tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93685422024-03-19T11:58:05.273-07:00Alice's WonderlandIf I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.comBlogger988125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-36421101088025934882009-10-06T20:22:00.000-07:002009-10-07T10:03:44.805-07:001001: The proposal<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">No this is not a story of how Jared and I got together...rather a different proposal. A few weeks after Finn was born, and we were at my parent's house eating pancakes Jared ''proposed" that we start a family blog. A new beginning. Well, the layout, design and name have been in the works for the next couple of months. After several photo shoots and editing of our bicycles (and just plain finding the time to design the blog) I have finally moved and merged with lovey to officially say goodbye to the Aquayellow blog and <span style="font-weight: bold;">HELLO TO:</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Jared, Alice, Etc</span> located at <a href="http://jaredalice.com/"><span style="font-size:180%;">jaredalice.com</span></a><br /><br />So update your readers if you want to keep following our fairytale. </span><br /><br /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-65790721172756622352009-10-06T19:44:00.001-07:002009-10-06T21:11:43.895-07:001000th Post, 1000 Bubbles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAAp4MkVTfUSdPyCcH0_3n2f5EvsghrBsbpykz_S0TsSFHijkRy6IrCNHW0lqaONIxsS2v06qKJsWtAFzU2rWeIhGqhpdEMHEu38VIrEtBxpPzNiPvu2BR-ehV8zJkuXITjvn/s1600-h/DSC_8264.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAAp4MkVTfUSdPyCcH0_3n2f5EvsghrBsbpykz_S0TsSFHijkRy6IrCNHW0lqaONIxsS2v06qKJsWtAFzU2rWeIhGqhpdEMHEu38VIrEtBxpPzNiPvu2BR-ehV8zJkuXITjvn/s640/DSC_8264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389684148305660834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnZQGeXblPC0Hz6X3Vt2F6YBiUYBj6Gy8y4ywV88beNw22V-jBA5gfpIFpafB4V-zJoaY63QABhtqT_N7qY8V168iRV54737uaBbMeQ85p8YV7t4jM5fQgEwNBrTzL6NjLcVB/s1600-h/DSC_8267.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnZQGeXblPC0Hz6X3Vt2F6YBiUYBj6Gy8y4ywV88beNw22V-jBA5gfpIFpafB4V-zJoaY63QABhtqT_N7qY8V168iRV54737uaBbMeQ85p8YV7t4jM5fQgEwNBrTzL6NjLcVB/s640/DSC_8267.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389683987508408578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxOM4zPcCmvIqIREbUYpKFy2DIq4EVq1XMJ92ctuP03w7Dx62m51D1rc8YgFssFtdztBYuQ0S53E2H3WzKD6Uflm7wdbR6T2c1e1c6uOH_0LlUh8Ty-aqcbd98_fvH2udGz8L/s1600-h/DSC_8282.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxOM4zPcCmvIqIREbUYpKFy2DIq4EVq1XMJ92ctuP03w7Dx62m51D1rc8YgFssFtdztBYuQ0S53E2H3WzKD6Uflm7wdbR6T2c1e1c6uOH_0LlUh8Ty-aqcbd98_fvH2udGz8L/s640/DSC_8282.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389683975857631474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ866Rxu53zk97-fFgOS0nOBkME-uoCNdg7GLr-gFfg267qxO0utOesXNiIQnsUF_g_tM2ItM3fW2RjpfNg-CET0VSJevJDohXQ_DOSJh1SE-lVkh50zOHYMlmy4fZFMlyjdm2/s1600-h/DSC_8290.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ866Rxu53zk97-fFgOS0nOBkME-uoCNdg7GLr-gFfg267qxO0utOesXNiIQnsUF_g_tM2ItM3fW2RjpfNg-CET0VSJevJDohXQ_DOSJh1SE-lVkh50zOHYMlmy4fZFMlyjdm2/s640/DSC_8290.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389683967143222338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzp4QT2uy4PJImYZ7CISIvLueFx-25NeyyfVBKBGADV1EEd0HL2b0kJ6Ro-Zs1KwlV_PblLFaCIL6A7YLj8Z45EvfJjJTpmSV9061nQNIBM9MWRgUEoWTtETTXMFnO2RKKl1w7/s1600-h/DSC_8291.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzp4QT2uy4PJImYZ7CISIvLueFx-25NeyyfVBKBGADV1EEd0HL2b0kJ6Ro-Zs1KwlV_PblLFaCIL6A7YLj8Z45EvfJjJTpmSV9061nQNIBM9MWRgUEoWTtETTXMFnO2RKKl1w7/s640/DSC_8291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389683962747506642" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-17119647923706486222009-09-29T15:25:00.000-07:002009-09-29T15:28:57.022-07:00Fall has arrived!<div style="text-align: center;">Fall arrived all of a sudden today...a much anticipated Autumn. I was getting really tired of those late summer heat waves. I hope the weather sticks...you never know in California. As my mother always said, "Dress in layers."<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgFZxiyd3QiHKkbVt5dwIQ77CSABV0ZEYUX7xpbcst7l2I8ePf5o9sIK7NR0fth40q3ijHzIAchAYWS-7SDOXbVatZyShkqKCVB8q11t4KUzdN-Vi3BkEh6DmdathUTwMBs3R/s1600-h/DSC_8234.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgFZxiyd3QiHKkbVt5dwIQ77CSABV0ZEYUX7xpbcst7l2I8ePf5o9sIK7NR0fth40q3ijHzIAchAYWS-7SDOXbVatZyShkqKCVB8q11t4KUzdN-Vi3BkEh6DmdathUTwMBs3R/s640/DSC_8234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387019338292631218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finn's ready with his freshly knitted pumpkin hat...thanks to Heather L.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwj9n7aQy71zwgEOBfLstY-D-DMMAusVSAT5dqiSVQi_Em95g0O8hyLLWBsufLwPmI0t168AOqCwWcdUTLPfwvBqAWHu9WcYICyTl2PoPJavaYLfeWkQrZyTg7W7RvwDq9EsN8/s1600-h/DSC_8231.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwj9n7aQy71zwgEOBfLstY-D-DMMAusVSAT5dqiSVQi_Em95g0O8hyLLWBsufLwPmI0t168AOqCwWcdUTLPfwvBqAWHu9WcYICyTl2PoPJavaYLfeWkQrZyTg7W7RvwDq9EsN8/s640/DSC_8231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387019328983810770" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-91730806268642790802009-09-27T20:06:00.001-07:002009-09-27T20:13:14.110-07:00Pausing Finn...<span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Um...I would like to pause Finn...he's so stinkin' cute right now. I can't get over how hilarious he is. For instance, a lot of kids hate being changed, diapers, clothes...the works. Not Finn, he thinks it's hilarious...like it's a game or something. At night I'm trying to calm him down to get him to go to sleep and he's just cracking up and flashing me big smiles.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFIZSFCReAvKHxQnpnihtUqOrU_n5kC-FbZeD0IXhgRtipGUJUpPIWsZ22rKKYwyKxxKj9SJ0rw0JR6ieZxme7FK-IOoaJ2FFl-ccjOR80Q31za46G8xpqsrP6-IjbmBPbq46/s1600-h/DSC_8228.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFIZSFCReAvKHxQnpnihtUqOrU_n5kC-FbZeD0IXhgRtipGUJUpPIWsZ22rKKYwyKxxKj9SJ0rw0JR6ieZxme7FK-IOoaJ2FFl-ccjOR80Q31za46G8xpqsrP6-IjbmBPbq46/s640/DSC_8228.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386349404180786434" border="0" /></a><br />***I sneaked into Finn's room tonight and turned on his nightlight that I use for nursing and used my trusty tripod and remote and set my camera to a 4 sec. shutter speed. He sleeps on his stomach by choice...I didn't do it...he's also completely done a 180° since I left him...HOW DOES HE DO THAT?Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-12666966377159170962009-09-25T18:48:00.000-07:002009-09-26T12:35:23.292-07:00Propped up Finn<div style="text-align: center;">There's just something that I find so cute and funny about propping up this little guy who can't sit up on his own yet. He gets a kick out of it too!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0wWETaYHEFDfIG7-ols5YCx-tBM9eNS9Y7SezjED0z5Bz9mrzgGhi6vOhSbrAZUcVq1ZNH8lo8I6b4_cSXGfjVQQeIwOdo6PM_cOdtJ2r9pAIHj9IrTb0U1q33x8N_V8RcLW/s1600-h/DSC_8195.