tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11557541112223698942024-03-13T12:00:54.204-04:00Nixon Family NewsAF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.comBlogger379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-76722868251314408542013-10-23T18:43:00.000-04:002013-10-23T18:43:55.804-04:00Sweet Soccer GoalSo Jordan lives, breathes, eats, drinks soccer. Of all of the goals his team has scored, I think he has scored all but about three. He is determined. As luck would have it, Stephanie was videoing a time when he scored. It should make the cut for "play of the week"<br />
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Took Stephanie to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City to see Peter and the Starcatcher. We didn't know too much about the play except that it was a prequel to Peter Pan. We almost saw it in NYC a couple of summers ago, so when we saw it was playing close to home we decided to go. We didn't know it was a comedy. We laughed and laughed so hard. Captain Black Stache stole the show. I think we have found a new Fall Break tradition.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-23727363761629748562013-10-09T10:39:00.002-04:002013-10-09T10:39:37.946-04:00UndefeatedSpencer just finished his fall soccer season with an undefeated record. They were 9-0-1. He would usually play goalie for one half and then midfield for the other. <br />
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AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-37393573033559165432013-10-08T15:51:00.000-04:002013-10-08T15:58:28.749-04:00Court of Honor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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October 1, 2013 Tucker earned five more merit badges even after his Eagle. Spencer is holding 12 merit badges, over half of what is needed to become an Eagle Scout. He just finished his Eagle project in August and after his six months as a Life Scout should be our second Eagle Scout in the family.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-70073519837388676902010-09-02T11:39:00.043-04:002010-09-02T23:03:06.073-04:00A One Way Road Trip<div><div>Here is the travelogue (did I spell that right?) of our trip across the country.<br /><br />First stop: a side-of-the-road peach stand in Georgia. It was peach season and we were in Georgia...couldn't pass it up. And boy were we glad we didn't. The peaches were delicious! We even bought some peach cider which made it all the way to Utah and we drank once we were in our new home. Kind of a toast if you will.<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512409574626351282" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIADTVgQ2LI/AAAAAAAAETk/CRdhpwWkB24/s400/peaches.jpg" /> So after we had a "normal" picture at the peach stand, Brady said, "Let's do something crazy this time." We did, and I call this next picture "irreverent peaches." I guess it could also be called "saggy peaches" as mine are hanging a little low. Think me in 20 years...is that what I have to look forward to?? (Sorry, this is a family blog, I know). <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512409477893111634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIADNtJQv1I/AAAAAAAAETc/m_bXI_2f2zc/s400/irreverent+peaches.jpg" /><br />Next stop was Nashville. We loved it there!<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512408263426462658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIACHA52U8I/AAAAAAAAES8/ut5Jhhj1aqE/s400/nashville.jpg" /></div><br /><div>Brady got a kick out of Church Street and Gay Street and made me take about 100 pictures of him at this intersection (does he have a warped sense of humor? If you're not sure, look at "irreverent peaches" above).</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512408599693725010" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIACalmNjVI/AAAAAAAAETE/P3S1s8lX30g/s400/church+or+gay+street.jpg" /> <div></div><div>We stayed right in the heart of the city and walked to Jack's BBQ for dinner. Upon reading framed newspaper articles on the wall while we stood in line for who knows how long to order (good food requires a long wait, right?), we learned that the original location of Jack's was right down on the waterfront until bad boy Hard Rock Cafe came to town and booted them out of their prime location. But they aren't hurtin' for business...the line was out the door. And the food was definitely worth the wait. It was just good old Southern BBQ...Mmmmm Mmmmm.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512409274986314914" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIADB5QgvKI/AAAAAAAAETU/1aoPFdC_kag/s400/Jacks+bbq.jpg" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Courtney the music lover got to go to the Country Music Hall of Fame (it's the building behind her). Brady and his mom took the oldest three kids and I think it was a little more "museum" that they were expecting, but said it was neat to see nonetheless.</div><div> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512408871215599650" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIACqZGEkCI/AAAAAAAAETM/Vq8MPYTatJo/s400/Country+music+hall+of+fame.jpg" /><br /><div>This was a fun little pedestrian bridge across the river where the view below was beautiful. </div><div><br /> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512407967888354738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIAB1z8ErbI/AAAAAAAAES0/7ECgA0TIsVQ/s400/pedestrian+bridge.jpg" /><br /><div>Those two little spots in this next picture are Spencer and Jordan. All of the kids were enthralled with the big hills leading down to the river and they all (minus Meghann) rolled down them. That was a welcome break after being cooped up in the car all day!</div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512407441300219698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIABXKPrZzI/AAAAAAAAESs/pWO0qt2Zhv0/s400/riverboat.jpg" /><br /><div>Nashville was fun, but after dark the streets turned a little PG-13. We snapped a few pictures, tried to cover the boy's eyes a time or two, and hurried back to our hotel.</div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512406902113423378" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIAA3xnh0BI/AAAAAAAAESk/rij-2R9FA_A/s400/Nashville+streets.jpg" /> <div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> I think Courtney's head looks like it could be on the guitar in this picture</em><br /></span><br />The boys always made good use of the pool and exercise room when we stopped for the night.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512406508563681682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIAAg3h9UZI/AAAAAAAAESc/va0iqRXpjbU/s400/exercise.jpg" /> <div align="center"></div><div align="left">A highlight of the trip was being able to stop in Missouri and see the Caldwell family, good friends of ours that used to live in Florida and just moved last summer. We even got to spend the night at the Caldwell Bed and Breakfast! What a treat.</div><br /><div align="left"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512405670336684258" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH__wE5EYOI/AAAAAAAAESU/KusM3xJED9Q/s400/Nixon+and+Caldwell+families.jpg" /><br /><div>Nathan and Jordan were best of friends there - two peas in a pod and I swear they could almost be twins. Here's hoping for BYU roomates, or even mission companions!</div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512405569819567890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH__qOb65xI/AAAAAAAAESM/yRDug68UnN0/s400/Jordan+and+Nathan.jpg" />And Shelby is one of my dearest friends, and a super-woman. When I grow up I want to be like her.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512405457191269394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH__jq3PdBI/AAAAAAAAESE/3V1cQpv7raE/s400/Stephanie+and+Shelby.jpg" /> <div><div><div>After a great visit with the Caldwells we realized we were going to be driving right by the Gateway Arch in St. Louis so we had to stop. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512405325560274082" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH__cAf93KI/AAAAAAAAER8/rnj4UUcy3Ro/s400/St.+Louis+arch.jpg" /><br /><div>We took the tour to the top, even though I am afraid of heights and slighly claustrophibic. I made it to the top, and even back down again! It was fun to see the city from that elevation.</div><br /><div></div><div>After Missouri we headed to Nauvoo, Illinois, just about 4 hours away. For those of you who aren't sure why Nauvoo would be on our "must stop at" list, it's just full of Mormon history. The kids had fun learning how bricks were made in the Brick Yard (and getting to take home a souvenir brick), getting a "prarie diamond" (ring made out of a nail, something like that), watching the Nauvoo Pageant, and eating at the Nauvoo Family Inn. It's a delicious buffet that tastes like home cooking. After several days of fast food, this was a welcome break! Here we are with Brady's mom who made the trip with us.<br /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512405090098072098" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH__OTVZyiI/AAAAAAAAER0/C-jBldLVMic/s400/Nauvoo+Family+Inn.jpg" /><br /><div>Outside the Nauvoo Temple:<br /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512404730254370114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_-5Wz-pUI/AAAAAAAAERs/3BKGt9j59uY/s400/Nauvoo+temple.jpg" /></div><div><br /><div>A better view of the temple with the girls in front. </div><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512404626719811746" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_-zVHaqKI/AAAAAAAAERk/Aiap5xTQDBM/s400/Meghann+and+Courtney+Nauvoo+temple.jpg" /><br /><div>This is what the boys saw for most of the drive:</div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512404450002944930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_-pCy1Q6I/AAAAAAAAERc/Ja4kdqn4sYs/s400/mom+driving.jpg" /><br /><div><div>This is what I saw for the whole drive:<br /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512404120995390498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_-V5JUZCI/AAAAAAAAERM/JRgWAymgPts/s400/back+of+van.jpg" /></div><div><div> </div><div>Brady was a mini-van man while I drove the Silver Bullet (our nickname for the Camry). </div><div></div><br /><div>The other day I found some funny pictures that Spencer took from the back seat of the car. He must have discovered the camera somewhere around Nebraska. Look at these beautiful fields. They loved looking at the sprinklers watering the crops.<br /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512404298458750242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_-gOP4XSI/AAAAAAAAERU/P5I8I3n6zDU/s400/Sprinklers+on+crops.jpg" /></div><div></div><br /><div>We stopped for slurpees one time, mine was blue. Can you tell?</div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512404016298596098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_-PzHqFwI/AAAAAAAAERE/pxlNF2jPLAw/s400/blue+slurpee.jpg" /></div><br /><div></div><div>After so much flatland, the boys were fascinated when the terrain turned hilly somewhere around Wyoming.</div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512403887152812162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_-ISA50II/AAAAAAAAEQ8/Z3bFXnyiSBc/s400/windy+roads.jpg" /><br /><div><div>Sometimes even a train going down the tracks was an exciting thing to see in Wyoming. Boy, that state was a chore to drive through! Talk about boring...