tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017280386260298752024-02-06T22:01:27.690-08:00What Will I Blog About...SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-26758229353941493092010-03-30T17:26:00.000-07:002010-03-30T23:25:21.208-07:00February Fun<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Kicked off February with a trip with friends to visit The Blankenships in Denver. Adam and Angela moved to Denver a few months ago so it was fun to get to spend time with them again.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The Blankenship's neighborhood</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUT8d1xAZb2IgAeMGWbXRjkUQBa8rhwiyA_ZVh6CeAgV9bYV5gVsatvS25SpMdezOhJzK_0Qugpw5GmoANkqpnnAcj1lXVAJL61UQoPMcgpvunPy8IFG7WfUMN5j2dnmD1W1rmUkrM_fY/s1600/Denver+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454598833668897650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUT8d1xAZb2IgAeMGWbXRjkUQBa8rhwiyA_ZVh6CeAgV9bYV5gVsatvS25SpMdezOhJzK_0Qugpw5GmoANkqpnnAcj1lXVAJL61UQoPMcgpvunPy8IFG7WfUMN5j2dnmD1W1rmUkrM_fY/s400/Denver+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We hit the slopes the next day and then conked out for a nap. Just for the record in the first two days that I was there I took 4 naps including one as well at the lodge bar like Allison. Crazy altitude or just a relaxing vacation.</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JEAV7KtHbz2-xYf0aFXEyn8MkGW8ZW9ISSl3aHDXXBi3EZfC9l7SdpHGcSLDf2MsW-4ZAevqKLyOEq2DSpnt-FhMfnAQDCckiEZ6goFlUEsrMplBJlpPrvp_40lBuVrrMSugoQBC_-4/s1600/Denver+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454598824935115554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JEAV7KtHbz2-xYf0aFXEyn8MkGW8ZW9ISSl3aHDXXBi3EZfC9l7SdpHGcSLDf2MsW-4ZAevqKLyOEq2DSpnt-FhMfnAQDCckiEZ6goFlUEsrMplBJlpPrvp_40lBuVrrMSugoQBC_-4/s400/Denver+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Angela is a true Southern Louisiana girl at heart so we had a festive Mardi Gras decorated dinner.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS4IwwVEfmOKvkecPeAHIfg_DM0Rl77jGxfy6tZ-M5Pl0O1ASHCzFvJ23pdx3AVcKOjbt1378w-eOL40g3tVpGymhdEu5GnlthKRwQVZ6bdhpbh76lkycZgtDQ-EQW6KZfb1whY55jJ0/s1600/Denver+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454598818545493730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS4IwwVEfmOKvkecPeAHIfg_DM0Rl77jGxfy6tZ-M5Pl0O1ASHCzFvJ23pdx3AVcKOjbt1378w-eOL40g3tVpGymhdEu5GnlthKRwQVZ6bdhpbh76lkycZgtDQ-EQW6KZfb1whY55jJ0/s400/Denver+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Prior to Adam and Angela's departure from California, they had hosted the past 3 Super Bowl Parties for our Outlet church group. This year the weekend we visited happened to be the same weekend as the Super Bowl so the guys got to watch it in Adam's man cave with the girls upstairs in the family room.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rOErLXzffHa2Q3y3B3WSt8g7BXh-LTgWWim-b2p62f_ZAA8BjbUYraNlH-oAVQXx0pzvGXFf640es7AdVJojywbiTxtUyDgsMyUseMesQUD6nJTpWTh-Nh7m4Tr3cYZuc4iyDwwWBQo/s1600/Denver+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454598806831151858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rOErLXzffHa2Q3y3B3WSt8g7BXh-LTgWWim-b2p62f_ZAA8BjbUYraNlH-oAVQXx0pzvGXFf640es7AdVJojywbiTxtUyDgsMyUseMesQUD6nJTpWTh-Nh7m4Tr3cYZuc4iyDwwWBQo/s400/Denver+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Gotta love the funny shot. Or the not so funny but sad Shannon who just watched her Colts lose to the New Orleans Saints.<br /></span><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeL7sa6dquVeDtyY9h2HawbkXFlm1sHrkUqIMMHF-84usVoY5DCWYyud1m_qJkbq3Y0s7l4R4_LaJtp2rfstJed0i-prXruGVM42DNuQCI7IMOgcu8cR4EKER1-iXsCzxbJnc9B8697w/s1600/Denver+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454598798572327266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeL7sa6dquVeDtyY9h2HawbkXFlm1sHrkUqIMMHF-84usVoY5DCWYyud1m_qJkbq3Y0s7l4R4_LaJtp2rfstJed0i-prXruGVM42DNuQCI7IMOgcu8cR4EKER1-iXsCzxbJnc9B8697w/s400/Denver+002.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div></div><div></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So one of my goals for 2010 (well it kind of started back in September 2009) is to be less fearful? What does that exactly mean? Well it looks like this...</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- allowing God to lead me and not questioning, doubting or dragging my feet</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- trying new things (don't think I've blogged about it but I've taking up Spinning and Kangoo at the gym, joined a kickball team and see the rock climbing pics below) - this isn't limited to physical activities although it might seem like it</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- doing things that are out of my ordinary routine</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">So the next two things fall into the trying new things and doing things that are out of my ordinary routine. Went rock climbing at this gym in Manhattan Beach and it was pretty cool</span></div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm holding the rope so my friend, Jenn, doesn't fall. Yeah there is a technical term but I kind of wasn't paying alot of attention during the tutorial.</span><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6WnIXdZ8meKbVjN5VGJHp4as0RAnl41vx6HsAUYCyRzvsM4Of3YlAtRLaEWJHeLGkTaW5litRpRilhYtT7cBut1xRFaRlc70SH8PiTka9L5CvS1z9VyjAnNsg090eRcDqbCiOucvwhg/s1600/Rock+Climbing+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454592870876189330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6WnIXdZ8meKbVjN5VGJHp4as0RAnl41vx6HsAUYCyRzvsM4Of3YlAtRLaEWJHeLGkTaW5litRpRilhYtT7cBut1xRFaRlc70SH8PiTka9L5CvS1z9VyjAnNsg090eRcDqbCiOucvwhg/s400/Rock+Climbing+012.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lTj0hq8IfAvw3mDzav-VFlSc8xL4yeUQNnyhtanD01ly4aHhxhAx-NHJG3QvueQJfDuiQFCpNZ98Jwx7NVk9SqHb2e4Y18y8O-dtrgFo7X9w3KGxumCb-AMNQDzVEVPQi1fJ844cIA8/s1600/Rock+Climbing+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454592861718882930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lTj0hq8IfAvw3mDzav-VFlSc8xL4yeUQNnyhtanD01ly4aHhxhAx-NHJG3QvueQJfDuiQFCpNZ98Jwx7NVk9SqHb2e4Y18y8O-dtrgFo7X9w3KGxumCb-AMNQDzVEVPQi1fJ844cIA8/s400/Rock+Climbing+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewVFHu5iMp5ZEyalO7CyGioZE8F8hC9-W5J1-LxYtBJLMR_YrfTzlZ0eUI1k3K_ZtFUQ1lyQfQgEYrSZuSabkI3beFbNRKvlSbXEaHevJIYdscfAoAjwpbvW5nlmBXbtQWPDGKacRkxk/s1600/Rock+Climbing+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454592842282937922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewVFHu5iMp5ZEyalO7CyGioZE8F8hC9-W5J1-LxYtBJLMR_YrfTzlZ0eUI1k3K_ZtFUQ1lyQfQgEYrSZuSabkI3beFbNRKvlSbXEaHevJIYdscfAoAjwpbvW5nlmBXbtQWPDGKacRkxk/s400/Rock+Climbing+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXodV2Dh3JkldCELrEq6W4fZxEW_Z85AMLCwefUCgWzcpBRWAdiXoaIcbWRf-5iKuJ9xSZmNEINWzQeNdo35gs_gM16B7ZZtGBIJUvgv9aDQtnuzE538iiTTyGJGpB2m-qhGbOJhElgB0/s1600/Rock+Climbing+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454592836069292402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXodV2Dh3JkldCELrEq6W4fZxEW_Z85AMLCwefUCgWzcpBRWAdiXoaIcbWRf-5iKuJ9xSZmNEINWzQeNdo35gs_gM16B7ZZtGBIJUvgv9aDQtnuzE538iiTTyGJGpB2m-qhGbOJhElgB0/s400/Rock+Climbing+005.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I'm not a die hard Bachelor fan but I started watching three seasons ago when Jason Mesnick was the Bachelor and have mostly continued because I like hanging out with my friends while we watch it. This past season, one of my friends had weekly Bachelor gatherings so I was pretty excited when one of my die hard Bachelor fans who has watched every season scored tickets to the After The Final Rose taping. I'll have to honestly say that the main drive of excitement was to see all the behind the scenes of the taping of a show (had a little dream at the end of college and beyond that I wanted a career in tv or movie production - behind the scenes so I love to go to tapings or see how movies and shows are made).</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Anyways I headed up to Burbank with Jen and two of her friends. Signed a $5 million dollar confidentiality agreement, got fed, stood in the rain, walked into the studio and was then with the rest of the audience told to clap, laugh, clap, look shocked, clap, look like I was thinking, clap while standing up, turn to a neighbor and talk, oh yeah and clap and clap and clap BECAUSE we were going to be filmed and possibly be in the audience when the show was aired. WHAAAAAT????</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">So I got to see the final episode, find out who Jake chose a week before it was aired and find out who the next Bachelorette would be (yea Ali!!!) - yes it was truly difficult not to say anything but dying to share the experience of going to the taping of the After The Final Rose but I don't have $5M so I kept quiet about who was selected.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">During the week before the final episode and After The Final Rose aired, commercials advertising it started to air. One of my friends happen to see this clip of a commercial.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPY9f_2mJzFvvg-MehEt2FBlocOS7SdN4wpN93hSJuHub7wIKhrEZjPcmlLFGdHZoP0lBcpM8QvY2Wywph_nGKmrfdhZXEgPL3UBRYHSFFQO4cfQ4N0mauZpCrtgonKB6YaioAZcPpt4/s1600/Bachelor.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454592827695159314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPY9f_2mJzFvvg-MehEt2FBlocOS7SdN4wpN93hSJuHub7wIKhrEZjPcmlLFGdHZoP0lBcpM8QvY2Wywph_nGKmrfdhZXEgPL3UBRYHSFFQO4cfQ4N0mauZpCrtgonKB6YaioAZcPpt4/s400/Bachelor.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My friend Jen who is sitting on my right (your left) and I were sitting in the optimal or non-optimal location and ended up on camera alot The camera actually caught us tearing up a bit during the final episode. Luckily that ended up on the cutting room flow and not on national television. Check out the episode at the link below.</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://abc.go.com/watch/the-bachelor/93507/252564/after-the-final-rose">http://abc.go.com/watch/the-bachelor/93507/252564/after-the-final-rose</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_CUu2fCH5M"></a></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Such a fun experience to be a part of. Got to talk to Chris Harrison and Jake and Tenley is just as sweet as she was on camera. I will say that after watching After The Final Rose, I do like Vienna and and can see the chemistry (not just physical) with Jake and Vienna and as cheesy as it was really liked them getting serenaded by Jeffrey Osborne singing On The Wings Of Love.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wrapped up February with Open The Bottle Night at the Harts. This year I brought a chardonnay from my Auntie Jann's vineyard in the backyard of my grandfather's house in the Oakland Skyline Hills.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRmPxvv-ms_6-0dvA32NSX2zQuXv2dKMj-3cF7nC-F1zdEA4ocWnfLU3xSQKUNJHeofdXIrfuBdGqzclc60qHu8cGO9GGv6tkGPvQ2AP67Qiw_SSK2GOYrE2u9T-Curgil6KxWZteAPI/s1600/Open+The+Bottle+Night+2010+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454589947821063538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRmPxvv-ms_6-0dvA32NSX2zQuXv2dKMj-3cF7nC-F1zdEA4ocWnfLU3xSQKUNJHeofdXIrfuBdGqzclc60qHu8cGO9GGv6tkGPvQ2AP67Qiw_SSK2GOYrE2u9T-Curgil6KxWZteAPI/s400/Open+The+Bottle+Night+2010+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So fun to hear all the stories behind each bottle that every person brought.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXLOJzdaGyJwarCAieZGAyPJ1HGpkUpoKcTULo-7WRUFsi7pJ8_ejrHoiiGL1tH6sSue8nHXluwMrQIHxrF73WrmyNos-d2SA3Y_CfmiGcueiuwYfoUkwh1Asc0iwY52Nw6D0TA0ZyEU/s1600/Open+The+Bottle+Night+2010+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454589934385504594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXLOJzdaGyJwarCAieZGAyPJ1HGpkUpoKcTULo-7WRUFsi7pJ8_ejrHoiiGL1tH6sSue8nHXluwMrQIHxrF73WrmyNos-d2SA3Y_CfmiGcueiuwYfoUkwh1Asc0iwY52Nw6D0TA0ZyEU/s400/Open+The+Bottle+Night+2010+007.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div> </div></div></div><br /></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-65793945950894035842010-03-09T09:02:00.000-08:002010-03-09T10:22:08.027-08:00Zooming through January<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yes we're zooming through January, partly because it was two months ago and also because although I did alot of stuff, I haven't been so good with capturing it in pictures so here goes...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">After Sam and Sarah left, I settled back into "single" life. It's a hard transition on one hand because I miss them dearly and the things that they bring to my life and what they bring out in me when they are here and its an easy transition because God has blessed me with great friends and endless amounts of things to do.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Bunch of the Outlet'ers attended the opening night of a mainstream film, To Save A Life, produced by one of my friend's brothers.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNFOv6SBUz0YptEIbR19gXSo_xYOX9-NKvIl7sgWTbyBqSFaDdJC4_W-Upv6STE7I5LOPXTYISyyUYmLqMKAIBXM2lRhwZqeQB-83m21Lg2yy_xGY-d6V-j7-sCE91AIo1-czVod-1yM/s1600-h/To+Save+A+Life+pic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446688170611074674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNFOv6SBUz0YptEIbR19gXSo_xYOX9-NKvIl7sgWTbyBqSFaDdJC4_W-Upv6STE7I5LOPXTYISyyUYmLqMKAIBXM2lRhwZqeQB-83m21Lg2yy_xGY-d6V-j7-sCE91AIo1-czVod-1yM/s400/To+Save+A+Life+pic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Also went to the soft opening of Izaka-ya, part of the chain of high end asian fusion sushi restaurants Katsu-ya, in Manhattan Beach. Pretty random story...One of my friends was trying to make a reservation for Katsu and 411 connected her to Katsu-ya and through the course of the mistaken connection got an invite to the soft opening. Other than heaven there is nothing better than free sushi, appetizers (if you've never had the creamy rock shrimp from this place you've got to try it) and japanese beer (yes a bit of an exaggeration because I'm sure there are many other things that also come close but seriously that is how I was feeling after that evening). Our picture was taken for the Easy Reader but haven't seen the magazine to see if we were in it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">And now onto February...</span></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-22724032535296624372010-03-01T10:34:00.000-08:002010-03-01T12:16:51.137-08:00Three...Two...One...Happy New Year!!!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yep its only taken 3 months to finally get to the New Year's Post and the only thing that is driving me is all the stuff I want to post about the last couple of weeks.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Anyways left Sam and Sarah with friends (with reliable parents) and headed to my friend, Tim's family cabin in Tahoe to ring in the New Year. I really haven't been to Tahoe since I was 10 years old and first learned to ski. Its worth noting that it was also the last time I was on skis. The whole make a pizza with my skis really wasn't fun and boarding is soooo much better (as are the clothes).</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Anyways 15 of us invaded the cabin for a few days of relaxation, hitting the slopes and a food feeding frenzy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Beautiful shot as we headed up the mountain.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBp9vCrLV8hH2egM92bHiH183GdiUOO-U5TmpX0p19A4orqxAgOamw5XRO8WMg8rbktG7pyrGl3TCHjfTQlcra3UdCI7JCf-bvvWjgMK1X8qisZPSOr6NI3TgrCqGc4ldgAAwZwg1K73g/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443739567512999314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBp9vCrLV8hH2egM92bHiH183GdiUOO-U5TmpX0p19A4orqxAgOamw5XRO8WMg8rbktG7pyrGl3TCHjfTQlcra3UdCI7JCf-bvvWjgMK1X8qisZPSOr6NI3TgrCqGc4ldgAAwZwg1K73g/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The snowplow that almost ran us off the road.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo8DmcMN7ETb0D7HcGu7F_4x4o7i-u4EOUFs9eSdMXJlsoAWrEmId97RdDY4vGtlsjfvkvdxksQNT-HWnQJkYw5uskVdusnWFPYz0UdS-lvp2H-aqAYq1wsV6KK9CoCUbaKzPIsxTxCs/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443739562250693458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo8DmcMN7ETb0D7HcGu7F_4x4o7i-u4EOUFs9eSdMXJlsoAWrEmId97RdDY4vGtlsjfvkvdxksQNT-HWnQJkYw5uskVdusnWFPYz0UdS-lvp2H-aqAYq1wsV6KK9CoCUbaKzPIsxTxCs/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The food feeding frenzy that ensued - breakfast burritos, Nickki's famous caramel french toast, ebelskivers filled with jam or nutella, calzones, salad, tri-tip and the backyard beverage frig.</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rDmfEZE9lLGzem3Emalb_WzqFr4aHTTGfWsLfKxaHY2_Phy5RrigeQV70nxNgQd3AGF-xP-0QTsdAEjmkdBLfv1LFbtzD2oamD80qGcGmqxT5qr3O8F00Bs0yxdyQ4D3QCGpVGpxPvg/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443739553450016290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rDmfEZE9lLGzem3Emalb_WzqFr4aHTTGfWsLfKxaHY2_Phy5RrigeQV70nxNgQd3AGF-xP-0QTsdAEjmkdBLfv1LFbtzD2oamD80qGcGmqxT5qr3O8F00Bs0yxdyQ4D3QCGpVGpxPvg/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+028.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Iv6XMNCs3H40GsPQhaBLu3EzwwbIzVHNhyDDZsJRykKn249ZqidrY7IVqz2yG1KjZaDKQdL1saYSlV5C9EixsrlJLPCOxLbq-JHy0hCiRRh-pqmL7kE18Lw8IKN5DV4QG795RLKUQfU/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+044.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443739550266259106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Iv6XMNCs3H40GsPQhaBLu3EzwwbIzVHNhyDDZsJRykKn249ZqidrY7IVqz2yG1KjZaDKQdL1saYSlV5C9EixsrlJLPCOxLbq-JHy0hCiRRh-pqmL7kE18Lw8IKN5DV4QG795RLKUQfU/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+044.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">First day we boarded at Donner and the second at NorthStar. Few fun shots on our first day.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYPICLsLCOqqctI-Ny4RUIBHME-keak6Ysbc9ZUVGq-4-XXkUfPSHScsvpQnUpXHnHDMPDQRg4JPuYwN52I7dMeWXo0luWBUHAQKztpLLd7CHMDl4DjnrYmeIOIWXA7N95ZgZbsOf3RA/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443737397601896498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYPICLsLCOqqctI-Ny4RUIBHME-keak6Ysbc9ZUVGq-4-XXkUfPSHScsvpQnUpXHnHDMPDQRg4JPuYwN52I7dMeWXo0luWBUHAQKztpLLd7CHMDl4DjnrYmeIOIWXA7N95ZgZbsOf3RA/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+037.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURQo-DsjwrhtYB5vdVcWUj2HmLDaHWW2KRMfu4sHTTF9cH7JgWengA2jMkv601zstU5Zo3Dsz1jOTHDR2NpRUf0cvYlbFMmaTkTgf0HIVqwh9Uce4hOozs0aZiwvMqbJgaY-mn5pF9d4/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+034.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443737386202565826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURQo-DsjwrhtYB5vdVcWUj2HmLDaHWW2KRMfu4sHTTF9cH7JgWengA2jMkv601zstU5Zo3Dsz1jOTHDR2NpRUf0cvYlbFMmaTkTgf0HIVqwh9Uce4hOozs0aZiwvMqbJgaY-mn5pF9d4/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+034.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4EW1BunLieGqX7AJ8jX2TfnYPzTB2WaLBG7nDU2GQ1JB5sG6D_fWUxd43ebEqWoMa-iBfebzGa2Sv5M6X1RogSlrrGcizQAgGSw6BklLkMg-UMRJBao6KskJFxFSfMAEipMhEZrVWmg/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443737375966997586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4EW1BunLieGqX7AJ8jX2TfnYPzTB2WaLBG7nDU2GQ1JB5sG6D_fWUxd43ebEqWoMa-iBfebzGa2Sv5M6X1RogSlrrGcizQAgGSw6BklLkMg-UMRJBao6KskJFxFSfMAEipMhEZrVWmg/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+036.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRD2_SW5dNjRpmU0b-f5uAgYdy_i6tjn-FsXZYLUD46qiaahVIFIh-L96J53QZ9tq_Col_rMSe38OyqdxktHDgHH8jzFaf-KKE1Yovoxg7r_7tP-qvRlbnW7PFxvWc9CjWBNijjCP049c/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443737369526465954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRD2_SW5dNjRpmU0b-f5uAgYdy_i6tjn-FsXZYLUD46qiaahVIFIh-L96J53QZ9tq_Col_rMSe38OyqdxktHDgHH8jzFaf-KKE1Yovoxg7r_7tP-qvRlbnW7PFxvWc9CjWBNijjCP049c/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+020.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsQq3Jl50xAtLIf_VMBxAH7ZQK5ATAiWMwzbH2qn-vsTKb38ULTTTJA_fEo3G0FI22dASWxU8HjiVmAD_OsGg90jY3NZ4AjWesEMX5vq_qQGbHaJO4MqOE8INJizuckotaanDif__kOU/s1600-h/New+Year%27s+2009+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443737359101287666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsQq3Jl50xAtLIf_VMBxAH7ZQK5ATAiWMwzbH2qn-vsTKb38ULTTTJA_fEo3G0FI22dASWxU8HjiVmAD_OsGg90jY3NZ4AjWesEMX5vq_qQGbHaJO4MqOE8INJizuckotaanDif__kOU/s400/New+Year%27s+2009+045.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-47426977505013593692010-02-22T11:44:00.000-08:002010-02-22T15:44:36.357-08:00My Gosh Its Going To Be Christmas Again<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yes its almost March and the main reason I'm finally getting to December Part 2 is because I have alot to blog about from this past weekend. So let's get back to Christmas.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Sam and Sarah spent Christmas in the US and joined me in Stockton with my mom and dad and then with my mom's extended family. We drove up a few days before and just hung out with my parents, saw a movie, and did a bit of shopping. Sam, Sarah and I attended my dad's church for Christmas Eve's services. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">It was exciting to have Sam and Sarah join me for my Christmas Day family traditions.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7DO5pZZjzblXHAVImDO2wiSFMGQSMSEx5h76EZS5aWIxOpFv7knKDfmtIFqONZ3lUcE2tGRig3M_jzzRgr_QE_qRrGou_ltbYgHXq1uCh1OZEoFzyfIxr1n0KtfbexguliI_TorzIbk/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441195945538980354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7DO5pZZjzblXHAVImDO2wiSFMGQSMSEx5h76EZS5aWIxOpFv7knKDfmtIFqONZ3lUcE2tGRig3M_jzzRgr_QE_qRrGou_ltbYgHXq1uCh1OZEoFzyfIxr1n0KtfbexguliI_TorzIbk/s400/Christmas+2009+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My parents and I got them a few gifts but here they are each wearing one of their gifts from me. Sarah saw this outfit on the Free People website 4 months ago and Sam had been looking for a leather jacket since summer. Yeah I know I'm super short...</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UG2ULcKqZSOTLMVMRMsDqdjc5NXpLqg7N2c5w013u7fyNrNMMVvjqjris2jF0I92hL3OaxM9OJM3KgO5dSbvL9IDoIUEjA1WJBWJeeiMoMMJg4IK3BXwfwywkFqfOHLyJnZHde5_jsg/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+054.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441178779245903538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UG2ULcKqZSOTLMVMRMsDqdjc5NXpLqg7N2c5w013u7fyNrNMMVvjqjris2jF0I92hL3OaxM9OJM3KgO5dSbvL9IDoIUEjA1WJBWJeeiMoMMJg4IK3BXwfwywkFqfOHLyJnZHde5_jsg/s400/Christmas+2009+054.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My mom and I with my new box of gift cards for 2010.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGdcKpcmLhpGXzf6UVQqWu4zK9_wZLHFtEgTl6BI4mdx75G3n35vu0R6Lzq-L3Yf3lebWcSe_l_iJ_Z76NLTRbmd_PdCWZ1KFq6_nfayGt9n3vGUaD-u_9OMLnC9HjK4IImKktOWs7VY/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441178769960937986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGdcKpcmLhpGXzf6UVQqWu4zK9_wZLHFtEgTl6BI4mdx75G3n35vu0R6Lzq-L3Yf3lebWcSe_l_iJ_Z76NLTRbmd_PdCWZ1KFq6_nfayGt9n3vGUaD-u_9OMLnC9HjK4IImKktOWs7VY/s400/Christmas+2009+033.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After Christmas at my parents, Sam, Sarah and I headed down to visit with my cousins and grandfather and then onto my Aunt's house (used to be my grandfather's and where most of my aunts and uncles grew up) in the Skyline Hills of Oakland.</span></div><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here I am with my cousin, Sara and my favorite gift. For her birthday she got a camera so at Thanksgiving, I taught her how to do "selfies". For Christmas she made me this cute gift with the pictures that we had taken. So cute, huh?</span></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYofw1Z97E84PU-EyyfBM3iRRt0lBCWFDFvsTbc2z6AEG4U8wgVfTU4gFTFQO_qQzTejI9O2Ci-2gxVX14zXGRKXYCh2pPX55Pxebj9tFg5a1X7Zfyhq9aD7mWA0uVBXVCnEhaeBgZxw/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441178759366551346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYofw1Z97E84PU-EyyfBM3iRRt0lBCWFDFvsTbc2z6AEG4U8wgVfTU4gFTFQO_qQzTejI9O2Ci-2gxVX14zXGRKXYCh2pPX55Pxebj9tFg5a1X7Zfyhq9aD7mWA0uVBXVCnEhaeBgZxw/s400/Christmas+2009+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At Christmas, my Uncle David is in charge of decorating the house and he's so creative (remember the pics from last year with the movie theater and the picture trees). Well my Auntie Jann has a vineyard in the backyard which she has named Leona Ridge Winery so here's the adult table. Not sure if you can see it but that wreath is made up of lots and lots of cookie cutters.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKnl7mR7GxSOtQeAjqWDXmfJvPGPDwm3DZv0bT3bRpFGAdeK_kEgzFuKOWzk5dfvY3gL7TwWwwt5H8xr7k7GvhyQ0hbDcskx1n-tuYOnZ2cbjAUt_ZEl_e723ffbS_3scmAB0vne-eE4/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+061.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441178750653027746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKnl7mR7GxSOtQeAjqWDXmfJvPGPDwm3DZv0bT3bRpFGAdeK_kEgzFuKOWzk5dfvY3gL7TwWwwt5H8xr7k7GvhyQ0hbDcskx1n-tuYOnZ2cbjAUt_ZEl_e723ffbS_3scmAB0vne-eE4/s400/Christmas+2009+061.