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0wWETaYHEFDfIG7-ols5YCx-tBM9eNS9Y7SezjED0z5Bz9mrzgGhi6vOhSbrAZUcVq1ZNH8lo8I6b4_cSXGfjVQQeIwOdo6PM_cOdtJ2r9pAIHj9IrTb0U1q33x8N_V8RcLW/s640/DSC_8195.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385588866845487746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Hello mother:)"<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5SpGwIWgp_36Ri-KmjVSkZpFZi992tfco6Cnv7I2iAg3lOphKei4u2WuzBi9W68uZgeoPLWzmrIcqyz1ts8kxK7cMAeLgY9QPc3JvfIenFzLTuCWQwyIiTbARLJqW6w6CeKz/s1600-h/DSC_8198.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5SpGwIWgp_36Ri-KmjVSkZpFZi992tfco6Cnv7I2iAg3lOphKei4u2WuzBi9W68uZgeoPLWzmrIcqyz1ts8kxK7cMAeLgY9QPc3JvfIenFzLTuCWQwyIiTbARLJqW6w6CeKz/s400/DSC_8198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385588856951875250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzexfyvFEZUjXpjApT-h5joruYKkdJvx_fAc4TcXm7AY7BClBMMFLhJInCRguWifI3Tdb2bbCuLcMXsxLMe4Nqb76svBgD_xZhIGHlWUvl1xgYD2o9Uod27akxgbJYvj3euKF/s1600-h/DSC_8201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzexfyvFEZUjXpjApT-h5joruYKkdJvx_fAc4TcXm7AY7BClBMMFLhJInCRguWifI3Tdb2bbCuLcMXsxLMe4Nqb76svBgD_xZhIGHlWUvl1xgYD2o9Uod27akxgbJYvj3euKF/s400/DSC_8201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385587494422615906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"This is sooo exciting!"<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_oHL5P0llzP30zfFDMsePP56NZjLwf894GAFKqNQoejHXLXZbYQ4RQwC2pKY-6Fb1qwJvsOijrSRARNmciGv9z8szbqo-gGoHywFyqXY7xdZtlMBKRfh_lFzpy0N8CgSUd3V/s1600-h/DSC_8204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_oHL5P0llzP30zfFDMsePP56NZjLwf894GAFKqNQoejHXLXZbYQ4RQwC2pKY-6Fb1qwJvsOijrSRARNmciGv9z8szbqo-gGoHywFyqXY7xdZtlMBKRfh_lFzpy0N8CgSUd3V/s400/DSC_8204.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385587489279593570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Staring at his favorite pillow on the couch.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFPvOm1zN1P_1KougbZG6iJ6C4KltyOtKeHtoJgNtdMLStg18yejrQXbEJarLOu82NF1JQm-21jyzQWFFiNJuPYMhYelodAeoyJUgDhGjO5wpDhiUEKRJGKHsYrKVAHz0QfTg/s1600-h/DSC_8210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFPvOm1zN1P_1KougbZG6iJ6C4KltyOtKeHtoJgNtdMLStg18yejrQXbEJarLOu82NF1JQm-21jyzQWFFiNJuPYMhYelodAeoyJUgDhGjO5wpDhiUEKRJGKHsYrKVAHz0QfTg/s400/DSC_8210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385587481033960002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Wait mom, seriously I'm gonna fall."<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6-mC4EeCUGlJG9Bv4gZm_hhk6YkeQlQvbL28WWpqmqO9ysklB29DOZnROU494Rr9jPN8Qcg7KpvTd0x4b6Xn4F-g9e9fSDIKBVBGEIwiBJBbDBHnmRZojKNZFu1ThxLGjn89/s1600-h/DSC_8211.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6-mC4EeCUGlJG9Bv4gZm_hhk6YkeQlQvbL28WWpqmqO9ysklB29DOZnROU494Rr9jPN8Qcg7KpvTd0x4b6Xn4F-g9e9fSDIKBVBGEIwiBJBbDBHnmRZojKNZFu1ThxLGjn89/s400/DSC_8211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385587477862407218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Just chillin'.</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCty0BztCNvdXiaGNUmYbtsInRi0QXNKWhh7uVKEw4CYHxgkESE6l-aNZxmY_f5ry1bqaHwOptVcZbI68-oh9Q7_ACFBy8IZgQeY1_t6nY8SwsXtkNaUfiyjOHV9GmvLRIUmR4/s1600-h/DSC_8213.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCty0BztCNvdXiaGNUmYbtsInRi0QXNKWhh7uVKEw4CYHxgkESE6l-aNZxmY_f5ry1bqaHwOptVcZbI68-oh9Q7_ACFBy8IZgQeY1_t6nY8SwsXtkNaUfiyjOHV9GmvLRIUmR4/s640/DSC_8213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385587468067462210" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-47335961144916267072009-09-25T18:38:00.000-07:002009-09-25T18:48:17.363-07:00Oven dried tomatoes<div style="text-align: center;">Remember how I had all of<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZiGMlBAcK-qTTwOR1nSYPSb3BA_48HGfDmVbQe0NNh0MaJtyryZ_wo45m3OUFu8D2_svShzI9OEXL_qogLWjNu0VfwCvOJTUMRmUPU2FIYx8EdlNu5W_5jw_Irxv0z-j8FTF/s1600-h/DSC_8182.jpg"> those tomatoes</a> from my mother's garden? Well, I had already made tomato sauce a few weeks earlier with a bunch and had some stocked up in the freezer, and I really don't have much time to cook nowadays. So I decided to oven dry them. <br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wxZU1HwqCtumNDtHqjp53c5LzTs49uTe6lW78Yw5BgBTAm2mLVtoFTRPQ82vJsSRZQPkJ3yWi4bGZRf2oxf2GHbzvM5cZErho9rl5GLwgwsz1OHRUeSFrov2qCbJ07JnE_ec/s1600-h/DSC_8219.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wxZU1HwqCtumNDtHqjp53c5LzTs49uTe6lW78Yw5BgBTAm2mLVtoFTRPQ82vJsSRZQPkJ3yWi4bGZRf2oxf2GHbzvM5cZErho9rl5GLwgwsz1OHRUeSFrov2qCbJ07JnE_ec/s400/DSC_8219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385584896607289826" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSmJ0LM4kIPJkaEHsRSBZkvoBc8V1S_mnXev5G8bD9IKsmBT1p7e40SI3gSk_iD1-aIepN8nLVUqwhekSCbSz2U6k_hTpcmiom7qVM1H7YOZspMU_87hiQKaGH0tbK3iP6HY9/s1600-h/DSC_8220.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSmJ0LM4kIPJkaEHsRSBZkvoBc8V1S_mnXev5G8bD9IKsmBT1p7e40SI3gSk_iD1-aIepN8nLVUqwhekSCbSz2U6k_hTpcmiom7qVM1H7YOZspMU_87hiQKaGH0tbK3iP6HY9/s400/DSC_8220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385584886825151698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then for dinner the next night I made this. And OH MAN WAS IT GOOD! I'm going to go eat some more right now for dinner tonight. Well, you can't go wrong with wine and cream...I omitted the lemon this time which I usually add to pasta sauces.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1GMsSfwfh8pcnJWs5rP6-qZ91S3HbdSapu5iX0kb4rdpGkx7hmoPc-upnaphXFD3P-iihxaf6bQ3nOo8kOIwfR9jYdgFOJkuVcF1bEv4Mgu5if3oibGY5ZMvexNnx3mKLHCD/s1600-h/DSC_8221.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1GMsSfwfh8pcnJWs5rP6-qZ91S3HbdSapu5iX0kb4rdpGkx7hmoPc-upnaphXFD3P-iihxaf6bQ3nOo8kOIwfR9jYdgFOJkuVcF1bEv4Mgu5if3oibGY5ZMvexNnx3mKLHCD/s400/DSC_8221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385584879618566114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oven dried tomato, basil and toasted garlic spaghetti:</span><br /><br />-oven dried tomatoes drizzled in olive oil on 200° F for 8-10 hours.<br />-saute whole garlic cloves in olive oil until they're browned<br />-chop fresh basil<br />-cook spaghetti and drain<br />-in spaghetti pan poor in some white wine and cream (you choose on proportions)<br />-salt and pepper<br />-simmer for a bit<br />-add tomatoes<br />-stir<br />-add basil<br />-stir<br />-add spaghetti<br />-cover for like 10 mins and let the flavors fuse.<br />-it'll be better the second day as is often the case with tomato sauces!Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-62941712068500648122009-09-24T08:02:00.000-07:002009-09-24T08:06:03.584-07:00Finn makes me laughI am so in love with this kid. He makes me laugh many times a day. After I change his diaper I always set him in the crib to go wash my hands...sometimes I hear him giggling in the crib by himself. It's hilarious. He also thinks changing his diaper or is clothes is a game and is always laughing...even when I'm trying to put him to bed and calm him down he's totally cracking up and flipping over. I have a large painting just sitting on the dresser behind the changing pad and Finn has figured out how to pull it on my head and of course...laughs. I need to get that painting hung:)<br /><br /><br /><object width="800" height="450"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6730980&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6730980&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="800" height="450"></embed></object>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-37367389071741412432009-09-23T14:38:00.001-07:002009-09-23T16:26:56.506-07:00Out for a morning walk<div style="text-align: center;">Finn and I went on an early morning walk with our cousins who live a couple of blocks away. He was just too cute in this porcupine outfit and Robeez shoes (that are still too big) from his great-grandparents.