tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289518632024-03-13T22:15:22.123-07:00The Donahoe FamilyThe Story of our LivesDonahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-88806122531824602892010-02-26T18:56:00.005-07:002010-02-26T19:29:29.692-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >Sweet Conversations</span><br /><br />I haven't blogged much lately, (obviously) or even read others blogs. Things have just been really busy here the last couple of months. I was asked to be a representative for a company that I had ties to before, they were branching into Utah and basically offered me the job. With this economy, who could say no to that right? It is a nice blessing to be able to do this job and not have it interrupt life with my kids, thankfully! So now I guess I am a WAHM instead of a SAHM. :)<br />It has been really busy getting all ramped up on subjects I don't have a lot of knowledge with, and juggling all the different jobs at home and with the kids, but most days I get it figured out. I do understand more now the phrase, "Stop and Smell the Roses." Things have been so busy that I have really tried to make my time with my kids count. Sometimes that is really hard with life whirling around you like a tornado. Today I was talking with Jantz and Abby and having a fun little conversation. At one point Abby said to me, "Mom. why didn't you put that you can bring presents on my baptism invitation?" She is getting baptized next Saturday, which also happens to be her birthday so she is kinda having a hard time figuring out how to blend the two together. I proceeded to tell her that we weren't celebrating her birthday that day, just her baptism. And that some people may bring her a baptism gift, and some may not, but we don't ask them to. It doesn't really matter because it isn't what is important. And Jantz interjects..." Yeah Abby because you are getting the greatest gift you could ever get anyway, the Holy Ghost." He is going to go in you and tell you what to do. Abby doesn't like to be "outdone" by Jantz so she says back a little sassy like "Jantz did you ever see a ghost some down to Josh's baptism and give him a gift?" He says no. I say, "you know that the Holy Ghost is just a spirit that dwells inside of you - you can't see it, but you can feel it and you can hear it...right?" Thankfully she knew this, whew! But Jantz likes to be the know-it-all which irritates Abby more, so he says, " Yeah, like he will talk to you, like if you someone was flipping a coin and you had to choose the wight one and you went to choose one and the Holy Ghost will whisper no, not that one, choose the other one and then you will and it will be the wight one!" How much do I love this kid!! I just hope he doesn't think he can use the Holy Ghost in Vegas or something!<br /><br />Here is a copy of her baptism invitation. My neighbor next door helped me with it. I absolutely LOVE it, I can't stop looking at it! The pictures are most fab!!<br />Thanks so much AMY!!<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(I scanned it but didn't crop it, I don't think I have a program on this computer to do that!)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/S4iBGh9HxKI/AAAAAAAADdM/qrLCmxAOZ-0/s1600-h/SCAN0049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/S4iBGh9HxKI/AAAAAAAADdM/qrLCmxAOZ-0/s400/SCAN0049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442742098871174306" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-78511907078649319362010-02-24T12:13:00.002-07:002010-02-24T12:20:16.586-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SHOUT OUT!!!</span><br /></span><br />Here is a shout out to my neighbor and photographer extraordinaire Amy......<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">THANK YOU!!</span></span><br />She braved the frigid weather to take pictures of my sweet little Abby so I could get a baptism announcement ready for the big day!! (next Saturday) WAHOO! <br />Abby was freezing, literally shaking, and after a short time she was done. It didn't go as well as I had planned so I was really worried that we weren't able to get anything that would work. I need not worry, Amy is amazing and had plenty of pics for me to choose from! Thank heavens!! <br />Bless you Amy! :)<br /><br />Check it out:<br />http://amynfarrphotography.blogspot.com/<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-49667119087291755212009-12-21T10:06:00.002-07:002009-12-21T10:33:58.034-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">This one is for you Ashley Q<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sy-rN6sHNqI/AAAAAAAADcQ/r4EfYdnDYyg/s1600-h/Youn_Women_Theme_Poster_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sy-rN6sHNqI/AAAAAAAADcQ/r4EfYdnDYyg/s400/Youn_Women_Theme_Poster_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417737132330923682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010 YW Theme Poster</span><br /><br />I was telling Melanie H about how much I love this poster and that I wanted to buy it for Abby's room and she told me that you (Ashley) are always looking for things like this for the YW room.<br />I bought some of these posters awhile back and they are so beautiful! The website is www.realheroposters.com but the pictures there just don't do the posters justice...they are so much better than I thought. I have 5 of them (Joshua, Samuel, Joseph, Esther and Mary) and they are all amazing. The prices are great too. I know he is offering a discount to church groups as well. Sorry for posting this...I guess I need to get your email because I keep forgetting to mention it to you when I see you at church. I am soooo much better at the email thing because it seems like I remember to do things at 11 at night when it is too late to call but not too late to email! :) <br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-35216366155823458362009-12-15T09:42:00.002-07:002009-12-15T09:59:55.386-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sye9KLRMQ4I/AAAAAAAADcA/Yyke9142veQ/s1600-h/6_noel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sye9KLRMQ4I/AAAAAAAADcA/Yyke9142veQ/s400/6_noel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415505059457549186" border="0" /></a>Sitting here just enjoying the holiday, the PEACE of knowing that I am pretty much done shopping, the JOY of no homework this week, loving the snow outside and loving that my kids have been playing in it NONSTOP for days now. Enjoying all the sweet people out there taking their time and putting forth their efforts to bring me holiday goodies even though I don't send any out myself. I am warm inside sitting by my fireplace, loving the glow of the garland and the twinkle of the tree. But most of all, I am LOVING my Christmas music....one of the BEST things about Christmas! I LOVE Christmas music. Holiday Traditions on XM has been playing pretty much 24/7 at my house. Today I threw in a family favorite....Peter Breinholt's Christmas Album - NOEL. One of my favorite Christmas albums ever. It makes me think of our Savior. It is beautiful. If you don't have it, you should!<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-36838154353678037222009-12-02T10:12:00.002-07:002009-12-02T10:23:48.538-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Seriously? I am so disappointed!</span><br /><br />I get all excited for the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >Van Halen</span> Rockband edition to come out, and even more excited to see that they have special guest acts from some REALLY good bands like the <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Foo's</span></span>, <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Blink 182</span>,</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The Offspring</span></span>, along with some other really cool songs. AND THEN....I look at the set list and realize that we are talking about the David Lee Roth days....I mean <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SERIOUSLY</span></span>...David Lee Roth. He is so old school, everyone knows that Sammy is where it's at! Van Halen isn't really Van Halen without Sammy! <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">5150</span></span> - um, one of the best albums ever and I can't even sing <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;">DREAM</span></span> - I was going to put that song on my wedding video!! So sad. <br />Here is the lame website in case anyone else is feeling like they want to be depressed today.<br /><br />http://vanhalen.guitarhero.com/<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-50912400025963918082009-11-18T21:55:00.004-07:002009-11-18T22:20:21.775-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;font-size:180%;" >Aliens or Criminals....</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SwTShHaTiZI/AAAAAAAADaw/6HaRkRoHT3Q/s1600/meteor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SwTShHaTiZI/AAAAAAAADaw/6HaRkRoHT3Q/s400/meteor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405676919118334354" border="0" /></a><br />So last night just after midnight and just after we had turned out the lights to go to bed there was this slightly greenish blueish really bright light shining in our window. It was so weird I was quiet. Dayt said what the heck was that? I told him to hurry to the window to check it out. He said, nah, you do it. I was too freaked out and I was a little nervous to open the blinds so I made him get out of bed. He couldn't see anything and I told him it was because he didn't get out of bed fast enough. Typical right? So I was a little freaked out because I knew it wasn't a car or anything even though Dayt repeatedly tried to tell me it was. But the light didn't "roll" across the windows so I knew it wasn't a car turning around in the circle. He told me it was no big deal - but I was SURE that it was a police spotlight from a helicopter above trying to chase down a criminal running through my backyard. It could happen! He said it was just aliens. Seriously, are you kidding! I am not going to be able to go to sleep. I am thinking about the escaped convict in the basement! I am only half kidding about that people! He kept on with the whole aliens story. I said he was so LAME! He thought it was weird that I didn't believe in aliens. I said, oh yeah right, on the 8th day God made aliens. I was not finding it amusing. Anyway, I made him get up and turn on the outside lights to discourage the criminal from hiding away in the unfinished basement - much to his dismay! I <span style="font-style: italic;">finally</span> fell asleep. This morning on the news there was all this talk about a meteor that fell from the sky. Apparently it is a once in a lifetime experience. The meteor that fell through space was about the size of an oven or a refrigerator, 10 miles high in the sky and could be seen ias far away as AZ, CA, MT and ID. The videos they have on this thing on the news are pretty crazy. Go to www.KSL.com. for some great shots. So now Dayt thinks that because aliens are from space, and meteors are from space that he was the closest in determining the source of the light last night. Oh whatever! My theory was so much more realistic than aliens!! Happy Wednesday y'all! <br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-55594651387280739822009-11-16T19:45:00.002-07:002009-11-16T19:57:44.173-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FYI * Swine Flu Clinic</span></span><br /><br />Just wanted to let everyone know there is a H1N1 clinic again tomorrow at the Dee Events Center in Ogden. Starts at 8am. I heard it through the grapevine this afternoon and my kids needed to get their second dose of it so I cruised up after school to check it out. There was no waiting at all. We were in and out in 15 minutes. The one lady told me they were giving 3000 doses out each day but their website just says 3000 between both days. http://www.webermorganhealth.org/ We got there just before 4:30 and they were giving out tickets that had been originally scheduled for 1pm this afternoon so I am assuming they didn't get as many people as they planned on.