tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74207865437620809702024-03-05T15:12:10.568-08:00Jake and ShannonJake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-50823922292337545732013-02-06T19:55:00.005-08:002013-02-06T19:55:37.454-08:00Summer/Fall 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been such a slacker in the updating of our blog. We didn't die or fall off the face of the earth. We have been having fun and doing whatever we feel like. Jake didn't go back to HK this year and has been building his own business of fixing dirt bikes and 4 wheelers. He has been getting busier as the time goes by and he is so much happier.</div>
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Everyone that knows us knows that we love to camp and go dirt biking. So we did alot of that all summer long.</div>
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We camp alot with Jakes family. This trip was up to Kilgore. This is a picture of our camping spot.</div>
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We went on a really fun dirt bike ride up to the top of this summit. </div>
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Picture of the Kilgore valley.</div>
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I got a new bike this year and am having a really good time breaking it in. </div>
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Jake is a mans man to the core. He loves chainsaws and cutting things. He spent the majority of his time chopping up wood.</div>
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Payton is getting so grown up! He is still a really big goofball though. He said that he was going to be shooting rabbits or something. Who knows with that boy.</div>
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Sitting around the camp fire.</div>
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Kade spent alot of time moving mud from the creek onto the bridge. He kept saying that he was building a bridge.</div>
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This is up in Saw Mill Canyon. Jakes families favorite place to camp. I have to admit that it is a really awesome place to go. The boys went to go find firewood and came back with an entire tree. It was "way too hard" to chop it up so they just threw the whole thing on the fire and kept pushing it in as it burned.</div>
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My cute honey getting ready to go dirt biking.</div>
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All of the guys getting ready for a guys ride.</div>
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Kade was sick this trip so he did a whole lot of sitting around. This boy never sits still.</div>
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Of course we got a flat tire. At least it wasn't while we were driving! Larry was so nice to help Jake change it.</div>
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All of us went on an 8 mile hunting hike. It was alot of fun. I had never been hunting before but I for sure want to go again!</div>
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Jake hunting for wolves.</div>
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This was right by an opening where we saw the biggest elk that I have ever seen! </div>
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Larry is such a great father in law. He took Jake and I up to Heriman State Park to ride horses. It was possibly the coolest thing I have done. We were able to ride out in the dark and listen to the elk bugle. There were so many of them. The horses were great and took us out even in the pitch black. They just instinctly knew where to go.</div>
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Me and Poco.</div>
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In between all of that fun I was running races with 3 of my best running buddies. Nicole, Sheandi and Carmen. Love those girls!</div>
Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-1212100484207658082012-03-01T12:41:00.006-08:002012-03-01T13:33:13.576-08:00Caribbean Cruise<div align="center">We had so stinkin much fun on our cruise. I had requested time off from work to go on a trip with our friends Benny and Chelsea but they ended up not being able to go so we booked a cruise last minute and got a killer deal on a Royal Caribbean cruise. </div><div align="center"> Here are some of the highlights from it. We had a tiny little room but everything in it was so nice. I would take nice over big any day.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw5uvSDqVraJQ2Nrayf8NRJzkAM0olipRhc9KfrzL0gOTzxo-AjMHZQnuskHIsTPMmXpdrF8beveaup7_o0m4TC7q3G6fM2QO7oI5UNy_QJBWlfJKgBSuYuq_g11mktscOH1MlGrK6F_4/s1600/IMG_1639.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715033880198386114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA01dTWUmbhIU5POBDadQAwVe51bkURmV2WBuousCYXkeE8Nt_bnfD9T_m2GU9p3mZz4vZ4z0NvM9scIRnYbptlhAukiBQam0JQa6Gd48nKchoIryGt-TbauIkHS_h3RBvEFKDyiCAegyy/s320/IMG_1643.JPG" /></a> This is from our formal dinner night. We were really wanted to be able to eat by ourself but the cruise was completely booked so our chances with that weren't good. We got seated at our table and kept waiting for people to show up to our 10 person table, but no one ever did. We had the whole table to ourselves!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjv7kudzlQPcrh9CRaFYPsscm7THN4JiTlxzlEgMsmp4Vnw-8_wkkdSuqmztxBxc-CyvOqouiOlATA7ZIZc5s3rH-EggH08kAWNO02SYRIP-AQUWwniW72s2a-Ak6gCO08QOZ_F4plO7T/s1600/IMG_1644.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715033585234015298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw5uvSDqVraJQ2Nrayf8NRJzkAM0olipRhc9KfrzL0gOTzxo-AjMHZQnuskHIsTPMmXpdrF8beveaup7_o0m4TC7q3G6fM2QO7oI5UNy_QJBWlfJKgBSuYuq_g11mktscOH1MlGrK6F_4/s320/IMG_1639.JPG" /></a> Our first stop was in Cozumel were we went and visited some Mayan ruins that were right on the island. I couldn't believe how many iguanas we saw. They were everywhere!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6KO9nt9kqev-6gHrBNjzy94UY3t4gVQlo0mjteyss4ePYfv1U4zx7JttLTzOolXtad0fwlbwkBeuQ7N3SRXHS_jy9QJ5Gnf3DUt_jSzYLRddUulkd3rSYBLbo2KnFMoj0DyB64HNVA2r/s1600/IMG_1648.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715033580534457026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjv7kudzlQPcrh9CRaFYPsscm7THN4JiTlxzlEgMsmp4Vnw-8_wkkdSuqmztxBxc-CyvOqouiOlATA7ZIZc5s3rH-EggH08kAWNO02SYRIP-AQUWwniW72s2a-Ak6gCO08QOZ_F4plO7T/s320/IMG_1644.JPG" /></a> Jake in front of some of the ruins.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwybXliz6GC9Lts_W7rb6-max5n_B2oqupLa_5vigJWZYCFgF1CbSpQGgBtzpUlq3b4eaY5B6erYvYWJamO4Ys1Hd6uEi94K0k7MXUTldlQ3hYCXSefd-oxiZRX6-yHZjbpBNAfAfABAX/s1600/IMG_1655.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715033572652964098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6KO9nt9kqev-6gHrBNjzy94UY3t4gVQlo0mjteyss4ePYfv1U4zx7JttLTzOolXtad0fwlbwkBeuQ7N3SRXHS_jy9QJ5Gnf3DUt_jSzYLRddUulkd3rSYBLbo2KnFMoj0DyB64HNVA2r/s320/IMG_1648.JPG" /></a> The taxi drivers were crazy! I couldn't believe how fast they drove and no one stayed in the marked lanes.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoYEY2Ndqi-QZ3lB89j4GOqU4xj5_8eq2tei43_AGNaDZYIswHullOvrWv3TwRrb6DPtZWm48SkNS89hr8l2GvU6bbE2zYzLegzbb8kq5Vbjrp5yXSHDkdzuYXuxl0eKHGNirT9rQzpSL/s1600/IMG_1658.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715033559640697938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwybXliz6GC9Lts_W7rb6-max5n_B2oqupLa_5vigJWZYCFgF1CbSpQGgBtzpUlq3b4eaY5B6erYvYWJamO4Ys1Hd6uEi94K0k7MXUTldlQ3hYCXSefd-oxiZRX6-yHZjbpBNAfAfABAX/s320/IMG_1655.JPG" /></a>Our next stop was in Costa Maya where we went snorkeling from a beautiful white sandy beach. I got sunburnt even with sunscreen on!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWCf4eYaGzV0TcS6DDzl8dRiQdAFqxse4YLjoT-iQsWJMVd8hNiwzd_FIbS88KWE4RcdsTY3zudgpRjHGaFQFFGPzMAPWaIve5OaILef5DQsQn_Yx1R5T5YmVvdEEz_CrmOwDF4HoSJ8W/s1600/IMG_1661.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715033554853835010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoYEY2Ndqi-QZ3lB89j4GOqU4xj5_8eq2tei43_AGNaDZYIswHullOvrWv3TwRrb6DPtZWm48SkNS89hr8l2GvU6bbE2zYzLegzbb8kq5Vbjrp5yXSHDkdzuYXuxl0eKHGNirT9rQzpSL/s320/IMG_1658.JPG" /></a>This is the bus that we rode to go snorkeling. It was a truck that had a flat bed on it with bus seats screwed to the flat bed and a canopy over the top.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZaITf22_Ud1cR3opu66UqYLepj1m03wOYcVZk_CGUkquan8LePAWzggx9wAsX_I9sP7srDLNXAgcyi6wpTJut1wSq68rLHU0uDqRz-YzJDk3eIRmpa7HmN6bq5msRouDheWZY5NvCITW/s1600/IMG_1662.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032449839029106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWCf4eYaGzV0TcS6DDzl8dRiQdAFqxse4YLjoT-iQsWJMVd8hNiwzd_FIbS88KWE4RcdsTY3zudgpRjHGaFQFFGPzMAPWaIve5OaILef5DQsQn_Yx1R5T5YmVvdEEz_CrmOwDF4HoSJ8W/s320/IMG_1661.JPG" /></a>This was our ship, Jewel of the Seas parked in Costa Maya. I still can't get over how beautiful the water is in the Caribbean.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbob7QaFLH03WP9Iw83It3WOT_XK5wO4aekIk2i2gJ5E9GGTdnDkh_NPWXppMN9gF_DSiH5AoZWRRdzX76pSDiN58AD7heICKa55DBB5JY29NMWbZCkd_D3pDwdpHV8M6cPiehTGI9jFk/s1600/IMG_1667.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032441702544626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZaITf22_Ud1cR3opu66UqYLepj1m03wOYcVZk_CGUkquan8LePAWzggx9wAsX_I9sP7srDLNXAgcyi6wpTJut1wSq68rLHU0uDqRz-YzJDk3eIRmpa7HmN6bq5msRouDheWZY5NvCITW/s320/IMG_1662.JPG" /></a>Our last day on the ship after eating breakfast. We took this picture looking out the back of the ship.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivezew-Xr2pEkHKfcrfaKfjG_5QPLg1xAUb6nKDXwQIQzw3ubXAh0dFo4f4ib9cFy261761cBhVTCxGIbVWO1J6FVBKjE-UKjfihrvSNWZe7PG5Ly_EhcfhqGs5suqQAdor2D9mWjViyPZ/s1600/IMG_1668.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032420117533394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbob7QaFLH03WP9Iw83It3WOT_XK5wO4aekIk2i2gJ5E9GGTdnDkh_NPWXppMN9gF_DSiH5AoZWRRdzX76pSDiN58AD7heICKa55DBB5JY29NMWbZCkd_D3pDwdpHV8M6cPiehTGI9jFk/s320/IMG_1667.JPG" /></a>When we got back into Tampa we had a few hours to kill before we had to be back at the airport to catch our flight, so we went to the Florida Aquarium. It was so awesome! This picture has a great horned owl in the background that was just flying around their wet land exhibit.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLa_Ma737sa5cFrsgaLghbI1ifY9OK-1ewopqL6sJNSvIZ9ek8JglX98So0CiTg-fT6F80PtK32Q6lnJD_U_A1pkNvg9M2AzO0CK3gzl_nHHGyA1U1SKk-LZQRX0U1GEr-vOFyqk1Mq8sR/s1600/IMG_1670.