tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52905675526617702442024-03-13T16:56:58.469+03:00tyler+sara=halliesaranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-14393269325436686222012-01-14T00:23:00.000+03:002012-01-14T00:23:56.081+03:00how?<div style="text-align: center;">How is it possible that a month ago already we did this?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tmRE0_SRW0g/TxCgZ1xuGnI/AAAAAAAAAto/SWZuaJXrvqI/s1600/398580_657919347829_63803889_33899004_587142068_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tmRE0_SRW0g/TxCgZ1xuGnI/AAAAAAAAAto/SWZuaJXrvqI/s320/398580_657919347829_63803889_33899004_587142068_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that almost 8....(EIGHT!!!) months ago, we were snuggling this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FFMTKDzPV9A/TxCgseZyiKI/AAAAAAAAAtw/MVOBDMu-Pxk/s1600/254171_611101835499_63803889_33509431_4590404_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FFMTKDzPV9A/TxCgseZyiKI/AAAAAAAAAtw/MVOBDMu-Pxk/s320/254171_611101835499_63803889_33509431_4590404_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The snuggles may be fewer, but the joy that exudes from this silly girl we'll take too. </div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-45090519604392896082011-07-07T08:02:00.003+03:002011-07-07T08:12:13.025+03:00hal-our-pal and other updates...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1SoXZxZ2N2U/ThU985ypscI/AAAAAAAAAsA/TwZJX5muAJ4/s1600/hruth%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1SoXZxZ2N2U/ThU985ypscI/AAAAAAAAAsA/TwZJX5muAJ4/s400/hruth%2Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626471425984016834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I apologize for the lack of posts lately.<br />Summer is an extremely busy photography season and even though I'm on "maternity leave" still from photography, I have sessions to finish editing, and had some scheduled with friends and family that have kept me busy! Don't get me wrong- I love it! Just haven't had much time to do a lot with personal photos. So there's my explanation- take it or leave it.<br /><br />Contrary to what my blog depicts, we have been very busy! In Hallie's first 4 weeks of life, we'd been to 3 weddings (2 being in Wisconsin...ehh ehhm). Yes. We did travel with a 6 day old to Wisconsin... all went well, ... except for the night in the hotel. We won't talk about it. I'm just glad we didn't get kicked out ;)<br /><br />We've had weddings, Tyler's 10 year high school reunion, friends visiting from out of state, and also visiting friends from out of state, moving my parents out of their house they've lived in for 15 years, Church Baby Shower, Hallie's baptism, 1st Fathers Day, 1st Fourth of July, and so much more!<br />----------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />I took this picture of Hallie today.<br />She's growing like a weed. at 1.5 months old, she coos when you talk to her, like she has something to say back but can't quite get out the words. She's trying really hard though. She'd much rather be sitting or standing as opposed to lying down. She holds her head up with no problems (the day she was born she was already beginning this). She loves to be outside, and LOVES her daddy... in fact, the more she changes, the more I think she looks like him. Some others have said that too. We'll see- we're not totally sure. She might just look like...Hallie! :)<br /><br />She sleeps through the night, greets you with a smile, eats, and goes back to sleep for a couple of hours. She's a champ and an overall happy baby. We are having a ton of fun with her and can't wait for each new day with her! We're so blessed to be your parents little Hallie Ru!<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-53283274646503439472011-06-03T06:24:00.002+03:002011-06-03T06:27:23.965+03:00big bald guy<div style="text-align: center;">Shameless plug... nope... shout out to my DAD!<br />Check out his Journey the past year and a half.<br />I'm SO proud of you, Dad!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3HibMadrusI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-78885511752066868332011-06-01T01:53:00.003+03:002011-06-01T01:59:23.736+03:00hallie ruth tysver<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well... I'm a little over 2 weeks late in this update, but here she is! I'll be posting more pictures of her first weeks soon. I did what I always do and have taken on too much :) In the last two weeks, I've had a baby, worked on a graduation video, shot a wedding in Wisconsin, and attended another wedding in Wisconsin... all were fun, but I'm exhausted and have barely even taken the pictures of Hallie's birth and first weeks off of my camera! So here she is at 2 weeks old... more about her birth later :)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ftiah_Bcu4/TeVyHIuY_KI/AAAAAAAAAr0/X1e-a0Nx89U/s1600/hallie%2521.