<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861</id><updated>2012-01-22T16:35:17.331-07:00</updated><title type='text'>All in an Arizona Sunset</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>136</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3103412853163308520</id><published>2012-01-22T14:52:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T16:35:17.341-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Humphreys Peak, Flagstaff Arizona</title><content type='html'>Yesterday Erika and four friends headed out of Snow Bowl, Arizona to hike up to Humphreys Peak.  Starting at about 9,300 feet elevation the hike reaches the peak at 12, 633 feet.  Only Mike made it to the Summit due to whiteout weather conditions and 50+mph winds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U9LTzicnc-o/TxyI0oFcXSI/AAAAAAAABCA/hL4uBsfU7zE/s1600/IMG_0097.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U9LTzicnc-o/TxyI0oFcXSI/AAAAAAAABCA/hL4uBsfU7zE/s320/IMG_0097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700581666039029026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the view of the valley at the start of the hike.  Humphreys Peak was never actually visualized due to the cloud coverage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VH8TCamGIZY/TxyI0IyEOQI/AAAAAAAABBw/SrO_aoGDQ4M/s1600/IMG_0102.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VH8TCamGIZY/TxyI0IyEOQI/AAAAAAAABBw/SrO_aoGDQ4M/s320/IMG_0102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700581657636256002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike and Luis are discussing how to get to the trailhead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4_S4-lV958/TxyIzwkN1lI/AAAAAAAABBk/CI9khakHJ2Q/s1600/IMG_0104.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4_S4-lV958/TxyIzwkN1lI/AAAAAAAABBk/CI9khakHJ2Q/s320/IMG_0104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700581651135714898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom put on his snow shoes for slightly easier traveling while Luis continues to post-hole.  We guessed wrong about the trailhead and had to post-hole through 1.5'  of snow for about 45 minutes.  Fortunately we saw two other hikers far to  our right walking much easier than we were.  The actual trail was  fairly packed down and easy to walk on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ChW31rL-SMA/TxyHipi0ZOI/AAAAAAAABA0/B7ZlJMEiWzo/s1600/IMG_0120.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ChW31rL-SMA/TxyHipi0ZOI/AAAAAAAABA0/B7ZlJMEiWzo/s320/IMG_0120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700580257681401058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The terrain at these lower altitudes was snow and trees with easy visibility and little wind.  When properly dressed so to stay warm, it was enjoyable.  At the higher elevations, only bushes and shrubs could grow, so the wind was fierce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d7pPxqnYxUs/TxyIVrgMylI/AAAAAAAABBM/1o3ktqb-aDA/s1600/IMG_0107.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d7pPxqnYxUs/TxyIVrgMylI/AAAAAAAABBM/1o3ktqb-aDA/s320/IMG_0107.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700581134380616274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am freezing cold here, but it feels so good to sit, and the bush is  providing a little shelter.  In the first shot here I had my mask on and I  jokingly asked "Was I smiling?"  Luis insisted I take another shot  without the mask.  I don't know how I was able to smile.  Maybe it's a  frozen grimace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dMOJTZT2CCo/TxyIWCRnqsI/AAAAAAAABBY/bpNLsVoU1VI/s1600/IMG_0109.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dMOJTZT2CCo/TxyIWCRnqsI/AAAAAAAABBY/bpNLsVoU1VI/s320/IMG_0109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700581140493478594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luis celebrating at the top of the ridge.  This was not the summit, but it had been such a strenuous climb up that we were grateful to be close to the top.  Luis, Mike and I bushwacked over some rocks up the slope in the direction of the trail's swichback since the actual trail became less packed down and disappeared into a field of white.  The wind was so strong it actually pushed up us the ridge and past the trail.  Luis and I were flying up while Mike stopped to add a layer of clothing.  He saw the actual trail and proceeded to the summit.  Luis and I tried to continue, but the snow was blinding and the wind was threatening to push us over the ridge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iwMvv3O_OIM/TxyIVVANPVI/AAAAAAAABBA/XoK7oJDGjO0/s1600/IMG_0110.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iwMvv3O_OIM/TxyIVVANPVI/AAAAAAAABBA/XoK7oJDGjO0/s320/IMG_0110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700581128340847954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On our way back down, we found the trail and a sign designating 11,400 feet.  I'm not wearing my glasses because they were fogged and covered with snow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z09HVekowN8/TxyHhr6f-lI/AAAAAAAABAo/YwreEJxGGZ4/s1600/IMG_0122.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z09HVekowN8/TxyHhr6f-lI/AAAAAAAABAo/YwreEJxGGZ4/s320/IMG_0122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700580241137728082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebrating at the wilderness sign, making it safely back to the bottom.  Notice my hair with ice on every strand.  If only this jacket were waterproof, I love it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uO9U5T4V4qA/TxyHhVNjIrI/AAAAAAAABAc/Nh3VjILLQ98/s1600/IMG_0127.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uO9U5T4V4qA/TxyHhVNjIrI/AAAAAAAABAc/Nh3VjILLQ98/s320/IMG_0127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700580235043611314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom and Luis.  Next stop: ski lodge for hot chocolate. I think I'll do this again in the summer :P&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3103412853163308520?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3103412853163308520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3103412853163308520' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3103412853163308520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3103412853163308520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2012/01/humphreys-peak-flagstaff-arizona.html' title='Humphreys Peak, Flagstaff Arizona'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U9LTzicnc-o/TxyI0oFcXSI/AAAAAAAABCA/hL4uBsfU7zE/s72-c/IMG_0097.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-4224928920410374678</id><published>2011-12-17T14:34:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T14:59:06.180-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Newest cuteness</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XJP6FCwQhnM/Tu0N_7OYItI/AAAAAAAABAQ/bpiyaV5TjgY/s1600/2011-12-11_11-20-45_533.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XJP6FCwQhnM/Tu0N_7OYItI/AAAAAAAABAQ/bpiyaV5TjgY/s320/2011-12-11_11-20-45_533.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687217296319718098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kids made their Christmas wishes waiting in line to see Santa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r-UA_cMsVH8/Tu0N_Ql-YQI/AAAAAAAABAI/NXJqZT734KA/s1600/2011-12-10_13-48-13_453.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r-UA_cMsVH8/Tu0N_Ql-YQI/AAAAAAAABAI/NXJqZT734KA/s320/2011-12-10_13-48-13_453.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687217284875968770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part of the new Bodyology exhibit at the Children's museum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4gFtyuv8vME/Tu0N_KhIVxI/AAAAAAAAA_4/LffzsepWbrY/s1600/2011-11-27_12-25-07_359.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4gFtyuv8vME/Tu0N_KhIVxI/AAAAAAAAA_4/LffzsepWbrY/s320/2011-11-27_12-25-07_359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687217283245037330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katie, our new cat.  We adopted her in June.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TGADVMN3Oo/Tu0NcUDwOCI/AAAAAAAAA_s/GoeiRP4Kyso/s1600/2011-11-25_17-50-57_720.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TGADVMN3Oo/Tu0NcUDwOCI/AAAAAAAAA_s/GoeiRP4Kyso/s320/2011-11-25_17-50-57_720.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687216684510754850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn doodling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BNjSQ16G3X8/Tu0NbxzXLrI/AAAAAAAAA_g/TVf4CBlxq1g/s1600/2011-11-20_11-13-23_903.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BNjSQ16G3X8/Tu0NbxzXLrI/AAAAAAAAA_g/TVf4CBlxq1g/s320/2011-11-20_11-13-23_903.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687216675315199666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lion cubs at the zoo.  They are so cute!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cRoPw_uFcSk/Tu0Nbm_OauI/AAAAAAAAA_U/4PPo_tQCTSg/s1600/2011-11-19_11-18-36_425.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cRoPw_uFcSk/Tu0Nbm_OauI/AAAAAAAAA_U/4PPo_tQCTSg/s320/2011-11-19_11-18-36_425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687216672412166882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jumping away! Camryn was only happy if she was with Mason, and became stressed if another kid entered the castle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i4gKP4l0CiU/Tu0NFHaZbqI/AAAAAAAAA-8/W3QGeDwfqr0/s1600/2011-11-17_19-44-20_676.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i4gKP4l0CiU/Tu0NFHaZbqI/AAAAAAAAA-8/W3QGeDwfqr0/s320/2011-11-17_19-44-20_676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687216285979078306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One day at dinner, Camryn entertained herself by playing with her food.  She thought it great fun to decorate a pecan with pieces of lettuce.  She did it for an hour!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L3gHsGZAXpQ/Tu0NFq2L_2I/AAAAAAAAA_I/GglfZ60gnog/s1600/2011-11-17_19-43-02_767.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L3gHsGZAXpQ/Tu0NFq2L_2I/AAAAAAAAA_I/GglfZ60gnog/s320/2011-11-17_19-43-02_767.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687216295490879330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her masterpiece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0dJtlEPQEng/Tu0NE57n3VI/AAAAAAAAA-w/zfGxwb-NpJs/s1600/2011-10-30_12-07-50_841.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0dJtlEPQEng/Tu0NE57n3VI/AAAAAAAAA-w/zfGxwb-NpJs/s320/2011-10-30_12-07-50_841.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687216282360339794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Playing in the stream at Madera Canyon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nBc36KQt5nM/Tu0Mt8cT5YI/AAAAAAAAA-k/yeVheVufGjQ/s1600/2011-10-29_13-16-34_540.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nBc36KQt5nM/Tu0Mt8cT5YI/AAAAAAAAA-k/yeVheVufGjQ/s320/2011-10-29_13-16-34_540.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687215887897322882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn loves flowers and loves spending time in the garden.  She took a short break from trying to pick the flowers to pose for the picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ODxOgc5ljdk/Tu0MtGP1DFI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/RrAtDitjL7w/s1600/2011-10-23_13-07-09_66.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ODxOgc5ljdk/Tu0MtGP1DFI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/RrAtDitjL7w/s320/2011-10-23_13-07-09_66.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687215873349454930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Playing with the Thomas set at the toy train museum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DkmRxdISbKo/Tu0Ms2lmrDI/AAAAAAAAA-M/IDd2PXeNHHI/s1600/2011-10-22_17-00-19_132.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DkmRxdISbKo/Tu0Ms2lmrDI/AAAAAAAAA-M/IDd2PXeNHHI/s320/2011-10-22_17-00-19_132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687215869145820210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying to climb the tree on a warm fall day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-4224928920410374678?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/4224928920410374678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=4224928920410374678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4224928920410374678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4224928920410374678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/12/newest-cuteness.html' title='Newest cuteness'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XJP6FCwQhnM/Tu0N_7OYItI/AAAAAAAABAQ/bpiyaV5TjgY/s72-c/2011-12-11_11-20-45_533.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-9054940071264085197</id><published>2011-10-16T21:10:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-16T21:27:29.984-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Random shots</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PmxEnRLlyTc/Tpus3qRzVdI/AAAAAAAAA8s/JpEuGbjyfRY/s1600/2011-08-26_21-10-53_868.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PmxEnRLlyTc/Tpus3qRzVdI/AAAAAAAAA8s/JpEuGbjyfRY/s320/2011-08-26_21-10-53_868.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664311028590269906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our cat, Katie, has adjusted well and turning into a real lap cat.  Her main faults: steals Erika's hair ties off the counter, jumps onto kitchen surfaces to steal food, and begs all day for fresh food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGYGsDa7Tp4/Tpus3VNLJzI/AAAAAAAAA8g/-uYl8u6vZxs/s1600/2011-08-24_06-48-35_672.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGYGsDa7Tp4/Tpus3VNLJzI/AAAAAAAAA8g/-uYl8u6vZxs/s320/2011-08-24_06-48-35_672.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664311022933714738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two most handsome men!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0dnH__KHlz4/TpuskSrqnJI/AAAAAAAAA8U/AwN3ZxcfHyY/s1600/2011-09-01_18-48-04_912.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0dnH__KHlz4/TpuskSrqnJI/AAAAAAAAA8U/AwN3ZxcfHyY/s320/2011-09-01_18-48-04_912.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664310695838784658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She has learned well from us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l7ADEvo2yQI/Tpusj1-drPI/AAAAAAAAA8I/RoZl19PWamg/s1600/2011-10-02_19-11-29_364.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l7ADEvo2yQI/Tpusj1-drPI/AAAAAAAAA8I/RoZl19PWamg/s320/2011-10-02_19-11-29_364.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664310688133000434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason has really blossomed from being in school just this short time.  He now loves coloring, traces his letters voluntarily daily, and has his homework done by the next day usually.  Erika made him a special place-mat that he can color daily with dry erase markers and he loves it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JFk4wfoceew/TpurY03JNXI/AAAAAAAAA78/boXtBuOYZaU/s1600/2011-10-13_06-56-57_451.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JFk4wfoceew/TpurY03JNXI/AAAAAAAAA78/boXtBuOYZaU/s320/2011-10-13_06-56-57_451.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664309399343674738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika is training for a half-marathon and this was a shot she took from a trail run.  It was dawn with the full moon still in the sky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VDiVreypya0/TpurYPpaIOI/AAAAAAAAA7w/aFjMWl-CA-o/s1600/2011-10-15_14-57-37_616.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VDiVreypya0/TpurYPpaIOI/AAAAAAAAA7w/aFjMWl-CA-o/s320/2011-10-15_14-57-37_616.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664309389353951458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of Mason's creations.  He completely designed and cut out the body, tail and head/neck.  Mama cut out the spikes.  Mason colored it and drew the face, and voila! a Diplodicus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iRoxSGijOKU/TpurX0P-hCI/AAAAAAAAA7k/HeGPMVwxEJs/s1600/2011-10-16_11-00-13_18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iRoxSGijOKU/TpurX0P-hCI/AAAAAAAAA7k/HeGPMVwxEJs/s320/2011-10-16_11-00-13_18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664309381999526946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fighting fires at the Children's Museum.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-9054940071264085197?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/9054940071264085197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=9054940071264085197' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/9054940071264085197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/9054940071264085197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/10/random-shots.html' title='Random shots'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PmxEnRLlyTc/Tpus3qRzVdI/AAAAAAAAA8s/JpEuGbjyfRY/s72-c/2011-08-26_21-10-53_868.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-1697161252500028383</id><published>2011-09-14T19:09:00.037-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T21:46:19.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The.Best.Trip.Ever</title><content type='html'>This weekend Erika and Kevin backpacked 10 miles to the campground at  Havasupai, camped for two nights, and hiked back to civilization.  It  was spectacular!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bnelwHTejfU/TnGAxL5nm6I/AAAAAAAAA7E/qpWBFs9jEik/s1600/Havasupai%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652440589823089570" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bnelwHTejfU/TnGAxL5nm6I/AAAAAAAAA7E/qpWBFs9jEik/s320/Havasupai%2B001.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people choose to use the mule "trains" to haul their stuff down.  Wusses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TCz91-M9b98/TnGAw8Z0vfI/AAAAAAAAA68/QdMlTeJkNjE/s1600/Havasupai%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652440585663200754" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TCz91-M9b98/TnGAw8Z0vfI/AAAAAAAAA68/QdMlTeJkNjE/s320/Havasupai%2B002.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thursday night we drove as far as we could, stopping in Seligman,  which was as close as a real-life Radiator Springs as it comes, except  we didn't find any place as nice as the Cozy-Cone motel.  We had  breakfast at the Roadkill Cafe where the portions were huge.  We took  the extras to go, and Erika wants credit for being the first person to  backpack a pancake with syrup to the Grand Canyon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PHZ67LW1ILQ/TnF_5hvbnhI/AAAAAAAAA60/8DEHYejCREE/s1600/Havasupai%2B004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652439633613266450" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PHZ67LW1ILQ/TnF_5hvbnhI/AAAAAAAAA60/8DEHYejCREE/s320/Havasupai%2B004.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Friday September 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;10:15  - Erika and Kevin started down the trail from the Hilltop to Supai (8  mi).  The initial descent was steep with switchbacks leading down  the mesa wall.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fQsSBaop8AE/TnF_5Ze77VI/AAAAAAAAA6s/wOpxK_Mh9fs/s1600/Havasupai%2B006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652439631396597074" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fQsSBaop8AE/TnF_5Ze77VI/AAAAAAAAA6s/wOpxK_Mh9fs/s320/Havasupai%2B006.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10:30 - The trail turned to sand and rock. The Grand Canyon is primarily  sandstone, which meant much of the trail was sand.  Deep, slogging  sand.  Erika was so concerned about the clouds of dust being produced  with every step and became distracted talking about the risk of  contracting coccidiomycosis (a fungal infection from desert dirt), that  she slipped on the sandy rock, suffering the first injury of the trip  (bruised hands).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FMA_smqMddc/TnF_bh0TJDI/AAAAAAAAA6k/QqVrE43YySg/s1600/Havasupai%2B008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652439118237606962" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FMA_smqMddc/TnF_bh0TJDI/AAAAAAAAA6k/QqVrE43YySg/s320/Havasupai%2B008.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;11:15 - First marker, a sign that says 6.5 miles to Supai.  Some  other exhausted hiker on her way to the Hilltop was, confused by the  multitude of trails in the area, saw the sign and said "Oh, no, we're  going back to Supai?!?"  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12:30 - Rest stop!  It has been a hot hike, but not too hard, and enjoyable being surrounded by lovely red canyon walls.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2:00 - Erika acquires injury #2 climbing some rocks so she can get a neat picture.  Scraped and bruised shin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U_8T6VAvMXE/TnF_bL82-RI/AAAAAAAAA6c/gEQ84Uih1-M/s1600/Havasupai%2B010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652439112367929618" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U_8T6VAvMXE/TnF_bL82-RI/AAAAAAAAA6c/gEQ84Uih1-M/s320/Havasupai%2B010.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;2:15  - Second marker, 2 miles to Supai!  We left the original canyon and  began descending Havasu Canyon, which includes the creek feeding the  falls.  There we had our first glimpse of the water, and amazing  clear-blue.  It is blue because of the lime.  The trail became very  pleasant now, meandering through the trees and sometimes next to the  water.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cStRhD8YxjI/TnF_AvHSk7I/AAAAAAAAA6U/1WQe8C0v38s/s1600/Havasupai%2B014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652438657950454706" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cStRhD8YxjI/TnF_AvHSk7I/AAAAAAAAA6U/1WQe8C0v38s/s320/Havasupai%2B014.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3:00 - We arrived in Supai and checked into the tourist office.  Lots of horses in the village.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LaFz5jAYPi4/TnF_AdVWHAI/AAAAAAAAA6M/Mri5XoEfBb4/s1600/Havasupai%2B100.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652438653177568258" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LaFz5jAYPi4/TnF_AdVWHAI/AAAAAAAAA6M/Mri5XoEfBb4/s320/Havasupai%2B100.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The school, with a hitching post outside.  The village was more modernized and developed than expected, and with all the negatives of modern civilization.  There was abundant littering, unkempt lawns, and obesity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YFK0DXkLeCA/TnF-mtuORiI/AAAAAAAAA6E/PCxzOUn8Z-o/s1600/Havasupai%2B099.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652438210900280866" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YFK0DXkLeCA/TnF-mtuORiI/AAAAAAAAA6E/PCxzOUn8Z-o/s320/Havasupai%2B099.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;3:15 - Hiking again, Kevin with a cold coke in hand, Erika with a  Snickers ice cream bar.  Being so close is motivation to go on.  That,  and the paranoia of not having a good camping spot because they were  sold out and there were two large parties right behind us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QtZxt3wv4Ok/TnF-Zm9kVoI/AAAAAAAAA58/WjKGyALWw3M/s1600/Havasupai%2B018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652437985747293826" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QtZxt3wv4Ok/TnF-Zm9kVoI/AAAAAAAAA58/WjKGyALWw3M/s320/Havasupai%2B018.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;3:45 - Havasu Falls.  It was everything we had seen in the photos and more.  Just a few of our own pictures and we plodded on to the campground.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N_Zl2g_2-b4/TnF-JQeLHvI/AAAAAAAAA50/FVSEBNHWC4k/s1600/Havasupai%2B019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652437704832130802" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N_Zl2g_2-b4/TnF-JQeLHvI/AAAAAAAAA50/FVSEBNHWC4k/s320/Havasupai%2B019.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4:00  - Setting up camp.  We really pushed hard in the end and wanted nothing  more than to take our boots off and lay down in the tent.    This spider was a guest in our campsite for an hour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7eG6KWe9MsY/TnF9_Pi3MHI/AAAAAAAAA5s/xSZ_o7idHk8/s1600/Havasupai%2B020.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652437532784668786" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7eG6KWe9MsY/TnF9_Pi3MHI/AAAAAAAAA5s/xSZ_o7idHk8/s320/Havasupai%2B020.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;4:45 - Replenishing our water, using the Steri-pen to purify the spring water.  Erika eats her pancake!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuEkE76LYtg/TnF9-8ytDWI/AAAAAAAAA5k/dHmxKD8SKzU/s1600/Havasupai%2B024.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652437527750839650" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuEkE76LYtg/TnF9-8ytDWI/AAAAAAAAA5k/dHmxKD8SKzU/s320/Havasupai%2B024.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;5:20 - Napping.  Note the picturesque location of the campsite.  There were lovely white flowers all over the place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div&gt;7:00  - Eating ramen noodles for dinner.  It got dark about now, pretty much  leaving us no choice but to go back in the tent.  After the trip we regretted not going back to the falls today, the cold water would have  been perfect on our aching feet.  At the time, we were so tired that any  more walking seemed just out of the question.  We played Rummy and were  asleep by 9.  It was such a quiet campground, except for the sound of  the rushing creek and the peeper frogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jS47V8yMT1M/TnF9pQ2eVzI/AAAAAAAAA5U/lAUr2cTlAxY/s1600/Havasupai%2B027.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652437155178239794" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jS47V8yMT1M/TnF9pQ2eVzI/AAAAAAAAA5U/lAUr2cTlAxY/s320/Havasupai%2B027.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div&gt;2 am - Erika has to  get up to pee, which was irritating because the bathrooms were a nice  little walk.  Then tried to get back to sleep.  Damn frogs.&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L0LWSYKLV4s/TnF9p0YFiOI/AAAAAAAAA5c/5SmOJi-nQn4/s1600/Havasupai%2B070.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652437164714461410" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L0LWSYKLV4s/TnF9p0YFiOI/AAAAAAAAA5c/5SmOJi-nQn4/s320/Havasupai%2B070.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Saturday September 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 am - Rise and shine.  Breakfast of instant coffee (Taster's Choice, not bad really, especially cause we had creamer and sugar) and oatmeal.  More water purification.&lt;br /&gt;9:30 - Head off for Mooney Falls, about a mile from our campsite.  We did not know, however, that to get to the bottom of the fall was a treacherous descent down the cliff wall.  That was an adventure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PPgSGmbfMfA/TnF9Qkv0ZRI/AAAAAAAAA5M/NZN4qbcFQc8/s1600/Havasupai%2B032.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652436731022304530" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PPgSGmbfMfA/TnF9Qkv0ZRI/AAAAAAAAA5M/NZN4qbcFQc8/s320/Havasupai%2B032.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mooney Falls from the top&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zEapN6FQerw/TnLLtzCfd7I/AAAAAAAAA7M/54yg9FE_kd0/s1600/Havasupai%2B067.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zEapN6FQerw/TnLLtzCfd7I/AAAAAAAAA7M/54yg9FE_kd0/s320/Havasupai%2B067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652804469958604722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barely starting, choosing not to heed the warning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j0M0MJ99SLA/TnF9DzKAyfI/AAAAAAAAA5E/uUDdINNMD6Q/s1600/Havasupai%2B037.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652436511551965682" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j0M0MJ99SLA/TnF9DzKAyfI/AAAAAAAAA5E/uUDdINNMD6Q/s320/Havasupai%2B037.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hike descended into the cliff wall.  This was a tight squeeze with a pack on, but so much less scary than this....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QX8NODLYNN4/TnF9DQjP43I/AAAAAAAAA48/wf2znEL2ND4/s1600/Havasupai%2B042.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652436502262571890" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QX8NODLYNN4/TnF9DQjP43I/AAAAAAAAA48/wf2znEL2ND4/s320/Havasupai%2B042.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ahhhh!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8dbElg_lsxg/TnFkQpXeUMI/AAAAAAAAA40/O8dIuWhmMuQ/s1600/Havasupai%2B044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652409244471677122" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8dbElg_lsxg/TnFkQpXeUMI/AAAAAAAAA40/O8dIuWhmMuQ/s320/Havasupai%2B044.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin safely on the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QMe7baGwoBQ/TnFkI_OR6UI/AAAAAAAAA4s/TykQoto-buQ/s1600/Havasupai%2B039.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652409112899742018" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QMe7baGwoBQ/TnFkI_OR6UI/AAAAAAAAA4s/TykQoto-buQ/s320/Havasupai%2B039.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ukMwY1p_yIM/TnFjqds78KI/AAAAAAAAA4k/VjXrZhu82SU/s1600/Havasupai%2B049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652408588505444514" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ukMwY1p_yIM/TnFjqds78KI/AAAAAAAAA4k/VjXrZhu82SU/s320/Havasupai%2B049.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzGy6fEp4KM/TnFjS8BOEuI/AAAAAAAAA4c/IpRVw8bmL98/s1600/Havasupai%2B050.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652408184326722274" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzGy6fEp4KM/TnFjS8BOEuI/AAAAAAAAA4c/IpRVw8bmL98/s320/Havasupai%2B050.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin is clearly unhappy about taking a picture while being blasted by cold mist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oZ1ijwhLBug/TnFjKRSSSkI/AAAAAAAAA4U/d7J34Pdy7jA/s1600/Havasupai%2B058.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652408035416623682" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oZ1ijwhLBug/TnFjKRSSSkI/AAAAAAAAA4U/d7J34Pdy7jA/s320/Havasupai%2B058.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Count them:  1, 2, 3, 4 (more?) falls!  Mooney is in the background partially obscured by the tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4XKRHPAeIlo/TnFi7TGJqzI/AAAAAAAAA4M/2PzAvy3IICQ/s1600/Havasupai%2B060.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652407778204560178" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4XKRHPAeIlo/TnFi7TGJqzI/AAAAAAAAA4M/2PzAvy3IICQ/s320/Havasupai%2B060.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lime travertines were beautiful here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aV7G-8tOktE/TnFixn_IybI/AAAAAAAAA4E/m18Dqn3rLgA/s1600/Havasupai%2B065.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652407612013595058" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aV7G-8tOktE/TnFixn_IybI/AAAAAAAAA4E/m18Dqn3rLgA/s320/Havasupai%2B065.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11:00 - Erika getting up the courage to submerge herself in the cold water for a welcome bath.&lt;br /&gt;12:30 - Back at the campsite having lunch, tuna salad.&lt;br /&gt;1:30 - Napping&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bJDEVpFM_Tc/TnFiMMZ5F_I/AAAAAAAAA38/XpFCunIdpVw/s1600/Havasupai%2B076.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652406968954460146" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bJDEVpFM_Tc/TnFiMMZ5F_I/AAAAAAAAA38/XpFCunIdpVw/s320/Havasupai%2B076.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3:00 - We check out the base of Havasu falls, a very popular swimming/beach spot.  Only the crazy boy scouts were actually swimming.  We sat on the travertine at the top of a small fall, sunbathing while the cool water was soothing our aching leg muscles.  We did not stay long because the sun set below the canyon wall and it quickly became chilly.&lt;br /&gt;4:30 - Playing Rummy in the tent again as it is pouring rain.  We periodically check the gear we have stashed under the fly and make sure the puddles that are forming under the tent are not leaking in.  No leaks, very happy with the tent.&lt;br /&gt;7:00 - Making ramen noodles for dinner, quickly run out of light.  We rested in the tent a bit before deciding to head out for our final bathroom break before bed.  We stepped out of the tent to see this....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ucx333STThU/TnFhquerelI/AAAAAAAAA30/BnMVf2VXneU/s1600/Havasupai%2B087.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652406393985792594" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ucx333STThU/TnFhquerelI/AAAAAAAAA30/BnMVf2VXneU/s320/Havasupai%2B087.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moon rise over the canyon walls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oiLDx20utsg/TnFhjVp-PmI/AAAAAAAAA3s/OVVfthkAgO4/s1600/Havasupai%2B088.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652406267063189090" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oiLDx20utsg/TnFhjVp-PmI/AAAAAAAAA3s/OVVfthkAgO4/s320/Havasupai%2B088.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sunday September 11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12 am - It starts raining again and we have to get up and put the packs back under the fly.  No trouble going back to sleep.  Very happy with how comfortable our tent and gear keep us.&lt;br /&gt;5:00 - We get up and start tearing down the campsite.  Giant green caterpillar crossing our campsite.  That was the extend of the wildlife we saw.  And a toad and squirrels.&lt;br /&gt;6:20 - Head up the hill to Supai, where we briefly stop to get some bread and cold drinks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xoZlQ0S8SR4/TnLRJTYv39I/AAAAAAAAA7c/vtq8Z0pkyRg/s1600/Havasupai%2B115.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xoZlQ0S8SR4/TnLRJTYv39I/AAAAAAAAA7c/vtq8Z0pkyRg/s320/Havasupai%2B115.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652810440056496082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika misread the instructions for her pack and thought these straps were for a "bread-roll." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6u8Wm6PZJLI/TnFgQZwOECI/AAAAAAAAA3k/mONhrFY5Mms/s1600/Havasupai%2B104.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652404842233991202" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6u8Wm6PZJLI/TnFgQZwOECI/AAAAAAAAA3k/mONhrFY5Mms/s320/Havasupai%2B104.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xoZlQ0S8SR4/TnLRJTYv39I/AAAAAAAAA7c/vtq8Z0pkyRg/s1600/Havasupai%2B115.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;8:30 - We finally stopped for breakfast.  Kevin couldn't take Erika's whining anymore.  We had only one cup, so here Erika is drinking coffee from her plate/bowl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kbctFXVimPU/TnFfx-1lhNI/AAAAAAAAA3c/rpVa5fbub3g/s1600/Havasupai%2B106.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652404319612667090" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kbctFXVimPU/TnFfx-1lhNI/AAAAAAAAA3c/rpVa5fbub3g/s320/Havasupai%2B106.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the many native's dogs followed us for a bit, was very cute, and earned himself a piece of bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bEYsNjZrXL4/TnFfhtvzCJI/AAAAAAAAA3U/7MkdSbRtyxM/s1600/Havasupai%2B111.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652404040147077266" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bEYsNjZrXL4/TnFfhtvzCJI/AAAAAAAAA3U/7MkdSbRtyxM/s320/Havasupai%2B111.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He therefore kept following us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-65L3sFbLfkA/TnFe2xMv_KI/AAAAAAAAA3M/NrJUDOHJXvA/s1600/Havasupai%2B125.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652403302339443874" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-65L3sFbLfkA/TnFe2xMv_KI/AAAAAAAAA3M/NrJUDOHJXvA/s320/Havasupai%2B125.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11:10 - Passed the infamous sign; 1.5 miles to go (straight up hill)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLaDrsaqTjI/TnFesIZwVaI/AAAAAAAAA3E/TB5O1L49tE0/s1600/Havasupai%2B126.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652403119589447074" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLaDrsaqTjI/TnFesIZwVaI/AAAAAAAAA3E/TB5O1L49tE0/s320/Havasupai%2B126.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snack break, and took shelter under a rock outcropping during a brief rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XLdKx9xAPMU/TnFeeltReKI/AAAAAAAAA28/4l3TVoJ4GBE/s1600/Havasupai%2B128.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652402886937770146" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XLdKx9xAPMU/TnFeeltReKI/AAAAAAAAA28/4l3TVoJ4GBE/s320/Havasupai%2B128.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11:45 - Kevin is about to die from climbing so hard with 25-30lbs on his back.  We make it to some shade and have lunch (tuna salad sandwiches).  We are passed by many irritating people on horseback or hikers without packs, who aren't nearly as exhausted as us.&lt;br /&gt;12:45 - Hilltop!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-1697161252500028383?