tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68812867543939339042011-11-02T12:15:57.543-06:00Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.comBlogger1341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-90724673243286539492011-11-02T11:56:00.002-06:002011-11-02T12:15:57.589-06:00I promise I am going to try to get this blog up to date. It seems very daunting since the last time I really blogged with pictures (minus the truck post) would have been almost 2 years ago (cry). But now both of my kids are in school and I am not in school this semester so I should have time :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-9072467324328653949?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-62079920856370487442011-03-19T21:32:00.001-06:002011-03-19T21:32:58.381-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a4d324d5451334e44493d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a4d324d5451334e44493d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Customize your own <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/" target="_blank">free digital slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-6207992085637048744?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-22006412352220324012010-02-15T22:18:00.003-07:002010-02-15T22:37:32.693-07:00The first one being that I had to get rid of my little Holly. I developed a strange rash, I thought, no big deal....it will go away. Well, no it didn't. After about 3 weeks of it, I started to swell up. I mean I had lips the size of Angelina Jolie. So off to the urgent care. The lady there was so fun. She was like you are having a possible allergic reaction (that is what I put on the form)? I was like, my lips aren't suppose to look like this. She said, you haven't had them injected? I was like no. Anyways, long story short. The doctor and I decided that it was probably because of Holly. Because nothing else has changed in my life (ie like changed soap, food, shampoo, etc). So to get Holly out of the house, deep clean it, and take some heavy duty medication to get my body under control. It all worked. So sadly I had to say goodbye to my puppy. The kicker is that we finally decided that no matter what happens we were going to keep her (never realized how tough having a puppy would be) so we bought a insurance plan for her. We decided this on a Tuesday and I got the swollen lips on the following Friday. Sigh! But at least she is with a good family that loves her and has another dog to play with. I will miss you Holly!<br />The other bad thing that happened was that I locked my kids in my brother's brand new vehicle along with the keys inside. WOW! What a feeling. My brother Chris was visiting us after Christmas and so I had the kids car seats in his car, so that we could go for a ride with him. And I just never took them out. So when I had a graduation party to go to (one of the Laurels in my YW graduated from High School early) I asked him if I could just take his car. As I was pulling out, I thought I should have grabbed my keys to get back into the house. Nah, Shawn and Chris are still home. I'll just knock when I get home. Anyways have fun at the party. Get back out to the car and get the kids in. Then I get in and try to start the car. Nothing. I couldn't figure it out. I twisted the steering wheel, everything that I could think of and still nothing. Called Chris, he couldn't figure it out either. So I get out of the car, lock it (to see if it wasn't working because I used the key instead of the automatic unlock on the key). It won't open now. Then I realize that my keys had been in my purse the whole time and when I got the kids in the car I put Chris' keys in my purse. Then when I went to get the keys out I had grabbed mine instead, that is why it hadn't worked to start it. In my defense the keys for both of our vehicles are identical. So after many tears and freaking out from both me and the kids. Chloe even tried to open the door with her toes because she couldn't reach with her hands. Both kids were already buckled in. I sucked up my pride and went back inside to the party to ask if anyone knew how to open a locked car. The next question people would ask is how old is the vehicle (I guess old cars are easier to break into). Yeah, awesome, we had just put the new plates on it earlier that day :(. So one of the guys there called the fire department to come and help us, since the fire station was just a bit up the road. So here they come in the big engine and luckly opened the door for me. What lifesavers! Oh yeah and it was freezing outside, my coat was in the car as well. So the next day me and the kids brought the firefighters cookies and hot chocolate since they wouldn't take any payment from me. Also when I was in the store buying the cookies, Chris saw where the door lock was for the back seat. Yeah, it was next to Chloe's shoulder. He asked her to open it and she could. Sigh! It was dark outside and couldn't see in. I am just very grateful for the firefighters and my friends who were at the party that helped me. You guys are the best!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2200641235222032401?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-60456216884860882862010-01-08T14:22:00.003-07:002010-01-08T14:26:33.884-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eiq4SO5EI/AAAAAAAAAaU/khqH_U5Zj9Y/s1600-h/IMG_1750.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424483133738116162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eiq4SO5EI/AAAAAAAAAaU/khqH_U5Zj9Y/s200/IMG_1750.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eie5lf9AI/AAAAAAAAAaM/IR8KBQf3qLc/s1600-h/IMG_1751.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424482927928931330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eie5lf9AI/AAAAAAAAAaM/IR8KBQf3qLc/s200/IMG_1751.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>So there, I am finally caught up with blogging. Are you happy now Rebecca, hehe. Just kidding. It needed to be done. Here are some random pictures from the Christmas break. Hope all is well whereever you are.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eiVg2A11I/AAAAAAAAAaE/gqoSVUs8seU/s1600-h/IMG_1752.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424482766668486482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eiVg2A11I/AAAAAAAAAaE/gqoSVUs8seU/s200/IMG_1752.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-6045621688486088286?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-72420398908418038652010-01-08T14:00:00.002-07:002010-01-08T19:55:59.634-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794e4441314f54513d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Christmas 2009" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794e4441314f54513d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7242039890841803865?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-46215085827537120862010-01-08T13:52:00.003-07:002010-01-08T14:00:07.963-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a51774d7a6b3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Shawn's Birthday" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a51774d7a6b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-4621508582753712086?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-32763663342964378982010-01-08T13:52:00.001-07:002010-01-08T13:52:19.849-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a4d344e7a6b3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Holly" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a4d344e7a6b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3276366334296437898?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-70508418218916669732010-01-08T13:43:00.003-07:002010-01-08T13:46:11.938-07:00We were invited to help with Chloe's christmas party at school. It was a PJ party as well. It is just really fun to see Chloe interact with other little kids.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424472820580814722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eZSkx7D4I/AAAAAAAAAZ8/fecOOa_AYc0/s200/IMG_1674.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424472732996840546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eZNegRrGI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/UjU0SxfTRPM/s200/IMG_1675.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eZGh4IWLI/AAAAAAAAAZs/YGwFYofCPLE/s1600-h/IMG_1676.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424472613643114674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eZGh4IWLI/AAAAAAAAAZs/YGwFYofCPLE/s200/IMG_1676.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7050841821891666973?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-41447576654006831112010-01-08T13:38:00.006-07:002010-01-08T13:43:18.322-07:00It was alot of fun to go to the zoo with the girls. Very cold, but fun. And we decided, spend $3-5 on a small drink or popcorn at the zoo or go out to dinner after. We definately choose the second option. It has just been an amazing experience in getting to know these young ladies. They are a riot.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eYZZek14I/AAAAAAAAAZk/OIz9OxivU2I/s1600-h/IMG_1670.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424471838294333314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eYZZek14I/AAAAAAAAAZk/OIz9OxivU2I/s320/IMG_1670.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eYKj-REGI/AAAAAAAAAZc/Uku3ZCAjoPY/s1600-h/IMG_1671.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424471583413571682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eYKj-REGI/AAAAAAAAAZc/Uku3ZCAjoPY/s320/IMG_1671.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eYEYYyr3I/AAAAAAAAAZU/eXX4OnyePjU/s1600-h/IMG_1672.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424471477224386418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eYEYYyr3I/AAAAAAAAAZU/eXX4OnyePjU/s320/IMG_1672.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eX8lo43ZI/AAAAAAAAAZM/hEkje1k8uTw/s1600-h/IMG_1673.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424471343342607762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eX8lo43ZI/AAAAAAAAAZM/hEkje1k8uTw/s320/IMG_1673.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-4144757665400683111?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-30010336379447628492010-01-08T13:33:00.002-07:002010-01-08T13:38:17.265-07:00I know, I really should just take the basket out of the kids bathroom. But I had the nail polish buried under EVERYTHING. She still found it. I noticed that she had been in the bathroom a long time after we had put them to bed. So when we went up there, this is what we found in her bedroom. (She had just left the light on in the bathroom). And amazingly, none had gotten on her bed.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eWxtVp4sI/AAAAAAAAAZE/12gTYLGWg3c/s1600-h/IMG_1669.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424470056919229122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eWxtVp4sI/AAAAAAAAAZE/12gTYLGWg3c/s320/IMG_1669.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3001033637944762849?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-22209638520641248812010-01-08T13:32:00.002-07:002010-01-08T13:33:24.834-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eWf0kYE3I/AAAAAAAAAY8/k1t_Y6iq2mQ/s1600-h/IMG_1662.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424469749622379378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eWf0kYE3I/AAAAAAAAAY8/k1t_Y6iq2mQ/s320/IMG_1662.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eWZNnWnVI/AAAAAAAAAY0/K1t4azS6n7g/s1600-h/IMG_1663.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424469636086668626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eWZNnWnVI/AAAAAAAAAY0/K1t4azS6n7g/s320/IMG_1663.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2220963852064124881?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-2413874762938437262010-01-08T13:31:00.001-07:002010-01-08T13:31:52.561-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a4d304e6a453d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Thanksgiving" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a4d304e6a453d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-241387476293843726?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-29696699244633163732010-01-08T12:56:00.003-07:002010-01-08T12:59:52.042-07:00Today I went to clean the church with the Young Men and Young Women. Once I got there, I realize that Chloe had a Primary activity after we were done cleaning the church. So Lori (the YW president) and Amy watch my kids so I could run home and grab a dress for Chloe. She had fun and really enjoyed the rice krispy treat at the end. I thought you would like this one Tony :)<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eOHe9wmWI/AAAAAAAAAYs/zdkTCcv1XX8/s1600-h/IMG_1599.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424460535413381474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eOHe9wmWI/AAAAAAAAAYs/zdkTCcv1XX8/s320/IMG_1599.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2969669924463316373?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-83901501557589488552010-01-08T12:55:00.000-07:002010-01-08T12:56:18.656-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a49334f54493d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Snow man" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a49334f54493d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8390150155758948855?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-4049680229417592092010-01-08T12:42:00.001-07:002010-01-08T12:50:09.363-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a49324f446b3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox greeting: Halloween" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a49324f446b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own greeting - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/ecards" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox greeting</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-404968022941759209?