tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80402185822288831842024-03-12T20:40:38.789-07:00The Winder GangD Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-60530673200112169772009-05-30T16:30:00.000-07:002009-05-30T17:00:30.645-07:00What do you do in Idaho when the sun shines and the wind stops? Slip and Slide!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmKbUBkiaiGgblyGMBPY6TZjkc3yZjY-BZ9CVBIG4FRy7BhJbhxhT0PlCkBV5nbpuiCYYEaHPz5B4bcKjjHg8s1TORL4z2XOMZzg3h8V7T5FSqV1eer4h-82l28ZLsVJJFyNR-TF5nK8K/s1600-h/may+2009+047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341768776129334946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmKbUBkiaiGgblyGMBPY6TZjkc3yZjY-BZ9CVBIG4FRy7BhJbhxhT0PlCkBV5nbpuiCYYEaHPz5B4bcKjjHg8s1TORL4z2XOMZzg3h8V7T5FSqV1eer4h-82l28ZLsVJJFyNR-TF5nK8K/s320/may+2009+047.JPG" border="0" /></a> Isabel and Andrew had a great time enjoying the long awaited sunshine.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUiEkbMy-4Chyphenhyphenc7dqoaiQ79XgZVrJxK0J35_Ga1OOeaG6ZwIg0ukFT46c98Ajs5zNc80i0T5Xlr9hvS4m1wmkByCmMLQuiDSi9MM3Tgkpc_xV2oaqxrBLADvD3Pg1nIS-r9bDXmcDI3KV/s1600-h/may+2009+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341768773442807298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUiEkbMy-4Chyphenhyphenc7dqoaiQ79XgZVrJxK0J35_Ga1OOeaG6ZwIg0ukFT46c98Ajs5zNc80i0T5Xlr9hvS4m1wmkByCmMLQuiDSi9MM3Tgkpc_xV2oaqxrBLADvD3Pg1nIS-r9bDXmcDI3KV/s320/may+2009+043.JPG" border="0" /></a> Andrew's favorite thing was spraying his sister with the hose. He thinks it is really fun to tease her.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MWkrxLuPg9cgvI45EEZ5DVeEmSH_QBzFdo3KU3zAV03GaG80_MxHDR4QRYxQTVNtnLOzoiq2p7QNXR4D3tQehggg2LR2km4Rs8chxot_ugFLsndDi-OAV081CiMKctt8rpqZawm2-yLY/s1600-h/may+2009+024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341768769908806370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MWkrxLuPg9cgvI45EEZ5DVeEmSH_QBzFdo3KU3zAV03GaG80_MxHDR4QRYxQTVNtnLOzoiq2p7QNXR4D3tQehggg2LR2km4Rs8chxot_ugFLsndDi-OAV081CiMKctt8rpqZawm2-yLY/s320/may+2009+024.JPG" border="0" /></a> The water was pretty COLD!!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nwuLgCxLLVjSkJoVle_jqIaFlU6Uf5mT-5Tmu9DxVGFShmwCjI7ANIDAq8tnkJg-jIAwTgny2sr3csGP-m8bXusKSUTTrDxr-Hu0ZNWNsHUhQ6eECkoyJNJyuzIDUwZwNoRwL2iojJ0m/s1600-h/may+2009+038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341765646833354098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nwuLgCxLLVjSkJoVle_jqIaFlU6Uf5mT-5Tmu9DxVGFShmwCjI7ANIDAq8tnkJg-jIAwTgny2sr3csGP-m8bXusKSUTTrDxr-Hu0ZNWNsHUhQ6eECkoyJNJyuzIDUwZwNoRwL2iojJ0m/s320/may+2009+038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />He loves playing with the hose. He had a blue swim shirt on so he wouldn't get sunburned, but it was making him cold so I took it off and his skin was blue.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrspg_1LkSnwtFWG6DKUXXN8Yoy8SXKphS9gJWXkZSQxlbXkKojN4Wzhyphenhyphenj1JgxY2-RWUR-wyclMR07uYgJl7lZ8da1F7hM_XobdTTxeLo_YiDRgpa237Qj4-6R2Rzdf_Bc-u4TyoQWa8qr/s1600-h/may+2009+036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341765636113823362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrspg_1LkSnwtFWG6DKUXXN8Yoy8SXKphS9gJWXkZSQxlbXkKojN4Wzhyphenhyphenj1JgxY2-RWUR-wyclMR07uYgJl7lZ8da1F7hM_XobdTTxeLo_YiDRgpa237Qj4-6R2Rzdf_Bc-u4TyoQWa8qr/s320/may+2009+036.JPG" border="0" /></a> Beautiful Girl!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6uS3V-1KhGja8tXVP3Enu1TKczkA3Jvwy02sU29yVtFjFtbR6zLmwSDFcOUWge85Lo30aiwODUDTx4WkQBCG36LL8zrYuyVLA0mX-xu42aszJch7qcSsiR4Oyl4TVHwjs5Hc00MPGn3V/s1600-h/may+2009+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341765632797658146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6uS3V-1KhGja8tXVP3Enu1TKczkA3Jvwy02sU29yVtFjFtbR6zLmwSDFcOUWge85Lo30aiwODUDTx4WkQBCG36LL8zrYuyVLA0mX-xu42aszJch7qcSsiR4Oyl4TVHwjs5Hc00MPGn3V/s320/may+2009+025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />They had so much fun playing out in the warm weather. It has been a really long winter and we are so excited for it to finally warm up enough to play outside. It was so much fun watching them play together, even though they are so far apart in age they still have a lot of fun playing together. I hope they will always be great friends.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-75359280617589891522009-05-30T16:20:00.000-07:002009-05-30T16:29:22.362-07:00Isabel's braces<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kAdYNJ1pg1XIwx_6E_PdEOak5QERqN0ydZnAlLUupCorMJt1s95lnrXlFuU_HUEnozeT-60RyW93iiSq5LX_LL_2ieRJr6pLXhSe4rR_4wPa5nq033zFzw1S95fNH9XHy0yWbB7d-WSd/s1600-h/may+2009+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341761806377329474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kAdYNJ1pg1XIwx_6E_PdEOak5QERqN0ydZnAlLUupCorMJt1s95lnrXlFuU_HUEnozeT-60RyW93iiSq5LX_LL_2ieRJr6pLXhSe4rR_4wPa5nq033zFzw1S95fNH9XHy0yWbB7d-WSd/s320/may+2009+006.JPG" border="0" /></a>Isabel got her braces on this Thursday. She was really excited at first, but then that soon faded into nervousness and now she is already tired of them. They sure make her look older. I can't believe how fast she is growing up and becoming a beautiful young woman! The good news for her is that her orthodontist said she would probably only have to wear them for around 18 months or less. So she will be all done with it before she really does go into young women's.<br /><div align="center"></div></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-68228534061294320572009-05-12T07:34:00.001-07:002009-05-12T08:02:04.787-07:00House update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHvbfJdlL0uFZ-d4xsg3tS-_5S3kT9VmQg3RC8XP0TzFvSXcF6BFZk8JZUCAmGTREh34A1Tm4qX3z2T_D56kDbPDYHj47vZQB-EgD3Vo9cZpLdSpT7p2Rv9P_M4-QC83V97-oMGKEeB62/s1600-h/house+May+11+010.JPG"></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3osgM0oiIU9p9JezrMby8MNyA5KxmBeMsq__GD0-TVIGz2y_Q92cWwJWap3nJ-V5mfEEN1NGV9OP_1n9L8v7diFei2ri8tMBUFxsk5g_RfmLzcPrlwy5Ai8K0NrCmJ2juL9mbM0KkOi9Z/s1600-h/house+May+11+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334949274430970434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3osgM0oiIU9p9JezrMby8MNyA5KxmBeMsq__GD0-TVIGz2y_Q92cWwJWap3nJ-V5mfEEN1NGV9OP_1n9L8v7diFei2ri8tMBUFxsk5g_RfmLzcPrlwy5Ai8K0NrCmJ2juL9mbM0KkOi9Z/s320/house+May+11+005.JPG" border="0" /></a> Welcome to our new home!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwXEgJOzyhfN0H7Fg3PzL-QivYO7ImFtKVY2mBqBMCNFC2Akc41eV8QjULhivtEsVQRr_0DaK3fnKv44QXSZZPhFDrU6sdvip5MyDsAP_b2q5QYhzaaPnSMiM5ezQy-vKN2FV0XsWBf-v/s1600-h/house+May+11+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334947429453898290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwXEgJOzyhfN0H7Fg3PzL-QivYO7ImFtKVY2mBqBMCNFC2Akc41eV8QjULhivtEsVQRr_0DaK3fnKv44QXSZZPhFDrU6sdvip5MyDsAP_b2q5QYhzaaPnSMiM5ezQy-vKN2FV0XsWBf-v/s320/house+May+11+003.JPG" border="0" /></a>Jon was doing a little back fill and Andrew loves to ride along in the backhoe. Doesn't Jon look great in his new role as farmer!!