tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50299875727569440532024-03-21T16:20:50.454-07:00The Shumway Family est. 1992LIVING...LAUGHING...LOVINGJenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-59540336516641422652009-01-17T10:54:00.000-08:002009-01-17T11:56:07.829-08:00Please, don't have a heart attack!!Okay, so it has been FOREVER since I have updated you all on our little family so grab a snack before you read this -- it's a long one!!<br /><br />Things were so crazy at the end of the year and more than one thing had to get put aside until I could get CONTROL of our crazy lives. In a nutshell, here is how our summer/fall/holidays went: <br /><br />SEPTEMBER - Went to Labor Day Reunion, Alli started pre-school, Dana surprised me with a get-away to San Diego for my bday, got called to be Primary President, Connor became obsessed with golf, Emma taking cheer/pom classes, Alli continuing her dance lessons. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZADTGD5yMCRrZsxbkB06a01GrRC5-zlVDe8w9DpbfXOOtScnPVhpIxOlNV3cVyjH9la8efSBsKMhVNrVDKMWFmA974uyEqawBbGCWnHlOVdFO8fYk4vp8A0sjIig4iAH2s40Y-fw9Xk/s1600-h/Labor+Day+080.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZADTGD5yMCRrZsxbkB06a01GrRC5-zlVDe8w9DpbfXOOtScnPVhpIxOlNV3cVyjH9la8efSBsKMhVNrVDKMWFmA974uyEqawBbGCWnHlOVdFO8fYk4vp8A0sjIig4iAH2s40Y-fw9Xk/s320/Labor+Day+080.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292341937067424130" /></a><br />Connor, Emma & Alli at Labor Day Reunion with counsins, Wendy & Emily<br /><br />OCTOBER - Ran kids around, went to Lake Powell for annual siblings reunion, Emma lost both front teeth, tried to get control of my life...failed, pumpkin patch, carved pumpkins, celebrated(??) Halloween. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0whcXz-JLFC6WGqp5swLLIVGi_FvsRqN63oiHPyw6i_AbGiI-BbK-G__PadNRiybOcEY8qj_FAQMWonpiTBy3Q3_2-oN9TUxhXxD8uBKgaracD3mLJ6prVEpS-x7RMoITBJvqp9eu2s/s1600-h/Pages+026.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0whcXz-JLFC6WGqp5swLLIVGi_FvsRqN63oiHPyw6i_AbGiI-BbK-G__PadNRiybOcEY8qj_FAQMWonpiTBy3Q3_2-oN9TUxhXxD8uBKgaracD3mLJ6prVEpS-x7RMoITBJvqp9eu2s/s320/Pages+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292346402225015058" /></a><br />Doesn't she look too cute without her two front teeth??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2_ElMj7wuCDA0SwQNXKHEoZdR9PZepAen7Ax7htgc409JOgFWfg6AxvExBRKtH9BYjpRKyGe8-TYpDYSz5oB7A5jIZ8mLCugHW9srxgAlXixoQyqew9n9hNN7pmpWPimwPu81iMyDZs/s1600-h/Pumpkin+Patch+2008+001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2_ElMj7wuCDA0SwQNXKHEoZdR9PZepAen7Ax7htgc409JOgFWfg6AxvExBRKtH9BYjpRKyGe8-TYpDYSz5oB7A5jIZ8mLCugHW9srxgAlXixoQyqew9n9hNN7pmpWPimwPu81iMyDZs/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+2008+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292348417071827666" /></a><br />Alli's best friend is also named Emma and they had so much fun at the pumpkin patch.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FydxCmbL8gBkZKjGJy5ZUSpjNoZ6eJxCj4BAMcLtpU7KyVyD2elzPkN1yKXDj-6t38fwWvba2RoblvFRCSDRd4H_eUprY6_TnWXCoFdH5ZJzsXcjRbyIKA-9R0LMg62M7PRZhSlLbDg/s1600-h/Pumpkin+Patch+2008+009.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FydxCmbL8gBkZKjGJy5ZUSpjNoZ6eJxCj4BAMcLtpU7KyVyD2elzPkN1yKXDj-6t38fwWvba2RoblvFRCSDRd4H_eUprY6_TnWXCoFdH5ZJzsXcjRbyIKA-9R0LMg62M7PRZhSlLbDg/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+2008+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292348420126428066" /></a><br />Alli sorting through all the little pumpkins trying to find the perfect one!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElpPZlR-_ZxhCyZrH0G3FCV9zNCvChfIgk0LbWdgHlDMwvLx6JLeQntgOHBGfRaQkH9KCk927KcqUmZ5sVm7zhiEo4GjbL2oGbcNgyNTjmNEbFOurn7pbnzvg6xJ-Kzod9_yRMv4C3Mo/s1600-h/Pumpkin+Patch+2008+025.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElpPZlR-_ZxhCyZrH0G3FCV9zNCvChfIgk0LbWdgHlDMwvLx6JLeQntgOHBGfRaQkH9KCk927KcqUmZ5sVm7zhiEo4GjbL2oGbcNgyNTjmNEbFOurn7pbnzvg6xJ-Kzod9_yRMv4C3Mo/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+2008+025.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292348428058210194" /></a><br />The tractor at the pumpkin patch was a big hit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjgt23WpEyf8QxzLDj0wN4Y0gc2K1bnQfHaa_39kLPOFmCbN7GQz4ce8kUo64olyEPISe4E-WtnN-Q4uYZUYG4Z5aS_YzjeF3kn6JBYaTgoo_u-S9IqP6hDDz2M2hKKmq3NORRH3JD2w/s1600-h/haloween+2008+026.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjgt23WpEyf8QxzLDj0wN4Y0gc2K1bnQfHaa_39kLPOFmCbN7GQz4ce8kUo64olyEPISe4E-WtnN-Q4uYZUYG4Z5aS_YzjeF3kn6JBYaTgoo_u-S9IqP6hDDz2M2hKKmq3NORRH3JD2w/s320/haloween+2008+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292343236270411570" /></a><br />The kiddos with cousins Kenzie, Steven & Bradley after carving their pumpkins.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLG2Wqcmw8i5BJC_7J0X1cg7WlD1oilYmE2Hp08V0por8_w5u_3pDFXBR0jiYng3znFjSjBcVHE09eOx6CY3bIM7rXVvdedtzBaCHk_-Uw38aD8VrL_Nv_d0ztEq0CSxMO6YqkNijfmE/s1600-h/haloween+2008+031.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLG2Wqcmw8i5BJC_7J0X1cg7WlD1oilYmE2Hp08V0por8_w5u_3pDFXBR0jiYng3znFjSjBcVHE09eOx6CY3bIM7rXVvdedtzBaCHk_-Uw38aD8VrL_Nv_d0ztEq0CSxMO6YqkNijfmE/s320/haloween+2008+031.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292343240702570338" /></a><br />Alli LOVES princess Jasmine & looked super cute all dressed up.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1ilPr-fwrtou_Ya6Xzb-UrBhh77-Uxy4QIxRKwVvMxhLWQvYkZ4PixJ9WNn7S4lTne_pNote_zxhHAiZ6BvFmHeHSQpz2wcFk5bEuXHDkkIt10S7oJqhiDKszR4eGBNs_UcIXiOpCa8/s1600-h/haloween+2008+033.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1ilPr-fwrtou_Ya6Xzb-UrBhh77-Uxy4QIxRKwVvMxhLWQvYkZ4PixJ9WNn7S4lTne_pNote_zxhHAiZ6BvFmHeHSQpz2wcFk5bEuXHDkkIt10S7oJqhiDKszR4eGBNs_UcIXiOpCa8/s320/haloween+2008+033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292343277392861666" /></a><br />Emma LOVES all princesses and was a very beautiful Cinderella this year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbSx5OimIxzrTmrbsIlopzjKxaBRWADur0AuMlPr-_wzCnzEcpvaM0m9wkMsUsm0xY1J0AmMz3wDuNjS08ItA24C64U8wwR2SqLRoFnacZz30IeGciQ6Vt5i-LTXCtI_UaLse5aldckg/s1600-h/haloween+2008+035.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbSx5OimIxzrTmrbsIlopzjKxaBRWADur0AuMlPr-_wzCnzEcpvaM0m9wkMsUsm0xY1J0AmMz3wDuNjS08ItA24C64U8wwR2SqLRoFnacZz30IeGciQ6Vt5i-LTXCtI_UaLse5aldckg/s320/haloween+2008+035.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292345210435626962" /></a><br />Connor was my little vampire - even if he doesn't know how obsessed I am with the Twilight books =)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZ8tz8lSTmlHoL_CcTb2sJarbA_8wT9-tYYEeoxfBe4Y7o5ThHuJ-mUPAgadcMAFNOXjGj272SD9OBaqO6vWxjzEVZSZIOHjL0xzx7LknygJn-h_biPfgq_0_40wO2UItwRrMTVi0IjI/s1600-h/haloween+2008+038.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZ8tz8lSTmlHoL_CcTb2sJarbA_8wT9-tYYEeoxfBe4Y7o5ThHuJ-mUPAgadcMAFNOXjGj272SD9OBaqO6vWxjzEVZSZIOHjL0xzx7LknygJn-h_biPfgq_0_40wO2UItwRrMTVi0IjI/s320/haloween+2008+038.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292345212180504114" /></a><br />Here are the little trick-or-treaters - boy, did they have a huge stash of candy by the time the night was over!<br /><br />NOVEMBER - Ran kids around, celebrated Alli's 4th birthday, had an awesome Thanksgiving, shopped 'til we dropped with my mom and sisters after Thanksgiving.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzX7nzFLC39lziqpNBZOvAcNb_sOaQVIr6wvlhLZ2NsEtT5HwvNGbizg08mKy9R7W-uHKWnLHZ7QDHvTpJaojVsaX2fA4O25wy_c9d85JYnvqlyTqznCYXa5qiVT81qBCUWL2qVJs-iY/s1600-h/Alli+026.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzX7nzFLC39lziqpNBZOvAcNb_sOaQVIr6wvlhLZ2NsEtT5HwvNGbizg08mKy9R7W-uHKWnLHZ7QDHvTpJaojVsaX2fA4O25wy_c9d85JYnvqlyTqznCYXa5qiVT81qBCUWL2qVJs-iY/s320/Alli+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292346409171148706" /></a><br />My mom helped me (thanks, mom!!) make cute aprons for the girls for Alli's party - they all looked ADORABLE wearing them!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTHDEDVaSwIzg46XGnNOOOo4mCh4-fQZe6Hq3ESB-uzCm0Zb6V1KN5_D3edsmzH0W-11JuTihdy9N1cNuZu-GLJVHhi4hWSl-W4VBsS-83fu4iLDfbeM2E4Eq0yypxl9Qexh2_40gS5c/s1600-h/Alli+016.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTHDEDVaSwIzg46XGnNOOOo4mCh4-fQZe6Hq3ESB-uzCm0Zb6V1KN5_D3edsmzH0W-11JuTihdy9N1cNuZu-GLJVHhi4hWSl-W4VBsS-83fu4iLDfbeM2E4Eq0yypxl9Qexh2_40gS5c/s320/Alli+016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292346420479568178" /></a><br />Alli wanted to decorate cookies and have a chocolate fountain at her party. I think the girls were pretty sugared up by the time they went home.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAL3Zw3nvyn1rP60XGeH5EdqApWdBwE5PWd5ihKFeIDo1lmevmy1kHMIAu6alb-Zj2jKuOJGWf7X5ZFZxMKMQZKCdIm8Z228bSwVzUiWqfcgUpFMz-MbW0Vi0clOM7CXyKCEOuf6DaFI/s1600-h/Alli+065.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAL3Zw3nvyn1rP60XGeH5EdqApWdBwE5PWd5ihKFeIDo1lmevmy1kHMIAu6alb-Zj2jKuOJGWf7X5ZFZxMKMQZKCdIm8Z228bSwVzUiWqfcgUpFMz-MbW0Vi0clOM7CXyKCEOuf6DaFI/s320/Alli+065.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292346429028094962" /></a><br />Here is her very simple but cute cake that she helped me decorate.<br /><br />DECEMBER - Celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary, celebrated Dana's birthday, attended Emma & Alli's dance recital, decorated gingerbread houses, went to see Santa, enjoyed kids' re-enactment of the nativity, had a wonderful Christmas with Grandma at our house, spent some time at Grandma's and played in the snow, had Tim & Steph's family at our house with their kids and had SOOO much fun, went to Wickenburg for a few days to ring in the New Year!! Oh, and FAILED to get a Christmas card in the mail but I still have high hopes for getting a New Year's letter out!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRt7VWIumED67bTmiBHxU8AonppxI8Om3-XgNCxtDfGHofX70-i2nPZZTbbvopRafRDDjekmJmLxUX8G5dCZ8fqY0lRegULyxP_V-SrzvqBvHFij6-xIo-sMdzC-T4KfsfhoP0MG1TAwI/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRt7VWIumED67bTmiBHxU8AonppxI8Om3-XgNCxtDfGHofX70-i2nPZZTbbvopRafRDDjekmJmLxUX8G5dCZ8fqY0lRegULyxP_V-SrzvqBvHFij6-xIo-sMdzC-T4KfsfhoP0MG1TAwI/s320/Christmas+2008+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292350076345242994" /></a><br />The kids decorating their gingerbread houses. I'm quite certain Connor ate more candy than he actually put on his house.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvAwwQBep1A-hUtS72OBDs21keVVn6KYLzwK6ugrwGcnvXHXWniRCJQu9ZNsr7cYbrzcnf34I1WrwC0y2cGkw45m4BsVad4xwjMauZo1m6zCgzALH53BhSZoQW0GfB_hTIXjeviWleug/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+040.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvAwwQBep1A-hUtS72OBDs21keVVn6KYLzwK6ugrwGcnvXHXWniRCJQu9ZNsr7cYbrzcnf34I1WrwC0y2cGkw45m4BsVad4xwjMauZo1m6zCgzALH53BhSZoQW0GfB_hTIXjeviWleug/s320/Christmas+2008+040.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292350075254110722" /></a><br />Alli was Mary in the Nativity, Connor was Joseph and Emma was a donkey. Cerise's kids were there, too, and Kenzie was a very cute angel and great actress!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEicYdcrInGQcUOnzUkcDPvoK4gcIxWqMnSEX50rfqCa254vSWIdJ0r4cwm6S5SGqjGkcamZo0Qn0BBvTsJDJfDNMVDThR5SbqsvscMBKzFR760KlAvWHFXqfWuzgFpXls1UnXhHbrPf0/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+050.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEicYdcrInGQcUOnzUkcDPvoK4gcIxWqMnSEX50rfqCa254vSWIdJ0r4cwm6S5SGqjGkcamZo0Qn0BBvTsJDJfDNMVDThR5SbqsvscMBKzFR760KlAvWHFXqfWuzgFpXls1UnXhHbrPf0/s320/Christmas+2008+050.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292350059846443730" /></a><br />Alli loves babies and was so excited by what Santa brought for her.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MOLWTZGsrIN08u7auHNNrwuRV9UZJT8cVOr6Lf6YqrB2zUjy2OAqF6mZirP6Eg3hul12_gJKoG0VhyP0uVLrd3DeuUWxOIkJZ1Eq0opuB7wU8rswbsSx6ygaDfZxIQgrV7jQ4ivO44Q/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+048.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MOLWTZGsrIN08u7auHNNrwuRV9UZJT8cVOr6Lf6YqrB2zUjy2OAqF6mZirP6Eg3hul12_gJKoG0VhyP0uVLrd3DeuUWxOIkJZ1Eq0opuB7wU8rswbsSx6ygaDfZxIQgrV7jQ4ivO44Q/s320/Christmas+2008+048.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292350057570152626" /></a><br />Emma loves anything to do with ANIMALS and asked Santa for a sleeping lion. Luckily, Santa found exactly what she wanted!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiRbrysof9EAlccJtEwsuUnqMycuYFTy9bOFqOBdUCD_jBxoNqrAnt0yWcdzg3E3jcAdEpvJnqaeFEnDx0jVASLmJCulzo2t_rPtKL_1Jhdenm1SCRLxy_N3BDMft7mod6xqAAJw870I/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+051.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiRbrysof9EAlccJtEwsuUnqMycuYFTy9bOFqOBdUCD_jBxoNqrAnt0yWcdzg3E3jcAdEpvJnqaeFEnDx0jVASLmJCulzo2t_rPtKL_1Jhdenm1SCRLxy_N3BDMft7mod6xqAAJw870I/s320/Christmas+2008+051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292350069783091650" /></a><br />When Connor sat on Santa's lap he politely asked if he could ask for two things - Golf shoes and Roller Blades. Santa said he would see what he could do and he totally came through for Connor!