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032413465968594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivezew-Xr2pEkHKfcrfaKfjG_5QPLg1xAUb6nKDXwQIQzw3ubXAh0dFo4f4ib9cFy261761cBhVTCxGIbVWO1J6FVBKjE-UKjfihrvSNWZe7PG5Ly_EhcfhqGs5suqQAdor2D9mWjViyPZ/s320/IMG_1668.JPG" /></a>They had this aquarium that surrounded you on top and on all sides and divers were able to go and swim with the sharks if they wanted. It was so neat to be able to be so close to them but to still be safe from them.</div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715039473070598450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5LQt_De249jprozsI_f1lKw5j2SoNcg1mLdvIudwWhb4dKwlWCuO200qazAvdRN3tPFMkE2r4hsRm_d6GGpytTQjXHIcg8CSslhzxpvJOJRebRgnDozZ9gC8SSLLgOmNNBVyCZL1Ef09/s320/IMG_1670.JPG" />I had so much fun our trip that I already want to start scheduling another. The only thing that keeps me from doing that is knowing that we are going to Moab soon for some dirt biking!<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-35120557684236437052011-12-24T14:43:00.001-08:002011-12-24T14:53:18.762-08:00Goodbye Desi!<div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKM0Nrehxjl4yFDGJEg-Qtn2wNVDMOsgFc3HP9hoBFpFLcr075uDmFXWJl_NtfUAOjg0hVrsF_0fofGlpqw0nWC6P7hGPb9kbHi3WyHCfecbJo39Y0SDEw7gsktl613556vxERdqqja76/s1600/Chemo+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689829525678316370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKM0Nrehxjl4yFDGJEg-Qtn2wNVDMOsgFc3HP9hoBFpFLcr075uDmFXWJl_NtfUAOjg0hVrsF_0fofGlpqw0nWC6P7hGPb9kbHi3WyHCfecbJo39Y0SDEw7gsktl613556vxERdqqja76/s320/Chemo+005.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>One of my closest friends passed way Dec 17th in an automobile accident. I still am having a hard time wrapping my mind around it. We have so many memories together that it is very hard for me to go about my day without being reminded of you. </div><div> The little things. Last night my pants were falling off so I needed a belt, I grabbed a belt from the hanger and ended up in tears because it was a belt you used to wear that you gave to me. I drove to my in laws past the appartments that we used to live together in. </div><div> We had some rough times the past couple of years but I want to think that the changes you were making in your life were bringing you back to be my best friend Desi that I always knew.<br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689830779383668306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C0lf8X5Z8YWOxtUeElUlqKpPe1juK5tO83uB6c3IAcahJAmRYaxpxm3tPLR077OzVtsHNEmEClnN4IMTbp1WuSwnvBkLeFgEiAvbv4UfcSH77bt6r4C-YPxsFmXnQyoFhaMOryJuN7oZ/s320/Fair+004.jpg" /></div><div> This is how I always remember you. We had the best times together. Just hanging out and goofing off. You were always happy and up for a good time. </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 240px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689830784089414738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHdnyWRJGEW-nzOHTyJ8Dvk0aXUYbh03yW3ktZmFY3o5o3xvYY0xnkHmac_F2PefkHwrGuQm6SeZgYvT-AOsBRPKg4_GvQpsUijSi-gyTo_aSOEQ72H5ieflXP0boIYhqD0jqaeq-QNYM/s320/cali+026.jpg" /></div><div> You always hated this picture from our California trip, but I like to imagine you walking towards heaven and waiting for me to get there. One day all of the Lewisville girls will be back together. Until then you better be saving me a spot.</div><div> Love you!</div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-44400420482272241722011-12-13T17:32:00.000-08:002011-12-13T17:43:03.007-08:00Our cute house.<div>I told everyone several months ago that I would post pictures of our house. I have been a super slacker since I got my new job. It has been hard to actually work full time! hahaha I was so used to being "full time" and working 20 hrs a week.<br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUT5pcXghwvObx31g8Qy6cLSiGXFbRZCMzRVcd0JiIz3Sp_9M73sdg3NJKvyk3HIJcrKtVhyN_p6vN4VlBYi3rHOq8Fq7kc5TtUumCAQs3J_OaZJJhcUsl628rlpjNsmGk8Re711_gza5/s1600/IMG_1567.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685791636716142130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnrpAWMPPivc-a6pKi-2Q8IprPD8JYnXumpzBXNMcCq7HzF0vOYpKcD5Mryh5Fzq3BXOxgx7DJ1f2XUzLvab83OZRHxQdhouX1Cr4C5ht5mIADx2oI5szE3eXBUHTL-z5aBMa1ood80JK/s320/IMG_1568.JPG" /></a>This is a picture of the back of our house. Our lawn is a little patchy because we planted it in June. With that being said I think it looks pretty dang good! I can't wait for the plants to get bigger in our landscaping so that you can see all of them.<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685791619501214626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUT5pcXghwvObx31g8Qy6cLSiGXFbRZCMzRVcd0JiIz3Sp_9M73sdg3NJKvyk3HIJcrKtVhyN_p6vN4VlBYi3rHOq8Fq7kc5TtUumCAQs3J_OaZJJhcUsl628rlpjNsmGk8Re711_gza5/s320/IMG_1567.JPG" />This is a view from our back porch. Our back yard was a huge selling point for us. We don't have any neighbors to the back of us. All that is there is a pasture and lots of trees so we occasionally have cows that we can see.<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685791614970532082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_54mu2ZbGHNUx6htgc8HmDn5Vgl4eWM9KQYUtwRMs1MIfJN3woWNK9si5LVnbbmqtn_xWLWdZKuuwkCH6P4uuP7zLK4n1MICmZGRviCblRU6ECC22fiJf0PTHDZZ4vYUfLjDYYvcCz-d7/s320/IMG_1566.JPG" />Another view of our back yard. I am so excited for the potential it has! I can't wait for next summer so I can plant a garden.</div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685791610219573058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eeJcWbddh9whB1EkgBipoZEKYx-4iX0eufya65RTFPrX1PA_2TsbZWVe9nXevIy5FRI4rWAqP58HUpAwKcIfgCFW123bJVRtl7FxWfwzHuxuIFI-2mwlMw0wonUAqZYt_QxzI8N2L6DD/s320/IMG_1563.JPG" />This is a picture of the front of our house. It is going to look so good next summer when our grass is coming in good and all of our plants are growing. We have the little mound of dirt by the mailbox that we have to figure out what to plant there so it will be a fun adventure next year.</div><div> We are so happy with our house and must have been doing something right to fall right into it at such a great price. <br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-37686163659501792872011-09-05T11:34:00.000-07:002011-09-12T05:19:47.934-07:00Catching up<div><div align="center">Life has been pretty crazy for us lately and I haven't gotten on here to blog in a long time. As many of you know we moved into a new home last fall so we have been working like crazy to get our house into ship shape with putting a yard in and such. </div><div align="center"> I recently started working in the ER at EIRMC and am loving it! It is so awesome to have a job that you don't see the same stuff every day and to learn how to think on the go. If I would have known how much I would have liked it I would have switched to it earlier.<br /></div><div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vOY6jIUBuzFS9HRamEmbD2FUikmNkyAm2VKRmobh-nvKiK07_xVsbeMqILcymjNGaTDNXXSbWSXemhgI_JHElH82sMjzMFxxTnY4dinPpACYt3XweM5kgaJHH97A5i5y_DVNeTtaz0Sj/s1600/IMG_1514.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648947048564325154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeSeQvYyAZ13_GAYBqWHKPr2poyLEv-LvQVuIyQGjLDZ8QPlT3w6R49tjuf9YKsz966hIXwAZhkNQonF8sbBjc6jpD-qU0QUwJ2uUE3wWt3ZGkHvvQ7pRBPxaObO_HchvFqgv-zZW4u5_/s320/IMG_1499.JPG" /></a>I have a very talented hustband who has saved us so much money for our yard. He has done everything himself. He put in a RV pad, landscaped our yard complete with the sprinkling system and fixes anything that needs to be fixed.<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648946893652530450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vOY6jIUBuzFS9HRamEmbD2FUikmNkyAm2VKRmobh-nvKiK07_xVsbeMqILcymjNGaTDNXXSbWSXemhgI_JHElH82sMjzMFxxTnY4dinPpACYt3XweM5kgaJHH97A5i5y_DVNeTtaz0Sj/s320/IMG_1514.JPG" />As always we have been doing alot of camping and dirt biking. Not only can my husband landscape a yard but he can fix anything that might be wrong with a dirt bike. If you don't believe me just ask any of his brothers.<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648946722057194658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YsABoQ1erfnsENipAJxAQX8PNVXvMK8ZroWzFDx7zlZxGDCqOmJytFNhOhmz_myNb1B7h6qFpZLmm9joxA_HFpG1tWzbLyQ_Q8OMRQy0wn8LV6k5dmcHSg13Gp6WcW3HC9oeu-4HUtik/s320/IMG_1515.JPG" />This was taken over memorial weekend at 8 mile.<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648946549015806450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDj26CIsK2iW2lnSANS1xuXar1q3FoOgaHi02FOTJvmu-kE6Zyv0JIRjn3IELMwEW7eW-2qNf49hQ88-o7ZvTlU-C5jm638bfEkQGEhIxyINUBS7dUkIDLyPw1e31esFdJM8xpg36zd1B/s320/IMG_1537.JPG" />Jake is working up in glacier national park again this year and the snow fall they had over the winter was absolutely crazy. You might look at these last two pictures and be less than amazed until you know that they were taken in the middle of July this year! They had to delay the opening of the park due to how much snow they still had.</div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648946378797249634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42PlcFJYAeV4EgUfcrnSj9jpD7jnN7GWNL3Qjgbmr93fNn2gTQHESEk28BK35ERR7NV8Qfel-SxJc9opRGLt2gtiQuXDl3KndktXuit4-U25JNs0SMxC4t7GyjeQSl8LWwBYyZ2MPTMrU/s320/IMG_1542.JPG" />This picture really shows how much snow they still had in July.</div><div> </div><div>All in all we are doing wonderful and are absolutely loving our new home and the location it is in. I will have to post more pictures of Jakes brand new love (his new truck) I know if I can't find him he's probably out in the garage polishing something on it. He's like a kid in a candy store.<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-38249107547045833232011-05-10T17:14:00.000-07:002011-05-10T17:32:02.111-07:00Super cross<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxKsxMluVaAUPWH23wBPWC7wmB9CP0nkiPWnTVJHWcL7JZUN7kC1T74V7_RCqsDSKGD18UQiUIBWoS0WBqnbJckg0gPifgpDUticHNA_wyKsDh-i2Wrv8D128rGQo5X3MzduKfhhROPun/s1600/IMG_1503.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605245594628071058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxKsxMluVaAUPWH23wBPWC7wmB9CP0nkiPWnTVJHWcL7JZUN7kC1T74V7_RCqsDSKGD18UQiUIBWoS0WBqnbJckg0gPifgpDUticHNA_wyKsDh-i2Wrv8D128rGQo5X3MzduKfhhROPun/s320/IMG_1503.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div>The last few months I have been a hard core supercross follower. If the races aren't on CBS I will make sure that I get online and watch it as soon as it is available. Jake has always followed the races so we thought it would be fun to go to the races in Salt Lake.