<br /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512402812941295650" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_9JwQ64CI/AAAAAAAAEQ0/EzF9NoETiX8/s400/train.jpg" /></div><br /><div>So boring that Meghann couldn't stay awake. Of course, I don't think that was Wyoming's fault, she was like this most of the way! I kept saying, "Oh, look out the window at this" and she'd be fast asleep.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512418613919535522" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIALhffs0aI/AAAAAAAAET0/hXo8qZpaTs4/s400/Meghann+sleeping.jpg" /></div><br /><div></div><div><div>More hills... <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512400294377300514" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_63J4eIiI/AAAAAAAAEQs/HuxvsY0_Cu4/s400/mountain.jpg" /><br /><div>Here's the scene the day the moving trucks arrived. I say "trucks" because THREE trucks arrived to bring our stuff. It had all been packed away into crates while we waited to close on the house so it took three trucks to bring all the crates. I'll bet our neighbors were wondering, "What in the world...?"</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512342416226124914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_GOM96BHI/AAAAAAAAEP8/YtBVuXAzRGg/s400/unpacking.jpg" /> <div><div>Jordan proped the slide to the play set up on some boxes and made himself a cardboard jungle gym.</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512348527729956066" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_Lx8F91OI/AAAAAAAAEQk/zLAm7JNFLrg/s400/Jordan+sliding+down+boxes.jpg" /> <div></div><div> This is how Courtney spent her time. </div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512348131166268242" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_La2x0K1I/AAAAAAAAEQc/aM1f_u9Rm9s/s400/Courtney.jpg" /> <div>I thought this picture was funny - the movers had to take the front door off to get the fridge in so here it is, in the great room. When they were all done moving things in, putting things together, cleaning up their padding and cardboard off the wood floors, etc, they said, "Is there anything else we can do for you?" I said, "Just put my front door back on please." </div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512347373808576626" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_KuxZq6HI/AAAAAAAAEQU/ec-NXct3d4E/s400/front+door.jpg" /><br /><div><div>I only felt guilty once or twice sitting on a chair watching the movers unload things. They were getting paid, right?</div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512345186465838370" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_Ivc6hdSI/AAAAAAAAEQE/_Unl_iR7P30/s400/unpacking1.jpg" /></div><div>Just a little picture Spencer took of the wetbar area downstairs.</div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512341667312161298" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_FinC50hI/AAAAAAAAEP0/HZAbzmsImCQ/s400/wet+bar.jpg" /></div><div></div><div>This is the sign that greeted us as we drove into Brady's parent's driveway. Thanks Liseanne for making it for us :).</div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512345782951991250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TH_JSK_519I/AAAAAAAAEQM/dVgtsPvzTAE/s400/welcome+sign.jpg" /></div><div>And FINALLY, a big thanks to Spencer, the photographer for most of these photos. (He is also the king of the self-portrait).</div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512500729707588690" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TIBWNQpNbFI/AAAAAAAAET8/YkhGJJcazR4/s400/Spencer.jpg" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-62655277355538458002010-07-01T12:42:00.031-04:002010-07-02T13:10:22.496-04:00HO LEE CRAP!<div style="text-align: center;">He would probably not appreciate if i told everyone how old he is...but i am gonna do it anyway!<br /><br />today my dad is......40! :O (gasp)<br />i know i know it is shocking! :O so anyway i just want to say how great of a dad he is and how much i truely love him....gray hair and all :) what a lucky kid i am :)<br /><br />For my Dads 40th....my mom surprised him by taking himmm....DUN DUN DUN....well you'll see :)<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W9dbB3DI/AAAAAAAAEPc/gwRL5ahN21I/s1600/parasailin.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W9dbB3DI/AAAAAAAAEPc/gwRL5ahN21I/s400/parasailin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489350240937040946" border="0" /></a>aaawww :)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W9EOnvKI/AAAAAAAAEPU/qL3iWJX3pF4/s1600/dip.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W9EOnvKI/AAAAAAAAEPU/qL3iWJX3pF4/s400/dip.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489350234174110882" border="0" /></a>Coming in :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W8mUZ0UI/AAAAAAAAEPM/yw0rMuMWhAw/s1600/dip1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W8mUZ0UI/AAAAAAAAEPM/yw0rMuMWhAw/s400/dip1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489350226145300802" border="0" /></a>INTO THE WATER BAD BOY!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W8EHLDaI/AAAAAAAAEPE/9ZwkehrAzj8/s1600/Dad+and+Mom+parasailing.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W8EHLDaI/AAAAAAAAEPE/9ZwkehrAzj8/s400/Dad+and+Mom+parasailing.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489350216963001762" border="0" /></a>They had the same face pretty much the whole time...my mom scared to death and my dad like "oohhh yyeeaahh" :P<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W7TivkUI/AAAAAAAAEO8/tZovS4ULfhs/s1600/Brady+and+Brady+Jr..JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4W7TivkUI/AAAAAAAAEO8/tZovS4ULfhs/s400/Brady+and+Brady+Jr..JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489350203925303618" border="0" /></a>Brady and Brady Jr.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4WEiM_vWI/AAAAAAAAEOk/uw0cL3Q_dFE/s1600/dad+and+boys.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4WEiM_vWI/AAAAAAAAEOk/uw0cL3Q_dFE/s400/dad+and+boys.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489349262967815522" border="0" /></a>Dad and the boys<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4WD42q_fI/AAAAAAAAEOc/a0SdnGzrxjM/s1600/Brady+and+Jordan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4WD42q_fI/AAAAAAAAEOc/a0SdnGzrxjM/s400/Brady+and+Jordan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489349251868327410" border="0" /></a>Dad and Jordan<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4WDdu_qoI/AAAAAAAAEOU/mH4GGpevpZM/s1600/bw+dad+and+kids.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4WDdu_qoI/AAAAAAAAEOU/mH4GGpevpZM/s400/bw+dad+and+kids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489349244588370562" border="0" /></a>Dad and the three kids<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VqacUXII/AAAAAAAAEOM/63tBa7b32ug/s1600/family.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VqacUXII/AAAAAAAAEOM/63tBa7b32ug/s400/family.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348814207999106" border="0" /></a>us in the keys<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4Vp7MvGMI/AAAAAAAAEOE/vm76iKNN75c/s1600/Brady+and+Nolan2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4Vp7MvGMI/AAAAAAAAEOE/vm76iKNN75c/s400/Brady+and+Nolan2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348805821143234" border="0" /></a>Dad and his old Mission Companion, Nolan Reidhead...on a ladder just in case you were wondering...he really isnt that tall!! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4Vpp86K5I/AAAAAAAAEN8/s2_b4qfDZ2E/s1600/bubba+teeth1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4Vpp86K5I/AAAAAAAAEN8/s2_b4qfDZ2E/s400/bubba+teeth1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348801191357330" border="0" /></a>bubba teeth...our best friends gave to him last year...we call their dad bubba and they call our dad BIG bubba :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VpJ_27kI/AAAAAAAAEN0/EMYNJoShXD8/s1600/Brady+and+Joseph+Smith.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VpJ_27kI/AAAAAAAAEN0/EMYNJoShXD8/s400/Brady+and+Joseph+Smith.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348792613793346" border="0" /></a>Dad....a.k.a Joseph Smith<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VoqEQm2I/AAAAAAAAENs/gHdqjTYO0Fo/s1600/Anastasia.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VoqEQm2I/AAAAAAAAENs/gHdqjTYO0Fo/s400/Anastasia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348784042318690" border="0" /></a>St. Augustine<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VFQpmGoI/AAAAAAAAENk/0oG4WxfQ_5M/s1600/Mike+and+Brady+showing+bellies.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VFQpmGoI/AAAAAAAAENk/0oG4WxfQ_5M/s400/Mike+and+Brady+showing+bellies.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348175924173442" border="0" /></a>i dont exactly know what they are doing here.... :P but anyway that is my dad and mike n' ike! :) (mike norton)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VFFHQllI/AAAAAAAAENc/TM_2oudnmho/s1600/Courtney+and+dad+on+trek.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VFFHQllI/AAAAAAAAENc/TM_2oudnmho/s400/Courtney+and+dad+on+trek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348172827366994" border="0" /></a>Me and dad on Trek :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VE_a5WpI/AAAAAAAAENU/Vl4tyCnTv7o/s1600/Courtney+and+dad+walking.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VE_a5WpI/AAAAAAAAENU/Vl4tyCnTv7o/s400/Courtney+and+dad+walking.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348171299117714" border="0" /></a>i looovveee this picture of us :P<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VEV5h4RI/AAAAAAAAENM/-0szF_-gUDw/s1600/Bradu+amd+Wests1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VEV5h4RI/AAAAAAAAENM/-0szF_-gUDw/s400/Bradu+amd+Wests1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348160153313554" border="0" /></a>Dad and the Wests<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VD7nN1II/AAAAAAAAENE/XqGCazxtvtg/s1600/100_7220.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4VD7nN1II/AAAAAAAAENE/XqGCazxtvtg/s400/100_7220.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489348153097180290" border="0" /></a>Weirdo's<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4UqQtzXJI/AAAAAAAAEM0/VsBdFrKSz_4/s1600/Burned+daddy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4UqQtzXJI/AAAAAAAAEM0/VsBdFrKSz_4/s400/Burned+daddy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489347712085351570" border="0" /></a>i really dont know what happened here because trust me usually he is a white boy....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4UpmsLNYI/AAAAAAAAEMs/g9URDSJHrl0/s1600/3amigos.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4UpmsLNYI/AAAAAAAAEMs/g9URDSJHrl0/s400/3amigos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489347700804236674" border="0" /></a>aahh the 3 amigos.... its nothing like David, Evan, and Brady<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4UpJIeXoI/AAAAAAAAEMk/pmNCjuUU9WI/s1600/Baby+Brady.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/TC4UpJIeXoI/AAAAAAAAEMk/pmNCjuUU9WI/s400/Baby+Brady.