tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29698911523432837882024-03-05T03:54:55.167-08:00The Sommer FamilyKevin * Steph * Andrew * Brooklyn * CarsonThe Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-77535504394139327012013-09-15T02:38:00.000-07:002013-09-15T02:38:11.242-07:00Lucky....So- I get the comment frequently 'Do you even know how lucky you are? You get to just pause your life and go live somewhere super cool and then go back.' Or.....'I'm so jealous that you get to live in Australia.' So in answer to these I have to say- YES. Yes- I do know I am lucky. Really lucky. Even though it was really hard to leave and even harder to adjust- I knew that from the beginning. I have days that are still mundane. We get up- make lunches-eat breakfast- get the kids to school- workout- buy groceries......ect.....it's just that I happen to be in Australia and on the lunch menu it's sushi not pizza so I don't even get one day free of lunch making! However- there are a few days a month that we go explore and do something totally new and it feels amazing! I have had quite a few experiences here that have brought me to tears and humbled me with gratitude for these once in a life time experiences with my precious family. I have thought several times- this has got to be one of the most beautiful places in the world! Here are a few of these spots:<br />
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This is the Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. Our family along with Kevins' parents and some friends went zip-lining through the trees from several platforms. This is the only spot in the world you can see two world heritage sites at once: the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. </div>
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This is Carson- 5yrs old. I was completely in awe of how awesome my kids were that day. </div>
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This is on the beach in Port Douglas, Queensland. It was the day we were going to fly home and I got up early to walk the beach. We were supposed to be packing but I had to go back and get the family to watch the sun rising and to check out this cool dead jelly fish. This photo still gets me teary. </div>
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This is from the Eureka Skydeck- the tallest building lookout point in the Southern Hemisphere- overlooking Melbourne. We went to a footy game in the MCG- the bright stadium in the top mid-right of picture. </div>
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This last picture was on top of Mt. Wellington in Tasmania in Feb this year. The few months before this picture was taken I was in a rut. It was summer- beautiful in Melbourne and I felt unhappy. I knew I was lucky to be where I was but felt like I wanted to be home...in Idaho. It was our first day in Tasmania and I was on top of this mountain overlooking this beautiful sight and I had an overwhelming but calm feeling that spoke to my heart and said 'BE GRATEFUL FOR WHERE YOU ARE- YOU WILL NEVER BE HERE AGAIN.' I took that literally as in- I most likely will never be in Tasmania ever again. I also took it looking at my life as a whole- my kids, will never be this age again.....our lives will never be exactly this way again. And something clicked in me- I was once again grateful for exactly where I was standing- physically and spiritually. Each of those pictures are of places I thought were among the most beautiful places in the world and when I was in Idaho in April I had the same feeling about this place-</div>
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I realized that where ever I am and have gratitude in my heart for all of my blessings- that is truly the most beautiful place on earth to be. I have had a fear of coming home and leaving all of these new and exciting adventures behind- I have worried that life won't feel as fun. When I realize that it's more about gratitude/attitude than it is the physical spot I am in- I feel like I may miss the times we had but where ever I am at can be just as amazing! I write this in hopes to remind myself in the cold days of a 9 month long winter.....</div>
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It was so fun to have mom and Todd here- they left the 15th of December. That was hard for us- right before Christmas. However- it was kindof good that it didn't really feel much like Christmas- it was still great and really fun but different. The day they left was the ward Christmas party so that was a nice distraction. Crazy though- it was in the outside court yard of the church- it was nice and sunny. There was roasted chicken and lots of summer salads and treats. None of the usual Turkey, mashed potatoes....hot food. This is the primary kids and a few of the missionaries in our ward (we have 5 sets for our ward) singing for everyone. </div>
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We also had some friends over- they are from Utah! We had a bbq and a Christmas pinata! Later Carson told Kev that one of the boys talked weird. Kevin said "Well bud- he talks like an American." Carson then replied "Oh man- I wish I spoke American!"<br />
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We were invited by a few families in the ward to a bbq a few days before Christmas and then breakfast on Christmas morning. It was fun and nice to enjoy the holiday with them. On Christmas eve we went to Rise of The Guardians and then came home and made sugar cookies. Kev's was my personal favorite. He made himself. :)<br />
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After we got home from breakfast on Christmas we let the kids discover another one of their gifts- a swimming pool.....for Christmas! Totally not what we were used to. We just stayed home the rest of the day and relaxed, played with gifts and put puzzles together. I have never made Christmas dinner and so I didn't break tradition this year. We ate spinach artichoke dip and chocolates! We've never not been with family on Christmas- but we were feeling pretty blessed to have eachother.<br />
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The next day is Boxing Day and Kev had the day off so we went to the beach! It wasn't super warm but we had to go. Santa hat and all.<br />
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I built a sand-snow man. It was fun- the kids had even more fun destroying him.<br />
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It felt really strange to have summer break right after Christmas. It was only for 6 weeks so we tried to do some fun stuff. Kevin planned a trip to Tasmania for us but the price dropped by almost half if we waited until school started so we went two days after school started. The island of Tasmania is only an hour flight from Melbourne. We flew into the capitol of Hobart. This is the top of Mt. Wellington at the look out point- pretty amazing views and a really beautiful place. It was good to go during summer because it's colder there.<br />
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We had a lady take us around to a few of the fun local spots- this is the fresh water spring on the side of Mt. Wellington- the water was great and the kids loved her special way to collect it.<br />
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One of the best parts was going to a U-pick fruit farm. Brooke was in heaven and the fruit was so delish! We picked lots of strawberries, cherries and some nectarines.<br />
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Nectarine trees....</div>
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In Hobart there is a Saturday market- it was great. After the market we went to this little floating fish and chip shop on the pier- it lived up to the rave reviews! The boys were loving chasing the seagulls. </div>
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On our way to Port Arthur we came across these Tasmanian Devil signs- it's still crazy to see the Aussie road signs- I always do a double take. Notice the burnt land behind the sign. Just a few weeks before we arrived there were some bad fires in the area. We didn't realize we were going to travel through that part- it was sad to see. Alot of burnt bush land and quite a few houses that were burnt to the ground- only thing still standing were the brick chimneys. </div>
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The same day we found a little Tasmanian Devil sanctuary so we decided to stop. It was the best decision of the trip! The Aussie zoos are awesome but if your wanting some really unique adventures they are at these little privately owned sanctuaries that aren't crowded. We saw these cute little Devils and they had such fun personalities. They were scheduled to be fed so we headed over to their enclosure and they perked right up when we got there- we were the only ones at first. They started running around and coming right up to the glass- being quite playful. </div>
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When the carer came to feed them he told us it can be gruesome so we may not want to watch. He said they were eating Wallaby that day- he pulled a portion of the animal out of the cooler- still containing the fur and bones. He threw it in and these cute little creatures turned into beasts....or little Devils! The crush through everything- they eat every bit of it. In the wild they aren't good at hunting but they will finish off anything that has died or anything that was previously hunted and picked on by other animals. We honestly were in a bit of shock- they were stealing the food from eachother and basically beating one another up. You can see him clawing his buddy here. We now understand how they got there name- we were thinking it was a bit of an exaggeration at first but guess not! </div>
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That sanctuary had a Kangaroo and Wallaby enclosure- it was huge. When we were first in there they were all just laying around relaxing- they are obviously used to having people around because they were quite chill. We still tried to walk slow and not be too loud. </div>
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This is Brooke with a Wallaby. They are smaller than Kangaroos, they don't have as long of noses or ears. This little guy was so adorable. He liked the kids.</div>
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Our baby with a baby roo.....precious. </div>
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Once the carer got there with the food things got a little wild. The Kangaroos weren't shy. However there were a few big bully ones- like the ones with Kev. They would push the others out and get to the food so the kids and I went around to all of the ones that were chased away and fed them. I guess it's a motherly instinct to want to care for the ones who get bullied :). Notice their claws holding on to Kevins hand. At one point these guys had my hand like this and one claw was stuck on my ring- I was beginning to think he was going to get that too. You can sometimes feed a few in a big zoo but nothing as cool as this. We honestly LOVED it. A few people asked if this was our first time seeing Kangaroos.....um.....no. We just get excited. </div>
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We continued on that day to Port Arthur. It is an old convict town. Australias history goes way back with England sending prisoners over in the 1800's. Many buildings in Hobart, Tasmania are build by the convicts. This area- Port Arthur is where many of them lived. This big building below was a prison.</div>
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Wouldn't this be a funny wedding announcement picture idea.....'He asked me to be his ball 'n chain....'</div>
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This is the church in Port Arthur- it was build by the convicts and the finish work on the top and inside was done by the boys from the boys prison that held 9-17 year olds. </div>
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This was such a beautiful area. However, it was humbling and a bit eerie to read about the prisoners in the 1800's that were sent here for around 15 years for even a small theft. In 1996 a man came and did a mass murder here- killed 35 and wounded 23 people. It's an awful story and is the reason for what started the strict gun laws in Australia. </div>
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This was part of the old hospital for the convicts.</div>
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Our last day in Tasmania we took a drive up into the mountains to a cave. It was a limestone cave and we were able to tour it. It was quite a site.</div>
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As you can see- we have had some great holidays here. The Tasmania trip really was awesome. It revived me and I know that we really have been blessed this past year. When we are in the thick of everyday life sometimes I forget what a great adventure this is. However, when we get to go out and explore and learn about Australia I am reminded of the fact that we are so lucky and this is temporary. We will always have a special place in our heart for Australia and our time here will one day be just a sweet memory. That's why I'm really trying to focus on the 'now' and not the when. Because if I miss the 'now' there's no going back!The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-60987896571545870572013-02-16T02:43:00.002-08:002013-02-16T02:43:38.366-08:00December- first month of Summer!?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When we first came here I will admit- I was lonely. I was used to having so many wonderful people around me all of the time. I came here and had to hang out with my self- BORING! Kevin and I had both prayed that I would find some friends to help lift my spirits- and as always- it worked! I have met some really wonderful people since we have been here. One of them is this beautiful girl- Megan. She made it her mission to show me fun new places to explore and introduce me to all things Melbourne. Most importantly introducing me to my new love: Dumplings! Because of her efforts I have really grown to love and appreciate Australia! This is us after she showed me how to make a Pavlova- a great Aussie dessert!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is Megan and her cute baby girl Andie! I just love this baby- she is so adorable and I love to kiss her. </div>
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The sad part of this story is that Megan and her family moved in December- to the opposite end of AUS. I was feeling bad for my self one night and said to Kevin "I feel like when I finally get this great friend and feel happy and more at home here that Heavenly Father says 'Oh no- we can't have her comfortable- better send her away!'" Kev just replied "Maybe you should just be grateful that he sent her in the first place- he didn't have to do that." OK. Point taken. After that I tried to just be grateful that our paths crossed and that I made a forever friend. If I could I would honestly pack her and her cute family and take them home with us when we go! It's still comforting to have her in the country and know that I can text her at 10pm and that it's not the middle of the night. She is also my great source for understanding all things Australian!</div>
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On a happier note- we have done some fun exploring the past few months. Our first trip was a quick one to Sydney! It was awesome and very surreal. And if your wondering- the address 42 Wallaby Way doesn't exist. We checked. Anyway- seeing the Opera House was really great- it's the Australian icon! However- it wasn't quite as mind blowing as I had expected. Probably because we climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge the night before and that....was mind blowing! Did you know that the Opera House roof is made of triangle white tiles? Me neither. Makes sense though with about a million seagulls flying over it a day- hides the droppings. Also looks nice and shiny in the sun!</div>
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We started the bridge climb just before dusk so we started in the daylight and ended in the dark- it was amazing and a memory that will probably go on my Top 10!<br />
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That little flag on top of the bridge is where the previous picture was taken. Largest bridge in AUS. </div>
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December 1st was a long awaited day in our house. We got our first and possibly only visitors that day and we were in heaven. We are still so grateful for Mom and Todd to have taken 2 weeks off and paid a lot to come see us! It was so fun to show them where we have been living and let them experience some of the great things we love about Australia. The day after they got here we took a drive on the Great Ocean Road- along Victoria's (the state we live in) coast line. It was beautiful and we saw some awesome wildlife. We fed various birds, saw an Echidna (sortof like a porcupine) and about 5 wild Koalas! <br />
This is a cockatoo- we love them. They will sometimes imitate you- Carson likes to have a yelling match with them. He was showing off his mohawk. <br />
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These rocks sticking out of the water are the 12 Apostles- there used to be 12 but some have fallen. Windy much? The waves were so huge that day. Thanks to Grandpa Todd for saving Andrew just in the nick to time before one wave took him out to sea. It was close- and scary. I'm glad I didn't witness it. <br />
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We went into downtown Melbourne to do some exploring. This is in front of the Christmas tree and maze they have for the kids. It was so beautiful and green out! </div>
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We got to see this cute little Penguin off the pier in St. Kilda- downtown Melbourne. He came in as the sun went down from a day of fishing :) </div>
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On our list of top Australian must dos is the Great Barrier Reef. We decided the four of us would head up to Airlie Beach in Queensland and take a 3 day sailing adventure on the inner reef and islands. This was our boat- Pacific Sunrise. It was a rustic boat with lots of character- only 16 passengers and 4 crew. It was awesome- taking a boat like this has been a dream of Kevins for a long time and it ended up being cheaper than staying on the mainland and booking tours so it was great. My mom and I felt like we were still on the boat for 3 days after and I had a killer seasick headache but it was worth it. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFghSnUb-H2U9PtAqAXKpIyCo_gWZm-4hoH71ac7oNDEtFcEhOYtvY8NgUxFRojEWlDHASfICvqjLDaNB0zFBJfKq273dJoJN3mPiPYQgX0J8JCJ3S94dLaxWoEMuxBHPmM1OyEHPaNw/s1600/DSC03394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFghSnUb-H2U9PtAqAXKpIyCo_gWZm-4hoH71ac7oNDEtFcEhOYtvY8NgUxFRojEWlDHASfICvqjLDaNB0zFBJfKq273dJoJN3mPiPYQgX0J8JCJ3S94dLaxWoEMuxBHPmM1OyEHPaNw/s400/DSC03394.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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This is Whitehaven Beach- part of the Whitsunday Islands. It is incredible and I still can't believe we were there. The water looks like that because of the different tides- the sand was so white and perfect! I also can't believe that the handsome guy in the picture is mine!</div>
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Kevin was one happy guy that week- I haven't seen him that happy in a long time. On a sail boat- diving on the Great Barrier Reef- gourmet food (that was already paid for so he didn't have to get annoyed with the cost)- and jumping off the top deck of the boat. Priceless! I'm just glad he took me along for the ride.</div>