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ftiah_Bcu4/TeVyHIuY_KI/AAAAAAAAAr0/X1e-a0Nx89U/s400/hallie%2521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613017977513901218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hallie Ruth Tysver was born on<br />May 15, 2011<br />at 3:15 pm<br />She weighed a whopping 10 lbs. 1 oz<br />(I didn't know this until about 45 minutes after she was born by the way)...<br />and was 22 inches long<br />She's a GREAT baby, a great traveler, a great sleeper, and a great eater.<br />We're incredibly blessed!<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-83169349864459849532011-05-14T23:02:00.009+03:002011-05-14T23:13:19.307+03:00fun in the waiting...<div style="text-align: center;">yep... still waiting... but check out these pictures from my bestie- Steph Bloom!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3g6BqcPUD6o/Tc7gnOrJUgI/AAAAAAAAAq8/bWaNmv4rF5U/s1600/225018_608210489779_63800051_33479614_4460309_n.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-psD7ZCs3w48/Tc7giU2sgeI/AAAAAAAAAq0/qIv0fob8hw0/s1600/224745_608207840089_63800051_33479489_2285379_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-psD7ZCs3w48/Tc7giU2sgeI/AAAAAAAAAq0/qIv0fob8hw0/s400/224745_608207840089_63800051_33479489_2285379_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606665466441138658" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3g6BqcPUD6o/Tc7gnOrJUgI/AAAAAAAAAq8/bWaNmv4rF5U/s1600/225018_608210489779_63800051_33479614_4460309_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 249px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3g6BqcPUD6o/Tc7gnOrJUgI/AAAAAAAAAq8/bWaNmv4rF5U/s400/225018_608210489779_63800051_33479614_4460309_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606665550681428482" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yGKzUE3uRA0/Tc7g4anAuCI/AAAAAAAAArE/y2-3qoxzw80/s1600/228429_608207425919_63800051_33479486_1352788_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 249px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yGKzUE3uRA0/Tc7g4anAuCI/AAAAAAAAArE/y2-3qoxzw80/s400/228429_608207425919_63800051_33479486_1352788_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606665845943089186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xl3DmZ2tRCg/Tc7hW_iQyAI/AAAAAAAAArM/sB_jC-3b6Vc/s1600/226732_608212655439_63800051_33479647_1408113_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 186px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xl3DmZ2tRCg/Tc7hW_iQyAI/AAAAAAAAArM/sB_jC-3b6Vc/s400/226732_608212655439_63800051_33479647_1408113_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606666371251357698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4YMrwgS9zDE/Tc7hf4AQdNI/AAAAAAAAArU/_qgqjMbZZAA/s1600/228473_608207346079_63800051_33479484_5134769_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4YMrwgS9zDE/Tc7hf4AQdNI/AAAAAAAAArU/_qgqjMbZZAA/s400/228473_608207346079_63800051_33479484_5134769_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606666523848504530" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-isCIqUA7ilI/Tc7h4Qtki5I/AAAAAAAAArk/Q3YgFhMZqsw/s1600/229463_608210200359_63800051_33479596_5070626_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 237px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-isCIqUA7ilI/Tc7h4Qtki5I/AAAAAAAAArk/Q3YgFhMZqsw/s400/229463_608210200359_63800051_33479596_5070626_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606666942797876114" border="0" /> </a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EJnLar2HPvQ/Tc7hrZJR7AI/AAAAAAAAArc/MgYS1kqpV2I/s1600/229111_608207266239_63800051_33479482_6677656_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 237px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EJnLar2HPvQ/Tc7hrZJR7AI/AAAAAAAAArc/MgYS1kqpV2I/s400/229111_608207266239_63800051_33479482_6677656_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606666721723280386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7RsQupDJpds/Tc7iKcHgGlI/AAAAAAAAArs/g5zYfBzkQec/s1600/227967_608212146459_63800051_33479641_6463781_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7RsQupDJpds/Tc7iKcHgGlI/AAAAAAAAArs/g5zYfBzkQec/s400/227967_608212146459_63800051_33479641_6463781_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606667255097072210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thanks SO much, Steph!!!