tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66782779967822915182024-03-18T04:48:40.871-05:00Happily Edwards AfterSarah @ The E Family Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885035633045336937noreply@blogger.comBlogger808125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-57882992231862143872016-08-29T07:24:00.000-05:002016-08-29T07:24:08.190-05:00Summer Highlights: June<p>We had one of the best summers. It was relaxing and we just got to do a lot of fun things together. Here are the highlights!</p> <p>Grant pretty much just asserts himself to get whatever he wants however it takes.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aik5htbDxnU/V8OAwsREqWI/AAAAAAAAWcM/3yc5ElHKwBg/s1600-h/IMG_5848%25255B3%25255D.jpg"> Exhibit 1.<img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5848" border="0" alt="IMG_5848" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dJx8p7DINnw/V8OA2Nu8R-I/AAAAAAAAWcQ/1uudPv1JIyM/IMG_5848_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>One evening, Reed came in and said, “mom, i can’t get this stuff off.” He’d colored his eyebrow with my mascara. <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-laughingoutloud" alt="Laughing out loud" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QuC3wJ_uhi4/V8OA2veqPmI/AAAAAAAAWcU/4d6ejksB50g/wlEmoticon-laughingoutloud%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wC96NMgrvRAo0ZKHqxGNhDFf2M6lHQabzRnB01J3uQn2YwdNHv2S0icA9Uv3o1Fsmsyvyk4GRmwqBOcyjSUoKKhbCNt1yZVp3Mp6pUXRpeWm3RMLRZBK4tNBEHlY-GED9Vf6cPsSajI/s1600-h/IMG_5854%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5854" border="0" alt="IMG_5854" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SjbfMBHUZxY/V8OA3RkIHQI/AAAAAAAAWcc/UXmiU6J_RUY/IMG_5854_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>Strawberry shortcakes make everyone smile!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-caEyi5dL9F0/V8OA34QYTJI/AAAAAAAAWcg/xzod1ns6CD4/s1600-h/IMG_5882%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5882" border="0" alt="IMG_5882" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nztb_vV10uQ/V8OA4AMN6kI/AAAAAAAAWck/Sevi6qL0E34/IMG_5882_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>Fighting the sleep!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-48bImNNU8ZE/V8OA4mY7Q-I/AAAAAAAAWco/1SntYpzx2H8/s1600-h/IMG_5962%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5962" border="0" alt="IMG_5962" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wdUrEfCbkMM/V8OA5MI39JI/AAAAAAAAWcs/IGSOqxZuMWs/IMG_5962_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>We discovered that Grant LOVES cars, trucks, etc.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ps365qOgM_Q/V8OA5rHtD2I/AAAAAAAAWcw/iyjzbP7EU5U/s1600-h/IMG_6008%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6008" border="0" alt="IMG_6008" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pqdRsngM_7Q/V8OA56zhuYI/AAAAAAAAWc0/beT3ih3TGhk/IMG_6008_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>This baby is seriously my joy boy. He is always SO happy!!!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--lmJxQsJgwk/V8OA6R0KlfI/AAAAAAAAWc4/FkU2E7AR8PI/s1600-h/IMG_6227%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6227" border="0" alt="IMG_6227" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6PQSCWyoo6Y/V8OA6rDavmI/AAAAAAAAWc8/LWVXbnWv-js/IMG_6227_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>One Sunday morning before church!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--HbFj7VSzrw/V8OA7P4fUbI/AAAAAAAAWdA/LVDRxvTz3cA/s1600-h/IMG_6255%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6255" border="0" alt="IMG_6255" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O6wtFScKFtI/V8OA7TrXEsI/AAAAAAAAWdE/sRxLOa_69XU/IMG_6255_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YQeGqGnrDX0/V8OA75NxvMI/AAAAAAAAWdI/Gc0v1Cf11Hs/s1600-h/IMG_6272%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6272" border="0" alt="IMG_6272" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L4_nZR3SgHk/V8OA8T5DD0I/AAAAAAAAWdM/TRDKuHmpuAs/IMG_6272_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>Grant started getting really good at his walking. We spent many evenings letting him walk back and forth between us!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vy4B1SvEll0/V8OA8rhkhtI/AAAAAAAAWdQ/u8g7Q3PVgqk/s1600-h/IMG_6385%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6385" border="0" alt="IMG_6385" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G5hPbkEd05Q/V8OA9DirUYI/AAAAAAAAWdU/FqVg2RwnEEU/IMG_6385_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>I had a Friday off of work and took the kids to our water park. We’d never been before and they had a great time!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eyUJskJGA7I/V8OA9jqKDPI/AAAAAAAAWdY/aQUMENoWJa8/s1600-h/IMG_6437%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6437" border="0" alt="IMG_6437" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-awsNeigKkXE/V8OA-DmaxwI/AAAAAAAAWdc/Zn86z0nSnQg/IMG_6437_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z72G6iamL0U/V8OA-roN80I/AAAAAAAAWdg/x_asGcobxD0/s1600-h/IMG_6446%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6446" border="0" alt="IMG_6446" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iwNMwzmTdEI/V8OA-8if67I/AAAAAAAAWdk/xxCdtcvyigo/IMG_6446_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aSSxpiPpWks/V8OA_WvXRKI/AAAAAAAAWdo/hPhJULw7FRA/s1600-h/IMG_6455%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6455" border="0" alt="IMG_6455" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LtzK7N53EdY/V8OA_xRiOtI/AAAAAAAAWds/Ecx7DNxvzhE/IMG_6455_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2mOOuPyqR6Q/V8OBAIN3SrI/AAAAAAAAWdw/Q06tbYm78yc/s1600-h/IMG_6469%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6469" border="0" alt="IMG_6469" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YUfOaXZint8/V8OBAnGlJaI/AAAAAAAAWd0/WoemsY839lg/IMG_6469_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DofQs0Gmvdc/V8OBA1MzqJI/AAAAAAAAWd4/Y0V7Q0_rrj8/s1600-h/IMG_6502%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6502" border="0" alt="IMG_6502" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YgZFQwz6d3A/V8OBBfMR0_I/AAAAAAAAWd8/YJwsmp-0jqY/IMG_6502_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZErXVLufuSU/V8OBBnzArnI/AAAAAAAAWeA/65pdXCzWS9g/s1600-h/IMG_6513%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6513" border="0" alt="IMG_6513" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rjMByzvwvvc/V8OBCD1NjEI/AAAAAAAAWeE/Uu5uxlpRJUk/IMG_6513_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>Zach and I got out for a date night!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4DTHKFkAhM0/V8OBCcLScvI/AAAAAAAAWeI/GvsJfG1RuV0/s1600-h/IMG_6544%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6544" border="0" alt="IMG_6544" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OE_dIVnMe6E/V8OBC4oBbMI/AAAAAAAAWeM/uxr77scSdl0/IMG_6544_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>Grant started throwing some pretty amazing fits. I tried to just give him his milk instead of holding him.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EiS8QVRUP3g/V8OBDa1eWwI/AAAAAAAAWeQ/GiaFHJHqO2g/s1600-h/IMG_6593%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6593" border="0" alt="IMG_6593" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_5Uh3UxLLj0/V8OBI-YhEBI/AAAAAAAAWeU/6biNqFbW2-Y/IMG_6593_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>I got closer to my last day of work and had a goodbye lunch with my team.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qqAYzkkHb6E/V8OBJSv3zoI/AAAAAAAAWeY/1rYDSV0jcRw/s1600-h/IMG_6606%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6606" border="0" alt="IMG_6606" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XDcchkJ1Sew/V8OBJ5yLmhI/AAAAAAAAWec/HlktFV_cRlY/IMG_6606_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>We took the kids to a local splash pad. They LOVED it. </p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lIvoNeHz7Yo/V8OBKEmn98I/AAAAAAAAWeg/KuO36_DfrSo/s1600-h/IMG_6662%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6662" border="0" alt="IMG_6662" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1lQWMJLzBZyOkzTuSGLUTwCixGvPg0KurmsL3d_snHEthIipIxUVALctMkiMGrhdJvFoGHQDGVrMsSYWM1fRFvmwwNTYiHXwOkguGCcrdTkNRTIrsx439mtkxh3aLWaCe_VWsxLDuTQ/?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cfekUh_fCIw/V8OBKxU2mOI/AAAAAAAAWeo/Xtx2WjpONAY/s1600-h/IMG_6742%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6742" border="0" alt="IMG_6742" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4ik5oOUqcbI/V8OBLavd0BI/AAAAAAAAWes/EpE4hXbtoKI/IMG_6742_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>Had lunch for my last day of work with two of my favorites at one of my favorite restaurants!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5qBad7KAQtQ/V8OBLki1gWI/AAAAAAAAWew/MzTAZCTH2U4/s1600-h/IMG_6770%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6770" border="0" alt="IMG_6770" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AJhR8aPPa8U/V8OBMO-65uI/AAAAAAAAWe0/sy-yaKAU83Q/IMG_6770_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>I love how this baby sleeps!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M5y0l4prUmI/V8OBMS-XPqI/AAAAAAAAWe4/q_nLnnxpxJc/s1600-h/IMG_6778%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6778" border="0" alt="IMG_6778" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ROJTD1sBTiA/V8OBMwUrO0I/AAAAAAAAWe8/aiEyJbMIPpI/IMG_6778_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>First time for Grant to ride in the big double cart at Target.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eDbeHMnR_LY/V8OBNOhufvI/AAAAAAAAWfA/ZkavEjm91dE/s1600-h/IMG_6794%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6794" border="0" alt="IMG_6794" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ln8YsLfJu5c/V8OBNjjQdaI/AAAAAAAAWfE/2TZfMDXmhP4/IMG_6794_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>Father’s Day!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lze1v9_g068/V8OBN-99UJI/AAAAAAAAWfI/xB1vHS7Oajk/s1600-h/IMG_6862%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6862" border="0" alt="IMG_6862" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3pi9NXlRU90/V8OBOccE13I/AAAAAAAAWfM/pzehzi_h7Rg/IMG_6862_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a></p> <p>We had family birthdays and Grant loved swimming!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nC3F7Xv5_ok/V8OBOskisXI/AAAAAAAAWfQ/KU1ttj3TVj0/s1600-h/IMG_6866%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6866" border="0" alt="IMG_6866" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qyNh0MK7q4M/V8OBUcpySJI/AAAAAAAAWfU/1l5DejN19WQ/IMG_6866_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>I started my new job!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HwN7TJFsNJY/V8OBUnK8xcI/AAAAAAAAWfY/74W9qjR1No8/s1600-h/IMG_6886%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6886" border="0" alt="IMG_6886" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WtCcs3kkebQ/V8OBVCXiOcI/AAAAAAAAWfc/BQu99NC0_gk/IMG_6886_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a></p> <p>Reed and Maggie had a movie date!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XJXn5NpFG4s/V8OBVWWLfcI/AAAAAAAAWfg/ste1lVF3vfQ/s1600-h/IMG_6890%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6890" border="0" alt="IMG_6890" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oHRhEOCrPP0/V8OBV7PYCtI/AAAAAAAAWfk/SPnxc9zI4S8/IMG_6890_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a></p> <p>Remember how I said Grant asserts himself to get what he wants. He wanted in the box.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JubKNie_YKI/V8OBXkgA-yI/AAAAAAAAWfo/_KZHQXCKBhI/s1600-h/IMG_6948%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6948" border="0" alt="IMG_6948" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VUDSwp92amo/V8OBYGRfdhI/AAAAAAAAWfs/0xYQvcurUvc/IMG_6948_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AcmXGRNMcdc/V8OBYajpvtI/AAAAAAAAWfw/pB2zcqWU3zg/s1600-h/IMG_6951%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6951" border="0" alt="IMG_6951" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Frkb8Q3kJbs/V8OBY7RGitI/AAAAAAAAWf0/gRASFO3kDoY/IMG_6951_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>Reed had his annual follow up with ACH doctor to make sure his cyst hadn’t returned. He got a fantastic bill of health. No cyst, and he was officially released from his doctor’s care. His doctor said he was “completely cured” and those were beautiful words!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4eGpOv5Qq4s/V8OBZWS7nKI/AAAAAAAAWf4/IGoYZ_co-Zc/s1600-h/IMG_6964%25255B3%25255D.jpg">  His first surgery was three years ago yesterday and when we were going through that, it felt like it would never end. <img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6964" border="0" alt="IMG_6964" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3HSEwuQ7jPc/V8OBZiyD9_I/AAAAAAAAWf8/B9PN88dXmSQ/IMG_6964_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a></p> <p>Just some random moments.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ESZwTopUEA0/V8OBaF3VvXI/AAAAAAAAWgA/pSnluK0Ko-w/s1600-h/IMG_6967%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6967" border="0" alt="IMG_6967" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yxow3Y92kxs/V8OBaQ2cSlI/AAAAAAAAWgE/AJqZRmCofPo/IMG_6967_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cul-mevZ740/V8OBa9TH2vI/AAAAAAAAWgI/R4iqlcB7Pz8/s1600-h/IMG_6979%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_6979" border="0" alt="IMG_6979" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fi3eWZeKx4I/V8OBbXpyn4I/AAAAAAAAWgM/B3aEjjtAQAQ/IMG_6979_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a></p> <p>We had a wedding shower for Stephanie!