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In the past year we have had some pretty amazing experiences and learned some valuable lessons that I hope to never forget. Some of them have been more difficult - like realizing that I could have reached out more to my friends and family when I was closer- but was often caught up in the rush of life. Life is simple here- I don't have a lot going on. It's an extremely helpless feeling to know that and all I want to do is go hold some babies, take family members dinner after surgery or losing a loved one or just drive the 30 minutes to see my grandparents. But now I am on another continent. I actually hope to never forget this feeling of helplessness. It has caused me to reach out to people I don't even know- to step out of my comfort zone. It has caused me to realize that when 'life' gets in the way of me giving love and service to those important to me- that 'life' gets to slow down. That helpless feeling has increased my testimony of the power of prayer. It's made me realize that I truly am a child of God- and by being that WE will never be helpless! </div>
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<br />The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-87600882107718733102012-08-21T22:28:00.000-07:002012-08-21T22:28:47.799-07:00VACATION(S)!!!Getting back to reality after 5 weeks of vacation. Well....,.it's been rough. I'm sure everyone feels really bad for me. Kevin tells me that I am turning into a true Australian with that long of a vacation, I have yet to hear of someone taking just a week vacation here- the least I usually hear is 2 weeks! I like that about this culture :). At the end of June Kevin and I took off for a cruise to the South Pacific- we went with some Melaleuca Marketing Executives that won a contest. It was great- lots of fun to meet some of the business builders here. The weather wasn't fabulous but the food was.....enough said. We went to New Caledonia & Vanuatu. I came home from the cruise a few days early to pack and get ready for the next trip- on to Idaho! I had never thought there would come a time where our family was sooo excited for a vacation to Idaho- little did I know our future held living half way across the world.<br />
<b>Me + 3 kids + 4 airports + 3 planes + 17 hours in the air = an exhausting SUCCESS! </b><br />
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We were so lucky- it honestly couldn't have gone any better. To say the least our trip to Idaho was great. More than ever it has made me so grateful for the wonderful family and friends that we have- that continually show up for us no matter where we are! I didn't fit everything in but it was comforting to know that we still have our house and that will be a reality again- probably before we know it. So Carpe Diem - right? Just for the record- no matter how old I get I think I will always enjoy hanging out at my moms house- taking care of me....even doing the laundry! Last but not least- then we were on our way to Hawaii! It was Kevin and my first time being there- it was honestly amazing and so good to see Kevin's parents. It had been 9 months and who knows how long until we see them again. They showed us a great time- all of the tourist spots and some of the local secrets. Coming home at night to hang out in their little beach house overlooking the ocean made it feel like a 5 star holiday! <br />
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Watching the fireworks with my adorable nieces and super cool nephew..... </div>
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This picture holds pure joy for Brooklyn- her 3 cousins that make her happier than anything........<br />
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50 ft water slide provided by the Andersons.....<br />
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Saying goodbye to cousins.....Carson is the one on the grass refusing to participate.<br />
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I was in Idaho 3 weeks out of an entire year and was lucky enough to be here when these two precious babies were born- Kate, my well.....my eternal bff had her 2nd set of twins- Caroline and Colter. <br />
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Kiwi Loco with Jakie and Ty.....good times! </div>
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Dole Plantation </div>
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Hawaii Temple......<br />
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Grandpa warming up Carson<br />
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Kevins new hobby- Scuba Diving! He is awesome at it already. I attempted it, however apparently panicking and inhaling a bunch of salt water isn't recommended. Better luck next time.</div>
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Luau at Polynesian Cultural Center<br />
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Night out on Waikiki beach!<br />
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Grandma Terri teaching Andrew how to snorkel :)<br />
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After one lesson from Grandma these two are expert snorkelers! <br />
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Our last day at the beach. It was awesome we swam with a bunch of these.....<br />
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Well, Australia has been our home now for about 11 weeks. Crazy. The newness is starting to wear off a little bit but oddly enough that makes the home sickness come on. We are losing the vacation feel of things and reality is....we are here, for a while. That isn't bad at all....just different. It's odd- we miss home but we are very aware of the fact that we are really going to miss living here as well. It's really great- so much to offer and discover. I doubt we will see it all but we will try! Also- I will mention that the people I meet here are all so kind and generous to offer their favorite spots to shop, eat and play. They are genuinely hopeful that we will love it and enjoy our time here. As I am writing this very blog post my elderly neighbor just showed up with fresh cut flowers for me- he said he was getting some for his wife and thought of me too. Kev said guys like that make him look bad....we didn't even have a vase so he provided that too. :) </div>
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<i><u><b>Some new Vocab and Phrases for the week.....</b></u></i><br />
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*<i><b> <u>Heaps-</u></b></i> lots, tons..."We had heaps of fun."<br />
*<b><u><i>Keen-</i></u></b> interested, want to..."Are you still keen to go with us on Saturday?"<br />
*<b><u><i>Nappys-</i></u> </b>Diapers<br />
*<i><b><u>Go have a play. Have a bath...or have a nap."</u> </b></i>-People don't TAKE things here, they HAVE them. I've already picked up the term "Go have a play!" It's like I am giving something to my kids not telling them to do something. <br />
*<b><u><i>A bit</i>-</u></b> I know I used this in U.S. too but Brooke has really picked it up. She will say "I'm a bit tired" or if I asked if she had fun she would say "Yes- I had a bit of fun."<br />
*<b><u><i>Op Shop</i>-</u></b> is like a D.I. or second hand store. <br />
*<b><u><i>Pizzer and Paster</i>-</u></b> if it ends in an 'A', people (from what I can tell) switch it to an 'er' at the end.<br />
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Did I ever mention the eggs are ALL BROWN here. Yep....not a big deal right? The thing that still gets me is....most of the stores keep them on the shelf- not refrigerated. There are usually some that are kept cold so of course- I usually go for those. Just because the thought of shelf eggs seems wrong, even if harmless. Until this week I only purchased cold ones but the store was out...I considered protesting or boycotting ....but instead I bought warm ones on the shelf. So if we contract Salmonella .....you all know why.<br />
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Brown eggs = no Easter egg dying. However- we choose not to abandon our holiday traditions and we found a way to color eggs.....with paint. Kev and I thought we were supper funny painting our eggs white. <span id="goog_1024717047"></span><span id="goog_1024717048"></span><br />
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Our Bunny Brownie....my mom used to make me bunny cakes for birthdays so I thought I would give it a try! The kids thoroughly enjoyed decorating him. <br />
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Also...night before Easter Kev looked out our bedroom window...second story and this little guy was peering in on us. We were expecting the Easter Bunny, instead we got a Ring Tailed Possum.<br />
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So- we were able to take a trip up to the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast- beautiful places! It kindof feels like these coasts are to Australia what California and Florida are to the U.S. Beautiful and sunny....tourist spots. The Gold Coast is where all of the theme parks are. These places are by the big city of Brisbane and on the East Coast, above Sidney. Anyway- we were there for most of Birthday week so Andrew and Carson celebrated theirs while we were gone and Brooklyns was the day after we got home.<br />
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This is a man-made beach in the middle of Brisbane, they are inland just a bit so they made this for the community- super fun with fountains and all. <br />
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This was on our hike along the some of the Sun Shine Coast- right side jungle looking the whole way and left side staring down and the beach. </div>
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We stopped for lunch on this cliff where we watched surfers and spotted some dolphins! </div>
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At the beginning of our hike we spotted a Koala way up in the tree- he was still there when we finished. That was a highlight for all of us. Hard to see because he was soooo high up. Can you spot him? </div>
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Some friends and Melaleuca marketing executives took us to this amazing water fall tucked right inside their town. We went from a parking lot to rain forest in less than 5 min.</div>
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Happy 4th Bir-day Carson....as he would say it. We spent the day playing at an arcade.</div>
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Happy 7th! Brooke saw this bear in Costco and was begging for weeks for him. We told her no way...but then we gave in and had him waiting in the kitchen holding a pack of American pre-cooked bacon that Kev smuggled into Australia just for her birthday. She was beyond excited! She carries the bear all over- even though it is way bigger than her. Don't ask how we will get him home!</div>
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So- sometimes I have a vision of what perfection would be. For example- for Andrews baptism I had imagined it with our family and friends there- a day full of people and celebration. I couldn't imagine it any other way because honestly- that saying "It takes a village to raise a child,"- rings true for me. We have had so much support over the past 8 years raising our kids. Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles- who love my kids as if they were their own. Friends who are always there for us. So, as you can imagine It was difficult for me but he was anxious and ready to be baptized....<br />
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We had the baptism right after church on April 22. He had a joint baptism with another boy, Antone, from his primary class. The ward was invited to attend- the room was clear full of ward members and several sets of missionaries. As I stood up to give my talk I mentioned that we were a half a world away from home. I thanked them for their support and for being their in lou of our families. At that moment I had an overwhelming feeling of peace. This vision was so different from my original vision of perfection. However this too......was perfect. </div>
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<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-67107682510672015852012-04-03T16:30:00.010-07:002012-04-03T18:25:22.128-07:00Happy Holidays!So here- whenever there is a school break or just a public holiday.... it's the holidays! So the kids are on a 2 week holiday from school. Things are starting to feel a little more normal around here, as normal as they can when you live in a foreign country. We are enjoying it- as we meet more people it enhances the experience.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I though I would start out with a few more vocabulary words for you. The award for the best vocab mistake of the week goes to..... Kevin! Kev has been interviewing new assistants. He found one who he liked, she is about 50 yrs old. He told his staff in a meeting "I think she would be a great assistant because she is really 'spunky'!" Spunky here means - 'hot and promiscuous'. FUNNY! I'm glad they worked that one out or they would think he was a sick-o.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Cuppa-</span> cuppa of whatever: coffee, tea or in my case juice. I went and grabbed a cuppa with some of the 2nd grade room moms.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Just a Tick-</span> just a second..... 'we are leaving in just a tick'<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Muckin'-</span> 'Quit muckin' around!', means messing around or goofing off.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Ring-</span> 'Just give me a ring.' Call me.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Sing out-</span> 'If you need anything just sing out!' Just let me know.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Lovely-</span> if food is good, I'm sure other things too. 'This dip is just lovely.'<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Cheers-</span> Sometimes people use it to thank you or sometimes they thank you and then say 'cheers', people end emails with it or say it when you open a door for them and such.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">No worries-</span> basically saying 'No problem.'<br /><br />Everyone also always asks how we are<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> 'finding it here?' </span> How do we like it so far.<br /><br />There are a few phrases I can see myself picking up. Many of them sound more cheery....however to hear a grown man say "Oh- I want to go get some lollies (candy)," makes me laugh....some words sound a little feminine. :)<br /><br /><br />The school year here starts in February and ends December 21st. So there is only a 6 week summer but after every term the kids get 2 weeks off- that happens 3 times. I actually really like it. It was $650 for the kids uniforms and it was just over $1000 to get the kids registered for school. That is a cheaper public school. However, they do great field trips and in just the 4 weeks my kids have been there they have had 6 career professionals from city come talk to them. I can tell this is a really great school and the moms are so involved. My friend told me to register her 4 girls in their private school, which is most common for middle and high schools here, they could have purchased a really nice car. That is just for one year!<br /><br />Andrew and Brooke on the first day! They have to wear the hats at recess the 1st and 4th semesters- sun smart school.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmVe2FYCYIgNWAferHjkrUD9CFo_PgBerL_5OIX5CnoLJPuRuudbNWiNJMZ9PnoGKS5I_w1Z6uAIOXIql8ziM-Z0QCHu1IZ5KYv6AOJNwitLHjLDzcSmu6JZg19wH_d_o9IjsZsTfpfc/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+441.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmVe2FYCYIgNWAferHjkrUD9CFo_PgBerL_5OIX5CnoLJPuRuudbNWiNJMZ9PnoGKS5I_w1Z6uAIOXIql8ziM-Z0QCHu1IZ5KYv6AOJNwitLHjLDzcSmu6JZg19wH_d_o9IjsZsTfpfc/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+441.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727332915428206002" border="0" /></a>Yes....she's mine :). So cute but she said she only wore it because Aunt Leah wanted a picture. I can only get her to wear it like once a week but it's so cute on her!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZPuzIIznZJiypuMR6MC1OvKY9HsQ1uQtienf4wOB8I4Pb1Vh7eHNUi1lR-nynQhk3XCx8D48wHldyZ5Y1BP5neTPbizWqhx3N5F5HFqb3ihdTB4NEZbZpp3jvDqK08J3imSSAdwD4LM/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+499.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZPuzIIznZJiypuMR6MC1OvKY9HsQ1uQtienf4wOB8I4Pb1Vh7eHNUi1lR-nynQhk3XCx8D48wHldyZ5Y1BP5neTPbizWqhx3N5F5HFqb3ihdTB4NEZbZpp3jvDqK08J3imSSAdwD4LM/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+499.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727334712034621362" border="0" /></a>This is there school- it's pretty old and historic looking but they have updated it and added a new addition on the back.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFR3nYjmQLUZEtpUjmeV82uFcw9IcPrNtRNnXuWUHK2vfkR0DZ0r43tT52ix5zKaf5ezx-w7kKEr_mq2yFVbWxMow6C3VuBy2lHqf9i6WBacM-Sc1QJ__NNriKYd9smJSlioTfLYcovnA/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+450.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFR3nYjmQLUZEtpUjmeV82uFcw9IcPrNtRNnXuWUHK2vfkR0DZ0r43tT52ix5zKaf5ezx-w7kKEr_mq2yFVbWxMow6C3VuBy2lHqf9i6WBacM-Sc1QJ__NNriKYd9smJSlioTfLYcovnA/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+450.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727334708500873426" border="0" /></a>New addition...and the playground grass is turf. They also have 3 sandboxes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuK4iCsr3E7VIzEHbawWROxGB3ykuHsDww54v4lh7E0V2WpsqP5lzdW7PNWBcuKP1ZjC5ArB4JcdJHVcvEWM_N037FKj41amW5Njbv2wzSXRxGQ5ScB6CVEUTtW6Q5qA5t0Y7hfZkTSbE/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+456.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuK4iCsr3E7VIzEHbawWROxGB3ykuHsDww54v4lh7E0V2WpsqP5lzdW7PNWBcuKP1ZjC5ArB4JcdJHVcvEWM_N037FKj41amW5Njbv2wzSXRxGQ5ScB6CVEUTtW6Q5qA5t0Y7hfZkTSbE/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+456.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727334707910285922" border="0" /></a>These next few picts are at the Victoria Street market. It is awesome there- a huge square block of just an outside market- under a metal canopy. They have clothes, cooking supplies, toys, souvenirs, and food. I believe they are open year round. This is Brooke with a potato dipped in batter and fried. And it came from a Chinese booth. By the way....when we say Idaho here people say "oh- home of the potato!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmQqN-aJxXPV4o9qFHtphQDRZWOiaOo1CzA39eRSZ7Fp5SQ0RcMCjiQ4uObZxq3ZgG9tWvsjQDdR2D24a4AbYyJzKMHHLpHqAyF_DI2TVSA_0r1lWZtFw0TtW7AKiXMi-DRJESnz2c1k/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+397.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmQqN-aJxXPV4o9qFHtphQDRZWOiaOo1CzA39eRSZ7Fp5SQ0RcMCjiQ4uObZxq3ZgG9tWvsjQDdR2D24a4AbYyJzKMHHLpHqAyF_DI2TVSA_0r1lWZtFw0TtW7AKiXMi-DRJESnz2c1k/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+397.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727332898509139330" border="0" /></a>Tons of fresh fruit and veggies....I love it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRW8YsnOyta13baNdEDWCJq7DULjZwFpb3NLpQnKMNfeD1H6bFM_z1Tz65DSW3eTeuspgyNt6ltp5aTc-6KvP5HhwSsb7Tehr4F7igP1vdoMA8geUEJcrbhllsMpCVCTdxis7Fv6qs-k/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+528.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRW8YsnOyta13baNdEDWCJq7DULjZwFpb3NLpQnKMNfeD1H6bFM_z1Tz65DSW3eTeuspgyNt6ltp5aTc-6KvP5HhwSsb7Tehr4F7igP1vdoMA8geUEJcrbhllsMpCVCTdxis7Fv6qs-k/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+528.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727339800855649394" border="0" /></a>Meat market across the street from this market. Seriously a building filled with vendors selling meat. One guy had beef ribs in an open box on the ground....needless to say- I purchased from the next guy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUbMTPlNGrhyphenhyphenG6uWxqIsXgY84tevKYE1dlGPjxplutdd7ZYX1xED_6h_pQRAL5I8Fa7QhEm8U4vw2rOwir91JMBYcaeyV1HnH6l9k239oIlErxlAHtk-c8CfcIk0I0OCfqF9LihjNuw4/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+531.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUbMTPlNGrhyphenhyphenG6uWxqIsXgY84tevKYE1dlGPjxplutdd7ZYX1xED_6h_pQRAL5I8Fa7QhEm8U4vw2rOwir91JMBYcaeyV1HnH6l9k239oIlErxlAHtk-c8CfcIk0I0OCfqF9LihjNuw4/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+531.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727338169325630562" border="0" /></a>We are really close to a train station and the kids love to ride it- it is quite handy. The kids and I took it the 2nd week we were here to the zoo while Kevin was out of town. This is the central big station downtown where the trains come into- I took this picture when we were switching trains.