tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14813350068059777262024-03-13T05:10:17.046-07:00Honey Bunches of OatsTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-54269994517371507362009-12-03T03:13:00.000-08:002009-12-03T03:22:08.617-08:00It's hard to believe that this story is real...but it is. Read this girl's story <a href="http://kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/">here</a>. <br /><br />I know that kind of life isn't for everyone, and at least for me it can be hard to relate to at times. But, I still think we can all get something out of her journey, even if it's just to be incredibly thankful for the blessings we all enjoy on a daily basis.Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-90124342271634830182009-10-18T14:14:00.000-07:002009-10-18T14:15:42.316-07:00SpainOur trip to Spain was an adventure. It had some good parts and some bad parts, but I definitely wouldn't have wanted to experience my first taste of Europe with anyone other than David!<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-63.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3242591731740345187&site=widget-63.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3242591731740345187&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-63.slide.com/p1/3242591731740345187/bb_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3242591731740345187&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-63.slide.com/p2/3242591731740345187/bb_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3242591731740345187&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-63.slide.com/p4/3242591731740345187/bb_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-22436212564396276772009-07-29T10:47:00.000-07:002009-07-29T11:14:54.185-07:00James IslandTo celebrate my birthday, we took an Olson family boat trip to James Island (which is a small peanut shaped island in the San Juans). David's family used to go to James Island when he was little and he has always had very fond memories of their trips there, so it was especially fun to see the place that David loved so much as a kid! <br /><br />We had a great time hanging out on the boat relaxing, eating a super yummy lunch, going on a beautiful hike, and just spending time together as a family. Theo even came along and he did so well! He was awesome on the boat and didn't seem to mind it a bit, and he was a trooper on his first hike ever. We called him our little billy goat because he just wanted to climb over everything. It was a wonderful day!<br /><br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-bf.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3242591731731958463&site=widget-bf.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3242591731731958463&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-bf.slide.com/p1/3242591731731958463/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3242591731731958463&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-bf.slide.com/p2/3242591731731958463/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3242591731731958463&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-bf.slide.com/p4/3242591731731958463/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-30225840463748041412009-07-22T14:56:00.001-07:002009-07-22T15:28:59.022-07:00This summer so far...~ We've played lots of tennis, and I while I don't think I'm good at it yet, I do feel like I'm getting better. Theo even comes with us and runs around while we play.<br /><br /><br />~ We celebrated David's 28th birthday with a BBQ at a beautiful state park with his family. <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmePy2QwLUI/AAAAAAAAAks/GWwsSVO4pZk/s1600-h/IMG_0787+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmePy2QwLUI/AAAAAAAAAks/GWwsSVO4pZk/s320/IMG_0787+small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361411985129876802" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeOyp_GKKI/AAAAAAAAAkk/vBzbB2K_UnI/s1600-h/IMG_0784+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeOyp_GKKI/AAAAAAAAAkk/vBzbB2K_UnI/s320/IMG_0784+small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361410882322966690" /></a><br /><br />~ I've taken lots of walks with this little beauty, her mama (my friend Kristy), and Theo.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeNTIBQZ4I/AAAAAAAAAkc/b03YqwPWf5Q/s1600-h/IMG_0778+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeNTIBQZ4I/AAAAAAAAAkc/b03YqwPWf5Q/s320/IMG_0778+small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361409241117648770" /></a><br /><br />~ We've had several game nights/bbq's with friends and hope to have more. Game nights are our favorite!<br /><br />It's been a good summer so far and we have lots to look forward too...my birthday, visits with family, camping, Spain (assuming our passports go through and David can get me on the plane, ha).Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-21581560618858899802009-07-22T14:45:00.000-07:002009-07-22T14:56:17.820-07:00Our garden...We made a small <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0WlAGsOE3M">Square Foot Garden</a> in our backyard. Much to my horror, David let Theo out so he could "help." What do you want to bet that he got a bath that night?<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeJvZpVZVI/AAAAAAAAAjc/3Ohgaifbx0s/s1600-h/IMG_0760.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeJvZpVZVI/AAAAAAAAAjc/3Ohgaifbx0s/s320/IMG_0760.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361405328838976850" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeJvw6EEJI/AAAAAAAAAjk/KW1eyOyAjVQ/s1600-h/IMG_0764.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeJvw6EEJI/AAAAAAAAAjk/KW1eyOyAjVQ/s320/IMG_0764.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361405335083159698" /></a><br /><br />The finished product (this was back in early June, some of the plants are crazy huge now...I'll have to get some updated pics of the garden).<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeJwZ_lKNI/AAAAAAAAAjs/fC2U0R_A0T0/s1600-h/IMG_0768.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeJwZ_lKNI/AAAAAAAAAjs/fC2U0R_A0T0/s320/IMG_0768.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361405346112153810" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeJwmJ8kfI/AAAAAAAAAj0/peRZUg4pAQ0/s1600-h/IMG_0769.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SmeJwmJ8kfI/AAAAAAAAAj0/peRZUg4pAQ0/s320/IMG_0769.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361405349376856562" /></a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-69565068523812162932009-07-14T01:26:00.000-07:002009-07-14T01:37:23.397-07:00Do you think he likes his new home?<OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-4935b83961fea220 height=266 width=320 contentId="4935b83961fea220"></OBJECT>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-70665216347329948202009-07-03T14:02:00.000-07:002009-07-05T04:40:26.280-07:00Update...It's been forever since I've posted, but a big change has happened since then. We started thinking about buying a house in March, and by May we had bought a brand-new townhouse 15 miles north of our old place and moved in! It's 3 stories, 2 bed/2.5 bath, and about 1300 sq. ft. It's a starter home, but it's perfect for us right now. We are loving having such a nice big kitchen to cook in (especially compared to the postage stamp size kitchen we had in our old apt.), and having a nice big garage to store our stuff in has been awesome! <br /><br />Here are a few pics of the place before we moved in.