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CyMfeLxP-So/V8OBbqqLnDI/AAAAAAAAWgQ/mQ7TJVwCtDY/s1600-h/IMG_7002%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7002" border="0" alt="IMG_7002" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GivU44NVfQg/V8OBcHY19bI/AAAAAAAAWgU/DcCvpeys3lU/IMG_7002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>And another family birthday party and swimming!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KttZioMj27A/V8OBcd8lAUI/AAAAAAAAWgY/rnFzrGS24io/s1600-h/IMG_7012%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7012" border="0" alt="IMG_7012" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xEqGeblXANA/V8OBc9EzjhI/AAAAAAAAWgc/shtu4MWqkbM/IMG_7012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6X8UrrVOH-A/V8OBdPM7msI/AAAAAAAAWgg/iZmsgZ6UP3E/s1600-h/IMG_7059%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7059" border="0" alt="IMG_7059" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iYc2yisyq3A/V8OBdlCcizI/AAAAAAAAWgk/vQlm-w7ru-o/IMG_7059_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>These sweet moments absolutely melt my heart!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SnhcDx-CVHw/V8OBeLzQGKI/AAAAAAAAWgo/ZT-SkLE56B8/s1600-h/IMG_7077%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7077" border="0" alt="IMG_7077" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rz_UyHizwbg/V8OBemtVDNI/AAAAAAAAWgs/shSN8koVk44/IMG_7077_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jdctgAASpL4/V8OBe7N9xYI/AAAAAAAAWgw/cs-fCt11C48/s1600-h/IMG_7129%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7129" border="0" alt="IMG_7129" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2hUvtN4lYN0/V8OBfVyoIOI/AAAAAAAAWg0/HmlHRPD4muQ/IMG_7129_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9gQfmphA0eM/V8OBfhUj0xI/AAAAAAAAWg4/TgV8G8KQiKc/s1600-h/IMG_7147%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7147" border="0" alt="IMG_7147" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oJg5cNXfw44/V8OBgP-XFKI/AAAAAAAAWg8/LJe5D0FC8yA/IMG_7147_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a></p> <p>More of summer to come!!!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-45260508872962052862016-08-28T16:18:00.001-05:002016-08-28T16:18:47.238-05:00Trip to the Bahamas: Final chapter<p>We woke up to a beautiful sunrise on our last day in the Bahamas! <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8ddod0CuLRs/V8NUdqMllaI/AAAAAAAAWYA/-9qSt-dW1uc/s1600-h/IMG_7373%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7373" border="0" alt="IMG_7373" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EmPe-FyipWw/V8NUjrtPQwI/AAAAAAAAWYE/33-2ya8WQ08/IMG_7373_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gy-U-c8AAsg/V8NUj0AD0_I/AAAAAAAAWYI/-QcpwvEC16c/s1600-h/IMG_7374%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7374" border="0" alt="IMG_7374" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lyxli6PigHc/V8NUkqoAXZI/AAAAAAAAWYM/meyogk7cXYo/IMG_7374_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zF-My9gmN24/V8NUkzy96HI/AAAAAAAAWYQ/lPKAPlhq0AQ/s1600-h/IMG_7375%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7375" border="0" alt="IMG_7375" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NVVtV_1Jsuw/V8NUlZVaoPI/AAAAAAAAWYU/9BVA--V-D-s/IMG_7375_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>We just spent the last day lounging, relaxing, eating and drinking! It was perfect!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I07UmXVlhIo/V8NUljjMVgI/AAAAAAAAWYY/pqoWts7T7Co/s1600-h/IMG_7385%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7385" border="0" alt="IMG_7385" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ryPiqROjajo/V8NUmGw7HsI/AAAAAAAAWYc/YlLve4iElBU/IMG_7385_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z-m43BpUSXs/V8NUmmmXw6I/AAAAAAAAWYg/r5pNA69ajPg/s1600-h/IMG_7387%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7387" border="0" alt="IMG_7387" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-on-Xbf3iW_U/V8NUnKiEK7I/AAAAAAAAWYk/lMUh3aBSoS0/IMG_7387_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qOHQKwUIXbI/V8NUnU3RnUI/AAAAAAAAWYo/g8-zRi6WEA8/s1600-h/IMG_7397%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7397" border="0" alt="IMG_7397" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zP79D8nXvjw/V8NUn5zplQI/AAAAAAAAWYs/bpmVT_wjOpc/IMG_7397_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Grecmk5ILVY/V8NUpEAiyVI/AAAAAAAAWYw/TLUciDBVZeo/s1600-h/IMG_7398%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7398" border="0" alt="IMG_7398" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Thq8mo5y0yE/V8NUpWQrrqI/AAAAAAAAWY0/td2aV_xb7kM/IMG_7398_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OKEp1rOvJlw/V8NUp2V1yGI/AAAAAAAAWY4/6IaIe8t9gxY/s1600-h/IMG_7400%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7400" border="0" alt="IMG_7400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9FQTf_Mer24/V8NUqTt9maI/AAAAAAAAWY8/5icXIDA-67Q/IMG_7400_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VnJjvOF_ZUg/V8NUqgpUn-I/AAAAAAAAWZA/I6CGT3l4hlU/s1600-h/IMG_7405%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7405" border="0" alt="IMG_7405" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nIdqK2LOn_4/V8NUrIG2K7I/AAAAAAAAWZE/d3C03GIl_CA/IMG_7405_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>We could not have asked for more perfect weather the week we were there. It was beautiful. It didn’t rain. It was just gorgeous.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CacNXjxNgOc/V8NUrVOgCAI/AAAAAAAAWZI/592Nhb7C66Y/s1600-h/IMG_7406%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7406" border="0" alt="IMG_7406" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bqismOCj5l0/V8NUr4s-BFI/AAAAAAAAWZM/Za7fun9JdEA/IMG_7406_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MwYcf_wRiy8/V8NUsVRcTOI/AAAAAAAAWZQ/XLLOGB4VjmM/s1600-h/IMG_7409%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7409" border="0" alt="IMG_7409" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6RLWcvDkwCQ/V8NUsos_6mI/AAAAAAAAWZU/WJp5U-7AD44/IMG_7409_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jGUnNccRv7c/V8NUtO9muKI/AAAAAAAAWZY/kZXVeOcxzuM/s1600-h/IMG_7411%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7411" border="0" alt="IMG_7411" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-epJ5zyzLLOw/V8NUtYf6VsI/AAAAAAAAWZc/xmEySM-QHaE/IMG_7411_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OzwQ3zwtWaI/V8NUtwLvGPI/AAAAAAAAWZg/bvlEuUuhNJM/s1600-h/IMG_7414%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7414" border="0" alt="IMG_7414" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z3fy82g0A_Y/V8NUuLLJmiI/AAAAAAAAWZk/3H1ZbjSxbp0/IMG_7414_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rPjR3ca8OGM/V8NUurVvqiI/AAAAAAAAWZo/FWhyiodBKB4/s1600-h/IMG_7417%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7417" border="0" alt="IMG_7417" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CDxkpbxaSYc/V8NUvGFvgSI/AAAAAAAAWZs/SPiwvr4xCHI/IMG_7417_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-drnZPzMFSAQ/V8NUvWakLmI/AAAAAAAAWZw/yOljvgaZzlc/s1600-h/IMG_7419%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7419" border="0" alt="IMG_7419" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-30zHO1bOcC8/V8NUv4obhUI/AAAAAAAAWZ0/GIxjkyfmWcE/IMG_7419_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pnTwJWiZnQ4/V8NUwWyVdMI/AAAAAAAAWZ4/zHDK7Xo3Mu8/s1600-h/IMG_7420%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7420" border="0" alt="IMG_7420" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5MAYCUQ8G78/V8NUwzCIoVI/AAAAAAAAWZ8/f_9pnfkO3a8/IMG_7420_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t5fVHj10z9o/V8NUxPZzD2I/AAAAAAAAWaA/2Hju2Oc7R6o/s1600-h/IMG_7421%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7421" border="0" alt="IMG_7421" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0k4uZVbPuKc/V8NUxtAvXDI/AAAAAAAAWaE/3eAB0C8S9VI/IMG_7421_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XOx9wPwB6NM/V8NUx46HjxI/AAAAAAAAWaI/htgh1PK-um8/s1600-h/IMG_7442%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7442" border="0" alt="IMG_7442" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n-Lnph4Y0ZU/V8NUyQMCsuI/AAAAAAAAWaM/RSghc76vWpo/IMG_7442_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>We saw a heart on the beach that morning, so Zach wrote on for us! ha! It was still out there later that evening!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jiLB5oPfHz8/V8NUyzbIlGI/AAAAAAAAWaQ/p6F0yEGNyhY/s1600-h/IMG_7443%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7443" border="0" alt="IMG_7443" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PSSaHgvv-Wc/V8NUzJ1FOyI/AAAAAAAAWaU/XFggCLL9lT8/IMG_7443_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jl4lODcesbY/V8NUzq6YsiI/AAAAAAAAWaY/2MUSsOPwHPU/s1600-h/IMG_7456%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7456" border="0" alt="IMG_7456" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kOB1MPp3f1A/V8NUz9Qqy9I/AAAAAAAAWac/39aTv09z9yg/IMG_7456_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-umopU3DRCLA/V8NU0Q3uidI/AAAAAAAAWag/tTDYrtvPM3E/s1600-h/IMG_7459%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7459" border="0" alt="IMG_7459" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g8wJYY2SPyo/V8NU0hjyGEI/AAAAAAAAWak/Hw-kP8ruQqs/IMG_7459_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--bWhCvpEkQI/V8NU1CIFm2I/AAAAAAAAWao/11LqhGljCWI/s1600-h/IMG_7460%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7460" border="0" alt="IMG_7460" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sNxEns9UDLQ/V8NU1prXIqI/AAAAAAAAWas/hnUo4BBaSAI/IMG_7460_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DGoQUgY_kD0/V8NU7FVgabI/AAAAAAAAWaw/2YF7qMlhv20/s1600-h/IMG_7461%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7461" border="0" alt="IMG_7461" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PVlK5Q3E2k8/V8NU7ineZhI/AAAAAAAAWa0/-ATr3ibC5qA/IMG_7461_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hrwE3QY99V4/V8NU8ORfaPI/AAAAAAAAWa4/QCdkdekEyxY/s1600-h/IMG_7464%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7464" border="0" alt="IMG_7464" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fsbv1aJqM1o/V8NVCeDqGlI/AAAAAAAAWa8/vO_XRhT30mQ/IMG_7464_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a></p> <p>We had to be at the airport very early for our flight the next day. I was tired but excited to get home to my babies!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mmo0nrApQPo/V8NVCyC4o3I/AAAAAAAAWbA/n6ZlAI29Yjo/s1600-h/IMG_7468%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7468" border="0" alt="IMG_7468" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7zfbl8mPAA0/V8NVDEUwXaI/AAAAAAAAWbE/Svie5uivSYk/IMG_7468_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PB_gZ94n6i8/V8NVDrCRPlI/AAAAAAAAWbI/XUmPh-ZeeG0/s1600-h/IMG_7473%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7473" border="0" alt="IMG_7473" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CywozqClWKc/V8NVEIMTEhI/AAAAAAAAWbM/TVzzOQ3sC6Y/IMG_7473_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>When we got there, my mom and the kids picked us up. I said hi to the kids through the window and went to put my bag in the back and Grant started bawling. I think he thought we were leaving him again!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qluBKG6jMY4/V8NVEd3SgEI/AAAAAAAAWbQ/eWxTj6uKe6Y/s1600-h/IMG_7695%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7695" border="0" alt="IMG_7695" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RzJkSeYM0qM/V8NVE2uM1zI/AAAAAAAAWbU/AqdFcsYYuVE/IMG_7695_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7fjOsaLHSg4/V8NVFFGsgPI/AAAAAAAAWbY/WmW-JhevFM4/s1600-h/IMG_7696%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7696" border="0" alt="IMG_7696" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-03iz2yduoag/V8NVFkovm8I/AAAAAAAAWbc/ZkckLDStf2U/IMG_7696_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8T2n8XdXUeE/V8NVGBAtk1I/AAAAAAAAWbg/kexA2YrsTTQ/s1600-h/IMG_7701%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7701" border="0" alt="IMG_7701" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-53t0mLF2nm8/V8NVGQ5vA9I/AAAAAAAAWbk/MFihmH6SF4k/IMG_7701_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>I was happy to be back with my babies!!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BbGtVrsiATc/V8NVG_hHdjI/AAAAAAAAWbo/agbj5oM00dk/s1600-h/IMG_7709%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7709" border="0" alt="IMG_7709" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4PE1UlHTIKo/V8NVHNARLpI/AAAAAAAAWbs/PuiOwvpGd7Y/IMG_7709_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5KBHZJA3fJk/V8NVHn4oLVI/AAAAAAAAWbw/G49H5j-jULo/s1600-h/IMG_7732%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7732" border="0" alt="IMG_7732" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eefQvsrj5yM/V8NVH5OZnFI/AAAAAAAAWb0/ZCzpjmHQWxg/IMG_7732_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a></p> <p>We seriously had the best time being away. It was so good for us and we enjoyed it so much! We hope to do it again in a few years or so! I’d highly recommend taking a few days away from life and responsibility to recharge!!!