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My Uncle David and his partner, Larry, baked thirteen different desserts and we got to fill a plastic bin full of the sweets.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglef5OkohIVeZj7C6N63BEAJbjkiiwqBU7HMebmnBXAKqqk72tIILOP0QpMpI0k33CN5FzL7pFUNWYioaNQeYqVVFArBB5TV2BMz02MhSobHxnl1saCQqm9m79EDDz8AWI7IpkypLZVDg/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+068.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441178738061235010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglef5OkohIVeZj7C6N63BEAJbjkiiwqBU7HMebmnBXAKqqk72tIILOP0QpMpI0k33CN5FzL7pFUNWYioaNQeYqVVFArBB5TV2BMz02MhSobHxnl1saCQqm9m79EDDz8AWI7IpkypLZVDg/s400/Christmas+2009+068.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-7CeCeW0awJl9WjTg0IlWClkyn_fBEzG0bAwgP2SzOJs33NnFuuDzmuivHWLG2uc7jNEsuWk_VJv2JHTv6zVmVJoNBb8dyyZYgMlcE6q3Y8YGhyphenhyphenv7vkv0AySjdb00DI7kEcDwjk1PMU/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441176847788251746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-7CeCeW0awJl9WjTg0IlWClkyn_fBEzG0bAwgP2SzOJs33NnFuuDzmuivHWLG2uc7jNEsuWk_VJv2JHTv6zVmVJoNBb8dyyZYgMlcE6q3Y8YGhyphenhyphenv7vkv0AySjdb00DI7kEcDwjk1PMU/s400/Christmas+2009+074.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And the kids table where all the grandkids sit. After we eat, there is always a game for us where we win stuff or money as our Christmas gift. Not sure if you can see it in the picture but there are cupcakes. We each had to lick off the frosting and find a letter buried in the frosting. The person with the first letter of the alphabet got to go first, then the next letter and the next and the next. Now to the game...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FsIk_7zIUaeWsGDSGOJt-ZYRY1nggBXxe3k12EAQ39GNs6IgSkbJGTNwgIP2f4QefleUdbP3ikEg0X_crC28UdTvATKLPY24iLEbxWE2ZQMKthsAn52GDnpMW2v2f3lAAeKhTwtSwJg/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+058.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441176832556533314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FsIk_7zIUaeWsGDSGOJt-ZYRY1nggBXxe3k12EAQ39GNs6IgSkbJGTNwgIP2f4QefleUdbP3ikEg0X_crC28UdTvATKLPY24iLEbxWE2ZQMKthsAn52GDnpMW2v2f3lAAeKhTwtSwJg/s400/Christmas+2009+058.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A mini claw machine...in each fo the containers there was money rolled up ranging from $7 to $50.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xz7r86eiuJ8xf8HHMfq6ha7GRTS5aw7HeyZeqY5Lf8TVqy0U7-Mk5CVoEevOWjMLbw2n2Y1h97zh9ek8XBec5__7zljapDFA2uxXnYbBd_xIqALYMHhvSJietz9NDa0cBJ9dtqEFqaE/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441176821746638930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xz7r86eiuJ8xf8HHMfq6ha7GRTS5aw7HeyZeqY5Lf8TVqy0U7-Mk5CVoEevOWjMLbw2n2Y1h97zh9ek8XBec5__7zljapDFA2uxXnYbBd_xIqALYMHhvSJietz9NDa0cBJ9dtqEFqaE/s400/Christmas+2009+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My Auntie Jann also always has a game for the adult kids (essentially teen and up so Sam and Sarah got to participate). The game was in those white envelopes above the stockings. So for that game it was Mission Impossible-ish. In each of the envelopes was pictures of "our team" and a SD card that we put into a computer and watched a video that gave us a riddle/clues on where we would find our present ($). All of the presents were hidden in some part of the house in a box or "secret" container. One of my cousin's was in a fake soda can in the frig. Mine was actually behind the stockings on the bookshelf in a fake book that had a compartment in it.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Oh yeah check out all those stockings. Sam and Sarah got stockings too. So fun they are considered part of my extended family.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeZlCLRAdEMPmN9jAE0QPoAAGRoqIJh7Mf7-di_14Fo5pl1ygOg-Q9YnWEcnWm8uVq5KV5TRBnYcRQuyIyIjd01D4T6Iqy1BQHChR0e7k-UQlzi8rcHU3a6QKAJPeLuKyPMVdi9QjpJ4/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+042.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441176812757875474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeZlCLRAdEMPmN9jAE0QPoAAGRoqIJh7Mf7-di_14Fo5pl1ygOg-Q9YnWEcnWm8uVq5KV5TRBnYcRQuyIyIjd01D4T6Iqy1BQHChR0e7k-UQlzi8rcHU3a6QKAJPeLuKyPMVdi9QjpJ4/s400/Christmas+2009+042.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fong Family Christmas picture - we're only missing one of my uncles and his family who live in Texas.</span><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4YgLz90UiP_Snfhyphenhyphen1pUyGO-BtAJqkm6KKLY0wKhRht_ayu7QP8i9XJ9ngSfigsPMv2PEdb0Mc4xnM-LRa8AKJUnss340SUZjdZOBhfKL4Dw1NoE562dgQBTm6HqGd1ozPC8io1MPYSQ/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441176794312229266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4YgLz90UiP_Snfhyphenhyphen1pUyGO-BtAJqkm6KKLY0wKhRht_ayu7QP8i9XJ9ngSfigsPMv2PEdb0Mc4xnM-LRa8AKJUnss340SUZjdZOBhfKL4Dw1NoE562dgQBTm6HqGd1ozPC8io1MPYSQ/s400/Christmas+2009+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our Christmas usually goes until after midnight but its so fun and good to see everyone and its really all I've ever known.</span></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-61668809874398981772010-01-14T07:36:00.000-08:002010-01-21T13:30:47.452-08:00December Part 1<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">December was a crazy but fun filled month so I'm splitting it into two posts. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I love giving gifts (yes, its my top giving and receiving love language - although to me gifts come in many forms). One of my favorite "gifts" at Christmas is spending time with a friend doing something. Every year (I think we've been doing it the last 3 or 4) my friend, Shannon, and I pick something to do as our Christmas gift to each other. This year we were able to find $20 tickets on Goldstar (<a href="http://www.goldstar.com/home">http://www.goldstar.com/home</a>) to How the Grinch Stole Christmas Musical at the Pantages. So we checked out a new Italian restaurant near the theater and then headed to the show.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KpKnf_Qs7p0FuBKjsJzemMfvi4EVxDGUrNs6xipDjS910ATCyVYYFKGD0FBGC0yMtnd-MNoZqqSo27Nwh9oOlVvS7W7tPtGy52tGobiGeT5WHCw2cY-Fc58n8M4Dhx6cxiaAnh8pDj4/s1600-h/Grinch+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429292073695553330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KpKnf_Qs7p0FuBKjsJzemMfvi4EVxDGUrNs6xipDjS910ATCyVYYFKGD0FBGC0yMtnd-MNoZqqSo27Nwh9oOlVvS7W7tPtGy52tGobiGeT5WHCw2cY-Fc58n8M4Dhx6cxiaAnh8pDj4/s400/Grinch+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_sbWwg3k6t36mOek_hViWFMA8-EVMkzbSxgFS2JR9ylKYcueoeEK744Ggwgi1xWgcP6maj8i0Zi46JEmmWpJ5bzwikrb6ZSs9He5APcI_3YKaadLBm2EFvNjPpwy8p_jIYIqn93o3Lg/s1600-h/Grinch+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429292066737580018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_sbWwg3k6t36mOek_hViWFMA8-EVMkzbSxgFS2JR9ylKYcueoeEK744Ggwgi1xWgcP6maj8i0Zi46JEmmWpJ5bzwikrb6ZSs9He5APcI_3YKaadLBm2EFvNjPpwy8p_jIYIqn93o3Lg/s400/Grinch+001.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If you've never checked out Goldstar, you definitely should. As I mentioned, we got $20 tickets in the second level but were upgraded to Orchestra and were seated fifteen rows from the FRONT!!!! The musical was so whimsical and cute. It's my mom's favorite Christmas cartoon so it brought back alot of fun memories of when I was a kid and my mom and I would watch it.</span></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The next morning I headed to Portland for a few days to visit Gail (best friend from high school) and have a girls weekend with Ellie and celebrate Allison's birthday. I unfortunately didn't get any pics of Gail and I but we had a great day just having some girl time and hanging out which she doesn't get to do much of with 3 kids. Did a little catching up, exploring, shopping and lunch. Then connected up with Ellie for some dinner and then picked up Nickki and Allison from the airport later that night.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The next 3 days were a whirlwind of activity. First we went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Let me just say right now - in case you didn't know - I LOVE CHEESE - creamy cheeses like St Andre, drunken goat cheese, swiss, cheddar, jalapeno jack, parmesian, mixtures of cheese (mexican cheese blend, italian cheese blend), smoked, feta, and especially nacho cheese so needless to say I was really excited to visit a cheese factory.</span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3wIfaBZtb3sflHYsTrAOE5lHfZHma1PJUHQUU1ODZs5SUltamD9pQ9BtKYHuIsJbCaxX3u-5j7LAyNDNXJGbj8_8sSpA_C8jZAUta-XbGXEfbGd-jfEHKbgvtLygkY6bcBZ8a5ljEeY/s1600-h/Portland+visit+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429291348691101570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3wIfaBZtb3sflHYsTrAOE5lHfZHma1PJUHQUU1ODZs5SUltamD9pQ9BtKYHuIsJbCaxX3u-5j7LAyNDNXJGbj8_8sSpA_C8jZAUta-XbGXEfbGd-jfEHKbgvtLygkY6bcBZ8a5ljEeY/s400/Portland+visit+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Random displays like this. Do you remember the one that we had at Ellie's going away party with the Princess and the Armoured guy.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPrDC2EpjLDuTxvfl0mZW_Fzf4RtrkfBKsPgFjijdaf52BZEPKLnCRnPjLRZ3D1u94eNd_0VtTRyu3ezYuwnm1vEAB3_KBzqD2TBcndS5kbI71agFNAWxTQ10pu7zR3eBQPpGJ223IOs/s1600-h/Portland+visit+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429291341996566242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPrDC2EpjLDuTxvfl0mZW_Fzf4RtrkfBKsPgFjijdaf52BZEPKLnCRnPjLRZ3D1u94eNd_0VtTRyu3ezYuwnm1vEAB3_KBzqD2TBcndS5kbI71agFNAWxTQ10pu7zR3eBQPpGJ223IOs/s400/Portland+visit+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The production process...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAKN3TujjK4bgzGOT1ptLzYx246COckR81MHpaYowxsnO8tVTiIFbu8RiEo-NYYEwA_C_vdbMbU52CNBC96xd4ZLIukCGtm4rN5pEyjCy_iVwfoZXlb7F79m6AUtXzKWS2NH5m1geP5A/s1600-h/Portland+visit+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429291332727409042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAKN3TujjK4bgzGOT1ptLzYx246COckR81MHpaYowxsnO8tVTiIFbu8RiEo-NYYEwA_C_vdbMbU52CNBC96xd4ZLIukCGtm4rN5pEyjCy_iVwfoZXlb7F79m6AUtXzKWS2NH5m1geP5A/s400/Portland+visit+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The best part - tasting the cheese. I tried the Squeaky Cheese but it really didn't squeak. I was a bit disappointed.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3H-o93LdH1Vrfq9S_7H8xowYVgkwnb7Ukues7TRuayRZWaOPCFkh79s3Hx-6hjCh9-7hYHu46Zu3JW4Ve2fkCJz8-XjWcs9-GuWb2sME50lnJkUMXhFy-DBLVJCCGRGPDCJ7AKQ56AM/s1600-h/Portland+visit+046.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429291326736915474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3H-o93LdH1Vrfq9S_7H8xowYVgkwnb7Ukues7TRuayRZWaOPCFkh79s3Hx-6hjCh9-7hYHu46Zu3JW4Ve2fkCJz8-XjWcs9-GuWb2sME50lnJkUMXhFy-DBLVJCCGRGPDCJ7AKQ56AM/s400/Portland+visit+046.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We took the coastal route back. The weather over the weekend (except Sunday) was beautiful. Cold and sunny - my favorite.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5So5OBs33OfuOUajgEO2USU5E07SaufCcgFJ5rlV6i3WOmMkNXpw2jzX3SseTR5SBNmahXZcMW5vjSY4f6iSayNou7ehigNXp9HfWIBBsdTo7zQ_-49FA6pvFmuJZK3ZRvCCg0rHVjGQ/s1600-h/Portland+visit+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429291317645726946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5So5OBs33OfuOUajgEO2USU5E07SaufCcgFJ5rlV6i3WOmMkNXpw2jzX3SseTR5SBNmahXZcMW5vjSY4f6iSayNou7ehigNXp9HfWIBBsdTo7zQ_-49FA6pvFmuJZK3ZRvCCg0rHVjGQ/s400/Portland+visit+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiray7B9IH6b_0CdxAC55fDX78rY46EculqlrBf61732ZqMpUaShBlv51oug9sE01_BtbiX-AhVaS5vGSJ_PWgFyVGbzE-HYG455OFtL3PUvJ4vUEOw506UgtBXcRjv-iXU-QRoonLsw3Y/s1600-h/Portland+visit+030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429289560460858210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiray7B9IH6b_0CdxAC55fDX78rY46EculqlrBf61732ZqMpUaShBlv51oug9sE01_BtbiX-AhVaS5vGSJ_PWgFyVGbzE-HYG455OFtL3PUvJ4vUEOw506UgtBXcRjv-iXU-QRoonLsw3Y/s400/Portland+visit+030.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyz8uhN1uksVPtg99nl2eam3jFkaiJk4-PFH2C5VyxNFxmqcuP7pLAdhZ_eCZpVUTtyrCx6c_gpnM3CMoEZVcN9IG5nPO7Z5d9Y5afyCsgp2Xy9zqFEE4l1Cc97L4YdodEp5153eNYt4w/s1600-h/Portland+visit+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429289551820993586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyz8uhN1uksVPtg99nl2eam3jFkaiJk4-PFH2C5VyxNFxmqcuP7pLAdhZ_eCZpVUTtyrCx6c_gpnM3CMoEZVcN9IG5nPO7Z5d9Y5afyCsgp2Xy9zqFEE4l1Cc97L4YdodEp5153eNYt4w/s400/Portland+visit+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeu4yxoJtwkBX0saQ1MVb3iV3cYq55P_uN7Ozj0xcyMptvZZLyuj6xHXX-PD1HgU_lFa8w3p32HYdKDgJTIUttn0N03Bz3bJm-F5ap56NDmG1sNb-EPOtwe2g2UO6rEunFB4m3Vqj4DSs/s1600-h/Portland+visit+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429289546818845442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeu4yxoJtwkBX0saQ1MVb3iV3cYq55P_uN7Ozj0xcyMptvZZLyuj6xHXX-PD1HgU_lFa8w3p32HYdKDgJTIUttn0N03Bz3bJm-F5ap56NDmG1sNb-EPOtwe2g2UO6rEunFB4m3Vqj4DSs/s400/Portland+visit+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Saturday (Allison's birthday) we went to Mother's for breakfast. Super cute place (kind of decorated like Anthropologie) and an amazing menu. A definite place to go if you're ever visiting.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mrpkz2hruQWPAM0MISkpiIdRWhsM2g9Z2OScnD7khnGnt6i03AS6WK3NFlwY5lwDSfwEjX4UYE_DHk9Pea57fQaH5Fn8Kx31LuIyKtZoQr2Dd-yil8X-0QPBlwlCZGjf5sdWd-uHXWk/s1600-h/Portland+visit+060.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429289538722910946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mrpkz2hruQWPAM0MISkpiIdRWhsM2g9Z2OScnD7khnGnt6i03AS6WK3NFlwY5lwDSfwEjX4UYE_DHk9Pea57fQaH5Fn8Kx31LuIyKtZoQr2Dd-yil8X-0QPBlwlCZGjf5sdWd-uHXWk/s400/Portland+visit+060.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For years Ellie has been talking about Dragon Tree - holistic spa that specializes in foot baths and massages. So that was the next stop for the day.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sSzzpPnmyGYpMzbHIzeC1-wM7yWdX7_rDUqqvj0fnEkthKMqWtfnR1LajvaXbLMTXgmSOxDS_GfrVPRibjyqPYxvWn_bI3nmkxZzl8IMqODBTdR13kbw7-yM9BWJslyWJhOZXSkJ89E/s1600-h/Portland+visit+042.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429289533486217554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sSzzpPnmyGYpMzbHIzeC1-wM7yWdX7_rDUqqvj0fnEkthKMqWtfnR1LajvaXbLMTXgmSOxDS_GfrVPRibjyqPYxvWn_bI3nmkxZzl8IMqODBTdR13kbw7-yM9BWJslyWJhOZXSkJ89E/s400/Portland+visit+042.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This lady was the best neck/shoulder and foot massager in the world. She did this funny thing where she was slapping my feet which was kind of odd but oh well. So sad I live so far away from Dragon Tree.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2_h7K_5TvCe7bcHkTTRYaVSBhJrbRBw_Lvmy4OJ1vy_no6uLOXjZ9vZ2tlkdfH7c03dw5k_L8YQfgHtaBGVnWWDCUMzGKS0F_n2xbqzgoJv9PRj4Ku5FQIS8ywgDRZiZHqlZDtVuu6E/s1600-h/Portland+visit+059.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429288205232382706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2_h7K_5TvCe7bcHkTTRYaVSBhJrbRBw_Lvmy4OJ1vy_no6uLOXjZ9vZ2tlkdfH7c03dw5k_L8YQfgHtaBGVnWWDCUMzGKS0F_n2xbqzgoJv9PRj4Ku5FQIS8ywgDRZiZHqlZDtVuu6E/s400/Portland+visit+059.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Nickki and Allison relaxing.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYGUXkcy8WdlXqvs9ZCJGeSNpOefNZSvYsh39zvcKy9aXmqrgnCTIp_zOdM8dOI1qyZ3WxAX8LWV4w6i-Ei_O54DGHxGVSPo-96ubuJYue9-nI6GGqeSwQNoSTxdMFeXe5M5nBP-i4pI/s1600-h/Portland+visit+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429288203256069282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYGUXkcy8WdlXqvs9ZCJGeSNpOefNZSvYsh39zvcKy9aXmqrgnCTIp_zOdM8dOI1qyZ3WxAX8LWV4w6i-Ei_O54DGHxGVSPo-96ubuJYue9-nI6GGqeSwQNoSTxdMFeXe5M5nBP-i4pI/s400/Portland+visit+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dinner at Portland City Grill. Beautiful night time view of all of Portland. We were planning to watch a boat parade but realized that the boats weren't going to be floating by. What did these four girls do with that info and an iphone. Decide to go to the boats of course!!! Did I mention that we had to go to Washington state.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7kcaQxqUR9UroQVqRqYacEkdgiPWE55Ke7-a3WgYuwqh0kJGxwwxuAkrUBgdXqbqhNIwwQfVq-Z-VKC0Y5JZvGipewPkPLFOHFF0xtTgKmsxWOLheWwsrH8-17MV9OogN9Ppx5ysfV0/s1600-h/Portland+visit+061.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429288192042352082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7kcaQxqUR9UroQVqRqYacEkdgiPWE55Ke7-a3WgYuwqh0kJGxwwxuAkrUBgdXqbqhNIwwQfVq-Z-VKC0Y5JZvGipewPkPLFOHFF0xtTgKmsxWOLheWwsrH8-17MV9OogN9Ppx5ysfV0/s400/Portland+visit+061.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A little goofing around...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueu4ARBJUKu_vCyMac4KVxf8X2ro3zgU_As_NmTeNdkuv4nRZ_nrqn9YEXO_kmv2_IBxQUup_PbBbnwcfnYECvloiX4xHZuvLoRQ0UCBGA109S1j3lrYr7b5JOUBAMgUttNqhfbGiC1g/s1600-h/Portland+visit+022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429288187673140354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 306px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueu4ARBJUKu_vCyMac4KVxf8X2ro3zgU_As_NmTeNdkuv4nRZ_nrqn9YEXO_kmv2_IBxQUup_PbBbnwcfnYECvloiX4xHZuvLoRQ0UCBGA109S1j3lrYr7b5JOUBAMgUttNqhfbGiC1g/s400/Portland+visit+022.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">while Allison became the photographer for a family reunion. It actually was really cool because the whole family hadn't gotten together in many years so they got a fun family photo in front of the Christmas tree in the lobby of the building. She's looking pretty professional.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /> </div></div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429304402608643938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6jTJ0Ml7TrLFUp9qZFtfTDvHygP0ZYmOf5uq_jdLfVRXT5eKgOma_XPS3tfXBlnoBKUlKmfduN1egLeBCw6u4nN6MPQuyKImlwpRFYaptUfygBsb2XEKGaqTzFWzqM6Sr-4mJ7fAQpc/s400/Portland+visit+023.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After the photo taking, we continued on our adventure to find the boat parade. So we headed over some river and into Washington state. 30 minutes later and a trek down the dock we found the boats (just as they were pulling back into their docking area). No we're not really far away, they were just really little boats. Luckily this was my first boat parade so I didn't have anything to compare it to and it was of course a fun adventure.</span></div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429286194000161330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYmVFicOo3VmZAKrhkMURDkLJfWeuo8XFVjqVtSftf_0EDGcPkNzs0ZJhZxAjAjoY49DIb9bby_jReJjMYvpC2vlKq6o0RAxn2kQomDm4dr3Q7aCxZ7xrUND4cZ5A52MXy_yu22B-xKw/s400/Portland+visit+024.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ellie and I being silly at Powell's books. This is the largest and best new and used bookstore I've ever been too. I was a bit overwhelmed and got lost a few times. I did buy a few books, just a few...</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429288184379460114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknEbg7HokNV0SPlzkcUAjN_QCvvOjTXm2-8suVLCqi-q5aR0AbcXsswnamYGA9MVgbw9aK7ayNK4ux9qd8S_1XRD7f4h5cfwC-R7jTgnMHOVpyX1fzL9blBHNG_aCFTa3nC7ISgGK8f8/s400/Portland+visit+058.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sunday morning before we flew out we decided to go on a hike at Multnomah Falls. It doesn't look like it from the picture but its about 25 degrees and looks like its ready to rain.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL9OksK5poHuxSj-gNXs8At-IjFMC3mltJm6lc5xaG-ZTzoZZ6D5_kkASfMfngseK7SjGWx2sVLUibE4wpUJ9J0XPzZRsyRIVZN1Fh2Uq2ezooiVqKLhat9RUSXq24au2anZfRazqSis/s1600-h/Portland+visit+048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429286190548136802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL9OksK5poHuxSj-gNXs8At-IjFMC3mltJm6lc5xaG-ZTzoZZ6D5_kkASfMfngseK7SjGWx2sVLUibE4wpUJ9J0XPzZRsyRIVZN1Fh2Uq2ezooiVqKLhat9RUSXq24au2anZfRazqSis/s400/Portland+visit+048.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiVS7z8ZkL11PhvJGLyJJgPA-0LTduLQYy4SGk_vQTfaI5RVlGimCshpCj03qQIwzIISIxRfAKR_1L1laRex_KVpJllB1BeaoprWb9Ki6hdyxkNmyWpdmxpzmQPIei39FxIk93PDLfGw/s1600-h/Portland+visit+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429286185634063650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiVS7z8ZkL11PhvJGLyJJgPA-0LTduLQYy4SGk_vQTfaI5RVlGimCshpCj03qQIwzIISIxRfAKR_1L1laRex_KVpJllB1BeaoprWb9Ki6hdyxkNmyWpdmxpzmQPIei39FxIk93PDLfGw/s400/Portland+visit+033.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It was super slippery...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweferAAMnLMEm2imGbn0jeJk3nhqJ_tzDCVdFL9oT2mzxvov6cuqCKL3qmpqfnve-7zBjfexRG5OOjQST234uOTWVD_S0Vdn-WmJQRVCvsIAYYBu7sa1ArHsluFkXk3sBuR1dJhEthQo/s1600-h/Portland+visit+031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429286179180151890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweferAAMnLMEm2imGbn0jeJk3nhqJ_tzDCVdFL9oT2mzxvov6cuqCKL3qmpqfnve-7zBjfexRG5OOjQST234uOTWVD_S0Vdn-WmJQRVCvsIAYYBu7sa1ArHsluFkXk3sBuR1dJhEthQo/s400/Portland+visit+031.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSz-OaEmux9yGScHmyOzPI0kmqUnriMMozyv7OAm9HM4muF0IIRbfMPlp0JAXNtHg8iv_2FDcqTIjAdD93VZaMxptBZpyC8WmA8iXK6o5a8bbIGfUnK0cbzMKqaKTII-bsu9-jl7Ibck/s1600-h/Portland+visit+064.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429285201540825794" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJSfHJY__yYO7t36gMb-tLiyduVwYGmMUPQv-ej2o6ERQQlxq0njOEuVHAEYZalvyyeBisRAp6pePYfmRewy4EDmz9UF34xQ8G2EpNmjpvS1jr6pfFEfAdli0Dgar4ie5Brfmma1kv2c/s400/Portland+visit+054.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdek74zaUVFhCiLvOYELAggEWiGsxLxy1aNCowS60JXO5CwkHN4jZwZtEF59tvERXNtHdK0Qkeu3ax3TVP05Rz8s2er1zUU5E4DXEQeLG27cBogedNTckzGyYZZjDcJ5B1wRdpGDK9us/s1600-h/Portland+visit+055.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429285186630913330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdek74zaUVFhCiLvOYELAggEWiGsxLxy1aNCowS60JXO5CwkHN4jZwZtEF59tvERXNtHdK0Qkeu3ax3TVP05Rz8s2er1zUU5E4DXEQeLG27cBogedNTckzGyYZZjDcJ5B1wRdpGDK9us/s400/Portland+visit+055.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429285176952618178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim19n_f1vaFbcOIUjo0RT-srY1DkpqskFzvQk4NsyE4OGiXgVC5RePb_DlomOS8c3qgfcOnZjsbgfO9zQr82MhzEaiIkNqhCUXyxjd8fNntkPvgM4_mY4tgbUE4C3B1WAb0u4KGQsToqg/s400/Portland+visit+063.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Such a fun girls weekend and it was so good to spend time with Ellie. I think we all fell in love with Portland.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-31181807177983014662010-01-12T08:33:00.000-08:002010-01-12T09:42:05.967-08:00Nickki's birthday<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We're still in October...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">For my friend, Nickki, we celebrated her birthday at this cool restaurant called Rush Street in Culver City. It was a bit of a decoy dinner as there were "surprise" plans in the works for the upcoming weekend.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQnO4ZJCfvTTM5eV2PoGZVKuC4U9A-DRoSnnYUtSgLQWT6vtQKbSuBMP16JjLGRRhK670b1gVcvYYhAHZbOW_iWd_5kiaAp3HiPLjtG7Qam1jwD6LKCh1518BRTzKruPa7I9xNY7EG_w/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425900235714041490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQnO4ZJCfvTTM5eV2PoGZVKuC4U9A-DRoSnnYUtSgLQWT6vtQKbSuBMP16JjLGRRhK670b1gVcvYYhAHZbOW_iWd_5kiaAp3HiPLjtG7Qam1jwD6LKCh1518BRTzKruPa7I9xNY7EG_w/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj924Hrvg7qnHzygazEj81bFuMAejvnmcqN9Sts6fv_7O4RgfxtJwUY0d9txxBqL5hhCirXMw1z0xqOxBvGbZy0-TiKYrqsotenGnzlAFIvYOHRAgS5yNuIb5oWAiDmta2HEw1_HfSWWls/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425900227805015282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj924Hrvg7qnHzygazEj81bFuMAejvnmcqN9Sts6fv_7O4RgfxtJwUY0d9txxBqL5hhCirXMw1z0xqOxBvGbZy0-TiKYrqsotenGnzlAFIvYOHRAgS5yNuIb5oWAiDmta2HEw1_HfSWWls/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+007.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">This lady who apparently was also celebrating her birthday was giving out her cupcakes. Jen willingly took one but when others declined, she got a bit aggressive and forceful sprinkled with some profanity about us taking more cupcakes.</span><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Fdq_fIiRfSQLcFnqmSbWsDl5tAZNv_OZqCwI2_hy3jfTBuRvHkqQyLpWUAvGLJe3GCb-f3r0ZwIbu6QWTuEa1myTGFRFxIiUrhWOWmvqxOqYrhiyMLkYRiQYEoaF6rmpZxSeLHytyKY/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425899905729849442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Fdq_fIiRfSQLcFnqmSbWsDl5tAZNv_OZqCwI2_hy3jfTBuRvHkqQyLpWUAvGLJe3GCb-f3r0ZwIbu6QWTuEa1myTGFRFxIiUrhWOWmvqxOqYrhiyMLkYRiQYEoaF6rmpZxSeLHytyKY/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Friday morning, Allison pretended to head to work (aka come to my house to wait until Nickki left for breakfast with Tim). Tim and Nickki headed out to breakfast and we headed back to her house to pack her up for her surprise weekend. Somewhat of a stressful next hour of packing ensued (where I first learned to do roll everything packing). They returned, we yelled out surprise and gave her a basket that Tim and Allison had put together of hints of where she was going. See the bags packed in the background. Yeah we were only going for 3 days but its hard to pack for someone else. Luckily Nickki is so spontaneous and was pretty much ready to go.