tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726124461689712742024-02-07T21:12:34.263-07:00Our AdventuresKristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-31464761966249242642013-03-08T17:14:00.000-07:002013-03-08T17:14:02.197-07:00Girls, girls, we love our girls!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Once upon a time we went to Disneyland, just Jared and me. It was a something I had wanted to do for such a long time. Since baby girl #3 is on her way soon (Oct 4) we figured it was time to finally do it. And we did. Sometimes I cry when I remember it...is that strange? It was such a happy time for me. We had no responsibilities, no time constraints, no chores to do, no going off to work. It was just me and Jared, free to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. It was one of the most fun weeks of my life since we got married. And I can't believe we finally, actually did it!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-72596937001809427652012-04-22T06:50:00.002-06:002012-04-22T06:53:39.795-06:00Enchanted RockSometime last year, when I was really struggling with living in Texas, I was talking on the phone with my Dad. I don't think he knew just how much I was struggling, but in passing he gave me some advice that has stayed with me and proven to be a tremendous gift. In his own words he reminded me that our time in Texas would come and go. How long it would be we didn't know, but in the meantime, go and experience all that San Antonio has to offer. See everything you can see and do everything you can do. And when our time does come to leave we can do so with that feeling that we really lived and loved life there, leaving nothing behind undone. <br />
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And so here's one of those experiences that is only to be found living in Texas. We left at 7:30 am on Saturday and drove over an hour away to Enchanted Rock. It was absolutely gorgeous, Texas-style gorgeous, which did take some time getting used to when we first moved here. I relished every moment being with Jared and the girls, away from "life," from city life, busy life, noisy life. We enjoyed a beautiful day together.<br />
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<br />Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-48694019535418663272012-03-17T09:40:00.026-06:002012-03-17T18:02:07.058-06:00pictures, pictures, pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxtVcoWYyN5_V7e-lFBeH98loiNpkFG3dlI6nDc5gudmciYClO4bSDaAbFgI-O_Iw8MrS9rXwP_C88S_smGjesiVzS2CKEgVFT-l_BRm_RpTZENwzWi1NVOMFblAO15otbd3B0hpOW7Y/s1600/IMG_6124.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxtVcoWYyN5_V7e-lFBeH98loiNpkFG3dlI6nDc5gudmciYClO4bSDaAbFgI-O_Iw8MrS9rXwP_C88S_smGjesiVzS2CKEgVFT-l_BRm_RpTZENwzWi1NVOMFblAO15otbd3B0hpOW7Y/s400/IMG_6124.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721001667502131154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6mpaxpaDvna_TimGuc6BeSpLFa0PYFYNTAiYbX4a5TJMOoJy7Bv3oY-Ro4AdQd1kN_puPhBiuhUf7tYYzsXZkvqYULgbCXgIp0vyU0SlYURNQU0eJl1_uJQzCzWTvGa2Ln-nMNmsjKA/s1600/P1010218.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6mpaxpaDvna_TimGuc6BeSpLFa0PYFYNTAiYbX4a5TJMOoJy7Bv3oY-Ro4AdQd1kN_puPhBiuhUf7tYYzsXZkvqYULgbCXgIp0vyU0SlYURNQU0eJl1_uJQzCzWTvGa2Ln-nMNmsjKA/s400/P1010218.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721001086154781602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfJr8d7EHqV3P6kaxuozGLdZjTyYKBSrkYyaUo_z3erz0Z5ROEJLz2jDqH9hx5ufHH-yBWLjAGwxa2zf2W-s4epD3a76IgkkLf7557Tn9ugue2TGfQXh580vW9lZhrQM0NgVMOYLWLfA/s1600/P1010250.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfJr8d7EHqV3P6kaxuozGLdZjTyYKBSrkYyaUo_z3erz0Z5ROEJLz2jDqH9hx5ufHH-yBWLjAGwxa2zf2W-s4epD3a76IgkkLf7557Tn9ugue2TGfQXh580vW9lZhrQM0NgVMOYLWLfA/s400/P1010250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721000900131357186" /></a>This was my experience of learning to make wedding cakes from my Relief Society President. I had a fabulous time. I've always wanted to watch someone and she was happy to teach me her tricks. Now I'll know the ins and outs so I can make a better wedding cake than what I made when Ang got married. Hopefully my siblings and other extended family will let me make their wedding cakes (as a gift, of course).<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFfFRGNFIzcnGKMdD_INdkocLXZLQseNQEAuYyfUi_QkJvH09EDjaBNpG5MVy4nGVeYbK6z38PMY6uZ4miuSlWP-vP23g2iOt5bb4-hzZHYZyVnLFnQpjqxHFlJx9gAw1Q-Gkx6bgQoc/s1600/P1010197.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFfFRGNFIzcnGKMdD_INdkocLXZLQseNQEAuYyfUi_QkJvH09EDjaBNpG5MVy4nGVeYbK6z38PMY6uZ4miuSlWP-vP23g2iOt5bb4-hzZHYZyVnLFnQpjqxHFlJx9gAw1Q-Gkx6bgQoc/s400/P1010197.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721000802339513826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC0tt6hCUBT5sLck-Cb6Wd7BvMpREuNoatRU-pwnnF7gC6toOWC6r2DIicPBBjQm6bu9rrMcA8ig_Cr5ZWqM0uum4mrGbGMYvllVM6yg1iH27l4M-OjU4wOrvndZ9sCesVs-MStF0TYg/s1600/P1010192.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC0tt6hCUBT5sLck-Cb6Wd7BvMpREuNoatRU-pwnnF7gC6toOWC6r2DIicPBBjQm6bu9rrMcA8ig_Cr5ZWqM0uum4mrGbGMYvllVM6yg1iH27l4M-OjU4wOrvndZ9sCesVs-MStF0TYg/s400/P1010192.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721000389093639634" /></a>Kaylee turned three! It had been a tiring day so it was brownies instead of cake.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXqYG-TI34xUd8QYNEHfrprhuxiY9hKF4I-hN0zPRFuIb5oWAJaYvR1IWoL-A6wPj-Xeb0JgGe3TAWcAHMCsUnw9NTVEs9cjkznJyqTCtg3asQ1YLDzzheCaA1HMTHoLLZv7y8meQK_I/s1600/P1010175.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXqYG-TI34xUd8QYNEHfrprhuxiY9hKF4I-hN0zPRFuIb5oWAJaYvR1IWoL-A6wPj-Xeb0JgGe3TAWcAHMCsUnw9NTVEs9cjkznJyqTCtg3asQ1YLDzzheCaA1HMTHoLLZv7y8meQK_I/s400/P1010175.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721000180558102290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsy5wqACVwN_YJHrkSO2RnALkIQeBw733h1EX-XpXHUhNv5DUKbfNFdvAlN9LTjo37tOAf3_s2ONR5wqtM8CEbuLZ8ccbhq58abwDV6G3xcC2sylaLtaNjkrBJ-MONH7Z_nowRBPSPjRA/s1600/P1010172.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsy5wqACVwN_YJHrkSO2RnALkIQeBw733h1EX-XpXHUhNv5DUKbfNFdvAlN9LTjo37tOAf3_s2ONR5wqtM8CEbuLZ8ccbhq58abwDV6G3xcC2sylaLtaNjkrBJ-MONH7Z_nowRBPSPjRA/s400/P1010172.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720999946883211922" /></a>Oh Jared. He had gotten up earlier with the girls. When I woke and up I found Ashlyn and Kaylee playing together and Jared like this.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSRjrOyBQOU6TaKASFMAdOKLd4XvAUeI21hQW6-CyPUQYI7HsNDPe7IpRMpmo0n6psCpdA1SLcx65sihWC17qQF0pJYupehyphenhyphenBx2EIIyVGWjTq3NKv1PX96_UthMaNJ3PWexCAP8h7SPE/s1600/IMG_6001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSRjrOyBQOU6TaKASFMAdOKLd4XvAUeI21hQW6-CyPUQYI7HsNDPe7IpRMpmo0n6psCpdA1SLcx65sihWC17qQF0pJYupehyphenhyphenBx2EIIyVGWjTq3NKv1PX96_UthMaNJ3PWexCAP8h7SPE/s400/IMG_6001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720999681481217666" /></a>The famous Alamo. Of course this is what we have to show people whenever we have visitors.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSQf3kMiO2Nqq1TzfGeDP1Grm2BMEYEjRNHFhVdpGnuekHiVWuPK-H2_UkU_jOlnm3fVWxdOPMm3Onlp4iTT5c818ja02dFdB8izcRcYJ15h98zIU5arxRZ1B1QV9uh_85nkb50Vw2No/s1600/IMG_6007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSQf3kMiO2Nqq1TzfGeDP1Grm2BMEYEjRNHFhVdpGnuekHiVWuPK-H2_UkU_jOlnm3fVWxdOPMm3Onlp4iTT5c818ja02dFdB8izcRcYJ15h98zIU5arxRZ1B1QV9uh_85nkb50Vw2No/s400/IMG_6007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720999182070465954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY3dQxhj7VzjSZ7IcptO6P6aK9ibCM5G7BBPifQvv3wwZwyK7xisCy3NqY7FHW9dH1af4XjxpCWp0aAnON18PTPpTN5qebIWt_BfaU8e68hyphenhyphen2GlFeTmVj94c95O4YrT7lE88f8RBd-Ek/s1600/IMG_6060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY3dQxhj7VzjSZ7IcptO6P6aK9ibCM5G7BBPifQvv3wwZwyK7xisCy3NqY7FHW9dH1af4XjxpCWp0aAnON18PTPpTN5qebIWt_BfaU8e68hyphenhyphen2GlFeTmVj94c95O4YrT7lE88f8RBd-Ek/s400/IMG_6060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720998687447909634" /></a>The also famous river walk.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHePklzld9jk7UTGYtAE0o49hRjiJ1rFKtjEdwsWg9LacAZug3z0ScH9gJG7pi514w7e93Bfwya9rmYU86m77oy-iTwOZnGLMmkXGCQwU27Z72CMrGoHMxwmyax8gpxcKXuwHWUCSCuV8/s1600/IMG_6080.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHePklzld9jk7UTGYtAE0o49hRjiJ1rFKtjEdwsWg9LacAZug3z0ScH9gJG7pi514w7e93Bfwya9rmYU86m77oy-iTwOZnGLMmkXGCQwU27Z72CMrGoHMxwmyax8gpxcKXuwHWUCSCuV8/s400/IMG_6080.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720997693352587346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiai2pIkkjxhDbyPCypUlOACTi9Wm2NHl3t0HlHJlYve4fYXPdVFJMAbXK5nckf3np9li1otDvwNIL_P2NSqOjNdJbiSWBJUUCyxVxKKU5wa7DSNLwM7NxG-J8YbJFWE9SBnsSb1YCRk/s1600/IMG_6085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiai2pIkkjxhDbyPCypUlOACTi9Wm2NHl3t0HlHJlYve4fYXPdVFJMAbXK5nckf3np9li1otDvwNIL_P2NSqOjNdJbiSWBJUUCyxVxKKU5wa7DSNLwM7NxG-J8YbJFWE9SBnsSb1YCRk/s400/IMG_6085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720945196351033058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88pw5hFt9ZWE44XdY222ndHvDumGam_OVnuf_oA-DY1U_88ZEM6kxEzItdojkvz4DIi2Z1gMqpXxvykSlFVbQUMLivt7bosm5uf2sVKXWHVenDHjCG3vP10ED90PFFjLweEAq3G8jPnw/s1600/IMG_6094.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88pw5hFt9ZWE44XdY222ndHvDumGam_OVnuf_oA-DY1U_88ZEM6kxEzItdojkvz4DIi2Z1gMqpXxvykSlFVbQUMLivt7bosm5uf2sVKXWHVenDHjCG3vP10ED90PFFjLweEAq3G8jPnw/s400/IMG_6094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720944736344087362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyIqO1OuAbh_6ck1GF-hkZRU32wb0sxu60jhncrv1Uya7PFZfKfHTCUHMrpOYRB46GXN5X8IlTo7sdbnHVe_oVVqghFc5eBZBj6Y_Ay8B5n2eyebXLQgnZUgHKa7zZJfLM8W__XzW0Yk/s1600/IMG_6102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyIqO1OuAbh_6ck1GF-hkZRU32wb0sxu60jhncrv1Uya7PFZfKfHTCUHMrpOYRB46GXN5X8IlTo7sdbnHVe_oVVqghFc5eBZBj6Y_Ay8B5n2eyebXLQgnZUgHKa7zZJfLM8W__XzW0Yk/s400/IMG_6102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720944492988915586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRYrrZW4QP2ssWKQ-3Zs0KTy5LhQ2jNtKOHA4Xe5EwdBsSnC5Ey1rWAbpO5whFxiTIbMdzCEkNfX6QgX6h09t9enLnri5Nh5dwtEZHLSjSy3Jus6sAdUE0TvOiJqwy6cHSMvxu38-5EM/s1600/IMG_6104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRYrrZW4QP2ssWKQ-3Zs0KTy5LhQ2jNtKOHA4Xe5EwdBsSnC5Ey1rWAbpO5whFxiTIbMdzCEkNfX6QgX6h09t9enLnri5Nh5dwtEZHLSjSy3Jus6sAdUE0TvOiJqwy6cHSMvxu38-5EM/s400/IMG_6104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720944153958001842" /></a>How could we resist? Don't worry. 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We can't believe they're leaving us and moving to Pennsylvania soon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-x6V6fHUL1m79a-eyTbKzopGgSJDqiI32HZ1YiRYu2QS3DSyt-xX-T3Hknkkcy33a1LqHsR6PLy49UmeIFtacN-mKyM5CN95Ya1RSehhqc_dMqb8VaJRo9xYb9pf34ptCl2PXjtqVrY/s1600/P1010055.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-x6V6fHUL1m79a-eyTbKzopGgSJDqiI32HZ1YiRYu2QS3DSyt-xX-T3Hknkkcy33a1LqHsR6PLy49UmeIFtacN-mKyM5CN95Ya1RSehhqc_dMqb8VaJRo9xYb9pf34ptCl2PXjtqVrY/s400/P1010055.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720895206506264834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUb5SnljEcalTLHURKhUHsitoAPNYVsLVTlIz5Hx8zOYX70PNKqO8thiBXtrx6gp34Xh5yvRrbM2FcxHCfW0CN_UkgEvZdceWmwqBr7ryTtlhKLBh6y0y2W-bN-zBwtPVyuKXlmqtPG6w/s1600/P1010052.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUb5SnljEcalTLHURKhUHsitoAPNYVsLVTlIz5Hx8zOYX70PNKqO8thiBXtrx6gp34Xh5yvRrbM2FcxHCfW0CN_UkgEvZdceWmwqBr7ryTtlhKLBh6y0y2W-bN-zBwtPVyuKXlmqtPG6w/s400/P1010052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720895201694986658" /></a>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-89940956117419920872012-03-06T12:13:00.002-07:002012-03-06T12:15:10.123-07:00Dear moms...<div style="font-style: normal; "><span>Read this. I couldn't agree more with many of the points that were brought out. It really hit home for me.</span></div><span><div style="font-style: normal; "><br /></div><div><i>Why French Parents Are Superior</i></div>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204740904577196931457473816.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5</span>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-58530204152368224072011-11-06T13:58:00.016-07:002011-11-06T15:21:14.849-07:00Picture Time!<div>Fall, halloween, leaves, orange, fuzzy socks, sweatshirts around the house, cool weather (oh so happy), witches and ghosts, pumpkin cookies, reading a book with the window open and feeling the breeze come in, "Arsenic and Old Lace" (Cary Grant), taking walks everyday with my girls in the morning, soup and bread, candles...I LOVE this time of year! September through to December never fails to make me come alive in a way that nothing else can. It's the time of year I'm my absolute happiest. Halloween this year topped all halloweens I've had, even considering that I'm in Texas without many crunchy falling leaves. Having Kaylee and Ashlyn made it twice the fun. Parents had always told me it would be like that when I had little kids. I had a hard time believing it was true until I experienced it this year. My parents made holidays so exciting for us. How could it be any better? Well, I learned that life does just get better and better, especially when it's now <i>your </i> turn to make it memorable for your kids.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">FALL LIST</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Decorate the house (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Make or buy a new fall craft (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Watch "Arsenic and Old Lace" (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Make pumpkin chocolate chip bread (did cookies instead)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">carve a pumpkin (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">make pumpkin puree (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Visit the bats at Fredericksburg (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Fun halloween meal (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Take the girls trick-or-treating (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">traditional disney kid halloween movies as a family (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Go on a walk with the family in the evening (done, done, done, done...... yea!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Make halloween sugar cookies with the girls (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">carmel popcorn (did carmel apples instead)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Go bobbing for apples (didn't do)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Go to a craft store to see the festive decorations (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Read a book with the window open, wrapped up in a blanket (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Wear warm socks and a sweatshirt, even if I have to turn the AC down to feel cold</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(done, and no I didn't have to turn the AC down, thank you Texas!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Send Jason a halloween package (done)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKUfiiJDlyH1Z62TTVSJWNA2xE110-ashXlBc_Qn-G5lG22CgRLPzc176pDxn4eQLQHncSWU5xfZuLnY3WIM2LIH2UksoVdryz72q_fbMDAi0is_c6vhm2DFhud8PW2wvmW9czvqNoJk/s1600/P1000866.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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Never again.<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yN54Rp5jmFXbMDNzwu5aErHsE8XoZI7IjOeZoT9F9g76D1k6uDtVx2nh9USiRSgv4a0cBJ2ipPtN8keVKIr9xA0h3TIneNUN2P6Nwclazu7ZgbbB-t0_KdfYy79Be1lyBGZ3vvprUTU/s1600/P1000841.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yN54Rp5jmFXbMDNzwu5aErHsE8XoZI7IjOeZoT9F9g76D1k6uDtVx2nh9USiRSgv4a0cBJ2ipPtN8keVKIr9xA0h3TIneNUN2P6Nwclazu7ZgbbB-t0_KdfYy79Be1lyBGZ3vvprUTU/s400/P1000841.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671995552444116802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSljT5tl_VIkr1VUouOhHvo6kdGdTcGDndJe-BULJ5phyphenhyphenajB7CM16qj7HvQ3zE-QJNF-oXSrEyHgvxkyVhfJ-Gn2u4doAkCIv6pi62SJU3cPfSKiuZOtpFzi5Up238ZSweW__f63JcVI/s1600/P1000823.