tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35709447467825559402024-03-13T19:56:28.976-05:00The Gibbs AdventuresJodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-17351034019391340312009-09-07T21:57:00.000-05:002009-09-07T21:57:56.974-05:00Sea World Vacation<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBUVO5L1n6dOvG4pYlQ6vAR_XuViGx0dFm9xJwK2xiCXmv7FBGXlQBBrZM-DUM3fpo4cNlY7srEuCL3meTe9mVXncJooWa4a-eIg4P3D24_lY0Mab4q0O7_8I8BKyY5H3087l6hYB5LOF/s1600-h/025.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBUVO5L1n6dOvG4pYlQ6vAR_XuViGx0dFm9xJwK2xiCXmv7FBGXlQBBrZM-DUM3fpo4cNlY7srEuCL3meTe9mVXncJooWa4a-eIg4P3D24_lY0Mab4q0O7_8I8BKyY5H3087l6hYB5LOF/s320/025.jpg" /></a> </div><br />We had another fantastic time in San Antonio visiting Sea World! We all LOVE going to see the shows and go on some rides. We enjoy being able to visit with our friend Chuck who is so awesome to allow the girls (and us) to have the experience of touching the whales! What an amazing opportunity for the girls to learn about the beluga whales in a way that really brings them to life! Thanks Chuck! It was a weekend filled with lots of laughs, making somores and just hanging out together! Some of the best times and I'll cherish them forever!!! Hope everyone had a great labor day weekend as well.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-15899063812196474292009-09-02T07:04:00.000-05:002009-09-02T07:05:13.388-05:00Go Big Red!!!!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmRHUU-g8P-2-JFO5uEkwinUPRZrAtA2btTNyl5fikl5twjxLUag3kWp6hLgw85ZppqKzjcOiQ9muWkXpEXp5d5MFZcpq7XGktvjsMTdIOocwcLI0vIs1jXldeVZSGlUHTyVIYGDYGjQP/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmRHUU-g8P-2-JFO5uEkwinUPRZrAtA2btTNyl5fikl5twjxLUag3kWp6hLgw85ZppqKzjcOiQ9muWkXpEXp5d5MFZcpq7XGktvjsMTdIOocwcLI0vIs1jXldeVZSGlUHTyVIYGDYGjQP/s320/011.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufqTpwXVtUI1tr3Z6SU35T9Cm4qnMBJpzz577FFDc7HQq_xfYuECy2tfMj16oMcfLmcT3fJZFX2LKfRs97We4Cg56U-dejEduWYW8JTItHPIVR2apTUP3moDy085Ntwffut1_SM3u0qSv/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufqTpwXVtUI1tr3Z6SU35T9Cm4qnMBJpzz577FFDc7HQq_xfYuECy2tfMj16oMcfLmcT3fJZFX2LKfRs97We4Cg56U-dejEduWYW8JTItHPIVR2apTUP3moDy085Ntwffut1_SM3u0qSv/s320/012.JPG" /></a> Today is wear your favorite team shirt day at Sydney's school - thanks to Aunt Jill for getting her this great Nebraska Husker's jersey!!! She loves it!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalOGUQYH3LqYunyChW43EovbyGDDMouInCrdO8tMuKZiUcDAIZNfux0jh8YtE2bB8lDVBD2T4M3PXc53RBsJlFu8h5DzdJ12JCDp2MIXCcKrJgl4-s6WqIInUwtBjeR4hi44qdAyktUwN/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalOGUQYH3LqYunyChW43EovbyGDDMouInCrdO8tMuKZiUcDAIZNfux0jh8YtE2bB8lDVBD2T4M3PXc53RBsJlFu8h5DzdJ12JCDp2MIXCcKrJgl4-s6WqIInUwtBjeR4hi44qdAyktUwN/s320/013.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvG6tPPZ6Xbew0FhS2ipVC4rgetWztyA2fvdZp8LyEvEStXFEiATV7Pg4SvRm962j7r7GmgM562kJE5WyfwP6A4zAAnj6h3zeBO8QPF2ABoPiXX-jMx375lAUhGUphIjxiKJr9BjnzTzC/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvG6tPPZ6Xbew0FhS2ipVC4rgetWztyA2fvdZp8LyEvEStXFEiATV7Pg4SvRm962j7r7GmgM562kJE5WyfwP6A4zAAnj6h3zeBO8QPF2ABoPiXX-jMx375lAUhGUphIjxiKJr9BjnzTzC/s320/014.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-66273674329899491622009-08-31T21:54:00.000-05:002009-08-31T21:55:03.838-05:00Howdy Friend Day!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYeAt8jV8YdoqmdhMSbr0XWpGEpllbtlpQnf2LQkiViZkf9qO1cz8DLYFeYZjYWcIR21Bm-LlpdF-Dm3hiBLLxJtJ2WirdAhKULw1Mv66QTRChWo66b8duKPVDofU8fOfFOt3yr9Vl_Nd/s1600-h/021.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYeAt8jV8YdoqmdhMSbr0XWpGEpllbtlpQnf2LQkiViZkf9qO1cz8DLYFeYZjYWcIR21Bm-LlpdF-Dm3hiBLLxJtJ2WirdAhKULw1Mv66QTRChWo66b8duKPVDofU8fOfFOt3yr9Vl_Nd/s320/021.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#cc66cc;">Today was "Howdy Friend" day at Sydney's school so they were asked to dress like cowgirls and cowboys! She wanted a pink cowgirl had but, no need for cowgirl boots (thankfully because I didn't have either). She had a great time! I happend to see her teacher tonight and she told me that Sydney wore her hat all day! What fun. Sydney is really enjoying school and I think is starting to make some new friends too!</span></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-18809546414015564352009-08-24T13:38:00.000-05:002009-08-24T13:39:13.830-05:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFIA9dgym5-51zS5YB6FFmjiVfu6eQ-0ynoeG_ojmCoqWHXzGZGMao_kJmRaJGMj7U0ICZsrkuG4oAdw0cWIbG9qh-mtocZXr_66il-GewLtD3ZDIFPnv3X6ULpP9qLvCNvZ8tSyKkN1T/s1600-h/034.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFIA9dgym5-51zS5YB6FFmjiVfu6eQ-0ynoeG_ojmCoqWHXzGZGMao_kJmRaJGMj7U0ICZsrkuG4oAdw0cWIbG9qh-mtocZXr_66il-GewLtD3ZDIFPnv3X6ULpP9qLvCNvZ8tSyKkN1T/s320/034.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoETgoQDnyH7oextnsGyu6sccvQWNIeW9ENe1Ra4VUryjaFKMUYeC-4nVZPkwaGPdrErRjoPkPfo9DyQx_XIquIoMg__dTR_18glGEpclACUsLNz3iw25MjxCN4jd2O-wZMu05RgIxJZBB/s1600-h/035.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoETgoQDnyH7oextnsGyu6sccvQWNIeW9ENe1Ra4VUryjaFKMUYeC-4nVZPkwaGPdrErRjoPkPfo9DyQx_XIquIoMg__dTR_18glGEpclACUsLNz3iw25MjxCN4jd2O-wZMu05RgIxJZBB/s320/035.JPG" /></a> Our first arrival at school.....believe it or not when we were done taking this there was a line forming of parents wanting the same thing! Cute!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQGofypXF_2KijbiuBJ4r3dG-sNVMADTpMUCcbByGKqGzmnoJRMuwcFLhvNdNpNB-2I83Xlqz-P8jVE-lNc27JT8f9jN8ghBtL84O7SP_VvjxaAzRl-AhvaTe4rf5q-k_1l3E8azPf1rS/s1600-h/038.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQGofypXF_2KijbiuBJ4r3dG-sNVMADTpMUCcbByGKqGzmnoJRMuwcFLhvNdNpNB-2I83Xlqz-P8jVE-lNc27JT8f9jN8ghBtL84O7SP_VvjxaAzRl-AhvaTe4rf5q-k_1l3E8azPf1rS/s320/038.JPG" /></a> One last hug for Mommy! Sydney was more than fine being there!</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-73466697042811542742009-08-24T13:36:00.000-05:002009-08-24T13:36:48.480-05:001st Day of Kindergarten.....<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnJ9ZDLRghQji85Ly4kEpnmtOGA9KTP1kXYJ-5wwVJjPB1hyfbwwg0FCbz2B3PTwaI56IPtUYUfZYOia0LWCk5-SPt4feSWNkC3M_smouADRN6AQOgaCAryI-yCmTAuGceunzN-hGBeRZ/s1600-h/029.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnJ9ZDLRghQji85Ly4kEpnmtOGA9KTP1kXYJ-5wwVJjPB1hyfbwwg0FCbz2B3PTwaI56IPtUYUfZYOia0LWCk5-SPt4feSWNkC3M_smouADRN6AQOgaCAryI-yCmTAuGceunzN-hGBeRZ/s320/029.