tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68248366519848740502024-02-18T21:05:32.869-08:00The Smithson SixUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-39461877437612513252009-08-19T20:24:00.000-07:002009-08-19T21:20:28.014-07:00Back to School Luau/Hawaiian/Pirate Party!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzV3tfOU6X5OlgyJ2W6K2taYi2n-srg-DAHk7rHSRLnYawdP6W9Rs5-CNP3ZJSrFz_TSclIF0uxkKJmIOEzn6l4huCeg__OuVLBK2ehRkpmrffISwr4CDJbL9jIa7jimDiXVKz7pGUbpxJ/s1600-h/summer+09+014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzV3tfOU6X5OlgyJ2W6K2taYi2n-srg-DAHk7rHSRLnYawdP6W9Rs5-CNP3ZJSrFz_TSclIF0uxkKJmIOEzn6l4huCeg__OuVLBK2ehRkpmrffISwr4CDJbL9jIa7jimDiXVKz7pGUbpxJ/s320/summer+09+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371884710802383010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0p9QmmwnG3by7EpllnPga2JgukLWUgNPf2T87QCp3d9YZiaD3q82ZoQGdQTzERYQP3HZIcXZOMLcuBAb9TalPY-d9xL3ba7D4uOtUmhN6f-GNYlnkeZ0L17S-fEx63WOw7Njp09-GfAmL/s1600-h/summer+09+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0p9QmmwnG3by7EpllnPga2JgukLWUgNPf2T87QCp3d9YZiaD3q82ZoQGdQTzERYQP3HZIcXZOMLcuBAb9TalPY-d9xL3ba7D4uOtUmhN6f-GNYlnkeZ0L17S-fEx63WOw7Njp09-GfAmL/s320/summer+09+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371884726551304338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPkFnLd3AZjUzcij-RbZDL8bvYzRnKWNTH8upjgXZur_DRhNGFmp2onk_EIhRiwoswsREFQ2xG6_PhYFSO4L7OAcrM0Pto3bY3omgHYuGDhd0aKV8M2-XUc2zffIhJkJinGO89X1d7mfS/s1600-h/summer+09+013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPkFnLd3AZjUzcij-RbZDL8bvYzRnKWNTH8upjgXZur_DRhNGFmp2onk_EIhRiwoswsREFQ2xG6_PhYFSO4L7OAcrM0Pto3bY3omgHYuGDhd0aKV8M2-XUc2zffIhJkJinGO89X1d7mfS/s320/summer+09+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371884716302672802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4qfaSvn5yE7Lzk9yYZFrtFKBxMdFgO8UrHI37L4UpXSgZUVveGV8DpC7NqNhWC9rnqejpG-Wr9NbgBunsIZcLGYMsd6ig6qvi2U6HoPB8wvjFyifpT9-rGqMrLj-kl_Qx0MomB2tII-F/s1600-h/summer+09+030.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4qfaSvn5yE7Lzk9yYZFrtFKBxMdFgO8UrHI37L4UpXSgZUVveGV8DpC7NqNhWC9rnqejpG-Wr9NbgBunsIZcLGYMsd6ig6qvi2U6HoPB8wvjFyifpT9-rGqMrLj-kl_Qx0MomB2tII-F/s320/summer+09+030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371884730681829762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6K1Vl_jOXhKIJeRHaQSKQkmbu9nkzk6QqM3Q1L_Y2nPH0juQhfMbiAXErXbUN6Qgv-rutRq1XwWP7wJZC31HncR70LpIFbyjkFZNg9fmmE1dyqu7G2lIASkNLdhtaT0d-ldkNYTRcJkaY/s1600-h/summer+09+029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6K1Vl_jOXhKIJeRHaQSKQkmbu9nkzk6QqM3Q1L_Y2nPH0juQhfMbiAXErXbUN6Qgv-rutRq1XwWP7wJZC31HncR70LpIFbyjkFZNg9fmmE1dyqu7G2lIASkNLdhtaT0d-ldkNYTRcJkaY/s320/summer+09+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371884740551355586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I threw back to school parties for the kids! I did three separate parties, one for MerriLyn, one for Brisbane, and one for Adle. I still don't know how I did it. At the parties, the girls made cute little flowers and the boys played on the pirate ship. I made chicken salad sandwiches for MerriLyn's party, cupcakes for Brisbane's and chicken skewers for Adle's. It was tiring. the parties started calm, but when Adle's came around things went wild, as you can see by the pictures.