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSljT5tl_VIkr1VUouOhHvo6kdGdTcGDndJe-BULJ5phyphenhyphenajB7CM16qj7HvQ3zE-QJNF-oXSrEyHgvxkyVhfJ-Gn2u4doAkCIv6pi62SJU3cPfSKiuZOtpFzi5Up238ZSweW__f63JcVI/s400/P1000823.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671995549850151426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFID0rKY60HYteNk14n3apJjtXW_tPYUPNROiOC0v5nB-oaPPZFWq54X4uU1Zxqtmn5Xjxlo2e6KVZs6E-QWJoaAVcnc8hWR1J2bD8xaNN-MOptxXWsITz_E62GkpoS9Dgu6cYJ1EaWas/s1600/P1000756.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFID0rKY60HYteNk14n3apJjtXW_tPYUPNROiOC0v5nB-oaPPZFWq54X4uU1Zxqtmn5Xjxlo2e6KVZs6E-QWJoaAVcnc8hWR1J2bD8xaNN-MOptxXWsITz_E62GkpoS9Dgu6cYJ1EaWas/s400/P1000756.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671993790107842290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI6mOFTSm_ohBrfxi-93Z3LIx5Pzwt3hkuceAarQgHgE42U2s44uTHkat6R0rrathQpybTpnp9bFU8PKtoQeuRBPevv2hEvtG1fMuotferXVVvWwPQ0nvtPPZo-U4QdBV2n8YuQSGIZE/s1600/P1000797.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI6mOFTSm_ohBrfxi-93Z3LIx5Pzwt3hkuceAarQgHgE42U2s44uTHkat6R0rrathQpybTpnp9bFU8PKtoQeuRBPevv2hEvtG1fMuotferXVVvWwPQ0nvtPPZo-U4QdBV2n8YuQSGIZE/s400/P1000797.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671993782495854098" /></a>This was our bat outing. It had been Jared's goal to go see the bats fly out of this cave about half hour away from our home. They fly out in the evening and return around sunrise. He had been so excited to see this. We decided to wait until October (come on, a perfect halloween activity) since it would finally be cool enough to spend time outside. Apparently this was supposed to be a really fascinating thing, to see hundreds of bats shooting out of the cave. Well, we took dinner up, ate it, then waited and waited and waited. We saw one or two bats fly out, that was it. We were disappointed in those bats. BUT, at least we could finally cross it off our "to do" list. And we were still glad we made it out there. It was beautiful.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKp1-zmsSiOL0dQMjbbDtkv0LUbV6wyJatvpZsPoXrjnyzknJ4bQL70wr3CTEQ57JOCdABuOtKATFaCw_SN_Re2P9zGx-ZngnYo-bdpBujRkeM4JV1YcSWyhyphenhyphen9lYjuRYRlTIUF8CqdO1o/s1600/P1000746.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKp1-zmsSiOL0dQMjbbDtkv0LUbV6wyJatvpZsPoXrjnyzknJ4bQL70wr3CTEQ57JOCdABuOtKATFaCw_SN_Re2P9zGx-ZngnYo-bdpBujRkeM4JV1YcSWyhyphenhyphen9lYjuRYRlTIUF8CqdO1o/s400/P1000746.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671993776318255762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUYUTRyKTMhLImXQplO80wXFomPbtm4bDqOF3pyFRdhQ3JtGgAI3g_xezPgYS5Wh_RuNDAe72IfXVHVJCttCeWuVnyR1IMUtPeUgOeiJSIQokWFLt-5kJiidvN88daM4FvR-36SkelQk/s1600/P1000743.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUYUTRyKTMhLImXQplO80wXFomPbtm4bDqOF3pyFRdhQ3JtGgAI3g_xezPgYS5Wh_RuNDAe72IfXVHVJCttCeWuVnyR1IMUtPeUgOeiJSIQokWFLt-5kJiidvN88daM4FvR-36SkelQk/s400/P1000743.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671993770632839298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytTVcaOA9G5s-Y_NSGDsmyBvfjmiO2cNjRRxKT5zSOGFXNFkYpAx9NULblmtovonIzfdU6M203if3hkg3C43ot3bE0tEJPXkuPgN4-lkQvahPA0GHaaSRxX6_m2DJP6Wo8A418JF52sU/s1600/P1000724.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytTVcaOA9G5s-Y_NSGDsmyBvfjmiO2cNjRRxKT5zSOGFXNFkYpAx9NULblmtovonIzfdU6M203if3hkg3C43ot3bE0tEJPXkuPgN4-lkQvahPA0GHaaSRxX6_m2DJP6Wo8A418JF52sU/s400/P1000724.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671993761377021490" /></a>We visited our families in Utah over labor day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYtn4UupUasNE8GernYg5ujmNA5aMPjhfsLYVgi7-Mo0FQoUtg0uJ2FHTGzxp9vWZNf5H5d_jS4QhaMDhN4oAq13ttVNQ_A0PYQ_6fxfdB6-1a92u08jV4GGd3fZ5xY0tUHFsKAltmRo/s1600/P1000731.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYtn4UupUasNE8GernYg5ujmNA5aMPjhfsLYVgi7-Mo0FQoUtg0uJ2FHTGzxp9vWZNf5H5d_jS4QhaMDhN4oAq13ttVNQ_A0PYQ_6fxfdB6-1a92u08jV4GGd3fZ5xY0tUHFsKAltmRo/s400/P1000731.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671991142773637186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlU2VwPHeNQ3okFh9htJ12_P5xcAEKD8_o11pxW3e7BWXfkUiyv8wYijOf9YrXXExopMn71JVI16bDQZ1zOnpTR7M3uX2IXE8-rN7WMhwErwRKNFKJ4oGOyAa6fQ4cYZpL1FryKbWQ-Q/s1600/P1000725.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlU2VwPHeNQ3okFh9htJ12_P5xcAEKD8_o11pxW3e7BWXfkUiyv8wYijOf9YrXXExopMn71JVI16bDQZ1zOnpTR7M3uX2IXE8-rN7WMhwErwRKNFKJ4oGOyAa6fQ4cYZpL1FryKbWQ-Q/s400/P1000725.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671991128170513058" /></a>And there's Kaylee having her first experience on a scooter with her Uncle Brad. She put my mom's lipstick on earlier that day. Oh wow, we could not get that stuff of.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3x1gA3QECzC_fP0t9kTl63g6XgE1GV1xiw99RCZi-u25posz_1QPoi-Ef9MDkAkGy39OQ9jX_0BRVQVsiGa6hUJgiO3OfQL7XZT8jRcJrUg_UsPkWq9by6Vi0XdKI_bWAw8WzpHOgdj8/s1600/P1000750.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3x1gA3QECzC_fP0t9kTl63g6XgE1GV1xiw99RCZi-u25posz_1QPoi-Ef9MDkAkGy39OQ9jX_0BRVQVsiGa6hUJgiO3OfQL7XZT8jRcJrUg_UsPkWq9by6Vi0XdKI_bWAw8WzpHOgdj8/s400/P1000750.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671991129014581698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbpAtQpNGpGcEIpWluNwywvvYM-jS6YsnlnrCzfpzdNOGQNpjBQ-5QYmW5etYWgiYHOlMTzoVdgr0JvrxD_ojH6icm1jdREVWsjFBjmuWcOIilsJC5nt9Of7Qg09DVnqKAjPIMSOgRj4/s1600/P1000723.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbpAtQpNGpGcEIpWluNwywvvYM-jS6YsnlnrCzfpzdNOGQNpjBQ-5QYmW5etYWgiYHOlMTzoVdgr0JvrxD_ojH6icm1jdREVWsjFBjmuWcOIilsJC5nt9Of7Qg09DVnqKAjPIMSOgRj4/s400/P1000723.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671991126954023890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">October...you never fail to make me happy!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-31923859047111093062011-10-28T12:47:00.014-06:002011-10-30T22:12:04.236-06:00PerceptionsPerception. I love this word. It's the lens by which we see everything. Our perceptions determine how we see ourselves and those around us. Jared and I have talked a great deal about this idea the last week. It's been during those "pillow talks," those heart-to-heart moments when we've both realized that we don't always see things clearly, whether that be in reference to our relationship, the world and its problems, how other people choose to live their lives, and even certain aspects of the gospel. He sees things one way, I see them another. In many ways we agree, in some we don't, and there are some things we may never agree upon. It's like this with anyone we interact with, especially those we are closest to. So lately Jared and I have found ourselves asking "what is really real?" How do I know whether or not my perception of someone or something is accurate? I suppose that's why this scripture has become most meaningful:<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"...for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as </i><b style="font-style: italic; ">they really are</b><i> and of things as </i><i><b>they really will be</b>..."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jacob 4:13 (emphasis added)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Aside from the discussions that Jared and I have had that have brought this subject to my mind I also came across something else that brought this all together for me. A friend posted an internet article about a public high school in New York and its material for sex education next year. It includes far more details and ideas than any high school kid should be exposed to, or <i>anyone</i> for that matter, and way oversteps the boundaries of intimacy as being something sacred and divinely given. It includes more than I was ever taught or exposed to. This was one father's response: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 18px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"I think it's a good idea," he told the station. "They're going to have sex. They know it exists. Teaching them about it in my mind doesn't sanction it or encourage it."</p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't think this father has an understanding of how this perception of kids today, particularly his own for whom he has the greatest influence, will have an impact on them as to the choices they make. Today I just read this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"In the eyes and attitudes of the parents and teachers who raise and educate them, children find mirrors through which they define themselves (71)."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Raising Self-Reliant Children In A Self-Indulgent World</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Glenn and Nelson</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The book went on to explain that children largely see themselves as a result of how those closest to them treat them, whether it be to treat them "as they really are" or not. I combined that thought with the New York father's incorrect and damaging view of kids and their use of sex. Because <i>he</i> believes most kids will sleep around, regardless of what they're taught, his actions toward them will reflect that belief. Perhaps it's true. Lots of kids will sleep around no matter what....but what about the one? Perhaps there may be a sixteen year old boy out there for whom, a belief in—or against—him and his ability to be chaste may be what makes all the difference between a correct or an incorrect choice. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">"Stand up for integrity in your business, in your profession, in your home, in the society of which you are a part. Again, it is not enough that you retreat to your private cloister and pursue only your special interests. Your strong voice is needed. The weight of your stance may be enough to tip the scales in the direction of truth."</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">President Gordon B. Hinckley</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Stand Up For Truth, BYU devotional on 17 September 1996</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As I grew up I was surrounded by people who constantly re-affirmed the pure Gospel truths. I learned them from family, church leaders, friends, and teachers, to name a few. I was taught that we are children of God, that our bodies are divinely given, that intimacy is sacred, and that as hard as it may be to stay chaste, it was possible.....I could make it. I learned to see myself this way because others believed in me. As a result I also recognized that Heavenly Father believed in me. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Although there are countless things I still don't know, and things I think I know but later find out were perceived incorrectly, there are<i> some</i> things I do know, things I've come to see "as they really are," which experience we are all able to have if we look through the right lens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-65478491875461716052011-09-26T05:27:00.004-06:002011-09-28T13:17:40.684-06:00A thought on modesty<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><i>For Strength of Youth:</i></p> <p class="p4" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Your body is God's sacred creation. Respect it as a gift from God, and do not defile it in any way. Through your dress and appearance you can show the Lord that you know how precious your body is...The way you dress is a reflection of what you are on the inside.</i><span class="s1"></span></p> <p class="p4" style="text-align: center;"><i>Servants of God have always counseled his children to dress modestly to show respect for him and for themselves. Because the way you dress sends messages about yourself to others and often influences the way you and others act, you should dress in such a way as to bring out the best in yourself and those around you. However, if you wear an immodest bathing suit because it's "the style," it sends a message that you are using your body to get attention and approval, and that modesty is not important."</i></p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1"><i></i></span><br /></p> <p class="p6"><span class="s1">I believe in modesty. This is an issue I've been taught since I was a little girl and something that's very important to me, especially now that I have two little girls that I have teach these principles to. I believe it's important to respect our bodies by wearing clothes that cover us appropriately. It’s an issue of showing respect not only for ourselves and also for others. It adds to, instead of taking away from, our relationship with those we interact with. When I've come across this scripture it's always been interesting to me:</span></p> <p class="p7"><span class="s1"><i></i></span><br /></p> <p class="p8" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><i>"and they did not wear costly apparel, yet they were neat and comely."</i></span></p> <p class="p8" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><i>Alma 1:27</i></span></p> <p class="p9"><span class="s1">The dictionary definition of "comely" says "goodlooking." I love this! So we can make ourselves attractive while still maintaining a sense of decency and propriety, in spite of the clothing and bathing suit trends of our day. A lesson I learned in regards to this occurred at BYU-Idaho, while I was working at the testing center. At this job it was stressed that we lived up to a professional and modest dress code so that we could maintain a high level of learning and atmosphere within the school. I did my best and always considered myself modest in dress anyway so I didn't give it much thought. After a month or so of working there the manager, an older lady, pulled me aside in her office and asked me to look at how I was dressed. They had a full-length mirror in the office and she turned me around to see myself. She lovingly told me that she felt my shirt was a little on the edge for our standards at the school because it was capped sleeve, somewhat in between sleeveless and a tiny little sleeve. I had never recognized it before. It had never bothered me before until then. I was so embarrassed and went home and cried and thought about it the rest of the night. But she was right. I went back the next day, hugged her, and thanked her for her honesty with me, for teaching me in such a gentle way, and for helping me learn something important that I had missed. I will never forget that lesson. I then went through what I had considered already "modest" clothes and threw out ones that would leave anyone in question as to my dress standard. Throughout the years since I've been so grateful for my experience with that dear lady in the Testing Center.</span></p> <p class="p8" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><i>"It is impossible to expect a child who has been taught to love to dress in the immodest style trends of the day, to then change overnight to an entirely different wardrobe when they enter a Church university or a missionary training center, or when they are married in the temple, or even when they dress for the Sabbath day. Modest, proper styles must be taught almost from birth."</i></span></p> <p class="p8" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><i>Elder L. Tom Perry (Ensign, Nov. 1988, 75)</i></span></p> <p class="p9"><span class="s1">Before Kaylee was born Jared and I talked about baby swimsuits. I asked him what he thought of putting our soon to arrive little baby girl in a baby bikini. I don't like bikinis but they're not too bad if it's just on a baby, right? We talked about it and he seemed hesitant. We then wondered that if we let our little girls wear bikinis when they were 6 months, then a year old, then five years old, at what point did we pull them aside and teach them that it was all of a sudden immodest? We thought about it for a while and together we realized, no, it does't matter the age, modesty is modesty. I was so impressed with my younger brother Jason, being about seventeen at the time, when we put Kaylee in a two piece swimsuit around the house for a few minutes. A neighbor had given us a bunch of hand-me downs and we wanted to see what this little two piece looked like on her with her cute big belly poking out. When he walked in the room he looked at her and said "Uh-oh Kristen, you can't let her wear that. It's not modest." I laughed and said we were just playing around but he picked her up, hugged her, and talked to baby Kaylee about modesty. I was so impressed that my younger brother instantly knew and understood something about the principle of modesty, and made a stand for it, even in our own home. As a new mom I have learned repeatedly this counsel: <b>Teach them when they're young.