<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379</id><updated>2011-11-18T00:45:34.060-08:00</updated><category term='pictures'/><category term='reading'/><category term='Decorating'/><category term='Stuff I love'/><category term='sam'/><category term='trains'/><category term='Wedding'/><category term='baby'/><category term='dessert'/><category term='holidays'/><category term='family'/><category term='Gigi'/><category term='pa-rtee'/><category term='ben'/><category term='boat'/><category term='Fall'/><category term='Vacation'/><category term='Karlson&apos;s'/><category term='friends'/><title type='text'>Karlson Family</title><subtitle type='html'>What we are up to these days...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>62</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-710755975482376288</id><published>2008-12-27T13:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T14:10:12.157-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>White Christmas (Eve)</title><content type='html'>Shaver was a beautiful winter wonderland! Snow fell on and off all day at my in-law's on Christmas Eve.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284585372906883314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SVaeZdFXCPI/AAAAAAAABK0/4CcKJ39oP9E/s400/CABIN-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(Notice the new paint on the cabin- what a change from the light yellow and blue. I picked out the color scheme.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284586711143924706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SVafnWZ7w-I/AAAAAAAABK8/gNAAGXcOfvw/s400/SNOWMAN-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The boys did a great job building "frosty". I jumped in and helped for the fun part- accessorizing!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284587467108303730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SVagTWl4w3I/AAAAAAAABLE/9EGFwvQgSfg/s400/SLED.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sledding has become a tradition on Christmas Eve- let's hope the weather keeps cooperating! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-710755975482376288?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/710755975482376288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=710755975482376288' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/710755975482376288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/710755975482376288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/12/white-christmas-eve.html' title='White Christmas (Eve)'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SVaeZdFXCPI/AAAAAAAABK0/4CcKJ39oP9E/s72-c/CABIN-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-7217016173803896348</id><published>2008-12-12T13:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T15:06:18.402-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gigi'/><title type='text'>Sweet Newborn Pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279018681749297442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULXhYhRWSI/AAAAAAAAA4A/tKOLMEhaU1Y/s320/Hosp+pic-01.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULX75p7BtI/AAAAAAAAA4g/wFKCVNIwWO4/s1600-h/Hosp+pic-04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279019137320552146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULX75p7BtI/AAAAAAAAA4g/wFKCVNIwWO4/s320/Hosp+pic-04.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULX1DpVpKI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/3uUa-vAb41w/s1600-h/Hosp+pic-05.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279019476559966290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULYPpa5sFI/AAAAAAAAA4o/joB1JH9diW8/s320/Hosp+pic-10.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULXnVJMjRI/AAAAAAAAA4I/4ESjQhu8hM0/s1600-h/Hosp+pic-02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279018783922228498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULXnVJMjRI/AAAAAAAAA4I/4ESjQhu8hM0/s320/Hosp+pic-02.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279018891093032658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULXtkYtPtI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/xamg5dIm4mw/s320/Hosp+pic-03.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've been meaning to blog about these photos for awhile now. These pictures are so special to me- but what makes them really amazing is they were taken at the hospital by the hospital photographer.  I know. Pick your jaw up off the ground- what a change from the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;usual&lt;/span&gt; baby "mug shot". This is new a service offered at Clovis Community. Big improvement. Huge. Almost makes me want to have another baby. Almost.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-7217016173803896348?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/7217016173803896348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=7217016173803896348' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/7217016173803896348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/7217016173803896348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/12/sweet-newborn-pictures.html' title='Sweet Newborn Pictures'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SULXhYhRWSI/AAAAAAAAA4A/tKOLMEhaU1Y/s72-c/Hosp+pic-01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2620124974713218418</id><published>2008-11-26T14:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T15:13:11.608-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Pie? Check! Centerpieces? Check, Check!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SS3XuQTdcLI/AAAAAAAAA2k/V5uRXyC6HLM/s1600-h/IMG_7296.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273107928371261618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SS3XuQTdcLI/AAAAAAAAA2k/V5uRXyC6HLM/s320/IMG_7296.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Apple Pie with Vanilla and Lemon &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273105309865126770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SS3VV1m8q3I/AAAAAAAAA2U/mXGm3PLoTRo/s320/IMG_7298.JPG" border="0" /&gt;(When I wasn't looking Ben added some extra apple cut outs...nice, thanks Ben)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SS3WLu4EfDI/AAAAAAAAA2c/8igZW26JNmo/s1600-h/IMG_7304.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273106235770829874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SS3WLu4EfDI/AAAAAAAAA2c/8igZW26JNmo/s320/IMG_7304.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Flowers from Costco (and my yard!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now I need to stop blogging and go pack! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2620124974713218418?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2620124974713218418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2620124974713218418' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2620124974713218418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2620124974713218418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/pie-check-centerpieces-check-check.html' title='Pie? Check! Centerpieces? Check, Check!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SS3XuQTdcLI/AAAAAAAAA2k/V5uRXyC6HLM/s72-c/IMG_7296.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-326041088694231223</id><published>2008-11-26T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T12:00:01.078-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Post-baby get-a-way</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz8ODfS0MI/AAAAAAAAA2M/3mtDvcXRTOk/s1600-h/IMG_7240.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272866582128939202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz8ODfS0MI/AAAAAAAAA2M/3mtDvcXRTOk/s320/IMG_7240.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Eric and I have a tradition of getting away together with just our new baby when they are about 3 months old. After surviving the last few months of pregnancy and adjusting to the routine of a newborn- this was just what I needed. We had a great time, but even more importantly, I feel like I have a new energy and renewed vision for my life. I know that sounds pretty deep- but seriously it was that good of a vacation!  I really think we all need a break now a then to clear out our heads and remind us how much we love what we do each day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz22p3axGI/AAAAAAAAA1k/SAEyvFIaC8A/s1600-h/IMG_7278.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272860682555671650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz22p3axGI/AAAAAAAAA1k/SAEyvFIaC8A/s320/IMG_7278.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is the view of Shell Beach from our room. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272861679330401362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz3wrJCHFI/AAAAAAAAA1s/GffrAftARcU/s320/IMG_7219.JPG" border="0" /&gt;We got to try out the road outside of Kettleman that my husband has been building for almost two years. Nice job babe! (But I'm &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; glad you are finally done!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272864240257810770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz6FvVtQVI/AAAAAAAAA10/Xo7YfYIaWZQ/s320/IMG_7246.JPG" border="0" /&gt; Amazing morning light, white sheets and plenty of time make for some great shots.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272865057048015298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz61SHqscI/AAAAAAAAA18/jYpFfFf0Xjk/s320/IMG_7234.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272865641713789826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz7XUK2a4I/AAAAAAAAA2E/kDhmUYjLYRQ/s320/IMG_7260.JPG" border="0" /&gt; Thanks mom and dad for watching the boys to make this trip possible.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-326041088694231223?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/326041088694231223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=326041088694231223' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/326041088694231223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/326041088694231223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/post-baby-get-way.html' title='Post-baby get-a-way'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz8ODfS0MI/AAAAAAAAA2M/3mtDvcXRTOk/s72-c/IMG_7240.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-8702657097522149820</id><published>2008-11-26T06:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T06:33:00.612-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Thanksgiving Place Cards? Check!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSzvMRJttpI/AAAAAAAAA1M/cJqv_rFL54I/s1600-h/IMG_7281.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272852257785624210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSzvMRJttpI/AAAAAAAAA1M/cJqv_rFL54I/s400/IMG_7281.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We are spending the holiday at Shaver with Eric's family and I was put in charge of making place cards. Since we are not hosting thanksgiving like we have in years past- I actually had time for a fun project with the boys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSzuMhO-PCI/AAAAAAAAA1E/XY5JtTZV0rs/s1600-h/IMG_7283.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272851162591018018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSzuMhO-PCI/AAAAAAAAA1E/XY5JtTZV0rs/s320/IMG_7283.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I painted their hands and "stamped" them onto a 6x6 square of card stock. Then I folded the bottom inch to make a base and cut them out. I added a beak and of course the names. Not exactly elegant- but the grandmas will love them! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm off to start my Apple pie with lemon and vanilla- wish me luck (I think Apple pies are &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;intimidating&lt;/span&gt;!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-8702657097522149820?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/8702657097522149820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=8702657097522149820' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8702657097522149820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8702657097522149820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanksgiving-place-cards-check.html' title='Thanksgiving Place Cards? Check!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSzvMRJttpI/AAAAAAAAA1M/cJqv_rFL54I/s72-c/IMG_7281.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2026701102316242021</id><published>2008-11-25T22:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T23:07:22.303-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sam'/><title type='text'>Sam's Birthday</title><content type='html'>I need to catch up on some posts about what has been going on this month. Sam turned four! How is this possible? Sam is growing up so much and becoming such a big helper! He runs for burp clothes for me- helps with laundry and even vacuums! Most of all it is exciting to see his heart growing tender to the things of God. I know God has great things for this little boy. I'm so blessed to be a part of the journey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272855267733368274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSzx7eFLbdI/AAAAAAAAA1U/SDsYqVXgeKg/s400/IMG_7183_edited-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;In other news- after blowing out &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;candles&lt;/span&gt;, he was playing around and slipped on a toy and fell and hit the wall. Not only did he get a big knot on his forehead- he put a HOLE in my hallway wall.  He seemed to be fine- (did I mention my first born also has a hard head?).&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272857603336048450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSz0Da4QD0I/AAAAAAAAA1c/nyh5DOYygNM/s400/IMG_7211.JPG" border="0" /&gt; I love this kid.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2026701102316242021?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2026701102316242021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2026701102316242021' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2026701102316242021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2026701102316242021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/sams-birthday.html' title='Sam&apos;s Birthday'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SSzx7eFLbdI/AAAAAAAAA1U/SDsYqVXgeKg/s72-c/IMG_7183_edited-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-6169177589993655334</id><published>2008-11-04T10:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T10:34:55.007-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Don't drop her!</title><content type='html'>It only took us about 60 pictures to get this one-and poor Georgia looks like she is about to slip down to the concrete below! I'm giving up hope of getting a picture of all three children. Maybe our Christmas card will have three individual face shots?&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264872355760675282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SRCVg1jjmdI/AAAAAAAAA08/6TaO4BEttUQ/s400/IMG_6870.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can't blame me for trying! (Sam is really great with her and didn't drop her by the way).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-6169177589993655334?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/6169177589993655334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=6169177589993655334' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6169177589993655334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6169177589993655334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/dont-drop-her.html' title='Don&apos;t drop her!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SRCVg1jjmdI/AAAAAAAAA08/6TaO4BEttUQ/s72-c/IMG_6870.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2912888861022668093</id><published>2008-11-03T08:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T15:30:59.673-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Halloween!