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-12741555846814837682009-08-18T21:49:00.000-07:002009-08-18T22:05:33.004-07:00The First Day of School!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaH4BgWolPLA_3-JbiUNA5OCzgASMSUPvoZhbUfzg3Kmespoh2b-YJJd0BsiPJRE35bX7bo0mVA6txJZcu7Utw1ozQt50I7NzVL5d2Q-a2zGFSL-SdDkW3WJdtWt3vUq1xPhOIDNwipKio/s1600-h/summer+09+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaH4BgWolPLA_3-JbiUNA5OCzgASMSUPvoZhbUfzg3Kmespoh2b-YJJd0BsiPJRE35bX7bo0mVA6txJZcu7Utw1ozQt50I7NzVL5d2Q-a2zGFSL-SdDkW3WJdtWt3vUq1xPhOIDNwipKio/s320/summer+09+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371534396872609746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnxth7aLTngvb75vQE0nSUiNzoLHShswc6TdKuQgrEEwllzfuIRR35A9h6mHkjYgvbybaFCvVGe82wZ2IzuQfsPeOuPm7H4QCcqhY6uDKwBmnkt3aneCsGrEVDb0cZ8u4zemDXQWWvvO0/s1600-h/summer+09+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnxth7aLTngvb75vQE0nSUiNzoLHShswc6TdKuQgrEEwllzfuIRR35A9h6mHkjYgvbybaFCvVGe82wZ2IzuQfsPeOuPm7H4QCcqhY6uDKwBmnkt3aneCsGrEVDb0cZ8u4zemDXQWWvvO0/s320/summer+09+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371534394865465538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Okay. I have not been blogging for almost a year. I am finally on because Adle told me we need to blog. The first day of school was great! MerriLyn and Brisbane are at Taylor Elementary school while Adle and I are at Snowflake Jr. High. Lily gets dropped off at the babysitter's house MerriLyn has Mr. Rodgers for her 3rd grade teacher. Brisbane has Mrs. Birtcher for 2nd grade, who happened to be his preschool teacher. Adle has 8 teachers and I am one of them. Bart and I have gotten cute pictures of MerriLyn and Brisbane. Of course Adle's picture is on my phone. I hope the school year goes good. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Go LOBOS!!!!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-86736120037957689342009-03-20T22:58:00.000-07:002009-03-20T23:34:20.724-07:00OUR FALL PICTURES!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_rK0XoDA51RCAq9v33nqNEt21C2LrBp5WaU127Wre7YEBBkOVN-fAh4AtCPekI2Piv5AOO1AweUm7UdVyBU9VBMXTqrk656754nLrwUIXzpAgFjXGrk4pTUupxtLkglNKH-wdnjfi23v/s1600-h/family4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_rK0XoDA51RCAq9v33nqNEt21C2LrBp5WaU127Wre7YEBBkOVN-fAh4AtCPekI2Piv5AOO1AweUm7UdVyBU9VBMXTqrk656754nLrwUIXzpAgFjXGrk4pTUupxtLkglNKH-wdnjfi23v/s320/family4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315521917725118418" border="0" /></a><br />When first started blogging last August, I thought, "This is easy. I can do it all the time!"<br />Little did I know that I would let life get ahead me and our computer would not always cooperate. I will try to catch-up- 6 months later- and check out your blogs, too! Hey, I am on Spring Break and will put it to good use.<br /><br />Enjoy these for now!!