tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40632617431019865262024-03-05T05:23:19.191-06:00The Leyva Lifekynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-11129043415931678052012-02-14T21:33:00.003-06:002012-02-14T21:45:19.741-06:00I {HEART} Valentine's Day!!So I am pretty sure that with Christmas as my #1 favorite holiday Valentine's Day comes in Second...oh wait, then there is Easter...hmmmm. Anyway, I love Valentine's Day and always have. My most vivid memory of Valentine's day is coming home from school and mom had little gifts for us sitting at our places at the table. Something so fun about that.<br /><br />I have been trying to make it a fun event for our girls as well. We filled out their Valentines for their friends at school and they were so excited to take them. I also went all matchy matchy with their outfit for today too. (mostly cuz it was easy!) And when I came home I brought them all a new my little pony to play with. Small simple and cheap! :)<br /><br />I asked Lexi at dinner what Valentine's day meant to her and she said, "that I love Jesus and he loves us." Yes I melted. What joy!<br /><br />So here are my girls wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxAjAZ-93s8hDr4Klrnq8gRWoaeXDQbu1ibj8XPsa-lls-v1ctyWcnJoKQuwfS6Nc5Uq2g3T2mvtDaPLBMV9A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-84489049218518776472012-01-15T22:56:00.004-06:002012-01-15T23:20:51.846-06:00Wisdom Shared During the Golden GlobesWe had the Golden Globes on tonight since all the football games were over. I have a thing for seeing celebs in their real roles. I like to see if they are awkward, or quirky, graceful, or silly. I like to see the person behind the character. Anyway we were watching the many cheesy jokes and sappy acceptance speeches. <br /><br />Lexi clued in to the show and just watched for a minute. Someone with a yellow dress came on. I did not recognize her, but it was a modest dress and it was beautiful. Lexi said, "oh that yellow dress is beautiful! you know mommy it doesn't show her belly or her chest." Next Tina Fey and Jane Lynch came out. Tina wearing a beautiful red dress and Jane in a beautiful black dress. Jane's dress was cut very low and Tina's was a typical strapless ball gown. Lexi says why does that black dress have a hole in it? I said do you mean why does it come so low? She said yeah, I don't like that, but her red dress is beautiful! I am so proud that she is starting to get that modest is beautiful and that is what we want to be. Its baby steps from the beginning...and I will make her come back and read this blog when we are picking out prom dresses 12 years from now.<br /><br />Then she asked me if everyone would be getting a trophy. I told her no, not everyone wins. Some take home a trophy and some just get to be there to celebrate the winners. A lesson that many these days don't quite understand.<br /><br />Then when Octavia Spenser won her Globe for "The Help" and they showed Melissa McCarthy crying, Lexi asked if she was crying because she did not win. I told her no, she is crying because she is so happy for her friend that won. I explained to her that sometimes we are so happy we can't help but cry. <br /><br />Who knew that we would get to cover such fundamental and important life lessons while watching the Golden Globes. Mommas and Daddies always be ready for the teachable moments. They are little chances to teach our little ones. Sometimes they are encouraging moments where you realize that they are catching what you are teaching and other times it is just to reinforce a core belief within them.kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-17132697882920638632012-01-06T21:44:00.003-06:002012-01-06T23:26:08.379-06:00New Year, New Job, New Blog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhbH9gqT98yQduSX2nVIIP28OcSzZh62PNmPkoaqtC0Hjz0JmTXDkn_WOWt63NOwyWABYnZxGGIWHmuPgodXuOnn35Usf2Tt6hHM2Um_wMO7Q8TX8c43QY561Lcy6p9_Ow7VqvaM3B6E/s1600/IMG_3009.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694756266622776562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhbH9gqT98yQduSX2nVIIP28OcSzZh62PNmPkoaqtC0Hjz0JmTXDkn_WOWt63NOwyWABYnZxGGIWHmuPgodXuOnn35Usf2Tt6hHM2Um_wMO7Q8TX8c43QY561Lcy6p9_Ow7VqvaM3B6E/s320/IMG_3009.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#993399;"><strong>HAPPY NEW YEAR!</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div>Here at the Leyva home we are living it up Leyva style. We are jumping into 2012 with zest!! Or we are just crazy? No seriously, this first week of twenty twelve has been not a normal week. Rabu is hosting the Memorial Shootout Basketball Tournament that he does for the area Jr. High basketball teams. What this means for us is that he is not at home Tuesday - Sunday this week. It's "girls nights" all week long! Us Leyva girls call daddy's game nights "girls nights" to make them more fun! As if that was not enough to make this little momma exhausted I started my new job last Friday and this was my first week. How's that for kickin' in the New Year. Oh, you didn't know I got a new job? Oh well keep reading I will tell you what I learned through the decision process. </div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#339999;"><strong>HAPPY NEW JOB!</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>This past October I found myself in a quandary. I had a job offer from a very good firm with some different opportunities for me. I had a choice to make. Do I stay at my current job that is a good job at a great firm with wonderful people or do I take the risk for the potential of the new job and what it could be. It's a win win for me. I end up with a good job either way! What a blessing! Even though the two job quandary was a blessing it was definitely a fork in the road. A big one! You know in the movies when you see a fork in the road it's pretty clear witch way you should go. One way is dark, scary and they play creepy music when they pan over to it. Then the other way is sunshine, birds singing and clear skies!! Yeah, this was not that clear. It was all sunshine and birds singing on both paths. Thank God for opportunity but a girl has to make a decision.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>At a time like this we tend to look for anything and anyone to give us a sign, a word from God, <strong>anything to make the decision for us</strong>. I found myself responding that way. I talked to some people that I respect in my profession and they said you will make the right choice for you and your family. I talked to a spiritual mentor of mine and she said, " you hear God, you will know what to do." I talked to Rabu and he said, "I have no doubt you will make the right choice. Whatever it is, I am behind you." Are you noticing a trend here? NO ONE would make the decision for me! </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>So I did what us type A logical puzzle solvers do...I thought about it...talked about it...obsessed over it. All while trying to "figure out what to do". You know there are times in life where you don't get to "figure it out". This was one of those times. God in His sweet way was once again calling me to Himself. God has ways of working in our lives and our situations to create opportunity for relationship with Him. One thing I strongly believe is that in all of God's plans for humankind the original plan still stands true...<strong>Relationship</strong>. That is all he wants with us. To love us and us love Him in return. Simple really. We make it so complicated. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>So, I talked to God and nothing. He is just teasing me now isn't He? So I talked with Him again and nope not a thing. The problem was I was still looking for a sign, a Word through someone, anyone else. It's like talking to your father and looking to your mother for the answer...that makes no sense. You are not building relationship with your father if you are only listening to your mother. Same applies here, it's hard to build relationship with God when you do not listen for His voice. Finally, with focus on God, I heard Him. When I say I heard Him, I do not mean an actual audible voice or even through the Bible. It wasn't even the "still small voice" you hear people talk about. It was Peace. Sometimes Peace about something speaks louder than any "mighty Word from the Lord" or catchy quote on pinterest. Although I do believe God can use either of those. Personally He took me to Peace; Peace to my core. I would take the new job.