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGbA-eiszN4D5ovNxEH2KYgrqlIro70w-aEQUDjsLHk-AS37vY8QC9C7ZLXlzPAWpqrrPcrfLQeLXFWEPcWavEcmr9u53adqfIg8MRQdvIHgOsi4N0dytV7Ld-y_kPmwV4ka7rds2ymBj/s1600/IMG_1504.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605247763937952146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGbA-eiszN4D5ovNxEH2KYgrqlIro70w-aEQUDjsLHk-AS37vY8QC9C7ZLXlzPAWpqrrPcrfLQeLXFWEPcWavEcmr9u53adqfIg8MRQdvIHgOsi4N0dytV7Ld-y_kPmwV4ka7rds2ymBj/s320/IMG_1504.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>We had so much fun and it was such a good race! The day was really nice with temps in the 50's. As soon as the sun went down it got cold really fast! All and all we had a ton of fun and are looking forward to going to next years. One thing I will bring is hand warmers for inside of my gloves. I was so nervous for the race that my hands were super sweaty inside of my gloves and in turn were really cold!</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-23091930354900418132011-02-08T15:35:00.000-08:002011-02-08T15:45:14.493-08:00I am horrible at Blogging!I now just realized that it has been over a year since I last updated our blog. What has happened in our life. Lets see.......<br /> We were finally able to sell our home in Cornerstone and luck was on our side when we found a beautiful brand new home that was everything we wanted! Not to mention the interest rate we locked into was an amazing 3.875 on a 30 yr loan. Jake worked all summer for H/K Construction in Glacier National Park and is now laid off for the winter. He has began a job search to see if he can find something a little closer to home. Being laid off isn't all bad for Jake. He has been able to go to Mesquite a few times this year and ride dirt bikes and eat as much food as he can possibly imagine at the buffets here. If you know him at all you know that dirt bikes and food are two of his favorite things!<br /> I am still working at the Idaho Falls Surgical Center. It is a dream job for an R.N. No nights, weekends or holidays. The only down side is our busy time of the year is Nov. and December during the holidays but I will take that instead of having to work all night long.<br /> We are doing well, just have really boring lives, so we don't want to bore everyone with them here on this blog!Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-11895396406912203402010-03-09T14:21:00.000-08:002010-03-09T15:38:49.071-08:00Mexican Cruise<div align="center"><div><div><div><div><div><div>We recently returned from a Mexican Riviera cruise with Mitch and Chelsea. It was a blast and I have never eaten so much food in my life! I gained an impressive 12 lbs!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tIrh_JgjcwVD0N2GsWzPngtoSZJgbg5phg5Hv4Z-WpcvSEPd9Dwlja0h66T_SAvml1BzJFHc5biB2vPGqaSkMZfgUsGrQobB3xZlCS0WrCpU9mO6P38bgpF0VrPSvZ_zcP8FItGCtpw0/s1600-h/cruise+2010+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446763416331948146" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tIrh_JgjcwVD0N2GsWzPngtoSZJgbg5phg5Hv4Z-WpcvSEPd9Dwlja0h66T_SAvml1BzJFHc5biB2vPGqaSkMZfgUsGrQobB3xZlCS0WrCpU9mO6P38bgpF0VrPSvZ_zcP8FItGCtpw0/s320/cruise+2010+003.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>We left from San Diego on the Carnival Elation. The weather was so nice in San Diego. I wanted so badly to put on shorts! Only people from Idaho would want to wear shorts in 65 degree weather!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00_zYgpZr8Lme-9mo0ZLWYHq-Hs8GSZc3g91GUYcPJGOanMG8acddklTB3hGTg8Kfi7no_Jk5mGmH_maU6Cc3A6d6PdV9B_YfbW6k1GMwFbipQPMtA8hbvWORq4pYQEUEGak9qHSPmVdJ/s1600-h/cruise+2010+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446763411282262178" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00_zYgpZr8Lme-9mo0ZLWYHq-Hs8GSZc3g91GUYcPJGOanMG8acddklTB3hGTg8Kfi7no_Jk5mGmH_maU6Cc3A6d6PdV9B_YfbW6k1GMwFbipQPMtA8hbvWORq4pYQEUEGak9qHSPmVdJ/s320/cruise+2010+002.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>My cute husband standing on the dock of our ship.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITFlPslWsm8ETRts4LFivRpcNtms1dDDlO_zUNDxIh40iL6Q0afC7oS4oLAaEUngDmppk-JDB6jcmw7ZVgddhTbLMd-TRj5KO0zjOKqwRtSF7xnGxSTW67RltwrZNI37XWHmmX177SM5U/s1600-h/cruise+2010+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446763400390416866" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITFlPslWsm8ETRts4LFivRpcNtms1dDDlO_zUNDxIh40iL6Q0afC7oS4oLAaEUngDmppk-JDB6jcmw7ZVgddhTbLMd-TRj5KO0zjOKqwRtSF7xnGxSTW67RltwrZNI37XWHmmX177SM5U/s320/cruise+2010+001.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>This picture is looking out at the San Diego harbor right before we left for sea. We spent the the whole first day at sea. We were able to see dolphins jumping and just hang out by the pool and of course eat lots of food!</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvD0yUAx237w3bttVRyaO263m4cPueXZZ4T4EIUJVZhgJ74y6tnOgeGBTDT62JBqNqduj-TJwL30nSWh3u-_iRD7R8_zdsCWvmZj3ecGb3nnJZFDDewtioDs4rYeUuTZILxkKZs5g3_EC/s1600-h/cruise+2010+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446765543868051922" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvD0yUAx237w3bttVRyaO263m4cPueXZZ4T4EIUJVZhgJ74y6tnOgeGBTDT62JBqNqduj-TJwL30nSWh3u-_iRD7R8_zdsCWvmZj3ecGb3nnJZFDDewtioDs4rYeUuTZILxkKZs5g3_EC/s320/cruise+2010+006.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>The night we spent out at sea was also our formal night. It was so fun to get dressed up and go to a nice dinner. When we were out taking these pictures we saw a bunch of squid swimming by the side of the ship. We tried to take a picture of them but the pictures didn't show them very well.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BuWhYdV16z68pzSGdZL9FQRwe1ldRD1d7TvE-B3NE7FsVh4xaS5QAe49SmfTeMx7oeKjUtjWOH4KZiI_MUMlV_tFGnITJHGL5lj47-8qG4U4B5b3lGfVJ2Wy_7i387EAKxHKWXVkjxSu/s1600-h/cruise+2010+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446765552990141218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BuWhYdV16z68pzSGdZL9FQRwe1ldRD1d7TvE-B3NE7FsVh4xaS5QAe49SmfTeMx7oeKjUtjWOH4KZiI_MUMlV_tFGnITJHGL5lj47-8qG4U4B5b3lGfVJ2Wy_7i387EAKxHKWXVkjxSu/s320/cruise+2010+008.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Mitch and Chelsea in their fancy evening wear. Check out Chelsea's smoking hot legs!</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrqAGdqftrcr-g03VdUOJR28t49GiCgry004iWVhaHJPrd1UkX6c-4HXpU348Rrdyj23ZhkIZE72kMrcnyaG0RncTz1KTI9azM9T9Qm9j5xjjhrVkixWw5FTNbMTYXCahkkWj88OPToCu/s1600-h/cruise+2010+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446763429240516978" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrqAGdqftrcr-g03VdUOJR28t49GiCgry004iWVhaHJPrd1UkX6c-4HXpU348Rrdyj23ZhkIZE72kMrcnyaG0RncTz1KTI9azM9T9Qm9j5xjjhrVkixWw5FTNbMTYXCahkkWj88OPToCu/s320/cruise+2010+004.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>While waiting for the line to go down at dinner we stepped into this piano bar and a nice Indian couple took a picture of all 4 of us.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCh3BCGhwx7pDyAWFxsFHBB2AqLnqGn47BDPbC1cRY2kepSnwvohnJhBrJgJGieKhX7mAjAVFoNkyb31sVZy-VSVGG6asLMvrolX-kPiSSizE-Bq1ZB_a-TkAkStTmjgfamrBWAwEAzv6/s1600-h/cruise+2010+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446766587120405266" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCh3BCGhwx7pDyAWFxsFHBB2AqLnqGn47BDPbC1cRY2kepSnwvohnJhBrJgJGieKhX7mAjAVFoNkyb31sVZy-VSVGG6asLMvrolX-kPiSSizE-Bq1ZB_a-TkAkStTmjgfamrBWAwEAzv6/s320/cruise+2010+013.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>The next day we went to Catalina Island. That is our ship in the back ground. The water was too shallow for the ship to get any closer so we had to take smaller boats up to shore.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphVdINp7AmY9bTIVhXEvmBYBNtzskGGMgQVoWMw21w2Z-jGjo06cdRsPu46scJKhcSA6l8gHdz6OIQKeQiUqQ7JfASM96Qa1yNnUYtwKjkhYOYw-kAKUt2gAgLQhoXK74T4KIPAb_mlbZ/s1600-h/cruise+2010+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446766624905104546" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphVdINp7AmY9bTIVhXEvmBYBNtzskGGMgQVoWMw21w2Z-jGjo06cdRsPu46scJKhcSA6l8gHdz6OIQKeQiUqQ7JfASM96Qa1yNnUYtwKjkhYOYw-kAKUt2gAgLQhoXK74T4KIPAb_mlbZ/s320/cruise+2010+017.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>This is a picture looking down the shore line.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQ7tlRMVrhyphenhyphen-AuZNSLZZtiUi5E2mzTHyYSV39zRWSx_kqvWH8AERaxgUplW5ln-hlrXJYY4XUOWSKDANo8m1OmyerbkpDqaroEvm31FNAs1zNS__CIDuxi7y-v7Z8p9iTv49lX9WdiEpa/s1600-h/cruise+2010+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446766597607185522" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQ7tlRMVrhyphenhyphen-AuZNSLZZtiUi5E2mzTHyYSV39zRWSx_kqvWH8AERaxgUplW5ln-hlrXJYY4XUOWSKDANo8m1OmyerbkpDqaroEvm31FNAs1zNS__CIDuxi7y-v7Z8p9iTv49lX9WdiEpa/s320/cruise+2010+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is right by the pier.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GV8eiV1ddjk-f6wHC79ifOLyx54MvNDITscsMYDna1fRe5Phd_SqZvzmyBF5tEegr-LnFIuipc467NnEdUCHicr4rZAe32ET3Xwz-3KQV02HTMzMRAajMw8fsHbA1Bxkcr80J1Gl-THR/s1600-h/cruise+2010+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446767431568811506" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GV8eiV1ddjk-f6wHC79ifOLyx54MvNDITscsMYDna1fRe5Phd_SqZvzmyBF5tEegr-LnFIuipc467NnEdUCHicr4rZAe32ET3Xwz-3KQV02HTMzMRAajMw8fsHbA1Bxkcr80J1Gl-THR/s320/cruise+2010+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We rented a golf cart here and got to drive it all around the Island. Leave it to one of the Littlewood boys to figure out how to get the cart in between gears so we could coast down the big hills at a much faster speed than the cart would allow while in gear.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRE8DTQrsMNv7bObuk6p3Zrc_JyFjYNjW6fUFl1SAiOfsIT2Xq2MqrNl3oAyBiBqMniq7r8PlLxv5vNFOxirJb6eeGXKWlX6U5v8rR_QnSUIpRZRghupZaOYVJ8C8mx2v1bb0aZuNGbqCp/s1600-h/cruise+2010+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446767437225985458" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRE8DTQrsMNv7bObuk6p3Zrc_JyFjYNjW6fUFl1SAiOfsIT2Xq2MqrNl3oAyBiBqMniq7r8PlLxv5vNFOxirJb6eeGXKWlX6U5v8rR_QnSUIpRZRghupZaOYVJ8C8mx2v1bb0aZuNGbqCp/s320/cruise+2010+019.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>It was so pretty up on the hills. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabnq2DHyrpWG-S6w3XAPhK55q6AvSVy8ReKsAslvGVclkhKJ69JZK7SqcY3-WKAOo4truI-gZAHLvUOO_2bLaHWp9Pfv1ZpArpjRMfDHiscxB3FxNo1JsjsiGnoENv6zKCWosQldb8lNQ/s1600-h/cruise+2010+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446767448624941986" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabnq2DHyrpWG-S6w3XAPhK55q6AvSVy8ReKsAslvGVclkhKJ69JZK7SqcY3-WKAOo4truI-gZAHLvUOO_2bLaHWp9Pfv1ZpArpjRMfDHiscxB3FxNo1JsjsiGnoENv6zKCWosQldb8lNQ/s320/cruise+2010+020.