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVLvsg7IZW0ZIPZLS2r_RZjy3zp7LfKg5dvh_pPmigQ6L9gl_0JDCUVAvRxWEp3GFAQXIfaBlB06aIpN1tkTsfTRiS7-6e-3KtCXMHUuFjAtC0ujeAYmjvDCDyXn-USMUvSJU9T025nfn/s1600-h/family+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVLvsg7IZW0ZIPZLS2r_RZjy3zp7LfKg5dvh_pPmigQ6L9gl_0JDCUVAvRxWEp3GFAQXIfaBlB06aIpN1tkTsfTRiS7-6e-3KtCXMHUuFjAtC0ujeAYmjvDCDyXn-USMUvSJU9T025nfn/s320/family+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315524840364857474" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-88236211891854628972008-11-23T21:59:00.000-08:002008-11-26T21:25:31.561-08:00Halloween- Smithson Style-<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpsm_y5CiJM2qWQSSc92CWlQfqnASfazzJKSlhJED5u_GrG90XHwIEdbV2W2JNDP3mg0Bzw0ZH9NvNoF6q7PDLhYKig4nShaGT0qAJEkAgJtPR5ly_IQRUwlJ2TTsYiuhitcAtKjve3Vm/s1600-h/PA280073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272106455850297170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpsm_y5CiJM2qWQSSc92CWlQfqnASfazzJKSlhJED5u_GrG90XHwIEdbV2W2JNDP3mg0Bzw0ZH9NvNoF6q7PDLhYKig4nShaGT0qAJEkAgJtPR5ly_IQRUwlJ2TTsYiuhitcAtKjve3Vm/s320/PA280073.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0); TEXT-ALIGN: center">Carving Pumpkins:<br />Bart oversees this project and I must admit, he is really good with a knife!<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNV9jv1YIduTNLV_nnob7FM0TuhNpFtMYZ1uh3vPXOUIyzoRS5P7zpn6q7XTXIl2wwnTJP_FGNog_zaZHEeQX3xaTtpfX1y4vjmolj0nYnCiogGwjYVcQBLmUTHqIPnzqlVO-oftRxfHMx/s1600-h/PA280069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272105219169894834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNV9jv1YIduTNLV_nnob7FM0TuhNpFtMYZ1uh3vPXOUIyzoRS5P7zpn6q7XTXIl2wwnTJP_FGNog_zaZHEeQX3xaTtpfX1y4vjmolj0nYnCiogGwjYVcQBLmUTHqIPnzqlVO-oftRxfHMx/s320/PA280069.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiUFGOLJN_d8ooYkaelDTkkNeAcQXMU__fb3ppcs0MpM8oXh3LAomfu4Hwx4MLJ2cbXg89WL7UCt-DwAEcNWLcUZrb7Tl93cPDgo1bhO8_tZbMD4iqNrVTWRywY0v3ARYwgFSqh7pDPmu/s1600-h/PA280071.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272105780548719074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiUFGOLJN_d8ooYkaelDTkkNeAcQXMU__fb3ppcs0MpM8oXh3LAomfu4Hwx4MLJ2cbXg89WL7UCt-DwAEcNWLcUZrb7Tl93cPDgo1bhO8_tZbMD4iqNrVTWRywY0v3ARYwgFSqh7pDPmu/s320/PA280071.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><br />Spanish Princess</span><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVHF24OsXmxP_hubbeVRHuS16hWWJx3O1k7PVz5AkYhcvas4jKf9WHClycxaRvGBhyd-dtMUIyIToO5_fL16xtc7i9_37_vjGGDvio9T8fTakyjAxv_laf-NbgplzAhle5pddKyeS_Hhc/s1600-h/PA300077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272101271909684386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVHF24OsXmxP_hubbeVRHuS16hWWJx3O1k7PVz5AkYhcvas4jKf9WHClycxaRvGBhyd-dtMUIyIToO5_fL16xtc7i9_37_vjGGDvio9T8fTakyjAxv_laf-NbgplzAhle5pddKyeS_Hhc/s320/PA300077.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">Ninja</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk9Rnfg_1QCe294mXGb13ah_d-u3IljSj_Y_kG0cqBgtvHYAuBP54UfNtBPl5Yc1E3ygA_t_WPcjG3O57hFyssaL1m4vcH8LXyF8PuwBlncs5dvY9dCXp3_hCsfxYqbaUMQDzXTPd77RO/s1600-h/PA240048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272102786566418210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk9Rnfg_1QCe294mXGb13ah_d-u3IljSj_Y_kG0cqBgtvHYAuBP54UfNtBPl5Yc1E3ygA_t_WPcjG3O57hFyssaL1m4vcH8LXyF8PuwBlncs5dvY9dCXp3_hCsfxYqbaUMQDzXTPd77RO/s320/PA240048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVHF24OsXmxP_hubbeVRHuS16hWWJx3O1k7PVz5AkYhcvas4jKf9WHClycxaRvGBhyd-dtMUIyIToO5_fL16xtc7i9_37_vjGGDvio9T8fTakyjAxv_laf-NbgplzAhle5pddKyeS_Hhc/s1600-h/PA300077.JPG">MerriLyn and Brisbane at their Annual School Costume Parade.