tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270628972024-03-07T07:59:04.103-08:00hank the tankauntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-36065904368306417072012-02-17T05:47:00.000-08:002012-02-17T06:02:07.680-08:00Dr. DHenry has FINALLY come around to seeing his Dr. He really likes the man, but going into the office building used to be enough for me to pull my hair out. Last year when we had to go get Henry's flu shot Rob came with us and Henry climbed the back of him like a monkey trying to get away, screaming all the while. The lady checking us in said "Oh, don't worry. They all do that. One little boy cries from the moment he walks in to the moment he walks out!" I stepped aside and said "Does he look like this?" and she said "Oh! Hey Henry!" It's THAT bad. He was a story that the nurses talked to other parents about. For this reason, and much to my mother's chagrin, we avoid the doctor like the plague. Henry has to be extremely sick if I'm taking him in. No little coughs, or a throw up here and there, will ever be enough to get us in the door.<br /> So you can see why I was DREADING yesterday. 4 years, 4 year old check up. Yikes! Much to my surprise, Henry was incredible! He hasn't seen Dr. D since his sleep issues in August, and before that only for his 3 year old check up. He walked in, went over to the (disgusting, and covered with other kids sick, I'm sure) toy area, and started playing. When we were called back, he stepped onto the scale (didn't happen without screaming since birth), then stepped up to the wall to be measured, and let them take his temperature (usually we just all agree he's fine, and they write in a number)! No crying! I was so excited!! When Dr. D came in he answered his questions, and drew on the paper for him. Then LET him check his ears out and laughed when he was checking his tummy!! These are all amazing feats that just show me how big he's getting! They did his hearing and sight. He did great! And then... Dr. D dropped the bomb. Henry was getting 4 shots at this visit. We were so close to a perfect visit. The nurse came in and Henry started slowly shaking his head no. I hugged him tight to keep his arms down, and she did two very quick pokes and then traded sides with me as Henry started to let her have it! She was very fast, but it didn't matter. He was red faced and puffy eyed the whole way to Rob's work.<br /> One day, sometime in the future, we will get a perfect Dr. visit. One day, that office will forget Henry's name and he will no longer be fodder for nurses to tell other parents that bring in crying kids. One day.<br /><br /> At 4 years old Henry is 41 lbs and 42 inches! He's doing great!auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-64667878855898413612012-01-26T08:00:00.000-08:002012-01-26T08:06:20.358-08:00Play DoughIt's gray and rainy outside, which makes it a great play dough day! Henry loves to play with play dough. Mostly he makes worms with it, but today we made snowmen.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz28jwZNIAYTBt9_18m0euYQlOSlR3euAyrCrVzIjyOYLc_dhyphenhyphen3MbsvKAfnU4uOB_Ul53lQ8nI13d_8gnmJ7GPnDTTCllnZjzrBN4IxBC9UQi2ezGUhYWUhr4ZWuAo2mwLUVJc7Q/s1600/019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz28jwZNIAYTBt9_18m0euYQlOSlR3euAyrCrVzIjyOYLc_dhyphenhyphen3MbsvKAfnU4uOB_Ul53lQ8nI13d_8gnmJ7GPnDTTCllnZjzrBN4IxBC9UQi2ezGUhYWUhr4ZWuAo2mwLUVJc7Q/s400/019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701972493366471954" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5G1jDfT-2Tsqjen11O7zcxC1NTFw_96vfl52lludN3feQ2ugaBlQ82adBW0RgjJNyDXpJr_mWSHWyTJHRbG4OwWwOZ7aZJjVkOcILnyPSB_uDNX44ynj2oovY_SAuIwBx7ebTw/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5G1jDfT-2Tsqjen11O7zcxC1NTFw_96vfl52lludN3feQ2ugaBlQ82adBW0RgjJNyDXpJr_mWSHWyTJHRbG4OwWwOZ7aZJjVkOcILnyPSB_uDNX44ynj2oovY_SAuIwBx7ebTw/s400/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701972013846198818" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBfOjdqlBYl9x7BSUUrYJXv4QNAxX5LqbpBmnN3fc6PRRheqWr022LCpWgTAK4BdaZUw-bObOgfKG2RzMyh5Wa8k4pUh6Ew7ZA4655Rd_1V9y6f2fwc0E4YAkAs78Cqbe0DxbRw/s1600/016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBfOjdqlBYl9x7BSUUrYJXv4QNAxX5LqbpBmnN3fc6PRRheqWr022LCpWgTAK4BdaZUw-bObOgfKG2RzMyh5Wa8k4pUh6Ew7ZA4655Rd_1V9y6f2fwc0E4YAkAs78Cqbe0DxbRw/s400/016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701972003875794658" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3AqyZYU8ytJ33twfnbnQIqdWe92NcgbtKADHO5ufZyQA85vG42vWto1kfpfUhPGy-4RuZPejfCGvHJN_uPG7rRE7gbN1050gGTjf0xd7BQCQAnnqdaILZMaBtT8hbouDpsqHDA/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3AqyZYU8ytJ33twfnbnQIqdWe92NcgbtKADHO5ufZyQA85vG42vWto1kfpfUhPGy-4RuZPejfCGvHJN_uPG7rRE7gbN1050gGTjf0xd7BQCQAnnqdaILZMaBtT8hbouDpsqHDA/s400/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701972024456530546" border="0" /></a>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-80326941961926604142012-01-25T07:26:00.000-08:002012-01-25T07:43:39.638-08:00Race CarsWhen Rob was gone Henry had a LOT of sleep problems. Bed time was a fight every.single.night. Every night Henry would not "throw a fit", he would lose his mind! He was terrified and shaky and would break out into a sweat. After about a month of this Henry and I took a trip to his Dr. and he recommended a sleep therapist near us. Dr. Abraham's office was sparse to say the least. Every time we went Henry got to pick one toy out of the toy locker to play with, and each time it was a Hot Wheels track. He loved getting to go and play there, but once Rob got back his sleep issues dissolved and there wasn't a need (thank the Lord!). When Christmas rolled around Papa asked what Henry would want and I said "Race tracks!" So that's what he got! Today we took 20 minutes out of an otherwise Mario filled morning and played race cars. He had a great time!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJDBhtgBLzD2Kxluhk-GXJCtUOSev5RtkfLVsn8kllzvJUK8CN3LH_pSaYR1Xw7J1j7qE4z64jWFtHGIt-qHt45oDfhhB2LOWvbPl0nrT9-KNEQ1jANODdDW7w1a-8HrOKPV2CQ/s1600/Race+Cars+061.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJDBhtgBLzD2Kxluhk-GXJCtUOSev5RtkfLVsn8kllzvJUK8CN3LH_pSaYR1Xw7J1j7qE4z64jWFtHGIt-qHt45oDfhhB2LOWvbPl0nrT9-KNEQ1jANODdDW7w1a-8HrOKPV2CQ/s400/Race+Cars+061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701595328270781170" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3Jiay5-IckGJRYDQAwZox4SCL-L-GWRv-YALE0RKXs5oCpiVm4GpGF8_LSv9088XtoEwStCnVSpu_H6Hh7gACDF0bUQWGPuk9I28bf_vLndW810gp8PGtxDuQb_ulIrqLO_40w/s1600/Race+Cars+063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3Jiay5-IckGJRYDQAwZox4SCL-L-GWRv-YALE0RKXs5oCpiVm4GpGF8_LSv9088XtoEwStCnVSpu_H6Hh7gACDF0bUQWGPuk9I28bf_vLndW810gp8PGtxDuQb_ulIrqLO_40w/s400/Race+Cars+063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701595315417175250" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0viQL8t8JHsMS_PttH7JrrZzk77Wxc6n481fL4aCRFrxJmkZpIf3Is9qD2tBSJHB1DK3KayG7OUdnM0LwSVVO9SxpjzMXvQfrqmXLnr71aPeWueF4I1nM4A-7M8Yw_p45eVfr6g/s1600/Race+Cars+058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0viQL8t8JHsMS_PttH7JrrZzk77Wxc6n481fL4aCRFrxJmkZpIf3Is9qD2tBSJHB1DK3KayG7OUdnM0LwSVVO9SxpjzMXvQfrqmXLnr71aPeWueF4I1nM4A-7M8Yw_p45eVfr6g/s400/Race+Cars+058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701595308414800178" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsTukkvF8t2L_Bae0zMVCEFRuBzBOGQIh2eywJXvkR3bUaneoEFeXfGX7HXF5ASes3TGU-m647oHltGO6l8a6iFi3EaEuLOTYdCHaoyyWH6lNDkWf5l7Zbogkcu9GXFL0CQnXmw/s1600/Race+Cars+078.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsTukkvF8t2L_Bae0zMVCEFRuBzBOGQIh2eywJXvkR3bUaneoEFeXfGX7HXF5ASes3TGU-m647oHltGO6l8a6iFi3EaEuLOTYdCHaoyyWH6lNDkWf5l7Zbogkcu9GXFL0CQnXmw/s400/Race+Cars+078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701595333058206146" border="0" /></a>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-82684294662293293872012-01-25T07:14:00.000-08:002012-01-25T07:26:21.148-08:00Henry's No Good Day.Henry is obsessed with Mario Brothers. He would play Wii ALL DAY LONG if I let him. It's great for when I'm making dinner, or working, but he gets very upset if you mess with him while he's playing. Yesterday was the only 'nice' day this week, meaning it got to about 48 so I wanted him to go outside and get some sun before it started raining later this week. He was NOT happy with me at all and had no trouble telling me about it! These are from the 5 minutes we were outside.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5elyUjALxFxDRGrL7OnlH_j2EmavuDR92OaFPjNy4MkSiLvgd2klZctsd72YLZ9hDg7sPXgNVukG5ijaOaCZfXo4IIrpwqkupmYOdv4KpbqhxDSSQWUoC9pQolODqh17p33KkMw/s1600/Race+Cars+045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5elyUjALxFxDRGrL7OnlH_j2EmavuDR92OaFPjNy4MkSiLvgd2klZctsd72YLZ9hDg7sPXgNVukG5ijaOaCZfXo4IIrpwqkupmYOdv4KpbqhxDSSQWUoC9pQolODqh17p33KkMw/s400/Race+Cars+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701590242424969298" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN1cUjp2GhK7NlfSTI2sZqfapeGHthvOzzgcSIzNToazT4ORvt-7trqFsGmU8_HXBeY6Lqm-LXjYQIkTzitQ-fgYzQtU8Ej5kbhjshjcHGWKpQkRb7KlJjmlInEt4sADpaoKB8A/s1600/Race+Cars+035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN1cUjp2GhK7NlfSTI2sZqfapeGHthvOzzgcSIzNToazT4ORvt-7trqFsGmU8_HXBeY6Lqm-LXjYQIkTzitQ-fgYzQtU8Ej5kbhjshjcHGWKpQkRb7KlJjmlInEt4sADpaoKB8A/s400/Race+Cars+035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701590215569552610" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHMLzp2z00lyg47Plq8KcbL6JLd37EtnJ__gMLX1ZxveIishlIs8Z4bh1VywAonMc_Ksyufkzb_fiyD40GrxdCtWRcu0Q5lzeMXghGoNL85EZWTP3UJw0wkwXZ6lo5EbKn5wVcw/s1600/Race+Cars+043.