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/1697161252500028383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=1697161252500028383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1697161252500028383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1697161252500028383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/09/thebesttripever.html' title='The.Best.Trip.Ever'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bnelwHTejfU/TnGAxL5nm6I/AAAAAAAAA7E/qpWBFs9jEik/s72-c/Havasupai%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5633283341489291611</id><published>2011-08-21T20:43:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T21:00:40.024-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun in Tempe</title><content type='html'>Erika and the kids went to Phoenix with Mason's friend Giselle and family.  First stop was the SeaLife Aquarium.  After a 1 1/2 hour car ride, we were good for only an hour at the museum, then everyone (including the adults) were melting down.  We went to the Rain Forest Cafe, then headed back to the aquarium for another hour.  It was actually pretty nice and the kids of course loved it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then we went to a splash pad where the kids could get wet and play after all that learning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KRHf1Wa7tFQ/TlHRsZrWBYI/AAAAAAAAA10/iIogao-U2iM/s1600/2011-08-13_16-24-43_63.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KRHf1Wa7tFQ/TlHRsZrWBYI/AAAAAAAAA10/iIogao-U2iM/s320/2011-08-13_16-24-43_63.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643522368809076098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usually I let him spray me, but I wasn't dressed to be wet (although my feet ended up being soaked).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WxzEiW5iBGs/TlHRZA03eXI/AAAAAAAAA1s/nap0eJ8E0Uc/s1600/2011-08-13_16-27-21_312.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WxzEiW5iBGs/TlHRZA03eXI/AAAAAAAAA1s/nap0eJ8E0Uc/s320/2011-08-13_16-27-21_312.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643522035720616306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a very neat waterfall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sc_1-xXS3x0/TlHRY_M71AI/AAAAAAAAA1k/OzKJ-RYMXDQ/s1600/2011-08-13_16-20-55_74.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sc_1-xXS3x0/TlHRY_M71AI/AAAAAAAAA1k/OzKJ-RYMXDQ/s320/2011-08-13_16-20-55_74.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643522035284694018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A very rare moment, in which we had the ability to take a decent picture with a smile, since she usually never stops moving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xIk5ZtX9ygI/TlHRYjnI2SI/AAAAAAAAA1c/k6ZpetklfGo/s1600/2011-08-13_15-06-46_996.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xIk5ZtX9ygI/TlHRYjnI2SI/AAAAAAAAA1c/k6ZpetklfGo/s320/2011-08-13_15-06-46_996.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643522027878406434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They had some of the neatest aquariums there, the coolest shapes.  You could stand in the middle and feel like you are under water!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IL3TgrYEqao/TlHRCnx2y1I/AAAAAAAAA1U/wcXMhGWJJ1c/s1600/2011-08-13_12-08-17_96.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IL3TgrYEqao/TlHRCnx2y1I/AAAAAAAAA1U/wcXMhGWJJ1c/s320/2011-08-13_12-08-17_96.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643521651039980370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;360 degree aquarium tunnel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VPpcasZwxOA/TlHRCYdajMI/AAAAAAAAA1M/z9c1i2XOQNg/s1600/2011-08-13_11-58-55_887.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VPpcasZwxOA/TlHRCYdajMI/AAAAAAAAA1M/z9c1i2XOQNg/s320/2011-08-13_11-58-55_887.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643521646927711426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6agKuv_1y6E/TlHRCAUWERI/AAAAAAAAA1E/ozOuDgWSmDo/s1600/2011-08-13_11-50-15_85.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6agKuv_1y6E/TlHRCAUWERI/AAAAAAAAA1E/ozOuDgWSmDo/s320/2011-08-13_11-50-15_85.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643521640447217938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5633283341489291611?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5633283341489291611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5633283341489291611' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5633283341489291611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5633283341489291611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/08/fun-in-tempe.html' title='Fun in Tempe'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KRHf1Wa7tFQ/TlHRsZrWBYI/AAAAAAAAA10/iIogao-U2iM/s72-c/2011-08-13_16-24-43_63.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5917228316619652546</id><published>2011-08-07T15:09:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T20:43:25.443-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Learning to cook</title><content type='html'>The kids had a blast playing in the kitchen at the Children's Museum.   Cami puts on the oven mitts to get the pizza the oven.  Mason made a  stew for us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k9rJWyyZ10k/TlHQJaKxgCI/AAAAAAAAA08/wHqTu3hBUSM/s1600/2011-07-31_12-04-35_505.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k9rJWyyZ10k/TlHQJaKxgCI/AAAAAAAAA08/wHqTu3hBUSM/s320/2011-07-31_12-04-35_505.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643520668133851170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mBr82NLzvVQ/TlHQJLujtnI/AAAAAAAAA00/4m9ROgPpfug/s1600/2011-07-31_12-04-55_909.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mBr82NLzvVQ/TlHQJLujtnI/AAAAAAAAA00/4m9ROgPpfug/s320/2011-07-31_12-04-55_909.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643520664257410674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5917228316619652546?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5917228316619652546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5917228316619652546' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5917228316619652546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5917228316619652546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/08/learning-to-cook.html' title='Learning to cook'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k9rJWyyZ10k/TlHQJaKxgCI/AAAAAAAAA08/wHqTu3hBUSM/s72-c/2011-07-31_12-04-35_505.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6093485671762221999</id><published>2011-07-27T21:05:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T21:14:23.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Millipedes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UIBF2cm6mrE/TjDgwzsH7kI/AAAAAAAAA0s/c2-BKfxgddk/s1600/2011-07-24_09-36-27_310.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UIBF2cm6mrE/TjDgwzsH7kI/AAAAAAAAA0s/c2-BKfxgddk/s320/2011-07-24_09-36-27_310.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634250262954110530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Token cute Cami pic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NsEsfpI_cLo/TjDgwpChZfI/AAAAAAAAA0k/yedhJ_aH3AY/s1600/2011-07-24_09-54-31_593.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NsEsfpI_cLo/TjDgwpChZfI/AAAAAAAAA0k/yedhJ_aH3AY/s320/2011-07-24_09-54-31_593.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634250260095264242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here Mason is closely observing the millipedes we caught.  They are like worms that come out after it rains.  It's been a nice monsoon season, and the ground is pretty wet, so there are millipedes everywhere!  We went for a nice walk around the neighborhood Sunday morning and caught three, observed them, and released them that night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lcCSE_TaMVA/TjDgwWuX9VI/AAAAAAAAA0c/xtyHbs6YFDI/s1600/2011-07-24_09-54-59_195.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lcCSE_TaMVA/TjDgwWuX9VI/AAAAAAAAA0c/xtyHbs6YFDI/s320/2011-07-24_09-54-59_195.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634250255178921298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such cute scientists!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6093485671762221999?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6093485671762221999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6093485671762221999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6093485671762221999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6093485671762221999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/07/millipedes.html' title='Millipedes!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UIBF2cm6mrE/TjDgwzsH7kI/AAAAAAAAA0s/c2-BKfxgddk/s72-c/2011-07-24_09-36-27_310.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-661616910101883741</id><published>2011-07-26T20:50:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-26T21:12:26.153-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cutie pies!</title><content type='html'>Sometimes these kids are just SO CUTE!  (Ok, most of the time, but this time we have it on video.)  Cami has made up a bird call, though maybe it's a "Mama call" because it makes me melt and come running!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a96240d86f20e55f" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v11.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da96240d86f20e55f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909484%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D52F76AFAD6075E02E163DD450ECCE594144D4AC1.3439327AFAEEF259C4EB39A3ED5C912BAE2C89D1%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da96240d86f20e55f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DgkD15j84cV5EY_AeyEffo43KF-M&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v11.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da96240d86f20e55f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909484%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D52F76AFAD6075E02E163DD450ECCE594144D4AC1.3439327AFAEEF259C4EB39A3ED5C912BAE2C89D1%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da96240d86f20e55f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DgkD15j84cV5EY_AeyEffo43KF-M&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason created an imaginary instrument and played songs for us.  Camryn danced and sang, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-98af9d112ac3eb84" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v8.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D98af9d112ac3eb84%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909484%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5C5BF11FD0015CDC1B9CC9D4A82121257C95663B.2A2F49CCB150A42BF50FBB925673791A8A904202%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D98af9d112ac3eb84%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D6ydGNSswcFYWlRyXRY5Dw-RLJe8&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v8.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D98af9d112ac3eb84%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909484%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5C5BF11FD0015CDC1B9CC9D4A82121257C95663B.2A2F49CCB150A42BF50FBB925673791A8A904202%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D98af9d112ac3eb84%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D6ydGNSswcFYWlRyXRY5Dw-RLJe8&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-661616910101883741?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/661616910101883741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=661616910101883741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/661616910101883741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/661616910101883741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/07/cutie-pies.html' title='Cutie pies!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-2049907158222233153</id><published>2011-07-24T20:22:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-24T20:48:07.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Monkey Business</title><content type='html'>Nana was in town last week and we went to the local children's gaming restaurant where we let the kids run wild.  Mason did such a great job, it was the first time he could do some of the advanced games on his own.  Camryn's favorite time was with the balloon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lKLFEsI7_Q0/Tizk39VabZI/AAAAAAAAA0U/gFMX0D43ALM/s1600/2011-07-13_20-03-11_422.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lKLFEsI7_Q0/Tizk39VabZI/AAAAAAAAA0U/gFMX0D43ALM/s320/2011-07-13_20-03-11_422.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633128883941961106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was brave enough to play on the big toys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DO8h339ZMfs/Tizk3jf-YPI/AAAAAAAAA0M/6ydVPhm9MsA/s1600/2011-07-13_19-31-22_85.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DO8h339ZMfs/Tizk3jf-YPI/AAAAAAAAA0M/6ydVPhm9MsA/s320/2011-07-13_19-31-22_85.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633128877006938354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason racing cars!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wdcf-HwhIKc/Tizk3S_PZvI/AAAAAAAAA0E/tga0nnUCvbE/s1600/2011-07-13_20-06-23_798.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wdcf-HwhIKc/Tizk3S_PZvI/AAAAAAAAA0E/tga0nnUCvbE/s320/2011-07-13_20-06-23_798.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633128872574674674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YVEqdcu851s/Tizk3NLGWDI/AAAAAAAAAz8/IBiUpWXXEKE/s1600/2011-07-13_20-05-04_936.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YVEqdcu851s/Tizk3NLGWDI/AAAAAAAAAz8/IBiUpWXXEKE/s320/2011-07-13_20-05-04_936.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633128871013799986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2049907158222233153?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2049907158222233153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2049907158222233153' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2049907158222233153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2049907158222233153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/07/monkey-business.html' title='Monkey Business'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lKLFEsI7_Q0/Tizk39VabZI/AAAAAAAAA0U/gFMX0D43ALM/s72-c/2011-07-13_20-03-11_422.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8269154465349719959</id><published>2011-07-14T15:28:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-14T20:17:03.074-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New cook</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Well, don't know why these photos turned out so crappy, but I wanted to share Cami at the Children's Museum in the kitchen.  She was so cute, putting pans in and out of the oven microwave, and stove, and wearing the oven mitts.  Mason was off by himself in another room, Cami has started throwing fits and wanting to be in different rooms.  Easier to comply than have a screaming child.  The trip is all about the kids having fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0Lhs5eiQAHY/Th9tl7dfI6I/AAAAAAAAAzw/DAIVwocwC2U/2011-06-19_12-03-46_442.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xWEz3RJQSBY/Th9tnkvcKZI/AAAAAAAAAz0/qV3PC9Kwnj4/2011-06-19_12-02-41_547.png" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8269154465349719959?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8269154465349719959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8269154465349719959' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8269154465349719959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8269154465349719959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-cook.html' title='New cook'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0Lhs5eiQAHY/Th9tl7dfI6I/AAAAAAAAAzw/DAIVwocwC2U/s72-c/2011-06-19_12-03-46_442.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5502131617107101340</id><published>2011-06-17T21:45:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T21:59:24.243-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Backyard Mud Run</title><content type='html'>Mason had so much fun at the Mud Run, and was asking for another, so Erika built a mini one in the trail behind our house.  Mason ran it many times.  It was such a great way to cool off during our 100 degree heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jDGaNc4xQxQ/TfwuyNNXNII/AAAAAAAAAzg/AI5G0j9Y3bU/s1600/044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jDGaNc4xQxQ/TfwuyNNXNII/AAAAAAAAAzg/AI5G0j9Y3bU/s320/044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619417875125580930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mV6erp1SSeI/TfwuarfrquI/AAAAAAAAAzY/733Wx2v7iCw/s1600/049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mV6erp1SSeI/TfwuarfrquI/AAAAAAAAAzY/733Wx2v7iCw/s320/049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619417470938622690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin, armed with the hose, clearly having fun.  We had to tell him to  take it off the "jet" setting.  We didn't need a powerwash!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DB0XBVEVi5I/TfwuZzQRxMI/AAAAAAAAAzI/2-MCwKqTgZs/s1600/042.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DB0XBVEVi5I/TfwuZzQRxMI/AAAAAAAAAzI/2-MCwKqTgZs/s320/042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619417455841625282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sQ5g4MUVc_s/Tfwwgd84HzI/AAAAAAAAAzo/FtL7oBwKSEU/s1600/054.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sQ5g4MUVc_s/Tfwwgd84HzI/AAAAAAAAAzo/FtL7oBwKSEU/s320/054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619419769405447986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5502131617107101340?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5502131617107101340/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5502131617107101340' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5502131617107101340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5502131617107101340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/06/backyard-mud-run.html' title='Backyard Mud Run'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jDGaNc4xQxQ/TfwuyNNXNII/AAAAAAAAAzg/AI5G0j9Y3bU/s72-c/044.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-4615648774916535698</id><published>2011-06-12T19:33:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T20:44:34.439-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Home decorating phases 1 and 2</title><content type='html'>Erika is on a decorating kick, repairing and redesigning and adding color where there hadn't been any.  The fabric on the swing in the backyard had been sun damaged and shredded.  Now it's fabulous (even more than before) again and maybe we'll sit on it again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzxSNzGnpRI/TfWDKtazLsI/AAAAAAAAAzA/WbJG_Aom2uo/s1600/2011-06-11_18-07-08_627.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzxSNzGnpRI/TfWDKtazLsI/AAAAAAAAAzA/WbJG_Aom2uo/s320/2011-06-11_18-07-08_627.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617540330228494018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The master bedroom had never really been decorated.  It had red curtains on one wall previously, a tan wool blanket, and an improptu forest green curtain.  Terrible!  Erika fell in love with a rust colored silk with hints of red and tan.  Her mom had the fantastic idea of using it as a runner, so the fabric then became an accent for a chocolate brown duvet and ivory curtains.  Now the room is a rustic, romantic retreat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xz7YhoXLA08/TfWDKZRamLI/AAAAAAAAAy4/NIAM6PwaXHA/s1600/2011-05-22_20-55-31_199.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xz7YhoXLA08/TfWDKZRamLI/AAAAAAAAAy4/NIAM6PwaXHA/s320/2011-05-22_20-55-31_199.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617540324820424882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o0m64n_zpwQ/TfWDKHe_lRI/AAAAAAAAAyw/lPWdkFoRX9I/s1600/2011-05-22_20-54-10_666.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o0m64n_zpwQ/TfWDKHe_lRI/AAAAAAAAAyw/lPWdkFoRX9I/s320/2011-05-22_20-54-10_666.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617540320045536530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-4615648774916535698?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/4615648774916535698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=4615648774916535698' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4615648774916535698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4615648774916535698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/06/home-decorating-phases-1-and-2.html' title='Home decorating phases 1 and 2'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzxSNzGnpRI/TfWDKtazLsI/AAAAAAAAAzA/WbJG_Aom2uo/s72-c/2011-06-11_18-07-08_627.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6090748613749577421</id><published>2011-06-05T11:54:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-05T12:05:58.558-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Roar!!</title><content type='html'>Another fun trip to the Reid Park Zoo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TDyc7MDfI2g/TevRmLqxnsI/AAAAAAAAAyU/yXuK9EFkMdY/s1600/IMG_0056.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TDyc7MDfI2g/TevRmLqxnsI/AAAAAAAAAyU/yXuK9EFkMdY/s320/IMG_0056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614811814344892098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cami watching the otters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S1uLppXxTJE/TevRloEajfI/AAAAAAAAAyM/Zada9mhwuqg/s1600/IMG_0057.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S1uLppXxTJE/TevRloEajfI/AAAAAAAAAyM/Zada9mhwuqg/s320/IMG_0057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614811804788755954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These playful critters are one of our favorites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-foHptDoUztQ/TevRVy_JQ5I/AAAAAAAAAx0/flGMw6s1mdE/s1600/IMG_0061.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-foHptDoUztQ/TevRVy_JQ5I/AAAAAAAAAx0/flGMw6s1mdE/s320/IMG_0061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614811532841534354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feeding time for the giraffes!  They eagerly come up close to get their treats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9NWmlWqgogQ/TevRWAaxfEI/AAAAAAAAAx8/SkH96MBYkNE/s1600/IMG_0064.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9NWmlWqgogQ/TevRWAaxfEI/AAAAAAAAAx8/SkH96MBYkNE/s320/IMG_0064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614811536447077442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason was so quick, he was afraid they were going to eat his hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hgf4Skc6WB0/TevRWoSaOPI/AAAAAAAAAyE/8NrSC3Gsr9s/s1600/IMG_0066.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hgf4Skc6WB0/TevRWoSaOPI/AAAAAAAAAyE/8NrSC3Gsr9s/s320/IMG_0066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614811547149416690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at those blue tongues!  Cami wouldn't give up her carrot.  She wanted it for herself.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6090748613749577421?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6090748613749577421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6090748613749577421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6090748613749577421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6090748613749577421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/06/roar.html' title='Roar!!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TDyc7MDfI2g/TevRmLqxnsI/AAAAAAAAAyU/yXuK9EFkMdY/s72-c/IMG_0056.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3957100065307110163</id><published>2011-06-04T21:44:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-05T12:06:58.710-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mud Run - May 28</title><content type='html'>It all started with a simple discussion about this "mud run" race, which Mason overheard and for which he became very excited.  "A mud run?  Is there going to be a kids fun run?"  Who could resist a cute little boy getting excited about running?  So Erika signed up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XZnSBZmm8cY/TesK6rf1LhI/AAAAAAAAAxs/qtEFrMtFwZQ/s1600/IMG_0041.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XZnSBZmm8cY/TesK6rf1LhI/AAAAAAAAAxs/qtEFrMtFwZQ/s320/IMG_0041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614593363672378898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The race was a 5k with about 6 obstacles, half water related.  Erika finished the race soaking wet, but never really got muddy.  We think the race needs renamed.  Despite obstacles slowing her down (because everyone was slowed down), she finished 17th out of about 260 women.  Next was the kids fun run.  There was only one obstacle on that race, a giant trough of water you had to jump in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2448XNIWGyc/TesK6BYwixI/AAAAAAAAAxk/ysMZAYUXvK4/s1600/IMG_0043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2448XNIWGyc/TesK6BYwixI/AAAAAAAAAxk/ysMZAYUXvK4/s320/IMG_0043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614593352368425746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting ready to jump!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2DTUNH8bYtk/TesKty5BBJI/AAAAAAAAAxc/Axce5DDhB5Y/s1600/IMG_0044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2DTUNH8bYtk/TesKty5BBJI/AAAAAAAAAxc/Axce5DDhB5Y/s320/IMG_0044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614593142318761106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bottom of the trough was surprisingly slippery and a little deep, so we almost went under the water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpgSPOi4CzY/TesKtGGSNgI/AAAAAAAAAxU/imYJTyD5wN8/s1600/IMG_0045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpgSPOi4CzY/TesKtGGSNgI/AAAAAAAAAxU/imYJTyD5wN8/s320/IMG_0045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614593130294818306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note the severely frightened face as he thinks he is surely going to drown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nfImQVMg1-I/TesKsy9vhHI/AAAAAAAAAxM/4j4bCviAc88/s1600/IMG_0046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nfImQVMg1-I/TesKsy9vhHI/AAAAAAAAAxM/4j4bCviAc88/s320/IMG_0046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614593125158716530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We made it to the end of the obstacle, survived!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--SteOo2lGr8/TesKZleQZhI/AAAAAAAAAxE/eh-QHpZBTwk/s1600/IMG_0047.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--SteOo2lGr8/TesKZleQZhI/AAAAAAAAAxE/eh-QHpZBTwk/s320/IMG_0047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614592795119478290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jumping down so we can finish the race....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XCruL31TIig/TesKZCoc1kI/AAAAAAAAAw8/Os9obT8YRuk/s1600/IMG_0048.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XCruL31TIig/TesKZCoc1kI/AAAAAAAAAw8/Os9obT8YRuk/s320/IMG_0048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614592785766995522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reminding Mason it's a race, and we do have to keep running.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KOmJjmuxF6s/TesKYwy0koI/AAAAAAAAAw0/2cFyFDi59cE/s1600/IMG_0049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KOmJjmuxF6s/TesKYwy0koI/AAAAAAAAAw0/2cFyFDi59cE/s320/IMG_0049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614592780978655874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We did it!  Sadly, no more kids runs until the fall when it cools down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika did another 5k this evening, after it had been 102 today.  Hot still, and SO many people!  She still made her goal time of about a 9:00 minute mile pace.  Motivation to keep working hard!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3957100065307110163?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3957100065307110163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3957100065307110163' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3957100065307110163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3957100065307110163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/06/mud-run.html' title='Mud Run - May 28'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XZnSBZmm8cY/TesK6rf1LhI/AAAAAAAAAxs/qtEFrMtFwZQ/s72-c/IMG_0041.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8083356185542013636</id><published>2011-06-02T13:38:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-02T14:13:28.985-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Overload...</title><content type='html'>In no particular order, I have decided to post some recent photos of the kids.  The lack of blog posts lately is partly due to being busy, partly due to a lack of photos.  Pretty sad.  Here's what we got:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kGZlM-jVzZA/Tef3nrZkIiI/AAAAAAAAAwg/UiLgnoGShbw/s1600/2011-05-31_19-08-16_506.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kGZlM-jVzZA/Tef3nrZkIiI/AAAAAAAAAwg/UiLgnoGShbw/s320/2011-05-31_19-08-16_506.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613727721577521698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She needs eye protection when she eats!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vKKwdbBkDd8/Tef3n9x5CFI/AAAAAAAAAwo/kc3EYoQ6xjo/s1600/2011-05-22_12-55-31_319.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vKKwdbBkDd8/Tef3n9x5CFI/AAAAAAAAAwo/kc3EYoQ6xjo/s320/2011-05-22_12-55-31_319.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613727726511392850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to a restaurant arcade with Mason's friend Giselle, all had a good time.  Cami likes Giselle also, they were laughing hysterically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YTZq0Dz8dRY/Tef2KNcCXsI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/Zsp1ieW1kkM/s1600/2011-05-21_16-15-42_736.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YTZq0Dz8dRY/Tef2KNcCXsI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/Zsp1ieW1kkM/s320/2011-05-21_16-15-42_736.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613726115806994114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sleeping Beauty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKTRep_FFtM/Tef2JxhXzuI/AAAAAAAAAwI/QiutmEqABUU/s1600/2011-05-08_14-41-46_208.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKTRep_FFtM/Tef2JxhXzuI/AAAAAAAAAwI/QiutmEqABUU/s320/2011-05-08_14-41-46_208.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613726108313177826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Mason walking along the paths in the islands when we went to Ohio.  So beautiful with all the green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UcUl1Ek3FHs/Tef2KWc5GxI/AAAAAAAAAwY/Rp4K8xW4a9g/s1600/2011-05-16_19-02-36_995.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UcUl1Ek3FHs/Tef2KWc5GxI/AAAAAAAAAwY/Rp4K8xW4a9g/s320/2011-05-16_19-02-36_995.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613726118226500370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She is very good with a spoon, and successfully got most of the pudding in her mouth, the rest on herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xlD0ZW7hVwA/Tef1k3GZ1cI/AAAAAAAAAv4/xs-AQogb9i4/s1600/2011-05-07_17-59-12_404.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xlD0ZW7hVwA/Tef1k3GZ1cI/AAAAAAAAAv4/xs-AQogb9i4/s320/2011-05-07_17-59-12_404.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613725474155517378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a wonderful time in Ohio visiting with the family.  The kids do so love their Nana and Pawpaw!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hNp8TpKA5Ns/Tef1kkXHiaI/AAAAAAAAAvw/7X45R2DCXlk/s1600/2011-05-07_12-29-04_338.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hNp8TpKA5Ns/Tef1kkXHiaI/AAAAAAAAAvw/7X45R2DCXlk/s320/2011-05-07_12-29-04_338.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613725469125347746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Creekside in Gahanna feeding/scaring the ducks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2k6i4uObGsA/Tef1lEBVC5I/AAAAAAAAAwA/ONAeXnOSwEc/s1600/2011-05-08_14-02-23_13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2k6i4uObGsA/Tef1lEBVC5I/AAAAAAAAAwA/ONAeXnOSwEc/s320/2011-05-08_14-02-23_13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613725477623892882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the reason it's important to set a good example for our children.  If Erika goes for a run, Mason wants to go for a run.  While it was raining in Ohio, Erika used the gym in their basement.  Then Mason started saying, "I have to get my workout."  And here he is on the elliptical going strong!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8083356185542013636?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8083356185542013636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8083356185542013636' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8083356185542013636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8083356185542013636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/06/overload.html' title='Overload...'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kGZlM-jVzZA/Tef3nrZkIiI/AAAAAAAAAwg/UiLgnoGShbw/s72-c/2011-05-31_19-08-16_506.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-7067039604142661010</id><published>2011-03-28T21:21:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T09:08:47.081-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Future gymnast</title><content type='html'>Camryn taught herself how to do a front flip.  We immediately applauded her and she knew it was a special moment, so then she wanted to do it again and again.  Below is one of the better videos we shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-d8ad6ee00a1deb2f" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v10.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd8ad6ee00a1deb2f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909484%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D207AD670AC914E1F5FED1222F28CC0E92AF13EF6.29C6E256B277894C4761F53B84C0009739B34B6C%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd8ad6ee00a1deb2f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DfWm9LBIhYFAXnig2mtgsdOXnoQU&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v10.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd8ad6ee00a1deb2f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909484%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D207AD670AC914E1F5FED1222F28CC0E92AF13EF6.29C6E256B277894C4761F53B84C0009739B34B6C%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd8ad6ee00a1deb2f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DfWm9LBIhYFAXnig2mtgsdOXnoQU&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note in the background Mason running back and forth.  This is one of his favorite things to do.  Like every child, he has an endless supply of energy and an inability to sit still.  At least he's not destructive.  He just likes to run or skip back and forth, usually narrating some dinosaur story to us in the process.  He also never stops talking.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-7067039604142661010?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/7067039604142661010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=7067039604142661010' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7067039604142661010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7067039604142661010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/03/future-gymnast.html' title='Future gymnast'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5069004555947363283</id><published>2011-03-07T20:44:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T20:13:22.460-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The results are in!</title><content type='html'>I had to blog about yesterday's Fight for Air 10k race as soon as they posted the results.  I am thrilled because I finished under my goal time (one hour) with a time of 55 minutes flat.  I placed third in my age division (out of seven).  There were 52 female runners and I finished 12th overall.  Not bad for my first race in 15+ years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EGizJVIqeZA/TXWpQvqp9dI/AAAAAAAAAvg/M-DkW46PG5c/s1600/2011-03-06_08-49-16_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EGizJVIqeZA/TXWpQvqp9dI/AAAAAAAAAvg/M-DkW46PG5c/s320/2011-03-06_08-49-16_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581553418333976018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me after the race.  I am smiling because it was fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CVw9cYZDBuE/TXWo4LjTAdI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/uZW0pQBX1YA/s1600/2011-03-06_08-49-27_578.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CVw9cYZDBuE/TXWo4LjTAdI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/uZW0pQBX1YA/s320/2011-03-06_08-49-27_578.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581552996322574802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wore a new shirt that I designed for the practice, special for the race, but with extras for the staff.  For wearing this my boss donated $100 as one of my sponsors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpx9WW10nvA/TXWoAYE4zVI/AAAAAAAAAvA/pQ2ZcRf5PiA/s1600/012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpx9WW10nvA/TXWoAYE4zVI/AAAAAAAAAvA/pQ2ZcRf5PiA/s320/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581552037612014930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After about two miles I think , still happy (not pushing hard enough?).  Like I said, it was fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hXyD2JHsjQw/TXWn_z9icaI/AAAAAAAAAu4/30y-7LiLR8s/s1600/014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hXyD2JHsjQw/TXWn_z9icaI/AAAAAAAAAu4/30y-7LiLR8s/s320/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581552027917513122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After about 5.5 miles, not so happy anymore.  I might have tried to smile, but it looks more like a grimace.  Still going strong, ready for the finish!