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I would love to say that it was easy from there. Oh no. As I told one of the people at my previous job, "don't ever leave, it is so much harder than staying!" I had to go tell a group of people that I have grown to care for, friends, and people I highly respect that even though they have been so good to me and have offered me great opportunity I was going to leave and accept another job. Now that folks, is hard!! They made efforts to keep me and when they realized that I had made up my mind they showered appreciation on me. All the love made me second guess. Am I making the right decision? I don't even know but three of the the people at the other firm. What if they are crazy!! Then came the Holy Spirit to remind me of the Peace. Oh yes, that is right, whew; now I am centered again. </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The see-saw of doubt and peace went on for almost a month. I worked out my two weeks notice handing off clients and projects to others. Then I took off two weeks for the Christmas holiday. The whole time saying to myself and Rabu, "I hope I did not make a huge mistake. " Even the morning of my first day I was nervous and excited. The thought kept going through my mind, oh I hope this is right. Then God interrupted my thoughts with a simple and slightly exasperated, "will you just let me show myself faithful?" </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I simply said, "Yes, please show yourself faithful." From that moment the Peace became more than just a remembrance of a moment. It stuck with me. You see, it went from me having a peace but <strong>feeling like I have to go do it</strong> to having a peace and <strong>letting God do it through me</strong>. All He needs us to do is seek Him and obey. He does the rest. He has wired me for this job. He has timed it for now. I just have to go be who He has created me to be and He will show Himself faithful!! </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>So after the first week I have nothing but excitement for what is to come with the career that God has given me and where I get to do that now. He has already begun to show Himself faithful...oh me of little faith. </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><strong>HAPPY NEW BLOG!!! </strong></span></div><br /><br /><div>OK so maybe the blog is not completely new, but the fact that I have not blogged since our anniversary in July might make it new. Seeing as though I have not posted anything about Lexi's 4th birthday, Sadie's 1st birthday, Thanksgiving or Christmas, saying I am behind is an understatement...but if you have been following this blog for any length of time you know what I am about to say...</div><br /><br /><div>This blog is an outlet not an obligation...guilt gone!! :o)</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>So happy new year, happy new job, and happy new blog (kinda) </div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-49230305458718759542011-07-21T22:49:00.005-05:002011-07-21T23:02:06.694-05:00Ten Years<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG8lYykUNe_438mio3KD5jm-byPV_L-BxAhbHFXtHL8e0PIRoE9W1qbB-r5K2C-f3Ulo_tccoN9_xd-Q-7ukCMTDkiHM2RruVKMmaKTy3l-m6vBBwfJ5tZowdBRIpYyE89lI7RgpUBHY/s1600/IMG_8039.jpg"></a> Ok, just love that my 100th post is about celebrating ten years of marriage to my best friend, Rabu Leyva. Ten years ago today we said, "I do." Today, i say it all over again. Rabu Leyva, I DO! I love you, I love our life, I love being your friend and your wife. <span style="font-size:78%;">(seriously did not mean to be a poet today). </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br />Here are a few pictures from our wedding day July 21,2001.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632020765549469634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifw55jOKBq97lsZpahGPIa_J7QCylTQZdplLMlwY7sB_UqdZpDJttUnkjZh3m2zFZOxZBHUqdD5iBxf53cGsljEO0oC-X_G1SaMS5AiyrwDmBZQm3L5F622sMnTiu5D04oORqqdr150sw/s320/IMG_8012.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvb9QoeWC5hs76LTWd7KWieKZMKsRgQqxEWf2QDBmJJolh14ZfDhpxPjmfkN1rQZjJhB6Xh7qP5_p6tcAQIZ6CWKrCT8s4mTtN3c_goGQ3M-hNfUySzMSeuy6oZf4e1IfHyZ-T3jzoo_g/s1600/IMG_8036.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632021148014613538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvb9QoeWC5hs76LTWd7KWieKZMKsRgQqxEWf2QDBmJJolh14ZfDhpxPjmfkN1rQZjJhB6Xh7qP5_p6tcAQIZ6CWKrCT8s4mTtN3c_goGQ3M-hNfUySzMSeuy6oZf4e1IfHyZ-T3jzoo_g/s320/IMG_8036.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vhYDpPWEv3lH6jcmAhjfIovNlqVcvTShYEIyb7oFEo1Aul4dR0UzyI2h97EfJtUifOlXKpwCREx5Ii1U5rFqaXnTJOnSRpT2E9VhYX1wX_GXFQaeIALuxgFL1hd9eUwTzzg3GhMak2U/s1600/IMG_8035.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632020777421251554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vhYDpPWEv3lH6jcmAhjfIovNlqVcvTShYEIyb7oFEo1Aul4dR0UzyI2h97EfJtUifOlXKpwCREx5Ii1U5rFqaXnTJOnSRpT2E9VhYX1wX_GXFQaeIALuxgFL1hd9eUwTzzg3GhMak2U/s320/IMG_8035.jpg" /></a></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-68210277953059302982011-07-10T23:05:00.004-05:002011-07-10T23:21:54.461-05:00Sadie ~ 8 Months<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;">Sadie is 8 months!! Our little smooga-booga is getting so big. Today she <em><span style="color:#3333ff;">crawled</span></em>!!I am still kinda in shock at how quickly this is going. I mean really you would think by the third one I would get used to how quickly they grow and change...but nope! <span style="color:#006600;">NOT USED TO IT!!!</span> </span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;">Sadie is exploring her world and is fully mobile. It may take her a little while to wiggle her way to what she has her eye on, but she is determined to get there. She has just today started to crawl forward just a bit. All month she was going in reverse. Watch out it is about to get interesting around here. </span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;">So much action and adventure with our three little girls. What JOY!! Sadie you are using your words like momma and dada to make us smile. You are amazing and we are so glad God sent you to our not so little anymore family. </span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;">Here are a few of her 8 month pics that we took in the blazing heat! (<em>don't ya just love summers in Oklahoma?)</em></span></strong></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhG2JGM9ongT8KSwv8XOiw9YGUKErjHFk00KiPspqZQNf6gqFE9y5rcw58ll9Z33BJXj5d3GErw4LF1amZCZ0g0noYhtPU2pIIu3aNuEYXfweqj7MmwdRZiV56AM9gfkK1uAwobH8mNM/s1600/sadie+8+mo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627942478766750898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhG2JGM9ongT8KSwv8XOiw9YGUKErjHFk00KiPspqZQNf6gqFE9y5rcw58ll9Z33BJXj5d3GErw4LF1amZCZ0g0noYhtPU2pIIu3aNuEYXfweqj7MmwdRZiV56AM9gfkK1uAwobH8mNM/s320/sadie+8+mo.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lKe8gmQEMuAMUh28Nc1-bqOd-KAD60HJVcalHxjFq_2YW9DedCsgOWmlrJcHqZ2zhjYzqhYl3UYMEQaTm3o3qP2lu7IsFvo5-lD7h7dp2wU7gwnPTPhREhB6WsMB07xc0bKSWVEzCjA/s1600/sisters+sadie+8+mo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627942474302449426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lKe8gmQEMuAMUh28Nc1-bqOd-KAD60HJVcalHxjFq_2YW9DedCsgOWmlrJcHqZ2zhjYzqhYl3UYMEQaTm3o3qP2lu7IsFvo5-lD7h7dp2wU7gwnPTPhREhB6WsMB07xc0bKSWVEzCjA/s320/sisters+sadie+8+mo.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#3366ff;"> Sadie is like...um...this is my photo op!</span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNFQ01HxTKNlk4HQp0yrxkZ2gZ97w5stA4kjDou5mzAmgd5q9Rj8q3d9vR0rtq-c7aBqBf_WAbFeGDSj9XtL-evPR3mnxGEDZvz3PMA3qwr2Q9BFJjruzaOqxIkufS6aZb2hKNbSMqqM/s1600/IMG_7944.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627942254490395410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNFQ01HxTKNlk4HQp0yrxkZ2gZ97w5stA4kjDou5mzAmgd5q9Rj8q3d9vR0rtq-c7aBqBf_WAbFeGDSj9XtL-evPR3mnxGEDZvz3PMA3qwr2Q9BFJjruzaOqxIkufS6aZb2hKNbSMqqM/s320/IMG_7944.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsuAEFZrt9UI1l8PsZ1_hS05DoqDWTXTIUM171MQmVIKGy71B772ztjPDxPbcBO_e-Z-sXtTIeAO00rYir956OoJJQfGN4C1tT-JOiECTK_8VCnPmZYtVHcvOT82MMLmQ76kv65JDgAk/s1600/IMG_7937.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627942248628803074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsuAEFZrt9UI1l8PsZ1_hS05DoqDWTXTIUM171MQmVIKGy71B772ztjPDxPbcBO_e-Z-sXtTIeAO00rYir956OoJJQfGN4C1tT-JOiECTK_8VCnPmZYtVHcvOT82MMLmQ76kv65JDgAk/s320/IMG_7937.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLjt4w0hGlXnrKNv0Nc9dLpqDiaCxZ_bdddhk8ShmVDzfEiY4w_GJka90pLHRGsexjIEZGDhYSY0pSEKiNh9VGJk1b-XppANwiGb5Pc05jxVni72Z9eY9U7mvcJ4Em_mKrryNRW_0vqs/s1600/IMG_7936.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627942245198199682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLjt4w0hGlXnrKNv0Nc9dLpqDiaCxZ_bdddhk8ShmVDzfEiY4w_GJka90pLHRGsexjIEZGDhYSY0pSEKiNh9VGJk1b-XppANwiGb5Pc05jxVni72Z9eY9U7mvcJ4Em_mKrryNRW_0vqs/s320/IMG_7936.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdcnqrXNJxONfnRFhMCsgiyPOEuWJXNCsPXoaVN_GoJYIHRyYPFcUakJerclqklRBzaLM2I5a1jzPIxLyBDUb3XELhXQekGpUtCYXRCRdpxW1QJ7utMGl0tzV5FXfgU1_wMsEzVCpc1U/s1600/IMG_7934.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627942239565048018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdcnqrXNJxONfnRFhMCsgiyPOEuWJXNCsPXoaVN_GoJYIHRyYPFcUakJerclqklRBzaLM2I5a1jzPIxLyBDUb3XELhXQekGpUtCYXRCRdpxW1QJ7utMGl0tzV5FXfgU1_wMsEzVCpc1U/s320/IMG_7934.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRf6stfVI0GiPh16PYa5PqhQUbTbOdzWbfF-g-BMp8LXSCk2lAvzY-RjS0runAvIumzck9msOjXenD6PrPlulm6XspEkS8riJMW6rhPd3PMrCeapWE5Zy0DosgxqFWSjhx8buZDAs_Ho/s1600/IMG_7929.