<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-85762204683377145422009-11-12T11:04:00.003-07:002009-11-12T11:09:25.677-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shout out for London!</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok still trying to catch up from my pneumonia coma in October. I am so far behind on blogging and everything else for that matter! It will happen, soon...soon.<br /><br />For now, check out a friend of mines cute scarves. They were shown on Studio 5 yesterday....<br /><br /><a href="http://lalalovelyyou.blogspot.com/">www.lalalovelyyou.blogspot.com</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SvxPCU8zisI/AAAAAAAADao/LUnIHTqdyGg/s1600-h/scarves.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SvxPCU8zisI/AAAAAAAADao/LUnIHTqdyGg/s400/scarves.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403280554339830466" border="0" /></a>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-26509374967484629322009-10-21T11:28:00.002-07:002009-10-21T12:12:01.136-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/tursh2000/heart.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 28px; height: 28px;" src="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/tursh2000/heart.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"...When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">My <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >heart</span> has been <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">deeply</span> touched. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Thank you!!</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-11460994853668977072009-10-13T14:02:00.002-07:002009-10-13T14:35:19.539-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sport it Mom</span></span><br /><br />Hey guys a friend of mine has started a little fitness group for kids ages 3 - 5 boys and girls at the sportsplex. Each session they learn and play a different sport. She has classes on Mon/Wed and Tues/Thurs from 10:00am - 11:00am. The cost is $30 a month - so right around $3.75 each session - that's a great deal! Your first class is free so check it out! She used to be Josh's rec soccer coach and she is really awesome with the kids. I am putting Jantz in the Mon/Wed if anyone is interested in carpooling!<br />You can find more info at www.sportitmom.com or call Amy at 801-593-5855<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-74871027880500805352009-09-25T14:04:00.006-07:002009-09-25T15:21:17.531-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">Some Love for this week...<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some things I am way excited about this week....HALLOWEEN being the first! I can't wait - I love halloween! (more on that later) Haunted corn mazes - YES I GO! I can almost smell the gas from the chainsaws as we speak! Although I haven't been to the Castle of Chaos, they have a pretty wicked video intro on their website this year. May feel to much like I was in the middle of a horror movie, not so sure I am going to venture to that one this year.<br />You can <a href="http://castleofchaos.com/">check it out here!<br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rest - in no particular order:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr05JJvC4XI/AAAAAAAADZg/ATzGDRZBJj4/s1600-h/halloween.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr05JJvC4XI/AAAAAAAADZg/ATzGDRZBJj4/s400/halloween.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385523558799827314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finding costumes for the kids. I love when they start talking about what they want to dress up like. They always think of the most interesting things and they always go back and forth a couple of times. Remember when it used to be this simple just a plastic mask and a vinyl outfit....I swear I actually WORE this costume one year!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr03YuqqegI/AAAAAAAADZY/JlvSTHPi3ss/s1600-h/Halloween-Child-Bunny-Costume.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr03YuqqegI/AAAAAAAADZY/JlvSTHPi3ss/s400/Halloween-Child-Bunny-Costume.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385521627388344834" border="0" /></a>It is upon us, I can feel it...FALL - my most FaVoRiTe time of year!! The world is at it's most beautiful and the air is crisp and clean!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr03X4EDtfI/AAAAAAAADZQ/dF7b82xDZjg/s1600-h/fall-leaves-2005.09.22-09.30.49.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr03X4EDtfI/AAAAAAAADZQ/dF7b82xDZjg/s400/fall-leaves-2005.09.22-09.30.49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385521612730906098" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Talking with Anita Stansfield yesterday...really cool!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr03XQIshdI/AAAAAAAADZI/l84TghQI4fI/s1600-h/anita.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr03XQIshdI/AAAAAAAADZI/l84TghQI4fI/s400/anita.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385521602012939730" border="0" /></a>Abby making LeMoNaDe out of LeMoNs - I wish we could put the yard in this year, but it looks like that may not happen now. Love this economy! :) We are all jealous of the Farr's next door who are putting in theirs tomorrow! Abby decided to make designs in the dirt with the rake. How funny is that?! Here is a flower I took a picture of before it got too dark.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr00mG0zHKI/AAAAAAAADZA/t-F8YPoKbSM/s1600-h/dirt.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr00mG0zHKI/AAAAAAAADZA/t-F8YPoKbSM/s400/dirt.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385518558676720802" border="0" /></a>Josh had his 2nd game of the regular season last night. This is his first year playing comp soccer for Wasatch. I think it has been a little intimidating thus far and I can tell he doesn't have the confidence he had playing rec soccer. He used to score several goals in each game last year and this year it is a whole different ballgame! We have seen him be really tentative and afraid to take the ball down - just kinda unsure of himself. We have been talking with him about it and each preseason game he has made some improvement. He scored his first goal of the season last night - YEA! He was a bit more aggressive and more confident. I think he is coming around. I am excited to see him play with his full potential.<br />Check out his eyes/eyelashes - so handsome!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr00kdQVwJI/AAAAAAAADYw/oILuGy0H09Y/s1600-h/josh.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr00kdQVwJI/AAAAAAAADYw/oILuGy0H09Y/s400/josh.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385518530338078866" border="0" /></a><br />I LOVE soccer season. This year is fun because I don't have to wait all week to watch them play again. Josh plays on Mondays and Thursdays and the little kids play on Saturdays so I get to enjoy soccer games all week long - and I DO REALLY ENJOY IT!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr00lP4-LzI/AAAAAAAADY4/eAqs6I5UgIM/s1600-h/back.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr00lP4-LzI/AAAAAAAADY4/eAqs6I5UgIM/s400/back.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385518543930273586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We have been able to spend a little time extra time with Phoebe this week. BOY do my kids LOVE her! She is treated like a princess when she is here! Everyone wants to help. They fight over who gets to sit by her car seat in the car, and who gets to feed her and everything else. Abby wouldn't even let me help her change her diaper. She said she needed practice for when she becomes a mom. How sweet is that! We love you Pheeeeb!!!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr0zsBO9ueI/AAAAAAAADYg/zsjEpaTQ9d8/s1600-h/stroller.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr0zsBO9ueI/AAAAAAAADYg/zsjEpaTQ9d8/s400/stroller.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385517560743442914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr0zrv5N77I/AAAAAAAADYY/8ENFFeXozMk/s1600-h/phoebe.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr0zrv5N77I/AAAAAAAADYY/8ENFFeXozMk/s400/phoebe.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385517556088827826" border="0" /></a><br />The challenge our sweet dear RS Pres TIFF gave us - to read the Book of Mormon by Thanksgiving. Scripture reading has become more of a priority lately because I don't want to be left behind. I can't ever say no to a good challenge! (personality thing) But what a good thing - the TV is off more and the scriptures are open more! I know my days have been better because of it, and I know I am receiving blessings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr0__tEGjAI/AAAAAAAADZw/B5_Eu24vbI4/s1600-h/Image_-_Scriptures.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr0__tEGjAI/AAAAAAAADZw/B5_Eu24vbI4/s400/Image_-_Scriptures.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385531093066091522" border="0" /></a>Being able to look forward to something. With everything that has happened over the last couple of years we haven't had as many opportunities to go away like we have in the past. Next week we get to sneak away for a couple of days during fall recess and stay with Dayt's brother in Denver. We are ALL very excited to see the twins and have some fun. Of course, no trip to Denver would be complete without a Rockies game! I haven't seen one in years and we are lucky enough to be able to catch their last season game next Thursday - YES!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr0__Nmo_zI/AAAAAAAADZo/WaOr4lp5v10/s1600-h/mike-smith-coors-field--denver-colorado.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sr0__Nmo_zI/AAAAAAAADZo/WaOr4lp5v10/s400/mike-smith-coors-field--denver-colorado.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385531084621020978" border="0" /></a><br />Have I forgotten anything....mmmm probably. But oh well.