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOG8UIXMfQ07tdzNfd361c0wdm6H0hbLeCH7C1zksaHxMALrm_zKU05l8KAotQWYpq31na78N4DxjxMlgqYb80oaIRwhYmkBFWzqXYald6Rurez_z9vhcYbXElmIn0voKMsvW-qO_k8PY/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+125.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOG8UIXMfQ07tdzNfd361c0wdm6H0hbLeCH7C1zksaHxMALrm_zKU05l8KAotQWYpq31na78N4DxjxMlgqYb80oaIRwhYmkBFWzqXYald6Rurez_z9vhcYbXElmIn0voKMsvW-qO_k8PY/s320/Christmas+2008+125.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292352151839667170" /></a><br />Alli did NOT like the snow last year so I was a little worried but she jumped right in and had a ton of fun. She also helped me make a little snow man!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSKMh0TdZepqSdcULbSugDvHdaSaq_a6Lzr-AdusoD94yUc_DE1k5itehc3vnG-LLG0pIZVAliGgjQ7zlcQNVsZGb7ZJQf5eM_iXhllFz9jv2vtv-g7sFNER5d197taFW_Zg89AuD70g/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+100.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSKMh0TdZepqSdcULbSugDvHdaSaq_a6Lzr-AdusoD94yUc_DE1k5itehc3vnG-LLG0pIZVAliGgjQ7zlcQNVsZGb7ZJQf5eM_iXhllFz9jv2vtv-g7sFNER5d197taFW_Zg89AuD70g/s320/Christmas+2008+100.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292352142841774370" /></a><br />Emma is super photogenic and looked like quite the model in all her snow gear! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ItH7PkfQfF_tYTDr73-i0sTxPaJitl6TjqgMBaR2ooQ49B7TVe1nxqcQABUP-uAzwKRLncRTGb__B_pb1ebPeH5Fm2MIygUvFiC5EVWUDcPDfh6ujrXEpllpYEggcnSxa-ZeQcRcKiE/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+105.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ItH7PkfQfF_tYTDr73-i0sTxPaJitl6TjqgMBaR2ooQ49B7TVe1nxqcQABUP-uAzwKRLncRTGb__B_pb1ebPeH5Fm2MIygUvFiC5EVWUDcPDfh6ujrXEpllpYEggcnSxa-ZeQcRcKiE/s320/Christmas+2008+105.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292352154277390194" /></a><br />Connor was really into making snow balls and throwing them at everyone.<br /><br />ONE LAST THING -- We loved getting all the Christmas cards and letters from everyone. We are so thankful for all of our family and friends and the many blessings we have been given. Thank you all for your cards and letters and for being our friends =)Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-22519361191541322072008-11-12T09:35:00.000-08:002008-11-12T09:37:44.846-08:00We are Alive!!Hey friends & family -- <br />I just wanted to post a quick note to say thanks for checking in on us and yes, we are alive & well!! Things have been really busy and more than one thing has been pushed aside and my blog is in dire need of updating!! The kids are doing so great and I will try to get some pictures posted soon. Don't lose faith in us just yet...JennyJenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-60579289645084400092008-08-11T08:40:00.000-07:002008-08-11T08:56:00.520-07:001st Day of SchoolConnor & Emma started school last week. It was a day of mixed emotions for me. I don't want them to grow up so fast but I was a little excited to have a little free time (is that bad??) Connor started 2nd grade and has Mr. M this year. I'm glad Connor has a guy teacher this year - I think he'll do really well and Connor thinks Mr. M is the COOLEST! Emma has a very sweet but strict teacher this year which I think will be a perfect fit. She has lots of cute friends in her class and seems so grown up now that she's in 1st grade.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkKcZVU0lp3HH9aDq_2NXip1Q5wgqDkyfUrPpAuEtuikSZ7FZve3wfDRvHQk_SvXTPURXdO2-RrubeAInNDtQL5OQGCL3ZIE7lpw-tmQ9i_0bejHN7GPl6gJ2vKl_z2r3cbhEcft7thQ/s1600-h/School+3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkKcZVU0lp3HH9aDq_2NXip1Q5wgqDkyfUrPpAuEtuikSZ7FZve3wfDRvHQk_SvXTPURXdO2-RrubeAInNDtQL5OQGCL3ZIE7lpw-tmQ9i_0bejHN7GPl6gJ2vKl_z2r3cbhEcft7thQ/s320/School+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233288503521450306" /></a><br />Emma is all about fashion. Last year I just shopped for her and then she wouldn't wear half of what I bought. This year we went shopping with my sister, Julie and her daughter, Shaelee and also Grandma. It was a fun girls shopping day and I was really proud (or should I be scared?) of Emma -- we were gone the whole day and she didn't complain once. I'm afraid she likes shopping WAY too much!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl-PGW3PYRrRn7XJy3xRlF8j1fMK4WUvU2gltHcb-2fZ8tkx7-jfSxokF3dcG6-vHDu63a_T4K6Zv_VMqUYkC7xCa33FemXBDuqEhJ_GBXAgYHzvcI_KPCA3UYs3WrZVJwZzM9xR_l2I/s1600-h/School+6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl-PGW3PYRrRn7XJy3xRlF8j1fMK4WUvU2gltHcb-2fZ8tkx7-jfSxokF3dcG6-vHDu63a_T4K6Zv_VMqUYkC7xCa33FemXBDuqEhJ_GBXAgYHzvcI_KPCA3UYs3WrZVJwZzM9xR_l2I/s320/School+6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233288517590060578" /></a><br />Connor is such the GQ little man. He would wear anything I bought for him but of course he is loving the plaid shorts and anything surf related. He looked so handsome and grown up when he walked into his classroom. He's getting so stinkin' tall that I'm afraid he'll probably outgrow me by the 4th grade. Oh, well, I guess that's not really much of an accomplishment =)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFDxeS2R05RgL8OE7YP_q0TDdPiLwUaNebYaIIhVBOxxOtMybjK_JUxImG505NaH3BumaJ0SKKAn27b7icoq5ZqYYCYGtRpFKrXl3HbolBKa0-tOs81vScb4J-kvLlAcPwRsmta813bo/s1600-h/School+8.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFDxeS2R05RgL8OE7YP_q0TDdPiLwUaNebYaIIhVBOxxOtMybjK_JUxImG505NaH3BumaJ0SKKAn27b7icoq5ZqYYCYGtRpFKrXl3HbolBKa0-tOs81vScb4J-kvLlAcPwRsmta813bo/s320/School+8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233288525332402578" /></a><br />Anyway, it's now just Alli & me during the day and she asks me (or tells me) every day where we are going. She starts a 3 day preschool in September and is really excited about that. I'm sure she'll be bossing everyone around in no time!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-28373606493602481192008-08-07T10:13:00.000-07:002008-08-08T23:02:10.224-07:00Happy Birthday to Emma!!Our sweet Emma turned 6 last Thursday. We started out her morning by piling presents all over her!! She loves little animals and all things girly. After the presents, we took the kids to Lego Land for the day. Here are some fun pics of her special day.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwobLVA6nHzDSK8dyZ20ZmP7CG17rkMLwTbRnCBdC6Fm1PThUXHFFfY4qZCyEZ-zUbuyyDoFpv3BIhSiIJmS4Njuoc4Q9nyZ3jGyDpL3xgleEB34mG_Uxbo0YE_4T1lIyj8UJy0dy0Sc/s1600-h/beach+046.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwobLVA6nHzDSK8dyZ20ZmP7CG17rkMLwTbRnCBdC6Fm1PThUXHFFfY4qZCyEZ-zUbuyyDoFpv3BIhSiIJmS4Njuoc4Q9nyZ3jGyDpL3xgleEB34mG_Uxbo0YE_4T1lIyj8UJy0dy0Sc/s200/beach+046.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231826944920197794" /></a><br /><br />Where's Waldo - I mean Emma in this pile of presents??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFaSNrmEeTLcB77ZZlgSDdm_wZLuENDqWpdEW2bxZJ2UicDOEBYULSKbgaVHR0bcwLjRqQ1zsTEFekXyvRJJ1xKtr1yvdh7Ka0OfSM5ow3LPFUipItslRJgf-CH-upwGKtXMVfZpCcN_A/s1600-h/beach+123.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFaSNrmEeTLcB77ZZlgSDdm_wZLuENDqWpdEW2bxZJ2UicDOEBYULSKbgaVHR0bcwLjRqQ1zsTEFekXyvRJJ1xKtr1yvdh7Ka0OfSM5ow3LPFUipItslRJgf-CH-upwGKtXMVfZpCcN_A/s200/beach+123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231826952363087906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHTmqfxhI-ZXNUpri2sdRE_uk4p20W78FJ4GhTlN5BPzS8FMxo33XMCc0SMvMQzdY4vveMggN3VYQOzL90_Y6hLb9xJpYY_UbWlqjz3zje34W8kvwcy2aSo8n6panjrzWqOOI5JZrC14/s1600-h/beach+136.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHTmqfxhI-ZXNUpri2sdRE_uk4p20W78FJ4GhTlN5BPzS8FMxo33XMCc0SMvMQzdY4vveMggN3VYQOzL90_Y6hLb9xJpYY_UbWlqjz3zje34W8kvwcy2aSo8n6panjrzWqOOI5JZrC14/s200/beach+136.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231826955854698930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTg3EosJ7oQ2uMCZ1VA_n4-iO6Q59bvvalYTHMpq0xOPKQOu7HiH04qV4rRWHt-iRRuU5qx9McfwHXUXIu-6vW2aCy_dlUTusEx5OUsouFzLY69M11vX58IUSrZgoNgpMAXBv9WQqf0_4/s1600-h/beach+146.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTg3EosJ7oQ2uMCZ1VA_n4-iO6Q59bvvalYTHMpq0xOPKQOu7HiH04qV4rRWHt-iRRuU5qx9McfwHXUXIu-6vW2aCy_dlUTusEx5OUsouFzLY69M11vX58IUSrZgoNgpMAXBv9WQqf0_4/s200/beach+146.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231826958571971410" /></a><br />Lego Land was fun - the rides were geared to smaller kids so all of us could go on the rides together.<br /><br />Okay - so my favorite ride that the kids got to go on was the Volvo driving school. There were two separate courses - one for the 3-5 year olds and one for the 6-13 year olds. The two older kids headed to the big kids course and Alli to the little kids course. They all got to drive their own little Lego cars and it was too cute. Dana said when Emma turns 16, she's all mine to teach!! She was the craziest driver and it's a good thing those cars don't go very fast =)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRVM9dZPUcy_OZ2zl8Mv7dVnnfAmn6LEjwblUmuSsaV3X94MzkSYYuaJXrl2M2rMp3G3fFJX3SSDGaTPCY9McDNJRF2SNcHOjq95ZH9PlgcdD74yzT40WrHDEbCzOxe2zZO9BXitEHys/s1600-h/beach+155.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRVM9dZPUcy_OZ2zl8Mv7dVnnfAmn6LEjwblUmuSsaV3X94MzkSYYuaJXrl2M2rMp3G3fFJX3SSDGaTPCY9McDNJRF2SNcHOjq95ZH9PlgcdD74yzT40WrHDEbCzOxe2zZO9BXitEHys/s200/beach+155.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231827628802553410" /></a><br />Here's our Birthday Girl!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHP0Eyb8bmQRjpvLCSiWkcKZAaORQ8RWRGVdgbN7MKaX1vQXbZ6GpTuEx2hY7W3gQBLA1XDvzveEgSCGeG0Op0MVo1BQ19H5-VDprqlAKHvUlGcdYG39ysh3tzkVv4iGQgE6kdSw-CS4/s1600-h/beach+156.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHP0Eyb8bmQRjpvLCSiWkcKZAaORQ8RWRGVdgbN7MKaX1vQXbZ6GpTuEx2hY7W3gQBLA1XDvzveEgSCGeG0Op0MVo1BQ19H5-VDprqlAKHvUlGcdYG39ysh3tzkVv4iGQgE6kdSw-CS4/s200/beach+156.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231827635738579906" /></a><br />Connor was an awesome driver and he even got his Lego Land driver's license after the ride!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB5aiJ7y313M8NmIVN3SJxlcfRwz-xJPLgmFMcUqSJDPY15VsnUWaMe3SiRdN0oZCLrbO56UE76Xf88-LyUQe3FjEyuLl5XCJmU5Kj7rNmyPg6LWjnYA4UZaXKSAqwthuq4t5vw4rUKs/s1600-h/beach+159.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB5aiJ7y313M8NmIVN3SJxlcfRwz-xJPLgmFMcUqSJDPY15VsnUWaMe3SiRdN0oZCLrbO56UE76Xf88-LyUQe3FjEyuLl5XCJmU5Kj7rNmyPg6LWjnYA4UZaXKSAqwthuq4t5vw4rUKs/s200/beach+159.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231827633022620498" /></a><br />I was a little worried about Alli driving by herself since she'd never done it but she did great and had a huge smile on her face the entire time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkCGHLSgvULRf5Rusmmd6DaOEIpft6o2Ijmn-IgM6sJXgT0_QWex6r0c6GPpsZSFJp17Cf17SqietMlFrBoS0l_eRQ98aBHKbdiZldNHQ0fZ6YQcKsYwRBKI1DCWAOnfASafYoBCtKcE/s1600-h/beach+230.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkCGHLSgvULRf5Rusmmd6DaOEIpft6o2Ijmn-IgM6sJXgT0_QWex6r0c6GPpsZSFJp17Cf17SqietMlFrBoS0l_eRQ98aBHKbdiZldNHQ0fZ6YQcKsYwRBKI1DCWAOnfASafYoBCtKcE/s200/beach+230.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231827624064843138" /></a><br />Since we were at the beach, we made a beach birthday cake and decorated it with sand (graham crackers), shells and sea creatures! Hope you had a GREAT 6th birthday, Emma. We sure love you!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-43018161973795277952008-08-07T09:22:00.000-07:002008-08-07T10:13:44.888-07:00San Diego was a BLAST!!Thanks to my sister CERISE we headed to San Diego last week for a quick vacation before school started. We stayed in a condo right on the beach and it was so much fun!! My kids all loved the beach and it was so relaxing to just sit and watch them and, of course, read my Stephenie Meyer books (yeah, I'm addicted and have already finished Breaking Dawn...sooooo good). Anyway, back to the vacation. Dana was lucky enough to go golfing at Torrey Pines (where the US Open was just held). He loved the course but said it was BRUTAL!! We also took the kids to Lego Land on Thursday for Emma's 6th Birthday. I can't believe my little Emma is 6 years old and now in the 1st grade. Happy Birthday to Emma - our little princess!! Here are some fun pictures of our awesome week!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogeih1N0KZ38nr60okCiEctPdZ3k4Ph6bbNLW03f_CA4IbrXsBmvXYdCc2q4_hlnuQCcmOCBZt_55Vswr30KZQXcRah5g0_nzkqXsoC6Ygf5QXkzoad-KlUflIhztXPqKgH89lb2CFzs/s1600-h/beach+039.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogeih1N0KZ38nr60okCiEctPdZ3k4Ph6bbNLW03f_CA4IbrXsBmvXYdCc2q4_hlnuQCcmOCBZt_55Vswr30KZQXcRah5g0_nzkqXsoC6Ygf5QXkzoad-KlUflIhztXPqKgH89lb2CFzs/s200/beach+039.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231816336696465714" /></a><br />Alli loved playing at the edge of the water but wouldn't go much farther than that - thank goodness!! She was usually completely covered in sand and loved digging in it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUkqw8Qsqn0f2QW7-UzxTVXBBDK8nlawpUq4_yQpzR4Td82W3T1aiwZwTxW8_QTpMr0nU0pU6uj40c3zHFV61AWV4x-pBmH8mk-aj46d_slmal82k9Z8EygHHahhPUezDCFmFuHRkFro/s1600-h/beach+019.