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627942237564711714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRf6stfVI0GiPh16PYa5PqhQUbTbOdzWbfF-g-BMp8LXSCk2lAvzY-RjS0runAvIumzck9msOjXenD6PrPlulm6XspEkS8riJMW6rhPd3PMrCeapWE5Zy0DosgxqFWSjhx8buZDAs_Ho/s320/IMG_7929.jpg" /></a><br />blessed....so so blessed<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-34928308477139150842011-06-17T22:48:00.007-05:002011-06-19T22:13:42.186-05:00Happy Father's Day Rabu Leyva!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOJYDs5XInJArWWrzmapQK3PRKUY4z5v0lia0UeR40Evqgr7JZUTPpHIhMxLqwqaIe57HHU8ubRhlKsT5jW0FN65FJNsbXlOZHB9PAZPi3DXlciBjYu5-eViLlqpF4_nVBHVZhYyFDKA/s1600/IMG_7285.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619402824425318082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOJYDs5XInJArWWrzmapQK3PRKUY4z5v0lia0UeR40Evqgr7JZUTPpHIhMxLqwqaIe57HHU8ubRhlKsT5jW0FN65FJNsbXlOZHB9PAZPi3DXlciBjYu5-eViLlqpF4_nVBHVZhYyFDKA/s320/IMG_7285.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6oqqWuaxdguMl8eY3_B_zSrPqxVGmsxlBoL9iIIXRe3Hq3p4krP6gvLqV9pDB2EXbZp-qyjaGOwIQja4uLQOydhFWAcCdXKDjazZvklWhpjHvnnkKQsNd9K1JVk-WwO8C2g6Mo6VRHI/s1600/_MG_0043c.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619402816868098914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6oqqWuaxdguMl8eY3_B_zSrPqxVGmsxlBoL9iIIXRe3Hq3p4krP6gvLqV9pDB2EXbZp-qyjaGOwIQja4uLQOydhFWAcCdXKDjazZvklWhpjHvnnkKQsNd9K1JVk-WwO8C2g6Mo6VRHI/s320/_MG_0043c.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXiSEspGuXYPzBx7YUu8WT7DHsug9LJAP_FPeJ0CYGfNRHtI94hgfwwE9rbik9oqLQ0h0ldgAoDJJWVqrnEEAMsihmj1XSFIeuRocGg7yEWh22LS0nWhP3UKc0982lnl71PArYQfsf6Y/s1600/_MG_0181c.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619402810030380978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXiSEspGuXYPzBx7YUu8WT7DHsug9LJAP_FPeJ0CYGfNRHtI94hgfwwE9rbik9oqLQ0h0ldgAoDJJWVqrnEEAMsihmj1XSFIeuRocGg7yEWh22LS0nWhP3UKc0982lnl71PArYQfsf6Y/s320/_MG_0181c.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrM5CpFxBTOyddUrT8AJeKangzvn0BYrIuIdoyFY0KDgKq397s-5AMh8kAA56r70M0orwJRUpTa-qcgCRhCWAdrYWsdQ05r7NA0cmSeyU7A91Wl_mwn6VPhx23ii3cRwfLYwcJjoUMYjI/s1600/IMG_7813.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619402797614168370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrM5CpFxBTOyddUrT8AJeKangzvn0BYrIuIdoyFY0KDgKq397s-5AMh8kAA56r70M0orwJRUpTa-qcgCRhCWAdrYWsdQ05r7NA0cmSeyU7A91Wl_mwn6VPhx23ii3cRwfLYwcJjoUMYjI/s320/IMG_7813.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Rabu you are the BEST daddy to these girls. They love you so much! You are exactly what we need for our family! You make us laugh, you make our family fun, and you cover us as a father should. Thank you for being an amazing man, a wonderful example to your daughters and the best daddy I could ever wish for to our children. We love you, happy father's day! </span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-17526603443903831232011-06-17T22:42:00.002-05:002011-06-17T22:46:41.048-05:00Paisley, Paisley Bo Baisley<div align="center">Just a few pics of Paisley Poo while we were grillin' dinner...she was lookin' so stinkin' cute I had to capture a few shots...enjoy!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5faGBZUT1H7KD0PhIsc7rynegkdOemTiOJAwcCGJ9mO8dIM9LDXD4dHbsV4ZlscQGSLPqp0cJjc780Gq4JDQP7Hh2pp8bYQeYi1z2hHr6OSgXv_uDsRe2Oy19Loz2iOkse2H77XBauc/s1600/IMG_7852.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619400711791458434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5faGBZUT1H7KD0PhIsc7rynegkdOemTiOJAwcCGJ9mO8dIM9LDXD4dHbsV4ZlscQGSLPqp0cJjc780Gq4JDQP7Hh2pp8bYQeYi1z2hHr6OSgXv_uDsRe2Oy19Loz2iOkse2H77XBauc/s320/IMG_7852.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgl_6Qt80qVQYWLkEm2Y5HNzIOOJxApIBJkasxnwNx3yKlaRHoecsEM8rqzRm-bIyTqg1ElYxrjN8zoIwJoEXXEYC9X8vW7xH6c_NgRNNieZvlgt_f5dMep9qcN-VlvfpCGpAyLLvLUs/s1600/IMG_7851.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619400702636656178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgl_6Qt80qVQYWLkEm2Y5HNzIOOJxApIBJkasxnwNx3yKlaRHoecsEM8rqzRm-bIyTqg1ElYxrjN8zoIwJoEXXEYC9X8vW7xH6c_NgRNNieZvlgt_f5dMep9qcN-VlvfpCGpAyLLvLUs/s320/IMG_7851.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAY2ttCAj3T5ivHMKuhwjXHwlDcBuOSoVdNIo1aN-6RbzObK2Q0js3cxiTs3Gcj6c87JgeBM11VS6W5qEUCwEHKUIqJjQ_lTd9u6cD9Lzg6cpKH55jWoFWTo5IbVS_tS3_DVcPoUnlADU/s1600/IMG_7857.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619400695645523986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAY2ttCAj3T5ivHMKuhwjXHwlDcBuOSoVdNIo1aN-6RbzObK2Q0js3cxiTs3Gcj6c87JgeBM11VS6W5qEUCwEHKUIqJjQ_lTd9u6cD9Lzg6cpKH55jWoFWTo5IbVS_tS3_DVcPoUnlADU/s320/IMG_7857.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-25657148753007770632011-06-17T22:31:00.003-05:002011-06-17T22:42:06.850-05:00Sadie 7 Months<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJBLzgXx2WYHssOeJYfISrug-f-erv6YhJ6pf17NhHDHsZt2Eo8mh7e1eEO3cOVdyc0LO1_7sah5aPNewZEi1R5Ws7Gez1RW4QvRH0N85CXIxppyVVsarFsqdsGzNEsSh6bTceXQWHNk/s1600/sadie+7+mo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619397447000938994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJBLzgXx2WYHssOeJYfISrug-f-erv6YhJ6pf17NhHDHsZt2Eo8mh7e1eEO3cOVdyc0LO1_7sah5aPNewZEi1R5Ws7Gez1RW4QvRH0N85CXIxppyVVsarFsqdsGzNEsSh6bTceXQWHNk/s320/sadie+7+mo.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> At seven months Sadie is a professional sitter and making good progress at rolling around to change her surroundings. She is curious about everything. If something is in reach her hands are on it! She is such a happy kid, content to watch and laugh at her family. She has now mastered the art of saying "da da" and "ma ma". Unfortunately, as with the other girls, "da da" came first. "Ma ma" </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">was not too far behind though. She gives pretty good snuggles. My favorite time with her is the couple minutes that I get to cuddle with her before she goes to sleep at night. She is just full enough from her last bottle and sleepy enough that she will lay her little head down and cuddle with mommy as I pray over her. Love those sweet moments. We love you Sadie dear.</span></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-76454628783434895482011-06-02T21:56:00.004-05:002011-06-02T22:13:46.768-05:00conversations with Lexi about secrets and rainbows<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwaUsHWrf5_vbD_icpWIv-iRo6YMrNPz5zbCAz8JuTpd817sVoGq2kZAVAzviovzwdKcrnQBLazbetm9V8k9NU7ymz3Wf67JLCIHuEWykcBjP2ymOUs8aZniZJsvrJ5s3WO5s6kp_6ZY/s1600/Lexi+3+yrs.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613825971663589282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwaUsHWrf5_vbD_icpWIv-iRo6YMrNPz5zbCAz8JuTpd817sVoGq2kZAVAzviovzwdKcrnQBLazbetm9V8k9NU7ymz3Wf67JLCIHuEWykcBjP2ymOUs8aZniZJsvrJ5s3WO5s6kp_6ZY/s320/Lexi+3+yrs.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;"><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#333333;">Secrets</span></div><br />Lexi was wanting to keep something a secret from daddy, so daddy tells her, "baby, we don't have secrets with family." Later that day Rabu was leaving to go somewhere and he says to Lexi, I will bring you back a surprise. Lexi asked what the surprise was and he said, "I can't tell you." She sweetly responds, "no secrets daddy." You never really know what is going to stick, this apparently did. </span></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">R</span><span style="color:#ff6600;">A</span><span style="color:#ffcc00;">I</span><span style="color:#33cc00;">N</span><span style="color:#00cccc;">B</span><span style="color:#3366ff;">O</span><span style="color:#6633ff;">W</span><span style="color:#cc33cc;">S</span></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#333399;">Tonight Lexi was coloring and she says, "Mommy I am going to color a rainbow." To which I said, "that sounds great baby it will be so pretty." After a pause she says, "I am going to go over the rainbow, mommy can you take me over the rainbow?" While I was trying to figure out my response to such a wonderful request she says,"I want to slide down the rainbow."</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#333399;">That sounds wonderful baby, I sure wish I could take you over the rainbow and slide down with you. </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">Childhood is so magical and simple, why does life get so complicated?</span></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-43101561614068951042011-05-21T21:26:00.005-05:002011-05-21T23:48:36.539-05:00Proud of my Little Dancer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuL8FbpNhirrzx97wBQu_QHni0FVUuvSh5IeR9L4hgdbNvxkrfOUMulgIrdaqKCjcKwFMniZbOjOStBlad314pWyC7avd35koc237fPXGy7KeYL0e_wxw9lbJQXBHmCRCXZWDA3d3CNU/s1600/IMG_7059.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609361648361812706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuL8FbpNhirrzx97wBQu_QHni0FVUuvSh5IeR9L4hgdbNvxkrfOUMulgIrdaqKCjcKwFMniZbOjOStBlad314pWyC7avd35koc237fPXGy7KeYL0e_wxw9lbJQXBHmCRCXZWDA3d3CNU/s320/IMG_7059.jpg" /></a><br />Today was Lexi's first dance recital. She has been taking dance with Tippi Toes since last August. She has really enjoyed her dance class and loves doing the dances for us. So we bought the costume and dance shoes for her recital. <br /><br />Today we were getting dressed for the recital and BOOM...total. melt. down. "Mommy, I don't want to go to my 'cital. I don't want to dance. I don't want to be cute." Oh ok... breathe Kyna, what do we do...