tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45580116344805662902024-03-18T21:16:08.718-07:00Bug and Me........Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-15060298748526055322012-02-14T17:59:00.000-08:002012-02-14T18:05:08.556-08:00Snowboarding Season Is Here.. Kind of<div style="text-align: center;"><i>From Park City to Beaver Mountain, riding has been done. Below is Eric, my cousin, and I in Park City at the Canyons. Parker walking to his snowboarding lesson at Beaver. Mandy and I hitting the mountain over Christmas break. The last two were opening day! So far we have had a good albeit somewhat snow less winter :)</i></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5opD24IP9J_T8tegiJ0vaTTARynt3P4tq1WesrBJddglk_Hl935EoUkPila_B9KhFIdOHsb6cFgcatwJVoKWfFFvmhO9o7gJy31TPU4g37M7xOCSzDq2UqbmlmClhTOFE_kvuObWbSmk7/s1600/IMG_0498.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5opD24IP9J_T8tegiJ0vaTTARynt3P4tq1WesrBJddglk_Hl935EoUkPila_B9KhFIdOHsb6cFgcatwJVoKWfFFvmhO9o7gJy31TPU4g37M7xOCSzDq2UqbmlmClhTOFE_kvuObWbSmk7/s400/IMG_0498.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709176863039953170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEt71SJNcMv1oiElvDDGy9wp575dFDy-BX1i0ceY_dbbF5GEPAju-BVp4X-UCnEMwn77VtpM_vhDllhqZ-kuFAK6nTylM8bSayDxxaDkAj2Gc81HDILrjn2RquIbSnAHLo0PQDcJ5rBDlx/s1600/IMG_0417.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEt71SJNcMv1oiElvDDGy9wp575dFDy-BX1i0ceY_dbbF5GEPAju-BVp4X-UCnEMwn77VtpM_vhDllhqZ-kuFAK6nTylM8bSayDxxaDkAj2Gc81HDILrjn2RquIbSnAHLo0PQDcJ5rBDlx/s400/IMG_0417.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709176857201935170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iBj7_5P7A8m6FiUAqa-uNgGPmUELrTrhqvJQApTvFC8JqWY2z_zdezqq0_sNpOEPadZvAUXpj3ZtEkEIQH-ZrNrAurd7dAzoOlI-XXqw2Kukjgzu7d5k54JN6Q9_mGQqoqYpepEcWr8I/s1600/IMG_0330.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iBj7_5P7A8m6FiUAqa-uNgGPmUELrTrhqvJQApTvFC8JqWY2z_zdezqq0_sNpOEPadZvAUXpj3ZtEkEIQH-ZrNrAurd7dAzoOlI-XXqw2Kukjgzu7d5k54JN6Q9_mGQqoqYpepEcWr8I/s400/IMG_0330.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709176844362628834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjlRHR0I6b8GRvq7DrvXRaryXqExo3RU4tL1Q5fKHXRtFpYYx9vIY1bXWEKNhmw7GrPoZfWO1wAvU16Ew3fXWmfwBgQJ6_UIG9pLn3NvwCJX9vh8p1gqGedKcMVj7yM_9n7iV0nhDSCDf/s1600/IMG_0249.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjlRHR0I6b8GRvq7DrvXRaryXqExo3RU4tL1Q5fKHXRtFpYYx9vIY1bXWEKNhmw7GrPoZfWO1wAvU16Ew3fXWmfwBgQJ6_UIG9pLn3NvwCJX9vh8p1gqGedKcMVj7yM_9n7iV0nhDSCDf/s400/IMG_0249.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709176839798226802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51I-piK5gKPuS8crsqPPlC3Rm5ynyqETXzMvrmJEOPToZguf5UmNWaUfeJlIKYRxwdX2rx2SVfOhPOwLr2hFScLNGeyzHPdYB6lSpg_fHZMuCbq7C8gRe8fyGEGBcjKE6B_ECB1pasuyW/s1600/IMG_0241.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51I-piK5gKPuS8crsqPPlC3Rm5ynyqETXzMvrmJEOPToZguf5UmNWaUfeJlIKYRxwdX2rx2SVfOhPOwLr2hFScLNGeyzHPdYB6lSpg_fHZMuCbq7C8gRe8fyGEGBcjKE6B_ECB1pasuyW/s400/IMG_0241.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709176837122053202" /></a>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-45988555025228342142012-02-14T17:53:00.001-08:002012-02-14T17:59:21.132-08:00Christmas! 2012<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">We had a great Christmas this year. Parker got everything he wanted and more...He must have really good this year. Even Etnie got a stocking. Below is Etnie patiently waiting for her stocking, she was so happy. Next is the tattoo Parker got on Christmas Eve, as you might be able to see its upside down, he wanted to be able to read when he looked down LOL. Last picture is Parker on his red drum set that santa brought. Overall we enjoyed the Christmas holiday away from work and school.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb68RGn0BWG1CH8_xkuUODdBB_7x7svuSfLApOFQU3yXapM6t9_uX7QReY4wK9Qx5jHt6R4y5iaFGws0GXcAUf2axPozDYgHgxVsNr3T2bNKrGW9g8_FGRs6pMyBWpxwT6Er6hCT2wRdrD/s1600/IMG_0328.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb68RGn0BWG1CH8_xkuUODdBB_7x7svuSfLApOFQU3yXapM6t9_uX7QReY4wK9Qx5jHt6R4y5iaFGws0GXcAUf2axPozDYgHgxVsNr3T2bNKrGW9g8_FGRs6pMyBWpxwT6Er6hCT2wRdrD/s400/IMG_0328.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709175234160037714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX6LZuCb6KuVSvVNTR9A9r8r9VqiBw_gs02a1bfCJPPr66rZ-2-0_a4SxfcOIUl5irFW0y_u24hSJHDlz-xEOvFeqhwB5HzN_MGSsdGW-zFx4BsxqR8wWiTkRppPM1SHJ07OUvGGo2u9H/s1600/IMG_0334.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX6LZuCb6KuVSvVNTR9A9r8r9VqiBw_gs02a1bfCJPPr66rZ-2-0_a4SxfcOIUl5irFW0y_u24hSJHDlz-xEOvFeqhwB5HzN_MGSsdGW-zFx4BsxqR8wWiTkRppPM1SHJ07OUvGGo2u9H/s400/IMG_0334.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709175223902214450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJysmEVssfUw82a6nm1rkxOvMb2skHVluQ1X9w1xutlc_ipppD2xNtZ1n5Rvg09U_t1mX2hqvlQFhhiRtxUdHistu89KR1dIuJ0_jgQJbOGXWvrkpPV-AOjMg1jipQMA3DznumQ3yXIk_A/s1600/IMG_0322.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJysmEVssfUw82a6nm1rkxOvMb2skHVluQ1X9w1xutlc_ipppD2xNtZ1n5Rvg09U_t1mX2hqvlQFhhiRtxUdHistu89KR1dIuJ0_jgQJbOGXWvrkpPV-AOjMg1jipQMA3DznumQ3yXIk_A/s400/IMG_0322.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709175216635341970" /></a>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-80577289426415376252012-02-14T17:24:00.002-08:002012-03-07T08:59:04.582-08:00Let me catch you up....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFqXkHmK03B39CV4y17-hbzWXi0K4E1TtQzaPUUEDOHWArKkGIC5gCJNmca6HVWPHwkFHRPTfHfE8c8JwEu-zG5vCNubs3FkHSHqzfRh6NqYzo8sgRJU4G1ec3UQz8FMZ37hIAESFjaPZ/s1600/ParkerBday.jpg"><span></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 182px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 203px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717195632887219666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFqXkHmK03B39CV4y17-hbzWXi0K4E1TtQzaPUUEDOHWArKkGIC5gCJNmca6HVWPHwkFHRPTfHfE8c8JwEu-zG5vCNubs3FkHSHqzfRh6NqYzo8sgRJU4G1ec3UQz8FMZ37hIAESFjaPZ/s400/ParkerBday.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGWg7PSJe_5tpNcVvfCM_9Z4WLNYGeFJ6ZQRsVrNtD7G4hMs-XtPOgDLlMBv_k3VPS28yUunNlLS4FXoRhGq00M2dbUB-TVoiJN_yoDMzlzn54afDU6IpU0B4sHkIs7cVwDZClauZ7v1e/s1600/Parker6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717195623286247586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGWg7PSJe_5tpNcVvfCM_9Z4WLNYGeFJ6ZQRsVrNtD7G4hMs-XtPOgDLlMBv_k3VPS28yUunNlLS4FXoRhGq00M2dbUB-TVoiJN_yoDMzlzn54afDU6IpU0B4sHkIs7cVwDZClauZ7v1e/s400/Parker6.jpg" /></a> Next was Parker's 6th Birthday!<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">The day of, we went to breakfast, which is the picture above. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">We also had a big party with all of his friends at Sports academy. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">They tumbled, opened presents, and ate cake! </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">I told Parker now that he was six, he was done. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">I told him he couldn't turn seven.... He said, "Mom thats ridiculous"</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717195616753833186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT20UTP1EIYkW_TndhkOd5q8Xfv69fgB08qCQQ36d-J9SH1_h6CDtgViVHk_ytC7hrlDD7QRdMDW08M6UlUhyphenhyphen73bzZ2ZFFrZbvQ1v1FP7gRWDg50PDjOPnQmxR5DI2UUTMZHETx9Jm3Qy/s400/LyndMel.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717195618609306130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzHLDRfuOQL7o1cF1Ilnf1uZBjQ4uHcm5AzAua5EnGlaYyvwSlyndpRJ4rLfTvxT9ZRBl-Yk1xyDFQyala4U81n3Day8u9zUqlomblxW4g_q4RMYKyDVCsW-g-ZUF9wmV5N6HbNZm-O1l/s400/JakeMe.jpg" />Next was my birthday, our friends had our traditional </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">cocktail party for all the girls birthdays in December. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Up above is Jake and I,</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">and further up is Lyndsie and I. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">So turning 28 wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. :) </div><br /><div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><u><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717195611272090610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUy-RW6hIeGsRsTPOHrTI_qzQmhZOi0ejLAA6-RfcounM0fH4pW8Ol3X6wLLmKqtqQasNRHIq6ZM2vk9cmU44CECbQEG5LFQ0lQyH_9q2Y3T-Ne4OsnzMQmyl9pH-8miSiOil1krVs7v-/s400/ZoeBean.jpg" />Here we go, for Thanksgiving I flew out to Ohio to visit my big sis.</u></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><u>We had the funnest time we have ever had in the middle of disaster. </u></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><u>Dinner was made, phones were broken, cars were hit.</u></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><u>Somehow through the entire trip we took one photo, </u></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><u>this one of her English Bulldog puppy, Zoe Bean.</u></span> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-56426391568505390722011-11-08T07:39:00.000-08:002011-11-08T07:44:19.432-08:00HALLOWEEN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQZ-smTGASrKoS1usIQvSdm5nTSI_6iJGI2qOybm7JBPbeKmdrYZjX9PsPOhQ84c4Q504a2DhltcGLGVheo-ogYXMAX_14CKQFp6Jw_3-o5R9Ntq7XyrR-bxet6BAinLHjGTCRBH9wFC6/s1600/BugHalloween1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQZ-smTGASrKoS1usIQvSdm5nTSI_6iJGI2qOybm7JBPbeKmdrYZjX9PsPOhQ84c4Q504a2DhltcGLGVheo-ogYXMAX_14CKQFp6Jw_3-o5R9Ntq7XyrR-bxet6BAinLHjGTCRBH9wFC6/s400/BugHalloween1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672650905731002850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtw2Wh62n9nD-RIsM2S-JhsI_hIVQr5vxvwCuA4fjNcnleYc5-v8hNA2AGccCl3bKDAtmm8uRjkKxh7DSN0q2y-yDBwlRJAzInSzBqFQqcnT-pJfhwkXtLJyN2wHu_oisCvBS0Ve-Yb4A/s1600/BugHalloween2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtw2Wh62n9nD-RIsM2S-JhsI_hIVQr5vxvwCuA4fjNcnleYc5-v8hNA2AGccCl3bKDAtmm8uRjkKxh7DSN0q2y-yDBwlRJAzInSzBqFQqcnT-pJfhwkXtLJyN2wHu_oisCvBS0Ve-Yb4A/s400/BugHalloween2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672650904219918210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9Bn68TuOfN1oPUSlq9PRGHYB-X7Ta0PoOLqtJUBksezju9ysU21hQ9NSuVmQdaKGU58t_Id6gWdJRWcfbb6tDxJDS9tCFx6McEyi3GEUMsjvXuvd2_H3f6iHSOUX79V8ReHkqA0P91nK/s1600/BugHalloween3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9Bn68TuOfN1oPUSlq9PRGHYB-X7Ta0PoOLqtJUBksezju9ysU21hQ9NSuVmQdaKGU58t_Id6gWdJRWcfbb6tDxJDS9tCFx6McEyi3GEUMsjvXuvd2_H3f6iHSOUX79V8ReHkqA0P91nK/s400/BugHalloween3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672650901797791218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGblJWjgw2qxqoNwEn5QT1EVI3j8EunXlv1lFRXg33pvxCKAghETF2aJSPrL_GC4fAjY-KkxbjXkUUEVqjn8MArgMVUP_wSNir9AkB3ZMSXLoMM-PXsMSKr_n9qzlp6o_b-DaMLgItwTg/s1600/DSCN1429.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGblJWjgw2qxqoNwEn5QT1EVI3j8EunXlv1lFRXg33pvxCKAghETF2aJSPrL_GC4fAjY-KkxbjXkUUEVqjn8MArgMVUP_wSNir9AkB3ZMSXLoMM-PXsMSKr_n9qzlp6o_b-DaMLgItwTg/s400/DSCN1429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672650888932291986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbo0xcCOlSL841NTRvqNXDKMnpuMJwFq07lx8M_H1aUZdb4XLIvhZH9_wj34xdOtDqzMTMUxyffheT-s8fXzYpodHIsSMx2JUnH9GF_wnexli_MO8_UCp7aM66pocO6KXR4ZL0AfQ23TW/s1600/DSCN1428.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbo0xcCOlSL841NTRvqNXDKMnpuMJwFq07lx8M_H1aUZdb4XLIvhZH9_wj34xdOtDqzMTMUxyffheT-s8fXzYpodHIsSMx2JUnH9GF_wnexli_MO8_UCp7aM66pocO6KXR4ZL0AfQ23TW/s400/DSCN1428.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672650883996870130" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Halloween is always a treat for every kid. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Parker was incredibly excited about the days events. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He was excited about the party at school and being allowed to wear his costume.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> He was excited about trick-or-treating at my work, and at night with Stryder. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He ran so fast between every house I couldn't believe he had the energy to</div><div style="text-align: center;"> keep going, and he hadn't even had candy yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-77668502963732941862011-10-18T08:35:00.000-07:002011-10-18T08:41:53.393-07:00Fo Co Road Trip<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fun trip to Fort Collins, Colorado. My friend Dustin</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>moved out there about 6 months ago.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So a group of us, (Erin, Austin, Justin, and me) took </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a road trip to visit him. So much fun, great little </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>college town, everything Logan could be :)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here are some pictures from our adventure.