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUkqw8Qsqn0f2QW7-UzxTVXBBDK8nlawpUq4_yQpzR4Td82W3T1aiwZwTxW8_QTpMr0nU0pU6uj40c3zHFV61AWV4x-pBmH8mk-aj46d_slmal82k9Z8EygHHahhPUezDCFmFuHRkFro/s200/beach+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231816347717154722" /></a><br />Emma is a SEA SHELL lover! She was constantly scouring through the sand trying to find any shell she could. She got a little braver by the end of the week and would go out in the water until it was almost to her waist.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRXwWo5SDmYxuFwvQvH4wWUjcwArStVH62Cw8TC1ZrcZYx7BuIh1uAWK8BAvGgz3YowfMqQyoM4XFouJHgiiwHIBZduQLU38dvDUnwxzds0LU8zU-qmV9Gr6NLKowG3BPJip0gnE6sOk/s1600-h/beach+211.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRXwWo5SDmYxuFwvQvH4wWUjcwArStVH62Cw8TC1ZrcZYx7BuIh1uAWK8BAvGgz3YowfMqQyoM4XFouJHgiiwHIBZduQLU38dvDUnwxzds0LU8zU-qmV9Gr6NLKowG3BPJip0gnE6sOk/s200/beach+211.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231816349707564418" /></a><br />Connor is a WATER lover and learned to boogie board. He's such a natural athlete and once he learned how he spent all his time catching waves!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-yGDCox6PQxVoioj0XkLtLE9oYwzQm8l8AZCCd2I-5WeSPnq6XrTGDwbsSwOEU5E56GN0Hvhd0F8ghH2Vy1xZYrbbOGWPTfsAeRDZfi4yWhaywresI9n23WDHB9AVR4ZCFTJq2nUirI/s1600-h/beach+082.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-yGDCox6PQxVoioj0XkLtLE9oYwzQm8l8AZCCd2I-5WeSPnq6XrTGDwbsSwOEU5E56GN0Hvhd0F8ghH2Vy1xZYrbbOGWPTfsAeRDZfi4yWhaywresI9n23WDHB9AVR4ZCFTJq2nUirI/s200/beach+082.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231824916228999522" /></a><br /><br />Here's a super cute picture of Emma and Alli with their cousin, Kenzie. They all play so great together and we love spending time with cousins.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEGibZomTB0s5fKHZMesS3aHiwVqjSGVGb-o5ywC8QD-9V09u1kSf9zCxixqsc3m5qMtA1CBuHdAVWn6sd9xqC_pAC2NE3tkXibOYbM66Nvo9-e-bRzgpatpL6QL4M-POxuZI7pkpjtI/s1600-h/beach+088.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEGibZomTB0s5fKHZMesS3aHiwVqjSGVGb-o5ywC8QD-9V09u1kSf9zCxixqsc3m5qMtA1CBuHdAVWn6sd9xqC_pAC2NE3tkXibOYbM66Nvo9-e-bRzgpatpL6QL4M-POxuZI7pkpjtI/s200/beach+088.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231824434272342274" /></a><br /><br />Connor and his cousin, Steven both love to golf. Luckily, so do both of the dads so they both got to go golfing and had soooo much fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxNl8sGeAfh1C8cGuyNoyAY9jbK-g0VU1gRezgsO6mRLZOOr_zWMAvo0osDYadiKIWHPikGDJElJmE1d6_vTWTtFo-03IIDmA_ibPpaWyPuOJRnQSkLuU5Egnatl8ri9CSAUdlXXSDUQ/s1600-h/beach+028.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxNl8sGeAfh1C8cGuyNoyAY9jbK-g0VU1gRezgsO6mRLZOOr_zWMAvo0osDYadiKIWHPikGDJElJmE1d6_vTWTtFo-03IIDmA_ibPpaWyPuOJRnQSkLuU5Egnatl8ri9CSAUdlXXSDUQ/s200/beach+028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231824436498482946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IiXA5PLAORUg6F62gPoL3wBTIHSfpwUWRMRx4jLA0mMihZvO0Pxs-dkKUtamWPggT0sUnBTJJt9FlFlk2HOC2BBM-O2KCiLp9RmKlptqyWOVcmMJXwRmKreuvYzd2pccQRIGaA7Gf4A/s1600-h/beach+029.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IiXA5PLAORUg6F62gPoL3wBTIHSfpwUWRMRx4jLA0mMihZvO0Pxs-dkKUtamWPggT0sUnBTJJt9FlFlk2HOC2BBM-O2KCiLp9RmKlptqyWOVcmMJXwRmKreuvYzd2pccQRIGaA7Gf4A/s200/beach+029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231824444638106290" /></a><br /><br />Cerise has two older kids - Ashley and Bradley. They are both such awesome cousins to my little ones and we really appreciated having them there to help with the kids. Also, Ashley loves the Stephenie Meyer books too so she went with me at midnight to Barnes & Noble to get our books!!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-36519254111142819332008-07-09T10:18:00.000-07:002008-11-17T21:01:38.788-08:00Hat ClubMy mom has a small collection of old hats. When we were at her house this past weekend the kids all decided to model the hats and it was so completely adorable. I had to share some cute pics of our little hat club...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimyBKQ-9-OFTtF6XdJ488E1oA88SLEjapZbSP6XriLihScfJKIqFXVaNiav3BCP38rujqeh2eusobpjgA95rpZOpDzfOKX3sEB2L8am0TfS2_d0gaKpQT9DIQ33eYD2R2X9GeUsr3suA/s1600-h/snowflake+08+072.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimyBKQ-9-OFTtF6XdJ488E1oA88SLEjapZbSP6XriLihScfJKIqFXVaNiav3BCP38rujqeh2eusobpjgA95rpZOpDzfOKX3sEB2L8am0TfS2_d0gaKpQT9DIQ33eYD2R2X9GeUsr3suA/s400/snowflake+08+072.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221067159727650050" /></a><br />Here's most of the girl cousins having fun playing dress-up with Grandma's hats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZGVJMJufy_2QSx6jaUf2-7DwCad8bTkBElguJSdyWwCEGeHJLuhek5I0FNrUnRfRGzW7KYh_pB4O55HsJNWHzCLlxMDwOGX6ZYBZVJ31ZXncynamjAiMPEhIwAyWJ6VdXkLb8onmA2M/s1600-h/snowflake+08+086.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZGVJMJufy_2QSx6jaUf2-7DwCad8bTkBElguJSdyWwCEGeHJLuhek5I0FNrUnRfRGzW7KYh_pB4O55HsJNWHzCLlxMDwOGX6ZYBZVJ31ZXncynamjAiMPEhIwAyWJ6VdXkLb8onmA2M/s200/snowflake+08+086.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221068647445903138" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLAcayx-0gMJYCj3OomkfUCSJgTtiZcwphKuNWDOz40gatvLGDy4vz5mpWEGqzoquS1FJm56IDFYhVxGDQuVvEV6zE1k8bW5Sbsq8o2y2zoSDAciW6XfHUi3Qhyphenhyphen25wp1srZ5z_EbtPHo/s1600-h/snowflake+08+083.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLAcayx-0gMJYCj3OomkfUCSJgTtiZcwphKuNWDOz40gatvLGDy4vz5mpWEGqzoquS1FJm56IDFYhVxGDQuVvEV6zE1k8bW5Sbsq8o2y2zoSDAciW6XfHUi3Qhyphenhyphen25wp1srZ5z_EbtPHo/s200/snowflake+08+083.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221066062635865458" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgff5Ch194d_JRMF2R8ook7K6ie_aVN1CT_Hf1VOQNY8lT1SpNvsYN6-1DsuL7M73xua-DI-8oc96AkkvFH48XrA8kvw5V1H1f_vzKpG2XUln5o8P52_LynnX13Kcj54FrHPSfHgBkwdOA/s1600-h/snowflake+08+096.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgff5Ch194d_JRMF2R8ook7K6ie_aVN1CT_Hf1VOQNY8lT1SpNvsYN6-1DsuL7M73xua-DI-8oc96AkkvFH48XrA8kvw5V1H1f_vzKpG2XUln5o8P52_LynnX13Kcj54FrHPSfHgBkwdOA/s200/snowflake+08+096.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221066067979003090" /></a><br />Alli, Emma and Connor - aren't they sweet??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidpZxuBX2Mt3K-tL386wC4hxaBYzKMgojkiHEALlebINDqlTTx4xncleoN3EHHnZx0CLnvgkbH8mGtBXce9arBG_cKhwaKo0o0fG0cAuh6IWEkRLN77HfGxP5WFvNmspq_4i6sVR5T54/s1600-h/snowflake+08+080.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidpZxuBX2Mt3K-tL386wC4hxaBYzKMgojkiHEALlebINDqlTTx4xncleoN3EHHnZx0CLnvgkbH8mGtBXce9arBG_cKhwaKo0o0fG0cAuh6IWEkRLN77HfGxP5WFvNmspq_4i6sVR5T54/s200/snowflake+08+080.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221067770170203842" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPVuzqp-OaHnnjwMqvU2z7LUBZvIng_jDL3ptC9-DT5a0YxI7ICJTlA2rYqnsxfoK3LWaF9oK9j7rbfTmzaWVFTtTcgUr_P2xnPYVbGqY31Qd23If149qRRg5MfM83euT800o3Gd0LAk/s1600-h/snowflake+08+081.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPVuzqp-OaHnnjwMqvU2z7LUBZvIng_jDL3ptC9-DT5a0YxI7ICJTlA2rYqnsxfoK3LWaF9oK9j7rbfTmzaWVFTtTcgUr_P2xnPYVbGqY31Qd23If149qRRg5MfM83euT800o3Gd0LAk/s200/snowflake+08+081.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221067776537893778" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9gq62WDwUOAZYzHZE_kk6Qz-Qr2Yh-_L1juaFdSPPwBPaaNYqi8k3CWn9zmzCE9MFdh8aUHiX1Wvc2m26VPguzuMdO4cyKlAIBB7AMXEe1P_IGNJQNVltC1c5Ttw6YwwUlqkEZX2X_s/s1600-h/snowflake+08+082.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9gq62WDwUOAZYzHZE_kk6Qz-Qr2Yh-_L1juaFdSPPwBPaaNYqi8k3CWn9zmzCE9MFdh8aUHiX1Wvc2m26VPguzuMdO4cyKlAIBB7AMXEe1P_IGNJQNVltC1c5Ttw6YwwUlqkEZX2X_s/s200/snowflake+08+082.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221067779875591506" /></a><br />My nieces - Kenzie, Natalie and Shaelee<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qLE_1TpFBqmxkkKhIL5m912IeYQLrIP6wdv-Zu0_mRrr0mimwV7loct5EE1LuuRBIZlYuKD4CgLOsD0qfkl0TX5RB76-yXi0LO14CpxLySrg7lTv5BfbmxyG3EY37IVMqDFE7GF0T84/s1600-h/snowflake+08+091.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qLE_1TpFBqmxkkKhIL5m912IeYQLrIP6wdv-Zu0_mRrr0mimwV7loct5EE1LuuRBIZlYuKD4CgLOsD0qfkl0TX5RB76-yXi0LO14CpxLySrg7lTv5BfbmxyG3EY37IVMqDFE7GF0T84/s200/snowflake+08+091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221067791261298818" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcfEMioDMNQT4USXlT84beHYqD1GkFB9Hg48JhSY3mX8U-9-nOngenOWf9urKih14sTRhP3lJrE4Gm1x5Tw_Sb3Rih7xUhfk7tO54tgXVjw0C6h69VAkYNfUMqM0HCi1Ed6Zu_9GotOQ/s1600-h/snowflake+08+092.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcfEMioDMNQT4USXlT84beHYqD1GkFB9Hg48JhSY3mX8U-9-nOngenOWf9urKih14sTRhP3lJrE4Gm1x5Tw_Sb3Rih7xUhfk7tO54tgXVjw0C6h69VAkYNfUMqM0HCi1Ed6Zu_9GotOQ/s200/snowflake+08+092.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221067799057504034" /></a><br />More nieces - Ashley (the oldest cousin at 15) and Hailey (the youngest at 8 months)Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-1527945165772708842008-07-09T09:44:00.000-07:002008-11-17T21:01:39.825-08:004th of July FunI love the 4th of July and dressing the kids up in red, white & blue. I'm so grateful for all the men & women that have served or are serving our country. I feel so blessed to have freedom and love to CELEBRATE the 4th of July!! We escaped the heat and headed up to Snowflake/Taylor for the 4th of July. The weather was SOOOO nice and we had so much fun. My entire family was in town and the cousins had a ton of fun playing together. There are 18 cousins - oldest is 15 and youngest 8 months - CRAZY TIMES!!<br /><br />Friday morning we headed up to the Show Low parade. Here are some cute pics from the parade. All the kids were lined up waiting for someone to throw some candy out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_4A7UyACvxItTjYR44razW9HrrWd89qz5mzwCG6hcfhLYKdlUJHFn9gfI9q0h0d6K6BaAqTXlIJ71u99tFluB1IybOHaGOdAl8SeuQLDCeFZJ6i0_8JAq5TZYEO5JPSkkbT1x-TCRaw/s1600-h/snowflake+08+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_4A7UyACvxItTjYR44razW9HrrWd89qz5mzwCG6hcfhLYKdlUJHFn9gfI9q0h0d6K6BaAqTXlIJ71u99tFluB1IybOHaGOdAl8SeuQLDCeFZJ6i0_8JAq5TZYEO5JPSkkbT1x-TCRaw/s320/snowflake+08+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221062246866687378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9lhkdGG4aCRqNeulZY-eEJJNvJrG4ZoGMMUHFzWzT_ul6-nAw1nWgGZSStmwHQmz16Ceac88f4__9O7gMPh0YSfn57xDLfJtmsO9y1wt1LBOy66CdTVqp-WvFbUemT1IkdDX9G7ScDY/s1600-h/snowflake+08+015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9lhkdGG4aCRqNeulZY-eEJJNvJrG4ZoGMMUHFzWzT_ul6-nAw1nWgGZSStmwHQmz16Ceac88f4__9O7gMPh0YSfn57xDLfJtmsO9y1wt1LBOy66CdTVqp-WvFbUemT1IkdDX9G7ScDY/s320/snowflake+08+015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221061819240743826" /></a><br /><br />After the parade we hung out at my sister's house. The kids all went swimming in Aunt Julie's pool - thanks Aunt Julie for letting us all crash (destroy?) your house!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceIGYh4h1KZ9qruI68Wtqr2AVupnocB5z3BjKhCQ_sxUsK_02P_SJJAR_F7uQQqx5YBc0cQyAbBFX5CtN1NlUPih5GMidjFXQ7s7AEiAknHKy2Ck-s2dBfyc7YL3hferSKrBBltxW4fo/s1600-h/snowflake+08+034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceIGYh4h1KZ9qruI68Wtqr2AVupnocB5z3BjKhCQ_sxUsK_02P_SJJAR_F7uQQqx5YBc0cQyAbBFX5CtN1NlUPih5GMidjFXQ7s7AEiAknHKy2Ck-s2dBfyc7YL3hferSKrBBltxW4fo/s320/snowflake+08+034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221062251501988962" /></a><br /><br />On Friday afternoon we decided to head down to the ball fields and play a family baseball game. It was super fun and the kids all had a blast! I also got to visit with my bestest friend in Taylor - Jolene. She has a little girl (Brooklin) a few weeks older than Alli and she happened to stop by the ball fields while we were there. It was so great to visit with her - if only she would update her blog more often (just kidding Jo!!) Here are some pics of the kids getting ready for baseball...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_cB_u2zY_LLRg76aHNY6UQzM9FXeuFGn3HeB6pw_W0iZCOiu8iRv-KU8gxS_5Jz_slv9eSBuSfAocpuZ-SfqxNX1HK7WULou7Y6U79VapDB8bjONTFVzqDwzXngTovMG6IW-0bdQaQI/s1600-h/snowflake+08+041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_cB_u2zY_LLRg76aHNY6UQzM9FXeuFGn3HeB6pw_W0iZCOiu8iRv-KU8gxS_5Jz_slv9eSBuSfAocpuZ-SfqxNX1HK7WULou7Y6U79VapDB8bjONTFVzqDwzXngTovMG6IW-0bdQaQI/s320/snowflake+08+041.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221064069717235954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIAjo3lQGlGFd8Y48IOnYBS1SIR0HQPDhnkUnIEMSduADBIb7S6YHg5_zgv00cdBeQMuP9juErFUvbk8HZMBSiIcZH5vuwhfyAPZ2QgNG3RsuoFC8MXz7ta70Qsl2KGkWXshFev7TP1M/s1600-h/snowflake+08+043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIAjo3lQGlGFd8Y48IOnYBS1SIR0HQPDhnkUnIEMSduADBIb7S6YHg5_zgv00cdBeQMuP9juErFUvbk8HZMBSiIcZH5vuwhfyAPZ2QgNG3RsuoFC8MXz7ta70Qsl2KGkWXshFev7TP1M/s320/snowflake+08+043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221064077944515426" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJYoNNJTRkJQq9ONRmr01kiov8vAthg0pIb07tDIKPyjmVyYb94jxKqYSQQ4BCG5etlCn53Ogp-EjcnNVNP9jKUSFF_u5oRCStmNjtf37zjXjPaOiZXLbi0USNMMndgXowk8wKvmmaYc/s1600-h/snowflake+08+052.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJYoNNJTRkJQq9ONRmr01kiov8vAthg0pIb07tDIKPyjmVyYb94jxKqYSQQ4BCG5etlCn53Ogp-EjcnNVNP9jKUSFF_u5oRCStmNjtf37zjXjPaOiZXLbi0USNMMndgXowk8wKvmmaYc/s320/snowflake+08+052.