tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64924825320838785942024-02-20T11:56:59.048-06:00Hoganthe curious incidents of an independent, adventurous, lively little boyEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-89078543084354597832011-12-29T09:29:00.001-06:002011-12-29T09:29:11.237-06:00Stationery card<div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="width:425px; height:494px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/top.gif);"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter" style="height:482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewLogo" style="width: 105px; height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px;"><img src="http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/logo.gif" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; 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font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>View the entire <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery" style="color: #6666cc;">collection</a> of cards.</span></div><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=msc&c2=blogger" /></div></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif);"></div></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-74213635382277660102011-12-28T16:24:00.000-06:002011-12-28T16:25:02.704-06:00Some of my Favorites from Christmas<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTIV82UTTcpIT-YgZ0oBkDrVGIAxSH4C3sZvq3GHnVeLPzY024EAyhqaaZrRf6ZezhmEXmGR-u-D4sbN2t1ry3DVBWW3GpoZ6Qh_-zhK0Cb3TNucrMyRNVXVAKhH6JG9dl-E6hEFIHPI/s1600/DSC05508.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTIV82UTTcpIT-YgZ0oBkDrVGIAxSH4C3sZvq3GHnVeLPzY024EAyhqaaZrRf6ZezhmEXmGR-u-D4sbN2t1ry3DVBWW3GpoZ6Qh_-zhK0Cb3TNucrMyRNVXVAKhH6JG9dl-E6hEFIHPI/s320/DSC05508.JPG" /></a> </div>These PJs were just too cute to pass up and the kids wearing them are even cuter!!<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7UNTcGDHr78dIkwjp-z53JR1vobgaBzQRH5k7AErts_jeaGs9_Kahm0dB6YaScqnpaZIb_p1xqXyyvphzCjIokeS_HCnQJzKfSZBHWN6H62X-Db73NeKmo2Nw92UpgHYTPOLPSqfOPk/s1600/DSC05516.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7UNTcGDHr78dIkwjp-z53JR1vobgaBzQRH5k7AErts_jeaGs9_Kahm0dB6YaScqnpaZIb_p1xqXyyvphzCjIokeS_HCnQJzKfSZBHWN6H62X-Db73NeKmo2Nw92UpgHYTPOLPSqfOPk/s320/DSC05516.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHnAYA7n8PSDIaEnP9FIH7zDS2jP-fszOVOsNv3yudG9lYnjD8rEvUyN-Mt6z401-88pL2MNypIu9zE4qK7-sJ_WOP-DwAEnx0vqSFU7C5pPLpZ9Vdvjw-RwcQW7jnuITRliAgb9rT6U/s1600/DSC05529.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHnAYA7n8PSDIaEnP9FIH7zDS2jP-fszOVOsNv3yudG9lYnjD8rEvUyN-Mt6z401-88pL2MNypIu9zE4qK7-sJ_WOP-DwAEnx0vqSFU7C5pPLpZ9Vdvjw-RwcQW7jnuITRliAgb9rT6U/s320/DSC05529.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvWv10fLaXcqyElElS1LZmaxFFOxpWUSw97iMU3-D65qNsVgAIdhLrK0YR9bUZrgAvYq-Pu4j-Dd3oVOLn9c0_0Q2rLNsi0WC0odnCHZOP28RWimMh5Gt3c0wsvKqfCLZe8kPO13SeZs/s1600/DSC05542.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvWv10fLaXcqyElElS1LZmaxFFOxpWUSw97iMU3-D65qNsVgAIdhLrK0YR9bUZrgAvYq-Pu4j-Dd3oVOLn9c0_0Q2rLNsi0WC0odnCHZOP28RWimMh5Gt3c0wsvKqfCLZe8kPO13SeZs/s320/DSC05542.JPG" /></a><br />Papa G., Hogan, and Tia singing Away in the Manger at the Christmas Eve service<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHA2nx_jDtL-XITVwQlXd1G58KLad-nJOn4uvvafYiyYpu4P9HUPcoLjd6TZ25scKFoq_LLCsUsZL3I1UjVTbfiDJZmbDEfSCvGinvfuWV6Tw5VJHPz7SqkadZ6XpFNWFC64JRMEmE_z4/s1600/DSC05543.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHA2nx_jDtL-XITVwQlXd1G58KLad-nJOn4uvvafYiyYpu4P9HUPcoLjd6TZ25scKFoq_LLCsUsZL3I1UjVTbfiDJZmbDEfSCvGinvfuWV6Tw5VJHPz7SqkadZ6XpFNWFC64JRMEmE_z4/s320/DSC05543.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7-ITj4VjfllTNiBLGGWQGX2uiDJ_FPt2WgnHydg4K4ZeXtEpuIyShnZQZzVwrDoXFXV3ZHVoQxLMebh08_OuRht9PBYQnZ3I4nzZWK3wn8u84B5bHKyOoGYOM3qj6giru64ThvDduWM/s1600/DSC05559.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7-ITj4VjfllTNiBLGGWQGX2uiDJ_FPt2WgnHydg4K4ZeXtEpuIyShnZQZzVwrDoXFXV3ZHVoQxLMebh08_OuRht9PBYQnZ3I4nzZWK3wn8u84B5bHKyOoGYOM3qj6giru64ThvDduWM/s320/DSC05559.JPG" /></a><br />Hogan asked Santa for a circle sled for Christmas. We never thought the sled would actually see snow, but amazingly Santa brought snow to Plainview Christmas Day. It was a Christmas miracle. What's more amazing is that we actually found a hill in west Texas to sled down!</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwvDWExSoGLUTDACHDAY_mcqA9x1ZvyJkMuT93HQBdW4gWai763CMyyKvu9877FjpZ37W4VPItbkw_I4XYxX6xpOWjbVZiVTBM3dSZI_JsxtiV2Fhd_Me017zuGEJuOwDpVKSu8Xu46E/s1600/MOV05564.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwvDWExSoGLUTDACHDAY_mcqA9x1ZvyJkMuT93HQBdW4gWai763CMyyKvu9877FjpZ37W4VPItbkw_I4XYxX6xpOWjbVZiVTBM3dSZI_JsxtiV2Fhd_Me017zuGEJuOwDpVKSu8Xu46E/s320/MOV05564.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmTNWbWVkKEvdHUiUw1l-msoCWGQ-BP_UfCR0AMKL9pZucDdvAkl9GXUBJjh0oYgdIvDjUq7T9qbhKk0ffTeV06Df4z34pDCkfrvDhRMeqqGh6bGiqQ_zSkpdGjZZgLK_-XZqCkainNU/s1600/DSC05582.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmTNWbWVkKEvdHUiUw1l-msoCWGQ-BP_UfCR0AMKL9pZucDdvAkl9GXUBJjh0oYgdIvDjUq7T9qbhKk0ffTeV06Df4z34pDCkfrvDhRMeqqGh6bGiqQ_zSkpdGjZZgLK_-XZqCkainNU/s320/DSC05582.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; 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Festivities started at his school with a costume parade, games, and snacks. Next we went to the Fall Festival at my school (where Hogan experimented with green hair!). </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">And finally it was time to trick or treat. Hogan had waited all day to trick or treat. If we'd left it up to him he would have started ringing doorbells at 8 in the morning! Oma and Opa joined us for our first trick or treating in our new neighborhood. It was fun to have them there for our inaugural trick or treat!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> Most surprising to me was that Hogan's favorite part was opening the door for all the trick or treaters that came to our house. As soon as the doorbell rang he ran to the door to pass out candy. He even had a little system about how he would pass it out. If only one or two kids came to the door they could have several pieces of candy, but if a whole line of kids came, only one per person. After several doorbells in a row, Hogan wiped his sweat and said, "Boy I sure am working hard here aren't I?" So fun to have a real house with a doorbell and trick-or-treaters stopping by!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-25037998121806014642010-08-02T09:52:00.001-05:002010-08-02T09:54:38.136-05:00Strong Daddy<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVYm4tp0Abs6vcwHXX-HPbEUtklKRY0Ah7CBt7PbLuckBLXF5qd0-XBxKq09bJEFWG74Ypa_1F-WrcM4hpc8nlDLbVzJ9tTRcoHqw7NUChxuw3E4Y9s8xojBmF-HJjLmkACP_njUTl0U/s1600/DSC03844.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVYm4tp0Abs6vcwHXX-HPbEUtklKRY0Ah7CBt7PbLuckBLXF5qd0-XBxKq09bJEFWG74Ypa_1F-WrcM4hpc8nlDLbVzJ9tTRcoHqw7NUChxuw3E4Y9s8xojBmF-HJjLmkACP_njUTl0U/s400/DSC03844.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnyvzjB19gxobtYDtM9MVI6dmLA-jeUmefaxeQErzbrmj4rlpVWz0mUto98FgzW0DMM0WANs5QFUTk1d1HHtVa3O8rzsQ8W9cgqgTpd0phBJX1RJjtRcfoxyH63t-Jq3bKUU_0mQUPUU/s1600/DSC03860.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnyvzjB19gxobtYDtM9MVI6dmLA-jeUmefaxeQErzbrmj4rlpVWz0mUto98FgzW0DMM0WANs5QFUTk1d1HHtVa3O8rzsQ8W9cgqgTpd0phBJX1RJjtRcfoxyH63t-Jq3bKUU_0mQUPUU/s400/DSC03860.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijccGoSB4w9yDrPsHqO6qsJdGxG9BGHAdm0tcZt-GnhsXfXnmoK1KWh6d9EKk00MADJMzbvZ0zHRu-_PRjYchL37jmyBj3kBEJTb1WbF8_F7R7SUzlPTlsGkr2rwadCcw9o6BuszkxjBM/s1600/DSC03867.