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-45996646686173382282010-01-08T12:37:00.001-07:002010-01-08T12:42:10.826-07:00So much snow right before Halloween. My friends measured 15 inches in their yard. Wow, this is going to be a winter.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eJqiH9cgI/AAAAAAAAAYk/iAA32JlTyS4/s1600-h/IMG_1569.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424455639998755330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0eJqiH9cgI/AAAAAAAAAYk/iAA32JlTyS4/s320/IMG_1569.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-4599664668617338228?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-45575591459787693132010-01-08T12:36:00.000-07:002010-01-08T12:37:04.921-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a49304d6a6b3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox greeting: Pumpkin Patch" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a49304d6a6b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own greeting - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/ecards" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox greeting</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-4557559145978769313?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-77506915476090189662010-01-08T12:12:00.001-07:002010-01-08T12:12:51.201-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a49774d6a553d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox greeting: Birthday" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a49774d6a553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own greeting - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/ecards" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox greeting</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7750691547609018966?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-67625406072179746412010-01-08T11:33:00.000-07:002010-01-08T11:34:02.512-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a457a4d6a553d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: 1st ride on the bus" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a457a4d6a553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-6762540607217974641?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-83640549744963633132010-01-08T11:26:00.000-07:002010-01-08T11:27:01.723-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a45784f544d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage: 1st Day of school" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a45784f544d3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/Collage" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox collage</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8364054974496363313?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-36136771808638495452010-01-08T11:21:00.001-07:002010-01-08T11:21:17.082-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a45774e7a673d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Hair Salon" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a45774e7a673d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3613677180863849545?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-19871970947385836912010-01-08T11:10:00.005-07:002010-01-08T11:12:38.068-07:00I know it is goofy, but the kids loved it. They are always asking for their octopus hotdogs now.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0d1amF_ybI/AAAAAAAAAYc/m2zYaV0EZ84/s1600-h/IMG_1503.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424433375953799602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0d1amF_ybI/AAAAAAAAAYc/m2zYaV0EZ84/s320/IMG_1503.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0d1UwQCnLI/AAAAAAAAAYU/1NUYoIjEfJg/s1600-h/IMG_1505.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424433275601067186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0d1UwQCnLI/AAAAAAAAAYU/1NUYoIjEfJg/s320/IMG_1505.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0d1OFdxfFI/AAAAAAAAAYM/4eEbmtCdOGs/s1600-h/IMG_1506.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424433161036725330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0d1OFdxfFI/AAAAAAAAAYM/4eEbmtCdOGs/s320/IMG_1506.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-1987197094738583691?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-88777722979013684632010-01-08T11:10:00.001-07:002010-01-08T11:10:13.892-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a41344f54553d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Camping Part 2" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a41344f54553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8877772297901368463?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-1836528867436661172010-01-08T10:52:00.001-07:002010-01-08T10:52:35.304-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d7a41314e54513d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Camping Part 1" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d7a41314e54513d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-183652886743666117?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-54940339683060001792010-01-08T10:22:00.000-07:002010-01-08T10:23:15.075-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d6a6b354f54673d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Raspberries" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d6a6b354f54673d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5494033968306000179?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-87925763159931938132010-01-08T10:07:00.002-07:002010-01-08T10:13:31.272-07:00Chloe wanted to come with me to young womens and get her nails done. It was such a great night! Thanks Kristin for painting Chloe's nails, she loved it!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0dnWzjIQTI/AAAAAAAAAYE/4KyJoLCSU8M/s1600-h/IMG_1430.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424417917683384626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0dnWzjIQTI/AAAAAAAAAYE/4KyJoLCSU8M/s320/IMG_1430.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0dmib7IVRI/AAAAAAAAAX8/knxKTX8QTfg/s1600-h/IMG_1431.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424417017988404498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/S0dmib7IVRI/AAAAAAAAAX8/knxKTX8QTfg/s320/IMG_1431.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8792576315993193813?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-3331525418524989872010-01-08T10:05:00.000-07:002010-01-08T10:06:24.343-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d6a6b324f44553d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: ZOO" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d6a6b324f44553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-333152541852498987?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-27745159754951852702010-01-08T09:56:00.000-07:002010-01-08T09:57:06.363-07:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5451794d6a6b304e7a6b3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Chris' Birthday" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5451794d6a6b304e7a6b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2774515975495185270?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-52054832294551173442009-08-08T18:25:00.002-06:002009-08-08T18:27:49.476-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/Sn4Xm6kF--I/AAAAAAAAAX0/DtJpfFhOmu4/s1600-h/IMG_1400.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367753763195321314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/Sn4Xm6kF--I/AAAAAAAAAX0/DtJpfFhOmu4/s320/IMG_1400.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here is the reason for my lack of blogging. I am currently a college student again. And I actually got A's in both of my classes this summer. Woot! Now just 2 weeks of a break and then back for more. With any luck I will be in the nursing program LPN to ADN (RN) next spring. Keeping my fingers crossed.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5205483229455117344?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-8168409959933563322009-08-08T18:22:00.002-06:002009-08-08T18:25:19.814-06:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/Sn4XF0GcRtI/AAAAAAAAAXs/BEtibq3smDA/s1600-h/IMG_1399.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367753194524657362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/Sn4XF0GcRtI/AAAAAAAAAXs/BEtibq3smDA/s320/IMG_1399.JPG" border="0" /></a> We were so sad that we couldn't make it back to Wyoming to pop "real" fireworks. But when you get that sick, you don't want anyone else to get it as well. Oh well, maybe next year. But the kids still wanted to wear their new outfits.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/Sn4W7VeuUZI/AAAAAAAAAXk/oYgZ_9gBAO4/s1600-h/IMG_1395.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367753014506312082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/Sn4W7VeuUZI/AAAAAAAAAXk/oYgZ_9gBAO4/s320/IMG_1395.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-816840995993356332?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-74789864139332665102009-08-08T18:17:00.000-06:002009-08-08T18:22:33.414-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441334e7a45794e44633d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Big boy" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441334e7a45794e44633d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7478986413933266510?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-23074603961452010832009-08-08T18:07:00.000-06:002009-08-08T18:17:31.775-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441334e7a45784e7a553d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Outside pool" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441334e7a45784e7a553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2307460396145201083?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-6758238763732424372009-08-08T17:34:00.000-06:002009-08-08T18:07:04.088-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441334e7a45774e54493d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Chloe's Birthday" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441334e7a45774e54493d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-675823876373242437?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-40041820325522505302009-08-08T17:26:00.002-06:002009-08-08T17:34:37.380-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441334e7a41324e44633d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Playing outside" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441334e7a41324e44633d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-4004182032552250530?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-27624023466126504132009-08-08T17:26:00.001-06:002009-08-08T17:26:38.256-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441334e7a41314e44673d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Danielle's Graduation" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441334e7a41314e44673d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2762402346612650413?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-3190247455279983172009-08-08T17:19:00.001-06:002009-08-08T17:19:15.831-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441334e7a41304e54513d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Jessica's Graduation" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441334e7a41304e54513d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-319024745527998317?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-7811271434140086732009-08-08T17:04:00.001-06:002009-08-08T17:05:48.120-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/Sn4EksMcRMI/AAAAAAAAAXc/W9uaHdLDnt8/s1600-h/IMG_1322.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367732834257355970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/Sn4EksMcRMI/AAAAAAAAAXc/W9uaHdLDnt8/s200/IMG_1322.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />Chloe is quite the little artist. If any of you have seen the cartoon Micky Mouse Clubhouse, she drew quite the likeness. (5/22/09)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-781127143414008673?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-16267228653085234872009-05-18T10:37:00.000-06:002009-05-18T10:38:43.573-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGO_5VgE6I/AAAAAAAAAXU/AixbelDmTIc/s1600-h/IMG_1319.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337204261784654754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGO_5VgE6I/AAAAAAAAAXU/AixbelDmTIc/s200/IMG_1319.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />Austin's first attempt with a full apple<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-1626722865308523487?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-81464345334928669112009-05-18T10:36:00.001-06:002009-05-18T10:37:38.293-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGOmfCgUdI/AAAAAAAAAXM/22NPxZWUXyE/s1600-h/IMG_1315.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337203825228927442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGOmfCgUdI/AAAAAAAAAXM/22NPxZWUXyE/s200/IMG_1315.JPG" border="0" /></a> Chloe had a Dr. appointment today. So each of the kids got a sticker at the end of the appointment. Austin put his on his head and said, "I doctor Austin".<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8146434533492866911?