<br /><br />Kitchen. The refrigerator is off to the right, and a powder room is tucked back in the far right hand corner. <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50XHTMVHI/AAAAAAAAAi0/ZIBKPvdMMwc/s1600-h/IMG_0525.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50XHTMVHI/AAAAAAAAAi0/ZIBKPvdMMwc/s320/IMG_0525.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354344947435459698" /></a><br /><br />Dining Room/Kitchen (taken from the living room).<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50XTjqFJI/AAAAAAAAAi8/q0cvvUViyv4/s1600-h/IMG_0535.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50XTjqFJI/AAAAAAAAAi8/q0cvvUViyv4/s320/IMG_0535.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354344950725743762" /></a><br /><br />Dining/Living Rooms.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50XzctbAI/AAAAAAAAAjE/2csMBzuUGkk/s1600-h/IMG_0530.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50XzctbAI/AAAAAAAAAjE/2csMBzuUGkk/s320/IMG_0530.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354344959286537218" /></a><br /><br />The view from the master bedroom. It's actually really pretty on clear sunny days because you can see the mountain range behind the hills.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50YND63QI/AAAAAAAAAjM/uOwcbGCCDos/s1600-h/IMG_0542.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50YND63QI/AAAAAAAAAjM/uOwcbGCCDos/s320/IMG_0542.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354344966161882370" /></a><br /><br />Our little yard. I've since planted a small Square Foot Garden to the right of the grass.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50YZvcf5I/AAAAAAAAAjU/qfKCp1-rEGU/s1600-h/IMG_0527.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/Sk50YZvcf5I/AAAAAAAAAjU/qfKCp1-rEGU/s320/IMG_0527.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354344969565667218" /></a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-23498135702809339082009-01-07T15:38:00.000-08:002009-01-07T17:23:20.252-08:00After a cancelled flight, a missed flight, and a 22 hour drive......we finally made it to "The Happiest Place on Earth." <br /><br />Getting down there consisted of two of the absolute worst days of my life, but it was worth it, and we ended up having a wonderful time at Disneyland with David's family! Thanks for everything Jan and Dan!<br /><br />Now for tons of photo spam:<br /><br />David and I spent Christmas Eve at a cheap hotel in Roseburg, OR eating takeout Chinese food.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9FhOJ2VI/AAAAAAAAAco/l1uhzeTIT7s/s1600-h/IMG_0344.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9FhOJ2VI/AAAAAAAAAco/l1uhzeTIT7s/s320/IMG_0344.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288700502442891602" /></a><br /><br />The only upside of Christmas Day (aka - hands down the worst day of my life)...was seeing these lovely snow-covered mountains.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9LkKjtRI/AAAAAAAAAcw/Rpn8scGAgLw/s1600-h/IMG_0347.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9LkKjtRI/AAAAAAAAAcw/Rpn8scGAgLw/s320/IMG_0347.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288700606312330514" /></a><br /><br />The day after Christmas...Southern California at last!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9Vg8DgaI/AAAAAAAAAc4/2CAhFw1or0Q/s1600-h/IMG_0356.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9Vg8DgaI/AAAAAAAAAc4/2CAhFw1or0Q/s320/IMG_0356.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288700777244885410" /></a><br /><br />First day at Disneyland.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9cWkJcwI/AAAAAAAAAdA/WWTuVKI532Y/s1600-h/IMG_0358.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9cWkJcwI/AAAAAAAAAdA/WWTuVKI532Y/s320/IMG_0358.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288700894719341314" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9ieNcbOI/AAAAAAAAAdI/-OXms0aCR3c/s1600-h/IMG_0360.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9ieNcbOI/AAAAAAAAAdI/-OXms0aCR3c/s320/IMG_0360.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288700999850814690" /></a><br /><br />The castle all decorated for Christmas.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9p2U_R4I/AAAAAAAAAdQ/2EnnUK6Vn2Q/s1600-h/IMG_0367.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9p2U_R4I/AAAAAAAAAdQ/2EnnUK6Vn2Q/s320/IMG_0367.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701126583994242" /></a><br /><br />That night we had a scrumptious dinner at the Blue Bayou, which is the restaurant inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVJEYceCoI/AAAAAAAAAio/gHOPtHbcXy8/s1600-h/IMG_0372.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVJEYceCoI/AAAAAAAAAio/gHOPtHbcXy8/s320/IMG_0372.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288713677046680194" /></a><br /><br />The next day we spent at California Adventure.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9xc9sbtI/AAAAAAAAAdY/to0DLmJ5S-o/s1600-h/IMG_0374.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU9xc9sbtI/AAAAAAAAAdY/to0DLmJ5S-o/s320/IMG_0374.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701257214357202" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU93aJB0wI/AAAAAAAAAdg/OSSawDfGxNM/s1600-h/IMG_0376.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU93aJB0wI/AAAAAAAAAdg/OSSawDfGxNM/s320/IMG_0376.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701359535805186" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU99afQhVI/AAAAAAAAAdo/EBzLcHWntb4/s1600-h/IMG_0378.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU99afQhVI/AAAAAAAAAdo/EBzLcHWntb4/s320/IMG_0378.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701462708258130" /></a><br /><br />We watched the Pixar Play Parade that night, which was actually really neat.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-EVCJ3qI/AAAAAAAAAdw/d83dCCYBB8s/s1600-h/IMG_0383.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-EVCJ3qI/AAAAAAAAAdw/d83dCCYBB8s/s320/IMG_0383.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701581503094434" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-Mbjd1pI/AAAAAAAAAd4/7P8gm9J2fTQ/s1600-h/IMG_0385.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-Mbjd1pI/AAAAAAAAAd4/7P8gm9J2fTQ/s320/IMG_0385.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701720692381330" /></a><br /><br />Then we all went to Bubba Gump's for a yummy dinner.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-XtI5g1I/AAAAAAAAAeA/wfGf4ei0YwU/s1600-h/IMG_0390.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-XtI5g1I/AAAAAAAAAeA/wfGf4ei0YwU/s320/IMG_0390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701914391348050" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-kNGNnvI/AAAAAAAAAeI/7Zc9fYpDz3U/s1600-h/IMG_0393.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-kNGNnvI/AAAAAAAAAeI/7Zc9fYpDz3U/s320/IMG_0393.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702129128447730" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-o925oZI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/vt4oA6kUSjg/s1600-h/IMG_0394.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-o925oZI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/vt4oA6kUSjg/s320/IMG_0394.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702210937037202" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-0FZlyoI/AAAAAAAAAeY/UXxOpn_2_XI/s1600-h/IMG_0395.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU-0FZlyoI/AAAAAAAAAeY/UXxOpn_2_XI/s320/IMG_0395.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702401940146818" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_A7rJq2I/AAAAAAAAAeg/ij05kLrKlq4/s1600-h/IMG_0396.