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHMLzp2z00lyg47Plq8KcbL6JLd37EtnJ__gMLX1ZxveIishlIs8Z4bh1VywAonMc_Ksyufkzb_fiyD40GrxdCtWRcu0Q5lzeMXghGoNL85EZWTP3UJw0wkwXZ6lo5EbKn5wVcw/s400/Race+Cars+043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701590248081205122" border="0" /></a>Disclaimer: Henry is better at Mario than most grown people and it is really incredible to watch. He can play every Mario game Rob has and picked all of them up really quickly. He's WAY better than me and is a good gaming buddy for his Dad!auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-76273344678174427162012-01-22T16:00:00.001-08:002012-01-22T16:09:06.293-08:00Game night<div style="text-align: center;">Today marks day 2 of snow on the ground. Really, it's not much. Maybe 2-3 inches, but it's iced over and is a good excuse to stay home and do nothing all weekend long! And since we aren't Ravens fans we used today as a game day of our own featuring Life: Simpsons Edition. Henry decided he was way too cool to play with us so he sat on the couch playing Wii (aka his latest obsession). Even though Rob is a rules maniac I still mopped the floor with him!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUXNDTse24UJNEUMcOoDuxdZwqPqdC3vm6VWtq4YBxAlm0KjnPcT_KE0XcqJ76h4W9YRH9vWEk4BzgC5R6eAJ8_dg0CTa0zpuxwndS1_1s2XUjGFfnTF9vYikYVom1sG54Fzb7A/s1600/game+night+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUXNDTse24UJNEUMcOoDuxdZwqPqdC3vm6VWtq4YBxAlm0KjnPcT_KE0XcqJ76h4W9YRH9vWEk4BzgC5R6eAJ8_dg0CTa0zpuxwndS1_1s2XUjGFfnTF9vYikYVom1sG54Fzb7A/s400/game+night+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700612056160304642" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyC_rHR5as2pPbRai8UrKfT2hqyKKVrJGxNxrU63jTJI7RX8UGCOs-gy3X38o7vrz2ulCjyle7mOr3TctjJmmShpA2QEsEPxQs7XmrA0cgQkvpwGOD9j7qsXS9iNx73vCFDQ19Aw/s1600/game+night+010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyC_rHR5as2pPbRai8UrKfT2hqyKKVrJGxNxrU63jTJI7RX8UGCOs-gy3X38o7vrz2ulCjyle7mOr3TctjJmmShpA2QEsEPxQs7XmrA0cgQkvpwGOD9j7qsXS9iNx73vCFDQ19Aw/s400/game+night+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700612038975301794" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My victory :)<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWx1xHxGCZ4C15xNxLgBd_yiI3xBJo0sR9r8afvik7fBV41f4ubJJwpHqHNgnZt7TSK-X0O6qfx8yXwKLSbxmzqlZrQHWOXXDXl6wbIe1Cax83YMOukCfiMwA1gy79GnBMkF8WA/s1600/game+night+006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWx1xHxGCZ4C15xNxLgBd_yiI3xBJo0sR9r8afvik7fBV41f4ubJJwpHqHNgnZt7TSK-X0O6qfx8yXwKLSbxmzqlZrQHWOXXDXl6wbIe1Cax83YMOukCfiMwA1gy79GnBMkF8WA/s400/game+night+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700612045729019074" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So sad :(<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmaJ1RcXpsCNV-81AdOsnf7AHCh8xLIpW5HX0PrAwhl0Oz39XUHh-DlL7lrprmdTGVd6NPlx44w9PM3rsh3wMtoP4sPX8dsUqnZOzfIlrPs6VA-MX6sno1ZyFee6U0rQNce8VLQ/s1600/game+night+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmaJ1RcXpsCNV-81AdOsnf7AHCh8xLIpW5HX0PrAwhl0Oz39XUHh-DlL7lrprmdTGVd6NPlx44w9PM3rsh3wMtoP4sPX8dsUqnZOzfIlrPs6VA-MX6sno1ZyFee6U0rQNce8VLQ/s400/game+night+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700612066910569154" border="0" /></a>And... Henry on his banana phone. I don't know why he does this, but he does it every.single.time. he has a banana. He walks around with it 'talking' to people before he'll let me open it. Usually he's really shy about it, so I had to have my little camera waiting in the kitchen to catch it!<br /><br /></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-9310021808712182862012-01-10T15:11:00.000-08:002012-01-10T15:22:55.601-08:00Oh Henry!This is a sensitive subject, but I never want to forget my sweet boy's reaction tonight.<br /> We were so excited to come home this year for Christmas and tell everyone the news. Baby Caruthers was due in August. We actually didn't say anything to Henry for a week, but had to at some point, because his favorite thing to do is jump on me. He was so mellow about it. He seemed happy at the thought of being a big brother (I'm sure he didn't really get it) and Rob and I were happy about the thought of someone new in our lives. Except, it never felt right. There were issues that made me cautious to be too excited about the outcome. We prayed and prayed and prayed for God's will to be done with our family, and on the 15th I was in the ER at North Hills being told that I was losing the baby and there was really nothing else to be said or done. God's will is tricky sometimes, but His peace is ever present. On the way back to my mom's I decided it was best not to let Henry in on this bit of information and just let it pass. I didn't see a point in having a discussion about why this was happening or what it meant when he had only known for a few days and hadn't said much about it.<br /> We were in Texas for 3 weeks and have been home for about a week and a half now with zero mention of any baby. Henry and I were sitting at the dinner table tonight, while Rob was in the kitchen, and Henry looked me dead in the face and said "So do you still have our baby in your tummy?" I looked at him and said no and of course he asked why not. I told him that it just wasn't the right time for that baby and it wasn't there anymore. He said "So is it somewhere in our house hiding?" and I said "No. God decided to take that baby back to be with Him." And he looked at me with giant eyes and said "Mom, did we have baby Jesus?!"<br /> He thinks so highly of me :)auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-77836977398027803442011-10-28T09:25:00.000-07:002011-10-28T09:46:07.058-07:00Homecoming!We love being a military family. We really do. It is not a bad life at all, but it is not for the faint of heart :) We are THRILLED to put this last deployment behind us for sure. In part, it was easier for me this time around. I knew what to expect, and I knew it wouldn't be as long. On the other hand, Henry was old enough to understand, he had a HORRIBLE time when it came to sleeping for the past 4 months, and he started to worry about things a 3 year old shouldn't have to worry about.<br />We weren't expecting Rob until November 4-7th so when I woke up last Sunday CONVINCED he was on the move it was hard to look at the calendar. I called my good friend, Arlena, and told her "He'll be here in 3 days. I can FEEL it." She told me not to set myself up and not to do anything out of the ordinary. Just go about your life. Such a typical military spouse!! Monday I felt like I was going crazy all day watching the door. Our count down said 11 days, but I couldn't shake this feeling and literally would stare at the door. By dinner time that night we had to get out of the house. I was making us both anxious! I took Henry to Sonic and came home, sat him down at the table, then heard 'knock, knock' but no one was in the window (our front door is about 1/3 window and is flanked by 1/2 windows so I can definitely see out). I got up from the table and looked down and there was my sweet Rob! Crouching down with a dozen roses! It was so very exciting!! Rob's boss and his wife picked him up and brought him home and were standing in the yard taking pictures for me. It was the most fun! After a minute I called Henry out to see who was on the porch. He was a little unsure with the strangers in the yard and the unexpected Dad in a baseball hat so he pretty much held on to my leg, but once Rob came in and the Salems left he started getting more and more excited! Every few minutes he would look up and say "Daddy!! You're home!!" When he woke up the next morning the first thing he said was "Is my Dad still home?" and then took off down the stairs to find him! Nothing in the world is better than having us all together again. And now we have 2 weeks of R&R to fill with a lot of hanging out, movie watching, and book store trips!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicq0zi3x6rkUv3rczNRNTx0J1ktKDwFCBmIccWbI2_JwI4S269uOUaZTNCuB5mxOgFFj5bYJGG52unK3l1RPS7aQ2STi4Uzk7l7eId496HGgXAsMioVx5PTnrqdSlAwLoULitHyA/s1600/DSC_8844.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicq0zi3x6rkUv3rczNRNTx0J1ktKDwFCBmIccWbI2_JwI4S269uOUaZTNCuB5mxOgFFj5bYJGG52unK3l1RPS7aQ2STi4Uzk7l7eId496HGgXAsMioVx5PTnrqdSlAwLoULitHyA/s400/DSC_8844.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584273725602530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xblyQANMr4-3xuLK_W7z_tE_RS__sFFYOPDfUk9Smeq49Z81UdczWbJi9sz5fdxfdhpzqk2Zt2cJBIrylNj3ae7mrLCjxr7hKIqMHNuoUQ67PbkkZs-aUT6mKHDIeB-ehr5vXQ/s1600/DSC_8832.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xblyQANMr4-3xuLK_W7z_tE_RS__sFFYOPDfUk9Smeq49Z81UdczWbJi9sz5fdxfdhpzqk2Zt2cJBIrylNj3ae7mrLCjxr7hKIqMHNuoUQ67PbkkZs-aUT6mKHDIeB-ehr5vXQ/s400/DSC_8832.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584270418727826" border="0" /></a>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-50951615268123260102011-09-06T19:38:00.001-07:002011-09-06T19:47:38.723-07:00The Beach<div style="text-align: center;">This is is year 3 of our Aunt Emmy and Aunt Kasey beach trip! The kids are so excited when we start planning things and the past two years Papa has gotten to go with us, which gets them even more riled up! Though, next year he may want to take his own car...