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-46741883022906085702016-08-17T20:56:00.001-05:002016-08-17T20:56:01.827-05:00Trip to the Bahamas: Part 2<p>The Monday morning we were there was the 4th of July! We were sad to miss this day with our kiddos, as that’s Ava’s favorite holiday. They had fun and got to enjoy fireworks though, so they didn’t miss us too much!</p> <p>That morning we started out with a beautiful breakfast view! I loved this restaurant for the ambience. The food was amazing, too!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yuGgpOhKR1s/V7UU5yJNraI/AAAAAAAAWTw/C0UvihhRfC0/s1600-h/IMG_72353.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7235" border="0" alt="IMG_7235" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RIHototwLNA/V7UU_jq73II/AAAAAAAAWT0/6CuvO9PAcbY/IMG_7235_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mUXeBP78Szk/V7UVAGk8fcI/AAAAAAAAWT4/RYiU933QSRw/s1600-h/IMG_72363.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7236" border="0" alt="IMG_7236" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eMXTIwGvyOs/V7UVAhO4OBI/AAAAAAAAWT8/TkGWJxmvlmg/IMG_7236_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>I think Zach cringed every time I asked someone to take our picture!!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v6KhWQ2M308/V7UVA1U4dTI/AAAAAAAAWUA/2q8nIDsCErU/s1600-h/IMG_72373.jpg"> <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" alt="Winking smile" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sR-7Ljlx-Kw/V7UVBTddh3I/AAAAAAAAWUE/vet4P7xeErg/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile2.png?imgmax=800" /></a> </p> <p><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7237" border="0" alt="IMG_7237" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9-Ef6PaLiqw/V7UVB-TTsNI/AAAAAAAAWUI/f6ok2r5ezQ0/IMG_7237_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></p> <p>We took the first boat out to the offshore island and snagged the perfect spot. We had a large cabana and the perfect view!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0I1dJvssHl0/V7UVCacvMjI/AAAAAAAAWUM/SSVOLlGwtcM/s1600-h/IMG_72443.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7244" border="0" alt="IMG_7244" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EMHJJ68iGUI/V7UVC6Q_U2I/AAAAAAAAWUQ/q1UKCEGlk4o/IMG_7244_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>The offshore island had a pool, a bar, and a restaurant. This was our view during lunch that day. Not too shabby!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f21UdNRQKRA/V7UVDwwC5CI/AAAAAAAAWUU/aAa1OgYz1Yc/s1600-h/IMG_72453.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7245" border="0" alt="IMG_7245" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kh97mle9pk4/V7UVEVGqkaI/AAAAAAAAWUY/LWYCVD1Ihk4/IMG_7245_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIpyhdL1qqhSDtcCSHEkghSMWxMWiaGyjDkH7gphCa5mN3m5C5K48LKu4QwIzWKyHXxySIDiLeJ_mpA6OkdmE35q8dlozQ8MWXIKsfmtyic_Ybzf3fYIYlHIIaYNuznwv9ze8b0GPoFI/s1600-h/IMG_72463.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7246" border="0" alt="IMG_7246" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XBqkmyk0WDI/V7UVFzSjn_I/AAAAAAAAWUg/YkD8NZvI0Ds/IMG_7246_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QRFvmCW-Lpg/V7UVGHf3nBI/AAAAAAAAWUk/vnSP3K5KCqk/s1600-h/IMG_72473.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7247" border="0" alt="IMG_7247" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tJ7irg1USds/V7UVGpxhrBI/AAAAAAAAWUo/au5WKXL-tMA/IMG_7247_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2q_PZs3YQ1Y/V7UVHD7WdFI/AAAAAAAAWUs/IOjK2Lt-QYM/s1600-h/IMG_72483.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7248" border="0" alt="IMG_7248" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-psHTDvjqKHQ/V7UVHYdgQqI/AAAAAAAAWUw/K0UNxBOpZwk/IMG_7248_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jzi4IC9dVS0/V7UVH9dxcII/AAAAAAAAWU0/U58P09LDbpE/s1600-h/IMG_72493.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7249" border="0" alt="IMG_7249" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gb00zFjvwAo/V7UVIfICvlI/AAAAAAAAWU4/H_ynqpWAtGg/IMG_7249_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>The bartenders were serving a fun red, white, and blue drink that day! It was really good!!! It didn’t make my list of top three, but it was still very good!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aCrJTJngHMg/V7UVIkYXq8I/AAAAAAAAWU8/u8Pd-n2yeK4/s1600-h/IMG_72543.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7254" border="0" alt="IMG_7254" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nBxJ6-7QtWg/V7UVJMq1tlI/AAAAAAAAWVA/s0BJlrrjCpY/IMG_7254_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a></p> <p>The resort had a pizzeria where you could order a mini pizza and take it in a box and eat wherever. We enjoyed sharing one of these each day!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m0EBaHnoc-g/V7UVJitSzII/AAAAAAAAWVE/g2m1A5f_nT0/s1600-h/IMG_72563.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7256" border="0" alt="IMG_7256" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qkVHcmJK5fs/V7UVKA7XJ3I/AAAAAAAAWVI/dk8QO98r8H4/IMG_7256_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>While we were having fun, the kids were decked out in their red, white and blue at home!!! <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZjYNxfyhaR4/V7UVKZZzXlI/AAAAAAAAWVM/gEJNUvrOhSw/s1600-h/IMG_72593.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7259" border="0" alt="IMG_7259" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k-X4Uo7uvFo/V7UVK3LzO6I/AAAAAAAAWVQ/4q1sROlhioc/IMG_7259_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a></p> <p>That night we had a reservation at the Japanese restaurant. It was hibachi style and it was so fun! We had a great time!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W6ByQf4iRSM/V7UVLGoyBtI/AAAAAAAAWVU/Upr85-Q5Iuk/s1600-h/IMG_72653.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7265" border="0" alt="IMG_7265" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xg5XvrsM1y8/V7UVLt_b4xI/AAAAAAAAWVY/iJLuFeSAm4I/IMG_7265_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>After dinner, we strolled around and then sat on the pier and watched the sunset. After sunset, we got to watch an amazing fireworks show!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pHpjz99f_6U/V7UVL0EzaDI/AAAAAAAAWVc/2XNr0ONP80g/s1600-h/IMG_72763.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7276" border="0" alt="IMG_7276" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i8dRLGLA5ss/V7UVMXMqrTI/AAAAAAAAWVg/2D_LnmXHVfk/IMG_7276_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HT73jQSNJDA/V7UVM1putTI/AAAAAAAAWVk/QAHy-YP7ITM/s1600-h/IMG_72793.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7279" border="0" alt="IMG_7279" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XyDWVJXPxjY/V7UVNQ6Q8dI/AAAAAAAAWVo/1S6d7bb2KIY/IMG_7279_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>One of the best parts of the trips was the food! ha! I loved showing up, eating, and then walking away! I’d love to have another of these omelets! <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pGLtxNj4ZXg/V7UVN2Pq3oI/AAAAAAAAWVs/2b-DsP4icSI/s1600-h/IMG_73143.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7314" border="0" alt="IMG_7314" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1AFPe3pSMlI/V7UVO-5Cw1I/AAAAAAAAWVw/W-xuZy2L2iw/IMG_7314_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>We spent the day just relaxing and lounging. The views everywhere you went were absolutely gorgeous. I miss it.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4gcxsFeub8o/V7UVPbABFyI/AAAAAAAAWV0/6ZzWtmALFYQ/s1600-h/IMG_73153.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7315" border="0" alt="IMG_7315" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ms2Rcy7RMoo/V7UVPuePkuI/AAAAAAAAWV4/0BxqKBHyzuQ/IMG_7315_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-26d2vbXYI1o/V7UVQKIG7oI/AAAAAAAAWV8/dTSBfA4CA8E/s1600-h/IMG_73163.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7316" border="0" alt="IMG_7316" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D_2nJEKolYE/V7UVQZEWl0I/AAAAAAAAWWA/N6jMNbQElyA/IMG_7316_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>One of the BEST parts of the trip for me was seeing Zach SO relaxed. He works so hard all the time, and goes non-stop, and it was great just seeing him so laid back and enjoying himself. I was pretty relaxed, too! <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" alt="Winking smile" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sR-7Ljlx-Kw/V7UVBTddh3I/AAAAAAAAWUE/vet4P7xeErg/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile2.png?imgmax=800" /></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h5UgbRhWZvM/V7UVQ9D7pxI/AAAAAAAAWWE/GHIs_Es44fw/s1600-h/IMG_73233.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7323" border="0" alt="IMG_7323" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HTMsOmsNirM/V7UVRQrPBxI/AAAAAAAAWWI/o0giqK42ZVQ/IMG_7323_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bCjxXQ0i8Ok/V7UVRqERJWI/AAAAAAAAWWM/eadC3FuyI9g/s1600-h/IMG_73243.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7324" border="0" alt="IMG_7324" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nNI4wuG_cgY/V7UVSKipsxI/AAAAAAAAWWQ/hSb18yIXUDk/IMG_7324_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>That afternoon, we went and took out a Hobie cat. We loved being out on the water and enjoying the breeze and water!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I5R9jklh8ak/V7UVXkBQUMI/AAAAAAAAWWU/FoVFbKVvGh8/s1600-h/IMG_73313.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7331" border="0" alt="IMG_7331" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DYXlR4LHX5E/V7UVYHSiKPI/AAAAAAAAWWY/I-XNtFWcYNQ/IMG_7331_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U2CAxHS1-ac/V7UVYj0io2I/AAAAAAAAWWc/bjMmIcdiQ2Q/s1600-h/IMG_73323.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7332" border="0" alt="IMG_7332" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z0FmtGMoG8s/V7UVeBLnRII/AAAAAAAAWWg/xgqWNBZTlZ4/IMG_7332_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xiGSJJxyo-k/V7UVemIhjDI/AAAAAAAAWWk/vYH-lQlAqbU/s1600-h/IMG_73353.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7335" border="0" alt="IMG_7335" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WySePsU0bEI/V7UVfJk6LSI/AAAAAAAAWWo/hDJZ2gRdXrU/IMG_7335_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JGuwXnzsWfo/V7UVfn81g8I/AAAAAAAAWWs/2b4glHx2Vbw/s1600-h/IMG_7337%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7337" border="0" alt="IMG_7337" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gF5t-R2N_Vo/V7UVgTkXgAI/AAAAAAAAWWw/PlHmsVihnKo/IMG_7337_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>This was one of my top five favorite foods there – it was a chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich and the top  cookie had been dipped in c+</p> <p>hocolate. Mmmmmmm!!!! <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QZX-pGxIB1c/V7UVgifPpoI/AAAAAAAAWW0/r8Hcno25NrE/s1600-h/IMG_73423.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7342" border="0" alt="IMG_7342" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zA5Ia_FTMl4/V7UVhEvvNEI/AAAAAAAAWW4/joq9mvuV5kY/IMG_7342_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>Look at that water in the background?! isn’t it gorgeous???!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vtKLgPv3w8E/V7UVhRYBzkI/AAAAAAAAWW8/1BESSF6njGs/s1600-h/IMG_73443.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7344" border="0" alt="IMG_7344" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H_S6i7_XdCQ/V7UVh22bpLI/AAAAAAAAWXA/CWYD4Ru61ow/IMG_7344_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a></p> <p>That night we went to a cocktail reception and dinner for returning guests. They had a meal, some awards for people who’d stayed a bunch of nights and some freebies. This was probably the best meal we had there. It was delicious!!!!!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cE5YQdtSuT8/V7UViSIKE-I/AAAAAAAAWXE/3_AZsfK5j6E/s1600-h/IMG_73663.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7366" border="0" alt="IMG_7366" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R8fwLQrdKxk/V7UVjmLOEaI/AAAAAAAAWXI/s_cRNVzNs6o/IMG_7366_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-atH12_FUgoo/V7UVkJU4msI/AAAAAAAAWXM/y5dnFenGuLU/s1600-h/IMG_73673.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7367" border="0" alt="IMG_7367" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jOU7VY7MPBg/V7UVkdtg1eI/AAAAAAAAWXQ/9GHhx2qOPBA/IMG_7367_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RlSC3wafAuE/V7UVk4ZdZUI/AAAAAAAAWXU/FPszqzUnRTc/s1600-h/IMG_73683.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7368" border="0" alt="IMG_7368" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WotNKDIJK3s/V7UVlAeeQEI/AAAAAAAAWXY/KLqMaKl82zo/IMG_7368_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WmdNMCk-z7c/V7UVlgdJEtI/AAAAAAAAWXc/6k5xKQgAbuk/s1600-h/IMG_73713.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7371" border="0" alt="IMG_7371" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gWeG-UA_gWM/V7UVmK_75EI/AAAAAAAAWXg/RyN5MqF4Wro/IMG_7371_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="450" /></a></p> <p>We’re almost through. I have one more day and the trip home to get through! Recapping all this makes me want to go back now!!!!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-48760597239539605922016-08-14T20:05:00.001-05:002016-08-14T20:05:54.804-05:00Trip to the Bahamas: Part 1<p>Several months ago, I suggested to Zach that we should take a trip this summer to celebrate our 10 year anniversary a few months early. Our anniversary isn’t until November, but logistically, with the kids and Zach’s job, it was easier to do that during the summer.