<br /><br /><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-28447502307646183112011-04-20T08:12:00.002+03:002011-04-20T08:15:13.335+03:00april 20, 2009<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UkvtFaFruFI/Ta5rgOtx-OI/AAAAAAAAAqc/qfSpsRnSb8k/s1600/ement.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UkvtFaFruFI/Ta5rgOtx-OI/AAAAAAAAAqc/qfSpsRnSb8k/s400/ement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597529588318206178" border="0" /></a><br />2 years ago, I said "YES!"<br />Thanks for asking, Tyler!<br />What a difference 2 years makes ;)<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-57445944177908491502011-04-18T17:42:00.003+03:002011-04-18T17:46:30.456+03:00baby bump.<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We made our last trip kid-less to the cities this weekend!<br />One of my lovely besties, Steph Bloom captured a few shots for us so we can remember this incredible stage of life that's coming to a close! Our first babe will be here soon! Thanks so much Steph for the way you capture life! Check her out at<a href="http://www.stephaniebloomphotography.com/"> http://www.stephaniebloomphotography.com/</a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eyDF9tMkask/TaxNz7Yx8BI/AAAAAAAAAqM/YrrvMuuIVtw/s1600/215462_605285681119_63803889_33431021_5618255_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eyDF9tMkask/TaxNz7Yx8BI/AAAAAAAAAqM/YrrvMuuIVtw/s400/215462_605285681119_63803889_33431021_5618255_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596933991424978962" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ob1WtIMjOn4/TaxN-qzQhMI/AAAAAAAAAqU/3q7JKCcgcX0/s1600/215271_605274997529_63803889_33430805_7316833_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 259px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ob1WtIMjOn4/TaxN-qzQhMI/AAAAAAAAAqU/3q7JKCcgcX0/s400/215271_605274997529_63803889_33430805_7316833_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596934175951193282" border="0" /></a><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-6532448695304360122011-04-05T21:07:00.002+03:002011-04-05T21:11:04.026+03:00one month<div style="text-align: center;">One month from today, this little babe is due to arrive!<br />We're just about ready... here are some peeks of the nursery and things<br />we have for this little one!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xD01JN3rxRo/TZtatAJqncI/AAAAAAAAAqE/eQGAe9zHawM/s1600/square.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xD01JN3rxRo/TZtatAJqncI/AAAAAAAAAqE/eQGAe9zHawM/s400/square.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592163091491757506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />by the way- have you taken your guess yet?<br /><a href="http://www.expectnet.com/games/TBabe" target="_blank">http://www.expectnet.com/<wbr>games/TBabe</a><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-73597433911654017872011-03-24T06:22:00.003+03:002011-03-24T06:23:28.972+03:00cheeks<div style="text-align: center;">Dear little babe... I will love you no matter what, but if you got your Daddy's cheeks, I'd be so thrilled.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uZsXN_XXVtw/TYq5GeODsBI/AAAAAAAAAp8/wC6C68hVLyE/s1600/13.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uZsXN_XXVtw/TYq5GeODsBI/AAAAAAAAAp8/wC6C68hVLyE/s400/13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587481808548900882" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-87681049085650582032011-03-05T00:23:00.004+03:002011-03-05T00:57:38.550+03:00Your turn to guess! 2 months away...<div style="text-align: center;">We're down to two months or less (hopefully...) until Tbaby makes his/her appearance. Follow this link to take your stab at a guess on this little one's stats...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.expectnet.com/games/TBabe" target="_blank">http://www.expectnet.com/<wbr>games/TBabe</a></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-85836698668273812442011-02-22T07:40:00.002+03:002011-02-22T07:46:14.972+03:0029 weeks<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YcA3-WvOehQ/TWM-78tUTuI/AAAAAAAAAp0/ElVIUmugM9c/s1600/29wks2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YcA3-WvOehQ/TWM-78tUTuI/AAAAAAAAAp0/ElVIUmugM9c/s400/29wks2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576369963244211938" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gcEJ2arE04c/TWM-pGTp0BI/AAAAAAAAAps/rh-tAOsLxtY/s1600/29weeks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gcEJ2arE04c/TWM-pGTp0BI/AAAAAAAAAps/rh-tAOsLxtY/s400/29weeks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576369639403409426" border="0" /></a><br />I know... I know... it's been since Christmas.