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The race was definitely worth it.  I did it for the cause, and I raised $450 for the American Lung Association.  It was a lot of fun and I may now be hooked to racing.  I bet I'll do another as soon as my body recovers from this one!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5069004555947363283?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5069004555947363283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5069004555947363283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5069004555947363283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5069004555947363283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/03/results-are-in.html' title='The results are in!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EGizJVIqeZA/TXWpQvqp9dI/AAAAAAAAAvg/M-DkW46PG5c/s72-c/2011-03-06_08-49-16_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-1228548703778047227</id><published>2011-02-03T15:47:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-04T21:42:05.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fight for Air</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TUswnKOfMcI/AAAAAAAAAuw/5DSsxJ7jPm0/s1600/lungusa.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 79px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TUswnKOfMcI/AAAAAAAAAuw/5DSsxJ7jPm0/s320/lungusa.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569598813491900866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 16 and volunteering at an animal rescue center.   I have allergic asthma.  The medications I took back then barely controlled it, though I only had problems breathing when I was around animals.  I had to quit the rescue center and after several other attempts to work around animals, including during undergrad, I gave up my dreams of becoming a veterinarian.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I love animals, Kevin and I owned a cat and a dog while I was in podiatry school.  I was still having difficulty breathing and was placed on a new medication, a steroid inhaler.  My previous medications targeted my allergies and were bronchodilators, or emergency inhalers.  The advent of steroid inhalers allowed constant suppression of the inflammation in the lungs that leads to constriction.  Now I own animals and exercise and rarely have problems breathing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to support clean air and research for asthma and other lung conditions so I am participating in the Fight for Air Run/Walk.  I will be running a 10K!  I made a goal to raise $200 so I would appreciate everyone's support.  The race is March 6.  Visit the site at &lt;a href="http://www.lungusa.org/pledge-events/az/tucson-walk/"&gt;http://www.lungusa.org/pledge-events/az/tucson-walk/&lt;/a&gt; to sponsor me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you,&lt;br /&gt;Erika&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-1228548703778047227?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/1228548703778047227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=1228548703778047227' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1228548703778047227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1228548703778047227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2011/02/fight-for-air.html' title='Fight for Air'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TUswnKOfMcI/AAAAAAAAAuw/5DSsxJ7jPm0/s72-c/lungusa.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-2786912525897971704</id><published>2010-12-26T08:39:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-26T09:02:31.687-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas</title><content type='html'>We had a wonderful Christmas yesterday, and would have posted pictures immediately but we were busy putting together all of the new toys and teaching the kids how to use them.  We had a plentiful Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdi_5snNbI/AAAAAAAAAuk/2GIImAy3Yxk/s1600/IMG_0032.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdi_5snNbI/AAAAAAAAAuk/2GIImAy3Yxk/s320/IMG_0032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555017515344016818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hit toy was the Thomas the train Misty Island track set.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdi_m2pbFI/AAAAAAAAAuc/eSekytAwj_I/s1600/IMG_0020.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdi_m2pbFI/AAAAAAAAAuc/eSekytAwj_I/s320/IMG_0020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555017510285831250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alphabet learning tablet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdi_RhtQjI/AAAAAAAAAuU/3QTxp53eCRc/s1600/IMG_0016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdi_RhtQjI/AAAAAAAAAuU/3QTxp53eCRc/s320/IMG_0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555017504560857650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learning Kitchen, another popular one because it plays music.  Camryn LOVES music!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdiUfQ8OVI/AAAAAAAAAuM/xvt8Gn5AlDw/s1600/IMG_0010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdiUfQ8OVI/AAAAAAAAAuM/xvt8Gn5AlDw/s320/IMG_0010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555016769514256722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More train stuff, our little engineer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdiUIxJ60I/AAAAAAAAAuE/q0WiTCmTJio/s1600/IMG_0006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdiUIxJ60I/AAAAAAAAAuE/q0WiTCmTJio/s320/IMG_0006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555016763475356482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Oooh!"  Color ring sorting board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdiUAwr1uI/AAAAAAAAAt8/z-czQ6AWvEc/s1600/IMG_0002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdiUAwr1uI/AAAAAAAAAt8/z-czQ6AWvEc/s320/IMG_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555016761325901538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eager little children. Even Camryn knew just what to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdiT14yb5I/AAAAAAAAAt0/J9X_tvjomoA/s1600/IMG_0001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdiT14yb5I/AAAAAAAAAt0/J9X_tvjomoA/s320/IMG_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555016758407098258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hugging her gingerbread doll.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2786912525897971704?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2786912525897971704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2786912525897971704' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2786912525897971704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2786912525897971704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRdi_5snNbI/AAAAAAAAAuk/2GIImAy3Yxk/s72-c/IMG_0032.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5545131704081423240</id><published>2010-12-24T14:02:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-24T14:34:46.987-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A month in brief</title><content type='html'>A random collection of the cuties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUQy0pn4EI/AAAAAAAAAts/fxTJ1c3Ppeg/s1600/2010-11-27_10-09-18_580.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUQy0pn4EI/AAAAAAAAAts/fxTJ1c3Ppeg/s320/2010-11-27_10-09-18_580.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554364180744101954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn is our little Ohio State cheerleader. Here she's dancing to Christmas music.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUQyid3naI/AAAAAAAAAtk/-fIxS-eZD5k/s1600/2010-11-28_15-43-37_351.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUQyid3naI/AAAAAAAAAtk/-fIxS-eZD5k/s320/2010-11-28_15-43-37_351.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554364175862963618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our new favorite place is the Train Museum. We had to show Nana how awesome it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUPBmEHdjI/AAAAAAAAAtc/74zGWX15khk/s1600/2010-11-21_19-06-40_24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUPBmEHdjI/AAAAAAAAAtc/74zGWX15khk/s320/2010-11-21_19-06-40_24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554362235503474226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chocolate!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUPBRL9wiI/AAAAAAAAAtU/aC3XI1O85Vw/s1600/2010-12-03_19-35-36_222.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUPBRL9wiI/AAAAAAAAAtU/aC3XI1O85Vw/s320/2010-12-03_19-35-36_222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554362229899248162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bath time is always fun when there's bubbles!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUPBM-p58I/AAAAAAAAAtM/KKg6AXJeCnA/s1600/2010-12-11_12-01-47_779.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUPBM-p58I/AAAAAAAAAtM/KKg6AXJeCnA/s320/2010-12-11_12-01-47_779.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554362228769679298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika and Camryn (passed out) on another hike.  Overlooking Tucson from the top of Wasson peak here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5545131704081423240?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5545131704081423240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5545131704081423240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5545131704081423240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5545131704081423240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/12/month-in-brief.html' title='A month in brief'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TRUQy0pn4EI/AAAAAAAAAts/fxTJ1c3Ppeg/s72-c/2010-11-27_10-09-18_580.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5377198303404084571</id><published>2010-11-15T14:16:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T14:21:57.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More train photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGjP1dcOiI/AAAAAAAAAtA/q0SGm6YVg58/2010-11-14_14-41-29_889.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGjP1dcOiI/AAAAAAAAAtA/q0SGm6YVg58/s400/2010-11-14_14-41-29_889.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGjRFmsZCI/AAAAAAAAAtE/M74mc93pM7w/2010-11-14_14-44-54_218.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGjRFmsZCI/AAAAAAAAAtE/M74mc93pM7w/s400/2010-11-14_14-44-54_218.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5377198303404084571?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5377198303404084571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5377198303404084571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5377198303404084571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5377198303404084571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/11/published-with-blogger-droid-v1_15.html' title='More train photos'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGjP1dcOiI/AAAAAAAAAtA/q0SGm6YVg58/s72-c/2010-11-14_14-41-29_889.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5301075526076837994</id><published>2010-11-15T13:56:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T14:21:35.212-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Toy train museum</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday we went to the coolest place, a toy train operating museum in Tucson.  We didn't even know it was here, and now we'll probably go every other weekend (which is the only time it's open).  They had displays of three different sized model trains.  I had forgotten how neat the details are, with the little towns and the people.  First we watched the large sets like you see in the picture below, then Mason discovered a Thomas set that he could power himself and actually touch.  At least no one yelled at us for touching them. He had a blast derailing Thomas then putting him back on the track and re-coupling the coaches.  The kid did that for maybe an hour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeVLs2cuI/AAAAAAAAAss/CnF5IatE7UM/2010-11-14_14-54-04_680.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeVLs2cuI/AAAAAAAAAss/CnF5IatE7UM/s400/2010-11-14_14-54-04_680.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeWsPE9jI/AAAAAAAAAsw/_Qn2CQoXFD0/2010-11-14_14-45-18_311.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeWsPE9jI/AAAAAAAAAsw/_Qn2CQoXFD0/s400/2010-11-14_14-45-18_311.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeYn4IcuI/AAAAAAAAAs0/O5hnWtpuSnY/2010-11-14_14-34-11_229.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeYn4IcuI/AAAAAAAAAs0/O5hnWtpuSnY/s400/2010-11-14_14-34-11_229.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeaFwdGII/AAAAAAAAAs4/eKOkZejfn_8/2010-11-14_14-39-32_670.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeaFwdGII/AAAAAAAAAs4/eKOkZejfn_8/s400/2010-11-14_14-39-32_670.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was a real caboose we could enter and tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/DRH/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5301075526076837994?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5301075526076837994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5301075526076837994' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5301075526076837994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5301075526076837994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/11/toy-train-museum.html' title='Toy train museum'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TOGeVLs2cuI/AAAAAAAAAss/CnF5IatE7UM/s72-c/2010-11-14_14-54-04_680.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3572693986946247049</id><published>2010-11-10T21:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T21:17:58.692-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yetman trail</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNtubjzDyMI/AAAAAAAAAsk/VY6IT-1VrMI/2010-11-07_10-02-37_578.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNtubjzDyMI/AAAAAAAAAsk/VY6IT-1VrMI/s400/2010-11-07_10-02-37_578.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNtudEno0vI/AAAAAAAAAso/jz-bo7CfrcM/2010-11-07_08-56-40_138.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNtudEno0vI/AAAAAAAAAso/jz-bo7CfrcM/s400/2010-11-07_08-56-40_138.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3572693986946247049?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3572693986946247049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3572693986946247049' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3572693986946247049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3572693986946247049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/11/yetman-trail.html' title='Yetman trail'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNtubjzDyMI/AAAAAAAAAsk/VY6IT-1VrMI/s72-c/2010-11-07_10-02-37_578.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-427060706659546529</id><published>2010-11-08T08:49:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-08T09:06:06.092-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Celtic Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Sunday Erika and the kids went to the Celtic Festival with their friends who have Giselle, Mason's gal pal.  Our exposure to actual Celtic activities was limited because the kids only wanted to play on the jumping castles.  But they had a blast, and that's what's important.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcE7LwMUI/AAAAAAAAAsU/xem8Y0UKJNE/2010-11-06_14-54-36_373.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcE7LwMUI/AAAAAAAAAsU/xem8Y0UKJNE/s400/2010-11-06_14-54-36_373.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This picture should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcGL_CAcI/AAAAAAAAAsY/L9C_mO0jhUA/2010-11-06_15-07-15_310.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcGL_CAcI/AAAAAAAAAsY/L9C_mO0jhUA/s400/2010-11-06_15-07-15_310.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A jumping castle that is a train.  It doesn't get any better, does it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcHnnuHQI/AAAAAAAAAsc/_l4iWI2ZTmQ/2010-11-06_15-26-20_953.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcHnnuHQI/AAAAAAAAAsc/_l4iWI2ZTmQ/s400/2010-11-06_15-26-20_953.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This kids got their faces painted. Mason got a shark, Giselle a butterfly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcI_yIrOI/AAAAAAAAAsg/fo2UsHIvcn0/2010-11-06_16-02-48_506.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcI_yIrOI/AAAAAAAAAsg/fo2UsHIvcn0/s400/2010-11-06_16-02-48_506.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mason holding a Celtic sword.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-427060706659546529?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/427060706659546529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=427060706659546529' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/427060706659546529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/427060706659546529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/11/published-with-blogger-droid-v1.html' title='Celtic Festival'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TNgcE7LwMUI/AAAAAAAAAsU/xem8Y0UKJNE/s72-c/2010-11-06_14-54-36_373.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-4205260933292743930</id><published>2010-11-01T09:20:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T15:13:12.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Halloween 2010 was a blast.  Mason is still shy or something, so he wouldn't automatically say "trick-or-treat" but would sometimes say thank you.  He was a fabulous spider man, but didn't wear the mask outside. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7owbTez6I/AAAAAAAAAsA/g2TSn8prjDY/2010-10-31_19-37-52_525.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7owbTez6I/AAAAAAAAAsA/g2TSn8prjDY/s400/2010-10-31_19-37-52_525.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7oxamzyKI/AAAAAAAAAsE/kkxIOrn8qa0/2010-10-31_18-04-41_581.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7oxamzyKI/AAAAAAAAAsE/kkxIOrn8qa0/s400/2010-10-31_18-04-41_581.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Camryn stole the show, though.  We carried her between houses, but put her down on the walk-ways so she could go up to the door on her own.  She toddled as fast as her legs would carry her to the doors, fearless as usual.  She was so cute she got more candy than Mason!  Thanks to Nana for the costume.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7oz12L1oI/AAAAAAAAAsM/X7o0wLZffRU/2010-10-31_19-36-12_651.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7oz12L1oI/AAAAAAAAAsM/X7o0wLZffRU/s400/2010-10-31_19-36-12_651.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7o0mCWfVI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/dePEnhQ44Tg/2010-10-31_19-35-57_503.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7o0mCWfVI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/dePEnhQ44Tg/s400/2010-10-31_19-35-57_503.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the parents went to a couple parties and had a fantastic time.  Erika dressed up as Stephen King's Carrie and Kevin made a funny political statement with his.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7oykZxZ_I/AAAAAAAAAsI/aOFmS0UOpU8/2010-10-30_20-49-20_278.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7oykZxZ_I/AAAAAAAAAsI/aOFmS0UOpU8/s400/2010-10-30_20-49-20_278.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-4205260933292743930?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/4205260933292743930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=4205260933292743930' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4205260933292743930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4205260933292743930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/11/halloween.html' title='Halloween'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TM7owbTez6I/AAAAAAAAAsA/g2TSn8prjDY/s72-c/2010-10-31_19-37-52_525.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-7758584884444601780</id><published>2010-10-24T17:47:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-25T20:24:35.988-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sabino canyon</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Who would have thought a simple idea of letting Mason get his feet wet after a long hike in the Santa Catalinas would end up with four out of six people getting soaked.  It started with Mason slipping on the mildewy rocks, smack on his butt.  He cried, but recovered and got back in the water.  We had a spare change of clothes for Camryn, so we let her play in the water. Two down.  Time to go home, so Nana tried to rinse the sand off of Camryn.  Her feet got wiped out from under her when the sand gave way to the water and both her and Camryn crashed to the water.  Crying baby and Nana down means Mama now had to get wet to carry wet baby.  Doesn't seem right that only the women and children got wet...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTgBtFkVI/AAAAAAAAArs/PnR57o5h6IM/2010-10-24_14-31-26_375.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTgBtFkVI/AAAAAAAAArs/PnR57o5h6IM/s400/2010-10-24_14-31-26_375.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTThi8bYQI/AAAAAAAAArw/lY4eeUlDj-c/2010-10-24_14-22-47_313.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTThi8bYQI/AAAAAAAAArw/lY4eeUlDj-c/s400/2010-10-24_14-22-47_313.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTjcYrhXI/AAAAAAAAAr0/ShReBICFMjU/2010-10-24_14-23-56_556.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTjcYrhXI/AAAAAAAAAr0/ShReBICFMjU/s400/2010-10-24_14-23-56_556.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTl5cMKdI/AAAAAAAAAr4/TAU9AWo9vMg/2010-10-24_13-42-09_620.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTl5cMKdI/AAAAAAAAAr4/TAU9AWo9vMg/s400/2010-10-24_13-42-09_620.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTqLf4NKI/AAAAAAAAAr8/F-fueKPIu7c/2010-10-24_13-32-01_669.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTqLf4NKI/AAAAAAAAAr8/F-fueKPIu7c/s400/2010-10-24_13-32-01_669.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-7758584884444601780?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/7758584884444601780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=7758584884444601780' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7758584884444601780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7758584884444601780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/10/sabino-canyon.html' title='Sabino canyon'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TMTTgBtFkVI/AAAAAAAAArs/PnR57o5h6IM/s72-c/2010-10-24_14-31-26_375.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8107430123993027455</id><published>2010-10-16T18:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-16T18:00:33.057-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Insects</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLpKoSOxr1I/AAAAAAAAArk/ZAhzf-YPC40/2010-10-16_12-01-27_904.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLpKoSOxr1I/AAAAAAAAArk/ZAhzf-YPC40/s400/2010-10-16_12-01-27_904.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLpKrqjOW-I/AAAAAAAAAro/mJKmXrnWxNU/2010-10-16_14-17-02_2.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLpKrqjOW-I/AAAAAAAAAro/mJKmXrnWxNU/s400/2010-10-16_14-17-02_2.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Erika caught a praying mantis today. Mason wasn't as interested in it as we thought he'd be. It was still cool. He said rightaway "it's a praying mantis."&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8107430123993027455?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8107430123993027455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8107430123993027455' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8107430123993027455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8107430123993027455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/10/insects.html' title='Insects'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLpKoSOxr1I/AAAAAAAAArk/ZAhzf-YPC40/s72-c/2010-10-16_12-01-27_904.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-2734053417784417754</id><published>2010-10-10T15:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-10T15:34:09.396-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shopping healthy</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_RON4dmI/AAAAAAAAArM/l5D4hXQaaYU/2010-10-10_15-24-12_219.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_RON4dmI/AAAAAAAAArM/l5D4hXQaaYU/s400/2010-10-10_15-24-12_219.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_S6jGM5I/AAAAAAAAArU/b3X0mEZ3kD8/2010-10-10_15-21-30_506.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_S6jGM5I/AAAAAAAAArU/b3X0mEZ3kD8/s400/2010-10-10_15-21-30_506.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_UZ6eMrI/AAAAAAAAArY/z77L-E0fqgI/2010-10-10_15-20-47_551.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_UZ6eMrI/AAAAAAAAArY/z77L-E0fqgI/s400/2010-10-10_15-20-47_551.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_VyK8GFI/AAAAAAAAArc/jw57VjEwjVw/2010-10-10_15-19-57_164.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_VyK8GFI/AAAAAAAAArc/jw57VjEwjVw/s400/2010-10-10_15-19-57_164.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_XQTb5PI/AAAAAAAAArg/DZsku4cSQss/2010-10-10_15-17-45_884.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_XQTb5PI/AAAAAAAAArg/DZsku4cSQss/s400/2010-10-10_15-17-45_884.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Still at the museum. We also played music. Mason didn't want to make art. He does not seem to have Erika's creative interests. We have also played a lot of trains. Next maybe the dinosaurs.&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2734053417784417754?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2734053417784417754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2734053417784417754' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2734053417784417754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2734053417784417754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/10/shopping-healthy.html' title='Shopping healthy'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI_RON4dmI/AAAAAAAAArM/l5D4hXQaaYU/s72-c/2010-10-10_15-24-12_219.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6954635180516140101</id><published>2010-10-10T15:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-10T15:02:55.550-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Museum again</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI3-09AOkI/AAAAAAAAAq8/lHu05UhIvg4/2010-10-10_14-57-18_372.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI3-09AOkI/AAAAAAAAAq8/lHu05UhIvg4/s400/2010-10-10_14-57-18_372.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI4AsWOrfI/AAAAAAAAArA/0_7CPPypApg/2010-10-10_14-56-33_56.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI4AsWOrfI/AAAAAAAAArA/0_7CPPypApg/s400/2010-10-10_14-56-33_56.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI4B-fyEZI/AAAAAAAAArE/7M-8V8hSG_I/2010-10-10_14-55-36_621.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI4B-fyEZI/AAAAAAAAArE/7M-8V8hSG_I/s400/2010-10-10_14-55-36_621.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI4DVEVuII/AAAAAAAAArI/45anC28XPZQ/2010-10-10_14-54-13_935.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI4DVEVuII/AAAAAAAAArI/45anC28XPZQ/s400/2010-10-10_14-54-13_935.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;We're back at masons favorite place, though camryn would probably ask to go there too if she could talk. They are playing in the rainforest room. Camryn is wondering where the diaper bag is so she can put the toys in it. We always end up taking something with us. Time to go make some artwork!&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6954635180516140101?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6954635180516140101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6954635180516140101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6954635180516140101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6954635180516140101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/10/museum-again.html' title='Museum again'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TLI3-09AOkI/AAAAAAAAAq8/lHu05UhIvg4/s72-c/2010-10-10_14-57-18_372.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6894861827864242921</id><published>2010-10-02T19:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T19:27:17.598-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Library</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TKfqA0nYI_I/AAAAAAAAAq4/qoVLyWqYCGQ/2010-10-02_15-05-40_933.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TKfqA0nYI_I/AAAAAAAAAq4/qoVLyWqYCGQ/s400/2010-10-02_15-05-40_933.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Camryn posed for a picture at the library. We always have fun picking out books. Despite having 20 at home, Mason always wants a new thomas movie. It's great the kids like to read.&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6894861827864242921?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6894861827864242921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6894861827864242921' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6894861827864242921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6894861827864242921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/10/library.html' title='Library'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TKfqA0nYI_I/AAAAAAAAAq4/qoVLyWqYCGQ/s72-c/2010-10-02_15-05-40_933.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-7873161611769093133</id><published>2010-09-25T18:34:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-25T18:57:06.287-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Catching up</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;So apparently it's been forever since we've updated the blog.  The fun activities in Ohio continued.  Erika, Kevin, Loren, Dirk and Diane went to the Ohio State game while Uncle Billy and Uncle Don graciously watched the kids.  We went on a train ride through the hocking hills, followed by a few short hikes in Old Man and Ash Caves.  Mason had just gotten new hiking boots and was excited to wear them, so he was a great hiker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jCcBxquI/AAAAAAAAAqY/cS8PuZF4HMM/2010-09-04_16-23-11_118.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jCcBxquI/AAAAAAAAAqY/cS8PuZF4HMM/s400/2010-09-04_16-23-11_118.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also spent a lot of time with Great-Grandma.  She of course adores the kids and they were so sweet, gave her a lot of kisses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jEQlEZbI/AAAAAAAAAqc/oO23mtq1Cao/2010-09-06_15-13-43_411.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jEQlEZbI/AAAAAAAAAqc/oO23mtq1Cao/s400/2010-09-06_15-13-43_411.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The week after we got back Erika and Camryn went on a hike to Lemmon Pools.  It was their longest yet, 8 miles and 1500 feet elevation gain. It was hard, but worth it, the water was cool and refreshing!  I apologize, there seems to be no way to rotate the pictures if they were taken vertically.  I use the Droid phone camera for everything, it's just easier, but that's one down side. I try to take mostly horizontal photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jGGLs5tI/AAAAAAAAAqg/RC076E_UqJo/2010-09-12_11-35-17_662.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 399px; height: 227px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jGGLs5tI/AAAAAAAAAqg/RC076E_UqJo/s400/2010-09-12_11-35-17_662.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See how much Camryn loved it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jJD2PZeI/AAAAAAAAAqo/0f7lsNybAhw/2010-09-12_12-15-49_845.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jJD2PZeI/AAAAAAAAAqo/0f7lsNybAhw/s400/2010-09-12_12-15-49_845.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On another trip to the Children's Museum Camryn enjoyed playing with another little baby girl.  The other girl was older and gave Camryn lots of hugs.  Wouldn't it be nice if adults were as nice to each other as kids were?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jHWX_QGI/AAAAAAAAAqk/-NGK3XnQUkc/2010-09-18_16-07-15_117.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jHWX_QGI/AAAAAAAAAqk/-NGK3XnQUkc/s400/2010-09-18_16-07-15_117.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The kids have been sick for about a week, starting last Saturday with Mason having green drainage oozing from his eyes.  As creepy as it sounds, our MD friend seemed to think it was just mucus filling his sinuses.  When it wasn't better Sunday night, we started both kids on antibiotics (Camryn prophylactically since she gets so many ear infections).  Mason was so tired that he passed out on his floor at bed time while Erika was putting Camryn to bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jLXgBP2I/AAAAAAAAAqs/XGFlckACY8w/2010-09-22_19-35-00_770.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jLXgBP2I/AAAAAAAAAqs/XGFlckACY8w/s400/2010-09-22_19-35-00_770.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two years ago Uncle Loren bought Mason a Smart Cycle that we thought would encourage him to learn to peddle.  It did not and he hardly ever used it.  He has mastered it now and has found a racing game that he loves and has been doing it almost non-stop for days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jMjVilOI/AAAAAAAAAqw/KOYFWiAX-Ds/2010-09-25_07-15-19_272.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jMjVilOI/AAAAAAAAAqw/KOYFWiAX-Ds/s400/2010-09-25_07-15-19_272.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today we went to a birthday party at Pump It Up, a place loaded with inflatable activities.  Camryn could climb the ladder and ride on Erika's lap to go down the slide, and Mason was all over the place, loving the slides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jN9qPGmI/AAAAAAAAAq0/kIZJIukj3vg/2010-09-25_11-47-47_936.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jN9qPGmI/AAAAAAAAAq0/kIZJIukj3vg/s400/2010-09-25_11-47-47_936.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-7873161611769093133?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/7873161611769093133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=7873161611769093133' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7873161611769093133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7873161611769093133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/09/published-with-blogger-droid-v1.html' title='Catching up'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TJ6jCcBxquI/AAAAAAAAAqY/cS8PuZF4HMM/s72-c/2010-09-04_16-23-11_118.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-4557450545310673881</id><published>2010-08-29T18:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-29T18:31:00.045-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cincinnati Reds</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/THsJ0uJImjI/AAAAAAAAAqM/_dTDAhYoLFM/2010-08-29_13-51-44_131.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/THsJ0uJImjI/AAAAAAAAAqM/_dTDAhYoLFM/s400/2010-08-29_13-51-44_131.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;We went to a baseball game today. It was so hot! We don't miss this Ohio humidity. It was a fun day and reds beat the cubs 7 to 5.&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.5.2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-4557450545310673881?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/4557450545310673881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=4557450545310673881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4557450545310673881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4557450545310673881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/08/cincinnati-reds_29.html' title='Cincinnati Reds'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/THsJ0uJImjI/AAAAAAAAAqM/_dTDAhYoLFM/s72-c/2010-08-29_13-51-44_131.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5151162886516904003</id><published>2010-08-29T17:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-29T17:56:44.710-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Camryn walking</title><content type='html'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&amp;v=yyMvW1Q0aRY&lt;div style='clear: both; 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text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2091173779211808075?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2091173779211808075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2091173779211808075' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2091173779211808075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2091173779211808075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/08/camryn-walking.html' title='Camryn walking'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGmnKnIDD7I/AAAAAAAAAqE/1QzLdEfgmDs/s72-c/2010-08-15_17-41-01_670.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-160844757218558636</id><published>2010-08-15T17:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T17:34:20.799-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meadow trail</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiHiFhwOxI/AAAAAAAAAqA/4XmxhtWtFBc/2010-08-15_13-47-35_476.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiHiFhwOxI/AAAAAAAAAqA/4XmxhtWtFBc/s400/2010-08-15_13-47-35_476.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;At the start of the hike Kevin was on the phone and Mason was complaining of being tired already.  He felt better after some dried fruit. &lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-160844757218558636?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/160844757218558636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=160844757218558636' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/160844757218558636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/160844757218558636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/08/meadow-trail_15.html' title='Meadow trail'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiHiFhwOxI/AAAAAAAAAqA/4XmxhtWtFBc/s72-c/2010-08-15_13-47-35_476.