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<br />alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-65048237899550001862013-07-12T12:47:00.000-07:002013-07-12T12:47:38.278-07:00Senior pictures....<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had the opportunity to photograph two of my students recently. I can't believe they are seniors! They chose a fantastic park in the area which provided a wide array of backdrops for their shots. I would love to take Pumpkin there for a photo shoot but I doubt she would sit still for a measly two seconds. I usually have to follow her around with the camera...meh, maybe that would be okay. Maybe I'd still get a couple good ones...Anyway, here are a few.</span><br />
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alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-37826039866515258212013-05-14T09:21:00.005-07:002013-05-14T09:40:39.523-07:00It's Spring! <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, actually, it depends on the day. Some days it seems like spring really IS here and we might even be on our way to hot, lazy summer days. But then I wake up on a day like yesterday and discover that it got down to 20 degrees the night before and all my plants are frozen. The frozen night was followed by a cold, windy day reminiscent of March. Definitely not MAY people. Not May. A few weeks ago I was enraged by the stinky, rotten weather. Now I'm just numb. But, in an effort to embrace the sunshine and warmth we are experiencing today I present some projects I've been working on with my students. My high school students paired with some elementary students in our district and used their beautiful art projects to learn about computer animation. Here are the resulting animations. Kind of cute! Enjoy. And focus on the positive people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There is a bible verse that follows the perimeter of the inner circle. "But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matthew 6:20-21</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I know this because when I go down in the basement to run on the treadmill, she will trail after me with her tennis shoes on and ask me if she can run first. When I'm doing the dishes, she will pull a chair up to the sink and ask if she can do them too. (I know THAT won't last long.) She is my little buddy. Where ever I go she goes. Whatever I do she does. It makes me smile...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is the "craff" we did the other day. Pretty easy stuff. You know those fleece blankets you make by tying together two big pieces of fleece? Well, we just cut two hearts from an old pink fleece blanket of hers. Then I made cuts all around the edge of the hearts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pumpkin tied most of the strips in knots all along the edge leaving a small portion of them untied. We stuffed the pillow and then she tied the remaining strips. And there you have it! The easiest pillow you'll EVER make! No sewing required.</span><br />
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<br />alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-75657824194859951752013-01-27T19:57:00.004-08:002013-01-27T19:57:33.642-08:00"Grab a partner, lend a hand, welcome to Berry Bitty Land..."<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That is one of Pumpkin's all time favorite songs. Have you heard it? Personally, having grown up in the eighties, I actually did play with Strawberry Shortcake and her friends. I had some. They were great. Cute, fun, sweet smelling, adorable little dolls. I do not remember that song however. I do not think that song existed when I played with my dolls, and it's probably a good thing, as I would have driven my mother crazy singing it over and over and over and over again just as Pumpkin drives me crazy. (My mom thinks it's funny. It's amazing how much Grandmas can tolerate as opposed to Moms. She sings along with Pumpkin. Sooooo funny. Not.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Her very own Strawberry Shortcake bag! I used some of my fat quarters to make a big strawberry applique. Easy peasy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we look to another year on this great big ball we call Earth, I'm hoping we can LOOK FORWARD, in hope and love. I'm counting on humanity to have a little, well, humanity. Let's be better this year than we were last. Let's be more loving, more generous, more gracious, more forgiving, more tolerant, more humble, more compassionate. Let's find more pleasure in the simple things, find more humor in fumbles, find more light in the darkness. Let's ROCK 2013. I'm serious. Let's do it. Let's not hold anything back. I'm not even exactly sure what kinds of goals and resolutions I want to put down in pen, but I do know that I want more. And I want to give more. When I solidify my goals and resolutions maybe I'll record some of it here. We'll see. For now, here's something to help light the fire and get you started. Let's look forward together, with a perfect brightness of hope... