tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31460861570075839762024-03-13T07:13:15.931-05:00Two ladies and a little manKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-41896620462149237192011-06-20T09:39:00.000-05:002011-06-20T09:39:43.871-05:00Graduation!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Erynn graduated from preschool! She know will move on to Kindergarten. I'm excited for her to go to school all day and she is SUPER excited. But really, where did the time go? I swear just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital. *sigh* Oh well, time moves on and so does my little graduate! Happy Graduation, Erynn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IO1J3-UZGks/Tf9ZmhOA0iI/AAAAAAAAGAo/he-dtlwsLSU/s1600/DSC02321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IO1J3-UZGks/Tf9ZmhOA0iI/AAAAAAAAGAo/he-dtlwsLSU/s320/DSC02321.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-86120184881645780482010-06-18T22:29:00.001-05:002010-06-21T16:25:53.750-05:00Silly kid<div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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Colin playing with his new drum/music set from his godmother, Lexi. Lexi is glutton for punishment, but since her daughter Ella is not even a year old yet...it shall be fun! :) </div><br />
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The kids loved their presents and are pictured with their favorite ones of the night.<br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Sz4pU1rVBGI/AAAAAAAAFzM/6dhJR6xndk4/s1600-h/December+2009+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421816439383589986" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Sz4pU1rVBGI/AAAAAAAAFzM/6dhJR6xndk4/s320/December+2009+011.JPG" /><br /><p align="center"></a>Lydia with her new lamp so she can read before going to bed!<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Sz4pUs-IcUI/AAAAAAAAFzE/7ylfuGyAJwY/s1600-h/December+2009+010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421816437046538562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Sz4pUs-IcUI/AAAAAAAAFzE/7ylfuGyAJwY/s320/December+2009+010.JPG" /></a> Colin and his new baseball game, although anything with a ball would have been just fine I think!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Sz4pUPKPWxI/AAAAAAAAFy8/rEacGWu78io/s1600-h/December+2009+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421816429044259602" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Sz4pUPKPWxI/AAAAAAAAFy8/rEacGWu78io/s320/December+2009+009.JPG" /></a><br />Erynn and her "penguin boots"...she wears them in rain, in snow and basically at every moment she can!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Sz4pT-Z_P8I/AAAAAAAAFy0/jPl8c9plWWw/s1600-h/December+2009+017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421816424546910146" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Sz4pT-Z_P8I/AAAAAAAAFy0/jPl8c9plWWw/s320/December+2009+017.JPG" /></a>One last picture of the kids all sitting together opening their presents. They were so into what each other got and seeing that kind of interest and compasion makes me think that we may be doing something right in raising them to be loving, wonderful siblings and children!</div><div> </div><div>We hope that your Christmas season had as great of a beginning as ours did!</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-51267528160425106982009-12-04T10:41:00.003-06:002009-12-04T10:43:45.333-06:00Lydia's picturesI just took Lydia for her 7 year pictures. I know...didn't she turn 7 in October? Well yes...but I am the mom of 3 kids and this is the first time I have had a chance to get her in. 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Pictures to come!Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-14601408138231901922009-11-20T21:22:00.002-06:002009-11-20T21:27:12.464-06:00Halloween<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SwddzoHnhgI/AAAAAAAAFyI/yJl0b__-9pc/s1600/October+2009+015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406393019205649922" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SwddzoHnhgI/AAAAAAAAFyI/yJl0b__-9pc/s200/October+2009+015.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Yeah, I know...it is a little late, but better late than never! Lydia, Erynn, and Colin made up my own little version of "farmer in the dell". </div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-89287121956998104832009-11-09T21:54:00.003-06:002009-11-09T22:01:55.583-06:00He does NOT give up!<div align="center">So Colin loves the bath tub...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Svjk4ZmKxgI/AAAAAAAAFyA/CyV7eRh2d38/s1600-h/DSC01269.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402319410625693186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/Svjk4ZmKxgI/AAAAAAAAFyA/CyV7eRh2d38/s200/DSC01269.JPG" /></a>If one way doesn't work...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvjklrqjVrI/AAAAAAAAFxo/Ub1ncuKzqt4/s1600-h/DSC01268.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402319089058404018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvjklrqjVrI/AAAAAAAAFxo/Ub1ncuKzqt4/s200/DSC01268.JPG" /></a> Try the other side...