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fYZs848dsWZLtTlfZ-Yja0ebteOO4qbeaTsKW87q9-u6YKuoWlO3B9nSM1ooylzJh0vE81BkHrGCfrhxU_OSOdEEqrMEf0_56dAdDtx9BQ48t59LhT9MADpSAR-95p4YdMZ5/s1600-h/DSC_8187.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fYZs848dsWZLtTlfZ-Yja0ebteOO4qbeaTsKW87q9-u6YKuoWlO3B9nSM1ooylzJh0vE81BkHrGCfrhxU_OSOdEEqrMEf0_56dAdDtx9BQ48t59LhT9MADpSAR-95p4YdMZ5/s640/DSC_8187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384780805454214706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC2CnhQMSh73to4pe3Q52TMTQt8GVJufpcFzItUmpM-TcyepqChuwVBIhrwNJRDERxcdPWxDxvMqsttBM_L4mQUYuoprxDAYVymSzzgFUSOcwwvkexk214CwwJUFlMV-ixmeC/s1600-h/DSC_8188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC2CnhQMSh73to4pe3Q52TMTQt8GVJufpcFzItUmpM-TcyepqChuwVBIhrwNJRDERxcdPWxDxvMqsttBM_L4mQUYuoprxDAYVymSzzgFUSOcwwvkexk214CwwJUFlMV-ixmeC/s400/DSC_8188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384780791751359858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">What's with the dirty look Finn?<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsRvwenBYmJH0uW5shW7AxXc68Wt_0HqRzyoYpzzgedu5FaRBzllp9zTY57VBm8AMEIcvALE1wfhoLBHvrQk2HLK03vlFEZFeplu1FLF58hi99-1xybJjTzlYbj_Ql6hyphenhyphenXnSW/s1600-h/DSC_8190.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsRvwenBYmJH0uW5shW7AxXc68Wt_0HqRzyoYpzzgedu5FaRBzllp9zTY57VBm8AMEIcvALE1wfhoLBHvrQk2HLK03vlFEZFeplu1FLF58hi99-1xybJjTzlYbj_Ql6hyphenhyphenXnSW/s400/DSC_8190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384780782252245186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I made up this little bed for Finn to kick around in and hung a toy (which he now loves)...because before that he would SCREAM in the stroller and I had to get out of the house. Now he's perfectly content:)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVbJCeClnqDE-Pxceq9T4KAj30NRnKvvX9ScQk4sTYBdFUaW_ntBOKWrEDgZqHuKKWTPAAImNlWhikTFij0X0mYifPO8maemVXRcek_Q6eTYIz3HM5VUUyn3vy4lGToY5fmDX/s1600-h/DSC_8191.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVbJCeClnqDE-Pxceq9T4KAj30NRnKvvX9ScQk4sTYBdFUaW_ntBOKWrEDgZqHuKKWTPAAImNlWhikTFij0X0mYifPO8maemVXRcek_Q6eTYIz3HM5VUUyn3vy4lGToY5fmDX/s400/DSC_8191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384780773474228722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Away we go!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXtO9KKjtxtjw_jtRugzU1qz6xsbN5KnzmBl9kQa3q6B_M84OOqC6vKn3adq2U7hb3v630VY2lnAQrXpCvIdXdVS537zxRuH8rqhQsRzlCtcBxiHEaUG5WXOaIdprBWw_pTJ9/s1600-h/DSC_8193.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXtO9KKjtxtjw_jtRugzU1qz6xsbN5KnzmBl9kQa3q6B_M84OOqC6vKn3adq2U7hb3v630VY2lnAQrXpCvIdXdVS537zxRuH8rqhQsRzlCtcBxiHEaUG5WXOaIdprBWw_pTJ9/s400/DSC_8193.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384780758815708050" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-22887107282078348102009-09-18T13:54:00.000-07:002009-09-18T14:29:32.097-07:00Goodbye Mother<div style="text-align: center;">My mother left today for a year to work in the <a href="http://www.lds.org/temples/main/0,11204,1912-1-31-0,00.html">Manhattan Temple.</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcoUUD74N06IvJ2-jWkOpQmZ2GJJAcGBLejF0mMchMsWGWeeELsTs-daoaOOlCHrXH6vU_atZfjf1-jd_Hz4OoUrUP1zKncd_LttzDahTZVjBl0FipCcFXnpdjWKxPa1p-OdJ/s1600-h/DSC_8149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcoUUD74N06IvJ2-jWkOpQmZ2GJJAcGBLejF0mMchMsWGWeeELsTs-daoaOOlCHrXH6vU_atZfjf1-jd_Hz4OoUrUP1zKncd_LttzDahTZVjBl0FipCcFXnpdjWKxPa1p-OdJ/s640/DSC_8149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382914027762075442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">....so I raided her garden...<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZiGMlBAcK-qTTwOR1nSYPSb3BA_48HGfDmVbQe0NNh0MaJtyryZ_wo45m3OUFu8D2_svShzI9OEXL_qogLWjNu0VfwCvOJTUMRmUPU2FIYx8EdlNu5W_5jw_Irxv0z-j8FTF/s1600-h/DSC_8182.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZiGMlBAcK-qTTwOR1nSYPSb3BA_48HGfDmVbQe0NNh0MaJtyryZ_wo45m3OUFu8D2_svShzI9OEXL_qogLWjNu0VfwCvOJTUMRmUPU2FIYx8EdlNu5W_5jw_Irxv0z-j8FTF/s400/DSC_8182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382922513751901346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...and am currently making pesto with all the basil I picked.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3rxe4LO1LowryKNUNkPE1OUj5hXgbNbv8l8zfdeCctnwQoPI-7bhSAoGA4GDLAjU8PvGFCNMMgwXAvZIxdGL77gjMEnMkPMxy8hRKFc8KaDF4kPy1hM-vUXDgLXZveZ1I6z3/s1600-h/DSC_8184.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3rxe4LO1LowryKNUNkPE1OUj5hXgbNbv8l8zfdeCctnwQoPI-7bhSAoGA4GDLAjU8PvGFCNMMgwXAvZIxdGL77gjMEnMkPMxy8hRKFc8KaDF4kPy1hM-vUXDgLXZveZ1I6z3/s400/DSC_8184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382922519725763298" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-28901271023714300762009-09-16T11:40:00.001-07:002009-09-16T11:45:55.868-07:00Finn and his tummy<div style="text-align: center;">So Finn hasn't quite figured out that when he rolls over that it takes him to his tummy (a place he hates.) However, I roll him to his back and then he just rolls right back to his tummy (again a place he hates.) So I've decided to just leave him there and let him get more used to it...he screams and squirms (this kid has a temper) but he's getting used to it more and more. It's the only way for him to figure out how to get back so me letting him scream is for his own good.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEccz05G2mAoEw0nozamDKaG8VsQ4j3oNhpWtKVpf4LFuobtFSDGmEwd8GY_BO11WSK2zZgJWibKlmR4essbgaRGTnT7fg-A1Ur0_QTeCATcrQf7fz3XBaOpy1gtufhb7evlDL/s1600-h/DSC_8156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEccz05G2mAoEw0nozamDKaG8VsQ4j3oNhpWtKVpf4LFuobtFSDGmEwd8GY_BO11WSK2zZgJWibKlmR4essbgaRGTnT7fg-A1Ur0_QTeCATcrQf7fz3XBaOpy1gtufhb7evlDL/s640/DSC_8156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382137197749442274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_Kn7Vzsf20qJWbreMbseIAWBbHfqEHcOP4zfck_-E3AMXzkUFz0PlI0dA03wAwlOiPqPTDpP1GcKvD1Vx1imRkFQOxD7OsuwbK4eXMhzwBR7GdIXVmoc4Vjz-FxBtqoAJB2t/s1600-h/DSC_8160.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_Kn7Vzsf20qJWbreMbseIAWBbHfqEHcOP4zfck_-E3AMXzkUFz0PlI0dA03wAwlOiPqPTDpP1GcKvD1Vx1imRkFQOxD7OsuwbK4eXMhzwBR7GdIXVmoc4Vjz-FxBtqoAJB2t/s640/DSC_8160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382137189195642418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoB49mwc37IzZMp5lPg-bae_e6rGBJxGcJL4zNcIj4gfZCTqAbmEMbXoQTMYtsu6JbD5HZG1I0xbxusf08keFHMyHCjoUlpFDGNHzFiMe3x4Ni51ePWdq2ZJAXDGmxroTNQgHj/s1600-h/DSC_8165.