</p> <p>At first, Zach was hesitant. But after about 2 hours I had him on board and the planning started!!!! We mainly chose the Bahamas because it was an island we could get to fairly easily with little travel time which was what we wanted.</p> <p>We sent the kiddos off to my parents house the Friday before we left, and we got up early the next morning to start our marathon day of traveling.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i8fRBIq2gIQ/V7EVA5E2VyI/AAAAAAAAWRI/W0nzG3HAxcY/s1600-h/IMG_71553.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7155" border="0" alt="IMG_7155" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dFILWbWCIkw/V7EVGyZTmRI/AAAAAAAAWRM/pT6ZBE2gLHM/IMG_7155_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jKqZCaLtqNs/V7EVHTua0-I/AAAAAAAAWRQ/1z-gAiMXN3k/s1600-h/IMG_71573.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7157" border="0" alt="IMG_7157" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mdgcKtZUYmI/V7EVIAF6yRI/AAAAAAAAWRU/TfqhCn5JrJw/IMG_7157_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>We had like a nine hour layover in Atlanta and after trying to change our flights and not having luck, we settled in for the long haul. However, being there all day meant I got to meet my dear friend, Jodi. Jodi lives about 15 minutes from the airport, and we have been friends for the last 5 years or so and she is one of my dearest friends, even though we had never met. It was the BEST getting to spend a couple hours with her. We talked and the hours passed way too fast!!! I’m SO glad we finally got to meet!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0XXkcPPCJ2s/V7EVIp6ekZI/AAAAAAAAWRY/v8tOXKJc89o/s1600-h/IMG_71633.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7163" border="0" alt="IMG_7163" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9Re5Ud6EIAU/V7EVJTDlA7I/AAAAAAAAWRc/U7i83AN-K2g/IMG_7163_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a></p> <p>Our flight finally took off and we were Bahamas bound!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9IFg_PRj3Ws/V7EVJ5z7htI/AAAAAAAAWRg/tTtd3uZwdm0/s1600-h/IMG_71673.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7167" border="0" alt="IMG_7167" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mf01deOPWB4/V7EVKTOAfgI/AAAAAAAAWRk/ILKixVY1IjM/IMG_7167_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2FNiOQhFlBo/V7EVK6oqTbI/AAAAAAAAWRo/cWDepy1ztf8/s1600-h/IMG_71683.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7168" border="0" alt="IMG_7168" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VFrslKZnSQY/V7EVLb1A8YI/AAAAAAAAWRs/cCa6pUrMtiM/IMG_7168_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9SJlYCTiGU0/V7EVLxNHG_I/AAAAAAAAWRw/0u344xKm26Y/s1600-h/IMG_71693.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7169" border="0" alt="IMG_7169" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rgzTxqyJ-iA/V7EVMf0ZScI/AAAAAAAAWR0/zFD4Sy5IigY/IMG_7169_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>When we landed, we went through customs, got our bags, and were at our resort like 30 minutes after we landed. It went so smoothly! When we got there, we were met with glasses of champagne, and we checked in, went to our room and then headed to dinner b/c we were starving!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TR8jb_U6gwQ/V7EVM20dApI/AAAAAAAAWR4/b6LoM0Z6mPA/s1600-h/IMG_71753.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7175" border="0" alt="IMG_7175" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p-dNEMpHZzs/V7EVNSUW5JI/AAAAAAAAWR8/TdU7vuTLfHc/IMG_7175_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>Since it was dark when we arrived, we didn’t get to see much and when we woke up on Sunday, we woke up in paradise!!!!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1T1e6M-8Mc0/V7EVN-2pceI/AAAAAAAAWSA/xb4M0XSTthw/s1600-h/IMG_71943.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7194" border="0" alt="IMG_7194" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DqfVT1FwSBc/V7EVOZD_XNI/AAAAAAAAWSE/TuE_ovAaVaU/IMG_7194_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a></p> <p>We went and reserved some chairs on the beach, headed to breakfast, and then hit the beach for the day!!!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yRTlhi7zYgM/V7EVPMDICuI/AAAAAAAAWSI/rPmSGm96qFo/s1600-h/IMG_71953.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7195" border="0" alt="IMG_7195" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yyAlB31EgV0/V7EVPnwLj_I/AAAAAAAAWSM/kCUmhGYa_f4/IMG_7195_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pB7jnoUpi8A/V7EVP4CqzSI/AAAAAAAAWSQ/b4GcmDNui2E/s1600-h/IMG_71983.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7198" border="0" alt="IMG_7198" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eNE5PdPyhyM/V7EVQTZy5VI/AAAAAAAAWSU/lGzgvl3PHnc/IMG_7198_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>We lounged and swam in the ocean in the morning, and that afternoon, took the boat out to the resort’s private island!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_IclX1zBoUg/V7EVQ5ng7wI/AAAAAAAAWSY/-L20W1aFxkw/s1600-h/IMG_72093.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7209" border="0" alt="IMG_7209" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vk0PdrNdrUU/V7EVRuhXe2I/AAAAAAAAWSc/ei97oTcGkds/IMG_7209_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vijHLa3JXLQ/V7EVR8y0txI/AAAAAAAAWSg/l6GEyTJjqcQ/s1600-h/IMG_72123.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7212" border="0" alt="IMG_7212" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uPkgK-k0zZE/V7EVSYP3F2I/AAAAAAAAWSk/-Y2lIRofpcM/IMG_7212_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>We swam while on the island and scoped out the cabanas they had there so we could go early the next day!</p> <p>We headed back to our room later that day and slowly got ready for dinner. It was HOT there so it was nice to spend some time indoors.</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7zdgtEMa8VM/V7EVTH_83UI/AAAAAAAAWSo/35OeIM1iojY/s1600-h/IMG_7220%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7220" border="0" alt="IMG_7220" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iQNqqsVlBmA/V7EVTnB72mI/AAAAAAAAWSs/LvwUPhhPwUQ/IMG_7220_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="496" /></a></p> <p>Zach was excited one of the restaurants had sushi, so we stopped and had a quick sushi appetizer before heading to the restuarant we had chosen for dinner.</p> <p><font color="#030740"></font><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9GGaTUry3yA/V7EVUAOSZYI/AAAAAAAAWSw/N7xtWyTxc9M/s1600-h/IMG_7218%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7218" border="0" alt="IMG_7218" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XXAQvkx46PY/V7EVUQKoGqI/AAAAAAAAWS0/usq8wpN5wkw/IMG_7218_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c4_coiXA8t8/V7EVU4z5kZI/AAAAAAAAWS4/RlGJt5CWGbI/s1600-h/IMG_7222%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7222" border="0" alt="IMG_7222" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TgoVwg5qBd8/V7EVVQLeCPI/AAAAAAAAWS8/XLk1hkrYeYE/IMG_7222_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>After dinner we wandered around the property and found some lounge chairs by a fire pit. We called the kids and enjoyed the peacefulness of the whole place.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6X6k-jwRQuc/V7EVVxQgj8I/AAAAAAAAWTA/2MXr5-csrSc/s1600-h/IMG_7230%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7230" border="0" alt="IMG_7230" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ESl5A0qE09w/V7EVWWsGa-I/AAAAAAAAWTE/B9F8BBzbU34/IMG_7230_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>I laughed that my hair there reminded me of Monica from FRIENDS when they went to Barbados. It was definitely a #bighairdontcare week!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rijt3E3NAUQ/V7EVWm4XNwI/AAAAAAAAWTI/SVBYhRHiW1M/s1600-h/IMG_7234%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_7234" border="0" alt="IMG_7234" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_OTEO1shXxE/V7EVXIOozZI/AAAAAAAAWTM/FybSGN4CtQo/IMG_7234_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="562" /></a></p> <p>So those were our first two days. I’ll recap the rest of the days in another post!!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-6960775737642125912016-08-03T06:21:00.000-05:002016-08-03T06:21:05.296-05:00Ch, Ch, Change<p>So, I made a pretty big change a couple months ago. Just a couple of days after Grant’s first birthday, I resigned from the job I’d been at for almost 10 years and made the leap to a new job. I mentioned before that I felt like God was in every step of this and showed me in so many in ways that He was putting me where I needed to be, and I wanted to share about some of that.</p> <p>Mid-April, I learned that my future at my job was uncertain. The company had been listed for sale, and there was the potential that should the sale happen, that I could be let go. I had a tough day learning that, but after the initial shock wore off, I was ok. </p> <p>A week or so after I learned that, I had lunch with one of my closest friends. I told her what was going on. She had been mentioning for a while that she’d been joking with her husband that he should hire me. When I told her about my uncertain future, she asked me if I’d ever be interested in working where her husband is the Executive Director. I told her should they ever have something open, I would definitely be open to talking.</p> <p>About two weeks later, she called me on a Friday night and told me that they were going to be hiring a position that was right in line with my level and skill set. She asked me if I would be interested and I said I would love to at least talk. I sent my resume on, and early the next week set up a working lunch for a pre-interview. We met, had a good conversation, I learned more about the company and they asked me to come for a formal interview. I did that the following week and about an hour after my interview, my phone started buzzing with people telling me they’d been called as a reference. The next morning, I was offered the job. </p> <p>This was where it got hard. For the next week, I cried, and prayed. And cried, and analyzed. And cried, and discussed pros and cons. Did I mention I cried? The job I left was a job that I was dedicated to and worked so hard at for 10 years. It definitely had its ups and downs, and up until the last year or so, it was a job I loved. But not only that, I loved the people I worked with. Saying good-bye was one of the hardest things. And this decision was one of the hardest ones I’ve ever had to make.</p> <p>I struggled big time with the decision. But when it came down to it, I just really felt like God was calling me to move. I feel like He put this job right in front of me, at a time when I needed it. I feel like the announcment of the company being put up for sale was the catalyst that made me realize I wasn’t completely happy. Not only that, but the things I had always said along the way that I wanted in a job, came to me in this new job. Every. Single. Thing. Who else could’ve done that but God? The whole process was SO easy from the get go. There was never that waiting that you often have to do with jobs – waiting for the interview, waiting for the offer, etc. </p> <p>The last few weeks at my old job were very hard. It wasn’t quite how I expected it to be and I think God used that time to reaffirm I had made the right decision. I was so nervous starting the new job. Could I do it? Would I fit in? What if it’s a mistake? But God showed up with me and I can tell you absolutely it was not a mistake. Four days in, He showed me in a BIG way that I was some place that is the right place. I would love to share more about this because in and of itself is incredible, but it’s one of those things that I don’t feel is proper to share in a public forum. Just know that my mind was blown and that God is good. <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iTephKEkduA/V6ADrUitVtI/AAAAAAAAWOs/tOTvcURgLt4/wlEmoticon-smile2.png?imgmax=800" /></p> <p>I do miss my old job. I miss my friends there. I miss knowing exactly what’s expected of me and how to get a job done, but I’m so proud of myself for what I’ve accomplished in my new job. I’ve been challenged and I’ve proven to myself that I CAN do new things and that I’m way more competent than I gave myself credit for! I was terrified I wouldn’t be able to do what I was hired to do and it has made me giddy to realize I CAN!</p> <p>One of the very best things about my new job is that I have the ability to more or less dictate my working hours. This is HUGE for our family. It’s already been a blessing this summer, but when school starts? I think then we will really get to see the effects of it and I am SO excited! </p> <p>I know this is getting long but I want to share one more thing about how I feel like God just perfectly orchestrated this. My friend whose husband hired me is a fairly new friend. We met about 4 years ago, and our friendship basically started online. She was a blog <strike>stalker</strike> reader of mine (<img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" alt="Winking smile" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kvSzrfOco4k/V6ADr8XegSI/AAAAAAAAWOw/B2K_vx8_cAA/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile2.png?imgmax=800" /> ), and we ended up sitting on the gymnastics bleachers together one season. We started talking and slowly our friendship grew. We started having lunches, texting, letting our girls play together and we came to be very good friends. Because of this friendship, I have a new job. I just think it’s amazing how even when we have no clue, God is working on the details of our lives, maybe even years down the road. So, if you are in a situation, ANY situation, where you are struggling or questioning, hang tight, because God can truly change things in an instant!!!