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoIQWq1NOCAvkctGelAjQiQWWOyR3X23yDTqHRdDJ8y33oilkJgXIjotqloW3G5rOK8C_rl-us2LY2KUwBgGcTa3zEzP4ku-oBQgeaaljk38DVWJIxdvlG_MapDKvnuS529FPt0uV5XRH/s1600-h/PA300079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272101978542351234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoIQWq1NOCAvkctGelAjQiQWWOyR3X23yDTqHRdDJ8y33oilkJgXIjotqloW3G5rOK8C_rl-us2LY2KUwBgGcTa3zEzP4ku-oBQgeaaljk38DVWJIxdvlG_MapDKvnuS529FPt0uV5XRH/s320/PA300079.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UXVJCRIWMhsZC6ixG3PqHBn9Qh4OL1AIYuyzLLxnETP4f0Ex9qk87DEg4Oyohvimgt-MvJkZ-fsFgy0dXp-xbK_Sk2FXAz67Z0DJuM4J_ve5Ute0HqmSCvtrKhlb-_Zwo2Vtmsvz1Sk6/s1600-h/PA300081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272103381847710082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UXVJCRIWMhsZC6ixG3PqHBn9Qh4OL1AIYuyzLLxnETP4f0Ex9qk87DEg4Oyohvimgt-MvJkZ-fsFgy0dXp-xbK_Sk2FXAz67Z0DJuM4J_ve5Ute0HqmSCvtrKhlb-_Zwo2Vtmsvz1Sk6/s320/PA300081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoIQWq1NOCAvkctGelAjQiQWWOyR3X23yDTqHRdDJ8y33oilkJgXIjotqloW3G5rOK8C_rl-us2LY2KUwBgGcTa3zEzP4ku-oBQgeaaljk38DVWJIxdvlG_MapDKvnuS529FPt0uV5XRH/s1600-h/PA300079.JPG">Princess Lily, of course.</a><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI26wRiWg3cWpdt2mX7iI46L8cBuUJDN6nbgbzuRawrRyLNApRrjnyiikd65gN817iC_nB3J3Dbwx0xiW9dWtiyIYVJ3l7MAbdOfyqm4v8ZWIUamryrCXzCEH3K8RxFYFYnNdcBMXKLzKd/s1600-h/PA240041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272100500993746130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI26wRiWg3cWpdt2mX7iI46L8cBuUJDN6nbgbzuRawrRyLNApRrjnyiikd65gN817iC_nB3J3Dbwx0xiW9dWtiyIYVJ3l7MAbdOfyqm4v8ZWIUamryrCXzCEH3K8RxFYFYnNdcBMXKLzKd/s320/PA240041.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">We threw a Halloween party for our kids and their friends. It was fun, but tiring because it was our first slumber party for the older girls. Adle was in charge of taking pictures and sadly, we did not get one of her in costume. We must remedy that!</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">Yes, I threw together a costume for school and this is the result. Many of my students asked me what I was. I, in turn, asked them what they thought I was.<br />The answers ranged from Brittany Spears to Diva.</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">Hmmm...</span><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickfYjNtI4aPkYAZPswVCiQRM1Fmwc0L2CMkUz26gbdeTDLLdpZ_RadtxkOi01mc7F06LFTx78fiBN7Vsgt1GyXl_wxqe8D-tUePS78soe_sVQJhTlT2Kl4GFCJsvg6SDvN-w_J5Su0jtK/s1600-h/PA310088.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272104221507971058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickfYjNtI4aPkYAZPswVCiQRM1Fmwc0L2CMkUz26gbdeTDLLdpZ_RadtxkOi01mc7F06LFTx78fiBN7Vsgt1GyXl_wxqe8D-tUePS78soe_sVQJhTlT2Kl4GFCJsvg6SDvN-w_J5Su0jtK/s320/PA310088.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-61151495001368105452008-11-22T21:08:00.000-08:002008-11-22T21:44:10.942-08:00Lily Turns 3!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5fpwlvv6uKIAHLk8i0dW2dBu5qLBVGzrTay7hDZVgDnv3kvIx_7ub42DnkL6oj9nINblwhLKxXFP4z7Radc33kUCfD-D4Kwy-1L2ntyEzI18O1JaILJVGoDI_YSdZwxGhmYqQ8MJvZph/s1600-h/PA100043.