IMG_6855.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352603229720452146" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTpaK1qjshTdq_00vS4E87ZkHOWyZzXiAkD7Wq4IUJ18Ox9aMnsHyHRU0OAvNJm16XL2Xr5KD6mb42OslFg1ks1WWjZuHMDESwDiVst3RX9mIAiTAxTqD75TE2jL1KvQudATNEzFXK-AL/s200/IMG_6855.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZkFgEyzAFzGlHkKZNcsfYooYOo6ZhQyINtXK5CPAiuheKZ646Kq4OOKAxRylIoEPovjuaIEPCNPNRCi3hO2I1HdJkOq4M8u6_GMUB2FeTsHnMF8JXmAcNuGqywJZuAN9sxvd2roFLObK/s1600-h/IMG_6854.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352603466050032530" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZkFgEyzAFzGlHkKZNcsfYooYOo6ZhQyINtXK5CPAiuheKZ646Kq4OOKAxRylIoEPovjuaIEPCNPNRCi3hO2I1HdJkOq4M8u6_GMUB2FeTsHnMF8JXmAcNuGqywJZuAN9sxvd2roFLObK/s200/IMG_6854.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On our way to church, we took the turtle to the pond by Steve Bailey Honda where we were glad to see other turtles that looked just like this one. I am sure that primary teachers, friends, and school teachers will hear about their turtle friend. They really thought it was neat.</div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-24047763338797268832009-06-28T21:18:00.000-07:002009-06-28T21:44:55.097-07:00Date Night PartyFor Date Night at our house, we decided to have a little party. We used Nathan's new slip and slide and snow cone maker. Here is the clan having some pizza.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg679hhvDcL4q9CBObALa8ThkUJEh27JlpEX28djclAoStLaPnJ_siF4kNlfmSlCriP4mCweR0n35by0JXeI7kAm6e-cPWSLlHqvdRUFUFyh_MuTGlIh-3Ks_niluifA7OXuJGw1ikYmfQg/s1600-h/IMG_6784.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352600227929288082" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg679hhvDcL4q9CBObALa8ThkUJEh27JlpEX28djclAoStLaPnJ_siF4kNlfmSlCriP4mCweR0n35by0JXeI7kAm6e-cPWSLlHqvdRUFUFyh_MuTGlIh-3Ks_niluifA7OXuJGw1ikYmfQg/s200/IMG_6784.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Everyone enjoyed swimming and Jakey, Jackson, and Nathan did some batting practice. They did such a good job at sharing and taking turns....(all of the hard work is paying off!)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ3iLCZDUEPKAwBpeAEXQe13CQ5dS4ug25W3dEfhApZyxOhNFIPzpiwXQjLiBPdTzMs0KgIe4-zui9cQlrUeGnBYjnwSrxJuL0OoFbqGAhrz7xAgfga8PBLGUhWZNwp3LMmv5nAaK4sdO/s1600-h/IMG_6751.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352600109202090914" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ3iLCZDUEPKAwBpeAEXQe13CQ5dS4ug25W3dEfhApZyxOhNFIPzpiwXQjLiBPdTzMs0KgIe4-zui9cQlrUeGnBYjnwSrxJuL0OoFbqGAhrz7xAgfga8PBLGUhWZNwp3LMmv5nAaK4sdO/s200/IMG_6751.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSBrl81ju9Jal66-M7aaS_wd4wFPk0YiWeU8VFHIUJIdWWIezms82Unu3c_s38wxVwp5gEXuhLMq_0CgRDBhFmKynjKCeX7ZNXFeyFTu57GwP2OEJ3tyqOzMyuZxbXLN1ZYop5lNWlIfi/s1600-h/IMG_6812.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352599997887228402" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSBrl81ju9Jal66-M7aaS_wd4wFPk0YiWeU8VFHIUJIdWWIezms82Unu3c_s38wxVwp5gEXuhLMq_0CgRDBhFmKynjKCeX7ZNXFeyFTu57GwP2OEJ3tyqOzMyuZxbXLN1ZYop5lNWlIfi/s200/IMG_6812.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Everyone also took turns on the trampoline. They really liked it when Tommy held the sprinkler over it!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXoCDF_9rw33W34pijv1gNJglDZVzoB1swJeoQdAVU7wUQxg8vpVSnfyF8xETXk1aiIEU362MCY3ez1DSZ_DDyQxxE_9DLjy7fP3sNcYUUrXKc_AFSodU7TP-DkNNszb4lC0WpIHW4oqI7/s1600-h/IMG_6805.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352599871186399042" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXoCDF_9rw33W34pijv1gNJglDZVzoB1swJeoQdAVU7wUQxg8vpVSnfyF8xETXk1aiIEU362MCY3ez1DSZ_DDyQxxE_9DLjy7fP3sNcYUUrXKc_AFSodU7TP-DkNNszb4lC0WpIHW4oqI7/s200/IMG_6805.