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xTwJ3mLvflcKZhdWmhMJCnjo0DdX_sg1Yx1NbTlP999ibPTFBWLaPkbeMXgPk3GzoYCM6uh4C8vQFMp50knLZLMYLOdu8tuCbaZwEORTutsVbyCoGQCxDp3yS3ZN8zZXThgS8Wv3p1zO/s1600/DSCN1387.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xTwJ3mLvflcKZhdWmhMJCnjo0DdX_sg1Yx1NbTlP999ibPTFBWLaPkbeMXgPk3GzoYCM6uh4C8vQFMp50knLZLMYLOdu8tuCbaZwEORTutsVbyCoGQCxDp3yS3ZN8zZXThgS8Wv3p1zO/s400/DSCN1387.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664857231183635394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQuMRGM6mrUA0ITPWy-zwSzvVLsn1Urwqpih0XFnn6JMHfAv1hfZBSgEvfltGaBS-xSZ7PMI8_kreZHWdN_8OScvQjkVgBhDYfYktRLzd2dgV4tfXiDYbaOgw00wA2gkLuA5CXe5EvbIS/s1600/DSCN1391.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQuMRGM6mrUA0ITPWy-zwSzvVLsn1Urwqpih0XFnn6JMHfAv1hfZBSgEvfltGaBS-xSZ7PMI8_kreZHWdN_8OScvQjkVgBhDYfYktRLzd2dgV4tfXiDYbaOgw00wA2gkLuA5CXe5EvbIS/s400/DSCN1391.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664857228714466786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqhVPFpbP-bUZhAXRsVNWTNuo8bqq22Z8jSUJ3Q8jXrEEEs5c4pRhSim_ue10rG4UoaXtRyuKGn91YNSWRcK9k8LWg2DewuH0CYVK8H7cW0scMpKaBZbVAYQP60pyz3NLubGQcq3tXq5D/s1600/DSCN1392.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqhVPFpbP-bUZhAXRsVNWTNuo8bqq22Z8jSUJ3Q8jXrEEEs5c4pRhSim_ue10rG4UoaXtRyuKGn91YNSWRcK9k8LWg2DewuH0CYVK8H7cW0scMpKaBZbVAYQP60pyz3NLubGQcq3tXq5D/s400/DSCN1392.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664857201249661618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFn6vITGO0BU4BTQFNUdt8x1XW3uhEobbJ_BEz69LzdlRiS9H7i6i-OgQEDG2ORgvchTYc20i1l4DMYluElA6vBq-f0sOYRYikfQLsvfjDHQI2dW2Oxqytjwj4_y_B_bg-Wj20YzjPOqZ/s1600/DSCN1405.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFn6vITGO0BU4BTQFNUdt8x1XW3uhEobbJ_BEz69LzdlRiS9H7i6i-OgQEDG2ORgvchTYc20i1l4DMYluElA6vBq-f0sOYRYikfQLsvfjDHQI2dW2Oxqytjwj4_y_B_bg-Wj20YzjPOqZ/s400/DSCN1405.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664857194143211218" /></a>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-24466411382778875032011-08-28T17:13:00.000-07:002011-08-28T17:18:01.274-07:00KINDERGARTEN<div style="text-align: center;">Parker had his very first day of school!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">He is going to Thomas Edison Charter School, and is loving every minute of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some pic's of the day.</div><div>
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNwLKdK2KnCvt1_E3-zShxIc-BWh34rpLXRDQaiPplDQMCoF4O4bo-4iuIuS9siLj69313pI55xgjM0oSBP3Cv2n4ILi6zTnyKjc9IB1oaBJa7yefBV4fGbWYVg6u8M6unZiOcN3drjno/s1600/DSCN1353.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNwLKdK2KnCvt1_E3-zShxIc-BWh34rpLXRDQaiPplDQMCoF4O4bo-4iuIuS9siLj69313pI55xgjM0oSBP3Cv2n4ILi6zTnyKjc9IB1oaBJa7yefBV4fGbWYVg6u8M6unZiOcN3drjno/s400/DSCN1353.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646064934637881874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Parker sitting in his desk, so grown up!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMSMER-Jqe4rJxV32tdEQcczRjP6mcWrzzfhJOuWgfk55J7UbhI4XZdXe6XrcTQsiUpKT6Riq8GuVj0UfxIC7Cgz7TPh62fc_lTcmKg7tEzQ-GrzVW3TO8zyfXntnlbVUBxGvskVmehyphenhyphenW/s1600/DSCN1359.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMSMER-Jqe4rJxV32tdEQcczRjP6mcWrzzfhJOuWgfk55J7UbhI4XZdXe6XrcTQsiUpKT6Riq8GuVj0UfxIC7Cgz7TPh62fc_lTcmKg7tEzQ-GrzVW3TO8zyfXntnlbVUBxGvskVmehyphenhyphenW/s400/DSCN1359.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646064931556717666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Parker calling Dad to tell him about his day.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEink5VDv4CnYzmxoggwZlx8zfd1lc-a5NF2sHL0r7HYx5d8YAXM7zbPXcUc93Q7ZMRpuCr37RC4THGtoUDa8P3OusdeonEIieD0e2XO_pMytsFPsNcpWO-_TQFRv1p1ti0x7gUxgYCWhGnP/s1600/DSCN1346.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEink5VDv4CnYzmxoggwZlx8zfd1lc-a5NF2sHL0r7HYx5d8YAXM7zbPXcUc93Q7ZMRpuCr37RC4THGtoUDa8P3OusdeonEIieD0e2XO_pMytsFPsNcpWO-_TQFRv1p1ti0x7gUxgYCWhGnP/s400/DSCN1346.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646064930192934562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Parker outside of Nana's before school.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORQkUX0q1mV8UO2EfQpW-6YDmbBgR6tZTFKim7XWPE2EZgo10mz_xFp-6QvL2FL-yjKaMeoIeVGjJXNkqfk47jBOJuffa_6GfaI32wDUVc8Nj5xW5LWFftfww8ryo71wyZYS-614N-QHB/s1600/DSCN1349.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORQkUX0q1mV8UO2EfQpW-6YDmbBgR6tZTFKim7XWPE2EZgo10mz_xFp-6QvL2FL-yjKaMeoIeVGjJXNkqfk47jBOJuffa_6GfaI32wDUVc8Nj5xW5LWFftfww8ryo71wyZYS-614N-QHB/s400/DSCN1349.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646064925980305810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Walking in to school like a big boy!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0OvFgw-1Qy3ZyjOGN6qVFBlmTuzijuUcHFIyldWrmcIRJNf5T6jTOSz3YxMdVeMDytCjP2Hld_61x8hzgjR_gbpM6bTMRy6HW8r-gmFXd9r1n2uLmxM_m3J467ZQ9XRiAwfjg10QQVXL/s1600/DSCN1351.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0OvFgw-1Qy3ZyjOGN6qVFBlmTuzijuUcHFIyldWrmcIRJNf5T6jTOSz3YxMdVeMDytCjP2Hld_61x8hzgjR_gbpM6bTMRy6HW8r-gmFXd9r1n2uLmxM_m3J467ZQ9XRiAwfjg10QQVXL/s400/DSCN1351.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646064921943141058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Outside the doors of his school!</div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-40958740538580873802011-08-28T17:00:00.000-07:002011-08-28T17:12:49.883-07:00New York!!<div>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>NYC Career Acceleration Trips!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also organized a trip for finance and marketing students to NYC. We went to Bloomberg broadcast, Time Inc., Michael Kors, Shady Records, and Coltrin & Associates. I am super excited about the job opportunities that are available to me out there, it's exciting to think next year I could be anywhere! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ann (the other faculty lead for the trip, and the women with all the connections), Brittany and I stayed the weekend in NY to play and enjoy the city. What didn't we do? We hit the museums, went dancing, shopping, restaurants, and toured every neighborhood for apartments!</div><div>
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNCaesIWUtplcTQh7wr1P7UnuzXz1H-sBB8zoa9boci_iNWlz9UjWUMowlt7W8s4LdluKfz1OjEkQQYwWBjzKuiUOMnODLp6T5JB4GU67h0g4cREKc2_0-vyOEV17QB013H6D9zVJMKwe/s1600/DSCN1307.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNCaesIWUtplcTQh7wr1P7UnuzXz1H-sBB8zoa9boci_iNWlz9UjWUMowlt7W8s4LdluKfz1OjEkQQYwWBjzKuiUOMnODLp6T5JB4GU67h0g4cREKc2_0-vyOEV17QB013H6D9zVJMKwe/s400/DSCN1307.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646062713219295890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Coming over the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan at sunrise.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMlQgrglMk3sLku2TBMY4v5hVEQAU3QOc9ZSGD5gEdGMFzETcZJcA_OZUGKFvAbmQxeS9U7ahpaOMD2D6ha5bgQK-FQL5zKFx8sGQo3t0haq-ycjWbyVilUZFmFxedZXfXbouvOiJRk21/s1600/DSCN1304.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMlQgrglMk3sLku2TBMY4v5hVEQAU3QOc9ZSGD5gEdGMFzETcZJcA_OZUGKFvAbmQxeS9U7ahpaOMD2D6ha5bgQK-FQL5zKFx8sGQo3t0haq-ycjWbyVilUZFmFxedZXfXbouvOiJRk21/s400/DSCN1304.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646062711826502658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Washington Park.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib82QXCmE8T-z3lCFolxPoJxcSpgECA7r6rGdFu-w9f3mByEKc0JMnFCqJeIYRz1FLSHqUG5SITJrcPsKQnOBlgIGDtJRHa8PVm69XmZ_5tM21Vx4NAhpvCPnWdU-Qqwn7o8LTC010c-hg/s1600/DSCN1315.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib82QXCmE8T-z3lCFolxPoJxcSpgECA7r6rGdFu-w9f3mByEKc0JMnFCqJeIYRz1FLSHqUG5SITJrcPsKQnOBlgIGDtJRHa8PVm69XmZ_5tM21Vx4NAhpvCPnWdU-Qqwn7o8LTC010c-hg/s400/DSCN1315.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646062706937597410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Empire State Building.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx3EeEAWA_AZVRm8ERqx02S61iRReSreBGvaidDZXhKII1V40lKeyx9jMF7gP4IGG3AuPt02h0qzq3BtpDlGeKUTFDp8u-b6RwygDptdPXxaXB_Da7WT4WeQdXUZ26tagi7eL_Tjw62_2/s1600/DSCN1325.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx3EeEAWA_AZVRm8ERqx02S61iRReSreBGvaidDZXhKII1V40lKeyx9jMF7gP4IGG3AuPt02h0qzq3BtpDlGeKUTFDp8u-b6RwygDptdPXxaXB_Da7WT4WeQdXUZ26tagi7eL_Tjw62_2/s400/DSCN1325.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646062704863464306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Brittany and I at the Metropolitan Museum.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdZdmXbOOEdbeosd-BKoVn2dTC7FReNWirnjS0ww0JLVhNXq27D9jeU-X1hwb282U63Vg1kjJ38AUps50euT0baFZePlR8MmgqgIjBJF3394lBvUvyhm7YRWCHuYNSLO3DJXEsuCm2kcF/s1600/DSCN1328.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdZdmXbOOEdbeosd-BKoVn2dTC7FReNWirnjS0ww0JLVhNXq27D9jeU-X1hwb282U63Vg1kjJ38AUps50euT0baFZePlR8MmgqgIjBJF3394lBvUvyhm7YRWCHuYNSLO3DJXEsuCm2kcF/s400/DSCN1328.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646062698485397330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Tiffany's Yellow Diamond! For those of you who know</div><div style="text-align: center;">me, of course I stopped at Tiffany's 5th Avenue!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07k76TPrB-5zjWj8LOoONU2Z9ga4fhpCnFe3Sf0Vwijog2dkUHTkuA4lZHscvGlA-sGqKvGQN00I5jOvoTzc5VbMqshVCIF8WONpO3NFgtK6zga8g1u6nW0f2ChY28wzkgW1Qz21FV9dj/s1600/DSCN1289.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07k76TPrB-5zjWj8LOoONU2Z9ga4fhpCnFe3Sf0Vwijog2dkUHTkuA4lZHscvGlA-sGqKvGQN00I5jOvoTzc5VbMqshVCIF8WONpO3NFgtK6zga8g1u6nW0f2ChY28wzkgW1Qz21FV9dj/s400/DSCN1289.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646061509713483986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Me and Brittany</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2ZDNCrYi1ab_LLdALp2IHx95Ccj12LOM8yDUJcBEDkc8Z81ZHuuUfQ4w7KSgy9sA2kX8xqoQx4S1cNm6QcKJfXXcSdnkLP66lgzL9XFpnuysptSWhokMxdhL8D-DHVy42R9aNyyRIFmt/s1600/DSCN1291.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2ZDNCrYi1ab_LLdALp2IHx95Ccj12LOM8yDUJcBEDkc8Z81ZHuuUfQ4w7KSgy9sA2kX8xqoQx4S1cNm6QcKJfXXcSdnkLP66lgzL9XFpnuysptSWhokMxdhL8D-DHVy42R9aNyyRIFmt/s400/DSCN1291.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646061503901815666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Me and Ann, (one of my new favorite people).</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIFPUOoo_edoAo5ZjoISu8wj0-U9yQK8PH-P0ERF9If2VVp7ea-So-QhMHMpYgwvMZPy5FgLc8YVDYc26boTtRF6hfRaF25eX7nyWirEa5g2VNhTexF8sR3mze57k7V7ZJaZEIDP-XbQ7/s1600/DSCN1293.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIFPUOoo_edoAo5ZjoISu8wj0-U9yQK8PH-P0ERF9If2VVp7ea-So-QhMHMpYgwvMZPy5FgLc8YVDYc26boTtRF6hfRaF25eX7nyWirEa5g2VNhTexF8sR3mze57k7V7ZJaZEIDP-XbQ7/s400/DSCN1293.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646061499400252002" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdbV4neW4y8XzJrxFG6H_E9IZiQL43ScCoAeSTKmWAFhoQndgAJLjgp-HFjnMikjCbuaMFfJxw9-5BCsX6o4qTExmCKfv3N36fGm9G054EGXMshTyVqJwl4PBf9xprTOzQ376Cs3vR6A4/s1600/DSCN1317.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdbV4neW4y8XzJrxFG6H_E9IZiQL43ScCoAeSTKmWAFhoQndgAJLjgp-HFjnMikjCbuaMFfJxw9-5BCsX6o4qTExmCKfv3N36fGm9G054EGXMshTyVqJwl4PBf9xprTOzQ376Cs3vR6A4/s400/DSCN1317.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646061497520351938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Brittany and I outside the museum.</div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-70410942015588270102011-08-28T16:44:00.001-07:002011-08-28T16:59:57.155-07:00July 24th Skate Competition<div style="text-align: center;">Directive Skateboard Competition, July 24th 2011.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Haley and I took the boys, (Parker & Stryder) to watch the</div><div style="text-align: center;"> skateboard competition. They both quickly got bored with just watching,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and wanted to skate. Jake came and told us no one was </div><div style="text-align: center;">using the bowl during the competition so they could skate there. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They never got of the bowl until it was time to go. Everyone couldn't believe these two cute little boys skating their little hearts out. Hopefully next year they can compete!!</div><div>
