tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26847724515771468582024-02-18T23:01:17.100-07:00We Are The DownsRyan, Nichole, Kayden and KeirstenThe Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-7409359062665736062012-06-17T16:04:00.002-06:002012-06-17T16:04:34.242-06:00Summertime Fun!<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><i>After our short trip back to Idaho, we stayed pretty busy finishing out Kayden's basketball league and the rest of the school year. We have officially been on Summer Break for 2 1/2 weeks now; and it has been fabulous! We haven't done a ton of things but we have had some small adventures! We are getting really excited for our next, longer and planned trip back to Idaho...only 19 mores days to go!! </i></span></span><br />
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<i>Pre-game Jitters!</i> </div>
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<i>A little Cinco De Mayo fun! (Kayden didn't want to have his picture taken)</i></div>
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Kayden made the Honor Roll!!</div>
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Sno Cones....Yum! </div>
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Fort Worth Botanical Gardens:</div>
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They were really pretty but the kids were complaining about the heat so we were only there for a few minutes. We want to go back soon to see the rest. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kiki requested no frosting but lots of sprinkles on her cupcake...silly girl!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our beautiful Birthday Girl!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filling her with fluff and love!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished product! She named her Kiki but calls her Melissa, haha!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had a merry-go-round in the mall! And, yes that is her bunny on her own horse :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure what was up with the face, we couldn't get her to smile, but her she is showing off her new earrings. Not even one tear...such a tough one!!<br />
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<br />The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-5345400575405646382012-04-20T15:33:00.001-06:002012-04-20T15:33:58.221-06:00Back to Blogging<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Wow! It has been forever since I have logged in to start a new post. If it wasn't for our blog being the home page on our computer I might have completely forgot about it entirely! So much has changed since my last post...for starters we no longer live in Idaho!!! Who would have ever guessed that within the last year we would have completely uprooted our lives in Pocatello and move to Texas?!?! Seems pretty crazy to me and I'm the one that did it! But nonetheless here we are in the great state of Texas! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Moving as an adult has been one of the biggest challenges of my life (kudos to my momma who moved us many times)! Every single ounce of comfort you had goes sailing straight out the window. You find yourself having to start from scratch with no one to talk to or to guide you in the right direction. There is no picking up the phone and getting a referral from anyone, its just you making all the choices, and that my friends can be terrifying!!!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Once the fear of not knowing where I am EVER passed, I can now genuinely say that I really enjoy the little town we live in. I am ever so grateful that Ryan made the wonderful choice of moving us to a town 20 minutes west of the hustle and bustle of Fort Worth. We really enjoy the small town atmosphere with also having the luxuries of a big city not to far away!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Despite my ugly depictions on what Texas was going to be like, it is really a pretty place that has trees and grass...all I could imagine was dirt and cacti as far as the eye could see. The thunderstorms are amazing, although the ones that include tornado warnings are TERRIFYING!!!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We are even more extremely lucky that we have family members who actually live in the same town as us and others only a few hours away! We are so grateful to have the comfort of family close by and are excited for new family get-togethers with them! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I am also very grateful for the handful of other railroad wives and families that live in the same town or not to far away from us who also had the lovely experience of transferring down to Texas. Its wonderful to know that there are people who deal with the exact frustrations I do and who know what it means to live the crazy railroad life!