tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60905898788907707442024-02-18T20:13:29.000-08:00The Alston BoysThe Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-90536611695413737002010-02-26T10:06:00.001-08:002010-02-26T10:30:01.361-08:00Miller turns 4!We had a great time celebrating Miller's 4th Birthday last weekend. Since we have had a winter filled with cold weather and snow, I figured that we wouldn't try to chance an outside birthday party this year. So, we planned on the sometimes dreaded Chuck E Cheese. And wouldn't you know the weather was perfect OUTSIDE, but who knew. Miller had a fun-filled time with his friends besides his moments of being scared of Chuck E himself, although I can't say I blame him:) My mom, Travis' mom and dad, sister and brother-in-law, and cousins were all able to join us.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRxpTh_d7001noa4uR1zjnnY6uBmdVhnRlE5jBJYhYf1wXSv8J9DiSsObnsDCVSkAetlD0ivxsY5ZYni6iCiJ_xrRXPvEwrMExOibrsXK3VTSj62qmKOFVlmPSvAjCzsKKJsEpDMlq4c/s1600-h/IMG_2214.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRxpTh_d7001noa4uR1zjnnY6uBmdVhnRlE5jBJYhYf1wXSv8J9DiSsObnsDCVSkAetlD0ivxsY5ZYni6iCiJ_xrRXPvEwrMExOibrsXK3VTSj62qmKOFVlmPSvAjCzsKKJsEpDMlq4c/s320/IMG_2214.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442617515137371106" /></a><br />Tate in his idea of heaven on earth-surrounded by video games. He told me after the party that he didn't just like it, he LOVED it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1zJYkM5t104YUnaSUsurLow59c0iN7dkZTiyiWEWpTFKMXOY4Hvlg1TxptgF2xIKpAw14Ziz2q7tlO4zXoo0Jol38czcbRbNSILuI2cNVmNPoTQfCAHD1fWwwUwURH-NQllqUWCYiOg/s1600-h/IMG_2170.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1zJYkM5t104YUnaSUsurLow59c0iN7dkZTiyiWEWpTFKMXOY4Hvlg1TxptgF2xIKpAw14Ziz2q7tlO4zXoo0Jol38czcbRbNSILuI2cNVmNPoTQfCAHD1fWwwUwURH-NQllqUWCYiOg/s320/IMG_2170.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442617508955290402" /></a><br />After Miller was less than impressed with Chuck E, Travis took his ceremonial bite of birthday cake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBR-nJB7I0K1easDfIM6iJVobYJPc5jBCxGYTmPdTlP2oTqvfmTGRgqW4Gga-jDfJz_M6IhnfaF0pOMVmvhfcpDs5vOGQV5oQ_1149lmE6LtVCmapar799_YHEpbaeQzTkxk2PjjFP2S4/s1600-h/IMG_2185.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBR-nJB7I0K1easDfIM6iJVobYJPc5jBCxGYTmPdTlP2oTqvfmTGRgqW4Gga-jDfJz_M6IhnfaF0pOMVmvhfcpDs5vOGQV5oQ_1149lmE6LtVCmapar799_YHEpbaeQzTkxk2PjjFP2S4/s320/IMG_2185.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442617493039300210" /></a><br />Tate and Miller looking on, happy to be out of the mouse's reach:)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfah9JOX8pU0lt40FRLr_BjpZFi_PXE6d15gsu6egzYvON1FYMltAlIszcdu7wSURBgpIXxd6JTLyowIvm3Xiz-KvPqlUF64uEKODBpoB_PW1fcNL3uDg2EHInBJYvFaoAuZCdZUjtz6A/s1600-h/IMG_2183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfah9JOX8pU0lt40FRLr_BjpZFi_PXE6d15gsu6egzYvON1FYMltAlIszcdu7wSURBgpIXxd6JTLyowIvm3Xiz-KvPqlUF64uEKODBpoB_PW1fcNL3uDg2EHInBJYvFaoAuZCdZUjtz6A/s320/IMG_2183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442617490064243346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SmHEnR7AMOylEBfg4vpU5X_oJ-11sDBthNORTsiKsjnq3PLFzPqKI_YS_71VKqlSO9veYGJKgSzYfL2z7q7qiFOYJEF8JgwKl3MdoHCGTY9CIKfVQ5PP0RlGGvHkM35AS5VpurVA0aQ/s1600-h/IMG_2212.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SmHEnR7AMOylEBfg4vpU5X_oJ-11sDBthNORTsiKsjnq3PLFzPqKI_YS_71VKqlSO9veYGJKgSzYfL2z7q7qiFOYJEF8JgwKl3MdoHCGTY9CIKfVQ5PP0RlGGvHkM35AS5VpurVA0aQ/s320/IMG_2212.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442616893903331394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5XxPx0GP-TCsGnlgvDjpDISO51_L7fXX1AbHKfHhr0sC_BN8ZQaEo1DR4UcGR5k5xawLuY7AEP2aN4cKCN7YJmfHgasTApEJ1u0Z4-VnhfjJW5WCvjNtaA6LqLUFvtWsihC0MntcXDc/s1600-h/IMG_2213.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5XxPx0GP-TCsGnlgvDjpDISO51_L7fXX1AbHKfHhr0sC_BN8ZQaEo1DR4UcGR5k5xawLuY7AEP2aN4cKCN7YJmfHgasTApEJ1u0Z4-VnhfjJW5WCvjNtaA6LqLUFvtWsihC0MntcXDc/s320/IMG_2213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442616875251070898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-hZL_NiQe1yF0lutXlnP7xBdgl3Nf5nphMcO9fPHIN7C8LE_gQjj7K4BJ5oRldXysh-HIzpWKG4UnQADiB-z7sBljRSXh1DIZ4Wa_T1Ule0LcEBYnqeWRLdWXIB0DpsOGkiw2TOAlm8/s1600-h/IMG_2191.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-hZL_NiQe1yF0lutXlnP7xBdgl3Nf5nphMcO9fPHIN7C8LE_gQjj7K4BJ5oRldXysh-HIzpWKG4UnQADiB-z7sBljRSXh1DIZ4Wa_T1Ule0LcEBYnqeWRLdWXIB0DpsOGkiw2TOAlm8/s320/IMG_2191.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442616866122120226" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-46692051423910585692010-01-08T09:22:00.000-08:002010-01-08T09:31:47.956-08:00More snow!Yesterday brought us more snow, so much so that they dismissed school early yesterday and cancelled school for today. Last month when we had snow the boys didn't actually get to see the snowflakes falling, this go-round the snow kept slowly falling all afternoon. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_flKujNYGchP5KtMMuKTGnc6lbKINm7SNsBtYRZ93dbp92dfz7X5J4imGByHSDCAARCSqFTm0hSsZEv7fcNFZ5DVcTGUlKwyswXw3tSt95amDQcuMvLeShF2-7uZSjJ3GHiM9117yd0/s1600-h/IMG_2153.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_flKujNYGchP5KtMMuKTGnc6lbKINm7SNsBtYRZ93dbp92dfz7X5J4imGByHSDCAARCSqFTm0hSsZEv7fcNFZ5DVcTGUlKwyswXw3tSt95amDQcuMvLeShF2-7uZSjJ3GHiM9117yd0/s320/IMG_2153.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424421634168332482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQOsYItGr3hTcXz07e3efS_u-e87qCTiUBepOenW6VW9j9TEIU_Cc2QN3wpOeKB3zCEAoh5LrefygClLWuult2us_2oidbSwCpLEzcJh89UGiNu-QsfLBw-XI55tIHx7Btp-vpnxh7xQ/s1600-h/IMG_2159.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQOsYItGr3hTcXz07e3efS_u-e87qCTiUBepOenW6VW9j9TEIU_Cc2QN3wpOeKB3zCEAoh5LrefygClLWuult2us_2oidbSwCpLEzcJh89UGiNu-QsfLBw-XI55tIHx7Btp-vpnxh7xQ/s320/IMG_2159.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424421631164242466" /></a><br />Tate liked eating the snow:)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ovi8ZoCImYBzhSqalCPiY9bR2u2MxlXrZOCxCq1eBbcayJWMk5haK9A0OJZodn3AQSxd-DPCM7ZxLp4Q3gRJyYffi5V3jr87Lv0cuUFvKPF93KO0E03O33iSbgpHGaqT1Jv0pvqBk-c/s1600-h/IMG_2156.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ovi8ZoCImYBzhSqalCPiY9bR2u2MxlXrZOCxCq1eBbcayJWMk5haK9A0OJZodn3AQSxd-DPCM7ZxLp4Q3gRJyYffi5V3jr87Lv0cuUFvKPF93KO0E03O33iSbgpHGaqT1Jv0pvqBk-c/s320/IMG_2156.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424421624933557106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77snRki6anzS2_RtdIncZSe8TK7TdYvs35o3_NBXcp3JIWmolYHNAw7w2_B4UQ7RLtdbSTEKpoV5vkKiU4LGzHP7Ikf2xzT9LNe6CgSGXJPdDYZD71iPm1PbelVHR8aV1lbppwuI8JFQ/s1600-h/IMG_2157.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77snRki6anzS2_RtdIncZSe8TK7TdYvs35o3_NBXcp3JIWmolYHNAw7w2_B4UQ7RLtdbSTEKpoV5vkKiU4LGzHP7Ikf2xzT9LNe6CgSGXJPdDYZD71iPm1PbelVHR8aV1lbppwuI8JFQ/s320/IMG_2157.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424421275837090194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mCjdmUe5crtpP2qaC0nTN4MdfSTl4CjI0nGTC1C48TEu6mfr7QH8qS6JFYNn0SXsiYtZ-UN2ZSBG6N_jZdcsiXtV4hvFMoj4Z67Mt6mYYQWbo-1VdxuV37nsPBdf-38gJhLXYsHW8R4/s1600-h/IMG_2154.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mCjdmUe5crtpP2qaC0nTN4MdfSTl4CjI0nGTC1C48TEu6mfr7QH8qS6JFYNn0SXsiYtZ-UN2ZSBG6N_jZdcsiXtV4hvFMoj4Z67Mt6mYYQWbo-1VdxuV37nsPBdf-38gJhLXYsHW8R4/s320/IMG_2154.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424421268750334002" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-5897222887572704802010-01-07T10:57:00.000-08:002010-01-07T14:21:10.079-08:00Christmas and New YearsWe had a wonderful Christmas together, it just keeps getting better as the boys get older. We had friends over for dinner after our church's Christmas Eve service. After the whirlwind of presents Christmas morning, we headed down to Birmingham to celebrate with my sister's family and my mom. As always, the kids loved being together and I enjoyed putting my feet up while the boys were entertained. We visited the zoo on Sunday to run off some excess energy and then headed back home.<br /><br />Working on our gingerbread house<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtbLmpmJrGFrvJ_bYPnK9FeKRXIpMv3VHnm4S14vv7Gk7glZOOfiw3ZCCUDSBzvJO6XWWMzR9rPszMNSs8p1N-T6R8XDRdXpExQFlAXRJLC9Kwi1WTR8osjxMPlRAaeFOKj8hvPDxlUA/s1600-h/IMG_2079.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtbLmpmJrGFrvJ_bYPnK9FeKRXIpMv3VHnm4S14vv7Gk7glZOOfiw3ZCCUDSBzvJO6XWWMzR9rPszMNSs8p1N-T6R8XDRdXpExQFlAXRJLC9Kwi1WTR8osjxMPlRAaeFOKj8hvPDxlUA/s320/IMG_2079.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424120357423791570" /></a><br />Christmas morning<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGfS9dl3o4Xpy52DrAa3zWLi4cBUM7Y7xlBUsh9Hkbd8mXeAWosMIGTX4Mro40kzjLRecN5EW2IiCanWh24lnSy6YV4G1AUaH75JnZyMSZk0XhPV__XFkZPHJljiZ1aB1DP2wOR4ZA7o/s1600-h/IMG_2104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGfS9dl3o4Xpy52DrAa3zWLi4cBUM7Y7xlBUsh9Hkbd8mXeAWosMIGTX4Mro40kzjLRecN5EW2IiCanWh24lnSy6YV4G1AUaH75JnZyMSZk0XhPV__XFkZPHJljiZ1aB1DP2wOR4ZA7o/s320/IMG_2104.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424121414821745426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyhP-fFxfDiM0s4pXI0xwYWdwVup5iFdogi9oW6fq0BfRG_0dRcf45kd3tIUoaro1J_ZYkOPl2sLmh08LdFC36xWqwMMR-vHbJN5sKbGutzeHyE4N7YF1p0G3ESVd0sd0hA6SslPdgIw/s1600-h/IMG_2097.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyhP-fFxfDiM0s4pXI0xwYWdwVup5iFdogi9oW6fq0BfRG_0dRcf45kd3tIUoaro1J_ZYkOPl2sLmh08LdFC36xWqwMMR-vHbJN5sKbGutzeHyE4N7YF1p0G3ESVd0sd0hA6SslPdgIw/s320/IMG_2097.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424122116595824066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EZnCIVwWNkqE4AwdJkE5VNAXesn5bq_Oreg_cOWTuiU1cz1siddmpjLJO2O7uCJrkMqhnj6hZyqh9_YqTuquqWf5pedY7_zLwNXmXFH2hWdBXMX8zVex96lp4YVLGMLBkzbymZPlc9c/s1600-h/IMG_2116.