tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14807159867202981942024-03-18T21:05:22.195-06:00together furreverA place for family and friends to stay apprised of the Furr familyfurreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-53433597127996430322012-06-27T21:13:00.001-06:002012-08-06T23:43:43.436-06:00Ava's Second Dance Recital<div style="text-align: justify;">
If you thought <a href="http://www.furrever.com/2011/12/avas-first-dance-recital.html" target="_blank">Ava's Christmas dance recital</a> was cute, wait until you see her spring recital. In case you can't spot her, Ava is the one kneeling front and center at the start of the number.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Please note that because of copyright law (the song used is from the musical <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_(musical)" target="_blank">Wicked</a>), the video won't play on mobile devices and is blocked outside of the US.</span></i>furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-43076784894327155022012-06-10T14:13:00.003-06:002012-06-10T14:22:43.381-06:00Christmas Eve Nativity 2011<div style="text-align: justify;">
The second Annual Olsen Grandkids Nativity was bigger and better than <a href="http://www.furrever.com/2011/08/christmas-eve-nativity-2010.html" target="_blank">last year</a>. Maddie rejoined the cast as a non-grandchild, along with several nieces and children of nieces. Several other nieces also joined Freddy O and Luke as narrators. The only downgrade this year was that baby Jesus had to be played by a baby doll—a problem which is likely to reoccur this year; unless Betsy is with child and hasn't told anyone yet, or we try to pass a 7-month-old Ashton off as a newborn.</div>
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Christian and Zach reprised their roles as lambs (although Zach was sadly too big for a lamb costume this year). The two boys combined to help bring down the backdrop at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5KWrvNk3N90#t=489s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">8:10</a> mark.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Sophie joined Ava and Zoe as angels this year, because you can never have too many angels in your nativity. Be sure to check out the angels' mad dance moves at the </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5KWrvNk3N90#t=528s" rel="nofollow" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">8:50</a><span style="text-align: center;"> mark.</span></div>
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And without any further adieu, here's this year's production uncensored and uncut.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 29px;">Cast</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(in order of appearance)</span></span><br />
<b>Joseph: </b>Seth<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary: </span>Bailey<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Lambs: </span>Christian & Zach<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Angels: </span>Sophie, Ava & Zoe<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wise Men: </span>Maddie, McKenzie, and Sarah<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(in order of appearance)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Fred</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Johnna</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Sam</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Isabel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Luke</span>furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-28791959275614630392012-06-01T10:05:00.003-06:002012-06-10T13:04:52.032-06:00Sun Valley in September<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Back in September we went up to Sun Valley for a couple of days. Sun Valley is one of our favorite vacation spots. It is absolutely beautiful and relaxing. We were especially lucky this time because all of the Olsen cousins were able to come. Here's Ava and Christian practicing their golf swings.</div>
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Ava and Christian had a great time playing with their cousins, going on bike rides, swimming, and staying up late watching movies. Here's the kids on Sunday before we headed home.</div>
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We had such a fun time and can't wait for more Sun Valley adventures!kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06517256251139658878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-82283371523350289702012-05-20T13:30:00.001-06:002012-05-20T13:30:36.109-06:00Ashton's Newborn PortraitsThe Monday following Ashton's birth we had his newborn portraits taken at <a href="http://photographybydmc.com/" target="_blank">DMC Studios</a>. Here's our little lion at just four days old.<br />