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWslO__O6jP1i26AqPzVRmtkE0DUTR7yhqXjM6uqjv_n1UR5JqD3xMkK8S2nfCpaOF_WMCdKEwXmbzn56Hjc8niFozqY_n_PG5hhtdqdTh1QMM0PkEEGlQrpZf3R9l9dlylNizA/s1600/beach+157.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWslO__O6jP1i26AqPzVRmtkE0DUTR7yhqXjM6uqjv_n1UR5JqD3xMkK8S2nfCpaOF_WMCdKEwXmbzn56Hjc8niFozqY_n_PG5hhtdqdTh1QMM0PkEEGlQrpZf3R9l9dlylNizA/s400/beach+157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649442522167842354" border="0" /></a><br />This is actually a little backwards, but that's fine. We always have a 'super fun ice cream party' on the last night of our trip. The two big ones count on it! They are already planning which kind they are going to get before we ever make it to the hotel.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuq0BbDvV_d1epqJ4S7n76Ic8AuXaUdCGjfTfAv-Z6fxZDxPq-G0rAfefN1b3rWR3E-5B0CXltD8M1jJqCP03Wi1fKNHbCN6g-exGcMf0YkOmBzcB1BIzr58VmHrDZcI1ZdRxlg/s1600/beach+172.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuq0BbDvV_d1epqJ4S7n76Ic8AuXaUdCGjfTfAv-Z6fxZDxPq-G0rAfefN1b3rWR3E-5B0CXltD8M1jJqCP03Wi1fKNHbCN6g-exGcMf0YkOmBzcB1BIzr58VmHrDZcI1ZdRxlg/s400/beach+172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649442524648785314" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNCeTuk6L6dtE9oP7kc6pyz_42-4gGqRkjLH8q1omJ4XVvOU0VVzbhCKWYDNfxAfFVT9ZAX20a1K7maJFBxypRQ0pfKqi-EZGcnfzpaD6Ka8sSEYKVFgLMRpxEgtisEjxiqEu2Q/s1600/beach+158.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNCeTuk6L6dtE9oP7kc6pyz_42-4gGqRkjLH8q1omJ4XVvOU0VVzbhCKWYDNfxAfFVT9ZAX20a1K7maJFBxypRQ0pfKqi-EZGcnfzpaD6Ka8sSEYKVFgLMRpxEgtisEjxiqEu2Q/s400/beach+158.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649442515892562514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lore found this guy and played with him for a solid 20 minutes. She named him "mist-o cwab' and kept dragging him out of the water! So funny!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaRtcz-sxP06B6K8fW2YIFfC_N4S_kVx_RL3clYciiyS8vWu4RtEkKki8gERL1DBK3CbsMtldCxJQtoEq3Sb0qdW-QvjdNQBtaHo6T_dQZ6j7jGkUR8cNQxL7Nchg_fv48Pe_DA/s1600/beach+155.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaRtcz-sxP06B6K8fW2YIFfC_N4S_kVx_RL3clYciiyS8vWu4RtEkKki8gERL1DBK3CbsMtldCxJQtoEq3Sb0qdW-QvjdNQBtaHo6T_dQZ6j7jGkUR8cNQxL7Nchg_fv48Pe_DA/s400/beach+155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649442517859877538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji11TL3pyfYoVgNbsP1qUp0DtBpY6K6c8-chgi4lpjLOojYv6xmjR3rEntlURVSjN_iw6vnjrrD8lfp7FBkjyW1F721N8QMXPzonr2Qmpzn_0yLZyJeIN3Bo_T1aPxIsAbgR26Cg/s1600/beach+139.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5Zt-ke5EHPcalW48c0x7DuaLxaXcv3ACkmmp9K292A2nnL1zj5W-UgJWERxctKq7bjAdon3rBm08GuS-bJnOTZJ4O4uPmggTv3hNtvjQqxdBIMT3JcN1kR1EZdQgK4qbdi71Hw/s400/beach+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649441811492324194" border="0" /></a><br />I love this trip so much. Galveston is not the most attractive place on earth, but to the kids its paradise! Here's to many, many more Texas beach vacations!<br /></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-10774381236265390862011-09-06T18:41:00.001-07:002011-09-06T19:38:04.842-07:00Texas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6A44jLbUViyhyJX7bauossVRZnEJwjB2Mfedf7v9KqBQd6MKoda07vLnlP6onQxGk_11D7wFdFVdCdKKMtux1F1XfyxTA1tI-0LaFSncr5rIsNUBMSQ23ZCo7rzL7_w9XEM19_g/s1600/texas+182.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6A44jLbUViyhyJX7bauossVRZnEJwjB2Mfedf7v9KqBQd6MKoda07vLnlP6onQxGk_11D7wFdFVdCdKKMtux1F1XfyxTA1tI-0LaFSncr5rIsNUBMSQ23ZCo7rzL7_w9XEM19_g/s400/texas+182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649428048190457618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Henry loved getting to play at Grandma Terry's for the 4th!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxet42mn8_lYrQM_WWOnm9uC_9zISitW840Dd-jwqGFvb90b8qjyxU8tawLlV8ICU0Aqq66u21WmMgQowsXmi0g8n0yO3OEHlAmeD7AvUZiZSAQLQwSWo6hOfIgE5CfCvRt_Nig/s1600/texas+145.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxet42mn8_lYrQM_WWOnm9uC_9zISitW840Dd-jwqGFvb90b8qjyxU8tawLlV8ICU0Aqq66u21WmMgQowsXmi0g8n0yO3OEHlAmeD7AvUZiZSAQLQwSWo6hOfIgE5CfCvRt_Nig/s400/texas+145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649428042739356050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD54BErVvXZUsrcjeKdX2QeiXlmAfpT0Aloz76BVoNloFIH9YjBhuOMnpNoh_DPZvgEJApvScdyrHoYOH49qNUMDedTVKY9f0ViQezJgdTe6F4fU_PbfdTFK0VKgzMaWdCqOS8AA/s1600/texas+007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD54BErVvXZUsrcjeKdX2QeiXlmAfpT0Aloz76BVoNloFIH9YjBhuOMnpNoh_DPZvgEJApvScdyrHoYOH49qNUMDedTVKY9f0ViQezJgdTe6F4fU_PbfdTFK0VKgzMaWdCqOS8AA/s400/texas+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649428032547510146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9Pp4saTNb4NZInkzHk3JhKQctArbnRF-V6_Npu8NyaNTA5Ikwk9MDJ_7Ghq1x4LLuN7ZHwz5-qcRJF80rMkXR-vcicXd_2dlQ6pTtqUGQsDAyz3P8rmjmsTh-BauJrnbsjy5iQ/s1600/texas+096.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9Pp4saTNb4NZInkzHk3JhKQctArbnRF-V6_Npu8NyaNTA5Ikwk9MDJ_7Ghq1x4LLuN7ZHwz5-qcRJF80rMkXR-vcicXd_2dlQ6pTtqUGQsDAyz3P8rmjmsTh-BauJrnbsjy5iQ/s400/texas+096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649428029771643474" border="0" /></a>Getting a picture of all of them is almost impossible!!!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsaeWU15o8MTFfsDLfm94qaikXYd7ezBoKVEZ17o9NhqJAx2gzDAjEX-k9t80F7zKY6PsfmdT1CFlipAgDcA7se2D-gRJmbddzADtWcO8uN7pFg4EHyxJ1wgOMoKZ8ZZ6BjoRIw/s1600/texas+089.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsaeWU15o8MTFfsDLfm94qaikXYd7ezBoKVEZ17o9NhqJAx2gzDAjEX-k9t80F7zKY6PsfmdT1CFlipAgDcA7se2D-gRJmbddzADtWcO8uN7pFg4EHyxJ1wgOMoKZ8ZZ6BjoRIw/s400/texas+089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649428024893796898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTesHz5nz_0G-RKuzL6fzny8gDf14YHVQD9uvRBUxZwwnH4IybQvaGriiACOzwn4qJikTHL_nBRhgcK6vAIoI0jIOs4TaJ43pJo9B6iDOU3nDPArl-lQe4-DLxthas_mpp2N7YQg/s1600/texas+083.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTesHz5nz_0G-RKuzL6fzny8gDf14YHVQD9uvRBUxZwwnH4IybQvaGriiACOzwn4qJikTHL_nBRhgcK6vAIoI0jIOs4TaJ43pJo9B6iDOU3nDPArl-lQe4-DLxthas_mpp2N7YQg/s400/texas+083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649427403665009314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These two couldn't love each other more. It's so adorable!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsd9axW9QRZ10Vc8ffeYofDWYhkBppwNAu3xrHmrG_jrDsMPxG98dfxvqxDJC-U2AKMP5BtVsok8Z5V5v19THsetHF-lcgMo8h9suMRQU2XOz7Moa43wf0oYAHjWnAqgveefFIuA/s1600/texas+059.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsd9axW9QRZ10Vc8ffeYofDWYhkBppwNAu3xrHmrG_jrDsMPxG98dfxvqxDJC-U2AKMP5BtVsok8Z5V5v19THsetHF-lcgMo8h9suMRQU2XOz7Moa43wf0oYAHjWnAqgveefFIuA/s400/texas+059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649427397079277650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EnzH5_czJtKC3DqPgxBep9g7ZZST6UOXOsZ4MREyGgaKWPSDTtNw-KFsQKdpkUcc_9GNn8gFUrQAtzFP6q5RDlNl89qOw_ho0Vyz4JBiWJY02QiYpdlX6PsQV8DAM9gxbnhKqg/s1600/texas+067.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EnzH5_czJtKC3DqPgxBep9g7ZZST6UOXOsZ4MREyGgaKWPSDTtNw-KFsQKdpkUcc_9GNn8gFUrQAtzFP6q5RDlNl89qOw_ho0Vyz4JBiWJY02QiYpdlX6PsQV8DAM9gxbnhKqg/s400/texas+067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649427393414488578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQKxZbC4xaFuBvFf2-ZV3xXxpBIr5JGrQoD47Hm0ovmwFRCjU799AfThVJK2OuCTlaXL9yO1ESmqtFK5Uco5lwZJRDXRJ2oCOdqmqpEOXm4aIRT_rzs_7OK3ipVLEl7N8YLCoHg/s1600/texas+033.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQKxZbC4xaFuBvFf2-ZV3xXxpBIr5JGrQoD47Hm0ovmwFRCjU799AfThVJK2OuCTlaXL9yO1ESmqtFK5Uco5lwZJRDXRJ2oCOdqmqpEOXm4aIRT_rzs_7OK3ipVLEl7N8YLCoHg/s400/texas+033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649427389083816722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWm3eOA-69tZ1R1o2X7-P9P7gHhul03RGlUk9kIE66_oovsT6d2AhtynpVZ3RW0jbnZVBbzSPv0k7TtvRgAFHOXSSJs5LE8aeXKFHKv4L-CnDbRGDoGDI2FZZjGJeL26OpSxmpQ/s1600/texas+028.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWm3eOA-69tZ1R1o2X7-P9P7gHhul03RGlUk9kIE66_oovsT6d2AhtynpVZ3RW0jbnZVBbzSPv0k7TtvRgAFHOXSSJs5LE8aeXKFHKv4L-CnDbRGDoGDI2FZZjGJeL26OpSxmpQ/s400/texas+028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649427385954490386" border="0" /></a>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-46671014777460863322011-09-06T18:30:00.000-07:002011-09-06T18:41:07.731-07:00<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> This is kind of a 'dump' post! It was all taken before Rob left, so it's been a while. It's hard to believe he's been gone for over 2 months!! We are so ready for him to come home.<br /> This post is about our Strode 'babies'! All of the Strodes came and stayed with us for a week on their way out of the country. We had so much fun with them!! This was Henry's first time to bowl, and it was HILARIOUS!! Every. single. time he veeeerrrrrryyyy slowly rolled his ball down the lane he would dance and jump and say "I am a CHAMPION!" Clearly, self esteem should not be an issue with this kid!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjb9oE5W2BtTFCoPuEDyqTraLSQ3DqWtx2yP3zv1FF6nwJUYYQkHlzFYUk4nK2yjFUSzuHL2lPgj9YET2uKG2MoMmal_HKU2sX1uAWvCjnyhDWjdztIQi4n5Z1HwOCbwJ6HXRuDg/s1600/Kasey+Caruthers+Photography+022.