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S. Just noticed <a href="http://www.namesakedesign.blogspot.com/">this</a>. We will definitely fit some time in over our Christmas break to share some love and some snowflakes. It seems like such a small thing, but I think it could have a big impact for good.</span>alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-80031976048513682662012-11-06T20:24:00.002-08:002012-11-06T20:24:22.638-08:00First day of 4K!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We got the lobster costume online. We made the lobster bibs and even designed a little restaurant logo for "Pumpkin's Lobster Shack" in photoshop. How the heck can it get any better than that??? I should have known it was going to be all downhill from there. It may even be the end of "family" costumes for good, eh?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was wonderful. And I have lots to say about it. Summer I mean. I just haven't had the motivation or the time to tell anyone about it. So sad. But, as I said above, I'm ready to try again. And I'm ready to get creative again as well. That is all. Returning you back to your regularly scheduled Sunday evening activities. </span>alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-9819560701788650702012-09-19T10:59:00.000-07:002012-09-19T10:59:23.216-07:00Why I stink at blogging...<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't post.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And today I'm posting something but it's not anything that I've worked on recently and some of this isn't even mine. I'm trying to update a google site that I use at work and am having trouble with the video in my google docs. So I am going to try the "embed" gadget. Hopefully this works. Here goes. Whether or not it works for me, you will still be able to enjoy some videos and artwork that my students and I have worked on. Cheers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found these bags at Best Buy of all places. They were UGLY, to say the least. But sturdy and perfect in every other way, including the fact that they were a penny. Yep, one little cent each. So great.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I will take her unsolicited and unexpected offers of affection and expressions of love. I will hold on to them and keep them safe in my heart. I will treasure these moments because I know that someday there might be other moments. Ones that are more difficult. Times when we might disagree or even say things we don't really mean. She is my daughter after all. And I know what it's like to be a daughter. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her sticky hugs and kisses, her smile, her laugh, the way she snuggles up to me...by golly she is the best. No medicine I've taken over the course of the past 48 hours has made me feel better than hearing her say "Momma, I love you, soooo much." </span><br />
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Bye for now!</span>alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-59630510582121029002011-12-07T19:56:00.002-08:002012-05-27T11:40:03.260-07:00Helloooooo? Anybody still out there?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">WHOA...has it been ages since I posted here or what?? Embarassing. Things just got a little crazy for a while. And it's not like their slowing down any, I mean it's December people. So I guess you won't be able to expect much for the next month or so either. Sigh. But you don't mind do you? Because you'll be too busy with festive fun, friends, and family, right? To show I still care, very much actually, I will quickly get you up to speed. This will be a very abbreviated version of the past two and some months.</span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all I have to tell you that I love my camera. Superman and I had a bet going this past summer. It went something like this: If I could make it approximately three months without shopping (you know the unnecessary kind) then he would get me a camera (you know the awesome kind). Well, I did it. And it IS AWESOME. Way awesome. I love it. It's like a second child to me. Here is what comes out of this baby. 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Sweet Pea is </span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">getting older now and is beginning to really understand how this holiday works. We decided to be a whole family of Waldos from the Where is Waldo books. Technically Superman was Waldo, I was Wenda, and Sweet Pea was a little version of us. It was fun. We all dressed up for trick-or-treating. We also dressed up again for our church Halloween party. Yay! Sweet Pea is very good at saying "Twick or Tweet!" After our nice neighbors tossed the candy into her bucket she smiled her cutest smile and exclaimed, "Fank you SO much!" And raced to the next door as fast as possible for more delicious candy.</span><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPVTtddcE56TS9b0M24WOvgfGBzWha5PCGPEeaQ-Pv4-MXP1DCKeo0ppHSI34QAlKUA9kKG3WuigK60dR_8iLpIHZgSbZkzoMlvpMUdYysBYPXfmCiyhMQq-21OX4mylXdoUSQwb8L0M/s1600/cutie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPVTtddcE56TS9b0M24WOvgfGBzWha5PCGPEeaQ-Pv4-MXP1DCKeo0ppHSI34QAlKUA9kKG3WuigK60dR_8iLpIHZgSbZkzoMlvpMUdYysBYPXfmCiyhMQq-21OX4mylXdoUSQwb8L0M/s320/cutie.