tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87000392961299915142024-03-13T06:40:01.957-07:00The ZooHeather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-32329085659455946702009-10-28T01:26:00.001-07:002009-10-28T01:39:31.450-07:00Me and My Bargain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SugCM0ctnII/AAAAAAAACEc/t_fa1fOqYxI/s1600-h/me.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SugCM0ctnII/AAAAAAAACEc/t_fa1fOqYxI/s400/me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397566572664298626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > An updated, edited photo of me.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SugCwqW1F-I/AAAAAAAACEk/aaeUec4dH2w/s1600-h/clearance+candle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SugCwqW1F-I/AAAAAAAACEk/aaeUec4dH2w/s400/clearance+candle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397567188430559202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My candle with the glass top was on *clearance*at Wally world...love those clearance shelves!</span></span>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-15781655240081073332009-07-02T20:20:00.000-07:002009-07-02T20:22:44.749-07:00SummerHi...summer is here..and the girls and I are keeping really busy. We're heading off to the Island for a few weeks to "get away from it all". It will be nice to have a change of scenery. Sorry about the absence here on the blog..things have been rather turned upside down here for the past couple of months! Hope you have an awesome summer!<br />HeatherHeather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-59824458570646865972009-05-14T07:42:00.000-07:002009-05-14T07:56:50.331-07:00My Baby Girl is 17!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwvtumNMnI/AAAAAAAACCY/ah-nO52qMv8/s1600-h/lindsay+FLOWERS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwvtumNMnI/AAAAAAAACCY/ah-nO52qMv8/s400/lindsay+FLOWERS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335692121176093298" border="0" /></a><br />Wow how could she be 17 already?? I can't believe how fast the time has gone....it doesn't seem that long ago when I was in the hospital having Lindsay. She was a good, easy delivery. The labour was short..in relative terms-4 hours! Amazing for a first baby. When the nurses were cleaning her up in the delivery room, I remember sitting on my bed, saying.."wow, that really wasn't all that bad!!"They laughed at me. :) I was SO excited that she was a girl....for many reasons...I remember looking at her thinking..wow...what am I going to name this poor child....I had no idea and felt the responsibility very heavily...yeah...I know..most people stress at this point about the idea of raising this little child through to adulthood. Not me...I worried about what I was going to name her. It seemed like such a really huge, monstrous deal! It took 2 weeks, if you can imagine that! The name we finally chose, I picked as a tribute to my Dad's mom. It was her maiden name.<br /><br />Jump ahead to the present: Lindsay is a joy and a delight in our home! She fills it with humour and lots of creative artwork. I tell her that she should be an illustrator of children's books. She works hard in school and gets awesome grades...but ya know what...we'd love her whether she did or not! Anyway...<br />Have an awesome birthday Linds!! I love you sweetheart!!<br />love MomHeather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-37178433608230753082009-05-14T07:03:00.000-07:002009-05-14T07:31:52.637-07:00Yesterday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwouiwfbSI/AAAAAAAACCI/2VHjeL4iVFM/s1600-h/DSC06623.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwouiwfbSI/AAAAAAAACCI/2VHjeL4iVFM/s400/DSC06623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335684438596480290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwnMqGyR2I/AAAAAAAACB4/WRmEUl-bvJI/s1600-h/DSC06630.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwnMqGyR2I/AAAAAAAACB4/WRmEUl-bvJI/s400/DSC06630.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335682756941858658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwnMQdnFuI/AAAAAAAACBw/OiCWJecyS-E/s1600-h/DSC06624.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwnMQdnFuI/AAAAAAAACBw/OiCWJecyS-E/s400/DSC06624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335682750058272482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwnMAZ0axI/AAAAAAAACBo/bTqFm-XM1BU/s1600-h/DSC06631.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SgwnMAZ0axI/AAAAAAAACBo/bTqFm-XM1BU/s400/DSC06631.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335682745747401490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Apple blossoms...I found myself walking through an apple orchard yesterday...stopping to admire the beautiful apple blossoms..thinking..wow...such beauty..too bad I don't have my camera.....then to my delight, I realized that I had it in my purse! So out it came...and I was snap happy for awhile...after a while of picture taking....I came across these lovely little crearures:<br />Honeybees!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Sgwou5AhAPI/AAAAAAAACCQ/ZHj9QaBekT4/s1600-h/DSC06637.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Sgwou5AhAPI/AAAAAAAACCQ/ZHj9QaBekT4/s400/DSC06637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335684444569272562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love bees, and find them fascinating! So I paused in front of their hives to watch them...They were awfully busy and apparently didn't like me butting into their busy-ness! They started dive bombing me! One hit my face, then another hit my ear..then into my hair...wow! I haven't run that fast in a long time....and what a sight it must have been to behold--arms flailing...legs flying...yeah...Anyway..hope you're all enjoying some signs of spring! Those poor honey bees this morning..I think they will all be having an inside day today. It's cold and rainy out this morning...way colder than normal for the middle of May.<br />Happy Thursday!Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-83622351094511428212009-04-29T13:37:00.000-07:002009-04-29T13:39:36.940-07:00Private Blog....Hi there...a question for you...<br /><br /><br />Can anyone tell me how to make the blog private..am thinking of doing that...or creating another one that is for invited readers only....Can you give me a hint or two??? I've searched through blogger and didn't come up with anything.<br />thanks so much!Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-45597420724523070962009-04-21T07:11:00.001-07:002009-04-21T07:31:02.968-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Se3VxHrS6eI/AAAAAAAACBQ/ua-scioKiP0/s1600-h/DSC05677.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Se3VxHrS6eI/AAAAAAAACBQ/ua-scioKiP0/s400/DSC05677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327148974100113890" border="0" /></a><br />Friends of ours had to take their son out of town for medical treatment..and they have a dog...soo we took her while they were gone. She's a great little dog...she's so full of energy and LOVES to go for walks. So yesterday I took her and Goldie, our fat ol' dog, out for a walk. They're like a couple of little kids! They were so excited to be out. I walked them along the river and then to the lake. They swam around a bit and then I threw their wet carcasses in the back of the van and took them home.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Se3Vxfjq0fI/AAAAAAAACBY/SAR5cTtZMHo/s1600-h/DSC05676.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Se3Vxfjq0fI/AAAAAAAACBY/SAR5cTtZMHo/s400/DSC05676.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327148980510577138" border="0" /></a>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-57535693544839314782009-04-17T19:36:00.001-07:002009-04-18T10:04:29.110-07:00A stormy, rainy friday afternoon....with Janelle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelHHlTGH_I/AAAAAAAACAY/4oLK2zoqrLk/s1600-h/DSC05534.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelHHlTGH_I/AAAAAAAACAY/4oLK2zoqrLk/s400/DSC05534.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325866229939183602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Today was a day of crazy spring weather.It started off beautiful. I got up this morning and opened the patio door....it was so nice out....I stood out on the deck for a few minutes enjoying the quiet of a 630 am weekday morning. It was 11 degrees out! Yaaay!! Spring is finally here! Our Magnolia tree is finally blooming..I'll have to take a picture of it to post..it's so pretty.<br />So anyway, I came back inside and within a few minutes it was pouring rain. It continued off and on for several hours then we had a couple of hours of sun....what a treat. I drove the older girls out to youth group at our church, after school. On the way home Janelle and I stopped at a park at the beach.