<br />There is always room for happy posts!<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-13490216297040055002009-09-20T22:36:00.002-07:002009-09-20T22:52:47.764-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Who Is Your Hero Posters<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of you out of there have asked me where I got the posters for my kids' rooms. You can find them at <a href="http://realheroposters.com/magento/index.php/">RealHeroPosters.com</a><br />They look great on the website but they are even more BEAUTIFUL than they appear online. There are so many great choices I had a hard time choosing which ones I wanted. They all have such great messages. Because they are relatively inexpensive I am going to swap them out every couple of months. Buy some!! You won't be disappointed! <br />Here are some images of a couple of the prints for those of you who don't know what I am talking about. They have a scripture reference on each one. They have a bible series as well as a Book of Mormon series. <br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SrcRzkm4a7I/AAAAAAAADYQ/rAMJHroHK3k/s1600-h/Lehi-Dream-Book-of-Mormon-Posters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SrcRzkm4a7I/AAAAAAAADYQ/rAMJHroHK3k/s400/Lehi-Dream-Book-of-Mormon-Posters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383791457242475442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SrcRzEB5h1I/AAAAAAAADYI/8PkG1aQ0_2I/s1600-h/mary.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SrcRzEB5h1I/AAAAAAAADYI/8PkG1aQ0_2I/s400/mary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383791448497424210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SrcRypMsgBI/AAAAAAAADYA/lH5A3FUADdw/s1600-h/Helaman-2000-Stripling-Warriors-Book-of-Mormon-Posters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SrcRypMsgBI/AAAAAAAADYA/lH5A3FUADdw/s400/Helaman-2000-Stripling-Warriors-Book-of-Mormon-Posters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383791441294950418" border="0" /></a>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-17979801346403769162009-09-12T15:00:00.001-07:002009-09-12T15:00:02.073-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">I Heart Jack Sparrow!<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - On Stranger Tides - it's official!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">More pirates, more Johnny, mmmm yes!!</span><br /><br />Read about it <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_en_ot/us_film_pirates_of_the_caribbean">HERE</a></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SqrI4X_BDyI/AAAAAAAADX4/2d2Zj14GoiY/s1600-h/captainjack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SqrI4X_BDyI/AAAAAAAADX4/2d2Zj14GoiY/s400/captainjack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380333575684034338" border="0" /></a>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-50946695643390900772009-09-11T14:10:00.004-07:002009-09-11T14:24:17.040-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Goldfish!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >I love my little Jantzen! Things have been a little quiet around here when everyone is at school. At least I have Jantz for 1/2 the day - and at very least - he LOVES to chat! I get to sit and talk with him, which, if you know Jantz </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >AT ALL</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" > - you know it's good conversation! Here are some funny things he said this week. I want to write them down because I have already forgot the other 8 things that made me laugh this week!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >We played "Goldfish" for hours this week. You may know it by it's original name - "Go Fish" but Jantz gives everything a little twist because he can't remember what things are called. I would ask him for a particular fish and he would say</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >"no - goldfish" or he would say " I believe I do" It was sooo funny! Then as he was about to ask me for the same fish for the 3rd time he would stop and pause remembering that he had already asked and say "mom, did you just "goldfish" or in other words, have you picked up a new card recently.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >He was watching Shrek the third - something he hadn't seen for several years and made the comment (as Shrek was getting into bed) that Shrek had forgotten to put on his garments!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >We were playing the blinking game and I said playing around with him, ha you blinked...why do you keep blinking. He said, I just blink - that's what I do. I said, why and he said, there is just something inside me that makes me blink, I don't know. I said, well what is it. He said my lungs or something!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /></span></span></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-7430472366197926102009-09-07T08:15:00.000-07:002009-09-07T08:15:00.642-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">And as for APRIL</span></span>...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />We started off with Dayt's 35th birthday! I was catching an early plane to Denver to do some business at Bella during the day so we opened some really quick gifts with the kids that morning. One of which was a book written as a tribute to the author's child using a Bob Dylan song "Forever Young". Cute book! Great songwriter, voice...not so great. Dayt loves him though!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spso6-R6isI/AAAAAAAADRg/1cdxYi02QkQ/s1600-h/DSCF2962.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spso6-R6isI/AAAAAAAADRg/1cdxYi02QkQ/s400/DSCF2962.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375935573812480706" border="0" /></a>Dayt met me later that night in Denver and we dropped by the hospital to see the new Donahoe twins. That was REALLY fun! You can see those pics <a href="http://donahoefamily.blogspot.com/2009/04/meanwhile-back-in-denver-while-kids.html">HERE</a><br />The next day - his brother Derek took him to the Bruce Springsteen concert for his birthday - what is with this guy - his favorite singers are all actually crappy singers but good songwriters...he he he<br />It was super nice of Derek and they had a great time. I had an even better time in the NICU holding those sweet little babies - all night long! The next morning we took a really early flight (sorry again Derek!) to make it home for my mom's easter egg hunt.<br />It was a really quick trip but totally worth it!<br />Here is a pic of us eating lunch in Denver with Derek and Mandi - Dayt gave this pepper a go just for fun.....it was soooo much FUN for us, not so much him. We laughed so hard! His mouth was burning and his eyes were watering as his face went bright red and his tongue went numb!<br />Good times!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpssKFSLSYI/AAAAAAAADR8/st0Bv1hUe1w/s1600-h/126_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpssKFSLSYI/AAAAAAAADR8/st0Bv1hUe1w/s400/126_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375939131925547394" border="0" /></a>Later on the next week we had a couple of get together's for his birthday with family.<br />Dayt LOVES musicals! These were two he didn't have. Can you believe neither of us have seen West Side Story. We both can't wait to watch it and see what all the hype is about.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpspeUslVAI/AAAAAAAADR0/TODuPdlnpIk/s1600-h/239_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpspeUslVAI/AAAAAAAADR0/TODuPdlnpIk/s400/239_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375936181125338114" border="0" /></a>One of Dayt's other fav things - pork rinds! Random I know! Gross!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spspd0RO1nI/AAAAAAAADRs/UeAzqXt4A7g/s1600-h/105_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spspd0RO1nI/AAAAAAAADRs/UeAzqXt4A7g/s400/105_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375936172420683378" border="0" /></a>Another fav - coconut cream pie, he chooses it every year! This isn't the coconut pie in the picture, but rather one of the other pies from the counter, we had several yummy ones!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spso6acZF1I/AAAAAAAADRY/5ch9i1sTgsQ/s1600-h/dayt_pie.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spso6acZF1I/AAAAAAAADRY/5ch9i1sTgsQ/s400/dayt_pie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375935564192749394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then we move on to.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Easter</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dayt was in charge of still pictures while I was taking video...there is nothing more that needs to be said.</span></span> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Hope you enjoy the plethora of pictures!</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmLfqBJiI/AAAAAAAADQo/Nv11zCmGyMM/s1600-h/ab_basket.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmLfqBJiI/AAAAAAAADQo/Nv11zCmGyMM/s400/ab_basket.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375932559114970658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmKhbf15I/AAAAAAAADQY/-jMlkLt8C4w/s1600-h/DSCF3070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmKhbf15I/AAAAAAAADQY/-jMlkLt8C4w/s400/DSCF3070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375932542411069330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmKKybEvI/AAAAAAAADQQ/uJXw6wVuYCY/s1600-h/DSCF3072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmKKybEvI/AAAAAAAADQQ/uJXw6wVuYCY/s400/DSCF3072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375932536333210354" border="0" /></a>The day before at my mom's Easter egg hunt he took a "few" more!<br />The pictures have crappy clarity - but I am not blaming THAT ONE on him.<br />:)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpskWcC5GSI/AAAAAAAADQI/zFsaPKacGXk/s1600-h/10_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpskWcC5GSI/AAAAAAAADQI/zFsaPKacGXk/s400/10_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375930548100864290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmLOUDcOI/AAAAAAAADQg/L67kD3UQiPE/s1600-h/DSCF3052.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmLOUDcOI/AAAAAAAADQg/L67kD3UQiPE/s400/DSCF3052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375932554459443426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmL7xfkMI/AAAAAAAADQw/OQSbvM3lAhU/s1600-h/jantz_egg.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsmL7xfkMI/AAAAAAAADQw/OQSbvM3lAhU/s400/jantz_egg.