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">In November Sweet Pea turned four! Can you believe it? Squeak! four years old. Holy buckets of crazy. The time is whizzing by so fast. She is an amazing, curious, fun, energetic four year old. She is also getting SASSY. With a capital SASS. But we love all of her. So much. She wanted a rainbow party so we had one. With rainbow decorations, a very huge rainbow cake (six layers to be exact), a rainbow sweatshirt, pizza, and loads of fun. The highlights of the party were the very tall cake and the swing that Daddy put up in the basement for loads of swinging fun all winter long. 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I'm signing out. Because I'm tired. And my arm and back really hurt. Know that I've missed this place. I've missed you. But I hope you'll stick around for my sporatic (at best) posts. Please say you will. You will? Well, fank you SO much!</span>alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-64100487951152503272011-10-19T19:29:00.001-07:002012-07-03T22:01:55.936-07:00A few things I've finished...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a few more things I've completed. It's actually taken me the better part of a month to finish them but they are completed as of today. Yay! Both are watercolor and ink. I'm not sure of titles for the pieces yet. Maybe you have some suggestions?</span></span><br />
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<center><a href="http://sewmuchado.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><img border="0" src="http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy351/jdsmit21/SMAbuttonWDIWargylecopy-1.jpg" /></span></a></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></center><center><a href="http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/2011/10/show-and-tell-linking-2.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="300" src="http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/BCD-round-button-show-and-tell-2-copy-300x300.jpg" title="BCD-round-button-show-and-tell-2-copy-300x300" width="300" /></span></a></center>alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-16516197877809661362011-10-19T19:18:00.001-07:002012-05-27T11:40:47.081-07:00Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins<span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" >My wonderful and super talented lil' sis asked me to stop byand share something pumpkin related this week for “Pumpkinspiration” and I washappy to oblige.<span> </span>BUT, given the state ofmy life right now it’s break neck pace I had certain criteria my pumpkinproject had to meet.<span> </span>First I didn’t havetime to go out and find materials.<span> </span>Second, I didn’t want to spend any money on said materials.<span> </span>Third, it had to take me one sitting,because, of course, I don’t have time for much more than that, not to mentionpatience (I don’t have much of that either).<span> </span>So I chose a throw pillow.<span> </span>Hereit is:</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43pJvhta7iYO_pr0eqgDZrRQnwLMi2mRgfw-o1gH5f9FdUfazcg7miiigNXpB73royd0eNuk7JFUoRTbuSirxw614evktovRX8dw0YqNAt_3RK9XyDs3nzycS_Dvw5l8FumdckW3B3gA/s1600/IMG_0178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" ><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43pJvhta7iYO_pr0eqgDZrRQnwLMi2mRgfw-o1gH5f9FdUfazcg7miiigNXpB73royd0eNuk7JFUoRTbuSirxw614evktovRX8dw0YqNAt_3RK9XyDs3nzycS_Dvw5l8FumdckW3B3gA/s400/IMG_0178.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" preferrelative="t" spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect" extrusionok="f"> <o:lock aspectratio="t" ext="edit"></o:lock></v:path></v:stroke></v:shapetype></span>Sort of cute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iactually like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And very easy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" >First I looked through my stash and found the fabric Iwanted to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also had fiber fill soI spent zero dollars on my project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the fabric I picked out:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhg4DW4O5yUw1nAaXvN5nxK1g23vQE2KzI85L8hkSYUVlvtAgGr-wOlFaXmQZRIpygyw_TzYJtcA6y4BvaYwZpATOIpOww-a_TkJZDFswGBcNNmlS_zZJmMLPzrWKHWMJDhA-bNwvNWY/s1600/IMG_0165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" ><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhg4DW4O5yUw1nAaXvN5nxK1g23vQE2KzI85L8hkSYUVlvtAgGr-wOlFaXmQZRIpygyw_TzYJtcA6y4BvaYwZpATOIpOww-a_TkJZDFswGBcNNmlS_zZJmMLPzrWKHWMJDhA-bNwvNWY/s320/IMG_0165.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" >I cut my orange fabric into strips of different widths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cut a rectangle out of the green fabric, aswell as three strips.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAB4nN2AsQ2USn1hvB0mS0n98j0RQi0g9zl75L75h50qUWt31cY4H9pXhLQQXXEkao8FSsKENjI1ly70Hu38W4yN03XqzPohoYTPBlqZzv5R12XT0XUOxoBVTn5cEh2Dd2HE3rNgSiQrY/s1600/IMG_0166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" ><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAB4nN2AsQ2USn1hvB0mS0n98j0RQi0g9zl75L75h50qUWt31cY4H9pXhLQQXXEkao8FSsKENjI1ly70Hu38W4yN03XqzPohoYTPBlqZzv5R12XT0XUOxoBVTn5cEh2Dd2HE3rNgSiQrY/s320/IMG_0166.