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264570360793342706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQ-C2aojIvI/AAAAAAAAA00/eoS6TfZuk3c/s400/halloween.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;Here are all the boys (and Georgia)...Indiana Jones, Ben the Builder {missing his hard hat}, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;CSUF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Football player, Train &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Engineer&lt;/span&gt;, Speed Racer, Racer X, and our Pumpkin!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264482372598312114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQ8y01EHLLI/AAAAAAAAA0k/-e5jF53h7Ek/s320/IMG_7033.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Georgia had some quality time bonding with her uncle on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Halloween&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264483943150534162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQ80QP08PhI/AAAAAAAAA0s/jDs658pWy9w/s320/IMG_7035.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any mom (or dad) will tell you getting good pictures of your kids is hard work! I feel like I'm cursed when it comes to pumpkin patch/&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;halloween&lt;/span&gt; pictures. Every year, something happens. This year I had my hands full with a newborn and looking at our pictures I was so &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;disappointed&lt;/span&gt; that I didn't really capture the day. Well, there is always next year! {-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;ps&lt;/span&gt; if anyone has some pictures of my kiddos from that night- can you send them my way?}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2912888861022668093?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2912888861022668093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2912888861022668093' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2912888861022668093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2912888861022668093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/halloween.html' title='Halloween!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQ-C2aojIvI/AAAAAAAAA00/eoS6TfZuk3c/s72-c/halloween.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-532655301845364496</id><published>2008-11-01T17:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T17:14:00.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Georgia's Name</title><content type='html'>I came across this list the other day on a &lt;a href="http://jordanferney.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog &lt;/a&gt;I read. I'm not sure if I really believe Georgia is a hipster name- also on the &lt;a href="http://nameberry.com/list/217/Yupster-Names-for-Girls"&gt;yupster list &lt;/a&gt;and the best list of all "&lt;a href="http://nameberry.com/list/22/Names-All-Your-Friends-Will-Think-Are-Cool"&gt;names your friends will think are cool&lt;/a&gt;" list.  I've really loved the name forever- but it's fun to see it might be growing in popularity a bit. &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQzu3H_OuHI/AAAAAAAAA0U/odoVpDJT2sg/s1600-h/names.png"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263844695293737074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 342px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQzu3H_OuHI/AAAAAAAAA0U/odoVpDJT2sg/s400/names.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://nameberry.com/"&gt;Nameberry.com &lt;/a&gt;- it is a really fun site.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-532655301845364496?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/532655301845364496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=532655301845364496' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/532655301845364496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/532655301845364496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/georgia.html' title='Georgia&apos;s Name'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQzu3H_OuHI/AAAAAAAAA0U/odoVpDJT2sg/s72-c/names.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-499367701181629782</id><published>2008-10-28T14:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T08:25:19.251-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Rail Road</title><content type='html'>We recently went up to Fish Camp to spend a day in the mountains and ride the Yosemite &lt;a href="http://www.ymsprr.com/"&gt;Mountain Sugar Pine Rail Road &lt;/a&gt;. Eric's parents treated us to this fun day in honor of Sam's upcoming birthday. It was actually really relaxing-  nothing like a slow train ride in an open car through the gorgeous mountains enjoying the changing fall colors.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262323241544300690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQeHG3GHuJI/AAAAAAAAAz0/6CTWtlTF0GI/s400/Yosemite+RR.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQeKqNp7LaI/AAAAAAAAA0E/xbWFm0RT3-c/s1600-h/train+sam.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262327147430358434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQeKqNp7LaI/AAAAAAAAA0E/xbWFm0RT3-c/s320/train+sam.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Nothing makes this boy happier than trains!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQeIdwkoglI/AAAAAAAAAz8/AWlkCyeejHQ/s1600-h/Ben+quiet.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262324734441849426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQeIdwkoglI/AAAAAAAAAz8/AWlkCyeejHQ/s320/Ben+quiet.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It was a little loud for this boy though!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-499367701181629782?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/499367701181629782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=499367701181629782' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/499367701181629782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/499367701181629782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/10/yosemite-mountain-sugar-pine-rail-road.html' title='Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Rail Road'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQeHG3GHuJI/AAAAAAAAAz0/6CTWtlTF0GI/s72-c/Yosemite+RR.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-3555158471968368482</id><published>2008-10-28T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T14:29:28.951-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Mom!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQdm7vNNWOI/AAAAAAAAAzs/jYc8Jd6wciA/s1600-h/group+5x5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262287866075896034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQdm7vNNWOI/AAAAAAAAAzs/jYc8Jd6wciA/s400/group+5x5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It wasn't easy- but we did it! We got a great picture of all 8 grandkids! (Credit really needs to go to Leah of &lt;a href="http://www.magicmomentsphotos.com/"&gt;Magic Moments&lt;/a&gt;). Mom loved the picture... it was a huge surprise!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-3555158471968368482?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3555158471968368482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=3555158471968368482' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3555158471968368482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3555158471968368482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-birthday-mom.html' title='Happy Birthday Mom!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SQdm7vNNWOI/AAAAAAAAAzs/jYc8Jd6wciA/s72-c/group+5x5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1943045648654303802</id><published>2008-09-08T09:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T23:19:26.271-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One sleepy girl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SMVWHMQMl8I/AAAAAAAAAzk/GLmMJ5OaUcE/s1600-h/IMG_6501e.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243692022691043266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SMVWHMQMl8I/AAAAAAAAAzk/GLmMJ5OaUcE/s400/IMG_6501e.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; She sleeps- all the time! I'm not complaining for the record- but it is amazing how this girl needs her beauty rest! I keep thinking- today is the day she is going to "wake up"...but not so far. It's amazing how you forget the details of having a tiny newborn. Right now, I'm just enjoying the quiet- and getting some rest myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1943045648654303802?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1943045648654303802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1943045648654303802' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1943045648654303802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1943045648654303802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/09/one-sleepy-girl.html' title='One sleepy girl'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SMVWHMQMl8I/AAAAAAAAAzk/GLmMJ5OaUcE/s72-c/IMG_6501e.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-6300366298630441595</id><published>2008-09-08T09:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T09:39:13.701-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Three under four...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SMVUlkY6ocI/AAAAAAAAAzc/8qpy33vCANE/s1600-h/IMG_8508.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243690345542885826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SMVUlkY6ocI/AAAAAAAAAzc/8qpy33vCANE/s400/IMG_8508.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SMVTx5j4TXI/AAAAAAAAAzU/o0RX0UCziI0/s1600-h/IMG_8500.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243689457872817522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SMVTx5j4TXI/AAAAAAAAAzU/o0RX0UCziI0/s400/IMG_8500.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; These three are each 16 months apart.  April watched them while we were at the hospital- and she really had her hands full! (Not to mention she is pregnant and in her first trimester!).  I'm so glad she captured this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;moment&lt;/span&gt; and emailed me these pictures. They look like they belong together. Thanks again sissy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-6300366298630441595?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/6300366298630441595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=6300366298630441595' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6300366298630441595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6300366298630441595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/09/three-under-four.html' title='Three under four...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SMVUlkY6ocI/AAAAAAAAAzc/8qpy33vCANE/s72-c/IMG_8508.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-3149835445999533878</id><published>2008-08-30T13:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T13:47:39.301-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gigi'/><title type='text'>Georgia Grace</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;She's here! We are blessed beyond words...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SLmvGQZNjoI/AAAAAAAAAy0/f0sJbV_pAGI/s1600-h/Georgia%27s+feet+bw.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240412163437072002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SLmvGQZNjoI/AAAAAAAAAy0/f0sJbV_pAGI/s400/Georgia%27s+feet+bw.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Her brothers are in love and so are we. She has chubby checks and (surprise!) a little bit of dark hair. She is enjoying being &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;smothered&lt;/span&gt; in kisses from big brother Ben.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240412541137758658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SLmvcPcEqcI/AAAAAAAAAy8/2Z3EZDAKnxI/s400/georgia+with+boys.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240412882114552098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SLmvwFrRoSI/AAAAAAAAAzE/tu8uClEtmTo/s400/georgia+sleeping.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240413312106170306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SLmwJHhRB8I/AAAAAAAAAzM/DdVFtFU58d8/s400/Georgia+and+Sara.jpg" border="0" /&gt;(The details.... Aug. 27 at 8:48 a.m. 7 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-3149835445999533878?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3149835445999533878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=3149835445999533878' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3149835445999533878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3149835445999533878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/08/georgia-grace.html' title='Georgia Grace'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SLmvGQZNjoI/AAAAAAAAAy0/f0sJbV_pAGI/s72-c/Georgia%27s+feet+bw.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-8175079349461522114</id><published>2008-08-07T22:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T23:41:40.881-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Wallpaper Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SJvguAxFbsI/AAAAAAAAAx8/iN-WpPXE704/s1600-h/wallpaper.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232022473205444290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SJvguAxFbsI/AAAAAAAAAx8/iN-WpPXE704/s320/wallpaper.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It's almost done-but it hasn't been easy!  And we ran out... and it's not sticking really well. But, another roll arrived today- and we have special glue to work on the seams.  Dad said he's never had such bad luck with wallpaper before.  However, I do like the pattern and color and I think it's going to look really good when it is finally done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS- Eric isn't a fan of wallpapering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-8175079349461522114?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/8175079349461522114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=8175079349461522114' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8175079349461522114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8175079349461522114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/08/wallpaper-update.html' title='Wallpaper Update'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SJvguAxFbsI/AAAAAAAAAx8/iN-WpPXE704/s72-c/wallpaper.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-4065473346913881775</id><published>2008-07-30T17:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-30T17:40:13.597-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Friendships that stand the test of time</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SJEJAFCoLYI/AAAAAAAAAx0/nA8oXVM63jQ/s1600-h/scan0002_edited-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228970539311705474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SJEJAFCoLYI/AAAAAAAAAx0/nA8oXVM63jQ/s400/scan0002_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I came across this picture last month looking at our wedding album (10 years ago!).  We look younger for sure... Our lives were a little &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;simpler&lt;/span&gt; back then too! I'm so glad both of these girls are still among my dearest friends that I see and talk with &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;every week&lt;/span&gt;!  They are both celebrating birthdays this week so they have been on my mind. Happy birthday to both of you! Thank you for the blessing of your loyal, steadfast friendship!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-4065473346913881775?