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6bxBOXZ6RY9iZdPOOxFWfwRGW1-xa5intDxiJn2wpl7rAHuE4au2MvXfjfUEJR4KtbouDqSOHXF7WvA0w5P02e4Gi1wB09U-zOtDNiXRYtt-lDnYaiVh4bTQU2D_T2sLNMAWTYt6J-M/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+417.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6bxBOXZ6RY9iZdPOOxFWfwRGW1-xa5intDxiJn2wpl7rAHuE4au2MvXfjfUEJR4KtbouDqSOHXF7WvA0w5P02e4Gi1wB09U-zOtDNiXRYtt-lDnYaiVh4bTQU2D_T2sLNMAWTYt6J-M/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+417.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727332914732429490" border="0" /></a>Train ride!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVl8Mb3NcanwEieNIzeC_jkYFL40bdg4RWiK1lYqAKt6gC8OfhCKFZbR2soNU2B9HiPuDDGioVPDB3QkRv2bReysDXW7woToJPE_0TJvf03zosPUsn8APE4X2xxfNXDWtUO5KmgHjmiU/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+420.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVl8Mb3NcanwEieNIzeC_jkYFL40bdg4RWiK1lYqAKt6gC8OfhCKFZbR2soNU2B9HiPuDDGioVPDB3QkRv2bReysDXW7woToJPE_0TJvf03zosPUsn8APE4X2xxfNXDWtUO5KmgHjmiU/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+420.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727332917230001314" border="0" /></a> So the story with Kevin's foot is still sortof a mystery. While he was traveling on business we think he got bit by something. The problem was that it got crazy infected- it was so swollen and he couldn't walk to get onto the plane to come home. They wouldn't let him get on plane and sent him to hospital- he came home the next day and was on in-home hospital care for the next week. It was awesome having the docs an nurse come to the house so Kev could just be home with us. Carson didn't leave his side- at the end of the week the doc told Carson that he was released from the hospital too and that he was also going to have to get out of bed soon!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8dwDvKjd1f1mHHBx3U0O0U7xJN0QC3TwZB5GFw3grTcXpIHRxZ9TUQeze0n8bImiH9j2L_90POEruKvBMSejkpgluVBhU_yOapW97w1fI1jArvb_XPIvRKYRAwNn2WNgHlP7MKRnB38/s1600/Australia+march+2012+003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8dwDvKjd1f1mHHBx3U0O0U7xJN0QC3TwZB5GFw3grTcXpIHRxZ9TUQeze0n8bImiH9j2L_90POEruKvBMSejkpgluVBhU_yOapW97w1fI1jArvb_XPIvRKYRAwNn2WNgHlP7MKRnB38/s320/Australia+march+2012+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727338187635371042" border="0" /></a>Kevin's IV of double dose antibiotics hanging from the curtain rod :).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AZ7C0cbwruu_AbqZu82vUzObBSGwBgTtkxaH-AKk7F9exj6v6cF_BrFvvmS5eyXLXp25Nf6Hwzjibsdr_QutYyp1sgFKGazEC4Gjl44LbVaja4vIMhpWr-CvvsTJD8aCrKRIgA4Bk3I/s1600/Australia+march+2012+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AZ7C0cbwruu_AbqZu82vUzObBSGwBgTtkxaH-AKk7F9exj6v6cF_BrFvvmS5eyXLXp25Nf6Hwzjibsdr_QutYyp1sgFKGazEC4Gjl44LbVaja4vIMhpWr-CvvsTJD8aCrKRIgA4Bk3I/s320/Australia+march+2012+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727345519190959650" border="0" /></a>Here are just a few random pictures of a few things we have done and seen. This is the first beach we went to- Safety Beach on Mornington Peninsula. So clean and beautiful!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZm-Cfnhtba4S65e3Ue8pF1g6bYv1Jm1cRvHQAZ0kZd1OBsyg7aSEfqFMVGs8A4ZgyXSUVIuzOMyK-B1Jt8FneljpOvEoOpGtMJWq5ma9d2irvaS12KHb1WZfiE56Nmhwazw40OvqiqM/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+204.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZm-Cfnhtba4S65e3Ue8pF1g6bYv1Jm1cRvHQAZ0kZd1OBsyg7aSEfqFMVGs8A4ZgyXSUVIuzOMyK-B1Jt8FneljpOvEoOpGtMJWq5ma9d2irvaS12KHb1WZfiE56Nmhwazw40OvqiqM/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727324275519941730" border="0" /></a>This huge dome is the stadium where Kevin got to watch some of the Australian open tennis tournament. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4g1hlnBNGRewTopBV_8vqdmszuOENXwz6ar5rE3R6W6vPUDnzgS-Fp0ZDNQao4qIIxxyMvgSY2EhgI7x_a1ohXOBWziGJLhbXiWvhUIut9VIhk3F5wKhTzXEV6npW5gjafmPGvKHSVGQ/s1600/Australia+march+2012+011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4g1hlnBNGRewTopBV_8vqdmszuOENXwz6ar5rE3R6W6vPUDnzgS-Fp0ZDNQao4qIIxxyMvgSY2EhgI7x_a1ohXOBWziGJLhbXiWvhUIut9VIhk3F5wKhTzXEV6npW5gjafmPGvKHSVGQ/s320/Australia+march+2012+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727346483841121618" border="0" /></a>Botanical gardens- they had 1,800 different kinds of trees and plants there- it was awesome.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWxy2yL3gxNP3INRvQ7n7AklxYcZ-0vwVsalh17kdjm7YKe29fjHElkTcofWACCMlx1xWnfKFAYn_oKY8Y0h5cUcR5tHZcpT6OW7Dqhi6joktkC58Lkt_ul2jfKr_-a_9uePaVsgNimU/s1600/Australia+march+2012+012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWxy2yL3gxNP3INRvQ7n7AklxYcZ-0vwVsalh17kdjm7YKe29fjHElkTcofWACCMlx1xWnfKFAYn_oKY8Y0h5cUcR5tHZcpT6OW7Dqhi6joktkC58Lkt_ul2jfKr_-a_9uePaVsgNimU/s320/Australia+march+2012+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727324266687866482" border="0" /></a>St. Kilda beach near downtown Melbourne. It isn't very clean but it was an awesome view.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRQiXiWm3yOQN8QvCvLgF45cQQ0V13DZPDIECTHH-2MbOJMCvywuI4b3xLdshNQBeOdSd3-dEmDwoJn6SBNY6MoKhf9bI7TaqSdkLSqBlay376kSOYBIVszNhyphenhyphenAYm590Hl6FfMdEG9tM/s1600/Australia+march+2012+022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRQiXiWm3yOQN8QvCvLgF45cQQ0V13DZPDIECTHH-2MbOJMCvywuI4b3xLdshNQBeOdSd3-dEmDwoJn6SBNY6MoKhf9bI7TaqSdkLSqBlay376kSOYBIVszNhyphenhyphenAYm590Hl6FfMdEG9tM/s320/Australia+march+2012+022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727324255263041570" border="0" /></a>Wind/kite surfing. We don't know the official name but these guys were all over and it looked like so much fun!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUSKoYHiexfAFxyIEQLGlwOZiOJ_VIYipREPadTBfxbawQiMeWqR0vV36mKSfRoq08EsD0xRwCNGODsESOlB8sKsWJZ71wa_AT81V-YNoTz_qIYi1riHWrFmupV7m-VWQuEba5G4J7sE/s1600/Australia+march+2012+021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUSKoYHiexfAFxyIEQLGlwOZiOJ_VIYipREPadTBfxbawQiMeWqR0vV36mKSfRoq08EsD0xRwCNGODsESOlB8sKsWJZ71wa_AT81V-YNoTz_qIYi1riHWrFmupV7m-VWQuEba5G4J7sE/s320/Australia+march+2012+021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727347833392740642" border="0" /></a>Last but not least. This is a picture of our safe haven....our home away from home. Oh Mackers (McD's) how we have such a love hate relationship. In Idaho Kevin and I would protest before we would eat here.....now we look forward to it. Soda's with Ice and a cheeseburger that tastes so familiar to us. Not to mention....the only good deal we have found in Australia so far....the ice cream cones are only 30 cents! However- value meals are only available from 12-2pm....otherwise you have to order the meal separately!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeqdDIFlOsBEdhMTXB3zuW0UyIgO2LkmEA42SrmhqLZ-DoFvV4GDSrKrm8JPCCdJNXXu6vP3A-Pxsb0p2WfJ1drxKQ0EqbYb5z5jGvIRV_ikvb5IRcooh6n6VdYDyzDwPZgJXTHTcawA/s1600/Steph%2527s+phone+521.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeqdDIFlOsBEdhMTXB3zuW0UyIgO2LkmEA42SrmhqLZ-DoFvV4GDSrKrm8JPCCdJNXXu6vP3A-Pxsb0p2WfJ1drxKQ0EqbYb5z5jGvIRV_ikvb5IRcooh6n6VdYDyzDwPZgJXTHTcawA/s320/Steph%2527s+phone+521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727339796307320946" border="0" /></a>Until next time! Cheers- Steph<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-50270169593827172482012-03-16T02:42:00.009-07:002012-03-16T05:20:43.320-07:00The move...<div style="text-align: center;">These are a few of the pictures of our journey over to Australia and our first few days. Kevin has some better pictures of the plane ride that I will get on here soon. Besides our suitcases we were allowed to send 500lbs of our personal belongings. Sounds like a lot....but turned out that it's not. Below is what 500lbs looks like.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7JLBEJUnQhL1IUuWmO7xElbqT8ESCDkApot8NKRyNxX6g8c-fzF1Ljc1lnx6rDhJ5dxMhgdBLFBr5izL8RVEe2yRObOTqfSlIlZuidT2BzNAR3fBY7E4SoTBh9eEDhQclXtWph1DJ08/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+124.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7JLBEJUnQhL1IUuWmO7xElbqT8ESCDkApot8NKRyNxX6g8c-fzF1Ljc1lnx6rDhJ5dxMhgdBLFBr5izL8RVEe2yRObOTqfSlIlZuidT2BzNAR3fBY7E4SoTBh9eEDhQclXtWph1DJ08/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720437028879803762" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saying goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGBuprFQ8YyKXgHszzSoA7QpMF3SISn6aYEFCmkcWmGlTeOLo1dAGzVP6wdPVnMaF1wxscqOOQkWSotJZmy1useelwCC51zFvBYhyPYCf_saKcjum8wST4FN60QaXMcNrm2xejcj7xV0/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+146.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGBuprFQ8YyKXgHszzSoA7QpMF3SISn6aYEFCmkcWmGlTeOLo1dAGzVP6wdPVnMaF1wxscqOOQkWSotJZmy1useelwCC51zFvBYhyPYCf_saKcjum8wST4FN60QaXMcNrm2xejcj7xV0/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720437018774397282" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first of 3 flights....kids were super excited, I think I was numb.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyDzseRSEMnYPnTHfuxLGwYQayx8fydyh8LWCu5krNXKA3CFAsLXlr1cDFRqx8yo0d9s8iBCTD-REwlbY2IN1uJog7lsQsjrAjhPMDkJiL3z07fsqX2K-hMvXLeQGG6YyleS76WZBL9k/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+153.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyDzseRSEMnYPnTHfuxLGwYQayx8fydyh8LWCu5krNXKA3CFAsLXlr1cDFRqx8yo0d9s8iBCTD-REwlbY2IN1uJog7lsQsjrAjhPMDkJiL3z07fsqX2K-hMvXLeQGG6YyleS76WZBL9k/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720437038559078994" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikBqE3N89Kr0ACPjszQ2DVEexo4f3yAR_OKhOwUWyp6WiUOA8fn1nSxhcLlAluXhjceuyV3egEuv5e3zwUh52vNf2A4EEubGzvTd6g4xyHWo474yeuVrK5OgEYLMWv5hfPRMS-X6_udk/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+154.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikBqE3N89Kr0ACPjszQ2DVEexo4f3yAR_OKhOwUWyp6WiUOA8fn1nSxhcLlAluXhjceuyV3egEuv5e3zwUh52vNf2A4EEubGzvTd6g4xyHWo474yeuVrK5OgEYLMWv5hfPRMS-X6_udk/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720449352338389298" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carson fell asleep in the LA airport on the floor waiting to board for the 16 hour flight- we tried to keep him up but luckily he slept for almost 8 hours of the plain ride too.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHf4jOa5J2Y3HOBYbYnFjVaSSNR9l1hsp1ToGb6nPzA3XlNLuih-x7VzeZKcc1FLAsm3kaxkHAsuMe1F13qyqU-RSAtTwFc8oDhtEUxsjeWkyQzqQPYFWTcMHV9Qa5PuEW4mbx5vE9Kv8/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+161.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHf4jOa5J2Y3HOBYbYnFjVaSSNR9l1hsp1ToGb6nPzA3XlNLuih-x7VzeZKcc1FLAsm3kaxkHAsuMe1F13qyqU-RSAtTwFc8oDhtEUxsjeWkyQzqQPYFWTcMHV9Qa5PuEW4mbx5vE9Kv8/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720437045214811522" border="0" /></a>Andrew loved the T.V.'s on the back of each seat. They were seriously so nice, I think I slept a total of an hour and a half on the flight so I was able to catch up on my chick flicks.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHp4g-tfiLK84Kh9xLMRJKG8tyVFIzUU8IbvNMCuMypHbNNelLqEqTn0B389FQFKpJHxJsO3rXEjkWrps5T-lg11sjxUmqTSZwLsBW_VqtbIt3wQR0DtO8ZgN5tr-_RJVVL-NH-Sfw4I/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+162.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHp4g-tfiLK84Kh9xLMRJKG8tyVFIzUU8IbvNMCuMypHbNNelLqEqTn0B389FQFKpJHxJsO3rXEjkWrps5T-lg11sjxUmqTSZwLsBW_VqtbIt3wQR0DtO8ZgN5tr-_RJVVL-NH-Sfw4I/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720439068309276546" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our first sight of the Australian coast line...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvnbec_hgX8fmgbRVsmFEwkq5Yq5RQ_BL8qEEH3pIbqafcfEqvtnlWluBQPClDZzEfWjHFHVweWPRO49cpQ0Uhr6ZKjEpy3H98KjO0PHJpJtvcsVRkTL0QH2Au68xOq-qu5eS-t7IQzY/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+165.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvnbec_hgX8fmgbRVsmFEwkq5Yq5RQ_BL8qEEH3pIbqafcfEqvtnlWluBQPClDZzEfWjHFHVweWPRO49cpQ0Uhr6ZKjEpy3H98KjO0PHJpJtvcsVRkTL0QH2Au68xOq-qu5eS-t7IQzY/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720439079938264034" border="0" /></a>Landing in Melbourne.....looks like...not what I had imagined :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc297n2Myc3C3ZlNy_tBc1SIXRaFRal1IVAXxHYbBvZhpnW9AGAGe8jJ0zLOJu8jL0zs9yot9evJuZ0BWvgYHxxNZDfh_Zi7a3izXkXtvV0fGERZHCjXZE7gSbLRrqnglA7Nfp0zT510/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+174.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc297n2Myc3C3ZlNy_tBc1SIXRaFRal1IVAXxHYbBvZhpnW9AGAGe8jJ0zLOJu8jL0zs9yot9evJuZ0BWvgYHxxNZDfh_Zi7a3izXkXtvV0fGERZHCjXZE7gSbLRrqnglA7Nfp0zT510/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720439088087235538" border="0" /></a>This is our 2 story plane. It was 10 seats and 2 isles wide.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1piMhCJWrn-G4lc7QSMfL5r14as_qKqV-G9Zi5obuK0HdbipChC5Cn0-xKwX3gM_m9UGT3iJLA12I6trEqM9EdE4BiKbKSaVCUCYIN-NvUBL0A3qNR4MTbNmDwyRY4fc0g5d9WCxIRXs/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+176.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1piMhCJWrn-G4lc7QSMfL5r14as_qKqV-G9Zi5obuK0HdbipChC5Cn0-xKwX3gM_m9UGT3iJLA12I6trEqM9EdE4BiKbKSaVCUCYIN-NvUBL0A3qNR4MTbNmDwyRY4fc0g5d9WCxIRXs/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720439104488948322" border="0" /></a>This is the comforting big sign we saw in the airport.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuDKUR_DrpCat_GbNTlhkyIgTVNiFEQmqrAguXrlYo0BfoVPwd9n5NKy-W4R7L3T6BsijlNuufmKPgenyNysq_FDmSQGfAloWz9O6QqSDcbyV7tDne18GMLRWZkBxQqMuRNc2v8ceirc/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+177.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuDKUR_DrpCat_GbNTlhkyIgTVNiFEQmqrAguXrlYo0BfoVPwd9n5NKy-W4R7L3T6BsijlNuufmKPgenyNysq_FDmSQGfAloWz9O6QqSDcbyV7tDne18GMLRWZkBxQqMuRNc2v8ceirc/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720442575285422962" border="0" /></a>Downtown Melbourne, pretty beautiful.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TY-W6l3ShvIf0QHtk6V1CLg3istFKdmRNOTiyyrF6JBZvk0gsUs8Wm_mQ5ys_2-kkoAgnZzHf5Kt4AZZotF49ZRbATexBfS53613fcXKU2oBJIaXl768aTVsi727wlZopIVGn1aBXQc/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+196.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TY-W6l3ShvIf0QHtk6V1CLg3istFKdmRNOTiyyrF6JBZvk0gsUs8Wm_mQ5ys_2-kkoAgnZzHf5Kt4AZZotF49ZRbATexBfS53613fcXKU2oBJIaXl768aTVsi727wlZopIVGn1aBXQc/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720440818857374738" border="0" /></a>Many of the streets are lined with trees like this, it's beautiful.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZ1mcp-VT_v2nEs0_GZC7aNwy1tWcEfUgmCmiDAYsedXNTy9WQ_5tNkIU2RggtUm361uikZudCvQ_9eo8Ny92DRTlflZ-YAgCZjfwGibE6lVGynrpRB7u4nPRSABp7a3e78m8cXgt7X4/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+201.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZ1mcp-VT_v2nEs0_GZC7aNwy1tWcEfUgmCmiDAYsedXNTy9WQ_5tNkIU2RggtUm361uikZudCvQ_9eo8Ny92DRTlflZ-YAgCZjfwGibE6lVGynrpRB7u4nPRSABp7a3e78m8cXgt7X4/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720442085902707650" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our new townhome- it really is beautiful and we feel quite comfortable in it. There is no yard just a little porch out back.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMNGq6bHeT3lvxzBXiRM1f8sQL5tF650XfLCPiXt4ya1NoIab2oDtPKfCctm6YMr3_y1lLMYHBftwxKIxcB6TtWN3a16Gr_Wt-3XTqJkgrWlve0Z97NE6XjVKgaddDevNs0a_FDQKw_0/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+192.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMNGq6bHeT3lvxzBXiRM1f8sQL5tF650XfLCPiXt4ya1NoIab2oDtPKfCctm6YMr3_y1lLMYHBftwxKIxcB6TtWN3a16Gr_Wt-3XTqJkgrWlve0Z97NE6XjVKgaddDevNs0a_FDQKw_0/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+192.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720440810651578066" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d6X0M7MzgixWN3TpZ7eB-cK5KFcapXwSRrBeZPUC1kQeiCyr_b4pDJGgL2aFAlAvx3Sa4SnmBthC38JD5cSyHj65ZC0oS_ZsIfs_kat5WomjCxgGI3hWULiFa6NVKS8m5T8jkzbK3JQ/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+211.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d6X0M7MzgixWN3TpZ7eB-cK5KFcapXwSRrBeZPUC1kQeiCyr_b4pDJGgL2aFAlAvx3Sa4SnmBthC38JD5cSyHj65ZC0oS_ZsIfs_kat5WomjCxgGI3hWULiFa6NVKS8m5T8jkzbK3JQ/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720457134265078306" border="0" /></a><br />Carson- sleeping on an Ikea bed in the middle of the store. He and I had the hardest time adjusting to the time difference. There was a lot of shopping the first few days because we didn't ship any furniture over- it was cheaper to buy it here.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1OMgUHfW5_M7WpPoWYv3R6XKoqnl966XIkazfTmP9sxvXg5TaXPlB9TaAHhC7YnglE6Zy7s-y8FbP3SpqLfzYHtgxhVjsE_SkMSmp_rOQTgL0HFrSDRKMK2qzz23460atYDX5emVEdc/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+200.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1OMgUHfW5_M7WpPoWYv3R6XKoqnl966XIkazfTmP9sxvXg5TaXPlB9TaAHhC7YnglE6Zy7s-y8FbP3SpqLfzYHtgxhVjsE_SkMSmp_rOQTgL0HFrSDRKMK2qzz23460atYDX5emVEdc/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720442075593123202" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Instead of 50 cents for the little kiddie rides they are all a $2 coin, Kevin told them to enjoy the ride because it was the last one they were going to get while here. ;)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IdMNLiflnVD5b-hoCacdIvk9Ibsp7FiXQFjcO0SYQqfozjpjpp7E0pZty29XBJZBkq9KJ7qMEBozay0LIRmxgrKUJ9HQCri5lD89fxAWxA-BeUWHOKW5QuGzxbB2hKDdSoDdvWCP_ls/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+182.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IdMNLiflnVD5b-hoCacdIvk9Ibsp7FiXQFjcO0SYQqfozjpjpp7E0pZty29XBJZBkq9KJ7qMEBozay0LIRmxgrKUJ9HQCri5lD89fxAWxA-BeUWHOKW5QuGzxbB2hKDdSoDdvWCP_ls/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720442065357113330" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was a little overwhelmed after the first grocery shopping trip. The butter comes in solid blocks of 500 grams (1.1 lbs) or in 1.5 grams (3.3 lbs), and the cheddar cheese is white! Medium cheddar is called Tasty Cheddar. I found the cheese at the end of the shopping trip and trying to adjust to all of the new brands and not finding just our normal basics I was....a little flustered. Kevin recalls me turning to him and saying "The cheddar is white here, I'm just not sure I can do this anymore- you pick out the dang cheese!" So much to take in the first week and I am still struggling with the easiest way to measure butter from a big block.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHWT-deDIjK9hC0xCMFpc5YKHnXi1VlI5tK4Illq8J6ylRWBbn_OAA5G3vQmkydk27RXWLmHcS3pvtRl-im_JI2IbGxp2Jwb0Wk6-lm3ditBl_0Qy5pjStfTbdoEn4T84aWNyq9qJKU0/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+187.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHWT-deDIjK9hC0xCMFpc5YKHnXi1VlI5tK4Illq8J6ylRWBbn_OAA5G3vQmkydk27RXWLmHcS3pvtRl-im_JI2IbGxp2Jwb0Wk6-lm3ditBl_0Qy5pjStfTbdoEn4T84aWNyq9qJKU0/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720457129021154258" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This picture doesn't give justice to how huge this block of butter is!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4Wne0Qumaye2l1x4t7c0WtSUOA_hSkolgAxyQilNr6dgyFIOkss-a5ecCnm2YTqpxYlK5rU_OlvWdWQ7I-RDuCZQ4nIFHHk2lwvjC0674cJ2LCl8akkp3qh_65IR6dknP0kbabd0nG0/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+216.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4Wne0Qumaye2l1x4t7c0WtSUOA_hSkolgAxyQilNr6dgyFIOkss-a5ecCnm2YTqpxYlK5rU_OlvWdWQ7I-RDuCZQ4nIFHHk2lwvjC0674cJ2LCl8akkp3qh_65IR6dknP0kbabd0nG0/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720457144555780354" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took this picture in our travels...Idaho??? Nope....Australia.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEy7qZb84LK2OAaWfKRK4y80JEN-t4a4RFD62NDdSUM7ahRXFOc2EXUTaF_KCcvgiA-w4abD14V4dCFVDG0I6kmahdRF-EyrtxzL980f6TpG3vdDsiElvzUQgOWYfVlrlKGdxu8FIeUU/s1600/Fall+2011+and+Australia+208.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEy7qZb84LK2OAaWfKRK4y80JEN-t4a4RFD62NDdSUM7ahRXFOc2EXUTaF_KCcvgiA-w4abD14V4dCFVDG0I6kmahdRF-EyrtxzL980f6TpG3vdDsiElvzUQgOWYfVlrlKGdxu8FIeUU/s320/Fall+2011+and+Australia+208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720442095131964658" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">More pictures to come!