<br />We played around with the camera while there....taking pictures of each other and a bit of the scenery....<br />She and I climbed onto a tire swing that swings in <span style="font-style: italic;">circles. </span>Yeah..you see where I'm going with this. Not a good idea at all. Yup...we got on it and we spun...and spun...and spun....not a good plan. I cannot go round and round in circles anymore....I hit 40 this year and this is ONE thing that I'll gladly give up! Anyway...yeah...I was nauseous for about 3 hours!<br />We left the park just in time. As we headed down the highway home, it started to pour! Reeeaally pour! My wiper blades could hardly keep up! First it rained, and then it hailed. By the time we got home the water was shooting UP out of the storm drain at the end of our street! But one of the joys of living in this area is that our rainstorms are short lived! It was all over with in about 20 minutes or so and a beautiful rainbow graced the eastern sky.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelBD8v7ZAI/AAAAAAAACAI/itGhIQ64HY8/s1600-h/DSC05550.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelBD8v7ZAI/AAAAAAAACAI/itGhIQ64HY8/s400/DSC05550.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325859570444887042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />So here are a bunch of silly pictures of us at the beach/park.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelHIDrB3XI/AAAAAAAACAo/_XUPeYVRvQU/s1600-h/DSC05554.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelHIDrB3XI/AAAAAAAACAo/_XUPeYVRvQU/s400/DSC05554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325866238092631410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelBDp0CBoI/AAAAAAAACAA/gGeeuF029Eo/s1600-h/DSC05545.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelBDp0CBoI/AAAAAAAACAA/gGeeuF029Eo/s400/DSC05545.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325859565361825410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SeoEhw9c5fI/AAAAAAAACBA/AgKyCWcwBSE/s1600-h/DSC05557.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 175px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SeoEhw9c5fI/AAAAAAAACBA/AgKyCWcwBSE/s400/DSC05557.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326074487443875314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelBDWY9E_I/AAAAAAAAB_4/6czRvCeEAhA/s1600-h/DSC05538.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SelBDWY9E_I/AAAAAAAAB_4/6czRvCeEAhA/s400/DSC05538.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325859560147981298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SeoEiPNLp9I/AAAAAAAACBI/hJ6vSI9lF6U/s1600-h/DSC05551.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SeoEiPNLp9I/AAAAAAAACBI/hJ6vSI9lF6U/s400/DSC05551.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326074495562917842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have a couple more pictures and I video that I was going to post but my camera battery died again! It's gotten alot of use lately....guess I'll add them tomorrow.<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy4NIOMQNEOwT6URYMHP_v7qrky2GMAY6e9ebg-XoB3oaH_7U0V41A_Rmlj5nVizOXfc_odl5q2iTckWfGCzg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />Okay...so the video and the other two pictures worked now...here we are getting ourselves(okaay MYself) sick on the tire swing!Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-36946936061614981442009-04-16T07:36:00.000-07:002009-04-16T07:58:31.342-07:00Our Easter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCrl_FNSI/AAAAAAAAB9o/Ac7jLrVPRtw/s1600-h/n609780179_2913822_2753004.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCrl_FNSI/AAAAAAAAB9o/Ac7jLrVPRtw/s400/n609780179_2913822_2753004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298401087403298" border="0" /></a><br />This is the weekend before Easter..we celebrated Amanda's 14th bd....and Courtenay made the cake.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCrxYZsrI/AAAAAAAAB-A/X00_MHZuSYM/s1600-h/n609780179_2914259_1642612.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCrxYZsrI/AAAAAAAAB-A/X00_MHZuSYM/s400/n609780179_2914259_1642612.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298404146393778" border="0" /></a><br />A late birthday present for my nephew...here he is checking out the undercarriage of his new truck.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCr7dhWJI/AAAAAAAAB94/_tlVEKTBq9M/s1600-h/n609780179_2914206_7843114.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCr7dhWJI/AAAAAAAAB94/_tlVEKTBq9M/s400/n609780179_2914206_7843114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298406852221074" border="0" /></a><br />"See Auntie!"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCrs19MiI/AAAAAAAAB9w/8wR5iOogEaE/s1600-h/n609780179_2914204_6503448.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCrs19MiI/AAAAAAAAB9w/8wR5iOogEaE/s400/n609780179_2914204_6503448.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298402928177698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCsD0JkOI/AAAAAAAAB-I/QGejU3lQLCg/s1600-h/n609780179_2914260_8335663.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedCsD0JkOI/AAAAAAAAB-I/QGejU3lQLCg/s400/n609780179_2914260_8335663.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298409094615266" border="0" /></a><br />Walking to the park after Easter lunch<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6clkMFI/AAAAAAAAB-o/XiWmksmwiLY/s1600-h/n609780179_2914278_6033626.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6clkMFI/AAAAAAAAB-o/XiWmksmwiLY/s400/n609780179_2914278_6033626.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298656262500434" border="0" /></a><br />Tom pushing Silas on the swing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedEpJYIb0I/AAAAAAAAB_I/dKjbsBdyK1M/s1600-h/n609780179_2914263_4861650.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedEpJYIb0I/AAAAAAAAB_I/dKjbsBdyK1M/s400/n609780179_2914263_4861650.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325300558071361346" border="0" /></a><br />Lindsay in the slide.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6ZUGg6I/AAAAAAAAB-g/PxlgPRmFkkQ/s1600-h/n609780179_2914276_3120907.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6ZUGg6I/AAAAAAAAB-g/PxlgPRmFkkQ/s400/n609780179_2914276_3120907.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298655383946146" border="0" /></a><br />My brother, Tom and I with our kids.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6GrABpI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/rUJ0qu2RLbI/s1600-h/n609780179_2914275_8272719.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6GrABpI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/rUJ0qu2RLbI/s400/n609780179_2914275_8272719.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298650379716242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6KQe-JI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/hxB-ik4thEE/s1600-h/n609780179_2914274_3782774.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6KQe-JI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/hxB-ik4thEE/s400/n609780179_2914274_3782774.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298651342239890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Amanda, swinging<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6eN1XTI/AAAAAAAAB-w/UVoyERcA0yY/s1600-h/n609780179_2914281_5978058.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedC6eN1XTI/AAAAAAAAB-w/UVoyERcA0yY/s400/n609780179_2914281_5978058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298656699833650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Court playing on the motorcycleHeather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-48828367410157265892009-04-15T19:35:00.000-07:002009-04-16T10:04:10.265-07:00Photography<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>As you may be able to tell by looking through my blog...I love photographing nature! I have posted a ton of photos on my FB account. In a recent conversation with a friend he strongly suggested that I publish a coffee table book of my photos. He gave me the name of a company that will self publish them for me for a very reasonable amount of money. Sooo...I am contemplating this.<br />It means that I'd need to get a higher quality camera...but we'll see how it goes..<br />I will have to check into the details and see if it's something that I can swing. Well thanks for stopping by.<br />I was trying to add some of my latest pics on here and my camera died after one download...and it really wasn't even one of the ones that I was wanting to put on..oh well..will add the other ones later. (this is one that Janelle took of me the other day at the park.)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SeaeaJ7Dy9I/AAAAAAAAB9g/NFwmklU-bA8/s1600-h/DSC05318.