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjb9oE5W2BtTFCoPuEDyqTraLSQ3DqWtx2yP3zv1FF6nwJUYYQkHlzFYUk4nK2yjFUSzuHL2lPgj9YET2uKG2MoMmal_HKU2sX1uAWvCjnyhDWjdztIQi4n5Z1HwOCbwJ6HXRuDg/s400/Kasey+Caruthers+Photography+022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649425078030838178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPh39ZoWkaeefbwqz7HGoEap0yaZGd2PyTIk6StbdXtiOsadC1lhz4VCceXf_czFeOHmN2_yAposOygVmGG-kfxROSM_ExjqC5yLh4FWV0DMvoUo_etsUFybHs41-iqGxjy16Uog/s1600/French+Family-Kasey+Caruthers+Photography+341.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPh39ZoWkaeefbwqz7HGoEap0yaZGd2PyTIk6StbdXtiOsadC1lhz4VCceXf_czFeOHmN2_yAposOygVmGG-kfxROSM_ExjqC5yLh4FWV0DMvoUo_etsUFybHs41-iqGxjy16Uog/s400/French+Family-Kasey+Caruthers+Photography+341.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649425075461295970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEvFsxokpTvczAZUyzaobXdU94m-WvVwp80IkBqemOWYxDMWIw-Q8M6RW3CehdWgGG0qmaoM8L2d5N07fghFxM5JeKWn38WYjFOhlTeegmAXCUSd9nSfuv0oUD98MAGqsDgcTRQ/s1600/the+strodes+168+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEvFsxokpTvczAZUyzaobXdU94m-WvVwp80IkBqemOWYxDMWIw-Q8M6RW3CehdWgGG0qmaoM8L2d5N07fghFxM5JeKWn38WYjFOhlTeegmAXCUSd9nSfuv0oUD98MAGqsDgcTRQ/s400/the+strodes+168+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649425066657165810" border="0" /></a>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-38720683321146016302011-09-03T15:35:00.000-07:002011-09-03T15:49:23.888-07:00Irene.We have been busy! A lot has happened since our last post, but I'm not going to pretend that I am actually going to catch up so I'll just start with the most recent. And then if I do catch up, we'll all be surprised!
<br />Most recent was our run in with hurricane Irene. What a witch. In the week leading up to Irene, we experienced a decent sized earthquake one afternoon. I have been working on a project and thought I was just so nervous about it I was going to pass out... until I realized the plates were rattling too! Then came Irene. It wasn't a big storm by the time she really swung by, but you would have thought she upended the entire state. Over 300,000 people lost power for days. In our neighborhood it was SIX days. Six days with no tv, no internet, no hot water, no ice. You would think my house would be cleaner than it is. We were fortunate enough that one of our friends did not lose power, and graciously insisted that we stay with them. We already thought we loved the Dickensons, but after living with them for a week and waking up today a little sad, because we weren't going to be hanging out with them, I know we REALLY love them now!
<br />One of the nights I decided enough was enough, and Henry and I needed to get out and give them some family time. Especially since Zack just got home from a 6 month deployment! We headed to the Westin for the night and had a great time swimming in the cold and 'hot' pools. Henry thought it was the best thing ever!! After that night we stayed at home one night in the dark, but ended back up at the Dickenson's for the last night. While it sucked to not have electricity for so long, we are so grateful that there was no damage done to our house, we were not hurt, and we have an amazing group of friends that kept us busy!
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<br />auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-62022606993325095742011-05-22T09:48:00.000-07:002011-05-22T10:30:05.962-07:00Long time, no post.This may be the longest we have been MIA from the blog! Especially since Henry's been born! SO much has gone on that catching up would take a week, so we're just going to do the highligts of Spring. Below is Henry's 2nd O's game! Last year he went with Daddy while I went to Philly to meet Julie Teague, and had the best time. Really he just liked climbing the stairs and eating cotton candy! This year we went a little earlier, because they were playing the Rangers and it was CHILLY!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF0QIKAIXT7m8iF2b-0QtkNZOyWkby_x8Sh16_wU-r4QwrEkpabCyXC20U2lNW9Gj12agQ6iefCGR8E4vl7Gc39LzShMYcXqF95OV_cp86veUBDRfHFCfg4IGIJa8fqT9kvndQw/s1600/o%2527s-texas+060.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609592571382108354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF0QIKAIXT7m8iF2b-0QtkNZOyWkby_x8Sh16_wU-r4QwrEkpabCyXC20U2lNW9Gj12agQ6iefCGR8E4vl7Gc39LzShMYcXqF95OV_cp86veUBDRfHFCfg4IGIJa8fqT9kvndQw/s400/o%2527s-texas+060.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX_ims9uRxnKlb9LN0XaaIPawoIyNJ6_wF-tr5T05Bfh5AtGU68dLU1e33T0OvXK16hyzJCoJ8FCf9DwzOGWfU54xdWnIw8ND_swxgq6cInL4eW6VYV963JOJaTrHtlHkrUvNMQ/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609592562960140530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX_ims9uRxnKlb9LN0XaaIPawoIyNJ6_wF-tr5T05Bfh5AtGU68dLU1e33T0OvXK16hyzJCoJ8FCf9DwzOGWfU54xdWnIw8ND_swxgq6cInL4eW6VYV963JOJaTrHtlHkrUvNMQ/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5sP9TnlCCu8KxPw32-MKFesJ87X7V7Q-_98SdhXQKyFGBGZlnzwLuuvq6lxhGCj0aCoSEtES1DgRYCp0v-lh-4dIMY7vh3IkKgOkdUw_K5t-jZeA2PqdgJkCQ1C2_GjMY-KkFw/s1600/Untitled-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609592554642789586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5sP9TnlCCu8KxPw32-MKFesJ87X7V7Q-_98SdhXQKyFGBGZlnzwLuuvq6lxhGCj0aCoSEtES1DgRYCp0v-lh-4dIMY7vh3IkKgOkdUw_K5t-jZeA2PqdgJkCQ1C2_GjMY-KkFw/s400/Untitled-2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqqmp14YaZcqSGtUJ-bKLBXRcHU9-IVf17Ggnic2X0Ni0w2-mwdJaEZzh79t-bHCp5miHuSBN6j6Bkg7j39kGKgt7Pa6WdhHed3SSuLO4ZDKVUGBzoYc_fYePGY62cF2oS2GJZg/s1600/Untitled-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609592549796497106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqqmp14YaZcqSGtUJ-bKLBXRcHU9-IVf17Ggnic2X0Ni0w2-mwdJaEZzh79t-bHCp5miHuSBN6j6Bkg7j39kGKgt7Pa6WdhHed3SSuLO4ZDKVUGBzoYc_fYePGY62cF2oS2GJZg/s400/Untitled-3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY5AxuwoKc6ad_9k71xDPq1fTis5Bu3z2xqPNVZ62IvGdIMlehIViwCpLIDUkXKo-NNL-XyZdzmLTpL2j0O-rCQF3RYjLT1FCqxHdpYJb79ZLNWhS3fBtsx76jrgBg6yf8GRc9A/s1600/Untitled-4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609592544283837970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY5AxuwoKc6ad_9k71xDPq1fTis5Bu3z2xqPNVZ62IvGdIMlehIViwCpLIDUkXKo-NNL-XyZdzmLTpL2j0O-rCQF3RYjLT1FCqxHdpYJb79ZLNWhS3fBtsx76jrgBg6yf8GRc9A/s400/Untitled-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>The funniest part about the whole day was Henry cheering! He started off with this soft, little voice and we kept telling him "Get loud! You're outside!" the whole game and finally with about 15 minutes left in the game he started yelling "GO O's!" so loud it almost sounded frantic! It was so cute!! We are looking forward to next season :)</div></div></div></div></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-33543634742109106982011-02-20T16:55:00.000-08:002011-02-20T17:01:18.186-08:00Dada's birthday!<div align="center"> So I'm way late on this one.... Earlier this month we celebrated Dada turning 29! It was a pretty low-key affair with yummy hamburgers, sweet potatoe fries, chocolate covered strawberries, and ice cream cake! Oreo cookie ice cream cake is Rob's favorite of all time. Like if we redid our wedding cakes his would be Oreo cookie ice cream cake! Here's our little dinner celebration!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575941185458588482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBkBU3tmjDmNvxLlVSIj-DbRSBDJuuVlnVgEL3s88AZeOhMUIYW9z362-k37FKBwVZsklyz9MvZ_S5pgiEHAs_Z-Gria7_L0r8KUkBYEXLt_sqncaz7P7s6ROIMdmaAB_X-KTYA/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+006.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575941176557589490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrCvPxBU_OpbPL_dOsfTKtyoi-faM_fbK3OkVdFnmtcr_aNU2MzNRuGdDMT7X4pCNBvHrkdRyjLfP84tesjX8_IkIQH4qLi7LAWO5b9_cyrn-RXa15xewi5LGhj5BTF9JjM1B8w/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+005.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575941174173524930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnSm6JQBeFY9i3JYJc5UakQ47iUuH97oTX99qzkA8pojKZdhhA1agZbkAja_jl-rp-za7xoalgzP8zzg1a6M6vUukG6utbZtndgUOBhk5vEaHzo5YLwfswihoN3cHhzbx8MYmPw/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+010.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575941169430764546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJE8ThCLZumH8XY8qTXQaYJEn_-2_PSbvL3Ua01TknDV0iZXNIPC5medyUhUkBQem4SqQQjcsnKPJSJOc73F82jwGkLcehKV1xO5FveFrsWNkwGMJMLxOPdJQIndiAY_g0GADlg/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+022.JPG" />Henry REALLY enjoyed Rob's cake! For several days :)<br /><br /></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-4388574723592082522011-02-03T19:07:00.000-08:002011-02-03T19:25:36.162-08:00Presenting...Our THREE year old!! I can't believe how quickly the last three years have gone by. Really, super, incredibly, wildly fast!! Which is actually a good way to describe Henry these days! When he hit three, he hit "boy" hard. He's completely infatuated with building towers out of everything. Blocks, legos, cups, the can goods at the grocery store... He's also into gross out stuff now. Burping is hilarious. Stinky tooting gets just as big, if not bigger laughs, and talking about eating disgusting things is now regular conversation at the dinner table! He is so funny, and so smart, and just so amazing. I haven't done his 'official' birthday photos, but I'm crossing my fingers this will be the week. It's doubtful, but I'll cross none the less! Here is a little bit from our little boy's big day in Texas.<br /><br /><div align="center">Papa did all the flipping (again!) and everything turned out yummy!