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375932566662516930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsm7DtWYoI/AAAAAAAADRI/DW4BUQJ-27A/s1600-h/DSCF3043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsm7DtWYoI/AAAAAAAADRI/DW4BUQJ-27A/s400/DSCF3043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375933376246473346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsm6rA88iI/AAAAAAAADRA/1yGqXdUWXBk/s1600-h/DSCF3039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsm6rA88iI/AAAAAAAADRA/1yGqXdUWXBk/s400/DSCF3039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375933369617805858" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsm6DmiPdI/AAAAAAAADQ4/U-0oO5rYj1c/s1600-h/DSCF3037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsm6DmiPdI/AAAAAAAADQ4/U-0oO5rYj1c/s400/DSCF3037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375933359038021074" border="0" /></a>Here is one I snapped quickly so we wouldn't be late to church.<br />9am is hard on a holiday sunday! They sure look cute though!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsn5x3upjI/AAAAAAAADRQ/HTCL812k7F4/s1600-h/all3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsn5x3upjI/AAAAAAAADRQ/HTCL812k7F4/s400/all3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375934453789926962" border="0" /></a><br />The weather was kinda warming up come the end of April so Jantz and I spent one of our special Friday's together at Swan Lakes. I took him last year and he loved it, so we went again this year as soon as weather would allow. It was fun to spend Friday's with him this year, he didn't have preschool and the kids were still in school. We had some fun. I will always remember this day especially because who knows....maybe one day this will be plastered all over ESPN. :)<br />K - maybe not this one...keep scrolling!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsvlripKRI/AAAAAAAADSU/vFbkmRGwIYU/s1600-h/213_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsvlripKRI/AAAAAAAADSU/vFbkmRGwIYU/s400/213_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375942904586512658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpswEneoJiI/AAAAAAAADSs/NW6bXnQBUDU/s1600-h/274_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpswEneoJiI/AAAAAAAADSs/NW6bXnQBUDU/s400/274_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375943436071872034" border="0" /></a>On this hole - #3 Jantz scored a HOLE IN ONE!<br />Pretty amazing right! Keep scrolling.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpswEE28DGI/AAAAAAAADSk/bULLPP4EniI/s1600-h/168_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpswEE28DGI/AAAAAAAADSk/bULLPP4EniI/s400/168_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375943426778598498" border="0" /></a>On this hole - # 6 he scored a HOLE IN ONE!<br />REPEAT! WOW - and this hole wasn't all that easy - he made it up onto the hill and right into the top - nice and easy.<br />Who can believe that a 4 year old can do that.....keep scrolling!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpswDlbpGYI/AAAAAAAADSc/63QnyZTx-6M/s1600-h/123_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpswDlbpGYI/AAAAAAAADSc/63QnyZTx-6M/s400/123_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375943418342611330" border="0" /></a>TRIPLE - HAT TRICK - whatever you want to call it - he did it again at HOLE # 18! I couldn't take a picture because there were people right behind us waiting - but here is the scorecard to prove it! THREE hole in ones! I guess he gets it from me????<br />He was a little embarrassed I think because every time he scored a hole in one I started shrieking and yelling and jumping up and down hugging him. We had so much fun!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsvlOTKAhI/AAAAAAAADSM/MCUDVPVd5e8/s1600-h/173_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpsvlOTKAhI/AAAAAAAADSM/MCUDVPVd5e8/s400/173_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375942896736928274" border="0" /></a>Maybe it was beginners luck, or maybe he is the next Tiger Woods.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsvk8lCnbI/AAAAAAAADSE/fZhx_LWcIp8/s1600-h/431_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Spsvk8lCnbI/AAAAAAAADSE/fZhx_LWcIp8/s400/431_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375942891980103090" border="0" /></a><br />April update - CHECK!<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-78363036887196024792009-09-04T07:52:00.000-07:002009-09-04T07:52:00.326-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MARCH MADNESS</span></span><br />March was crazy, although I don't have all the pictures to prove it. We started off the month with Abby's birthday. Then we had a wedding later that day and night and a late night b-day party. The next week we started off with Jantz's Star of the Week, followed by skiing and several other birthday parties. St. Patricks Day and Grandma G's birthday the following week, another wedding, some field trips and dad's and doughnuts at the school. We wrapped up the month with Kindergarten shots and registration, Rylee's baptism and started spring soccer. Whew! It was a BUSY BUSY month! Here are some pics....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps-ECMj0sI/AAAAAAAADWc/L91DCbJGMjk/s1600-h/250_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps-ECMj0sI/AAAAAAAADWc/L91DCbJGMjk/s400/250_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375958819226768066" border="0" /></a>Abby was pretty excited about her new bedside table, oh did I forget to mention a trip to IKEA! Gotta love it! She loved the lava lamp, the zebra phone and the i-home to play her new i-pod with. Everything you need to top a table!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps-EdwCYyI/AAAAAAAADWk/-tXVgHKftww/s1600-h/294_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps-EdwCYyI/AAAAAAAADWk/-tXVgHKftww/s400/294_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375958826623329058" border="0" /></a>She invited some friends over that night for a late night get-together.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had some orange chicken for dinner - Ab's favorite!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9w9BmjII/AAAAAAAADWM/SpVECZ-tlDA/s1600-h/130_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9w9BmjII/AAAAAAAADWM/SpVECZ-tlDA/s400/130_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375958491421117570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9wbsLUYI/AAAAAAAADWE/3zFGk12r2Xw/s1600-h/62_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9wbsLUYI/AAAAAAAADWE/3zFGk12r2Xw/s400/62_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375958482472882562" border="0" /></a>Then each girl decorated their own cupcakes for dessert!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9T1jJEII/AAAAAAAADVs/rX27wsoUaOM/s1600-h/32_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9T1jJEII/AAAAAAAADVs/rX27wsoUaOM/s400/32_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375957991198101634" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9UCSXcAI/AAAAAAAADV0/-t-_6mn5eR8/s1600-h/171_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9UCSXcAI/AAAAAAAADV0/-t-_6mn5eR8/s400/171_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375957994617401346" border="0" /></a>Females only, but how could I deny this cute face a cupcake....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9U8ZwNXI/AAAAAAAADV8/7FDk8PemyM0/s1600-h/218_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9U8ZwNXI/AAAAAAAADV8/7FDk8PemyM0/s400/218_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375958010217641330" border="0" /></a>Then we had a Spa moment</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9TVWKj1I/AAAAAAAADVk/5FYo_5vAd9Q/s1600-h/330_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps9TVWKj1I/AAAAAAAADVk/5FYo_5vAd9Q/s400/330_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375957982553739090" border="0" /></a>PEDI'S<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8syd3V7I/AAAAAAAADVc/htrMBKijku0/s1600-h/208_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8syd3V7I/AAAAAAAADVc/htrMBKijku0/s400/208_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375957320355764146" border="0" /></a>and MANI'S<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8sKVd-vI/AAAAAAAADVM/H5pm9u5Jbtc/s1600-h/27_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8sKVd-vI/AAAAAAAADVM/H5pm9u5Jbtc/s400/27_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375957309583129330" border="0" /></a>Opened some presents<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8ZdA88GI/AAAAAAAADVE/jFl14W387X4/s1600-h/305_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8ZdA88GI/AAAAAAAADVE/jFl14W387X4/s400/305_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375956988179837026" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8Y1HQfhI/AAAAAAAADU8/008i6sMrE_k/s1600-h/217_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8Y1HQfhI/AAAAAAAADU8/008i6sMrE_k/s400/217_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375956977468866066" border="0" /></a>Goofed around....all hail to the birthday queen!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8YdpSecI/AAAAAAAADU0/HLEcchp6XTo/s1600-h/124_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8YdpSecI/AAAAAAAADU0/HLEcchp6XTo/s400/124_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375956971169151426" border="0" /></a>And watched a girly show....The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Even though it is several years old the girls loved it and noone had seen it, so that was good! Who doesn't love Duff?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8X6JkFpI/AAAAAAAADUs/95YIXBsJTiY/s1600-h/90_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps8X6JkFpI/AAAAAAAADUs/95YIXBsJTiY/s400/90_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375956961640846994" border="0" /></a>They trashed the place!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7-aJQg8I/AAAAAAAADUc/cn0Nw-9YwPg/s1600-h/17_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7-aJQg8I/AAAAAAAADUc/cn0Nw-9YwPg/s400/17_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375956523552900034" border="0" /></a>Here's Natalie trying to find her "ZEN" in all the chaos!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7-wN3qBI/AAAAAAAADUk/gXauqaCsl9s/s1600-h/248_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7-wN3qBI/AAAAAAAADUk/gXauqaCsl9s/s400/248_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375956529477822482" border="0" /></a>Later that weekend we had some family parties.<br />Cami and Abby share the same birthday.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7sk0WfoI/AAAAAAAADUM/LG1GaJy8exo/s1600-h/232_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7sk0WfoI/AAAAAAAADUM/LG1GaJy8exo/s400/232_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375956217180356226" border="0" /></a>If you are a first grader you gotta have Junie B Jones in your library!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7ajXNn5I/AAAAAAAADTs/uN0G_jqmSVs/s1600-h/424_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7ajXNn5I/AAAAAAAADTs/uN0G_jqmSVs/s400/424_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375955907552059282" border="0" /></a><br />Grandpa D got Abby her very own ice cream cake!! Luuucky!