tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87470783061105992592024-03-05T13:25:30.947-08:00SupershepherdsSupershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-54142786051239596992011-11-27T06:38:00.001-08:002011-11-27T08:07:03.557-08:00Birthday VideosAs promised...some videos of the big day.<br />
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</div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-78942308931175711392011-11-26T20:02:00.000-08:002011-11-26T21:35:19.519-08:00Best year so farOur little man is a year old today. Amazing. As I look back and reflect on the year behind us, I'm in awe of the milestones these little ones reach and pass in such a short amount of time.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />One Day Old<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpiIVmurSfS-3bLhPP3iaBtZCgttqH3-Vzx1LQbx9J1IC5G8yN_HTtH2htuIKJYFySeobDj0OTLbPF2HxIQDzp4bYtb5-PnP0_1hghcyWX3koh1VtVKaBFr9mB7u7Ce8piE5xuuQUmrI/s1600/IMG_0036.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpiIVmurSfS-3bLhPP3iaBtZCgttqH3-Vzx1LQbx9J1IC5G8yN_HTtH2htuIKJYFySeobDj0OTLbPF2HxIQDzp4bYtb5-PnP0_1hghcyWX3koh1VtVKaBFr9mB7u7Ce8piE5xuuQUmrI/s200/IMG_0036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679526441352172562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>One Month Old<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QS88fjTZdbzpca4I5BmAqZ607ChS2wf_Akv4VHi0-F2U8kn29ZVfn2iil-rUKVeeAMc2JNnD-XL9gb5d0kO9pxC3Bv-iy4YN6Yh0V-5WxABrpfrQ27NbfhXRaEtH4ecMjfzwX16PeBQ/s1600/IMG_0143.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QS88fjTZdbzpca4I5BmAqZ607ChS2wf_Akv4VHi0-F2U8kn29ZVfn2iil-rUKVeeAMc2JNnD-XL9gb5d0kO9pxC3Bv-iy4YN6Yh0V-5WxABrpfrQ27NbfhXRaEtH4ecMjfzwX16PeBQ/s200/IMG_0143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679526437682079922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Two Months Old<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7VzDKu9_Dv7A5jyxYJzhvY0fepMdK3dtBcfrH0d3tKo7uM_DvWSAVoB6iXo7qk4upWlj_-5N3cT9SeEyVrUrv_ifaLwmAJ-jx7LwbP1-Tt-hpTqBXwLqXal4uYlX6Yk73thEPNH9znA/s1600/DSCN0133.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7VzDKu9_Dv7A5jyxYJzhvY0fepMdK3dtBcfrH0d3tKo7uM_DvWSAVoB6iXo7qk4upWlj_-5N3cT9SeEyVrUrv_ifaLwmAJ-jx7LwbP1-Tt-hpTqBXwLqXal4uYlX6Yk73thEPNH9znA/s200/DSCN0133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679526451412898850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Three Months Old<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8yjkZkhh4zZWE_YiIo6SWDeKOG6SkRZdNXbH781l2XvpOYjN2nRexfAczY6IN5VU6dCu1wix55JlqJmhPAQzYpYnaO_BeFTJ2qsHBm3ClPRGm0aYXqefs2C5__-Q0CbiE3gPFSvSayk/s1600/IMG_0176.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjQfK_WN-7u2jDY7IdwGWa1M9RPFd8wvcUCB-HavK56VQOURAwJgF1q22AtLL4xNco3jv27b0A4v6ZfRtJhymszHnuqzB3HzdIoy8tCnxRjot_A9UrqtXFQhy3NQoxrjpevwoX0DABRE/s200/DSCN0179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679530696664918002" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Six Months Old<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4hP_fKwRow-HHFgMlvN8LZCgI12xkrYLVOFfbfpYujvdeeXVugiKoyUW1yMT7aNN1C-a8z_akmrgnO_op48wjWhe9hMOqOkbzpX2R6FGOFbu3Mi5XmvzHYx9AxHqUW17EgLbSaudCkg/s1600/IMG_0247.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4hP_fKwRow-HHFgMlvN8LZCgI12xkrYLVOFfbfpYujvdeeXVugiKoyUW1yMT7aNN1C-a8z_akmrgnO_op48wjWhe9hMOqOkbzpX2R6FGOFbu3Mi5XmvzHYx9AxHqUW17EgLbSaudCkg/s200/IMG_0247.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679530697337719090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Seven Months Old<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmsEsLxecN3v16ex4K9Cn101O9D-206y4DeI_kv-JGqZ5-Z44NxkJMxenL4fP-S4wgsATHm6drpn6CgcvLK5zPitjDtXO5VAlXqz8E_vhyyFJ-z-K-rwX7wJSCeTuXnrTWHXKqNtUGAQ/s1600/DSCN0245.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmsEsLxecN3v16ex4K9Cn101O9D-206y4DeI_kv-JGqZ5-Z44NxkJMxenL4fP-S4wgsATHm6drpn6CgcvLK5zPitjDtXO5VAlXqz8E_vhyyFJ-z-K-rwX7wJSCeTuXnrTWHXKqNtUGAQ/s200/DSCN0245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679530702996625298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Eight Months Old<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCWKSlrXuFLoN3M-OzITuKY3bTI8jPqsIrw6bLOdBN_HBixFxsLSaVYHToV8g7VGkVL2zsLsEcTEy3gmm2konaR3PMC8J-t0AXHT48b7MZY2l3zXBS3qV0GfCjv5PgPdt98Azzybpelk/s1600/DSCN0329.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCWKSlrXuFLoN3M-OzITuKY3bTI8jPqsIrw6bLOdBN_HBixFxsLSaVYHToV8g7VGkVL2zsLsEcTEy3gmm2konaR3PMC8J-t0AXHT48b7MZY2l3zXBS3qV0GfCjv5PgPdt98Azzybpelk/s200/DSCN0329.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679530717315673730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Nine Months Old<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD8DCWub6vLbw8kkn15fTs1LZllw4KPTMgKdRW8nri1281jYWqrETvXLvP-xXGOVJ6leFAYaY7QbsFOHa26boUc5iHKtcn63mpoVbfrDbVLsIYvXCa3lhOosi5nmIrPQz33TXG3L2bMc/s1600/IMG_0312.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 159px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClZDibPM8XIPV_TjtiEzoHQl0r0HA_edXYoJXKkNHnemSosA_E4tPG2iJpcCzsqTCq1GzpHYTJv6IAygHqCTztcpFLeVGC90kor3F7uVBt64wkkVnX2omeoeiXET2oPWa23A-vgbQmlQ/s200/DSCN0388.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679533911588947266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One Year Old<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73hOSHJhdoWYmP9OftMacwGQeMfwKq4FZV15sNIHz19X-fIDrmOIkam8sos4fiW924iPqpdbASLqz-9IMjYtf9XGGYchhgTpIiWSU7i5uQ4GAwPTjyi8wHv7HfZYeFdOGuN0AgijckhE/s1600/DSCN0396.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73hOSHJhdoWYmP9OftMacwGQeMfwKq4FZV15sNIHz19X-fIDrmOIkam8sos4fiW924iPqpdbASLqz-9IMjYtf9XGGYchhgTpIiWSU7i5uQ4GAwPTjyi8wHv7HfZYeFdOGuN0AgijckhE/s200/DSCN0396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679533921612760914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div></div>It's been the most fascinating thing to watch him grow and discover the world around him. Always our little chatterbox, he's full of things to say and has been since he was but a few weeks old. Perhaps one day he'll be a great orator, but for now his cute little voice jabbering away is simply music to our ears.<br /><br />First word: Gobbum-- <span style="font-style: italic;">noun-- </span>usually used in reference to good food, or food in general since he's never really been picky. Fine, so it's not an actual word, but one of his own vocabulary, but still...he uses it with specificity. Other words: Da-da; ma-ma; gog (dog and most other animals); hruh (truck)<br /><br />Number of States Visited in 1 year: 4 (Nevada, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia) including 4 trips on an airplane. Pretty well traveled for a year old, thank you Delta Air Lines.<br /><br />Number of teeth by 1st birthday: 3 and a half (the latest one is being fairly pokey about coming in.)<br /><br />Disposition: Generally happy unless you're wiping his nose, which thanks to another cold is happening a lot this week.<br /><br />He's strong-- every diaper change is a wrestling match. He's smart-- quickly figures out how his toys work. He's our little super-Talan. This has definitely been our best year so far and we're all the more excited for those yet ahead.<br /><br />I'll try to post a couple videos of his birthday today. Together, they're a little long, so it will take some time to upload...and at this point it's late and I'm tired, so more to come.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a teaser<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2N-7PKBku7SumrjDnR5H0Kzfmk8kFmRicOlXHMtsb4e_u7oHrmsm4mQlpZN9CK6-PN3HdJEjFwcImSaHfv1HYy5QaKKnbT21RiEU_uxqsanZg2Ek3MKzrRRoyIjls85SuaU6K5rQXnD4/s1600/DSCN0458.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2N-7PKBku7SumrjDnR5H0Kzfmk8kFmRicOlXHMtsb4e_u7oHrmsm4mQlpZN9CK6-PN3HdJEjFwcImSaHfv1HYy5QaKKnbT21RiEU_uxqsanZg2Ek3MKzrRRoyIjls85SuaU6K5rQXnD4/s200/DSCN0458.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679544535072043618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday buddy. We love you!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHRiJxSm_MI0Ak4OyBAxvUTcvrAjwughFM9FLXVNEP24lUfcsr0qkBG_WpqFKNnLNyYTzs7ZeU6bZwWRkBMrQRx57b_eJ09DaS8tUlqupN9BVKPeA4xXcseccEBFRissb4TVVqYH5s8E/s1600/IMG_0273.jpg"><br /></a>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-23797274132920856982011-07-11T00:09:00.000-07:002011-07-11T00:18:23.905-07:00Some videos of how I coped with turning 40<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxsCi5O4SqjS1V-dx53gJeVdAagF7TfOkIg2x84JEfzUdW3sduo1vQ1q2TKetnOvTPdZ5fgcSMgAu14eo_57Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzDL8BgAd1LYwhvLDujoTGaD9ubaKaTVpz-PZiCGFkeZ7uqrWDUjN6Yr32WNKwJovnC03ie8UuFJrMG9l8v1w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxHVyulW_poIyZD5pzxHYVSeDV2LsD_b_2DpaLRWjj8ojjxkzohaPZS7vNG0q18Cr48mOAxnjF7gVxWsgvrUw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-16125524126114976272011-07-10T16:43:00.000-07:002011-07-10T16:58:07.231-07:00Talan is getting more and more adventurous in his dining selections. We've tried mashed potatoes, ice cream, pineapple, tomato, pickle, beef stew, chicken and rice, and today...<br /><div style="text-align: center;">spaghetti. <br />Yummy!<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=AD6v5dxoXKhEumrGW9LPbYJ5ZZmXaxXwbxM9KXOBrOLfxiQD9z7FBW0wNs7FozNn-Q6o3e4gwdX8J0LcJbWBMzaQQw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-23602619810760903482011-06-15T19:17:00.000-07:002011-06-15T19:57:01.468-07:00Ride the Lightning! Yee haw!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxWAakgGERq2NQVjWCjzbsnqeT3NJ4Bfmy6V-UhFbXGHC9sQ9gfkPZWcjTYBZp3gfqWmRKEFrAuB45UDHyFRR8zB90H_x7pQuziuCw9FMUTlgQ3bWmvcewpcnRbaxReG3IuH6aDfNZHc/s1600/epipen-injection-needle.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxWAakgGERq2NQVjWCjzbsnqeT3NJ4Bfmy6V-UhFbXGHC9sQ9gfkPZWcjTYBZp3gfqWmRKEFrAuB45UDHyFRR8zB90H_x7pQuziuCw9FMUTlgQ3bWmvcewpcnRbaxReG3IuH6aDfNZHc/s320/epipen-injection-needle.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618637352005912322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I was teaching a CPR/First aid class at work on Monday and was getting ready to do the section on severe allergic reactions. We have a spent epipen in our supplies so people can check out how it feels to use one. I pulled out the pen and blam! The spring loaded needle shot right into the bone on my left thumb. The pen deployed and I instantly felt the reaction. My heart rate was about a thousand beats a second and I could feel my pulse in my eyeballs. I was trying to pull the needle out of my thumb, but it was lodged in the bone so hard it felt like trying to pull a nail out of wood with my fingers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJt5qlD8SukIoE1dLrN4c2ngBxJ7khuMuBeTokyuLLiLTgYACHl821CcGOafSAvPxuPCFnbdFHG7lOiwzPClDo_zadD4ebo9e26rLji2GSX3XilU7H_fpAHlsyHr4BcxRfkPgCXh_pLwY/s1600/epi-penjaden16.