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJr7bfoj890b4XeY2VXlr1AF84EkJSqoCeVg7aCOJp38s21sMNVqtCcxRCNyW78-1fg9-Thm-I5Chj9Q-xAXA_Y6I6ercOorvYywWdS6I8GNiYTCYGdh1BvX2ovcqizRI6wdeDg/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+274.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569667370195296338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJr7bfoj890b4XeY2VXlr1AF84EkJSqoCeVg7aCOJp38s21sMNVqtCcxRCNyW78-1fg9-Thm-I5Chj9Q-xAXA_Y6I6ercOorvYywWdS6I8GNiYTCYGdh1BvX2ovcqizRI6wdeDg/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+274.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-fXiyaIy0EfxrKjcDwhZ1XHJm7Jg9LgfLMUs_q3xdKvX8SNxc2gU3J0fjA8dymr6uHSTGFSD4E1vC4XR8RC1QSnXmL523MRNI4JpwgJe0VoiFJpBUKaf4U1TmrixS0Gn5ZHXpw/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+275.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569667366550888594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-fXiyaIy0EfxrKjcDwhZ1XHJm7Jg9LgfLMUs_q3xdKvX8SNxc2gU3J0fjA8dymr6uHSTGFSD4E1vC4XR8RC1QSnXmL523MRNI4JpwgJe0VoiFJpBUKaf4U1TmrixS0Gn5ZHXpw/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+275.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7ANvsJ8gne5vpZ7eA9iwCF4csy2QXUfXAlh5KiDTK72tFkZRNIVQOLRJ8dOIIUyErGiYx9ji3IZpihrCBHiazMu3H8IjVvsznrrAEwKaNL2Q3llgx1KAe1PlIQBy_Sb6rA32Zg/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+272.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569667361397656050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7ANvsJ8gne5vpZ7eA9iwCF4csy2QXUfXAlh5KiDTK72tFkZRNIVQOLRJ8dOIIUyErGiYx9ji3IZpihrCBHiazMu3H8IjVvsznrrAEwKaNL2Q3llgx1KAe1PlIQBy_Sb6rA32Zg/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+272.JPG" /></a><br />I kind of love this :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83AOZJ8c17U60Z0WUGWNVgCalqpbQg3hWFTMSoe3nVTSIxQqbEvlsdYRPfJrEFxFbYXH6irXpoMCN60of2FqlchrX6gNwABmlNMoDXXBnydIlRv06858pnmJvgZpaF1znTCbUTw/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+271.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569667354746358418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83AOZJ8c17U60Z0WUGWNVgCalqpbQg3hWFTMSoe3nVTSIxQqbEvlsdYRPfJrEFxFbYXH6irXpoMCN60of2FqlchrX6gNwABmlNMoDXXBnydIlRv06858pnmJvgZpaF1znTCbUTw/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+271.JPG" /></a><br />It was definitely present overload! Next year he's just getting socks :)<br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6f3a3Os-l_cNhF4y_4iG2JGR7DjdpAUplFlaKc2W7wu54qL_pPLdXOp4fYO2vwXr9x8Aw7yUtroI_QDN7zM7E1tndkxMKffm1n0Mp9UuDXqMOin5Ki89J6Vo8Xf1BPWVNNqht0g/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+280.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569666547101390402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6f3a3Os-l_cNhF4y_4iG2JGR7DjdpAUplFlaKc2W7wu54qL_pPLdXOp4fYO2vwXr9x8Aw7yUtroI_QDN7zM7E1tndkxMKffm1n0Mp9UuDXqMOin5Ki89J6Vo8Xf1BPWVNNqht0g/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+280.JPG" /></a><br />Henry has been talking about this present for months! He would tell me "Hey Mama. Know who rides a scooter?? ME!! Well, at least when Papa gives it to me." Now he has it and rides it all around the main floor of our house! Hopefully when Dad goes TDY at the end of the month we're going to do some major basement overhauling and set up a cool new place where scooter riding is not frowned upon!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WUPk7TGU2OkjXjaTHgaxS8gnpxu34LE6S39enYSspPlL64H527gbF8IGnl3dB2UXzSmBzvecfUz1iHvDBu138zXiwef9M69mwzvyUPS0iQeCmVVySq9s6tswI4xdTZb_PmcPnQ/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+295.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569666542792287170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WUPk7TGU2OkjXjaTHgaxS8gnpxu34LE6S39enYSspPlL64H527gbF8IGnl3dB2UXzSmBzvecfUz1iHvDBu138zXiwef9M69mwzvyUPS0iQeCmVVySq9s6tswI4xdTZb_PmcPnQ/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+295.JPG" /></a><br />My two monkeys!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj936saS-fzcj1Wcf1G-3IyITKd6epnfmA3hP4PCloEseFi0BsXNdPawJKo1wW2wAMlwaQ2YOQaVnCMiI-gDGazlEQ3duEK8kmaL51MT7DM5ApGx2SVdUP4JMDD85OipZRjly29vQ/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+292.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569666535429208210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj936saS-fzcj1Wcf1G-3IyITKd6epnfmA3hP4PCloEseFi0BsXNdPawJKo1wW2wAMlwaQ2YOQaVnCMiI-gDGazlEQ3duEK8kmaL51MT7DM5ApGx2SVdUP4JMDD85OipZRjly29vQ/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+292.JPG" /></a><br />On Henry's actual birthday I told him I would make him anything he wanted or take him anywhere he would like to go for dinner. He said he wanted mac and cheese and brownies, which are his two must have items, so Panera it was for birthday dinner!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIvSmiU2s5e8Qwn9iwrOtzeRBzExQphgxovo0HvuK4cPE-d8OqJh0wFWoHlEhdkglnxic-OEbw2IwsvpfQ-nxWIRq8VGCYCqQ8qorh5E8JStLxKzrg0iXdBkf7_m_JZv6zu_0oQ/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+301.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569666535002308434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIvSmiU2s5e8Qwn9iwrOtzeRBzExQphgxovo0HvuK4cPE-d8OqJh0wFWoHlEhdkglnxic-OEbw2IwsvpfQ-nxWIRq8VGCYCqQ8qorh5E8JStLxKzrg0iXdBkf7_m_JZv6zu_0oQ/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+301.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Happy birthday my sweetest love!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1azkkkqH8jYLzTEuRW1pq_YHUrRtfYOyv8vfw9pmKTpQ4i_jDay_5DWGpSn89OdQQxEemzvT8EHPyHkIU1Hn-VksSoU5H0o3qtGL1JuxqOVxCYzrAE-nKA1wGpY49cLY8G7I1qw/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+304.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569666529206705250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1azkkkqH8jYLzTEuRW1pq_YHUrRtfYOyv8vfw9pmKTpQ4i_jDay_5DWGpSn89OdQQxEemzvT8EHPyHkIU1Hn-VksSoU5H0o3qtGL1JuxqOVxCYzrAE-nKA1wGpY49cLY8G7I1qw/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+304.JPG" /></a><br />Thank you to all of you that made it out to Henry's party! I know a lot of you party animals weren't feeling a morning party on New Year's Day, but we appreciate you being there to love on our monster! And Nita, I don't know where you got that blue car, but stock up! You got MAJOR points. He still makes me nuts driving it all over the house ALL the time!!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-18181744110661718852011-02-03T18:53:00.001-08:002011-02-03T19:07:47.770-08:00Christmas in Maryland<div align="center">I love this photo of a gigantic tree in our neighborhood! It really is a monster of a tree that the community takes care of and decorates and Henry loves to drive by it and see it all lit up.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1734tLitFawbvaMCg-A5IVBT1UDH9YaYy8f23vwVcwZYohA2l7x0dpPXxwLrfPeSjKrkSYlYGQ42FFXwoLqOitEGYNMkoB0k_2KSxcLh0kZw0fcu3uwaMl-szzK0jzgi49gxqug/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+169.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569663909735751490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1734tLitFawbvaMCg-A5IVBT1UDH9YaYy8f23vwVcwZYohA2l7x0dpPXxwLrfPeSjKrkSYlYGQ42FFXwoLqOitEGYNMkoB0k_2KSxcLh0kZw0fcu3uwaMl-szzK0jzgi49gxqug/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+169.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center">Christmas Eve was spent with our favorite Baltimore friends, the Geris'. Henry and Quinn are getting super close and they are so fun to watch together! Plus it was great to have people to be around since we weren't able to come to Texas until after Christmas this year.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi563myis5Uklxk_LY11KJSAnnz311qEhQ4hQby5VowoaRuDNUSCFysbdKaspTdVix1sOQvkdyUrZSoKb1CUPHGvulUnROrDCC3yenfGwUJ0WyMnj4q6p6E0zIHdn8Tx2kprl1UQ/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+151.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569663908407622834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi563myis5Uklxk_LY11KJSAnnz311qEhQ4hQby5VowoaRuDNUSCFysbdKaspTdVix1sOQvkdyUrZSoKb1CUPHGvulUnROrDCC3yenfGwUJ0WyMnj4q6p6E0zIHdn8Tx2kprl1UQ/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+151.JPG" /></a><br />The awesome 'mar-ball' track Rob and I got for Henry! Drew used to have one of these when he was little and I've always remembered it so when I saw it online it was a no brainer. Especially for a kid that LOVES to build!! He kept yelling "go little ball! you can do it!"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldaE6PzC-xz7-DuYL54j_3DgSP2mt99fiKTebX1Us-V1TGVe8zALpvHtSLgjcBHyJTacIdvObgGLF9bkGhoygCkRHoZ42tCtbvBFlvbBcjvehfyXlz-e65UJKm7ZiciCJKMokKg/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+185.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569663903622782898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldaE6PzC-xz7-DuYL54j_3DgSP2mt99fiKTebX1Us-V1TGVe8zALpvHtSLgjcBHyJTacIdvObgGLF9bkGhoygCkRHoZ42tCtbvBFlvbBcjvehfyXlz-e65UJKm7ZiciCJKMokKg/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+185.JPG" /></a><br />He was so excited when it was finally time to tear into the gift pile he had going on!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oZNg3wOHP8DTxE05CSqSKpCGaNc-UIXgV4MNdvoHGZSaMLSmWUTJKC4FR3dLlOCFIzonsH8d6EZTigExJM9RYjOeAk9qsRi2groeC9QfstYyeAT1XjnoURF0iet0jwse5tBy1Q/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+177.