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWnJwXEPkowS2N5JEJn26E-kOsZmsb8FPJ1IixfCR5ZKN8qriDAfRyqXgq-lrja8uSfNSw1HTq308a5XiUpXw7UjvUO3g8Z7GIIrA5NRVrn1zaz2r_-uTl3cBaBhyphenhyphenDWKfOePY9E5uozTw/s1600/DSCN1265.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWnJwXEPkowS2N5JEJn26E-kOsZmsb8FPJ1IixfCR5ZKN8qriDAfRyqXgq-lrja8uSfNSw1HTq308a5XiUpXw7UjvUO3g8Z7GIIrA5NRVrn1zaz2r_-uTl3cBaBhyphenhyphenDWKfOePY9E5uozTw/s400/DSCN1265.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646058552640973570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Parker skating away!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AhurBc5h0EOhFZKdAbK8Ah8zpWW0stX-3HSZlmcmfPapTj5ZOhhsKSWLX8D65gCa5NOLrnMZ9roxKKw4Xk6VyAzJgYtY1gebKqEOllFRKII-CiBzPXrg292fhP_govcq9NOZMXwR5A-s/s1600/DSCN1270.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AhurBc5h0EOhFZKdAbK8Ah8zpWW0stX-3HSZlmcmfPapTj5ZOhhsKSWLX8D65gCa5NOLrnMZ9roxKKw4Xk6VyAzJgYtY1gebKqEOllFRKII-CiBzPXrg292fhP_govcq9NOZMXwR5A-s/s400/DSCN1270.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646058547358424258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Stryder running up the side!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAss6RawBRnONNVh68lSzTRu9y3YAZwgQzZMgafWiQn0sBYwroLLQojEFB1fe7_70yJ7G5b6XM3phsZm0JkwuhUNaHBvlPFsSC5d_WMydPjvxQRstU835CGpo5a8tsBsZqku2Ju_m1MrXL/s1600/DSCN1278.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAss6RawBRnONNVh68lSzTRu9y3YAZwgQzZMgafWiQn0sBYwroLLQojEFB1fe7_70yJ7G5b6XM3phsZm0JkwuhUNaHBvlPFsSC5d_WMydPjvxQRstU835CGpo5a8tsBsZqku2Ju_m1MrXL/s400/DSCN1278.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646058543595052386" /></a>
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHOfSW7rZnnM4-saMG3wfj4vfyiX5HfdfYHWjyiCa5FrKkj8dGjTDVIO6UxOdkap3BYsZM3ANeV8wTTPS-j7uuAVWwaiRBOSRxzb0dmioZ1scOVgifZuliIhC29R2Z881Om6XMdLptgFT/s1600/DSCN1276.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHOfSW7rZnnM4-saMG3wfj4vfyiX5HfdfYHWjyiCa5FrKkj8dGjTDVIO6UxOdkap3BYsZM3ANeV8wTTPS-j7uuAVWwaiRBOSRxzb0dmioZ1scOVgifZuliIhC29R2Z881Om6XMdLptgFT/s400/DSCN1276.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646057661584171906" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRN52Wv60kX4jItyYlkGah2YztszVlIwFSaJhTVIjYmfr_FxBa5RNvHKIiv4_vqX3ZXS2jQRx3W89OGxvyBwb6dC6U21jJuKKQaFg3pZNqFhivrLH-bhlTJNnmA69AUiBNidhGLDHQzvs/s1600/DSCN1263.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRN52Wv60kX4jItyYlkGah2YztszVlIwFSaJhTVIjYmfr_FxBa5RNvHKIiv4_vqX3ZXS2jQRx3W89OGxvyBwb6dC6U21jJuKKQaFg3pZNqFhivrLH-bhlTJNnmA69AUiBNidhGLDHQzvs/s400/DSCN1263.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646057657636687522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jake rolling Parker's board into the bowl.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2VpaP9WeAo8pNdLAQfCD1JMYwIOuwthVfU9GsMvX6Yje6zKWBqz9x_DPo9bxrymqJbKEiB_Ta5hmgcf-x4U_qhk_to9kNjEi_VhVZ1S2I4qBqDCoQx7cq58iOWcD5r_SZLNQfSNFhXI8/s1600/DSCN1269.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2VpaP9WeAo8pNdLAQfCD1JMYwIOuwthVfU9GsMvX6Yje6zKWBqz9x_DPo9bxrymqJbKEiB_Ta5hmgcf-x4U_qhk_to9kNjEi_VhVZ1S2I4qBqDCoQx7cq58iOWcD5r_SZLNQfSNFhXI8/s400/DSCN1269.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646057651841556946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Kollin, Jake, and Parker (on the ground).</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaPkQbZMbh-9l1sLU46HcaSYLdgFfL25wGJfStAIrJ1PU99mV54arJRiDsbyf8WX2anPIjb_hVip_1pnVhl35tgjoF96yP44v6GXdJrY_fAd2Zmuxqp7aoBU6dkQl3UhJ4U5NFUMZC7K-/s1600/DSCN1266.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaPkQbZMbh-9l1sLU46HcaSYLdgFfL25wGJfStAIrJ1PU99mV54arJRiDsbyf8WX2anPIjb_hVip_1pnVhl35tgjoF96yP44v6GXdJrY_fAd2Zmuxqp7aoBU6dkQl3UhJ4U5NFUMZC7K-/s400/DSCN1266.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646057650500500098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Parker climbing out of the bowl to Jake.</div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-51026477557912638682011-08-28T16:13:00.001-07:002011-08-28T16:43:46.844-07:00San Francisco & Seattle<div style="text-align: center;">San Francisco & Seattle all in one week.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I organized a student career acceleration trip for Utah State University. We started in San Francisco, where we visited San Francisco 49er's, Google, Pertola Pharmaceuticals, Plug N Play Tech Support, and an old friend, Keira. </div><div style="text-align: center;">After two days we flew to Seattle, where we visited Microsoft, ProjectLine, Seattle Seahawks and Sounders, and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Overall the trip was incredibly successful, and we all made a number of contacts for our future networks in our journey of finding "jobs". </div><div style="text-align: center;">In the evening during our free time Brittany and I had the privilege of hanging out with her aunts. Sheri, the aunt that lives in Seattle took us out on her boat and all around the area, which you can kind of see in some of our photos, she even let me drive her boat! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I stayed the weekend with another one of my BFF's Chalene, and how either of us made it the entire weekend with out one photo is beyond me, but we had a great time catching up. I would be all too lucky to land a job in Seattle so I could be closer to her and her adorable family.</div><div>
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXS3Qmw8ikjUI02aH5KGG1wnPLAZ9wI_q3WN1FXhCzS_rmi0G2YuK8uB4-mjipJ3gznkPXz-uyWgF9mpZQE1OkCmqXHNyNlu3DKqVRTzO_yP5rQerfanWg1vJNkC93k6-Z-SjfDChpHX4/s1600/DSCN1254.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXS3Qmw8ikjUI02aH5KGG1wnPLAZ9wI_q3WN1FXhCzS_rmi0G2YuK8uB4-mjipJ3gznkPXz-uyWgF9mpZQE1OkCmqXHNyNlu3DKqVRTzO_yP5rQerfanWg1vJNkC93k6-Z-SjfDChpHX4/s400/DSCN1254.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646051006238970610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Brittany and me, the Belvue sky line behind us.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1KQzQqu3joPJ_TzWaIS6HqauEWAYWUkoDK9KhWW1qRGEkZTZ9Gcq7oYQ04aRusXkniI5NXB_RYqVgkDfZADnGsEtNBj2x-G2P0ZfymqrIp0J1746IhxdPgdixQjM6qOGHgWA8nunZGNr/s1600/DSCN1220.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1KQzQqu3joPJ_TzWaIS6HqauEWAYWUkoDK9KhWW1qRGEkZTZ9Gcq7oYQ04aRusXkniI5NXB_RYqVgkDfZADnGsEtNBj2x-G2P0ZfymqrIp0J1746IhxdPgdixQjM6qOGHgWA8nunZGNr/s400/DSCN1220.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646051000782006146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Awesome skate park next to the space needle.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vZQ-gmVikfLp0RxASCXfJ9CIcqVaoLQVH-4qDjlE0z6tVJuVqFUrT6VJcnyGn6sw_8rbGp4Ad8jLPEoc21sb95Jb22P34E4dXX_3yc5jHm9Myk0NykwAT3n97_QKlpvZNGHKZgLtQzEW/s1600/DSCN1236.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vZQ-gmVikfLp0RxASCXfJ9CIcqVaoLQVH-4qDjlE0z6tVJuVqFUrT6VJcnyGn6sw_8rbGp4Ad8jLPEoc21sb95Jb22P34E4dXX_3yc5jHm9Myk0NykwAT3n97_QKlpvZNGHKZgLtQzEW/s400/DSCN1236.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646050996827193618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Brittany and I at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UHFj6uMqXG7UKtQDQ-lM7Q1k3aoVH-7fYXfeYDd9B1K_RfgqcAIrufbkYzYXWwRVHCEPKj2E6LOHjnooHt6vfqwBTaKLYRNj-gj6h0GiTNj1fAAZNvrJXFkU1lUxvPDxK6KbPZshQ-vZ/s1600/DSCN1252.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UHFj6uMqXG7UKtQDQ-lM7Q1k3aoVH-7fYXfeYDd9B1K_RfgqcAIrufbkYzYXWwRVHCEPKj2E6LOHjnooHt6vfqwBTaKLYRNj-gj6h0GiTNj1fAAZNvrJXFkU1lUxvPDxK6KbPZshQ-vZ/s400/DSCN1252.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646050992493877234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Me, Brittany, and Sheri on her gorgeous boat.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHM-sK-rko8ieOWqI6w8We4c7shFmUgJicMdwSR0k_2beweztIY2Gh9fV6vpvuzaXt-j3s6mOaPQ5SlX-9qv6eRokwoXl6C4y9b3QSlchXGNpJt9ZQu3ammUZr3GcA5p2R379tQMFvVAuC/s1600/DSCN1200.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHM-sK-rko8ieOWqI6w8We4c7shFmUgJicMdwSR0k_2beweztIY2Gh9fV6vpvuzaXt-j3s6mOaPQ5SlX-9qv6eRokwoXl6C4y9b3QSlchXGNpJt9ZQu3ammUZr3GcA5p2R379tQMFvVAuC/s400/DSCN1200.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646049756960231538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Brittany, me, and Keira in San Francisco.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWSSJB0nvmLoGlKcD_vTyEyL-ZydIfcYKXPRUizwbkXq0AyAwWwbLjJY3zjJeWrk88gkUilf5QlHxjdMmUSZBYGR6iRoLGad3JKc5qXXP3b0Yd-OVSrkDGjP3US9ceo2aT8uv6CMhxNiJ/s1600/DSCN1194.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWSSJB0nvmLoGlKcD_vTyEyL-ZydIfcYKXPRUizwbkXq0AyAwWwbLjJY3zjJeWrk88gkUilf5QlHxjdMmUSZBYGR6iRoLGad3JKc5qXXP3b0Yd-OVSrkDGjP3US9ceo2aT8uv6CMhxNiJ/s400/DSCN1194.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646049753910409554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Brittany and I in our hotel room San Francisco.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyT1M7uuWEPoWqkpuOebO3j0YW_V1hyphenhyphenTI2Q4OL9zA9iiAsbKXUnSm3FJ52HHFnxiSPYSUix62X71pufTTM9YmKmHMYEW-okLC0Bu-Y_Uhtw7UwDwpud6th4L5B2DbRBXuhTYIW9G8qg9LQ/s1600/DSCN1211.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyT1M7uuWEPoWqkpuOebO3j0YW_V1hyphenhyphenTI2Q4OL9zA9iiAsbKXUnSm3FJ52HHFnxiSPYSUix62X71pufTTM9YmKmHMYEW-okLC0Bu-Y_Uhtw7UwDwpud6th4L5B2DbRBXuhTYIW9G8qg9LQ/s400/DSCN1211.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646049750727600034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Me and Brittany at Ivar's, Seattle's famous walk up seafood restaurant! Love it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrF8W6LRfknZqiNUYfYKy0SmELyNtOD82Kvnh6YZ6ldr5A2ba4QX3N4fhh57S8ByI7JvbLkN2fAyBTtri_jfpnR1mxW-kxK3gniSU8CxqSV4fzDZhylT_pet5sVNwNGzl4ZQgT4N9PykwZ/s1600/DSCN1214.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrF8W6LRfknZqiNUYfYKy0SmELyNtOD82Kvnh6YZ6ldr5A2ba4QX3N4fhh57S8ByI7JvbLkN2fAyBTtri_jfpnR1mxW-kxK3gniSU8CxqSV4fzDZhylT_pet5sVNwNGzl4ZQgT4N9PykwZ/s400/DSCN1214.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646049746011066994" /></a>
<br />Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-30348449392622770172011-06-06T17:16:00.000-07:002011-06-13T16:52:40.157-07:00Parker Graduated Pre-School<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Parker Graduated Pre-School</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It was so cute to watch all the kids</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">present what they learned for the year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The little girl in the red is Parkers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">BFF and Girlfriend Kentlee McKnight.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The graduation was great but a bit</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">long at 2 1/2 hrs!!!!</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtTQf2WB8xJHXNXFwzSppkeuWuKVVVQEiqL04jlBNXMwUd-aIJlyKKpabbM79Us5gz3g0aetij1xxK1cW6gM_C8yMV3p7HvQ24tNJJ2K4MwPm2wywAvLlp5Ys8Gge3iXR8wORBp3_y07E/s1600/DSCN1121.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtTQf2WB8xJHXNXFwzSppkeuWuKVVVQEiqL04jlBNXMwUd-aIJlyKKpabbM79Us5gz3g0aetij1xxK1cW6gM_C8yMV3p7HvQ24tNJJ2K4MwPm2wywAvLlp5Ys8Gge3iXR8wORBp3_y07E/s400/DSCN1121.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617856139497440930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSS5Ke0dWk8J3dYnKf3cfzv1RM7_o8GNVUwIsJ9f2pdi-fn8noRlEOoZiAkM9E_eZIWxzeAJR0C8hpHfCUGbqfBqod77Tlq1hopOqiYXzWcIIt9CERNZpB644fXFcx1vvpvi3-Dvqj_r6/s1600/DSCN1122.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSS5Ke0dWk8J3dYnKf3cfzv1RM7_o8GNVUwIsJ9f2pdi-fn8noRlEOoZiAkM9E_eZIWxzeAJR0C8hpHfCUGbqfBqod77Tlq1hopOqiYXzWcIIt9CERNZpB644fXFcx1vvpvi3-Dvqj_r6/s400/DSCN1122.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617856127615191250" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEp7UKB22KzMDLHJESazxwQR4WMM2QxjdYb5UCXwG1I2YXGKfTvxsRz-zIzpDQV1Bgbsks8saAyUxHZR_gU2Bar0L_NSN6xIlmD-FQif8yH7ah3rP82gvRPaG6cOUwKCy-nhM6f7rXSE5E/s1600/DSCN1123.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEp7UKB22KzMDLHJESazxwQR4WMM2QxjdYb5UCXwG1I2YXGKfTvxsRz-zIzpDQV1Bgbsks8saAyUxHZR_gU2Bar0L_NSN6xIlmD-FQif8yH7ah3rP82gvRPaG6cOUwKCy-nhM6f7rXSE5E/s400/DSCN1123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617856123152439730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvjV0sdvjK9BBuSkp-jM7NYHom3_T2CkwfkLAa5d9HTzDw8G9M5T4RGaGnnAT09mQkk1IpaLLC7KgNb-PVImY4Jb5vIVNLGn8QkR3cvmRGN7dqSpdBMC6dM5QNTlDjOMcjvQ3TfP7FPBO/s1600/DSCN1135.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvjV0sdvjK9BBuSkp-jM7NYHom3_T2CkwfkLAa5d9HTzDw8G9M5T4RGaGnnAT09mQkk1IpaLLC7KgNb-PVImY4Jb5vIVNLGn8QkR3cvmRGN7dqSpdBMC6dM5QNTlDjOMcjvQ3TfP7FPBO/s400/DSCN1135.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617856117965300194" /></a>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-52599388443899409062011-05-18T14:37:00.000-07:002011-05-18T14:59:01.135-07:00Disney Land Day 3.....& 4?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The last day at Disney Land, kind of bitter sweet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We decided to let Parker decide where we </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">would go the last day. He wanted to ride his favorite rides,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">starting with the Haunted Mansion, Autopia, The Matterhorn,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and Big Thunder Mountain. Next we did some more</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">exploring in California Adventure. Where Parker</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and I went on the Hotel Tower of Terror. Nana wussed</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">out, so it was the two of us. Parker ended up not </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">liking the ride, however he had to go on it twice to decide. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y1ZvcfXInVrgOmNwuI2dYvJo-ROmdwI7ajVNWw0mQZavlaWnNvDeunBQP6WpB3diiSp_iQy8y56xXLrLXMZFuaWaGEFUNA-8GqVWdjvOSgDO0jx7Mnk4f80oD-EfVPmheOZSUT9as-b0/s1600/DSCN1073.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 373px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y1ZvcfXInVrgOmNwuI2dYvJo-ROmdwI7ajVNWw0mQZavlaWnNvDeunBQP6WpB3diiSp_iQy8y56xXLrLXMZFuaWaGEFUNA-8GqVWdjvOSgDO0jx7Mnk4f80oD-EfVPmheOZSUT9as-b0/s400/DSCN1073.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608175952788144434" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycsoB4a_L6Tp1X5_Cixe1otNwEwTENJZjyXcAsST45rFTS4B76ZEP2HDYnR_rLf97w6t_Bx_slHUfM17w4H6kMwAzhnuCGoTTuhHtq3cb-hKoWOSIlvo_LMTOpMHI1_dSx6HwhEzqZBRA/s1600/DSCN1076.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycsoB4a_L6Tp1X5_Cixe1otNwEwTENJZjyXcAsST45rFTS4B76ZEP2HDYnR_rLf97w6t_Bx_slHUfM17w4H6kMwAzhnuCGoTTuhHtq3cb-hKoWOSIlvo_LMTOpMHI1_dSx6HwhEzqZBRA/s400/DSCN1076.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608175948098556530" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ybAn74B-FiUCC4-XaeeN9jDi0ooiorzH-X9K4Iuc-lBtq5QxQwbaBeqnwmSwPxATqzjrwtThZ1OWa0dCO3T2udBw0j05DHOph_WyFDp_ev-ADeN-bqthHYYoW_42u9WWOlwSXTm1T0Pt/s1600/DSCN1077.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ybAn74B-FiUCC4-XaeeN9jDi0ooiorzH-X9K4Iuc-lBtq5QxQwbaBeqnwmSwPxATqzjrwtThZ1OWa0dCO3T2udBw0j05DHOph_WyFDp_ev-ADeN-bqthHYYoW_42u9WWOlwSXTm1T0Pt/s400/DSCN1077.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608175941218291074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Above: Parker in line at the Matterhorn, where he kept</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">scaling the fence and getting his flip flops stuck!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Below: Parker and I in line at the Haunted Mansion.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiln4KELWZVkYX0FSehWj2t1QlQiw9Rf2eJX7hEOwKzK4JrnaTd4nqmPkNvdeIYfQ3fgGn12V_RdNixnwJ-CkU6uVrRSoC_p3iRs5hVYtdFHJlg1rhUqFxrT4CpWoAJiJbcCc8va3oh5Lfn/s1600/DSCN1085.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiln4KELWZVkYX0FSehWj2t1QlQiw9Rf2eJX7hEOwKzK4JrnaTd4nqmPkNvdeIYfQ3fgGn12V_RdNixnwJ-CkU6uVrRSoC_p3iRs5hVYtdFHJlg1rhUqFxrT4CpWoAJiJbcCc8va3oh5Lfn/s400/DSCN1085.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608175937660358482" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNony4feXEBZH_r_YK_OGDvfKCPIN_DsQKynnfHc8Ay8dgHyz9Pdb_yswO40ICCI_oEa0qaeGiyrpcmx4R_9pOVRmcjSVB5JXvtBjZKsdxmMFfCqi0OHQ0kDcIVp9T7l7PHshKrv_gkx72/s1600/DSCN1088.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNony4feXEBZH_r_YK_OGDvfKCPIN_DsQKynnfHc8Ay8dgHyz9Pdb_yswO40ICCI_oEa0qaeGiyrpcmx4R_9pOVRmcjSVB5JXvtBjZKsdxmMFfCqi0OHQ0kDcIVp9T7l7PHshKrv_gkx72/s400/DSCN1088.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608175929305166274" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsh4UN2pqNpHdvlFVATvec-BDAgIvZOdo4GhAv5r565F8eQAxCJwIXTOTQ15hCQ8BqDbZJPStT6Si5qDtqYIvrDmKGOOFDRYx6XA_Xe_uvAdlQEiD9WGdw2I0Fst_IO90KH7Mj622GaxI/s1600/DSCN1092.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsh4UN2pqNpHdvlFVATvec-BDAgIvZOdo4GhAv5r565F8eQAxCJwIXTOTQ15hCQ8BqDbZJPStT6Si5qDtqYIvrDmKGOOFDRYx6XA_Xe_uvAdlQEiD9WGdw2I0Fst_IO90KH7Mj622GaxI/s400/DSCN1092.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608174983280889122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Above: Parker was so excited to see Mater and Lighting McQueen.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Below: Nana and Parker at the airport before we left, on our longer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">than expected journey home.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKNOnCCMImr6qmYY8YxGxIqSVA9OxfnbVOZFPe8NZwh1mE1n2_p-FW1rCVxxeYqXXbLpRT4w9i4CcDX9o3CknIsBOTSOezrCeRo8qEwCDiLbwqPZivNePge_PB4DKnVJMGjVMo6sXBKK9/s1600/DSCN1098.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKNOnCCMImr6qmYY8YxGxIqSVA9OxfnbVOZFPe8NZwh1mE1n2_p-FW1rCVxxeYqXXbLpRT4w9i4CcDX9o3CknIsBOTSOezrCeRo8qEwCDiLbwqPZivNePge_PB4DKnVJMGjVMo6sXBKK9/s400/DSCN1098.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608174979092929698" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98Q-_iD13RWM8yJoshIYN0V3HG4PrPv8HEg7Fz4JcAZlT9Iz8aPO7kX3XeSla_p6cBV5Nl_Yek0uL12s1olth7g_-yFp1cWWIs88BmgxJ2u3r9WU3-5qyyvGK1Suxb8PfsNojTclADr1a/s1600/DSCN1104.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98Q-_iD13RWM8yJoshIYN0V3HG4PrPv8HEg7Fz4JcAZlT9Iz8aPO7kX3XeSla_p6cBV5Nl_Yek0uL12s1olth7g_-yFp1cWWIs88BmgxJ2u3r9WU3-5qyyvGK1Suxb8PfsNojTclADr1a/s400/DSCN1104.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608174970316794866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Above: Our planes were delayed and the plane from Phoenix to </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">SLC was eventually canceled at 1am. I am so lucky that Parker fell </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">asleep around 10:30 and didn't wake up until 5am the next day,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">which was perfect because our flight left at 6:20 am. The experience</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">was less than pleasant, so I don't recommend South West for great</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">customer service in the event of your flight being canceled or delayed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I was able to sleep a little on those chairs, Nana slept none!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Below: 6:30 am Parker on his flight home. He looked at both</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">me and Nana and said, "I'm done, I'm done Nana, let's go home."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">He then asked if we could go back to Disney Land on Sunday.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOToD-E1RZDRp-G9HaCEy2Oxn8S5NR-8Url41UWKg5UqTuybbh0evUNvX_5K9wrsUZoLaRC0i85ftcG4bQHoK6RhGyG-mdakTZEf7209FrfW1zYoEX6H0-zio0rVHue3FuRZ9k4QXHTQt_/s1600/DSCN1108.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOToD-E1RZDRp-G9HaCEy2Oxn8S5NR-8Url41UWKg5UqTuybbh0evUNvX_5K9wrsUZoLaRC0i85ftcG4bQHoK6RhGyG-mdakTZEf7209FrfW1zYoEX6H0-zio0rVHue3FuRZ9k4QXHTQt_/s400/DSCN1108.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608174965973588178" /></a>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-80519835183957696492011-05-11T17:25:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:23:27.779-07:00Disney Land Day 2<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Day 2 started out with a exact plan of attack!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">We entered Disney Land to hit the rides</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">and attractions we missed the day before.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">After, we left for a nice quiet lunch at the CheeseCake</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Factory, and then headed to the hotel for a swim break.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Next we headed to California Adventure Land to check</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">out their rides and attractions. It turned out great, I would offer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">this advice to anyone, split up your day. You miss the big lines</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">at the park and at the restaurants for lunch. Plus you get</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">either pool time or nap time!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighVakFX0ZQyLsfvTxBPBwoesFcQYeqVFa8wDLYF2_fTWWtwMugmS3_zSI2eeq3mcVjLK9obkFIJ_ruFFqhGN8NvCJgzshht_vzqtJdpSeMYb_p5C3j0t5NBHmy4MqYnYK6xWDw2Mlv1Ui/s1600/DSCN1041.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighVakFX0ZQyLsfvTxBPBwoesFcQYeqVFa8wDLYF2_fTWWtwMugmS3_zSI2eeq3mcVjLK9obkFIJ_ruFFqhGN8NvCJgzshht_vzqtJdpSeMYb_p5C3j0t5NBHmy4MqYnYK6xWDw2Mlv1Ui/s400/DSCN1041.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605903531379393442" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighVakFX0ZQyLsfvTxBPBwoesFcQYeqVFa8wDLYF2_fTWWtwMugmS3_zSI2eeq3mcVjLK9obkFIJ_ruFFqhGN8NvCJgzshht_vzqtJdpSeMYb_p5C3j0t5NBHmy4MqYnYK6xWDw2Mlv1Ui/s1600/DSCN1041.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Above: 1st ride of the day. Nana, Melinda, and </span></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Parker riding "It's a small world after all."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Below: 2nd ride of the day. Parker and Me in line</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">at Finding Nemo. Great ride, really long line.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8m4Mcc16FouXY7jLQzbQa9G03W3fkyLpQny6kW6OoKA5zojz2X2DkkLEYkIBt_-tAuQFoz6LyrYqFLlnkm-oQAomaUP5NzSI7_W1GME7nrxZlzpvE410eYROKgmjXS8RWqAhTRM2ciWV/s1600/DSCN1043.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8m4Mcc16FouXY7jLQzbQa9G03W3fkyLpQny6kW6OoKA5zojz2X2DkkLEYkIBt_-tAuQFoz6LyrYqFLlnkm-oQAomaUP5NzSI7_W1GME7nrxZlzpvE410eYROKgmjXS8RWqAhTRM2ciWV/s400/DSCN1043.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605903525191324226" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DeqVChP0fVkMkBeIndDmikzqx6-uvG0cmxE5XXOryTAEF9A3Bx8BVieduHuw0G0QgXsANGoCkFogOPGC96T-nOL7Fviu7XieZ6rR6XN5WgLAVbUoofp0x2AjSqZVRHk8hP7pbDq9GAD9/s1600/DSCN1046.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DeqVChP0fVkMkBeIndDmikzqx6-uvG0cmxE5XXOryTAEF9A3Bx8BVieduHuw0G0QgXsANGoCkFogOPGC96T-nOL7Fviu7XieZ6rR6XN5WgLAVbUoofp0x2AjSqZVRHk8hP7pbDq9GAD9/s400/DSCN1046.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605903524996740434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Above: Parker in the submarine of Finding Nemo.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Below: Parker and I in Mickey's Toon Town. So much</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">fun, gobs of stuff for kids to do, plus we are huge</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">fans of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzKpbYkPjunkdUKX_3V0e_nbUuZna_DYrQaruk_7gU612_Ar5HuN4dWrpRCeMM-d0X_eQSDfoR2ewrYSZVmArC_GEyXPe30o62ht22Na7dVtlxjJFrEyM7l-egmdBl6W3n5MBOC9UBp9F/s1600/DSCN1048.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzKpbYkPjunkdUKX_3V0e_nbUuZna_DYrQaruk_7gU612_Ar5HuN4dWrpRCeMM-d0X_eQSDfoR2ewrYSZVmArC_GEyXPe30o62ht22Na7dVtlxjJFrEyM7l-egmdBl6W3n5MBOC9UBp9F/s400/DSCN1048.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605903516565405810" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoliEFAhsdB6Wg1YJbBvGCK7N3Byvk5XYPnY517eW2FrwrW4EldB9Vn15g1LNJVyg2KZdKDQHQkQmtLZH1LU3D-uJ6EMk15Yd5WY6zUYCGp684ep71MDO4sLT7kTKWfgVsQfFNLRG-_j_/s1600/DSCN1051.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoliEFAhsdB6Wg1YJbBvGCK7N3Byvk5XYPnY517eW2FrwrW4EldB9Vn15g1LNJVyg2KZdKDQHQkQmtLZH1LU3D-uJ6EMk15Yd5WY6zUYCGp684ep71MDO4sLT7kTKWfgVsQfFNLRG-_j_/s400/DSCN1051.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605903513488167090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Above: More of Parker in Toon Town.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Below: More of Parker in Toon Town.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXTtu_7edJk1NMpUGGZamOCoZd2LJ-kp-0lB9abRlSmdRuoEAvcyfrR01usjj1MEClTSvhiWF6r9E1UxEO2k0MQ14_Su14BB0vCVeRdrEf6jY6iKfWUEppSPvtOE_95nLTUb_f3uSsAaf/s1600/DSCN1056.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXTtu_7edJk1NMpUGGZamOCoZd2LJ-kp-0lB9abRlSmdRuoEAvcyfrR01usjj1MEClTSvhiWF6r9E1UxEO2k0MQ14_Su14BB0vCVeRdrEf6jY6iKfWUEppSPvtOE_95nLTUb_f3uSsAaf/s400/DSCN1056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605902620545495026" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uu5F1KTCcYGIKnx-Sb_1pmVxnLDRDrm7PR-lkBhf8YevV8aqBS4GKDK9Uxul5VOhxWwSEprew1Z4kaBhfdv4G9udCVL7nBIijyNMbdnRbKGB_b_cJZtwes6xTGyr9VMBcN8uBgjHNmzb/s1600/DSCN1060.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uu5F1KTCcYGIKnx-Sb_1pmVxnLDRDrm7PR-lkBhf8YevV8aqBS4GKDK9Uxul5VOhxWwSEprew1Z4kaBhfdv4G9udCVL7nBIijyNMbdnRbKGB_b_cJZtwes6xTGyr9VMBcN8uBgjHNmzb/s400/DSCN1060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605902611684715890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Above: Parker in Toon Town, he had so much fun there.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Below: Our afternoon break, swimming in the pool.