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJt5qlD8SukIoE1dLrN4c2ngBxJ7khuMuBeTokyuLLiLTgYACHl821CcGOafSAvPxuPCFnbdFHG7lOiwzPClDo_zadD4ebo9e26rLji2GSX3XilU7H_fpAHlsyHr4BcxRfkPgCXh_pLwY/s320/epi-penjaden16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618638423473537794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That's what the needle looked like after I finally got it out of my thumb. There was even a small chunk of bone stuck to it. Sticking your thumb with an epipen feels like jumping out of an airplane while getting electrocuted. (I've done both, not at the same time). I also felt kind of like this guy...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_jXZW7MdLSucJER91e0BMZk7624sBBJ-umINrXlvM2UIBVrS4Cnipujt3WFFGtHLBv863yzpHc1CUu-l6wg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br />Luckily we have a nurse at work who looked online for how to deal with it. It made me feel slightly better to know that this happens so often that there is a name for it--Epipen-thumb syndrome. Apparently you have a 1 in 50,000 chance of doing this to yourself. The nurse checked my heart rate, which was actually somewhere between double and triple what it should be. He then told me to head to the car because we were going to the emergency room at the nearest hospital. I assured him I was fine, but he told me I was going to lose my thumb if we didn't hurry. You see, epinephrine is a powerful vasoconstrictor , it was closing off all the blood vessels in my thumb. Sure enough, as we got close to the hospital, my thumb turned the color of concrete and got really cold. I sat in the ER for about half an hour trying to massage blood back into my unhappy opposable when they took me back and smeared nitro-glycerin gel all over my thumb to open my capillaries back up. As an added precaution they decided to take an EKG reading and by golly I was in atrial fibrillation. The bottom half of my heart was working normally, the top half was trying to keep the beat to some odd Dave Mathews tune playing out in the hallway. The kept me there for about an hour to make sure I was coming back down to earth then released me. I made it back to work just in time to start teaching my one o'clock blood-borne pathogens class. One of the people in the class stopped me and said, "Dude, you're talking really fast". I guess I was. I taught a 2 hour class in about 24 minutes. Luckily everyone passed the test at the end so I guess I was at least speaking coherently.<br /><br />I left work and headed to my doctors office. See, I took a little tumble off a ladder the previous Saturday and bruised my hand. The bruise was still sore and swollen on Monday. The Dr ordered an xray. The xray tech asked me a little jokingly if I really thought my hand was broken. Then she called me over to take a look. Does it look broken to you? Here's the actual xray. Look closely at the 5th metatarsal, just above the pinky knuckle.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhOKShDBVzFWeAMRKV1PzINxLYXcTFi7roEGap7tkpzG33D0cvPjNmg1Ffu9MRYDZZtx1b9-9DZ91ofdehFonhggXjTKly0SVPjgYQ6BipHwlWb9oEvZq-xm8V6McyrYLA7SktBI7_LM/s1600/SHEPHERD+JOSHUA+B_CR_20110613_163412_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhOKShDBVzFWeAMRKV1PzINxLYXcTFi7roEGap7tkpzG33D0cvPjNmg1Ffu9MRYDZZtx1b9-9DZ91ofdehFonhggXjTKly0SVPjgYQ6BipHwlWb9oEvZq-xm8V6McyrYLA7SktBI7_LM/s320/SHEPHERD+JOSHUA+B_CR_20110613_163412_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618644869193976370" border="0" /></a>I think I'll lock myself indoors for the next few days. Heather said something about things like this coming in groups of three...Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-1043448737094048792011-05-06T09:16:00.000-07:002011-05-06T16:03:35.799-07:00Mom...the meatloaf...now!Talan is about 5 and a half months old now and we decided to venture into the world of spoon feeding. The past few days we've given him some rice cereal a couple of times a day. The messiness that will be as much of a staple as the cereal will be over the next year is seriously going to challenge my OCD. It's pretty cute right now, however.<br /><br /><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=AD6v5dzt9uyMVI6AFAtYngq143Rg-VtXcujPQGKo6QO6HOhdXoLu3HQyu29zRy8vh0OByf8Z7_iYfW8iyQLiXeKRrg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">He getting stronger and stronger every day. Our little wiggle worm. Always moving, squirming, kicking. It's so fun to watch him discover new things, including his own abilities. I can't help but wish, just a little, that we had toys like these to play with as adults.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-65934628983561376462011-04-22T17:30:00.000-07:002011-04-22T17:37:09.330-07:00More gigglesTalan is getting more and more playful. It's amazing the simple things that entertain him.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzs3jIgb9DVxhIT5rHY6JkxNUqNQk0n9sbUPx40KTlcqBObU2DBw42TpvPh-4eJ_9WbxlBtoDfNviyvi3LIEA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />It's even more amazing how he keeps us entertained by his day by day progress.Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-72437172765831064332011-04-13T06:33:00.000-07:002011-04-13T07:06:42.139-07:00New AdventuresMommy and Daddy are introducing me to some of their hobbies so I can have new adventures.<br /><br />Mommy took me on the airplane again. This time I was big enough not to sleep the whole time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3885ogYh4ts6Bi-HWE8qjERBA3dbVVJ_alJbtWLILuuLjOuvbmDNl3tUztzGOR8kKcya0dBU6r7rXqdBeKnWOgTepQfv-HSk73Ndkr__QaHKU_ymFF-mo4uodsCKpoYz0PMhQ07vCgQ0/s1600/DSCN0171.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3885ogYh4ts6Bi-HWE8qjERBA3dbVVJ_alJbtWLILuuLjOuvbmDNl3tUztzGOR8kKcya0dBU6r7rXqdBeKnWOgTepQfv-HSk73Ndkr__QaHKU_ymFF-mo4uodsCKpoYz0PMhQ07vCgQ0/s320/DSCN0171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595061180711688082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>I got a little hungry but all I got was milk, instead of peanuts and soda. I'm not sure that's really fair.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvvpe-00NeKtnFXsK3SMnh7xL9FbHowjRpzjxPHcL2gSC2KKRKqF1JE2oUrYeDrcTY6NHnCkyzYbkM36HO9bjd4jJXOXdI-UmCKszOvRoVZyLDfZvC4izL8WwnkJ7VvA8xd3bT1tYiFI/s1600/IMG_0214.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvvpe-00NeKtnFXsK3SMnh7xL9FbHowjRpzjxPHcL2gSC2KKRKqF1JE2oUrYeDrcTY6NHnCkyzYbkM36HO9bjd4jJXOXdI-UmCKszOvRoVZyLDfZvC4izL8WwnkJ7VvA8xd3bT1tYiFI/s320/IMG_0214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595064425003084194" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />I listened closely to the safety video. My nearest exit was actually behind me. I'm glad I listened. Now I felt safe to fly.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DWSjhyWnUzUJqLMvQkliM9DutdpnH6qXa9xF_S39hMTjuX0fjSTS6TgD6u1a-B9bwQlRSLsqbPQVNb8edNx1QMHVyBgU4q2uc0XSuqQfvxkEpuVdB7Ajb4jcaOJZ8wg26BT11sOm1Ck/s1600/IMG_0212.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DWSjhyWnUzUJqLMvQkliM9DutdpnH6qXa9xF_S39hMTjuX0fjSTS6TgD6u1a-B9bwQlRSLsqbPQVNb8edNx1QMHVyBgU4q2uc0XSuqQfvxkEpuVdB7Ajb4jcaOJZ8wg26BT11sOm1Ck/s320/IMG_0212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595064427901308786" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />It was a pretty fun trip. I really like Vegas. I got to see Grammy and Papa, aunts, uncles and cousins. It was 72 degrees in April. This was one of the few times I've been out in the sun. I really like the sun.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDZedo3pucD_oIlczWT8oL7H6A6dtYqd4aHHABB2NprtXyFXMrcnxv8u1c1Pj7ckBb1dYBq8EHSdlgRMx_AhtBqNoP89LFUpbtQRBskNiLf05fMFL7ikT0dxUv7cXDybAzClnPuJ81lg/s1600/Talan+in+shades.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDZedo3pucD_oIlczWT8oL7H6A6dtYqd4aHHABB2NprtXyFXMrcnxv8u1c1Pj7ckBb1dYBq8EHSdlgRMx_AhtBqNoP89LFUpbtQRBskNiLf05fMFL7ikT0dxUv7cXDybAzClnPuJ81lg/s320/Talan+in+shades.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595061168018746242" border="0" /></a><br /></div>I've also been doing some work in the garage with Daddy. He showed me his motor cycle. Vroom. I think he might have to get a sidecar so I can go on rides with him. <br />Don't worry, we always wear helmets in our family.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TcnYDVr5KCfwZmpjLKA1gnvdUvgalymmK4v7w6ShvrlESWQLkYbveSkwZU9899YqV0wsqdVOl1EbFPLbnVAqa8PbepqdEAWogLBUWbefYBH4le2BgPkLAMAwSuxYMz2y7Uxmst_kxf0/s1600/IMG_0208.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TcnYDVr5KCfwZmpjLKA1gnvdUvgalymmK4v7w6ShvrlESWQLkYbveSkwZU9899YqV0wsqdVOl1EbFPLbnVAqa8PbepqdEAWogLBUWbefYBH4le2BgPkLAMAwSuxYMz2y7Uxmst_kxf0/s320/IMG_0208.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595064422236064914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qP0Awh-1WmSvSEXeYBFGzM0BWP67ngwpGkvxJ49VHJPvhDJdEIzQLZ1oC3lWNP-4jtgbnqxr_qRh4kgY76RmTcS_YEEVIT_FRpmwqe5pP4JyjbO24SGrQGpNkyWsfyOYtew_lseP_tc/s1600/Born+to+be+wild+4.JPG"> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qP0Awh-1WmSvSEXeYBFGzM0BWP67ngwpGkvxJ49VHJPvhDJdEIzQLZ1oC3lWNP-4jtgbnqxr_qRh4kgY76RmTcS_YEEVIT_FRpmwqe5pP4JyjbO24SGrQGpNkyWsfyOYtew_lseP_tc/s320/Born+to+be+wild+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595067458504227634" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />My biggest hobby right now is growing. Mommy keeps comparing me to a weed, although I don't quite understand the comparison. At my last visit to the doctor I weighed 16.5 pounds and was 26 inches long-- in the 90th percentile for height and weight. Daddy says my smile is in the 100th percentile. I guess I'm growing pretty good.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUYhLD3GrZ2WTbxY2o-KfhxS_4ahsZRh9aHoYCspJ4RdolcPYPm5-1osTCc_LvkpPCIVf8pnwRLAMAPZ0oHRQ_sgWp8WMmxRDaUJ6IfK0VTbxlg6FnyXopbP00spV7CQHJ2rC2nsLe5o/s1600/Talan+18+weeks.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUYhLD3GrZ2WTbxY2o-KfhxS_4ahsZRh9aHoYCspJ4RdolcPYPm5-1osTCc_LvkpPCIVf8pnwRLAMAPZ0oHRQ_sgWp8WMmxRDaUJ6IfK0VTbxlg6FnyXopbP00spV7CQHJ2rC2nsLe5o/s320/Talan+18+weeks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595067639980732290" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-31905898217669835662011-03-19T09:37:00.000-07:002011-03-20T14:53:25.175-07:00Talan Laughs<div></div><div style="text-align: left;">It is like music to our ears. Our little chatterbox is starting to giggle and laugh. I had to be super cheesy/goofy to get him to laugh the other night, but I was able to get a little bit of his laugh on video.