</b></span></p> <p class="p9"><span class="s1">I have learned again the importance of modesty in our dress and bathing suits while being in Texas, in a state that is sweltering hot a good portion of the year, and makes you wish you could walk around naked sometimes. We have a pool view from our apartment and although it is a beautiful view, it was difficult over the summer to see mostly naked bodies laying out sunbathing and swimming all the time from my own home, especially with Kaylee watching. </span></p><p class="p9" style="text-align: center;">President Gordon B. Hinckley</p> <p class="p8" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><i>"Of all creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizon of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth."</i></span></p> <p class="p8" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><i>"Our Responsibility to Our Young Women," (Ensign, Sept. 1988, 11)</i></span></p> <p class="p6"><span class="s1">I believe in the standards of modesty... I love it! I have felt of its protection. I know it’s not popular and I have long since learned to be ok with that. I know it’s inconvenient sometimes, especially in Texas where this weather is just killing me (oh Idaho, I miss you so....). I <i>know </i>it takes some work to find a decent one or two piece swimsuit...been there, done that, will do it again someday. You may or may not think it makes much of a difference to be modest, especially when swimming....it does. People notice. I notice. I have a husband. I have brothers. I have a dad. I have brother-in-laws. I care about these men in my life. When we dress modestly it helps all of us keep our thoughts where they belong. It helps create a level of respect that ought to always be there.</span></p><p class="p10"><span class="s1"></span></p>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-13327059583547073632011-06-19T17:47:00.001-06:002011-06-19T17:48:35.504-06:00Happy Sabbath!Here is a beautiful thought for your Sabbath day. Enjoy!<div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l70e1TfN34w</div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-66382504696601466252011-06-09T10:54:00.002-06:002011-06-09T10:56:50.082-06:00so...Ok, I can't help it. I've watched this four times today, dancing and singing along to the music. I'm sure I'll turn it on one more time and Kaylee, Ashlyn, and I will dance to it again. Enjoy!<div><br /></div><div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0</div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-16977894375008908782011-06-04T06:08:00.002-06:002011-06-05T20:58:25.191-06:00<div>I always post a lot of pictures, but we're far away from family so they probably prefer to see pictures than read.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcK1mgV4dXmNYcqbSgzGZJirHArMYVWv9omj9J89w4ERJzt3nitIMxJ7Js97muc4SDl_ZmsTkIEQ1DSzw6TWZX5wXpR9vECFSVmDcxao_8fP6Hd-b21xobCsCTvIpQ06bcmwVkoL6Pnw/s1600/P1000530.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcK1mgV4dXmNYcqbSgzGZJirHArMYVWv9omj9J89w4ERJzt3nitIMxJ7Js97muc4SDl_ZmsTkIEQ1DSzw6TWZX5wXpR9vECFSVmDcxao_8fP6Hd-b21xobCsCTvIpQ06bcmwVkoL6Pnw/s400/P1000530.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614934367411946882" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-e7QUvXzLWCenK7KIEJxwcbkYmriUg8WmLeWZp2Z8eeKV4EiSi6lXCxvtWwsAw-3hs1F2f4mSwn0fc1bl_RkNVaV-1Zzej1WV1k8w6ExedY9N30Y8Tv4ccRjBs5dZu6Rfew2bh3qtaM/s1600/P1000432.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-e7QUvXzLWCenK7KIEJxwcbkYmriUg8WmLeWZp2Z8eeKV4EiSi6lXCxvtWwsAw-3hs1F2f4mSwn0fc1bl_RkNVaV-1Zzej1WV1k8w6ExedY9N30Y8Tv4ccRjBs5dZu6Rfew2bh3qtaM/s400/P1000432.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614933895174037154" /></a>Kaylee is so good at making Ashlyn laugh. I love to catch it!<br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJj1e382jgZC42RXEgux7DcVdk0PjCAWMSX7fW8BjUM1ssucG0qUSO4VeS9aXmwWP5kPd8yeA8eL5nLNtn-sYkuvXsp-ifXdSx6LSH3hhocttyWBZC9nVTIZPzMGDUHa7ip1zJhLZwDtk/s1600/P1000534.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJj1e382jgZC42RXEgux7DcVdk0PjCAWMSX7fW8BjUM1ssucG0qUSO4VeS9aXmwWP5kPd8yeA8eL5nLNtn-sYkuvXsp-ifXdSx6LSH3hhocttyWBZC9nVTIZPzMGDUHa7ip1zJhLZwDtk/s400/P1000534.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614933891334145250" /></a>Memorial day weekend BBQ with Jared's brother, Mark, his roommate, and our friends from our BYU-Idaho days.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaNztE54eRHoJiUo3dfCLb2dgGqVsPuh98D5T8iEX4mpGxLkjGTE6kWGWwiZmEL5zBFp9dLuMq8teNVu_u9jNiTibI7bq0gsPQhPt4YqL2IispaQNioELjr80dU5hWxByS0o9-chXkWs/s1600/P1000507.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaNztE54eRHoJiUo3dfCLb2dgGqVsPuh98D5T8iEX4mpGxLkjGTE6kWGWwiZmEL5zBFp9dLuMq8teNVu_u9jNiTibI7bq0gsPQhPt4YqL2IispaQNioELjr80dU5hWxByS0o9-chXkWs/s400/P1000507.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614933886645980322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8vLIwM_uGWFbQaKgRqjcEQt3juPrxJTnMb2uGe8RKKzg22HHSwnfuuGRg32nYcHyxNYYd_m3HQcEyuk3HjIPoQErFgVKq4NbgVAsWv-8KSV3re8MlUw8K27JWBFa6r0tXu_-M3KBfz8/s1600/P1000506.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8vLIwM_uGWFbQaKgRqjcEQt3juPrxJTnMb2uGe8RKKzg22HHSwnfuuGRg32nYcHyxNYYd_m3HQcEyuk3HjIPoQErFgVKq4NbgVAsWv-8KSV3re8MlUw8K27JWBFa6r0tXu_-M3KBfz8/s400/P1000506.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614933876368984050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_h8d40DA4FMeZNOzswRbjMKdMmMScYlD3iAl432Mk09GQsUO68mxd36YRNYfxrJW4N3DgOZyoUj-C5M7wI1vwuMekcebGR7QWxcvNmo6iT0vPX1G6HM13vvN4DWZ94B0TO3f8wsjc6sg/s1600/P1000504.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_h8d40DA4FMeZNOzswRbjMKdMmMScYlD3iAl432Mk09GQsUO68mxd36YRNYfxrJW4N3DgOZyoUj-C5M7wI1vwuMekcebGR7QWxcvNmo6iT0vPX1G6HM13vvN4DWZ94B0TO3f8wsjc6sg/s400/P1000504.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614933869893510690" /></a>For memorial day weekend/Jared's birthday we stayed overnight with friends at a Timeshare. We had a great time!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHyFkjnT0OOORrcVwc66LzEmwFBY5AMYqCnd-K7h8-zn0ui6xmjeq5ZtlqGZyAhYHY9Cf58ZJnUumpMxQto8wdP21Fo62zJwBEF9aDvMphxLtnvPXeT1fQ1pxk5L-8bqplSc_BRDmEmU/s1600/P1000495.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHyFkjnT0OOORrcVwc66LzEmwFBY5AMYqCnd-K7h8-zn0ui6xmjeq5ZtlqGZyAhYHY9Cf58ZJnUumpMxQto8wdP21Fo62zJwBEF9aDvMphxLtnvPXeT1fQ1pxk5L-8bqplSc_BRDmEmU/s400/P1000495.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614932382861107106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4X9Ju-DEDVLqmGrIBNhF3rB_x5v2z_jyObW3QUqtQstvm1YtNyFyHgm1EyVShCog79sWe14sujivjAV3lKyemDBarS2OXaL4uPcHPLdCmuWaEFMUHzOzVphBZsiifqdhRsj-WElFqCY/s1600/P1000493.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4X9Ju-DEDVLqmGrIBNhF3rB_x5v2z_jyObW3QUqtQstvm1YtNyFyHgm1EyVShCog79sWe14sujivjAV3lKyemDBarS2OXaL4uPcHPLdCmuWaEFMUHzOzVphBZsiifqdhRsj-WElFqCY/s400/P1000493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614932372584017634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gIENHLSyymdaUayUmcSjwJyKw_markXK852lsvI_gNyLx308GvgK4SZ4FlXYh73etu8ncU7qTBDtkqgQeJv3Q1vorCEqYPQiwOHXRzp563lKoVUbPyuS7M3EjToTy45T_0Fd4ji3rsw/s1600/P1000489.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gIENHLSyymdaUayUmcSjwJyKw_markXK852lsvI_gNyLx308GvgK4SZ4FlXYh73etu8ncU7qTBDtkqgQeJv3Q1vorCEqYPQiwOHXRzp563lKoVUbPyuS7M3EjToTy45T_0Fd4ji3rsw/s400/P1000489.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614932369709808050" /></a>..and we played some crazy "minute-to-win-it" games.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh634R7bIjv244w2twaiJ50J4rAYCVDIH3FCFKCKXKhFNTasp2oJkvXLea5wbuN5euefSXFf2BjsRdVREPGqBSJihMj22sf7pO68SnA0FzkogVYa3J3a3r6NChkOCM6HeNn_yNhMn9j0G0/s1600/P1000488.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_pX56lGy-DRu35aCLNPL8Ub-Ta-O19CfQaPX6sPianAT4T2rKBU68ZCxgnYp6winPA8N8ECnAeZd1FSXYdbGrJ5m9rW4YM0hLch4mWuvtlbo5wJcmb6eZBydTz0e4wXTKIMHAdWEkl4/s400/P1000466.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614337306984284850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEOuRnXkYGAc9nswCq-lX4ALj_sX14-s4wVy9qZcQh3FIJOmf7cOGOwIxOOy0D7BORFL93TqLR9PzdUXyUTIbXiZtR2BkwcE_g_VrsACKmHuS2QTV7-rpSxJfycGyKlTtV4KJr3DW4W8/s1600/P1000461.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEOuRnXkYGAc9nswCq-lX4ALj_sX14-s4wVy9qZcQh3FIJOmf7cOGOwIxOOy0D7BORFL93TqLR9PzdUXyUTIbXiZtR2BkwcE_g_VrsACKmHuS2QTV7-rpSxJfycGyKlTtV4KJr3DW4W8/s400/P1000461.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614337297048689250" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjWDeYbyIC2oP0QY-Fvfk22NZsGbXp5FfRLNwoDl8mYeMzwYwpjbkLfrWLpcvPtKWDCnC8rzJS3BMvG31L4qN0nGtiNIBpASgJPiusXZVGF8b0r33laB8q5WMFgsSdZ_v5xhVqisjPuU/s1600/P1000458.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjWDeYbyIC2oP0QY-Fvfk22NZsGbXp5FfRLNwoDl8mYeMzwYwpjbkLfrWLpcvPtKWDCnC8rzJS3BMvG31L4qN0nGtiNIBpASgJPiusXZVGF8b0r33laB8q5WMFgsSdZ_v5xhVqisjPuU/s400/P1000458.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614337293979621410" /></a><br /></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-89123806091912194682011-05-17T19:41:00.005-06:002011-05-17T20:16:48.367-06:00<div>Yesterday we celebrated Jared's 28th birthday. We decorated, made a cheesecake-cookie-chocolate type cake, went to Olive Garden (his favorite), talked to family, and then opened presents.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfPQ7cQPgxA3lMxJx3Gqrc7uw16kVXWfi2bad7cxeU4f9_6L5FSeFRBrxbBl13NrSmq8KBqFR_Px49RQHPGJuYNtY9Sl_Et8JXg-36_MxDqtlMAYXU3a183_pYF7M6CABYbXB5jwo7bg/s1600/P1000419.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfPQ7cQPgxA3lMxJx3Gqrc7uw16kVXWfi2bad7cxeU4f9_6L5FSeFRBrxbBl13NrSmq8KBqFR_Px49RQHPGJuYNtY9Sl_Et8JXg-36_MxDqtlMAYXU3a183_pYF7M6CABYbXB5jwo7bg/s400/P1000419.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607870762945134818" /></a><br /><div>At Olive Garden...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6N1Muk0zoUlBi88WTlsM6ZC6vClvIJ1PXPYu-JL4hBFyv55wCYSNvVR_cE3IZurOl7pM-1bCIuaEGoj2knajc5sIKEfm7ZDuJCRvUbzhMXgFDmw5WPGDdg3Dbu14nRAJSu2Leqs9QNTU/s1600/P1000417.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6N1Muk0zoUlBi88WTlsM6ZC6vClvIJ1PXPYu-JL4hBFyv55wCYSNvVR_cE3IZurOl7pM-1bCIuaEGoj2knajc5sIKEfm7ZDuJCRvUbzhMXgFDmw5WPGDdg3Dbu14nRAJSu2Leqs9QNTU/s400/P1000417.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607870480992447234" /></a>Kaylee was less than thrilled, but she did like the "du-raw" (straw).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGruNGyYmaCulXxN-INfAxTK3cbGXQZMWo_jSYH2LsGylIXDVVBgmWGXgu763KqoYBAAfaEBYjbPQWRpIfSmbFpW5u7186vB7CP2pH2y1npGolvJgV4Ozas3A0UALsJAb_n8dvFjiuT4/s1600/P1000415.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGruNGyYmaCulXxN-INfAxTK3cbGXQZMWo_jSYH2LsGylIXDVVBgmWGXgu763KqoYBAAfaEBYjbPQWRpIfSmbFpW5u7186vB7CP2pH2y1npGolvJgV4Ozas3A0UALsJAb_n8dvFjiuT4/s400/P1000415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607870481013715586" /></a>This is what our days consist of as of late...so far not too bad. She makes it in the potty about twice a day and then twice on the floor. Odds are at 50/50 which...we're working on.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifx7chQ8rsmgMN5wdodXUBy8gq3Ge7j1VNoBtRxtVVrs_hy4drWyi3YkUhnoQvnSUIqD43-1JUl6OiLpPv-iznqzsui9hmnMIs3AFIMbvzmShDXsLSX4-ImV1y3wnc3WkWk3my6TPL4qE/s1600/P1000413.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifx7chQ8rsmgMN5wdodXUBy8gq3Ge7j1VNoBtRxtVVrs_hy4drWyi3YkUhnoQvnSUIqD43-1JUl6OiLpPv-iznqzsui9hmnMIs3AFIMbvzmShDXsLSX4-ImV1y3wnc3WkWk3my6TPL4qE/s400/P1000413.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607870476504632306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BBHfQeiTkbmJ8h_zufib7dsyO3rHoma7_gdS04xZsMW-YZmtwhLHoV7sc9dwAVCCWDhT7QuMiPyfhETio00gkIMa3tfGoolh17zOHJ-PNrET2TRCaHQAucNstpyOAA66Tvg32zV5CTI/s1600/P1000410.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BBHfQeiTkbmJ8h_zufib7dsyO3rHoma7_gdS04xZsMW-YZmtwhLHoV7sc9dwAVCCWDhT7QuMiPyfhETio00gkIMa3tfGoolh17zOHJ-PNrET2TRCaHQAucNstpyOAA66Tvg32zV5CTI/s400/P1000410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607870471215030242" /></a>This is how my baby sleeps. It makes me nervous. She won't fall asleep without pulling something over her face. Sometimes I go in her room and she's pulled the bassinet blanket thing even more over her face <i>and</i> pulled another blanket clear on top of herself so that when I go in and check on her I can't see a single part of her body. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bt3uRf_zaF6LXTc3Wx-6QL__ibItjrkHX6SRd6_Yr7EBPWzqRIW9Jv92b1k9FDjhI1H0R86KjjWvtvsgjrKgY6Odv15OeZOW2QFGRpgdhOIU_Fmv-tJgRBLO6e7ikaYwj_Pl63-VJBE/s1600/P1000407.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bt3uRf_zaF6LXTc3Wx-6QL__ibItjrkHX6SRd6_Yr7EBPWzqRIW9Jv92b1k9FDjhI1H0R86KjjWvtvsgjrKgY6Odv15OeZOW2QFGRpgdhOIU_Fmv-tJgRBLO6e7ikaYwj_Pl63-VJBE/s400/P1000407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607870465625920866" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFso0Wb72XO35f1WIb_EPhYhwTscpzv6U8Q3uK9y_dlmo-21XGDd4YjYySOhotvVtealuYasM4Hcs3gFc02loXM2UbUlso0hfw9TiAG_CspTiykP8IvoqH56DMf9V3C0askAkbx3b4mE/s1600/P1000406.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFso0Wb72XO35f1WIb_EPhYhwTscpzv6U8Q3uK9y_dlmo-21XGDd4YjYySOhotvVtealuYasM4Hcs3gFc02loXM2UbUlso0hfw9TiAG_CspTiykP8IvoqH56DMf9V3C0askAkbx3b4mE/s400/P1000406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607868778288722130" /></a><br /></div><div>My little girls...it's so fun to be a mom of two girls!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnQVFpSkC_mBuCvOK5Z4QB_VhRzQLzIqf0iRiQpQVWjM4A8H494NlSC6yz7EE7duuuHeYCrlnTVbb7n1N2exzTJyyPS_uAmYFlHeYhI7E5AYHB-rEhDMasC-jDtdzY88PIoSGml9LKlE/s1600/P1000402.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnQVFpSkC_mBuCvOK5Z4QB_VhRzQLzIqf0iRiQpQVWjM4A8H494NlSC6yz7EE7duuuHeYCrlnTVbb7n1N2exzTJyyPS_uAmYFlHeYhI7E5AYHB-rEhDMasC-jDtdzY88PIoSGml9LKlE/s400/P1000402.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607868775273228034" /></a>Mother's day flowers. It's a shame they won't last forever. In fact, they're almost dead right now.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jxIaFoswTfS0qKpPESasIb7G8i781-oF7yFtw4Rw1dh2cPt1uj9jWLrrmvDOLDD0fUXB6_4zD3rmPKtmZXDr4f8HlO83VwXYtCAd3UjkrEuXo03SbMDQdA735OgUykSE7iN3IMvxd9o/s1600/P1000400.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jxIaFoswTfS0qKpPESasIb7G8i781-oF7yFtw4Rw1dh2cPt1uj9jWLrrmvDOLDD0fUXB6_4zD3rmPKtmZXDr4f8HlO83VwXYtCAd3UjkrEuXo03SbMDQdA735OgUykSE7iN3IMvxd9o/s400/P1000400.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607868772288577010" /></a>Kaylee loves to help me clean.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9O4iEg7zyNoAkv5-3teAzgnMpb5ucH51AXGLFRr-IHfmVqgyZaKXb_npc3JVzSn7DT9XxGzwCkHuAoEQF6e_Cj3cn6EOt29bZ-tl8r5rpbDNoMkYOJcNuEifN7VNC5BhxyP3xRgIw8E/s1600/P1000395.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9O4iEg7zyNoAkv5-3teAzgnMpb5ucH51AXGLFRr-IHfmVqgyZaKXb_npc3JVzSn7DT9XxGzwCkHuAoEQF6e_Cj3cn6EOt29bZ-tl8r5rpbDNoMkYOJcNuEifN7VNC5BhxyP3xRgIw8E/s400/P1000395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607868767585564082" /></a>Kaylee is now in a toddler bed, oh and sometimes her crib <i>if </i>she doesn't stay in her bed the first time. The other night I went into her room before I went to sleep and this is what I found:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLOW0Iifs-0mBgMqmd8VB78Ulj3KZjbWncnnI_Hdgkl_jZIikQw9liM5YSsv0o4n4VsMn3UrdhV3SqM4UxyQjeya4DZBLLfe3CJ5z7rSopN2Yp0jSjstwDcHOxjMAYxl1t21KXrUIG-I/s1600/P1000387.