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We also are living in a great neighborhood with good, fun kids for Kayden and Keirsten to play with. We have neighbors who moved here recently from Delaware that have kiddos the same ages as ours and even a dog who has become Champs new best pal! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Crazy enough we are still settling into life here and every time I think I've got us completely settled in, something else comes up. It has been a grand adventure and I can say that I am excited and scared for all the adventures we have yet to come!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-80870183164040366632011-05-04T11:24:00.000-06:002011-05-04T11:24:32.476-06:00Easter, Baseball and Birthday!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 3 in 1 post...amazing! As I am sure you can tell from the title of this post we had a lot going on the last two weeks...not that, that is any surprise! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year we went to Utah to spend Easter with my Mom, Mike, Tony and Sarah. It was so great getting to see everyone; it has been awhile since we were all together! The kids of course had a blast coloring eggs and we only broke a few this year so the turn out was GREAT! </span></div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year we also decided it would be fun to shape Rice Krispy treats into eggs and let the kids decorate them. They loved it...both the decorating and snacking part of it! It was fun to see their creativity! Keirsten decided she would have a better advantage at decorating her Rice Krispy eggs if she sat on the table....silly girl!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kayden informed us this year that the Easter bunny hid the eggs too easy last year, so we made sure that he hid them better this year! They both had a blast finding the eggs...and unfortunately it happened so quickly I wasn't able to catch any pictures! They loved the fun Easter baskets the Easter bunny brought them as well!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While we were in Utah we also got to spend some time with Dad. It was a bittersweet visit. Dad is moving to Baltimore so this was our goodbye...we are sure going to miss our Papa but are excited for the new adventure in his life. Love you lots!</span></div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kayden has also started another year of baseball and of course he is playing for the Giants! I am not certain there is a sport out there that this kid doesn't love playing!?! It has been so fun to watch all the boys improve from one year to the next. He plays with a great group of kids and has some wonderful coaches!</span></div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And last but not least we celebrated Keirsten's 3rd birthday last weekend. I cannot believe that my little girl is 3! It always goes by so quickly and is so bittersweet watching them grow up. She is an amazing little girl and our family would not be complete without her. She has the most infectious smile and sparkling personality. She is very independent and loves life to its fullest. Happy Birthday Sweetheart! We love you!</span></div><div><br />
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</div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-9398669655685783932011-04-17T13:35:00.000-06:002011-04-17T13:35:59.108-06:00Family PicturesWow! I cannot believe that it has been almost a year since I have posted anything to my blog...crazy how caught up you get in life! Instead of updating everyone on what happened over the past year; I will just start by posting some recent family pictures. Hope you all enjoy and I promise to stay on top of posting!!<br />
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With love,<br />
The Downs Family <br />
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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6ISDRBjQgfVRbuWlBnGudmZETRf9CCQiUeu71i8V0bKNxz2M9jsEE7PYDigTGCzb5lXAGIQ2JgObcWC9X71u_WCoC_O0XmhwtxyDxxPWq226BH03cfBBMMsOWo0dfh9KyqsSw80RQ8Tu/s320/CIMG1677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472779098925282082" border="0" /></a>HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEIRSTEN!!<br /><br />We had a Minnie Mouse party!<br />She had so much fun and we had a lot<br />of wonderful friends and family<br />join us to celebrate!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BlWUaoakvjdoQsv415L4P3FKSYwUZizaycyXrxkZgs3bKfXNWJXVDXe-aQMTuQevH8qMt2M9CicEJk1ORkDuy6QFsZC916SzIhmpPwjVxKdXG7xO_r2J2femWx0mdQ1HJZkMtaVJehBG/s1600/CIMG1679.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BlWUaoakvjdoQsv415L4P3FKSYwUZizaycyXrxkZgs3bKfXNWJXVDXe-aQMTuQevH8qMt2M9CicEJk1ORkDuy6QFsZC916SzIhmpPwjVxKdXG7xO_r2J2femWx0mdQ1HJZkMtaVJehBG/s320/CIMG1679.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472778531023349858" border="0" /></a><br />The cutest sugar cookies<br />that Grandma Wendy brought<br />for the party...they<br />were so yummy!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy72J9v-GYCiyW3-4azGaL8YJoNjrlKqTpU78uM0G7JVyqxiUYR_A6ukmyKUqvGCpgkFUB8p5-IpdvmlHp5bC-njXoTwBNNUo3NGM4hNFkIkVqQ_VvrWV_wf8cd_HD0fkhsInfUBKII_Ow/s1600/CIMG1690.