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>A view from the top of a hill. Notice the ship in the back ground.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67F-kDs9tbvpQycvy-kQR7bUbojZStHur_eywd-eomOpynVVfOEHAWHw6N9Bv79ZW6_Emrzk2AfMqibyDAtzduCAeRobllzt5DjwvzPeq8lDVuvxX11SHwsFlGDoihhzGcfAC88zn4kSp/s1600-h/cruise+2010+022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446767468022003010" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67F-kDs9tbvpQycvy-kQR7bUbojZStHur_eywd-eomOpynVVfOEHAWHw6N9Bv79ZW6_Emrzk2AfMqibyDAtzduCAeRobllzt5DjwvzPeq8lDVuvxX11SHwsFlGDoihhzGcfAC88zn4kSp/s320/cruise+2010+022.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>We let house keeping come in one day to change the sheets and what not and they made the cutest elephant out of towels!</div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVX1r3_dDv9_Auqi4gPt0sHXUWW72M_S2NsnbCR0Etg614xd9WSpwgVscT1JabK3EhzBiZcyoMuc0oliPh4Hje9cOBQGP5diYehTD0ohmqKMA9w1Q7Mz5tG1CFSAEIjDJWjzYPn55rAJf/s1600-h/cruise+2010+027.jpg"></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXix0oSB2GP4tBMglfcaugTw40Y5VevqukyimCRSxF8oVXQyGf1lE3luGnJ07NPosa7YbX1i9NRYY1sXbkrfUG1X3K7rHqSevf2MfZcUv1Qgd6OMBzQEmH_4W8lRpfJ0Bsimjc4S9DBD2/s1600-h/cruise+2010+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446768455376581394" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXix0oSB2GP4tBMglfcaugTw40Y5VevqukyimCRSxF8oVXQyGf1lE3luGnJ07NPosa7YbX1i9NRYY1sXbkrfUG1X3K7rHqSevf2MfZcUv1Qgd6OMBzQEmH_4W8lRpfJ0Bsimjc4S9DBD2/s320/cruise+2010+023.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>The most fun was going to Mexico. This is us at La Bufadora or the blow hole. We went on a tour bus with our tour guide Alejandro. He was super funny. At the first of the tour he pretended he could only speak Spanish. We thought we were in for one heck of a bad tour. Once the bus started to move he started speaking English. Those bus drivers are really scary drivers. They go so fast and are swerving into the other lane of trafic to avoid the pot holes while there is on coming traffic! On the drive out to La Bufadora was saw a Mexican man riding a zebra.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvcloRlspeDzvU0PSOyk_c8gPCSLqMbvQCRpX_OZLlCCBvirgGO78O2rLo2GeqtTwfCrSHA77QEK-OlPIPmDOYSM98YF5fsvrC9r732AP4Ay29fYgw9pcwQ7ysJ-mfQts1CvJGwkkXRFi/s1600-h/cruise+2010+025.jpg"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2TW0t0iDh22KRqW6GdLcn_v4yKpzU_HW_SCFTTO36teQeoz_prFH5yMvk3wsAVei5B2hueE4tHcrkwQkUh82-VEWJNGbt75Q80bQtF-J2LjIVCnwb6nsLwLLoDGtY7P-JtQcF7jX0oaq/s1600-h/cruise+2010+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446768465270928530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2TW0t0iDh22KRqW6GdLcn_v4yKpzU_HW_SCFTTO36teQeoz_prFH5yMvk3wsAVei5B2hueE4tHcrkwQkUh82-VEWJNGbt75Q80bQtF-J2LjIVCnwb6nsLwLLoDGtY7P-JtQcF7jX0oaq/s320/cruise+2010+024.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>This is at the blow hole during one of the, for lack of a better word, explosions of water. The waves would come in and get forced into the cracks in the rocks and then shoot up into the air. Alejandro took the perfectly timed picture of all of us.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvcloRlspeDzvU0PSOyk_c8gPCSLqMbvQCRpX_OZLlCCBvirgGO78O2rLo2GeqtTwfCrSHA77QEK-OlPIPmDOYSM98YF5fsvrC9r732AP4Ay29fYgw9pcwQ7ysJ-mfQts1CvJGwkkXRFi/s1600-h/cruise+2010+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446768476319862082" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvcloRlspeDzvU0PSOyk_c8gPCSLqMbvQCRpX_OZLlCCBvirgGO78O2rLo2GeqtTwfCrSHA77QEK-OlPIPmDOYSM98YF5fsvrC9r732AP4Ay29fYgw9pcwQ7ysJ-mfQts1CvJGwkkXRFi/s320/cruise+2010+025.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>The weather was so nice in Mexico! I just love this picture because the ocean has that amazing blueish green color to it.</div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVX1r3_dDv9_Auqi4gPt0sHXUWW72M_S2NsnbCR0Etg614xd9WSpwgVscT1JabK3EhzBiZcyoMuc0oliPh4Hje9cOBQGP5diYehTD0ohmqKMA9w1Q7Mz5tG1CFSAEIjDJWjzYPn55rAJf/s1600-h/cruise+2010+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446768505172535890" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVX1r3_dDv9_Auqi4gPt0sHXUWW72M_S2NsnbCR0Etg614xd9WSpwgVscT1JabK3EhzBiZcyoMuc0oliPh4Hje9cOBQGP5diYehTD0ohmqKMA9w1Q7Mz5tG1CFSAEIjDJWjzYPn55rAJf/s320/cruise+2010+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GV8eiV1ddjk-f6wHC79ifOLyx54MvNDITscsMYDna1fRe5Phd_SqZvzmyBF5tEegr-LnFIuipc467NnEdUCHicr4rZAe32ET3Xwz-3KQV02HTMzMRAajMw8fsHbA1Bxkcr80J1Gl-THR/s1600-h/cruise+2010+018.jpg"></a></div><div>Our last night on the ship. This was our formal dining table and in front of all of us is the chocolate melting cake which was our favorite desert.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3Ac4LcCUQaQ1SB5klt6bRiZwQquqzBOjCpIM56wcrQ5RpUZ_F3j48LMFV2Ky4zeDrz7CVovZlIpyI5RBhXr-hxH1E-uurct34tWQPZN2ts4qvOJx373XRLChAWwLAmvs6QtBNnQPhZ2J/s1600-h/cruise+2010+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446768649228858450" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3Ac4LcCUQaQ1SB5klt6bRiZwQquqzBOjCpIM56wcrQ5RpUZ_F3j48LMFV2Ky4zeDrz7CVovZlIpyI5RBhXr-hxH1E-uurct34tWQPZN2ts4qvOJx373XRLChAWwLAmvs6QtBNnQPhZ2J/s320/cruise+2010+028.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>After a long day of fun in the sun we are ready to hit the hay. We weren't party animals at all. I don't know if it was the way the ocean moved the ship or if it was the massive quantities of food we ate, but we were always back in our rooms ready for bed by 10pm.</div><div>We had so much fun on this cruise and we couldn't have asked for better traveling partners than Mitch and Chelsea. Hopefully we will be able to do it again!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtACCpQhk3RlD8BA5POUYSAr8KdIxeVw2qyR5ZMl_hR0-Ni-ca3UnCTJQPcg7WgoELCwGemyvDQ48J5yjHOyEyLkwF6bo8LT4R5JJwzC8-twFn1b7lEv1Sz_htroQwubTZEHzahNpkTUb/s1600-h/cruise+2010+026.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-41802325480679655382009-09-30T12:05:00.000-07:002009-09-30T12:06:10.827-07:00HomecomingMy cutest husband in the world finally gets to be done with work for the season in 2 weeks! I almost can't contain my excitement to finally get him back home!Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-58359682577129955602009-08-16T07:53:00.000-07:002009-08-16T08:09:33.683-07:00Bear Lake<div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>Sorry this is super late, I have just not taken the time to put all the pictures on.<br /></div><div>We had such a fun time and want to make sure that we say <strong>Thank you!</strong> to Buffy and her family!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-YHJKbAKqOejf-KGrxNpqUX3aVU2VCXvzrtaXpZiDgFW5DBclz-JA27xlpeHK5YPwqRZB2QipO9K4w5EihaH9bNaxknN1gWN1hBtHPktQAQkprZmtq2L82qUgNrIkhlHQgKep5U_-19z/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370576267622144162" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-YHJKbAKqOejf-KGrxNpqUX3aVU2VCXvzrtaXpZiDgFW5DBclz-JA27xlpeHK5YPwqRZB2QipO9K4w5EihaH9bNaxknN1gWN1hBtHPktQAQkprZmtq2L82qUgNrIkhlHQgKep5U_-19z/s320/Bear+Lake+1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>This is Payton, Chelsea, Me and Kade the first day </div><div>at Bear Lake. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f5ARxR_uSWFkacEAJWs_iW8kG7jx58BPfd5LMURmjU5BofHhFCUlfjnnJSgLBJZZRUxo1RJz45Ni0-33mslKGajyg0JBmsKMoJQO3_VPAZFe0kYB9wmsXGNO27Xmlg6Q4b39ZKQVlTzB/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370576279037922674" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f5ARxR_uSWFkacEAJWs_iW8kG7jx58BPfd5LMURmjU5BofHhFCUlfjnnJSgLBJZZRUxo1RJz45Ni0-33mslKGajyg0JBmsKMoJQO3_VPAZFe0kYB9wmsXGNO27Xmlg6Q4b39ZKQVlTzB/s320/Bear+Lake+2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Payton and Kade had so much fun playing in the </div><div>waves. Everytime Kade would walk into a wave</div><div>he would laugh like it was the funniest thing he</div><div>had ever done.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgUUPKwMP06w22Tx5gmudL7CSXATMqbYpAyci2nwbphAnPxoMyR2I2SKLVg35IBL7n0oZFWvrQdE9kUuNzLsfIfyV3ZFbsJ4aVTKD-hYUyXa3w3yUV9r5gA_3jYJOyrC7WLaxl_0H8kT5/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370576286372772546" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgUUPKwMP06w22Tx5gmudL7CSXATMqbYpAyci2nwbphAnPxoMyR2I2SKLVg35IBL7n0oZFWvrQdE9kUuNzLsfIfyV3ZFbsJ4aVTKD-hYUyXa3w3yUV9r5gA_3jYJOyrC7WLaxl_0H8kT5/s320/Bear+Lake+3.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>We were lucky enough to be able to go out on the </div><div>boat and go tubing. The water is so shallow for so</div><div>long that someone has to push you out into the deeper</div><div>water.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs1ISl26XQ4qLCKxTnMTwMu26ZzrkP5i8VbkNLwFVd6FZ-kPtHC7SErjyUmlrKATrFqbPwkFXWHzOuxG32BLDFuyc93uh3xdoP3D8mOr_EALdbSPRto42JtSEiq7l6IGRi8-Z1K-mkUXk/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370576291758489282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs1ISl26XQ4qLCKxTnMTwMu26ZzrkP5i8VbkNLwFVd6FZ-kPtHC7SErjyUmlrKATrFqbPwkFXWHzOuxG32BLDFuyc93uh3xdoP3D8mOr_EALdbSPRto42JtSEiq7l6IGRi8-Z1K-mkUXk/s320/Bear+Lake+4.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Chelsea and Payton on the wave runner. Payton</div><div>thought this thing was the coolest invention of all </div><div>time. I think he would have spent every second</div><div>out on it if someone would have gone with him.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBuCIS6HuQVv_Sjs5AhKpgG1sujd5pFzp2t20iRx6crampxHcAJzre4Z2sMXhvjy5ZxiJmex_y6-ICHBXL6BSpJqJObyuC_mPYSEf0-VuFz_148BZkldMhqewy9cY59WMk4BENVp8yDe2/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+5.jpg"></a> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBuCIS6HuQVv_Sjs5AhKpgG1sujd5pFzp2t20iRx6crampxHcAJzre4Z2sMXhvjy5ZxiJmex_y6-ICHBXL6BSpJqJObyuC_mPYSEf0-VuFz_148BZkldMhqewy9cY59WMk4BENVp8yDe2/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370576294859988402" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBuCIS6HuQVv_Sjs5AhKpgG1sujd5pFzp2t20iRx6crampxHcAJzre4Z2sMXhvjy5ZxiJmex_y6-ICHBXL6BSpJqJObyuC_mPYSEf0-VuFz_148BZkldMhqewy9cY59WMk4BENVp8yDe2/s320/Bear+Lake+5.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>I wanted to drive before I let Payton have a turn.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp8kVbt9WEwGvwZhtTbWHCtjX_qSJ5ajPFbRm21DdYTG63FaHy6WmJjLdUkfo-YXk5s-OUGDqvVfNJ6lIB30uE7qfSG7vouXRNamxrCdWDeGgL0nJarkDSFJOWiVWAav1zMQGTVPWF0pR/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+6.