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EZnCIVwWNkqE4AwdJkE5VNAXesn5bq_Oreg_cOWTuiU1cz1siddmpjLJO2O7uCJrkMqhnj6hZyqh9_YqTuquqWf5pedY7_zLwNXmXFH2hWdBXMX8zVex96lp4YVLGMLBkzbymZPlc9c/s320/IMG_2116.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424122122986382210" /></a><br />Buzz times two<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2wydxVGRQDOzJqTk7D6fQONCtxVVuZeP1dfD_3zEfQpRZ8X_-KFxEdbWjvw7Il54ENiKgyjscnFwrAzwXvb5JbZlHe_C1JoVFRzSjsq3DcAxY67qCrpaKFzZ5LjC5p7_7OkjXX59LBc/s1600-h/IMG_2105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2wydxVGRQDOzJqTk7D6fQONCtxVVuZeP1dfD_3zEfQpRZ8X_-KFxEdbWjvw7Il54ENiKgyjscnFwrAzwXvb5JbZlHe_C1JoVFRzSjsq3DcAxY67qCrpaKFzZ5LjC5p7_7OkjXX59LBc/s320/IMG_2105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424120369608703890" /></a><br />The Christmas dinner kids table in Birmingham <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSinhcYIj2ufdjVcyj9vfBtgrB1gIhzJ4RZiPF4Dh_4WRseUIUVLaB1iKxUBSYLZdGfnTDRh_m6zasZCxNZxHD9_qtpt4as1USlkbixbO5y9zuG4QXH39up9LSNwMpKm-w0PNr_KgqYw/s1600-h/IMG_2111.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSinhcYIj2ufdjVcyj9vfBtgrB1gIhzJ4RZiPF4Dh_4WRseUIUVLaB1iKxUBSYLZdGfnTDRh_m6zasZCxNZxHD9_qtpt4as1USlkbixbO5y9zuG4QXH39up9LSNwMpKm-w0PNr_KgqYw/s320/IMG_2111.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424120371748851314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTala-kJCYSqzf8s9KcmPWTWr0ps7q3CR6pT0X1Hz895GduQiBIkenyXejKXNJDNTKOItdlzyVNsvvcYQ_vZaJcLIZbAQ6er49SprUs_zxZdqW7KUFkgOzSqHdKeZGfEgPly2xuNsTPl8/s1600-h/IMG_2126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTala-kJCYSqzf8s9KcmPWTWr0ps7q3CR6pT0X1Hz895GduQiBIkenyXejKXNJDNTKOItdlzyVNsvvcYQ_vZaJcLIZbAQ6er49SprUs_zxZdqW7KUFkgOzSqHdKeZGfEgPly2xuNsTPl8/s320/IMG_2126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424121428958978738" /></a><br />Two peas in pod-the storm trooper and the ballerina<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m6ERds6eUSqkAM4lPcxP9JPci1fLr_kOyijWKLALLzxMbH34EtGTevEYt6FM2SMiqGUjrW2j97VRFq110oZqKFikFAVrP2AidxyrrnLkEHAuzHfB_aQrNFR6QUpD6sQ7R3GyILxUijE/s1600-h/IMG_2128.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m6ERds6eUSqkAM4lPcxP9JPci1fLr_kOyijWKLALLzxMbH34EtGTevEYt6FM2SMiqGUjrW2j97VRFq110oZqKFikFAVrP2AidxyrrnLkEHAuzHfB_aQrNFR6QUpD6sQ7R3GyILxUijE/s320/IMG_2128.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424122128262988978" /></a><br />On the train at the zoo<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEBMtrYTcXE8xcQ5bcxEQcTKBXnCPqZtbifkkdChc_P9q4BT353-0oe9fx0C_qgkDWcx_yjyYwSkWKuVRj4vJ0ewoxqFL9jQ2doumq_GQDUsAIYDV1YwkrWQdKJiXZNMsi8QMMtX5F9w/s1600-h/IMG_2136.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEBMtrYTcXE8xcQ5bcxEQcTKBXnCPqZtbifkkdChc_P9q4BT353-0oe9fx0C_qgkDWcx_yjyYwSkWKuVRj4vJ0ewoxqFL9jQ2doumq_GQDUsAIYDV1YwkrWQdKJiXZNMsi8QMMtX5F9w/s320/IMG_2136.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424123269791008178" /></a><br />The sweetest teenage boy I know:)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCNEqMj_q1-QTZCfsk9zs5YcZ5Kj20YSC-rO1X05Dn0sWHCDq1rGWd4_7h37oY6EIX9nAPbPk7-RzDWlM1jvkUMgAQReD04ptmrlebtvGA1YLxAslKY5UQ3KCBStPCEdWIl4duOz22Cg/s1600-h/IMG_2141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCNEqMj_q1-QTZCfsk9zs5YcZ5Kj20YSC-rO1X05Dn0sWHCDq1rGWd4_7h37oY6EIX9nAPbPk7-RzDWlM1jvkUMgAQReD04ptmrlebtvGA1YLxAslKY5UQ3KCBStPCEdWIl4duOz22Cg/s320/IMG_2141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424123279438463506" /></a><br />We celebrated New Years in our traditional way with our friends Brent and Julie in Nashville. We went to the Brentwood Country Club for a fun casino night. We gambled with fake money and rang in 2010 at midnight. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysyydhHG_nIRphyM6KSmB0cW9bLYOFN6NALhoc6NM42jOqqgJexMhVTE9D5gI2C641yYgKsh0kC-VD-Z5p5BL-f8il2sw5-_6___h_HuNZkyIb5R4cvS3M5PQPuppc3TSEtXGTC0NXBE/s1600-h/IMG_2148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysyydhHG_nIRphyM6KSmB0cW9bLYOFN6NALhoc6NM42jOqqgJexMhVTE9D5gI2C641yYgKsh0kC-VD-Z5p5BL-f8il2sw5-_6___h_HuNZkyIb5R4cvS3M5PQPuppc3TSEtXGTC0NXBE/s320/IMG_2148.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424124120338677458" /></a><br />As you can tell the boys weren't too sad to be left with a babysitter on New Years Eve<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFuo9Px4TZ0Xa-cztNCXR6Lo8WX1KxJ6dU2KQABfuV-PWoUxkZchFQc7MhFt2DCTYTx6VQwZ3CcZErfZrphWEMosxZwemS6i3ejI0ndkYVwyH7eA3W4Y-cyEDj40P4yfJzwHb0qdjsV0/s1600-h/IMG_2149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFuo9Px4TZ0Xa-cztNCXR6Lo8WX1KxJ6dU2KQABfuV-PWoUxkZchFQc7MhFt2DCTYTx6VQwZ3CcZErfZrphWEMosxZwemS6i3ejI0ndkYVwyH7eA3W4Y-cyEDj40P4yfJzwHb0qdjsV0/s320/IMG_2149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424124140217253106" /></a><br />Brent and Julie's little girl loved Travis, we jokingly called him the baby whisperer all weekend, which is a reassuring thought as two newborns are headed our way!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXlFx5IKjb-7iQuyeitZZIMnw4MT8zCp1X7a-BdjjjRo6CVQbIf_mEBLdwEE85lPf5AuspFf5FUv4kf-f2T-68lD1HhM6NCBmG2qZIZYjVB_MYtcYk_aOiYzdFSK51Km6lkTZE-vQSfA/s1600-h/IMG_2147.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXlFx5IKjb-7iQuyeitZZIMnw4MT8zCp1X7a-BdjjjRo6CVQbIf_mEBLdwEE85lPf5AuspFf5FUv4kf-f2T-68lD1HhM6NCBmG2qZIZYjVB_MYtcYk_aOiYzdFSK51Km6lkTZE-vQSfA/s320/IMG_2147.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424124132024901426" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-42007260216473004922009-12-11T07:11:00.000-08:002009-12-11T07:40:48.397-08:00December HappeningsWe have been very busy this holiday season as we prepare to celebrate Jesus' Birthday. Last weekend we woke up to a wonderful surprise of snow on the ground. The boys went out to play in it and make the most of it before it melted.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtviaqFHNU7ogJz5BtPetZZVpCr6txVBffOYd_UWDGbkf-ioc9xsU_JTV0HlumcTEtHXUg_J58UpWiM3RuVHhnkY8t7pBdCdVSRR96UzggPIEiJEDNChvIN776O1cneDTSMOT9bZVdglw/s1600-h/IMG_2030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtviaqFHNU7ogJz5BtPetZZVpCr6txVBffOYd_UWDGbkf-ioc9xsU_JTV0HlumcTEtHXUg_J58UpWiM3RuVHhnkY8t7pBdCdVSRR96UzggPIEiJEDNChvIN776O1cneDTSMOT9bZVdglw/s320/IMG_2030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413999848219198626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LiOSBDAIDvdm0ONWRUYVd9gy8I5NWo-5FmDBndT1jcIOdtaDXst2M8qBHak_Hxtg2Kjqhho7j6mpTPtODAPOXFFx9du0K7HHq13sYwltiG8X8XkAwXF5Fab80NbYYrG9TJEDQBsYgUQ/s1600-h/IMG_2035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LiOSBDAIDvdm0ONWRUYVd9gy8I5NWo-5FmDBndT1jcIOdtaDXst2M8qBHak_Hxtg2Kjqhho7j6mpTPtODAPOXFFx9du0K7HHq13sYwltiG8X8XkAwXF5Fab80NbYYrG9TJEDQBsYgUQ/s320/IMG_2035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414000153005220226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJ7uahASJ1IAm60uKxYoOQHcFb2mP80LtbyyB06-81mrpVO1khyFzLVptM9kj021X1zPSOfmDGqmjGHGps0rvIwODb89ktDWXwwhgl7u_Wng-ZO3XswUrgYP5sQQkUr1dBjRYwRHFSAE/s1600-h/IMG_2042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJ7uahASJ1IAm60uKxYoOQHcFb2mP80LtbyyB06-81mrpVO1khyFzLVptM9kj021X1zPSOfmDGqmjGHGps0rvIwODb89ktDWXwwhgl7u_Wng-ZO3XswUrgYP5sQQkUr1dBjRYwRHFSAE/s320/IMG_2042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414000161942437794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0QEy9fFNkZLo8ljIEYxyqwy3y8AWzn62tDvTgpvHaxRcogeYNGV7y4q-r42472aVm0J_nyGNOuFB4SmP3V9sdP-uAQdPPMXVtrNAuEgeYFikf2OzN4rCvYfevP0BaTBSKfhddhZNd0I/s1600-h/IMG_2036.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0QEy9fFNkZLo8ljIEYxyqwy3y8AWzn62tDvTgpvHaxRcogeYNGV7y4q-r42472aVm0J_nyGNOuFB4SmP3V9sdP-uAQdPPMXVtrNAuEgeYFikf2OzN4rCvYfevP0BaTBSKfhddhZNd0I/s320/IMG_2036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414000730220637746" /></a><br />We also have been decking out the house for the season. Tate and Miller both helped to decorate the tree and did a wonderful job. No ornaments were sacrificed:)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJejP_FMD6owZLJF8Mrd-6J-EU2CbNeOEqrdGM5vE9F8I_AU3uq23g4fRSK6Ize4xNpfI2ejxnYYZN7_Rl_n99gwzCgp_VFlD-9jYaFf9-yfzlLmvmcWGlsxFpbGSKGhWDtPjzSjmav3U/s1600-h/IMG_2046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJejP_FMD6owZLJF8Mrd-6J-EU2CbNeOEqrdGM5vE9F8I_AU3uq23g4fRSK6Ize4xNpfI2ejxnYYZN7_Rl_n99gwzCgp_VFlD-9jYaFf9-yfzlLmvmcWGlsxFpbGSKGhWDtPjzSjmav3U/s320/IMG_2046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414000934740414594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhpkBpXprpjcVF3XBjJ48_u4XQK74rCE2wDaQkaCUEghAXRkHryMTJFrGxFCytEoxQOuGlZjdmMMUbZ2akRewd9CpPeJJqdbw3PEM8SZfdmOxQ1RZ9l8Yya5xzP1oRPvzKBSW0d6dywU/s1600-h/IMG_2045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhpkBpXprpjcVF3XBjJ48_u4XQK74rCE2wDaQkaCUEghAXRkHryMTJFrGxFCytEoxQOuGlZjdmMMUbZ2akRewd9CpPeJJqdbw3PEM8SZfdmOxQ1RZ9l8Yya5xzP1oRPvzKBSW0d6dywU/s320/IMG_2045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414000734368513538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c2maSPDThRtI1qm13X-ECvZuClDFs6uavHIjgbsDUBiFe9FoB0MnUUntWXSW9Jruw9hyWjK8bJGXFz3DElmnUgqfZSPMrd96soVBiIQPQ5F3cAY2u1ZjEh55Lah77TE8TDRhcktlseM/s1600-h/IMG_2048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c2maSPDThRtI1qm13X-ECvZuClDFs6uavHIjgbsDUBiFe9FoB0MnUUntWXSW9Jruw9hyWjK8bJGXFz3DElmnUgqfZSPMrd96soVBiIQPQ5F3cAY2u1ZjEh55Lah77TE8TDRhcktlseM/s320/IMG_2048.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414000943149151682" /></a><br />Each of the boys also have already had their Christmas programs at school. Tate's kindergarten did the "Mice Before Christmas" which was super cute. And, Miller was a shepherd in his preschool nativity program. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheM0BfIBNX8oWWBMvAKjFgGErH-Y-ZRWL2iJ3qcQcmkXh5qkcy4MEA_cdivq_otAt42ON0rYUEBwoe1d3pwpamwyuFOaBDFNAervKy_3aNUiPCuGP24SVSQ122jGmXRgDeIOhRTCVBCS4/s1600-h/IMG_2054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheM0BfIBNX8oWWBMvAKjFgGErH-Y-ZRWL2iJ3qcQcmkXh5qkcy4MEA_cdivq_otAt42ON0rYUEBwoe1d3pwpamwyuFOaBDFNAervKy_3aNUiPCuGP24SVSQ122jGmXRgDeIOhRTCVBCS4/s320/IMG_2054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414002637167577554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KzI0ZlezgmP-1wkpBVqlVTRJQVnRtWW1r2O8wwcBEUachupBH9u2biMZVae1vaJ0zrRMFYZLSyukZ7LJXe2YNOxiHbISPfDKETQvVV8Lu8rXwBF26xl5oHDHjy_NWpgoDsKy3cAOmbM/s1600-h/IMG_2068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KzI0ZlezgmP-1wkpBVqlVTRJQVnRtWW1r2O8wwcBEUachupBH9u2biMZVae1vaJ0zrRMFYZLSyukZ7LJXe2YNOxiHbISPfDKETQvVV8Lu8rXwBF26xl5oHDHjy_NWpgoDsKy3cAOmbM/s320/IMG_2068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414002643628191074" /></a><br />The boys with their friends, Ayers and Addie Grace<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVdyrzaGkj4LlDQVwK1_pQn24IgINuu6jmF94jxf9rdh1uiYcfclt5OGrlhirW8_K8gHyXVh774P2veCN6ODBoe_OjAYNL_2Cicg8rpjHK0ltzGWnfz3EMVGJGOr32Z6DhJ8fpkgx9B4/s1600-h/IMG_2074.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVdyrzaGkj4LlDQVwK1_pQn24IgINuu6jmF94jxf9rdh1uiYcfclt5OGrlhirW8_K8gHyXVh774P2veCN6ODBoe_OjAYNL_2Cicg8rpjHK0ltzGWnfz3EMVGJGOr32Z6DhJ8fpkgx9B4/s320/IMG_2074.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414002648389393570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3c4rHEoEOm7I2f-Gs0nNFPgrN2Xa-6gMNrLt3Q6Ay52_5cYTqbm2br8lpvayl3YuijPf276i3364KuSQDnGy2aF6Wlm3n-u_CH4UgflkGDeU6pOJayQn5woNrRspziYPiw7M8Z2QdEg/s1600-h/IMG_2072.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3c4rHEoEOm7I2f-Gs0nNFPgrN2Xa-6gMNrLt3Q6Ay52_5cYTqbm2br8lpvayl3YuijPf276i3364KuSQDnGy2aF6Wlm3n-u_CH4UgflkGDeU6pOJayQn5woNrRspziYPiw7M8Z2QdEg/s320/IMG_2072.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414002860682018994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWd4GYe2HIaNyBxO20llvJWSc8LVjsXr7TjajiIpyGjb5d7AcQ6KarJaUPhunRVlmTgRwUHPJtkOgrUCSaKTT6nTfGHdohFymmMq4iglbnVE8haw63z4blzE5RQF_zju4pikX5k0gALw/s1600-h/IMG_2059.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWd4GYe2HIaNyBxO20llvJWSc8LVjsXr7TjajiIpyGjb5d7AcQ6KarJaUPhunRVlmTgRwUHPJtkOgrUCSaKTT6nTfGHdohFymmMq4iglbnVE8haw63z4blzE5RQF_zju4pikX5k0gALw/s320/IMG_2059.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414002851254403810" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-13584922339456426142009-11-11T06:27:00.000-08:002009-11-11T06:58:13.503-08:00Tate turns 6!Tate turned six last Thursday and we celebrated with him for a few days. I took him lunch and cupcakes to school on Thursday to celebrate with his class. Thursday night we took him to Rosie's for dinner where he had a special birthday desert. On Saturday, he had his birthday party at the bowling alley. From my perspective, it was a very easy party, all I had to bring was the birthday boy and a cake. Tate had picked out a Nascar cake from the Publix Bakery (this IS Alabama you know:). We had a great party complete with friends from the neighborhood, his preschool class, kindergarten, and some of his cousins. It was a fun day and goes without saying how shocking it is to me that my baby is 6!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxue9qgPkF4L7meWgyOWnkZJbSdcLCn7F32kyce1zNTTMAEsuBCZ1tiGHkF4szz_my_i-XcbJz_N8wmfMO0r1YURx4WUWFHfxsbciorhCZHckXozHwkqmhSIYR9Uw0AaqqB0IIXJ2zvQ/s1600-h/IMG_1973.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxue9qgPkF4L7meWgyOWnkZJbSdcLCn7F32kyce1zNTTMAEsuBCZ1tiGHkF4szz_my_i-XcbJz_N8wmfMO0r1YURx4WUWFHfxsbciorhCZHckXozHwkqmhSIYR9Uw0AaqqB0IIXJ2zvQ/s320/IMG_1973.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402854347660193010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenDrVYSK31bzambaKCQnpJAFo2nS_J1TLt2qDOCQ8vmh61LcaJA5kL51puw21sBDmIau89e3fOobSQH9Mq0SpQHx3oEv3VRxWuM3U89pv0C6Jl4cqVCeGg40hpT2LHoprxP72l7_QXwQ/s1600-h/IMG_1976.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenDrVYSK31bzambaKCQnpJAFo2nS_J1TLt2qDOCQ8vmh61LcaJA5kL51puw21sBDmIau89e3fOobSQH9Mq0SpQHx3oEv3VRxWuM3U89pv0C6Jl4cqVCeGg40hpT2LHoprxP72l7_QXwQ/s320/IMG_1976.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402854378103145890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwyNz-Wv31OX4eW09kuVE0X664tfBMN6yrAjzSKAhAsugnZ1x6CS0JquofMoKoVZNIFYQ5F-Fs7VOqK4h4CbmcY1rquIcmMhZ7wY5gkjdfmG61AlWAGBq_9qpBbwO8YVOi_mpNPfMq68/s1600-h/IMG_1974.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwyNz-Wv31OX4eW09kuVE0X664tfBMN6yrAjzSKAhAsugnZ1x6CS0JquofMoKoVZNIFYQ5F-Fs7VOqK4h4CbmcY1rquIcmMhZ7wY5gkjdfmG61AlWAGBq_9qpBbwO8YVOi_mpNPfMq68/s320/IMG_1974.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402857777662966610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w6_WDfmGX_dWKBYzzcq4E5UzObEsIlQk2LIcRu8ErxgJEAx5r6wGpzYZsT6GqdZPyIIjS9gyBouNlsJZWjsbJH0uD15r1ve1Etmf_qqRyZCyQ73TxBZ6cC1bZ_HOdIDo3LsoQG9DfGI/s1600-h/IMG_1980.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w6_WDfmGX_dWKBYzzcq4E5UzObEsIlQk2LIcRu8ErxgJEAx5r6wGpzYZsT6GqdZPyIIjS9gyBouNlsJZWjsbJH0uD15r1ve1Etmf_qqRyZCyQ73TxBZ6cC1bZ_HOdIDo3LsoQG9DfGI/s320/IMG_1980.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402860171093921682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyzbiwlshE2YvC0Uyt3dghSjacwJP60-egysIHLvZftrHnz2A0SPUX64VJ5t7mymHQgy-hQKPYp3BzDyt07ziVrGB4T9eWxbvAiU0nHiBXkpXVKHSyGyLi5tIoE5m-4ZJkP4hJ55sOWc/s1600-h/IMG_1996.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyzbiwlshE2YvC0Uyt3dghSjacwJP60-egysIHLvZftrHnz2A0SPUX64VJ5t7mymHQgy-hQKPYp3BzDyt07ziVrGB4T9eWxbvAiU0nHiBXkpXVKHSyGyLi5tIoE5m-4ZJkP4hJ55sOWc/s320/IMG_1996.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402857784410044898" /></a><br />We also had visitors over the weekend from Orlando. Travis' childhood friend, John, his wife Cheyenne, and son Rulin came up just in time to see the fall leaves at their peak. We had a wonderful time showing them around our city.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4yjfgYYafRBxS_Idl2FHpji_HacXuvkgrMFJNTMJDqN-EJHrq-ivDnNai3x5jx7rtPmNYHrV1qyCYqLjdIuUKYAgM4jonKr2-Qrslja_QM8U8lJUiTKkNlUlYgmQ7Jh3Ryf4naVyUdc/s1600-h/IMG_2000.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4yjfgYYafRBxS_Idl2FHpji_HacXuvkgrMFJNTMJDqN-EJHrq-ivDnNai3x5jx7rtPmNYHrV1qyCYqLjdIuUKYAgM4jonKr2-Qrslja_QM8U8lJUiTKkNlUlYgmQ7Jh3Ryf4naVyUdc/s320/IMG_2000.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402856400102479186" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-74289271380690793432009-11-07T07:04:00.000-08:002009-11-07T07:25:19.185-08:00Halloween Fun!We had a great time celebrating Halloween at the boys' schools and in our neighborhood. Miller had a program at school, but I am sad too say he was too out of sorts to participate in the singing. For reasons known only to a 3 year old, he did not want to wear his costume, or go to school on Friday (which is not normally a school day for him anyways). So, he boycotted the show but did trick-or-treat around the school building and ran around with his friends. Tate had "Hooray for Hollywood" at school complete with red carpet and a limousine. They announced each child in their starring role, "Tate Alston starring as Superman." It was really fun for his class to be famous:) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiSg5c6kCU6fCTH1tv7lDNHQVU7t7bprb4aqWfMX0S6DcVBtKxwAOrkKQCx7DPj-W4-53KrlArnUh88C_Lbt_DIaRAO-Z5oU14bWVHNjJL9L81lnHzLWyQ-Cq0FJ9aMi8tLvvN2Vy4kM/s1600-h/IMG_1888.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiSg5c6kCU6fCTH1tv7lDNHQVU7t7bprb4aqWfMX0S6DcVBtKxwAOrkKQCx7DPj-W4-53KrlArnUh88C_Lbt_DIaRAO-Z5oU14bWVHNjJL9L81lnHzLWyQ-Cq0FJ9aMi8tLvvN2Vy4kM/s320/IMG_1888.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401379968713251618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0GCNew3b7nlJk_f-tpxZdBd8EWliZJTRJbp7wZwpJOBeR3mPymkhPGMA_GbUuOZKONqC2q7pl-HVUNuYGiSDPdbDZfFkU3ykwsUzBkxnFkkYOlURdjh78Vfw4SURTPGyYnSzROdvMkk/s1600-h/IMG_1895.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0GCNew3b7nlJk_f-tpxZdBd8EWliZJTRJbp7wZwpJOBeR3mPymkhPGMA_GbUuOZKONqC2q7pl-HVUNuYGiSDPdbDZfFkU3ykwsUzBkxnFkkYOlURdjh78Vfw4SURTPGyYnSzROdvMkk/s320/IMG_1895.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401379972915108258" /></a><br />Notice the boy all the way on the left, that is Dequez as President Obama. He is the funniest little boy with tons of personality, he has just the "charisma" to be a perfect Obama.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfn2yIkV6JD4QjPufdnQw6pqoLfrnmr5NzmKbT1l0PdPtuRDEuQw6lnrIfptVTJ9AnoAESlsh_USxgeE4w5GB-Mqb99N3gnbHAEX08Vus9oShGfvblUG9FlIfGhYlhJMTKusyABJlAS7k/s1600-h/IMG_1902.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfn2yIkV6JD4QjPufdnQw6pqoLfrnmr5NzmKbT1l0PdPtuRDEuQw6lnrIfptVTJ9AnoAESlsh_USxgeE4w5GB-Mqb99N3gnbHAEX08Vus9oShGfvblUG9FlIfGhYlhJMTKusyABJlAS7k/s320/IMG_1902.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401379976703918018" /></a><br />Halloween night we had our second annual neighborhood party in our next door neighbor's front yard. We had fun food to eat, chili, and the kids played games. Then we went around the neighborhood to collect our treats. It was a fun night for all!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNXV1vt9h2q4DGyiDtWhpb7kX_cNHXIPu1qe4tVrHROORkiA6XdMuDxJB0ZHKhCSY8K1VAA7V3BivprzPsJlVJTGyQOKnFXxf2BiOECz9MeCK7gSPRQMyYvqDL8cK27QAtRyDdbNu_1s/s1600-h/IMG_1945.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNXV1vt9h2q4DGyiDtWhpb7kX_cNHXIPu1qe4tVrHROORkiA6XdMuDxJB0ZHKhCSY8K1VAA7V3BivprzPsJlVJTGyQOKnFXxf2BiOECz9MeCK7gSPRQMyYvqDL8cK27QAtRyDdbNu_1s/s320/IMG_1945.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401381550204630578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn0kSudh6Re_GkXu_ee42awruZQtQvwwHeQdgGQXsocdREhnXTvGpM5zqAmq36vlypdM1ub19hzB9Qh-0tTEgL8Kh6e1DH8hJlAs6GMKQpkQ1itSoGfAR2KHR70WNBTbg-dVjkAy7cIM/s1600-h/IMG_1923.