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22lw2J7vLB3XmZTsmeDuc2YdSVbJbfd7d2heLvQhhMfrlhIk-N2UG9z5eVTfIf9IAtLqpDo8DabeXjzdVcOAhbEIDbUSQGOyM13itZgBDkOVNgBP-Iu9f2V9nO3M5D4iCQ_FwsWPbPuc/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425899902730315122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22lw2J7vLB3XmZTsmeDuc2YdSVbJbfd7d2heLvQhhMfrlhIk-N2UG9z5eVTfIf9IAtLqpDo8DabeXjzdVcOAhbEIDbUSQGOyM13itZgBDkOVNgBP-Iu9f2V9nO3M5D4iCQ_FwsWPbPuc/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+008.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Into the car we piled and headed out for Vegas. At this point everything was still not known...where we were staying, more people coming, what we were doing.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSU3PqEbyEEsMJdZp9dEUwY4iCAzbvSienYfY9sMYDdLdenSdPMVgZJP5rtcTPCtIf2UflF_i6_cuwrGLW0gwQNK1G8R-_8IMPJW2BX_2PLDsF3eZ45vo2snQs_wBXFd8ZhZuosQtzTug/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425899884114828866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSU3PqEbyEEsMJdZp9dEUwY4iCAzbvSienYfY9sMYDdLdenSdPMVgZJP5rtcTPCtIf2UflF_i6_cuwrGLW0gwQNK1G8R-_8IMPJW2BX_2PLDsF3eZ45vo2snQs_wBXFd8ZhZuosQtzTug/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Destination - Paris Hotel & Casino</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigqPjG4ofj_A-pB57nMyo490I8rd3Fsd67zsM70eBdX2PLX-ALYXhHR5_0jxWUImtlddodp6vFe7vxvL7ybyzDkVg-ri2Wjg1UMB7qQbie5vmt81umuB_rXbxlucdgzevw6v1xzqyIfA/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425899874383184562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigqPjG4ofj_A-pB57nMyo490I8rd3Fsd67zsM70eBdX2PLX-ALYXhHR5_0jxWUImtlddodp6vFe7vxvL7ybyzDkVg-ri2Wjg1UMB7qQbie5vmt81umuB_rXbxlucdgzevw6v1xzqyIfA/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWAuSi9Xj-D2EzEW_yCKN7p1VGytFlhKNAaeiFPCmAFh39NIFuPa-TGGo4btDQO0MCSijkefOpmFjIQ1KIciEOOanWEVIxdmqJfVRkn4vpyMmBsna8jBTPBOTPwf8X3g3xQZwxHaTn1o/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425898232817906242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWAuSi9Xj-D2EzEW_yCKN7p1VGytFlhKNAaeiFPCmAFh39NIFuPa-TGGo4btDQO0MCSijkefOpmFjIQ1KIciEOOanWEVIxdmqJfVRkn4vpyMmBsna8jBTPBOTPwf8X3g3xQZwxHaTn1o/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What then ensues basically is a whole lot of lying to Nickki (I'm really horrible lying) as she's trying to make a plan for the evening and the next day. Little does she know that there is already a few plans in place including seeing Le Reve. So Diane and I are out shopping and she's back at the room trying to plan with Allison and Tim. She's calling the concierge to get tickets to Le Reve while Tim's saying he really doesn't want to see a show (very uncharacteristc since he's pretty go with the flow) and I'm saying that I've already seen it which doesn't mesh well since I had announced on the car ride that I hadn't been to Vegas in 8 years and the shows only been there for 2. But with a little quick thinking on my part, I say that I saw it in Chicago. Nickki's response, "Shannon, there is only one 100 million gallon water tank. They can't move that thing around."</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Poor thing here it was her birthday weekend and unspoken rule would say that the birthday person would get to do whatever they wanted. She's highly irritated but is able to snap out of it (honestly I don't know how cuz I would have been super irritated by us) to go to dinner. After dinner we head back to the rooms to get ready to go out dancing. By this point the other group has arrived and have the chance to surprise her a bit more. Oh yeah and we then get to tell her we're going to Le Reve the next night. Whew no more surprises, mess ups and lying.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Sorry no pics from Friday night although we had a great time dancing at XS at the Encore.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Saturday was a little bit of spa time and relaxing by the pool. A few of us went out to explore the other hotels. One of my favorites is the Bellagio.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXzm_E4Alolk4Phsq0Jad_Smjdg8-q0PUjfoeUwu3SAiPN6fnMMk_9TeGZDxMjrlopKULecb51Qx61hhHGDN7uW6elyc1oJm8p4LBbgGLilVZjW-Ui8AMvVkkLclqG_k_CpI_RBalHGg/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425898220462446306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXzm_E4Alolk4Phsq0Jad_Smjdg8-q0PUjfoeUwu3SAiPN6fnMMk_9TeGZDxMjrlopKULecb51Qx61hhHGDN7uW6elyc1oJm8p4LBbgGLilVZjW-Ui8AMvVkkLclqG_k_CpI_RBalHGg/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+036.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBg_DV48_FoCPJBHKzVRAMD9AyIWIoC68y0b_gmWHnepOAZc3k83HR5RsVtYErI2HXS7qrqsxa9C-Gi1Fvxgo4_6mzPg8eqtEyQeakZywUai0En0WpOPF9XXi0sImdGvx01DWo2aW7XM/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425898214775870386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBg_DV48_FoCPJBHKzVRAMD9AyIWIoC68y0b_gmWHnepOAZc3k83HR5RsVtYErI2HXS7qrqsxa9C-Gi1Fvxgo4_6mzPg8eqtEyQeakZywUai0En0WpOPF9XXi0sImdGvx01DWo2aW7XM/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+030.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">They had these random talking trees.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6KDuRcXT3PkfmCX2kbF5txQJM8kksjIQjJJlFQuMF9LGdOhl0LNUuNJK4RTUDpC1ElZEGjRQ2V1c8BtHnVgNv22mSXu_XkPn5pTJn-lEdlS1FWmXA2tzHYoN6H7gak1VndFgDIA6aTs/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425898210270921986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6KDuRcXT3PkfmCX2kbF5txQJM8kksjIQjJJlFQuMF9LGdOhl0LNUuNJK4RTUDpC1ElZEGjRQ2V1c8BtHnVgNv22mSXu_XkPn5pTJn-lEdlS1FWmXA2tzHYoN6H7gak1VndFgDIA6aTs/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+031.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And the largest chocolate fountain I've ever seen.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixE3FZ7dAV4_qpDqvcIrSHjQj8sxp3run708ZRVJuwmdl0_scQMK-FwR8yiZdjhSvucEkhcKosEZZnW638914oRw5Uvcz5B_xO2Ln7-wCecrepNJbrrhFcNpkaXfNOV-zl6XeK5cF8gU/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+038.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425898202705176418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixE3FZ7dAV4_qpDqvcIrSHjQj8sxp3run708ZRVJuwmdl0_scQMK-FwR8yiZdjhSvucEkhcKosEZZnW638914oRw5Uvcz5B_xO2Ln7-wCecrepNJbrrhFcNpkaXfNOV-zl6XeK5cF8gU/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+038.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A trip to Vegas isn't complete without seeing the Bellagio water fountain show.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoR5i95rEUWJspNOcg7mL5FjknLXpCD3NzKproMgX1wyc7jtPMFuhqifxFx5ooNEheWxlA3J6G-XDjEN6MdUX9i9FbI51RE3EDcQOKkYEHghOfp3E9hsXFyQIybAphOr5NLqgJypRy-s/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+041.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425896457281984354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoR5i95rEUWJspNOcg7mL5FjknLXpCD3NzKproMgX1wyc7jtPMFuhqifxFx5ooNEheWxlA3J6G-XDjEN6MdUX9i9FbI51RE3EDcQOKkYEHghOfp3E9hsXFyQIybAphOr5NLqgJypRy-s/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+041.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Headed out to dinner and to Le Reve.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKRUJUi2u-tGRFy9JDp_oHVkmm8Cuck4ugOd-j8S60nEOulLnYbhOjDwyepNgnSX9V-Z_vY5VvwFMFB5Co95jfEqkqg_hxlQHnkPBDm75VJanjegBuBQmWsn63DvwqLTAVoNfsSAGn9Y/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+044.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425896448063821906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKRUJUi2u-tGRFy9JDp_oHVkmm8Cuck4ugOd-j8S60nEOulLnYbhOjDwyepNgnSX9V-Z_vY5VvwFMFB5Co95jfEqkqg_hxlQHnkPBDm75VJanjegBuBQmWsn63DvwqLTAVoNfsSAGn9Y/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+044.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For dinner we went to Serendipity (there is also one in New York). Its famous for its $3000 dessert - it has a gold leaf in it and the frozen hot chocolate.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtty-hM6BE2rlEHGSXcGuNzrJtTQXobUlc_7kPYAswS0_vw085gKCXTvsKkY1SKw25dAZ9rU4b_LcCsr97YGuSq_L5dQnhgIKtsjQhyphenhyphenFkj8QIQM0jESsQ4CIpl6JIVBWHPPPYmOKxgXA/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+061.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425896441007727378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtty-hM6BE2rlEHGSXcGuNzrJtTQXobUlc_7kPYAswS0_vw085gKCXTvsKkY1SKw25dAZ9rU4b_LcCsr97YGuSq_L5dQnhgIKtsjQhyphenhyphenFkj8QIQM0jESsQ4CIpl6JIVBWHPPPYmOKxgXA/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+061.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the real frozen hot chocolate</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BTLZTZJUK77r4V-eUoFMeaNCPSt3U6HPkoTcRvzDBSKx0SRrflMRzVu5A0lhmOHuhJK97QDyVqZPS8JTiXbUaX2ByAkwuPS8s53KXfxnUKpuZnrvVEbdN9hQpsybvbDkXLGoYsWf6_s/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+054.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425896435744919250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BTLZTZJUK77r4V-eUoFMeaNCPSt3U6HPkoTcRvzDBSKx0SRrflMRzVu5A0lhmOHuhJK97QDyVqZPS8JTiXbUaX2ByAkwuPS8s53KXfxnUKpuZnrvVEbdN9hQpsybvbDkXLGoYsWf6_s/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+054.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the desserts were huge and amazing</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4wK1NKV1loMUsot67rvr-No2r6L_3I6IVLtNNzL5f87DdZm4-T-F3IJGGQx252PFDZoxlKtpbvR2YbbJb3XVkO42FucZ6tnvI7X1KM8VgRmLwvVfhaeMhAv1wa_zqeYOvGafO5I91K4/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+058.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425896425527260274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4wK1NKV1loMUsot67rvr-No2r6L_3I6IVLtNNzL5f87DdZm4-T-F3IJGGQx252PFDZoxlKtpbvR2YbbJb3XVkO42FucZ6tnvI7X1KM8VgRmLwvVfhaeMhAv1wa_zqeYOvGafO5I91K4/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+058.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Off to Le Reve</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSmy4wPpspMGDVuiS09uE5NNgS6n_EI_6fxXupcbqQ8eFoKq_Z3ec1q68kL6Sct0DHd0uSth5iTWE9DJhxKGEaVFH31INDWTYtvDOFTybupeZ399mOXHSgkqADn0e07rv5wu4JqDQY14/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+065.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425894451401771474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSmy4wPpspMGDVuiS09uE5NNgS6n_EI_6fxXupcbqQ8eFoKq_Z3ec1q68kL6Sct0DHd0uSth5iTWE9DJhxKGEaVFH31INDWTYtvDOFTybupeZ399mOXHSgkqADn0e07rv5wu4JqDQY14/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+065.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the 100 million gallon water tank.....</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5DAbCk6ewicR4lPy3RFTrIHD0FSCERLCgByp7WBBNb9Gq7dCWc-5Nzorqa0gyzoerBm4hpoa4zCEHmhEV6oitOFZbXvrqj2OFf5Je1H04Q3OxsCSQEridMpJch0uFGEa2p6M9VaDlLE/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+067.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425894446831072882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5DAbCk6ewicR4lPy3RFTrIHD0FSCERLCgByp7WBBNb9Gq7dCWc-5Nzorqa0gyzoerBm4hpoa4zCEHmhEV6oitOFZbXvrqj2OFf5Je1H04Q3OxsCSQEridMpJch0uFGEa2p6M9VaDlLE/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+067.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiQvTGWYv-9tuEvgeOgD54Tw5SkbY_BidKq_QeaNg38-xXIKsPnqS4sEjOeWCN04G0EvT2wE0mpdIzceVgbf7a_bTxzqavY3mdifs_YlqKNwN9JDk4zMBsRc6roNfqIL-5OhH6scnQrw/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+071.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425894443504806498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiQvTGWYv-9tuEvgeOgD54Tw5SkbY_BidKq_QeaNg38-xXIKsPnqS4sEjOeWCN04G0EvT2wE0mpdIzceVgbf7a_bTxzqavY3mdifs_YlqKNwN9JDk4zMBsRc6roNfqIL-5OhH6scnQrw/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+071.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The show was amazing!!!! Some of the acrobatics were jaw dropping. Highly recommend seeing it if you're in Vegas.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tim picked the lucky slot machine which provided a few hours of fun and some interesting personality traits surfaced from all of us as we cheered him on. I actually won $50 off that machine.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCdRw0ko6vpee_PD8xuQyD7jAzlFbEz4R6WrVaMBATF39w9I_PUixxlHKNYokhRAZcjGxUtmulBgT44KST-Ca4WX3xaPcufwzX3t65hhiec1NnmTL6glertpLnAgkZIdv8bKGgga3Kww/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425894435537551250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCdRw0ko6vpee_PD8xuQyD7jAzlFbEz4R6WrVaMBATF39w9I_PUixxlHKNYokhRAZcjGxUtmulBgT44KST-Ca4WX3xaPcufwzX3t65hhiec1NnmTL6glertpLnAgkZIdv8bKGgga3Kww/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+073.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Oh yeah I forgot to mention probably that it was Halloween weekend. There were some interesting (think XXX) and crazy costumes like the one below.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHt5y7eUzi6oWVP9I1WcCdhghP_LpE1R71xNxSs6tFytF8BK0HYdeyR5GlLVdH7caHbPZQRSUAVzT8GA7We-HFMAb8IliDrzrl69OBzOKnv-hqYL0Q23q8AgoH0i7R4o8EEB8SALENsbw/s1600-h/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425894430525521442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHt5y7eUzi6oWVP9I1WcCdhghP_LpE1R71xNxSs6tFytF8BK0HYdeyR5GlLVdH7caHbPZQRSUAVzT8GA7We-HFMAb8IliDrzrl69OBzOKnv-hqYL0Q23q8AgoH0i7R4o8EEB8SALENsbw/s400/Nickki's+32nd+birthday+074.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-92070553529222005832010-01-11T17:30:00.000-08:002010-01-12T08:33:23.711-08:00Dad's visit (a long long time ago)<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Way back in October my dad came down for a few days to visit and one of the fun things we did was go on the Warner Bros Studio Tour. When I first moved to LA after college, I really wanted to work in the film industry so it was so great to see all of the behind the scenes stuff and learn about how they do everything.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLT-aTq67oeSxXLTNOphenXSq2vVdlNi3b3VhBSpdb_h76ner0vzWG0MuETAAawEBvlrxYtuggb7YTq5pEvB1jDYFCL-naUlBKDHphV3c48I8LjHQmnawrAqT0gxxRXhJPXp7Tu884LrA/s1600-h/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425660627965578402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLT-aTq67oeSxXLTNOphenXSq2vVdlNi3b3VhBSpdb_h76ner0vzWG0MuETAAawEBvlrxYtuggb7YTq5pEvB1jDYFCL-naUlBKDHphV3c48I8LjHQmnawrAqT0gxxRXhJPXp7Tu884LrA/s400/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XI6IVAPfC2RVfJ1jr1tEvvmDbQsi50eCW2uWeXWEX7YvCyKiIDVd3ZZ3gdF6yXboY-m9mmTvWQoA4Rk_UHMHYY_m2IiM4PQbjsTcPRB8Zw5NZobqALBjzAKAG-3mYd-Pt0NFXJR43nY/s1600-h/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425660620819669474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XI6IVAPfC2RVfJ1jr1tEvvmDbQsi50eCW2uWeXWEX7YvCyKiIDVd3ZZ3gdF6yXboY-m9mmTvWQoA4Rk_UHMHYY_m2IiM4PQbjsTcPRB8Zw5NZobqALBjzAKAG-3mYd-Pt0NFXJR43nY/s400/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Show me that smile again, don't waste a minute on your crying. We're nowhere near the end. Yes the theme song from my favorite show growing up. Why??? Because this is the Growing Pains house!!!!</span><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGL8OMiyNWzyXpk4KRwLMb3oMvzgvFHUpUAqeG0T5qa0SC22jYQENNcb_fz4Ewvzo7H6Ruy-X1Cv2zPhIIAj_2NTgoUFzj1CBBvO9BSIyVypPiPCGv5gcGuU9x5X5RhLrlDP9e4eug4FU/s1600-h/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425660618228415394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGL8OMiyNWzyXpk4KRwLMb3oMvzgvFHUpUAqeG0T5qa0SC22jYQENNcb_fz4Ewvzo7H6Ruy-X1Cv2zPhIIAj_2NTgoUFzj1CBBvO9BSIyVypPiPCGv5gcGuU9x5X5RhLrlDP9e4eug4FU/s400/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So fun to see the Nerd Herd car from Chuck one of my current favorite shows.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf4znw8WXJ4riX_oZ-OKtRXAztAG3VOXS88k7p7O3Gho1jQ6haAOoUeuzkv0u-VQIPNt9ESNdvfAhcMcsWNLpLbHdgmaPl7gQUeRZrDG310-ObDS7ZAT1vYHCkawlxiZGay-vis3Cu98/s1600-h/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425660611719667186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf4znw8WXJ4riX_oZ-OKtRXAztAG3VOXS88k7p7O3Gho1jQ6haAOoUeuzkv0u-VQIPNt9ESNdvfAhcMcsWNLpLbHdgmaPl7gQUeRZrDG310-ObDS7ZAT1vYHCkawlxiZGay-vis3Cu98/s400/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And a shot of the Chuck set. Shhh though we weren't supposed to have cameras in there but the tour guide forgot to tell us.</span><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9pojOuDDr8raWRPRNC5KK56dl1IYLdIdazVDLbyEQjXFGxG0LqM4jIYTBrsFDhIc_VsiA0Iea0l_X2W-wzQSRyULClV6SIJrSiqlZjXLcx-83nm5QYk0ZfahnkUGe7kvRoZ-OL_oG8A/s1600-h/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425660602118135826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9pojOuDDr8raWRPRNC5KK56dl1IYLdIdazVDLbyEQjXFGxG0LqM4jIYTBrsFDhIc_VsiA0Iea0l_X2W-wzQSRyULClV6SIJrSiqlZjXLcx-83nm5QYk0ZfahnkUGe7kvRoZ-OL_oG8A/s400/WB+Studio+Tour+100609+015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Its definitely the best studio tour to take in LA if you're in to that stuff.</span></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-55994169436010526342009-11-07T17:21:00.000-08:002009-11-07T18:22:59.367-08:00Hello Fall!!!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I blame Facebook for my lack of blog posts. Its just so easy to upload photos on there. Although none of these photos are on there so I guess that's not an excuse.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Anyways, yea, a new post so you don't have to get tired of looking at the Nordstrom photo anymore.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Late September a few of us headed up for breakfast at The Griddle which is famous for their pancakes. I took the road less travelled and got the Nutella filled french toast which was soooo good and actually voted the best dish at our table. No pics unfortunately.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJKDQC4uGcBag0NKE6zec75N2edelz-ymdA9-kUJLyyOUNK4-QPulysVTdXkKLvJ6m_1pcbI7ia20iUcj8MH5fkf4aRSFao46mQRXbH061Nfn_0lD0d9lhlc5RRw2nBCl8Z7YQPPLNnw/s1600-h/Griddle+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401546017129096290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJKDQC4uGcBag0NKE6zec75N2edelz-ymdA9-kUJLyyOUNK4-QPulysVTdXkKLvJ6m_1pcbI7ia20iUcj8MH5fkf4aRSFao46mQRXbH061Nfn_0lD0d9lhlc5RRw2nBCl8Z7YQPPLNnw/s400/Griddle+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Seriously their pancakes are larger than the plate. One guy that was there had a stack of 6!!!</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHzwQc6HC-BRYbMq9zgflmP8ZVsLCz0Ypi6pXAVWIzrQu9qK0ag94lSMI6XTKXQgubEfHYwaKrlBEJ8xXAiUMQlHDbqmebtdtxqRE7T5UKttheSMURpBVjQm4vn3Qj9XYNg70m4aF2t8/s1600-h/Griddle+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401546010169680626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHzwQc6HC-BRYbMq9zgflmP8ZVsLCz0Ypi6pXAVWIzrQu9qK0ag94lSMI6XTKXQgubEfHYwaKrlBEJ8xXAiUMQlHDbqmebtdtxqRE7T5UKttheSMURpBVjQm4vn3Qj9XYNg70m4aF2t8/s400/Griddle+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGdEIEHXqPvC2g0VFVdS7qFMXMPyEoLlfSVosOK8pjRlfxl1pfPtz4VYUD4zh2ipAXfz1ovGxBmqPVOU2XMkn-L9gfEOW24hYBidI9odHh92HqccPyoTe3jOlNIC6-rkZR5eJNYmBmXk/s1600-h/Griddle+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401546004219344226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGdEIEHXqPvC2g0VFVdS7qFMXMPyEoLlfSVosOK8pjRlfxl1pfPtz4VYUD4zh2ipAXfz1ovGxBmqPVOU2XMkn-L9gfEOW24hYBidI9odHh92HqccPyoTe3jOlNIC6-rkZR5eJNYmBmXk/s400/Griddle+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">First weekend in October my old bible study celebrated Rose's 30th birthday at BJ's Pizza. We had taken Rose to BJ's for the first time months ago for a bible study dinner and it became one of her favorites.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-1cXSBtjniJeLd4v0_es0v06x2Nlm2ldC4ZDWEWxTWs3GjxvCra6xGgBL60yFTQ3LYKBqMwDD6OktGTQlB3G0zn0eLDBQnZrVVCJS6slP6HndxixegGhofBnqw7ppuduUFs6oCtaeGQ/s1600-h/Rose's+30th+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401544852562594946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-1cXSBtjniJeLd4v0_es0v06x2Nlm2ldC4ZDWEWxTWs3GjxvCra6xGgBL60yFTQ3LYKBqMwDD6OktGTQlB3G0zn0eLDBQnZrVVCJS6slP6HndxixegGhofBnqw7ppuduUFs6oCtaeGQ/s400/Rose's+30th+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEDFUbER-7bmE9vcx5CvHWVZA4EHuBXWKNlegSCOjHZIKYJER8mOn1QOmIAkRuPY3yFXE0tqset4ILKs6P62X2S1hs3QQgrjGM1Ngna0liB3F8YxmhzuoKsEkeKSzXQ2CQO0PeMJ5gAg/s1600-h/Rose's+30th+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401544847906946866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEDFUbER-7bmE9vcx5CvHWVZA4EHuBXWKNlegSCOjHZIKYJER8mOn1QOmIAkRuPY3yFXE0tqset4ILKs6P62X2S1hs3QQgrjGM1Ngna0liB3F8YxmhzuoKsEkeKSzXQ2CQO0PeMJ5gAg/s400/Rose's+30th+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Rose's favorite part - the pizookie. And we got TWO!!!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIUemLtdMHCodmsN4myoRTNraa72Jgf0g9jmA5kZMjFcbliH9Wo_idkYhx-mv7ajzBk5lx1RIIP2G7VpXpyDBc5tQ06KvgrdjG6ZSF-GyWVh9uwWmO91I9TI-hMzMOXAUmXAXzU5b6z4/s1600-h/Rose's+30th+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401544837994618786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIUemLtdMHCodmsN4myoRTNraa72Jgf0g9jmA5kZMjFcbliH9Wo_idkYhx-mv7ajzBk5lx1RIIP2G7VpXpyDBc5tQ06KvgrdjG6ZSF-GyWVh9uwWmO91I9TI-hMzMOXAUmXAXzU5b6z4/s400/Rose's+30th+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCxmVI7RFER7SUhyphenhyphen2aSM65NaRXAyK7bMRU48Lk6GVKOdoGW2V2e2rM6HgDS0vdDJtwmh8shI6VPmUX6j96dRs7yjXj2FcrB4lFDPLgI5x6zVDQbfFbFiv59aa3kDZ10xRxs5VNEMqmcE/s1600-h/Rose's+30th+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401544829893199874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCxmVI7RFER7SUhyphenhyphen2aSM65NaRXAyK7bMRU48Lk6GVKOdoGW2V2e2rM6HgDS0vdDJtwmh8shI6VPmUX6j96dRs7yjXj2FcrB4lFDPLgI5x6zVDQbfFbFiv59aa3kDZ10xRxs5VNEMqmcE/s400/Rose's+30th+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The following weekend, a bunch of us celebrated my friend, Brandon's birthday at Lucille's (whoo hoo new restaurant for me) and a little bit of bowling at Lucky Strike.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oLtRp65eRBowKxmCEcixy33s-5v9_IHx2kruOqyd-wlzD6_XsZ_J0dlAUAOOQfWzeKKtOL7tVdnN92Yt4Bp4YPyVsu5x_os_Ec5ewh2UPaUK5-LStfhHziIy60H-9JSiQOzfrAwCtZc/s1600-h/Brandon's+birthday+2009+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401541990303226722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oLtRp65eRBowKxmCEcixy33s-5v9_IHx2kruOqyd-wlzD6_XsZ_J0dlAUAOOQfWzeKKtOL7tVdnN92Yt4Bp4YPyVsu5x_os_Ec5ewh2UPaUK5-LStfhHziIy60H-9JSiQOzfrAwCtZc/s400/Brandon's+birthday+2009+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the birthday guy!!!</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUfzWQ4NIgztW1TpEYh83O88aZtpS1GxI0MQeehQIhycXRkqapgkQaIe3yieyW44oNr5q8LWTon2ILLdI6s1jE-h5xzGfTG0RbsLj6I-nt274KPUyqYIjYGmeRllGWkt3WuJ61TGMf8k/s1600-h/Brandon's+birthday+2009+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401541588417144642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUfzWQ4NIgztW1TpEYh83O88aZtpS1GxI0MQeehQIhycXRkqapgkQaIe3yieyW44oNr5q8LWTon2ILLdI6s1jE-h5xzGfTG0RbsLj6I-nt274KPUyqYIjYGmeRllGWkt3WuJ61TGMf8k/s400/Brandon's+birthday+2009+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tim & Nickki sharing some ribs.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCC28AvkAYMRO3ffin3G-p2753J03OvS7rzXOpwuIdNoRQJIxRJjIVvaqwGpTNsma8pciLN_qNsueInZtu4aBD3TdQpDmuNcZRZsu2vqwSS4eBRd-ME9S23JXwoDe_VcnR9QJeZBrYsXc/s1600-h/Brandon's+birthday+2009+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401541580861425730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCC28AvkAYMRO3ffin3G-p2753J03OvS7rzXOpwuIdNoRQJIxRJjIVvaqwGpTNsma8pciLN_qNsueInZtu4aBD3TdQpDmuNcZRZsu2vqwSS4eBRd-ME9S23JXwoDe_VcnR9QJeZBrYsXc/s400/Brandon's+birthday+2009+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rouven convinced me to share this two person platter with a sampling of everything. Not shown were the salads and dessert!!! The ribs and tri tip were delicious.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ynlbzRnyI4yy4SFrsQJEM-q0YKxcmlKkPZ7JxTXyogbDI11-dEDKfZTTfeHbRi5Ap9lBlgJNyJwFl7INMLOFcn2id93hn6Ik07dkgIwYAWQIb0gAFDNQ9AOjPcrlpMuT2t4NFawlJK4/s1600-h/Brandon's+birthday+2009+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401541572663697394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ynlbzRnyI4yy4SFrsQJEM-q0YKxcmlKkPZ7JxTXyogbDI11-dEDKfZTTfeHbRi5Ap9lBlgJNyJwFl7INMLOFcn2id93hn6Ik07dkgIwYAWQIb0gAFDNQ9AOjPcrlpMuT2t4NFawlJK4/s400/Brandon's+birthday+2009+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtBCTM2LkbkOb9vhFlddj_z3wjpui8lJXE160o69mmYfuZIV2PxUmEgjloY0xNU_66M8rUWMSxKvVHoSWocuE0_vdMN-MhWn3ZjnwU202MQ7jlmzvfcqdRf0DfbezWr2Za1rlbJ3qQTs/s1600-h/Brandon's+birthday+2009+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401541567973948370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtBCTM2LkbkOb9vhFlddj_z3wjpui8lJXE160o69mmYfuZIV2PxUmEgjloY0xNU_66M8rUWMSxKvVHoSWocuE0_vdMN-MhWn3ZjnwU202MQ7jlmzvfcqdRf0DfbezWr2Za1rlbJ3qQTs/s400/Brandon's+birthday+2009+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSVwB337wpO7nlECD_D3-aaNQ5K4dCJZI38AXWEFYhgveIPMKtU5V-KBBSaQLywfF6_yd13_rN1BoUdKp9ZCv95G1zTmYJoQ4hAiLUulyo5qf_CTTET7j3tcbELav2gtUOpZaGaFAw94/s1600-h/Brandon's+birthday+2009+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401541562794677506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSVwB337wpO7nlECD_D3-aaNQ5K4dCJZI38AXWEFYhgveIPMKtU5V-KBBSaQLywfF6_yd13_rN1BoUdKp9ZCv95G1zTmYJoQ4hAiLUulyo5qf_CTTET7j3tcbELav2gtUOpZaGaFAw94/s400/Brandon's+birthday+2009+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of the Outlet's Service projects is Laundry Love. Every 3rd Thursday of the month, members of the Outlet go to a laundrymat in Hawthorne and pay for loads of laundry for the people that are doing their laundry and hang out with the community to get to know them and their families. This is our 2nd year of hosting the Laundry Love Harvest Party.