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-73360447349630053962016-08-01T21:16:00.001-05:002016-08-01T21:16:56.180-05:00Grant’s 1st birthday party!<p>We had Grant’s birthday party the day after his birthday. We kept it fairly low key with just family. We also had a family graduation party that night so it was a day full of partying!!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gUuun7CTfkI/V6ACQ-YE9rI/AAAAAAAAWLU/Uw0ibC79LVc/s1600-h/IMG_5375%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font color="#000000"></font><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5375" border="0" alt="IMG_5375" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aIS61snG7kA/V6ACRiRNYsI/AAAAAAAAWLY/rQfSkHc_jFQ/IMG_5375_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D5iXS2YG1IY/V6ACSdiq04I/AAAAAAAAWLc/pSELNUffkhQ/s1600-h/IMG_5377%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5377" border="0" alt="IMG_5377" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wfgERd3s_os/V6ACSueZD_I/AAAAAAAAWLg/1Wh__3w9n48/IMG_5377_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>When Grant figured out the day was about him, he pretty much hammed it up all day. He certainly doesn’t mind being the center of attention, at all!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tDaBkilchsk/V6ACTLGEgkI/AAAAAAAAWLk/bDYskOLocsc/s1600-h/IMG_5401%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5401" border="0" alt="IMG_5401" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uJ-anYb7pxI/V6ACTRos6SI/AAAAAAAAWLo/wWDvvoUV3T4/IMG_5401_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>He was definitely ready to jump into cakes!! He’s his momma’s boy for sure!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-87YzEyrMlTg/V6ACTzPnKfI/AAAAAAAAWLs/EEnhUY4sTzg/s1600-h/IMG_5488%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5488" border="0" alt="IMG_5488" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QCdyYPfCq-g/V6ACUemWANI/AAAAAAAAWLw/J-HB92PBq1c/IMG_5488_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oxfRDszSV3c/V6ACU3dXp5I/AAAAAAAAWL0/zbcTAJKb9Yc/s1600-h/IMG_5623%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5623" border="0" alt="IMG_5623" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OMq2srVUaF4/V6ACVIEAMWI/AAAAAAAAWL4/bB9XFQiA208/IMG_5623_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>I love watching babies eat their smash cakes. They all approach it so differently. Grant pretty much attacked his.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T9eI9NDUXss/V6ACVnSxfZI/AAAAAAAAWL8/HqGsgibXq4E/s1600-h/IMG_5520%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5520" border="0" alt="IMG_5520" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xxtDBVuMDEM/V6ACV4t4IuI/AAAAAAAAWMA/mtbIfVNC4Ss/IMG_5520_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>You mean this is all for me?!!!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bwr849siUuw/V6ACWf_G3JI/AAAAAAAAWME/cKaTl08s7vo/s1600-h/IMG_5522%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5522" border="0" alt="IMG_5522" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fo1c0AUJsw0/V6ACWqIuxdI/AAAAAAAAWMI/4bZZudLBH6w/IMG_5522_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EZ-lo8hWg-8/V6ACXB1M9sI/AAAAAAAAWMM/PXqrkhaORcg/s1600-h/IMG_5524%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5524" border="0" alt="IMG_5524" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xZLDoJbH3c0/V6ACXkMn3JI/AAAAAAAAWMQ/dIK6JFdUocY/IMG_5524_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2s5SIKLUmX8/V6ACX0BJVbI/AAAAAAAAWMU/rY_T1x_CX7k/s1600-h/IMG_5540%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5540" border="0" alt="IMG_5540" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JAIzVLa0H7g/V6ACYcYTZBI/AAAAAAAAWMY/te_eQT0K1dM/IMG_5540_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SDu-nmyt9Jg/V6ACYg3AYjI/AAAAAAAAWMc/o9Gg1VmmFe4/s1600-h/IMG_5547%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5547" border="0" alt="IMG_5547" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bpB2aojbGDA/V6ACZFMxaAI/AAAAAAAAWMg/pvNYZuk3i10/IMG_5547_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FavV5HlkGS4/V6ACZt7scqI/AAAAAAAAWMk/dAbkvTYyPtQ/s1600-h/IMG_5555%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5555" border="0" alt="IMG_5555" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sQ7t69OUn_8/V6ACZ1UWPXI/AAAAAAAAWMo/nBzoW0XK0s4/IMG_5555_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>When using your hands isn’t cutting it, just put your face in it.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YIj3WrJpXbQ/V6ACaSZrenI/AAAAAAAAWMs/GDzbF7uoKyg/s1600-h/IMG_5561%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5561" border="0" alt="IMG_5561" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ADPrh8nwc6M/V6ACaoEdC1I/AAAAAAAAWMw/4ziC8OMwTNI/IMG_5561_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>Or pick the whole thing up!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w-DzeXsBU5E/V6ACbNxvw7I/AAAAAAAAWM0/iexEu9YIwPo/s1600-h/IMG_5567%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5567" border="0" alt="IMG_5567" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r8laJqiG-Gs/V6ACbbUE3sI/AAAAAAAAWM4/18LEXTHxyD0/IMG_5567_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>This makes me laugh because it looks like he’s scared someone is going to take it away from him.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wgyOCfJ20oI/V6ACb65OcoI/AAAAAAAAWM8/jnEObsvFVe0/s1600-h/IMG_5565%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5565" border="0" alt="IMG_5565" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k_lYe7KqtaE/V6ACcTEtF9I/AAAAAAAAWNA/2R0h5CCdp0M/IMG_5565_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-85VWnbF3FQY/V6ACclSpmbI/AAAAAAAAWNE/znp8tMt9HY0/s1600-h/IMG_5566%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5566" border="0" alt="IMG_5566" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tIkBulB869o/V6ACdOUUjBI/AAAAAAAAWNI/v-RKVcVs9jE/IMG_5566_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ODi5jZj8dxk/V6ACdo3SY5I/AAAAAAAAWNM/_2_HjJbnsxM/s1600-h/IMG_5567%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5567" border="0" alt="IMG_5567" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8kmf76iD5tA/V6ACd4U-RjI/AAAAAAAAWNQ/h6ORnFZFiFM/IMG_5567_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hY7JkEgatEw/V6ACePv0BDI/AAAAAAAAWNU/Qc1mGxJBlA4/s1600-h/IMG_5570%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5570" border="0" alt="IMG_5570" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2XYLyGRborA/V6ACepxMoZI/AAAAAAAAWNY/McNNlyKycT0/IMG_5570_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e0ZsizNOWIc/V6ACfNco2BI/AAAAAAAAWNc/basHRkbMzs0/s1600-h/IMG_5577%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5577" border="0" alt="IMG_5577" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fX8k3IKwXIk/V6ACfZ07O4I/AAAAAAAAWNg/Eq7RiSUMvTY/IMG_5577_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4KbDt5S-rpA/V6ACf9x1rMI/AAAAAAAAWNk/8DVklBe3yVg/s1600-h/IMG_5579%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5579" border="0" alt="IMG_5579" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CopEWqJ66qI/V6ACgDMvczI/AAAAAAAAWNo/BTXDodTGg6Q/IMG_5579_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GtiXQYIXcHM/V6ACgs1_wfI/AAAAAAAAWNs/Sc1qyTqzNZY/s1600-h/IMG_5583%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5583" border="0" alt="IMG_5583" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9qXPmnUa0zQ/V6ACg9Mw9BI/AAAAAAAAWNw/mvUMOyqKuU8/IMG_5583_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O8pjoQL27-I/V6AChYrS4xI/AAAAAAAAWN0/tFibRV2t-EQ/s1600-h/IMG_5585%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5585" border="0" alt="IMG_5585" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HDy6r9WvamE/V6AChtzKvaI/AAAAAAAAWN4/JY93-xUCeO8/IMG_5585_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e_3hcRwPcWo/V6ACiE9nqPI/AAAAAAAAWN8/_SW4KNQK5sc/s1600-h/IMG_5589%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5589" border="0" alt="IMG_5589" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x_IcV7dutug/V6ACitm-pyI/AAAAAAAAWOA/GureosuoO6k/IMG_5589_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AkPq2w_ogAw/V6ACi1OATJI/AAAAAAAAWOE/NDrH0iaja6w/s1600-h/IMG_5596%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5596" border="0" alt="IMG_5596" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qaM3CnrOq7o/V6ACjT-IUxI/AAAAAAAAWOI/UECUCFIqWVM/IMG_5596_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QLtarDJC0XE/V6ACjr4vG1I/AAAAAAAAWOM/8qB5D1zIzZU/s1600-h/IMG_5598%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5598" border="0" alt="IMG_5598" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rCpCH97LhFc/V6ACkOoadsI/AAAAAAAAWOQ/cZ7xdDjNFEc/IMG_5598_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W5kWTeQaeOs/V6ACkSskYCI/AAAAAAAAWOU/LnEaJFfuuSw/s1600-h/IMG_5620%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5620" border="0" alt="IMG_5620" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X0fZLfwsHjQ/V6ACk0vWKzI/AAAAAAAAWOY/U-pGqNnkeL4/IMG_5620_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k13RkQOPsyQ/V6AClLKuc1I/AAAAAAAAWOc/dYadVBu9MJY/s1600-h/IMG_5622%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5622" border="0" alt="IMG_5622" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IfsHUnK_Omw/V6AClv9zRUI/AAAAAAAAWOg/1-DIKLiZtow/IMG_5622_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>I’d say he smashed that up pretty well! We had a wonderful day celebrating him. It’s crazy that already two months have passed since this, but I guess time flies when you’re having fun!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-38435733053015347552016-07-31T16:40:00.001-05:002016-07-31T16:40:50.384-05:00Grant’s Birthday!<p>I took the day of Grant’s birthday off so we could spend the day together! We started out with a little “I’m one!” photo session!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oOfoGk_rZnc/V55wLccPO7I/AAAAAAAAWIw/DYpbo_dL0dg/s1600-h/IMG_5223%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5223" border="0" alt="IMG_5223" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d5eXqct_YVE/V55wLw6YDCI/AAAAAAAAWI0/zMge22MGEvo/IMG_5223_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8_GJyT3ePLs/V55wMRfoWoI/AAAAAAAAWI4/CnRmAzLbU-o/s1600-h/IMG_5321%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5321" border="0" alt="IMG_5321" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NVXiS9TqSPo/V55wM5L8VWI/AAAAAAAAWI8/YatucikGvlM/IMG_5321_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1IeRC6MCJzg/V55wNKO97UI/AAAAAAAAWJA/daPfC2nbgW8/s1600-h/IMG_5330%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5330" border="0" alt="IMG_5330" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m6TjgakqiDo/V55wOIfkoFI/AAAAAAAAWJE/8zX0tlPpmgM/IMG_5330_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>The big kids were so excited for his birthday that they wanted to take a picture with him, too!! <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ijiIpBINTWg/V55wOkmT9UI/AAAAAAAAWJI/23ygTP1e9VM/s1600-h/IMG_5315%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5315" border="0" alt="IMG_5315" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cH7r6qBUzjw/V55wPCILg7I/AAAAAAAAWJM/lmeqWzBPq9w/IMG_5315_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="338" /></a></p> <p>We took the big kids to school and dropped them off for their field day, and then we went to Wal-mart to get our supplies for his party the next day. This was before we had the oh so GLORIOUS Wal-mart pick up. I’ll probably dedicate an entire post to that one day because I love it THAT MUCH!</p> <p>After we got home and got our groceries put away, Grant took a short cat nap and I did some things around the house. When he woke up, we headed to have lunch together at Chick-fil-a!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uE4rc4A70Pw/V55wPsJ6rnI/AAAAAAAAWJQ/MqbTzDUrvH0/s1600-h/IMG_5335%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5335" border="0" alt="IMG_5335" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yys8zD-Obgk/V55wP6-xd9I/AAAAAAAAWJU/zjXCs4DALFw/IMG_5335_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qwXVcvg9DyM/V55wQXzlV7I/AAAAAAAAWJY/3peFMms5gvk/s1600-h/IMG_5336%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5336" border="0" alt="IMG_5336" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uuCmVCcatGs/V55wQ77CuyI/AAAAAAAAWJc/ocOP_u9USkU/IMG_5336_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z3Bw02Wvdco/V55wRBPyxkI/AAAAAAAAWJg/M0kS7bPvGqY/s1600-h/IMG_5337%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5337" border="0" alt="IMG_5337" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2n0zLxyBslY/V55wRrpmNZI/AAAAAAAAWJk/vyYdvO4ulh0/IMG_5337_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CnXL7JMiAko/V55wR28YW9I/AAAAAAAAWJo/-wHbERIdiq4/s1600-h/IMG_5338%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5338" border="0" alt="IMG_5338" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tKue4PumiNc/V55wSa2YY7I/AAAAAAAAWJs/Lbi0Pt6C2Ak/IMG_5338_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>And then he crashed again on the way home! Apparently we partied hard! <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CsubzveI12M/V55wSn-mRpI/AAAAAAAAWJw/To4Xw5LdP6w/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HZK_wwUoBP0/V55wTPrgCyI/AAAAAAAAWJ0/bV3F6C3WGwA/s1600-h/IMG_5340%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5340" border="0" alt="IMG_5340" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2rWLU9DEy6g/V55wTdwRZcI/AAAAAAAAWJ4/Z9s7JMVURYc/IMG_5340_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p>After dinner that night, we let him have a chocolate cupcake! 