<br /></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwSMGAI-Ha0So0IXarlF2oeFzFkafLOYHtK2WTDnolxoLXnd-1uTXM898bbHWMohJMHq4V5T5eTbojGcCwAtA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-22245963575118874822011-02-06T18:26:00.000-08:002011-02-07T09:18:59.853-08:00Talan's Blessing DayJoshua blessed Talan yesterday in our <a href="http://www.mormon.org/worship/">Sacrament Meeting</a>, joined by our Bishop, Joshua's Dad Myron, his brother Justin, my brother Josh, and brother-in-law Bus (Benjamin). It was a beautiful blessing of hope, love, and a life full of goodness.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_bIq8YNlwEurpBMkXrUBwpNQv2P9JBAH7DzJ_n6xKxtIBNYsIxBrJqc_x5OSP31Fu0mjv9d6-fvmn5HQjKVRBv1923PQBIrKxGGJ7-xuJs0iopupyq4JDpccChj2qPc93yIMeUzc-Jo/s1600/blessing.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_bIq8YNlwEurpBMkXrUBwpNQv2P9JBAH7DzJ_n6xKxtIBNYsIxBrJqc_x5OSP31Fu0mjv9d6-fvmn5HQjKVRBv1923PQBIrKxGGJ7-xuJs0iopupyq4JDpccChj2qPc93yIMeUzc-Jo/s320/blessing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570988841610597474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>My heart and mind were of course racing during that special ordinance. It was all I could do to contain the love and deep emotion we already feel for this little guy. When you're standing in the sun, soaking up it's warmth, it's hard to imagine there will ever be moments of cold, darkness, lonliness, etc. How grateful I am for the knowledge that Heavenly Father has provided a plan for our family to be happy, despite the difficulties life may send our way, and more importantly--to be together forever.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIru-hYYu9tN4OjiC1qbMnoT2xUvNMpx55AAmDiUB1J9PLB3w8_k8MpvulF-83Keqkck5YegWa2dY8jm-P9JyY-pX6Aw57sMKOqkh3aiHBlhQwX0HLEv86nZ0UrRb7j02CBCumIayd6JM/s1600/blessing+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIru-hYYu9tN4OjiC1qbMnoT2xUvNMpx55AAmDiUB1J9PLB3w8_k8MpvulF-83Keqkck5YegWa2dY8jm-P9JyY-pX6Aw57sMKOqkh3aiHBlhQwX0HLEv86nZ0UrRb7j02CBCumIayd6JM/s320/blessing+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570988831845235970" border="0" /></a></div><br />Not to deviate from the stirring heartstrings, but since this is also to chronicle real life, the day was not all angelic bliss for this little man. I'm not sure if it was due to all the hustle, bustle, and excitement of the day, but mixed in with all of Talan's smiles and generally cheerful cooing and gurgling, we also had to deal with diarrhea and projectile vomit.<br /><br />The poor guy caught some sort of intestinal bug. It started in the morning, luckily before the white suit went on, with a liquefied bowel. I was a little worried that there would be a part 2 during the church meeting (in the white suite) so I had bit of McGyver-esque inspiration and fashioned some extra protection out of a diaper (general coverage) and a sanitary napkin--with wings (for additional coverage up the back). We made it through the service without any leakage!<br /><br />Later on in the day, while feeding Talan, he looked directly at me with all of his pure cuteness, and proceeded to projectile vomit all over me. Luckily his diet is solely breast milk, but I had no idea he ate that much with each meal. It was like someone turned on a garden hose and sprayed me 3 times.<br /><br />The amazing thing was he smiled through the whole day, despite these minor challenges. He really is such a darling little boy. Oh how we love him.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjai9Yt4jCDk9JxWIjbljaBFgQCtn4iw5gUgXMJj5QUrT8dX9CY4PlxywCGoVZBRDn2KbvB3e7YU8BZzese1ydaazXlhi7VlQGFuRXsMJh8noDJSLDPJkRK5mYfi6ohuusDpmG_DRuGB8g/s1600/DSCN0134.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjai9Yt4jCDk9JxWIjbljaBFgQCtn4iw5gUgXMJj5QUrT8dX9CY4PlxywCGoVZBRDn2KbvB3e7YU8BZzese1ydaazXlhi7VlQGFuRXsMJh8noDJSLDPJkRK5mYfi6ohuusDpmG_DRuGB8g/s320/DSCN0134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570996859558163314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirK4ryEkpky4KaONxuYgyy990M9qGg5BE3m4yC8YiYhmDWrf2gaxKRGy-lg5vBSdoEPv_IW11VVK7P_P8lEyNiF6cAea4K8G2F0vi7qxhF1VR8sWmf7GkBLJg6URszPVwaMdEQ9L0zvcQ/s1600/DSCN0139.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirK4ryEkpky4KaONxuYgyy990M9qGg5BE3m4yC8YiYhmDWrf2gaxKRGy-lg5vBSdoEPv_IW11VVK7P_P8lEyNiF6cAea4K8G2F0vi7qxhF1VR8sWmf7GkBLJg6URszPVwaMdEQ9L0zvcQ/s320/DSCN0139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570997472644640994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3E0MHkLOydENPNGlRn3jVTMA81W8iWUoQKHqbR6u0qXRYrPdvaS5jfe9sbb51_AEy92X0kWe0LqkPu9St72JtW84YeRyhL_cj9m0rFaXNN04oKmk8jZMEZT4o2tOxNvZJQWZHL6hyh0/s1600/DSCN0136.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3E0MHkLOydENPNGlRn3jVTMA81W8iWUoQKHqbR6u0qXRYrPdvaS5jfe9sbb51_AEy92X0kWe0LqkPu9St72JtW84YeRyhL_cj9m0rFaXNN04oKmk8jZMEZT4o2tOxNvZJQWZHL6hyh0/s320/DSCN0136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570996861816108402" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-28385440482544505832011-01-20T16:25:00.000-08:002011-01-29T19:03:03.013-08:00Talan smiles...Talan just keeps on growing. He's putting on about 1 pound a week and was 12 lbs last time we checked. He gets cuter every day and recently learned how to smile. The challenge now is to keep a camera handy to catch the cuteness. We got lucky a few times, check it out...<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3lL_JD3fV_1DSlGlzv06Bt28Ve-l8d9eBKM5bSgqvbGL_5h4zWhlkMmbCg0M9XgaVpdfEHCzYjD3JiHks0w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxHbjMUu1-VdZwkHO5cgeKbk2FlCCf4Npu_Fg7KCuU1lYWktkuU_rujPTDlsb7fCpHPXROpbqmyW39weLSyiA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-6802972868611802192011-01-08T14:53:00.000-08:002011-01-09T15:21:23.574-08:00First Month-- A Month of FirstsI can't believe Talan is already 6 weeks old. We've had a few adventures in our first month with our sweet little boy. Some were more enjoyable for him than others.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">First bath at home<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlkZ9J7sryrg2AqZ_UrzRHXW658lfIcpUEvJLsTOcaDtR9IBD9eI6giuR3CRUAZsxhLYeZYFVqZguNbM4SUiGFzeGGL6ZzyZ8Z99SxQxamKfF32hkVP0emqaim2T-Mx1q1XRNIMXbpKg/s1600/DSCN0041+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlkZ9J7sryrg2AqZ_UrzRHXW658lfIcpUEvJLsTOcaDtR9IBD9eI6giuR3CRUAZsxhLYeZYFVqZguNbM4SUiGFzeGGL6ZzyZ8Z99SxQxamKfF32hkVP0emqaim2T-Mx1q1XRNIMXbpKg/s200/DSCN0041+%25281%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560320872263817794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnAACxtxjZgnRjlKAylSqond-wCJlqXCFXV2EXzgDVddkWJOfNmUz-iiDGyiyE8qSBzXvMIMMrWnOafUiJ_oNpHlIDxanT7vepP3G9ZokycMDZVsO65YD1i9D1YjO51hyphenhypheniv3-0gpkE0s/s1600/DSCN0043+%25283%2529.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnAACxtxjZgnRjlKAylSqond-wCJlqXCFXV2EXzgDVddkWJOfNmUz-iiDGyiyE8qSBzXvMIMMrWnOafUiJ_oNpHlIDxanT7vepP3G9ZokycMDZVsO65YD1i9D1YjO51hyphenhypheniv3-0gpkE0s/s200/DSCN0043+%25283%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560321401036845218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NjpGOtAQ52-MnsM-pWtJCHoamK8orpM6SbjjKyyMEDLOq4uoWaIBLI1QGGacis_gRrJe6a41fStRVry4u-wd5ow_WeWc3YwB3_ldiEh5VUBN_r7YCnfTYt8x6sN3q64X1GGsKp2nd7Y/s1600/DSCN0042+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NjpGOtAQ52-MnsM-pWtJCHoamK8orpM6SbjjKyyMEDLOq4uoWaIBLI1QGGacis_gRrJe6a41fStRVry4u-wd5ow_WeWc3YwB3_ldiEh5VUBN_r7YCnfTYt8x6sN3q64X1GGsKp2nd7Y/s200/DSCN0042+%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560321392652888834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-05GPLV2WL30ah41HwZsaUV35fl1h9AF5_GgV2Lo0a4QrabuoE-fD2XYZ5wFDV51B5w0G4ISzhjlExnw6IAqdRh6yUuG3lHqquq-xH9BHanFdK9Cq6nt29soAXsqbvhQ77DgdqRNlpUM/s1600/DSCN0046.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-05GPLV2WL30ah41HwZsaUV35fl1h9AF5_GgV2Lo0a4QrabuoE-fD2XYZ5wFDV51B5w0G4ISzhjlExnw6IAqdRh6yUuG3lHqquq-xH9BHanFdK9Cq6nt29soAXsqbvhQ77DgdqRNlpUM/s200/DSCN0046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560321414961833010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmzwWtl3VhSysQKKVll6FXwLro7rpMPwQeN6TJMscvB-UztltbS48C4g1PdfsQe6rURqSI6WSpF10PfBHTc9-je8OC-lyJZSFNiT4jkGJx9Bs3V0_rRlrnTR7lbM9NI3TEWL7W1nPMFU/s1600/DSCN0047.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmzwWtl3VhSysQKKVll6FXwLro7rpMPwQeN6TJMscvB-UztltbS48C4g1PdfsQe6rURqSI6WSpF10PfBHTc9-je8OC-lyJZSFNiT4jkGJx9Bs3V0_rRlrnTR7lbM9NI3TEWL7W1nPMFU/s200/DSCN0047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560321421187295506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We've graduated to being submerged in the bath and he likes it a little better than sink-side. He doesn't care much for the getting in and out part, being naked and all, but he seems to like being in the water. Maybe we'll have a champion swimmer someday.</div><br />First Airplane Ride<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzpe0h4tWScCNC_utzLcMJb4qvr3lIUU1tp4gunQcLCkT14-6Ojx5n5BYj1TX6FSC-BrlTBzp0ebhkZ-gJMj_yiQM5HIQGHl5RfD1erLzwBH7BNrbloAH0Flns16RB2eQb03cITNmlQM/s1600/IMG_0125.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzpe0h4tWScCNC_utzLcMJb4qvr3lIUU1tp4gunQcLCkT14-6Ojx5n5BYj1TX6FSC-BrlTBzp0ebhkZ-gJMj_yiQM5HIQGHl5RfD1erLzwBH7BNrbloAH0Flns16RB2eQb03cITNmlQM/s200/IMG_0125.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560323517225575826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We took a quick hop down to LasVegas to spend some time with Joshua's family. Talan handled the security screening and the flights like a champ. His parents were a little frazzled with the extra planning and packing now required, and the enhanced security pat-down for requesting our breast milk be searched manually and not by x-ray. Taking a "quick trip" out of town is now a little more complicated than it used to be, but we're excited to be able to show him a little bit more than his corner of this big world.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">First Christmas<br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNNyIjWfXWfFIRktfcczHhpGV9UgijpAPavyPkQOXma49e5VTpHWuVLBF4Hz4aJv642mX2vw5VzDetz4GQjNgHGWhZqh2fxsY00TF8TkSQgdiY0EGu9dbx4kDVyHnCT0DilugFtYoZ98/s1600/DSCN0088.