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-34500863587664760082009-05-18T10:17:00.001-06:002009-05-18T10:35:33.442-06:00What a day. I got up at 4am to try and get everything ready, so we could leave by 6am. I am not a morning person, but we made it. Chris' graduation was at 9am and Brie's was at 1:30pm. Long day, kids only lasted til Brie's graduation and then they had had enough. So Shawn's took them outside and let me enjoy my siblings accomplishments. This little video was during Chris' graduation. Brie had given Austin some gum. He of course had swallowed it. And he wanted some more. I told him he couldn't have anymore until Uncle Chris came out. So he started to call for Uncle Chris so he could get his gum.<br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-5cd1d77af170927d" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D5cd1d77af170927d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329901153%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D81EF600E11AD53F98523540ACA6FF8FD9608CFBA.2008872F63B55183DE83D6089B9D227A1C7F8242%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D5cd1d77af170927d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DSFwboQBs6InfheyEODRydhA6WhE&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D5cd1d77af170927d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329901153%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D81EF600E11AD53F98523540ACA6FF8FD9608CFBA.2008872F63B55183DE83D6089B9D227A1C7F8242%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D5cd1d77af170927d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DSFwboQBs6InfheyEODRydhA6WhE&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3450086358766476008?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-33020790826503290652009-05-18T10:16:00.001-06:002009-05-18T10:16:58.276-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4f5451774e6a59304d513d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox greeting: Graduation 2009" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4f5451774e6a59304d513d3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own greeting - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/ecards" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox greeting</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3302079082650329065?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-41542246123944943512009-05-18T09:59:00.000-06:002009-05-18T10:00:12.272-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4f5451774e6a51774e513d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Aunt Brie's Visit" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4f5451774e6a51774e513d3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-4154224612394494351?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-72205627711540724652009-05-18T09:40:00.000-06:002009-05-18T09:50:54.590-06:00<object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-e73056371f5fcca7" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3De73056371f5fcca7%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329901153%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D57D86A677D2C6DE27FF1C239766CC80A580D80F1.7C64647D4FF48A580B22F40ED7DA7B6B2CCD122D%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3De73056371f5fcca7%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DS6plbFf0pLSUJk9jdmriQALafJo&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3De73056371f5fcca7%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329901153%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D57D86A677D2C6DE27FF1C239766CC80A580D80F1.7C64647D4FF48A580B22F40ED7DA7B6B2CCD122D%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3De73056371f5fcca7%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DS6plbFf0pLSUJk9jdmriQALafJo&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7220562771154072465?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-28149031212105356852009-05-18T09:33:00.001-06:002009-05-18T09:40:23.439-06:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGBJHtgl3I/AAAAAAAAAXE/9OpN_bsU970/s1600-h/IMG_1246.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337189027099481970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGBJHtgl3I/AAAAAAAAAXE/9OpN_bsU970/s200/IMG_1246.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We are so excited that our yard is done and we are able to enjoy it now. Especially to let the kids run around out there without the worry of them stepping on something (dog poop, needles-after living in apartments for as long as we did nothing would surprise us, yucky weeds). And the kids love the sand box. (5/6/2009)<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGAIBqSU_I/AAAAAAAAAWs/oErqaHgr2sA/s1600-h/IMG_1244.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337187908783854578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGAIBqSU_I/AAAAAAAAAWs/oErqaHgr2sA/s200/IMG_1244.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337188084611386194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShGASQq1i1I/AAAAAAAAAW0/ykt3NvbfEDY/s200/IMG_1245.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2814903121210535685?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-58110594271943830452009-05-18T09:32:00.001-06:002009-05-18T09:32:50.427-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4f5451774e546b354e413d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Our yard 4/25/2009" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4f5451774e546b354e413d3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5811059427194383045?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-57328289106056112602009-05-18T09:17:00.000-06:002009-05-18T09:18:11.807-06:00<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4f5451774e5463314e773d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Easter 2009" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4f5451774e5463314e773d3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5732828910605611260?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-74016397334269622272009-05-18T08:52:00.000-06:002009-05-18T08:56:48.403-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShF2ho8b93I/AAAAAAAAAWc/P-Y_IX-cByU/s1600-h/IMG_1179.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337177353709418354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShF2ho8b93I/AAAAAAAAAWc/P-Y_IX-cByU/s320/IMG_1179.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I was trying to figure out how I wanted to decorate Austin's room and I found this cute bedding set. So I pulled it out to see if there was any stains or anything I needed to fix on it. Austin decided that it was his new bed (we haven't bought him a big boy bed yet). So every naptime and bedtime we have a fight of if he can sleep in his "bed" or in his crib. Too cute! (4/8/2009)<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShF2Y8O2MFI/AAAAAAAAAWU/HQ6mfGx40ak/s1600-h/IMG_1180.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337177204268085330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShF2Y8O2MFI/AAAAAAAAAWU/HQ6mfGx40ak/s320/IMG_1180.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7401639733426962227?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-88123365671174191692009-05-18T08:49:00.000-06:002009-05-18T08:52:28.360-06:00Austin likes things a certain way. So today this is where he wanted all the kitchen things from Chloe's kitchen set. He was quite precise on where they were set :). (4/2/2009)<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShF1wjC1fbI/AAAAAAAAAWM/Mw37-SYGCMk/s1600-h/IMG_1175.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337176510312054194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShF1wjC1fbI/AAAAAAAAAWM/Mw37-SYGCMk/s320/IMG_1175.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShF1ppCmndI/AAAAAAAAAWE/vy2lhqbHzg4/s1600-h/IMG_1177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337176391662607826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/ShF1ppCmndI/AAAAAAAAAWE/vy2lhqbHzg4/s320/IMG_1177.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8812336567117419169?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-56157755833134897272009-04-01T13:11:00.000-06:002009-04-01T13:15:43.480-06:00I went to church a couple weeks ago and a member of the bishopric (?) came and asked me if he could talk to me for a bit. Ah dang. Please no talk. It wasn't a talk. I got called to be 2nd counselor in the YW. Gasp! I haven't had a calling it forever, and they finally caught me. It was funny because my friend Lacey got called in by the bishopric also. So she ask what they did to me. So I told her. She just laughed at me and said she only got to be on the Enrichment committee. It should be a good thing (I hope). I only have 1 active Beehive. And there is only about 8 girls total that come to YW. But the others in the presidency are awesome, so here we go.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5615775583313489727?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-70206931070334956352009-04-01T13:09:00.001-06:002009-04-01T13:11:42.441-06:00It actually was warm on the day that I took this. So Chloe got to wear her new outfit. I thought that I could get away with doing her hair this way. As you can tell, Chloe had other ideas. She said she didn't like it, because she isn't Minnie Mouse today and so she doesn't need ears. SIGH<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO8CpGPLBI/AAAAAAAAAV8/rqOOssvtCkY/s1600-h/IMG_1164.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319802338432461842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO8CpGPLBI/AAAAAAAAAV8/rqOOssvtCkY/s200/IMG_1164.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO78gU0l2I/AAAAAAAAAV0/7HF0XQI08Tc/s1600-h/IMG_1165.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319802232998500194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO78gU0l2I/AAAAAAAAAV0/7HF0XQI08Tc/s200/IMG_1165.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7020693107033495635?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-26498815483323578632009-04-01T13:07:00.000-06:002009-04-01T13:09:08.471-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO7vZO0tyI/AAAAAAAAAVs/21jw044hOeg/s1600-h/IMG_1153.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319802007755994914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO7vZO0tyI/AAAAAAAAAVs/21jw044hOeg/s200/IMG_1153.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO7pg22RUI/AAAAAAAAAVk/-2ucXc5qycU/s1600-h/IMG_1156.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801906723702082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO7pg22RUI/AAAAAAAAAVk/-2ucXc5qycU/s200/IMG_1156.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2649881548332357863?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-6294869326851852942009-04-01T13:04:00.000-06:002009-04-01T13:07:55.383-06:00Shawn and I were walking down the stairs and just happened to look up at the glass just right and saw this imprint of a bird on our window. I had been home all day and didn't hear a thing. So I went outside to see if the bird was laying on the ground. No bird. Hopefully it just got knocked silly and is ok now. But you can see it was a good sized bird to hit it.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO7CR_RlUI/AAAAAAAAAVc/yRzNknyO7Vk/s1600-h/IMG_1147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801232717616450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO7CR_RlUI/AAAAAAAAAVc/yRzNknyO7Vk/s200/IMG_1147.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO68_CzvGI/AAAAAAAAAVU/u6d_v1R1d_U/s1600-h/IMG_1149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801141732818018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdO68_CzvGI/AAAAAAAAAVU/u6d_v1R1d_U/s200/IMG_1149.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-629486932685185294?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-8139821318512900492009-04-01T12:52:00.000-06:002009-04-01T13:04:37.569-06:00<object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-7830c45e80822e2" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" 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bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v21.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D3b04c2211d6cec9a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329901153%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D7516310B80EE0292E669C4E48B154A641E887B92.74BF2555FEE914FAB7AE09CF92BF47E547F2FCFF%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D3b04c2211d6cec9a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DL0eh3TikemOmt5P5vOIjYjK6N_Y&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7691046579733985908?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-23181580092960618702009-03-31T15:01:00.001-06:002009-03-31T15:13:55.112-06:00My baby is 2 years old! Wow, how time flies. Austin is just such a joy to our lives. I couldn't imagine him not with us. <br />Things about Austin<br />*His vocabulary is amazing, I don't remember Chloe talking this soon or as many words as Austin is now. There are only a few times when I have to ask him to say that again<br />*He loves his shows~ Handy Manny can fix anything that needs fixing, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse he just adores and he knows all the characters names, My Friends Tigger and Pooh he will run up and tell me who is on and what they are doing, Movies~ Kung Fu Panda, he will run up to me and yell Pu Panda Pu Panda and start kicking. Finding Nemo, anytime there is a fish anywhere he will yell NEMO!<br />*He loves to kick balls and play soccer<br />*Austin is still my velcro baby and loves to snuggle with mommy<br />*He loves to play/fight with his older sister, hopefully soon they will just love each other and survive childhood<br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319460635635417826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKFQ6-5AuI/AAAAAAAAAVM/erYNxseROHM/s200/IMG_1118.JPG" border="0" /> Austin eating his cupcake<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKFFQZgyqI/AAAAAAAAAU8/rMHePQMMrHY/s1600-h/IMG_1126.