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_A7rJq2I/AAAAAAAAAeg/ij05kLrKlq4/s320/IMG_0396.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702622667746146" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_HBaZPDI/AAAAAAAAAeo/GC43d6pHDRg/s1600-h/IMG_0397.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_HBaZPDI/AAAAAAAAAeo/GC43d6pHDRg/s320/IMG_0397.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702727287290930" /></a><br /><br />The next day we got up really early in order to use our one Magic Morning pass (this lets you get into the park an hour before it opens). It was kinda nice getting to see the park and all the pretty decorations before the giant crowds were there.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_S95_7aI/AAAAAAAAAew/V1Eh3UlU2gY/s1600-h/IMG_0398.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_S95_7aI/AAAAAAAAAew/V1Eh3UlU2gY/s320/IMG_0398.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702932504538530" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_i7LiFNI/AAAAAAAAAe4/qz9CmIJkcRM/s1600-h/IMG_0399.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_i7LiFNI/AAAAAAAAAe4/qz9CmIJkcRM/s320/IMG_0399.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703206650680530" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_pqagFKI/AAAAAAAAAfA/srwWrDsIPbE/s1600-h/IMG_0401.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_pqagFKI/AAAAAAAAAfA/srwWrDsIPbE/s320/IMG_0401.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703322409145506" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_zWQauMI/AAAAAAAAAfI/kk77WvB35cQ/s1600-h/IMG_0402.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_zWQauMI/AAAAAAAAAfI/kk77WvB35cQ/s320/IMG_0402.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703488796833986" /></a><br /><br />I'm normally not a huge fan of the "It's a Small World" ride, but the holiday version was actually really cute.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_5_--ItI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/jPVevh2zf-s/s1600-h/IMG_0403.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWU_5_--ItI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/jPVevh2zf-s/s320/IMG_0403.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703603077161682" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVAIksWYlI/AAAAAAAAAfY/qVqrTlbbGz0/s1600-h/IMG_0417.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVAIksWYlI/AAAAAAAAAfY/qVqrTlbbGz0/s320/IMG_0417.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703853449339474" /></a><br /><br />Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters - one of my favorite rides! The first time we rode this ride I beat David (clearly a miracle), but by the second time around he had far surpassed me and I sabotaged myself by spending to much time trying to thwart his efforts and not enough time scoring points myself!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVDDdOQPjI/AAAAAAAAAiY/kTwsuPAd3Hg/s1600-h/image.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVDDdOQPjI/AAAAAAAAAiY/kTwsuPAd3Hg/s320/image.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288707064079597106" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVDDlLw6JI/AAAAAAAAAig/fDsv1v-06as/s1600-h/image2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVDDlLw6JI/AAAAAAAAAig/fDsv1v-06as/s320/image2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288707066216638610" /></a><br /><br />New Orleans Square is probably my favorite part of Disneyland!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVAjplniYI/AAAAAAAAAfg/VzYTsWeUqNQ/s1600-h/IMG_0421.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVAjplniYI/AAAAAAAAAfg/VzYTsWeUqNQ/s320/IMG_0421.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704318619748738" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVAkGDZaiI/AAAAAAAAAfo/LhEfhWc4G0Y/s1600-h/IMG_0424.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVAkGDZaiI/AAAAAAAAAfo/LhEfhWc4G0Y/s320/IMG_0424.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704326260845090" /></a><br /><br />That night David and I stayed pretty late and watched Fantasmic! and the holiday fireworks show.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVAkWpm82I/AAAAAAAAAfw/dwXwDwU88_c/s1600-h/IMG_0427.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVAkWpm82I/AAAAAAAAAfw/dwXwDwU88_c/s320/IMG_0427.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704330716083042" /></a><br /><br />The next morning David and I had an awesome breakfast at The LaBrea Bakery and Cafe in Downtown Disney, then we headed to California Adventure again. <br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVA2EIo4CI/AAAAAAAAAf4/fl5ZxMJI5IM/s1600-h/IMG_0431.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVA2EIo4CI/AAAAAAAAAf4/fl5ZxMJI5IM/s320/IMG_0431.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704634983604258" /></a><br /><br />We saw a lot of super cool shows at California Adventure over the days. A few of my favorites were a Broadway-style production of Aladdin, Talk Time with Crush, and a 3-D show called "It's Tough to be a Bug."<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVA2v7iJII/AAAAAAAAAgA/hSXuTzGx264/s1600-h/IMG_0436.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVA2v7iJII/AAAAAAAAAgA/hSXuTzGx264/s320/IMG_0436.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704646739797122" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVA3CWu0oI/AAAAAAAAAgI/vw7qQKmRb0Q/s1600-h/IMG_0437.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVA3CWu0oI/AAAAAAAAAgI/vw7qQKmRb0Q/s320/IMG_0437.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704651685712514" /></a><br /><br />That night we met up with the family for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBJuTXemI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/mcxIDo-sAw8/s1600-h/IMG_0439.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBJuTXemI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/mcxIDo-sAw8/s320/IMG_0439.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704972720405090" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBJ7jh4hI/AAAAAAAAAgY/mLQi5Yr9K6c/s1600-h/IMG_0442.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBJ7jh4hI/AAAAAAAAAgY/mLQi5Yr9K6c/s320/IMG_0442.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704976277856786" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBKaOi57I/AAAAAAAAAgg/ATMTjf2xK5g/s1600-h/IMG_0445.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBKaOi57I/AAAAAAAAAgg/ATMTjf2xK5g/s320/IMG_0445.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288704984511342514" /></a><br /><br />I loved the way they decorated all of the trees in Downtwon Disney. They were so beautiful in person!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBbC_fPAI/AAAAAAAAAgo/5HyJK0S7IS0/s1600-h/IMG_0449.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBbC_fPAI/AAAAAAAAAgo/5HyJK0S7IS0/s320/IMG_0449.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288705270331948034" /></a><br /><br />After dinner, we all took the monorail back into Disneyland, as this was the rest of the family's last night at Disney. <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBbhd35wI/AAAAAAAAAgw/5pOOgBY4Zeo/s1600-h/IMG_0454.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBbhd35wI/AAAAAAAAAgw/5pOOgBY4Zeo/s320/IMG_0454.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288705278512457474" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBcJqiGAI/AAAAAAAAAg4/kPp0lmlki9c/s1600-h/IMG_0458.