<br />Here's a couple of baby belly shots... finally starting to look like something!<br />Doc says because I'm tall baby has a lot of room to grow- let's hope it doesn't use up ALL of the room it has! Probably could have waited until about 3 weeks ago to start telling people ;)<br />But... I'm glad we didn't.<br />Tyler thinks it would have been funny.<br />mmhmm.<br />This was last week.. couple more days and we'll be at the 10-week countdown-<br />ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!<br />Love you, little Tbaby!<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-9453649732594219652010-12-24T20:56:00.002+03:002010-12-24T20:56:58.100+03:00from us.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TRTe2HCFhDI/AAAAAAAAApc/8S5mE0W8Qx0/s1600/mc.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TRTe2HCFhDI/AAAAAAAAApc/8S5mE0W8Qx0/s400/mc.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554309261636764722" border="0" /></a><br />Merry Christmas from us to you!<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-3201934556273099672010-12-22T23:46:00.002+03:002010-12-22T23:49:32.536+03:00left out.<div style="text-align: center;">With all this baby talk,<br />Paisley wants you to know she's feeling a little left out.<br />She also wanted me to show you how big she's gotten<br />and also let you know that she loves to snuggle.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TRJjx2IfMtI/AAAAAAAAApM/i6ZBguTPZ1E/s1600/IMG_8423.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TRJjx2IfMtI/AAAAAAAAApM/i6ZBguTPZ1E/s400/IMG_8423.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553610998497096402" border="0" /></a><br /><br />She's had a great couple of Saturdays playing with her big brother,<br />Bode. She's a huge fan of playdates.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TRJj5bMHLFI/AAAAAAAAApU/MOIkVN2Gulk/s1600/IMG_8409.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TRJj5bMHLFI/AAAAAAAAApU/MOIkVN2Gulk/s400/IMG_8409.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553611128703495250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-17660352427427126802010-12-16T19:44:00.010+03:002010-12-16T20:34:05.135+03:00introducing t baby<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >As Tyler sang in the waiting room this morning,</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"Ohhhhhh, we're half way there, Ohhh-ohhhh, Livin' on a prayer"</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We're half way there!<br />We had our 20-week check up and ultrasound today.<br />(No... we didn't find out what we're having...could have! We'll wait until May!)<br />t baby was very active and looking great!<br />The tech had a hard time getting baby to sit still- but we got some good pictures!<br />I've lost weight up until now and am back up to my pre-pregnancy weight.<br />Baby's still measuring to come around May 5th!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TQpC_YQ1Y8I/AAAAAAAAAos/25M3NLJumqk/s1600/I20101216085052578.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TQpC_YQ1Y8I/AAAAAAAAAos/25M3NLJumqk/s400/I20101216085052578.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551323147299808194" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">mouth wide open!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TQpDgFdKIxI/AAAAAAAAAo0/ybsQzr7KAQ4/s1600/I20101216085053359.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TQpDgFdKIxI/AAAAAAAAAo0/ybsQzr7KAQ4/s400/I20101216085053359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551323709186908946" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">long legs....shocking, I know.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TQpDqLWCNtI/AAAAAAAAAo8/Djn_2MxkBI4/s1600/I20101216085053781.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TQpDqLWCNtI/AAAAAAAAAo8/Djn_2MxkBI4/s400/I20101216085053781.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551323882566334162" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">mmm. love me some baby feet!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TQpD3S8lOVI/AAAAAAAAApE/sNGRFdB5VfM/s1600/I20101216085054203.