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319460435225791138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKFFQZgyqI/AAAAAAAAAU8/rMHePQMMrHY/s200/IMG_1126.JPG" border="0" /></a>Jadeyn, happy to be up in the highchair and see all the action<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKFBJyNUfI/AAAAAAAAAU0/_8VSRa5hyvo/s1600-h/IMG_1132.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319460364730847730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKFBJyNUfI/AAAAAAAAAU0/_8VSRa5hyvo/s200/IMG_1132.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKE84yxtoI/AAAAAAAAAUs/TfX33Q-pYQE/s1600-h/IMG_1138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319460291450353282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKE84yxtoI/AAAAAAAAAUs/TfX33Q-pYQE/s200/IMG_1138.JPG" border="0" /></a>Austin in his Denver Broncos jersey and Baby Einstein Book<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKE373N0HI/AAAAAAAAAUk/ot3pNLxY4sc/s1600-h/IMG_1144.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319460206374932594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKE373N0HI/AAAAAAAAAUk/ot3pNLxY4sc/s200/IMG_1144.JPG" border="0" /></a> Birthday Decorations<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKEyeVWrnI/AAAAAAAAAUc/I71QUD2UiLI/s1600-h/IMG_1146.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319460112548933234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKEyeVWrnI/AAAAAAAAAUc/I71QUD2UiLI/s200/IMG_1146.JPG" border="0" /></a>Austin's Cupcake/Ice Cream Cone<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2318158009296061870?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-74709797739978769132009-03-31T14:55:00.000-06:002009-03-31T15:01:14.963-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKDVPAGkRI/AAAAAAAAAUU/XDCK1nbzoFI/s1600-h/IMG_1171.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319458510705430802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SdKDVPAGkRI/AAAAAAAAAUU/XDCK1nbzoFI/s200/IMG_1171.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our last computer died (mournful music) and our laptop is headed that way as well. So we decided that we would build two computers instead of one. So when the laptop dies we wouldn't have to go through all the research and trouble of buying another computer. It is crazy how much time you have to put into building a couputer. You have to research if this case will have enough room for everything, then will the motherboard support this and on and on and on. Anyways, we ordered all the parts and when it was dropped off at my house, the UPS/FedEx (don't remember which) just rang the doorbell and left. They had just left all the computer parts on our porch. Boxes clearly labeled Newegg. I was soo mad, because anyone could have come and took the boxes without us knowing it if I hadn't been home. Sigh. Anyways this is the finshed product. AND I BUILT IT!!! I was really surprised and shocked that it works, but it does :)<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7470979773997876913?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-60951182133165289602009-03-18T21:07:00.000-06:002009-03-18T21:18:47.156-06:00Hey Mandy~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! You are my best friend. Mandy Webb is one of my best friends. We met about 8 years ago in Provo, when we were all going to school there. We were neighbors and it was such a wonderful experience to have a friend right next door. I remember just walking over there and watching tv with her or if she was having a hard time with Alex, Mandy would come over and say she was selling her daughter for a dollar. :) Miss you tons and I hope that this is a wonderful day for you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-6095118213316528960?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-81699947276281210122009-02-17T14:55:00.001-07:002009-02-17T14:59:30.636-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsyXey01QI/AAAAAAAAAT0/tkP5xl0iZlw/s1600-h/IMG_1084.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303888365143512322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsyXey01QI/AAAAAAAAAT0/tkP5xl0iZlw/s200/IMG_1084.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsyrYZciwI/AAAAAAAAAUM/NxE7Hikpf_8/s1600-h/IMG_1085.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303888707023833858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsyrYZciwI/AAAAAAAAAUM/NxE7Hikpf_8/s200/IMG_1085.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsygHMxSyI/AAAAAAAAAT8/hiHJrYSA4Nc/s1600-h/IMG_1087.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303888513428704034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsygHMxSyI/AAAAAAAAAT8/hiHJrYSA4Nc/s200/IMG_1087.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsylh4DcxI/AAAAAAAAAUE/SbqnJ6KWh4o/s1600-h/IMG_1086.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303888606488916754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsylh4DcxI/AAAAAAAAAUE/SbqnJ6KWh4o/s200/IMG_1086.jpg" border="0" /></a>Well I figured out that my son is taller than I assumed that he was and he will figure out any way to get candy/chocolate. Thanks Grandma for the valentines day candy, the kids loved it.</div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8169994727628121012?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-88085368564873097072009-02-17T14:53:00.001-07:002009-02-17T14:55:16.684-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsyCRcsDAI/AAAAAAAAATs/fLAjS1tUcY4/s1600-h/IMG_1083.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303888000783748098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsyCRcsDAI/AAAAAAAAATs/fLAjS1tUcY4/s200/IMG_1083.jpg" border="0" /></a> While me and Shawn were at dinner, my sister brought things to spoil my kids with and entertain them. Well, she was right on with the glow sticks.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8808536856487309707?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-64543859288799864942009-02-17T14:40:00.001-07:002009-02-17T14:53:28.259-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvY1YwUTI/AAAAAAAAATk/FEUHGeJ_Qgs/s1600-h/IMG_1079.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303885089853165874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvY1YwUTI/AAAAAAAAATk/FEUHGeJ_Qgs/s200/IMG_1079.jpg" border="0" /></a> The kids wanted Strawberry cereal and toast with strawberries on it for breakfast<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvTcXDNdI/AAAAAAAAATc/wrH_rMD-FLk/s1600-h/IMG_1080.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303884997235783122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvTcXDNdI/AAAAAAAAATc/wrH_rMD-FLk/s200/IMG_1080.jpg" border="0" /></a>Shawn caught me off-guard with this one. Our anniversary is on the 16th and so we usually just celebrate them at the same time. 8 YEARS!!! That is total craziness. It has been a adventure the whole way, but worth every minute. So luckly, my sister agreed to come and watch the kids this weekend so me and Shawn could go out on a couple dates. THANKS BRIE!<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvNkTaIRI/AAAAAAAAATU/JFkHAym26nU/s1600-h/IMG_1081.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303884896288776466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvNkTaIRI/AAAAAAAAATU/JFkHAym26nU/s200/IMG_1081.jpg" border="0" /></a>I always feel like a look funny when other people do my make-up, like a clown I guess. Probably because I don't wear much of the stuff. But today I thought that I would try again and let the people at Kohls makeup counter help me. You can still kinda tell its me.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvINiKMrI/AAAAAAAAATM/S0QFc2pEJJU/s1600-h/IMG_1082.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303884804277285554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvINiKMrI/AAAAAAAAATM/S0QFc2pEJJU/s200/IMG_1082.jpg" border="0" /></a>Shawn's decided to COMPLETELY spoil me this year. He said that he doesn't spoil me enough. So he bought me this necklace and earrings. GASP!!! It is real. When he asked me my opinion of just the necklace at the jewelry store. I told him it was beautiful, and he asked if I wanted it. I told him of course, what girl doesn't want diamonds. But he didn't have to buy my love like this. He said he knew, but still wanted to get it, so for me to go away and let him get what he was going to get, and thanks for my opinion. Shock of shocks when I get the present and there are earring as well. For those of you that know me. I am not a flashy/wear alot of jewelry type of person. But they are stunning and I am so grateful to have a amazing husband that would want to spoil me like this. Here is to many more years with my honey!<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvC34bQII/AAAAAAAAATE/1BKTSl-X324/s1600-h/IMG_1092.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303884712565751938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsvC34bQII/AAAAAAAAATE/1BKTSl-X324/s200/IMG_1092.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsu-PDtq8I/AAAAAAAAAS8/inxmbKzD6SI/s1600-h/IMG_1094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303884632887765954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsu-PDtq8I/AAAAAAAAAS8/inxmbKzD6SI/s200/IMG_1094.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsu3FdaNCI/AAAAAAAAAS0/2o4PZpDi69s/s1600-h/IMG_1097.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303884510052103202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsu3FdaNCI/AAAAAAAAAS0/2o4PZpDi69s/s200/IMG_1097.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-6454385928879986494?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-3039158572307195982009-02-17T14:27:00.000-07:002009-02-17T14:39:29.834-07:00Today I decided that I had to make freezer jam out of all the strawberries that I bought, before they all died. (great sell at King Soopers-$1.25 a container, not as good as the 99cent one, but at least not 5 or 6 bucks a container). Ok, this was my first attempt at doing this, so I thought that it went pretty well. Also today, was my 10th day for my Amish Friendship bread that Lacey gave me. So I did it and that bread is awesome, sad that it takes 10 days to make. But it makes 2 loaves each time so hopefully it will last that long.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZstDdZiqqI/AAAAAAAAASs/niZUNlmWVdo/s1600-h/IMG_1069.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303882523613506210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZstDdZiqqI/AAAAAAAAASs/niZUNlmWVdo/s200/IMG_1069.jpg" border="0" /></a> Austin sampling the product<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZss-jOZWqI/AAAAAAAAASk/v0FTY7HTqHY/s1600-h/IMG_1070.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303882439278025378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZss-jOZWqI/AAAAAAAAASk/v0FTY7HTqHY/s200/IMG_1070.jpg" border="0" /></a>Again<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssxigMy6I/AAAAAAAAASc/rpVHD-gWhLQ/s1600-h/IMG_1071.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303882215745964962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssxigMy6I/AAAAAAAAASc/rpVHD-gWhLQ/s200/IMG_1071.jpg" border="0" /></a>Again (I am amazed that boy didn't turn red by the time we finshed)<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssskAxSuI/AAAAAAAAASU/X5ji-Yslies/s1600-h/IMG_1072.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303882130251664098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssskAxSuI/AAAAAAAAASU/X5ji-Yslies/s200/IMG_1072.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssnQN1OJI/AAAAAAAAASM/v8Dm1bbJoZg/s1600-h/IMG_1073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303882039038392466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssnQN1OJI/AAAAAAAAASM/v8Dm1bbJoZg/s200/IMG_1073.jpg" border="0" /></a>Austin helping me mix the sugar into the mashed strawberries<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssiXwGV_I/AAAAAAAAASE/hPD-L3hWQIs/s1600-h/IMG_1074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303881955161823218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssiXwGV_I/AAAAAAAAASE/hPD-L3hWQIs/s200/IMG_1074.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssdt2WjpI/AAAAAAAAAR8/FvwrywjkjJA/s1600-h/IMG_1075.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303881875194285714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssdt2WjpI/AAAAAAAAAR8/FvwrywjkjJA/s200/IMG_1075.jpg" border="0" /></a>Finshed product (and it tastes pretty good to, a little runny-who know how to fix that or what I did that I wasn't suppose to)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssYl4KgVI/AAAAAAAAAR0/s3S4zEHrEs0/s1600-h/IMG_1076.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303881787155054930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZssYl4KgVI/AAAAAAAAAR0/s3S4zEHrEs0/s200/IMG_1076.jpg" border="0" /></a>The kids helping me make the bread<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-303915857230719598?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-6486164847838519992009-02-17T14:26:00.001-07:002009-02-17T14:27:12.314-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsrokoTk0I/AAAAAAAAARc/4UAZ1QXN8p0/s1600-h/IMG_1068.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303880962186384194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsrokoTk0I/AAAAAAAAARc/4UAZ1QXN8p0/s200/IMG_1068.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsrjn9lKPI/AAAAAAAAARU/WYoRYySP-n4/s1600-h/IMG_1067.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303880877181577458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsrjn9lKPI/AAAAAAAAARU/WYoRYySP-n4/s200/IMG_1067.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-648616484783851999?