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijccGoSB4w9yDrPsHqO6qsJdGxG9BGHAdm0tcZt-GnhsXfXnmoK1KWh6d9EKk00MADJMzbvZ0zHRu-_PRjYchL37jmyBj3kBEJTb1WbF8_F7R7SUzlPTlsGkr2rwadCcw9o6BuszkxjBM/s400/DSC03867.JPG" /></a> </div><br />There are just some things dads can do that moms can't, or at least this mom can't. Yesterday when Hogan and I were in the pool he asked me to throw him like dad. I kept trying and after every attempt, my encouraging little boy would say, "Let's try again. I know you can do better than that." Really I couldn't. It was sweet to know how much he believed in me, but the truth is, there is no way I can catch air like Troy when I throw him across the pool. It's really just a sad attempt on my part. I think I'll stick to the things I'm good at and let Troy strain his back on this one! <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-2397107890685154502010-07-25T08:15:00.000-05:002010-07-25T08:15:53.457-05:00Batman Mail<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_v04lXlBaGSwolVUTabtDuogRtaQcnmpN8pnvHJeUEDzVoq7qWCujhpkQVVsdNxanrox-_5NYdjs4gETA-UZcM8BLvPg4lWU7gq8GOZMrlgcrPRfT04ny2-tcK-40qB9rAYyqgDAHWo0/s1600/DSC03818.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_v04lXlBaGSwolVUTabtDuogRtaQcnmpN8pnvHJeUEDzVoq7qWCujhpkQVVsdNxanrox-_5NYdjs4gETA-UZcM8BLvPg4lWU7gq8GOZMrlgcrPRfT04ny2-tcK-40qB9rAYyqgDAHWo0/s400/DSC03818.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywV77dw-kqMyMZCtwTWB7Y1TEM9olJwkrW8JEhYy7FlLkA_fdgju5YPPSsUWGcWdLoXygeDk3z3Z6RJ6w5e62JtbkYKJa_LHLASgQwajBTqiZa2LqSliKdV0oxCESAevO6ud_z9MscGA/s1600/DSC03828.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywV77dw-kqMyMZCtwTWB7Y1TEM9olJwkrW8JEhYy7FlLkA_fdgju5YPPSsUWGcWdLoXygeDk3z3Z6RJ6w5e62JtbkYKJa_LHLASgQwajBTqiZa2LqSliKdV0oxCESAevO6ud_z9MscGA/s400/DSC03828.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcuMl5NgC3uNA1pTXBSLxhkTc3UIULm08_7bumFpFUJ3jBt81yZAd9AHdibCR_3os4NB8C0wxgG91sCTq5qPdkR0Z2CgXPlJgUHPhZLN4ndgbvYFcoZaRyKYw5QxGQJ4HVg85HdxUanc/s1600/DSC03829.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcuMl5NgC3uNA1pTXBSLxhkTc3UIULm08_7bumFpFUJ3jBt81yZAd9AHdibCR_3os4NB8C0wxgG91sCTq5qPdkR0Z2CgXPlJgUHPhZLN4ndgbvYFcoZaRyKYw5QxGQJ4HVg85HdxUanc/s400/DSC03829.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb0CD2yeod0Xq1I5JASr8rDHTpU3wTHa0SYURkH8JDNejuWrsjPMBKgG8-GYrq0lVQS4Rxk-XH9ZtIpC-pzOSjsrfGB20uvQZZMJGXPL-R202e9ZW4SHNUWLbDJNAXcpW5RA3ImudgA4/s1600/DSC03819.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb0CD2yeod0Xq1I5JASr8rDHTpU3wTHa0SYURkH8JDNejuWrsjPMBKgG8-GYrq0lVQS4Rxk-XH9ZtIpC-pzOSjsrfGB20uvQZZMJGXPL-R202e9ZW4SHNUWLbDJNAXcpW5RA3ImudgA4/s400/DSC03819.JPG" /></a> </div><br />Hogan dressed up to check our mail this week. How could you not enjoy life when this is your mailman?????<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-67881725391851837882010-07-19T15:22:00.000-05:002010-07-19T15:22:15.454-05:00Summer Days<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZY3d_eMWLOHKr1_Z8w5ClIg-_Uz4eW-VrQe7IdEhcqLIOHsE7xBG9tlFDv41cn9UXHwi2fYmx8IWAAc9s8-uoTrH3NaqPaT61F2KMMHd29r3ySXTW0SAtt2Z6N-_VlCaQaL2sQ1PUp0/s1600/feb-july2010.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZY3d_eMWLOHKr1_Z8w5ClIg-_Uz4eW-VrQe7IdEhcqLIOHsE7xBG9tlFDv41cn9UXHwi2fYmx8IWAAc9s8-uoTrH3NaqPaT61F2KMMHd29r3ySXTW0SAtt2Z6N-_VlCaQaL2sQ1PUp0/s400/feb-july2010.jpg" /></a> </div><br />This summer we have lived outside and it has been magnificent. We start in the morning by taking the "walk around" in our garden. This consists of checking for weeds, watering, and noting any new growth in our plants. Then we check the filters and skimmers on the pool to make sure everything is acceptable and then we GET IN!!!! We swim off an on all day and then in the evenings when we are sufficiently pruned, Troy and I retire to our chairs in the front and Hogan plays in the yard as the evening cools and the sun begins to set.<br /><br />Hogan has his own puttering routine for evening play. First, he rides his jeep out to the mailbox to check the mail. Then after the mail, he tries out all of his riding toys- giving each one fair play. And then come the balls and frisbees. Sometimes he entertains us by hitting golf balls across the lawn. Sometimes he gets us going for a little game of baseball. But whatever he chooses to do in the yard he always looks like this half-dressed ragamuffin- bare chested, swim trunks, often times galoshes, but more often just barefoot, and tireless energy that is entertaining to watch. He works so hard when he plays.<br /><br />Ahhhh...these summer days. Can't imagine life getting much better!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-32256923613347336982010-07-17T08:41:00.000-05:002010-07-17T08:41:51.597-05:00First Rainbow<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqN6FfYMoq_lizBxNgs5d66-0_7sFlQ1rOQPummHwm6bYXbQJMTc-ohmLtppe2uKcdnNPJ3YVXlxqDzcAsdQBiHdrNF2YRN2mIgYI7k8-0qeS7y1uoUmBsDRM8uxy4t5LIcfTXKqSl3dk/s1600/DSC03551.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqN6FfYMoq_lizBxNgs5d66-0_7sFlQ1rOQPummHwm6bYXbQJMTc-ohmLtppe2uKcdnNPJ3YVXlxqDzcAsdQBiHdrNF2YRN2mIgYI7k8-0qeS7y1uoUmBsDRM8uxy4t5LIcfTXKqSl3dk/s320/DSC03551.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifag2miXzDDctwBXoysnsUW6-uT0-BuJrp4FSbL2M1Socwc7egNgaHL7cQn_Fa16V8xxdOtJVi_dbJ8MI53-lTyDsSl3vjTBMZ_R1J3F4ug9rpSbUVi7qPFU4SGWrmGYTCFbBi3ic5tj4/s1600/DSC03557.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifag2miXzDDctwBXoysnsUW6-uT0-BuJrp4FSbL2M1Socwc7egNgaHL7cQn_Fa16V8xxdOtJVi_dbJ8MI53-lTyDsSl3vjTBMZ_R1J3F4ug9rpSbUVi7qPFU4SGWrmGYTCFbBi3ic5tj4/s320/DSC03557.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJFZEjhanJiyuwJ2DaTZkovVUoQ_kg6Y86hxo0iZPZ1NYc6YG3RKn0WTdcOvmwpPEOO2iNHdbw8snBm-Ng8QgYIAC9TcK-TyxobVHypD57nZv4hEVd520ezwyhRwjzGD95k3nATB4ihw/s1600/DSC03561.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJFZEjhanJiyuwJ2DaTZkovVUoQ_kg6Y86hxo0iZPZ1NYc6YG3RKn0WTdcOvmwpPEOO2iNHdbw8snBm-Ng8QgYIAC9TcK-TyxobVHypD57nZv4hEVd520ezwyhRwjzGD95k3nATB4ihw/s320/DSC03561.JPG" /></a> </div>Hogan mentioned a few weeks ago that he had never seen a real rainbow. Until he said it, I had never given rainbows a thought. But he was right. Rainbows are a prevalent symbol in children's books and cartoons (i.e. Carebears), and something Hogan has been drawing in some form since he was 2, but in all his 4 years he hadn't ever witnessed one. The problem is I couldn't just take him to a museum to see a rainbow. We had to wait.<br /><br />And then one evening on our way home from gymnastics, there it was- a piece of a rainbow in the sky. We could only see one part of the arc at first. Hogan kept asking when we were going to see the whole thing and I tried to explain the logistics of rainbows. Hogan was excited but kind of disappointed. This piece didn't seem to count as a "real" rainbow. Troy and I went inside to go about our parently evening duties. And Hogan stayed outside. Minutes later he came running inside to tell us that he could see more of the rainbow. Skeptical, I ventured outside, and sure enough, there was half of the rainbow. All three of us continued to watch as little by little the rainbow unveiled itself to Hogan. He finally got to see a rainbow. Not just a piece, but the whole thing.<br /><br />In true 4-year old dramatics, he told us it was his dream come true.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-16513198158055978252010-07-14T13:30:00.000-05:002010-07-14T13:30:14.668-05:00Cute pics of the fam!