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/4065473346913881775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=4065473346913881775' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4065473346913881775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4065473346913881775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/07/friendships-that-stand-test-of-time.html' title='Friendships that stand the test of time'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SJEJAFCoLYI/AAAAAAAAAx0/nA8oXVM63jQ/s72-c/scan0002_edited-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-8126951557856079562</id><published>2008-07-28T22:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T22:15:11.512-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>A Modern Western Wedding?</title><content type='html'>These pictures are really for my sissy. She is going to do the flowers for a wedding coming up in a few weeks that is going to be beautiful! The bridesmaids are wearing apricot/coral dresses with brown cowboy boots. There are going to be a lot of "modern" country touches. I thought of you sissy when I saw these arrangements using ball mason jars. Please promise to post lots of pictures after the wedding of your gorgeous &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;arrangements&lt;/span&gt;. I wish I wasn't going to have my hands full and could help you out that day- it sounds so fun!&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228298114359915298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SI6lby5EcyI/AAAAAAAAAxc/6522cFqQe_o/s400/1748659341_e466d82109.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SI6lrxpeFFI/AAAAAAAAAxs/xZGLyf0WYKg/s1600-h/1749690806_f1447051b2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228298388903957586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SI6lrxpeFFI/AAAAAAAAAxs/xZGLyf0WYKg/s400/1749690806_f1447051b2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SI6llFTONcI/AAAAAAAAAxk/YDh4SLrhwM0/s1600-h/1749689292_ce11a42c42.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228298273920267714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SI6llFTONcI/AAAAAAAAAxk/YDh4SLrhwM0/s400/1749689292_ce11a42c42.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-8126951557856079562?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/8126951557856079562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=8126951557856079562' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8126951557856079562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8126951557856079562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/07/modern-western-wedding.html' title='A Modern Western Wedding?'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SI6lby5EcyI/AAAAAAAAAxc/6522cFqQe_o/s72-c/1748659341_e466d82109.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1043762729672582812</id><published>2008-07-18T13:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T23:37:43.346-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pa-rtee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dessert'/><title type='text'>One cute cake!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SID4ZjioEbI/AAAAAAAAAxU/-F-1p5QxpvI/s1600-h/3+sis+and+cake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224448685670666674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SID4ZjioEbI/AAAAAAAAAxU/-F-1p5QxpvI/s400/3+sis+and+cake.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I forgot to post this!  My sissy and sis-in-law threw a great shower for me last month!  The show stopper was this amazing cake!  Johnna posted &lt;a href="http://brinerblip.blogspot.com/2008/07/yummy-cakes.html"&gt;details &lt;/a&gt;if you are interested. Thanks girls- you two really know how to throw a party!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1043762729672582812?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1043762729672582812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1043762729672582812' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1043762729672582812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1043762729672582812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/07/one-cute-cake.html' title='One cute cake!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SID4ZjioEbI/AAAAAAAAAxU/-F-1p5QxpvI/s72-c/3+sis+and+cake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-5516044201696173780</id><published>2008-07-09T19:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T20:11:14.841-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Family Vacation</title><content type='html'>We have been having fun relaxing and enjoying some quality family time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SHV57Mrc4lI/AAAAAAAAAww/ON2GQY_VfWQ/s1600-h/IMG_5845.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221213400928674386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SHV57Mrc4lI/AAAAAAAAAww/ON2GQY_VfWQ/s320/IMG_5845.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We visited the giant sequoias... and below some of the roaring rapids of Kings River.  These little "walks" (wish I could call them hikes) have been just enough to wear the boys out each day.  Below Ben has a flashlight for the "dark of woods" as he calls it.  This has been the boys big thing this week- &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;visiting&lt;/span&gt; the "dark of woods".  Evidently, shadows quantify as "dark".  Good thing Ben had his flashlight.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221213920934769314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SHV6Zd2kMqI/AAAAAAAAAw4/8M18e7eq6TI/s400/IMG_5881.jpg" border="0" /&gt;The only bummer is Ben has been sick (running a pretty high &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;temperature&lt;/span&gt;)- but just like Sam last week, no other symptoms.  He has been getting plenty of sleep and is doing a little better today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221214234922367842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SHV6rvjCu2I/AAAAAAAAAxA/pKzJuAsLD4U/s400/IMG_5892.jpg" border="0" /&gt;We are staying at my sister and brother-in-law's (they are still in SD).  Aren't their new floors and rug gorgeous? I need to do a whole post on their great house later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-5516044201696173780?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/5516044201696173780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=5516044201696173780' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5516044201696173780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5516044201696173780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/07/family-vacation.html' title='Family Vacation'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SHV57Mrc4lI/AAAAAAAAAww/ON2GQY_VfWQ/s72-c/IMG_5845.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-6968772842804153168</id><published>2008-07-04T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-04T19:03:38.969-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>Family Fishing at Shaver Lake</title><content type='html'>All I'm going to say is worms were involved. But I survived (as did the fish!). Thanks goodness Eric didn't make me fry it up for dinner!  &lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SG7WCH3LCwI/AAAAAAAAAwI/IKLSW2cEb1c/s1600-h/shaver+june+08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219344350127524610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SG7WCH3LCwI/AAAAAAAAAwI/IKLSW2cEb1c/s400/shaver+june+08.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-6968772842804153168?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/6968772842804153168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=6968772842804153168' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6968772842804153168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6968772842804153168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/07/family-fishing-at-shaver-lake.html' title='Family Fishing at Shaver Lake'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SG7WCH3LCwI/AAAAAAAAAwI/IKLSW2cEb1c/s72-c/shaver+june+08.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-3779839131008311115</id><published>2008-07-01T11:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T13:44:49.514-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>Happy (late) Anniversary!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218108031144026626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGpxm4vz4gI/AAAAAAAAAvo/pW8gwwpA-QA/s320/wedding98.jpg" border="0" /&gt;This year was a big one! 10 years have flown by and yet seem like an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;eternity&lt;/span&gt; at the same time. We have been incredibly blessed- and have grown as a couple and (literally) as a family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eric is more than a girl could ask for in a husband- he is a guy that gets things done, loves to have a project going, encourages me in my gifts, is a super helpful dad and a true spiritual leader. I respect him for his work ethic and having his priorities in life right. He serves others (often me!) without regard for his own needs. He has many close friends because they know his heart and that they will never have a more loyal friend. He loves to be with his family and relax in the great outdoors. He is an amazing example of what a real man is to our boys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you sweetie- I'm blessed beyond measure to share my life with you! Happy Anniversary!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218519120240185186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGvnfa-AD2I/AAAAAAAAAwA/gJY9SaZQ1fw/s320/Oak-Tree.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;As a huge oak tree provides shelter and protection for all the living things that nest in its branches, a strong man provides security and comfort for every member of his family. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;-Dr. James Dobson (Bringing Up Boys) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#999999;"&gt;Image from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.radekaphotography.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#999999;"&gt;www.RadekaPhotography.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-3779839131008311115?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3779839131008311115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=3779839131008311115' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3779839131008311115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3779839131008311115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/07/happy-late-anniversary.html' title='Happy (late) Anniversary!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGpxm4vz4gI/AAAAAAAAAvo/pW8gwwpA-QA/s72-c/wedding98.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-8038142109387248109</id><published>2008-06-29T16:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T16:55:09.095-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Five Fabrics...</title><content type='html'>Coordinating five pink fabrics has be tougher than I thought it would be for the baby's quilt. I have four, but it is the last one that has been hard to find what is just right. I decided to go with the fabrics all in the same collection so the shades of pink will be right- but I just can't decide on that fifth fabric.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Option 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGgfkS1xvYI/AAAAAAAAAvY/rIEN_PAsXUU/s1600-h/quilt+v4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217454876701867394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGgfkS1xvYI/AAAAAAAAAvY/rIEN_PAsXUU/s320/quilt+v4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Option 2&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGge1eXuKRI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/MsJScXysgyk/s1600-h/quilt+v3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217454072343177490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGge1eXuKRI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/MsJScXysgyk/s320/quilt+v3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Option 3&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGgeqg1jHnI/AAAAAAAAAvI/HP545QxyRuQ/s1600-h/quilt+v2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217453884026592882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGgeqg1jHnI/AAAAAAAAAvI/HP545QxyRuQ/s320/quilt+v2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Option 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGgegb5SjNI/AAAAAAAAAvA/mjO592cp77E/s1600-h/quilt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217453710901415122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGgegb5SjNI/AAAAAAAAAvA/mjO592cp77E/s320/quilt.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Please leave your vote in the comments... &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-8038142109387248109?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/8038142109387248109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=8038142109387248109' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8038142109387248109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8038142109387248109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/five-fabrics.html' title='Five Fabrics...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SGgfkS1xvYI/AAAAAAAAAvY/rIEN_PAsXUU/s72-c/quilt+v4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-7951188153148617924</id><published>2008-06-19T07:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T16:57:21.370-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>We're Wallpapering!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Thanks for your comments! I decided on the last one, Princess Pink Damask. Wallpaper takes 2-3 weeks to come in...so now we are just waiting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wallpaper is back- but maybe in smaller doses than you might have grown up with... A couple of &lt;a href="http://100percentcottam-austin.blogspot.com/2008/01/okay-so-im-not-going-to-wallpaper-my.html"&gt;blogs &lt;/a&gt;I read have featured some gorgeous damask wallpapers- and I think this is just what our sweet baby nursery needs to make an impact! I'm only planning on doing one wall (behind the crib). Since the crib is white and the bedding is brown and white- it needs some contrast. Here are the three I've narrowed it down to...&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SFpylR34ARI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/AdMBrfxqff0/s1600-h/florance+cottage+prints+green.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213605503413256466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SFpylR34ARI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/AdMBrfxqff0/s400/florance+cottage+prints+green.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Florence (cottage prints)- in pink (show in a room in green above)&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213605278440851634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SFpyYLyRiLI/AAAAAAAAAuA/7lp7FNv7xH8/s400/florance+cottage+prints.gif" border="0" /&gt;Damask also by cottage prints (this is my favorite- but it is really cream, and I don't think it will work with the "true white" crib and bedding)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SFpygfg0Z5I/AAAAAAAAAuI/jfIECT-ZTG8/s1600-h/PrincessDamaskPink.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213605183745704850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SFpySrBMQ5I/AAAAAAAAAt4/rW_ZfaEBG5w/s400/damask+cottage+prints.gif" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Princess (yes, as in DISNEY!) Pink Damask- This probably works the best- but the thought of doing Disney princesses already has turned me against it. However, have no fear, I have no intention of using the matching cinderella boarder!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213607103885644594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SFp0CcGOkzI/AAAAAAAAAuY/prW2_xwOgW4/s320/PrincessDamaskPink.jpg" border="0" /&gt;I'm deciding today- so please, place your vote quick. I only will need 2-3 rolls and with free labor (thanks Dad!) this should be a reasonable project!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-7951188153148617924?