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLOW0Iifs-0mBgMqmd8VB78Ulj3KZjbWncnnI_Hdgkl_jZIikQw9liM5YSsv0o4n4VsMn3UrdhV3SqM4UxyQjeya4DZBLLfe3CJ5z7rSopN2Yp0jSjstwDcHOxjMAYxl1t21KXrUIG-I/s1600/P1000387.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLOW0Iifs-0mBgMqmd8VB78Ulj3KZjbWncnnI_Hdgkl_jZIikQw9liM5YSsv0o4n4VsMn3UrdhV3SqM4UxyQjeya4DZBLLfe3CJ5z7rSopN2Yp0jSjstwDcHOxjMAYxl1t21KXrUIG-I/s400/P1000387.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607866741583118146" /></a>Making strawberry jam!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj9xznindCt5mT98g_ouRovnkrTKo3itYgsRx2QwNcCQu7PADak2UeyCfpSqtaQpdGahd8rVDTcomGu3d3MfZG57ErpEdNtiil1piK33EEqcYEJ_WzoCx1p2kPhsdZIN_1eA3SAjmjPQ/s1600/P1000385.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj9xznindCt5mT98g_ouRovnkrTKo3itYgsRx2QwNcCQu7PADak2UeyCfpSqtaQpdGahd8rVDTcomGu3d3MfZG57ErpEdNtiil1piK33EEqcYEJ_WzoCx1p2kPhsdZIN_1eA3SAjmjPQ/s400/P1000385.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607866736061477442" /></a>We took a boat ride down the San Antonio riverwalk.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWRKy-2ibBSdI4WbezVbeAcGDWMthNAbO2GrHVCLqi37I45VGsflxIXOUEF2ieLOttXxAOU2H2iIEujr1dK3fzRVWX6g-_oAOL29_s-HHYn2lA_8yInTVYEhALSTFD3jTp3_AUr697do/s1600/P1000379.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWRKy-2ibBSdI4WbezVbeAcGDWMthNAbO2GrHVCLqi37I45VGsflxIXOUEF2ieLOttXxAOU2H2iIEujr1dK3fzRVWX6g-_oAOL29_s-HHYn2lA_8yInTVYEhALSTFD3jTp3_AUr697do/s400/P1000379.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607866732818388866" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pJlbM0XPUzQQMKoZAFqV_h6LvH4p7A4MF4TnDXuaJNRxxT_ots8eCpTM6FPlBMn0b0K09-yjTSGpvU0FQ1bpOSzCEVZRJp9zmGRjDAPFJcXdEYK7y5DOHgHzOaw6TXRMBMBcDwyz8BY/s1600/P1000375.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pJlbM0XPUzQQMKoZAFqV_h6LvH4p7A4MF4TnDXuaJNRxxT_ots8eCpTM6FPlBMn0b0K09-yjTSGpvU0FQ1bpOSzCEVZRJp9zmGRjDAPFJcXdEYK7y5DOHgHzOaw6TXRMBMBcDwyz8BY/s400/P1000375.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607866728759403266" /></a>and last but not least, bath time after swimming with dad.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkQ9jj0wHO8R79az8ESgGG4J53vSmE31_S4n4j7YCs-Pd6ZVP8k10ah4mVmcvFuaGZTfdDsFEGdurlNHQJYXCfWCg_2cMCIFWCwJWDoyKDZoADWYLQVrwdBsyTzR8chGyYsAB30Wkn0U/s1600/P1000374.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkQ9jj0wHO8R79az8ESgGG4J53vSmE31_S4n4j7YCs-Pd6ZVP8k10ah4mVmcvFuaGZTfdDsFEGdurlNHQJYXCfWCg_2cMCIFWCwJWDoyKDZoADWYLQVrwdBsyTzR8chGyYsAB30Wkn0U/s400/P1000374.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607866721821777346" /></a><br /></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-11407562033919864932011-04-29T13:23:00.005-06:002011-04-29T13:36:55.839-06:00A little baby powder love<div><div style="text-align: center; "><br />Oh dear, don't turn your back...</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">not for a moment.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">even if you're only going to the next room. </div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbe4RLwq9-_SE1ygvpyrr09Y33LLSxGLN1TgQ34OURvkSR881AK3d_hXiCk9oA0ol3PAvBdQuEqG6CVql6dMuH-DkqAgi_moIGmzORNpeQv_G0hR2JsexNuUy2FhD7lu3geChfzdtDAQ/s1600/P1000371.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbe4RLwq9-_SE1ygvpyrr09Y33LLSxGLN1TgQ34OURvkSR881AK3d_hXiCk9oA0ol3PAvBdQuEqG6CVql6dMuH-DkqAgi_moIGmzORNpeQv_G0hR2JsexNuUy2FhD7lu3geChfzdtDAQ/s400/P1000371.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601090597423482802" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KC4J43UoUgl_m4ygCOtIqiHg_dRQ2vH0cKhACJ7re0wEYoYV2Cre7ceOmfzMnbG0nh35hTwX4xkMkAkxtyI-E0_xiXxHyz-n40gdR_dU6EPu88l5Ff3Q2jduRyfrQ178KKynowmuavw/s1600/P1000369.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KC4J43UoUgl_m4ygCOtIqiHg_dRQ2vH0cKhACJ7re0wEYoYV2Cre7ceOmfzMnbG0nh35hTwX4xkMkAkxtyI-E0_xiXxHyz-n40gdR_dU6EPu88l5Ff3Q2jduRyfrQ178KKynowmuavw/s400/P1000369.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601089575690443154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> As you can see, one picture of it just isn't enough!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcm3AYFbeSShY3pDAHcpLhWhUI6DRqUs5IUc0Cm1TvxR8JtkO2P0sRzafhyasMXKlyrPv6zWobSCqHneS0KXf8zuVxcwmYDR5FNb-x-01XySlmPzf-ymtJjuZZZOPXPogn_wmyeefoYI/s1600/P1000370.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcm3AYFbeSShY3pDAHcpLhWhUI6DRqUs5IUc0Cm1TvxR8JtkO2P0sRzafhyasMXKlyrPv6zWobSCqHneS0KXf8zuVxcwmYDR5FNb-x-01XySlmPzf-ymtJjuZZZOPXPogn_wmyeefoYI/s400/P1000370.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601089570837136130" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Well Ashlyn, Kaylee was lovin' that baby powder a little too much. So we went out for a walk and a swim.</div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3QAPlnKyM4mryci8rDan6aocxLfGfRIUBw3DnnxwHLiJKqt_dulUuVYuqhkOHAT83FRX7vJUPA1oO9WMkstgdIX4VTOQ3jQSqmEm8zJG1m1Hm-D7RS0_e6vWEmYwBO0FqykoDzWpSek/s1600/P1000350.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3QAPlnKyM4mryci8rDan6aocxLfGfRIUBw3DnnxwHLiJKqt_dulUuVYuqhkOHAT83FRX7vJUPA1oO9WMkstgdIX4VTOQ3jQSqmEm8zJG1m1Hm-D7RS0_e6vWEmYwBO0FqykoDzWpSek/s400/P1000350.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601089570243630706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQVMRbAqeqHNjYO-iU_v01qkqnSYqGJpMiPPBV4-MhiiMrgJSzpjwXdWTLibU068Kwyv_nwMULucIqibUbCEKtPVKGkATRJ1CG81Uq10Nd5jVoEYVv1s6yOE98Y6p6cBRplhNGH5qjU0/s1600/P1000372.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQVMRbAqeqHNjYO-iU_v01qkqnSYqGJpMiPPBV4-MhiiMrgJSzpjwXdWTLibU068Kwyv_nwMULucIqibUbCEKtPVKGkATRJ1CG81Uq10Nd5jVoEYVv1s6yOE98Y6p6cBRplhNGH5qjU0/s400/P1000372.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601089564124838770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPHN4vscNMJNJjKnj5S_tQFoTFftM5NJ8csEJ4NTWmzmtu92-VPesE9UjBxgPb5h-GLeLm5IXiCfqRqOyZs_PcvLKC6JVcBs3l95-KDSDxU1XlzdSRD062j8ZJIlg9Z8rI5KaJ7Www_0/s1600/P1000373.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPHN4vscNMJNJjKnj5S_tQFoTFftM5NJ8csEJ4NTWmzmtu92-VPesE9UjBxgPb5h-GLeLm5IXiCfqRqOyZs_PcvLKC6JVcBs3l95-KDSDxU1XlzdSRD062j8ZJIlg9Z8rI5KaJ7Www_0/s400/P1000373.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601089555126597730" /></a><br /></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-58777787135742546222011-04-25T15:13:00.012-06:002011-05-26T19:54:26.098-06:00About time for some pictures<div>One time when Jared and I went to my family's house over the weekend, a year or so ago, they all shared their "Roses, Buds, and Thorns," over Sunday dinner. The "rose" was the good part of the day, "bud" was something you were looking forward to, and "thorn" is the not so great part of the day. I loved it, so....</div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Our Roses:</b></div><div>-I learned how to cook black beans from scratch. This is a big deal to me because I buy endless cans of them and have done so since Jared and I got married. One of my friends in the ward learned how to cook them and this motivated me to. They are SO much better than canned beans, not only nutritionally but they taste better AND I love the feeling that I can do it on my own. No more relying on expensive cans of beans (in comparison to bagged beans, my goodness).</div><div>-For the last month Ashlyn has been sleeping through the night from 7 pm or so until about 7:30 am (every now and then she has a little snack around 9 pm, but this is not the norm) This is heavenly, as you can imagine (thank you "Baby-Wise," by Ezzo). Some people love it and others don't, but hey, if your baby is sleeping like that and has been almost since she was two months old, how can you not love it?</div><div>-Jared has a good job and he really enjoys it. In todays economy this is a tremendous blessing and we're thankful.</div><div>-I made graham crackers and wheat thins. This has been on my to-do list for a very long time. Wow, the graham crackers were "wildly successful," (as quoted by Jared) and the wheat thins were pretty good. I don't know if I'd make the wheat thins again but definitely the graham crackers...wow. When you're a stay-at-home mom this is the kind of stuff you do to find fulfillment. Really though, I absolutely love finding new things to create.</div><div>-We had one of the most beautiful days a week or so ago. It was perfect weather, in my book, no humidity, a light breeze, sun, and a beautiful out-door mall that I took Kaylee and Ashlyn to. I soaked up every single moment of it, knowing that it won't last too much longer. </div><div>-I've been studying nutrition. I read the book "Master you Metabolism" by Jillian Michaels. Phenomenal, that's all I can say. </div><div>-We finally bought a new mattress. Ours was so old and Jared's body was aching because of it. He's much happier with our new one. </div><div>-Kaylee now has conversations with me. This has made being a mom really fun. We don't always understand one another but we do our best. She is so polite. We have worked really hard at teaching her to say "please," and "thank you." It has really paid off. She says it on her own now so well and it makes me such a proud mom.</div><div>-Jared's brother, Mark, is coming for an internship at USAA, in about a month. We really love Mark and are so excited to have him here. Yea for family!</div><div><div><div>-We love our little girls a lot. They make us so happy (and so tired)</div><div>-Jason has been on his mission for over two months! Yea for missionaries...</div></div></div></div><div>-And, I love Jared... a lot. There, that's something to be very happy about. </div><div>-I have made friends with some wonderful girls in the ward here. Every Tuesday we have our "homemade Tuesday," time. We pick something we want to make and meet up at someone's house around 11 am and have fun making it. We've made ice cream, laundry detergent, mozzarella cheese, salsa, tortillas, bread, all sorts of things. It's fun getting together. We also take our kids around to each others pools (people swim a lot here in Texas..hot humid weather will do that to you).</div><div>-I also love it that whenever I start cooking dinner or baking something Kaylee runs over and says "make, make." This is what she says when she wants to help me make something. So we pull up a chair and she stirs, mixes, and creates yummy things right alongside me. I'm learning to relax about how much of a mess it creates. I want her to remember cooking and making messes with her mom in the kitchen like I remember doing so with my mom.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4533f4ZvE3SQzNrC_1wSXc4uHWM_lM3fqXc1ccyeBGVUpXXm1wudFPgu0iQXZW1JbYkepnbuD8x1R4p_LfBFsOPheHnO0srEe0P_CkDL5Dfg3XtmOrC0qIpmQtdeNy9CfrqpbIazBBg/s1600/P1000354.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4533f4ZvE3SQzNrC_1wSXc4uHWM_lM3fqXc1ccyeBGVUpXXm1wudFPgu0iQXZW1JbYkepnbuD8x1R4p_LfBFsOPheHnO0srEe0P_CkDL5Dfg3XtmOrC0qIpmQtdeNy9CfrqpbIazBBg/s400/P1000354.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599643101397543314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhdHrj7-tKspMRLBXeoIkUm9CJlDM6COwK9nlD9GFFGRvf5s8GHJ7qwn_U_7sGUvnu3dtuQWsMpvgd6UaCeesTovvwEzBzbBVIX6z8WLLE7iDA8ux5B5MjQWjnSNpHiOMis8TouHJ1uk/s1600/P1000352.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhdHrj7-tKspMRLBXeoIkUm9CJlDM6COwK9nlD9GFFGRvf5s8GHJ7qwn_U_7sGUvnu3dtuQWsMpvgd6UaCeesTovvwEzBzbBVIX6z8WLLE7iDA8ux5B5MjQWjnSNpHiOMis8TouHJ1uk/s400/P1000352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599642830092365746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRobARZ-Gy7TPnYevPgT8dabw_QkkxhCTINMFho7BKalChMnnTgWOPiLBZu5lG8NHO-sVLYpGbFNwxl5mN2G8r3xfRZICcXSvbE3FW3WtvkSkhkSF5cv1_mvLY1nWjB-Y0EoJD5A1SDc/s1600/P1000347.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRobARZ-Gy7TPnYevPgT8dabw_QkkxhCTINMFho7BKalChMnnTgWOPiLBZu5lG8NHO-sVLYpGbFNwxl5mN2G8r3xfRZICcXSvbE3FW3WtvkSkhkSF5cv1_mvLY1nWjB-Y0EoJD5A1SDc/s400/P1000347.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599642821405122498" /></a>Rub a dub dub<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNktG0GW-hL9a-WUory_UKyXW7qeIdR2kI3qK5AcHG16JDCyIiH3U9D_SftysxpUsbeZvXNYnqd6S-fTxdFOHphLc8MlDjxDzZ4ClBv1aM5agKvBQqGjss_FTYJHrTc5riQfPpoV5VU10/s1600/P1000343.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNktG0GW-hL9a-WUory_UKyXW7qeIdR2kI3qK5AcHG16JDCyIiH3U9D_SftysxpUsbeZvXNYnqd6S-fTxdFOHphLc8MlDjxDzZ4ClBv1aM5agKvBQqGjss_FTYJHrTc5riQfPpoV5VU10/s400/P1000343.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599642819283652770" /></a>Isn't that such a clever easter cake? I thought it was adorable.<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVcMVv8miXLimQeuB2jY86f7RrB3t8net1GsD4lTGiO71_b1x-d9bHmmG4B1qrrDNvbBjMRoni8XctEgxwSBUkQEZ-AIIzpz4DBUwC_SvVTgMimeewKHciwCGuF728rKbnRuzZFBBDmQ/s1600/P1000342.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVcMVv8miXLimQeuB2jY86f7RrB3t8net1GsD4lTGiO71_b1x-d9bHmmG4B1qrrDNvbBjMRoni8XctEgxwSBUkQEZ-AIIzpz4DBUwC_SvVTgMimeewKHciwCGuF728rKbnRuzZFBBDmQ/s400/P1000342.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599642815627099938" /></a>Easter egg hunt with other little girls in the ward</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJd22-9VISLbDq8xFOoPWfl_Z5CobKbYrU_oun3B-tn5XqZ5zkFEYVFtukNwpCkoCYLCvOY0lvgwVoRroh9O9N42hOx6TWsm3QIYkcyteM37jldyi4Em67B8c6UfoXrELPlk3X0Q6RrU/s1600/P1000331.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJd22-9VISLbDq8xFOoPWfl_Z5CobKbYrU_oun3B-tn5XqZ5zkFEYVFtukNwpCkoCYLCvOY0lvgwVoRroh9O9N42hOx6TWsm3QIYkcyteM37jldyi4Em67B8c6UfoXrELPlk3X0Q6RrU/s400/P1000331.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599642810806022290" /></a>Making home-made ice cream with my friends and the kids. It's the kind that you shake around in a bad full of salt and ice.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1nvTyi9-7fsRsIw6zHhtGyWv3fG_CQkXOrzqHDcska5lJiYBS94kbQqxMxFNbJyphkJqqCLYFv-fW9blKLsq9b2otGi7G53_bOFs4d03_NcNbSEIwaR0MU8ZrEqrW2v7sq-bZCoV0mI/s1600/P1000329.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1nvTyi9-7fsRsIw6zHhtGyWv3fG_CQkXOrzqHDcska5lJiYBS94kbQqxMxFNbJyphkJqqCLYFv-fW9blKLsq9b2otGi7G53_bOFs4d03_NcNbSEIwaR0MU8ZrEqrW2v7sq-bZCoV0mI/s400/P1000329.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599641586369549122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkKUSssuWsDUjwhPE5ErSVJOOC2JtBhaL_kwx_qpjec8ynNZcBZGuMhhszuHrDTItQXmqahhGPoRNlbhQ94nivwM6uLXNOod1rOnjSdqJ0ANHvvtD6A1VgR2Gw49_YoznUm5ceCDrs6c/s1600/P1000324.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkKUSssuWsDUjwhPE5ErSVJOOC2JtBhaL_kwx_qpjec8ynNZcBZGuMhhszuHrDTItQXmqahhGPoRNlbhQ94nivwM6uLXNOod1rOnjSdqJ0ANHvvtD6A1VgR2Gw49_YoznUm5ceCDrs6c/s400/P1000324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599641581589756978" /></a><b>Our Buds:</b><div><b></b>- I look forward to (and also dread) the day Kaylee is potty-trained. I keep putting this off. </div><div>-Going to Europe in 2013. Ang and Austin decided to save up for it and they'll be done with school at that point. We asked if they wouldn't mind the company (Jared's never been and I'm just itching to go again). My parents may come with us too. Ah! So we're going to save up for it these next two years.</div><div>-Seeing Jared after work today.</div><div>-Fall. I'm already looking forward to that around here in San Antonio.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHYkegpdwIf5xJtqX2isYA7U59f1-ivdLZQWwqcOOLTK4s4j8HeBHTzo3ziPSxkp10zxKOjScwWwhybBGRtbI0XHm_bq7fmrWaNoDgu5mg9xAZhFLv-Keuk8tKsuVzHBOYMoo19jCbD0/s1600/P1000320.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHYkegpdwIf5xJtqX2isYA7U59f1-ivdLZQWwqcOOLTK4s4j8HeBHTzo3ziPSxkp10zxKOjScwWwhybBGRtbI0XHm_bq7fmrWaNoDgu5mg9xAZhFLv-Keuk8tKsuVzHBOYMoo19jCbD0/s400/P1000320.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599641578525694178" /></a>Caught in the act of licking the bowl!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BZpnKZVGKKLKhn6sWRkU8_FzUlFAcnZl6sxwMmcPIHEWNVLEiApk6BloGGRFn1PZpxdr2jwLwBgrwycHppnfTdT3CSYarZQZVS-4dImHbLXOoevXrQrsgpmMHFi9uI4_9rx8983cLYM/s1600/P1000314.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BZpnKZVGKKLKhn6sWRkU8_FzUlFAcnZl6sxwMmcPIHEWNVLEiApk6BloGGRFn1PZpxdr2jwLwBgrwycHppnfTdT3CSYarZQZVS-4dImHbLXOoevXrQrsgpmMHFi9uI4_9rx8983cLYM/s400/P1000314.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599641573315587058" /></a>This was that perfect day at the out-door mall.