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" >I sewed my orange strips together length wise, placing rightsides together and stitching a quick seam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with all of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ipressed my seams and turned my “pieced” fabric over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Y0iiuPwyk9ZmNnEqoSE8RgiSIZJqMI8tKbwSsRmjOFLgHNObY4iJhWfyMSy2fZi6-h_6yrXyRnSkYl-_qmI9_EEnno1kA0eHo6zPtvYKgVEor3HW1aiqy0BI1fPWJCyng1e8rJNTYtU/s1600/IMG_0168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Fast. And kind of cute. And zero dollars spent. Happiness all round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today when she saw it, my daughter asked meif it was hers or mommy’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFy_KxHsSiJa2se0sejD8rB8JqM0ukw7L0S-VE0L-OugYt4HnS1f99YuRxiiye0_ZPmKUl-LyG4kcUhHJ74QdmqtHKkU2vI6KYsel1e6cUIs7kb5SjthhLppHNBVXOamiatRibs3oKPA/s1600/IMG_0179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" ><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFy_KxHsSiJa2se0sejD8rB8JqM0ukw7L0S-VE0L-OugYt4HnS1f99YuRxiiye0_ZPmKUl-LyG4kcUhHJ74QdmqtHKkU2vI6KYsel1e6cUIs7kb5SjthhLppHNBVXOamiatRibs3oKPA/s320/IMG_0179.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-11520802822917824442011-10-11T20:23:00.001-07:002012-05-27T11:41:27.071-07:00Last Weekend<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_pEnm8Efdg6f7xV3iizzfEXo4ZwXw0FKT4ur7z1XYy_VkWi2bViBTE7FYHlaqFi_O_OucSRvNKW0FSeAJA_G9KnU5hjUNGYTTMywypkIJA5xny7sk-gca1hZmb89ED2BIVhU0GeQx9Q/s1600/little+leaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_pEnm8Efdg6f7xV3iizzfEXo4ZwXw0FKT4ur7z1XYy_VkWi2bViBTE7FYHlaqFi_O_OucSRvNKW0FSeAJA_G9KnU5hjUNGYTTMywypkIJA5xny7sk-gca1hZmb89ED2BIVhU0GeQx9Q/s640/little+leaf.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCOOGzr5MO7nddlxWy8fD_7m2UKhyphenhyphensl8URoAMtb5-ZPngavehyphenhyphenCL7RU6umDO4tAtjq8hTp38v2Rp_RxQIXQB5iRYdBO2yOB1lJQirFpRVXaK1aPOwRSJzrpUg-NltyDPF1uTA8ICt8FM/s1600/little+leaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCOOGzr5MO7nddlxWy8fD_7m2UKhyphenhyphensl8URoAMtb5-ZPngavehyphenhyphenCL7RU6umDO4tAtjq8hTp38v2Rp_RxQIXQB5iRYdBO2yOB1lJQirFpRVXaK1aPOwRSJzrpUg-NltyDPF1uTA8ICt8FM/s640/little+leaves.jpg" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">We're enjoying a pretty great autumn around these parts. (We had a very brief little cold snap for about, oh I don't know, threeish days but other than that...beautiful.) Our grass is green and lush, the temps have been warm but not too warm, the leaves are turning all kinds of wonderful, and I'm loving it. Tonight, as I'm typing this I can hear the pitter patter of a gentle rain. It smells like autumn. It looks like autumn. But it feels like early summer days. I hope it lasts just a little bit longer. Last weekend we decided to get out of town to see the colors. We took Pumpkin on a hike. She super-duper loved it! Her favorite part was running off the trail and climbing up the rocks and over tree trunks, tripping all the way. These are some pics from our adventure. Right out of the camera...</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJr0nhN2tWAR_DBd8tdLoYh4pE-0bIDToodyr2afnb9Ma8ksI9zCg91gUuPRUU7E8-VyOOoFkUCryDFPKBv2rYeA6wE0sz5GuVMJbcxQkAv6UzV20uS0d0Frl2H3qKIBbirMC0yN7lvK0/s1600/little+thistle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJr0nhN2tWAR_DBd8tdLoYh4pE-0bIDToodyr2afnb9Ma8ksI9zCg91gUuPRUU7E8-VyOOoFkUCryDFPKBv2rYeA6wE0sz5GuVMJbcxQkAv6UzV20uS0d0Frl2H3qKIBbirMC0yN7lvK0/s640/little+thistle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpM2U_TS7YfugtuysBp4oKY_3QiC-CGGai4dVkKhnaAxm6tEQ15_XhtRUJcqCb6ta6ANIAcYmyI_Ze215WlHLAsNTvpMGpBrnXS4NzEFfkw3TI0hpc-s6Qqprhbjji6PXMxqoNm4WrHA/s1600/little+flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpM2U_TS7YfugtuysBp4oKY_3QiC-CGGai4dVkKhnaAxm6tEQ15_XhtRUJcqCb6ta6ANIAcYmyI_Ze215WlHLAsNTvpMGpBrnXS4NzEFfkw3TI0hpc-s6Qqprhbjji6PXMxqoNm4WrHA/s640/little+flowers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409483717625792527.post-23577319316480064752011-10-09T20:33:00.001-07:002012-05-27T11:42:19.204-07:00These two<span style=" ;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#333333;" >When things get crazy around here these two keep me grounded. These two keep me going. These two keep me smiling. These two make my world go round...I love these two.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table> <tbody><tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCLRMapxFbnmIIxEHE3huRkgMijEP2a4rho5-tlV0u_i_wjJlxuAraQzWVo63IH0lMsoalYCmz2sFIUaBYN4-cbep9wUwlcvhj9kaHxrk0EAIVicCxAtTOQVEyGloli-3VS7Q3xCkHpQ/s320/Kaia+oct+2011+a.jpg" width="213" /> </span></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oZO2dlaTY02ZaoG-kEmEFYUnH56udKYvOArkmVJwR59cpLVnLNiykay8y38_ayGqkpKamWEPcqsLuOIMTCdjIvxtDcx16YDbdWdS0D3umc2Ci3LpBKFuFVzpidUzbQDlMyAK9i5gFU8/s320/paul+oct+2011+a.jpg" width="213" /> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table>alisammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04828754989592452136noreply@blogger.com0