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Since Ashton was born rather late in the evening, his first hospital visitors had to wait until the following day. No one was more excited to hold Ashton than his big sister Ava. Christian thought Ashton was pretty cool, but we're still not sure if he understands that the baby is coming home with us.</div>
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When Larry asked Ava if she was ready to take on the responsibility of helping out her mom with two little brothers, she emphatically replied that "Mommy can take care of Christian and I can take care of the baby." It will be interesting to see how that arrangement turns out.</div>
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Among the hospital visitors were Betsy (Krista's sister) and Owen, who both conceded that Ashton was cuter than their pet baby pig (though only slightly).</div>
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Granny O was quite pleased to be holding grand baby number twelve (although we suspect she'll be even more pleased to get some sleep after dropping our kids back off).</div>
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Krista's father and her sister Maddie enjoyed all of Ashton's little faces while he slept.<br />
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Although he was not caught on camera holding the baby, Krista's brother Jordan also came by to visit and share with us the news that he and Elissa just put an offer down on their first home. The rest of the Olsen clan were battling colds and opted to take rain checks in consideration of Ashton's own health.</div>furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-8893053900117953892012-05-03T10:26:00.000-06:002012-05-04T11:15:56.073-06:00Ashton Olsen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-1128269365803426842012-05-01T13:43:00.003-06:002012-05-04T11:15:41.116-06:00Ava's First Day of Preschool 2011<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ava was very excited for preschool to start again. She has loved her preschool and couldn't wait to start going again. Here she is on the first day of preschool 2011!</div>
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She could barely wait to go in the door and was very patient with me while I took lots of pictures.</div>
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Here's Ava and her good friend Addison ready for the school year to begin!<br />
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<br />kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06517256251139658878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-43777311357825611732012-04-29T21:06:00.000-06:002012-05-05T21:30:57.750-06:00Levi Archie<div style="text-align: justify;">
Levi Archie Furr was born on
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Levi weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. and was 21½" long, which means <a href="http://www.furrever.com/2009/09/christian-laurence.html" target="_blank">Christian</a> has held onto his title of biggest Furr grand baby (but only by an ounce).</div>
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Here's Levi with his big sister Abby. Although we currently have just one niece and one nephew on the Furr side of the family, we think these two more than make up for it in cuteness alone.</div>
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Congratulations to Ryan, Kelly and Abby! We can't wait to see you all again.</div>
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<br />furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-13390499647211292542012-04-24T13:31:00.000-06:002012-04-26T20:50:34.902-06:00Christian Turns Two!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Christian's 2nd birthday, we had planned a pirate water party.
Sadly, the weather was so cold and very windy, so we were not able to
have the water activities. The pirate party still turned out to be tons
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Christian was so excited for his birthday and was so happy to have so many family and friends come and play.</div>
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Here's Ava and Sophie in their matching swimsuits.<br />
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And here are some more of our fun party guests. <br />