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/7951188153148617924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=7951188153148617924' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/7951188153148617924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/7951188153148617924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/were-wallpapering.html' title='We&apos;re Wallpapering!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SFpylR34ARI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/AdMBrfxqff0/s72-c/florance+cottage+prints+green.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2558856279551446295</id><published>2008-06-09T10:06:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T16:59:04.991-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>Wedding Flowers</title><content type='html'>Bridesmaids Bouquets- Pink Hydrangeas with green ribbons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jr5VYNqI/AAAAAAAAAtY/AX5nhKy5neA/s1600-h/IMG_5579.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209929949713544866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jr5VYNqI/AAAAAAAAAtY/AX5nhKy5neA/s400/IMG_5579.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kris' Bouquet- (Ivory Roses from Bel &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Fiore&lt;/span&gt; Florist)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jlwP0hGI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/2G61U5uCWk4/s1600-h/IMG_5570.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209929844195099746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jlwP0hGI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/2G61U5uCWk4/s400/IMG_5570.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The centerpieces- limes with fern&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jfomAJuI/AAAAAAAAAtI/q4V8BNrkJO8/s1600-h/IMG_5465.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209929739061438178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jfomAJuI/AAAAAAAAAtI/q4V8BNrkJO8/s400/IMG_5465.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209929427097166338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jNeb7IgI/AAAAAAAAAs4/cQliOisziqc/s400/IMG_5455.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Favors (monogrammed white chocolates from Aunt Pam)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jalZRGYI/AAAAAAAAAtA/LoKKfp29xjY/s1600-h/IMG_5463.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209929652303370626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jalZRGYI/AAAAAAAAAtA/LoKKfp29xjY/s400/IMG_5463.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Hurricanes with Hydrangeas (from mine and my parents' yard) used in the front of the church and again in the reception-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jGx3QeBI/AAAAAAAAAsw/bOPlTV_vEpA/s1600-h/IMG_5461.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209929312053000210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jGx3QeBI/AAAAAAAAAsw/bOPlTV_vEpA/s400/IMG_5461.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And last, but not least- Sam's fingerprint in the cake (which he touched immediately after entering the reception).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209930069961396738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jy5Ss0gI/AAAAAAAAAtg/YEbuzXdbT08/s400/IMG_5592.jpg" border="0" /&gt;No one seemed to notice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2558856279551446295?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2558856279551446295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2558856279551446295' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2558856279551446295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2558856279551446295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/wedding-flowers.html' title='Wedding Flowers'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SE1jr5VYNqI/AAAAAAAAAtY/AX5nhKy5neA/s72-c/IMG_5579.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1277391058995543519</id><published>2008-06-08T20:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T16:59:04.991-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>Some favorite pictures from the big day...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I'm so glad I had my camera- the photographer didn't take many shots with Sam other than a family and groom/groomsmen pose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyetpVCSwI/AAAAAAAAAsI/Dd1gyfqo_-U/s1600-h/IMG_5516.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209713375986207490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyetpVCSwI/AAAAAAAAAsI/Dd1gyfqo_-U/s320/IMG_5516.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyelMxeVaI/AAAAAAAAAsA/6ElT5Dv2JGQ/s1600-h/IMG_5511.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209713230881904034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyelMxeVaI/AAAAAAAAAsA/6ElT5Dv2JGQ/s320/IMG_5511.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Both of the boys had colds this weekend. Sam's worst day was Saturday- he wasn't himself at all. But he hung in there and did better than I could have asked. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209718431274407154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyjT5vqlPI/AAAAAAAAAso/cTBXsDMz-Rc/s400/sam+and+I+wedding+collage.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1277391058995543519?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1277391058995543519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1277391058995543519' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1277391058995543519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1277391058995543519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/some-favorite-pictures-from-big-day.html' title='Some favorite pictures from the big day...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyetpVCSwI/AAAAAAAAAsI/Dd1gyfqo_-U/s72-c/IMG_5516.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-6891840805588339780</id><published>2008-06-08T19:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T16:59:04.992-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>He did it!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEydjGzrPJI/AAAAAAAAAr4/z-wuRRMozf4/s1600-h/IMG_5508.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyR_HTH0bI/AAAAAAAAAro/629i58cl5f8/s1600-h/IMG_5499.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209699382437859762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyR_HTH0bI/AAAAAAAAAro/629i58cl5f8/s400/IMG_5499.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Sam made it down the aisle- and through the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ceremony&lt;/span&gt;! Above is a sneak peak- more wedding pictures coming soon (I've got over 200 to sort through!). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-6891840805588339780?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/6891840805588339780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=6891840805588339780' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6891840805588339780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6891840805588339780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/he-did-it.html' title='He did it!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyR_HTH0bI/AAAAAAAAAro/629i58cl5f8/s72-c/IMG_5499.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-641962110444422777</id><published>2008-06-08T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T16:59:17.829-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><title type='text'>Bunk Beds!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/sb240/index.cfm?pkey=cfrnbnk"&gt;These&lt;/a&gt; are the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;bunk beds&lt;/span&gt; I really liked for the boys.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyPl0q21pI/AAAAAAAAArg/rHv4NeTCoAw/s1600-h/pb+bunk+beds.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209696748917151378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyPl0q21pI/AAAAAAAAArg/rHv4NeTCoAw/s320/pb+bunk+beds.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; But for about 700.00 less- we bought a set unfinished and painted them navy with $18 worth of paint. Most surprisingly- the boys are doing great in their beds! They are even sleeping in later in the morning and falling asleep faster at night. I think they love sharing a room and being together! Also, it speeds up our bedtime routine- only one "story time"! We are really surprised how well the transition has been and are hoping this isn't just a "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;bunk bed&lt;/span&gt; honeymoon"! And best of all- no one has fallen (or jumped!) out of bed so far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyPBI9p-pI/AAAAAAAAArY/Cf0c1XClCWo/s1600-h/wedding-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209696118709549714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyPBI9p-pI/AAAAAAAAArY/Cf0c1XClCWo/s320/wedding-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; More pictures of their room to come soon!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-641962110444422777?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/641962110444422777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=641962110444422777' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/641962110444422777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/641962110444422777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/bunkbeds.html' title='Bunk Beds!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SEyPl0q21pI/AAAAAAAAArg/rHv4NeTCoAw/s72-c/pb+bunk+beds.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-622861442007728027</id><published>2008-05-28T21:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T16:59:40.385-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ben'/><title type='text'>Bye-Bye Baby Room</title><content type='html'>Last night I got a little sentimental about Ben's room so I grabbed my camera for a few pictures before we took everything down for the new paint going up later today. We bought bunk beds and painted them navy blue and they turned out great. So in just a few short nights Ben will be in a big boy bed!&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SD4t4s44yAI/AAAAAAAAAqk/TkzpTHZZvUA/s1600-h/Ben%27s+room.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205648671432558594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SD4t4s44yAI/AAAAAAAAAqk/TkzpTHZZvUA/s400/Ben%27s+room.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-622861442007728027?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/622861442007728027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=622861442007728027' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/622861442007728027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/622861442007728027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/bye-bye-baby-room.html' title='Bye-Bye Baby Room'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SD4t4s44yAI/AAAAAAAAAqk/TkzpTHZZvUA/s72-c/Ben%27s+room.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1191258411695222429</id><published>2008-05-28T15:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T16:59:32.172-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><title type='text'>IKEA finds...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For my birthday Eric took me shopping to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Palo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Alto. We hit &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;IKEA&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;with our "economic &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;stimulus&lt;/span&gt;" cash to look for some of the big items that we need for our summer bedroom projects (AKA getting ready for baby #3).&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205680467075450914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SD5Kzc44yCI/AAAAAAAAAq0/8-cmR2bJNM4/s320/Ektorp+chair+white.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This white &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;slip covered&lt;/span&gt; chair is going in the boys room. We really wanted a comfy place to read  stories- and this will be it! And at $29 for the slip cover- I can bleach it and even replace it if needed. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205555715455371234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SD3ZV844x-I/AAAAAAAAAqU/7cJj84ZoCZo/s320/ikea+dresser.jpg" border="0" /&gt;We found this dresser in the "damaged" &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;furniture&lt;/span&gt; area marked down an addition $50. Best of all it was already assembled! It is in perfect condition and it seems &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;surprisingly&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;solid&lt;/span&gt; (not to mention heavy). Plenty of room for all those girl clothes plus a changing pad and lamp. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205683155724978258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SD5NP844yFI/AAAAAAAAArM/cGDX3eeCb9Q/s200/brown+ikea+box.jpg" border="0" /&gt; I picked up a couple of these large, fabric covered boxes in brown. For only 7.99 each, it's a great price for cute storage boxes. I'm planning to use them in the baby's room- maybe for toys or extra blankets. Right now I'm having fun filling them up with some of the darling girl things I've already received.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205681532227340354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SD5Lxc44yEI/AAAAAAAAArE/94jFgKUj2jw/s200/Glimma+tea+light.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These glass &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;votives&lt;/span&gt; were the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;ridiculously&lt;/span&gt; cheap find of the day- 12 for only 25 cents. They are just big enough for a tea light. I love the simple design and they come in a little tube perfect to store them in. I bought 12 packs (yes, 144). I still only spent $3.00 on these! Don't worry, I'm going to give these away- plus we will use them for the wedding next week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't believe Eric got the chair and dresser to fit (packing is his gift!). Best of all- I feel this shopping was my patriotic duty! Thank you Mr. Bush!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1191258411695222429?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1191258411695222429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1191258411695222429' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1191258411695222429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1191258411695222429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/ikea-finds.html' title='IKEA finds...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SD5Kzc44yCI/AAAAAAAAAq0/8-cmR2bJNM4/s72-c/Ektorp+chair+white.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-6504866955555983333</id><published>2008-05-18T14:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-18T14:39:36.634-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Boys Boating Day</title><content type='html'>Eric took the boys to the lake for the day this weekend to escape the heat. Normally, I'm not really one to worry too much- but &lt;em&gt;clearly &lt;/em&gt;he was out numbered- and on the water with two little boys who can't swim. Even a little. But they did great and came home safe and sound!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looks like he let Sam drive...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SDCecWY913I/AAAAAAAAApM/MLdsBWl5T2g/s1600-h/IMG_5331.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201831779496744818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SDCecWY913I/AAAAAAAAApM/MLdsBWl5T2g/s320/IMG_5331.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SDCecWY913I/AAAAAAAAApM/MLdsBWl5T2g/s1600-h/IMG_5331.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;...and Ben dozed off &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201833325684971394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SDCf2WY914I/AAAAAAAAApU/0F3FBVd8abY/s320/IMG_5337.