<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-43595587447494202432012-03-03T03:35:00.002-08:002012-03-03T05:14:57.271-08:00Australia!!!So as most of you know.....we are living in Australia for the next year or so. Kevin was given the opportunity to be the General Manager of Australia and New Zealand for Melaleuca. It has all happened so quickly- he was first approached about the position on January 3rd, by January 16th he was on a plane on his way to Australia for 2 and a half weeks. On February 18th our family flew out of IF to begin our new adventure. As exciting and as extreemly difficult as this decision has been for our family we feel like we were ment to come here. Not sure totally why yet but time will tell.<br /><br />So we have been here for 2 weeks so far.....it has been a long 2 weeks! After one week I felt like I had been here a year already. It's getting better but part of that has been that we still haven't received our shippment of 500lbs that we were able to ship from home (which isn't all that much). So we have what we carried in our suit cases (all 9 of them + carry on bags) and what we have purchased here.... the basics of furniture and food. We have watched Dispicable Me at least once a day for 10 days (we don't have our DVD player yet and it's the only movie on a jump drive). I haven't blown my hair dry in 2 weeks....it's getting out of control.<br /><br /><strong><em>Since I can't get my memory card with my pictures on it to work I thought I would just post about a few differences here and for those who don't know much about Australia (NOT THAT I DO)....give you a few details. </em></strong><br /><br />*We live in Surrey Hills which is a suburb of Melbourne; pronounced "Melbin". Melbournes population is around 4 million people. Only slightly larger than Idaho Falls :).<br /><br />*Melbourne is in the South East corner of Australia and in the state of Victoria, Australia is made up of 6 states and 2 territories, the islands of Tasmania or Tazzy being one of the states.<br /><br />*Australia is about as big as the connected 48 states. Melbourne is the second largest city. However, much of the middle of the country (The Bushland) is not very populated.<br /><br />*We are 18 hours ahead here. So the easiest math for that is take your time in IF (would vary for other places) minus 6 hours......but we are a day ahead. So if it's your Friday at 3pm it is our Saturday at 9am. The kids think it is cool that we left on a Saturday and got here on a Monday....we completely skipped Sunday.<br /><br />*As Kevin states it they drive on the "wrong side of the road" as opposed to the actual right side of the road. Oh- and of course they use the metric system. My weight on the scale looks way better in kilograms.<br /><br />*Also...I'm sure in your head your are possibly picturing the late Steve Irwin or Crocidile Dunde (seriously people??). Anyway....yes the accent is the same or similar. But no on the khaki and the life style. Well....in Melbourne that is. This is big city professional and to me the shock has been more with the big city life than the fact that I am in a foreign country.<br /><br /><strong><em>So here are a few other things that I found interesting about this place.....</em></strong><br /><br />*People have said the toilets flush the opposite way than they do in the US, so I tried to take notice. However, it must be a newer thing they have a "full flush" button and a "half flush" button and they both just go straight down not in any particular circular pattern :). To conserve water.<br /><br />*Power is expensive here and so there are little switches above all the outlets- you only turn them on when they are in use. Also- I thought the oven was broken....but apparently there is a button to turn that on too.<br /><br />*In a lot of stores you put money in to get a Trolly (shopping cart) and when you return cart it will return your $.<br /><br />*Supposedly you don't tip here (I am still trying to figure out if that is Kevin being cheap or not).<br /><br />*Their smallest bill is a $5- they do have $1 and $2 dollar coins (along with others) but no 1 cent. The smallest is 5 cent and tax is built into price.<br /><br /><strong><em>A few of the words they use....that I understand what they mean.....there are lots that i don't get yet!</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br />*<em>Good onya</em>- means good for you or well done.<br />*Fair go- 'Give it a fair go." Give it a chance or try.<br />*lolies - sweets or candy<br />*Bloke- means man or guy. (When Kevin first heard this word he thought it was mean term).<br />*Kindie- Kindergarten which is actually our pre-school.<br />*Uni- University. Our neighbor told us her grand daughter was 'At Uni in Road Island'<br />*Brekkie- Breakfast<br />*mate- friend<br />*Mackers- McDonalds (this is for the Gordon's they were trying to figure it out).<br />*Rubbish- garbage. It's printed on the bins every where- I just thought it was slang.<br />*Footy/Aerial Ping Pong- Australian rules football.<br />*Chokkie- Chocolate<br />*Tea- supper, meal....snack. The kids get a tea break at school (snack break).<br />*Fairy Floss- cotton candy<br /><br /><strong><em>A few of the things I miss.....besides the OBVIOUS: family, friends, ward, profession and feeling like an active member of society.....! Ok- so here are a few trivial things....</em></strong><br /><br />*Ice Water......ice is rarely used here. In fact Mackers is the only place to give ice with drinks....and that's an American place. I asked the furniture guys if they wanted Ice Water and they said....um, no ice. I actually asked if it was because they didn't like it or was it just part of the culture. They stared at me and just said "Um...no ice."<br /><br />*I miss going to the 'Market' and finding whatever we need. I haven't been able to find any baking soda yet. The only cereal the kids would pick out was fruit loops and it was $7.50 a box! On the other hand we are developing better eating habbits with out all of our extras.<br /><br />*I miss a full size washer and dryer. They don't even use dryers here!!! They had to put mine on the cabinet and there is no air return vent so it just blows into the laundry room. Not good on a hot day. I admire them for this.....<br /><br />*I miss jumping into the car and heading where ever I need to go. I haven't attempted driving yet because it's crazy here, so I can get on the train....which is kindof cool. However there seems to be no quick trips.<br /><br />That is all the complaining I wish to do tonight. Over all this has been an eye-opening experience- which is exactly what I was expecting. I'm excited to do more exploring- so far we have been to a beautiful beach, downtown street market and I ventured out yesterday (Kevin is out of town) and took the kids on the train to the zoo.<br /><br />I will really work on getting pictures on here....but the pictures don't scream "Whoa she lives in Australia" anyway :). Good night!The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-10290327436439333732011-12-22T05:41:00.000-08:002011-12-22T06:46:25.522-08:00It's only been 16 months since an update.....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, it's been a while. A LONG while. I was looking through my pictures this morning looking at all of the fun things we have been up to and decided it was time! It's almost Christmas but here is our back to school picture and a few others from our great summer!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Carson (thinks he is starting school this day....super unhappy when he finds out that Joy School doesn't start for a few weeks. Brooklyn 1st grade and Andrew 2nd.</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYc1xAeBLVmNLY_iY7_UOFWqpW2Ccg3nPzy1YGJISaQEwo2o5_UFGxwffwWUIrlbMP_3FglhhpoKyLNSUABnJoTDYvEwhkZM59gzPwiOieDgvGSSM5D_3AuGTjoaVd7bQHU3S_bHsNeM/s1600/End+of+Summer+2011+138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYc1xAeBLVmNLY_iY7_UOFWqpW2Ccg3nPzy1YGJISaQEwo2o5_UFGxwffwWUIrlbMP_3FglhhpoKyLNSUABnJoTDYvEwhkZM59gzPwiOieDgvGSSM5D_3AuGTjoaVd7bQHU3S_bHsNeM/s320/End+of+Summer+2011+138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688950310054499986" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We had the chance to be with both sides of our family this summer and see everyone- it was awesome but reminded me of how much we miss everyone and love being together.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the whole Sommer Family- we were all together for 1 day for baby Lola's baby blessing.</span><br /></div><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qt7hWkvi6MFMN1yM2BZk_xdWxKjz1vBNnbYwhPhTsab7QUFJ75PFMy-l7bzRuWe2kMVkWUNiWePMFE2Sq_QHPA6LWe8jvqK9PVYhJdBGdc68XYvQ6f44npmc1d7NxsE3YwdVfBpbv_g/s1600/Sommer+Family+July+11+025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qt7hWkvi6MFMN1yM2BZk_xdWxKjz1vBNnbYwhPhTsab7QUFJ75PFMy-l7bzRuWe2kMVkWUNiWePMFE2Sq_QHPA6LWe8jvqK9PVYhJdBGdc68XYvQ6f44npmc1d7NxsE3YwdVfBpbv_g/s320/Sommer+Family+July+11+025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688950326479788194" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These are a few of the cousins in my family...minus the ones under 5. We didn't get a good picture of everyone together.</span><br /></div><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT60qS_yBx0RcGSo2e7r4JtwsiDh13QWz3udn7W-th1O4qRJKDbYxv2Na6JJpUPPcUsCIibdWP9ZBFMvTZuDfe4JDE1WuzkMpcIoYp_R_YSEFbNrYGcND5D0v6vKiEKwERe3Az2eeAi64/s1600/July+2011+014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT60qS_yBx0RcGSo2e7r4JtwsiDh13QWz3udn7W-th1O4qRJKDbYxv2Na6JJpUPPcUsCIibdWP9ZBFMvTZuDfe4JDE1WuzkMpcIoYp_R_YSEFbNrYGcND5D0v6vKiEKwERe3Az2eeAi64/s320/July+2011+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688950315903498290" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My beautiful friend Tiff (Yost) Roundy took our family pictures this summer- I was so thrilled with the way they turned out, she is truly talented. Carson threw up during the first family shoot so she came back 2 weeks later when he was up to it.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">I want to frame this picture because this captures the true reality of life. Perfect.</span><br /></div><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6_wRS-SjQUyQn_8m4wHO5rN8re85XjK3zg0U9PMkq1DnYcQNFJWmCN9jv8LJ0FT_WJQJLdoXLxAjWxdYqHJnMdd5IMTxeSDMOJaA84YtFU7Omzxwf6BL1CqCebzfI3nE1siNJLDq8t0/s1600/sommers+%252817+of+161%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6_wRS-SjQUyQn_8m4wHO5rN8re85XjK3zg0U9PMkq1DnYcQNFJWmCN9jv8LJ0FT_WJQJLdoXLxAjWxdYqHJnMdd5IMTxeSDMOJaA84YtFU7Omzxwf6BL1CqCebzfI3nE1siNJLDq8t0/s320/sommers+%252817+of+161%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688960447551744930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He is still not so happy.....but he was a trooper.</span><br /></div><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPi9A9B9d8o7XuHyQPYf5PpL07hzL8LXQ_aixoKUoxc8rebcJttQE4psgeYNUTjvSWSGSuoSfeKqs0tLs7zVaQbvqHKCERPtqFVClYDezfF3dHL46DMHuUujwq5UKJeZ4Od86hRq-cfg/s1600/tweak9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPi9A9B9d8o7XuHyQPYf5PpL07hzL8LXQ_aixoKUoxc8rebcJttQE4psgeYNUTjvSWSGSuoSfeKqs0tLs7zVaQbvqHKCERPtqFVClYDezfF3dHL46DMHuUujwq5UKJeZ4Od86hRq-cfg/s320/tweak9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688958893134013954" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 weeks later.....happy Carson, 3yrs old.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfoe7-rd6hXgTC6pOBe7RBE7nsArqrjw8LbVDbQnGUE8MtSM8za8BUU2RjOwnrh61W7viWoYa1E9e9HWKvAeod26UCdVgQpfxDG-5fHdfp6s-rnSCNh6yTHosE8bVkTCkJyjx0yHw3Us/s1600/tweak21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfoe7-rd6hXgTC6pOBe7RBE7nsArqrjw8LbVDbQnGUE8MtSM8za8BUU2RjOwnrh61W7viWoYa1E9e9HWKvAeod26UCdVgQpfxDG-5fHdfp6s-rnSCNh6yTHosE8bVkTCkJyjx0yHw3Us/s320/tweak21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688950334803383650" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brooklyn 6yrs....there were so many amazing pictures of this Angel!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOCFZeAYpMQX8Jrn1agdU2JLO2XCy60M3Vp8h8ydDnc8slA5_cwlO_3a3Dk6lQOrNBaJgi6dNpE7Y9t7zLN0zS-yX7_mn1sAza-1PapoBpd3klsbay9G87iHdz0dpp9ZQqFAWhcFbQ5o/s1600/tweak6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOCFZeAYpMQX8Jrn1agdU2JLO2XCy60M3Vp8h8ydDnc8slA5_cwlO_3a3Dk6lQOrNBaJgi6dNpE7Y9t7zLN0zS-yX7_mn1sAza-1PapoBpd3klsbay9G87iHdz0dpp9ZQqFAWhcFbQ5o/s320/tweak6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688956185790632658" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My handsome Andrew 7yrs, what a little stud.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFdbIVfNXhikVN6P63B8MM4_rFSWyQjL3D8YGF3IF-P7VCDQ2yNwA_we0HHJ0u_QvXt31idD4FbvC47589ATichNnsEvNhBIU_3SAbWbhxMJUt0i08y-YcaB2f7oqFe-Kh6PwnTt7fEg/s1600/sommers+%252831+of+161%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFdbIVfNXhikVN6P63B8MM4_rFSWyQjL3D8YGF3IF-P7VCDQ2yNwA_we0HHJ0u_QvXt31idD4FbvC47589ATichNnsEvNhBIU_3SAbWbhxMJUt0i08y-YcaB2f7oqFe-Kh6PwnTt7fEg/s320/sommers+%252831+of+161%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688956190740369730" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My three little amigos......</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3bi2yzZvzcUqWqrwIZfBbvgsb-0sdATwhVvwronHpp6329-gbRC3VBg8-965EQcKIHcgfGZ1LRfnRxRsQRJxVCqWCeRDA8En4z_29dh2B33rRLA3o4ssyxtbIMiXSKCzheO9ibtvFSQ/s1600/tweak16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3bi2yzZvzcUqWqrwIZfBbvgsb-0sdATwhVvwronHpp6329-gbRC3VBg8-965EQcKIHcgfGZ1LRfnRxRsQRJxVCqWCeRDA8En4z_29dh2B33rRLA3o4ssyxtbIMiXSKCzheO9ibtvFSQ/s320/tweak16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688960450733025666" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Us.....LOVE him.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGH8VE32Dk1gBwc4_PBJsoWYYPKYloRqsevHHhZ5jT7rzWuTPFV44HwWxZpfbsKj2IQNqAJg0ar7-OaNfyF9z2nBlad0SaXE0s1BPasm8U_-HCPaj6ks9tWupqEQRaNM4vvFjxL66-TSY/s1600/tweak8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGH8VE32Dk1gBwc4_PBJsoWYYPKYloRqsevHHhZ5jT7rzWuTPFV44HwWxZpfbsKj2IQNqAJg0ar7-OaNfyF9z2nBlad0SaXE0s1BPasm8U_-HCPaj6ks9tWupqEQRaNM4vvFjxL66-TSY/s320/tweak8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688958889144949554" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;">Well.....who knows, maybe by next June you will have an update on Christmas!<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-64923464722161414642010-08-30T14:33:00.000-07:002010-08-30T16:03:23.245-07:00Back to reality....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, this summer has been a great one! We will miss it.... I will miss the sleeping in probably most of all. Today was the first day of school, I have so many emotions. Sad....excited.....and everything in between. I love my kids so much- Andrew to be gone the whole day is a bit much. He is just too good of a kid to wish him away. Brooke will do great she does love school and 3 hours is enough to get her fix yet I still get her most of the day. After everyone left this morning Carson went down stairs and was yelling "Dada, dada... where go?" Next I heard him yelling for "An-do, An-do (Andrew)" He came upstairs and said "Mom- where go?" I told him Dad was at Work and Andrew was at school. Then I asked "Where's Brookie" and he responded "Wok (work)"! It's going to take some getting used to just Carson and I alone...maybe we will get a new hobby, like jogging or folding the clothes they same day I wash them :).</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">First day of school! Brooklyn started Kindergarten and Andrew is in 1st grade. Yes- those are coats on August 30th.<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_iUA3DYzpzn-zXXVNKZ6rbMwBlqjGI8SAIarvyqZvVNulQ5684MK34p60xBdTBszNszID7AELDhB0BVUx_PYtmuUKMYyc8X4wE4EINAECZVkZrlEKxmPvdkujvWUIfHEDZ61CRipbTY/s1600/First+day+of+school+2010+004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_iUA3DYzpzn-zXXVNKZ6rbMwBlqjGI8SAIarvyqZvVNulQ5684MK34p60xBdTBszNszID7AELDhB0BVUx_PYtmuUKMYyc8X4wE4EINAECZVkZrlEKxmPvdkujvWUIfHEDZ61CRipbTY/s320/First+day+of+school+2010+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511325317767577410" border="0" /></a> Kevin had an amazing opportunity to go to Alaska fishing for 3 days, he just got back. He loved it. This is him with his 45lb Halibut.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVF-nVZk7BP5DFzP7dFbVQp1y5FSQ6lBVL9teK7F-EkunAVLG1878pvwPSsO0kriup3EQhX80iGGFmV6ab-Z3_bTX65R_SFlFa14_8XQB6qVMIi2KpdxmN-QxrTweBbcAvV5NMvBNV-dM/s1600/Alaska+097.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVF-nVZk7BP5DFzP7dFbVQp1y5FSQ6lBVL9teK7F-EkunAVLG1878pvwPSsO0kriup3EQhX80iGGFmV6ab-Z3_bTX65R_SFlFa14_8XQB6qVMIi2KpdxmN-QxrTweBbcAvV5NMvBNV-dM/s320/Alaska+097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511325342234553586" border="0" /></a>The Melaleuca crew with just ONE day of their catches.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_ja7DFU80CdAxgKgh72mdGM-Vgjd10IGHlNFOPwvuSlCE-_DaSL-bHA8umxW-PWYjtfBuFreb46eOglx6hjXqkIySkEbSxphcK-CJL1gMMH1BAiDRvSOJrdiq3XWONVtyLpNmNkRc4k/s1600/Alaska+128.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_ja7DFU80CdAxgKgh72mdGM-Vgjd10IGHlNFOPwvuSlCE-_DaSL-bHA8umxW-PWYjtfBuFreb46eOglx6hjXqkIySkEbSxphcK-CJL1gMMH1BAiDRvSOJrdiq3XWONVtyLpNmNkRc4k/s320/Alaska+128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511337998488367794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Carson......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oI6Qw3bgSoqsrAfMpGl-zVBJzC9V8iz8LcxMJMY3MuDakKIVhql7U0JCZd0M7Qu25z0cS4lUoTfDCa1aASCZTy2vAt5tk5Ufb0yr_BiYTVzc_W7E5ESvFqm0BZcC7ft7FtqHzXQujO4/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oI6Qw3bgSoqsrAfMpGl-zVBJzC9V8iz8LcxMJMY3MuDakKIVhql7U0JCZd0M7Qu25z0cS4lUoTfDCa1aASCZTy2vAt5tk5Ufb0yr_BiYTVzc_W7E5ESvFqm0BZcC7ft7FtqHzXQujO4/s320/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511330616703183682" border="0" /></a>Playing at Rigby Lake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC6zHPEZ_bR43J1rcxMy7vk83EVnht5QcXYTD90JMt7mQmdTCvD_RAaVZXbAu6BbxMl7SH2avxQmB7q0N0KMn5KFIOWaBMh2Ej8x6ECu395ZsCFkf4hOPhs4SyVnBDqM6uGAY5pjo8S4/s1600/Summer+2010+083.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC6zHPEZ_bR43J1rcxMy7vk83EVnht5QcXYTD90JMt7mQmdTCvD_RAaVZXbAu6BbxMl7SH2avxQmB7q0N0KMn5KFIOWaBMh2Ej8x6ECu395ZsCFkf4hOPhs4SyVnBDqM6uGAY5pjo8S4/s320/Summer+2010+083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511337981298947682" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-vsSRnTgujkwRnmmeB69cSqG6P1Cjgnm-5gDhguyuUTTtOYlrU0VrVibgHivpan4RkYY1x2_yZIKb57lonhRQX_uhQzaSgy0bKulAUEzWatc3NY1gJ5yekihKCoVuh5JnOcjN-SZrNc/s1600/Summer+2010+086.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-vsSRnTgujkwRnmmeB69cSqG6P1Cjgnm-5gDhguyuUTTtOYlrU0VrVibgHivpan4RkYY1x2_yZIKb57lonhRQX_uhQzaSgy0bKulAUEzWatc3NY1gJ5yekihKCoVuh5JnOcjN-SZrNc/s320/Summer+2010+086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511337989482894690" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At Warm River feeding the fish, it never gets old.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg329qcyVNKWaIxKVQiJ694RhgMVP97TkYb54aI56ZTDrkeUrKCA7drBVt6FnGixPA6oH-hGcA0jxOuWbWmgmnveYggG9PTVn1VQjFedn8TgwyQfFIvDPtbAMkmkokNdbpnEM34ihlE08M/s1600/Summer+2010+070.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg329qcyVNKWaIxKVQiJ694RhgMVP97TkYb54aI56ZTDrkeUrKCA7drBVt6FnGixPA6oH-hGcA0jxOuWbWmgmnveYggG9PTVn1VQjFedn8TgwyQfFIvDPtbAMkmkokNdbpnEM34ihlE08M/s320/Summer+2010+070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511330647184142402" border="0" /></a>Boating with friends while we stayed at their cabin in Island Park.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJiN6LsStuh-S9iUhYiVj_cVfKt77squuWERcSnofWPzzCbeAZXEY5nWJjfkgiLechUVMzGhxK4dd4tsEBx1Pi2aRldIq_gmMlQjggj975Q2QK23sLxt9Ds_3xFit0nqxqueO0w8_zwY/s1600/Summer+2010+037.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJiN6LsStuh-S9iUhYiVj_cVfKt77squuWERcSnofWPzzCbeAZXEY5nWJjfkgiLechUVMzGhxK4dd4tsEBx1Pi2aRldIq_gmMlQjggj975Q2QK23sLxt9Ds_3xFit0nqxqueO0w8_zwY/s320/Summer+2010+037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511330628295625042" border="0" /></a>Carson has newly discovered the art of 'Pluggy Walking' (pacifier=pluggy). He is one of a kind, I know it's kindof gross.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeax_lnH1kZ6MHML3U0V5z9jVtHXBGpQAG49bSybdwq_Qh01mxhLvbLYWQ_Py9sa6cBK5_b4yZv5sF3ZsgQT1OlVdAm93MTuE_8JBlqxvBxVCeGycepq7i1ZwMO0j9ExvTpPA7GWRhPk/s1600/First+day+of+school+2010+006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeax_lnH1kZ6MHML3U0V5z9jVtHXBGpQAG49bSybdwq_Qh01mxhLvbLYWQ_Py9sa6cBK5_b4yZv5sF3ZsgQT1OlVdAm93MTuE_8JBlqxvBxVCeGycepq7i1ZwMO0j9ExvTpPA7GWRhPk/s320/First+day+of+school+2010+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511325331172921122" border="0" /></a> Hope you all had a wonderful summer!