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNNyIjWfXWfFIRktfcczHhpGV9UgijpAPavyPkQOXma49e5VTpHWuVLBF4Hz4aJv642mX2vw5VzDetz4GQjNgHGWhZqh2fxsY00TF8TkSQgdiY0EGu9dbx4kDVyHnCT0DilugFtYoZ98/s200/DSCN0088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560325685779574002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLEOerKo8Xt44yj7CbaxNfjC4vF7oNo7FuP2M_IHfrA6zSQcKXIPCEgfsjPWormhVeo6TL4wazEyQo-2ao3dWZfYQU2KMAD_VkeCuXeRdxwgWHZnSOA-LpTMOhjiUmd02IvbefnJsJTU/s1600/DSCN0062.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLEOerKo8Xt44yj7CbaxNfjC4vF7oNo7FuP2M_IHfrA6zSQcKXIPCEgfsjPWormhVeo6TL4wazEyQo-2ao3dWZfYQU2KMAD_VkeCuXeRdxwgWHZnSOA-LpTMOhjiUmd02IvbefnJsJTU/s200/DSCN0062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560327005068352082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm pretty disappointed that I didn't get more pictures of his first Christmas. He's so little and really didn't know the difference, but I have to get better about having the camera handy. We spent Christmas with Joshua's family in Vegas and were just tickled to have our little guy with us for Christmas this year. He was the best present either of us could have asked for.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">First night in his own bed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpCId0ZDs0sQnAG5B0xBiPf53c14-FB0II13tMt92ZLh2R1lkr8kwB3FAmQSY4O7-5EJ49oU8HqahZrHgZbYAgkNh_0zxXuK4nm-5daHkuaY2irEkUj9XKixUtbTQZWNp1B38ZPl95T8/s1600/DSCN0128%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpCId0ZDs0sQnAG5B0xBiPf53c14-FB0II13tMt92ZLh2R1lkr8kwB3FAmQSY4O7-5EJ49oU8HqahZrHgZbYAgkNh_0zxXuK4nm-5daHkuaY2irEkUj9XKixUtbTQZWNp1B38ZPl95T8/s200/DSCN0128%255B1%255D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560327835043938882" border="0" /></a></div><br />Well, we're still working on that one, but we noticed that when he is in his crib, he sleeps with his arms up above his head. Perhaps he's dreaming about scoring touchdowns, who knows. It's pretty cute though.<br /><br />He's even managed to catch his first cold. Luckily it was nothing serious, just a little nasal thing, despite his parents best effort to keep the germs away.<br /><br />Every day he's more and more alert and responsive. He has a variety of facial expressions he's trying out. We're pretty entertained by this little man.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTRlicPgt0pnhx4vrLz_J2ZPMS3D_oYGze0OK6NGAgSnu3_Q7CQPtnO0S_Vl6AG7X6aQgwATvNCqeQcG7A2DmzteRUP8Esg_7aL14wEMNewDmgdbLJYhxEE1hMyIYoMEPApmsw_tII0Q/s1600/SSPX0023.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTRlicPgt0pnhx4vrLz_J2ZPMS3D_oYGze0OK6NGAgSnu3_Q7CQPtnO0S_Vl6AG7X6aQgwATvNCqeQcG7A2DmzteRUP8Esg_7aL14wEMNewDmgdbLJYhxEE1hMyIYoMEPApmsw_tII0Q/s200/SSPX0023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560328769027629714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iBVQ_jCwFH6_psz14jRBwbUYjiDpSDEPf_wGtH30AyK_dGyqvaK3O9z1U1nkU8KyzTTJ4H6ThEpNjJFsOlH0OMI11IkgFjnf1FbRx1M6Q-s8RFA6c_UXfVdMIIuOOnkF26jGBRlg_U8/s1600/SSPX0021.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iBVQ_jCwFH6_psz14jRBwbUYjiDpSDEPf_wGtH30AyK_dGyqvaK3O9z1U1nkU8KyzTTJ4H6ThEpNjJFsOlH0OMI11IkgFjnf1FbRx1M6Q-s8RFA6c_UXfVdMIIuOOnkF26jGBRlg_U8/s200/SSPX0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560328657880391074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOecKuqXSd594qsTQtHZvAUFhlB2o9-4iNyVTBLP5CAzW0A02Ma4tj1QFOz1BH6NK8rNX3zg_TaZ1iXS2_rkErKnVqB4eypW-Vhatx8GSt-Z_F4gKLSdDPbleewLbUoanKHbCb9hNme1U/s1600/SSPX0022.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOecKuqXSd594qsTQtHZvAUFhlB2o9-4iNyVTBLP5CAzW0A02Ma4tj1QFOz1BH6NK8rNX3zg_TaZ1iXS2_rkErKnVqB4eypW-Vhatx8GSt-Z_F4gKLSdDPbleewLbUoanKHbCb9hNme1U/s200/SSPX0022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560328655456828082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRlboJvfudyt4XY_0FUhtmDj5s30v38FoohSiSratIOCKlLO9yvm_advGQHH8TitIOaMnHt-XMHdwew_RHpvynimAYFxal8IjpkePr4_wCOy-wvWtbS4Xw23apai7VKERpLNuylsZinY/s1600/SSPX0020.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRlboJvfudyt4XY_0FUhtmDj5s30v38FoohSiSratIOCKlLO9yvm_advGQHH8TitIOaMnHt-XMHdwew_RHpvynimAYFxal8IjpkePr4_wCOy-wvWtbS4Xw23apai7VKERpLNuylsZinY/s200/SSPX0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560328656234782290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyenjFs45cmLd2d5PanexEHlzJeJ8TqAaWsD67xk3Y8xrXwUlnnxamgdanIGXVihkEP-2uo-5BBWBgpFfJphs1YOmQMg2n7tA94U6hyphenhyphenucYd6FIRgsCfkxXo9oUiXO-2R65VA1uqI51DA/s1600/SSPX0019.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyenjFs45cmLd2d5PanexEHlzJeJ8TqAaWsD67xk3Y8xrXwUlnnxamgdanIGXVihkEP-2uo-5BBWBgpFfJphs1YOmQMg2n7tA94U6hyphenhyphenucYd6FIRgsCfkxXo9oUiXO-2R65VA1uqI51DA/s200/SSPX0019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560328648267196658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM5X7APNwDRQv-NqnH3YeaszlO897IRmFiM-KWKazv81Wu0VAWoQ4oLHgl3cSQVxJ5Lin5FpyqENGi3g-I5b_VxVweB6uv6VlPw0tA9l83vKAPp18ylyqFFY_1fb1JZlAeBNB4Do58vQ/s1600/SSPX0018.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM5X7APNwDRQv-NqnH3YeaszlO897IRmFiM-KWKazv81Wu0VAWoQ4oLHgl3cSQVxJ5Lin5FpyqENGi3g-I5b_VxVweB6uv6VlPw0tA9l83vKAPp18ylyqFFY_1fb1JZlAeBNB4Do58vQ/s200/SSPX0018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560328647468505138" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /></div></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-15582932440054273362010-12-05T18:09:00.000-08:002010-12-05T19:05:16.176-08:00Introductions<span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">Hello everyone. My name is Talan Joshua Shepherd. I was born on November 26th, at 12:59 pm. I am 8 lbs 1 oz and 19 &3/4 inches tall.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4kdO7ML6FRldJJfmW1q4FwrgsD19kFITOvfA1zRly1CzNKMyRTCw07TivqguFNHUMxFi4rETlujNJ-EAnL2dRA9xYyybdZGPwtK2z4_he80zmVP1wBMb61GilepJ_pKPu3T97bkM2M4/s1600/waving.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4kdO7ML6FRldJJfmW1q4FwrgsD19kFITOvfA1zRly1CzNKMyRTCw07TivqguFNHUMxFi4rETlujNJ-EAnL2dRA9xYyybdZGPwtK2z4_he80zmVP1wBMb61GilepJ_pKPu3T97bkM2M4/s320/waving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547389330518944690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This was Mommy on Monday, still with two and a half weeks to go. But little did she know I had other plans.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a4bDbb8XYSNEGZyZh6qX2eCE33wyhr0hMUU6cNwy5RA-vyv5AhUG-IT6FZni8teAwcOCCpiKhvHFXgsgqsPYQruNmSWNVP3wqoqLEBmO0ScNsXHmoXSqC8onibj1FrJmAXOVfNPg9pM/s1600/Picture+001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a4bDbb8XYSNEGZyZh6qX2eCE33wyhr0hMUU6cNwy5RA-vyv5AhUG-IT6FZni8teAwcOCCpiKhvHFXgsgqsPYQruNmSWNVP3wqoqLEBmO0ScNsXHmoXSqC8onibj1FrJmAXOVfNPg9pM/s320/Picture+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547393339892944690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">So this getting born stuff was hard. Daddy talked me into coming 2 weeks early so we could go ahead and get started on play time. I picked a cold time of year to be born, so right now jammies and hats are my general wardrobe selections<wbr></span>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEo7OuHByV-XoHiRAKUZjkva5XCGMQIN4IAdfgj7ZKq3rn7OvtEKqBcgogro93NOzebMJEPBHsaARwrYqGsUX1Zmsyb5vNpSwUipj1zgFIFwc2NdZOgFeyVIXOb_ZvI6LDecpz2SnxYI/s1600/guitar+pjs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEo7OuHByV-XoHiRAKUZjkva5XCGMQIN4IAdfgj7ZKq3rn7OvtEKqBcgogro93NOzebMJEPBHsaARwrYqGsUX1Zmsyb5vNpSwUipj1zgFIFwc2NdZOgFeyVIXOb_ZvI6LDecpz2SnxYI/s320/guitar+pjs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547388802033561810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">Mommy is a little camera happy right now. If I'm awake for more than 5 minutes, she's generally got the ipod n my face snapping pictures. Not the most profession<wbr>al photos, but then she can look at them over and over.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemB_-IK1neHqqIz63cGWTzrgTbdwAsjsEIkp6jJP_mukBWbZg5xW1y16jTQArl-P1xErjtbuqXDPTva8vW1ZJEL9LrjdlD5ZXSbzucOoLIs21FH5W3xryTNMDvmGYubo0WoKlaP6Ipug/s1600/car+pjs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemB_-IK1neHqqIz63cGWTzrgTbdwAsjsEIkp6jJP_mukBWbZg5xW1y16jTQArl-P1xErjtbuqXDPTva8vW1ZJEL9LrjdlD5ZXSbzucOoLIs21FH5W3xryTNMDvmGYubo0WoKlaP6Ipug/s320/car+pjs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547394819820350450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">I get lots of play time with Daddy in between sleeping, eating, and getting changed. He's super excited for me to be here and hasn't stopped smiling since Thanksgivi<wbr>ng night, when I started to break loose!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCCJk8-sY9NqEC2njH_sih9y4LR6Q4R65P-hua4Gq3pWRwsPNmQzgDC9HhiUYvdwBbaeAC0tST9PRb46kMG7nVBY3xpTWIMDBO5BsDW1MkpWCwXFBr4TOomf3C8n5Ked6nfbCxsv18n0/s1600/daddy+and+talan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCCJk8-sY9NqEC2njH_sih9y4LR6Q4R65P-hua4Gq3pWRwsPNmQzgDC9HhiUYvdwBbaeAC0tST9PRb46kMG7nVBY3xpTWIMDBO5BsDW1MkpWCwXFBr4TOomf3C8n5Ked6nfbCxsv18n0/s320/daddy+and+talan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547388785061115298" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div id="lhid_caption" class="gphoto-photocaption"><div style="" class="gphoto-photocaption"><span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">The hospital part wasn't my favorite, but everyone was really nice and took good care of me and mommy. Check out my cool hairdo. It's a lot like mommy's hair.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAIPKX2hi0y00kYkMP-y74IhxTkKOSoqS0LuZOs4sJwbgIqYl4YWCuY8kNHG48KN9P_Le6Pa49cq96OGSN2ap8-woTk0JP_ZPGy_LdrDupZskydS-rGmk9C5KrKljLUlJBj0lqe1EUAM/s1600/smiling.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAIPKX2hi0y00kYkMP-y74IhxTkKOSoqS0LuZOs4sJwbgIqYl4YWCuY8kNHG48KN9P_Le6Pa49cq96OGSN2ap8-woTk0JP_ZPGy_LdrDupZskydS-rGmk9C5KrKljLUlJBj0lqe1EUAM/s320/smiling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547389322201491698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">But maybe I'll have Daddy"s blue eyes. <span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">They're still pretty dark, but seem blueish-gr<wbr>ay. I'm very alert and even though everything just looks like blurry shapes right now, I'm still busy checking everything out whenever I'm awake</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlstgEVZnFitZiCVBlQv8GGUf-uSQEAMXT8u6pN3DaCbqrsHyOhyphenhyphenHWq3C-EAIx9e9fMh1o0r839JHL6uEN4P2wdxcr0NeAlPZ0dM5P65Bvp9aUf7vINEuSqrDDDa0vZ3mYsbEr_3jlF88/s1600/eyes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlstgEVZnFitZiCVBlQv8GGUf-uSQEAMXT8u6pN3DaCbqrsHyOhyphenhyphenHWq3C-EAIx9e9fMh1o0r839JHL6uEN4P2wdxcr0NeAlPZ0dM5P65Bvp9aUf7vINEuSqrDDDa0vZ3mYsbEr_3jlF88/s320/eyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547388795064065698" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">I was pretty tired after the big debut.