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk6AUJ4KDj27X-hmbiBIk6ureCeKYm0rRy4cSvKt0d8vvOroIK_jNAzr2aftBAcPGUNFz5uGTj4K4vgwSCdp8aFaej_uY0PxD125NmyOPgkXquNs7NiQrkuEbnsMltKTa5wViEFIlptA/s1600/P1000313.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk6AUJ4KDj27X-hmbiBIk6ureCeKYm0rRy4cSvKt0d8vvOroIK_jNAzr2aftBAcPGUNFz5uGTj4K4vgwSCdp8aFaej_uY0PxD125NmyOPgkXquNs7NiQrkuEbnsMltKTa5wViEFIlptA/s400/P1000313.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599641567271187618" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBBgeFbo4CgvSmJ8x6dOjn5Pk3PjPRUGVTt87dnCYJuDLGwi5pw8mjmbbntK9M4eaGYRNViX8IxsjBmQo0bIJzCEu8EID7EJ1A_35jezEHxxmBRXSETXWsI4PEf7undI_D_dptEZmNII/s1600/P1000311.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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I'm not looking forward to being here in the summer. That being said, I am SO thankful for AC!</div><div>-Flies. When these Texas flies get in your house they do not want to leave. We don't get a lot, but when we get one it's a lot of work to chase it around and swat it.</div><div>-It's sad not to go out and take walks like I used to all the time. It's starting to get too muggy, plus I don't live in an area like I used to where I could get out and walk to the library, the store, all over compus, to friend's homes, anywhere. You have to drive to get where you want to go. </div><div>-Sometimes (a lot of the time) being a mom is just plain exhausting.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjsg1YsaO6L2ZZ2NPCRHJoWr_PD0sAeNaCMem_rVIIgnCx0ZReEH45GrvKPl-a-qih5-f_USo_U2SzM-znUuLfSxnmL7tBYNX_shAjxhAEUK82epD3ykJz3NzwW0lomZOSg5UZEWLxsU/s1600/P1000291.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjsg1YsaO6L2ZZ2NPCRHJoWr_PD0sAeNaCMem_rVIIgnCx0ZReEH45GrvKPl-a-qih5-f_USo_U2SzM-znUuLfSxnmL7tBYNX_shAjxhAEUK82epD3ykJz3NzwW0lomZOSg5UZEWLxsU/s400/P1000291.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599639979339862690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFote9K8refc5hIjjCgcYzHlB_v-UIv6zO7_9moPomwvUc-HhYC7po-xXtJaapRELoXUfStlKLxsVIr_zxhZiOsgvRslvlqEIrCo0n5zV6SlKDiH-1ZJYNU8bugJVPyDeWfB7Cm48vYd4/s1600/P1000284.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFote9K8refc5hIjjCgcYzHlB_v-UIv6zO7_9moPomwvUc-HhYC7po-xXtJaapRELoXUfStlKLxsVIr_zxhZiOsgvRslvlqEIrCo0n5zV6SlKDiH-1ZJYNU8bugJVPyDeWfB7Cm48vYd4/s400/P1000284.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599638657495063522" /></a>Samoa cupcakes. Oh delicious! It was one of my friend's birthdays so we had a picnic outing and brought these along.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvS0NHrQMbpZN63txKZ5zNpW-P1h1vkvxFcftnN68gXFoYYNzjyBItw4lUUsEJu7DSoVVW0O51ljVKPku5odMyCZB7igjUJv3gbhDAl4MK4tVvKanLe6lOPYNTA57ULNqmxZ7f_WxtkE/s1600/P1000266.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvS0NHrQMbpZN63txKZ5zNpW-P1h1vkvxFcftnN68gXFoYYNzjyBItw4lUUsEJu7DSoVVW0O51ljVKPku5odMyCZB7igjUJv3gbhDAl4MK4tVvKanLe6lOPYNTA57ULNqmxZ7f_WxtkE/s400/P1000266.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599638650875234834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTEAuy1spfvSk_4CYGvv2fOvNN0EUa29-a5l-9iyc97gffxeR9MX_xcATKLB1NIZBYv2U-vNUe1hawAaswTkP1yifMdkHV9ruDlAYA68qA41r11Ql-XeXIX-eloCPfT6Agw_lb7gpUBA/s1600/P1000262.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTEAuy1spfvSk_4CYGvv2fOvNN0EUa29-a5l-9iyc97gffxeR9MX_xcATKLB1NIZBYv2U-vNUe1hawAaswTkP1yifMdkHV9ruDlAYA68qA41r11Ql-XeXIX-eloCPfT6Agw_lb7gpUBA/s400/P1000262.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599638650302294194" /></a>Girls night out during priesthood session. Kaylee was loving that ice cream cone.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3YpaIm5EDUefc7kyFsh6zX2f-pB9B6OF8s8UZZNNgCwDPgTrmRNXmWPJQmHWvoWY7TyAIIbZgb3i8jgLGL7I0HeaEq3aITo-fSANWzziPj8V0Vbohyphenhyphen4AsSXbj615uMGvgHeGOjEeUAg/s1600/P1000254.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3YpaIm5EDUefc7kyFsh6zX2f-pB9B6OF8s8UZZNNgCwDPgTrmRNXmWPJQmHWvoWY7TyAIIbZgb3i8jgLGL7I0HeaEq3aITo-fSANWzziPj8V0Vbohyphenhyphen4AsSXbj615uMGvgHeGOjEeUAg/s400/P1000254.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599638646153430706" /></a>April Fools cupcakes. Popcorn, peas and carrots, spaghetti, and mashed potatoes.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9GGkBnmPXZQ4zygivLl1fNdz22UHILnCANc7RHNYkKAJutWJQhRERCn_cjRDIOgk4YI30KzBMZgOPrQdfbAKnp0LB-8SqogsMCHEE-0l5GmjTyPnR4HGh2d18-hbKo_6eZKtdjOdgMQ/s1600/P1000250.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9GGkBnmPXZQ4zygivLl1fNdz22UHILnCANc7RHNYkKAJutWJQhRERCn_cjRDIOgk4YI30KzBMZgOPrQdfbAKnp0LB-8SqogsMCHEE-0l5GmjTyPnR4HGh2d18-hbKo_6eZKtdjOdgMQ/s400/P1000250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599638642495120914" /></a>So these are some of the goods and the not so goods in our life right now...but I'm happy to say that it's mostly good.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-83510130941702702512011-03-18T15:02:00.008-06:002011-03-18T18:39:01.635-06:00Let's play catch up<div><br /></div><div>Today we went to the park by our house and had breakfast.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3_k6nAT-JFIPEB2zZOIirJ-LgCxJOduvJqKSaRu19M_ajr8UaIgHE4MO1IajGozkCubHd5trKDl9-zKZKDhUc_WADh0T_X1_zxhyphenhyphen77b7Y6VfHKIZJUtygk_NCjnSy5vktNjjnq62fYM/s1600/P1000248.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3_k6nAT-JFIPEB2zZOIirJ-LgCxJOduvJqKSaRu19M_ajr8UaIgHE4MO1IajGozkCubHd5trKDl9-zKZKDhUc_WADh0T_X1_zxhyphenhyphen77b7Y6VfHKIZJUtygk_NCjnSy5vktNjjnq62fYM/s400/P1000248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585556633025485730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9ZZj3sCiX0BfDr4JmpkGomvu4SzolWtUIYDbX0EWA76PqyJNBQVldSwRtthG6Ul-tyBofCF_fhz2uFTODZK5vQ_bFRfneREZe-jSI9gZ9JRKMtBzEB8ZfPw6mpQLlOJsOoNrheicI8c/s1600/P1000243.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9ZZj3sCiX0BfDr4JmpkGomvu4SzolWtUIYDbX0EWA76PqyJNBQVldSwRtthG6Ul-tyBofCF_fhz2uFTODZK5vQ_bFRfneREZe-jSI9gZ9JRKMtBzEB8ZfPw6mpQLlOJsOoNrheicI8c/s400/P1000243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585556630182168322" /></a>A few weekends ago we went downtown San Antonio and saw this beautiful little Japanese Garden. <br /><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNN3CxCihfcqRoawXSHZH0ub8dv3LxsA01S27sLzvTtzAIGwKavnr-B01w-DmLuDzxmxYpwRWM6IHWgwwcMAXDrINkunu180I5abA6hyphenhyphen-RT4OZzFHLEqCJiai8K3C47pDUZyk4ru0EAo/s1600/P1000238.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNN3CxCihfcqRoawXSHZH0ub8dv3LxsA01S27sLzvTtzAIGwKavnr-B01w-DmLuDzxmxYpwRWM6IHWgwwcMAXDrINkunu180I5abA6hyphenhyphen-RT4OZzFHLEqCJiai8K3C47pDUZyk4ru0EAo/s400/P1000238.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585556623408197858" /></a>And then we took a train ride around the park, which Kaylee loved.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvETXyJ-nB1EDHwKa_PfpqKwvCoA5U0f7ntcMOqa6WfBs8KtTPB2Lv9Kn4YyrLCu_QdmLwSgP-fFwOodXb8BlYunZwbyNttbHYTkPuBPBhUBICD-OIxgWaJipiJIGr5qSNLpZO0QV27hE/s1600/P1000237.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvETXyJ-nB1EDHwKa_PfpqKwvCoA5U0f7ntcMOqa6WfBs8KtTPB2Lv9Kn4YyrLCu_QdmLwSgP-fFwOodXb8BlYunZwbyNttbHYTkPuBPBhUBICD-OIxgWaJipiJIGr5qSNLpZO0QV27hE/s400/P1000237.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585556619270871922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3JAki0J-yuiORrGvkEDLUoHo4rJex-JIjL1gOfAYgO3ij6LGXcf47BuDkJYS52Pl0FghojMhWzRMb6KNVC3vm5_avfZ7pUWchbPRVf_gM5NrA7g4CQm0mgmuthDllS9pPOsaROcDtMc/s1600/P1000235.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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Since we can't go to Hawaii I thought I'd bring Hawaii to us. Aloha!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2LP5UgDz18ACZRtFXh8cyO2gfa0Gez9R8Z4n65sDPSOwd9x1ViaPlo2WsbQVGa1Neb7zpzBMAMhNqTp_pDHGG_leIdEf5atpfIm3_dkCFAKNpNKT6pZxcThiIvQEhyphenhyphenQlVt7lLZj5QxA/s1600/P1000224.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2LP5UgDz18ACZRtFXh8cyO2gfa0Gez9R8Z4n65sDPSOwd9x1ViaPlo2WsbQVGa1Neb7zpzBMAMhNqTp_pDHGG_leIdEf5atpfIm3_dkCFAKNpNKT6pZxcThiIvQEhyphenhyphenQlVt7lLZj5QxA/s400/P1000224.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585555184378554066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8gL4yq3L6RPNRKNtpCNJb4QZaz_-CHCvdebc-8UUC6oHBj6gRGdii8Z68vMBaPCuqtcWCMfY7hAYAufhUTM0ek9FYiLIdFhHi0WfGN7VFaCzII45T3VMcuPuO0J_ybkSP_DjE2c8-h4/s1600/P1000222.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8gL4yq3L6RPNRKNtpCNJb4QZaz_-CHCvdebc-8UUC6oHBj6gRGdii8Z68vMBaPCuqtcWCMfY7hAYAufhUTM0ek9FYiLIdFhHi0WfGN7VFaCzII45T3VMcuPuO0J_ybkSP_DjE2c8-h4/s400/P1000222.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585555180806032818" /></a>Hmm....Waikiki meatballs, rice, sweet rolls, and spinach fruit salad followed by almond fruit bread. Oh yum, was that worth the time it took to make it! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCWCmszfJ7w20oGlStZNkAuwZN4DzRoHJCiHFtMacyKw-06ZR79FgIGFiUoehxgiY7VslZ2k8bFKpivmu9w7A8CyZUlpMqCRMEgB7kPZXDp8aBMYWqsr2QNpAOvgsSulUam5oOJZ4yFs/s1600/P1000225.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCWCmszfJ7w20oGlStZNkAuwZN4DzRoHJCiHFtMacyKw-06ZR79FgIGFiUoehxgiY7VslZ2k8bFKpivmu9w7A8CyZUlpMqCRMEgB7kPZXDp8aBMYWqsr2QNpAOvgsSulUam5oOJZ4yFs/s400/P1000225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585542173766989602" /></a>We took our friends to visit the Japanese Gardens when they came to stay with us.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37JHrX-U01QT1aoGMSRusHm5L0yaxV3L-1D21wUqWzXnPfBcQnfaboY1BCwyEcqtCJl6QehOqms_miNF8ybk25w_JEIucIdhjELAwnrChFoFYUKDCR_YPlDtwHMAwpqp26FWCiVvoxWM/s1600/P1000205.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarZX5d-686RSc7HeEp-zROtU8hmuHzJe1GLKdwYh8pQ7OstBKR1-FI33EewulYBWy1OqZsV99Q_9e7QGckgTboXBlOq5rFzfXEosTu_i1bg28i-eboeFTooar1T6qltSfD6EcFbOaXrU/s400/P1000194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585539078151250466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzek-YxpgMl3-x62OL5mCk3sVC1RkkDlPdkIATsw2Tj5LkLb7G5oCQYOOnXGrgVbimyw7TzEqsBYpCdnPoWy2vTNUMxUjoQQr1-uNs9Bde-u6lBMlbeGInHWofJSotsDZHDLfnXyDjXbU/s1600/P1000193.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzek-YxpgMl3-x62OL5mCk3sVC1RkkDlPdkIATsw2Tj5LkLb7G5oCQYOOnXGrgVbimyw7TzEqsBYpCdnPoWy2vTNUMxUjoQQr1-uNs9Bde-u6lBMlbeGInHWofJSotsDZHDLfnXyDjXbU/s400/P1000193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585537642831034130" /></a>Whoa, little crooked neck there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVz8ZkzsSCMejKIRoU9-NAcoE-WGbY3xqcyMeqeKtOFPK2ayxWn9xo7Rr5iLjP6fFNEb29jyqJ4BorQY3e8t_IKeJ6K0Hbqp7ZpD699cxu7ZuoFFMWOt8r6sbHki0_Os0nIMkUr2Vd1s/s1600/P1000192.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVz8ZkzsSCMejKIRoU9-NAcoE-WGbY3xqcyMeqeKtOFPK2ayxWn9xo7Rr5iLjP6fFNEb29jyqJ4BorQY3e8t_IKeJ6K0Hbqp7ZpD699cxu7ZuoFFMWOt8r6sbHki0_Os0nIMkUr2Vd1s/s400/P1000192.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585537634591374354" /></a>Happy Birthday Kaylee. Two years old, we just can't believe it. Can you believe what this modern technology allows us to do? We even played a card game with my sister and her husband on skype, them in Rexburg, us in San Antonio. It's amazing we can do this sort of stuff, don't you think.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicoio00ZdPUKxEPSPYWezqcKGnZyFjcaeI2hbuBCYiA2fw4DN7j1IljKtpNdfL6hZnt9ffQ_ZOehyphenhyphenrl-2S4Ms6uU8pRaD3XrQhQX9uj7g523NJzDoe3Otlo1ZkK1GfWo_dIpvjuyO9xw/s1600/P1000185.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicoio00ZdPUKxEPSPYWezqcKGnZyFjcaeI2hbuBCYiA2fw4DN7j1IljKtpNdfL6hZnt9ffQ_ZOehyphenhyphenrl-2S4Ms6uU8pRaD3XrQhQX9uj7g523NJzDoe3Otlo1ZkK1GfWo_dIpvjuyO9xw/s400/P1000185.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585537630952050626" /></a> That is an eight layer cake. Lots of lovin' and time went into this cake for Kaylee.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD9Uke_HBuP5Hq7uSvJk00HqVory4G-eZr9OvJp8RIV0jUcB4ho1bJxDjWk4HvsuUNX285mUtqWGk1HJfDpoMkADb1EE9F0Lif50EqP6ILsZof38LxbR2XzE_FemyMzHEDQ7pRmJqVBI/s1600/P1000183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD9Uke_HBuP5Hq7uSvJk00HqVory4G-eZr9OvJp8RIV0jUcB4ho1bJxDjWk4HvsuUNX285mUtqWGk1HJfDpoMkADb1EE9F0Lif50EqP6ILsZof38LxbR2XzE_FemyMzHEDQ7pRmJqVBI/s400/P1000183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585537627139559010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TrifFCwLB7_hYdOaiqXkptdgUgcgYig4OsnKPTaVFeLKYFnuRZpCj_rm9NUZ_rdw1Eyt9k_zelgEVmHNAaQsS8mRW2rAiBZsBL6wufFJL1X0WvM-JQoSOywChUgLGk79SL1uPl7VGxk/s1600/P1000177.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TrifFCwLB7_hYdOaiqXkptdgUgcgYig4OsnKPTaVFeLKYFnuRZpCj_rm9NUZ_rdw1Eyt9k_zelgEVmHNAaQsS8mRW2rAiBZsBL6wufFJL1X0WvM-JQoSOywChUgLGk79SL1uPl7VGxk/s400/P1000177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585537623139450162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBI6J-PZO7OJDAyrcyg6lfwxPIG5PIOod6XJrm_sPX9O3JJKM9kgZhyxzKFaGJSHGmJhih0efye62payvwDLYW_j5ECsp17GFU9XlpkRwUFyNh-Mbya_7hhyphenhyphenFVTzfGDeF3-gJfvhFGOg/s1600/P1000162.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBI6J-PZO7OJDAyrcyg6lfwxPIG5PIOod6XJrm_sPX9O3JJKM9kgZhyxzKFaGJSHGmJhih0efye62payvwDLYW_j5ECsp17GFU9XlpkRwUFyNh-Mbya_7hhyphenhyphenFVTzfGDeF3-gJfvhFGOg/s400/P1000162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585529692355591554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherATemA25Qo1jLEAZh3U8dk7t4EIo1evpsNE2msCjfByMLnFR1am_5K9s4dNlu0Zkd9fMHBFw98VHr_ZbKVkCsCHFaMRDdlX-4EqEuP9bg5mnhrdjVviy35d8JmH0gi_UBooshnHh0pY/s1600/P1000158.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherATemA25Qo1jLEAZh3U8dk7t4EIo1evpsNE2msCjfByMLnFR1am_5K9s4dNlu0Zkd9fMHBFw98VHr_ZbKVkCsCHFaMRDdlX-4EqEuP9bg5mnhrdjVviy35d8JmH0gi_UBooshnHh0pY/s400/P1000158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585529687330656562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c43qhEmIeT2su_8LVv66H14wqEN4QU0DLvY4G8-R1cELkiP6VTbGDzGFtzhyr0vyTl4ORQab0wqlOFUiT-9VchF24OX728lmCNv2IOQMiCUskru4aW8J_IKR_q2YB2k9U0SDWDPLeXI/s1600/P1000155.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c43qhEmIeT2su_8LVv66H14wqEN4QU0DLvY4G8-R1cELkiP6VTbGDzGFtzhyr0vyTl4ORQab0wqlOFUiT-9VchF24OX728lmCNv2IOQMiCUskru4aW8J_IKR_q2YB2k9U0SDWDPLeXI/s400/P1000155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585529687606532418" /></a>And another year for our traditional valentines day dinner. We always stay at home and have dinner and invite someone or a couple over to join us. This year our friends we invited weren't able to make it so we had to do it alone. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHp6RZ_XdiYqc7veegrpap2ixs4xcrtxBj3z9qaABNObFZAAlvqgHOh3fq0UIT0PzYrz6760bQ_xDoIxeJg2X7bDctfv9gTeGQQ5OSwEu_3_p5b7Lvf2WBOQXuYN9N82Bhi2z_PoNAelY/s1600/P1000152.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHp6RZ_XdiYqc7veegrpap2ixs4xcrtxBj3z9qaABNObFZAAlvqgHOh3fq0UIT0PzYrz6760bQ_xDoIxeJg2X7bDctfv9gTeGQQ5OSwEu_3_p5b7Lvf2WBOQXuYN9N82Bhi2z_PoNAelY/s1600/P1000152.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHp6RZ_XdiYqc7veegrpap2ixs4xcrtxBj3z9qaABNObFZAAlvqgHOh3fq0UIT0PzYrz6760bQ_xDoIxeJg2X7bDctfv9gTeGQQ5OSwEu_3_p5b7Lvf2WBOQXuYN9N82Bhi2z_PoNAelY/s400/P1000152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585529683050725762" /></a>I love to bake. I love, love, love it. I get this urge to make stuff, lots of stuff, anything good, all the time, on a daily basis. I have a wish list written on my fridge of all these yummy desserts, breads, main dishes, and snacks I can't wait to make. Aren't these big kisses fun! I found this idea on http://www.bakerella.com/for-valentines-day-give-someone-a-big-kiss/ (same blog for the eight layer cake). I do make healthy things, even though there aren't pictures of them, but, let's be honest here, who wants pictures of spinach when you can take a picture of this!