<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-9563475770783394972010-07-06T11:42:00.000-07:002010-07-06T14:04:42.944-07:00The Sommer Summer Update....<div style="text-align: center;">So far this summer has been fun and is going by too fast! We just ended our Tee-ball season- which turned out to be really fun! Andrew is a great hitter and Brooklyn...really improved from the beginning of the season (mainly she is just really cute out in the field).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdl0XKKOqDc6hFxEeXB7ZRA8ngMYvFRLmsF1qIfF3Tmx-9hYr2kCE1tClz8GbWwj-jV0VVuEaznMdKb7geVjzRrmTTJJYYhfhbrjGfbp0Vnr33bddXZtKVCSc6WKZDrq4RadTlVoycad8/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+052.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdl0XKKOqDc6hFxEeXB7ZRA8ngMYvFRLmsF1qIfF3Tmx-9hYr2kCE1tClz8GbWwj-jV0VVuEaznMdKb7geVjzRrmTTJJYYhfhbrjGfbp0Vnr33bddXZtKVCSc6WKZDrq4RadTlVoycad8/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490870782126213362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAQiGnQRf4h_rf6smNqYJbxAV_1PAoizFMddahEAACV5ajxqEyAX2eVhrBF8gY9tBNOfEueMkKCp7qrgbdbOYqc9h4GWl2HlitFq6kEVXQ86y1d4pyPVVm_W-Nxch7iohDWrGfOqBnuI/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+041.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAQiGnQRf4h_rf6smNqYJbxAV_1PAoizFMddahEAACV5ajxqEyAX2eVhrBF8gY9tBNOfEueMkKCp7qrgbdbOYqc9h4GWl2HlitFq6kEVXQ86y1d4pyPVVm_W-Nxch7iohDWrGfOqBnuI/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490870767078176018" border="0" /></a>Andrew caught his first snake in our back yard (usually dad catches them), he asked over and over "Mom, are you the proudest you have ever been of me?" He was super cute- not so much the snake. <span style="font-size:85%;">(can't turn this pict for some reason).</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9wPdWJlBnBuQ_W8XwBV1gJDUHv_1vXw8CPt-vrycVqph-JQBdJ-LZELdhp0YxxF4cZ-sQh0Tp0QdyoyABV_5LoJO_wRZywmfHQEqOOc7W4hZI1LpNDtKAdsUSPO4gDSxCbZoub6nkuc/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+039.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9wPdWJlBnBuQ_W8XwBV1gJDUHv_1vXw8CPt-vrycVqph-JQBdJ-LZELdhp0YxxF4cZ-sQh0Tp0QdyoyABV_5LoJO_wRZywmfHQEqOOc7W4hZI1LpNDtKAdsUSPO4gDSxCbZoub6nkuc/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490870773755845314" border="0" /></a><br />We just had a great visit with our cousins from AZ, The Madders (my sisters kids). We loved having them and we already miss them so much! This is my mom with the grandkids.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtYvZUGBDA0Oi8aoXizCL2exMLgvnTU1w5YmJij3MQooTRMPeZv4MHffSRatTWrGoTfeiMryeh7-1uLcy-PQg8sarBrzLgLn_djinujyUemLYi0AM29cknSn86tjYwOmPx-Q_X3VSJ2o/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+065.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtYvZUGBDA0Oi8aoXizCL2exMLgvnTU1w5YmJij3MQooTRMPeZv4MHffSRatTWrGoTfeiMryeh7-1uLcy-PQg8sarBrzLgLn_djinujyUemLYi0AM29cknSn86tjYwOmPx-Q_X3VSJ2o/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490879684638781986" border="0" /></a> 4th of July (well...actually 3rd of July)- Down at the River....<br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Carson eating Corn on a Stick and loving it!<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYInZjzAdO4SvR6fnqT2it8QbUENcsFJEfy4u9jIonw3swt9GDPse0kB22VGvJKEJEEZeSnG3mgiyys7UN-JzflvmGbCxYJ9xZjhT6rMRWFFjMw53TIkG8pclKc6PV1EGEWa9ojVeiv2k/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+071.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYInZjzAdO4SvR6fnqT2it8QbUENcsFJEfy4u9jIonw3swt9GDPse0kB22VGvJKEJEEZeSnG3mgiyys7UN-JzflvmGbCxYJ9xZjhT6rMRWFFjMw53TIkG8pclKc6PV1EGEWa9ojVeiv2k/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490879693632803058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Brooklyn with cousins Ally and Analiese- so cute! They are all with-in about 8 months of each other.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsO-nkdVgqy_LhtGPB63hMknJ4STuxxXDLaARCOIP89_dbIXcWquvVLDZa48sUtWllB1Nc8VKe5pqNlJGfp0hG0kZn-leMmFpiQyWp8GYY6E72hEWng6bRwV4DWwxy4jBbNNwAzsx6ng/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+076.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsO-nkdVgqy_LhtGPB63hMknJ4STuxxXDLaARCOIP89_dbIXcWquvVLDZa48sUtWllB1Nc8VKe5pqNlJGfp0hG0kZn-leMmFpiQyWp8GYY6E72hEWng6bRwV4DWwxy4jBbNNwAzsx6ng/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490885284101816098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">More Cousins.....Halle and Jagger.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJILi4Yh2S_V6dNX2Ldbp6FTrIWXi0mkmnCW5z6X5J7HFcBYuoOLzgiMtpdg3WUAiWuw2qkBy88N2UDAxQ8qs23iiuhpgYsw1hcf67uKQQiGkm6fvyImKOYyKwI0ERRBNZ_d9i3b2g2Z0/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+106.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJILi4Yh2S_V6dNX2Ldbp6FTrIWXi0mkmnCW5z6X5J7HFcBYuoOLzgiMtpdg3WUAiWuw2qkBy88N2UDAxQ8qs23iiuhpgYsw1hcf67uKQQiGkm6fvyImKOYyKwI0ERRBNZ_d9i3b2g2Z0/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490885291975875698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Right when the big fireworks started...this is what Carson did.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVm22o5moREwhO325iIGFyxGp-26ae01acfxZsG4kObZfBnRNC8F8b7sLZlMDo3gC6Zc1Prpc-orQqMUvbMGUo5-f_4ItuqsqU6G4B41EGUQ9jTLFCCUwdLMlfHWkmqUTem043Gc4_3Uc/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+109.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVm22o5moREwhO325iIGFyxGp-26ae01acfxZsG4kObZfBnRNC8F8b7sLZlMDo3gC6Zc1Prpc-orQqMUvbMGUo5-f_4ItuqsqU6G4B41EGUQ9jTLFCCUwdLMlfHWkmqUTem043Gc4_3Uc/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490893482781796706" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Sparklers......</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrazrgBb4awWxdZXydOxxtmiQuSYPi4i61vHxHdqgF5AjceeNUFaJ6jdwXLiAa4yMdCpIXsjeR5DfDCziij4MDpLLJxHqCQSQfyRoKmONvHWH3E2Zn9bqTawvQxvgNdsyl56JulGLq9vs/s1600/Spring+Summer+2010+118.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrazrgBb4awWxdZXydOxxtmiQuSYPi4i61vHxHdqgF5AjceeNUFaJ6jdwXLiAa4yMdCpIXsjeR5DfDCziij4MDpLLJxHqCQSQfyRoKmONvHWH3E2Zn9bqTawvQxvgNdsyl56JulGLq9vs/s320/Spring+Summer+2010+118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490893491641597650" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Summer to you all!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-84826236664253128472010-04-25T16:08:00.000-07:002010-04-25T19:37:14.379-07:00Birthday Week 2010<div style="text-align: center;">Well, birthday week is over and all 3 of my babies are another year older! Yes, they are still my babies and we love them so much. We celebrated their birthdays separately this year. We had Dino, Curious George and Butterfly parties! We had a lot of fun but now I am de-toxing from all cake and good food.<br /><br />Andrew on his 6th birthday, April 14th.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5EznJ45D_IrXbtAPsAGH0t9VC9w9WnOr69ZqRRvE0mb2EkQ_ZTHrTcBxhyphenhyphenaACtWbjwi53nHDhpV1F5SWvjuZHT5MWFzFcVGBg_tfrip3Zx5fSXb1MsGk83VTtSdUpq9cyunhbDCW_1Y/s1600/Birthday+week+2010+001.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5EznJ45D_IrXbtAPsAGH0t9VC9w9WnOr69ZqRRvE0mb2EkQ_ZTHrTcBxhyphenhyphenaACtWbjwi53nHDhpV1F5SWvjuZHT5MWFzFcVGBg_tfrip3Zx5fSXb1MsGk83VTtSdUpq9cyunhbDCW_1Y/s320/Birthday+week+2010+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464223775468603634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebdVMK29Scg0bM_I8JYjBU3rQhQs81iGaigg3ZjjbmN5dz6v2RrtxYSP7dIgpUfZAY97aXVEN7KqvO57CK6ANGBvna-qrUaCiCEe57YSiAVKC1t2sT1ld1QuxfjRUCVXEGQjU_AobFNQ/s1600/098.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebdVMK29Scg0bM_I8JYjBU3rQhQs81iGaigg3ZjjbmN5dz6v2RrtxYSP7dIgpUfZAY97aXVEN7KqvO57CK6ANGBvna-qrUaCiCEe57YSiAVKC1t2sT1ld1QuxfjRUCVXEGQjU_AobFNQ/s320/098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464223764727187442" border="0" /></a>He's pretty excited about his gifts.... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-rmD7Ko1CtDobMei2aR-oA7WAgD1-08hyphenhyphenHtL0cRxkPDr5p04Oo_c8R21Qh7fLtgCxosEfzw5RlWzLPLMO-4B9Ldk4P8U20t1ABgzfzez3xkuGY6adAKQOnYAezhORebHe-hiOxgAuhc/s1600/Birthday+week+2010+008.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-rmD7Ko1CtDobMei2aR-oA7WAgD1-08hyphenhyphenHtL0cRxkPDr5p04Oo_c8R21Qh7fLtgCxosEfzw5RlWzLPLMO-4B9Ldk4P8U20t1ABgzfzez3xkuGY6adAKQOnYAezhORebHe-hiOxgAuhc/s320/Birthday+week+2010+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464223783091848898" border="0" /></a>Happy 2nd Birthday Carson, April 16. Loved blowing out candles on his rice-krispie 'cake'.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXSHLJcXKQbbPrJPjto1G7QvU9AHR_uIp_8dQSxCCbL_NuM7qhpcjpDhz0lPJBR9apV_j3oaUTXqDgQ-enKq_n4owom8BHjX_CplJ7Y7zXWk3e1Xba22cLK983NBR-dXOdIGMixtC1ZU/s1600/Birthday+week+2010+018.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXSHLJcXKQbbPrJPjto1G7QvU9AHR_uIp_8dQSxCCbL_NuM7qhpcjpDhz0lPJBR9apV_j3oaUTXqDgQ-enKq_n4owom8BHjX_CplJ7Y7zXWk3e1Xba22cLK983NBR-dXOdIGMixtC1ZU/s320/Birthday+week+2010+018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464227193146878338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ4K3QzRxQRKbJZpsh2xvyObK3cE8v4lxz7H530LcQV5bHWJpeVPzhHs0YFgEBFWOQ6oEaec2oqkhdeQg-UFwBW0WunLhLNal3j4sGsRaLCP4Ta2gI-65HO0LlTorbhMAzgFLRVKPtCo/s1600/Birthday+week+2010+034.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ4K3QzRxQRKbJZpsh2xvyObK3cE8v4lxz7H530LcQV5bHWJpeVPzhHs0YFgEBFWOQ6oEaec2oqkhdeQg-UFwBW0WunLhLNal3j4sGsRaLCP4Ta2gI-65HO0LlTorbhMAzgFLRVKPtCo/s320/Birthday+week+2010+034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464227212754692018" border="0" /></a><br />Talking to Grandma and Grandpa Boise on Skype while Carson opens their gift.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSW72mo7FTY8SiEjpq3A3SGOxFCgeCxRUd8PtXY20l__ClDjYrHey8Wzh36RZAAcC97awp_FNcEZxMaGQIgNjgxus1nr1Qf2hXxSPZgl_mowVkEieoTAMkwJ_yEMdFWiOkZRsBdAl9vqY/s1600/Birthday+week+2010+030.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSW72mo7FTY8SiEjpq3A3SGOxFCgeCxRUd8PtXY20l__ClDjYrHey8Wzh36RZAAcC97awp_FNcEZxMaGQIgNjgxus1nr1Qf2hXxSPZgl_mowVkEieoTAMkwJ_yEMdFWiOkZRsBdAl9vqY/s320/Birthday+week+2010+030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464227206768283666" border="0" /></a><br />Brooklyn the morning of her 5th birthday, April 18th.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyj8wQzMd8JPsOTE7I2wufyfuxPMbhWeQzWFrp7P3BKcosJOv4tfJDYM0Jlt4ty1mV2BDmXqiL6Yn8mr7nb0ZW1S9-_Y6-SphR5vh0Nh-aVBJRSmGg27SkKKiNX6GQlEHy_N6611ay5kQ/s1600/Birthday+week+2010+037.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyj8wQzMd8JPsOTE7I2wufyfuxPMbhWeQzWFrp7P3BKcosJOv4tfJDYM0Jlt4ty1mV2BDmXqiL6Yn8mr7nb0ZW1S9-_Y6-SphR5vh0Nh-aVBJRSmGg27SkKKiNX6GQlEHy_N6611ay5kQ/s320/Birthday+week+2010+037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464230592115602082" border="0" /></a><br />Brookie and friends at her Butterfly Tea Party.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfXBPMuG3ZMHinXo7LAKTICwmlpNqDbULR1dhepvVdxA4CkUsLh76IoSuytoDhf-LfraQGF7ItL5vVD05w5TnlBIF3Dj_cVlyz7N0bLdB8zod5RElOWOTZMVVL1_6E1UbberllVf6DEc/s1600/Birthday+week+2010+078.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfXBPMuG3ZMHinXo7LAKTICwmlpNqDbULR1dhepvVdxA4CkUsLh76IoSuytoDhf-LfraQGF7ItL5vVD05w5TnlBIF3Dj_cVlyz7N0bLdB8zod5RElOWOTZMVVL1_6E1UbberllVf6DEc/s320/Birthday+week+2010+078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464230602722918738" border="0" /></a>Grandma Tamara didn't even know and bought her a butterfly dress,<br />matched the party perfectly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggT0H6XZDZ2wz3PEMqxZgHBsipROphl2lQWD6gkEO4Z9jnAHsHV_PLNZh6n_C4D9yOTvruRxLLGmO74GDiCcuvoQS2wxNoauus61k49v4M8ZAImqX-cp5WjbpD43C-25TgvLt5wDsl_mY/s1600/Birthday+week+2010+069.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggT0H6XZDZ2wz3PEMqxZgHBsipROphl2lQWD6gkEO4Z9jnAHsHV_PLNZh6n_C4D9yOTvruRxLLGmO74GDiCcuvoQS2wxNoauus61k49v4M8ZAImqX-cp5WjbpD43C-25TgvLt5wDsl_mY/s320/Birthday+week+2010+069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464230613103569682" border="0" /></a>All said and done...even if I had planned when I was going to have my babies I would probably have their birthdays close together....maybe. There isn't any pouting because they have to wait forever for their birthday...because it's not more than 2 days away! Thanks for all the birthday wishes and gifts. We love you all!<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-54168252181239046032010-04-08T07:44:00.000-07:002010-04-08T08:18:39.325-07:00A Leap of Faith<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Hey! It's been a while since I've update.... I had a particular event that happened a few months ago that I have been wanted to blog about. Meet Mason...my little brother, he is nine years younger but at least nine inches taller than me. He is truly and awesome person. We have never lived in the same house, we share the same dad but different mom's. He is a Senior at Hillcrest (Go Knights!) and over the past few years we have really gained a great friendship.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Mase with my kids...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BoitSOoCBEjNwMTIDqwpmrB6uTnZ8PTtmYGTsKTMCxm1YO-EhS6VWAG93iHmTBE0AaZIQdEk9XctpgVhLZI8c3bLzMg8oT4EjgssV7XFYzbqUj7Ri1GVnmzf_4cmjeOchCOO8KrkXhs/s1600/P1020643.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BoitSOoCBEjNwMTIDqwpmrB6uTnZ8PTtmYGTsKTMCxm1YO-EhS6VWAG93iHmTBE0AaZIQdEk9XctpgVhLZI8c3bLzMg8oT4EjgssV7XFYzbqUj7Ri1GVnmzf_4cmjeOchCOO8KrkXhs/s320/P1020643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457779963433945986" border="0" /></a>Anyway, to make a long story short Mason started taking the missionary lessons a few months ago. We were privileged to have them in our home. The first night of the lessons I sat down expecting to hear a simplified version of our church history. I expected to hear much of what I have heard the past 2o-some years. Wow- was I wrong. The spirit was so strong and he was in a teaching mood! Yes- the material I had heard before. However, the difference was the perspective I had of someone I dearly love learning about the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time. Mason has been in wonderful friends homes and has attended church, however this was different. He was wanting to know for him self if this was the church for him. Well the result: my testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has been deeply strengthened. I am so blessed to be a member and to have the amazing support system that this Gospel provides me. And Mason......well it seems that he got that too!<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Mason, with his friend Tanner (who baptized him) and the great Missionary's. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBQ1stau6bIaVwNwc256kvTsgb9yYDQmmRuqJvIH-xPCYxBT1k7KH3wNWqTxdL5LRQcxWnJKPdAOJ7UVY6GxWN8KZn2gieSTH0hTmFpcrYFnFhKD3poIfCk23mbmWgvLrlte4gKfjpiY/s1600/Mason+Baprtism+002.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBQ1stau6bIaVwNwc256kvTsgb9yYDQmmRuqJvIH-xPCYxBT1k7KH3wNWqTxdL5LRQcxWnJKPdAOJ7UVY6GxWN8KZn2gieSTH0hTmFpcrYFnFhKD3poIfCk23mbmWgvLrlte4gKfjpiY/s320/Mason+Baprtism+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457779974804592610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Mase, with just some of his friends that attended the baptism. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisXzgq8BWXLMUfze60IeUV5qPieKT8u4qZ1CUuYs34Do6gbMPe3VfMWqlzkfF6Cmw003G2Q9SyvG2-vcQmUjXvlu6OWgL_vkglEeDB5VbsIPXYKMfzpm563zv8bc6CfgYNZNcBx6q_fo/s1600/Mason+Baprtism+003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisXzgq8BWXLMUfze60IeUV5qPieKT8u4qZ1CUuYs34Do6gbMPe3VfMWqlzkfF6Cmw003G2Q9SyvG2-vcQmUjXvlu6OWgL_vkglEeDB5VbsIPXYKMfzpm563zv8bc6CfgYNZNcBx6q_fo/s320/Mason+Baprtism+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457779988155741218" border="0" /></a> So, on February 20th, 2010- Mason got baptized. It was an amazing day. I can't even express how much this experience has done for me. I have a deep admiration for Mason and his decision, at 18, to follow this path and follow his promptings to learn more about the church. Thanks for your great example Mason, We love you!!!<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-55084912355427228862010-01-10T15:45:00.000-08:002010-01-10T20:17:28.551-08:00END OF THE YEAR UPDATE!!!<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-size:130%;">Happy Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years!!! We have had a great 2009. I'm sure you all know but time flies! I sit here with a new year at hand and can't help but be extremely thankful for all I am blessed with, the good and the average. :)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">For the first time in almost 3 years we had family pictures taken. Here are a few...it was freezing so we had to use bribery for them to get out of the car one more time for this one of all of us. We offered "the biggest, fattest Ice Cream they have ever seen", and gum for Carson. If you look close you can see the green between his teeth. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOU-VIl6DzUQK7WtlwuD6carr7DNOPohxxq-pElMiDoibCrwjE4XnAR7VZ5CtQEZfBgPT3iheHrKB0kFSn-lPH7GBzSVh8rLq8uO9vqwqyPfd_bp5WqHaG_Mty7dtxvX8RXIYbDuQkPVY/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOU-VIl6DzUQK7WtlwuD6carr7DNOPohxxq-pElMiDoibCrwjE4XnAR7VZ5CtQEZfBgPT3iheHrKB0kFSn-lPH7GBzSVh8rLq8uO9vqwqyPfd_bp5WqHaG_Mty7dtxvX8RXIYbDuQkPVY/s320/Christmas+2009+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425266800061631170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5AHVDdiNJKMsmEfc2siE5YkTyk7HoHLwc3L9VMu18lHwLUCTQMSKDfjta49prVIUkuwEV0bT8so9CPZl1pd6MFz_XmpHEXn1bhikQpIqcQpAkquZ5UKMVVXUOiRmRsS9kdUyqerWwNQ/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5AHVDdiNJKMsmEfc2siE5YkTyk7HoHLwc3L9VMu18lHwLUCTQMSKDfjta49prVIUkuwEV0bT8so9CPZl1pd6MFz_XmpHEXn1bhikQpIqcQpAkquZ5UKMVVXUOiRmRsS9kdUyqerWwNQ/s320/Christmas+2009+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425266792840063986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Merry Christmas from our bright house to yours. And Kev said he wasn't going to do lights this year!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthyphenhyphengsj6aB9Cgcz0Bbj1O-BMJBQw8SwHvwyk6e-qnlhe0HdCSUIDNKLeDr9O-5FoSJAfvrq58g36u88MJU2jYtPsCbPw8d4fQgV1WWl7JP6pvQ9WjFlOZ6IY1NsVRBQF0GO7cuRS4YKrE/s1600-h/Christmas+09+185.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthyphenhyphengsj6aB9Cgcz0Bbj1O-BMJBQw8SwHvwyk6e-qnlhe0HdCSUIDNKLeDr9O-5FoSJAfvrq58g36u88MJU2jYtPsCbPw8d4fQgV1WWl7JP6pvQ9WjFlOZ6IY1NsVRBQF0GO7cuRS4YKrE/s320/Christmas+09+185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425319618318575970" border="0" /></a><br />The Sommer family sent an amazing woman home to heaven this holiday season. Grandma Sommer (Kevin's Grandma) passed away Dec. 30th. We had the opportunity to share Christmas Eve with the whole Sommer gang- this was the last picture taken with her. There are over 50 people with only a few missing. Almost everyone got to say goodbye and be here for the funeral. It was a bitter- sweet experience. We will miss her and I have truly realized now what type of impact being a good, loving, and hard working mom can make. It really does carry on through generations. This picture is proof!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_atI82bI06B-dWpBLGTe5BS_Yw4assiReQ69LnS4jAqOi4_BbOTuS8h9gEfWK6GAZ9sdCCicOuGR3OsixpVv2S1rL9gfljp54rIaJ6RdxoIWwqo9c_tIHVa-VcRyBaDVEgoE6pytbm1o/s1600-h/sommer+fam+09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_atI82bI06B-dWpBLGTe5BS_Yw4assiReQ69LnS4jAqOi4_BbOTuS8h9gEfWK6GAZ9sdCCicOuGR3OsixpVv2S1rL9gfljp54rIaJ6RdxoIWwqo9c_tIHVa-VcRyBaDVEgoE6pytbm1o/s320/sommer+fam+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425319598477620482" border="0" /></a><br />Decorating the Christmas tree....and Carson continually un-decorating the tree, everyday!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChVqPYrCVWSNXZCeUFU647ki1o189XSp-2fkReo_sIwtf_43s8ELtkoxGNwrm3Rnip8eAImCp9Cx6LByILOOCtxJcEnuSBlh5vFhkfUkbjZCzNIzxHwwpz5bRD9EAHaWHGgKIcyJRwmM/s1600-h/Christmas+09+106.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChVqPYrCVWSNXZCeUFU647ki1o189XSp-2fkReo_sIwtf_43s8ELtkoxGNwrm3Rnip8eAImCp9Cx6LByILOOCtxJcEnuSBlh5vFhkfUkbjZCzNIzxHwwpz5bRD9EAHaWHGgKIcyJRwmM/s320/Christmas+09+106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425325883316880706" border="0" /></a><br />We left Santa Grasshopper cookies and Mt. Dew this year! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-ZzcfFUoycni9kyYGMID3mtYVNedLomwqIcN9o9SCwgV_hBpRTKFTV0HjlbI1NAnHcTZxb4wPBy3KPkMLDMHuvP2Gw8Krj4y75UMeDjshTym7-mzm-QPLz2SZL-BvxZR1tg00PCaCaU/s1600-h/Christmas+09+168.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-ZzcfFUoycni9kyYGMID3mtYVNedLomwqIcN9o9SCwgV_hBpRTKFTV0HjlbI1NAnHcTZxb4wPBy3KPkMLDMHuvP2Gw8Krj4y75UMeDjshTym7-mzm-QPLz2SZL-BvxZR1tg00PCaCaU/s320/Christmas+09+168.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425325876237003522" border="0" /></a><br />Carson got a broom, he loves it! We decided he needed to start pulling his weight around here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1d2sFcxzqWoAyJN4MpZu7u4NEGRxeOQEG0iIu_HtcsSSavn4eLBmQMLQiE2qpH_n4l4g8p08Hmr8QLj_qWOJhriUx_ifrEL92q7pePpxVCMTVX8mqS44ZjXC9F7Sd2un7teHNv3UhL84/s1600-h/Christmas+09+181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1d2sFcxzqWoAyJN4MpZu7u4NEGRxeOQEG0iIu_HtcsSSavn4eLBmQMLQiE2qpH_n4l4g8p08Hmr8QLj_qWOJhriUx_ifrEL92q7pePpxVCMTVX8mqS44ZjXC9F7Sd2un7teHNv3UhL84/s320/Christmas+09+181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425325886525238082" border="0" /></a><br />Sick baby....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGLqEPq7P7i3WOcLbl3Yrm5ek-O8rNl3BbmqS-Xb5BSTGpZFLVtIXVXv7sb1QBlow2ng9OlQ-_QSfCh9143pPc-MdHRv-o3gJGCcGwMD6_vYLTP9MdUqVrE_UadncPqlOT65nAW5oooQ/s1600-h/Christmas+09+127.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGLqEPq7P7i3WOcLbl3Yrm5ek-O8rNl3BbmqS-Xb5BSTGpZFLVtIXVXv7sb1QBlow2ng9OlQ-_QSfCh9143pPc-MdHRv-o3gJGCcGwMD6_vYLTP9MdUqVrE_UadncPqlOT65nAW5oooQ/s320/Christmas+09+127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425319607548634626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Happy Halloween?!? This is the first year we haven't had a specific "theme", sad for me but fun for them. Yes, Kevin wore that (inflatable pumpkin)to work all day. ;)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81T35L7TZtL_HaUjb_RrGUS77ijXNlpYY5huMFfsaRDbqxn_wDpCxvQjsHiKUolOsH_40oP7f5EPmv6ZIj57-K9IAfpMuSk6a4LFhPua8L_RtVDxKD3bqypH2C9hPUJ_kdCWCdTW3_MI/s1600-h/Halloween+2009+213.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81T35L7TZtL_HaUjb_RrGUS77ijXNlpYY5huMFfsaRDbqxn_wDpCxvQjsHiKUolOsH_40oP7f5EPmv6ZIj57-K9IAfpMuSk6a4LFhPua8L_RtVDxKD3bqypH2C9hPUJ_kdCWCdTW3_MI/s320/Halloween+2009+213.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425266811031316338" border="0" /></a><br />We hope everyone's holidays were great, thanks for being a part of our lives!<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-35345747475031979102009-10-12T12:53:00.000-07:002009-10-12T14:06:12.047-07:00Disneyland and such: Family Vacation '09<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We just got back from a great trip, so much fun! We went to Disneyland for 3 days, Sea World, Laguna Beach, and took a day at the beginning to recover from the stomach flu! Yes...the flu hit me right as our plane was leaving IF...I spent the whole flight in the bathroom. It hit Andrew the last 20 min of the flight and Shawn (my brother) and his daughter right as we were landing! Kev and Brookie got it the next night. However, it went away fast and we were up and running the rest of the week. While we were in CA we got to spend time with my brother and sister's families which made it all the more fun! Kevin and I seemed to enjoy Disneyland and Sea World more this time, I think as our kids amazement grows so does ours!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The whole family at Bugs Life show, 3D. Brooke and Carson hated it, it was intense. :)</span><br /></div><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL2cSDQgh3nA1MqQIXBDZoxXjXTXgKFGtYeBG0RuwWqFoC8oSqqqRqWXNyFd6Gc_t1hwGfmr70sGWCrmm724jORHh7DB4kCDUES-faAMNoFzIEbkcxFOr28CcKNNb3DApMvDPsJFx89k/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+151.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL2cSDQgh3nA1MqQIXBDZoxXjXTXgKFGtYeBG0RuwWqFoC8oSqqqRqWXNyFd6Gc_t1hwGfmr70sGWCrmm724jORHh7DB4kCDUES-faAMNoFzIEbkcxFOr28CcKNNb3DApMvDPsJFx89k/s320/Disneyland+09+151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391806697700104834" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >We waited in line for over an hour to meet the princesses but it was worth it. Andrew was a little hesitant at first but it didn't take him long to warm up to the pretty girls.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqR7xWzSVVWMvTFjE5_wdgZhCNdNnMAhJ-xA4WWWq1HB428INIlhctqwUNtCjyJfQ9FuCccTNnMPLTJGJIIT-hHXEcDl45_wcNDGGsRIg4-H347M7fjO-ZXanZZ0CVvaB9OisQVX6Cr4/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqR7xWzSVVWMvTFjE5_wdgZhCNdNnMAhJ-xA4WWWq1HB428INIlhctqwUNtCjyJfQ9FuCccTNnMPLTJGJIIT-hHXEcDl45_wcNDGGsRIg4-H347M7fjO-ZXanZZ0CVvaB9OisQVX6Cr4/s320/Disneyland+09+051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391806709983637698" border="0" /></a><br />M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e!<br /></span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4pm_pN2jEUfzj517RDQ-8GHeJYNJCOhLZlGeIX_fjqRX5pG-VRTFoDfaQNn5qrUp7rCA4BSabvuW64rnsTiw94bvPDUDaa8u8EMWAdq05A2FmfuNhliLGaqDvpwTqFZvL_9vU_tBDu8/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4pm_pN2jEUfzj517RDQ-8GHeJYNJCOhLZlGeIX_fjqRX5pG-VRTFoDfaQNn5qrUp7rCA4BSabvuW64rnsTiw94bvPDUDaa8u8EMWAdq05A2FmfuNhliLGaqDvpwTqFZvL_9vU_tBDu8/s320/Disneyland+09+063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391819041734685266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><br />Kev, Brooke, my niece Ally and Andrew on Alice in Wonderland ride.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OeUrB7X3-G3OpCVuqdyiqumwEpJ_1fCb4_fUZdYV5r4SgG8DW9M5qBNUOTQUh9c-Nlx4D3ZXDhyphenhyphen4VL1SUQj2S43I4WoY1gmiF1hIwvTaofdHzY5LxzpHHCRMFO3WJx4SxwbiRwiTG9M/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OeUrB7X3-G3OpCVuqdyiqumwEpJ_1fCb4_fUZdYV5r4SgG8DW9M5qBNUOTQUh9c-Nlx4D3ZXDhyphenhyphen4VL1SUQj2S43I4WoY1gmiF1hIwvTaofdHzY5LxzpHHCRMFO3WJx4SxwbiRwiTG9M/s320/Disneyland+09+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391806717318921314" border="0" /></a>We loved riding the train around Disneyland, except when Carson was trying to jump off :)</span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX_5004xoBkpNHOwa78zy91fXhPEj5JzGkdqIX84XREqk2fGDSvokNolA-0d7749uQfYStH12Vf6le1FfBKwrnhB2lYoWcvQzs8ZCgb14xuy6vk32Gd_icdq0N-bxorNScmyxqn9RfJQ/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX_5004xoBkpNHOwa78zy91fXhPEj5JzGkdqIX84XREqk2fGDSvokNolA-0d7749uQfYStH12Vf6le1FfBKwrnhB2lYoWcvQzs8ZCgb14xuy6vk32Gd_icdq0N-bxorNScmyxqn9RfJQ/s320/Disneyland+09+040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391819053086769378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" > The fam with Shamu- that was an amazing show, we loved it!</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMYulsqss10YpoEzbLJzuJkq-oCsxrU9OvX5OZvdzVIF0oy700kE0qk3ALsbmZJ6N-WTBmk9VlIKDqzoTgpWjcgb75Xm3hE9OHxI1oIlaowqLBmog2aKALs3qdZxWBZdcGma73ZMT_VM/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+119.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMYulsqss10YpoEzbLJzuJkq-oCsxrU9OvX5OZvdzVIF0oy700kE0qk3ALsbmZJ6N-WTBmk9VlIKDqzoTgpWjcgb75Xm3hE9OHxI1oIlaowqLBmog2aKALs3qdZxWBZdcGma73ZMT_VM/s320/Disneyland+09+119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391814885573692690" border="0" /></a>Kev and I with my sister Heather, my bro-in-law David (Todd), my brother Shawn and sis-in-law Leah at an awesome taco place near the beach.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzcaG5knYCzsptspcb0xZYvhVdAlWqnImhDME_T3SzFrM2wUstwoTvVHDtevHq8NUGi72T9C9rYjvG4JyHMlxxqOl5SoQWjnPUdaCwdO9p7VtYwL5SqxeX8ejhqLXzJ8jK0amt8jLUv0/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+187.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzcaG5knYCzsptspcb0xZYvhVdAlWqnImhDME_T3SzFrM2wUstwoTvVHDtevHq8NUGi72T9C9rYjvG4JyHMlxxqOl5SoQWjnPUdaCwdO9p7VtYwL5SqxeX8ejhqLXzJ8jK0amt8jLUv0/s320/Disneyland+09+187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391814901768777746" border="0" /></a>Kev, Carson and I at Laguna Beach....</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNzTeSqgAFBTCJu0kWgoXFgcfDzgMzexJShpaLQWquGat2jF-DGS6HCTXSwRabi0M6vmnkRKxpmK4RuTq8JtFPoN-Fp7q5jpWdj92QAcrqqL62kr4CdXNUfm0Chf6lTV068zbb6LCEW0/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+192.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNzTeSqgAFBTCJu0kWgoXFgcfDzgMzexJShpaLQWquGat2jF-DGS6HCTXSwRabi0M6vmnkRKxpmK4RuTq8JtFPoN-Fp7q5jpWdj92QAcrqqL62kr4CdXNUfm0Chf6lTV068zbb6LCEW0/s320/Disneyland+09+192.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391814896106198674" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >My kids with my sister's kids, cousins are so much fun! Sad we didn't get all of the cousins in one picture!</span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAS9YTmYIkyNG0m2yKBLgroc97jm_oDc_3-H0zSN3NpdhN6al53CeqyrnMgdQxxzPPT7L3HX4PDOd8s5ZX5dgJqEfo6RzDR1hql3dxzHRjtd6W6uBN88J0qkD5NbUxX12ccpPMiFQDoW4/s1600-h/Disneyland+09+214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAS9YTmYIkyNG0m2yKBLgroc97jm_oDc_3-H0zSN3NpdhN6al53CeqyrnMgdQxxzPPT7L3HX4PDOd8s5ZX5dgJqEfo6RzDR1hql3dxzHRjtd6W6uBN88J0qkD5NbUxX12ccpPMiFQDoW4/s320/Disneyland+09+214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391819060676243298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Time to start planning the next vacation!!!</span> Who wants to come?<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-34556023407834915202009-09-01T12:21:00.000-07:002009-09-01T13:37:35.624-07:00School, Pets and Summer!!!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hey! Wow, this summer has flown by! It has been a great one! Andrew started Kindergarten last week....what an adventure (for me) he seems to be just fine. I love that he likes it, he even said his teacher is pretty. He is such a great kid! Carson is now walking and is as crazy and adorable as ever! Brooklyn is about to start preschool and is my little busy body princess. Today has been a day where I have reflected a lot on my beautiful blessings. Too many to count! However a Father in Heaven who watches over us, healthy and happy kids, an amazing husband, and wonderful family and friends who unconditionally love and support us......those are a few that top my list! Anyway, on to the pictures!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Andrew on the first day of school in his classroom.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjAwpSlyGSUE-5E3qKOLiIhLZNQuvRv9H4Xg2xzVU22D-chdkTI440MZhHw8ZL9fTvb6KvRjo123qDogsryUkNOtdUFZmsSbOeJpi3kdHfLLdB05i7MipYDSppn4p0AlGuC_eP2zDYZM/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjAwpSlyGSUE-5E3qKOLiIhLZNQuvRv9H4Xg2xzVU22D-chdkTI440MZhHw8ZL9fTvb6KvRjo123qDogsryUkNOtdUFZmsSbOeJpi3kdHfLLdB05i7MipYDSppn4p0AlGuC_eP2zDYZM/s320/Summer+%2709+112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376583384909700818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">New pets! So I was in favor for something a bit more exciting that the kids could play with. Dad won and now we have fish. However I kindof like them. They are Dalmation fish. Andrews is named Oreo, and we wanted Brookies to be Cookies 'n Cream but she calls it "Cookies, Ice Cream , Snow Cone fish."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXo6PBpDujhsZ6jSR_jIlF8VSowDgvD8DWyYlsgz0JWzN2QuKJCw1bDZ5v8z4quYknNG-OqEFRQAy9ku0V4cWfcIFBQWdsD6cvGAgOoN6E1hutEaLOOVmoO_gol-GXNKxGogjU-U1Bh4/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+124.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXo6PBpDujhsZ6jSR_jIlF8VSowDgvD8DWyYlsgz0JWzN2QuKJCw1bDZ5v8z4quYknNG-OqEFRQAy9ku0V4cWfcIFBQWdsD6cvGAgOoN6E1hutEaLOOVmoO_gol-GXNKxGogjU-U1Bh4/s320/Summer+%2709+124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376590995804588610" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Bath tub fun! We were at Grandma and Grandpa Boise's house (Kev's parents) and the kids decided to rev up the bubble bath by turning the jets on! It looked so fun I wanted to join them.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGp3tfutrSGMJ4XYhOiOfY70qn9e96qC-maq_YymcH7RfX8n_L9tF0v395yBJIEntt7eKGuWClOeyvxlcwfMlDJSavchDijOqE1wLlbGcvIJMPobqz0myqqFLRfWOVrVr7zQxRQKyW7GU/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGp3tfutrSGMJ4XYhOiOfY70qn9e96qC-maq_YymcH7RfX8n_L9tF0v395yBJIEntt7eKGuWClOeyvxlcwfMlDJSavchDijOqE1wLlbGcvIJMPobqz0myqqFLRfWOVrVr7zQxRQKyW7GU/s320/Summer+%2709+090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376590983674548674" border="0" /></a>Good thing bubbles make this a censored picture!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qu-_4QQ9ATINZrAFtgdS6N4m6u9iSR8jXbBSLtlrYxnnKBcYzUs_9L5Ldus1sjyxHLEfikIrs6Jm8yd6xSQuWJPQ78JmWxR-cgwMd84VSHvNCmnKE0THZHTaki2qnSb3KtiQe7HTvb8/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+093.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qu-_4QQ9ATINZrAFtgdS6N4m6u9iSR8jXbBSLtlrYxnnKBcYzUs_9L5Ldus1sjyxHLEfikIrs6Jm8yd6xSQuWJPQ78JmWxR-cgwMd84VSHvNCmnKE0THZHTaki2qnSb3KtiQe7HTvb8/s320/Summer+%2709+093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376590975288061154" border="0" /></a>Kids at the Melaleuca Picnic! Is is pretty much a full sized Carnival for the kids and a ton of fun!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSUJMLamvxr6AduwMwQ5ZXeFVteEEJVd5h28eBYDKuk0uAfusfD1RzMoQRgMtGEmxN4rzDX5JjWuBdwawFhEk7pRxZe6kXT5phtZ6Pp07jPUWQsWxMxqRpkjXuvrdInohFiCMJhIJgzA/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSUJMLamvxr6AduwMwQ5ZXeFVteEEJVd5h28eBYDKuk0uAfusfD1RzMoQRgMtGEmxN4rzDX5JjWuBdwawFhEk7pRxZe6kXT5phtZ6Pp07jPUWQsWxMxqRpkjXuvrdInohFiCMJhIJgzA/s320/Summer+%2709+040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376586422977431634" border="0" /></a>My beautiful sister Heather, Brooklyn and her daughter Analiese. We look forward to their visit every summer! Heather had a princess tea party for the girls while we were camping, all the big boys were trying to get in on it too! They liked the little plates a cups :).</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkKxIrpdnejJ0kdhfRwUCdFQJ0fPhfvYGIp8NXhOQZskpx5JgY7SVqmGhBBDISYTCgtQ5BXr2FOeGDKpBv-Onp2-hgfB9mmSTK77jeuU_nJOAO0OJgNBfoFE_A_WrYMOupTNA9Bw-mfE/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+058.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkKxIrpdnejJ0kdhfRwUCdFQJ0fPhfvYGIp8NXhOQZskpx5JgY7SVqmGhBBDISYTCgtQ5BXr2FOeGDKpBv-Onp2-hgfB9mmSTK77jeuU_nJOAO0OJgNBfoFE_A_WrYMOupTNA9Bw-mfE/s320/Summer+%2709+058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376586430163733906" border="0" /></a>Brooke, Andrew and cousin Ally at Rigby lake, one of our favorite summer pass times.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVfmxc_mMljMHLTAyBl8TH9tcF-00hcrweUg7VtYo_glu9tNi9apHY0pc4gdMWdMgGwQQqFytrkJJcLame9-xw7lriajs8mB_RIrjyOXGdov3UqKKqm6_rMSl6uRiGpucwTWmo8z0W0s/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+060.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVfmxc_mMljMHLTAyBl8TH9tcF-00hcrweUg7VtYo_glu9tNi9apHY0pc4gdMWdMgGwQQqFytrkJJcLame9-xw7lriajs8mB_RIrjyOXGdov3UqKKqm6_rMSl6uRiGpucwTWmo8z0W0s/s320/Summer+%2709+060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376586443344565042" border="0" /></a>Carson. Enough said.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bpM1GxogVkwlYFuKeFPp058s0ryqm2dkEXQ9xdUytJoR1P7Lq3t-BBhIqY-rN5eoFvbLxEyDP_tzQXfEPU6nHEKGEWz5MrjA8wz47msI43wxNnwRR45Fd0dtmCjEH_lDFDv0t1rWFPA/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+070.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bpM1GxogVkwlYFuKeFPp058s0ryqm2dkEXQ9xdUytJoR1P7Lq3t-BBhIqY-rN5eoFvbLxEyDP_tzQXfEPU6nHEKGEWz5MrjA8wz47msI43wxNnwRR45Fd0dtmCjEH_lDFDv0t1rWFPA/s320/Summer+%2709+070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376595359672810178" border="0" /></a>Carson with the monkeys at the Zoo, not sure who was enjoying it more.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnKSBP-FSp_lnJ0_aKpmge0fuf9-CK8H4yQRWz0vzsrKkR-5Ow-hKZXpevQzkfzDX_lVXYMweDcffeXZBC_wGCGs6UYjMTvB8fA0rNzIuK3HlG_oR_fXuVO9MQkcSiWDAdJWLO1-JUFI/s1600-h/Summer+%2709+017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnKSBP-FSp_lnJ0_aKpmge0fuf9-CK8H4yQRWz0vzsrKkR-5Ow-hKZXpevQzkfzDX_lVXYMweDcffeXZBC_wGCGs6UYjMTvB8fA0rNzIuK3HlG_oR_fXuVO9MQkcSiWDAdJWLO1-JUFI/s320/Summer+%2709+017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376595370431417730" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I hope everyone is doing well! </span><br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-52538724259785819832009-07-10T12:14:00.000-07:002009-07-10T13:17:47.590-07:00Summer Fun & Kev turns 30!!!Although summer around here has gotten off to a slow start, we have enjoyed it! When we bought our house 41/2 years ago I remember watching all of the little neighbor kids play up and down the street, almost like one of those fantasy neighborhoods you dream about with the white picket fence. Anyway, I have loved that my kids are finally old enough to join in! However, Brooklyn is quite generous with giving away all of our Popsicles and treats so we are getting quite the little pos<span style="font-size:100%;">se! Well, it has h</span>appened....Kevin hit the big 30! Funny actually, now any shortcomings or forgetfulness is blamed on his old age :). I threw a surprise party for him, it turned out great! The kids and I are so blessed to have him!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I had this cake made for Kev. It included most of his fav things: BSU, Dodgers, Pepsi, Golf and Melaleuca!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdOO69cIqrI177I37j6LOeAo0WKII1kGRz2KkRGgyEfHkLphnQcVQhRQXsLxk7YJV4LpXTPsqDtROXxDJLR5uRw4XNgeHmYxh2M96KtihxdycRLbrsyP_BlQVboTPwjFuq368XePfgJeY/s1600-h/Birthday+and+spring+09+169.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdOO69cIqrI177I37j6LOeAo0WKII1kGRz2KkRGgyEfHkLphnQcVQhRQXsLxk7YJV4LpXTPsqDtROXxDJLR5uRw4XNgeHmYxh2M96KtihxdycRLbrsyP_BlQVboTPwjFuq368XePfgJeY/s320/Birthday+and+spring+09+169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356920645815781314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">His employees had this cake for him on his birthday.... priceless!</span><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYA9l8g-Kwcf_ty5m-qMZiD_Q-4JD1Y8lv8gH39ky4kHPY2oB8rpOeZ4DdDizv3k5-vJslC7mswe3cT8s-9Vt1g_hYIRm1jZN0KYZipYAaSqHez0o-tv0KFwHm_g3MqhDT-96AYZz3rc/s1600-h/Our+Bday+and+teeball+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYA9l8g-Kwcf_ty5m-qMZiD_Q-4JD1Y8lv8gH39ky4kHPY2oB8rpOeZ4DdDizv3k5-vJslC7mswe3cT8s-9Vt1g_hYIRm1jZN0KYZipYAaSqHez0o-tv0KFwHm_g3MqhDT-96AYZz3rc/s320/Our+Bday+and+teeball+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356920648854424850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">So....for months Andrew has begged to have daddy and grandpa's haircut. I told him its the other way around...they would like to have his hair :). So for 2 days he got his wish (this is as short as I would go on top).</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPAjbJoDm-3JZ9hwb4VMtAzkBgbYfx0Y-gKNpoopIM_OKDLZLyxxRrBLpQxV2QCyv74GLxN-bEielNG554_V0j_faGmB4J0_wQK6px05b6pjWJxbfjdVXY0LOjiknH7WjxGWrrJdRkC8/s1600-h/Birthday+and+spring+09+111.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPAjbJoDm-3JZ9hwb4VMtAzkBgbYfx0Y-gKNpoopIM_OKDLZLyxxRrBLpQxV2QCyv74GLxN-bEielNG554_V0j_faGmB4J0_wQK6px05b6pjWJxbfjdVXY0LOjiknH7WjxGWrrJdRkC8/s320/Birthday+and+spring+09+111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356915313692869714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Nothing quite like a bare bum to welcome in summer!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmupwvHzWOr8gYWMSdh89KLZefKFu9bOE2kTvhWdLAPyTAWAsrSPxoNTdae6SqB9-ec0RhlvvOkPUvKluCVVUsDKiJALZA5hOrfZzCj9dhirBdF1p88rHqHv2xIOgT24mOuIPdjM_ror0/s1600-h/Birthday+and+spring+09+078.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmupwvHzWOr8gYWMSdh89KLZefKFu9bOE2kTvhWdLAPyTAWAsrSPxoNTdae6SqB9-ec0RhlvvOkPUvKluCVVUsDKiJALZA5hOrfZzCj9dhirBdF1p88rHqHv2xIOgT24mOuIPdjM_ror0/s320/Birthday+and+spring+09+078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356915321002088818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">My handsome little brother Mason...well, I should say "younger" brother, and Carson! We have loved having Mason go to Hillcrest and be so close by! He is a starter on the football team and is awesome, Go Knights!!!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRJ0Jg4_BBEsJpihWzjkXZUKvnZy3uH4zqPElvuDubHIlsg6OnPxrwTTH91GzfcK_DeyBm_rhcEaE6qJX0dPBIR9OeQjdzmKu-Xh-AgaisgwJFs5M2ttxVknKWSFyWPA5L1oDkT-Mmxk/s1600-h/Birthday+and+spring+09+075.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRJ0Jg4_BBEsJpihWzjkXZUKvnZy3uH4zqPElvuDubHIlsg6OnPxrwTTH91GzfcK_DeyBm_rhcEaE6qJX0dPBIR9OeQjdzmKu-Xh-AgaisgwJFs5M2ttxVknKWSFyWPA5L1oDkT-Mmxk/s320/Birthday+and+spring+09+075.