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7b65I6GI/AAAAAAAADUE/tSY_HtTdPuA/s1600-h/254_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7b65I6GI/AAAAAAAADUE/tSY_HtTdPuA/s400/254_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375955931048241250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7bUABKFI/AAAAAAAADT8/YDjzL_-LN90/s1600-h/265_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7bUABKFI/AAAAAAAADT8/YDjzL_-LN90/s400/265_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375955920608110674" border="0" /></a>More money at Grandma Macs - she asked for moolah to buy an i-pod nano<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7azcNk8I/AAAAAAAADT0/n5RATO6MzGQ/s1600-h/410_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sps7azcNk8I/AAAAAAAADT0/n5RATO6MzGQ/s400/410_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375955911867995074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jantz - STAR of the WEEK!</span></span><br />Jantz had to wait all the way until MARCH for his VIP moment - it was very very tough!! Here he is with the famous Miss Tiffany!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCjtacX_I/AAAAAAAADXM/uWSDh82H0oQ/s1600-h/467_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCjtacX_I/AAAAAAAADXM/uWSDh82H0oQ/s400/467_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375963761450180594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Then on to St. Patty's Day</span></span><br /><br />Color hair <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">GREEN</span> - check!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCT8BrMWI/AAAAAAAADWs/34kox8jRGXc/s1600-h/92_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCT8BrMWI/AAAAAAAADWs/34kox8jRGXc/s400/92_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375963490494919010" border="0" /></a>Put on festive clothing - check!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCizQwYOI/AAAAAAAADXE/uqbfmxbk8GM/s1600-h/382_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCizQwYOI/AAAAAAAADXE/uqbfmxbk8GM/s400/382_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375963745840292066" border="0" /></a>Have a <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">GREEN</span> breakfast - check!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCU37dkAI/AAAAAAAADW8/IGFqcy72OjQ/s1600-h/252_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCU37dkAI/AAAAAAAADW8/IGFqcy72OjQ/s400/252_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375963506574987266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCUWzWXSI/AAAAAAAADW0/TuCeKgwqeg0/s1600-h/235_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCUWzWXSI/AAAAAAAADW0/TuCeKgwqeg0/s400/235_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375963497682591010" border="0" /></a>Eat lots of <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">GREEN</span> things all day - check!<br />Here is some of Abby's treats that she collected at school that day. Each kid picked their favorite green food to sample. Abby and several others chose green grapes. By the time she got home I was dying that she was going to eat them warm and mushy, but I didn't say anything! <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCqun2dfI/AAAAAAAADXU/wKua-s1DWMQ/s1600-h/9_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SptCqun2dfI/AAAAAAAADXU/wKua-s1DWMQ/s400/9_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375963882033935858" border="0" /></a>Josh and his friends had some Leprechaun near misses in the field at the school. :)<br />What a fun day. Then we had a fab green dinner to end it...no pics unfortunately. <br />We like to party at the Donahoe's. It's good to be <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Irish!<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">March update - check!</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-2577932175620578302009-09-02T08:01:00.001-07:002009-09-02T08:01:00.430-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PHONICS PEOPLE!<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">These are some of the cute letters that Abby penned earlier this year. I love first graders and the way they spell! </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpshUjZjAuI/AAAAAAAADQA/UYkWUhAD5EI/s1600-h/325_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpshUjZjAuI/AAAAAAAADQA/UYkWUhAD5EI/s400/325_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375927217180312290" border="0" /></a>One she left on my bedroom door - I think I was on "business" in Denver - some of the letter was cut off by "automatic" cropping - what the crap?!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpshUBKu_aI/AAAAAAAADP4/WF3vBg770TM/s1600-h/291_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpshUBKu_aI/AAAAAAAADP4/WF3vBg770TM/s400/291_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375927207991377314" border="0" /></a>God bless this child that bleeds <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">RED!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpshTkGu_SI/AAAAAAAADPw/OG5tKF4V4pA/s1600-h/157_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SpshTkGu_SI/AAAAAAAADPw/OG5tKF4V4pA/s400/157_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375927200189971746" border="0" /></a>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-55945849605189244842009-09-01T15:40:00.002-07:002009-09-01T15:43:57.586-07:00I can't decide is <span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090901/ap_en_ce/us_duggar19_kids">she</a></span> is crazy - or amazing. Definitely courageous!Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-34421880077444812702009-08-30T13:01:00.004-07:002009-08-30T14:10:34.981-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm obsessed!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SprbSqYO0eI/AAAAAAAADPo/G0yhI0BbPt0/s1600-h/lockup.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 72px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SprbSqYO0eI/AAAAAAAADPo/G0yhI0BbPt0/s400/lockup.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375850218880160226" border="0" /></a>It is hurricane season - which I find fascinating. Mother nature can be ferocious and it can be so exciting and scary and <span style="font-weight: bold;">SO</span> many things all at once. It's not that I want people to die or get hurt, but watching these hurricanes come to be - how and why they form and what path they may take...it's all so intriguing. For a couple of years now I will go to weather.com almost every day to get a forecast on our weather, I am <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">totally</span> addicted to the hour by hour details, or to get an update on something else exciting happening somewhere else in the world at the time. But this season I have totally geeked out! Not only do I read the weather on the internet, I have been watching it on channel 362 - YES it's crazy that I know which channel the weather channel is. So the other day when all the Hurricane Bill hype was going on I decided to tune into channel 362 to just "listen" to the updates in the background. You see I had much to accomplish that day and I was afraid that if I checked every hour or so online I might get distracted and check my email or read and article that interested me or whatever, and not get my stuff done. I thought the tv would be my friend. Now mind you, up until this point I had only tuned into channel 362 maybe 5 times EVER! So I start my laundry, cleaning out kids closets etc and turn on the tv in the background. To my excitement they are talking about the Santa Clara river flooding that happened in St. George a couple of years ago. They were playing the actual footage of when the houses fell into the river. SAD - I AGREE - but sooooo interesting! I couldn't look away! I tried to pause the tv and do stuff in between but then "Storm Stories" came on. Then more good stuff - a show called "Storm Chasers" - all about TORNADOS and I was hooked again! And THEN some Hurricane Katrina stories come on...uh oh! They had a couple of different rescue stories going on at a time. Seriously, I had to watch - I mean I HAD to find out what happened to them, would they be rescued, would the poor dog die out on a piece of drifting wood for 12 hours. I won't go on. The bottom line is that The Weather Channel actually has some pretty cool shows not just weather updates on the "8's" and for some reason there is something about destruction that you just can't look away. Is it too late for me to become a meteorologist? I know you are all going to turn on the TV this week and check it out now! There is an area of disturbance in the Atlantic that might turn into a Tropical Depression in the next couple of days - along with Hurricane Jimena and Tropical Depression Kevin - oh yeah - I'll be watching! So maybe it's just me and Hunter obsessed with weather. But I know you <span style="font-weight: bold;">ALL</span> have something quirky you are obsessed with - so let's hear it!!</div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-84749256540188934482009-08-23T20:25:00.008-07:002009-08-23T21:55:36.683-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">The sounds of </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" >EuPHoRiA <br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:60;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Today is over, I am sad, it was a good day. Scratch that, it was a</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >GREAT</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">day.</span>..</span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > some thoughts on why I am in a state of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:180%;" >EuPhOrIa!</span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><br />There was such excitement and <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">HaPpInEsS</span></span> </span></span>in the air. The boys were excited that we finally got their bunk beds set-up. After I left their bedroom I could <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">hear</span> the muffled sounds of sweet voices talking about how much they love their new bed and just sheer <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">excitement</span></span> for the next day. Their little giggles and quiet shrieks and full body shakes just thinking about tomorrow is so cute! Kinda like going to bed when you are 8 on <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >Christmas Eve</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">.</span></span> Around 9 the sounds died <span>down. </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">Now, the kids are asleep, </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the house seems so quiet. Their most favorite outfits out of all their new school clothes are laid out for the big day, right down to their underwear and socks! I can hear an occasional cough from Boog, and a distant keyboard where Dayt is working on a loan for someone. I can hear the hamster cruising around in her ball getting </span>her nighttime exercise. She is <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" >happy</span> that the upstairs is 75% hard surfaces * she can get in more miles that way. :) Occasionally I hear her bang into the wall or a barstool or the fireplace.