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoB49mwc37IzZMp5lPg-bae_e6rGBJxGcJL4zNcIj4gfZCTqAbmEMbXoQTMYtsu6JbD5HZG1I0xbxusf08keFHMyHCjoUlpFDGNHzFiMe3x4Ni51ePWdq2ZJAXDGmxroTNQgHj/s640/DSC_8165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382137178469489618" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-26858969503762578672009-09-16T11:36:00.001-07:002009-09-16T11:37:46.650-07:00Where Finn hangs out sometimes.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QFh9mRnrRog0_oWk-IqwMLtxAeeqs-v6slOiZUj13NZ-miZBf7BjwbIHrDbMTJ3xskpmavKV5U2tz7vkraIKRXqBSesL8R45JI7E42YKjBw6lvEKh9F_8vgp9_HWTIrd6Uvh/s1600-h/DSC_8029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QFh9mRnrRog0_oWk-IqwMLtxAeeqs-v6slOiZUj13NZ-miZBf7BjwbIHrDbMTJ3xskpmavKV5U2tz7vkraIKRXqBSesL8R45JI7E42YKjBw6lvEKh9F_8vgp9_HWTIrd6Uvh/s640/DSC_8029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382136151226401298" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-46077834963462027622009-09-14T15:10:00.001-07:002009-09-14T15:14:27.296-07:00Two Grandma Ps<div style="text-align: center;">My mother has a best friend from college who also married a doctor who happened to have the same last name (no relation.) She was down from Seattle last week visiting and helping my mother pack up her house.<br /><br />Finn was right at home snuggling with her:)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQTyQ85upmFFwWYcuxpWk2o4e1LRIg_o7Ekh2zp8q9be_m80pDc2X9zod0vETzopSrBcRPYyInhzSQ8ccoBH_MxVWae-KnP7rejj6bWKIgOjOr7eonFvuDD6Wlx6f5Hzj0DsA/s1600-h/DSC_8054.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQTyQ85upmFFwWYcuxpWk2o4e1LRIg_o7Ekh2zp8q9be_m80pDc2X9zod0vETzopSrBcRPYyInhzSQ8ccoBH_MxVWae-KnP7rejj6bWKIgOjOr7eonFvuDD6Wlx6f5Hzj0DsA/s400/DSC_8054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381449208481033170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />OK, so he might have gotten a little nervous...he does that with anyone who isn't Jared or I.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n9ezHc8XklTJsV0GFIrgVSF-zMZjVlSYmqgalbeBDOu8ITb08DI9oMp9NNl36dpDVoliJzoVRyNdv220d5-A14ifpBYFaVV05l9li4ET6Zrmi8dE83_yaxrw30sMcsUW40mk/s1600-h/DSC_8057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n9ezHc8XklTJsV0GFIrgVSF-zMZjVlSYmqgalbeBDOu8ITb08DI9oMp9NNl36dpDVoliJzoVRyNdv220d5-A14ifpBYFaVV05l9li4ET6Zrmi8dE83_yaxrw30sMcsUW40mk/s400/DSC_8057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381449200345665858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNntY_Wz1_WkH2riFvV9phf_1MVwIE78dHpn9pbGyeOhCcQWxs3II-1cuf_Y5yAMCQP_qXSzVcRBolYerdfP4bzcfAyYN47YB_1Yx3absDhAAA9v9WN25svYZB_Q63y_tnRECL/s1600-h/DSC_8061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNntY_Wz1_WkH2riFvV9phf_1MVwIE78dHpn9pbGyeOhCcQWxs3II-1cuf_Y5yAMCQP_qXSzVcRBolYerdfP4bzcfAyYN47YB_1Yx3absDhAAA9v9WN25svYZB_Q63y_tnRECL/s640/DSC_8061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381449198848623922" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-88681501897543948982009-09-14T15:09:00.001-07:002009-09-14T15:10:14.153-07:00Strawberry Jam<div style="text-align: center;">I made some last week.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1wVF5lEKGvz5wPk2px12gczicuBohiTuAPS4JQwHr4B3nRKx0GyNy-D-owBC__ou3tQhtev_7iktjSsDp1UiL47ar33gJjIimyPzyu4YH8hsadAI3ovdNw8tMB1T4ezjmW7K/s1600-h/DSC_8146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1wVF5lEKGvz5wPk2px12gczicuBohiTuAPS4JQwHr4B3nRKx0GyNy-D-owBC__ou3tQhtev_7iktjSsDp1UiL47ar33gJjIimyPzyu4YH8hsadAI3ovdNw8tMB1T4ezjmW7K/s640/DSC_8146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381448759439051650" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-22667647857253811352009-09-14T15:06:00.000-07:002009-09-14T15:08:58.062-07:00Tomato from my yard<div style="text-align: center;">My mom noticed a tomato plant in my side yard. It's gone wild. I'm in heaven.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC5xmN4epxJcLdo-8KQDZJFlYQTCDimN0vTXsymu1scDX8R5zd_OxqU3OcYu2Sj_89SlftwzGmmsVPwCIsCY4-aMKQcf8EzJuat7uVTabTG1-3_rAGPqkmg19yI9SZCX9Q1_h/s1600-h/DSC_8145.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC5xmN4epxJcLdo-8KQDZJFlYQTCDimN0vTXsymu1scDX8R5zd_OxqU3OcYu2Sj_89SlftwzGmmsVPwCIsCY4-aMKQcf8EzJuat7uVTabTG1-3_rAGPqkmg19yI9SZCX9Q1_h/s640/DSC_8145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381448331580574818" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-88604640225513167502009-09-12T12:14:00.001-07:002009-09-12T12:14:37.552-07:00Look what Finn learned how to do yesterday<object width="800" height="450"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6548073&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6548073&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="800" height="450"></embed></object>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-71621437667899651962009-09-12T12:00:00.000-07:002009-09-12T12:47:57.657-07:00Toting the kids around<div style="text-align: center;">My cousin Emily (who lives just around the corner) I sit and chat about how we want to cargo our kids around in the future on bikes.<br /><br />I really want one of those Bakfiets bikes. They're from Holland. It would go lovely with <a href="http://aquayellow.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-im-getting-around-these-days.html">my cruiser.</a> (Which is from Amsterdam.) I've been searching high and low on how to get a hold of one in the states. I saw a woman giving 3 of her children a ride to school in one the other day while I was out for a run so I know it's possible to get one.<br /><br />Turns out there's a place in S.F. to get one. mydutchbike.com<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxjxph1hDGZ5ddTv9rWDcV5LzKyn8Vx7XrqWV5RDbGEt6dLJbiYrpo8qyOaUIkE-kvesPqG34iIy1nZX_ZZP-H6WrerCrHDYPZLO8GIpzleyZz8IRvMyXY34vsbwI4x5VpvxQ/s1600-h/Bakfiets.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxjxph1hDGZ5ddTv9rWDcV5LzKyn8Vx7XrqWV5RDbGEt6dLJbiYrpo8qyOaUIkE-kvesPqG34iIy1nZX_ZZP-H6WrerCrHDYPZLO8GIpzleyZz8IRvMyXY34vsbwI4x5VpvxQ/s400/Bakfiets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380668035823630402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I would LOVE one of these below...with the two wheels in front. But I'd probably have to move to Holland for one.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKAECWoM4PhzVBtpXCr0Uw1jZhyipwCJhTpNj1QdBavujqWlpq52ZPsBQ3VgbgMawTA4DzBJlIegtp261MSzcqbmkx71Ai9-SdGS6Wt7aOx-gVw9DvigxfqcilbWtiCObK9fn/s1600-h/firstphoto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKAECWoM4PhzVBtpXCr0Uw1jZhyipwCJhTpNj1QdBavujqWlpq52ZPsBQ3VgbgMawTA4DzBJlIegtp261MSzcqbmkx71Ai9-SdGS6Wt7aOx-gVw9DvigxfqcilbWtiCObK9fn/s400/firstphoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380669448632988866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">***The down side is they're ~$3000. I guess I'll have to figure out some way to earn that money before Finn's old enough to ride in one.