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SeaeaJ7Dy9I/AAAAAAAAB9g/NFwmklU-bA8/s400/DSC05318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325117781589609426" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'm not sure why I had such a goofy look on my face...maybe because Janelle and Seth were taking lotsa pics...who knows...anyway...I've just uploaded the pictures that I was trying to upload yesterday when the camera battery died.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedkhzAKLFI/AAAAAAAAB_g/dUxp-QWpKMk/s1600-h/DSC05356.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedkhzAKLFI/AAAAAAAAB_g/dUxp-QWpKMk/s400/DSC05356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325335616178236498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedkikSY3DI/AAAAAAAAB_o/L8eMLxbRYck/s1600-h/DSC05352.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedkikSY3DI/AAAAAAAAB_o/L8eMLxbRYck/s400/DSC05352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325335629408033842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedkhkW-isI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/zD_qvyk7Dhk/s1600-h/DSC05333.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedkhkW-isI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/zD_qvyk7Dhk/s400/DSC05333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325335612247411394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedkhaUKZEI/AAAAAAAAB_Q/WIZ7Hw-L6ys/s1600-h/DSC05354.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SedkhaUKZEI/AAAAAAAAB_Q/WIZ7Hw-L6ys/s400/DSC05354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325335609551250498" border="0" /></a>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-76996646112352851372009-04-13T18:22:00.000-07:002009-04-14T18:59:37.744-07:00Easter MondayWe had friends over to visit last night and they also have 4 kids. They took our 3 oldest home with them and left their youngest here. Janelle and him had fun last night and today.<br /><br /><br />Here are some pictures from today.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePp5x7BsdI/AAAAAAAAB8A/LMAvz6wob1w/s1600-h/DSC05311.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePp5x7BsdI/AAAAAAAAB8A/LMAvz6wob1w/s400/DSC05311.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324356363344785874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here they are climbing around on the playground equipment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePp6XCIWGI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/b1ObOSwcwWU/s1600-h/DSC05312.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePp6XCIWGI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/b1ObOSwcwWU/s400/DSC05312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324356373306693730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePrb4quYqI/AAAAAAAAB84/APjLnaM41dc/s1600-h/DSC05319.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePrb4quYqI/AAAAAAAAB84/APjLnaM41dc/s400/DSC05319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358048782639778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />First stop: Tim Horton's for coffee for me and hot chocolate for the kiddos. MMMMM!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePrbT8AgXI/AAAAAAAAB8w/37L-erWbJIQ/s1600-h/DSC05316.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePrbT8AgXI/AAAAAAAAB8w/37L-erWbJIQ/s400/DSC05316.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358038923018610" border="0" /></a><br />See this...it's hot chocolate!! mmm yummy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePrcgxEsUI/AAAAAAAAB9A/0xz1RYszUw0/s1600-h/DSC05321.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePrcgxEsUI/AAAAAAAAB9A/0xz1RYszUw0/s400/DSC05321.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358059546685762" border="0" /></a><br />Seth took our picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePracAQcQI/AAAAAAAAB8o/jBv7ZqgaJ04/s1600-h/DSC05315.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePracAQcQI/AAAAAAAAB8o/jBv7ZqgaJ04/s400/DSC05315.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358023908454658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thanks for the hot chocolate! Do you like my cheesy grin?? =-D<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePrdvES1TI/AAAAAAAAB9I/-Ih-6GVsu8c/s1600-h/DSC05324.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePrdvES1TI/AAAAAAAAB9I/-Ih-6GVsu8c/s400/DSC05324.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358080565269810" border="0" /></a><br />Then we went over to the pier and spent a bit of time there before we headed home.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePtMFDCtHI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/3fwtGktsRaY/s1600-h/DSC05325.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SePtMFDCtHI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/3fwtGktsRaY/s400/DSC05325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324359976251208818" border="0" /></a>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-22118734874745772712009-04-08T10:21:00.001-07:002009-04-08T10:53:11.588-07:00Happy Thursday.Here are a couple of pictures of an old hotel in our area. Around the time of World War 1 it ran into financial difficulties which led to it's closure and the eventual salvage of anything reusable. Only the concrete shell was left.<br />I noticed that they've got strings of lights hanging on it. Must be pretty at night!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdzesPbzADI/AAAAAAAAB7I/FhRAzfExmgQ/s1600-h/DSC04527.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdzesPbzADI/AAAAAAAAB7I/FhRAzfExmgQ/s400/DSC04527.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322373711283814450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdzkBblTUrI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/uPmi2gNyNKs/s1600-h/DSC04531.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdzkBblTUrI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/uPmi2gNyNKs/s400/DSC04531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322379572880298674" border="0" /></a>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-16334872696487308332009-04-07T13:02:00.000-07:002009-04-07T13:06:20.998-07:00Do you lose pictures?Today all I have for you is a question. Does anyone other than me have photos disappear from your blog? I came on today and I see several empty spots that used to contain pictures. { :-S] [--]==Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-74876647531180847652009-04-02T12:40:00.001-07:002009-04-07T13:07:57.890-07:00This is....Spring...?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUXmsM7CaI/AAAAAAAAB3I/N5laSwzab3U/s1600-h/DSC04151.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUXmsM7CaI/AAAAAAAAB3I/N5laSwzab3U/s400/DSC04151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320184488275937698" border="0" /></a><br />This was the view out our front door this morning!! This is April people!!! Not February...but....after saying that I must admit that we had snow last April too! Only it was more like the <span style="font-style: italic;">middle</span> of April last year! aaaaargh<br /><br />SO..what better way to beat the snow "blues" than to get outside with a hot coffee and a camera and enjoy the great outdoors!! I headed to the lake and went for a walk...breathing in the glorious freshness of a cool <span style="font-style: italic;">winter </span>day. I wish I could bottle up that smell and post it on here so that you could smell what I'm talking about!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUhekXtPHI/AAAAAAAAB4o/IFxQK-UFu64/s1600-h/DSC04183.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUhekXtPHI/AAAAAAAAB4o/IFxQK-UFu64/s400/DSC04183.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320195343851011186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgIsWUXXI/AAAAAAAAB4A/v3iWWyrZ5FM/s1600-h/DSC04159.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgIsWUXXI/AAAAAAAAB4A/v3iWWyrZ5FM/s400/DSC04159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320193868523920754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUXnIZGFPI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/B66n5-vll_s/s1600-h/DSC04153.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUXnIZGFPI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/B66n5-vll_s/s400/DSC04153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320184495843185906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgIelcjDI/AAAAAAAAB34/_lsY5iY3BiY/s1600-h/DSC04158.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgIelcjDI/AAAAAAAAB34/_lsY5iY3BiY/s400/DSC04158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320193864829275186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgHhL1wPI/AAAAAAAAB3w/KEJ5E3rLxuc/s1600-h/DSC04154.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgHhL1wPI/AAAAAAAAB3w/KEJ5E3rLxuc/s400/DSC04154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320193848347312370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgI7hpREI/AAAAAAAAB4I/3GZyB9cdEM0/s1600-h/DSC04167.