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-9544029303838799542009-02-17T14:13:00.000-07:002009-02-17T14:25:57.460-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsp1PLf-KI/AAAAAAAAAQs/dkwN4sAksvs/s1600-h/IMG_1061.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303878980743461026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsp1PLf-KI/AAAAAAAAAQs/dkwN4sAksvs/s200/IMG_1061.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsqI5d7e4I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/qsUPAAwm0gU/s1600-h/IMG_1064.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303879318512565122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsqI5d7e4I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/qsUPAAwm0gU/s200/IMG_1064.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsqOHWu8VI/AAAAAAAAARE/PZwJYnNhwAc/s1600-h/IMG_1065.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303879408139825490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsqOHWu8VI/AAAAAAAAARE/PZwJYnNhwAc/s200/IMG_1065.jpg" border="0" /></a>Superbowl 2009</div><div>Shawn wanted to have it at our house this year to watch it on his monster HD tv. LOL. Anyways, Shawn's brother and his family came to watch it with us. It was a blast to spend time with them. The kids loved playing with their little cousin. We all wanted the underdog to win (Cardinals), but alas it didn't happen. Amazing plays in the game+awful refeeing at times+pretty good commercials+and LOTS of yummy food= A GREAT SUPERBOWL PARTY! <div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsp7cZSdvI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/WD_kG-QS3wA/s1600-h/IMG_1063.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303879087370172146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsp7cZSdvI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/WD_kG-QS3wA/s200/IMG_1063.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div><div> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsqT_z4j5I/AAAAAAAAARM/ja4Yp79LUSA/s1600-h/IMG_1066.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303879509193822098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsqT_z4j5I/AAAAAAAAARM/ja4Yp79LUSA/s200/IMG_1066.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsp7cZSdvI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/WD_kG-QS3wA/s1600-h/IMG_1063.jpg"></a> </div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsp7cZSdvI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/WD_kG-QS3wA/s1600-h/IMG_1063.jpg"></a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-954402930383879954?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-58153040352865739982009-02-17T14:10:00.000-07:002009-02-17T14:13:03.868-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsn_PkKlfI/AAAAAAAAAQk/RnfJxd5TpFo/s1600-h/IMG_1060.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303876953622353394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsn_PkKlfI/AAAAAAAAAQk/RnfJxd5TpFo/s320/IMG_1060.jpg" border="0" /></a> Chloe has been in gymnastics for a little over a year and she loves it. So when we moved up to our house, I had to find another class for her. She just loves to teach her little brother all of her new "tricks" from her "dance class".<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5815304035286573998?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-41359183264977383582009-02-17T14:03:00.000-07:002009-02-17T14:10:47.070-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsnDbGHDOI/AAAAAAAAAQU/gaBt98Cm294/s1600-h/IMG_1048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303875925925367010" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsnDbGHDOI/AAAAAAAAAQU/gaBt98Cm294/s200/IMG_1048.jpg" border="0" /></a> We have had a really dry, windy winter this year and so when it actually snowed I had to take a picture. 1/26/2009 <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsnICVExNI/AAAAAAAAAQc/TMsUybOHfuQ/s1600-h/IMG_1049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303876005176591570" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsnICVExNI/AAAAAAAAAQc/TMsUybOHfuQ/s200/IMG_1049.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> <br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsm9sSuKvI/AAAAAAAAAQM/k82PVwRvAu4/s1600-h/IMG_1047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303875827462449906" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SZsm9sSuKvI/AAAAAAAAAQM/k82PVwRvAu4/s200/IMG_1047.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-4135918326497738358?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-8093984943814179432009-01-31T17:16:00.001-07:002009-01-31T17:17:56.771-07:00I saw this post on a friends blog. Simply gorgeous jewerly, and I'm not one that really likes jewerly. But these I would LOVE to have. Go check out the giveaway.<br /><br /><a href="http://rhbdesigns.blogspot.com/">RHBdesigns blog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-809398494381417943?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-28828406651984420222009-01-22T11:26:00.000-07:002009-01-22T11:33:51.486-07:00I should have posted this awhile ago. Oh well. When we moved into our new house, we didn't know anyone up here. We didn't have the instant friends that we did in school. For me personally I don't like telling people what Shawn does, because the instant I do, they get a look like oh she is a doctor's wife, they must be rich. Anything from the truth, hehe. Anyways, me and the kids when to a Santa breakfast that our ward did (interesting because in my home ward and growing up we always had a dinner with Santa). I met Lacey there who was also from Wyoming. So we started talking and she commented that she had a roommate at college who was from Lyman. Wow, small world. Then she said that it was Jenn Cottrell. GASP!!! That is Shawn's older sister. Needless to say, it was a shock for both of us. I was talking to Shawn about it that it seems like everywhere we go, someone knows someone from the Bridger Valley (where we grew up). Then he said, well it is probably because no one wants to stay there and they scatter all over the country. Very true! But it is really nice to know Lacey and be able to have my kids play with her kids and just get used to the new area.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2882840665198442022?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-28983660218886166752009-01-15T15:32:00.002-07:002009-01-29T10:39:21.149-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-5v3ATyhI/AAAAAAAAAQA/XhJvdl_x0fw/s1600-h/IMG_1033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291652319053859346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-5v3ATyhI/AAAAAAAAAQA/XhJvdl_x0fw/s200/IMG_1033.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-5rH8n0aI/AAAAAAAAAP4/TNpoKKJ8cqg/s1600-h/IMG_1032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291652237702451618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-5rH8n0aI/AAAAAAAAAP4/TNpoKKJ8cqg/s200/IMG_1032.jpg" border="0" /></a> I have the hardest time trying to think of what to do with Chloe's hair. It goes all the way to her waist when it is wet. So I tried this idea. I thought that it looked super, until when I was done and Chloe started to complain that it was too tight. Sigh!<br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2898366021888616675?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-38557890792036153422009-01-15T15:32:00.001-07:002009-01-15T15:32:47.061-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-5gJ2VVPI/AAAAAAAAAPw/YN-ifpzp4mE/s1600-h/IMG_1031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291652049234384114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-5gJ2VVPI/AAAAAAAAAPw/YN-ifpzp4mE/s320/IMG_1031.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3855789079203615342?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-85253305663014123192009-01-15T15:30:00.000-07:002009-01-15T15:32:02.648-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-5KrVtu-I/AAAAAAAAAPo/MD1jbV2BBWw/s1600-h/IMG_1027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291651680267254754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-5KrVtu-I/AAAAAAAAAPo/MD1jbV2BBWw/s200/IMG_1027.jpg" border="0" /></a> These are shirts that the Cottrells' sent to all the grandkids for Christmas. Thanks a million for them.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8525330566301412319?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-60533395713162819242009-01-15T15:20:00.000-07:002009-01-15T15:30:12.941-07:00Having Christmas at our own house, was alot of fun, stress, and excitement. I was fortunate enough to have all of my family come to my house this year. Chloe and Austin were so excited to be around so many people. Later Kevin, Rebecca, and Jadeyn came and had dinner with us. I am just so grateful, to have such wonderful, loving people in my life.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-6053339571316281924?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-73203550039069978872009-01-15T15:19:00.001-07:002009-01-15T15:19:44.784-07:00<div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w250.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/dragonfly_me/477d0d95.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/dragonfly_me/?action=view&current=477d0d95.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7320355003906997887?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-83918796750203182462009-01-15T15:04:00.000-07:002009-01-15T15:07:14.027-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-zEt8YYwI/AAAAAAAAAPg/HJZwp9s1Lmk/s1600-h/IMG_1006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291644980817322754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-zEt8YYwI/AAAAAAAAAPg/HJZwp9s1Lmk/s320/IMG_1006.jpg" border="0" /></a> Ever since I have been married to Shawn, he has dreamed of his home theater room for our house. Well he got it. He decided that instead of paying Best Buy to come and install it, he would. It took all day Christmas Eve. But at least it is done. It is really strange to have to move your head to watch all of the action of the tv. <br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8391879675020318246?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-20660964964532940382009-01-15T14:55:00.001-07:002009-01-15T15:04:34.261-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-w5eFIsWI/AAAAAAAAAO4/wX7Hy6q_6Fw/s1600-h/IMG_0979.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291642588557259106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-w5eFIsWI/AAAAAAAAAO4/wX7Hy6q_6Fw/s200/IMG_0979.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-xDLAW9fI/AAAAAAAAAPI/RWhu937i5eo/s1600-h/IMG_0982.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291642755235640818" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-xDLAW9fI/AAAAAAAAAPI/RWhu937i5eo/s200/IMG_0982.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291642667328410082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-w-DhpEeI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ltBdbRSV9eM/s200/IMG_0980.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><div> I try hard every year to get Shawn a present that he hasn't guessed or found by the time his birthday rolls around. And something that isn't connected to Christmas, since his b-day is so close. This year I successed. I bought him Phantom of the Opera tickets for March. He had no idea. Yipee! I bought two tickets, hoping that I could use one. The stinker said, I wonder who I am going to take to it? Grrr! Then he said, of course you. The other gift is from my sister. On the jar it says, Ashes of Problem Patients. Hehe. He has had a few of those.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291642841337582226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-xILwqUpI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/OGPJpYM6z60/s200/IMG_0983.jpg" border="0" />Instead of a traditional cake, I decided to make Shawn homemade brownies. The cocoa won the fight. It was very pressurized and blew up on me when I opened it. Everyone asked me (after they were done laughing) if the cocoa we had brought from Oregon. Nope, bought it at the grocery store down the street. It just didn't like me.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-xNoH5gcI/AAAAAAAAAPY/1rUIn9u3ca8/s1600-h/IMG_0987.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291642934850585026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-xNoH5gcI/AAAAAAAAAPY/1rUIn9u3ca8/s200/IMG_0987.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Gosh, 27!!! You don't have to lie to patients anymore about your age.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2066096496453294038?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-30182391994291483982009-01-15T14:53:00.001-07:002009-01-15T14:55:16.667-07:00Chloe and Austin love to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Playhouse Disney. One of the episodes, it showed Mickey drawing a portrait of himself using cups and plates. So Chloe decided she could do it also. I am glad that I was able to get the picture before she erased it. 12/21/2008<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-wZag53uI/AAAAAAAAAOw/lbqN2Efd6ks/s1600-h/IMG_0977.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291642037844172514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-wZag53uI/AAAAAAAAAOw/lbqN2Efd6ks/s200/IMG_0977.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3018239199429148398?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-58387202333018621192009-01-15T14:49:00.000-07:002009-01-15T14:53:00.911-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-vnLRdmcI/AAAAAAAAAOg/9BSFp36Rqis/s1600-h/IMG_0967.