tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25053051545994813902024-02-21T23:03:44.914-05:00The Clanton GangThe Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-72018763195984328072011-03-12T11:47:00.010-05:002011-03-13T11:34:47.832-04:00Introducing...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Quentin Micah Clanton</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">February 25, 2011<br />5:09 pm<br />7 pounds 3 ounces<br />19 1/2 inches<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4buUZYAQ0iiqDloxRWU1XlIIWJrWH1ZYAobhcwlCzjf_uDQoXRuNxfutTV5uoKSwthPtSy0-HPIdVvmdVKwIxaS7numY2YndgRifF4xPHFrV_VAeCf3hGMZBMphDEXK_CVC8ACiCRYmZB/s1600/February+109.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4buUZYAQ0iiqDloxRWU1XlIIWJrWH1ZYAobhcwlCzjf_uDQoXRuNxfutTV5uoKSwthPtSy0-HPIdVvmdVKwIxaS7numY2YndgRifF4xPHFrV_VAeCf3hGMZBMphDEXK_CVC8ACiCRYmZB/s320/February+109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583242566347888082" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuhPv09d1tpUigQ1PORS2rWauWGDrgJT4mpcF5NjQeO4JczapQZU7c2QoC3Mw8XqYZNhD-N49VoSaOXRAtuWQdlD1lCbpsFJ2fwrWiuc79i1ov5w0KzH8StoZWY41420Uo9FMPL3n8_Yv/s1600/February+135.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o5huwPuCkIOinKllcMzK5MuT-7x3NNIH4At4GwtbTIq6AOICSvRjoS_VZeS6UeBXj35GrOTJPD3DikbRg4eaIH_rMUn9oCUqR0BMXr_n6RP0Ccpts8S-IUwpmqqwztoVYJxBpd1ygX9j/s320/February+164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583242575007932050" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQPZTD35nAWS5f4wzPvbszIVhmR1l8JCZPJGAnMeFk3BRixjXjuo7QmkdSz6ZxWAVwWCLrUIAV2FQSILvfmslsuKtcz96XKIxZz6FaHvTI6-nNBFaczrAMef4P-dgLmGku64C0VbE1n3u/s1600/February+163.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQPZTD35nAWS5f4wzPvbszIVhmR1l8JCZPJGAnMeFk3BRixjXjuo7QmkdSz6ZxWAVwWCLrUIAV2FQSILvfmslsuKtcz96XKIxZz6FaHvTI6-nNBFaczrAMef4P-dgLmGku64C0VbE1n3u/s320/February+163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583242570733372802" border="0" /></a><br />After running errands on the morning of Friday, February 25, Wesley and I came home to eat lunch. I had a Facebook message from Jackie, the mom of a little boy I taught in preschool years ago. Jackie is also a labor and delivery nurse at one of the local hospitals, so when I saw the message to "Call me at work. It's important," I knew exactly why she was contacting me--there was a baby for us!<br /><br />I immediately called Jackie and she told us there was a couple at the hospital who wanted to find a family for their little baby boy. They wanted to meet us before the baby was born, which could have been at any minute because S had been at the hospital since 6:00 am the day before. So needless to say, things got a little crazy! I spent the next couple of hours on the phone with an attorney, our adoption counselor, the hospital social worker, and Aaron.<br /><br />Aaron came home. My sweet friend, Stacey, picked the kids up. And we headed to the hospital. We met S and immediately hit it off. She's a sweet lady who wasn't ready or able to start over (her youngest is 15). She and the birthfather, A, decided when she was 4 months along that they wanted to place their baby for adoption. Thankfully they didn't choose an adoption agency!!<br /><br />After about 45 minutes of talking with S, the nurse came in to get her ready for a c-section. We left the room and met Jenni, our case worker from LDS Family Services. The hospital case worker told us we could go home and return in the morning to see the baby. WHAT? The baby was going to be born in about an hour--there was no way I was leaving the hospital!! So we hung out and waited. And in a little over an hour we met our little baby. It was so surreal!<br /><br />The nurses at St. Mary's were amazing! Everyone was so helpful and accommodating! All of the nurses were genuinely excited for us. They even got us a room so I could stay with the baby. It was a very special time!<br /><br /><br /></div></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-77923526389049544372010-08-08T21:28:00.002-04:002010-08-08T21:37:28.669-04:00Drummer BoyThere are LOTS of reasons to love staying at Mark & Crystal's, but for Wesley, one of the best reasons is the drum set in Matt's room.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7JC2AQq4tMzAEkLVYozrLw4bn50bx8oNkN1J-oXGTD6EiqofqKVlIQKMLn4YUFUHOcMucRnqOXTN6hkAK2HYHCLJSYFiUKWraNybweiE5ffdTtzyRSE8S7EGY87L8za_dHnmO26WzVpy/s1600/July+232.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7JC2AQq4tMzAEkLVYozrLw4bn50bx8oNkN1J-oXGTD6EiqofqKVlIQKMLn4YUFUHOcMucRnqOXTN6hkAK2HYHCLJSYFiUKWraNybweiE5ffdTtzyRSE8S7EGY87L8za_dHnmO26WzVpy/s320/July+232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503216562425833154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4lvh4Ox_08hJAYq0ZOlW2wx7BXgUqCS_odIHVqmwaFUKq6avyCXk95XWUnmtrUkD_Qu9ckDT6luk4d6R1OBJP9Ep5XRtxbzJNqhHs0ROi0CdHzZivefTm04KlaN1KFdiftbvXVEu-Gmt/s1600/July+231.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4lvh4Ox_08hJAYq0ZOlW2wx7BXgUqCS_odIHVqmwaFUKq6avyCXk95XWUnmtrUkD_Qu9ckDT6luk4d6R1OBJP9Ep5XRtxbzJNqhHs0ROi0CdHzZivefTm04KlaN1KFdiftbvXVEu-Gmt/s320/July+231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503216559797674386" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-22338586466942324022010-08-08T20:58:00.009-04:002010-08-08T21:28:05.965-04:00A Pit Stop in Thomasville (July 17-18, 2009)On our way to the beach, we stopped in Thomasville to visit with Aaron's brother, Mark, and his family. We love staying with them, and they are always so willing to let us crash.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We got dinner at a yummy pizza place that Matt worked at and then went bowling. We had a great time being silly.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A little snooze on the way down.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfN4aUCVNY1lX-EUwfGW18s75XZJLwNgZX2QxUOTvod3V1wOtPTSb504WjjCQR-ps7zGk9pOD1g197i3J_SCQHmW-tfEEj-mcUCUSpVsraaBAEeaC6vxlLfqP-KPcl4sJLlMFzBZtMQ0-/s1600/July+152.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfN4aUCVNY1lX-EUwfGW18s75XZJLwNgZX2QxUOTvod3V1wOtPTSb504WjjCQR-ps7zGk9pOD1g197i3J_SCQHmW-tfEEj-mcUCUSpVsraaBAEeaC6vxlLfqP-KPcl4sJLlMFzBZtMQ0-/s320/July+152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503210002243994130" border="0" /></a><br />The Big Oak Tree (This tree is HUGE and estimated to be 327 years old.)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Pz5-JCm5pFNIcKaUXTJnnw_TiQ_7HNzvZ3mpF9BMsgEMS5_5e8nKHluLOxQuKo1w0NWV_6gJBKz0DdScaMDrMhtB3ZX19k7I27e0W_da9wx0IMnBG4zQwQZJJZEXfoqydHtZeaOgu17_/s1600/July+158.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Pz5-JCm5pFNIcKaUXTJnnw_TiQ_7HNzvZ3mpF9BMsgEMS5_5e8nKHluLOxQuKo1w0NWV_6gJBKz0DdScaMDrMhtB3ZX19k7I27e0W_da9wx0IMnBG4zQwQZJJZEXfoqydHtZeaOgu17_/s320/July+158.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503209997397590290" border="0" /></a><br />Excited to see a firetruck in the pizzeria's parking lot<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomjhjR_R3QhV2XWypCxnjfDeGFkRI5Qf48Aatf2elKNIj7psGr1nUSNyohdu2tcBsxURspmRaAfixBwGVnJAcFDXuEgzeovP6JabQiAtX69c1RaS3K6-jsj_K2E1A3KvTMaUwkqpIhfCc/s1600/July+160.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomjhjR_R3QhV2XWypCxnjfDeGFkRI5Qf48Aatf2elKNIj7psGr1nUSNyohdu2tcBsxURspmRaAfixBwGVnJAcFDXuEgzeovP6JabQiAtX69c1RaS3K6-jsj_K2E1A3KvTMaUwkqpIhfCc/s320/July+160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503209984034119810" border="0" /></a><br />Mark & Crystal<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWK2pJQpBYuQ7JmlXanL7gBwMwfniGOiN6wE_pMAjZzJ8xY_uZ8qFXXNjgdvr050uuzdF8OXVQe3bQo4WhlDduNAvaHzLF5SUvNl8Umswz6Mvua2Ph1VMopZAUl0coDNOIw0uNsWD-sqS/s1600/July+161.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWK2pJQpBYuQ7JmlXanL7gBwMwfniGOiN6wE_pMAjZzJ8xY_uZ8qFXXNjgdvr050uuzdF8OXVQe3bQo4WhlDduNAvaHzLF5SUvNl8Umswz6Mvua2Ph1VMopZAUl0coDNOIw0uNsWD-sqS/s320/July+161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503209985217620226" border="0" /></a><br />Wesley, Crystal & Aaron<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qJI95Vyz2RWgspfscig1lwyaDC4W_SUfRGenGkNiH4BVFc_5Glu0jYBVfcWzXeUmQun_vGuzPmKz1NCXceo4BNET3OA7EeWPOb5h_inJ-DMXgzBSdgsvzfo9TylETWzdaG4EgHk0QIDo/s1600/July+163.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qJI95Vyz2RWgspfscig1lwyaDC4W_SUfRGenGkNiH4BVFc_5Glu0jYBVfcWzXeUmQun_vGuzPmKz1NCXceo4BNET3OA7EeWPOb5h_inJ-DMXgzBSdgsvzfo9TylETWzdaG4EgHk0QIDo/s320/July+163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503212267320969570" border="0" /></a><br />Colby<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOAcP7hffd_MxHKejylrlkY0TGt0knjqXnOvBkapo_oBEfz-Im0h0vVTtquHyU43g3xRbcCm0qqP3MiaSA_P_7q_IvtrhWHOByOW6HHSZBo_adkoybSSYczahIlX4xrt-VWCPgLk5yoGJ/s1600/July+164.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOAcP7hffd_MxHKejylrlkY0TGt0knjqXnOvBkapo_oBEfz-Im0h0vVTtquHyU43g3xRbcCm0qqP3MiaSA_P_7q_IvtrhWHOByOW6HHSZBo_adkoybSSYczahIlX4xrt-VWCPgLk5yoGJ/s320/July+164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503212264675608450" border="0" /></a><br />Maddie<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kMzUK-nSGMRwZyq-TNnJrcMcGdfw1fbH7txsOnkdJ9_LkY96dQrmcm8P1ymDwGavhvo5FExC2x2T2WqsGkap0VCAvudgWlUE8B5vD9NN1M-QMw_v5hn6aS01ecM_MJdYYhboACSGt542/s1600/July+166.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kMzUK-nSGMRwZyq-TNnJrcMcGdfw1fbH7txsOnkdJ9_LkY96dQrmcm8P1ymDwGavhvo5FExC2x2T2WqsGkap0VCAvudgWlUE8B5vD9NN1M-QMw_v5hn6aS01ecM_MJdYYhboACSGt542/s320/July+166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503213458353454514" border="0" /></a><br />Giving Uncle Mark a five<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2vbkxpT6TJQvYJQngvNTbP66toyL8A2EicQsFclkvqNICwmTWE_6Wagti6ZlrsAh4U4W6gfZaTOZc_G46gT0fTtvZcEL-5x7-COLKNbkW0SzgYH4R9dcUjVBaNhsfpiovsrVfKER4Qfv/s1600/July+170.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2vbkxpT6TJQvYJQngvNTbP66toyL8A2EicQsFclkvqNICwmTWE_6Wagti6ZlrsAh4U4W6gfZaTOZc_G46gT0fTtvZcEL-5x7-COLKNbkW0SzgYH4R9dcUjVBaNhsfpiovsrVfKER4Qfv/s320/July+170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503212245134468978" border="0" /></a><br />Maddie, the little bowling pro<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbArEB1rkJEQpp8MXVOXXXAs_A7vuHrQDu2jjot_MHyx2vR0MkBOlUzaNW19ztQzNjhIspS_2ezwMWHJwikboFO6YeZw4bDIEEhrO-AmUK4L9IpmxmKypSXWBWOJwByqItGU4rTsMDo5Be/s1600/July+181.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbArEB1rkJEQpp8MXVOXXXAs_A7vuHrQDu2jjot_MHyx2vR0MkBOlUzaNW19ztQzNjhIspS_2ezwMWHJwikboFO6YeZw4bDIEEhrO-AmUK4L9IpmxmKypSXWBWOJwByqItGU4rTsMDo5Be/s320/July+181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503212633113111714" border="0" /></a><br />The Gang<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhIxetE3JUghejn7ixGJ-o1uoFkZwVcJMwESAse3_OjqZP7YszBaukR_lFzmFE1oSISUx7qMPtVARLw_B6MDnz-Xl-2IMg4L4-THxxzt280GvniP5ZZFFAy97wG0fWip1PJqobnMIeUEO/s1600/July+180.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhIxetE3JUghejn7ixGJ-o1uoFkZwVcJMwESAse3_OjqZP7YszBaukR_lFzmFE1oSISUx7qMPtVARLw_B6MDnz-Xl-2IMg4L4-THxxzt280GvniP5ZZFFAy97wG0fWip1PJqobnMIeUEO/s320/July+180.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503212629065591842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I guess we're dancing?<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrpF_AEynT5zEdSft5lHale-dNFSm4n7xyOGZu_R2EXFZtroK2qzxDpDdl_VXETGsNjTZw_sK9L2PLaraMz5SUOq7yuoekBobYHUR1XgE4ZSL9KHoIb3s9X_Ile4pjC-_3l0ETErCLzOB/s1600/July+176.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrpF_AEynT5zEdSft5lHale-dNFSm4n7xyOGZu_R2EXFZtroK2qzxDpDdl_VXETGsNjTZw_sK9L2PLaraMz5SUOq7yuoekBobYHUR1XgE4ZSL9KHoIb3s9X_Ile4pjC-_3l0ETErCLzOB/s320/July+176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503212618646946834" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We were happy when Uncle Michael and his crew showed up!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEtgKRLzueyYllVK8KRiP4UNquxWfjhmCRGI8W3kmsbHhjApAHFJurclmRRXlwcWCJIXT8WbtEFujepVWoKPItoGGlXP65yBIefU-d3YdEc3EDvb3HGoZ2ZcJfL3Jue1S01WpsUEOqyI7/s1600/July+204.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEtgKRLzueyYllVK8KRiP4UNquxWfjhmCRGI8W3kmsbHhjApAHFJurclmRRXlwcWCJIXT8WbtEFujepVWoKPItoGGlXP65yBIefU-d3YdEc3EDvb3HGoZ2ZcJfL3Jue1S01WpsUEOqyI7/s320/July+204.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503213215325366146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Playing" the car video game<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4X43WOzduW7b1G8iuNJpf8SftP4sArnaOyEN7VGyww30Q8C-OHwdcH9exrSL8Gu3vAuvcbqBiQsRsE-0nSdT3tl5ErfJyZi9YG_Q8X87yLuzZ9S2G64c6oWuALcvKNFMqkf-eLtRxsCTG/s1600/July+198.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4X43WOzduW7b1G8iuNJpf8SftP4sArnaOyEN7VGyww30Q8C-OHwdcH9exrSL8Gu3vAuvcbqBiQsRsE-0nSdT3tl5ErfJyZi9YG_Q8X87yLuzZ9S2G64c6oWuALcvKNFMqkf-eLtRxsCTG/s320/July+198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503213212116198626" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Colby goofing around (and Maddie lovin' every minute of it!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiWQ9hXVJrsw_Jq48bbxh6yH67eONQWXctL-ecdv7KKo6KRoQVSPshIrK1hy_l0SYer4IcQjxmFm0M4WdPbG50IUEMx5XHUVGZm7brjqM_FOk27HgSqHgl_Xn1JbkPkrcDqxgEBie7P_V/s1600/July+193.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiWQ9hXVJrsw_Jq48bbxh6yH67eONQWXctL-ecdv7KKo6KRoQVSPshIrK1hy_l0SYer4IcQjxmFm0M4WdPbG50IUEMx5XHUVGZm7brjqM_FOk27HgSqHgl_Xn1JbkPkrcDqxgEBie7P_V/s320/July+193.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503213209718835650" border="0" /></a><br />Apparently we're pretty happy about something. :)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcArn9_e-4x-SSapGTqABe7DRKSlYpfW37wNuUDubXilK-aZQ-J_jIufARZtGfiW89ahvy4DalsBdfKlmtXbevuQF4s6rUbzrnAEzRtZZj52FcPkaNVZ36rt6xTkf1nsPeLXEheqjdckNO/s1600/July+189.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcArn9_e-4x-SSapGTqABe7DRKSlYpfW37wNuUDubXilK-aZQ-J_jIufARZtGfiW89ahvy4DalsBdfKlmtXbevuQF4s6rUbzrnAEzRtZZj52FcPkaNVZ36rt6xTkf1nsPeLXEheqjdckNO/s320/July+189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503213198276933266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maddie is always so excited for Wesley<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJFarYNyI2tIS2OEtdrVSk6iohOM2-sJOmrSfTNFCx7LKEZF-ihg6oFL1Hdia05HU836BbCII9LqRcVSZ0T0xCcIlzqTmXsmvWdyfxsjEF5RStmdjrq4E9uBTzu4aXoaYpTGVbL-EcfdX/s1600/July+216.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJFarYNyI2tIS2OEtdrVSk6iohOM2-sJOmrSfTNFCx7LKEZF-ihg6oFL1Hdia05HU836BbCII9LqRcVSZ0T0xCcIlzqTmXsmvWdyfxsjEF5RStmdjrq4E9uBTzu4aXoaYpTGVbL-EcfdX/s320/July+216.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503215053984979554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Colby and Wesley attempting a line dance<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqG5NsJV1q_RWFEeTwnoHbZ2nd6MeN2ir60UMuZKpuRIfZq5UhgEG0Oyi0ec8dG8i5nVSNuaFf8mwl1XDttAzcFCQASYDLBt_d-8LYR2MaZUNt-Ef987s53UjnuDoqJBqzrwshW4KjdSX/s1600/July+214.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqG5NsJV1q_RWFEeTwnoHbZ2nd6MeN2ir60UMuZKpuRIfZq5UhgEG0Oyi0ec8dG8i5nVSNuaFf8mwl1XDttAzcFCQASYDLBt_d-8LYR2MaZUNt-Ef987s53UjnuDoqJBqzrwshW4KjdSX/s320/July+214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503215049312966098" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Chad and Colby being Chad and Colby<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDu7muhuOgPo1l-g19N70rnXlxbgvH5eiFza0INQ3FyyP4Ib_xanQHpjPIQMpfEG7B7mpxHgKAMWGLstclRDaoj86_MDax9qkvmbzneO0vvL6DlW-EDONjO6FWfRNSouffPQvmgY5kBnh/s1600/July+211.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDu7muhuOgPo1l-g19N70rnXlxbgvH5eiFza0INQ3FyyP4Ib_xanQHpjPIQMpfEG7B7mpxHgKAMWGLstclRDaoj86_MDax9qkvmbzneO0vvL6DlW-EDONjO6FWfRNSouffPQvmgY5kBnh/s320/July+211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503215040477215234" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I love these guys!!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTRsvzrKgi72Q1aqSrE-fu3r2QWrEbQ0H0zvaqxOPdyxBpdexWVi17P9GSgM0Q3C_ozMqPRN_y6R6cAAoUMf0Ke6Ewu5N2k59hBdcuyF3mmNX7DZvT18NM8rm1BOxogO7-Z8rPWUdU_mG/s1600/July+222.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTRsvzrKgi72Q1aqSrE-fu3r2QWrEbQ0H0zvaqxOPdyxBpdexWVi17P9GSgM0Q3C_ozMqPRN_y6R6cAAoUMf0Ke6Ewu5N2k59hBdcuyF3mmNX7DZvT18NM8rm1BOxogO7-Z8rPWUdU_mG/s320/July+222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503215059824689394" border="0" /></a><br /></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-6192654741398460862010-08-08T20:50:00.002-04:002010-08-08T20:55:08.896-04:00We luv chikin! (July 10, 2009)We participated in Chick Fil A's annual Cow Appreciation Day, like we do every year. We love Chick Fil A, and we're willing to dress like cows to get a free meal. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DyzJ2i3BudpJUd6P28DM-t0vexAnWy19l1RR931jEO3bLaCzwa3gbrLV-STw-2q2zMs-csqLFG5ZuwKmtqR7Hzb8dEaBCcz52LV5zSTqY-MLrf9SlHiyqKJWrhLhHKV7odHVh-1dKz2n/s1600/July+143.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DyzJ2i3BudpJUd6P28DM-t0vexAnWy19l1RR931jEO3bLaCzwa3gbrLV-STw-2q2zMs-csqLFG5ZuwKmtqR7Hzb8dEaBCcz52LV5zSTqY-MLrf9SlHiyqKJWrhLhHKV7odHVh-1dKz2n/s320/July+143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503207252016984562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vZF8KKWLVOVN-Fz6TsOoVIzW9HAtoS_O5h5jMbGJyQJFctFMaCIodzf8IdUTl8i3yFv8K2cx3e0IV55q1oEg1wQGiLq585XUmBlbZKLO5SQ4LzqwLaPJbpFrp-w8zf-VsvsYH5feQDXS/s1600/July+144.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vZF8KKWLVOVN-Fz6TsOoVIzW9HAtoS_O5h5jMbGJyQJFctFMaCIodzf8IdUTl8i3yFv8K2cx3e0IV55q1oEg1wQGiLq585XUmBlbZKLO5SQ4LzqwLaPJbpFrp-w8zf-VsvsYH5feQDXS/s320/July+144.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503207247513303154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4XjLUY-wlqqiNj4_07GHgNPGCZdiSA5gwI6HnqdF7Ypm2XeigIWWl9nUMvZA3eHkLGuckmiP6t3g0Q1CctFHKym_84-amh9YRWHqY9Q8pq4HSq2ERf8ShFDVbMB0nJo6j12qtoUnxorM/s1600/July+148.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4XjLUY-wlqqiNj4_07GHgNPGCZdiSA5gwI6HnqdF7Ypm2XeigIWWl9nUMvZA3eHkLGuckmiP6t3g0Q1CctFHKym_84-amh9YRWHqY9Q8pq4HSq2ERf8ShFDVbMB0nJo6j12qtoUnxorM/s320/July+148.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503207237446603154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TZHMAILd4AJK0-AaErpHXdAKLfzqrgAPcCyxJTjUnj7ttrOkuVA6C5UrYSWT_Usp93fhGd43e0KHQdpGy2Uttk59_aaGci-EuJj72fAPrU5jGHdE45kbcaxxH7_YT9k2lHKG_nFHGJ7f/s1600/July+149.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TZHMAILd4AJK0-AaErpHXdAKLfzqrgAPcCyxJTjUnj7ttrOkuVA6C5UrYSWT_Usp93fhGd43e0KHQdpGy2Uttk59_aaGci-EuJj72fAPrU5jGHdE45kbcaxxH7_YT9k2lHKG_nFHGJ7f/s320/July+149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503207231928302002" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-47919613778217541142010-07-26T23:30:00.007-04:002010-08-08T20:58:43.760-04:00The Long Trek Home (Day 4--July 5, 2009)<div style="text-align: justify;">We left pretty early on Monday morning to head home. I would certainly be lying if I said I didn't dread it! Thankfully the kids did well again and it wasn't too terrible!<br /><br />To get off Long Island, we had to drive through the city, which was was fine with me! I love looking at the people, buildings, and bridges! (Plus I wasn't the one driving through the infamous traffic!)<br /><br />Aaron snapped a few pictures on our way out. I can't tell you anything about any of the pictures, other than that we were in the city when they were taken. :)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH98cL8zXlxz1E5fZKSAU-FcZTHgohCocr7mDpOevhr5NPymF2rxAiIecrgEBiH33jpaueBROps_5rc_Rd9uspZat6eiL2uwlvJzF2M1hM-VW7dSuT0NzreHYrniKsaRcUvW7B80Wq6U8x/s1600/July+116.