<br /><br />option one...go all "toddlers in tiaras" on her and make her do it tears and all....<br />option two...calm her down and with my best negotiating skills talk her into performing...<br />option three...let daddy handle it.<br /><br />Option one...Um No, not my style.<br />Option two...this did not work...I needed a professional negotiator to get her to budge<br />Option three... ah yes...daddy to the rescue.<br /><br />He took Lexi over to her staging area with all the other girls from her dance class. Tried his best to get her to dance. The recital started and I did not see them. I did not know if she was going to dance or not. Then her group came out. No Lexi...sigh...oh well. <br /><br />Later Lexi and Daddy came bopping out from behind stage and Lexi looked so happy. Come to find out she and Daddy had been handing candy out to the dancers as they came off stage and telling them good job. She was happy as a clam just celebrating those who danced, she had no need to dance herself. Rabu said it was such a joy to watch her celebrating her friends. Better than watching her do any dance. I could not be more proud!<br /><br />Love you Lexi our little dancer-encourager :)<br /><br /><br />-kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-88026277362970780862011-05-09T21:59:00.003-05:002011-05-09T22:07:10.041-05:00Sadie G ~ 6 months<span style="color:#990000;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKR0a7G2TfPDwqWg2Vhbnb7Ex10z8gqulVPIxInP1jYf6qmxsLcU_AvypttEQtFqGrBI9_2HftOLDxes4PtE0K21RAiY1Jk13DeESiXK6jSG6Hka6DB1MoOnxumRchkaGDmDS7N8nWDo/s1600/Sadie+6+mo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916784888846578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKR0a7G2TfPDwqWg2Vhbnb7Ex10z8gqulVPIxInP1jYf6qmxsLcU_AvypttEQtFqGrBI9_2HftOLDxes4PtE0K21RAiY1Jk13DeESiXK6jSG6Hka6DB1MoOnxumRchkaGDmDS7N8nWDo/s320/Sadie+6+mo.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Our sweet <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">Sadie Giovanna</span> is <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">6 months</span> old today! A whole half year old! It seriously is going by <span style="font-family:courier new;color:#006600;"><em>SUPER</em></span> fast! The sweet girl is now<span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> <span style="font-family:arial;">sitting</span></span> on her own for short periods of time. She laughs <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#6666cc;">hysterically</span> at her sisters. She is completely enjoying the wonderful world of solid foods. She has had the joy of having avocado, banana, and sweet potato along with the regular rice cereal. The girl can eat! She has kept her calm <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;">chill-axin</span> demeanor. She is just glad to be along for the ride. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;">Happy Half Birthday Sweet Girl! </span></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-16419067679867639002011-04-29T22:20:00.006-05:002011-04-29T22:48:20.398-05:00Survival and Meals<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We did it!! We survived basketball season and tax season!!! Can I hear an amen! We could not have made it through without the support of many dear to our family. To all of you, thank you for your help and sacrifice. It has been a crazy couple of months, but we are slowly emerging from the craziness to find our normal life again. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Part of finding our normal life again is meal planning. I did pretty good sticking to a meal plan through busy season until the last couple of weeks. Survival...that was the goal! I am heading to the grocery stores in the morning and here is what is on the menu for the Leyvas this week. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Saturday: </span><a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/01/chicken-ropa-vieja.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chicken Ropa Vieja</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> with fiesta rice (skinnytaste.com)</span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sunday: </span><a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/golden-chicken-10000001225767/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Golden Chicken</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and Potatoes (myrecipes.com)</span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Monday: </span><a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/02/chicken-enchiladas.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chicken Enchiladas</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (skinnytaste.com)</span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tuesday: FFYS (fend for yourself, in my case fend for yourself and three little ones too!)</span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wednesday: </span><a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/06/spicy-shrimp-fried-rice.html#more"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Spicy Shrimp Fried Rice</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (skinnytaste.com)</span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thursday: </span><a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/10/beef-with-snow-peas/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Beef and snow peas</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (the pioneerwoman.com)</span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Friday: </span><a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/03/mexican-slow-cooked-pork-carnitas.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Pork Carnitas </span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">with avocado, rice and black beans (skinnytaste.com)</span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I will be saving part of the Chicken Ropa Vieja to fill the chicken enchiladas for Monday. I will prep the enchiladas on Sunday and refrigerate so that all I have to do on Monday is put them in the oven to heat up. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Another thing that is great about all these meals are that they are "lower point" meals. With busy season over, I no longer have an excuse to not lose this baby weight. Hello waggon, nice to see you again, may I jump aboard! I am doing weight watchers and a weight loss challenge at work. I am trying to make sure we are making lifestyle changes, and not do a diet. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So here's to God helping us through the busiest season of our year! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have yet to reclaim my home completely, but like I said we are emerging SLOWLY! :)</span>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-87920714858960780192011-04-17T22:19:00.002-05:002011-04-17T22:23:24.591-05:00Brainwashing?<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>Brainwashing? No.... it is what the pros call "product placement" ;o)</strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiU3zEn3YvILtklGl0NN-IfHmmZHgAbcG-A749px_CCfhad9uw_-DcIUIkZakOyqBHiqI9hWx7mJTSt1I_wjMM5apRHIwdKc-IF5inxSxR6TQP1FEgVseUH3jJvf-1dkZP0fYmIbfi_k/s1600/IMG_7553.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596758359451917074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiU3zEn3YvILtklGl0NN-IfHmmZHgAbcG-A749px_CCfhad9uw_-DcIUIkZakOyqBHiqI9hWx7mJTSt1I_wjMM5apRHIwdKc-IF5inxSxR6TQP1FEgVseUH3jJvf-1dkZP0fYmIbfi_k/s320/IMG_7553.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> <strong><span style="color:#993300;">HOOK 'EM HORNS </span></strong></span></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-84048454513500504842011-04-17T22:02:00.005-05:002011-04-17T22:19:48.926-05:00Sadie 5 Months<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sweet <span style="color:#663366;">Sadie G - she is now 5 months and too much fun. She smiles all the time except when I am trying to take her picture...ugh. But here are a few pictures of her sweet face. Happy 5 months sweet girl. </span></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAz7hWpEaQfXOzm1-5n_c4_F2ElJTsbA4F1TTnhVUxYFHhF8JZo3wTkL9ivEDJvgp3WudC_WnAtOsuBalS0yypSEtseWfGpoZZ_f9u0Su5W6HoBFBTAIzze-TMzhUabHNbYNj368_Zdc/s1600/IMG_7532.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596756499524491874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAz7hWpEaQfXOzm1-5n_c4_F2ElJTsbA4F1TTnhVUxYFHhF8JZo3wTkL9ivEDJvgp3WudC_WnAtOsuBalS0yypSEtseWfGpoZZ_f9u0Su5W6HoBFBTAIzze-TMzhUabHNbYNj368_Zdc/s320/IMG_7532.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGA-azOeB7RY23Quju8EB9mpHeLhHKhAoOjiZWnldvXazRsYNYr9X_aK3VPcUJGYMXh47A1sYZ2YscgyyK92GTFSyC48k0FWZuRVUGLxK6_xO4_VA30Rv9NpC6CbykenSIoaaq38K6sY/s1600/IMG_7533.