</span><br /></div><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNKiUeYJUY6P1ptb9iVe189f5ZK7scLtRPMAFcF2xSREtffzFWdTzmrYq8XqikQqmkpyFCB3kULJ9RDnXZaYW6GFo-MlPyEOCch9-o7tCVlphrEVE6pSnQ8PTRsyRU20BubO5j1nGdj8/s1600/yawn.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNKiUeYJUY6P1ptb9iVe189f5ZK7scLtRPMAFcF2xSREtffzFWdTzmrYq8XqikQqmkpyFCB3kULJ9RDnXZaYW6GFo-MlPyEOCch9-o7tCVlphrEVE6pSnQ8PTRsyRU20BubO5j1nGdj8/s320/yawn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547389317810891154" border="0" /></a></div><br />I know Grandma Michele was excited for me to come.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNswmbm8dOwqqZmOcARzM0_UPpOrW2q5DsXs6UU8CHTnDry6FIsBoYt79UOTT0ZcpuSZdprGKh4Tz9cAXTQajel5W5LY6Xz08AoOAXc71qD1P6oN7LeTqold2dhZf8Au7XZfWBGXYYjeU/s1600/Grandma+Michele.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNswmbm8dOwqqZmOcARzM0_UPpOrW2q5DsXs6UU8CHTnDry6FIsBoYt79UOTT0ZcpuSZdprGKh4Tz9cAXTQajel5W5LY6Xz08AoOAXc71qD1P6oN7LeTqold2dhZf8Au7XZfWBGXYYjeU/s320/Grandma+Michele.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547397783993074866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And Grammy and Papa drove hours and hours in bad weather to come meet me.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_m1CK-mq6c0krctRuuFAKzyv8Gm36tFphWeenZs3Nl85qaRrNm9S3TPbic31VA8CDtQUwFJ8Pws2jUBo0oiPxflxWlSl33vZwcsQkZYKHU3gugvqIE4RJnyQX6-ZwyJXO1WEgA0kD1zw/s1600/Picture+017.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_m1CK-mq6c0krctRuuFAKzyv8Gm36tFphWeenZs3Nl85qaRrNm9S3TPbic31VA8CDtQUwFJ8Pws2jUBo0oiPxflxWlSl33vZwcsQkZYKHU3gugvqIE4RJnyQX6-ZwyJXO1WEgA0kD1zw/s320/Picture+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547398461729690562" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">Mommy and Daddy are pretty awe struck with me and amazed at how cool I am. (Don't tell anyone, but I think they're still a little nervous to be official parents.)</span> But overall, I think they're pretty excited to have me in the family.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSOIkOTmdHYDvlUx5l8QqUUP8EhUFidnnmMzhn2SQQC4JXHLVYMumNRbmf48jH2hV28a1z_PgdWGvCM7Gc5dOtc0D1z7RI_E1eLaIpWDAsOBtH6Wr-X67CbphRlK4MuKuVQQUdNrPgFQ/s1600/family+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSOIkOTmdHYDvlUx5l8QqUUP8EhUFidnnmMzhn2SQQC4JXHLVYMumNRbmf48jH2hV28a1z_PgdWGvCM7Gc5dOtc0D1z7RI_E1eLaIpWDAsOBtH6Wr-X67CbphRlK4MuKuVQQUdNrPgFQ/s320/family+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547388797471984818" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">I mean...loo<wbr>k how cute I am. How could they not be excited?<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmQvWMcayMGCm3PWpRJ8O61DE7-UjX6FZrUfotEI6ijcqYcSn5B0DNxPc0K50W-XkCnTpaTLJpVyZGL4Ry7xdOpBvcS9NS14AZ6QlteRmRc31lmABiuSby00ZGOGKeRSAxXDK13gj-vQ/s1600/hat+with+ears.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmQvWMcayMGCm3PWpRJ8O61DE7-UjX6FZrUfotEI6ijcqYcSn5B0DNxPc0K50W-XkCnTpaTLJpVyZGL4Ry7xdOpBvcS9NS14AZ6QlteRmRc31lmABiuSby00ZGOGKeRSAxXDK13gj-vQ/s320/hat+with+ears.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547399141275379586" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-77186388093507972932010-10-25T17:28:00.001-07:002010-10-25T17:43:20.352-07:00Heavenly Father uses bubble wrapThis post started out on Facebook, but was simply too long. I had what I would call my most precarious drive home, ever, this afternoon and I seriously think the Heavens have put a protective bubble around the baby and I today.<br /><br />20 minutes from home: I hear squealing tires and see a car in the lane next to me swerving toward me. It comes literally within a couple of inches of side-swipping me, corrects, over-corrects, and comes even closer, over-corrects again and smashes into the curb opposite from where I am and hits 3 other cars. I miss the entire fray by inches.<br /><br />15 minutes from home: A pickup truck behind me speeds up, and changes lanes a second before rear-ending me and starts jockeying with another bonehead, obviously locked in a road rage standoff, both of them jumping in and out of my lane, nearly clipping me over and over. Again, I continue without incident, but just barely.<br /><br />10 minutes from home: I'm stopped in first position at a stop light. I hear a siren and look everywhere to find where it's coming from. Looking left, right, forward, backward--nothing. Light turns green so I cautiously proceed through the intersection with my blinker on to merge to the right and suddenly the cop jumps out of oncoming traffic directly in my lane. Luckily I was able to merge to the right and get out of the way, but my heart was already pacing from the first 2 episodes and this didn't help.<br /><br />5 minutes from home: I'm stopped at the drive-through window waiting for some tater-tots. (Not because I like them, I just needed change for a $50- obviously.) Suddenly a 15 foot ladder propped up on the awning ahead of me blows down and comes within about 6 inches from crashing directly on the hood of my car.<br /><br />Have you ever seen that movie, Final Destination? I seriously was wondering if I would make it the last 2 miles home without choking to death on a tater tot. I found myself chanting my thanks for some seriously divine protection the rest of the way home.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AvRz7aEwtQOUZ6B-yAW5cdcw7LCXZmWn5eoRC0Gyludb7ZLtepGMdeR8BiYQMPht8recam7KCbO20SyVtO-X2_Bp9fb2WBidfPqck_tzCso5qXmb26TYkvELn-g_Gt4FmMLObduz4ic/s1600/close+call+picture.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AvRz7aEwtQOUZ6B-yAW5cdcw7LCXZmWn5eoRC0Gyludb7ZLtepGMdeR8BiYQMPht8recam7KCbO20SyVtO-X2_Bp9fb2WBidfPqck_tzCso5qXmb26TYkvELn-g_Gt4FmMLObduz4ic/s320/close+call+picture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532148338514710850" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-38582289706746567642010-10-02T15:40:00.000-07:002010-10-02T16:42:10.313-07:00It's my birthdayIt's been a while since I've blogged. It's not that there haven't been events worth the time and effort. On the contrary, it's been a marvelous year full of daily adventures. Unfortunately there isn't always time to organize my thoughts about them. But today, I'm taking time for me...because well...it's my birthday.<br /><br />The day began with our son dancing on my bladder to the tune of "Happy birthday to you." At least that's what it felt like. Don't worry son. Soon it will be your big day and we can't wait to celebrate you.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSNiEDknQTDYbH7eheriEV7PHFC1erwSOZm8xaWRm6iCmZHWpiZOtX8MlpDCRdCn2zgY0i6fqjCYe96dZVLa1kH4F4b0yPQvAp3S9HxrN5sdwZQxBUE5nJHt3mmy88fGDfr8kvRvJiuM/s1600/mommy's+birthday.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSNiEDknQTDYbH7eheriEV7PHFC1erwSOZm8xaWRm6iCmZHWpiZOtX8MlpDCRdCn2zgY0i6fqjCYe96dZVLa1kH4F4b0yPQvAp3S9HxrN5sdwZQxBUE5nJHt3mmy88fGDfr8kvRvJiuM/s320/mommy's+birthday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523597239298577362" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Joshua had to work tonight, so we went out to dinner last night with some good friends. Sadly, there are no pictures to mark the gathering, but rest assured we thoroughly enjoyed Jeremy, Sherrie, Stephanie and Sydney's company and some yummy grub at Texas Roadhouse.<br /><br />This morning, we enjoyed a delicious breakfast while we watched the <a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e419fb40e21cef00VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRD">LDS General Conference </a>and played with my birthday gift-- a new Ipod touch.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAp7oZRubjlnqi984bEh_amYQfhDdiVycQMbFRVePIxdMxySD2HrF3Z6NdFQgGiFhKVa1ueMWs57njMu9jdlwEhky0dQ6G1JYIg_CQkY4yus8DN6DW3gHaZX9UfxbjoGjw964crkySqQ/s1600/ipod.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAp7oZRubjlnqi984bEh_amYQfhDdiVycQMbFRVePIxdMxySD2HrF3Z6NdFQgGiFhKVa1ueMWs57njMu9jdlwEhky0dQ6G1JYIg_CQkY4yus8DN6DW3gHaZX9UfxbjoGjw964crkySqQ/s320/ipod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523583211728350578" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />I've had an Ipod shuffle for about 5 years and it's still kickin' but Joshua wanted to spoil me a little with a new gadget. I told him it will be perfect for when I'm out on maternity leave. I can shut off the work blackberry completely but still have access to the internet and other handy apps when away from the house--as I'm sure I will be quite often after just having the baby. Haha. I do love it though.<br /><br />Then Joshua threw on an apron (figuratively) and made me a Reeses-Oreo birthday pie. He made it for me when we were dating and with one bite today, I literally fell in love with him all over again. Wow it's good. Don't you wish you were here to share it?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEenkr_d2OwR0fpAH9a4TWqUg6yKGiRSCsVnZNyoUgSaVUU4hlPeJCf660LV8CqA7_cNFl8PQbHPbeVOSVbvkh6NIha5poIZcvQP8b4Oy4rAG3gjsmRN4cAWqinDwM_inwAwEhd8m0U74/s1600/IMG_0004.jpg"> </a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEenkr_d2OwR0fpAH9a4TWqUg6yKGiRSCsVnZNyoUgSaVUU4hlPeJCf660LV8CqA7_cNFl8PQbHPbeVOSVbvkh6NIha5poIZcvQP8b4Oy4rAG3gjsmRN4cAWqinDwM_inwAwEhd8m0U74/s1600/IMG_0004.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEenkr_d2OwR0fpAH9a4TWqUg6yKGiRSCsVnZNyoUgSaVUU4hlPeJCf660LV8CqA7_cNFl8PQbHPbeVOSVbvkh6NIha5poIZcvQP8b4Oy4rAG3gjsmRN4cAWqinDwM_inwAwEhd8m0U74/s320/IMG_0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523583959894574146" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for a great day babe. Love you.<br /></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-41886956284596991612010-07-12T15:58:00.000-07:002010-07-12T16:11:44.546-07:00Vids from Montana<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyV5DearWg7oSsyQphcBW0JKvND-MuF0cerOCeB0CmNyV-W6BTM_42kc1YwJKSMftfXVC2kgZN8822YMrMICw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwqf6vIwrU4b7BkD0HJ6o8rkYkf3R_h-uthqSCphcQaXIldQlpKqrHZMYXquorNOXZylVzOVid58uw86NFVPQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-30930213733899429962010-02-16T19:26:00.000-08:002010-02-16T19:29:28.606-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4FB0WOt9aUmp5j_7KTbP1fYgdtmEGkn9DWSdk-qfIJuuVP75k37EF5xOz3HO0bjJ43bUPDDXrNFh2DhA039QuXlFLzDtfmKfqS517ty6-_sKSXta4XlAkM_mXPkGyTdYcYDw_O8ETxk/s1600-h/flowers.