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy72J9v-GYCiyW3-4azGaL8YJoNjrlKqTpU78uM0G7JVyqxiUYR_A6ukmyKUqvGCpgkFUB8p5-IpdvmlHp5bC-njXoTwBNNUo3NGM4hNFkIkVqQ_VvrWV_wf8cd_HD0fkhsInfUBKII_Ow/s320/CIMG1690.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472778539346915026" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Birthday to you,<br />happy birthday to you,<br />happy birthday sweet Keirsten,<br />happy birthday to you!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrpK8-AsYjjn_TGfGoAWOCbw9jQEO0YQtmkYZYgLGqW4vb5qs48TAtxSUzq1RRAwasTBzyKhTo1V2dpC8s30gK49ozC_zlOWh-7p_ZWlWGzzVCYJmrvBSv43HeuIuyoJ1iz8kl66u4Np3/s1600/CIMG1713.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrpK8-AsYjjn_TGfGoAWOCbw9jQEO0YQtmkYZYgLGqW4vb5qs48TAtxSUzq1RRAwasTBzyKhTo1V2dpC8s30gK49ozC_zlOWh-7p_ZWlWGzzVCYJmrvBSv43HeuIuyoJ1iz8kl66u4Np3/s320/CIMG1713.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472779086818288162" border="0" /></a><br />Opening presents!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmlTwgAXNpgL02hFkMTPe2BBv5CMR2ZWFP7oRlfhW15Ybdhwm0cHJRSHlDK7kMhTOHq1vvyLD6GOInm1394xByX4Em7frZj3CTCanHuyJXK06t-A4RaYQD_ZHaNUdHlOSNny-zct_Jeh1/s1600/CIMG1698.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmlTwgAXNpgL02hFkMTPe2BBv5CMR2ZWFP7oRlfhW15Ybdhwm0cHJRSHlDK7kMhTOHq1vvyLD6GOInm1394xByX4Em7frZj3CTCanHuyJXK06t-A4RaYQD_ZHaNUdHlOSNny-zct_Jeh1/s320/CIMG1698.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472779083307491858" border="0" /></a><br />I love this picture. This is sweet<br />little Ava. She was so excited<br />for Keirsten to open her gift! Afterward<br />they gave each other the biggest hug...<br />it was the cutest thing EVER!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxqibiyzy8WDlxyzlOMNw7Bnmjh74frMdpKioM_7srXBrYSOA3DcoHwJyPUk7iLTW6lfTwfSMt-UfsT2PL8WoHgF1JtK3Skveqam7gndJF14lQOk3uXZdagGKLNjW04rGOIJkphyphenhyphenGTux0/s1600/CIMG1695.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxqibiyzy8WDlxyzlOMNw7Bnmjh74frMdpKioM_7srXBrYSOA3DcoHwJyPUk7iLTW6lfTwfSMt-UfsT2PL8WoHgF1JtK3Skveqam7gndJF14lQOk3uXZdagGKLNjW04rGOIJkphyphenhyphenGTux0/s320/CIMG1695.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472778546695798866" border="0" /></a>After she opened each present<br />she would throw the gift<br />behind her to Ryan<br />and want the next one...<br />she was so excited and<br />was having a BLAST opening<br />her gifts.<br /><br />Thank you to everyone who<br />celebrated our little girl's 2nd birthday<br />with us!<br /><br />Kayden has started baseball...<br />YES baseball NOT t-ball!!!<br /><br />The weather has been warm and cold<br />and warm and cold, so we have<br />had to reschedule a few games and dress<br />really warm for others.<br /><br />This is the first year where they actually<br />strike out...Kayden<br />doesn't like it so much, especially<br />when he is the one that is striking out<br />but its a great learning<br />experience for him.<br /><br />So far this year he has had 3 GREAT<br />hits, 2 runs, and a<br />awesome catch to end the inning!<br /><br />(He is number 11)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga69BidrnmsmX3itM1EaUhJwwV0vx6L9MBFwJNbeeF0Ga6DV3KxsysXHwiMoADMIyq1_uOzRYaGQnxqgSzqzopb-kNEs51fpwhdIay_-wXh-x4uaXg0fY6GFUyJkEjvCWXq8zcsQVVn7mj/s1600/IMG00081-20100504-1913.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga69BidrnmsmX3itM1EaUhJwwV0vx6L9MBFwJNbeeF0Ga6DV3KxsysXHwiMoADMIyq1_uOzRYaGQnxqgSzqzopb-kNEs51fpwhdIay_-wXh-x4uaXg0fY6GFUyJkEjvCWXq8zcsQVVn7mj/s320/IMG00081-20100504-1913.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472778520511927586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPGx-i-vNwQPyg0jorj-UEGeq7qlFDDsQU-25i0SimCaeCS_S6uoua4I0j6Ja58GIrtKk324pYBpLevvrjgb8j8tHX9NiymmiMPLN0gZGPrQUoPL9wz0tzWuJ_MrWT3Lx-TPedgt73bb4/s1600/IMG00077-20100504-1848.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPGx-i-vNwQPyg0jorj-UEGeq7qlFDDsQU-25i0SimCaeCS_S6uoua4I0j6Ja58GIrtKk324pYBpLevvrjgb8j8tHX9NiymmiMPLN0gZGPrQUoPL9wz0tzWuJ_MrWT3Lx-TPedgt73bb4/s320/IMG00077-20100504-1848.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472778515379197794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFmgnXp2gR899ki3dzXH_DxQJkfx1qL7EB-nqEDK2zJJrDMlZz_2yTRoTTC_irQLw2n5cufUUb4CvsP8v0Iy-c8tQ9UezdV3Wdce2FkvtwE61W1KbbEaWcVmVdxDFsjNvTNt4zU2u77lO/s1600/IMG00076-20100504-1847.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFmgnXp2gR899ki3dzXH_DxQJkfx1qL7EB-nqEDK2zJJrDMlZz_2yTRoTTC_irQLw2n5cufUUb4CvsP8v0Iy-c8tQ9UezdV3Wdce2FkvtwE61W1KbbEaWcVmVdxDFsjNvTNt4zU2u77lO/s320/IMG00076-20100504-1847.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472777172903642242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This Christmas we decided it<br />would be a good idea for the grandparents<br />to donate to buying the kids a swing-set this<br />spring. So here it is...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUx_qZxEuZUalhDGh1aAXt1hlY3U0OqW9_sbvTTgrZvKjwbzcJt7luXNOx48_9FG_Jzzz9gMplxAVNnGsx6sK1Fmt8omk_vdrzPi7_T1r1K7oNjj39M_xf1o0FIL9MlxpXurzohji3BmL/s1600/IMG00008-20100412-1742.