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569663418117101778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oZNg3wOHP8DTxE05CSqSKpCGaNc-UIXgV4MNdvoHGZSaMLSmWUTJKC4FR3dLlOCFIzonsH8d6EZTigExJM9RYjOeAk9qsRi2groeC9QfstYyeAT1XjnoURF0iet0jwse5tBy1Q/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+177.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This year Rob and I got each other ornaments and the challenge was to find something that said something about the other person... I probably should be offended, but I love it! Plus he had to go to 3 different Hallmarks to find my Dwight!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwECfPR7gr9bcnvVuQ1-izfGm-lsPeiHpnOHSoXbpmr0R0h5ofT3RM4dR9ANAJF6msrZnVihBK6w0L9JZHq0wsrXq_b6coJbdcqhVDEaoW44vYqsWk6QI6PLx7iYsZlumCMsbHZg/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+187.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569663415374370226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwECfPR7gr9bcnvVuQ1-izfGm-lsPeiHpnOHSoXbpmr0R0h5ofT3RM4dR9ANAJF6msrZnVihBK6w0L9JZHq0wsrXq_b6coJbdcqhVDEaoW44vYqsWk6QI6PLx7iYsZlumCMsbHZg/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+187.JPG" /></a><br />Santa's snack was a huge success. He totally wolfed those down :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-nzSFiwFK80ajStV_knNS-3c8D44QCPEZHTNwU-A-353sIyUT1Rv88Cg5g_9Xfv6TOkLda_aQj9_FcW7N_LPRriQ4_iV2qIwuOJQbx6V3Bu44Jjvft8seAZPgxbniiSPOTOyDw/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+190.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569663409831293554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-nzSFiwFK80ajStV_knNS-3c8D44QCPEZHTNwU-A-353sIyUT1Rv88Cg5g_9Xfv6TOkLda_aQj9_FcW7N_LPRriQ4_iV2qIwuOJQbx6V3Bu44Jjvft8seAZPgxbniiSPOTOyDw/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+190.JPG" /></a><br />Christmas morning! Hello bedhead!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_ojMcdxlwFX2_39NgDBb4pln9VPHJj0cvuVnGRGQ8mZ0pVVLrMjcm2RIU4JevHQgtnVJEQN-IIFf4O2EcPwFFiZaYv6gJ3Ybr0pVizqGfNwi3IizNkRhypZCaUR3XsAU3q7m1g/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+192.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569663409666404194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_ojMcdxlwFX2_39NgDBb4pln9VPHJj0cvuVnGRGQ8mZ0pVVLrMjcm2RIU4JevHQgtnVJEQN-IIFf4O2EcPwFFiZaYv6gJ3Ybr0pVizqGfNwi3IizNkRhypZCaUR3XsAU3q7m1g/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+192.JPG" /></a><br />Henry loves Toy Story 3. He probably watched it 12 times to and from Texas. That's not even close to an exaggeration....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp2G_HguUtKK9YbmNMWIXxYO-idlPMyQRnpfNI0OHrOC96NBokrNsephfsGxWOBuwefOayXcwlQe1ej_ciJGBxkP978AHp6IAaczjhYCm2ZQU83FVWFwoZvZQhYD7yBGGGC4f7A/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+197.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569663403162280034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp2G_HguUtKK9YbmNMWIXxYO-idlPMyQRnpfNI0OHrOC96NBokrNsephfsGxWOBuwefOayXcwlQe1ej_ciJGBxkP978AHp6IAaczjhYCm2ZQU83FVWFwoZvZQhYD7yBGGGC4f7A/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+197.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-51562287198266990412011-02-03T18:47:00.001-08:002011-02-03T18:52:54.706-08:00Christmas in Texas<div align="center">Maelie is getting sooo big! I have to admit, I kind of hate it. I remember so vividly the night she was born and to think she's about to be 5 is mind blowing!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuR4bKHEjxg6L1hucZpW4y1guApFQkzW4G4MS3xWp-10uQxe2d5zfkGgcClNqwUKWAjuTR5bQX9LXJvKsYApryW5ff8nVEOF3c3JQDA0GGhA4C5cMG9ZwFYt5CKAi0_ounY-1Aiw/s1600/christmas+2010+288.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569661528110701938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuR4bKHEjxg6L1hucZpW4y1guApFQkzW4G4MS3xWp-10uQxe2d5zfkGgcClNqwUKWAjuTR5bQX9LXJvKsYApryW5ff8nVEOF3c3JQDA0GGhA4C5cMG9ZwFYt5CKAi0_ounY-1Aiw/s400/christmas+2010+288.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQJKcMtd6hGvNvX_MfhZIlEyOqnyFQUdCV7BMhofCEfOasjngSIfsO_LNF0dr5zsoy_r4Bzse6Hk7Ao33IJB0ZMUNVSw81f1oOMxU5mqbENKXYuMUXO-pUB1T1ZNvpWvdn6rcSg/s1600/christmas+2010+060.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569661521787706802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQJKcMtd6hGvNvX_MfhZIlEyOqnyFQUdCV7BMhofCEfOasjngSIfsO_LNF0dr5zsoy_r4Bzse6Hk7Ao33IJB0ZMUNVSw81f1oOMxU5mqbENKXYuMUXO-pUB1T1ZNvpWvdn6rcSg/s400/christmas+2010+060.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTGo_yCoZHKE2pIindu4i0dvVafDEeSzQukc-HVLYXUZDKOk9FyC-gnIpuwjmYPa6XJ-HoHNOtY_5Ho-kyI4s65_sHAZuOm8a3z_ETPuMjJhXKrEKThJh_OflgtP-R_Cvc7qHCg/s1600/christmas+2010+165.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569661517813644290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTGo_yCoZHKE2pIindu4i0dvVafDEeSzQukc-HVLYXUZDKOk9FyC-gnIpuwjmYPa6XJ-HoHNOtY_5Ho-kyI4s65_sHAZuOm8a3z_ETPuMjJhXKrEKThJh_OflgtP-R_Cvc7qHCg/s400/christmas+2010+165.JPG" /></a><br />Some fun girls we don't get to see often! This was actually my first time to meet Cooper!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkjELfsfEALLKDEqe8khURrOAl2ei9cypuZbm5wCHI0s4ogz7HJB7l8bHReUp79VSuU5gPrgXHrTiGVJbQdm84SaYzMibUaIE6PzFJo0mVpiWJouUQr8A4NQDDMyhshpkEuGTdQ/s1600/christmas+2010+016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569661514184098594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkjELfsfEALLKDEqe8khURrOAl2ei9cypuZbm5wCHI0s4ogz7HJB7l8bHReUp79VSuU5gPrgXHrTiGVJbQdm84SaYzMibUaIE6PzFJo0mVpiWJouUQr8A4NQDDMyhshpkEuGTdQ/s400/christmas+2010+016.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-37260804080549562152011-02-03T18:42:00.001-08:002011-02-03T18:47:31.481-08:00Catch up!<div align="center">Cousins' Christmas has always been fun, but every year it gets better and better! Maybe it's the horrible movie :) I wish I had taken a picture of the table before and after! We had an 'around the world' theme on accident this year, but it was yummy!!</div><div align="center"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip10rWUUfPOGTGaJ6LABdMVBpUS2l6lKk3q5cUSYuo6nsOtt_-D4F2ZTuATY3XgwhtBqfrS9bGgKcvj3VCeGOnGiBRPYTOHLiC5tYZ4x2lWh9dd6gW1eYf66HrUc1ESyA_EAZIXw/s1600/christmas+2010+123.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569659799003420738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip10rWUUfPOGTGaJ6LABdMVBpUS2l6lKk3q5cUSYuo6nsOtt_-D4F2ZTuATY3XgwhtBqfrS9bGgKcvj3VCeGOnGiBRPYTOHLiC5tYZ4x2lWh9dd6gW1eYf66HrUc1ESyA_EAZIXw/s400/christmas+2010+123.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NwKUCJ-QMPm5S-pKBZ5kyw_6Us_n3Lca2b2bdqT8_wEGqTH13hxk80ESop0nYWaoPw06Il7JaTmqibAlHOkk1T0cmmiG7JMXz7aFtH_MGApidw52CcWcjT75wE9rwquCFXQMeg/s1600/christmas+2010+121.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569659787323950914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NwKUCJ-QMPm5S-pKBZ5kyw_6Us_n3Lca2b2bdqT8_wEGqTH13hxk80ESop0nYWaoPw06Il7JaTmqibAlHOkk1T0cmmiG7JMXz7aFtH_MGApidw52CcWcjT75wE9rwquCFXQMeg/s400/christmas+2010+121.JPG" /></a><br />Sweet Lore!! I love this face enough for all the Caruthers.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgkrFZW6C2Ok1YDDhQbqT-rloMWbjYtVLHpQYUA-KXgPkylNKRMo9krJniDwRmS-f9gjIIs3CLBQke9O3L1rocxeLTCP9hS1eJJfb6xqnHrhCF6m4iqjfYYY2oG7ZQivPnzlk0g/s1600/christmas+2010+107.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569659785316781794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgkrFZW6C2Ok1YDDhQbqT-rloMWbjYtVLHpQYUA-KXgPkylNKRMo9krJniDwRmS-f9gjIIs3CLBQke9O3L1rocxeLTCP9hS1eJJfb6xqnHrhCF6m4iqjfYYY2oG7ZQivPnzlk0g/s400/christmas+2010+107.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5wLl-2WUdKGAhj3DJm9Qxe-M3yAPuZ_TReWZPYfb29fjbes09a22wbtMUkisEiPy_vG8O4ST3lc91p5q-x6lsnGsivPRBT3JgiFG78bBtlI5U2lbmN-IudbbiwOAaFi4BustDA/s1600/christmas+2010+108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569659783271771874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5wLl-2WUdKGAhj3DJm9Qxe-M3yAPuZ_TReWZPYfb29fjbes09a22wbtMUkisEiPy_vG8O4ST3lc91p5q-x6lsnGsivPRBT3JgiFG78bBtlI5U2lbmN-IudbbiwOAaFi4BustDA/s400/christmas+2010+108.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimT7aAnZsMSzL3foqlnUqfEwqbJ5R2pZMKhyphenhyphen212Mcn1qudFD9HFKxFG7WsDBIUveh_U5Lf5UYh_g0OavOxALq-n1XfBlm7TrXydUfOo5PQwxdGzu5Z0XvQKTvDtXY5Bnwa45PNpA/s1600/christmas+2010+096.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569659778669902242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimT7aAnZsMSzL3foqlnUqfEwqbJ5R2pZMKhyphenhyphen212Mcn1qudFD9HFKxFG7WsDBIUveh_U5Lf5UYh_g0OavOxALq-n1XfBlm7TrXydUfOo5PQwxdGzu5Z0XvQKTvDtXY5Bnwa45PNpA/s400/christmas+2010+096.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-67317181362746440182010-12-23T12:06:00.001-08:002010-12-23T12:45:44.172-08:002010 in PhotosAs 2010 winds itself down I decided to do a little tribute Caruthers style! Because we won't be near my computer when the ball drops I thought I would go ahead and get these up.<br /> Henry, you had a GREAT year! You were a potty training pro, lived through a massive blizzard, took a bunch of fun trips, and had a lot of great visitors! Your Daddy and I have had the best 'year 2' with you and are thrilled to see what 'year 3' brings! You are a constant wonder and an amazing little boy and we are crazy about you.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553981635159925906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85iSrTAKzQXI9owYSvFbtnuOCb0o_2uoSf1gcem5yJm6pMZ3vk0OXbrOvgOKayuyGBDRuCQp9ByRvdoQuBIBSHskB6ZIoWHqgOUWpGLDDOyBjHvml3idL5VyqFLLHwMBYPnm4Gw/s400/favorite4-1.jpg" /><br />The Highlights:<br /><span style="color:#000066;">January</span>- 2nd birthday<br /><span style="color:#660000;">February</span>- snowed in for 9 solid days!