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp8kVbt9WEwGvwZhtTbWHCtjX_qSJ5ajPFbRm21DdYTG63FaHy6WmJjLdUkfo-YXk5s-OUGDqvVfNJ6lIB30uE7qfSG7vouXRNamxrCdWDeGgL0nJarkDSFJOWiVWAav1zMQGTVPWF0pR/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370576680884853490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp8kVbt9WEwGvwZhtTbWHCtjX_qSJ5ajPFbRm21DdYTG63FaHy6WmJjLdUkfo-YXk5s-OUGDqvVfNJ6lIB30uE7qfSG7vouXRNamxrCdWDeGgL0nJarkDSFJOWiVWAav1zMQGTVPWF0pR/s320/Bear+Lake+6.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Payton took Lory out on a good ride. Needless to say</div><div>it was so good that he never got her talked into</div><div>another one.</div><div> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnzUPmVKW4HDdPIIlg1M3EaQrNcg8s7vzur-Oa6t7FkIevACqOX2IcZQsPpIttDnhM25Qsgyh8W0NLMB5Z-w_obuirgYVelqU42hvXHtFUR6qWpQwT79lktLJ7lQBPBJxfPi3L15LNPCl/s1600-h/Bear+Lake+7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370576689541448914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnzUPmVKW4HDdPIIlg1M3EaQrNcg8s7vzur-Oa6t7FkIevACqOX2IcZQsPpIttDnhM25Qsgyh8W0NLMB5Z-w_obuirgYVelqU42hvXHtFUR6qWpQwT79lktLJ7lQBPBJxfPi3L15LNPCl/s320/Bear+Lake+7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Our final day, heading back up to the camper to get</div><div>all of our stuff together and go back to normal life.</div><div>(which is so over rated!)<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-51577894387313841342009-06-28T06:33:00.001-07:002009-06-28T06:58:41.343-07:00To Bone and Back<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUqmh1l5uRX0p-KRsdUIV0aiUTaJGX0ZLqXSXF1p-ZmwjkscALbEJhjm5EGVvmH2UyjtSRYoE9bqN1GunRY77NPNkqIzQ1Fj5zLzgrluOw_YkDaNZfOZSJ1Pdwlj97Xa2H2Fso_u7wlk2/s1600-h/2bone+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352373006815899410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUqmh1l5uRX0p-KRsdUIV0aiUTaJGX0ZLqXSXF1p-ZmwjkscALbEJhjm5EGVvmH2UyjtSRYoE9bqN1GunRY77NPNkqIzQ1Fj5zLzgrluOw_YkDaNZfOZSJ1Pdwlj97Xa2H2Fso_u7wlk2/s320/2bone+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My moms side of the family, the Anderson's, all love to run. We thought for this year it would be fun to have our family reunion around the To-Bone&Back race. We didn't have quite enough people to form a team, but Connor and Chelsea my brother and sister in law stepped right in to help. <br />In this race, you hav 8 people on a team to finish the 40 miles. So that breaks down into 5 mile legs for everyone.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbT_eUZcFPwRHPzgZt3yZFYu45k_BRY0ZOfdRThTv0XL7W6y5_kZ5Zp3-dYdjZEJnRPYAaEBG_wGrXyeI2S718ReVHkTxRcjpWX-gZ88d1_lVn2vhsAmq5roazIJ_msiJgUZuIvp_ntLL/s1600-h/2bone+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372857594107314" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbT_eUZcFPwRHPzgZt3yZFYu45k_BRY0ZOfdRThTv0XL7W6y5_kZ5Zp3-dYdjZEJnRPYAaEBG_wGrXyeI2S718ReVHkTxRcjpWX-gZ88d1_lVn2vhsAmq5roazIJ_msiJgUZuIvp_ntLL/s320/2bone+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Chelsea ran leg 1 and did so awesome! She improved her time from her previous time doing the race by almost 30 mins! This picture is not actually of her running her leg of the race. I forgot to take a picture of her while she was running. So we posed this picture right before I started my leg of the race.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5QpsO4od6CS27r5Tls6u6l4ryxvFrusst8u1prF0UrS3usBT2gEQ7FocZvTEkzw8rPkOVB5ZDCk9En3NyywPPIg93ddtx8t5VgnevluNEoJnM5I242HlIjHEOlGYk9ALqOL69k22hi1E/s1600-h/2bone+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372854455857890" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5QpsO4od6CS27r5Tls6u6l4ryxvFrusst8u1prF0UrS3usBT2gEQ7FocZvTEkzw8rPkOVB5ZDCk9En3NyywPPIg93ddtx8t5VgnevluNEoJnM5I242HlIjHEOlGYk9ALqOL69k22hi1E/s320/2bone+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My Aunt Holly is an awesome runner! She took the up hill portion of the race, and when I say up hill I mean it is totally up hill. She did this part of the race and only took 50 mins! She is so awesome!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5qOKFE7B9kv7rrBDkdiYWM4YyZ82dJbeVwbNJBij1TfThz4aL9dOkpSmg6qH6jxrd8cG5MtS5_StMq5It3U7UXxphxtEe6U2cmEux7cfJBYT86xwQTVbRB8FD0o4d5kClZ9lus5rLiOV/s1600-h/2bone+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372849954095586" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5qOKFE7B9kv7rrBDkdiYWM4YyZ82dJbeVwbNJBij1TfThz4aL9dOkpSmg6qH6jxrd8cG5MtS5_StMq5It3U7UXxphxtEe6U2cmEux7cfJBYT86xwQTVbRB8FD0o4d5kClZ9lus5rLiOV/s320/2bone+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now, let me preface Connors little bit with the fact that he occasionally goes jogging and has never done any serious training. Now, with saying that Connor finished 5 miles in 37 mins! He was so awesome! He is definetely on my team for next year!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLWd6wREqbJSbxHKseL6zZj4uR0S2JcLpKsn7v-c6-uY2U92Y82dMbsyEmWZWw8P3g8L3gFEbPsYxXB_U8kLy5AQqdT4sDCahHd5rBEUBmHuJQF0e00YbLrJYMktHLjiWnapMLeOCxQ8V/s1600-h/2bone+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372846148481506" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLWd6wREqbJSbxHKseL6zZj4uR0S2JcLpKsn7v-c6-uY2U92Y82dMbsyEmWZWw8P3g8L3gFEbPsYxXB_U8kLy5AQqdT4sDCahHd5rBEUBmHuJQF0e00YbLrJYMktHLjiWnapMLeOCxQ8V/s320/2bone+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Connor had to leave to go to work after he ran his leg of the race so we took a picture with all the Littlewoods before he left.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zL6oDT1wTCTbR1KzAPEAuHNm_S1wJODzzWyHTcviYbs26YQB31qvtNCWrdqCWjcVcNwgxgcAHzg6xO7uwBwfEhBJEX5T1eWCbJYfimMGt44IS-PKM9c_noY5SH3VTdVpbYOqPl_-3n6f/s1600-h/2bone+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372839918999490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zL6oDT1wTCTbR1KzAPEAuHNm_S1wJODzzWyHTcviYbs26YQB31qvtNCWrdqCWjcVcNwgxgcAHzg6xO7uwBwfEhBJEX5T1eWCbJYfimMGt44IS-PKM9c_noY5SH3VTdVpbYOqPl_-3n6f/s320/2bone+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Melody took the bone (yes, they had us carry a fake bone as the baton) from Connor. Poor Melody had ran 8 miles the day before and then volunteered to help us fill a spot on our team left by my mom when her darn appendix ruptured. My mom is doing fine and recovering but just wasn't healed up enough to run. Thanks for filling in Mel!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_mgWKy64iBhKz1jmMvAguITnlCVf46unddihtGo4qYgoGzQVAkIEpLDuP7OUniiwFEjiJI3IaBFEcHjCt6og_CzNu74TRCEtOBScyfdSraYrZvBmv7Q8eqiZJ_qFr1miEqaRpDA61h5G/s1600-h/2bone+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372088234371778" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_mgWKy64iBhKz1jmMvAguITnlCVf46unddihtGo4qYgoGzQVAkIEpLDuP7OUniiwFEjiJI3IaBFEcHjCt6og_CzNu74TRCEtOBScyfdSraYrZvBmv7Q8eqiZJ_qFr1miEqaRpDA61h5G/s320/2bone+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cayla did so good! She doesn't really enjoy running, but since she has been on the Sacramento State gymnastics team has been keeping it up. She has to get in so many hours of cardio a week for her training and running is the easiest way for her. I am so proud of her for how hard she ran!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62615lo-IrzT_taERcFeoN7ZsNJvuM-CmV_c7sNiszrW_faru7CFNl3AKr9T-gWcK53qD9sO58d-itau3_2snAw6MztMUdWW-TjGoigaAQFcxsHKxs56CtBknGGtuQnQTn7ntyfxfj1ZF/s1600-h/2bone+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372084857622626" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62615lo-IrzT_taERcFeoN7ZsNJvuM-CmV_c7sNiszrW_faru7CFNl3AKr9T-gWcK53qD9sO58d-itau3_2snAw6MztMUdWW-TjGoigaAQFcxsHKxs56CtBknGGtuQnQTn7ntyfxfj1ZF/s320/2bone+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Layne did very well. It always makes me mad at these boys that they can go out and run 5 miles without ever really training for running.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5DOmUWBnKsKZA1imK3L-E1uFBC82GOSoms3dneJMnboFqbopkJc4IEQWU09KlrJjn4sL9f4e6K6DVoZfFmLu6Zy0TopNk_U7lhT9lV_rMGpNLkRPNzpho-kB4IGlDoc8FR4MWXvNxxaX/s1600-h/2bone+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372081031808242" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5DOmUWBnKsKZA1imK3L-E1uFBC82GOSoms3dneJMnboFqbopkJc4IEQWU09KlrJjn4sL9f4e6K6DVoZfFmLu6Zy0TopNk_U7lhT9lV_rMGpNLkRPNzpho-kB4IGlDoc8FR4MWXvNxxaX/s320/2bone+015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I had the easiest portion of the race and still didn't beat Connors time! I was able to finish in 40 mins which is an amazing time for me! I am very proud of it, but would have liked to beat Connors. Especially since I have actually been training for it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBxu3cRT-aetJszRuYASz5cBGOyFI-cYFRyBWJwfoMyytfKhwNEYQ6W3mMi_00cfVsbb-1tp6z51N5i9mt9NWcmo2j1xoMoZ9CYXgdrQm0YtkOvB_yXcggP7jSmO21Epc5io_a7raSJ9A/s1600-h/2bone+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372065176590946" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBxu3cRT-aetJszRuYASz5cBGOyFI-cYFRyBWJwfoMyytfKhwNEYQ6W3mMi_00cfVsbb-1tp6z51N5i9mt9NWcmo2j1xoMoZ9CYXgdrQm0YtkOvB_yXcggP7jSmO21Epc5io_a7raSJ9A/s320/2bone+017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lee was amazing. In the heat of the day (on his birthday) he was able to finish his portion in 41 mins! He has lost alot of weight and is in really good shape now!<br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZt1wPAc9VCZtzDix_tQ9Eu9vNBCHUMZFc6jawCSXwlvx6p2vvDXZkmdeCsZXcB8zLTrQx67-qjueHPiHghqsXgFJPsYviX8nKCjDrHcThokPEkTgVjXpxAgJiEdQFJz-5B5T_aymlenkA/s1600-h/2bone+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352372057799650642" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZt1wPAc9VCZtzDix_tQ9Eu9vNBCHUMZFc6jawCSXwlvx6p2vvDXZkmdeCsZXcB8zLTrQx67-qjueHPiHghqsXgFJPsYviX8nKCjDrHcThokPEkTgVjXpxAgJiEdQFJz-5B5T_aymlenkA/s320/2bone+020.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This was a picture of our team at the finish line, minus Connor. My team was so awesome! I can't believe the kind of times that they got! <br /><br />I am hoping to definetely do this next year. I think I caught the running bug again. I need to sign up for some more races. Last year I sort of took the year off and it would be fun to get back into it again</div><div> </div><div>Thanks to my team for all the hard work!<br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-59693495640286783252009-06-10T16:56:00.000-07:002009-06-10T17:01:25.439-07:00Planting a GardenI have such great In-laws. Chelsea, Payton, Lory and I got to get together at the Littlewoods to plant the family garden. It was alot of fun to put all the seeds in and hope that it would grow.