<br /></div></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-23995471197997089072009-09-11T14:37:00.000-07:002009-09-11T15:50:17.774-07:00Sound asleep<div style="text-align: center;">The early morning light and my boys sleeping<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySB-IyQtXR_yCTLmZ1v6-7_UjJXd-ZjtbaRQJSrXBzwOW1CROiERkzzvbRloRfq5FCyowebKL64Sgyr-EE5jyDO2_ywv1Cvbtd7P-p91gGPQhYwJx9OTjuOLHCtNFWC_siROE/s1600-h/DSC_8075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySB-IyQtXR_yCTLmZ1v6-7_UjJXd-ZjtbaRQJSrXBzwOW1CROiERkzzvbRloRfq5FCyowebKL64Sgyr-EE5jyDO2_ywv1Cvbtd7P-p91gGPQhYwJx9OTjuOLHCtNFWC_siROE/s640/DSC_8075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380327426135833954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0NULd93dwXLC4EfgVdJSYCVQiSFz1rpZtiIBhvZzV433769CIqVuTbv2gsgHfs3pnqikDqs_4CiYyN_SnSS9EeZxgn-M1k-rqrp2VEtpW3lsdQOfjH9QddbUicV_B9bWM1k2/s1600-h/DSC_8065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0NULd93dwXLC4EfgVdJSYCVQiSFz1rpZtiIBhvZzV433769CIqVuTbv2gsgHfs3pnqikDqs_4CiYyN_SnSS9EeZxgn-M1k-rqrp2VEtpW3lsdQOfjH9QddbUicV_B9bWM1k2/s640/DSC_8065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380327433360505714" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-5654038323724733122009-09-11T14:31:00.001-07:002009-09-11T14:33:53.570-07:00Having fun with Finn!Finn and I have fun together:)<br /><br /><object height="450" width="800"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6537054&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6537054&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="450" width="800"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />***Best to let the whole video load before pressing play.Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-66121301268576395442009-09-10T12:55:00.001-07:002009-09-10T13:12:35.909-07:00Where's Dad?<div style="text-align: center;">After three years my mother finally got a headstone for my Dad.<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">So we don't have to do this when we visit him</span><br /><br />"Hmmm....where is he?"<br />Me shouting from the car while Finn sleeps, "Go up from the garbage can and once you've hit the sprinkler it should be on your left."<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PEW2pd19BoP1ZrNHsPJ38mTnWbgmm_brilyNKOjWG8WKMjOl4NsMhQbqK4t8Zx4rZSSZSPEIZVIv-HjHdiVJum7AwfOx6rN2mu86KFDHKXC7byQpt2egSwOkXurC47vKQW1z/s1600-h/Library+-+1497.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PEW2pd19BoP1ZrNHsPJ38mTnWbgmm_brilyNKOjWG8WKMjOl4NsMhQbqK4t8Zx4rZSSZSPEIZVIv-HjHdiVJum7AwfOx6rN2mu86KFDHKXC7byQpt2egSwOkXurC47vKQW1z/s640/Library+-+1497.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379930260791515586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Mom, "Seriously I can't find it, I never have this hard of a time."<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2O__jKyQKi_8E_5fIH-NNcQTYT63x2rTjfaK0KKk8uUuv4CrUrj5MBc3rwq4msZG7xxxj3VtXZ-q2rjIodrc9C1BHxS2FpSGI8omjq-HtIjeCHXrJGOb7Nk3N_bFxfOGa5PiB/s1600-h/Library+-+1496.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2O__jKyQKi_8E_5fIH-NNcQTYT63x2rTjfaK0KKk8uUuv4CrUrj5MBc3rwq4msZG7xxxj3VtXZ-q2rjIodrc9C1BHxS2FpSGI8omjq-HtIjeCHXrJGOb7Nk3N_bFxfOGa5PiB/s400/Library+-+1496.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379930254187851298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Oh here's Uncle Bill, so Dad's right here, HUDSON WE FOUND GRANDPA!"<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8-1yPKYrVKEEdI_wjVOEMY2BK9xN9qKDjxmGt7N0BpzaBZWawjj_8WCD_VjsEo6PLQccCjmHLt0eq36DhRV9XHnU5bQZ-X94II2U5DyBjc1tP_kozuMrWQeU81fgZkq0k0Nr/s1600-h/Library+-+1499.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8-1yPKYrVKEEdI_wjVOEMY2BK9xN9qKDjxmGt7N0BpzaBZWawjj_8WCD_VjsEo6PLQccCjmHLt0eq36DhRV9XHnU5bQZ-X94II2U5DyBjc1tP_kozuMrWQeU81fgZkq0k0Nr/s400/Library+-+1499.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379930271126738914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGngA_OAepHEuNXbE3wtyuQkv3ZYx-sYZqsni8aj-GhLTm8w40QLlJiIHvm-4l26ff-LhQcO7j9TCc_aGNTHn6wBSb6zYbppE-Xh4Dwow6fqbS0KWJZSiCem9Fqub-vroS9hV/s1600-h/Library+-+1501.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGngA_OAepHEuNXbE3wtyuQkv3ZYx-sYZqsni8aj-GhLTm8w40QLlJiIHvm-4l26ff-LhQcO7j9TCc_aGNTHn6wBSb6zYbppE-Xh4Dwow6fqbS0KWJZSiCem9Fqub-vroS9hV/s640/Library+-+1501.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379930451123262882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Too young to be a widow.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNwBWGsd2gmqG4dUmE7vHRamrqNRSg0zfUoZi5A5nWgqjDxop8XFWmuR5lycdBHmBJL6sBLDdBkN3PHeYBxZwkOhLzLn3HCbaXLvCUvFWh8S2UUb4dE20z13gZeKs786dn14R/s1600-h/Library+-+1502.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNwBWGsd2gmqG4dUmE7vHRamrqNRSg0zfUoZi5A5nWgqjDxop8XFWmuR5lycdBHmBJL6sBLDdBkN3PHeYBxZwkOhLzLn3HCbaXLvCUvFWh8S2UUb4dE20z13gZeKs786dn14R/s640/Library+-+1502.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379930577325973186" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-33791398122051137092009-09-08T12:12:00.000-07:002009-09-08T16:17:39.158-07:00Labor Day Family Outing!<div style="text-align: center;">Last week I told Jared that for Labor Day I wanted to get out of the house...not just hang out and do chores like we mostly do when Jared isn't working. I really wanted a crab sandwich and remembered having one in<a href="http://aquayellow.blogspot.com/2007/09/going-tandem.html"> Sausalito a couple of years ago</a>. (Apparently it was also on Labor Day.) So when I get an idea in my head...I have to meet the needs of that idea, in this case it was food, in a beautiful place.<br /><br />Well after a nice car ride (Finn didn't scream) up across the Golden Gate Bridge and a walk around the town we found a place that had a <span style="font-style: italic;">melted avocado crab sandwich</span> PERFECT!<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWcFCkldCCbzn2pLdNubvVqRe2BORNsi7UU-RvnzH0NSLcadSURfBgtwyYbfKaT23RHSIoeSDP_CwIvLQPadp0NYqwEOnzhIJBJPY4ha1ebosq5VgTp29x09TdtrTIXSHxBCn/s1600-h/DSC_8080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWcFCkldCCbzn2pLdNubvVqRe2BORNsi7UU-RvnzH0NSLcadSURfBgtwyYbfKaT23RHSIoeSDP_CwIvLQPadp0NYqwEOnzhIJBJPY4ha1ebosq5VgTp29x09TdtrTIXSHxBCn/s400/DSC_8080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379179045043277330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Handsome!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMamZ-5ptfnYqgXOWezThNOe93Sx6pQ1Tl1nNz3o2bo_as7VMAD5DmCpPcsjqZz1csjtd88Eioszuti_sW_WCL1J57we1Cyp-LEAGy9cA9T0hGpZxuqMt7qXs2a9YMp3Tmgibf/s1600-h/DSC_8082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMamZ-5ptfnYqgXOWezThNOe93Sx6pQ1Tl1nNz3o2bo_as7VMAD5DmCpPcsjqZz1csjtd88Eioszuti_sW_WCL1J57we1Cyp-LEAGy9cA9T0hGpZxuqMt7qXs2a9YMp3Tmgibf/s400/DSC_8082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379179041688117330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Another prefect thing was that Finn slept through lunch so we<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FMn9en1ijaB08_EaOxHGmSsJx_0HsBeoy4y8hA04rEk2yE_e7zaLKv9bO-qd-1sVQeHaj6nbVj3prB3C78c7Xtt-RKepC2ME7Pm-AIb6Oz9Qmkf-3AMu1ZMlVxR-8_RiecyN/s1600-h/DSC_8084.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FMn9en1ijaB08_EaOxHGmSsJx_0HsBeoy4y8hA04rEk2yE_e7zaLKv9bO-qd-1sVQeHaj6nbVj3prB3C78c7Xtt-RKepC2ME7Pm-AIb6Oz9Qmkf-3AMu1ZMlVxR-8_RiecyN/s400/DSC_8084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379178334445258994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Oh how I love San Francisco<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWifukFBhgyt1YjffVO9R6p2cb_4im0fS1xaz40uvEnrSIz9fEnbv0fl3RzEbva_boeYyptX6Q8zeNVFmi9P-P9U2tNn-E6GKGeUwZjF5ePMbVcI_cNqFXBGZ7iFXt0BEony4/s1600-h/DSC_8090.