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boys had so much fun--and Eric really is awesome (not all dads would be so brave!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-6504866955555983333?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/6504866955555983333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=6504866955555983333' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6504866955555983333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/6504866955555983333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/boys-boating-day.html' title='Boys Boating Day'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SDCecWY913I/AAAAAAAAApM/MLdsBWl5T2g/s72-c/IMG_5331.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-3605081299439440444</id><published>2008-05-06T21:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T22:05:59.002-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rub-a-dub-dub...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;three (little) men in a tub&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;[this is really the strangest of the nursery rhymes]&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197493294124108498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCE0nQ6-CtI/AAAAAAAAAoY/v_ue4DUCTAQ/s320/3+boys+in+tub.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Ben (cousin Peter 10 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;months&lt;/span&gt;) and Sam &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;April and Cliff are out on a hot date to see Michael &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Bublé &lt;/span&gt;in concert...I'm just a little jealous.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-3605081299439440444?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3605081299439440444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=3605081299439440444' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3605081299439440444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3605081299439440444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/rub-dub-dub.html' title='Rub-a-dub-dub...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCE0nQ6-CtI/AAAAAAAAAoY/v_ue4DUCTAQ/s72-c/3+boys+in+tub.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-7382338460691690599</id><published>2008-05-06T21:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T21:39:58.184-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Park Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;[Ben and his new buddy Christian at the MOMS play group this morning]&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197488350616750786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCEwHg6-CsI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/qw3IRsVEim8/s320/Christian+Ben.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Two play &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;structures&lt;/span&gt;, sand toys and swings just didn't cut it for these two little guys. No, this puddle was calling their names. Apparently they are also styling their hair (you have to work those curls!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-7382338460691690599?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/7382338460691690599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=7382338460691690599' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/7382338460691690599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/7382338460691690599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/park-day.html' title='Park Day'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCEwHg6-CsI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/qw3IRsVEim8/s72-c/Christian+Ben.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1548063147650076328</id><published>2008-05-06T21:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T21:24:30.226-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Boating</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCEuog6-CrI/AAAAAAAAAoI/SvGRhc1smE0/s1600-h/Sam+Micah+Boat.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197486718529178290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCEuog6-CrI/AAAAAAAAAoI/SvGRhc1smE0/s320/Sam+Micah+Boat.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCEuKQ6-CqI/AAAAAAAAAoA/U8qmssvTf8k/s1600-h/3+boys+boat+snack.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197486198838135458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCEuKQ6-CqI/AAAAAAAAAoA/U8qmssvTf8k/s320/3+boys+boat+snack.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;We had a great time on Sunday with the Temple family as we took the boat up to the marina for the season.  Sam and Micah are best buddies. It was a little (okay, a lot!) chilly.  Next time, hopefully it will be warmer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1548063147650076328?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1548063147650076328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1548063147650076328' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1548063147650076328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1548063147650076328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/boating.html' title='Boating'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SCEuog6-CrI/AAAAAAAAAoI/SvGRhc1smE0/s72-c/Sam+Micah+Boat.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1277248584520178319</id><published>2008-05-02T15:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T22:10:13.177-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><title type='text'>Baby's Room</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBuYFw6-CpI/AAAAAAAAAn4/ZTJs1EHoohI/s1600-h/pink+nursery.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195913819901004434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBuYFw6-CpI/AAAAAAAAAn4/ZTJs1EHoohI/s400/pink+nursery.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I still love this brown and white bedding that I used with Ben and I'm planning to use it again (but pairing it with pink instead of blue of course).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today &lt;a href="http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/joel-dewberry-fabrics.html"&gt;the fabric &lt;/a&gt;came that I ordered from &lt;a href="http://etsy.com/"&gt;etsy&lt;/a&gt;- I love it even more in person. My mother-in-law is going to make a quilt for the baby and I'm planning to make curtain panels as well. Oh girl things are so fun!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195913583677803138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBuX4A6-CoI/AAAAAAAAAnw/BJFQXS6OoxE/s400/Fabric+Trio+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1277248584520178319?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1277248584520178319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1277248584520178319' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1277248584520178319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1277248584520178319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/babys-room.html' title='Baby&apos;s Room'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBuYFw6-CpI/AAAAAAAAAn4/ZTJs1EHoohI/s72-c/pink+nursery.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-5197325922046541801</id><published>2008-04-30T14:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T14:23:00.296-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reading'/><title type='text'>On my nightstand...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBje3g6-CgI/AAAAAAAAAmw/vaiYojc21F8/s1600-h/living+simply.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195147215483308546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBje3g6-CgI/AAAAAAAAAmw/vaiYojc21F8/s400/living+simply.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Living-Simply-Choosing-Less-World/dp/1590527283"&gt;Living Simply &lt;/a&gt;by &lt;a href="http://thesimplewife.typepad.com/"&gt;Joanne Heim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think you need to be ready to read a book like this. With baby #3 on the way there is no time like the present to simplify my life a bit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I borrowed this from the MOMS Group lending library- but I am highlighting like crazy and don't think I will be giving it back! (Don't worry Michelle- I'll replace it asap).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm only four chapters in, but so far a concept that has been huge for me is "half done is still undone".  Multitasking is not all it is cracked up to be.  My childhood nickname (thanks, mom) was "Sara, the side-tracked queen".  This is still a big issue for me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are also some great thoughts on how we are "conditioned to be consumers".  My ears perked up to this because a few months back I remember thinking my life revolved around the fact that I was a consumer.  I was always making shopping lists, buying gifts, researching big purchases, browsing catalogs and websites (darn that pottery barn!).  Though I rarely went to the mall- I realized a big part of my time was spent "shopping" (or dreaming of...).  This is not how I want to spend my life- not to mention the discontentment it stirred up in me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is much more I would like to share about this book- but I can tell this fell into my hands at just the right season.  I'll post more revelations as I continue to read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-5197325922046541801?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/5197325922046541801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=5197325922046541801' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5197325922046541801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5197325922046541801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-my-nightstand.html' title='On my nightstand...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBje3g6-CgI/AAAAAAAAAmw/vaiYojc21F8/s72-c/living+simply.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-4722609756887499551</id><published>2008-04-28T23:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T17:00:19.215-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><title type='text'>Joel Dewberry Fabrics</title><content type='html'>I have a new love- &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194552225073859026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBbBug6-CdI/AAAAAAAAAmY/tFD9UpSFV1I/s400/BasketIdeas.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194552349627910626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBbB1w6-CeI/AAAAAAAAAmg/PBWS1a1OFrQ/s400/PinkIdeas.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194552560081308146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBbCCA6-CfI/AAAAAAAAAmo/NkhI63Cg8Sw/s400/Tradeshow3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;I especially love the Aviary collection in bloom (shades of pinks with a little brown). I think this is going to work its way into our new nursery for sure. You can check it out his lines &lt;a href="http://www.joeldewberry.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-4722609756887499551?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/4722609756887499551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=4722609756887499551' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4722609756887499551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4722609756887499551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/joel-dewberry-fabrics.html' title='Joel Dewberry Fabrics'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBbBug6-CdI/AAAAAAAAAmY/tFD9UpSFV1I/s72-c/BasketIdeas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-87352101581345694</id><published>2008-04-26T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T00:17:07.940-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pa-rtee'/><title type='text'>Pink and Red Wedding</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBLTSQ6-CTI/AAAAAAAAAlI/-X2kJ4aOF7s/s1600-h/wedding+collage+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193445631045011762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBLTSQ6-CTI/AAAAAAAAAlI/-X2kJ4aOF7s/s400/wedding+collage+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My dear sweet friend who I've grown up with is getting married in September. I'm &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; excited for her! Her colors are pink and red- not &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;necessarily&lt;/span&gt; a common &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;combination&lt;/span&gt;. Last year, Martha featured this combo (calling it &lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=35337e8d1ec13110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&amp;amp;autonomy_kw=poppy%20and%20pink&amp;amp;rsc=header_2"&gt;Poppy and Pink&lt;/a&gt;). I found some great images from &lt;a href="http://www.theknot.com/"&gt;the knot&lt;/a&gt; featuring red and pink. I'm especially in love with the strawberry trees on the buffet and the hypericum berries with the roses. I think pink roses for the maids with the gorgeous red dresses she has selected would be so pretty. Anyone have sugguestions for tying this color combination into the day? What about a third accent color? {Leah- hope you don't mind me soliciting the free world for ideas!}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-87352101581345694?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/87352101581345694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=87352101581345694' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/87352101581345694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/87352101581345694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/pink-and-red-wedding.html' title='Pink and Red Wedding'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SBLTSQ6-CTI/AAAAAAAAAlI/-X2kJ4aOF7s/s72-c/wedding+collage+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2718749776146304552</id><published>2008-04-15T00:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T01:40:02.415-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Boys and a ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;All seven boys...(my brother's four and sissy's one)&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189367540944398386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SARWSLbu6DI/AAAAAAAAAlA/4rc4BbrnNSM/s320/IMG_5175.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SARVtLbu6CI/AAAAAAAAAk4/wA7xMpnyHnY/s1600-h/IMG_5162.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189366905289238562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SARVtLbu6CI/AAAAAAAAAk4/wA7xMpnyHnY/s320/IMG_5162.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; [easter 2008] &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;And now in about 19 weeks WE ARE HAVING A GIRL!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;{did I mention the two cuties in the middle are mine?}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2718749776146304552?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2718749776146304552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2718749776146304552' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2718749776146304552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2718749776146304552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/boys-and.html' title='Boys and a ?'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SARWSLbu6DI/AAAAAAAAAlA/4rc4BbrnNSM/s72-c/IMG_5175.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-5974116780773821748</id><published>2008-04-13T23:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T23:17:23.398-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring is Here!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SAL2krbu6BI/AAAAAAAAAkw/9s3Uxco_VM8/s1600-h/IMG_2443.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188980830679001106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SAL2krbu6BI/AAAAAAAAAkw/9s3Uxco_VM8/s400/IMG_2443.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; For my birthday last May, Eric built me this great potting bench.  