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jCD_LD7LeZ8HZMgE9GfeZpvt9WMZXDzOuXRVstm3X_pST00Xmwez4tH7JjWlRMoN54mKl6Xay6MCvHAHo16L_1-s_50U3eX3LYM4dzMfTNwlo5ZWUYPFVlSr82i9mipHHGyootevHyI8/s1600-h/house+May+11+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334947424080504066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jCD_LD7LeZ8HZMgE9GfeZpvt9WMZXDzOuXRVstm3X_pST00Xmwez4tH7JjWlRMoN54mKl6Xay6MCvHAHo16L_1-s_50U3eX3LYM4dzMfTNwlo5ZWUYPFVlSr82i9mipHHGyootevHyI8/s320/house+May+11+001.JPG" border="0" /></a> The rock started to go up yesterday and should be finished today. It looks great.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx26ZTetmdZ1jeOf26AnqQC3P4iwKFRB7xWgo_MZ_aPDhQd17yFtAbRnGXS5WilDsNggHzMtBxdKj04hKIFK4j26nKH4US16cTdMd3KE-vSxRVC9ZIW3nTKgXkxblnvlANj-24FiiTM4g/s1600-h/house+May+11+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334947418309401394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx26ZTetmdZ1jeOf26AnqQC3P4iwKFRB7xWgo_MZ_aPDhQd17yFtAbRnGXS5WilDsNggHzMtBxdKj04hKIFK4j26nKH4US16cTdMd3KE-vSxRVC9ZIW3nTKgXkxblnvlANj-24FiiTM4g/s320/house+May+11+013.JPG" border="0" /></a> We love our deck off the back. It will be lots of fun this summer. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The house is coming along great. They should start sheet rocking the inside and finish up the rock on the outside today. We are getting anxious to get it done. We have been living out of boxes for almost a year now and are excited to spread out and get settled.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-72714082287221496352009-05-09T18:40:00.001-07:002009-05-09T19:10:11.170-07:00Horse Show<div align="center">Last weekend Isabel competed in her first schooling show. She did awesome! It was so fun to watch and see her having such a great time. She competed in three different events. First she did showmanship where you lead your horse with a halter in a set pattern and the judge walks around your horse and looks. It was the thing that she has worked on the least so it went a little rough. She was really nervous about it and so that made her horse nervous and a bit uncooperative. Next she did western equitation, where she walked, trotted, loped and backed her horse up in a pattern. She did super and took a second place ribbon. Then her last event was a walk trot equitation where they go in a circle as a group and the judge tells them when to switch gaits and directions. This is the one she has worked on the most. She did so great!!! We were so excited. She got another second place ribbon and a trophy. That day it was raining so they were trying to hurry the competition along and combined to classes and so there were adults in with her and she beat some of them. The places above her were adults and so if they hadn't combined the classes she would have won. It was lots of fun. She has another show on June 13 at the barn she rides at. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCE8Hw2jKuX-fV2UG5SoI7QzWM2uMb6knLsZ_-rRdc8z_6Qgf4MOC4FMhar9KFCLWstjVdmzOIy2z3d6cW_dEKp5JNq-Ts3Y80hdLI43xIjW7Rtby9js2x8hZxkbIEQt_qoyY-5ykbnP_3/s1600-h/Isabel+%26+Shilo+086.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334006854742887874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCE8Hw2jKuX-fV2UG5SoI7QzWM2uMb6knLsZ_-rRdc8z_6Qgf4MOC4FMhar9KFCLWstjVdmzOIy2z3d6cW_dEKp5JNq-Ts3Y80hdLI43xIjW7Rtby9js2x8hZxkbIEQt_qoyY-5ykbnP_3/s320/Isabel+%26+Shilo+086.JPG" border="0" /></a>Isabel doing her western equitation.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinveH64jDTHKQXH-6wueV6C0ekjwpk70xtYGKQj54ZpyHaqEY4SWE9RrcELJgAcEtsLH02zMSii7wAlbOdEmmftPy3Ofsp_0-9r7jNMAcdEeoGF_u-fiidkNLY2C-U9fycr9E6N7u-vsNT/s1600-h/Isabel+%26+Shilo+081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334006846922262578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinveH64jDTHKQXH-6wueV6C0ekjwpk70xtYGKQj54ZpyHaqEY4SWE9RrcELJgAcEtsLH02zMSii7wAlbOdEmmftPy3Ofsp_0-9r7jNMAcdEeoGF_u-fiidkNLY2C-U9fycr9E6N7u-vsNT/s320/Isabel+%26+Shilo+081.JPG" border="0" /></a>Isabel and two of the girls she rides with at the barn. Their names are Alisa and Whitney and they both have been riding for awhile and they were great to help Isabel since we didn't know what we were doing.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRbw0_8yKseyMNk1VswT4iSbx93xYzbSw7lz1I66azOvxAOWA1GkNtspNN49Z4vq6yWXAnDBjIX7kn6eBoGzeQt6sqRCPzdmPPK0WJKoNR3mrZt_Z9pI4Lt8JzojA8IwtNOYODCEc2R3l/s1600-h/Isabel+%26+Shilo+088.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334005474933199026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRbw0_8yKseyMNk1VswT4iSbx93xYzbSw7lz1I66azOvxAOWA1GkNtspNN49Z4vq6yWXAnDBjIX7kn6eBoGzeQt6sqRCPzdmPPK0WJKoNR3mrZt_Z9pI4Lt8JzojA8IwtNOYODCEc2R3l/s320/Isabel+%26+Shilo+088.JPG" border="0" /></a> Isabel's first ribbon. Doesn't she look cute in her pink cowgirl clothes.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVnrhVkqeLSWdq8DOQRZi9RHli_-3bkrJaATX5J_BvwCslXltIKUMp-R3x7JPkuyozLBs6ABjA6lvfetdT5CaCaL4nMTgOa8xVq6mtH9PArFSeymxVKWc15qKOAndMD3SFzReryNmO_qc/s1600-h/Isabel+%26+Shilo+090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334005465459706834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVnrhVkqeLSWdq8DOQRZi9RHli_-3bkrJaATX5J_BvwCslXltIKUMp-R3x7JPkuyozLBs6ABjA6lvfetdT5CaCaL4nMTgOa8xVq6mtH9PArFSeymxVKWc15qKOAndMD3SFzReryNmO_qc/s320/Isabel+%26+Shilo+090.JPG" border="0" /></a>The proud winner of two ribbons and a trophy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-84669490772705741322009-04-07T14:19:00.000-07:002009-04-07T14:23:58.245-07:00Update on our houseToday they finished back filling around our foundation and poured the basement floor. They also delivered all of the wood. So framing starts tomorrow. I am really excited for that step so we can start to see it take shape. We decided to move in with my parents while it is getting built. So we will get to sit and watch it go up from her front window. <br />Jon's last day at Beneficial was yesterday so now you can call him farmer Jon, since he is now officially an Idaho farmer.D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-18240162803765717522009-04-07T14:12:00.001-07:002009-04-07T14:18:44.773-07:00A huge sigh of reliefWe spent a couple of days this week at Primary Childrens and they ran some more tests on Andrew. They put him under again and scoped his throat again to see how it looked when he was healthy. The doctor told us when it was done that it looked good and he wouldn't need surgery after all. It was a huge relief!!! They also wanted to test him for acid reflux so we had to spend the night there while they did a ph probe study. It was a bummer for us all. Andrew kept asking to go home and saying that he wasn't sick. The worst part was he could only eat or drink every four hours and that was a little hard to explain to a two year old. We don't have the results of that test yet but we should soon. So hopefully we can avoid anymore hospital stays for awhile.D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-31612684979933848612009-03-19T11:44:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:45:59.541-07:00We dug a hole FINALLYWe dug a hole for our house today. WOW! We are really doing it. I can't believe it.D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-89437044449977798182009-03-19T11:31:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:44:11.254-07:00Andrew's vacation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6M1Rmdjchu4xYMxkSrCGrMrVdYbOtmA4Td-IpbZvnXeBUmqR05tmQ9MDM0TzrvYByrorGxe8M-Mn0nbzwZ-hl_dwp0UCy2AooSZLP-Iaf2OMAZWu8JZq8zW6aK3N7R4VaWftU4uKtd02/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+166.