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Next up – 1st birthday party!!!!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-91365829812217251272016-07-30T15:47:00.001-05:002016-07-30T20:10:53.819-05:00Dusting off the blog<p>Hey there! Remember me?! After an unintentional three month blog hiatus, here I am. For a while, blogging got harder because the platform I used to blog quit working. I finally found something very similar and I hope this is just what I need to get back into the groove.</p> <p>A LOT (A LOT A LOT) has happened since I last blogged!!!!!!</p> <p>Grant turned 1!!!! I still need to post his 1 year post as well as share about his birthday party!!! (if you look to the post previous to this one, I post dated his one year post. All the others will post normally now – I just wanted that on May 20th.)</p> <p>We wrapped up the school year and jumped into a fun and busy summer!!</p> <p>We had a big BIG change in our family in the middle of June. I took a new job and want to share more about that and the process because God was involved in every single step and I want to share that.</p> <p>Zach and I took a trip to the Bahamas all by ourselves (!!!!!) to celebrate our 10 year anniversary a few months early!!!</p> <p>Grant started walking!!</p> <p>We got our master shower re-done and we also got a new roof!</p> <p>I’ve started selling a new product which I am PASSIONATE about and love what it’s doing for me and for my customers!</p> <p>And who knows what else I’ll find as I start scrolling through my photos!?! It’ll probably take me a couple weeks to get all caught up on everything, but I’m SO excited to have this easier way to blog back again. I’ve missed the record book of our lives.</p> <p>I’ve had many of you reach out to check on us and I appreciate that so much. We’re all great and fine. We are BUSY BUSY and I’m convinced at this point that we’re just destined to be busy at this point in our lives, so hopefully I’ll be able to keep this as up to date as possible. <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ynV6YbBfF_Y/V50SbE1M1RI/AAAAAAAAWII/5QjjsIOFJb4/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /> Can’t wait to get back at it and I hope there are still some of you out there who will be reading along! <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" alt="Winking smile" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E2v9lbQHPo0/V50SbWXHefI/AAAAAAAAWIM/enaojpuMvfw/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-15081281814626026552016-05-20T20:09:00.000-05:002016-07-30T20:09:26.309-05:00Grant is one!<p>Grant Thomas, you are one whole year old! I cannot believe how quickly your first year passed! You are such a bright light! We love you and your little personality SO much! Here’s what you are up to at one year old!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3cqLqgaH1dY/V51PwspSutI/AAAAAAAAWIc/Qne3dhRF0rw/s1600-h/IMG_5321%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_5321" border="0" alt="IMG_5321" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x00D1KcNlR0/V51PxcwIftI/AAAAAAAAWIg/tjsYHUBb77Q/IMG_5321_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="422" height="562" /></a></p> <p>Here’s what you are up to at one year old:</p> <ul> <li>You are taking steps, maybe about 2-3 at a time and then you decide crawling is just easier.</li> <li>You love to eat! You eat pretty much anything we put in front of you.</li> <li>You weigh 24 lbs and are 30.5 inches long.</li> <li>You wear size 3 diapers and size 12 and 18 month clothes.</li> <li>You have six teeth.</li> <li>You have transitioned to whole milk really well.</li> <li>You can say a few words (dada, mama, hi, bye, Ava) but you aren’t really a talker yet.</li> <li>You have started having little temper tanturms when you don’t get your way.</li> <li>You don’t like going to bed anymore. You fight it and cry.</li> <li>You love bathtime and you shriek and scream when we turn the water off.</li> <li>You love going outside.</li> <li>You love sitting in your anywhere chair. When Ava or Reed get out of this chair, you hightail it over there to claim your space!</li> <li>You love ipads and especially love swiping one when someone abandons one.</li> <li>You are still a mostly easy little baby and I love your easygoing disposition.</li> </ul> <p>My sweet little Grant – what a year we have had with you! You have brought so much joy and light into our family. We love your little laughs and grins, and the cute little noises you make. We all pretty much dote on you and you are the ruler of our house for the time being. We are so grateful for you, little boy. You are learning so much right now and it’s so fun to watch that! I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for you. I’m so excited to see how you grow and change this year!</p> <p>We love you, baby boy!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-15700623973596916722016-05-02T06:03:00.001-05:002016-05-02T06:03:04.392-05:00Hello, May!Wow! How did it turn into May?! Crazy. We are just cousins down the days until the end of school - 17 school days left! We are also on 1st birthday countdown! This is a random all over the place post, just sharing what has been going on around here.<br />
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A couple weeks ago, I got a text from Reed's teacher showing them having Popsicles on the playground. It was a day I had sent him money to get ice cream at after school care. When I saw he had a Popsicle, I texted his teacher and told her to let him know not to get ice cream. So here's the before and after.<br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-9981931985580174432016-04-20T18:55:00.001-05:002016-04-20T18:55:02.079-05:00Eleven months old!<span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Sweet, sweet Grant. You are 11 months old. I wish I could just stop time, if only for a little bit. I love watching you grow and learn, but your momma is sad that we are almost to your first birthday. </span><div><font color="#454545" face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#454545" face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-dIwMMLqzReg0AUZg7N9X3f7UNK7KDiDfYEZ5Ci_qPdPVQR_R4bnjj6Wiac8qysmabQCeZGG2Sgd19vtTD-4F9cYvDEvLAIFsZ3S1TpuUJ0CsXeX_GJMEFd6T5XSS7ueoyAUcewzBRE/s640/blogger-image-634431435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-dIwMMLqzReg0AUZg7N9X3f7UNK7KDiDfYEZ5Ci_qPdPVQR_R4bnjj6Wiac8qysmabQCeZGG2Sgd19vtTD-4F9cYvDEvLAIFsZ3S1TpuUJ0CsXeX_GJMEFd6T5XSS7ueoyAUcewzBRE/s640/blogger-image-634431435.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></span></font></div><div><font color="#454545" face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></span></font><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div><br></div><div>You are BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. </div><div><br></div><div>• When you crawl, you do it the right way, but every once in a while you still do it by dragging your leg. </div><div><br></div><div>• You get in to EVERYTHING. If we open the refrigerator or pantry or a cabinet, it's like a censor goes off and you are right there in a hot second. </div><div><br></div>• You pull up on everything. You've also started walking along furniture and you've even let go a few times to test the waters. <div><br></div><div>• You weight about 22 lbs. </div><div><br></div><div>• You have six teeth. </div><div><br></div><div>• You say dada (your favorite word), mama, hi, bye, bubba (bc that what Reed and Ava have taken it upon themselves to call you), and it sounds like you've said Ava. </div><div><br></div><div>• You wave bye-bye. </div><div><br></div><div>• You wear 9, 12, & 18 month clothes and size 3 diapers. </div><div><br></div><div>• You love love love eating. This month you tried even more food and we haven't found anything you seem to dislike. Your favorite foods are carrots, Mac & cheese, & yogurt. </div><div><br></div><div>• We struggle to get milk in you. You want food! I have been nursing you in the morning and night but notice my supply is very low. I desperately wanted to make it to a year but I don't think we will. </div><div><br></div><div>• Your favorite toys are a toy phone and the tv remote!</div><div><br></div><div>• We went through a few week period where you would stand up and SCREAM when we put you in your bed for a nap or bedtime. Thankfully that has gotten better the last few days. </div><div><br></div></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">• When you get excited about something (like eating!) you kick your feet and you also have what your teachers call excited hands. </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Oh, sweet baby boy. You are what dreams are made of. I cherish and love you so much and can't wait to see your life unfold! </div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-88876908769820732892016-04-19T07:00:00.000-05:002016-04-19T07:00:34.217-05:00Life Lately<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Ava cried when we dropped him off. Reed made us laugh as always. Part way through the week, Ava said she missed him and I asked Reed if he did, and he said no. I asked him why not and he said "I just needed a break from him!" Hahaha!!!</div>
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AND! Our guy is celebrating his birthday, today! Happy birthday, Zach!! We love you so much and are so thankful for you and all you do for us! I'm excited to spend another year with you!! Love you!</div>
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We typically go to church at 8:00 on Sunday mornings so yesterday was no different. Because of this our Easter Bunny visits while we are at church so no one is distracted instead of getting ready. The kids were so cooperative for pictures and I got some great ones!!!</div>
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We went to my grandparents' house for lunch and there were a lot of people there! The kids had fun. After lunch we headed over to my aunt and uncle's house for the annual egg hunt. They have a huge yard that is fantastic for hiding eggs. Even the big kids get to hunt for the "golden" $20 eggs!</div>
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It was such a great day. We headed back to my grandma's for dessert after egg hunting. We didn't stay long though because we needed to get home. Zach flies out this morning for a week in San Diego for a conference. He will be home on Friday so he needed to finish packing and I needed to get some stuff done to get ready for the week. Here's hoping it goes smoothly!!</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-56686945077706677242016-03-20T19:33:00.001-05:002016-03-20T19:33:56.164-05:00Ten months old<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Today you are ten months old, Grant! I don't like how fast time is passing! In just two short months, we will be celebrating your first birthday. I can't even believe that. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32pdDFOnBfu4n49FtH69TLPEXFMLIvQucwnKXSwz6apWmH9iDuhqE15qTMrl21DdNYy-KfXsT4w8lo04d_CSARG7aX7bcrLMQY0U59IeFuvZO1BQgoUDzAmWyi0AK3vRw8r9eueWZclo/s640/blogger-image--348072909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32pdDFOnBfu4n49FtH69TLPEXFMLIvQucwnKXSwz6apWmH9iDuhqE15qTMrl21DdNYy-KfXsT4w8lo04d_CSARG7aX7bcrLMQY0U59IeFuvZO1BQgoUDzAmWyi0AK3vRw8r9eueWZclo/s640/blogger-image--348072909.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></span></div><div><div><br></div><div>Let's see what you are up to now:</div><div><br></div><div>• You have mastered crawling. You can fly through the house, but you still like to drag that one leg.</div><div><br></div><div>• You get in to EVERYTHING. The world is your oyster, now. At first you didn't think you could leave a room, but now you aren't afraid to go anywhere. </div><div><br></div>• You pull up on everything. <div><br></div><div>• I have no idea what you weigh, but we will find out on Wednesday when you have your belated 9 month check up. </div><div><br></div><div>• You have five teeth. </div><div><br></div><div>• You say dada (your favorite word), mama, and hi. </div><div><br></div><div>• You wave bye-bye. </div><div><br></div><div>• You wear 9 & 12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. </div><div><br></div><div>• You have tried so many new foods: eggs, yogurt, salmon, spaghetti, sausage, black eyed peas, broccoli. Your favorite foods are carrots, Mac & cheese, & yogurt. </div><div><br></div><div>• We have made some changes and now you only nurse in the mornings and evenings. Just this weekend, momma decided to end the feeding/pumping during the day. It just wasn't sensible as production then has slowed way down. I feel a little guilty and like I'm giving up, yet, I am so so unbelievably proud we hung in there 10 months. And at least we still have our nights and mornings. </div><div><br></div><div>• Your favorite toys are Sophie the giraffe and the corn popper. </div><div><br></div><div>• You are still my snuggly baby boy and I love that you are such a momma's boy!!</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Thank you, Grant, for ten months of unbelievable joy you bring us!! </span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></div></div><div><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></span></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-47751778857236151832016-03-01T06:31:00.000-06:002016-03-01T06:31:06.819-06:00Getting back in the groove<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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I think I've decided that blogging from my phone is going to be the easiest way for me to keep up these days. With the changes I mentioned to my favorite editing program, it just makes sense to use my phone since all my photos are on there anyway.</div>