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Christian loved when we sang "Happy Birthday" to him and was clapping along with the song.<br />
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Even though there was no water, Christian still had fun playing in his new pirate ship swimming pool.</div>
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We love our little pirate!!<br />
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Christian loves to get his hair cut at Cookie Cutters. In the past, Larry has tried cutting his hair at home. Bad idea. Christian would not stop moving. Larry then tried taking Christian to the place where he gets his hair cut. Christian screamed the whole time. Then I started taking him to Cookie Cutters. He loves it and gets excited to go and get his hair cut! Christian has thick hair that seems to grow so fast and it has been great to have a place that he loves to go. He loves sitting in the cars and sits so still. It is amazing. Here are some pictures from last summer of Christian getting his hair cut.</div>
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Christian's favorite part of the zoo is the train. He loves riding on the train.<br />
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And, he loves watching the train go by.<br />
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In the past we have skipped the playground part of the zoo, but this time, we spent quite a bit of time at the playground. Ava loved it.<br />
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We also did see some real animals—I just don't have any pictures. Ava's favorite was the bird show and the elephants. Christian's favorite was the elephants and the giraffes.<br />
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One of our favorite things about living in Lehi, is living right by Thanksgiving Point. With all of the fun activities, we are usually there at least once a week. In the winter time, we spend a lot of time at the Dinosaur museum and in the Spring and Summer, we are at the Dinosaur museum, the children's garden, the big gardens, farm country and the ice cream parlor. One of our favorite activities is Pirate Day at the museum. We were very excited this year to have Zach and Zoe with us.</div>
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During Pirate Day, the museum has lots of fun activities including a treasure hunt, face painting, and make your own pirate hat and pirate telescope. Here's Christian waiting patiently for Ava to get her face painted.</div>
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And the final result! (Ava, of course, wanted a mermaid).<br />
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When it is warm, Ava and Christian love playing in the water at the children's garden. They were especially excited this year to go with Zach and Zoe many times.</div>
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Ava is such a good sister and always takes care of Christian. It has been fun this past year to watch them really start playing together.</div>
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If you are ever in Lehi, give us a call, we would love to go to Thanksgiving Point with you!</div>
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Here are some random pictures of Christian from last spring. He is so little in these pictures but he already has his crazy and fun personality.</div>
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Here is Christian and Zach at Betsy's birthday party. Christian and Zach are already good little friends. Christian talks about Zach all the time and always wants to go see him at his house.</div>
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This is one of the only pictures we have of Christian with a binky. Sadly, for me, he never liked his binky. On this day he happened to find one and put it in his mouth for a couple minutes before spitting it out.</div>
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This is at Ava's preschool graduation. Note: this is what happens when one parent wants their child to have longer hair and one parent wants the child to have spiky hair. It's a little crazy.</div>
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Like Ava, Christian loves playing outside. He spent many hours last year riding his car, swimming, playing with his pirate ship and looking for butterflies with Ava.</div>
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We love our little guy!<br />
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We have so many pictures of our sweet little Ava. She loves to pose for the camera and can be quite silly. Here are a some of our favorites.</div>