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291641174759414210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-vnLRdmcI/AAAAAAAAAOg/9BSFp36Rqis/s200/IMG_0967.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-vr31t2oI/AAAAAAAAAOo/JjyO6v9XOz4/s1600-h/IMG_0976.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291641255442111106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-vr31t2oI/AAAAAAAAAOo/JjyO6v9XOz4/s200/IMG_0976.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>This year I just didn't make it to the portrait studio to have the kids Christmas pictures done. So we did it at home and this is how they turned out. Not too bad. Only about 15 pictures to get these 2 done. 12/19/2008<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-vr31t2oI/AAAAAAAAAOo/JjyO6v9XOz4/s1600-h/IMG_0976.jpg"></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-vr31t2oI/AAAAAAAAAOo/JjyO6v9XOz4/s1600-h/IMG_0976.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5838720233301862119?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-3418011581122881742009-01-15T14:48:00.000-07:002009-01-15T14:49:57.219-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-vU1WPkvI/AAAAAAAAAOY/ZF65UKspd1g/s1600-h/IMG_0965.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291640859636241138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-vU1WPkvI/AAAAAAAAAOY/ZF65UKspd1g/s200/IMG_0965.jpg" border="0" /></a> Austin decided that instead of taking a nap upstairs in his room, he would crash on his couch. LOL 12/18/2008<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-341801158112288174?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-73359610309793006112009-01-15T14:46:00.000-07:002009-01-15T14:48:27.218-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-utDV-GYI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/Ktohl1JPR2E/s1600-h/IMG_0964.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291640176198424962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-utDV-GYI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/Ktohl1JPR2E/s200/IMG_0964.jpg" border="0" /></a> Shawn's sister Jennifer gave him this little bear when we were expecting Chloe. Chloe has always loved her blankie more than any stuffed animal. Until she found Little Bear. She has to have him with her at all times. Today she was packing him around using her dress ties. 12/16/2008<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7335961030979300611?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-91324572153673908602009-01-15T14:40:00.001-07:002009-01-15T14:45:51.061-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-tYQSAaTI/AAAAAAAAANw/tCsE-KfltqQ/s1600-h/IMG_0958.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291638719382579506" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-tYQSAaTI/AAAAAAAAANw/tCsE-KfltqQ/s200/IMG_0958.jpg" border="0" /></a>It is so nice to have my kids be nice to each other once in a while :)<br /><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-tdg8oFqI/AAAAAAAAAN4/D38M4EThcUU/s1600-h/IMG_0959.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291638809755653794" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-tdg8oFqI/AAAAAAAAAN4/D38M4EThcUU/s200/IMG_0959.jpg" border="0" /></a>Austin loves to act like he is talking to someone on the phone. Too cute.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-ti8nKHrI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Kv45NgcouVs/s1600-h/IMG_0961.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291638903081148082" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-ti8nKHrI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Kv45NgcouVs/s200/IMG_0961.jpg" border="0" /></a>I can't believe how big Austin has gotten since I took that picture in the ornament.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-tobo4d_I/AAAAAAAAAOI/BQxOjrECAJU/s1600-h/IMG_0962.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291638997309224946" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-tobo4d_I/AAAAAAAAAOI/BQxOjrECAJU/s200/IMG_0962.jpg" border="0" /></a>Mom trying to get Chloe's ornament out of the case.<br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-9132457215367390860?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-35847973242701164432009-01-15T14:32:00.000-07:002009-01-15T14:36:35.155-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-ruSYHS1I/AAAAAAAAANA/2EY5XHdJqL0/s1600-h/IMG_0954.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291636898878933842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-ruSYHS1I/AAAAAAAAANA/2EY5XHdJqL0/s200/IMG_0954.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-r0HNyCaI/AAAAAAAAANI/jTt7m3oyVRQ/s1600-h/IMG_0955.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291636998962022818" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-r0HNyCaI/AAAAAAAAANI/jTt7m3oyVRQ/s200/IMG_0955.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>Me and the kids have started to go eat lunch with Shawn about one a week at work. Today he was running a bit late, so instead of letting the kids destory the office. We waited in the car. These are the coats that their Gramma Pete made for them last year. 12/6/2008<br /><div> <div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-r0HNyCaI/AAAAAAAAANI/jTt7m3oyVRQ/s1600-h/IMG_0955.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-r0HNyCaI/AAAAAAAAANI/jTt7m3oyVRQ/s1600-h/IMG_0955.jpg"></a> </div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SW-r0HNyCaI/AAAAAAAAANI/jTt7m3oyVRQ/s1600-h/IMG_0955.jpg"></a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3584797324270116443?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-11849238057451244192008-12-01T15:34:00.000-07:002008-12-01T15:39:02.967-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRmt_YXNFI/AAAAAAAAALc/JZtaitt_FWI/s1600-h/IMG_0944.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274954003851457618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRmt_YXNFI/AAAAAAAAALc/JZtaitt_FWI/s200/IMG_0944.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRmoeQoz5I/AAAAAAAAALU/jlmP1qeA9go/s1600-h/IMG_0945.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274953909061341074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRmoeQoz5I/AAAAAAAAALU/jlmP1qeA9go/s200/IMG_0945.jpg" border="0" /></a> I finally found my camera, so I thought that I would take some updated pictures of my kids! </div><div>Also, I saw it on a friends blog to have everyone email there addresses to her for Christmas cards. And I thought what a great idea. So email me your addresses for Christmas cards. With all this moving around and having friends move as well. Who knows if I have everyones addresses. So please email me your addresses and let me know how life is going for you :)<br />dragonfly_me16@ymail.com<br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-1184923805745124419?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-2260657953669490642008-12-01T15:29:00.000-07:002008-12-01T15:34:35.781-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRldzSmZnI/AAAAAAAAALM/ljctj4Zf-SE/s1600-h/IMG_0937.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274952626216527474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRldzSmZnI/AAAAAAAAALM/ljctj4Zf-SE/s200/IMG_0937.jpg" border="0" /></a> Our Thanksgiving this year was pretty low-keyed, since it was just the 4 of us. But we did have all of the Thanksgiving staples to our dinner (thanks to Shawn). It is alwasy nice to just have a day to relax and enjoy the people that you love. I am so thankful for my kids (even though I feel as though I am failing as a mom half the time~ luckly my kids seem to forgive instantly) and my honey (who seems to feel as if he isn't showing me how much he loves me, even though he does it everyday by the small things that he does for me). It was a good day! Hopefully next year we will have company so that we can use our new table. Hint, Hint!<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-226065795366949064?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-90568309847208254302008-12-01T15:10:00.000-07:002008-12-01T15:29:41.795-07:00Our best friends from Utah came up to visit us and see our new house. We haven't seen them since I had Austin (almost 2 years). So it was so great to get together and catch up. They came late Friday night, after their oldest daughter was done with school. And then they stayed until around noon on Tuesday. So sad to see them go, but it was so wonderful to see them and enjoy in their company.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRhRdoXSYI/AAAAAAAAALE/lSWKBn4r2lM/s1600-h/IMG_0919.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274948016197290370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRhRdoXSYI/AAAAAAAAALE/lSWKBn4r2lM/s200/IMG_0919.jpg" border="0" /></a> We went to Casa Bonita on Saturday night. The travel guide made it sound ver family oriented/fun filled. There was cliff diving, arcades, and a Mariachi band (we got seated right behind them (it was so loud). The food was alright, so I guess it was more for the atmosphere that people like to come here. We might try it again when the kids are much older. :) But a interesting little tidbit~ it is the largest restaurant in the US and the second largest in the world. Which you wouldn't guess that looking from the outside. It is in the corner of a strip mall.<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRhMcQHZnI/AAAAAAAAAK8/U72ZiKRf_k8/s1600-h/IMG_0916.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274947929927804530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRhMcQHZnI/AAAAAAAAAK8/U72ZiKRf_k8/s200/IMG_0916.jpg" border="0" /></a> Austin &amp; Chloe playing on a arcade game where you squish the spiders. Their favorite game. With all the tickets that all of us won. The kids each got a plastic whistle. Mysteriously, they disappeared the next day. Hmm. (Very high pitched and loud).<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRhHQoskzI/AAAAAAAAAK0/-DPW6fK9ZLI/s1600-h/IMG_0924.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274947840910332722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRhHQoskzI/AAAAAAAAAK0/-DPW6fK9ZLI/s200/IMG_0924.jpg" border="0" /></a> The next day, all of us went to Shawn's office to give the Webbs' eye exams. So to coax the kids into behaving we promised them we would go to the zoo after. Well we made it though the exams. And the weather was perfect for the zoo, and hardly anyone was there. It was a real treat and pretty scary, when we went to the lion enclosure, one of them decided to come and say hello. You forget how large these animals are, until you are standing next to one.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRhByFPcjI/AAAAAAAAAKs/WkBEE3q7cRw/s1600-h/IMG_0934.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274947746809213490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRhByFPcjI/AAAAAAAAAKs/WkBEE3q7cRw/s200/IMG_0934.jpg" border="0" /></a> Alex and Ashlynn looking at the baby giraffe. He was born in June (I think). And he was like 6 foot already and 150+ lbs. Ugh! After we were done at the zoo, we went to PF Changs (my family's first time). Poor Austin had not gotten a nap all day and was beyond himself. Just crying "No Mama No". No matter what I did or asked. He would say the same thing. Sigh. Finally I was able to reason with him enough to not get ugly looks from the people sitting next to us. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-9056830984720825430?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-70172783293761926902008-12-01T15:04:00.000-07:002008-12-01T15:06:17.552-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRf02KI27I/AAAAAAAAAKE/BIMU-91VlOg/s1600-h/IMG_0904.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274946425053567922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/STRf02KI27I/AAAAAAAAAKE/BIMU-91VlOg/s200/IMG_0904.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I got Chloe this costume for Christmas last year. Unfortunately, my kids are little. So it is still to big for her. But she just had to wear it, especially to watch her new movie, Tinker Bell.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7017278329376192690?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-74316962856370281062008-12-01T14:59:00.002-07:002008-12-01T15:03:44.537-07:00We decided to take the kids to the halloween party here at our apartment complex, because on Halloween we were going to be moving. So I got the kids all dressed up and when Shawn got home we went to the party. It was alot of fun. Chloe won 2nd place for her costume. I thought that Austin should have won also, but they said that wouldn't have been fair to have 2 win in the same family. Oh well!!! Chloe enjoyed the prize more than Austin would have. The little boy in the batman costume was smiten with Chloe. His dad came up to me later to exchange addresses for the pictures he took and that I took. He said that when we came in, his son couldn't stop looking at Chloe. So the dad said, "just go up and dance with her". Since Chloe was in the middle of the room dancing. It was really cute.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7431696285637028106?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-36258111971231742932008-12-01T14:59:00.001-07:002008-12-01T14:59:20.567-07:00<embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i250.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/dragonfly_me/MVI_0898.flv"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3625811197123174293?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-24396852660804034332008-12-01T14:58:00.001-07:002008-12-01T14:58:21.948-07:00<embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i250.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/dragonfly_me/MVI_0896.flv"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2439685266080403433?