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">This started out great until Parker let go of his floaty </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">in the deep end, (8ft) causing my mother and I to </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">make quite the scene rescuing him. Gave poor Nana</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">a heart attack. I however am semi used to my son scaring </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">the bejesus out of me :)</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2nT3h1MrccolbabKJWSUOUfqmI4FA0Ph0ExCxJmLdgeByq3SBkTCE9pua01mPASZa2AgUKFBeQDn08CDNS7K1_MlJV6etGj90XSZVUyCvILMj0QdPJ4gVgNOqQrcBSK5bpNqTYt-2j1v/s1600/DSCN1061.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2nT3h1MrccolbabKJWSUOUfqmI4FA0Ph0ExCxJmLdgeByq3SBkTCE9pua01mPASZa2AgUKFBeQDn08CDNS7K1_MlJV6etGj90XSZVUyCvILMj0QdPJ4gVgNOqQrcBSK5bpNqTYt-2j1v/s400/DSCN1061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605902609276038674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX_3iSmsRPcAJ4UrdgRC7oLco6my8cyaUphSPYOFX3hU28xqa6e8fCAKzAhpbl3QLsiGJr1FhScS5Y11vFsywgUEAYjT8qbyFSRFyUXF0Pk9AftZlpxYkDElhJ1WwQ0LeWIahA4PJd09e/s1600/DSCN1064.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX_3iSmsRPcAJ4UrdgRC7oLco6my8cyaUphSPYOFX3hU28xqa6e8fCAKzAhpbl3QLsiGJr1FhScS5Y11vFsywgUEAYjT8qbyFSRFyUXF0Pk9AftZlpxYkDElhJ1WwQ0LeWIahA4PJd09e/s400/DSCN1064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605902602468503890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Above: Second half of the day. California Adventure Land.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Parker in line at Grizzly River. This was one of his favorite rides.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Below: Parker on Paradise Pier. Where our day ended.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjA1G_I0Npx7gPPMenhyphenhyphen9j6IyVlmzwW6lhXft9CpWOWKaC4n9PQNbcsFAMVhODbUQUfFFow47Lykq0fhNTQfAXjpfmjz-q0TAyoykUFOA5JBY4zd8gauBweNuJQm8k7iSfKploZgMLrILP/s1600/DSCN1067.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjA1G_I0Npx7gPPMenhyphenhyphen9j6IyVlmzwW6lhXft9CpWOWKaC4n9PQNbcsFAMVhODbUQUfFFow47Lykq0fhNTQfAXjpfmjz-q0TAyoykUFOA5JBY4zd8gauBweNuJQm8k7iSfKploZgMLrILP/s400/DSCN1067.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605902599740414322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Day 2 was great, and splitting the day up was even better.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">We decided when we go back next year that's how we will</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">do each day. Awesome day even with the attempted drowning. </span></span></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-80422918745866511192011-05-10T07:01:00.001-07:002011-05-10T08:34:37.207-07:00Disney Land Day 1<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Our First Day at Disney Land was amazing!</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">We arrived at opening and left</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">at closing!</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">In fact Parker starting talking in </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">his sleep this morning at</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">6am, saying DisneyLand Disney Land </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Disney Land.......</span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhje5ft02tJYtP3DuiwSfrMTLuv9KTQ3Zmpjg9wkFbVWl91n9VK5-uw3s-Zg3SbYM7AoIACWwNhdTxtQz76POaX5lrxyDLY4qABosgqfMshhsMrW9HWaZOUxrBXePITcfBAoVXqcG3m-sP/s1600/DSCN1004.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhje5ft02tJYtP3DuiwSfrMTLuv9KTQ3Zmpjg9wkFbVWl91n9VK5-uw3s-Zg3SbYM7AoIACWwNhdTxtQz76POaX5lrxyDLY4qABosgqfMshhsMrW9HWaZOUxrBXePITcfBAoVXqcG3m-sP/s400/DSCN1004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605102288490245618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Above: Parker on Tarzan's Tree House</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Below: Parker in line at the Jungle Cruise, he jumped</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">pretty high when the piraña's jumped out of the water</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kQTyZZde8y51k17C_abQbZlzK2zDSQCHwczt8GCZRcZGkDaSUAXXqc9k1R5NH2u5Mjk2UZDx3Wztw61m5M1RFf9Z4o6qKqpFvGV1StONYAV4cvNFyi6dznK87hrzRDJubCrt8DiM8Dhi/s1600/DSCN1002.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kQTyZZde8y51k17C_abQbZlzK2zDSQCHwczt8GCZRcZGkDaSUAXXqc9k1R5NH2u5Mjk2UZDx3Wztw61m5M1RFf9Z4o6qKqpFvGV1StONYAV4cvNFyi6dznK87hrzRDJubCrt8DiM8Dhi/s400/DSCN1002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605102282080007954" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNZ3yfFcyRrSCBYVVmCSDi87lMT40YJ0liCvj9lINzMFF0BQ96TtiuCdrVp5kvdN_Z2Ou2TEhPwe2yM2-iPPxYTYWgOP8hbFbJNRPqnsjxwMe5nj6Sgjk-QnFeggcOqgX2WqNJq99VgtX/s1600/DSCN1014.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNZ3yfFcyRrSCBYVVmCSDi87lMT40YJ0liCvj9lINzMFF0BQ96TtiuCdrVp5kvdN_Z2Ou2TEhPwe2yM2-iPPxYTYWgOP8hbFbJNRPqnsjxwMe5nj6Sgjk-QnFeggcOqgX2WqNJq99VgtX/s400/DSCN1014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605090342659813954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Above: Parker with Mr. Toad, at Toad's wild ride. When getting</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">on the ride, Parker scared the operator half to death by stepping</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">forward before the cars came to a complete stop. It was a lovely moment.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Below: Nana and Parker in between rides waiting for me to fill our drinks.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BbApwRKRg4A4BVRPxijxU6OSnc6eFWAe2swjc9utJfSPI5C_vyN9E9Q21K8qY-yMwQ3MDNACkMKRSHz81fsiW0oC7urNIlJtwNdXqbxFI0FNw3p91uzlyWvrSisuYj8Kp8PRYjMWyQjQ/s1600/DSCN1013.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BbApwRKRg4A4BVRPxijxU6OSnc6eFWAe2swjc9utJfSPI5C_vyN9E9Q21K8qY-yMwQ3MDNACkMKRSHz81fsiW0oC7urNIlJtwNdXqbxFI0FNw3p91uzlyWvrSisuYj8Kp8PRYjMWyQjQ/s400/DSCN1013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605090334056320162" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDt3Uxkgwk0j2mpGIqypngnt0u9gVLaSuullcg7pQXq4ukBQDt29rr-cVpcIERM28aYHSPDaqCWrvY392QA-EJ0yv2O3w9DbBcnEmK59bjIIRL7iYeBaqe75yDXVB9EIKfH-5IyJfoX8se/s1600/DSCN1011.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDt3Uxkgwk0j2mpGIqypngnt0u9gVLaSuullcg7pQXq4ukBQDt29rr-cVpcIERM28aYHSPDaqCWrvY392QA-EJ0yv2O3w9DbBcnEmK59bjIIRL7iYeBaqe75yDXVB9EIKfH-5IyJfoX8se/s400/DSCN1011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605090326755597202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Above: Me and Parker on the Matterhorn bobsleds</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Below: Parker at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">his favorite ride so far.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_sIsgprzUultsCVULPrt1k7LN1p_MUrJw5Z6br5wMTs_UNM7JJAHoTz4LmiI3kY8xJ4dxmxoQE6KPgMXAlh-Zpp6lPx8LoxfnxNTnvsmCasLDtmWEkIMc7aN7Z-58rjJtB4ieY2l6yWJ/s1600/DSCN1007.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_sIsgprzUultsCVULPrt1k7LN1p_MUrJw5Z6br5wMTs_UNM7JJAHoTz4LmiI3kY8xJ4dxmxoQE6KPgMXAlh-Zpp6lPx8LoxfnxNTnvsmCasLDtmWEkIMc7aN7Z-58rjJtB4ieY2l6yWJ/s400/DSCN1007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605090323117482066" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zS6mhbFUNYl1JWEf0-1nViPNAutTHZDhZUKSJB9TgQpGyZ3d1D849NeBpEgfJnOs4e0Dp7xEQmwNxSU4Y-nTqAwcaaQ0SaVg-KCuUqEQaC2qI-ejVkdiGWM5A-R-8Trp4fn_zEKM2jsF/s1600/DSCN1006.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zS6mhbFUNYl1JWEf0-1nViPNAutTHZDhZUKSJB9TgQpGyZ3d1D849NeBpEgfJnOs4e0Dp7xEQmwNxSU4Y-nTqAwcaaQ0SaVg-KCuUqEQaC2qI-ejVkdiGWM5A-R-8Trp4fn_zEKM2jsF/s400/DSCN1006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605090320171489458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Above: Parker at Tarzan's Tree House, where he fit right in </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">climbing on everything.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Below: Parker received his driver's license so he could drive</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">the cars at Autotopia. He loved this ride.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYqr76_FzEuutTos5lqX835cbzGRiynFjujnXm3eLCyDpEwOy_m_-QQAfnjPYXdl-LR2OV1pqfXXIe2PfH_Q0b5TqWHpBCQCUgY6xV8bdYdDdqHK4f4x4b70NbbyCUQGVnKJ5EapxMW6Z/s1600/DSCN1027.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYqr76_FzEuutTos5lqX835cbzGRiynFjujnXm3eLCyDpEwOy_m_-QQAfnjPYXdl-LR2OV1pqfXXIe2PfH_Q0b5TqWHpBCQCUgY6xV8bdYdDdqHK4f4x4b70NbbyCUQGVnKJ5EapxMW6Z/s400/DSCN1027.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605088529703770962" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2-Y2xP0EpGGrK0KP0ztd79W6dM8OanIAUkYE9y77mmobrgx5dSkNyTB37bIYEEjjoAdWTgFaWt1900h-mdgYLv6Y1V8xFoUGxki3zu8wIOIRHAR0wjtBYSdlXaYBlyXR5ofYGg5D5xlw/s1600/DSCN1026.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2-Y2xP0EpGGrK0KP0ztd79W6dM8OanIAUkYE9y77mmobrgx5dSkNyTB37bIYEEjjoAdWTgFaWt1900h-mdgYLv6Y1V8xFoUGxki3zu8wIOIRHAR0wjtBYSdlXaYBlyXR5ofYGg5D5xlw/s400/DSCN1026.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605088525975033666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Above: At the Monorail that goes above Disney Land.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Below: Me and Parker, he asked for that lollipop all day!</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d-1p0uaUYfCTD5tFvfh5ezQjH9vBgQVCGr0VXehHC5vayFbQ3p5TMnfNZFCcR8h6EMzBaqbNuuknBToIQ38hS5gBY_bgXjLVaWdLx10c-KPmvu51laTK9IERGTbjI1f0g09eJzZjzrL6/s1600/DSCN1030.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d-1p0uaUYfCTD5tFvfh5ezQjH9vBgQVCGr0VXehHC5vayFbQ3p5TMnfNZFCcR8h6EMzBaqbNuuknBToIQ38hS5gBY_bgXjLVaWdLx10c-KPmvu51laTK9IERGTbjI1f0g09eJzZjzrL6/s400/DSCN1030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605088522237434418" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKDetals6YDYiKuCrIF5iDvZpXd0If6X-5ZRdK6d8C6uOzYpMJujg5MEZGrXhpWzJkJ1epTQ3z5LbHDckNwGxjfAGzektPv0Zvgra7D4zd8piq7o12z6Y8SMUsscOwhOcLxfgH8EoimIk/s1600/DSCN1023.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKDetals6YDYiKuCrIF5iDvZpXd0If6X-5ZRdK6d8C6uOzYpMJujg5MEZGrXhpWzJkJ1epTQ3z5LbHDckNwGxjfAGzektPv0Zvgra7D4zd8piq7o12z6Y8SMUsscOwhOcLxfgH8EoimIk/s400/DSCN1023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605088518085319778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Above: Parker and Nana in line at Space Mountain. After we came to </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">to complete stop on Space Mountain, Parker looked at me and </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">said, I didn't like that ride at all!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Below: Parker in the teacups at the Mad Hatter Tea Party.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwFqftqM6o9O-sWuMF06zTJatFDOd6jgsliv4F5WK8RF4XT8TqQudssXNof2ErH92o6tQNLzRkO9PQYxk1aKy3rLC4xJlVgEDBT9-JdNT-k433AeaYKotfLgbDJqN9DIrce6V-5TAPU1R/s1600/DSCN1016.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwFqftqM6o9O-sWuMF06zTJatFDOd6jgsliv4F5WK8RF4XT8TqQudssXNof2ErH92o6tQNLzRkO9PQYxk1aKy3rLC4xJlVgEDBT9-JdNT-k433AeaYKotfLgbDJqN9DIrce6V-5TAPU1R/s400/DSCN1016.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605088516211949474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">The end of Day 1, we are about to start Day 2 </span></i></span></span>:)</div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-74694540003400903462011-05-08T18:32:00.000-07:002011-05-08T18:43:32.856-07:00Disney Land!!!!<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">My graduation gift from my parents</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">was a trip to Disney Land!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We just barely got here today,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">here are some </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">photos from our adventure....</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#990000;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUyP5m3TlVRQBTTw6jv9CK5Ysz6HfKOG_A41Dxb12QmpeXqNaYzOau7SI5ec9dnX7xs3Smzycefhyery8CpAQMz7o4CJcxl54QjGCZXAmAqAg-Nl32ojj0WDIiTivYLqC-WEpAsFFYsMI/s1600/DSCN0980.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjH3_8gRk6o4h5CkpDeFSJM5t13EZ3Q0XmDJEmwoMWCY0rUNkw3wVivLkj20pa7rFwOpqIAkEbM3NBaKQQqv91i-5J0VUkQ0t0gQbe1zVrVmIH2lM2F27cSUfqvgUxNRZot91BhxtHhKE/s400/DSCN0988.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604524648913436082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFl6fybLnaw77axiajpx37GtR5TcWR0XaZS_2-cvGERIFj7U-Jv4Lg-K51AL-XUpT7YCoyqB41imBeqyOMUayGryId5GlFMzQB02P1tPWBENGHlcm-Rs5P26hd0BSDobl8Du5QOAXjbHm/s1600/DSCN0990.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFl6fybLnaw77axiajpx37GtR5TcWR0XaZS_2-cvGERIFj7U-Jv4Lg-K51AL-XUpT7YCoyqB41imBeqyOMUayGryId5GlFMzQB02P1tPWBENGHlcm-Rs5P26hd0BSDobl8Du5QOAXjbHm/s400/DSCN0990.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604524647154756354" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq93OMxrro8_ZInhQjLS7IoLGmTDjWa-kEhacBd3ESlAym6hEoLphmHLPGfGQJC6WEv059AgqlqYFuECam8OPocZH1xx7UEzb_k-pEywZd6Zaz57DAd8XiqKHBKFUMNW4UCqVAiQzX7ZAu/s1600/DSCN0985.