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Ava has absolutely loved preschool. It has been so fun to watch her get so excited about school and so excited to learn new things. Here she is one morning all ready for school.</div>
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This picture was following a birthday party of one of her friends. It was also a time when Ava was obsessed with unicorns. She told me this is her "unicorn pose."</div>
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Another morning before school; you can see her excitement to be going to preschool!<br />
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Last May was her preschool graduation. At one point there was a video presentation of pictures from the school year, Ava was sobbing. She was so sad that school was over. She did brighten quite a bit when we told her she would be coming back in a couple of months. Here she is sitting by her cute friend Oliver.</div>
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Ava and her teacher, Miss Suzanne<br />
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When summer came, Ava found that she though she missed preschool, she loved summer! She loved playing outside for hours every day, riding her bike, planting flowers, running through sprinklers, playing with friends, playing on her swing set, and catching butterflies.</div>
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Here she is ready to ride her bike through the sprinklers and help me with the gardening. (I am not sure what the life jacket is about, but she really wanted to wear it).</div>
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Ava had a very fun sleepover with her cousin Sophie where they dressed up like princesses, made up dances, and stayed up all night. (I was not expecting 4 year old girls to be able to stay up so late!)</div>
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We absolutely love our little princess! Ava is such a sweet and fun little girl!<br />
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Now that it is almost Easter, I wanted to put up some pictures from last Easter. (Someday, my blog may be updated). We started the Easter festivities at Betsy's birthday/Easter egg dying party. It was so much fun! Thanks Betsy and Owen for the fabulous party! Ava was very excited to use her Disney Princess stickers.</div>
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Christian was elated to use the Cars stickers to decorate his eggs.<br />
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Easter morning the kids got dressed in their Easter outfits for church. (We were running a little late for church after Ava and Christian were playing with their Easter baskets and Christian's hair is still wet for the pictures. After it dries, it is not quite so slicked back.)</div>
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After church we headed up to the Olsens for our annual Easter egg hunt and Easter dinner. Here are Ava and Christian searching for their baskets from Granny O and Freddy O.</div>
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We had a wonderful Easter and are looking forward to Easter 2012!kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06517256251139658878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-81015765230055981922011-12-18T10:41:00.001-07:002012-06-27T21:04:47.536-06:00Ava's First Dance Recital<div style="text-align: justify;">
Here's Ava performing in her first dance recital on stage and under the lights.</div>
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We couldn't be more proud of our darling little girl.furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-58079755410069238972011-10-21T16:32:00.002-06:002012-04-26T16:05:06.006-06:00Happy Valentine's Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSjFYhn_URlZ3Rfwy33rX0O7UJQrG04TC-fosgcUr88Mk6_BIUFat4-E3Tw14xZQF0T-ybD6LxP42YgpKz3IWa8gwaN4KWnfdfUcrUSgqzjf2N54VmnkihqyTwrkQcxvjaVR0SvdRNa48/s1600/val3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSjFYhn_URlZ3Rfwy33rX0O7UJQrG04TC-fosgcUr88Mk6_BIUFat4-E3Tw14xZQF0T-ybD6LxP42YgpKz3IWa8gwaN4KWnfdfUcrUSgqzjf2N54VmnkihqyTwrkQcxvjaVR0SvdRNa48/s400/val3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666077284337827074" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBlOcLEWM0P6aomVrocB6vRn883cxVBCqwLbr0LEWKBKSkPxhjLCXOdjfh7dRpIT2uOnIxHGA-hNSK5SMC4y5QjHXnobiSN4PO9g0PSEg3zRdBOb7g4OeFanowwZ4ZGQBMbIjrzT7vIlA/s1600/val1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBlOcLEWM0P6aomVrocB6vRn883cxVBCqwLbr0LEWKBKSkPxhjLCXOdjfh7dRpIT2uOnIxHGA-hNSK5SMC4y5QjHXnobiSN4PO9g0PSEg3zRdBOb7g4OeFanowwZ4ZGQBMbIjrzT7vIlA/s400/val1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666077281058997138" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMG9dtk0BSVa9M-2yF2-5U-6FdCGeWZz8aSggPo6UJiBFNeTN-0X8wRvORcPhAgKVsVN_fzflgPHmFCc4n_3bWhbwtrgmYSQHN5Cca-2Cy9G3zDzODZ5ai5GaOmUqQvRX7WSFUlCLxnc_/s1600/val2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMG9dtk0BSVa9M-2yF2-5U-6FdCGeWZz8aSggPo6UJiBFNeTN-0X8wRvORcPhAgKVsVN_fzflgPHmFCc4n_3bWhbwtrgmYSQHN5Cca-2Cy9G3zDzODZ5ai5GaOmUqQvRX7WSFUlCLxnc_/s400/val2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666077277065844802" border="0" /></a><br /></div>kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06517256251139658878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-61142194174952841562011-10-19T11:13:00.004-06:002012-04-26T16:05:13.571-06:00Christmas 2010!We had such a great Christmas with lots of fun places to go, great parties, and fun guests at our house. Here we are at the annual gingerbread house party.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vgfHw4FDbRSAQPF6xhHNNxQOxWl84FdAcgFSPn4eVoIgiD03KP9Zg05I27UUW_mTjyuCE2_-vlrJUAiB2ewbN1RJPxCVI928yeyTfT6CNfLiBDA66hVZ0uAEHCNHrhYClR1wiwhZgNiK/s1600/ch1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vgfHw4FDbRSAQPF6xhHNNxQOxWl84FdAcgFSPn4eVoIgiD03KP9Zg05I27UUW_mTjyuCE2_-vlrJUAiB2ewbN1RJPxCVI928yeyTfT6CNfLiBDA66hVZ0uAEHCNHrhYClR1wiwhZgNiK/s400/ch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665253538866749906" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">"This is the Place Heritage Park" has a beautiful Candlelight Christmas. The village is decorated for Christmas, you can visit with Santa, see live reindeer, and see a live Nativity.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyKSIahBQkPxz5t6bcLKYtD0PXzIQuyU0R-jZjQEUlY3Q0u5CvjjLqoJCgda22X4ywDRH8wvvdqf02pJJY4_KFgxrwdx3uPiYG9caeSJXuSvxtfT9xftUz90MRv0K7p5m0q5towVpg51w/s1600/-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyKSIahBQkPxz5t6bcLKYtD0PXzIQuyU0R-jZjQEUlY3Q0u5CvjjLqoJCgda22X4ywDRH8wvvdqf02pJJY4_KFgxrwdx3uPiYG9caeSJXuSvxtfT9xftUz90MRv0K7p5m0q5towVpg51w/s400/-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665253535852148034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Grand America has the most amazing gingerbread house display followed by a delicious treat at their candy store.<br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JKsaFbRPlRWyw4TkSCpZxdtYnZK5VkscqALg36quCEtBhNVLDzHF7Nov0Z3MH4w7XPYLqroX5aPJMrx6Txn5y6iZD1G9BuJYVAduRVluEUjSXFKVxuzxPFfEpMeQ9zsg_-FriSiHpkCu/s1600/-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JKsaFbRPlRWyw4TkSCpZxdtYnZK5VkscqALg36quCEtBhNVLDzHF7Nov0Z3MH4w7XPYLqroX5aPJMrx6Txn5y6iZD1G9BuJYVAduRVluEUjSXFKVxuzxPFfEpMeQ9zsg_-FriSiHpkCu/s400/-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665253174307318402" border="0" /></a><br />This was one of Ava's favorite houses!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80U-83zTsgKuJipcFFEAkFJ2huui5-TcHIHE9c2XT0tJJLhNXwKKUzVYeXqcKB2tTwus__Et6phTpcVMbgPkSMVBIdY-j-35XRobQDsExx7ILskXMqsEUXceFBMxD5sNzfnVOQORPHy5r/s1600/-3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80U-83zTsgKuJipcFFEAkFJ2huui5-TcHIHE9c2XT0tJJLhNXwKKUzVYeXqcKB2tTwus__Et6phTpcVMbgPkSMVBIdY-j-35XRobQDsExx7ILskXMqsEUXceFBMxD5sNzfnVOQORPHy5r/s400/-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665253169417376498" border="0" /></a><br />On Christmas morning, Christian was very excited about all of his fun surprises from Santa.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJPJ33irXFj5Ddvo8NIFK8mVp_criaAr1_J0TiMG7AvQihk36KtQirWJhPnbKhyphenhyphenih5kKaKKksEcC3P6oWn_3TyshWl5qUNaBAZ8lzk9mBek31miUQABbyh3FNbVMs-Yp9VVjdG0dTGuSQ/s1600/-4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJPJ33irXFj5Ddvo8NIFK8mVp_criaAr1_J0TiMG7AvQihk36KtQirWJhPnbKhyphenhyphenih5kKaKKksEcC3P6oWn_3TyshWl5qUNaBAZ8lzk9mBek31miUQABbyh3FNbVMs-Yp9VVjdG0dTGuSQ/s400/-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665253169325148194" border="0" /></a><br />Ava was especially excited about her little Jasmine doll.