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn0kSudh6Re_GkXu_ee42awruZQtQvwwHeQdgGQXsocdREhnXTvGpM5zqAmq36vlypdM1ub19hzB9Qh-0tTEgL8Kh6e1DH8hJlAs6GMKQpkQ1itSoGfAR2KHR70WNBTbg-dVjkAy7cIM/s320/IMG_1923.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401381530383362850" /></a><br />My edible eyeballs:)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NeEFqJl2X4pQ8A3Ce1klLmgHgkTqxwHo4swIR505TFKIAAtnKsS9VUrWFf2vMfa-kS8o4d58Der399QV5m3XQftT9fyFvb42cPdco886l2Y66TnkKwUqRrF0NgJDhVeyKdaF7Fv8SJY/s1600-h/IMG_1924.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NeEFqJl2X4pQ8A3Ce1klLmgHgkTqxwHo4swIR505TFKIAAtnKsS9VUrWFf2vMfa-kS8o4d58Der399QV5m3XQftT9fyFvb42cPdco886l2Y66TnkKwUqRrF0NgJDhVeyKdaF7Fv8SJY/s320/IMG_1924.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401381540133483746" /></a><br />Carpool Buddies Tate, Kate, and Sam<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJFilfBdYHuC4_-aqKY-peTy4QrGU7A9aqe71rdWAEEMI4BwQ0nuaw9wUbqCVNo7dZiB3gUpNYTrRfC3HQejcZLB0TF1owPZLoBbhMBpFFgJa1DDVGS7idJjMuQeQW82zZzkQRyAdz3U/s1600-h/IMG_1941.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJFilfBdYHuC4_-aqKY-peTy4QrGU7A9aqe71rdWAEEMI4BwQ0nuaw9wUbqCVNo7dZiB3gUpNYTrRfC3HQejcZLB0TF1owPZLoBbhMBpFFgJa1DDVGS7idJjMuQeQW82zZzkQRyAdz3U/s320/IMG_1941.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401381545242447458" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-48333613904570955782009-10-30T14:01:00.000-07:002009-10-30T14:20:06.729-07:00Girls TripMy friend from college, Melissa, moved back to her home state of New Jersey about two years ago and I have been dying to get back up there to see her ever since. So, when I found out I was pregnant, I told Travis that I wanted to go before the baby was born. When I found out I was having twins, I decided that I needed to go NOW while I still could. I called my friend Amy, our other partner in crime, and began working on our speedy getaway. Amazingly our schedules all worked and the husbands were very accommodating to keep the children (6 between us). We had three great days together. We went into the city, saw Mary Poppins on Broadway, shopped, saw the sights, ate good food, and enjoyed the beautiful fall leaves in northern New Jersey. I loved every last minute of it, knowing how even more precious these memories will be to reflect upon when I am home with TWO newborns:) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHT7ElLjtawR1mFxQBwlIare8Aiiqc2Yo8rNqpJvOAMjIw6hwWsdqrmpVetE1aTruKidsuVe2M9OtaoG0U8G7Ey_zvRjlbCDSHmsbmzTC7R1VI8PgJJcb6A9sWg7ewDhUnsa5SUtIfw8/s1600-h/IMG_1867.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHT7ElLjtawR1mFxQBwlIare8Aiiqc2Yo8rNqpJvOAMjIw6hwWsdqrmpVetE1aTruKidsuVe2M9OtaoG0U8G7Ey_zvRjlbCDSHmsbmzTC7R1VI8PgJJcb6A9sWg7ewDhUnsa5SUtIfw8/s320/IMG_1867.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398503849727799234" /></a><br />Rockefeller Center<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaxHSULp3sben_KSu0hCkclagGfNEV6J0I6JWf23x1mWrI8Uab9uy9eq28H-zHIrcsLK8rUYZzy5Am222Ayz58vmvV14VwPFnjoK8ADEjFy0zj8nsQ46cXdFMuPzt_gV9iSCqFz3AgZM/s1600-h/IMG_1868.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaxHSULp3sben_KSu0hCkclagGfNEV6J0I6JWf23x1mWrI8Uab9uy9eq28H-zHIrcsLK8rUYZzy5Am222Ayz58vmvV14VwPFnjoK8ADEjFy0zj8nsQ46cXdFMuPzt_gV9iSCqFz3AgZM/s320/IMG_1868.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398503317060529250" /></a><br />Central Park<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CoHQPaxF_Wde1saduY6uQxdUqKE_s32lN88ImcS_F2MnomH8uPEPHtF1nnD_ShQUK3Q0e3SwYT339Pr9ElywOOO3wDfIBmx5Dm66JPN6jsC5WcQBhgu_gm_VJiB1Cdn3ckjf6_l66wU/s1600-h/IMG_1875.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CoHQPaxF_Wde1saduY6uQxdUqKE_s32lN88ImcS_F2MnomH8uPEPHtF1nnD_ShQUK3Q0e3SwYT339Pr9ElywOOO3wDfIBmx5Dm66JPN6jsC5WcQBhgu_gm_VJiB1Cdn3ckjf6_l66wU/s320/IMG_1875.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398503314724253154" /></a><br />The leaves in Caldwell, NJ<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZZEFJrAr8Mgm7ICnt65XZyOqdlVlJJ5FnI3Gm0XMefco0NhRaX4wisoWMQqGJDIs6QfHfqV0q_4uQ6BUwWqi-mCmKwxrhUCi_hp5pdG-Vr6NhC_PkhPPC1VSapTX7SXSifm6m0q5n8U/s1600-h/IMG_1882.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZZEFJrAr8Mgm7ICnt65XZyOqdlVlJJ5FnI3Gm0XMefco0NhRaX4wisoWMQqGJDIs6QfHfqV0q_4uQ6BUwWqi-mCmKwxrhUCi_hp5pdG-Vr6NhC_PkhPPC1VSapTX7SXSifm6m0q5n8U/s320/IMG_1882.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398504716464793138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmwdqKwbyOx3_T5r-OyRrtnqbwjzie-uGGcXXR_INtTuRQGxP9Cni8ymczv4vOcvCO9iuXwsOnsJ-TDKvdBG8gHpvLEOpNbtCq7KAwINjgtrwkKzN9DRbT8kpkbIV_wE5lhcrk17kUDQ/s1600-h/IMG_1886.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmwdqKwbyOx3_T5r-OyRrtnqbwjzie-uGGcXXR_INtTuRQGxP9Cni8ymczv4vOcvCO9iuXwsOnsJ-TDKvdBG8gHpvLEOpNbtCq7KAwINjgtrwkKzN9DRbT8kpkbIV_wE5lhcrk17kUDQ/s320/IMG_1886.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398503327291733266" /></a><br />The now-famous (thanks to Cake Boss on TLC) Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, NJ<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY97I-VJE7o2kA-M-HUjBCmtuH9f4YZFaamU0_oBn1kdMl5L2ZCaah1CDbv6QDNzjVkmaDoBeEo2oLq2u9MPSmeJX-I2zhqdAlnFugUoGU3lKEzBZughKZNIO5Iax51_3bEsSdoYZIAr4/s1600-h/IMG_1860.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY97I-VJE7o2kA-M-HUjBCmtuH9f4YZFaamU0_oBn1kdMl5L2ZCaah1CDbv6QDNzjVkmaDoBeEo2oLq2u9MPSmeJX-I2zhqdAlnFugUoGU3lKEzBZughKZNIO5Iax51_3bEsSdoYZIAr4/s320/IMG_1860.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398503848392790882" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-25860992798098516682009-10-22T14:47:00.000-07:002009-10-22T15:13:25.770-07:00Pumpkin PatchOne of our favorite things to do this time of year is go out to the pumpkin patch, so much so that I let Tate skip school on Monday to go with Miller's preschool's field trip. Tate still has friends, including best bud Jack, at the preschool for kindergarten. So, it was a perfect day to play, pet animals, and ride out into the field to pick a pumpkin. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr659HQBNS5-Xtr5kgh3xvtQk-Oyv13vx_SnCn0tNjnGmk_UHR6Z43dz-IMGEEAmpvtChpNEhICPBhq0DLLe1DszL8cPZjUPZVFO4hprfH-hsVGLhNqPvp0s6PTVmp3xH3O2h_MeRMV9A/s1600-h/IMG_1819.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr659HQBNS5-Xtr5kgh3xvtQk-Oyv13vx_SnCn0tNjnGmk_UHR6Z43dz-IMGEEAmpvtChpNEhICPBhq0DLLe1DszL8cPZjUPZVFO4hprfH-hsVGLhNqPvp0s6PTVmp3xH3O2h_MeRMV9A/s320/IMG_1819.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395549021412559410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1uWTBIoiy41VcTOJCTGWBK5ZeBT3AgUf_KxZGHSMP0iXazQqZO0IM_MkeiIX4H7CGxyrC6t_m5ERcnqBMO2GLL4Jt9urRE0qMhE7TXcWMUNTRYrhoZ7UTxcdszSF61j-dxOuyorkGrGU/s1600-h/IMG_1836.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGoDTCZiwi0Ib0-2rTPiUwzl_GB8xlJ861avEJ8dlQzQH4jvox9TC5Md1uPHCq2lkmsp_aaLtraX2DzHx1MbnKTbBJPQBsVZpGCAVlnpwQn766Jb35VUR2DeOzxpFYQZBwzWKdPx6AKM/s320/IMG_1844.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395549017387572098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eLFHQKkzUHcJUfhEgVkUPkGRLr20MdJxx-7BJ2NV7u1O734CeFKHHOSfOug6NIe7URSaPmSJmDRZVxUsUdrB9QDFsmSx97IP0CwW2-6W-nemTbpfcxrO15EgaPqm6C8pSBM1i89vObM/s1600-h/IMG_1842.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eLFHQKkzUHcJUfhEgVkUPkGRLr20MdJxx-7BJ2NV7u1O734CeFKHHOSfOug6NIe7URSaPmSJmDRZVxUsUdrB9QDFsmSx97IP0CwW2-6W-nemTbpfcxrO15EgaPqm6C8pSBM1i89vObM/s320/IMG_1842.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395549008177192834" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-31362962258967886692009-10-22T14:16:00.000-07:002009-10-22T14:32:33.012-07:00Disney!!We spent the week of fall break in Orlando and at Disney World. We had a wonderful time despite the record high temperatures. It was the most concentrated time we had ever spent together just the four of us, without work, school, and our regular routine at home. The boys loved seeing all of the characters, riding rides, and watching the wonderful shows. It is hard to narrow down the nearly 100 pictures we took while there, but here are some of the highlights.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXoqj99d_8hdPHVEHxGv4kVwA3w7m38tzAXAiQuVz1C0He_N6AeEaWWFfTw4TGvjuRorXPUHzkfZZ1g7Hu1YeMBtxgnh-IjpZKYxJxHLBRFRrwwjgM9Y8SoIidDQGM_jEzUusq5w6C3A/s1600-h/IMG_1721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXoqj99d_8hdPHVEHxGv4kVwA3w7m38tzAXAiQuVz1C0He_N6AeEaWWFfTw4TGvjuRorXPUHzkfZZ1g7Hu1YeMBtxgnh-IjpZKYxJxHLBRFRrwwjgM9Y8SoIidDQGM_jEzUusq5w6C3A/s320/IMG_1721.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395538274174258658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAYw6LhcFI13eHq2s8Ov7OmWfc4BTik1PhG-IvE_zrbdRbkJDcoo78ZMoX3nZw5tXSbMtc-DpDlZaR1Q0icPzAYPNyuWBNvzBJ5bc5ssNCHN2SDNFu0TFT_gL0NTe45wrhoAhHQ_ESkI/s1600-h/IMG_1744.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAYw6LhcFI13eHq2s8Ov7OmWfc4BTik1PhG-IvE_zrbdRbkJDcoo78ZMoX3nZw5tXSbMtc-DpDlZaR1Q0icPzAYPNyuWBNvzBJ5bc5ssNCHN2SDNFu0TFT_gL0NTe45wrhoAhHQ_ESkI/s320/IMG_1744.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395538262774514818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSHlVf6KB1BllQcAZHaYGYwn9gZhDGZT24WlJekdJUwp6zQrRuQJZWXWJJWNcdB83V-uNLvrSF_AYgTpurohF0EmFxjhNxvLgRdATkx32syYk73ymjawRYDORW8Fh2t-mbafGvnHDsi0/s1600-h/IMG_1769.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSHlVf6KB1BllQcAZHaYGYwn9gZhDGZT24WlJekdJUwp6zQrRuQJZWXWJJWNcdB83V-uNLvrSF_AYgTpurohF0EmFxjhNxvLgRdATkx32syYk73ymjawRYDORW8Fh2t-mbafGvnHDsi0/s320/IMG_1769.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395539526644650450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIQcWWrcsLy0jWWhIIonmYsc-W5XgcXJ-XeY8tGzJeJz742xcXxvfUJ7LxZWcPQd58FyHSTgh-99rCJDqXIambrTNPKZefv2rScNn_Lds67eCI3_sV_u4FOuskIkMEsDcJ847HDr1h7s/s1600-h/IMG_1659.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIQcWWrcsLy0jWWhIIonmYsc-W5XgcXJ-XeY8tGzJeJz742xcXxvfUJ7LxZWcPQd58FyHSTgh-99rCJDqXIambrTNPKZefv2rScNn_Lds67eCI3_sV_u4FOuskIkMEsDcJ847HDr1h7s/s320/IMG_1659.