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOc-eI0qU6Dfry9Jso02YkBijg0zqmU1ByFtb2P2ehLuV6httZPNtfLZNZiFmEAoJhyphenhyphenkADddpnKzbSQB2Q2XeoJfXJJ4JLBeWwckbnP89esOWHbKfmFSEVK1KDkJKqOev3q7-7C2rtxk/s1600/P1000148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOc-eI0qU6Dfry9Jso02YkBijg0zqmU1ByFtb2P2ehLuV6httZPNtfLZNZiFmEAoJhyphenhyphenkADddpnKzbSQB2Q2XeoJfXJJ4JLBeWwckbnP89esOWHbKfmFSEVK1KDkJKqOev3q7-7C2rtxk/s400/P1000148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585529678561842786" /></a><br /></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-21282041183143093322011-02-24T19:12:00.008-07:002011-02-24T21:14:11.103-07:00This life we live<div style="text-align: center;">My oh my, what big eyes you have Ashlyn</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw3frveo2GMKHMffByCcInD1AcooQP0U0pN1vvnRx2tbFBM6VDjGecLy5deQ61yIyZHI50uGzcRBg8Ut7KXhIDOYHmo7svRAkwduPkG1-K_SdWiEcNU-cpcJPgPZHJci6IqNbcNUK6-w/s1600/P1000110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw3frveo2GMKHMffByCcInD1AcooQP0U0pN1vvnRx2tbFBM6VDjGecLy5deQ61yIyZHI50uGzcRBg8Ut7KXhIDOYHmo7svRAkwduPkG1-K_SdWiEcNU-cpcJPgPZHJci6IqNbcNUK6-w/s400/P1000110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577446195152884306" /></a>Saying goodbye to Jason before he left for his mission and we left for Texas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL844ok1AsnqO2QkVgv8TnL9_VuT6twtTu-tAHyUmIvogF2wPQOdF_GBXgIZZ29ijzeP2kvgUb815DfsPaMm7yOfLTBnCO4YSVsGcTFgCA4HH0pkF_RxDzRGIfePnwo26LWuW67R988xc/s1600/P1000083.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL844ok1AsnqO2QkVgv8TnL9_VuT6twtTu-tAHyUmIvogF2wPQOdF_GBXgIZZ29ijzeP2kvgUb815DfsPaMm7yOfLTBnCO4YSVsGcTFgCA4HH0pkF_RxDzRGIfePnwo26LWuW67R988xc/s400/P1000083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577446195294420674" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> So I'm not very good at this blogging thing...big surprise. When I have something I can't wait to say I write about it in my journal, good or bad, happy or sad. It's one of the most therapeutic things I've discovered in my life, thanks to my 12th grade english teacher that required us to keep a journal my entire senior year. It's changed my life and I'm now on my 12th journal. Thank you Mrs...? Oh I can't remember your name, but you changed my life. So when I do write something on this blog it's usually when I feel happiest, which is why I probably always come across on this thing as a constantly happy person. When I need to vent my poor journal hears about it, or actually my poor husband, I should say, and <i>then </i>my<i> </i>journal. <div><br /></div><div> In a Relief Society meeting not too long ago I made a comment about the struggle I have to overcome myself and my own weaknesses. After the meeting the lady sitting next to me said "wow, you always seem <i>so</i> put together though." Her comment made me think about life. I have my challenging days...yes, I definitely do. I feel just as insecure as the next person does. I remember growing up and being so anxious to go to college, serve a mission, get married, and have a family, and thinking that life would be so perfect. And then I went to college. I was so homesick the first semester and went home a lot. After that first semester though I fell in love with BYU-Idaho and never looked back, dreading the day I would have to graduate and leave. And then I dated Jared. Not at all a fairy tale story there, not like I'd always dreamed of. Jared and I have admitted this to ourselves a million times. It was a blast to date each other and we have some wonderful memories of that time, but oh wow, it was rough. It was so up and down, up and down, dating, not dating, dating, not dating, holding hands, not holding hands, would I serve a mission, not sure anymore but dating Jared, now not dating Jared (just for the record, this was mostly my fault it was so dramatic, not Jared's). But wow, what an important time in our lives for the both of us together. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And then I served a mission. All I can say is that it was <i>the</i> hardest thing I've ever done, and I mean brutally hard in all ways...emotionally, physically, and spiritually...I honestly thought I'd never make it through eighteen months of it day after day. But it was by far one of <i>the</i> single greatest blessings I have in my entire life. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And then I got married. That's been better than I ever thought but certainly not because marriage is a fairy tale like I dreamt of when I was little and watched "Beauty and the Beast." Marriage is just real life, plain and simple. You agree, then you don't agree, so you figure out how <i>to </i>agree. You work hard, play hard, laugh hard and cry hard with and for each other a lot. And then we started our family. I always thought being pregnant would be such a wonderful and rewarding experience. Um, not for me, I guess because I hate being pregnant. I just make it through one day at a time. And I don't even have it bad. I'm not too sick and I don't get too big, but that doesn't matter. I still struggle and cry a lot at night wondering how on earth I can make it through four more months, then three more months, then two more months, being pregnant. It's just uncomfortable, can't sleep, feel sick, clothes don't fit, I feel self-conscious, my skin breaks out, lots of pain, and I spend more time in the bathroom than anywhere else. I literally just grin and bear it and try to smile. I have to read a lot of talks from the Prophets where they talk about how motherhood is the noblest calling. This pumps me up, otherwise I just cry. But then the baby comes and that's it, your heart is wrapped around that baby forever. So now I'm a mom and it is the most incredibly rewarding experience I've had and am having, but, let's be honest here, it's totally exhausting. There is not one other thing I'd rather be doing than staying at home all day with my two little girls because I love it and them so much, but I have countless moments where I think "how can I go on?" And then I call my mom and cry for while, and somehow, because she made it I can too </div><div><div> My whole life I've always prayed that the Lord would send me out in the mission field, some where "out there" where there aren't so many members, where missionary work is desperately needed, where I can make a difference, so I can give my family a similar experience to what I had for ten years growing up in England. I've always dreamed of this, always, since I was a little girl. Then it happened.....what on earth was I thinking when I prayed for that? I didn't comprehend that I'd be giving up so much of what I love and am most comfortable with... all of my family, friends, people with similar values surrounding me everywhere, peace and tranquility, the beauty of Utah and Idaho, dry weather, nice cool beautiful falls and winters. I got what I dreamed of and now...? It's tough. I do not, I repeat, do not like hot weather. I do not like city life, I do not like dealing with traffic everywhere, and I love nature. So....here I am right in San Antonio, Tx, one of the biggest cities in the United states, nice and hot and humid. Just remember, I prayed for this, but <i>not </i>this at the same time. I can't tell you how many times I prayed and prayed, during this last fall semester, that Heavenly Father would please please please find somewhere else for us to be...but that was not His answer and so here I am, learning to find joy in living here.<div> So life is full of ups and downs. We take a big deep breath and go on. And yes, I am really, truly, deeply happy, in spite of it all. </div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>President Gordon B. Hinckley</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he's been robbed. The fact is that most putts don't drop, most meat is tough, most children grow up to be just people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old time rail journey....delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride."</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-7328307230180622102011-01-04T08:22:00.003-07:002011-01-04T09:08:59.726-07:00And another year is here...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ulNuNwDJaskbLAAR9bWVwzacgGXXGyRTWkC-1zv9jq_DhDQ6gpK6HZdKCgVBTxbUeV6wpnuS3jeLMS2dzAiXZG-4JMWe1NMCfwPNkHuNYm3nGAhveVOolnt52vB-orzfxvcC_uzOy8U/s1600/IMG_1558.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ulNuNwDJaskbLAAR9bWVwzacgGXXGyRTWkC-1zv9jq_DhDQ6gpK6HZdKCgVBTxbUeV6wpnuS3jeLMS2dzAiXZG-4JMWe1NMCfwPNkHuNYm3nGAhveVOolnt52vB-orzfxvcC_uzOy8U/s400/IMG_1558.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558358483669916738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2S6C28GxxEymhjjqzf-Xn6T4k9di9-aN1Dm-tgtlDGh6lVUKRlkfPookDfjKxL5CouoR-MmpNBp-ShL7Olu0clFSbjjFN5tTR8PrjFX7IS4M8cCTswSwBCMPdqRcQIukJvX4WI-gAGg/s1600/IMG_2147.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2S6C28GxxEymhjjqzf-Xn6T4k9di9-aN1Dm-tgtlDGh6lVUKRlkfPookDfjKxL5CouoR-MmpNBp-ShL7Olu0clFSbjjFN5tTR8PrjFX7IS4M8cCTswSwBCMPdqRcQIukJvX4WI-gAGg/s400/IMG_2147.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558358477854092018" /></a>Wow, three years! Can hardly believe, but yet I almost don't remember what it was like not to be married. It was Jared's year to plan what we were going to do to celebrate our anniversary. We went out to dinner at Wingers (a favorite of mine), and then he surprised me by taking us to the Hinckley building at BYU-Idaho, where there are couches near big windows that overlook campus. He brought blankets and his laptop and we watched "Counte of Monte Cristo." It was great fun. Jared felt bad that it didn't snow like it was supposed to. Originally he wanted to watch the movie outside (yes, outside in the freezing weather), in this little gazebo thing they have in the gardens on campus. There's an outlet plug inside the gazebo and he brought our electric blanket so we could plug it in, watch the movie, and enjoy the snow falling. Well, no falling snow but lots of wind so we opted for the beautiful view from the warm Hinckley building. <div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47KLogxBy5eUAi66UJn0aMIEOEMPTFpcrgiTBSyFGGisL-G-8PTLW_LWhtSWlqAzDzVhYVaxGyo93uBjI-snezVIRdmFVirnyclaRZ4vFEQKuZKpNheXkPhIrjf4L5Yd19kfJx8s3jD0/s1600/IMG_0621-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47KLogxBy5eUAi66UJn0aMIEOEMPTFpcrgiTBSyFGGisL-G-8PTLW_LWhtSWlqAzDzVhYVaxGyo93uBjI-snezVIRdmFVirnyclaRZ4vFEQKuZKpNheXkPhIrjf4L5Yd19kfJx8s3jD0/s400/IMG_0621-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558352572685075602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_HDl-BBDrPGYtbL-D9-LK5VFTCwu_-nHcwo3NUWhjpShyyh8mJrwyXl-f9alODTydULKYX9Q4lk0ZImTyn4PpjZ97CKDxshDzqiDClCa75BxA9-MBEhiX-AGw83zYosRxBlR1VehXpE/s1600/IMG_0668.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_HDl-BBDrPGYtbL-D9-LK5VFTCwu_-nHcwo3NUWhjpShyyh8mJrwyXl-f9alODTydULKYX9Q4lk0ZImTyn4PpjZ97CKDxshDzqiDClCa75BxA9-MBEhiX-AGw83zYosRxBlR1VehXpE/s400/IMG_0668.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558352565763020178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJHoBjGnNEVo_0F5gbM66NnJTWHNU_INCR6ngnAX31e3_qHKSM4G9Rn2O77yCb3L6i-r5y213vFyCjAhf-VlNNlO_tYOGCP2F9vMER2bekFafrMh5QHY-AxopVRqqZJTsYTDlEwA1iV8/s1600/IMG_0509_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJHoBjGnNEVo_0F5gbM66NnJTWHNU_INCR6ngnAX31e3_qHKSM4G9Rn2O77yCb3L6i-r5y213vFyCjAhf-VlNNlO_tYOGCP2F9vMER2bekFafrMh5QHY-AxopVRqqZJTsYTDlEwA1iV8/s400/IMG_0509_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558352557907807586" /></a>Ashlyn, what a joy! I didn't know I could love her so much. She has such big, beautiful eyes. And what a good little sleeper at night. She'll wake up once around 2-3 am for a quick little milky snack and then that's it. She'll sleep soundly until 7:30-8:00 (just fyi: if you really struggle to get your baby to sleep through the night read "On Becoming Babywise," by Ezzo or something like that. It has made all the difference for me and worked with Kaylee and seems to be working with Ashlyn. READ IT!). Anyway, I'm enjoying the newborn stage all over again, where I can just sit and hold my little baby all I want. And then I'm enjoying Kaylee and the crazy new words she says. She loves deodorant. She takes one of mine to bed and carries it around the house with her. Then she'll say "apit" and raise her arm up so we can put the deodorant on her. She keeps us in laughter around here (and in shape trying to chase her around the house). We love our little girls!<div><br /><div>And now our days consist of getting ready to move to San Antonio, Tx. We are leaving Idaho around the end of January. Oh to enjoy the last of my winter days here...so so pretty. I will always think that snow is one of the most beautiful things. </div></div></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-59297027170590250132010-12-25T21:47:00.003-07:002010-12-25T22:29:40.705-07:00We did it!After many years of being in school at BYU-Idaho we both graduated on Friday 17th December. Jared got his Bachelors degree in Computer Information Technology and I got mine in psychology, minoring in marriage and family studies. Jared's parents came up that week to celebrate with us and to meet Ashlyn, and my parents came up a bit later. What a busy month it's been, but what fun we've had...and what a way to end the year!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfGr66jzcKKIWH8lLQwjd4HwEE-DZGSxpXqBDoIQULu8Xc0Adj7bzgkXPdAxR2DnnxT8lrl51hYVIxj65dznWjyK_T-g5CbBj9A5r6UFCtHORl_3aKZRVF1k8Pwb2yHX5zBqY7DtiGIE/s1600/IMG_3329.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfGr66jzcKKIWH8lLQwjd4HwEE-DZGSxpXqBDoIQULu8Xc0Adj7bzgkXPdAxR2DnnxT8lrl51hYVIxj65dznWjyK_T-g5CbBj9A5r6UFCtHORl_3aKZRVF1k8Pwb2yHX5zBqY7DtiGIE/s400/IMG_3329.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554856767260570226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yng8oGt9nRFkuL6AAqktHd84ktgnG2Nl_TNYLADJGuuubfja3-_hhCjvegZ0bG_2rSRFlRLK4WCfB4TdsDag1m_raowuRi6jMAMkgghw_O75-x8PbaMDrmbA68paFjVpkUSy2a6xlWA/s1600/IMG_3311.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yng8oGt9nRFkuL6AAqktHd84ktgnG2Nl_TNYLADJGuuubfja3-_hhCjvegZ0bG_2rSRFlRLK4WCfB4TdsDag1m_raowuRi6jMAMkgghw_O75-x8PbaMDrmbA68paFjVpkUSy2a6xlWA/s400/IMG_3311.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554856761201604994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrtRhS61KMSpbJNIq5Y1BqzUG_S8lg4dnes8npdZH_6C04BQQtYzS5Ar_0gGi8EXrfqUAnkFoeY9RqbshYyRYW1YbzRM0M-e743cRPz2VAezdiaBfMKSA-FocwbNN8rOsLuOEp4Dp3lY/s1600/IMG_3318.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrtRhS61KMSpbJNIq5Y1BqzUG_S8lg4dnes8npdZH_6C04BQQtYzS5Ar_0gGi8EXrfqUAnkFoeY9RqbshYyRYW1YbzRM0M-e743cRPz2VAezdiaBfMKSA-FocwbNN8rOsLuOEp4Dp3lY/s400/IMG_3318.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554849805029225634" /></a>I had the chance to speak at graduation.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGlyl9T_mV07FJmUGCb3dsxUzLVCeRmqyffBbhf24qqKykTEdIPfCwwJJZLa64GZf0U9tlbV4QO_Xn2GG3dcHAVspdaiPFgHFJQheN0MKcUeVGjhetMw8pe8TUw2r0I3Xu-7RUwhuZjg/s1600/IMG_3333.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvl1OZlXUlXAdA7rNd7Ujsc6y4Arg5mRpFw8txhh8ca7dX4ERzSXbAVKO274ccfDBntEitvSH6YxDtT9-7-AuDM_V4r8qxcfUp8sBlhfh7ePT5VnTOybK7l06k8SLZlO1PMPuDzOTy86A/s400/IMG_3338.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554849790108551506" /></a>Ashlyn was blessed after our graduation, in my Grandma's home so that our family and Jared's parents could be there before taking off for home in Washington.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEtC0uQHMTfAF9_niNvhPmZvNdrhU378cwzsj7DZkp84S8BHv7TUeNiOUGkXLNUPQ8RkBNPx-l9LqNqrYVBECy-0JbpW2hxu0qNP9-qCLbOgYGi2ciU_Dw0fFij8njN1uLq76S4qxako/s1600/IMG_3340.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEtC0uQHMTfAF9_niNvhPmZvNdrhU378cwzsj7DZkp84S8BHv7TUeNiOUGkXLNUPQ8RkBNPx-l9LqNqrYVBECy-0JbpW2hxu0qNP9-qCLbOgYGi2ciU_Dw0fFij8njN1uLq76S4qxako/s400/IMG_3340.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554849784803182514" /></a>And now it's off to San Antonio soon....</div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-61360803180157518442010-12-14T22:44:00.004-07:002010-12-14T22:53:13.844-07:00Welcome Ashlyn!<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We are so happy she's here!</div><div style="text-align: left;">She was born on Monday 7th December, 2:47 am</div><div style="text-align: left;">8 lbs 6 oz, 21 inches</div><div style="text-align: left;">lots of hair</div><div style="text-align: left;">and we love her...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_3wBay8RnwKVk7tgnDfLbhfO9ZBApGACVSPuf5_0OE1VkulcI6NRpXTPlTYLJcjiQNn_z3SJCV4v088GGqVfnafQjlr7wmLtQil9Ph3sUo1TxraY_gorM_M-80Tod0BQIu_vhN5T8bc/s1600/IMG_3468.