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-eqw5Bh20rnMbRTO1ds6VrE5-mjJfHUJXw3vY4zUgZ30s2knRG9_BTu4eEU-GrYCTpVXixrALWZhYoVpGsTB7pss6UAT0HUEuUxxA3mO2QKsfL9A4AeDlU8KcKFeW-fZ2iw6SNfzd9Vc/s1600/-5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-eqw5Bh20rnMbRTO1ds6VrE5-mjJfHUJXw3vY4zUgZ30s2knRG9_BTu4eEU-GrYCTpVXixrALWZhYoVpGsTB7pss6UAT0HUEuUxxA3mO2QKsfL9A4AeDlU8KcKFeW-fZ2iw6SNfzd9Vc/s400/-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665253164891567202" border="0" /></a><br />After opening presents at home, we went to the Olsens for more fun gifts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDti7XFB75CdWO5vu9QhnJ_eseiXxCwooSCgYuU3QvK5-e9nYVP5Ne195p59uv7LfTHVmDk4SAKD6YXtI1Sxv3yTPJHtxNWSCnzmER5XfJ4UVCllnD1T0d3-AVw3C4AWkIzwTbu8BVnSK/s1600/-6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDti7XFB75CdWO5vu9QhnJ_eseiXxCwooSCgYuU3QvK5-e9nYVP5Ne195p59uv7LfTHVmDk4SAKD6YXtI1Sxv3yTPJHtxNWSCnzmER5XfJ4UVCllnD1T0d3-AVw3C4AWkIzwTbu8BVnSK/s400/-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665253165426910978" border="0" /></a><br />We had such a wonderful Christmas and were so happy to be surrounded by family!kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06517256251139658878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-82111259368996506912011-08-07T10:46:00.010-06:002012-06-10T14:03:56.845-06:00Christmas Eve Nativity 2010On Christmas Eve, the little cousins put on their first annual Nativity.<br />
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Ava was an angel...<br />
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..and Christian was a little lamb.<br />
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With so many little kids, it was a little hectic...<br />
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...but as they say in the biz, the show must go on.<br />
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Here's a video of the entire production:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%;">Cast</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(in order of appearance)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shepherd:</span> Maddie<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lambs:</span> Christian & Zach<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Angels:</span> Ava & Zoe<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joseph:</span> Seth<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary:</span> Sophie<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Baby Jesus:</span> Leila<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Star:</span> Annissa</span>kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06517256251139658878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-91204008054990537422011-07-22T22:03:00.003-06:002011-07-22T22:10:59.922-06:00Jordan's Mission Call<div style="text-align: justify;">Larry's brother Jordan received his mission call in the mail today. He has been called to serve in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala">Guatemala</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala_City">Guatemala City</a> South Mission. Jordan reports to the Provo, Utah <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary_Training_Center">MTC</a> on October 12th. After spending three weeks there, he will complete his missionary training in the Guatemala City MTC for six weeks before entering the mission field.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPSP24L2OPpzG1qNTo4GhO2_0NiK_QKs5RZY78_dwR5DGv_-DjZ5povGCU1RorP9S78x2D5o8LT0VykPTRq-Bz8VZcr7hM_TMPL9nblj95oVVpLTh94kAjnT3zwJ8sggJn25MfVB7xyjC/s1600/GGCSMissionMapBig.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPSP24L2OPpzG1qNTo4GhO2_0NiK_QKs5RZY78_dwR5DGv_-DjZ5povGCU1RorP9S78x2D5o8LT0VykPTRq-Bz8VZcr7hM_TMPL9nblj95oVVpLTh94kAjnT3zwJ8sggJn25MfVB7xyjC/s400/GGCSMissionMapBig.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632394951766035362" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Congratulations Jordan on your mission call!</div>furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-91489161367280539262011-07-10T20:09:00.005-06:002011-07-10T20:44:54.833-06:00Ava's 4th BirthdayBack in December, (I know we are really behind on our blog), our sweet little Ava turned four.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIot2byi9EXIiRvxJv8dPRJVfjiXg61YUL4RwUCJwrT_qMkBIAc0Afk8AAEhOsHu_K6-Y7tGUx0roR_gLxc8b7l6cOriedQ5PsAM8xHtHbBY9W0_tr_dz5MiWn3AR2FlTvUVe6wTef0p-/s1600/2010.12.19+-+01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIot2byi9EXIiRvxJv8dPRJVfjiXg61YUL4RwUCJwrT_qMkBIAc0Afk8AAEhOsHu_K6-Y7tGUx0roR_gLxc8b7l6cOriedQ5PsAM8xHtHbBY9W0_tr_dz5MiWn3AR2FlTvUVe6wTef0p-/s400/2010.12.19+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627911728053213170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pretty much her whole life she has loved mermaids and had decided she really wanted another mermaid party. She had also had a mermaid party with her cousin Annissa <a href="http://www.furrever.com/2008/12/two-little-mermaids-turn-two.html">when they both turned two</a>.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvUTP7guh_yXHd5YE6h_4wr6L1p5kbTzlzpJ1AM58OjvwM_oOdXAy3Bztll6GWcNsUZ9IqCaoDWQa6G3524eMgjtGFGMLVBesKlv1PTwID-J8PJ10rm71nanfVqmDOUBUcs3qwHclzM6e/s1600/2010.12.19+-+06.