<br /><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvjkmQ-YtjI/AAAAAAAAFx4/RGwnPAaXSOg/s1600-h/DSC01272.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402319099073705522" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvjkmQ-YtjI/AAAAAAAAFx4/RGwnPAaXSOg/s200/DSC01272.JPG" /></a>Ahhhh...sweet success! </div></div><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-28246258977243792542009-11-04T21:12:00.002-06:002009-11-04T21:20:02.819-06:00Car Show<div align="center">So at Erynn's school they have a car show every year. They use it to learn about transportation and have to actually make a car out of a cardboard box. They then have a "car parade" around the block, then they returned to school and went to a "drive in" movie...complete with popcorn. I won't lie, it isn't my favorite day of the year, but the kids really seem to love it!<br /><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvJDKH37laI/AAAAAAAAFxg/lRu_PG7w38c/s1600-h/DSC01255.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400452744362038690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvJDKH37laI/AAAAAAAAFxg/lRu_PG7w38c/s200/DSC01255.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvJDJmDkjDI/AAAAAAAAFxY/VEEZwoWzErE/s1600-h/DSC01253.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400452735284055090" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvJDJmDkjDI/AAAAAAAAFxY/VEEZwoWzErE/s200/DSC01253.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-20095199191918169982009-11-04T21:08:00.001-06:002009-11-04T21:12:42.989-06:00Watch out!We have a walker now...lordy, help us!<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx_7khg0N1d6PQzPShzxH32EQNWgn5pcDwURgT50e0SradG1kbcjJFH0riXEryX1x-qwX5RFRFzcFunOQFyfg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-51766962216244673072009-11-03T16:06:00.002-06:002009-11-03T16:46:36.765-06:00Lydia's belt ceremony<div align="center">Lydia tested up another belt while Tom and I were in Chicago. Even without us cheering her on, she did a great job. She did have grandma and grandpa there as support though...I am sure that helped!<br /><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvCsVdWlhJI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/y5dhCgpbymo/s1600-h/DSC01277.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400005437873816722" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvCsVdWlhJI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/y5dhCgpbymo/s200/DSC01277.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvCsVNCeQTI/AAAAAAAAFxI/eRWNVtnH7Xk/s1600-h/DSC01282.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400005433494487346" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SvCsVNCeQTI/AAAAAAAAFxI/eRWNVtnH7Xk/s200/DSC01282.JPG" /></a> Lydia is now a blue tip belt!<br /><br /><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-72264628910219583802009-10-27T11:34:00.002-05:002009-10-27T11:52:07.256-05:00The Pumpkin Farm<div style="text-align: center;">After our relatively easy Apple Farm outing, the next weekend we decided to head to the Pumpkin farm for some yes, PUMPKINS!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU11X5M53I/AAAAAAAAFc4/I9QKKtjjvrc/s800/DSC01179.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU11X5M53I/AAAAAAAAFc4/I9QKKtjjvrc/s800/DSC01179.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>After finding the perfect pumpkins, and loading them onto the stroller, we fed some goats...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU2yUMzJqI/AAAAAAAAFdY/Y71d5EfS2IM/s800/DSC01187.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU2yUMzJqI/AAAAAAAAFdY/Y71d5EfS2IM/s800/DSC01187.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU2AwSh3aI/AAAAAAAAFdI/szsgZsZhMWE/s800/DSC01183.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU2AwSh3aI/AAAAAAAAFdI/szsgZsZhMWE/s800/DSC01183.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>the girls played in a maze...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU3BmpUidI/AAAAAAAAFdo/bottHWjhbFs/s800/DSC01190.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU3BmpUidI/AAAAAAAAFdo/bottHWjhbFs/s800/DSC01190.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />And Colin played on a tractor!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU3YxsUCmI/AAAAAAAAFd8/5Fi_fKFHVNg/s800/DSC01195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU3YxsUCmI/AAAAAAAAFd8/5Fi_fKFHVNg/s800/DSC01195.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>All in all, a very good day, except for the bloody lip after falling face first on the wagon and the subsequent crying when we had to leave, and the carrying of Erynn on my shoulders while trying to push the stroller through the rut laden dirt parking lot. But we survived and we would do it again! <br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-69548335453493803452009-10-27T11:25:00.002-05:002009-10-27T11:32:03.993-05:00Somedays are just not good...<div style="text-align: center;">Somedays you just can't help but be sad...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU1mqrlv8I/AAAAAAAAFcc/3k5kEAr-XEg/s800/DSC01173.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU1mqrlv8I/AAAAAAAAFcc/3k5kEAr-XEg/s800/DSC01173.