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jlYZvftLNguKlW4byGFdQ2CYuOhnGZE31q20-Fnod9ZMM_HdDVcPXxgOZKIHRcoyn0XjGS6jYGIWS5G0YCX7kWgNhoHcTXggTK49It9rNrn8Ya3qi8O8iTJL4R8O4ySyUz4Vh1pmP08/s1600/DSC03780.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jlYZvftLNguKlW4byGFdQ2CYuOhnGZE31q20-Fnod9ZMM_HdDVcPXxgOZKIHRcoyn0XjGS6jYGIWS5G0YCX7kWgNhoHcTXggTK49It9rNrn8Ya3qi8O8iTJL4R8O4ySyUz4Vh1pmP08/s320/DSC03780.JPG" /></a> Awwwwww! Troy loves and respects his mother!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeCar9QELBUK5QmUqJPW_hyQ9tAotvCZTz_aPIAtweZFAOYHKtVwceDU5gb1Vjp7L4-GjsDcuvAkdPe76SXBMVdQb-Gr_yS-UeUUgmy7JRzxN-_FoBzzhH7a640Ta85LEoYKHDr69-mA/s1600/DSC03718.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeCar9QELBUK5QmUqJPW_hyQ9tAotvCZTz_aPIAtweZFAOYHKtVwceDU5gb1Vjp7L4-GjsDcuvAkdPe76SXBMVdQb-Gr_yS-UeUUgmy7JRzxN-_FoBzzhH7a640Ta85LEoYKHDr69-mA/s320/DSC03718.JPG" /></a> Hogan and duck are so over fishing at this point!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9_ZcnjVux4CEPpUb-_4c7uzneu7BqEEdJFKE-x37162lYfXwhJNIS3SSGR0YFGZ9C2_60lXzndLe__QASyFUyy0iX6_cBdp6HyA03juIsOeusReTU4TSyDljlMY8oRPnm5hQRu6a3ro/s1600/DSC03723.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9_ZcnjVux4CEPpUb-_4c7uzneu7BqEEdJFKE-x37162lYfXwhJNIS3SSGR0YFGZ9C2_60lXzndLe__QASyFUyy0iX6_cBdp6HyA03juIsOeusReTU4TSyDljlMY8oRPnm5hQRu6a3ro/s320/DSC03723.JPG" /></a> Fishing with Papa G.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuIh2Wb1zlMM5EY8s3QjBgYY31qIMqzO6vMHe_nzvTEu9ic9ZWNDXu8Luzp7pMqlt_WOZG6owuTqkiFhk9exhCKrg8t9DfQttQQInf9OM-gdDg8uDEqIygqApieL0hKtr54FUBjY3bwY/s1600/DSC03657.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuIh2Wb1zlMM5EY8s3QjBgYY31qIMqzO6vMHe_nzvTEu9ic9ZWNDXu8Luzp7pMqlt_WOZG6owuTqkiFhk9exhCKrg8t9DfQttQQInf9OM-gdDg8uDEqIygqApieL0hKtr54FUBjY3bwY/s320/DSC03657.JPG" /></a> Fourth of July at Pagosa Springs</div>Just wanted everyone to see two things: 1) I do take pictures of people besides Hogan! :) 2) What a cute family the Mannings and the Keatings are! We loved our Colorado vacation!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-7409010460377227342010-07-14T13:23:00.000-05:002010-07-14T13:23:31.774-05:00Hiking in Colorado<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUJRG9vg6W_QDWA22FYpFNVyAtPd592ENemRmBC6AS5CB9W1DV6bPZuiIdLndMwSDbT0S_DcKDkgac9tFsAZDvERU4wjtpAjGGsUBaJX-Aasjm-WnHDeORe1i2XbRaO2arCGH-WwE6ng/s1600/DSC03697.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUJRG9vg6W_QDWA22FYpFNVyAtPd592ENemRmBC6AS5CB9W1DV6bPZuiIdLndMwSDbT0S_DcKDkgac9tFsAZDvERU4wjtpAjGGsUBaJX-Aasjm-WnHDeORe1i2XbRaO2arCGH-WwE6ng/s320/DSC03697.JPG" /></a> On our way up to Treasure Falls we came up to this fallen branch- seemed like a perfect photo opportunity. What a strong guy! It seems fitting since Hogan's life ambition is to be Batman. He's off to a good start!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7ZV_jhWYzUPbrbK0FYnr22VMDX3tBDzpkj0M2ah6RD0ayOUwOm20KeLcImSOiP3lOleWIl3RxqVCZqaS4riYqIj8cUSldx2oBCnVS0hiI05ty0dGB0A7rEJKDS_6b3tZBGpJbGy_l2Q/s1600/DSC03747.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7ZV_jhWYzUPbrbK0FYnr22VMDX3tBDzpkj0M2ah6RD0ayOUwOm20KeLcImSOiP3lOleWIl3RxqVCZqaS4riYqIj8cUSldx2oBCnVS0hiI05ty0dGB0A7rEJKDS_6b3tZBGpJbGy_l2Q/s320/DSC03747.JPG" /></a> Our second hike to the Piedra Falls Hogan hiked the whole way and really enjoyed exploring, climbing, and dipping his hands and feet into the cold mountain streams.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_SDsR88VJv6XjUS84hAWcpDRD6xriFid20pbannCjqnI9rAxVFRUj4c94Pr5fylYGKWnElExYkqdCZce4kim6Bu_sJS-qGxiEsG3jJSfAtuEozwqbbPIM5ZcVgZYNUwJOds6ke-xGbM/s1600/DSC03777.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_SDsR88VJv6XjUS84hAWcpDRD6xriFid20pbannCjqnI9rAxVFRUj4c94Pr5fylYGKWnElExYkqdCZce4kim6Bu_sJS-qGxiEsG3jJSfAtuEozwqbbPIM5ZcVgZYNUwJOds6ke-xGbM/s320/DSC03777.JPG" /></a> Hogan found a perfect walking stick just his size!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2Xz0Jz6kAyl2maEjPxAM0wtKPABXg-fbqkihznd6NGcywkMdUdkuR1HaJ8Sk07KUuPl5TkLxd609vyG_D0bLyaUmU5n5cSfS56W3RYP_aWP6mX8zc82iJtVrzVdM5ZguFIuA8tJQC24/s1600/DSC03801.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2Xz0Jz6kAyl2maEjPxAM0wtKPABXg-fbqkihznd6NGcywkMdUdkuR1HaJ8Sk07KUuPl5TkLxd609vyG_D0bLyaUmU5n5cSfS56W3RYP_aWP6mX8zc82iJtVrzVdM5ZguFIuA8tJQC24/s320/DSC03801.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-29850893234148647582010-07-12T15:03:00.000-05:002010-07-12T15:03:11.565-05:00Fishing<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8Zi8FRCEBux7YeiVHlPVJ7J_mSLc7ob7-aDWxxihYuRHMFKMmjQzkjP2-nz0b1nmrJPSwz2GwslrsNpzSeXbjXOdYhRlIPC9WtRPQflhMFp8ajHQINVbbeftkUYvOSquoI6U16GiGis/s1600/DSC03686.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8Zi8FRCEBux7YeiVHlPVJ7J_mSLc7ob7-aDWxxihYuRHMFKMmjQzkjP2-nz0b1nmrJPSwz2GwslrsNpzSeXbjXOdYhRlIPC9WtRPQflhMFp8ajHQINVbbeftkUYvOSquoI6U16GiGis/s320/DSC03686.JPG" /></a> Hogan's big wish was to go fishing on our vacation. I don't why. He just had it stuck in his head. But everyone in the family was super accomodating and the place we were staying had several fishing ponds. The first day, although the view was magnificent, we didn't get a single bite!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0dQ_MiEEO5oa4b_ocoqsPjA7rYzvAjq1GwNAypXjBgaZOlS2KN3G64WVH9r49JWnJglsGGomqbW3jU_uXf7n_ssL-RMkav0r361QAV8GWt05Ughyphenhyphenodl4kf1stkThwZDSfoPXaEOTziQ/s1600/DSC03696.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0dQ_MiEEO5oa4b_ocoqsPjA7rYzvAjq1GwNAypXjBgaZOlS2KN3G64WVH9r49JWnJglsGGomqbW3jU_uXf7n_ssL-RMkav0r361QAV8GWt05Ughyphenhyphenodl4kf1stkThwZDSfoPXaEOTziQ/s320/DSC03696.JPG" /></a> Tia and Carlos helped Hogan fish in style. They bought him the fishing vest he's wearing in the first picture and a very hip Spiderman tackle box. Thanks guys!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIk9XHbCwA4MkBQRnCT0nYGPzD9dWfjy7L4KuRNAmpb5CKgz940yJIN3j9bhQqxhh_5kvtzsMAoJBz_TdRS8RpGcxPjFwNqlTk_eNbxLUGLd7FGx3cAloWwK-E6hk9gVnpCGPHlqa29OA/s1600/DSC03727.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIk9XHbCwA4MkBQRnCT0nYGPzD9dWfjy7L4KuRNAmpb5CKgz940yJIN3j9bhQqxhh_5kvtzsMAoJBz_TdRS8RpGcxPjFwNqlTk_eNbxLUGLd7FGx3cAloWwK-E6hk9gVnpCGPHlqa29OA/s320/DSC03727.JPG" /></a> The next time we went fishing we had more luck. Papa G had hunted out a perfect fishing spot and Hogan (with Troy's help) caught his first fish! I should add that Papa G. caught the most fish!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BpVMrkdkQMXgyjg7WREcMjmRHWREGToD2IF6LkyndVkzxWjyDxP6obw1aWuEp7ghXlnBdeGH7bBY99DM33NwDAjc7ggeEs_gHjvoxllJisEOnGDWgjXMMawRBExgN5PCxtjsjfFOyA4/s1600/DSC03735.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BpVMrkdkQMXgyjg7WREcMjmRHWREGToD2IF6LkyndVkzxWjyDxP6obw1aWuEp7ghXlnBdeGH7bBY99DM33NwDAjc7ggeEs_gHjvoxllJisEOnGDWgjXMMawRBExgN5PCxtjsjfFOyA4/s320/DSC03735.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-36967903687633944942010-07-12T14:52:00.000-05:002010-07-12T14:52:34.980-05:00Hotdog!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1wp52eCp18ca-h2Skpy0KCRR230tLJzw3vSpiZXtD2gtC1JnlId9j8_S_TX4Z34QGHpGY9pic2PpTRj2q7rDLkRlEnsPdDGp9mKAw8Xc6KUNVHnEl7scfYDa91y_bXzjyjOrM9GwzNQ/s1600/DSC03625.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1wp52eCp18ca-h2Skpy0KCRR230tLJzw3vSpiZXtD2gtC1JnlId9j8_S_TX4Z34QGHpGY9pic2PpTRj2q7rDLkRlEnsPdDGp9mKAw8Xc6KUNVHnEl7scfYDa91y_bXzjyjOrM9GwzNQ/s320/DSC03625.JPG" /></a> Two cool dudes with matching shirts and toothpicks</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xp-Mo4wvdH9xHJafG2cFDJ9vgu5BlCfDVlcgvSsTmlUjqy7Q49ZZw1HHqOxluGvpzDcLMX41A6NpetFjP0tlM6XOuTPRT7PGycChNYkJ3FWNTgQq-ydKLmIVwnivfE2qB30uSpdqOvM/s1600/DSC03626.