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356920635321843682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Cuties! Brooklyn with cousin Ally at the splash park, aren't cousins great!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEt0kNMxujgKxLD5chI_3fA70Sjq-LsYQu_fgKm_fllHA1hkXTqTv4zI1HVp9tENPfY-0EHKgpj5hKtXA86b2-_qN5N0VslA9qhN2q2-IzsW8AbZeAvn1dwcrsLxrT0jMoSfEZZRsq_tE/s1600-h/Birthday+and+spring+09+042.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEt0kNMxujgKxLD5chI_3fA70Sjq-LsYQu_fgKm_fllHA1hkXTqTv4zI1HVp9tENPfY-0EHKgpj5hKtXA86b2-_qN5N0VslA9qhN2q2-IzsW8AbZeAvn1dwcrsLxrT0jMoSfEZZRsq_tE/s320/Birthday+and+spring+09+042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356920630278062274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Clowning around with friends! These guys have all been best buds since they were about 1! The Larsen twins, Ally, Brooklyn, Andrew and the Blanchard twins!</span><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstHg12M2oYC45GcrrubkGp-cjUqblPNThzs7RC4A7K4kmi4NEmT7vunppKh1b0fs1NG-RwMCZhXJ8iXx1QGgOZ9AOFPJwZKb68qUFO7L9ip6t_7nV63rCp4Z9mc8HxVr1a5YYgGhdJaA/s1600-h/Birthday+and+spring+09+068.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstHg12M2oYC45GcrrubkGp-cjUqblPNThzs7RC4A7K4kmi4NEmT7vunppKh1b0fs1NG-RwMCZhXJ8iXx1QGgOZ9AOFPJwZKb68qUFO7L9ip6t_7nV63rCp4Z9mc8HxVr1a5YYgGhdJaA/s320/Birthday+and+spring+09+068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356915309315112466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Happy summer to you all!!!<br /></span></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-14443932507567861982009-04-28T15:01:00.000-07:002009-04-28T15:42:38.349-07:00CELEBRATE!!!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> What an exciting month April has been! We had Easter and then celebrated all three kids birthdays (twice)! I am almost coming down with "no more party" withdrawals. For Andrew and Brookies birthday party I made Superhero capes with masks for the kids. They all got to pick their own colors and customize them, lots of work but fun! Kevin set up a Superhero training camp for them which consisted of them shooting the Dinosaur that was eating a baby and throwing bombs at the bad guy (my beauty school mannequin). It was hilarious, he even showed up with his own cape. I love that guy! </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Anyway, we have had a ton of fun and we truly</span> are lucky to have our 3 amazing babies (does a 5 year old still count as a baby?)!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Opening Superhero capes (I didn't get great picts).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgromUBS59U4NTH291YMBN5NFHUssFbMXjmaFR8nPYhCtHdHqOzbGYgR4yc2Or9zFgiW8yq20XYOtvGZ6iSrdY6kFNktsBkwT4hl1GOWYURYQ1U8gHp42Qgzyr34-QAQv8kWceyUgzfmEY/s1600-h/end+of+2008+to+Aprilish+2009+196.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgromUBS59U4NTH291YMBN5NFHUssFbMXjmaFR8nPYhCtHdHqOzbGYgR4yc2Or9zFgiW8yq20XYOtvGZ6iSrdY6kFNktsBkwT4hl1GOWYURYQ1U8gHp42Qgzyr34-QAQv8kWceyUgzfmEY/s320/end+of+2008+to+Aprilish+2009+196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329870305945572514" border="0" /></a><br />Brookie opening presents....well, really everyone else opened her presents but she is still happy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tW0ri1rBFevNcfl0cxsqxTNdDMHGfjoU5jk2VSHAPtsDTRLcaM7F0Y9aOkY1SpsUbAYFLkFf015kzPrewxvwAEgNHtKtIcP_ErAyiWAhUSRi5ujwS7Pih8IrOsWdbDs8Rsp12RGk8dE/s1600-h/end+of+2008+to+Aprilish+2009+200.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tW0ri1rBFevNcfl0cxsqxTNdDMHGfjoU5jk2VSHAPtsDTRLcaM7F0Y9aOkY1SpsUbAYFLkFf015kzPrewxvwAEgNHtKtIcP_ErAyiWAhUSRi5ujwS7Pih8IrOsWdbDs8Rsp12RGk8dE/s320/end+of+2008+to+Aprilish+2009+200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329870309188128706" border="0" /></a><br />Kids opening a John Deer tractor.... we got it off Craigs list, what a hit! We can hardly get them off it! Andrew thinks Brookie is a CRAZY driver though, Kevin just said "she's a girl, they are all like that."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_2g37xL1rqk-KEk-y0OtaY2tKv7eGO7Z20NvObXgWTARPg_twJF13MUe5tzTkF1P7vVn5BXtAxAoFQoCZDG0fvW0FCJMKeywy941ulu0wL6PCtL_tfJSx-6zDrg45JEy8TQuUBMFKUc/s1600-h/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_2g37xL1rqk-KEk-y0OtaY2tKv7eGO7Z20NvObXgWTARPg_twJF13MUe5tzTkF1P7vVn5BXtAxAoFQoCZDG0fvW0FCJMKeywy941ulu0wL6PCtL_tfJSx-6zDrg45JEy8TQuUBMFKUc/s320/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329867078953176578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlVY03uP2IRvwwRhTbHTOIqosVRzf0Eu0zeo64RD08ErJjAiC9gwPTMcskvqZXD7EX1mQSkDvIoR_y4K2XVKhTAIvdCBrBypP-R89a-JD_Xm31dN6IlvwK1lp-OFeC1R52YpjxC45p1U/s1600-h/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlVY03uP2IRvwwRhTbHTOIqosVRzf0Eu0zeo64RD08ErJjAiC9gwPTMcskvqZXD7EX1mQSkDvIoR_y4K2XVKhTAIvdCBrBypP-R89a-JD_Xm31dN6IlvwK1lp-OFeC1R52YpjxC45p1U/s320/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329867084623787874" border="0" /></a><br />Birthday boy! We let Carson loose on his cake, it was so fun! I should be used to that by now but he is the only baby that has preformed for us! When Andrew turned one he kicked his cake and cried because there was frosting on his foot! :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeo8MbK5TYwpaurn5CyY8E4RLTgi8NwUqvdzHpODF60Ip6ITXHYRgK8wKox-GDGt3dJBDCtPTbw6JxYoXFjMYemXJ0ANFSZjrkDyOpEcp3eAFamSDL114MmLEMeDaQuNvnGMdi49-j11c/s1600-h/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+086.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeo8MbK5TYwpaurn5CyY8E4RLTgi8NwUqvdzHpODF60Ip6ITXHYRgK8wKox-GDGt3dJBDCtPTbw6JxYoXFjMYemXJ0ANFSZjrkDyOpEcp3eAFamSDL114MmLEMeDaQuNvnGMdi49-j11c/s320/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329872898026058866" border="0" /></a> What a DELICIOUS baby!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobMJ8KBQr4SVItXiLqkvz5CR6iaxFyo6pZOTRxgGxJAVmKZhcDA8F_LBnTKcCh1iwm-cJTQK0-JbB3GgoDDATniFVZ99MKnagbUkZXf2MnDNJ3CYYElafn5-K9wy_VQhrPY8JpR_edT8/s1600-h/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+089.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobMJ8KBQr4SVItXiLqkvz5CR6iaxFyo6pZOTRxgGxJAVmKZhcDA8F_LBnTKcCh1iwm-cJTQK0-JbB3GgoDDATniFVZ99MKnagbUkZXf2MnDNJ3CYYElafn5-K9wy_VQhrPY8JpR_edT8/s320/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329872903984279714" border="0" /></a> This is just a fun picture, we were in Utah and took them to a Dino museum. Andrew loved it but the most exciting thing Brookie found was a "rolly-polly". She also wasn't convinced that this Dino wasn't going to come alive and eat her.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJGQ8cgb-qP-q7k54AOvtOSwjwLDx1rl1TLF5iulVyL2BfpZhYXn2cf0EPi9acCQatMN5ukwoW6Ro_J4J2wChkDUdnZ3hrQzoMtsjkW0ejP92hNPvkyqrKi20MNeOi_5LoC5kCh_cryQ/s1600-h/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJGQ8cgb-qP-q7k54AOvtOSwjwLDx1rl1TLF5iulVyL2BfpZhYXn2cf0EPi9acCQatMN5ukwoW6Ro_J4J2wChkDUdnZ3hrQzoMtsjkW0ejP92hNPvkyqrKi20MNeOi_5LoC5kCh_cryQ/s320/Easter+%26+B-Days+2009+102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329872906922642210" border="0" /></a> Well, we love you all!!!<br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-78542200437896558652009-02-10T15:50:00.001-08:002009-02-10T17:51:42.648-08:00It's about time....<span style="font-size:130%;">Wow, it's been forever since I have updated! I have some random pictures, mainly Christmas and such. What a good year '08 was! We are excited for all that is to come in '09, so far we have been blessed. Our greatest blessing have come in the form of our family and friends. So to you....thank you, and we love you!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Truly adorable. Carson just after he learned to sit up.<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEKJpZQEtjh02kZEnn7nS817IQOsNJAvsO2chhyphenhyphenuu21YLy9RMjW-DRGot_trfiC1jh7zpr5XykNWRttRPIOKeSOPWJ4b1u-XH8YQRiqrtta3pA7VADiQIyTLYJONydB9U0bQmBStvu40/s1600-h/Christmas+%2708+090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEKJpZQEtjh02kZEnn7nS817IQOsNJAvsO2chhyphenhyphenuu21YLy9RMjW-DRGot_trfiC1jh7zpr5XykNWRttRPIOKeSOPWJ4b1u-XH8YQRiqrtta3pA7VADiQIyTLYJONydB9U0bQmBStvu40/s320/Christmas+%2708+090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301327374292655586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is my favorite, Carson's first swim suit experience in Yellowstone. He loved the water!<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_h9xUmAeUXn6ykkMxeu3UyoTZ9KdQzrYqtrBSfKJYY7sKZDs87b8pK8OF_TeVDzLVEHIi8f-0riRhUpRXTC93Ad7Db_3khpd6OI4EN34Te9f4D1_ihkwpnNN62-MxGQjMysFq9dMNXc/s1600-h/Christmas+%2708+109.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_h9xUmAeUXn6ykkMxeu3UyoTZ9KdQzrYqtrBSfKJYY7sKZDs87b8pK8OF_TeVDzLVEHIi8f-0riRhUpRXTC93Ad7Db_3khpd6OI4EN34Te9f4D1_ihkwpnNN62-MxGQjMysFq9dMNXc/s320/Christmas+%2708+109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301324610848565474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This was pretty early on a Saturday, as you can tell. I love this one, this is the family's favorite past time. However this is why we are getting a King bed. So I won't get kicked out all of the time!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVwInwK1h3Q8Mwp9CGk18cabMNZzJdBS5o_mdx8vkhgICczhDoUrflsY8203d4Wmrb2d71JndgZBmK1pJG3_KcgXVXfNuCQTU1focOoZFvRaRWtTev_LuLxKBBqsR6cmip4tj7rufeuM/s1600-h/Christmas+%2708+012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVwInwK1h3Q8Mwp9CGk18cabMNZzJdBS5o_mdx8vkhgICczhDoUrflsY8203d4Wmrb2d71JndgZBmK1pJG3_KcgXVXfNuCQTU1focOoZFvRaRWtTev_LuLxKBBqsR6cmip4tj7rufeuM/s320/Christmas+%2708+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301324617384515714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Christmas eve Santa visits </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(sometimes a bit tipsy) </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Kev's grandparents house, lots of fun though!<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pn00ggBH_evejGY4i_v1l7ELOckDwnx7FZ9PZzxXZizsZVsQUEY6qQtxAAJf3iEb5Fnb7XhuD_I-wGb7dBm6kB8NsctBTFTqIWJ4dRwNeceDZLI5g1c39RYXruZ94PhxTb-rP5EAWew/s1600-h/Christmas+%2708+028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pn00ggBH_evejGY4i_v1l7ELOckDwnx7FZ9PZzxXZizsZVsQUEY6qQtxAAJf3iEb5Fnb7XhuD_I-wGb7dBm6kB8NsctBTFTqIWJ4dRwNeceDZLI5g1c39RYXruZ94PhxTb-rP5EAWew/s320/Christmas+%2708+028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301324621488196722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Christmas eve we had a food gift exchange. All of the kids, Jayce (nephew), Ally (niece), Andrew and Brooke were fighting/obsessing over the huge barrel of cheese balls.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxwufAIJnxWzBsBo0ZoX45v1DU6ZbW7P-6_M3nZtKKEzTNqqTllRrn39JqVWBmzWbDmCe0EQUjco-wujSfrmDEq0sBRy7Lf-qB59pyRzh_sn19-XhR6BRf51wQwTUTAtN3tgRW2D8OuY/s1600-h/Christmas+%2708+046.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxwufAIJnxWzBsBo0ZoX45v1DU6ZbW7P-6_M3nZtKKEzTNqqTllRrn39JqVWBmzWbDmCe0EQUjco-wujSfrmDEq0sBRy7Lf-qB59pyRzh_sn19-XhR6BRf51wQwTUTAtN3tgRW2D8OuY/s320/Christmas+%2708+046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301324622436437154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The kids chose to leave Santa a Pepsi to drink while he ate his cookie. Good thing Santa has a lot in common with Daddy!<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCZNh6WlJZARUw1jjtQcLrTxBbjR4Gu5RStDBrRHCx4iu41TIH8xhPl94te-eij-dCLik1UsnWpCfkD2x41mWbDql1psMYa7u2l4j2tC1bgTWPu6CsKF0AlbIV3rAVdsBaBNXlkF0qcI/s1600-h/Christmas+%2708+062.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCZNh6WlJZARUw1jjtQcLrTxBbjR4Gu5RStDBrRHCx4iu41TIH8xhPl94te-eij-dCLik1UsnWpCfkD2x41mWbDql1psMYa7u2l4j2tC1bgTWPu6CsKF0AlbIV3rAVdsBaBNXlkF0qcI/s320/Christmas+%2708+062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301327369627679218" border="0" /></a>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-51720538719415936452008-11-25T18:09:00.000-08:002008-11-25T22:11:50.878-08:00Pizza Theif...So....apparently Carson is trying to help me lose all of the weight I gained with him. I was holding him and eating a piece of pizza the other day and this was the end result....I can just picture him saying "Mom, that is going to go straight to your hips, let me take care of it." :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JbXEn1OEEZ_H7GIZkmEy1cEtVB6HkmyUUunGPZGRDhazKPJXXFpVO7bt3XRnYW6RogWomFXZjBeCZRSoC22oLGD4Hk4t98rLNZV0cTprI2tkShjmt2o3K2w_ZMqS5MzsKqvWm5B1mTM/s1600-h/fall+%2708+190.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JbXEn1OEEZ_H7GIZkmEy1cEtVB6HkmyUUunGPZGRDhazKPJXXFpVO7bt3XRnYW6RogWomFXZjBeCZRSoC22oLGD4Hk4t98rLNZV0cTprI2tkShjmt2o3K2w_ZMqS5MzsKqvWm5B1mTM/s320/fall+%2708+190.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272786135842840722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Carson is 7 months already and grabbing everything from anyone!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31zfrtM7Gkd4zSa9aeOlUcDp7Tifa_Ojes6qL0pCcqUQAeHpA1vEgWOKKqFSfgwXMu2iEQcxI1Trok_Fax3ec0JJXZ4WYWLlfLEpj1WRVwt0z0ixes0P-4fOjjD-xfmkqo1ryGAt8-zE/s1600-h/fall+%2708+192.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31zfrtM7Gkd4zSa9aeOlUcDp7Tifa_Ojes6qL0pCcqUQAeHpA1vEgWOKKqFSfgwXMu2iEQcxI1Trok_Fax3ec0JJXZ4WYWLlfLEpj1WRVwt0z0ixes0P-4fOjjD-xfmkqo1ryGAt8-zE/s320/fall+%2708+192.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272786144101120658" border="0" /></a><br />Hard to tell if he is enjoying it :), I do feed him I promise he is just blessed with Kevin's figure!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCYyykbiaOGCb7eJN-EbyeOOFqlCdrHdh1lfAXlDS1MgAjtyxxzdNscgRZencMSlhhKXvQ1I0LR_TjKKd6Iv_hRq2IEQjilaVrGmmvV6SPpwWW33cPRpX389Q6gZ95GaIHEtZyL4jE-k/s1600-h/fall+%2708+193.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCYyykbiaOGCb7eJN-EbyeOOFqlCdrHdh1lfAXlDS1MgAjtyxxzdNscgRZencMSlhhKXvQ1I0LR_TjKKd6Iv_hRq2IEQjilaVrGmmvV6SPpwWW33cPRpX389Q6gZ95GaIHEtZyL4jE-k/s320/fall+%2708+193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272786150903410226" border="0" /></a>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-21148980604648539162008-10-31T10:00:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:51:00.287-07:00Happy Halloween!<div style="text-align: center;">So far this has been quite the Halloween week! We have worn our costumes everyday since Tuesday! Gymnastics, preschool, Melaleuca trick or treat & Boo at the Zoo...and now today. When I woke up this morning it took me a minute to realize today is actually Halloween. Fun times! So as you can tell I really love to do themes for Halloween. Our theme this year is:<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"GO BRONCOS"</span>!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">At Kev's call center. They really get into Halloween...they did "Nemo's Submarine" and Kev was a Shark attack victim (notice his bite mark on his side).</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BvY_jFQo0eN5FBlp-ms-SJ-gJIc5CAJeVEu6W-BFz1z2EGoMTdIbccWxHvTBXFt4k_SbMricovIBDgrfFkqvBSgEVSVEr1xJ2Q256lagcghlZpTAD_RLR5AWZrAcoAfOSxfJxEyLTuI/s1600-h/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BvY_jFQo0eN5FBlp-ms-SJ-gJIc5CAJeVEu6W-BFz1z2EGoMTdIbccWxHvTBXFt4k_SbMricovIBDgrfFkqvBSgEVSVEr1xJ2Q256lagcghlZpTAD_RLR5AWZrAcoAfOSxfJxEyLTuI/s320/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263367473813045938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">These are the 4 Rex Managers babies, we all had kids within 10 months of eachother. They claim they all empathized with eachother having to deal with "Pregnant wife syndrome". Carson just got beat up by Tyson :).</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Z3zpGs3_nNL5og551nmaokuIOap5j4qKU5-qh_TZ8leAu5SJ4KEWncgEBBrsC-IHQ8pdnx3Mz4GriBEwZmtJdh7W7adeyac1FeTIDVl6w6_vknC7Z75-e21VmQh7cVsgrj1_TPyDWQU/s1600-h/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+055.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Z3zpGs3_nNL5og551nmaokuIOap5j4qKU5-qh_TZ8leAu5SJ4KEWncgEBBrsC-IHQ8pdnx3Mz4GriBEwZmtJdh7W7adeyac1FeTIDVl6w6_vknC7Z75-e21VmQh7cVsgrj1_TPyDWQU/s320/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263367485578115458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Preschool Party! Brooke & Andrew of course are in blue. Spiderman & Batman are Katie (Liebels) twins.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRgqlJ9U0uq6rpKGP-_7QudOpwt6yLbKZAVFJPSv0RTJnhRQY2eSbrnRbj-hgVflRafvoK3PR5KSVkUqW2SAfR4iBWuthxZTcy4iwkbcU7rZGIoQ47PSKTohBbh5OzTEnqwwNM9VxCgE/s1600-h/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+045.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRgqlJ9U0uq6rpKGP-_7QudOpwt6yLbKZAVFJPSv0RTJnhRQY2eSbrnRbj-hgVflRafvoK3PR5KSVkUqW2SAfR4iBWuthxZTcy4iwkbcU7rZGIoQ47PSKTohBbh5OzTEnqwwNM9VxCgE/s320/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263367478025709650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">So...I am proud to say that I MADE Carson's football costume. Really...the cutest football I have ever seen!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8Q0uhtO6GJvqvG1O9c_ZnyFWAATrIKvd7lQVxjUZiz8F1AK4i3xQO1DiSjnpBb92XJk2YzV3uy6aIokJYaf7XP5VOTY1BOEpaXMKRSA-M3mx8kkwchD3xQNS6ciC4gtyEeGZE3PleAc/s1600-h/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+084.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8Q0uhtO6GJvqvG1O9c_ZnyFWAATrIKvd7lQVxjUZiz8F1AK4i3xQO1DiSjnpBb92XJk2YzV3uy6aIokJYaf7XP5VOTY1BOEpaXMKRSA-M3mx8kkwchD3xQNS6ciC4gtyEeGZE3PleAc/s320/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263367497347377826" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;">What a babe! Brooklyn keeps cheering and all she says is "Yeah Cheerleader. Go Cheerleader. Boise State Broncos!"</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MRSE_GWT15O0kl-LVQ4xr1qwersYsflv_mWlS3jzs_azD8gVLfh5_HNoEIGrCRM8R_x7wqYRxkWM3iy35hqCSrtiIx6mHtiH_8yfRZzq_JsjYDVOKJ0348WW8fMfW1qeJPJmm6MWXOs/s1600-h/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+087.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MRSE_GWT15O0kl-LVQ4xr1qwersYsflv_mWlS3jzs_azD8gVLfh5_HNoEIGrCRM8R_x7wqYRxkWM3iy35hqCSrtiIx6mHtiH_8yfRZzq_JsjYDVOKJ0348WW8fMfW1qeJPJmm6MWXOs/s320/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+087.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263372320350099826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Scary football player, at the Zoo. He has a helmet but prefers to have "spikey football player hair" and the blue under his eyes.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9QnYGhFsunayw8kmW3pJsa3GN-pE0TPOu-6Tv-QH5jw-q-RGD23tW2asayyetJ64JFhWsCmw6WpqrvKWny_EjEFBwrb1Xj_RsUta6ghN4289y_9OXOoKSV1xUlCX2HaWwyBxxY3dc3A/s1600-h/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+072.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9QnYGhFsunayw8kmW3pJsa3GN-pE0TPOu-6Tv-QH5jw-q-RGD23tW2asayyetJ64JFhWsCmw6WpqrvKWny_EjEFBwrb1Xj_RsUta6ghN4289y_9OXOoKSV1xUlCX2HaWwyBxxY3dc3A/s320/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+072.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263372315131706370" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Halloween Everyone! Go BSU!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzdJ5eSCePBTGT2a4g5fRsXUrNK50D4pi_JRsdgA_9bvK5M_mp04BKuQy1pwTuLsXo4nX-LcEaRTx3j-KRdzzMYiT9B67Ga2FLFnZ2fInJnMR2MDyYyQN7zbG72FF1IIGo9eS1QQtQOg/s1600-h/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzdJ5eSCePBTGT2a4g5fRsXUrNK50D4pi_JRsdgA_9bvK5M_mp04BKuQy1pwTuLsXo4nX-LcEaRTx3j-KRdzzMYiT9B67Ga2FLFnZ2fInJnMR2MDyYyQN7zbG72FF1IIGo9eS1QQtQOg/s320/Oktoberfest+%26+Halloween+08+090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263372324560756770" border="0" /></a><br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-47868319691998954922008-10-07T20:52:00.000-07:002008-10-07T22:11:54.784-07:00Kevin C. Sommer<div style="text-align: center;">So apparently I have been tagged to write all about my man!<br /></div><div align="center"><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Where did you meet?</span> Well we went to the same high school but didn't really know eachother. I moved next door to him right before he left on his mission and I was on a date on my 16th b-day and my date said "Hey it's Kevin's b-day too, lets go say hi." So that was the first real meeting. 2 years later we both happened to be at the airport welcoming a missionary and that was all...<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold;">How long did you date before you were married?</span> We hung out for about 3 months, dated for 4 months and engaged for 4 months.