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >It</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > kinda makes me </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >laugh</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > to myself. She looks so funny</span> when she does it. Her little body just runs like crazy, her little backside rotates back and forth so quickly, everything about it is cute! It makes me <span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">smile!</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >I just got off the phone with one of my most favorite people in the world, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">HUNTER</span></span> Nelson. He is the cute little autistic kid in my previous post (February Fun)</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >I love his random phone calls. Something about talking with Hunter always makes me <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >happy</span>, content, and peaceful. Mostly because Hunter is always happy! Hunter finds the pure <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >joy</span> in everyday, thrilled about the most simplest things. I would love to be more like Hunter. Today, I felt like him. What a fabulous day. We started off the day with a "back to school brunch." We made hashbrowns, toast, sausage, eggs and orange juice. Just a little something to celebrate school! I <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">CELEBRATE</span> back to school! I always loved school myself, so I get excited for the kids to go. New teachers, new friends to make, new experiences and things to learn. What fun! We had a great morning talking about it. We had family night and gave father's blessings. Dayt did an excellent job, each blessing really fit each <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">child</span></span> and their <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">personality</span></span> and each individual need. I am grateful for him to have the priesthood here in our home and to be able to bless our kids. It is a <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">GiFt!</span></span> We had a nice relaxing day. Not having church today because of the Oquirrh Mountain temple was actually quite relaxing and a great way to transition into tomorrow. It gave me a chance to take a breather and get everything in order. The <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">rain</span>, I loved the rain today! It makes me <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-weight: bold;">happy</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">!</span></span> Saw two rainbows tonight. Like always, it made me think about Noah and the flood. :) It makes me feel like <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:courier new;" >FALL</span></span> is right around the corner. I burned some nutmeg oil today. My house smells fabulous! Our home teachers came today - we love it when they visit. We always spend way too much time gabbing with them, I am sure their families were wondering where they were, very very good people! They talked about how good it smelled in my house. I told them that it made me want some cookies. About an hour after they left, <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Bro Z's</span> cutest little kids brought over a plate of <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">HOT</span> delicious choc chip cookies. I just ate another one! They were </span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">WoNdErFuLL</span></span> - I have <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">GoOd</span></span> neighbors, they make me <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">happy!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> I was productive today - but not too productive. Just a good mix to feel happy about. The kids were good, they didn't even have quiet time today and I <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">survived!</span></span> :) We had dinner at my mom's - delicious and comfortable. Ok, funny!!! Dayt just came running around the corner saying, "Hamster's out</span><span style="font-size:100%;">!</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >") I had just thought to myself that I hadn't heard <span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Fancy's</span></span> ball and that maybe she had gotten stuck behind a toilet again. he he he! Evidentally, she had run into the table hard enough for the lid to her ball to fall off and out she went. We captured her and put her back in her cage. Good thing <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">RuStY</span></span> and <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">RuFuS</span></span> were outside. One of them had caught a mouse this evening, it was on our doorstep when we got home. Fun! But I'm still smiling!<br />I can't wait for tomorrow. This is going to be a great schoolyear!<br />What will I do with all <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">MY </span>quiet time??? Maybe the sounds of silence won't be as <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">fantastic</span></span> as I imagine..........hmmm....I'll get back to that!</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Good Night</span></span> and have a pleasant tomorrow!<br />P.S. I have no idea why most of this post is in ENORMOUS type!<br /></span></span></span></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-35788445601015359172009-08-14T17:06:00.005-07:002009-08-18T12:30:29.915-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">February's FUN!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I remember why I haven't posted my spring pics yet.....because I have A.D.D. and when I put in the disks and immediately remember why I never posted Feb thru April. My camera had frozen, pics were lost :( and when I got the pics off the camera they were NOT in the order in which I took them. When I pulled up the 300 + pictures of 20 + different activities (slight exaggeration) they were all jumbled up and out of order. For someone with A.D.D. to have to sort through them, it is WAY overwhelming. Today I tried my hardest to keep my composure and work on some of the old pics. Here is the first stage, February. Slowly but surely I will have all the pics back in chronological order and posted on the blog so I can print my 2009 blog book without missing any of the months of the year. That's priceless...right? I can do it...anyone have some Adderall XR laying around?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is some pictures of Hunter's 14th birthday party. It was a little bitter sweet for me. I knew they were <span style="font-style: italic;">seriously</span> considering moving back to AZ at the time so all I could think about was how much I was going to miss this family, and how many of Hunter's birthdays I would start missing again. I LOVE this kid! <br />For those of you who don't already know Hunter, he has autism. For those of you who don't know me....I have a special connection with cognitively challenged (what I like to call it) kids since I was little. I have worked with many of them in many different aspects of life. It is soooo rewarding and I miss not being able to be as involved as I was in the past. Anyway, Hunter holds a special place in my heart and I miss him. I talk to him every once in awhile on his cell phone. He just learned to text - THAT has been lots of fun!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He chooses a "surprise" party every year - look how excited he is!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX-wGcWYPI/AAAAAAAADOw/GCaNSP0xuS8/s1600-h/236_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX-wGcWYPI/AAAAAAAADOw/GCaNSP0xuS8/s400/236_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369978233025880306" border="0" /></a><br />Here he is eating some of his favorites...chicken strips, and Freschetta cheese pizza! He only eats about 10 different things.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX-vm01R5I/AAAAAAAADOo/Kyf5kw6hCIU/s1600-h/430_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX-vm01R5I/AAAAAAAADOo/Kyf5kw6hCIU/s400/430_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369978224538634130" border="0" /></a>He was just dying for some hula hoops this year. Here he is doing some tricks....TrIcKy!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX-ui9wm_I/AAAAAAAADOg/wH751R-dMtE/s1600-h/375_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX-ui9wm_I/AAAAAAAADOg/wH751R-dMtE/s400/375_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369978206322465778" border="0" /></a>Two more of his "staples" cheese Dorritos and "red" Skittles<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX-uKGOQsI/AAAAAAAADOY/NxUtyrRzXRw/s1600-h/384_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX-uKGOQsI/AAAAAAAADOY/NxUtyrRzXRw/s400/384_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369978199647077058" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Valentines Day in AZ</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We took a very spontaneous Trip to Arizona this year. We haven't been in years so it was a much needed trip. We miss AZ so much. We only wish we could've stayed longer so we could have a chance to see all our friends we left behind. Alas, it was just a quick visit for just a couple of days so the cousins could have a chance to see each other. Next time - and we hope it is sooner than two years - we can visit everyone!<br /><br />The kids were soooo excited to head out on a road trip. We hadn't done a 12 hour drive in a long time! Actually, when we first broke the news to the kids that we were leaving the next day, Josh cried. He didn't want to mess up his perfect attendance record at school! Yeah, I didn't expect that from Josh either :) We gave him the choice to stay at grandma's because he was so devasted, but in the end he told me that he would have plenty of other years to get perfect attendance. Ha ha ha!<br /><br />I looked back to check on the kids a couple hours in and this is what I saw...no shirt again. This was when he was going through the "no clothes" phase. It was February and COLD outside - he couldn't possibly have been sweating - just getting ready for the AZ sun I guess!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX9Z9guNnI/AAAAAAAADOQ/YHSG5aWavSo/s1600-h/146_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX9Z9guNnI/AAAAAAAADOQ/YHSG5aWavSo/s400/146_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369976753159550578" border="0" /></a>I am so sad that I lost most of my pics from this trip. Why does that always happen when the pictures you had taken mean so much? Here are just a couple.