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"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoUvs5ISdxN7T70PV63mEFFNJVMMWlzFCsIsiC2Mj2r_4lf2fSEOHjf53cYzDbiPdfRQPtg_pWXSrEvll8PA7dS-C_2vioxOO0LqJgperJ1zUIByh_pUJxpmBBCWk2hJgmTVXv1XRMVQ/s400/DSCN4714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560777152373002274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div></div></div></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Happy third birthday to my sweet petunia, Abby! I'd been thinking about her birthday probably since the day after her second birthday was over. I knew a circus party would be ripe with tons of ideas and details to draw from, and I began collecting things for it from the moment I decided to run with this theme. My closet had been stuffed with giant swirly pops, butterfly nets, and stale circus peanuts for over six months! So glad to be able to reclaim it as my own again - at least for a couple of months anyways. (Always next year's party to think about...) I scoured the internet for inspiration and this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy the photos of a very special day for a very special little girl. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8VkJfKGnuDr2-OpQjI3TiGS8FB5HwlRDzvhsgufTy-_Ev9MqWJtfoNpUXqklnAoOtRoRS1GbVVt-i0y10InkrGxxlX1XVgORD0-y5cSwHZvME9DCyfb5yOBZZUtAPkO1fSYA8laoLYM/s1600/DSCN4570.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8VkJfKGnuDr2-OpQjI3TiGS8FB5HwlRDzvhsgufTy-_Ev9MqWJtfoNpUXqklnAoOtRoRS1GbVVt-i0y10InkrGxxlX1XVgORD0-y5cSwHZvME9DCyfb5yOBZZUtAPkO1fSYA8laoLYM/s400/DSCN4570.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560799500982136786" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px; " /></a><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The ticket booth</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERZtcn0hSPGxHiUhoq6DRmDdVflBLUhzoSvUhc8A8fT0gS7hpCjtQZz3G4hPKtcuaWXQpONiIlQiuCNaetsqXxui9Gm-2YeTbRebeD-WKvANVny-kMut5GZa2VQvCdsPFABZ0-XtBsdI/s400/DSCN4634.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560748834724576082" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><u></u></span></span></div><div><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2Gh1FcAuPXoxwZY4-MBQ0KVKi7qhqs_285nK-NtINgWFG3u69rCUNXzHSvMvMSyzzn0RgF85Q0DoOeYUNyA5SEeMX68dzN6Z8TKgXGnzNqQT7_prAOpuE7EZmIM8E0ESWr_8miut_7M/s400/DSCN4725.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560800131565710546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 400px; " /></u></div></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></u></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjM0HgL2s1f-snVaS7Ca4TTiWlAIpfWs9P6jQ6M1-4rkvNYScv0GEzhQNqHCkh3d4IcAVKJbhIXCtItO4fPh4SOvu0LSbooaZvrTBXbU4KuK2SCYY78qrh8IaKAqU046wO5ZSKR6Tk8U/s1600/DSCN4591.JPG"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayDKKTrwuRnfrkKbT1Z9KH29L2MP7iEC7Ink5RYpBZJszQZN8ll_Mf3EEnxRbwUBFVAvvNGr5bEE8TS7gbK26gVWM5Gh57WUm368NSaHvwpo-gVASf9ZFgwsTzJA2bLWgCVwpNPAxJjI/s1600/DSCN4610.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayDKKTrwuRnfrkKbT1Z9KH29L2MP7iEC7Ink5RYpBZJszQZN8ll_Mf3EEnxRbwUBFVAvvNGr5bEE8TS7gbK26gVWM5Gh57WUm368NSaHvwpo-gVASf9ZFgwsTzJA2bLWgCVwpNPAxJjI/s400/DSCN4610.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560739749862590882" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Birthday banner detail</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiYgsUmglGmM2zSdLMr-3thd0GhPPWGCghhPc_ZHG-DzYSMLM8sxNZCv0SUwaQ2aPAe3vIlIT3LAf0dNT2kvLd3qmXjusO10XymdST16CXwXG3f5ibuMyPNYKZ8_vd-Un7lEZnSirijw/s1600/DSCN4614.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiYgsUmglGmM2zSdLMr-3thd0GhPPWGCghhPc_ZHG-DzYSMLM8sxNZCv0SUwaQ2aPAe3vIlIT3LAf0dNT2kvLd3qmXjusO10XymdST16CXwXG3f5ibuMyPNYKZ8_vd-Un7lEZnSirijw/s400/DSCN4614.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560739746494673650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Four layer vanilla almond cake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#996633;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></u></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDWFTPyEEYJT6d298WlVWLc0NSswknhjb1ToJQgYsstSxQa0tYOHcOevOakra1VGAjopdjaYbfJST7OLDUUdWoL3zxcIwb1xwwFKs0dyUzyeN1pcyfSDur3kiUInx-n2qrrCCfFqiy1w/s1600/DSCN4564.JPG"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiYgsUmglGmM2zSdLMr-3thd0GhPPWGCghhPc_ZHG-DzYSMLM8sxNZCv0SUwaQ2aPAe3vIlIT3LAf0dNT2kvLd3qmXjusO10XymdST16CXwXG3f5ibuMyPNYKZ8_vd-Un7lEZnSirijw/s1600/DSCN4614.JPG"></a></div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3bAr0SAbEYlskccAQ8wTJF-vHCBakBfMAvEgokAB1Y45UXlEbTgidfSl8SiGCND_i9hZG8YvSwuppZKJCBoa8LNilTzSmRSdhATk6z5AcGy1ap-K_hHH6_XE0pd4SU0T29YWqdrpv0k/s1600/DSCN4539.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3bAr0SAbEYlskccAQ8wTJF-vHCBakBfMAvEgokAB1Y45UXlEbTgidfSl8SiGCND_i9hZG8YvSwuppZKJCBoa8LNilTzSmRSdhATk6z5AcGy1ap-K_hHH6_XE0pd4SU0T29YWqdrpv0k/s400/DSCN4539.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560731904259896914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px; " /></a></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Love the mini pennant banner!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aZxMbx9DUkos2Pg-YEOR2NGfb0rGMhwlE5srceXeAnqeIxjhMDSJlezHtQ5HZ0va8bKBQKSeBEum9bOTu1zyUvxKxDHYU9lPH1BQiFlnHatsaO5G3etk6TpsmiFjVK072hZscAan81M/s400/DSCN4611.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560791663411052786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Cake stand from OTC gets a little pennant love, too.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hCNuYYkMKAWmEGDSkkE59-8OXB3tQ-jYppodmnFXOKJEV6c5zWCa_ecFtg57c_hwpqS8lY6ezTlqtQwxVo4mT1ekAhVaHcKJzPIsdygsqycJbydly-WUwvknAM958vaKZp8KFZJSKTc/s1600/DSCN4615.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hCNuYYkMKAWmEGDSkkE59-8OXB3tQ-jYppodmnFXOKJEV6c5zWCa_ecFtg57c_hwpqS8lY6ezTlqtQwxVo4mT1ekAhVaHcKJzPIsdygsqycJbydly-WUwvknAM958vaKZp8KFZJSKTc/s400/DSCN4615.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560739742297578338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Popcorn cupcakes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMe2ZcfFbnJ6HJHIPpnOtvK6K1JLslIvtTcFJ_JtpmzHFLNGeac_7Etf501F2xR3UXvPH210FEsQkykXd8uLz5rtuPcb15MYWxwFkGqGpGgvVQexmqxWJ1n5MQXeO_7iAcFndzSx7R0c/s1600/DSCN4616.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMe2ZcfFbnJ6HJHIPpnOtvK6K1JLslIvtTcFJ_JtpmzHFLNGeac_7Etf501F2xR3UXvPH210FEsQkykXd8uLz5rtuPcb15MYWxwFkGqGpGgvVQexmqxWJ1n5MQXeO_7iAcFndzSx7R0c/s400/DSCN4616.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560739723583728626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Love the vintage feel of these plastic balloon toppers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">.</span></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1oFr8RoPhXGHOtTTsw2_Cj4zXU5dHM2c0RswOdsdQgjij-Lik6e9u_N8BUC-ZH10mMhg5_jOKE8McRiA0YaErS1EEvIASm6zN1WEHVwdUiCGl2gA1VChW1z2wuEe8JuDr6I830OaoSM/s1600/DSCN4583.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1oFr8RoPhXGHOtTTsw2_Cj4zXU5dHM2c0RswOdsdQgjij-Lik6e9u_N8BUC-ZH10mMhg5_jOKE8McRiA0YaErS1EEvIASm6zN1WEHVwdUiCGl2gA1VChW1z2wuEe8JuDr6I830OaoSM/s400/DSCN4583.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560732904849565890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Circus animal crackers, of course.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95pNRGcRCKvT0SEEbTKINlE42rYhUn5QxuBB7kQUvwqmAtEOyiT3LINOrN4o3Jq8DfAg6H-tguFIvwuoKNNkujmYaxbgN_84b0dlOGorCb5YV5hNPzhqzlSyVF5mo8b0FyvXp4c0H0fM/s1600/DSCN4563.JPG"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOqdENUkJiEYPRRfPlnvXHyNcHAGdZODwLB4ddl18FZ7J37bSiTS8sGL3COW5yHUCedrl4Ass4DfaAgcgZSV1EADR5oMFR6Tv_eAVVeUSH5NKlaKRkICwPZCRjPZvDq5jzGfaLAVLgMs/s1600/DSCN4548.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOqdENUkJiEYPRRfPlnvXHyNcHAGdZODwLB4ddl18FZ7J37bSiTS8sGL3COW5yHUCedrl4Ass4DfaAgcgZSV1EADR5oMFR6Tv_eAVVeUSH5NKlaKRkICwPZCRjPZvDq5jzGfaLAVLgMs/s400/DSCN4548.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560731916870729554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95pNRGcRCKvT0SEEbTKINlE42rYhUn5QxuBB7kQUvwqmAtEOyiT3LINOrN4o3Jq8DfAg6H-tguFIvwuoKNNkujmYaxbgN_84b0dlOGorCb5YV5hNPzhqzlSyVF5mo8b0FyvXp4c0H0fM/s400/DSCN4563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560732880162127186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQa9xfQNN6pRsoyGXi7xSS2wzzsDqK1IHBe1-ZY1YyEJFjvSY9TdDyRTaE4q9lMARGCkpPl4conhv5ibBP7tLd3A10sZh1pQfmwxbqD2XGPkBRT-C_DcnggXaCF8z1MV4tzaztysLwgWc/s400/DSCN4756.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560804657440832450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Elvis makes his annual appearance at Abby's birthday.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The concession stand turned out great. And the cotton candy was a lot of fun, even if it was a sticky mess. It took awhile to get the hang of it, but by the end we were cranking out some pretty good looking cones of the pink fluffy stuff. Totally worth the hassle.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM556i5gSCuvBU-PzRA1dpiDNdis8hLUFEwZnn4OvM4kIzqm8L_IPoRWili6XqKXjtjdkXFw7CDS_v-v3ShbhzGfZdos0wr5QTZqdSKeeRzND_BUsQCGNwrFp11oHDqF-F_yFht2e4y0A/s1600/DSCN4621.JPG"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_SZhPh4EPTZbB-6Ml_b6OlfHVcJzTLbdBvoEjERQe1yyrIN1qeOuDeRsTx4mkF_GuU4bA7ZEoeHx5JLne_V34QgxBOGbMLx9KHR811kp7N0tLrmJcyl9NX7xcu54KWMiVpVG7iiwV-c/s400/DSCN4621.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560820563844364210" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJ1NHd_k7NBZym_YktY4Wr6PeeIh4GDUZo6fTRfR59pBjRo_Co6r3_ZjvNy0qdXHfP3tlR4JOe2ItrIi807l-75uCMpH5ootviFJDyQs4w5326UlHezxCAk0J8eE5E-Iue6nXF_bQeLo/s1600/DSCN4624.JPG"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvmoRrD73yo0NoWj8P6FR6tmos5k4goOg0P0dIxDLIoi4auoPkTdK9F3bj1XZZB5m9_7Hms1Srs3sBwlqfLdqaRZ6vxljz5PO3m_bNzfNT4SaPSql2N8t5Gn9KCjVJxe8-SEJbJiYtlo/s1600/DSCN4623.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvmoRrD73yo0NoWj8P6FR6tmos5k4goOg0P0dIxDLIoi4auoPkTdK9F3bj1XZZB5m9_7Hms1Srs3sBwlqfLdqaRZ6vxljz5PO3m_bNzfNT4SaPSql2N8t5Gn9KCjVJxe8-SEJbJiYtlo/s400/DSCN4623.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560740697521303746" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqz3EuG__yOxxs7s3DMkRRlYrtUK0lI4io7lp3OrzmxImjEgxL4DaG2oH01WPqrUNupnpNfjrDvfOPYowqHk-SEwnPw3pAhuAadyx7Z04ghpeNTWkrrln6-gXbH-cqDjfZUzPmTjkNIeE/s400/DSCN4626.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795482333927570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UUO9ok2NBv3X-g27375ow2ZVSeKFSctgZ6hEkYtW1sldbwIWZh7vt0wBn0D2ydnsyxMb5qf1MaAS2Q_0C8tUKwrd67uPggVa41LHzO4wCCstuwDlzGH0A9XY03Q-vxvEToOND214p40/s1600/DSCN4638.jpg"></a></span></span></div></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lQDlBUBLfdhZ7xzWSD46uU7Q7ypDM-vr3P4Lle0MOvyBQvsgWYQGgnSbNo24qopfqzfO9gMAsaNtgJNNshjk2IEj7aYJvndD3t56gp01YkbQLmVscnNGn4E2MoyOV5MCBCaIN2zV62Y/s400/DSCN4638.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560846069540528130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">I created a big top feel by swagging red and white strips of plastic sheeting from a sewing hoop suspended from the center of our pergola.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQogwfzFkkOBEx2dKkzw-ffb_woqYRHf3YpirXPgh4HzIaIpliD9kj14ZsctRwE3oHyl99EIfVG3V5jS2AC4rI6Vp5dOTNU0-Bt8R7BfjDJ3Q228ub4fnMIgal8d2X5oyQWyN382Ltv0/s400/DSCN4640.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560749650530649858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Carnival action in full swing.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8EbBdea5UOqdesuuWtffJ-rkT12o52e-58ybUQep3OToAB0sDbc2k4MQuWbvldtDNgcuYiOl_AKRKKIQhf909qzhOVRb37TTaiIOvrkmkSWko8YT4rgn9rR09zVgMFqfpB_8IenSYsw/s400/164105_1825199232930_1328740133_32139914_3019044_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560819322627949618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Can't escape the lure of the bounce house.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoSKD3WjKl6fZiagmyDQXLrBpF8bpyg5Y3ba0RiZivEIgWmlt3umn-GUxTpUigTfNeRheHFs_3KK1-egS3T-STSmw_gQvyTXw6_zso4wicCcS1YI0bQiqREhyphenhyphenQ9HJvy1F63FjA7MEqaM/s400/DSCN4653.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560749658491649506" style="display: block; 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font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhqaJiUPNkhNBLIBnFYMczKhCBh_-wNC3YPl3tJlC2fu0lzK0Ior_3xMX1pO8ZFXOniwsm3lnWAwQKU8mWH3B0aesgdldGcTEmi__LmD9JaVNKk__YNVYHvlyNgdNBIDXx4i_sra8VaY/s400/DSCN4647.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560846073638438370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-NENyz6gyS7d0tzy9W1Ivmb4jR8wYAJmDGPYXc1V1zZGKYaXoBuD8a07XvO_doBTGpld9gWK1q12Uyknpj7amkQ8nPMPoFc4R72e-Ss4dfq_zPEvqM9Gxkk_7m_aDmkb515h48e2mx0/s1600/DSCN4830.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-NENyz6gyS7d0tzy9W1Ivmb4jR8wYAJmDGPYXc1V1zZGKYaXoBuD8a07XvO_doBTGpld9gWK1q12Uyknpj7amkQ8nPMPoFc4R72e-Ss4dfq_zPEvqM9Gxkk_7m_aDmkb515h48e2mx0/s400/DSCN4830.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560750386811626434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Oriental Trading Company signs - too perfect!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbNqjOSThbSWYOiOTN0Mo3eWnYNIRvvepJGXBbs33iZJ5RcH0IrSMT0wMFnDWkMCQKWCQlmK4TJMW__30Yk7cWqhUc_2Myuzv3v5zqVtPx9jFRabANMaJvFY0XHihzc63b3BlwBWMED0/s1600/DSCN4663.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbNqjOSThbSWYOiOTN0Mo3eWnYNIRvvepJGXBbs33iZJ5RcH0IrSMT0wMFnDWkMCQKWCQlmK4TJMW__30Yk7cWqhUc_2Myuzv3v5zqVtPx9jFRabANMaJvFY0XHihzc63b3BlwBWMED0/s200/DSCN4663.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560784952182081714" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglToCF8iKojVXPqBRgCj7od7Bb5KwZsFRVqV1mt-OdV0Yd03NJQ4LJ___0fSC5TSR6bkY2f9rZBD5q60_5EjrmKLC7A3tpXP6oUv6E-shAhrKrMJZgQ7lCujIfOwxrO5tyUYiintnxohI/s1600/DSCN4664.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglToCF8iKojVXPqBRgCj7od7Bb5KwZsFRVqV1mt-OdV0Yd03NJQ4LJ___0fSC5TSR6bkY2f9rZBD5q60_5EjrmKLC7A3tpXP6oUv6E-shAhrKrMJZgQ7lCujIfOwxrO5tyUYiintnxohI/s200/DSCN4664.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560784956533694882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Thanks Jo-Ann!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Kt39RqFK-D656UVPsFW0U1k4ke5zsAA4i8xJ3GvSXwQV4ayBmbABxKeBoTDQy-JdA2kFFJGz-yMW8KzxSoz5eQWIZToFiEZmWxK1F1gF3THM3YEIh938DiSp9dPbwm2zTZymlgRTmmc/s400/DSCN4832.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560781672731957954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Punch the clown - every kid's fantasy.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurGMsQVSQ-LIJL2qcZxOCSgIufozPcv5kROrCTf6BaAH57t9GdA0iDSMh12HpT0xRV2YHGxAXsh0v-DBw-IDndw8HgRDrs8tge1mNGONVwWKwhJL_PhdjugfcAIe9csJAmqy5i6eDby0/s400/DSCN4831.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560750388587505122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkA2bLWKiT4nxODCYPglL7GiLSkXtwlwaujlsM8PoJYfQCimbPKMwnrYvNBbLMcYtTqdkHagssAt03Iq4TfaWq30z1pDJtJ2ENmc7rUj4epZ5x__NN6UCaXduYbtwpaNaCM1HT6oT1TI/s1600/DSCN4664.JPG"></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Bean bag toss</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zrOKI9Ihh5ncsilukVpgXojEjsdhEtKDbpzTNfqUtkAa5UI3p_OxA7SqATrC-u__Zjd9ghCYOMrSmP01nTtfISkAUpCpf7WMrxhKPVkoSVkYG1_YywIOCVAphDl8Nj9u4LpMEkknBEQ/s1600/DSCN4836.JPG"></a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIEuyBffmflMjNg-R2g9alJQ_xEB4W5luUJU9xqxaiHITHnYANuRY5OeifbyJA3HRlGLkwzsG2CyZu7ipZrFUF3EtUdpbVadcdnF6CDdgN7eJ27ZALmYd2PnQbEjeLDUyDX0Z8xZmrN0/s1600/DSCN4840.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIEuyBffmflMjNg-R2g9alJQ_xEB4W5luUJU9xqxaiHITHnYANuRY5OeifbyJA3HRlGLkwzsG2CyZu7ipZrFUF3EtUdpbVadcdnF6CDdgN7eJ27ZALmYd2PnQbEjeLDUyDX0Z8xZmrN0/s400/DSCN4840.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560809433543990002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Tons of prizes from the Dollar Tree</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1ezKHBAcHhzuRmaz_bed5mHaCVINVlG-hCEGjO8px4OdwNYdTytAQ4GO4UmrbYrJ3IpFOtvrJcjGC4U4fpHng_z33GJ6H5oniP409w48HuIXbQ4o82APgprzR7c4kryJ2tUBxveKKMs/s1600/DSCN4835.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1ezKHBAcHhzuRmaz_bed5mHaCVINVlG-hCEGjO8px4OdwNYdTytAQ4GO4UmrbYrJ3IpFOtvrJcjGC4U4fpHng_z33GJ6H5oniP409w48HuIXbQ4o82APgprzR7c4kryJ2tUBxveKKMs/s400/DSCN4835.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560809425219719426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Win a "gold fish" (or two) at the ping pong toss game.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The photo "booth" (a red and white striped sheet, a stool and a bucket of wigs and silly props) made for some great photo ops.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8H0RMH8AGNuuebLTR8f4d6y70PdNYfE4e4pXL5OyaxsTVAQ08NVV8gd8P0maobLkOk8HuXPF8SzGqftnK8Ln2sqScZchxAkgeLPczWgp-xqe7XETcKxRkh2NA4UJwb-c5PdN2BNsErg/s1600/DSCN4737.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8H0RMH8AGNuuebLTR8f4d6y70PdNYfE4e4pXL5OyaxsTVAQ08NVV8gd8P0maobLkOk8HuXPF8SzGqftnK8Ln2sqScZchxAkgeLPczWgp-xqe7XETcKxRkh2NA4UJwb-c5PdN2BNsErg/s200/DSCN4737.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560752689349924130" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8H0RMH8AGNuuebLTR8f4d6y70PdNYfE4e4pXL5OyaxsTVAQ08NVV8gd8P0maobLkOk8HuXPF8SzGqftnK8Ln2sqScZchxAkgeLPczWgp-xqe7XETcKxRkh2NA4UJwb-c5PdN2BNsErg/s1600/DSCN4737.jpg"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuEd_NL4LnTPzXrN_X_tLyxGmRkYUdjfsltmxbQefEUHYs8NZWwtMbZi60OpUHdSDYLoT9yvqJm1JFefjkLfjWVxZpS6H07eFFPK4wc3PcrUMgoES1Fk6miZeMUTNK3qpAjGTu4Bf2Hg/s1600/DSCN4751.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuEd_NL4LnTPzXrN_X_tLyxGmRkYUdjfsltmxbQefEUHYs8NZWwtMbZi60OpUHdSDYLoT9yvqJm1JFefjkLfjWVxZpS6H07eFFPK4wc3PcrUMgoES1Fk6miZeMUTNK3qpAjGTu4Bf2Hg/s200/DSCN4751.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560752705004282466" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_WORzGX4GLtEliDH2ylKLwAtqIWPgQjSc5sqWb-dsEsYJSg_9E1D9smVxrJgyAQ2CK09PTLbFZVrrWPAQUm0f8SYbhy4iLlpyHm_rQ35rKL8O3eTFee45E_W_yL-USIxz0j8uHTAz6A/s1600/DSCN4745.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_WORzGX4GLtEliDH2ylKLwAtqIWPgQjSc5sqWb-dsEsYJSg_9E1D9smVxrJgyAQ2CK09PTLbFZVrrWPAQUm0f8SYbhy4iLlpyHm_rQ35rKL8O3eTFee45E_W_yL-USIxz0j8uHTAz6A/s200/DSCN4745.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560752698850922482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Birthday girl + cotton candy = gold!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeOAHEkWzoygjtMqLIc7E5cnCHd32Xzjkb5szVznnCxdle__T8ZN8reSIbzpPQL71dFKsrT_VUBvbM5V9pG6lcllDtLd3714iifhc-vE4jawJ5mDKkFH5aIP1gEWgwhjyvdQuMc3p1JI/s1600/DSCN4672.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeOAHEkWzoygjtMqLIc7E5cnCHd32Xzjkb5szVznnCxdle__T8ZN8reSIbzpPQL71dFKsrT_VUBvbM5V9pG6lcllDtLd3714iifhc-vE4jawJ5mDKkFH5aIP1gEWgwhjyvdQuMc3p1JI/s200/DSCN4672.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560751635890300194" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP4NY4JbwrY5SENOKfSMVAUtH35PUozGhzSUqO7l-o7R-nBq5paSpdMfIjaGJodt7LxxvrMt_cK2QzoquiRA1axqHwBvbfOqUQ7nIjjhX-syfogsXQkGqEZe4SVLvB3pjS4TPGvc6Z60/s1600/DSCN4701.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP4NY4JbwrY5SENOKfSMVAUtH35PUozGhzSUqO7l-o7R-nBq5paSpdMfIjaGJodt7LxxvrMt_cK2QzoquiRA1axqHwBvbfOqUQ7nIjjhX-syfogsXQkGqEZe4SVLvB3pjS4TPGvc6Z60/s200/DSCN4701.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560752674039435426" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBpEOtyDS7Qw_h0ykfvxUOnLDYJYWmoo4sXWZAGb1zV3xoA9pwt7x4HDOScfiw4S5Qf_UpjqUKmesmtkUGrum0ECqioH1AX_AjUfrsPJy81VBqCzV0r3lMEy_MJbMwu47r0PqjQxVbA8/s1600/DSCN4707.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBpEOtyDS7Qw_h0ykfvxUOnLDYJYWmoo4sXWZAGb1zV3xoA9pwt7x4HDOScfiw4S5Qf_UpjqUKmesmtkUGrum0ECqioH1AX_AjUfrsPJy81VBqCzV0r3lMEy_MJbMwu47r0PqjQxVbA8/s200/DSCN4707.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560751642095254274" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVPl7nQSpTRd2zaKs7sDFgw_nLDTEqWYsMgbbSyReSbQ7BPZxgw3USpRjy2mmoYq91OJrZuCVMViiMZ4cztulb4wLQifsk3z3R1tYHIMwn9V2wEM42afEYITmYJBEVjvhx6g3EpeNWOg/s1600/DSCN4694.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVPl7nQSpTRd2zaKs7sDFgw_nLDTEqWYsMgbbSyReSbQ7BPZxgw3USpRjy2mmoYq91OJrZuCVMViiMZ4cztulb4wLQifsk3z3R1tYHIMwn9V2wEM42afEYITmYJBEVjvhx6g3EpeNWOg/s200/DSCN4694.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560751638778632386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></u></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Details from under the big top:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbi-MKel76grvwN-K2ITrdE2t5Fzldb53I5flNe6O2X0mZO114UEMHJCxl8iZ47_vNUhVCFZ6S3jiy2ey1jxIVp_eX9cn7MNUhaur0ET-D94DmahmCMpEZy2yj2z_69TgBY4oSadW-YHQ/s400/DSCN4631.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560807606432494066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px; " /></span></div></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Tons of bright punch balloons pack a huge impact.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHahhdqVVFfa4uLyDTu9V733jEQ3chhZKe_X9nl4QKAj76lO93-qBq-ofTyihFcr6b_IOXq62R5QJBwPrwFSK2Fwo1fNnXkPTmHgXzGvTFvYEbuBrYUevZYKbg1Umq5-Rmj4Tse-JqhWs/s400/DSCN4702.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560777149067729314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeJOPv8d2z_UOwdScXzrfVtHF53RehnOmcr2pmm8eyFMLjvRK5VYKf3oYeJb5yb1degGn4p1bcPMMbWWPoCT-4WZX9YMUrNlMJwofGHu0k2S3k7-vM2Za58lt2VwRmc5aDI4rfhaYvk0/s400/168777_1825199472936_1328740133_32139915_659286_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560819322762610834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></u></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Favor boxes and personalized cups.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></span></u></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5DzKIfRQHFZ7UbwStEA7aeNN6kUse1vU9fQ-eOuMungunSaXVIiQelurqs8xy2KPzf0eNVNQLuCbSRx07hFzF9nh3YnlhdIv-8br3yX9VeLqfurADcTkR0D-jSgElcSdR7Itl87qud0/s1600/DSCN4849.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5DzKIfRQHFZ7UbwStEA7aeNN6kUse1vU9fQ-eOuMungunSaXVIiQelurqs8xy2KPzf0eNVNQLuCbSRx07hFzF9nh3YnlhdIv-8br3yX9VeLqfurADcTkR0D-jSgElcSdR7Itl87qud0/s400/DSCN4849.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560804644486441266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Favor box contents for the big kids.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-afYOc5H0wqo-wxMQ7DHRbcq9ma88Fx_HeqFKXDZCqgkJ-4arGc1JM2CzM1m4f_Pd7deY1lX5i2IVYsun_4w10WIWgkKzF5P1zB-__Tpvtv4BLP-6VI4nZov7WbpilgwdYzSkHJz2uc/s1600/DSCN4847.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-afYOc5H0wqo-wxMQ7DHRbcq9ma88Fx_HeqFKXDZCqgkJ-4arGc1JM2CzM1m4f_Pd7deY1lX5i2IVYsun_4w10WIWgkKzF5P1zB-__Tpvtv4BLP-6VI4nZov7WbpilgwdYzSkHJz2uc/s400/DSCN4847.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560804640987070146" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">And for the one and under set.</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF2Wo4WGLTTANSWvOE_ocr5m1x9U3yoW-aKT_ckCklt9BgopWyGbuutcv6nykJqLwoNLtDVz0UtxJkcp2CH2LHMCXa_AC-zK99n1YE4hsBINdVm6jXCpkg4ErY_40u2H1wpKaOqxH4qM/s1600/167216_1825197872896_1328740133_32139908_5293281_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF2Wo4WGLTTANSWvOE_ocr5m1x9U3yoW-aKT_ckCklt9BgopWyGbuutcv6nykJqLwoNLtDVz0UtxJkcp2CH2LHMCXa_AC-zK99n1YE4hsBINdVm6jXCpkg4ErY_40u2H1wpKaOqxH4qM/s400/167216_1825197872896_1328740133_32139908_5293281_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560819326782561010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px; " /></a></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Birthday wishes</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF2Wo4WGLTTANSWvOE_ocr5m1x9U3yoW-aKT_ckCklt9BgopWyGbuutcv6nykJqLwoNLtDVz0UtxJkcp2CH2LHMCXa_AC-zK99n1YE4hsBINdVm6jXCpkg4ErY_40u2H1wpKaOqxH4qM/s1600/167216_1825197872896_1328740133_32139908_5293281_n.jpg"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Brad exacts his revenge.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5XfXeE-trUNBaknWQCUBJ_o__ChU7HXhotH2J-2jjnSZGtMPPSecSSAq62SNrII9UpBMP90t_Fm7E_Ss930AEyaGeOcz49gPg1xK8piFqmbV-um9N5ekKL6UeZeY9zO5r-vIuo760iM/s1600/DSCN4731.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5XfXeE-trUNBaknWQCUBJ_o__ChU7HXhotH2J-2jjnSZGtMPPSecSSAq62SNrII9UpBMP90t_Fm7E_Ss930AEyaGeOcz49gPg1xK8piFqmbV-um9N5ekKL6UeZeY9zO5r-vIuo760iM/s400/DSCN4731.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560804661477273554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px; " /></a></span></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></u></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yhC4pBk3qjXGG_e0CHEEdfEp04mQ-wlVQnaQWBbbctzmcg20J69-wFvVA7KAqvTWqgh5ffNiBNamZbF_1vEe38l7lyMrRWcISC9aJ3X3SlsIzi02L3lVJrMXwm_pgY-3isvbTwgnIM4/s1600/DSCN4680.JPG"></a></span></span></div><div><div></div></div></span></span></div><div></div></div></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZqkl41wZbvY7MZ_Jp0uP-Lf3OnUWqavClleokDvlbVNEXlApwYfBt07Ziuq3p5Omoy7l2lbpGWcOfMu69puZA10XgqIWk5BK0prtonttFUc6wnVVYlEwxdzzA2RXdbNgba2qSWaS4JY/s1600/DSCN4728.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZqkl41wZbvY7MZ_Jp0uP-Lf3OnUWqavClleokDvlbVNEXlApwYfBt07Ziuq3p5Omoy7l2lbpGWcOfMu69puZA10XgqIWk5BK0prtonttFUc6wnVVYlEwxdzzA2RXdbNgba2qSWaS4JY/s400/DSCN4728.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560781682528567650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The birthday girl loves a good balloon release.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="javascript:void(0)">Publish Post</a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTzACsKwsY_0hd6Fc84vjKWLDnnONzLXALA07XHrymqVT6pUgpTKTE5OmiwgYlW1A5pdFXHUHrLXPv76wZXY9fXEAyslrj3SVAf3JSKDYRz0kFcFNWtcmJNBvLWqiSiiLbMFfk_IPUsQ/s400/DSCN4723.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560781694797411970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Until next year...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Kt39RqFK-D656UVPsFW0U1k4ke5zsAA4i8xJ3GvSXwQV4ayBmbABxKeBoTDQy-JdA2kFFJGz-yMW8KzxSoz5eQWIZToFiEZmWxK1F1gF3THM3YEIh938DiSp9dPbwm2zTZymlgRTmmc/s1600/DSCN4832.JPG"></a></div></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-13086736048466394182010-12-22T00:40:00.000-08:002010-12-22T01:00:51.716-08:00Cookies For Santa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR_aBjJe_TpjjWrgWTkDJBg046C0FpoiZqBfnnaO0fpejXH6Dq82mQZQdqVDBHLYgTxCLXKk6YKk2Ep-yq-lNw8n8YgqFBWAn3rczrNPIE8EYYn93F4SVN7UAMDbDP2QQGaPJWzT1IeY/s1600/DSCN4384.