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489347692869869186" border="0" /></a>Baby Brady...aawww...he is sooo cute!! :)<br /><br />I would put the 40 things I like about him but I was thinking…that is a pretty big number! :) so I will put the 13 things I love about my dad…one for every year I have been alive :)<br /><br />1. He is a great gospel teacher<br />2. he always makes time for the family<br />3. he is a very hard worker<br />4. he know s what to say and when to say it<br />5. he is consistent in his calling<br />6. his really blue eyes...like mine :)<br />7. he cooks yummy food<br />8. he gives our family a good reputaion<br />9. he isnt afraid to be himself....you should see him at the YSA activites.... :)<br />10. he loves everybody<br />11. he wants whats best for our family<br />12. he is kind, caring, and funny<br />13. he brought 5 kids into this world...<br />So Happy Birthday Dad, your awesome.... :)<br /><br /><br />p.s this post was being retarded and wouldn't let me post it yesterday so just pretend...his birthday is july 1 not 2...just saying... :)<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-75947637222347793312010-04-18T17:24:00.001-04:002010-04-18T17:24:50.444-04:00text<span style="font-family: verdana;">guess who? yes COURTNEY!i think i took over my mom’s job! so yes we went to Venice Florida over spring break(friday) it was two hours away but it was worth it! the drive up was a little crazy. . . three brothers in the back seat trying to watch a movie with only two headphone sockets. . . four headphones for six ears. . . not that fun. . i slept:) anyway! we got there around 11:45ish and it was HOT! like very hot! so hot the sand BURNED! the water however? DELIGHTFUL! but not to my mom she thought is was FREEZING but it really wasn't! so here is how you actually find teeth. . .</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. go to wally world and buy a sifter</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. go to a beach</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. get in the water about waist deep and scoop in the sand</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">4. shake the sifter so most the sand comes out and all you have left is bits of shell and teeth!</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">5. bring that up to shore and look through it</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">sure enough you will find some teeth!</span>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-38838280643820445222010-04-15T17:45:00.021-04:002010-04-18T17:16:02.858-04:00The beach+2 hour drive to Venice=LOTS OF SHARK TEETH!<p></p> <p></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fBlGt827I/AAAAAAAAEGM/ywNZlIEfIgQ/s1600/105+teeth1+4-10.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fBlGt827I/AAAAAAAAEGM/ywNZlIEfIgQ/s400/105+teeth1+4-10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460545916412681138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">shark teeth</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fBdxbx8UI/AAAAAAAAEGE/gh2yRSm3Nzo/s1600/105+teeth+4-10.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fBdxbx8UI/AAAAAAAAEGE/gh2yRSm3Nzo/s400/105+teeth+4-10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460545790440239426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">105 shark teeth</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fBBWJFn3I/AAAAAAAAEF8/5W92IVEmnYY/s1600/waist.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fBBWJFn3I/AAAAAAAAEF8/5W92IVEmnYY/s400/waist.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460545302077742962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sifting in the sand</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fA5ovGYpI/AAAAAAAAEF0/ro0jmNqowic/s1600/taller1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fA5ovGYpI/AAAAAAAAEF0/ro0jmNqowic/s400/taller1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460545169630061202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Family(part)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fAyqYE_yI/AAAAAAAAEFs/SIraizJZJtY/s1600/taller.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S8fAyqYE_yI/AAAAAAAAEFs/SIraizJZJtY/s400/taller.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460545049811287842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">haha i am almost 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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">This is Courtney Alyssa here helping my mom out. . . sigh. . . yet again;)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">
<br />This spring break our family decided to take on the mother of all yard work.. .relaying grass on the WHOLE yard! :\
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<br />So a few weeks ago we had the missionaries over for dinner. . . they offered to help lay the sod.. .just our luck! ;) Gotta love the missionaries!
<br />That was then. . . at ten in the morning TODAY the grass came SIX WHOLE PALLETS! not fun! i was sleeping(with the window open:) Then the crazy driver of a semi truck came honking his horn about 8 times and i wanted to kill him! OH WELL! life moves on :) i probably needed to get up anyway.</span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:11pt;" ></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S7uTr04YSXI/AAAAAAAAEDk/7DNBy9ofWE4/s1600/ide.JPG"> </a> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S7uV6uBvptI/AAAAAAAAEDs/Sgjd2LapxNs/s1600/the+work+crew.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S7uV6uBvptI/AAAAAAAAEDs/Sgjd2LapxNs/s400/the+work+crew.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457120209509787346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >The Work Crew :) our missionary in the back with the red shirt looks like Taylor Lautner ;</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" >) teh</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">e</span></span>
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><span style="font-family:verdana;">the finished product:D
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<br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S7ud4EnJRxI/AAAAAAAAEEc/JEuSMq6cTNM/s1600/gggg.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S7ud4EnJRxI/AAAAAAAAEEc/JEuSMq6cTNM/s400/gggg.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457128960125650706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">By the grapefruit tree. . . where weeds were in heaven. . . </span></span>
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A good 10 hours of yard work! WHAT A RELIEF!! Especially for my daddy, he works so hard to keep my mom happy and our house looking nice . . . true love :)</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /> <span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >AND....</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Gotta love the rocket launches! this launch has got to be the best one i have EVER experienced while living here. . . we were all in AW at the beauty of this! the rumble was SO loud. . .we were just outside in our front yard watching it. we've NEVER felt the rumble from our house before. . . this was a gotta see launch :D
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This was about 15 minutes after the launch when the sun started to come up and the line of smoke started to LIGHT UP! haha this was AMAZING! this picture looks professional! yeah this was just from our front yard. . .not across the street, but right in front of our magnolia tree. . . dumb founded at the beauty!</span>
<br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">more to come. . :D
<br /></span></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-71392859866551185102010-03-23T14:38:00.004-04:002010-03-23T14:45:52.785-04:00In Love with TutorialsI think tutorials are one of my favorite uses of the Internet.<br /><br />Not only can people share their great ideas, they can give me step by step instructions of how to do it myself!<br /><br />Here are some pictures of some fabric Easter eggs I made using <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/03/bunny-eggs.html#more">this tutorial</a>. I made a few in bright colors, but mostly in more subdued browns, barn reds, ecrus, blues. The latter matched perfectly with my two little wheelbarrow bunnies who needed an egg to carry.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S6kLWyqYn6I/AAAAAAAAEC8/kHlScqVcDdU/s1600-h/100_2154.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451901310093270946" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S6kLWyqYn6I/AAAAAAAAEC8/kHlScqVcDdU/s400/100_2154.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S6kLRfnAf4I/AAAAAAAAEC0/dB0BmwVJfjI/s1600-h/100_2155.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451901219079487362" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S6kLRfnAf4I/AAAAAAAAEC0/dB0BmwVJfjI/s400/100_2155.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S6kLL3RtvSI/AAAAAAAAECs/cXIhsBSjs_M/s1600-h/100_2156.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451901122353413410" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S6kLL3RtvSI/AAAAAAAAECs/cXIhsBSjs_M/s400/100_2156.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S6kLF6h7LkI/AAAAAAAAECk/Fs9wlkwgX5E/s1600-h/100_2157.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451901020147494466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S6kLF6h7LkI/AAAAAAAAECk/Fs9wlkwgX5E/s400/100_2157.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Now...enough crafting and back to studying...exam to take in two days!<br /></span><div></div></div></div></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-75539292158805312052010-03-23T11:37:00.001-04:002010-03-23T11:38:29.102-04:00Another Give-AwayGo visit my friend Janice at her blog for a fantastic give-away. I spent all day yesterday with Janice in Jacksonville at a fabric store...she has such a good eye for putting fabric together. Now I have some awesome material for three quilts...but more on that in another blog (with pictures!)<br /><a href="http://www.abbeylanequilts.blogspot.com/">www.abbeylanequilts.blogspot.com</a>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-63024357074664917192010-03-19T13:14:00.002-04:002010-03-19T13:16:29.580-04:00Free FabricWhat will I do for a chance to win some free fabric? Blog about it...that's what.<br /><br /><a href="http://ourcozynest.blogspot.com/">http://ourcozynest.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Here's the link...but don't enter! I'm already competing against 171 entries! :)AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-13754604419169291152010-03-07T15:06:00.007-05:002010-03-07T15:15:36.517-05:00Freshly SqueezedA few of the benefits of our (usually) mild winter weather is the delicious citrus we get to enjoy. Here the kids are after picking grapefruit off the tree for breakfast (so yummy...)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QIMzE5mrI/AAAAAAAAECc/eqQbBjllg8I/s1600-h/grapefruit+on+tree.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QIMzE5mrI/AAAAAAAAECc/eqQbBjllg8I/s400/grapefruit+on+tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445986865359985330" border="0" /></a>And fresh-squeezed orange juice has got to be one of our favorite things about living in Florida! One of Brady's early morning teachers left a bag of Honeybell oranges on his car after he'd visited a seminary class. These are as good as anything you've ever tasted and we guard them like gold around here. Brady squeezed them for juice, along with some other oranges from a neighbor's tree, and we savored every swallow.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QIE-HexVI/AAAAAAAAECU/pf8Dw5VOBx0/s1600-h/honeybell+oranges.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QIE-HexVI/AAAAAAAAECU/pf8Dw5VOBx0/s400/honeybell+oranges.