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5317830577016688122</id><published>2010-08-15T17:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T17:31:29.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiG3-jacwI/AAAAAAAAAp8/U7iRBQ7Q4hE/2010-08-15_14-04-20_552.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiG3-jacwI/AAAAAAAAAp8/U7iRBQ7Q4hE/s400/2010-08-15_14-04-20_552.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5317830577016688122?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5317830577016688122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5317830577016688122' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5317830577016688122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5317830577016688122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/08/published-with-blogger-droid-v1.html' title=''/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiG3-jacwI/AAAAAAAAAp8/U7iRBQ7Q4hE/s72-c/2010-08-15_14-04-20_552.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-4864123150700730454</id><published>2010-08-15T17:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T17:30:19.275-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meadow trail</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiGmNwHjiI/AAAAAAAAAp4/TBa1FzYNLT8/2010-08-15_14-46-14_779.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiGmNwHjiI/AAAAAAAAAp4/TBa1FzYNLT8/s400/2010-08-15_14-46-14_779.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;We headed up Mt Lemmon to do a short 1.5 mile hike as a family.  It was beautiful and the kids did great. Life sure is a lot more tolerable when one can escape to the mountains.  Especially when its 105 deg in Tucson and 80 on Mt Lemmon.&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-4864123150700730454?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/4864123150700730454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=4864123150700730454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4864123150700730454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4864123150700730454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/08/meadow-trail.html' title='Meadow trail'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TGiGmNwHjiI/AAAAAAAAAp4/TBa1FzYNLT8/s72-c/2010-08-15_14-46-14_779.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-7409483964407302781</id><published>2010-08-08T20:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T20:28:07.692-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Droid</title><content type='html'>We got the new Droid X phones and love them!  But blogging from the phone made for crooked photos :(&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-7409483964407302781?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/7409483964407302781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=7409483964407302781' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7409483964407302781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7409483964407302781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/08/droid.html' title='Droid'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6620839368518857031</id><published>2010-08-08T20:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T20:11:08.291-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brandi Fenton park</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xs1Ox2dI/AAAAAAAAApo/uo4ww0-ycXA/2010-08-08_10-54-39_885.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xs1Ox2dI/AAAAAAAAApo/uo4ww0-ycXA/s400/2010-08-08_10-54-39_885.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xukttHaI/AAAAAAAAAps/ubJlum5t7NQ/2010-08-08_10-53-13_734.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xukttHaI/AAAAAAAAAps/ubJlum5t7NQ/s400/2010-08-08_10-53-13_734.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xwvm8BeI/AAAAAAAAApw/r4DR4Cbu9B8/2010-08-08_10-45-10_350.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xwvm8BeI/AAAAAAAAApw/r4DR4Cbu9B8/s400/2010-08-08_10-45-10_350.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xytk8ZFI/AAAAAAAAAp0/zZL3vmx0CrQ/2010-08-08_10-44-13_921.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xytk8ZFI/AAAAAAAAAp0/zZL3vmx0CrQ/s400/2010-08-08_10-44-13_921.jpg' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6620839368518857031?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6620839368518857031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6620839368518857031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6620839368518857031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6620839368518857031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/08/brandi-fenton-park_08.html' title='Brandi Fenton park'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TF9xs1Ox2dI/AAAAAAAAApo/uo4ww0-ycXA/s72-c/2010-08-08_10-54-39_885.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8300990232711118187</id><published>2010-08-01T21:20:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-01T21:29:48.179-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Monsoon</title><content type='html'>July to August is monsoon season in Arizona.  This sounds exciting, but it really just means a thunderstorm every day.  These storms are no different than your average midwest storm, but the soil does not take to the water and we have no underground sewers, so the roads and washes fill with water.  So it can sometimes be exciting.  We drove to my parents house to pull a few weeds and then go to the pool, but it was pouring rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TFZHwygfU4I/AAAAAAAAAo8/ubLIxmBJXAU/s1600/012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TFZHwygfU4I/AAAAAAAAAo8/ubLIxmBJXAU/s320/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500662898396976002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wash behind their house filled with water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TFZHwnOaLtI/AAAAAAAAAo0/7WyWXWMoG5c/s1600/008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TFZHwnOaLtI/AAAAAAAAAo0/7WyWXWMoG5c/s320/008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500662895368351442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Water pouring into the wash from the street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TFZHwD-ZocI/AAAAAAAAAos/21i0ieUVYoU/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TFZHwD-ZocI/AAAAAAAAAos/21i0ieUVYoU/s320/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500662885905965506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The yard flooding. Also note the mesquite "bush" they have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TFZI3_bXynI/AAAAAAAAApE/xazXzSr2nts/s1600/009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TFZI3_bXynI/AAAAAAAAApE/xazXzSr2nts/s320/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500664121635883634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika trimmed the bush and surprise! it's actually a tree.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8300990232711118187?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8300990232711118187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3404292935280343906</id><published>2010-07-24T20:52:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-24T21:14:40.619-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nuthin' but fun</title><content type='html'>Kevin went golfing today while Erika took the kids first on an 11-mile bike ride along the Rillito River, pulling them in the trailer.  Don't get excited, there's never water in it.  They seemed to have fun and Camryn slept on the 2nd half.  We stopped at McDonald's for a happy meal and a smoothie.  Then we went to the Children's Museum.  It's half learning and half playing with everything kids love: a train, a firetruck, a submarine, building tools, a giant maze, and make believe play.  Their favorite is the rain forest room, where there are giant foam blocks and other toys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu12olHW6I/AAAAAAAAAok/Uxs3YbVwb_M/s1600/038.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu12olHW6I/AAAAAAAAAok/Uxs3YbVwb_M/s320/038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687720346475426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not just for building.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu12XdoCjI/AAAAAAAAAoc/8LKBHS5n3YI/s1600/042.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu12XdoCjI/AAAAAAAAAoc/8LKBHS5n3YI/s320/042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687715751660082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So happy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu11_g8ohI/AAAAAAAAAoU/vESWt68Y7nM/s1600/044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu11_g8ohI/AAAAAAAAAoU/vESWt68Y7nM/s320/044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687709323141650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A mark like that can't be kept secret! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just kidding!  We thought it was funny: "What happens at Nana's stays at Nana's" while she has a huge boo-boo on her forehead.  Nana wasn't even here.  Woody got her with a claw to the forehead.  Everyone survived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1ilo28fI/AAAAAAAAAoM/dnBi93kbEEU/s1600/037.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1ilo28fI/AAAAAAAAAoM/dnBi93kbEEU/s320/037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687375959486962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason had so much fun at the museum!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1iXEEmNI/AAAAAAAAAoE/zQ_I8KhiRkc/s1600/035.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1iXEEmNI/AAAAAAAAAoE/zQ_I8KhiRkc/s320/035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687372047096018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1h0Y7NRI/AAAAAAAAAn8/6hC4Dj9ephQ/s1600/029.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1h0Y7NRI/AAAAAAAAAn8/6hC4Dj9ephQ/s320/029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687362739320082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1Ru1Sk4I/AAAAAAAAAn0/NKLHs2ocQ5I/s1600/023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1Ru1Sk4I/AAAAAAAAAn0/NKLHs2ocQ5I/s320/023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687086369772418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eating french fries at McDonald's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1RRioM-I/AAAAAAAAAns/gcG2rK8hGp8/s1600/018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1RRioM-I/AAAAAAAAAns/gcG2rK8hGp8/s320/018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687078506869730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We got Mason some legos so he could practice being creative.  He of course likes making dinosaurs.  He's also really into guns right now, something he learned from school.  So we build guns and have pretend fights.  Fortunately he hasn't asked to do that this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1Q_JiHmI/AAAAAAAAAnk/Jfm1b2_T6P4/s1600/016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu1Q_JiHmI/AAAAAAAAAnk/Jfm1b2_T6P4/s320/016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687073569775202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those are the cutest feet!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3404292935280343906?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3404292935280343906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3404292935280343906' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3404292935280343906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3404292935280343906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/07/nuthin-but-fun.html' title='Nuthin&apos; but fun'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TEu12olHW6I/AAAAAAAAAok/Uxs3YbVwb_M/s72-c/038.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8393744433973515401</id><published>2010-06-27T20:21:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T20:33:41.334-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chiricahua National Monument</title><content type='html'>Nana and Paw-paw are in Tucson. On their second day here we went to the Chiricahua National Monument and went on a 3.3 mile hike through beautiful volcanic rock formations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWayJ9QjI/AAAAAAAAAnc/-9OIgvPx238/s1600/077.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWayJ9QjI/AAAAAAAAAnc/-9OIgvPx238/s320/077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487660795346895410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason found a little den under a bush. He met a squirrel friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWaWGf-ZI/AAAAAAAAAnU/kB4n2MjObiI/s1600/073.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWaWGf-ZI/AAAAAAAAAnU/kB4n2MjObiI/s320/073.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487660787816200594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason tired out about half-way through and we alternated carrying him.  He was not thrilled by this unstable arrangement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWGBVi5WI/AAAAAAAAAnM/8dNcSeNRc6Y/s1600/065.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWGBVi5WI/AAAAAAAAAnM/8dNcSeNRc6Y/s320/065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487660438644778338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWFhWaIdI/AAAAAAAAAnE/uIjMQs5sFy4/s1600/061.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWFhWaIdI/AAAAAAAAAnE/uIjMQs5sFy4/s320/061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487660430058463698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWFMBeIdI/AAAAAAAAAm8/h_hNRHV10bo/s1600/057.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWFMBeIdI/AAAAAAAAAm8/h_hNRHV10bo/s320/057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487660424333500882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8393744433973515401?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8393744433973515401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8393744433973515401' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8393744433973515401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8393744433973515401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/06/chiricahua-national-monument.html' title='Chiricahua National Monument'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TCgWayJ9QjI/AAAAAAAAAnc/-9OIgvPx238/s72-c/077.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3239405355798981681</id><published>2010-05-31T16:05:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T20:26:17.603-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mommy and Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARw94-sBUI/AAAAAAAAAm0/0ZMrdgPiU1g/s1600/IMG_0003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARw94-sBUI/AAAAAAAAAm0/0ZMrdgPiU1g/s320/IMG_0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477627255359014210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama and I were dancing to the music from the caterpillar.  She keeps calling me Gorgeous; I don't know why.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARw9TnZ0OI/AAAAAAAAAms/HOY_4zx6GCg/s1600/IMG_0004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARw9TnZ0OI/AAAAAAAAAms/HOY_4zx6GCg/s320/IMG_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477627245329240290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama took me to the Children's Museum, just the two of us.  We rode on the fire truck and wore cool hats!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARf0qaTWxI/AAAAAAAAAmk/VYe80XHOzvw/s1600/IMG_0009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARf0qaTWxI/AAAAAAAAAmk/VYe80XHOzvw/s320/IMG_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477608405131811602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was asleep.  I don't know why they came in to wake me up. I was so snugly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARf0AbUCXI/AAAAAAAAAmc/jGbJGg8bihU/s1600/IMG_0011.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARf0AbUCXI/AAAAAAAAAmc/jGbJGg8bihU/s320/IMG_0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477608393861761394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out my cool dance moves!  Mama and I went to a party with music, lights, and videos.  Mama said I was dancing like I was being electrocuted.  That must be why they call it the electric slide!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARBfYikSlI/AAAAAAAAAmU/vPQIfHm1axA/s1600/4+016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARBfYikSlI/AAAAAAAAAmU/vPQIfHm1axA/s320/4+016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477575054208551506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama and I went on a hike to Kent Springs.  I was really not happy when she stopped to take a picture of this  cactus.  I wanted out of the carrier!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARBexyYvvI/AAAAAAAAAmM/zQSs2TCWaJI/s1600/4+012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARBexyYvvI/AAAAAAAAAmM/zQSs2TCWaJI/s320/4+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477575043805921010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A stream flowed by the spring, surrounded by sycamore and sweet-smelling conifers.  It was fun there, with lots of rocks and plants I could taste.  I got to rinse my muddy hands in the cool stream!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARBeTxNC0I/AAAAAAAAAmE/0G-nyQ_JeJw/s1600/4+009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARBeTxNC0I/AAAAAAAAAmE/0G-nyQ_JeJw/s320/4+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477575035747896130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama carried me on the hike so I had a great view and could just relax and enjoy everything.  I listened to the birds chirping, tweet-tweet.  The breeze rustled through the trees, ssshhhhh.  Mama's heart pounded thump-thump, thump-thump.  Darkness.  I wake to see green leaves, ssshhh.  Blue sky.  Earthy smell.  Thump-thump, thump-thump. Darkness.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3239405355798981681?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3239405355798981681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3239405355798981681' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3239405355798981681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3239405355798981681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/05/mommy-and-me.html' title='Mommy and Me'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/TARw94-sBUI/AAAAAAAAAm0/0ZMrdgPiU1g/s72-c/IMG_0003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5539217011197955982</id><published>2010-05-09T11:48:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T12:36:26.232-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peek-a-Boo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When classic games lose their excitement, we invent new ones (though this one we've done before). Mason begged us to play paper again. We dumped the contents of the shredder-bin into the bath tub.  This time Camryn was here to enjoy it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cE3JcBwEI/AAAAAAAAAlU/p7l16qMMqZU/s1600/014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469345617937547330" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cE3JcBwEI/AAAAAAAAAlU/p7l16qMMqZU/s320/014.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Leave it to the big brother to cover the baby with paper.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cE31cfQcI/AAAAAAAAAlc/K7Fzlbo64Ps/s1600/008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469345629750641090" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cE31cfQcI/AAAAAAAAAlc/K7Fzlbo64Ps/s320/008.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Camryn did enjoy having paper dumped on her!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cE4Xn8sKI/AAAAAAAAAlk/EcZ0_XRxubg/s1600/019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469345638925512866" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cE4Xn8sKI/AAAAAAAAAlk/EcZ0_XRxubg/s320/019.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mason on the plane to Ohio (May 7).  He was eating fruit and pretending the fruit was engaging in conversation together.  So cute!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cLI1x3c7I/AAAAAAAAAls/PT2w04VnL2I/s1600/034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469352518967849906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cLI1x3c7I/AAAAAAAAAls/PT2w04VnL2I/s320/034.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Camryn and Great-Grandma together.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cLJWh8t2I/AAAAAAAAAl8/M9S3QKWUc6E/s1600/024.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469352527759456098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cLJWh8t2I/AAAAAAAAAl8/M9S3QKWUc6E/s320/024.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The two most beautiful women!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cLJJzuq7I/AAAAAAAAAl0/_Q3cqgt8fWE/s1600/025.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5539217011197955982?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5539217011197955982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5539217011197955982' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5539217011197955982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5539217011197955982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/05/peek-boo.html' title='Peek-a-Boo'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S-cE3JcBwEI/AAAAAAAAAlU/p7l16qMMqZU/s72-c/014.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-999256383195666624</id><published>2010-04-19T07:14:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T07:21:49.316-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Family Picnic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xl9L6m1GI/AAAAAAAAAlM/rtck2NMCvHo/s1600/IMG_2153.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xl9L6m1GI/AAAAAAAAAlM/rtck2NMCvHo/s320/IMG_2153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461852549938599010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday we went on a picnic in Madera Canyon. It was beautiful, with water flowing.  We invited Mason's friend Joshua and his parents so Mason would have a buddy to play with. That was a great idea, because they had a blast!  It was so much fun just watching them play in the water.  We threw things in the water and watched them float down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xllGjZDlI/AAAAAAAAAlE/vZ2U60_v8YY/s1600/IMG_2168.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xllGjZDlI/AAAAAAAAAlE/vZ2U60_v8YY/s320/IMG_2168.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461852136182189650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here the boys are "fishing" which sometimes consisted of screaming "I got one" but usually involved running around like crazy waving a stick (the fishing pole).  Fortunately no one got hurt by the sticks and they had a lot of fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xlkRmpDBI/AAAAAAAAAk8/hFmoZcI4n5A/s1600/IMG_2158.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xlkRmpDBI/AAAAAAAAAk8/hFmoZcI4n5A/s320/IMG_2158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461852121968741394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boys wanted to hold hands when crossing the water. This was in the beginning before they became fearless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xlj4H-fzI/AAAAAAAAAk0/oSFhxO4wpnE/s1600/IMG_2143.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xlj4H-fzI/AAAAAAAAAk0/oSFhxO4wpnE/s320/IMG_2143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461852115129237298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn was a doll. She was happy being held or sitting on the ground eating leaves.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-999256383195666624?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/999256383195666624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=999256383195666624' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/999256383195666624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/999256383195666624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/04/family-picnic.html' title='Family Picnic'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S8xl9L6m1GI/AAAAAAAAAlM/rtck2NMCvHo/s72-c/IMG_2153.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-472517409186021231</id><published>2010-03-30T13:38:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T21:58:43.038-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's about time!</title><content type='html'>We've been busy as usual, but we had no idea HOW busy until we realized it had been over a month since our last post.  We've been hiking, chasing Camryn around the house (she's now crawling), and making sure Mason is kept busy seeing dinosaurs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QehEYq4kI/AAAAAAAAAj8/AWIB5Eu-S_E/s1600/IMG_1776.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QehEYq4kI/AAAAAAAAAj8/AWIB5Eu-S_E/s320/IMG_1776.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455018602114245186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to the Tucson Children's Museum, which is like a mini COSI, and less scientific.  He learned about dinosaurs, sea life, and trains.  He sat in a pretend fire truck with real flashing lights!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QeggMSA9I/AAAAAAAAAj0/W-YBS5xLhgU/s1600/IMG_1772.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QeggMSA9I/AAAAAAAAAj0/W-YBS5xLhgU/s320/IMG_1772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455018592398607314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika parents were in town earlier this month, during which time we had the pleasure to go see Walking with Dinosaurs, the theatrical production based on the BBC series.  We saw actual-size dinosaurs and learned all about them.  It was awesome and Mason loved it.  Thanks, Nana and Paw-paw!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7Qh1TSGRPI/AAAAAAAAAkk/dTss7AmTaa4/s1600/IMG_1869.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7Qh1TSGRPI/AAAAAAAAAkk/dTss7AmTaa4/s320/IMG_1869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455022248245478642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn is just a dream baby!  She's still nursing (kudos to Erika for keeping that up) and getting better with her allergies so she's not so fussy.  Her favorite thing to do besides be held by her Mama is to crawl after Big Brother.  He's not so happy about that, and in fact has started wetting his pants, we think due to the stress.    He does better when you remind him to go potty.  He's still a great big brother and says he loves Camryn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QeiaaKZvI/AAAAAAAAAkM/BK7vwqAqGGk/s1600/IMG_1837.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QeiaaKZvI/AAAAAAAAAkM/BK7vwqAqGGk/s320/IMG_1837.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455018625205954290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can see why so many photos are taken of kids in the bathtub.  These two have a BLAST together in the tub. They have fun splashing each other and no one wants to get out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7Qh0A5EGPI/AAAAAAAAAkU/5lR1b5aOzF8/s1600/IMG_1992.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7Qh0A5EGPI/AAAAAAAAAkU/5lR1b5aOzF8/s320/IMG_1992.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455022226128771314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're still hiking a lot and trying to take Mason more, too. It's harder now that we can't carry him.  Last hike to Tanque Verde Falls he wanted to do it himself, though, and got mad when we tried to help him!  There has been so much rain and snow on the mountains that the streams are flowing and all the falls are active.  It's just beautiful and amazing now.  There are a ton of wildflowers, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7Ql9k0fYQI/AAAAAAAAAks/xChkd_oT4Nk/s1600/IMG_1796.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7Ql9k0fYQI/AAAAAAAAAks/xChkd_oT4Nk/s320/IMG_1796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455026788438597890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika is proud of how she lets her baby girl get dirty.  There's nothing wrong with eating a little clean sand so she can explore her environment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7Qehz9T0zI/AAAAAAAAAkE/3I_flpPCK_8/s1600/IMG_1829.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7Qehz9T0zI/AAAAAAAAAkE/3I_flpPCK_8/s320/IMG_1829.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455018614884389682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason still loves dinosaurs, trains, and cars.  He has a little friend who also loves Thomas, so we try to have him come over to play.  Mason is very good with other children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One last picture of Gorgeous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QcMMzWUwI/AAAAAAAAAjs/1FQfO5S-m1M/s1600/IMG_2000.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QcMMzWUwI/AAAAAAAAAjs/1FQfO5S-m1M/s320/IMG_2000.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455016044573119234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-472517409186021231?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/472517409186021231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=472517409186021231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/472517409186021231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/472517409186021231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-about-time.html' title='It&apos;s about time!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S7QehEYq4kI/AAAAAAAAAj8/AWIB5Eu-S_E/s72-c/IMG_1776.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-2216367255216280257</id><published>2010-02-14T19:37:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T08:33:43.137-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Loving the outdoors</title><content type='html'>Life has been fun.  We're spending a lot of time in the outdoors.  Mason has been reluctant to hike, he's so lazy. He prefers being carried. We're working on him and we'll take a little friend of his with us next time, should encourage him to hike.  Erika of course is still hiking with her friends and Camryn almost every weekend. Today she went on a 2 mile hike with 1500 feet elevation gain.  So hard, but the view was worth it!  She can't wait until Kevin's leg is well enough to go, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i1MnwLvVI/AAAAAAAAAjk/gqS9hPttuVc/s1600-h/IMG_1677.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i1MnwLvVI/AAAAAAAAAjk/gqS9hPttuVc/s320/IMG_1677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438295778484010322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn at the top of Linda Vista Trail. Note the large pyramid of rocks in the background. This is a cairn that some hikers built to identifiy the end of the trail and acknowledge their success.  Thank goodness Camryn's not crawling yet, or it will be more difficult to put her down while hiking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0kf0hMYI/AAAAAAAAAjc/RXeS6ez9Aw8/s1600-h/IMG_1708.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0kf0hMYI/AAAAAAAAAjc/RXeS6ez9Aw8/s320/IMG_1708.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438295089159942530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we went to the top of Mt. Lemmon and played in the snow!  The men built a snowman while Erika held Camryn and took photos.  We did a little sledding with a sled someone lent us.  The men had fun, but Mason seemed a little scared. We'll try again next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0jzy4rhI/AAAAAAAAAjU/3rqjbJZn0TU/s1600-h/IMG_1697.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0jzy4rhI/AAAAAAAAAjU/3rqjbJZn0TU/s320/IMG_1697.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438295077341933074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason truly was so happy to be up there.  And Kevin and Chris haven't had that much fun in a long time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0TDwCT0I/AAAAAAAAAjM/scQkHiSik0c/s1600-h/IMG_1713.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0TDwCT0I/AAAAAAAAAjM/scQkHiSik0c/s320/IMG_1713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438294789567172418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn seemed fascinated by all of the action. Erika was very happy to have an old pair of snow boots to wear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0SoU7FWI/AAAAAAAAAjE/ENiR2ilNvu8/s1600-h/IMG_1705.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0SoU7FWI/AAAAAAAAAjE/ENiR2ilNvu8/s320/IMG_1705.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438294782205695330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason throwing a snow ball.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0SN9Z3pI/AAAAAAAAAi8/hnUwSXs_ZwQ/s1600-h/Camryn+266.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i0SN9Z3pI/AAAAAAAAAi8/hnUwSXs_ZwQ/s320/Camryn+266.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438294775127727762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a short hike to Sabino Canyon Dam that we did last weekend.  It was on a paved road and Mason complained half the time.  But there was a lot of water, so it was neat.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2216367255216280257?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2216367255216280257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2216367255216280257' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2216367255216280257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2216367255216280257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/02/loving-outdoors.html' title='Loving the outdoors'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S3i1MnwLvVI/AAAAAAAAAjk/gqS9hPttuVc/s72-c/IMG_1677.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5956398749722057172</id><published>2010-02-02T20:40:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-02-13T19:30:02.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Girl on the Go!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Camryn is very eager to move around.  She's started getting on her hands and knees and "rocking."  She can't sit up on her own yet, but we think she's close to crawling.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-4232ce1c77ef3dd1" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4232ce1c77ef3dd1%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D47778D75A5F65988AE117D30D9A031C3AC37853A.17CF8097C364B4657FD02DC93ED690A2CEDA7D17%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4232ce1c77ef3dd1%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DG_Bt5oEAtKpgMXY1LRajo_95YZ0&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4232ce1c77ef3dd1%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D47778D75A5F65988AE117D30D9A031C3AC37853A.17CF8097C364B4657FD02DC93ED690A2CEDA7D17%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4232ce1c77ef3dd1%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DG_Bt5oEAtKpgMXY1LRajo_95YZ0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Camryn rockin' and rollin'.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5956398749722057172?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5956398749722057172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5956398749722057172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5956398749722057172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5956398749722057172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/02/girl-on-go.html' title='Girl on the Go!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6868597557065769966</id><published>2010-01-31T11:26:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T20:56:42.997-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More cuteness</title><content type='html'>Not too much exciting is going on here.  We're just plugging along.  It seems like someone (or several) has been sick this entire season.  Camryn has the worst cold she's had, seems to be a little laryngitis also.  She's miserable.  The rest of us will be next.  Kevin has been Super Dad, cleaning the house and taking care of the kids.  He also started a workout routine, lifting weights. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XNZBcA5mI/AAAAAAAAAi0/WU4cMXGqiY4/s1600-h/Camryn+205.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432974355258730082" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XNZBcA5mI/AAAAAAAAAi0/WU4cMXGqiY4/s320/Camryn+205.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason building a train station out of blocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XLs-skzTI/AAAAAAAAAis/WRbRQFyCnqQ/s1600-h/Camryn+234.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432972499097013554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XLs-skzTI/AAAAAAAAAis/WRbRQFyCnqQ/s320/Camryn+234.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We thought we'd try solid foods with Camryn, she was always watching what we put in our mouths.  She's doing well, so far, only spitting out 75% of what we put in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XLsZASz8I/AAAAAAAAAik/a4wFI70yVvw/s1600-h/Camryn+276.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432972488979173314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XLsZASz8I/AAAAAAAAAik/a4wFI70yVvw/s320/Camryn+276.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika and Camryn went on a hike in the Rincon Mountains to Ernie's Falls.  All of the snowmelt and rain has put water in the washes and falls.  Erika joined a hiking club so she'd always have someone to hike with until Kevin's leg is rehabilitated fully. They were a great group of people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XLrr4b1wI/AAAAAAAAAic/D2IC9Hr-O-U/s1600-h/Camryn+272.