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBcJqiGAI/AAAAAAAAAg4/kPp0lmlki9c/s320/IMG_0458.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288705289302972418" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBqrtFqAI/AAAAAAAAAhA/KNZEXAYp0V4/s1600-h/IMG_0459.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBqrtFqAI/AAAAAAAAAhA/KNZEXAYp0V4/s320/IMG_0459.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288705538958665730" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBra9A5hI/AAAAAAAAAhI/yKsQ_eiAHBI/s1600-h/IMG_0460.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBra9A5hI/AAAAAAAAAhI/yKsQ_eiAHBI/s320/IMG_0460.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288705551641929234" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBrmE7i6I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/EnrLnWNy8Oc/s1600-h/IMG_0462.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVBrmE7i6I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/EnrLnWNy8Oc/s320/IMG_0462.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288705554627922850" /></a><br /><br />The next day David's family flew home, but David and I stayed a couple extra nights because we'd driven down. We took a Disney break on this day and just spent some time relaxing. We saw a movie in the afternoon (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, good film) and then went back to the Rainforest Cafe for dinner. Since it was just the two of us, we split a chicken salad and then got the famous Volcano for dessert! I think we ate about half of it, lol.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCdKX-PoI/AAAAAAAAAhY/EsVBlBusaXA/s1600-h/IMG_0471.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCdKX-PoI/AAAAAAAAAhY/EsVBlBusaXA/s320/IMG_0471.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288706406185057922" /></a><br /><br />The next day was New Years Eve. David and I spent the day at California Adventure, and finally got to go on the best ride ever...Toy Story Midway Mania! The two previous times we'd tried to ride it, it had been broken. It is such a fun ride though!!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCdRUg7LI/AAAAAAAAAhg/ZLw36g6LUuo/s1600-h/IMG_0473.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCdRUg7LI/AAAAAAAAAhg/ZLw36g6LUuo/s320/IMG_0473.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288706408049601714" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCd7VNUCI/AAAAAAAAAho/1LfjQY6ZrZg/s1600-h/IMG_0474.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCd7VNUCI/AAAAAAAAAho/1LfjQY6ZrZg/s320/IMG_0474.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288706419326799906" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCeM0Bs6I/AAAAAAAAAhw/HyPParMyk80/s1600-h/IMG_0476.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCeM0Bs6I/AAAAAAAAAhw/HyPParMyk80/s320/IMG_0476.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288706424019465122" /></a><br /><br />That night, after we'd taken a nap and changed into nicer clothes, we headed to Downtown Disney for a fabulous dinner at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen. <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCvsOTROI/AAAAAAAAAh4/_-11i9ybU5U/s1600-h/IMG_0479.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCvsOTROI/AAAAAAAAAh4/_-11i9ybU5U/s320/IMG_0479.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288706724508943586" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCwPLa7sI/AAAAAAAAAiA/JoxiE-yJQ8M/s1600-h/IMG_0480.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCwPLa7sI/AAAAAAAAAiA/JoxiE-yJQ8M/s320/IMG_0480.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288706733892103874" /></a><br /><br />After dinner, we stopped by the "O" in California (outside of California Adventure) for an Olson family picture.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCwlvPdwI/AAAAAAAAAiI/KzgGz167xLs/s1600-h/IMG_0485.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVCwlvPdwI/AAAAAAAAAiI/KzgGz167xLs/s320/IMG_0485.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288706739947927298" /></a><br /><br />Then we headed into Disneyland. It was so CROWDED!! Seriously, you could barely walk, it was insane. It was a fun, but crazy, way to end our vacation!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVC7cG4d5I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/Uju2CYc6rNU/s1600-h/IMG_0488.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SWVC7cG4d5I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/Uju2CYc6rNU/s320/IMG_0488.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288706926341289874" /></a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-32385149427147202492008-12-20T16:50:00.000-08:002008-12-20T16:53:08.194-08:00Merry Christmas...from the Santa Puppy!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SU2TcPwpZoI/AAAAAAAAAcg/6VXeQ6TCrb8/s1600-h/IMG_0338-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SU2TcPwpZoI/AAAAAAAAAcg/6VXeQ6TCrb8/s320/IMG_0338-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282040051451651714" /></a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-68783954116667948792008-12-05T14:02:00.000-08:002008-12-05T14:12:49.139-08:00Current mood: happy!Woohoo, I am so happy to be done with school for the quarter! When I took my last math test on Wed. night, the professor told me that she wanted me to stay after I took it so that she could grade it and then talk to me. I was thinking "uh-oh." But after she was done grading it, she told me that I did so well on all of my tests (4-100% and 1-97%) that I got to skip the final! I am so happy that I don't have to spend my entire weekend studying. It also gives me a little bit of confidence that I won't completely bomb Chemistry next quarter, as it has never been my favorite or best subject. <br /><br />~So, yes, this is a little bit of a brag post...but I want to record it for when I'm in the midst of all the hard science classes that I don't really want to take, and am questioning my abilities!Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-47122721867483569502008-11-24T03:30:00.001-08:002008-12-05T14:13:48.588-08:00If I never see a fried food again...it will still be too soon.Sometimes in an effort to be a good wife, I suggest doing things that aren't really my thing, but that I know David will love. That is how we found ourselves having a "Deep Fry Dinner" last night. Looking back, I am not sure what possessed me to suggest this particular idea! haha<br /><br />Things we deep fried:<br />potatoes<br />purple onion rings<br />calamari rings<br />shrimp<br />tilapia<br />chicken breast <br />salmon rolls (I made these with salmon, spinach, and cream cheese all rolled into a spring roll wrapper...just like the ones we get at our favorite Thai restaurant)<br /><br />It took hours to do everything! I don't even know how it could take that long, but it did...and that's not even counting cleaning up the kitchen. But the worst part was that by the time everything was done and we were getting ready to eat, fried anything was like the LAST thing I wanted. I ate two salmon rolls and drank a can of Fresca...and that's about all I could handle. So now we have fried food up the wazoo (we froze most of it), my apartment smells like a fast food restaurant, and all I can think about are carrots and apples. :(Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-30476364249717004382008-11-01T22:45:00.001-07:002008-11-01T23:35:25.226-07:00Bzzz...Bzzz...Bzzz...watch out for the Theo Bee!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SQ1ACrOa3uI/AAAAAAAAAcA/qwy2CBZp520/s1600-h/IMG_0240.