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUx_qZxEuZUalhDGh1aAXt1hlY3U0OqW9_sbvTTgrZvKjwbzcJt7luXNOx48_9FG_Jzzz9gMplxAVNnGsx6sK1Fmt8omk_vdrzPi7_T1r1K7oNjj39M_xf1o0FIL9MlxpXurzohji3BmL/s320/IMG00008-20100412-1742.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472777164632534626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NFUv0gXSaDaQDDjIWR7uNTdonDyeITWw1gYSsOjWy8w9Pg4ZEbrBdVHhAZyjsYVX8XSuP-dgNzE3exCJFbkwEJw6ZsqKLdpQVDE-ZU86WcF09ESqLjFCyWXi5hVigIGa3W8u57SV3Qcc/s1600/IMG00007-20100412-1741.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXN8fkkwsiNN7h9I4vIzhyWeSqjGFJgMxyPQFH0VBLwjxF7ZyojEtAHzlH6cITk4LcX4kaW2bCxfBI7aJZy0LjIxbu8gTpVq5_3D2djDQLgqOGvXevSkTGXafdsdCCGpd79-WkXivAgd7t/s320/IMG00004-20100412-1740.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472777143120394210" border="0" /></a><br />The kids love it and it<br />is such a great way for them to<br />burn some energy and play<br />outdoors....<br />Thanks to all the grandparents<br />and great-grandparents who all chipped in!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Keirsten thought it would be fun to<br />eat her popcorn in the<br />laundry basket...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQl-pGjqOBb_7wjbDODhYL0JJbsUd-YJNQEfu3oRdhpSNKMu1Nk8HyuHs76uEEQk7fpgJODZroVOIom6q1tlVJO5DHPczVGrP2EnztR_ETnzZ7aXu_VqY55gO53-IWqkp0AtfdB-kDd4V/s1600/CIMG1732.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQl-pGjqOBb_7wjbDODhYL0JJbsUd-YJNQEfu3oRdhpSNKMu1Nk8HyuHs76uEEQk7fpgJODZroVOIom6q1tlVJO5DHPczVGrP2EnztR_ETnzZ7aXu_VqY55gO53-IWqkp0AtfdB-kDd4V/s320/CIMG1732.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472776560991997282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kayden attempting to put<br />the laundry basket over Ryan's head...<br />he wasn't successful; but it was<br />worth a try. :)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-d7_3zorvA_gy81qFfSWw8ycUZYWIWyvMPcvThgZH9AGU_EVB8p-xzhUIi-g6u3BJrwvPqYDjm0KPtbfhm-9eBfp-sI2RiDTFiyZsaJReuAie5idB4fn16oDuhq7llrxYpuuuDBu6hxAo/s1600/CIMG1742.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-d7_3zorvA_gy81qFfSWw8ycUZYWIWyvMPcvThgZH9AGU_EVB8p-xzhUIi-g6u3BJrwvPqYDjm0KPtbfhm-9eBfp-sI2RiDTFiyZsaJReuAie5idB4fn16oDuhq7llrxYpuuuDBu6hxAo/s320/CIMG1742.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472776551841516978" border="0" /></a><br />Keirsten had her 2 year<br />well check and she is right on<br />track. She also had her annual appointment<br />with the cardiologist (which I was<br />a wreck for) but we received great news!<br />Her EKG came back normal and<br />her stenosis has not progressed, which<br />is great, and if it continues to<br />sound the same, she continues to grow normally,<br />and she does not begin to show fatigue she<br />wont have to have another echo until she<br />is four!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbOQAjpaXZ1HHtZauwnNQrEUs5bdvDPKa-Al_aTY8J2XrJ6F25WqCb6NKobDme4FWWFa6NqPAAlklFslq6A6opXH4_PzUI9fmO8azOzhjsS_MCG1QL4sPAkslgxLfuojVymBPjZd_gIpz/s1600/IMG00066-20100504-1542.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbOQAjpaXZ1HHtZauwnNQrEUs5bdvDPKa-Al_aTY8J2XrJ6F25WqCb6NKobDme4FWWFa6NqPAAlklFslq6A6opXH4_PzUI9fmO8azOzhjsS_MCG1QL4sPAkslgxLfuojVymBPjZd_gIpz/s320/IMG00066-20100504-1542.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472776539842038210" border="0" /></a><br />We sang songs as we waited for the Dr.<br />She was nervous and needed<br />to be reassured that<br />everything was OK a couple of times.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByEwSxnStdw1h9aKj_NgHeYlmqE1uOHRYeHMSls0R6kgcxr9hgGhOj0Z-ifMsYqVSDEKAm1e5XclJGOXhbJJtTiqu3suGXKMqQoA4z2jx1E-FyeLb0jgSmOqJjoriniI_axvPynyprMp8/s1600/IMG00068-20100504-1542.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByEwSxnStdw1h9aKj_NgHeYlmqE1uOHRYeHMSls0R6kgcxr9hgGhOj0Z-ifMsYqVSDEKAm1e5XclJGOXhbJJtTiqu3suGXKMqQoA4z2jx1E-FyeLb0jgSmOqJjoriniI_axvPynyprMp8/s320/IMG00068-20100504-1542.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472776532225781442" border="0" /></a>Happy Mothers Day...<br />aren't they so cute :)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72TS0rNUgpqGVpKP3yP7PP0p5nP7aCD8w_razqffjfyNq4mj8pM4m2nXYKCmpvd6QBrEREO4kVM0g5Ly5sVjn5WbGxrGd1ctAYhVyxkCkH4NhZ_Jac5R6Ihz6q3TAplz_GqCx-CskyTUJ/s1600/CIMG1752.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72TS0rNUgpqGVpKP3yP7PP0p5nP7aCD8w_razqffjfyNq4mj8pM4m2nXYKCmpvd6QBrEREO4kVM0g5Ly5sVjn5WbGxrGd1ctAYhVyxkCkH4NhZ_Jac5R6Ihz6q3TAplz_GqCx-CskyTUJ/s320/CIMG1752.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472776547584530610" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It has been a busy year so far<br />and with Kayden getting ready to be<br />done with school for the summer, I am sure<br />it is going to get crazier!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We should have a lot more adventures to come!