Today I put it to good use and planted several flats of white petunias.  (I'm so boring- but I just love white flowers!)  Thanks honey- I love my potting bench and I know I will have it for years come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-5974116780773821748?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/5974116780773821748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=5974116780773821748' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5974116780773821748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5974116780773821748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/spring-is-here.html' title='Spring is Here!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/SAL2krbu6BI/AAAAAAAAAkw/9s3Uxco_VM8/s72-c/IMG_2443.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2023101388081263313</id><published>2008-04-09T17:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T21:33:26.709-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pa-rtee'/><title type='text'>Citrus Themed Bridal Shower</title><content type='html'>Here are some pictures I've been collecting for inspiration for the bridal shower I'm throwing for my sister-in-law. I'm going to mix it up with fushia- but I love the use of orange slices in the vases.&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1jyS9hdXI/AAAAAAAAAkI/ESeSKUTYNdI/s1600-h/orange%2520and%2520gerbera%2520centerpiece.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187412061535171954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1jyS9hdXI/AAAAAAAAAkI/ESeSKUTYNdI/s320/orange%2520and%2520gerbera%2520centerpiece.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; If you want to see the menu ideas- &lt;a href="http://whatscookingsissy.blogspot.com/2008/04/menu-for-bridal-shower.html"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kDy9hdYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/-5yneiT7-u8/s1600-h/sarahcitrus_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187412362182882690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kDy9hdYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/-5yneiT7-u8/s320/sarahcitrus_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kDy9hdYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/-5yneiT7-u8/s1600-h/sarahcitrus_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kDy9hdYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/-5yneiT7-u8/s1600-h/sarahcitrus_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kNy9hdZI/AAAAAAAAAkY/7YW9dqCNWgw/s1600-h/sarahcitrus_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187412533981574546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kNy9hdZI/AAAAAAAAAkY/7YW9dqCNWgw/s320/sarahcitrus_2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kDy9hdYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/-5yneiT7-u8/s1600-h/sarahcitrus_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kDy9hdYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/-5yneiT7-u8/s1600-h/sarahcitrus_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1k5C9hdbI/AAAAAAAAAko/MQBDMm1tnTA/s1600-h/sarahcitrus_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187413277010916786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1k5C9hdbI/AAAAAAAAAko/MQBDMm1tnTA/s320/sarahcitrus_3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1kDy9hdYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/-5yneiT7-u8/s1600-h/sarahcitrus_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{pictures from &lt;a href="http://www.hostessblog.com/2007/05/ask-hwtm-citrus-shower/"&gt;hostess with the mostess&lt;/a&gt;}&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2023101388081263313?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2023101388081263313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2023101388081263313' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2023101388081263313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2023101388081263313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/citrus-themed-bridal-shower.html' title='Citrus Themed Bridal Shower'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_1jyS9hdXI/AAAAAAAAAkI/ESeSKUTYNdI/s72-c/orange%2520and%2520gerbera%2520centerpiece.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-7266489658758879157</id><published>2008-04-02T16:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-03T00:59:31.761-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decorating'/><title type='text'>Inspiration- The Boy's New Room</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QcgKekZ9I/AAAAAAAAAi4/pavqPdp4rIE/s1600-h/media.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184800409904244690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QcgKekZ9I/AAAAAAAAAi4/pavqPdp4rIE/s320/media.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QcWaekZ8I/AAAAAAAAAiw/z0aUhv5-me8/s1600-h/bedroom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184800242400520130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QcWaekZ8I/AAAAAAAAAiw/z0aUhv5-me8/s320/bedroom.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QcDKekZ7I/AAAAAAAAAio/pUu36BiUngM/s1600-h/SL0308116c_2_x.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184799911688038322" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QcDKekZ7I/AAAAAAAAAio/pUu36BiUngM/s320/SL0308116c_2_x.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QboqekZ4I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/C7I2ZKc6q4k/s1600-h/220193.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184799456421504898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QboqekZ4I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/C7I2ZKc6q4k/s320/220193.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been collecting photos of rooms that I love. We are getting ready this summer to move the boys in together. Since the bedrooms in our house are pretty small- we are shopping for bunk beds. I love the navy and red "Americana" theme. This will work with Sam's rug and quilt- and even his red shelves and night stand. And his drapes and lamp too. So I need to think about duvets and paint colors. I think I can pull this room together pretty easily. Now the question is- will we ever be able to get those two little monkeys to actually sleep together?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-7266489658758879157?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/7266489658758879157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=7266489658758879157' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/7266489658758879157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/7266489658758879157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/inspiration-boys-new-room.html' title='Inspiration- The Boy&apos;s New Room'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R_QcgKekZ9I/AAAAAAAAAi4/pavqPdp4rIE/s72-c/media.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-8792085737849543297</id><published>2008-03-28T15:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T16:20:57.356-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>Sam's Suit</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-wlW6ekZ1I/AAAAAAAAAh0/6uH0Gv9bnjg/s1600-h/_020608Easter_10_jpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182558346781419346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-wlW6ekZ1I/AAAAAAAAAh0/6uH0Gv9bnjg/s400/_020608Easter_10_jpg.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Shirt? Check. Tie? Check. Vest? Check. Pants and Jacket? Check. Check. Shoes and Socks? Double check again. Whew! Dressing a little boy for a wedding is way more complicated than a little girl! (I think maybe more expensive too!). My heart literally melted when he tried this on. With a little pink rose b&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;outonniere&lt;/span&gt;, he is going to be darling! (And, unlike a flower girl, doing his hair on the day of the wedding will be a piece of cake! But keeping him clean is another story!).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-8792085737849543297?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/8792085737849543297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=8792085737849543297' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8792085737849543297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8792085737849543297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/03/sams-suit.html' title='Sam&apos;s Suit'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-wlW6ekZ1I/AAAAAAAAAh0/6uH0Gv9bnjg/s72-c/_020608Easter_10_jpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-3548872777000428048</id><published>2008-03-27T16:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-27T17:30:17.929-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>One of these is not like the others</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-ws7aekZ2I/AAAAAAAAAh8/FeFNC-QV0B0/s1600-h/6+boys+easter+2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182566670428039010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-ws7aekZ2I/AAAAAAAAAh8/FeFNC-QV0B0/s320/6+boys+easter+2008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Taking a picture after Easter service with all the boys has become a tradtion (we missed you this year Peter!). But Ben was having a hard time...(maybe his uncle hurt his feelings making fun of his pink shirt?).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a better one of sweet Ben-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182582089360631666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-w686ekZ3I/AAAAAAAAAiE/2mJUxHHNeq0/s320/ben-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Oh, watch out little girls- this one is taken by his mama!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS- Pink is your color Ben!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-3548872777000428048?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3548872777000428048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=3548872777000428048' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3548872777000428048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3548872777000428048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-of-these-is-not-like-other.html' title='One of these is not like the others'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-ws7aekZ2I/AAAAAAAAAh8/FeFNC-QV0B0/s72-c/6+boys+easter+2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1566113061081069743</id><published>2008-03-27T15:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-27T15:51:47.845-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>Bridesmaid Dress...</title><content type='html'>Posted by popular demand...&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182557015341557570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-wkJaekZ0I/AAAAAAAAAhs/3GE-ORC1emA/s320/PINK_BLUSH.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the pink dress I will be wearing this June (about 6 months pregnant). The pluses are it's a good color for me, it's not short and the empire waist will be good for my &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;prego&lt;/span&gt; belly.  Now for really good hair and a spray tan...I think I can pull this off!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1566113061081069743?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1566113061081069743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1566113061081069743' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1566113061081069743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1566113061081069743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/03/bridesmaid-dress.html' title='Bridesmaid Dress...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-wkJaekZ0I/AAAAAAAAAhs/3GE-ORC1emA/s72-c/PINK_BLUSH.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-167630742953146729</id><published>2008-03-24T17:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T22:19:36.967-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Projects - Projects - Projects</title><content type='html'>Right now we are rearranging some rooms in our house (to get ready for baby #3). This Friday Eric and I are having a work day to get started on the l-o-n-g list of projects. One of these is to turn our home office into a playroom/den. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-iGXqekZwI/AAAAAAAAAhM/qlKyJ-7REHY/s1600-h/HEIDI+STRIPE+COVER.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181539112387372802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-iGXqekZwI/AAAAAAAAAhM/qlKyJ-7REHY/s320/HEIDI+STRIPE+COVER.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I love this &lt;a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/p6722/index.cfm?pkey=cfurbedday"&gt;PB daybed &lt;/a&gt;to serve as a place to sit and watch &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;tv&lt;/span&gt;, a guest bed, another napping spot (if I need to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;separate&lt;/span&gt; the boys) and storage! It is pretty pricey, so my plan is for Eric to build it. Right now the &lt;a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/index.cfm?clg=17&amp;amp;upd=0x1000x100001&amp;amp;skus=9975293&amp;amp;showsku=9975293&amp;amp;cmcid=E%3Asalnewall"&gt;mattress cover&lt;/a&gt; is on clearance for $50 and I have a coupon for $25 off... so I think I'm going to order it asap (before they are sold out!). This means the playroom colors will be blue and green and these &lt;a href="http://www.landofnod.com/family.aspx?c=107&amp;amp;f=2360&amp;amp;pc=18"&gt;Land of Nod prints &lt;/a&gt;I've had my eye on forever will look perfect!&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-iJeKekZxI/AAAAAAAAAhU/mcUJqWVGdIY/s1600-h/1201414_RockPaperScissor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181542522591405842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-iJeKekZxI/AAAAAAAAAhU/mcUJqWVGdIY/s320/1201414_RockPaperScissor.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-iJoKekZyI/AAAAAAAAAhc/kc8B2nlygfM/s1600-h/1201414--S_SimonSays.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181542694390097698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-iJoKekZyI/AAAAAAAAAhc/kc8B2nlygfM/s320/1201414--S_SimonSays.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-167630742953146729?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/167630742953146729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=167630742953146729' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/167630742953146729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/167630742953146729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/03/projects-projects-projects.html' title='Projects - Projects - Projects'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R-iGXqekZwI/AAAAAAAAAhM/qlKyJ-7REHY/s72-c/HEIDI+STRIPE+COVER.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2672813796825183645</id><published>2008-01-30T00:16:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T22:21:26.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What I've been up too...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R6Ay1wkQVmI/AAAAAAAAAgM/D4hz3tPKJRQ/s1600-h/bedroom-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161181072118011490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R6Ay1wkQVmI/AAAAAAAAAgM/D4hz3tPKJRQ/s400/bedroom-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Faux&lt;/span&gt; painting!!!!!! Well, really I apologize for being such a loser blogger this month- I've actually been working. I had a great opportunity to sub this month- but today is my last day! Yahoo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This month I've been re&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;decorating&lt;/span&gt; our Master Bedroom. Don't worry- what you see above is only tape. I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;promise&lt;/span&gt; this doesn't look as scary in person. Now that I'm not working- I'm hoping to wrap this up this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More pictures to come! This &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;century&lt;/span&gt;! Really!