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgI7hpREI/AAAAAAAAB4I/3GZyB9cdEM0/s400/DSC04167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320193872597959746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgJ_gvdOI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/jO4efvNf0dw/s1600-h/DSC04169.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUgJ_gvdOI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/jO4efvNf0dw/s400/DSC04169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320193890847782114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUhfcNADfI/AAAAAAAAB44/D_PTsuyXnnY/s1600-h/DSC04199.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUhfcNADfI/AAAAAAAAB44/D_PTsuyXnnY/s400/DSC04199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320195358838492658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUhfAvJ-LI/AAAAAAAAB4w/p5aH7-5HLVA/s1600-h/DSC04186.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUhfAvJ-LI/AAAAAAAAB4w/p5aH7-5HLVA/s400/DSC04186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320195351465556146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUheQWAtxI/AAAAAAAAB4g/ALOpnogWarI/s1600-h/DSC04180.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUheQWAtxI/AAAAAAAAB4g/ALOpnogWarI/s400/DSC04180.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320195338475190034" border="0" /></a><br />Who ever thought that a seagull could be a thing of beauty?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUhePF0HFI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/VPlaXkbOD54/s1600-h/DSC04177.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUhePF0HFI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/VPlaXkbOD54/s400/DSC04177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320195338138819666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi_Wkk50I/AAAAAAAAB5g/YJbtBuKp0EQ/s1600-h/DSC04229.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi_Wkk50I/AAAAAAAAB5g/YJbtBuKp0EQ/s400/DSC04229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320197006594205506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi_INnuNI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/eFfIsZ-NPdk/s1600-h/DSC04224.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi_INnuNI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/eFfIsZ-NPdk/s400/DSC04224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320197002739824850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi-2ADBLI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/9veTZrRxyM8/s1600-h/DSC04223.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi-2ADBLI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/9veTZrRxyM8/s400/DSC04223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320196997851055282" border="0" /></a><br />A huge fish that was laying on the beach...that's my footprint next to it for some perspective on it's size! Sorry if this picture makes you nauseous! :P<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi-j2MSoI/AAAAAAAAB5I/A2T4BkPuMeE/s1600-h/DSC04212.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi-j2MSoI/AAAAAAAAB5I/A2T4BkPuMeE/s400/DSC04212.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320196992977881730" border="0" /></a><br />A bunch of sea gulls. They're funny to watch. I noticed that even sea gulls have personality! There was one little one that kept "complaining" very loudly and then there was the big one that was bossy and had a really deep "voice"....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi-U17RRI/AAAAAAAAB5A/ccxNxVMqPXQ/s1600-h/DSC04200.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUi-U17RRI/AAAAAAAAB5A/ccxNxVMqPXQ/s400/DSC04200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320196988950234386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk1WmuMhI/AAAAAAAAB5o/UjbGgkJsZaU/s1600-h/DSC04236.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk1WmuMhI/AAAAAAAAB5o/UjbGgkJsZaU/s400/DSC04236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320199033827766802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmOFBewSI/AAAAAAAAB6w/8SOVSncMz0Y/s1600-h/DSC04264.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmOFBewSI/AAAAAAAAB6w/8SOVSncMz0Y/s400/DSC04264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320200558116520226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmOOjgVuI/AAAAAAAAB6o/rvf1XPEjuvc/s1600-h/DSC04263.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmOOjgVuI/AAAAAAAAB6o/rvf1XPEjuvc/s400/DSC04263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320200560675149538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmN-FjhXI/AAAAAAAAB6g/D2xYSNGjTzM/s1600-h/DSC04259.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmN-FjhXI/AAAAAAAAB6g/D2xYSNGjTzM/s400/DSC04259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320200556254561650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmNpTV2oI/AAAAAAAAB6Y/tz4aMP3h0z4/s1600-h/DSC04254.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmNpTV2oI/AAAAAAAAB6Y/tz4aMP3h0z4/s400/DSC04254.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320200550675241602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The moss was about the only thing that has any colour.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmNdjeQrI/AAAAAAAAB6Q/8LYE1At_afQ/s1600-h/DSC04252.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUmNdjeQrI/AAAAAAAAB6Q/8LYE1At_afQ/s400/DSC04252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320200547521675954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Do you see the "peach" in the distance? It's a summertime concession stand. Peaches are the theme for our city, since we are surrounded by orchards.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk3Fa70AI/AAAAAAAAB6I/zbPRr2VnIOg/s1600-h/DSC04245.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk3Fa70AI/AAAAAAAAB6I/zbPRr2VnIOg/s400/DSC04245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320199063574663170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk2iGoIKI/AAAAAAAAB6A/AbkCkef8RhA/s1600-h/DSC04242.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk2iGoIKI/AAAAAAAAB6A/AbkCkef8RhA/s400/DSC04242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320199054094246050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk2Wsu8qI/AAAAAAAAB54/NZne32MII2g/s1600-h/DSC04240.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk2Wsu8qI/AAAAAAAAB54/NZne32MII2g/s400/DSC04240.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320199051032851106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk18jmtyI/AAAAAAAAB5w/MtU_9Q32IGo/s1600-h/DSC04238.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUk18jmtyI/AAAAAAAAB5w/MtU_9Q32IGo/s400/DSC04238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320199044015240994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUxwR7FIoI/AAAAAAAAB64/tfVaDjGBU9M/s1600-h/DSC04270.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdUxwR7FIoI/AAAAAAAAB64/tfVaDjGBU9M/s400/DSC04270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320213240322794114" border="0" /></a>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-54878427829452582442009-03-30T13:09:00.000-07:002009-04-01T11:46:49.874-07:00More Spring BreakWell here are a few pictures of us while out on the backroads around here.<br /><br />The first set of pictures where the horses are behind a fence, are taken at a corral we stopped at. The kids petted the horses and their foals. They enjoyed it alot...the foals were really tame and loved to be scratched. The one tried to nibble on our clothes a few times.<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350325&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350325_1177931.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOzvePSl4I/AAAAAAAAB3A/cT6ddSf7Gbw/s1600-h/DSC03788.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOzvePSl4I/AAAAAAAAB3A/cT6ddSf7Gbw/s400/DSC03788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319793213007107970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350324&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350324_644974.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" title="It snuggled me!" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350326&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350326_4923664.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOypAroaPI/AAAAAAAAB2o/Dv6j021N16E/s1600-h/DSC03801.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOypAroaPI/AAAAAAAAB2o/Dv6j021N16E/s400/DSC03801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319792002482071794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOzuuMqslI/AAAAAAAAB2w/yItOw6fa_HA/s1600-h/DSC03798.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOzuuMqslI/AAAAAAAAB2w/yItOw6fa_HA/s400/DSC03798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319793200111202898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOyo5HhmUI/AAAAAAAAB2g/U9OxYDKYBfQ/s1600-h/DSC03790.