<br /><br />Love,<br />The Downs<br /></div></div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-21538252391953897072010-02-11T13:57:00.000-07:002010-03-01T20:49:18.172-07:00Christmas In....March?!?!Well yes...since I am just now finding time to post pictures from our Christmas! It was such a fun one this year! Both kids were so fun to watch. Kayden was SO excited he couldn't sleep or open any of his presents fast enough. Keirsten loved opening her presents...well until she opened her cabbage patch doll; then she only wanted to be mommy!<br /><br />I am also really late on posting pictures from Kayden's 7th Birthday Party. Yes I said 7th...my oh my where have the years gone?!?! Kayden decided he wanted to have his birthday party at Delta Skating Rink. It was a lot of fun! Sorry that there isn't any pictures of the kiddos skating but the rink was so dark none of them turned out.<br /><br />The week after New Years, Ryan's sister from Las Vegas flew out to visit. We tried as hard as we could to do as many fun things we could think of (reminder we live in Pocatello, Id.) The kids loved spending time with her, and Kayden cried on the way home from the airport...such an emotional little one! We loved having her here and can't wait seeing her again this summer!!<br /><br />We haven't been up to much since the Holidays passed, but I promise to try and post more frequently! Oh I also uploaded all the pictures in the wrong order and didn't want to attempt at moving all of them. Sorry!<br /><br />Love,<br />The Downs Family<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO2xZ39hbVU5f4QBRYCWGAngmkMnf8YJTY8rFVclxY_dOq0002hSFCiwvEXBeS-en9Dp_t1CgkYy8tlfOiuROdQy4QSe0hXmE-DF_-8emU5iy9QOxzz1E6Iz5uSziw3EZ1q_hUG4L9Yda/s1600-h/CIMG1616.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO2xZ39hbVU5f4QBRYCWGAngmkMnf8YJTY8rFVclxY_dOq0002hSFCiwvEXBeS-en9Dp_t1CgkYy8tlfOiuROdQy4QSe0hXmE-DF_-8emU5iy9QOxzz1E6Iz5uSziw3EZ1q_hUG4L9Yda/s320/CIMG1616.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443875567654055826" border="0" /></a><br />They fell asleep like this!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmP_G5DKZSAMrCPVjLjbwAKzqmXbG6lFneH5EJUrWEybVjb9w3gmJEe_U7fynSezvCcOT8uGkLOA_tfDQAvYp7ToHdpBvuNE6-kKnQCCw0WcHp-HBGS_rPg7_tFCrYqi0fqB-Y3EGMdYU/s1600-h/CIMG1613.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilse9lpGcQpJ4nZalNadStVpW805CZ0aqXczmKiazUZqxLHcjoenWx1lNU-s2GfMfVZKvTUUkysMJsliL_rzwhVrosxLLfQDhw1oXCQ19RL9uIMvNx6JcOFIrHdd0PF3PYi69qlvYIzio9/s320/CIMG1469.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443873565018511938" border="0" /></a>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-45512596552196182052009-12-02T20:51:00.000-07:002009-12-13T15:32:57.646-07:00Recap...<div style="text-align: center;">Wow! It has been such a long time since<br />I have posted anything here. I am so far behind... We have<br />been doing some wonderful fun things<br />the past couple of months. I will start off with Halloween. We went to<br />a pumpkin patch and we all went through<br />a corn maze and then the kids picked out<br />some pumpkins. They had such a blast picking out<br />there very own pumpkins!<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3LCIAf7zVPL90N5IFPbj_3roLWZuE_OxmLb5DIOV1pOfGm1ztCfaJfs7M66oUMuQWIA42GNerLDBB3djbqDkbnTb53oWkJL-5j_PSE3LVC0cTkykQwyFU-dDpMjYG1yI_z_YPQXhyphenhyphen9tT/s1600-h/CIMG1386.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3LCIAf7zVPL90N5IFPbj_3roLWZuE_OxmLb5DIOV1pOfGm1ztCfaJfs7M66oUMuQWIA42GNerLDBB3djbqDkbnTb53oWkJL-5j_PSE3LVC0cTkykQwyFU-dDpMjYG1yI_z_YPQXhyphenhyphen9tT/s320/CIMG1386.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410861928298068738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kayden</span> in the corn maze!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2tNWMg866BYAbHS69tc4INispR1_fzzSgVWO7M2fjPrp6HPNk5xz-LnGCJg2jR2P5AyQfa3WOYanzt3E02QM6jdlPJ6s1gkm656FfMdISWxqJbe-1BZkqoowen4jbrevR1uhEwSqEFU8/s1600-h/CIMG1387.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2tNWMg866BYAbHS69tc4INispR1_fzzSgVWO7M2fjPrp6HPNk5xz-LnGCJg2jR2P5AyQfa3WOYanzt3E02QM6jdlPJ6s1gkm656FfMdISWxqJbe-1BZkqoowen4jbrevR1uhEwSqEFU8/s320/CIMG1387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410861921649466674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Keirsten</span> in the corn maze<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09oyJ46xHEGpVtee3oxzoDe48OCDM545mzAxzRSKv4Bbcr7aG4QBFg8n-MXy8oAYwNza04RjDbCaVv9QEYFlEASyYWS4EkOxha9wCrE424IvAANwwXYgNgUJI6YXhqplj100sVKeP03oq/s1600-h/CIMG1403.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09oyJ46xHEGpVtee3oxzoDe48OCDM545mzAxzRSKv4Bbcr7aG4QBFg8n-MXy8oAYwNza04RjDbCaVv9QEYFlEASyYWS4EkOxha9wCrE424IvAANwwXYgNgUJI6YXhqplj100sVKeP03oq/s320/CIMG1403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410861908561115746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Since <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Keirsten</span> is to little to carve her pumpkin we<br />decided to let her paint it instead! So much fun but what<br />a mess she made!! It was worth it though :0)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4Kj9HgzHrUTnfcn8ixltU6cCAjDxjn1U7k2jP_GugHv1ElGT4Xpxjb6CWhQNdBUk_FLZ67v_QopEbQ2W5T99Ai2nsa2Lz4B2Pc3KkbzjSEH1Fczdf4Vynk2B42HxMjp1OCIeHezerLyd/s1600-h/CIMG1405.