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314968641510397858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6M1Rmdjchu4xYMxkSrCGrMrVdYbOtmA4Td-IpbZvnXeBUmqR05tmQ9MDM0TzrvYByrorGxe8M-Mn0nbzwZ-hl_dwp0UCy2AooSZLP-Iaf2OMAZWu8JZq8zW6aK3N7R4VaWftU4uKtd02/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+166.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLrMVS8LuYMcipnPnWK3qsjFOZrwkiRqAGE3POouCje3PDQKz1kPwJtcAupQhijEbIFTa4k9cHzAnItixxUpQynjTWB9vDGL8X-99C6a7N8miWuRfhhJ9hD4cW15TXRQ4eO6thlfyCv4E/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+168.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314968636399020546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLrMVS8LuYMcipnPnWK3qsjFOZrwkiRqAGE3POouCje3PDQKz1kPwJtcAupQhijEbIFTa4k9cHzAnItixxUpQynjTWB9vDGL8X-99C6a7N8miWuRfhhJ9hD4cW15TXRQ4eO6thlfyCv4E/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+168.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />My poor little Andrew got really sick while we were on vacation and ended up spending most of it in the hospital. He had really bad croup and no matter what we tried he couldn't breath. So he ended up in the ICU at the children's hospital for a few days so they could give him breathing treatments every hour and steroids every six hours. The day before we left they scoped his throat and to check and see if he had some sort of blockage or something. They found what they thought was that his vocal chords have some extra flesh and when they get inflamed then it blocks his airway off 90%. So the doctor there recommended he have some surgery to fix that. But we couldn't do it there because they have to wait for the swelling to go down. So since we have been home we have seen a doctor in Salt Lake and he wants to rescope him to look again while he is healthy and see if it looks as bad. They are also going to test him for reflux because that can also cause swelling and inflammation and could be compounding the problem. So we will see what they find out at the end on the month. We are keeping our fingers crossed that he won't need to have surgery after all. </div><div align="center"> Maybe we will have to take him to Lagoon this summer to make up for this crappy vacation. <br /><div></div></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-43703375466421127052009-03-19T11:15:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:30:25.662-07:00Disneyland<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxGRAcbhb3LcY6BFsvH-B_x9q8uVbWpAFcX3JIoWrfm7EVvq-qExM30PLq2Lbfb5-Albv8mqKQSgQrIFIghjGU4jrIZVAxZ1QUg1CQ70fYZx65hXKm-hK9o0BYtcB2hTmwG0kpHXG9Tt3/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+114.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314966307758428226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxGRAcbhb3LcY6BFsvH-B_x9q8uVbWpAFcX3JIoWrfm7EVvq-qExM30PLq2Lbfb5-Albv8mqKQSgQrIFIghjGU4jrIZVAxZ1QUg1CQ70fYZx65hXKm-hK9o0BYtcB2hTmwG0kpHXG9Tt3/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+114.JPG" border="0" /></a> Andrew was a little nervous about the characters but he really wanted to see Tigger. So we waited in the line and then when we got up to see him he got scared so mom and Isabel had to help him out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb9aDeWaix55MkUpfFzcmqg9t29_begaQfJxwy2MUEWNU2XETsn5ztb4beTpZu8_GfViImbLHAGLorpeG10cogWBx3kfIP1ncV4qqbqEhs5RzPLwrHsbbAOdxKuTH4tRHIoOHXtnD99ku/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+123.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314966004825411266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb9aDeWaix55MkUpfFzcmqg9t29_begaQfJxwy2MUEWNU2XETsn5ztb4beTpZu8_GfViImbLHAGLorpeG10cogWBx3kfIP1ncV4qqbqEhs5RzPLwrHsbbAOdxKuTH4tRHIoOHXtnD99ku/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+123.JPG" border="0" /></a> My little pumpkin!<br />You can kind of see his black eye in this picture. The first night we got there he was jumping on the couch in our condo and when he jumped off he hit just below his eye on the corner of the coffee table. It was a rough trip for him.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2wASFNbRwfnY5thvUqxpreoxA1ZETXUcMFD9Z_Neu3KWthKeQMl_Acw6_XF9A-Mzx0jh-aGYVMxkM6yoDlLWLpMTLXU9uNw0eoN-zF3giXCjauGZSYQxiQ2_gHDUGe2EPuZkTGPwiZ32/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+110.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314965618825384258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2wASFNbRwfnY5thvUqxpreoxA1ZETXUcMFD9Z_Neu3KWthKeQMl_Acw6_XF9A-Mzx0jh-aGYVMxkM6yoDlLWLpMTLXU9uNw0eoN-zF3giXCjauGZSYQxiQ2_gHDUGe2EPuZkTGPwiZ32/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+110.JPG" border="0" /></a> Isabel always likes to get her face painted when we go on vacation. <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZFI-x_hxU51YGJoXpauTeWrt0x8TSrSUGmKdeFH-1mNIP2A1PlJHDhrIQee8plN_KMeMSolmDUoOyc3yes-U3wJwRDeuCEBayQWIGIawajxdJFrSAV6CjOHmmj3egxPC1T0fmoWPYo7X/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314965617617509170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZFI-x_hxU51YGJoXpauTeWrt0x8TSrSUGmKdeFH-1mNIP2A1PlJHDhrIQee8plN_KMeMSolmDUoOyc3yes-U3wJwRDeuCEBayQWIGIawajxdJFrSAV6CjOHmmj3egxPC1T0fmoWPYo7X/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+094.JPG" border="0" /></a> Gotta love Goofy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd39zom8PFEGVozgn9Qsci7O8F20BpycZ67OZIDqpm2nafkX_usDhY4WkwQxlCTYKJFRrIuETZyuY8aVcO6aZ_OoVSQanEgIeoWTQ5IzDTiEw63TQaJrTkK4CRot5KYuTYlouCNtJgEbTy/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314965160024428482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd39zom8PFEGVozgn9Qsci7O8F20BpycZ67OZIDqpm2nafkX_usDhY4WkwQxlCTYKJFRrIuETZyuY8aVcO6aZ_OoVSQanEgIeoWTQ5IzDTiEw63TQaJrTkK4CRot5KYuTYlouCNtJgEbTy/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+089.JPG" border="0" /></a> Andrew was not at all afraid to get a picture with Lightening McQueen. He was so excited to get to touch him. Isabel was off riding a riding the Soarin' ride with her grandparents.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-75013990192024695732009-03-19T11:06:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:15:21.192-07:00The Beach<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTquzCL47Rw2LWheIfsukWhJ6jPO3lMgIEbEfMXhkB3UA3tjUmccLR1Wy9siZV-HFdrItaD4VzUfouLxayG_fGVnOtUK6EywR86zokeQRT3xj3Ixj4Te2fza1EGeCD6UnZ7-xHnTpfSHO/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314962575067902450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTquzCL47Rw2LWheIfsukWhJ6jPO3lMgIEbEfMXhkB3UA3tjUmccLR1Wy9siZV-HFdrItaD4VzUfouLxayG_fGVnOtUK6EywR86zokeQRT3xj3Ixj4Te2fza1EGeCD6UnZ7-xHnTpfSHO/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+048.JPG" border="0" /></a> I love this picture of daddy and son.