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;*Edited- I did finish this wall- but not the room yet. Lately, I'm really great starting cool projects...but not good at finishing them. This is the most time consuming wall, so only (!) three to go. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2672813796825183645?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2672813796825183645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2672813796825183645' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2672813796825183645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2672813796825183645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-ive-been-up-too.html' title='What I&apos;ve been up too...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R6Ay1wkQVmI/AAAAAAAAAgM/D4hz3tPKJRQ/s72-c/bedroom-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-4287523178450221973</id><published>2008-01-04T16:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-04T16:23:09.816-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ben'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Christmas Morning...</title><content type='html'>The big Santa gift...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37MX9XtPJI/AAAAAAAAAf0/N5pZCoFBs4c/s1600-h/kitchen+xmas1-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151779735741480082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37MX9XtPJI/AAAAAAAAAf0/N5pZCoFBs4c/s400/kitchen+xmas1-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37MGNXtPII/AAAAAAAAAfs/dWU12G9f5eY/s1600-h/kitchen+xmas-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151779430798802050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37MGNXtPII/AAAAAAAAAfs/dWU12G9f5eY/s400/kitchen+xmas-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I love this picture of Ben waiting for help to open his gift (a youth rei sleeping bag for the many camping trips he'll take with dad this year).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151779971964681378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37MltXtPKI/AAAAAAAAAf8/poc7B87_pts/s400/rei-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt; Sam loves anything and everything Thomas...espcially real, moving trains!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151780560375200946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37NH9XtPLI/AAAAAAAAAgE/j4o0zbO-ZTE/s400/train-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-4287523178450221973?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/4287523178450221973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=4287523178450221973' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4287523178450221973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4287523178450221973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/01/christmas-morning.html' title='Christmas Morning...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37MX9XtPJI/AAAAAAAAAf0/N5pZCoFBs4c/s72-c/kitchen+xmas1-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-5188059137610535382</id><published>2008-01-04T15:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-04T16:05:57.225-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Snow Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37J39XtPHI/AAAAAAAAAfk/PP7NC7IXi5o/s1600-h/Ben+Close+Snow-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151776986962410610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37J39XtPHI/AAAAAAAAAfk/PP7NC7IXi5o/s400/Ben+Close+Snow-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37Hv9XtPEI/AAAAAAAAAfM/rUgD1gvz4j4/s1600-h/Sam+snow+close+up-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151774650500201538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37Hv9XtPEI/AAAAAAAAAfM/rUgD1gvz4j4/s400/Sam+snow+close+up-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; These pictures are from Christmas eve morning. This year we finally had what we always wanted our Christmas eve to be- playing in the snow as a family. It was so fun-- and the boys loved it! Sledding was their favorite.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151776450091498594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37JYtXtPGI/AAAAAAAAAfc/ko-X2BOYyIs/s400/Ben+sledding+07-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-5188059137610535382?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/5188059137610535382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=5188059137610535382' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5188059137610535382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5188059137610535382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/01/snow-day.html' title='Snow Day!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37J39XtPHI/AAAAAAAAAfk/PP7NC7IXi5o/s72-c/Ben+Close+Snow-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-3763893353450850099</id><published>2008-01-04T15:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-04T15:55:06.596-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stuff I love'/><title type='text'>What I got for Christmas...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37GWtXtPDI/AAAAAAAAAfE/NvdW5F8u3yI/s1600-h/broom+vac.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151773117196876850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37GWtXtPDI/AAAAAAAAAfE/NvdW5F8u3yI/s320/broom+vac.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37GR9XtPCI/AAAAAAAAAe8/5NZRjhhkcIA/s1600-h/broom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151773035592498210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37GR9XtPCI/AAAAAAAAAe8/5NZRjhhkcIA/s320/broom.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So far, I'm really liking my new Dirt Devil Broom Vac. It comes in lots of cute colors- mine is actually red but this citron is cute too.  You tap your foot on the little foot &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;petal&lt;/span&gt; to turn it on-and you are ready to vacuum. (No bending over!).  It seems to stay charged a long time- I think I will only need to charge it once a week.  Thanks Mom!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-3763893353450850099?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3763893353450850099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=3763893353450850099' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3763893353450850099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3763893353450850099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-i-got-for-christmas.html' title='What I got for Christmas...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R37GWtXtPDI/AAAAAAAAAfE/NvdW5F8u3yI/s72-c/broom+vac.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-5870090671095002221</id><published>2008-01-03T14:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-03T15:43:27.703-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ben'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>What all little boys really want for Christmas...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R31kL9XtPBI/AAAAAAAAAe0/XHRtGnYlwrY/s1600-h/ben+box-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151383705397050386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R31kL9XtPBI/AAAAAAAAAe0/XHRtGnYlwrY/s400/ben+box-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; More Christmas Pictures coming soon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-5870090671095002221?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/5870090671095002221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=5870090671095002221' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5870090671095002221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5870090671095002221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-all-little-boys-really-want-for.html' title='What all little boys really want for Christmas...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R31kL9XtPBI/AAAAAAAAAe0/XHRtGnYlwrY/s72-c/ben+box-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-3512661771273806371</id><published>2007-12-05T15:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-05T23:34:36.752-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>Wedding Bells!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1STG9T4LYI/AAAAAAAAAbE/7AnujSrixGw/s1600-R/Kris+and+Andy-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139894822483012994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1STG9T4LYI/AAAAAAAAAbE/RaP35YAxk8M/s400/Kris+and+Andy-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The big news on Thanksgiving in our family was Eric's sister Kristina is getting married! We are so excited for her! Welcome to the family Andy! Kris asked me to be the matron of honor and Sam the ring bearer!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-3512661771273806371?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3512661771273806371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=3512661771273806371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3512661771273806371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3512661771273806371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/12/wedding-bells.html' title='Wedding Bells!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1STG9T4LYI/AAAAAAAAAbE/RaP35YAxk8M/s72-c/Kris+and+Andy-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2691212072883976062</id><published>2007-12-03T15:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T15:31:22.487-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Thanksgiving</title><content type='html'>Here is Sam telling Eric he needs to get that bird in the oven! Notice the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;tv&lt;/span&gt; remotes for the football on the big screen nearby. (Can you see the second turkey in the background?) &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SNkNT4LXI/AAAAAAAAAa8/XcpIJQv0BnQ/s1600-R/Thanksgiving-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SNkNT4LXI/AAAAAAAAAa8/6P6NxMx0_Qs/s400/Thanksgiving-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139888727924419954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Be still my heart- a man who can cook a bird! Make that two birds!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SNTNT4LWI/AAAAAAAAAa0/LISMuOMwBMk/s1600-R/Thanksgiving+turkey-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SNTNT4LWI/AAAAAAAAAa0/d6-Yox-ABy0/s400/Thanksgiving+turkey-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139888435866643810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I just set the table... (thanks to my sister in law for sharing her gorgeous Southern Living serving pieces). Oh yeah- and I host the family dance contest, but more on that later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SMxNT4LUI/AAAAAAAAAak/_dwE7jRFk-s/s1600-R/Thanksgiving-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SMxNT4LUI/AAAAAAAAAak/vpUkf3MADvc/s400/Thanksgiving-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139887851751091522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SM4tT4LVI/AAAAAAAAAas/V8ENiCUh8dk/s1600-R/Thanksgiving-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SM4tT4LVI/AAAAAAAAAas/b7SEIeZUmwk/s400/Thanksgiving-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139887980600110418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2691212072883976062?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2691212072883976062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2691212072883976062' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2691212072883976062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2691212072883976062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/12/thanksgiving.html' title='Thanksgiving'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R1SNkNT4LXI/AAAAAAAAAa8/6P6NxMx0_Qs/s72-c/Thanksgiving-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-4662286785493015503</id><published>2007-11-21T02:21:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T02:28:08.580-08:00</updated><title type='text'>His best birthday yet!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R0QH0PBUBvI/AAAAAAAAAaE/hGFsdfp5fXY/s1600-h/Sam+bd+card+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135238069075838706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R0QH0PBUBvI/AAAAAAAAAaE/hGFsdfp5fXY/s400/Sam+bd+card+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It is so fun when they are old enough to really "get" what birthdays are all about. All he wanted was "my big train birthday". We agonized about having a big party-- but in the end, that is exactly what he got. It couldn't have been a more perfect day. We had fun, the parents seemed to be having fun- and all of his friends (with almost a 9 year age span) seemed to be having a blast. That is saying a lot when it comes to a 3 year old birthday party.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-4662286785493015503?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/4662286785493015503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=4662286785493015503' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4662286785493015503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4662286785493015503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/his-best-birthday-yet.html' title='His best birthday yet!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/R0QH0PBUBvI/AAAAAAAAAaE/hGFsdfp5fXY/s72-c/Sam+bd+card+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-4751146444359362381</id><published>2007-11-17T23:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-18T00:00:55.558-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ben'/><title type='text'>Sleep-Eating?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rz_wyPBUBpI/AAAAAAAAAZU/x76bis8HkRA/s1600-h/sam+eating+sleeping-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134086846041818770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rz_wyPBUBpI/AAAAAAAAAZU/x76bis8HkRA/s400/sam+eating+sleeping-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rz_wefBUBoI/AAAAAAAAAZM/27KjhJ51yPo/s1600-h/ben+eating+sleeping-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134086506739402370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rz_wefBUBoI/AAAAAAAAAZM/27KjhJ51yPo/s400/ben+eating+sleeping-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rz_uSvBUBnI/AAAAAAAAAZE/33sq6CrQOJ4/s1600-h/ben+eating+sleeping-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                          Sam at 8 months (July 05)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ben at 20 months... (just  this week)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-4751146444359362381?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/4751146444359362381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=4751146444359362381' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4751146444359362381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4751146444359362381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/sleep-eating.html' title='Sleep-Eating?'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rz_wyPBUBpI/AAAAAAAAAZU/x76bis8HkRA/s72-c/sam+eating+sleeping-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1797752895158401365</id><published>2007-11-14T22:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T22:56:13.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Goin' to my party...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzvsuvBUBmI/AAAAAAAAAY8/7tFkL1t6YZ8/s1600-h/sam+is+cool-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132956487958922850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzvsuvBUBmI/AAAAAAAAAY8/7tFkL1t6YZ8/s400/sam+is+cool-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just as we were leaving for Sam's party- he said, "mom, need my glasses". "I don't know where they are Sam". "Mom, pease find them". So, I did.  Here he is looking cool heading to the party- with his shades. Upside down.  So cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1797752895158401365?