<br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNtXz8O1LD5e1S4zmD1czXYcpjsjaHf2CVpkH1pDd8BS6nU8RitH4BCanKN5-NZgG2B4M9qSyScOYscNF1DPzkE2pIX-T-NvKZcC10CHIhAn7qL1whcpidkPW1LyldwQeQFUREQxrafS_/s1600-h/garden.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345852376315249698" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNtXz8O1LD5e1S4zmD1czXYcpjsjaHf2CVpkH1pDd8BS6nU8RitH4BCanKN5-NZgG2B4M9qSyScOYscNF1DPzkE2pIX-T-NvKZcC10CHIhAn7qL1whcpidkPW1LyldwQeQFUREQxrafS_/s320/garden.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>While we were planting the garden Kade was trying to sneak and eat dirt. He is such a funny kid and hes getting so big! It has been fun watching him grow up.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ8jeXq8ZybJdQ8e5GfryQwXs9ZA6XCHa6GBKOVPa4P1d1nQE8j9oEb4gaaRSgoVXCTnLM6iGqSRfAfs-W6N_QdxwoJ6yecFCPOxCOaF3vV4L5iRRq2FfJizJR0BPhkaOO8zg0v4Wh0tX/s1600-h/kade_garden_3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345852381167729234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ8jeXq8ZybJdQ8e5GfryQwXs9ZA6XCHa6GBKOVPa4P1d1nQE8j9oEb4gaaRSgoVXCTnLM6iGqSRfAfs-W6N_QdxwoJ6yecFCPOxCOaF3vV4L5iRRq2FfJizJR0BPhkaOO8zg0v4Wh0tX/s320/kade_garden_3.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-67759873443447694382009-06-10T16:41:00.001-07:002009-06-10T16:55:40.012-07:00Memorial Weekend<div> Memorial weekend is always a fun time around the Littlewood household. I know I have said this before, but I am so lucky to have married into a family that likes to go on little trips. i love camping so much! Before I met Jake, I thought camping was roughing it up in the mountains in tents. I didn't know that camping could be so relaxing, and you can take showers too! <strong>Thanks Pres for letting us sleep in your trailer!</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pZF_stxkGjgGXuZ7DPOOxq9HlobmNO7WC1Bw-T_vgdCRz5RS4GVlfbc4BxGnh0yvvzbVvV5m_amP02Gn6MTWBORJuWy0Ig2xctc8PXS6mRIgfoAzyE0BCvQGmZEFK5E4fsDpQ3W90SPb/s1600-h/memorial+weekend.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345850783644616290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pZF_stxkGjgGXuZ7DPOOxq9HlobmNO7WC1Bw-T_vgdCRz5RS4GVlfbc4BxGnh0yvvzbVvV5m_amP02Gn6MTWBORJuWy0Ig2xctc8PXS6mRIgfoAzyE0BCvQGmZEFK5E4fsDpQ3W90SPb/s320/memorial+weekend.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8_IriyUVceRpL7G6PZUH80_qbAiJbAjG4JPbk02BJAR7QNh2yMhBizP2aG9OT6N17HB98bn7tCuOwKSFmaaG1f1aKHdVc0Ol1UbqemQlJ8zfbp-VWftEFHVEP16-LNNEDIYEDe_TRJ2n/s1600-h/memorial+weekend.JPG"></a>My cute logger husband. He spent the majority of the time chopping wood. I'm not really sure why.</div><div> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KI8x4kJ-pe650VoQlw62McIOAfIviU8sVAOjTKEc2JRZBUrt7tTiL0gg9Lz12v2h0sEFkJvTvfYsfSL9qFKhciOqszFiXxiU1IN0dftJmYtMoGZUtKbKKt_SG3RNto9q8sbf-FDIINJ5/s1600-h/surgery.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345849348198577410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KI8x4kJ-pe650VoQlw62McIOAfIviU8sVAOjTKEc2JRZBUrt7tTiL0gg9Lz12v2h0sEFkJvTvfYsfSL9qFKhciOqszFiXxiU1IN0dftJmYtMoGZUtKbKKt_SG3RNto9q8sbf-FDIINJ5/s320/surgery.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Even though I wasn't at work, I got to take Conners stiches out with some help from my lovely assistant, Chelsea.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ydoY6ehQXodwjc_rmqUhjvwAqz3HPwPBqHAjqWxLdJatRuqlUc-tJYD3D53YcZezDFiexwYRS1r0Po8kuMft4x2VTRtkeAedGsqEu_gqHybl7HiATMzKS7phDanWtFtobFP9B5x5Wf0j/s1600-h/mem_campfire.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345848736079306130" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ydoY6ehQXodwjc_rmqUhjvwAqz3HPwPBqHAjqWxLdJatRuqlUc-tJYD3D53YcZezDFiexwYRS1r0Po8kuMft4x2VTRtkeAedGsqEu_gqHybl7HiATMzKS7phDanWtFtobFP9B5x5Wf0j/s320/mem_campfire.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sitting around the camp fire. A favorite pass time of camping.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfIRbRlsL6hYuaDZmX2eNTnZ5qq7nzGp4NsM1a_xmOc12omOlmLj9XKRssUSWYyEiRpjjkbQxe1qolNeGcyd4D2FoMU3ElO8lv8HYJWGZSG9mg3gMg3UKtWkbca_zAH3jpdbe6OPKUXL_/s1600-h/mem_bikers_2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345848730837787538" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfIRbRlsL6hYuaDZmX2eNTnZ5qq7nzGp4NsM1a_xmOc12omOlmLj9XKRssUSWYyEiRpjjkbQxe1qolNeGcyd4D2FoMU3ElO8lv8HYJWGZSG9mg3gMg3UKtWkbca_zAH3jpdbe6OPKUXL_/s320/mem_bikers_2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It can't be a camping trip without dirt biking!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFtSM72gaPyZ5ZGgBHebnILw4ZBHt11RL4Y90w-cUWOKdzDQXcHEvKyhC_KxuJ-nbO1TeBp0FEDZOp_P07PjxUP0pl-EpHsCcQdhL6beDNdxu7W88tBmNn96TQqcC4KQNckhWUzY-OimL/s1600-h/mem_bikers_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345848725011240338" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFtSM72gaPyZ5ZGgBHebnILw4ZBHt11RL4Y90w-cUWOKdzDQXcHEvKyhC_KxuJ-nbO1TeBp0FEDZOp_P07PjxUP0pl-EpHsCcQdhL6beDNdxu7W88tBmNn96TQqcC4KQNckhWUzY-OimL/s320/mem_bikers_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJ7tm9vlQ6MFsCjIzgzfQMgqxlLrqmmz0VlJCoCw8f1g6GgUDtugNGzQAv6LEI66Hglnmb5co8cmM-1_ZKIt981K0PSzjK6XF5Bww2IT9Cc0-VOFCwGULZ_9V_KP7IhruQPYJQplI2Lxp/s1600-h/mem__kade_furry_hat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345848724985758370" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJ7tm9vlQ6MFsCjIzgzfQMgqxlLrqmmz0VlJCoCw8f1g6GgUDtugNGzQAv6LEI66Hglnmb5co8cmM-1_ZKIt981K0PSzjK6XF5Bww2IT9Cc0-VOFCwGULZ_9V_KP7IhruQPYJQplI2Lxp/s320/mem__kade_furry_hat.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Chelsea and Kade. He was such a good boy! He was even teething and he hardly ever cried.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-30472174921899671292009-05-17T07:43:00.000-07:002009-05-17T07:47:46.090-07:00My new toy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyfhrLsTjls_X3pyXHevw7xuNYBQovJVTPcAht-W_Z1FY_dpBjS6WZdf1dZXCLzyHqukaB9r3eoQfjt6NINeP6egCZeVyFB6QUsJrK0Nq651us6MS9mwKBLrjM0sHCcSZdcLxpoLxqfEe/s1600-h/crf230+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336803775646957778" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyfhrLsTjls_X3pyXHevw7xuNYBQovJVTPcAht-W_Z1FY_dpBjS6WZdf1dZXCLzyHqukaB9r3eoQfjt6NINeP6egCZeVyFB6QUsJrK0Nq651us6MS9mwKBLrjM0sHCcSZdcLxpoLxqfEe/s320/crf230+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMnDQAEYJMsGNVq4M5kasfZdGwFKr0hgWcG5R4VKfuMP2UIlF2wWc9hgbfqBrOn9PYRkCWzomk9pqE0_1La83QGNzB4BcqQAQ_PpR2p1hhC3TLFP_PM99DxYuXgHRqRiVLxjCYKHjMb2h/s1600-h/crf230+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336803777958964594" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMnDQAEYJMsGNVq4M5kasfZdGwFKr0hgWcG5R4VKfuMP2UIlF2wWc9hgbfqBrOn9PYRkCWzomk9pqE0_1La83QGNzB4BcqQAQ_PpR2p1hhC3TLFP_PM99DxYuXgHRqRiVLxjCYKHjMb2h/s320/crf230+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />As many of you know, Jakes family is really big into dirt biking. Before we even got married Jake was looking for a bike for me. I had been riding Paytons 125 that felt way too small. </div><div>I thought the day would never come when I would be able to have my own bike, but it finally came!</div><div>I am still not very good at dirt biking, but Jake has been really good with me. He has taken me out riding the past 2 weekends to teach me. Hopefully with some more practice I will be able to keep up with my sister-in-law Chelsea.<br /></div><div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-53094475929330400572009-03-31T10:44:00.000-07:002009-03-31T11:24:01.938-07:00Spring BreakThis last week we all went to Mesquite for spring break. It was one of the funnest trips I have ever been on. It was also really nice that we got out of the nasty weather in Idaho for a while. <strong>Thanks Aunt T for letting us stay with you!</strong><br /><br />At Grandma and Grandpa DeJongs house before we headed out on the long drive.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5HXM5pWwY3jRETid5Rje3a-C09vC2wr_Ovdyy_6K71A5YPP1jozPd0rp0aUhE4Tvirk8E9lU56ZTe2cAbNEGw63L9MhCZogRcz581DZ-xKCdIYJuKqMic73-qW4GmdM64iw1BXOkwHvx/s1600-h/mesquite.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319410427720051954" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5HXM5pWwY3jRETid5Rje3a-C09vC2wr_Ovdyy_6K71A5YPP1jozPd0rp0aUhE4Tvirk8E9lU56ZTe2cAbNEGw63L9MhCZogRcz581DZ-xKCdIYJuKqMic73-qW4GmdM64iw1BXOkwHvx/s320/mesquite.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div><div>We got to go dirt biking while we were down there. The guys were so patient with me and how slow I was. I was so frusterated with riding in the sad and Jake was so good with me. He let me ride his big bike so that I could make it through the sand easier. Mitch also crashed his bike trying to go over a cliff. He ended up putting some holes in his radiator but the boys worked on it all day the next day and they were able to get it fixed so they could go riding again without the girls.</div><div>My cute hubby on his dirt bike.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRzow1nCSQzjLXEmN2hJB5oNZQCL_bAC0Y5rhnSfRJDNUL6GfaqQk78mL8MHJRSDUCMNTxWoDA-KAF2M1EqKSRkuTAzRuBbT9PJAdRn75-czLj_5Rp11nnfIgGHNT2t64iB0kuEa0BGcj/s1600-h/Spring+Break+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319411399985216226" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRzow1nCSQzjLXEmN2hJB5oNZQCL_bAC0Y5rhnSfRJDNUL6GfaqQk78mL8MHJRSDUCMNTxWoDA-KAF2M1EqKSRkuTAzRuBbT9PJAdRn75-czLj_5Rp11nnfIgGHNT2t64iB0kuEa0BGcj/s320/Spring+Break+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Everyone checking out Mitch's busted up radiator.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-NDrPfjJYIxZ_Y4OylWylIlm600VwwV4HnhOCScQ9xEeGnOzA_hROcxauU7ND8hSfvKv1V2LXBsgOlr_muOexi1lS72in7jCQvcgq2FVMbRYJvxC1GpvtHqfEPV_Q6uuRUH5iHhY4k8C/s1600-h/Spring+Break+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319411407466738738" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-NDrPfjJYIxZ_Y4OylWylIlm600VwwV4HnhOCScQ9xEeGnOzA_hROcxauU7ND8hSfvKv1V2LXBsgOlr_muOexi1lS72in7jCQvcgq2FVMbRYJvxC1GpvtHqfEPV_Q6uuRUH5iHhY4k8C/s320/Spring+Break+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>A hill the boys were climbing. It doesn't look that steep, but it really is!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUgkLeqedV9bpE2CZwfubwJ-RT5jaN_lfGP7kL8MTFZ_cRc68iHx-pNgeOowBSfg8YZMhTXXqCjA9hOjpPevqGxNEnbdKANLdITiLGu1jOtkVhn5CcZeUN022zh0LI7dnb2fNAEnIRzT2/s1600-h/Spring+Break+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319411408357310210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUgkLeqedV9bpE2CZwfubwJ-RT5jaN_lfGP7kL8MTFZ_cRc68iHx-pNgeOowBSfg8YZMhTXXqCjA9hOjpPevqGxNEnbdKANLdITiLGu1jOtkVhn5CcZeUN022zh0LI7dnb2fNAEnIRzT2/s320/Spring+Break+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br />The cliff at the top of this pic is the one that Mitch smashed his radiator on.