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWifukFBhgyt1YjffVO9R6p2cb_4im0fS1xaz40uvEnrSIz9fEnbv0fl3RzEbva_boeYyptX6Q8zeNVFmi9P-P9U2tNn-E6GKGeUwZjF5ePMbVcI_cNqFXBGZ7iFXt0BEony4/s400/DSC_8090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379178327065655970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTJEFNes4nc_sIANTw3cF3DrtMLetGHjwC6UvG2BvtsVeJ0tOOG8ok_YyCtEfSGblTWdDDTeMLOS2A4pobaQUtLc6x3B7frDqTAITE3Z0cIpotzk6p7HCn6pVQMQdgFmUmfJJ/s1600-h/DSC_8091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTJEFNes4nc_sIANTw3cF3DrtMLetGHjwC6UvG2BvtsVeJ0tOOG8ok_YyCtEfSGblTWdDDTeMLOS2A4pobaQUtLc6x3B7frDqTAITE3Z0cIpotzk6p7HCn6pVQMQdgFmUmfJJ/s400/DSC_8091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379178317746568338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A little over 25 years ago Jared had attended pre-school in Sausalito when his father was in the army and they were living in the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=presidio+san+francisco&sll=29.560683,-104.365278&sspn=0.127517,0.224018&ie=UTF8&z=14&iwloc=A">Presidio</a>. We looked it up and actually found it.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_bR-2WP0lSExMpMiwZXCVXjGHNbcy_TjwsP5v6DfU8QfU9HgeV3SIx59yoilbhk09q7Y0a27b-EG1jTdAnywvW1cCV85cqxOlgbOyPbv4kXBHOZzZcebQ0h6fX2zd-05z67Y/s1600-h/DSC_8099.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_bR-2WP0lSExMpMiwZXCVXjGHNbcy_TjwsP5v6DfU8QfU9HgeV3SIx59yoilbhk09q7Y0a27b-EG1jTdAnywvW1cCV85cqxOlgbOyPbv4kXBHOZzZcebQ0h6fX2zd-05z67Y/s400/DSC_8099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379178316618840994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was so cute!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBSO6-Yhl0o7FlvPQ4wcv12cK3WJBtXAJAcsv9_PNcJUL7EUixBsnuw4DbcEXmccaMbBiDkhoObL_8hcbSz0HgF1YAS5PGabLRhTebQjsScOpjtyOz5FkJ9_kJdN_x66Sc9i1/s1600-h/DSC_8102.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBSO6-Yhl0o7FlvPQ4wcv12cK3WJBtXAJAcsv9_PNcJUL7EUixBsnuw4DbcEXmccaMbBiDkhoObL_8hcbSz0HgF1YAS5PGabLRhTebQjsScOpjtyOz5FkJ9_kJdN_x66Sc9i1/s400/DSC_8102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379178305581722546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">There's even a student there right now named Alice!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB-gFgDC3d76CNV4bhmy5VC1lFj0mL9q0f3z-gD3Ezqje1mrxk0YQasRN67GX9KyoGJEdkVKaKgzx0E07a3lfP7gb8TX_NSAKWD9JJXjwVg1swpikOdD8jZTdCpuy9qeIhfUW/s1600-h/DSC_8103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB-gFgDC3d76CNV4bhmy5VC1lFj0mL9q0f3z-gD3Ezqje1mrxk0YQasRN67GX9KyoGJEdkVKaKgzx0E07a3lfP7gb8TX_NSAKWD9JJXjwVg1swpikOdD8jZTdCpuy9qeIhfUW/s400/DSC_8103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177903549006178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then back across the Golden Gate (I can't believe the toll is now $6.)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ao7Fe0DM4EZ4ECsl8VZLgtWFmkue-wM1l4nK794z6G6zS-43-zv3EVqiTK4g8T5hgiyk5n-8TDakSaG0Ydn6AgdhlY1CqUUv7951bpIYmnYHYAZvh3cFyNcVP7Xb5Zrwt5Vy/s1600-h/DSC_8104.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ao7Fe0DM4EZ4ECsl8VZLgtWFmkue-wM1l4nK794z6G6zS-43-zv3EVqiTK4g8T5hgiyk5n-8TDakSaG0Ydn6AgdhlY1CqUUv7951bpIYmnYHYAZvh3cFyNcVP7Xb5Zrwt5Vy/s400/DSC_8104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177898706321426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">While driving home we decided to stop off in Pacifica.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7A9lcEDnv7MkKTc-xGZcjNIikdJ77kJctk6CAxP4lixKBMBGA_sb8qJ5VEDIl0uW7m5VSkQmrh3bVTkPRYZwOA3tmfmq2MgFVLffn5NChbpLitqwtq6Zf34NaiPBK00sk1TF/s1600-h/DSC_8106.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7A9lcEDnv7MkKTc-xGZcjNIikdJ77kJctk6CAxP4lixKBMBGA_sb8qJ5VEDIl0uW7m5VSkQmrh3bVTkPRYZwOA3tmfmq2MgFVLffn5NChbpLitqwtq6Zf34NaiPBK00sk1TF/s400/DSC_8106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177890842369394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I hadn't been to the beach since...well...<a href="http://aquayellow.blogspot.com/2009/01/jared-turns-31.html"> I was 5 months pregnant.</a><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BsFFpZHAVQuLymnkRCYSz5ztVANlSRf9E0YNKivLFLKbr35NbQENIIfAH-c3whoKO6Ok1N1ttUQxhbVZi_COcb9D2puPY-L89BrtzB7bnJV044S8ZsWpijkfWqo597AMzKhY/s1600-h/DSC_8118.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BsFFpZHAVQuLymnkRCYSz5ztVANlSRf9E0YNKivLFLKbr35NbQENIIfAH-c3whoKO6Ok1N1ttUQxhbVZi_COcb9D2puPY-L89BrtzB7bnJV044S8ZsWpijkfWqo597AMzKhY/s400/DSC_8118.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177884335495410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJwOguea_TwoCW2lB1mjd1jvGXwImgp4Smytw7MVprPJmD1icOwJdWILLtD76kl046C1y1N8SfEHnoVoSXyAToxZrEmCjzTAbtJK_ejFVJuMiamtJgWPC0fcV_IgqP_2x25NG/s1600-h/DSC_8119.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJwOguea_TwoCW2lB1mjd1jvGXwImgp4Smytw7MVprPJmD1icOwJdWILLtD76kl046C1y1N8SfEHnoVoSXyAToxZrEmCjzTAbtJK_ejFVJuMiamtJgWPC0fcV_IgqP_2x25NG/s400/DSC_8119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177876973213762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finn slept.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNCgCcgjodBACAIiEKQr3-UMcEuT3NCeG0kcd1r2E1N8LX1gdWQ55E7znXRf3TpMydzO6qVdTHfNmN8lvoF07NkvY3btHrpJxxXg60H2AILeXEQcYE_Mgr5ymKtkAYFacSYba/s1600-h/DSC_8121.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNCgCcgjodBACAIiEKQr3-UMcEuT3NCeG0kcd1r2E1N8LX1gdWQ55E7znXRf3TpMydzO6qVdTHfNmN8lvoF07NkvY3btHrpJxxXg60H2AILeXEQcYE_Mgr5ymKtkAYFacSYba/s400/DSC_8121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177139635228130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Waves crashed.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kA7cR0qNdvWpsiM-fsFH34OTGoGLrq2jrVaquEViv86MTuSNguPmlboT_G0dEbDg7vskCmrjufIcjHBPTH-ysPaT8Q6ly2xr7IT7KokyepL-Zon99bzgWWbgd2nLWYVD8i37/s1600-h/DSC_8122.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kA7cR0qNdvWpsiM-fsFH34OTGoGLrq2jrVaquEViv86MTuSNguPmlboT_G0dEbDg7vskCmrjufIcjHBPTH-ysPaT8Q6ly2xr7IT7KokyepL-Zon99bzgWWbgd2nLWYVD8i37/s400/DSC_8122.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177127964121474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finn's first time at the ocean:) He liked it.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCum3tt9CFlaYi4mvaYVm730EOiJ0NPagnpcoTiZwy83Gt22KhRYpM0xR_bwbpDDGNak6I65SgTnJxiD8Fcpf0Z2CH6Pya4hxDdqAscQcmD2oeQmm57sapbhxsDzMmgKnmGnB-/s1600-h/DSC_8127.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCum3tt9CFlaYi4mvaYVm730EOiJ0NPagnpcoTiZwy83Gt22KhRYpM0xR_bwbpDDGNak6I65SgTnJxiD8Fcpf0Z2CH6Pya4hxDdqAscQcmD2oeQmm57sapbhxsDzMmgKnmGnB-/s400/DSC_8127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177127096473490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Jared got his feet wet.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnhXRoSSgMipixZxZU45d_9oTC_S0G-_P5kDusmbdAdqfOzCkwlEjuI4Mx2ncWeHfXOH39jE-0X5Fm88E-arULwqgCy5aSgSaZxW5cupJbDMbaHh7wanSJ-d7SKUYQfaPw3Ip/s1600-h/DSC_8129.