<br /><br />Josh literally played basketball CONSTANTLY! Basketball is his first love and the Stones had just put in their new sport court just weeks before...he was in HEAVEN!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX863Y-cgI/AAAAAAAADOA/FrVjnv7PfIY/s1600-h/162_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX863Y-cgI/AAAAAAAADOA/FrVjnv7PfIY/s400/162_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369976218940502530" border="0" /></a> The weather was nice. I was hoping for sunny rays - a good change from winter weather here in UT. But unfortunately, AZ was experiencing a cold front so the weather was actually quite cool, we wore jackets while we were there....bummmmmer!!!! It did make for nice hiking weather so one of the days we hiked Thunderbird mountain. That was lots of fun and something we hadn't done before. We also got to take a peek at Cardinal stadium. When we moved it wasn't finished being built yet so it was fun to see the finished product! Too bad we couldn't take in a Cards game!<br /><br />This is Josh, playing late into the night, he couldn't get enough. Jantz and Brady joined in on the fun. The big kids had to wear their jerseys, but Jantz was just fine being "skins"!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX87cba57I/AAAAAAAADOI/9hSuKpZ2pIA/s1600-h/178_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX87cba57I/AAAAAAAADOI/9hSuKpZ2pIA/s400/178_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369976228882868146" border="0" /></a>One day we saw a coyote in the wash so later that night the kids stood on the deck and made coyote sounds to try and get them to come out of the bushes. The neighbor dogs were going crazy barking, and I am sure the neighbors themselves were not thrilled with all the noise.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX86KKEK2I/AAAAAAAADN4/tyOZqxG7mls/s1600-h/86_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX86KKEK2I/AAAAAAAADN4/tyOZqxG7mls/s400/86_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369976206798367586" border="0" /></a>We couldn't get a suntan because it was too cool, but we did get to eat outside!<br />This pic is blurry but unfortunately it was one of the only pics I have been able to recover so I had to post it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX85uhORvI/AAAAAAAADNw/pKeYRJNMFbU/s1600-h/140_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SoX85uhORvI/AAAAAAAADNw/pKeYRJNMFbU/s400/140_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369976199379306226" border="0" /></a>We had such a good time. Usually these cute cousins only see each other once a year but they just pick up like no time has been lasped in between visits and just immediately start running around finding things to do together. I love it!<br />Thanks for having us on such late notice Stones! Let's do it again!<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-40759353686333748232009-08-06T20:21:00.003-07:002009-08-06T20:38:08.748-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">OCD...Maybe!<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I have been feeling so lousy about not posting recently. My July was absolutely crazy! As a matter of fact, this year has been strange in oh so many ways. As many of you know!<br />I have never been the one to care about things being in their place, or organized, or anything like that. But lately, I have been thinkin that maybe I am a little OCD! I am freaking out that I haven't had a chance to post my spring months. It is like this mental roadblock, like I can't post anything current until I get that all caught up. It's weird I know! But hey, this is my family's photo album and I can't have it printed while it's missing a couple of months in there, that would be crazy! <br />Soooo, long story short, I am uploading all sorts of photos from the spring so I can get caught up, and then I can post about SUMMER. We have had a really good summer so far...and it is coming to an end so I better get to it! Stay tuned! (Isn't it funny that I talk like there are people out there that are really anticipating my blog posts! A ha hahha!)<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-57304588666361367552009-06-30T22:08:00.003-07:002009-06-30T22:28:06.932-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Pirates Life for ME!!</span><br /></span><br />I am so excited - if you know anything about me you know I LOVE pirates, skulls, crossbones, the works! Pirate Island Pizza is coming to Layton! My brother went to the St. George location this weekend and they had a ball. It is a themed restaurant and it is all about <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PIRATES!</span> How cool is that? They have a pirate show, the employees are all dressed like pirates and everything is decorated like being in a pirate village or ship. They have an arcade area and a gift shop (like the Mayan in SLC) but with an Amazing Jakes feel. I pulled some pics off the internet. They have several SLC locations opening soon too! They do have a website but there isn't anything there yet. www.pirateislandpizza.com Thanks Ty for sharing the info - it made my week! <br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Simple pleasures people, simple pleasures!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkrwfTufP_I/AAAAAAAADMw/H1Ed7O3tu2E/s1600-h/Ashtonsparty002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkrwfTufP_I/AAAAAAAADMw/H1Ed7O3tu2E/s400/Ashtonsparty002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353355527745126386" border="0" /></a>Home of the "Kracken" (Pirates of the Caribbean) a 24" pizza. <br />Looks good enough to eat - plus it's late and I am really hungry!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkrvV7hyEUI/AAAAAAAADMo/1jTh_PE39aU/s1600-h/pizza.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkrvV7hyEUI/AAAAAAAADMo/1jTh_PE39aU/s400/pizza.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353354267118932290" border="0" /></a>SOOOOO who's goin with me - we'll have a swashbuckling good time!?<br />Ok I made it to the end of this post without using any lame pirate lingo, but c'mon, I couldn't resist - It's a <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PIRATE POST</span>!<br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-34363830368468670192009-06-26T19:35:00.005-07:002009-06-26T20:42:38.333-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hardball</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">So our life has been all about BASEBALL for the past 6 weeks or something like that. Because of the weather our season is still going. Not that I am complaining though beacause I love it! Watching my kids play sports is one of my favorite things to do! The boys finished their games this week and Abby finishes next week. It has been a busy season with everyone playing on the same night (go figure). And of course every game (except 2) at least two of them were playing at the same time and very rarely in the same place! Add that to several practices a week as well as 6 games each week kept things interesting. And to add to the excitement and chaos Dayton coached Abby's team this year. That was quite the experience. I think it was a little harder than he thought. He really enjoyed spending the time with Abby but the girls, shall we say, are a little less coachable than the boys. I am ALL ABOUT girls playing sports - as I played sports all through high school - I have respect. However it was so amazing to me to see the differences in the boys vs the girls. We played Jantz up a year so he played with kids in K and 1st - same age as Abby's team. His team was MUCH better than hers. The girls just don't "get it" like the boys do. That being said, Abby gets it, she is very athletic, and she did a great job. Because I couldn't clone myself to have kids in the same time at different locations, I need to give a shout out to all the grandma's and grandpa's who helped me shuttle kids while Dayt was out coaching. <br />THANK YOU!<br /><br /></div>First off - I love this picture (now) but there were days of scrubbin these pants that I could've done without. Trust me - I TRIED to find grey! Apparently Jantz has a thing against white pants. I guess it is something like how I feel about having pants that have that "worn" feel, or maybe it's just that he really likes to slide! This picture does NOT do these pants justice - they were FILTHY! I love how the top part is so white where I have to fold down the top just so they will stay on. And how about the gatorade stains that turn to mud when he hits the field.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWMJrVuWPI/AAAAAAAADMY/C-OPcSvgCHg/s1600-h/jantzpants.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWMJrVuWPI/AAAAAAAADMY/C-OPcSvgCHg/s400/jantzpants.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351837830080256242" border="0" /></a>I am not just saying this but Jantz has some very natural athletic ability. I was a little worried at first because I had put him in the older age group - but he held his own! He LOVED every minute of it....he ate it up! I wish I had some pics of him playing up to the crowd by sticking his tongue out and giving a thumbs up while he runs into home base. Classic good fun, he was a ball to watch!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWMJPLsvWI/AAAAAAAADMQ/MJMK1z5MKzs/s1600-h/throwjantz.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWMJPLsvWI/AAAAAAAADMQ/MJMK1z5MKzs/s400/throwjantz.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351837822522015074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWLapnJ1PI/AAAAAAAADMI/PQXSEWZA7FE/s1600-h/jantz.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWLapnJ1PI/AAAAAAAADMI/PQXSEWZA7FE/s400/jantz.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351837022162638066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWLaSShoHI/AAAAAAAADMA/VpiNfCMqoRU/s1600-h/hitjantz.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWLaSShoHI/AAAAAAAADMA/VpiNfCMqoRU/s400/hitjantz.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351837015902101618" border="0" /></a>Here is J - check out the Babe Ruth pants - this kid is sooo skinny! He is all about baseball season. His baseball backpack was filled with seeds, balls, a bat, his mitt, batting gloves, some powerade and of course - he couldn't miss a game without his eye black! I gotta look for a pic of a close-up of that, he looked so tough! he he he<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWKqwWtROI/AAAAAAAADL4/Tv_tyQZlgXI/s1600-h/josh3rd.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWKqwWtROI/AAAAAAAADL4/Tv_tyQZlgXI/s400/josh3rd.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351836199338984674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWKqi-QITI/AAAAAAAADLw/-lgNwOgYKOY/s1600-h/josh1st.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWKqi-QITI/AAAAAAAADLw/-lgNwOgYKOY/s400/josh1st.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351836195746750770" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWKqegD-kI/AAAAAAAADLo/IWyF7Z36nic/s1600-h/fielderjosh.