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395538905991105138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVetqL54z6aBLEc5IDwfZYA84NFTiVGlqop5ITluGAv0SowAatKLOir-R5Suaxn5DMEzVd8Tiqotm-4qNYtzaKJR8e5bqg6oZ2RY9uylo6It5l_hIwfH150gcldZ45JDpox40H0H2gqBU/s1600-h/IMG_1617.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVetqL54z6aBLEc5IDwfZYA84NFTiVGlqop5ITluGAv0SowAatKLOir-R5Suaxn5DMEzVd8Tiqotm-4qNYtzaKJR8e5bqg6oZ2RY9uylo6It5l_hIwfH150gcldZ45JDpox40H0H2gqBU/s320/IMG_1617.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395538279300228450" /></a><br />Travis and I were also able to spend time with two of our childhood friends who still live in Orlando. Getting to see them is always an added bonus to going back home.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFPOhchB81PCUIRF0slSEqMgfNaFkSBe9wNDb2iBJtNUKp0pdhXKm4xYOvjX9Stfc8RnXf7jSho-LxKUXbFg_TX4-vMgdxWLJXz1CGx6VUrUwU7QiJ8OuRwmmCBD1rwIy4XK3dm42MVo/s1600-h/IMG_1594.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFPOhchB81PCUIRF0slSEqMgfNaFkSBe9wNDb2iBJtNUKp0pdhXKm4xYOvjX9Stfc8RnXf7jSho-LxKUXbFg_TX4-vMgdxWLJXz1CGx6VUrUwU7QiJ8OuRwmmCBD1rwIy4XK3dm42MVo/s320/IMG_1594.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395538896686302226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmohhcG1m5hW1zPG6k3rc0M12HS98RA1l_Gbi1AGHnBPAj8n-ucw6cQJ56HUqW5U4v-wKXnJMgMQNH62qqxf1KR52nMcCaoYbL0RlgOQ6JEAmJcCi-KOkLGAfWsy6N6rGydZS6HNnsk8/s1600-h/IMG_1596.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmohhcG1m5hW1zPG6k3rc0M12HS98RA1l_Gbi1AGHnBPAj8n-ucw6cQJ56HUqW5U4v-wKXnJMgMQNH62qqxf1KR52nMcCaoYbL0RlgOQ6JEAmJcCi-KOkLGAfWsy6N6rGydZS6HNnsk8/s320/IMG_1596.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395538891895959314" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-90032370916959183452009-09-16T14:06:00.000-07:002009-09-16T14:24:57.226-07:00G-Ma, Soccer, and Best FriendsThis week Tate's class celebrated Grandparents Day at school, which proved to be somewhat challenging schedule-wise since it fell on a Wednesday. Since either set of grandparents would have to travel in the middle of the week, I didn't know if it would work out at all. Fortunately, G-Ma was able to come for Tate's special day. They had lunch in the cafeteria and he was able to show her around his classroom. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2khsZ7j1ephGa-gTXrWeitARx0ml0dIupzq9xtAOT7jWd7cKrJeeDsddtbtUmreLGiYX7prmrrq0ynLCGIg96Kw6QlUNTHEWOoGDLsbqmmy0XDs7M9z_QECjmeK34QKw0cthhSuMU5aU/s1600-h/IMG_1581.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2khsZ7j1ephGa-gTXrWeitARx0ml0dIupzq9xtAOT7jWd7cKrJeeDsddtbtUmreLGiYX7prmrrq0ynLCGIg96Kw6QlUNTHEWOoGDLsbqmmy0XDs7M9z_QECjmeK34QKw0cthhSuMU5aU/s320/IMG_1581.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382177782491009154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwzhNpg1obDBMI4teUT3ZmHTmB3TFaZS_LjuYH3skH-Tn_XlZhflLE3sqt3gQ0yZ9a9ixDv59Hw2dhEaU97aAwIp9HnEpiN3uM-JU24ZghwNptm6Aji12AL8IcD-ldRdTBPXTDjTGkIc/s1600-h/IMG_1580.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwzhNpg1obDBMI4teUT3ZmHTmB3TFaZS_LjuYH3skH-Tn_XlZhflLE3sqt3gQ0yZ9a9ixDv59Hw2dhEaU97aAwIp9HnEpiN3uM-JU24ZghwNptm6Aji12AL8IcD-ldRdTBPXTDjTGkIc/s320/IMG_1580.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382177787038736946" /></a><br />This week also marked the beginning of another soccer season for Tate. He has been having a blast at practices since there are 3 other kindergartners from his school on the team, including our neighbor, Sam. Tuesday night was his first game and he got to play against his BEST friend, Jack. We were really hoping Jack and Tate would be on the same team since they are no longer in school together, but it just didn't work out. So, the next best thing became playing against each other. It was really cute to see them out there together, and Miller and Seth (Jack's brother) wrestled in the grass during the game. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1M6Xl5aYdV5o6oGFKRI3NHLWzgQhNe9BSDJC8I5qw7HrWHIOk-bVKeP547ZdmTdoPwnXNtoWreDsDEAkYfcRoFzzwV9ZzzR3HzA8QiFSllH7e7gm-P7yQx9IqKiXy2vS6rjbB7fCXRZw/s1600-h/IMG_1586.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1M6Xl5aYdV5o6oGFKRI3NHLWzgQhNe9BSDJC8I5qw7HrWHIOk-bVKeP547ZdmTdoPwnXNtoWreDsDEAkYfcRoFzzwV9ZzzR3HzA8QiFSllH7e7gm-P7yQx9IqKiXy2vS6rjbB7fCXRZw/s320/IMG_1586.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382177797164966530" /></a><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqZrcxyLOfy82ZVn3AmucHXRAg5aGx7YY7oOXY7TKmIO57rwQws8pznZTEKpixmvP_8AOAG-ciLagif80wz5lGZQ0kY-6Z-S98_xC0JBAmxuGnZjjmHwJcHVwtv6vfr1U8uiCVkIUDno/s1600-h/IMG_1587.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqZrcxyLOfy82ZVn3AmucHXRAg5aGx7YY7oOXY7TKmIO57rwQws8pznZTEKpixmvP_8AOAG-ciLagif80wz5lGZQ0kY-6Z-S98_xC0JBAmxuGnZjjmHwJcHVwtv6vfr1U8uiCVkIUDno/s320/IMG_1587.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382177818460491026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPVGk7I_T7FwSYAEfkuTBu9bQzacxatZVEdGt1cB5hSJh3O-KmBN5AxL4b-iYhyphenhyphenG7koW7avtYvPC9XMXzLVUJQCmA0LPuvs5Q-ao4wvnah-eAg9fqTnaT4ZjAC-rw64wahV-PZh9AS9g/s1600-h/IMG_1582.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPVGk7I_T7FwSYAEfkuTBu9bQzacxatZVEdGt1cB5hSJh3O-KmBN5AxL4b-iYhyphenhyphenG7koW7avtYvPC9XMXzLVUJQCmA0LPuvs5Q-ao4wvnah-eAg9fqTnaT4ZjAC-rw64wahV-PZh9AS9g/s320/IMG_1582.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382177804237707090" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-81593509100060314312009-08-26T06:39:00.000-07:002009-08-26T06:46:11.044-07:00Miller's Half BirthdayMiller turned 3 and half on Friday which is so hard to believe! He is such a personality, has a quick smile, great sense of humor and is pretty easy going. Now that Tate has started school it has made me realize how quickly the years go by when they are little and at home so much. On Friday after lunch we were outside playing and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to take a few pictures of him since it was such a beautiful day. He is such a blessing to us!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXDr93Ln-eHoKurG-nIpoSPjdBT-XFgjpenWLCHUUA70X3-9gdgYEeHur_vYB_70HBHb6JDHFMjJFQTZID59yLRq0FcLjyUoZTDrO4eFcsbJxh5aNbxQ-oyKCe37PANaqNu9tAyGeq3g/s1600-h/IMG_1563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXDr93Ln-eHoKurG-nIpoSPjdBT-XFgjpenWLCHUUA70X3-9gdgYEeHur_vYB_70HBHb6JDHFMjJFQTZID59yLRq0FcLjyUoZTDrO4eFcsbJxh5aNbxQ-oyKCe37PANaqNu9tAyGeq3g/s320/IMG_1563.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374267823229829490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebzjQS0QPQEfxMJE-duNMiTYpieuD6KjGMuhdd2SmcBNo0j2k4dRya-S8DfWiVNKUGU56b7_kPtdXk8CUsjnN91uj-wNMBWhKTVx7xm5WxsQiv-_wvIOeRW263OeyeQU-WcNsORoD1q0/s1600-h/IMG_1569.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebzjQS0QPQEfxMJE-duNMiTYpieuD6KjGMuhdd2SmcBNo0j2k4dRya-S8DfWiVNKUGU56b7_kPtdXk8CUsjnN91uj-wNMBWhKTVx7xm5WxsQiv-_wvIOeRW263OeyeQU-WcNsORoD1q0/s320/IMG_1569.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374267833968529410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzLpKty-qvcL4U7ClyodU6dQW-yxQ01GDVt9_YSpftycPTeMT8e4lGb7TcPwHCWyZaaSMduLxZ_fS1oqgneeRXMFJzrKDeIpRI5Pz3wUkH_5hN-BAPxsit993N0Oq241K4rqEdWFrOJc/s1600-h/IMG_1571.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzLpKty-qvcL4U7ClyodU6dQW-yxQ01GDVt9_YSpftycPTeMT8e4lGb7TcPwHCWyZaaSMduLxZ_fS1oqgneeRXMFJzrKDeIpRI5Pz3wUkH_5hN-BAPxsit993N0Oq241K4rqEdWFrOJc/s320/IMG_1571.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374267842516107266" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-71375000748070455882009-08-16T14:28:00.000-07:002009-08-16T14:41:56.034-07:00Putt PuttOn Saturday night, we decided to have some family fun playing a round of putt putt golf with the boys. We teamed up with Travis and Miller against Tate and me. Travis and Miller beat us by each making some holes in one, Travis had two and Miller had one (which was quite impressive:). Next time we play we will have to switch up teams, I have a feeling that whoever is paired with me is doomed for defeat. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJIt1rogN-ETuUJSs_B20K1gng9wJroM6328NWf6FkxdwdAqcf_sghqeiejxS7kW8inK9vnFX5i8COIKXhDX3Jo-1Bn8-C_4gF1gtTmOOhSHVufNVyDF7scfGYDX8O_ha1Waka3v-Qzo/s1600-h/IMG_1555.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJIt1rogN-ETuUJSs_B20K1gng9wJroM6328NWf6FkxdwdAqcf_sghqeiejxS7kW8inK9vnFX5i8COIKXhDX3Jo-1Bn8-C_4gF1gtTmOOhSHVufNVyDF7scfGYDX8O_ha1Waka3v-Qzo/s320/IMG_1555.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370678523432520994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpSswaCXv0RLL-9rLyiZF3St3VboqnmigoDEQUnCgNLUaUFHhtcfgnOZikr1QSO7JUqmLjev-O-oUe5HhbvnuWRnJTfYyc5mxdWrq5nF_-1m-fbnvv0dLjmBgPGFYoVKlzTooARt_A_w/s1600-h/IMG_1553.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpSswaCXv0RLL-9rLyiZF3St3VboqnmigoDEQUnCgNLUaUFHhtcfgnOZikr1QSO7JUqmLjev-O-oUe5HhbvnuWRnJTfYyc5mxdWrq5nF_-1m-fbnvv0dLjmBgPGFYoVKlzTooARt_A_w/s320/IMG_1553.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370678515263059394" /></a><br />Notice the look of determination...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDHyt4-iQB-UcvbLkBWoJ0cQ0Q3bLFAFeFIDawmQ9yLTC1-EhKi1crgppOVXfN4JNRg5InfDfYRdt24OvXAs_B1eAaWajFzVPqEoHjKT98W2ZXsOx-_pOjCJzydW3LoZ5sCaD3sVkJ3E/s1600-h/IMG_1550.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDHyt4-iQB-UcvbLkBWoJ0cQ0Q3bLFAFeFIDawmQ9yLTC1-EhKi1crgppOVXfN4JNRg5InfDfYRdt24OvXAs_B1eAaWajFzVPqEoHjKT98W2ZXsOx-_pOjCJzydW3LoZ5sCaD3sVkJ3E/s320/IMG_1550.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370678497689932562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv26rRX6sFN-FasFXbUQMP6EocpOsgMoYcb4QpeTFFBIK4PXHpg55tbgHwtgAYtitRav4h8lrunh4-jGG2R90pKt_aH61JkrLO32a3ki0vOrZpUctN76LMMa50sCi9gI8XqBB0kZ5Iao/s1600-h/IMG_1557.