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's Carla (dressed in the cow costume), our new Outlet Social Lead with two of the kids that attended. The little girl on the left of the picture won the costume contest. She organized the event with Rich (not pictured), one of our Outlet Service Leads.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KnWyaBBMWmpcTXBtje5hE3WQC3Wk3bgZrbdnFJSHSXrgtFGa1KvxylU51hcxdE62K6o91mfDgrQsnpg3L3yqPjxSjiMZXrG-5MSwecAxR4Ch42suUuDbQgF6hcQmvWlBKL2wGspISlg/s1600-h/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401538609946399042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KnWyaBBMWmpcTXBtje5hE3WQC3Wk3bgZrbdnFJSHSXrgtFGa1KvxylU51hcxdE62K6o91mfDgrQsnpg3L3yqPjxSjiMZXrG-5MSwecAxR4Ch42suUuDbQgF6hcQmvWlBKL2wGspISlg/s400/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This year the party was complete with pizza and drinks, desserts, bounce house, face painting, cake walk and pinata.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqNE-U6Hl1_umTq_M-td3qUsi0WsBplWVcba9FBv20XTztNuMZSOVrH-RIzXTenaHxnhb22TdJPi7TiwK8fKs0KRTk9Dehyphenhyphen19rNHxOFsxBQwRe-fCOZgh5reCEhRfw1cQ-POlY0yT1S4/s1600-h/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk+006.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401538605398099394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqNE-U6Hl1_umTq_M-td3qUsi0WsBplWVcba9FBv20XTztNuMZSOVrH-RIzXTenaHxnhb22TdJPi7TiwK8fKs0KRTk9Dehyphenhyphen19rNHxOFsxBQwRe-fCOZgh5reCEhRfw1cQ-POlY0yT1S4/s400/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk+006.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Me in the midst of the cake walk chaos.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8g1NrYdzVTnbKqrquRaYvnhDjnUKn-lYk6MskJXPlqXISKBVT0DWOGipHcjo18lHqMGoiH5N8BtVHgC1mUoVYres6RU4YXPBKfxXDQ6_HzmmUezf1gmVfU_qGvu381okOlWemWFY6Z0/s1600-h/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401538596358153954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8g1NrYdzVTnbKqrquRaYvnhDjnUKn-lYk6MskJXPlqXISKBVT0DWOGipHcjo18lHqMGoiH5N8BtVHgC1mUoVYres6RU4YXPBKfxXDQ6_HzmmUezf1gmVfU_qGvu381okOlWemWFY6Z0/s400/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of the cake walk winners.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpYXNewaq7GBdlpvDmXrpSFS3S5LFHR8g9FDNd6Tfx-ksw25rDXF8KbLQ1LMaT5eofix8nTCxFBU4xzirjwfsqJ72DTNB7NRsPWKy9UO5OgiacNf0QSXd9zt2URQlA_y7WB1iKyKT75Q/s1600-h/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401538595728435586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpYXNewaq7GBdlpvDmXrpSFS3S5LFHR8g9FDNd6Tfx-ksw25rDXF8KbLQ1LMaT5eofix8nTCxFBU4xzirjwfsqJ72DTNB7NRsPWKy9UO5OgiacNf0QSXd9zt2URQlA_y7WB1iKyKT75Q/s400/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qUI9wrY5VPq2qLMzJkp4qHGr38BBRHLgEpRXrG9Cj1fxcy-J84pvp3-wGmWI9t_ExLLo-sn6bQt6yHBF3aemj5mICFfwzvukI4DATdWnzSQE5h8CnkTQMOBaiGJ5k-HzCnRHsEoT4As/s1600-h/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401538588980924770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qUI9wrY5VPq2qLMzJkp4qHGr38BBRHLgEpRXrG9Cj1fxcy-J84pvp3-wGmWI9t_ExLLo-sn6bQt6yHBF3aemj5mICFfwzvukI4DATdWnzSQE5h8CnkTQMOBaiGJ5k-HzCnRHsEoT4As/s400/Laundry+Love+-+Cake+Walk+004.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-26655164383767894432009-09-14T09:45:00.000-07:002009-09-14T23:28:51.557-07:00Good bye Summer<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Just a quick look at what kept me busy this summer besides living life with Sam and Sarah and all the bike rides (remember the first summer blog post).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In July I went to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Nordstrom</span> Anniversary Sale. The past few years I have gone with my friend, Shannon, but she was out of town this year so Allison went with me. No pics of us though. Only this pic I thought to take while I was standing outside on a conference call. Benefits of working from home - not really I actually had a vacation day but called in for this call.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJa0ZwIP_p1zth2DfwrA0LfIo5cBnV2BHIwFBxJ3YUCW60fHPp-ttGCvFkM5aHZbXh98dBwbqh5pyTHtE6fifv7v3vT5ezGJDS-jy9fpIEdodcokJfjgnnDAK_LaS7sAta9SL9bSS5-s/s1600-h/Nordstrom+2009+Anniversary+sale+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381392127168767554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJa0ZwIP_p1zth2DfwrA0LfIo5cBnV2BHIwFBxJ3YUCW60fHPp-ttGCvFkM5aHZbXh98dBwbqh5pyTHtE6fifv7v3vT5ezGJDS-jy9fpIEdodcokJfjgnnDAK_LaS7sAta9SL9bSS5-s/s400/Nordstrom+2009+Anniversary+sale+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Normally I get my eyebrows waxed but have a bunch of friends who get them threaded at this place in the mall so I figured I'd take the opportunity to check it out because I heard it lasted longer and was less painful. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? It felt like I was getting a million paper cuts on my eyebrow area. I survived but did shed a few tears of pain (seriously).</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuldaNidQ88sEu9I5h8qZGwImuKLMFSytI38wD_eiB3rd1TgdKOr0PLL-qSOB660WwxVK-RkeJ0HCVVxBicmNYtN98yFpK1PW3V3Ou_jn47NJlVQnViCdPwg4rEiLJyKgVMquVZqZ0Rc/s1600-h/Nordstrom+2009+Anniversary+sale+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381392113054419490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuldaNidQ88sEu9I5h8qZGwImuKLMFSytI38wD_eiB3rd1TgdKOr0PLL-qSOB660WwxVK-RkeJ0HCVVxBicmNYtN98yFpK1PW3V3Ou_jn47NJlVQnViCdPwg4rEiLJyKgVMquVZqZ0Rc/s400/Nordstrom+2009+Anniversary+sale+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Later that night we celebrated Jen's 30<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> birthday.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7O-VGHMdm_JVfjbylBAscOqrKcWnYXqKeQiTFBONQj9eFKTky4B0GdddD-P49l4_E7cKcsnaF83qY1BFiWlZzO80lQqLZJ7aWNcjvJZwTWC0ekkid1Ifo6y3e6396LOALIFOoOXMqlOU/s1600-h/Jen's+30th+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381392110873155218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7O-VGHMdm_JVfjbylBAscOqrKcWnYXqKeQiTFBONQj9eFKTky4B0GdddD-P49l4_E7cKcsnaF83qY1BFiWlZzO80lQqLZJ7aWNcjvJZwTWC0ekkid1Ifo6y3e6396LOALIFOoOXMqlOU/s400/Jen's+30th+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Travis and I were on grill duty.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4t4xsQAzERdXGhhlxfRPYRSUE6d4aorNNpK5lE61VuCzNOMPJAPvuEA7GC-Kx7Ln47uwsRMKprVHzTk9vI-YfomnYVdVKbMMSctHYVNoNex1-spdKT3WG53ys7m4HFSLhFoFzDZPbrbo/s1600-h/Jen's+30th+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381392098844746370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4t4xsQAzERdXGhhlxfRPYRSUE6d4aorNNpK5lE61VuCzNOMPJAPvuEA7GC-Kx7Ln47uwsRMKprVHzTk9vI-YfomnYVdVKbMMSctHYVNoNex1-spdKT3WG53ys7m4HFSLhFoFzDZPbrbo/s400/Jen's+30th+003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We had a fun "anything you could possibly want on your burger" bar, but I didn't get any pictures.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T84ykule2bkq_CIFqbmomMMaqimIRxsUFhGqeYrEWvhhr8ugy9M5OwEFKiQIPpfr_QMHZbIixtnFFISkdbrlyeTIIPMt-b0Vyl_YRqM_h3FwvOYXhNxq6k-N2k8Ls3PIuC0aOV1NY6U/s1600-h/Jen's+30th+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381390781574083074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T84ykule2bkq_CIFqbmomMMaqimIRxsUFhGqeYrEWvhhr8ugy9M5OwEFKiQIPpfr_QMHZbIixtnFFISkdbrlyeTIIPMt-b0Vyl_YRqM_h3FwvOYXhNxq6k-N2k8Ls3PIuC0aOV1NY6U/s400/Jen's+30th+004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Allison found a place in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Atwater</span> Village (North of downtown) that offers fun dance/workout classes so we headed up there for a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Bollywood</span> class. As rhythmically challenged as I am, I didn't do that bad. I'm definitely not staring in the next <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Bollywood</span> movie though.</span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3-Hyvx2v9vLEBe_LJa76JTrt4RfXoE0ipL9LETTEV3bju3cqsL6iMNwA9TNXw2Th1Yyiwi_xEqphZdWLuag38zYcn3bDpAQN4fxEELSgUhzJfzEfhthPzeihG6P2dgxw-071n8FSaOU/s1600-h/Blog+Shots+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381390772528417906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3-Hyvx2v9vLEBe_LJa76JTrt4RfXoE0ipL9LETTEV3bju3cqsL6iMNwA9TNXw2Th1Yyiwi_xEqphZdWLuag38zYcn3bDpAQN4fxEELSgUhzJfzEfhthPzeihG6P2dgxw-071n8FSaOU/s400/Blog+Shots+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of the moves we learned.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnc4JinvBhyelF0gZ1ipC_mVyhjkTRcEkTYmNYiZyOGhSn680h2bwKukzImoUAn6Xjo5ZUs2TIlyvDv2r9djPS60Esw6fF7wxASibb0xBwqfQqY730ZeENxUJKkC3WDXmOTlkSkOitTc/s1600-h/Blog+Shots+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381390769124744418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnc4JinvBhyelF0gZ1ipC_mVyhjkTRcEkTYmNYiZyOGhSn680h2bwKukzImoUAn6Xjo5ZUs2TIlyvDv2r9djPS60Esw6fF7wxASibb0xBwqfQqY730ZeENxUJKkC3WDXmOTlkSkOitTc/s400/Blog+Shots+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">She's going to kill me for posting this...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1RoyCCHn4dKfk_IKYtmUUjKryWUMwUW7JBFQdH-z9QE9vIq6DZtdLREMNvHpiw8ZtGE09nSLJxfsU7oPPCCYYt9blLiV3I3VX39al5f3rglRDpnFSWQq7qAqOmSxgOlRSASIuqHcONE/s1600-h/Blog+Shots+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381390754679481442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1RoyCCHn4dKfk_IKYtmUUjKryWUMwUW7JBFQdH-z9QE9vIq6DZtdLREMNvHpiw8ZtGE09nSLJxfsU7oPPCCYYt9blLiV3I3VX39al5f3rglRDpnFSWQq7qAqOmSxgOlRSASIuqHcONE/s400/Blog+Shots+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cool "new to me" restaurant in Silver Lake called Alcove after the class.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXNencEQ61pml69eUbWUL6N1cIHUg7pH_lj6kUbUjQFxJ5nMwbGBfdCDKyeAQ7k93r0bnkfUVBYSq_7rGXn-hR6EFSHzqf5-fwAT1rrXSwZFzojEjdrn2IbHFJl0OwYhsTMKpctB3geY/s1600-h/Blog+Shots+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381390751487954498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXNencEQ61pml69eUbWUL6N1cIHUg7pH_lj6kUbUjQFxJ5nMwbGBfdCDKyeAQ7k93r0bnkfUVBYSq_7rGXn-hR6EFSHzqf5-fwAT1rrXSwZFzojEjdrn2IbHFJl0OwYhsTMKpctB3geY/s400/Blog+Shots+001.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Biked to Taco Tuesday at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Sharkeez</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">HB</span> one evening with a few of the girls. Yum fish tacos and watermelon margaritas - my choice for the night.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnQREnwD9LfdB-43Zos0hFiryup9YLDYRRX8YWyqxWvdMyJ7miapqnCNV4thH1mlh6AbzF1hZngTC6nKZuWnx44L5VryOZtl4u3cSnXlWZo3iZtzUUTahtRxoL_Tu6x_iw2tRn3CV-6I/s1600-h/Taco+Tuesday+072109+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381388967427635234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnQREnwD9LfdB-43Zos0hFiryup9YLDYRRX8YWyqxWvdMyJ7miapqnCNV4thH1mlh6AbzF1hZngTC6nKZuWnx44L5VryOZtl4u3cSnXlWZo3iZtzUUTahtRxoL_Tu6x_iw2tRn3CV-6I/s400/Taco+Tuesday+072109+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Some of the girls grabbed some Lotus afterwards.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglG7fAnEA7H4mshVwFQ42HDvwAfx1rxasApfNTDlJ2-r5iPSMq5zcp5J38CGj2tCLwMndYmoESrmYr8YCEbYZCM0IhMSPEGO30uP6fVVvZDfkIPXchskg7QjXOE3x_xoC8a9msaHIXniY/s1600-h/Taco+Tuesday+072109+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381388960452100274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglG7fAnEA7H4mshVwFQ42HDvwAfx1rxasApfNTDlJ2-r5iPSMq5zcp5J38CGj2tCLwMndYmoESrmYr8YCEbYZCM0IhMSPEGO30uP6fVVvZDfkIPXchskg7QjXOE3x_xoC8a9msaHIXniY/s400/Taco+Tuesday+072109+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Little bit of hang out time at Starbucks before the return bike ride.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQszi2zrnLHtpRynFRcigli8JLQx3TruXLvmAg4ym5u0jKNEk9G4SdSDSYtzLS9bywoapmbnP_o1HN26T4XsMAf9OwlDZAAt_GE4iz1ky1kgtkcQArz4vCb76YT8yOr_Ie0TqJTXlpnHc/s1600-h/Taco+Tuesday+072109+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381388949868239282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQszi2zrnLHtpRynFRcigli8JLQx3TruXLvmAg4ym5u0jKNEk9G4SdSDSYtzLS9bywoapmbnP_o1HN26T4XsMAf9OwlDZAAt_GE4iz1ky1kgtkcQArz4vCb76YT8yOr_Ie0TqJTXlpnHc/s400/Taco+Tuesday+072109+007.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It was a "fun Jen" night with a bit of pole dancing.</span><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHhxUor1liMKWQW6gZbnFZVClkg9WDVVSdhTjt9Ks901XiE8MZ3glicDReHxaMylJA4Lo0uTuKwJjr46yZYC1vvxFL7XU25VfqK7hIxgrgMPTMzOIX8z5p_EKvqj5Jj3Gu5uOUmgN27c/s1600-h/Taco+Tuesday+072109+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381388940064999122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHhxUor1liMKWQW6gZbnFZVClkg9WDVVSdhTjt9Ks901XiE8MZ3glicDReHxaMylJA4Lo0uTuKwJjr46yZYC1vvxFL7XU25VfqK7hIxgrgMPTMzOIX8z5p_EKvqj5Jj3Gu5uOUmgN27c/s400/Taco+Tuesday+072109+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Old cell broke so I splurged and got the new iPhone. I LOVE this thing.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbilsmGsscS6StNxN5hUPRj5-LRITWfe_x5OLlVS8ks6RT2U2O1wRWfdRJhKYTBCVmlIx1PPMFd7tegju-PUJbiiwRAPWwhR-KZXjxa2i9nt2BktBvObshRMPc4Zgqq7qVmgvo3XqoWe0/s1600-h/Blog+Shots+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381388929887593362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbilsmGsscS6StNxN5hUPRj5-LRITWfe_x5OLlVS8ks6RT2U2O1wRWfdRJhKYTBCVmlIx1PPMFd7tegju-PUJbiiwRAPWwhR-KZXjxa2i9nt2BktBvObshRMPc4Zgqq7qVmgvo3XqoWe0/s400/Blog+Shots+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For the past year and a half Angela and I would go to In and Out on her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">RDO</span> Fridays. She lost the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">RDO</span> Fridays a while back but we continued to find time to go especially February through August when her husband, Adam, was in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Afghanistan. Fun lunches - who else sits at In and Out for 2 hours???</span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcQCulwMcJHQltIWNcK8qt78pZta1W5fehC7rRXKKxPdcrVqkyeDNLvWL-2AxW7-4nARbevlxtloK732-z5QUANcJAuZjrAncmWaU4zu3FQQM2XIGUUuphQUCn5T_d9IgZ0hoCZ4s0p8/s1600-h/In+and+Out+w+Angela.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381387230852385170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcQCulwMcJHQltIWNcK8qt78pZta1W5fehC7rRXKKxPdcrVqkyeDNLvWL-2AxW7-4nARbevlxtloK732-z5QUANcJAuZjrAncmWaU4zu3FQQM2XIGUUuphQUCn5T_d9IgZ0hoCZ4s0p8/s400/In+and+Out+w+Angela.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We welcomed Adam back at LAX in August.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4QdkefEouXxIUi2EL90jW9-II7jesdu4XDnBRB_0TRi6kanWgUgLl2POCwaTNxqmNBYODKN9_l2VDXVXcQbwQbnJnllqBOTlFf9sCxn0Bz2y70gTP1Ehl_OH5ehXbCNXIbsYsMi-Dxc/s1600-h/Welcome+Home+Capt+B+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381387224000698226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4QdkefEouXxIUi2EL90jW9-II7jesdu4XDnBRB_0TRi6kanWgUgLl2POCwaTNxqmNBYODKN9_l2VDXVXcQbwQbnJnllqBOTlFf9sCxn0Bz2y70gTP1Ehl_OH5ehXbCNXIbsYsMi-Dxc/s400/Welcome+Home+Capt+B+002.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Went to Shakespeare in the Park at Point Fermin in San Pedro. Such a fun evening - great location and what better way to spend an evening than watching a play outside on a summer evening.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CHk6mBlnqnImkqRTdP4_2Veyn0C-wU-gVK_TGsAxBIXFBDm_0WB5tVRI2ouZ8Zq8jyLKceeVnQhV4-d-YkoB9HNePP-b3KdTt8CSxwR9zlpByFIdkWK4pqqdHNr3R2oXUWJ7YtQ_Xxg/s1600-h/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381387215333386674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CHk6mBlnqnImkqRTdP4_2Veyn0C-wU-gVK_TGsAxBIXFBDm_0WB5tVRI2ouZ8Zq8jyLKceeVnQhV4-d-YkoB9HNePP-b3KdTt8CSxwR9zlpByFIdkWK4pqqdHNr3R2oXUWJ7YtQ_Xxg/s400/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2VhDH0t1QK3C-5cezhmouKzoPcPYTKLi9U1__pvYXVLfRoqxcutARYs5DW1itco08p0rz2Vdu_1OjZZwb696WPYLe5PvEvRNgW1Z-uhn-sltk0AKCKYqzkwYttss9hd4eW-OgYGDz8I/s1600-h/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381378585328522498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2VhDH0t1QK3C-5cezhmouKzoPcPYTKLi9U1__pvYXVLfRoqxcutARYs5DW1itco08p0rz2Vdu_1OjZZwb696WPYLe5PvEvRNgW1Z-uhn-sltk0AKCKYqzkwYttss9hd4eW-OgYGDz8I/s400/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAT_Oqm_oHAx5D5-DBVNw6dPQGlop2hBEwWqrVpk1FASCPcWW7L9JfNe871TlWJxf51RwHba-ThZw2BHKNfIQsT6TswMNbXFzVQMFHKtXkIj_INezG-8ISU5kY6sDq0DmONS4LQaQ_oMI/s1600-h/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381378577571920466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAT_Oqm_oHAx5D5-DBVNw6dPQGlop2hBEwWqrVpk1FASCPcWW7L9JfNe871TlWJxf51RwHba-ThZw2BHKNfIQsT6TswMNbXFzVQMFHKtXkIj_INezG-8ISU5kY6sDq0DmONS4LQaQ_oMI/s400/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyisl9XoJOIsvT9wsisouQGf1slmOPwGkxvB6u4FP48F1psoeCZ2Lh0Pee0ULDxeiSi5pOAy9ZDvmRG1l54Q3dKEkqGw5LVCgg2cdL62RAItvT1eGlGGNhzkfgtS4JgkO_jaYYrR5kGxY/s1600-h/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381378568089898994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyisl9XoJOIsvT9wsisouQGf1slmOPwGkxvB6u4FP48F1psoeCZ2Lh0Pee0ULDxeiSi5pOAy9ZDvmRG1l54Q3dKEkqGw5LVCgg2cdL62RAItvT1eGlGGNhzkfgtS4JgkO_jaYYrR5kGxY/s400/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+019.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfA0JyGzvKYkPXmmVxa20MG6Z4eWa9bRSzHxZ1CAfo4PyR9jg21lWOeQLLS6OosPieeLNo_w4m4I1x2CqGUKQrWOwoyUlDDRxZ7Z-36Qr1_YPg164-N0cY_2NqcabtvuTB7_TWzL9518/s1600-h/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381378559575086850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfA0JyGzvKYkPXmmVxa20MG6Z4eWa9bRSzHxZ1CAfo4PyR9jg21lWOeQLLS6OosPieeLNo_w4m4I1x2CqGUKQrWOwoyUlDDRxZ7Z-36Qr1_YPg164-N0cY_2NqcabtvuTB7_TWzL9518/s400/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The temp totally dropped as you can tell by the change in outfits.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWQC3Y48KiK6RIufwFxcTVcC_UjsMbNMo7zdm1XKqmYox9bCCjs43w54CWZVjRpZ1XDTbPZMRA_A1HYgE40cWgZV-5SA0nTr_l2uJadM5reeXzIbWdPC9KjALqtgF_hjAhyphenhyphenaik82orgg/s1600-h/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381378548388122898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWQC3Y48KiK6RIufwFxcTVcC_UjsMbNMo7zdm1XKqmYox9bCCjs43w54CWZVjRpZ1XDTbPZMRA_A1HYgE40cWgZV-5SA0nTr_l2uJadM5reeXzIbWdPC9KjALqtgF_hjAhyphenhyphenaik82orgg/s400/Shakespeare+by+the+Sea+030.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Only got to one Concert in the Park at Polliwog this summer. The Mo's organized this since this is Lauren's favorite - Neil Diamond cover band.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6KU5HSAwfDDdZbpHIHyhjgG8srvihzjvMg476bHRuKi2bZAgOgRzjcaXDHgDjZyfq14UEnm4xJM-mXBMo1HQMt9RlsYW3TCsQeUML-g-O7OgUkLaxNJZ565JjRioa0QnT2YeWDcxD5I/s1600-h/Concert+in+the+Park+080909+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381369746730822594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6KU5HSAwfDDdZbpHIHyhjgG8srvihzjvMg476bHRuKi2bZAgOgRzjcaXDHgDjZyfq14UEnm4xJM-mXBMo1HQMt9RlsYW3TCsQeUML-g-O7OgUkLaxNJZ565JjRioa0QnT2YeWDcxD5I/s400/Concert+in+the+Park+080909+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCnzpjy5uDN3o3EKMKRdJvuC9Jbram9eRdqtrqavoJ0mLo_hQ1cVPHIyBkjH8KtAahOPpbnIsjpfRRRrM58bVl_nRYw7IYtqoGQnNztHxWsn2MbWkrfb3ktA-tAQsbMHFm1ta4wJqGMc/s1600-h/Concert+in+the+Park+080909+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381369734756329138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCnzpjy5uDN3o3EKMKRdJvuC9Jbram9eRdqtrqavoJ0mLo_hQ1cVPHIyBkjH8KtAahOPpbnIsjpfRRRrM58bVl_nRYw7IYtqoGQnNztHxWsn2MbWkrfb3ktA-tAQsbMHFm1ta4wJqGMc/s400/Concert+in+the+Park+080909+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpGyQU-2IsVxxCSAYDc4RYFSMhHHrfSNmRpG81FsTZ2wC3c4_eJGpKPNJpWkQZ_9ZBpjjiYH-aBPIvW-rsTprZzIZpm9k9UZLckB2tLf6IcJli0bpfu-eQDQt3f2KGlNC8eDExogrwEM/s1600-h/Concert+in+the+Park+080909+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381369734196670322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpGyQU-2IsVxxCSAYDc4RYFSMhHHrfSNmRpG81FsTZ2wC3c4_eJGpKPNJpWkQZ_9ZBpjjiYH-aBPIvW-rsTprZzIZpm9k9UZLckB2tLf6IcJli0bpfu-eQDQt3f2KGlNC8eDExogrwEM/s400/Concert+in+the+Park+080909+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Found out that the Pantages was having a student special on the play Legally Blonde. Basically students could come and purchase tickets for the play at $25/ticket with a valid student id at the theater. Lucky for me I had Sam, Sarah and Michaela and was able to "use" them and purchase a few tickets at amazing prices. I took Sam and Michaela up there one day and then took them to lunch at Pink's Hot Dogs and then a bit of thrift store shopping. Orchestra seats!!!!</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">On August 28th, a few of us headed up to Hollywood for dinner at Katsuya, asian fusion sushi bar restaurant that Nickki had been raving about for a while and was on my list to try. It was really cool and they gave us this sort of private area that was a bit separate from the main part of the restaurant.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7kRyCKdMCV56Yqda59K1yOiFbOBjZ8DZJBYJO74qGxLq7bl0EQnlc0WEbKUdCHprFKLv37IILY0hwcsA6agOP2EhzZTmf5nxiKQrHFsPUSx8E4FyWPU2vsQTlum-Tygpf8v4JCl9_CI/s1600-h/Legally+Blonde+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381369716715587506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7kRyCKdMCV56Yqda59K1yOiFbOBjZ8DZJBYJO74qGxLq7bl0EQnlc0WEbKUdCHprFKLv37IILY0hwcsA6agOP2EhzZTmf5nxiKQrHFsPUSx8E4FyWPU2vsQTlum-Tygpf8v4JCl9_CI/s400/Legally+Blonde+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The non-fish eaters. Their chicken dishes were really good though.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgCh4pUA5Q8-_Nq72ksxP0y2lTXJCQUxdf3skgrSd61irC0azRe3Q9jN-ur7Hw_wBnSAxLi0xdIO-qlrY42V1G1iNKbGvjTVpfWYUiqdqYK-0QDcx8h-romd-W0taZAZZXArJn0vM8Sc/s1600-h/Legally+Blonde+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381367849337359970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgCh4pUA5Q8-_Nq72ksxP0y2lTXJCQUxdf3skgrSd61irC0azRe3Q9jN-ur7Hw_wBnSAxLi0xdIO-qlrY42V1G1iNKbGvjTVpfWYUiqdqYK-0QDcx8h-romd-W0taZAZZXArJn0vM8Sc/s400/Legally+Blonde+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I loved the presentation of the food. This is a MUST have if you ever go to this restaurant - its the creamy rock shrimp appetizer.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tyD9i6re1xwldcQgYk8Ju9E3AG46eQZ3Lg0_ysyN8CIsVgipWTU6SgmQaJf1wRB1IAvawR15tUFMAvjh8Qk9IWjmXjdZZjgi1hvLTWKA_sbeUBQyzebaMJ18nTOCivLn50UPNY0oSHs/s1600-h/Legally+Blonde+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381367847709119874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tyD9i6re1xwldcQgYk8Ju9E3AG46eQZ3Lg0_ysyN8CIsVgipWTU6SgmQaJf1wRB1IAvawR15tUFMAvjh8Qk9IWjmXjdZZjgi1hvLTWKA_sbeUBQyzebaMJ18nTOCivLn50UPNY0oSHs/s400/Legally+Blonde+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">and the fish eaters...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6WmfazGzmTxN3M14ARvBAF4VxCfqot9vpFKC9qzXClPAWxuJlRvP7xDt-q7r8cKQ4QWzXUa0E2y31E2LwFSfjRSxpih2Kohauwviw_Cg3pdVWBwfctchTg_Vuqgc_BVW4y0MY6UoInI/s1600-h/Legally+Blonde+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381367839811571106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6WmfazGzmTxN3M14ARvBAF4VxCfqot9vpFKC9qzXClPAWxuJlRvP7xDt-q7r8cKQ4QWzXUa0E2y31E2LwFSfjRSxpih2Kohauwviw_Cg3pdVWBwfctchTg_Vuqgc_BVW4y0MY6UoInI/s400/Legally+Blonde+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fun picture of us before we headed inside for the play. There were people dressed up in lots of pink.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Cj3w0fnQdN8pWMlY1dXC7IDwSFt5yUre7Z7pUbyRS5ehKNAob5J41Tvqu_SStTWqn0rwsB3PUVmjgCe7DTCfzJhuL33cUyyJ_T9HXxoYUV3WjnhT1zvMCvjNep2rmECnLI0kpsWJyb8/s1600-h/Legally+Blonde+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381367832277680834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Cj3w0fnQdN8pWMlY1dXC7IDwSFt5yUre7Z7pUbyRS5ehKNAob5J41Tvqu_SStTWqn0rwsB3PUVmjgCe7DTCfzJhuL33cUyyJ_T9HXxoYUV3WjnhT1zvMCvjNep2rmECnLI0kpsWJyb8/s400/Legally+Blonde+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Got to try The Habit, El Segundo's newest restaurant, prior to the opening. Sam and I were headed to Chipotle and noticed that people were at The Habit on Saturday, August 29th so we decided to check it out. We entered, they were VERY friendly (which hasn't stopped in the subsequent times I've been there), said that all proceeds from that day's sales went to El Segundo's schools, ordered, went and sat outside to wait for the food. Moments later I saw the manager turning away customers. Apparently it was only open for two hours and the real opening was the following Monday.