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We are just trucking along. The month of February has been BUSY. Zach has been gone 2-3 nights every week for the entire month. I'm hoping for things to be a little slower during March.</div>
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The kids are doing pretty well - they are growing and getting big and staying sassy!</div>
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Reed is a goofball, always and forever. He still says the FUNNIEST things. I can't keep up with this one. He constantly wears me out!</div>
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One morning this past week I got to work and found this picture of Ava on my phone. She'd been taking some selfies. I laughed because I had no idea why she was giving a thumbs down. </div>
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Grant is loving eating real foods and one night I just didn't have the time for the mess he would make feeding himself. I was trying to feed him and he was screaming. I'd put a piece of food on his tray and he would stop but as soon as I tried to feed him, he would start up again.</div>
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He is also notorious for starting to cry as soon as we get home. He is super happy when we leave school and he doesn't cry all the way home, but as soon as we walk in the door and put him down, he starts screaming. Thank goodness for Ava who likes to help take care of him!</div>
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The nights when Zach is gone all evening are hard. I think the hardest is just that Grant doesn't want me to put him down but the other two need dinner, baths, help with homework, etc. They love piling up on me when we get everything done though and I love it, too!</div>
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We had a quiet weekend this weekend. At one point, I found Grant on the floor with one of this books and was just babbling away like he was reading it!</div>
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We had a few minutes before we had to leave for church Sunday and I got a photo of the kids. I love these sweeties!</div>
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This is one of my favorite outfits I've ordered from Ava. She liked it, too!</div>
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We are off and running with busyness again this week. It's hard to believe it's already March. Where does the time go?!?!?! </div>
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A few weeks ago I got a call from daycare late Monday afternoon that Grant was running fever. I went and picked him up and he wasn't feeling well at all. We came home and I went ahead and made him a doctor's appointment for the next morning.</div>
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I took him to the doctor the next morning and they said he he had a double ear infection.=( He had so many days where he was so congested and just yucky. I was glad we had a reason why. </div>
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They called me Thursday afternoon saying he was running fever again. I called the pediatrician and they said since it hadn't been a full 3 days to wait and see how he was on Friday. Well, he woke up with no fever and seemed a little better. But Saturday was miserable. He was so unhappy. We decided later that evening we were going to take him to urgent care on Sunday. </div>
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We woke up Sunday to Ava waking me up saying her ear hurt. She was really lethargic and you could tell she didn't full well. So after church, I took Ava, Grant and myself to urgent care. I'd been having sinus issues and ear pain as well off and on for a few weeks. Well, the doctor said mine was just sinus drainage and fluid on ears and didn't need any meds. He said Grant's ears didn't look too bad but were some red. But he didn't feel like he should change the antibiotic. Ava did have an ear infection so we got her some meds and were on our way.</div>
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That week on Wednesday, I picked Grant up and they said he had barely eaten all day. I took him home and he ate a bottle and ate dinner. Later that evening when I was nursing him, I went to switch sides and he threw up. We thought maybe his drainage made him sick, but he got sick a few more times in the next hour and a half. We weren't sure if he had a bug or if he still had infected ears.</div>
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He still wasn't himself Thursday. He didn't eat well and was constantly tugging at his ears. When he went to bed that night, this is what he looked like. </div>
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I had called earlier in the evening and got him an appointment for Friday morning. We didn't get to see his pediatrician the first appointment but did this time. He still had a lot of fluid on his ears and his doctor said that could've been why he didn't feel like eating. So we got a new medicine and were hopeful it would help.<br />
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The next morning, he woke up around 6:00 and I got in his room and was changing him and Reed came up and said "I threw up". I was like "WHERE did you throw up?" And he pointed to the trash can. Indeed he had. He has major issues with sinus drainage and throws up fairly often so he knows when it's coming and how to get somewhere. But really. What four year old throws up on their own, in a place like a toilet or trash can, and doesn't even tell his parents!?!?! He was sick a few times that day so that kind of confirmed Grant had a bug.<br />
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The next morning I felt pretty gross for a while. The bug had been pretty mild for both boys and I think I may have had a touch of it. I laid down and took a nap around noon and woke up feeling much better. This past Tuesday, Ava came home from gymnastics and you could tell she wasn't feeling well. She said her stomach hurt at gymnastics and that it hurt when she stood up but not when she sat down, which is kind of how I felt on Sunday. So I guess we all had a touch of it.<br />
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Thankfully Grant seems to finally be feeling much better. It took about a week for his eating to return to normal. I'm hoping that will be the extent of our illnesses for a while!!!!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-83677919743946691002016-02-20T16:52:00.000-06:002016-02-28T13:15:28.455-06:00Grant is nine months old!So, I realize I've been a little MIA. The platform I've used for blogging for years doesn't work anymore and I just can't adapt. I don't like how my posts look and I just haven't had the desire to pick up my computer. I'm going to attempt this again on my phone since all my photos are on my phone anyway.<br />
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So. Grant is nine months old and is growing and changing so fast!! </div>
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• You weigh about 19lbs after losing some weight from being sick.</div>
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• You nurse in the morning and evening and have bottles during the day at school. You eat about 18oz on a typical day at school.</div>
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• You love solid foods. Your favorites are mac & cheese, carrots, and chicken & veggies. </div>
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• You finally mastered crawling about a week ago! You are ALL over the house!</div>
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• You put everything in your mouth and you love cords!!!</div>
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• You babble all the time and in babbling say dada, but on 2/18, I went in to get you up and you said mama clear as day!</div>
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• You go to bed around 7:00 and sleep until 6:30 during the week and until about 7:00 on the weekends. You take two good naps most days.</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-21283708236899607712016-01-20T06:40:00.000-06:002016-01-20T06:40:04.098-06:00Grant is eight months old!Grant, you are eight months old today! Another month has flown by. You are growing and learning so much each day and we just love you to pieces!<br />
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<li>You are a great little eater. You eat three meals of solid food - typically oatmeal and fruit in the morning, veggies and some meat at lunch and whatever for dinner. You really like carrots and you are getting so good at picking up your food and getting it in your mouth!</li>
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You are SUCH a joy, Grant! You bring all of us so much happiness and we love you so much! We have so much fun with you and have so many people cheering you on when you try to do something new. You are so lucky to have a brother and sister who love you so much. Remember that as you grow up and know you will always be able to count on them. We love you, GT!</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-10354585322070648512016-01-11T06:31:00.000-06:002016-01-11T06:31:00.501-06:00Off and running in 2016!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, we've jumped feet first in 2016! After a quiet couple of days around the new year, it was back to school and work for everyone. We're back in the mode of waking up early (not that that ever stopped), getting out the door, homework, and the crazy busy schedule. </div>
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On the first day of the year, I took a picture of the kids to compare to last year. Big changes in the older two!</div>
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One day last weekend, I was going to get Grant out of his bed and boy was I surprised when I glanced into Ava's room and found her holding Grant. She had gotten him out of his bed all by herself. I asked her to show me how she did it and then we talked about not doing it again for safety reasons! Grant didn't seem to hate it though!</div>
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That same day the kids came to get me while I was cleaning and told me to come look at Grant. He had fallen asleep playing!</div>
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Zach's mom got Grant this adorable outfit with a bow tie! He looks ADORABLE! I think we're going to have to find him a bow tie for Easter and my sister's wedding!!!</div>
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The big kids were so ready to go back to school after having two weeks off. They were ready to see their friends and ready to get back to being out of the house!!</div>
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Reed was SO excited to wear his new sunglasses in that day!</div>
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Last week was a little hard adjusting back to the school schedule. The time off is always nice but getting back to the routine is as well. It was a long week but we made it. Thankfully this time of year is a little slower. It will pick back up as we get closer to the end of the year.</div>
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And in other exciting news, Zach and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary this year. We are hoping to take a trip just the two of us this summer and are looking at somewhere in the Caribbean. I'd love to hear your suggestions on places you've been and loved! Doesn't this look heavenly??!?!</div>
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Okay, friends. Things might be a little slow around here as we don't have much going on but I'll write when I can and when I have something good to write about! :) I hope you all have a great week!</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-39060638690007831362015-12-31T05:40:00.000-06:002015-12-31T06:23:48.209-06:00Goodbye 2015Here we were on the last day of 2014.<br />
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Looking back to a year ago, I could have NEVER imagined what the year would bring. I can honestly say that 2015 was the hardest year of my life. So many trials - my uncle's death, Leslie's illness, my dad's cancer diagnosis, and ultimately Leslie's death. I remember so vividly March 17th. Leslie was being transported to Kansas City and at that time we didn't know if she was going to make it, my dad got confirmation that he did have cancer, and I got news I failed my 3 hour glucose test. It felt like life couldn't possibly get any worse at that point.<br />
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While the year was overwhelmingly hard, there were some good moments. We found out we were having a sweet baby boy.<br />