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv26rRX6sFN-FasFXbUQMP6EocpOsgMoYcb4QpeTFFBIK4PXHpg55tbgHwtgAYtitRav4h8lrunh4-jGG2R90pKt_aH61JkrLO32a3ki0vOrZpUctN76LMMa50sCi9gI8XqBB0kZ5Iao/s320/IMG_1557.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370678505676652402" /></a><br />On Sunday afternoon, the boys had more golf fun when Travis took them to the driving range, which has become a new weekend ritual. Tate and Miller both love to go and really enjoy their Daddy time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoBVnCzLPMOgzs2WMBxjHZQMz-bPQma-0N_wRrv3QLwW8NgofUMUqvw3uv1Cc_Lwkk4fu7Qdg1eqCN3c1E8FC2UKpL9VPpNI9wcnl3i40r36brcOYdsJQ6AQn_ZuIpFhbxjU2NyUwUX8/s1600-h/IMG_1558.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoBVnCzLPMOgzs2WMBxjHZQMz-bPQma-0N_wRrv3QLwW8NgofUMUqvw3uv1Cc_Lwkk4fu7Qdg1eqCN3c1E8FC2UKpL9VPpNI9wcnl3i40r36brcOYdsJQ6AQn_ZuIpFhbxjU2NyUwUX8/s320/IMG_1558.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370678537100631506" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-18286253738798582382009-08-12T13:57:00.000-07:002009-08-12T14:06:59.687-07:00More FirstsMiller also had his first day of preschool on Tuesday. He begrudgingly let me take his picture on the front porch before we left. And, I am happy to report that this was his first year to NOT cry on the first day. Everyone seems to be all grown-up these days:)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruWwCkZa3FNFS1SErObrcO7oZW0qVn5sTbaRuCWA5yI5VUNrI852z5qFHBh9qmMPqANTWUvWsVSaX2p3BUgihSdzSaTMQOLx_xrzFtwIzhXDz3EKafx4Sy1oOuJXFeA7udP5p0VgxCsY/s1600-h/IMG_1547.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruWwCkZa3FNFS1SErObrcO7oZW0qVn5sTbaRuCWA5yI5VUNrI852z5qFHBh9qmMPqANTWUvWsVSaX2p3BUgihSdzSaTMQOLx_xrzFtwIzhXDz3EKafx4Sy1oOuJXFeA7udP5p0VgxCsY/s320/IMG_1547.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369185763240045586" /></a><br />Two other neighborhood Moms and I have decided to carpool to kindergarten. So after each of us walking our child in on the first day, we decided they could go through the carpool line and walk in by themselves on the second day. So big!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf20dsyxz15j_GsoX4rM5e4n0ClyLDrKD9_-YUmphK4LD_0kPHJlAqTIX3TysJXVWEDpxF9qnHO-17s8tp-4UwEIqAwhdAI9fMq1rhekP_ojeGWHnVTKUinOPnv18FG5bLAGEcnzxPO38/s1600-h/DSC_0090.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf20dsyxz15j_GsoX4rM5e4n0ClyLDrKD9_-YUmphK4LD_0kPHJlAqTIX3TysJXVWEDpxF9qnHO-17s8tp-4UwEIqAwhdAI9fMq1rhekP_ojeGWHnVTKUinOPnv18FG5bLAGEcnzxPO38/s320/DSC_0090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369185776421516818" /></a>Tate, Kate, and SamThe Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-28393351913070738572009-08-10T14:51:00.000-07:002009-08-10T15:03:05.054-07:00Tate's First Day!Tate had his first day of kindergarten today and had a wonderful time at school. I have been praying this summer that he would have a friend in his class and that he would want to go to school. So far so good...our next door neighbor, Kate, is in his class and he is excited about going back tomorrow. <br /><br />He was dressed and ready to go early at 7:15 this morning. Once we got to school, as I was trying to take a couple of pictures outside of the classroom door Tate said, "Mommy, I just want to go in!" Miller, on the other hand, cried as we made our way to the kindergarten classrooms. I think he was overwhelmed with the size of the school and all the commotion. Afterwards as I was putting him back in the car, Miller said, "I don't want to be big." And, I have to say that I don't want him to be big yet either. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMN0XHswNvnAz7qRS2r3fqpJKV_JX-NiM7_sv1FQRXX0bmMIBp5PKAaBaEMl6rJuL6paLFPbOQeEXob72KeOFEdRCOo1oGmeb_ITjx6sWA5qUBeqhScYZAG7SC_1BTyuy_v9UVav23X8w/s1600-h/438.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMN0XHswNvnAz7qRS2r3fqpJKV_JX-NiM7_sv1FQRXX0bmMIBp5PKAaBaEMl6rJuL6paLFPbOQeEXob72KeOFEdRCOo1oGmeb_ITjx6sWA5qUBeqhScYZAG7SC_1BTyuy_v9UVav23X8w/s320/438.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368458216330406354" /></a><br />Tate and his teacher, Mrs. Crawford<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4ESvarzU3Y8p6LhRtOOxva1pM0K1VXxMf6rLDHxrVyCDF0V8QPS6YggGXLspktbQFnH7ao1tD_l-9rzNO2rG5dBopVM9ZbBQlQChvjgUHTSVrl1Sa3izTYmEHT2dsr-QDARuonOEOYs/s1600-h/439.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4ESvarzU3Y8p6LhRtOOxva1pM0K1VXxMf6rLDHxrVyCDF0V8QPS6YggGXLspktbQFnH7ao1tD_l-9rzNO2rG5dBopVM9ZbBQlQChvjgUHTSVrl1Sa3izTYmEHT2dsr-QDARuonOEOYs/s320/439.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368458218716250530" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-90086319629148423552009-07-30T08:02:00.001-07:002009-07-30T08:11:22.402-07:00Cookie the CatWe have a new addition to our family as of last week, Cookie the cat. We named him Cookie because he is black and white like an Oreo. The boys have been loving on him like crazy and amazingly he doesn't seem to mind. We are hoping for him to be an inside/outside cat, but since he is so little we are keeping him inside all of the time these days. We have a resident hawk in the backyard that I am sure would love to have Cookie for breakfast. Not surprisingly, Cookie is a boy, so I remain the queen of this castle:) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYGzK29jtxYZys4LWV62_pSKgj5X4qqWkceUET4EDg_FLSHdMMiIjo8E0wWwm_mXl1rtbhomoJtmGDMICFpAzjnbrQPU6gAfgOWwIBOuQBKh_vt5wy1sWPoxMbaFRJgrDnG0TU4vAJYY/s1600-h/IMG_1531.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYGzK29jtxYZys4LWV62_pSKgj5X4qqWkceUET4EDg_FLSHdMMiIjo8E0wWwm_mXl1rtbhomoJtmGDMICFpAzjnbrQPU6gAfgOWwIBOuQBKh_vt5wy1sWPoxMbaFRJgrDnG0TU4vAJYY/s320/IMG_1531.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364270133450427010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64dU0oCi8n2rm1BOIegrjBri-xmLjiEKvaK1uwpGY0zjd8Lvv5uSouGOU9frjl23Cn4BcqeVVSsFSRIt-nK-LVzoc1nyJXFklOWIytROhdcUnU-m0DZJ9PCM0R2uAbwnqRtpUoG0jGfo/s1600-h/IMG_1533.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64dU0oCi8n2rm1BOIegrjBri-xmLjiEKvaK1uwpGY0zjd8Lvv5uSouGOU9frjl23Cn4BcqeVVSsFSRIt-nK-LVzoc1nyJXFklOWIytROhdcUnU-m0DZJ9PCM0R2uAbwnqRtpUoG0jGfo/s320/IMG_1533.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364270140383181666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkAJohzSmlwHRbkk2IzY2UM-LNZL19HDWepxEYd7qPgs8UT-IdGPXH1cXYdIAGYxAJRrgJURAEzaJk0CfqvbWPZ9VApqpr_KZE2sdI0jrDJYlf-FXX0P5C5zGaImHSuf_mUX2IDPyUHk/s1600-h/IMG_1538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkAJohzSmlwHRbkk2IzY2UM-LNZL19HDWepxEYd7qPgs8UT-IdGPXH1cXYdIAGYxAJRrgJURAEzaJk0CfqvbWPZ9VApqpr_KZE2sdI0jrDJYlf-FXX0P5C5zGaImHSuf_mUX2IDPyUHk/s320/IMG_1538.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364270146352120450" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-65488755475677883852009-07-06T17:21:00.000-07:002009-07-06T17:40:07.908-07:00Celebrating the 4th in HighlandsWe had a very exciting 4th of July celebrating the Alstons' 40th wedding anniversary with a family trip to Highlands, NC. Marcus, Mary Grace, Neely and Sadie met us there also so we had all the cousins together. The weather was so wonderful, much cooler than it has been here. We took a long walk into downtown from the house we rented, took the boys to check out the "bust your butt" sliding rock, went to the nature center, grilled out and enjoyed the fireworks. We also celebrated Neely's 3rd birthday. It was a great way to reflect on the Alstons great marriage and the fruit of an ever-growing family.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroTkcl_S79bzAxFobWJJrq3c2Mh9CwnIPn_cw6gnyww0G8_scHzOATVeSU3G7Xvgg8OeE0xCVEztMVKqRtr3LtaHDfj9SZZF3zsINBETIGtVJ7CP3si_V6a1pl9MhsaJe5JsK4Qa5lNU/s1600-h/IMG_1445.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroTkcl_S79bzAxFobWJJrq3c2Mh9CwnIPn_cw6gnyww0G8_scHzOATVeSU3G7Xvgg8OeE0xCVEztMVKqRtr3LtaHDfj9SZZF3zsINBETIGtVJ7CP3si_V6a1pl9MhsaJe5JsK4Qa5lNU/s320/IMG_1445.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355508675308838226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_14s0qeGj6ailoeubjqKqkixmzUdzopYSAPbjefLFAhmoIOHVZhogSSVfxJqAywlDYu0ruFhRDC6cAruKl0kGHqpFa5ZA90jdHZsrmI93yMYSeLsOcBMgJa_PjV0wTcLF7Bq8DthW4e4/s1600-h/IMG_1431.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxncPOoPNrfd_IO4VvWXDiZc0vAGP50LIa20-tDhi-RJM7ejVm6kv1PXS2Z6Vk1ZxN2k9nvjT9nlObx9Qqo7s6sFTW3Frtvua4CP0gPjc3fubQ-NVQHneTG2A3uL8b8M6DObYeZiMagw/s320/IMG_1494.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355510856643857778" /></a><br />Waiting for the fireworks to start<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDciiX1eO4LMb8OEGCD01l7oJO9SG3jsV-XWpGFuw3J-Gga0dRmmMhlPLq3Ot7qNU1fA9ygj96ugiOcXM8Y7qahc-kLmYef77Ml9p9gTb6z2ui40DNeL-lfLAKb7vzLF-xwwgQmtjmJE/s1600-h/IMG_1502.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDciiX1eO4LMb8OEGCD01l7oJO9SG3jsV-XWpGFuw3J-Gga0dRmmMhlPLq3Ot7qNU1fA9ygj96ugiOcXM8Y7qahc-kLmYef77Ml9p9gTb6z2ui40DNeL-lfLAKb7vzLF-xwwgQmtjmJE/s320/IMG_1502.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355510858056698530" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-80460074729128993052009-06-30T19:30:00.000-07:002009-06-30T20:01:34.635-07:00McCoys at the LakeWe had a great long weekend at the lake with all of my family including my brother and sister-in-law who were visiting from Denver. The weather was beautiful so we spent as much time as possible out on the water. Katherine, Alex and I stayed up late each night laughing until we had tears rolling down our cheeks. There is nothing better than retelling old funny stories with the people who lived them with you. Hopefully it will become an annual event and it won't be so long until Alex and Ashley come back to our neck of the woods again:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOt0OT_3gsR6Fj7w42oqJlR5GWf7hs5Ox2z_OA_sbc1O8xm2TRwMmSucMydCydfkdmfsjrxdtoqWl08US8e0OVsqjxEpujUki-ykrjcW9vMeSMytNxx-v5LJXw6jmPj4kCZhtzttbyYyE/s1600-h/IMG_1409.