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvUTP7guh_yXHd5YE6h_4wr6L1p5kbTzlzpJ1AM58OjvwM_oOdXAy3Bztll6GWcNsUZ9IqCaoDWQa6G3524eMgjtGFGMLVBesKlv1PTwID-J8PJ10rm71nanfVqmDOUBUcs3qwHclzM6e/s400/2010.12.19+-+06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627911448148238210" border="0" /></a><br />Ava was very excited about helping me make lots of little mermaids.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5F8PIy6WYeKF_2HkNx1Dv24T587KKWHhIjYYjGsNzQosVhhGOHRzmmf0VdfO1KDSAMlRtsFKEle_98CAIBvkj8Jn0kZyz6rPRC11OFUdhT-3A6tunb_zyGL6Fj92kycA2ddYOUe80zyp/s1600/2010.12.19+-+05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5F8PIy6WYeKF_2HkNx1Dv24T587KKWHhIjYYjGsNzQosVhhGOHRzmmf0VdfO1KDSAMlRtsFKEle_98CAIBvkj8Jn0kZyz6rPRC11OFUdhT-3A6tunb_zyGL6Fj92kycA2ddYOUe80zyp/s400/2010.12.19+-+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627911451990660418" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is doing one of her mermaid poses waiting for the party to start.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGCf6tDNb-VmXW2NAy8Qh3FFhGUrCaxKy58JRuG3dm3Qgklg__dOGl-XMbbQh_Fm2xUYnLqinJ2VAxoOHM2THXYuo2a0UeXkyALszXv9mzaP7W88rrPzK8256CFAMzBRFXLfSndIERfsu/s1600/2010.12.19+-+03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGCf6tDNb-VmXW2NAy8Qh3FFhGUrCaxKy58JRuG3dm3Qgklg__dOGl-XMbbQh_Fm2xUYnLqinJ2VAxoOHM2THXYuo2a0UeXkyALszXv9mzaP7W88rrPzK8256CFAMzBRFXLfSndIERfsu/s400/2010.12.19+-+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627911460156736610" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It turned out to be such a fun party and we are so glad that so many family and friends could be there.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrQsLfOr-OYngL_L0U4a56T6EvxEpoV9owkxPWH-_6ATkoBtMcit4dgG5W8KYTft_YY0EeYJHHSRMqC_mLiT0v20eNyvrVfkByNQafXRON9kriDWm73Ue78re3XMMI8LrmeEYKIB17cCG/s1600/2010.12.19+-+02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrQsLfOr-OYngL_L0U4a56T6EvxEpoV9owkxPWH-_6ATkoBtMcit4dgG5W8KYTft_YY0EeYJHHSRMqC_mLiT0v20eNyvrVfkByNQafXRON9kriDWm73Ue78re3XMMI8LrmeEYKIB17cCG/s400/2010.12.19+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627911727291419298" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is getting ready to blow out her 4 candles.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrputmWIbDSHUaIi16V5olY30T0DGjcyj7sS1BumIFpAi8VczB2jISJpgwzIhwMhYbSc6AH8nlAaDH9mVz9FsaBe78FQAfSzgGpmo3QKDasi8-92mljdR66ahEgBh2BBbOgoNuNIPivsEI/s1600/2010.12.19+-+07.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrputmWIbDSHUaIi16V5olY30T0DGjcyj7sS1BumIFpAi8VczB2jISJpgwzIhwMhYbSc6AH8nlAaDH9mVz9FsaBe78FQAfSzgGpmo3QKDasi8-92mljdR66ahEgBh2BBbOgoNuNIPivsEI/s400/2010.12.19+-+07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627911439993010658" border="0" /></a><br />We love you Ava and are so happy you are in our family!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNvER7EEBlul2jg2SCRNYICO0196XyXw77IlWSbBWT-8V8BjowBB3s-QIhhyVFDpeXVIHCE3dPWXXsybCd58_DBxq70QDgcU2RoYRgDgv3n9AfIgV2DLhW67gHbdccGHqnSKUBKbbj2JX/s1600/2010.12.19+-+04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNvER7EEBlul2jg2SCRNYICO0196XyXw77IlWSbBWT-8V8BjowBB3s-QIhhyVFDpeXVIHCE3dPWXXsybCd58_DBxq70QDgcU2RoYRgDgv3n9AfIgV2DLhW67gHbdccGHqnSKUBKbbj2JX/s400/2010.12.19+-+04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627911454485219938" border="0" /></a>kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06517256251139658878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-77803718522514560682011-07-09T14:03:00.003-06:002011-07-10T20:37:48.485-06:00Patriotic CousinsSophie, Ava and Annissa at the 4th of July parade in Murray.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhQcoDG6winOx6L-fIRkeI3m_5gZ3Gjf5FAaqjjAZYq-LcYALfcEXWwglPF3wOSLwGl1CWKSny4vZf90GtFG1Pr3PMzy0Zhs3evDuRqZMtrGgjUcwsFxPEVu7Oz0PUXB-u1IxmnhJxq2E/s1600/2011.07.09+-+01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhQcoDG6winOx6L-fIRkeI3m_5gZ3Gjf5FAaqjjAZYq-LcYALfcEXWwglPF3wOSLwGl1CWKSny4vZf90GtFG1Pr3PMzy0Zhs3evDuRqZMtrGgjUcwsFxPEVu7Oz0PUXB-u1IxmnhJxq2E/s400/2011.07.09+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627448583681061874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q71Myxdd6sc/Thi0arEkkAI/AAAAAAAADiY/SfHAKgp5vD8/s1600/2011.07.04%2B-%2B391.jpg"><br /></a>furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-35266405547745945262011-04-19T18:00:00.002-06:002011-04-19T18:56:36.675-06:00Owlz Game<div style="text-align: justify;">We went to see an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orem_Owlz">Orem Owlz</a> baseball game in August. Christian was excited