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH98cL8zXlxz1E5fZKSAU-FcZTHgohCocr7mDpOevhr5NPymF2rxAiIecrgEBiH33jpaueBROps_5rc_Rd9uspZat6eiL2uwlvJzF2M1hM-VW7dSuT0NzreHYrniKsaRcUvW7B80Wq6U8x/s320/July+116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498424685026576610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43S33tHK2JtqYRGd8mB1c0-NXuZD6x8M-jr31qPkHEBqsY26UuSfifb5r26bl4zh19OE6XqOurPft3NiO_3Yn-aTngs1HVY2NMKnmBCOguWGMnPL8Pz-d77QEY7I6ll9QWS00hqs1MqXs/s1600/July+118.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43S33tHK2JtqYRGd8mB1c0-NXuZD6x8M-jr31qPkHEBqsY26UuSfifb5r26bl4zh19OE6XqOurPft3NiO_3Yn-aTngs1HVY2NMKnmBCOguWGMnPL8Pz-d77QEY7I6ll9QWS00hqs1MqXs/s320/July+118.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498424497914495602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVixFM-1qu7VD-U2j3Ngyh3S2cotHrqIviZukUHMvP3snrWzkBSqOi7oUEtYHY5T0Irog5oaRYz114Q4QHXUHnusmpgJlKG5jwQqdwaAY-joFRSYMVOQdnbU2ndnY14iw595-TYZtR0kP/s1600/July+120.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVixFM-1qu7VD-U2j3Ngyh3S2cotHrqIviZukUHMvP3snrWzkBSqOi7oUEtYHY5T0Irog5oaRYz114Q4QHXUHnusmpgJlKG5jwQqdwaAY-joFRSYMVOQdnbU2ndnY14iw595-TYZtR0kP/s320/July+120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498424486166045618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0agdkYySHoFlodxnZfQWVIyBrra9Tt1-qberCyExpieAPMfHQCPuSB_ksNKWgMVoLO4kzPdK5-kOKuK3BA8JFmzGU3I59a-YxSQWR5o5upLXZgla9HY764_GB7jlqcv2Zb54M5MuYPqT/s1600/July+121.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0agdkYySHoFlodxnZfQWVIyBrra9Tt1-qberCyExpieAPMfHQCPuSB_ksNKWgMVoLO4kzPdK5-kOKuK3BA8JFmzGU3I59a-YxSQWR5o5upLXZgla9HY764_GB7jlqcv2Zb54M5MuYPqT/s320/July+121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498424481876728530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNor4Mb8wVNhsTz1pxU9RNm3WRkhrcrrj4Z-owKBMl4d_6lTyJIQXGyzHtaLOHUzow8tECBJsdx0unPCa6P72tYgZWesqIQjshhX0PcWz6ax0FXEaBimoEYUzD496AV4yyqBmP3_WTFRGP/s1600/July+125.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNor4Mb8wVNhsTz1pxU9RNm3WRkhrcrrj4Z-owKBMl4d_6lTyJIQXGyzHtaLOHUzow8tECBJsdx0unPCa6P72tYgZWesqIQjshhX0PcWz6ax0FXEaBimoEYUzD496AV4yyqBmP3_WTFRGP/s320/July+125.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498424476584897682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFy0Wxtb_zQqHCdhckXEwBPzrHkx9L-TMLiM3lwCnvzA7a26Tp_6zZO5OJSRGfi-vWCPzPDuRfgITE49l9JMEGO6Rn-g7SL7qtM4teIUojYn5WwTcaw10G7SqRe2Tyn4cpSXdo3D43bHP/s1600/July+129.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFy0Wxtb_zQqHCdhckXEwBPzrHkx9L-TMLiM3lwCnvzA7a26Tp_6zZO5OJSRGfi-vWCPzPDuRfgITE49l9JMEGO6Rn-g7SL7qtM4teIUojYn5WwTcaw10G7SqRe2Tyn4cpSXdo3D43bHP/s320/July+129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498424465849229794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-64295929326509425762010-07-26T23:13:00.006-04:002010-08-08T20:58:25.888-04:00NY (Day 3--July 4, 2009)<div style="text-align: justify;">Our third day in New York was Sunday, and after such a busy three days, we were ready for a day of rest! We went to church with Steve's family in the morning. I love how our church is the same no matter where we go!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />After church, we went on a little drive out to the Hamptons. Well, we attempted to drive there. Apparently traffic is always bad on the weekends, but it was even worse because it was a three-day weekend and everyone was trying to get back to the city. We almost got there, but traffic was just too much so we turned around. We stopped at another beach on the way back. The beaches on Long Island's north shore are really rocky, so the kids had fun collecting a bunch of rocks to bring home.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKiJwmJInxLqJuiiMxDPKHvjf1gEMYwdHtuzOKZH5DRvoWgViMqzXBYkSYZyCJb7YqTmbPAm0VBg891d7Cy-4P8obZsFF7FUs33RLd0m-CoynyXol0YC2sRo7kmvZiI0Nfh8vzGpP5865/s1600/July+112.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKiJwmJInxLqJuiiMxDPKHvjf1gEMYwdHtuzOKZH5DRvoWgViMqzXBYkSYZyCJb7YqTmbPAm0VBg891d7Cy-4P8obZsFF7FUs33RLd0m-CoynyXol0YC2sRo7kmvZiI0Nfh8vzGpP5865/s320/July+112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421828687975602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3z0v3OZ2oAimXqy24gCPV762qvlCCE75IVRXOO3tiP8EvwU1ywHHlXGyXp64VpelwjTGb5M-iOe5mn7VcmGcBCe6A_88HrfavMs2RMT_CMJPnyvT_E2AfI3cn87mjDODdTEEGuX8IHKK/s1600/July+111.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3z0v3OZ2oAimXqy24gCPV762qvlCCE75IVRXOO3tiP8EvwU1ywHHlXGyXp64VpelwjTGb5M-iOe5mn7VcmGcBCe6A_88HrfavMs2RMT_CMJPnyvT_E2AfI3cn87mjDODdTEEGuX8IHKK/s320/July+111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421616116398274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7X6czLQZ3a4_VUvTOBIOk2pRu1LoUSfE_XoOrCyNXahVC7LzuzcmSEXHaYnnvqq5lH_Zu8l7Lg-sQBJDMmD-ZP4iYs14Ju-SMb_VPAQmfI8KC67oaQJ2Q0lsuRo7kWwI5WvsPtorcaG-H/s1600/July+110.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7X6czLQZ3a4_VUvTOBIOk2pRu1LoUSfE_XoOrCyNXahVC7LzuzcmSEXHaYnnvqq5lH_Zu8l7Lg-sQBJDMmD-ZP4iYs14Ju-SMb_VPAQmfI8KC67oaQJ2Q0lsuRo7kWwI5WvsPtorcaG-H/s320/July+110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421602908274674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdb8J5pXc6gRaKSEdjMNeZYwK753uSNjfLO7jjM1eQ5uOj1kfugy8MCAC6Ef-UPt-h6mzaFgLfXi-76yex4cOwTsQ_OosFZSIJxqgm18u_IH32swIQrMunbRTR1vmfjzlOOIh7DonspLK/s1600/July+109.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdb8J5pXc6gRaKSEdjMNeZYwK753uSNjfLO7jjM1eQ5uOj1kfugy8MCAC6Ef-UPt-h6mzaFgLfXi-76yex4cOwTsQ_OosFZSIJxqgm18u_IH32swIQrMunbRTR1vmfjzlOOIh7DonspLK/s320/July+109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421598014818642" border="0" /></a><br />We also stopped at "The Big Duck" in Flanders. Apparently Long Island was once known for duck farming, and one farmer build this odd little building as a gimicky to sell ducks and eggs to tourists. Now it's just a little piece of Americana.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bigduck.org/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdSDqQATTu-oZ-pka3J79CtmQatf8UL1P-0LUM34C7B_jDdSo1I3DQWafPwBezVvvAe-Q0_YP-vEhu8mRI8OYUtkl9EWWeDMjtE4DS0I89J55kkmi85ct6nCupwBvE8yXf21VTUz9YT-N/s320/July+100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498420115535251186" border="0" /></a><br /></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-70051975626950046652010-07-26T22:41:00.017-04:002010-08-08T20:58:07.511-04:00NY Trip (Day 2--July 3, 2009)<div style="text-align: justify;">Our second day in New York was the Fourth of July, and we spent it in Steve's hometown, Port Jefferson. It is a charming, picturesque little village on the north shore of Long Island. It is so adorable; right on the water, full of cute little shops. Even the chain stores are built to fit in with the seaside-resort-town feel.<br /><br />To celebrate, we set up camp downtown to watch the big parade. And by big, I mean two hours of police bands (complete with kilts and bagpipes), a million fire trucks, a plethora of old cars, and of course, local politicians. (They're drawn to small town parades like a fish to water!) Oh, and there was candy. What's a parade without candy? Honestly, it was an amazing parade! It was extremely patriotic--all of the police officers and fire fighters really made me proud to live in the United States! And since most of them had some sort of tribute to the men who lost their lives on 9/11, I got a little emotional at times.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n42wRa7KUBC-du0NE4f5bGqt6SFQHnJq74HvOwMP60_Wn5_ZVV-1mHKvP8IAlUZXERVvLAe-CLXxFTIvmX_fXvs9KJ9JPnnEcwkPjeNIl2FvFrwnG-08MJujmAUYne7xzTIYFNEXTszD/s1600/July+082.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n42wRa7KUBC-du0NE4f5bGqt6SFQHnJq74HvOwMP60_Wn5_ZVV-1mHKvP8IAlUZXERVvLAe-CLXxFTIvmX_fXvs9KJ9JPnnEcwkPjeNIl2FvFrwnG-08MJujmAUYne7xzTIYFNEXTszD/s320/July+082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498413179327694242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRk9c5f9g6lwcqepy4Uym1o1Kqq8lubL1-6vPVFhST0IDENJY67Ul35zbf7ZnaJT6EgVKCK7j6hluFMRjHPPx3xXMZiHY5QcM9mu9c6MiJ59ZxdDsT3yvv0Vbd8XHlXHO5sdft9uruqA-g/s1600/July+070.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3NORJ5ooT_JL-ejzYB7A8-zD7XRsQpkrfcaNNei_PN-_Z2lFKlqnGhbkVnOYWgCYUd4zdmL0RkS79oyUpAhjhOl78tm55o4W4EJjXQoNRjRyxGfluLfFd_VZyHnDf1IvGYuinhPot6Pc/s320/232323232%257Ffp432(7)nu=3237)283)64;)WSNRCG=325582+56%3B324nu0mrj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498416023813353538" border="0" /></a>After the parade, we went for a swim at a friend of Steve's sister's Rebekah's house and had a yummy Fourth of July cookout. That night we watched the fireworks from a house high up on a cliff. It was freezing but beautiful!</div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-89255797905047384522010-07-23T17:29:00.024-04:002010-08-08T20:57:41.424-04:00Hot Time! Summer in the City! (Day 1--July 2, 2009)<div style="text-align: justify;">Our good friend, Steve, is from Long Island, NY and he and his wife, Robyn, invited us to join them on a road trip to LI and NYC. We couldn't turn down an offer like that! So on Thursday, July 2, we loaded up their SUV and made the 14-hour trip to NY. We left at 4:00 pm and drove through the night. The kids did incredibly well. They watched DVDs for most of the trip. (THANK GOODNESS for modern technology! I'm not sure how we would've survived that trip without the DVD player.)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFRnfmNA-8zwOv1wBEINZgBjiKKzIMCz7JYT6h3ispB_GCtex3MX98BHoRGGCrqmEdP_YOwh9HGs0F_Ct632yslwiC5WzH340KPwT3fkMsAJ9nWhoiYuRalg5hPNJm4_WSmCq2dy2N5ih/s1600/July+022.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFRnfmNA-8zwOv1wBEINZgBjiKKzIMCz7JYT6h3ispB_GCtex3MX98BHoRGGCrqmEdP_YOwh9HGs0F_Ct632yslwiC5WzH340KPwT3fkMsAJ9nWhoiYuRalg5hPNJm4_WSmCq2dy2N5ih/s320/July+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497222012167506898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAqUMVX9yYVBB6yv9DaN9wFZv9WBwASvxAVLCKs-Ng25J0Rqhd5kFoWpA1jRihHU9_eRYRlMZ645N26R25Ns9DFc25kafJNE4iMo06LVgc_Bz_gsEMyqZxxVuv94Gzg6dzUf2uXaSyhTB/s1600/July+023.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAqUMVX9yYVBB6yv9DaN9wFZv9WBwASvxAVLCKs-Ng25J0Rqhd5kFoWpA1jRihHU9_eRYRlMZ645N26R25Ns9DFc25kafJNE4iMo06LVgc_Bz_gsEMyqZxxVuv94Gzg6dzUf2uXaSyhTB/s320/July+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497221998838680386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgAkHC-e6kJyDtkrjwl5GTcJEMzDwOGKuaQ5JpB7Paf22vkohHvLRUuXFRak1mt1BTK3cOJEp92sdGA-z_YiBMygJEZ1X1SgC2efVXnY8vvnYlfxvHhTTZDNN-45oENf7aiGGABAGtXW_/s1600/July+020.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgAkHC-e6kJyDtkrjwl5GTcJEMzDwOGKuaQ5JpB7Paf22vkohHvLRUuXFRak1mt1BTK3cOJEp92sdGA-z_YiBMygJEZ1X1SgC2efVXnY8vvnYlfxvHhTTZDNN-45oENf7aiGGABAGtXW_/s320/July+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497221990808993362" border="0" /></a>The best part of the drive (well, okay, not the best at the time, but now it's definitely the funniest) happened at a rest area in New Jersey at 3:30 in the morning. We stopped to use the bathroom and to take a little nap. The kids had been asleep since 10:00ish, so I stayed in the car while Steve, Aaron and Robyn went inside. After a few minutes, Robyn came out so I opened the door to let her back in the car. Big mistake! It set the alarm off. At 3:30 AM. In a parking lot full of sleeping travelers. In a car with my two sleeping kiddos. And we didn't have the keys to turn the obnoxious noise off.<br /><br />To make matters worse, Aaron and Steve were inside waiting for Robyn to come out, so they didn't hear the alarm going off. And since they didn't know Robyn was already outside, they waited for a long time. Thankfully they came out after a few hours, I mean, minutes and turned the alarm off. We got out of that rest stop as quickly as possible!<br /><br />We drove for about an hour and then stopped at another rest stop for Steve, our dedicated driver, to take a nap. Needless to say, Maddie and Wesley were WIDE awake at this point and they didn't show any signs of going back to sleep. I decided to get them out and take them into Burger King. I couldn't find Wesley's shoes in all of the back-seat craziness and I didn't want to turn on the light to find them, so I just carried him inside and let him run around. I definitely deserved White Trash Mother-of-the-Year Award for letting my two-year run around barefoot in a nasty rest stop Burger King at 4:30 in the morning!<br /><br />After a pitstop in Pennsylvania for showers at Steve's sister's place, we got back in the car and headed into the city. The boys were going to the Yankees game and the girls were going into the city. We were super excited!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our first stop was Central Park. We just walked around, enjoying the sites and sounds. I love the busyness of the city, and Central Park is a great place to take it all in!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Taking a break<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12U0jgBPiV95dF1hYE-nOXZ_wzxp-erLgaRHTbiZu_Avfm8O6G30FSbZPrmo33u_voZVrIVu-Hj6LguOSiMFs_Ycis1O0PjSMF7OzCj2MTOmUzIIkEGDcKlJMnibhXzL8dbjIyId1-QV7/s1600/July+026.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12U0jgBPiV95dF1hYE-nOXZ_wzxp-erLgaRHTbiZu_Avfm8O6G30FSbZPrmo33u_voZVrIVu-Hj6LguOSiMFs_Ycis1O0PjSMF7OzCj2MTOmUzIIkEGDcKlJMnibhXzL8dbjIyId1-QV7/s320/July+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497229183349790434" border="0" /></a><br />I'm pretty sure this is in front of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Resevoir<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYvubAa7GFAKohNFCzCb9KsBclkWrPYSaMsSC6dc5GT6kfHxbQrZwtN1WI5hQBChziruii5vVZWzVWB7FjDwhy6Un5x1aLVJCVk9vm-KSN8wE13np60EAyCZmv0IlQHRvQOsMmVxUM9yS/s1600/July+027.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYvubAa7GFAKohNFCzCb9KsBclkWrPYSaMsSC6dc5GT6kfHxbQrZwtN1WI5hQBChziruii5vVZWzVWB7FjDwhy6Un5x1aLVJCVk9vm-KSN8wE13np60EAyCZmv0IlQHRvQOsMmVxUM9yS/s320/July+027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497228742431421602" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maddie & Robyn in front of <a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/">The Guggenheim</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtL63seMCzb8FgBuJqAylEDuUYJFx343vHzZEP8R4Sr4UdUc8QDMhGyLUvqXD3qGILH2-5nHjBMsDkzbp-5bTVuOhCvcc9k59Xx7xsN7bbibCx5CNLjcUQJQjlYKlUdT6Qjrxm5CqoSme/s1600/July+028.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtL63seMCzb8FgBuJqAylEDuUYJFx343vHzZEP8R4Sr4UdUc8QDMhGyLUvqXD3qGILH2-5nHjBMsDkzbp-5bTVuOhCvcc9k59Xx7xsN7bbibCx5CNLjcUQJQjlYKlUdT6Qjrxm5CqoSme/s320/July+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497226775227548770" border="0" /></a>on the steps of <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/">The Metropolitan Museum of Art</a><br />(Someday I'll actually go into the museums!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6O98YU6r8g9irmjdVO9rUvkVCpSWrWQD8gJrWLdSpJqqnkrXZYTswESAbhVzC9sKMny4BXfVCQWSr46L8DH6-QblvyWHpqs6TcKkABjQUy9qnawG1OpH4-vPirS4A1kf2TxiML1L8hMrF/s1600/July+031.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6O98YU6r8g9irmjdVO9rUvkVCpSWrWQD8gJrWLdSpJqqnkrXZYTswESAbhVzC9sKMny4BXfVCQWSr46L8DH6-QblvyWHpqs6TcKkABjQUy9qnawG1OpH4-vPirS4A1kf2TxiML1L8hMrF/s320/July+031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497230021352009234" border="0" /></a>Maddie & Mom on the subway<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdQrQYCTO-E9YwzVvyLfT32lc2RopapjIPHgH8b-fBSbFz9FRbpchElLiYDVrq2WzwwHtSQdkfq81g13s65IxkbNeVh0n159_HlrVhaU0CgfCdFhJUoTe8iEy7m55_5p3YIOJhkKsL1GM/s1600/July+035.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdQrQYCTO-E9YwzVvyLfT32lc2RopapjIPHgH8b-fBSbFz9FRbpchElLiYDVrq2WzwwHtSQdkfq81g13s65IxkbNeVh0n159_HlrVhaU0CgfCdFhJUoTe8iEy7m55_5p3YIOJhkKsL1GM/s320/July+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497229671804282562" border="0" /></a>With the <a href="http://www.fao.com/home/index.jsp">FAO Shwarz</a> soldier<br />(This store was HUGE and overpriced but fun to look at!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bk8Xch4NiwksTCAJjPr-jExm0tk7My88DyRXuGxICfsDf5cYqUt0pz51n9J4qQs-RhIhKmtjhaDOuaQfBJykHlDPXNSnd49bmtITKYHv1GrEXCjZnvKGCfbcBrnbBZrxsGJgq0MGOvh2/s1600/July+036.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lN54Hz6oGyPmtLxRJcNCo6RgLUWCf3nkEMGrq9627VOGuYV1MQVu06TTP-lre7Q0oTl71gt9TDlYTSbS3ASMsRaCYPPPJTfPbqzuZBvNP6_BHFOa7N8afZDO75icBViemQKkUr1rXj9m/s320/July+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497227523579784626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgag9Fj7Pu_siE5M3p-RW75M7ZLZ3GdhDsNljAZdYA1ooOxDBHf0RoQZS8cyPSAEtNZpDYGcB23UUvySrGWzGjMK1oN3z50KMqML6kcLOIpBIm3FRx0Hzc-1nQ3Wq7UAZtlOD1AmBG5gc8/s1600/July+042.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgag9Fj7Pu_siE5M3p-RW75M7ZLZ3GdhDsNljAZdYA1ooOxDBHf0RoQZS8cyPSAEtNZpDYGcB23UUvySrGWzGjMK1oN3z50KMqML6kcLOIpBIm3FRx0Hzc-1nQ3Wq7UAZtlOD1AmBG5gc8/s320/July+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497227515475809650" border="0" /></a>Maddie, in front of The Plaza<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfV5YqpdpVfn09RsS-PpM70zEgKxRBkdFOfON5serFC9UixpBxIaGIgXb9qm8eZC6ukzqKOZqgPTO1YHOqca5zmwjne32YjMn8D8C8Wu-IQnNETi72X4QOCyHlbev0xoJxuzacs9yUhSOQ/s1600/July+043.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfV5YqpdpVfn09RsS-PpM70zEgKxRBkdFOfON5serFC9UixpBxIaGIgXb9qm8eZC6ukzqKOZqgPTO1YHOqca5zmwjne32YjMn8D8C8Wu-IQnNETi72X4QOCyHlbev0xoJxuzacs9yUhSOQ/s320/July+043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497227511483653202" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.timessquare.com/">Times Square</a>!<br />I know I'm crazy but I love this place. Lights, people, stores--it's all great!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmn9Y5CuOAUeE9OFDMyFd6Zl8ZHEM6WG6EH8v3EeukUpzp6ExBQ2V61UGkBqBf10fF4ngRxXEk-hrEDT9FzpXq9EM0CfkgF46qHU4UeiiZ7PC2F1tMP3ULWchg3hyZ-oUhzW9NdgWciri/s1600/July+044.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmn9Y5CuOAUeE9OFDMyFd6Zl8ZHEM6WG6EH8v3EeukUpzp6ExBQ2V61UGkBqBf10fF4ngRxXEk-hrEDT9FzpXq9EM0CfkgF46qHU4UeiiZ7PC2F1tMP3ULWchg3hyZ-oUhzW9NdgWciri/s320/July+044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497232395114636306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7kL6_eMyOpeECTNK02dGOSmNoUxTKmStY4Ah5ExMlqhTDDj8iYK1W0Gxc1l5yjTXfQHeoz86ir8oa-BTwH-LLkJ7QQR7aK7G35hSvvmkLo9mNE1iD1_i_I2cTnWGD76J_EgSTFMLD4Jl/s1600/July+047.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7kL6_eMyOpeECTNK02dGOSmNoUxTKmStY4Ah5ExMlqhTDDj8iYK1W0Gxc1l5yjTXfQHeoz86ir8oa-BTwH-LLkJ7QQR7aK7G35hSvvmkLo9mNE1iD1_i_I2cTnWGD76J_EgSTFMLD4Jl/s320/July+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497232386716461858" border="0" /></a>An old chocolate-making machine at the Hershey's Store<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkwLjPnu8RvRQ7oxAdoILKV8N5XqXsBxPAldGBrGbL9iCsAl_zImW69ijLSbcsdwUx2Loj0UBlBhRfTqls8spxMUBHEmhKrWyi8k8mAqlYVzJkhMS-BWJOd8Ca6OlvE2-p8QuhE_OH5vG/s1600/July+048.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkwLjPnu8RvRQ7oxAdoILKV8N5XqXsBxPAldGBrGbL9iCsAl_zImW69ijLSbcsdwUx2Loj0UBlBhRfTqls8spxMUBHEmhKrWyi8k8mAqlYVzJkhMS-BWJOd8Ca6OlvE2-p8QuhE_OH5vG/s320/July+048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497232374910689698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_izK1G5aQphLb3PPUu3hHeLKrjZV0QBwFjJ9EttvMTU0aNmrXPZ0t0MBI_ufhjfcvsJVehzaijx1fGfy5DN71mRfGhItSVn3gFyHB5MzeTz5A1FRtcIQgWugkJyo6j9UeLqnTNad0XrQ/s1600/July+051.