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDaqPxkOWCdv1gp4ZOsvWLA5Smo0Ga7DPGwL4XjmrGyFbQngqYTiuA8qUvDlBfJ8Cn9ioUSA4dmezT2toc7hvHu9U8hz0nDH3Tg1e3XQ8pW0xapEsN1S-UPaGnExPUtvnidZsKZPgStkk/s1600-h/030.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDaqPxkOWCdv1gp4ZOsvWLA5Smo0Ga7DPGwL4XjmrGyFbQngqYTiuA8qUvDlBfJ8Cn9ioUSA4dmezT2toc7hvHu9U8hz0nDH3Tg1e3XQ8pW0xapEsN1S-UPaGnExPUtvnidZsKZPgStkk/s320/030.JPG" /></a> I can't believe that my little girl is already off to Kindergarten! I know that many of my friends have already gone thru this and more with their kids...some even going off to college this year! It was a great morning walking her to school. Samantha was great too...although she wasn't very happy with her outfit today - she said it was plain! She's now wearing a uniform being in the big kid class at her school. My little "fashionista" is going to have some challenges the next 2 years I think. I promised her I would let her wear fancy socks and fun hair bows! Not sure that is going to fix it but, it's all I can do for now! I'm anxiously waiting to go pick up Sydney and hear all about her first day! Yes, I took today off work - just too much to get packed in today.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInjF892v-lD51RNR-AwkX3Z20pk_i8q9DCa8eO5CJEVKL-hhzhlmkH04_ZCZMOhDj-JUpMMmiP947aAVITspxYyV4kjOYops4POOcm5ofsLY2gM0TqPRBGYR3HoMxrTmWUIaOmiz1vMi2/s1600-h/031.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInjF892v-lD51RNR-AwkX3Z20pk_i8q9DCa8eO5CJEVKL-hhzhlmkH04_ZCZMOhDj-JUpMMmiP947aAVITspxYyV4kjOYops4POOcm5ofsLY2gM0TqPRBGYR3HoMxrTmWUIaOmiz1vMi2/s320/031.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gZc2P62wTSNBijnYIiHWKvgrNhaGGkdD47uovgXDQk3dfLTxZHph-HgBJq647Ya3_uVjBtECQvud5nL3Pi0uaSO17LlU0JUk-2p-OEFxA8MoMztjWyS7iTFwo42nxTwOUldPQndaZ9E2/s1600-h/032.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gZc2P62wTSNBijnYIiHWKvgrNhaGGkdD47uovgXDQk3dfLTxZHph-HgBJq647Ya3_uVjBtECQvud5nL3Pi0uaSO17LlU0JUk-2p-OEFxA8MoMztjWyS7iTFwo42nxTwOUldPQndaZ9E2/s320/032.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-62386232296066947052009-07-01T17:24:00.002-05:002009-07-01T17:26:09.679-05:00Ready, Set, Go....Well, the cleaning is done, the food has been bought - now the waiting for Neal's family to arrive. it's going to be a very busy weekend around here! 14 Gibbs all together in one place...what fun! We'll be bom barding the Arboretum for some family pictures, Six Flags for some screams and roars and hanging in the pool and bbq in the back yard. I just wish it was a few degrees cooler!Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-80310803086873460702009-06-21T23:01:00.005-05:002009-06-21T23:16:24.391-05:00Sydney's 5!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDc6LVUZCUE3IfZah5W0UU_bkKcaax4G9aSwtHkY9yockFvL2Ddqlswp2T6w-YExBgFeMsZEB2Wk5IkaIrvG60x67ui6aTzlZ-WqNgUvg3uzN0V1xZt0Jl4j_zvkfdqSL_dR2MV2MJ3oXb/s1600-h/056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350000615384530818" 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/AVvXsEhDc6LVUZCUE3IfZah5W0UU_bkKcaax4G9aSwtHkY9yockFvL2Ddqlswp2T6w-YExBgFeMsZEB2Wk5IkaIrvG60x67ui6aTzlZ-WqNgUvg3uzN0V1xZt0Jl4j_zvkfdqSL_dR2MV2MJ3oXb/s320/056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7pOPN3FBegbJVZKlMXA16_kpDPen74K6k8CWWo2OdQTb4GFYG9VWy6vQu0FNqDKE2udowNQSjW0sRCsywabpov__Mn8akqzhxBzVS4q_68NuQ_EpKj8MzOqdSQz_pmlj5y3eGq31kS3J/s1600-h/046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349999938545744002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7pOPN3FBegbJVZKlMXA16_kpDPen74K6k8CWWo2OdQTb4GFYG9VWy6vQu0FNqDKE2udowNQSjW0sRCsywabpov__Mn8akqzhxBzVS4q_68NuQ_EpKj8MzOqdSQz_pmlj5y3eGq31kS3J/s320/046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwAAGEM-BMNPzWVehbIdPrep8E_mvnn3vmTVM8NLrkDoAzco0EkvPPshWoIqHXhcThMfP1x1AJ9rYsJOxBQppzCop4HXfLH6aPp15Y5cwho7y8-U7JyXDS6mua8fPCB1S6rCztKPfiJj2/s1600-h/039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349999459852442834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwAAGEM-BMNPzWVehbIdPrep8E_mvnn3vmTVM8NLrkDoAzco0EkvPPshWoIqHXhcThMfP1x1AJ9rYsJOxBQppzCop4HXfLH6aPp15Y5cwho7y8-U7JyXDS6mua8fPCB1S6rCztKPfiJj2/s320/039.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1n7QrX97jioy4B3lF9Q4Qg_3QB0InYoJJRtWii-0EHH2XmyBNPet1Uwu7gO_9z5NP2AjjQmmk3YXUWCS03CsMONqxRz9g04RHYPy8rJEh1fUjfi7SjMbN2ueUip7cp73iS4RyN0_Qtsgr/s1600-h/036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349997943550403730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1n7QrX97jioy4B3lF9Q4Qg_3QB0InYoJJRtWii-0EHH2XmyBNPet1Uwu7gO_9z5NP2AjjQmmk3YXUWCS03CsMONqxRz9g04RHYPy8rJEh1fUjfi7SjMbN2ueUip7cp73iS4RyN0_Qtsgr/s320/036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p>Wow - how fast time goes by! Sydney turned 5 on Saturday and had a blast with her friends! All she asked for was a pony ride for her party...well, she and her friends had 2 ponies for 2 hours and did those ponies ever work!! She is still saying thank you for a great day! She's grown up so fast now that she knows she is 5! Today she asked me when she gets to ride in the way back of our suburban. When I told her not for a while she said, maybe when I'm 10! So, all day she's talking about things she can do when she's 10! Wow, she's not even been 5 for 24 hours and she's ready to move on. Not me! She also swam the length of our pool tonight without stopping to "rest"! That was fun to watch...to see the excitement in her eyes was priceless. She's also working on her handstands under the water - ofcourse makes mom nervous but, I guess I'd better get used to that one! Sydney Grace - I love you more than I ever thought I could! May God protect you all the days of your life and you always keep Him close! I love you sugars! Mommy.</p><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><p></p></div></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-53038932639134107712009-06-03T23:41:00.002-05:002009-06-03T23:44:20.945-05:00I love surprises!!!!I know it's been a super long time since I've posted something...sorry - things have been really busy! Tonight was no different considering that I'm just getting home and yes, it's 11:30 pm and it's a "school night"!!! Neal totally surprised me with a date night! i love him!!!!<br />He took me to a really nice dinner at Sambuca downtown Dallas and then we went on to the Magestic Theater to listen to Bryan Adams!!!! I love him too!! :) We sat in the 4th row from the front - AWESOME!!! He was singing w/just his gutair and on some songs a piano - AMAZING! I'll upload some video's tomorrow - off to bed! Tomorrow is going to be a really long day!<br /><br />LOVE you Neal!!Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-61197478912911573132009-05-25T22:25:00.000-05:002009-05-25T22:26:07.756-05:00Samantha's favorite ride!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOSMLCdCPYSPbGPXoGHCjlfHlVsXLc3xEWFLzuUnB45O2C1ZkLQdBQwnd7iS2eVwGgTncUWXkON9wWO6omdpH61KO2QPzvJ7hz5VSFrMb94ck3WAmCUQfJcKRHl6j2_VQ0mdz-KA_5KN7/s1600-h/440.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOSMLCdCPYSPbGPXoGHCjlfHlVsXLc3xEWFLzuUnB45O2C1ZkLQdBQwnd7iS2eVwGgTncUWXkON9wWO6omdpH61KO2QPzvJ7hz5VSFrMb94ck3WAmCUQfJcKRHl6j2_VQ0mdz-KA_5KN7/s320/440.JPG" border="0" /></a> So, if you ask Samantha what her favorite ride was at Disney World she would definately tell you it's the tea cup ride....I think these pictures proove it! I took these while her and I were on the ride....totally spinning! It was such a great time! The last picture is actually of Sydney and Aunt Jill over there somewhere! I kept trying to catch them.....</div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljAuF-SKYD0_Yvtbw0JQ-15JWKRZKGk84GnI0BFdC2L1De2LffK1Yp_vKgyLt7uB2_cSBK_a49ujUCu-vI64OLWOyX1mWKpEVqnd9UHEtkCh_vP4GT2ASTFe1wIFJQseFmfVJNMftnzrj/s1600-h/441.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljAuF-SKYD0_Yvtbw0JQ-15JWKRZKGk84GnI0BFdC2L1De2LffK1Yp_vKgyLt7uB2_cSBK_a49ujUCu-vI64OLWOyX1mWKpEVqnd9UHEtkCh_vP4GT2ASTFe1wIFJQseFmfVJNMftnzrj/s320/441.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFyVC-7WS_27CV6056bDi7mELUDxOdKgBc7Km7Vs9AUVyo05SsGIq-hBs4XoVj1J7ZYYXtwYttKeMx4fMjBAsrfaSxHsHl5YT2juECKKQWvNkU_pUIk2aoRzitGGyOndoE9IWtCrEMWpZ/s1600-h/442.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFyVC-7WS_27CV6056bDi7mELUDxOdKgBc7Km7Vs9AUVyo05SsGIq-hBs4XoVj1J7ZYYXtwYttKeMx4fMjBAsrfaSxHsHl5YT2juECKKQWvNkU_pUIk2aoRzitGGyOndoE9IWtCrEMWpZ/s320/442.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBbCYRqp-NCGgUcb4fh57CxpzMuGT_hMcGihyWDBRBGkCXLz013g5uhZVuzjTjkELERMecsqefObZtBpzy2V18FobTOUhHMwfziXOE0O8ViP631B1LFQ5E7dkQz1HE33HJ9QIaGdW_sN-/s1600-h/443.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBbCYRqp-NCGgUcb4fh57CxpzMuGT_hMcGihyWDBRBGkCXLz013g5uhZVuzjTjkELERMecsqefObZtBpzy2V18FobTOUhHMwfziXOE0O8ViP631B1LFQ5E7dkQz1HE33HJ9QIaGdW_sN-/s320/443.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-18606638465166398192009-05-25T21:57:00.000-05:002009-05-25T21:57:48.600-05:00Disney MagicA few weeks ago we had the vacation of a lifetime! A week long trip to Disney World! It was the most fun that we've had in a very long time! We went to every park, the girls saw nearly every character & princess along with photos & autographs too! Grandma & Grandpa joined us along with Aunt Jill. We had so much fun and we can't wait to go back. I'll post more pictures but thought I'd better get something online since it's been nearly a month! Believe it or not we just returned from a fun holiday weekend down in San Antonio and spent two days at Sea World. It was a blast too...the girls love Shamu and the Beluga whales!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kAW8V-Y6v4npwgA5jWhPQdXHw_pAjH6I37jaCVG-qbMn81j6KB_zMwi9DNEEOC1P90wkqE_Ncffl29JBVUdT6Q-uWrcjfgP3Y50zrknHo2vZgOhgH46TVJa0cIBkRQk2V9lRMAT2L29J/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kAW8V-Y6v4npwgA5jWhPQdXHw_pAjH6I37jaCVG-qbMn81j6KB_zMwi9DNEEOC1P90wkqE_Ncffl29JBVUdT6Q-uWrcjfgP3Y50zrknHo2vZgOhgH46TVJa0cIBkRQk2V9lRMAT2L29J/s320/025.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-14302442248293791522009-05-10T20:41:00.002-05:002009-05-10T20:45:26.893-05:00Day 1 - Epcot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSp8NLlFvITWgSa2xbiKowF-ee2f981yxaWjEdlyXtH9JfufeeN6z77JIGp3XUBuuGeYOXj1x1bftv5gDSqwpD9wzzydVi0Zqom9TXkqMFquPIjkTqRDfnmmEI8G81A5Y6qCruiLz3LRA1/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSp8NLlFvITWgSa2xbiKowF-ee2f981yxaWjEdlyXtH9JfufeeN6z77JIGp3XUBuuGeYOXj1x1bftv5gDSqwpD9wzzydVi0Zqom9TXkqMFquPIjkTqRDfnmmEI8G81A5Y6qCruiLz3LRA1/s320/008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHztwHCP15xnWeQ49vyOSBzTUoDu-nkylbRVwBpCiwUUQPm-3Iyl2-R8MStOPTev21nljej9wDeEcjTqHBj4uVY7q0yFRtWNspwBjGS1nhapo8QC58I50hGIQPo-yHfQA1rILiyvkmu9o/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHztwHCP15xnWeQ49vyOSBzTUoDu-nkylbRVwBpCiwUUQPm-3Iyl2-R8MStOPTev21nljej9wDeEcjTqHBj4uVY7q0yFRtWNspwBjGS1nhapo8QC58I50hGIQPo-yHfQA1rILiyvkmu9o/s320/009.JPG" border="0" /></a> Epcot had way more to offer than any of us realized - we had a great time. They had a flower festival going on so lots and lots of gardens to enjoy! Here you see Sydney and Samantha hanging with Grandma & Grandpa a bit.....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkwMvFjA2CetLj5fTNaZeJZ-3G9fwa2FG4PnOZmZgfuZtqMSMreV_aUnqJM-N9O5qDV5bm_VgWD-XelWyF0v_0SfkDAuRrlI_UeX9RD_BkGiNJVZl0l_YEhn58-j8QSPa7huApWMJ1JBm/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkwMvFjA2CetLj5fTNaZeJZ-3G9fwa2FG4PnOZmZgfuZtqMSMreV_aUnqJM-N9O5qDV5bm_VgWD-XelWyF0v_0SfkDAuRrlI_UeX9RD_BkGiNJVZl0l_YEhn58-j8QSPa7huApWMJ1JBm/s320/010.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-19552399201977906872009-05-10T20:20:00.002-05:002009-05-10T20:43:34.980-05:00Disney World.....Magic!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCs9PepIZOAtvnm6u-5royvfbrIjZA8hZW3A3MPbis_5sUqo6C1Rj1CvNyWtG4SudSKZNbBaSkelTCCIJRpHKveW1F-A_9gw47QiGtuQeAMqj5sKja7zyXyLsn6eKhutS1JVAGB619Lro/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCs9PepIZOAtvnm6u-5royvfbrIjZA8hZW3A3MPbis_5sUqo6C1Rj1CvNyWtG4SudSKZNbBaSkelTCCIJRpHKveW1F-A_9gw47QiGtuQeAMqj5sKja7zyXyLsn6eKhutS1JVAGB619Lro/s320/005.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here the girls are all set on the plane ready to go to Disney World! They were very excited and really had no idea what they were in for. <br />So, trying a new way to upload pictures so, there is probably going to be quite a few "postings" that you'll get to look at inorder to do this faster....bear with me! :) Enjoy our trip to Disney - we did!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWpsJVuyLbMqIRsQf9ADcakLhlBygfYv54Q2YyxDGxcF2yXKTXpvHrqGxD20p8Kc2kBQy2OrL_2pEF94BDdDAArlCI6zVAtKyNuCyGJdzVyke4gbBd7Mvhp4wdu7NvZgV7btZ2sRVKi-j/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWpsJVuyLbMqIRsQf9ADcakLhlBygfYv54Q2YyxDGxcF2yXKTXpvHrqGxD20p8Kc2kBQy2OrL_2pEF94BDdDAArlCI6zVAtKyNuCyGJdzVyke4gbBd7Mvhp4wdu7NvZgV7btZ2sRVKi-j/s320/006.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-44490491635784761152009-04-27T21:31:00.002-05:002009-04-27T21:51:28.428-05:00Jesus is aliveI caught Samantha singing this cute little song she either learned at Sunday School or made up....so cute! Then ofcourse needed to get her to sing it again.....