<br /><span style="color:#330000;">March</span>- Lorelai's 1st birthday meant a trip to DFW, and Daddy bought you a cool train set from Ikea that is still your favorite<br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">April</span>- Dad was promoted to TSGT, Easter (with Grammy though she's not in any of the photos...)<br /><span style="color:#663300;">May</span>- You moved into your big boy bed!! Mom and Ms. Julie took a trip to Philly and you got to spend a little time there too! We also took several trips to the zoo including a few times with Ms. Becca and Quinn.<br /><span style="color:#000099;">July</span>- Your 3rd 4th! Grammy and Papaw came to visit for a whole week!<br /><span style="color:#330033;">August</span>- the beach BABY! We spent over a week in TX including a weekend trip to the beach with Aunt Emmy, Kunkle, the girls, and Papa. You LOVED it!! This was also the first time you met your BFF, Ryder :) We also got a super exciting and super quick visit from Mr. Josh, Ms. Patricia, and Annie!<br /><span style="color:#003300;">September</span>- Grandpa, Grandma Terry, Bill, and Judy all came to Maryland for a long weekend! You and I also packed up and went to visit Ms. Arlena and her kids for a week in Arizona!! Unfortunately, the camera I had with me died so there aren't many pics to commemorate your first meeting with the Strodes, but that just means we'll have to go back!<br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">October</span>- Grammy, Grandma Dane, Maelie, and Lorelai all came to Maryland to see you! We had a great time playing in the leaves and showing them around!<br /><span style="color:#cc6600;">November</span>- Thanksgiving in New York is now our favorite tradition. It was crazy, loud, and COLD but you did great and loved getting to see Ms. Julie again! We can't wait to do it again!!<br />We also had our first sleepover! You and Quinn had a great time watching Cars.<br /><span style="color:#666600;">December</span>- We've already had our first snow fall and you got to see Santa and ask for a Little People Airport that you have had your eye on for a while now!<br /><br />There are so, so, so many more things I want to add in here. Your first time playing with play dough, the water mills, Ribsy, you in the dirt, your silly faces! They are all on here somewhere and they are all precious to me. We love you!auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-68499636084610091372010-12-17T08:39:00.000-08:002010-12-17T08:48:29.479-08:00Winter Wonderland!Sorry we've been MIA this month! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tis</span> the season I guess! To make up for my extreme blogger negligence I've posted several new posts today. Get ready for Henry overload!!<br /><br /> For a little over a week we've been teased with almost daily flurries. Just sweet little flurries that fell gracefully from the sky and appeared to dissolve before ever meeting with the earth. Then yesterday came and brought with it a winter wonderland that we couldn't resist! I'm sure our neighbors, who have all lived here for 50+ years and hate snow, think we are crazy!! Henry woke up from his nap and talked me into going out because he 'just <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">reeeally</span> needed to just put his footprints out in the new snow.' I bundled him up and set out to make some prints and take some pictures, but we ended up hanging out there for half and hour while Henry spent most of his time gathering snow in his mittens and throwing it at me! He's such a crazy kid!! We stayed out as long as we could before his face turned red, and are getting to enjoy it again today! I'm watching the weather religiously to see if we're going to get anymore this weekend. Fingers crossed!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfw9W44FTOifRvHomARXOX7zlGNhC6DcOy00-96jRB8F1YsGI-DQ9sPukOK9TIv68zw5V3k9b7pJs0XS00DegtDw8rlbpgHUwK1xz8YYKtKr2h3aZJMtxxxsY5ZQHbeFgk1lf7g/s1600/winter+fun+052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551692090534760306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfw9W44FTOifRvHomARXOX7zlGNhC6DcOy00-96jRB8F1YsGI-DQ9sPukOK9TIv68zw5V3k9b7pJs0XS00DegtDw8rlbpgHUwK1xz8YYKtKr2h3aZJMtxxxsY5ZQHbeFgk1lf7g/s400/winter+fun+052.JPG" /></a> <div align="center">This is mid snow ball! Luckily his hands aren't big enough to hold a ton of snow yet!!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDsQ4Dzn9qf06K5HAB99YMGyTPXU358JKuZ4FfmwxmGrJsqA-LZwSf9ZWHyNGevmxAh1lGPgBKbgHrvq0cCrTCPNrcJjfOoRVZY78ov3BcJzyIq7tV-91ez5F-7-ufeGPLn3M2A/s1600/winter+fun+070.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551692084746378402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDsQ4Dzn9qf06K5HAB99YMGyTPXU358JKuZ4FfmwxmGrJsqA-LZwSf9ZWHyNGevmxAh1lGPgBKbgHrvq0cCrTCPNrcJjfOoRVZY78ov3BcJzyIq7tV-91ez5F-7-ufeGPLn3M2A/s400/winter+fun+070.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2fDHC5KvMcx8iLU_1_MBqzBfEp3SKRRG12U1uoVHz6UYYK4siEKeETWvpzpPvxmGx5k2fsh3n8VfdTTXMosWJpaz4P4FAVy82qiePYCgiNe_1sHo3VB0HwXV-_PdAqZq4QjkDg/s1600/winter+fun+085.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551692076380059410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2fDHC5KvMcx8iLU_1_MBqzBfEp3SKRRG12U1uoVHz6UYYK4siEKeETWvpzpPvxmGx5k2fsh3n8VfdTTXMosWJpaz4P4FAVy82qiePYCgiNe_1sHo3VB0HwXV-_PdAqZq4QjkDg/s400/winter+fun+085.JPG" /></a><br />It was really hard to get a good photo of him, because he didn't stop! He loves being a snow baby!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAadHlJaw27oYXOB5Kyu-lfShuJgcS8pTv-QlALAjUXxIYlE7gk3pI-sKRVvcHWXnBdV_XEkHQkLqptCtGLfoEZ5mUqR4t-a86y58n0ha97AFyvFU6sXqxYC4n_YRmgJI_NjiFrw/s1600/winter+fun+089.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551692073336242498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAadHlJaw27oYXOB5Kyu-lfShuJgcS8pTv-QlALAjUXxIYlE7gk3pI-sKRVvcHWXnBdV_XEkHQkLqptCtGLfoEZ5mUqR4t-a86y58n0ha97AFyvFU6sXqxYC4n_YRmgJI_NjiFrw/s400/winter+fun+089.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuttPEeNkR_5A7XReVMWnOLe_q-i082Vc89dnFWZIQ863aGG-TSeG48wdp0p_xLSAYoZgwoAvApxALCZYzK6TmVe2v7o_jPoYQDgxdODlznCPIH8Ztf8F_lNmF8eiZSwaoXNJTQ/s1600/winter+fun+090.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551692068036451122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuttPEeNkR_5A7XReVMWnOLe_q-i082Vc89dnFWZIQ863aGG-TSeG48wdp0p_xLSAYoZgwoAvApxALCZYzK6TmVe2v7o_jPoYQDgxdODlznCPIH8Ztf8F_lNmF8eiZSwaoXNJTQ/s400/winter+fun+090.JPG" /></a> So worth it! Grab your coat and mittens and come join us for some snow ball fun anytime :)</div></div></div></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-10826684518846357462010-12-17T08:29:00.001-08:002010-12-17T08:38:59.208-08:00Happy Birthday to Me!!Rob took quite a bit of ribbing over his gift choices for me last year. Mostly because they weren't great (O Magazine was one of the highlights....). So I'm sure to redeem himself (and shut me up :) ) he went ALL OUT this year! I love our headboard very much. Every mover that has had to come in contact gets the same speech about how I'm not that picky about our other furniture, but if something happens to my headboard I'll hunt them down personally. I had to talk Rob into buying it for MONTHS while we were in San Antonio, and finally got it the day Maelie was born. The thing is we've only ever had cheap comforters and cheap throw pillows for it. No longer!! Rob bought a fabulous, fluffy new mattress pad, soft-as-butter sheets, fluffy new duvet & comforter, and freaking awesome pillows! It's like sleeping in a marshmallow. Or a cloud. Either way it was the best present ever and he will not be hearing about O Magazine again!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Before:</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551689453425334306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikf3d1hufMAp9VOcRMS9_u3zKdaZkghU0UbhXHJno7cCsux8AkqPF1OX5tpNL-nJ-NxV0gHJ-6qYHI_WRk769a40qATyojUOZoG_X_oRpmIUxz_sYdUU1qaO8vP73A5h_UL3MJiQ/s400/winter+fun+023.JPG" /><br /><div align="center">After:</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551689457220377202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUsVMuse6-bpxpRc2XNuBTGPSiaFHcfpKdRGI0fvT7NYw7TZhrvV23SwoS-yW9VL9iKN8hKXY1iRad1b8cNfZ2rVQdSSZlFTeHsr9CCqb1688mHzMLwfowkRy4hmvW41mpybQLw/s400/winter+fun+026.JPG" /> Don't mind the mess. Our room is a magnet for mess! Everything makes its way in. <div></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-21329692331937682292010-12-17T08:22:00.000-08:002010-12-17T08:29:08.172-08:00Santa! I know him!!We took a trip to the local mall, which is almost literally a ghost town, to see the big man this year. Thankfully, because there are no people, there are no lines!! Henry did GREAT! This was the first year he willingly sat in Santa's lap and talked to him without Rob or myself prodding him. We got there right as Santa was getting off his dinner break and when he walked up I didn't know if Henry would freak out or not. Santa walked right up to Henry, asked if he'd seen the reindeer, took him by the hand, and went to sit down in his special chair! I'll have to post Santa through the ages photos sometime (including the good one they took this year) so you can see! I had to stand pretty far back to use my own camera so the quality isn't great, but it's better than nothing!