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOyo5HhmUI/AAAAAAAAB2g/U9OxYDKYBfQ/s400/DSC03790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319792000451582274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOyoXXGpwI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/8DA4SCUOd0Y/s1600-h/DSC03795.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOyoXXGpwI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/8DA4SCUOd0Y/s400/DSC03795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319791991390119682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350329&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350329_615349.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOyoChubAI/AAAAAAAAB2I/JjufV5_vyYs/s1600-h/DSC03796.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOyoChubAI/AAAAAAAAB2I/JjufV5_vyYs/s400/DSC03796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319791985797524482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOyopH8cuI/AAAAAAAAB2Y/k8ttE4uvsWA/s1600-h/DSC03794.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdOyopH8cuI/AAAAAAAAB2Y/k8ttE4uvsWA/s400/DSC03794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319791996158374626" border="0" /></a><br />It looks like there was a conversation happening here. =)<br /><br />After seeing the tame horses we got back in and started driving. After a short drive we came across a bunch of wild horses. There is a pretty big herd of them here.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350336&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350336_5247308.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" /></a><br />Can you see the horses up ahead?<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350335&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350335_6515081.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" title="We found some more horses.... obviously." /></a><br />We thought they were so pretty!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350334&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350334_7193012.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" /></a><br />This guy was showing off his teeth to us. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350332&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350332_5156082.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" title="Don't those eyes just look demonic?" /></a><br />This one had blue eyes! Beautiful but kinda creeepy. [:-S<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350337&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350337_3289445.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" title="They are all very skinny but this one particularly. His tummy is all bloated." /></a><br />It has been a really hard winter. The snow came early and stayed late...so almost all the horses are super skinny! :(<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350339&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350339_5491458.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" title="He died." /></a><br /><br />This one was too weak to fend off the coyotes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350342&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350342_8103377.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" /></a><br />And this coyote apparently became lunch for someone else. :P yuck!<br /><br /><br />I let the kids drive...<span style="font-style: italic;">again!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350320&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350320_956551.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" title="We went out to the rez." /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350321&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350321_4692206.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" /></a><br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Courtenay/My%20Documents/march%2026%2009/DSC03795.JPG" alt="" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6350322&id=772375233" class="UIPhotoGrid_PhotoLink clearfix"><img src="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2626/120/9/772375233/s772375233_6350322_298303.jpg" alt="" class="UIPhotoGrid_Image" onload="this.fb_loaded = true;" /></a>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-74186912172820391352009-03-30T11:42:00.000-07:002009-03-30T12:20:01.608-07:00Back to School.Today the kids went back to school. I hate sending them back. I miss them a ton! We've been so busy over spring break. we've been out just about every single day of the break, doing fun things together. It's been a blast. I will add some pictures of our time together...may even do it today...we'll see....but in the meantime.....here I am--kinda lonely and trying to make myself do the things that need to be done, rather than wanting to be out gallivanting with the kids still!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdEbCoIwTaI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/sfSFh8nfsU8/s1600-h/DSC04059.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SdEbCoIwTaI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/sfSFh8nfsU8/s400/DSC04059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319062366849093026" border="0" /></a><br />Me: missing my kids!! {:)) (my playmates! haaahaaa)Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-33680898894401387712009-03-24T23:58:00.000-07:002009-03-26T14:35:43.656-07:00A day of Adventures! (updated today)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb-km4NAI/AAAAAAAABwA/e0EakJABcC4/s1600-h/DSC03575.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb-km4NAI/AAAAAAAABwA/e0EakJABcC4/s400/DSC03575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317022703112696834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Today we decided we had to get out and find something fun to do, since we have a cousin here and wouldn't want to spend his whole visit sitting around home!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb-7Q4dJI/AAAAAAAABwI/Y4o6olobWEA/s1600-h/DSC03580.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb-7Q4dJI/AAAAAAAABwI/Y4o6olobWEA/s400/DSC03580.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317022709194454162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The kids decided that a hike up a local mountain would be fun, so we loaded up the dogs and off we went. We made a detour on the way up to the mountain. We stopped at Tim Horton's and got coffee for me and hot chocolates all round....everyone was pleased with this. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb_ArJT6I/AAAAAAAABwQ/CJQwYa_hKsM/s1600-h/DSC03585.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb_ArJT6I/AAAAAAAABwQ/CJQwYa_hKsM/s400/DSC03585.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317022710646788002" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some pictures from our short climb up the mountain...The white part that you see is a sign of our town's name...I think they stole the idea from Holly*wood.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb_4a4GaI/AAAAAAAABwg/jD_h09l-op8/s1600-h/DSC03586.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb_4a4GaI/AAAAAAAABwg/jD_h09l-op8/s400/DSC03586.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317022725610936738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnep4bx3SI/AAAAAAAABwo/vqsh3gu-zYM/s1600-h/DSC03587.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnep4bx3SI/AAAAAAAABwo/vqsh3gu-zYM/s400/DSC03587.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317025646192483618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb_SY_FUI/AAAAAAAABwY/QHM6MOfCaTU/s1600-h/DSC03588.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnb_SY_FUI/AAAAAAAABwY/QHM6MOfCaTU/s400/DSC03588.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317022715402458434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScneqEANmCI/AAAAAAAABww/nM-gYifD-Tw/s1600-h/DSC03609.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScneqEANmCI/AAAAAAAABww/nM-gYifD-Tw/s400/DSC03609.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317025649298085922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScpeOleBOVI/AAAAAAAAByg/9cU5rtz-ipI/s1600-h/DSC03622.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScpeOleBOVI/AAAAAAAAByg/9cU5rtz-ipI/s400/DSC03622.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317165914733492562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scv0_3wP6jI/AAAAAAAABzw/w5GInS__eB0/s1600-h/profile+picture.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scv0_3wP6jI/AAAAAAAABzw/w5GInS__eB0/s400/profile+picture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317613163176258098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnigt7xQFI/AAAAAAAABx4/TlLrizmRAMw/s1600-h/DSC03621.