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4Kj9HgzHrUTnfcn8ixltU6cCAjDxjn1U7k2jP_GugHv1ElGT4Xpxjb6CWhQNdBUk_FLZ67v_QopEbQ2W5T99Ai2nsa2Lz4B2Pc3KkbzjSEH1Fczdf4Vynk2B42HxMjp1OCIeHezerLyd/s320/CIMG1405.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410861897329796050" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kayden's</span> first year carving his pumpkin on<br />his own, and I must say for a rookie<br />he did a very good job!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkiLhmyXfd-v8nje-S_ZqdWDLd4OQTEnVg-xRPzCp2CQAL3csl8PLmNa1dSR7rqZX4fqwxVOQmJ0ZFYK36a0Ze5gEp8uFZRdMnYBtYMH5kIkuaz4XMmB-elQOKU55vzFNxd2zYuR_-wms/s1600-h/CIMG1407.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkiLhmyXfd-v8nje-S_ZqdWDLd4OQTEnVg-xRPzCp2CQAL3csl8PLmNa1dSR7rqZX4fqwxVOQmJ0ZFYK36a0Ze5gEp8uFZRdMnYBtYMH5kIkuaz4XMmB-elQOKU55vzFNxd2zYuR_-wms/s320/CIMG1407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856411791136466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Working hard!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8PFYZqdQ-JhbhvaOwotwBkkl72IkqopPQfONS4PA-Wy9aE_xoxRsNHUHKWFA1VrOrb5qdEBsR9zz5SWHhdIRZW5t8mQ-nQLKVpfvDzMqOKDQ4DOfiHngc7KGhDzZ0gxivgE33m7WbR40/s1600-h/CIMG1410.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8PFYZqdQ-JhbhvaOwotwBkkl72IkqopPQfONS4PA-Wy9aE_xoxRsNHUHKWFA1VrOrb5qdEBsR9zz5SWHhdIRZW5t8mQ-nQLKVpfvDzMqOKDQ4DOfiHngc7KGhDzZ0gxivgE33m7WbR40/s320/CIMG1410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856408675152194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The end result!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzqHdwRN3P5FU78ijMBY-xfdh8dmpFhwJm5gGM__OlaVqOevzN42Jor39KLDurdBerwfUcqBMEg811mrRwCFTtGWrzRyNaKt3xM83MPCBDwVBVosFHVDbwSvlV0vMmufwdwV43Ln9lXTb/s1600-h/CIMG1411.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzqHdwRN3P5FU78ijMBY-xfdh8dmpFhwJm5gGM__OlaVqOevzN42Jor39KLDurdBerwfUcqBMEg811mrRwCFTtGWrzRyNaKt3xM83MPCBDwVBVosFHVDbwSvlV0vMmufwdwV43Ln9lXTb/s320/CIMG1411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856400548975314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcvRvCoc5G2gKN1iAbhLujq3v-DyxMUq2ipRXauq5YFyaR9vuefdzumHxy9KAFbadkZnVNImfraE6hlC0td_b6vmJa9UKtPYN-83R5rPugAZ-Hu6c2EXf3CafwqDEaanBwKZkHZtq3XER/s1600-h/CIMG1412.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcvRvCoc5G2gKN1iAbhLujq3v-DyxMUq2ipRXauq5YFyaR9vuefdzumHxy9KAFbadkZnVNImfraE6hlC0td_b6vmJa9UKtPYN-83R5rPugAZ-Hu6c2EXf3CafwqDEaanBwKZkHZtq3XER/s320/CIMG1412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856390206487298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Both so proud of their masterpieces!!<br /><br />Then came the big day! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Keirsten</span> was Cinderella and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Kayden</span> was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Scooby</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Doo</span>.<br />They had so much fun, and I think we<br />finally were able to get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Keirsten</span> to say "Trick-or-Treat"<br />by the end of the night. They ended up with so<br />much candy!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhnzSZ7PmjkyU44s1E1XnJ1iCA1EIoZBovCk1h5o1ocJgkUdbFCp28UBYX0_pST8iLlJWcsXkPtr-x_f94CHpyVzNzjsEn5OwiFbzkb2wLrhHfV2RZr3udBBBwfg6vYY_vw332ODSVqJI/s1600-h/IMG00008-20091031-1653.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhnzSZ7PmjkyU44s1E1XnJ1iCA1EIoZBovCk1h5o1ocJgkUdbFCp28UBYX0_pST8iLlJWcsXkPtr-x_f94CHpyVzNzjsEn5OwiFbzkb2wLrhHfV2RZr3udBBBwfg6vYY_vw332ODSVqJI/s320/IMG00008-20091031-1653.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856383963689234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUo-10yeWaO98Rj9QPMQREkP6reISfkk8u9rzS5uh7WPuniz7osNlze4U0JgfZ-_RYvBXoML8Qmy4FSKYUPQXoRZRdHBkXDjdNWEiDHP3bgGpA3qWJrgxybjG61fKLqIAzRD2JyokxRaM/s1600-h/CIMG1413.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUo-10yeWaO98Rj9QPMQREkP6reISfkk8u9rzS5uh7WPuniz7osNlze4U0JgfZ-_RYvBXoML8Qmy4FSKYUPQXoRZRdHBkXDjdNWEiDHP3bgGpA3qWJrgxybjG61fKLqIAzRD2JyokxRaM/s320/CIMG1413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410854342815249426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYorAEH0XPIgAu_w8LeVb_iYIuOhzNxbdDKRKFsMV9QqG_b_ajW64MVwOaQ4_fmGczQVYxavBiAHID46hATcj5qRtRdnyv-3BChEzIKfo-b9ZdejlxRhrT7uzZoPUYgEHRnf9o-B8edbIf/s1600-h/IMG00005-20091031-1644.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYorAEH0XPIgAu_w8LeVb_iYIuOhzNxbdDKRKFsMV9QqG_b_ajW64MVwOaQ4_fmGczQVYxavBiAHID46hATcj5qRtRdnyv-3BChEzIKfo-b9ZdejlxRhrT7uzZoPUYgEHRnf9o-B8edbIf/s320/IMG00005-20091031-1644.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410854336892536562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Kayden</span> played Jr. Jazz basketball and at the end of<br />the season they had Utah Jazz tickets you<br />could purchase. Of course they were in<br />the nose-bleed seats but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Kayden</span> was still <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ecstatic</span> to get to go!