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5fpwlvv6uKIAHLk8i0dW2dBu5qLBVGzrTay7hDZVgDnv3kvIx_7ub42DnkL6oj9nINblwhLKxXFP4z7Radc33kUCfD-D4Kwy-1L2ntyEzI18O1JaILJVGoDI_YSdZwxGhmYqQ8MJvZph/s320/PA100043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271719095329093234" border="0" />Birthday Breakfast: Pink pancakes and Toffe Hot Chocolate. October 11, 2008</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjUG8yuLQ9ebXAAxYX_WUYAB9e9MgtcbqSp10Cq5utBk8xL2Nvgii45pwGHqCx5hVqW5syr8PJDCeKOhJGvi0JECB6J9gGhbydp3bJU_xEFSJuvvPlxSJW_FBp7x1r44EnNpXy6lFOOjO/s1600-h/PA100050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjUG8yuLQ9ebXAAxYX_WUYAB9e9MgtcbqSp10Cq5utBk8xL2Nvgii45pwGHqCx5hVqW5syr8PJDCeKOhJGvi0JECB6J9gGhbydp3bJU_xEFSJuvvPlxSJW_FBp7x1r44EnNpXy6lFOOjO/s320/PA100050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271721084157667154" border="0" /></a>Aunt Mandy, Cousin Ty and Cousin Jonathan came to the party.<br />Lily needed some knights at her Princess party!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkuXQJRFg1BNx6Em3e2w1BtEC0_Y-Wzz2toWOLDn3mYk4nozS-a-l_ys-DIXL3RlGj4qWFUd8AyXmRSddPF1cN1e7U_YBRmzBSdz1SjNewr1LZwcINawN30RSnqsmUahJE_PxIIPKmoIu/s1600-h/PA100063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkuXQJRFg1BNx6Em3e2w1BtEC0_Y-Wzz2toWOLDn3mYk4nozS-a-l_ys-DIXL3RlGj4qWFUd8AyXmRSddPF1cN1e7U_YBRmzBSdz1SjNewr1LZwcINawN30RSnqsmUahJE_PxIIPKmoIu/s320/PA100063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271722069846986930" border="0" /></a>Lily loves pink!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pd4KG_luYS2ODP1UUSzqqOtbtGYMMuPWomsesealVPCddwCUGERsbJYKi9qIVRAvANHBEmWF9rMEWGBr3mUmKzyqHQyu_SiYSIQgHzOcty1MHlyD7icEzU46fvFWc0Yf9V3J6O1ovCSq/s1600-h/PA110065.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pd4KG_luYS2ODP1UUSzqqOtbtGYMMuPWomsesealVPCddwCUGERsbJYKi9qIVRAvANHBEmWF9rMEWGBr3mUmKzyqHQyu_SiYSIQgHzOcty1MHlyD7icEzU46fvFWc0Yf9V3J6O1ovCSq/s320/PA110065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271723607715064418" border="0" /></a>We love Lily!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8u5jBnqrsFWLy0mdrFwO5ccPZqOhWum22xZ1MglElTqdXSEtqYIMySJXpqpyDbAWeowmm70B3kLEUfoVrI4Utc9Q2n7n064FeCofvdxz_GUjbkjIANY2JpAXGMd5v2k9KOjZaODgQSV9w/s1600-h/PA110077.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8u5jBnqrsFWLy0mdrFwO5ccPZqOhWum22xZ1MglElTqdXSEtqYIMySJXpqpyDbAWeowmm70B3kLEUfoVrI4Utc9Q2n7n064FeCofvdxz_GUjbkjIANY2JpAXGMd5v2k9KOjZaODgQSV9w/s320/PA110077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271724345878278866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-56092988974711687532008-10-15T23:20:00.001-07:002008-10-16T21:55:58.893-07:00The Hunter<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">NOW THAT's A HOTTIE WITH A RACK!<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmbZFJSZePw4dGVhc8t1hr-Jwibpb7uzqQnytvk2QPtxmMaIrDRDRgFU_nUlTVU1CXnxqpJLb4wBPLSsGmlfnE1YN7T6LIPOx5CwKvhzzi1nH8_b4mHopBMq1KKuBXbkizAQBhOPw0aDy/s1600-h/PA080029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmbZFJSZePw4dGVhc8t1hr-Jwibpb7uzqQnytvk2QPtxmMaIrDRDRgFU_nUlTVU1CXnxqpJLb4wBPLSsGmlfnE1YN7T6LIPOx5CwKvhzzi1nH8_b4mHopBMq1KKuBXbkizAQBhOPw0aDy/s320/PA080029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257633511353062146" border="0" /></a>Bart spent the first week in October in eastern Wyoming, visiting his friend Jeff Tosh and family. He redid their kitchen but most importantly, fit in time to hunt. He is mighty proud of the deer he took down in less than an hour of hunting.