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432972476866615042" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XLrr4b1wI/AAAAAAAAAic/D2IC9Hr-O-U/s320/Camryn+272.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Camryn played on a boulder by the falls while we rested and snacked.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6868597557065769966?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6868597557065769966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6868597557065769966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6868597557065769966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6868597557065769966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/01/more-cuteness.html' title='More cuteness'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S2XNZBcA5mI/AAAAAAAAAi0/WU4cMXGqiY4/s72-c/Camryn+205.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6203137384073540475</id><published>2010-01-12T21:19:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T06:53:44.315-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Too much cuteness!</title><content type='html'>It's been quite a start to the new year.  Erika caught a cold at the start and worked New Year's day at the hospital.  She kindly passed the cold to Mason and Kevin.  Mason got a terrible canker sore on the inside of his mouth that made everyone miserable. He wouldn't eat or drink hardly anything, and every time he did there was several minutes of crying. No treatments worked, it finally went away on it's own after 6 long days.  Kevin is finally feeling better.  He has tried bowling again, but his calf muscle is still painful.  But overall we're doing well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S0_l8wFhnlI/AAAAAAAAAiU/BJ5D2q2l3nk/s1600-h/IMG_1349.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S0_l8wFhnlI/AAAAAAAAAiU/BJ5D2q2l3nk/s320/IMG_1349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426808907867725394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We enjoyed the Buckeyes' Rose Bowl win!  Camryn cheered and said "Oops! I did a Michigan in my pants!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S0_l8hSKtoI/AAAAAAAAAiM/CNLWKayvkpw/s1600-h/IMG_1264.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S0_l8hSKtoI/AAAAAAAAAiM/CNLWKayvkpw/s320/IMG_1264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426808903894218370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn is developing a wonderful personality. She's rolling all over the place, sleeping soundly during the day and at night.  She laughs hysterically every time Mason plays with her.  Mason is a great big brother still. He's always saying "I love her."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S01Kav3VYrI/AAAAAAAAAiE/MWSUZD0sdPA/s1600-h/Camryn+158.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426074949436924594" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S01Kav3VYrI/AAAAAAAAAiE/MWSUZD0sdPA/s320/Camryn+158.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to a friends house and Mason played with their daughter Giselle.  They were very cute together and Mason is always so well behaved.  They were amazed that the only thing he would eat was the asparagus, and we were amazed the way Giselle ate up all her hamburger.  Mason is not a fan of meat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S01KKkyFEAI/AAAAAAAAAh8/BCXuaYuYA6U/s1600-h/Camryn+146.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426074671584186370" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S01KKkyFEAI/AAAAAAAAAh8/BCXuaYuYA6U/s320/Camryn+146.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She thinks her real name is "Gorgeous."  I think you can see why.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S01KKH5w5OI/AAAAAAAAAh0/7eyqL53UGSE/s1600-h/Camryn+144.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426074663831790818" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S01KKH5w5OI/AAAAAAAAAh0/7eyqL53UGSE/s320/Camryn+144.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason blowing bubbles at the park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S01KJ9AyNxI/AAAAAAAAAhs/DI4ebIB8i-I/s1600-h/Camryn+100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426074660908447506" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S01KJ9AyNxI/AAAAAAAAAhs/DI4ebIB8i-I/s320/Camryn+100.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn of course loves her doorway jumper, though she's not really jumping yet.  She just loves anything as long as Mama is nearby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6203137384073540475?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6203137384073540475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6203137384073540475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6203137384073540475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6203137384073540475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/01/too-much-cuteness.html' title='Too much cuteness!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/S0_l8wFhnlI/AAAAAAAAAiU/BJ5D2q2l3nk/s72-c/IMG_1349.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-4522285638773084113</id><published>2010-01-02T17:48:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-02T17:54:42.967-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Budding photographer</title><content type='html'>Mason has learned how to operate our digital camera and LOVES taking pictures.  Composition needs improvement, but his photos aren't lacking diversity.  He has taken a picture of almost everything in our house, including the toilets, the walls, the stairs, and every one of his toys.  Below are some of the highlights.  Mason took every one of these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_qDNKVmJI/AAAAAAAAAhk/qgb9rrizSes/s1600-h/IMG_1390.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_qDNKVmJI/AAAAAAAAAhk/qgb9rrizSes/s320/IMG_1390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422309817170892946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James and Gorden racing around the track.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_qCli4K7I/AAAAAAAAAhc/xsyoT1oQkUg/s1600-h/IMG_1383.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_qCli4K7I/AAAAAAAAAhc/xsyoT1oQkUg/s320/IMG_1383.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422309806536403890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dada getting ready for the Rose Bowl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_puI_Zh6I/AAAAAAAAAhU/LrshiR-67wk/s1600-h/IMG_1324.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_puI_Zh6I/AAAAAAAAAhU/LrshiR-67wk/s320/IMG_1324.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422309455274018722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Woody up front and personal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_ptyMjK2I/AAAAAAAAAhM/kfFlE_nC6xE/s1600-h/IMG_1306.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_ptyMjK2I/AAAAAAAAAhM/kfFlE_nC6xE/s320/IMG_1306.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422309449155160930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama at work at the computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_ptXBQo4I/AAAAAAAAAhE/WaWF92Cu9Fk/s1600-h/IMG_1285.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_ptXBQo4I/AAAAAAAAAhE/WaWF92Cu9Fk/s320/IMG_1285.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422309441860051842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Family play time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-4522285638773084113?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/4522285638773084113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=4522285638773084113' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4522285638773084113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4522285638773084113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2010/01/budding-photographer.html' title='Budding photographer'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sz_qDNKVmJI/AAAAAAAAAhk/qgb9rrizSes/s72-c/IMG_1390.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6642963232733372704</id><published>2009-12-25T19:04:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T12:23:19.490-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One fun Christmas</title><content type='html'>What a fun Christmas!  Mason was a very good boy and very patient with opening gifts.  His first gift was a set of trains and tracks, so all he wanted to do after that was play with those.  Everyone else opened a few gifts while waiting.  Mason was very polite when he opened boxes with clothes ("Those are some very nice clothes for me.").  By this point Camryn was ready for a nap, so we took a break to make waffles on Kevin's new waffle-maker from Nana and Paw-paw (his favorite gift).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVwLMEtDUI/AAAAAAAAAg8/Plf8Yg5SVZo/s1600-h/IMG_1251.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVwLMEtDUI/AAAAAAAAAg8/Plf8Yg5SVZo/s320/IMG_1251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419361064132087106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason loving his new roundhouse with turntable from Nana and Paw-paw.  We have so much new train stuff!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVwK_nAQmI/AAAAAAAAAg0/mVUO00DvXC4/s1600-h/IMG_1226.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVwK_nAQmI/AAAAAAAAAg0/mVUO00DvXC4/s320/IMG_1226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419361060786291298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uncle Chris having a good time, too :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVwKSPogTI/AAAAAAAAAgs/cOD9dlCkf1s/s1600-h/IMG_1240.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVwKSPogTI/AAAAAAAAAgs/cOD9dlCkf1s/s320/IMG_1240.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419361048608670002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin loves, loves, loves his new waffle-maker!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVvel_7doI/AAAAAAAAAgk/eHn1hCDy9O4/s1600-h/IMG_1229.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVvel_7doI/AAAAAAAAAgk/eHn1hCDy9O4/s320/IMG_1229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419360297997268610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're not sure that a 4-month-old baby needs as many gifts as she got, but everyone's thoughtfullness is very appreciated.  This elephant from the grandparents is so cute!  Uncle Gary and Aunt Susan got her a Baby's First doll (very cute), a picture frame, and clothes.  Great-Grandma got her a car play gym, which will be so great since Camryn cries every time she's in the car unless she has toys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVveJA6X7I/AAAAAAAAAgc/eq4ofcyH-7I/s1600-h/IMG_1223.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVveJA6X7I/AAAAAAAAAgc/eq4ofcyH-7I/s320/IMG_1223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419360290216763314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason got a lot of wonderful gifts including trains and tracks from Mama and Dada and Uncle Chris and a great set of dinosaurs from Great-Grandma.  Uncle Gary and Aunt Susan got Mason a roaring triceratops, clothes, and Disney Cars card games.  Nana and Paw-paw got Mason a lot of great interactive learning games/toys including a set of bath-time whistles, building blocks, and bubble makers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVvdzLwopI/AAAAAAAAAgU/E5z9Vlx2Gl4/s1600-h/IMG_1219.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVvdzLwopI/AAAAAAAAAgU/E5z9Vlx2Gl4/s320/IMG_1219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419360284356682386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cutest babies!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6642963232733372704?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6642963232733372704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6642963232733372704' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6642963232733372704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6642963232733372704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/12/one-fun-christmas.html' title='One fun Christmas'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzVwLMEtDUI/AAAAAAAAAg8/Plf8Yg5SVZo/s72-c/IMG_1251.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-2492471257626161862</id><published>2009-12-21T20:37:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T21:13:34.101-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-8cd5b4be47c4ef72" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D8cd5b4be47c4ef72%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D167580DED45E9EB5A625C6FBAD59CBD48A711250.54C2394430D46DE6F4BF7CF51CF6C18E47193819%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D8cd5b4be47c4ef72%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DYltUwqbNQPkRxQ5ujpYdiZmJizg&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D8cd5b4be47c4ef72%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D167580DED45E9EB5A625C6FBAD59CBD48A711250.54C2394430D46DE6F4BF7CF51CF6C18E47193819%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D8cd5b4be47c4ef72%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DYltUwqbNQPkRxQ5ujpYdiZmJizg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Greetings from Tucson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzA_UbD1jLI/AAAAAAAAAgE/ghNvdMvrAK4/s1600-h/Camryn+069.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417899971820489906" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzA_UbD1jLI/AAAAAAAAAgE/ghNvdMvrAK4/s320/Camryn+069.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The gorgeous women.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzA_T-K7t7I/AAAAAAAAAf8/um-S8Tse798/s1600-h/Camryn+064.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417899964065626034" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzA_T-K7t7I/AAAAAAAAAf8/um-S8Tse798/s320/Camryn+064.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big brother loves his baby sister!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzA_Ug2zAJI/AAAAAAAAAgM/PqsiCvaSq54/s1600-h/Camryn+067.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417899973376409746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzA_Ug2zAJI/AAAAAAAAAgM/PqsiCvaSq54/s320/Camryn+067.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason also loves his Uncle Chris.  And we also love Uncle Chris, he has been so helpful with Kevin being injured.  It'll be a nice Christmas celebrating with Kevin's family.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2492471257626161862?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2492471257626161862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2492471257626161862' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2492471257626161862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2492471257626161862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-holidays.html' title='Happy Holidays'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SzA_UbD1jLI/AAAAAAAAAgE/ghNvdMvrAK4/s72-c/Camryn+069.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8405507606818301398</id><published>2009-12-17T05:50:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T15:01:27.381-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy, busy, busy</title><content type='html'>We've been quite busy. Erika went to Columbus for a short visit to introduce Camryn to the uncles and Great-Grandma.  It was wonderful sharing Camryn with everyone, but the trip was too short.  Fortunately Nana returned to Tucson with Erika, so she could visit for another week.  Except Mason dominates so much of her time she barely got to see Camryn.  Kevin's leg is improving, but he's still limping around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyosIgoXPYI/AAAAAAAAAfs/B0lAZnt6tHM/s1600-h/Camryn+342.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyosIgoXPYI/AAAAAAAAAfs/B0lAZnt6tHM/s320/Camryn+342.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416190026576248194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They went on a three-generation women's hike in the Santa Catalinas.  Everyone did great!  We're so happy Camryn loves hiking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyosIJdu2lI/AAAAAAAAAfk/3-gbVq6tNBk/s1600-h/Camryn+341.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyosIJdu2lI/AAAAAAAAAfk/3-gbVq6tNBk/s320/Camryn+341.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416190020357642834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nana helped us to make gingerbread cookies.  This was the introduction to 3-D cookies!  Mason had the first one and said "Mmmm!" Since that day, Mason has probably eaten most of the cookies, the rest of us have gotten very few.  Though somehow with these cookies, you never feel like you get enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyorxNMjNnI/AAAAAAAAAfc/uOSu_FIiOwk/s1600-h/Camryn+340.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyorxNMjNnI/AAAAAAAAAfc/uOSu_FIiOwk/s320/Camryn+340.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416189626222327410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Great-Grandma did great holding Camryn.  It's too bad we don't live in Columbus, because that was great physical therapy for her!  We can't wait for you to go home, GG.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Syorw8-ofZI/AAAAAAAAAfU/wxE7IYqP8NM/s1600-h/Camryn+333.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Syorw8-ofZI/AAAAAAAAAfU/wxE7IYqP8NM/s320/Camryn+333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416189621868985746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uncle Loren was there to visit with the family also.  We celebrated Nana's birthday.  Camryn just took to anyone who wanted to hold her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyorwSrsyUI/AAAAAAAAAfM/HDueob72s9o/s1600-h/Camryn+308.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyorwSrsyUI/AAAAAAAAAfM/HDueob72s9o/s320/Camryn+308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416189610515286338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is because she is the happiest baby there is.  And probably the cutest!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8405507606818301398?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8405507606818301398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8405507606818301398' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8405507606818301398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8405507606818301398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/12/busy-busy-busy.html' title='Busy, busy, busy'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SyosIgoXPYI/AAAAAAAAAfs/B0lAZnt6tHM/s72-c/Camryn+342.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-786314147366205438</id><published>2009-12-03T14:32:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T22:18:22.363-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Thanksgiving</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxibEiGJUrI/AAAAAAAAAek/9ry_i7xNPz8/s1600-h/Camryn+079.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxibEiGJUrI/AAAAAAAAAek/9ry_i7xNPz8/s320/Camryn+079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411245454460015282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's been a rough week following a rough Thanksgiving.  Emotionally we've had to deal with Erika's grandmother going into rehab and her Uncle Gary having brain surgery.  Last Wednesday Kevin ruptured part of his gastrocnemius (calf) muscle while bowling.  He can't bear weight on it, nor should he.  He's been in a splint on crutches and not enjoying himself.  Fortunately we have help since his brother moved in with us on November 18.  Chris has been wonderful and very helpful and we'd be lost without him since Erika would have had to stay home.  Camryn had a cold, she was just miserable for a few days, but she seems to be getting better, though having a (hopefully) brief period of not sleeping well.  Erika caught Camryn's cold and has been under stress at work, so also not enjoying herself.  Mason is the only one not doing too badly, though he's always partially neglected now because of Camryn, so he might disagree with that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxiZnR3NrgI/AAAAAAAAAec/ahnlvbXueo8/s1600-h/Camryn+065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxiZnR3NrgI/AAAAAAAAAec/ahnlvbXueo8/s320/Camryn+065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411243852374584834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason passed out on the couch while watching TV one day when he was sick and hadn't had a nap.  This is the first time he's ever done that, the boy never runs out of energy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxiZnGabmuI/AAAAAAAAAeU/9djahTkMhzs/s1600-h/Camryn+098.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxiZnGabmuI/AAAAAAAAAeU/9djahTkMhzs/s320/Camryn+098.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411243849301072610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tummy time, enjoying a Pooh book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxiYn4p13II/AAAAAAAAAeM/k0ZfhYeyi0U/s1600-h/Camryn+086.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxiYn4p13II/AAAAAAAAAeM/k0ZfhYeyi0U/s320/Camryn+086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411242763275852930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First time in her exersaucer.  She seems to have her mouth open more often than not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxiYnlI28lI/AAAAAAAAAeE/AOwNSOWzq2k/s1600-h/Camryn+067.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxiYnlI28lI/AAAAAAAAAeE/AOwNSOWzq2k/s320/Camryn+067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411242758037238354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting them young.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-786314147366205438?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/786314147366205438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=786314147366205438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/786314147366205438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/786314147366205438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/12/our-thanksgiving.html' title='Our Thanksgiving'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SxibEiGJUrI/AAAAAAAAAek/9ry_i7xNPz8/s72-c/Camryn+079.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3689458717831257240</id><published>2009-11-17T19:50:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T12:35:26.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mason's riding a tricycle</title><content type='html'>After just one year of trying with him, Mason has finally mastered his tricycle. And as you can see in the video, cannot stop riding!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1f0688aece4a8316" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1f0688aece4a8316%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D16B456FE219160DDCFE8214A385033E68B224E13.3A1D81A1485B2FDCA915CDBECBA75DA5AFB72870%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1f0688aece4a8316%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DRRn6Y82qa6ISmuIUT_nXGf1Z8OQ&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1f0688aece4a8316%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D16B456FE219160DDCFE8214A385033E68B224E13.3A1D81A1485B2FDCA915CDBECBA75DA5AFB72870%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1f0688aece4a8316%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DRRn6Y82qa6ISmuIUT_nXGf1Z8OQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3689458717831257240?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3689458717831257240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3689458717831257240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3689458717831257240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3689458717831257240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/11/masons-riding-tricycle.html' title='Mason&apos;s riding a tricycle'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-1032870284912952033</id><published>2009-11-15T16:43:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-15T19:49:25.464-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Baby gym</title><content type='html'>Babies actually like those elaborate "gyms" that they play with on the floor. It has a star that has lights and music and a smile that she loves.  She's watching it while playing with the rattle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a0bf6e5263f247c6" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v11.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da0bf6e5263f247c6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3E5D83968E5CD59CDFA8DEE96643A88B1CDC2160.56E5E569E3753653F5AA0C0C0ED437934369297D%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da0bf6e5263f247c6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DXrXO6xcjVpP_UEqQPGoTnYGiLy0&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v11.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da0bf6e5263f247c6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3E5D83968E5CD59CDFA8DEE96643A88B1CDC2160.56E5E569E3753653F5AA0C0C0ED437934369297D%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da0bf6e5263f247c6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DXrXO6xcjVpP_UEqQPGoTnYGiLy0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-1032870284912952033?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/1032870284912952033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=1032870284912952033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1032870284912952033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1032870284912952033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/11/baby-gym.html' title='Baby gym'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3902350378421675876</id><published>2009-11-02T21:19:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T16:56:32.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Having fun</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;We had a fun, busy weekend (Erika wouldn't have it any other way, though every now and they the parents long for lazy days without kids and of lying in bed all day).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wyfxmPlI/AAAAAAAAAdc/gkbovYJWEOM/s1600-h/Camryn+049.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399728859809988178" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wyfxmPlI/AAAAAAAAAdc/gkbovYJWEOM/s320/Camryn+049.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hiked part of the Super Trail to Mt Wrightson in Madera Canyon (Santa Rita Mts).  Mason walked the whole way, about an hour and a half. It's nice not carrying him, but the pace is slower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wyOKna1I/AAAAAAAAAdU/zlXa72dW0vI/s1600-h/Camryn+046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399728855083084626" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wyOKna1I/AAAAAAAAAdU/zlXa72dW0vI/s320/Camryn+046.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fall colors in Tucson!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wXB4U98I/AAAAAAAAAdM/jqvu78fvCcs/s1600-h/Camryn+040.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399728387928684482" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wXB4U98I/AAAAAAAAAdM/jqvu78fvCcs/s320/Camryn+040.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Working on that fist. Hasn't found the thumb yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wW2Md6XI/AAAAAAAAAdE/OsfUyny9Yp0/s1600-h/Camryn+038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399728384791931250" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wW2Md6XI/AAAAAAAAAdE/OsfUyny9Yp0/s320/Camryn+038.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason was a train conductor for Halloween. He was excited about the costume, but instantly wanted to take the hat and bandanna off.  He went trick-or-treating, but was afraid of the cars and maybe the dark, he wanted to go home pretty quickly. But once he was home he said, "That was fun trick-or-treating and getting candy.  Who knows....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wWtD0oUI/AAAAAAAAAc8/MV-n2xI_EIg/s1600-h/Camryn+034.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399728382339752258" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wWtD0oUI/AAAAAAAAAc8/MV-n2xI_EIg/s320/Camryn+034.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what Camryn does after she has had a bath.  Cold? Probably, but this photo was taken after we warmed her towel up in the dryer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wWUMDvaI/AAAAAAAAAc0/cE_mo6YBnvE/s1600-h/Camryn+028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399728375663410594" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wWUMDvaI/AAAAAAAAAc0/cE_mo6YBnvE/s320/Camryn+028.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason and Camryn had their first bath together, they loved it.  Mason helped wash her hair, but mostly just played with his toys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wWNUwbWI/AAAAAAAAAcs/cyJseh9zXVc/s1600-h/Camryn+009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399728373820845410" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wWNUwbWI/AAAAAAAAAcs/cyJseh9zXVc/s320/Camryn+009.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She loves this pink bunny, it's so soft, she smiles when it touches her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3902350378421675876?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3902350378421675876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3902350378421675876' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3902350378421675876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3902350378421675876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/11/having-fun.html' title='Having fun'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Su-wyfxmPlI/AAAAAAAAAdc/gkbovYJWEOM/s72-c/Camryn+049.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-2837805788208190454</id><published>2009-10-18T16:52:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T16:21:09.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Camryn's room</title><content type='html'>In case you were curious what Camryn's room looks like. It's not much different than what Mason's was, we used the same bedding. But the walls and curtains are purple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StuqcTRA9YI/AAAAAAAAAck/32ezUyJqUUk/s1600-h/IMG_0971.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StuqcTRA9YI/AAAAAAAAAck/32ezUyJqUUk/s320/IMG_0971.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394092381890999682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Stuqb1mwJJI/AAAAAAAAAcc/PkArSMD9dW4/s1600-h/IMG_0970.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Stuqb1mwJJI/AAAAAAAAAcc/PkArSMD9dW4/s320/IMG_0970.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394092373929108626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2837805788208190454?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2837805788208190454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2837805788208190454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2837805788208190454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2837805788208190454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/10/camryns-room.html' title='Camryn&apos;s room'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StuqcTRA9YI/AAAAAAAAAck/32ezUyJqUUk/s72-c/IMG_0971.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6376989426503946122</id><published>2009-10-17T16:29:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T16:22:17.295-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet relief</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StudlLu8VbI/AAAAAAAAAcU/lhE36DIotAI/s1600-h/IMG_0972.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StudlLu8VbI/AAAAAAAAAcU/lhE36DIotAI/s320/IMG_0972.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394078240836703666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Great news! Camryn has become a non colicky, beautiful, charming baby girl.  She naps in a bed (3 1/2 hours today) and is sometimes even very easy to put to sleep.  If she wakes during the nap (which does happen 2-3 times), we just have to give her back her pacifier and she goes back to sleep.  We looked back at her worst times and figured it was after Erika ate something with soy. However, dairy is still a major problem also.  Camryn smiles a lot now and enjoys looking at her mobile (which is actually the one Uncle Don bought Mason).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StpUtvAKcoI/AAAAAAAAAcM/G9_UmFPiCuQ/s1600-h/Camryn+199.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393716648417587842" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StpUtvAKcoI/AAAAAAAAAcM/G9_UmFPiCuQ/s320/Camryn+199.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She loves her baths, but hates being cold and wet afterwards; she does scream bloody murder while we try to get her dressed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StpUtWp0tmI/AAAAAAAAAcE/3v9Fhvwht9A/s1600-h/Camryn+208.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393716641881437794" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StpUtWp0tmI/AAAAAAAAAcE/3v9Fhvwht9A/s320/Camryn+208.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The angel is asleep in our bed. When she was colicky we were so desperate for her to sleep, and for sleep ourselves, that Erika and her slept in bed together, and we haven't tried to break the habit.  For Camryn's safety Kevin sleeps in the guest bedroom.  Camryn sleeps so well in that bed we just decided to keep her there for naps also.  She likes to fall asleep on your chest or while nursing, and you can't really do that in a crib.  Soon we'll see if she'll sleep in the crib at night and maybe still nap in our bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And not to forget about Mason, he's still a wonderful big brother. He's mindful to be quiet when we're putting Camryn to sleep.   He's had a fever and runny nose for three days now, we suspect he has the H1N1 flu (it's going around like crazy here in Tucson), but his energy is great so we're not worried.  His fever actually broke today. We've tried to keep him separated from Camryn and we all wash our hands a lot.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6376989426503946122?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6376989426503946122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6376989426503946122' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6376989426503946122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6376989426503946122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/10/sweet-relief.html' title='Sweet relief'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/StudlLu8VbI/AAAAAAAAAcU/lhE36DIotAI/s72-c/IMG_0972.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5581828396353203104</id><published>2009-10-04T10:47:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T17:26:09.589-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A nice weekend with the family</title><content type='html'>Sometimes a relaxing weekend is nice.  Yesterday Erika took both kids and Woody to the dog park.  Camryn slept in the Moby while Mason played by himself (a nice change from needing our constant attention and/or wanting held).  However he had two pee-pee accidents.  Erika spent most of yesterday and today carrying Camryn in the Moby, during which time she also vacuumed, picked up the kids' rooms, did laundry, read her book, and wrote this blog.  Kevin watched football and cooked dinner while taking care of Mason, who spent the weekend playing with toilet paper.  He played football and built towers.  Did you know a roll of TP could be a helmet?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Ssjf-G300DI/AAAAAAAAAb0/sQOTqnaq-xg/s1600-h/IMG_0941.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Ssjf-G300DI/AAAAAAAAAb0/sQOTqnaq-xg/s320/IMG_0941.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388803212238442546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we also went to the zoo today (even when relaxing it's nice to get out of the house).  And the way we figure it, we have to carry Camryn anyways, we might as well be walking somewhere enjoyable instead of doing laps around the house.  Camryn slept the entire time in the car seat/stroller!  She even stayed asleep in the car and a little while after we got home. That is the first time she's slept so well not being held.  We'll try not to get our hopes up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Ssk823q6nFI/AAAAAAAAAb8/8iiDu92MFaw/s1600-h/IMG_0946.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Ssk823q6nFI/AAAAAAAAAb8/8iiDu92MFaw/s320/IMG_0946.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388905342480063570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn had her first smiles this weekend!  She woke up yesterday in a great mood and was grinning like crazy after eating.  Mama called Dada in and he said "Hi" to her and she flashed him a great big grin!  When we're exhausted because she's not sleeping well, those are the moments that keep us going.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5581828396353203104?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5581828396353203104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5581828396353203104' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5581828396353203104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5581828396353203104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/10/nice-weekend-with-family.html' title='A nice weekend with the family'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Ssjf-G300DI/AAAAAAAAAb0/sQOTqnaq-xg/s72-c/IMG_0941.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3365761833067538110</id><published>2009-09-26T09:42:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-26T17:54:16.530-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bad with the good</title><content type='html'>Mason is peeing in the potty!  He's had only one accident that was really his fault, but otherwise he's been potty trained for peeing for three days now.  