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Zach finished his Masters degree in March and we got some exciting news at the end of March when received a new job! He has had half a year as the Dean of Academics and Admissions at his school and while it has been an adjustment for us all, I am SO SO proud of him and the job he does. </div>
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We spent a nice Easter in Kansas City so we could all visit with Leslie while she was in the hospital.</div>
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Our lives changed for the better on May 20th when Grant was born. Through the heartache to follow, he was an amazing ray of light in a dark time. God knew what He was doing when He sent Grant at that time.</div>
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I spent the summer on maternity leave and we all continued to fall in love with this angel.</div>
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Just two days before she passed away, we spent the day in NWA with Stephen, Leslie and the girls. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that would be the last time I would see her. The guys took the big kids swimming and she and I stayed back with the babies and just caught up on life and talked the way we loved to do. I wish I could have that one more time. I will always be grateful we had that last day together. I miss her every day.</div>
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In the days following Leslie's death, we got to spend time with family that we don't see nearly enough!</div>
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Zach started his first day of his new job and Ava started 1st grade and Reed started preschool in August.<br />
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In September, Ava turned seven!!!</div>
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Grant was also baptized!<br />
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In October, Reed turned four!<br />
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We also spent a weekend at the lake and had a great time!</div>
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October was also when #rockstarreed was born!!!</div>
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We also celebrated Halloween with a mummy, Captain Jake, and an Olympic gymnast!</div>
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This may be one of the most favorite pictures of my three kids!</div>
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We got back our family photos and I was in love!!</div>
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December was filled with many of our family traditions, such as seeing Santa Claus and taking a ride on the Holiday Express at the park to look at the lights!</div>
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Grant had his surgery right before Christmas.</div>
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We celebrated Grant's first Christmas!!</div>
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So while 2015 was filled with great heartache, God was still in the midst and He was and <b>STILL IS</b> good. We still have happy memories that we will take from this year, though the hardness and sadness will be part of us forever. My kids have grown up a lot this year in regards to dealing with three deaths. That's produced A LOT of questions about death, dying, Jesus and Heaven. But I also think this year was the perfect example of the circle of life. God gave and God took away. And while I hope 2016 has much less heartache, we're ready for whatever comes, because it's our life and it's our story. </div>
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Happy New Year! May 2016 be a year filled with happiness and blessings for each of you!</div>
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We spent our Christmas Eve as we typically do - we went to the 4:00 pm Children's Mass at our church. Zach helps with the music and the Christmas story is acted out by the children. None of our big kids wanted to do the performance this year so they just sat with us. I got some good photos beforehand. </div>
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After church, we went to my grandparents' house. I told the kids that I'd done that almost every year for my whole life. I've missed a couple, but not many. </div>
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The kids were up bright and early Christmas morning. We got up and had our family Christmas!<br />
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We had a very nice holiday. We are blessed to have so much family to celebrate with and we enjoy making memories with them all each year! It's amazing how much changes from Christmas to Christmas and I can't even fathom what next year's will looks like!<br />
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When he was three weeks old, we saw a specialist at Arkansas Children's Hospital to let him examine Grant and determine a course of action. We had to be there for an 8:45 appointment, 2.5 hours away, WITH A THREE WEEK OLD!<br />
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The doctor examined him and we made plans to have surgery the Thursday before Thanksgiving. Somewhere along the way, they called to reschedule twice and we decided to do it on Dec. 22. The main reason we wanted to do it around then was because he needed time at home to recover as he was going to be going home with something that daycare wasn't going to need to mess with, so we thought it was best to do the surgery while we had a school and work break anyway.<br />
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We left our big kids with their grandparents for a few days so that we didn't have to worry about them and could focus on Grant and poor Ava was SO sad and distraught when we left. She was acting funny and I couldn't figure out was wrong. She finally admitted she was upset about Gran't surgery and was worried about something happening to him.<br />
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We headed down to Little Rock Monday afternoon and stayed with our dear and generous friends Chuck and Chenin. Chenin and I went to college together and has remained one of my very best friends even though we don't see each other nearly enough (and usually when one of my kids is having surgery in little rock!;) ) We enjoyed the chance to catch up and it's so much more comfortable staying with them than in a hotel! Grant enjoyed it, too!<br />
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I woke him up at 2:45 so he could nurse one last time and then was able to give him pedialyte at 5:30. We had to be at the hospital at 6:30 and surgery was scheduled for 8:30.<br />
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He was in such a bubbly mood beforehand! We got admitted and set up in our pre-op room. There were people in and out and every time someone came in, he would pop his head up and smile at them.<br />
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We had to wait in there for a little over an hour and talked to all the people who needed to go over things with us. He got a little sleepy while we waited.<br />
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When the doctor came in, he said the nurse wanted him to ask if she could take Grant home? haha! When he left the room, he walked out and said "the answer is no." When it was time for Grant to be wheeled to the operating room, he rode down the halls like this:<br />
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His little head was perked up the entire ride and grinned at every single person we passed. Everyone oohed and ahhed over him like he was a little celebrity and he clearly enjoyed it!<br />
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We said goodbye to him and headed out to the waiting room. His surgery was scheduled for 3-4 hours and we got word about 8:50 that it had started. When it was over we had a consult with the doctor and then finally got back to him. He woke up pretty quickly from the anesthesia. He wouldn't latch on to nurse so we offered him a bottle and he started gobbling it down.<br />
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We got moved back to a post-op room fairly quickly where he proceeded to down almost 11 ounces! Thankfully he never had any issues with nausea. During his surgery, he had something called a caudle - they equated it to an epidural during birth and helped with pain and we were thankful he had that for the ride home. We got discharged around 1:00 and started home. He slept all the way home and did really good until the caudle started wearing off. Thankfully we had some pain meds for him.<br />
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He slept surprisingly well that night.<br />
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He was happy to have his brother and sister come home, too!<br />
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The next night (and those thereafter) didn't go so well. He was in a lot of pain and we spent several nights holding him in the recliner. We have been able to cut way down on the tylenol and motrin. He has to go to his pediatrician on Tuesday to get something removed. We're grateful our ped was willing to do it so we don't have to make another trip to Little Rock. We'll have a follow up in 4-6 months with his surgeon to make sure everything has healed and held the way it needs to.</div>
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Thanks for your thoughts and prayers for our boy! We hope we are just about over this hump! We realized on the way home from Little Rock that this was the 3rd year out of 4 years that someone has had surgery over our Christmas break - me in 2012, Reed in 2013 and Grant in 2015. There was no surgery in 2014 but three of us were incredibly sick instead. Let's hope 2016 Christmas break is surgery and sickness free!!!! :)</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-2342538554719353812015-12-20T19:44:00.000-06:002015-12-27T19:49:41.283-06:00Seven months!Grant, you are seven months old! Time with you is FLYING by and I can't believe we are now closer to your one year birthday than to the day you were born. You have had a busy month and so many changes have come this month!<br />
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Let's see what you're up to!<br />
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<li>You have mastered your sitting up - you are a pro now!</li>
<li>You got your first and second tooth between six and seven months! </li>
<li>You are babbling and making noises that sound like words.</li>
<li>You had your first ear infection and we had no clue you were even feeling badly.</li>
<li>You probably weigh around 18 lbs. You are in 6-9 month clothes and wear size 2 diapers. </li>
<li>You started playing so much more this past month. You play hard at school and are exhausted when you get home. Some nights you have to take a nap before bedtime.</li>
<li>You typically sleep 11-12 hours each night. </li>
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<li>You love playing in your jumper.</li>
<li>You are eating 3 meals of solid foods and have 5 servings of milk each day. We nurse in the morning and at night and you have bottles while at school. You typically eat 6oz every 3 hours.</li>
<li>You love to grab at people's face.</li>
<li>You smile at almost everyone that talks to you and are still such a pleasant, easy-going baby! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>You love your siblings and enjoy watching them as the play around you. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You LOVE bath time. You love splashing and enjoying the warm water. If you are upset or fussy, you calm down immediately when we put you in the bath.</div>
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You still suck your fingers, but maybe not quite as much. You do like to stick them in your mouth while you are eating and it makes a huge mess!</div>
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You have grown leaps and bounds this month and I know you will from each month here on out. We are so grateful for you and love watching you grow! Can't wait to see what the next month holds for you, baby boy!</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090542805117541862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678277996782291518.post-85026375651707225452015-12-16T06:00:00.000-06:002015-12-16T06:00:06.459-06:002015 Christmas CardIt’s time again for me to link up with Faith who hosts the Christmas Card
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I am excited to share my card with you this year! We had family photos taken
at the end of October and my incredible talented friend Niki designed our card
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I feel so incredibly blessed to have these three
precious children on my card. I’m also so incredibly thankful for my very best
friend, the man who walks with me through every step of this life. Our life of
course has its ups and downs, but I wouldn’t trade this life for anything. </div>
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I wish each of you the happiest and sweetest Christmas season. May
your hearts be filled with love and joy, and may you spend your days with those
you love the most! </div>
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Merry Christmas!!!!</div>
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