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_Y-BEM4BDkQtREX81O52W3H1JSN4z1df4baVaMbgXrf8XhrOtogH_tK_JrfMgCenK5TUPvV3AhvZMSdr4DpCgtzsZvW7oawLBShPN89gVR93UT5Lm6DkqB3phyphenhyphentpY2LadGvAnXts_Qib/s1600-h/Spring+Break+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319411418617385122" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_Y-BEM4BDkQtREX81O52W3H1JSN4z1df4baVaMbgXrf8XhrOtogH_tK_JrfMgCenK5TUPvV3AhvZMSdr4DpCgtzsZvW7oawLBShPN89gVR93UT5Lm6DkqB3phyphenhyphentpY2LadGvAnXts_Qib/s320/Spring+Break+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div>While all the boys were trying to fix Mitch's radiator us girls got to hang out at the pool. I can't even tell you how nice it was to finally have sun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83S2RkR_buyuSaodUhtZmjip28sKjZQO30WmR2oEyY_deAuxStPMLmPyGbAIbtS3kjFFyEn0sTbefbT6utQKZzMTm5W3f9LuJj0bZGGQ54rwDCOz76K9cOrX6bxsDsofaZ7fH7NH7EKpZ/s1600-h/girls.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319413345216743298" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83S2RkR_buyuSaodUhtZmjip28sKjZQO30WmR2oEyY_deAuxStPMLmPyGbAIbtS3kjFFyEn0sTbefbT6utQKZzMTm5W3f9LuJj0bZGGQ54rwDCOz76K9cOrX6bxsDsofaZ7fH7NH7EKpZ/s320/girls.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Baby Kade thought that being stuck through the pieces of plastic in the chair was the coolest invention ever. He jumped around in there for a few minutes until we were afraid he would fall all the way through.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFrjjK_tfRmMRWhTo2HmMISMdE6lmAplP_Cyo6W1EgnXlDAvwS3uslKatI9oDHC_IG-sGS7W4TCP8pCnuZ5VF926bYBAsnfk-_UubCf3qavL29U1F7t6stJVevCXQf19NY2lJJOVxZPRl/s1600-h/kade.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319413350718947234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFrjjK_tfRmMRWhTo2HmMISMdE6lmAplP_Cyo6W1EgnXlDAvwS3uslKatI9oDHC_IG-sGS7W4TCP8pCnuZ5VF926bYBAsnfk-_UubCf3qavL29U1F7t6stJVevCXQf19NY2lJJOVxZPRl/s320/kade.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Conner and Kade<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzm0G6yIVgky_qpmuKY5Y0nw0NunBZzLizEt_xVVnSutaN3bikINtcCT0N4-hWnC-VPoUZhSS9Z8era5cGe8UUWhwf-Jx9VbmHC_WCnauh0IpTbVXnV3mRQDY58s5rJsy2aQ3_6h-1co4J/s1600-h/Kade_and_Connor.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319413354103579618" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzm0G6yIVgky_qpmuKY5Y0nw0NunBZzLizEt_xVVnSutaN3bikINtcCT0N4-hWnC-VPoUZhSS9Z8era5cGe8UUWhwf-Jx9VbmHC_WCnauh0IpTbVXnV3mRQDY58s5rJsy2aQ3_6h-1co4J/s320/Kade_and_Connor.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Chelsea and I were the Queens of Guitar Hero at the hotel. It was sad how much we really played!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsRR3vaIOqhaOVP1mVfl3oGuz_AgvqTDsocQnx_5oC9biJIlrOrarcD5UfIXSK902IUHRDpHwc1gc0YGyTHI-BsE30uYUHgDZQC6TNtPj70uR4WL-yThmRsis_-qY5np4mpQZJx1coyeo/s1600-h/Mesquite_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319414884955414530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsRR3vaIOqhaOVP1mVfl3oGuz_AgvqTDsocQnx_5oC9biJIlrOrarcD5UfIXSK902IUHRDpHwc1gc0YGyTHI-BsE30uYUHgDZQC6TNtPj70uR4WL-yThmRsis_-qY5np4mpQZJx1coyeo/s320/Mesquite_1.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br />All the boys in the hot tub after a day of hard riding without the girls.<br /><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNZNF9pFbw587blC-F6S7sgnT-UCLPuCeXop41NgYEt026b5ahRo5hg33EtrO8bUkNJInz8-4YnDdSGLhY8rs0PrFeOCPThP9dU5qCXux608Z-6ZiP54weM7FW-9rb5yktT0-9c3jVvay/s1600-h/hot_tub.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319415011322488434" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNZNF9pFbw587blC-F6S7sgnT-UCLPuCeXop41NgYEt026b5ahRo5hg33EtrO8bUkNJInz8-4YnDdSGLhY8rs0PrFeOCPThP9dU5qCXux608Z-6ZiP54weM7FW-9rb5yktT0-9c3jVvay/s320/hot_tub.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Mitch thought he needed to wake Conner up so he tipped his matress over while Conner was in it! Needless to say, Conner was not very happy with this whole scenario.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaP8XVbpBiOjKtGVajyRkMc4RmbDoGCL-XB0ZXKVcEccMsQHpeFnchK1ha2PtrLX_8ELaxCsXSe9eCg5cckLVLBz99fHOxbpWkJ_oCM3zksotWxTOtZh9OoGYi7S58ynseVTQNMSf03wf/s1600-h/wake_up_connor.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319415225851082818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaP8XVbpBiOjKtGVajyRkMc4RmbDoGCL-XB0ZXKVcEccMsQHpeFnchK1ha2PtrLX_8ELaxCsXSe9eCg5cckLVLBz99fHOxbpWkJ_oCM3zksotWxTOtZh9OoGYi7S58ynseVTQNMSf03wf/s320/wake_up_connor.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaP8XVbpBiOjKtGVajyRkMc4RmbDoGCL-XB0ZXKVcEccMsQHpeFnchK1ha2PtrLX_8ELaxCsXSe9eCg5cckLVLBz99fHOxbpWkJ_oCM3zksotWxTOtZh9OoGYi7S58ynseVTQNMSf03wf/s1600-h/wake_up_connor.JPG"></a> </div><div><br /><br />While we were packing our suitcase to go home we were also keeping an eye on Kade while Mitch and Chelsea were getting ready. We stuck him in our suitcase and he loved it! There was so much to play with!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJO7uKTHQ-nelDJgE8WbBOPf1x8Uj_5-fPr7wflX-4ubjYXOYil8iWu-oBVQIzE-LI79xMbOLoSB_6h1yWduVuULSYgSOF0lDQAgFfXSQQbmnYdsN9-5bHqgJzGKGAmLXZzWRz5e6Ry-5/s1600-h/Spring+Break+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319415496314835058" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJO7uKTHQ-nelDJgE8WbBOPf1x8Uj_5-fPr7wflX-4ubjYXOYil8iWu-oBVQIzE-LI79xMbOLoSB_6h1yWduVuULSYgSOF0lDQAgFfXSQQbmnYdsN9-5bHqgJzGKGAmLXZzWRz5e6Ry-5/s320/Spring+Break+005.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><br />Conner and Jake decided that they wanted to be on a bobsledding team so after we were done loading all of our stuff into the car they took the luggage carrier back to the hotel.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRLvZlXk-I1mg9scgxX1h4tEJ_QZQpTdnfU5FtGPao7ricZk77gHramZ4z5vrjEu0PciYqP7SWDP01cVxEQoR9HMeqPV26omp0hFfpKpcipEXp2-o-AuBMpftvJI5SREfMXmFwjSyWvbk/s1600-h/luggage_delivery.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319415699011554706" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRLvZlXk-I1mg9scgxX1h4tEJ_QZQpTdnfU5FtGPao7ricZk77gHramZ4z5vrjEu0PciYqP7SWDP01cVxEQoR9HMeqPV26omp0hFfpKpcipEXp2-o-AuBMpftvJI5SREfMXmFwjSyWvbk/s320/luggage_delivery.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div>Some very sleepy boys on the way home.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AWmeztEoT-4cDDa499YU19Xk_GSzvp1snlmdkq6YtwnVyE0hreeKDCt2Ww0gFBGI5LqwOwPTTv8f9-KiSikSGbrHoCwaV0oFPdY4Q1G1bs9vHL46BTBAC75k4s-hhtRcT-iGAb2lygPE/s1600-h/Spring+Break+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319415968753539106" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AWmeztEoT-4cDDa499YU19Xk_GSzvp1snlmdkq6YtwnVyE0hreeKDCt2Ww0gFBGI5LqwOwPTTv8f9-KiSikSGbrHoCwaV0oFPdY4Q1G1bs9vHL46BTBAC75k4s-hhtRcT-iGAb2lygPE/s320/Spring+Break+006.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>I really do have the best in-laws ever! I am so glad that they do trips like this as a whole family. It is something that I look forward to all year long.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-79890055966399601542009-02-22T08:31:00.000-08:002009-02-22T09:04:13.429-08:00San Francisco<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> As many of you may know, my little sister Cayla competes on the Sacramento State Gymnastics team. Jake and I decided that since I had a long weekend for presidents day that we would go and watch one of her meets and then head to Alcatraz for fun. <div><div> </div><div> Cayla did very well on her meet, and to my surprise it was only 2 hrs long! That is a great improvement from the all day meets that she used to have before she went to college.</div><div> </div><div>On presidents day we headed to San Francisco with my parents. I was expecting there to be really nice weather, but instead it rained the whole time we were in California. Basically I'm trying to give a reason why my hair is so ugly in these pictures and why Jake is wearing his gross hat. </div><div><br /></div><div>This was the cute boat that we got to travel to the island on. The water was very choppy and I hated the whole ride.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305661686080464274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPz_8-GDcXn7ckTa1WonEwCV64qDrQKcG_R4uxqAFBFB9UrtIlpjnFSBAIAnYNVkiFc1V4toP8AKboKvUUoLRyQ05m6pOKBmhHkWmVaduGFlxXren6yfCTnVoeu2JY8jdHBLFEaYJqLN3/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+001.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>San Francisco has such neat bridges over the ocean. This is a picture of the Bay Bridge from inside of the boat.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305662151319113506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJ8URsoDASnRFdTkwAjG83qU7xun0xmTHlFKbqVO4LxwORmArIfPGiX5RwKA5E-ss3V8uZ8NYN3Wf3BpYA4kvPNaAHSNLeK4AeGpcsPJYFtjkVBrh5sKe18uHf_dvzTcgXm_iG9JliPmK/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+002.jpg" border="0" /> When we got to the island the first place we wanted to go was on a tour of the prison. Now this is the first time that I have ever been on an audio tour. I thought it was a little strange at first but ended up really enjoying myself. It was nice because you could stop and take more time at different parts of the prison that you found more interesting. It was very funny to see all of the people in the prison walking around with headphones on and this thing dangling from their neck. So these are some pics of the jail cells. <br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305662694216500530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJB50HJXaOJNQu90r5DvnyhhGPlGAjDdQ1fJyo8zA0BblkvDWiX3qd1DwfyECiJlrx9Fkc-cNBYA2JlYrQjDK5Y-DXx9QKEveAGwbT2M8wfYtsqzcaq_vs1hzUxp5ZfkAFCON7_AhwK8x/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+003.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305662817731964946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK3GbV28L-LCuSvrT7G2T3MgWj3Y6m-gxg7P-tEhbNQcCvqx9I-MMYzUyoDag56X7UeyLQfbAnTHYSp4LNYBJckdvX3qUNoiHVMUTxL_IzRdQXUvqjLjVYsYog1bC1LYPpvkF9v5Ok7Vu/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+004.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305663068347818322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvn-o1HN6YbQotrHdxAz9jmeQEsSIjDXGV80y7SzFfpM2w1m5G9Z-p80DFhyOMG_sjq3ie1WOM-flA0Jo2wb-TcrwR9sWNZsye31h5UUd__pHcollueyvnkgh6Cdxoy7qzZT0slUUCfJy/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+006.jpg" border="0" /><br />As you can see they have three rows of cells all stacked on top of each other. To be quite honest, the whole place reminded me of the movie Shawshank Redemption.