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg47VtL2JF-vt3NLPVznNJOTvODjJ5h6BSBtlRvf7wm_Lv5Sx3SlmjGcq8Py-yMXJw5q3gAnBOPUmz9eA57jAFpz_Z1bpnTxa8xAW0uXda-LyOxcPtLEMmYZ4ltUd9dI6TQYbpmUQfDgU/s320/IMG_3452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550781575227106194" /></a>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-651482314510575222010-12-06T19:42:00.005-07:002010-12-06T19:51:15.692-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7N8_yLQjVG_WnTabIGVpvU7Olk6kk8bcL5wvTtNklCHAaaq5emRYREE2qpMv6xaIhcYu56Fkm99e_zjWCJ2CzQgnIk_fpKx8FKKFvJsDQHz0moThuyiEzsV-6qcslIdNzdgI-soeArWU/s1600/IMG_5146.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7N8_yLQjVG_WnTabIGVpvU7Olk6kk8bcL5wvTtNklCHAaaq5emRYREE2qpMv6xaIhcYu56Fkm99e_zjWCJ2CzQgnIk_fpKx8FKKFvJsDQHz0moThuyiEzsV-6qcslIdNzdgI-soeArWU/s400/IMG_5146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547765328703844914" /></a>I just can't find words to express how much I love this little girl, how much I care for her and want to teach her right. Today for Family Home Evening we watched the 5 min. nativity video put on by the church from the DVD that the missionaries give away for free. We learned about the Christmas story, how Jesus was born in a stable, and she loved that there were sheep there. Then we listened to a christmas song by the Mormon Tabernacle choir. She just sat quietly on my lap and let me hold her the whole way through. I can't explain how much I love teaching her about Jesus, how much I love it when she recognizes His picture and says "sesus." The greatest joy I have ever discovered is what I feel when we teach her about Him and how much He loves us. It's something I'd never felt until she came became a part of our family.Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-61258544324643314412010-11-19T21:21:00.004-07:002010-11-19T21:33:33.331-07:00Almost there...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQK58W_QwPgL2aqDnaK4oZ8IqINH6WMH5cSOMrd_TpfjzSEKFhSBN1jlYJJ_6G43cMAbkVgoDvhEaTAsYyEu-e91hlU06oBJYm72bIBsVKriHpvzE6sYfgsy-gEHr6akeEO0ByizZC0Y/s1600/IMG_3427.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQK58W_QwPgL2aqDnaK4oZ8IqINH6WMH5cSOMrd_TpfjzSEKFhSBN1jlYJJ_6G43cMAbkVgoDvhEaTAsYyEu-e91hlU06oBJYm72bIBsVKriHpvzE6sYfgsy-gEHr6akeEO0ByizZC0Y/s400/IMG_3427.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541483855072300626" /></a><br />Under three weeks and counting.<div>I can't believe I was smaller than this when Kaylee was born.</div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-69669476935874110772010-11-01T14:38:00.004-06:002010-11-01T15:09:53.921-06:00Our Halloween<div><br /></div><div>Here's a record of our spooky, halloween adventures this year. I love halloween, Fall, falling leaves, cool crisp air, orange, pumpkin muffins, the smell of apple cider, wearing jackets and my cinnamon candle burning. Can anything be better? Of course Jared would say that he could think of a lot of things (he's a summer person), but I'm sure eventually he'll come around. I can't complain at all thought because whenever I ask him to grab a jacket and take a walk with me and Kaylee (like I did today), he will always come, even though it is a bit cooler than he'd prefer. I'd take that over flowers anyday! </div><div> For halloween we went to my parents in Utah so we could take Kaylee trick-or-treating since there isn't much of that where my Grandma lives. What fun! Of course we had carmel popped corn and watched our families traditional disney halloween movies.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHUkyRyV4K-9SjQhhTUYnk_LppcF0FA7o8oqnynTegf8QzdqQp5zZqlnOegQ9BVQ6MUrjwsZ_n7knSdi8X5K7YM1xenVzn_w0B0-RtRTLwgUH39-K3U2GA7XD0X8aHTZqiC9PwkOk_qw/s1600/IMG_3363.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHUkyRyV4K-9SjQhhTUYnk_LppcF0FA7o8oqnynTegf8QzdqQp5zZqlnOegQ9BVQ6MUrjwsZ_n7knSdi8X5K7YM1xenVzn_w0B0-RtRTLwgUH39-K3U2GA7XD0X8aHTZqiC9PwkOk_qw/s400/IMG_3363.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534686708338099442" /></a>In backwards order, the picture above is the crew that came trick-or-treating with us. See...even college students want to feel the excitement of the holidays. You never grow of it, or some of us don't. There were seven of us out with Kaylee. Some people even gave us candy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cxB4PptDLOxINmq4Vx3u_HyYThuDM6fJ_IzIKx-6128GewTaSifrnWYGJx76ve-choklVia4v7oXz9jB9ZwUbBkn_RoGskEXdt-aB8erZCryYC9-C_PauWAL53q8IdTKLat7tgfu4XM/s1600/IMG_3360.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cxB4PptDLOxINmq4Vx3u_HyYThuDM6fJ_IzIKx-6128GewTaSifrnWYGJx76ve-choklVia4v7oXz9jB9ZwUbBkn_RoGskEXdt-aB8erZCryYC9-C_PauWAL53q8IdTKLat7tgfu4XM/s400/IMG_3360.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534686697207825762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZMK3-BZb2Gy87WPfApo4uaerF-BoSy3jUpQCUVA0VB_BY7vyVnF5Oda2vkdftWWusiIuTZjJfdTkHSbJlIc6GcT074hMoo8pRvsjICLLS9MIe-Y9ewyvS7tmDYDY8hbIoNsVwYwrRUM/s1600/IMG_3358.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZMK3-BZb2Gy87WPfApo4uaerF-BoSy3jUpQCUVA0VB_BY7vyVnF5Oda2vkdftWWusiIuTZjJfdTkHSbJlIc6GcT074hMoo8pRvsjICLLS9MIe-Y9ewyvS7tmDYDY8hbIoNsVwYwrRUM/s400/IMG_3358.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534685118060928802" /></a>I love my little fairy. Wow, did she enjoy trick-or-treating, even though it was cold and had been raining before hand (which is why we skipped out on putting her white fairy, Sunday dress on underneath). Every door had a "doggie" and she would yell "doggie, doggie" and try to go inside the homes to see them. Once she realized she got candy at the doors she walked more quickly to the next door. I didn't know she could walk so fast. She loved it and we loved watching her enjoy it. <div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FCNVpkstfe3L8kvdJYu2zZm_zmclFC3TQ01otwtKWSD69emAck2JjhOwEjwlGOjlb78RwmjNuMPUSxir-LpFCPRwMr0bbE_YV6oQq7GDR7ctowkNmsJqcn1z0whOj5bFpfWIWYNNCns/s1600/IMG_3356.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FCNVpkstfe3L8kvdJYu2zZm_zmclFC3TQ01otwtKWSD69emAck2JjhOwEjwlGOjlb78RwmjNuMPUSxir-LpFCPRwMr0bbE_YV6oQq7GDR7ctowkNmsJqcn1z0whOj5bFpfWIWYNNCns/s400/IMG_3356.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534685114736972530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6ZxasNu099oN5bqq2ZUqWDPo4628Z0xuBUD3baJkUZwuNQgbSVEyk5M1vr5jLerPBLaSuBR1OvM2FkWWd3AK8SEC_xG23CAPvQPl610ij4QC8v9iVCt_Z_rI0M02VNTMZpI-9TEJTR8/s1600/IMG_3352.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6ZxasNu099oN5bqq2ZUqWDPo4628Z0xuBUD3baJkUZwuNQgbSVEyk5M1vr5jLerPBLaSuBR1OvM2FkWWd3AK8SEC_xG23CAPvQPl610ij4QC8v9iVCt_Z_rI0M02VNTMZpI-9TEJTR8/s400/IMG_3352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534685109072374690" /></a>Jason, what a goof, but he had fun with us taking Kaylee around. She actually likes Jason now. She didn't for a while, but now they've been good friends.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvogVLjO2VUtg9ijs37MmWXRb8oNJJBDFeTIdY9pFbiQb97KJZ_F8zQDuT8LLoxuXK17SDQ2VAPhtAYTrhD3qCooUhNOnfpEP8EYk6JktNNxNmoG1Lqv6AwvmNq4tq5sphzFDkGCj0VY/s1600/IMG_3349.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvogVLjO2VUtg9ijs37MmWXRb8oNJJBDFeTIdY9pFbiQb97KJZ_F8zQDuT8LLoxuXK17SDQ2VAPhtAYTrhD3qCooUhNOnfpEP8EYk6JktNNxNmoG1Lqv6AwvmNq4tq5sphzFDkGCj0VY/s400/IMG_3349.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534684357548597474" /></a>(Jared secretly admitted that he's excited to eat her candy since....she won't really be eating it, right?) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcCp1c3INjypNFcU894vntJoNezM2b4Q2NvLwCbVgf26Lw6SKiGzQ-fbcdT5UHhF8IEgnxArXeMt5p_NtDFm5kWJL1_91Nqs8BvSaRC4rCfdvxoT_qOo2yHvcZr4ZtkVno6gl_cNQth4/s1600/IMG_3344.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcCp1c3INjypNFcU894vntJoNezM2b4Q2NvLwCbVgf26Lw6SKiGzQ-fbcdT5UHhF8IEgnxArXeMt5p_NtDFm5kWJL1_91Nqs8BvSaRC4rCfdvxoT_qOo2yHvcZr4ZtkVno6gl_cNQth4/s400/IMG_3344.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534684352187853186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bHmy3Bi7FGIRZrpb5P6U4u9w-OmoziPdWdKgRvaBH8V19oSvdcY62lmyLWPCwR4rTz5gMbiyu6P2M1xcPjGaq3PRfq9kueblvRpLIaY2MLQPihKnhfX8ZLIQKVnCV7v_CDPxung_Uyw/s1600/IMG_3341.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bHmy3Bi7FGIRZrpb5P6U4u9w-OmoziPdWdKgRvaBH8V19oSvdcY62lmyLWPCwR4rTz5gMbiyu6P2M1xcPjGaq3PRfq9kueblvRpLIaY2MLQPihKnhfX8ZLIQKVnCV7v_CDPxung_Uyw/s400/IMG_3341.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534684350778957778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGEWzmVXdQn_msrvUdyjBspQ5Bp_-pk9nKomzvVff_sVBm9saGFSe8RZUr03WCA1FhGr8t5umJH8NADvWX4lzMxX6vPcvMe6LjSdbOZrGCAP6vNrl2X8VJ-_LvQSUMSspvwcurBINOk0/s1600/IMG_3322.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGEWzmVXdQn_msrvUdyjBspQ5Bp_-pk9nKomzvVff_sVBm9saGFSe8RZUr03WCA1FhGr8t5umJH8NADvWX4lzMxX6vPcvMe6LjSdbOZrGCAP6vNrl2X8VJ-_LvQSUMSspvwcurBINOk0/s400/IMG_3322.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534684342400653362" /></a>Jared had to coach her through the pumpkin gutting process for a bit since she didn't like getting her hands icky. Once she got used to it though, she had no problem.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWQQGsFRX7HW5aVV7tCEihS6JBd9sevc78dvtK2F5EypX6spUpoRW90IZpYLnOHVNqVegqSsSuvoorXkAdAfUzRJ2hzaLYtyN7t36whbRaWYWz5HsmiD9S36_xeDd7V5mQQPLiPcn92A/s1600/IMG_3317.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWQQGsFRX7HW5aVV7tCEihS6JBd9sevc78dvtK2F5EypX6spUpoRW90IZpYLnOHVNqVegqSsSuvoorXkAdAfUzRJ2hzaLYtyN7t36whbRaWYWz5HsmiD9S36_xeDd7V5mQQPLiPcn92A/s400/IMG_3317.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534684328167206034" /></a>So with Fall and all that's apart of it, put together with these two people, I just couldn't be any happier.</div><div><br /></div><div>p.s 5 1/2 weeks left and this baby's outta here. I'm praying for a week early vs. a week late. I'm done...very very done. No more room in there.</div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-35989740195615117642010-10-06T12:46:00.014-06:002010-10-06T13:51:50.823-06:00The Founding Fathers<div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Declaration of Independence</span></i></b></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> John Trumball, 1819</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjfiTO344Db5xyMRyLcZkFrBordhrDGiCNUdsCdofEz3mUNn5oNTc08w524BeFfwzAvK609kWVQJtW1GbWhSN0-3Xqk13paUpi0ZdDWKckrCnFMzg567-5D0vMmbxiXHW-SQYSqKMRjc/s1600/File-Declaration_independence.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjfiTO344Db5xyMRyLcZkFrBordhrDGiCNUdsCdofEz3mUNn5oNTc08w524BeFfwzAvK609kWVQJtW1GbWhSN0-3Xqk13paUpi0ZdDWKckrCnFMzg567-5D0vMmbxiXHW-SQYSqKMRjc/s400/File-Declaration_independence.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525009461186079058" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since we've been here in Idaho the last month I've found myself with a lot of time on my hands. Because of this I decided that it was time to learn more about the history of the United States and our Founding Fathers. Being here with Grandma also meant that we regularly watch Glenn Beck, so that of course added to my desire to learn more about our country. I picked up a book Grandma had been studying herself, entitled "The Making of AMERICA," by W. Cleon Skousen. I've been enthralled by it. I feel ashamed that for so many years I used the excuse of living in England and missing some of those vital history classes, as my reason for not knowing much about American history. It's incredible, and a miracle, to say the least, that our country ever became what it has, a land of liberty and religious freedom, with representation by the people and not a monarchy, as most of the world has known. </span></span></span></i></b></span><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> What impressed me most was what I came across last night when I was reading. I was learning about the miracle of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. After winning the revolutionary war our Founding Fathers recognized that our country would not survive unless it changed the Articles of Confederation and came up with a new system of government, different than any other country had known. 55 delegates from the states arrived to discuss the government. There was arguing and contention over what to do and it was difficult to come to any consensus. This went on for days. Finally, during one of those moments Benjamin Franklin arose and made this plea</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">:</span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> "In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard; and they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need [His] assistance?</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">that God governs in the affairs of men. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel; we shall be divided by our little partial, local interests, our projects will be confounded and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a byword down to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom and leave it to chance, war or conquest," </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Skousen, 1985, p.159-160).</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></i></span></b></span></i></span></b></span></i></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">People may try to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance, from our currency, and out of the Declaration, forgetting that our unalienable rights come from our Creator. But when you sit down to study the principles <i>this</i> nation was founded on you have to recognize, like Benjamin Franklin said, "the superintending Providence in our favor." And <i>no-on</i>e today can take away what happened during </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">those</span> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">beginning days.</span></span></i></b></span></i></span></b></span></i></span></b></span></i></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></i></span></b></span></i></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span><div><div><i><br /></i></div></div></div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-60040860396535253442010-09-20T19:07:00.009-06:002010-09-20T22:26:21.521-06:00Home in Idaho<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOiJ652y61u2Fr1pXtJz9iWPNIw4nVOiPtTBD5gDTI6PkBLtGeL8fuzkvnqrdGPKWfT3YoQgR4vvGMCSxsAVI1TU9ScMYildbCcnb04OvHJ6ZdGa8nS_7fbQQ0GFjjlVW7WlOPBuvqdw/s1600/DSC00178.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOiJ652y61u2Fr1pXtJz9iWPNIw4nVOiPtTBD5gDTI6PkBLtGeL8fuzkvnqrdGPKWfT3YoQgR4vvGMCSxsAVI1TU9ScMYildbCcnb04OvHJ6ZdGa8nS_7fbQQ0GFjjlVW7WlOPBuvqdw/s320/DSC00178.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519176825751626322" /></a>Idaho...it's my home, and I love it. Sometimes it makes me really sad that both Jared and I feel that we don't belong here long term. We've always felt that it's not the place where we will raise our family, Utah included. I think it is so beautiful here. People complain about the weather but I love it, snow and all. I love it even more after being in San Antonio. I never knew dry weather could make me so very happy. The first morning we arrived in Utah after our three day drive from Texas I went outside and breathed in the fresh, cool, crisp morning air...and I was happy, really really happy. I guess I'm my daddy's girl. He doesn't care much for hot summer weather and never has, just like me. He always says that September, when Fall begins to approach, is his reward for surviving June, July, and August. I couldn't agree with him more. Kaylee and I have enjoyed wandering around outside each day walking barefoot in the grass. You just don't do that in Texas. The grass hurts your feet. I love this weather! I can't explain why it makes me so happy but it just does.