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596756491186446962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGA-azOeB7RY23Quju8EB9mpHeLhHKhAoOjiZWnldvXazRsYNYr9X_aK3VPcUJGYMXh47A1sYZ2YscgyyK92GTFSyC48k0FWZuRVUGLxK6_xO4_VA30Rv9NpC6CbykenSIoaaq38K6sY/s320/IMG_7533.jpg" /></a> <br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOODhODzqPJp52D1y8wvz3sFAZJ3EexHv08VVGpoCg4dypCyBFxfuXbvGQ4BMc1l2YTAh23clcM2TMmkoeho8yTueoeYd5L80NNs9EHsGOW0kq3KsI2aLrc0rxsNjuiGGDitqAscbAOgM/s1600/IMG_7534.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596756489925754834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOODhODzqPJp52D1y8wvz3sFAZJ3EexHv08VVGpoCg4dypCyBFxfuXbvGQ4BMc1l2YTAh23clcM2TMmkoeho8yTueoeYd5L80NNs9EHsGOW0kq3KsI2aLrc0rxsNjuiGGDitqAscbAOgM/s320/IMG_7534.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="color:#3366ff;">Proof the girl will smile! This was her first bath with big sisters. As you can see she loved being in the bathtub with the big girls and the big girls were a "huge help" ;o)</span></span></div><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfylrcIXd57c_MqrNT9lJZVRU3vdUJF_uCxFyCOa0Cxs-6pNAlQuluzSllR02c6C4_lKBTxNbACyPpjfQ-skDmu7Zdno6q145XjcbnBcnR7zo6m_BQJq6FGkQ5jmzHXYDxKh4gLrDnHo/s1600/IMG_7520.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596756484718261906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfylrcIXd57c_MqrNT9lJZVRU3vdUJF_uCxFyCOa0Cxs-6pNAlQuluzSllR02c6C4_lKBTxNbACyPpjfQ-skDmu7Zdno6q145XjcbnBcnR7zo6m_BQJq6FGkQ5jmzHXYDxKh4gLrDnHo/s320/IMG_7520.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpIagod82PsCEghz_a51S2SmcDchUhh55A9I60jA8r_8eGjxQgnnaU19dhAukXx8Jp0W61HIliUG6MvK24I7ztfMtlxnH4DxXEfCp_rO3H4uIXTFkj94NI75j6E5Tcy0vJjB0gHz0uuE/s1600/IMG_7487.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5d8KQ3ssy7JQd1AUTt417L4KdN25dxwoxd4RKa8TK47IfOChQ9xai9263YZI-5GxdZVdcE2qA6bxgRdlz5hPTV9UWSss_rWV8c7yyCvAw2Pcau8iw0e1LpT8uo7MC9Dr2QcuVop3Wa4/s1600/IMG_7488.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-29530260716832447522011-03-27T22:51:00.003-05:002011-03-27T23:19:20.720-05:00Paisley turns Two!<div align="center"><span style="color:#333399;">We had a wonderful, quaint party for our special girl today. The original plan was to have the party at the park since our home was not really guest ready. <span style="font-size:78%;">(I have been a little busy with some tax returns.)</span> Oklahoma weather did not cooperate. It was 40 degrees today so we moved to plan B. Thanks to Grandma and Pa Pa, we got the house straightened up enough to have the party at our home. It was wonderful just the same! The Tahlequah girl cousins came to celebrate as well as our sweet friend Laney. The girls had a fun time playing and eating cake! </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#333399;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#330033;">THE BIRTHDAY GIRL</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkbd3NoBmYOjq1ZQ2nYHz8bCd0HPxvrCxt5WR19NwxBWf21R2kInwnWYaQcsGflxs4Ple2Ec8faR5Ykc5bFoPQpmUj2ZKdyFG6K9ZRVErrTBSTncs8Zx9igvy4uEqgnjzikUYtESaGY/s1600/IMG_7447.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588975178438614786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkbd3NoBmYOjq1ZQ2nYHz8bCd0HPxvrCxt5WR19NwxBWf21R2kInwnWYaQcsGflxs4Ple2Ec8faR5Ykc5bFoPQpmUj2ZKdyFG6K9ZRVErrTBSTncs8Zx9igvy4uEqgnjzikUYtESaGY/s320/IMG_7447.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#33cc00;"> LEXI MADE SURE EVERYONE HAD PARTY HATS</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3Ks1xER5J1SihZGZ7dQ59zzo11iBzdweOp7z-oVon0hifIH4fK5k8Lw4wfqFD_ywBgFVtKN_eilgrSJfrp7TQMOSQX7XhQC0MbCGP8H49sT3TyO8u1-_biBkxY3x-qw_Z65TgZG7COw/s1600/IMG_7448.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588975176173408242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3Ks1xER5J1SihZGZ7dQ59zzo11iBzdweOp7z-oVon0hifIH4fK5k8Lw4wfqFD_ywBgFVtKN_eilgrSJfrp7TQMOSQX7XhQC0MbCGP8H49sT3TyO8u1-_biBkxY3x-qw_Z65TgZG7COw/s320/IMG_7448.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#ff6666;">COUSINS</span> <span style="color:#ff9966;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(Paisley, Lexi, Adalynn, and Annalee)</span> </span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsmgagX1CkojUUFvVXxR-VKwDHch0-LBY-6AGR3WveuT-4hv8EBzM-MI1-d3mL8itrvvaT8xgloXMOWAtmTPLlibI8w7YXO4GJLGIXwkhyphenhyphencheMf4DDXXarO4x3NqC5kkZ2kGV5QqBs54/s1600/IMG_7449.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588975169538746594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsmgagX1CkojUUFvVXxR-VKwDHch0-LBY-6AGR3WveuT-4hv8EBzM-MI1-d3mL8itrvvaT8xgloXMOWAtmTPLlibI8w7YXO4GJLGIXwkhyphenhyphencheMf4DDXXarO4x3NqC5kkZ2kGV5QqBs54/s320/IMG_7449.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">NOT SURE ABOUT THE CANDLE - JUST WANTS TO EAT THE CAKE</span></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQBkO4l6c4atL6DbAAF07FPqL6Ungb8Em3lrLcBGCqnPdsjvU0DMT-EOSzfz6oeVe7ndL9BHWxpv4Bl4nNww4Y4N2PHpKgky_6uPx5_Hs2tYoWkOMEaGPDS0-fNc4wdBkm6vPB-DmHUA/s1600/IMG_7450.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588974831612093842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQBkO4l6c4atL6DbAAF07FPqL6Ungb8Em3lrLcBGCqnPdsjvU0DMT-EOSzfz6oeVe7ndL9BHWxpv4Bl4nNww4Y4N2PHpKgky_6uPx5_Hs2tYoWkOMEaGPDS0-fNc4wdBkm6vPB-DmHUA/s320/IMG_7450.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#6666cc;">PAISLEY, LEXI, LANEY, AND ADALYNN </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#6666cc;"><span style="font-size:85%;">being oh so patient and waiting for Elmo cup cakes </span></div></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaV4-Qy6Zab1hMAvu3ph1aFyCfMauYv_EFjBS12I-Gxcw4iIV0CnWiWzHYvYRpUoWyIKFH9YfLXq6-mgAqZ7Cn6GLxKhi4oC6O9usxcFqEuUKa9-IJyaOhH9p8WUPjJGkLx0XseZZnDQo/s1600/IMG_7452.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588974826548909954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaV4-Qy6Zab1hMAvu3ph1aFyCfMauYv_EFjBS12I-Gxcw4iIV0CnWiWzHYvYRpUoWyIKFH9YfLXq6-mgAqZ7Cn6GLxKhi4oC6O9usxcFqEuUKa9-IJyaOhH9p8WUPjJGkLx0XseZZnDQo/s320/IMG_7452.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#336666;"> PAISLEY HAD PLENTY OF HELP OPENING HER PRESENTS</span></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCtl3gFPkO0GBrfl46yCpEzXGtruzXBl9qPP885qw56BwIVZXeJ6kB39qtZAoN4XYxwfiSWQ8qk1s88nzskRPbzlXC7mcoOfkTseYu-uqYIYVTotgfxZcoWxAanIfBjaCSDCwYsc6ApI/s1600/IMG_7456.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588974821469165794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCtl3gFPkO0GBrfl46yCpEzXGtruzXBl9qPP885qw56BwIVZXeJ6kB39qtZAoN4XYxwfiSWQ8qk1s88nzskRPbzlXC7mcoOfkTseYu-uqYIYVTotgfxZcoWxAanIfBjaCSDCwYsc6ApI/s320/IMG_7456.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#6633ff;">MY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL IS TWO!</span></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWy_h2AzozB63WXjm5p2nBMzJnM5G5HOO6vha8ZH_BIQtwfg1eHbf4agU7jLIIK3mKyA8BY6tZIacgqpLWTaBVpoi-yjtKZMu1GH3wGJeStdkTKQF0S4DIXDCJ33D_vDDKUYp_WQfStU/s1600/IMG_7458.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588974817278952146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWy_h2AzozB63WXjm5p2nBMzJnM5G5HOO6vha8ZH_BIQtwfg1eHbf4agU7jLIIK3mKyA8BY6tZIacgqpLWTaBVpoi-yjtKZMu1GH3wGJeStdkTKQF0S4DIXDCJ33D_vDDKUYp_WQfStU/s320/IMG_7458.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#339999;">BIG SISTER "READING" PAISLEY HER NEW BOOK</span></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3okzzyoA_NOwS1b-Zwwh6lOBT9jB1RbJKJE3ayYSqLZsIKNZS8EKE6KukDne9uHA5TI16Yrp80fxsd810SS0e5byyowdEjWu1DudY5lS1iBMDVPMsbN62xClGN0wjdsBe0e8eUb82_A/s1600/IMG_7464.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588974813126609778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3okzzyoA_NOwS1b-Zwwh6lOBT9jB1RbJKJE3ayYSqLZsIKNZS8EKE6KukDne9uHA5TI16Yrp80fxsd810SS0e5byyowdEjWu1DudY5lS1iBMDVPMsbN62xClGN0wjdsBe0e8eUb82_A/s320/IMG_7464.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Y<span style="color:#003333;">es, Lexi is wearing pjs. She is a jammies girl. The moment we get home she wants to put her jammies on. So she said, "well Mommy since we are not going to the park then I can wear my jammies to the party." We chose our battles today...this was not one of them. Sure hunny wear your jammies...I wish I had mine on too!</span> </span><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-37255540643489880212011-03-27T22:41:00.003-05:002011-03-27T22:51:50.275-05:00Sadie starts Solid food!<div>Well if you consider rice cereal solid food...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Now that Sadie is 4 months old she gets to eat rice cereal. She was so ready for it. Here are a few pictures of her first cereal meal. Pictures taken by the wonderful photographer, big sister Lexi Leyva. </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#6600cc;">~The first bites...she caught on quick. Yummm~</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV6USlNYVWnswkgOZJoADF4ncaP7PfHpZkBtdiqHuPI8L1iteRSp49h5cc3L6fhISJ0S_waMW1b1_ZIynSceWMd7Rrjc3AoFD1h0HJJZIIU1T85C6KTeY-c7TwvFfSA7pt3Jl0BGM2co/s1600/IMG_7420.