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445986730884646226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The celestial Honeybells</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QHtVyw0lI/AAAAAAAAECE/KzlGk5iQV4E/s1600-h/oranges+for+juicing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QHtVyw0lI/AAAAAAAAECE/KzlGk5iQV4E/s400/oranges+for+juicing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445986324923339346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The terrestial Valencia oranges</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QHlbALk4I/AAAAAAAAEB8/xUx2-Y5h4pk/s1600-h/oranges+for+juicing1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QHlbALk4I/AAAAAAAAEB8/xUx2-Y5h4pk/s400/oranges+for+juicing1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445986188882842498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QHdUtj50I/AAAAAAAAEB0/6zTRDKtBe84/s1600-h/orange+juice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S5QHdUtj50I/AAAAAAAAEB0/6zTRDKtBe84/s400/orange+juice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445986049755178818" border="0" /></a>It doesn't get much better than this. And boy does it make it hard to go back to concentrate!AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-49551221022531877702010-02-21T12:00:00.004-05:002010-02-21T12:04:22.386-05:00Florida SnowKnowing Jordan has never touched snow, Aunt Joanna sent Jordan a snow-making kit. Last week for FHE we experimented with it. Not quite enough for a snowman, but it was a hit here where there's no chance of snow in the forecast.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FndmP1kXI/AAAAAAAAEBs/_jcGmy7roK0/s1600-h/making+snow2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440743583021109618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FndmP1kXI/AAAAAAAAEBs/_jcGmy7roK0/s400/making+snow2.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FnX0ikhMI/AAAAAAAAEBk/5cncR1tgO3g/s1600-h/making+snow1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440743483778565314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FnX0ikhMI/AAAAAAAAEBk/5cncR1tgO3g/s400/making+snow1.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FnM9Lq6RI/AAAAAAAAEBc/mXV1j2EO3i4/s1600-h/making+snow.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440743297119873298" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FnM9Lq6RI/AAAAAAAAEBc/mXV1j2EO3i4/s400/making+snow.JPG" /></a><br />Thanks for the fun, Gregory family!</div></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-10687312225873848942010-02-21T11:38:00.008-05:002010-02-21T11:55:31.312-05:00(Not So Extreme) Home MakeoverAfter Christmas I was needing a little home makeover. I put all the decorations away and started re-arranging walls. Not the actual walls, of course, but what was hanging on them. <br /><br />The pictures in the entryway from the front room to the kitchen got dispersed around the house, a new Salt Lake Temple picture to take their place. <br /><br />The pictures in the family room went to the D.I. (our version of it, anyway) and I hung new family pictures that we had taken over the holidays. <br /><br />The pictures from the front room went to our bedroom and I hung a new family picture project that I had been working on for MONTHS and finally finished.<br /><br /> Also, with Brady's mom's help when they were here in January, I finished a project for Tucker. Annice unpicked all the patches off his cub scout shirt and we arranged them, along with several other patches and awards, in a shadow box display case. He was thrilled with it.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4Fjhi_NVPI/AAAAAAAAEBU/XcRzXDk3hy0/s1600-h/100_1898.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440739252819023090" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4Fjhi_NVPI/AAAAAAAAEBU/XcRzXDk3hy0/s400/100_1898.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FjY-HpVsI/AAAAAAAAEBM/UwweXFJgcHc/s1600-h/100_1893.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440739105483347650" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FjY-HpVsI/AAAAAAAAEBM/UwweXFJgcHc/s400/100_1893.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FjNNwdpcI/AAAAAAAAEBE/rxRyz2kdZRk/s1600-h/100_1956.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440738903522649538" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4FjNNwdpcI/AAAAAAAAEBE/rxRyz2kdZRk/s400/100_1956.JPG" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Family room wall - notice I even learned how to use my vinyl letter machine and cut a quote!</span></em><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4Fi6bxeJRI/AAAAAAAAEA8/w3HfGGUFbUI/s1600-h/100_1953.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440738580867458322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4Fi6bxeJRI/AAAAAAAAEA8/w3HfGGUFbUI/s400/100_1953.JPG" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Front room wall...I could not get one without the flash making a few of the pictures look funky but the one below at a different angle gives a flash-free view.<br /></span></em><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4Fh9GDgD6I/AAAAAAAAEA0/V7U6rNpLmbQ/s1600-h/100_1951.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440737527065481122" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4Fh9GDgD6I/AAAAAAAAEA0/V7U6rNpLmbQ/s400/100_1951.JPG" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks to my friend Shelby for the great idea...twice! There's one similar hanging in the boy's room.<br /></span></em><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4Fh01AXn3I/AAAAAAAAEAs/uUTeW9pko80/s1600-h/100_1946.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440737385049988978" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S4Fh01AXn3I/AAAAAAAAEAs/uUTeW9pko80/s400/100_1946.JPG" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Painted this wall a shade lighter than the gold kitchen and bought this new picture. The lighting is horrible in the picture, you can't see the color of the wall at all. Oh well.</span></em></div><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div> </div><div><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><div><span style="font-size:130%;">4 projects done...996 more to go!</span></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-8818918687157924452010-02-02T20:36:00.025-05:002010-02-07T11:36:55.825-05:00A Post with a Hundred PicturesIf a picture is worth a hundred words, this post is worth a lot! As I was trying to pick out a few shots from our cruise to share, I just couldn't narrow it down. So...look and enjoy, in no particular order.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jkMoIhcRI/AAAAAAAABNk/EbJsFr3PbQg/s1600-h/Tucker%27s+snorkel+face.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433843856005230866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jkMoIhcRI/AAAAAAAABNk/EbJsFr3PbQg/s400/Tucker%27s+snorkel+face.JPG" /></a> Tucker after snorkeling - see the "mask face"?<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jkH_lIKEI/AAAAAAAABNc/--ZtuFr5iJI/s1600-h/Tucker%27s+birthday+cake.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433843776399878210" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jkH_lIKEI/AAAAAAAABNc/--ZtuFr5iJI/s400/Tucker%27s+birthday+cake.JPG" /></a> Tucker celebrated his 11th birthday on the ship. This was one of two cakes he got.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jkDIDL3xI/AAAAAAAABNU/RbdSgwvaMZw/s1600-h/Three+boys+on+verandah.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433843692774088466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jkDIDL3xI/AAAAAAAABNU/RbdSgwvaMZw/s400/Three+boys+on+verandah.JPG" /></a> Three handsome boys ready for "dress up night" on the cruise. This was taken off the verandah of our room.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jj83GwXBI/AAAAAAAABNM/4cdW2oax-NI/s1600-h/sail+away+party.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433843585146444818" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jj83GwXBI/AAAAAAAABNM/4cdW2oax-NI/s400/sail+away+party.JPG" /></a> the family (minus the photographer) at the "sail away party"<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jjkDnhCkI/AAAAAAAABNE/i95ptQycHNM/s1600-h/ready+for+bike+ride.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433843159008348738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jjkDnhCkI/AAAAAAAABNE/i95ptQycHNM/s400/ready+for+bike+ride.JPG" /></a> We rented bikes and rode around the island of Castaway Cay (Disney's private island). There were about 13 kids and 4 adults, we looked like a bunch of crazies.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2ji83MuSrI/AAAAAAAABM8/auzEpAJxYwA/s1600-h/observation+tower.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433842485659847346" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2ji83MuSrI/AAAAAAAABM8/auzEpAJxYwA/s400/observation+tower.JPG" /></a> Family from the top of the observation tower on Castaway Cay. If you look close you can see the ship in the far background.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2ji3V5i7PI/AAAAAAAABM0/bKNJ4e300QY/s1600-h/mickey+katsup.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433842390821694706" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2ji3V5i7PI/AAAAAAAABM0/bKNJ4e300QY/s400/mickey+katsup.JPG" /></a> One of my favorite things about the cruise was how our waiters took such good care of the kids. All 14 kids sat at their own table and the 6 adults sat together. The waiters did everything from cutting steak to pouring katsup (Mickey style, of course) on hamburgers. It was awesome.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jixfddqxI/AAAAAAAABMs/DvBXnlpToKo/s1600-h/Meghann+in+Castaway+Cay.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433842290309049106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jixfddqxI/AAAAAAAABMs/DvBXnlpToKo/s400/Meghann+in+Castaway+Cay.JPG" /></a> Meghann on Castaway Cay. This ship was a prop used in "Pirates of the Caribbean."<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jg4zM7-NI/AAAAAAAABMk/YKrm-7bvXkc/s1600-h/Jordan+with+ice+cream.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433840216844269778" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jg4zM7-NI/AAAAAAAABMk/YKrm-7bvXkc/s400/Jordan+with+ice+cream.JPG" /></a> The kids loved the all-you-can-eat ice cream bar that was open practically 24/7. I'm not sure how many cups of ice cream were eaten my my kids alone, but it was a lot!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgd4GZIVI/AAAAAAAABMc/IkckRdj-oIw/s1600-h/getting+back+on+ship.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433839754302529874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgd4GZIVI/AAAAAAAABMc/IkckRdj-oIw/s400/getting+back+on+ship.JPG" /></a> Boarding the ship after a morning of shopping the straw market in Nassau.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgYVURpeI/AAAAAAAABMU/0qSsFXYnONU/s1600-h/family+with+cruise+ship+in+Bahamas.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433839659066172898" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgYVURpeI/AAAAAAAABMU/0qSsFXYnONU/s400/family+with+cruise+ship+in+Bahamas.JPG" /></a> In port in Nassau, Bahamas.</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgSSBIyOI/AAAAAAAABMM/F5f5Ql2vr0I/s1600-h/Dina,+Dina,+Stephanie.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433839555101378786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgSSBIyOI/AAAAAAAABMM/F5f5Ql2vr0I/s400/Dina,+Dina,+Stephanie.JPG" /></a> Me with my friends Dina and Dina.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgL_-J6kI/AAAAAAAABME/lPI6uec36nM/s1600-h/Courtney,+Mom,+Meghann.