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1797752895158401365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1797752895158401365' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1797752895158401365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1797752895158401365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/goin-to-my-party.html' title='Goin&apos; to my party...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzvsuvBUBmI/AAAAAAAAAY8/7tFkL1t6YZ8/s72-c/sam+is+cool-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-4254631968597999234</id><published>2007-11-12T01:57:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-12T02:41:11.675-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MC2 Small Group Dinner</title><content type='html'>MC2 Small Group D&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgqrr25emI/AAAAAAAAAYg/WgaRdRHlaFc/s1600-h/Small+group+dinner-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131898705384405602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgqrr25emI/AAAAAAAAAYg/WgaRdRHlaFc/s200/Small+group+dinner-5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;inner-&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgjor25eeI/AAAAAAAAAXg/D2u0v25sV6M/s1600-h/Small+group+dinner-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131890957263403490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgjor25eeI/AAAAAAAAAXg/D2u0v25sV6M/s200/Small+group+dinner-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgpwb25ejI/AAAAAAAAAYI/YlkEmZ_-MGA/s1600-h/Small+group+dinner-6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131897687477156402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgpwb25ejI/AAAAAAAAAYI/YlkEmZ_-MGA/s200/Small+group+dinner-6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzgqP725elI/AAAAAAAAAYY/nXZ5eMiZQ_A/s1600-h/Small+group+dinner-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131898228643035730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzgqP725elI/AAAAAAAAAYY/nXZ5eMiZQ_A/s200/Small+group+dinner-5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; what a fun, sweet group of kids! &lt;em&gt;Thanks Michelle and Joe!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzgqCr25ekI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/jhaUYQSTggE/s1600-h/Small+group+dinner-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131898001009769026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzgqCr25ekI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/jhaUYQSTggE/s200/Small+group+dinner-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzgpLr25ehI/AAAAAAAAAX4/mySKaVeh5D0/s1600-h/Small+group+dinner-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131897056116963858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzgpLr25ehI/AAAAAAAAAX4/mySKaVeh5D0/s200/Small+group+dinner-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgrsb25eoI/AAAAAAAAAYw/PcwvU4O2i7c/s1600-h/Small+group+dinner-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131899817780935298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgrsb25eoI/AAAAAAAAAYw/PcwvU4O2i7c/s200/Small+group+dinner-4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgowr25egI/AAAAAAAAAXw/BdafpecY8kM/s1600-h/small+group2-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131896592260495874" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgowr25egI/AAAAAAAAAXw/BdafpecY8kM/s200/small+group2-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131897313815001634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgpar25eiI/AAAAAAAAAYA/4G6m6hyB1wY/s200/Small+group+dinner-7.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-4254631968597999234?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/4254631968597999234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=4254631968597999234' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4254631968597999234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/4254631968597999234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/mc2-small-group-dinner.html' title='MC2 Small Group Dinner'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rzgqrr25emI/AAAAAAAAAYg/WgaRdRHlaFc/s72-c/Small+group+dinner-5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-9131830991482912700</id><published>2007-11-08T20:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T23:33:21.563-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Play Group Pumpkin Hunt</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPkkb25eaI/AAAAAAAAAXA/Z9rr-UjSpic/s1600-h/pumpkin+game-06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130695715109566882" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPkkb25eaI/AAAAAAAAAXA/Z9rr-UjSpic/s320/pumpkin+game-06.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is from our play group... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPj-b25eYI/AAAAAAAAAWw/KJ0pLZkvXFQ/s1600-h/pumpkin+game-04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130695062274537858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPj-b25eYI/AAAAAAAAAWw/KJ0pLZkvXFQ/s320/pumpkin+game-04.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130694607008004450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPjj725eWI/AAAAAAAAAWg/K-7BGk7vD1I/s320/pumpkin+game-01.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;on the hunt for some hidden pumpkins...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPjyL25eXI/AAAAAAAAAWo/WCK3ibYkH38/s1600-h/pumpkin+game-03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130694851821140338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPjyL25eXI/AAAAAAAAAWo/WCK3ibYkH38/s320/pumpkin+game-03.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-9131830991482912700?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/9131830991482912700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=9131830991482912700' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/9131830991482912700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/9131830991482912700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/play-group-pumpkin-hunt.html' title='Play Group Pumpkin Hunt'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPkkb25eaI/AAAAAAAAAXA/Z9rr-UjSpic/s72-c/pumpkin+game-06.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-5572455825935693529</id><published>2007-11-03T14:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-03T14:59:54.888-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peter...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzvIWQgn9I/AAAAAAAAAT4/22UCQ2GEvAw/s1600-h/peter-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128737002360971218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzvIWQgn9I/AAAAAAAAAT4/22UCQ2GEvAw/s400/peter-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mom holding Peter at Monica's baby shower. What a cute little man!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-5572455825935693529?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/5572455825935693529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=5572455825935693529' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5572455825935693529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/5572455825935693529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/peter.html' title='Peter...'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzvIWQgn9I/AAAAAAAAAT4/22UCQ2GEvAw/s72-c/peter-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-1303516436368675434</id><published>2007-11-01T15:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T20:25:22.739-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Seven cute boys!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzwGWQgn_I/AAAAAAAAAUI/0iOF85Gtzac/s1600-h/halloween-02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128738067512860658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzwGWQgn_I/AAAAAAAAAUI/0iOF85Gtzac/s400/halloween-02.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;Cutest Storm Troopers, Wild Indians and Pumpkin baby you ever saw! (Are Storm Troopers supposed to be cute?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzwiGQgoBI/AAAAAAAAAUY/ES_dxyPR6Iw/s1600-h/halloween-05.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128738544254230546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzwiGQgoBI/AAAAAAAAAUY/ES_dxyPR6Iw/s400/halloween-05.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzwSWQgoAI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/S25aKZZTzAw/s1600-h/halloween-03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128738273671290882" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzwSWQgoAI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/S25aKZZTzAw/s400/halloween-03.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Ryzv9WQgn-I/AAAAAAAAAUA/zoYHUcBBgQY/s1600-h/halloween-01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128737912894037986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Ryzv9WQgn-I/AAAAAAAAAUA/zoYHUcBBgQY/s400/halloween-01.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-1303516436368675434?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/1303516436368675434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=1303516436368675434' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1303516436368675434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/1303516436368675434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-cute-boys.html' title='Seven cute boys!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyzwGWQgn_I/AAAAAAAAAUI/0iOF85Gtzac/s72-c/halloween-02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-2275140369846113293</id><published>2007-10-30T01:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T20:11:11.483-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Pumpkin Carving (no children were hurt in this process)</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127238917768126018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyecoWQgnkI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/4vnskfi__7o/s400/pumpkins-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyeahWQgniI/AAAAAAAAAQo/lZw6mojaTgg/s1600-h/pumpkins-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127236598485786146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyeahWQgniI/AAAAAAAAAQo/lZw6mojaTgg/s400/pumpkins-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Sam carving his first pumpkin...&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyeY4GQgnhI/AAAAAAAAAQg/s_-LD5XYtZI/s1600-h/pumpkins-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly he isn't happy with the quality of his carving tool. Sorry Sam, it will be a few more years until you get your hands on dad's Henckels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-2275140369846113293?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2275140369846113293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=2275140369846113293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2275140369846113293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/2275140369846113293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/10/pumpkin-carving-no-children-were-hurt.html' title='Pumpkin Carving (no children were hurt in this process)'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RyecoWQgnkI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/4vnskfi__7o/s72-c/pumpkins-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-3612825175008505651</id><published>2007-10-30T00:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-03T15:00:53.934-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More Pumpkin Carving</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RywkemQgn1I/AAAAAAAAAS8/d7SZXjMl0Pg/s1600-h/pumpkins-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128514183752621906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RywkemQgn1I/AAAAAAAAAS8/d7SZXjMl0Pg/s400/pumpkins-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RywkM2Qgn0I/AAAAAAAAAS0/-EGxP0D5gck/s1600-h/pumpkins-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128513878809943874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RywkM2Qgn0I/AAAAAAAAAS0/-EGxP0D5gck/s400/pumpkins-4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rywj92QgnzI/AAAAAAAAASs/2EmZfujYM-w/s1600-h/pumpkins-6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128513621111906098" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rywj92QgnzI/AAAAAAAAASs/2EmZfujYM-w/s400/pumpkins-6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rywjy2QgnyI/AAAAAAAAASk/740wSouIoJE/s1600-h/pumpkins-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128513432133345058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/Rywjy2QgnyI/AAAAAAAAASk/740wSouIoJE/s400/pumpkins-5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RywjimQgnxI/AAAAAAAAASc/-6cUCzz0rk0/s1600-h/pumpkins-7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128513152960470802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RywjimQgnxI/AAAAAAAAASc/-6cUCzz0rk0/s400/pumpkins-7.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-3612825175008505651?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3612825175008505651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=3612825175008505651' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3612825175008505651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/3612825175008505651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-pumpkin-carving.html' title='More Pumpkin Carving'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RywkemQgn1I/AAAAAAAAAS8/d7SZXjMl0Pg/s72-c/pumpkins-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271348862300344379.post-8545923311913957300</id><published>2007-10-02T14:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T20:05:11.758-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Karlson&apos;s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><title type='text'>Hillcrest Farms with Grandma and Grandpa Karlson</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPYCL25eUI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/jkBX4sK9ZqQ/s1600-h/Hillcrest+07-6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130681932559513922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPYCL25eUI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/jkBX4sK9ZqQ/s320/Hillcrest+07-6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Visiting the Pumpkin Patch at Hillcrest Farms...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPXt725eTI/AAAAAAAAAWI/IoEkIEvIkL4/s1600-h/Hillcrest+07-7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130681584667162930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPXt725eTI/AAAAAAAAAWI/IoEkIEvIkL4/s320/Hillcrest+07-7.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPXkb25eSI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Ma0Ilgrk_JA/s1600-h/hilcrest-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130681421458405666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPXkb25eSI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Ma0Ilgrk_JA/s320/hilcrest-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzOJI725eQI/AAAAAAAAAVw/KawmNswLhFw/s1600-h/Hillcrest+07-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130595187105036546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzOJI725eQI/AAAAAAAAAVw/KawmNswLhFw/s320/Hillcrest+07-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1271348862300344379-8545923311913957300?l=karlsonfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/8545923311913957300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1271348862300344379&amp;postID=8545923311913957300' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8545923311913957300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1271348862300344379/posts/default/8545923311913957300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karlsonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/10/hillcrest-farms-with-grandma-and.html' title='Hillcrest Farms with Grandma and Grandpa Karlson'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397978304357913951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMY-qKXiR6E/TiPQ90ehNnI/AAAAAAAABTk/dpcCyrFgPfI/s220/Hume%2BFam%2BPic-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YADc18Ju79g/RzPYCL25eUI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/jkBX4sK9ZqQ/s72-c/Hillcrest+07-6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