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR_aBjJe_TpjjWrgWTkDJBg046C0FpoiZqBfnnaO0fpejXH6Dq82mQZQdqVDBHLYgTxCLXKk6YKk2Ep-yq-lNw8n8YgqFBWAn3rczrNPIE8EYYn93F4SVN7UAMDbDP2QQGaPJWzT1IeY/s320/DSCN4384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553426430386006418" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">A last minute job of thirty Christmas "cookie in a jar" office gifts for a family friend yielded these happy mason jars. I wanted to tie an ornament to each one as an additional gift to the recipients and found these really attractive glittering silver bows and stars in the dollar section at Walmart (ahhh glitter - the herpes of Christmas). Tied up with a red satin bow and a recipe card attached, these make a fab and festive gift or party favor!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkAJf8mPnpJ3uJ9QHCYiBMX4if1nAqKA_yArtJCOawH55Paoyt8UN_qV2JdlagbT2HANiHDCmQ1PefnDMI_HgEnp5zHMxT1HmcKXAH8ov1gN80mH8bcb2LK0NdRKJu_nNfsw7N1ivusk/s400/DSCN4390.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553426059792707618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNWNvDgz43bOYttM_9hzi8dsFexe5WApo-FVlcRy-CmPfe_q77_yX-Hdae2OTSKXf2RtI3CIavDlpJinDt-AXbBjSkrZGSQz4f1reM2asYmG2eteOrON3YiNpzZWR_iZaOGna9bCsExg/s400/DSCN4391.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553424309959844162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">These dollar ornaments are a total steal!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiQ2pSaI1Xn2Wy2tb3w-MFrwVWp3fTnDVf6OrGjnbgf2vahkIpAQZwqNOqegVDYcqw-jXC8z_y6ZY0hFZVg6upRQZqiQmw2_D7XlIq9TM9TDz8q1G5MVgsj4q-ZyZaINNyVu2exBYdoE/s400/DSCN4399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553424322731812306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Recipe card attached to the back</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eMCi8OlFeARtjkV_PTmOmN-caTS5-kaqAHSUY0FQXaCx6DraE6-4WYWyaXqKARmE6FiEarxiK0f9z-rR10jn9ahP0cDBwKhE-YkA4NdB_NTfQjZhboKL9veWgVjSKezi44e8v4PJvOA/s1600/DSCN4384.JPG"></a></div></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-28393939267474302762010-12-21T23:26:00.001-08:002010-12-22T00:35:31.321-08:00First Catering Gig!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6WRp-k6CzwoGzRCkv4_UGlWCnTVaBMSsX67GR57VvOX_cmijnOfrpJEU8_93R25YYMTASx0ODVlVUBWA-vjzIXYQZZluS81F3_FrJEw_Cum50QQtUxoBe7iFlXrylv59Juso8Soun18/s1600/DSCN4354.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6WRp-k6CzwoGzRCkv4_UGlWCnTVaBMSsX67GR57VvOX_cmijnOfrpJEU8_93R25YYMTASx0ODVlVUBWA-vjzIXYQZZluS81F3_FrJEw_Cum50QQtUxoBe7iFlXrylv59Juso8Soun18/s400/DSCN4354.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553420774545331602" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Busy, busy, busy! I booked my first professional catering gig recently creating desserts for the crazy talented Jeff Lavia from <a href="http://www.dinnermojo.biz/home.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Dinner MoJo</span></a>, and was asked to provide one hundred mini cupcakes and one hundred cake pops for a private "winter lodge" themed Christmas party. Having a ton of chocolate ganache left over from our </span></span><a href="http://bambinamia.blogspot.com/2010/12/haute-chocolate.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Haute Chocolate</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> fund raiser, I psychotically decided to bust out over a hundred truffles for the party to showcase what I can do, in hopes of booking future jobs.</span></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2upTIDAqcvhS9dhrYLTigF0lvfVNv7A4196_rSr1X4m3xnoFIuz1G01FfsAWvW4bKRX4_6PnqjaRZ2Qr7F6i_VKashfMyl-6ejCv9qtHbLY6ta8EFdsgL-RAJEHHNCeTj0TYs-ICuJk/s1600/DSCN4345.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2upTIDAqcvhS9dhrYLTigF0lvfVNv7A4196_rSr1X4m3xnoFIuz1G01FfsAWvW4bKRX4_6PnqjaRZ2Qr7F6i_VKashfMyl-6ejCv9qtHbLY6ta8EFdsgL-RAJEHHNCeTj0TYs-ICuJk/s400/DSCN4345.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553406835235271986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Adorable mini spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting</span></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4EJz3-RXXl6q92XgCgC5dcv3nBo-uKX5IVUF_s0wkiGWaLuO-Owy3STVAJTUCEIJwKw-kFQoox9XSaxxXhCMeiAr1Kn4r2yuojSYUrHyxVPs_8sSzWMVouUY4W53y_mxxEJt8QVUvcM/s1600/DSCN4352.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4EJz3-RXXl6q92XgCgC5dcv3nBo-uKX5IVUF_s0wkiGWaLuO-Owy3STVAJTUCEIJwKw-kFQoox9XSaxxXhCMeiAr1Kn4r2yuojSYUrHyxVPs_8sSzWMVouUY4W53y_mxxEJt8QVUvcM/s400/DSCN4352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553406207382382690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRL6oyrWVjpksa_xAuG4fKBcEN7tQX-m91XXmD_rc9m5Fj6lPKReJYAXdluKJuiMVji91yx7HbB_f1sDXP3i36ESfvf_2E8vayDSB5nf3fR86dEbBBquyZQPGEdKNhun_INBsPSxGLfOY/s1600/DSCN4342.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRL6oyrWVjpksa_xAuG4fKBcEN7tQX-m91XXmD_rc9m5Fj6lPKReJYAXdluKJuiMVji91yx7HbB_f1sDXP3i36ESfvf_2E8vayDSB5nf3fR86dEbBBquyZQPGEdKNhun_INBsPSxGLfOY/s400/DSCN4342.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553406198412474738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Chocolate cake pops with snowflake sprinkles.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueEtVqL5ZgDIudi8t8KNdmqHggpuGBuB_wB6JbYGls3XPZaPGnib1epfA2GhwMspQrkHk-vFcS1j-eqTZ4ZFQ8yXUvPgykGSJUEXw078hukMP4hAXlUMvGc6hFcxx47B9P0DHZU0XRas/s1600/DSCN4348.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueEtVqL5ZgDIudi8t8KNdmqHggpuGBuB_wB6JbYGls3XPZaPGnib1epfA2GhwMspQrkHk-vFcS1j-eqTZ4ZFQ8yXUvPgykGSJUEXw078hukMP4hAXlUMvGc6hFcxx47B9P0DHZU0XRas/s400/DSCN4348.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553406194651601010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEfUQ2ncxo0VGOi4FyQEygbZSGxKGyDqg_g1tEuDV6jqd1zD2Z7E4E0g3TOc8UdSCLXSaN8CqDjoUatpC4UD7QYFJK6XV_zVH0ZAOS0hPTB_iw9U78rVjLHLJkH3T5I3APNyPRD4TrFg/s1600/DSCN4343.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEfUQ2ncxo0VGOi4FyQEygbZSGxKGyDqg_g1tEuDV6jqd1zD2Z7E4E0g3TOc8UdSCLXSaN8CqDjoUatpC4UD7QYFJK6XV_zVH0ZAOS0hPTB_iw9U78rVjLHLJkH3T5I3APNyPRD4TrFg/s400/DSCN4343.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553406191285741298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Truffle mania!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruaRR_x7JE0jjPI0G5J69bsrAJM1fEdkUQWvbX-FmloaU5u6Ad8NACXAT1pIQmI_FsIVuQ5eQxh2EKAPnEZmwU4LgGv0B9EHFIpURNfFIfp3FbMQoxboa0FL7b7dGg8Anv1JQnNCA47w/s1600/DSCN4350.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruaRR_x7JE0jjPI0G5J69bsrAJM1fEdkUQWvbX-FmloaU5u6Ad8NACXAT1pIQmI_FsIVuQ5eQxh2EKAPnEZmwU4LgGv0B9EHFIpURNfFIfp3FbMQoxboa0FL7b7dGg8Anv1JQnNCA47w/s400/DSCN4350.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553406185686216786" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And the party was gorgeous! Everything was already set up at the dessert table. I just filled in their cake stands with the treats and left them with pan after pan of goodies to be replenished throughout the night. What a great first experience!</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eW8mgLXTAOyPfGwEMEnYI0vGS0lL5IXPzbfhqDNddhN738Rrlt2IrAa3wHXNJYQ9OM0PPefvtPjWiGmG8V3tOfctCnpz1usEX1EGs_BnFsoOOWODvlWXiAl3_ExC6kzH5XIaEQ0koPk/s1600/DSCN4362.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: left; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4tntqnIYCnQhBjjup-ZY6rKQFv4OSMEddo2XzrnZ6KsWLoOPZdOckybdKno-CcekQncoYvXFFxcuTatVUVFnbQFlnsAZ4xM_-uiHR1-5jhYBWt-9MrrEijc76uIVKDWQHBgCxSuAwN8/s400/DSCN4364.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553405430691251602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div></div></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZkVNk5YPp-UcIk6Qz0Cgub6c0_pSp8rvso-XsgVmhbkV8zMYZYZRwCzHDZuxtKhuTQr3nZEY3myGkzjzpmD52_hTkmUmLftUufeHgeg4H_Z92ld8kgllmooVQ-hJGM3yh9FrIDNJ_h4/s1600/DSCN4355.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZkVNk5YPp-UcIk6Qz0Cgub6c0_pSp8rvso-XsgVmhbkV8zMYZYZRwCzHDZuxtKhuTQr3nZEY3myGkzjzpmD52_hTkmUmLftUufeHgeg4H_Z92ld8kgllmooVQ-hJGM3yh9FrIDNJ_h4/s400/DSCN4355.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553405444964036930" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eW8mgLXTAOyPfGwEMEnYI0vGS0lL5IXPzbfhqDNddhN738Rrlt2IrAa3wHXNJYQ9OM0PPefvtPjWiGmG8V3tOfctCnpz1usEX1EGs_BnFsoOOWODvlWXiAl3_ExC6kzH5XIaEQ0koPk/s1600/DSCN4362.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eW8mgLXTAOyPfGwEMEnYI0vGS0lL5IXPzbfhqDNddhN738Rrlt2IrAa3wHXNJYQ9OM0PPefvtPjWiGmG8V3tOfctCnpz1usEX1EGs_BnFsoOOWODvlWXiAl3_ExC6kzH5XIaEQ0koPk/s400/DSCN4362.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553405432360747666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">All the extra work was totally worth it when I received this text from Jeff: "People are raving about the desserts!! And that was probably the best cake pop I've had. And the truffles - omg - those were the best truffles I've ever had, hands down. Great job!!! I was not expecting the hard shells and the soft chocolate inside."</span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Hooray for rave reviews!</span></span></div></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1iVHdaSJQt57PZrZwgvVwk88mB51WtndIe3mQweinwnV3M5EbtSoopTNvlimqRniLJeFCf50Xn48Tffc4LWr3SRXI4YjgUvAkZCMOUO3GsT2WcMud5opwt0lQadRpKxyFgT4NeHjRi8/s1600/DSCN4367.JPG"></a></div></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-51991576099624915562010-12-12T14:47:00.001-08:002010-12-21T23:21:09.302-08:00Haute Chocolate<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0MzckDImM5hyphenhyphenrZHrT9wKB7nECptSvQYEZSewALXJ-cZikCfe5hBA3eWrfdYyQ8hAgRk7ZVX2ihMUQSfHnoBwBAp-je7r8RRifivld47-2bxWW9qgLJPBr-sT7fSqt8cIbGZ-CYdabD0/s1600/DSCN4331.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIgo7Qe8V1iL-InorO41FIO2bU57fJFGtjIAP01OyW3smLBcZN0-KZ9bOudoq419NN1q7kFbaYng9fByLI2ZoyKrtWN5IQiOz4N4fIXEoHfyPdnLOGniSE6Jxcx4kf4kEeM9HVwWFr80/s1600/DSCN4309.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIgo7Qe8V1iL-InorO41FIO2bU57fJFGtjIAP01OyW3smLBcZN0-KZ9bOudoq419NN1q7kFbaYng9fByLI2ZoyKrtWN5IQiOz4N4fIXEoHfyPdnLOGniSE6Jxcx4kf4kEeM9HVwWFr80/s320/DSCN4309.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553399325832847666" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">So excited to share pictures from our hugely successful, first-ever grass roots attempt at fund raising for our co-op preschool, which is in danger of closing due to budget cuts. My partner in planning this little event, Erin, and I wracked our brains for ways to raise money when it dawned on us: ladies love chocolate!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">We came up with our "Truffles for Tots" idea calling it a <i><b>Haute Chocolate</b></i> party where we would do a truffle making demo, get the ladies nice and lubed up on cheap red wine and ask for donations. Never having done anything like this before, we crossed our fingers and hoped to raise $300. We had such a great turn out and unbelievably generous donors that we tripled that and actually raised almost $900.00!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBUaRD7kJ1xB6YIv9hPvYaiZ8oya4E8HT3dhebH1a_2cn5nCnithztPKjwcdTgeMwooWWTK3guEWPkcpZglYRc-5FgNtLyjdrLu_3XsY4cexlq-2LQqQyRUDKmaa67j5fFZ0xoGJFxUs/s1600/DSCN4324.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qwEx88PKw7w0ut2DevFjNey2NDc3Ugwn5j4yqmEoK3TdqxSeSktxgdIKlS59BSQBN8XJI78E-XzJTtPtMRQ2iLGzO1VSXNrApZuurgnR7I_u9Xb_rL3ZaEwe-LunmpvNefoR24rTpkc/s1600/DSCN4320.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qwEx88PKw7w0ut2DevFjNey2NDc3Ugwn5j4yqmEoK3TdqxSeSktxgdIKlS59BSQBN8XJI78E-XzJTtPtMRQ2iLGzO1VSXNrApZuurgnR7I_u9Xb_rL3ZaEwe-LunmpvNefoR24rTpkc/s400/DSCN4320.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549935228104717122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">Two Buck Chuck gets dressed up with custom labels.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBUaRD7kJ1xB6YIv9hPvYaiZ8oya4E8HT3dhebH1a_2cn5nCnithztPKjwcdTgeMwooWWTK3guEWPkcpZglYRc-5FgNtLyjdrLu_3XsY4cexlq-2LQqQyRUDKmaa67j5fFZ0xoGJFxUs/s400/DSCN4324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549935235731156114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The most perfect donation receptacle ever for our event!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">We did a dry run to work out the kinks of the truffle making portion of our event and, with all the lengthy refrigeration needed in between steps, decided it would be impractical to have our guests be hands on, as originally planned. This left me with the daunting task of cranking out over ten dozen truffles in time for the party. Needless to say, I am a proficient truffle maker now. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHDUQn5P4kotaETb7CIn8lFd1p8Q-Sn5u758ldXHCJtzKQ2Myd4_Ta7Jc7rj2yVXPA9EGn3Dy6AbEC2jQB0IQuiFdB-buxBAaEVL0inxycgHEcIknlixzMSWktUGYpQAEvbpxXgrQJxM/s1600/DSCN4343.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHDUQn5P4kotaETb7CIn8lFd1p8Q-Sn5u758ldXHCJtzKQ2Myd4_Ta7Jc7rj2yVXPA9EGn3Dy6AbEC2jQB0IQuiFdB-buxBAaEVL0inxycgHEcIknlixzMSWktUGYpQAEvbpxXgrQJxM/s400/DSCN4343.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553388621921652642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Truffles!</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi0om6MAZJx7HMWnYuHqk2Qp8mOMpUwWyOaqYPno5KJ_e5KX_tV2ZCHQlc3BLWsf2bWbFzqI36-Ti5uM19HnlOnfbQKQkXWJwNmZHzzoFmJ2mN8wqBhO-_VttWI-83j2AncNZ4ZPk8oY/s1600/DSCN4303.JPG"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi0om6MAZJx7HMWnYuHqk2Qp8mOMpUwWyOaqYPno5KJ_e5KX_tV2ZCHQlc3BLWsf2bWbFzqI36-Ti5uM19HnlOnfbQKQkXWJwNmZHzzoFmJ2mN8wqBhO-_VttWI-83j2AncNZ4ZPk8oY/s1600/DSCN4303.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi0om6MAZJx7HMWnYuHqk2Qp8mOMpUwWyOaqYPno5KJ_e5KX_tV2ZCHQlc3BLWsf2bWbFzqI36-Ti5uM19HnlOnfbQKQkXWJwNmZHzzoFmJ2mN8wqBhO-_VttWI-83j2AncNZ4ZPk8oY/s1600/DSCN4303.JPG"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Here is the phenomenal <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/chocolate-truffles-recipe4/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">recipe</span></a> I used from Mr. Chocolate himself, Jacque Torres. I tweaked it to avoid the whole tempering chocolate business (I am less proficient in candy thermometer usage) by using chocolate candy melts instead. The truffles were then boxed up and wrapped as take home thank yous.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKm0iEAxRFjW5dhycWPsZgk84Hr1mraNT0N49-oi58hdDo5siY1eWkvxiHAvljv2jVQKq3edG3_yn3nA1QItL_7-9RJscQpQyNvD7DfkMefOF2HXEAyygPfwWcvUlTrV9sUP69_ZORAAQ/s1600/DSCN4238.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKm0iEAxRFjW5dhycWPsZgk84Hr1mraNT0N49-oi58hdDo5siY1eWkvxiHAvljv2jVQKq3edG3_yn3nA1QItL_7-9RJscQpQyNvD7DfkMefOF2HXEAyygPfwWcvUlTrV9sUP69_ZORAAQ/s400/DSCN4238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549931932468768290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Cxpk7vUeob2oOx6QTViTanFZf6wqNuse7ET3sZDAoTTtNGtpwhOPDWWVnoCo4TVo1pmdxKNtkiCaY7AwNXCvyfI-tETdxZDNHJ4IgDuXWFe5R-2TCVyV0uJADY3OkAruZsHkRd4jV1o/s1600/DSCN4317.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Cxpk7vUeob2oOx6QTViTanFZf6wqNuse7ET3sZDAoTTtNGtpwhOPDWWVnoCo4TVo1pmdxKNtkiCaY7AwNXCvyfI-tETdxZDNHJ4IgDuXWFe5R-2TCVyV0uJADY3OkAruZsHkRd4jV1o/s400/DSCN4317.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549935218974384258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Take home truffle boxes</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I put together a scaled down version of one of my dessert tables, adding a couple of hot savory appetizers for guests to nibble on. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mOSPIqTzj4ndGcV3bwpnIkQ1M_YTW2lmSs125J1SPT1UL7yzSMVJsem555MWoz0lhJ4mV5mtn83dU_IOgovVLHTdwJorh53OapRekbC_f1-tDXFtTunPwCp6S44KJZyyLC-bQDbJzZs/s1600/DSCN4311.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mOSPIqTzj4ndGcV3bwpnIkQ1M_YTW2lmSs125J1SPT1UL7yzSMVJsem555MWoz0lhJ4mV5mtn83dU_IOgovVLHTdwJorh53OapRekbC_f1-tDXFtTunPwCp6S44KJZyyLC-bQDbJzZs/s400/DSCN4311.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553396080258187378" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfRu0UxNbHx4KVfLH3I_1RrYkt-cavhgD_SqmI_aBir82DZAMVt1rD__dldEuIoHJOM3mBntxixbfyXXE6qlNDK7RkIzyTMR8wjIaivUuBZEQdzF22GhxFpMYo5AbHhKoEHQj8Oyj30U/s1600/DSCN4330.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfRu0UxNbHx4KVfLH3I_1RrYkt-cavhgD_SqmI_aBir82DZAMVt1rD__dldEuIoHJOM3mBntxixbfyXXE6qlNDK7RkIzyTMR8wjIaivUuBZEQdzF22GhxFpMYo5AbHhKoEHQj8Oyj30U/s400/DSCN4330.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549935244979867394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"></span></u></span></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Love how the banner turned out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9i8yv-CoI43RwNS7u7PghumfZGnLXND9kF8ddzB8LAFO_1PddjdkpC26g8wtfRrkVu9gGMv0ak-rlcF0erIl9woi42NNOpERa_rnYuom5QYBi_3uJyaUMzMT3pNEQJjUSPvju1SksrvQ/s400/DSCN4337.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549940765837661666" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XwCEL8c7oTObflG8L6tIx8621SzmJbaJwRWiQssn8hsXa4MwiqxjzVVRjbM7mfYROL-L3hiyYpbBBAug8sQL82sqWxizlmrK4Zp3u3PEiVp-Ru3jFD0pytp6A_9nUgg5f-ZGIW0X0g0/s400/DSCN4305.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549932694950221122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Marshmallow pops!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-15825627742465122092010-10-31T16:13:00.001-07:002010-11-03T18:34:48.744-07:00Halloween Spooktacular<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANqhwrwMRDVDqyF37ilmVzFynhW13PqXHwZmNf1qZRteABDZ8Ou3gjANmFCuX90EDwHT0vSLPYFRwXdXoJdIdseF_q26P24mKnJag70CD8YgeynKGuOKNFm_1oCWLuBMqqZTRR6j7qP0/s1600/37185_1709001448058_1328740133_31895203_4986422_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANqhwrwMRDVDqyF37ilmVzFynhW13PqXHwZmNf1qZRteABDZ8Ou3gjANmFCuX90EDwHT0vSLPYFRwXdXoJdIdseF_q26P24mKnJag70CD8YgeynKGuOKNFm_1oCWLuBMqqZTRR6j7qP0/s400/37185_1709001448058_1328740133_31895203_4986422_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535499300502073634" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Halloween has finally come and gone and I am <i>so</i> over fake spiderwebs stretched across my house and all things zombie! It is official - I am ready for Christmas to get here. But before I hang a sprig of mistletoe I thought I'd share some photos from our family's Fourth Annual Halloween Spook-tacular. We had a great turn out of kids (and adults) ready to carve up some pumpkins, bob for apples and parade in their costumes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">I received so much wonderful feedback from partygoers regarding the decorations, food and dessert displays. Please enjoy the photos and Happy Halloween! (Only one more year before we get to do it all over again - oy!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxVFL2TvA3_Yy8j5_5GkwOaKnCGk6NHbyr7KmsHfXXCUHt-xKRk9Eq6_sCLfAvQtWkxUi87hfAMoDSosBFT0TX5BwmEiJpXE8gySvdIBVxWKYdXMiMsKORrwC6Ymog8h3zbIHyO5aTsE/s400/DSCN3614.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535499736154646770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KY-UR10Gnx5Coc7QZ16ZJNHBXisUH14hq_BqMBgXSbeSWJhnH-PKwUnTtGUYXPNduxGdOCj2IZf9e6LmHNHsTancNMnUiRz4QoZ2Xbkg2OfttWGvR53EPHGph3z8IqLMHaADfYKXu5AR/s1600/DSCN3657.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmLuoiIAYxjotX1jVUNHwGVUP7_0LpBt6xIYrN5yM8lGScpqHdAp_ew_qrYs-5IN_EIvoYICm-XTIUEiknn0zE1gjZh3Prz6bfQtG5Xh5ESRm5taJ1GRLp2bsGNbBwsa7J1rXzfuaN_Bt/s1600/DSCN3658.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmLuoiIAYxjotX1jVUNHwGVUP7_0LpBt6xIYrN5yM8lGScpqHdAp_ew_qrYs-5IN_EIvoYICm-XTIUEiknn0zE1gjZh3Prz6bfQtG5Xh5ESRm5taJ1GRLp2bsGNbBwsa7J1rXzfuaN_Bt/s400/DSCN3658.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534357551315008994" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KY-UR10Gnx5Coc7QZ16ZJNHBXisUH14hq_BqMBgXSbeSWJhnH-PKwUnTtGUYXPNduxGdOCj2IZf9e6LmHNHsTancNMnUiRz4QoZ2Xbkg2OfttWGvR53EPHGph3z8IqLMHaADfYKXu5AR/s1600/DSCN3657.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KY-UR10Gnx5Coc7QZ16ZJNHBXisUH14hq_BqMBgXSbeSWJhnH-PKwUnTtGUYXPNduxGdOCj2IZf9e6LmHNHsTancNMnUiRz4QoZ2Xbkg2OfttWGvR53EPHGph3z8IqLMHaADfYKXu5AR/s400/DSCN3657.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534357557521944610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbqAEh__5p6jpagbCEmR6ZQNcv-_iwptItrF5HAPwsV91hn3DomjAw4ErjPINONHelAgt8ukt1-U59InQ-Nl3FDTRqUqNwri0mZi1bqMqs216gZ9_Bz0GtKK8DuC6IlACPX_3mO6JD0h4/s400/DSCN3680.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534357542051010226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The spooky dessert buffet </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxL1AOnfwYTOlajqOem0zYoP8eTV36FPi9MaA5toRiGYrCvgffTbGanOkwk0R5rw2GiuKaPJ4EN03nO08WJH_G-9T1gwBE8EL9Wya4aOk1LcOORl7pd6LYV_OnFq25S5AbY_VG6XV_Y4Mq/s400/DSCN3638.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534356315049115170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Putrid Pudding cups</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJyt1eqRTDulw2Gpo2-cZEUieOcRismNtrsPdDWHyE6CRKhjgqGxDl8ki09319WppT48P4cgf1rucc6xl19G9kS-WX4yGd7nxq2VaGlhobzNPaMINZYjiM3ftroIoY3LGrdntApuHA_8m/s400/DSCN3636.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534356313778636210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Perennial faves - the candy apples</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbqAEh__5p6jpagbCEmR6ZQNcv-_iwptItrF5HAPwsV91hn3DomjAw4ErjPINONHelAgt8ukt1-U59InQ-Nl3FDTRqUqNwri0mZi1bqMqs216gZ9_Bz0GtKK8DuC6IlACPX_3mO6JD0h4/s1600/DSCN3680.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY1Gl-PbvmJKF5aMEVreCVd8nxOLFUjlBEy2QFEGLqleRGjU86jKrB79Vv6nRAtRksTtG6SOxPo_mKQsYTxYxcqgP7cp9UceFy8wMLzUOBtvJIvMLzZaJvjl_t_K2BQQtOqvvoUd9UfYx/s1600/DSCN3650.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Sour apple cotton candy</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bb-OeQGpehzkEUgXCXQgZ9AuI3bXxNE3UfcEy_NeeTn_zPmIWAzg0KnXgxtKsElhHV-yjgWXXzP4ndVu2yFY5SFyrpe1Psv7Of7eJWnbYhZZOtb6FL1SqhQ1PIlxT_Rg6ol_o4t6JY-R/s400/DSCN3730.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534403920672128658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px; " /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The motley crew - Happy Halloween!</span></span></span></span></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-29973419172661115062010-10-22T16:55:00.000-07:002010-10-25T23:46:49.339-07:00Go Bananas Shower<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9If9MxiajLQWHqhZP5MCbV7Zj3RTyKq_NArCbCbECW9Je6U6XnNzEedtaBRtns2k-07L4D0tNCSRWY4RKTfl5doZB7AV0Tz8zOfpHBYvq-x9YFlsMYBL8w9fu02yJryjidU2SB_yLGL9J/s1600/DSCN3063.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcR7VxYfIRPiapkSgo6i02jh9Nn1U58kJK4-UW8xWYHdOK21bNI4iq_5tYkU7Lftgu_4q66wQiOgvuP34GF8kOS9NwM5gFMQz8A8H4HSJfcc06YeDcMYAQqQzJw3T4eW2Nf2bfq5Pw_9I/s1600/DSCN3260.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcR7VxYfIRPiapkSgo6i02jh9Nn1U58kJK4-UW8xWYHdOK21bNI4iq_5tYkU7Lftgu_4q66wQiOgvuP34GF8kOS9NwM5gFMQz8A8H4HSJfcc06YeDcMYAQqQzJw3T4eW2Nf2bfq5Pw_9I/s320/DSCN3260.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532241821577467522" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">This shower for my soon to be sister-in-law's cousin was so much fun to pull together. The only guidelines I was given was to go with a monkey theme. Other than that I had free reign to "go bananas" with all the special touches - so I did! A mix of bold, graphic patterns in cherry red and happy yellow with lots of monkeys and bananas thrown in make this bright and cheerful shower pretty irresistible. Check out more photos for all the great details!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EVvRxmBCSaGuQpSovZqtGXJgTbXGSyeGQc0WfO1R56NlCTIZc4MF3TI75W6QCOY63KOFZX4MXiacTc82BF2QZ9K0yEURTgjeIGDlZjFrRTBmPl_COIWwOEnu3hvTedunWK2oa9q9QVmI/s1600/DSCN3260.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8tgzwKcdNwuK3kL3AbCRIA3WeZ8wYNqKsnCsf1YD_XiYYrz-HyasodFr_-2joV0e0-bS93yfKTjK-njTW3tPAN1_IoSqJ-Mfxxyz-qllQJ3bDGVt_kzVAd6G2OYP7_CcI3ytbu37JL4U/s400/DSCN3395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532238306264223282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqUNGnIAP-YEm8maBZ-M39Lu1hSceY0B6diP4UVxDRgeO5Mzd_Hvv06VLKuG1q07JADne9A1BAYufTfYAtmgkbapCvUBajFuMgluvRN-lOI8_dnnucNXJPZVEveYZ7gx3BC-TOyTsVA5B/s400/DSCN3368.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532221240285271074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Guests leave notes for mommy-to-be on the Wishing Tree.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswyRv43zoVNyXhOjUfo_Ok9v7tCVEbj-hVojjhUhkVL2knS63v5zb7F1aoU60SFUI_XaCSY1GwUjCBvVKS91NblunHmspBUXy2V9_LsWQ0ze6nMMM5gaprQOPaTFvtvHxzNJHjYtQ0MDq/s400/DSCN3375.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532231149857751330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px; " /></span></span></u></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Favors and custom snack cones on the buffet</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcoSiW_YUBLJKQ6LZQhWKrvm4osyV51-DpRebryFjJIcTiUg-nmuFedDx04PLbAI5FAphH03wa06QETZ_0HbngIQaZdnuwqbgUEhlWF162_PxjGCieeudLlmVXmdnadszI0Np5pRNtDzs/s1600/DSCN3380.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcoSiW_YUBLJKQ6LZQhWKrvm4osyV51-DpRebryFjJIcTiUg-nmuFedDx04PLbAI5FAphH03wa06QETZ_0HbngIQaZdnuwqbgUEhlWF162_PxjGCieeudLlmVXmdnadszI0Np5pRNtDzs/s400/DSCN3380.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532221256616236002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px; " /></a></span></u></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><u><br /></u></span></u></span></div></span></span></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgYrqBtaJQ6TNmJgjGGCc5c7lniWOcu2JryxAW7xq5JkP7SAlnZIbs76Sb0QAm1GjMOPFVygNk3mN8D93Qs6uL6fwW_nt8ty2gKA8wkegVzqAf4js0ND5hjlIaQMj3Oa1SYDMP-sk97YE/s1600/DSCN3379.JPG"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgYrqBtaJQ6TNmJgjGGCc5c7lniWOcu2JryxAW7xq5JkP7SAlnZIbs76Sb0QAm1GjMOPFVygNk3mN8D93Qs6uL6fwW_nt8ty2gKA8wkegVzqAf4js0ND5hjlIaQMj3Oa1SYDMP-sk97YE/s1600/DSCN3379.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgYrqBtaJQ6TNmJgjGGCc5c7lniWOcu2JryxAW7xq5JkP7SAlnZIbs76Sb0QAm1GjMOPFVygNk3mN8D93Qs6uL6fwW_nt8ty2gKA8wkegVzqAf4js0ND5hjlIaQMj3Oa1SYDMP-sk97YE/s1600/DSCN3379.JPG"></a></u></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQyC2Hlh16AY5H616zHDGDRV-4VhHn43rXCSxKTPi7x0GaF9szw_RORCBVwquSir7GMJT0mDC4PLa6NT24bwT7ve5LQf0Tych67tQQYbxpmIgnZhBMzhZSYE3FY6mkgVYXr-tIps7nvoH/s400/DSCN3389.