<br />Enjoy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEITZmNJkRMI3GraQnLdu7l69tibMToX1xwQTUJclfIWATKxu0pFrbxhVz0AEl38_efgKSvWgtrKBfZ4ZUf2UYrPazBl4WxWyIcEWwdxqN8oWfP0bdKdAFo4rtxIdvYDEAPXSZXH0UNOl/s1600-h/347.jpg"></a><div style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwZzIwO3agPoNDVElE9S6qDmVZ9_jbiMYeKrc7LFmcCD7ft2eL-SwLxw1Fvek9xT1vhitNuhuDYWANLfE74Dg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-56497475631473045052009-04-25T21:18:00.006-05:002009-04-25T21:34:26.127-05:00Happy Birthday Samantha<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSPl9eY5GBAgkrH2TMABL4HJYk56FhomZ2pYxh1g7NXi7QoDEoSTnEhAkR_InZpTk49ztADyv-rSdSjOBgflOMaMIMqwPLyWcUuvO2rnc64Q9FqF9A4LU8PEyiXiaUY9v-23TcIuDyaTd/s1600-h/314.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328821715209053778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSPl9eY5GBAgkrH2TMABL4HJYk56FhomZ2pYxh1g7NXi7QoDEoSTnEhAkR_InZpTk49ztADyv-rSdSjOBgflOMaMIMqwPLyWcUuvO2rnc64Q9FqF9A4LU8PEyiXiaUY9v-23TcIuDyaTd/s320/314.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3EYHCx1XSBBUEnqBTQdiZE23nllFoFPlhkqQPujx5kVmvE6N-whh5sdoksjAbvTfuCjk_Me3FHoDIiH-Tiw1iJehekHpjYbZYsNSyKgDXqlFpomE8mmcajNtZFmAE2UfXHA_gjmgB98o/s1600-h/317.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328820901739277746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3EYHCx1XSBBUEnqBTQdiZE23nllFoFPlhkqQPujx5kVmvE6N-whh5sdoksjAbvTfuCjk_Me3FHoDIiH-Tiw1iJehekHpjYbZYsNSyKgDXqlFpomE8mmcajNtZFmAE2UfXHA_gjmgB98o/s320/317.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheP6AzTMbEkoX7-ML-V5RsUuiZahGyv9jZ5ZnUIibgemXoklaCeNKmgURx1xjUGaFRdZlgBdvPyIbuSNr-Hj7tgAJJA4WgC2wfFYEcP_NVsST6GdemwFu-QyFV1_cbt-kxfuSRZQPSg8zR/s1600-h/315.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328820149293895186" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheP6AzTMbEkoX7-ML-V5RsUuiZahGyv9jZ5ZnUIibgemXoklaCeNKmgURx1xjUGaFRdZlgBdvPyIbuSNr-Hj7tgAJJA4WgC2wfFYEcP_NVsST6GdemwFu-QyFV1_cbt-kxfuSRZQPSg8zR/s320/315.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8SjpCw1ffmbfQVOUxRvubNJMoDia2slvj-hwKm-JTCTBJwp_ow84brcl0TRIMM4ndyUmLwutkVAnZWd3ydzOqbCaEqggPZGSIkCEfrsykvbF4g-GYkOEJUue8pT_dkNZc433CnhuEtSe/s1600-h/320.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328819742713062722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8SjpCw1ffmbfQVOUxRvubNJMoDia2slvj-hwKm-JTCTBJwp_ow84brcl0TRIMM4ndyUmLwutkVAnZWd3ydzOqbCaEqggPZGSIkCEfrsykvbF4g-GYkOEJUue8pT_dkNZc433CnhuEtSe/s320/320.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Our "baby" Samantha isn't a baby any more! She turned 3 years old last weekend and boy has she grown up fast! We had a few last min. party changes due to weather but, the kids definately didn't mind...they all got to spend 2 hours at McDonalds! It all turned out fine and everyone had fun! Enjoy the pictures...happy birthday little girl! </div></div></div></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-78934105351002290562009-04-21T20:38:00.009-05:002009-04-23T22:45:44.915-05:00Sorry I've been away for so long!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsVSPh8SOnq6DirMMiCIckr3O-YOAI5QtjUB4QKFwF2rajyURw7iHYPb0KxZ3IjGUsiJyr0iKRe1ROAIApOx-3B7PNQoTuyZpOw4DPQ1E04tCORLpr6BlXTEFTQOtvM97C2bmMIbb4n0j/s1600-h/297.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsVSPh8SOnq6DirMMiCIckr3O-YOAI5QtjUB4QKFwF2rajyURw7iHYPb0KxZ3IjGUsiJyr0iKRe1ROAIApOx-3B7PNQoTuyZpOw4DPQ1E04tCORLpr6BlXTEFTQOtvM97C2bmMIbb4n0j/s320/297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328099056050953138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGiy97g9MdEaBK9EGn6nTGPn_epKkzhs53hU90qbKSnNE0s7DyPCp1G_fHHhnF_zBjc1jtcrfoPrXlUB2Ja10lP2Svdhb8yDMdVe_9pKzZnjSKMdRMhVl1doOaJZ6oWS5UuRF_cTsAPWt/s1600-h/295.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-YU2bNFccII4hHGyqTTkc47OZr-T0ZUv2-vohuhbCTcepNcFxOS53qIW3EBwEIq9Oxfn5urSPaT6LFnuIB3Sa_o3cZ96G7EsS4CQfYtY5fXh6oSuOpWYwy57ZOHB7uk59Qr5uWOSxeM8/s320/267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328097340671185090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpz6QpTTIgFtPxHvQD1dpG1uoPtkaFgYcMr4KzUzquiHrpAAz8P7fjRZb5YAO3X_I5SgRwTTUgkp8UKl-2Th91ibHfln3UFzayjVb9JRkC5vJsFAs1Yy0KDt-WlnSJTB71Goerh1c4qKGR/s1600-h/258.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpz6QpTTIgFtPxHvQD1dpG1uoPtkaFgYcMr4KzUzquiHrpAAz8P7fjRZb5YAO3X_I5SgRwTTUgkp8UKl-2Th91ibHfln3UFzayjVb9JRkC5vJsFAs1Yy0KDt-WlnSJTB71Goerh1c4qKGR/s320/258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328097115185933586" border="0" /></a><br />Well, our computer had a terrible virus and we were without each other for more than a week! Thanks to Norm we are not only back up and running but, running better than ever! Whew. So, now the big job of where to begin! Not only have I missed Easter but, also Samantha's birthday! So, I'll start with Easter. I took Good Friday "off work" even though I had to go in and work for a few hours in the morning. So, Sydney and Samantha were invited to join the Beall's on a field trip to the Dallas zoo! Everyone had a great time! Saturday we went downtown Plano for a family Easter event. The girls had a great time seeing the Easter Bunny, Samantha did an egg hunt with Ryanne and Elorah. The girls and I made two of Great Grandma's "Lamb" cakes. She used to make them for kids 1st birthday's and Easter. We shared one of the cakes with Mimi Dottie & Papa Larry for their Easter desert. Easter morning brought the Easter bunny hiding eggs (inside this year due to the rain...bummer). We then went to church where there was an amazing cross that was being filled with fresh flowers by all the kids. After church we all went to Aunt Jill's....The Beall's joined us too which was extra great!Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-44714325970879413212009-04-08T21:30:00.006-05:002009-04-08T21:43:51.811-05:00So much to say, so little time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4CPVwXW8R7Y7QuNYsNihuihQa8SwFWRAex1eTv_6pD8Rf33HwS3JcWrUM5-IDsDaGCl-kcvoKIMx2Ylo2ZWtXyTmegtQXXkgreN-1fuCWbPs2B_wd57Glmxd6-fhjcfVp41p-JxwaZyL/s1600-h/IMG_2058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322516518433552626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4CPVwXW8R7Y7QuNYsNihuihQa8SwFWRAex1eTv_6pD8Rf33HwS3JcWrUM5-IDsDaGCl-kcvoKIMx2Ylo2ZWtXyTmegtQXXkgreN-1fuCWbPs2B_wd57Glmxd6-fhjcfVp41p-JxwaZyL/s320/IMG_2058.