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_izK1G5aQphLb3PPUu3hHeLKrjZV0QBwFjJ9EttvMTU0aNmrXPZ0t0MBI_ufhjfcvsJVehzaijx1fGfy5DN71mRfGhItSVn3gFyHB5MzeTz5A1FRtcIQgWugkJyo6j9UeLqnTNad0XrQ/s320/July+051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497232370495281154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maddie, in China Town<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Maddie, the junk collector, wanted every cheap, chintzy souvenir she saw. I was able to convince her to save her (my) money and buy a cute charm bracelet in China Town. I couldn't believe what a difficult task that turned into! After almost an hour of searching, we finally found one.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPD0sMckfaLhrOabmXb98gLEsOFG1TvovanzeYj2t6OuRlVlq5lIaTrb6aXWK8jRAALOZ6ySvSyEX6LHgHXaysaJz5kIoECIGjMQ7yQH1EXOJtQmjNqFlVSvHix2Anwk0-0n8W4SVRrqd/s1600/July+052.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPD0sMckfaLhrOabmXb98gLEsOFG1TvovanzeYj2t6OuRlVlq5lIaTrb6aXWK8jRAALOZ6ySvSyEX6LHgHXaysaJz5kIoECIGjMQ7yQH1EXOJtQmjNqFlVSvHix2Anwk0-0n8W4SVRrqd/s320/July+052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497233601816746674" border="0" /></a><a href="http://grandcentralterminal.com/">Grand Central Station</a><br />Sorry the pictures are so crappy. My camera can't handle anything but normal lighting.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0m8IPZ-1nAdza1V1lwIPWiXP6TgKOztcYDAglrojsGQodi-1MyADQKnrDGzgxv2VXu6lx-FZO1L-CNT5BCjQ25NmXuVJMhsJxtvIlMmWtie-8ifn83mlw1iJBr7rzKVZ82ivnBuD0Z2Z-/s1600/July+054.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0m8IPZ-1nAdza1V1lwIPWiXP6TgKOztcYDAglrojsGQodi-1MyADQKnrDGzgxv2VXu6lx-FZO1L-CNT5BCjQ25NmXuVJMhsJxtvIlMmWtie-8ifn83mlw1iJBr7rzKVZ82ivnBuD0Z2Z-/s320/July+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497233592857782802" border="0" /></a>This is really amazing. I wish my camera was able to capture its grandness!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzAbjP41N1ZiBGI1X4kJkpctz6UEFMIQeNwlwAnaW8BmFHaMfd8dv9AvCkuo1z_T7_d58ul8423pYYcEtoead-zKqSjVqOrszuTfJO1j__SFBWq3zvSsMfJ_CJZNz1wbSw4bln5RK3xgY/s1600/July+056.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzAbjP41N1ZiBGI1X4kJkpctz6UEFMIQeNwlwAnaW8BmFHaMfd8dv9AvCkuo1z_T7_d58ul8423pYYcEtoead-zKqSjVqOrszuTfJO1j__SFBWq3zvSsMfJ_CJZNz1wbSw4bln5RK3xgY/s320/July+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497233585381888498" border="0" /></a>I have no idea who this girl is, but I love this picture.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnbEIJsFkPzPxF2LALxDcj5XVz9EHRfq0Dr0C4wOb4q-gZCMBoekGAreIeZ5GmRnAExibz9-l0UXG-JmCnBkXVo-Z4t6-U0GdSBKchPkvmqi9kVjFlqZpf8_-EB-lN75ULIC_TeJv73Cl/s1600/July+057.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnbEIJsFkPzPxF2LALxDcj5XVz9EHRfq0Dr0C4wOb4q-gZCMBoekGAreIeZ5GmRnAExibz9-l0UXG-JmCnBkXVo-Z4t6-U0GdSBKchPkvmqi9kVjFlqZpf8_-EB-lN75ULIC_TeJv73Cl/s320/July+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497233583386888802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtL63seMCzb8FgBuJqAylEDuUYJFx343vHzZEP8R4Sr4UdUc8QDMhGyLUvqXD3qGILH2-5nHjBMsDkzbp-5bTVuOhCvcc9k59Xx7xsN7bbibCx5CNLjcUQJQjlYKlUdT6Qjrxm5CqoSme/s1600/July+028.jpg"><br /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-17002416867308867552010-07-23T17:09:00.003-04:002010-07-23T17:14:34.015-04:00Summer FunJune 2009 was a wonderfully slow month for us. We went swimming at the YMCA a lot and just enjoyed a lazy summer!<br /><br />We also went to the little beach at Sandy Creek Park and the kids had a great time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTirhW1h8lzC9pT4BXhDtdM3XuJnQBROk4rLlyipS3f8aeCP4LRc8K5s7MvowgAl1LcY2wEbTN_eKo52gLinf7PXvmQmlQHviQmB6Vwd11YZvX-C0W9dcdYYGYADjwFK42N3QehfdZjsW/s1600/June+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTirhW1h8lzC9pT4BXhDtdM3XuJnQBROk4rLlyipS3f8aeCP4LRc8K5s7MvowgAl1LcY2wEbTN_eKo52gLinf7PXvmQmlQHviQmB6Vwd11YZvX-C0W9dcdYYGYADjwFK42N3QehfdZjsW/s320/June+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497212610054192434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vZFXFf0Vqt8B-O8SeBj5Z7GOKHazRkwkI67HTaF48Xd6E9AXOFTvjffQ58eSIpGAkdtCMlDUDa1iWpC6gT8qgYcNxbgS9g7apQz_oQfT-KSmMuvn-MzQTgl5X7rHadlgd_cTXHSITYtl/s1600/June+004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vZFXFf0Vqt8B-O8SeBj5Z7GOKHazRkwkI67HTaF48Xd6E9AXOFTvjffQ58eSIpGAkdtCMlDUDa1iWpC6gT8qgYcNxbgS9g7apQz_oQfT-KSmMuvn-MzQTgl5X7rHadlgd_cTXHSITYtl/s320/June+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497212627207306050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPVxUjSw-yKNeG7KfdbVR5Uko9zv6KvH6FXKEqCICfIG6N2OWUTV1UOZIiXRTNQ3m3GIt_QyH5JTlkx8uNmRaxjCPD_TbIbh_9_wZEsXn98wU8U1Venxro3belVs6AbwdvaWP96XwcPnG/s1600/June+003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPVxUjSw-yKNeG7KfdbVR5Uko9zv6KvH6FXKEqCICfIG6N2OWUTV1UOZIiXRTNQ3m3GIt_QyH5JTlkx8uNmRaxjCPD_TbIbh_9_wZEsXn98wU8U1Venxro3belVs6AbwdvaWP96XwcPnG/s320/June+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497212623289054610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdy7nN6Wfbf0o1CooZ2KQereggoEAWTSeFcvTius-NIstFUS8xb9alNmRvXdJAzK5t7A6OOkZZEjiWrPG0Xdr3v_m3XisIf_a-1kC03H14UWT_TdybxnmRV0YM4BNUQrcWQZbjfLbWmgk0/s1600/June+002.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdy7nN6Wfbf0o1CooZ2KQereggoEAWTSeFcvTius-NIstFUS8xb9alNmRvXdJAzK5t7A6OOkZZEjiWrPG0Xdr3v_m3XisIf_a-1kC03H14UWT_TdybxnmRV0YM4BNUQrcWQZbjfLbWmgk0/s320/June+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497212614326601394" border="0" /></a>Silly Boy!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNtCBiqPscoZFOp6Q_48f4UGlAXlhYwfUbtU5FLuOPxQKdakvsBPk8Xye0P0lbFxW_q2Y8gdaCLR6QN9JkfA9IZ4nqi6nxC4VcYCNkegKhVmVZ9mkykbEx-kwbPJuOJi3gQWWQk8SmKdV/s1600/June+011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNtCBiqPscoZFOp6Q_48f4UGlAXlhYwfUbtU5FLuOPxQKdakvsBPk8Xye0P0lbFxW_q2Y8gdaCLR6QN9JkfA9IZ4nqi6nxC4VcYCNkegKhVmVZ9mkykbEx-kwbPJuOJi3gQWWQk8SmKdV/s320/June+011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497212962614273810" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-69367944492729069022010-07-23T08:39:00.001-04:002010-09-24T09:21:09.191-04:00Camp Nonna 2009-Day 3<div style="text-align: justify;">On <span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday</span> everyone was up early again, except Wesley, of course. We had waffles for breakfast, except for Carsten who wanted eggs and grits. We went on a walk with Nonna. We walked 1.9 miles and did very well. We took the stroller and Barbie car. Everyone took turns riding and walking except for Wesley. He and Caitlin took turns in the stroller and Barbie car. Caitlin walked a little of the way. Carsten had a goal to walk the entire way and he pretty much did it, except for a short time when he was driving Caitlin. Caitlin can drive ok but she is in danger of getting a DUI with all her weaving. After we arrived home we went swimming, we were really hot!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />We made tie dye shirts but after washing them they faded too much. We didn't leave them in the dye long enough. It is too bad because they really looked good. Even Wesley and Caitlin did their own and they looked good!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-ypcwyPMa5ea9p9I0sOscd0YLnMkTaYGjNanXjlQJEo5s1c5byAAOGuCMqsF7jPecC66DcjmsAo3nJCT4gV-HOKvYzfy5KQlE39voYmaAPqjaJcfdf0Zi8wwunieOajfcK9YYVdpduRl/s1600/DSC00595.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-ypcwyPMa5ea9p9I0sOscd0YLnMkTaYGjNanXjlQJEo5s1c5byAAOGuCMqsF7jPecC66DcjmsAo3nJCT4gV-HOKvYzfy5KQlE39voYmaAPqjaJcfdf0Zi8wwunieOajfcK9YYVdpduRl/s320/DSC00595.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520461533252557618" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rdop1kOdvfbAalI9HU9FceRPGIq9t1nGODl2dwEtAVIPnhpeE1MkALmK9Ks56kyQX-XF0AUdwnfGM4tzeYMXRtx3dW8gM0q7x-13NnW2Bubvw0ni7D4j8oqdX6Fj-zaMYfyTN6HlE8-X/s1600/DSC00588.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rdop1kOdvfbAalI9HU9FceRPGIq9t1nGODl2dwEtAVIPnhpeE1MkALmK9Ks56kyQX-XF0AUdwnfGM4tzeYMXRtx3dW8gM0q7x-13NnW2Bubvw0ni7D4j8oqdX6Fj-zaMYfyTN6HlE8-X/s320/DSC00588.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520461531963968978" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkuBXiB6aDH4yIS2FPKspJsGOTpG0b5chSrmAKZlQjmMWLeIL59p5g42iiUOSOh5Buv8ldtQ42bnQCyepwfvBsWoYFKFJ7jYMXXx28G7UzCCaFRFbLg41nN25TSn_eFrpogic9-VvJPi9/s1600/DSC00599.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkuBXiB6aDH4yIS2FPKspJsGOTpG0b5chSrmAKZlQjmMWLeIL59p5g42iiUOSOh5Buv8ldtQ42bnQCyepwfvBsWoYFKFJ7jYMXXx28G7UzCCaFRFbLg41nN25TSn_eFrpogic9-VvJPi9/s320/DSC00599.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520461547808143554" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap9U5B7pbsxqVv_pkz2lqCjsQqe2HSBkaPdQoPF3RdPQ7ykJl-mopeqQiNaEw0A_XCFw7-8eSyO1myQqUyNJq9vAzVIrK7OVwH79y_aHb2u-nmG1fOKivHlqIqAIHQ3w7E0OMooqj97gU/s1600/DSC00597.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap9U5B7pbsxqVv_pkz2lqCjsQqe2HSBkaPdQoPF3RdPQ7ykJl-mopeqQiNaEw0A_XCFw7-8eSyO1myQqUyNJq9vAzVIrK7OVwH79y_aHb2u-nmG1fOKivHlqIqAIHQ3w7E0OMooqj97gU/s320/DSC00597.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520461542531635938" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFANFXwqUPDd8EElindmE0EQzMzF0Rvw80gvKXBMyU5d6sHACggljYu3zlX-n9uFodNMq-pd4IvBugzzFcAj6b5kXUTdA7r1xjwD_So6ofN1UKay_VJVG7v4es8pSSrI5INtiy5zsjKttt/s1600/DSC00608.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFANFXwqUPDd8EElindmE0EQzMzF0Rvw80gvKXBMyU5d6sHACggljYu3zlX-n9uFodNMq-pd4IvBugzzFcAj6b5kXUTdA7r1xjwD_So6ofN1UKay_VJVG7v4es8pSSrI5INtiy5zsjKttt/s320/DSC00608.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520462622153823330" border="0" /></a><br />Wesley took his nap after lunch and we rested in the house by watching a movie. The girls worked on decorating a tea set. Carsten was disappointed, Nonna did not think he would want to paint a tea set but he said he would have. He had lots of suggestions for the girls on how they should paint theirs. No one would listen to him. All the girls did their own designs. Caitlin immediately knew how she was going to paint hers and did her own design and colors. Everyone was really happy with the work they did. Carissa drew out her idea and thought about exactly what she wanted to do. Maddie was getting a little frustrated because she knew she wanted bumble bees on one piece but just could not do it on the sample paper. She showed Nonna what she wanted and Nonna did paint them on for her. Other then that and a few touch up for Caitlin they did their own.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUOS3BgReFU6VxzH7GCBDtRdPEm-MUWPkLzJU79W_dGv01-JOqA7__4Z-6L0kqVktzTfJHq4W4Yq9WxO0xEsFHGjAHpEQs8l21sw_UEDUowi22TBAkXDrh0DxNlR-Wa4wv69W_4D62HGT/s1600/camp3.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUOS3BgReFU6VxzH7GCBDtRdPEm-MUWPkLzJU79W_dGv01-JOqA7__4Z-6L0kqVktzTfJHq4W4Yq9WxO0xEsFHGjAHpEQs8l21sw_UEDUowi22TBAkXDrh0DxNlR-Wa4wv69W_4D62HGT/s320/camp3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520462624033891170" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpcQiNy-jg9lRLMOJf1Shy2TwuvwKKkFduDzFvItuGFmpTyJ89N-qWBZSxwOVQAU7MuRogPx_CtWue6TKWBs7H8aTiGk0oTSHjN4PlRhJRS-wb72TyBvftkIjX-E5icpfhGfPUL19QicX/s1600/DSC00616.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpcQiNy-jg9lRLMOJf1Shy2TwuvwKKkFduDzFvItuGFmpTyJ89N-qWBZSxwOVQAU7MuRogPx_CtWue6TKWBs7H8aTiGk0oTSHjN4PlRhJRS-wb72TyBvftkIjX-E5icpfhGfPUL19QicX/s320/DSC00616.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520462630149789810" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW5brofbml-nei2_L7cJ7_9zjZJDp92d_itM7HMURkFBHR442i_RtOZGCg-VsVj47Z6TqhBUmelxkGwSO9SP0PnSEqV9IaLIfQDG7P0AJvYYI5lbgPvfJixV4nKS7oiRiaZoo3qPX3fCJ/s1600/DSC00617.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW5brofbml-nei2_L7cJ7_9zjZJDp92d_itM7HMURkFBHR442i_RtOZGCg-VsVj47Z6TqhBUmelxkGwSO9SP0PnSEqV9IaLIfQDG7P0AJvYYI5lbgPvfJixV4nKS7oiRiaZoo3qPX3fCJ/s320/DSC00617.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520462633444040338" border="0" /></a><br />Carsten was happy when Wesley woke up. They went outside and had a snack and watched part of a movie. Wesley loves his snacks! We ate nachos for dinner and then Poppa took us fishing down the road. Nonna walked us down there while Poppa was getting the fishing poles ready. We love to get sticks and pull out the "crap" that is floating. Nonna called Poppa to bring Wesley's swimmies since he had no fear of the water. We had a good time even before Poppa came. We started fishing. The fish kept eating our worms! Finally Caitlin caught a little fish! She didn't want to get too close to it, but liked looking at it. Maddie then caught an even littler fish! Wesley loved fishing, luckily he was using a old pole with the reel taken off because he dropped it in the water. Nonna was just getting ready to hand a cane pole to Carsten when she caught a fish, so we count that as Carsten catching it. It may sound like we were catching a lot of fish but mostly the fish were just eating the worms off our hooks. Carsten, Caitlin, Wesley and Carsten gave up and started cleaning up the junk in the water. Maddie kept at it and ended up catching 2 more fish! Poppa caught one also.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4t5TV0F0gquHX9_ljTRdpA8h0cRN15vdbQEwsAQ1QiaYUSUr8tCOPN4l1lZ_j4kVFeSjTbuLQUTlMfbceoo71J0vFODI9evIS_Zg0tWqwrc62Xi53wvqFrvPbtSPZv3n4szueesFqvl6w/s1600/DSC00623.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4t5TV0F0gquHX9_ljTRdpA8h0cRN15vdbQEwsAQ1QiaYUSUr8tCOPN4l1lZ_j4kVFeSjTbuLQUTlMfbceoo71J0vFODI9evIS_Zg0tWqwrc62Xi53wvqFrvPbtSPZv3n4szueesFqvl6w/s320/DSC00623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520463811176626066" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2lWopJy9f7Z9wktELFMgOq6AjqZ9S6_SuvTBxkmu9OaJi03jlnNkIcvPtRu2xKCyEVohazaIkvpulBmJ25N3hCzE7jPFEwvw4fmcyr3vL_oeoCpasQyS3Be7tkcRWGpGWWMccX3eCoAw/s1600/camp4.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; 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Nonna was going to let us eat ice cream in bed. We love to do that! Wesley just didn't get it. He went to the table, and it was hard getting him upstairs. We guess he thought he was not going to get any if he wasn't in his seat.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEGssbVGf-bDNY3R5oBJKvFZlYGPjrGQPsYEMgHEHf0TBBbDQoTestn_3KIpP9L4w6vagPz761aHBO2l5GYmXIzb-69j_8LQF5MgGTEn-iXSCCy_vyalOUHMBRt5gucNgDzgFGN53DIjb/s1600/DSC00654.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEGssbVGf-bDNY3R5oBJKvFZlYGPjrGQPsYEMgHEHf0TBBbDQoTestn_3KIpP9L4w6vagPz761aHBO2l5GYmXIzb-69j_8LQF5MgGTEn-iXSCCy_vyalOUHMBRt5gucNgDzgFGN53DIjb/s320/DSC00654.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520467771113924946" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX2YYe-8J170TG87414cPvNIng9_aIbJiC0gBmu2RjMWUpItmAdnrD95m3q4ojIYX8a45sz_siqpx1khxjG-jeMQ9byNKfY6cthyjSOBajjygor7xtqMLamzTRryCXl9JyaR2pMaxPmOQ/s1600/camp14.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX2YYe-8J170TG87414cPvNIng9_aIbJiC0gBmu2RjMWUpItmAdnrD95m3q4ojIYX8a45sz_siqpx1khxjG-jeMQ9byNKfY6cthyjSOBajjygor7xtqMLamzTRryCXl9JyaR2pMaxPmOQ/s320/camp14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520468458325005554" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gR_oLtTsH6XugIAcf4uYsbjsyCmfCuDIEfqa4kJN8N8dbDDIQIG6lQWIEtYIDWw8eZzIQA7nCDeR2HyR97XQOpXg-lxctchQt-6JmGvRycjsVIpAoeW_5SgsMXkXmwrSQ643ZMGf07I2/s1600/DSC00665.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gR_oLtTsH6XugIAcf4uYsbjsyCmfCuDIEfqa4kJN8N8dbDDIQIG6lQWIEtYIDWw8eZzIQA7nCDeR2HyR97XQOpXg-lxctchQt-6JmGvRycjsVIpAoeW_5SgsMXkXmwrSQ643ZMGf07I2/s320/DSC00665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520468448361640066" border="0" /></a>We started the bed time train. Wesley was suppose to be the third one "dropped" off at their bed. After the the first stop, he pushed Caitlin out of second place and led the train straight to his bed! He takes his bedtime seriously! Nonna put Maddie's bed in her closet so she wouldn't wake anyone up if she cried. Maddie asked how she will leave in the morning without waking Nonna or Poppa up. She asked "how" they wake up in the morning. Nonna told her, well the past 2 days it was with someone saying "Nonna, Nonna, Nonna" She said "Oh, yeah" and laughed. Everyone went to sleep really well.</div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-29326207076430040682010-07-23T08:20:00.004-04:002010-09-24T08:39:29.352-04:00Camp Nonna 2009-Days 1 and 2(The kids went to "Camp Nonna" for the last week of June. They had a blast, as always!)<br /><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Saturday was an afternoon of swimming and playing. We loved the pool and the Barbie car ,of course! Last year Caitlin wasn't totally sold on the pool but this time she loves it. Wesley also loves to get in the pool. The occasional bug floating around does not even deter him. We had a cook-out Saturday night and went through 2 packages of hot ogs in no time flat! Poppa took us on a trailer ride and we loved that also. Wesley has no trouble going to bed as long as he thinks everyone else is also. All this activity is wearing himself out. He did wake up from his nap and asked for his Mom, but as soon as he went downstairs and started playing with the kids he was fine. When getting his PJ's on he asked for his Dad, Nonna just said to him, "Your Mom and Dad are home, and you're at Camp Nonna." He said OK and that was it. He did kiss a picture of his Mom and Dad before going to sleep without a whimper.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhYCWENk0lWawnta1fXqnECVAS-5GTl57PklZQobNwuyCoQ55J-mjfYxKsHaPk8n7RG6Ba9BCuPTFMqA2ndelmCeEpfC_jDr7KNboCv9lTV_mV_q-EzPEBcPEMtEwoysHOX2Vr2ndh0z_/s1600/camp1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhYCWENk0lWawnta1fXqnECVAS-5GTl57PklZQobNwuyCoQ55J-mjfYxKsHaPk8n7RG6Ba9BCuPTFMqA2ndelmCeEpfC_jDr7KNboCv9lTV_mV_q-EzPEBcPEMtEwoysHOX2Vr2ndh0z_/s320/camp1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520457755938294946" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgxiby9TbsNwZ6DeIFuhKzHBfZG5CBuuNn_Lty0oxjYk5ga_tAWTVmKfbYRerXlKKEgN_UL32AfVBwiYMRDlSetxknGlBuRKCr70e0Tk-9l_dU-qprziU4DFMnTujflJnoQEGIy21C8eP/s1600/DSC00742.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgxiby9TbsNwZ6DeIFuhKzHBfZG5CBuuNn_Lty0oxjYk5ga_tAWTVmKfbYRerXlKKEgN_UL32AfVBwiYMRDlSetxknGlBuRKCr70e0Tk-9l_dU-qprziU4DFMnTujflJnoQEGIy21C8eP/s320/DSC00742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520457746902135602" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bpqvmuhXLsCZrlDkvNMZAFeEBcjo2vp9Nhyphenhyphens0r5Abq3GNkoRaVYInjIgK0R4tb9Cky8qwGSSA6C15npxRK01oFpi5aaYb_uD5BSCWCmepDa32cUU5QmyCAgq4dokTExkkkDJqtStHXr3/s1600/camp2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bpqvmuhXLsCZrlDkvNMZAFeEBcjo2vp9Nhyphenhyphens0r5Abq3GNkoRaVYInjIgK0R4tb9Cky8qwGSSA6C15npxRK01oFpi5aaYb_uD5BSCWCmepDa32cUU5QmyCAgq4dokTExkkkDJqtStHXr3/s320/camp2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520458206256075618" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4QCoqgpA05jd2iW6NT6vcGcBgjXVOd8qbjj-EI9iS_pgE64r-sLLpQICWs5eNgI4FGH0M_C9ziZDS_SbiUkQ6q9BVzyWhryMRiNSMMYq_fj3v58e5ttIku6ANlxPRT704K9bjLsr25J8/s1600/DSC00740.