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWKqegD-kI/AAAAAAAADLo/IWyF7Z36nic/s400/fielderjosh.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351836194546383426" border="0" /></a>Sweet little Ab. Don't you love the kid on third freezing her tail off. What a weird season!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWJMWrervI/AAAAAAAADLg/9IKSjPxp2MM/s1600-h/runtohome.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWJMWrervI/AAAAAAAADLg/9IKSjPxp2MM/s400/runtohome.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351834577539084018" border="0" /></a>She has the athletic mind, she checks third and then throws to first. Gotta LOVE it! I hope she continues to play sports. Nothing against dance and stuff, but I guess I am a little partial to athletics and not so much of the girly girly costumes!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWJMOrad4I/AAAAAAAADLY/arJ9-etg0Wc/s1600-h/igotit.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWJMOrad4I/AAAAAAAADLY/arJ9-etg0Wc/s400/igotit.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351834575391324034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWIQhCTatI/AAAAAAAADLQ/DYBcYEHO4Ek/s1600-h/abbythrow.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWIQhCTatI/AAAAAAAADLQ/DYBcYEHO4Ek/s400/abbythrow.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351833549527018194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWIQT7pl4I/AAAAAAAADLI/VIuyjZvA8Xg/s1600-h/abbyfield.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/SkWIQT7pl4I/AAAAAAAADLI/VIuyjZvA8Xg/s400/abbyfield.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351833546009450370" border="0" /></a>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28951863.post-73439954771444611942009-06-21T20:06:00.009-07:002009-06-21T21:30:43.504-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Sunburn or Hypothermia?</span><br /></div>So crazy our weather this year! So far it has been the wettest June on record, it feels like April showers in June. We have had so many baseball games and arts in the park canceled because of all the rain. Add to the list of canceled activities....Father's Day BBQ! On the Saturday before Father's Day we have a get-to-gether at Dayt's mom's house and then off to my brother's house for a BBQ and water party. Last year, sunshine and sunburns...this year we had plenty of water...just not the kind we were interested in! The kids had been looking forward to the water party at Ty's all week. They have been a little bummed that June is almost over and they haven't been swimming outside yet. They kept hoping - crossing their fingers that the weather would clear by 4pm. They even brought all their swim gear! So sad! It rained and rained. We went to Grandpa Mac's to wish him and the rest of the guys Happy Father's Day and then off to Ty's. I can't even tell you how many times they asked me to go out and swim. After we ate dinner I said I didn't care what they did, I mean it was 50 degrees outside with wind and rain. Who would take the plunge anyway......uh yeah, that would be my kid outside with hypothermia!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Don't you just love a good cannonball in only 4 inches of water? Only Josh would try that!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj78NQPCS9I/AAAAAAAADJY/pd_qxaKKMLg/s1600-h/josh.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj78NQPCS9I/AAAAAAAADJY/pd_qxaKKMLg/s400/josh.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349990711989259218" border="0" /></a>Jantz always quick to follow his older brother, and just as fearless...and brainless maybe! I wouldn't even go outside it was so cold...I took pictures from the top of the deck. And YES it was raining during these pictures!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj78NrCV_9I/AAAAAAAADJg/ZXp3wKl05jQ/s1600-h/Jantz.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj78NrCV_9I/AAAAAAAADJg/ZXp3wKl05jQ/s400/Jantz.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349990719183781842" border="0" /></a>The girls were a lot smarter, they just tested the water with their toes and took off back inside!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj78N1FpQxI/AAAAAAAADJo/RYcqSRxOh3w/s1600-h/girls.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj78N1FpQxI/AAAAAAAADJo/RYcqSRxOh3w/s400/girls.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349990721881981714" border="0" /></a>Here are some pics earlier in the week of the kids working on their Father's Day project. They each made some hearts with special messages on them to stick on Dayt's car.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj79jU9nOEI/AAAAAAAADJ4/QfFzh_4nkeY/s1600-h/DSCF3449.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj79jU9nOEI/AAAAAAAADJ4/QfFzh_4nkeY/s400/DSCF3449.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349992190727108674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj79jLT5C6I/AAAAAAAADJw/VKOqe2MUC7s/s1600-h/DSCF3447.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj79jLT5C6I/AAAAAAAADJw/VKOqe2MUC7s/s400/DSCF3447.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349992188136197026" border="0" /></a>Do you love the I-pod in Abby's ear and Josh and Jantz turned toward the TV...kids of this generation! :) <br />But what do the hearts say about their personality...<br /><br />Here are Abby's hearts - laid out in a pattern, and cut as perfect as possible.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj7-suq3-SI/AAAAAAAADKA/nUjQblV1kb8/s1600-h/DSCF3450.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj7-suq3-SI/AAAAAAAADKA/nUjQblV1kb8/s400/DSCF3450.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349993451758287138" border="0" /></a>Josh's pile - no organization whatsoever, all different shapes and sizes<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj7-s2MyY8I/AAAAAAAADKI/UK3VU3RfpIw/s1600-h/DSCF3451.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj7-s2MyY8I/AAAAAAAADKI/UK3VU3RfpIw/s400/DSCF3451.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349993453779575746" border="0" /></a><br />Jantz's hearts - all the same color, and could be the cutest pile ever!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj7-tUYDrdI/AAAAAAAADKQ/6GkJIYsxgas/s1600-h/DSCF3452.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj7-tUYDrdI/AAAAAAAADKQ/6GkJIYsxgas/s400/DSCF3452.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349993461879909842" border="0" /></a>The kids were so excited to sneak out on Saturday night and decorate the car. I was working on my lesson and Dayt was reading a book so I told him I needed to some paper to make some wordstrips for part of the lesson and grabbed the kids and ushered them outside to work on the car. I gave them some window crayons - showed them how to use them, gave them some tape and then went back in so Dayt wouldn't be tipped off. I gave them a few minutes and then I went out to get them. I peeked into the house, coast was clear so I sent them to their lockers to put away their shoes. I told them to stay quiet while I made sure Dayt was still in his room before they made their way down the hall and into their bedrooms. Dayt came around the corner just as the kids peeked out of the mudroom. They all started shrieking and running for their rooms. Dayt just looked at me funny and said what are all you guys doing? Jantzen says....uh uh mom made us get out of bed to put our shoes away and then we just had a snack - like one peanut! (So random!) Josh said at the same time - we just fed the cats. I was laughing!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8ANlcEMaI/AAAAAAAADKY/RTibwp83B18/s1600-h/DSCF3469.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8ANlcEMaI/AAAAAAAADKY/RTibwp83B18/s400/DSCF3469.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349995115727565218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8AN98u7HI/AAAAAAAADKg/-ueXZl4hSyo/s1600-h/car.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8AN98u7HI/AAAAAAAADKg/-ueXZl4hSyo/s400/car.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349995122307034226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8AOjytv2I/AAAAAAAADKw/V_Rn2KXU9Po/s1600-h/DSCF3472.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8AOjytv2I/AAAAAAAADKw/V_Rn2KXU9Po/s400/DSCF3472.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349995132465561442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8AOAy5-6I/AAAAAAAADKo/yHgzs7iB51g/s1600-h/DSCF3471.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8AOAy5-6I/AAAAAAAADKo/yHgzs7iB51g/s400/DSCF3471.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349995123071122338" border="0" /></a>Dayt was a good sport the next morning. Although I am sure he was a little embarassed in a way, he still drove us to church in his car. The kids were thrilled! On the way to church Jantzen said, "Dad remember when I told you that we were putting our shoes away and having a snack and eating a peanut last night...that was funny. You can lie to your dad on Father's Day!"<br />Who doesn't love this kid?! The rain had washed away all their artwork by the end of church, and dashed all their plans for the day. They had spent so much time planning their activities to do with their dad today. I felt sad for them. But we made the best of it! Dang rain!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8BvvdjOII/AAAAAAAADK4/EOksYl6Ox-8/s1600-h/kids.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8BvvdjOII/AAAAAAAADK4/EOksYl6Ox-8/s400/kids.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349996802045327490" border="0" /></a>We had planned to blindfold him and take him to our favorite spot in the south fork campground and set up a little 3 man tent and have a picnic lunch. We were going to do a little hike down the river and then the kids each planned a special activity and worked hard on all the preparations by themselves. Abby came up with a water balloon game for us to play, Josh made some targets so we could shoot bb guns and Jantz chose to play tuna toss. Considering that everything is covered in mud right now we canceled the mountains and went to the park! We still had our picnic lunch. The kids picked out special items for Dayt including some of his favorites, PB&J * Fritos * Coke* Better Cheddars crackers. Then they packed them some lunchables and sprite to go along with it. We played at the "castle park" on the playground and walked through the trees down to the river. They played tetherball and soccer too. I thought this was a cute picture of Dayt and Josh having a contest to see who could jump out of their swing the farthest.<br />All in all it was a good day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8Bvzm_PGI/AAAAAAAADLA/toYyw0P8-I0/s1600-h/swings.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQ0ZZQEMmGQ/Sj8Bvzm_PGI/AAAAAAAADLA/toYyw0P8-I0/s400/swings.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349996803158654050" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Donahoe Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059673789049831788noreply@blogger.com6