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xp-Mo4wvdH9xHJafG2cFDJ9vgu5BlCfDVlcgvSsTmlUjqy7Q49ZZw1HHqOxluGvpzDcLMX41A6NpetFjP0tlM6XOuTPRT7PGycChNYkJ3FWNTgQq-ydKLmIVwnivfE2qB30uSpdqOvM/s320/DSC03626.JPG" /></a> Uncool mom who begs for a picture of the matching shirts sans toothpicks</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0xqDqcJ8Ad5KNmm0zr97OBH0DP4n0MVMfHoR_o2fYbWhnk2p7dfh2pSzHWGOiH6W4dVpbbKS8jS5PGVsa8H42Fu6l7fSiqcx9vikSHfTMB9WZsrMLu61AC4XcdZk3dmFiKpXpXI_OxE/s1600/DSC03627.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0xqDqcJ8Ad5KNmm0zr97OBH0DP4n0MVMfHoR_o2fYbWhnk2p7dfh2pSzHWGOiH6W4dVpbbKS8jS5PGVsa8H42Fu6l7fSiqcx9vikSHfTMB9WZsrMLu61AC4XcdZk3dmFiKpXpXI_OxE/s320/DSC03627.JPG" /></a> One sighing mom and one pleased boy with a toothpick in his mouth</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-73543763316089645292010-07-12T14:43:00.000-05:002010-07-12T14:43:30.656-05:00Vacation<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRu5zoOxq68gBERp67ryYGzN2fpOWP0HBsS7v90YbO1_GTYk6uUzUBT7YLwREIOTCjQuP-QVpa4rLJaQ7VVaOnikzVUbxrCcAD0u7Lb7tW5oR4vpJYvh_Ujuh1-I2ELE9EIEczRqDqG38/s1600/DSC03601.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRu5zoOxq68gBERp67ryYGzN2fpOWP0HBsS7v90YbO1_GTYk6uUzUBT7YLwREIOTCjQuP-QVpa4rLJaQ7VVaOnikzVUbxrCcAD0u7Lb7tW5oR4vpJYvh_Ujuh1-I2ELE9EIEczRqDqG38/s320/DSC03601.JPG" /></a> Hogan starting out our roadtrip in style. By the return trip, we looked much worse for the wear. I wouldn't even let him go into a grocery store at one point on the way home because he had an orange drink mustache from the morning's breakfast mixed with a Fanta Red beard from lunch, his transformer PJs still on (even though it was 7 at night), and crazy car hair. I wish I had taken that photo.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUhYi6baKctlpBm29fvSoLYEZ22ADoXRgKwclwlCAt8C2XjJe65nMbaX3D7kjH5moR-rGxb_XwiOvxpACz8hjOWrFtcaAsTy4hkBIPJH99BHggXlDpCktOHTntOgNIi4zk-5tHL7Jf2I/s1600/DSC03606.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUhYi6baKctlpBm29fvSoLYEZ22ADoXRgKwclwlCAt8C2XjJe65nMbaX3D7kjH5moR-rGxb_XwiOvxpACz8hjOWrFtcaAsTy4hkBIPJH99BHggXlDpCktOHTntOgNIi4zk-5tHL7Jf2I/s320/DSC03606.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xzlHjpmjq50d0YDyPd0dBnZ0md8UxxJewsgP-xQjTWVGOeFXbeuw1vayaJWs8ulNQk6LJX8vfDJVmttp2cuSQj-WOSp5UzWZL-fsigDnPZCmvR2DliS0PtSSJ9qoL9XTpyU_bty1PMo/s1600/DSC03610.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xzlHjpmjq50d0YDyPd0dBnZ0md8UxxJewsgP-xQjTWVGOeFXbeuw1vayaJWs8ulNQk6LJX8vfDJVmttp2cuSQj-WOSp5UzWZL-fsigDnPZCmvR2DliS0PtSSJ9qoL9XTpyU_bty1PMo/s320/DSC03610.JPG" /></a> One of the pleasant things about this trip was that Hogan was 4! There was so much that he could do. He made it through two rounds of golf during the week. And during those rounds, he learned a few important lessons: 1. the girls play much differently than the boys (girls' balls miraculously always make it to the fairway- some by greatness others by a swift kick in that direction when noone's looking); 2. When the marshall comes toodling by 4 year olds who didn't pay to play should always stay by the cart and show that they are uninterested in golf and are in no way slowing down the golf game; 3. If you whiff the ball, just say it's a "practice swing" Hogan funnily took to this one quite well.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlJVOq_ChnsenYX_WWY41VM0WAoFRD8d9Com89GVc9pC8UWK__MbJj0Eo7y8MPYx21jAA8Gsaa14RznDiZeD2J4P7BPpSSUCMcH0L_fgAdDD4kLnfiLHB_XR6_9c1h7coPaFP5SCsARQ/s1600/DSC03612.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlJVOq_ChnsenYX_WWY41VM0WAoFRD8d9Com89GVc9pC8UWK__MbJj0Eo7y8MPYx21jAA8Gsaa14RznDiZeD2J4P7BPpSSUCMcH0L_fgAdDD4kLnfiLHB_XR6_9c1h7coPaFP5SCsARQ/s320/DSC03612.JPG" /></a> </div>It's a miracle, I know! I'm finally putting some pictures up. I had, much to my embarrassment, pictures from February still on my camera. It's been a busy year so far. My loyal family following has probably even stopped checking in to see if I've updated, BUT just for my own pleasure at least, and for those still faithful to give the Hogan blog a click every once and awhile....here are some vacation pictures!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-7725576848671546162010-02-14T21:55:00.000-06:002010-02-14T21:55:50.391-06:00Birthday<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzM3x_zhfuPLz2SG9TtygqxCBGQMG29zx367omdGenVRrn0k8yui1HZRBEGSeF2Prj9SzFplz1fq7Eq8d4RhZQWxKERjd49KKa6tC2GJiglQFcknrax53dOtF6VxlevzVurloSYLAr4Y/s1600-h/DSC03176.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzM3x_zhfuPLz2SG9TtygqxCBGQMG29zx367omdGenVRrn0k8yui1HZRBEGSeF2Prj9SzFplz1fq7Eq8d4RhZQWxKERjd49KKa6tC2GJiglQFcknrax53dOtF6VxlevzVurloSYLAr4Y/s320/DSC03176.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHlRyHQytK95LQQbsbPWeOHs7CuSVIzBvkFWEVKLdql-WjRCAhxnoRPU4jh7y9dxHVBplxTfRI1kXfbm8O-8BMREUZyr5lSVZPxDBWObIGzLRJz3uGbp49yJNJHSxndTCpyuS-30m2XM/s1600-h/DSC03185.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHlRyHQytK95LQQbsbPWeOHs7CuSVIzBvkFWEVKLdql-WjRCAhxnoRPU4jh7y9dxHVBplxTfRI1kXfbm8O-8BMREUZyr5lSVZPxDBWObIGzLRJz3uGbp49yJNJHSxndTCpyuS-30m2XM/s320/DSC03185.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdN52SekpHyiEGup5daWCLrn_A6cA4T9tfl4TykUV9ncHOW29TVTGExa7P8MbCCp7P7pC2YtZ5xTxldg5nccMNFqK66-jamLBMqaZWNw3nB3jm3gCdTyfxgS0UiAIMfeu9XfuCGEYUhE0/s1600-h/DSC03205.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdN52SekpHyiEGup5daWCLrn_A6cA4T9tfl4TykUV9ncHOW29TVTGExa7P8MbCCp7P7pC2YtZ5xTxldg5nccMNFqK66-jamLBMqaZWNw3nB3jm3gCdTyfxgS0UiAIMfeu9XfuCGEYUhE0/s320/DSC03205.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35q1SeTbYHv1QEU5fovCSTAhxAU6qLRT8f-zXVzsZH5oT0TJd2-PLkuhx0_Tgm2DMUDiQON_T3sVcufF1YNzUxEcbTPGre5aMzZOiZWIIfmC0uJjev_QDa5UIv7NYoo27bbvvo4_K8ME/s1600-h/DSC03206.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35q1SeTbYHv1QEU5fovCSTAhxAU6qLRT8f-zXVzsZH5oT0TJd2-PLkuhx0_Tgm2DMUDiQON_T3sVcufF1YNzUxEcbTPGre5aMzZOiZWIIfmC0uJjev_QDa5UIv7NYoo27bbvvo4_K8ME/s320/DSC03206.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>So...we have had the Chuck E. Cheese birthday experience. Hogan had the night of his life and Troy and I left exhausted, with our ears ringing and our child hyped up on cake, tokens, and soda. The greatest part of the evening was the big Chuck E. show. When Chuck E. finally came out (after all the parents stood by uncomfortably watching the interminably long countdown), Hogan's face just lit up. He was so excited and he really boogied down. It was hilarious. I took about 50 pictures and about 3 of them came out focused. Everyone and everything moves way to fast at Chuck E. Cheese for a slow mom trying to capture moments!<br /><br />We are so thankful for all of our friends and family who are a part of Hogan's life and who helped us to celebrate his 4th birthday!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-58021021245556893062010-02-14T21:41:00.000-06:002010-02-14T21:42:05.242-06:00Skiing<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2fjjV6XLp98MTQb1DKYhaWs5uo6w4-R21DP5W-ILFvhMgdcSS6KdFxz5De162rrAhvkPhwA9p_8VDQWGCFj6Sgfn97GYq5A4KsI11_xAWXXeUCWO9dMnCxxOeiHcT5GCAgUGI-M2FWM/s1600-h/DSC03087.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2fjjV6XLp98MTQb1DKYhaWs5uo6w4-R21DP5W-ILFvhMgdcSS6KdFxz5De162rrAhvkPhwA9p_8VDQWGCFj6Sgfn97GYq5A4KsI11_xAWXXeUCWO9dMnCxxOeiHcT5GCAgUGI-M2FWM/s320/DSC03087.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cb4w-R_yodObL_s3RNsOC85yBJKH9qEtQ87KVEHIF_7mjyeVggtMkh5K1vhgKevGaQ2llvXaGTyNkGIF4jBcD0Nouff4kU51IaE5zVFOu3G65e4aAyEiCyrAfEHIhRKb0qbqg4BImGw/s1600-h/DSC03089.