<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight: bold;">How long have you been married?</span> It was 7 years in August! 7 best of my life might I add :)<br /><br />4. <span style="font-weight: bold;">What does he do that surprises you? </span>His gifts are always creative, he thinks of things I would never think of asking for but I always end up loving them. My favorite are the notes he leaves me on misc. pieces of paper. He is not a generic romantic, you can tell he really means it.<br /></div><br />5. <span style="font-weight: bold;">What is your favorite feature of his?</span> Umm...everything! I love his eyes and his half smile. Really it's the whole package the scruffy faced hat backward look that I love!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Di5isgKDp8MAlHy_uDDZ51CgSw4BQwW4jIVdT5g7vsBypln57Z-6yidyrDjP4hHlL5-dgvkwcOGdCkvo41vqUMy10JdnGHUmcxIqDBtWHP4tRjZkBKV90MhAQEUiN9xJueH4pWOzsfY/s1600-h/Summer+08+097.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Di5isgKDp8MAlHy_uDDZ51CgSw4BQwW4jIVdT5g7vsBypln57Z-6yidyrDjP4hHlL5-dgvkwcOGdCkvo41vqUMy10JdnGHUmcxIqDBtWHP4tRjZkBKV90MhAQEUiN9xJueH4pWOzsfY/s320/Summer+08+097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254642469719935666" border="0" /></a>6. <span style="font-weight: bold;">What is your favorite quality of his? </span>His ambition! When he gets his mind set on something there is no looking back. He also has amazing patients with our family (not customer service reps) I really learn a lot from him, and am so thankful that he is so forgiving of me all the time.<br /><br />7. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Does he have a Nickname for you?</span> Angel<br /><br />8. <span style="font-weight: bold;">What is his favorite color?</span> Um...the only thing I can think of is BSU/Dodger Blue<br /><br />9. <span style="font-weight: bold;">What is his Favorite food? </span>Chips & Salsa or popcorn (he should be a professional popcorn critic)<br /><br />10. <span style="font-weight: bold;">What is his favorite sport? </span>He loves to golf (when I let him), to ski and we play on a co-ed softball team. He LOVES to watch college football.<br /><br />11. <span style="font-weight: bold;">When and where was your first kiss?</span> Bunkhouse #7 (Kevs apartment) Um...can't tell you in what room because it was BYU-I, and the Dean might take our diplomas back! :)<br /><br />12. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Favorite thing to do as a couple? </span> We love weekend getaways! Our favorite is Vegas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBETfQGFyMLkifcQ1DdtoebtyxSKzdHEivhMuuLv-0LiMZ5MVPAGbfGzo6Xc6Bco3tAIPgaIAdskdttg5h3tpQEkql6JxmhMDxGQR_Gd3XZ8tP2A3ykzaqapliRpqjE4ivP5Bjr1p7SQ/s1600-h/Miss+Boise,+Idaho,+VEGAS+013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBETfQGFyMLkifcQ1DdtoebtyxSKzdHEivhMuuLv-0LiMZ5MVPAGbfGzo6Xc6Bco3tAIPgaIAdskdttg5h3tpQEkql6JxmhMDxGQR_Gd3XZ8tP2A3ykzaqapliRpqjE4ivP5Bjr1p7SQ/s320/Miss+Boise,+Idaho,+VEGAS+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254638294562913058" border="0" /></a>13. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Do you have any Children?</span> Three! Andrew (4), Brooklyn (3), & Carson (6 months)<br /><br />14. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Does he have a hidden talent?</span> Well, he is a pilot. It's hidden because he never gets to go flying anymore....because of me. He is also amazing at creating games or distractions for the kids, not always mom aproved!<br /><br />15. <span style="font-weight: bold;">How old is he?</span> 29 and gets hotter with age!<br /><br />16. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Who said I love you first?</span> Um....I believe I said if you ever feel like you want to say the "L" word it's ok because I feel that way too. So of course then he said " I love you." So he totally said it first :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBh3Nr2Z7SXPGdM9r41eht9BXlPEwxMRuDNa-TyrP4nI5SRHkOvLnWFGekNIZAvQwUxMlgzJP-6hukvl31wvvyNzUmESw3ca1bUb93RtQ_0vCHXdH1y_X_INX4MB8C2H0VdwgXNVFZi_s/s1600-h/Summer+08+009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBh3Nr2Z7SXPGdM9r41eht9BXlPEwxMRuDNa-TyrP4nI5SRHkOvLnWFGekNIZAvQwUxMlgzJP-6hukvl31wvvyNzUmESw3ca1bUb93RtQ_0vCHXdH1y_X_INX4MB8C2H0VdwgXNVFZi_s/s320/Summer+08+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254642466236260626" border="0" /></a>17. <span style="font-weight: bold;">What is his favorite type of music?</span> Um...I still hear him sing Beastie Boys and he makes up raps for the kids out of '90's rap songs, some Spanish stuff but if I get in his car I have to change it from the butt rock station.<br /><br />18. <span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you admire most about him?</span> Everything. Sounds dumb but I really feel like I found the most wonderful person for me. In our 7 years he has not even once yelled at me or said anything too harsh. I admire that he follows the right path and does what is right for our family without making a scene of it.<br /><br />19. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Do you think he will read this?</span> Maybe, to see how dumb my answers are. :)<br /><br />I tag: Julia, Nicole, Rachel, Amy and MindyThe Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-4915821417181041672008-09-18T07:30:00.000-07:002008-09-18T08:24:46.431-07:00Go Broncos! Go #51!Well we, along with many of you are huge BSU fans (right behind the Stephens fam). We were able to go to the game last weekend and we are off to Oregon tomorrow to watch them against the Ducks, thanks to my great husband dedicating all of his bonus, profit sharing and Home Theater money we are going to 5 games this year! Kevin has been a big BSU fan since he attended his first year there and his family has lived there for the past 10 years.<br /><br /> However, since our bro-in-law Dallas Dobbs has entered the family our enjoyment of watching BSU has times by 10. This is his last season as a Bronco. So... we just wanted to thank Dallas for all of his hard work and dedication (and his wife Katie for putting up with it and to their new beautiful baby boy:Tiger). I had no idea the amount of time and work these players put in, it is crazy they not only practice a ton but they have to eat their meals together and do other "bonding" activities that take a ton of time. Dallas has worked so hard he has already gotten his bachelors and is now working on his Masters.<br /><br /> So once again, Thanks Dallas for all of your hard work, and Katie for sacrificing your husband, so the whole Sommer family can enjoy watching football so much! We especially love watching you sac the Quarterbacks! We love you guys!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dallas is #51, he is the one in front of the referee. He is a linebacker and the long snapper.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3QrVbMmURK2mOFD7SLoTsfTpNoWZFoqgVYIBlmKhyphenhyphenhz2cS2ft70o6o0uYBC8OsN9Gqyat7euj6h9IVJWLnNwcs-MTC5ctLGvgT-0nKWQCWhSObPbypKNz_jZ1tp8lE6QDoDoUGhqRP0/s1600-h/BSU+Bowling+Green+011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3QrVbMmURK2mOFD7SLoTsfTpNoWZFoqgVYIBlmKhyphenhyphenhz2cS2ft70o6o0uYBC8OsN9Gqyat7euj6h9IVJWLnNwcs-MTC5ctLGvgT-0nKWQCWhSObPbypKNz_jZ1tp8lE6QDoDoUGhqRP0/s320/BSU+Bowling+Green+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247372923022796258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kevin and I at the BSU stadium after the game.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtplINReiS5bt6IJDadyh-o8acuV1L9Xis7eqOkYIk2Ev_aaOwt12Jl316FNT-4G0QMD-sg9RlQPxz3hT73CbleA6dJ74YQKbli-QHzFKtKvQY6NEtg2UZi-Bo8PmDRhruCP1zf_G-DJM/s1600-h/BSU+Bowling+Green+014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtplINReiS5bt6IJDadyh-o8acuV1L9Xis7eqOkYIk2Ev_aaOwt12Jl316FNT-4G0QMD-sg9RlQPxz3hT73CbleA6dJ74YQKbli-QHzFKtKvQY6NEtg2UZi-Bo8PmDRhruCP1zf_G-DJM/s320/BSU+Bowling+Green+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247372927792278626" border="0" /></a>Katie (Kev's little sister) and baby Tiger watching the game. She looks a little concerned...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETglo7DBIZ45_sYFvdyEUXEjg3Nfgw4KVoW35FylpvTU6ulR3vgpWN5jwyetkUXnP5a5ExcOY-AO1cj6uaKrj5b5QX6v1MU1PeAvYGPqLh0kDgM5w20pkHnvxY2XKlvNvZHGDFVeR2pE/s1600-h/BSU+Bowling+Green+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETglo7DBIZ45_sYFvdyEUXEjg3Nfgw4KVoW35FylpvTU6ulR3vgpWN5jwyetkUXnP5a5ExcOY-AO1cj6uaKrj5b5QX6v1MU1PeAvYGPqLh0kDgM5w20pkHnvxY2XKlvNvZHGDFVeR2pE/s320/BSU+Bowling+Green+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247381424410637282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The first touchdown of the game.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrhCdkfm5kbwN317d90dJglHBIc34K75v1bH40lBUlh7-i5hG3MNNtqAEBYCotJ7l-pohFV21YVkbsc_xm1ogVLPKRw7ckn_FkVuM9W_xaoxp7rR_o10HwShkcD_O1kFzmXE3E6L24i0/s1600-h/BSU+Bowling+Green+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrhCdkfm5kbwN317d90dJglHBIc34K75v1bH40lBUlh7-i5hG3MNNtqAEBYCotJ7l-pohFV21YVkbsc_xm1ogVLPKRw7ckn_FkVuM9W_xaoxp7rR_o10HwShkcD_O1kFzmXE3E6L24i0/s320/BSU+Bowling+Green+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247381429226876562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We are starting Carson early...he loved the blue turf!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lPJ3Ebwm-KK9k560sEXHr29pHlpFGkoQR5ISlSMGE8d8ol9dqt9rMRzmhfMRnE4pyWLKWDlkMpOAVh8fefifGwF-LNpio_UwIbz-VFz62NmKhxuzEwhB44nJ9BbB22VRRXU4y_tOu_c/s1600-h/BSU+Bowling+Green+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lPJ3Ebwm-KK9k560sEXHr29pHlpFGkoQR5ISlSMGE8d8ol9dqt9rMRzmhfMRnE4pyWLKWDlkMpOAVh8fefifGwF-LNpio_UwIbz-VFz62NmKhxuzEwhB44nJ9BbB22VRRXU4y_tOu_c/s320/BSU+Bowling+Green+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247372916501788898" border="0" /></a>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-30973442633794475892008-09-08T17:00:00.000-07:002008-09-08T18:50:19.880-07:00First day of Preschool and last days of summer...<div style="text-align: center;">August was quite a busy month for us, but lots of fun. This week has been nicer here in I.F. but Fall is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">already </span> in the air. I am sad to see the summer go but I am looking forward to all of the beautiful colors and fun things Fall brings: Football, Halloween, sweatshirts...ect. I am also looking forward for Carson being able to run around next summer (he really hates to be packed around in the car seat). However the thought of another toddler freaks me out!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Andrew & Brookie on first day of Preschool. Kate (Liebel) Larsen and I are doing the Preschool ourselves this year. She is the "Teacher" and I am the "Aid." Fun Stuff! It is pretty much impossible to get a great picture, this is the best of 10. They are too busy for pictures.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeu9L8gZoqBdkXjCeIOusVj05wMysWM-AKjA4xYKNMrU3CAcjDMUyi-YVLNHyvKjOIvdfHOuheAiS-Fyy7cucwoUdQUUnNwtgmhQSU714lpSASR8MXF9chSoJa6GUNdbAe0BFGv6eIkb0/s1600-h/August+2008+064.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeu9L8gZoqBdkXjCeIOusVj05wMysWM-AKjA4xYKNMrU3CAcjDMUyi-YVLNHyvKjOIvdfHOuheAiS-Fyy7cucwoUdQUUnNwtgmhQSU714lpSASR8MXF9chSoJa6GUNdbAe0BFGv6eIkb0/s320/August+2008+064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243827417075151170" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />This was the day of Carson's blessing. These are the best pictures we got of the fam and the kids alone.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmNbSrqiUh4UNbdNTmIgyqhASP5kxCeTuS2yc53tUooSbkTfKji6vtGoW30B7lFl9g0c7DeWbPdXQha4z1ERjaTQOTRSpoeQsZIC4wge7HY1F25SYycULoy7hEo3ALlX-_0qFPSZJIdA/s1600-h/August+2008+005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmNbSrqiUh4UNbdNTmIgyqhASP5kxCeTuS2yc53tUooSbkTfKji6vtGoW30B7lFl9g0c7DeWbPdXQha4z1ERjaTQOTRSpoeQsZIC4wge7HY1F25SYycULoy7hEo3ALlX-_0qFPSZJIdA/s320/August+2008+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243819805207501442" border="0" /></a>This is Carson's "Please save me face!" He wears it frequently when the kids are smothering him.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIyw9YwNJ1IpWjU1RNU3lROGBryn6zgMRYjKjXNGHV0d661E09-XhFPcltyUy47Lpdv01MH_u1Jp0hhlWu3HL65zDT4XhBMRh4cqMmBN2iWVHpruLOTHhi9PPScV8Gy6zXtXUjHNyoa4/s1600-h/August+2008+019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIyw9YwNJ1IpWjU1RNU3lROGBryn6zgMRYjKjXNGHV0d661E09-XhFPcltyUy47Lpdv01MH_u1Jp0hhlWu3HL65zDT4XhBMRh4cqMmBN2iWVHpruLOTHhi9PPScV8Gy6zXtXUjHNyoa4/s320/August+2008+019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243827429710615026" border="0" /></a>I had to put this picture in because this is how things normally look around here! Not quite put together :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBpIziKMd2mzd55a5KM0dAEkLYGZbzumTKVUMH3-_8ZgAcukUsOG6W-1BAzf_EkvWruZYwFBiTwA7UfF-QbLy4HyxSEuS7OJBTyv96Y-UdqaCBz8asrK4gddtK48KWsPb7bqgQt9vjbM/s1600-h/August+2008+030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBpIziKMd2mzd55a5KM0dAEkLYGZbzumTKVUMH3-_8ZgAcukUsOG6W-1BAzf_EkvWruZYwFBiTwA7UfF-QbLy4HyxSEuS7OJBTyv96Y-UdqaCBz8asrK4gddtK48KWsPb7bqgQt9vjbM/s320/August+2008+030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243827431181574786" border="0" /></a><br />Next, are some pictures of our Sommer Family Bear Lake trip. We loved it and had a ton of fun with our cousins! We were beach bums all day long and loved the fun rides on Auntie Amber and Uncle James boat. This picture has 6 of the little cousins riding the Bananas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiuxFVNW4c5Nn4WrylqVqpyjTe3NDimbI4S5brQqXufhFbiNsRgR6_ArwYqqHjZLkZZ6f4Rs-OiIXn5VRQR2snP9gX8or2GiWesrdSGDkKFpH0br0Igr9N759UZ0SjRLD1JeouJ5t20w/s1600-h/August+2008+043.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiuxFVNW4c5Nn4WrylqVqpyjTe3NDimbI4S5brQqXufhFbiNsRgR6_ArwYqqHjZLkZZ6f4Rs-OiIXn5VRQR2snP9gX8or2GiWesrdSGDkKFpH0br0Igr9N759UZ0SjRLD1JeouJ5t20w/s320/August+2008+043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243810091916596018" border="0" /></a>Andrew is at the stage where he has a goofy expression in every picture but he is still a babe!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mv_lJ243XmfhsGnLFQw4gU1m48cTyhtRYdau06_W7nGFPwd2AAQK5TKG-AeVxt-gFMZKA5dKMlSbPFBFnFlR1-8lkWYCWL4vy9-szQ4bK2oTpp-9ab9rs5ZFDTvbQ-yW2uaUWxvOQDw/s1600-h/August+2008+045.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mv_lJ243XmfhsGnLFQw4gU1m48cTyhtRYdau06_W7nGFPwd2AAQK5TKG-AeVxt-gFMZKA5dKMlSbPFBFnFlR1-8lkWYCWL4vy9-szQ4bK2oTpp-9ab9rs5ZFDTvbQ-yW2uaUWxvOQDw/s320/August+2008+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243810097317167426" border="0" /></a>Auntie Amber made a great make-shift bed for Carson under the table...he was a happy camper(for that short nap anyway).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikl6LK0ex2yDYmGwrWm5_DIga21qtwHPypOBAvp7hoK0cQr2qpRxDS5kaWz1DJYv_BrFSjfmZq4lib0OY8zLktGfbi22aBVKpKT5NDTXFBE3b6Y_n0xwFRY-dWpOvVzxWnwk1sXGYu9ns/s1600-h/August+2008+062.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikl6LK0ex2yDYmGwrWm5_DIga21qtwHPypOBAvp7hoK0cQr2qpRxDS5kaWz1DJYv_BrFSjfmZq4lib0OY8zLktGfbi22aBVKpKT5NDTXFBE3b6Y_n0xwFRY-dWpOvVzxWnwk1sXGYu9ns/s320/August+2008+062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243819795598993378" border="0" /></a><br /></div>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969891152343283788.post-30603032424742915772008-07-30T14:02:00.000-07:002008-07-30T15:10:28.208-07:00Summer Fun!Well, I have once again slacked on the blogging. I made a deal with Nicole that I will start out trying to update like once or twice a month. So....we will see. Anyway, for those of you that I was able to see over the 4th and this summer it was really great to see all of you. Here are just a few more pictures of some of our activities this summer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kevin and the kids in Park City, Utah.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7ra0sTNrsrz79_7HydPTP0mJR1GWB6f3DWUiyFP33ujXWzSF2ku_UzhVwrYylC9Qo3WeH24CW3XvoJO3WkRQR2Nkd66xT1uBoNcwyRH6p1G2QNUbHheHl0CRgtF5nPKPDP1fG9W4p60/s1600-h/Summer+08+032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7ra0sTNrsrz79_7HydPTP0mJR1GWB6f3DWUiyFP33ujXWzSF2ku_UzhVwrYylC9Qo3WeH24CW3XvoJO3WkRQR2Nkd66xT1uBoNcwyRH6p1G2QNUbHheHl0CRgtF5nPKPDP1fG9W4p60/s320/Summer+08+032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228921002644495714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My brother bought a gymnastics center and Brooke and Andrew take a preschool class. They love it, every day they ask if it's "nastics" day.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn9x9HRjIP_SVv2EJBT1NxBc_8u5sC6hgh7kTDvFscfNY7I9IzoDzql1mDefT_4Ic2SVN_BE2g8VbZJn7-v1uGyc5-kJye5z5Aiqw4RBs0wyCWyWydmDb2N_nAWUU5t-npP7R1C2IUV4/s1600-h/Summer+08+063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn9x9HRjIP_SVv2EJBT1NxBc_8u5sC6hgh7kTDvFscfNY7I9IzoDzql1mDefT_4Ic2SVN_BE2g8VbZJn7-v1uGyc5-kJye5z5Aiqw4RBs0wyCWyWydmDb2N_nAWUU5t-npP7R1C2IUV4/s320/Summer+08+063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228922836985140706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is the 4th of July at the river. I made those bows for Brookie that day and later that night I noticed they were missing I asked several times and she said they were in daddy's pocket. So later I asked Kev and he didn't have them. So I asked her again and she said "oh....I threw them in the riber (river)." It was too funny for me to be mad.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwVyrYpbAV2Ff8GPVJgIzBVqGgXGaFtKVu1JSH37Y0ol6a86xD1QA6FBJweuTwDDFJmp_OAtd2IfLD3pfHQbcBFRB6SwEOi6SqE1fkLxfQt5xLY0oHTYVMy9lXZ4OfFKKPuFxdrVSa_A/s1600-h/Summer+08+083.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwVyrYpbAV2Ff8GPVJgIzBVqGgXGaFtKVu1JSH37Y0ol6a86xD1QA6FBJweuTwDDFJmp_OAtd2IfLD3pfHQbcBFRB6SwEOi6SqE1fkLxfQt5xLY0oHTYVMy9lXZ4OfFKKPuFxdrVSa_A/s320/Summer+08+083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228924415709813762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is Carson on our camping trip to Island Park, he is now 3 months old.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjovDTX-90fppY30b0XFki71yd1T5-WyXWT338_QTlpVRtD_4f8Wsyrt68XFiNnqRLQqs3oi7r_AU8OfrfYWPczcvNMiI3SYtPRB5GDcv0b5QaTvfn-hoHINdvNcHWu7HKOoBs9wSRjXQ/s1600-h/Summer+08+176.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjovDTX-90fppY30b0XFki71yd1T5-WyXWT338_QTlpVRtD_4f8Wsyrt68XFiNnqRLQqs3oi7r_AU8OfrfYWPczcvNMiI3SYtPRB5GDcv0b5QaTvfn-hoHINdvNcHWu7HKOoBs9wSRjXQ/s320/Summer+08+176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228927440256414514" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kevin tried for 3 days to finally get Andrew a fish. He was thrilled with catching this tiny one.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0B8hSZmUIG52NaMt2eaAVHLuOdbRao0EJE15sevN50Ev_lmIj0C6blWMC_AZVRPgZYtMC0wL7bcJWHaWhMAyj99wVUmAT_CFjTrP0iQUjlO50KK7mJWccaspM4sZgrYT-X6RV1yZHl4/s1600-h/Summer+08+179.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0B8hSZmUIG52NaMt2eaAVHLuOdbRao0EJE15sevN50Ev_lmIj0C6blWMC_AZVRPgZYtMC0wL7bcJWHaWhMAyj99wVUmAT_CFjTrP0iQUjlO50KK7mJWccaspM4sZgrYT-X6RV1yZHl4/s320/Summer+08+179.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228927452758595762" border="0" /></a><br />Carson after throwing up all over my foot...in West Yellowstone. He is still cute, even after that!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LOJLDojUEL3kEXbMpOrF0SRtJNpXta6FBO-ek5TCh3LXpCsG6gGJYhcKVJ3KmRDGmsoGwiMutzRxGFXhsLATbtl6XjQS5WZxv5Jdd2ffvUXe0cAFFRsG-PH62A8RE_Zfkcu2umBomxQ/s1600-h/Summer+08+161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LOJLDojUEL3kEXbMpOrF0SRtJNpXta6FBO-ek5TCh3LXpCsG6gGJYhcKVJ3KmRDGmsoGwiMutzRxGFXhsLATbtl6XjQS5WZxv5Jdd2ffvUXe0cAFFRsG-PH62A8RE_Zfkcu2umBomxQ/s320/Summer+08+161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228931295176487074" border="0" /></a><br />My foot... (I'm sure some of you wanted to see this one...right?)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweNtOexC73GSyL9dKifbxSCrb1HnJ7REmzXXENIzRraUWM1I6ViV58qORiWQ_ijKbgP8ac64PFhBBsd_Hw4yMCxzlLiXMm8E2XsPsZV2otUYcXv1NVvPNoAhHc9IhLOfNEHWsMsgo8Ak/s1600-h/Summer+08+160.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweNtOexC73GSyL9dKifbxSCrb1HnJ7REmzXXENIzRraUWM1I6ViV58qORiWQ_ijKbgP8ac64PFhBBsd_Hw4yMCxzlLiXMm8E2XsPsZV2otUYcXv1NVvPNoAhHc9IhLOfNEHWsMsgo8Ak/s320/Summer+08+160.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228931306565763650" border="0" /></a>The Sommer Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481945967015350057noreply@blogger.com12