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TQpD3S8lOVI/AAAAAAAAApE/sNGRFdB5VfM/s400/I20101216085054203.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551324107945359698" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Good job, little one! Keep growing!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kickin' Vids...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyqEjlZCWgIt3Q0sPtpGZOgcjWdTVtL8feWQKenTPeiS6xosxpOJb2RQ0UP2ipQbkWDVH7C74nN39LzglbnjA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzbyCP01ZBkZCnNrLwI1iehUzZp-BOnv0JHVmRaZJBn9iK2CdEIs7bsH9ZTWc8718BCNDOEG7Pb2ZT134ry3g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-766908283782763492010-12-10T07:25:00.003+03:002010-12-10T07:46:37.594+03:00want to know why he's laughing?<div style="text-align: center;">watch this first....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6a_U2TYixztizrz0jr5thAZe7FX6RnVxHNm1AO1zy80zpbcrXlhdECmGXa9gn4I4hbaujvXT8_eZMxdydsA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />here's what was on Tyler's screen:<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGbcXcOeFb4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGbcXcOeFb4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-13197387488754292782010-12-06T22:55:00.002+03:002010-12-06T23:23:15.800+03:00Have you heard the news?<div style="text-align: center;">My Sister, Kaitlyn has...<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyenIaiovid7BfFm0d_wMG-HWnf38q74tSJN62p0IwixN2GAw6du5C2c2EkQvjByewHOgaIesuyj3hgaLnzpQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />So have my cousins, Emma & Livi...<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dytl5_Cp__WDmnxWPVsrB4MxrtLchH0BWN05_Xqjl1FR-uNYqrMjHAazk_IipDrpUmoz9NucUjyizDtV9e7CQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />And now... so have you!<br />:)<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-69047159992889359082010-11-19T21:24:00.005+03:002010-11-19T21:29:25.120+03:00dutch.doors<div style="text-align: center;">So... I know it's maybe impractical for Minnesota,.... (bugs + 6+ months of winter)...but I LOVE dutch doors.<br /><br />Here's a few faves I found on http://willowdecor.blogspot.com/<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TObBgmcgkCI/AAAAAAAAAnk/QrIe9V_PbX4/s1600/dutch%2Bdoors%2B2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TObBgmcgkCI/AAAAAAAAAnk/QrIe9V_PbX4/s400/dutch%2Bdoors%2B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541329157346070562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TObBao8ZsnI/AAAAAAAAAnc/mGvLrZLElxk/s1600/ddoors%2B4.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TObBao8ZsnI/AAAAAAAAAnc/mGvLrZLElxk/s400/ddoors%2B4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541329054937494130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TObBSEhX7FI/AAAAAAAAAnU/issKyVKLuKA/s1600/ddoors%2B3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TObBSEhX7FI/AAAAAAAAAnU/issKyVKLuKA/s400/ddoors%2B3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541328907721501778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TObBK10wMtI/AAAAAAAAAnM/oaFtZ__okDg/s1600/ddoor1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TObBK10wMtI/AAAAAAAAAnM/oaFtZ__okDg/s400/ddoor1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541328783517168338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-89390033211797349532010-10-28T18:37:00.000+03:002010-10-28T18:42:30.878+03:00mmm fall.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TMmZurwJ6YI/AAAAAAAAAlo/71vbUQr5FJk/s1600/IMG_1791.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TMmZurwJ6YI/AAAAAAAAAlo/71vbUQr5FJk/s400/IMG_1791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533122644499097986" border="0" /></a><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-82133550235691627032010-10-27T22:31:00.002+03:002010-10-27T22:32:06.345+03:00I'm sorry but...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TMh-JD_B__I/AAAAAAAAAlg/cbH5_IZQJww/s1600/baby-ronald.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TMh-JD_B__I/AAAAAAAAAlg/cbH5_IZQJww/s400/baby-ronald.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532810836378255346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THIS IS CREEPY!</span><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-27445336319099773552010-10-16T19:59:00.004+03:002010-10-16T20:11:12.648+03:00Paisley is here!<div style="text-align: center;">Well... here she is! She's home!<br />We got her last night about 8:00 and brought her home to meet Tara, Kaitlyn, Kory, & Shelley.