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnigt7xQFI/AAAAAAAABx4/TlLrizmRAMw/s400/DSC03621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317029886801559634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScneqmtD9PI/AAAAAAAABw4/1sRseGGlVNs/s1600-h/DSC03607.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScneqmtD9PI/AAAAAAAABw4/1sRseGGlVNs/s400/DSC03607.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317025658613003506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScnerCTuiGI/AAAAAAAABxI/BSXimc5V_Io/s1600-h/DSC03614.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScnerCTuiGI/AAAAAAAABxI/BSXimc5V_Io/s400/DSC03614.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317025666022934626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scneq7oRnbI/AAAAAAAABxA/tvHQG9aLNXI/s1600-h/DSC03610.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scneq7oRnbI/AAAAAAAABxA/tvHQG9aLNXI/s400/DSC03610.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317025664230071730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />When we got back down to the van I decided to go for a drive up into the bush. The kids LOVED this idea.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScnhRrew5TI/AAAAAAAABxg/cuQcUh6pkFs/s1600-h/DSC03636.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScnhRrew5TI/AAAAAAAABxg/cuQcUh6pkFs/s400/DSC03636.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317028528933365042" border="0" /></a><br />Aren't they pretty?! A mule deer doe and her fawn from last year.(I think)<br /><br /><br />It was a bit of a drive first...there is a tiny town that we stopped in on the way. My nephew from Surrey thought it was quite funny how they had a post office/deli/ movie/grocery/liquor store all in one . I bought everyone an ice cream and we headed up the road into the bush. The sign said 18 km to where we wanted to go. I hadn't considered what the road would be like once we got to the end of those 18 kms! Silly me! :P<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnihl2L6CI/AAAAAAAAByI/-s5EdT0idHc/s1600-h/DSC03664.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnihl2L6CI/AAAAAAAAByI/-s5EdT0idHc/s400/DSC03664.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317029901810526242" border="0" /></a><br />The roads were great at the bottom but as we got farther along, the roads got muddier and wetter and eventually snowy and a bit of ice to top it all off! :P<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnig9ADddI/AAAAAAAAByA/1UfgIzy4ZUw/s1600-h/DSC03652.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scnig9ADddI/AAAAAAAAByA/1UfgIzy4ZUw/s400/DSC03652.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317029890846062034" border="0" /></a><br />It really wasn't too bad or I would have turned around, but every once in awhile the kids would all scream...and say "slow dooown!" I told them that if I slowed down at that point we would only get stuck!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScnhR8ktj0I/AAAAAAAABxo/sy0_efp7nRQ/s1600-h/DSC03659.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScnhR8ktj0I/AAAAAAAABxo/sy0_efp7nRQ/s400/DSC03659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317028533521715010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScpePIfYJ6I/AAAAAAAAByw/yruAQro2Iw8/s1600-h/DSC03670.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScpePIfYJ6I/AAAAAAAAByw/yruAQro2Iw8/s400/DSC03670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317165924134430626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Anyway..it was definitely an adventure! We did a bit of slipping and sliding but made it to the top. It ended up being a parking lot full of snow, ice and water...which I made sure I didn't stop in the middle of!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScnhSLfBY_I/AAAAAAAABxw/Whmx_zOhVRo/s1600-h/DSC03661.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScnhSLfBY_I/AAAAAAAABxw/Whmx_zOhVRo/s400/DSC03661.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317028537524380658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The kids all hollered as we bounced over the ruts in the ice and up onto the dirt at the edge of it all!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScpePmUIJFI/AAAAAAAABzA/f6vw-dAsLp4/s1600-h/DSC03678.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScpePmUIJFI/AAAAAAAABzA/f6vw-dAsLp4/s400/DSC03678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317165932140307538" border="0" /></a><br />This was taken on the way back down the mountain. A massive wildfire went through here about 3 years ago and burnt a ton of bush and dozens of homes. You can see by the background that the fog/snow was starting to close in as we came back down.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, it was time to turn around and head straight back down the mountain, since we needed to go pick up Lindsay from a friend's house and head to Grandma's house for dinner...which we were late for! Oops...we were having too much fun and lost track of time!<br />We all had a great time......especially my nephew! I let him drive!! He's turning 16 this year which is legal driving age, so he's not too, too young. :)<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScpePc9hrFI/AAAAAAAABy4/b450R_QttYc/s1600-h/DSC03673.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScpePc9hrFI/AAAAAAAABy4/b450R_QttYc/s400/DSC03673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317165929629592658" border="0" /></a><br />Crazy you say....mmm yeah.. it's debatable. But I must say that he was very good..he didn't go too fast and was very mature and kept the vehicle in good control. I let him drive for about 15 minutes, then it was time for me to take over. It seems to be a bit of a tradition with me....the cousins like to go for drives with Auntie out in the bush!Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-83059646771446563442009-03-23T10:14:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:06:38.559-07:00Spring BreakLast Friday night we decided to go for a trip to Vancouver Island....taking off in less than 24 hours from the time of our decision.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWicW6EMI/AAAAAAAABuo/hSUC-XIYdNs/s1600-h/DSC02704.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWicW6EMI/AAAAAAAABuo/hSUC-XIYdNs/s400/DSC02704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316453772350329026" border="0" /></a><br />And we're off!!<br /><br />All the girls and I took off on Saturday morning. We went as far as my brother and sister in law's house in Surrey. It took us 7 hours because we made a few stops and it was really foggy in a couple areas and slippery and rainy too. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWiEVUncI/AAAAAAAABug/T_OkCmp_12g/s1600-h/DSC02698.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWiEVUncI/AAAAAAAABug/T_OkCmp_12g/s400/DSC02698.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316453765901229506" border="0" /></a><br />The roads were kinda snowy and really foggy...although the camera sees through the fog better than we do!<br /><br />The roads weren't too bad...a bit of snow here and there but for the most part they were pretty clear. I don't really like driving at night especially when it's raining--so it was a fairly slow trip.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWiuKLkSI/AAAAAAAABuw/Qpku6zGTYoY/s1600-h/DSC02795.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWiuKLkSI/AAAAAAAABuw/Qpku6zGTYoY/s400/DSC02795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316453777128788258" border="0" /></a><br />Looking at their holiday videos on the laptop.<br /><br />We stayed in Surrey Saturday and Sunday nights and headed out on Monday morning. On Saturday night we all went bowling...all 11 of us! It was fun...but I really sucked at bowling so I let the kids bowl my last 5 or 6 turns.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWjbAgzRI/AAAAAAAABvA/-Cufl1jYN7Q/s1600-h/DSC02840.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWjbAgzRI/AAAAAAAABvA/-Cufl1jYN7Q/s400/DSC02840.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316453789167832338" border="0" /></a><br />On the way to the bowling alley.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWjQ2xG1I/AAAAAAAABu4/KuPtHSfunD0/s1600-h/DSC02854.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfWjQ2xG1I/AAAAAAAABu4/KuPtHSfunD0/s400/DSC02854.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316453786442603346" border="0" /></a><br />My sis in law and our kids at the bowling lanes.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scfco3W37pI/AAAAAAAABvI/9fN9F12pHmM/s1600-h/DSC02891.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/Scfco3W37pI/AAAAAAAABvI/9fN9F12pHmM/s400/DSC02891.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316460479746928274" border="0" /></a><br />Silliness at the bowling alley. :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfcpXJxFkI/AAAAAAAABvQ/e5jjkJfhqlk/s1600-h/DSC02896.