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-51736809589897032272008-12-01T14:56:00.001-07:002008-12-01T14:56:19.653-07:00<embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i250.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/dragonfly_me/MVI_0893.flv"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5173680958989703227?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-21768813793924821842008-12-01T14:53:00.001-07:002008-12-01T14:53:31.935-07:00<div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w250.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/dragonfly_me/643be626.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/dragonfly_me/?action=view&current=643be626.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2176881379392482184?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-84286374652446072822008-11-12T11:37:00.000-07:002008-11-12T12:21:48.380-07:00Well October was one of the craziest months I have ever lived through. When I finded my camera I will post pictures. But that I will explain later. The end of September we found our dream home, which I already posted pictures. So through October we were working towards buying it. But it will be easier if I just go in chronilogical (totally didn't spell that right oh well) order.<br />At the beginning of the month, Shawn decided to give up his main Target location (Lakewood) and work full time at a private practice in Northglenn (north of Denver). But he is still working at Target-Stapleton part-time. Yeah working 6 days a week is rough. Anyways, he needed to use our Jeep to transfer all the patient charts to the other Target location. As he was getting onto the interstate, a lady wasn't paying attention and rear ended him. Luckly, 1) he was in the Jeep and she hit the back spare tire, so the damage was minimal. If he had been in the Grand AM, who knows what would have happened. 2) she only hit him going 5-10mph. But it did do a number on her car. The police came and I got a phone call at 9:30a from Shawn to tell me this. Sigh. At least everyone was ok. So then I had to deal with the insurance company to repair our vehicle. I still can't believe how much it cost, $564 for a little fender bender.<br />So I get Rocket (the Jeep~Chloe loves Little Einstein and they ride around in Rocket, so the Jeep's name is Rocket) out of the shop on a Thursday evening (the accident was the Friday before) and they did a great job. On Saturday, me and the kids went to go get pizza. As I was driving the person in front of me slammed on their brakes to turn at the next street. So I start to slow down (the street we were on is 45mph zone) and the person behind me didn't see me I guess (in a big black Jeep Liberty) and slammed into us. It took me a couple of seconds to realize what happened. So I pulled over and checked myself. My finger was bleeding and my back and neck hurt. But what can you expect getting hit like that. Checked the kids, they didn't even know what happened. Chloe even said that we needed to get going and get the pizza. I told her we couldn't Rocket had been hit again (I swear there is a big bullseye on the back). But I checked the kids for bruises and broken bones. Chloe had a little mark on her chin. I called 911, it is interesting cuz if you call from a cell phone it puts your phone on emergency mode. Don't know what that is but hey that is what it said. I have called 911 more times than I can count as a nurse but never for myself. I was pretty shaken up, but was able to tell them where I was after a couple minutes. Then I called Shawn, crying. Luckly he got home early and was at home when I called, so he was on his way to us. Then a lady came up to my window and said she saw the whole thing and was willing to give a statement but had a appointment right then. But left her name and number for the police. And said that it was totally the other person's fault. That made me feel better, cuz I couldn't remember what had happened. You know how you drive a road alot and you just go into auto pilot. Anyways, go and check the other car, and their car is totaled, the whole hood is smashed up to the windshield. The driver came out just swearing up a storm, so I am pretty scared that they will come after me. But once she saw me she just started to say how sorry she was and make sure everyone was ok. Both of them were pretty shook up, but looked ok. Then she asked if she should move her car out of the road. Fluid was coming out of it. So I said I don't know what that is, so I would wait until the police came and ask them. Then I told them that I needed to get back to my kids. The instant I said kids, she freaked. And wanted to know that they were ok. So I went back and the police came and took my statement and asked if I need EMTs, I said that I just had some bad whiplash, but was ok. And then I said my kids are ok also. Again the instant I said kids, the police officer said he would get EMTs over right away. Here them came. Luckly by then Shawn had come to help me. Kids checked out fine, but because of the impact on the Jeep (our trailer hitch was bent at a 45 degree angle down) the EMTs said that it would be best if the kids were checked out at the ER. Then they looked at me and I said I was ok just whiplash. And me and Shawn are medically trained and know what to look for for head injuries. Then one of the EMTs said that he had seen accidents with less impact on the vehicle, the person declines medical treatment and can't walk the next day d/t a C1 C2 fracture. That kinda scared me, so I said that I was willing to go to the ER (I just thought that Shawn would take me and the kids in). But the instant I said that, they immoblized my neck, got a c-collar on me and stuck me on a backboard. Pretty intense stuff. Because there were 3 of us (me and the kids, the other car people declined medical attention) we needed two ambulances. So me and Austin were in one and Chloe was by herself in the other one. The police suggested that Shawn drive to the hospital so that we would have a vehicle to drive home in. Austin was screaming, and there wasn't anything that I could do, I was stuck on the backboard. So I told Shawn to get his blanket and he would suck his thumb and be fine. The Emt is the ambulance said that he had a bear for Austin to make him happy so we could go. I said no he will throw that bear at you, he just needs his blanket. Which he got and was happy. Finally I found out where Chloe was (later I found out that she wasn't scared at all and had the best time in the ambulance). Get to the ER and all I can see is up. They put Austin on the ground in a car seat to get me out. I warned them that he will escape if he isn't strapped into it. So they were watching him. I get wheeled into the ER and someone starts talking to me about how cute my Chloe is and I should be so proud, etc,etc,etc. I said thanks faceless voice. Since the person was down at my feet helping wheel me in. He finally came where I could see him and he was a EMT in Chloe's ambulance. WOW, I can write alot. Long story short in the ER. I got a CAT scan and x-rays of my back and neck that all came back negative. Sigh. So we were all in the ER for about 3 hours, most of that time me strapped to a back board (very uncomfortable). Shawn told me later that if he hadn't seen me before I went in the ambulance, he would have thrown the doctor card and killed a front desk lady at the hospital. He got to the hospital and asked for us. The lady said I wan't in the system and to sit down and wait. So he sat in the waiting room for 10mins not knowing how we were. He went back up to a different lady and said my whole family was just brought in, please let me go see them. She said that we still weren't in the system, but then she called back and found us. That shows you what a little extra work will do for someone.<br />So Rocket went back to the auto shop and I just got him back 3 days ago. Me and the kids are fine. Thank goodness. And we closed on our house on the 30th of October. It is so strange to actually be in a house and able to go buy NEW furniture!!! Halloween we went to Boo at the Zoo and to the library to trick or treat. We didn't go that night because me and Shawn had to fix the main waterline in our house (it was leaking in the basement). <br />Life definately keeps you on your toes!! We have plenty of room if anyone is passing through Denver, we would love to see you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8428637465244607282?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-52844934466739581662008-10-15T14:39:00.000-06:002008-10-15T14:49:01.411-06:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZVc464fSI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Krm8j0wMyxE/s1600-h/IMG_0884.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257483569805688098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZVc464fSI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Krm8j0wMyxE/s200/IMG_0884.jpg" border="0" /></a> Today is my birthday!!! I am so old. Shawn made me breakfast and the kids gave me a card. It was a great day. Shawn and the kids gave me Sleeping Beauty dvd. I was wanting light plate covers for the house (the old ones the previous owner took, so we have alot of light switches that are naked.) He didn't like that idea and said that is from the housing fund not your birthday. <br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5284493446673958166?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-57440154069370255152008-10-15T14:18:00.000-06:002008-10-15T14:39:42.115-06:00<div align="center">We went to the Broncos vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. This is the first professional game that either of us had been to for anything, let alone football. It was awesome. We had amazing seats, thanks to the doctor that Shawn works with. He has season tickets and wasn't going to make it to the game. So he offered it to us. We were on the north end zone. And halfway through the game it started to rain, we didn't even notice. Thanks to the balony above us shading us from the sun and rain. Go Broncos!!!! They won 16-13.</div><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRoX1-BDI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Kqjr2jcumWo/s1600-h/IMG_0861.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257479369038627890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRoX1-BDI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Kqjr2jcumWo/s200/IMG_0861.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRgnDrrdI/AAAAAAAAAI8/35xNvzwCZ4Y/s1600-h/IMG_0862.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257479235683724754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRgnDrrdI/AAAAAAAAAI8/35xNvzwCZ4Y/s200/IMG_0862.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRZQGZ1EI/AAAAAAAAAI0/ZxZoMCmA0Ys/s1600-h/IMG_0866.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257479109262038082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRZQGZ1EI/AAAAAAAAAI0/ZxZoMCmA0Ys/s200/IMG_0866.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRSurKFsI/AAAAAAAAAIs/Ugf-YGc9yFM/s1600-h/IMG_0867.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257478997210175170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRSurKFsI/AAAAAAAAAIs/Ugf-YGc9yFM/s200/IMG_0867.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRLgal3dI/AAAAAAAAAIk/1-To9Fb3GXM/s1600-h/IMG_0868.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257478873123511762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRLgal3dI/AAAAAAAAAIk/1-To9Fb3GXM/s200/IMG_0868.jpg" border="0" /></a> These signs were so funny. They were on the ramps around the stadium. I didn't realize I needed to bring a speedometer.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRFnAQ8BI/AAAAAAAAAIc/pdxvcj_ewcE/s1600-h/IMG_0870.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257478771812921362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRFnAQ8BI/AAAAAAAAAIc/pdxvcj_ewcE/s200/IMG_0870.jpg" border="0" /></a>This was on the corners on the ramps<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRAPK-QzI/AAAAAAAAAIU/TsUUhLfrg8s/s1600-h/IMG_0872.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257478679516037938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZRAPK-QzI/AAAAAAAAAIU/TsUUhLfrg8s/s200/IMG_0872.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZQ6ncIo4I/AAAAAAAAAIM/Mr5XdAb7L0M/s1600-h/IMG_0873.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257478582951256962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZQ6ncIo4I/AAAAAAAAAIM/Mr5XdAb7L0M/s200/IMG_0873.jpg" border="0" /></a>A sculptor out in front of the stadium<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f44c9faadda23b2e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df44c9faadda23b2e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329901153%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5741CE52C9FD0A86D75DF7150C4BD514E2F59D20.69B77C2390FB7459217B57A6DBFB2CFD3BC34162%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df44c9faadda23b2e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DCWohzdzL5UhJ2pr8UbNJo1JTp-s&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df44c9faadda23b2e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329901153%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5741CE52C9FD0A86D75DF7150C4BD514E2F59D20.69B77C2390FB7459217B57A6DBFB2CFD3BC34162%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df44c9faadda23b2e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DCWohzdzL5UhJ2pr8UbNJo1JTp-s&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-5744015406937025515?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-84871718847796091392008-10-15T14:15:00.000-06:002008-10-15T14:18:11.283-06:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZP2wPC1CI/AAAAAAAAAIE/2wyTIkJ2gk0/s1600-h/IMG_0859.