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDxAFCFk2eoT8iwMDafNqIbMp990qwadlzilw7SAt1i_JgvHdTa3QeWPiW0FtK9F9IewJCuI6sG0J5l-Au6PmZDb9lfHSiEU-3fYExgcUtwIx7H_hpYlpbiXwBl-NTDy6bwA1OIZLo8Ee/s1600-h/IMG_6826.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352600418926362082" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDxAFCFk2eoT8iwMDafNqIbMp990qwadlzilw7SAt1i_JgvHdTa3QeWPiW0FtK9F9IewJCuI6sG0J5l-Au6PmZDb9lfHSiEU-3fYExgcUtwIx7H_hpYlpbiXwBl-NTDy6bwA1OIZLo8Ee/s200/IMG_6826.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I think that the snow cones were everyone's favorite.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5i-1pxRLlYtIyIb_-ScR74SkFDimdWUVEf6hSNA0tDfaKRkzxFiO6qQob6T-9EG_VIv6viTKZ8bFMobMkCj9vdGfb9mKUpKS0JNHCoH2KKub2Ze2fyFzayRpoH15h-0tj7Ad8CcZWiO0Y/s1600-h/IMG_6831.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352600639554729842" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5i-1pxRLlYtIyIb_-ScR74SkFDimdWUVEf6hSNA0tDfaKRkzxFiO6qQob6T-9EG_VIv6viTKZ8bFMobMkCj9vdGfb9mKUpKS0JNHCoH2KKub2Ze2fyFzayRpoH15h-0tj7Ad8CcZWiO0Y/s200/IMG_6831.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMN2vaErR4HFDpPcELSLmDjvljQvHFFFuyZ2wFG6Lxanaedt8ESd9V1vXgsLt9yCctyXdv4P6T_E3A6EW7C1Ebn0mXmI6ftgj8_aCeIAX5Vlri-QREfh-7atV0OM90GUxKFh4S2-0SIzLf/s1600-h/IMG_6846.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352600811943233618" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMN2vaErR4HFDpPcELSLmDjvljQvHFFFuyZ2wFG6Lxanaedt8ESd9V1vXgsLt9yCctyXdv4P6T_E3A6EW7C1Ebn0mXmI6ftgj8_aCeIAX5Vlri-QREfh-7atV0OM90GUxKFh4S2-0SIzLf/s200/IMG_6846.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jakey and Jaycie on the slip and slide.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_moeiPpkzwy_kwcF2l8Wn3ppw96G-wOCiU2sZNrMLHvCgsGUmK0ogf8aUevAW3ywO7vK_e1C77uoaUY10hHJ8K1CN8QwdC10YQ2TiKYoK443jOhTS7u1nf14Q0RGw8rWyLHv4aROELsKo/s1600-h/IMG_6756.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352599467436405506" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_moeiPpkzwy_kwcF2l8Wn3ppw96G-wOCiU2sZNrMLHvCgsGUmK0ogf8aUevAW3ywO7vK_e1C77uoaUY10hHJ8K1CN8QwdC10YQ2TiKYoK443jOhTS7u1nf14Q0RGw8rWyLHv4aROELsKo/s200/IMG_6756.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglE5wH-Z5SLeyY3WrM3NolFwxA-9FDgOZ6sQgdkJANy9HoKhINpGBBuvJp_ku07eFOrKhwHmoIHGlSA4nzKs_ZRl080OreZr49oQPZhrer8rZklyaoCWFrVnmfaA1QA6EqIY6FrvhgSTKf/s1600-h/IMG_6766.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352599722515041714" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglE5wH-Z5SLeyY3WrM3NolFwxA-9FDgOZ6sQgdkJANy9HoKhINpGBBuvJp_ku07eFOrKhwHmoIHGlSA4nzKs_ZRl080OreZr49oQPZhrer8rZklyaoCWFrVnmfaA1QA6EqIY6FrvhgSTKf/s200/IMG_6766.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We love to hang out with our friends.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-19295915648494878912009-06-28T21:04:00.000-07:002009-06-28T21:18:27.506-07:00Saturday Fun<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV2P5XZ6pu5PmbeFQfjmE8HzspSAO9kSUVGEv8QKpJfIoOP3w5Vc2UPj1s9y7bxZozvHTr5Az-D2urdI12BWwQ8JgnXEIrKoNFwAeuw5GWdDIGKXfOpZo4IgpnjWFhxtcfjnpRzzdwSbo/s1600-h/IMG_6742.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352596175024944194" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV2P5XZ6pu5PmbeFQfjmE8HzspSAO9kSUVGEv8QKpJfIoOP3w5Vc2UPj1s9y7bxZozvHTr5Az-D2urdI12BWwQ8JgnXEIrKoNFwAeuw5GWdDIGKXfOpZo4IgpnjWFhxtcfjnpRzzdwSbo/s200/IMG_6742.JPG" border="0" /></a> On Saturday, we had plans to be downtown so we decided to go out for breakfast at the Crackerbarrel. It was a fun treat. It has been a long time, but I like to go out for breakfast. It keeps the mess out of my kitchen!!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8RORL2wbUL0ltpaBru6vzopoOcNvIFshyphenhyphenacgBL96cwWyQQDS8XLJ4mGvKUJxKFTuT2t6DOcXBxfqC3V9rp0_Y8qOvUMbE-THobAeO-JfueHRyTbWWhddkpUxB7Ss4pnTWC_jLTyeK93J/s1600-h/IMG_6740.