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532221263978234162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The party favors: Chocolate "Chimp" Cookie mix</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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width: 144px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Favor details</span></span></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><u><br /></u></span></u></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwtFNBIVjqnPJEKRu06b5yWl1s9bB11dRUQCeeONro9z-iccpMXXbtCHWgLLVZQU5e031Gfp-bgRHGq5XcbZhRZ7Y1lfK-txSaK4X63BqxbjD8qINb0lvjXYSRZBysXyywUakOwm9_tW1/s400/DSCN3336.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531030337502231570" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The dessert buffet</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkNiGjjZuQ_d0JyWojGwsQ_jMXQZp62Oi-o4CNC8T7hHHVPWwE5_Lh0puWicsUCHojroAM0PPZ-uWJXPtvfqMQp4DBGL_ug9dwYU-JyO6uiQ7maM9t-c74kzQLi0tAfGBdVRDqUZeBulS/s1600/DSCN3212.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUPjKCNPfj9wDqElusjfe-3EkmJNIxMfI1ivzA_SnOdp7Ver8204hEv6l0FZw2bFmYZUNOdFeFoGIdIQ1HFBUoAu0iPH23aiCA7L97LrgUnNWV6fidHwEmY-2KM4PMFYk4zS-B_u53p4y/s1600/DSCN3272.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkO9MYYQgXt5YAVWCNVEn85CoOWsL9QgkK5wGrZTyQOaJEMmz17hbybO5UVyso-3amcDrFVpRUaZUue3FMbjvAhymbQU42FwHZovUtXZfsrnXc0fLbPQEQU3roYknLpckXBxwNGCACBK5/s1600/DSCN3222.JPG"></a></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-19944729598679983022010-09-13T17:56:00.001-07:002010-10-17T18:51:17.098-07:00La Juana's Birthday<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8vDV1TFlbFeaLZ8t8HM9Xn0bc5tw0R6fUWfCkIP7qUB7n1an8BGbqqrtXDX6QlfbL3xU2YHKaqxYY6Jhf1rk8uW9a7cOYm31phE4rf8Ad6ukcKXqxeBQdXhqkZNStcfpMhVWg94EUd03/s1600/DSCN2658.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8vDV1TFlbFeaLZ8t8HM9Xn0bc5tw0R6fUWfCkIP7qUB7n1an8BGbqqrtXDX6QlfbL3xU2YHKaqxYY6Jhf1rk8uW9a7cOYm31phE4rf8Ad6ukcKXqxeBQdXhqkZNStcfpMhVWg94EUd03/s400/DSCN2658.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516568834633610274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">For my mother in law LaJuana's 69th birthday we celebrated with a rooftop dinner at my sister in law's and I was put in charge of dessert. I wanted to do something like a rainbow cake:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hR8Josj2nRmE1n8GZdroIMmlU1ZL-ek3d2JFbA9yYWArVZeaZ00c8wSBABa1GXK0vIO6CR6Ty5OxU_sfBXXwZQJ0Lxd69kp79qz9NqGY_2lm41rU3pnbqgKbYSoPOCfoeFEoxEskaFpX/s400/Rainbow+layer+cake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516576931672445650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Martha Stewart's version.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">But living in Long Beach I needed something a little less PFLAG and a little more neutral so I chose pink and green stripes instead. Six layers later and it turned out great (except for my neglecting to warn about the wooden skewer supports inside that my sister in law almost gave herself a tracheotomy on. Oops!). See pics for the results:</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kSl_Y_GuVibCp5yKDsdm_lGtqUWkxegA3IKsyaO4rMFbOx01GBeYv7GizJWYx1MATCTq5tQQBSlcO7TMZ6H7GI9EqX3kvv4m5wDBgxOSVzKAVoR4VdYzqg6SWIYu5BJ3zEOtMKPtPXO7/s1600/DSCN2662.JPG"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kSl_Y_GuVibCp5yKDsdm_lGtqUWkxegA3IKsyaO4rMFbOx01GBeYv7GizJWYx1MATCTq5tQQBSlcO7TMZ6H7GI9EqX3kvv4m5wDBgxOSVzKAVoR4VdYzqg6SWIYu5BJ3zEOtMKPtPXO7/s400/DSCN2662.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516569405661443122" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUkeZgP2mo7GSggS48w2rJ7Qi3YRCK6UuKLWqAHriZSV_NXajp-4bxdi1doP9E3kBj6lOKcwRO8MR7U5uFfpn-e8lqcRk6U1FG0-q9MvI3_20Cs6-d4BPSCQ1s8JpBQ78qBbQU1xSDvXP/s1600/DSCN2666.JPG"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUkeZgP2mo7GSggS48w2rJ7Qi3YRCK6UuKLWqAHriZSV_NXajp-4bxdi1doP9E3kBj6lOKcwRO8MR7U5uFfpn-e8lqcRk6U1FG0-q9MvI3_20Cs6-d4BPSCQ1s8JpBQ78qBbQU1xSDvXP/s400/DSCN2666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516568868599791314" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUwD29HvSs5MPCu_u2CR3oFPtZ4uxGUZVFlyzLktIUjxCspvJu55BnupnmW2q2EQu6sbSCUQT_YBDDRhHtuf7LNCEBf9buvroZFAt_-nnUtLUGakDfkmTPrr-dU8zGoeCrh8AYjPTFp7F/s1600/DSCN2697.JPG"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUwD29HvSs5MPCu_u2CR3oFPtZ4uxGUZVFlyzLktIUjxCspvJu55BnupnmW2q2EQu6sbSCUQT_YBDDRhHtuf7LNCEBf9buvroZFAt_-nnUtLUGakDfkmTPrr-dU8zGoeCrh8AYjPTFp7F/s400/DSCN2697.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516568861252303154" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">A pretty surprise hidden inside!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNU3uGe4boMxWCH4rvafuw7g7-H8QQIFXdO2lKPJpj6mR32on4evz8wCLe4esTI1W_YILetaoEWVExfiOLpL5bDl0-AV5cRwFP4Rp2e0bqEGtDcfrc1_DBwzN5oeJ_rb6_wr0PqSuv1D2/s1600/DSCN2701.JPG"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNU3uGe4boMxWCH4rvafuw7g7-H8QQIFXdO2lKPJpj6mR32on4evz8wCLe4esTI1W_YILetaoEWVExfiOLpL5bDl0-AV5cRwFP4Rp2e0bqEGtDcfrc1_DBwzN5oeJ_rb6_wr0PqSuv1D2/s400/DSCN2701.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516568853512315938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fJpDjvx4myvJfC-kB65U8Cn-9WBakiXhgiMipSNsJrSf7lRQmEe8_vYHpl2e9520oxTxpHaLQYz0LiMxnNXhyphenhyphenGCZYzfrs-rcIx7Nj8suNFY6Tu2EZXRx8qCZQpB2yl3HkTQJkE1l4KNZ/s1600/DSCN2705.JPG"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fJpDjvx4myvJfC-kB65U8Cn-9WBakiXhgiMipSNsJrSf7lRQmEe8_vYHpl2e9520oxTxpHaLQYz0LiMxnNXhyphenhyphenGCZYzfrs-rcIx7Nj8suNFY6Tu2EZXRx8qCZQpB2yl3HkTQJkE1l4KNZ/s400/DSCN2705.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516568843028861778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">This cake was a total hit!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8vDV1TFlbFeaLZ8t8HM9Xn0bc5tw0R6fUWfCkIP7qUB7n1an8BGbqqrtXDX6QlfbL3xU2YHKaqxYY6Jhf1rk8uW9a7cOYm31phE4rf8Ad6ukcKXqxeBQdXhqkZNStcfpMhVWg94EUd03/s1600/DSCN2658.JPG"></a></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-15904479483666785982010-09-11T13:14:00.002-07:002010-09-11T14:12:06.335-07:00Tattoo of the Week: An Ass-full of Betty<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf90gt4ZTVeXwrB3gsJtsyejYS0bJBplPdycYrG3AptBiiM9sVe5nyYj1ZDCIFy0UjImAdO8Ts73CA7-21g3CSOwO_cnJ6bJL6p-WA2Lmy7qJieUrdGIObGC4eO4UXfaShzO5TjgOJYeZp/s400/86dc400a5cba39f78bbb8d2106bf1a03_t.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515765200316112322" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 238px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><div style="text-align: justify;">Now don't get me wrong. I love me some Betty White just like everyone else, but this renaissance of all things Betty has gotten a little out of control and I think she's about to jump the shark. Loved the SNL hosting gig. Congrats on the movie cameos. Oh, there she is again in that Snickers commercial during the Super Bowl. Hmm... A new sitcom starring guess who coming out this season. Okay, okay. I get it. She's old. She curses. It's hip to love Betty White and everyone's on the bandwagon. Unfortunately I think I've hit my saturation point. Luckily, Ms. White has some true die hard fans as evidenced by the following. Good grief.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYD4fLSKTPYYCtsoGFSdA1Jnb29OLai6RNvhVg8VkYp3Kt9L2gPh_wXdKH-EQYdUgyVYiy4vMlYmOnmUQIv9QjtNmWzm-5Gm3UrUMIJ6RHrVaFzTbub5L3u9Zj0oHrBb2E41KswMHD7Juw/s1600/gg_sue_ann_anon.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYD4fLSKTPYYCtsoGFSdA1Jnb29OLai6RNvhVg8VkYp3Kt9L2gPh_wXdKH-EQYdUgyVYiy4vMlYmOnmUQIv9QjtNmWzm-5Gm3UrUMIJ6RHrVaFzTbub5L3u9Zj0oHrBb2E41KswMHD7Juw/s400/gg_sue_ann_anon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515752807067636498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 383px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6OjPsUbrQ-aDIg-Kd2bA5Cn72aIsf0ABpzbrYe2WqaI6hEvZ4whvaazA4uFTmNOoYq3Ryw9kLhGKHgaEEyVjRRQ1nfWXRVT3klja0iNHgnJinmYOOBOUgmoxRLyEgtp98LR8QzBy19rZ/s1600/tumblr_kxwiwoH7xv1qaphz7o1_500.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6OjPsUbrQ-aDIg-Kd2bA5Cn72aIsf0ABpzbrYe2WqaI6hEvZ4whvaazA4uFTmNOoYq3Ryw9kLhGKHgaEEyVjRRQ1nfWXRVT3klja0iNHgnJinmYOOBOUgmoxRLyEgtp98LR8QzBy19rZ/s1600/tumblr_kxwiwoH7xv1qaphz7o1_500.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6OjPsUbrQ-aDIg-Kd2bA5Cn72aIsf0ABpzbrYe2WqaI6hEvZ4whvaazA4uFTmNOoYq3Ryw9kLhGKHgaEEyVjRRQ1nfWXRVT3klja0iNHgnJinmYOOBOUgmoxRLyEgtp98LR8QzBy19rZ/s1600/tumblr_kxwiwoH7xv1qaphz7o1_500.jpg"></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Yup. On this dude's neck. Nice.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7flXxLGIKNmz25fso3ag33sPK_Q6zG5EPaHL9rPyOpTKt6-A3HV7gD7gG8Rn0YASTwpw4Kq49_UBCDdD06tcMuutunpmrRWmRXyHSJfWM3XlgyrcIy5j7VBy7Y3TrixBd_9EWc27hvyv/s1600/129034452964328010.jpg"></a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxJma0IhYDlKhj8SP0a9lyocAiHtTswg1MHWXqqc8eqxptfQWfDhb6vhJZCNukvNKNdCzOemlj47VQFpqldR9wYtuIA_LP5Ar4GkCqanI20zSWhv7zxf7nbUqOws75MANv5PxpUXWmpFq/s1600/3805421973_140cba1e29.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxJma0IhYDlKhj8SP0a9lyocAiHtTswg1MHWXqqc8eqxptfQWfDhb6vhJZCNukvNKNdCzOemlj47VQFpqldR9wYtuIA_LP5Ar4GkCqanI20zSWhv7zxf7nbUqOws75MANv5PxpUXWmpFq/s400/3805421973_140cba1e29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515752822422155266" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwO-Q6dFoDKgbowiTXO0QU8xN9BPpIri0W22p2tz0SxL5JAKzeWmRiba2oxbUyUbgMM2CbyHWsPztsxeJohbdo9rsP2zAm-cyv3XKAq1vLM2_jfy6GnQSTd3y7yvhrpMKwdz3ozrRtX2o/s1600/l_7208befcb6dd9cb486ac338906d9287f.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwO-Q6dFoDKgbowiTXO0QU8xN9BPpIri0W22p2tz0SxL5JAKzeWmRiba2oxbUyUbgMM2CbyHWsPztsxeJohbdo9rsP2zAm-cyv3XKAq1vLM2_jfy6GnQSTd3y7yvhrpMKwdz3ozrRtX2o/s400/l_7208befcb6dd9cb486ac338906d9287f.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515752815559976802" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Majestic.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7flXxLGIKNmz25fso3ag33sPK_Q6zG5EPaHL9rPyOpTKt6-A3HV7gD7gG8Rn0YASTwpw4Kq49_UBCDdD06tcMuutunpmrRWmRXyHSJfWM3XlgyrcIy5j7VBy7Y3TrixBd_9EWc27hvyv/s400/129034452964328010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515752826316859138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 360px; " /></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Four-way at Leisure World, anyone? <i>Anyone?</i></span></span></span></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-30578682956691460572010-09-03T15:59:00.004-07:002010-09-05T17:19:45.359-07:00Tattoo of the Week: Ode to the Toe<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Scouring the web for tattoos, I came across some beauts that celebrate (or denigrate - you be the judge) those famous little piggies we all know and love: the human toe. Enjoy.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClR1pY1jGn8qr_zKX2BNjelTJvDFIf6H-GRZkfuZtrs2T4fOXQsF9NbzyCDhSzsybUy3Ln5F0lmVCS5R3MGaipI3Tkqe4qQazIEpPxA4-KEd2_tfNAICthVd8q-HR3xj4_pm4qp1RHURZ/s1600/foot-tattoo-121055170020314.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Some use them as a mathematic cheat sheet.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClR1pY1jGn8qr_zKX2BNjelTJvDFIf6H-GRZkfuZtrs2T4fOXQsF9NbzyCDhSzsybUy3Ln5F0lmVCS5R3MGaipI3Tkqe4qQazIEpPxA4-KEd2_tfNAICthVd8q-HR3xj4_pm4qp1RHURZ/s1600/foot-tattoo-121055170020314.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClR1pY1jGn8qr_zKX2BNjelTJvDFIf6H-GRZkfuZtrs2T4fOXQsF9NbzyCDhSzsybUy3Ln5F0lmVCS5R3MGaipI3Tkqe4qQazIEpPxA4-KEd2_tfNAICthVd8q-HR3xj4_pm4qp1RHURZ/s400/foot-tattoo-121055170020314.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513581638281860866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px; " /></a></div><div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Some employ marketing logos for a little giggle (a very popular theme out there).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYboNpvIjBMM7xRpFWRfAbnzMiN3Ph0ZtfOoV4dpnHK_Uu6d6KkW_0Vi1gPoR-rC1bAEpOMh2zJSVbggGsjf79Drll2PWTmMPyRGwmOIzoobYtjw-57alRA1wa6G_B4SRRBOvUwQiyQkP/s400/129041694269197700.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513573604948378274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 299px; " /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">But my favorites are the ones that try to make the best of a bad situation:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClR1pY1jGn8qr_zKX2BNjelTJvDFIf6H-GRZkfuZtrs2T4fOXQsF9NbzyCDhSzsybUy3Ln5F0lmVCS5R3MGaipI3Tkqe4qQazIEpPxA4-KEd2_tfNAICthVd8q-HR3xj4_pm4qp1RHURZ/s1600/foot-tattoo-121055170020314.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVZMfHx9iiZi-8bpOndQzfzNe38veRMXM4cBrFe3jlmzl3InLAVPPqm8AMWkdkeueyC0IHkrKqb2A3CE5ra5AG0bGHhXIZmBes_bV_NFf8Uz_nYA66ib01v3FPGpDU6bjOnXppNA-lw9o/s1600/toe_tattoo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVZMfHx9iiZi-8bpOndQzfzNe38veRMXM4cBrFe3jlmzl3InLAVPPqm8AMWkdkeueyC0IHkrKqb2A3CE5ra5AG0bGHhXIZmBes_bV_NFf8Uz_nYA66ib01v3FPGpDU6bjOnXppNA-lw9o/s400/toe_tattoo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513574043776095026" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKA3DGPR8PZN1vrl2lIaILmyjEk0PGnB8z-iUXcwIBUSWIgi7QaxXZwtUHgTGMru0BDVxUlvUBKRCNzNb_Fbv6fxOUJMuJ-5YbQQgs3QNLQsEj9Te7h3EEeTvDcESikU28R-9BJAkol7/s400/funny-toe-tattoo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513586101221343858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 281px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYboNpvIjBMM7xRpFWRfAbnzMiN3Ph0ZtfOoV4dpnHK_Uu6d6KkW_0Vi1gPoR-rC1bAEpOMh2zJSVbggGsjf79Drll2PWTmMPyRGwmOIzoobYtjw-57alRA1wa6G_B4SRRBOvUwQiyQkP/s1600/129041694269197700.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4zsJfJzJlE1XcU3wVLZEbwhkj6IAD-FgZaJwkVUCPUeF6Dff4LIYjPfDzZoZElFqiEz0qbiyli_0syGxbD0exxvHe1AxPcwWtLK5rE6XfkVTsMyZbYTeiFvVZgiETZuEIStEvmySNigE/s1600/Toe-Tattoo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4zsJfJzJlE1XcU3wVLZEbwhkj6IAD-FgZaJwkVUCPUeF6Dff4LIYjPfDzZoZElFqiEz0qbiyli_0syGxbD0exxvHe1AxPcwWtLK5rE6XfkVTsMyZbYTeiFvVZgiETZuEIStEvmySNigE/s400/Toe-Tattoo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513572888192742834" /></a></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Same idea, unfortunately they got the rhyme wrong. I think that little piggy was supposed to stay home. Oopsie.</span></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-12744753197426157722010-09-03T15:59:00.001-07:002010-10-17T18:52:00.512-07:00Grandpa Bill's Birthday<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJXtleAEF40_Yweahl8zEHmJ7cUUatkkes3SQ1mV_2PFvdpZkKzv6xi08VyK-Pk8b_MklYNLsXsstoa16BJFOXMynQl3_3xpw2B94sb4O0dpK9hn1AGCrgG0eQMPjm6f_iPXcf6brDuZQ/s1600/DSCN2601.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJXtleAEF40_Yweahl8zEHmJ7cUUatkkes3SQ1mV_2PFvdpZkKzv6xi08VyK-Pk8b_MklYNLsXsstoa16BJFOXMynQl3_3xpw2B94sb4O0dpK9hn1AGCrgG0eQMPjm6f_iPXcf6brDuZQ/s400/DSCN2601.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513215391644241682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJXtleAEF40_Yweahl8zEHmJ7cUUatkkes3SQ1mV_2PFvdpZkKzv6xi08VyK-Pk8b_MklYNLsXsstoa16BJFOXMynQl3_3xpw2B94sb4O0dpK9hn1AGCrgG0eQMPjm6f_iPXcf6brDuZQ/s1600/DSCN2601.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">So my father-in-law came to me last Saturday and asked me to pull something out of my *ahem* hat for his father's 90th birthday celebration this Saturday. Ummm... one week's notice? No problem. I'd been farting around all week (read: filling orders, doing dishes, folding laundry, changing poopy diapers, attending playdates, etc.) before finally cracking down on Thursday to get a majority of the work done for this nonagenarian celebration. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfekEra__peXmKOpPuK9bAv8PsVei-fRVkiEcJgXWCzyWsbVWgb3V9SxTD3EebozfKyTBn0BA7JX9J1GBAFZmBiivjgpGrxt5YGr7YabqfLiU0qv0Z_MSjccKmEeBlhFY8yw1JeEC0mA84/s400/DSCN2597.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513215407381103490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 335px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">I chose a pale blue and gold palette, not considering the repercussions this choice would have on a family full of die hard Trojan fans. (Oopsie. My bad.) Most of the decor was centered around the dessert table, where I finally had the opportunity to use these enormous three foot balloons I'd been coveting for awhile now (total show stoppers). Throw in a dozen or so balloons and a phenomenal photo table highlighting the last nine decades of the man of the hour's life and we called it a day. Check out a party planned on tight timeline:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2qxG_AwGUhe6eIBxkg4A7B68zZ0o27McEM5EF4RshkGwU1zZ-ifbbHpE95Y2fCLWB0tzJILmrt-z61CPFggVvyCGdYphk3mUo_eIf9ia3qf5Ed99gRxVIozyxN6kWS988QNKBXYZUmv0/s400/DSCN2583.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513270015306828402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwr6RrDkU1C410ljpUDr6kPjef5w0sB7tq7PndCbY88C2QWkM-T2QvfGmc2WPlG3ywTbMXn7LpO-09u_B_xQgJ_AYGYlsE1jySfViERzy0_sZKv8jO38iCv0p5VcExFKhK-nxG05qikjV/s1600/DSCN2569.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwr6RrDkU1C410ljpUDr6kPjef5w0sB7tq7PndCbY88C2QWkM-T2QvfGmc2WPlG3ywTbMXn7LpO-09u_B_xQgJ_AYGYlsE1jySfViERzy0_sZKv8jO38iCv0p5VcExFKhK-nxG05qikjV/s400/DSCN2569.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513217203417318386" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Loving the pennant banner on this extra tall cake.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSLP4-1pYmcyd9mlx28-GieFcFtY51SzeAF4fJqMb1vxz5UuQ2eo08zshK6R4QSsCKf-XCT2gPf7_lhV1zHb_cseUq6hvUOnhMv2S_FSoEq1luebCiEy8RUFKDDci_dRnNHnZYhTHLs7c/s1600/DSCN2576.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSLP4-1pYmcyd9mlx28-GieFcFtY51SzeAF4fJqMb1vxz5UuQ2eo08zshK6R4QSsCKf-XCT2gPf7_lhV1zHb_cseUq6hvUOnhMv2S_FSoEq1luebCiEy8RUFKDDci_dRnNHnZYhTHLs7c/s400/DSCN2576.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513217195178428898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-UIyjwv0D4UxIoiP8P6NmcnX9oARWHEKfg13KWGM6nvfGPqou_1dh_Rry7zpc-UsmIkYkZ-d6_iGz3Zl0yypyUyYXHyMgytgm8UjrF0WZ04Go5bqqjfrCA_2fgInpIXr71Dyx9TdRMvE/s1600/DSCN2572.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLID9_QwDJsMGxpbmk4yyVdP9dofX67tiv-XdL9JvEbVhA-Zhhy_PBm7Vjx0EY7sOFRiLMpdeaKAF6MPENiw756qcSX2qhoGadeKBtiC7TSKU_P10d68YWAMgXrcsnTdHN6AE75Vp6apW/s400/DSCN2572.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513259421756658258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px; " /></span>My new border from </span></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TracyAnnDigitalArt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Etsy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> really dresses up my labels.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-THC9xE9jL6uGp9xutehH5JSJZkxYIBaqcYBdxPfmkHA1N7S1t-3ptd7GT_e11pYApXgSoBNBVn12vyk3aaRHXLD1UJg-DLM7v6P74NIcWbHWKGn1-MJcVg3hgISXrMsvQJBUVeHk7aA/s1600/DSCN2577.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-THC9xE9jL6uGp9xutehH5JSJZkxYIBaqcYBdxPfmkHA1N7S1t-3ptd7GT_e11pYApXgSoBNBVn12vyk3aaRHXLD1UJg-DLM7v6P74NIcWbHWKGn1-MJcVg3hgISXrMsvQJBUVeHk7aA/s400/DSCN2577.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513216752846748578" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYDi9quiVYzr1FoeHpHopxdQvwK5VssCfpbVamDvPiwQEbmYjJ8PXnPN-XCCntJPc4WF9qnKAuqM73W-NMHdsLurkNb1aTiOEJXAauQHkGaRINMWoC4uxs-bqOwFq3CklM2BUZTZjvYNt/s1600/DSCN2578.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYDi9quiVYzr1FoeHpHopxdQvwK5VssCfpbVamDvPiwQEbmYjJ8PXnPN-XCCntJPc4WF9qnKAuqM73W-NMHdsLurkNb1aTiOEJXAauQHkGaRINMWoC4uxs-bqOwFq3CklM2BUZTZjvYNt/s400/DSCN2578.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513216751035355442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Cupcake wrappers and picks are my new go-tos.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLJ_-FBnHqqhQzZiTs79gumQKQuKONQjRqj87v_sfgiVhP6YwLAlaW3oIKjpTcri2D0ae87yzEwdoNC_ZzVUE9gsG4vZcZDERL1oBBuSfkHSVb90CukhOQAfHtdGhMzED-Lz-PoAm_EBA/s1600/DSCN2581.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLJ_-FBnHqqhQzZiTs79gumQKQuKONQjRqj87v_sfgiVhP6YwLAlaW3oIKjpTcri2D0ae87yzEwdoNC_ZzVUE9gsG4vZcZDERL1oBBuSfkHSVb90CukhOQAfHtdGhMzED-Lz-PoAm_EBA/s400/DSCN2581.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513216742414357730" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHg3OEZnoWMF0pCOWklwO2blVr6jwDn_Z0z1rCAA1DMlGoApohEJwLbzJSJ2-XMsm1rWHFnAhP3mDTXYp4icjXTgm_pwkaDbfSCtEz83khqjvHzJgEZUEd2SIhdgra2hLm2_b67apt8N0/s1600/DSCN2585.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHg3OEZnoWMF0pCOWklwO2blVr6jwDn_Z0z1rCAA1DMlGoApohEJwLbzJSJ2-XMsm1rWHFnAhP3mDTXYp4icjXTgm_pwkaDbfSCtEz83khqjvHzJgEZUEd2SIhdgra2hLm2_b67apt8N0/s400/DSCN2585.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513216734561266146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Filled with chocolates and birthday wishes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vbs04czRM_8KZI6KdznUIQBs0ZoMpUSB2y3iSbzZAEvrzFdXatsY07e07ZXcm_o0HjiQkA1dQFoBSdfpRDwNdHKU2X0cul0FyfGWDTwoJSgszzMvrAACkBDW3N_5_zh5nSjuO1lgM0Xb/s1600/DSCN2590.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vbs04czRM_8KZI6KdznUIQBs0ZoMpUSB2y3iSbzZAEvrzFdXatsY07e07ZXcm_o0HjiQkA1dQFoBSdfpRDwNdHKU2X0cul0FyfGWDTwoJSgszzMvrAACkBDW3N_5_zh5nSjuO1lgM0Xb/s400/DSCN2590.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513215430649030898" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcF-i3XYSwztgBaSRMOJIEGuVJ1qG4Fqv-SqB2QQFwCLF11qgOf-19n4AUg6IbdFObcRU3Z5BOYzrIu3ubLeEQRFnMG20iHiruKEy_1u-Em3e6-iHlSmg2cCQ9UTDwYpFLNhpimSe0zUS/s1600/DSCN2592.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcF-i3XYSwztgBaSRMOJIEGuVJ1qG4Fqv-SqB2QQFwCLF11qgOf-19n4AUg6IbdFObcRU3Z5BOYzrIu3ubLeEQRFnMG20iHiruKEy_1u-Em3e6-iHlSmg2cCQ9UTDwYpFLNhpimSe0zUS/s400/DSCN2592.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513215421850154898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">You know, it's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">really</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> hard to find blue food.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5dVbq9oKkNC2R4qj9san14bbDVfpKACZGjXlw3xVkhp1c8vDCUzDyItqvLqRnr5RaykTMdIIiOHul-wyA9Dtpe4SnRtegTsPTByiMSQDxgZamyVa3wP7aBlghIMONaA0HJlxLnyuL6CE/s1600/DSCN2589.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5dVbq9oKkNC2R4qj9san14bbDVfpKACZGjXlw3xVkhp1c8vDCUzDyItqvLqRnr5RaykTMdIIiOHul-wyA9Dtpe4SnRtegTsPTByiMSQDxgZamyVa3wP7aBlghIMONaA0HJlxLnyuL6CE/s400/DSCN2589.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513215412476056274" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Everyone was very pleased with the outcome and the birthday boy was very touched by all the efforts and attendees there to celebrate. Happy birthday Grandpa Bill!</span></span></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-69896274103943254002010-08-26T18:04:00.000-07:002010-08-26T21:11:09.148-07:00Tattoo of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56bALAzaSQEgrHfUOC8x_kxt-dWGKiUifu26sPnaP-Krao2oS3RYCkgeOR4_hLBuUAsnmbiqGY9MihfCJz2eUOCw3pdkqhr6wc_ZDF5P0Wa6i8-IblJGOEPKoGzU_ex7ulPsEjIYOe87c/s400/iheartbaconeatmeat_krl-p.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509916142957828658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">There are some things I'm obsessed with that have absolutely no rhyme or reason or relation to my real life. Like tattoos. I don't have any. I don't want any. But I am not-so-secretly fascinated with them. When I'm at Borders leafing through magazines, I'll pick up a random tattoo magazine or two along with my copy of Better Homes and Gardens. I think it's a combo of the actual design itself along with the permanence of the artwork that gets me because, to quote Bad Religion, "eternity, my friend, is a long fucking time."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Now it's not just any old sad prison ink I'm drawn to, and I don't have much use for even the most well executed howling wolf or Cherokee squaw because, if I'm being perfectly honest, I'm a total sucker for the ironic, hipster-douche tattoos most of all. I don't <i>want</i> to like them, but I can't help it. They're funny. And (even funnier) they're forever! So congrats, dumbasses. I hope you're still as passionate about Cap'n Crunch, Billy Mays or bacon in the next 30 years as you are today. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERxd4GBkX-bC9RxkigpVJvi1Vzi-flsM0md92KLNS3Pdv6HnbtRmiDVh3pkPMeAdvG3l4X__oSKcTSXptJgF3IbQdfoQHVsV2BnKCkHaFAF6hd2onV1RR5G6racce6K-84eA8HUNG9OQf/s320/1260914008_billy-mays.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509937049813148882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Wait a minute. Scratch that last one. I'll probably still be as passionate about my favorite pork byproduct in thirty years as I am now. Bacon, you get a pass.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Which brings me to the first installment of Tattoo of the Week - fab tattoo finds from around the web of every (in)conceivably random subject and milieu. And it's only fitting that the inaugural issue combine two of my favorite things: tattoos and bacon. Please enjoy the following collection of sizzling specimens. Truly tasteful!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Some opt for a simple side of bacon:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwimdmAQ-NMyDbZR3_5kavjtLZcebChrfrUyzGgalCnWwnVfA-FH5_YxE9Y8SRO18q_xOaIybwf1WmdiytcYfDO3yVp8iFBIpiUK1zbLy8cGwS_ZTz26xvBTh887c-g52Eqy1_LN9SiWf/s400/6a00d8341c630a53ef011168f7cdbe970c-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509917006726419154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZlqtySPsm1uSmaMRox4X_cYCzeaYl_UmVVyMYzYLhB9R0epaIgWuRisQnX6TaHOfBexC0R2WoXf23XfoBHtMU35bkTLJ_QEWJvfCaY8ZLSfLkPLnDW3Sf4fqa-QqJ3sHFWwBSv3QPo74/s400/bacon-tattoo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509916993486175266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwpXQISEXYhykR3jNjkn7BfnD_UlhJ9XE_ynjriVT7sUnq8jq8AgJDMEDtZFUY9Llk47r2hZwUfIiYdD_ufWL5n-AiO9OhhiAHOopuc3JpfyVeJXz6uI4QBUUk0ejoBwRSIdiCkOE3_XM/s400/bacon+heart.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509917012092801538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Some opt for a heartier breakfast.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF1Uz-yuOpI0jcXjTXzCcq6iVzFdzK9w_9qXRNGMXTlKgSqRafNW7Ko3TY9f3IVJNI9tKDYWzBG7vZhWh8vT1hBoY4k8Psca2uymMqrMM4lt1QKI_SUswVhYrIcTjJFVnsU0wjpGt67wy/s1600/bacon.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0FYT9_HyHhY6FN2aEKAwUqFeFcvaY_iMSJjEbxcDyj_LStPzw3wWYcgvOmjWg4kV0MGSsZXJKZTZUSiUiYU_bV3JrxxOnk-tTC0UD50LpPcbuYX6SsSsSAFZq8huWbLCa7oppdeFp1gb/s1600/images.