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221062255332324050" /></a><br /><br />Taylor celebrated the 4th of July on Saturday morning with their traditional anvil explosion and the Jennings band. Dana headed out the door at about 5:00 in the morning with Connor in tow. Connor loves following the anvil and watching it explode into the air. I didn't even think to send the camera with Dana - so unfortunately no pics of that. All in all a great weekend with family, good food and all American FUN! We hope you all had a great 4th!!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-63676642719646823162008-06-23T21:59:00.001-07:002008-11-17T21:01:40.379-08:002 Dancing PrincessesEmma & Alli had their dance recitals on Saturday. They both did so great and I was so proud of them.<br /><br />Alli is in a tap/ballet combo class and they did a cute tap routine to "ma, he's makin' eyes at me". All the girls in Alli's class are so sweet & completely adorable. It's been so fun for her this year and we sure love the girls & their mom's. Here's Dancing Princess #1...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9MSSafAcdlHV7NUVygZhCi26KeCTzgtgxfb0KsYTQWSJnms65iNYomrgATYxIsSewHPFyu99IHRcTfkb8oVr4eT2g9QKSIZIGUkTRDN4RAGnQt6AKjcvbVs0XeZsovjVSB6UrVERsgM/s1600-h/Downloaded+5-14-2008+073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9MSSafAcdlHV7NUVygZhCi26KeCTzgtgxfb0KsYTQWSJnms65iNYomrgATYxIsSewHPFyu99IHRcTfkb8oVr4eT2g9QKSIZIGUkTRDN4RAGnQt6AKjcvbVs0XeZsovjVSB6UrVERsgM/s320/Downloaded+5-14-2008+073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215310669553447074" /></a><br />Here are the girls in Alli's class - aren't they the CUTEST??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYSyUju2S2f9W1iSG7Ih_tMIwp6cPZ-RlsypRXT5EqkWN6U8ybwTG_jS-AXhqHbg72cx4WTZDP7qh0bpIC1EV3roUBkGTdtSSgLvolScf4qQjX7T99ogT6DNxEd_sKUrOiu3l86iU6sg/s1600-h/Dance+n+scrapbook+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYSyUju2S2f9W1iSG7Ih_tMIwp6cPZ-RlsypRXT5EqkWN6U8ybwTG_jS-AXhqHbg72cx4WTZDP7qh0bpIC1EV3roUBkGTdtSSgLvolScf4qQjX7T99ogT6DNxEd_sKUrOiu3l86iU6sg/s320/Dance+n+scrapbook+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215310675189225250" /></a><br /><br />Emma is also in a tap/ballet combo for her age group. She has had a lot of fun and it's been fun for us to see her become a little more graceful. She loves to get all dolled up and was so excited when I put some makeup on her for her recital. She is such a beautiful little girl and she is growing up way too fast. Here's Dancing Princess #2...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6uyBazjkjdLCB686cxC9Zsb6UqhuH6lHEbDvG4s0up7VZp9Za_kABWNZy63HlUjAOulsjKGPMdX-YWK7-S86tPgshYWyhA3zM8J2myGhW467aIkNVBLTO2Z7HZ1EPVRH3OsNqIn-SzQ/s1600-h/Dance+n+scrapbook+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6uyBazjkjdLCB686cxC9Zsb6UqhuH6lHEbDvG4s0up7VZp9Za_kABWNZy63HlUjAOulsjKGPMdX-YWK7-S86tPgshYWyhA3zM8J2myGhW467aIkNVBLTO2Z7HZ1EPVRH3OsNqIn-SzQ/s320/Dance+n+scrapbook+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215311569973742418" /></a><br />Here's part of Emma's group. Most of the group shots I took with my camera didn't turn out well so I'm hoping one of the other mom's has some good pics.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkrdBlxvxID57XqEhbRR_xnvqe23JGSGDKEOX2euSNqB2J-U_NM49PYWzo8OJh4rsHO0-zNBPpbxP3FHNeXgT_qM-lQxXoDZl2eLmKPdfllHWg28r81oVxl4wVtPjE9gjj3DYfcbLWrc/s1600-h/Dance+n+scrapbook+018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkrdBlxvxID57XqEhbRR_xnvqe23JGSGDKEOX2euSNqB2J-U_NM49PYWzo8OJh4rsHO0-zNBPpbxP3FHNeXgT_qM-lQxXoDZl2eLmKPdfllHWg28r81oVxl4wVtPjE9gjj3DYfcbLWrc/s320/Dance+n+scrapbook+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215311572258417682" /></a>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-44433957481761830792008-06-11T16:22:00.000-07:002008-11-17T21:01:41.731-08:00Happy Birthday to Connor!!Sunday was Connor's 7th birthday. I have no idea where the last 7 years went - 7 years old seems so big! We were up at my mom's house and did a little family birthday party with some cousins. We are going to go bowling next week for his friend party and I'll post more pictures of that later. Connor - we love your energy and your sweet smile - our family would not be complete without our sweet boy!!<br />See how sweet & innocent he was when he was born??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGYuOM6p_5PRygFj30x1K75ntj2B_-vD9v1kkphJ5zdkiZrYn_UJyKvUB0T_9N5WX2Ao0sF2QgFUbSIJCdDX2YM9wUJEGCvZ2rzFAh8qFjGo9WNPt9SOp-2CP6h-KoBVTOJi07hQnTeU/s1600-h/Connor+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGYuOM6p_5PRygFj30x1K75ntj2B_-vD9v1kkphJ5zdkiZrYn_UJyKvUB0T_9N5WX2Ao0sF2QgFUbSIJCdDX2YM9wUJEGCvZ2rzFAh8qFjGo9WNPt9SOp-2CP6h-KoBVTOJi07hQnTeU/s320/Connor+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210792549680375138" /></a><br />He was super cute on his blessing day and had even put on a little weight!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSIZHHSwAMoGBUMiEUr53Azrj137QJKuWgBI-OjvDD4X-hitSmel8gVNPo-On7hD4Z0pwWmz6l6H2-7ycHFWRhGNPwU8b-xpgbXPn5xLTZoYYfqyrFVx95Eg0I1GXqgq6IK2sXemGSv4/s1600-h/Connor+007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSIZHHSwAMoGBUMiEUr53Azrj137QJKuWgBI-OjvDD4X-hitSmel8gVNPo-On7hD4Z0pwWmz6l6H2-7ycHFWRhGNPwU8b-xpgbXPn5xLTZoYYfqyrFVx95Eg0I1GXqgq6IK2sXemGSv4/s320/Connor+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210792563186182930" /></a><br />At 6 months old he was even cuter and we spoiled him ROTTEN for his 1st Christmas.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTW8fTMo7_phWXkbaUIU6KmElXcEJhePB5Kv1CVe5GCDJ8DUgbBGnxI0rpm0eDZanelPIysMs78dFg_OOsUr_qzQonipO5dP2ADgewsdh9olUEiA44XrWweLl_zndtLufYFHnsOX4uJM/s1600-h/Connor+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTW8fTMo7_phWXkbaUIU6KmElXcEJhePB5Kv1CVe5GCDJ8DUgbBGnxI0rpm0eDZanelPIysMs78dFg_OOsUr_qzQonipO5dP2ADgewsdh9olUEiA44XrWweLl_zndtLufYFHnsOX4uJM/s320/Connor+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210792574465957522" /></a><br />Pictures from his 1st birthday...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPelS-6iDcvtHea7p9cl9eZcJZvFn3gQ4ApaaeEzuEvn0pY1qyaZLCiQe35FLE0k-z2vW1PBMUDDqFnLn-naxTA0yreCS87_oxaF1E20u7qTj5-LM9z3imaIwj1EOP30ZDLwM9-55EEsY/s1600-h/Connor+009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPelS-6iDcvtHea7p9cl9eZcJZvFn3gQ4ApaaeEzuEvn0pY1qyaZLCiQe35FLE0k-z2vW1PBMUDDqFnLn-naxTA0yreCS87_oxaF1E20u7qTj5-LM9z3imaIwj1EOP30ZDLwM9-55EEsY/s320/Connor+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210792585668195234" /></a><br />He was already into cars by the time he was 2 years old. He already has about 4 cars picked out that he wants to own when he gets big (a blue Mustang, a monster truck, a Dodge Charger and a Toyota).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtV0bOcjUABRrxyMadwDbNGe0gd0b9uAYC-WMpti5aMrbdM86Eb_7vOJ89VNas5TnVHxsw28w3nXgN230u64JeK3VueOhq-sEmx88iJcav87qB-gdP3GbFe-JYZxQjWBd4xrxeRLgCuA/s1600-h/Connor+010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtV0bOcjUABRrxyMadwDbNGe0gd0b9uAYC-WMpti5aMrbdM86Eb_7vOJ89VNas5TnVHxsw28w3nXgN230u64JeK3VueOhq-sEmx88iJcav87qB-gdP3GbFe-JYZxQjWBd4xrxeRLgCuA/s320/Connor+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210794021304274210" /></a><br />He was a true 3 year old and I don't know how I survived that year!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJAKKmuI0kxW5dgs1pmxaNQhIDtjn8eV-zXwmWWlZQiHA9cF42ola0CowWA9kOXMkRuZVhiHA0pBZsk3RCY795Mctwe5w0pTZdspXbfEDRQkNkmoy_d7flXLXbAH1AkLCXDOeGCCD5ys/s1600-h/Connor+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJAKKmuI0kxW5dgs1pmxaNQhIDtjn8eV-zXwmWWlZQiHA9cF42ola0CowWA9kOXMkRuZVhiHA0pBZsk3RCY795Mctwe5w0pTZdspXbfEDRQkNkmoy_d7flXLXbAH1AkLCXDOeGCCD5ys/s320/Connor+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210794024858161218" /></a><br />By 4 he had mellowed a little bit but he still keeps us all busy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57ecYzMoaVTXX43h9nWu-tQAqKzX1eDHsQC5oJ2L5Kf96p88H3x3cOke9fZL4g2nPpt8Yq4QUcgoNoVQwWOMhPFHT79hzskzih3nUcWq05L5SytvaD3gmq6zDkSP_XUC4FB91qsD9_Kw/s1600-h/Connor+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57ecYzMoaVTXX43h9nWu-tQAqKzX1eDHsQC5oJ2L5Kf96p88H3x3cOke9fZL4g2nPpt8Yq4QUcgoNoVQwWOMhPFHT79hzskzih3nUcWq05L5SytvaD3gmq6zDkSP_XUC4FB91qsD9_Kw/s320/Connor+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210794032451858786" /></a><br />The movie "Cars" came out one day after his 5th birthday so we went to the movie for his party and had a ton of fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_lk1h5Z1RznmTdN2_g3HHK1euf-rQiSsTVzAKzkzsGoVqO1sPpleuDUzSerAUwDS2a_jsVi13iqjhJzfYwGe_x18GYb2dE0aAPntA0yRtKQrEkuITx5kgAZRZr8b6wCBiLKnKYNYkss/s1600-h/Connor+013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_lk1h5Z1RznmTdN2_g3HHK1euf-rQiSsTVzAKzkzsGoVqO1sPpleuDUzSerAUwDS2a_jsVi13iqjhJzfYwGe_x18GYb2dE0aAPntA0yRtKQrEkuITx5kgAZRZr8b6wCBiLKnKYNYkss/s320/Connor+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210794041654698290" /></a><br />Last year when he turned 6 we were at Lake Powell - we'll always remember his fun birthday at the lake!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdICB90U9SucXQvbKs6GtHbW-qsRypCjAIEG5vdSjlrd_2mY9NCFnISABN7IggPkt2ke5zAbx40DDh36cLjaD2QZ2sxj-TwDbC39nqkkiwGI8NLeqc28eSntokDLTC0Pngp8OQwZfnao/s1600-h/Connor+032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdICB90U9SucXQvbKs6GtHbW-qsRypCjAIEG5vdSjlrd_2mY9NCFnISABN7IggPkt2ke5zAbx40DDh36cLjaD2QZ2sxj-TwDbC39nqkkiwGI8NLeqc28eSntokDLTC0Pngp8OQwZfnao/s320/Connor+032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210796924988358450" /></a><br />Here he is on Sunday blowing out candles at my mom's house. He is such a good boy and we are so lucky to have him in our family.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMcPJ7zWwXesH62txR2xyrQTj0CoF1OCLb9hb-DipNkWjux5xFJDO7aGZnIM2hc-YxUqjbUsxD_8H1y2GkMx9oNClxUw8qbCYPuNzMKVDJY-QIxojA4cglSvcKWdZmkyJaOlxvGc8Aqk/s1600-h/Brentons+wed-+Connors+Bday+031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMcPJ7zWwXesH62txR2xyrQTj0CoF1OCLb9hb-DipNkWjux5xFJDO7aGZnIM2hc-YxUqjbUsxD_8H1y2GkMx9oNClxUw8qbCYPuNzMKVDJY-QIxojA4cglSvcKWdZmkyJaOlxvGc8Aqk/s320/Brentons+wed-+Connors+Bday+031.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210796227486971890" /></a>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-62256789172748566722008-06-11T16:01:00.000-07:002008-11-17T21:01:42.642-08:00Last Day of School!!I was so ready for school to be out and my kids to be home with me. They had such a great year and we're READY FOR SUMMER!!<br /><br />Emma's kindergarten teacher this year was SO GREAT!! She is super sweet and Emma is really going to miss her. Here's Emma with the best kindergarten teacher EVER!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPS3Xi1SRY7b2IUf3ziJPhjSyI260gtMAWi6O81avblYOrd-uQOU8wdgDlMg8twgpPzyfOSK6mP1eOO-KSHmL_lu_xKeg0Ja9HrNvw9PUPtQ2mNiwNk2hzQExnrmGwwiFoQM0ucWRwd0/s1600-h/Downloaded+5-14-2008+027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPS3Xi1SRY7b2IUf3ziJPhjSyI260gtMAWi6O81avblYOrd-uQOU8wdgDlMg8twgpPzyfOSK6mP1eOO-KSHmL_lu_xKeg0Ja9HrNvw9PUPtQ2mNiwNk2hzQExnrmGwwiFoQM0ucWRwd0/s320/Downloaded+5-14-2008+027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210764182551149170" /></a><br />Emma loves to sing and I was so excited to attend her kindergarten program. I was not prepared for her sadness - she cried with her head down the ENTIRE program. It was soooo sad! I think she wasn't feeling that great and when she saw me come into the cafeteria she wanted to sit by me and not with her class. Oh, well, here's a sad picture.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgncK3ACMyF8QUg4fnq_CxX4ZePV2LNQ2yZ4cMQRpfa9etrrSdgESBwD9WS1kdRgvJ11pNru3wKIK76s76VqbWrF8b2kHEBV2rOTwq104bCNPP6e4IVaJN2Kw9Drm5FCq4WCkp_wn2fs/s1600-h/Downloaded+5-14-2008+021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgncK3ACMyF8QUg4fnq_CxX4ZePV2LNQ2yZ4cMQRpfa9etrrSdgESBwD9WS1kdRgvJ11pNru3wKIK76s76VqbWrF8b2kHEBV2rOTwq104bCNPP6e4IVaJN2Kw9Drm5FCq4WCkp_wn2fs/s320/Downloaded+5-14-2008+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210764004752519730" /></a><br />She did perk up as soon as the program was over and it was time for snacks!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvogJgTK3fO70SqUNW4qaOp2XZw8tdDso2L9ku-LgHZtNGkdT0peHR_HwGpQQibfvAOMMpgKBRVhWSAEJcaQHw45G-AdmWM8eUqPGLZjHijBqT1AmMET5Epg-v6KWeqq7RKvTfHjzsiGw/s1600-h/Downloaded+5-14-2008+026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvogJgTK3fO70SqUNW4qaOp2XZw8tdDso2L9ku-LgHZtNGkdT0peHR_HwGpQQibfvAOMMpgKBRVhWSAEJcaQHw45G-AdmWM8eUqPGLZjHijBqT1AmMET5Epg-v6KWeqq7RKvTfHjzsiGw/s320/Downloaded+5-14-2008+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210764014501351282" /></a><br />Connor is sooo excited to be a 2nd grader next year. He took off this year and did awesome in math. His teacher was great and we're going to miss her!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDy5sHhM2kidBuRiI-2IupAdIYfaLkBXnHiuJmvHuU_nvW34-jUdWF69GIqglmLWdyZCIKjCKqKaJS5vjBLQ8LYM08rI4V2w-Bf7IhZFxkizM7K3NaENexBSB3fZggB63NZeS49GZDPc/s1600-h/Downloaded+5-14-2008+018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDy5sHhM2kidBuRiI-2IupAdIYfaLkBXnHiuJmvHuU_nvW34-jUdWF69GIqglmLWdyZCIKjCKqKaJS5vjBLQ8LYM08rI4V2w-Bf7IhZFxkizM7K3NaENexBSB3fZggB63NZeS49GZDPc/s320/Downloaded+5-14-2008+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210763993322025538" /></a><br />Here's Connor with a few friends - Carson & Christian.