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588972220526897746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV6USlNYVWnswkgOZJoADF4ncaP7PfHpZkBtdiqHuPI8L1iteRSp49h5cc3L6fhISJ0S_waMW1b1_ZIynSceWMd7Rrjc3AoFD1h0HJJZIIU1T85C6KTeY-c7TwvFfSA7pt3Jl0BGM2co/s320/IMG_7420.jpg" /></a> <br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#00cccc;">~MOM... stop taking pictures and feed me~</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#00cccc;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ_neo-vjOs59Err1ZzVqFy2OlVfRsrYJxhzxH4GUeQzFc1SstAmIbEE_o7nEoElOkFyKPQv0BFGB6yilxGiagDjDKnigPDe5VEVOYCadq-_YmJia9BssC3JTT8Cu9UWJCbFbmEPV-Ls/s1600/IMG_7421.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588972215635789842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ_neo-vjOs59Err1ZzVqFy2OlVfRsrYJxhzxH4GUeQzFc1SstAmIbEE_o7nEoElOkFyKPQv0BFGB6yilxGiagDjDKnigPDe5VEVOYCadq-_YmJia9BssC3JTT8Cu9UWJCbFbmEPV-Ls/s320/IMG_7421.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#009900;">~Lexi wanted to make sure and capture our home during busy season... socks, shoes, blocks, blankies and oh yes...<span style="color:#000099;">Dave Ramsey</span> ~</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l-MlZNhgBKxwswUrMQsS-yOAxTDHz1JuhPwHnkai64d3R2Z9veiViUqiy5gtKBGYq0pUdiBO8IyLwyID9iCpNj9fCJeYWxAf71g6dXQHVTwZ8sKdiV9wzNX5J3HU3vlrGThyphenhypheng-YQ8BY/s1600/IMG_7423.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588972211342848818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l-MlZNhgBKxwswUrMQsS-yOAxTDHz1JuhPwHnkai64d3R2Z9veiViUqiy5gtKBGYq0pUdiBO8IyLwyID9iCpNj9fCJeYWxAf71g6dXQHVTwZ8sKdiV9wzNX5J3HU3vlrGThyphenhypheng-YQ8BY/s320/IMG_7423.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#ff6666;">~That was yummy but still hungry momma!~ </span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4rApZGq7v4eg39YvPWIdsgvGQvioOh-HOXHD1ueDUvNa6KlJ5AJNkIvJqLY9IbkewqDaOPZjZgCLTO1WIqh8Ppm9V7cks6GiwCPEEn76pKEYgXtTMorppv7_8igIuXnKKn9679eunE4/s1600/IMG_7434.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588972207800882882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4rApZGq7v4eg39YvPWIdsgvGQvioOh-HOXHD1ueDUvNa6KlJ5AJNkIvJqLY9IbkewqDaOPZjZgCLTO1WIqh8Ppm9V7cks6GiwCPEEn76pKEYgXtTMorppv7_8igIuXnKKn9679eunE4/s320/IMG_7434.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-89452313343796121222011-03-13T23:40:00.002-05:002011-03-13T23:54:06.137-05:00Sadie 3 & 4 months<div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">Sadie is the most perfect addition to our family!! She is such a wonderful baby. She smiles and uses her voice all the time. She adores her sisters and loves watching them play. Sadie we could not imagine our lives with out you. We love you! Happy 3 & 4 month birthdays! :)<br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GvP_rD0prg42lMU26IWywN-BwqZhdXcA2LxFr6p5R0YBywHHV_7tntAH76QsrF842SZoTGPuk1RS_nM2ewoSkZjMW1GZt6ZFjNDtkPVRoKufz8vZdTtjf7jI8pvqjLYntlfy_a5DcRQ/s1600/IMG_7344%255B1%255D"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583792057842804850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GvP_rD0prg42lMU26IWywN-BwqZhdXcA2LxFr6p5R0YBywHHV_7tntAH76QsrF842SZoTGPuk1RS_nM2ewoSkZjMW1GZt6ZFjNDtkPVRoKufz8vZdTtjf7jI8pvqjLYntlfy_a5DcRQ/s320/IMG_7344%255B1%255D" /></a></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBlOkkV4Dm2W3Bjc-n0g4xeNxNi2YRYVf4Kvx4MYtoTXkhr5Smb-m5V9WVTRkKVZulGq9DHuVi3qcUrQLv5n9UHXDGabAVHOvBi6PeSrbEOy8EVvc7RRHIwvDpof90ie7SNkw5WyInYQ/s1600/IMG_7416b.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583792052626477714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBlOkkV4Dm2W3Bjc-n0g4xeNxNi2YRYVf4Kvx4MYtoTXkhr5Smb-m5V9WVTRkKVZulGq9DHuVi3qcUrQLv5n9UHXDGabAVHOvBi6PeSrbEOy8EVvc7RRHIwvDpof90ie7SNkw5WyInYQ/s320/IMG_7416b.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTF7aiXHAfwc0gWmrTa958jrDjIvboVHmsxAjatfxf6DwEedDv_wE8gEziRd6I27ZoRppU3bBXUkor-3fn9QQHtM1kUY8_W4jBM4t9TGUecS3jeyNNCK-O19KD5GJnO7hSro7AcbvF0c/s1600/IMG_7398a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583792045356589522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTF7aiXHAfwc0gWmrTa958jrDjIvboVHmsxAjatfxf6DwEedDv_wE8gEziRd6I27ZoRppU3bBXUkor-3fn9QQHtM1kUY8_W4jBM4t9TGUecS3jeyNNCK-O19KD5GJnO7hSro7AcbvF0c/s320/IMG_7398a.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRHh6MlkDcZ9O-YRfWPY8sxDSt9wGPa1c6RJITaJs43P_Cse05EUgISDpIJVYmO7OPrZlaK5cP1L7qAVM-_6apcnx5U_Jqdte_tSupfg4e4OUcX67GceARvCASHLps0BOtjn50w7KSk4/s1600/IMG_7383a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583792039059579794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRHh6MlkDcZ9O-YRfWPY8sxDSt9wGPa1c6RJITaJs43P_Cse05EUgISDpIJVYmO7OPrZlaK5cP1L7qAVM-_6apcnx5U_Jqdte_tSupfg4e4OUcX67GceARvCASHLps0BOtjn50w7KSk4/s320/IMG_7383a.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCW6moT0RVt4QtdjiSEuSWbPu2DuZhMKCrxbqHn6w9IWmyDTczYnyHrn8Fm9VEJbSkFXPP_O7HwEUBvmOAk8AskjpC6fIEk5mWHCfemOgbkmg8QGw6KixIR9JYFeYe1-Q6Mjpq999vdk/s1600/IMG_7382a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 228px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583792039820806786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCW6moT0RVt4QtdjiSEuSWbPu2DuZhMKCrxbqHn6w9IWmyDTczYnyHrn8Fm9VEJbSkFXPP_O7HwEUBvmOAk8AskjpC6fIEk5mWHCfemOgbkmg8QGw6KixIR9JYFeYe1-Q6Mjpq999vdk/s320/IMG_7382a.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /></span>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-82221543601245797752011-02-12T16:35:00.002-06:002011-02-12T16:46:17.139-06:00What's for DinnerOK, folks its the two months of the year where I just may fall off the map. We will see. Rabu has basketball season wrapping up with playoffs and I am in the middle of tax season. Not to mention we have three beautiful girls that we are trying to be good parents to. So if I don't return a text or a phone call or email, please do not take it personally, you probably just got trumped by making dinner for my family, doing a tax return, or cheering on my favorite coach. <br /><br />I wanted to share the meal plan for the week. I have linked to Gina's site before but thanks to her I now have a weeks worth of meals that I am excited to make.<br /><br />Here we go:<br /><br />Sunday : <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/01/slow-cooked-sweet-barbacoa-pork.html">Slow Cooked Sweet Barbacoa Pork</a><br />Monday: <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/02/turkey-chili-taco-soup.html">Turkey Chili Taco Soup</a><br />Tuesday: <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/01/chicken-pot-pie-soup.html">Chicken Pot Pie Soup</a><br />Wednesday: <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/12/pork-chops-with-mushrooms-and-shallots.html">Pork Chops w/ Mushrooms</a><br />Thursday: <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/02/crock-pot-santa-fe-chicken-425-pts.html">Santa Fe Chicken</a><br />Friday: Leftovers<br />Saturday: Frozen Pizza or something like that<br /><br />Lets see how this goes...<br /><br />Its only two months...we can do this!kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-83879059641399323982011-01-20T22:42:00.005-06:002011-01-20T22:52:11.297-06:00Snow Day<div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Today was a snow day. Rabu got to stay home from school and his basketball game was cancelled so it was family time all day long!! Lexi has been talking about building a snowman since it snowed last time so she could not wait to get out there and build one. We bundled up and went out to do just that. Here are some of the pics from our day.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj829gSMRFeQIZv8emlZXj837GCCfIT2-2ca_nxR5q4DXhJ62G2ynYttXWz2fldHCRKl815A61EnNM-l9-nNJVFbXQB7WJb3MLD6ylQF_8cuDOgjKaGUbHO760NZ9X7j5S8pzHDueW_qdM/s1600/IMG_7272.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564496473305495266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj829gSMRFeQIZv8emlZXj837GCCfIT2-2ca_nxR5q4DXhJ62G2ynYttXWz2fldHCRKl815A61EnNM-l9-nNJVFbXQB7WJb3MLD6ylQF_8cuDOgjKaGUbHO760NZ9X7j5S8pzHDueW_qdM/s320/IMG_7272.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzxBPJQiJO50BsxKux5_EDNpsBnfI3H5b4tFbcyN8idZxbxhjIf0xQlM-Y7BBZnP9B49z5wX9iYx3I-FammwRnTqn0cngElGeYz_a4UbR1lfBx6QGi3DSX8XxxM_02Gg4LtJQcAwoMy8/s1600/IMG_7261.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564496469172599250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzxBPJQiJO50BsxKux5_EDNpsBnfI3H5b4tFbcyN8idZxbxhjIf0xQlM-Y7BBZnP9B49z5wX9iYx3I-FammwRnTqn0cngElGeYz_a4UbR1lfBx6QGi3DSX8XxxM_02Gg4LtJQcAwoMy8/s320/IMG_7261.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTGSUz3XMtu4GXuhgkVvveiKpXpAtQwwYsMR9y41PzMVc4Bnya5sG1Wc00IdRPMY6FlsXHPJc_oHzj4O7pDNgxCKSJbKwxcWyruyPDPxvLb-e5H59f_4KEWd7AZ3c-Wrl87C2rr46KPs/s1600/IMG_7285.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564496463613688386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTGSUz3XMtu4GXuhgkVvveiKpXpAtQwwYsMR9y41PzMVc4Bnya5sG1Wc00IdRPMY6FlsXHPJc_oHzj4O7pDNgxCKSJbKwxcWyruyPDPxvLb-e5H59f_4KEWd7AZ3c-Wrl87C2rr46KPs/s320/IMG_7285.jpg" /></a> They made a really big snow ball<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqd-7iEA72NiTCbHfEwo-RlmYCaYfg8E0wwnG_d2kpDtQywZV0-ExWkhTb3wHyBIl9XVLAXjEu8A_SBK9Jl0vLseQ9PBgi6QHcRjDCCPUYMIp31yoG6wHEXBlzSAX7C3wTxJK0UxLhQw/s1600/IMG_7288.