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfcpXJxFkI/AAAAAAAABvQ/e5jjkJfhqlk/s400/DSC02896.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316460488281888322" border="0" /></a><br />My nephew at the lanes.<br /><br />I took 2 nephews and a niece with us. We caught the ferry over to the Island...it's a 2 hour ride. We love the ferry and always enjoy the trip.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfcpwzQbTI/AAAAAAAABvY/ZkVYusw8RO4/s1600-h/DSC02920.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/ScfcpwzQbTI/AAAAAAAABvY/ZkVYusw8RO4/s400/DSC02920.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316460495166795058" border="0" /></a><br />Out in the cold for a quick picture on the ferry.<br /><br /><br />We usually spend quite a bit of time outside on the ferry but this time we spent the majority of our time inside..just a few minutes outside to look around, take a few pictures and then back inside. It was pretty cold. My Mom met us at the ferry because I had one more child than seatbelts. Three kids jumped in with Nana. We stopped at Mc*Donalds (YUCK!) for lunch and then headed to Mom's--which is about an hours drive. What a beautiful drive it is..along the ocean. We pulled over at one point to see some sea lions. They had their big fat carcasses laid out on some log booms. We stopped for just a few minutes and then got back on our way. We stopped at my brother and sister in law's place too. They just finished building a new house and I hadn't seen it yet so stopped to say "hi" and see them. Their house is so beautiful! It's also huge! I'll post some photos...I didn't get very many but I'll post the few that I did take. I had my camera along but the kids and I shared it, so it wasn't always with me....and then sometimes I just forgot to take any pictures. :-S<br />Monday dawned bright and beautiful...it was so great to see the sun as we've had a very gray winter. We figured we'd better get out and enjoy the weather since the forecast was calling for rain for the rest of the week. Mom and I took the kids to the ocean. We walked out onto the tidal flats where the kids dug up oysters. They filled a couple of buckets. It was so windy and chilly that I went back and sat in the van for the last hour. It was lovely...I sat and did crosswords and soaked up the sun. The kids started coming back...laden with oysters....I was thinking...oh noooo....HOW am I going to cook oysters?? "Man this is going to be one STINKY mess!" Then much to my relief, someone noticed a sign saying that the shellfish was not safe to be eaten!! I was relieved, as they dumped the buckets back into the water! The trip is a blur as I sit here trying to remember what we did! It's terrible! The kids are reminding me....that on Tuesday they made gingerbread and sugar cookies. This is something of a tradition that the kids and Nana have. They make cookies and decorate them. They love it! :)<br />Wednesday Nana took the younger kids to the wave pool. My brother Dan was home early from work so after he dropped his daughter off to have a birthday tattoo done, him and the older kids and I headed out to a certain beach that is known for it's big waves. It was AMAZING! But unfortunately I didn't have a camera. I leant it to my niece to take to the tattoo shop with her. The waves were soo big..it would be a great beach for body surfing. It was really windy and chilly. We walked down the beach looking for shells and whatever else we could find that was of interest. Courtenay found a bunch of pretty oyster shells that she brought home. I think she wants to make an ocean theme for her bathroom downstairs.<br />Thursday Mom took Lindsay down to Victoria to the passport office. Lindsay has an athletic competition down in the US next month and needs to have her passport. They got into the office with about 30 minutes to spare! I was so happy that Mom offered to drive her down. It's about a 31/2 hour drive that I was not looking forward to making! They got it all taken care of and the passport should arrive here in about 2 weeks! yay!!<br />While they were gone the kids stayed at Mom and Dad's place and had a quiet day of playing on the Wii, reading, dressing up and just spending time together.<br />I'll continue this later...and add more pictures to finish off the trip.Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-31669871094419203532009-03-07T15:23:00.000-08:002009-03-07T15:55:28.267-08:00And yet more snow!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFh85CpjI/AAAAAAAABuY/08vfxxwc5NI/s1600-h/ok19.jpg"></a>So is it just me or is this an extra long winter this year??!!??! We don't usually get snow intil late in December and then it doesn't normally hang around for more than a week or two at a time. Well...this winter it arrived early----the end of November and stayed for 3 months! It finally melted off our lawn and is only left where it was piled up. But today we had a blizzard--well it was a blizzard according to us! It only lasted for about an hour or so. It has since melted---thank goodness!! But it is still chilly and gray outside. I am SO ready for some summer weather!! I will definitely NOT complain about the heat this summer!!<br />How about you? Have you had enough...are you too ready for summer?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are some pictures I took one wintry day. I picked up a coffee and went to the lake with my camera. Most of them are pretty small.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFh85CpjI/AAAAAAAABuY/08vfxxwc5NI/s1600-h/ok19.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFh85CpjI/AAAAAAAABuY/08vfxxwc5NI/s400/ok19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310594466439145010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFhS7XusI/AAAAAAAABuQ/PwMcNXnQvws/s1600-h/ok15.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFhS7XusI/AAAAAAAABuQ/PwMcNXnQvws/s400/ok15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310594455174625986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFhD23_HI/AAAAAAAABuI/qOQgyIfwTDY/s1600-h/ok21.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFhD23_HI/AAAAAAAABuI/qOQgyIfwTDY/s400/ok21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310594451129236594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFQXX16pI/AAAAAAAABuA/RcLjAkhll4Y/s1600-h/ok22.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFQXX16pI/AAAAAAAABuA/RcLjAkhll4Y/s400/ok22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310594164310010514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFQAcTslI/AAAAAAAABt4/5RNQCV4aP7k/s1600-h/okangan+lake+1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFQAcTslI/AAAAAAAABt4/5RNQCV4aP7k/s400/okangan+lake+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310594158154723922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFB3TY2eI/AAAAAAAABtw/kKJRjk5S3PA/s1600-h/okanagan+lake+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFB3TY2eI/AAAAAAAABtw/kKJRjk5S3PA/s400/okanagan+lake+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310593915183225314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFBhCjgBI/AAAAAAAABto/6FYqq5Isb3k/s1600-h/ok13.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFBhCjgBI/AAAAAAAABto/6FYqq5Isb3k/s400/ok13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310593909207040018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFBRCjUwI/AAAAAAAABtg/tAX33u6Q8V8/s1600-h/ok7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFBRCjUwI/AAAAAAAABtg/tAX33u6Q8V8/s400/ok7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310593904912061186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFA4VVkbI/AAAAAAAABtY/_0ux8VfcXhM/s1600-h/ok6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFA4VVkbI/AAAAAAAABtY/_0ux8VfcXhM/s400/ok6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310593898279965106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFAnrQl2I/AAAAAAAABtQ/fFIk6bs6wIo/s1600-h/ok17.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H9y12zCiqrU/SbMFAnrQl2I/AAAAAAAABtQ/fFIk6bs6wIo/s400/ok17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310593893808510818" border="0" /></a>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-48168434034741947302009-01-28T13:13:00.000-08:002009-01-28T13:15:24.913-08:00Harper Update.Thank you for praying for Harper! She's a little miracle baby! The doctors weren't sure that she was even going to survive!! She's dong great! Go take a look <a href="http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/">here!</a>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-42926877022853429342009-01-21T22:01:00.001-08:002009-01-21T22:05:00.365-08:00WinterWell it looks like winter isn't ready to release it's grip on us quite yet! It was getting quite warm..the last week or so it's been above freezing during the day and even most nights! Well this week it's back down to about 6 or 7 below freezing... BRRR<br />Tomorrow I'm heading up to the ski hill with the girls school. I'm driving some of the kids. It should be a lovely sunny day up on the mountain. Hopefully my camera will co operate and work for me so that I can share some photos of the incredible beauty up there. Have a great day tomorrow.