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SQ1ACrOa3uI/AAAAAAAAAcA/qwy2CBZp520/s320/IMG_0240.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263933954173099746" /></a><br />The picture above is before his recent haircut, on the day I bought the costume and couldn't wait to put it on him. The two pics below are on actual Halloween.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SQ1AC97QPsI/AAAAAAAAAcI/62CAkqbzoaQ/s1600-h/IMG_0288.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SQ1AC97QPsI/AAAAAAAAAcI/62CAkqbzoaQ/s320/IMG_0288.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263933959192985282" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SQ1ADY64dgI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/QBZWu2tfCwQ/s1600-h/IMG_0690.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SQ1ADY64dgI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/QBZWu2tfCwQ/s320/IMG_0690.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263933966439183874" /></a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-41231324440026048392008-10-19T11:38:00.000-07:002008-10-19T11:43:12.222-07:00So good!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SPt_aweU_KI/AAAAAAAAAb4/mrJusDLIC2s/s1600-h/thesecretlifeofbees_galleryposter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SPt_aweU_KI/AAAAAAAAAb4/mrJusDLIC2s/s320/thesecretlifeofbees_galleryposter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258937087550618786" /></a><br /><br />P.S. - This also gives you a hint about Theo's Halloween costume!Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-83414030119737127262008-10-17T15:55:00.000-07:002008-10-17T15:59:30.385-07:00Is it mean that I...just about peed my pants while watching <a href="http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/10235808/20081016/av_yugc/_goodmorningyahoo_yugc_yvs3710199">this video</a>. I don't know why, it just cracks me up!Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-49380511654825130322008-10-07T03:38:00.000-07:002008-10-07T04:01:38.435-07:00Things that I'm loving lately...~ <a href="http://raincitypastor.blogspot.com/">This blog post</a> (the Oct. 6th one) from the pastor of the church I used to go to.<br />~ Getting a 100% on my first math test. Woohoo!<br />~ How Theo snuggles up with my legs, which happens even more often now that the weather is getting cooler.<br />~ Trader Joe's white cheddar popcorn.<br />~ The fact that 3 of my friends are having babies (and I get to host a triple baby shower:)...and that David and I are getting a new niece or nephew in the spring!<br />~ Finding cute, yet inexpensive, purses and shoes at Target. I got these a couple of weeks ago.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SOtAhkGEPPI/AAAAAAAAAbw/qULEblkTF3Q/s1600-h/51gMpeK2ZjL__AA262_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SOtAhkGEPPI/AAAAAAAAAbw/qULEblkTF3Q/s320/51gMpeK2ZjL__AA262_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254364335626796274" /></a><br />~ My car Vanna. After having her for over a year, I still feel kind of giddy when I get to drive her (plus, she still has a faint new car smell, mmmm).<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SOs_aZ0GnYI/AAAAAAAAAbo/yEGyaJysJ3o/s1600-h/IMG_2007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SOs_aZ0GnYI/AAAAAAAAAbo/yEGyaJysJ3o/s320/IMG_2007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254363113096387970" /></a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-30431519175989120482008-09-23T06:45:00.000-07:002008-09-23T06:50:09.628-07:00You really feel old when...you ask a girl sitting next to you in your algebra review class "has it been a while since you've taken a math class too?" and she replies "oh, well I'm still in high school..."<br /><br />Seriously, shoot me now.Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-32030586933413800632008-09-10T04:06:00.001-07:002008-09-10T06:52:34.470-07:00Is it bizarre...that sometimes I have a burning desire to be like a Stepford Wife? <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SMeqXYGNDkI/AAAAAAAAAU0/uRV3iUV_6NE/s1600-h/stepford+wives.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SMeqXYGNDkI/AAAAAAAAAU0/uRV3iUV_6NE/s320/stepford+wives.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244347609678417474" /></a><br /><br />Seriously...I want to wear the constrictive, but absolutely adorable, little dresses, have my hair coiffed every day, always have something wonderful baking in the oven, and dinner on the table every day when my husband comes home. And surely I would have kids if I could be guaranteed that they would always be clean and well-behaved! It's just too bad that I don't have robotic insides and an un-opinionated temperment. ;)<br /><br />ETA - I just realized (as I was clicking on another episode) that this newfound obsession stems from watching way too many episodes of AMC's <em>Mad Men</em> on On Demand lately!Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-26154697151122313842008-07-15T15:31:00.000-07:002008-09-13T04:29:09.008-07:00"Camping" by TheoThis past weekend I went on my first camping trip to Lincoln Rock State Park. Mom and Dad were a little afraid to take me for fear I would be a slight pain-in-the-butt at times. They were somewhat right! I was very good at times, and not so good at others. But I had a blast and I can't wait for my next camping trip!<br /><br />Here I am all packed and ready to go!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0mJKnug4I/AAAAAAAAATQ/__clP3eMaYw/s1600-h/IMG_0021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0mJKnug4I/AAAAAAAAATQ/__clP3eMaYw/s320/IMG_0021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223373081731302274" /></a><br /><br />This is the view from our campsite. Somehow Mom managed to score us the best site in the entire campground!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0mJj6hs_I/AAAAAAAAATY/aFcNWZTbQfw/s1600-h/IMG_0023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0mJj6hs_I/AAAAAAAAATY/aFcNWZTbQfw/s320/IMG_0023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223373088521040882" /></a><br /><br />Dad and I went exploring that night. <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0mmyZurkI/AAAAAAAAATg/cpHkEAq-92w/s1600-h/IMG_0029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0mmyZurkI/AAAAAAAAATg/cpHkEAq-92w/s320/IMG_0029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223373590626217538" /></a><br /><br />Then when it got dark we watched the wildfires burning nearby.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0mnaX-mPI/AAAAAAAAATo/NSphAOrDSac/s1600-h/IMG_0043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0mnaX-mPI/AAAAAAAAATo/NSphAOrDSac/s320/IMG_0043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223373601356290290" /></a><br /><br />The next day I went for my first swim! Complete with a lifejacket to make my paranoid mommy feel better. When I got to the small and rocky beach near our campsite, I jumped right into the water...and then quickly swam out when I realized I couldn't touch! I loved splashing in the water and zooming around the beach, but I'm not so sure about the whole swimming thing!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0nJfCO71I/AAAAAAAAATw/tdyRLrsV8nQ/s1600-h/IMG_0051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0nJfCO71I/AAAAAAAAATw/tdyRLrsV8nQ/s320/IMG_0051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223374186722815826" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0nJ7OgODI/AAAAAAAAAT4/R6JUOXtTuQ4/s1600-h/IMG_0056.