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U266QAZ3Rx9CpEeXjVzEUZWHLwWu86XbV4_C44z75LVxnY6gExoLa3Gt6Apj3l0Z1jkheSTc-DGT-hZt24LIZbPSsVXB-wYlsXTMNLmuRd0-QgJudloqOtOv2jLvKR3RJzCDnXkKdLE/s1600-h/Downloaded+5-14-2008+019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U266QAZ3Rx9CpEeXjVzEUZWHLwWu86XbV4_C44z75LVxnY6gExoLa3Gt6Apj3l0Z1jkheSTc-DGT-hZt24LIZbPSsVXB-wYlsXTMNLmuRd0-QgJudloqOtOv2jLvKR3RJzCDnXkKdLE/s320/Downloaded+5-14-2008+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210764001200098450" /></a><br /><br />Now - Speaking of summer - the last day of school was crazy weather here and not like summer at all! My kids wore jackets to school and as we were walking home from school it rained on us and was actually chilly!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MtY97AWR9upLYEXGk3l5hqfW1-hn6cbr3URF04Aans-spmsuswBnAmas7LZ3H6WNu0MAvpZn3AFGpybZ9yFRKMp4qJmOmrM3HXM87kb5sngMX5BLEJHXkQ0ZshF1jEUKk4oTEbirRWc/s1600-h/Downloaded+5-14-2008+028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MtY97AWR9upLYEXGk3l5hqfW1-hn6cbr3URF04Aans-spmsuswBnAmas7LZ3H6WNu0MAvpZn3AFGpybZ9yFRKMp4qJmOmrM3HXM87kb5sngMX5BLEJHXkQ0ZshF1jEUKk4oTEbirRWc/s320/Downloaded+5-14-2008+028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210763982604858098" /></a><br />Right after school we drove to Utah for a wedding and guess what?? We got snowed on more than once. When we stopped for gas in Panguitch it was snowing - the kids were trying to catch snowflakes on their tongues - it's a little hard to see the flakes but they were there!! Anyway, it was freezing!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiTvHT6flVYNwvSFiHens55nwnptRm0ZsVhC-mLbCEp-4cYg-te-sqw-RIZ3jHA1RVrnEIZ_Drk86wGuPzFDgmnzTH_-okj3WmvmtkZoTVcB7fNJDD3I-ILZzQYn844lUiVGaENWNGt4k/s1600-h/Downloaded+5-14-2008+033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiTvHT6flVYNwvSFiHens55nwnptRm0ZsVhC-mLbCEp-4cYg-te-sqw-RIZ3jHA1RVrnEIZ_Drk86wGuPzFDgmnzTH_-okj3WmvmtkZoTVcB7fNJDD3I-ILZzQYn844lUiVGaENWNGt4k/s320/Downloaded+5-14-2008+033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210767162669046338" /></a>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-29664974459712900192008-05-12T20:36:00.000-07:002008-11-17T21:01:44.986-08:00Caribbean CruiseWARNING - This post is WAY TOO LONG but I couldn't cut anything else out - SORRY<br />We didn't plan on going on a cruise this year but our good friends said "hey, let's go on a cruise together" and, of course, we jumped at the chance! Here's pictures of us, the Andersons and the Adairs at dinner one night. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHkut2qj6B-SNa3id5hj8skPfzDM9zJS_qh9LSs-2Mk6GBTFTGV6LarQ24pHZV1pUEpQXSMNUPwgiy5fE4WP3LnH6G9j6Hfrq-1Xs4j2ZW0pBtnBo7aAN_Elsmu9NiZbMRg5-v0KsCv8/s1600-h/Cruise+017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHkut2qj6B-SNa3id5hj8skPfzDM9zJS_qh9LSs-2Mk6GBTFTGV6LarQ24pHZV1pUEpQXSMNUPwgiy5fE4WP3LnH6G9j6Hfrq-1Xs4j2ZW0pBtnBo7aAN_Elsmu9NiZbMRg5-v0KsCv8/s320/Cruise+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199703484598714018" /></a><br />Raith is on the left, Kent in the middle and, of course, my handsome hubby!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYofLqw0rctEJOn06oKr79_5h00fDL2csEQYpifg0KC7XN-Rk_SUUixG4BP-Tgo_KzapmTor0FAK95Fw5S_Ufo7JCTtehP97JZdrsd19kzaOrfz8e40Ve-FrATZjs0kC9Rbw-kJaHKwwg/s1600-h/Cruise+014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYofLqw0rctEJOn06oKr79_5h00fDL2csEQYpifg0KC7XN-Rk_SUUixG4BP-Tgo_KzapmTor0FAK95Fw5S_Ufo7JCTtehP97JZdrsd19kzaOrfz8e40Ve-FrATZjs0kC9Rbw-kJaHKwwg/s320/Cruise+014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199703252670479954" /></a><br />Julie is on the left (married to Kent), I'm not sure who the cheeser is in the middle and Tori is on the right (she's married to Raith).<br /><br />It was so fun to be with two awesome couples. We all got along so well and I have not laughed so much in a long time. I almost wet myself watching Raith (the guy who never shows public affection) get hypnotized and hug a total stranger among other things. We ate, laughed, worked out, ate some more, laughed and watched some really good shows. We are already looking forward to another vacation together when the kids get a little older. (Cerise and the Judd's, this is your 3 year notice for watching the kids - just kidding!!)<br /><br />We went on a 7 day Western Caribbean out of Miami. The weather was so nice and the scenery - wow!! It only rained on us once while we were on Roatan Island, Honduras, but the temperature didn't drop and it actually felt good. We left from Miami on a Sunday, spent Monday at sea and got to the Cayman Islands on Tuesday morning. Dana and I decided to do an exploratory dive on Grand Cayman. An exploratory dive is where you can scuba, but don't have to be certified - you just don't go down very far and have a guide right with you. I have to tell you that when we had to sign the waivers and fill in an emergency contact, I got a little nervous. But, we stuck with it and it was AWESOME!! I wish we lived closer to some sort of scuba diving - I would definitely get certified. Here's a pic of us getting our scuba gear on.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67mDoY9sjmL9X78b5vzXT_xu-VEgXr7mIp3EyRxaBoUG0NY-5VlPRzo9i8vcSWUAbkUlmZ8dHE8g7w83BW6PBO9NqQ6w3-EExlzScivKBbmkFrVxAFIchQj25dqXv05oZl-9uSZH9scY/s1600-h/Cruise+027+-+edit.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67mDoY9sjmL9X78b5vzXT_xu-VEgXr7mIp3EyRxaBoUG0NY-5VlPRzo9i8vcSWUAbkUlmZ8dHE8g7w83BW6PBO9NqQ6w3-EExlzScivKBbmkFrVxAFIchQj25dqXv05oZl-9uSZH9scY/s320/Cruise+027+-+edit.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199710270647041714" /></a><br />We went down to about 30 feet (which was just right for me) and got to explore a ship wreck off the coast of Grand Cayman. The visibility was about 98% - almost like being in a swimming pool. This is what the water looked like...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3ge-E_hccZjouYsQHLDDCwaDoDJe5fc8hbQ8iZaS3kVkUNXKWhgjekFaU_KtLkEp_Itk8_2wC3-nv8CrOPuuhz4GbQ-cg250WrYBvpr7dVbnihrlHYJTRDsoMuD8yScbZgtk8lvzw8Y/s1600-h/Cruise+035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3ge-E_hccZjouYsQHLDDCwaDoDJe5fc8hbQ8iZaS3kVkUNXKWhgjekFaU_KtLkEp_Itk8_2wC3-nv8CrOPuuhz4GbQ-cg250WrYBvpr7dVbnihrlHYJTRDsoMuD8yScbZgtk8lvzw8Y/s320/Cruise+035.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199703261260414578" /></a><br />The only thing I decided that was bad about the cruise was that we didn't have enough time at the places we visited. There are so many things to see and do and we just had to pick what we wanted to do most. Anyway, on Wednesday we were on the island of Roatan, Honduras. It was a gorgeous island - completely lush with some great beaches. It didn't seem like there was a middle class on the island - people were either extremely impoverished or really wealthy. We rented scooters that day and hung out at a beach club for a while (see picture below) and then went snorkeling at Half Moom Bay and saw some awesome fish and coral. The scooters were so much fun - we looked hilarious in the "Beetle Bailey" helmets! Note, I didn't attach THAT picture!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLNI5kyOQmJV6IGgRDw8rm9OHLw8_VOck7dM63WEEbackemP9m6Dw1QaOJtXUxYtf0mvOOHVk11yiZUQ6VzckeushMkKNGB_UqSnQw_OzOJdXW7MgfcQvpAPXxcOqi4rWzLTLQ-7k_oE/s1600-h/Cruise+046.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLNI5kyOQmJV6IGgRDw8rm9OHLw8_VOck7dM63WEEbackemP9m6Dw1QaOJtXUxYtf0mvOOHVk11yiZUQ6VzckeushMkKNGB_UqSnQw_OzOJdXW7MgfcQvpAPXxcOqi4rWzLTLQ-7k_oE/s320/Cruise+046.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199703265555381890" /></a><br />Okay, moving on, we went to Belize on Thursday and it was another completely gorgeous place. We decided to take a tour of the Mayan ruins that day. Our tour guide was really nice and told us a lot about the Mayan people. The pictures of the Mayan Ruins DO NOT do them justice. The temples were so huge and we didn't even get to see the best ones - they are too far away and harder to get to.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KNfmEIuXZvb2JgROwaW8J1svw8rYzrMYPlLN8t17WqJ0bAK7DsPpSyMxJUAYavJxH4H1HXsOA3e3YynXok6U_RY1v52KrqPIzTQvdeRNfLMf3FACFI8VenE4bQGBnAxcxjS4sfsLPEk/s1600-h/Cruise+067.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KNfmEIuXZvb2JgROwaW8J1svw8rYzrMYPlLN8t17WqJ0bAK7DsPpSyMxJUAYavJxH4H1HXsOA3e3YynXok6U_RY1v52KrqPIzTQvdeRNfLMf3FACFI8VenE4bQGBnAxcxjS4sfsLPEk/s320/Cruise+067.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199703274145316498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kpo-bIMXJaTSk4EvNVsgaIUE_nRycmN9QbHnpzeO3tDZX1natCqCnWB0V0CkWj8NvnXwn3WSVqnTKRcuPYgzQ_KYdMAnN629-3gLEGfMom_YNxHYSs9UGiEtHb7gi0g3YnjwwXgFxds/s1600-h/Cruise+073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kpo-bIMXJaTSk4EvNVsgaIUE_nRycmN9QbHnpzeO3tDZX1natCqCnWB0V0CkWj8NvnXwn3WSVqnTKRcuPYgzQ_KYdMAnN629-3gLEGfMom_YNxHYSs9UGiEtHb7gi0g3YnjwwXgFxds/s320/Cruise+073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199714372340809442" /></a><br />Now moving on to Friday...Our last port was Cozumel, Mexico. There were so many things to do on Cozumel and the water and beaches were so amazing. We ended up going snorkeling in the morning and had a great guide. He even found an octopus for us - it "inked" when he picked it up.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLXMJd8vWV7XfWajwoojmEH1UPeIWAe75KCtmtwBmPyTUSO-4ecKz_o26ozoE5wDdDO5NB54GnkSt9U_O2xh2RrpvZxBrrH2elVmA7S5PO3M_beoCJym9hnlIauv__H_TSfVR2uG9otE/s1600-h/Cruise+091.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLXMJd8vWV7XfWajwoojmEH1UPeIWAe75KCtmtwBmPyTUSO-4ecKz_o26ozoE5wDdDO5NB54GnkSt9U_O2xh2RrpvZxBrrH2elVmA7S5PO3M_beoCJym9hnlIauv__H_TSfVR2uG9otE/s320/Cruise+091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199715385953091314" /></a><br />After snorkeling, we took a taxi to a beach club and we were just going to lounge and read all day. When we got to the club we found out that they had a parasail boat so we all (except for Julie - she got to relax) went parasailing. I'd been once before and had a blast so I wasn't prepared for the windy conditions and I got a little motion sickness. It was still really fun and the view was amazing from about 400 feet in the air!! Here's all of us parasailing - sorry the pictures aren't that great!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghK-RSjyY6Q4SYZJR04xNDAfgzJWfp-u_c51VhhJaTdq9tcNXqHDF2VIlau3klGfIRLwGjAogIfxJVZ_7I61W97edy5_goC1-JV32wkTY_0l4s3aeSgG9BEezLJkX2nQh4MxRtlZ_jPM/s1600-h/Cruise+098.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghK-RSjyY6Q4SYZJR04xNDAfgzJWfp-u_c51VhhJaTdq9tcNXqHDF2VIlau3klGfIRLwGjAogIfxJVZ_7I61W97edy5_goC1-JV32wkTY_0l4s3aeSgG9BEezLJkX2nQh4MxRtlZ_jPM/s320/Cruise+098.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199713977203818178" /></a><br />This is me coming in - I think I look a little green =(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeTuq7yqpnHvSe0VQud7g1424IUCfxmE5V6pPh0RwKoDimwqocPyT_JLP_QHdzVEdQAdMUKDbc8WQ2UuPT2trodno7DDOtUHPDnNmq6UK1JEGjBEtqGuc021_dTZty17d9OQbjoN9Q4I/s1600-h/Cruise+107.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeTuq7yqpnHvSe0VQud7g1424IUCfxmE5V6pPh0RwKoDimwqocPyT_JLP_QHdzVEdQAdMUKDbc8WQ2UuPT2trodno7DDOtUHPDnNmq6UK1JEGjBEtqGuc021_dTZty17d9OQbjoN9Q4I/s320/Cruise+107.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199713981498785490" /></a><br />Here's Dana - he didn't get motion sickness but he also didn't bounce around quite as much as I did.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFnw4QF779rDpUMy-QYnh3y8SvSZgsC7BWNOv5WTsa9e2edSjAV1VNgIcsMe30cLlF-ehW_JJfaUmA2zZZFk1D2gkXFXrRF5bHOtSbjdyADIurAm-K9SIsi_JOwxjMlrO07Xcqac6FMo/s1600-h/Cruise+126.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFnw4QF779rDpUMy-QYnh3y8SvSZgsC7BWNOv5WTsa9e2edSjAV1VNgIcsMe30cLlF-ehW_JJfaUmA2zZZFk1D2gkXFXrRF5bHOtSbjdyADIurAm-K9SIsi_JOwxjMlrO07Xcqac6FMo/s320/Cruise+126.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199719221358886690" /></a><br />Here's our friend, Tori. She was so much fun to cruise with. She'd never been on a cruise before and had this same HUGE smile on her face the entire week!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvMZCUK3yBXYB0lk43GJa_rtaF7z6gTjkXGOTZS8v8VdlG84OZ-8Q1ZgMr-jhcph__wxYqReoMNSjRTz8llwAUgHlbqi54a2xejyagbAU9GvszoJawiu3KadDAyt0PLZMRYhksVdpPxU/s1600-h/Cruise+145.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvMZCUK3yBXYB0lk43GJa_rtaF7z6gTjkXGOTZS8v8VdlG84OZ-8Q1ZgMr-jhcph__wxYqReoMNSjRTz8llwAUgHlbqi54a2xejyagbAU9GvszoJawiu3KadDAyt0PLZMRYhksVdpPxU/s320/Cruise+145.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199719225653854002" /></a><br />Here's Tori's husband, Raith. He was so funny before he went up. He was checking and double checking all the harnesses to make sure he'd know how to bail out just in case something went wrong. Unfortunately, Tori and Raith also got a little motion sickness.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEgfOcZWebLy3Y7sfnuixYcy20Wb0cGBf2xleBhTH-H7qTbqT_z8tKYWbgSKVWRhpIOcRacB3XMcGOyxhpyk_T7tjKt61AOq1Esp1I-ZVTTP0g_AKi_klHPbA7-mGX5VZxLEw_433Ppg/s1600-h/Cruise+118.