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sd6Odpo1o-3bLQwFJXGnA6fwJC1FMOGd6Ghy4df2uyxM5aA_tovFG9VMEKckMgOX_AW7Q1jUdBT8eF4El2nykBtWA1GXklj7DTC73DzHZoGKmlOH2FvLernfgVovDm1JCgPKOmOdvS4/s1600-h/Lunch+at+The+Habit+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381367826653956210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sd6Odpo1o-3bLQwFJXGnA6fwJC1FMOGd6Ghy4df2uyxM5aA_tovFG9VMEKckMgOX_AW7Q1jUdBT8eF4El2nykBtWA1GXklj7DTC73DzHZoGKmlOH2FvLernfgVovDm1JCgPKOmOdvS4/s400/Lunch+at+The+Habit+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Got a season pass to Disneyland.</span><br /><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381366349394111410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNRyBgD8DqipOVVcVfGwgHc28SroA_F0Mt5Art8AWG4f-cZZ9krWN2_v9FfO27ejFoJpGPN8AqCRefsQMqdPeZSCsZqeKu6KA_WGOt5Q5doaFVNraTT7qqyA_fo8wQOJBrpWSW95gutU/s400/Disneyland.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Had a family and friend pasta night on the last Sunday before Sam and Sarah left.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYi76A9Hq_75nnCNJPcZzp1R7KAyjZxg1OdR3zqETXWGPSQtH8qsvMxz9PxOpAQSTmf2wdru3ruFS3ymwpHbKI_7p5tsQKlXTMsv6AJ3W0nQCsq5D3F2r1n6Rvcd3Oa8580w-zgYiaLGY/s1600-h/Sunday+Pasta+Night+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381366342153631314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYi76A9Hq_75nnCNJPcZzp1R7KAyjZxg1OdR3zqETXWGPSQtH8qsvMxz9PxOpAQSTmf2wdru3ruFS3ymwpHbKI_7p5tsQKlXTMsv6AJ3W0nQCsq5D3F2r1n6Rvcd3Oa8580w-zgYiaLGY/s400/Sunday+Pasta+Night+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Michaela and Sam posing for a picture. They are such good sports and good at the active shots.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68YCrNkXLkkZZ3DMHFq1-vZ-bcPTbV2L4TWUeQF2mbxQIhGdnIHOWzarbHZ2dzUG2-oA3Bm-Z_wxWPnbosROhrP9Wjs-5b4twdEGxPjgyvGq_ORYfbWXCT_31W7NeJyucThXHV8cqxsE/s1600-h/Sunday+Pasta+Night+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381366333873340290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68YCrNkXLkkZZ3DMHFq1-vZ-bcPTbV2L4TWUeQF2mbxQIhGdnIHOWzarbHZ2dzUG2-oA3Bm-Z_wxWPnbosROhrP9Wjs-5b4twdEGxPjgyvGq_ORYfbWXCT_31W7NeJyucThXHV8cqxsE/s400/Sunday+Pasta+Night+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sarah and a couple of her friends</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeIpcxNGZrhu1OrZKzXi15ymYGSZsRSea-bi_VRvhX1ZLdT3ogxT2R5-OnoSbPjP9uBzsBqu6zn4Zu54UZva_0N14EALdbLsweDQlKAr2WeMO2QZW_K4yH0Ogv8X4ITnmEiEg9ZjnWWo/s1600-h/Sunday+Pasta+Night+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381366325238510690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeIpcxNGZrhu1OrZKzXi15ymYGSZsRSea-bi_VRvhX1ZLdT3ogxT2R5-OnoSbPjP9uBzsBqu6zn4Zu54UZva_0N14EALdbLsweDQlKAr2WeMO2QZW_K4yH0Ogv8X4ITnmEiEg9ZjnWWo/s400/Sunday+Pasta+Night+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Shot of the beach on a bike ride on Labor Day.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvicIy0x2A5WetEJRk0T7dqunWbbqDKTV47-GlWRCkhh076lsHzS3BnOj57USRNuRVEdjKbMg5-QBeJwjz6RmBVKPmYZiRV_ORuswlJEQ17xbrXVSFFtBFFpM0Eky6hl7Ib0hBhEqDFNk/s1600-h/Labor+Day+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381366319094972354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvicIy0x2A5WetEJRk0T7dqunWbbqDKTV47-GlWRCkhh076lsHzS3BnOj57USRNuRVEdjKbMg5-QBeJwjz6RmBVKPmYZiRV_ORuswlJEQ17xbrXVSFFtBFFpM0Eky6hl7Ib0hBhEqDFNk/s400/Labor+Day+002.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-49663271352979452222009-09-11T11:00:00.000-07:002009-09-11T11:11:14.625-07:00Disclaimer<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So it has come to my attention that the last picture that I posted of Sam and Michaela brushing their teeth could be interpreted to be a morning picture BUT rest assured that Shannon's House Rules stayed in tact this entire summer and that was actually an afternoon picture because both of them for whatever reason really like to brush their teeth. Being raised in a household where my mom, the dental hygienist wanted 3 brushings a day and flossing (which I'm not so religious at doing every day still), I say brush on!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">For those who weren't privy to Shannon's House Rules here they are in case you find yourself in a situation with teens:</span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">No persons of the opposite sex in the house when Shannon isn't home. (Sitting outside on the porch until she gets there and watching the tv through the screen door was okay - they got creative).</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">No persons of the opposite sex in their bedrooms with the doors closed. (It is amazing what they will try with the door open....)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">No sleepovers of the opposite sex. (Watch out for the parents that do allow it though...)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">No going horizontal. (I don't know how many times I said "sit up" this summer)</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">When I was a teen, these rules were outrageous. And look at me now...</span></p>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-19822224779291993972009-08-30T23:16:00.000-07:002009-08-31T00:29:36.432-07:00Sarah<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So Sam's gotten the last two posts so I figured I'd devote a post to Sarah. Sarah came out from London a few weeks after Sam as her school got out later and she spent a few weeks hanging out with Claire and touring the England countryside. Since she's gotten out here, she's been busy hanging out with friends, babysitting a lot and a week long dog sitting job.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oGpWysn-b4BFuWNIX65zM0yQehip0hBcugoJ861dmnOFiC1bBN9z99bh-BhtYaZ_1QmFMZ95CIhylm6pALMnZWMvo0ZsZOEP8D5O1dnX7mBF85PkADCObJEDX4ppXpvi5xfQfKHOHp8/s1600-h/iPhone+upload+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376012423216154578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oGpWysn-b4BFuWNIX65zM0yQehip0hBcugoJ861dmnOFiC1bBN9z99bh-BhtYaZ_1QmFMZ95CIhylm6pALMnZWMvo0ZsZOEP8D5O1dnX7mBF85PkADCObJEDX4ppXpvi5xfQfKHOHp8/s400/iPhone+upload+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Last year despite my urging because she had a ton of split ends, she opted for an "air cut" which is what my hair dresser calls it when its not even a trim because she didn't want to lose the length. This year she was more game to get an actual cut so that her hair would be healthy.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Bye Bye 6 inches.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIx2FtZR5wDehwrekUYzBbVejCx0fofeQenF6qgsJ6WCS13CrQWvQy4utySqtwymr4kY4EaCoE9G0nnkPXxMVz7IaWnmovFVlm2Z_-7iVjQ2by-OqPaCpZpUR-U2b0leJg0aU0yq_KshE/s1600-h/iPhone+upload+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376012413152216914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIx2FtZR5wDehwrekUYzBbVejCx0fofeQenF6qgsJ6WCS13CrQWvQy4utySqtwymr4kY4EaCoE9G0nnkPXxMVz7IaWnmovFVlm2Z_-7iVjQ2by-OqPaCpZpUR-U2b0leJg0aU0yq_KshE/s400/iPhone+upload+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">She was in mourning the loss of those 6 inches the entire drive home and the next day. BUT its so much healthier.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4NmttpsrGYSbQzDpqDJmJvAytmGFScVKzCLY1BPDG_wRvxElQNDJzBeOYB-8IjIZz3eqb3N_F8qJ5Et5asxIDvltTyll6Vs3PY22ZmD7s7aSOXZgttp70ZgXzsq1F69a-fnBVgG8QI8/s1600-h/Sarah+Hair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376012406221314322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4NmttpsrGYSbQzDpqDJmJvAytmGFScVKzCLY1BPDG_wRvxElQNDJzBeOYB-8IjIZz3eqb3N_F8qJ5Et5asxIDvltTyll6Vs3PY22ZmD7s7aSOXZgttp70ZgXzsq1F69a-fnBVgG8QI8/s400/Sarah+Hair.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Its now been 3 weeks and she's used to the length. Two days ago she came home and it was dyed black (yes Elvira jet black). Some pics she took with her computer.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3Q_puu9Tuad5TZDPsGCssJhLlTb_BhG9GIPUVcmJMtdHDrHfXwJp2lxE9l5V_UYLm0Cz3pzMkiSbQsFVA6MJnnnjE0ALPBAvWugZtvdXgG55RrYhxspk4KBvWE4uW4dN8UqE1osjM_s/s1600-h/Sarah+Hair+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376012396521330306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3Q_puu9Tuad5TZDPsGCssJhLlTb_BhG9GIPUVcmJMtdHDrHfXwJp2lxE9l5V_UYLm0Cz3pzMkiSbQsFVA6MJnnnjE0ALPBAvWugZtvdXgG55RrYhxspk4KBvWE4uW4dN8UqE1osjM_s/s400/Sarah+Hair+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Really cool picture of her although she looks WAY TOO OLD!!!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-I5Edns3P7ARqTEWpedP1GRAzaIH6SznTJbXhZnDG-3skN7862TdnPrfEBi-QGInjzlShHXyBmprhzndz2RurVcH3cHlsCoZnM2K-_Iiu6aAutWQlj5l4KrQVztOme2KsTRttDKWTsM/s1600-h/Sarah+Hair+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376012391665907666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-I5Edns3P7ARqTEWpedP1GRAzaIH6SznTJbXhZnDG-3skN7862TdnPrfEBi-QGInjzlShHXyBmprhzndz2RurVcH3cHlsCoZnM2K-_Iiu6aAutWQlj5l4KrQVztOme2KsTRttDKWTsM/s400/Sarah+Hair+3.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-3845631136993760852009-08-30T22:34:00.000-07:002009-08-31T00:05:00.244-07:00Sam & Michaela<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So Sam met a great girl when he was here for spring break. They talked alot when he was in London between spring break and summer and when he came back for the summer he asked her to be his girlfriend. But this really isn't a post about the relationship, rather I just want to show you that in the 9 weeks that I've gotten to know Michaela, she's changed her hair multiple times and she's one of those girls where any color looks good on her. Up until a year ago (her mom showed me pictures) she had long curly blonde hair.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1uPKORNneS5y7iLZIL-2QiG2eNr4vFSgJfaf31Kp8S-2lbSpwILrWRjV-NPTH4pIzFxbiOHKY5BRVisjoMZjAWiANL6flHy2ULrF4KI0VZDzlMV6gd7tDCxZWJJoPOUBEdAUOyyIq4w/s1600-h/Sam's+17th+birthday+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376006687800566962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1uPKORNneS5y7iLZIL-2QiG2eNr4vFSgJfaf31Kp8S-2lbSpwILrWRjV-NPTH4pIzFxbiOHKY5BRVisjoMZjAWiANL6flHy2ULrF4KI0VZDzlMV6gd7tDCxZWJJoPOUBEdAUOyyIq4w/s400/Sam's+17th+birthday+005.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When I first met her it was strawberry blonde</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06bpS7yNb7gLi5OesnLiRv1Y_my4VSkfbXvxUA4rjlY4e-yFJdPA97DJir0lt2QiecdmJgJRQTEf5uPYMtUyMfa4ceZoWjaapkWuao5GuWfqNSFcJHg_IjKb-bEgkAh5eXNkq4543ug0/s1600-h/Sam's+17th+birthday+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376006681130095458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06bpS7yNb7gLi5OesnLiRv1Y_my4VSkfbXvxUA4rjlY4e-yFJdPA97DJir0lt2QiecdmJgJRQTEf5uPYMtUyMfa4ceZoWjaapkWuao5GuWfqNSFcJHg_IjKb-bEgkAh5eXNkq4543ug0/s400/Sam's+17th+birthday+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then she showed up one day and it was dark brown. Here it is curly.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OMXPnpH2ngqdgxQcBn7prackUv1s0ApFtjroNl5T64hkV2qZvGvprxujv9qcgeBYcZabw1XFVeMBDFHMkwk7nmT0IVasX2Jz76dg7gWQad3M3hDPixqWqGpFddF7r2BQVWTaRlH3iXY/s1600-h/iPhone+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376006674345914850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OMXPnpH2ngqdgxQcBn7prackUv1s0ApFtjroNl5T64hkV2qZvGvprxujv9qcgeBYcZabw1XFVeMBDFHMkwk7nmT0IVasX2Jz76dg7gWQad3M3hDPixqWqGpFddF7r2BQVWTaRlH3iXY/s400/iPhone+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYRL8QlOxCYPVY25nsbQz-UGjm2vk-vIJY3mRWWDhqQkzuGIVqAPh1qPP5BJPRVBN0x0mKk66Agkmilj6Es7Dm1_yIFn0E4aX2Ls7KbDMsyAv_f6irmC0Xwkw7rYrumgG3sI8HB56Sww/s1600-h/Pink's+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376000111296784498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYRL8QlOxCYPVY25nsbQz-UGjm2vk-vIJY3mRWWDhqQkzuGIVqAPh1qPP5BJPRVBN0x0mKk66Agkmilj6Es7Dm1_yIFn0E4aX2Ls7KbDMsyAv_f6irmC0Xwkw7rYrumgG3sI8HB56Sww/s400/Pink's+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then some blue streaks showed up.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs58dQEDI9PpiJgBhkjrQqEdaRXtC2QEjUFi14h4aQNJAYOJvU1Ud2TqV5_3KezgaaPLuu365mBQIbtWCdsPDYIHB1xEmsAkz9gwA_nOshUiVkkgEY9WQMjNoIXxamKeVa8Cg_OXHXLDA/s1600-h/Sam+%26+Michaela+Melrose+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376000105962231410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs58dQEDI9PpiJgBhkjrQqEdaRXtC2QEjUFi14h4aQNJAYOJvU1Ud2TqV5_3KezgaaPLuu365mBQIbtWCdsPDYIHB1xEmsAkz9gwA_nOshUiVkkgEY9WQMjNoIXxamKeVa8Cg_OXHXLDA/s400/Sam+%26+Michaela+Melrose+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You can see them better here.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1U9e2eQISV1-XvwuUIhagIqHU_lqccEVUFF4xxabvWrPC1Oclf0oF8a_FpU15TqOZrPVYBxCuAyslpp_63jVzqjuZzRvAQHQwwt1qakrL-yZFocobVcU5gQwTVUjgT1nXe6wt42m4Q8/s1600-h/Sam+%26+Michaela+Melrose+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376000095500424690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1U9e2eQISV1-XvwuUIhagIqHU_lqccEVUFF4xxabvWrPC1Oclf0oF8a_FpU15TqOZrPVYBxCuAyslpp_63jVzqjuZzRvAQHQwwt1qakrL-yZFocobVcU5gQwTVUjgT1nXe6wt42m4Q8/s400/Sam+%26+Michaela+Melrose+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And now its light brown with white blonde streaks.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jwVWf7BzIYaQC4MKWPotkjCI5b_xiUtCUOm9G-07O9RL3FKQancoa7AoFWY5JcCGfZmeSqbvl1X7_tlHe3GNQXn4o4Av2wdZ6n0AmNIi48TnsmZ4wHO36GPDHfXIuHp4jUmR6n-ML1g/s1600-h/Sam+%26+Michaela+Blonde+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376000088301152082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jwVWf7BzIYaQC4MKWPotkjCI5b_xiUtCUOm9G-07O9RL3FKQancoa7AoFWY5JcCGfZmeSqbvl1X7_tlHe3GNQXn4o4Av2wdZ6n0AmNIi48TnsmZ4wHO36GPDHfXIuHp4jUmR6n-ML1g/s400/Sam+%26+Michaela+Blonde+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You can see the blonde better in this pic. I promised them this one would never get out but I thought it was funny and its not going on Facebook so I don't think they'll ever know.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowTgnBspPRoKtPADQAh8UAetYWsKnzGh5GrJVFl4-TwpPuWpV90MIxl9aza3v9uspn_jY8A3GBz1efYyxtjH_bqCVqLKhspk-EsvbB025xBENsCIkLETqMV6UZVBRDkJgpo7E0wV1LTU/s1600-h/Pearly+Whites.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376000084331918578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowTgnBspPRoKtPADQAh8UAetYWsKnzGh5GrJVFl4-TwpPuWpV90MIxl9aza3v9uspn_jY8A3GBz1efYyxtjH_bqCVqLKhspk-EsvbB025xBENsCIkLETqMV6UZVBRDkJgpo7E0wV1LTU/s400/Pearly+Whites.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-10521367032153383122009-08-24T21:45:00.000-07:002009-08-24T22:49:54.659-07:00Summer<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So this summer has been pretty crazy. Really just plain busy with work (we are going through a reorg of the consulting division and layoffs both of which are alot of work behind the scenes), having two teenagers for the summer (more on that later if you haven't heard the jaw dropping stories and parenting according to Shannon already...) and all my fun summer activities with friends. Again I've been negligent on the blog...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Anyways the first thing I want to share (partly cuz I'm proud of myself) but mostly because I'm really proud of Sam is that he got his license. Brigitte had been wanting him to learn to drive since he was 14 (I think in France maybe that is okay and mostly for emergencies) but I convinced her that he really couldn't but that as soon as he legally could, I would teach him to drive. His dad mainly because he lives in London doesn't know how to drive so Brigitte wanted to ensure that was something that he could do. So last year a little after she passed, Sam (16) and I worked through the process of getting him his permit.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">On July 28, 2008, here he is after passing his permit test.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIeKfh-nzmKVwSRwXTRZ3HsO7AHys7JTndZRZoBLWToGjMH3ivS5ALX-L5RDHxsCQ0io8a45jmwjaYaSxlqIQ6GhQwtP8L1mv5-k11QGdDRCR-9oD-MHEAD1Znv_1KQMG7HyvxNHPCCU/s1600-h/Sam's+Permit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373759350398488914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIeKfh-nzmKVwSRwXTRZ3HsO7AHys7JTndZRZoBLWToGjMH3ivS5ALX-L5RDHxsCQ0io8a45jmwjaYaSxlqIQ6GhQwtP8L1mv5-k11QGdDRCR-9oD-MHEAD1Znv_1KQMG7HyvxNHPCCU/s400/Sam's+Permit.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The same afternoon he had his first 2 hours of behind the wheel (he had practiced a little bit prior to that in parking lots - good thing since they immediately had him driving in rush hour traffic on busy 4 lane roads) so he could legally drive with me. Next day we were leaving on the roadtrip to Oregon - great opportunity for driving in lots of different conditions.</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1oAd2WN2dUbPVhBtofNgb8NvFmVgqJZ8RBhNVyUfgt6Zq3QtGohxY1zupxeTPD73RqssCozYU6ccmAWozAEx6b28WRlBe9WnKpFSzpXT32O3FEWUSq6MQwTYLSbcm_cFGcDjkp1YseQ/s1600-h/Sam's+Permit+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373759343232617410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1oAd2WN2dUbPVhBtofNgb8NvFmVgqJZ8RBhNVyUfgt6Zq3QtGohxY1zupxeTPD73RqssCozYU6ccmAWozAEx6b28WRlBe9WnKpFSzpXT32O3FEWUSq6MQwTYLSbcm_cFGcDjkp1YseQ/s400/Sam's+Permit+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When Sam was back for Christmas Break and Spring Break and summer, we drove ALOT. On July 28, 2009, he took his driving test and passed. While he was taking the test, I was seriously nervous for him. After he passed, I was still seriously nervous but now it was because he was going to be driving alone in my car.</span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZoD2RiaHrzdtL4uGAEA80LA8G9nCejIZMiyVo1ElporHJqDTbuGa2sZ9kYrtur2Y3UUA8Zrs8nmUAy_TW27U1uRGE2wUtszyXaRS5MvLfF8F0m7gPQM-lNz3d4XVdk12F2zirZ4BF6s/s1600-h/Sam's+license.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373759337275821682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZoD2RiaHrzdtL4uGAEA80LA8G9nCejIZMiyVo1ElporHJqDTbuGa2sZ9kYrtur2Y3UUA8Zrs8nmUAy_TW27U1uRGE2wUtszyXaRS5MvLfF8F0m7gPQM-lNz3d4XVdk12F2zirZ4BF6s/s400/Sam's+license.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sam and his girlfriend ready to head off for their first drive without me in the car. He looks so grown up...</span><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPiO6Q2nlRWG0r7f2K1rzbI1wMR97fRF9MdI96-nWDWF9Qa7E_gjTcfTLsWqiPW6pOBaF66aqsQ04hJj9-xqEWa7_Lsg5vxigL0oqac7qfh0RasWHu2YMXuCrNp6t4xcnvSqawV-quU4/s1600-h/Sam+driving+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373759330192220642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPiO6Q2nlRWG0r7f2K1rzbI1wMR97fRF9MdI96-nWDWF9Qa7E_gjTcfTLsWqiPW6pOBaF66aqsQ04hJj9-xqEWa7_Lsg5vxigL0oqac7qfh0RasWHu2YMXuCrNp6t4xcnvSqawV-quU4/s400/Sam+driving+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So this is just one experience in my crazy but wonderful summer with the kids. Its crazy to think that while I haven't been blessed with my own kids, I've experienced this terrifying yet proud moment and probably one of the milestone moments in a teen's life and that of a parent's as they have to learn to trust that the kid will be responsible and safe and have so much more freedom while I've got friends whose kids are just starting to get their permits and just starting the terrifying process.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Some of my driving tips and rules that I think are working:</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- if possible wait until they are 17 - worked for Sam and I think he's a bit more mature; planning to do the same with Sarah</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- lots and lots of practice in all different conditions (it may be easier, faster and less anxiety for you to drive but the better prepared they are the better they will be when they are driving alone) over and above what they will make them do during the driving test (we did lots of freeway driving especially in traffic, parallel parking, frequently doing the routes that they will be driving so they learn)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- lots of commentary from me (are you surprised?) on why to do something, why not to do something, anticipating things that new drivers just don't see and experienced drivers now take for granted</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- driving with the radio on - I know some will say WHAT??? but hear me out. Initially when they start driving and you are heavily instructing them no radio but as they get more comfortable driving turn the radio on. They are going to have the radio on (and loud) when they are driving alone or with friends so better to prepare them for how they are truly going to be driving when they are alone. Today there are so many more distractions than when I learned to drive.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- I didn't let Sam take his test until I was comfortable NOT that he would pass but that I was comfortable with him driving by himself safely and responsibly and with my car</span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">- Post License Rules - no ipod, hand holding or kissing the girlfriend at stop lights for 2 weeks; no going out of the South Bay unless I'm aware, select people are allowed in the car when he's driving.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Its now been almost a month and Sam has proven to be responsible and trustworthy as a driver and with my car. The anxiety has lessened considerably although I do still pray that he will return safely every time he takes the car.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Last thoughts are to my mom. I remember like it was yesterday, taking my driving test while you waited at the curb (yes the one that I went over and they still allowed me to finish the test) with the other parents and the minute we got home I had you out of the car and was on my way to my friends feeling on top of the world with the biggest amount of freedom that a 16 year old can feel. But I do remember you standing in the driveway waving as I drove away and even as I got to the end of the block, I could still see you standing there. Such a different feeling for the adult than the kid. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I do (since I've now lived through it), but at the same time don't know how you did it. Like everything else this summer, I appreciate you more for it.</span></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-56840737922502313552009-08-14T18:52:00.000-07:002009-08-15T00:47:52.757-07:00Cruisin'<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of my favorite things to do is ride my purple beach cruiser. Luckily I have lots of friends who also love to do this so this summer has been filled alot of bike rides. A few of us got bike lights so there have been some late night rides too. There have been a ton (essentially anything happening in the Venice or South Bay area is attached to a bike ride) but just a few pictures from some.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Back on Sat, June 27th Taylor organized a late afternoon bike ride to South RB. We checked out the street fair and then grabbed dinner at Creme de la Crepe.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6sGEMpLPlUmY6ySbSxp7hYGvrkcdiGpCXsol_wXuNbtjndQ_hy_zVoKn1_PWC0QIUsBJvkUXoW-BWoNOJKlwjCnJQAkgFf6kqqKo00_fnQdsqOGeTWwqfK3__tg_tT5RpG9TzoaQYj8/s1600-h/Taylor's+34th+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369726652018918162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6sGEMpLPlUmY6ySbSxp7hYGvrkcdiGpCXsol_wXuNbtjndQ_hy_zVoKn1_PWC0QIUsBJvkUXoW-BWoNOJKlwjCnJQAkgFf6kqqKo00_fnQdsqOGeTWwqfK3__tg_tT5RpG9TzoaQYj8/s400/Taylor's+34th+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9ZamEm60hFz1RHXaO3yHqr4DuICDRp4OzERtvEWpCkX09OWAaV2A7wSjKe24JqyI8_T0cFA_De_y73PJOj3cGFXxiqrqCpSPRBbWO4RKYg4ny9ZErpkLy4oy1WLl5DXEFwFM5fmUA4Y/s1600-h/Taylor's+34th+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369726643401889522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9ZamEm60hFz1RHXaO3yHqr4DuICDRp4OzERtvEWpCkX09OWAaV2A7wSjKe24JqyI8_T0cFA_De_y73PJOj3cGFXxiqrqCpSPRBbWO4RKYg4ny9ZErpkLy4oy1WLl5DXEFwFM5fmUA4Y/s400/Taylor's+34th+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WhmzYwk9d43hQqsK7zm2uSgOMqUFODmqE2DVTQysDGaL4gQlbui92HqaTkxDqgLLcEcDyQPO0tMxrIhRS1SnMCboDKd8C1SNSTZSKqEAwzEg-VbU7z5WybOB_RhRuqO_zwner1SAABA/s1600-h/Taylor's+34th+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369726304142845042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WhmzYwk9d43hQqsK7zm2uSgOMqUFODmqE2DVTQysDGaL4gQlbui92HqaTkxDqgLLcEcDyQPO0tMxrIhRS1SnMCboDKd8C1SNSTZSKqEAwzEg-VbU7z5WybOB_RhRuqO_zwner1SAABA/s400/Taylor's+34th+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEgGCvSnfOgkjJu8z8EctZMzxiN155Utcpj61O5UHwUBMqk7E_W0GlRkitf5Mtm6yh44TOSEGjblxcmYVeAGkMtgYGobW9eo1xAEl1MQ5MUMVzgvFIuI5yTaF0zeWMUjiU-zc5V42kv8/s1600-h/Taylor's+34th+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369726299053526450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEgGCvSnfOgkjJu8z8EctZMzxiN155Utcpj61O5UHwUBMqk7E_W0GlRkitf5Mtm6yh44TOSEGjblxcmYVeAGkMtgYGobW9eo1xAEl1MQ5MUMVzgvFIuI5yTaF0zeWMUjiU-zc5V42kv8/s400/Taylor's+34th+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaUIVWsKe5f2ZQajS2GH1-0Q7dJgj6hcnzSGqALX57hjq6C-qYWGLynbTV3JkqVQkF2QcdhYxmX1hTCJQd2ApCTQSUx5LUxOnDNPUoetr3Au7vE8okpMFioKrFKC4CU2SQZYUZ1OrqFA/s1600-h/Taylor's+34th+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369726291929509554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaUIVWsKe5f2ZQajS2GH1-0Q7dJgj6hcnzSGqALX57hjq6C-qYWGLynbTV3JkqVQkF2QcdhYxmX1hTCJQd2ApCTQSUx5LUxOnDNPUoetr3Au7vE8okpMFioKrFKC4CU2SQZYUZ1OrqFA/s400/Taylor's+34th+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aBuXnKgyrt2hnH1orsRlkVE-z5gdan5mF4YDMJiODF38gtTfPy4vFc4_KWOmwXLgm4vFUEst2Wrrp5h3J1vayzGcSfFWjL5L_C1CR3szgzMmSDQ5CETYhWOSX3tHzgIjtk1R1raM13s/s1600-h/Taylor's+34th+031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369726271556690722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aBuXnKgyrt2hnH1orsRlkVE-z5gdan5mF4YDMJiODF38gtTfPy4vFc4_KWOmwXLgm4vFUEst2Wrrp5h3J1vayzGcSfFWjL5L_C1CR3szgzMmSDQ5CETYhWOSX3tHzgIjtk1R1raM13s/s400/Taylor's+34th+031.