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq93OMxrro8_ZInhQjLS7IoLGmTDjWa-kEhacBd3ESlAym6hEoLphmHLPGfGQJC6WEv059AgqlqYFuECam8OPocZH1xx7UEzb_k-pEywZd6Zaz57DAd8XiqKHBKFUMNW4UCqVAiQzX7ZAu/s400/DSCN0985.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604524639417626002" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-63976791827322989962011-05-08T18:05:00.000-07:002011-05-08T18:46:50.393-07:00GRADUATION<div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I Graduated!!!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Here are some photos from my day.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Thanks to everyone who made it great, and</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">to everyone who loved and supported me</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">through my education!</span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HsFy54s7FwcNFrqxlvCRznvSsvWcEVYywidqrc-paUozPRzHS4V76R3ECX3dkQ9Yyy1g-hPV7zzG4MxqDv1focVnz-lSnLMg2sR34xdceykFEWgkWf909WuHJHltCSVRI9OuprYsM7P9/s1600/DSCN0977.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HsFy54s7FwcNFrqxlvCRznvSsvWcEVYywidqrc-paUozPRzHS4V76R3ECX3dkQ9Yyy1g-hPV7zzG4MxqDv1focVnz-lSnLMg2sR34xdceykFEWgkWf909WuHJHltCSVRI9OuprYsM7P9/s400/DSCN0977.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604526345918231266" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Above: Jake and Me after my graduation dinner</span></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxA7e-4AOaH4HbL_5q-lFRepL8euR2qHmlNwuf8DYnpm90_q11-Z__xe6FTvx3_lkuftHZhn373ndF5oDl077_Jlk_hCWp67crTUQ-IgoxKYQRbbnVhZnyeIKzg-dFLu8AIVER2s_4ViI/s1600/DSCN0976.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxA7e-4AOaH4HbL_5q-lFRepL8euR2qHmlNwuf8DYnpm90_q11-Z__xe6FTvx3_lkuftHZhn373ndF5oDl077_Jlk_hCWp67crTUQ-IgoxKYQRbbnVhZnyeIKzg-dFLu8AIVER2s_4ViI/s400/DSCN0976.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604520512847139202" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">Above: My parents, brother, me and Jake after</div><div style="text-align: center;">my graduation dinner at Le Nonne.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below: Natalie Johnson and me before we got our </div><div style="text-align: center;">diplomas. Natalie and I are both Business majors</div><div style="text-align: center;">with our emphasis in marketing.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8Inw15WEVZryc8ek8hVm7ds9SG-PnQRWdAxy8qBL6pQ-KALlf5YSuKoLnNn_-kIES9feskcWV3n1S-6lOraCJo1yUBsQJuVP5DoP1fca5OpIuLh0XECXLeeytjQGErUWe-xkK-E0UTuD/s1600/DSCN0959.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8Inw15WEVZryc8ek8hVm7ds9SG-PnQRWdAxy8qBL6pQ-KALlf5YSuKoLnNn_-kIES9feskcWV3n1S-6lOraCJo1yUBsQJuVP5DoP1fca5OpIuLh0XECXLeeytjQGErUWe-xkK-E0UTuD/s400/DSCN0959.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604520506703070050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4EZGSAgMJejxyxbxw5hODcq6a1BeHOdZPoVkR9yu1fpIyVBhfYVxGAO4vRDNuv1rSnOmxnDhI8Q-KG_c2HUZGW9oddvH4lX6SDDIqm1NRcxbCzsy89TGuBdWSluYET1bVXMTirRDHHCJ/s1600/DSCN0965.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4EZGSAgMJejxyxbxw5hODcq6a1BeHOdZPoVkR9yu1fpIyVBhfYVxGAO4vRDNuv1rSnOmxnDhI8Q-KG_c2HUZGW9oddvH4lX6SDDIqm1NRcxbCzsy89TGuBdWSluYET1bVXMTirRDHHCJ/s400/DSCN0965.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604520500951697058" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Above: Getting my diploma and shaking Dean Anderson's</div><div style="text-align: center;">hand after receiving my diploma!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below: My parents, Parker and me after graduation</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQUcT-JK8UhB8hBeiDCvtH1U8plWaHoLyMqaugrz8X6bf4WHyRZkdEYtVSqXzT_NVJ7GQPwKw_6YklW6VCwkUwRjDHp-7r4evM3dEQXpHkcT9T9vHhE2qYBTteH-UYkjIGxZFirb3MlD6/s1600/DSCN0970.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQUcT-JK8UhB8hBeiDCvtH1U8plWaHoLyMqaugrz8X6bf4WHyRZkdEYtVSqXzT_NVJ7GQPwKw_6YklW6VCwkUwRjDHp-7r4evM3dEQXpHkcT9T9vHhE2qYBTteH-UYkjIGxZFirb3MlD6/s400/DSCN0970.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604520494640722034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6r1pTbGmakJamPp4N7T1jiPDcVZOi_ElhoLjbabKoLF6EjxCxcTj1jRkF2o7mPQF1mOWAlLANvqMIvFzFHzBY-iVl0OQ0zpBVOWrV8QsTZ-eFa_3AiMe0hgSl9FC6dt35c9ZW0movQuvg/s1600/DSCN0974.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6r1pTbGmakJamPp4N7T1jiPDcVZOi_ElhoLjbabKoLF6EjxCxcTj1jRkF2o7mPQF1mOWAlLANvqMIvFzFHzBY-iVl0OQ0zpBVOWrV8QsTZ-eFa_3AiMe0hgSl9FC6dt35c9ZW0movQuvg/s400/DSCN0974.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604520491826765842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Above: My mom, Christina, Me and Kate after dinner</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below: My parents and Parker waiting for me to walk</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTfB6Aue0rLYoJVuN97SNnDQlLaYTbDR5p5TM-mhJcOfQW3a7G9gD2E0nbgiyKzmn8hihM0YjDOFVay8zsD9CNMw5-6PYkWaensao1aIuFm-0kMX_c70kldfW2ash0hTV17_Sb31Ak7cv/s1600/DSCN0945.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTfB6Aue0rLYoJVuN97SNnDQlLaYTbDR5p5TM-mhJcOfQW3a7G9gD2E0nbgiyKzmn8hihM0YjDOFVay8zsD9CNMw5-6PYkWaensao1aIuFm-0kMX_c70kldfW2ash0hTV17_Sb31Ak7cv/s400/DSCN0945.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604517646018237554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0v_OWE6XaAgRrphTa19iBxGYzhgcetXVjLVm2HRNnsgOvEv2Y2Q-dOHvTxQ3K5fjzUxCJO2rd0psrjVssicff1G_eo4kjb_Yw27oCHt7pTV8YAiIJj3JeOkY8_5de4HUulnUdb89I0wj/s1600/DSCN0954.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0v_OWE6XaAgRrphTa19iBxGYzhgcetXVjLVm2HRNnsgOvEv2Y2Q-dOHvTxQ3K5fjzUxCJO2rd0psrjVssicff1G_eo4kjb_Yw27oCHt7pTV8YAiIJj3JeOkY8_5de4HUulnUdb89I0wj/s400/DSCN0954.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604517641280633234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Above: Parker gave me a rose during my walk</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below: Parker sitting on Papa's shoulders</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kpzY3n2_Mb4Rpf4pzKRKsAHQk9sVI_oaoy8DsxoA3E_dCZeg4BPVoQRromPALmC3iW6Ywcqv1lfrIABmOa-I1b8Rwkv2NizkRYCrGMESOJVr1MEvuc0-s5wHzxtnNMQlqz__2nMUvJ5h/s1600/DSCN0956.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kpzY3n2_Mb4Rpf4pzKRKsAHQk9sVI_oaoy8DsxoA3E_dCZeg4BPVoQRromPALmC3iW6Ywcqv1lfrIABmOa-I1b8Rwkv2NizkRYCrGMESOJVr1MEvuc0-s5wHzxtnNMQlqz__2nMUvJ5h/s400/DSCN0956.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604517635899543154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">All in all it was a wonderful day, and it was</div><div style="text-align: center;">a long time coming. Thanks to everyone</div><div style="text-align: center;">who made it such a good day! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-52720623802114718292011-01-21T10:49:00.000-08:002011-01-21T11:12:06.250-08:00What's New<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">So the photos came in backwards because</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">I am just not the most talented </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); ">blogger. Here is a blib of what </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">we have been up to. This is Parker and I putting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">up our Christmas tree for the first time,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">Parker was better at this than me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "> </span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Mr9YmCPf3EE40te8nAqIBBcQ4ZX18zTpbw8qk_76nbl6oKiS0bEL2vdtV8Sj6K-T6ZLeaxdFIK4gEbbd5FaeVXkYkkUJH_8seBaIzOv-7XL5BQjEkyiDy3hnQpQXVd6-ObZiV0fZMQ0N/s1600/DSCN0635.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Mr9YmCPf3EE40te8nAqIBBcQ4ZX18zTpbw8qk_76nbl6oKiS0bEL2vdtV8Sj6K-T6ZLeaxdFIK4gEbbd5FaeVXkYkkUJH_8seBaIzOv-7XL5BQjEkyiDy3hnQpQXVd6-ObZiV0fZMQ0N/s400/DSCN0635.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564717314581535026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOtH-s7OHxsZmIkEyTMhs3SEfrA9usKvV8xcmj0OV82BI3ihn3MJGpnBno_gtRGMpfqDN4QWVUeD2_qPZKGipxT5EbEorwUV-N6QvxwRc-WId21ggX8RFCigi2_SnFkFpTf27m3KZjjUp/s1600/DSCN0639.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOtH-s7OHxsZmIkEyTMhs3SEfrA9usKvV8xcmj0OV82BI3ihn3MJGpnBno_gtRGMpfqDN4QWVUeD2_qPZKGipxT5EbEorwUV-N6QvxwRc-WId21ggX8RFCigi2_SnFkFpTf27m3KZjjUp/s400/DSCN0639.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564717304575122978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">Parker got a snowboard and season pass to Beaver.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">He has been so excited about all of it,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">I have no doubt he will be pro one day. He is a natural.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNgYBhWrgEkQ6sXCYzDFQ8HjbDF6xKEjuWVajf6b3neH22XsUm0R5PcTrPg7K8aPilhD9Ghgqz7cv_ipt1ZvOA4j4lafXNoClTlR2jO1EWJRCbGzgUytANXYHxgGzEt2WvSEB6iQRpqdO/s1600/DSCN0643.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNgYBhWrgEkQ6sXCYzDFQ8HjbDF6xKEjuWVajf6b3neH22XsUm0R5PcTrPg7K8aPilhD9Ghgqz7cv_ipt1ZvOA4j4lafXNoClTlR2jO1EWJRCbGzgUytANXYHxgGzEt2WvSEB6iQRpqdO/s400/DSCN0643.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564717297350294018" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">Family photos done by Jeremi Broadhurst.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">Who did a fantastic job with not just my photos but our entire</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;">family including two dogs.</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURhspG7yIVGozdE2VthdkSAMD582HvFFvbkqe-Lf1DMTIyxgpU4hBC3lisEWdv721MfaZcz5rIDW64D5NJsCHiBa59b9Kac_kHMgBKyVq1l6VUdujmkt2zu50cSBm0vmgFqEVaU-931oE/s1600/1010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURhspG7yIVGozdE2VthdkSAMD582HvFFvbkqe-Lf1DMTIyxgpU4hBC3lisEWdv721MfaZcz5rIDW64D5NJsCHiBa59b9Kac_kHMgBKyVq1l6VUdujmkt2zu50cSBm0vmgFqEVaU-931oE/s400/1010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564716096285872914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKtOjk05hKXv4eRL3AEphi9YwOI3qa3WX8sVGin2mYcJg1oRU1ILPqOueKhDP11JS8y5X9CNsl_gh2pHKHkNZvBg2iblYGUxkXdl9Si_-vDjXcoblRcfpAm88tkToJsixemz4SgC8nZDy/s1600/0933+color.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKtOjk05hKXv4eRL3AEphi9YwOI3qa3WX8sVGin2mYcJg1oRU1ILPqOueKhDP11JS8y5X9CNsl_gh2pHKHkNZvBg2iblYGUxkXdl9Si_-vDjXcoblRcfpAm88tkToJsixemz4SgC8nZDy/s400/0933+color.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564716091709730930" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">I ran the Nike Women's marathon in San Francisco.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">I was fortunate enough to run the race</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">with two very awesome women.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Megan Kenney, and Jo Seely, Meg even ran</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">the race pregnant. Go Meg you rock!</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZepEh8KM-uSl5qBynO_gxdE5wvChCSRHBBNf57sVCDHwaGhLahRuer7ccqIZHUo0WrAYJ9MKpkQscZ2-TAGS-34JHRDW6OOwzMYNMwbyUoUHhdypmv9NCbXk0bt6brvK7H4JP5E10JmW/s1600/DSCN0612.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZepEh8KM-uSl5qBynO_gxdE5wvChCSRHBBNf57sVCDHwaGhLahRuer7ccqIZHUo0WrAYJ9MKpkQscZ2-TAGS-34JHRDW6OOwzMYNMwbyUoUHhdypmv9NCbXk0bt6brvK7H4JP5E10JmW/s400/DSCN0612.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564715147474622162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbNB37r-l0wObxms0HeJdvKtOVXMXHHsYcIBDlXUTMhfWU6uSajGzZ_SP3WLwM34kfpJO5eTyFCTnN0SDhzToK2vysRrLx0LPqZ7lOy8PD6KgL6re0APqCniJQzSFEc1BB296Qwyrl3Pm/s1600/DSCN0609.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbNB37r-l0wObxms0HeJdvKtOVXMXHHsYcIBDlXUTMhfWU6uSajGzZ_SP3WLwM34kfpJO5eTyFCTnN0SDhzToK2vysRrLx0LPqZ7lOy8PD6KgL6re0APqCniJQzSFEc1BB296Qwyrl3Pm/s400/DSCN0609.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564715141854308402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGxH_T4Kxq7rG2zvBN41gnKIY0LTaAPotlTn3Tze6lcIhu2seJGtHT1CDYDMxy5EbPZrRVKWJO4UeTGNLAsGoxKQkhl8Kl7iabWTTvGBeYzIxSO_nOOMVlLhnoSVVx_gSORIwEObd2OcU/s1600/DSCN0554.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGxH_T4Kxq7rG2zvBN41gnKIY0LTaAPotlTn3Tze6lcIhu2seJGtHT1CDYDMxy5EbPZrRVKWJO4UeTGNLAsGoxKQkhl8Kl7iabWTTvGBeYzIxSO_nOOMVlLhnoSVVx_gSORIwEObd2OcU/s400/DSCN0554.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564715136348108610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHBZjUE-Os6F9_mHb5UkYndWGbz2rxk-EvFUpZGhELamNOeAwPOilr3eVYBolqFKfnVpKkNFfOi_l9vbhRiuqOvuspS5p3JWDXspUFPcURi-Y2XiyGGuEzxh1wP3rjO4potKB_Kx7DehT/s1600/DSCN0549.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHBZjUE-Os6F9_mHb5UkYndWGbz2rxk-EvFUpZGhELamNOeAwPOilr3eVYBolqFKfnVpKkNFfOi_l9vbhRiuqOvuspS5p3JWDXspUFPcURi-Y2XiyGGuEzxh1wP3rjO4potKB_Kx7DehT/s400/DSCN0549.