to participate in his first live sporting event and even had the shirt to prove it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9nK68K0Ny3IQ0r6RuwZcBoqNuec6A4rvAKhYOKQEcwdl2lqj31KdJ2Io8JszmFQppv6fgQCgG4iTcrp1HhwjKke1YL24omIRE575ZG-PgfSLb93NX5M8nvM2whjiArSyu_AVQCrlIHkU/s1600/2010.09.13+-+01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9nK68K0Ny3IQ0r6RuwZcBoqNuec6A4rvAKhYOKQEcwdl2lqj31KdJ2Io8JszmFQppv6fgQCgG4iTcrp1HhwjKke1YL24omIRE575ZG-PgfSLb93NX5M8nvM2whjiArSyu_AVQCrlIHkU/s400/2010.09.13+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594944540080992210" border="0" /></a>The girls were excited too, but more so for ballpark franks than the actual game (admittedly we all kind of were).<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPjDDeE_rJaKy3Yar3yK9qcaVqz8aoh1kiUGQqTIh9INMOZlvV6c1_mDdtrE8O2neYv8puFdOSGu_SsEJWCBRYnGNoxmtxzF4zbJRTyLejeirbcCk3gHoWbhrmINJ7YG3RRQKY9HPzUaR/s1600/2010.09.13+-+02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPjDDeE_rJaKy3Yar3yK9qcaVqz8aoh1kiUGQqTIh9INMOZlvV6c1_mDdtrE8O2neYv8puFdOSGu_SsEJWCBRYnGNoxmtxzF4zbJRTyLejeirbcCk3gHoWbhrmINJ7YG3RRQKY9HPzUaR/s400/2010.09.13+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594943687670932898" border="0" /></a>Christian and Larry look quite happy after having eaten their hotdogs.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxCKBI3ND_bRls8gNBGzqzIcz53tk2lYMh3MggejFoKIkaVNdUyJzbHIxkL1VrQJ_IU7PLAdCQKfaCxJCx_wRjU_k0nCni_3Q7-ktTHfiY0R9ZvaM2jxMyk89zJbnDieKLUgylnx9yP0P/s1600/2010.09.13+-+05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxCKBI3ND_bRls8gNBGzqzIcz53tk2lYMh3MggejFoKIkaVNdUyJzbHIxkL1VrQJ_IU7PLAdCQKfaCxJCx_wRjU_k0nCni_3Q7-ktTHfiY0R9ZvaM2jxMyk89zJbnDieKLUgylnx9yP0P/s400/2010.09.13+-+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594943678391492866" border="0" /></a>Looks like Ava and Krista enjoyed their hotdogs too.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_v8FRptWdKgDW4xgMeAFqwhodjA0BT5vTLka1InJ9fQ1JVXkOGg35ej9ID-6jxKEBvDwj3GIfgXLgs4QSokDn5eS1rUxIVnBGdJ2VpHw8fzzL2iYFl7QdGPHX9uEe3bg3S1gPan0-MTw0/s1600/2010.09.13+-+04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_v8FRptWdKgDW4xgMeAFqwhodjA0BT5vTLka1InJ9fQ1JVXkOGg35ej9ID-6jxKEBvDwj3GIfgXLgs4QSokDn5eS1rUxIVnBGdJ2VpHw8fzzL2iYFl7QdGPHX9uEe3bg3S1gPan0-MTw0/s400/2010.09.13+-+04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594943683185197586" border="0" /></a>In fact, Ava appears to be thinking about how she might snag herself a second hotdog.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-z9QB2ZxcuIUNl8919jkkpBYHP0wZh0lhXZiZRjpTSikGFtK-UYce84ztOF8R3exQ-h3_Svpq_c4nVfHDGkGe4x4lTPaxqWAPflshpCt-yj6kb7-1a9q5P_ioWFeqQnmpKv2828-cJlt/s1600/2010.09.13+-+06.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-z9QB2ZxcuIUNl8919jkkpBYHP0wZh0lhXZiZRjpTSikGFtK-UYce84ztOF8R3exQ-h3_Svpq_c4nVfHDGkGe4x4lTPaxqWAPflshpCt-yj6kb7-1a9q5P_ioWFeqQnmpKv2828-cJlt/s400/2010.09.13+-+06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594943671286489506" border="0" /></a>Ava probably enjoyed walking up and down these stairs more so than the game itself. On the way out, we took the kids to a jungle gym located on the facilities that ended up being the highlight of the night in Ava's book.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cw23iLGOAhslZ6GOS-M3kSGiiAGrgQryN9ZDPVPUBqDutCqRE0qzZpvZQDpXXwuCtwS65GP5TRA_iASl9GELbkS54kZ-OVXYt-bmSzdh8coAg6ncyCfHhatSkkvmT0JKCHmOnT9SQJ6j/s1600/2010.09.13+-+03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cw23iLGOAhslZ6GOS-M3kSGiiAGrgQryN9ZDPVPUBqDutCqRE0qzZpvZQDpXXwuCtwS65GP5TRA_iASl9GELbkS54kZ-OVXYt-bmSzdh8coAg6ncyCfHhatSkkvmT0JKCHmOnT9SQJ6j/s400/2010.09.13+-+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594943684247745346" border="0" /></a>If baseball is truly America's favorite pastime, we guess the Furr family must not be that American. Now as for hotdog eating...<br /></div></div>furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480715986720298194.post-86046747985802770232011-04-13T22:52:00.002-06:002011-04-13T22:57:11.180-06:00Hangin' in Preston with the Cousins<div style="text-align: justify;">This past summer we spent lots of time in Preston, Idaho, which has become one of Ava's and Christian's favorite places to go. There's always something fun to do, from going to parades to swimming in the backyard. Their favorite pastime, however, is playing with their cousins.<br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PlH_vk7ORu8?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PlH_vk7ORu8?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>furreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11949416570959525327noreply@blogger.com4