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4QCoqgpA05jd2iW6NT6vcGcBgjXVOd8qbjj-EI9iS_pgE64r-sLLpQICWs5eNgI4FGH0M_C9ziZDS_SbiUkQ6q9BVzyWhryMRiNSMMYq_fj3v58e5ttIku6ANlxPRT704K9bjLsr25J8/s320/DSC00740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520457741784143874" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On Sunday we were really good, except for the first thing. Maddie and Carsten did not see Wesley in his bed. They went in and woke Nonna up and said Wesley wasn't in bed and wasn't with Carissa. Nonna jumped up and checked and he was sound asleep in his bed. I guess everything was too dark in the room to see him. We got up ate breakfast went and brushed our teeth and put our church clothes on that Nonna laid out for us and then we were on our way to church. We sat up front on the stand and sang Father's Day songs and then sat in the pews with Poppa and Wesley. Wesley was real good sitting with Poppa. He liked seeing us up front and waved to us a lot. Since it was Sunday we couldn't swim so we watched movies. Wesley went to bed as soon as we finished lunch. We played princesses and knights and had a good time. Caitlin likes chasing Wesley around and around through the downstairs! Both love running and yelling around and around. Nonna put Wesley in bed for the night and we started our "train to bed". We wanted Wesley to join us so we got him up and he joined us. He was second to get in bed. Maddie started getting homesick when she got in bed and began crying. The others heard her and started getting upset. Caitlin decided she wanted to call her Mom to pick her up. Carissa was able to tell her a story and she was fine. Everyone went to sleep before too long.<br /></div><br /></div></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-56169762201855586742010-07-11T20:46:00.005-04:002010-07-11T20:51:26.814-04:00More May...Playing in the Rain<div style="text-align: justify;">One rainy day in May (2009), Maddie and Wesley wanted to play outside. It wasn't thundering and lightning, so I thought "Why not?" I used to play in the rain when I was little. My sister and I would even take shampoo outside and take a shower in the rain.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokuS8fWExjfnGazWEm5JIxp0RkTzgA2rmBadvxD7YXv48pu47946GCOZ1y3EOswkmlwABhujZxE-VypW60zjUEAyMfk0pzfwmJ_hifDZ7hP_xNCOdYHuRyAOfnP7WG8n6W-aMOB62GBZv/s1600/May+267.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokuS8fWExjfnGazWEm5JIxp0RkTzgA2rmBadvxD7YXv48pu47946GCOZ1y3EOswkmlwABhujZxE-VypW60zjUEAyMfk0pzfwmJ_hifDZ7hP_xNCOdYHuRyAOfnP7WG8n6W-aMOB62GBZv/s320/May+267.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492815701789321154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokuS8fWExjfnGazWEm5JIxp0RkTzgA2rmBadvxD7YXv48pu47946GCOZ1y3EOswkmlwABhujZxE-VypW60zjUEAyMfk0pzfwmJ_hifDZ7hP_xNCOdYHuRyAOfnP7WG8n6W-aMOB62GBZv/s1600/May+267.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokuS8fWExjfnGazWEm5JIxp0RkTzgA2rmBadvxD7YXv48pu47946GCOZ1y3EOswkmlwABhujZxE-VypW60zjUEAyMfk0pzfwmJ_hifDZ7hP_xNCOdYHuRyAOfnP7WG8n6W-aMOB62GBZv/s320/May+267.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492815701789321154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbYYhVs9YeDpzQE0kNDz55s7TL2ODTylxLxE_Qx_-M9ss1MeRaN7llrqeLzselrzHsVaZfSAN8AcvBRDpjdSHn-I98-VHwfvj8CMg9pdzeJ6I_l_T3inlro2fi8erBYVEiwMpLHMMs7q0/s1600/May+272.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbYYhVs9YeDpzQE0kNDz55s7TL2ODTylxLxE_Qx_-M9ss1MeRaN7llrqeLzselrzHsVaZfSAN8AcvBRDpjdSHn-I98-VHwfvj8CMg9pdzeJ6I_l_T3inlro2fi8erBYVEiwMpLHMMs7q0/s320/May+272.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492815693024546450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihev1B7UlI2BINQ4NZFEJsfEz5foTHetAsPTYO5g-yUEMfOlQrOFUqcecK-sgY63dWyFVb2bFwciRiMMGX_IpV5-7t2QGH85_LVNVasfN0a_pnrCMeyGX2Ova9hmXGnxOCY8Syib9BtaOa/s1600/May+268.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihev1B7UlI2BINQ4NZFEJsfEz5foTHetAsPTYO5g-yUEMfOlQrOFUqcecK-sgY63dWyFVb2bFwciRiMMGX_IpV5-7t2QGH85_LVNVasfN0a_pnrCMeyGX2Ova9hmXGnxOCY8Syib9BtaOa/s320/May+268.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492815687584037186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPti5aHheeKelR2xXWBNNwmwIUrEfRYcixC5fu2QGb6Ssp_EU0o3Kzrh6AP56fubCuoGbYxJ9zSLaULNndP1kzkRnf1ugT-RD1ttVAbcJ8ZHLajXphdsWQd9sbShLKlRt5N1MisN_yRpf/s1600/May+277.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPti5aHheeKelR2xXWBNNwmwIUrEfRYcixC5fu2QGb6Ssp_EU0o3Kzrh6AP56fubCuoGbYxJ9zSLaULNndP1kzkRnf1ugT-RD1ttVAbcJ8ZHLajXphdsWQd9sbShLKlRt5N1MisN_yRpf/s320/May+277.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492815687066279314" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-12014847128504347802010-07-11T20:20:00.008-04:002010-07-11T20:45:24.412-04:00Quick Trip to Thomasville--May 2009<div style="text-align: justify;">We went down to Thomasville to see our nephews, Mattison and Caleb, graduate from high school. Well, Aaron went to the graduation but we all enjoyed spending time with the Mark Clantons (Aaron's oldest brother). Unfortunately I have NO pictures of the graduation or the party afterwards. I did manage to steal some pictures from my SIL's Facebook page. (Thanks, Crystal!)<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Colby, Crystal, Matt, Sydney, Mark<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhXYOnuEbWRW2zBJOxfaZIoEtmAEyV0DYkKyRcLTjnJnTFy0b3NLiWHRE798_YLi8thbfVY73aM-mKMwwinnA4OErU3cOzP0Xs4NdAmpyIMryzdoRkcqyzwv4Kld5UYQEZXMEFoOzC9W5/s1600/mattsgrad2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhXYOnuEbWRW2zBJOxfaZIoEtmAEyV0DYkKyRcLTjnJnTFy0b3NLiWHRE798_YLi8thbfVY73aM-mKMwwinnA4OErU3cOzP0Xs4NdAmpyIMryzdoRkcqyzwv4Kld5UYQEZXMEFoOzC9W5/s320/mattsgrad2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492811671113739618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0-6rR92cvrboPMc1SmBOca3hbzjSE5LXEHyLC5i7Fz9iOk4Tq2gAYBkjdv-rrTup7YSrQOi4O4nYQRJpuSA-boD_EJlWpufdpznecxmRGXIQiiAeTBj-T8TqgiQTkTk_sJSI0554Rtn-/s1600/mattsgrad1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0-6rR92cvrboPMc1SmBOca3hbzjSE5LXEHyLC5i7Fz9iOk4Tq2gAYBkjdv-rrTup7YSrQOi4O4nYQRJpuSA-boD_EJlWpufdpznecxmRGXIQiiAeTBj-T8TqgiQTkTk_sJSI0554Rtn-/s320/mattsgrad1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492811663541551186" border="0" /></a><br />We always enjoy seeing most of the family when we go to church on Sunday. We were especially happy to see Ty, another nephew, who was leaving to go on his mission to Arizona.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAusRk5ZCeNSxzvvG9OBn3GOvJi3VN9Sxbudxvf7j2nrgf3w59eZjHgHsqx9HG6EuMYc9GgdYhdWrbGcL8k5FmgRy49d4yZl2TAVJyFo-ow_U8TpybKwqrOXLVQcQ1deH_HsH53xY9Lklx/s1600/May+260.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAusRk5ZCeNSxzvvG9OBn3GOvJi3VN9Sxbudxvf7j2nrgf3w59eZjHgHsqx9HG6EuMYc9GgdYhdWrbGcL8k5FmgRy49d4yZl2TAVJyFo-ow_U8TpybKwqrOXLVQcQ1deH_HsH53xY9Lklx/s320/May+260.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492812335006232098" border="0" /></a><br />We took Granny and Grandaddy Clanton out to lunch and took some quick pictures.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPS4brsl6QcEga9H6WtvZG5ielX-oW4zGwqDS5RAKX-07ns4HcDjUO9BRquYTLOSmyZRHP-1xCTqbkUgdM5PJ7mRiOJKl91ViCQ0ELjl8aoWT1-ADRuHpDNqqSaOVRuj4Ia3gj32eg0ZVQ/s1600/May+263.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPS4brsl6QcEga9H6WtvZG5ielX-oW4zGwqDS5RAKX-07ns4HcDjUO9BRquYTLOSmyZRHP-1xCTqbkUgdM5PJ7mRiOJKl91ViCQ0ELjl8aoWT1-ADRuHpDNqqSaOVRuj4Ia3gj32eg0ZVQ/s320/May+263.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492812346731061490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjsVwRXazAu80ZPJfeWS5WsTVjKHg5X-iWNkA1kOyKoRWuKTaPKzYmB3oGn03-LyhJFhgAZs0hCQfiVIolyd-LBDmM_MHf59PQxn0y7YI8Gt3n-5BsH5aaAo3CcrT_0kjMUmZbbFA7HDy/s1600/May+265.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjsVwRXazAu80ZPJfeWS5WsTVjKHg5X-iWNkA1kOyKoRWuKTaPKzYmB3oGn03-LyhJFhgAZs0hCQfiVIolyd-LBDmM_MHf59PQxn0y7YI8Gt3n-5BsH5aaAo3CcrT_0kjMUmZbbFA7HDy/s320/May+265.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492812343270710674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The kids got a hold of the camera while we were on the road. You never know what you're going to get when you get the camera back!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq28eYIbeXXZB9e0O8RpwE1j6CKHiKBsvcPdW4yrLTHM_RLBQjvm3bfWS40utO4G3oePihAPCaqF8i2nJ6KPQLZcxnmlDYShPdKflRHrewsdF9UPnVu_iXanYfCNJZNDcv3KRhOeXOPSjz/s1600/May+255.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq28eYIbeXXZB9e0O8RpwE1j6CKHiKBsvcPdW4yrLTHM_RLBQjvm3bfWS40utO4G3oePihAPCaqF8i2nJ6KPQLZcxnmlDYShPdKflRHrewsdF9UPnVu_iXanYfCNJZNDcv3KRhOeXOPSjz/s320/May+255.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492813329547910770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGP3CVa2I3BI09gp_E_hNWYCzdtojAyA-cXwTjUDbhVZWXu0xrJHQnU78gWm045C5Nr3QYbbj-riPFbjdxOhqAxZ9EjyvsE1W5l0gCTpATPWWpD5_NwrTu2XlaFySSD-AaCD_0mOxZnBw/s1600/May+256.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGP3CVa2I3BI09gp_E_hNWYCzdtojAyA-cXwTjUDbhVZWXu0xrJHQnU78gWm045C5Nr3QYbbj-riPFbjdxOhqAxZ9EjyvsE1W5l0gCTpATPWWpD5_NwrTu2XlaFySSD-AaCD_0mOxZnBw/s320/May+256.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492813322255436450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizf4dXgMO-yTnzsfhPlcoy3trZbHNmH4N9CXNHcabAQ-n3z7TabTSxeZZJz_VcZnDlNnKAQxTSfne0ob8uYwz_7-N7Vubjp1XsfgW0OAG511-9i68S52IYyOmfrcDi15liEqQme8NYbXKg/s1600/May+259.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizf4dXgMO-yTnzsfhPlcoy3trZbHNmH4N9CXNHcabAQ-n3z7TabTSxeZZJz_VcZnDlNnKAQxTSfne0ob8uYwz_7-N7Vubjp1XsfgW0OAG511-9i68S52IYyOmfrcDi15liEqQme8NYbXKg/s320/May+259.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492813316922206818" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-57069163820517378292010-07-11T20:15:00.005-04:002010-07-11T20:42:59.522-04:00Happiness is...<div style="text-align: center;">Watching TV while enjoying a yummy snack of apples, crackers, cheese and strawberry yogurt milk. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCTRvW3lxXHXpfu0_TCgJ_g3noaYa186KJZYMwwi-Qmueshxurjiz75CrfpKDMPt0p-lqZ6k-lhKLIdkVD2YPbyah5c6h4_6qoomRMTWhIUNbQGjNd6cUuGzEFEa13xdTEUWMb3sjlauX/s1600/May+253.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCTRvW3lxXHXpfu0_TCgJ_g3noaYa186KJZYMwwi-Qmueshxurjiz75CrfpKDMPt0p-lqZ6k-lhKLIdkVD2YPbyah5c6h4_6qoomRMTWhIUNbQGjNd6cUuGzEFEa13xdTEUWMb3sjlauX/s320/May+253.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492807350125278626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(May 2009)</span><br /></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-40037705117377230512010-07-11T19:21:00.020-04:002010-07-13T18:23:31.184-04:00More May (2009)<div style="text-align: justify;">(Yes, it's been over 8 months, so I'm pretty sure no one even reads my blog anymore. :) But one of these decades I want to get a blog book made. And since I don't scrapbook anymore (who has the time??), then I really, really need to keep the blog updated. It's my new mid-year resolution!)<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">END OF THE YEAR</span><br />The end of the school year always brings lots of BUSYness! Here are some tidbits:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Field Day</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For some reason I have no pictures of Maddie's Field Day. :( Not sure what happened there. But I did manage to get pictures of the big waterslide that Aaron has every year. I think he has more fun than the kids.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDBcpl0Kccq1_jAjSNV0KdArfMYXYBNav3B_1PkYVtPlg4PgmKxMoseHzaAOOSyNm6ssst1TaU6HK5D6o6FKjR9v5qAD57Q30gXrcyTOc4xadEJtadkzMRrKchyM87KG6o3jvLDtAW8hN/s1600/236.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDBcpl0Kccq1_jAjSNV0KdArfMYXYBNav3B_1PkYVtPlg4PgmKxMoseHzaAOOSyNm6ssst1TaU6HK5D6o6FKjR9v5qAD57Q30gXrcyTOc4xadEJtadkzMRrKchyM87KG6o3jvLDtAW8hN/s320/236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492795571301493970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(Aaron and Mr. W racing down the slide.)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-jl2kUZNTCT5gPtD4ynAxP49kGRVf_Qa1cnwHhQKCGDPn2YAbuu6PVDC8bkCBHvuelCdrfDb8XHTQxEMjBbJzvD-2FmSQ4z8PJvLLXajvxBIy7SixAGkYqo1n0uGwpgtV8NvUpGg1fiO/s1600/228.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-jl2kUZNTCT5gPtD4ynAxP49kGRVf_Qa1cnwHhQKCGDPn2YAbuu6PVDC8bkCBHvuelCdrfDb8XHTQxEMjBbJzvD-2FmSQ4z8PJvLLXajvxBIy7SixAGkYqo1n0uGwpgtV8NvUpGg1fiO/s320/228.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492795566149366626" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBd8SAgdZSXElRc03Hb9Zyi7gFjcBT_O_wSVHcs26gcbk7_2wk_rPkqyR62jRNovQb9iXuORd8OM3DuinGLG95aZkmGGNTMflczVOADJuRanKlqmpbKzax8TR8LklFW4KWQRJ-d6swidM/s1600/225.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBd8SAgdZSXElRc03Hb9Zyi7gFjcBT_O_wSVHcs26gcbk7_2wk_rPkqyR62jRNovQb9iXuORd8OM3DuinGLG95aZkmGGNTMflczVOADJuRanKlqmpbKzax8TR8LklFW4KWQRJ-d6swidM/s320/225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492795562901690258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(Wesley never did go down the slide. Not that any of us were surprised, seeing as his self-proclaimed nickname is "Chicken Little.")</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B6C8fbWbEEULWHBeqpT_W1LpR6xxAYcgRCLQb4RlgHqoedUvpanrNf9FoXsBHnONenK3nbpuOM6BvC7gyzbfSoKVd82YOs_7Rsl60UZvu7WlBdBFF14ehRPsuXuzsdgqCjfx5OK-Rh0Y/s1600/200.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B6C8fbWbEEULWHBeqpT_W1LpR6xxAYcgRCLQb4RlgHqoedUvpanrNf9FoXsBHnONenK3nbpuOM6BvC7gyzbfSoKVd82YOs_7Rsl60UZvu7WlBdBFF14ehRPsuXuzsdgqCjfx5OK-Rh0Y/s320/200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492795548959847490" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gymnastics Awards Banquet</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>T</span><span>he Athens-Clarke County Gymnastics Academy hosts an awards ceremony every year for the team gymnasts. And since Maddie was asked to be on the team, she was invited to the banquet as well. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Level 3 and 4 gymnasts with Tina, the coach and program director</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjh2n3n5EMO0MU7JWcu33zA3wshdMKAXSYQCybK_ifK1XPE71jMLWvxfV75hdgrg12sMybFvVnjsDdznQ3MiMlqOldat84Nly5DNzNzyw-50tf2506UzsvkiJJNqAgNphrUUEHY-1suaa/s1600/May+202.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjh2n3n5EMO0MU7JWcu33zA3wshdMKAXSYQCybK_ifK1XPE71jMLWvxfV75hdgrg12sMybFvVnjsDdznQ3MiMlqOldat84Nly5DNzNzyw-50tf2506UzsvkiJJNqAgNphrUUEHY-1suaa/s320/May+202.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492796440030727490" border="0" /></a><br />Miss "Most Improved All-Around"<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We were really impressed with Maddie persistence and determination. Although Maddie is definitely a great gymnast, things don't always come easy to her. She really has to work hard. We are very proud that even when things get difficult, Maddie sticks it out and pushes through. She is definitely an example to us!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPVzpCCYQKBTRshmFr5zhcCR3G7z7wrj7cMrNl3-uFtR6w1iBEKVtTFOTxIGJljR9OLek4cJxHDY6FmXNbldnqo964tAUVgv6mdyKZmDRQTAKEwO0cMQBWwM6eEnkskbb5BfMymJl5i2O/s1600/May+207.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPVzpCCYQKBTRshmFr5zhcCR3G7z7wrj7cMrNl3-uFtR6w1iBEKVtTFOTxIGJljR9OLek4cJxHDY6FmXNbldnqo964tAUVgv6mdyKZmDRQTAKEwO0cMQBWwM6eEnkskbb5BfMymJl5i2O/s320/May+207.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492796451134712018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjh2n3n5EMO0MU7JWcu33zA3wshdMKAXSYQCybK_ifK1XPE71jMLWvxfV75hdgrg12sMybFvVnjsDdznQ3MiMlqOldat84Nly5DNzNzyw-50tf2506UzsvkiJJNqAgNphrUUEHY-1suaa/s1600/May+202.jpg"><br /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards Day</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Maddie won the Principal's Award for her class. This award is given to the best all-around student in each class. We were pleasantly surprised when her name was called. Maddie is such a good girl!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uY23KlmtmQbHGD2D4xFGYCXwgsk0ozuk3U489TSEwv75FTwbMNFhfZg2Q-tyy64pNTSQr6kgwoP8BmNiHYmQ-Drcc1EN3O-OM8WhrIg1611szBaXX6ee1OaO0u5p6BpICEuT-TK-fx-I/s1600/May+213.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uY23KlmtmQbHGD2D4xFGYCXwgsk0ozuk3U489TSEwv75FTwbMNFhfZg2Q-tyy64pNTSQr6kgwoP8BmNiHYmQ-Drcc1EN3O-OM8WhrIg1611szBaXX6ee1OaO0u5p6BpICEuT-TK-fx-I/s320/May+213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492798341713137250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last-Day-of-School Talent Show</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It's a Cleveland Road Elementary School (CRES) tradition to hold a talent show on the last day. It's LONG (like 4 hours) but even the little pre-Kers love to see everyone perform. Maddie's class sang "We All in This Together" from High School Musical. It was really cute! (Aaron recorded it but I have no idea how to get it from the camcorder to the computer.) Maddie and Harold, a little guy in her class, sang lead vocals and the rest of the class sang back-up. Again, I was super impressed! There is no way I would ever sing in front of a group! I wouldn't have done it as a first grader and I would never do it now! (I don't even like playing charades. lol)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpVfQicIqiZtTSIKkMU0OwLj7ZMTpArO0dfPL1iKCVGyVKwqTkfZ_Pz7ak0t6td9sg5LETKAWfm3KdmqBg690TuprQnY2qtuwBAM5I6zEIYTV8_PmTn6CEvMwgnSqVnkt0PCMlbb4ONqR/s1600/May+225.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpVfQicIqiZtTSIKkMU0OwLj7ZMTpArO0dfPL1iKCVGyVKwqTkfZ_Pz7ak0t6td9sg5LETKAWfm3KdmqBg690TuprQnY2qtuwBAM5I6zEIYTV8_PmTn6CEvMwgnSqVnkt0PCMlbb4ONqR/s320/May+225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492799774447932802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidURWRtrNPr5bbhuoZ8r0sRoTfWP-ILX1M0hZ-zNe6ph1aWS3X6-KuzAXof6huFTEbZLBesY6T5i_9zBEum8yoqXH34W0pjXwYpSR0IDcLdrjttEu1I6qV8pLU5Cl3aXCVI5tC65_tXTE3/s1600/May+222.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidURWRtrNPr5bbhuoZ8r0sRoTfWP-ILX1M0hZ-zNe6ph1aWS3X6-KuzAXof6huFTEbZLBesY6T5i_9zBEum8yoqXH34W0pjXwYpSR0IDcLdrjttEu1I6qV8pLU5Cl3aXCVI5tC65_tXTE3/s320/May+222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492799760170777234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpVfQicIqiZtTSIKkMU0OwLj7ZMTpArO0dfPL1iKCVGyVKwqTkfZ_Pz7ak0t6td9sg5LETKAWfm3KdmqBg690TuprQnY2qtuwBAM5I6zEIYTV8_PmTn6CEvMwgnSqVnkt0PCMlbb4ONqR/s1600/May+225.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpVfQicIqiZtTSIKkMU0OwLj7ZMTpArO0dfPL1iKCVGyVKwqTkfZ_Pz7ak0t6td9sg5LETKAWfm3KdmqBg690TuprQnY2qtuwBAM5I6zEIYTV8_PmTn6CEvMwgnSqVnkt0PCMlbb4ONqR/s320/May+225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492799774447932802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I4-gjEemKasxiR7psXE0g_yn4e5yoRA4MQo2nLBGrKr4Ytda0dyMUIGRZuxMdwn_X0C1yEBzKOA9Z2LAwAnH71f2COKChslG7CDBB8q_f8CbfZmIzyGB0FzMxoMGAbPl9aFYCnspL4cw/s1600/May+227.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I4-gjEemKasxiR7psXE0g_yn4e5yoRA4MQo2nLBGrKr4Ytda0dyMUIGRZuxMdwn_X0C1yEBzKOA9Z2LAwAnH71f2COKChslG7CDBB8q_f8CbfZmIzyGB0FzMxoMGAbPl9aFYCnspL4cw/s320/May+227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492799781726164994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After all of the kids performed, the teachers took center stage. Aaron and most of the other male teachers performed "Single Ladies." I wasn't sure how to react--pride at my husband for having such a great sense of humor or disgust at seeing him in my red plaid skirt . It was like a train wreck I just couldn't stop looking at. I'm pretty sure Wesley felt the same way, because he was laughing and crying at the same time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Aaron is in the red jacket and plaid skirt.