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Somedays, you just can't help but cry...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU1y2Uk8eI/AAAAAAAAFc0/MllUhfvGr8Y/s800/DSC01178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU1y2Uk8eI/AAAAAAAAFc0/MllUhfvGr8Y/s800/DSC01178.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />And somedays, just keep getting worse...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU1oZdhVaI/AAAAAAAAFcg/xZPprmpyAk4/s640/DSC01174.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU1oZdhVaI/AAAAAAAAFcg/xZPprmpyAk4/s640/DSC01174.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Colin was having one of "those" days recently...<br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-80596563655138130392009-10-27T11:11:00.004-05:002009-10-27T11:34:37.751-05:00The Apple Farm<div style="text-align: center;">So we originally decided to go to the Apple Farm for pumpkins...I know weird thinking, but I know we went last year or the year before and got pumpkins. So one Sunday, while Tom was working, I decided that a trip to get pumpkins was in order. Once we got there, I discovered that there were no pumpkins, but it was too late! Lydia and Erynn wanted to ride on the wagons and go pick some apples. It took some manuevering since it was just me and 3 children, one of whom could not walk, and a whole orchard of apple trees. But it actually was a lot of fun!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StUzpABRGxI/AAAAAAAAFb4/ox0p5TIkiE4/s640/DSC01165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StUzpABRGxI/AAAAAAAAFb4/ox0p5TIkiE4/s640/DSC01165.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Lydia became an apple farmer!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StUzf-NqR5I/AAAAAAAAFbs/FGd5eT3s6So/s800/DSC01162.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StUzf-NqR5I/AAAAAAAAFbs/FGd5eT3s6So/s800/DSC01162.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Erynn and Lydia played on the tractor wheels, the "chicken coop" playground, and the glider swings. Oh and while I was paying for our apples, some little boy had a disagreement with Erynn and bit her! My poor baby had a bruise and teeth marks on her arm for a week. I wasn't too mad because I know that kids are kids, but his mother didn't even reprimand him...things like that I have yet to figure out how to explain to my children.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU09kOklPI/AAAAAAAAFcQ/IwJNs4C3iMo/s800/DSC01170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU09kOklPI/AAAAAAAAFcQ/IwJNs4C3iMo/s800/DSC01170.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Erynn and Lydia picked some apples.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU1lY73B6I/AAAAAAAAFcY/Jv3OGz1wI8I/s800/DSC01172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU1lY73B6I/AAAAAAAAFcY/Jv3OGz1wI8I/s800/DSC01172.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />And Colin, well he ate many bites of apples that I would give him and emptied out my purse while waiting for a ride back to our car!<br /><br />I am so glad that I decided to take this on and go. It would have been a very trying day if we would have just stayed home! And I learned that the girls are pretty good at listening when out in public. We just wish that Daddy could have come too!<br /><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146086157007583976.post-83675323117341291272009-10-16T10:17:00.003-05:002009-10-16T10:36:53.785-05:00What were you doing today, 7 years ago?!?Well, I remember...I was sitting in St Mary's Health Center becoming a mother for the first time. I was scared out of my mind and excited all at the same time. I remember watching an episode of The Amazing Race (I believe that was the time that Zac and Flo won!), I remember trying to make a final decision on her name, and I remember Tom being much more scared than I thought he was going to be. It was a LONG time though...it seemed like, well, 28 hours or so! :) But in the end it was all worth is because<br /><div style="text-align: center;">at 11:18pm<br />on October 16, 2002,<br />Lydia Kay Donaldson<br />was born into our family,<br />Weighing in at 6lbs, 10oz<br />and measuring 20 inches long<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SXTq0i4ezII/AAAAAAAAAkw/STpdUMn_QnQ/101702A.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/SXTq0i4ezII/AAAAAAAAAkw/STpdUMn_QnQ/101702A.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Now look at her...in 1st grade, a reading machine, pretty good at Tae Kwon Do, a wonderful, helpful big sister, and always making jokes! I have always had dreams of having children, but I don't think that I truely knew what I was getting into...none of us do, but Lydia certainly gave me more than I expected! She is wonderful and stubborn and her own person, and I love her for that!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU16Pt42-I/AAAAAAAAFdA/WHXjgumBC20/s640/DSC01181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SprxREm_xG0/StU16Pt42-I/AAAAAAAAFdA/WHXjgumBC20/s640/DSC01181.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: webdings;">Happy 7th Birthday Lydia! <br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561760589977289081noreply@blogger.com1