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433839447177816642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgL_-J6kI/AAAAAAAABME/lPI6uec36nM/s400/Courtney,+Mom,+Meghann.JPG" /></a>Me with my friends Courtney and Meghann :)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgHJPalSI/AAAAAAAABL8/SRFd49lDzOg/s1600-h/Courtney+with+Mickey.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433839363766785314" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgHJPalSI/AAAAAAAABL8/SRFd49lDzOg/s400/Courtney+with+Mickey.JPG" /></a> Courtney and Mickey (for being a Disney cruise we didn't see Mickey all that much).<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgAyUcKSI/AAAAAAAABL0/58OLgUYxTjA/s1600-h/Castaway+Cay.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433839254534629666" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jgAyUcKSI/AAAAAAAABL0/58OLgUYxTjA/s400/Castaway+Cay.JPG" /></a> View of Castaway Cay from the ship.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXXBJuKaI/AAAAAAAABLs/F1d_KBK8Exo/s1600-h/Brady,+Scott,+Rick.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433829740868676002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXXBJuKaI/AAAAAAAABLs/F1d_KBK8Exo/s400/Brady,+Scott,+Rick.JPG" /></a> Brady, Scott, and Rick - the dads who bring home the bacon so we could go on this fun trip.</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXRtLKYBI/AAAAAAAABLk/G3uhpsByGzc/s1600-h/Brady+and+Scott.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433829649606664210" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXRtLKYBI/AAAAAAAABLk/G3uhpsByGzc/s400/Brady+and+Scott.JPG" /></a> Brady and Scott opted for the "patch" - no motion sickness for them! (none for the rest of us either, hooray).<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXMbvilJI/AAAAAAAABLc/K-c9xwnUxcc/s1600-h/boys+with+Atlantis+in+background.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433829559028061330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXMbvilJI/AAAAAAAABLc/K-c9xwnUxcc/s400/boys+with+Atlantis+in+background.JPG" /></a> Jordan, Spencer and Tucker as we were pulling into port at the Nassau. Tucker loved his birthday shirt and hat.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXG9bBBiI/AAAAAAAABLU/gfJDrws-YoY/s1600-h/boys+eating+lunch.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433829464989566498" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXG9bBBiI/AAAAAAAABLU/gfJDrws-YoY/s400/boys+eating+lunch.JPG" /></a>Five boys eating at an all-you-can-eat buffet...that's a lot of chicken strips and fries being consumed!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXBD9TjEI/AAAAAAAABLM/14JJ7JjSKZg/s1600-h/14+kids.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433829363664784450" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AkOEaoUfKO4/S2jXBD9TjEI/AAAAAAAABLM/14JJ7JjSKZg/s400/14+kids.JPG" /></a> 14 kids we took between three familes.</div><div> </div><div>The only bad thing about this cruise is it was over way too fast!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-72230810074251067572010-02-02T17:34:00.016-05:002010-02-02T18:01:27.858-05:00CompanyJust when I think I'm going to stay caught up on my blog, just when I think I'm going to blog more often, I realize two weeks have gone by without touching my blog. Oh well, if something has to be neglected, better my blog than my children...right?<br /><br />So, with a few minutes to update, I thought I'd post about our cruise. It was so much fun! But then I realized the pictures were on the family computer and I'm on my laptop so on to plan B. I'm posting pictures of our recent week-long visit by Brady's parents from Utah. What a fun week it was. The kids absolutely loved having grandma and grandpa here to talk to, play the piano for, read books with, take walks with, share their homework with, on and on. I loved having someone clean my kitchen when I wasn't looking and someone to help me with a few projects (picture of that to come later).<br /><br />Here are some highlights:<br /><br />Spencer had a school project where he needed to interview someone "older" about their family history. How perfect to be able to interview Grandpa in person! Here they are doing the interview:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2ir11WJ0EI/AAAAAAAAEAk/Mslx2NUf9ws/s1600-h/Interview+with+Grandpa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2ir11WJ0EI/AAAAAAAAEAk/Mslx2NUf9ws/s400/Interview+with+Grandpa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433781891763916866" border="0" /></a>Grandma helped put the project together:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2ir11WJ0EI/AAAAAAAAEAk/Mslx2NUf9ws/s1600-h/Interview+with+Grandpa.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irtYzsuhI/AAAAAAAAEAc/kKbVYrgxy9Q/s1600-h/Spencer%27s+project.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irtYzsuhI/AAAAAAAAEAc/kKbVYrgxy9Q/s400/Spencer%27s+project.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433781746664258066" border="0" /></a>The final poster turned out great! Grandpa is now famous (at least with 20 3rd graders).<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irmUHmSaI/AAAAAAAAEAU/Yeomzg8E7Fk/s1600-h/Spencer+and+Grandpa+with+project.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irmUHmSaI/AAAAAAAAEAU/Yeomzg8E7Fk/s400/Spencer+and+Grandpa+with+project.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433781625146460578" border="0" /></a>Five Nixon boys:<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irdIoeNBI/AAAAAAAAEAM/E6TiOLFvkcU/s1600-h/Nixon+boys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irdIoeNBI/AAAAAAAAEAM/E6TiOLFvkcU/s400/Nixon+boys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433781467444294674" border="0" /></a>Not sure where Jordan was for this picture...off on the playground I think. It was a cute picture anyway.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irUOzHvUI/AAAAAAAAEAE/iPHMedEZrXY/s1600-h/kids+minus+Jordan+with+Grandparents.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irUOzHvUI/AAAAAAAAEAE/iPHMedEZrXY/s400/kids+minus+Jordan+with+Grandparents.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433781314480749890" border="0" /></a>Here we all were at Lake Mills Park, beautiful weather, yummy picnic, great company - doesn't get much better than that.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irJxM5jFI/AAAAAAAAD_8/1CjDp6vr7_w/s1600-h/family+with+Kelly.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irJxM5jFI/AAAAAAAAD_8/1CjDp6vr7_w/s400/family+with+Kelly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433781134737116242" border="0" /></a>Another picture with Kelly. It was wonderful to have her over for the weekend.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irAW-4kwI/AAAAAAAAD_0/faQ2atmnM3I/s1600-h/family+with+Kelly1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2irAW-4kwI/AAAAAAAAD_0/faQ2atmnM3I/s400/family+with+Kelly1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433780973080187650" border="0" /></a>Brady, Stephanie, Annice, Galen:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iq2hlGrnI/AAAAAAAAD_s/8rUXBni-8qE/s1600-h/Brady,+Stephanie,+Annice,+Galen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iq2hlGrnI/AAAAAAAAD_s/8rUXBni-8qE/s400/Brady,+Stephanie,+Annice,+Galen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433780804126158450" border="0" /></a>And finally, a few pictures from our airboat ride. That was amazing, more alligators than we could count. On the flip side, more dead fish than we could count too. There had to be thousands of dead fish all along the banks of the river due to the 10-day freeze/cold weather we had a few weeks ago. There were talapia and some other type of fish that I can't remember all up and down the river with about as many vultures feasting on them.<br /><br />Anyway, off of dead fish and on to some great pictures:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iquOIfsDI/AAAAAAAAD_k/DfIcorW9I3k/s1600-h/alligator.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iquOIfsDI/AAAAAAAAD_k/DfIcorW9I3k/s400/alligator.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433780661466935346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iqj34vJkI/AAAAAAAAD_c/XhL_yIioqDk/s1600-h/alligator3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iqj34vJkI/AAAAAAAAD_c/XhL_yIioqDk/s400/alligator3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433780483696567874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iqaEHb1lI/AAAAAAAAD_U/FL-e4pR6fck/s1600-h/alligator2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iqaEHb1lI/AAAAAAAAD_U/FL-e4pR6fck/s400/alligator2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433780315180750418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iqNEXrKWI/AAAAAAAAD_M/o21KMoRZbgA/s1600-h/alligator1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2iqNEXrKWI/AAAAAAAAD_M/o21KMoRZbgA/s400/alligator1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433780091910564194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2ipyeQ8sSI/AAAAAAAAD_E/JDgmWbq5G9M/s1600-h/airboat+ride.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S2ipyeQ8sSI/AAAAAAAAD_E/JDgmWbq5G9M/s400/airboat+ride.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433779635005206818" border="0" /></a>Our "tour guide" was great - he took us out for nearly an hour and knew that river like the back of his hand. He was fun to talk to - a genuine cowboy. It was a perfect airboat ride!<br /><br />Thanks Galen and Annice for making the trip out. It was a wonderful week and like all good things, it went way too fast.AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-69640251434512026122010-01-20T21:13:00.005-05:002010-01-20T21:23:49.702-05:00Powerade!A few weekends ago, right in the middle of our arctic weather, we were scheduled to volunteer at the Disney 1/2 Marathon. There was about 40 people from our ward all working at Water Stop 6 - the half way point (sort of). <br /><br />We all bundled up (see picture of my friend Dina below, she looks like she belongs in Alaska!) and braved the cold weather, showed up at Disney at 4:45 AM!!! and had a great time filling cups with Powerade and handing them out to runners as they jogged by.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5U4tNoKI/AAAAAAAAD-8/CWUehgOSEPA/s1600-h/dina+at+disney+race.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429011644288966818" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5U4tNoKI/AAAAAAAAD-8/CWUehgOSEPA/s400/dina+at+disney+race.JPG" /></a> I was a little worried about someone sloshing juice all over my gloves but stuck my arm out anyway. I definitely got sloshed on a few times, but oh well. It was fun.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5P85lKYI/AAAAAAAAD-0/_W6sAZcMPgk/s1600-h/Steph+at+disney+race.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429011559515236738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5P85lKYI/AAAAAAAAD-0/_W6sAZcMPgk/s400/Steph+at+disney+race.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5LfVuItI/AAAAAAAAD-s/Kk_ZZ43DB6w/s1600-h/steph+at+disney+race1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429011482860724946" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5LfVuItI/AAAAAAAAD-s/Kk_ZZ43DB6w/s400/steph+at+disney+race1.JPG" /></a> Brady was making us all laugh with his shouts of, "Get your Powerade here! My long arm comes to you! Easy hand-off right here!" And sure enough, most people came to him. He's such a salesman.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5GV_HWYI/AAAAAAAAD-k/3IGeYy19xdQ/s1600-h/Brady+at+disney+race.