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4FB0WOt9aUmp5j_7KTbP1fYgdtmEGkn9DWSdk-qfIJuuVP75k37EF5xOz3HO0bjJ43bUPDDXrNFh2DhA039QuXlFLzDtfmKfqS517ty6-_sKSXta4XlAkM_mXPkGyTdYcYDw_O8ETxk/s320/flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439049084930576754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love my valentine. He loves me enough to remember I don't prefer roses.<br /></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-10888808801816499192010-01-19T18:15:00.001-08:002010-01-19T19:12:53.304-08:00San AntonioJoshua and I went to San Antonio this weekend and spent a very warm, relaxing weekend with April and Antonio (picture below). It was warm and sunny, which was a welcomed reprieve from the cold and smog back home.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPT_wHkjeltvjhITVJ_5dJFJ19J6l-6nYAyvRxud0zAAsWEIhMw1N9TQtKu0qlHP6wsDo7yBH5Z-af-28sejK7ydH_PCDdtQvmFTst7FHz0QruKuYdMc_y83ECI9glDnwnmvJ-qPVvKPM/s1600-h/SANY0973.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPT_wHkjeltvjhITVJ_5dJFJ19J6l-6nYAyvRxud0zAAsWEIhMw1N9TQtKu0qlHP6wsDo7yBH5Z-af-28sejK7ydH_PCDdtQvmFTst7FHz0QruKuYdMc_y83ECI9glDnwnmvJ-qPVvKPM/s320/SANY0973.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428648542340601570" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />You know you have great friends when they'll come pick you up at the airport at 12:30 AM. You know you have great friends when you wake up to homemade french toast with raspberries, scrambled eggs, and turkey sausage. You know you have great friends when you can spend the entire weekend just chillin' and laughing.<br /><br />On Saturday afternoon, we went to the Alamo. I'd seen it before, but figured Joshua needed it in his repetoire-- given the history buff that he is. You expect it to be bigger than it is, and the self guided tour goes pretty quickly; it literally it took us 10 minutes to get our fill. But there it is. The last tragic stand against Santa Anna by Jim Bowie, Davey Crockett, and many many others.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8r-9nyLq6o7TdW9Y8qUvzfERk7c8FHvJ8s-R_w2xAiP4KM1xo6Jjr0GGWkoQP-drUO3QeUIp9RLqFLc5ROoYqGhvnRSsN1s10HcTdzTT36PSabrpFg0P-d1Zm95afD_Pr5AR16atJ34/s1600-h/SANY0975.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8r-9nyLq6o7TdW9Y8qUvzfERk7c8FHvJ8s-R_w2xAiP4KM1xo6Jjr0GGWkoQP-drUO3QeUIp9RLqFLc5ROoYqGhvnRSsN1s10HcTdzTT36PSabrpFg0P-d1Zm95afD_Pr5AR16atJ34/s320/SANY0975.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428648531552861938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The day was so nice, we took a riverboat tour around the river walk in downtown. Sadly I didn't really take any pictures, but it was a great way to spend the afternoon and see the architecture of the buildings.<br /><br />We ate great food, napped, watched movies, laughed at their pets, played video games, laughed at each other and just thoroughly enjoyed being with April and Antonio. See how happy we look.<br /></div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilv8H1kgU3AQMWvZ8V7aJa6RgH-PEVRE7w1UqbUmkH-cIs6SK7i_Om5w2CTi6B3_efPzeOKAEpp4VjrmMNraADVXhc0uUIQg5DIVGs3xRP6QI4l36CFZQxO9YMFO2h48QFx2EGZkpbtx4/s1600-h/SANY0974.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilv8H1kgU3AQMWvZ8V7aJa6RgH-PEVRE7w1UqbUmkH-cIs6SK7i_Om5w2CTi6B3_efPzeOKAEpp4VjrmMNraADVXhc0uUIQg5DIVGs3xRP6QI4l36CFZQxO9YMFO2h48QFx2EGZkpbtx4/s320/SANY0974.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428648538426422834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for a great weekend guys. We can't wait until we can host you here in SLC.<br /></div></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-68090068562040965052009-12-18T16:17:00.000-08:002009-12-18T16:59:00.996-08:00Ahhhhh.....<div align="center">Inhale</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">If it were possible for your soul to take a deep, cleansing breath...</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiXSesRLEsOLWwyUqBP_hZ6Lf3e8Hkhf4ImrmVuOl4R_g_hhF8IMqC22shhrzyAV-jx38HOh5l_ptQeFbrjwqhjfjJ1DYSJ-6IcS0UztNo7Vg19ohB7KS-3Jfuo0wtve95BhInXvx_CA/s1600-h/SSPX0010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416736480676751346" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiXSesRLEsOLWwyUqBP_hZ6Lf3e8Hkhf4ImrmVuOl4R_g_hhF8IMqC22shhrzyAV-jx38HOh5l_ptQeFbrjwqhjfjJ1DYSJ-6IcS0UztNo7Vg19ohB7KS-3Jfuo0wtve95BhInXvx_CA/s320/SSPX0010.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Mine finally did this week.</p><p align="left">It's been rough at work the past few weeks but then at the end of it all, I attended our leadership meeting at a beautiful hotel in Florida. (it's amazing the deals you can get in Florida during hurricane season!)</p><p align="center">The lobby of the Ft. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lauderdale</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Westin</span> Diplomat, all decked out for Christmas</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhd3S8C5Q2_MZLPVOFuCqEY-QokN_1uVmk1vMQo04TGoIVIdaU5nJQ3l3d_Pi3kdq3shKqb4i1fbluVGWITcLwfh_zPmYmMHdNCg2fX0F_iVAhRgjS7XWFOyk7As13tcjplONSvuDZ76I/s1600-h/SSPX0015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416736508496507090" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhd3S8C5Q2_MZLPVOFuCqEY-QokN_1uVmk1vMQo04TGoIVIdaU5nJQ3l3d_Pi3kdq3shKqb4i1fbluVGWITcLwfh_zPmYmMHdNCg2fX0F_iVAhRgjS7XWFOyk7As13tcjplONSvuDZ76I/s320/SSPX0015.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEUI-9_F3Xu0qTxy7Endod7JGMi5dCFLNz70HF-MDg_TzvX7U7ZYUMzGtzIttzuazOf3d1ddnKRd32c8dHMjixwuoDBwQoMaG2OtuarLmTmtSYWeofQWTBU_6y4fTMcauI_Mnyj8ixkw/s1600-h/SSPX0014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416736692794269170" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEUI-9_F3Xu0qTxy7Endod7JGMi5dCFLNz70HF-MDg_TzvX7U7ZYUMzGtzIttzuazOf3d1ddnKRd32c8dHMjixwuoDBwQoMaG2OtuarLmTmtSYWeofQWTBU_6y4fTMcauI_Mnyj8ixkw/s320/SSPX0014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hanuka</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS45NGXtGI4eAJvMUULraOxeW0ljz7iHvqmQverV4rB9PylwXKyhkHbcRDBYRddFUvR4AmiPixO-qeEvoDLzT4eUqaAYLkSbBwpydKNkn2AIcFmgPz0HeXW5YI6F4R3jz_gexN1-EKxPY/s1600-h/SSPX0012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416736494223509218" style="WIDTH: 276px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS45NGXtGI4eAJvMUULraOxeW0ljz7iHvqmQverV4rB9PylwXKyhkHbcRDBYRddFUvR4AmiPixO-qeEvoDLzT4eUqaAYLkSbBwpydKNkn2AIcFmgPz0HeXW5YI6F4R3jz_gexN1-EKxPY/s320/SSPX0012.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Holiday palm trees</div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4dlRVuE6XNlvXgfXKtY_d3ADfgjWuwj8bNQVi3b_D3fGjeMaoijqksLDLCy03iCEXraJH_ZFMuUUEO0fmzZDBOtEgtt6USNRv5pB6MVkGXowbyOD7AkebPR9WwmWaBkxivMCpI1NJII/s1600-h/SSPX0013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416736503881049906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4dlRVuE6XNlvXgfXKtY_d3ADfgjWuwj8bNQVi3b_D3fGjeMaoijqksLDLCy03iCEXraJH_ZFMuUUEO0fmzZDBOtEgtt6USNRv5pB6MVkGXowbyOD7AkebPR9WwmWaBkxivMCpI1NJII/s320/SSPX0013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was the view of the pool that night from my hotel room<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUcs5FjkcD6lzzaKqjidCcOz6LznscfZfmg5GFOr_BDg3W0l17sJiXV6rsd5uG9uledHCnxpcpRRI5mLp2LQJfPDoE-dwwmPUWH1on1K0zuYQgC9Mnlf_Dt85T4hVKIRzgBDzgGLCEX0/s1600-h/SSPX0011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416736488524726034" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUcs5FjkcD6lzzaKqjidCcOz6LznscfZfmg5GFOr_BDg3W0l17sJiXV6rsd5uG9uledHCnxpcpRRI5mLp2LQJfPDoE-dwwmPUWH1on1K0zuYQgC9Mnlf_Dt85T4hVKIRzgBDzgGLCEX0/s320/SSPX0011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I slept with the balcony door open and listened to the waves crashing all night. Sigh...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This is what I woke up to:<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQqhlk-fT8O-iul1BYfw0fFzIQqieV7VLkTL1F86EzbeFp-UGudO_DP0UFb7j7EWUAKlVkeZPYUTG8W6duTWiVvoxB5aTSmyIZlirtQRJlvRT3V96GMpwbEMF8aEs7q0RGtykoCrnd38/s1600-h/SSPX0009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416735864659861554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQqhlk-fT8O-iul1BYfw0fFzIQqieV7VLkTL1F86EzbeFp-UGudO_DP0UFb7j7EWUAKlVkeZPYUTG8W6duTWiVvoxB5aTSmyIZlirtQRJlvRT3V96GMpwbEMF8aEs7q0RGtykoCrnd38/s320/SSPX0009.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr-MejsIp_bqe_lVNgqSV-eJnlWZ3_s5AAyGojr81nw0EFX8pROMaVx7Z5yqXzIIC1gp0P3OYpx_DsADI0aGXu7JVZ5N7IPBp9lIU832jkXKyLPKcbAh2Va8ofhRmZHb0R3tMensdPuA/s1600-h/SSPX0006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416735855994865826" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr-MejsIp_bqe_lVNgqSV-eJnlWZ3_s5AAyGojr81nw0EFX8pROMaVx7Z5yqXzIIC1gp0P3OYpx_DsADI0aGXu7JVZ5N7IPBp9lIU832jkXKyLPKcbAh2Va8ofhRmZHb0R3tMensdPuA/s320/SSPX0006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENaearScT67A8ee7B4SptQMm2tcaorsY7P1r-aZbns_4L3Nm6kDiRnKrdTrdz14plSsey8dJO8x9As9zMPeEUcfd1LXJNkAilkIzMej8xxTcoPgeUvuRSqcfHSTx8NIiCKbZ8z1K1s30/s1600-h/SSPX0004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416735848613365058" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENaearScT67A8ee7B4SptQMm2tcaorsY7P1r-aZbns_4L3Nm6kDiRnKrdTrdz14plSsey8dJO8x9As9zMPeEUcfd1LXJNkAilkIzMej8xxTcoPgeUvuRSqcfHSTx8NIiCKbZ8z1K1s30/s320/SSPX0004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I went for a walk along the beach before my meeting. Oh how I wish I could do that every day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1UdbMcAPE_4-iTI5C3Y5h9kuiWo3nLJsQzjcubfYL8MAVG_YdM8RxIxT_ZA479V7nj0VJoMPdPxv1bYf2yse2iLuSGJFSh9XLQH6faemr9K8b01PlnlqqDbZpYGtOXXqAd3OSgUjzD0/s1600-h/SSPX0003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416735845314959426" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1UdbMcAPE_4-iTI5C3Y5h9kuiWo3nLJsQzjcubfYL8MAVG_YdM8RxIxT_ZA479V7nj0VJoMPdPxv1bYf2yse2iLuSGJFSh9XLQH6faemr9K8b01PlnlqqDbZpYGtOXXqAd3OSgUjzD0/s320/SSPX0003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Found a few new friends along the beach</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo33SqEUTlNYANFg4G9mp_eYY74uhcldQa6_lP65A7Q8cevQ0nzQFxy-Cho1GX2aGLTAWpp_kcH5Uy4JauEKmVIwPUwjTBDNWwHnbl_XTIwZ8Wpk9CrXPPfZxWKeFxGr_JLVKhsPIEhU/s1600-h/SSPX0002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416735841903438290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo33SqEUTlNYANFg4G9mp_eYY74uhcldQa6_lP65A7Q8cevQ0nzQFxy-Cho1GX2aGLTAWpp_kcH5Uy4JauEKmVIwPUwjTBDNWwHnbl_XTIwZ8Wpk9CrXPPfZxWKeFxGr_JLVKhsPIEhU/s320/SSPX0002.