<br />She loves being around people!<br />She is still a little sad- missing her brothers and sisters and mama, but I think she's adjusting pretty well so far.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TLnbtoZIYcI/AAAAAAAAAlE/AvcgRNl4bak/s1600/IMG_0317e.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TLnbtoZIYcI/AAAAAAAAAlE/AvcgRNl4bak/s400/IMG_0317e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528691594557415874" border="0" /></a><br />She only cried for about 15 minutes last night in her kennel.<br />We tried to tucker her out as much as we could... I think it worked.<br />(Aren't her eyes beautiful?!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TLnbUfkCMxI/AAAAAAAAAk8/eAqrJaH11ak/s1600/IMG_0323e.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TLnbUfkCMxI/AAAAAAAAAk8/eAqrJaH11ak/s400/IMG_0323e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528691162690499346" border="0" /></a><br />I heard Tyler wrestling around this morning at like 5:00 am.<br />He popped right up and just couldn't wait for her to wake up.<br />He did wait until ten to seven though until he heard her crying to run downstairs and grab her.<br />Then the two of them had a nice morning walk.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TLnao8R8qbI/AAAAAAAAAk0/rJVtCi3nPe8/s1600/IMG_0302e.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TLnao8R8qbI/AAAAAAAAAk0/rJVtCi3nPe8/s400/IMG_0302e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528690414485023154" border="0" /></a><br />She was tired after that... much like a baby.<br />play a little....sleep a little...eat a little...poop a little.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TLnaNY5VLoI/AAAAAAAAAks/rS3KaQUPFaM/s1600/IMG_0333.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TLnaNY5VLoI/AAAAAAAAAks/rS3KaQUPFaM/s400/IMG_0333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528689941130063490" border="0" /></a><br />We're lovin her- she's a great pup!<br /><br /><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-3268932935765331632010-10-04T17:36:00.002+03:002010-10-04T17:41:25.333+03:00here she is! (we think...)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TKnmnNiqMdI/AAAAAAAAAiU/lO5JzA8KJ3Q/s1600/pup.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TKnmnNiqMdI/AAAAAAAAAiU/lO5JzA8KJ3Q/s400/pup.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524199979270943186" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is!... At least we think so.<br />We spent a couple of hours outside with the pups yesterday.<br />Took our 3 top picks out individually and played with them.<br />This little cutie has been our favorite the last 3 times we've gone to play with them.<br />When we come, she's been the first one to pop her head up, lock those big blue eyes with ours,<br />and jump to be picked up when we've walked in the door.<br />She's got a little bit of spunk but is laid back too.<br />She followed Tyler really closely as they walked around the yard and would come to<br />both of us when we'd tell her to.<br />Pretty good fro 5 1/2 weeks old if you ask me!<br />We for sure have to pick by the 17th, and will bring her home on the 22nd!<br />Time to puppy-proof the house- ready...GO!<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-78838250627104431302010-09-01T05:13:00.010+03:002010-09-01T06:07:43.455+03:00In 7 short weeks...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Hey! Guess what?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23egHrzkI/AAAAAAAAAhE/cRY0hGAvVKw/s1600/jweb6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23egHrzkI/AAAAAAAAAhE/cRY0hGAvVKw/s400/jweb6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511763253617479234" border="0" /></a><br />In just 7 short weeks...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23ZJBL9CI/AAAAAAAAAg8/67B0s5MStxA/s1600/jweb5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23ZJBL9CI/AAAAAAAAAg8/67B0s5MStxA/s400/jweb5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511763161516864546" border="0" /></a><br />one of these<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23TdWfwFI/AAAAAAAAAg0/h8knjWM7S7c/s1600/jweb1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23TdWfwFI/AAAAAAAAAg0/h8knjWM7S7c/s400/jweb1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511763063895736402" border="0" /></a><br />tiny little<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23MvyaH8I/AAAAAAAAAgs/lpAbCzmpjCk/s1600/jweb4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23MvyaH8I/AAAAAAAAAgs/lpAbCzmpjCk/s400/jweb4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511762948585562050" border="0" /></a><br />small munsterlander puppies<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23HMQQw5I/AAAAAAAAAgk/Xm5GoDcx7E8/s1600/jweb3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH23HMQQw5I/AAAAAAAAAgk/Xm5GoDcx7E8/s400/jweb3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511762853147755410" border="0" /></a><br />will be welcomed into the Tysver home!