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429011394450643330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5GV_HWYI/AAAAAAAAD-k/3IGeYy19xdQ/s400/Brady+at+disney+race.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5BH1O67I/AAAAAAAAD-c/g2OBq24iEBY/s1600-h/Brady+at+disney+race1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429011304751754162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S1e5BH1O67I/AAAAAAAAD-c/g2OBq24iEBY/s400/Brady+at+disney+race1.JPG" /></a> The perk? Free Disney tickets for the two of us, that awesome orange jacket, Disney rain ponchos (because it was predicted to rain, but gratefully didn't. It did sleet though, just slightly but it reminded me so much of snow!), and Toy Story T-shirts. It was a lot of fun and made me want to be one of the runners next year (maybe the one in the Snow White dress...?). <div></div></div></div></div></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-52587682195667462732010-01-12T10:43:00.015-05:002010-01-12T11:01:39.891-05:00Farewell FrostLast night was supposed to be the last time we'd see a hard freeze...at least for this cold snap. The high is supposed to be back up into the 70's by the weekend.<br /><br />Brady went to Atlanta last week and sent us this picture of him holding SNOW! Jordan was wishing he had been a stow-away in Brady's suitcase.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0ybaa0YToI/AAAAAAAAD-U/ENc0WoI6W7I/s1600-h/hello.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425882529252527746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0ybaa0YToI/AAAAAAAAD-U/ENc0WoI6W7I/s400/hello.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><em>How handsome is this guy? I love this picture.</em></span></div><br />So, here are some pictures of our car this morning. Thank goodness for one in the garage that I could take the kids to school with. (Brady wasn't so lucky at 5:00 a.m. when he left to go visit an early morning seminary class. He had to scrape with a credit card.)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0ybP-QozzI/AAAAAAAAD-M/MDdB_PQFfO4/s1600-h/freeze.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425882349787729714" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0ybP-QozzI/AAAAAAAAD-M/MDdB_PQFfO4/s400/freeze.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0ya_wr2r2I/AAAAAAAAD-E/Q5akXyl-X6w/s1600-h/freeze1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425882071265881954" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0ya_wr2r2I/AAAAAAAAD-E/Q5akXyl-X6w/s400/freeze1.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yayi2HV8I/AAAAAAAAD98/Arw7xVI7p94/s1600-h/freeze2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425881844212520898" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yayi2HV8I/AAAAAAAAD98/Arw7xVI7p94/s400/freeze2.JPG" /></a> Courtney scraped together all the ice off the roof of the car and made a little snowball out of it.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yagKTMf5I/AAAAAAAAD90/mZIlXHbuh3w/s1600-h/freeze3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425881528385961874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yagKTMf5I/AAAAAAAAD90/mZIlXHbuh3w/s400/freeze3.JPG" /></a> I took this picture of her, then I put the camera away and left to take the boys to school. I left Courtney practicing the piano. When I finally had a few minutes to download these pictures to the blog, I found the following pictures of Courtney. She is the queen of the self portrait.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yaMkQesZI/AAAAAAAAD9s/JzurgiwDbiU/s1600-h/freeze4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425881191756509586" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yaMkQesZI/AAAAAAAAD9s/JzurgiwDbiU/s400/freeze4.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yZ4ITqnDI/AAAAAAAAD9k/mfJBPOq-AXM/s1600-h/freeze5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425880840656297010" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yZ4ITqnDI/AAAAAAAAD9k/mfJBPOq-AXM/s400/freeze5.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yZoGN3WEI/AAAAAAAAD9c/0smtnPxlinI/s1600-h/freeze6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425880565217187906" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yZoGN3WEI/AAAAAAAAD9c/0smtnPxlinI/s400/freeze6.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yZh6MoUfI/AAAAAAAAD9U/vwCnE2hwI9g/s1600-h/freeze7.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425880458911568370" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yZh6MoUfI/AAAAAAAAD9U/vwCnE2hwI9g/s400/freeze7.JPG" /></a> <div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yZZD0uGdI/AAAAAAAAD9M/IjrDzFS2QpY/s1600-h/freeze8.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425880306876815826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0yZZD0uGdI/AAAAAAAAD9M/IjrDzFS2QpY/s400/freeze8.JPG" /></a> And she'll probably die that I posted all of these...good thing she's so cute (and forgiving)! <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-27689552690444937112010-01-06T21:44:00.002-05:002010-01-06T21:49:25.840-05:00What Freezing in Florida Looks LikeLast night's temperature in Oviedo was 26 degrees - the lowest temp recorded in Central Florida.<br /><br />It's cold...and I mean cold! The oldest two boys came to me tonight after they'd gone to bed with sore, red, cracked hands and lips. It's cold and dry and their bodies aren't used to it.<br /><br />Here's the scene you can see at most any house or business around town:<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VKxvyUo6I/AAAAAAAAD9E/lWsGVe0z2vY/s1600-h/winter+in+florida1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423823544739210146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VKxvyUo6I/AAAAAAAAD9E/lWsGVe0z2vY/s400/winter+in+florida1.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VKsFHfUeI/AAAAAAAAD88/cmTQLV6A33Q/s1600-h/winter+in+florida.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423823447385919970" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VKsFHfUeI/AAAAAAAAD88/cmTQLV6A33Q/s400/winter+in+florida.JPG" /></a> Plants covered with sheets, tarps, whatever you can find to protect them from the cold. Hopefully all those pineapple plants and our robellini palm will survive. </div><div> </div><div>Brady is headed to Atlanta tomorrow where it's even colder and a SNOWSTORM is predicted for tomorrow night. I sure hope he gets to see snow again!</div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-59261501035213718982010-01-03T10:11:00.017-05:002010-01-06T21:43:21.044-05:00Annual Canoe Trip<div align="center">Over the Christmas break we made our annual canoe trip with the Shepherd and Bateman families. It's always so much fun - beautiful scenery, beautiful weather, delicious lunch - it doesn't get much better than that. Well...if someone would paddle my canoe for me it might get better. (Brady is probably thinking, "Wait a minute, I DO paddle the canoe for you!)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Enjoy some pictures from our float down the Econlockahatchee River:</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VJHBqGiyI/AAAAAAAAD80/0TgpjHBUMos/s1600-h/turtle.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423821711290567458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VJHBqGiyI/AAAAAAAAD80/0TgpjHBUMos/s400/turtle.JPG" /></a> One of about 2 turtles we saw. The gang in Tucker's canoe also saw two alligators!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VI_eLemDI/AAAAAAAAD8s/s8Qir7IzNzo/s1600-h/starting+campfire.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423821581507794994" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VI_eLemDI/AAAAAAAAD8s/s8Qir7IzNzo/s400/starting+campfire.JPG" /></a> Starting a fire to fry up some mean burgers and dogs for lunch.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VI3wdAQLI/AAAAAAAAD8k/qi3YxLXk7sE/s1600-h/relief+for+Jordan.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423821448974188722" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VI3wdAQLI/AAAAAAAAD8k/qi3YxLXk7sE/s400/relief+for+Jordan.JPG" /></a>Finding relief - the natural way.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VIuxg_NvI/AAAAAAAAD8c/tkkXFjz0g5A/s1600-h/perfect+mallows.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423821294640510706" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VIuxg_NvI/AAAAAAAAD8c/tkkXFjz0g5A/s400/perfect+mallows.JPG" /></a> Brady roasted these mallows to absolute perfection - then gave them to me on a s'more. Now that's true love (and it was the best s'more I've ever tasted).<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VImIqHf_I/AAAAAAAAD8U/gEhD6OnOCWc/s1600-h/mom,+dad,+Jordan.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423821146233995250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VImIqHf_I/AAAAAAAAD8U/gEhD6OnOCWc/s400/mom,+dad,+Jordan.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VICfiAWmI/AAAAAAAAD8M/3PUkqUXx1sg/s1600-h/bouncy+palm+tree.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423820533898697314" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VICfiAWmI/AAAAAAAAD8M/3PUkqUXx1sg/s400/bouncy+palm+tree.JPG" /></a> It wouldn't be a canoe trip without playing on the "bouncy palm tree." Sight of this tree means we have arrived for lunch!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VH7nA50qI/AAAAAAAAD8E/QTCNZsCr904/s1600-h/beauty+barge1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423820415648256674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VH7nA50qI/AAAAAAAAD8E/QTCNZsCr904/s400/beauty+barge1.JPG" /></a> We call this canoe the "Beauty Barge." Those four girls had a great time together.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VHpiMsXcI/AAAAAAAAD78/pGh7DkTvTpE/s1600-h/beautiful+view.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423820105117883842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0VHpiMsXcI/AAAAAAAAD78/pGh7DkTvTpE/s400/beautiful+view.JPG" /></a> Look at the reflection of the trees in this picture! Gorgeous.<br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0C4-fMGFCI/AAAAAAAAD70/-jYRfB67EAg/s1600-h/100_1284.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422537335017706530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0C4-fMGFCI/AAAAAAAAD70/-jYRfB67EAg/s400/100_1284.JPG" /></a><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422537026877245410" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0C4sjRrx-I/AAAAAAAAD7k/_YOeZMzGpss/s400/100_1285.JPG" /></div><div align="center">My view in front<br /></div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422537182179299090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0C41l0lDxI/AAAAAAAAD7s/4Uski656UEs/s400/100_1286.JPG" /> My view behind. I'm not sure which is better!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CzpZzB45I/AAAAAAAAD7c/xfPiBvuG6Z8/s1600-h/100_1281.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422531475235005330" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CzpZzB45I/AAAAAAAAD7c/xfPiBvuG6Z8/s400/100_1281.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The whole gang (minus photographer Kent). Notice - I'm the only wife! How do I get roped into these things??? </p></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-41620830623686291262010-01-03T09:50:00.011-05:002010-01-03T10:10:03.496-05:00Christmas Morning Hightlights<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CyyFg6XEI/AAAAAAAAD7U/y_VQjrSabrI/s1600-h/100_1251.JPG">Yesterday I spent about two hours trying to organize, name, file, order prints from all the pictures we've taken since Halloween! I ordered about 320 prints - now that's a lot of filing into photo albums to do when they all arrive! Thank goodness I have five kids who can help me.