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGc2P-REBj060V8hj7dFZ7kZG4crPgKtBLVmVlZhINu7vfzC1hgrN-B0ft3iUDiP3x8loD0foyhLBhd8TnWwCDXxRLAAGYozOVAZRIWNEhHxZH5-0COuwFrAhPUtPgw8-A4qUyOfYK355-/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314962569097578306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGc2P-REBj060V8hj7dFZ7kZG4crPgKtBLVmVlZhINu7vfzC1hgrN-B0ft3iUDiP3x8loD0foyhLBhd8TnWwCDXxRLAAGYozOVAZRIWNEhHxZH5-0COuwFrAhPUtPgw8-A4qUyOfYK355-/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUOpm2mPdOAYgus1_u3v8tBAF5JXhDGUpt15AceSksQEJDceQXpUj06chYnjM-mhz1ZA5xppIf2XcrhSGKeFMRI12ZF6p-EK_HSEtUj9iCXnHQdqlaBc5DCfCr73BcaIEGgFc5SRVSmA-/s1600-h/dec+08+-+eb+09+046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314962554627597554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUOpm2mPdOAYgus1_u3v8tBAF5JXhDGUpt15AceSksQEJDceQXpUj06chYnjM-mhz1ZA5xppIf2XcrhSGKeFMRI12ZF6p-EK_HSEtUj9iCXnHQdqlaBc5DCfCr73BcaIEGgFc5SRVSmA-/s320/dec+08+-+eb+09+046.JPG" border="0" /></a> We really do love going to the beach. It was one of the highlights of our trip. It wasn't very warm but the kids managed to get wet anyway. It is lots of fun to watch Isabel get in the waves, chase birds and look for shells. She is amazingly at home on the beach. I think the only place she might like better is in the barn with her horse. If only she could ride her horse on the beach I think she would be in heaven. Andrew thought the waves were tons of fun until one took his feet out from under him and he was in the water up to his neck. After that he was really cold and not quite so fun.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-75847708526801003892009-03-19T10:35:00.000-07:002009-03-19T10:50:47.199-07:00Our CRAZY LifeI am probably the worst blogger ever. I need to set aside some time just for keeping up with it. We have had tons of stuff going on. We went to California on vaction the first part of Febuary and had nice day at the beach and a great day at Disneyland. Then Andrew got really sick. We had to take him into the emergency room because he had come down with a really bad case of the croup and couldn't breath. We ended up taking him in again the next night and from there they ended up admitting him into the ICU at the childrens hospital there. He just couldn't breath and they were doing everything they could do for him. It was really scary! He was able to get released the night before we flew out. So it wasn't the best vacation ever. My parents and I did take Isabel one day to Legoland so she wouldn't be totally bummed out, but we missed daddy and Andrew the whole time we were there. He is now seeing a specialist in Salt Lake at Primary Childrens and is going to down at the end of the month to have his throat scoped again. When they did it in California they said they he may have to have surgery on his vocal chords because they appear to be to large and blocking his airway. So at the end of the month we will find out. <br />The other big event that has happened was the end of February we found out that Jon's parent company decided to close all of their consumer lending division in the US. So Jon's office is officially closing the 6th of April. So I think we are going to try our hand at farming and see if we can grow some huge potatoes for our friends in New Mexico. We found out about Jon's job the day before we were set to break ground on our new house. It was really disappointing. We postponed it temporarily until we were sure what we were doing. But we have decided to go ahead with it anyway. We broke ground today. It is very exciting and very scary at the same time. We decided that if we are going to farm we needed to live out there and there isn't any other houses available out that way. So I guess we will build one and hope for the best.<br />So that is kind of what is going on here. I will try to keep you all posted on the latest happenings way up here in Idaho.D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-90423616212275134082009-02-02T23:04:00.000-08:002009-02-02T23:14:16.074-08:00Our house update.We are now the proud owners of 4 1/2 acres of prime potato growing property thanks to my parents and grandparents. It will no longer grow any more potatoes, but hopefully we will grow many new memories there instead. Things are starting to move rather quickly on our house. We finished up our plans and have applied for our building permits. We are going out with our builder this week to plot out exactly where the house will sit. It is a bit overwhelming when you walk out in the middle of a field and go "well maybe here would be good" . There are just so many possibilities, so luckily Jon is better about making decisions that I am, or three months from now we might still me trying to figure out the best place to put the house. Hopefully within the next week or two we will have a hole in the ground. It is a little bit tricky because we have quite a bit of snow and it is really cold to be pouring concrete. So I really hope that it starts to warm up soon. It is really exciting!D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-28236390678093168972009-02-02T22:48:00.001-08:002009-02-02T23:03:59.065-08:00Andrew the fish<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1WVEYRLdxpq_VZSQYlqnRenkLCv1cmk5yFFAgk4QVU3iYRGRwcoyioM77A2a_cCsC1C0w0197AAfRzcKUhAPB_1mrdxdiRq1mz9krVdnytaT1LYFGjwa8LWzqbTMFlMhuoc8kS1om8gT/s1600-h/Xmas+08+079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298460732572849858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1WVEYRLdxpq_VZSQYlqnRenkLCv1cmk5yFFAgk4QVU3iYRGRwcoyioM77A2a_cCsC1C0w0197AAfRzcKUhAPB_1mrdxdiRq1mz9krVdnytaT1LYFGjwa8LWzqbTMFlMhuoc8kS1om8gT/s320/Xmas+08+079.JPG" border="0" /></a> Andrew is my little fish. He loves the water and loves to swim. We try to take the kids to a hot spring that is about an hour from here and let them swim at least once a month. It is a super kid friendly pool because the water is nice and warm and they have a large shallow area. If it wasn't such a drive we would probably go more often.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_sxRGCd1HvW8QVeVXfGO0_PQyqZvbcsP7F9yZ-4H8Td4tZtoYVPgzYM58lx4TsouYZimsErNwipwQkYXzTZKpq1SrynQTHNJ5YbiMQPHHXp36Lpm5wTr1A2ONSUYzg8NCCCLHfJGoZs4/s1600-h/Xmas+08+090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298460724099008530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_sxRGCd1HvW8QVeVXfGO0_PQyqZvbcsP7F9yZ-4H8Td4tZtoYVPgzYM58lx4TsouYZimsErNwipwQkYXzTZKpq1SrynQTHNJ5YbiMQPHHXp36Lpm5wTr1A2ONSUYzg8NCCCLHfJGoZs4/s320/Xmas+08+090.JPG" border="0" /></a>Jon is teaching Andrew to float on his back. He is fearless of the water and is trying to learn to swim. When he doesn't have his life jacket on he tries to paddle his arms and kick. I would bet he will be swimming by the end of summer.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfSXCRF3cpLOGfoeNmHoq0MziCMfvZpWC8IYhJ-NX-bTm7T549uZpEeaFt4IzYdbm9QVYnuz3aQfbVjDIH7wkB6trb9ShEkFBht3YDqwoRtn7azgjsQs6OPH_2Q_GxrOLncpqtVJCoSRG/s1600-h/Xmas+08+075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298460720786482322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfSXCRF3cpLOGfoeNmHoq0MziCMfvZpWC8IYhJ-NX-bTm7T549uZpEeaFt4IzYdbm9QVYnuz3aQfbVjDIH7wkB6trb9ShEkFBht3YDqwoRtn7azgjsQs6OPH_2Q_GxrOLncpqtVJCoSRG/s320/Xmas+08+075.