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEgfOcZWebLy3Y7sfnuixYcy20Wb0cGBf2xleBhTH-H7qTbqT_z8tKYWbgSKVWRhpIOcRacB3XMcGOyxhpyk_T7tjKt61AOq1Esp1I-ZVTTP0g_AKi_klHPbA7-mGX5VZxLEw_433Ppg/s320/Cruise+118.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199719229948821314" /></a><br />Here's our friend, Kent. He's the adventurous one of our group and it seems like he's been everywhere and done everything at least once. He's a certified scuba diver and we relied on him a lot to hook us up with fun things to do - thanks, Kent!!<br /><br />Well, here we are at the beach club on Cozumel just before getting back in a taxi to get back on the boat. I swear, the scenery looked like a fake backdrop!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-0wWt2rvfvGtTOJMiJ3_ZZJkIwIvYcqU_aJCxXbHOFrZIwQ4NF8er-706taQra23KxwiOMEZqZVETttHY-dAo2SwwC3efbDlq1NJDsuADcQOG90lt8nBQzqZ5n6mVYHP-egEU3TaF_I/s1600-h/Cruise+151.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-0wWt2rvfvGtTOJMiJ3_ZZJkIwIvYcqU_aJCxXbHOFrZIwQ4NF8er-706taQra23KxwiOMEZqZVETttHY-dAo2SwwC3efbDlq1NJDsuADcQOG90lt8nBQzqZ5n6mVYHP-egEU3TaF_I/s320/Cruise+151.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199717524846804738" /></a><br />Raith & Tori - they got married just a few months before we did. They also have a son that was born on the same day as Alli!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlmTJpdy5oXffmBwEXGnBit_KJC157X9PWAPmk5XIbnY2Evt6d9vbPWPX3ePNaM1FdDQu1nlWd_hGT8-mlzTWzZ8aGf1Q6PcTqTMK3GIaLyJXDFgYUVBnGH5ExeNLwB0HfzUb7MdNdas/s1600-h/Cruise+152.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlmTJpdy5oXffmBwEXGnBit_KJC157X9PWAPmk5XIbnY2Evt6d9vbPWPX3ePNaM1FdDQu1nlWd_hGT8-mlzTWzZ8aGf1Q6PcTqTMK3GIaLyJXDFgYUVBnGH5ExeNLwB0HfzUb7MdNdas/s320/Cruise+152.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199717529141772050" /></a><br />Kent & Julie - Dana grew up with Kent and has know him for about 30 years. The first time I met them was at their son's baby blessing. That son just turned 16!! Wow, I feel old.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfPrg3-Joj2tc2ePzeipXzY9-VYm6eW04_v5HDyYWTXaJgW-5BZJj7zPCTlaDcbaIo3A7GviBm0QFR7AxsVCWrhJOy2MiZ91kQ-VfQfg8kUJPt03wBUGPtL1UkomZtcJv6gcRExglu64/s1600-h/Cruise+154.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfPrg3-Joj2tc2ePzeipXzY9-VYm6eW04_v5HDyYWTXaJgW-5BZJj7zPCTlaDcbaIo3A7GviBm0QFR7AxsVCWrhJOy2MiZ91kQ-VfQfg8kUJPt03wBUGPtL1UkomZtcJv6gcRExglu64/s320/Cruise+154.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199720368115154770" /></a><br />Okay, here were are. I had just gotten up from a little nap and I don't think my face was awake yet.<br /><br />So much fun in 7 days!! We were at sea again on Saturday and it was nice to have a relaxing day and not get off the boat. The food was so good on the boat and most nights I ate more than one dessert. If I ever get a hold of their recipe for "chocolate melting cake" I will invite everyone over to my house for dessert!! I also have to say a huge THANKS to my sister, Cerise, who watched Alli for me and had Connor and Emma for the weekend. Also, a huge THANKS to the Judd family, who watched Connor & Emma and then had all 3 of our kids for the last 2 days. We love you guys so much and we wouldn't have enjoyed one minute of our cruise if we didn't know our kiddos were having so much fun and getting loved on by you guys - THANK YOU!!!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-59780037865429206292008-05-07T13:27:00.000-07:002008-11-17T21:01:45.296-08:00Swimming in April??I don't know where the month of April went - things were certainly busy at the Shumway house. Connor is playing coach pitch, Emma and Alli are both in dance getting ready for their June rehearsal and - OH YEAH - we went on a Caribbean cruise the end of April!! I'll do a separate post with some fun pics of the cruise but wanted to share these cute pics of the kids and our first time swimming this season. All of the kids LOVE the water and maybe next year we'll put a pool in. For now, we have lots of friends and family that let us use their pool. The water was only about 73 degrees that day. I knew Connor wouldn't care, he's a fish and the temperature doesn't seem to bother him. I was on the steps with Alli talking about how cold the water was and the next thing I knew she jumped off the steps and went in. The look of utter shock on her face was hilarious. She was freaking out about how cold it was and was looking at me like I'd pushed her in. I probably shouldn't have laughed so hard, but I couldn't help it. Anyway, after thrashing around a little bit, both her and Emma decided it was warm enough and they were off. Here's some cute pics of the kids before they start to get their Arizona summer tan!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rBU6ORNJ0twDg4jBOup44pOPSouiGLF2YrCOGdBac_EpHicV0pwUPuVEtGeKfp5QPhxmeSQhz9J4ddTgi5NIdhNz_l1JLqOg3TTgZp5oMd1fF0hvlad9R8vh_cS3f4Tc5zCDGjSgQ9U/s1600-h/4-25-08+009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rBU6ORNJ0twDg4jBOup44pOPSouiGLF2YrCOGdBac_EpHicV0pwUPuVEtGeKfp5QPhxmeSQhz9J4ddTgi5NIdhNz_l1JLqOg3TTgZp5oMd1fF0hvlad9R8vh_cS3f4Tc5zCDGjSgQ9U/s320/4-25-08+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197735853790985426" /></a><br />Connor is such a stud and he LOVES his scuba goggles even if they do look a little(?) goofy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqnUKeQ1MQSCO7Kqa7ygkKSn36M3mN3Fm7EOtQpn3ZYe2ROIk_A9aQFA640fNxeH5Exb9ZX483GSLWNmy-xYm7L_snuzw-ARGpNowjcM4HBr72JmJDftmR64tOOQexxDQGhgtjaLnsMM/s1600-h/4-25-08+010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqnUKeQ1MQSCO7Kqa7ygkKSn36M3mN3Fm7EOtQpn3ZYe2ROIk_A9aQFA640fNxeH5Exb9ZX483GSLWNmy-xYm7L_snuzw-ARGpNowjcM4HBr72JmJDftmR64tOOQexxDQGhgtjaLnsMM/s320/4-25-08+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197735858085952738" /></a><br />Emma is still my most timid in the water and hopefully she'll get over that this year. She is finally swimming pretty good on her own, she just needs some major work on her form (or lack thereof =)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhxKql0QVMKE8DlcVFYhbJ5xpwfOzveYILHFV6RFZSjOlaDm-E8eWi_Gj_eQeaXmVPR7I9ZDDcZPsMfUU4QDc-WzkKnEgXJT9ixpNYXO25eupTrrAnDq6o9cce3ejptNSmfiYwNs76N4/s1600-h/4-25-08+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhxKql0QVMKE8DlcVFYhbJ5xpwfOzveYILHFV6RFZSjOlaDm-E8eWi_Gj_eQeaXmVPR7I9ZDDcZPsMfUU4QDc-WzkKnEgXJT9ixpNYXO25eupTrrAnDq6o9cce3ejptNSmfiYwNs76N4/s320/4-25-08+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197735866675887346" /></a><br />Alli loves to swim and can actually swim about half the length of the pool without floaties. However, I was not willing to follow her into the deep end (too cold for me) so I made her wear floaties. I can't wait to see her take off this year and gain some more confidence in the water!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-48661478408453133002008-03-26T12:36:00.000-07:002008-11-17T21:01:46.403-08:00S.Q.A.C.About 7 years ago, my sisters, sister-in-law and mom founded the Scrapbooking Queens of America Club (SQAC). We started having crop nights at each others houses and soon realized it was not near enough scrapping time. So, with the support (?) of our husbands and families, we started an annual scrapbook weekend. It has been so much fun to get together once a year and scrapbook 'til we can't even see straight. We start Thursday as soon as we can get to my mom's house and scrap all weekend long (usually only getting about 5 hours of sleep each night). We scrap, watch movies, eat and visit. This year my oldest neice, Ashley, was invited and we inducted her by dressing her up as the "Queen of Quack" and made her go into Circle K and buy super sized tampons. She was a great sport and I haven't laughed that much in a long time. Anyway, I took a few pictures of my favorite layouts and thought I would share. I can't take complete credit for my layouts - I almost always "scrap-lift" (look at other people's layouts and copy/change them as I do my own pages). I hope someday my kids will appreciate all their cute pages and the life stories that go along with them. I guess it's my way of writing our family history and having some fun along the way. If you can't see them very well, click on the individual picture to see a bigger picture. Hope you enjoy!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyphenhyphenEtQuW6-JN-amyhWJtRs5gw1oazdLDHv_3gg6tPuNoE9P7TUafH5yFhAC1mUCVbnNUwj1zLzboqCYc5G8ZR3muhxWi5j6TGzSf5l1t_FyFrG1FC1nXa9B2IEiboQQsFJSuAZW15iEAQ/s1600-h/March+25th+032.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyphenhyphenEtQuW6-JN-amyhWJtRs5gw1oazdLDHv_3gg6tPuNoE9P7TUafH5yFhAC1mUCVbnNUwj1zLzboqCYc5G8ZR3muhxWi5j6TGzSf5l1t_FyFrG1FC1nXa9B2IEiboQQsFJSuAZW15iEAQ/s200/March+25th+032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182137115251991922" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBO_djU1p9Zl9RahRDQtqdTam6nrhalr8y2Fz4_f2JN0Jfl5ROK2UMlqLDy1Lr5A6qCQfwQaRiihJWdJTO1H9KNEbpRoeHjkSH5lce5YeGb359Ptsq6DmKJGvaZoZ-CGAAgOB7MOJSr4/s1600-h/March+25th+033.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBO_djU1p9Zl9RahRDQtqdTam6nrhalr8y2Fz4_f2JN0Jfl5ROK2UMlqLDy1Lr5A6qCQfwQaRiihJWdJTO1H9KNEbpRoeHjkSH5lce5YeGb359Ptsq6DmKJGvaZoZ-CGAAgOB7MOJSr4/s200/March+25th+033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182137128136893826" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCL2BkW3x0_1tVzvAyGw6pzgsi42lDTA_2PYtg0N4HrsO0e7F6hee2Jz3oFpliDWIKWmfwloXoMOXi5R9DCoIGI5M2lKv0exE3qTGzeRNx4GgE0Xzxoddp2KCdaEZUV1BuLjQKdGuSCUc/s1600-h/March+25th+034.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCL2BkW3x0_1tVzvAyGw6pzgsi42lDTA_2PYtg0N4HrsO0e7F6hee2Jz3oFpliDWIKWmfwloXoMOXi5R9DCoIGI5M2lKv0exE3qTGzeRNx4GgE0Xzxoddp2KCdaEZUV1BuLjQKdGuSCUc/s200/March+25th+034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182137136726828434" /></a><br />These are some of the cute pics I took in December of the kids. I had them enlarged and they turned out sooooo cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINwoGGK4Ch-fr0aBGYpo89wnWGkLcWsOjQAvMV9kC0LVRT6bHCGaVjFu9w8JCl3Xes50nsoha1AvgBZv3YS6vM0OXqj4Vki1QEVD0M2san4X7Ke8BTzly8N7vZn3gpfbs7EB5N27GeI4/s1600-h/March+25th+036.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINwoGGK4Ch-fr0aBGYpo89wnWGkLcWsOjQAvMV9kC0LVRT6bHCGaVjFu9w8JCl3Xes50nsoha1AvgBZv3YS6vM0OXqj4Vki1QEVD0M2san4X7Ke8BTzly8N7vZn3gpfbs7EB5N27GeI4/s200/March+25th+036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182139722297140642" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaDrP_5NNzC31NDO5VLF5xJ6HqubtVtBPYPtNeRVhFk-nTg0gy-VGFhgl2-didOOdrvoo3JAQC4gsJAl-lBT7k0sGV-hYUykWTRtW_aBQe9LKfwpTmMuka0vvaQEAhSaw9MjlIaQ3gKQ/s1600-h/March+25th+037.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaDrP_5NNzC31NDO5VLF5xJ6HqubtVtBPYPtNeRVhFk-nTg0gy-VGFhgl2-didOOdrvoo3JAQC4gsJAl-lBT7k0sGV-hYUykWTRtW_aBQe9LKfwpTmMuka0vvaQEAhSaw9MjlIaQ3gKQ/s200/March+25th+037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182139743771977138" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_AiPcshE2IsRrKzseacz3PaAfdKggWq9rpHJ87rX9mQH76O-bA_g_KQypOkIv_it8ZeC6CFlLE9g2XcfXJC4PxlvzjZXw23FEeKYJea09LUGBZ8xwHNE7cUrAd95OFK7zof6Ge6k2bI/s1600-h/March+25th+038.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_AiPcshE2IsRrKzseacz3PaAfdKggWq9rpHJ87rX9mQH76O-bA_g_KQypOkIv_it8ZeC6CFlLE9g2XcfXJC4PxlvzjZXw23FEeKYJea09LUGBZ8xwHNE7cUrAd95OFK7zof6Ge6k2bI/s200/March+25th+038.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182139752361911746" /></a><br />Fun pictures of when we took the kids to the beach!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDpN4UTsj02_dHukVT0SvS_cInWaFCjQ99xZngsIMX4iuDkkqrueFSKwXPpPBN4cD-1q6taQ9Dx_5Wt5ekOKBAN9GHvBBrv7UXrhUovUEG11yGtKpq4DtkGGtTUC9yE19jaXnJYGfRaY/s1600-h/March+25th+026.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDpN4UTsj02_dHukVT0SvS_cInWaFCjQ99xZngsIMX4iuDkkqrueFSKwXPpPBN4cD-1q6taQ9Dx_5Wt5ekOKBAN9GHvBBrv7UXrhUovUEG11yGtKpq4DtkGGtTUC9yE19jaXnJYGfRaY/s200/March+25th+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182142780313855490" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ExiB5_9pYlsvgoAvRYEmwY7zz3tGQAWTAWqU2HQb_gPGf-hApg3tfrJfd-mjEAm3y987IQGYNkOc0_3vGOBUuRDWiuL_anFqrCYcL6wTVTLDIoOnr4NmUaOssO5QKoyK3xSk7KLHDjc/s1600-h/March+25th+027.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ExiB5_9pYlsvgoAvRYEmwY7zz3tGQAWTAWqU2HQb_gPGf-hApg3tfrJfd-mjEAm3y987IQGYNkOc0_3vGOBUuRDWiuL_anFqrCYcL6wTVTLDIoOnr4NmUaOssO5QKoyK3xSk7KLHDjc/s200/March+25th+027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182142788903790098" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsthvJb8z2k2MpIbdYLkXWgjTrka9e08Tihoh6_bN-uf87wrG8cDx4g8tu8QL9R-dkd99eYsH-3mQGZeMYAh0QRHCTPmbu3y6oWznXn1IDBrdKm1GatSpj4lh3mdY7oiZh7sqrvosJHo/s1600-h/March+25th+028.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsthvJb8z2k2MpIbdYLkXWgjTrka9e08Tihoh6_bN-uf87wrG8cDx4g8tu8QL9R-dkd99eYsH-3mQGZeMYAh0QRHCTPmbu3y6oWznXn1IDBrdKm1GatSpj4lh3mdY7oiZh7sqrvosJHo/s200/March+25th+028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182142797493724706" /></a><br />The kids playing in the sand at the park - look at Alli's chubby cheeks!!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-43359327466494263832008-03-25T20:42:00.000-07:002008-11-17T21:01:46.760-08:00Happy Easter!Okay - I know I've been a total slacker lately and you're all sick of seeing the crayons, so here's an update.