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4DspsxKPqPJksyg1vr86AADDlJZne3CkhCyePzJ99rIc-ONZOCyIHc7bxq0NR31m828okwXU_244XhTcaI2pnx5UIEjmlhB6vqojEaI08PjcQX6EwEa76OA3PlWA7bfcrpFXUrdiniEl/s1600-h/IMG_2070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322516129185841042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4DspsxKPqPJksyg1vr86AADDlJZne3CkhCyePzJ99rIc-ONZOCyIHc7bxq0NR31m828okwXU_244XhTcaI2pnx5UIEjmlhB6vqojEaI08PjcQX6EwEa76OA3PlWA7bfcrpFXUrdiniEl/s320/IMG_2070.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>View from our room....AMAZING!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vOQilXSs7WTc1yeJn2LxjlswAFp27TY6jL_jUrSoAwRfbr2qcJN_g_10Q7PG4rLv-7NwQx77jkygqXyv8dZIcPgppbtTpcrLRhlNI1ConDFV35qVxcgePVF_gVUmRLffagr7k-FQth6z/s1600-h/IMG_2071.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322515717091923218" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vOQilXSs7WTc1yeJn2LxjlswAFp27TY6jL_jUrSoAwRfbr2qcJN_g_10Q7PG4rLv-7NwQx77jkygqXyv8dZIcPgppbtTpcrLRhlNI1ConDFV35qVxcgePVF_gVUmRLffagr7k-FQth6z/s320/IMG_2071.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Me, Sarah & Kelly...love you!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJ_iJcqv42Uxas0Cj8_m_vfShHM8hKA-tT1I6hL8SdV18qaCPJb731HLOXrXw81RJE7JOKxzthALPgewzgZZiF6vewJsyTYC562aw1zCF0eTldPGknliaHFFivPtPPaGgsbwMZ37HhVip/s1600-h/IMG_2063.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322515356950019666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJ_iJcqv42Uxas0Cj8_m_vfShHM8hKA-tT1I6hL8SdV18qaCPJb731HLOXrXw81RJE7JOKxzthALPgewzgZZiF6vewJsyTYC562aw1zCF0eTldPGknliaHFFivPtPPaGgsbwMZ37HhVip/s320/IMG_2063.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I know it's been a while since I've updated </div><div>everyone one the Gibbs Girls and all our adventures! Recently I had an adventure that was all my own! Yes, last weekend I flew to Palm Beach, FL to spend the weekend with two of my very best friends from St. Louis! We figured out that we've known each other for 14 years! We couldn't believe it. It had been 5 years (atleast) since I'd seen Sarah and Kelly and I did have the chance to hang out just last year while she lived in New Orleans. We had a wonderful time - we only left the hotel once on Sunday afternoon to cross the street to get some ice cream...not that this hotel (Yes, I was very spoiled and we stayed at the Ritz) didn't have any ice cream! :) We spend most all day laying out at the pool and walking the beach. By Sunday everyone was asking me if I knew how red I was...one person made Kelly and I feel so guilty while walking along the beach that we turned around to head back to the hotel! Crazy. It was so great to spend uninterrupted time with them to just get caught up on life and hang out. It was something that I really needed. I was happy to get back home and see my girls and Neal too ofcourse! :) Love you Sarah & Kelly thanks for a wonderful weekend! Can't wait till next time!</div></div></div></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-72398782041705746392009-03-29T22:11:00.006-05:002009-03-29T22:23:39.816-05:00TX Blue Bonnets<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJZV-_CKKi_sIgtF17avdF4VMtizZ9nrQedf5jlQeT2aBxbyV2HYPw_9_sAnGhduW-mPlW6PToXTSvKOoT26xNqgzsUXaT6SXJ94qzLcSN6ts9tS5WsScmz3lLcDXZQh_XLlAyy9fPpzE/s1600-h/IMG_2045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318816226113759906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJZV-_CKKi_sIgtF17avdF4VMtizZ9nrQedf5jlQeT2aBxbyV2HYPw_9_sAnGhduW-mPlW6PToXTSvKOoT26xNqgzsUXaT6SXJ94qzLcSN6ts9tS5WsScmz3lLcDXZQh_XLlAyy9fPpzE/s320/IMG_2045.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvke4_usGqN6-YyT8y1_DDjMXvVpu6FrUqRZgNQ2XqbbDpL86wmqVQf2uaRScZ5DfZOIHcyj68XNOKQuEFbOXsSF9B7QPXuZBU_mo9xAyCEZtzztmpC6l4jPdHNgKsy60MCZIrunO9xFwX/s1600-h/IMG_2041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318815757219707538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvke4_usGqN6-YyT8y1_DDjMXvVpu6FrUqRZgNQ2XqbbDpL86wmqVQf2uaRScZ5DfZOIHcyj68XNOKQuEFbOXsSF9B7QPXuZBU_mo9xAyCEZtzztmpC6l4jPdHNgKsy60MCZIrunO9xFwX/s320/IMG_2041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWS1mPrxPHxM9Ekrlr3ozYCNqAdqtmFXisA3TEiqNffrZHb3A2kNA-MgABW0oWwx4ZLje4g92fS04MNQjErvHM79MXPvuVZA0AB6l6Xc1WtvDJUmmC8t5aLyW9cvJ2IWoMB-gpIDA6J0X/s1600-h/IMG_2037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318815440521276978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWS1mPrxPHxM9Ekrlr3ozYCNqAdqtmFXisA3TEiqNffrZHb3A2kNA-MgABW0oWwx4ZLje4g92fS04MNQjErvHM79MXPvuVZA0AB6l6Xc1WtvDJUmmC8t5aLyW9cvJ2IWoMB-gpIDA6J0X/s320/IMG_2037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIsSX9EQtFdkYVvHVsB_hoPUSPoaGRSujSnCcYErJk1N8DungaXwzI__QzubprAzXznCs-0MYtBnMoODEw33WVDrmBea0OUP5ypYRzZ8ByDh-e21PPFW-dLmeDyrIjjLYP9EgC24cuCm8/s1600-h/IMG_2036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318815069610933666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIsSX9EQtFdkYVvHVsB_hoPUSPoaGRSujSnCcYErJk1N8DungaXwzI__QzubprAzXznCs-0MYtBnMoODEw33WVDrmBea0OUP5ypYRzZ8ByDh-e21PPFW-dLmeDyrIjjLYP9EgC24cuCm8/s320/IMG_2036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5ZVDuPy2Ygzp9z_NjBl1K6Lr0kA-e-nM9PO98wUs2z2eTapzyh0gPsC5zCBMdP6sx563jhgrQhooTY8pZmG943i_hhsiYZt_BToQSb2Ton-mYg-sOX5xq7zPbofI8zENbITbMt1uB9D4/s1600-h/IMG_2033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318814822799751042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5ZVDuPy2Ygzp9z_NjBl1K6Lr0kA-e-nM9PO98wUs2z2eTapzyh0gPsC5zCBMdP6sx563jhgrQhooTY8pZmG943i_hhsiYZt_BToQSb2Ton-mYg-sOX5xq7zPbofI8zENbITbMt1uB9D4/s320/IMG_2033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>It was a great weekend here with the Gibbs Girls! Not that we really did all that much but, we spent some great time together which I always enjoy! After breakfast on saturday...yes, roll up pancakes we just hung out at the house for a little while - it was super cold! Yes, cold for Dallas I know but, still cold none the less! Then we took Maggie to the doggie spa! She was in deperate need for a bath and toe nails clipped...whew! Today was a much better day - we went to church and on our way home made a quick stop for a photo opp. with some TX Blue Bonnets! We had such a great time - till I discovered the area we were in was covered in fire ant mounds! I stepped right in one and somehow (thank God) did not get a single bite. Which is quite amazing for how many there were and how mad they looked! We left rather quickly once that happend. The girls were being protected the whole time because they were really just running all over and sitting anywhere - Thank you God! Those bites are something else if you've never had one...be thankful! Now, it's late on Sunday night as I think about getting back to work tomorrow for the week it's sad that Monday always comes around so fast!