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0FYT9_HyHhY6FN2aEKAwUqFeFcvaY_iMSJjEbxcDyj_LStPzw3wWYcgvOmjWg4kV0MGSsZXJKZTZUSiUiYU_bV3JrxxOnk-tTC0UD50LpPcbuYX6SsSsSAFZq8huWbLCa7oppdeFp1gb/s400/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509918508107207666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 166px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZPILrT4zN6CZEHdYA8irGfk6SXo3M-24f8x69F4Wg-sJWUR_k4hIa37l-ZWcsqL9WgX3iaaKjSkr5-vHs6Sh-P1tKx-cQmjXpK3rowp0Y9FKifxIa95mFNc5fAhaY8ln5MasXcMsHPpN/s1600/baconmulti.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZPILrT4zN6CZEHdYA8irGfk6SXo3M-24f8x69F4Wg-sJWUR_k4hIa37l-ZWcsqL9WgX3iaaKjSkr5-vHs6Sh-P1tKx-cQmjXpK3rowp0Y9FKifxIa95mFNc5fAhaY8ln5MasXcMsHPpN/s400/baconmulti.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509917027069949778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM24-zzD-hpxzH7ko6yBld3VkyvXPggzfRq-3Dz-P-vkZegDKAg3LxpPBYf2_0CKm-GqaC6DGM477P1e_SjIN2XNP-aVIYbKy9ECZzxsbpkkjnEKMFOA2ekzDVBU_tUr1FQEq-EMNtLIUG/s1600/breakfast+tattoo.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM24-zzD-hpxzH7ko6yBld3VkyvXPggzfRq-3Dz-P-vkZegDKAg3LxpPBYf2_0CKm-GqaC6DGM477P1e_SjIN2XNP-aVIYbKy9ECZzxsbpkkjnEKMFOA2ekzDVBU_tUr1FQEq-EMNtLIUG/s400/breakfast+tattoo.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509916998173262994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">And some folks get downright spiritual about their bacon.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEgeK9e96cnhe7dK6z9Mdl_tCU05YPVUDqLWsAsexHUMLX9YZpWl1pVeciJsRJLY1QNBMv-GktSk92PzoOMBr_n0OSAr1Dc9qVMduYgkk6dHcB9yXM9PMIX8goE2OcjwX0JJ61ta4fhFA/s1600/baconcross_christopher-p.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEgeK9e96cnhe7dK6z9Mdl_tCU05YPVUDqLWsAsexHUMLX9YZpWl1pVeciJsRJLY1QNBMv-GktSk92PzoOMBr_n0OSAr1Dc9qVMduYgkk6dHcB9yXM9PMIX8goE2OcjwX0JJ61ta4fhFA/s400/baconcross_christopher-p.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509916151911197122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUmhDYb_bFDW9N7tK0k00L0RWItDL5iBHGo5DnKjmHt6A2z07BiEVLgP7YUidxvj5txsgRpwYpH0ldhrv3YiEemcDIzBAkM94ZBUSpLgZQIL1odpKF1Aopqnq-A4LsLhBzfZkJWqmDUSs/s1600/129083994813805811.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUmhDYb_bFDW9N7tK0k00L0RWItDL5iBHGo5DnKjmHt6A2z07BiEVLgP7YUidxvj5txsgRpwYpH0ldhrv3YiEemcDIzBAkM94ZBUSpLgZQIL1odpKF1Aopqnq-A4LsLhBzfZkJWqmDUSs/s400/129083994813805811.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509916134830612882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 321px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF1Uz-yuOpI0jcXjTXzCcq6iVzFdzK9w_9qXRNGMXTlKgSqRafNW7Ko3TY9f3IVJNI9tKDYWzBG7vZhWh8vT1hBoY4k8Psca2uymMqrMM4lt1QKI_SUswVhYrIcTjJFVnsU0wjpGt67wy/s400/bacon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509918515008633954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div></span></span></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-19654826110339533832010-08-19T13:46:00.001-07:002010-08-28T00:16:37.719-07:00Rites of Passage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekyb6o6I-Etm2BfdI2ZKaLNM6CcYUZKdHXJyX0mr61WcOOHYAhJtPJdr8Tv_LxrsedilnLcX5nxhDMk6jjOaZiTQHDwWZuVwbZw0VDD7rCSdaidBdhbBa1KgyS4iMGjoCa-VCt6TUf9cf/s1600/DSCN0552.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekyb6o6I-Etm2BfdI2ZKaLNM6CcYUZKdHXJyX0mr61WcOOHYAhJtPJdr8Tv_LxrsedilnLcX5nxhDMk6jjOaZiTQHDwWZuVwbZw0VDD7rCSdaidBdhbBa1KgyS4iMGjoCa-VCt6TUf9cf/s400/DSCN0552.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510356150148291026" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">As a native Southern Californian, the first trip to Disneyland is a huge rite of passage. Never a question of if you'll go, only a question of when. And although my sister and nearly all of my mommy friends seem to hold annual passes to the Magic Kingdom, enjoying the park for a couple of hours here or a late afternoon there, I always liked the idea of keeping the big D as something special. A rare treat to look forward to maybe once a year, if that.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">So we weren't planning on taking Abs until she was at least three, but my mom surprised us and got tickets for my birthday this year. And it's so funny because I started to tear up a bit when she did. Just the thought of taking my own little one for the first time kinda got me inexplicably misty. So we set a date to go, began talking it up to the babe and headed on down Harbor Boulevard.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Wanting to make her first trip extra special we started the day off at Goofy's Kitchen, where Disney characters come to your table and dance the Twist with diners. At first she was a little overwhelmed coming face to face with these larger than life furry creatures, and understandably so. But soon enough she was in the groove and dancing the frug with Alice in Wonderland. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3azmdh6bw-Fqcz1lN_Z8-TJ3ZObl5TjNO7icsyFq9Oj3A-LnO_7C0s6JEQQGcejxoGgJ4EiDdwwShR8eHK5yW5dUflU-CdPcV2EAidHebFIoBOki3nMLeoQER2Ppu5mM_h7TUVJqczpGG/s1600/DSCN0519.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3azmdh6bw-Fqcz1lN_Z8-TJ3ZObl5TjNO7icsyFq9Oj3A-LnO_7C0s6JEQQGcejxoGgJ4EiDdwwShR8eHK5yW5dUflU-CdPcV2EAidHebFIoBOki3nMLeoQER2Ppu5mM_h7TUVJqczpGG/s400/DSCN0519.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508268349058412706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></u></span></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Go with your instincts, girl.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3azmdh6bw-Fqcz1lN_Z8-TJ3ZObl5TjNO7icsyFq9Oj3A-LnO_7C0s6JEQQGcejxoGgJ4EiDdwwShR8eHK5yW5dUflU-CdPcV2EAidHebFIoBOki3nMLeoQER2Ppu5mM_h7TUVJqczpGG/s1600/DSCN0519.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></u></span></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Then it was off to the park to meet up with my sister, mom and Kailey. First stop was to get Abby her very own pair of those iconic mouse ears. Again, just one of those classic moments.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuHLn00x1DcCRhyphenhyphenbEpr7SMKTcqY5AaBIkwKzpePn_XQmAflW5BTy1Em8YXU92cqRPqqC_gM6AktHalkMvql01clpWIUqZjRe0OgIL7Jdk-y7Zdl-_5vVkqwpikrWo2LN-bA2QonHIWaVg/s1600/DSCN0530.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuHLn00x1DcCRhyphenhyphenbEpr7SMKTcqY5AaBIkwKzpePn_XQmAflW5BTy1Em8YXU92cqRPqqC_gM6AktHalkMvql01clpWIUqZjRe0OgIL7Jdk-y7Zdl-_5vVkqwpikrWo2LN-bA2QonHIWaVg/s400/DSCN0530.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508268330002191634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fd4DC6pkJL26Eh-fvSXWtQ3s-NJpy8zTu-c9grK1avlVBhysozJCDZKSprQSMN8obGQHN6AiGWtciFRRZNCKuY-Pb6tpiiRppgyo1qEXTMVLKNY7Y-pNjEybK411uU88v9Yo5vifyDCH/s1600/DSCN0533.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fd4DC6pkJL26Eh-fvSXWtQ3s-NJpy8zTu-c9grK1avlVBhysozJCDZKSprQSMN8obGQHN6AiGWtciFRRZNCKuY-Pb6tpiiRppgyo1qEXTMVLKNY7Y-pNjEybK411uU88v9Yo5vifyDCH/s400/DSCN0533.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508268321439414754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8YMrXwPo9t3cJrrpBC4OwbGNRxjX00zY4773POu4k9eS9anAZzrGrMn3qkkSAnBYD7GUWUre5XP0xwALkAKScQQcnBQbfovMj4bIBK9py87HkyHx25KvL5f7KjMfAdq9OHaizmyz9-sy/s1600/DSCN0535.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8YMrXwPo9t3cJrrpBC4OwbGNRxjX00zY4773POu4k9eS9anAZzrGrMn3qkkSAnBYD7GUWUre5XP0xwALkAKScQQcnBQbfovMj4bIBK9py87HkyHx25KvL5f7KjMfAdq9OHaizmyz9-sy/s400/DSCN0535.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508267604023944562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Brad gets in on the act.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">My mom also insisted on getting Abby's silhouette done. She still has my sister and mine from when we were the girls' age and wanted to continue this little family tradition, which I just love. And even though the woman who cut the silhouette was a total crotch, she did a great job.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-s2-O4fkk2s4j5jwOpNB0q8e943Ct3xCtBDN0yvl257B6YS1MkLo9zRIHJYpyhA9zTTZTkb2uSX2UfCIeEJ_1B3qWoTOGHMPk3cJv7e8FD59WVyPlMGS6acrwnT5DxC07TVcvGJPwwdy/s400/DSCN0536.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508308196825198274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">The rest of the day was spent chasing down big game for autographs (we scored with the Big Mouse first thing), standing in line for kiddy rides (which were all a little darker and creepier than I remembered) and exploring the park. I was really worried that we might have a melt down and have to go home mid-trip, but Abs was a total trooper and had a fantastic time. I really couldn't have asked for more to make this first trip to Disneyland any better. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69_Z-IMDh7pkRfJ6r57bucc2f2XsNaLgzIU8JtIjMa9RnZOR-PZ3r8vAGhfqjMtqXW4WNfDeAHcuvT9pCNj3XL20JgDhK_-afEfF7xcU2MASrlt9bImdqrS4h-4hBgjg8k2yf5_EvB8pw/s1600/DSCN0526.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69_Z-IMDh7pkRfJ6r57bucc2f2XsNaLgzIU8JtIjMa9RnZOR-PZ3r8vAGhfqjMtqXW4WNfDeAHcuvT9pCNj3XL20JgDhK_-afEfF7xcU2MASrlt9bImdqrS4h-4hBgjg8k2yf5_EvB8pw/s400/DSCN0526.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508268342930830386" style="display: block; 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font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPn_rFeuvXkgv04SY5lu_viRze_Fq8b_SeFOdl-xGmkR2U9T3jjogrrzeKlkCJ3i-QfBMkCzN0AMFzHWm5xBdQoVggE-1JdEAZ_kH_gw_eLG4m6zbLTitRp-HrCPF_Nj541cZ5NxVT60SA/s1600/DSCN0601.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPn_rFeuvXkgv04SY5lu_viRze_Fq8b_SeFOdl-xGmkR2U9T3jjogrrzeKlkCJ3i-QfBMkCzN0AMFzHWm5xBdQoVggE-1JdEAZ_kH_gw_eLG4m6zbLTitRp-HrCPF_Nj541cZ5NxVT60SA/s400/DSCN0601.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508266434635327058" style="display: block; 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font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPSI8JdJv7_HJ85hBAMnZdAj8BNMp9D8hKAwCwevZ490HBoBt1WCfWY-z1G3acUWB7uF7tasVxuFCaj50Yl9f7NDEWYyGIXhhZV_D0tYJZoCvF7kJ_rjl8_ldqx_FSVc2-q6UrjLNXZv-/s1600/DSCN0592.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPSI8JdJv7_HJ85hBAMnZdAj8BNMp9D8hKAwCwevZ490HBoBt1WCfWY-z1G3acUWB7uF7tasVxuFCaj50Yl9f7NDEWYyGIXhhZV_D0tYJZoCvF7kJ_rjl8_ldqx_FSVc2-q6UrjLNXZv-/s400/DSCN0592.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508267573933423138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px; " /></a></div></span></u></span></div></div></span></u></span></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Abby surprises Brad with a passionate smooch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlkb1cSUQaJ0yacSvik-8n8cs6dJFLn4jNQJMlZss14BZQYWe0BZQbRT1-0kLSfnoLPCmE0tOF0VBk0qPPXlvR-y6w-FwAsCInobiY84j8Sof6oIo2ume12A7ANlmwXc2GeswEevCGKhA/s1600/DSC07405.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlkb1cSUQaJ0yacSvik-8n8cs6dJFLn4jNQJMlZss14BZQYWe0BZQbRT1-0kLSfnoLPCmE0tOF0VBk0qPPXlvR-y6w-FwAsCInobiY84j8Sof6oIo2ume12A7ANlmwXc2GeswEevCGKhA/s400/DSC07405.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508267594308461730" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Exhausted but totally satisfied. Sweet dreams.</span></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-8406955835707169952010-08-17T18:41:00.000-07:002010-08-17T19:19:19.233-07:00Tiger Season<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:'lucida grande';">Reason #27 why I love this man:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Impromptu Safari Hunt with the babe. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pKJMzggf1RCM1fA4rcll5N_0U6hNdfBjK-3R1EDbcOUCZI_585unfvak9hDJwxwoXIXkul6E_B-7niByqWW4_LDuMS2rJxemePgzIEfe2X3k8ykjMJ43Tdjt55TRt1wZ9BLji7f3LP4X/s1600/DSCN2503.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pKJMzggf1RCM1fA4rcll5N_0U6hNdfBjK-3R1EDbcOUCZI_585unfvak9hDJwxwoXIXkul6E_B-7niByqWW4_LDuMS2rJxemePgzIEfe2X3k8ykjMJ43Tdjt55TRt1wZ9BLji7f3LP4X/s400/DSCN2503.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506559848063974978" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;">Be ve-e-e-wy quiet. I'm hunting tigers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQpraxCAdDLgFNJHj40enlve8O-l43NA4HiwTaJzaT_OS0YZCoF1Bc-dVww5e-9NR7VwFbp-hG8FbLDdWt11siVnlJutSqXhLolI0ziOUzd41gUS6OBaUuZID22OYIvKrXJ30ux1_QGpW/s1600/DSCN2500.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQpraxCAdDLgFNJHj40enlve8O-l43NA4HiwTaJzaT_OS0YZCoF1Bc-dVww5e-9NR7VwFbp-hG8FbLDdWt11siVnlJutSqXhLolI0ziOUzd41gUS6OBaUuZID22OYIvKrXJ30ux1_QGpW/s400/DSCN2500.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506559835769211266" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The mighty huntress spies her prey!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47DTp4_q_f2wykJTakt1B2tqLeoSCPkVMj7x_JK8u0C3_LrGHgMrgE7pssvYoP12atDHjsg2iVHzAhNEEXq5gb50fsY0dzDWfqbdWdHopv06gXIngdMRmQnXgDJGnecXklmZtWRLNYjJO/s1600/DSCN2502.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47DTp4_q_f2wykJTakt1B2tqLeoSCPkVMj7x_JK8u0C3_LrGHgMrgE7pssvYoP12atDHjsg2iVHzAhNEEXq5gb50fsY0dzDWfqbdWdHopv06gXIngdMRmQnXgDJGnecXklmZtWRLNYjJO/s400/DSCN2502.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506559827237278850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">There he is!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0obBCzJSQ63NkXkWeT-QcP3l2n_OOIfWh0gSCYTSVMfWujR1Wuc5ObBb34lFOD5cuWWePHsSURKns2rCQJiJOf7XabWpb5Bl_7rY7q3Y0mAzyG0hkPmZJGmROHibO_QbL664WKvBD8aO/s1600/DSCN2506.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0obBCzJSQ63NkXkWeT-QcP3l2n_OOIfWh0gSCYTSVMfWujR1Wuc5ObBb34lFOD5cuWWePHsSURKns2rCQJiJOf7XabWpb5Bl_7rY7q3Y0mAzyG0hkPmZJGmROHibO_QbL664WKvBD8aO/s400/DSCN2506.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506559815291727826" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently it's open season on tigers. Don't tell PETA.</div></span>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-17342735031316836242010-08-14T19:28:00.000-07:002010-10-17T21:53:45.526-07:00Garden Shower<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyP5B3Lu5V97ZpADHz8z2pD8kGYrXyQzHy-nQq7DzXluE-bOEkgAbqL-04AdJcOpKwf11UC2BP0ZPHrvIF8MwxbVoX4AJW67BY-56q90w84xEof-T1Ej03uKKjAO3H03PYHyEyxTMdZrl/s400/46734_1588020823518_1325739525_1552001_4087483_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529240470420568802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">My friend Dorothy needed some help throwing a garden themed baby shower in her backyard, and I was more than happy to lend a hand. The mom-to-be had gestational diabetes, which I was a little nervous about because my party centerpieces are usually the dessert buffet. Dorothy and I came up with a diabetic-friendly menu and found some sugar free chocolates and caramels for the dessert table, knowing the guest of honor would allow herself to indulge in a sweet treat or two. Enjoy the following behind the scenes photos of putting together this bright and colorful party.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra36ogkePSCx6_Nc7hls8aEb5lvzkuWQFyy0iRUzrcEFb-SmD6usvelpnlaY2US2TZooojIbKdbTW3bQAXgoVxmhmkWtCuPAnlwSVITEBJx0UgtquRjvWllQqT4IwGdSj5MeDstheyttC/s1600/60989_1588020263504_1325739525_1551997_65483_n.jpg"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaVZv-J7AHjXSNfutVGx67X5RTQA_jGXjvzN_Wxby-RGkerVIks5xDt2HXFJnamjvO_0jnJGj06cMKk5p1GtCbNnOSZxlbs6zrZmou04x8TxNlPMOB-mhuaP3t1Iv3zE2xOz_Q-U3PhZh/s1600/DSCN2311.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaVZv-J7AHjXSNfutVGx67X5RTQA_jGXjvzN_Wxby-RGkerVIks5xDt2HXFJnamjvO_0jnJGj06cMKk5p1GtCbNnOSZxlbs6zrZmou04x8TxNlPMOB-mhuaP3t1Iv3zE2xOz_Q-U3PhZh/s400/DSCN2311.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529226353405893410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Sandwich picks with darling butterfly detail</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AHoMWtHikl1MYiocMNQO-1sXd0zUI6nKaSoa_vhNbx5buA_Xcv7ySyEszKjUkNQ8tdlu7F9woZvHXQQkXbMRYIFe9bNfww-lhlvkJdQWlZn_84H4zAKGE90saPzqTB-954dL1oamveLK/s1600/DSCN2303.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AHoMWtHikl1MYiocMNQO-1sXd0zUI6nKaSoa_vhNbx5buA_Xcv7ySyEszKjUkNQ8tdlu7F9woZvHXQQkXbMRYIFe9bNfww-lhlvkJdQWlZn_84H4zAKGE90saPzqTB-954dL1oamveLK/s400/DSCN2303.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529223785918473570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Sweet teacups with silk flowers to hang from the balcony.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rgPXPbVQSwKuwHxyuvBTwzPe16p-iHoJkC0eoXY8A0xNyq632KxLkyUAcIlNyl1Z4jcESlkjFSBW8Yiv61pq7kg4GOKEeEoNlVxATn5D-YFxAUBPTyH_jMQdRXdt9Mr7VAatJ2lP8OfK/s1600/38177_474856424761_830199761_6549693_7134994_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rgPXPbVQSwKuwHxyuvBTwzPe16p-iHoJkC0eoXY8A0xNyq632KxLkyUAcIlNyl1Z4jcESlkjFSBW8Yiv61pq7kg4GOKEeEoNlVxATn5D-YFxAUBPTyH_jMQdRXdt9Mr7VAatJ2lP8OfK/s400/38177_474856424761_830199761_6549693_7134994_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529223781491441314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Oversized dragonflies get some bedazzling.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRXo1Ge3JUsOqWcLthru3yfYONwwbdFCT_EDsk8wQdfVZJpQorQLkJ2cyUSEjsx7ujHH3jkkAx_bJvvlaW1DE_yevJWZCJoa-Osr75unjSl9fb9f3Fh_puuPM7_6bEyA-0UOtBb885tjB/s1600/38019_474856294761_830199761_6549681_4484508_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRXo1Ge3JUsOqWcLthru3yfYONwwbdFCT_EDsk8wQdfVZJpQorQLkJ2cyUSEjsx7ujHH3jkkAx_bJvvlaW1DE_yevJWZCJoa-Osr75unjSl9fb9f3Fh_puuPM7_6bEyA-0UOtBb885tjB/s400/38019_474856294761_830199761_6549681_4484508_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529240465898860722" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Colorful gum balls</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0E5n9sbrkkaO0wAxKLmqYNpa8uojcTAyJjH2VQDmj7NRa-L3D3MCgRwxKzf58-CA7Aco_1s4wI90MTHHxboiS8fwBbdSmRYfDAlp4Fs22Iyb-04kapGxBzQjL3NITJUWEvfPTJ9viQ93/s1600/34173_474856249761_830199761_6549677_3640049_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0E5n9sbrkkaO0wAxKLmqYNpa8uojcTAyJjH2VQDmj7NRa-L3D3MCgRwxKzf58-CA7Aco_1s4wI90MTHHxboiS8fwBbdSmRYfDAlp4Fs22Iyb-04kapGxBzQjL3NITJUWEvfPTJ9viQ93/s400/34173_474856249761_830199761_6549677_3640049_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529223764244066786" style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvjttGLnAyP93f8DNA_K0O_WQ-PLKD6MSXUU0_Pk3dP_RpTSVErxo_f8F5SXoHfYBMxGwEm07fCb57tDLbke50EdoCvig-ehGivInGp8cyo3ebZUCeW9nw7nDH7lBZAcSVT1xPd4opRmm/s400/37516_474858044761_830199761_6549830_3207887_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529226371619928722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Chocolate dipped Pirouettes become "Fairy Straws"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9_BqRqB2GYSiTQdgvs-XQSAg6NnDRMBDGvqnulgxK8DtAE1clJTnmjgTFnG9vSMk4VSDPt2IJJpEQ9574xQfXobhkp-LsM0RDJ_D_FLdB_0iQe0VnRUKJEvPnR6rXzUPhDiZib-vaSZs/s400/58915_1588020103500_1325739525_1551996_4335958_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529227543312577522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The happy garden themed dessert buffet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra36ogkePSCx6_Nc7hls8aEb5lvzkuWQFyy0iRUzrcEFb-SmD6usvelpnlaY2US2TZooojIbKdbTW3bQAXgoVxmhmkWtCuPAnlwSVITEBJx0UgtquRjvWllQqT4IwGdSj5MeDstheyttC/s1600/60989_1588020263504_1325739525_1551997_65483_n.jpg"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra36ogkePSCx6_Nc7hls8aEb5lvzkuWQFyy0iRUzrcEFb-SmD6usvelpnlaY2US2TZooojIbKdbTW3bQAXgoVxmhmkWtCuPAnlwSVITEBJx0UgtquRjvWllQqT4IwGdSj5MeDstheyttC/s1600/60989_1588020263504_1325739525_1551997_65483_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra36ogkePSCx6_Nc7hls8aEb5lvzkuWQFyy0iRUzrcEFb-SmD6usvelpnlaY2US2TZooojIbKdbTW3bQAXgoVxmhmkWtCuPAnlwSVITEBJx0UgtquRjvWllQqT4IwGdSj5MeDstheyttC/s400/60989_1588020263504_1325739525_1551997_65483_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529226374058982530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Dessert table details</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qzm1Lo_xheMV2EkzcTgM2pfsXnAE94QojyuNUXmSAJUF02sFDk6DVU-0ErFZRBIvxE7tYgJzdR8bV1azURR91Ob_rM4BUljTSGwfb0rY_BbnpYRbWyiZL9gGAHOIgP3WeeZEs8sCF2Xe/s1600/DSC07798.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qzm1Lo_xheMV2EkzcTgM2pfsXnAE94QojyuNUXmSAJUF02sFDk6DVU-0ErFZRBIvxE7tYgJzdR8bV1azURR91Ob_rM4BUljTSGwfb0rY_BbnpYRbWyiZL9gGAHOIgP3WeeZEs8sCF2Xe/s400/DSC07798.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529226367348679298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Garden themed cupcakes</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6EPKZanh5naKfiTILhlryGA1VygV0wPivk2glQZyLHRh_sMC8PzPxKYgAPJBOu5gEcua95OJ2a9AI66iHuzbax52qhpacoP9Jlrk5xCsgsd_PAFNC015ut8zg7yVobpAwSkWg6n2JnV_/s1600/DSC07794.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6EPKZanh5naKfiTILhlryGA1VygV0wPivk2glQZyLHRh_sMC8PzPxKYgAPJBOu5gEcua95OJ2a9AI66iHuzbax52qhpacoP9Jlrk5xCsgsd_PAFNC015ut8zg7yVobpAwSkWg6n2JnV_/s400/DSC07794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529226354558625586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-40596578630175880362010-08-14T03:58:00.000-07:002010-10-17T18:52:39.065-07:00Hailey's Spring Fling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaXIY7IloCZBECw0SVqCfANxJwJzd743-oxWMZLHxuOxcNbKpH2CealoeyDL9NaNLPZTCh5cJ7u-ws3m8le3dhGDDV_7yCiAc0Ep5mPzZAQEKUg1yhUz03Y2TVAGAFcqOz-MAwd1fSIY2/s1600/31070_1467422968747_1328740133_31308161_2560585_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaXIY7IloCZBECw0SVqCfANxJwJzd743-oxWMZLHxuOxcNbKpH2CealoeyDL9NaNLPZTCh5cJ7u-ws3m8le3dhGDDV_7yCiAc0Ep5mPzZAQEKUg1yhUz03Y2TVAGAFcqOz-MAwd1fSIY2/s320/31070_1467422968747_1328740133_31308161_2560585_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505382684590498338" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';color:#660000;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">My daughter's best friend Hailey was turning two and her mom, Erin, wanted to throw her a fabulous and fun Spring Fling birthday party. Bright colors, happy flowers and hand made pinwheels really set the tone for this over the top May event.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6666CC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The focus of the party was fun fun fun and Erin set up a child's paradise in her backyard. The lawn was covered in a multitude of irresistible play zones: a bounce house, splash pool (with swim diapers and sunscreen on standby for those without), kiddy wading pool, rainbow parachute, teepee, playhouse and swing set. The kids didn't know where to begin, although most of them found their way to the big splash pool, including my kiddo, who I'm not even sure got out a "Happy birthday, Hails!" before she was stripping down to her bathing suit so she could be the first to dive in.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCmUOXOV-sEZORL4Bkxu7glALAz4vSkwi7NWARayEeEb51ASPMShyHDRp87OHRb_S4cboV1ukIC8s1QjUlOXPbmjNQLwYWaHOh52lowKTb9Aie2cJEGHdwI744InQDw0uO_Vh9f0vXIkL/s1600/31070_1467422848744_1328740133_31308158_5896449_n.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCmUOXOV-sEZORL4Bkxu7glALAz4vSkwi7NWARayEeEb51ASPMShyHDRp87OHRb_S4cboV1ukIC8s1QjUlOXPbmjNQLwYWaHOh52lowKTb9Aie2cJEGHdwI744InQDw0uO_Vh9f0vXIkL/s400/31070_1467422848744_1328740133_31308158_5896449_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505224149415580786" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The fun zone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></span><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvriTYl6WWNMm8k1uusZ_KSM2oX5muhtrCMsiVFSNI8y_B90qjJqGd5c_1K8uhCYJRHWglpg2k7bezUSSI6kFk4x6onPSbbRITOfOo-f4e_7alVpUtyo7MnvW5v_bgNjpEFbbqwOLw9OJ/s400/31168_392856669231_724709231_4101057_5794514_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505218940685010514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The birthday girl approves!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The driveway was transformed into a happy, brightly colored dining hall with the help of rented tables and chairs. We scored these vibrant paper lanterns, plates and table cloths from The Dollar Tree to carry out her Spring Fling theme. Erin created a dozen balloon flowers to dress up the white gates and welcome guests into the backyard.</span></span></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div><div><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCqe1HbhnW_kjnFCw1HEcuRIE5FcHEZ4EFFpcH2lLHt6nNe_WFEQElwMBvONC2HjGq2rE-KoCRh9nLXmN2WLLs9d3fDJPwwcsdS4A5BhQKD6wCBjYGonqfWbMnsRYCW7SHQhAK8zD7afq/s400/31070_1467423008748_1328740133_31308162_2422871_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505218947358205298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">We set up the favor bags on the kids' table so they wouldn't be forgotten about and not get taken home. These simple white lunch sacks were filled with goodies and dressed up with colorful name tags attached with bright and cheery pinwheels from the Dollar Tree. So cute! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-xkxcFQl_yUnVOXGTAQCQtwOdtsMvM154-uCvLjSAfF-GKajrCHn4AN_aQGvZKWpMH0nbHn7pBal53qk1kuO2ARPuvl3-hwlv5ef14-ZjLGOPJz8hfx1rweNwPjk_DpZg4O8GT9ojG7-/s1600/31070_1467422888745_1328740133_31308159_6185997_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-xkxcFQl_yUnVOXGTAQCQtwOdtsMvM154-uCvLjSAfF-GKajrCHn4AN_aQGvZKWpMH0nbHn7pBal53qk1kuO2ARPuvl3-hwlv5ef14-ZjLGOPJz8hfx1rweNwPjk_DpZg4O8GT9ojG7-/s400/31070_1467422888745_1328740133_31308159_6185997_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505218931937078178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-xkxcFQl_yUnVOXGTAQCQtwOdtsMvM154-uCvLjSAfF-GKajrCHn4AN_aQGvZKWpMH0nbHn7pBal53qk1kuO2ARPuvl3-hwlv5ef14-ZjLGOPJz8hfx1rweNwPjk_DpZg4O8GT9ojG7-/s1600/31070_1467422888745_1328740133_31308159_6185997_n.jpg"></a><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwzbOGbsjLYCB71cIFR3orbk8WwJKJHSPeoIc5ii_P0UkMGZTdQ21eRza8l29NmT1LtLx5-h3MXRtIy4H9Cec38DuUSTw_p5Zm48nGFBukanQS_f1iHzRIEN9ltdWreZIclrx_ztoB1at/s1600/31070_1467423088750_1328740133_31308164_6384940_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwzbOGbsjLYCB71cIFR3orbk8WwJKJHSPeoIc5ii_P0UkMGZTdQ21eRza8l29NmT1LtLx5-h3MXRtIy4H9Cec38DuUSTw_p5Zm48nGFBukanQS_f1iHzRIEN9ltdWreZIclrx_ztoB1at/s400/31070_1467423088750_1328740133_31308164_6384940_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505217962966458722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></span></u></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Gift bag detail</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">To pack a big colorful punch we hung a hand made felt "Happy Birthday!" pennant banner above the food tables and created a miniature dessert table to display Erin's sister-in-law Lisa's amazing and adorable sugar cookies. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHwszYuaVAB8W7oqS7EEJsM3XsLZ-swSqOJxe5aMg11A25XMqrs9IaM1WOUSbtXsrLTcH0BSYsI-eC0jr5XGCNcS80Uaao3oqqpKe1g2TOBP88yGy7zG-pjlY8yQyPJ6wXcce98_ezu6A/s400/31070_1467422928746_1328740133_31308160_1489380_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505220701573664338" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></u></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></u></div><div><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2iO6-sXNcjggmkK_qni9lRa-EljM9yw3Era676oVYbxMenzJXfMhnECI5gkiJ56gWqZNCIK3ez5nXyPkKw_0N0SQ-I8Z5XduZmrQv9pvrjuXfdgcCF56NgyKd7sE4Oh1O35p-gGWgjjM/s400/DSCN1330.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505220723111346242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px; " /></u></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><u></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu_cxWXSRWF4Qz82tVefYFVn17sq-NLE-3WHQLLzNY3vuUtoybzyA_Wz83tVcnfViIVhI-s5WI0UASiZgKnX0xSiJhhANtYOXBw-1UyN4IDIFS3szvyAUQDT_iJ71xUjeOpBgQFhMFBgn/s1600/DSCN1332.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu_cxWXSRWF4Qz82tVefYFVn17sq-NLE-3WHQLLzNY3vuUtoybzyA_Wz83tVcnfViIVhI-s5WI0UASiZgKnX0xSiJhhANtYOXBw-1UyN4IDIFS3szvyAUQDT_iJ71xUjeOpBgQFhMFBgn/s400/DSCN1332.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505221100821515442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8wwjbR3lmzYIZEGgaMXyZis7BdBIgwZi7HqjEta4WJfYf3v3hmnQ6BoqnldERjKylsaYWR3QySwUQ4h_swlazZtOLYYaAMcy7mVJXMLOKAHzglX_6wuhtK1Ql_3OcEz4PO8Pp0P720rJ/s400/31070_1467426848844_1328740133_31308172_6179511_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505218950366664674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px; " /></u></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Dessert table detail</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The family talents also extended to Erin's sister Bonnie, who created the fantastic flower power cupcake tower for the kids to enjoy instead of a traditional birthday cake. Just the perfect size for little hands! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4SIKVk-rSxh9nq_Yr3wI9_DkBf01Uy7D-QPQYQpl8l30jcqSOgvTU7PcEyUTI0poWDXJ-BDmNUSttxkL7QKcG6XJe28W40k4GhdRJ7WhUT-F_btVv1oAkjFGhSOotpIs2JWvqyHuXs9P/s400/31070_1467423128751_1328740133_31308165_4612762_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505381428129918946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 302px; " /></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The kids all had an amazing time and the parents were really wowed by all the care and attention to detail put into this party. As for the birthday girl? I think her face says it all: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmYebLRoWkhoP-s6nsfEQ1fX_z7TdNjEcF2qusRiGR6PJ4zSynYYaJyF3DVv3S2FoIGYh_Vprktma1xRCiZLIq-8AYoKjkFhpt7l5vYYVk-YFiEKJKKRbQM3j-5_LFn3esPHR6Juia8xh/s1600/30735_1254564893890_1522603448_30576475_1645973_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmYebLRoWkhoP-s6nsfEQ1fX_z7TdNjEcF2qusRiGR6PJ4zSynYYaJyF3DVv3S2FoIGYh_Vprktma1xRCiZLIq-8AYoKjkFhpt7l5vYYVk-YFiEKJKKRbQM3j-5_LFn3esPHR6Juia8xh/s400/30735_1254564893890_1522603448_30576475_1645973_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505217973667259282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Happy birthday, Hails!</span></div></span></div></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-80090010709060597212010-08-04T23:05:00.000-07:002010-09-05T11:21:11.111-07:00Birthday Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLCAK3OVFDrcaiwgZu_tY6Ts_QX4GouDAaz98w7ZcQNPbJLxMs1N5Dcgu1MvfaVVECc45qnznD_nhuWV1dWPsIUKVJWa3L7IsE28A12kyI3La3n9elOSndnrSOPKcD3zmoNMgiGu1Ahu7/s1600/DSCN2337.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLCAK3OVFDrcaiwgZu_tY6Ts_QX4GouDAaz98w7ZcQNPbJLxMs1N5Dcgu1MvfaVVECc45qnznD_nhuWV1dWPsIUKVJWa3L7IsE28A12kyI3La3n9elOSndnrSOPKcD3zmoNMgiGu1Ahu7/s400/DSCN2337.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507052776226777474" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">My husband recently turned 45 and I knew my old softy would like nothing better for his birthday than a home made card and birthday cake decorated by his little girl. One cooled box cake later and Abby was in sprinkle heaven! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Upon assessing her options - confetti, nonpareils, jimmies, hearts, candy covered sunflower seeds - she jumped head first into creating this confectionary masterpiece. She quickly deemed frosting the first layer to be a chore because she was eager to just get to the good part: the decorating. And you know, although her technique may have been a bit unorthodox, it definitely got the job done. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQRNNmpqL9c2Qe4P8ENcSWJ-wh74jae1JdjHlU_I8ZLZBykQ3EiiO3ebypxGz6CIxHx2aU_AFJmbSi0p_zYboBdZKi2EM3dD236HhROOKGt9NWCmCcoATIj7bfuwFzRGXWdp1mdqTDfCw/s1600/DSCN2333.JPG"></a><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgVS0CsVbEAK-L3YT9WY1z3XJ28fSXMtg9qWPPPjrOmUVLEUKLBMh6CVkyHqhHa2Wx4gxehBnefbzeGsGGpqr-9oRTxK49jXQRvZBj4EFm2Z4lZGy4yGtKTCouibjEhT1J9IT-Fr6sM0V/s400/DSCN2358.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505444598698493426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></u></span></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Quality control</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Painstakingly pressing each pink pearl deep into the gooey frosting proved to not cover enough ground fast enough, so she moved on to dumping fistfuls of heart shaped sprinkles into a tidy pile in the middle of the first layer (mmm... crunchy candy-centered surprise, anyone?).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGooCCRd3hyphenhyphenfMcy4MxYDaGLVrXD42c6b3MInqjiin7ToP3qHEJp6G2r6Dczr8SBTKIhLn6SP0FRA7goRg7WsnwIaTpxvkjKh2x3z-Sor9a0o03Z7mIl3VtKrFvw1pmiGR9wGAeyDy5BQ95/s400/DSCN2345.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505444582250249218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></u></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Check out the intensity</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">With the second layer on, and even more flair applied, I noticed the cake had begun to develop a deep crack down the middle. I can only assume this was due to the tremendous weight of all those unevenly distributed sprinkles. (But I have to say, the more she added the better it looked.)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmR-ZFdfXluQv4DDh8wwux2ZIh9FNtS4YHbHWmMTZQd1eELoT4rR8UMAglvnDFkpq83Ts9hwIQOnzqL3Rs-3Rm0IRIXevvVWjJDL6aoUJlR_ByXDpl920qEzptqnUO6B3sypNweixqkJO/s1600/DSCN2359.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmR-ZFdfXluQv4DDh8wwux2ZIh9FNtS4YHbHWmMTZQd1eELoT4rR8UMAglvnDFkpq83Ts9hwIQOnzqL3Rs-3Rm0IRIXevvVWjJDL6aoUJlR_ByXDpl920qEzptqnUO6B3sypNweixqkJO/s400/DSCN2359.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505445512951852098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgVS0CsVbEAK-L3YT9WY1z3XJ28fSXMtg9qWPPPjrOmUVLEUKLBMh6CVkyHqhHa2Wx4gxehBnefbzeGsGGpqr-9oRTxK49jXQRvZBj4EFm2Z4lZGy4yGtKTCouibjEhT1J9IT-Fr6sM0V/s1600/DSCN2358.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wz6Yi20_RKBvvonIgcVgLg9neiuC6vys2LZReYk82_mDelLjNeSXpcNo7Kl9L13-ocntp7Tnrc15FmJ3V-wyf0HdOkS9O2Qc90QzIGXixqHB3mHZ1rjXx4UYPPIVTQG5Bjj8425pZELn/s1600/DSCN2349.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wz6Yi20_RKBvvonIgcVgLg9neiuC6vys2LZReYk82_mDelLjNeSXpcNo7Kl9L13-ocntp7Tnrc15FmJ3V-wyf0HdOkS9O2Qc90QzIGXixqHB3mHZ1rjXx4UYPPIVTQG5Bjj8425pZELn/s400/DSCN2349.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505444590276575090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">The artist at work</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxr-mJQgR-wGGVqtOr9l74l_mNEAf2UNNWreyOKRxYKGQHfJ4sMpl-6uyXU8FkKn4vVIlTQst1No8CNBpS1SwwCJV8OpEVX8TLNb3wg1Jpq1_8QKC23v4hqnNFc7zYu8mfgtaJaCTF2kK/s400/DSCN2364.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505445528484787122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC2h8QN0XaFeu_dQr16A08-R6Fs41i_zUuSc7LL0W10RcLrLTYcV5ZcJLcaNoXnIfIv_EZzTAch-KLpCMf3vhwlQCKx7jCjiw7JOSLr7B7o3CoX3Ux8nrydPgvmLrX1y5lvLZdaWE4Vfp/s1600/DSCN2366.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC2h8QN0XaFeu_dQr16A08-R6Fs41i_zUuSc7LL0W10RcLrLTYcV5ZcJLcaNoXnIfIv_EZzTAch-KLpCMf3vhwlQCKx7jCjiw7JOSLr7B7o3CoX3Ux8nrydPgvmLrX1y5lvLZdaWE4Vfp/s1600/DSCN2366.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC2h8QN0XaFeu_dQr16A08-R6Fs41i_zUuSc7LL0W10RcLrLTYcV5ZcJLcaNoXnIfIv_EZzTAch-KLpCMf3vhwlQCKx7jCjiw7JOSLr7B7o3CoX3Ux8nrydPgvmLrX1y5lvLZdaWE4Vfp/s1600/DSCN2366.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">The finished product </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">And what did the birthday boy think of his cake? Surprise, surprise - he loved it! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"> Happy Birthday, Brad!</span></div></span></span></div></span>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-44510121200544041802010-07-22T15:40:00.000-07:002010-10-17T19:10:37.757-07:00Owl Baby Shower<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_xCULvdezcpRmwvD8cxnCqkg02sBT5irQbsg31F1F-SW-GBEMrpho9DeOb5lFRQS4gPQNvMv6eMxdZX9SpSqbyXPCQ4nMurdOvFdFDcVDZBSX4eJKT-z8iVQCHyj1_ujC9yT4w7fiiek/s1600/ry=480-3.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_xCULvdezcpRmwvD8cxnCqkg02sBT5irQbsg31F1F-SW-GBEMrpho9DeOb5lFRQS4gPQNvMv6eMxdZX9SpSqbyXPCQ4nMurdOvFdFDcVDZBSX4eJKT-z8iVQCHyj1_ujC9yT4w7fiiek/s200/ry=480-3.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509181287290686194" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Kim's Owl themed baby shower came and went off without a hitch. Everything looked as great as I'd hoped and Janelle, the shower's hostess, was really pleased and appreciative of all the effort expended, which made everything so worthwhile.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">Janelle and I set up the room at El Paso Cantina, a great Mexican restaurant in Torrance.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "> A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">bove the dessert buffet w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">e hung the handmade felt banner welcoming Kim's newest addition to the family, Chloe. I love making these banners as a sentimental keepsake for the guest of honor. Done in pale pink and raspberry, I made sure to incorporate the adorable owl icon Janelle had chosen for her invitations to tie her theme together.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); ">The dessert buffet turned out beautifully and the owl masks I'd painted really added a lot of whimsy. I basically laid out a diabetic coma on that table; marshmallow straws, giant rainbow lollipops, designer Ding-Dongs, green apple licorice, Oreos, custom wrapped chocolate bars, chocolate birds' nests, Pixie Stix, meringue cones, strawberry baby cakes, pink M&Ms and giant chocolate chip cookies. In addition to all of those goodies was a beautiful owl cake one of the guests had brought from Kim's favorite bakery. It was the perfect cherry on top of this sugar sundae. See below for details:</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LaHRS1k5AEToaRBnxIY1RIPNBGL7vw7OitDWdnG6bYtQi72v2hA2FOzvJJFf1eJ5xkuIPx6frtw6fO8jfTFprYLuy0l99nfM_1Cr_tWoiYNYY54GlAH_aS_azi8h57x6nuGqA8pVyDgv/s400/ry=400.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508787282560769762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Sugar rush!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA1kTFx2Li6aDJAfcJEjzGCp1a-_HNsN4FUVfyQexIh9GrLh9Edk5oEIOsgLX8nQVr2BJtVGM0wUO9OXiA4xD3NqRuG6AZ-LNR8d8opIpQHjQE-fT-SssTrCeT0Mkwq1ik9XNO4FRF4M-/s1600/ry=400-8.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA1kTFx2Li6aDJAfcJEjzGCp1a-_HNsN4FUVfyQexIh9GrLh9Edk5oEIOsgLX8nQVr2BJtVGM0wUO9OXiA4xD3NqRuG6AZ-LNR8d8opIpQHjQE-fT-SssTrCeT0Mkwq1ik9XNO4FRF4M-/s400/ry=400-8.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508807054736263954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 327px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYi92m0DCybWyqTcqp7gccSL_ZtCupkrnDhtn2XPw35Wz07KQs_gfbRkGH1slO3HaNgsiCUj7cCEynABNlNUI6MTP4NNq7Kg-pTguQv4ob5hh4UU28ds4NQwBTPDJl8iEskpFFym0NtNr6/s400/ry=400-10.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508641600341988674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">A little ribbon really dresses up these humble Ding Dongs.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYK93C-KSd_iMvhfh0XJHkjUGgRhpbTbc5qYcQsl5IoQvUppeg0fNyvJd_XtPXt74zmaszGUcSoJgscVBnKPt8_gPQEBs6f1QxdyoBY8KYI3D40YaR-sY4NvvbvF2Ym2YFUzzdYNzZHDr/s400/35068_474856214761_830199761_6549674_1236971_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508767090075624322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Since this party was for Kim's second child, it was more of a "sprinkle" than a full on shower, as represented by this giant baby bottle filled with a gazillion colorful sprinkles.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhac5PbDZBvUg_oLKRsKmwDXsCTXMeWALT62j2swmTCBd5nzpMKflVE1hTvLr_cvbnyylIaxaox3TJ8_7qaNtggKfLTt5lJow4u_Luu5XyUm5IwGKExlkEyenD9mnsB2U8PPbkLsioCLlQS/s400/ry=400-3.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508787297878944626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3__e_UTWehm07QeINehmNeZXX69aO1_ZAd4hPPj3uh3XshN2lzYScBuXw28FG_Im9WWusewqRzNYN2rKYwxn7hV3AwG0st2lEU-ahy3BoFt3loTs4nm1juhkwvKD8gjRvTzS2BNNMDrio/s1600/ry=400-9.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3__e_UTWehm07QeINehmNeZXX69aO1_ZAd4hPPj3uh3XshN2lzYScBuXw28FG_Im9WWusewqRzNYN2rKYwxn7hV3AwG0st2lEU-ahy3BoFt3loTs4nm1juhkwvKD8gjRvTzS2BNNMDrio/s400/ry=400-9.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508641606717286514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></span></span></u></div></span></span></div><div></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Chocolate nests detail - love these!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEX19JVLK_9Lz1PZpJj1RmmcllBMoWIVheBD_PtAtJ7w73p019kKtYfAcw5FeN2VVEw3MIkA0sUyjNfcj2Qt8-Misp_jFBY68iyU1jfmkouOWz8NJwyq_4kpD_-_GlNYSZ6WyKrYrmXe1/s1600/ry=400-4.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEX19JVLK_9Lz1PZpJj1RmmcllBMoWIVheBD_PtAtJ7w73p019kKtYfAcw5FeN2VVEw3MIkA0sUyjNfcj2Qt8-Misp_jFBY68iyU1jfmkouOWz8NJwyq_4kpD_-_GlNYSZ6WyKrYrmXe1/s400/ry=400-4.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508807044547955970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 368px; height: 259px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIp8XCjRD7SfBYsV5-yJ2H4h5IUEp78Xb-jW9esj1eavHK19C3HX1rk-oCtBMgXtw2Evzu8D0OlDxZ9ebhmUg7OIH6-EXVmabr0MVycMup1HH4YNq7oE7rBwTmXpuGKnFXdGwU0Cs09xD/s1600/ry=480-1.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIp8XCjRD7SfBYsV5-yJ2H4h5IUEp78Xb-jW9esj1eavHK19C3HX1rk-oCtBMgXtw2Evzu8D0OlDxZ9ebhmUg7OIH6-EXVmabr0MVycMup1HH4YNq7oE7rBwTmXpuGKnFXdGwU0Cs09xD/s400/ry=480-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508768350912118882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 317px; " /></a></span></span></u></div></div></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Kim and her daughter in her Big Sister crown and sash. They had a great time and I was happy to be a part of her celebration. Congrats and welcome baby Chloe!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><u><br /></u></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIp8XCjRD7SfBYsV5-yJ2H4h5IUEp78Xb-jW9esj1eavHK19C3HX1rk-oCtBMgXtw2Evzu8D0OlDxZ9ebhmUg7OIH6-EXVmabr0MVycMup1HH4YNq7oE7rBwTmXpuGKnFXdGwU0Cs09xD/s1600/ry=480-1.jpeg"></a></span></span></u></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /></span></u></div></span>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-77169382542603751142010-07-16T08:06:00.000-07:002010-10-17T19:11:06.286-07:00Cake Pops<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHsB-yZ322lm87QNnJiGzMnRzF9G5cpIST_lDmSNJYy6Cyi3hDekybrVuL-ef_cE_gsgmaCQv44ryn7L_DLkYxeriUEatZLvHmaAAxyhJM4HF_a2uYM0XIiIU0dJRD2ySiBS0I4USn6NC/s1600/33421_475426399761_830199761_6561209_6238603_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHsB-yZ322lm87QNnJiGzMnRzF9G5cpIST_lDmSNJYy6Cyi3hDekybrVuL-ef_cE_gsgmaCQv44ryn7L_DLkYxeriUEatZLvHmaAAxyhJM4HF_a2uYM0XIiIU0dJRD2ySiBS0I4USn6NC/s400/33421_475426399761_830199761_6561209_6238603_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513497157098626978" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">How cute are these mushrooms?! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">These tasty toadstools are actually cake pops, a candy-dipped cakey confection perfected by the one and only </span></span><a href="http://bakerella.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Bakerella</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">. I've been surfing her site forever, just gaga over what she manages to create and finally screwed up the courage to give it a whirl myself. I was thrilled with how easy they were to do and how great they turned out!</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">Bake up one boxed white cake and crumble finely in your mixer. Add to that about 3/4 can of white frosting and mix together to form a moist dough.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomhaYpSnURLO0Ckz-yCAapTCaUZdaZR8-NnW2EnpSdZeADjSXf6u4HNkzvHeMqa6vdmuxmm2i7aiuI4kk3WKVw_8MNXXd3cviOerXQDTMS_qged-b2xQMxTiUubWToiVmCG_C1nSZTqLh/s1600/37538_475425719761_830199761_6561140_1869446_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomhaYpSnURLO0Ckz-yCAapTCaUZdaZR8-NnW2EnpSdZeADjSXf6u4HNkzvHeMqa6vdmuxmm2i7aiuI4kk3WKVw_8MNXXd3cviOerXQDTMS_qged-b2xQMxTiUubWToiVmCG_C1nSZTqLh/s400/37538_475425719761_830199761_6561140_1869446_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494540713191339090" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;color:#996633;">Roll dough into about 2 inch balls.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDT_l5de3ti9Mi_jn2CnlUqZ7HSuVU2P_dn5dfmYz3m1g-oCf-jUctRklOPDNRw-mDNdWf0hQJQYoizAF1hji-N21RqpB-taaOjfHc1reuLXyQwcbHM0Nelgx_xc3D4GAWPwW_p1_AgkS/s1600/38135_475425734761_830199761_6561142_7179411_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDT_l5de3ti9Mi_jn2CnlUqZ7HSuVU2P_dn5dfmYz3m1g-oCf-jUctRklOPDNRw-mDNdWf0hQJQYoizAF1hji-N21RqpB-taaOjfHc1reuLXyQwcbHM0Nelgx_xc3D4GAWPwW_p1_AgkS/s400/38135_475425734761_830199761_6561142_7179411_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494540698467846818" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">Squeeze the bottom half of ball in your fist to create the stem and form the mushroom cap with the top portion of ball using your fingers to pinch and sculpt cap to desired shape.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0fbD9olMZSAhr_4zB1ZkwM0IDpohkPcU6hmfKSNw61PNeW5PmXBKlHWGAqnWq21Owz_g3nznUYYi8NcPHsic1SdisQxBuOjN4tZFTpaguUdJ5wRb5w5qJ5szu6iFKbTemf0TMNOzXeKc/s1600/37583_475425729761_830199761_6561141_2672454_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0fbD9olMZSAhr_4zB1ZkwM0IDpohkPcU6hmfKSNw61PNeW5PmXBKlHWGAqnWq21Owz_g3nznUYYi8NcPHsic1SdisQxBuOjN4tZFTpaguUdJ5wRb5w5qJ5szu6iFKbTemf0TMNOzXeKc/s400/37583_475425729761_830199761_6561141_2672454_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494540695208452770" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">I made three different types of mushrooms for a wider variety and more visual interest - pointy topped, rounded topped and flat topped - and pressed them on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Then put them in the fridge for about 15 minutes to cool and firm up.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP9-_x0KqcQmUNc252LKYuiNkTdWz6MnkNkNjy3ggqV_cgkec5q3od4tQBP625ZdmQQS5c9ed3N1gvC7xg4KRxPi-7Od2UMkFvb33VFYIOG_NQTpzAccd-U04OzStZPYtvMA-THrgxK0T/s1600/35320_475425769761_830199761_6561145_1824895_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP9-_x0KqcQmUNc252LKYuiNkTdWz6MnkNkNjy3ggqV_cgkec5q3od4tQBP625ZdmQQS5c9ed3N1gvC7xg4KRxPi-7Od2UMkFvb33VFYIOG_NQTpzAccd-U04OzStZPYtvMA-THrgxK0T/s400/35320_475425769761_830199761_6561145_1824895_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494540677257090978" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">Heat white candy melts in the microwave in 30 second intervals until you can stir them smooth. Holding mushroom by the cap, spread coating on stem and smooth/remove excess with your finger. Work quickly as the candy will start to set up. Dip one end of a lollipop stick into white candy and insert into bottom of stem. Insert mushroom pops into floral foam to dry and put back in the refrigerator to harden. (TIP: wrap floral foam in Seran Wrap to keep clean for future use.)</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGsZECGFwsmk0DxA2Yd9MGGvoHJUwMCGziubCaHRZ9wb7MVyuwBP1PSeHjCJqZiEpsiLmYotEho_2gW8uRF3tMhkJkV0xX9Uki-hq3JYwB4a8huO06xD-dlZvB0-FmgmeG92Arltr5iLy/s1600/34634_475425814761_830199761_6561152_5756592_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGsZECGFwsmk0DxA2Yd9MGGvoHJUwMCGziubCaHRZ9wb7MVyuwBP1PSeHjCJqZiEpsiLmYotEho_2gW8uRF3tMhkJkV0xX9Uki-hq3JYwB4a8huO06xD-dlZvB0-FmgmeG92Arltr5iLy/s400/34634_475425814761_830199761_6561152_5756592_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494540659103463282" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">When all mushroom stems are dipped and chilled, heat red candy melts the same as the whites. Holding on to the lollipop stick, roll the mushroom cap on edge in the red candy so it touches and just covers where the white stem meets the cap. Then dip cap straight down and wiggle out to get a smooth covered surface.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-spVh0mFmt_I7ylWpBrTYg9nuy89qRQcKh_mrKUpixrowiAgTiiWoFUvwz6HJMUcrksSx3YecgJIfqrtZI7dDl776AcuQknyIGZBJOsrfuVSh7N_YVV6oMZzfuZ7Aal_Io6JnsLM5JH7g/s1600/34918_475425919761_830199761_6561161_6541431_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-spVh0mFmt_I7ylWpBrTYg9nuy89qRQcKh_mrKUpixrowiAgTiiWoFUvwz6HJMUcrksSx3YecgJIfqrtZI7dDl776AcuQknyIGZBJOsrfuVSh7N_YVV6oMZzfuZ7Aal_Io6JnsLM5JH7g/s400/34918_475425919761_830199761_6561161_6541431_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494521602799974674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">Press in large white nonpareils to mushroom cap while still wet to finish off the look.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1jU65l0NGmmBlemNIbpdFPRW7PGAuinzJN0tpTmv5Ywb5Cz164uMdijH3cfPY3V5e4tT0QwYBe86dB4eQw_EAsyJ1OMc3oDvZqO-urZlCh4PVswMxpfQXOPG6e8fwOcPFKrM0MkmjJVX/s1600/34253_475425969761_830199761_6561164_5740705_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1jU65l0NGmmBlemNIbpdFPRW7PGAuinzJN0tpTmv5Ywb5Cz164uMdijH3cfPY3V5e4tT0QwYBe86dB4eQw_EAsyJ1OMc3oDvZqO-urZlCh4PVswMxpfQXOPG6e8fwOcPFKrM0MkmjJVX/s400/34253_475425969761_830199761_6561164_5740705_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494521600947249106" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';color:#996633;">Place mushrooms back in styrofoam block to dry. Voila! Mushroom cake pops! These red capped beauties are too cute for words.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVAWG45Bn4kiDOgvLkABwe_kT1GZ7l8o0yfxdCBoSCYspY2RMOGu8kfnnQ7I-1_SGzqHo4Yc7IMlfDlQJjjX6-VA4kBNArdu53MNWIP_AWA1NqHHmdj_GlM-QhUFvZoEJ_8yKG5SJikOC/s1600/34952_475425989761_830199761_6561167_931955_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVAWG45Bn4kiDOgvLkABwe_kT1GZ7l8o0yfxdCBoSCYspY2RMOGu8kfnnQ7I-1_SGzqHo4Yc7IMlfDlQJjjX6-VA4kBNArdu53MNWIP_AWA1NqHHmdj_GlM-QhUFvZoEJ_8yKG5SJikOC/s400/34952_475425989761_830199761_6561167_931955_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494521592576161522" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlF-zEEswoFty0GdwWkOgUFxJygXzpSIqHcnY1Ha96T0K_puDr98LjYcmqbDjze_WBgDjncFMAxpeg0obPBT07FEryKm9XG3FyJl4kNzzX5K1RGNmgsVNJDSaVVd7TKe_hE98lHuAH9POX/s1600/34455_475426134761_830199761_6561182_3900922_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlF-zEEswoFty0GdwWkOgUFxJygXzpSIqHcnY1Ha96T0K_puDr98LjYcmqbDjze_WBgDjncFMAxpeg0obPBT07FEryKm9XG3FyJl4kNzzX5K1RGNmgsVNJDSaVVd7TKe_hE98lHuAH9POX/s400/34455_475426134761_830199761_6561182_3900922_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494521587858756178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Cake pop detail.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">I stumbled upon this fab hollow log-shaped I-don't-know-what at the thrift store for only $2 and just knew I'd find a use for it. Filled with floral foam and covered with moss, it makes the perfect serving piece for these fanciful fungi. Just the thing for the garden themed baby shower they were made for.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-te9jfBqlFokMX9XRyUlwJRSKVcPaZ9h0HAm2jL6DqhWsax2zFP4JFLArfB1wh_gs4MdF39GOO64ZBjSkvME8CW3iG592NpsVJ5X0a1fK3fbfcr72fnWzvG0nbV9lDgKdWcR6BfOlQc3/s1600/33421_475426399761_830199761_6561209_6238603_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-te9jfBqlFokMX9XRyUlwJRSKVcPaZ9h0HAm2jL6DqhWsax2zFP4JFLArfB1wh_gs4MdF39GOO64ZBjSkvME8CW3iG592NpsVJ5X0a1fK3fbfcr72fnWzvG0nbV9lDgKdWcR6BfOlQc3/s400/33421_475426399761_830199761_6561209_6238603_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494521577161497858" /></a></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-15620932369290114412010-07-11T10:26:00.001-07:002010-10-17T19:11:29.547-07:00Pink and Green Baby Shower<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QzQ_LwgbmxWTFeYNBz5bGQaqPgnV3oKRm-evgyuvcZdAqhyH1-ZrTh_wcSipYdpR5q85mMQ8XzzG7ixzgvUYy-Inoz1nuqcPh4sC540d9pzqg7KY-UQjxZgQGjOCjEpOuxBy-umqxCfJ/s1600/27970_1485663864758_1328740133_31351997_3512162_n.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3ptKWI4zkRZ2XiEBSWyIVdBQdknTu6iXlYRPBGWHIn6iYXhBQSBMziQFF6kWMBVDuqM5kv7EPBjTcNynHDp2gGtn0FpXW98mmvjZmWs14NXC5_EaVWDMCfvStkBecZy1ykeKrCOAOQqT/s1600/27970_1485663904759_1328740133_31351998_8074212_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3ptKWI4zkRZ2XiEBSWyIVdBQdknTu6iXlYRPBGWHIn6iYXhBQSBMziQFF6kWMBVDuqM5kv7EPBjTcNynHDp2gGtn0FpXW98mmvjZmWs14NXC5_EaVWDMCfvStkBecZy1ykeKrCOAOQqT/s320/27970_1485663904759_1328740133_31351998_8074212_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505001355839951154" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">It's A Sprinkle! I'd never heard the term "baby sprinkle" before in a context that did not culminate in the use of baby wipes. That is, not until I threw this adorable pink and green themed baby shower for a good friend who was pregnant with her second child. My co-hostess and partner in crime, Erin, came across the idea of a baby "sprinkle" (lighter than a "shower") and away we ran with visions of cupcakes, cookies and all things made better with sprinkles. Plus, I'd really been wanting to try my hand at putting together a dessert buffet a la </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><a href="http://blog.amyatlas.