<br /><br />Easter was so much fun with the kids. We went up to Snowflake to spend Easter with my mom and sister's family. The weather turned out to be really great (it's usually really windy in March and April). We went to an Easter Egg Hunt at the golf course, colored eggs, had a family Easter Egg Hunt and then went to Grandma's ward for Easter Sunday. Thanks Mom & Julie for all the fun!! Here's a few pics from Easter morning:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5RLFfm_dG5M-UY3ZpRwdJc293UedEcKs6bp5W47AkjzqAJe68qSKSqSZ9i3arBWGYNR3iptCaAH0zEka7_arxclfVypXk0QvtxbJBJ-VQy_ez_4maxUUN9eijzm9STnoa4Sw7WoqIWA/s1600-h/Picture+273.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5RLFfm_dG5M-UY3ZpRwdJc293UedEcKs6bp5W47AkjzqAJe68qSKSqSZ9i3arBWGYNR3iptCaAH0zEka7_arxclfVypXk0QvtxbJBJ-VQy_ez_4maxUUN9eijzm9STnoa4Sw7WoqIWA/s320/Picture+273.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181892087367755026" /></a><br />Connor lost one of his front teeth -- the ugly yellow one that has been dead for quite a while from a fall. He hasn't lost the other front tooth yet - hopefully soon - so for now he kinda looks like a snaggle tooth guy!! Isn't he so handsome??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5cQq-5EIU6_SxJALB8JcPuHolh-EnAtJGFemO69YrZHwJ2BkuOd6KGsKQ3JYRCkZNilRhPPadhBj0ahU1HURJ6ZoVde474gG_6jF7ETcpQOgRJehgO3TO5OUe70q2tuCIzxN-X_L3Sg/s1600-h/Picture+275.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5cQq-5EIU6_SxJALB8JcPuHolh-EnAtJGFemO69YrZHwJ2BkuOd6KGsKQ3JYRCkZNilRhPPadhBj0ahU1HURJ6ZoVde474gG_6jF7ETcpQOgRJehgO3TO5OUe70q2tuCIzxN-X_L3Sg/s400/Picture+275.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181892091662722338" /></a><br />Emma begged me for a few weeks to get her hair cut and I finally caved in. She is such a pretty girl and her hair cut totally fits her personality. She also lost her 1st tooth a few weeks ago and has another one barely hanging on. I think I might have to get a job the way these two are losing teeth!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluljqmMqHpEDA-Ov4hXZ-n1A1fxz-aZd6Kg4sRdv0mrBg5TrygwCzvTL48MUGr2_U1LCzN0S6qsuAZzelETZs5pG2DWhg8KuRYwPVTvfRm5-_eiifHi0kBTMlVIVeUd7vg1uVKwEc02A/s1600-h/Picture+279.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluljqmMqHpEDA-Ov4hXZ-n1A1fxz-aZd6Kg4sRdv0mrBg5TrygwCzvTL48MUGr2_U1LCzN0S6qsuAZzelETZs5pG2DWhg8KuRYwPVTvfRm5-_eiifHi0kBTMlVIVeUd7vg1uVKwEc02A/s400/Picture+279.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181895291413357922" /></a><br /><br />Alli is such the spunk! She was so funny at the egg hunt - I got her ahead of the crowd and let her go and she ran as fast as she could piling eggs in her basket the whole way. She also had a blast coloring eggs and when she finished her hands looked like Princess Fiona (sp?) - you know, the girl ogre from Shrek? Anyway, my sister has those pics on her camera so I'll try and post them when I get them. We hope you all had a great Easter!!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-86571956203978393312008-02-07T15:12:00.001-08:002008-11-17T21:01:46.917-08:00Gotta Share My Find!Okay - I know some of you that read this will think I'm totally nuts but I was so excited about what I found today that I thought I'd share. My kids have a crayon drawer and I was getting really tired of how messy it always looked. I was at Target today and thought I'd try to find some kind of flat bin to keep the crayons semi-organized and look what I found...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5IXsJxvYx3KlTJo2Fvq2tfeDy_Ba_br8-2jf5TnOJwtFrfKFmdPMonRtV53uuYumRh5vlPHwBNngw6_1f1uiWKAR2_vVKIOyNhEfWvVUI18Oa9oXzy5Rc_meXeRgf1HVc8CBx_g6mIc/s1600-h/Cam+1+022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5IXsJxvYx3KlTJo2Fvq2tfeDy_Ba_br8-2jf5TnOJwtFrfKFmdPMonRtV53uuYumRh5vlPHwBNngw6_1f1uiWKAR2_vVKIOyNhEfWvVUI18Oa9oXzy5Rc_meXeRgf1HVc8CBx_g6mIc/s320/Cam+1+022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164380462342482786" /></a><br />The kids were also excited about how neat it looked and they promised (we'll see how long that promise lasts) to put the crayons back in an orderly fashion. For all those other moms out there with some degree of OCD, I found this in the closet organization section of Target - it's an "accessory" organizer. Crayons can be classified as accessories, right??Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-33222193496806901802008-02-05T08:31:00.001-08:002008-11-17T21:01:47.385-08:00Winter in Mesa, AZOkay, look closely and you should see a thin layer of ice on top of the water!! As I was walking the kids to school I noticed that the water on the playground looked icy. I came home and found a thin layer of ice on top of the water in our backyard. Then I noticed other signs of winter (well, our version of winter).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMCY-iTHhsRUXcvSVosdpt9W-y1IEGc-VLiy0F3ngHVOxJL0wEf53TzcI71n4kXh0od1gUmCZaIB5nLXmZt-QTBLgYELFbpMRebVcRuh-4ZBr8yMn6OeshfsqN5jpoiynPFNWG2B0gnE/s1600-h/100_2724.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMCY-iTHhsRUXcvSVosdpt9W-y1IEGc-VLiy0F3ngHVOxJL0wEf53TzcI71n4kXh0od1gUmCZaIB5nLXmZt-QTBLgYELFbpMRebVcRuh-4ZBr8yMn6OeshfsqN5jpoiynPFNWG2B0gnE/s320/100_2724.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163535706699868946" /></a><br />Frost on the quad trailer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2o-7jgdxn0k-gMTvRhoMV8-UIf_a96oaesr5QZ5Is3kCMTyXaRSoRYTfi9S5JDCXCaxcjw4Zag7UqDVkqirALfw68t_9HcODotYmNf-1W3QxtAzJX0F_fyx2qWa_WIWgDG3z0wRjkT_M/s1600-h/100_2726.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2o-7jgdxn0k-gMTvRhoMV8-UIf_a96oaesr5QZ5Is3kCMTyXaRSoRYTfi9S5JDCXCaxcjw4Zag7UqDVkqirALfw68t_9HcODotYmNf-1W3QxtAzJX0F_fyx2qWa_WIWgDG3z0wRjkT_M/s320/100_2726.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163535723879738162" /></a><br />More frost...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfbfaGVIfIMOm5VT2ZvH98D6o467gyMJslxD3FAa3iljG5Mm-XQGpOgzGWyANLnwfU1vbJPQlS_r6igfqyQVTnXMLA9BYU9GT4AZRMI7FPUjC5hLJcMWAax825W0SXUIVOsVZcmY_oYI/s1600-h/100_2727.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfbfaGVIfIMOm5VT2ZvH98D6o467gyMJslxD3FAa3iljG5Mm-XQGpOgzGWyANLnwfU1vbJPQlS_r6igfqyQVTnXMLA9BYU9GT4AZRMI7FPUjC5hLJcMWAax825W0SXUIVOsVZcmY_oYI/s320/100_2727.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163535732469672770" /></a><br />Then I found some little ice beads on the peach tree...brrr!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8n1eB9tDEbMLJWPox-oNlUiUcqPDc5t7mo78WrcDypYe2Dlp9B3GlQ57HAHitiPz1OV6GvFKNx7AwyX04cx-uDp05-01BFx33fz-aZq4WjomvaXrHjDMy9EqMUknbY8b8w7yViyVG4s/s1600-h/100_2729.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8n1eB9tDEbMLJWPox-oNlUiUcqPDc5t7mo78WrcDypYe2Dlp9B3GlQ57HAHitiPz1OV6GvFKNx7AwyX04cx-uDp05-01BFx33fz-aZq4WjomvaXrHjDMy9EqMUknbY8b8w7yViyVG4s/s320/100_2729.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163535736764640082" /></a><br />Well, that's it. I'm sure by now the ice is all melted but it was fun while it lasted!!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-16746473197276190222008-01-30T09:12:00.000-08:002008-01-30T09:18:27.071-08:00London's RunHey everyone -- I'm doing a 2 mile run this Saturday (February 2nd) and wanted to invite you all to join in. The run is in Queen Creek at Schnepf Farms. The run benefits local children with cancer so it's a great cause. You can choose a 2 mile fun run, a 10k or a half marathon. This year, my sister, sister-in-law, niece and out of shape me are doing the 2 mile fun run. Next year we're going to gear up for the 10k (about 6.2 miles) so everyone get in shape and come and join us. You can register online at www.londonsrun.org or you can register the morning of the race. See ya there!!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-68821092046630848602008-01-25T12:17:00.000-08:002008-01-25T12:23:34.722-08:00Sweet MomentAllison is my little shopping buddy and likes to go everywhere with me. It's been fun having 1 on 1 time with her this year while Connor and Emma are in school. Most days when she wakes up she asks me where we're going and who is coming over to play. I think it's about time to put her in a preschool or something 'cause I can't keep up with her. Anyway, today we were on our way to Costco and I had a CD playing with primary songs. Alli knows a few of them pretty well and today was singing pretty loud and this is what I heard: "Teach me to walk in the yight of his yove. Teach me to pay to my fadda above. Teach me to know of the things that awe wight. Teach me, teach me, to walk in the yight". How sweet is that - I hope I can get it on video before she learns to say her r's and l's.Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-74020883156792753152008-01-15T19:16:00.000-08:002008-01-15T19:29:53.479-08:00Christmas Slide Show<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fazshums%2Falbumid%2F5155876980063383489%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br />Okay, here goes my 1st attempt at a slide show. I had so many cute pictures of the kids and their excited faces on Christmas morning. I couldn't choose just a few pics, so I thought I would share a little bit of our Christmas morning MAGIC!!Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-11038733903156307702008-01-15T13:44:00.001-08:002008-11-17T21:01:47.977-08:00Christmas Eve NativityOne of my favorite traditions and one we used to do as kids, is re-enacting the Nativity. The kids did such a great job. We were lucky to have baby Hailey to be baby Jesus and she was very sweet when everyone started piling gifts on her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4N6SkqpJJuTWjb5ZeLT0RRQ2BQRwZcd4vO5j6LbLnaDbDO13ON5UbLCk-zHBkbNrRJUbqSKaacZwWWYRX-1JV1wk7tpmJvwV_W6ajPukZ3aG-127ZZ4lpIOksyQvdtf-W8oYZVUp4ylk/s1600-h/100_2521.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155822992324472706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4N6SkqpJJuTWjb5ZeLT0RRQ2BQRwZcd4vO5j6LbLnaDbDO13ON5UbLCk-zHBkbNrRJUbqSKaacZwWWYRX-1JV1wk7tpmJvwV_W6ajPukZ3aG-127ZZ4lpIOksyQvdtf-W8oYZVUp4ylk/s320/100_2521.JPG" border="0" /></a> Emma was Mary this year and she was very sweet and protective of her new baby.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw53ls675RUviQSaxsRUcUaQdstAyTjYr098s0VwnfAsz0On83vIi9kqN97BDa3ppH4cZnhbP5WP-7DgoZqczLzM0TR8SU9xpJKyxFX5uX-9HMVwysVtmWa7pciwEnT4RjK1bOOdc-9FE/s1600-h/100_2522.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155823000914407314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw53ls675RUviQSaxsRUcUaQdstAyTjYr098s0VwnfAsz0On83vIi9kqN97BDa3ppH4cZnhbP5WP-7DgoZqczLzM0TR8SU9xpJKyxFX5uX-9HMVwysVtmWa7pciwEnT4RjK1bOOdc-9FE/s320/100_2522.JPG" border="0" /></a> Alli was a shepherd and carried around a little pig - close enough to a sheep, I guess.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePYG0n2A4HlnR_VIfm_L2Is9fDZBAF5MG3xd1xuCnq3_35qOySK2M6JufotDLQSIfpYTFdHcAcB7-bJ1d01ySa1GAIJfXlL5eziE9xprwo_29JMnPy_aUWcrNDo9z_qPHGK886qpbBSE/s1600-h/100_2524.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155823009504341922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePYG0n2A4HlnR_VIfm_L2Is9fDZBAF5MG3xd1xuCnq3_35qOySK2M6JufotDLQSIfpYTFdHcAcB7-bJ1d01ySa1GAIJfXlL5eziE9xprwo_29JMnPy_aUWcrNDo9z_qPHGK886qpbBSE/s320/100_2524.JPG" border="0" /></a> Connor was a wise man and took his role very serious - what a sweetheart!<br /><br /></p>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-82085109911034383152008-01-15T13:35:00.000-08:002008-11-17T21:01:48.179-08:00Temple Lights<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3LbTfhwq6TMs5yzygOspB3E4DtMDsF_hk2SRm_HUykQLXv20UAoAQ6ClafTem02eZVJ-kw3trzP0M98Az_jF2qBt45lwokdue__Ft-HflEJ1LXCMCP62BH3eYpMZtNW8rWBaMmwuekc/s1600-h/100_2495.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155820844840824690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3LbTfhwq6TMs5yzygOspB3E4DtMDsF_hk2SRm_HUykQLXv20UAoAQ6ClafTem02eZVJ-kw3trzP0M98Az_jF2qBt45lwokdue__Ft-HflEJ1LXCMCP62BH3eYpMZtNW8rWBaMmwuekc/s320/100_2495.JPG" border="0" /></a>We bundled the kids up (I think they were way too hot) and we headed to the temple to see the lights and the nativity. The kids absolutely loved it and I'm grateful that we live close to a temple so my kids can enjoy it's beauty.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6c_NyrzWwW2cMAn_tPH6IOGTJf5zchiSz8Fq8etA197Dc8DrpFB2bqGz6gLLN6lrXmOoYY8Q1Gk0fidQVgXTn912DP9ynNUQ1RiVOcZ3Yb_6QWkktamES77_mBSvaGu3bmJv8n2cS0M/s1600-h/100_2505.JPG"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJD-z1qaG9bRj_eNfe-pI5JD8RZSONQPzaTCJy3q6vEI3UYJB0MRGM5aZohDicIZCm9yspMB8mGwxGPLJfWbG7xivLlZiNqLMfSZYzFA7Q7LFgrKxcLcChlxT1wKH5mIc65RBIX662bYs/s1600-h/100_2505.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155820651567296354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJD-z1qaG9bRj_eNfe-pI5JD8RZSONQPzaTCJy3q6vEI3UYJB0MRGM5aZohDicIZCm9yspMB8mGwxGPLJfWbG7xivLlZiNqLMfSZYzFA7Q7LFgrKxcLcChlxT1wKH5mIc65RBIX662bYs/s320/100_2505.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />After looking at the lights we went around to the front side of the temple. It was fun to explain (again) to our three children how special the temple is to our family and how we can be an eternal family if we live righteously and keep our temple covenants.