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJB9AGgg1kiNn_ebNionT_ZJhQZ6K0P0QMrDVRGhd1375PLJudvmQs9QSUsUJ04EuuR1LQrCl-EqFSmX5f5UuLdp01FQJ9oBM3ayeyGmpWRpBnsO8-XqBJZcLKy2c5BDyqoTuDag/s1600/winter+fun+034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551687781167485394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJB9AGgg1kiNn_ebNionT_ZJhQZ6K0P0QMrDVRGhd1375PLJudvmQs9QSUsUJ04EuuR1LQrCl-EqFSmX5f5UuLdp01FQJ9oBM3ayeyGmpWRpBnsO8-XqBJZcLKy2c5BDyqoTuDag/s400/winter+fun+034.JPG" /></a> </div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-54902515848732636652010-12-17T08:16:00.001-08:002010-12-17T08:22:50.680-08:00Cookie PartyWe invited a few of our friends from church over to decorate cookies and play a few weeks ago. It was such a great time we had them back again last week! I love watching Henry play with kids in his age range. Unfortunately, he does play mother hen (a little rough at times) with the younger kids. Sorry Max and Quinn!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551686089894414722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ57BtfCwTa8KLiChsXPMoHJBvtPvWcyvZnnQt6BDwsuAbRoEkWbMYLnL45A9Hddc0jYe7EASuN9vKZGDf03lZ8lFNLtzzzs3lwv_JM4MU7yHaeEzJ5ynG6yVhFDinLQJjrwLsw/s400/winter+fun+021.JPG" /><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This is our BFF Quinn. He's about 18 months old, and he's one of the ones Henry likes to boss, but he's also the one on the top of Hen's list everytime. He loves his buddy!</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551686094918468914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySZCeNzXdEna1b9MFxIEISWkmW2z4f5WyOWdgTOvkkMqQk8Oro853agqVMumVSfhNbWyTTYIJrrRrknnB_k1L5uxTeYVCy6PehhKKH6xc5kqp23xxCLlHHVYl-hGUKfKt-KpiTQ/s400/winter+fun+014.JPG" /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQG40bF0wkGC4NRhyphenhyphen8Anh7oCtxICLA0NYoMshAVLDJMYFLcRjm5fKU_cZ8uvqIfwWzYbMGAhnHB_xBmyf0ETT2hNR-6iGgAXfo43zvl3y4qqaV3xMeuP9IqglYNvYadRNGM4bx-Q/s1600/winter+fun+020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551686083601629138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQG40bF0wkGC4NRhyphenhyphen8Anh7oCtxICLA0NYoMshAVLDJMYFLcRjm5fKU_cZ8uvqIfwWzYbMGAhnHB_xBmyf0ETT2hNR-6iGgAXfo43zvl3y4qqaV3xMeuP9IqglYNvYadRNGM4bx-Q/s400/winter+fun+020.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52ONfpueAxg0htzAd3aJZWvGnlvqs6X6AQxAQJuSfy6HYLeJTlKx8HIqgukWRaMrQ6VxV7mL3d7G9nlYCV9z_UNVh9JRH_EGs1LSts1fYiNSR86u9surqDffjc7cp3xGvhAkadQ/s1600/winter+fun+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551686081713799538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52ONfpueAxg0htzAd3aJZWvGnlvqs6X6AQxAQJuSfy6HYLeJTlKx8HIqgukWRaMrQ6VxV7mL3d7G9nlYCV9z_UNVh9JRH_EGs1LSts1fYiNSR86u9surqDffjc7cp3xGvhAkadQ/s400/winter+fun+001.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-88055530605808085012010-12-17T08:10:00.000-08:002010-12-17T08:15:55.178-08:00Sick way to start...We've been in hiding a bit for the past month. It started with one sick little boy! Henry had a cold for over a week and then the fever came. It stuck around for 3 days with round the clock meds and finally ended with a late night/early morning visit to the ER when his fever hit 103.9 and wouldn't go down. They gave him some heavier meds, called it a viral infection, and 4 hours later I was holding a soaking wet, sweaty, but cooled down little guy. Here is the face of sick at our house:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP116EaIzCtTzy178QmOO-v54_4qBquLBC8HhFZhqR7YYKvJCW2akyns82S3d-6A5MG_RMG_JPPRMVSTbneDfUum0LYbqXWZwl1M28J4O4NGwwDjttqlZJ5-XoxiKil-5NtjxBhg/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551684775555727666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP116EaIzCtTzy178QmOO-v54_4qBquLBC8HhFZhqR7YYKvJCW2akyns82S3d-6A5MG_RMG_JPPRMVSTbneDfUum0LYbqXWZwl1M28J4O4NGwwDjttqlZJ5-XoxiKil-5NtjxBhg/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+015.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5hBZWRZQec7p0KlfUDSiq2fgGAVdjTFieR58CFJyJVM4X43serb_F3wKrf3rvwAC_Qcnc7j2Q1RoZn0HZR2z1bd_ZbyiDsyEyHhr8zy2PJLMJxrk60nbbbo43Q1RK16Fwdvsdw/s1600/kasey+caruthers+photography+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551684769752728194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5hBZWRZQec7p0KlfUDSiq2fgGAVdjTFieR58CFJyJVM4X43serb_F3wKrf3rvwAC_Qcnc7j2Q1RoZn0HZR2z1bd_ZbyiDsyEyHhr8zy2PJLMJxrk60nbbbo43Q1RK16Fwdvsdw/s400/kasey+caruthers+photography+009.JPG" /></a> I (not so) secretly love that the whole time he was crashing on the couch he just wanted Ribs and Katy! It was so sweet.</div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-31952083524357956482010-11-16T14:20:00.001-08:002010-11-16T14:43:23.309-08:00Proud.I can't really put into words my support for the men and women that serve our country. It's so much more than slogans and t-shirts and 4th of July. I am so grateful to those that put their lives on hold to go and do something that's greater than themselves. Think about that for a minute. They literally go off into the unknown so that you and I don't have to. They pack up their bags and leave everything for God knows how long to face God knows what so that our freedoms are always protected. The courage that takes is unimaginable to me.<br /> I'm beyond honored to call one of these brave men my husband. I am so incredibly proud of him and the man that he is. He is crazy, and funny, and smart, and strong, and very much the love of my life. I am equally proud of the sacrifices he makes on behalf of our country. Rob leaves this Spring to go back into the sand box. To once again endure that atmosphere so that I will never have to know what it's like to not have the life I have. While Henry and I will miss him an almost unbearable amount, we are proud. We ask that you join us in supporting Rob. Be in prayer for his safety and quick return. Be in prayer for Henry and I here in Maryland while we wait for him to come home. Be in prayer for those like him and the families like ours.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZJvwPbleWLFsFrkpyT8eUbXYNqT0Ux9wqbV-NXYdccg-Av-Nhw0INI_yQFcRkR15tU6O7u9VFysXjMyO9CCu8t_foaDYUP1PNqalH0VVhkcpAXvDjpZWgEgpDp1Svv31ZVrRcw/s1600/promotion+020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540276285632907922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZJvwPbleWLFsFrkpyT8eUbXYNqT0Ux9wqbV-NXYdccg-Av-Nhw0INI_yQFcRkR15tU6O7u9VFysXjMyO9CCu8t_foaDYUP1PNqalH0VVhkcpAXvDjpZWgEgpDp1Svv31ZVrRcw/s400/promotion+020.JPG" /></a>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062897.post-4800731241008131352010-11-13T10:01:00.001-08:002010-11-13T10:11:35.871-08:00We've been bitten...by the bug. Calm down Mom, it's not the baby bug. It's the craft bug! I LOVE crafts and sharing it with Henro has been so much fun! He gets so excited about it. We went to the craft store and bought a bunch of beads, glue, googley eyes, construction paper, and leaves for a month of projects and now Henry's always asking what we're making next! This week it was the Mayflower out of a Silk carton. Unfortunately, I didn't grab my camera until we were done. Next week I'll do better :)<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2sLa0yfsiZsBVFrUQAFZZpaU-BKLu9aCz6LnKCADEvGsAFy4wky0gRiBFNLFeCDLyEkxsjpWbwC0BKjcESWpjCZT6PWpSTT_7yMRzXq1WE13ohcbOTtISiScCNyfO7DI8w2JaA/s1600/activities+019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539096984693644658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2sLa0yfsiZsBVFrUQAFZZpaU-BKLu9aCz6LnKCADEvGsAFy4wky0gRiBFNLFeCDLyEkxsjpWbwC0BKjcESWpjCZT6PWpSTT_7yMRzXq1WE13ohcbOTtISiScCNyfO7DI8w2JaA/s400/activities+019.JPG" /></a> He was pretty excited to show it off to Dad that night!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5Tf2Of13hlelB8lsv9urzzjvwfgtbxKrHtUagBZOJwXsnCVtF6a_GblOiU2AK7-Z_mg_Ijw7pn12x0Zuee-M8-J7wYhqOYlvBMprUYe7tM7Ugtc9Jg_g6Y5KyOCX7LeZvuKXEw/s1600/activities+023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539096975365480514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5Tf2Of13hlelB8lsv9urzzjvwfgtbxKrHtUagBZOJwXsnCVtF6a_GblOiU2AK7-Z_mg_Ijw7pn12x0Zuee-M8-J7wYhqOYlvBMprUYe7tM7Ugtc9Jg_g6Y5KyOCX7LeZvuKXEw/s400/activities+023.JPG" /></a> Then he helped me make some yummy fall treats to take to Ms. Becca's house for our playdate with her, Quinn, Ms. Hillary, and Maddison. They look messy, but they were good!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvXZ4YcXIfqnQKCamgOGTTqk2IAkBSdKsxebB50F21B2VB2Kll1GQc8bLMA0R9WFmh-7wpss2v6GWx57Suo9KCGwbtm9K5bZIyWGDIxj2tnApUcLLK5ltLcRLCvZT2f6fOuU9vw/s1600/activities+046.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539096974034997074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvXZ4YcXIfqnQKCamgOGTTqk2IAkBSdKsxebB50F21B2VB2Kll1GQc8bLMA0R9WFmh-7wpss2v6GWx57Suo9KCGwbtm9K5bZIyWGDIxj2tnApUcLLK5ltLcRLCvZT2f6fOuU9vw/s400/activities+046.JPG" /></a> My own little project.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATDZXKTFfhrekdXUrZuLM7NVY4Vw4qn6Rz5O5VSd6ufIQJApjwbM09NknyY5g-tQLsmJwiyVAVy8Ga6r8ZY574B1-tPtrIfdFgJTzR98FfB3P_buEW7ec7MDu2M6z8svHkUPOg/s1600/activities+015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539096970650078850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATDZXKTFfhrekdXUrZuLM7NVY4Vw4qn6Rz5O5VSd6ufIQJApjwbM09NknyY5g-tQLsmJwiyVAVy8Ga6r8ZY574B1-tPtrIfdFgJTzR98FfB3P_buEW7ec7MDu2M6z8svHkUPOg/s400/activities+015.JPG" /></a>Stay tuned for Pilgrims and Indians! </div></div><br /></div>auntkaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919862198845994254noreply@blogger.com2