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />He LOVES the diving board!!! He loves to jump off by himself and swim over to the side. It is so cute because he looks so little standing up there all alone.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_NVcs-gmKEnjOWivbrhRiRaI2D2p5vYCCaw_AP46RNYCYFEO4D4xxp9rO1_zIrdxUmC-OOrzSzcm5e7U4Rk2S8Iw4p_pFk0LS3TV9IjiAd8s8ANVjUwWHj5GvRgW0eVG4QSzu29OV7do/s1600-h/Xmas+08+073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298459971279926274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_NVcs-gmKEnjOWivbrhRiRaI2D2p5vYCCaw_AP46RNYCYFEO4D4xxp9rO1_zIrdxUmC-OOrzSzcm5e7U4Rk2S8Iw4p_pFk0LS3TV9IjiAd8s8ANVjUwWHj5GvRgW0eVG4QSzu29OV7do/s320/Xmas+08+073.JPG" border="0" /></a>Andrew swimming to the side of the pool.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK64pY9mRJDz9MvBO1Zm7k0h379unw5rHZPZ8Q60cSUAGeZJjn42TP70SxK0ftZ74g7gyDBPqKpi8Wdk4nRfA8Jml7KrUtOanSRx3Dcb5bxJh05iGUJIPZZwM_aj8dDripiBsEZLDV2PG6/s1600-h/Xmas+08+068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298459965507470658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK64pY9mRJDz9MvBO1Zm7k0h379unw5rHZPZ8Q60cSUAGeZJjn42TP70SxK0ftZ74g7gyDBPqKpi8Wdk4nRfA8Jml7KrUtOanSRx3Dcb5bxJh05iGUJIPZZwM_aj8dDripiBsEZLDV2PG6/s320/Xmas+08+068.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaGn9Z-DA2RAO8V7MPo6huXK37WakKnOLkJC5FCzraeLpp4IOPfx9n-0mxMxG_BR2L7tGT7lnGr_-xXLFWkWTKRZiNpCrcZtoFYZ4rjKbx85CDQSB85emhCTareoraSzq7jsZiPoFWL88/s1600-h/Xmas+08+062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298459968554571186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaGn9Z-DA2RAO8V7MPo6huXK37WakKnOLkJC5FCzraeLpp4IOPfx9n-0mxMxG_BR2L7tGT7lnGr_-xXLFWkWTKRZiNpCrcZtoFYZ4rjKbx85CDQSB85emhCTareoraSzq7jsZiPoFWL88/s320/Xmas+08+062.JPG" border="0" /></a> My little man! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-46207940412156432742009-02-02T22:17:00.000-08:002009-02-02T22:48:31.632-08:00Isabel and Shiloh<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdNQRXMTgMym1lHQN0fPTKufOP-SliWbE-GPHtlHxMPnSfqV7Ydl5tLo-udYUUMIIh859pGpCoDbcPyCdeslChY0fFsqT5O3QaLjf0f0c5sP892t12OKjCWRs6YPuXIdtkna2RzO5S3Sh/s1600-h/Xmas+08+050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298457808845234466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdNQRXMTgMym1lHQN0fPTKufOP-SliWbE-GPHtlHxMPnSfqV7Ydl5tLo-udYUUMIIh859pGpCoDbcPyCdeslChY0fFsqT5O3QaLjf0f0c5sP892t12OKjCWRs6YPuXIdtkna2RzO5S3Sh/s320/Xmas+08+050.JPG" border="0" /></a> Isabel and Shiloh at the barn.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMesmjvmEOrQPfLjxAAHTFz6HZG_aydoukQMqVqNgQrAUBlLH8Zw0J__lS9bTGeGFEgh24hlWXX3W72fq0viBcJ_kVgaviKrGJsns1ktpzGDZ6r11RsT1ruCRBMvvStS1mg91tiqHOAcQo/s1600-h/Isabel+horses+009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298457809855091890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMesmjvmEOrQPfLjxAAHTFz6HZG_aydoukQMqVqNgQrAUBlLH8Zw0J__lS9bTGeGFEgh24hlWXX3W72fq0viBcJ_kVgaviKrGJsns1ktpzGDZ6r11RsT1ruCRBMvvStS1mg91tiqHOAcQo/s320/Isabel+horses+009.JPG" border="0" /></a> Andrew likes to see his breath while we are trying to stay warm while watching Isabel ride. It has been really cold. Most days we feel really lucky if we get up to 25 and don't have any wind. We sure do miss the winters in New Mexico!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AQcs5jlsDWuSx7Uh3hfX9hWNUtcAPtUr_qIdyEoQRPAsPp5fpX6uGK30GxqP1l8D3iX0JjCbV73422mvcavomldu9hiAb1oAbf6LkZlkuB-zhp4MiGIKRhz3-1RPp1ZPvPd8z0_STxLm/s1600-h/Isabel+horses+011.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjoeUFR53mSPVlHhfCzX0Uu6N5-S2ssLTgPEUrkg2fOicZ0UmAPtCMWpSnqo4_5kSxSwU7IALYIPK9HRlWuTwoEn469X8IK9u67sFl2EUa64Fneb8uSih6ht4Q1VbNU3DN8AHtbC_Ibec/s1600-h/Isabel+horses+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298457220876830674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjoeUFR53mSPVlHhfCzX0Uu6N5-S2ssLTgPEUrkg2fOicZ0UmAPtCMWpSnqo4_5kSxSwU7IALYIPK9HRlWuTwoEn469X8IK9u67sFl2EUa64Fneb8uSih6ht4Q1VbNU3DN8AHtbC_Ibec/s320/Isabel+horses+007.JPG" border="0" /></a> Isabel's pride and joy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4z2f6247536WnRO6LD2r7O6WuLLtbt2WS_qMWPDqrSPJYYsQ0VHn8ucyoq4dOgLJNwRG_VbFm54rsAW733KD642B1OLZpmDx9SOdvSr8lVQ-sTtvr4ibmh5B7op-5bUot3YwyuDI7-gX/s1600-h/Isabel+horses+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298457213679054978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4z2f6247536WnRO6LD2r7O6WuLLtbt2WS_qMWPDqrSPJYYsQ0VHn8ucyoq4dOgLJNwRG_VbFm54rsAW733KD642B1OLZpmDx9SOdvSr8lVQ-sTtvr4ibmh5B7op-5bUot3YwyuDI7-gX/s320/Isabel+horses+001.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is Isabel's teacher Lisa. She has been great with Isabel. She is a real cowgirl.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Isabel started taking horse riding lessons in October. She loves it tons!!! She pretty much thinks and talks nonstop about horse stuff. It is really a lot of fun to watch her light up and get so animated when she talks about her horse and the stuff she is doing with it. We got her a horse named Shiloh for Christmas. We also took my old saddle in and had them clean it up and shorten up the stirrups for her. So slowly but surely we are getting her set up to be a super cute cowgirl. </div></div></div></div><br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-63079635265185067402008-12-03T10:24:00.001-08:002008-12-03T10:30:31.627-08:00Our New HouseSo we finally sold our house in NM. It is a huge relief and now we feel like we can start on our new house. So we are back to designing our plans and working on deeding the ground. We are hoping to get started soon before the ground freezes and makes it hard to dig and pour concrete. But if we don't get started until spring that is great to. It just gives me more time to plan. We are going to build something a little smaller than we had planned originally. We really want to build something we can pay off really quickly so we can do lots of other stuff besides just pay for a house. It should be really nice though. I will keep you updated on our progress. When it is done we <strong>expect</strong> <strong>all </strong>of our friends from NM to come and visit us. We sure do miss you all!!!D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-33623305727502121382008-12-03T10:11:00.001-08:002008-12-03T10:22:55.392-08:00Halloween<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3k4R5KHlzkvAZiuvlRBQLugCqzT4xCYuI1SO7yZujxOhS3-IN1hr_bJPjW6YemNxUwwRHbhFn2HnzU-GQfH8DYfo90I-SVOF5o1XZs9ZwwVxwTOsY73TNh10I-hSyxdU0dEwRE_EyQxtW/s1600-h/birthdays+041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275628513144452066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3k4R5KHlzkvAZiuvlRBQLugCqzT4xCYuI1SO7yZujxOhS3-IN1hr_bJPjW6YemNxUwwRHbhFn2HnzU-GQfH8DYfo90I-SVOF5o1XZs9ZwwVxwTOsY73TNh10I-hSyxdU0dEwRE_EyQxtW/s320/birthdays+041.