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH22_TyoCyI/AAAAAAAAAgc/F5qskW3iASI/s1600/jweb2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH22_TyoCyI/AAAAAAAAAgc/F5qskW3iASI/s400/jweb2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511762717731982114" border="0" /></a><br />Ready or not... here she comes!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH224LguFUI/AAAAAAAAAgU/R1kYM_nE22Q/s1600/jweb7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TH224LguFUI/AAAAAAAAAgU/R1kYM_nE22Q/s400/jweb7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511762595250312514" border="0" /></a><br />Tyler's boyhood dream of having a hunting dog is coming true.<br />They're still a little guinea-pig looking (6 days old)...<br />but just wait until their eyes open! Beautiful dogs!<br />We're still trying to decide on a name.<br />Suggestions welcome :)<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-45801800940067252872010-08-25T07:50:00.009+03:002010-08-25T16:28:21.457+03:00sorry.<div style="text-align: center;">My deepest apologies for the lack of posts lately... I've been busy.<br />( I know...but really)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Wanna see? <a href="http://www.blogger.com/capturebycornell.blogspot.com">(( </a>capturebycornell.blogspot.com )<a href="http://www.blogger.com/capturebycornell.blogspot.com">)</a> go...look. See...told you!<br /></div><br />Tyler and I went out for a drive tonight to scope out some new photog spots.<br />Wait til you see what I found....er....what Tyler showed me.<br />(keep checking photog blog for future posts)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/THShlAiXaGI/AAAAAAAAAfE/mZh7RrwqEzc/s1600/IMG_3773.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/THShlAiXaGI/AAAAAAAAAfE/mZh7RrwqEzc/s400/IMG_3773.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509205901352331362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />While we were out, I snapped this.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/THSiHs5s1xI/AAAAAAAAAfM/zdpHhVeofIs/s1600/IMG_3749.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/THSiHs5s1xI/AAAAAAAAAfM/zdpHhVeofIs/s400/IMG_3749.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509206497376917266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wow!<br />{ i am full of earth, & dirt & YOU }<br /><br /><br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-46718322812662195302010-08-12T22:20:00.004+03:002010-08-12T22:26:16.906+03:00(( joy ))<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TGRJzQzvo5I/AAAAAAAAAd8/2hJfXD93fe0/s1600/ke.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TGRJzQzvo5I/AAAAAAAAAd8/2hJfXD93fe0/s400/ke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504605789587743634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This picture brings me so much joy.<br />(left: Kaitlyn (sis) right: Emma (cousin)<br /><br />I can't really write about it, but I had to post it.<br />My cousin Emma came out to camp for the first time this summer.<br />In her words.. "It COMPLETELY changed my life".<br />:)<br /></div>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5290567552661770244.post-89667876342248380692010-07-27T22:47:00.005+03:002010-07-27T22:53:59.821+03:00Missing Grams today...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Been thinking a lot about a lovely lady today.... and going to repost something I wrote for her funeral...<br />___________________________________________________<br /><br />On Tuesday, March 3rd, I lost my Grandma. She was the most incredible woman I think that I will ever know. She was so many things I’m not going to even begin to describe her, but hope you get a sense of who she was in the following paragraphs. My sister and I were asked to write the Eulogy that my Dad would read at the funeral. I was honored, blessed, and incredibly humbled to be able to sit down with my mom and sister and try to put into words what a wonderful woman Grandma was. When we were brainstorming, trying to think of where to even begin, I started thinking about Grandma’s hands, and how many things they did. We took that idea and ran with it. Here’s what came out of those ideas and memories. I hope you enjoy it. I think it’s beautiful. <p>————————————————————–</p> <p><strong><em>Ruth M. Cornell</em></strong></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TE84-lZrT1I/AAAAAAAAAag/5smg525oWKo/s1600/g.