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnq8Sf6_SVFw7Q-_Us_xOEXlgjGLKLF-QmL3nRACI6UBhDzwg2y0jmO4LBKAe32ygJFZPMNGZPKVWBkaZf7KRq-OO4ZylKfIwXAMyPGdP5idVWPP9Gga6m0V6A6f-i9ELZwSDKE4VodtuN/s1600-h/PA090031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnq8Sf6_SVFw7Q-_Us_xOEXlgjGLKLF-QmL3nRACI6UBhDzwg2y0jmO4LBKAe32ygJFZPMNGZPKVWBkaZf7KRq-OO4ZylKfIwXAMyPGdP5idVWPP9Gga6m0V6A6f-i9ELZwSDKE4VodtuN/s320/PA090031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257635417691846018" border="0" /></a>Bart with Jeff: Thank you Jeff, for showing Bart a great time!<br />Bart and the kids had a fun time chopping up the meat upon his return.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNqfTF3QjIGDz_TaHJXznZzpPtdLVJCm58Iu4pEJPeHP4NNV10gjpgJCK0tSwboE8Ic2e6H-EhjQZX_Ru1KkpKaLZoeL83-UWpK9PiD1gz4Za8trTEIDdJBwficaI9pP0rLmIoGm2Z7xY/s1600-h/PA080026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNqfTF3QjIGDz_TaHJXznZzpPtdLVJCm58Iu4pEJPeHP4NNV10gjpgJCK0tSwboE8Ic2e6H-EhjQZX_Ru1KkpKaLZoeL83-UWpK9PiD1gz4Za8trTEIDdJBwficaI9pP0rLmIoGm2Z7xY/s320/PA080026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257634455874963970" border="0" /></a>The Wyoming countryside.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwLzvxj_-iI-szAOlVnp9nU0pK-XKsKZONe4LMr_wo_dmuRhMvQhyrB5g7hILiFA_wcTXrFs3le5rlZBpaY7ENrR7-vm_lfORK-M6x5-qJ1tTycOvVPF9UhQF0v4BnxSZV4wB_zFwvO9f/s1600-h/PA080014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwLzvxj_-iI-szAOlVnp9nU0pK-XKsKZONe4LMr_wo_dmuRhMvQhyrB5g7hILiFA_wcTXrFs3le5rlZBpaY7ENrR7-vm_lfORK-M6x5-qJ1tTycOvVPF9UhQF0v4BnxSZV4wB_zFwvO9f/s320/PA080014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257978488788059426" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-17510936906077353352008-10-15T22:19:00.001-07:002008-10-16T00:01:09.221-07:00MerriLyn's Baptism<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn21ozorkJNrT4yuKgr2FJVTT27k7J33YOAEA30RfSdHW0gYbEsSUwTyqkyfeusy94NiQJDTOGwKIgeWYqn7GgNLQC8CyhJVxd8iMtL6740-53r-f01B85XVGbBVwarCxKS0Y3J6XBezcl/s1600-h/P9270008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn21ozorkJNrT4yuKgr2FJVTT27k7J33YOAEA30RfSdHW0gYbEsSUwTyqkyfeusy94NiQJDTOGwKIgeWYqn7GgNLQC8CyhJVxd8iMtL6740-53r-f01B85XVGbBVwarCxKS0Y3J6XBezcl/s320/P9270008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257624673920300130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">"<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Acts 2:38</span></span></span>
<br /></div><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">When MerriLyn was born, eight years ago, I knew there was a good chance she could be born on her Grandpa Brown's birthday. Well, she was born September 21, six days before his birthday. But it just so happened that this year her baptism fell on Grandpa Brown's birthday, September 27th. It made for a wonderful day full of family and good decisions. Thank you to the family that traveled to be with us on her special day. I think that the following poem fits the occasion perfectly.