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jon dressed up like a prison guard for work. All of the girls that work in his office dressed up like inmates. One of the girl's dad is the captain of the SWAT team and let Jon borrow a belt, a night stick, a badge and one of the guns they practice with. So he looked pretty convincing. On the back of his shirt are big white letters that say POLICE. It was pretty funny. When we went out that night a lot of people didn't recognize him with the hair and glasses, including his own brother. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oeqJGwcavJ6yl2LFu1708N_1zlEnsDGwY5cbau4lrnW952RUXQqNyvaAvQaSxDBXHcPD6lNakOF6kqIqwBFwEAe6-EaNS9Xhr6XKaiO1YJRYBJ5KfYC61wHS-LnYtBv-3POMUuyEBWF2/s1600-h/birthdays+040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275628506739833586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oeqJGwcavJ6yl2LFu1708N_1zlEnsDGwY5cbau4lrnW952RUXQqNyvaAvQaSxDBXHcPD6lNakOF6kqIqwBFwEAe6-EaNS9Xhr6XKaiO1YJRYBJ5KfYC61wHS-LnYtBv-3POMUuyEBWF2/s320/birthdays+040.JPG" border="0" /></a> Isabel really wanted to be a scary vampire, but she is so darn cute she came out more like a seductive one instead. Isabel was able to go trick or treating with some of her good friends and that made it way funner.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vga0vtDNy-Y3erV8PoQaQ3peJWsoZlr63iy5RepOyNiOTs7J3yoqzQKdYj5BlS2F0Os0gcvEg5So1U3exMmSLqfmCFzSvmyNpMGLssJEvxAU645CZFbSEAuiqGHlsvvq1LJkykURza-o/s1600-h/birthdays+033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275628496482992498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vga0vtDNy-Y3erV8PoQaQ3peJWsoZlr63iy5RepOyNiOTs7J3yoqzQKdYj5BlS2F0Os0gcvEg5So1U3exMmSLqfmCFzSvmyNpMGLssJEvxAU645CZFbSEAuiqGHlsvvq1LJkykURza-o/s320/birthdays+033.JPG" border="0" /></a>Andrew wanted to be a hunter and "shoot deers" just like his daddy. He was tons of fun. He would march right up to the houses and say trick or treat with all of the other kids. He really had a great time.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-60593135412241933472008-12-03T10:04:00.001-08:002008-12-03T10:32:01.711-08:00D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-73629220087255871762008-12-03T09:53:00.000-08:002008-12-03T10:03:57.764-08:00Isabel hits double digits!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6SDT0P181IwwqXLSFQXd0h9s2DWJAIWBdNQ-r2HdO5eq1ZmfOiAhQjTU9ZYLBVE6zQjKWLVS8sdMkNoK_R1oZyfEiCqJZJ6CAAu9znKc5_wgAzGNjylzUgC3ekyvf3xUwg5TxpNGcBYv/s1600-h/birthdays+019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275624425632581058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6SDT0P181IwwqXLSFQXd0h9s2DWJAIWBdNQ-r2HdO5eq1ZmfOiAhQjTU9ZYLBVE6zQjKWLVS8sdMkNoK_R1oZyfEiCqJZJ6CAAu9znKc5_wgAzGNjylzUgC3ekyvf3xUwg5TxpNGcBYv/s320/birthdays+019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSvs4EaPfGTGtPVuiLXyoaJyrsWwgR_f-KoMWVBIh9-nJiA7DuZOZEidBmdvuaiDFDuShaBPfWt6np5kAOFC-Gi_H-aqtWcJa41h64z6w5ln9cEjetVUxwbXKERcRUxow6gJwUDWGplRJ/s1600-h/birthdays+015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275624412421836978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSvs4EaPfGTGtPVuiLXyoaJyrsWwgR_f-KoMWVBIh9-nJiA7DuZOZEidBmdvuaiDFDuShaBPfWt6np5kAOFC-Gi_H-aqtWcJa41h64z6w5ln9cEjetVUxwbXKERcRUxow6gJwUDWGplRJ/s320/birthdays+015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLvAi8sXC3xJS7oGHjWdRfUsbgiuAVLdR0aN23CaHyCNblHOJKR_HH6NykN56U9nO_xskeW-hCf36GpgZNgVtRreRB_j4nuMqVSnCnAckOOeQsimizDrqS3gObo9Gehiuf8oQOvzYUcOt/s1600-h/birthdays+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275624406522013586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLvAi8sXC3xJS7oGHjWdRfUsbgiuAVLdR0aN23CaHyCNblHOJKR_HH6NykN56U9nO_xskeW-hCf36GpgZNgVtRreRB_j4nuMqVSnCnAckOOeQsimizDrqS3gObo9Gehiuf8oQOvzYUcOt/s320/birthdays+013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I can't believe that it has been 10 years since I first saw my tiny little girl. She sure has grown! I am so proud of the young lady she is becoming. Isabel is the sweetest, most patient, and is truly concerned about others. She is so beautiful both inside and out. I feel so blessed every day to be her mom. I don't know how I was so lucky to have been chosen to be the mother of such a special girl. We sure love her!!!</div><div>Isabel was sick on her birthday and spent part of her day in the urgent care seeing the doctor. She had some contagious sinus thing and she was so worried that no one would be able to come and celebrate with her. Our wonderful family decided to risk it for her and they all came anyway. She was truly touched. (and luckily no one got sick.)<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-62820635530222537512008-12-02T15:26:00.000-08:002008-12-02T15:39:18.901-08:00New Pictures of my ADORABLE kids.I have got to be the slowest blogger in the world. I am going to try to do better about keeping up. I am so far behind that I have a ton of things to post. I am hoping to have some time tonight so hopefully I will get caught up. In the mean time I wanted to let you all have a link to these awesome pictures of my super cute kids. I should be getting the proofs on a disk soon and then I think I can post them directly. But until then if you are interested go to katieportraits.blogspot.com and look for the Isabel and Andrew pictures. If you get looking my adorable niece is also there her name is Kennedi . You won't believe how grown up they are getting. Time sure flies!!!D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-63290723814311614092008-09-25T21:50:00.001-07:002008-09-25T21:56:46.300-07:00Harvest<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqt-AUBOyN9m2095ed8jhAdCeU9UEssF4s1npe_m5zIoK0h2zdSqKHMSZkWaF0RSncEkhQA80lN9ebodhKVzWHob9LNtGSeMf_sv_PxbD6NY_VJo4xF3Nnf9dG5Ug8BQqOsL-GJtgd5Y2/s1600-h/DSC02433.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250188645937464066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqt-AUBOyN9m2095ed8jhAdCeU9UEssF4s1npe_m5zIoK0h2zdSqKHMSZkWaF0RSncEkhQA80lN9ebodhKVzWHob9LNtGSeMf_sv_PxbD6NY_VJo4xF3Nnf9dG5Ug8BQqOsL-GJtgd5Y2/s320/DSC02433.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaS9Bb6xH5PwuaL5X2Tdn1-EBjUGeQekxbiIIpnULdLn-pmdNd7zV4UI9sU9s9NWFvcDSQVIB-H7opSKeXeMY_PiuAd3CPDD0sCPIYPBxsVKbs9_f1qXf7MQiCm1wLpCRkSoW8x0lLxpS/s1600-h/DSC02442.JPG"></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5su8gsOkD8o4nk8O_Bliml-SElRFIP5SNqsWNMroTxraGj1prFptXkXM4eEaUlku_FrvO0LevCI9zK5oTDGpjn8LmhkEG3YA5qS7rcn8G1pyJDwfcttA0BJF7v1A7YVbstc3x1NThebCo/s1600-h/DSC02434.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250188407684799602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5su8gsOkD8o4nk8O_Bliml-SElRFIP5SNqsWNMroTxraGj1prFptXkXM4eEaUlku_FrvO0LevCI9zK5oTDGpjn8LmhkEG3YA5qS7rcn8G1pyJDwfcttA0BJF7v1A7YVbstc3x1NThebCo/s320/DSC02434.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipevfO6rUsGe8OJ00z5Mz0dzr-Fw2XWbwS6LnKl7xLugkgEdbkAX3-1gw64YTA9Df35pIyx03jsVQ3-n4_t60xRgy_VEDyFW41htMij2Olgs6FeSZIN556OdetlNF8vg87LTtkz9SpUoaX/s1600-h/DSC02435.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250188412242426466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipevfO6rUsGe8OJ00z5Mz0dzr-Fw2XWbwS6LnKl7xLugkgEdbkAX3-1gw64YTA9Df35pIyx03jsVQ3-n4_t60xRgy_VEDyFW41htMij2Olgs6FeSZIN556OdetlNF8vg87LTtkz9SpUoaX/s320/DSC02435.