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Enjoy the pictures!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-15141971795355941572009-03-22T19:07:00.009-05:002009-03-22T22:11:21.269-05:00swings, friends, ladybugs and worms...that's what springtime is all about!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLSGCQ_LXYGEXQTT65Kzjig7V9JdOQbEcNyXunurQJkZcxg5lfWDpW-KA-_XtTvzDaH7jzn5k2bCnFJgAfximvS0Ycs2_8C-L1UaavwHjBq_nDB2fDMvzwzvibPGnie1cPO_vYlvNCmko/s1600-h/IMG_2027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316190944980380194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLSGCQ_LXYGEXQTT65Kzjig7V9JdOQbEcNyXunurQJkZcxg5lfWDpW-KA-_XtTvzDaH7jzn5k2bCnFJgAfximvS0Ycs2_8C-L1UaavwHjBq_nDB2fDMvzwzvibPGnie1cPO_vYlvNCmko/s320/IMG_2027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well, what can we say - it's been an event filled day today for the Gibbs Girls! All started with church - which ofcourse we were running abit behind but, made it just in time! whew! After a quick lunch and nap the girls and I went to our neighbors backyard to hang out. They have a great swing set/jungle gym to play on. The all had a great time going down the slide and playing in their sandbox too. Which all lead to some great bug searching which started out with finding 2 ladybugs and put them in the bug catcher. Quickly was follwed by some "rolly pollies" and then finally some worms! I love that my girls can be the "girliest" of girls dressing up like their favorite princess with gowns and glass slippers one day and hunting for worms then next! They are definately going to be well-rounded girls! :) It was a great way to start out the week!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJkmbBQGjvE4G8r0rttS3qw5GzD5tSWoQSF8cJqb8RZrJ4qzC4BVt04avXUpGUEcihkO6vrfwDrXu0YIHa0HOpUN1DlrTof9mrvM9iLc3rVHLjs8WgewEho4Hyb2THPkpkseXZT3J2HpP/s1600-h/IMG_2022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316182230019200642" 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/AVvXsEhJJkmbBQGjvE4G8r0rttS3qw5GzD5tSWoQSF8cJqb8RZrJ4qzC4BVt04avXUpGUEcihkO6vrfwDrXu0YIHa0HOpUN1DlrTof9mrvM9iLc3rVHLjs8WgewEho4Hyb2THPkpkseXZT3J2HpP/s320/IMG_2022.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sam said that they were "squishy" she really liked them!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWBSD1weVZ_ApvdgYiFblYGxOXp2KC5qxrHwl67ywBARjN8df3QZnGtQzctLiFyDZoREa59-WSIfW_xBGIwNFiEpmbHXq3M6vRhJSfj6H-A7KutxCvpjNKB53N4zWJ0JWa24gP-rrhZRN/s1600-h/IMG_2024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316180393731992546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWBSD1weVZ_ApvdgYiFblYGxOXp2KC5qxrHwl67ywBARjN8df3QZnGtQzctLiFyDZoREa59-WSIfW_xBGIwNFiEpmbHXq3M6vRhJSfj6H-A7KutxCvpjNKB53N4zWJ0JWa24gP-rrhZRN/s320/IMG_2024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0klt4dw-H5FZZr65KOByFGomKs11ckalbRzGzpX5x33JJwACfIhKaPEA4rzCUIKKbjYjPDiqi8nFyMSuDAJqyN86lZ_8boGQoVgImQ4GFWsbR29SIyH6jZr-DCWPNphSVfZDmlznUq0qh/s1600-h/IMG_2021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316170465422646290" 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/AVvXsEi0klt4dw-H5FZZr65KOByFGomKs11ckalbRzGzpX5x33JJwACfIhKaPEA4rzCUIKKbjYjPDiqi8nFyMSuDAJqyN86lZ_8boGQoVgImQ4GFWsbR29SIyH6jZr-DCWPNphSVfZDmlznUq0qh/s320/IMG_2021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The "whole" gang!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XU6Uvqi9otcTdYpHsnG7rA-BZv1ZuNQySbciRJe1SpFJ8BJulhQWJecZH6AMsoORwdZ32mbBTRKvTDTEkOL3pAHy1sibgTV6QryUFD50GDEHsJ7JgzemdZ7JAseFhVonOT-ZCI5KdECI/s1600-h/IMG_2018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316168670063286098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XU6Uvqi9otcTdYpHsnG7rA-BZv1ZuNQySbciRJe1SpFJ8BJulhQWJecZH6AMsoORwdZ32mbBTRKvTDTEkOL3pAHy1sibgTV6QryUFD50GDEHsJ7JgzemdZ7JAseFhVonOT-ZCI5KdECI/s320/IMG_2018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-87232062153902425942009-03-21T22:28:00.004-05:002009-03-21T23:02:06.163-05:00Easter season....<p>It's been a great "girls weekend" here but, boy am I wiped out! Neal has been in Amarillo this weekend picking up his Grandparents player piano - we will now have 2 pianos...till I can sell one on Craigs List that is. The girls and I had fun on Friday night playing at their favorite park and came home to hang out on the couch and watched Mary Popins (their new favorite movie). Sydney says that Mary Popins is beautiful and she thinks her singing is too! I love hearing them sing "just a tea spoon of sugar..." and "supercalafragilisticexpaladoicous" they love it! Aunt Jill came over this morning to have breakfast and then we all went to the mall for a while for some shopping and had lunch together. Sydney had to learn a tough lesson today, one about keeping track of your "stuff". She decided to bring a little toy with her to the mall and kept it in the pocket of her dress...that is until she realized that it was missing. We backtracked our steps to mulitple stores and the table where we ate - no toy. Even when we went into a store for the 1st time today she asked me to find out if her toy had been turned in there. I really felt bad for her but, everyone has to learn at some point to watch your stuff or it will get lost. She did handle it pretty well - no tears or yelling. Whew! After a late (and short) nap we went over to our friend's house for their son's 1st B-day party. Happy b-day Jacob - we had a great time. Then it was time to decorate our house for Easter! The girls love to help me get everything unwrapped and pick a place for them to go. Grandma & Grandpa Johnson bought this really neat bunny rabbit for the girls last year and we only bring him out around Easter time - you'll have to listen to the video below. It's great!