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352595804547280322" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8RORL2wbUL0ltpaBru6vzopoOcNvIFshyphenhyphenacgBL96cwWyQQDS8XLJ4mGvKUJxKFTuT2t6DOcXBxfqC3V9rp0_Y8qOvUMbE-THobAeO-JfueHRyTbWWhddkpUxB7Ss4pnTWC_jLTyeK93J/s200/IMG_6740.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOgYlIpS3TiTyz49u2QQMSDEp0_RBi1a-nRMm1zx_kGUMw_1AXTcGMxnai-cgsL20LbfWqyL1EDNWlI_88-w7LQlndr5XMhUQo7yZju_if6ZA_UOkGVr71BP5wx3OpFIdjDgkYBVE74hI/s1600-h/IMG_6741.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352596077420402306" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOgYlIpS3TiTyz49u2QQMSDEp0_RBi1a-nRMm1zx_kGUMw_1AXTcGMxnai-cgsL20LbfWqyL1EDNWlI_88-w7LQlndr5XMhUQo7yZju_if6ZA_UOkGVr71BP5wx3OpFIdjDgkYBVE74hI/s200/IMG_6741.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />While we were there, we found these cute dress up sets that were very inexpensive. We thought it would be fun to get one for each of the kiddos. Here they are all dressed up. Nathan is a race car driver. Jaycie loves to pretend she is a hair stylist. She went a little far when she actually cut her and Nathan's bangs last month. I hope that this keeps her from doing it for real. Oh, and she had to practice on Daddy!! :)<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLb0k5K3c-C6q_WY8OUWvx-PPotD7gHYr7xIkoYNVFmtJGQFwBAEARdmN6E2jjTh3m8KzWwir2UWpbZ-i6Foi4Rzjut3Cw4lJLjNoUuBnzWgkJwEZbpK5CGxtJNAx6JHP2FkNZPkBoOcU/s1600-h/IMG_6749.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352596354169393106" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLb0k5K3c-C6q_WY8OUWvx-PPotD7gHYr7xIkoYNVFmtJGQFwBAEARdmN6E2jjTh3m8KzWwir2UWpbZ-i6Foi4Rzjut3Cw4lJLjNoUuBnzWgkJwEZbpK5CGxtJNAx6JHP2FkNZPkBoOcU/s200/IMG_6749.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>After breakfast, the girls went shopping at Garden Ridge and the boys went downtown to the bike ralley. Here are the cushions that we found. We were very excited to complete our backyard set up....the grill, gazebo, and finally our chairs have cushions again. I am happy to be able to sit down in the shade now while watching the kids swim!</div></div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-21272009598715379362009-06-28T20:29:00.000-07:002009-06-28T21:04:13.357-07:00June activities<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTA_Czd-q9F6GrXXD0pqCbB-yslljddDnWJ6g6Q2YgoILIbWI9nHP5IjT4DgF_uRO5thvtj8iPAYymhb2hXacNs3q-equKKEnpsQxaGstHnsRkxS4DosDMWhMA10KqdpWrLPrTJuYsk4h/s1600-h/IMG_2963.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352586866590320322" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTA_Czd-q9F6GrXXD0pqCbB-yslljddDnWJ6g6Q2YgoILIbWI9nHP5IjT4DgF_uRO5thvtj8iPAYymhb2hXacNs3q-equKKEnpsQxaGstHnsRkxS4DosDMWhMA10KqdpWrLPrTJuYsk4h/s200/IMG_2963.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQt_0RQmYYxdkxxgn2Z2wllKjE31khZRgR0_HJfyyW1kERH5cvDCsxNS-XqprsBFA8s1Hfr9yqD89gmSgctHPQPgXPZv6PwNwTr1JZ16krxw5TO8JqF-XknzUDO29dmqgqC4fIAEkbOuqN/s1600-h/IMG_2959.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352587073757784562" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQt_0RQmYYxdkxxgn2Z2wllKjE31khZRgR0_HJfyyW1kERH5cvDCsxNS-XqprsBFA8s1Hfr9yqD89gmSgctHPQPgXPZv6PwNwTr1JZ16krxw5TO8JqF-XknzUDO29dmqgqC4fIAEkbOuqN/s200/IMG_2959.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Jaycie had swim lessons twice a week for the month of June and she loved it. Every lesson she advanced and I loved to see her excitement for learning. It really helped that there were only 2 in her class. Every one was like a private lesson. She just had her last class and she got her passing certificate to move on. It was fun, but I am excited to not have to try and keep the schedule. It took up our afternoons on my days off!