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Amy Atlas</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">, and here was the perfect excuse!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The sprinkle was held in my backyard where dozens of green and white paper lanterns dressed up with pink ribbon were hung from the pergola (all scored from the Dollar Tree!). We also strung the obligatory clothes line stocked with sweet green and pink onesies to pull double duty of carrying out our color scheme and acting as our gifts to the guest of honor.</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAUxGP_visAKYb5e5aXxsnj2RSjq0wQeWQn-Ur2ZtFg6LdKLVgWBfpThg3C6bmo256LSmgvtlJFU8cMIwEwO1KyC9ukmZ6p4W39g5tS0Svt7l609X7iehY4AAk1qUUA4hFW4mli34Yv98/s400/DSC07577.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504998250355251202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Inside the kitchen was the food buffet and "candy bar." Erin and I worked hard to throw a really beautiful party while still staying within our meager budget of around $200. We found that with equal amounts of leg work (including multiple trips to discount chain stores like the Dollar Tree, The 99 Cent Store and Walmart) and elbow grease (hand made EVERYthing) we were able to get a lot of bang for our buck. Check out the photos below to see how we pulled it off. Enjoy!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5W21ehzCfhzDTaz2KcGNsuGzxdZPC3Q5AXUtsa5WnynLxPs2IxG3bSBz4DHiMB6jFJPJL1YXfmwp4vrNpMNc_gJOLKqqDr3I0VASi5lCmVevBaXCpRTLxHYeCGmoB-VuyxXinpMt6Nbd/s1600/DSC07573.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5W21ehzCfhzDTaz2KcGNsuGzxdZPC3Q5AXUtsa5WnynLxPs2IxG3bSBz4DHiMB6jFJPJL1YXfmwp4vrNpMNc_gJOLKqqDr3I0VASi5lCmVevBaXCpRTLxHYeCGmoB-VuyxXinpMt6Nbd/s400/DSC07573.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504998241038348274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">My daughter's blocks made a great (and free!) buffet centerpiece.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Erin had seen a similar watermelon baby carriage for fruit salad at another shower she had attended and when she told me about it we both become obsessed with the idea of incorporating it into our menu. Thank God for Youtube where I found a tutorial, which provided clear step by step instructions. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qkn0lP5qG4llm5rc0gypcmWOrnBcU7gkwNmjB0a1e8GzG5DcNnRn_zb0DyTyUljgjXYTajSoamHWPKMsxBDQjiqZiLPTHh19RLitGWd6ET1rw3lk3N3ZC_n-q2ZJMhrN5EhDjW3eavOX/s1600/DSC07572.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qkn0lP5qG4llm5rc0gypcmWOrnBcU7gkwNmjB0a1e8GzG5DcNnRn_zb0DyTyUljgjXYTajSoamHWPKMsxBDQjiqZiLPTHh19RLitGWd6ET1rw3lk3N3ZC_n-q2ZJMhrN5EhDjW3eavOX/s400/DSC07572.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504998233815410466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The fruits of our labor</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">One pad of double sided Martha Stewart 12" x 12" scrap booking paper went a loooong way (only $8.99 at Wallmart)! We used it to coordinate EVERYTHING - invitations, banner, gift tags, cupcake and candy bar wrappers, food labels, cupcake picks, straw flags and these great potato chip cones:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASrgR3CEYIIJ-T8d4OwEPNU4N6TWG5ZYz8ugEJiurhgWKfkXRdEO8z0wIBgKTB7dWbt44sG62RNBtLj6uAsl-eFyNXhXOFUNWfQM3mlSSA4G9rA7Ddnr_O3G1JQMf7y9s5XnAd6dvEfsm/s1600/DSCN1339.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASrgR3CEYIIJ-T8d4OwEPNU4N6TWG5ZYz8ugEJiurhgWKfkXRdEO8z0wIBgKTB7dWbt44sG62RNBtLj6uAsl-eFyNXhXOFUNWfQM3mlSSA4G9rA7Ddnr_O3G1JQMf7y9s5XnAd6dvEfsm/s400/DSCN1339.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504998225914154914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDOHhF-onDb-0Twkcomm-3XSWkAn65X3RdpD-_BNc6nAXVgax57jhZdfCfV3FPT13yOIawMtilYYitVJYsvzUxqIW6IPpI1piYdBKRilAYimVAaNB2Rl_hbr6tsJXh_asJw_KU-HHS3_E/s1600/DSCN1338.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDOHhF-onDb-0Twkcomm-3XSWkAn65X3RdpD-_BNc6nAXVgax57jhZdfCfV3FPT13yOIawMtilYYitVJYsvzUxqIW6IPpI1piYdBKRilAYimVAaNB2Rl_hbr6tsJXh_asJw_KU-HHS3_E/s400/DSCN1338.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504998218428357026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Cranberry chicken salad sandwiches</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QzQ_LwgbmxWTFeYNBz5bGQaqPgnV3oKRm-evgyuvcZdAqhyH1-ZrTh_wcSipYdpR5q85mMQ8XzzG7ixzgvUYy-Inoz1nuqcPh4sC540d9pzqg7KY-UQjxZgQGjOCjEpOuxBy-umqxCfJ/s400/27970_1485663864758_1328740133_31351997_3512162_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505224779567463986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The dessert bar was so much fun to plan. I had the idea of a milk and cookie bar stuck in my head and began collecting vessels of different shapes and sizes to pull it together. We put out a nice mix of old school favorites like Oreos, ding dongs and chocolate chip cookies and fun pink and green novelties like strawberry Whoppers, marshmallow straws and pink wafer cookies. Hand made tissue poms were strung together and hung from the ceiling to create a happy backdrop and the entire spread was flanked with empty goody bags for guests to fill and take home as party favors. See below for more details:</span></span></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDOHhF-onDb-0Twkcomm-3XSWkAn65X3RdpD-_BNc6nAXVgax57jhZdfCfV3FPT13yOIawMtilYYitVJYsvzUxqIW6IPpI1piYdBKRilAYimVAaNB2Rl_hbr6tsJXh_asJw_KU-HHS3_E/s1600/DSCN1338.JPG"></a></span><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfa7RYmssayDlXKKrorboopq-YrEOR30efniMXN69S6Ozb_1iXzXfKNkLocT1jHkuS75OKsCH4QP5gxNQgIsnnNpjEsN9DcwcLhei0aH5uPHmVjRFXGLWQ8RYB5L2BT9KEKyh0oEEVdD3/s400/27970_1485662904734_1328740133_31351978_5113348_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505000334371923714" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMCXoNss4gd5r6JrD5m-DDLc8N-qAG-dGSgrP3qxFIlrxAVxAmZuSeUD4Rd4IZtDxixcy1cBskyxxvDcpP3Cp4tkin_5m-EInbt8fMEbfLwLifIrNiq6nnOeUQ5CiHBgSbX-5UfggINPw/s1600/DSC07594.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMCXoNss4gd5r6JrD5m-DDLc8N-qAG-dGSgrP3qxFIlrxAVxAmZuSeUD4Rd4IZtDxixcy1cBskyxxvDcpP3Cp4tkin_5m-EInbt8fMEbfLwLifIrNiq6nnOeUQ5CiHBgSbX-5UfggINPw/s400/DSC07594.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505000331857922146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Hand cut cupcakes and gift tags</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uxCQhEdP9g04zhn61JPuf2xiXSyXYma5dQ9vAO8aHlpGhbaqT3qngameW7PdqkRGQfuiav41hmzNJzn12Ogz7rrwb23iHHMNlVpX1uqX-SXAtgUWOJwPNxMIBZht__j7JuNr8jlJcndx/s400/DSC07581.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504999505328464050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Home made cupcake wrappers and picks</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhmKToX_JzwLF1w5tksAw8E8j35BNW3IAodM5UipjtW7BmjNA5cCjp-0AreCLsz3KxHf4BNg2sRoJofM7xW1LdX18C-FDIKa-VgAZTfKw0VrVCrWBeVVZmtZPGNAnK_xV5s5QVkvUPYt_/s400/DSC07583.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504999514233455202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-KuBCiq8ZhhLEXz6TId7cQCPNgPRk3eK4jPKAtstcwEdOG4ORswiLVVLFMKVOdr-DMIjN2GH01-_l_h-StRZV79C_wyz6-40X2Jnn_DH3Leeu6hBuCIA1L-75ea5fIktHW1Bts5OEqgO/s400/DSC07585.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504999520348004082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">A little ribbon makes a big impact</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyXoPXIiXQo6Z9DtRSnUUF8nEuybyn7K6yO3dD4LSyZ38Uv6eLZHGjQg_tH5Wb0b0G9AasnMgVWurc0KbonhXwilaF9yevzfyr9RNOjlzRKySOEQyXlW14D2xLpyw8tPvoXF8mJjsqIgc/s1600/DSC07587.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyXoPXIiXQo6Z9DtRSnUUF8nEuybyn7K6yO3dD4LSyZ38Uv6eLZHGjQg_tH5Wb0b0G9AasnMgVWurc0KbonhXwilaF9yevzfyr9RNOjlzRKySOEQyXlW14D2xLpyw8tPvoXF8mJjsqIgc/s400/DSC07587.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505000308969670130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Decorative papers dress up every day chocolate bars</span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-Cx7Gjw9UHvHtiYcBrWvfCVAM4rjAeeanwVbClIi0wCwucNn-VD5TFhV4OAvXmHfSPQ9Ei-EVk2iTlG5_Gffm-R67r5-vd9VRxDhm2L6Gwed5EUIsdliPn98ub6GL9oDxGqrdsHQp-tT/s1600/DSC07586.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-Cx7Gjw9UHvHtiYcBrWvfCVAM4rjAeeanwVbClIi0wCwucNn-VD5TFhV4OAvXmHfSPQ9Ei-EVk2iTlG5_Gffm-R67r5-vd9VRxDhm2L6Gwed5EUIsdliPn98ub6GL9oDxGqrdsHQp-tT/s400/DSC07586.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504999527102069330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0S-CD0TsYGi7ncwQizhQUdGOWLPXt1wl_ngcDx6rBQRZvCUaDsDuNtuC1p0Vtu_Xe-cQKuL15mGWdKCLhgyKI2aoFqnHbv4kdoy8Bxcib69kT0FtDbpOEBSD11N6uFWNZqN3cfoG3w_vk/s1600/DSC07591.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0S-CD0TsYGi7ncwQizhQUdGOWLPXt1wl_ngcDx6rBQRZvCUaDsDuNtuC1p0Vtu_Xe-cQKuL15mGWdKCLhgyKI2aoFqnHbv4kdoy8Bxcib69kT0FtDbpOEBSD11N6uFWNZqN3cfoG3w_vk/s400/DSC07591.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505000320572335426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Old school faves</span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-KuBCiq8ZhhLEXz6TId7cQCPNgPRk3eK4jPKAtstcwEdOG4ORswiLVVLFMKVOdr-DMIjN2GH01-_l_h-StRZV79C_wyz6-40X2Jnn_DH3Leeu6hBuCIA1L-75ea5fIktHW1Bts5OEqgO/s1600/DSC07585.JPG"></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Mz9379JEpGE0ffjFjKSdh4aWMnn0WN16Ah5TYggE1EDs6_HumlGfj5JRELayMnYLyfxmUFV8Mdj1RSXDaN8rYpg_5Zia1ZsizQt44u-J5uR0XO6uDS1LaTAlmQ98pYyZTgsZISHTLr2o/s1600/DSC07592.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Mz9379JEpGE0ffjFjKSdh4aWMnn0WN16Ah5TYggE1EDs6_HumlGfj5JRELayMnYLyfxmUFV8Mdj1RSXDaN8rYpg_5Zia1ZsizQt44u-J5uR0XO6uDS1LaTAlmQ98pYyZTgsZISHTLr2o/s400/DSC07592.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505000327491555842" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Load up the car and bust out the marshmallows! It's time for the Rudy's Annual Camping Trip! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">This year we went back to Ocean Mesa near Santa Barbara for some fabulous, hardly-roughing-it camping. This site is phenomenal - great grounds, fully stocked snack shack under grapevine covered pergolas, pool, massage room, immaculate bathrooms and showers. This place rules. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">And the location is kinda perfect, too. Gorgeous beaches just down the road (where Brad literally swam with dolphins!), close enough to charming little towns like Los Olivos and Solvang for day trips, and tons of local wineries to explore. Let the fun begin!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">We were meeting my sister's family and our good friends the Dobsons at camp, but we had to make one little stop before we got there - McConnell's ice cream shop. My husband (then boyfriend) and I took our first trip together to Santa Barbara (at an even posher campsite - El Capitan) where we first stopped at McConnell's for a little frozen treat. Brad suggested we take the babe with us on a detour down Memory Lane for a leg stretch and an ice cream break. I like the way this man thinks!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApqB6Vapg0LS4CykJyl3IRbzpD-h6FKriJ-Ovtcnuy6GNMN_bK1gm7vpxt-cVk6qiTb_T2jFxPRG4MSLhd4YcJKBFm4odlJ_FgvL99kRVUY0wggl2HQwJGOeZIYGzZ6RCtskUowGMFyo5/s1600/35084_474856614761_830199761_6549709_200609_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApqB6Vapg0LS4CykJyl3IRbzpD-h6FKriJ-Ovtcnuy6GNMN_bK1gm7vpxt-cVk6qiTb_T2jFxPRG4MSLhd4YcJKBFm4odlJ_FgvL99kRVUY0wggl2HQwJGOeZIYGzZ6RCtskUowGMFyo5/s400/35084_474856614761_830199761_6549709_200609_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506074128423981394" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9sip0Es8rfdSBYfUhg4fibvfuSunnE6_suwwK7KtVgsKiJhrsNTfoJ4brmH9GD8TITj0vH5-CChFjXnetNef0Vet5EtGlQoZCAYx77vhFKkCxsGCWPW3uUP_foihCYHbmB6dvkaoGXtO/s1600/38382_474856684761_830199761_6549714_6381735_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9sip0Es8rfdSBYfUhg4fibvfuSunnE6_suwwK7KtVgsKiJhrsNTfoJ4brmH9GD8TITj0vH5-CChFjXnetNef0Vet5EtGlQoZCAYx77vhFKkCxsGCWPW3uUP_foihCYHbmB6dvkaoGXtO/s400/38382_474856684761_830199761_6549714_6381735_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506074124135321202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Abby enjoying the tiniest ice cream cone ever.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">We checked in and set up camp quickly, even though the winds were stirring up pretty heavy. They kids enjoyed farting around in the dirt, running in and out of all the different tents, and sitting around the old campfire.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjDxADYAGtYW4mZSBpTvZjEFAZ2vo7xRyhCws49zIYNZUYszeB2Yj1VDmIf4o_KFVA8DgIyicoQReSaUHucKNptwd8WgMzHhhSz-6ZtpquBoykRkhFdxuIqQmwET3PnFJrdi-lxS8i-92/s400/38083_474856774761_830199761_6549722_8088605_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506074111039304210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Campfire girls</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">But all of this was just a preamble to the main event: S'MORES! Abby'd never roasted a marshmallow before, but she took to it like a pro. Well, I guess technically she didn't roast her own, but she took to </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">eating</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> them like a pro.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjDxADYAGtYW4mZSBpTvZjEFAZ2vo7xRyhCws49zIYNZUYszeB2Yj1VDmIf4o_KFVA8DgIyicoQReSaUHucKNptwd8WgMzHhhSz-6ZtpquBoykRkhFdxuIqQmwET3PnFJrdi-lxS8i-92/s1600/38083_474856774761_830199761_6549722_8088605_n.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjEvXff8EJb-a8-75t-U-Ugf4RodhORJyNLggr42RWh5wCL_lZ5ajNAKnzbX7d1CzvSINT6xjgkaOszCuIdYjAvsGk6M_8pEpp9OlzpT3Qgg3Hj5sHyLpiwNxfAKrm0DrIiYAvkl5Wfzv/s1600/38223_474856799761_830199761_6549725_7859995_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjEvXff8EJb-a8-75t-U-Ugf4RodhORJyNLggr42RWh5wCL_lZ5ajNAKnzbX7d1CzvSINT6xjgkaOszCuIdYjAvsGk6M_8pEpp9OlzpT3Qgg3Hj5sHyLpiwNxfAKrm0DrIiYAvkl5Wfzv/s400/38223_474856799761_830199761_6549725_7859995_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506133777966643218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QH1mXVYtfhEeXMgi_kC2HWmHm9HriSPOkY7N_JMpyDZOrbhLDR3xNR8D49P9Y3twcQpJ6wUwFQgB2lpYfG0BCTOL9VDGm9IgEXQOW0f6Ww0x6mm7e2PFiz_Kap1bd9cBB0fF3X0pyOrQ/s1600/37547_474856819761_830199761_6549727_5179364_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QH1mXVYtfhEeXMgi_kC2HWmHm9HriSPOkY7N_JMpyDZOrbhLDR3xNR8D49P9Y3twcQpJ6wUwFQgB2lpYfG0BCTOL9VDGm9IgEXQOW0f6Ww0x6mm7e2PFiz_Kap1bd9cBB0fF3X0pyOrQ/s400/37547_474856819761_830199761_6549727_5179364_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506073232179396882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">"Try it, Daddy!"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">I had one of those perfect Hollywood movie moments with the girls at bed time. Both of them were in the tent curled up with me, one under each arm. We were snuggled beneath a mountain of sleeping bags and blankets while I attempted to read Snow White to them. I say </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">attempted</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> because of the countless interruptions, asides and nonsequeters from the peanut gallery. It was all pretty cute and I absolutely ate up the bouts of giggly silliness and subsequent </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">wrestling matches </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">that followed. (My sister has since reported that Kailey is still talking about Snow White in the tent with Angela. Not gonna lie - warms my heart a little bit.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The second day was hot as hell and we wanted to get out of the shadeless campsite. The Dobsons followed us into town for a delicious lunch in picturesque Los Olivos at the Wine Merchant Cafe. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1B05CavM8u6NYJRxEVMN4a3kUdS5Xac4F4gxrDVEoLktS_oHJXeJcwmlNGE1khTEQKLghXVtkZe4KbP03wMuGdHcb0AD1HFVgQl9akUsJQRizxEyuKUs2psZpVOUVBuGQzVWFMsr9Bmb/s1600/34621_474856914761_830199761_6549739_5900581_n.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEt4gW5Utj6k84SnyPGZFbF-6ODSib-rrZ1ZPvnbkn54ddtuvzhV27fwwXM88ioxbxd820XOP9JwN-a-mAqTLlvnvCOrDd3nfoy1_qpRZEdts0cHRg4bnzh9n32XTGcX_X5O-EGcbsL5-P/s1600/35351_474857014761_830199761_6549744_6975995_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEt4gW5Utj6k84SnyPGZFbF-6ODSib-rrZ1ZPvnbkn54ddtuvzhV27fwwXM88ioxbxd820XOP9JwN-a-mAqTLlvnvCOrDd3nfoy1_qpRZEdts0cHRg4bnzh9n32XTGcX_X5O-EGcbsL5-P/s400/35351_474857014761_830199761_6549744_6975995_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506073210255333666" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHUGWnXnK8g2xCOhVaDImM8elp_ruxBpTagmz2SyxbDPPdVOAAbviwnZO_Gcg2Inj7zUcFV9zGomxfGgNaOLF_sc8UCHLS_4CNCJLfBeEtpA2mUcuQmyGlRmhdo_6WhC36xwQAa5SmbSv/s1600/38504_474857114761_830199761_6549752_714643_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHUGWnXnK8g2xCOhVaDImM8elp_ruxBpTagmz2SyxbDPPdVOAAbviwnZO_Gcg2Inj7zUcFV9zGomxfGgNaOLF_sc8UCHLS_4CNCJLfBeEtpA2mUcuQmyGlRmhdo_6WhC36xwQAa5SmbSv/s400/38504_474857114761_830199761_6549752_714643_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072496188525202" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Now </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">this</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> is camping!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Next stop the ostrich farm. It takes all of five minutes to walk through this rinky dink operation, but I just can't resist the opportunity to feed these prehistoric buzzards.</span></span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPc1kj_YOA5eU8yEYiUxQ1CHO4xLWCF3vO1V47Enxpe44Py1QeR_gnmZleXpWkTFP6HEFriTzwwoucH0K-h71YR73_00uCauSi1IGOLQLrZXhP7FbXmdt72c9CIG5hmht3avLZ9b89H71C/s1600/34917_474857204761_830199761_6549760_3256690_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPc1kj_YOA5eU8yEYiUxQ1CHO4xLWCF3vO1V47Enxpe44Py1QeR_gnmZleXpWkTFP6HEFriTzwwoucH0K-h71YR73_00uCauSi1IGOLQLrZXhP7FbXmdt72c9CIG5hmht3avLZ9b89H71C/s400/34917_474857204761_830199761_6549760_3256690_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072491038456914" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Sweet Jeebus, are these creatures ugly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dto0RKxLz-DBj5Z9QrCrBiSQL3kMvm0ld7xZH0zxjLQitk1abD0wX54NKIW_mwMOo_Nk_ifj4ufexvq-EzdU5znrA2L75BCfG5GAQFuWtBFjGIMaphsExg5qo2_-zWwGhJUqtJnUnVyV/s1600/37692_474857239761_830199761_6549763_6117051_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dto0RKxLz-DBj5Z9QrCrBiSQL3kMvm0ld7xZH0zxjLQitk1abD0wX54NKIW_mwMOo_Nk_ifj4ufexvq-EzdU5znrA2L75BCfG5GAQFuWtBFjGIMaphsExg5qo2_-zWwGhJUqtJnUnVyV/s400/37692_474857239761_830199761_6549763_6117051_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072485620538370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Brave girl</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSp0yaeeocWC_mUk8Nd43XNoEn9nBEJyUpEEuCCCpGM2nJ3QzVV7vrS-dhRPWucQIivzYHE54_Oxc-jP-y2ge7XCqbmaT61bIVarxMy-UriQBph7oPICbb8cG-IwK46hwwxY3F0-dmQeo/s1600/37694_474857289761_830199761_6549768_4192840_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSp0yaeeocWC_mUk8Nd43XNoEn9nBEJyUpEEuCCCpGM2nJ3QzVV7vrS-dhRPWucQIivzYHE54_Oxc-jP-y2ge7XCqbmaT61bIVarxMy-UriQBph7oPICbb8cG-IwK46hwwxY3F0-dmQeo/s400/37694_474857289761_830199761_6549768_4192840_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072478554649538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Down the road is the most amazing gardening center ever. Just crawling with funky tin sculptures and garden tchotchkes and fabulous blooms all around. We never buy anything when we go there, but always threaten to return sans child to haul home an SUV-full of plants and a random sheet metal boar or two. One of these days we'll make good on it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAGcluPbOkxkitbiwQG1zMnKEh5PDkXEM6uEBdsiYt9IejZFjbUwi1nL5ZXNKeiotE2zy1v-0eJ-EDaKqsIY3934XWffMKa6e1U85GiokUbwbUDCEOydGxrwX6DD0jVlZh0Y4VB6nJekF/s1600/33432_474857374761_830199761_6549775_6705303_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAGcluPbOkxkitbiwQG1zMnKEh5PDkXEM6uEBdsiYt9IejZFjbUwi1nL5ZXNKeiotE2zy1v-0eJ-EDaKqsIY3934XWffMKa6e1U85GiokUbwbUDCEOydGxrwX6DD0jVlZh0Y4VB6nJekF/s400/33432_474857374761_830199761_6549775_6705303_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506071589985141762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWSJPSxHPR86w344VHVGl1M0Zvw7mSSsb2Ca-oAEXO42dGaKxTpGnQ9oVMqPdTpxhLk5ipeGRnGX_GJrt1b6zFg5TNJby9vvZokPEjYvlRne0JHytwPTGLoO4bhAj0XD4tIRqCsK_VwUt/s1600/38459_474857369761_830199761_6549774_2532404_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWSJPSxHPR86w344VHVGl1M0Zvw7mSSsb2Ca-oAEXO42dGaKxTpGnQ9oVMqPdTpxhLk5ipeGRnGX_GJrt1b6zFg5TNJby9vvZokPEjYvlRne0JHytwPTGLoO4bhAj0XD4tIRqCsK_VwUt/s400/38459_474857369761_830199761_6549774_2532404_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072469202206610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKUybwQ_ulaz3V0YQxQ3At-mUeGcTyYmEDF1dQmEPoN1BapMkxUNXuSqSTzO_mzBhM6iHvU7gsL4OoX4gh9hBjDdAX1KN5-jno2qTGtIwWVs1rU7dRaDaOUNPZSI1WGFGmGDGECCfu29z/s1600/38108_474857394761_830199761_6549777_714430_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKUybwQ_ulaz3V0YQxQ3At-mUeGcTyYmEDF1dQmEPoN1BapMkxUNXuSqSTzO_mzBhM6iHvU7gsL4OoX4gh9hBjDdAX1KN5-jno2qTGtIwWVs1rU7dRaDaOUNPZSI1WGFGmGDGECCfu29z/s400/38108_474857394761_830199761_6549777_714430_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506071587797387234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></u></div></div></div></div></span></u></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">My golden goddess</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwOu4takTbZBrw2cKFCVLXUpQsE8h7EAWbx7cwkT3oWQ2QbIODJWG0Hy6OhQp8ZQLixSFiWThAbMg33_Au3nSAyg7dxL6RANvQNbn2cUic4zvJorPEqxkhXTWj7nxs3sTKfcR7w3LGB5n/s1600/34185_474857679761_830199761_6549802_3518516_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwOu4takTbZBrw2cKFCVLXUpQsE8h7EAWbx7cwkT3oWQ2QbIODJWG0Hy6OhQp8ZQLixSFiWThAbMg33_Au3nSAyg7dxL6RANvQNbn2cUic4zvJorPEqxkhXTWj7nxs3sTKfcR7w3LGB5n/s400/34185_474857679761_830199761_6549802_3518516_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506071571933655890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></u></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Shrek, Fiona and Donkey</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The rest of the day was spent trying to keep cool at the pool that second afternoon. And after a few rounds of margaritas and another night of ooey-gooey marshmallowy goodness, this camper was ready to hit the sack. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The next morning as we were busy packing up and heading for home, we had an unexpected guest in our campsite. Up the trail, who should come traipsing in but Brent, our next door neighbor from back in Long Beach! It was the most jarring sensation to be away from home and out of your element and then see a character from your "real life" make an entrance. He happened to have a business meeting up this way and thought he'd surprise us. Mission accomplished!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">We bid farewell to Ocean Mesa (and Brent) and headed home dirty, tired and totally happy. Can't wait for next year to do it all again.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1B05CavM8u6NYJRxEVMN4a3kUdS5Xac4F4gxrDVEoLktS_oHJXeJcwmlNGE1khTEQKLghXVtkZe4KbP03wMuGdHcb0AD1HFVgQl9akUsJQRizxEyuKUs2psZpVOUVBuGQzVWFMsr9Bmb/s1600/34621_474856914761_830199761_6549739_5900581_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1B05CavM8u6NYJRxEVMN4a3kUdS5Xac4F4gxrDVEoLktS_oHJXeJcwmlNGE1khTEQKLghXVtkZe4KbP03wMuGdHcb0AD1HFVgQl9akUsJQRizxEyuKUs2psZpVOUVBuGQzVWFMsr9Bmb/s400/34621_474856914761_830199761_6549739_5900581_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506073225682739490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">My happy campers.</span></span></div></span></div></span></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-51298176333580714862010-07-11T10:21:00.001-07:002010-10-17T19:12:02.630-07:00Behind the Scenes: Owl Baby Shower<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszy0Vr6-hOLBhkD3pSbR7KhWqqhLQVv-YxMlRLZjwopzERYTDPDybK9eK8y4NZUeLxAb-KD6zVTDD40XW8h3I_wflFg9y63a2ZPz194VFbguoaZv7OaCdLWEDt0zc7QiXzCyADQd1ypkw/s1600/36855_471571284761_830199761_6469693_4304583_n.jpg"></a><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">I'm prepping for a friend of a friend's baby shower and it's my first paying gig! She really just needs my help with the candy buffet and decorations, but needless to say, I'm very excited and can't wait to put together a first rate party. Her invites are centered around these sweet little owls in pink, green and beige so I'm working on designing a cupcake to coordinate with her adorable theme.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">This is what I've come up with so far: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Heart shaped sprinkles, candy covered sunflower seeds and mini Nutter Butters turn this plain pink cupcake into a cute wide-eyed owl. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsgREY1D2V257QAhqafJmtk7a8675Dhy03QAJFDtnwzHUiOS2OhdZhbnmW5EfwkA4fYBtWutI6mimTSyi4b8m6lxjuzVFqg7T7XSvzofRlNsCanRXSW-OPa9YhJTNH8CrA9CTSo1PGLdH/s400/DSCN1474.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507983890690101586" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 383px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">UPDATE: They've decided to purchase the guest of honor a cake from her favorite bakery so we won't be needing these cupcakes. Oh, well. Good practice, anyways.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Brainstorming about owls got me thinking about nests, so I wanted to do something with these chocolate nests I'd seen before but never tried:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXx77duT5MqSAnhjuNS3z_yWadCeXDxSTj9ClWk5ioGltDyxmE_WEBcDTZsWkxX-4hQDoL4W8NmXGcjl6hDbxY8H6p_rdEYyujbpwWrfK2GB1QgvmA54upA3_Yr3BS1XCZ1YMKzEuy_zM/s1600/DSC07600.