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564715126061820034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmUFvj07g8vHAEkBChxkB1-s5svnuUS2Kp9of8oknG13KmYt-X8fARZXIpoKE-hZF8FXq73nJOisg6Kjo-nTCoHD0KveUxsfk8hktLN-G-a90WihkIOEjqhlMsoZ8VnPFoDKkYF86P8ph/s1600/DSCN0548.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmUFvj07g8vHAEkBChxkB1-s5svnuUS2Kp9of8oknG13KmYt-X8fARZXIpoKE-hZF8FXq73nJOisg6Kjo-nTCoHD0KveUxsfk8hktLN-G-a90WihkIOEjqhlMsoZ8VnPFoDKkYF86P8ph/s400/DSCN0548.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564715116386983634" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-18798102119690963392010-10-05T13:31:00.000-07:002010-10-05T17:37:49.894-07:00Black Hawk Time<div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Aunt Mandy was in town last week. She went to campus to visit the ROTC,</div><div style="text-align: right;">her old stomping ground. After telling everyone what she does</div><div style="text-align: right;">now, fly black hawk helicopters, they invited her to watch</div><div style="text-align: right;">the helicopters land by the Hyper Building. </div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">She thought it would be fun to take Parker, so she picked him up from school.</div><div style="text-align: right;">Confusing everyone at school, because it looked like mom, but wasn't</div><div style="text-align: right;">Parker's mom. Anyway here are some of the photos of Parker</div><div style="text-align: right;">Climbing all over the helicopter. He loved it, and continued asking</div><div style="text-align: right;">the pilot if he could go for a ride in it.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbroM5ADJyEqU4y_Drd-Tq6uwZqefRzhJSbMN5J6IGy3gEgb2VP91C8rv76wIiHJLCIqVo_MHJA7eiDAe9j23SeMQGYHuPN8nvFQv1ZROfkiL-V4kzvWPF_ZLocGG6q9gXx5jdi5I5fIT/s1600/BlackHawk%231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbroM5ADJyEqU4y_Drd-Tq6uwZqefRzhJSbMN5J6IGy3gEgb2VP91C8rv76wIiHJLCIqVo_MHJA7eiDAe9j23SeMQGYHuPN8nvFQv1ZROfkiL-V4kzvWPF_ZLocGG6q9gXx5jdi5I5fIT/s400/BlackHawk%231.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524724060412860226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiE3V3LnbP2DLUr0SJhK_tW3D0YFB6RbzSsBcP79mAp1wzOukkP5b8bQw8dAsCH8hNK7xCIFFPtyFzn2x5wHxpbqdI5f5aKoBPodJMeiledi_pfSoJV6VrfWrNxO7xQONfl978Na2TrnoX/s1600/blackhawk%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiE3V3LnbP2DLUr0SJhK_tW3D0YFB6RbzSsBcP79mAp1wzOukkP5b8bQw8dAsCH8hNK7xCIFFPtyFzn2x5wHxpbqdI5f5aKoBPodJMeiledi_pfSoJV6VrfWrNxO7xQONfl978Na2TrnoX/s400/blackhawk%232.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524724055497888370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkM0It42cKJtylHTNLB9mknCRvJ1-JL6sXEScFE14Kj7FTLa7-rA07h0QtEEZWfeSZZeG-AxIL7ojOpqgrIUVYh9R8lMTAsPVgyY2Z7A6W6dbiTtj0P4YmQ3t2_0CcIsYxrgmvYFe0oasN/s1600/blackhawk%233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkM0It42cKJtylHTNLB9mknCRvJ1-JL6sXEScFE14Kj7FTLa7-rA07h0QtEEZWfeSZZeG-AxIL7ojOpqgrIUVYh9R8lMTAsPVgyY2Z7A6W6dbiTtj0P4YmQ3t2_0CcIsYxrgmvYFe0oasN/s400/blackhawk%233.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524724050433363266" /></a>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-39114537589659419122010-10-04T20:04:00.000-07:002010-10-04T20:27:05.144-07:00BUSINESS WEEK 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYF8DiwqgOYgevsZeOF1dCXm6vwf0Zcgv_dWXOH0J9BBDN49CTflDcu74M-IBBtgIIqOBoZaXm_pGCBqopnTotOXRvO-6GfCKAZo7KPQYIH1tcql3HZwrrMqHyiuUGpUMrwmOkHmbS-Px/s1600/busweek%233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYF8DiwqgOYgevsZeOF1dCXm6vwf0Zcgv_dWXOH0J9BBDN49CTflDcu74M-IBBtgIIqOBoZaXm_pGCBqopnTotOXRvO-6GfCKAZo7KPQYIH1tcql3HZwrrMqHyiuUGpUMrwmOkHmbS-Px/s400/busweek%233.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524393870482368930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Monday night we put on a charity concert.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kalai came and put on a sensational </div><div style="text-align: center;">acoustic set. The concert was free,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Texas Road House sponsored</div><div style="text-align: center;">$1 pulled pork sandwiches. We had over</div><div style="text-align: center;">1500 people show up to old main hill.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Raising $2,500 on Monday night alone.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XiNwV2yqAa8SRLz4igu4Pw9VGDIPDn2NTrrvyl1CgX37-Yl2lGzOwM1q7ytvg12lR90UA1UyNGHQIUKZjYplyKmm-JxTqds7BF32ZJ1LtJoFXTGO-AI49wViGl0fdR4fmlggcfqf6j1L/s1600/busweek%231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XiNwV2yqAa8SRLz4igu4Pw9VGDIPDn2NTrrvyl1CgX37-Yl2lGzOwM1q7ytvg12lR90UA1UyNGHQIUKZjYplyKmm-JxTqds7BF32ZJ1LtJoFXTGO-AI49wViGl0fdR4fmlggcfqf6j1L/s400/busweek%231.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524393864586132978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday night we had our first annual</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Last Dash Relay" </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was 10 mile relay race. You could run</div><div style="text-align: center;">it as a team of two or solo. So I grabbed all of my favorite</div><div style="text-align: center;">running buddies, and we decided to run the whole thing</div><div style="text-align: center;">solo. It would be great training for San Fransisco.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was also lucky lucky to have</div><div style="text-align: center;">my sister in town for this event!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Starting from the left, Megan Kenney, Miranda Gahn,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kelly Olsen, Me, Kari Soderquist.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had an awesome turn out for the first year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We raised over $2,000 with this event!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was such a fun challenge</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a great introduction</div><div style="text-align: center;">to things I want to do in my career.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCXvd1KI3QJAoI6___Q5n3JKGdBZ2gdEPXtuVq5z8ESz0YD1qhp3FWJwa7lbRa8z-xY_6XyA9L84UZiLnErfosY3b2Js50x70OhK-bhAGUy0YUYfU9wEz8wifeZGdzZYTP9srrq4XgMhR/s1600/busweek%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCXvd1KI3QJAoI6___Q5n3JKGdBZ2gdEPXtuVq5z8ESz0YD1qhp3FWJwa7lbRa8z-xY_6XyA9L84UZiLnErfosY3b2Js50x70OhK-bhAGUy0YUYfU9wEz8wifeZGdzZYTP9srrq4XgMhR/s400/busweek%232.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524393853035729634" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This last week was business week for</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Huntsman School of Business.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am now an intern for our director of marketing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He is the sole reason we were able to </div><div style="text-align: center;">do what we did with business week this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I was his intern, I worked very</div><div style="text-align: center;">hard to help business week come alive, and overall we </div><div style="text-align: center;">succeeded amazingly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not only did we put on a week full of outstanding</div><div style="text-align: center;">events, we raised over $9,000 for the</div><div style="text-align: center;">Huntsman Cancer Institute. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some photos from the week!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to everyone who helped me</div><div style="text-align: center;">during this week! My friends and family were an</div><div style="text-align: center;">amazing support and I could not have been involved with </div><div style="text-align: center;">something so amazing, had everyone not supported me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-21161530267608525242010-09-16T11:24:00.001-07:002010-09-16T11:31:16.484-07:00Nana's Night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUq_-3ITF7Bs3JFBi5VpOgMBlASaoI2LerwuTKgxvDRm_1qdhPE9oCL9Cg-4lYmkb4Iu04qmQvnLy29tbtqvB7nggIqSHJRlTatL4b3c47kTDkIHVWuFSSEvqYuS8zybWfiO1IJrPWkta/s1600/new+shoes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUq_-3ITF7Bs3JFBi5VpOgMBlASaoI2LerwuTKgxvDRm_1qdhPE9oCL9Cg-4lYmkb4Iu04qmQvnLy29tbtqvB7nggIqSHJRlTatL4b3c47kTDkIHVWuFSSEvqYuS8zybWfiO1IJrPWkta/s400/new+shoes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517579314247838978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Parker spent Tuesday with his Nana and Papa. They took him to buy</div><div style="text-align: center;">New shoes! He was so excited. He picked out these </div><div style="text-align: center;">high top converse all on his own. He thinks he needs</div><div style="text-align: center;">to sleep in them now.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoqdz2R3zr015565q9dwbEMZAcWekkwMEQRLMqi9S6fG3PyL0atx6tk8UtOnPS4kz8BVs23GuHNOv2Uul4xA4eELipLZuDuXaHG5SoWIF_ifbW_ya1UY1XGevoVLO-hY1qS8Hv0QrbQfK/s1600/naba'snight2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoqdz2R3zr015565q9dwbEMZAcWekkwMEQRLMqi9S6fG3PyL0atx6tk8UtOnPS4kz8BVs23GuHNOv2Uul4xA4eELipLZuDuXaHG5SoWIF_ifbW_ya1UY1XGevoVLO-hY1qS8Hv0QrbQfK/s400/naba'snight2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517579305907244626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After buying the shoes it was time to ride all the cars</div><div style="text-align: center;">and toys in the mall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He's such a ham!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUUlWUQDhyqlj1av2GQgM0HfCEaKppLgsWvpRLFrGyaJDmUobrKw_pNfdFRMkZSg4iNUZTTqAYph-h2Zi936R71Xrb0qpMa7qE3wbPmQPxQoo3RUGtbwuZoD_WdGIVKbC90QhfQ8P_pHf/s1600/nana's+bight.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUUlWUQDhyqlj1av2GQgM0HfCEaKppLgsWvpRLFrGyaJDmUobrKw_pNfdFRMkZSg4iNUZTTqAYph-h2Zi936R71Xrb0qpMa7qE3wbPmQPxQoo3RUGtbwuZoD_WdGIVKbC90QhfQ8P_pHf/s400/nana's+bight.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517579299770363730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyCPdOSY0vZROJqNgAhhp5h__weAJ0ZqNtvPZkh4Afbtrz4hExlqdevk_sKCD1u2gNUxMrbRnoCVNI-IEWTYACxndGR19P9n65QnrmSJwZ8FOoIorChSAMgsynaqYcHGUZkPTEsKfeS52/s1600/nanasnight3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyCPdOSY0vZROJqNgAhhp5h__weAJ0ZqNtvPZkh4Afbtrz4hExlqdevk_sKCD1u2gNUxMrbRnoCVNI-IEWTYACxndGR19P9n65QnrmSJwZ8FOoIorChSAMgsynaqYcHGUZkPTEsKfeS52/s400/nanasnight3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517579287015459026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After dinner and shoe shopping</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was time to play outside. He has now discovered tree climbing,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which is easier with his new shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He got them very dirty and became quite concerned </div><div style="text-align: center;">with all the scuff's. Papa made sure to wipe them</div><div style="text-align: center;">down with a clorox wipe. Now Parker</div><div style="text-align: center;">asks for a wipe for his shoes every</div><div style="text-align: center;">time he comes inside.</div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-71067279488310776742010-09-14T13:50:00.001-07:002010-09-14T14:07:10.826-07:00Cookie Cutter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AeTijJqCziUiUIlYx0hziAzZW7IlA1rEdEAtVm7zsbRstO7ssJ8NKk77JPB3Dy4jtAyQitgDeQnLRDjxdgAWaw7yFvnPwTLbJsJSa7vqxaTVum_rLqGGZg77VLgf3Mjb_pXyRbMIGBJ-/s1600/HairCut3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AeTijJqCziUiUIlYx0hziAzZW7IlA1rEdEAtVm7zsbRstO7ssJ8NKk77JPB3Dy4jtAyQitgDeQnLRDjxdgAWaw7yFvnPwTLbJsJSa7vqxaTVum_rLqGGZg77VLgf3Mjb_pXyRbMIGBJ-/s400/HairCut3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516874817379932578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeX3K4JduUYQwEa5gyNp_8C-thsPYCtXpEwonZt-EAeMBUOcOUlaMZmBwUgwJHOJ7uU4g8yGmPO_nvr7dt8pmoJswDL8qVb3kNZGMiMbrQol1T0B-l-db4aAi6iOpcx3go_XMS9eYfbF8/s1600/HairCut2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeX3K4JduUYQwEa5gyNp_8C-thsPYCtXpEwonZt-EAeMBUOcOUlaMZmBwUgwJHOJ7uU4g8yGmPO_nvr7dt8pmoJswDL8qVb3kNZGMiMbrQol1T0B-l-db4aAi6iOpcx3go_XMS9eYfbF8/s400/HairCut2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516874813843705778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxO6g_DrZteR2Gg0nIbnSVd8BkloHkB8lHwxoB013OY0qz05z8DsVS_1k4u338dkHwlgO1XWMXy03hE23RWuYIzdOHh3MwTD7ki6NGo3n7Kqh0ZVKSXGjdfaoG6StU4s19O2-hVqpwy_wa/s1600/HairCut1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxO6g_DrZteR2Gg0nIbnSVd8BkloHkB8lHwxoB013OY0qz05z8DsVS_1k4u338dkHwlgO1XWMXy03hE23RWuYIzdOHh3MwTD7ki6NGo3n7Kqh0ZVKSXGjdfaoG6StU4s19O2-hVqpwy_wa/s400/HairCut1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516874803810870562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Parker was so excited to get his hair cut.