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAAlM-WqnQIUMCBGNf_pjU_bqfIDT_dA8Dgr-bYVZMUYxTsyb_sbcpjmugUaP2KxGJqYeICMmb_6VljqHD46ITCtPv9wwcfKYD0HHW5nlLGPq6gliHeqF35i1wUglkoBd7-7PTHPOzWK6/s1600-h/IMG_6856.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352587282260713746" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAAlM-WqnQIUMCBGNf_pjU_bqfIDT_dA8Dgr-bYVZMUYxTsyb_sbcpjmugUaP2KxGJqYeICMmb_6VljqHD46ITCtPv9wwcfKYD0HHW5nlLGPq6gliHeqF35i1wUglkoBd7-7PTHPOzWK6/s200/IMG_6856.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>I loved that the Bethany YMCA was right next to the library. We went after almost every swim lesson. We have been doing the summer reading program at the library. The kids have enjoyed it, and I challenged myself by attempting to find all of the books on this list from READY for Kindergarten. There are 100 books on the list that all kids should hear before starting school. I figured that we had the summer until Jaycie starts Pre-K so we could do it. And we have. With the exception of 5 or 6 that I haven't found yet. It has been good for the kids to be excited about reading. It seems like we couldn't fit reading time in for a while and this little challenge sparked our interest again. Jaycie got to color the star of the books that we read. I learned that I need to read in the afternoon around "quiet time" instead of trying to squeeze it in to the bedtime routine. This list helped us find some really good books that we haven't come across before. (Many award winning books and authors). I also re-learned how to find specific books in the library. Thanks to Marilyn Barta, our parent educator with OPAT for getting us involved in the READY program. It has helped me so much stay focuses on education at home. We are done with OPAT now that Nathan is 3, but we loved Mrs. Marilyn's visits!! </div><div> </div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531959780043781969.post-38441722068618178032009-06-28T20:20:00.000-07:002009-06-28T20:27:24.437-07:00Swim with Friends<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NZlXTkUtcnOnnn7IYAa3jxM2VpWCwIv3zcIIXSDY8uAwpBMXEFxvjWrOhYmoAp3eKoZ4KaZI10gO7tUjHdc28knuuaA8z2Oe733qzPnPti8g2p0Dfy-uT-vJzeKbBsMsj98JgMXF6PDW/s1600-h/IMG_6693.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352584556205454370" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NZlXTkUtcnOnnn7IYAa3jxM2VpWCwIv3zcIIXSDY8uAwpBMXEFxvjWrOhYmoAp3eKoZ4KaZI10gO7tUjHdc28knuuaA8z2Oe733qzPnPti8g2p0Dfy-uT-vJzeKbBsMsj98JgMXF6PDW/s200/IMG_6693.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yZ1pJQ3aAx0zFI4-blwY4qMBScbw6vt7VX8v2rbVd-UBO8zx3MrZ-V278PHchUlprJIohfnQIDT8c32WFKsZnzKBwUwzzaqtpVCaDNEmGxiwXEb8C9p2wnwyVlyLD4xBSaGKPtgBzU_i/s1600-h/IMG_6697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352584681839748130" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yZ1pJQ3aAx0zFI4-blwY4qMBScbw6vt7VX8v2rbVd-UBO8zx3MrZ-V278PHchUlprJIohfnQIDT8c32WFKsZnzKBwUwzzaqtpVCaDNEmGxiwXEb8C9p2wnwyVlyLD4xBSaGKPtgBzU_i/s200/IMG_6697.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> Christine and the boys invited us to swim at their neighborhood pool. Charly and Ethan came too. The pools were great and we had a lot of fun. The kids jumped in and splashed most of the time. Nathan jumped in without me catching him because Jackson did. Here we are during a safety break. Jaycie Nathan and Lincoln at the picnic table having a snack.</div><div>Then Ethan and Nathan wanted to play catch. Swimming is the only thing that we want to do in the afternoon in this 100 degree heat. Thanks to the Poyners for all of the fun! <br /><br /></div><div></div>Cook Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770966612919867745noreply@blogger.com0