So far he had one #2 on the floor, nothing the next day, and we're following him like hawks today to get that poop into the potty.  He's so excited and has great control, so it's been quite easy thanks to Nana's help and great suggestions like using Cheerios in the toilet for "target practice."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sr6O4Gb-qMI/AAAAAAAAAbs/iNC__0ba0IU/s1600-h/Camryn+222.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sr6O4Gb-qMI/AAAAAAAAAbs/iNC__0ba0IU/s320/Camryn+222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385899298833475778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camryn is still beautiful, we love watching her watch the world.  Unfortunately she's still been VERY fussy.  The anti-gas drops have helped.  The doctor hasn't diagnosed her with colic, but suggested a food intolerance in the breast milk.  Erika has cut dairy from her diet which also may be helping.  But still the only thing that keeps her from crying (and I mean screaming bloody murder) is motion - car rides, stroller rides, rocking chair, and being carried in the Moby wrap.  Unfortunately not all are equally as effective, and when using the Moby she won't let us sit down.  After almost exactly five minutes of us sitting, she begins screaming again.  But walking with her is worth it to have a happy baby.  She'll have several good awake periods during which she can play as long as she's had some sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sr5Ewcuq40I/AAAAAAAAAbc/D319DUClSoM/s1600-h/Camryn+189.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sr5Ewcuq40I/AAAAAAAAAbc/D319DUClSoM/s320/Camryn+189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385817803518042946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quality tummy time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sr5EwmOCh3I/AAAAAAAAAbk/OKzZ0BtnZDU/s1600-h/Camryn+194.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sr5EwmOCh3I/AAAAAAAAAbk/OKzZ0BtnZDU/s320/Camryn+194.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385817806065534834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason taking care of his baby.  He's such a great big brother, though he still doesn't understand to be quiet around Camryn.  We try not to yell at him too much for being noisy so he doesn't start resenting her, but putting her to sleep can be difficult sometimes.  But he's so sweet with her and loves her.  We're so proud of our big boy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3365761833067538110?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3365761833067538110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3365761833067538110' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3365761833067538110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3365761833067538110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/09/bad-with-good.html' title='Bad with the good'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sr6O4Gb-qMI/AAAAAAAAAbs/iNC__0ba0IU/s72-c/Camryn+222.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-9195944340312114648</id><published>2009-09-21T21:31:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T21:11:18.894-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Four weeks old</title><content type='html'>What's new?  Camryn is still a wonderful baby with usual baby issues. She's had some bad gas, we're going to try medicine for it.  She was very fussy today for some reason (gas?), wouldn't sleep long.  She usually sleeps well.  In fact, we'd have more photos but you can only take so many pics of a sleeping baby.  Nursing could be better.  Erika is back at work part time and pretty tired, but managing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Srmbns8S0-I/AAAAAAAAAbU/Ri2Z7LTG2UI/s1600-h/Camryn+202.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Srmbns8S0-I/AAAAAAAAAbU/Ri2Z7LTG2UI/s320/Camryn+202.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384505935879394274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darn baby acne, ruining a beautiful complexion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SrhUJUnFK1I/AAAAAAAAAa8/6v-97lngkig/s1600-h/IMG_0916.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SrhUJUnFK1I/AAAAAAAAAa8/6v-97lngkig/s320/IMG_0916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384145873649609554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went for a walk with Camryn in the carrier.  She loved being held.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SrhUJGwaJII/AAAAAAAAAa0/Dewuzj6eW_0/s1600-h/IMG_0911.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SrhUJGwaJII/AAAAAAAAAa0/Dewuzj6eW_0/s320/IMG_0911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384145869930636418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to the reptile and amphibian expo and had a blast.  Mason got to pet an alligator, monitor lizard, tortoise and snakes.  No new pets came home fortunately.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-9195944340312114648?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/9195944340312114648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=9195944340312114648' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/9195944340312114648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/9195944340312114648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/09/four-weeks-old.html' title='Four weeks old'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Srmbns8S0-I/AAAAAAAAAbU/Ri2Z7LTG2UI/s72-c/Camryn+202.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-1829414033414574085</id><published>2009-09-05T10:50:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T12:26:15.354-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trying to find a routine</title><content type='html'>Looking back at being in the hospital (the only time for just relaxing).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqK2JaPjumI/AAAAAAAAAac/RQgawMosg28/s1600-h/Camryn+114.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqK2JaPjumI/AAAAAAAAAac/RQgawMosg28/s320/Camryn+114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378061177813449314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since being home we've been quite busy since we also have a 3-year-old to entertain.  Fortunately Camryn is an easy baby to take care of, so we can take her anywhere with us.  The only issue we're still dealing with (minor compared to what we could have), is difficulty nursing.  She doesn't nurse well, so she has to have a bottle after every feeding.  Then Erika pumps.  Not easy, fun, or ideal. But we do it to make sure she stays healthy and we go out between feedings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqKmMNSYGzI/AAAAAAAAAaU/Cg6n35CShQs/s1600-h/Camryn+037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqKmMNSYGzI/AAAAAAAAAaU/Cg6n35CShQs/s320/Camryn+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378043633689172786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She sleeps great and hardly ever fusses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqKmLic34oI/AAAAAAAAAaM/y9lHfxLjqtA/s1600-h/Camryn+052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqKmLic34oI/AAAAAAAAAaM/y9lHfxLjqtA/s320/Camryn+052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378043622190473858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sleeping on "magic shoulder" Paw-paw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqKmLFEoq-I/AAAAAAAAAaE/3cSQvxyBsq0/s1600-h/Camryn+038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqKmLFEoq-I/AAAAAAAAAaE/3cSQvxyBsq0/s320/Camryn+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378043614304185314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Why is that thing always in my face?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqKmKUadkdI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/5YnhyyzX67Q/s1600-h/Camryn+028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqKmKUadkdI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/5YnhyyzX67Q/s320/Camryn+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378043601242395090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Error in padding positioning = Minnie Mouse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqK2KGdv1MI/AAAAAAAAAak/fcT4PG77_dM/s1600-h/Camryn+164.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqK2KGdv1MI/AAAAAAAAAak/fcT4PG77_dM/s320/Camryn+164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378061189684122818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason is still a great big brother. He hates it when she cries and tries to console her.  He brought in a medicine dropper and said, "Here, I have medicine for burps."  He loves throwing away Camryn's dirty diapers and retrieving new ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-2d47fc473482bde4" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D2d47fc473482bde4%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6D8B4331F09163FEA6A17CEEA29CB6D85ED84EF5.31740C94F9EE541A6B805860F6EFDF25A0B5C308%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D2d47fc473482bde4%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DbF1PDOuAiZXUil306QPOJtrdtiw&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D2d47fc473482bde4%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6D8B4331F09163FEA6A17CEEA29CB6D85ED84EF5.31740C94F9EE541A6B805860F6EFDF25A0B5C308%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D2d47fc473482bde4%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DbF1PDOuAiZXUil306QPOJtrdtiw&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Buckeyes!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-1829414033414574085?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2d47fc473482bde4&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/1829414033414574085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=1829414033414574085' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1829414033414574085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1829414033414574085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/09/trying-to-find-routine.html' title='Trying to find a routine'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SqK2JaPjumI/AAAAAAAAAac/RQgawMosg28/s72-c/Camryn+114.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-7998709143188390822</id><published>2009-08-28T10:21:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T10:35:00.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Day 4 - Finally Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpgTbdo8rYI/AAAAAAAAAZs/xrkTFeGKnsg/s1600-h/Camryn+022.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpgTbdo8rYI/AAAAAAAAAZs/xrkTFeGKnsg/s320/Camryn+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375067517800459650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're home from the hospital and doing well.  Camryn lost more weight initially than everyone would like due to not eating well (low milk supply in Mama), but we're supplementing with formula and she's eating great.  She's a very sleepy baby (yea!).  We're so grateful to have Nana's help.  Mason has been sweet, tried to feed her a bottle. He's being extra needy towards Mama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpgS2xdVPwI/AAAAAAAAAZk/SfbD7qxPUpo/s1600-h/Camryn+019.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpgS2xdVPwI/AAAAAAAAAZk/SfbD7qxPUpo/s320/Camryn+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375066887465287426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She already has her first Ohio State gift!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpgS2LhJrGI/AAAAAAAAAZc/dO7hMRtIeRc/s1600-h/Camryn+009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpgS2LhJrGI/AAAAAAAAAZc/dO7hMRtIeRc/s320/Camryn+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375066877280758882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We looked at old pictures of Mason and they look so much alike!  Except Camryn has a ton of light brown hair.  Still loving every minute with her.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-7998709143188390822?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/7998709143188390822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=7998709143188390822' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7998709143188390822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7998709143188390822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-4-finally-home.html' title='Day 4 - Finally Home'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpgTbdo8rYI/AAAAAAAAAZs/xrkTFeGKnsg/s72-c/Camryn+022.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5945828227364911085</id><published>2009-08-25T18:21:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T18:49:53.094-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Introducing Camryn Trind Huston</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpSOq-n43KI/AAAAAAAAAZM/ukAcUYwN9J4/s1600-h/Camryn+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpSOq-n43KI/AAAAAAAAAZM/ukAcUYwN9J4/s320/Camryn+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374077124375796898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No words can describe our pleasure at the birth of Camryn Trind Huston August 25, 2009 at 1:53pm.  She is 7 pounds, 15 ounces and 20 inches.  She's healthy, eating well, sleeping well (so far) and just adorable!  Dada, Nana, and Mason were all present for the birth and all thrilled to be there. Erika had an epidural, had to push for only a few minutes, and felt fine afterward.  Much better than last time!  On the way home Mason said to Nana "Having Baby Sister was fun."   Oh, and Trind means "pure" in Swedish.  We're so happy right now. More pictures to follow :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5945828227364911085?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5945828227364911085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5945828227364911085' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5945828227364911085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5945828227364911085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/08/introducing-camryn-trind-huston.html' title='Introducing Camryn Trind Huston'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SpSOq-n43KI/AAAAAAAAAZM/ukAcUYwN9J4/s72-c/Camryn+004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8968880292268880835</id><published>2009-07-26T17:05:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T17:26:37.738-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dust bunnies beware</title><content type='html'>103 degree heat and an enlarging belly won't hold us back. We cleaned a lot (as usual), prepared our bedroom for a new baby, packed the hospital bag, and had fun.  Even though baby has a month left, Erika's friend just delivered at 33 weeks and made us nervous.  So now we're ready.  The biggest accomplishment was washing all 84 of the empty wine bottles decorating our kitchen and the shelf they sit on. Whew! That was a job.  At least we could stay indoors.  Seriously - 103 degrees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Smzv137qhYI/AAAAAAAAAZE/a8GSb18LiVQ/s1600-h/July09+025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Smzv137qhYI/AAAAAAAAAZE/a8GSb18LiVQ/s320/July09+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362924965117724034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika worked hard all week, hasn't been sleeping well, so she barely had the energy to put Mason to bed each night, but she just couldn't say no to a cute little boy that wants to read books in his new big boy bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SmzvlTskhwI/AAAAAAAAAY8/6yBoM8NoX-4/s1600-h/July09+034.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SmzvlTskhwI/AAAAAAAAAY8/6yBoM8NoX-4/s320/July09+034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362924680512833282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talk about child imagination. Mason came up with a game that involved making dinosaurs out of his railroad tracks.  This one was a "nukasaurus."  Mason posed nicely for this picture, saying "cheese!" When he doesn't want his picture taken anymore he turns away and says "no more cheese!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Smzvc_vdRGI/AAAAAAAAAY0/jhqaz2q0OD0/s1600-h/July09+039.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Smzvc_vdRGI/AAAAAAAAAY0/jhqaz2q0OD0/s320/July09+039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362924537717277794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to the pool where Mason was the most daring he's been in a long time. He played with a two-year-old boy who was swimming all over the place!  He must have given Mason courage because he swam a lot and was leaping off of the pool sides without fear.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8968880292268880835?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8968880292268880835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8968880292268880835' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8968880292268880835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8968880292268880835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/07/dust-bunnies-beware.html' title='Dust bunnies beware'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Smzv137qhYI/AAAAAAAAAZE/a8GSb18LiVQ/s72-c/July09+025.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-7805257067086490410</id><published>2009-07-12T17:35:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T17:05:19.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New chapters</title><content type='html'>Times are a-changing!  June 30 Erika finished her residency in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery and then started private practice July 1.  The new job has started off slowly and probably won't pick up too quickly.  It is taking a ridiculously long time to get credentialed at hospitals and get on the insurance plans.  We don't mind the delay at all, we're not sure how busy we want her to be while expecting a baby.    The truth is she works plenty of hours seeing her boss's patients.   It would be nice if she had her own patients, though!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEHdej_3I/AAAAAAAAAYU/zJMlRA8T_wc/s1600-h/MasonJuly09+014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEHdej_3I/AAAAAAAAAYU/zJMlRA8T_wc/s320/MasonJuly09+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357739970417393522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika had her baby shower this weekend. Several of her closest friends came and it was a lot of fun.  Mason of course didn't understand the gifts were for Baby Sister.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEHLlNT_I/AAAAAAAAAYM/vlrpOBixBQo/s1600-h/MasonJuly09+006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEHLlNT_I/AAAAAAAAAYM/vlrpOBixBQo/s320/MasonJuly09+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357739965613428722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the games involved melting candy bars in diapers and trying to guess what it was.  Kind of gross, but fun, and actually a tasty treat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEifn9OTI/AAAAAAAAAYs/LqYlpHBxA0c/s1600-h/MasonJuly09+018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEifn9OTI/AAAAAAAAAYs/LqYlpHBxA0c/s320/MasonJuly09+018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357740434850134322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason has his big boy room now!  The theme is Disney's Cars, complete with bedding, posters and wallpaper border.  Mama and Dada went all out for their little man!  We thought more blue walls would be overkill, so we went with a more versatile (we hope) color for the bottom half of the room which is supposed to be Mater (the tow-truck in the poster) rust brown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEh9kzLQI/AAAAAAAAAYk/6NyHDa6PTH4/s1600-h/MasonJuly09+019.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEh9kzLQI/AAAAAAAAAYk/6NyHDa6PTH4/s320/MasonJuly09+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357740425710087426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He fortunately loves it and was very excited by his "surprise" this morning at the reveal.  He wanted to nap in it today, but was too excited to sleep.  We were able to reuse the curtains from his baby room and will get girly ones for Baby Sister.  Too bad the baby's room couldn't have such a comfortable recliner also!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEH7xJajI/AAAAAAAAAYc/_hJ2W4UuE20/s1600-h/MasonJuly09+021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEH7xJajI/AAAAAAAAAYc/_hJ2W4UuE20/s320/MasonJuly09+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357739978548406834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a Cars toy organizer.  It has actually helped keep some of the mess controlled.  There is so much Disney stuff to choose from! Next on our list is a cars laundry hamper :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-7805257067086490410?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/7805257067086490410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=7805257067086490410' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7805257067086490410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7805257067086490410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-chapters.html' title='New chapters'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SlqEHdej_3I/AAAAAAAAAYU/zJMlRA8T_wc/s72-c/MasonJuly09+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8502660166660864808</id><published>2009-06-28T05:30:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-28T05:52:49.069-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pugs + pool = party!</title><content type='html'>We went to a pool party with our pug friends last night.  It was a lot of fun, but you'd think a three-year-old would tire of the pool eventually.  No.  Unfortunately after our swimming last weekend we lost his floaties and his swimsuit, so he was limited in what he could do.   But that's not why he's naked.  He had already asked to get out of the pool, so we got him out and put him in dry clothes.  Then he somehow ends up soaked from head to foot.  So he spent the rest of the night in just a diaper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Skdj0shlWQI/AAAAAAAAAYA/KseDT-FGrHI/s1600-h/MasonJun09+042.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Skdj0shlWQI/AAAAAAAAAYA/KseDT-FGrHI/s320/MasonJun09+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352356439109490946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our friend Doug created a game in which he let Mason push him into the pool.  Mason thought it was the best game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Skdj0aO9dJI/AAAAAAAAAX4/e_0dHNIQLbQ/s1600-h/MasonJun09+040.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Skdj0aO9dJI/AAAAAAAAAX4/e_0dHNIQLbQ/s320/MasonJun09+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352356434199540882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dizzy had fun, even went swimming. It shouldn't have been surprising that a dog raised in the desert, even if she is part lab, wouldn't be the best swimmer.  She wouldn't leave Erika's side the entire night (not much different from most days) which resulted in her getting knocked into the pool once also.  Did she learn? Of course not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SkdipT9z8YI/AAAAAAAAAXw/sSk8LN9keak/s1600-h/MasonJun09+029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SkdipT9z8YI/AAAAAAAAAXw/sSk8LN9keak/s320/MasonJun09+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352355144026812802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was Mason last weekend at the community pool in the 'rents neighborhood.  He loves swimming in his floaties, does so well.  Not so well without them.  We should think about swimming lessons.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8502660166660864808?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8502660166660864808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8502660166660864808' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8502660166660864808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8502660166660864808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/06/pugs-pool-party.html' title='Pugs + pool = party!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Skdj0shlWQI/AAAAAAAAAYA/KseDT-FGrHI/s72-c/MasonJun09+042.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-1884854435742019219</id><published>2009-06-20T08:07:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T08:30:46.061-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So much, yet so little...</title><content type='html'>Unfortunately most of what we've been doing lately has been preparing for new baby.  Erika's work is winding down (one week left!), there's not much to do anymore to get ready for the new job, so the focus is now baby sister.  After living in a house for two years, a lot needs done that we usually don't have time for; we don't really have time now, but we're making it!  We've been washing walls, washing grout, repainting/resealing grout (only Kevin), cleaning that impossible to reach knick-knack shelf - you name it, we're going to clean it.  Erika is also experimenting with rearranging the furniture in the living room (just to see what it would be like) and Mason was not happy.  He put the decorations where they used to be and gave Dada a five minute lecture on why it should stay there, then demanded the couch be put back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sjz7tSNzv5I/AAAAAAAAAXg/raV-pGqgggU/s1600-h/IMG_0652.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sjz7tSNzv5I/AAAAAAAAAXg/raV-pGqgggU/s320/IMG_0652.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349427212811747218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But we have been trying to have some fun.  Erika's parents bought the family a bike trailor as part of Mason's birthday.  Mason was excited at once, here are picks of him climbing in it and trying to help as Kevin's putting it together.  We have a great two-mile trail around our complex that works well.  And we actually found space for it in the garage!  Ok, so we don't use it everyday (Erika can't really ride anymore), but we're still optimistic for its plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sjz7tNuu-GI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/7D7Ew5glP3s/s1600-h/IMG_0656.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sjz7tNuu-GI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/7D7Ew5glP3s/s320/IMG_0656.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349427211607668834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wonderful Dada doing the hard work!  Most of our hard work has to be done while Mason is napping, which is about only every other day now (boo), so we still try to have fun.  We've been going to parks and playgrounds a lot more now because Mason finally isn't afraid of the other kids!  He plays with them well and is so cute having so much fun!  We'll have to get some good pics or videos of that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sjz7tNxiTrI/AAAAAAAAAXY/YuwwOmFprhE/s1600-h/IMG_0660.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sjz7tNxiTrI/AAAAAAAAAXY/YuwwOmFprhE/s320/IMG_0660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349427211619421874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And cutest of all is how excited Mason is for baby sister.  He puts a basketball under his shirt and calls it his "big belly" then pushes the ball out and talks about baby sister being born.  Given how he didn't even like the furniture rearranged, we hope he adjusts to all the change. He's going to move into his big boy room soon.  Erika has given up on potty-training - he'll tell us when he's ready, but Kevin is still slightly optimistic about not having two kids in diapers.  What we do know is that Mason is going to be a wonderful big brother.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-1884854435742019219?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/1884854435742019219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=1884854435742019219' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1884854435742019219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1884854435742019219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/06/so-much-yet-so-little.html' title='So much, yet so little...'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Sjz7tSNzv5I/AAAAAAAAAXg/raV-pGqgggU/s72-c/IMG_0652.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5012859150105289619</id><published>2009-05-29T16:46:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T21:34:12.899-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Maternity rewards</title><content type='html'>Kevin and Mason have been quite busy, for some reason they are both stir-crazy in the house and needing to get out. So this week they've gone to the zoo, the grocery store, and the park several times.  Mason was having a blast going down the slide over and over again. He's still hesitant around other kids, but at least he's braver on the big boy slide!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0VKfh0bI/AAAAAAAAAXI/sQvHhZg3rIw/s1600-h/IMG_0636.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0VKfh0bI/AAAAAAAAAXI/sQvHhZg3rIw/s320/IMG_0636.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341397065004077490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason is still playing flour, and on this night he had it all over himself!  And he also had woken up from his nap with a new mark on his forehead, no one knows how it got there.  So we told Mason what a brave boy he was if he got a mark like that and didn't cry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0Uwx-6PI/AAAAAAAAAXA/AgFQ5UhHtE4/s1600-h/IMG_0637.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0Uwx-6PI/AAAAAAAAAXA/AgFQ5UhHtE4/s320/IMG_0637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341397058102159602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika has been studying like crazy for her board exams, one of which was today.  She'll be able to relax completely and celebrate after next Tuesday when she takes the last one.  But she decided to treat herself and her expanding belly to some clothes that actually fit and will keep her cooler during the hot Tucson summer to come. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0UniZ1FI/AAAAAAAAAWw/-iwFrIWr4Fo/s1600-h/IMG_0645.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0UniZ1FI/AAAAAAAAAWw/-iwFrIWr4Fo/s320/IMG_0645.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341397055620895826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika enjoying her new outfit and her doctor-prescribed milkshake.  Maternity pants/shorts are a challenge: the waist has to go either below the belly or completely above it or the pants will fall down; don't know why some designers don't understand this.  Kevin liked the outfit, was about to comment that the butt was quite nice, until Erika demonstrated the style of waist on the shorts (above the belly).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0UyNswII/AAAAAAAAAW4/mHsC9YXKXG0/s1600-h/IMG_0646.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0UyNswII/AAAAAAAAAW4/mHsC9YXKXG0/s320/IMG_0646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341397058486845570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin says, "Well that just ruined it for me."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5012859150105289619?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5012859150105289619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5012859150105289619' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5012859150105289619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5012859150105289619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/05/maternity-rewards.html' title='Maternity rewards'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SiB0VKfh0bI/AAAAAAAAAXI/sQvHhZg3rIw/s72-c/IMG_0636.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-534090948295350444</id><published>2009-05-24T19:56:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T20:14:08.554-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Clumsy child</title><content type='html'>Mason fell over half a dozen times today, several bad enough to elicit tears (though they were seemingly minor falls).  Once, though, he flew forward and down and scraped his chin on a picnic table.  Blood spilled, that was not fun.  He's no worse for wear now, boys will be boys.  We had a nice day today - we went to the park and fed the ducks and played on the playground, Mason actually took a nap (first in days), he played flour when he woke up, then we ate dinner (and Mason actually ate his), then went for a walk.  Erika studied for her upcoming board exams during the down time and was very productive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ShoLdiY84fI/AAAAAAAAAWg/kv1C0FNEHzk/s1600-h/IMG_0628.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ShoLdiY84fI/AAAAAAAAAWg/kv1C0FNEHzk/s320/IMG_0628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339592910276714994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later he wanted his cars with the flour and was making tracks in the "snow" and did this for over an hour.  His unusual expression is the result of him screaming "cheese" whenever we try to take a picture now.  See the scrape on his chin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ShoMdsRDUxI/AAAAAAAAAWo/1VytYIuA-lc/s1600-h/IMG_0617.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ShoMdsRDUxI/AAAAAAAAAWo/1VytYIuA-lc/s320/IMG_0617.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339594012439565074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika's belly at 6 months.  Getting bigger, but small enough that her doctor instructed her to eat three milkshakes a day now :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-534090948295350444?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/534090948295350444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=534090948295350444' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/534090948295350444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/534090948295350444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/05/clumsy-child.html' title='Clumsy child'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ShoLdiY84fI/AAAAAAAAAWg/kv1C0FNEHzk/s72-c/IMG_0628.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-635238107959687416</id><published>2009-05-08T21:41:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T22:20:21.408-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Newport Beach</title><content type='html'>We went to California on vacation!  Courtesy of Nana and Paw-paw and their Marriott timeshare, we had a great time.  We tried to balance fun and excitement with trying to relax. They have so many great beaches, and all so different.  The weather was fair, sometimes cool, but usually nice.  Mason loved going to the beach, swimming in the pool, and playing with the Thomas trains at the resort activity center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgULfWEMb8I/AAAAAAAAAWY/3yqqXw4I4J4/s1600-h/IMG_0573.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgULfWEMb8I/AAAAAAAAAWY/3yqqXw4I4J4/s320/IMG_0573.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333681966817243074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is us biking at Huntington beach, aka "Surf City," which it definitely is, with a big pier, lots of shopping, and good waves.  Erika didn't have any trouble riding with her big belly (though had sore legs!), and Mason loved being carted behind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK1XpReQI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/Z8lZ06t-o1M/s1600-h/Newport+Beach+09+053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK1XpReQI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/Z8lZ06t-o1M/s320/Newport+Beach+09+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333681245686692098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was the closest Mason came to playing in the water, he was usually too afraid.  He had a lot of fun playing in the sand and looking at the waves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK1ajG_JI/AAAAAAAAAWI/iyTKNdGZkQ4/s1600-h/Newport+Beach+09+051.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK1ajG_JI/AAAAAAAAAWI/iyTKNdGZkQ4/s320/Newport+Beach+09+051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333681246466145426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The happy family at Laguna Beach.  We were exploring the rocks, looking for creatures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK1ESR_1I/AAAAAAAAAWA/qfgn29XP-Lc/s1600-h/Newport+Beach+09+035.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK1ESR_1I/AAAAAAAAAWA/qfgn29XP-Lc/s320/Newport+Beach+09+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333681240489983826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crystal Cove State Park had nice tide pools in which we found lots of neat things. Mason really loved looking at the anemonies, snails, and other stuff. He's quite the budding scientist!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK04cDZZI/AAAAAAAAAV4/AVH7vu9CNrU/s1600-h/Newport+Beach+09+047.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK04cDZZI/AAAAAAAAAV4/AVH7vu9CNrU/s320/Newport+Beach+09+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333681237309744530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to Seaworld, got to see Shamu and feed Manta rays.  Mason was happiest with the toy shark Nana bought him!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK0_ScHYI/AAAAAAAAAVw/vThqcbgT4HY/s1600-h/Newport+Beach+09+029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgUK0_ScHYI/AAAAAAAAAVw/vThqcbgT4HY/s320/Newport+Beach+09+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333681239148469634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-635238107959687416?