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0nJ7OgODI/AAAAAAAAAT4/R6JUOXtTuQ4/s320/IMG_0056.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223374194290473010" /></a><br /><br />After I had dried off from my water adventures, I spent the afternoon lounging in Dad's chair, drinking my water, and enjoying the shade. :)<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0nKB2p9XI/AAAAAAAAAUA/VGRGdjySrwI/s1600-h/IMG_0069.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0nKB2p9XI/AAAAAAAAAUA/VGRGdjySrwI/s320/IMG_0069.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223374196069496178" /></a><br /><br />That night, after I'd eaten all the extra graham crackers from the smores we made, I snuggled with Dad by the campfire.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0ozEBHuZI/AAAAAAAAAUI/RNIQcHw5J5I/s1600-h/IMG_0086.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0ozEBHuZI/AAAAAAAAAUI/RNIQcHw5J5I/s320/IMG_0086.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223376000536525202" /></a><br /><br />The next morning I was rested and ready to greet the day!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0ozmNylbI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/2ihcKdarpwM/s1600-h/IMG_0088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0ozmNylbI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/2ihcKdarpwM/s320/IMG_0088.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223376009716471218" /></a><br /><br />We walked around a bit and then we came back, where I "helped" to pack up camp.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0o0Jy6ibI/AAAAAAAAAUY/O8U3CwQ5kCc/s1600-h/IMG_0090.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0o0Jy6ibI/AAAAAAAAAUY/O8U3CwQ5kCc/s320/IMG_0090.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223376019267422642" /></a><br /><br />What a weekend! I loved camping, but it was exhausting. I slept on the way home...until the curvy roads and the french fries Dad fed me caught up with me. I then urped up straight into Mom's purse! Then I heard them both yelling "sick!" a lot. Oh well, I went back to sleep (though later I did have the punishment of having to get a bath). I can't wait for my next camping trip!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0o1Az0jEI/AAAAAAAAAUg/hkGfKLIQzyc/s1600-h/IMG_0093.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SH0o1Az0jEI/AAAAAAAAAUg/hkGfKLIQzyc/s320/IMG_0093.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223376034035174466" /></a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-3455365624481828012008-07-08T01:31:00.001-07:002008-10-07T04:44:48.171-07:00Whistler...In June, David and I were able to take a trip up to Whistler for a few nights with his brother Jeff and sister-in-law Jessica. It was lots of fun...we had a couple of adventures, ate some yummy food, and had a good time just hanging out! It was a pretty good time of year to go because it wasn't very busy, so there were no huge crowds and no waits for restaurants (David says during the winter weekends it's just insanely crowded). Thanks to some timeshare points from David's parents we were able to stay in a nice lodge right in the middle of the village. It's such a fabulous location because you can pretty much walk anywhere! David and Jeff stayed there when they went snowboarding in April and I can see how awesome it would be then...it's right near both of the major lifts up to Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. The only thing I didn't like about Whistler was the drive up there! It's narrow and curvy and basically my worst nightmare (though they are in the midst of a huge road project to expand it to mostly four lanes because of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics). It's a beautiful area and worth the drive though!<br /><br />Here is the beautiful view from our room...<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMqOIXH2UI/AAAAAAAAARo/8P7iBX13dmE/s1600-h/IMG_0166+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMqOIXH2UI/AAAAAAAAARo/8P7iBX13dmE/s320/IMG_0166+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220562815303539010" /></a><br /><br />The first night we had dinner and drinks (bellinis!) at a fabulous restaurant called Milestones.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMqmoJAjgI/AAAAAAAAARw/DbTy2CCQqqU/s1600-h/IMG_0163+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMqmoJAjgI/AAAAAAAAARw/DbTy2CCQqqU/s320/IMG_0163+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220563236151135746" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMrDj7qOhI/AAAAAAAAAR4/PW0yyx2-CbA/s1600-h/IMG_0165+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMrDj7qOhI/AAAAAAAAAR4/PW0yyx2-CbA/s320/IMG_0165+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220563733237611026" /></a><br /><br />Our first full day there, David and I walked around the village a lot, while Jeff and Jess went mountain biking (brave folks). Then we all went on an ATV tour up Blackcomb mountain. I was sooo stinkin' nervous, but it wound up being really fun. Though I was secretly glad when we got put in a group with an older couple, because I figured they wouldn't be too speedy. In reality, I was the slowest one...slow being relative. Driving up to 40 kilometers an hour seems pretty fast to me when you're on an ATV! Anyway, we saw a bear on our way up and the view at the top was really pretty. Excuse how dusty and grimy we all look in the pictures!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMtxD5LxUI/AAAAAAAAASA/yoGZnl42Pkk/s1600-h/IMG_0168+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMtxD5LxUI/AAAAAAAAASA/yoGZnl42Pkk/s320/IMG_0168+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220566713934529858" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMtxahlBmI/AAAAAAAAASI/8Ay32b1jYjU/s1600-h/IMG_0170+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMtxahlBmI/AAAAAAAAASI/8Ay32b1jYjU/s320/IMG_0170+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220566720009537122" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMujYaZBgI/AAAAAAAAASQ/jaFDmi8LIGo/s1600-h/IMG_0171+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMujYaZBgI/AAAAAAAAASQ/jaFDmi8LIGo/s320/IMG_0171+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220567578435978754" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMujlxWK2I/AAAAAAAAASY/qfHGqNI46aU/s1600-h/IMG_0176+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMujlxWK2I/AAAAAAAAASY/qfHGqNI46aU/s320/IMG_0176+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220567582021921634" /></a><br /><br />After our ATV trip we de-grimed and went out to dinner at an Irish pub that had some live music that night.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMwFqOH_MI/AAAAAAAAASg/XKV1D_lj_Vs/s1600-h/IMG_0182+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMwFqOH_MI/AAAAAAAAASg/XKV1D_lj_Vs/s320/IMG_0182+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220569266843548866" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMwFoY97YI/AAAAAAAAASo/pcVUmfa29vQ/s1600-h/IMG_0184+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMwFoY97YI/AAAAAAAAASo/pcVUmfa29vQ/s320/IMG_0184+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220569266352156034" /></a><br /><br />After dinner, we stopped to take a picture. I look like a freak here, but you can see the totally awesome bike park in the background!