</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6yg8kgzoo63xKzEq4bDEiHFRl37PYBHN7blvNA9btlAA_52NtVrBVQ268_yLczScnOklHINpN1ZEZEGhgOw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p> </p>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-41798373110080990162009-03-15T22:08:00.003-05:002009-03-15T22:21:31.614-05:00Why?????Sydney has recently entered the offical phase of asking "why" for everything and asking multiple questions before you can even answer one. After church today we were driving near some road construction and I heard about 15 questions about road construction - everything from why are they building a road, why are the trucks so big, why is there so much mud, why is mud heavy and they went on and one. Neal told me that there is a book about how to answer the many kids questions of Why....I think we are going to need it soon! But, then tonight I got the question of all questions. One that totally blew me away and at the same time was so proud as her mother and parent. After saying our prayers tonight Sydney asked me..."Why did God leave Jesus on the cross?" WOW! It took me by such surprise that it took me a minute to gather my thoughts as to how was I going to answer this question of my soon to be 5 year old daughter. Knowing that my answer will resignate with her for the rest of her life! (No pressure here) I talked to her about how Jesus died on the cross for our sins so that we don't have to and when we ask Jesus to live in our hearts forever we will one day go to heaven and live with God. I talked to her about how having Jesus in her heart will make her so happy and a very loving and kind little girl. I asked her if she understood my answer and all she did was smile and say yes. I pray that God give me the wisdom to be able to answer all of my girls "why mommy" questions....no matter how big or small. What a wonderful day today has been I thank God that he has given me the opportunity to be a parent to Sydney & Samantha!Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-49533535162989891712009-03-10T22:15:00.002-05:002009-03-10T22:21:24.335-05:00Spring aheadWell, I'm not sure about all of you but, the time change has really affected our family! The girls are way off schedule and Neal tries to compensate by going to bed even earlier. funny! Not...<br />Last night while trying to get Sydney to go to sleep she had this response for me: "but, mommy, my eyes aren't telling me to go to sleep yet!" It was so funny!<br />Today I had the realization that my little girl is growing up...I had to schedule Sydney's kindergarten round up and registration for this next fall! I can't believe that she will soon be 5 years old and starting school. That doesn't seem possible when I think about it. Life has not been the same since the day she was born and the changes have only begun. Love you Sydney and I'm so proud of the little girl that you've become already. Love, MommyJodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-68204215357428947182009-03-09T22:04:00.006-05:002009-03-09T22:21:16.852-05:00Dallas Blooms<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhaUrBCplhtn9DLOh_KzxTeeFNLos0vH3gXgC7sXTxq9g3Hhd3DGE10IkqiTbzV2DPbT-QxK1c6OD9PWrtjIDedqvp-K_FlO24z-H_JM3UzkGGYFLB9DuEdMQEe60lNR_aaIoo_RsAqQe/s1600-h/IMG_1992.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311391520674119186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhaUrBCplhtn9DLOh_KzxTeeFNLos0vH3gXgC7sXTxq9g3Hhd3DGE10IkqiTbzV2DPbT-QxK1c6OD9PWrtjIDedqvp-K_FlO24z-H_JM3UzkGGYFLB9DuEdMQEe60lNR_aaIoo_RsAqQe/s320/IMG_1992.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBnHbKitOw5fG3FyzmIcHZwSsAsz0hXMAL2cCJRV5hvJodQxi7xI5X7b_iDvJFZpXVLirp2sJjI9u1FaWe8bVo1Raa8QP27nEJvkpbOm_SiLF5_tnxiYGdbD8AswH8g_A9M1szru2oLgp/s1600-h/IMG_1988.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311390850590305442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBnHbKitOw5fG3FyzmIcHZwSsAsz0hXMAL2cCJRV5hvJodQxi7xI5X7b_iDvJFZpXVLirp2sJjI9u1FaWe8bVo1Raa8QP27nEJvkpbOm_SiLF5_tnxiYGdbD8AswH8g_A9M1szru2oLgp/s320/IMG_1988.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjib14WnON4taASHonFnILs_ccVlBkqqJR4JTAkO2fO7FurSUwG3sOTzx7bpy6-OMe4zMlEkvzEMz_o_ZKNhlwoZwffcvfs6XYQUsQAGn8PRKg2q38UiL4bcfm68UVgwGm_1vlTbw2Sk9O/s1600-h/IMG_1975.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311390659668476898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjib14WnON4taASHonFnILs_ccVlBkqqJR4JTAkO2fO7FurSUwG3sOTzx7bpy6-OMe4zMlEkvzEMz_o_ZKNhlwoZwffcvfs6XYQUsQAGn8PRKg2q38UiL4bcfm68UVgwGm_1vlTbw2Sk9O/s320/IMG_1975.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>yes, it was another jam packed weekend at the Gibbs house! It was so great to have Grandma & Grandpa Johnson visit again. We spent most of the time just hanging out playing with the girls which was great! The weather was perfect for their day at the park on friday and going to the Dallas Arboretum on Saturday - abit windy but, a great time! We even went to Braum's on Sunday night after the girls had their bath....princess pj's and glass slipper were the hit by all! Love you Grandma & Grandpa!</div></div></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-48603606698004044972009-03-01T22:13:00.008-06:002009-03-01T22:41:34.636-06:00Sunny Days, Chasin our cares away....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2m01SqGif-fo_vkVGcb-5AwcUNxPPKn3JyYDafLlrEDsea88enPFbwkJmFah7s0Bgi3LyL7a5claritbhrggQIRbPpQhX2HeZRzOS1eOmbKHsgR0YNyBoerWL429R9xK9WGPkfUFjZmZl/s1600-h/IMG_1952.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308442022310425922" 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/AVvXsEj2m01SqGif-fo_vkVGcb-5AwcUNxPPKn3JyYDafLlrEDsea88enPFbwkJmFah7s0Bgi3LyL7a5claritbhrggQIRbPpQhX2HeZRzOS1eOmbKHsgR0YNyBoerWL429R9xK9WGPkfUFjZmZl/s320/IMG_1952.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sydney & Betty Lou (? I think)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcW5q2Wq-1xOUtpATVIOQopVNSTYFYz-WNns2LCpHRQQH4gy6qpgO24J2BWaLHqpjHueAUUsq-6ZEXVntyyO2aokYQpqrBZ9waZISEnkuxOFB_138HSkC3h4deZULiYDiDcUeoZyn4Su8c/s1600-h/IMG_1959.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308441459660927506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcW5q2Wq-1xOUtpATVIOQopVNSTYFYz-WNns2LCpHRQQH4gy6qpgO24J2BWaLHqpjHueAUUsq-6ZEXVntyyO2aokYQpqrBZ9waZISEnkuxOFB_138HSkC3h4deZULiYDiDcUeoZyn4Su8c/s320/IMG_1959.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Samantha gets a hug from Telle Monster!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkPX77P1wHaVq6Y62NCuIvfBlRXGeZdbet6UEl7wCOcav-oPkbEy6wct1iOZ0ZPbHmMmXZuRsxGlyZlGtWuUlKqoudfZCozlwq-stfNZLA3riu7LMT_EU804IqM82Df1AE7XeCfL0_KG1/s1600-h/IMG_1957.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308441165341457938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkPX77P1wHaVq6Y62NCuIvfBlRXGeZdbet6UEl7wCOcav-oPkbEy6wct1iOZ0ZPbHmMmXZuRsxGlyZlGtWuUlKqoudfZCozlwq-stfNZLA3riu7LMT_EU804IqM82Df1AE7XeCfL0_KG1/s320/IMG_1957.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpMfiGLOEGHjkHN40ubLTwfgpzJAPxZAQF1fqxq0A78Lcpkts0nPZvKH3-DCwhh6Qg9FWueO8Zb2_8Igvb9IZKtx4fYjEN2KWovKUT6T8gblaFoi_WK0rysGRrZaXm1OFwaYQljO2OJdx/s1600-h/IMG_1954.