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/635238107959687416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=635238107959687416' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/635238107959687416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/635238107959687416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/05/newport-beach.html' title='Newport Beach'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SgULfWEMb8I/AAAAAAAAAWY/3yqqXw4I4J4/s72-c/IMG_0573.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-2999899623466982271</id><published>2009-05-01T14:10:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T08:39:01.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Releasing the stress</title><content type='html'>Life can be stressful. Mason at least does a good job of reminding us what's important, and forces us to stop and smile. Both Kevin and Erika are now on Facebook, which we've have had a lot of fun playing around with, allowing us to relax. It has been great reconnecting with old friends, and staying in touch with current, though distant, ones. Erika has also gotten back into crafting as a stress-releaser for her. She made a bead necklace and a beach-towel quilt (pictures to follow). She almost wasn't going to make the quilt due to time constraints (didn't want something to increase her stress), but it's a project she's been sort of planning for four years and she didn't want to give up on it, especially with us going to Newport Beach in CA tomorrow for a week! Everyone is super excited, even Mason. He knows all about CA from the movie "Cars" because the big race at the end is held in CA. So when we told Mason we're going to CA, he said "California?!? They have cars in California!" Like I said, he keeps us grounded with his charm.  The other day Erika was cleaning the bathroom outside his room and not trying to be quiet, and Mason woke up. When she went in, he said "Mama, what you doing, you woke me up!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2999899623466982271?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2999899623466982271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2999899623466982271' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2999899623466982271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2999899623466982271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/05/releasing-stress.html' title='Releasing the stress'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8038575442061826241</id><published>2009-04-25T17:31:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T17:41:31.891-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ostrich farm</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtVfDRkGI/AAAAAAAAAVo/vopdeLq0bro/s1600-h/IMG_0408.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtVfDRkGI/AAAAAAAAAVo/vopdeLq0bro/s320/IMG_0408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328793368733519970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believe it or not we went to an ostrich farm today where you could feed them and buy eggs, etc.  Signs all over warned us "Ostrich Bite" but we still tried to feed them from our hands.  We were more careful with Mason and left him on the ground protected from attacking heads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtU4miuTI/AAAAAAAAAVY/NdsgFji5mCs/s1600-h/IMG_0354.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtU4miuTI/AAAAAAAAAVY/NdsgFji5mCs/s320/IMG_0354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328793358412462386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtUjj0MnI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/eYcK83OUmZk/s1600-h/IMG_0349.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtUjj0MnI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/eYcK83OUmZk/s320/IMG_0349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328793352763880050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They also had deer, donkeys, and lorikeets to feed.  We spent an hour there and thought that was plenty, except for Mason, he could have stayed there all day going in and out of the pens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtU_PPQMI/AAAAAAAAAVg/zx6yN4lciRc/s1600-h/IMG_0378.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtU_PPQMI/AAAAAAAAAVg/zx6yN4lciRc/s320/IMG_0378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328793360193765570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8038575442061826241?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8038575442061826241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8038575442061826241' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8038575442061826241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8038575442061826241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/04/ostrich-farm.html' title='Ostrich farm'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SfOtVfDRkGI/AAAAAAAAAVo/vopdeLq0bro/s72-c/IMG_0408.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-4233325478200595596</id><published>2009-04-21T19:02:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T19:05:23.093-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a girl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Se56_Y1cQeI/AAAAAAAAAUo/NUh8h0wHJ1s/s1600-h/IMG_0319.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Se56_Y1cQeI/AAAAAAAAAUo/NUh8h0wHJ1s/s320/IMG_0319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327330638642823650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika's 22-week ultrasound today showed a perfectly healthy, very active little girl!  The picture is a profile of her face.  She already looks like Erika :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-4233325478200595596?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/4233325478200595596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=4233325478200595596' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4233325478200595596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/4233325478200595596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-girl.html' title='It&apos;s a girl'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Se56_Y1cQeI/AAAAAAAAAUo/NUh8h0wHJ1s/s72-c/IMG_0319.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3192758759326785870</id><published>2009-04-11T06:55:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T07:29:51.342-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Family is the most important part of our lives</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCko_3IVjI/AAAAAAAAATo/0dO83xRxeHI/s1600-h/Punxy09+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323435783796315698" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCko_3IVjI/AAAAAAAAATo/0dO83xRxeHI/s320/Punxy09+003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We had the rare opportunity to go to Punxsutawney, PA and visit family we haven't seen for years (or at all in some cases). You'll never meet a more wonderful, loving, caring family. While the circumstances of the trip were sad, mourning the loss of Erika's great aunt Betty, the trip was a real treat. Mason was the best, too- quiet during the funeral, social, sweet, and so well behaved. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCno048W-I/AAAAAAAAAUA/NQsaKkt7NAY/s1600-h/Punxy09+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323439079386012642" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCno048W-I/AAAAAAAAAUA/NQsaKkt7NAY/s320/Punxy09+001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mason fought sleep the entire drive there, and finally succumbed on the winding roads.  We decided to strap his head down to prevent it from rolling all over the place or else we'd have had to hold it ourselves.  It worked and he stayed asleep.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCkpPhKIQI/AAAAAAAAATw/huW8u9dXV5Q/s1600-h/Punxy09+005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323435787999125762" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCkpPhKIQI/AAAAAAAAATw/huW8u9dXV5Q/s320/Punxy09+005.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aunt Martha and Grandma Ruthie (sisters)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCno9rRi-I/AAAAAAAAAUI/ORWbS-LpjHU/s1600-h/Punxy09+016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323439081744600034" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCno9rRi-I/AAAAAAAAAUI/ORWbS-LpjHU/s320/Punxy09+016.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marsha and Nana on our walk through the woods behind the "old farm."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCkpObuQUI/AAAAAAAAAT4/sJDPDhTYyZE/s1600-h/Punxy09+009.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCnpTlm4TI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/feuKLXEQoEQ/s1600-h/Punxy09+021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323439087626412338" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCnpTlm4TI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/feuKLXEQoEQ/s320/Punxy09+021.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mason at the rock beneath Uncle Bill's hunting stand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCnpcwKTkI/AAAAAAAAAUY/OJrXEwueBEM/s1600-h/Punxy09+027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323439090086596162" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCnpcwKTkI/AAAAAAAAAUY/OJrXEwueBEM/s320/Punxy09+027.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mason playing at Painter's Run.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCnpmr0qcI/AAAAAAAAAUg/61io1m8AT48/s1600-h/Punxy09+029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323439092752755138" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCnpmr0qcI/AAAAAAAAAUg/61io1m8AT48/s320/Punxy09+029.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Loren with the bear scat we found.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCko_3IVjI/AAAAAAAAATo/0dO83xRxeHI/s1600-h/Punxy09+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3192758759326785870?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3192758759326785870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3192758759326785870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3192758759326785870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3192758759326785870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/04/family-is-most-important-part-of-our.html' title='Family is the most important part of our lives'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SeCko_3IVjI/AAAAAAAAATo/0dO83xRxeHI/s72-c/Punxy09+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-1358026953833719597</id><published>2009-03-17T20:37:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T21:04:14.525-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Photos for the sake of photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ScBtkjI1oCI/AAAAAAAAATg/S815qMlEi6w/s1600-h/IMG_0158.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314368034972213282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ScBtkjI1oCI/AAAAAAAAATg/S815qMlEi6w/s320/IMG_0158.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We just think he's the cutest.  That's all there is to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ScBtj3w2xUI/AAAAAAAAATY/1Kvu77VZr3s/s1600-h/IMG_0153.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314368023328900418" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ScBtj3w2xUI/AAAAAAAAATY/1Kvu77VZr3s/s320/IMG_0153.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to our friends' house and they have a slot machine!  Mason of course thought that was the most fun activity, though he mostly just liked putting money in the slot and didn't understand pushing the buttons.  But he was quite entertained so the adults could just relax :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ScBs0IRExJI/AAAAAAAAATQ/7Hgg0NUb5Q4/s1600-h/Feb09+066.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314367203125281938" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ScBs0IRExJI/AAAAAAAAATQ/7Hgg0NUb5Q4/s320/Feb09+066.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mason has developed some new, funny bath preferences.  One, he likes having the shower run while the bath fills up with water.  Two, is blowing bubbles in the water.  Problem with the shower is the bath water doesn't get as warm, so when he gets out he just keeps saying "Mason so cold, Mason so cold!"  We are glad he is talking better and can finally communicate with us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-92ba301c4d496ae9" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D92ba301c4d496ae9%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4889A6F57DB451FF2ACC8A90302CEEABFF495856.1A5A9075B1AF33427420B9B06E5E4DFD23B4F7E5%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D92ba301c4d496ae9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D_PmVdq3QGCC0sW4OH9jJQZQODlQ&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D92ba301c4d496ae9%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4889A6F57DB451FF2ACC8A90302CEEABFF495856.1A5A9075B1AF33427420B9B06E5E4DFD23B4F7E5%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D92ba301c4d496ae9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D_PmVdq3QGCC0sW4OH9jJQZQODlQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-1358026953833719597?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=92ba301c4d496ae9&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/1358026953833719597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=1358026953833719597' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1358026953833719597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/1358026953833719597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/03/photos-for-sake-of-photos.html' title='Photos for the sake of photos'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/ScBtkjI1oCI/AAAAAAAAATg/S815qMlEi6w/s72-c/IMG_0158.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6518168034549536752</id><published>2009-02-28T14:12:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T07:26:13.054-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Baby number Two</title><content type='html'>Fantastic news: Erika is pregnant with our second child!  She's 15 weeks along and feeling great;  it's been another easy pregnancy.  In about 6 weeks we'll find out the sex and can't wait to share!  With a due date of Aug 23rd, we're a little stressed about Erika starting her new job July 1 and almost immediately going on maternity leave.  Though we can't share any details, Erika did sign a contract to work for a podiatrist in private practice in Tucson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin also has great news. He's been cigarette free for over seven months!  And he's been studying for the ACT so he can go back to school to become a teacher, a job he's hoping will let him continue to be with his babies, and by the time he's finished and ready to find a teaching position the kids will also be in school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp-y6xVdI/AAAAAAAAATI/eV1e1LG4_LM/s1600-h/Feb09+028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp-y6xVdI/AAAAAAAAATI/eV1e1LG4_LM/s320/Feb09+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307960532118099410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's one thing you can say about our family, we're never doing nothing!  We had the pleasure of having a podiatry student stay with us for the month and we of course had to show him Tucson.  We took Alex up Mt Lemmon, which is how we got a good photo of all of us.  There was snow up at the top, in which Mason had a blast playing, though he refused to wear gloves and complained the snow was cold.  We did a new hike in the lowlands, which would have been quite warm in the summer, but was nice this time of year and didn't have snow.  Alex was a great sport and carried Mason, he wanted the workout!  He's young and fit so we let him, besides Erika probably couldn't have handled it and Kevin's lungs are still recovering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp-ZzzSbI/AAAAAAAAATA/QKZlRqTgvvs/s1600-h/Feb09+032.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp-ZzzSbI/AAAAAAAAATA/QKZlRqTgvvs/s320/Feb09+032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307960525377980850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason will at least know what snow is, even though Daina, Uncle Gary and Aunt Susan (or anyone else in the NE) would laugh at this small amount of snow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp9ztD5II/AAAAAAAAAS4/wNIR5L1fMRk/s1600-h/Feb09+048.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp9ztD5II/AAAAAAAAAS4/wNIR5L1fMRk/s320/Feb09+048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307960515149161602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The men looking happy; we'd just started the hike ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp9q_ozjI/AAAAAAAAASw/5omsT-ofEZQ/s1600-h/Feb09+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp9q_ozjI/AAAAAAAAASw/5omsT-ofEZQ/s320/Feb09+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307960512811159090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason has been into taking showers, so the mirrors fog.  Here he is making "paw prints" after his shower.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6518168034549536752?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6518168034549536752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6518168034549536752' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6518168034549536752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6518168034549536752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/02/baby-number-two.html' title='Baby number Two'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/Samp-y6xVdI/AAAAAAAAATI/eV1e1LG4_LM/s72-c/Feb09+028.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-645800356850837031</id><published>2009-02-22T09:40:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T10:24:38.016-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Loren dancing the Can-Can</title><content type='html'>Somehow Loren always seems to find himself in a dress.  We previously mentioned that we visited Old Tucson Studios (a western town still used for filming movies) with Ramanda, Nana and Paw-paw when they were all in town in January.  There was a performance of a Can-Can show, during which they selected Loren and others to participate.  Nana and Paw-paw recently sent their photos of this visit, and the ones from the show were too good to resist posting! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SaGAS_xs0sI/AAAAAAAAASg/PpsexCyryio/s1600-h/MasonDec08+084.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SaGAS_xs0sI/AAAAAAAAASg/PpsexCyryio/s320/MasonDec08+084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305662899865047746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The curls were a perfect choice for him, though the dress was not flattering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a2d45229edeebf07" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da2d45229edeebf07%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3B54EC983516E35A585BE47DAFADAEAD96A85382.1663A35EF44F193B987089285E33FD2E101C8362%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da2d45229edeebf07%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DGUrOhnU-P0IlhnEneHT3zIpF_Uo&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da2d45229edeebf07%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3B54EC983516E35A585BE47DAFADAEAD96A85382.1663A35EF44F193B987089285E33FD2E101C8362%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da2d45229edeebf07%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DGUrOhnU-P0IlhnEneHT3zIpF_Uo&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch the performance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SaGATHvgBqI/AAAAAAAAASo/jiyknPvh1bg/s1600-h/MasonDec08+086.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SaGATHvgBqI/AAAAAAAAASo/jiyknPvh1bg/s320/MasonDec08+086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305662902003304098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-645800356850837031?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=a2d45229edeebf07&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/645800356850837031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=645800356850837031' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/645800356850837031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/645800356850837031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/02/loren-dancing-can-can.html' title='Loren dancing the Can-Can'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SaGAS_xs0sI/AAAAAAAAASg/PpsexCyryio/s72-c/MasonDec08+084.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-7062582431175629243</id><published>2009-02-20T19:45:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T19:49:13.078-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Big cat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZ9q9jioZRI/AAAAAAAAASY/WZx7c9KHfGI/s1600-h/IMG_0056.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZ9q9jioZRI/AAAAAAAAASY/WZx7c9KHfGI/s320/IMG_0056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305076491810792722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was the panther at the zoo, completely passed out on a tree branch.  Kevin thought it was fascinating to see him "chillin' like a villain."  Mason does love their trips to the zoo!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-7062582431175629243?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/7062582431175629243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=7062582431175629243' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7062582431175629243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7062582431175629243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-cat.html' title='Big cat'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZ9q9jioZRI/AAAAAAAAASY/WZx7c9KHfGI/s72-c/IMG_0056.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-289983191572174821</id><published>2009-02-09T17:16:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T17:56:35.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Typical Weekend</title><content type='html'>We had a nice weekend, an equal amount of fun and relaxation.  Saturday we went to the pug meetup, which, to remind you, is a gathering of other crazy pug owners and their pugs, a dog with a face only a mother could love.  Mason had a nice nap, after which we played Thomas.  Sunday it was cold and rainy.  We were going to go hiking, but decided not to brave the weather.  All the mountains have snow on them now, it is very pretty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZDJZyGnjRI/AAAAAAAAASQ/Qyr3_mO4fjU/s1600-h/IMG_0088.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZDJZyGnjRI/AAAAAAAAASQ/Qyr3_mO4fjU/s320/IMG_0088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300958206198517010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZDJZoUT5II/AAAAAAAAASI/xwrjDez9bJ4/s1600-h/IMG_0084.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZDJZoUT5II/AAAAAAAAASI/xwrjDez9bJ4/s320/IMG_0084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300958203571594370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason and several pugs (Woody not shown).  Note Mason's Thomas outfit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZDJZSMdkHI/AAAAAAAAASA/-Bd1wHyQlDA/s1600-h/IMG_0052.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZDJZSMdkHI/AAAAAAAAASA/-Bd1wHyQlDA/s320/IMG_0052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300958197633093746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We found a cricket and kept it for Mason, he of course loved it.  We think it survived, though we don't know where it went.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-574014696b048fd2" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D574014696b048fd2%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D598786F16B7A24A6DC6DA9B927226B0060B518C.63DF99AF6E52DDA09D05F0C888BD79618B76059%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D574014696b048fd2%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DvcPm-G6yrpcVhF86sVcLT8p4yvc&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D574014696b048fd2%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909485%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D598786F16B7A24A6DC6DA9B927226B0060B518C.63DF99AF6E52DDA09D05F0C888BD79618B76059%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D574014696b048fd2%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DvcPm-G6yrpcVhF86sVcLT8p4yvc&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin and Mason went to the zoo sometime last week and took this video of the monkeys.  They are sometimes the highlight of the visit, with their singing and swinging.  Mason wouldn't leave the exhibit until they stopped.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-289983191572174821?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=574014696b048fd2&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/289983191572174821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=289983191572174821' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/289983191572174821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/289983191572174821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/02/typical-weekend.html' title='A Typical Weekend'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SZDJZyGnjRI/AAAAAAAAASQ/Qyr3_mO4fjU/s72-c/IMG_0088.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5909444409670366560</id><published>2009-02-06T07:27:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T17:53:05.868-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where to begin...</title><content type='html'>It's amazing how much time has passed since we've posted anything.  Erika really should teach Kevin how to do it.   It has been a busy month.  We had barely recovered from the holidays when Erika's parents came to visit.  We had a lot of fun, even though Erika was sick half the time and miserable.  Nana was wonderful about cooking a lot, yum!  Loren and Ramanda stayed at our house, which was a treat.  We went to the Sonoran Desert Museum, which wasn't as fun as it usually is, the only animal out was a coyote.  But they did have a fascinating presentation on snakes/poisonous reptiles.  Mason identified the gila monster immediately.  He really knows his animals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxK1S2taSI/AAAAAAAAAR4/ihW0x7GygEk/s1600-h/IMG_0037.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxK1S2taSI/AAAAAAAAAR4/ihW0x7GygEk/s320/IMG_0037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299693140963060002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason had his first ice cream cone of his very own!  Everyone else was getting some and he kept asking for "Mason's ice cream."  He wouldn't settle for a bite of someone elses, so we got him his own and he ate a lot of it (with surprisingly little mess).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxJuN-nXgI/AAAAAAAAARw/SLGB1wWGCWs/s1600-h/IMG_0032.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxJuN-nXgI/AAAAAAAAARw/SLGB1wWGCWs/s320/IMG_0032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299691919883329026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason sitting on Paw-paw's lap on the train at Old Tucson Studios.  This is a place where many, many Western movies are filmed and it is part-time western theme-park.  It was cute, interesting.  There was a gun-fight and a can-can show.  Loren got to participate in the show (pictures censored).  Mason of course just wanted to ride the train.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxJt2QUvuI/AAAAAAAAARo/GN64FU90q0U/s1600-h/IMG_0021.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxJt2QUvuI/AAAAAAAAARo/GN64FU90q0U/s320/IMG_0021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299691913515155170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason sat on Uncle Loren and held a very lengthy conversation in baby-talk about who-knows-what. He thought it was great, though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxJtlXZvsI/AAAAAAAAARg/8fvukM927As/s1600-h/IMG_0017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxJtlXZvsI/AAAAAAAAARg/8fvukM927As/s320/IMG_0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299691908981440194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The little cutie was playing with the plant, picking off leaves, and having a great time.  He really is wonderful about entertaining himself finally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxJtWkpyTI/AAAAAAAAARY/M4pVGRJQleU/s1600-h/IMG_0008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxJtWkpyTI/AAAAAAAAARY/M4pVGRJQleU/s320/IMG_0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299691905010485554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason liked this coyote family statue at the museum.  We really loved having everyone in town!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5909444409670366560?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5909444409670366560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5909444409670366560' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5909444409670366560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5909444409670366560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/02/where-to-begin.html' title='Where to begin...'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SYxK1S2taSI/AAAAAAAAAR4/ihW0x7GygEk/s72-c/IMG_0037.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-724212843689842803</id><published>2009-01-01T15:42:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T16:00:28.919-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>We're back from Ohio and recovering and cleaning.  The dogs had claimed the house for their own while we were gone, so it was very smelly and the couches were covered in fur.  So there has been plenty to do.  Number one on Mama's list (after starting the laundry) was to organize Mason's new and old toys and put away things that are definitely too young for him.   One of his favorite toys is the Mack Disney play set from the movie Cars.  But it is not Dada's.  Mason asks for the toy to be opened, then closed, then opened, then closed.  It is flimsy and not easy.  Wish we'd ready the review on that one before buying it, but then again Mason loves it so much.  He was better today, maybe he got over the initial excitement of its transformation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SV1Ju9LuCzI/AAAAAAAAAQU/PyVdsjCILGk/s1600-h/P1010027.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SV1Ju9LuCzI/AAAAAAAAAQU/PyVdsjCILGk/s320/P1010027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286462608649358130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a wonderful time in Ohio, it was great seeing everyone!  Mason really loved being with everyone also.  He was still talking about the trip when we got back, rattling off names.  He even said "Ramanda"!  We can't wait to see Uncle Loren and Ramanda again soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SV1KPA82KKI/AAAAAAAAAQk/irrHf3aiRVY/s1600-h/P1010044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SV1KPA82KKI/AAAAAAAAAQk/irrHf3aiRVY/s320/P1010044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286463159416531106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for all of the wonderful gifts!  Mason still loves the road carpet, calls it his "racetrack."  Of course he plays Thomas.  He actually used his pillow book from Nancy as a pillow!  Mama put together the frog tent from Uncle Gary and Aunt Susan and he thought that was fun.  We played "where did Mason go?"  "There he is!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SV1JvjSrkUI/AAAAAAAAAQc/AhBhoB-Nh1c/s1600-h/P1010049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SV1JvjSrkUI/AAAAAAAAAQc/AhBhoB-Nh1c/s320/P1010049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286462618879103298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Year's resolution should be to keep the buckeye/play room more organized.  It looks like a disaster right now with all of the new toys!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-724212843689842803?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/724212843689842803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=724212843689842803' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/724212843689842803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/724212843689842803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SV1Ju9LuCzI/AAAAAAAAAQU/PyVdsjCILGk/s72-c/P1010027.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3362123311800411263</id><published>2008-12-24T10:06:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T11:00:09.388-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cursed Christmas Cards</title><content type='html'>So, the rule of me trying to do Christmas cards this year - if it could go wrong, it did.  First problem was me procrastinating, but I still thought I could get everything done Sunday and mail them Monday.  My grand idea was to do Christmas postcards, it seemed simpler and cheaper.  The latter was the only thing that turned out to be accurate.  Sunday Kevin wanted to stay home and clean, so I took Mason to OfficeMax to buy supplies and print the photos.  The photo machine wouldn't read my camera card and I couldn't find the supplies I wanted.  Mason was being a brat, so I just went home.  Monday at lunch I went to a different OfficeMax, knowing exactly what I needed to buy, and still needing to print photos.  I bought what I needed, but their photo machine was down.  On my way home from work that day I stopped at Walgreens and ordered the photos, not to be ready for 3 more hours.  So I went home, printed my letter up beautifully, had the labels all ready.  I went back to Walgreens 4 hours later and they told me their printing machine had died.  More wasted time and still no photos.  Tuesday after work (no time at lunch) I went to Target to print photos (I was very upset with Walgreens and didn't like their photo options anyway).  I chose the one Target in the city that does not have a photo machine.  On my way home I stopped at the post office to buy postcard stamps, but the office was closed and they don't sell stamps in their lobby.  At this point I'm near tears.  I didn't think there was any way I would get my Christmas cards out in time for even New Year's!  Hubby to the rescue.  He suggested go up north near my parents house where it's not busy and there are a lot of businesses.  That post office did not have postcard stamps either.  Walmart had the right stamps, that place was a zoo.  We went to CVS and successfully printed the pictures, they are lovely.  So that night while relaxing and watching TV I made out the postcards and put them in the mailbox this morning.  Kevin asked if it was worth all the trouble (probably on Monday) and if I had known it would be that terrible, no I wouldn't have done the pictures.  But Monday everything was ready except for the photos, it seemed silly not to finish them.  I'm so happy they're done and hope you enjoy receiving yours! -Erika&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3362123311800411263?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3362123311800411263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3362123311800411263' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3362123311800411263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3362123311800411263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/12/cursed-christmas-cards.html' title='Cursed Christmas Cards'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-3181335949912538588</id><published>2008-12-20T21:10:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T21:24:43.136-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Winterhaven</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SU3ECylJJnI/AAAAAAAAAQE/IUV5MVzrXPw/s1600-h/102_4230.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SU3ECylJJnI/AAAAAAAAAQE/IUV5MVzrXPw/s320/102_4230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282093490191804018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight we went to a community in Tucson called Winterhaven that has become a touristy holiday event.  Every home decorates with lights, some quite extravagantly.  They have horse-drawn carriage rides and trolleys, but we walked.  There were huge displays, like the "12 Days of Christmas" and a large Thomas train going around a track.  Mason almost cried when we left that one, but he was great the whole time, enjoyed the "Pitmas light."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SU3ECsn99yI/AAAAAAAAAP8/piI8O9jQ16g/s1600-h/102_4227.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SU3ECsn99yI/AAAAAAAAAP8/piI8O9jQ16g/s320/102_4227.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282093488593041186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This display was like a mini Bellagio water show.  The lights and water were synchronized to Christmas music.  The water was simple, but the entire display was very impressive for someone's yard!  We enjoyed the neighborhood immensely, forgot we live in a desert.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-3181335949912538588?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/3181335949912538588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=3181335949912538588' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3181335949912538588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/3181335949912538588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/12/winterhaven.html' title='Winterhaven'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SU3ECylJJnI/AAAAAAAAAQE/IUV5MVzrXPw/s72-c/102_4230.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-550618177091970985</id><published>2008-12-19T17:08:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T17:51:12.230-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays!</title><content type='html'>This may be our last post for a while, we will be going to Ohio for Christmas!  We are very excited, it has been four years since we've gone home for Christmas.  