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Andrew was able to ride in the grain combine with grandpa this year. He really loves all of the big equipment, so he is always super excited to get to ride along. But even as exciting as it was it almost never fails that after a little while the vibrations get to him and he settles in and has a little nap. He is definitely our little future farmer.<br /><br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-1674191104085891792008-09-25T21:25:00.000-07:002008-09-25T21:49:59.924-07:00My Baby Turned 2!!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mKLKfebYrNs0bp7jh_CR6ryXqd9H1OKppHLu4afWxQndp7SBsq6LfKo3wDu3YXdtYsd8XugDI2NOW2RTlylB4gadzDRl41ie_Pn7j7pJQ2s8rowjt1fjxlDg49EEogHdj_Luy0h3uvlq/s1600-h/DSC02445.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250184977631160034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mKLKfebYrNs0bp7jh_CR6ryXqd9H1OKppHLu4afWxQndp7SBsq6LfKo3wDu3YXdtYsd8XugDI2NOW2RTlylB4gadzDRl41ie_Pn7j7pJQ2s8rowjt1fjxlDg49EEogHdj_Luy0h3uvlq/s320/DSC02445.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Andrew wanted to have his party at a local pizza place that has a huge play area. He and his cousins had tons of fun running around and sliding. I swear he didn't hardly slow down long enough to sit and open his presents and have a couple of bites of cake.</div><div align="center">I can't believe he is already two. Time sure <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">flys</span> by. He is tons of fun and makes us all laugh. He is truly a blessing to our family. He was so worth all of the effort that it took to get him here. I am so glad that we didn't give up and were so blessed to have my sweet boy. </div><div align="center"> Andrew is talking all the time anymore. He says the funniest things. When Jon came home from work the other day he says to him, "I sure miss you dad!" It totally made his dad's day. He also really likes to say "Mommy watch me, watch me." over and over. He has also started into the whole WHY stage. We sure do love him!!! </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbtrU9h1bUqY3QlWpo_FXasxu8AYc7LdjvuPLWHQSRGLrqJVUBtm_CibCTa_L8wuDrBqYmLqXYn81d_v2ljHH95LP3QXsT0q970qP5SltkU9WVhz7j3pF5fPD0Ixg3MDgQkUjq3y9X5Mf/s1600-h/DSC02456.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250184982828120082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbtrU9h1bUqY3QlWpo_FXasxu8AYc7LdjvuPLWHQSRGLrqJVUBtm_CibCTa_L8wuDrBqYmLqXYn81d_v2ljHH95LP3QXsT0q970qP5SltkU9WVhz7j3pF5fPD0Ixg3MDgQkUjq3y9X5Mf/s320/DSC02456.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnZhGAA5PaWmLQn-jBSkRSfV0yNsvf13vBxCa1kq9j4F8rJYS2bcga68xkr9tsMVpqwv8JQN-pEaC4v72VkoQtlkH3ceDbc2liFjSCHZkPfO2RnPkzK0KyGPV15qpral-21JDdYCgSCG4/s1600-h/DSC02446.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0706EOQx4fnNAFh1XHrdI4FSDjwH7ZvLI8PxyFiOqqXA0BBkmK0cmxBoAGxiQEV3jfQb2ZsSY-hGTh_MD4g8TPpq_tF9JwLr3XkMUMIx0qXMEW8nUK1XyHIkErN5yVUkgRxtQwGgFJM_p/s1600-h/DSC02441.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250183147079317330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0706EOQx4fnNAFh1XHrdI4FSDjwH7ZvLI8PxyFiOqqXA0BBkmK0cmxBoAGxiQEV3jfQb2ZsSY-hGTh_MD4g8TPpq_tF9JwLr3XkMUMIx0qXMEW8nUK1XyHIkErN5yVUkgRxtQwGgFJM_p/s320/DSC02441.JPG" border="0" /></a> Andrew wanted a tractor cake. He really loves anything that has to do with any kind of large equipment. Backhoes are his favorite. I wasn't sure of the best way to make a cake shaped like a tractor so Isabel and I bought some tractors and put them on our Oreo dirt and candy rock cake. It turned out pretty cute and he was really excited about it.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-16812733560011884692008-08-21T13:37:00.000-07:002008-08-21T13:56:58.640-07:00First Day of School<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyaAtdMKEzFjrHdb3snJzRt3ts-Gy-77JnpSCWOJHVhNmMxBPnTkpv6dVFDUVbPKKOKIZUt2VbJdHlQTsS99IVH0rJDAM8-5QcrmHCTRxqnm38h0o-1tOfCSuQxDpMS87C2cRK23XZoLB/s1600-h/SLC+home+show+-+first+day+of+school+074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237073698518986562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyaAtdMKEzFjrHdb3snJzRt3ts-Gy-77JnpSCWOJHVhNmMxBPnTkpv6dVFDUVbPKKOKIZUt2VbJdHlQTsS99IVH0rJDAM8-5QcrmHCTRxqnm38h0o-1tOfCSuQxDpMS87C2cRK23XZoLB/s320/SLC+home+show+-+first+day+of+school+074.JPG" border="0" /></a> Isabel picked out her first day of school clothes the other day at the mall. She got this cute dress at American Eagle. Holy Cow! How did my little girl start fitting into clothes in the junior section. Her feet are now only a half a size smaller that mine. I miss my little girl, but am so excited to see what kind of young women she will become. She is such a sweet girl.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQ-yZ7zzsma3I5z0YUTNMY-0R8vvW8gklYhQ6dTdOAR7u09YN66EY_IVcN3SYQ4Nl-y9HTdVECH37nQRfca_bmAb4vbLNI8ciDsAJF1JzaiTSBhGBFhSANmkSB7zl7vSxIeJS8gnK-9m_/s1600-h/SLC+home+show+-+first+day+of+school+077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237073530398889442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQ-yZ7zzsma3I5z0YUTNMY-0R8vvW8gklYhQ6dTdOAR7u09YN66EY_IVcN3SYQ4Nl-y9HTdVECH37nQRfca_bmAb4vbLNI8ciDsAJF1JzaiTSBhGBFhSANmkSB7zl7vSxIeJS8gnK-9m_/s320/SLC+home+show+-+first+day+of+school+077.JPG" border="0" /></a> Isabel had her first day of school on Wednesday. Actually it was kind of a first day of school for all of us. We signed up for The Idaho Virtual Academy for this year. So I am her teacher for this year and we do it all at home. It is a neat program where they send you all of your curriculm and supplies, and you also have a teacher that is always available to help you out. And it is all free because it is a charter school. We just really felt like we needed to try something new this year, and out of the available choices here, we really felt this one was the best one. Isabel is really excited about it. I am a little nervous, but so far it has been great. They also set up alot of activities so you have a chance to meet lots of other families. Isabel is also signed up for Art classes at the art museum. She had taken classes there before we moved to NM and really missed her teacher. So she is super excited about that. She is still trying to decide on one other acitivity. She is thinking maybe karate. I think that would be a great choice for her.<br />And in case you didn't notice her hair in the pictures. Yes it is hot pink. Last time her and I went to get our hair cut I went dark and she got a little pink. She loves it and I figure it is just hair. It is semi-permenant so it will eventually wash out, but it is lots of fun in the mean time.<br /><div></div></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-58089817003893046522008-08-21T11:52:00.001-07:002008-08-21T12:04:09.435-07:00Our New House<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkjZ7MJdP9P-BpERENCIgTmtI_z6KCr3twXrTDz87gPpNMIQd1aRTyUnpTn47v1bzuWAHan0hVMmGjv66icibTziJzJbtJMAiKi9udpsb8fSBPssf3lLl9XUYwO16-IOcHUnkHOYAGVt1/s1600-h/Ken's+Pictures-grain+field+212.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237046512027191218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkjZ7MJdP9P-BpERENCIgTmtI_z6KCr3twXrTDz87gPpNMIQd1aRTyUnpTn47v1bzuWAHan0hVMmGjv66icibTziJzJbtJMAiKi9udpsb8fSBPssf3lLl9XUYwO16-IOcHUnkHOYAGVt1/s320/Ken's+Pictures-grain+field+212.