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564496025254188642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqd-7iEA72NiTCbHfEwo-RlmYCaYfg8E0wwnG_d2kpDtQywZV0-ExWkhTb3wHyBIl9XVLAXjEu8A_SBK9Jl0vLseQ9PBgi6QHcRjDCCPUYMIp31yoG6wHEXBlzSAX7C3wTxJK0UxLhQw/s320/IMG_7288.jpg" /></a><br />Then Lexi threw it at Daddy!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87P32mCgXOpnapPCP1gpeec0axbwUh6dy8yBxh8C17pr78kW_AJ8eYpI9p2GuGmWb8w_r8VlNJQKT1HYoG_D2FEMeqwYGWf8dUHhGKL_seBmWWYGwlwEuZrhhcpE7Hx0BWg4KAVpDRPE/s1600/IMG_7291.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564496017541521474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87P32mCgXOpnapPCP1gpeec0axbwUh6dy8yBxh8C17pr78kW_AJ8eYpI9p2GuGmWb8w_r8VlNJQKT1HYoG_D2FEMeqwYGWf8dUHhGKL_seBmWWYGwlwEuZrhhcpE7Hx0BWg4KAVpDRPE/s320/IMG_7291.jpg" /></a><br />Then to build the snowman.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVmfB-0iIwqT_qRsDAsFn48Yj4cAXr0v2ecHAaQXMNHEl6YlHRlzVlzLSi8l1xCsFP_izEn74mSlsgq6HDIf7qAr-G5ojwzSU9hirCQ4jcWivxA-Y4GrLcCmNYX5Zl6auak_z9A-VqVk/s1600/IMG_7293.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564496014835282930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVmfB-0iIwqT_qRsDAsFn48Yj4cAXr0v2ecHAaQXMNHEl6YlHRlzVlzLSi8l1xCsFP_izEn74mSlsgq6HDIf7qAr-G5ojwzSU9hirCQ4jcWivxA-Y4GrLcCmNYX5Zl6auak_z9A-VqVk/s320/IMG_7293.jpg" /></a><br />I could not get a picture of the finished product because as soon as we were done she kicked it over and starting stomping on it in absolute delight!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6TSVw8XWaOu43qYhxbxLTiGkrYIl3NGusZcqSIwUNv4bLudy7JrbvhaknbBCL300XmZca8PAhZ8i_NXmisM4ztn5yBRnBgnx2xy1ken_exiaqDmylPGpSapdA6o8v2djsHzcyUcVZtI/s1600/IMG_7294.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564496006030211506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6TSVw8XWaOu43qYhxbxLTiGkrYIl3NGusZcqSIwUNv4bLudy7JrbvhaknbBCL300XmZca8PAhZ8i_NXmisM4ztn5yBRnBgnx2xy1ken_exiaqDmylPGpSapdA6o8v2djsHzcyUcVZtI/s320/IMG_7294.jpg" /></a> Poor Snowman<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7efzZbR4RgYpqe2xC3JJBQebLjUessJJYpMVy3Bso-oL5-VANYvqWetKFNu-jrWAzCDyVYLAvnIQ_K3qxe1PxbhqqHySxnMrzDRp8jznJcgD0WM8KeqM1RTcPK4wZNpW_xdWiRmuEp5U/s1600/IMG_7296.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564496001199407410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7efzZbR4RgYpqe2xC3JJBQebLjUessJJYpMVy3Bso-oL5-VANYvqWetKFNu-jrWAzCDyVYLAvnIQ_K3qxe1PxbhqqHySxnMrzDRp8jznJcgD0WM8KeqM1RTcPK4wZNpW_xdWiRmuEp5U/s320/IMG_7296.jpg" /></a><br />and she kept stomping and stomping!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-22961076436005911352011-01-20T10:39:00.004-06:002011-01-20T10:55:16.117-06:00Dreamy Enchiladas<div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Disclaimer: I have not met many enchiladas that i didn't like, so my opinion could be a bit bias. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div>I made these <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/02/chicken-enchiladas.html">Chicken Enchiladas </a>from Gina's Skinny taste blog, and oh my goodness!! They are so good. I was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">literally</span> in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Mexican</span> food heaven! The chicken was so moist and flavorful. One of my complaints with chicken enchiladas is that the chicken tends to be dry. That is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">definitely</span> not the case with these!! I seriously could write a book on how good these are! So since I do not have the time nor do I want my first book to be about chicken enchiladas, you will just have to try them for yourself!<br /><br />Next time I will take it easy on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">chipotle</span> peppers because they were too spicy for the girls to enjoy, but man <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rabu</span> and I will be fighting over the leftovers today. Really easy since I did as she suggested and did crock pot chicken on Monday so my shredded chicken and homemade chicken broth were already done and ready!<br /><br />Enjoy!kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-33675371018212985702011-01-18T22:21:00.004-06:002011-01-18T22:26:19.469-06:00Tasty food that makes you Skinny!!Found this great new blog that I am following! Great recipes that are healthy and look so yummy. I will be trying several of Gina's recipes this week. Thought I would share the great find.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/">http://www.skinnytaste.com/</a><br /><br />Oh and I would like to give a shout out to my friend Becca, she kept telling me how awesome Aldi is and I finally went... why did I doubt her! What a great way to save on the grocery budget! Thanks Becca!!kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-1952384921203068902011-01-10T09:25:00.009-06:002011-01-10T10:15:21.965-06:00Sadie 2 Months Old<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVL2_3ad1OexcSK2dAw5sE5cf8cI9XpYSwKjw3QayQZrb7-sKzo53gSCtqok-D5htTa9qtfLDkd0PW2K6JcMogaDGY9wlBHW7HQjOIs1sB3DA7uuJB0-thG2f5sAK-vVlxDKLytms1JEw/s1600/IMG_7253+edited.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPh3hkNfaseLW5DGnevAytdz7laui8UsA5dkbkDUF51BVNKr2OKVL6IzkJqsLhtXCxxMW29PSbkjv-ZB9dQmDQipFIZsEn8Qy4F-7ydHHE689ccytUlFW5vgk82uxAFYEW1TOZm6WzNws/s1600/IMG_7250+edited.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560591417449112594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPh3hkNfaseLW5DGnevAytdz7laui8UsA5dkbkDUF51BVNKr2OKVL6IzkJqsLhtXCxxMW29PSbkjv-ZB9dQmDQipFIZsEn8Qy4F-7ydHHE689ccytUlFW5vgk82uxAFYEW1TOZm6WzNws/s320/IMG_7250+edited.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvaVzFY8F7t0PBj6MQOhzXycH7a9h2Ca5sFHN03U9iSUrcLa505pzOTgmiX8JQLe2wmnSunJPApc4Ac5jKkb7xanWvCdsBmhrUwNBNienfp2wyyqUksxm0pEaBYV0fdJR4QxSy1-XVvo/s1600/IMG_7248+edited.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560591417270976034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvaVzFY8F7t0PBj6MQOhzXycH7a9h2Ca5sFHN03U9iSUrcLa505pzOTgmiX8JQLe2wmnSunJPApc4Ac5jKkb7xanWvCdsBmhrUwNBNienfp2wyyqUksxm0pEaBYV0fdJR4QxSy1-XVvo/s320/IMG_7248+edited.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqmarWHEuXhLFvSwanrYh0b8huL7-HOPMFE1mYqC7GLyHjDHPpE3lCNpzeJwE-uKjQVDqlyxcEkrhrz3KRXgFyGJ92xXI9uS-U1T92AEofa8PQYdlfWCzQg2xA_ZZX16YjSyK4v_QtM4/s1600/IMG_7247+edited.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560591409759721410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqmarWHEuXhLFvSwanrYh0b8huL7-HOPMFE1mYqC7GLyHjDHPpE3lCNpzeJwE-uKjQVDqlyxcEkrhrz3KRXgFyGJ92xXI9uS-U1T92AEofa8PQYdlfWCzQg2xA_ZZX16YjSyK4v_QtM4/s320/IMG_7247+edited.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqRoNF89FtmBJ0zW1cqTJif7UFwPVs1jvjUzV1pTKNyx9VQ8syKvao79D-NUR2LQx3DhgyOSXnChNnmUz4DrH_D134-ZftHSs6e_nKQVLMhUXqYKlssdCTViZqSDM81uyiOYyh4hKmDk/s1600/IMG_7250.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ls_yjPwalPuRkQ2HaRJ1H60w4QNwkLo_DDHpr_0_-vzAwzXrq24L7zlcHFUhXRhiWBetFTGOgI5SeAgQgqx3ipO0X7UeRc00xiIsL7U5hAZTY73bEBzkwuNNYSEba7UtAJR8SgGlVpA/s1600/IMG_7248.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucEUsMoIenFBKuS-iQucPRzeFKW0sC_IoOUn82AxNXoV_W0wZxu5UFWhrz5mOkNVqcua2M1nJBI4Unk6E6B8qQtJvdPzCG1floaC4j29isyfQK_EcrLjzPBBB5QghWAIq7h1IiFC4W0Y/s1600/IMG_7229.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-83841192586721185312011-01-08T22:40:00.002-06:002011-01-08T22:51:13.131-06:00Let's Sing, Let's Dance<div align="center">Big girl Lexi Lou has been taking dance lessons at her school this year and is loving it. She will ask at least twice a week, " do I have dance class today". She loves showing us her dances that she has learned. At the end of the semester the parents were allowed to come and watch a lesson. So Sadie and I went and saw Lexi dance, here are a few pics. </div><div align="center"> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMPNMRofBsTdU9jKr5alRexpGtDp1m4QiThVanvWTHq7ihOHA2C0fZCDLXpU5ieV3KH8EdACBgmxfhqjoigWLSetTSpwsXunWPd3hVyUEKJbBxiKRAAtxqWpzFw6Eld61txtAOevW_pw/s1600/IMG_7076.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560042083935129202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMPNMRofBsTdU9jKr5alRexpGtDp1m4QiThVanvWTHq7ihOHA2C0fZCDLXpU5ieV3KH8EdACBgmxfhqjoigWLSetTSpwsXunWPd3hVyUEKJbBxiKRAAtxqWpzFw6Eld61txtAOevW_pw/s320/IMG_7076.jpg" /></a> Lexi loves showing off her new baby sister</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbqpCYVENJjXFZ2hT05Egk93BXaegnPT-Lhcjv59UivgV9SlyJQUExYq3188nmQfflDCE0nArKkJMu7RqoNzdMVo7UijY3gQDoEiTZLVozc_k4AfvvV5Z1iPs1DHUCFFkF8iRxjE-ftI/s1600/IMG_7065.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560042079476439026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbqpCYVENJjXFZ2hT05Egk93BXaegnPT-Lhcjv59UivgV9SlyJQUExYq3188nmQfflDCE0nArKkJMu7RqoNzdMVo7UijY3gQDoEiTZLVozc_k4AfvvV5Z1iPs1DHUCFFkF8iRxjE-ftI/s320/IMG_7065.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_dIW0LzXGli6G_2MJRNbhnljf0MWn37I43csPdcf57Pt3bYHWEhsyfKt0raupeNvisurV9WJ0UT4zI91DjsPiV90kQPIl8ABIaQx7NQln_peYzBROatpLWTWLMrkNjIvh3xLKuxMaSU/s1600/IMG_7060.