<br /><div></div></div>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-21100350827289479682008-01-15T13:25:00.001-08:002008-11-17T21:01:48.583-08:00December MadnessOkay, so I know it's halfway through January already, but I'm barely getting to my posts for the end of December. Here goes...<br /><br />We have so many fun family traditions around the holidays and it certainly keeps us busy. Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't change a thing and I'm so grateful to live close to most of my family so we can get together often. One thing we try and do every year is decorate gingerbread houses with all the cousins. Each house is unique and the kids have fun decorating (& eating) their cute creations.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxADP2jowZH4kf14SH4WzpbzVqowqfJ718PI2h0b_y5WszTQRjMwo2IHNqI2otPXxMR6lqsE5IzW7PpqOVelT5POH82atjlTkeWf7reTUnPSokZisRvSgGBcJGHv8wLYq6SUbVOG37zrM/s1600-h/100_2411.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155818504083648290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxADP2jowZH4kf14SH4WzpbzVqowqfJ718PI2h0b_y5WszTQRjMwo2IHNqI2otPXxMR6lqsE5IzW7PpqOVelT5POH82atjlTkeWf7reTUnPSokZisRvSgGBcJGHv8wLYq6SUbVOG37zrM/s320/100_2411.JPG" border="0" /></a> Emma had so much fun and didn't need very much help this year!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkw5M3pLaiL6Iv_W9T98QIUb-dCLWasw8DGfpsJppwBdxwstKXZa6RgBbPuCjVIF_qcMu5DYBi55ji64ILMgu_5sGGtffQ0AxvDLbQXhyphenhyphenFS-2tDqxeX5lFOXmo0l8qHnQig9EXRBwTaI/s1600-h/100_2425.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155818512673582898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkw5M3pLaiL6Iv_W9T98QIUb-dCLWasw8DGfpsJppwBdxwstKXZa6RgBbPuCjVIF_qcMu5DYBi55ji64ILMgu_5sGGtffQ0AxvDLbQXhyphenhyphenFS-2tDqxeX5lFOXmo0l8qHnQig9EXRBwTaI/s320/100_2425.JPG" border="0" /></a> Connor loved all the different candies and I'm pretty sure he ate way more than he put on his house!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSfAaCjw-Tr51U-uW3ciXEDmCm6zOfBG_nupe1-TbCjqKe8zOCVUrBIGGCajRrN3jmIvtiGFNV3iqDjOv5ZKpbL6H_fCvaQPHp8Go5QdCW_4Lh0llfgX9eDWfr7wJmaFEkFJBnrs3fLE/s1600-h/100_2416.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155818525558484802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSfAaCjw-Tr51U-uW3ciXEDmCm6zOfBG_nupe1-TbCjqKe8zOCVUrBIGGCajRrN3jmIvtiGFNV3iqDjOv5ZKpbL6H_fCvaQPHp8Go5QdCW_4Lh0llfgX9eDWfr7wJmaFEkFJBnrs3fLE/s320/100_2416.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here's most of the kids...Alli was sleeping and did her house later and I didn't get a picture =(<br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-73053588510024163272007-12-28T10:58:00.000-08:002008-11-17T21:01:49.427-08:00Winter WonderlandWe love playing in the snow so when it snowed up north a few weeks ago, we headed up. We ditched school on Friday and met my mom, my sister Julie and her kids in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Heber</span>. There was a ton of snow but it was FREEZING!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUT_-SdcHrSY4-SA_65p5J36N9O03a1rbeLuv3m6hCq7-BGnL7wNSLw24VFd4KlbwkwyXg2HZcGokrAj1bfFRruvf5BuZ1KEu2o9Pmzhl-xXhzepC_n6AfwYPsMW3iN4klWX4DcjzRxD4/s1600-h/100_2371.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149101755053289234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUT_-SdcHrSY4-SA_65p5J36N9O03a1rbeLuv3m6hCq7-BGnL7wNSLw24VFd4KlbwkwyXg2HZcGokrAj1bfFRruvf5BuZ1KEu2o9Pmzhl-xXhzepC_n6AfwYPsMW3iN4klWX4DcjzRxD4/s320/100_2371.JPG" border="0" /></a> We bundled everybody up and for the most part we kept warm.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivES3nyvmJfyZM6nYpqDCj5PbRcsuN-Z14vLTebvCoRK98q4namJUDW6yZDvqqoW79-QltIpPPDAizsi7VYna6eD1lQSMDhN_OZNEAuIvXoJVHPPh0tQaxqY_hfrWbQp5_CinIw9VsQxA/s1600-h/100_2337.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149101561779760834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivES3nyvmJfyZM6nYpqDCj5PbRcsuN-Z14vLTebvCoRK98q4namJUDW6yZDvqqoW79-QltIpPPDAizsi7VYna6eD1lQSMDhN_OZNEAuIvXoJVHPPh0tQaxqY_hfrWbQp5_CinIw9VsQxA/s320/100_2337.JPG" border="0" /></a>Alli didn't really like it - she mostly cried at the top of the hill and wanted to snuggle with Grandma. When we did force her to sled down the hill, she got really mad when the snow hit her in the face. Hopefully we haven't scarred (or scared) her for life and she'll eventually want to go again. When I asked her what her favorite part of the trip was, she said "walking up the hill". That's like the worst part for me so I guess it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">must've</span> been pretty bad for her!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PO7gAIqijENCP28Ietj360KGr-cHaYvoaxeyiCnOtEZVI76c7UwTunCclq5RSysgJGcJr4-ErSPq4rE8ptU-J2zR1xm-KzinFcoSMm5ql0LqLzCZvbp9HqLsh_qOGad570v22kOZro4/s1600-h/100_2342.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149101566074728146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PO7gAIqijENCP28Ietj360KGr-cHaYvoaxeyiCnOtEZVI76c7UwTunCclq5RSysgJGcJr4-ErSPq4rE8ptU-J2zR1xm-KzinFcoSMm5ql0LqLzCZvbp9HqLsh_qOGad570v22kOZro4/s320/100_2342.JPG" border="0" /></a>We got a new sled board for the trip and Dana thought he'd surf down the hill. I'm pretty sure he chickened out after the first two feet and bailed off.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptU6-tYC7l7bTUS4fyLY0cqorRLpwvPovboR3WhiezMcwbMA1FX1dC-FJsdsoP9hkvW8cz15fkid7cPT7FIQjvEELHzkpqVr2GO9K_QLDGaeeOWWB4tp3kMti54isLLGP26BBGHaSptM/s1600-h/100_2346.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149101570369695458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptU6-tYC7l7bTUS4fyLY0cqorRLpwvPovboR3WhiezMcwbMA1FX1dC-FJsdsoP9hkvW8cz15fkid7cPT7FIQjvEELHzkpqVr2GO9K_QLDGaeeOWWB4tp3kMti54isLLGP26BBGHaSptM/s320/100_2346.JPG" border="0" /></a>This is Emma, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Thaeden</span>, Alli and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Shaelee</span> playing in the snow.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IHVRlBEqxgQIYvaUUg58gcI9HAmR9k9kM47HX4U8NQ3K7qFFyaN-a2OfVVRZH-PWJbX-n1RkeI4VG_yrfesm5ngD0WzM3emlKeHgz4Z_r3Zh8ps2nJVMoYevGIfpp70x4PBiNxHEq38/s1600-h/100_2357.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149101574664662770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IHVRlBEqxgQIYvaUUg58gcI9HAmR9k9kM47HX4U8NQ3K7qFFyaN-a2OfVVRZH-PWJbX-n1RkeI4VG_yrfesm5ngD0WzM3emlKeHgz4Z_r3Zh8ps2nJVMoYevGIfpp70x4PBiNxHEq38/s320/100_2357.JPG" border="0" /></a>Emma had fun and was such a trooper. Those long legs sure came in handy when she was hiking up the hill in a foot of snow!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibc5pLrXkD-TdZglgAX7p48fmj96xA1IeS_4sqF586dyzPFP0qXkdHw2MnsFmXVZRQOkJp69BR6FSVKUjslIg0aiSZHAVks_hgOwYHzM3Tq0LlFaJbfb28QjTEaGLtVzZu2O8q2VAN8o/s1600-h/100_2351.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149101578959630082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibc5pLrXkD-TdZglgAX7p48fmj96xA1IeS_4sqF586dyzPFP0qXkdHw2MnsFmXVZRQOkJp69BR6FSVKUjslIg0aiSZHAVks_hgOwYHzM3Tq0LlFaJbfb28QjTEaGLtVzZu2O8q2VAN8o/s320/100_2351.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Connor totally loves the snow. He never complained once about how cold it was or how hard it was to hike up the hill. He just kept going up, coming down. One time he hit a bump, flipped off the tube and did a 360 landing on a small rock. He had a little bump above his eyebrow that I think he was quite proud of. This was the funnest sled - a double - with Connor and cousin Trey.</div></div>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-56189336878100907192007-12-28T10:48:00.001-08:002008-11-17T21:01:49.906-08:00Santa's LapThe kids were so excited about Santa this year. They're finally getting old enough to actually ask for things (and to expect to get them, too!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeG7PGAZh4hicpnb-oB_HcK_uThZ5RCkmtRBONaKWgH3E0KQGu2A-V3l_aAO1y_Q4iL-grqFxcAs7LYETKMM3cFz_zVAN9QO-uBElmPH-M0MAiDNA3sRpjpLr3B62yWZ6Em6OX6QGhKE/s1600-h/100_2316.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149098190230433426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeG7PGAZh4hicpnb-oB_HcK_uThZ5RCkmtRBONaKWgH3E0KQGu2A-V3l_aAO1y_Q4iL-grqFxcAs7LYETKMM3cFz_zVAN9QO-uBElmPH-M0MAiDNA3sRpjpLr3B62yWZ6Em6OX6QGhKE/s320/100_2316.JPG" border="0" /></a> Connor asked for a Wii (big surprise) and a transformer. <br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkaE-UgzKiWG5JkCB7LRHgQ1vre-leb3h-giOJEqkbh2sqATOtdcw53tCgDVTxHCxjEs9eEMMgbpVowHKws_puj6V67ZBWg9SGdrLuzyXq7ZxoH9YVp1e4yKq8tenDl-npXfFrExl1ns/s1600-h/100_2323.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149098194525400738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkaE-UgzKiWG5JkCB7LRHgQ1vre-leb3h-giOJEqkbh2sqATOtdcw53tCgDVTxHCxjEs9eEMMgbpVowHKws_puj6V67ZBWg9SGdrLuzyXq7ZxoH9YVp1e4yKq8tenDl-npXfFrExl1ns/s320/100_2323.JPG" border="0" /></a> Emma talked Santa's ear off like he was her best friend. I'm not sure what all she asked for but told me she asked him for a Bratz bus. We don't have any Bratz dolls at our house so I'm not sure where she came up with this one!</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnPCdCMI6pV_OYh1ky8xZm9xsFzy-QY17IILFk1Ne0K6fcv3_xMJtsby2nNiXuWBvoWxmC9BXv_zvPsczxS1WcH0vAOVAH-rucg9TfIrI0VJZi1rHIGKLFRkyNUPJy8pEMIAUc4tRXAg/s1600-h/100_2321.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149098198820368050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnPCdCMI6pV_OYh1ky8xZm9xsFzy-QY17IILFk1Ne0K6fcv3_xMJtsby2nNiXuWBvoWxmC9BXv_zvPsczxS1WcH0vAOVAH-rucg9TfIrI0VJZi1rHIGKLFRkyNUPJy8pEMIAUc4tRXAg/s320/100_2321.JPG" border="0" /></a> Allison was a little leary of Santa. I whispered in her ear that this was one of Santa's helpers and was actually Uncle Kevin dressed up. This got her to at least sit on Santa's lap but she would not speak to him and wouldn't even look at him. By the end of the party, she did warm up and went to give him a big hug. She told me to tell Santa that she wanted a baby and the Disney Princess Nursery.<br /></p>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029987572756944053.post-72738570751642417332007-12-28T10:08:00.000-08:002008-11-17T21:01:50.334-08:00Dancing with the StarsEmma and Alli started taking dance lessons this year and they had their first recital in early December. They both did so great and I was so proud of them for getting up on the big stage and not freaking out. I think I was way more scared than they were.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOl_KGwRgzHTNWPi1xLKe-d_pnsTv2YIcRjRzgoKAJ7jH3VbeH-RFj71VH4TnDZO0w0rDabepJ21I5rK7aqb3ZDT6RTtxnGvsyhUJQVdattGmzbvFBPvxqdisWwi_2YmUswpVIK_BFBO8/s1600-h/100_2143.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149090107101982274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOl_KGwRgzHTNWPi1xLKe-d_pnsTv2YIcRjRzgoKAJ7jH3VbeH-RFj71VH4TnDZO0w0rDabepJ21I5rK7aqb3ZDT6RTtxnGvsyhUJQVdattGmzbvFBPvxqdisWwi_2YmUswpVIK_BFBO8/s320/100_2143.JPG" border="0" /></a> Alli's class performed a cute routine to Mele Kalikimaka and she did awesome!<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJH0wG70ZLcXI4KQ7TbA9g9rD86mzjIZUQfyw8P46SVglOpK9Cpl39oeWTUhnUA8iA6EStMKmVoce2pYTiOqqGZGZTfuXm-1mShzVEgIUkyIR9RH2wzQ12THGcmiN_bH38grrhvEFsLC8/s1600-h/100_2184.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149090137166753362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJH0wG70ZLcXI4KQ7TbA9g9rD86mzjIZUQfyw8P46SVglOpK9Cpl39oeWTUhnUA8iA6EStMKmVoce2pYTiOqqGZGZTfuXm-1mShzVEgIUkyIR9RH2wzQ12THGcmiN_bH38grrhvEFsLC8/s320/100_2184.JPG" border="0" /></a> It was cold the day of the recital but Alli looked so cute in her swimming suit (in December) that I still made her take a few outside pics.<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvD5QKg8hx-O10tIJ_oMlpa5PGFZLszpVsmEUK5-u64RXTw8a_qJWDTdBpiheP-exs7TBZ-dZuxJ0g7-aEeZmEcpDh2guNgMnnknV8DLWRQezlEDl2rALHiW3tMGe_Y2EVRV7TtmV4P9w/s1600-h/IMG_1302_edited-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149090141461720674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvD5QKg8hx-O10tIJ_oMlpa5PGFZLszpVsmEUK5-u64RXTw8a_qJWDTdBpiheP-exs7TBZ-dZuxJ0g7-aEeZmEcpDh2guNgMnnknV8DLWRQezlEDl2rALHiW3tMGe_Y2EVRV7TtmV4P9w/s320/IMG_1302_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is Emma and her friend, Kenadee. They've been friends since a few months old and they get along great. They are so cute and looked like perfect angels as they performed their routine.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE45ahFPqd6Tog7_SD3pzZfOSmk75edmOWRdN8DYbEU9tQ4PVtqCg1vhsvEnd0uZkzlCWq__AIuMQWGyJY3mLUd9EJrdjvu5wnKDX_Xitfrff3to_oEZ35QT-1hI6uOH6hAUM3aVAT930/s1600-h/IMG_1306.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149090141461720690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE45ahFPqd6Tog7_SD3pzZfOSmk75edmOWRdN8DYbEU9tQ4PVtqCg1vhsvEnd0uZkzlCWq__AIuMQWGyJY3mLUd9EJrdjvu5wnKDX_Xitfrff3to_oEZ35QT-1hI6uOH6hAUM3aVAT930/s320/IMG_1306.jpg" border="0" /></a>Emma definitely has the body (all legs) for a ballerina. Hopefully, her coordination will catch up to her legs!!</p>Jenny Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890187605118655475noreply@blogger.com0