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJCgmO2u51rdd1SJN5LpGakDw6RutAKD7l2xdJNRxN97QCBn6gDGCAPTavGf0ADlgdF9wh80FltXsGPNJNE5n8KfuOdLLRsMmrjCP1p51Fsty2ksE1yeCdDGFornuJU6anecL-l8ABZHM/s1600-h/Ken's+Pictures-grain+field+211.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237046343339840258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJCgmO2u51rdd1SJN5LpGakDw6RutAKD7l2xdJNRxN97QCBn6gDGCAPTavGf0ADlgdF9wh80FltXsGPNJNE5n8KfuOdLLRsMmrjCP1p51Fsty2ksE1yeCdDGFornuJU6anecL-l8ABZHM/s320/Ken's+Pictures-grain+field+211.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5lynzlFvlfgd31m-aEFWAOUGcXMh5Lz5bv70E6VCBIXaeWzMqGJHwFRAYfJpgUQjmr3e0C-mf1G_vWXqXoMmAlQeclM3SrAqZ3aPu5fRR8ZsZQ_W-MKTRZYO-MZoiqjj_CTVVPZbzWEW/s1600-h/Ken's+Pictures-grain+field+210.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237046097871739042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5lynzlFvlfgd31m-aEFWAOUGcXMh5Lz5bv70E6VCBIXaeWzMqGJHwFRAYfJpgUQjmr3e0C-mf1G_vWXqXoMmAlQeclM3SrAqZ3aPu5fRR8ZsZQ_W-MKTRZYO-MZoiqjj_CTVVPZbzWEW/s320/Ken's+Pictures-grain+field+210.JPG" border="0" /></a> We are just getting ready to start constuction on our new home. My dad was so great and gave us five acres to build on. It is the first house we have completely designed and we are so excited. We almost have the plans finalized and my dad should be harvesting the barley off next week. Then we just have to get it surveyed and get our permits. Then we will be underway. It will probably get started mid September and be done sometime in January. (If the weather cooperates.) We will keep updating with its progress. And when we finally move in we expect <strong>lots</strong> of visitors. So start planning your vacations now! <br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-13531378838979272362008-08-18T17:27:00.000-07:002008-08-18T17:47:17.724-07:00Jon climbs Mt. Borah<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLng0NvnPUi3l1FEDHK5k7FcJD7XdQ6fhC9dAx4LYDzunR6NzZJNxeZ5fqfX-jk8WXMsOi1kAHigm2TJI52tiZ8S5axK9CU6qYQcNlTAdJtSJ3ECLTr1NspPZ6v_Zg0oXPUdQtT3dbYBDy/s1600-h/Mt+Borah+089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236023341650535682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLng0NvnPUi3l1FEDHK5k7FcJD7XdQ6fhC9dAx4LYDzunR6NzZJNxeZ5fqfX-jk8WXMsOi1kAHigm2TJI52tiZ8S5axK9CU6qYQcNlTAdJtSJ3ECLTr1NspPZ6v_Zg0oXPUdQtT3dbYBDy/s320/Mt+Borah+089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHULbGI097FvoO56izIoFL-vpAtai0f9_ea8kfQr2sZhrT9to9GbBHPSeIzKap7ZmBLBSuWfjW-lEEEGujG1iYAfD7abgDjuosH7gw0n1CMoIxTgs92Xo29rJ8Ff12kLbTNSViuwmazL27/s1600-h/Mt+Borah+064.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236023074912151762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHULbGI097FvoO56izIoFL-vpAtai0f9_ea8kfQr2sZhrT9to9GbBHPSeIzKap7ZmBLBSuWfjW-lEEEGujG1iYAfD7abgDjuosH7gw0n1CMoIxTgs92Xo29rJ8Ff12kLbTNSViuwmazL27/s320/Mt+Borah+064.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4EMP141oeb9Ox_vNzPFD41shFWJB8ljVIDDepr8oB_jzoBB1ty9Retm8b1u1rIMoBoIWa7uq17w36UInvmpKjgVYqEdTuupncRCm_2tHxyUPKjJ0IeV1DzvjrBNoi-1O_BDBPd1jU-2o/s1600-h/Mt+Borah+021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236022713130672434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4EMP141oeb9Ox_vNzPFD41shFWJB8ljVIDDepr8oB_jzoBB1ty9Retm8b1u1rIMoBoIWa7uq17w36UInvmpKjgVYqEdTuupncRCm_2tHxyUPKjJ0IeV1DzvjrBNoi-1O_BDBPd1jU-2o/s320/Mt+Borah+021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Jon, his brother Kenny and his dad took a group of scouts to the top of Mount Borah. In all it took them about 11 hours round trip. Only a few made it all of the way to the top. It was quite an accomplishment. We were all so proud of him. </div></div></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040218582228883184.post-51070682328457819202008-07-08T15:22:00.000-07:002008-07-08T15:36:27.483-07:00The Top of the Mountain<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeYPQa9UfAavWBodDe7cHL9QZMi6aHjVWFfmIDVU7o4J3DSChek12tG8WysWyVhordcb65GlVutP8ag9Mg_IEszO5Qav0T3HCp1Pw2PSTd1OfGD-xtjePyGZtpEgBfI6fkTjG3yrH6kIa/s1600-h/4th+July+Weekend+08+014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220773712285789282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeYPQa9UfAavWBodDe7cHL9QZMi6aHjVWFfmIDVU7o4J3DSChek12tG8WysWyVhordcb65GlVutP8ag9Mg_IEszO5Qav0T3HCp1Pw2PSTd1OfGD-xtjePyGZtpEgBfI6fkTjG3yrH6kIa/s320/4th+July+Weekend+08+014.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jon and I on top of the world!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVHAKD7K7T6AOkBcHuoFoN2rOwxulynzo82QiNstTNcQ5WH_XS9lRzhl2z76V0jc9j_hykFI833sD0TC-8PmK6PHsI9mC0kuXynzvJaTHTwJxqqPzK1-TtWtNVjTk7A50meP2eMuLpjPO/s1600-h/4th+July+Weekend+08+017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220773722610724914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVHAKD7K7T6AOkBcHuoFoN2rOwxulynzo82QiNstTNcQ5WH_XS9lRzhl2z76V0jc9j_hykFI833sD0TC-8PmK6PHsI9mC0kuXynzvJaTHTwJxqqPzK1-TtWtNVjTk7A50meP2eMuLpjPO/s320/4th+July+Weekend+08+017.JPG" border="0" /></a>The veiw was amazing!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmEd2_eqvAqSrfNWfuV050ppohFq0T9Sx1KauEZQHtscC4p40RtkC4knGyzNusJ36kgF0OvoUZpSP4vWKuQ1wo2HVh9InzG9i0B9alLqrG0jgNuN37sGqhNLg7wtpsaqwRnXXEmq31M72/s1600-h/4th+July+Weekend+08+020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220773727567187490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmEd2_eqvAqSrfNWfuV050ppohFq0T9Sx1KauEZQHtscC4p40RtkC4knGyzNusJ36kgF0OvoUZpSP4vWKuQ1wo2HVh9InzG9i0B9alLqrG0jgNuN37sGqhNLg7wtpsaqwRnXXEmq31M72/s320/4th+July+Weekend+08+020.JPG" border="0" /></a>There is one peak that there is piles of shale rock. People have stacked it up and made huge piles. Someone had made a fort out of it since we were there last. It was really cool. It was a huge round tower that was probably at least 8 ft. in diameter and 8ft. tall. It had to have taken along time to do. And some of the rocks were really big. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNoFo6QTEB-FRQzMO1Co0onUg4YVyMnPWUHILez2ASsLxLvP7hdlsmNJeD9l7BbZno-P0s2k307Bs5j63XvRNd3A_lUoKi6b-ixCtVIW6bqH5QLQsQ6D-HwFkoAXjWQfoyp2199XT9coG/s1600-h/4th+July+Weekend+08+021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220773735228069282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNoFo6QTEB-FRQzMO1Co0onUg4YVyMnPWUHILez2ASsLxLvP7hdlsmNJeD9l7BbZno-P0s2k307Bs5j63XvRNd3A_lUoKi6b-ixCtVIW6bqH5QLQsQ6D-HwFkoAXjWQfoyp2199XT9coG/s320/4th+July+Weekend+08+021.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here are some more of the piles of rocks. Some people have taken up paint and wrote their names and a date. We will have to do that one of these days.</div><div align="center"><br />Jon and I went to the top of the mountain above our cabin on the 4-wheeler. It was a lot of fun to just get away. The view from the top is spectacular. You can see into Montana, all of the way to Island Park resevoir, and back to Idaho Falls. It is a great trip!<br /></div>D Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175258895951012014noreply@blogger.com3