<br /><br />Here are some highlights from Christmas morning:</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CyyFg6XEI/AAAAAAAAD7U/y_VQjrSabrI/s1600-h/100_1251.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CyyFg6XEI/AAAAAAAAD7U/y_VQjrSabrI/s400/100_1251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422530524897500226" border="0" /></a>Meghann was surprised and THRILLED to receive a new cell phone in the bottom of her stocking.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CwQXx_izI/AAAAAAAAD7E/HsjIHjvl-H8/s1600-h/100_1269.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CwQXx_izI/AAAAAAAAD7E/HsjIHjvl-H8/s400/100_1269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422527746662173490" border="0" /></a>We loved the mugs and hot chocolate from the Bottema family<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cv6pnJ8hI/AAAAAAAAD60/WcovVoy-Rmg/s1600-h/100_1234.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cv6pnJ8hI/AAAAAAAAD60/WcovVoy-Rmg/s400/100_1234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422527373491434002" border="0" /></a>...and the Skookie maker from the Nixon family!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cvx3mTPNI/AAAAAAAAD6s/MIy5PeIwxOE/s1600-h/100_1220.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cvx3mTPNI/AAAAAAAAD6s/MIy5PeIwxOE/s400/100_1220.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422527222627122386" border="0" /></a>One of Courtney's favorite gifts was a new pair of CONVERSE tennis shoes (that makes three pair now! This girl is a fan of Converse).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cvnpq597I/AAAAAAAAD6k/RUupCRhP064/s1600-h/100_1209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cvnpq597I/AAAAAAAAD6k/RUupCRhP064/s400/100_1209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422527047089649586" border="0" /></a>I realized that I didn't have many pictures of Brady (probably because I was sitting next to him on the couch, hard position to take a picture from) but he was excited about these new tools he got.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cvc4y9OPI/AAAAAAAAD6c/Lq6PG9mRzdA/s1600-h/100_1200.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cvc4y9OPI/AAAAAAAAD6c/Lq6PG9mRzdA/s400/100_1200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422526862171388146" border="0" /></a>Spencer loves this new Nerf gun. I'm not loving the 70 "bullets" to keep track of, but a week after Christmas Spencer was happy to report that he still had all 70. Woo hoo!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CvTh-exwI/AAAAAAAAD6U/7fQcg6ujF-Y/s1600-h/100_1185.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CvTh-exwI/AAAAAAAAD6U/7fQcg6ujF-Y/s400/100_1185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422526701426886402" border="0" /></a>Tucker has become a fan of "Robotix" - some toy from the 80's that he's been doing at an after-school club. Thank goodness for ebay - Tucker is now the proud owner of a plastic robot roaming around our house.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CvHnk8vnI/AAAAAAAAD6M/wwAXPvu7pzw/s1600-h/100_1180.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CvHnk8vnI/AAAAAAAAD6M/wwAXPvu7pzw/s400/100_1180.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422526496771980914" border="0" /></a>Brady surprised me with a vinyl letter cutting machine. Thanks for your help with the gift, Liseanne! I can't wait to figure out how to use it (and I wish you could fly here and give me a lesson).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cu8PgukkI/AAAAAAAAD6E/PFJSqkZAbPc/s1600-h/100_1170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0Cu8PgukkI/AAAAAAAAD6E/PFJSqkZAbPc/s400/100_1170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422526301333262914" border="0" /></a>Jordan loved this Florida Gators blanket I made him. He's definitely fan of the Gators.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CwYPB2JoI/AAAAAAAAD7M/FXufnTXF3VE/s1600-h/100_1256.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/S0CwYPB2JoI/AAAAAAAAD7M/FXufnTXF3VE/s400/100_1256.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422527881751701122" border="0" /></a>A little snuggle time with dad and the blanket.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was a great day with lots of relaxing and enjoying each other's company. Why does it have to be over already??? Tommorow it's back to reality...ugh.<br /></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-89824928328619560872009-12-30T21:40:00.003-05:002009-12-30T21:43:20.792-05:00Christmas - Florida Style<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzwPkdxVMsI/AAAAAAAAD58/E_Bk4JO2lBQ/s1600-h/Christmas+eve.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421225170588480194" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzwPkdxVMsI/AAAAAAAAD58/E_Bk4JO2lBQ/s400/Christmas+eve.JPG" /></a> Don't hate us because it was 70+ degrees on Christmas eve...off to the beach we went.</div><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzwPfCAcNuI/AAAAAAAAD50/Cu_CROENFjI/s1600-h/happy+holidays.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421225077236315874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzwPfCAcNuI/AAAAAAAAD50/Cu_CROENFjI/s400/happy+holidays.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzwPYQHkCGI/AAAAAAAAD5s/HiKDRf2dP7A/s1600-h/Florida+snowman.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421224960765200482" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzwPYQHkCGI/AAAAAAAAD5s/HiKDRf2dP7A/s400/Florida+snowman.JPG" /></a> A Florida snowman<br /><div></div></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-48421472471427250452009-12-21T18:36:00.012-05:002009-12-24T10:36:05.324-05:00Life Next Door to Disney WorldThe first weekend in December we experienced a little perk of living next door to Disney. We were able to go (for free!) to the Magic Kingdom for some filming of the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade. Brady and I went together one day and saw Yanni and Kris Allen. I was so excited when I found out Kris Allen was performing. He was awesome. A few kids from our ward were there and they threw him their Santa hat with a Sharpie and he signed it! Wouldn't you know it, I forgot my camera. But check out this awesome video we found on youtube.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Udwk2Aev8No&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Udwk2Aev8No&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The tall guy in the green shirt and Santa hat who is RIGHT in the way during the performance is BRADY!! <em><span style="font-size:85%;">(Courtney found me too! I am the one right in front of Brady with the sparkly santa hat.)<br /></span></em><br />The next day we took all of the kids but Meghann. It was opening night of her play and she was stressed about missing school that day. So we took Courtney's friend Kennedy instead.<br /><br />The forecast was for rain - a 100% chance. The weatherman was right. When we got there we found out that the Jonas Brothers were being taped. Everyone was all excited. About 10 minutes later we were standing in pouring rain, pulling out rain ponchos and we heard the director say, "that's a wrap." No more taping of the Jonas Brothers that day, they were rescheduling them for Sunday. Boo!!! We played around for a while in the park and then headed to the Grand Floridian hotel for the taping of Celine Dion. So did a million other people, or so it seemed. That hotel was packed! But, somehow we worked our way up tothe front and had a great spot. In fact, one of the camera guys loved Brady and Jordan and asked them to get in a certain position so he could tape them. Watch for them Christmas day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzAHa6w0umI/AAAAAAAAD5k/uNlyIZmOfwc/s1600-h/Grand+Floridina.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417838510758738530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzAHa6w0umI/AAAAAAAAD5k/uNlyIZmOfwc/s400/Grand+Floridina.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Inside the Grand Floridian - when we were actually dry</span></em><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417838011385001394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzAG92c2NbI/AAAAAAAAD5U/orwu1_b2QoM/s400/Celine+Dion1.JPG" /></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">She was stunning (but I was afraid her dress was going to fall off)</span></em></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzAHSyGUFjI/AAAAAAAAD5c/VFtvK0H5uS8/s1600-h/Courtney+and+Kennedy+with+Pinnichio.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417838370994001458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzAHSyGUFjI/AAAAAAAAD5c/VFtvK0H5uS8/s400/Courtney+and+Kennedy+with+Pinnichio.JPG" /></p></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzAHSyGUFjI/AAAAAAAAD5c/VFtvK0H5uS8/s1600-h/Courtney+and+Kennedy+with+Pinnichio.JPG"><p align="center"></a></p><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Pinnochio borrowed one of the boy's scarfs so that he matched these two girls</span><br /></em><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzAGz2swz8I/AAAAAAAAD5M/_NJOxHIBBdQ/s1600-h/with+Mickey+and+Minnie1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417837839653064642" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SzAGz2swz8I/AAAAAAAAD5M/_NJOxHIBBdQ/s400/with+Mickey+and+Minnie1.JPG" /></a></p><p>We got rained on, but where else can you actually have FUN in the rain? There was no wait for the big roller coaster rides - the ones people wait an hour or more to ride in the summertime. It was great. And a bonus - we were given 7 tickets to come back on Sunday but sold them on Craig's list. Cha-Ching $$. Here's to keeping the Sabbath day holy.</p><p>One more perk of being Mickey's neighbors...Meghann got to perform at Epcot Center's Candelight ceremony. It is basically the reading of Luke 2 by some (not so) famous person with local high school choirs providing music with Disney musicians. The guest narrator on Meghann's night was Kit Kitteridge (what is her real name...? Amanada something I think). The night before it was Vanessa Williams. Brady was able to chapperone her choir so they both earned two free Disney passes. </p>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155754111222369894.post-84365386484963608532009-12-06T12:41:00.029-05:002009-12-10T16:53:49.049-05:00Introducing Guest Blogger CourtneyWell, I was caught up with my blog for about 10 minutes.<br /><br />Now I'm behind again with no time to catch up. So, I've enlisted the help of Courtney who is going to blog all about our trip to the Florida Keys before Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Take it away Courtney. . . .<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEimVGvaSI/AAAAAAAAD5E/2GvT1qxNF9w/s1600-h/rain.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413646268971837730" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEimVGvaSI/AAAAAAAAD5E/2GvT1qxNF9w/s400/rain.JPG" /></a> We'll get the worst out of the way - the RAIN. A camping trip wouldn't be complete without rain, right? Let's just say our trip was very complete. The last night it poured so hard we thought we'd have to row home. This was the road that we normally rode scooters on, but it was flooded with water when we woke up.</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413645494446475618" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEh5PxgSWI/AAAAAAAAD40/M80d7dnblgw/s400/rain1.JPG" /> <div><div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEf-_kdDRI/AAAAAAAAD4s/U5JCydZX2ms/s1600-h/the+tree.