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXx77duT5MqSAnhjuNS3z_yWadCeXDxSTj9ClWk5ioGltDyxmE_WEBcDTZsWkxX-4hQDoL4W8NmXGcjl6hDbxY8H6p_rdEYyujbpwWrfK2GB1QgvmA54upA3_Yr3BS1XCZ1YMKzEuy_zM/s400/DSC07600.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488489261729746946" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">1 package chocolate chips</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">3/4 cup peanut butter</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">2 cans of Chinese crunchy noodles</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Jordan almonds</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Melt chocolate and peanut butter together in microwave and stir in noodles. Form 12 nests in greased cupcake pan and cool in fridge to set. Carefully pop out of pan using tip of a thin knife to separate from pan and place 1-3 Jordan almonds in each nest. Couldn't be easier, right?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxsGOdFfBrJQRwpw4sAe221IbV03qIMHbGlQwOKDGNyckNpp7klOgilUcVlVdPUz67cnepyQ9-yrsqDVifvGBeRGWIzqJWPz2n7IgWOix8jyIJzYnmqXptKdwNS-2CL7Gq_CAYxOEZGmq/s1600/35748_470976579761_830199761_6456753_5838758_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxsGOdFfBrJQRwpw4sAe221IbV03qIMHbGlQwOKDGNyckNpp7klOgilUcVlVdPUz67cnepyQ9-yrsqDVifvGBeRGWIzqJWPz2n7IgWOix8jyIJzYnmqXptKdwNS-2CL7Gq_CAYxOEZGmq/s400/35748_470976579761_830199761_6456753_5838758_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507983853331909522" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXVblOcVm0zS4A24JTLyEEMV5bcx4gPi2RPfeL5PeBwzZcpsuNgYHMItfWmX575CncgcjRVOIy6SAiYcHLBRlbvsTAOsiCH6GwpUkbhxHaAT2d2CVchVdAZR2N0oEKxeqKcgkmggL4YIP/s1600/13431_470976494761_830199761_6456744_8320105_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXVblOcVm0zS4A24JTLyEEMV5bcx4gPi2RPfeL5PeBwzZcpsuNgYHMItfWmX575CncgcjRVOIy6SAiYcHLBRlbvsTAOsiCH6GwpUkbhxHaAT2d2CVchVdAZR2N0oEKxeqKcgkmggL4YIP/s400/13431_470976494761_830199761_6456744_8320105_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507983833310820754" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KwfenVySY8k5hunQizNw0FTDJWuQCmCgQBa2R-YMciNS8R_4Aw4ZdatByoONA8mcN6ESYcjSYFhGGE4aSLCm9Ubo2Roj9H6NaJVXv4Yqp7saD6b5FzL50NMpsnDSiMFud5qfHBi2uioL/s1600/valdaycones.jpg"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KwfenVySY8k5hunQizNw0FTDJWuQCmCgQBa2R-YMciNS8R_4Aw4ZdatByoONA8mcN6ESYcjSYFhGGE4aSLCm9Ubo2Roj9H6NaJVXv4Yqp7saD6b5FzL50NMpsnDSiMFud5qfHBi2uioL/s1600/valdaycones.jpg"></a></u></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">When it came time to make these for the actual party I decided to dress them up with pink and green cupcake liners, paper doilies and tiny banners reading "How 'tweet' it is!" using her owl icon. I think they turned out pretty "tweet" myself.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">My next experiment was from something I saw in Better Homes and Gardens. These adorable meringue "ice cream" cones originally held love notes for Valentine's Day, but I decided to fill them with a different kind of sweet nothing - pink M&Ms - instead.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KwfenVySY8k5hunQizNw0FTDJWuQCmCgQBa2R-YMciNS8R_4Aw4ZdatByoONA8mcN6ESYcjSYFhGGE4aSLCm9Ubo2Roj9H6NaJVXv4Yqp7saD6b5FzL50NMpsnDSiMFud5qfHBi2uioL/s1600/valdaycones.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KwfenVySY8k5hunQizNw0FTDJWuQCmCgQBa2R-YMciNS8R_4Aw4ZdatByoONA8mcN6ESYcjSYFhGGE4aSLCm9Ubo2Roj9H6NaJVXv4Yqp7saD6b5FzL50NMpsnDSiMFud5qfHBi2uioL/s400/valdaycones.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508431391138963842" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 333px; " /></a></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">The inspiration</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">I wasn't about to tackle home made meringue cookies, but I lucked out and found them at Trader Joe's. Thank God.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rc52_znaxtLYw9QMDdpRFwghvFyo7wmdG9oPReGr2awwvPo4b6tnpuFPweULVa1IHaSTwLaQFwecAF3hs_brgPpr0qJ_EGXkNLz7w3rzSIQVrrRZY9qkH1nNRNlhrA7hrJJezr8FHPaU/s400/DSC07706.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488489278027799938" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px; " /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQdC4lJVAn5IJ0abqdBp7tPCooLTU80a0ZnQtyTx3CRJMby55G6SiQq6LW9NFL5B7ka0hKFay5n2wHoHbwX58lWgs4Z0AnsZIpdMakWnwff8ws2Bw2brdK4muPCii74TM7XBtWE7qlAm3/s400/DSC07708.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508477556368811538" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px; " /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></u></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">I nuked chocolate chips in the microwave and dipped one flat end of a meringue directly in the gooey madness before sandwiching two cookies together and setting them aside to dry.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XjdfpC7hq8M3NilBiJtQEp0Opcvl685gxOGsxp-S5eXzNhu9buoO_VuPw6nDG9mn7vvgD1wXUuc5yBYF1jQm6IuUuhrNbbjc6l2PgF7yMpXA6vrbEsC5orNVoEV6oHK-d996mQDkdMGG/s1600/35797_467941144761_830199761_6378038_7720476_n.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWnGtPnH8O2L9jHlP4M6G2rWsHsBhq8bS_zDmAItBBxxpUSiJ-dDMkNe9Fc3qfuORGGEYpibFRCxg1ez4jMtwUNFP414iRb-b_-21NfxsdmyPJC-_vPlo1X5d30LgGYiU7rWXF-4Z_RlO/s1600/37234_467941174761_830199761_6378041_4779253_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWnGtPnH8O2L9jHlP4M6G2rWsHsBhq8bS_zDmAItBBxxpUSiJ-dDMkNe9Fc3qfuORGGEYpibFRCxg1ez4jMtwUNFP414iRb-b_-21NfxsdmyPJC-_vPlo1X5d30LgGYiU7rWXF-4Z_RlO/s400/37234_467941174761_830199761_6378041_4779253_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488491076980381458" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">The next step was dipping the sugar cones in melted chocolate and setting them aside to dry.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTd8rMxQCg55bMulxS-qngbgooGPH86OELR3Iy6ImmdGBc9jYTTf7h2pwdu-iTHr2Vu6pelBoqY3g_TgxMQdE_NoXvkoFRSlxFpxvgC7WfE6AY_stH-eBGeus1D_012BqJuSflyas70b8/s1600/DSC07704.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTd8rMxQCg55bMulxS-qngbgooGPH86OELR3Iy6ImmdGBc9jYTTf7h2pwdu-iTHr2Vu6pelBoqY3g_TgxMQdE_NoXvkoFRSlxFpxvgC7WfE6AY_stH-eBGeus1D_012BqJuSflyas70b8/s400/DSC07704.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488489271652546066" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">I then filled them with M&Ms and dressed them up with coordinating decorative papers. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_XdLaXHCTH3WUfCSyVt7KNmp06VrsKUtfNV-si-fmEdg_ik63EUvsd8stMNE4OtI712mH1Agkn7uFh6ElvNdsL39hixWphoM2GiSzmb6W_SnCcHrZsYyc097cP_FjLHkL1Lm9HdO3Kb2/s400/DSC07722.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508477572861166370" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 338px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Top them with the meringues and <i>voila! </i>A lot of look for not much effort.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlghFpv07pq1VAmp8_ugq7VWQ_L2j9xJ4GLgeWAbkHY5ccimZWrB9pyUr2nyrD6FlRL0RoH-ik5aDhsmnUD281Uyd_6vKpKInsVb0wpNsisi5yIQtPfBtnIyG4YxOzEAr9GyMEaZ8qnUuc/s1600/DSC07724.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlghFpv07pq1VAmp8_ugq7VWQ_L2j9xJ4GLgeWAbkHY5ccimZWrB9pyUr2nyrD6FlRL0RoH-ik5aDhsmnUD281Uyd_6vKpKInsVb0wpNsisi5yIQtPfBtnIyG4YxOzEAr9GyMEaZ8qnUuc/s400/DSC07724.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488490000466796946" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></u></span></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbLjHVgWEN5-RClk01fkE5q88C2s_a6xH2UWqskjpu-oNpD3cJz6Owp9TZxVzgThJITXs6nRUdX-Uc_mJEFsQ0kjy-0JQ1kotOMklsygI6jUS1O1lmLNOGfmkGRxguGKFRmrMt0KYpvbZ/s400/30475_467941424761_830199761_6378060_2872587_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488491100302230114" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOEaWsn-F_bDUoUw_aYdVmrEZtmEhYb0yCZlf8FaOuDrjn-YopA-DlinTgkHFt0zpfLxgELaWmhRIwWMCMuPi5dNSNxiptQgDv5RQqRZmOT21mpvnl9MFK33ybCXjKf-RrRPyqOQegA5Q/s1600/37003_470976894761_830199761_6456776_6658987_n.jpg"></a></span></span></span></u></span></div></span></u></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rc52_znaxtLYw9QMDdpRFwghvFyo7wmdG9oPReGr2awwvPo4b6tnpuFPweULVa1IHaSTwLaQFwecAF3hs_brgPpr0qJ_EGXkNLz7w3rzSIQVrrRZY9qkH1nNRNlhrA7hrJJezr8FHPaU/s1600/DSC07706.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTd8rMxQCg55bMulxS-qngbgooGPH86OELR3Iy6ImmdGBc9jYTTf7h2pwdu-iTHr2Vu6pelBoqY3g_TgxMQdE_NoXvkoFRSlxFpxvgC7WfE6AY_stH-eBGeus1D_012BqJuSflyas70b8/s1600/DSC07704.JPG"></a></span></u></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">UPDATE: So after storing these for a couple of days in an air tight container, I noticed the chocolate starting to "bloom", which was really unappealing. Huh. What do you know? Apparently tempering your chocolate is as big a deal as they say it is. So I REDID these with pink melting candies instead to avoid the whole <i>I don't know how to use a candy thermomete</i>r problem all together. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOEaWsn-F_bDUoUw_aYdVmrEZtmEhYb0yCZlf8FaOuDrjn-YopA-DlinTgkHFt0zpfLxgELaWmhRIwWMCMuPi5dNSNxiptQgDv5RQqRZmOT21mpvnl9MFK33ybCXjKf-RrRPyqOQegA5Q/s1600/37003_470976894761_830199761_6456776_6658987_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOEaWsn-F_bDUoUw_aYdVmrEZtmEhYb0yCZlf8FaOuDrjn-YopA-DlinTgkHFt0zpfLxgELaWmhRIwWMCMuPi5dNSNxiptQgDv5RQqRZmOT21mpvnl9MFK33ybCXjKf-RrRPyqOQegA5Q/s400/37003_470976894761_830199761_6456776_6658987_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507983873438642946" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span></u></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /></span></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">The new version is topped with a pink pearl candy and I think they're pretty freaking adorable. Too bad I always seem to have to learn the hard way.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLy-Br4EBHzjdEw6mXCVfe5fXBnQOo_ecyBz9r3n6cQC4lsh_epm5-QlajSpvM5xekh4a-hXFaMcVTk09-lzgQQ6DsLhzLnhnBuIpbWiwP8g1fohq99MidqRRk-RvU8OukHwA-6O6-pVVs/s1600/34461_470976644761_830199761_6456758_2544763_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLy-Br4EBHzjdEw6mXCVfe5fXBnQOo_ecyBz9r3n6cQC4lsh_epm5-QlajSpvM5xekh4a-hXFaMcVTk09-lzgQQ6DsLhzLnhnBuIpbWiwP8g1fohq99MidqRRk-RvU8OukHwA-6O6-pVVs/s400/34461_470976644761_830199761_6456758_2544763_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507983859096986850" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOVePdevXmLn02lC_bxprawDDoOC9XEuX91EdcQ_9lx9Cz5rTQQCXT9eV-MdV0_u5r_c7eM6HDI46EhgeRvuXA3W0BPA998o9a18LLHyhLzESXwwXQUXt6DkqIgvGtSEyopS8MYudOoVl/s1600/DSC07717.JPG"></a></span></span></span></u></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Whenever I'm out and about I'm always keeping my eye open for upcoming events. I happened to be in Jo-Ann's Fabric store when I saw these silly wooden owl masks in their dollar bin. I had no idea what I would do with them, but for a couple of bucks I couldn't resist figuring out some way to incorporate them into her shower. A little craft paint, grosgrain ribbon and TLC and they were ready for the candy buffet.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcSXE-FehnqZoRB3PFC4fns0_vz2aDftFBSrgSBk_v-gQ4KtIlM41UPT8lte5sQT4EfV-bgewodmZv93_kkPgLNjS0XZ61c-kvA81uih_bS45m4C8gVwM1KPlPMM0VvMYJvctRDQtjXO2/s1600/DSC07679.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcSXE-FehnqZoRB3PFC4fns0_vz2aDftFBSrgSBk_v-gQ4KtIlM41UPT8lte5sQT4EfV-bgewodmZv93_kkPgLNjS0XZ61c-kvA81uih_bS45m4C8gVwM1KPlPMM0VvMYJvctRDQtjXO2/s400/DSC07679.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507987545229539042" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">I did a few test runs for the dessert bar to work out all the kinks at home so I'm not wasting time making aesthetic decisions and can just kick it into high gear pulling the entire look together on the actual day of the party.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKxvpbGmnBoNuGmhA2ghtUrxlh3nRiZIMtPFH23yMgWBnMUDEG-rC9F4j_oUeK2o1vijOqlFt3m9QBUlsMxl1Hij7cj71Pqfj3V1xZZmWO-k_lolHhPAQZQG-OSsbAjmNX6oBnQNnOuqI/s400/DSC07694.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508477547895948754" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">The lay out coming together.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">I really wanted to use these giant rainbow swirl lollipops I found from The Dollar Tree, but they had these ugly soccer and football logos all over them. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8VsS7wT8vp0VhOr7rwEh1ICbCWHzP4WFO7dPOUlsHjoeLwuOTPbLTmZMcNmMDueAO87RkhFkQ12torFspkcE0IiGVl9htrn3HMiOVi4MZ3aBOmsskG_p0wR-VKC5_jbrG2B4f9SdyzSk/s400/DSC07695.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508477541193229650" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">Problem solved with these labels I created using the owl icon and sayings like "Congrats Kim!" and "It's A Girl!" Finished off with sweet pink and white polka dot bows and set into a box filled with floral foam disguised by strawberry Whoppers - too cute!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOVePdevXmLn02lC_bxprawDDoOC9XEuX91EdcQ_9lx9Cz5rTQQCXT9eV-MdV0_u5r_c7eM6HDI46EhgeRvuXA3W0BPA998o9a18LLHyhLzESXwwXQUXt6DkqIgvGtSEyopS8MYudOoVl/s1600/DSC07717.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOVePdevXmLn02lC_bxprawDDoOC9XEuX91EdcQ_9lx9Cz5rTQQCXT9eV-MdV0_u5r_c7eM6HDI46EhgeRvuXA3W0BPA998o9a18LLHyhLzESXwwXQUXt6DkqIgvGtSEyopS8MYudOoVl/s400/DSC07717.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488489982527562274" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">Love how these turned out!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">A last minute idea turned into a really thoughtful memento for the mommy to be to take home. I wanted to make a "wishing tree" for guests to write a note of advice or good luck to the guest of honor. A bundle of twigs from Michael's, some hand cut leafs and notes plus a jar of clothespins and we were in business.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9L0pOmHUigYDUVT8_ruPcP6iwylwr8bNDZ6N0lZ2SL9rGelrKum3onC9lfU1kIOsjA4SeICH8NYNlKo-U4fAmjjgJkaaUOrQUIV0xk60AT0-TaVV9ZnbZCqjvTFUup8dm1xTbCCKhiXY/s1600/36683_471571019761_830199761_6469675_6241975_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9L0pOmHUigYDUVT8_ruPcP6iwylwr8bNDZ6N0lZ2SL9rGelrKum3onC9lfU1kIOsjA4SeICH8NYNlKo-U4fAmjjgJkaaUOrQUIV0xk60AT0-TaVV9ZnbZCqjvTFUup8dm1xTbCCKhiXY/s400/36683_471571019761_830199761_6469675_6241975_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508480713067874050" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEX3daWQrIXXFji_CKOPExBPndy2BTXQPZmj1iCx9BWYc9tuOkIHnVpwYX2bFdpar09vpEZ7JuRpjrZs2ajSh3OND7TzTnNWyMMCssr3rQBPkhNWhDpXNXHrqNsK3_vvvRf7pD3Kbhh_s/s400/20837_471571254761_830199761_6469690_1163831_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508480702770587154" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></span></span></div><div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family:verdana;">New post for updates from the actual shower coming soon.</span></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-75510373453066566452010-07-04T18:27:00.000-07:002010-08-17T03:08:32.623-07:00Independence Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyXr0y_MZqhIost_RkaiU29ta0y86qe-n5UuW96L_Vw8Qrwug7vHjlo-MkqxgvRBug4jRg22R12wbl79y35nu8Tj4FG_snzGfdZKJGfAGVpdcq7jE0Z7pnA6xhecL1zUsGolY0kanB9QP/s1600/37444_470038864761_830199761_6430269_4899564_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyXr0y_MZqhIost_RkaiU29ta0y86qe-n5UuW96L_Vw8Qrwug7vHjlo-MkqxgvRBug4jRg22R12wbl79y35nu8Tj4FG_snzGfdZKJGfAGVpdcq7jE0Z7pnA6xhecL1zUsGolY0kanB9QP/s320/37444_470038864761_830199761_6430269_4899564_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503920157907066242" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The Fourth of July comes to </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Litchfield</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> Avenue! Our little slice of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Mayberry</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> takes Independence Day very seriously. I mean, there are town hall meetings (that's right - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">meetings</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">, plural) to debate the hotly contested bounce-</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">house</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> vs. water slide issue for Christ's sake. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">This year the festivities kicked off with a community breakfast on our front yard before everyone boarded their red, white and blue festooned vehicle of choice for the neighborhood parade. (My absolute favorite part of the parade is the fact that nobody is </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">watching</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> the parade because everyone </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">is</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> in the parade. Cracks me up every time.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicUdeNHyZuGsfwPIYQkIu2SffPJ8LHtAzHlD8dpllh6O53qvPm7CRtbRICNN-kLcG6hhIgCD876EJvOPG5ojtIyOvNYxncZmjIB-8DTX_EuFL_t4RxfXf7YWgjNQ_uo8JlNMLh0OBXu4FR/s400/37262_470038724761_830199761_6430257_5884717_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503906984316124418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">List of the day's events</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HTCAib5A1b99XCRucnjv6vHBFvHyRs596A8ekGbhyphenhyphens636rwHNWNtlVv6H64POI-PdBOQxMOHv2oJEfAFTmwLHfalcSTsvSnf20Er_Qnt5gUmroS5671G2a7Ak-iyek-vGJLwxHWqh2-t/s1600/35126_470038954761_830199761_6430276_6145014_n.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQt6DL3Gw0iP2tVeqh1ppotBlvHVlyJCL3IaT_KaQydJStjwdJxCGBPvoiRVxSA8DeyONobMchAGZdUdaTsNydwjExQiqdm9iHqKiFoFZ3tkwMROnMHAbj7NmZxVzZ3kj7cn2s2H1I_y1/s1600/35339_470038964761_830199761_6430277_6141742_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQt6DL3Gw0iP2tVeqh1ppotBlvHVlyJCL3IaT_KaQydJStjwdJxCGBPvoiRVxSA8DeyONobMchAGZdUdaTsNydwjExQiqdm9iHqKiFoFZ3tkwMROnMHAbj7NmZxVzZ3kj7cn2s2H1I_y1/s400/35339_470038964761_830199761_6430277_6141742_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503906245688638290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Abby and Kailey in the Old Glory Mobile</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQt6DL3Gw0iP2tVeqh1ppotBlvHVlyJCL3IaT_KaQydJStjwdJxCGBPvoiRVxSA8DeyONobMchAGZdUdaTsNydwjExQiqdm9iHqKiFoFZ3tkwMROnMHAbj7NmZxVzZ3kj7cn2s2H1I_y1/s1600/35339_470038964761_830199761_6430277_6141742_n.jpg"></a></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The girls climbed aboard the </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Ameri</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">-wagon and were ready to be tooled around the block for the big parade. Navigating around the bikes, trikes, scooters, wagons and pedestrians is always kind of comical, but I love the ye olde timey-ness of it all. There</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">was one special stop this year as the entire parade paused long enough to serenade "Happy Birthday" to a 93 year old man who was watching along the route. A very sweet moment for everyone involved.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCv69s4xrX2Pdr4W3qr5tGTBhoDwHmyO5_am6kVxLL9MeHK62nmvIRVSpZRnZ7PMx4Q9HXgIm1AzrsR142o-_HlURgR6M13zmRrwMpaOhH0VIUrQiI3i_Xv3JxB3fXgK7nOZYCk8bkD6Sf/s1600/35838_470039074761_830199761_6430289_4798580_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCv69s4xrX2Pdr4W3qr5tGTBhoDwHmyO5_am6kVxLL9MeHK62nmvIRVSpZRnZ7PMx4Q9HXgIm1AzrsR142o-_HlURgR6M13zmRrwMpaOhH0VIUrQiI3i_Xv3JxB3fXgK7nOZYCk8bkD6Sf/s400/35838_470039074761_830199761_6430289_4798580_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503903078624479074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1Kk6O8aQ8wt840n-69YucnrECdO1xQ-4kTAKO2t4tKmV9jAKmvRBqxsD9NOU8b3pbKaVN9F2nDdtweGrhNpcTVgCa43sOy0lywvP9HA9WD0rjTVkkOVVMue_AcVEUsFCR7VRVp8IpelJ/s1600/34923_470039349761_830199761_6430312_5702015_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1Kk6O8aQ8wt840n-69YucnrECdO1xQ-4kTAKO2t4tKmV9jAKmvRBqxsD9NOU8b3pbKaVN9F2nDdtweGrhNpcTVgCa43sOy0lywvP9HA9WD0rjTVkkOVVMue_AcVEUsFCR7VRVp8IpelJ/s400/34923_470039349761_830199761_6430312_5702015_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503902359796058210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Idyllic slice of Americana</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">After the parade, the real fun begins with a good old fashioned block party with tons of activities for the kids. Every hour there was an event or contest hosted by a different family on the block, with some going on all day long. The kids enjoyed hours of </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Foosball</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">, face painting, ping pong, water sliding and even a dunk tank.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivCBrvgegaSsp37O2s7MPBJ6hEnsYOeaVtJHraUo60Ke9A4NumVxwhFm9hi4smoOT6iayLyadvUZw7H9oDyv0LsMa4kg6ntgSOUGj_46SIMO3eCQGrbp3OUcG2i4v7Zwdu8hNyvhzFxKg/s1600/37457_470039504761_830199761_6430330_6820337_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivCBrvgegaSsp37O2s7MPBJ6hEnsYOeaVtJHraUo60Ke9A4NumVxwhFm9hi4smoOT6iayLyadvUZw7H9oDyv0LsMa4kg6ntgSOUGj_46SIMO3eCQGrbp3OUcG2i4v7Zwdu8hNyvhzFxKg/s400/37457_470039504761_830199761_6430330_6820337_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503879308832625778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Dana on face painting</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNbNR6BJABJ8deSHf997a_d3TJHWO_J-Ud99o3vyr_dt1W9BGJk5pe4EXhIAf0xggQ1Lq_CrPOzag7g8KLHA6gJdD93iy4ST9oG4nGXH9Y8XyNmCnPH2WVjDjDm9hMTSeaTuys8eeN0nn/s1600/13442_470039554761_830199761_6430335_7521893_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNbNR6BJABJ8deSHf997a_d3TJHWO_J-Ud99o3vyr_dt1W9BGJk5pe4EXhIAf0xggQ1Lq_CrPOzag7g8KLHA6gJdD93iy4ST9oG4nGXH9Y8XyNmCnPH2WVjDjDm9hMTSeaTuys8eeN0nn/s400/13442_470039554761_830199761_6430335_7521893_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503879306297522178" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Lauritsens</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> ran the wildly popular donut eating contest.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWYn7zuMNn7mPGNEQGivmbnyMK2joz2HswbKTAoVVa1FkPJMD9q3zA2lSASlRccPA9naZ2qDcwQm-ClmPIQdALzquYDmqOyY35r2Vgodbgi-piA_bgMoQtxvK4A-aHZnw5j8Klf8e6dKP/s1600/36027_470039579761_830199761_6430338_856362_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWYn7zuMNn7mPGNEQGivmbnyMK2joz2HswbKTAoVVa1FkPJMD9q3zA2lSASlRccPA9naZ2qDcwQm-ClmPIQdALzquYDmqOyY35r2Vgodbgi-piA_bgMoQtxvK4A-aHZnw5j8Klf8e6dKP/s400/36027_470039579761_830199761_6430338_856362_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503879293713618306" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">This </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Rockwellian</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> shot sums it up!</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWYn7zuMNn7mPGNEQGivmbnyMK2joz2HswbKTAoVVa1FkPJMD9q3zA2lSASlRccPA9naZ2qDcwQm-ClmPIQdALzquYDmqOyY35r2Vgodbgi-piA_bgMoQtxvK4A-aHZnw5j8Klf8e6dKP/s1600/36027_470039579761_830199761_6430338_856362_n.jpg"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE4Wbvmnrj2F-iJTM8-4fq8pr2WEivBg4Q9t8nS9Mf6ffyv6ACPQFx9ZQZYgraIP1w0omBTAan-ENSdMSbvQtG3KYm4Y7wIZtXfT2j2IpAbpzlivhBj5zFDPSPibyUv7eCV0EJJCIiiWi/s1600/37003_470039479761_830199761_6430327_258422_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE4Wbvmnrj2F-iJTM8-4fq8pr2WEivBg4Q9t8nS9Mf6ffyv6ACPQFx9ZQZYgraIP1w0omBTAan-ENSdMSbvQtG3KYm4Y7wIZtXfT2j2IpAbpzlivhBj5zFDPSPibyUv7eCV0EJJCIiiWi/s400/37003_470039479761_830199761_6430327_258422_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503909509608171618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The girls enjoying home made </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">slushies</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrE_InT_B848qFz0z6nkCWA6Xh-R2c67u9GCtfZXgc5kSA-u0MOyUHZMX1J8PS5c3lf-lXRXXgREm5UmA7iFJmktxjXTMO3FN1hqrbhj1gMssYqxEkS1y-hg1wZikJ5L7a7rVOGon7yCW5/s1600/36974_470039489761_830199761_6430328_2931443_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrE_InT_B848qFz0z6nkCWA6Xh-R2c67u9GCtfZXgc5kSA-u0MOyUHZMX1J8PS5c3lf-lXRXXgREm5UmA7iFJmktxjXTMO3FN1hqrbhj1gMssYqxEkS1y-hg1wZikJ5L7a7rVOGon7yCW5/s400/36974_470039489761_830199761_6430328_2931443_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503909502994357474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Brad and my event was the Second Annual Mixing Bowl - a bake off for those who are out for blood. This year we stepped up our game and created a trophy to be passed on from winner to winner every year. We had a great turn out of entrants, although, come to think of it, the majority of them don't actually reside on </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Litchfield</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">. Hmmm...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEXDz2z0f1PmrtdyKjoFl5pbzjz6N839pqQYVfCRArHknZyLZQY-s_gyfCE5XZA_dFDotusHrPadO6dpowsd4XY49UuvuLToelt4GXtY6mWMiTlan1kZjtGwiv3faulnuWERPqfgD-x_h/s1600/34240_470039739761_830199761_6430358_7863394_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEXDz2z0f1PmrtdyKjoFl5pbzjz6N839pqQYVfCRArHknZyLZQY-s_gyfCE5XZA_dFDotusHrPadO6dpowsd4XY49UuvuLToelt4GXtY6mWMiTlan1kZjtGwiv3faulnuWERPqfgD-x_h/s400/34240_470039739761_830199761_6430358_7863394_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503878432769785010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The highly coveted Mixing Bowl Trophy</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbJp6aLaKe14CuTJNVFRM1ZNK6niSB8el-J9y67opAbw5BsLiROiRvvXKrztYUSHtqTO2bEOusBTtScWA5koCjHhrI5LRfjSeWaFgw0K1d8xgP28aj_qy96lOViKKk_daYSdMX3pKRuG6/s1600/37285_470039384761_830199761_6430317_3661259_n.jpg"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJVx8lzshKFCDxVSgvpvqY8ZbKC3uKl0K-_nEG_dwwBks4sKZuOjr-F_M8_ii9SPrfmInUpeNLnofgwDvN3ZLE2Muac-1lETMMP_QVaUpI0aVJq_OgsgqOTrqGt2AHFn_aogbmafZuqrM/s1600/36982_470039824761_830199761_6430366_4938447_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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Tony </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Parise</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">! Tony came in second last year, but brought his A game this time with his delicious home made cream puffs to take the victory. Congrats!