<div><br /></div><div>So, we've been home a month. We are spending this last semester (Jared has one more class) at my Grandma's in Idaho. We couldn't bear the thought of moving all of our stuff into an apartment for four months, to start again in a new student ward, especially since it wouldn't be the one we left after 2 1/2 years, and then to have to pack and move out with a few weeks of having a newborn (due Dec 9th). I am NOT doing that. Some girls don't miss much of a beat after having a baby, but I needed a break...at least a 2-3 week one. I went to church and class really soon after but that was about all I could do. To have to pack everything up would do me in...so we're with my Grandma in her beautiful big home and enjoying it. We're so grateful to her because it's been a big help for us to be here, plus we just love her to bits.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv521hZTlax18pXAQqox4Q0pzCfavzNgQLIp75JtaOF2n2eYpraQtmh3ODfi55b6-XoTeEu9LJbkubKyHerj_Oj5gDXg7_VBW_rKduuX6q6f3nB7EZ5yoDB87rp6opy_a3JI-1K3HPdhE/s1600/DSC00203.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv521hZTlax18pXAQqox4Q0pzCfavzNgQLIp75JtaOF2n2eYpraQtmh3ODfi55b6-XoTeEu9LJbkubKyHerj_Oj5gDXg7_VBW_rKduuX6q6f3nB7EZ5yoDB87rp6opy_a3JI-1K3HPdhE/s320/DSC00203.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519170753128036258" /></a>We went to a fall festival this last week. Texas instilled in Kaylee a love of water, any water, so we had some fun<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek16tLaI4Kt9elYv7PRi3Li46V8N8kNP24jByrgszLz5t9lGn4cDhlX8wrvMLSxENvzVSY_d9xE-fTKVGmSgkNtP0_TQXWnP3w9BqoYuD3WWFpIsdI7POXQCkOYn7GlEdU2us_0HTCZM/s1600/DSC00200.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek16tLaI4Kt9elYv7PRi3Li46V8N8kNP24jByrgszLz5t9lGn4cDhlX8wrvMLSxENvzVSY_d9xE-fTKVGmSgkNtP0_TQXWnP3w9BqoYuD3WWFpIsdI7POXQCkOYn7GlEdU2us_0HTCZM/s320/DSC00200.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519170742092576754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwk5_tQ-B9mLlF3xz7RFN1UYB0kDjGhEI0DEdAlixHyDPiRoWviqMP-xBjKq-Mr6J0-eeNTj0lnVpFpwdLeDkQ_rjDiyOCgdglqEfY8cJO0zYHZbH8EHuwryr0ycbsE-crdSs1HEylfJ4/s1600/DSC00209.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwk5_tQ-B9mLlF3xz7RFN1UYB0kDjGhEI0DEdAlixHyDPiRoWviqMP-xBjKq-Mr6J0-eeNTj0lnVpFpwdLeDkQ_rjDiyOCgdglqEfY8cJO0zYHZbH8EHuwryr0ycbsE-crdSs1HEylfJ4/s320/DSC00209.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519170733867910098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvscb9LQzOkN2sKnwWC6ol3AIxUA-cDrBReUedL0bjvLnxfQO57s0Y2gioDeTXfGt99yhiX1YvzgVeSwOrfkE0Vp6kjF4jujMXT2sArzzDIyHYqrVB0-1ISA3-CV2-qqzwbr0OLMb-uo/s1600/DSC00103.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvscb9LQzOkN2sKnwWC6ol3AIxUA-cDrBReUedL0bjvLnxfQO57s0Y2gioDeTXfGt99yhiX1YvzgVeSwOrfkE0Vp6kjF4jujMXT2sArzzDIyHYqrVB0-1ISA3-CV2-qqzwbr0OLMb-uo/s320/DSC00103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519170731319820930" /></a>I went with my Grandma and Aunt Debi to the Blackfoot state fair a week or so ago. Kaylee gave lots of kisses to the goats.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOsiNRvdvdSVDjPioxE45Jn0UgIVREiPzeODUW9DIMsajDkxNfpK0MpCzeV6m5qfMNOv8QOFYHiJT1KPt4iZTxugcTzJPFi-sU7gaVjEOsJI5_VHHgQJWxmnVjmrhoaYPTY5MZXU56_g/s1600/IMG_3167.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOsiNRvdvdSVDjPioxE45Jn0UgIVREiPzeODUW9DIMsajDkxNfpK0MpCzeV6m5qfMNOv8QOFYHiJT1KPt4iZTxugcTzJPFi-sU7gaVjEOsJI5_VHHgQJWxmnVjmrhoaYPTY5MZXU56_g/s320/IMG_3167.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519170719495879698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">On our way home to Idaho we stopped at Mesa Verde. So beautiful! We both said it was the best $21 we spent. We learned about the cliff dwellers, the homes they created, and how they lived among other things. Oh it was incredible.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e2eAL8v-JKwmI8js-dYQgaltLp4DMe6MykpTyamgwrcsKf99tyCzNj32zeTRsRjaZIdEh5pJEWTbSlLoTznAOnuz6XVbsc5t8I4jkoQ5Wl9lgNDorrSQejSDur_iCLiDHc-J8csaoAU/s1600/IMG_3160.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e2eAL8v-JKwmI8js-dYQgaltLp4DMe6MykpTyamgwrcsKf99tyCzNj32zeTRsRjaZIdEh5pJEWTbSlLoTznAOnuz6XVbsc5t8I4jkoQ5Wl9lgNDorrSQejSDur_iCLiDHc-J8csaoAU/s320/IMG_3160.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519168315141812530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_oKqEhbtwgd4RZz-L6U_HEU8nT8z8eGOT7VuVEEG6I7fl6ihYmhzewJN91-7UgrUxLF4icPilGWgtBwWDKq3-O6xh62_rlayxWVq5Q1KN6UW6NVOULWUq_9uGCUvj-4Rk-MGD_KGocs/s1600/IMG_3164.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_oKqEhbtwgd4RZz-L6U_HEU8nT8z8eGOT7VuVEEG6I7fl6ihYmhzewJN91-7UgrUxLF4icPilGWgtBwWDKq3-O6xh62_rlayxWVq5Q1KN6UW6NVOULWUq_9uGCUvj-4Rk-MGD_KGocs/s320/IMG_3164.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519168309078706418" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3brLQ3TZp9fqyuXF3Q_8fAK8V3N9r0GsF7IPbcuSe_dWd_isMJUTCol4M392M0XjpdkZq6RXQuIBrDTApQz9LhSwO1uawW3NGK1U3bUsFsq11JNbQtbNOh-bB_D1jkUfsEsiM2vhuro/s1600/IMG_3175.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3brLQ3TZp9fqyuXF3Q_8fAK8V3N9r0GsF7IPbcuSe_dWd_isMJUTCol4M392M0XjpdkZq6RXQuIBrDTApQz9LhSwO1uawW3NGK1U3bUsFsq11JNbQtbNOh-bB_D1jkUfsEsiM2vhuro/s320/IMG_3175.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519168302339962322" /></a>Kaylee is my little gem. I can't think of anything I enjoy more in being a mom, than watching her learn. It's an incredible thing. If you watch you can see it, the process of their little brains working hard to figure things out, like how to make cow noises, how to point to parts of their body, how to put the laundry in the washer and then move it in the dryer, how to put away their dishes, how to fold their arms for prayer, and how to do so many different things. I sure love Miss Kaylee more than I thought I ever could. </div><div>You know what else? I sure love Jared more than I thought I could too. And you know why? Because even though being married isn't all flowers, romance, and dates all the time (like you imagine it from the disney movies as a little girl), it's fun being with my best friend, no matter how exciting or dull the days might be. </div>Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572612446168971274.post-22333218079752423392010-08-05T09:56:00.005-06:002010-08-05T10:31:31.189-06:00"Oh what do you do in the summertime..."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3jFN_6CHV0N8jzvOjQglgBdGY7C11oNzjunY8PVOntlz84bJT0q-GklHfchv_53POjdE7UgA3ShNysnKMM7mhsUwiejoCKEdtr2fJr7GxVSmAF8aqQdbkqiXK54_VaPQSwSwCqqo-ls/s1600/IMG_2956.JPG"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></a>So what do we do here in Texas? We spend a lot of it in doors in the wonderful AC, to be honest because it's so stinkin' hot, but we do get out and do things when we can. So here's a little record of what some of our days consist of.<br /><br /> We swim. Miss Kaylee sure likes it, especially with these little green floaty things. The other day she brought them to me in the house and wanted to wear them, so she walked around inside with her green floaties on.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2e5dE_kqggKZNLeiXJ1GeUzdkvWzktggwcRDVKi9AjpaI1Dx75JLyIiyvAEpFxSXq9uNelvwqLbjmfdjAvXxvSufRzUS-9i9qSgfC5X-7TJUPLtMpn63r57xAxsdqBps9Iq1PfmK_IE/s1600/IMG_3091.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2e5dE_kqggKZNLeiXJ1GeUzdkvWzktggwcRDVKi9AjpaI1Dx75JLyIiyvAEpFxSXq9uNelvwqLbjmfdjAvXxvSufRzUS-9i9qSgfC5X-7TJUPLtMpn63r57xAxsdqBps9Iq1PfmK_IE/s320/IMG_3091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501958650315437762" border="0" /></a>Miss Kaylee and I love to cook together. Well actually, <span style="font-style: italic;">I</span> love to cook/bake, but Kaylee joins me when I feel like cleaning up a bigger mess. She's getting the hang of it though, the more she does it. She likes to mix it up and then spoon whatever it is into her mouth...butter, butter and eggs, butter and eggs and sugar, whatever. It's all yummy to her.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpz9LtNRMyMzz2KZutjp0bDN10xV9huEI-kxEPEl4t7ikdePQwhYzQ25TDTuivP41uEbA3W_JprRAHeZ-dKwxzQ6B66Z_cuFYjNlgiUxcVH1JVRsRod3vi3p1ZNLOFk5bXKs60zXC5YPM/s1600/IMG_3065.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpz9LtNRMyMzz2KZutjp0bDN10xV9huEI-kxEPEl4t7ikdePQwhYzQ25TDTuivP41uEbA3W_JprRAHeZ-dKwxzQ6B66Z_cuFYjNlgiUxcVH1JVRsRod3vi3p1ZNLOFk5bXKs60zXC5YPM/s320/IMG_3065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501958639361280562" border="0" /></a>We love rain and thunderstorms. She wanted outside so I let her go, clothes and all. She was d-r-e-n-c-h-e-d!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6foFdlN3YQjFrYsi-80PBK9L0AosWGTsaAWEdwkDSX0BUmSuEjti6NfH3AnidvBYF7EOjn38AI5EexRv_rbL4z7Mxr10fYy_Ribb4CBT6q-8WQXyvi_qEixjVCOjEmrroQq-R7QNg1Ys/s1600/IMG_3048.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6foFdlN3YQjFrYsi-80PBK9L0AosWGTsaAWEdwkDSX0BUmSuEjti6NfH3AnidvBYF7EOjn38AI5EexRv_rbL4z7Mxr10fYy_Ribb4CBT6q-8WQXyvi_qEixjVCOjEmrroQq-R7QNg1Ys/s320/IMG_3048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501958630198218882" border="0" /></a>Kaylee gets stuck on the bed sometimes. Doesn't know whether to go up or down. I wait it out a bit to see what she'll do. Sometimes she braves letting go and sometimes she holds on for dear life and whimpers until mommy comes to rescue her. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAJ0BEeZcTO-nGl61KEbpx-tV03B5XM2W7sDXQPHq1f5pRnDjpTv-NplwBVq2fF7QrCzcBe7rVGpjgpWWn0C8coizdjlpfd1zbXAi5hsKp2sjSyvI_6nH_1sNLTZrkb0atBS67i5h8Sc/s1600/IMG_3044.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAJ0BEeZcTO-nGl61KEbpx-tV03B5XM2W7sDXQPHq1f5pRnDjpTv-NplwBVq2fF7QrCzcBe7rVGpjgpWWn0C8coizdjlpfd1zbXAi5hsKp2sjSyvI_6nH_1sNLTZrkb0atBS67i5h8Sc/s320/IMG_3044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501958629192333810" border="0" /></a>We're in the make-up playing stage...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWG_RLE1EEyoSU-aAvbn2JXAjaXq8sv92_nWjFFnpBbFhu9NW5kBrnLquH82GClqejpB99BaSuVvjadAKibqRSSS9ONSjoObd9Qq5Z5e3KaLH_AHJEvyBB8wVMjVyxCQ9PirUaRdTK3Q/s1600/IMG_3040.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWG_RLE1EEyoSU-aAvbn2JXAjaXq8sv92_nWjFFnpBbFhu9NW5kBrnLquH82GClqejpB99BaSuVvjadAKibqRSSS9ONSjoObd9Qq5Z5e3KaLH_AHJEvyBB8wVMjVyxCQ9PirUaRdTK3Q/s320/IMG_3040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501957811311598770" border="0" /></a>and the drawing on ourselves phase<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRE3o89tKF4UAjus6USY3eCJf-WecIqjxOmY5C5n9DsDPKMjFSden8h6c7qCGLT1y3P3Z4heRtfs0MQ9lQaK20qJUFmcU5US84cm_54pOFp9EktiXzLy6563wIO1FbPt5kQFH0h7fpRg/s1600/IMG_3036.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRE3o89tKF4UAjus6USY3eCJf-WecIqjxOmY5C5n9DsDPKMjFSden8h6c7qCGLT1y3P3Z4heRtfs0MQ9lQaK20qJUFmcU5US84cm_54pOFp9EktiXzLy6563wIO1FbPt5kQFH0h7fpRg/s320/IMG_3036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501957801563786674" border="0" /></a>So we take lots of baths to keep ourselves clean. Miss Kaylee and I go for a walk every morning, for about an hour, three miles or so. When we come back we are dripping so it's always bath time and shower time. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHPWvG5kwlPWJCssGabvvt41ASYENqiC9M9j-jZ2dDQEx5mCLDEIUPTTsesOfLX3iR60zO_v3R8mEK85hKdYT9QFOL8SardIBEmblW4i3Wa09hlEK4W3XOUNqn1VjmbxmZhIKFjfDAPs/s1600/IMG_3025.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHPWvG5kwlPWJCssGabvvt41ASYENqiC9M9j-jZ2dDQEx5mCLDEIUPTTsesOfLX3iR60zO_v3R8mEK85hKdYT9QFOL8SardIBEmblW4i3Wa09hlEK4W3XOUNqn1VjmbxmZhIKFjfDAPs/s320/IMG_3025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501957796992137538" border="0" /></a>We explore lots in this house. This still remains her favorite cupboard.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhpzCUUlVUml9JfPZvbiiwuTo7wAffguCZUim83XxWrNAu0xN2eKcNjPt8Nz9e__JFrcjrireUUE8j-PNt62UEIItLv3acDPwW_PgkY5OE71ULyFkTbHE3OdX4IjDe6F6p8JJeVeEu3E/s1600/IMG_2992.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhpzCUUlVUml9JfPZvbiiwuTo7wAffguCZUim83XxWrNAu0xN2eKcNjPt8Nz9e__JFrcjrireUUE8j-PNt62UEIItLv3acDPwW_PgkY5OE71ULyFkTbHE3OdX4IjDe6F6p8JJeVeEu3E/s320/IMG_2992.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501957792475372482" border="0" /></a>Cookie dough...sugar cookies, lemon cookies, granola, homemade bread, banana muffins, chocolate chip cookies...it doesn't matter, she loves it all.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1l6Luz7V-P64p6wLqjHNaNL2EqdeSBabilKhXfxRc9g3uuPsdfQXeEaK2TdmG5PdovjA5CwC6QoiBmlh8aZitPjAiI4jCHFpSL6ncXUciynxnvuzdoB74jyeLJD2oRObnLaerMnQxHk/s1600/IMG_2950.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1l6Luz7V-P64p6wLqjHNaNL2EqdeSBabilKhXfxRc9g3uuPsdfQXeEaK2TdmG5PdovjA5CwC6QoiBmlh8aZitPjAiI4jCHFpSL6ncXUciynxnvuzdoB74jyeLJD2oRObnLaerMnQxHk/s320/IMG_2950.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501957784322117522" border="0" /></a>We get out and see things, like Dallas to visit Aunt Michelle and Uncle Craig, or Austin to visit one of Jared's old roommates' and his wife.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-cHnduVblsv6-09UGtlOlIkU4n10jPdSokTuR51KON7IfbSf4rDVtD4JJ5zxVGH6CXgNypB5CneBCmbEwPg2NGamH60quiSu3MZNLyoqe5zU4e_VOAhXb5VD7GEykqcSzEXf5pdguMU/s1600/IMG_2944.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-cHnduVblsv6-09UGtlOlIkU4n10jPdSokTuR51KON7IfbSf4rDVtD4JJ5zxVGH6CXgNypB5CneBCmbEwPg2NGamH60quiSu3MZNLyoqe5zU4e_VOAhXb5VD7GEykqcSzEXf5pdguMU/s320/IMG_2944.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501955913924480146" border="0" /></a>We have friends over and we eat! Breakfast for dinner is probably the most popular in the Cook house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYc0UZMxvHTKuqcCa9OoZkcbWFTevQWGHLb9taYPSaYr87SXo2B_z7MXBrZV1-JeOPwElG73sYxALmp1AISo3zDcye4xYIIXmy_wY2rjnasKTc_WClgYQ3jFSFXhoKalGXlXLx8i7elQ/s1600/IMG_2940.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYc0UZMxvHTKuqcCa9OoZkcbWFTevQWGHLb9taYPSaYr87SXo2B_z7MXBrZV1-JeOPwElG73sYxALmp1AISo3zDcye4xYIIXmy_wY2rjnasKTc_WClgYQ3jFSFXhoKalGXlXLx8i7elQ/s320/IMG_2940.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501955910069987538" border="0" /></a>Sometimes when we want to brave being outside for a long time we take picnics or visit the park. Then we look like this after a while.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3ulCtF5F1NGlQ5jRW4-_h1FKvD6RvdGqSBoqbkkJt1Nfs8BGXnHYXdLH6wUNH26VuXcIJ3IHVVB1DU3fHXFTqbSTk2ubGbWYPxX7_hiB0nvborvicNGeb4qBDCag4pRcQ64wXYcHpFQ/s1600/IMG_2936.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3ulCtF5F1NGlQ5jRW4-_h1FKvD6RvdGqSBoqbkkJt1Nfs8BGXnHYXdLH6wUNH26VuXcIJ3IHVVB1DU3fHXFTqbSTk2ubGbWYPxX7_hiB0nvborvicNGeb4qBDCag4pRcQ64wXYcHpFQ/s320/IMG_2936.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501955897754540066" border="0" /></a>We went to a cute little town called "Fredericksburg." The Texans love Texas, can you tell...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXJPfD0B5yQa-OjYvxfpCVWfp-oIJDKwcd6ohXLmmKE1m3UMeee9zWzQsEEV0Z1Pc06JmTmHVLt6UiSisBb0W0EHm1xph9uTtE8c4ZKBN2iNHJfiNdvrDpfGmLKbN808hSzIHfdILo0M/s1600/IMG_2930.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXJPfD0B5yQa-OjYvxfpCVWfp-oIJDKwcd6ohXLmmKE1m3UMeee9zWzQsEEV0Z1Pc06JmTmHVLt6UiSisBb0W0EHm1xph9uTtE8c4ZKBN2iNHJfiNdvrDpfGmLKbN808hSzIHfdILo0M/s320/IMG_2930.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501955895579391026" border="0" /></a>And then we always make time to play with big 'ol Gus. Kaylee loves this dog to bits. I will not ever have a dog...ever, so I hope this is enough for Kaylee. I'm not a dog person, not at all, not even a little bit. I won't do it. Jared wants a dog, I really don't like or care for them, call me a not nice person, I don't care, I don't ever want a pet, but specifically not a dog. But, saying that, I enjoy the way Kaylee loves that dog.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBW30UUtQo2jPjCWfhELUdi23P5LJ19G_ahcmo4yS81ZxxGfmbK2pxENFrvHMVRkUxbn3y7qQ8vSwanh8zO4IfBGhjkCuSgGcSjFxRzggxV2m74qZafCZvoDMuoYhnVto2ujJf8jZbDao/s1600/IMG_2923.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBW30UUtQo2jPjCWfhELUdi23P5LJ19G_ahcmo4yS81ZxxGfmbK2pxENFrvHMVRkUxbn3y7qQ8vSwanh8zO4IfBGhjkCuSgGcSjFxRzggxV2m74qZafCZvoDMuoYhnVto2ujJf8jZbDao/s320/IMG_2923.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501955892661267266" border="0" /></a><br />So that's what we do around here.Kristen Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544047450456161411noreply@blogger.com8