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMwF-gfb7I/AAAAAAAAASw/F2EFO-cRicA/s1600-h/IMG_0187+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHMwF-gfb7I/AAAAAAAAASw/F2EFO-cRicA/s320/IMG_0187+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220569272289292210" /></a><br /><br />The next day is where things got a little more interesting for us (Jeff and Jess were doing more mountain biking that day). It started off nice. We slept in, then David and I walked around the village and got some lunch at a little pizza place. We had decided that our activity for the day would be to do a nice easy 7-mile paddle down <em>The River of Golden Dreams</em>. I had called a canoe/kayak outfitter earlier in the morning to make a reservation and asked whether they would recommend a guided or un-guided tour based on our paddling experience. The guy said "oh, it should be no problem for you both to do an unguided tour. The river is at the perfect level." I thought good, this should be no problem. Plus, it's cheaper to do an unguided tour. <br /><br />We get there that afternoon and they didn't have any double kayaks, so we were told we'd have to paddle a canoe. David and I, along with 3 other people, then got in a van to be driven to Alta Lake, where we would be dropped off with our boats (The River of Golden Dreams connects 2 lakes, Alta Lake and Green Lake...the outfitter is on the banks of Green Lake). In hindsight, I should have thought there was something amiss when I saw four little old people getting out of some boats on the bank of Green Lake looking like they'd just been through a washing machine. But hindsight is 20/20. <br /><br />We were the only unguided people being dropped off, so once we got to Alta Lake they got our canoe out, pointed in a vague direction and sent us on our way. We paddled across Alta Lake and it was really pretty. We had a great view of the mountains. <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHM0YpGNVLI/AAAAAAAAAS4/DV3f8uHxhSY/s1600-h/IMG_0193+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHM0YpGNVLI/AAAAAAAAAS4/DV3f8uHxhSY/s320/IMG_0193+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220573991005934770" /></a><br /><br />We tested out our steering a bit on the lake and even though we had a few little waves, we didn't feel too unstable. We got to the mouth of the river and paddled into it, thinking how nice and peaceful it all was. The river is pretty narrow, but the water was calm. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHM1dEKKDsI/AAAAAAAAATA/Km8JRj43mKg/s1600-h/IMG_0197+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHM1dEKKDsI/AAAAAAAAATA/Km8JRj43mKg/s320/IMG_0197+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220575166501359298" /></a><br /><br />Preview of things to come...this is the last picture that my almost brand new camera ever took.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHM2GPjHpGI/AAAAAAAAATI/O39530udwAA/s1600-h/IMG_0198+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SHM2GPjHpGI/AAAAAAAAATI/O39530udwAA/s320/IMG_0198+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220575873933485154" /></a><br /><br />We paddled on for a little bit, enjoying ourselves. Then we had to stop and portage our canoe around this teeny tiny little dam. One of the guided groups got there a little bit after us, and this lady who I could not understand tried to explain to us what we needed to do when we started paddling again. See, a little ways after the portage, there is an area where 2 rivers meet and the water gets faster. She told us we needed to paddle up into the current and then let our boat get carried around to the right and facing downstream again. I was a little nervous, but we got back in our boat and actually made it through this part just dandy. I thought to myself "we're doing pretty good here, this doesn't seem so bad." Then the river started to get faster and more narrow. Instead of nice lily pads and tall grass on the side of the river like before, it was mud and super thick vegetation with lots of trees that stick out and caused you to have to duck so they didn't stab you in the eye. We paddled the way they told us to, with no backpaddling, just using forward paddling to steer the boat (looking back I should have known better). Instead of helping us steer, all it made us do was go faster and faster in an already quickly moving river. <br /><br />About 150 yards from where the two rivers joined, we lost control of our paddling in the fast current, rammed into the vegetation on the sides and got dumped into 38 degree glacier water (me, headfirst no less). I thought I was going to die! It was sooo freaking cold that I could feel my breath shortening and my limbs starting to stiffen. I called out for David to help me, but he was too busy trying to stop the boat from going downstream. I will say that the river was probably about 5 feet deep at this point, so thankfully we could touch, but the current was so strong that it wasn't easy to get anywhere. My concern wasn't really drowning, but more the fact that when you fall out of a canoe, you ain't getting back in it while you're still in the water (unlike a white water raft, where it's easy to get back in), because canoes are often pretty heavy, they're very tippy, and the sides are usually pretty high. And initially I saw no where on the side of the river that was conducive to climbing onto, because the vegetation was so thick. I floated downstream a little bit, consciously trying to slow down and lengthen my breathing, and finally I found a place where I could climb out. I had to grab onto branches and haul myself up a mud bank (losing one of my brand new Teva flip-flops in the process), then climb over a bunch of tree branches to get to a larger section of river bank. David was still in the water just holding onto the canoe to keep it from going downstream (though luckily he caught it at a shallow point that was maybe 3 feet deep). He wasn't sure what to do because it was full of water and too heavy for him to lift and dump by himself (and I sure as heck wasn't going back in, hero that I am). <br /><br />Finally, after 5 minutes or so, a different outfitter guide and his client stopped by in their canoe. The guide was able to help David dump the water out and eventually set the canoe up partway on the river bank. Poor David was in the water for about 10 minutes and his feet and legs were just numb. The guide and his client went on their way and we decided to wait for our outfitter's guides and their clients to come by so that we could ask them what we should do. We waited and waited and waited, getting divebombed by gigantic mosquitos in the process, and they didn't come. Probably 30 minutes later they eventually floated by. Every single one of the clients had flipped over as well!! And all three of them were on guided tours (with two girls from England being in a double kayak and their two guides being in a canoe, and another guy was in a single kayak with his guide that was also in a single kayak). What the heck! I had thought this was supposed to be a calm, family-friendly paddle trip. Not a hypothermia-inducing nightmare! The two girls from England that had flipped over refused to paddle by themselves anymore, so they got in the guide's canoe, while one of the guides paddled their double kayak down the river. She is the one who we wound up stopping. While very nice, she had an extremely thick Japanese accent and neither David nor I had any idea what she was trying to tell us we needed to do. Basically we had no idea how much longer the river was going to be going that fast, and neither of us had any confidence in our steering abilities at that point...so we were terrified of tipping over again. But a little bit of luck was