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOt0OT_3gsR6Fj7w42oqJlR5GWf7hs5Ox2z_OA_sbc1O8xm2TRwMmSucMydCydfkdmfsjrxdtoqWl08US8e0OVsqjxEpujUki-ykrjcW9vMeSMytNxx-v5LJXw6jmPj4kCZhtzttbyYyE/s320/IMG_1409.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353315355563410578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZA87Rjvkpu1MuSgbSlg_Ztd7tNbxS2MrFAWfCy76VTefn9KoxEkdAJEOC3n9gSn79RVlOtDTOkR-xC4KHqxSNdSPMrOdGDNurWD624rBgQwP0xgiSeEvHfuIGJAWgVmIgj47FPROJvM/s1600-h/IMG_1415.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZA87Rjvkpu1MuSgbSlg_Ztd7tNbxS2MrFAWfCy76VTefn9KoxEkdAJEOC3n9gSn79RVlOtDTOkR-xC4KHqxSNdSPMrOdGDNurWD624rBgQwP0xgiSeEvHfuIGJAWgVmIgj47FPROJvM/s320/IMG_1415.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353315368406940930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNUTW5q_AtMTIcUOPrKqxA0jHjnr1-DTWEqNQP-QIaheDt0KQipCpj65eRA_rrry41kucvJCTgdc53siUH8G0WxTatRwHy6wW1t4vyCYCQv7dd6M_Jo43akbqy0N1Od-v3JgrFzFkK6g/s1600-h/IMG_1421.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNUTW5q_AtMTIcUOPrKqxA0jHjnr1-DTWEqNQP-QIaheDt0KQipCpj65eRA_rrry41kucvJCTgdc53siUH8G0WxTatRwHy6wW1t4vyCYCQv7dd6M_Jo43akbqy0N1Od-v3JgrFzFkK6g/s320/IMG_1421.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353315861357188962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj704YrhqFYmNQh8dcd2LIlp1m4JhKKoZTqjq77pLuFkgUIuDGCYh_yjbUFA2UNIeId531M3fCA9YGroHhxEWrwaaaaprEkuCJHxOmNDaSMoeiLfi1WXCYStGvMG69M2v9olY8B7GBcB24/s1600-h/IMG_1420.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj704YrhqFYmNQh8dcd2LIlp1m4JhKKoZTqjq77pLuFkgUIuDGCYh_yjbUFA2UNIeId531M3fCA9YGroHhxEWrwaaaaprEkuCJHxOmNDaSMoeiLfi1WXCYStGvMG69M2v9olY8B7GBcB24/s320/IMG_1420.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353315356231258258" /></a><br />My niece Allison talked the three younger ones into putting on a show...these were some of their best moves.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5V6y0G6gezSqND0t0F7rsGFP9mTLKh2nA46QEyKs-q77hT-939tYhHIGYkEI6ssZlpTad9L8FtHFeSESvfN3LvxU2pUhchKu8ldS8bNfD-UZFm5s7lkSItAbvIoNS2i-X5e5pGZXh0U/s1600-h/IMG_1424.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5V6y0G6gezSqND0t0F7rsGFP9mTLKh2nA46QEyKs-q77hT-939tYhHIGYkEI6ssZlpTad9L8FtHFeSESvfN3LvxU2pUhchKu8ldS8bNfD-UZFm5s7lkSItAbvIoNS2i-X5e5pGZXh0U/s320/IMG_1424.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353315868631507106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG488zIx4AYjQFlg_xgMoPW8fJ60KJOYyz_OZLiBL2WAfdEqw8sr28baMtSk84YQnmjVsPinqgdorWz2f8IAn8kadmgWix1MrTmv796Dhm3ht0AFuDR30dS4LnLExGcDt5gkkqV_2eWnQ/s1600-h/IMG_1425.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG488zIx4AYjQFlg_xgMoPW8fJ60KJOYyz_OZLiBL2WAfdEqw8sr28baMtSk84YQnmjVsPinqgdorWz2f8IAn8kadmgWix1MrTmv796Dhm3ht0AFuDR30dS4LnLExGcDt5gkkqV_2eWnQ/s320/IMG_1425.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353315874918742162" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-72351691100275827682009-06-03T06:49:00.001-07:002009-06-03T06:53:33.215-07:00Summer FunWe went to our sweet little friend Callie's first birthday this past Saturday. The party planner, Kristie, had set up all sorts of fun water activities for the bigger kids, which my boys had a blast playing in together. My friend Katie took some great pictures of the action. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQf8o1AK1UstFxre-yeVmiNjxCw91_uODLF93tDD6WqY-3XDBzmgn5V0jdfvNgUOvl-I1gzCi6-1qdI5fWq2Zjzo5Jmm7sNcbXn9EVUEG45ow9kOGQRpHQCzN7v34Yzuboyu3qCNEMCV8/s1600-h/of=50,296,442-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQf8o1AK1UstFxre-yeVmiNjxCw91_uODLF93tDD6WqY-3XDBzmgn5V0jdfvNgUOvl-I1gzCi6-1qdI5fWq2Zjzo5Jmm7sNcbXn9EVUEG45ow9kOGQRpHQCzN7v34Yzuboyu3qCNEMCV8/s320/of=50,296,442-1.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343098708147859346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpZFhmW_6GOLJDiO-Q3lEKs6vh27QAuJRKnGDc_PWXGg8QtmU28KM9th-jpLvBmGapW4BmCsmFFCS9J3ZjOxOqUOY-fGznoXwRe2eoratvSt485tztn4dJUoaEA4Sb8ApVntJ5UsX7r8/s1600-h/of=50,296,442.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpZFhmW_6GOLJDiO-Q3lEKs6vh27QAuJRKnGDc_PWXGg8QtmU28KM9th-jpLvBmGapW4BmCsmFFCS9J3ZjOxOqUOY-fGznoXwRe2eoratvSt485tztn4dJUoaEA4Sb8ApVntJ5UsX7r8/s320/of=50,296,442.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343098713524050162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakaPgN57Hm9aOqsS1Ef76PQmIrNSEO38S32ITTln9o4acM7XPmiToUsL6qGvyIQvIms3rxPUvvfOvDqCYPDsA5UVeTEpwxfig02sUvPI43s-Bj4c2GX4IKxyVv_7hY4b8XwT0xKnXQxU/s1600-h/of=50,296,442-2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakaPgN57Hm9aOqsS1Ef76PQmIrNSEO38S32ITTln9o4acM7XPmiToUsL6qGvyIQvIms3rxPUvvfOvDqCYPDsA5UVeTEpwxfig02sUvPI43s-Bj4c2GX4IKxyVv_7hY4b8XwT0xKnXQxU/s320/of=50,296,442-2.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343098710880499762" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-72831627727886122792009-05-30T06:41:00.000-07:002009-05-30T06:57:20.511-07:00Truck ShowIn the world of boys, there is nothing better than big trucks, fire trucks, and tractors. So, when I saw in our newspaper that there was truck show in town we had to go and check it out. I am not exaggerating when I say that there were more than 100 trucks parked in a field. We spent an hour looking inside, under hoods, and taking pictures of all the "cool ones." The boys took their camera and somehow I uploaded them to the computer and now can't find them, oops. Anyways, here are the ones I got with my camera.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtvgvGRK1IHq4ZMvgzK4cQXRQK0Oqi6X__1lIJX_lBG5rTtVf6leNBA-Mbcp8h2vlcKgzP7wqrlYh7rLmsbb_2_-1ot-4NrlLkLL671QAXKn59r7907BSjXLhbL2R6Be8LEIE7DvYl8E/s1600-h/IMG_1392.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtvgvGRK1IHq4ZMvgzK4cQXRQK0Oqi6X__1lIJX_lBG5rTtVf6leNBA-Mbcp8h2vlcKgzP7wqrlYh7rLmsbb_2_-1ot-4NrlLkLL671QAXKn59r7907BSjXLhbL2R6Be8LEIE7DvYl8E/s320/IMG_1392.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341613024442764530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtATPP1IlCvxUAkIvK86-E8_1vzVFpWl1_eb0CBs5y2OjDU9QeUiS5DlQfbYaLcnZgytWsIdnrh0vsC3kKotxWZKSKwcQ6sG_qTBV6zhRX0cBPjDSuBpqifB_sqZzS6-Gr5AHMzNWv4E/s1600-h/IMG_1396.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtATPP1IlCvxUAkIvK86-E8_1vzVFpWl1_eb0CBs5y2OjDU9QeUiS5DlQfbYaLcnZgytWsIdnrh0vsC3kKotxWZKSKwcQ6sG_qTBV6zhRX0cBPjDSuBpqifB_sqZzS6-Gr5AHMzNWv4E/s320/IMG_1396.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341613030046145858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wyZ11PedT1OQvRWaA_Lut0bTJiurAZHpE7CS8f-uPyXmFvWVv4yrzE-Jy-6JFuo9k-0i0zMyZeJsFx5JzRoSdujQO52F6Cst-F582DVOGiyC7WljNWFez12n1iaktwWoDGe63FTCZ0w/s1600-h/IMG_1391.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wyZ11PedT1OQvRWaA_Lut0bTJiurAZHpE7CS8f-uPyXmFvWVv4yrzE-Jy-6JFuo9k-0i0zMyZeJsFx5JzRoSdujQO52F6Cst-F582DVOGiyC7WljNWFez12n1iaktwWoDGe63FTCZ0w/s320/IMG_1391.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341614731916918706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfdbd-PQNs5BD53iKMBX-nAWyTZP43DusvGUHhFXh8CMm6ZiA2CuBqPxtwLljULdfY0C2sc-uecvIRO9e0U1_h3ympYpwsydubsd5FNLVxe56JfZ96xIk4IPjz5JYBrSwlAW-QDJX4KI/s1600-h/IMG_1395.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfdbd-PQNs5BD53iKMBX-nAWyTZP43DusvGUHhFXh8CMm6ZiA2CuBqPxtwLljULdfY0C2sc-uecvIRO9e0U1_h3ympYpwsydubsd5FNLVxe56JfZ96xIk4IPjz5JYBrSwlAW-QDJX4KI/s320/IMG_1395.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341614723012584482" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-77944065673791203752009-05-22T07:46:00.000-07:002009-05-22T07:56:55.679-07:00Preschool GraduationTate had the cutest graduation program at his preschool Wednesday night. They sang songs, recited Bible verses, and received a Bible from their teacher. I think we were both sad that this stage of life for him is ending. He has made great friends while there and really had fun, too. On to the next chapter of "big" school...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlswR42i_j09_yuNEPcXXC11gdS0znQqdRHT5VDP-m4uxYSPvNR6g5AIvy6tW4-o49z0J9XXwdVv2jeLZEZtnEHX8cL27RWkkmGTAWa4AYL8pyXHaFw3_C37Y-NmRC0dHxVfKYo2vchQ/s1600-h/IMG_1373.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlswR42i_j09_yuNEPcXXC11gdS0znQqdRHT5VDP-m4uxYSPvNR6g5AIvy6tW4-o49z0J9XXwdVv2jeLZEZtnEHX8cL27RWkkmGTAWa4AYL8pyXHaFw3_C37Y-NmRC0dHxVfKYo2vchQ/s320/IMG_1373.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338660848319551618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEyEZtTEq36J4oBSk2fccLD-Lfx9IsExaOsFMxCvgcHbV_8nuqjPzN805eBsQDMnVjSM6yP6iGO3ihffc3WaeK-AOrQmsThZMkJRPu6iBDxKLizlwYD5essUtYteKyHY0PUb_6Ah6cjw/s1600-h/IMG_1383.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEyEZtTEq36J4oBSk2fccLD-Lfx9IsExaOsFMxCvgcHbV_8nuqjPzN805eBsQDMnVjSM6yP6iGO3ihffc3WaeK-AOrQmsThZMkJRPu6iBDxKLizlwYD5essUtYteKyHY0PUb_6Ah6cjw/s320/IMG_1383.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338660838105873570" /></a><br />Tate and his best buddy Jack. Jack's younger brother Seth is in Miller's class and they are great buddies, too. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ1_riCmj166cuZ0ZNiH2C7rrqMLV_207cLDQffPqJwqfovfgFUL_ZCzxIwOustJCjo06QXhKcjnyPrE7WIYHkAcvTlgKYuabpNB4bgsSY_cCdMbK4iQuJhRNFsxyqA3zRdx_nkxUvYg/s1600-h/IMG_1379.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ1_riCmj166cuZ0ZNiH2C7rrqMLV_207cLDQffPqJwqfovfgFUL_ZCzxIwOustJCjo06QXhKcjnyPrE7WIYHkAcvTlgKYuabpNB4bgsSY_cCdMbK4iQuJhRNFsxyqA3zRdx_nkxUvYg/s320/IMG_1379.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338660845448540162" /></a><br />The three amigos of the two-year-old class on the last day of school.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSsPjs2cjDwSBhyphenhyphenfBV4aEfFwwrS81RcMNUifBEpzER4bYDbmtpsbMPAk8NJpZKtk-pf6QTkUnLTwBfuYfiCdZBY1jx7mTQW1TmoVwcVZIYgQAOdJHZ3nrZKaiPyvgryl8codFnQQttAc/s1600-h/IMG_1389.