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413643394152729874" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEf-_kdDRI/AAAAAAAAD4s/U5JCydZX2ms/s400/the+tree.JPG" /></a> This tree provided hours of fun. The ocean was practically out our front tent door, about 100 yards away (along with this tree).<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEfwK29DLI/AAAAAAAAD4k/Ie4QdiquiOQ/s1600-h/shark+do+do.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413643139485076658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEfwK29DLI/AAAAAAAAD4k/Ie4QdiquiOQ/s400/shark+do+do.JPG" /></a> A SHARK? Can you see it in the water down there? We saw it from a bridge.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEfBw-eMQI/AAAAAAAAD4c/vR4nqQ2UUuU/s1600-h/Meghann%27s+fish.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413642342263304450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEfBw-eMQI/AAAAAAAAD4c/vR4nqQ2UUuU/s400/Meghann%27s+fish.JPG" /></a> We did lots of fishing. Meghann caught this beauty - they were actually very hard to reel in because they would drop off the line.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEe3WEDxvI/AAAAAAAAD4U/l88Cu24VE84/s1600-h/iguana.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413642163240290034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEe3WEDxvI/AAAAAAAAD4U/l88Cu24VE84/s400/iguana.JPG" /></a> Iguana at Bahia Honda State Park<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEekC1zxRI/AAAAAAAAD4M/BHM8kHEQ2YU/s1600-h/dads+cooking+dinner.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413641831662732562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEekC1zxRI/AAAAAAAAD4M/BHM8kHEQ2YU/s400/dads+cooking+dinner.JPG" /></a> The dads fixed us delicious meals.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEeOYklmAI/AAAAAAAAD4E/huJrgKshcQk/s1600-h/Courtney%27s+fish.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413641459538958338" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SyEeOYklmAI/AAAAAAAAD4E/huJrgKshcQk/s400/Courtney%27s+fish.JPG" /></a> Courtney's catch<br /><br /><div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwTW2UO12I/AAAAAAAAD3w/rrni1Qj4hvc/s1600-h/souternmost+point.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412222135450916706" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwTW2UO12I/AAAAAAAAD3w/rrni1Qj4hvc/s400/souternmost+point.JPG" /></a> Key West, Florida<br /><br /><div><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwTCN4sqHI/AAAAAAAAD3g/TsgJqLEZ3dA/s1600-h/railroad+sheppies.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412221781000628338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwTCN4sqHI/AAAAAAAAD3g/TsgJqLEZ3dA/s400/railroad+sheppies.JPG" /></a> The Shepherds - our bestest friends<br /></div><div align="center"><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwS6T_O8UI/AAAAAAAAD3Y/pN16AcJyLWM/s1600-h/railroad+fam.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412221645199700290" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwS6T_O8UI/AAAAAAAAD3Y/pN16AcJyLWM/s400/railroad+fam.JPG" /></a> Family at Bahia Honda State Park<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwSuvSNGxI/AAAAAAAAD3Q/MdwvpxBbKpU/s1600-h/railroad.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412221446368598802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwSuvSNGxI/AAAAAAAAD3Q/MdwvpxBbKpU/s400/railroad.JPG" /></a> The old Flagler Railroad<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwSUHviMYI/AAAAAAAAD3I/2KGsOZJf56Y/s1600-h/pigtail.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412220989077598594" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwSUHviMYI/AAAAAAAAD3I/2KGsOZJf56Y/s400/pigtail.JPG" /></a> Meghann, Natalie, Courtney - after a shower and "hair-do"<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwSCtvjG4I/AAAAAAAAD3A/2W81PpuGXTY/s1600-h/mile+0+end.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412220690040560514" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwSCtvjG4I/AAAAAAAAD3A/2W81PpuGXTY/s400/mile+0+end.JPG" /></a> The family at "Mile Marker 0"<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwR6wBA7kI/AAAAAAAAD24/34hBAWWaE_w/s1600-h/mile+0+begin.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412220553211735618" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwR6wBA7kI/AAAAAAAAD24/34hBAWWaE_w/s400/mile+0+begin.JPG" /></a> The family at "Mile Marker 0" - the other side of the street<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwRjp-AxuI/AAAAAAAAD2w/n8W07VhPO2I/s1600-h/m%26n+sun.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412220156451538658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwRjp-AxuI/AAAAAAAAD2w/n8W07VhPO2I/s400/m%26n+sun.JPG" /></a> Meghann and Natalie - best friends<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwRSv39k_I/AAAAAAAAD2o/9dulXX6bL_k/s1600-h/little+hermit.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412219865978999794" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwRSv39k_I/AAAAAAAAD2o/9dulXX6bL_k/s400/little+hermit.JPG" /></a> There were so many hermit crabs we couldn't count them all. They were great pets for the weekend.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwQxKuTaII/AAAAAAAAD2g/atCGmMJiBww/s1600-h/kid+rock.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412219289070692482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwQxKuTaII/AAAAAAAAD2g/atCGmMJiBww/s400/kid+rock.JPG" /></a> Nixon and Shepherd kids<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwQh5PGPeI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/PipJfFOAvEw/s1600-h/island.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412219026678365666" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwQh5PGPeI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/PipJfFOAvEw/s400/island.JPG" /></a> Bahia Honda State Park - it was gorgeous. We saw a shark and sea turtle from a bridge overlooking the water, plus lots of iguanas on the ground.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwOGBSioSI/AAAAAAAAD2I/TSPfkShWPlw/s1600-h/hue.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412216348780699938" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwOGBSioSI/AAAAAAAAD2I/TSPfkShWPlw/s400/hue.JPG" /></a> This is a HUGE crab I found in the water just walking around a ways down the beach so we picked it up and brought it back to show every one! It was pretty mad! We named it Hue because it was huenourmous:)<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwN8ImJoJI/AAAAAAAAD2A/3uYY43KgnC8/s1600-h/hawt+stuff.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412216178943303826" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwN8ImJoJI/AAAAAAAAD2A/3uYY43KgnC8/s400/hawt+stuff.JPG" /></a> The sunsets and sunrises were AMAZING!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwNrBTfqCI/AAAAAAAAD14/F2yhr-S-oZI/s1600-h/goggle+man.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412215884928231458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwNrBTfqCI/AAAAAAAAD14/F2yhr-S-oZI/s400/goggle+man.JPG" /></a> When we were roasting s'mores the smoke burned this little guy's eyes and so he ran back to camp and came back with these! </div><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwNhLMDQRI/AAAAAAAAD1w/jwLCkA4Meb4/s1600-h/family+in+water.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412215715782672658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwNhLMDQRI/AAAAAAAAD1w/jwLCkA4Meb4/s400/family+in+water.JPG" /></a>Gorgeous water<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwMhb3fl4I/AAAAAAAAD1o/EmeoWSORfaE/s1600-h/family.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412214620748224386" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwMhb3fl4I/AAAAAAAAD1o/EmeoWSORfaE/s400/family.JPG" /></a> The Fam (minus mom who had to take the picture)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwL08ZuEVI/AAAAAAAAD1g/7oZ59s5Pkxc/s1600-h/cute+boys.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412213856387600722" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwL08ZuEVI/AAAAAAAAD1g/7oZ59s5Pkxc/s400/cute+boys.JPG" /></a>Cute Boys!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwLdYSOZoI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/nRX5-PNV-f0/s1600-h/conch.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412213451555497602" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwLdYSOZoI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/nRX5-PNV-f0/s400/conch.JPG" /></a> These were all over the place in the water! pretty huh?<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwLNLkuIHI/AAAAAAAAD1Q/oQklZ5r1lVU/s1600-h/chubby+mess.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412213173265506418" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwLNLkuIHI/AAAAAAAAD1Q/oQklZ5r1lVU/s400/chubby+mess.JPG" /></a> Messy! (But what's camping without s'mores?)<br /></div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwLDVeR7XI/AAAAAAAAD1I/u3jMwFj667U/s1600-h/boys.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412213004124155250" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwLDVeR7XI/AAAAAAAAD1I/u3jMwFj667U/s400/boys.JPG" /></a> Handsome Boys!<br /></div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwK6fuIcEI/AAAAAAAAD1A/yb3kVG0CKm4/s1600-h/blue+boys.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412212852256174146" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwK6fuIcEI/AAAAAAAAD1A/yb3kVG0CKm4/s400/blue+boys.JPG" /></a>Blue Tye Dye?!?<br /></div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwKwzTKX8I/AAAAAAAAD04/LUH2OBmaXJM/s1600-h/beach.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412212685713072066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwKwzTKX8I/AAAAAAAAD04/LUH2OBmaXJM/s400/beach.JPG" /></a>Key West! </div><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwKi5KfOKI/AAAAAAAAD0w/XSZzgQFtTfc/s1600-h/all+leaning+over.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412212446769133730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwKi5KfOKI/AAAAAAAAD0w/XSZzgQFtTfc/s400/all+leaning+over.JPG" /></a> DON'T FALL IN!!! (We saw the most awesome tropical fish from this bridge)<br /><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwKQTmLyvI/AAAAAAAAD0o/1vRfWJgxS2w/s1600-h/7+mile.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412212127447108338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwKQTmLyvI/AAAAAAAAD0o/1vRfWJgxS2w/s400/7+mile.JPG" /></a> 7-Mile Bridge! It's a famous part of the Florida Keys.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwKBk3AJlI/AAAAAAAAD0g/FzGG4I14v2k/s1600-h/adorable.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412211874383013458" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwKBk3AJlI/AAAAAAAAD0g/FzGG4I14v2k/s400/adorable.JPG" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> Isn't Jordan adorable?</span></em><br /></div><div align="center"><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwJ2h_Kg2I/AAAAAAAAD0Y/ftnwF4JOXAQ/s1600-h/60M1211-04-portuguese-man-of-war.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412211684633379682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jn3NcmHGwic/SxwJ2h_Kg2I/AAAAAAAAD0Y/ftnwF4JOXAQ/s400/60M1211-04-portuguese-man-of-war.jpg" /></a>These things were everywhere! It is a portuguese-man-of-war. Thank goodness we were able to steer clear of them.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>AF Nixonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646796122394807320noreply@blogger.com4