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cb4w-R_yodObL_s3RNsOC85yBJKH9qEtQ87KVEHIF_7mjyeVggtMkh5K1vhgKevGaQ2llvXaGTyNkGIF4jBcD0Nouff4kU51IaE5zVFOu3G65e4aAyEiCyrAfEHIhRKb0qbqg4BImGw/s320/DSC03089.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8sT4gphPUexgpmM2W-BQvquG5-ndW9p2Tvq6BV1tSJJG76V9ai510l0xX3m1h1liNqC7ANgIuQdt5WUV7wpEKsoSH9mKgpyPAIFFGzzVVMzL03SvDEgx8t3mA6XbH7UVrGtX9HoG1kg/s1600-h/DSC03088.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8sT4gphPUexgpmM2W-BQvquG5-ndW9p2Tvq6BV1tSJJG76V9ai510l0xX3m1h1liNqC7ANgIuQdt5WUV7wpEKsoSH9mKgpyPAIFFGzzVVMzL03SvDEgx8t3mA6XbH7UVrGtX9HoG1kg/s320/DSC03088.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AFJ4co5sRB8uGUfE6EsgGfLF92igBOmuaweSKr3PYos3jHvFU_T6k1cv7inCfFNtjNql2DxMxUTP0h8Ao71utuxon2Q_uLy_lLfLKejeX1PseITet-KZpMPOGhpMi1el3bxMowyeCqE/s1600-h/DSC03090.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AFJ4co5sRB8uGUfE6EsgGfLF92igBOmuaweSKr3PYos3jHvFU_T6k1cv7inCfFNtjNql2DxMxUTP0h8Ao71utuxon2Q_uLy_lLfLKejeX1PseITet-KZpMPOGhpMi1el3bxMowyeCqE/s320/DSC03090.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Sad to say, but these are my only action shots of Hogan skiing. And I had to be undercover about getting these few. The first day of ski school Hogan cried most of the morning and Nana and Papa had to go pick him up at lunchtime. The second day after we had bribed and convinced him that ski school was super fun, he skeptically, and with a few tears, went in. BUT he ended up having a great time and got a lot of skiing in. We wanted to get pictures of him, but we didn't want him to see us- hence the far-off shots here.<br /><br />It was amazing to see someone so small skiing straight down the hill, hands on his knees, with no fear. It made me wish that I could be 3 again. When I look down the hill all I see is fear. Hogan's new year's resolution is to ski with mommy. It's so great that he thinks that skiing with me is the pinnacle of skiing. I'm going to let him keep this illusion while I can, but oh, he'll be so disappointed when he realizes that mommy stays on the beginner hill all day long. The fun skiing is with daddy!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-60781442952736619532010-02-14T21:27:00.000-06:002010-02-14T21:28:09.449-06:00Glorieta<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyR9qD7gSVZ7zaF_fLIqKg92wQRfA657dmxlTqu4tXw818CTjMRgccUkbs9iwLXe-CMKQlpVuFMnMupcfTSRKHxLlRJJ0Euo-kqHGi9Sk9DZnem0ucoBq4ZPoXlRflc-8jg3Uy2lNFG0/s1600-h/DSC03054.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyR9qD7gSVZ7zaF_fLIqKg92wQRfA657dmxlTqu4tXw818CTjMRgccUkbs9iwLXe-CMKQlpVuFMnMupcfTSRKHxLlRJJ0Euo-kqHGi9Sk9DZnem0ucoBq4ZPoXlRflc-8jg3Uy2lNFG0/s320/DSC03054.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAokEMr2DVwULKvkez8EHx1tagY-inPxnKVz5O-HtZjvLW2BPH5y2ebncz98WnDmF5e-uN32byg2h6WWGMNmuzJJLochfOdvqWce_uCmKxCRx7KIFpW88sQIVtnSs7YwCCN71NVENt9MM/s1600-h/DSC03061.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAokEMr2DVwULKvkez8EHx1tagY-inPxnKVz5O-HtZjvLW2BPH5y2ebncz98WnDmF5e-uN32byg2h6WWGMNmuzJJLochfOdvqWce_uCmKxCRx7KIFpW88sQIVtnSs7YwCCN71NVENt9MM/s320/DSC03061.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OMocpocy-a0TcBEpHNVuAnQ9qdjmZmFR5kzJj8iWNUzSL1fKkWT3hwnv4VPSGGVBcaLqd3jeiXstqdR03JHpTTL4qt8dhWDX_ghWkaRmAZyf-AFtfKvbNT91fDAd7thqeFfvEEpKeMg/s1600-h/DSC03072.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OMocpocy-a0TcBEpHNVuAnQ9qdjmZmFR5kzJj8iWNUzSL1fKkWT3hwnv4VPSGGVBcaLqd3jeiXstqdR03JHpTTL4qt8dhWDX_ghWkaRmAZyf-AFtfKvbNT91fDAd7thqeFfvEEpKeMg/s320/DSC03072.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72CSooUbz-pG_Wsy6APCPaBTLfO4br-xhfZNM32uljn5mn2UaBMEyWyC3slGNGUNN7jgQ9R1SgOInf9dk3a1V0RCWvhoV3BLSCFAut1tQh18FH-1kmaIRe4SyRfIvUaxDZKHECxr3NWk/s1600-h/DSC03048.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72CSooUbz-pG_Wsy6APCPaBTLfO4br-xhfZNM32uljn5mn2UaBMEyWyC3slGNGUNN7jgQ9R1SgOInf9dk3a1V0RCWvhoV3BLSCFAut1tQh18FH-1kmaIRe4SyRfIvUaxDZKHECxr3NWk/s320/DSC03048.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>For Christmas we went to Glorieta, NM to go skiing with Nana, Papa G., Tia, and Carlos. When we arrived in NM just days before Christmas we were greeted with this beautiful snowy view. And at any time we could open our cabin door and see snow and trees. For Hogan, the snow was a full-body experience. He tasted it, tromped in it, made snow angels in it, and slid in it. In fact, I think it's a perfect picture of how he approaches life in general!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-63932913750980454572009-12-11T20:40:00.002-06:002009-12-11T20:55:59.920-06:00Decorating Cookies!Hogan's friend Emory invited us over to decorate cookies today. Her mom- Mary Beth posted pics and wrote a list of funny guidelines that everyone should refer to when decorating cookies with preschoolers. Check it out: <a href="http://sweetsong-sweetestsong.blogspot.com/2009/12/pre-schoolers-guide-to-awesome-cookies.html">http://sweetsong-sweetestsong.blogspot.com/2009/12/pre-schoolers-guide-to-awesome-cookies.html</a><br /><br />Now for my list of the top 5 comments made by mothers while their children are cookie decorating:<br /><br /> 1. "Aaaaaa! Don't put that spoon in your mouth!" (This said while frantically trying to grab the spoon before it gets put back into the frosting bowl)<br /><br />2. "You need to put frosting on before you pour the whole bottle of sprinkles on the cookie. The frosting will make it stick."<br /><br />3. "I guess it's okay if they mix all the colors....right?"<br /><br />4. "Why didn't the sprinkle people put a darn shaker lid on these chocolate sprinkles?"<br /><br />5. "Why don't you try making a candy cane or an angel? I think we have enough Christmas cats." (there was one Halloween cookie cutter in the mix and of course it got used a lot!)<br /><br />Thanks Mary Beth and Emory for the fun morning!Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-7647531878615453202009-11-12T00:22:00.000-06:002009-11-12T00:22:30.562-06:00Cave<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7pGrENsfHzKNhpnqanrAbUvvGZYZpPa8yzY7qmdDf7Y0wPE4YpB7TOSpK_y4ckwBuprbP8zBwufzbkMf6B_mehEZE7rAuFZ6qb_FdnpZzL_JVYDXE-lyzZtGq2POhkv6K514xHF8PZU/s1600-h/DSC02624.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7pGrENsfHzKNhpnqanrAbUvvGZYZpPa8yzY7qmdDf7Y0wPE4YpB7TOSpK_y4ckwBuprbP8zBwufzbkMf6B_mehEZE7rAuFZ6qb_FdnpZzL_JVYDXE-lyzZtGq2POhkv6K514xHF8PZU/s320/DSC02624.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qzE2bTnP4rru9N9qXgNRczfZ8KRBT2BoO1ZiFYI77V6DUFgSOaxTN3ctJND3lVX9gG9KaNSeombzppHSm232D1ngbrRP5ZXIRYt1a9MHP0pZ5Dg3STzpufof_hhg2wcuzMbehsNE9qU/s1600-h/DSC02627.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qzE2bTnP4rru9N9qXgNRczfZ8KRBT2BoO1ZiFYI77V6DUFgSOaxTN3ctJND3lVX9gG9KaNSeombzppHSm232D1ngbrRP5ZXIRYt1a9MHP0pZ5Dg3STzpufof_hhg2wcuzMbehsNE9qU/s320/DSC02627.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mkJLPJQYYfDqyrydKu7epg3qRmrnK5GBFZMY6rapnGCcfZxC7eZz4HWFOMi-QtoOm3a5dZCu7pIekMbcVG0S9Zp_6FC3SQrF35UjXDHHh7hJ36-BmUhuDn9ZGxbzef5JXf0nGXtJoBk/s1600-h/DSC02639.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mkJLPJQYYfDqyrydKu7epg3qRmrnK5GBFZMY6rapnGCcfZxC7eZz4HWFOMi-QtoOm3a5dZCu7pIekMbcVG0S9Zp_6FC3SQrF35UjXDHHh7hJ36-BmUhuDn9ZGxbzef5JXf0nGXtJoBk/s320/DSC02639.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2nIVPvEtspIZWNFABcBhlwZHyjOfT6KEa_0Qw-lWF3YtIGqwpbbGqmVSEAiXdF8aa8qU7ZO3EvX9O1ENebQj6L_Frl_QnSTOQnq8IslPYsboB0mmBpgb_Uj10a9NOIEE1um4S9dHlak/s1600-h/DSC02642.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2nIVPvEtspIZWNFABcBhlwZHyjOfT6KEa_0Qw-lWF3YtIGqwpbbGqmVSEAiXdF8aa8qU7ZO3EvX9O1ENebQj6L_Frl_QnSTOQnq8IslPYsboB0mmBpgb_Uj10a9NOIEE1um4S9dHlak/s320/DSC02642.