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He went to this salon, Cookie Cutters the week before,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but they didn't have an appointment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He was so disappointed, I promised we would go back.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He got to pick the car he sat in, the movie to watch, and a balloon</div><div style="text-align: center;">when he was all finished. Plus the whole thing was $10.</div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-78456091004036168012010-09-02T13:12:00.001-07:002010-09-02T13:48:46.887-07:00Missing NYC<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOl_aw0zear9ykleBfJDaHiqsEBMLjh-jgSXSWp4uVs140zjk9VQn_7TAh0TACb3sJLwTyTCvpL6ssCWCxLKt2act3ic2BS0z5lFLuX-kbdLcIliWZZQTGe1jmLkUGSg4oeMmfPqGi70aG/s1600/central+park.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512411832953840898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOl_aw0zear9ykleBfJDaHiqsEBMLjh-jgSXSWp4uVs140zjk9VQn_7TAh0TACb3sJLwTyTCvpL6ssCWCxLKt2act3ic2BS0z5lFLuX-kbdLcIliWZZQTGe1jmLkUGSg4oeMmfPqGi70aG/s400/central+park.jpg" /></a> This summer I was given the opportunity to travel with the Huntsman School of Business.</div><div align="center">One of the trips was to New York. A city I've dreamt of seeing for years.</div><div align="center">We went there to meet with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">professionals</span> in the finance industry and met with </div><div align="center">13 different companies in 3 days. This picture was taken from the top floor of the second most expensive building in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Manhattan</span>, which is occupied by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">MacKay</span> Shields a division of New York Life. It obviously over looks Central Park, which was an amazing view in person. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I was just viewing my photos from this trip and longing for another one.</div><div align="center">Hopefully I'll get back to New York soon.<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-38481103415201282302010-08-31T14:52:00.000-07:002010-09-01T13:19:26.136-07:00School Mornings<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWvDjldDgTE9GpyNiJxUGk_bzgiBZ78Ap82EOg1UE3ziKeBdKJXPis_3sJapXOXHRrYfaTInRbHvujiwrbkQsR4axXS0CsWqoipZun19dYfSmDQ5_RyvmbhEYWIE8QF4PrKsNwFGQYztm/s1600/bug&Etnie.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511695504368155010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWvDjldDgTE9GpyNiJxUGk_bzgiBZ78Ap82EOg1UE3ziKeBdKJXPis_3sJapXOXHRrYfaTInRbHvujiwrbkQsR4axXS0CsWqoipZun19dYfSmDQ5_RyvmbhEYWIE8QF4PrKsNwFGQYztm/s400/bug&Etnie.jpg" /></a> Morning alarms are back in use and neither of these two are happy about it.</div><div align="center">They made it from the bed to the couch</div><div align="center">Just in time for cartoons<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-38771647073447407632010-07-26T13:06:00.000-07:002010-07-26T13:26:38.505-07:00To My Little Dog<strong>Cassie: October 1996- July 2010</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lG8NxOdYKJarBkVGBC47PXqch694NgQK-D6KYchYBrforIyiBieRCeV43pUKJhbukJibCCDJ2JTPXMnTVzvuhcmkzzejbsUH34WuuN0VIBkj173fIxbciYgUmgxG2lhwbb4JzUNZPjfq/s1600/Family+photos+by+Ann+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498312869849574738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lG8NxOdYKJarBkVGBC47PXqch694NgQK-D6KYchYBrforIyiBieRCeV43pUKJhbukJibCCDJ2JTPXMnTVzvuhcmkzzejbsUH34WuuN0VIBkj173fIxbciYgUmgxG2lhwbb4JzUNZPjfq/s320/Family+photos+by+Ann+007.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMh4gpFmzjwKDImH1Jxy6ZdGj0bZ7EP6251J7JxI5nr2baMrhj6U5dOmgCAwo3CgrL-EauHW9tuVh31OjH1ylTxKW_8NcG_K3_qszTa_DJve4u48i5IFOfz03KaWPtMALboSds468TuTQO/s1600/Family+photos+by+Ann+039.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498312855748702082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMh4gpFmzjwKDImH1Jxy6ZdGj0bZ7EP6251J7JxI5nr2baMrhj6U5dOmgCAwo3CgrL-EauHW9tuVh31OjH1ylTxKW_8NcG_K3_qszTa_DJve4u48i5IFOfz03KaWPtMALboSds468TuTQO/s320/Family+photos+by+Ann+039.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikcek60PxYoEV_7ir7HcEqCEdOtA0CAoqwr1_9DOmKHCTG5QZbsBbXRit_9VnIe2Fohqh32MCAFggkB3LSD645Qu8TCL5xOHkRLbrTjWkfc4uCJc1dzgocudg9b6CQEHTB-J3ZpRhyphenhyphenw-o/s1600/Family+photos+by+Ann+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498312849530278466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikcek60PxYoEV_7ir7HcEqCEdOtA0CAoqwr1_9DOmKHCTG5QZbsBbXRit_9VnIe2Fohqh32MCAFggkB3LSD645Qu8TCL5xOHkRLbrTjWkfc4uCJc1dzgocudg9b6CQEHTB-J3ZpRhyphenhyphenw-o/s320/Family+photos+by+Ann+002.jpg" /></a><strong>Cassie was my little dog.....</strong> <div><strong>I just had to have her, no other little dog would do....</strong><br /><strong>I was 13, and wanted to give her all the love in the world...</strong></div><div><strong>When we brought her home, she could fit into the palm of my hands...</strong></div><div><strong>She was sweet and spunky and everything I could have asked for...</strong></div><div><strong>Sometimes I wasn't always good to her, so I am thank full my mother was....</strong></div><div><strong>I took for granted, and she will be forever missed....</strong></div><div><strong>She wasn't the smartest or the fastest, but I loved her non the less.....</strong></div><div><strong>Cassie you will be missed...</strong></div></div></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-11069586014916941152010-06-30T09:48:00.000-07:002010-06-30T10:21:57.495-07:00Catching Up<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBEr-tPssBSkYCxy8IJh3iVpKIacyB1lPashNMvtnLhvVs6dRKggo8LeQbuw2GRAZtLnsEkT9NujWqADctA8-I3stWlWTYdfgS7sr9eMbAz0K3tptc9hbNSTRER2zDURYXrCaJKygMNIA/s1600/DSCN0245.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488616257969514626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTbtrPGKR7GgxHAcbeMo7vnAZ7W8ULyDSuqqoJnHegYtwC58OGZJmK10eWXDtsWUJXCgaHstlszY2dC2H0UU_vmf4lXxZcg4UjfSBXhmDGjEh0ED_2iYssILJAawybm8-ESupTMw5EZL_/s320/DSCN0260.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmxrGca9JJscYipKuMjlKDDg7RtcO6xtW2bPOGCvGQJj_Y10yrTLT4hQRt7bgoD1muWc4Gu6aCZi8F6pGlDa9HJx22-MKX5oK6ztuy84qE1d1ViBBHwWBlrvNHW-HIjQW6iGdIQHSKyrc/s1600/DSCN0282.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488613644432519506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmxrGca9JJscYipKuMjlKDDg7RtcO6xtW2bPOGCvGQJj_Y10yrTLT4hQRt7bgoD1muWc4Gu6aCZi8F6pGlDa9HJx22-MKX5oK6ztuy84qE1d1ViBBHwWBlrvNHW-HIjQW6iGdIQHSKyrc/s320/DSCN0282.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XXjpWqH5yycE9Er7MshSRlR-wBdrrsMR2Y1oteOEVuj9BPq-pNoz6k3EkG8eRJZnIBqzFrKefr0nPuc5m8zzpq7E94AVPbflj2lzY-fGEZ5OUZ9Eoahnq7GKxcg6d5x45dv_roDQSxwH/s1600/DSCN0214.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488613635942042674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XXjpWqH5yycE9Er7MshSRlR-wBdrrsMR2Y1oteOEVuj9BPq-pNoz6k3EkG8eRJZnIBqzFrKefr0nPuc5m8zzpq7E94AVPbflj2lzY-fGEZ5OUZ9Eoahnq7GKxcg6d5x45dv_roDQSxwH/s320/DSCN0214.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBazlels102AqFpwjphm0eSMm3xqLiyMYwtaSbMKfSXTNgHQLtuYtGrKKxrDsrgx4xoiUCVXm8hLSwLM-O_ARDgZ0D8fvDIJDh_AWqXuhyphenhyphenQS610ddTT9x0XuiWIa4krbqPC8gQnV4G4oA/s1600/DSCN0225.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488613628536009186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBazlels102AqFpwjphm0eSMm3xqLiyMYwtaSbMKfSXTNgHQLtuYtGrKKxrDsrgx4xoiUCVXm8hLSwLM-O_ARDgZ0D8fvDIJDh_AWqXuhyphenhyphenQS610ddTT9x0XuiWIa4krbqPC8gQnV4G4oA/s320/DSCN0225.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">It has been six months since my last post. So here is to catching up on the family journal.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">Our lives have been pretty crazy recently. </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">I finished spring semester, which almost killed me. I took 7 classes (3 more than full time). So glad I did it, I will now graduate next spring!!!!!!</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">Billy turned 33, but is going on about 22. Any progress is good progress right! He also recently started a new job!!!! Working for C.F.M. Which has been amazing!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">(Thanks Britton)</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">Parker is of course going a million miles an hour. He has grown so close with his friends lately he asks for them daily. He has been skateboarding and swimming as much as possible.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">He also has a new pet, Patrick (the hamster). Thank you Megan we love him.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">So for Billy's birthday and my spring break we headed to Vegas! We went with some of our best friends Kollin and Ashley. The trip was so much fun, but we had a rough start. First we got a speeding ticket, which was a given. Next just outside of St. George, our transmission pan broke. So two hours of making phone calls, and googling on our trusted black berry's we were towed and on our way. It was a nice little break from reality. So here are some of the photos.</span></div><br /><div align="center"></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558011634480566290.post-24534376460433670202010-01-18T15:18:00.000-08:002010-01-18T15:37:19.776-08:00" I'm Four"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionkvqzKpXJhfThZfTCJsLEKq2ruvS0x_b-2CT_OZq0scVKJV095F2Keyvn2LK_wti8rwD_EWt4RY599-DxnVDtanqx-8HUK8S9cn8jqOXvqY0YllLPuyWkr0-177x5QPHW9v8qjDvDyo5/s1600-h/DSCN0023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428227058725004082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionkvqzKpXJhfThZfTCJsLEKq2ruvS0x_b-2CT_OZq0scVKJV095F2Keyvn2LK_wti8rwD_EWt4RY599-DxnVDtanqx-8HUK8S9cn8jqOXvqY0YllLPuyWkr0-177x5QPHW9v8qjDvDyo5/s400/DSCN0023.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPAl4HLpmluC3MJZM0ENS_bYHdAH7GSy5JFs-OMXeHnpAmgMUrLZPHbWhH-0bHMD7kr4fz_WAtJqhniVJBhAWH2LSBTkjJp1_YgwkGVt88SImQGPkPLOZVKYwQho4xwzb7BvrKdCTQppa/s1600-h/DSCN0021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428227046458312482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPAl4HLpmluC3MJZM0ENS_bYHdAH7GSy5JFs-OMXeHnpAmgMUrLZPHbWhH-0bHMD7kr4fz_WAtJqhniVJBhAWH2LSBTkjJp1_YgwkGVt88SImQGPkPLOZVKYwQho4xwzb7BvrKdCTQppa/s400/DSCN0021.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_kEdr0lFlfikUU11ue6g8R2sIhV-xcBu5TZiDGLmwgMphQ9hV91VY2jcGD5cL4zTLP12DHenufjNJ4RVFUOxs9rImgHDp0P5lcFWAa3YWXEEewerFDLkBqxuo_0AapsWbyUeIT99ugo2/s1600-h/DSCN0007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428227043654427234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_kEdr0lFlfikUU11ue6g8R2sIhV-xcBu5TZiDGLmwgMphQ9hV91VY2jcGD5cL4zTLP12DHenufjNJ4RVFUOxs9rImgHDp0P5lcFWAa3YWXEEewerFDLkBqxuo_0AapsWbyUeIT99ugo2/s400/DSCN0007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg73RiA0JhyPf3HVbBUDGvHzi26ALdB_0dlbTUgtCvQolPP3co8E4eG9GvXTOe1laK10_CVU2kPcSeAWPw62DzsKb3d59KzrS9NIm3yNRIEX0keQ5Qskywpj0fwyy5Aof4LaMQU0W4-6Lr/s1600-h/DSCN0027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428225317824452978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg73RiA0JhyPf3HVbBUDGvHzi26ALdB_0dlbTUgtCvQolPP3co8E4eG9GvXTOe1laK10_CVU2kPcSeAWPw62DzsKb3d59KzrS9NIm3yNRIEX0keQ5Qskywpj0fwyy5Aof4LaMQU0W4-6Lr/s400/DSCN0027.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ndUJjdmW_J1T4o8LQcQaDtGaWaTOXrwCAI1RhJkFgmCpknn_Qjgs8DS9vid6z5uW8OqXNbTGBly0vhq5Wod6nmVypu0YhhtcDhrOg-nH0HLFRrC6HRgMQqAhZb8_XaGDisF4xoyYMpyM/s1600-h/DSCN0038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428225309233631186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ndUJjdmW_J1T4o8LQcQaDtGaWaTOXrwCAI1RhJkFgmCpknn_Qjgs8DS9vid6z5uW8OqXNbTGBly0vhq5Wod6nmVypu0YhhtcDhrOg-nH0HLFRrC6HRgMQqAhZb8_XaGDisF4xoyYMpyM/s400/DSCN0038.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMz1FNNXT-XwDUSLxWoK6yFBbB2YGY6Qi4d3WDWaD4TcsGjiO66mToXQ3MeUPNr8zHw1qdgr3rLgGk9np5oGbSyF8253mf2KGjoHrQUq_gsgZUcCR-4pDrmbezliDDt4o3Fpa5hwd0MJn/s1600-h/DSCN0028.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428225298281445890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMz1FNNXT-XwDUSLxWoK6yFBbB2YGY6Qi4d3WDWaD4TcsGjiO66mToXQ3MeUPNr8zHw1qdgr3rLgGk9np5oGbSyF8253mf2KGjoHrQUq_gsgZUcCR-4pDrmbezliDDt4o3Fpa5hwd0MJn/s400/DSCN0028.JPG" /></a> Parker had his 4th birthday party! He was so excited about all of it, he couldn't even stand it. He continued to think it was his birthday the rest of the week. We had to convince him all of the presents under the tree were for Christmas and not his birthday.</div><div> </div><div>Thanks to everyone who came and supported him. </div><div>He made out like a bandit </div><div>with all of those gifts.</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melinda N Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11109510938556435645noreply@blogger.com0