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<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">SUCCESS</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />What is success?</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />To laugh often and much;</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />To win respect of intelligent people and </span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"> the affection of children;</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />To earn the appreciation of honest critics</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"> and endure the betrayal of false friends;</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />To appreciate beauty;</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />To find the best in others;</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />To leave the world a bit better, whether by</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"> a healthy child, a garden patch or</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"> a redeemed social condition;</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />To know even one life has breathed easier</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"> because you have lived;</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />This is to have succeeded.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">
<br />Ralph Waldo Emerson
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<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmXBkNsV5G4yYrIwoT53shZPYc9DfpUWyY5KqJmT3yR1I1Dis9_UJKiJMx1fIQetiCI7vlpCl9XJXMAiClXo4m29YaI8j3Fv3566y1NFRCwhBpsBCN8P_41McYxR8RlIQ5_Db_599O4JH/s1600-h/Dad+holding+ML_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmXBkNsV5G4yYrIwoT53shZPYc9DfpUWyY5KqJmT3yR1I1Dis9_UJKiJMx1fIQetiCI7vlpCl9XJXMAiClXo4m29YaI8j3Fv3566y1NFRCwhBpsBCN8P_41McYxR8RlIQ5_Db_599O4JH/s320/Dad+holding+ML_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257631134524524530" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Dad with MerriLyn as a baby.</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">What is success? </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Following the example of my father, B.W.B.</span>
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<br />Here is a copy of her baptism program:
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namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; 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2008</span></st1:date></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><st1:time minute="0" hour="15"><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >3:00 pm</span></st1:time></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Lovelake Chapel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Taylor</span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >, </span><st1:state><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >AZ</span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Conducting:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Taylor 4<sup>th</sup> Ward Bishopric- Brother Owens<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Opening Song:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > “If the Savior Stood Beside Me”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Chorister:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Aunt Bethany Hutchins<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Accompanist:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Aunt Amanda Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Opening Prayer:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Grandpa Gary Smithson<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Talk on Baptism:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Grandma Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Special Musical Number:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Cousins of MerriLyn<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >“When Jesus Christ Was Baptized”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Chorister:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Cousin HeartLee Harman<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Pianist:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Cousin Brooklyn Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Baptism of MerriLyn Smithson by her father,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Gary Bartley Smithson<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Interlude Music: Aunt Camille Smithson as pianist<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >And Adle Smithson on violin<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Talk on Holy Ghost:</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Grandma Kathe Smithson<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Confirmation of MerriLyn Smithson by her father,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Gary Bartley Smithson<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> 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style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > Aunt Tiffany Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >Closing Prayer</span></u></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">: Cousin Hayden Harman</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p></p>