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305662955360465394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZz9k0f84g5xK724OsZcKgqKvDILmV0ooEy7GOtIlgtvaOfhcJdSdeKMUMMiJBxrFRn0IiiAob1o4iJtN8iVyADAb2hYYjXzRnGA-LO9cE1jvlB6ogCqiIGYBb7VNPbobj-h30FG7bePTc/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+005.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305663699304042418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3-ez8wtcW7j1a8A4ltbA81TiXA1ahW-k2Wv-4vVLBFPD1QVU3IHeO6EzrrrPVyRtbSViWWLRL6XHzy62MMo7JqW8u1B_4fOUWnby-8OK5Csyd16t3ckSFZq4YTZ-8cfn7DFyLHVr8iba/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+008.jpg" border="0" /><br />This is a picture of their exercise courtyard. You look out and wonder how they ever stayed inside the walls, but if you actually go out in the courtyard, you will see that the walls are much higher than they look.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305663204613759250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7Y9D9LHMjHGKpGjJ6mWvYIba0Kfl2CaWjkV2Hu4rkiSt5mUMtj9WYOn_Wborb3iIJV9lQLfXrkIKNbaUAOqyo9Rj7D8VSLhHe62c3RUaW0Q2T1VqtR1L_EVaekxxN4APN7SdEcEBZBTR/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+007.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>San Francisco is only 1 1/2 miles from Alcatraz. It looked absolutely amazing from the island.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305663945992971186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncH7orAqRunpw_VT37msdcqDCWMT9odxu1ZWfYqK3G035MmDjZ8e-0oBQDmKkA3Y7XRguzKZO15xwrRJsBdiiB6OWUwOxStOjc2mP-ebqNpKYijQdpXUDOI67rOanV8d5RZ6GhMID7FgK/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+009.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div> </div><div>This is us all grungy from all of the rain out in front of the Wardons office and guest entrance to the prison. That is San Francisco behind us.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305664057751610130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQRtEOd9AATTr50qfAwSlTGmrRHE4sRVSrCqA5AEYu2LgmFEZjaw7xPhb23PQtw7aaQVL6l2cyPKnD726sFVx-uC01BfStaUdp_PPcV4Dyymu-8tdO7PNoUmJPdJo0ISbXm02Br-5pKhy/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+011.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p> </p><p>This is a picture of Alcatraz as we were leaving on the boat to go back to San Francisco. The ride was much better on the way back.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305664190787158466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpzHFZMgQDHwB3Boq3GXBZ42Upf8fJF4nzOwnXbFuh-tHxWJ2Odg89LpMv13qN84DQcb96Oubhid5Gw5aahecimd87RYjWCweUDc2_Y-MHLbyvo-7pwzraEW-4H2cMZFusy9vy8nu9d2Q/s320/san+fran+feb+2009+014.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>I just realized what a horrible sister I am because I didn't take a single picture of Cayla at her meet. Next time I will record a routine so that everyone can see it. This was a very fun trip for both Jake and I. The only crapy part was that we hit bad weather on the way home and it took us 20 hrs to drive. I have never been more angry at people than I was on Donners pass with all of the California drivers holding up traffic so they could put their chains on. Please! I have worse roads in my subdivision people!</p>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-58303880209182314672009-02-01T14:17:00.000-08:002009-02-01T14:24:36.442-08:00My wonderful family.<div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297957368483381570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqXF1MBdt05otz0j6r4_P4-1jgCJpM0_dg9aPK53dbXSFr-noO0sUObQ0s-e6gJmD0VqAeAP1SwuZVeK9M5fbA21FNuyENI1LhUD2qI6O5GUEDuKll6wOjpb0bFqykQ6z892fD0dFY0-X/s320/wedding+003.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Today I have been thinking of how lucky I am to have such a great family. I was raised in the church with wonderful parents.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297958292826192114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dIEh9aNq3QpMipGoH8fjOvBv0UvgUr0wU0R9DUgLjQ_qXCp0OuhczTBUTaXEv7Wt9CMswM81N0taQbbdU7qTA4lgJ4_TcyFLaWscOxDvyshNghTyCAfpZ5KHMHCnaghhEzDF1FagHCgy/s320/wedding+064.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Not only that, but I have been blessed with In-laws who are wonderful. I have never met such loving and giving people. We are truly blessed.</div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-14562550405117004102009-01-25T07:49:00.001-08:002009-01-25T07:50:43.460-08:00My mid-life crisisI am going through a mid-life crisis with my hair! It is not growing in as curly as it used to be! I wouldn't call it straight, but it is definetely not my normal curly hair. I don't know how to fix it anymore!Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-85759494068395170162009-01-14T18:08:00.000-08:002009-01-14T18:10:25.763-08:00Christmas and stuffWe had so much fun during the Holiday Season. I just love being married to the most wonderful man in the whole world. The one problem with the holidays is that we both have gained some weight. <br /> Big diet here we come!Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-34753747576862208252008-12-06T17:27:00.001-08:002008-12-06T17:33:52.229-08:00The best husband in the world!I was upstairs taking a shower and getting ready. I hadn't talked to Jake in a while so I came downstairs to see what he was doing. I came around the corner, and Jake was scrubbing the floor! My cute husband was doing a job I hate and without even being asked!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithuDuhQqDTygaU3k9TI2uJXJqxeeperDMn3AIdOhJtIytUekbWBogFItwkqO-j1rwXPSMXxWOiZiJvp8rzXRL_ytGwTCJ81D86OEsnEJX4tZtYKLR-llucfl4QQFqQOxQZA99dP2zbjD1/s1600-h/christmas+tree+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276854102958270930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithuDuhQqDTygaU3k9TI2uJXJqxeeperDMn3AIdOhJtIytUekbWBogFItwkqO-j1rwXPSMXxWOiZiJvp8rzXRL_ytGwTCJ81D86OEsnEJX4tZtYKLR-llucfl4QQFqQOxQZA99dP2zbjD1/s320/christmas+tree+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-83084051611501627182008-12-06T17:24:00.000-08:002008-12-06T17:27:36.485-08:00It's Christmas time!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUx4GC4sLKCsNWmBj27CYTP8ThmwHw_ZLuy3xEZ8YNq4_CupUfnl59Klm1f7W68M0SiYrA_fy8kxgg1Vo_QBSVZNTLQi3Ix3i1XqXUjYVzvSU1NcvlC9QogiBhX8-8bl8dXKpposRIF4zS/s1600-h/christmas+tree+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276853238659837842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUx4GC4sLKCsNWmBj27CYTP8ThmwHw_ZLuy3xEZ8YNq4_CupUfnl59Klm1f7W68M0SiYrA_fy8kxgg1Vo_QBSVZNTLQi3Ix3i1XqXUjYVzvSU1NcvlC9QogiBhX8-8bl8dXKpposRIF4zS/s320/christmas+tree+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It is the first Christmas that I have decorated my own tree. It looks a little silly in this pic, but It really does look so cute in real life!</div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-36614843765921140342008-12-04T08:18:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:28:53.568-08:00Jakes Birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcT7PTTTQAE4A63jHoMw8vEORK_AF9tdowYVVpy-s9mF-fwAO2FWUcHC39vvTvklJe2S5MHhSuhLQPiYIIVdFOuUkG6fsJF3Px-3HQ6gpyP_kvt59Grt1tfiUIbWlBLjSuxLidwuUIg1q/s1600-h/wedding+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275971777455190226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcT7PTTTQAE4A63jHoMw8vEORK_AF9tdowYVVpy-s9mF-fwAO2FWUcHC39vvTvklJe2S5MHhSuhLQPiYIIVdFOuUkG6fsJF3Px-3HQ6gpyP_kvt59Grt1tfiUIbWlBLjSuxLidwuUIg1q/s320/wedding+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Jake is such a funny guy, he had his birthday 12/2 on which he turned 23. I made his favorite dinner for him and I didn't even make vegetables because he hates them! lol </div><br /><div>I was joking around with him and asked him how it felt to be 23 and if he felt older. He said he was a little upset because he wasn't in his early 20's anymore and that he was now in his mid 20's! lol I couldn't believe how upset he was about it. I feel like we are in the prime of our life and I love being 23. Maybe I will feel the same as him when I turn 24 in April.</div><div>All in all though, I love him so much and am glad that I was lucky enough to find him.</div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-27749483754234431612008-11-26T15:31:00.000-08:002008-11-26T15:36:30.393-08:001st year under the belt! 11/24<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI4fCjtvu4yZ9fWj0Sue46-QrUsDxHzVReJmlXjNbzRDR7P2F4QdJvJyMCf-HnZGqEpt8zdBPYXiWahbpcHspcfYygpx5VAshVfxhHDRsifPTefU8LZwU6E8cdS3JEdVaH59e1lPfCPsq/s1600-h/1st+anniversary.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273114083609264146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI4fCjtvu4yZ9fWj0Sue46-QrUsDxHzVReJmlXjNbzRDR7P2F4QdJvJyMCf-HnZGqEpt8zdBPYXiWahbpcHspcfYygpx5VAshVfxhHDRsifPTefU8LZwU6E8cdS3JEdVaH59e1lPfCPsq/s320/1st+anniversary.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I cannot even believe that we have already been married for a year! I am the luckiest girl in the world to have found Jake. He is the most wonderful person I have ever found. Plus, he's hot!</div><br /><div>We got to eat the top of our wedding cake which tasted even better than I remember and I thought it was really good when we had it at our reception! We went and got massages which was awesome. I had been having head aches lately and the massage therapist worked those right out!</div><br /><div>I could hae never found a better man and am so lucky!</div>Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-42674031443710355072008-11-19T15:18:00.000-08:002008-11-19T15:20:11.724-08:00Dad's homecomingMy dad got to go home from the hospital yesterday! It is a miracle. All of a sudden he wasn't requiring oxygen anymore so they sent him home and he doesn't have to wear oxygen or anything! I am so thankful for all of the prayers!Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420786543762080970.post-22025773730044809152008-11-16T19:29:00.000-08:002008-11-16T19:32:14.115-08:00ICU updateJust so everyone knows, my dad is improving. They have moved him from the ICU to the 4th floor of EIRMC. They still don't know what is wrong with him, but his oxygen requirement has gone down. He is now able to have a nasal canula with 5 liters of oxygen and can maintain his oxygen at 90%. They are pumping him full of anti-biotics and just hoping for some test results to come back with some answers.<br /> Thanks for everyones prayers!Jake and Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193401784982702967noreply@blogger.com0