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>One day Hogan mentioned that he wanted to see a cave. I can't remember what sparked his interest- a book, a tv show??? but when he said this I told him that Oma and Opa lived near a cave. He was very excited about this and when the big September birthday weekend came around, Hogan totally remembered our conversation about the cave near Oma and Opa and asked if we go see it while we were visiting, which as you can see from the pictures we did indeed get to do.<br /><br />I think overall he liked the experience. One thing that was pretty tricky was that you're not supposed to touch ANY of the formations in the cave. This is really difficult for a 3-year old to remember when so much of his learning is through sense of touch. You also have to stay with the group. This is not a place to run ahead- again a bit of a stretch for Hogan, although I will say he tried his hardest to follow the rules.<br /><br />What was very cool was that we saw an actual bat in the cave. It flitted and flew over our heads. The guide gave us directions about what to do if the bat lands on you. "Stand very still", he said(yeah, right!). Luckily, the bat made the wise choice to stay above our heads and landed only on rocks. By the time we left Hogan could point out the stalagtites and several times since the trip he's talked about stalagtites and stalagmites- so the trip definitely made an impression.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-71770393853680482522009-11-01T06:31:00.000-06:002009-11-01T06:32:12.309-06:00Trick-or-treating with friends<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPKhGSOC8U6KYIehltqRrNc8cvO3rkU8J-wXvJEzbm0yEy_uj6V5kR2igHs35X7DAP1wFLZNJetbx6U0XhTlB7lxOqmn08EG-5H07Bog4NY65sMKdiG9gAmCxmu_tqicJhB9H23TwFSU/s1600-h/DSC02748.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPKhGSOC8U6KYIehltqRrNc8cvO3rkU8J-wXvJEzbm0yEy_uj6V5kR2igHs35X7DAP1wFLZNJetbx6U0XhTlB7lxOqmn08EG-5H07Bog4NY65sMKdiG9gAmCxmu_tqicJhB9H23TwFSU/s320/DSC02748.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6c0foyrNV8Xq9Byflvdekmt39t1myIcuSMCcahmzkoOTCzHxq5qj7D1TacyVStbWevszXNfvbvtR7kpN6McyobnsYMfHk24BkLATZhTyqR_R2TSsIq_6oi5n1zswV9h1HL0Cd0KpeJ_c/s1600-h/DSC02755.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6c0foyrNV8Xq9Byflvdekmt39t1myIcuSMCcahmzkoOTCzHxq5qj7D1TacyVStbWevszXNfvbvtR7kpN6McyobnsYMfHk24BkLATZhTyqR_R2TSsIq_6oi5n1zswV9h1HL0Cd0KpeJ_c/s320/DSC02755.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbHYslCByyIaFy-0Uu8ro5DGoiFL3WUpbMSP28dD3mkquPrwkougRdEivQwllWmHXKW3zOif8cQVfw7yFBKJ1f4ab9TRVNd3VTRHH7K-UiffP8CVEB_3q_UYY9yIfYa2SpjULRQSaZ2s/s1600-h/DSC02757.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbHYslCByyIaFy-0Uu8ro5DGoiFL3WUpbMSP28dD3mkquPrwkougRdEivQwllWmHXKW3zOif8cQVfw7yFBKJ1f4ab9TRVNd3VTRHH7K-UiffP8CVEB_3q_UYY9yIfYa2SpjULRQSaZ2s/s320/DSC02757.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRz1DD7YDOkgzwpkb-WznlQYAXnhiuURnOxaMfQy-HmBL38Sk-f9H6azWFvIzA3oIwDyiWWQFhzgTKhFDIWkeIVWyNE-B_kT4HOJ7v8Mrq0GUZBjGzYpHqTjKO_lR5Ztow24qPYj0fy8/s1600-h/DSC02743.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRz1DD7YDOkgzwpkb-WznlQYAXnhiuURnOxaMfQy-HmBL38Sk-f9H6azWFvIzA3oIwDyiWWQFhzgTKhFDIWkeIVWyNE-B_kT4HOJ7v8Mrq0GUZBjGzYpHqTjKO_lR5Ztow24qPYj0fy8/s320/DSC02743.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>This was the first time that Hogan got to do the door-to-door trick-or-treating. He totally got into it and as you can see from all the blurry pictures would NOT stand still long enough for me to get a shot. I tried to pick the least blurriest ones. Needless to say when we finally got home we had one tired Hogan/Batman who was already talking about his costume for next year and who went right to sleep as soon as his head hit the pillow!<br /><br />Hogan says: Thank you for letting me go Halloween place with me and Kayleigh. My favorite part was the scary part. I was scared because a man had a mask and we thought he wasn't real. He took off his mask and scared us. At first he scared us. He was a man and he was just playing jokes on us.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-36132631147155284562009-11-01T06:22:00.001-06:002009-11-01T06:23:26.861-06:00Trick-or-treating at the mall<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXnbUzlI9sgnWbHA0tZSUT7uUcHabArRCgv0C30y9HZp73nExHa_kECP191lTG_6v3OmrjkzhJFyyGGcdBe8zaEBnrZ4tHSW1fJkgLGsacC2a9U3eCASHp01sx6RjP0KP1q_UIZIGw6M/s1600-h/DSC02721.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXnbUzlI9sgnWbHA0tZSUT7uUcHabArRCgv0C30y9HZp73nExHa_kECP191lTG_6v3OmrjkzhJFyyGGcdBe8zaEBnrZ4tHSW1fJkgLGsacC2a9U3eCASHp01sx6RjP0KP1q_UIZIGw6M/s320/DSC02721.JPG" border="0" /></a> Batman on the go</div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kxM3LZ2RyoZkivoa4vXQ5TFr2P3YdGMiFO2GdwrAeSkYCSIl1vvriWP1Z5w3dQ41wVshgAcrdORx1LCqFV8Q-iaWjKtw671x1XTbob8jYYzGUcBkCp7vA_4Tya-VvLPcNVdcg_tHGLI/s1600-h/DSC02723.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kxM3LZ2RyoZkivoa4vXQ5TFr2P3YdGMiFO2GdwrAeSkYCSIl1vvriWP1Z5w3dQ41wVshgAcrdORx1LCqFV8Q-iaWjKtw671x1XTbob8jYYzGUcBkCp7vA_4Tya-VvLPcNVdcg_tHGLI/s320/DSC02723.JPG" border="0" /></a> Checking his candy</div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Px-M5Wr78m-leJB8mbOJYWij05_4Fhoi4EDhsZiwAjCheU6v9sZbJq2vj2lF66wsdE7Ais5IANdRNd-8kpRcv7RJfwGf8L7tcFBdmuxQyrit2rMbbrmPE31RuKNhKzh0BJSipEuahuc/s1600-h/DSC02729.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Px-M5Wr78m-leJB8mbOJYWij05_4Fhoi4EDhsZiwAjCheU6v9sZbJq2vj2lF66wsdE7Ais5IANdRNd-8kpRcv7RJfwGf8L7tcFBdmuxQyrit2rMbbrmPE31RuKNhKzh0BJSipEuahuc/s320/DSC02729.JPG" border="0" /></a> Taking a break</div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyoxLwr75YhZ7puGbpzAIvvvwIkugomKEu0xhLI3OkcafAMl5g6y7a8LlCR5KvziGNba-jVfdaS8QNgmF2YQgOBzHtiH8ixtXaEy6lVbzAJHRq47lRE_KKA6Mu0_2XK7uwun-RS2GE7Eo/s1600-h/DSC02732.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyoxLwr75YhZ7puGbpzAIvvvwIkugomKEu0xhLI3OkcafAMl5g6y7a8LlCR5KvziGNba-jVfdaS8QNgmF2YQgOBzHtiH8ixtXaEy6lVbzAJHRq47lRE_KKA6Mu0_2XK7uwun-RS2GE7Eo/s320/DSC02732.JPG" border="0" /></a> Transformed back to Hogan- Batman had a busy night!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-11486429660735488182009-11-01T06:17:00.000-06:002009-11-01T06:17:33.662-06:00School Party<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmNGxkciu2o-MhxZkJx1pwQD8v-8VzHX3C3odR1M5dLbGByXMbf4MXeZzGRWxhJndCS7dW5jlGmfe8ECxL2t6Rn0OXrCWf8ntIaP0p2CbokSn3hs0rXFeXnAdG7gkaVLujLrwd2nVGQ0/s1600-h/DSC02699.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmNGxkciu2o-MhxZkJx1pwQD8v-8VzHX3C3odR1M5dLbGByXMbf4MXeZzGRWxhJndCS7dW5jlGmfe8ECxL2t6Rn0OXrCWf8ntIaP0p2CbokSn3hs0rXFeXnAdG7gkaVLujLrwd2nVGQ0/s320/DSC02699.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L4Yy49lHFBTL8WMpDJDa6RaEOgWHXedZsPhTYa-KrVIUHI_cGTsypXrOohuJJ0bs8wQsrEwRvJb37-O1Vh5n1X-1zZvYZeV086ZrQpAJjy9hUDXwR07kR6eIVTznk-I_GkLtnmiCVAY/s1600-h/DSC02709.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L4Yy49lHFBTL8WMpDJDa6RaEOgWHXedZsPhTYa-KrVIUHI_cGTsypXrOohuJJ0bs8wQsrEwRvJb37-O1Vh5n1X-1zZvYZeV086ZrQpAJjy9hUDXwR07kR6eIVTznk-I_GkLtnmiCVAY/s320/DSC02709.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfPKnMA3SkBZgM8jWnyKN7NN0d85fbZ88st_3nlJAkPvkr64nMVzs2cq5fKo5TzNsZRVOkfPtPE8_0n9EA7tx-cejYjwEMKnuwNEEOXnmSAnIPWHCPkE7oS09M-PLvHdkkIDrjvuBhMQ/s1600-h/DSC02707.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfPKnMA3SkBZgM8jWnyKN7NN0d85fbZ88st_3nlJAkPvkr64nMVzs2cq5fKo5TzNsZRVOkfPtPE8_0n9EA7tx-cejYjwEMKnuwNEEOXnmSAnIPWHCPkE7oS09M-PLvHdkkIDrjvuBhMQ/s320/DSC02707.