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<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-28954975114916819712008-09-09T22:06:00.000-07:002008-09-09T22:54:57.805-07:00My Heart Still Aches<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2SyWjGpZLXJ-KsdhqqNs2MPbdk5DlsAs3wwtGn4singOA6DVmE8xKSm03c4aC7ScDJRzCe6xYJnPJ3EGRU7L4aF2ROMGkvrSSnP_QB651jAWVKkarSbelt8XDrooWTAvhGm8DRejFzRu/s1600-h/101_0009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2SyWjGpZLXJ-KsdhqqNs2MPbdk5DlsAs3wwtGn4singOA6DVmE8xKSm03c4aC7ScDJRzCe6xYJnPJ3EGRU7L4aF2ROMGkvrSSnP_QB651jAWVKkarSbelt8XDrooWTAvhGm8DRejFzRu/s320/101_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244257661143879090" border="0" /></a>Even though it has been more than 3 months there are moments that my heart still aches about the loss of my father.<br />Tonight, my 6 year-old son, Brisbane, was saying his prayers. They started out very routine until he got very quiet and his voice cracked. He asked Heavenly Father to bless Grandpa Brown that he would get well so he could see him again. When he was done with his prayers he said, "Mom, I really miss Grandpa and Grandma Brown." I then explained that he would see Grandma very soon because she is coming to Grandparent's Day in couple weeks. I went on to tell him that he would not see Grandpa very soon because his body could not recover from his illnesses and he passed away. I asked him, with tears streaming down my face, if he remembered the funeral this summer and he did. He said, "I just really miss him." So do I Brisbane, so do I. We will keep him close in our hearts. We will reminisce about all the good times we had with him and we will look at his pictures often.<br /><br />I started out this school year having my students do a "Brown Bag project". (No pun intended.) This consisted of each student bringing things about themselves and to describe themselves, but they had to fit into a brown bag. I demonstrated on the 3rd day of school and in my bag I had a copy of my dad's funeral program. Each time I got to that part, my voice would quaver and sometimes I teared up. I was not sure why I shared what was close to my heart with junior high students, except that in each class I had students come up to me afterwards and say, "My mom died when I was 6 and I still cry about it, Mrs. S." or "My dad left us when I was 10 and it makes me cry too." The Instructional Aide in one class has become a support unit for me because she shared her grieving process. A few years ago her granddaughter was killed in a car accident and shortly thereafter her daughter committed suicide. Little did they know that their stories made me bawl on my way home but also made me grateful for the good father that he was and all of the beautiful time I was able to spend with him here on earth.<br /><br />As I told a neighbor who just lost a grandchild, the sense of loss is still the same whether the loved one is 6 weeks or 66 years old. There is just never enough time with them here on earth. Grieving is taking precious memories and putting them into your everyday life, never forgetting, but finding a different kind of normal.<br /><br />I love you, Dad!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMawHV8FZLSPdfsJA5CG4usBnsALF1Si3IWHtMuLYauXpLASSek9VQmc8D_H9tPNfbW4AOmiVfBwcoSRcXfiq6kPLMBOCEZ2TVFmy69xFqhg72n3WeIhQrWDYQdcxAf4eUCqbjW29jjw4/s1600-h/Brisbane+with+Grandpa+Brown_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMawHV8FZLSPdfsJA5CG4usBnsALF1Si3IWHtMuLYauXpLASSek9VQmc8D_H9tPNfbW4AOmiVfBwcoSRcXfiq6kPLMBOCEZ2TVFmy69xFqhg72n3WeIhQrWDYQdcxAf4eUCqbjW29jjw4/s320/Brisbane+with+Grandpa+Brown_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244265467804023442" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824836651984874050.post-28221466466251092682008-08-24T15:20:00.000-07:002008-09-09T17:27:14.224-07:00Our First Blog<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikD5N3z8F3baQRrkXfgiHVen3TEIJ69csgh72DF-j99B9VM2K6bCS_NigipPjzAAINluo_eHKAceojCFBVVM1bqaH0FnQFi6zgcTKjkR2sefAK4B3JZUxzym2aux64zYO6WMpTbAGKIRJA/s1600-h/DEC06+042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikD5N3z8F3baQRrkXfgiHVen3TEIJ69csgh72DF-j99B9VM2K6bCS_NigipPjzAAINluo_eHKAceojCFBVVM1bqaH0FnQFi6zgcTKjkR2sefAK4B3JZUxzym2aux64zYO6WMpTbAGKIRJA/s320/DEC06+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238685476461367442" border="0" /></a>Bart, Angela, Adle, MerriLyn, Brisbane, Lily~ Christmas 2006 in Texas<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDUPj1W9bzGUltGMhPxugVy8WjtlhbSeVFstO6NwafTqjqTFAr0nccRdemhums9nKQ9aC6NauE99k5BaGdC6MjRoGYkCfJlJcUSD9XrvjdC_pUqtz3W8yrgDJz40-B4w6Iupzj0GwGkoF/s1600-h/DEC06+051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDUPj1W9bzGUltGMhPxugVy8WjtlhbSeVFstO6NwafTqjqTFAr0nccRdemhums9nKQ9aC6NauE99k5BaGdC6MjRoGYkCfJlJcUSD9XrvjdC_pUqtz3W8yrgDJz40-B4w6Iupzj0GwGkoF/s320/DEC06+051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238685486085247794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">My Dad and I</span><br />NAU Master's Ceremony, Flagstaff, AZ<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">December 2006</span><br />He has been gone 3 months now and I miss him so much.<br />He always encouraged me to achieve my goals and<br />keep my chin up when times were tough.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtS1cquBMKoKyk1QLJHKwqAzDs4iU7lK7uBQfhWQ_V6LfUp7tAMuOf-VscpWKvyPMvH6BfyEifl9Axd-w8QUVgAfg3vgaP5CJGBLSDn7ydk3y4PTc__vcDg4r2MUl2szAuk54MgjOBrSV/s1600-h/Random+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238214638603437378" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtS1cquBMKoKyk1QLJHKwqAzDs4iU7lK7uBQfhWQ_V6LfUp7tAMuOf-VscpWKvyPMvH6BfyEifl9Axd-w8QUVgAfg3vgaP5CJGBLSDn7ydk3y4PTc__vcDg4r2MUl2szAuk54MgjOBrSV/s320/Random+001.jpg" border="0" /></a>Brent Whiting Brown Family<br />December 2004<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yTud5xOvN0r37V5RGL7dAUyv6jTmU68iHPXDethcbqSiZ5be_J3cV6NVk0gmAsQXdmqgD_GJ_lfu1aNeYQyCedVMFSooWZjXEv6dz3DwDcEiQh68GKBVGkcUik4W2lrwbmrBRg8gBPnA/s1600-h/smithsonreunion1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yTud5xOvN0r37V5RGL7dAUyv6jTmU68iHPXDethcbqSiZ5be_J3cV6NVk0gmAsQXdmqgD_GJ_lfu1aNeYQyCedVMFSooWZjXEv6dz3DwDcEiQh68GKBVGkcUik4W2lrwbmrBRg8gBPnA/s320/smithsonreunion1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244182469189865538" border="0" /></a>Gary O. Smithson Family Reunion<br />July 2008<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhpDZ5_iA3vj0-PlrqdJnK1jbSPb1Yu1qjOn5VATqWGMBkMLz9U9axdLZWgDcMXFuZnnqqzdvxDc0z7fwx5qumDn9QCLJ1AEdvA-84JyFu5C4Z1uWETA7TXMS2AkXOSCX4jdgj5NqJfot/s1600-h/Random+001.jpg"></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5