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I5hQHin-p3A/TE84-lZrT1I/AAAAAAAAAag/5smg525oWKo/s400/g.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498676317885517650" border="0" /></a></p> <p><strong><em>March 11, 1926- March 3, 2009</em></strong></p> <p>I can still feel her hands guiding mine as she sat with me for hours on end trying to teach me how to knit. Making up rhymes to try to teach the pattern, and letting me pick out my favorite colored yarn, even if it were two of the most obnoxious colors. She didn’t care. It was these moments of creating that I will cherish forever. Creating mittens, creating memories. Mom was a woman of many gifts, many friends, many stories, and many lives touched. How do I begin to share the many things she was? Much of her story is found in her hands. It was her hands that were always folded committed to prayer. Prayers for her friends, her family, for strangers…she was always praying. It was her hands that made countless loaves of her infamous rye bread. With each loaf, kneading in extra love…, which I’ve determined is her secret ingredient that will never be matched. And I think she used the same in her chocolate chip cookies, which were always on hand in case someone stopped by. Back in 1950 mom was all set to go to Africa to become a missionary. A young pastor named Andy asked her out and knew he had to act fast. He asked her to marry him on their first date. She didn’t say yes right away but shortly she was as much in love with him as he was with her, and became the wife of Reverend Andrew Cornell. She and Andy held hands together in marriage for 19 years until his sudden death in 1969, but today we know that she and dad have once again joined hands. We all know, some better than others, that after dad’s death she most certainly had her hands full. Full with three boys she raised with love, discipline, and a lot of peanut butter and patience. Though along the way, there were holes kicked in the walls that even today all three of us deny we knew anything about, bruises on the knees, broken bones and tears cried when we lost dad when mom was only 43. She not only raised three boys aged 16, 14 and 9 alone from there on, but tried her best to raise them as gentlemen. And who can forget the hands that knit hundreds if not thousands of pairs of mittens and afghans! And similar to her prayers, her mittens and afghans were for her friends, her family, her neighbors, and even strangers. Lives around the world were changed because of her faithful donations to “Harvest of Hands”. Mom too, had ‘the whole world in her hands’ as she joined close friends on many travel adventures around the world. Her journeys with ‘the golden girls’ were full of stories, souvenirs, laughter, and memories that will last far beyond a lifetime. She served as a secretary for many years in the Buffalo schools where her hands were busy typing. One story goes that a sophomore named Amy at Buffalo High School made her way down to the school office and saved a hall pass signed by “Mrs. Cornell”. She secretly hoped that perhaps someday she too would be able to sign her name the same and bear it with the dignity and respect that mom did. Through the years, mom struggled with a host of illnesses. We could sit here all day and tell stories about the lives her hands have touched in spite of the ugliness of polio, multiple bouts of breast cancer, a brain tumor and brain hematoma, heart disease and diabetes. Eventually, her hands became twisted with arthritis, yet she still kept trying to remember how to cast on for one more pair of mittens…and didn’t let physical limitations detract from her ability to mentor and comfort anyone who needed it. And the hand that played the greatest role in her life was that of her Heavenly Father. Though she loved life with a passion and was in no hurry to leave this world, I suspect that when Jesus came this past Tuesday and took her hand to lead her home, she experienced a joy that none of us yet know, but that she prayed with folded hands each day we eventually will.</p>saranaedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386621968262598872noreply@blogger.com0