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnhXRoSSgMipixZxZU45d_9oTC_S0G-_P5kDusmbdAdqfOzCkwlEjuI4Mx2ncWeHfXOH39jE-0X5Fm88E-arULwqgCy5aSgSaZxW5cupJbDMbaHh7wanSJ-d7SKUYQfaPw3Ip/s400/DSC_8129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177118529691906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then I got my feet wet. A woman turned to me and said, "isn't it cold." "No," I replied, "it's so refreshing." I love California beaches and the cold ocean water.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLpOBBCapWiZPfvzWi_LYGPJKYVvurw3lfv16vvbZutiv3TekEbc6StBbzguCXyrUvL_IO_zQFs3OWNFR_9Dd4rw6hgDSQV7PZlNxEhQf3O86ZXZu_vYYdw-334BDjlinyOBO/s1600-h/DSC_8144.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLpOBBCapWiZPfvzWi_LYGPJKYVvurw3lfv16vvbZutiv3TekEbc6StBbzguCXyrUvL_IO_zQFs3OWNFR_9Dd4rw6hgDSQV7PZlNxEhQf3O86ZXZu_vYYdw-334BDjlinyOBO/s400/DSC_8144.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379177114898913634" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-92089323019819457102009-09-02T13:40:00.000-07:002009-09-02T13:48:59.676-07:00Finn Giggles!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Yes this has turned into a shrine to Finn.</span> Whatever! <span style="font-size:130%;">I love him.</span> Yesterday on his 3 month birthday he had a lot to giggle about. He also rolled over, belly to back. It might have been a fluke since he was trying to watch the news which was firmly mounted on the wall...(in preparation for future climbing Finn.) I rarely have the tv on...we only have an antennae which randomly gets a signal...but hooray for free HD! So when the tv is on...it's news in the evening (unless it's cool enough to get a nice evening walk to meet Jared out on the corner.) Anyhow, back to the roll, he looked up...and up...and up...and rolled over!<br /><br /><object width="800" height="450"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6403817&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6403817&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="800" height="450"></embed></object><br /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-38089472214181322132009-08-31T16:34:00.000-07:002009-08-31T17:03:37.465-07:00A gnome in the family<div style="text-align: center;">Our friend Amanda turned 30 and we gathered at <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO_Pb_AxnmRaXO_T_P3dB8cyxUOTyNFCyg_iQcv3SjpnH60jHs2g21dMmxwPKvAg4kPrK1qi0GTG-plpZGdP9HRuyqexnOEMTmxTdPffddoC1aI6VFwfpBzBh3CuyPAwPVYqe/s1600-h/DSC_8008.jpg">Emily's</a> (who took all the photos) house to celebrate.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42_26xBnepMau3f5owRS1B5xzhQWB1bgokg37Mr7ipTbVz6N2LLMROpgVMFiRURy-ESe-lTD9DT_2AA2MUMu_How21zSBCejxX28em6XIVbc4EIUCSoomjl-xzBiOhkBxMzs-/s1600-h/3873610882_ea24280bf8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42_26xBnepMau3f5owRS1B5xzhQWB1bgokg37Mr7ipTbVz6N2LLMROpgVMFiRURy-ESe-lTD9DT_2AA2MUMu_How21zSBCejxX28em6XIVbc4EIUCSoomjl-xzBiOhkBxMzs-/s640/3873610882_ea24280bf8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376276971082008530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicB8ZCgBgfEdtGO9Mcn8udxTIcB53ci3WN1QOx6GFCFuHep7bxPVQoIOlK8rPuIX1N-6sUvfu3jr4ffZFBlAHSX7-SU4JLdDAO2EIhoeHv-XCHOB0jM9ay181TE9Peq1lZFnPd/s1600-h/3873609890_f062450a60.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicB8ZCgBgfEdtGO9Mcn8udxTIcB53ci3WN1QOx6GFCFuHep7bxPVQoIOlK8rPuIX1N-6sUvfu3jr4ffZFBlAHSX7-SU4JLdDAO2EIhoeHv-XCHOB0jM9ay181TE9Peq1lZFnPd/s400/3873609890_f062450a60.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376276965946213954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then we figured out something about Finn.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QTtrGKswbSIFhbXrlehObPZiZGTpxzwLQdVtaQwOTALXUkxU4d_fdX47FBg5IA2FopCfAq-kjR_UXvs8CnKmNH4IacW0S2ZHvab6P3Ag15gCUOJuLgXFt4WOp8R-OO01xAER/s1600-h/3873641084_26fa2df5e9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QTtrGKswbSIFhbXrlehObPZiZGTpxzwLQdVtaQwOTALXUkxU4d_fdX47FBg5IA2FopCfAq-kjR_UXvs8CnKmNH4IacW0S2ZHvab6P3Ag15gCUOJuLgXFt4WOp8R-OO01xAER/s400/3873641084_26fa2df5e9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376276980945488642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-fiQTUHU_ByTBaN-Lerj-VVoH0PZ0o2JfaR2zAsoz65qGqKdgwXtgxbczf1AFVYw6NxMMmg7dsKus_VjiaZykVoEeDR6xVyKJjIT35no5_VOfHg1_49JeP1eADIdR-f_Klw2/s1600-h/3872854053_85647cd754.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-fiQTUHU_ByTBaN-Lerj-VVoH0PZ0o2JfaR2zAsoz65qGqKdgwXtgxbczf1AFVYw6NxMMmg7dsKus_VjiaZykVoEeDR6xVyKJjIT35no5_VOfHg1_49JeP1eADIdR-f_Klw2/s400/3872854053_85647cd754.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376276948226487090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">He looks just like a gnome!</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrCqdCKutB0woqJGdsStH1-taURCJF-s1Znuqg1QG9hT_YA3qINh3Y2Lup6mxZyYJaq_bmnHYclMHL64pNFj4Wg58pHBqgrZWTPLeP6afyGdPsJ-Tx-F4P2byrZAKq2OuuKvE/s1600-h/3872862129_9f6e428814.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrCqdCKutB0woqJGdsStH1-taURCJF-s1Znuqg1QG9hT_YA3qINh3Y2Lup6mxZyYJaq_bmnHYclMHL64pNFj4Wg58pHBqgrZWTPLeP6afyGdPsJ-Tx-F4P2byrZAKq2OuuKvE/s800/3872862129_9f6e428814.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376276957529968418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Actually our whole family does.</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjqlYYtBSm59FPD5S-D541t5Aj6v0UW4N7ewc1-1tCeEtN2wc5vuyycCzk5hjJXKIJgkBWiSr0r69jJ1j2x9vckDAy7IZqZja5nJPP4ETk5IJnM2yBaaNqcBZrfhOLl7donbd/s1600-h/3873646856_a20a2f3354.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjqlYYtBSm59FPD5S-D541t5Aj6v0UW4N7ewc1-1tCeEtN2wc5vuyycCzk5hjJXKIJgkBWiSr0r69jJ1j2x9vckDAy7IZqZja5nJPP4ETk5IJnM2yBaaNqcBZrfhOLl7donbd/s800/3873646856_a20a2f3354.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376276742598977618" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-81110571261780996722009-08-29T15:10:00.001-07:002009-08-29T15:15:16.724-07:00Other people taking shots<div style="text-align: center;"> At the reunion my cousin <a href="http://www.jaimerugh.com/">Jaime</a> took some shots of me. It's always fun when someone else just takes photos of you instead of me going, "Jared will you take a photo of me." But it's always hard getting candids of myself when I'm the one who usually has the camera. </div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0OUPa0zuoApa6ketVdZ2jDdTyzxXRGts0N4sKL4jGEivl21fR_kjH5wf_MkfGMA2vRvbnsJiNnf7spJLh1kRKKhiwjssiTOxYQIS7sBW6ACVUe9OX-Cy66Gl24HhSdYV6yh0/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0OUPa0zuoApa6ketVdZ2jDdTyzxXRGts0N4sKL4jGEivl21fR_kjH5wf_MkfGMA2vRvbnsJiNnf7spJLh1kRKKhiwjssiTOxYQIS7sBW6ACVUe9OX-Cy66Gl24HhSdYV6yh0/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375511830107919586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFamtzgqnSocr3pvjmJvBkF6OpRXe7iait0rEBo_EflUm0jiyqxB9j8s8HDU26T9WOhsyhyphenhyphenUjA21T8IxBnENLyDfSADQl0BKQRy09D1uG9izSH5zkJj7x-9RfFimcRj_6JQbUY/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFamtzgqnSocr3pvjmJvBkF6OpRXe7iait0rEBo_EflUm0jiyqxB9j8s8HDU26T9WOhsyhyphenhyphenUjA21T8IxBnENLyDfSADQl0BKQRy09D1uG9izSH5zkJj7x-9RfFimcRj_6JQbUY/s400/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375511820153325730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Finn holding on for dear life!