We miss our family very much!  We've been having fun getting ready for Christmas.  Mason loves the tree and the ornaments and is mostly good about leaving them alone.  He demanded to play with the train ornaments, so they're a little beat up now, but not too bad.  He loves snowmen, and loved a snowman snowglobe.  We knew better than to let him play with it, but he usually listens.  He smashed it once on the table and Kevin said "No."  He promptly smashed it again and it broke.  Still, we're enjoying the season and can't wait to see Mason's face when he opens his presents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SUw3sSCGhTI/AAAAAAAAAP0/bhDTiNyGPjc/s1600-h/MasonDec08+010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SUw3sSCGhTI/AAAAAAAAAP0/bhDTiNyGPjc/s320/MasonDec08+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281657696893175090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama and Mason made some crafts, Mason really likes the snowman.  He is upset it doesn't have a hat, though.  Mama didn't know how to do that one.  Mason did well making the crafts, you can tell he's maturing.  To look at him you'd never guess he was still not even three, but he still can't ride a tricycle and talks a lot of baby nonsense.  Every now and then he says some really funny things.  He says "Get booty!" when he wants to play the game where we chase him and then tickle his bottom :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SUw3sZr1fFI/AAAAAAAAAPs/JAx-Rq1h9ig/s1600-h/MasonDec08+009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SUw3sZr1fFI/AAAAAAAAAPs/JAx-Rq1h9ig/s320/MasonDec08+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281657698947267666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-550618177091970985?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/550618177091970985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=550618177091970985' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/550618177091970985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/550618177091970985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/12/happy-holidays.html' title='Happy Holidays!'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SUw3sSCGhTI/AAAAAAAAAP0/bhDTiNyGPjc/s72-c/MasonDec08+010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6570113477829185393</id><published>2008-11-29T19:11:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-29T19:24:01.736-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trains, trains, and........still trains</title><content type='html'>Mason's typical day:  wake up, play "choo-choo", eat breakfast while watching Thomas the train, play choo-choo, go outside, play choo-choo, watch Thomas, nap, play choo-choo, watch Thomas, play choo-choo, go outside, play cars, play choo-choo, maybe watch Thomas again, then bed.  He is officially obsessed now.  His favorite book is "The Caboose That Got Loose."  We read it twice a day and he must have it memorized because he read an entire line himself:  "The engines were steamers with puffing smokestacks" (though pronounciation was not precise).  So, when he vomited on that very book this morning, panic set in.  Erika tried washing it, which only got the entire book wet.  That damage on top of the already degrading binding means we'll be asking for a new one for Christmas.  Don't know why he got sick, he's fine now.  We went to the library and got more books by the same author, but they don't have the caboose book.  The positive of his train obsession is that the train set we bought him last May was not a waste of money.  He also loves the Disney movie Cars and has a few diecast replicas of the characters that he loves.  He's very much into the transportation theme.  We've already gotten him a few Thomas trains for Christmas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6570113477829185393?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6570113477829185393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6570113477829185393' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6570113477829185393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6570113477829185393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/11/trains-trains-andstill-trains.html' title='Trains, trains, and........still trains'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-338413561080196449</id><published>2008-11-28T14:16:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-28T18:00:08.480-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving</title><content type='html'>We had a fun Turkey Day, relaxing in the house and cooking as few things as possible to reduce leftovers. Though Mason usually likes chicken/turkey, he would only eat bread, tomatoes, and marshmallows. Untypical of the desert is that it rained all day, leaving us inside on Mama's day off:( Not that it totally mattered since someone had vandalized the playground and completely ruined the slide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxaNRNbOI/AAAAAAAAAO8/dJcAObN3UXI/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+107.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273839858703232226" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxaNRNbOI/AAAAAAAAAO8/dJcAObN3UXI/s320/MasonNov1108+107.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that Thanksgiving is over, everyone will be thinking about Christmas, especially toymakers.  Mason was looking very intently at the Toys'R'Us ad.  Thank goodness he doesn't understand what it is or that Christmas is coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxaGWjUpI/AAAAAAAAAPE/x5ITV53-RsI/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+110.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273839856846590610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxaGWjUpI/AAAAAAAAAPE/x5ITV53-RsI/s320/MasonNov1108+110.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He's such thoughtful boy. We bought new tennis balls for Dizzy and Mason wanted to give one to her. He said to her, "You have it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxqxYe0DI/AAAAAAAAAPU/eW-XylEaSMY/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+113.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273840143275315250" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxqxYe0DI/AAAAAAAAAPU/eW-XylEaSMY/s320/MasonNov1108+113.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was being so cute one day, wanted to wear Kevin's hat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxrPgL42I/AAAAAAAAAPc/L--XnZc4yQY/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+115.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273840151360693090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxrPgL42I/AAAAAAAAAPc/L--XnZc4yQY/s320/MasonNov1108+115.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He loves rough-housing and made up a car-crash game in which he would slam into Kevin's car and they would fall to the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxrIbhgVI/AAAAAAAAAPk/hBgYD3fD-4Q/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+120.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273840149462090066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxrIbhgVI/AAAAAAAAAPk/hBgYD3fD-4Q/s320/MasonNov1108+120.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama stepped in to give Kevin a break, tile floor is not pleasant to fall on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxadTJqmI/AAAAAAAAAPM/pZfzclocIx0/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+112.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273839863006341730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxadTJqmI/AAAAAAAAAPM/pZfzclocIx0/s320/MasonNov1108+112.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yea!  OSU beat Michigan, go Buckeyes!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-338413561080196449?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/338413561080196449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=338413561080196449' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/338413561080196449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/338413561080196449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving.html' title='Happy Thanksgiving'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/STBxaNRNbOI/AAAAAAAAAO8/dJcAObN3UXI/s72-c/MasonNov1108+107.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-6855068046608664701</id><published>2008-11-15T11:58:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T13:15:31.859-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nana in Town</title><content type='html'>Nana came to town and we of course have been non-stop busy and having fun. We went to Chiricahua National Monument where we did an easy, amazing hike. It was cold there, we were at about 7,000 feet elevation. But Mason did great. He only got upset when we showed him the lizards and we wouldn't let him out of the backpack to play with them. He was quiet on the hike and got tired of us wiping his running nose (because it was so cold), but when we finished he said "That was a nice hike." Then we came down the mountain and had a picnic in a slightly warmer valley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SR8qOroWHbI/AAAAAAAAAOw/NBgib0A2izQ/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268976520765250994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SR8qOroWHbI/AAAAAAAAAOw/NBgib0A2izQ/s320/MasonNov1108+021.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For more pictures go to &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/r/e6Pv9Ygm5D9-m-zV5xzh03ijwooKHKl7?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&amp;amp;view=original"&gt;http://www.slide.com/r/e6Pv9Ygm5D9-m-zV5xzh03ijwooKHKl7?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&amp;amp;view=original&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mason loves his Nana, but really misses Paw-paw who couldn't come on this trip. Nana is so great about taking Mason to fun places and doing fun activities. She made bathtub fingerpaints and Mason loves making a mess with those!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SR8fbAS6NmI/AAAAAAAAAOo/PQSU3Td_Gtc/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+055.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268964637843011170" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SR8fbAS6NmI/AAAAAAAAAOo/PQSU3Td_Gtc/s320/MasonNov1108+055.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We did like the instructions said and played with the paints in the tub, and that was such a mess! Mason did little painting and they just dissolved in the bath water. He needed a separate shower after that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SR8fa_CKa5I/AAAAAAAAAOg/_rlBU7wezfA/s1600-h/MasonNov1108+065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268964637504334738" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SR8fa_CKa5I/AAAAAAAAAOg/_rlBU7wezfA/s320/MasonNov1108+065.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The next day Nana gave him the paints in the shower with no water and he put his creativity to work! He still got a shower afterwards, but the adults felt better about him not sitting in dirty water.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-6855068046608664701?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/6855068046608664701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=6855068046608664701' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6855068046608664701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/6855068046608664701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/11/nana-in-town.html' title='Nana in Town'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SR8qOroWHbI/AAAAAAAAAOw/NBgib0A2izQ/s72-c/MasonNov1108+021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-670936284346624587</id><published>2008-11-09T11:25:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T11:33:28.268-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In Loving Memory</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SRcsY-pSLOI/AAAAAAAAAOY/fGQ2rI4jH80/s1600-h/sitting+pretty.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266727096877722850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SRcsY-pSLOI/AAAAAAAAAOY/fGQ2rI4jH80/s320/sitting+pretty.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last night our cat Vedder passed on. We knew he was sick, and he had a vet appt Monday, but he quickly declined over the weekend. We knew at that point there was nothing the doctors could do, so we let him pass. He didn't seem to suffer. He was a wonderful cat in his youth, but became more solitary after Mason was born. We'll remember his quirks, like how he woke us up for treats, loved being outside, and demanded ice in his water.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-670936284346624587?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/670936284346624587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=670936284346624587' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/670936284346624587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/670936284346624587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/11/in-loving-memory.html' title='In Loving Memory'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SRcsY-pSLOI/AAAAAAAAAOY/fGQ2rI4jH80/s72-c/sitting+pretty.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8458100573362599885</id><published>2008-11-02T20:25:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T12:39:23.585-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First Trick-or-Treat</title><content type='html'>10-31-08: Mason's first halloween spent trick-or-treating was slightly disappointing, though he was the cutest cowboy on the block. He was terrified of all the scary costumes and refused to go to most peoples' doors. We made it around half the block and came back to our house, and he refused to go on anymore, didn't even want to stay outside to pass out candy. On top of that, Erika got home so late from work she didn't even have time to change out of her scrubs. She put on her scrub cap and pretended to be in costume as a surgeon (though the neighbors knew it was a farce). Kevin was great at passing out the candy, Erika would have eaten it all herself!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wBvLjoyI/AAAAAAAAAN4/VWKdQ4UZawc/s1600-h/Mason+320.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264268189589807906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wBvLjoyI/AAAAAAAAAN4/VWKdQ4UZawc/s320/Mason+320.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The trick-or-treating pair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wasXBxlI/AAAAAAAAAOI/3Ok3zL-TmkI/s1600-h/Mason+316.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264268618329343570" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wasXBxlI/AAAAAAAAAOI/3Ok3zL-TmkI/s320/Mason+316.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speed treating!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wabTFEjI/AAAAAAAAAOA/llOzoRypnus/s1600-h/Mason+314.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264268613749379634" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wabTFEjI/AAAAAAAAAOA/llOzoRypnus/s320/Mason+314.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He of course loved the candy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wBRR_HfI/AAAAAAAAANw/wv_0hJ6jZkg/s1600-h/Mason+271.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264268181563710962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wBRR_HfI/AAAAAAAAANw/wv_0hJ6jZkg/s320/Mason+271.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following day we went to Madera Canyon to camp. Unfortunately we got there too late (stayed in town Friday to trick-or-treat), so the campground was full. We had a picnic, did an easy hike and Mason played in the stream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wA18804I/AAAAAAAAANo/AQz7nsHBMCU/s1600-h/Mason+272.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264268174227723138" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wA18804I/AAAAAAAAANo/AQz7nsHBMCU/s320/Mason+272.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason's new thing is to squeeze his eyes closed and say "cheese!" when you take his picture. It was funny at first but now we're having difficulty getting good pictures!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we finally got around to carving our pumpkin. Mason was a little like Erika at that age and less than interested, perhaps slightly disgusted. And Erika hasn't changed, still finds pumpkins to be one of the grossest things on the planet. Fortunately her gag reflex has matured and she tolerated the ordeal. Though Mason didn't care about the carving, Erika and Kevin had a blast making jokes about each other and Erika's bizarre aversion to pumpkins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wAO3EH3I/AAAAAAAAANY/Eu9gx3XTCeA/s1600-h/Mason+290.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264268163734052722" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wAO3EH3I/AAAAAAAAANY/Eu9gx3XTCeA/s320/Mason+290.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wa9BTY8I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/irpMFswTKyU/s1600-h/Mason+291.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264268622801626050" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wa9BTY8I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/irpMFswTKyU/s320/Mason+291.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This shot may look familiar to some people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wAckiemI/AAAAAAAAANg/NTrKlxFHE1k/s1600-h/Mason+295.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264268167414446690" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wAckiemI/AAAAAAAAANg/NTrKlxFHE1k/s320/Mason+295.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erika had no problem putting her creative skills to work so she could carve it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8458100573362599885?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8458100573362599885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8458100573362599885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8458100573362599885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8458100573362599885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-trick-or-treat.html' title='First Trick-or-Treat'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQ5wBvLjoyI/AAAAAAAAAN4/VWKdQ4UZawc/s72-c/Mason+320.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-2197133931276145020</id><published>2008-10-30T20:34:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T20:49:30.004-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple Annie's Orchard</title><content type='html'>Last weekend we went to an apple orchard in Wilcox, AZ.  Unfortunately it was so late in the season that there weren't any apples on the trees (would have been rotten), but we bought yummy treats.  Then we crossed this disaster of a dirt road on which we thought the car was going to just start falling apart and spitting parts (Wilcox is in the middle of BFE AZ) to the same co.'s pumpkin farm.  Mason picked a pumpkin, played in a tub of corn, went on a hayride, and was so cute!  He's been talking so much lately and it's so much fun hearing what he has to say.  He loved the "tractor" and "pumpkin patch."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9Ur39yAI/AAAAAAAAALk/pWDBTumLkdg/s1600-h/Pumpkin+013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263156908864161794" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9Ur39yAI/AAAAAAAAALk/pWDBTumLkdg/s320/Pumpkin+013.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Too heavy!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9UKnm94I/AAAAAAAAALc/RoVztEO_iVA/s1600-h/Pumpkin+016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263156899937187714" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9UKnm94I/AAAAAAAAALc/RoVztEO_iVA/s320/Pumpkin+016.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a huge washtub of dried corn!  The kids thought it was the greatest thing in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9ToxD78I/AAAAAAAAALU/5xxoTF-LefI/s1600-h/Pumpkin+006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263156890850029506" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9ToxD78I/AAAAAAAAALU/5xxoTF-LefI/s320/Pumpkin+006.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, it is still the desert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9Tei0kaI/AAAAAAAAALM/7lukjxc1Yzg/s1600-h/Pumpkin+005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263156888105947554" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9Tei0kaI/AAAAAAAAALM/7lukjxc1Yzg/s320/Pumpkin+005.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason jumping from the haybales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was really disappointing not to pick apples from the tree, but it was a really fun trip.  We definately want to do it again next year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sadly Erika finishes her surgery rotation tomorrow and will begin a five-month rotation at the VA podiatry clinic Monday.  At least it will be the end of her long days.  Some days she would be in surgery past Mason's bedtime.  This week she missed the family dinner three times.  Those long days are hard on everyone, but at least she's learning a lot.  The hours will be better next rotation (8-4), but won't be as exciting.  She's finalizing her contract for a job here in Tucson.  Only eight months left!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-2197133931276145020?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/2197133931276145020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=2197133931276145020' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2197133931276145020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/2197133931276145020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/10/apple-annies-orchard.html' title='Apple Annie&apos;s Orchard'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQp9Ur39yAI/AAAAAAAAALk/pWDBTumLkdg/s72-c/Pumpkin+013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-7527473774000544369</id><published>2008-10-23T20:05:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T20:23:24.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Green Bug</title><content type='html'>In our yard we had some type of jumping insect (maybe a katydid) that Mason found fascinating. Perhaps it was a juvenile, because it did not flee quickly. First Mason just watched it and poked it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQE8CZ7E3mI/AAAAAAAAAK0/7ktFic3x7bE/s1600-h/Mason+257.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260551851761524322" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQE8CZ7E3mI/AAAAAAAAAK0/7ktFic3x7bE/s320/Mason+257.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then he got the courage to grab it and pick it up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQE8C9tsTBI/AAAAAAAAALE/Eo5Nz4TGbiY/s1600-h/Mason+261.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260551861369064466" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQE8C9tsTBI/AAAAAAAAALE/Eo5Nz4TGbiY/s320/Mason+261.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, nothing good can become of an insect in the hands of a two-year-old. If it was anything but a bug, Mama or Dada would have cared enough to save it.   But its sacrifice was worth Mason's joy and appreciation for science.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQE8Cg4nNfI/AAAAAAAAAK8/klpWfqjKNKQ/s1600-h/Mason+263.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260551853630240242" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQE8Cg4nNfI/AAAAAAAAAK8/klpWfqjKNKQ/s320/Mason+263.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason loved that insect, asked for it for days. We had to look in the yard everyday for another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone's sick right now with a cold, so we're not having very much fun. We were going to go camping this weekend but decided it probably isn't the best idea if we're not 100%. Hope the warm weather continues for a while.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-7527473774000544369?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/7527473774000544369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=7527473774000544369' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7527473774000544369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/7527473774000544369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/10/green-bug.html' title='Green Bug'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SQE8CZ7E3mI/AAAAAAAAAK0/7ktFic3x7bE/s72-c/Mason+257.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8403871686035329757</id><published>2008-10-12T16:59:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T17:28:00.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally Fall</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Today was a beautiful day in Tucson, around 60 degrees and sunny. Mason was so excited when we told him we were going hiking.  In the garage, he went to the backpack we carry him in and tried to put it in the car!  We went hiking in Madera Canyon on a new trail called Dutch John Spring. It's a lot like the others in that area, shaded by tall oaks with lots of wildlife. We saw deer and water!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKROsdzOOI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/r0zNJW8-nL0/s1600-h/Mason+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256423396735138018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKROsdzOOI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/r0zNJW8-nL0/s320/Mason+001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason saw this log and screamed "Oh!  Alligator!" then ran and hid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKRO9WEQPI/AAAAAAAAAKE/9qbjyZ3bYS4/s1600-h/Mason+008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256423401266102514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKRO9WEQPI/AAAAAAAAAKE/9qbjyZ3bYS4/s320/Mason+008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dada trying to show Mason it's just a log, and Mason still hiding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKRO8noHhI/AAAAAAAAAKM/LyArmrwVgCA/s1600-h/Mason+013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256423401071320594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKRO8noHhI/AAAAAAAAAKM/LyArmrwVgCA/s320/Mason+013.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snuggling to keep warm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKRPDXd_TI/AAAAAAAAAKU/-Zz0eOHuvYc/s1600-h/Mason+024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256423402882596146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKRPDXd_TI/AAAAAAAAAKU/-Zz0eOHuvYc/s320/Mason+024.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Another stick!"  Mason is oddly fascinated with sticks right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKRPYD_cVI/AAAAAAAAAKc/q7wdl8zK5fc/s1600-h/Mason+021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256423408438047058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKRPYD_cVI/AAAAAAAAAKc/q7wdl8zK5fc/s320/Mason+021.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He really wanted to go near the water, but it was too cold.  Next warm weekend we'll hopefully go camping there and have lots of time to play.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-8403871686035329757?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/8403871686035329757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=8403871686035329757' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8403871686035329757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/8403871686035329757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/10/finally-fall.html' title='Finally Fall'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SPKROsdzOOI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/r0zNJW8-nL0/s72-c/Mason+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5336441101931972209</id><published>2008-09-29T19:22:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T19:36:56.427-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lion sheep</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Over the weekend we went to a reptile show with Mason.  He loved it, ran up to the cages saying "wow!"  They had a petting area, he got to pet a giant tortoise and an alligator!  No pictures of that unfortunately.  He liked all of the snakes, turtles, frogs and lizards, but did not like the gila monster because of it's name.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN6H3cjPI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Vctfa_TZz9M/s1600-h/Mason+237.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251634670174244082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN6H3cjPI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Vctfa_TZz9M/s320/Mason+237.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mason had bubbles all over his lion bath toy and Erika said, "Hey, that looks like a sheep!" Mason said, "That's not a sheep, it's a lion!" But after Mama explained how it is a lion, it just looks like a sheep, Mason now enjoys putting bubbles on the lion and calls it a "lion sheep."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN6eFMsVI/AAAAAAAAAJc/uGy094cFTS0/s1600-h/Mason+253.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251634676137505106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN6eFMsVI/AAAAAAAAAJc/uGy094cFTS0/s320/Mason+253.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGPDudtQPI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/P_m-HmL28v4/s1600-h/Mason+248.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251635934665720050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGPDudtQPI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/P_m-HmL28v4/s320/Mason+248.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So much fun with bubbles!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN8PltmMI/AAAAAAAAAJk/nj61eb7BzUI/s1600-h/Mason+226.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251634706607085762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN8PltmMI/AAAAAAAAAJk/nj61eb7BzUI/s320/Mason+226.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dizzy just cannot have most toys, she promptly destroys them.  The one above is supposed to be a duck, she ate the arms and feet off!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN8zCk6QI/AAAAAAAAAJs/ptbwYiCRytk/s1600-h/Mason+228.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251634716123392258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN8zCk6QI/AAAAAAAAAJs/ptbwYiCRytk/s320/Mason+228.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The culprits looking dejected and guilty.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5336441101931972209?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5336441101931972209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5336441101931972209' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5336441101931972209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5336441101931972209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/09/lion-sheep.html' title='Lion sheep'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SOGN6H3cjPI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Vctfa_TZz9M/s72-c/Mason+237.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-5346920598894023699</id><published>2008-09-24T16:46:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T17:09:15.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Balloon game</title><content type='html'>This little guy will find the strangest activities fascinating.  He thought touching the balloon, screaming, and throwing himself to the ground was hilarious!  More amusing was when he handed the balloon to us and said "your turn!"  That video will not be seen by the public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-394eb4ad956698a0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v15.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D394eb4ad956698a0%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909486%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D46212325327C75C1F940E86EDBBAEDEDC830B50B.8103C7DC586DEE55CDF5B6C525EA534D715ACE5D%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D394eb4ad956698a0%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DosULSuWatAUmFnMAZFz4HI99zBE&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v15.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D394eb4ad956698a0%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909486%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D46212325327C75C1F940E86EDBBAEDEDC830B50B.8103C7DC586DEE55CDF5B6C525EA534D715ACE5D%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D394eb4ad956698a0%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DosULSuWatAUmFnMAZFz4HI99zBE&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357588628100901861-5346920598894023699?l=azbuckeyes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=394eb4ad956698a0&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/feeds/5346920598894023699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3357588628100901861&amp;postID=5346920598894023699' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5346920598894023699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3357588628100901861/posts/default/5346920598894023699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azbuckeyes.blogspot.com/2008/09/balloon-game.html' title='Balloon game'/><author><name>Erika, Kevin, and Mason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13469284573272483981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SGgf_ejmmkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6K6Nd4b43nI/S220/Picture+028.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357588628100901861.post-8300706824344208025</id><published>2008-09-21T20:48:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T21:14:18.448-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dancing Cowboy</title><content type='html'>Mason has hit a developmental growth spurt and is doing astonishing things everyday and amazing us with his antics and talents. He is saying more sentences. Our favorite was "No Woowy, go away! Mama is making crackers." The poor guy is always being chased by Woody when he's eating. His motor control is improving, he can jump and land on two feet at the same time and build an elephant out of play-doh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-87f5dbfc21682460" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D87f5dbfc21682460%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909486%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D25949D7A6F69D73213A212E4FF7DC6372C989C14.18970DE9E789CCDC0749130725BE42D2921CDA9E%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D87f5dbfc21682460%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DHbEDAlx5X4pWtoMOQbMTifU1iak&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D87f5dbfc21682460%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329909486%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D25949D7A6F69D73213A212E4FF7DC6372C989C14.18970DE9E789CCDC0749130725BE42D2921CDA9E%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D87f5dbfc21682460%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DHbEDAlx5X4pWtoMOQbMTifU1iak&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nana and Papa came to visit and were as amazed as we are with the little man. We had so much fun with them: Erika's favorite part was the hike on Mt. Lemmon; Mason's was probably the swimming.; Kevin's was the football (the game we did win).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcXQsgPqUI/AAAAAAAAAI0/_iFrVU-rT2E/s1600-h/Mason+181.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248689466315352386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcXQsgPqUI/AAAAAAAAAI0/_iFrVU-rT2E/s320/Mason+181.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was so mild at the top of Mt. Lemmon that there were a lot of plants and even flowers blooming. It was beautiful, Erika vowed to spend more time up there during the hot summers, it was such a nice way to get out of the heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcXQ0aKIxI/AAAAAAAAAI8/uzeLd9E3hts/s1600-h/Mason+197.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248689468437308178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcXQ0aKIxI/AAAAAAAAAI8/uzeLd9E3hts/s320/Mason+197.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nana and Paw-paw in front of a "hoodoo" or tall thin spire of rock. The geology of Arizona is amazing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcXRP1jmgI/AAAAAAAAAJE/2Egn9txFMlg/s1600-h/Mason+209.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248689475799980546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcXRP1jmgI/AAAAAAAAAJE/2Egn9txFMlg/s320/Mason+209.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason is turning into quite the climber!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcXRjJW3XI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Lj7NhTjoJ4g/s1600-h/Mason+204.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248689480983305586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcXRjJW3XI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Lj7NhTjoJ4g/s320/Mason+204.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He loves this roller slide and would only go down backwards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcWv9lTEII/AAAAAAAAAIs/2C0E7eLsLV8/s1600-h/Mason+176.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248688903964266626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7KBK4LCyZhI/SNcWv9lTEII/AAAAAAAAAIs/2C0E7eLsLV8/s320/Mason+176.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mason put on his cowboy hat today and was so happy to have it on. Kevin took him to the bathroom to look in the mirror and he started dancing! We had to dance with him and if we stopped he would say "Again?"  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