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560042076111657762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_dIW0LzXGli6G_2MJRNbhnljf0MWn37I43csPdcf57Pt3bYHWEhsyfKt0raupeNvisurV9WJ0UT4zI91DjsPiV90kQPIl8ABIaQx7NQln_peYzBROatpLWTWLMrkNjIvh3xLKuxMaSU/s320/IMG_7060.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViLZvmvmu-gJss3cNLNrOqg0mwynPWUH0FSMA6KBCnt20sGBH7h428zx2zJusREbeGmZFJpizPiE2b5gOBLIliihxYwsNyuSBG6uu4pB0RNsmvRNivunTOCsu_F-YgK0yJWMm9AYC0sM/s1600/IMG_7059.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560042071676750834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViLZvmvmu-gJss3cNLNrOqg0mwynPWUH0FSMA6KBCnt20sGBH7h428zx2zJusREbeGmZFJpizPiE2b5gOBLIliihxYwsNyuSBG6uu4pB0RNsmvRNivunTOCsu_F-YgK0yJWMm9AYC0sM/s320/IMG_7059.jpg" /></a> Little miss priss<br /><br />This year Lexi also was old enough to be in our church christmas program. She and her class sang Jingle bells. Lexi did a good job considering that 5 min before she told her teacher she was not going to do it! Ha ha... she looks like such a big girl.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWIlswUeNohvn5K3baIt3AdGvX-pa4LVCuiFWgkp7TAGOeQX_sAgLTFFJfqX8R8gtoCny9vCqw2IeheQHGgVEmz0XF_ybwVI6i8Hph_mcyhlaeus4Sjx1GswoDB4faGhcRRsAfXeKzCA/s1600/IMG_7028.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560042068740266850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWIlswUeNohvn5K3baIt3AdGvX-pa4LVCuiFWgkp7TAGOeQX_sAgLTFFJfqX8R8gtoCny9vCqw2IeheQHGgVEmz0XF_ybwVI6i8Hph_mcyhlaeus4Sjx1GswoDB4faGhcRRsAfXeKzCA/s320/IMG_7028.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Lexi's shirt was done by my friend Terra check out her website she has such cute stuff<br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.tickledsewpink.com/">http://www.tickledsewpink.com/</a></div></div></div></div><br /></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-63574571971757407972011-01-08T22:35:00.002-06:002011-01-08T22:40:31.609-06:00Sadie 1 Month Old<div align="center">Sadie at one month old. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDw6bs-_5SP5dFOjDJ5jZ364wsMKuSxPevV8AsCrhMu6rhjxY_iqloPrwES2EOBuvVVOUxHl2MXUaSWRF6OvUVG1kjndxOmUriZpJGJZQERg3IkB4x6f8VvWgrGuwnDI2-KkMI3LsOvc/s1600/IMG_7006.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560041126864331730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDw6bs-_5SP5dFOjDJ5jZ364wsMKuSxPevV8AsCrhMu6rhjxY_iqloPrwES2EOBuvVVOUxHl2MXUaSWRF6OvUVG1kjndxOmUriZpJGJZQERg3IkB4x6f8VvWgrGuwnDI2-KkMI3LsOvc/s320/IMG_7006.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvfsPYQSQfw_mE7HXL796FIg1OyFr-SsaMdgI3mOZmPBLxDeGhqkOcUPkIRlPf7EQO9uCNEsE6v3fYhso5wAeAVUPdKHaWiczQwNrK71OwCanzzVt8VDg0Hxu7BNbM8rpJ5SMuNdAWkE/s1600/IMG_7014.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560040721516304514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvfsPYQSQfw_mE7HXL796FIg1OyFr-SsaMdgI3mOZmPBLxDeGhqkOcUPkIRlPf7EQO9uCNEsE6v3fYhso5wAeAVUPdKHaWiczQwNrK71OwCanzzVt8VDg0Hxu7BNbM8rpJ5SMuNdAWkE/s320/IMG_7014.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7TRyhlRI-ptsbZpQU8vjErUtjl3kfrtLvePj77C7ET3Nfue42S7feK9V46Dsu38utdOLd-4USchAf6nX_W0smApXhmwAhMNAHi50EBO3IDBDHnKCQ88Tuhm7-9ZjH4pRtDWbZMswIxY/s1600/IMG_7008.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063261743101986526.post-36956961978751771182010-12-17T23:45:00.003-06:002011-01-08T22:35:27.712-06:00Sadie Giovanna Leyva<span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6633ff;">Sadie Giovanna Leyva</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">Born November 9, 2010 at 1:26 pm</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;">9 lbs 4 oz, 20 inches</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#00cccc;">Welcome sweet Sadie your family is so excited you have joined us!! </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></div><br />Well, I will say that when you have a scheduled C-Section the "birth story" does lack some drama...but when they tell you your wrong scheduled time...now that makes it more interesting! I was told to be at the hospital at 9:30 am because I was scheduled for an 11:30 delivery. I thought it was a little strange that it was at eleven since they try to get the scheduled operations out of the way first thing in the morning. So Rabu and I get up and have a fairly leisurely morning. We are on our way out the door and about to take the last preggo picture and Rabu's phone rings. It's for me. It's the hospital wondering where we are. Apparently I am scheduled to go into surgery at 9:30. I told the sweet lady on the phone that i was told to be there at 9:30 and we are on our way. Now if this was my first baby I think this would have freaked me out. Since this was my third time to the circus I quickly realized it wasn't too big of a deal, it wasn't my fault and we would get there when we get there. So we took the picture and headed to the hospital.<br /><br /><br /><br />When we got there, I checked in and they immediately took me back to prep me for surgery. Two nurses were working like the wind to get me ready in time. Of course we were not ready by my scheduled time so we waited, and waited, and waited. Just waiting for Dr. Blackstock to finish her other surgeries and for an OR to open up. Finally at 12:00 they said it would be any minute now...so about 1:00 they took me to deliver! Yay!!!<br /><br /><br /><br />They took me to the same room that Lexi was delivered in. Gave me my spinal block and then before I knew it they were bringing Rabu in and were really close to delivering our sweet baby girl. It did not seem to take long and I heard Sadie cry... she was so good to mommy that she cried as soon as she was delivered. I got to get a quick peek at her then they took her away to weigh her and bundle her up. Rabu brought her back to me and I got to see her sweet little face. We still were not sure of her name so we just called her baby girl.<br /><br />God was so good an gave us a large post-partum room and once we got settled we had the girls Godparents bring Lexi and Paisley up to meet their new little sister. By this point Rabu and I had discussed a few names and had decided on Sadie but still did not tell anyone until we talked to Lexi about it. She had been adamant through the who pregnancy that the baby would come out and tell us what her name is. So when Lexi got there I asked her if she wanted to ask the baby her name. She said no, but that I should. So I asked the baby her name and told Lexi that she said Sadie and asked Lexi what she thought about that. The biggest brightest smile went across Lexi's face and she said yeah that's good. So Sadie was named, well kinda. We still did not have a middle name. We decided on Giovanna because it was a name that Rabu really liked but never seemed to fit any of our girls for a first name. Sadie means "Princess" and Giovanna means "God is Gracious". <br /><br />Sadie is the most amazing baby ever!!! The first night we were home she slept for four hours woke up to eat quickly and went right back to sleep for another four hours. AWESOME! She has continued to be a fantastic sleeper. I am so thankful. <br /><br />Her first smile was when she was looking at her big sister Lexi. She coos and smiles nonstop when you make eye contact with her. She has such a sweet spirit about her... I cannot wait to see her little personality. <br /><br />The girls are adjusting well to having baby sister around. They love her and love holding her. These girls are more of a blessing than I ever thought possible. God is so Good!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQo6bfecdrhc7m3NyUB8He8YLhwkxE1WwvDKhAg4Fm4w66iwZKzOo0rtAs20fm1tecpvw8k-syHkO3tgTMhyRpgYc4RGwnYYVdeppEDiIZnvi9tNrBCrgSMmujnP432nSX4BsxfKW3NA/s1600/IMG_6780.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551894967415935122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQo6bfecdrhc7m3NyUB8He8YLhwkxE1WwvDKhAg4Fm4w66iwZKzOo0rtAs20fm1tecpvw8k-syHkO3tgTMhyRpgYc4RGwnYYVdeppEDiIZnvi9tNrBCrgSMmujnP432nSX4BsxfKW3NA/s320/IMG_6780.jpg" /></a> Ready to go home</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4nyiSOKA_XzGpfb1pZpX9H3eNm5FlJ1lRXxoWHAL07lGiIhwsRR-olQw7cunM-fDQH67v0qmAQENL0kh3yVZv4oYiI2je-9lObmIoTFQHGgMZ9GyZM-INoZjoRFfgFGKnUubDpj8iug/s1600/IMG_6778.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551894960181624098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4nyiSOKA_XzGpfb1pZpX9H3eNm5FlJ1lRXxoWHAL07lGiIhwsRR-olQw7cunM-fDQH67v0qmAQENL0kh3yVZv4oYiI2je-9lObmIoTFQHGgMZ9GyZM-INoZjoRFfgFGKnUubDpj8iug/s320/IMG_6778.jpg" /></a> Headed Home<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQ39tT5fFtNLUijJRoONOh1m0c4piBn9jCNk2AHkU1khmp88N7odiqnOPRAO7H18kgJsTW8jAlIVqKgYPzV7QcnVgpWcJDTA8ohpo4fUJPna7U7MCtTq7F3ySgoJ7IXB_E9M-lW4FB10/s1600/IMG_6761.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551894956686976034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQ39tT5fFtNLUijJRoONOh1m0c4piBn9jCNk2AHkU1khmp88N7odiqnOPRAO7H18kgJsTW8jAlIVqKgYPzV7QcnVgpWcJDTA8ohpo4fUJPna7U7MCtTq7F3ySgoJ7IXB_E9M-lW4FB10/s320/IMG_6761.jpg" /></a> Meeting Sadie for the first time<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div>kynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631754095238396207noreply@blogger.com0