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9pkSLF9EU1VtcXAeVn6P1okr3hio4ttaC5w6Bk-M7aGyTn_py4UIcxX6DnJQBGKizwiaY05xckJ4kgpZLsZnRyUjVbL1hEU0DaItCm7nUASi38XAJUNUKiybcGq6xVanJIQ4Rc_2GDs/s1600-h/Taylor's+34th+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369726268534556434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9pkSLF9EU1VtcXAeVn6P1okr3hio4ttaC5w6Bk-M7aGyTn_py4UIcxX6DnJQBGKizwiaY05xckJ4kgpZLsZnRyUjVbL1hEU0DaItCm7nUASi38XAJUNUKiybcGq6xVanJIQ4Rc_2GDs/s400/Taylor's+34th+033.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Day before 4th of July I did two really long rides. First one was in the morning - destination the Omelette Parlour in Santa Monica (meals stops are always fun cuz you know you're going to at least work some of it off on the ride home).</span></div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369720052915320818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJBoU2wO8Of-QTWqGKjx38GNxD5wQZfxeNYN1YoiDHqFlEYYe5yFDq65CMjYoAmQ_8m7TyBwaQjPDXDFR4S2L5KYyuzFqtxIqmkAZQHUOevo9kbdYKpaAeUnWSOhSNv_6g5j-BSO3sJU/s400/epic_July_3_or_4_ride_2009.JPG" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Got home, rested for an hour and then headed out on an afternoon ride with my bible study girls to Venice. Of course stopping at Baja Cantina for some margaritas and happy hour food specials.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So in addition to loving riding my bike, I love to (despite how dangerous it possibly is) to take pictures while I'm riding. Most of the time I've mastered the art of taking pics while I'm riding. Its kind of like a selfy shot but really can't have me in it to get everyone else when we're riding. I'm going to coin it Riding While Taking Pictures (RWTP). Unfortunately none of my friends do it so I'm really never in the pics.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfpCx-S2ErGLdGOBi1WIqoB6g9i5rOlFUlpIQSWoDCznEks7s9S60D_NNqw6TU7Do6AwgAbfP8mqiWJJWiBAAe-4YSI70Qn4Y-0AzdTRjyzJXvVUU5ZrlwDnQDW2neueDADiBKPXK4ik/s1600-h/BS+Ride+070309+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369627192177777394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfpCx-S2ErGLdGOBi1WIqoB6g9i5rOlFUlpIQSWoDCznEks7s9S60D_NNqw6TU7Do6AwgAbfP8mqiWJJWiBAAe-4YSI70Qn4Y-0AzdTRjyzJXvVUU5ZrlwDnQDW2neueDADiBKPXK4ik/s400/BS+Ride+070309+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lauren's sister, Tracy, was in town for 6 weeks and joined us on the ride.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrWQAt2y0Fwd3hK-GxFu6rYMumfA6bGpVDQrm9hyAyW-ntIdyNvJFU7eemLf69btoO43JfE4Sq2eU5fYf_4gjXwk4pA2uAjn8l7Obz9oC9GTx9ub0_vpFXqXaNuoJXdhCgC1QovgPCYE/s1600-h/BS+Ride+070309+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369627182427079426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrWQAt2y0Fwd3hK-GxFu6rYMumfA6bGpVDQrm9hyAyW-ntIdyNvJFU7eemLf69btoO43JfE4Sq2eU5fYf_4gjXwk4pA2uAjn8l7Obz9oC9GTx9ub0_vpFXqXaNuoJXdhCgC1QovgPCYE/s400/BS+Ride+070309+019.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How can you not love beach rides with views like this???</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYoHh7McaAqPr2hu8NRvM_YsxsUU2aNqEpcCrUFgyUontkjPVKj2-QBMW0WvUKPDLgSJ4FX9-v4XuVUR-aG1iKMobSyP9eBfgA0ech4uSfiwFVisyoXKKmy0kb_M441jReplfk8WpS54/s1600-h/BS+Ride+070309+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369627169341242098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYoHh7McaAqPr2hu8NRvM_YsxsUU2aNqEpcCrUFgyUontkjPVKj2-QBMW0WvUKPDLgSJ4FX9-v4XuVUR-aG1iKMobSyP9eBfgA0ech4uSfiwFVisyoXKKmy0kb_M441jReplfk8WpS54/s400/BS+Ride+070309+024.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This year for the first time I attended the Hermosa Beach Concerts on the Beach. They are only 3 Sundays in July with some relatively popular bands. Here's some shots of the first one.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Jen and Travis</span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRpgyo4OslZ3N-ytDnOuyzxvQEaTGRNd5F2sB0Xx0MpXX-9-_51qQFU_SWr2tas8i8FEJT7AosDbuM6asKd6i7hs0uFZMuOMBNxBdquSR1orONlm-aqjUK31yCvKq6fMPo3UqBZHIIkc/s1600-h/HB+Concert+on+the+Beach+071909+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369627159432254818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRpgyo4OslZ3N-ytDnOuyzxvQEaTGRNd5F2sB0Xx0MpXX-9-_51qQFU_SWr2tas8i8FEJT7AosDbuM6asKd6i7hs0uFZMuOMBNxBdquSR1orONlm-aqjUK31yCvKq6fMPo3UqBZHIIkc/s400/HB+Concert+on+the+Beach+071909+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOh92hVBL4ZtabqSty8SbY7hPyoPxtt3sYMeDT7e_t4aDOkweC8cNGXfbnl9QNlXAYcrIgaJg_xB-C6JNSBHlxztEXbHHjymlCCQDg_eW5wA6-Vctg661YUkN3jeotmh95pW3wqL2Jgs/s1600-h/HB+Concert+on+the+Beach+071909+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624398366491698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOh92hVBL4ZtabqSty8SbY7hPyoPxtt3sYMeDT7e_t4aDOkweC8cNGXfbnl9QNlXAYcrIgaJg_xB-C6JNSBHlxztEXbHHjymlCCQDg_eW5wA6-Vctg661YUkN3jeotmh95pW3wqL2Jgs/s400/HB+Concert+on+the+Beach+071909+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And the second one when Rebelution (reggae) was playing. It was PACKED!!!! Definitely different atmosphere than Manhattan's Concert in the Park. Lots of red cups and interesting smells...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInmgDOsnqx4Xt2tMlwdAtVVF3AgQMwoQAtBIHRe_Xu0P7IRr-5ALg2YIiPcIiImfBlYHHGq_9Yec9kPfcUj5SE3oQyZav_SkxJ2Yb8FHBJpbfuDlACUYlO7y37XasUDkrdwDKHxNmhYo/s1600-h/iPhone+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624390242392354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInmgDOsnqx4Xt2tMlwdAtVVF3AgQMwoQAtBIHRe_Xu0P7IRr-5ALg2YIiPcIiImfBlYHHGq_9Yec9kPfcUj5SE3oQyZav_SkxJ2Yb8FHBJpbfuDlACUYlO7y37XasUDkrdwDKHxNmhYo/s400/iPhone+017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nt5Cv3JlDl2u46ix4dVcY4px-7f8rqEVK1GzJZASaz8eAz9iUJziFwzV_bDQgMYRHyF4M2DT6zy-Nt_ZTqBgG_QloeJTBC6O-VaOQMlX0x4PvkhLU1W8D_mNMNiQPkz-2txx57eIEXg/s1600-h/iPhone+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624375939068930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nt5Cv3JlDl2u46ix4dVcY4px-7f8rqEVK1GzJZASaz8eAz9iUJziFwzV_bDQgMYRHyF4M2DT6zy-Nt_ZTqBgG_QloeJTBC6O-VaOQMlX0x4PvkhLU1W8D_mNMNiQPkz-2txx57eIEXg/s400/iPhone+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Allison's family came down to visit and she arranged a bike ride on a Wednesday early evening to ride to El Torito in Marina del Rey. We met up with her mom, dad and Noah, her adorable 2 year old nephew. Not bad for another "RWTP" shot.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhV3tQ1k-QbXlyVQ1rGgAtjW2sBc9qfvObq-gcw1HE1NDfH9zkxcyF1o4J_ImvXob822D7oz8fbVe7HD1tgSuuKS4fhyniq90lnKZWb2fHqMSI4bZc2j9p7pPsoj24JK-BTOaenNuYvs4/s1600-h/Allison's+Family+Bike+Ride+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624364672960162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhV3tQ1k-QbXlyVQ1rGgAtjW2sBc9qfvObq-gcw1HE1NDfH9zkxcyF1o4J_ImvXob822D7oz8fbVe7HD1tgSuuKS4fhyniq90lnKZWb2fHqMSI4bZc2j9p7pPsoj24JK-BTOaenNuYvs4/s400/Allison's+Family+Bike+Ride+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Beautiful sunset on the ride there. RWTP shot</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1tHnpjNXH6b-HMbh3GMCmrWKaBLvThJiKm6vAk3MeIeLWpsZphzjNFFnVqhDhcBNqSr9F5QQItmvR7x6e9H4HYMQ06RjBe-g2jbLebkn-H0AEbytEoK6y9E55LaR2fPZ7zeU6RpnxbM/s1600-h/Allison's+Family+Bike+Ride+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624357817158018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1tHnpjNXH6b-HMbh3GMCmrWKaBLvThJiKm6vAk3MeIeLWpsZphzjNFFnVqhDhcBNqSr9F5QQItmvR7x6e9H4HYMQ06RjBe-g2jbLebkn-H0AEbytEoK6y9E55LaR2fPZ7zeU6RpnxbM/s400/Allison's+Family+Bike+Ride+002.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-71701064781526408772009-07-23T09:54:00.001-07:002009-07-23T10:57:06.827-07:00Fun with Friends Outside of 90245<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Got together with some friends in June and July that don't live in my little South Bay bubble.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My friend Dana who moved to Ohio at the end of last summer was in town for a few days with her husband and Adam, her 6 month (at that time) old. We got to have some girl time and got the toes done. This was my first time at Relaxation Nail Salon (is it crazy that in the small town of El Segundo and like 4 block radius they have 5 nail salons). Not my favorite but I did love those chairs which are by far the best of the 5 nail salons.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46rxwe1SaUes1KTk1a1PDft2QtdGdTMHz0BNEfFip05KnXZ8ojKqxL6HvZoMVRjYZ4KFXwFzH1AIuFHVyCUT3ZsKUEAy5TlmZqZUW4qXkZC-kZdN4McqqnYZwncl8_ct4UIFDf7AMFmU/s1600-h/Swenson's+Trip+to+CA+2009+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361703413050426034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46rxwe1SaUes1KTk1a1PDft2QtdGdTMHz0BNEfFip05KnXZ8ojKqxL6HvZoMVRjYZ4KFXwFzH1AIuFHVyCUT3ZsKUEAy5TlmZqZUW4qXkZC-kZdN4McqqnYZwncl8_ct4UIFDf7AMFmU/s400/Swenson's+Trip+to+CA+2009+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I convinced Dana to get blue nail polish which she is pondering even as the nail lady is putting it on her second foot and trying to convince her it looks good.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiD1s5vJZPeTg9crQUZ7qcPk9Ky_S9Z_IVLkxFPO9QUUiD5cuPdbR8rrDICzJ9qaVUpFPSLqIChjYvRokNBB6OeIA2RZEBUlE5IRR7C7XIJ5L5NlGvb0Gy0gr_-BlqwK7o7QvULfoD74/s1600-h/Swenson's+Trip+to+CA+2009+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361703406000066402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiD1s5vJZPeTg9crQUZ7qcPk9Ky_S9Z_IVLkxFPO9QUUiD5cuPdbR8rrDICzJ9qaVUpFPSLqIChjYvRokNBB6OeIA2RZEBUlE5IRR7C7XIJ5L5NlGvb0Gy0gr_-BlqwK7o7QvULfoD74/s400/Swenson's+Trip+to+CA+2009+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Blue toes - took her a day but the color grew on her. I hope they have blue nail polish in Ohio.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljaBuMuuvfzySIzs9kDhllgBHnI57Kd-4bUYmqdlhZq_3anW2A-w1-CZo5Q0bCYx5fEBG_MryHu0UAy7VWQ5Q35czsN7oBc1j-sQCXdvXBvH4oMFCj_OZNHwT19KjEHZm-KCtuQcQDQc/s1600-h/Swenson's+Trip+to+CA+2009+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361703402074068786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljaBuMuuvfzySIzs9kDhllgBHnI57Kd-4bUYmqdlhZq_3anW2A-w1-CZo5Q0bCYx5fEBG_MryHu0UAy7VWQ5Q35czsN7oBc1j-sQCXdvXBvH4oMFCj_OZNHwT19KjEHZm-KCtuQcQDQc/s400/Swenson's+Trip+to+CA+2009+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Met up with the boys for some mexican food at Teresa's.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLvu91t2cSGGUt7QVM1rzNdKPEPX6YSRNBkhXj3wJltihRGuJ09rBSYnpBF7jmV17NaCpLnP3fUxMfBnoe7QX16vWPhXNtSSSN12TcZg4gHv_p5flOmaWUjUC3GR2-zElRTyhNW85tys/s1600-h/Swenson's+Trip+to+CA+2009+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361703399655130690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLvu91t2cSGGUt7QVM1rzNdKPEPX6YSRNBkhXj3wJltihRGuJ09rBSYnpBF7jmV17NaCpLnP3fUxMfBnoe7QX16vWPhXNtSSSN12TcZg4gHv_p5flOmaWUjUC3GR2-zElRTyhNW85tys/s400/Swenson's+Trip+to+CA+2009+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Susie was also in town from Ohio with her husband and 3 girls and I got to spend the day with her.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRd87ru0Ho-B7nZ7kuJUFj2TldAJyj2rHZhXNxpsSnGkscH8OWleF0tQblQBYuQDHumKa2pYiWa-58R7g-0HSSxJ7RCe01zhnZE4AuisGXxZgYUyXaHm_IF_ysIGxs4w8NK3cIhyXLLhY/s1600-h/Susie+%26+I+Summer+2009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361703393856081394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRd87ru0Ho-B7nZ7kuJUFj2TldAJyj2rHZhXNxpsSnGkscH8OWleF0tQblQBYuQDHumKa2pYiWa-58R7g-0HSSxJ7RCe01zhnZE4AuisGXxZgYUyXaHm_IF_ysIGxs4w8NK3cIhyXLLhY/s400/Susie+%26+I+Summer+2009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Got together with Heidi and Cindy (and her son Travis), roommates from college at the Sherman Oaks Galleria Cheesecake Factory - kind of a midpoint for all of us.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVt2vqrAdtAo8g6Yxcnm4G_RaeDZMTcbtsD5b2hxJu2pSULFMCtwEQfuRW2o5TggMKf1Ao2860Ly2WOKASqmKCoSzEzJvPa3Mj-jzpCi4pN9GLvAIN6MDT47vnMiH0rXU9vnTOPoECrY/s1600-h/049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361700696568234834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVt2vqrAdtAo8g6Yxcnm4G_RaeDZMTcbtsD5b2hxJu2pSULFMCtwEQfuRW2o5TggMKf1Ao2860Ly2WOKASqmKCoSzEzJvPa3Mj-jzpCi4pN9GLvAIN6MDT47vnMiH0rXU9vnTOPoECrY/s400/049.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">New combo of whipped cream and bread. Good thing I hate whipped cream.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd1UF3ltKkcI4aJAl6QojusF_3aAPgGY1k4H5iBX74yQOklUqqyoyUGod2Q9vbrMJ7VI14qdYY38z48Kuvuqhfrx1V6CK-1HVb7unWBMPkiSg9nWTVpITWFYDs8dE5Zn8I3z_cfpnDDs/s1600-h/Travis+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361700695401820082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd1UF3ltKkcI4aJAl6QojusF_3aAPgGY1k4H5iBX74yQOklUqqyoyUGod2Q9vbrMJ7VI14qdYY38z48Kuvuqhfrx1V6CK-1HVb7unWBMPkiSg9nWTVpITWFYDs8dE5Zn8I3z_cfpnDDs/s400/Travis+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Travis thought it was the best thing though!!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xpZgHytAHNOyRpRI4qKp06KyBG4y1tRV9D-npkrgNn_Faij9HrhA1bp1_E3AO5stUaSRTROso9jadMFEuHbRf7v8frf643fXoOgWvjqunwOtHpD2sgJlsOBmTDSW3O_j_1MStOlgKmA/s1600-h/Travis+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361700682789866466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xpZgHytAHNOyRpRI4qKp06KyBG4y1tRV9D-npkrgNn_Faij9HrhA1bp1_E3AO5stUaSRTROso9jadMFEuHbRf7v8frf643fXoOgWvjqunwOtHpD2sgJlsOBmTDSW3O_j_1MStOlgKmA/s400/Travis+004.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-51300754677495067892009-07-21T08:51:00.001-07:002009-07-22T08:48:48.484-07:00It was done a long time ago.<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Whoa its been a long time...Get ready for lots of posts...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So here was step two of the picture project. Pictures loaded in the frames and ready for hanging.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3htCNn5IR3r1ZfUmd4fMLNzTqHH8_7HPo4QTD8wsAmVxYz918a7uGrAUAMSSb0Pekjs8-q11SmCqEliFXm7Wc_X_lMLMvm1Jr9D-AHewYizSfGJk2zFic52jjh78QInqFeh8ntTVmnuM/s1600-h/Picture+Project+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361305537466393314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3htCNn5IR3r1ZfUmd4fMLNzTqHH8_7HPo4QTD8wsAmVxYz918a7uGrAUAMSSb0Pekjs8-q11SmCqEliFXm7Wc_X_lMLMvm1Jr9D-AHewYizSfGJk2zFic52jjh78QInqFeh8ntTVmnuM/s400/Picture+Project+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ta Da the finished project. My hallway is too narrow to take a straight on picture so the angled shot is the best I can do.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8wZnCZnRACoRDuVaV4k9S6M9XWBCLLfCrU7RuExL17adQnNxi8GqxZCWR87mTb5NjtgfWmobku1vdFNKQ7gGmYp7rSEino9-VsBqY6i4g9qdKFH1qNRt-FIkmci9wUAKReKn507tO58/s1600-h/Picture+Project+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361305529785319314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8wZnCZnRACoRDuVaV4k9S6M9XWBCLLfCrU7RuExL17adQnNxi8GqxZCWR87mTb5NjtgfWmobku1vdFNKQ7gGmYp7rSEino9-VsBqY6i4g9qdKFH1qNRt-FIkmci9wUAKReKn507tO58/s400/Picture+Project+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-26370293987434582312009-06-01T17:20:00.001-07:002009-06-01T17:51:17.327-07:00Picture Project<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So with digital pictures, my blog and Facebook, I haven't printed a picture from my camera in forever. I've been wanting to do a picture collage wall for a while with some of the picture frames I already have and a few new ones. Here's the picture frames ready and waiting for Kodak to send them to me. I should have used Costco - cheaper and I'm getting antsy.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpr4qFUBz2OJU1c0tXGdvLoPD39xX7G7K6mx9ICnnF__DWj7yTIqC8HCAxMjuNKGCIp3K8OfuwJTiIyJTvbIbypNFfc3hy8lB8nTSffwHAnEVTnVT-_yXiP0QgDuLibKBFvmiiYG1e3k/s1600-h/Picture+Project+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342520149941556658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpr4qFUBz2OJU1c0tXGdvLoPD39xX7G7K6mx9ICnnF__DWj7yTIqC8HCAxMjuNKGCIp3K8OfuwJTiIyJTvbIbypNFfc3hy8lB8nTSffwHAnEVTnVT-_yXiP0QgDuLibKBFvmiiYG1e3k/s400/Picture+Project+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Next decision will be which wall...</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">the hallway?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZU55I_oGSyNP14omPXdBEjt6elD-x1jzRw2xnbJxvJsOpfnK1zaF7fQTBoI3a-_EVaQsoLfygJ2zUlKKivqWenReFWmo96hyphenhyphenOrgTfhzlBIxDSBxsyrvC4wRYX7LE18YLFJ_2DUjFJEc/s1600-h/Picture+Project+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342520144466569458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZU55I_oGSyNP14omPXdBEjt6elD-x1jzRw2xnbJxvJsOpfnK1zaF7fQTBoI3a-_EVaQsoLfygJ2zUlKKivqWenReFWmo96hyphenhyphenOrgTfhzlBIxDSBxsyrvC4wRYX7LE18YLFJ_2DUjFJEc/s400/Picture+Project+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">or my bedroom?</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVLIRnP_OVPqNCnLD54csS1G3RBHfTUAdwEjOSpNlb3kSxWOBUPvys49zPl2t4Okp5xvxk76LY-_Qi4ZcWgPO7izQFybVkm8PYh84_D04oWZR7HALR8NLb5R_AddbEaPIjt88Cs9Xf1Q/s1600-h/Picture+Project+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342520137611083138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVLIRnP_OVPqNCnLD54csS1G3RBHfTUAdwEjOSpNlb3kSxWOBUPvys49zPl2t4Okp5xvxk76LY-_Qi4ZcWgPO7izQFybVkm8PYh84_D04oWZR7HALR8NLb5R_AddbEaPIjt88Cs9Xf1Q/s400/Picture+Project+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm thinking probably the hallway.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I hope the pics get here soon.</span> <div><br /><br /></div><div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-58131815192522063872009-05-26T18:41:00.001-07:002009-05-26T22:38:50.505-07:00Birthday Freebies<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So I've been really behind on my posts but a few months before my birthday I got this idea that I would try and do everything I possibly could that was free. The internet is a beautiful thing - here are a couple of sites I used to find all the freebies (these are only national ones there are also alot of local ones too). About a month before the big day, I signed up for so many clubs (one of the requirements to cash in on some of the free things). I actually only ended up using one of the national things, everything else was local (you'll see what I mean).</span></p><p><a href="http://www.hustlermoneyblog.com/eat-free-on-your-birthday/">http://www.hustlermoneyblog.com/eat-free-on-your-birthday/</a><br /><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4518275_stuff-birthday-over-places.html">http://www.ehow.com/how_4518275_stuff-birthday-over-places.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.guidespot.com/guides/free_birthday_stuff">http://www.guidespot.com/guides/free_birthday_stuff</a><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Started off the day with a Red Carpet premium car wash FOR FREE. Only on your actual birthday though (they check your license).</span><br /></p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJm83XH3GJExjaRsQAxkImVhCILgVrB_6EMd0xMJtcl-6YqJVbWOvpEgp_8FcjsSZDf5BF7x8JqGsN8h0pOXBuN0rmZLGWhJTk9yjAPo8Ui8qlA5TVBayinMsD7Dc1L1AI8WhIq1GzOdY/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340319373833002002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJm83XH3GJExjaRsQAxkImVhCILgVrB_6EMd0xMJtcl-6YqJVbWOvpEgp_8FcjsSZDf5BF7x8JqGsN8h0pOXBuN0rmZLGWhJTk9yjAPo8Ui8qlA5TVBayinMsD7Dc1L1AI8WhIq1GzOdY/s400/35th+Birthday+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then it was off to Red Robin with my friend, Shannon. One of my gifts from Jen was Shannon's 35 Things I'm Thankfulness Cards in which I was supposed to write on each of the cards things I'm thankful for. Worked on them while I was waiting for my burger and fries.</span> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOsr5clnIkS-7N-4mzFluo4RaF329ilAz2CVFzRBWa28ADEBG87mk4fRbjFN2qhAE1XL1elnVm2eLCPuYHtcEbOIoBPpHNZuI3-_4ii2C1Cjsj7FcPHEDLcD3u0JdS8oyF_CakLVXG60/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340319373057430018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOsr5clnIkS-7N-4mzFluo4RaF329ilAz2CVFzRBWa28ADEBG87mk4fRbjFN2qhAE1XL1elnVm2eLCPuYHtcEbOIoBPpHNZuI3-_4ii2C1Cjsj7FcPHEDLcD3u0JdS8oyF_CakLVXG60/s400/35th+Birthday+004.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">FREE Bleu Ribbon Burger and Garlic Parmesian Fries</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WxpmgyiWTp4ykfwVmF8B8aofbuLSjMumd9EIbamhwOsOFNFx39xxvqFxX4Mh0aY1H-MmSz47DPcTxT0r3qz0cWf8mZg-Mxp2fA3MGXv7ZtPdFXK8qBMY4eLxLPhQQyQxYgcq-TlFKcY/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340319363297052386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WxpmgyiWTp4ykfwVmF8B8aofbuLSjMumd9EIbamhwOsOFNFx39xxvqFxX4Mh0aY1H-MmSz47DPcTxT0r3qz0cWf8mZg-Mxp2fA3MGXv7ZtPdFXK8qBMY4eLxLPhQQyQxYgcq-TlFKcY/s400/35th+Birthday+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I was supposed to go to Disneyland cuz you get in free on your birthday (if you sign up ahead of time on their website) with Jen and Travis but Jen's sister had her baby on my birthday so we didn't get a chance to go. Next best thing...go to the Disney Store (which just happened to be at the Galleria with Red Robin). </span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zd8cVV2Sxhqw0FlaAS66eByliOLcRbGZa1Zh3icaUMfR-uN8ae6GOEjvrh-qaKTNfFvwR1dfV3vUZsEKxzU-_S-tmN1PSiXuxIPtTG6eTNOQYN8a-uUVxlOc9qIdwnHeWBlOQFNRcSg/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340318410722709650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zd8cVV2Sxhqw0FlaAS66eByliOLcRbGZa1Zh3icaUMfR-uN8ae6GOEjvrh-qaKTNfFvwR1dfV3vUZsEKxzU-_S-tmN1PSiXuxIPtTG6eTNOQYN8a-uUVxlOc9qIdwnHeWBlOQFNRcSg/s400/35th+Birthday+009.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Poor Shannon...she was a great sport though, I think just cuz it was my birthday.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnfmYqve-ilpTJD688S_l-LQmLnTNsggjdrsW5mfyuxEifR4MNAKcN7jqRKl90Vha3raQjh0QSNK_HndelUaKQ7zFKl88SIyZ2ry6Mmb71yP6Frz1-ynTJildcRRs18X1QazcPmuJgW8/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340318403357575538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnfmYqve-ilpTJD688S_l-LQmLnTNsggjdrsW5mfyuxEifR4MNAKcN7jqRKl90Vha3raQjh0QSNK_HndelUaKQ7zFKl88SIyZ2ry6Mmb71yP6Frz1-ynTJildcRRs18X1QazcPmuJgW8/s400/35th+Birthday+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I kind of felt like I was in high school.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMCOFoyqEL-a3Bhl1lvesqYUgKlXxN8YQUKcMiYroEtV8jhGsafzpaE8ANlGuWdhxdzghuCfkQ3d7Eco9uqASig2joCGnz3yzZ-5R5hYeT6_CyvD8_GFo1wQFaFVRAsYqDl1UL_bIQmk/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340318394309719442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMCOFoyqEL-a3Bhl1lvesqYUgKlXxN8YQUKcMiYroEtV8jhGsafzpaE8ANlGuWdhxdzghuCfkQ3d7Eco9uqASig2joCGnz3yzZ-5R5hYeT6_CyvD8_GFo1wQFaFVRAsYqDl1UL_bIQmk/s400/35th+Birthday+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDMZHDkioLEvhhggDB4RbpZajJmfrOuedtuAM1cuQn4tpBCqOaTbQqwrzN0jZdcGPrnw0wUVsEcs0qz3FL-00kM05cK-TlMMUO6zkURlxB1Uc1iyGKKs4UZ7zD005-dHAxYg2sh-cGZI/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340318393321349634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDMZHDkioLEvhhggDB4RbpZajJmfrOuedtuAM1cuQn4tpBCqOaTbQqwrzN0jZdcGPrnw0wUVsEcs0qz3FL-00kM05cK-TlMMUO6zkURlxB1Uc1iyGKKs4UZ7zD005-dHAxYg2sh-cGZI/s400/35th+Birthday+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHJLrhswCzt2nBmYtR02VkcNa6GgqRTslTilKv9drzrOWx6gCZYOAJKxbO3UAsbakfDpKcVv5BVSwp5JxGc-OgTfqmRveLXbTL_LFmrVXdSejoQ52pIX4_QaLFX-Lshmnnlj6_WD9pWE/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340318388533606082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHJLrhswCzt2nBmYtR02VkcNa6GgqRTslTilKv9drzrOWx6gCZYOAJKxbO3UAsbakfDpKcVv5BVSwp5JxGc-OgTfqmRveLXbTL_LFmrVXdSejoQ52pIX4_QaLFX-Lshmnnlj6_WD9pWE/s400/35th+Birthday+017.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Apparently the clothes from when I was in high school are back in style. Playing around in Hot Topic.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-aqNGNBDa8pbpfxDYOF3geLD4kIBUjd4-a85Byg3D-HbDDJyEmgMrx7dwB9dMITNpIDDQuOmFuQNO-MKHTUf29NPmZKq1QpVXACP8kNHBJRswrUNBTdvL4-r9JRc-Xzt6tZYytGY5OM/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340316369631604674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-aqNGNBDa8pbpfxDYOF3geLD4kIBUjd4-a85Byg3D-HbDDJyEmgMrx7dwB9dMITNpIDDQuOmFuQNO-MKHTUf29NPmZKq1QpVXACP8kNHBJRswrUNBTdvL4-r9JRc-Xzt6tZYytGY5OM/s400/35th+Birthday+019.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Low key afternoon - no freebies, just went to the gym to work off the burger and the upcoming FREE food. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">For dinner a few friends and I went to Mama D's in Hermosa Beach for FREE dinner and dessert (they check your license here too) for the birthday person. Oh and I got a free appetizer at my next visit.</span></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340316379658709490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1E1YmEEfJokdIvxKmFGNsoh5d35aKaOgEYpV2EEO9ZIo1gIlJETbPlSF1Xri5J2-lxWqI_pneXSs-7qxHoNxv652tuvOQIUGvSJbXawFD6IsfeWZQna7A1Ck8Wix02dQmlSnAQ4LC5Q/s400/35th+Birthday+023.jpg" border="0" /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Last freebie stop - Lotus Frozen Yogurt in Hermosa Beach for FREE yogurt. You have to pay for the toppings.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340316383746314498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEm-SWvGMKIb0gHpsc8zbp1rUjCv-x2oHUvpBVw_Jd0PutHyJ0aSON8rHER1pA0cjwJh7w0CU6fDRWnhZVlGjAY-c_-AJac48PqYX21qppRjilqijJcJeqhl8q9WRppgooen2Ce5JZzY/s400/35th+Birthday+026.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">That was my birthday freebies. Essentially it was alot of free food and I didn't even get the Orange Julius, Cold Stone, BJ's Pizookie, chocolate chip cookie from Quiznos, Denny's breakfast, Islands dessert or Baskin Robbins free scoop of ice cream. Good thing I don't like dessert very much.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="left"> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Friday went to a new restaurant to celebrate my birthday. We were out on the patio and the food was amazing.</span></div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340316385118161922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2FOaXtLecFRbatX2XShixwkGrk5Pc1uXo2dLV1qeb-kt7ieJ0h4Vf5f3uvbMIz-Ee0BDJmnUKRBUCxHqJLA4bv1OrOMHWk79yjI6YISChioz8buctfhXp9I1T5tlC9LW6yZZPW-fxi8/s400/35th+Birthday+048.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jen got these cute napkins a few months ago. Interesting how we were color coordinated with them.</span><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gDByZgz7mTvKlrjN-ghvnGRyq_fqjYDpT7zQtQMx9lUEXhc0xmqSb1M5m6kmhFU1om0KR2Q2WJ-M5IL_GZFR_8auRKwa940ovpVPGj3BGmkcEklVfwO9-mcPzi_-zsgtXTaM6Y2OBCg/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+038.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340314261946139170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gDByZgz7mTvKlrjN-ghvnGRyq_fqjYDpT7zQtQMx9lUEXhc0xmqSb1M5m6kmhFU1om0KR2Q2WJ-M5IL_GZFR_8auRKwa940ovpVPGj3BGmkcEklVfwO9-mcPzi_-zsgtXTaM6Y2OBCg/s400/35th+Birthday+038.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Some of my Wednesday small group girls</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2bOuYT9Opk0O_nRQsmbdr6GTdH2vEBTMYqeiEI791PTjd-KELOwxzMr7wgK1gCg1r8sT0VQz_voCeUDoGrUuY_b3ZI11-VfUzudjKC6xrOBKKvc-KbnSPtTtsczB7Xg6m1ygs38ZMis/s1600-h/35+Birthday+068.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340314253074628402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2bOuYT9Opk0O_nRQsmbdr6GTdH2vEBTMYqeiEI791PTjd-KELOwxzMr7wgK1gCg1r8sT0VQz_voCeUDoGrUuY_b3ZI11-VfUzudjKC6xrOBKKvc-KbnSPtTtsczB7Xg6m1ygs38ZMis/s400/35+Birthday+068.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Group pic</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MuHs-gm0i7yqtDoLLxFPbkO93tA5J-BVEBW4aWALNTVHYjHO4aZqVU2At3D-K4remLhPiC67pFiV72tgYLevIrjUcRh40lARrL1yUbrY8jFKgpTxN8G5cCyqQwjVdRo0P9m1Fyds_LA/s1600-h/35th+Birthday+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340314247999875218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MuHs-gm0i7yqtDoLLxFPbkO93tA5J-BVEBW4aWALNTVHYjHO4aZqVU2At3D-K4remLhPiC67pFiV72tgYLevIrjUcRh40lARrL1yUbrY8jFKgpTxN8G5cCyqQwjVdRo0P9m1Fyds_LA/s400/35th+Birthday+033.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Always love the fun ones.</span></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340316366042455650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9U1FoWNoG6VJTogLOpCqSJWGMquFePQz5Ayp9Xa4eWi2FcjaR-k24wn9O24ei3OuVV6JY52xokKU7W-cNyh7UK5kDUdXzRzilPoGLw5WOSC8qHQrUrjfkHy5jG9B3haT1xXzH0sR6Pb4/s400/35th+Birthday+070.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-68019496178506669022009-05-19T12:01:00.000-07:002009-05-19T14:00:51.892-07:00Roadtrip to Oregon with Ellie<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So at 10:46p on Saturday, May 4th Ellie and I embarked on what we anticipated to be a 15 hour journey from El Segundo up to Portland, Oregon (aka her new home). Yes we intended to drive straight because we wanted to see the Outlet Comedy Night but needed to get up to Portland by Sunday afternoon for her to sign apartment lease papers so she could move into her new apartment that she rented entirely by internet. Crazy huh - yeah that is what everyone else said but we figured we could do it.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m1Y-YJ_27R9Ow88MFeJZQH_jA6FhmS4eEEG7XXyuuQfw5M502V9ioxiAE_mKmgiJwSJqBtrlXoBh_swtf_unf6DlSw_H0iSKKLTeDc9ovhW14rNuKk_K1G_YA1TveEht2vq0Z4qJr6U/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337629697394417874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m1Y-YJ_27R9Ow88MFeJZQH_jA6FhmS4eEEG7XXyuuQfw5M502V9ioxiAE_mKmgiJwSJqBtrlXoBh_swtf_unf6DlSw_H0iSKKLTeDc9ovhW14rNuKk_K1G_YA1TveEht2vq0Z4qJr6U/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's a pic of just how packed her Nissan Armada was. Seriously there wasn't any room. We actually had to do a bit of rearranging and stuffing things through windows just to make my bag and a few other things fit.</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsdHnAGK8Khk7BPYVtaNsGd6hRVg65E9d4f0gnjJfT0kit6f47b0DGHs5gOoQBwILfriezgLBrfO85-2C-iQvRoarhIhtrhGZYDVcTZ8xf2DgBi5upYlD81g-0-mWIBovSM7WSJF1xHg/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337629690335835474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsdHnAGK8Khk7BPYVtaNsGd6hRVg65E9d4f0gnjJfT0kit6f47b0DGHs5gOoQBwILfriezgLBrfO85-2C-iQvRoarhIhtrhGZYDVcTZ8xf2DgBi5upYlD81g-0-mWIBovSM7WSJF1xHg/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Not kidding when I said it was packed - see the spices in little areas of the car.</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_M2BMBQkqosTHbhG03vdYzxyAmZ25VCMcjp3ZPNvgv5iCUvfaz43SPBudGbx1kiuxl28rfeB7AZxaKWkM60i4WvK2M4iCtK2j8Uspf-7uSrNFqLNBRmmOXibm72blS7VFCd7dHmeDso/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337628444636419666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_M2BMBQkqosTHbhG03vdYzxyAmZ25VCMcjp3ZPNvgv5iCUvfaz43SPBudGbx1kiuxl28rfeB7AZxaKWkM60i4WvK2M4iCtK2j8Uspf-7uSrNFqLNBRmmOXibm72blS7VFCd7dHmeDso/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAxJq1RyZjy21MhHmzTmvfkkPRTPIKDSQh4n_TlixPqpEzmSY7rhG44bnVQDwhIKKyneOzJAmzlGKiQvYLHafVEG5BGRq-5w93hjvx5ji0fCeGXWPrcn7NvvcUZx_kbWTfcs3Nua5W3E/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337628442779749714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAxJq1RyZjy21MhHmzTmvfkkPRTPIKDSQh4n_TlixPqpEzmSY7rhG44bnVQDwhIKKyneOzJAmzlGKiQvYLHafVEG5BGRq-5w93hjvx5ji0fCeGXWPrcn7NvvcUZx_kbWTfcs3Nua5W3E/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At about 5:40a I'm "flying" through Redding, Ellie is sleeping, and I see "lights" in the side mirror because again seriously it was so packed from floor to ceiling that there really wasn't a rear view mirror view. Yep got a speeding ticket - traffic school here I come. Never gotten a speeding ticket before which I guess is the bright side of things. Tried a few excuses but he wouldn't let me off.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj105BWKy6eAPYsIdIO3ZXvO2VCn6o51UqhQtq3814ANLOO8vtiI4BaVmtvveIsOAKsyAw9bApCPiOa5_Ckn9aWEp7w0sRi2DqhBzayZ99bQoJbV1lLFzXqS773GWh_OYNS0Xghth77VWo/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337628432990269138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj105BWKy6eAPYsIdIO3ZXvO2VCn6o51UqhQtq3814ANLOO8vtiI4BaVmtvveIsOAKsyAw9bApCPiOa5_Ckn9aWEp7w0sRi2DqhBzayZ99bQoJbV1lLFzXqS773GWh_OYNS0Xghth77VWo/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+008.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Few hours later we hit Oregon (we wanted the welcome to Oregon sign but its so small and there isn't anything that gives you a hint that you are going to drive past it in two seconds) but of course it was raining in Oregon which was a big enough sign that we had entered the state.</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROOMc6RIqvA9t2YlcZmdkre8TgpIyxEkOuYsb9pYY4O467l8wyejlJC3sZSMnTkXLAm7LlwFgFiEVNhp5wljgLnpJ1nWAI9aKkfaZJ5tEUnQDflMQ999rDjAUd8FEyfMYQnab57dPDSY/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337628429874423474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROOMc6RIqvA9t2YlcZmdkre8TgpIyxEkOuYsb9pYY4O467l8wyejlJC3sZSMnTkXLAm7LlwFgFiEVNhp5wljgLnpJ1nWAI9aKkfaZJ5tEUnQDflMQ999rDjAUd8FEyfMYQnab57dPDSY/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">About an hour left until we get to Keizer, Oregon where I was going to stay a few days with my best friend, Gail and her family. At this point, I've had 30 minutes of sleep and we're high on Monster and Starbucks. But I'm allowed to drive again!!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfjy7LnjL0iIYtFjdaetrCTFjwbt22L1aEWkeA4-0-zARNShCBNfidSl8Cu2fk7t8k4KCAO5MPcniQSqYUnWEIvnWb0NTD8BHCKp6k140I9Qu8iqy1WW4dqr2L9Vxve9ataTU6UdGa10/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337628421166794562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfjy7LnjL0iIYtFjdaetrCTFjwbt22L1aEWkeA4-0-zARNShCBNfidSl8Cu2fk7t8k4KCAO5MPcniQSqYUnWEIvnWb0NTD8BHCKp6k140I9Qu8iqy1WW4dqr2L9Vxve9ataTU6UdGa10/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Got to Keizer, OR which is about 40 minutes outside of Portland. Boys are so fun - got Collin, Gail's son who's 11 to climb in this bush so I could take a picture. Then we all headed up to Ellie's new place to help her unpack.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkhBL278-sMecUYbzSNc2lL8b07D84q2TLhl84SqLDsO0K2zq0lT-n2v9_1-jyjsWIcepcUbPZIYXnREQc-M1u2LpkkEYHN6Y1WXMlC-KFlHdGXAFsXd_OzDoJHkwaK3w0Foey22B-7w/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337625531506824962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkhBL278-sMecUYbzSNc2lL8b07D84q2TLhl84SqLDsO0K2zq0lT-n2v9_1-jyjsWIcepcUbPZIYXnREQc-M1u2LpkkEYHN6Y1WXMlC-KFlHdGXAFsXd_OzDoJHkwaK3w0Foey22B-7w/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ellie's new place.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nJxf6xu_ojWq92EnLZC_aU6XfgLcWbP3frL8LGcGHcq3xVEZeKlEyQAHvc7znibl6V65TQ6bdd9UO8rnY1VMoWH0m6SoLCSoGRDVRRe8r0dGPV2Ly6VZr75o9OYQQNMpvYJ-Re3kQEs/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337625526414057250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nJxf6xu_ojWq92EnLZC_aU6XfgLcWbP3frL8LGcGHcq3xVEZeKlEyQAHvc7znibl6V65TQ6bdd9UO8rnY1VMoWH0m6SoLCSoGRDVRRe8r0dGPV2Ly6VZr75o9OYQQNMpvYJ-Re3kQEs/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the view from her balcony and bedroom - so beautiful and serene</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyfFlkDzss6JYZ8oIlW-0U7XGFmHNheEEU0DW6D4zeuRAcxzroVq4Xx3kDb2NBMZKbggElQpIMN73eyl6lgrb8FOfm421bJnIuOjAiBGpH5C_WJIMOyfnlrmY3JbI4L04CZ4hKJd7Bkc/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337625518491130450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyfFlkDzss6JYZ8oIlW-0U7XGFmHNheEEU0DW6D4zeuRAcxzroVq4Xx3kDb2NBMZKbggElQpIMN73eyl6lgrb8FOfm421bJnIuOjAiBGpH5C_WJIMOyfnlrmY3JbI4L04CZ4hKJd7Bkc/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+022.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After we helped her unpack, I headed back to Keizer with Gail and the family. Here we are on Monday night BBQ'ing Oregon style. Yep of course it was raining again and of course I didn't want to get wet but did want to BBQ so we turned the grill inward.</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lLqR6CTNxNk1-azri6PlthZULCl2EtT7i6MntX-5dr0BMJSX893hnGlyXFgCkbcBqkQWOmTiPFy0k4Yiuf1F_jzFK5i5EFbmreUqjomI9sya15mVvb9sdIlb8TUCRmlahz0_7nWA7Ts/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337625507393618674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lLqR6CTNxNk1-azri6PlthZULCl2EtT7i6MntX-5dr0BMJSX893hnGlyXFgCkbcBqkQWOmTiPFy0k4Yiuf1F_jzFK5i5EFbmreUqjomI9sya15mVvb9sdIlb8TUCRmlahz0_7nWA7Ts/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+036.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tuesday Gail's daughter didn't have kindergarten so I took a lunch break from work and we went to lunch and did a Target run. For those of you who know that I love the minivan, I'm so sad - Gail doesn't have one anymore for me to drive the kids around when I'm up there.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRmLL-1o9M67_EMhhQKHkLea7aZcwzc3bRaGhMujgIls7lT3nBxS8r33pkXIuVDNYFXkXS4oxB42ZSIDzo5LqI8l3WHVdJuI52JAA6zsHm_FaWJvAXqAVQzxRPvSUw_AyRG_b5vLb6QQ/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337625498901694274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRmLL-1o9M67_EMhhQKHkLea7aZcwzc3bRaGhMujgIls7lT3nBxS8r33pkXIuVDNYFXkXS4oxB42ZSIDzo5LqI8l3WHVdJuI52JAA6zsHm_FaWJvAXqAVQzxRPvSUw_AyRG_b5vLb6QQ/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+045.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Camie got to pick the lunch location - of course what would any 6 year old pick but McD's.</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaXbduRSmHE_RvYbabDUqyuMOj6NvEi02wyNEDua2gzRvQ_dtSVhexaIgoRi7aZ9ua1ogt4rSfA5zdCP8byUNqllaM0o-PrddZzW_YRh_QFR-UZsyfBGYslqmpBsgMkoqVHk8hioVV9Y/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+046.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337623270125984290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaXbduRSmHE_RvYbabDUqyuMOj6NvEi02wyNEDua2gzRvQ_dtSVhexaIgoRi7aZ9ua1ogt4rSfA5zdCP8byUNqllaM0o-PrddZzW_YRh_QFR-UZsyfBGYslqmpBsgMkoqVHk8hioVV9Y/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+046.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Me and Courtney, Gail's oldest at 14, almost 15.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlpAaoc3jbF1XS_ZrMxSH7joUh51_q13wvs3RMvWVlvR7CcVKkL8Uoa6jM_aaDESOyVhITBf9e7W_ruWJYKD6DQMXQ8BNItCve1YtUi2tr9Rvg4p3qidhdVgQwcruZZT8SAEVf4WuhJg/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337623267022980914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlpAaoc3jbF1XS_ZrMxSH7joUh51_q13wvs3RMvWVlvR7CcVKkL8Uoa6jM_aaDESOyVhITBf9e7W_ruWJYKD6DQMXQ8BNItCve1YtUi2tr9Rvg4p3qidhdVgQwcruZZT8SAEVf4WuhJg/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+048.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Me with Collin and Camie after his baseball game - guess what it rained throughout...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY139W7KSn4mMZ-NRw-FXbVXRtgl3Kj1xLdHB0BSlGrrf3yTN6o3WuyZzvcXl7A5TCdNTigbNxZLfSF4XLvB5yZR0_DLOirDpJzb5kArrgadudlvVA3O0lNrKwH_LcNJ7dcsvyqeh9tR4/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+050.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337623253716627538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY139W7KSn4mMZ-NRw-FXbVXRtgl3Kj1xLdHB0BSlGrrf3yTN6o3WuyZzvcXl7A5TCdNTigbNxZLfSF4XLvB5yZR0_DLOirDpJzb5kArrgadudlvVA3O0lNrKwH_LcNJ7dcsvyqeh9tR4/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+050.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After the game Gail, Collin, Camie and I met up with Ellie half way and had a little Cinco de May celebrating at Chevys. How cool are those hats!!!</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHavlRI_R32GDMdhHfhWEEckMveNRzJy05ZozSjsUS2oe7VFE7c4Po0INgu6ym9MdnA924OgKBz9_VWMnHAI5MH1ZCCI_ev6Y9YSbYl8wpGuGr-9YidEcPY1RhLjaSqHBE8RQzYihE-i4/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+052.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337623239055014034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHavlRI_R32GDMdhHfhWEEckMveNRzJy05ZozSjsUS2oe7VFE7c4Po0INgu6ym9MdnA924OgKBz9_VWMnHAI5MH1ZCCI_ev6Y9YSbYl8wpGuGr-9YidEcPY1RhLjaSqHBE8RQzYihE-i4/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjP36G2e_uPa6SvZ-h7FGoG3xKYD17De5UI-Zi09vvCF9SfqJqsQb7l0PmTky8cx5Tpciwiq48J4Q6WXoX30oIUWgAdX7BQPRBVm2arwdHF1iqMcvn0jcL6qCRIWPDD2mgpqNV7MAvihc/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+058.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337616228852236882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjP36G2e_uPa6SvZ-h7FGoG3xKYD17De5UI-Zi09vvCF9SfqJqsQb7l0PmTky8cx5Tpciwiq48J4Q6WXoX30oIUWgAdX7BQPRBVm2arwdHF1iqMcvn0jcL6qCRIWPDD2mgpqNV7MAvihc/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+058.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXwzGu4vV_0x6nq35ynsGDMETCckzk94DGLcp6zKmZ1wbsWkttG7XCk-zZc3YDL8_X8WBoZ8U3Nc2byW-j8h5ma6EaZCd9y059hkmznwWDdErlYmzO8iPdWidwNIaOB0qCQ0D55OqjbA/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+061.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337616226886398818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXwzGu4vV_0x6nq35ynsGDMETCckzk94DGLcp6zKmZ1wbsWkttG7XCk-zZc3YDL8_X8WBoZ8U3Nc2byW-j8h5ma6EaZCd9y059hkmznwWDdErlYmzO8iPdWidwNIaOB0qCQ0D55OqjbA/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+061.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Afterwards we headed over to the Portland City Grill to see the nightlife in Portland - not much going on but it was a Tuesday.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFdnfzqHZkVEpjwzDD0cDcp9FSAeXqdzwhq1UtSFTWebTRtBmalmSyeQi1fs1Tv6scqodWshuIDrcXDAF4ElOrRM9MYY8-Q1GlXlO7Qh2dvP5ive7ZFwCncbY5srqVAIXRUzGgJxjyhA/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+063.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337616221223257122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFdnfzqHZkVEpjwzDD0cDcp9FSAeXqdzwhq1UtSFTWebTRtBmalmSyeQi1fs1Tv6scqodWshuIDrcXDAF4ElOrRM9MYY8-Q1GlXlO7Qh2dvP5ive7ZFwCncbY5srqVAIXRUzGgJxjyhA/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+063.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wednesday we worked from home - this isn't my usual work from home attire - usually its gym clothes but they didn't fit in my little bag that had to cram in the car so you get pajamas.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfttGkzk2ZCZh33l_UzbyfKIjoA7cMD5eTRq1opQRwp1zOJ3_XL6pf84rxXctVNpXJFUEzPg5qEI8MWx8r-bdiT8evgY23ZhUrkK6eHD6EQzGN5iz6VnvKd8rJsVuHUXh5qVZP5PqXJwU/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+067.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337616217346839586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfttGkzk2ZCZh33l_UzbyfKIjoA7cMD5eTRq1opQRwp1zOJ3_XL6pf84rxXctVNpXJFUEzPg5qEI8MWx8r-bdiT8evgY23ZhUrkK6eHD6EQzGN5iz6VnvKd8rJsVuHUXh5qVZP5PqXJwU/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+067.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here we are looking a bit more professional before heading out for lunch and to our flights.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyYyKdwTxl-6aahNwc0rGyO_yzUYKMKY-D3Jx_LJn4ZQIXaIhrofWsJzlAKCFy1kpKcZqTgciN4AbPViKH6o2o5cwOLAnQYWzfBPcy3AGPQY-Kkv294Vd5mNBsZc-Q-uo8uT3TeBfqBw/s1600-h/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+068.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337616214329668434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyYyKdwTxl-6aahNwc0rGyO_yzUYKMKY-D3Jx_LJn4ZQIXaIhrofWsJzlAKCFy1kpKcZqTgciN4AbPViKH6o2o5cwOLAnQYWzfBPcy3AGPQY-Kkv294Vd5mNBsZc-Q-uo8uT3TeBfqBw/s400/Ellie+%26+Shannon%27s+Road+Trip+to+Portland+068.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Oh yeah it only took us 13 hours to get to Portland in case you're thinking of a road trip and that was with a sit down breakfast of tacos from Jack In The Box, several bathroom and gas breaks including one where we couldn't figure out how to get back on the freeway and of course the speeding ticket pull over.</span> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-61189139651567977762009-05-11T23:57:00.000-07:002009-05-12T00:45:56.966-07:00Bye Bye Ellie<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of my good friends, Ellie, took a new job in Oregon so Jami threw her a going away brunch two Saturdays ago. We were well fed with Nickki's famous Baked Caramel French Toast, egg casserole with sausage or veggie, bacon, sausage, fruit, orange juice and coffee.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fJ94aWVny7648yuGJbKYcKw9PVQy0fJ-LkNRjKnuExNOkPWtNE84-ND0da8FfLVHTsl1jB1vLzpE3olt5iM_plkPojXMbykDGQ5Lsr73fXrjcP2dkYkt1pFLHdN4NXC2BlstKQ2UuZs/s1600-h/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334837183394219042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fJ94aWVny7648yuGJbKYcKw9PVQy0fJ-LkNRjKnuExNOkPWtNE84-ND0da8FfLVHTsl1jB1vLzpE3olt5iM_plkPojXMbykDGQ5Lsr73fXrjcP2dkYkt1pFLHdN4NXC2BlstKQ2UuZs/s400/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFpv87a-QsrBiCZoypJgiB8IsHmWfc-QCHkODye_IHzKvATV2FkmRiZJuJ6oGkMBJ94lYyFH8Uf0ly_Ww6_rubyFk-Wk6iR11mSqY10vdIefcm2NhNRUlokjp_FrE7J-X3KKEse1i5N0/s1600-h/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+043.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334837178944393778" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1A65WHEuKv8wIkJM7JSyT7mCh_HgrjOKk7lmQ6o3YdhWJliLXYK3yMbCswLeYKGn2mtPLyy584wH371bcGVf-M7I_5U0eqZiXugSOhQYDgsW-luxmxGgWVU3ysAVWPT5hwA4Z7sfBXJ8/s400/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+039.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVA5M2ve-vxIZjQNE87gMDthINgD4gf9PrvXnvQbdBUik_44eWNRDeHRPWn5G2FLUVwQkoQBlT_I415PSDHwJuGkOHefmxyy0hZGAkDq-9msvekZ2Ug8tV47c_FEfWKiDD68zFZORn3Xw/s1600-h/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334836319004802386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVA5M2ve-vxIZjQNE87gMDthINgD4gf9PrvXnvQbdBUik_44eWNRDeHRPWn5G2FLUVwQkoQBlT_I415PSDHwJuGkOHefmxyy0hZGAkDq-9msvekZ2Ug8tV47c_FEfWKiDD68zFZORn3Xw/s400/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+049.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334834191245917746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEorHz-SVCFRKzYnzZdjDuT3fxyDw2OpNJzksakUtM79923rh3SHl097lUxY5og0RvLYrgaZ6u4fmg9-C7jOe4ponUYjo26VsCc8ojH_7SPyj9dXrokTmcLsQkKE5A5JACmEZZxRtTW2g/s400/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+051.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">We thought this would be very "Ellie" and Jami just happened to have some at her middle school for us to have a bit of fun with.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMgYEiMxG8CHzMRGIvlVPvf1YPqOurPpr-ll3y2duZbEviKBc_FVDKMkRw2PMUFMTopJX4KFPXyvdB077uis-nGFm3PGvl9bT0RNUqbHMuoAfTveMqq2tM_aGGXYYk6sr7-mZNft17wE/s1600-h/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334834214438591202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMgYEiMxG8CHzMRGIvlVPvf1YPqOurPpr-ll3y2duZbEviKBc_FVDKMkRw2PMUFMTopJX4KFPXyvdB077uis-nGFm3PGvl9bT0RNUqbHMuoAfTveMqq2tM_aGGXYYk6sr7-mZNft17wE/s400/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+033.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju39f5KRsBiv_BJMlezrzlLa7iWZ9dXI90ZtYC5nDIPlLlz_pAH4ofeG_osVg232dSwTnd0f_S9kaFvJ8xzMpph1IOPZBfJDtQ4Rnmc2K7k-FSy_M7zEYEusiz3jNtGJ2UetudVL4P0NI/s1600-h/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334834204471393954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju39f5KRsBiv_BJMlezrzlLa7iWZ9dXI90ZtYC5nDIPlLlz_pAH4ofeG_osVg232dSwTnd0f_S9kaFvJ8xzMpph1IOPZBfJDtQ4Rnmc2K7k-FSy_M7zEYEusiz3jNtGJ2UetudVL4P0NI/s400/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+037.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIro0-c5kHDWQ7u3Jz1Tu7tf7URIhz38nnUtFYBcJT1jeAhha1CgnjjxmD4AKx8oAc1U3bWRNmgVF94X0aNQ_xVcYgftYi1ZxXMGx0pZjM57l16uZEo-TXgqW_5n_11jyEvHqGiij-gE/s1600-h/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334834198996418162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIro0-c5kHDWQ7u3Jz1Tu7tf7URIhz38nnUtFYBcJT1jeAhha1CgnjjxmD4AKx8oAc1U3bWRNmgVF94X0aNQ_xVcYgftYi1ZxXMGx0pZjM57l16uZEo-TXgqW_5n_11jyEvHqGiij-gE/s400/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+048.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGXkDfXIrFAlhGG1L3hiUG_R2nn15Y8G2carZFoYY6_JvWAU5GH74A1-mFnI1K3YmsoMPH5-CN9AM7gj3Xp5GAcLjORFQK8F4BKjjKXroq4A13gnuCH7O3IqHf5JqzScmuaA5i2jwTU8/s1600-h/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+054.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334834197041766226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGXkDfXIrFAlhGG1L3hiUG_R2nn15Y8G2carZFoYY6_JvWAU5GH74A1-mFnI1K3YmsoMPH5-CN9AM7gj3Xp5GAcLjORFQK8F4BKjjKXroq4A13gnuCH7O3IqHf5JqzScmuaA5i2jwTU8/s400/Ellie's+Going+Away+Party+054.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Next up Ellie & my crazy 13 hour road trip from the Gundo to Portland, Oregon later that evening.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-88165843914102121432009-04-13T17:16:00.000-07:002009-04-13T17:25:46.635-07:00The kids are here...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sam and Sarah were here over Christmas break and back again for Spring Break for 2 weeks. They got here on Sunday the 5th and we have another week until they leave. They've mostly been hanging out with their friends (its been so great to see them able to constantly stay in touch despite living in London) but here's a pic of us from last week after Sarah got her belly button pierced. For all my blog readers with young ones, yes, something to look forward to.... Her dad actually gave the okay, I could have waited a few more years.