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfz1hLF0lYv9sow1DpL601VZ24aRLDCOmQD6zzfCScjLWIbT3AJsd6DPSyqmj9FI3iRrO8BpLW-IqFCBMWqC6LjKGdU39jrncBymzdIQ4ec9NbBi5u9pHOYCHcQi8ECbJFSIHI5fyPkKG/s1600/May+230.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfz1hLF0lYv9sow1DpL601VZ24aRLDCOmQD6zzfCScjLWIbT3AJsd6DPSyqmj9FI3iRrO8BpLW-IqFCBMWqC6LjKGdU39jrncBymzdIQ4ec9NbBi5u9pHOYCHcQi8ECbJFSIHI5fyPkKG/s320/May+230.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492801507357920034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtETwFtVNMhWQITN96iL8Q-HEcUElHtOuErULU9nQp2GiUfzUH_Slk9fjvDiC0tSnutBdpqrOsnG_CHxkaUSiqbfUBiMmUHSzP932vniPOxkqtugyA1uT8CPtVzJRSAnt8V0y4kJ9N-Qq/s1600/May+229.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtETwFtVNMhWQITN96iL8Q-HEcUElHtOuErULU9nQp2GiUfzUH_Slk9fjvDiC0tSnutBdpqrOsnG_CHxkaUSiqbfUBiMmUHSzP932vniPOxkqtugyA1uT8CPtVzJRSAnt8V0y4kJ9N-Qq/s320/May+229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492801502937123506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">School Friends</span></span><br />I gave Maddie the camera, and she (with Aaron's help) took a couple of pictures of her first grade friends.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCw5nWh2KQKYrH41kyiCAC1q_vuYWS8qS1qTYefXkPhyRD_EC3kzR-32yd3FWFJkmmfcBwfIVLvgjPrD8XLookBkwTCZNMQhgxBpQvnnBAty6qJx1Ax5rfc8XDDWme02MlxRmRGDGkpJ-R/s1600/May+231.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCw5nWh2KQKYrH41kyiCAC1q_vuYWS8qS1qTYefXkPhyRD_EC3kzR-32yd3FWFJkmmfcBwfIVLvgjPrD8XLookBkwTCZNMQhgxBpQvnnBAty6qJx1Ax5rfc8XDDWme02MlxRmRGDGkpJ-R/s320/May+231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492804342945567682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-1E8fnoi6-V5yctWKzp6DnJxxNe8GnsSYZeqCiU9_meYZ3QdzNjpj7ZmtpRsAu37ZmcOYR8yZ5QFJNxrBKRPT7rRzoXlOi9Fxd6Y26fNkfonpCybY5oac5FFOKdPodRmigiBhBlW40Lw/s1600/May+233.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-1E8fnoi6-V5yctWKzp6DnJxxNe8GnsSYZeqCiU9_meYZ3QdzNjpj7ZmtpRsAu37ZmcOYR8yZ5QFJNxrBKRPT7rRzoXlOi9Fxd6Y26fNkfonpCybY5oac5FFOKdPodRmigiBhBlW40Lw/s320/May+233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492804331816577474" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 style="margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:78%;">No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teacher's Dirty Looks! </span></h1>Here's what the kids saw as they left the school on the last day of the 2008-2009 school year at CRES. Sweet, huh?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTYRVUG8Cksd-U-pSVcumdiUQRmJc88RuK23GyjVkh1u11iXkeZLXvgbtg1NdcAC1cTX-bgFIBLGCwSCnH9tEg9eDf7tNf8lvtHc-0p2ESY6W_EDv7a1sIFJc182pnaJcQwO6U6tbdInt/s1600/May+247.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTYRVUG8Cksd-U-pSVcumdiUQRmJc88RuK23GyjVkh1u11iXkeZLXvgbtg1NdcAC1cTX-bgFIBLGCwSCnH9tEg9eDf7tNf8lvtHc-0p2ESY6W_EDv7a1sIFJc182pnaJcQwO6U6tbdInt/s320/May+247.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492805908516936050" border="0" /></a><br /></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-27481016308832132882009-10-09T23:05:00.009-04:002010-07-23T17:09:35.063-04:00Grateful to be "Here"See my play list to the right of this post? If you can't see song #18, click on the forward button until you get to song #18. (As long as you can see it, you can click on #18 and it will start playing.)<br /><br />The song is called "Here" by Rascal Flatts. They happen to be one of my favorite groups and I love their music. (Bear with me if you're not a country music fan.) I'm pretty sure this song was written to express the gratitude one feels after finally falling in love with "The One." But when I heard this song (especially the chorus), I immediately thought of the journey we had to take to get Wesley.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">There's a place I've been looking for</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That took me in and out of buildings</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Behind windows, walls and doors</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And I thought I found it</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Couple times, even settled down</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And I'd hang around just long enough</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To find my way back out</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I know now the place that I was trying to</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reach</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Was you, right here in front of me</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And I wouldn't change a thing</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'd walk right back through the rain</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Back to every broken heart</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">On the day that it was breakin'</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And I'd relive all the years</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And be thankful for the tears</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I've cried with every stumbled step</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That led to you and got me here, right here</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's amazing what I let my heart go through</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To get me where it got me</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In this moment here with you</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And it passed me by</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">God knows how many times</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I was so caught up in holding</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What I never thought I'd find</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I know now, there's a million roads</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I had to take</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To get me in your arms this way</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And I wouldn't change a thing</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> I'd walk right back through the rain</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Back to every broken heart</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> On the day that it was breakin'</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> And I'd relive all the years</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> And be thankful for the tears</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> I've cried with every stumbled step</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> That led to you and got me here, right here</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In a love I never thought I'd get to get to</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-here</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And if that's the road</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">God made me take to be with you</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And I wouldn't change a thing</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> I'd walk right back through the rain</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Back to every broken heart</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> On the day that it was breakin'</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> And I'd relive all the years</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> And be thankful for the tears</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> I've cried with every stumbled step</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> That led to you and got me here, right here</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And I'd relive all the years</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And be thankful for all the tears</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I've cried with every stumbled step</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That led to you and got me here, right here</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">When you're in the middle of a major trial, it's sometimes impossible to see how there will ever be a happy ending. The despair can be overwhelming. But thankfully there is almost always a light at the end of the tunnel. I think it's that <span style="font-style: italic;">hope </span>that helps us push through, even when it seems too hard. I'm thankful for a loving Father in Heaven who is always there, to remind us of that light and to nudge us towards it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKL8pVR2M1bR5-92qajGxcn33lNzuBVNCwlyiqlSqJ4oqF1u4aAgN8QhyphenhyphenGbjmASmGD3y7fEHwbIVBqTDBG1Gmi3m_byNlHPKRjWDi2RxZHboMEFSrY8QbGM37tVOMhyphenhyphenLoiXqeyD4hCOs6/s1600-h/w1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKL8pVR2M1bR5-92qajGxcn33lNzuBVNCwlyiqlSqJ4oqF1u4aAgN8QhyphenhyphenGbjmASmGD3y7fEHwbIVBqTDBG1Gmi3m_byNlHPKRjWDi2RxZHboMEFSrY8QbGM37tVOMhyphenhyphenLoiXqeyD4hCOs6/s320/w1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390815025787974834" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-91029985185809003852009-10-09T21:27:00.013-04:002009-10-09T23:44:15.846-04:00Wesley's SECOND Birthday!!It's hard to believe that Wesley is two years old! He's changed so much since he was born! He started out so tiny, with light skin and straight hair! Then he grew into my chubby (okay, FAT) little baby with an adorable 'fro and beautiful chocolate skin! And now he's tall and lanky with a very short haircut. It's hard to believe because we were SO thrilled to have him in our family, but life with Wesley has only gotten better!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJlQPoneF6grK4e0-jH13uybCH6-RK8AVKp9ziUmv0kqRuk_e7gGMjDEfoIpHuu99zhD8jNBGP8QEMJMdcF-cD99jXRUP_qfNWVZd5tPUy1I4hhGs2f-nQqR12sC8LEp_97FeNSPjGMNr/s1600-h/wesleys'+invitation2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJlQPoneF6grK4e0-jH13uybCH6-RK8AVKp9ziUmv0kqRuk_e7gGMjDEfoIpHuu99zhD8jNBGP8QEMJMdcF-cD99jXRUP_qfNWVZd5tPUy1I4hhGs2f-nQqR12sC8LEp_97FeNSPjGMNr/s320/wesleys'+invitation2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390791147396234658" border="0" /></a>To celebrate Wesley's birthday, we planned an outdoor party at Aaron's school. Because of the covered picnic area and awesome playground, it's the perfect place for a party! Well, except for May 9, 2009. Let me explain...<br /><br />The week before the party, a UGA professor went crazy and shot his wife (and two other people) at a local community theater. The professor and his family lived in a neighborhood very close to Aaron & Maddie's school. After the shooting, the professor went missing and his Jeep was found in a ravine less than half a mile from the school. Everyone was sure he had ditched his car and was trying to get out of the country.<br /><br />WRONG!! When we drove up to get ready for Wesley's party, we saw fire trucks and a ton of unmarked police vehicles. I instantly knew they were looking for the man. And I instantly knew the party was ruined! Of all things!! How dare he ruin my party!! (I know, I know! Pretty selfish of me!) The police were very nice and told us we could still have the party, but we'd have to have it inside. Great, except for the fact that the school's lights are on a timer and the only person with access to override the timer is the principal, who lives over an hour away. After a long ordeal which involved the school custodian and the school district's weekend security person coming to the school, we were able to get the lights on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqaUkvU5D6Ow9VZDSxBuAI_RNbXLsuJ1ApZjfdNBQjAJXgLxTiggajYIRlvhbHtD_oSowyH7hqC_RrpZnG3B072EJ-nTFHm9Y4hBqpqQBEf4TBX5s3p0tuXjv_vaRPb0rT1WLTsSXTO6y/s1600-h/DSC00537.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqaUkvU5D6Ow9VZDSxBuAI_RNbXLsuJ1ApZjfdNBQjAJXgLxTiggajYIRlvhbHtD_oSowyH7hqC_RrpZnG3B072EJ-nTFHm9Y4hBqpqQBEf4TBX5s3p0tuXjv_vaRPb0rT1WLTsSXTO6y/s320/DSC00537.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390783342397302594" border="0" /></a><br />So the party went on--NOT!! Within an hour of us arriving early to set up, we saw the coroner's van drive up really close to the woods. We knew something was happening and Aaron was so ready to get in the middle of it! We were amazed at how much information the police were willing to share. And we (okay, AARON and my MOM) were more than happy to listen. We knew all of the details of the police discovering the man's body hours before the media knew. It was absolute craziness! Click <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7547295&page=1">HERE </a>to read an article about the shooting and the discovery of the body. This is the article that was posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's website, and Aaron (and the party) were mentioned.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a-o8ckQih7bqrxkh_PMTvhCxKEFD9ixbwBzYbTz7b_ugF4hA5Cn_eULFRlR2Xumzj5DSwVBwxm9zC-TkrzcEB97vRCOMG7_T_XUUP9JdqxdA8IdsU9eElSLifS8AYRbAfrr_U7T2rThT/s1600-h/May+172.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a-o8ckQih7bqrxkh_PMTvhCxKEFD9ixbwBzYbTz7b_ugF4hA5Cn_eULFRlR2Xumzj5DSwVBwxm9zC-TkrzcEB97vRCOMG7_T_XUUP9JdqxdA8IdsU9eElSLifS8AYRbAfrr_U7T2rThT/s320/May+172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390783338740768034" border="0" /></a><br />And all of this led to us not getting anything set up until AFTER the party was supposed to have started. My Type-A personality always goes into overdrive during events like this, but oh my gosh, I could've use some major anxiety meds after all of this!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XNpLo0dmbjaOrpwojLT_cNOqbkCBZ_5oN1Ym9R7dNLkD7fiFQcmhtu9UpWBs-ivhqDNQz01D26epx1ag66M8VFoNV90zwW3claRiU23JT9MIQdAAkjam5O7A_uEJm3QJxj2AKq55Ocqb/s1600-h/DSC00551.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XNpLo0dmbjaOrpwojLT_cNOqbkCBZ_5oN1Ym9R7dNLkD7fiFQcmhtu9UpWBs-ivhqDNQz01D26epx1ag66M8VFoNV90zwW3claRiU23JT9MIQdAAkjam5O7A_uEJm3QJxj2AKq55Ocqb/s320/DSC00551.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390783349429160962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrmjfti1501k6PHz7cS_9hdG1v8ozRXZXEauq7cjCx9hVeOGO9tx5iuZHfV02q7_j5kbi68ZY5qPfNg13y2Q8V3UQUYD3UFHCNySOnMkhPeSTmwGazwnwPuhkfjjkqP9Utvc0xRwGzvI3/s1600-h/n570867542_1863101_7638226.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrmjfti1501k6PHz7cS_9hdG1v8ozRXZXEauq7cjCx9hVeOGO9tx5iuZHfV02q7_j5kbi68ZY5qPfNg13y2Q8V3UQUYD3UFHCNySOnMkhPeSTmwGazwnwPuhkfjjkqP9Utvc0xRwGzvI3/s320/n570867542_1863101_7638226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390788068718800210" border="0" /></a><br />Putting aside all the drama, the party itself was a ton of fun. I did a sports theme, because Wesley has been obsessed with sports since he could hold a ball. My mom did an AWESOME job on the cake, as usual! And Aaron's gym was the perfect place to have the party because of his wonderful PE equipment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgChss60jVcbc-64gIw_RqFdaVjCTfuhStnkB9gDd9U4qElYwXQJlyTTYVXa8RwX3Uyu4c545q-VszMmly6J-arfzArzSsLqOmAJnOzSr9koK73bjJ0zJIfFxsW6Rx3tfilF6V78tM0mg/s1600-h/DSC00562.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgChss60jVcbc-64gIw_RqFdaVjCTfuhStnkB9gDd9U4qElYwXQJlyTTYVXa8RwX3Uyu4c545q-VszMmly6J-arfzArzSsLqOmAJnOzSr9koK73bjJ0zJIfFxsW6Rx3tfilF6V78tM0mg/s320/DSC00562.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390784854868164130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdhTs-0A7c_3D7CVATlfo__MROwng6V5GeIrx_owsC8mVuodBKkVUwLhVP_IbsCF3ajHEJ5n4M7e-DTTioez-vs8n_W3QBe4ztZPK1Jl5IVRXgyVRPo49HcH9cd5JbwvXG-7vDSvuyWI9/s1600-h/DSC00561.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyL7ZMjEXhi4GTiXeLzcIoQ8hrhCIR0MwF-griateSPpr1HJRhZwDbuavwrFDGJMRTnq9J2Y43b8RAAsHndqGA0ocMJvzF8xwqFWy6OqrxkVV0FHmM2cqSkqRoo5g449Us2FZ515MCOYFC/s320/DSC00578.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390786328985362466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEwiamhcDX5A5m0thb9aMvMi_T0tn-SrPbgwBP-_-whm1lJ6kFOdzBRdfn3wP8JSCMKn8tcPyJPUj_CPme6Xule-V20uJ4o5oD6enKD1pOOrbHr_rKoghE0TssQAyQuQC_KmoBz5Jx0vp/s1600-h/n570867542_1863110_5579830.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEwiamhcDX5A5m0thb9aMvMi_T0tn-SrPbgwBP-_-whm1lJ6kFOdzBRdfn3wP8JSCMKn8tcPyJPUj_CPme6Xule-V20uJ4o5oD6enKD1pOOrbHr_rKoghE0TssQAyQuQC_KmoBz5Jx0vp/s320/n570867542_1863110_5579830.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390788434413319202" border="0" /></a>This the the stretcher they brought the body out on. My family was OBSESSED with this! I think Aaron spent 95% of the time outside, talking with firefighters and police officers. And I'm pretty sure my mom, Aaron and my sister got more pictures of the scene outside than the party inside. :)<br /><br />As we were cleaning everything up, a lady with this really different-looking dog came in to use the bathroom. Turns out this was the dog who found the body. Her trainer was really proud of her. She was a sweet dog who was willing to let all the kids pet her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2NcDl3kX-DECYB_SrWSrUFC4ldH8aJ_JvoVGYcNRcfhOWkhkQj_JMpx2yNJQ79yFGVM46R8krH9UtXSzDi7sKLbHkzsQe4aRTmAcpPgXvZNIxEeng6IYSFGydoNzycW9vfyWv1uGbQOO/s1600-h/n570867542_1863113_3167674.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2NcDl3kX-DECYB_SrWSrUFC4ldH8aJ_JvoVGYcNRcfhOWkhkQj_JMpx2yNJQ79yFGVM46R8krH9UtXSzDi7sKLbHkzsQe4aRTmAcpPgXvZNIxEeng6IYSFGydoNzycW9vfyWv1uGbQOO/s320/n570867542_1863113_3167674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390788442380624786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzlN3rpWuHx7TnzOc3E4w8-Ufi5geM_y4WGhQScJELXJKVUc_q1cDXtHH63HqFZKwpbVzKoBHBImzsbsg9qseoAMxdwmccf-znJgY0_zmHSZCy45-h0vzMDiL_avnMx6LWEcvbeSemn6t/s1600-h/n570867542_1863115_6864229.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzlN3rpWuHx7TnzOc3E4w8-Ufi5geM_y4WGhQScJELXJKVUc_q1cDXtHH63HqFZKwpbVzKoBHBImzsbsg9qseoAMxdwmccf-znJgY0_zmHSZCy45-h0vzMDiL_avnMx6LWEcvbeSemn6t/s320/n570867542_1863115_6864229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390790105138496722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgWC-kRL5IEe4os3v-XP3sYaRtMAnH62Ri_eRMbMs5KxMpt4ZaRmT4KDj4W474o_5pNa9N7F-ErBd3qdBsBUpws8jwg62YUsFkxa4ztoaBUMLhlSA9evQ42W_2igxG8F9RktwJW5LgjDu/s1600-h/n570867542_1863114_4891845.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgWC-kRL5IEe4os3v-XP3sYaRtMAnH62Ri_eRMbMs5KxMpt4ZaRmT4KDj4W474o_5pNa9N7F-ErBd3qdBsBUpws8jwg62YUsFkxa4ztoaBUMLhlSA9evQ42W_2igxG8F9RktwJW5LgjDu/s320/n570867542_1863114_4891845.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390788446141398274" border="0" /></a><br />And because my family is CRAZY, they went in the woods, trying to figure out where the searchers found the body. They said it was too hard to tell where the police had been, but here's a picture of the woods, in case you were interested!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH87pt6iM4hQqK-Rv_JYzY475DAAdGV_vdbvMuKOSn1SqAepsfucNF4-4EE5soShvg50ZdgKZqYHX4My-W6glsidGPFb07AhPB3gBN4khSovxqRjb4QAzJDrwffwpuQO9emugsH68Nw4CZ/s1600-h/n570867542_1863117_3749628.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH87pt6iM4hQqK-Rv_JYzY475DAAdGV_vdbvMuKOSn1SqAepsfucNF4-4EE5soShvg50ZdgKZqYHX4My-W6glsidGPFb07AhPB3gBN4khSovxqRjb4QAzJDrwffwpuQO9emugsH68Nw4CZ/s320/n570867542_1863117_3749628.