<br />We showed up at the Energy Solutions Arena and of<br />course had to get some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">souvenirs</span> and food. <br />On our way up to our seats a nice man<br />who worked for the team approached us and offered us<br />better seats...27 rows from the floor (which was<br />A LOT better then where we were headed)!!<br />It was so much fun getting to spend some one on one<br />time with just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Kayden</span>. He is such an amazing<br />little boy and we are so proud of him!<br />Oh, and yes he had a blast at the game!!<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvYK9LyhJ3WYfBkeuBsGvzZsomR19bTxdl9GIbdHoNtX3JOlYtmq_wVRTrNTPeYO_VQPb9k8gDwLh7BWgH5s-rVgExoyCmFLsri0Nz1swf6SxNBv5VeA2QXMHYYrgj4DK-VkIuS1h34MC/s1600-h/IMG00018-20091107-1926.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvYK9LyhJ3WYfBkeuBsGvzZsomR19bTxdl9GIbdHoNtX3JOlYtmq_wVRTrNTPeYO_VQPb9k8gDwLh7BWgH5s-rVgExoyCmFLsri0Nz1swf6SxNBv5VeA2QXMHYYrgj4DK-VkIuS1h34MC/s320/IMG00018-20091107-1926.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410854330580581522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Our last adventure (for this post anyway) was traveling down to Utah to spend<br />Thanksgiving with my Mom. We had a wonderful<br />time and ate some yummy food! Ryan and I braved the<br />Black Friday shopping and although we didn't get the<br />deals we wanted we did have a lot of fun. Huge THANKS<br />to my mom for watching our munchkins so early in<br />the morning!!<br /><br />After a wonderful couple of days with my Mom we headed<br />over to my Dad's for a night. We ended riding the train<br />into Salt Lake and walked around the Temple<br />to look at the lights. The kids had some<br />much fun riding the train! It was so cold by the time<br />we got to the Temple we decided to stop and warm up<br />with some hot chocolate. My weird son informed us<br />that he didn't like hot chocolate so we got him some apple cider<br />instead and now he is in love. Has a mug of warm apple cider almost every<br />night!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLvAO32EPfUzJgbc58Dy3PgfpYJ04sHoReDKp22iWJCn3iAcf6i48i0idi4WmvNxxMWMFdAtvY4DbS18LdR-QzwO34YSdi66cREbQrxEDG489nnX8mocCdvc0M77rl_Qbgr3KRHNns2Qb/s1600-h/IMG00042-20091128-2105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLvAO32EPfUzJgbc58Dy3PgfpYJ04sHoReDKp22iWJCn3iAcf6i48i0idi4WmvNxxMWMFdAtvY4DbS18LdR-QzwO34YSdi66cREbQrxEDG489nnX8mocCdvc0M77rl_Qbgr3KRHNns2Qb/s320/IMG00042-20091128-2105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410854324108576946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Me on the train ride to the Temple.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXcLRXtPVnbeYuYknpWccN6U6yxurl2NbXM4t2g4XxaYC81bFqvz2-L6hGunq3L6XC8alIIUZtgHbi605AnK8lqwQIYucIvANi2PWw6sqEgmeGoeKokR1R-0GnNUaFROXvOlE9R_hU-cX/s1600-h/IMG00044-20091128-2106.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXcLRXtPVnbeYuYknpWccN6U6yxurl2NbXM4t2g4XxaYC81bFqvz2-L6hGunq3L6XC8alIIUZtgHbi605AnK8lqwQIYucIvANi2PWw6sqEgmeGoeKokR1R-0GnNUaFROXvOlE9R_hU-cX/s320/IMG00044-20091128-2106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410854316217325298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Keirsten</span> all bundled up!!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWvPKrQitPmS9JoAgOJkXPDC5S94DJcc4sr1otCTdErvNk72uS7ZK5GBtJ-rxEZ76ippHJp4QnY0rdMS96qsQnf4nvRUVxFTKXrx8LbpXNPQd6C3xNGMAzuvTFxASjLy6pKlYfo9uaSI5/s1600-h/IMG00038-20091128-2044.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWvPKrQitPmS9JoAgOJkXPDC5S94DJcc4sr1otCTdErvNk72uS7ZK5GBtJ-rxEZ76ippHJp4QnY0rdMS96qsQnf4nvRUVxFTKXrx8LbpXNPQd6C3xNGMAzuvTFxASjLy6pKlYfo9uaSI5/s320/IMG00038-20091128-2044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410853234447928402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmR2MjwHZlk4ya8eBR6uQ1e3IYAql4D-8rD0CKGBanY9rcPkadxz2MO1wfqSE2hIUAOnaF5iubsMDUwOO_CyrPZbOQ_H-Q_wJU7SO_szz6HAADeyKPVXgaAfJkhYsvbwsL5O-oXkF1Vm-/s1600-h/1128092044.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmR2MjwHZlk4ya8eBR6uQ1e3IYAql4D-8rD0CKGBanY9rcPkadxz2MO1wfqSE2hIUAOnaF5iubsMDUwOO_CyrPZbOQ_H-Q_wJU7SO_szz6HAADeyKPVXgaAfJkhYsvbwsL5O-oXkF1Vm-/s320/1128092044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410853228191786722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yAgZVhrVROLXzOppZIjcyp5uuLgaY05pnuTrgNPxZsc7JV626hTkQBZuZ96Hc_v5ivvR-cNCkP-p2IolBFQsDHcgGQ7GFoRZnK-zhicv3MUID8efxpQU2-zxFBO1NQqTa5t7R2sxva_y/s1600-h/1128092040a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yAgZVhrVROLXzOppZIjcyp5uuLgaY05pnuTrgNPxZsc7JV626hTkQBZuZ96Hc_v5ivvR-cNCkP-p2IolBFQsDHcgGQ7GFoRZnK-zhicv3MUID8efxpQU2-zxFBO1NQqTa5t7R2sxva_y/s320/1128092040a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410853222517436450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbczRiA9M_DovB1pgy_droO1arLVVsitPfc6DUBp5i3a6