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left">It was 85 degrees there instead of 30 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">degrees</span> back home. I wish Joshua could have been with me to enjoy a few moments in paradise. It was still pretty great.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="center">Exhale.</div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-6187076082984606162009-12-06T14:32:00.000-08:002009-12-06T15:25:47.673-08:00And then there was lightIf there has to be winter in Utah, at least we have the lights at Temple Square. I always remembered them much more brilliant when I was small.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDIGNCtqcDHmAIODalqhx54jrHH0i-RYxA-ZFBcjUcxnYZLrdpnypuLdFbcdcvqys2FnSULIz8AppPiuuaKep1BPnm_l8nnnov5cwn43_2p8va8QwRAhv2ixnzeHUJTMs_3VsYAn_FeY/s1600-h/SSPX0015.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDIGNCtqcDHmAIODalqhx54jrHH0i-RYxA-ZFBcjUcxnYZLrdpnypuLdFbcdcvqys2FnSULIz8AppPiuuaKep1BPnm_l8nnnov5cwn43_2p8va8QwRAhv2ixnzeHUJTMs_3VsYAn_FeY/s320/SSPX0015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412255329262410994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK3gdug7ypKkkZDwaF12R9VF3fJNXbGftGVDWy8KIUk-jAcQh1Nrdc0bAlt0Njy_iVNSuITLbuGBIu8gOVUnOgWddoFWDnD5NLS8_WLuZsumqsAZ6_8YEXB1qQ6QI8hKpn_COTi9N8HY/s1600-h/SSPX0009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK3gdug7ypKkkZDwaF12R9VF3fJNXbGftGVDWy8KIUk-jAcQh1Nrdc0bAlt0Njy_iVNSuITLbuGBIu8gOVUnOgWddoFWDnD5NLS8_WLuZsumqsAZ6_8YEXB1qQ6QI8hKpn_COTi9N8HY/s320/SSPX0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412255324622582530" border="0" /></a><br />They're still fun to see and a great tradition that we were happy to share with Gina, April, James, and the little people this year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDiX12x5djr-BgJb71E5_qEyDrgVAZug1oFSUSd4ir4eJ4RCYZSItriwtvscaoPkvG7aG3rGZNsM6d6rVQD370xR8jbyMBAGtuExgBae46_vyBacdROjrNCimUym9Pjvf38jofOLY2N4/s1600-h/SSPX0013.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDiX12x5djr-BgJb71E5_qEyDrgVAZug1oFSUSd4ir4eJ4RCYZSItriwtvscaoPkvG7aG3rGZNsM6d6rVQD370xR8jbyMBAGtuExgBae46_vyBacdROjrNCimUym9Pjvf38jofOLY2N4/s320/SSPX0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412257180429750994" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Kellan looks like he's caroling...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqp4TwNQAg8Btft7AbWyVq5bF-XlLL0Uo4168HAkqslztV1pZz3ePB1MlvxxMdrzJU3EpOyEWBMlRUq1TFZazSkjKlM1Pz64vrjFgmedyPHT18Y2USPO4sYfkl_vYO_-_3nzf2moPxSjQ/s1600-h/SSPX0020.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqp4TwNQAg8Btft7AbWyVq5bF-XlLL0Uo4168HAkqslztV1pZz3ePB1MlvxxMdrzJU3EpOyEWBMlRUq1TFZazSkjKlM1Pz64vrjFgmedyPHT18Y2USPO4sYfkl_vYO_-_3nzf2moPxSjQ/s320/SSPX0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412255330680242338" border="0" /></a></div><br />We went the day after Thanksgiving and OH the crowds! April, you better know I love you. I braved those crowds just for you...<br /><br />Okay, you and the view... (My apologies to Shannon, my professional photographer friend who hates photos taken on cell phones. This was the best I could do.)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QDqZfn8wiDBdmVBPzZCVVxRSVjrctx_nuMjJqFx-w8gRlYYaG4DmhsH6kYt9MNbMt0E-K8zZzoxpucgc7H4bZ3C6EVG9zdsGr-cKfrqV9RLHXTs1xsfOKuEkAtnIip_REk6tvLoGgUY/s1600-h/SSPX0008.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QDqZfn8wiDBdmVBPzZCVVxRSVjrctx_nuMjJqFx-w8gRlYYaG4DmhsH6kYt9MNbMt0E-K8zZzoxpucgc7H4bZ3C6EVG9zdsGr-cKfrqV9RLHXTs1xsfOKuEkAtnIip_REk6tvLoGgUY/s320/SSPX0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412255316188363650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I didn't get any pictures at the square with little Max, but here he is at dinner. What a scrumptious little smile.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLy_eGex8L70ISQPkmJRCMi-jWip1qQpO5yqEwmqXyG5sMs4uyxmAmGxyL-A4wLuTChET4FkhyphenhyphenJX2cTCL07qvNeVwM-9_NKjnUBgysk0BUjJLUnthJJpK2Niitqrsks5LTLyeQJ0wesnE/s1600-h/SSPX0019.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLy_eGex8L70ISQPkmJRCMi-jWip1qQpO5yqEwmqXyG5sMs4uyxmAmGxyL-A4wLuTChET4FkhyphenhyphenJX2cTCL07qvNeVwM-9_NKjnUBgysk0BUjJLUnthJJpK2Niitqrsks5LTLyeQJ0wesnE/s320/SSPX0019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412255713260995778" border="0" /></a></div><br />It was a beautiful night and I was happy to share it with my wonderful husband who braved the crowds and walking in the cold...with a bad back. Love you babe.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLiVdXu55RJLIK8TgFc_ex3ttMR3yVYRB1-claaKJch1IfhICSigtpnhfTfIXedKhwcR-7nKE8Ehzytebx8dfamjEGm2Rpq9bFuKGluemys-cSgC6QAQN7JlVZoGgRhupu6gstp6TnTqY/s1600-h/Joshua+and+Heather+temple+square.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLiVdXu55RJLIK8TgFc_ex3ttMR3yVYRB1-claaKJch1IfhICSigtpnhfTfIXedKhwcR-7nKE8Ehzytebx8dfamjEGm2Rpq9bFuKGluemys-cSgC6QAQN7JlVZoGgRhupu6gstp6TnTqY/s320/Joshua+and+Heather+temple+square.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412267589376101554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />forever and ever.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkvjmN-vj492jwtV5lWT7uo2b9mvzNJu_wmGDy_WCcpdBjUEV7D-6589rd_jmNqO1XdQL4wlWchV_fZH0OsOPUa8uf2vVlSIbF80k4Juh8vNKiHKMVkpQZ6rF1jqHmEVIxmvLMQoyZ54/s1600-h/SSPX0005.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkvjmN-vj492jwtV5lWT7uo2b9mvzNJu_wmGDy_WCcpdBjUEV7D-6589rd_jmNqO1XdQL4wlWchV_fZH0OsOPUa8uf2vVlSIbF80k4Juh8vNKiHKMVkpQZ6rF1jqHmEVIxmvLMQoyZ54/s320/SSPX0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412255312141262482" border="0" /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyCenter" title="Align Center" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 11);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Align Center" class="gl_align_center" border="0" /></span></span></a></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-90338496875787814652009-11-15T16:10:00.001-08:002009-11-15T16:26:15.226-08:00Oh the weather outside is frightfull<div align="center">If it has to look like this outside, like it did yesterday...<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnIhhJy-DFmmeSA575eJfTEYJrAH5b_PT6zbIySU3Xh5x9pO2b0HkHp766MH81ztD6BHM9pV0hBW1Id8cSs4uqsi-z5pVw15MdulUDXrhqBELuYZFbkovPJcLBzZbXOE_0RbnHMJ4p28/s1600-h/SSPX0002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404488653711538194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnIhhJy-DFmmeSA575eJfTEYJrAH5b_PT6zbIySU3Xh5x9pO2b0HkHp766MH81ztD6BHM9pV0hBW1Id8cSs4uqsi-z5pVw15MdulUDXrhqBELuYZFbkovPJcLBzZbXOE_0RbnHMJ4p28/s320/SSPX0002.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkHBm7Lhkigg0TN7FG2J1lffu-GRIFfogZnpxkyNRDZxHKDQp2tCnMSAEEM3_lmbuKGRDxt8RObgQPGaQwrESTKrv2YGO-0p7bCNahtVUdh0Mx8uaI16PncP4ga-mZ42-W9d3-jFJxvk/s1600-h/SSPX0003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404488655652176210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkHBm7Lhkigg0TN7FG2J1lffu-GRIFfogZnpxkyNRDZxHKDQp2tCnMSAEEM3_lmbuKGRDxt8RObgQPGaQwrESTKrv2YGO-0p7bCNahtVUdh0Mx8uaI16PncP4ga-mZ42-W9d3-jFJxvk/s320/SSPX0003.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">(That says "Boo" by the way, not 800)</p><div align="center">...then I'm glad we had one of these inside:</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMV6OfQQ8_-jBzEMrhSFyOF2PMC7cp-6fr6mTUlgmsVZH61C_JeL9UqSt5BfWuLGXM0llUP3IVzZkHQ1gZ40CZ78hiUsDs-VvDBbxK1ihUnbWUXPCd9eqV1D0x7wAs_-UIAqxuNXTVUFo/s1600-h/SANY0964.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404490132327205298" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMV6OfQQ8_-jBzEMrhSFyOF2PMC7cp-6fr6mTUlgmsVZH61C_JeL9UqSt5BfWuLGXM0llUP3IVzZkHQ1gZ40CZ78hiUsDs-VvDBbxK1ihUnbWUXPCd9eqV1D0x7wAs_-UIAqxuNXTVUFo/s320/SANY0964.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="left">This was the first time in nearly a year that we lit the fireplace. After all the issues with the house after we moved in last December, we didn't dare lite it for fear of the whole house going up like a roman candle. We had it serviced last month and decided to give it a try. The only thing missing were some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">marshmallows</span>. Otherwise, it was perfect.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-44049788880864825752009-10-29T18:18:00.000-07:002009-10-29T19:31:00.670-07:00Big, Bigger, Biggest<div align="center">Having a tiny car sucks big</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMdnUJvdRChx_BrliFhUyNtAx9u0svyRqnEvz_ULRBwSonFFvqDAMsIoPS89USNDlUiZtt0thhxQW_xUpdCRgRXV3uLcR8ic3sMSb76Ys24ah6H0PlIwBAAHnHTD6_xowHdpb8lBOJII/s1600-h/car+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398201098733440722" style="WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMdnUJvdRChx_BrliFhUyNtAx9u0svyRqnEvz_ULRBwSonFFvqDAMsIoPS89USNDlUiZtt0thhxQW_xUpdCRgRXV3uLcR8ic3sMSb76Ys24ah6H0PlIwBAAHnHTD6_xowHdpb8lBOJII/s320/car+1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Having a tiny car with a tail light that doesn't work </div><div align="center">and wont pass the safety inspection, sucks bigger<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbFIe7FnIoeMHPTmS2ulTwFiK-PESU1XdZ8-yxmLSy241NWNXqqfRLMGkAoOzacTBsfHa4zhf6kdna8JW73NITPPosUmknvBFdFIHBvTgYGVvM3eUQj56J-Q47ToFYoG0Wl4vo_rhr2E/s1600-h/car+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398205367302805250" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbFIe7FnIoeMHPTmS2ulTwFiK-PESU1XdZ8-yxmLSy241NWNXqqfRLMGkAoOzacTBsfHa4zhf6kdna8JW73NITPPosUmknvBFdFIHBvTgYGVvM3eUQj56J-Q47ToFYoG0Wl4vo_rhr2E/s320/car+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><br />Having to crawl into the trunk of a tiny car from the back seat (because the trunk doesn't open) so you can fix the tail light sucks biggest</div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMu3n13oBwieCGxOm8fg5X2p_aXpywpdb1XKOVcf-2nNxJzUAz3FO6mgNP7kvZBX82dwl_Xl-UlTXc-u_OyJSdpeVZtwd0gRQ_q5X13AYOR6QZTd_WYkC3yzHqSmecqv3TQtFaQZFIknA/s1600-h/SANY0949.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398213967051054322" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMu3n13oBwieCGxOm8fg5X2p_aXpywpdb1XKOVcf-2nNxJzUAz3FO6mgNP7kvZBX82dwl_Xl-UlTXc-u_OyJSdpeVZtwd0gRQ_q5X13AYOR6QZTd_WYkC3yzHqSmecqv3TQtFaQZFIknA/s320/SANY0949.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">My husband is awesome!