<br /><br />What's the weather like at this time of year where you live?Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-75972032311385262292009-01-19T13:46:00.000-08:002009-01-20T13:28:34.735-08:00Please pray.Please pray for Scott and Kelly and especially their newborn daughter, Harper. She was born last Friday with some very serious health issues and really needs to be covered in prayer. It's pretty much moment to moment for Harper right now. If you'd like to leave Kelly a comment to let her know that you're upholding them in prayer feel free to do so <a href="http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/">here</a>.<br />Thank you for doing this.Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-74168645673341865642009-01-12T13:08:00.001-08:002009-01-12T13:12:06.089-08:00Help..... Anyone...?I downloaded this Christmas background from "The Cut*est blog on th*e bl*ck. Well It isn't Christmas anymore so I went to their website to download a new background...It won't let me unless I sign in. Well I don't even remember getting a username and password for their site and the bad part is that they don't seem to have a place to go to where you can get help with forgotten passwords. Sooo if you have any ideas on how to get past this, would you please leave a comment? Thanks so much -oh--and<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy New Year Everyone!!!</span>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-10371869464664780862008-12-26T01:59:00.000-08:002008-12-26T02:11:06.473-08:00Enjoy this wonderful Christmas season! :)Well here it is two am....did I just say TWO?!? ummm yeah..I did...well in that case this will be very short and sweet!<br /><br />Today was a wonderful day. We had Christmas at home. We were home by ourselves with only Grandma(hubby's mom) here. It was much quieter than it is some years...especially those spent with my family!! We missed them all today! We had some friends over...7 of them. So altogether we had 14 people for Christmas dinner..It was fun and the food was yummy! We finished off the day singing Christmas carols in livingroom, accompanied by Lindsay on her guitar. Everyone sang along and seemed to enjoy themselves. After that the kids brought in the karaoke machine and everyone had fun singing along to Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews and some others. It got quite lively with Louise taking the mike and singing "New York New York" with Frank. :) All in all it was a good day filled with lots of fun and laughter and good food. We are so thankful that Jesus came to this Earth to die so that we could live! He is so gracious and merciful to each one of us and I am soo thankful for that!<br />I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones!<br />Have a wonderful time this Christmas season as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour. <br />Love Heather<br />ps<br />will post some Christmas pictures for you -- hopefully tomorrow...but maybe the next day..I think we are having more friends over tomorroww....from now til New Years...party party party....well actually ...truth be told..it's more like visit visit visit~ It's so nice for everyone to have time off to be able to spend time together and just soak up the togetherness of it all!Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-50284485342566054232008-12-16T18:06:00.000-08:002008-12-17T14:22:37.993-08:00Rita<div><div>I have copied a post from another blogger's blog. It was SO touching that I wanted to share it. It is written by <a href="http://www.kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/">Katie</a> from <a href="http://www.kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/">"The Journey"</a>. Please hop on over and have a look through her blog. It's amazing! :)<br />Please take a moment and read on...it's a captivating read.<br /><br /><br /><br />I found this story in my journal last night... its fairly old but still has the same meaning. As you hold the ones you love this Christmas, please keep in mind those who have no one to hold them.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Yesterday a sweet little girl named Rita came to my house with two teeth that had been completely eaten through by a cavity and were almost completely rotted away. The holes looked like they were starting to get infected and the nerve was exposed; I cant imagine how much pain she was in. I took her to the dentist, and they said they were closed. The dentist was in a hurry to leave and wouldn't help me, but he said I could use his things and do it myself. Of course I was terrified, but I was more scared to think about the teeth not being removed immediately; they looked so painful. I gave her a shot to numb her mouth, waited about ten minutes, tried to sterilize these tweezer things with a match and dug out what was remaining of her poor little teeth. I don't think she could feel it, but my heart hurt for her. </div><br /><div>I took her back home, made her a hot bath and some soup. Then she had ice cream and slept in my bed under a big blanket. As i tucked the covers in around her and kissed her heas she looked up at me with these big, wondering eyes. Unbelievable as it is, she was SOOO happy. She told me that this was the best day of her life, even though her mouth hurt. She said that she would get her teeth pulled every day if she could stay with someone like me. And that made my heart hurt even more. </div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>There are so many children out there that don't feel loved on a daily basis. So many children that don't have a person to hold their hand or rub their back when they are scared and in pain. So many children who don't have the simple pleasures of taking a warm bath or sleeping under a blanket. I would move all of them, ALL of them into my house if I could. I wish I could love them all. I wish more people cared enough that they also wanted to love them all. Sometimes I just can't even believe how blessed I am. I have always been loved, always been cared for, always been warm and well-fed. Its frustrating sometimes, but mostly its just motivating. Sometimes I feel so tired, and then something like this happens and I am reminded that I can give a child the best night of her life simply by naking her soup and kissing her forehead. Simply by love her.</div><div> </div><div>Sometimes I feel so tired that I think if I give away any more of myself I may actually be empty. And then I remember, It is only in giving away the love given to me by the Father that I am ever actually full. And so I keep going because of Rita. Because kissing her forehead and saying 'I love you" actually did change the world for that little girl. Because maybe through my hands she can get just a glimpse of a fraction of the love her Maker has for her. There is nothing better.<br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><br /><p align="center">Darling Rita, now sponsored - Shout out to the Littleton family!</p></div>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700039296129991514.post-52225582691114495022008-12-01T13:44:00.000-08:002008-12-01T21:24:27.937-08:00Which one are you?<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="350"><tbody><tr><td bg="" style="color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" align="center"><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14;color:black;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">(Scroll down..there is another new post below this one)</span><br /><strong>You Are Easter</strong><br /></span></td></tr><br /><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><br /><center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatholidayareyouquiz/easter.gif" height="100" width="100" /></center><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />You are an optimistic, hopeful, and genuinely sweet person.<br /><br />Sensitive and affectionate, you are easily touched.<br /><br />You love nature, animals, and anything cute or cuddly.<br /><br />For you, every day is a new chance - no matter what happened yesterday.<br /><br /><br /><br />What makes you celebrate: Almost anything. You love most holidays and celebrations.<br /><br /><br /><br />At holiday get togethers, you do best as: The peacemaker. You can prevent any squabbles that might break out.<br /><br /><br /><br />On a holiday, you're the one most likely to: Remember to include everyone<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatholidayareyouquiz/">What Holiday Are You?</a></div>Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280542262524850217noreply@blogger.com2