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtgnFTe4O3-9b9fe4XoOHV4dSheG4C4HB0kKFcPDdjZCSY13dKb5SDfCbML8BmaYsFIpt24UFE2fwGlSlynwNLoRIGFxjSgUrg3zx1pU_ZW7kXaRUlcPJYuku3xJxEqOkZojJtaQkc-w/s1600-h/Spring+Break+2009+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324334858584676594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtgnFTe4O3-9b9fe4XoOHV4dSheG4C4HB0kKFcPDdjZCSY13dKb5SDfCbML8BmaYsFIpt24UFE2fwGlSlynwNLoRIGFxjSgUrg3zx1pU_ZW7kXaRUlcPJYuku3xJxEqOkZojJtaQkc-w/s400/Spring+Break+2009+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-3357416241162397952009-03-17T10:04:00.000-07:002009-03-17T17:40:48.148-07:00Shanifer Anniversary<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">God has done some amazing things in my life over the years and this is definitely one that stands out so clearly to me. Six, years ago I joined the Outlet, my Sunday school church group and about two years in wanted to step up to lead in an area (I was so NOT in a place to lead and I'm sure God knew that cuz I missed the meeting at the Anderson's house). </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fast forward a few years later, a few steps of obedience and a call to step out of my comfort zone and volunteer to organize an Outlet Women's Social (God challenged me in more ways that one with that - some of you know the pray out loud in front of people story). </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A few weekends after that, I was at a birthday brunch for Hollie Vogel at Allison Bowers' house and we're all standing in line to get some food and I'm talking about ideas for the upcoming event and Jen randomly asks in front of all these girls, "hey do you want to start doing the Social activities for the Outlet with me". Without thinking, I'm like "sure". Later on the drive home, WHAT WAS I THINKING??? I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THIS OTHER EVENT. WHAT IF I CAN'T DO IT? WHAT IF I'M NOT GOOD AT IT? I HATE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF LARGE GROUPS - I CAN'T DO ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE OUTLET. Well I stuck by my original response and the rest is history...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So three years ago today, Jen and I met for the first time to plan <u>our</u> first Outlet Social Event - Battle of the Sexes. She had been planning events prior for a few years. It happened to be St. Patrick's Day so I had already been planning to make corned beef (tradition of my family since I was little), rice and cabbage. Every year since on or around March 17th we "celebrate" the Outlet that brought us together, our friendship that grew out of all this and of course plan a few things non-Outlet related now since we've both stepped down from those leadership positions. One thing to note, after year 0 celebration, no more corned beef as Jen discovered she really didn't like it. Year 1 was Reed's (near Ralphs) which has since closed down and last year we went to a hockey game cuz she had free tickets. This year we went to BJ's (using the gift cards...).</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Here we are over the years...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Battle of the Sexes in the old Outlet room (March 2006)</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vpIxirtWgD82HC00cgqTONL4DNhD04F73l1sasO17t1BmZcDf_Mze7Hhl9VQs8Sq-ED6eZA1JJ0Kthk4QvtKPV2xCswXi4vIIsxGD3qitCrtf7kaxBSvVV7UEEL9Lf4axQOUHx-OQCU/s1600-h/IMG_0745.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314049602030700194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vpIxirtWgD82HC00cgqTONL4DNhD04F73l1sasO17t1BmZcDf_Mze7Hhl9VQs8Sq-ED6eZA1JJ0Kthk4QvtKPV2xCswXi4vIIsxGD3qitCrtf7kaxBSvVV7UEEL9Lf4axQOUHx-OQCU/s400/IMG_0745.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Outlet Poker Night - one of our largest attended events (June 2006)</span><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMMN8oobtLaHzU3ggd6qFfWFafDlvlmVdnmSgCiy3VBAWvMBNvSd_ZwhjsQyWw6RE1WzkpROCscwixHeFeiMTUChjDNEl84BAwYmbPYCgtNeNEv7Y-OEpWUH46gkHBSqDyxaojmzIPmk/s1600-h/IMG_0834.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314049597028970898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMMN8oobtLaHzU3ggd6qFfWFafDlvlmVdnmSgCiy3VBAWvMBNvSd_ZwhjsQyWw6RE1WzkpROCscwixHeFeiMTUChjDNEl84BAwYmbPYCgtNeNEv7Y-OEpWUH46gkHBSqDyxaojmzIPmk/s400/IMG_0834.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Grub in the Gundo (October 2006) - I think it was sometime around the planning of this at Shannifer was jokingly created.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJne8QAlAzqeAW6MEKa14gg4kirx2TfpO7Kb6XRQonQnFJfCp-MR6t8kDfJurzToyb7Ll-cdntVm9bX4zPGZhseNd5lG70CmKF0zMref2A332OuhLV1vim6xdyxIGAWZ3KKMVFv3uLeug/s1600-h/IMG_1071.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314049595995099938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJne8QAlAzqeAW6MEKa14gg4kirx2TfpO7Kb6XRQonQnFJfCp-MR6t8kDfJurzToyb7Ll-cdntVm9bX4zPGZhseNd5lG70CmKF0zMref2A332OuhLV1vim6xdyxIGAWZ3KKMVFv3uLeug/s400/IMG_1071.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Outlet Halloween Party (2007)</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNrUBR_8ykpkpbZcCodDLaMrQkHEVd8azx39MUkY3G60CIiZb1fiDpVmNuCS1d_NP20xFiN6GO6_R6q3SzjEzfkmljR5r288mvBYUIbsrtWCsRazQosMVD30_wx9RuScUpwn5Xxifi7E/s1600-h/IMG_1207.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314049590207475906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNrUBR_8ykpkpbZcCodDLaMrQkHEVd8azx39MUkY3G60CIiZb1fiDpVmNuCS1d_NP20xFiN6GO6_R6q3SzjEzfkmljR5r288mvBYUIbsrtWCsRazQosMVD30_wx9RuScUpwn5Xxifi7E/s400/IMG_1207.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Outlet Christmas Party (2007) - my last event</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVpUN3jhcEks6N6LcE9zbk6hmeKq1SyuYdmJgQHJLimAh5EyWVgmdZqzgdczYE4gN4utetiFMZ55HNnHSCX-DYycxVf_PNB_2u-W09obT4RrxF9aK6hvkRkVPEBYjVuqME_lWF0SB7eY/s1600-h/Outlet+Christmas+Party+2007+052.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314044607194641058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVpUN3jhcEks6N6LcE9zbk6hmeKq1SyuYdmJgQHJLimAh5EyWVgmdZqzgdczYE4gN4utetiFMZ55HNnHSCX-DYycxVf_PNB_2u-W09obT4RrxF9aK6hvkRkVPEBYjVuqME_lWF0SB7eY/s400/Outlet+Christmas+Party+2007+052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mammoth Trip - 2008</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7q2gI98x70yW6Ccol1zISn6VDVgHvzwGVThz8N4ntePWxgodsyq8z1VYgUWeA1dQq7mni2sDyWblzejhVaOQB_KJiB52iB8WPqc7DgPg7uocoKe_eUdYzcAn-WRj8ck6pA5vSQooqIK0/s1600-h/mammoth+pres+weekend+02.08+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314044598500771026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7q2gI98x70yW6Ccol1zISn6VDVgHvzwGVThz8N4ntePWxgodsyq8z1VYgUWeA1dQq7mni2sDyWblzejhVaOQB_KJiB52iB8WPqc7DgPg7uocoKe_eUdYzcAn-WRj8ck6pA5vSQooqIK0/s400/mammoth+pres+weekend+02.08+012.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Sheri & Tim's wedding - 2008</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGkrD51rOcHyMJHVYn9y4Wn5KK5WHs5SmzJ3mzOqhCzFvwqUOGh12G6KCRBdMkzro6IcXS-f_V5FpjEv3YdLO1J1kE0GiL9QpVv0iZiriCjMXA3CdxpHe35dRlwE2qLkeh7BdLzWM8qI/s1600-h/Tim+%26+Sheri%27s+wedding+068.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314044599944305522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGkrD51rOcHyMJHVYn9y4Wn5KK5WHs5SmzJ3mzOqhCzFvwqUOGh12G6KCRBdMkzro6IcXS-f_V5FpjEv3YdLO1J1kE0GiL9QpVv0iZiriCjMXA3CdxpHe35dRlwE2qLkeh7BdLzWM8qI/s400/Tim+%26+Sheri%27s+wedding+068.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">SOS bible study Christmas dinner - 2008</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31zaTcUrRgktQGhQ3T3xax9w2QH8z8rOPy8y913Wu1Yb3wYvJCwfT2PNz45iRtMhuSiKS1PcE8RDY-Gy6IBIG-DgxqUgpwOHMP0zpY_r7QdMJOTMPZI_iuLZzf5NBSm8WNfXDlVZrBSo/s1600-h/SOS+Christmas+2008+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314044592591360674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31zaTcUrRgktQGhQ3T3xax9w2QH8z8rOPy8y913Wu1Yb3wYvJCwfT2PNz45iRtMhuSiKS1PcE8RDY-Gy6IBIG-DgxqUgpwOHMP0zpY_r7QdMJOTMPZI_iuLZzf5NBSm8WNfXDlVZrBSo/s400/SOS+Christmas+2008+015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">March 16, 2009</span><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSLHAt6HMkn2Af6W_CUfEReKCW_HkyoTkqMfPt94h6qijFhJ2Ot75uPK1g94ombOoDP1uJKhLf6rjP6X-tUuNf880XYBavThiXE06uQ-GgNU26nfuYkikUFU32Bt42eVlBdUwxMAsodg/s1600-h/Shannifer+Anniversary+2009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314044588371731698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSLHAt6HMkn2Af6W_CUfEReKCW_HkyoTkqMfPt94h6qijFhJ2Ot75uPK1g94ombOoDP1uJKhLf6rjP6X-tUuNf880XYBavThiXE06uQ-GgNU26nfuYkikUFU32Bt42eVlBdUwxMAsodg/s400/Shannifer+Anniversary+2009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So we've gotten a bit older, shed a few pounds, learned to team together for an event - Outlet events, friend parties, JOF events (not so sure others love this as much as we do), and became really great friends. Love ya Jen!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Shannifer Party Planning may some day come to fruition.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Happy St Patty's Day everyone. Don't forgot to wear <span style="color:#33ff33;">Green</span>.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-63138530334206768992009-02-05T17:26:00.000-08:002009-02-05T18:24:52.758-08:00A Little Fairy Tale...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Once upon a time a long, long, long, long, long time ago in a little town called The Gundo lived a girl in her apartment. The building was old but it was in a great location, grass for her dog and lots of parking unlike her previous place in Manhattan Beach so she could actually entertain and have a bible study at her place. She loved it, such a great place to live and work.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />Sidebar - this girl had just finished living through 2 years of renovations to the Manhattan Beach apartment.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />Back to the story...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />Six months after she moved in, the apartment building changed ownership and the new landlord decided to do renovations. Old so thin they might as well not be there windows were replaced with double paned windows, roof was redone (there were some leaks although not in my apartment), plumbing redone, new garage doors with openers, water heaters (the size of maybe 4 Sparkletts containers removed for tankless water heaters (whoo hoo for those who don't have one, you can take hours worth of showers and it never gets cold) and some of the apartments were remodeled and upgraded (envision Brigitte's apartment). All great things but then progress stopped not the landlord's fault but rather the contractors - one guy was living in the garage (guess he had been kicked out), deck guy decided this "life" wasn't the one he wanted (could be concidence but the same thing happened to the deck guy in Manhattan Beach) and the stucco guys were just plain not reliable.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Silence for a few years. Although the building looked half done with stucco surrounding the windows not matching the building and deck torn up with plywood showing, it was so wonderful for the girl to not be woken up to hammering, staple gunning, or the sound of an electric saw or other languages being spoken, have to ask a truck owner to move so the girl could get her car out of the garage or dust her house and plants off every day.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Neighbors and friends were puzzled by the left undone state of the apartment building but the girl felt blessed to have noise free work days and waited patiently for the conclusion.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">One day a few years later the contractors reappeared (remember the blog entry from September 2008) and the symphony of construction began again. Scaffolding was erected and a lovely veil encased the apartment building.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299484547773325842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM4c4Cv7Oz_BmX_C6oMDPWHXwA6U-VStPAIWwfVN7qrVLtLLJvOkq8B9T1hkbRLA4vCV7eVkv0xjoKZizKn_wJOiO0ZTVgStdo-QbBK2pAtxF5KeXLf74Nm-usWuQBFhoWiNAK-V0VSI/s400/apartment+001.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The windows were covered with black plastic...</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299484552516565410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xsPF9rtqCZTmi4_APExjP2WJ6Lh8fK8M6dE_ohWqDnP991IA3M0AU0fWPmCD2oucxeKAG7X3-C4bp-T9MYUzvQP99EzxstwgaauKkfQCymgpXecIC5vdpDpx1jWmpk2qBkEVuFuHCfM/s400/apartment+002.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Creating this work in the dark atmosphere at mid-day.</span><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299484558975704882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoK4VZoi73-wRFssSwJERqPBJOQju8qauHAxTVrTGkalImYnthLPTaRPK7GwJL6hHRD23GojtSECishHj983dFzB9X16Nn6d75xFzZzQh_p3GfPBRoMR7Wl6B68B14l12cc1BoL4-VGTQ/s400/apartment+003.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For the sandblasting. A few cracks and holes were found during the next rain storm and more stucco was added. The outside ceiling was redone. The roof was tilted or angled and tiled. And then wind and rain curbed the momentum that was building and the veil was lifted. Now the building was still undone but now surrounded by scaffolding and the flooring was covered in plastic and the death trap stairs.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298872933971208450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYHOt7Cq9Zii4ZHPpmM3MHFwkgzVZV5SwFSl6HFj30RnmMxma03dgwcJazHP1uvQ1cbLZTzq571aI16y7Q0WV4213eTnlk7gTMYCpCehulu0dHl6zjupfrlPW7ROhu6c4bgf3qwzVcR8/s400/Apartment+012909+002.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Earlier this week, the veil came down again. There was some more stucco'ing going on behind there, more pounding on the roof and...</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdS28QxLqH6UHrvDnuzajlMYKNHN5OzaceggAykwc-pBHn1K6iJDOEtfa7fJi0GrMGuJZHxShi8MpuaDYYO5mDiuSO0cB2yXTu9TujNYUDAQCtUgYyG2_FCEIE9CXgPga54lHKYj-fDk/s1600-h/Apartment+012909+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298872937359963298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdS28QxLqH6UHrvDnuzajlMYKNHN5OzaceggAykwc-pBHn1K6iJDOEtfa7fJi0GrMGuJZHxShi8MpuaDYYO5mDiuSO0cB2yXTu9TujNYUDAQCtUgYyG2_FCEIE9CXgPga54lHKYj-fDk/s400/Apartment+012909+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Waaaaahhhhhh Laaaaaaaaa</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A new castle (remember the fairy tale theme) for the girl. Come by and visit it looks pretty cool at night with the lights over the garages.</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmWcSwZT50rgWjIb2tUV-70ULFezkBoid5IXUOXJiZUzrwJNfbxqqWIG6ZcAwJffdU-QcmLCNF-znX6W0lADJiG-Qq22CtVz2gI0nRK0llLwV5ZMnVxCAVjX7V4dwT9ciWa9G4dc3H2c/s1600-h/Apartment+020309+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298872928835707474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmWcSwZT50rgWjIb2tUV-70ULFezkBoid5IXUOXJiZUzrwJNfbxqqWIG6ZcAwJffdU-QcmLCNF-znX6W0lADJiG-Qq22CtVz2gI0nRK0llLwV5ZMnVxCAVjX7V4dwT9ciWa9G4dc3H2c/s400/Apartment+020309+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And they all lived happily ever after...well almost... There was still some residual scaffolding, but that is actually dismantled now as well. All that is left is re-doing the stairs and walkways and landscaping.</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja718UexxPhnl5q4oh8JNjy5vjJsnbOm5wAean_ynkofoV8uDSUO1n2UcOyV3-fdNu6JZ7cz_o4n3dvqDyvbp84kxkWmEQ6tRQlTSg_EnLKYdjX4gDD7dtkMChhO9KiMiTlAok3wAvKNc/s1600-h/Apartment+020309+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298872922969983330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja718UexxPhnl5q4oh8JNjy5vjJsnbOm5wAean_ynkofoV8uDSUO1n2UcOyV3-fdNu6JZ7cz_o4n3dvqDyvbp84kxkWmEQ6tRQlTSg_EnLKYdjX4gDD7dtkMChhO9KiMiTlAok3wAvKNc/s400/Apartment+020309+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In all seriousness, although it seems like a long time coming, God has blessed me with alot of patience so, for the most part, the noise, workers or the duration really didn't bother me. And he blessed me with a great apartment that didn't have any leaks or issues as some of the other apartments did and taught me over the years to unclench my hold on my stuff and things that had to be moved, covered, or exposed as workers came through my apartment. My landlord is awesome for caring and investing so much time and money into her building.</span></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-47217686308450311772009-02-03T00:53:00.000-08:002009-02-04T01:25:47.704-08:00Holy Guacamole...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Did you know???</span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Avocados are a fruit.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">54.9 million pounds of avocados were estimated to be eaten this year for Super Bowl. This is enough guacamole to cover a football field end zone to end zone 10 feet deep.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Someone bought 15 avocados for her guacamole this year.</span></li></ol><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvkbLXw0RmXpD1pOtKP8yc1e5IACgmfxlslXnTT9vfDkOSso4wlOnETKAfC7zvQVmVHjK6OAK4_yqvJtxIQ1sRzMCCH6ZVTxxJj2KfQDllJz6P_Bu-qtZS3FM516_Jc4ntODeuP2Enh4/s1600-h/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298865733901137714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvkbLXw0RmXpD1pOtKP8yc1e5IACgmfxlslXnTT9vfDkOSso4wlOnETKAfC7zvQVmVHjK6OAK4_yqvJtxIQ1sRzMCCH6ZVTxxJj2KfQDllJz6P_Bu-qtZS3FM516_Jc4ntODeuP2Enh4/s400/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6ru7Fq1d_ru4BiHJSNwCQFkQe-FMCpsBDVhelXmGTGh-JPjNk36gKoUlWtIO9GDFgKWWuGtDGFNzqhd4T0JxhWbjhexZVZL_Dn_YiDOzUbUeguIxnTiHo6YWZRR1RiV2esB3UnWW4Wg/s1600-h/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298865729156390994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6ru7Fq1d_ru4BiHJSNwCQFkQe-FMCpsBDVhelXmGTGh-JPjNk36gKoUlWtIO9GDFgKWWuGtDGFNzqhd4T0JxhWbjhexZVZL_Dn_YiDOzUbUeguIxnTiHo6YWZRR1RiV2esB3UnWW4Wg/s400/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+003.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3rd Annual Outlet Super Bowl Party at the Blankenships minus Capt B as he was in Iraq. Angela did a great job of throwing another great Super Bowl Party.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0eM32cfyG0KkEGzMEvmXuwvqclHhYdmkfNYbpWm746WufBqhlehcrrrbllZP4ucF8-2GSqGKOj9o1w2Rzu3JjVyVRDOkPP3S9pSgJG-VPoKi8r7cel_J-iVyaVQDrgFwDdTfDtYn80w/s1600-h/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298864920583709666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0eM32cfyG0KkEGzMEvmXuwvqclHhYdmkfNYbpWm746WufBqhlehcrrrbllZP4ucF8-2GSqGKOj9o1w2Rzu3JjVyVRDOkPP3S9pSgJG-VPoKi8r7cel_J-iVyaVQDrgFwDdTfDtYn80w/s400/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The guac was gone by the 2nd Quarter. Jen's scraping up the remains.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46V75Eo4A9K9rwlcxkbTaF7_URwKW5pd-svjtLl9rII6j0qMVaQmsjBrfFVZ6fiISUoyzLRIllOuoWCIornnSqSJFIlbs7uxQPmD9a9L31pzLiJs4bwgC1PY531-jhjr2pT1L8VrcXA8/s1600-h/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298864919263915842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46V75Eo4A9K9rwlcxkbTaF7_URwKW5pd-svjtLl9rII6j0qMVaQmsjBrfFVZ6fiISUoyzLRIllOuoWCIornnSqSJFIlbs7uxQPmD9a9L31pzLiJs4bwgC1PY531-jhjr2pT1L8VrcXA8/s400/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In the absence of Adam, Brandon and Dave took on the task of grilling burgers, Louisiana sausages and hot dogs all afternoon with a bit of help from Tim. Pretty amazing to see him on crutches only 2 months after his motorcycle accident.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmtJeaXjWVpb3F9f34SvDDCsnkWrEhOSWpgcM7ve0-OKCD6TGZfgjd4REvLqLTD3RhWIfUrzYP69XgPdzCO6CFhTdx5DMmgvHvK88h3fk4dh_cg3-EUSG0qzc05Z01Q1-KatSzM-zuRI/s1600-h/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298864913442702034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmtJeaXjWVpb3F9f34SvDDCsnkWrEhOSWpgcM7ve0-OKCD6TGZfgjd4REvLqLTD3RhWIfUrzYP69XgPdzCO6CFhTdx5DMmgvHvK88h3fk4dh_cg3-EUSG0qzc05Z01Q1-KatSzM-zuRI/s400/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Allison and I checked out the commercials at halftime with our super cool 3-D glasses.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-EDzjp05SCgfASG0UXI7AHZ7SV4dW_w7OLhvSg2qS6rTPR7pYk47p6eLNSpQ5k9MazXGZtH2ciKWPSg4l2QJ4KASvhzELoB3ZvnTWcJrjnLr_-yd8Hbl0K2ZuEodyBGRXFqq3oaD4_U/s1600-h/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298864913505180578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-EDzjp05SCgfASG0UXI7AHZ7SV4dW_w7OLhvSg2qS6rTPR7pYk47p6eLNSpQ5k9MazXGZtH2ciKWPSg4l2QJ4KASvhzELoB3ZvnTWcJrjnLr_-yd8Hbl0K2ZuEodyBGRXFqq3oaD4_U/s400/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+013.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">This appears to be a calm moment of the crowd. The second half was a bit more lively as the game got exciting and the Steelers pulled out a win (I was cheering for the Cardinals).</span></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohHKvLBREUsIKmk9EImL4AKDwVwH-uIiWCOBfmFj8jc6N9Q2ZkRuq-9Z-sxLyykOF6HmEWLLeZ2z0lA2LBx3FD6C5z5FXp_mADv0oOz7geaob4uo3NKpEnYbYMTsWurqwsjcdq5YMhIE/s1600-h/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298864910831890258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohHKvLBREUsIKmk9EImL4AKDwVwH-uIiWCOBfmFj8jc6N9Q2ZkRuq-9Z-sxLyykOF6HmEWLLeZ2z0lA2LBx3FD6C5z5FXp_mADv0oOz7geaob4uo3NKpEnYbYMTsWurqwsjcdq5YMhIE/s400/Outlet+Super+Bowl+Party+2008+012.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201728038626029875.post-30994898228492005732009-02-02T00:16:00.000-08:002009-02-04T00:53:00.161-08:00Birthdays<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This past week we celebrated two birthdays in my Wednesday small group. Kristin's (2nd row, 4th person) birthday was on Monday and Lauren's (2nd row, 3rd person) birthday was on Thursday.</span> <div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wednesday following bible study we celebrated Kristin and Lauren's birthdays with cake and a bit of Happy Birthday singing.</span><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298855206123483458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLWkBGMCJOy4nkRXeWwwFduQAcNdk7Wj6dBb4_D8L8HOG-5Dt9oZYEC3iMtJP_kL4b4sDdmw-Njm20kCFR03rdsaqxadQGQQAoPkJvN9k7LxIXoZRt9l66ULlarLHBNavbWbIz-uhEvI/s400/Lauren's+30th+007.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thursday, Lauren's true birthday, we celebrated at C&O Trattoria. Such a fun place on the patio. A little toast following singing their traditional "That's Amore" song.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298855206512597778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9-_EXd3T8TJysJMQHfi5SBBj0kgXY2WdbNsPaJ3hcyGp231NdwHCeJwLlCjUuhZB-EubGodFGa3FqVhDhBGCD59T1py04CThJXlza41jONgO4f8qCxXqfX-foPTx6Mc6BA7-uhkMAI4/s400/Lauren's+30th+005.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298855210587729090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18OZt4XC3Wcl5iA0lQkulWi2M5BIcZEGpj0_XaDbAixf2ZtovP0FEuvcduNFPHIgEZLMrEuPavBxzYKipczVhJMZkzIczGQirRL7gMFsfwIx4qahxqYTq6xtwmko0DxCrST5H4PdXIkU/s400/Lauren's+30th+006.jpg" border="0" /></div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Friday more celebrating Lauren's birthday at Upper Manhattan with close friends and co-workers.</span><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298855217017728002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rQ06PePoYT4XhF0vGBRpnz7vTEyIi6t91wl7eKxdXvTPD5is1FEobbo70qz1pg3rRhmJ7wAN5SmgA6VENiJ5C9V7r0eQRroeCGW109lDgTB88Byjcbfhq2e1cyzwqUZz0pK9nz-p7P0/s400/Lauren+Rogers+30th+013.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298857466765842962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZpf2BP-JoOQdBDHGNspPz03vYRfa7KF2Dg0ZjLylMcSn5kr7UPjQHyM1NDcoy3ERDi56RkoTdRg8DjjecIjsSORSshKcHMgvw6Tge5XdORvSxYd0mFi_2KzDfNaOz5eelSuBzne2nGQ/s400/Lauren+Rogers+30th+064.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A little bit of O-Bomb fun. Carla didn't like it so much.</span></div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298861286185136738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIT2wMJyFXRPTcxZoPyq-vbF7qLd9b93o1WayAIYF219aTCT0eMdjDyly38uVp3TM18ULH80DtpM0zNcl5pSJKNww0qmTUTKtxfN6bFIStqhDC9lgnrYWeyzAW0hlYmscAqpPyLkfYdwg/s400/Lauren+Rogers+30th+073.jpg" border="0" /> <div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASFK6eEwiiIi3SGcKQqGe8631g12lCyL6-vVb7HIY5hN5XMsJ87lG9Xg33tpf6wp4w7cBdb9tr2BldwTU0mUDvAIa6sD2fEUU_paQWDNeqJKH395THWwzI5ILj23j8-8qHVJNAnhMCOQ/s1600-h/Lauren+Rogers+30th+035.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298855218461690098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASFK6eEwiiIi3SGcKQqGe8631g12lCyL6-vVb7HIY5hN5XMsJ87lG9Xg33tpf6wp4w7cBdb9tr2BldwTU0mUDvAIa6sD2fEUU_paQWDNeqJKH395THWwzI5ILj23j8-8qHVJNAnhMCOQ/s400/Lauren+Rogers+30th+035.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298857480969419826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaE7UvIM7H6kx-PpCVC4dN1CneMagRGxGQiKaMaT-VWkDj5atCdSIi1tsF9PWHRZnOmW8XPcIhC2U2lbb0wHLDDS3xKz7rqntu-5TTZmqrk4KvNM_07l0AIt-aMoLoomyEyLRwPbmgIE/s400/Lauren+Rogers+30th+049.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298857473371140242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZf0LS91Wmtbz0CrKIuEBLa1UT_uyc5JvWq7W1JnTyYFXhY3ye_7cp_W_ptYxj5ePkU7-KuhFspGFrQsuhDjyPZQAqxvi1iaKxl2c1yWqLWTUP4ia0RQUNKTJWZwPq2n-OY6iJQwWlGkc/s400/Lauren+Rogers+30th+040.jpg" border="0" /></div></div>SHANNON LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780394725503093927noreply@blogger.com0