</p>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-59305618172944809102009-09-30T11:18:00.000-07:002009-09-30T11:50:35.648-07:00I guess we'll never be smartJoshua and I just got back from Nashville/Knoxville and I'm sad to say that I suck at taking <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">pictures</span>. Plus it rained all day on Saturday when the little people would have otherwise provided ample photo opportunities. We did spend a beautiful day <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">with</span> Joshua's parents strolling around the Cumberland River (I think) before we came home. I wish Utah had more trees. <div><div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVEJE2L0gxmnd67RBbs4xjNyG2l-mHksnhW1eJEArio8859wAxqRtzZMUPXmNK8ApwRzdevfFQufhr4bqhDmYhCvEKF5wngaSpxwY4JajMYY8PnAra6C7Q-i7SjencI-2_0VHufZY4hw/s1600-h/SANY0906.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387333240335329458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVEJE2L0gxmnd67RBbs4xjNyG2l-mHksnhW1eJEArio8859wAxqRtzZMUPXmNK8ApwRzdevfFQufhr4bqhDmYhCvEKF5wngaSpxwY4JajMYY8PnAra6C7Q-i7SjencI-2_0VHufZY4hw/s320/SANY0906.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1Vxsj8DSuxYu2SqCd5pRSxlz19sZU05qzSAbJfsgeZyTh2UgwIk5dFcNIW86vrWT0mFDOHgkZ88L65p2nnR5YAo9jPXvphsQmNMTIwUhwo-oDRkeSJHeLKPWa8X0YDT2qzXkyHJsYMU/s1600-h/SANY0905.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387333221904212610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1Vxsj8DSuxYu2SqCd5pRSxlz19sZU05qzSAbJfsgeZyTh2UgwIk5dFcNIW86vrWT0mFDOHgkZ88L65p2nnR5YAo9jPXvphsQmNMTIwUhwo-oDRkeSJHeLKPWa8X0YDT2qzXkyHJsYMU/s320/SANY0905.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div>We also thought this was noteworthy. We saw a Smart Car outside our hotel and had to take a picture. Joshua and I will never be "Smart", as in owning one of these, so long as his wingspan is longer than the car itself. </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1IjlsHcDDj-TmBnrl3pmn0kiAM_Z07nUkrlS0CI31GHkBeyzuC-Q2AwOL6O7Lu3y-h9_RwpO9Z2a_ZrVoRIvGHkQ8-xK8KDq8b6LzWvtSBMNDXF7NrKdcDf3KTNVskL3WVmRc9465pA/s1600-h/SANY0899.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387333213192145890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1IjlsHcDDj-TmBnrl3pmn0kiAM_Z07nUkrlS0CI31GHkBeyzuC-Q2AwOL6O7Lu3y-h9_RwpO9Z2a_ZrVoRIvGHkQ8-xK8KDq8b6LzWvtSBMNDXF7NrKdcDf3KTNVskL3WVmRc9465pA/s320/SANY0899.JPG" /></a></p><div>Does this strike anyone else as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ridiculous</span>? Bring on the Jeep Grand <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Cherokee</span>, if you please!</div></div></div>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-7926086958002729522009-09-04T22:17:00.000-07:002009-09-04T22:35:51.132-07:00CultivatingOur garden is thriving, still with weeds but other stuff too. This morning I went out early to gather some yummy goodness for breakfast <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">omelets</span></span>.<br /><br /><div align="center">I came back with tomatoes, onions, peppers, zucchini, and carrots. They were good <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">omelets</span></span>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykkM-ze8F7UuT8aIdMeyTkSmm-D94xZzPjHDG9Vqtr3F88xiU9_YRUuYzcD1KIK1oPaXujYqCptl9068Ky3eSehDBtDhghBcB7SREwE4sYuXpI5ilTXFusG_3Xim9KE0MYEV-_2yvUCY/s1600-h/garden+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377849222978729922" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykkM-ze8F7UuT8aIdMeyTkSmm-D94xZzPjHDG9Vqtr3F88xiU9_YRUuYzcD1KIK1oPaXujYqCptl9068Ky3eSehDBtDhghBcB7SREwE4sYuXpI5ilTXFusG_3Xim9KE0MYEV-_2yvUCY/s320/garden+6.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmFV99sIYGdLg1pglCVp7MlmSNSL7CN5BHxzL1Tghg_OUlgkLrAXnPcgdES5M7oq7jA-xQZvozK3v-3hYNxYeJmZx91aRlkFl1M0EyWIVdInP1RyvYjpIfitB-fMOOyNcenbGhfMPvo8/s1600-h/garden+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377849086605485490" style="WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmFV99sIYGdLg1pglCVp7MlmSNSL7CN5BHxzL1Tghg_OUlgkLrAXnPcgdES5M7oq7jA-xQZvozK3v-3hYNxYeJmZx91aRlkFl1M0EyWIVdInP1RyvYjpIfitB-fMOOyNcenbGhfMPvo8/s320/garden+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqNlSC9y81z9kOJBplEfpe2-yb21_wm1LGh6z4iBkUaIsoHoZLqjZg5-jGdAUoieFC9Rhar7bzi30b_R_GdlqzKBaSVJsxmm9a1dF5-32XFagTO2uuoiO0niFz1u__XwR7yqdDFiDnFY/s1600-h/garden+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377849068610520946" style="WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 176px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqNlSC9y81z9kOJBplEfpe2-yb21_wm1LGh6z4iBkUaIsoHoZLqjZg5-jGdAUoieFC9Rhar7bzi30b_R_GdlqzKBaSVJsxmm9a1dF5-32XFagTO2uuoiO0niFz1u__XwR7yqdDFiDnFY/s320/garden+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyxKAPaOL9rAFOix-vBDYNkZ-J99ugi71ssa5vXf-UN8ne_ge64cYt1gcGeJE7ymWdMsXPcT2D5BxisONGmkuNZ86-zxkqI9mLpyf6EykuqgPBgNYAt8OL_vAz29fENVBH7NhC10U-TY/s1600-h/garden.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377849062378977538" style="WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyxKAPaOL9rAFOix-vBDYNkZ-J99ugi71ssa5vXf-UN8ne_ge64cYt1gcGeJE7ymWdMsXPcT2D5BxisONGmkuNZ86-zxkqI9mLpyf6EykuqgPBgNYAt8OL_vAz29fENVBH7NhC10U-TY/s320/garden.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">The strawberries didn't really take this year. I think we got about 3.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrv7gxohOwKYC8pV0epgSY7e6ctPo22Nmd4hwmzFUqr4LvvvVQwxqcNR_JMRBH3ZBlBNgRkxEjJ-_7ZNf4_TIY_x9jtaqfBNYr6I4a8sl3BJUrVZCswJfRCTQtK28mq-DETu2cF3oecqM/s1600-h/garden+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377849078981866322" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrv7gxohOwKYC8pV0epgSY7e6ctPo22Nmd4hwmzFUqr4LvvvVQwxqcNR_JMRBH3ZBlBNgRkxEjJ-_7ZNf4_TIY_x9jtaqfBNYr6I4a8sl3BJUrVZCswJfRCTQtK28mq-DETu2cF3oecqM/s320/garden+4.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">But we've also got 2 pumpkins that we'll be carving up next month. </p><p align="center">Their blossoms are so pretty.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphen_lHPFPjsEktmejCkBbz2vqrtsdrd6p5l0RQAP7nahEOggSuk4d87tAbMxpcv7cQsZtPPuRqX6VHv4MBmGw9SSsd-QGIIq0HwXXmicRbCvZDuw-Mmw1YTNxqf2YfdiQvK4qZ4kiG7SE/s1600-h/garden+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377849096578978338" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphen_lHPFPjsEktmejCkBbz2vqrtsdrd6p5l0RQAP7nahEOggSuk4d87tAbMxpcv7cQsZtPPuRqX6VHv4MBmGw9SSsd-QGIIq0HwXXmicRbCvZDuw-Mmw1YTNxqf2YfdiQvK4qZ4kiG7SE/s320/garden+5.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747078306110599259.post-15912123092756781322009-09-03T18:39:00.000-07:002009-09-03T19:25:24.588-07:00I serve my God and my country<p><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wqcPA1ysSbw&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wqcPA1ysSbw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p><p>In general, this message speaks mostly of things I believe in. Things I would venture that Jesus Christ taught. However, they had me up until <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">referring</span> to:</p><p>1) Ending 200 years of slavery-- if by that you mean the American Companies that hire undocumented workers who have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">immigrated</span> illegally and pay them a laughable wage because they wont argue--then yes. I too pledge to end slavery. However, somehow I fear your "white guilt" implies that African Americans are still slaves in this country. I disagree. I came from a poor, single-mother family in a fairly high crime part of town (not Detroit, but still) and I put myself through college, have a hard but successful career, and am a home owner in America. All because of the choices I made and the mother who taught me how to make righteous ones. Every American has the same <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">opportunity</span> to make the choices and sometimes sacrifices that give them <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">access</span> to "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." I take offense to your implication that anyone of any ethnicity who chooses not to pursue happiness through righteous choices is a slave.</p><p>2) I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">recycle</span> my plastic bags at the grocery store, my cereal boxes, the few plastic bottles I purchase. I map out errands so as to conserve gas. I put a sweater on in the winter to keep the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">thermostat</span> lower. I do a pretty good job of reducing my consumption and increasing what I cultivate (so far...about 10 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">zucchinis</span> from our garden). How many new, belts, P<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">rada</span> handbags, hybrid cars, houses, pairs of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ugs</span>, electronic gadgets, sparkly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">bracelets</span> have you, Cameron, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Demi</span>, Ashton, etc., bought this year? I drive a 10 year old car that gets 30-35 mph, hardly a gas-guzzler, or "obnoxious car". I wear the same shoes and jeans as last season because they're still in good shape. Trying to be more green, doesn't mean you are doing a good job consuming less and cultivating more.</p><p>3) I am not a servant to my President. I pledge to serve my God and my country. My President took an oath to serve me, as a citizen of the United States of America. Did you forget that oath, Mr. President? Or did you not believe in the words of that oath? Okay, in fairness, I don't think President Obama created this message, but if he sits back and allows this understanding of "Change" to be perpetuated by those that live in Hollywood (and by that I mean the fairytale world it represents) instead of the real world (where Mom and Dad work two full time jobs for less than $100,000 a year) then he's guilty by omission.</p><p>Shame on the school principle who thought it was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">appropriate</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">indoctrinate</span> Utah children with this blatant, one-sided propaganda. If their parents believe this message, it is there right to give it. It is the school's responsibility to teach: reading, writing, arithmetic, science, history, government, and world events in an unbiased way so they may learn critical thinking skills and choose their own beliefs.</p>Supershepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097006268290692762noreply@blogger.com6