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkdune-ufI-bwcBfrY56LirwSwRTD2K5uniUT4JjeJgXT2efeiitIk3LwZ2hQo-T20lqf7-JOoGh1PR74_PMHfIGb7wUe1U6d5Dciy7bKubX-DCrs7SIEp0flOd-KszwPyqeyJ97JkUA/s1600-h/DSC02719.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkdune-ufI-bwcBfrY56LirwSwRTD2K5uniUT4JjeJgXT2efeiitIk3LwZ2hQo-T20lqf7-JOoGh1PR74_PMHfIGb7wUe1U6d5Dciy7bKubX-DCrs7SIEp0flOd-KszwPyqeyJ97JkUA/s320/DSC02719.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />After carving our pumpkin we headed out to Hogan's school where his teacher had set up a mini-festival in her cul-de-sac. The kids paraded around the cul-de-sac and then were able to go around to different stations for food and activities. The top picture is the pose that Hogan would stand in anytime anyone asked to take a picture of batman.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-59401262970333894802009-11-01T06:08:00.001-06:002009-11-01T06:11:26.628-06:00Pumpkin Carving<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JwlZBmZqr0e3Mt93Y_Wwj_r1Yr8wo6dJPVly6jQ2Bd9UfaWdnic7E0CpcPC58qlnBrbDTdDla-R9NevmYYoRV1Fs4FhfKBJ-hfS5Sm_sO-IEAQUgnUtbSDuLtSn3x7i_XUy_1HvCdRU/s1600-h/DSC02697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399106552162967506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JwlZBmZqr0e3Mt93Y_Wwj_r1Yr8wo6dJPVly6jQ2Bd9UfaWdnic7E0CpcPC58qlnBrbDTdDla-R9NevmYYoRV1Fs4FhfKBJ-hfS5Sm_sO-IEAQUgnUtbSDuLtSn3x7i_XUy_1HvCdRU/s320/DSC02697.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0e2-jVc4FOqxvDkWElQIeYRtI89XOKlp6VNEwqEN6HRAHbXgCpxVNmCxwkq7IPtXt3FW88FwxfT50gcigELLCPjsGiXm9s91QWL6CVV7iBa252X41nJoC7UfrGRekcNLUdsekEID5mog/s1600-h/DSC02696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399106547548084306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0e2-jVc4FOqxvDkWElQIeYRtI89XOKlp6VNEwqEN6HRAHbXgCpxVNmCxwkq7IPtXt3FW88FwxfT50gcigELLCPjsGiXm9s91QWL6CVV7iBa252X41nJoC7UfrGRekcNLUdsekEID5mog/s320/DSC02696.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-FRSJYm7yFYVnN1u9HpwCtPjfySXFspDpxOJw1c8J_YJQsqMb98upSu354hdWvksA5UjdrGIGIT-hIdlLoM7Uk4VwgZHL-62UZSPzRbTAsE4gcBHzxpFMjlZattaUjLCPq0KPgLkOkw/s1600-h/DSC02675.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-FRSJYm7yFYVnN1u9HpwCtPjfySXFspDpxOJw1c8J_YJQsqMb98upSu354hdWvksA5UjdrGIGIT-hIdlLoM7Uk4VwgZHL-62UZSPzRbTAsE4gcBHzxpFMjlZattaUjLCPq0KPgLkOkw/s320/DSC02675.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOKiZ2-ilZCrE3wbEGP1myfc8Flik5yJunlXat-DuE6FXC2-FqqUHq3ycvVx-2FavOm8rIs8l0mFIGHj3oTTLntbkwFuLaEcd-wWb1_atG93aICl5dyqMk-gdYr-6g0gc4ne6wFE8TY8/s1600-h/DSC02678.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOKiZ2-ilZCrE3wbEGP1myfc8Flik5yJunlXat-DuE6FXC2-FqqUHq3ycvVx-2FavOm8rIs8l0mFIGHj3oTTLntbkwFuLaEcd-wWb1_atG93aICl5dyqMk-gdYr-6g0gc4ne6wFE8TY8/s320/DSC02678.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH7-a-o-WWNefAHVxj3EFc77w4kgcygdSC654x_fgKzn7V78tzrwIAf4ySWdowCD59ydynEO7-8d_mJA0u0nahGp-cGvakMNufFlSJ_COc6rKVTG1J4ujmThZ3Haw64LXaFQeYGenkUM/s1600-h/DSC02687.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH7-a-o-WWNefAHVxj3EFc77w4kgcygdSC654x_fgKzn7V78tzrwIAf4ySWdowCD59ydynEO7-8d_mJA0u0nahGp-cGvakMNufFlSJ_COc6rKVTG1J4ujmThZ3Haw64LXaFQeYGenkUM/s320/DSC02687.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EqlYbAxnXR6DcBrpcYIC3YDTgHYFtkSmGjD_q3627vWfH9R4d3VSsc-vQmHWUHIz695jJ06HbHvwx3fPVcezNEkMkX8l82oSTByjKXmLSxKxcfHS1r6UZI8TSeaaw27W2l2_o3xL2Sc/s1600-h/DSC02689.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EqlYbAxnXR6DcBrpcYIC3YDTgHYFtkSmGjD_q3627vWfH9R4d3VSsc-vQmHWUHIz695jJ06HbHvwx3fPVcezNEkMkX8l82oSTByjKXmLSxKxcfHS1r6UZI8TSeaaw27W2l2_o3xL2Sc/s320/DSC02689.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Our Halloween festivities started with a little pumpkin carving. Hogan got very involved in ALL aspects of the process (I did draw the line at actually letting him carve the pumpkin). He helped clean out the goop and even drew the face (with just a little help from me). The best part was putting the flashlight inside and turning off all the lights...eerie!<br /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-53945349285055291792009-10-09T16:05:00.002-05:002009-10-09T16:13:31.774-05:00Adoption Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5l7H3eMICaL5ihFOGBQ2s_BahjKFeXWb6UZYLdxxI1JLH-QculZL86o2W1FP76MDNjOMloRCl2IurhufJiZcnnPEz-Turufs-GyIj4uuWfsFgOMiCFvxB1DXTigY2oh2wV24IQqtyGw/s1600-h/DSC02572.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390710697603787426" style="DISPLAY: block; 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TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4dR4r98FkdZJQ-OcoMT28YJwHR6-wVnaqi6kSTrVRWzrckX9k7XzGhMcwyiDWl6p3dYZnMKIVqpzDTPj7-b-xULQP-schtrha8vC8yYZD5a9z-dRQHLOuzliS78o1V9aM2DlEyF-NMY/s1600-h/DSC02561.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4dR4r98FkdZJQ-OcoMT28YJwHR6-wVnaqi6kSTrVRWzrckX9k7XzGhMcwyiDWl6p3dYZnMKIVqpzDTPj7-b-xULQP-schtrha8vC8yYZD5a9z-dRQHLOuzliS78o1V9aM2DlEyF-NMY/s320/DSC02561.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXE5G39hhYuSg6piAfqRy4CSbHHshijyANDUBIH7DaEcnPD_gkkyINKWhU31uCuIJTL57OZ5ZOyBWL-3XsmShpEbbsm3Ohko16tpJzaV9tllcRttPrMCVeGgjcZTMH1NZbPjs-MCFRbEw/s1600-h/DSC02592.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXE5G39hhYuSg6piAfqRy4CSbHHshijyANDUBIH7DaEcnPD_gkkyINKWhU31uCuIJTL57OZ5ZOyBWL-3XsmShpEbbsm3Ohko16tpJzaV9tllcRttPrMCVeGgjcZTMH1NZbPjs-MCFRbEw/s320/DSC02592.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrvcQtJ7b358BfWC3LUbTr6-HeSppccFpqKYBhGs7YYUJtMZnSfsmpQlmoOlppY6Kwm7UmbQTKfBQPiAiMmouNJqeyV484KRgD-fwT79RB0JqMAZam1SszG6o-xxPCHaRqeYMZs_9430/s1600-h/DSC02594.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrvcQtJ7b358BfWC3LUbTr6-HeSppccFpqKYBhGs7YYUJtMZnSfsmpQlmoOlppY6Kwm7UmbQTKfBQPiAiMmouNJqeyV484KRgD-fwT79RB0JqMAZam1SszG6o-xxPCHaRqeYMZs_9430/s320/DSC02594.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHdtPaNXpDeaFerm8H31TI4Za8blCkQSCGfCAIsJMGlhSgBkKv2YUCWLuMi1VFEMy3o207CMkTaHEglHNfkwehqzYIL6-aP6P3S4k0YnnOiSMT0WTEiDzuMTosW-nuxeAjx71uy2UPsM/s1600-h/DSC02601.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHdtPaNXpDeaFerm8H31TI4Za8blCkQSCGfCAIsJMGlhSgBkKv2YUCWLuMi1VFEMy3o207CMkTaHEglHNfkwehqzYIL6-aP6P3S4k0YnnOiSMT0WTEiDzuMTosW-nuxeAjx71uy2UPsM/s320/DSC02601.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Every August we celebrate Hogan's adoption. It is the month when his adoption was finalized and our family was cemented together forever. This year's Adoption Day was filled with family and plenty of fun. We played out in the yard, went swimming, and of course ate a delicious cake. Troy and I realized that from this point on Hogan will begin to understand more and more about his adoption. We decided that we wanted to make service a part of his adoption day celebration. We want Hogan to begin to understand that while this is a day to celebrate our family and eat cake and get presents, it's also a time to help those who aren't quite as fortunate as we are. We feel like we have been blessed immensely. So this year, everyone who came to share in Hogan's Adoption Day festivities got to come to the grocery store with us so that Hogan could pick out food for the food bank. His job was to pick out food that kids would like to have.<br /><br />The following week, I brought Hogan up to Troy's work where they have food bank for their clients. Hogan was greeted at the door, got to bring his food in and see what the food bank looked like. Since Hogan was a little confused about real banks and food banks and a bit concerned about whether he would get a sucker at the food bank like he does at the money bank, the person who greeted us also had a sucker ready for Hogan- it was very sweet.