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02kkXK7n-jMI9pzWyeImpCzs0SWEEd0fJI6SJ-xlCxqMLYSFcejTS24ch03Bo8HGKBF5Ih6dmFUofTu2dbertXTxZJJhOA1DbDsIzBSAUaHXwRWnE6m3_xErKReYipdbxFehBexCaxkoh/s1600/36360_470040049761_830199761_6430387_7331361_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02kkXK7n-jMI9pzWyeImpCzs0SWEEd0fJI6SJ-xlCxqMLYSFcejTS24ch03Bo8HGKBF5Ih6dmFUofTu2dbertXTxZJJhOA1DbDsIzBSAUaHXwRWnE6m3_xErKReYipdbxFehBexCaxkoh/s400/36360_470040049761_830199761_6430387_7331361_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503877208010655906" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqBoapVdlc-jVa7bq8jaER0fW0ll1Yu2x3b8JwJ8DXgA1k3W6FVtnrzCbTqukjTK1F14aRax16y0R4sOUvIG3q9Q_AgVeXAQcN7OJ_oQGIE-9yYqt1b1LrA_5dWhjWLCGiY3vzOAPsdnY/s1600/35794_470040089761_830199761_6430390_6106670_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqBoapVdlc-jVa7bq8jaER0fW0ll1Yu2x3b8JwJ8DXgA1k3W6FVtnrzCbTqukjTK1F14aRax16y0R4sOUvIG3q9Q_AgVeXAQcN7OJ_oQGIE-9yYqt1b1LrA_5dWhjWLCGiY3vzOAPsdnY/s400/35794_470040089761_830199761_6430390_6106670_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503877200884558802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The winners' circle</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The Fourth of July is an all day extravaganza of games and good times with neighbors, family and friends. The sense of community and </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">camaraderie</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> is like nothing I've ever experienced before, as I grew up on a street where I couldn't tell you my neighbors' names. So I especially appreciate how rare and wonderful this community is and how lucky I feel to be raising a child who will never know life any other way. We are very, very fortunate to live where we do and holidays like the Fourth just magnify all of the reasons why.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc45IcLApUu-5gLonTAGgc2gvSNaKhPGx59TdiKylSp3H4cdE0R-zzRcKnWgIESQ-XHh3F-5CTFqnYeOzKwygVXhfmAdNE_VJsshFF-2fu-wyrpA-gYqVL6VxvIfid6ytcpbptyBcV2ord/s1600/35361_470040109761_830199761_6430392_2258164_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc45IcLApUu-5gLonTAGgc2gvSNaKhPGx59TdiKylSp3H4cdE0R-zzRcKnWgIESQ-XHh3F-5CTFqnYeOzKwygVXhfmAdNE_VJsshFF-2fu-wyrpA-gYqVL6VxvIfid6ytcpbptyBcV2ord/s400/35361_470040109761_830199761_6430392_2258164_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503877194834355746" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Happy Fourth!</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></u></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc45IcLApUu-5gLonTAGgc2gvSNaKhPGx59TdiKylSp3H4cdE0R-zzRcKnWgIESQ-XHh3F-5CTFqnYeOzKwygVXhfmAdNE_VJsshFF-2fu-wyrpA-gYqVL6VxvIfid6ytcpbptyBcV2ord/s1600/35361_470040109761_830199761_6430392_2258164_n.jpg"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWyzvMl4WuREu5YctOImBhn-Dm8kc5wvylRxyUWH68n-q1nL2mbAyN51vPZSdyh4xg_N2vp2hxxCCpce5u0Qk6jUnhpBOhzU6YWt0NUVV0rVdHqXnBOdSVFYN_uVfcCCHoMzfG7o45vbd/s400/37317_470038734761_830199761_6430258_5114901_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503911288029520130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Yeah it does.</span></span></span></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-67646557698459089942010-06-30T01:59:00.000-07:002010-08-25T13:47:27.758-07:00Easter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnWZDboj0O6KC0e3Ln0Uo7_Thu0yJCKhspEq58ViOTCw3EPQR-MyG482nYPZ0mwKT0vvfgbnSGPUUF7QbE7r6NLRvXB_PxPgFfTbH48SBIsf7aj9UUN2ZItvCwTuXP_JvHpYP3WsKQB28/s1600/03-28-2010_254_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnWZDboj0O6KC0e3Ln0Uo7_Thu0yJCKhspEq58ViOTCw3EPQR-MyG482nYPZ0mwKT0vvfgbnSGPUUF7QbE7r6NLRvXB_PxPgFfTbH48SBIsf7aj9UUN2ZItvCwTuXP_JvHpYP3WsKQB28/s400/03-28-2010_254_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509451881730459730" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">There is something so supremely creepy about this 6 foot man in a raggedy bunny outfit clutching my little girl. And the fact that I had to pay him for the privilege is equally if not more disturbing. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">We actually tried to get her to sit on the Easter bunny's lap for a photo op last year, but apparently she had sharper instincts back when she was only one because she took one look at the mutant rabbit was not about to have any part of that nonsense.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WE1HU1PTR6RDIfnpZYSf3j8_SioW0YrdtaljMQAP1UhgjD2-qnXCJt2H1YJovj_lDm-da_k0uDbbRIaEbzemm2hj2lvsvOHvoQsqWcWvWelEppBWZqW-HwuTNvnXrwnRsoZHdR7TuKH7/s1600/03-28-2010_254_1.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">But there you have it. Easter. And all its weird trappings. I'm sure it's all very confusing for my 2 year old since it has no religious connotation for her. The bunnies, the marshmallow chicks, the jelly beans, the dyed eggs. Very colorful, but very strange.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKl0YAp-tBSV54eUCKzjQ9LWP4HZeZG28QfXlONcR4pb4UpDoTnao61O3_x8Wskb8ugJaO8XOVRaWsEEJmmpJpcWwj8Qsn0L9GLU5SvtyK3UtF6JpzLx5Tr77MvYVv7V0r4dBgW4WjH8R/s1600/03-28-2010_254_1.jpg"></a></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">And we do all the silly stuff. I've come to the conclusion that as her parents, we are in charge of the hefty responsibility of all of her childhood memories. So it's up to us to do it up right and take the opportunity to make these holidays and traditions something special that she'll look back upon fondly.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">This year was our first attempt at dying eggs and it was a huge success. Brad and I had fun experimenting with different dying techniques - using rubber bands, stickers and even vegetable oil. And Abs had fun just dropping the eggs in the colorful cups and stirring the contents.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPzvYRK0cY7AahmvCMJlXd4-7ArQ2ic2hLS313ToCDfuNpP-67v2fd_vWR-_csADJ8nlt-mM6W-pDUhautzDVy2TrTXXSZ5YdMFYqCkeoL0I3Hdb_qw5H7j4UvhHJnCPis-p4Ykfm9XEG/s1600/DSCN0916.JPG"></a></div></span></u></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbE1IVJ4fe6GNRLKsxwc_NIeZUPOZ_d3H-jMDKENfZaq61WQBpvxYWwkT6RDbGB8-2P3fXFIraVO4_Bua2nhZSbXEVhvdDMQOnsBcCOHmSe3KnC7MTV56bmFauJpF97AS5XbpVvhSApb_C/s400/DSCN0916.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509447737610618034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Good old PAAS</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmH2gV8lHSVMM6FC5jC0oQr6mTOnPOuQpYhQED0GepcjXH-P87HsTDU2sHx7CqxO4WDx_701HyGSa3ma68HqaK_EzKI4HjU8KveeHklubcdDKYKua2jamTNdkJMCzP_x0tYhyca_d92tB6/s1600/DSCN0919.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmH2gV8lHSVMM6FC5jC0oQr6mTOnPOuQpYhQED0GepcjXH-P87HsTDU2sHx7CqxO4WDx_701HyGSa3ma68HqaK_EzKI4HjU8KveeHklubcdDKYKua2jamTNdkJMCzP_x0tYhyca_d92tB6/s400/DSCN0919.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505471924739821810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 346px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Abby and Brad dying eggs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiG-KiJ2IOlB6pDmPVf5-2xd_AwlnmngQQHMFMebJhpZtVW9lc_DU5qXGaWhq99l7_HHHYwYAddqbqo4PttCp0POjGz3wkUjjEX0fju-oVsYfQ-EQFMZMxtvdx524vnNWVlkihwuAASn2Q/s400/DSCN0930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509447755028543650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Our snazzy eggs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU3RNPrRlx3H4G0BJEivVZ0pHWWUp3IkcUpldxnQPxcJjYIxm_LskAUYjgyojDzIBUAOlOnhyphenhyphen_EY4GQk0XNdrJecHlJC930PPx6tXAJd8iq_19Uw91jq9Ot6AenWcdqJNwhvDKpNQeCY0/s1600/DSCN0938.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU3RNPrRlx3H4G0BJEivVZ0pHWWUp3IkcUpldxnQPxcJjYIxm_LskAUYjgyojDzIBUAOlOnhyphenhyphen_EY4GQk0XNdrJecHlJC930PPx6tXAJd8iq_19Uw91jq9Ot6AenWcdqJNwhvDKpNQeCY0/s400/DSCN0938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505462645503217154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">We left old fluffy buns a little bribe to be sure he'd stop by.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf4f2kJB01RruxFDLPY8vpVYQEcaEDY1ZpVXl8Lt5P0iSnHBIJfZb-sXxGwjmwwa7o2IRgALJx9h2ClzKCzd0tJ_yV7bizdcCrAqz0ffhytJIapGf5KBOAaOGiOFZCxLuuouoDbkx-d5b/s1600/DSCN0985.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf4f2kJB01RruxFDLPY8vpVYQEcaEDY1ZpVXl8Lt5P0iSnHBIJfZb-sXxGwjmwwa7o2IRgALJx9h2ClzKCzd0tJ_yV7bizdcCrAqz0ffhytJIapGf5KBOAaOGiOFZCxLuuouoDbkx-d5b/s400/DSCN0985.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505465480429377682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div></span></u><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbyZ0ZJfa04Rmz3xjlXXQgdWn16gzT9cbLNu8FlLoV4-UAyk5cM_PpPJARei5N4mqoBD4WL5ObcflbUBL8Pvuf7u_nUc0w7zY39g0RBuS7XAbMCLWblwhehyxT_iE7rB486CHZDIqmIck/s1600/DSCN1047.JPG"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbyZ0ZJfa04Rmz3xjlXXQgdWn16gzT9cbLNu8FlLoV4-UAyk5cM_PpPJARei5N4mqoBD4WL5ObcflbUBL8Pvuf7u_nUc0w7zY39g0RBuS7XAbMCLWblwhehyxT_iE7rB486CHZDIqmIck/s1600/DSCN1047.JPG"></a></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbyZ0ZJfa04Rmz3xjlXXQgdWn16gzT9cbLNu8FlLoV4-UAyk5cM_PpPJARei5N4mqoBD4WL5ObcflbUBL8Pvuf7u_nUc0w7zY39g0RBuS7XAbMCLWblwhehyxT_iE7rB486CHZDIqmIck/s1600/DSCN1047.JPG"></a></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">He took our snacks and left behind a little memento.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtBlD6ZuebvFUDTiqTqtYuAuNlCrmyFnGaAoUIECuxPlrLzfwHcFc0OvZClhKc5-6hJl1rvTy8yPPB3Nj_EC08vJ4FfuS6hA1DI22jj-m33czF37UZWfnqzsh0DyUAyGGCVDoD74oSvqy/s400/cheeky+monkey+002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505854108060816386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">He also left behind some footprints.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The girls each got baskets from both the Easter bunny and grandma and were ready to start the great Easter Egg Hunt of 2010. Let the fun begin!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LAb4Y7KuC-4y1B_SpZCyxPG8eXLbxeD7NrLYZ0W_5p0JLD7P2PCFix4vje6u3ez8e1BdyeEfJr_04Hpt4aOVFKvIvuUuSXz07pRII0jFXyQ5dVaI9FrFV1rTgMu8BZyVNii96iTW0Yv3/s400/DSCN0950.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509447744591506722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The loot.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYXzg2V3rr6e0YGcMN606zDDL-fJfv1atO8Ipajs_tmcVM1ye4ffEzXatxFph-AlKtNsk4zrpbqlUCmMdaS-ou8m1EZ6aDO0lsC4T85LInlx0pG9sgYLSlexGk2DGI3kwj_i4PzO54ZB9/s1600/DSCN0979.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWjtydgUaD9D_ASfdFIKDN9WrPcA2jkFkxW62AVUkUTGNH6Uvxzp9Hv8eCDFA68KY1eN6aZR03rHvSToh_1Op5ckm4zJPwjIPSOisuNGuXR9MwOhcueG2ipeYI7dP7YzOQK37uazvTd0V/s400/DSC07542.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505462664458329554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Thrilled with her score.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">We had so many eggs for the girls to discover in the backyard. There were two dozen of the hardboiled variety and at least 4 dozen more plastic eggs filled with candy and small change. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-8ixqRPP1UysxubcoY6p3pn57U-grgMulURCtjZChymRgk508sVCbsJK59anp9sl9Be1J64sr3yeQBDOD5AAyvbXabwzt32SgfN4VrqGOChgEwzS7Yc3NZfL9tMMZbjVhbhRgIptE3C4/s1600/DSCN0957.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-8ixqRPP1UysxubcoY6p3pn57U-grgMulURCtjZChymRgk508sVCbsJK59anp9sl9Be1J64sr3yeQBDOD5AAyvbXabwzt32SgfN4VrqGOChgEwzS7Yc3NZfL9tMMZbjVhbhRgIptE3C4/s400/DSCN0957.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505470681154620274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpUXQ_Fst_7Lv16pHZhWuEvxwegb2QFimmfHxda2Jrx-H55e_nRl2x612HloGl7eK2b6HkgPep6PEk90VBDLL0EwFX1YpowPfzYu34n2ucjflo1zI704ox4Fc-9fJG_O6TCMCLhDMUP1t/s1600/DSCN0962.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpUXQ_Fst_7Lv16pHZhWuEvxwegb2QFimmfHxda2Jrx-H55e_nRl2x612HloGl7eK2b6HkgPep6PEk90VBDLL0EwFX1YpowPfzYu34n2ucjflo1zI704ox4Fc-9fJG_O6TCMCLhDMUP1t/s400/DSCN0962.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505465514875250690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></span></u><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The girls had a blast and were surprisingly competitive about it. It was hilarious to see them in their Easter finery duking it out over gaudy toy eggs filled with stale candy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tfRwNNCg_61lq8Xlpxj_qSEVLPNwuXeFL79hkZ9U1KZ_2uyXZQ8GDurfkMxRjaL8XraeNjuf3xFn-PPq3luBUpHOPQfeyjO4EjO1Mez8c30dp9Se-PeuEk3_7WRxRpGxlt8xDxZQibQo/s1600/DSCN1029.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tfRwNNCg_61lq8Xlpxj_qSEVLPNwuXeFL79hkZ9U1KZ_2uyXZQ8GDurfkMxRjaL8XraeNjuf3xFn-PPq3luBUpHOPQfeyjO4EjO1Mez8c30dp9Se-PeuEk3_7WRxRpGxlt8xDxZQibQo/s400/DSCN1029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505464011454791954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYDv1L9Mwdf8zhuSImn-9Tog_c8V20Fn-exn78g0lAGGymEwFUmVNVhGYdsbgJPKnO6guZGKBFR2AbwPza_5ZYncHdIALj7-ebvTkULi2RU5LRrzQ5zowVedASFFIfngWPzbInDqx05Cy/s1600/DSCN1036.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYDv1L9Mwdf8zhuSImn-9Tog_c8V20Fn-exn78g0lAGGymEwFUmVNVhGYdsbgJPKnO6guZGKBFR2AbwPza_5ZYncHdIALj7-ebvTkULi2RU5LRrzQ5zowVedASFFIfngWPzbInDqx05Cy/s400/DSCN1036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505464001857272114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">After the egg hunt madness was done and all the booty had been found and collected, we headed inside for Easter brunch. I decorated using tons of fun and bright finds from my favorite department store (The Dollar Tree). The entire family had a great time and it was another happy memory in the bank for our baby girl.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbTEaZIKFHzW-r7MIokoG60L8NtVYeOajhyphenhyphen62oSkc4FYi7UGUwPPHaQY1aejc9_Zu1G-sRjVb63jGzajZfTW6eiBLDQ-jcmCIAixOHVDcp5Njbw2HIcWxkKU7jDJlrom1m9sQf4pIwcWo/s1600/DSCN0886.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbTEaZIKFHzW-r7MIokoG60L8NtVYeOajhyphenhyphen62oSkc4FYi7UGUwPPHaQY1aejc9_Zu1G-sRjVb63jGzajZfTW6eiBLDQ-jcmCIAixOHVDcp5Njbw2HIcWxkKU7jDJlrom1m9sQf4pIwcWo/s400/DSCN0886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505473634215546466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px; " /></a></span></u><div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The kids table </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaElwgKkgNbjjzraUm5ZB-JhcSvK2tLb-sL3cypsasuKw21ZCE7MgXrrZb-NQGPb_ZZMFIfqt5WUQNpwzjjPLBzPSLnxlEC9lguBe3KLK2RH1jg8x89O6zfmRqH5YtQw8pPF6a2E1nQdkJ/s1600/DSCN0899.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaElwgKkgNbjjzraUm5ZB-JhcSvK2tLb-sL3cypsasuKw21ZCE7MgXrrZb-NQGPb_ZZMFIfqt5WUQNpwzjjPLBzPSLnxlEC9lguBe3KLK2RH1jg8x89O6zfmRqH5YtQw8pPF6a2E1nQdkJ/s400/DSCN0899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505473622323537698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px; " /></a></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR12_qLe-3ITwNXbU32hrG0Mt4RsleUXukFT8OigljExi8PdJatzP5S9j8PGB3VWobeoq1oEsGPM5HvMwTm2Y0_2yiGoSRNXLlkN4G-5geO8XgivtpJlLnNvNS8edN74TWJ9i-P9iUlhlb/s1600/DSCN0910.JPG"></a></span></div></div></span></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The adults table</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR12_qLe-3ITwNXbU32hrG0Mt4RsleUXukFT8OigljExi8PdJatzP5S9j8PGB3VWobeoq1oEsGPM5HvMwTm2Y0_2yiGoSRNXLlkN4G-5geO8XgivtpJlLnNvNS8edN74TWJ9i-P9iUlhlb/s1600/DSCN0910.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR12_qLe-3ITwNXbU32hrG0Mt4RsleUXukFT8OigljExi8PdJatzP5S9j8PGB3VWobeoq1oEsGPM5HvMwTm2Y0_2yiGoSRNXLlkN4G-5geO8XgivtpJlLnNvNS8edN74TWJ9i-P9iUlhlb/s400/DSCN0910.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505471941391618402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></u></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazeugaHMDchmGkcuoyLY8xFGu3u17aE9r3Kd12OwoPwoXTelWg0lQNHpfN3oMdYuC2HkMtnH7qkhLPejn9paByjQ1X2sWVTMtiC0I4-tjnewMHGuqRVJ2ENVN6S3DKvVncoHhuAPUHW11/s1600/03-28-2010_254_1.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbTEaZIKFHzW-r7MIokoG60L8NtVYeOajhyphenhyphen62oSkc4FYi7UGUwPPHaQY1aejc9_Zu1G-sRjVb63jGzajZfTW6eiBLDQ-jcmCIAixOHVDcp5Njbw2HIcWxkKU7jDJlrom1m9sQf4pIwcWo/s1600/DSCN0886.JPG"></a></span><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFbqc-c6EQbdZXtcGYnaaHOIZJPis9SMJCgFgEKIkG2WSSRCfFwvoW2NePbbACT6y-rLnluSvbQtVAElKjTWSd8K2UrK0Jyb3epZYMcZBLI65FUxaefmR3xeX4JFS72K0pENSgblJ1Pt7/s1600/DSCN0906.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcHdZW9UxKIwKAVn3eJCUb7aHPFMetQ8CVjLG6mUvAGVO7aKb9rfpSwkZjTfGOOjN01I4YbG6f_4PqlcF1QpJWz1lUjwGSndpw5pgOJaInRwp4jHldf9bs9Pndr2hw-WMSRYvMgYt9ww9/s400/DSCN0906.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505843692334246386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div></div></span></u></span></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463749667294088551.post-75330127542817127102010-06-25T18:18:00.000-07:002010-08-19T13:39:02.514-07:00Splashin Around<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-dYAnKLq7v2kmfD0adZkGOxZywlOq22H_94rTwhLtEWjMW3ki1Cez4hAjrm46R1pKw-M9-AecEzfboAf9k-Z6C11lUb854RqvshhehyphenhyphenTHxDzSVXV_MRIDSYH9WQx6UD1qd8VG4_gytjJ/s1600/37414_466125649761_830199761_6325075_4067952_n.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtZMQUR3bojFjHpeje6ms-tsAQ81V9C4m7whFG8fRRFyosWYdlwH94qIAx5aT3WeCPyRz_nIgug22G7BpcISG_xsBopN6Akwjf4mLWGoz-iRQoawfcMfu81znNZ0OSMFseu9E8ck_A-fa/s1600/34081_466125729761_830199761_6325083_960646_n.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNhkbINjsb23amGhAOPLAbq_Prv8AIQz8W89usz9bNL6YIFk9BrjHAzR_IlItH40D_UayRIRbK7FbHLNZGyc34jph_shZrGCSTw5AqSkGqL_G5y18xcJnJy6wog45l4rK0eJkegEEfmHQ/s1600/28273_466125894761_830199761_6325097_1449187_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNhkbINjsb23amGhAOPLAbq_Prv8AIQz8W89usz9bNL6YIFk9BrjHAzR_IlItH40D_UayRIRbK7FbHLNZGyc34jph_shZrGCSTw5AqSkGqL_G5y18xcJnJy6wog45l4rK0eJkegEEfmHQ/s320/28273_466125894761_830199761_6325097_1449187_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486943399284519570" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Aaaah! Summer's in full swing and we are totally making the most of the glorious summer weather. Abs has a best friend named Hailey (or "Hails" as Abby calls her). They met in Gymboree, but really it was because her mom and I kept crossing paths in random places all around town that their fate as besties was sealed. They've been friends for over a year now and, considering they're two, that's like forever. </span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Today we took the girls (and buddies Thomas and Julia) to a new place to play in Stanton - Harry Dotson Park. It was uh-mazing! Tons of playground equipment. But not just your typical run of the mill monkey bars and swing sets. Oh, no. We're talking real rock wall boulders, an </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">enormous</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> pirate ship for climbing and sliding, and a kick ass water-fun section for splashing and keeping cool. There's also tons of shaded picnic tables for parents to watch the kids from and best of all it's FREE! The perfect way to while away a summer afternoon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFF5P_9nkBwQwXqEdiVq_Bw7K141LHtqjrOEFaekps6gImY2mCsAn4DpRALL3ZCzvZns3UVndyVZ0yzOJTFAs8knDYifm36BefzsIbChP8X3ysUbTvZHjc_FgvstLLTR7jcOyFiUTR6T1Q/s1600/35860_466125379761_830199761_6325055_8334717_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFF5P_9nkBwQwXqEdiVq_Bw7K141LHtqjrOEFaekps6gImY2mCsAn4DpRALL3ZCzvZns3UVndyVZ0yzOJTFAs8knDYifm36BefzsIbChP8X3ysUbTvZHjc_FgvstLLTR7jcOyFiUTR6T1Q/s400/35860_466125379761_830199761_6325055_8334717_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486910025800293298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">The ship - pretty awesome, right?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovO-vUPONri66WgUHGJ6ZY5vgFJ3TC_t8_fK09O0x18MWNkGekI9CjnqJQ6TGASMD4oU5LB5z1kfv4uzxgR_tGoWj490n_rxaveZpXch-tjB3EYB2a36es5zTHwOMSCJ9fEkyJ6MF5bht/s1600/35821_466125404761_830199761_6325057_6228439_n.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovO-vUPONri66WgUHGJ6ZY5vgFJ3TC_t8_fK09O0x18MWNkGekI9CjnqJQ6TGASMD4oU5LB5z1kfv4uzxgR_tGoWj490n_rxaveZpXch-tjB3EYB2a36es5zTHwOMSCJ9fEkyJ6MF5bht/s200/35821_466125404761_830199761_6325057_6228439_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486948531017022114" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"> </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbXHi_02KQfnaN5qrKRt5QBNPDTrozwhA3Z8FD8JybYlAal6WJTAjIp910tVyiBf1Cdy87ucqM1gSd83yph4LIeuLs1hJucXkDYK1W98I7NixeNIKrmupCAl7Qys_JdQFyU2d13q-xALo/s1600/37002_466125399761_830199761_6325056_1221933_n.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbXHi_02KQfnaN5qrKRt5QBNPDTrozwhA3Z8FD8JybYlAal6WJTAjIp910tVyiBf1Cdy87ucqM1gSd83yph4LIeuLs1hJucXkDYK1W98I7NixeNIKrmupCAl7Qys_JdQFyU2d13q-xALo/s200/37002_466125399761_830199761_6325056_1221933_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486948523470859282" style="cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX534ApdVw6wyWbB7aakRBShCO0B-SWzsj7ZYLuShoAhAWpG4rkdqZ4kVjKI97OQJDfHdjTNIdT8NNpamwYR9mt3DqrG2V33nin3ZI0VAFTprHyjIg0VC7jn5-5OEnw4YBXmqJsbGwsHjz/s1600/36869_466125529761_830199761_6325065_6319886_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX534ApdVw6wyWbB7aakRBShCO0B-SWzsj7ZYLuShoAhAWpG4rkdqZ4kVjKI97OQJDfHdjTNIdT8NNpamwYR9mt3DqrG2V33nin3ZI0VAFTprHyjIg0VC7jn5-5OEnw4YBXmqJsbGwsHjz/s400/36869_466125529761_830199761_6325065_6319886_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486909273144757490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Climbing . . .</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhk30GFNi7idm4mXE6iR0Pga9mIxjGdGQDJlzc7gPlWD7SaLZDU7_Xp5WkwmOCUJLFPIVGXdy1JrKzQ-dNeJVB4HB5JlkolKCnzfz3IfRd9oElpZamHP9Ar_gd8rkC8iW3P7n_DgDBB8f/s400/26685_466125854761_830199761_6325094_2679445_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486951710055378882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">. . . climbing . . .</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQiVtHWT0XVa4YYVg4wK6EMStYU1aM57gS8UQBHMNPCbzDQozQo7mAdgolOYctgbg07NKiI1hqMcfuAwUH-9jSD61kd0i8h8os-HoHdImmGl9DyW6OLA6iG_2XnzerTYc5edEi0pGVxhA/s1600/36684_466125319761_830199761_6325051_2174814_n.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQiVtHWT0XVa4YYVg4wK6EMStYU1aM57gS8UQBHMNPCbzDQozQo7mAdgolOYctgbg07NKiI1hqMcfuAwUH-9jSD61kd0i8h8os-HoHdImmGl9DyW6OLA6iG_2XnzerTYc5edEi0pGVxhA/s200/36684_466125319761_830199761_6325051_2174814_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486940215022138674" style="cursor: pointer; 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height: 200px; " /></span></span></a></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">... and more climbing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtZMQUR3bojFjHpeje6ms-tsAQ81V9C4m7whFG8fRRFyosWYdlwH94qIAx5aT3WeCPyRz_nIgug22G7BpcISG_xsBopN6Akwjf4mLWGoz-iRQoawfcMfu81znNZ0OSMFseu9E8ck_A-fa/s1600/34081_466125729761_830199761_6325083_960646_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtZMQUR3bojFjHpeje6ms-tsAQ81V9C4m7whFG8fRRFyosWYdlwH94qIAx5aT3WeCPyRz_nIgug22G7BpcISG_xsBopN6Akwjf4mLWGoz-iRQoawfcMfu81znNZ0OSMFseu9E8ck_A-fa/s400/34081_466125729761_830199761_6325083_960646_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486946094963257042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Matching swimsuits. Yup - we're those moms.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCBmi4U8sF2E2CHycv8CfuY9ZP_GafA1DGkIpUu9dYwduiwE-VDfOtvvJluv4aaFYDK0_WSA2U541LKD5YWVIz7xmn1ZHW3kbYTwvpi4ulXGpoP8ROb4AbUfCTMbxLvMIwLIgXQj1xkSo/s400/35785_466125559761_830199761_6325067_504178_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486951720561528690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Splashin' around.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnmH0C-I7drKCvoD-XjtXOueubxvtlvjiSCMh4xeCc5CdXWsNJaGBVB-9DeYakEuPAPbVR53K9AUpV0xseYEy2mTLpYQL3Rutp3vs-l06ko0t4Z6DCuQAD_VYFPi9HgW1Bnw6W14lw7TL/s400/36126_466125684761_830199761_6325077_793368_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486905184417143826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Banana break!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9tlSGqzHtFi8YS1FS-N8lXoio8jFRRG_yncMsJFmbuM1tcPo6E-YLIxZipFQyKKleLZZ7WZgnWzxmTxwlDrEUCUjM2pBJJboQzllCMbTJRN7D8Lss13-yDHTgAXz-ReO8YxLav6CjE9F/s1600/35789_466125904761_830199761_6325099_3196436_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9tlSGqzHtFi8YS1FS-N8lXoio8jFRRG_yncMsJFmbuM1tcPo6E-YLIxZipFQyKKleLZZ7WZgnWzxmTxwlDrEUCUjM2pBJJboQzllCMbTJRN7D8Lss13-yDHTgAXz-ReO8YxLav6CjE9F/s400/35789_466125904761_830199761_6325099_3196436_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486951742059009362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TmfLQfJddXoFdcu64XcB5SrjK2R1p_rzuoJoWxAw-wYjOZoqzEfsn8mYihBy7StJpTS-SN7QDLU1yjDZbuyBqB5Z9ayhwnZTICBkAMY8QDwBQ_KlsNUcYeP8Chq9C0EGOM07KwjKaajV/s1600/34003_466125879761_830199761_6325095_4848181_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TmfLQfJddXoFdcu64XcB5SrjK2R1p_rzuoJoWxAw-wYjOZoqzEfsn8mYihBy7StJpTS-SN7QDLU1yjDZbuyBqB5Z9ayhwnZTICBkAMY8QDwBQ_KlsNUcYeP8Chq9C0EGOM07KwjKaajV/s400/34003_466125879761_830199761_6325095_4848181_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486951733181594850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Flower children</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-dYAnKLq7v2kmfD0adZkGOxZywlOq22H_94rTwhLtEWjMW3ki1Cez4hAjrm46R1pKw-M9-AecEzfboAf9k-Z6C11lUb854RqvshhehyphenhyphenTHxDzSVXV_MRIDSYH9WQx6UD1qd8VG4_gytjJ/s1600/37414_466125649761_830199761_6325075_4067952_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-dYAnKLq7v2kmfD0adZkGOxZywlOq22H_94rTwhLtEWjMW3ki1Cez4hAjrm46R1pKw-M9-AecEzfboAf9k-Z6C11lUb854RqvshhehyphenhyphenTHxDzSVXV_MRIDSYH9WQx6UD1qd8VG4_gytjJ/s400/37414_466125649761_830199761_6325075_4067952_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486957008727889938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;">Thomas says, "D'oh! Girls!"</span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Angela Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519658687069903671noreply@blogger.com0