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQQmczjXdENvGoA9YDe7ZYbVa_OQJSzeDqfdJY_nV8Wac6Ipb9KBkA18YT-4aHekyuz1y-1P6YgbmTE6Z3eW1CleSyKYNiOI9axJAnr48L53t9w7uzkEzDZE6x-DVnRZngYme/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQQmczjXdENvGoA9YDe7ZYbVa_OQJSzeDqfdJY_nV8Wac6Ipb9KBkA18YT-4aHekyuz1y-1P6YgbmTE6Z3eW1CleSyKYNiOI9axJAnr48L53t9w7uzkEzDZE6x-DVnRZngYme/s400/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375511809008493698" border="0" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-85191822813006212102009-08-28T12:10:00.001-07:002009-08-28T12:13:28.878-07:00Finn takes on the night<div style="text-align: center;">So, Finn was doing pretty well with the 8pm bedtime. Then the other night he refused to go to bed after several attempts. We think he might be getting a tooth, too early you might say. Well, I know he's not even 3 mos. but something sharp is there up top and he has been gnawing on our fingers and knuckles like crazy. Anyhow, I ended up succumbing to his wants and boy did he have a lot to say. <br /></div><br /><object width="601" height="338"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6316869&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6316869&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="601" height="338"></embed></object>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368542.post-43778235224465447182009-08-27T10:36:00.001-07:002009-08-30T17:24:42.211-07:00Picnic in my backyward with friends<div style="text-align: center;">It's been super beautiful (well it always is in California) and we have a wonderful backyard that I wanted to take advantage of so I invited some friends over for a picnic yesterday. I spent most of Tuesday cooking for it, (takes a lot longer when someone in particular is always demanding my attention.)<br /><br />Menu:<br />pasta salad with tomatoes and basil from my mother's garden<br />sun-dried tomato, chive and dill potato salad<br />strawberry lemonade<br />mint chocolate cherry oatmeal cookies<br />cocoa ginger zucchini muffins<br />(don't ask for recipes, they were all made up)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YRkJS43sqmYfc0QT_wI-mF2SVAcx-6bhlyRamBsOVJ7efN7dH4OgRfKGJXavNqL8VAVWu9634Uo5TtSMXJSzE63oyvTY9eBJvO4pzkEFOHJzqNn88_qcRPX0n05vcSga4GNg/s1600-h/DSC_7997.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YRkJS43sqmYfc0QT_wI-mF2SVAcx-6bhlyRamBsOVJ7efN7dH4OgRfKGJXavNqL8VAVWu9634Uo5TtSMXJSzE63oyvTY9eBJvO4pzkEFOHJzqNn88_qcRPX0n05vcSga4GNg/s400/DSC_7997.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699959955209554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8ygZqTouFZ3FOqQH0vkIvduGOVtjOXkuOu4wijds27H8NDKALeIp2ZOBQmeSpdlQqfrEAdfmznbm1yOqzYYOl7MD9mln8Cj7nHrrXNAFMYFnVUdnOR0gNkC0sjDdtdZNwiwy/s1600-h/DSC_7998.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8ygZqTouFZ3FOqQH0vkIvduGOVtjOXkuOu4wijds27H8NDKALeIp2ZOBQmeSpdlQqfrEAdfmznbm1yOqzYYOl7MD9mln8Cj7nHrrXNAFMYFnVUdnOR0gNkC0sjDdtdZNwiwy/s400/DSC_7998.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699954924705746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3Va5dxcjamlmhVVvXF-7n3ihVfS-755qWaP596YuUHQmODPIo4tlrRWsUD5n7NdDwyTjoGuDy2p5wsT1sZST3wiNhUrAYy2w5sviNa5WtJR0vYp0YATNeLum0Q1T_H1qwJ9j/s1600-h/DSC_7999.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3Va5dxcjamlmhVVvXF-7n3ihVfS-755qWaP596YuUHQmODPIo4tlrRWsUD5n7NdDwyTjoGuDy2p5wsT1sZST3wiNhUrAYy2w5sviNa5WtJR0vYp0YATNeLum0Q1T_H1qwJ9j/s400/DSC_7999.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699948832145810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The boys found sticks.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XL7gKaACwDschQrArhRPN-hTrX50E1ud-J3tJyQIdpm4IEkgUEdfwTFF7_uu2q-51FBwhyphenhyphenn3slb9NxNxoI5teAfeiJsqNh974WdGu3C-5DdawFDwaFXOU0HQsfDiBGuaJtKh/s1600-h/DSC_8000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XL7gKaACwDschQrArhRPN-hTrX50E1ud-J3tJyQIdpm4IEkgUEdfwTFF7_uu2q-51FBwhyphenhyphenn3slb9NxNxoI5teAfeiJsqNh974WdGu3C-5DdawFDwaFXOU0HQsfDiBGuaJtKh/s400/DSC_8000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699941914503522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Lillie and Sarah telling us all about it:)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-lXg9Zr8Z3JmKX8aNlFNJUjfhGXpTBLl6LW9vqbtpcNyrOkcG2ZSjuxLa2DbCP8sVTYgqOh0OAOrh9LvfT8XmtpPr06I_nNnTqFCqYD0vd2dyp-El2-wXvamao4mOpCquI-f/s1600-h/DSC_8001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-lXg9Zr8Z3JmKX8aNlFNJUjfhGXpTBLl6LW9vqbtpcNyrOkcG2ZSjuxLa2DbCP8sVTYgqOh0OAOrh9LvfT8XmtpPr06I_nNnTqFCqYD0vd2dyp-El2-wXvamao4mOpCquI-f/s400/DSC_8001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699414594902738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finn only lets Emily hold him...and my new friend Karisa and her new baby.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIE65uM0iMpnvSXy-CbXz1A-hgrsdUQij5_jwnrRYq4FP2mLNVDYcgd1348uma7cAQ9gAWx6TO0qTk8nJ95Fsx63Cq-BNTpu5sjZ_nRNaxBpQM1JlrDJ_aX_gDomsfQbH0Eaf/s1600-h/DSC_8003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIE65uM0iMpnvSXy-CbXz1A-hgrsdUQij5_jwnrRYq4FP2mLNVDYcgd1348uma7cAQ9gAWx6TO0qTk8nJ95Fsx63Cq-BNTpu5sjZ_nRNaxBpQM1JlrDJ_aX_gDomsfQbH0Eaf/s400/DSC_8003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699407747019618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So Finn is particular about people, but he's warmed up to my cousin Emily (thank goodness) probably since we see her almost everyday. (note the double chin...weighed him this morning and he's 16 lbs.)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEA34_kl3anjmJvkxdL0e6pB-vCGUFrtkj1vvYMR7XKQf6nZqLc2ygN8Yi7bzXRdGizSQx9ae8Ixb-yO2u6HvCJERM7isl5oSRrTBU_xaPlC_UiMEh8etcM0DhPHf2fFPaYgCZ/s1600-h/DSC_8004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEA34_kl3anjmJvkxdL0e6pB-vCGUFrtkj1vvYMR7XKQf6nZqLc2ygN8Yi7bzXRdGizSQx9ae8Ixb-yO2u6HvCJERM7isl5oSRrTBU_xaPlC_UiMEh8etcM0DhPHf2fFPaYgCZ/s400/DSC_8004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699397995178338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Her son James sometimes gets jealous when he sees her holding another baby.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3brfXYXbmroEfuJdxPUJA86ik8_Vrr5Clna5jJyhdYzTNDrQz3emksKUu-muLphbfj2pXRVk0kSZ1bXU4Bj2S4qUihn_iSpQEepKTNyCm-jIPvl5HuWnrJiaSAGDtZEcbRv3-/s1600-h/DSC_8006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3brfXYXbmroEfuJdxPUJA86ik8_Vrr5Clna5jJyhdYzTNDrQz3emksKUu-muLphbfj2pXRVk0kSZ1bXU4Bj2S4qUihn_iSpQEepKTNyCm-jIPvl5HuWnrJiaSAGDtZEcbRv3-/s400/DSC_8006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699392928096242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My awesome friend Emily made an appearance. Oh what a treat!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO_Pb_AxnmRaXO_T_P3dB8cyxUOTyNFCyg_iQcv3SjpnH60jHs2g21dMmxwPKvAg4kPrK1qi0GTG-plpZGdP9HRuyqexnOEMTmxTdPffddoC1aI6VFwfpBzBh3CuyPAwPVYqe/s1600-h/DSC_8008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO_Pb_AxnmRaXO_T_P3dB8cyxUOTyNFCyg_iQcv3SjpnH60jHs2g21dMmxwPKvAg4kPrK1qi0GTG-plpZGdP9HRuyqexnOEMTmxTdPffddoC1aI6VFwfpBzBh3CuyPAwPVYqe/s400/DSC_8008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374699387668148386" border="0" /></a><br />***Still not happy about blogger's poor photo quality!Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605330914851495803noreply@blogger.com5