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257477417081164834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZP2wPC1CI/AAAAAAAAAIE/2wyTIkJ2gk0/s200/IMG_0859.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZPhC33VRI/AAAAAAAAAH8/wKIq8AHOQfI/s1600-h/IMG_0860.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257477044127094034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZPhC33VRI/AAAAAAAAAH8/wKIq8AHOQfI/s200/IMG_0860.jpg" border="0" /></a> Chloe loves to draw right now...I just wish she would do it on paper so I can save it.<br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8487171884779609139?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-78322208053915049422008-10-15T13:58:00.001-06:002008-10-15T14:14:30.479-06:00This is the reason why I have been slacking on the blog. We are in the process of buying a house. Hopefully all the paperwork and loan stuff will be done in the next couple of weeks. So hopefully we will be moving by the end of October. YAH!!!! No more apartments! We are counting down the seconds at this point. (We live across the street from a community college, so there are alot of single freshman that are our neighbors. Parties at 2am, that kind of thing.) We have tried in the past to purchase a house, but because Shawn was self-employed (even though he is a doctor), they wouldn't look at us until he had been working 2 years. BLAH! But now he is working for a private practice full-time and keeping one of his Target Optical locations part-time. So hopefully there won't be anymore problems. We will just be glad when the keys are in our hands and we know it is ours!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZMRuEqAKI/AAAAAAAAAH0/GmkJ7Epm-zU/s1600-h/IMG_0827.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257473482310680738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZMRuEqAKI/AAAAAAAAAH0/GmkJ7Epm-zU/s200/IMG_0827.jpg" border="0" /></a> Kitchen<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZMMOOwSTI/AAAAAAAAAHs/1XQJNRDqyZA/s1600-h/IMG_0828.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257473387863755058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZMMOOwSTI/AAAAAAAAAHs/1XQJNRDqyZA/s200/IMG_0828.jpg" border="0" /></a>Kitchen/informal dining room and you can kinda see the backyard<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZMH0jaR7I/AAAAAAAAAHk/p-QReDuokx0/s1600-h/IMG_0829.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257473312251594674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZMH0jaR7I/AAAAAAAAAHk/p-QReDuokx0/s200/IMG_0829.jpg" border="0" /></a>Living Room with Chloe dancing<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZMCLGq-xI/AAAAAAAAAHc/UkMUT2P1ags/s1600-h/IMG_0831.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257473215225854738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZMCLGq-xI/AAAAAAAAAHc/UkMUT2P1ags/s200/IMG_0831.jpg" border="0" /></a>Formal dining room off the kitchen<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZL81bOXKI/AAAAAAAAAHU/HAiaVXk3O5Y/s1600-h/IMG_0832.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257473123507133602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZL81bOXKI/AAAAAAAAAHU/HAiaVXk3O5Y/s200/IMG_0832.jpg" border="0" /></a>Just a front sitting area, I guess :)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZL3PP2rFI/AAAAAAAAAHM/mVSvTbba7yQ/s1600-h/IMG_0833.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257473027359550546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZL3PP2rFI/AAAAAAAAAHM/mVSvTbba7yQ/s200/IMG_0833.jpg" border="0" /></a>Austin and the front door<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZLxvs_0hI/AAAAAAAAAHE/HNmteafxpKU/s1600-h/IMG_0834.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257472932992504338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZLxvs_0hI/AAAAAAAAAHE/HNmteafxpKU/s200/IMG_0834.jpg" border="0" /></a>Study (Shawn's computer room and scrapbooking for me)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZLsNLk15I/AAAAAAAAAG8/R3J9YZDlOvY/s1600-h/IMG_0837.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257472837826172818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZLsNLk15I/AAAAAAAAAG8/R3J9YZDlOvY/s200/IMG_0837.jpg" border="0" /></a>Upstairs<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZLmc7-BaI/AAAAAAAAAG0/N57Rk656xQ4/s1600-h/IMG_0854.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257472738976466338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZLmc7-BaI/AAAAAAAAAG0/N57Rk656xQ4/s200/IMG_0854.jpg" border="0" /></a>The front of the house<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7832220805391504942?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-25490505786031981222008-10-15T13:55:00.001-06:002008-10-15T13:58:21.189-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZK1qA-5rI/AAAAAAAAAGs/PdeVs1rwlvo/s1600-h/IMG_0817.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257471900673566386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZK1qA-5rI/AAAAAAAAAGs/PdeVs1rwlvo/s200/IMG_0817.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I am such a geek. I saw these shirts online and had to get them. They say I love my Optometrist. Today 10/15 a lady in Chloe's gymnastics class commented on the shirt and said, "Isn't she too little to have a optometrist." She didn't realize that Chloe was my child, so when I said, "well her dad is the optometrist." We all had a good laugh.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2549050578603198122?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-21788736685476948472008-10-15T13:41:00.000-06:002008-10-15T13:55:13.494-06:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJpa7HXCI/AAAAAAAAAGk/h2wefrjkyrQ/s1600-h/IMG_0801.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257470590952365090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJpa7HXCI/AAAAAAAAAGk/h2wefrjkyrQ/s200/IMG_0801.jpg" border="0" /></a> Chloe &amp; Austin on "Herbie", they also have real size vehicles that looked like the characters on "Cars". The kids were in heaven.<br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJjcFPnDI/AAAAAAAAAGc/vB3KVpsIHqQ/s1600-h/IMG_0803.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257470488184069170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJjcFPnDI/AAAAAAAAAGc/vB3KVpsIHqQ/s200/IMG_0803.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJdq5MJzI/AAAAAAAAAGU/A9NE8If2-Ag/s1600-h/IMG_0804.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257470389080827698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJdq5MJzI/AAAAAAAAAGU/A9NE8If2-Ag/s200/IMG_0804.jpg" border="0" /></a> Austin playing in the dirt in a tractor tire. What a boy!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJXOT9XkI/AAAAAAAAAGM/DdhvHSSBwfk/s1600-h/IMG_0805.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257470278329261634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJXOT9XkI/AAAAAAAAAGM/DdhvHSSBwfk/s200/IMG_0805.jpg" border="0" /></a>Austin and the firetruck.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJRBdHStI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Y_XZMhRuxiY/s1600-h/IMG_0806.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257470171798784722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJRBdHStI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Y_XZMhRuxiY/s200/IMG_0806.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chloe and her friend Amy<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJKtI2FfI/AAAAAAAAAF8/Hzzc0ppbEjs/s1600-h/IMG_0807.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257470063265846770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJKtI2FfI/AAAAAAAAAF8/Hzzc0ppbEjs/s200/IMG_0807.jpg" border="0" /></a>All the kids in the firetruck<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJEA3ABfI/AAAAAAAAAF0/_QgBj9Ws6z0/s1600-h/IMG_0814.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257469948300625394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZJEA3ABfI/AAAAAAAAAF0/_QgBj9Ws6z0/s200/IMG_0814.jpg" border="0" /></a>Austin and Cameron (they are about a month apart in age)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZI91_Uz7I/AAAAAAAAAFs/e5hFLA3d6a4/s1600-h/IMG_0815.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257469842303537074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SPZI91_Uz7I/AAAAAAAAAFs/e5hFLA3d6a4/s200/IMG_0815.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div>We went to Miller Farms (up next to Longmont, CO-about a hour away from where we live) with the Moms' Group in our ward. It was a ton of fun... But I was not prepared for it. I thought that it would take 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Because you get on a hay wagon and they pull you around the fields and at every stop you get 2 5lb bags for each veggie there. Which is a ton of food (corn, indian corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, beets, etc., etc.) There were so many of us, that it took over 3 hours and I had to have the farm hands come out and get me and the kids to go to a appointment. And I figured, "oh i'll just bring each of the kids sippy cups full of water and a lunch and we will be fine." No. So by the time we were done, we were really thirsty and hungry. Oh well. Be better prepared next year. It was lot of fun though.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-2178873668547694847?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-82575846638021762812008-09-18T13:28:00.000-06:002008-09-18T13:36:40.674-06:00Well last Saturday my siblings came down from Laramie to watch my kids, so me and Shawn could go to the COA (Colorado Optometric Association) dinner. Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. It was awesome. It was black tie optional, so I got to wear something other than blue jeans :). Unfortunately we didn't take pictures, maybe next time. It was good to get to meet some of the other ODs, especially the ones that Shawn works with. It is always nice to put a face with a name. The theme for the dinner was, 20 years of Therapeutic Excellence. So in 1988, Colorado passes a law stating that optometrists could write prescriptions. Yeah!! Shawn and I were joking that we should go up to the older doctors and thanks them for what they did while we were in 1st grade. :). But it was a great dinner, Shawn's brother was recognized for 10 years in the AOA. Congrats Kevin! And the lead speaker was Tom Sullivan. Who has been blind since birth and has lead a extraordinary life. Opened my eyes to what someone can accomplish. And not to look at blindness like a defect or disablity, but as a opportunity.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-8257584663802176281?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-78772017626750993642008-09-09T10:19:00.001-06:002008-09-09T10:22:36.265-06:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SMaiW56Sj3I/AAAAAAAAAFc/GlpVZnOY-xs/s1600-h/IMG_0777.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244057330505650034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SMaiW56Sj3I/AAAAAAAAAFc/GlpVZnOY-xs/s320/IMG_0777.jpg" border="0" /></a> So I finally did it. I saw on my friend's blog, how she got glasses, not because she needed them. But because any optometrists wife should have a cute pair of glasses. I now have a slight prescription. So I figured why not.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-7877201762675099364?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-2910315356059185952008-08-21T17:00:00.001-06:002008-08-21T17:02:13.830-06:00It was such a nice day outside, we just had to get outside. Chloe is still trying to learn how to peddle on her tricycle. <div style="WIDTH: 480px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><embed src="http://w250.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=" width="480" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" /></a><a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/dragonfly_me/?action=view&amp;current=09416464.pbw" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-291031535605918595?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881286754393933904.post-36287627046465599572008-08-21T16:46:00.000-06:002008-08-21T16:56:33.436-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SK3yRT9i9vI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Q2rR0fy_nak/s1600-h/IMG_0754.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237108320931870450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SK3yRT9i9vI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Q2rR0fy_nak/s200/IMG_0754.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div align="center">Picture from the park, those apartments are next to ours (more to the left)<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SK3xnthwXQI/AAAAAAAAAFE/S0RsTENOg9o/s1600-h/IMG_0752.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237107606240124162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tKx68aaMDpg/SK3xnthwXQI/AAAAAAAAAFE/S0RsTENOg9o/s200/IMG_0752.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Picture from I-70<br /><br /><div>We live in a area called Green Mountain. Right up against the mountains. Anyways, on 8/4/2008 we had a storm in the afternoon, which started a fire on Green Mountain. They think that it was lightning that started it. Anyways, it was a little scary but I knew that it had to burn through alot of homes before it would hit ours. But still only being a couple miles away it makes you think what you would grab if you had to leave. Here are some pictures that I took 8/19/2008</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6881286754393933904-3628762704646559957?l=cottrell2020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943732448755575617noreply@blogger.com0