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-90099686279632025162009-10-09T15:48:00.000-05:002009-10-09T15:49:12.118-05:00Circus<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFus4uEl3JQaqBCx1PSfb1TZtMxUps-S9IlX7EDtUIbEMiZ9K5M__8IXkrGJX8L03QQrVbgcrHMpWdGh9uY46q91h6jHe_0t6nCovsVhyElw9n_9WGmdRI6K_0WSPuXdyzZjPcHDDv6wc/s1600-h/DSC02529.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFus4uEl3JQaqBCx1PSfb1TZtMxUps-S9IlX7EDtUIbEMiZ9K5M__8IXkrGJX8L03QQrVbgcrHMpWdGh9uY46q91h6jHe_0t6nCovsVhyElw9n_9WGmdRI6K_0WSPuXdyzZjPcHDDv6wc/s320/DSC02529.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLr_vbCw-2GLWhTuNEvfY0YEPaQYxfaDM0n7Ebkd8SJF248EuzAIU7LQPFDLmnPgGaKj2Ho2EYMRUYT-J5sq7aPOufmhC3cRM75Vx057D5RhsSJ5m7-RhQifeP8ncBG7x4meY6f66K03M/s1600-h/DSC02531.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLr_vbCw-2GLWhTuNEvfY0YEPaQYxfaDM0n7Ebkd8SJF248EuzAIU7LQPFDLmnPgGaKj2Ho2EYMRUYT-J5sq7aPOufmhC3cRM75Vx057D5RhsSJ5m7-RhQifeP8ncBG7x4meY6f66K03M/s320/DSC02531.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbulhrw3Zx1-s8ypOY5UcXrvw2Vo0bDIMkpQWFPLTPK_VlAGdBOnDULp12ExLOJ95WrgWW0WC3EcbG7yX6ZMF9SKQJBIgVSZwnkgC-qX9tF7s-7ztRYZdkpiAZ8tRgLBl2uZ1tQ86DRE/s1600-h/DSC02534.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbulhrw3Zx1-s8ypOY5UcXrvw2Vo0bDIMkpQWFPLTPK_VlAGdBOnDULp12ExLOJ95WrgWW0WC3EcbG7yX6ZMF9SKQJBIgVSZwnkgC-qX9tF7s-7ztRYZdkpiAZ8tRgLBl2uZ1tQ86DRE/s320/DSC02534.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOD5vig61t3X477QPoUpGvF29HWFJ81VKcEq9nhx9RJtdwCnTbLKJFzn1H7QlBVZ1x7nxWZj6saXdy0AuNHDvIzJS1hilGsRInjZC3PS2s4OSSZrx_49lnNB0dtUHqP2zZEatFY-9Ew0M/s1600-h/DSC02539.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOD5vig61t3X477QPoUpGvF29HWFJ81VKcEq9nhx9RJtdwCnTbLKJFzn1H7QlBVZ1x7nxWZj6saXdy0AuNHDvIzJS1hilGsRInjZC3PS2s4OSSZrx_49lnNB0dtUHqP2zZEatFY-9Ew0M/s320/DSC02539.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />In August we went to the circus with our friends. Everything in the Big Top was over the top- the lights, the stunts, the length of the show, and the twelve dollar cotton candy. Troy, forever the realist was convinced that the hassle to fun ratio would balance more on the side of "hassle". Hogan and I, the idealists, believed that this really would be the greatest show on Earth! I'm not sure, when you weigh the cost of the cotton candy (did I mention it cost 12 dollars?) against the cool motorcycles that raced around the steel sphere; the madding crowds against the brave flying trapeze artists; the 3-hour show that really could have ended after 90 minutes against the stilted clowns how the ratio was weighted, but whether hassle or greatness it was an experience that we won't soon forget!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-82269976813775072552009-08-30T14:36:00.001-05:002009-08-30T14:37:44.549-05:00Schlitterbahn<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewKToD1dI5rYRuofY6Qyt9cdgJJsEGoRFrCuHQzVJjDEEO-AaAGuSBT_lQQCDuG7qAter8n3oCtXBPC1z9DJKLn27p81DkfzIcwJrZ-xUwijMHXikKRSpqBc824WVKcMyB7HsZ30v0LA/s1600-h/DSC02442.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewKToD1dI5rYRuofY6Qyt9cdgJJsEGoRFrCuHQzVJjDEEO-AaAGuSBT_lQQCDuG7qAter8n3oCtXBPC1z9DJKLn27p81DkfzIcwJrZ-xUwijMHXikKRSpqBc824WVKcMyB7HsZ30v0LA/s320/DSC02442.JPG" border="0" /></a> Before entering the Schlitterbahn waterpark</div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzZ57yLqqgtD_Y8JkVX1RY9vuocyHsCcHeBctMwzOZYDZVNXSX0yRjkNDv3kJxntPiMVwAi6zT5VRDVh_sFuNTqHshHhWr6NNUBo42YkVeAX0lm6mWH5Q36p-rvWR2IAoSQN_IwYMFLY/s1600-h/DSC02444.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzZ57yLqqgtD_Y8JkVX1RY9vuocyHsCcHeBctMwzOZYDZVNXSX0yRjkNDv3kJxntPiMVwAi6zT5VRDVh_sFuNTqHshHhWr6NNUBo42YkVeAX0lm6mWH5Q36p-rvWR2IAoSQN_IwYMFLY/s320/DSC02444.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYKjn83m4kmbXTLSJA9uNvTl6eHf0-kK2hlZpeyuTVMv27MHuHWU1jTENIeageOJuZuqIDzlsKaoNx9cjiC8dBwUfYgDi6uMtTZgG1h1lc6ojMTO2y-KxHTZvvkwIAV0MHk06ndbJ4XQ/s1600-h/DSC02447.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYKjn83m4kmbXTLSJA9uNvTl6eHf0-kK2hlZpeyuTVMv27MHuHWU1jTENIeageOJuZuqIDzlsKaoNx9cjiC8dBwUfYgDi6uMtTZgG1h1lc6ojMTO2y-KxHTZvvkwIAV0MHk06ndbJ4XQ/s320/DSC02447.JPG" border="0" /></a> About 3 minutes after leaving the Schlitterbahn Water park<br /><br /></div>We have no pictures of the inbetween because I didn't want to mess with a camera, but I will say that despite the crowds we had a fun day and as you can tell it tuckered Hogan out! He had a blast and he's still talking about the "steam" ride, which was their new Congo river ride with lots of rapids and hills. <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492482532083878594.post-64950528463707145212009-07-07T10:41:00.000-05:002009-07-07T10:42:06.065-05:00Enchanted Rock<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8RilYUVc2lSf66QT03I0rFFHnt82I8pD_4I9xXsME4Z8FmFtCOZuZW8Z431zidpcxE9YWbybUrnk5NNjglao1aOysS12VP9VGozpdaDu1TFQC_tNxgLDylKJEI17eTDzMZAQBuH8oKE/s1600-h/DSC02398.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8RilYUVc2lSf66QT03I0rFFHnt82I8pD_4I9xXsME4Z8FmFtCOZuZW8Z431zidpcxE9YWbybUrnk5NNjglao1aOysS12VP9VGozpdaDu1TFQC_tNxgLDylKJEI17eTDzMZAQBuH8oKE/s320/DSC02398.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHI0PwMlh4dTQebM34UIFXakYYwGWWOGy6MJ_41EvkekUm6UgWAv-ieNtxxITb-3K8gKFZzxwHkrNP6En6e8af_jruiCjoqv5aujPa883lLhzque8hYAQ3TvqviHMfEXlCEnpRPOwn9zQ/s1600-h/DSC02403.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHI0PwMlh4dTQebM34UIFXakYYwGWWOGy6MJ_41EvkekUm6UgWAv-ieNtxxITb-3K8gKFZzxwHkrNP6En6e8af_jruiCjoqv5aujPa883lLhzque8hYAQ3TvqviHMfEXlCEnpRPOwn9zQ/s320/DSC02403.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFSIj53V9slRmVZrBpeaS3kbVLqTZBIPa-w8ibEMT5IPwOdFRE1pGs0Gm8sxjvs2TBOJ55G67E4I-731NtVDSzgFaDQfCAw3E0PH_jXxD9x-xyy-3bW1nQ_8myZ3KCEemn3vGoTEZdk4/s1600-h/DSC02411.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFSIj53V9slRmVZrBpeaS3kbVLqTZBIPa-w8ibEMT5IPwOdFRE1pGs0Gm8sxjvs2TBOJ55G67E4I-731NtVDSzgFaDQfCAw3E0PH_jXxD9x-xyy-3bW1nQ_8myZ3KCEemn3vGoTEZdk4/s320/DSC02411.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmugExD4qB9KycYb29p-w590duyRJ1IfNLwQsb3Z6F4T_z-gswC27eHTfybFCymyZFoIM-tNekEuOnSPbGu-etQ5zxG3Wof7pvGVFUPBRcKN-A5TUPVfPkpPXxvTy45YlJ7zGBZILbT98/s1600-h/DSC02419.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmugExD4qB9KycYb29p-w590duyRJ1IfNLwQsb3Z6F4T_z-gswC27eHTfybFCymyZFoIM-tNekEuOnSPbGu-etQ5zxG3Wof7pvGVFUPBRcKN-A5TUPVfPkpPXxvTy45YlJ7zGBZILbT98/s320/DSC02419.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>If you live in Texas you have to climb Enchanted Rock at some point in your life. Hogan didn't do a lot of climbing this first climb, but he did find lots of places along the way to the top to "rest". Once we made it to the top he was full of energy while the rest of us were ready for a break. It had just rained a couple days before so there were lots of big and little puddles all over the top. Hogan made his way to each one and accidentally slipped or jumped in them before I finally just took his shoes off.<br /><br />After finishing the climb we traveled into Fredericksburg to Wheelers where Hogan ate a huge lunch. I've never seen him eat so much in one sitting. Having people carry you up and down Enchanted Rock is tough work!<br /><br />The rest of the weekend with Nana and Papa was a blast, although none of it was captured on camera (sorry!), because this mom was too busy enjoying the water park at the Flying L Ranch right alongside Hogan!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539769048475917041noreply@blogger.com1