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390788458133359138" border="0" /></a><br />I'm hoping for a PEACEFUL, completely normal party next year!!The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-14272219857534089372009-09-06T19:33:00.016-04:002009-09-06T21:25:18.013-04:00Zoo AtlantaMaddie had a field trip to the zoo in Atlanta, so Aaron took the day off--we decided to make it a family affair! Aaron, Wesley and I drove over a little early to take care of the business end of the field trip (pay for tickets) and Maddie rode with her class on the bus.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Welsey</span> was SO excited to go the zoo to see all of the animals! He had this adorable look on his face the whole way. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YToM8140C6m2airsl2FhP3q9JrNd10ZQVDnxI0EhYF_zSYkM7S3nUVqs3g0iWbXOFPuEcbAiiqYOoiMDXzxC-BxpyqNkAyQqVthoFohrSiN-5HykLEEzCnIqAcTJ92CsFiAzNoWJiqgz/s1600-h/May+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YToM8140C6m2airsl2FhP3q9JrNd10ZQVDnxI0EhYF_zSYkM7S3nUVqs3g0iWbXOFPuEcbAiiqYOoiMDXzxC-BxpyqNkAyQqVthoFohrSiN-5HykLEEzCnIqAcTJ92CsFiAzNoWJiqgz/s320/May+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378526310670961474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HBjTsjd5-OqDV1bzbac6bfyQ9mpjbsF4SKjNH16PMrdIFwcVoitudtGB9Rcxc35aBFkeeoa8mOiFbUnHeUQAqHfVyVceR_-VddJAEyFNV10R7DbP4z8f8_QUKQrZAkCEBThL4500QHDh/s1600-h/May+014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HBjTsjd5-OqDV1bzbac6bfyQ9mpjbsF4SKjNH16PMrdIFwcVoitudtGB9Rcxc35aBFkeeoa8mOiFbUnHeUQAqHfVyVceR_-VddJAEyFNV10R7DbP4z8f8_QUKQrZAkCEBThL4500QHDh/s320/May+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378525844946230050" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Welsey</span> wasn't too sure about the bronze animals. He wouldn't stand next to one until Dad helped him realize it wasn't real!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSl518wkTp97xRPWs62pTdezG99NIZtgMBI9aV5-PtU0MWRLvMVTiBV-mfT_MBeU2s-lGOM7dXyzDmaF0-SvWx4Y35ih4RqFSqrX4jPSDxSaweaOLl2n-PLbDXHFCc3l2XCmPFQmO0FNcz/s1600-h/May+015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSl518wkTp97xRPWs62pTdezG99NIZtgMBI9aV5-PtU0MWRLvMVTiBV-mfT_MBeU2s-lGOM7dXyzDmaF0-SvWx4Y35ih4RqFSqrX4jPSDxSaweaOLl2n-PLbDXHFCc3l2XCmPFQmO0FNcz/s320/May+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378525835268476242" border="0" /></a>Most of Maddie's class.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2AGoYak7Ht9iIFAnleAZH3g2bXc-4l7c8JXS9lrN2Jq5tA8ifBGPGDVBwQN4v1RzL_DpXBn8RDldnmm54QCAtJ9pWBGpmXzkiCRTwJmBTKjkuWxgDxQb12PpuwdJ_QuDGuaZw0bZMnb4/s1600-h/May+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2AGoYak7Ht9iIFAnleAZH3g2bXc-4l7c8JXS9lrN2Jq5tA8ifBGPGDVBwQN4v1RzL_DpXBn8RDldnmm54QCAtJ9pWBGpmXzkiCRTwJmBTKjkuWxgDxQb12PpuwdJ_QuDGuaZw0bZMnb4/s320/May+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378525830814985986" border="0" /></a>We started off in the playground.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpkIRSlOV97cGbjJZre8iAraqU9BjXY1foiAzR71ApK-lbWA20tXMSD3M7dI6P2Wnok4Q-vmLUKzYHGbTeWO6G99dTLk821SCmDfYmnIxlOmIPo3R1Phl5gAtimg2391G3W7YqwHxPopi/s1600-h/May+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpkIRSlOV97cGbjJZre8iAraqU9BjXY1foiAzR71ApK-lbWA20tXMSD3M7dI6P2Wnok4Q-vmLUKzYHGbTeWO6G99dTLk821SCmDfYmnIxlOmIPo3R1Phl5gAtimg2391G3W7YqwHxPopi/s320/May+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378525826333620706" border="0" /></a>SO excited to be on the Merry-Go-Round.<br />(Before it started moving)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCYDF4ELbWhxFwVvZTz8LeblZltRaEBRT7t9jersQKcGVWJScQ7sNkCCNRC05FcPxOwXp88OAwZtlq-GBpl5BczWyEanR4EdOb0_J_1z2wSIX1DUpWt4Xl77I5CIdRSA9MecCEtAwFO-2/s1600-h/May+037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCYDF4ELbWhxFwVvZTz8LeblZltRaEBRT7t9jersQKcGVWJScQ7sNkCCNRC05FcPxOwXp88OAwZtlq-GBpl5BczWyEanR4EdOb0_J_1z2wSIX1DUpWt4Xl77I5CIdRSA9MecCEtAwFO-2/s320/May+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378524965523972818" border="0" /></a>Not quite as excited.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdIQix3FUqCEJ19fRgl7bZjWi1o3ECR-6ix22UpA-IE2yUXW3N-AW_WTnscS0hQfMIvTXS3aZTDNylZZeej5Xwt781Bn1ga1YB8lF19JhLTRPUg3iwSPnx0aTIfCmuUW8AcK3kugt4rI6/s1600-h/May+040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdIQix3FUqCEJ19fRgl7bZjWi1o3ECR-6ix22UpA-IE2yUXW3N-AW_WTnscS0hQfMIvTXS3aZTDNylZZeej5Xwt781Bn1ga1YB8lF19JhLTRPUg3iwSPnx0aTIfCmuUW8AcK3kugt4rI6/s320/May+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378524962562949522" border="0" /></a>GET ME OFF THIS THING!<br />(I know I'm a bad mom for taking pictures of my terrified child,<br />but it was just too funny to pass up!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePhhkeuYXZWr03Hrg4H5IROF7cCTp3gftxP1K-bD3HRtOwRq_hNBP-g0XYAwWZ3sKl9kykgYnN3iPclJj2N_pjAlvsLTol0kijIvA9RUyWA8w4iJrgXk4b2T4ESixVPyCAgReHKRkYlwj/s1600-h/May+042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePhhkeuYXZWr03Hrg4H5IROF7cCTp3gftxP1K-bD3HRtOwRq_hNBP-g0XYAwWZ3sKl9kykgYnN3iPclJj2N_pjAlvsLTol0kijIvA9RUyWA8w4iJrgXk4b2T4ESixVPyCAgReHKRkYlwj/s320/May+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378524949061896290" border="0" /></a>Maddie and I couldn't stop laughing at Wesley.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT_nzoa3hEGN5yaVKmhl_in8QG6FPUndlISNBCJMXN7E0O8fheU7b0GYncph9bNj6z1nJdjd1CYnZ8ekvhGs0va2IXSo3wjgcW23Pf-BatbITK_SYEDv-l4yWSmvbEzs8NTgZT0u7giPI/s1600-h/May+038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT_nzoa3hEGN5yaVKmhl_in8QG6FPUndlISNBCJMXN7E0O8fheU7b0GYncph9bNj6z1nJdjd1CYnZ8ekvhGs0va2IXSo3wjgcW23Pf-BatbITK_SYEDv-l4yWSmvbEzs8NTgZT0u7giPI/s320/May+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378524250386944610" border="0" /></a>Maddie and her good friend, Morgan<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZ__SgZwvoxGsXSq-EJPjqf5lWZj78m1gl8nAYk0ASB_XAqUfwh-NcQhbUDn9bGJJ_xoG-Q3YaqXw67m_mobU9sAW8TX-gDQ2xXH2OfP_TrAnSz1Rt0FZUs0uzVhJ3ylwhp50sY_I-4p3/s1600-h/May+048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNtsJMrtKxye2eDpJnOgHjl26RZ4MGuqAEIUqMLt67GOPOzS0gyTMJXi_6gOrfWhfNvl6uIfBtikQn1AktveazeowiG0XdCic3WtakEaMY-tlhXZ5d1BOdD3C7mKX12Rn2PIIqJtUdGd4/s320/May+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378524211789729730" border="0" /></a>Maddie and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kadjari</span>.<br />(I have a special place in my heart for this little man. He comes from a pretty rough home and he <span style="font-style: italic;">craves </span>attention. Any time we went to Maddie's school, he wanted to hold Wesley and give me hugs. He's going to have a rough life ahead of him--he's the kid who everyone blames for anything that goes wrong even if he didn't do it. (Although he is often the culprit.) Maddie was so sweet to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kadjari</span>. Her teacher said she was a great friend to him.)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUHkxnMohucAUXMYN5K6HFZMC-rpYt8TZSVIYaTQ7t-PXO2D55ZV4W54HfgzVdHSITjFCnYZLOpp1csQGLmQgTgmM56vEIk39HfwnetUzfdetfjOIVqZ9IOnJTRReFc6TyVR-25vBEr2A/s1600-h/May+054.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUHkxnMohucAUXMYN5K6HFZMC-rpYt8TZSVIYaTQ7t-PXO2D55ZV4W54HfgzVdHSITjFCnYZLOpp1csQGLmQgTgmM56vEIk39HfwnetUzfdetfjOIVqZ9IOnJTRReFc6TyVR-25vBEr2A/s320/May+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378523503418144674" border="0" /></a>Combing the goats<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQaZFeqMaNWyx6qCwk0o87EKycYIETxcgqsw8MomXjcIipFU6l2hZWkd6c-8hDt7EPouz3owsckYIroWlIxmqybnSJxnujFnDmyZ-xdjrUVKh_a_8Us4P4qz7x7hOyYE4VBW6O_1MPLZC/s1600-h/May+059.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQaZFeqMaNWyx6qCwk0o87EKycYIETxcgqsw8MomXjcIipFU6l2hZWkd6c-8hDt7EPouz3owsckYIroWlIxmqybnSJxnujFnDmyZ-xdjrUVKh_a_8Us4P4qz7x7hOyYE4VBW6O_1MPLZC/s320/May+059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378523495657233058" border="0" /></a>Ugh! Goats are the ugliest and noisiest animals ever!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvghxbnIn_7TyZ7NnwwnyTihYXV8rGykFIGsxUxhDflmzrgC6don4onMO13PpsS3WYQjqWvfyEjCEFS1sci-wsiTyvbAvw5ZR_vlZ7Jll4yQbwNH1dqjTQDlSnwib5_YDrCAG8elH56Le1/s1600-h/May+063.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvghxbnIn_7TyZ7NnwwnyTihYXV8rGykFIGsxUxhDflmzrgC6don4onMO13PpsS3WYQjqWvfyEjCEFS1sci-wsiTyvbAvw5ZR_vlZ7Jll4yQbwNH1dqjTQDlSnwib5_YDrCAG8elH56Le1/s320/May+063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378523492306939714" border="0" /></a>The pandas were so cute!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYXEL_I9sgTjsGvnzMyqVQ8d3j09_0qwDodHoAMPqoSkFlV1X7cIgHHVsJNHDWyrfCjf-hRvb2P8VXRGmU4PPp3L_aOTp8zXtpOpJAjYKbodMCSvKVUWz5KkParMe54XyEVRf2dPHrAI2/s1600-h/May+071.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYXEL_I9sgTjsGvnzMyqVQ8d3j09_0qwDodHoAMPqoSkFlV1X7cIgHHVsJNHDWyrfCjf-hRvb2P8VXRGmU4PPp3L_aOTp8zXtpOpJAjYKbodMCSvKVUWz5KkParMe54XyEVRf2dPHrAI2/s320/May+071.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378523481234559746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03o4jPcK96eXjgz60mH62ClaGz-uUd2fPcDZdcX5QF1LhA3iR6SNPhox-DkoGL0D_9oV8lnqZrmKcfytRr1EzJeAntIyj75jEzbIWAnEsYqeff4dadJyHK8lc4dNk4S8NM1ndvO2PHY0_/s1600-h/May+073.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03o4jPcK96eXjgz60mH62ClaGz-uUd2fPcDZdcX5QF1LhA3iR6SNPhox-DkoGL0D_9oV8lnqZrmKcfytRr1EzJeAntIyj75jEzbIWAnEsYqeff4dadJyHK8lc4dNk4S8NM1ndvO2PHY0_/s320/May+073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378522812525062898" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kadjari</span>, Maddie, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">MarKeith</span> (that's his real smile) and Morgan<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6m6ogbzvHB6DnQe8ic4la6Kme2OoS4YRt_qfzbBMub3nNU49qHwbtnk78iBXecAykR7V0zIYuxGqQyrGa_ZQuQKtkpfIpLW2y1qeijVokGh1e4Y2WQfdASe7EcKtME3l2FIH7yw_93ruc/s1600-h/May+082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6m6ogbzvHB6DnQe8ic4la6Kme2OoS4YRt_qfzbBMub3nNU49qHwbtnk78iBXecAykR7V0zIYuxGqQyrGa_ZQuQKtkpfIpLW2y1qeijVokGh1e4Y2WQfdASe7EcKtME3l2FIH7yw_93ruc/s320/May+082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378522803423065474" border="0" /></a>Otters<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9xA2ED_q4mccSrpb0YCU-fbMGOPQR0O0urq5BjmfviUvzhGshVtD6f6GS-VU3E1woMAC7gKgUm2YJsCCKohZCbc6AYVBIzIKlF4G0Rh3i6NOUtmsOh6zZ70L3drtRap8qyVuy5wY7is9/s1600-h/May+091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9xA2ED_q4mccSrpb0YCU-fbMGOPQR0O0urq5BjmfviUvzhGshVtD6f6GS-VU3E1woMAC7gKgUm2YJsCCKohZCbc6AYVBIzIKlF4G0Rh3i6NOUtmsOh6zZ70L3drtRap8qyVuy5wY7is9/s320/May+091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378522794326075394" border="0" /></a>Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Orangutan</span><br />(He was covered in long, nasty dreadlocks. Gross!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggAy4Q_wVOefEZNvgfXcRw0X7CWbdwJOehDgkN-P95WHk_-YJY7PnKtuUfiPwg58ni0awDJ7lAd5l1XFDAPYQf9RP7LloLMiYjRikupsfz-ST96HfBg3vfe7hseFu043uzvu4QqWQjU6e/s1600-h/May+093.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggAy4Q_wVOefEZNvgfXcRw0X7CWbdwJOehDgkN-P95WHk_-YJY7PnKtuUfiPwg58ni0awDJ7lAd5l1XFDAPYQf9RP7LloLMiYjRikupsfz-ST96HfBg3vfe7hseFu043uzvu4QqWQjU6e/s320/May+093.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378522781450212994" border="0" /></a>Going into the blind mole rat exhibit<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYTyslog_rq-wyaKNbJo62u_gzq_EYr1G7HG7tLiQmGTm13HJs7xtxrE5rsIX7tgbDf8ZYtvnmNxI6FKPOrp65hdthEHUWAPA3YcDkHhPTiqFojCy_OBLZAOxuiaeB_HHdm2vCo1OvEd7/s1600-h/May+095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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You could buy these little seed sticks and the birds would land right on them.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCvBdh3NofoWD7QfxkoeGwXZ_Ep1LdwBR6xbm0U3W6XSYA_i2V1oUhSQOvA1G9FnniHl4Q_KlENPN9-Fy7nEFytWSSVFQ5lS0vUuDWSD59ftc0jC-K5-OCiXJCfT6l1GOVzQni6nqHhI4/s1600-h/May+164.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCvBdh3NofoWD7QfxkoeGwXZ_Ep1LdwBR6xbm0U3W6XSYA_i2V1oUhSQOvA1G9FnniHl4Q_KlENPN9-Fy7nEFytWSSVFQ5lS0vUuDWSD59ftc0jC-K5-OCiXJCfT6l1GOVzQni6nqHhI4/s320/May+164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378519639440976498" border="0" /></a>Morgan was not a fan!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_o8Is_cNkOZ9Cndhg-nUo5hvcdzsMxNF1GgrrDim0A4uGLf5CzpBuVqHSE-rkN-mQ3rctMHIVplGNU0zx_YdySeR_QWDbC5DH1V3mv406qYerGnwK3GkSsl4VgnSgjlcvcD_uEwaWrWV/s1600-h/May+165.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_o8Is_cNkOZ9Cndhg-nUo5hvcdzsMxNF1GgrrDim0A4uGLf5CzpBuVqHSE-rkN-mQ3rctMHIVplGNU0zx_YdySeR_QWDbC5DH1V3mv406qYerGnwK3GkSsl4VgnSgjlcvcD_uEwaWrWV/s320/May+165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378519632342487570" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-52142560656935001912009-09-06T19:20:00.003-04:002009-09-06T19:23:33.476-04:00All we needed was a big, red nose!Nonna left a bunch of Halloween stuff when she came to visit. This was the best thing we found in the box! It took a while to talk Wesley into wearing it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L87c2AzyrwDcDvdNQ8Ji31ph3XOfRqP0Z-4SfpmLVvka8z-oD7sB2oFVUiJuCTTgsHghI_6VmMdHgrNDdMwNJuh5VFO2bYbRjfDYfA6qCVSqXfz3ODzT1nWde3cj3WJW8cmAIE0CpRa3/s1600-h/May+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L87c2AzyrwDcDvdNQ8Ji31ph3XOfRqP0Z-4SfpmLVvka8z-oD7sB2oFVUiJuCTTgsHghI_6VmMdHgrNDdMwNJuh5VFO2bYbRjfDYfA6qCVSqXfz3ODzT1nWde3cj3WJW8cmAIE0CpRa3/s320/May+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378498820764049170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRjGQu09DEVXK4-7qrchBq1pJ3-zg4QO12hbY-seTD9CQlP9d873OKie9547ZVSTdQEBHejf6DeVjdTKFoFbp4PXvxa006Zn6itxqZBmorQh1s6Rw9w2LOE2HUaJYxSOgBfZGTwn_RxjJ/s1600-h/May+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRjGQu09DEVXK4-7qrchBq1pJ3-zg4QO12hbY-seTD9CQlP9d873OKie9547ZVSTdQEBHejf6DeVjdTKFoFbp4PXvxa006Zn6itxqZBmorQh1s6Rw9w2LOE2HUaJYxSOgBfZGTwn_RxjJ/s320/May+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378498814918306658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsIn1htOB_DlbEXIOsOOXf7wAlKpJEMFPBh8tkJUemm7Ghyphenhyphenk6FD4bT07Jj6FxZsbwom3ILA_RLrTrq_31N69rf8O7QLY_EMs0iAPoDJx2C9mfE5iIuyWG5ZPCAXUEo6Gmqm3B6X6XqMHG/s1600-h/May+009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsIn1htOB_DlbEXIOsOOXf7wAlKpJEMFPBh8tkJUemm7Ghyphenhyphenk6FD4bT07Jj6FxZsbwom3ILA_RLrTrq_31N69rf8O7QLY_EMs0iAPoDJx2C9mfE5iIuyWG5ZPCAXUEo6Gmqm3B6X6XqMHG/s320/May+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378498829486852530" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-38691342756586144382009-09-06T18:49:00.011-04:002009-09-06T19:17:52.468-04:00Easter WeekendWe had a really fun Easter weekend, full of fun, friends and the Savior. What could be better?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Easter Egg Hunt</span><br />Saturday Morning began with the annual Church Easter egg hunt. We got there a couple minutes late, so pretty much all the eggs were taken! We hid a few for Wesley to find. He wasn't quite sure what to do at first, but enjoyed it once he figured it out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL2_HcYaFziILMpZtp1Z1bgMau_f8QzVh3lypCd7nDEXCjQMVF2hbZ8jwMkOdwMtOqOhoR7-Vo0XRfcHuZS04i_OyLUvnSeVEJ_k15POZyQAt6PoGak1usaBTji4dIJOlvs9vnVkd7wSu/s1600-h/April+046.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL2_HcYaFziILMpZtp1Z1bgMau_f8QzVh3lypCd7nDEXCjQMVF2hbZ8jwMkOdwMtOqOhoR7-Vo0XRfcHuZS04i_OyLUvnSeVEJ_k15POZyQAt6PoGak1usaBTji4dIJOlvs9vnVkd7wSu/s320/April+046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378491457223735634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRNuGILYrEwTBx_V4VsrFqhjtQjld0lBSRtxFLTKEqpkUbBonOUh6Xzf-ddExR0ocGudvjjE7iaiSL6kMkay1sXxYY5fnXauBRJwum-sbf4gtyJ_3WEf6_Gj7UKdJD8Ldzqv5E5rkwGhv/s1600-h/April+044.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRNuGILYrEwTBx_V4VsrFqhjtQjld0lBSRtxFLTKEqpkUbBonOUh6Xzf-ddExR0ocGudvjjE7iaiSL6kMkay1sXxYY5fnXauBRJwum-sbf4gtyJ_3WEf6_Gj7UKdJD8Ldzqv5E5rkwGhv/s320/April+044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378491447987485170" border="0" /></a><br />Maddie, hunting for eggs in the big kids' field.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lGfqWaaAPSg4YBhJVeRSjMHlWCjIhwVq1UZ8Sy9xm3imXBmNQxogYRceRHHUWYiF7axGUV2d7FlxziCdG-6mpm4VL2xjvida1ZqseS1RNi0iyGFrpOgtbr-nb6uvmN2KO9-Zzcq3Bpc5/s1600-h/April+049.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lGfqWaaAPSg4YBhJVeRSjMHlWCjIhwVq1UZ8Sy9xm3imXBmNQxogYRceRHHUWYiF7axGUV2d7FlxziCdG-6mpm4VL2xjvida1ZqseS1RNi0iyGFrpOgtbr-nb6uvmN2KO9-Zzcq3Bpc5/s320/April+049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378491464347214946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Maddie with friends<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0bUlegAW-Mf3chnv2yY4sbTDyxfjsgTxyirlI7efpywPglkvf_Dsj1QhV6nQjWB7DvVJeg3HXkB_B75VAP_pOIvMXk8Ol7fopSBu0ONX0qf5aDusVtibsh4AZFQg47MOjPjdkkup8lWQ/s1600-h/April+051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0bUlegAW-Mf3chnv2yY4sbTDyxfjsgTxyirlI7efpywPglkvf_Dsj1QhV6nQjWB7DvVJeg3HXkB_B75VAP_pOIvMXk8Ol7fopSBu0ONX0qf5aDusVtibsh4AZFQg47MOjPjdkkup8lWQ/s320/April+051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378491473921372882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">G-Day Game</span><br /></div>After a quick nap for Wesley, we went to the G-Day game. This is a free game to celebrate the end of spring practices and kick-off the beginning of summer practice. (At least that's what I found on a website.) ESPN was showing the game, so there were a ton of people there. We all know I really don't like football (unless it's BYU playing), but I had a fun time. The stadium wasn't too crowded, it wasn't too hot, there weren't any obnoxious fans (no alcohol was being sold) and we ran into our friends, the Flynns, who used to live in Athens.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_sBFR5WaEYYjsdRTSj7XtBcSeljyZIj-npxtcQJYJ9cEfdDsD1Vx8rPfbw2sL5MmyFSfobFqWhZg23xPXrEx19Db9778uzHZFYIyFAvOe5ZU6SfLtlKuvUnf4GR4CY0JP1teM1Fm_Vni/s1600-h/April+058.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_sBFR5WaEYYjsdRTSj7XtBcSeljyZIj-npxtcQJYJ9cEfdDsD1Vx8rPfbw2sL5MmyFSfobFqWhZg23xPXrEx19Db9778uzHZFYIyFAvOe5ZU6SfLtlKuvUnf4GR4CY0JP1teM1Fm_Vni/s320/April+058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378492891792667714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lqvjsrRgHuAX03F-5Yr-KEUVON099fSXZaQnrRfCwWxsOpH-U7unwUA23CT4Ra0UcFy5iqaIoqskKXTnBALO1_JKujBvWAR9WecNg29PZF8B1wVn2GCu7iQPRTWdFPrvT5nKrGTn25LQ/s1600-h/April+054.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lqvjsrRgHuAX03F-5Yr-KEUVON099fSXZaQnrRfCwWxsOpH-U7unwUA23CT4Ra0UcFy5iqaIoqskKXTnBALO1_JKujBvWAR9WecNg29PZF8B1wVn2GCu7iQPRTWdFPrvT5nKrGTn25LQ/s320/April+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378492880490517698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4tnL2hY4IvZCyMCk_rN4cDITrAIMza5PWU2MfnsLXuAFIEr3kHtKbT1ubKzn9xZtJ82Cw4QCUVsgb7a5p8f0fNugSb-S3fUFu8Yzr7H9f4oDsoKiUMvhZwrbZKMxp3tiqViTMXID4gET/s1600-h/April+053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4tnL2hY4IvZCyMCk_rN4cDITrAIMza5PWU2MfnsLXuAFIEr3kHtKbT1ubKzn9xZtJ82Cw4QCUVsgb7a5p8f0fNugSb-S3fUFu8Yzr7H9f4oDsoKiUMvhZwrbZKMxp3tiqViTMXID4gET/s320/April+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378492873970677986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrONlLZe518NmT5M3KxGW03_7ArnbAfWWrjOo4BJup2P2FoCeM_Ke8DuVO9SJ8uwMArXMxS_WYI_3GHqc50XYdEe2nvSvEQsOnwtcYs94Het446fkuddgZBwcpgrV1QVPHTK5dMw28diP/s1600-h/April+052.