with us and where we wound up getting to shore was not that far from a bike path, which led to a parking lot. <br /><br />Yep, you guessed it, we decided to be weanies and throw in the towel. We were extremely cold and I was caked in mud and hopping around with only one shoe. David was covered in scrapes and future bruises. So we had the lady call and the outfitter came and picked us up and drove us back to our car. I told him everyone had tipped over and asked if the river was unusually fast this time of year. He said "no, that's just the river we run" and then went on to say "that's why we recommend you go with a guide." I could have smacked him! <br /><br />I'm just peeved that they advertise it as being great for families and seniors. I'm sorry, but if a family was paddling down that river and tipped over, a little kid could easily be swept downstream in all the commotion. Not to mention that the sheer shock of the cold water could give some little old person a heart attack! <br /><br /><strong>That was a very long story, but I suppose our paddle adventure could be summed up something like this:<br /><br />Cost of canoe trip - $110<br />Cost of ruined cell phone - $100<br />Cost of ruined camera - $180 <br />Memories of 38 degree glacier water - PRICELESS!</strong><br /><br />We went on to recover and have some well-earned and very yummy appetizers at Earl's Bistro, and then a late dinner that night with Jeff and Jess. The next day we left beautiful Whistler and drove back home, picking up our exhausted puppy from his grandparents house on the way. <br /><br />It was a fun trip and we have some good and eventful memories to look back on!Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-43072040967036540342008-06-17T10:00:00.000-07:002009-07-29T11:17:34.143-07:00Swedish Pancakes and SprinklersOur little family had a good Father's Day. Theo and I started off by making David swedish pancakes stuffed with fresh blueberries and topped with whip cream. They were scrumptious!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SFfvXQQOJmI/AAAAAAAAAQo/s3XIA4yhXXQ/s1600-h/IMG_0126.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SFfvXQQOJmI/AAAAAAAAAQo/s3XIA4yhXXQ/s320/IMG_0126.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212898276483671650" /></a><br /><br /><br />Then we went up to David's parents house in the afternoon for a yummy bbq salmon dinner. David had fun playing bocce ball with his brother, and Theo and our niece Angelina had fun running through the sprinkler and giving each other lots of hugs and kisses!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SFfvYOQ-z4I/AAAAAAAAAQw/XzFIux5P-M0/s1600-h/IMG_0132.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SFfvYOQ-z4I/AAAAAAAAAQw/XzFIux5P-M0/s320/IMG_0132.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212898293129858946" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SFfv7h1G2gI/AAAAAAAAARA/ZZ7uS8J6pAM/s1600-h/IMG_0137.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SFfv7h1G2gI/AAAAAAAAARA/ZZ7uS8J6pAM/s320/IMG_0137.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212898899677075970" /></a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-59372549035521220342008-06-12T17:17:00.000-07:002008-06-12T17:22:45.145-07:00mmmmm....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SFG9xOfOGUI/AAAAAAAAAQg/9p1POrTCUpI/s1600-h/IMG_0118.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SFG9xOfOGUI/AAAAAAAAAQg/9p1POrTCUpI/s320/IMG_0118.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211154897244657986" /></a><br />I made bread today! It was my first time ever making homemade bread...and it turned out sooo yummy. David says I should make it every day. I don't know about that, but I will definitely make it again. It was pretty easy too! See the recipe <a href="http://steamykitchen.com/blog/2007/09/10/no-knead-bread-revisited/">here.</a>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-55742145729585616172008-05-11T14:31:00.000-07:002008-05-11T14:56:30.361-07:00Happy Mother's Day!Happy Mother's Day to both of our moms and grandmas! You are each wonderful and very special to us!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SCdqv72Yy0I/AAAAAAAAAQI/qxbabkMRyY0/s1600-h/olson169-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199241666574732098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SCdqv72Yy0I/AAAAAAAAAQI/qxbabkMRyY0/s320/olson169-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SCdqwL2Yy1I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/stk6ZQIyy94/s1600-h/olson454.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199241670869699410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SCdqwL2Yy1I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/stk6ZQIyy94/s320/olson454.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SCdqwL2Yy2I/AAAAAAAAAQY/oRBXBzi0Yq8/s1600-h/olson155-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199241670869699426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SCdqwL2Yy2I/AAAAAAAAAQY/oRBXBzi0Yq8/s320/olson155-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />David, Theo and I celebrated "Happy Puppy Mother's Day" today. Theo helped David make me a yummy breakfast of omelette and fried potatoes and then served me breakfast in bed. Theo also gave me a very sweet card and a movie I have been wanting (27 Dresses). It was a wonderful morning with my boys!Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-39153524430889933092008-05-01T01:14:00.001-07:002008-05-01T01:23:03.906-07:00I can't stand the name of this movie, but...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SBl8QXD25VI/AAAAAAAAAPY/orXvvOA_kac/s1600-h/baby08-901_a1000.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195320265658525010" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SBl8QXD25VI/AAAAAAAAAPY/orXvvOA_kac/s320/baby08-901_a1000.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">seriously, it's hilarious!</span></strong>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-6349860428848879482008-04-28T05:14:00.001-07:002008-04-28T05:19:59.465-07:00Extreme Makeover: Dog EditionBefore:<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SBW_5HD25TI/AAAAAAAAAPI/fZRNpK6olSM/s1600-h/897.bmp"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SBW_5HD25TI/AAAAAAAAAPI/fZRNpK6olSM/s320/897.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194268733110412594" /></a><br />After:<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SBW_5XD25UI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/fVeFVxRhsoY/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QBIulcfuf6o/SBW_5XD25UI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/fVeFVxRhsoY/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194268737405379906" /></a><br /><br />Theo got his hair cut the other day and I swear, if I wasn't his puppy mother, I would never know he was the same dog! He looks so completely different, and even his personality has changed a bit since his haircut. I have to admit, I loved his fluffiness, and I cried the first time I saw him with all of his hair gone. I love him just the same, he just seems more "handsome" than "cute" now.Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481335006805977726.post-63220115796951634212008-04-19T19:11:00.000-07:002008-04-19T19:13:16.730-07:00Blog Re-Design!I was tired of my blog looking so boring, so I re-designed it. It's not exactly professional looking...but it's much more fun and bright now. I'm happy with it!Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767524366135661349noreply@blogger.com1