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSsPjs2cjDwSBhyphenhyphenfBV4aEfFwwrS81RcMNUifBEpzER4bYDbmtpsbMPAk8NJpZKtk-pf6QTkUnLTwBfuYfiCdZBY1jx7mTQW1TmoVwcVZIYgQAOdJHZ3nrZKaiPyvgryl8codFnQQttAc/s320/IMG_1389.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338660857005595458" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-13095990352611882962009-05-19T19:11:00.000-07:002009-05-19T19:23:46.180-07:00Sadie turns One!We went over to Tuscaloosa this past weekend to celebrate the boys' cousin Sadie's first birthday. She is one of the sweetest babies I have ever been around! Big sister Neely was quite entertained by Tate and Miller and all of their wild energy. As always, it was tons of fun for all the kids to be together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3qIdwvyJsnkMmaMWLyljcA-zuGSdG8yv-Xc6MB08b6xoLCvrHu03T2tB7t6otj3Ldo9MoIMkubyuRkUcvW5kQo_0SXwWEkWxDAfwn53aTHX99r868lwOq6s_6u_jnBy4MQbYsujiLX8/s1600-h/IMG_1338.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3qIdwvyJsnkMmaMWLyljcA-zuGSdG8yv-Xc6MB08b6xoLCvrHu03T2tB7t6otj3Ldo9MoIMkubyuRkUcvW5kQo_0SXwWEkWxDAfwn53aTHX99r868lwOq6s_6u_jnBy4MQbYsujiLX8/s320/IMG_1338.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337723894501078642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-03KrVUYQknAsyxqHE8JTeS_IN8JCzsbqJ9HrQJPkO4WWgrGxvuoLeGhRrLuoXCtO7Xhep88UvJbUQV_l6SI3VN08aWQBDRyk6rDkhHDV271EwCsaa6ChNJgbqEnkGX6wXh8WSPFHrU/s1600-h/IMG_1346.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-03KrVUYQknAsyxqHE8JTeS_IN8JCzsbqJ9HrQJPkO4WWgrGxvuoLeGhRrLuoXCtO7Xhep88UvJbUQV_l6SI3VN08aWQBDRyk6rDkhHDV271EwCsaa6ChNJgbqEnkGX6wXh8WSPFHrU/s320/IMG_1346.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337723897120941234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbCNf0ar7wT3GAIopw3_fxFUc7N9HnvXNT2wmX4E3kBUm4iRg12TpB7BggPQuBwkmnIexzOPlPLQ_vgKVUdA6zg2FTkHL9IJ375OZlWEiAS7nlxlc6IOkdarMM4hf9eD21ptRi2lfcIE/s1600-h/IMG_1363.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbCNf0ar7wT3GAIopw3_fxFUc7N9HnvXNT2wmX4E3kBUm4iRg12TpB7BggPQuBwkmnIexzOPlPLQ_vgKVUdA6zg2FTkHL9IJ375OZlWEiAS7nlxlc6IOkdarMM4hf9eD21ptRi2lfcIE/s320/IMG_1363.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337725669435695122" /></a><br />Everyone with their "sucky fingers" as we call them:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszNUJfIHmrc0O9SyKSUT552fU57oHMjSi1Xyw-WJXZlyhws7Amqp-MfG8m6rWVDst6E0w8k8lk3hRIrOyrvulZPIZglIyfoluCo12_IzQkTh9-Q4Vy6YsUMWLtFP4inSUB-t02qlh77g/s1600-h/IMG_1365.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszNUJfIHmrc0O9SyKSUT552fU57oHMjSi1Xyw-WJXZlyhws7Amqp-MfG8m6rWVDst6E0w8k8lk3hRIrOyrvulZPIZglIyfoluCo12_IzQkTh9-Q4Vy6YsUMWLtFP4inSUB-t02qlh77g/s320/IMG_1365.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337724407154895698" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-47993936631313175462009-05-14T12:32:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:38:18.289-07:00Hungry HipposIt is always funny to me what the boys think of to do for fun. On Monday afternoon Tate went home from school with a friend, so when he got back home Miller was very excited to have his playmate back. I was downstairs starting dinner and they were playing upstairs. I think the first event was wrestling on my bed since the sheets were off (which they insist on stripping down to their underwear for) and then it was on to Hungry Hippos. And, of course, the competition continued in their underwear. I went upstairs to check on them and this is what I found...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVCj1aPGzKq7MVHCqLGhTGyCHXpZMs4qNyAfF96m7TIyw-p38RZcV72r4HHTu4CXlvTbzaelrDDA6ZqE6RcwCT8KurPtTzAFdl3GwdX-ZE7ZZezjCXnO6Y7Za2DenDxTH_cKefBmuYKEo/s1600-h/IMG_1329.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVCj1aPGzKq7MVHCqLGhTGyCHXpZMs4qNyAfF96m7TIyw-p38RZcV72r4HHTu4CXlvTbzaelrDDA6ZqE6RcwCT8KurPtTzAFdl3GwdX-ZE7ZZezjCXnO6Y7Za2DenDxTH_cKefBmuYKEo/s320/IMG_1329.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335765724958356162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhc0XrFST7DGt2vVmNZpz-ygM4na4jV3OXvuxtMcZPovvFj0iq9fXCDKa9PdZxNYJIUiZNjfE0UeFFRnEMa-_9jua9pbj0RgqrfrU0w_mcjYSdizpkXu7VPFXqtRVJuARCS_Cbym2x7s/s1600-h/IMG_1330.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhc0XrFST7DGt2vVmNZpz-ygM4na4jV3OXvuxtMcZPovvFj0iq9fXCDKa9PdZxNYJIUiZNjfE0UeFFRnEMa-_9jua9pbj0RgqrfrU0w_mcjYSdizpkXu7VPFXqtRVJuARCS_Cbym2x7s/s320/IMG_1330.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335765732200734066" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-28895572418681955902009-05-04T19:52:00.000-07:002009-05-04T19:58:16.186-07:00Beach TripWe just got back yesterday from our third annual trip to Ft. Morgan with our supper club. We had beautiful weather, which we timed just right as we left tons of rain and the threat of swine flu behind at home:) We enjoyed lots of good fun, laughs, games and SLEEP. We have increased the trip each time by a day, staying five days this time, so we laugh at how long the trip will be five years from now. I am now counting down the days for school to let out and the pool to open:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnJfumi3Y_J-22yy5K5yKlkDAeU2LBR_rxv_c8zkmuWaCADDVjOPDebFjfiZHB_a1Uyd5_o55qCm0b7xqHdTpQaMQuj2vJ0bBJ3Y5i1kZG_LbTc00Rx3KOdhn9HPXYnlAEOxyc2oQmSA/s1600-h/of=50,590,393-2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnJfumi3Y_J-22yy5K5yKlkDAeU2LBR_rxv_c8zkmuWaCADDVjOPDebFjfiZHB_a1Uyd5_o55qCm0b7xqHdTpQaMQuj2vJ0bBJ3Y5i1kZG_LbTc00Rx3KOdhn9HPXYnlAEOxyc2oQmSA/s320/of=50,590,393-2.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332168549096864466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpl3ZzwxREQd1PO2wvIXLPMUeBvAJb5NpLY8HJGWPyStbXFkkbY6RuljSVk2Nh9D69c3GLdaZwUMBNIXQRyLA0J4DwgmfzZu9ZV9D-HRDdAt3XX54mdQN_AczBnccfLDpjMKF8bSX-3E/s1600-h/of=50,590,393.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpl3ZzwxREQd1PO2wvIXLPMUeBvAJb5NpLY8HJGWPyStbXFkkbY6RuljSVk2Nh9D69c3GLdaZwUMBNIXQRyLA0J4DwgmfzZu9ZV9D-HRDdAt3XX54mdQN_AczBnccfLDpjMKF8bSX-3E/s320/of=50,590,393.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332168543288356834" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-41678797363098165622009-04-27T19:25:00.000-07:002009-04-27T19:36:03.531-07:00Girls WeekendI had a great weekend in Birmingham with two of my best friends from college, Lis and Amy. We all seemed to need some time away and thoroughly enjoyed having a relaxing weekend together. We went over to Samford's campus to walk down memory lane and wondered how we are now so old!! We are hoping to plan another getaway again soon, it really does wonders for our sanity:) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjab7SfMwPanmxXUEFTdTCqRtMUplLH_f8uHkMU9kZltBWXnHdeEQ0TkdxPzWRMtRG29oaVR0gNar9fgt71LLGjI-o4CGjJIBIT5VJqb0tY5I4xZXev6tRieNYnujkGNfqznUdRYesoR0k/s1600-h/sc0096ccf9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjab7SfMwPanmxXUEFTdTCqRtMUplLH_f8uHkMU9kZltBWXnHdeEQ0TkdxPzWRMtRG29oaVR0gNar9fgt71LLGjI-o4CGjJIBIT5VJqb0tY5I4xZXev6tRieNYnujkGNfqznUdRYesoR0k/s320/sc0096ccf9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329565265083726786" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090589878890770744.post-90091122965807849272009-04-19T14:56:00.000-07:002009-04-19T15:33:06.535-07:00Weekend with FriendsWe went to Nashville for the weekend to see our friends Brent and Julie and meet their new baby girl, Sims. Travis and Brent played golf Saturday morning and Julie and I got manicures in the afternoon. The boys ran around like crazy and Tate taught their son, Boone, how to play the Wii. We came home to a rainy afternoon and now we are all tired:) But, the time together was well worth it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTfJjr2WSJ4f4yA1ODpF7H98tgI0_m9Jjs7DOOvrlrlTp6RNJhrCEhIV5spLa2k7dSqiadGYZaezpcheevl5hkHoTldm_NO-wWw-wiFGo_e7tfoLHJrx_-SDCfGupG1vVYGh19TjtMqY/s1600-h/IMG_1318.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTfJjr2WSJ4f4yA1ODpF7H98tgI0_m9Jjs7DOOvrlrlTp6RNJhrCEhIV5spLa2k7dSqiadGYZaezpcheevl5hkHoTldm_NO-wWw-wiFGo_e7tfoLHJrx_-SDCfGupG1vVYGh19TjtMqY/s320/IMG_1318.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326526135225503218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_NswOj9oH1O6S4O7YvYBJEbvHg7mofJn6lzko5CEkvJz7QLdmtUduhA9T63As_Gw_XgyKpQOnQjmvOsX2N2CRsU4ymjyH_p64JOCMUq8GZm1C1ouw2yk70evsD9t2-P2pGrpzvmhhyk/s1600-h/IMG_1315.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_NswOj9oH1O6S4O7YvYBJEbvHg7mofJn6lzko5CEkvJz7QLdmtUduhA9T63As_Gw_XgyKpQOnQjmvOsX2N2CRsU4ymjyH_p64JOCMUq8GZm1C1ouw2yk70evsD9t2-P2pGrpzvmhhyk/s320/IMG_1315.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326526138959704018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvMsTA5Ds2Fp6N6SzKIHORuYDumD_Li4PgKliyx_iT8iHuRiG_6P6iFzBHyaJaKnbJsZqz7tosPtyahEjmk3UKoI1NIP2WD1ejHc3x1RIZcJJ109sPrDDWAWiz5WtLuNLr90SCMfzptk/s1600-h/IMG_1313.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvMsTA5Ds2Fp6N6SzKIHORuYDumD_Li4PgKliyx_iT8iHuRiG_6P6iFzBHyaJaKnbJsZqz7tosPtyahEjmk3UKoI1NIP2WD1ejHc3x1RIZcJJ109sPrDDWAWiz5WtLuNLr90SCMfzptk/s320/IMG_1313.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326526145272668002" /></a><br />Miller and Bo (they liked each other more and more as the weekend went on)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioLz1YE25YzzyoKl-f7B2WEdBC2_volLm1tc4leCBfyil-blnv8C-cgE0A-msrGriHjEDkhuoNm0T8sIOVvXJCk_TcJdB8reXhZ4GcnXSvJ2ABHNTdRg4axmRswzNV94klI-HTC3cYWI/s1600-h/IMG_1326.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioLz1YE25YzzyoKl-f7B2WEdBC2_volLm1tc4leCBfyil-blnv8C-cgE0A-msrGriHjEDkhuoNm0T8sIOVvXJCk_TcJdB8reXhZ4GcnXSvJ2ABHNTdRg4axmRswzNV94klI-HTC3cYWI/s320/IMG_1326.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326533760133252066" /></a>The Alstonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083897580302973726noreply@blogger.com