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrONlLZe518NmT5M3KxGW03_7ArnbAfWWrjOo4BJup2P2FoCeM_Ke8DuVO9SJ8uwMArXMxS_WYI_3GHqc50XYdEe2nvSvEQsOnwtcYs94Het446fkuddgZBwcpgrV1QVPHTK5dMw28diP/s320/April+052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378492863597975730" border="0" /></a>The Flynns<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Katie, I hope you don't mind that I stole these from your blog!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-ox7Sjqq6kyqvTUL2yQt0ZKpN0w3ij2Xs2V0jLdYkwcFdYtx73LKuS_cxMw6C2Hjtisp6JNPDILapcy8mGJ_b1nIU1B0heB7BHz-ZwkafPQefimConQ1stDc2gd1xyfmJMZZEVqb2tWk/s1600-h/March+%26+April,+Reagan+bday+040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-ox7Sjqq6kyqvTUL2yQt0ZKpN0w3ij2Xs2V0jLdYkwcFdYtx73LKuS_cxMw6C2Hjtisp6JNPDILapcy8mGJ_b1nIU1B0heB7BHz-ZwkafPQefimConQ1stDc2gd1xyfmJMZZEVqb2tWk/s320/March+%26+April,+Reagan+bday+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378493553505782450" border="0" /></a>Maddie and Olivia<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuFu1Ik9vy76hlLKU5s64ZSRxi05iMpNtCUKq_9_gUoEUDDhooz2HMLj-6rtNbDbNK9bdEzyu-8T9sNq_H545HaXkJCHTpNjpEn3IEaRggutSY8w0cVcNh5WvUO9fVXGSPOkvtZacZKME/s1600-h/March+%26+April,+Reagan+bday+033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuFu1Ik9vy76hlLKU5s64ZSRxi05iMpNtCUKq_9_gUoEUDDhooz2HMLj-6rtNbDbNK9bdEzyu-8T9sNq_H545HaXkJCHTpNjpEn3IEaRggutSY8w0cVcNh5WvUO9fVXGSPOkvtZacZKME/s320/March+%26+April,+Reagan+bday+033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378493543375625506" border="0" /></a>Not the best, but hey, it's a family picture! They're a rare thing!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfF-1VmGsDlFxDFRY5iNJe_nmjrC6_qsknMcN-Lt1v_TG95WMTcAa3G2Xehfje6JTYechZuP6T_ljr-G5_btATwe8UYb1K6HqUR176LQmksulqe6E22ZI83LIL6QyaTLcr4JW3TzkgXp3/s1600-h/April+061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfF-1VmGsDlFxDFRY5iNJe_nmjrC6_qsknMcN-Lt1v_TG95WMTcAa3G2Xehfje6JTYechZuP6T_ljr-G5_btATwe8UYb1K6HqUR176LQmksulqe6E22ZI83LIL6QyaTLcr4JW3TzkgXp3/s320/April+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378493703383316130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Easter Morning</span><br />The kids awoke to Easter baskets from the Easter bunny. The Easter Bunny didn't bring quite as much candy as he has in the past.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAu6mVqVg6PGVD83rftLyGhsOgys3fa7w37l09AIQrA5MQrta3BCIWdDFaszznvrLYFOzekYCbk1tHo4ay5TguFGFtCPLM34Oet7JAfcKhfImjt1WLH2ouwN2-BFVfEtgtqwDyYZPNU_B8/s1600-h/April+064.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAu6mVqVg6PGVD83rftLyGhsOgys3fa7w37l09AIQrA5MQrta3BCIWdDFaszznvrLYFOzekYCbk1tHo4ay5TguFGFtCPLM34Oet7JAfcKhfImjt1WLH2ouwN2-BFVfEtgtqwDyYZPNU_B8/s320/April+064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378494547695068146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTo6UdaBSiYslH9n3npsSqOtvMID_k-D4_iyM2tZKcof-G1JaT8X_7kvJxmM_980ECb1F4oL7MWlZ3jmVk7g5KzTgMzVrti3lrYYkCjFnEIJtJeIhV-d2Z7GQozEGEbKxZEcitrYlnmIl/s1600-h/April+065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTo6UdaBSiYslH9n3npsSqOtvMID_k-D4_iyM2tZKcof-G1JaT8X_7kvJxmM_980ECb1F4oL7MWlZ3jmVk7g5KzTgMzVrti3lrYYkCjFnEIJtJeIhV-d2Z7GQozEGEbKxZEcitrYlnmIl/s320/April+065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378494553438639058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T20N_vm8ufrPQy3EQCSqtV6mMd_6d0ezF0z8fwYKD4iKyqwb3ghaw-yHhvsxhdCFFUioaD8mBSk-JcLPXrA41EfZXbCteqX0F0WYFLUR6QH3foJUa6RRmBkc9AmWbAwsNk0QYVslRZDT/s1600-h/April+073.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T20N_vm8ufrPQy3EQCSqtV6mMd_6d0ezF0z8fwYKD4iKyqwb3ghaw-yHhvsxhdCFFUioaD8mBSk-JcLPXrA41EfZXbCteqX0F0WYFLUR6QH3foJUa6RRmBkc9AmWbAwsNk0QYVslRZDT/s320/April+073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378495614089019986" border="0" /></a><br />Wesley and Maddie in their matching Easter outfits. I figure there aren't be too many years left that I'll be allowed to dress them alike. I'm going to take advantage of it while I can!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirO8wCeVSEvCWQl19kQL02QQKQAkSE4RywkLkals_sE0Im43dmogm7RcibgIpgP0FebQ9gnyFj3ov9ITEsggw8Io1UTjkPSGDwDYeRJ49Ek-PsMndtp3m6LnULWBHCG8_PoK1Of8f1_0rV/s1600-h/April+076.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirO8wCeVSEvCWQl19kQL02QQKQAkSE4RywkLkals_sE0Im43dmogm7RcibgIpgP0FebQ9gnyFj3ov9ITEsggw8Io1UTjkPSGDwDYeRJ49Ek-PsMndtp3m6LnULWBHCG8_PoK1Of8f1_0rV/s320/April+076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378495621881387346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuy1BoCEGCMSg5dHqjEhz_-L9FDNREg-70HfaWDMuD7FYupVH2NZl9xP9L6AMhLAo8C8z52c_FH5fjCbQUqC_DKjgphi_w3hI5hg8xgm7Ii67GIapMBgcX-SLBPtRF_UXwqMZ3Ji71TNUg/s1600-h/April+080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuy1BoCEGCMSg5dHqjEhz_-L9FDNREg-70HfaWDMuD7FYupVH2NZl9xP9L6AMhLAo8C8z52c_FH5fjCbQUqC_DKjgphi_w3hI5hg8xgm7Ii67GIapMBgcX-SLBPtRF_UXwqMZ3Ji71TNUg/s320/April+080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378495639865132178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N8E5LitVDrBZ5toHEG_D9182gCkWadf8ip8mqtHZvKNbYqSlvIhR4cyNRUOqBowTpR1WYBb8dvdbPj25G3cg2nFg7mbxiBPm6AewUY7OU_Kz1S4IGqkJuDd8ioTY3sm79PWfwO9MSIjN/s1600-h/April+079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N8E5LitVDrBZ5toHEG_D9182gCkWadf8ip8mqtHZvKNbYqSlvIhR4cyNRUOqBowTpR1WYBb8dvdbPj25G3cg2nFg7mbxiBPm6AewUY7OU_Kz1S4IGqkJuDd8ioTY3sm79PWfwO9MSIjN/s320/April+079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378495628205820626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Easter Afternoon</span><br />After a great morning at church (and listening to great talks about the Savior and the Atonement), we had our friends the Hancocks and the Stuckeys over for Easter dinner. The food was yummy and the frienship was great! Wesley slept through dinner AND the Easter Egg Hunt, but all of the other kids had a great time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoaN18v9QkujdnLTw7XeesZLS2eoaEzVbAsUDC2qFcNiTCHgE3GEKxoRbvLqujVofTuf0q4YvuH6WeUa30uPANx2FNUt_zyi-QkGhMk40zenCt5r6_sukjVmFaKKA_pnc9vvikbh3a9q-/s1600-h/April+088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoaN18v9QkujdnLTw7XeesZLS2eoaEzVbAsUDC2qFcNiTCHgE3GEKxoRbvLqujVofTuf0q4YvuH6WeUa30uPANx2FNUt_zyi-QkGhMk40zenCt5r6_sukjVmFaKKA_pnc9vvikbh3a9q-/s320/April+088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378496799645131266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQvGUSjhbZbmvOZ2btc8NCnWJYWvEX56wxHxgwGqD86oYlctgA0p88BK6e92VcRrK4KF4YNrBbjvowv9AwIwk6e9g9M9oKXvOh86OZq1Rx_rENPfJYBWcOuAoUu0DauzB0nNEfCe6Vnh0/s1600-h/April+081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQvGUSjhbZbmvOZ2btc8NCnWJYWvEX56wxHxgwGqD86oYlctgA0p88BK6e92VcRrK4KF4YNrBbjvowv9AwIwk6e9g9M9oKXvOh86OZq1Rx_rENPfJYBWcOuAoUu0DauzB0nNEfCe6Vnh0/s320/April+081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378496792463280482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBbPGlYPQCqr1d7srKY70fnN_F8CBlDz6O-B8uwItU_l3WxXVSUnTS5LbWeRXHHUb36xHhYPNUJiKiFyx-fPBfOYdyv9uwPkSWKuU1IGSIEJulae_UanwcEMS1Aq3VAHfT7FyYnkZBd-7/s1600-h/April+091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBbPGlYPQCqr1d7srKY70fnN_F8CBlDz6O-B8uwItU_l3WxXVSUnTS5LbWeRXHHUb36xHhYPNUJiKiFyx-fPBfOYdyv9uwPkSWKuU1IGSIEJulae_UanwcEMS1Aq3VAHfT7FyYnkZBd-7/s320/April+091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378496807386490018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JfAFAePq1lcRWylwhzZRkG3zRs78XtNWvQnGb6RigK6jcbSFpZBiR9SWBaXXuJrWaQQiAWkmVxUHIyqOS1WF0P38wbHnnpD9syagYAkwuwUHJ0ND2ppxjnS7L7U4-y93Gzoe5k50wK3g/s1600-h/April+094.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JfAFAePq1lcRWylwhzZRkG3zRs78XtNWvQnGb6RigK6jcbSFpZBiR9SWBaXXuJrWaQQiAWkmVxUHIyqOS1WF0P38wbHnnpD9syagYAkwuwUHJ0ND2ppxjnS7L7U4-y93Gzoe5k50wK3g/s320/April+094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378496816827958610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoaN18v9QkujdnLTw7XeesZLS2eoaEzVbAsUDC2qFcNiTCHgE3GEKxoRbvLqujVofTuf0q4YvuH6WeUa30uPANx2FNUt_zyi-QkGhMk40zenCt5r6_sukjVmFaKKA_pnc9vvikbh3a9q-/s1600-h/April+088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoaN18v9QkujdnLTw7XeesZLS2eoaEzVbAsUDC2qFcNiTCHgE3GEKxoRbvLqujVofTuf0q4YvuH6WeUa30uPANx2FNUt_zyi-QkGhMk40zenCt5r6_sukjVmFaKKA_pnc9vvikbh3a9q-/s320/April+088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378496799645131266" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-60224558024790432182009-09-06T18:14:00.009-04:002009-09-06T18:49:08.750-04:00April, continuedAs always, better late than never, right?<br /><br />In early April, Nonna & Poppa drove over the spend a little time with us for Nonna's Spring Break. One day we went to Ink, a children's museum in Gainesville, GA. We had a ton of fun, even though Maddie and Dad had to go to school/work. The museum is like a little community, complete with a bank, restaurant, grocery store, hair salon, vet's office, pediatrician, and MANY more fun things. The kids (Wesley and his cousins, Carissa, Carsten & Caitlin) had a blast!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Playing Grocery-Cart-Bumper-Car<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjPaiHOcmmfEEYjAnGcoax3uhGghdVvw62fF8ydwkXPB2VqOlXBqBqeyjWH6MectHlimg2rEQc8M8tnPl1sa6ZXEjPraJnu63Mr8Oap6ttHk3agaB03ah8CV6ggotAWGehil-Mh5RczSk/s1600-h/April+040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjPaiHOcmmfEEYjAnGcoax3uhGghdVvw62fF8ydwkXPB2VqOlXBqBqeyjWH6MectHlimg2rEQc8M8tnPl1sa6ZXEjPraJnu63Mr8Oap6ttHk3agaB03ah8CV6ggotAWGehil-Mh5RczSk/s320/April+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378483768845000002" border="0" /></a><br />Poppa on the Fire Truck<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7a2UfU1s8X65F94slGsXudt7AS6GKCyeRXDPLce_8mnr_MY5I7ahyWLrgeMxvB8m78Pi2u40RkMeeaXDShRSIdRb7I7ttQh_3Dx_bAd8GaGx-_1tVapcnT5srD57TfYoUrgHKRP4KUHu/s1600-h/April+042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7a2UfU1s8X65F94slGsXudt7AS6GKCyeRXDPLce_8mnr_MY5I7ahyWLrgeMxvB8m78Pi2u40RkMeeaXDShRSIdRb7I7ttQh_3Dx_bAd8GaGx-_1tVapcnT5srD57TfYoUrgHKRP4KUHu/s320/April+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378484417672796866" border="0" /></a><br />Sliding, on the LITTLE kid slide<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgt3Sdpd-GkO7-7FvGqjekfHTbaN5UqNTsfqHq_usovKdyzZJ1NbQ5P3Tvw7IS_buh5dGSc9LmykMyrtRFYX0youYOvh6U4fDhN-WzMQujKoh3rKWMVqPlL8T4urqjGdcJc-pDsyVjz_sm/s1600-h/DSC00426.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgt3Sdpd-GkO7-7FvGqjekfHTbaN5UqNTsfqHq_usovKdyzZJ1NbQ5P3Tvw7IS_buh5dGSc9LmykMyrtRFYX0youYOvh6U4fDhN-WzMQujKoh3rKWMVqPlL8T4urqjGdcJc-pDsyVjz_sm/s320/DSC00426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378486320691500210" border="0" /></a><br />Poppa, trying to get us removed from the premises<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcR1FOohSl9wkuHBaHQgtaOzSvN4UEj46mpREj8bNfR6ldNwoHgTEMxOl_ALhqg0NG8Q4cQwK8B4CCxkfIM3LxwOVANANxeS5Y-2lVC3-TdEjv39dAq7E0Q9LoeiFu8XUHsgEGBXHOZuu/s1600-h/DSC00431.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcR1FOohSl9wkuHBaHQgtaOzSvN4UEj46mpREj8bNfR6ldNwoHgTEMxOl_ALhqg0NG8Q4cQwK8B4CCxkfIM3LxwOVANANxeS5Y-2lVC3-TdEjv39dAq7E0Q9LoeiFu8XUHsgEGBXHOZuu/s320/DSC00431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378486321574387906" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Pretending to be an army man<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFppCSujcHHBBhmgBP2MEsopJFnLfE-x78FuZEPyMTbm8EAZkWbtUc5lKg6z7LFJ2eddw3h2YxVmHne4OVLkBVDRHC4_O7aIL5h9PAqUNS1_ue3WYwNVxU6_hrq871IjcALNqr3jrzF8_/s1600-h/DSC00425.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFppCSujcHHBBhmgBP2MEsopJFnLfE-x78FuZEPyMTbm8EAZkWbtUc5lKg6z7LFJ2eddw3h2YxVmHne4OVLkBVDRHC4_O7aIL5h9PAqUNS1_ue3WYwNVxU6_hrq871IjcALNqr3jrzF8_/s320/DSC00425.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378486311124858722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wesley, the waiter<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOgwxYeHZV75h7G1Y03iqEdPv_RFc7buCfqf9xNN7ydcjqPOv-BZoR1FbOzxWKiNaPWSSFotVmKRQp7nSL72huMpCNwxQKMcq9WZkIV_Pmb2NB9AILAVOSz93o-a-yCBk0I_u7aK1g1H8/s1600-h/DSC00418.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOgwxYeHZV75h7G1Y03iqEdPv_RFc7buCfqf9xNN7ydcjqPOv-BZoR1FbOzxWKiNaPWSSFotVmKRQp7nSL72huMpCNwxQKMcq9WZkIV_Pmb2NB9AILAVOSz93o-a-yCBk0I_u7aK1g1H8/s320/DSC00418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378486301090837890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Officer Wesley<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EE_lzlDXCb3_aQAjQrZcMdGQ3_WytgQ9SWZfCuQBABEkN-pzjZj6w3vmoLi4IQjSDoVlfetE2VRXa1gi_yzZ_JkHhrLb-Y4MSqInSpJvNHfKlloAc4kVADfB4Hw8SWca9nIX1U5xirsv/s1600-h/DSC00407.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EE_lzlDXCb3_aQAjQrZcMdGQ3_WytgQ9SWZfCuQBABEkN-pzjZj6w3vmoLi4IQjSDoVlfetE2VRXa1gi_yzZ_JkHhrLb-Y4MSqInSpJvNHfKlloAc4kVADfB4Hw8SWca9nIX1U5xirsv/s320/DSC00407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378486298949212690" border="0" /></a><br />CUTE picture! (Wesley loves Caitlin!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwjGRzX-zsU6PJ1qkllCiorb1aLzHBzJN3deuIfzQ3Z-aNHnivJewaWkuMrn3uyBJWdeEhQauc1hMcjgEWUjN4Gu_pdUk7iaqktIP8LUs91DD3GWvBObSLgUzygSnwo2UYxbStjW8tvu4/s1600-h/DSC00448.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwjGRzX-zsU6PJ1qkllCiorb1aLzHBzJN3deuIfzQ3Z-aNHnivJewaWkuMrn3uyBJWdeEhQauc1hMcjgEWUjN4Gu_pdUk7iaqktIP8LUs91DD3GWvBObSLgUzygSnwo2UYxbStjW8tvu4/s320/DSC00448.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378488132781994658" border="0" /></a><br />Princess Caitlin<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMkszmgAY_il0AmFwKWt73HBhnNZzW6IBpLL5gwP93lCPFkOqnQMkNSeerc2to9VB7fdeCGGYoMB5-ZyiPOBiHEpO0EpRTwXsLgH_fptrcEDuCdp64xUf1x-NOU5S5n-ad_9BGj5iNcbl/s1600-h/DSC00445.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMkszmgAY_il0AmFwKWt73HBhnNZzW6IBpLL5gwP93lCPFkOqnQMkNSeerc2to9VB7fdeCGGYoMB5-ZyiPOBiHEpO0EpRTwXsLgH_fptrcEDuCdp64xUf1x-NOU5S5n-ad_9BGj5iNcbl/s320/DSC00445.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378488121042150562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Carsten, the ferocious mutt<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshHzMqV2xnqvLw390yHFSx2n_QngIThosnPWtc6Rwr49NufqHATMbun_gVrInS5KMP_wcGa8XOWoC0eY3vugmt_sFlMbET7ApvTmo162bxaJZ_y2vSmmFs1vhyphenhyphenasi_fGNE8aHHE_7LHpd/s1600-h/DSC00464.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshHzMqV2xnqvLw390yHFSx2n_QngIThosnPWtc6Rwr49NufqHATMbun_gVrInS5KMP_wcGa8XOWoC0eY3vugmt_sFlMbET7ApvTmo162bxaJZ_y2vSmmFs1vhyphenhyphenasi_fGNE8aHHE_7LHpd/s320/DSC00464.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378488773503445506" border="0" /></a><br />Of course, Poppa brought his motorcycle. Wesley can't wait until he's old enough to <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span> ride!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoKKpbd7RZuXy58IFiWrnfTYtv4lintac7SCLHUX72h8t8BYp6qq2crPXxz8HfzuwAh6skG1X1I1tql7nQl4gVozNGSJY4GebxJkPA9YN6j4xgYb-Ug1uFAemZeW_tc5f4iPe6jPwUU_O/s1600-h/DSC01590.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoKKpbd7RZuXy58IFiWrnfTYtv4lintac7SCLHUX72h8t8BYp6qq2crPXxz8HfzuwAh6skG1X1I1tql7nQl4gVozNGSJY4GebxJkPA9YN6j4xgYb-Ug1uFAemZeW_tc5f4iPe6jPwUU_O/s320/DSC01590.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378489129601747970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Crying (who knows why!) and rocking the 80s look!<br />(Wesley had to wear his Cars shirt every day for a while. Thank goodness that's over!)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXskzKlh3OJOHyEG3eqZy5nAvzvSc6nXvszt2VIYIxZPJ3Nn3tnkDlvL3RN4YTqU1nBw-CEa0GBfKWtcSti0WeRkJDBOahOVHMU8g-PlYi6zS5xtND_F3C6IlykxDkefljUHfQkGqf_viF/s1600-h/crybaby.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXskzKlh3OJOHyEG3eqZy5nAvzvSc6nXvszt2VIYIxZPJ3Nn3tnkDlvL3RN4YTqU1nBw-CEa0GBfKWtcSti0WeRkJDBOahOVHMU8g-PlYi6zS5xtND_F3C6IlykxDkefljUHfQkGqf_viF/s320/crybaby.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378488108827368946" border="0" /></a><br />And Nonna and Wesley went to eat lunch with Maddie.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maddie, pretending to love to read. LOL<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j1uSG0A-KzFKLtVjVLu-dsC4BTkM2dxuUv_ENy0a_fPxCAWSMms-NUbgvFyGemimgVBcr2Fy4LQg076HH3O4yvuxF69qkv0iM-FptsjFvIerBCfXQIBcYBJyHzXFojIuxgLDA5MtIcA0/s1600-h/DSC01582.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j1uSG0A-KzFKLtVjVLu-dsC4BTkM2dxuUv_ENy0a_fPxCAWSMms-NUbgvFyGemimgVBcr2Fy4LQg076HH3O4yvuxF69qkv0iM-FptsjFvIerBCfXQIBcYBJyHzXFojIuxgLDA5MtIcA0/s320/DSC01582.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378489808153729666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wesley, with Maddie's first grade teacher, Ms. Harper.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We LOVE Ms. Harper!!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyP-gka76VpTBD3uaMAwZunTOiBY-T4Ov7_hgMu2BnwkI386OKYDvrwt_RIphWsQ0UtBAUaDQO31IUgvoJZqN8QUm_Vha9v7TbQSDFLvyoDwSpbCh2WiUstjofHnJaWnouGQH6T0siYZH/s1600-h/DSC01580.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyP-gka76VpTBD3uaMAwZunTOiBY-T4Ov7_hgMu2BnwkI386OKYDvrwt_RIphWsQ0UtBAUaDQO31IUgvoJZqN8QUm_Vha9v7TbQSDFLvyoDwSpbCh2WiUstjofHnJaWnouGQH6T0siYZH/s320/DSC01580.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378489793477429794" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-43796821263741052382009-07-12T20:51:00.007-04:002009-07-12T21:11:34.511-04:00Mother Goose<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1ZYjSFVzAKwJJr9s0FP-nrqQrmhf2bjSWzp8_XlSfI4RE73kywOaQ0JqIMoVwXXLnyKqNMdMGuAmc90W5HN1rI3BdysXU1r_dte4hX5Gyu7QmbjUC12POCf-C0Xj8wawjJtpPVISp-wG/s1600-h/March+304.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1ZYjSFVzAKwJJr9s0FP-nrqQrmhf2bjSWzp8_XlSfI4RE73kywOaQ0JqIMoVwXXLnyKqNMdMGuAmc90W5HN1rI3BdysXU1r_dte4hX5Gyu7QmbjUC12POCf-C0Xj8wawjJtpPVISp-wG/s320/March+304.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357743959885180226" border="0" /></a><br />In April, Maddie played Mother Goose in the first grade play, which meant she had the lead role. I was a little nervous because she had a lot of lines and a solo. But I should've known Maddie would have no problem with that! (We are certainly NOT alike in that aspect!) She did an amazing job!! We were so proud of her! 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiELCe7iR-I9CYjHu3rn7bevDgP9iq0bTw_hdVHOQwrYohqketG7Ubz4YxICy4puMuQiDJu3A0l3D03IWRg0j-BqlVlCv7InmuiV2upM7Uhbdzx7az3J9ZWJLDWH4XCwb3Ti-v-uSWtD0/s320/DSC00365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357738342299960706" border="0" /></a>Caitlin was DONE<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64rk9ht2jNbYH5obPUv5GbRSRsdyZZZwGuGi9sLaNW1G0bBF3NGDAkN0gPNO1x0IHrIO8o2i4fXivp1SOfcvV74uHjHXXk-IzhGxxZBBdRD2kdbGMtC4JXsFK5rbIW52jXBwTN7qfZ2Pa/s1600-h/DSC00373.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64rk9ht2jNbYH5obPUv5GbRSRsdyZZZwGuGi9sLaNW1G0bBF3NGDAkN0gPNO1x0IHrIO8o2i4fXivp1SOfcvV74uHjHXXk-IzhGxxZBBdRD2kdbGMtC4JXsFK5rbIW52jXBwTN7qfZ2Pa/s320/DSC00373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357723158489084162" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-91086956695950706602009-07-12T17:17:00.010-04:002009-07-12T20:50:33.004-04:00Trip to Charlotte's 50th Birthday Party (March 20-23, 2009)My Aunt Charlotte turned 50 this year, so we drove down to Florida for the party my Uncle Jamie threw her. Maddie, Wesley and I took Thursday off (well, okay, Maddie did) and drove over to my parents' house in Florence, SC so I wouldn't have to make the 8 hour drive by myself.