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308440556015458530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpMfiGLOEGHjkHN40ubLTwfgpzJAPxZAQF1fqxq0A78Lcpkts0nPZvKH3-DCwhh6Qg9FWueO8Zb2_8Igvb9IZKtx4fYjEN2KWovKUT6T8gblaFoi_WK0rysGRrZaXm1OFwaYQljO2OJdx/s320/IMG_1954.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Yes, my friends...we took the girls to see Elmo tonight! They loved it! Neal and I did too! We have been to a few different "shows" with the kids and Seseame Street does it the best! The "monsters" costumes are so great - they are shiny and look squeezable! We bought our tickets quite a while ago and I didn't even know what Neal had gotten till we arrived. 2nd row center! The girls couldn't believe their eyes...neither could I! We were so close that they each got to hug a character as they walked by - so cute! The girls were so good and so excited that even during the break they didn't want to leave to have a potty break! As we were leaving the theater tonight Sydney said...I want my next show to be with the Princess's! Well, little does she know that her wish will come true in May when we take them to Disney World! The girls don't know that yet though. We aren't going to tell them till we arrive or no one will get any sleep! This weekend was abit slower on the remodel but got a few little things done that seem to take the most time. Installed some light fixtures and hung blinds on the windows. Can't believe the weekend is already over - Monday...here we come! Grandma & Grandpa Johnson will be here next weekend though so, that will be a good time!!</div></div></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6CtXKFpwEkcxtk-X7hzAySz7-jF77OKANQxrMaT840CsbUIEquZD0L7yVq14GpMCOfWmufDWgpr9oL3EzRA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-43649331979424545142009-02-22T20:41:00.005-06:002009-02-22T20:52:46.340-06:00One step closer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT17Jq-QRy9Xzgb3DiqA7vtEYBbGRWc6-WM8jw5aIhBEaSzLDsCHTYR8Lgi8nNf6aXwHG4O-yp_aIsTfU7BqxWoLMFzi9BxenJcmZMHCyqIN_MywCNYqHcTp-ftJKbuik4AU_C6x-s4lY0/s1600-h/IMG_1935.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305819605827147314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT17Jq-QRy9Xzgb3DiqA7vtEYBbGRWc6-WM8jw5aIhBEaSzLDsCHTYR8Lgi8nNf6aXwHG4O-yp_aIsTfU7BqxWoLMFzi9BxenJcmZMHCyqIN_MywCNYqHcTp-ftJKbuik4AU_C6x-s4lY0/s320/IMG_1935.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today was one of those days in a remodel that you just don't feel like you are getting much done. Neal completed installing the baseboards - a long and probably boring task. We then decided that we would like to hang our tv on the wall so, off to Costco I went! Below is the result! Yeah! Nearly done - just have to run the wires through the ceiling and wall. Now Neal and I just hope we don't hear a crash in the middle of the night tonight! </div><div>Last night we all went out for dinner with a high school friend of mine! Dawn and I have known each other since the 1st grade! She came down from MN for a sales meeting for work. She loved the temps here too! She couldn't believe that the dafodilles are in bloom! We had a great time just hanging out and catching up together.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZZvgvq2e1Zo61uMEcIGrhpnJCtfi2tkwaHJlVF8TTUbmM7UR9NfYdntJrCxnLs8fKhjdxWC_QXVN_2jJqBKRJfjf8yF-bu_8NKW9IqyR-8SFAyTvJTBdXqQzz_HC7xHLajLoCh89I_rm/s1600-h/IMG_1937.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305818260890119698" 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/AVvXsEgDZZvgvq2e1Zo61uMEcIGrhpnJCtfi2tkwaHJlVF8TTUbmM7UR9NfYdntJrCxnLs8fKhjdxWC_QXVN_2jJqBKRJfjf8yF-bu_8NKW9IqyR-8SFAyTvJTBdXqQzz_HC7xHLajLoCh89I_rm/s320/IMG_1937.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570944746782555940.post-45889996709193945572009-02-21T22:42:00.005-06:002009-02-21T22:49:26.141-06:00a Big helper<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86YMVAKhyQzO2ZOdhrIkqY53C-vu2FqN8UxgqXCkmefx2hMW-ymA4N_edVBrbWP5yzLV-08QM0Ufm9ixYR3hofS8fmA2uoTrRId0DHJENV2AGiN2Dfm0GrUOv18i2vjUGOfHYB6q_NVZq/s1600-h/IMG_1933.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305479094842167314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86YMVAKhyQzO2ZOdhrIkqY53C-vu2FqN8UxgqXCkmefx2hMW-ymA4N_edVBrbWP5yzLV-08QM0Ufm9ixYR3hofS8fmA2uoTrRId0DHJENV2AGiN2Dfm0GrUOv18i2vjUGOfHYB6q_NVZq/s320/IMG_1933.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dbXdADKLjmShh6HUu01KFmsqxcmphLAR-n0CKgTh3Q5Hj9FRiwmEJMMWmPnP52XWdHnxLUg0DZGvv8SX8kB8ZDixPDKHT3CNUr2dNkrX6ETCn22kIJhAY9qtlbYo4G0AelSxGyNvWXfu/s1600-h/IMG_1932.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305478907057624338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dbXdADKLjmShh6HUu01KFmsqxcmphLAR-n0CKgTh3Q5Hj9FRiwmEJMMWmPnP52XWdHnxLUg0DZGvv8SX8kB8ZDixPDKHT3CNUr2dNkrX6ETCn22kIJhAY9qtlbYo4G0AelSxGyNvWXfu/s320/IMG_1932.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvElyzaCWK2MP0GgyY3VkCR5WKp5SMdpsb0TjHfe45frTyrn5ywL7bw0blH-04h8QmGvCdw0YGQc_kWvGLs4FO9lVOY84G43pvh1dCJu-lc-04uRJx1lX_5OPOh-P55cYL55i9myqEY14/s1600-h/IMG_1930.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305478716321219922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvElyzaCWK2MP0GgyY3VkCR5WKp5SMdpsb0TjHfe45frTyrn5ywL7bw0blH-04h8QmGvCdw0YGQc_kWvGLs4FO9lVOY84G43pvh1dCJu-lc-04uRJx1lX_5OPOh-P55cYL55i9myqEY14/s320/IMG_1930.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Well, as you can imagine this remodel has been quite the family project! The girls want to be involved as much (or as little - depending on the day) that they can be. Sydney is the one that wants to be right there with Neal watching and learning what he is doing! The other night she was learning how to measure the baseboards before cutting them for the wall - she LOVED it! Not to mention she was really "dressed" for the occasion with princess gown and her saftey glasses! I can remember being about her age hanging out with my Dad out in the garage too! He'd give me a hammer, nails and my own block of wood and just let me pound away - that is till I smashed my finger, started crying and I'm sure my Mom had us both in trouble! I love it that the girls want to do so much with their Daddy...thanks Neal for being patient with them - they will never forget helping Daddy!</div></div></div>Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732358682867738200noreply@blogger.com0