<br /><br />We went down on a Thursday night and spent Friday hanging out at a little carnival/festival that the local Toyota dealership was sponsoring. They had the big pump-up slides, free pizza and an amazing petting zoo that had more animals than most small zoos. We had a ton of fun--and we hadn't even left for Florida yet!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maddie with Poppa on his motorcycle.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_LTfRPLP5pOuC1vX2dOIxtpK_3hE3HojdU5nvo6VITV_-QlHBj5Vaiy7xx3rWWSuTEvuCx04YkNJqgHVqKLceAwNBAGQEZUMeQsFBW0eRbCaFXh1U0OsR9ifFBFnAF6GGE8ZB4iOghry/s1600-h/March+152.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_LTfRPLP5pOuC1vX2dOIxtpK_3hE3HojdU5nvo6VITV_-QlHBj5Vaiy7xx3rWWSuTEvuCx04YkNJqgHVqKLceAwNBAGQEZUMeQsFBW0eRbCaFXh1U0OsR9ifFBFnAF6GGE8ZB4iOghry/s320/March+152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357703132047454130" border="0" /></a><br />This is probably one of my favorite pictures ever!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zxB3qOQKGWVRLIdyHxlto_oPmLFQZ9Oypm1p20dJdjFRv64wclwKB5v6Yd_4lauhPego-kj35Nj8kiV0O0T-0VfWZf9WDwQj_VHBL8JmHcxe6MY8PUIRz6BkT7BhmLXPV9SJgoZ1xC9l/s1600-h/March+149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zxB3qOQKGWVRLIdyHxlto_oPmLFQZ9Oypm1p20dJdjFRv64wclwKB5v6Yd_4lauhPego-kj35Nj8kiV0O0T-0VfWZf9WDwQj_VHBL8JmHcxe6MY8PUIRz6BkT7BhmLXPV9SJgoZ1xC9l/s320/March+149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357703118796679682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dancing at Nonna & Poppa's (Their favorite thing to do!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUNQOKIobsD8olFos-_fgW49g7L7Yc_gAdaIOV5Yk_ULWyz3oRmiWKE2w0bZDkm5zDmM8qX5ER03QC1f8vNvesSc-qv1X1hA-HMwEecmF2_HtfOLisSDh5xZrIBHI0SuFioRGrgHUMlQz/s1600-h/DSC00227.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUNQOKIobsD8olFos-_fgW49g7L7Yc_gAdaIOV5Yk_ULWyz3oRmiWKE2w0bZDkm5zDmM8qX5ER03QC1f8vNvesSc-qv1X1hA-HMwEecmF2_HtfOLisSDh5xZrIBHI0SuFioRGrgHUMlQz/s320/DSC00227.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357713146406130802" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Everyone loved the big jumpy slide! (Including the poor guys that Nonna ran over when she fell down the steps--backwards!! I've never laughed so hard!)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaztlLHSYY7YFKh6pRcAnlCYwBhAKVsEAI2L8rmAdn2pBolWJv65K5_RXHDskQWg__6mUUT4ABdbmTuH4CzvJsubzSnu52tzHC0_xFpihGbOfjs6rGW8SDSW23Q9VuKzIXws0Kych56Met/s1600-h/March+243.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaztlLHSYY7YFKh6pRcAnlCYwBhAKVsEAI2L8rmAdn2pBolWJv65K5_RXHDskQWg__6mUUT4ABdbmTuH4CzvJsubzSnu52tzHC0_xFpihGbOfjs6rGW8SDSW23Q9VuKzIXws0Kych56Met/s320/March+243.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357704047354984178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Cookie the Camel<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfKSf0bMT5ZuETdODAzhzfdJpcgyq66NUvgNuBCH0LQynpmZ5p5cuGqE6c4STE9LZRJl67kOLelIueRHxJG32VxqHBfd2J9lLL7KMm0eGrc1EcKEeJh8HBFCGLdwvkuuchGxA4aKDyUy0/s1600-h/March+223.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfKSf0bMT5ZuETdODAzhzfdJpcgyq66NUvgNuBCH0LQynpmZ5p5cuGqE6c4STE9LZRJl67kOLelIueRHxJG32VxqHBfd2J9lLL7KMm0eGrc1EcKEeJh8HBFCGLdwvkuuchGxA4aKDyUy0/s320/March+223.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357704043529023650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maddie with the cute kangaroo before it fell asleep for the rest of the day. (Did you know that kangaroos are nocturnal?)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlFF0KR3oh26HPXcSCNkxDsykuR2WKsAgHpCgx9mKTHvACHj0_5GkHQJwFF7-WafylwHMggByjBp-55gEptc3NezU87kqiPb5aQyLNq_yPEZwsSU5vVuVn8muNZkffWfoWqV35YYtJod8/s1600-h/March+214.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlFF0KR3oh26HPXcSCNkxDsykuR2WKsAgHpCgx9mKTHvACHj0_5GkHQJwFF7-WafylwHMggByjBp-55gEptc3NezU87kqiPb5aQyLNq_yPEZwsSU5vVuVn8muNZkffWfoWqV35YYtJod8/s320/March+214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357704032477349746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wesley was scared to death of the goats. (They were pretty aggressive.) It took hours--literally--for him to work up the nerve to feed them.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59VNVQ7DT-LcmvvY3VTdexLw5QZy-mUbPO_bPMSIIiPa0sZSTQFY2PviFTlnpy3Uie-KidG2iTNBHo4vSbpBW5Uhwx-aLmas-mnCp9ubiNMcq1e7gdwoXzrIbk0pfNvwpozsViaunSzI-/s1600-h/March+200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59VNVQ7DT-LcmvvY3VTdexLw5QZy-mUbPO_bPMSIIiPa0sZSTQFY2PviFTlnpy3Uie-KidG2iTNBHo4vSbpBW5Uhwx-aLmas-mnCp9ubiNMcq1e7gdwoXzrIbk0pfNvwpozsViaunSzI-/s320/March+200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357704025845903762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He never did warm up to Cookie.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5DFnj9A0lJl-4TNMgmMivISttypq327utqd_gZdKTi_Z6QA9Rp-lPcSi4mSlGiFoUMxGdxNdhAWuzyReTUMnPv4e84ZLVMLZwvr9SV_Ib8oXkFbU7qkxo5UI6G6mdFWnVQKL3U4ttG7e/s1600-h/March+166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5DFnj9A0lJl-4TNMgmMivISttypq327utqd_gZdKTi_Z6QA9Rp-lPcSi4mSlGiFoUMxGdxNdhAWuzyReTUMnPv4e84ZLVMLZwvr9SV_Ib8oXkFbU7qkxo5UI6G6mdFWnVQKL3U4ttG7e/s320/March+166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357703145245615986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maddie, the Goat Girl<br />(After we left, that's what she told us she wanted to be when she grew up.)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqQ9BTNmCWJ2NFx4BH08pYo0_4qAai9ZHH4BtxL6kptUyNj4TYFKN6Ch2xWEgSfSoM_9_XEEoXbJ4kMXl4p3WRk0LEXMiTP_osOko3b7TDGD-G6RLThWBDiRRshvOt-atp5mByhDN7A53/s1600-h/March+244.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqQ9BTNmCWJ2NFx4BH08pYo0_4qAai9ZHH4BtxL6kptUyNj4TYFKN6Ch2xWEgSfSoM_9_XEEoXbJ4kMXl4p3WRk0LEXMiTP_osOko3b7TDGD-G6RLThWBDiRRshvOt-atp5mByhDN7A53/s320/March+244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357706065180230226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maddie, loving the pony ride.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRBHfrz0LtQ6Q5rtCj3Hw3XUbbbMJL149VuhNc0HHlqqFfN_cUawgCUYfQifghIpIU68HrxoqBvCsL6Mc5FEPsR_UgMBl5w7xB7-FIhQkI20N6OJNJMzDe7NVszBpD14YQ_rcuM1mKUut/s1600-h/March+263.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRBHfrz0LtQ6Q5rtCj3Hw3XUbbbMJL149VuhNc0HHlqqFfN_cUawgCUYfQifghIpIU68HrxoqBvCsL6Mc5FEPsR_UgMBl5w7xB7-FIhQkI20N6OJNJMzDe7NVszBpD14YQ_rcuM1mKUut/s320/March+263.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357706119486177954" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wesley, not loving the pony ride.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He lasted about 30 seconds. He would've jumped off had I not been there to grab him.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zhyphenhyphen3dZ4H5odFUfcZ-EK9y0ealJ7pDKLQzwFu8clmRpRVO4vP44uydm1dg-reScti6YldqPQnzdCvhjR7YL9AhIvRYxFspOO9Xg75Cfag0FsR5SyPRrlZGNOQit4vPygkYJF6ens_5OhY/s1600-h/March+261.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zhyphenhyphen3dZ4H5odFUfcZ-EK9y0ealJ7pDKLQzwFu8clmRpRVO4vP44uydm1dg-reScti6YldqPQnzdCvhjR7YL9AhIvRYxFspOO9Xg75Cfag0FsR5SyPRrlZGNOQit4vPygkYJF6ens_5OhY/s320/March+261.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357706112587534146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wesley, on one of the animal handlers seats. When the man asked for it back, Wesley told him that it was his (Wesley's) seat.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWgdSqYvA9weZOBoYixFHmO4iHOUiaOabGYdaNwVIQMlSmUdd8vRysGe3oM4NL5VrSgpS4e0udTMhb3xQDfCepwKTMqvKeM998XRhTA-mvUTJcDgV84GUF_ES33u0ej91-5DHJRIMLjFQ/s1600-h/March+248.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWgdSqYvA9weZOBoYixFHmO4iHOUiaOabGYdaNwVIQMlSmUdd8vRysGe3oM4NL5VrSgpS4e0udTMhb3xQDfCepwKTMqvKeM998XRhTA-mvUTJcDgV84GUF_ES33u0ej91-5DHJRIMLjFQ/s320/March+248.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357706080574391858" border="0" /></a>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505305154599481390.post-58411017598575696752009-05-07T14:42:00.014-04:002009-05-07T15:38:09.621-04:00Wesley WooI love both of my children equally--differently, but equally. However, when I take the time to think about how blessed I am to have them, I tend to get more emotional when I think about Wesley. Maddie's journey to us was easy--I got pregnant and that was that. But adding another child to our family was a long, painful four-year trip that makes having Wesley in our family that much sweeter.<br /><br />I can't believe that he is two today!! I look back at pictures and he has changed so much! He started out as a little peanut and by no time, he was a chunky monkey with a 'fro. And now, he's a skinny little stinker who talks in complete sentences and uses words like <span style="font-style: italic;">actually</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">completely</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">how 'bout </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">comfortable</span>. He is also the most polite kid you've ever met. He always asks before he does something and it usually ends with "please." He has a great sense of humor and laughs easily. And his smile completely melts our hearts.<br /><br />How did we get SO lucky to have such an amazing, sweet, smart child?? As always, I can't help but thank the Lord and LiTrease for the blessing that he is in our lives. He wouldn't be in our family if it weren't for them.<br /><br />(To read our adoption story click<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;"> </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://theclantongang.blogspot.com/2008/05/our-little-man.html">here</a>.)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">September 2008<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8RV-sYbeVvCGB066A_twKmHnF1FzECtlh4g0kFhSQR3tfUAA2AT_z2g4Teig9uihZM8UuMaJIb1PspJeAWTA62R7gWm74Hypy5N8RtuxatGNTwQynnbnBWLq5ICSkyxgXLH8LnhHqXSY/s1600-h/October+051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8RV-sYbeVvCGB066A_twKmHnF1FzECtlh4g0kFhSQR3tfUAA2AT_z2g4Teig9uihZM8UuMaJIb1PspJeAWTA62R7gWm74Hypy5N8RtuxatGNTwQynnbnBWLq5ICSkyxgXLH8LnhHqXSY/s320/October+051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333166880640941394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">October 2008<br />Trying on Dad's new glasses<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFxgkcz7keCfVfeiJAQJoZvhD3SNX5uohbPRWUFAuiEm1ahEU_ruBVk5h3aX-Lubiwk6qPoL82rQd3l1o_ce3WAt6_XJLkqs-JAmDDF6g359Zl7pDGvU_cV81tX2tygWzNl5-HAE__bAF/s1600-h/September+072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFxgkcz7keCfVfeiJAQJoZvhD3SNX5uohbPRWUFAuiEm1ahEU_ruBVk5h3aX-Lubiwk6qPoL82rQd3l1o_ce3WAt6_XJLkqs-JAmDDF6g359Zl7pDGvU_cV81tX2tygWzNl5-HAE__bAF/s320/September+072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333166872120001906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">December 2008<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCXsbyOb8rpmnlWsx1o-Yg37mRjNbxqpOSXRU2THzNfCdIHKO823YOfECOLxTzY9eqaeUknc-yRxHT0Jl3TIeKa_-NC9cIowO4qwp9MIpHm9RG5R1tSBze2TYJusomKaR_QBfJBhC8l-l/s1600-h/january+014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCXsbyOb8rpmnlWsx1o-Yg37mRjNbxqpOSXRU2THzNfCdIHKO823YOfECOLxTzY9eqaeUknc-yRxHT0Jl3TIeKa_-NC9cIowO4qwp9MIpHm9RG5R1tSBze2TYJusomKaR_QBfJBhC8l-l/s320/january+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333157482392533474" border="0" /></a><br />February 2009<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8wYKfvnc1n9tiwZeZFjDbzq3SbcvP7pqY8v6j1IweEZ9Xmoz9CKUJjD1EIFWAUUH62BvVzec_cChQxaXGQXkeer8_M-cwVU0LOKaDqL0iS58z0oUDwFLzxfhiQN0yP2GOocv_J65qFhE/s1600-h/February+024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8wYKfvnc1n9tiwZeZFjDbzq3SbcvP7pqY8v6j1IweEZ9Xmoz9CKUJjD1EIFWAUUH62BvVzec_cChQxaXGQXkeer8_M-cwVU0LOKaDqL0iS58z0oUDwFLzxfhiQN0yP2GOocv_J65qFhE/s320/February+024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333159931762873762" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">March 2009<br />(Maximize the photo to see that faceless--priceless!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfoa6BioNQ69OQGcaqOtcy9Mhyphenhyphenn5JjBK7-N8QMxmIY6ru275lXGH1H3iJQvnLBkwT06fosGuxn89Yy8AZytjhFtwigscy02fAoZjXo92-1T89GLu-IPoU6FZFzIv_V1Ji_bigTlooV2ad/s1600-h/March+149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfoa6BioNQ69OQGcaqOtcy9Mhyphenhyphenn5JjBK7-N8QMxmIY6ru275lXGH1H3iJQvnLBkwT06fosGuxn89Yy8AZytjhFtwigscy02fAoZjXo92-1T89GLu-IPoU6FZFzIv_V1Ji_bigTlooV2ad/s320/March+149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333160762521134786" border="0" /></a><br />(It took Wesley hours to work up the nerve to feed the goats. He is the biggest scaredy-cat we've ever known! He says all the time, "Mom, I skeered.")<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28VcSXM4A5dzwX9Fer-eD9Ye21Zf85ujG4v0vs2rE48foZuvkAZd_9_7gF7JiSsjffB8iCA4tq_UWd9HrlIvl4T4OKk4cIZT9po_zSGEN6YLeW3fYUQ7hg0WSFW_gXDsGP2E4Stflbd8E/s1600-h/March+201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28VcSXM4A5dzwX9Fer-eD9Ye21Zf85ujG4v0vs2rE48foZuvkAZd_9_7gF7JiSsjffB8iCA4tq_UWd9HrlIvl4T4OKk4cIZT9po_zSGEN6YLeW3fYUQ7hg0WSFW_gXDsGP2E4Stflbd8E/s320/March+201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333161436386184882" border="0" /></a><br />(Loving the bouncy slide, which he was surprisingly not afraid of.)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyFNQqoToQx__rRT7KsKJQR5Bfql9lzQC6cTJyZGCEbGE96VIt0UfqVClI6lHZxNAhUwknyVaUgmywLAjtfUANLISAMZawnJtrjTQRdkslHnIr8ffsJixMcDnWByiB7v_OTn3mwmpUSDV/s1600-h/March+238.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyFNQqoToQx__rRT7KsKJQR5Bfql9lzQC6cTJyZGCEbGE96VIt0UfqVClI6lHZxNAhUwknyVaUgmywLAjtfUANLISAMZawnJtrjTQRdkslHnIr8ffsJixMcDnWByiB7v_OTn3mwmpUSDV/s320/March+238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333161438090291538" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />At Aunt Charlotte's in Orlando<br />(He didn't want to get in the cold water, but he wanted to wear goggles and a swim diaper. Just in case, I guess?)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNy3l5QreTAvr_eCeE3C-u_Wzn-97OapeU0PL2smnBtYeMgNhZeOOcPEszJGEFKkUAXQaRV6ee-EKtu38sGgK0AB-QSZ4PogP2RiywxfPF3CJQGwAgDIiJSMsD_uBEEprC19NHfJrQumz/s1600-h/March+291.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNy3l5QreTAvr_eCeE3C-u_Wzn-97OapeU0PL2smnBtYeMgNhZeOOcPEszJGEFKkUAXQaRV6ee-EKtu38sGgK0AB-QSZ4PogP2RiywxfPF3CJQGwAgDIiJSMsD_uBEEprC19NHfJrQumz/s320/March+291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333162246922700434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">April 2009<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Watching Maddie perform in her school play. He sat just like this the entire time!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnSeMsW7OghJQAMIpbuoXID8altUpFr9_o5Je71Cttbr5r8vll1tXRfxxHSyYsOJKBF-pxiOwh0dGBWRHn3Oa7GeKwtPLwRa2WP_sV6jLKoN0rIwuEk41kfLSCvZXvMQbDJmNcymYQcto/s1600-h/March+316.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnSeMsW7OghJQAMIpbuoXID8altUpFr9_o5Je71Cttbr5r8vll1tXRfxxHSyYsOJKBF-pxiOwh0dGBWRHn3Oa7GeKwtPLwRa2WP_sV6jLKoN0rIwuEk41kfLSCvZXvMQbDJmNcymYQcto/s320/March+316.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333162251186813298" border="0" /></a><a id="publishButton" class="cssButton" href="javascript:void(0)" target="" onclick="if (this.className.indexOf("ubtn-disabled") == -1) {var e = document['stuffform'].publish;(e.length) ? e[0].click() : e.click(); if (window.event) window.event.cancelBubble = true; return false;}"><div class="cssButtonOuter"><div class="cssButtonMiddle"><div class="cssButtonInner"><br /></div></div></div></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the children's museum, where he had to learn very quickly that shopping carts ARE NOT bumper cars.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUPWtzj0Solf6hQcpcN6ux2d_0uL-4RWvEvXncG03wdRIk_B0sznGSbWe3Uoes3AuemLQxoxVUjKokWpEjdUFUj00oYV-dCCWI-7mIQq6VEB5fQp1Aw2crYZz0xhEmP4eEfNZh9xxCEa_/s1600-h/April+040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUPWtzj0Solf6hQcpcN6ux2d_0uL-4RWvEvXncG03wdRIk_B0sznGSbWe3Uoes3AuemLQxoxVUjKokWpEjdUFUj00oYV-dCCWI-7mIQq6VEB5fQp1Aw2crYZz0xhEmP4eEfNZh9xxCEa_/s320/April+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333163037595795250" border="0" /></a><br />Church Easter Egg Hunt<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgVx0kbJrPMawzteTqfPfYUuxwEG56J0liGNkswJjKBhSRa_fAuGqWnQfBvNFqZlSf0X1mMnDfGmdTriPdUaISaoPzJNxh_nuuHS0d9Sd6-yzyZGiszCL_XYVGL1PG429vk6ZdrPEzPoC/s1600-h/April+046.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgVx0kbJrPMawzteTqfPfYUuxwEG56J0liGNkswJjKBhSRa_fAuGqWnQfBvNFqZlSf0X1mMnDfGmdTriPdUaISaoPzJNxh_nuuHS0d9Sd6-yzyZGiszCL_XYVGL1PG429vk6ZdrPEzPoC/s320/April+046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333163041615304850" border="0" /></a><br />Easter Morning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6r8LL9kAow2rQ41OE8J9KQUPvtgHLupXUG51nr_nZZ4pTvq1UiuCu30X4HVYIUBA4V2ubhRbMZ9oGSaM5FL-Yq7OxX5cJh1i4OMDKh5mN6K8GvLgoSwsniJS1uVPmAdeliT7AJDEFAVy/s1600-h/April+065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6r8LL9kAow2rQ41OE8J9KQUPvtgHLupXUG51nr_nZZ4pTvq1UiuCu30X4HVYIUBA4V2ubhRbMZ9oGSaM5FL-Yq7OxX5cJh1i4OMDKh5mN6K8GvLgoSwsniJS1uVPmAdeliT7AJDEFAVy/s320/April+065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333163782639640994" border="0" /></a><br />Could he be any cuter?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdmIODrjvLZ9_czyJM5uncI_MhGlzusftxnR3BlaG5vTZN36SnYfNMQUHS4OKQS1jNPhLKwIBVj5MocYj65qmAs0kP-8ZSmDrZtNgT0YvQA8ZAQy7nQRh8ZRtaJ4lmjCPw97KP7ljLJQl/s1600-h/April+075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdmIODrjvLZ9_czyJM5uncI_MhGlzusftxnR3BlaG5vTZN36SnYfNMQUHS4OKQS1jNPhLKwIBVj5MocYj65qmAs0kP-8ZSmDrZtNgT0YvQA8ZAQy7nQRh8ZRtaJ4lmjCPw97KP7ljLJQl/s320/April+075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333163792752006626" border="0" /></a><br />At the G-Day Game<br />That boy LOVES his Bulldogs (much to his Mama's dismay)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lCmAyY5kO-oTSb-2SSu70wRIDs5lkcN2kj6V-IaXdFtjLlL0VVpnAGyn3OUyzBBJgK7aZBTtLUdFtylNrJMDz86VIw8UUmrttv7KL84bXp67Xzz0eJKQOjTSg5mRezXy4OGnz8zt14KZ/s1600-h/April+058.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lCmAyY5kO-oTSb-2SSu70wRIDs5lkcN2kj6V-IaXdFtjLlL0VVpnAGyn3OUyzBBJgK7aZBTtLUdFtylNrJMDz86VIw8UUmrttv7KL84bXp67Xzz0eJKQOjTSg5mRezXy4OGnz8zt14KZ/s320/April+058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333163054287401746" border="0" /></a><br />May 2009<br />Being GOOFY<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte8-TAbFT5Ioe9PJ8m4692f8kniCPpapeUVj426LqRh8LBNHRxwU2f7Eea6qrLStCxIde88UcKesPu3mv_yTV6j3PCw5g0AjxFFriievoezks6oRJQxdntSAhJo1ITyGMj4MdDnCbGauV/s1600-h/May+009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte8-TAbFT5Ioe9PJ8m4692f8kniCPpapeUVj426LqRh8LBNHRxwU2f7Eea6qrLStCxIde88UcKesPu3mv_yTV6j3PCw5g0AjxFFriievoezks6oRJQxdntSAhJo1ITyGMj4MdDnCbGauV/s320/May+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333163793605283666" border="0" /></a><br />Pure excitement as we make our way to Zoo Atlanta<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgdyEr9BBPvLJFx1_96cVPU_Ydj_4dJ_kurKQMrsGNoGxZvZb5khMM8XqK3LN19ZQiwmpnpaYg-lEZSrpIAvMrtWY_shM7XYDqYlHsb0V_ZIAZc6UonV6wlFvA83kOdU12YAlzYzP3Tq_/s1600-h/May+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgdyEr9BBPvLJFx1_96cVPU_Ydj_4dJ_kurKQMrsGNoGxZvZb5khMM8XqK3LN19ZQiwmpnpaYg-lEZSrpIAvMrtWY_shM7XYDqYlHsb0V_ZIAZc6UonV6wlFvA83kOdU12YAlzYzP3Tq_/s320/May+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333163797838968786" border="0" /></a><br /></div>The Clanton Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951087162650956727noreply@blogger.com6