i-vdVMfb3VjAdO8-b5VMftD221ivwV4xO3YAWlrshXYWIY7hUFcgttI5fKFXEw0tc8Mq86-JKnU-IFG10SOGZ2SDbjjqGiC4/s1600-h/1128092040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbczRiA9M_DovB1pgy_droO1arLVVsitPfc6DUBp5i3a6i-vdVMfb3VjAdO8-b5VMftD221ivwV4xO3YAWlrshXYWIY7hUFcgttI5fKFXEw0tc8Mq86-JKnU-IFG10SOGZ2SDbjjqGiC4/s320/1128092040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410853219933974946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhpjdFBypU7veXk9vN10LTDDG6zwmBtveeiTwB9MGswaWUwyjEvWwv0hGXYj5KFJVdajHgLPf-eKfGrqjHFmUrwbAMSc1TZnw0JqzvAoNzrxjHwtrhAyu-f5TSZRQrcvIU58KIXpMNfN-/s1600-h/1128092033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhpjdFBypU7veXk9vN10LTDDG6zwmBtveeiTwB9MGswaWUwyjEvWwv0hGXYj5KFJVdajHgLPf-eKfGrqjHFmUrwbAMSc1TZnw0JqzvAoNzrxjHwtrhAyu-f5TSZRQrcvIU58KIXpMNfN-/s320/1128092033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410853209932307634" border="0" /></a><br />The lights at the Temple were amazing!! It is some much<br />fun to walk around and look at them. I cannot imagine the time<br />and patience it takes to put up some many lights! It was<br />beautiful and was the perfect way to get<br />everyone in the Christmas spirit.<br /><br />We hope that everyone else was able to have a great<br />Thanksgiving and were able to spend time with family and friends.<br />We are so thankful for all the wonderful people we have in our lives. Thank you<br />all so much for all your love and support!!<br /><br />Love, The Downs Family<br /></div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-9513592512517401902009-10-19T21:09:00.000-06:002009-10-19T21:39:05.554-06:00Patty CakeKeirsten loves to sing patty cake and is now finally starting to remember the words. We decided to take a video of her tonight...so cute! Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxPNNV_ne3gVIwxzNN6pFSJURt5zb8mPzULlxzPcgFBFgb5YabwiomH8gfc4zm09BdsUi8XZoyaLKl9gUZUKA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-48193074348405503442009-10-12T12:27:00.000-06:002009-10-13T09:22:23.773-06:00Basketball, Visitors, and (yes another) Owwee<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kayden</span> has started playing basketball in the Jr. Jazz league for 1st and 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">nd</span> graders and boy does he love it! Ryan was brave and took on the task of coaching his team. He loves the extra one on one time that he and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kayden</span> get to spend together. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kayden</span> in turn thinks its awesome to have his Dad as the coach. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kayden</span> is such an amazing little boy, he puts his heart into everything he does and gives it his all. It is so wonderful to watch him put so much dedication into playing. He is very "into the game" and has really excelled from practicing and learning the game. His hard work has really paid off; he is really a very good player.<br /><br />The pics aren't great...he's number 47.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWW05l762XrlSGFTKbbM9DTL7n9enwYT6I9oY5Uyh1DoWuTyOncLtZDXM4m7dyxPxPtp0s_ey3TDqzRZwVuaIWjeLwZ7NGWuxqsDJyT3j8unK-c1wVRkzwxBmGm9Pu7StFh3WC33WxX-7X/s1600-h/CIMG1367.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391947350222211506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWW05l762XrlSGFTKbbM9DTL7n9enwYT6I9oY5Uyh1DoWuTyOncLtZDXM4m7dyxPxPtp0s_ey3TDqzRZwVuaIWjeLwZ7NGWuxqsDJyT3j8unK-c1wVRkzwxBmGm9Pu7StFh3WC33WxX-7X/s320/CIMG1367.JPG" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Bringin</span>' it down...<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrljPLVwOV1PcZD1iKhhIoxYIaIJin63WV6aDnN2hRMT0QjHo73H7ja0fI8PBa58ZPDXTADbovEtTJ77TSCrNgbWQnf2HRLdIXo2KnTlIR2-j6hVDXM3jkmFTuNu7zJeyGAyDodYWUt8_a/s1600-h/CIMG1359.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391947341209109266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrljPLVwOV1PcZD1iKhhIoxYIaIJin63WV6aDnN2hRMT0QjHo73H7ja0fI8PBa58ZPDXTADbovEtTJ77TSCrNgbWQnf2HRLdIXo2KnTlIR2-j6hVDXM3jkmFTuNu7zJeyGAyDodYWUt8_a/s320/CIMG1359.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">D-Fence<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQ9vy_vTGU3FYYxIQSu7hrXkjYf2ak4uqV_zwL-ApS10qlJLrpcUyGdGWIITCi6DzBgTHX_TI9rBMuRGdKrGJyeHa77N47EGvfUZhOfXCyGC9rbWueIIoVSEuwRrc81f9oy6QGllkBlQQ/s1600-h/CIMG1338.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391947330605952994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQ9vy_vTGU3FYYxIQSu7hrXkjYf2ak4uqV_zwL-ApS10qlJLrpcUyGdGWIITCi6DzBgTHX_TI9rBMuRGdKrGJyeHa77N47EGvfUZhOfXCyGC9rbWueIIoVSEuwRrc81f9oy6QGllkBlQQ/s320/CIMG1338.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMxEUK-857nxAla1JafAoZR3Lffv542JPrxMqkHAfKNCsYDI3HVCj95k4FzX6xTpsyJSJqCzsr462Nkx8IUczCZCaKDXKodF8rZl0PxefsJnwhvjrgijwQDDlOtO-ArOm-aH-ZcKvLtqQ/s1600-h/CIMG1337.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391947322041983010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMxEUK-857nxAla1JafAoZR3Lffv542JPrxMqkHAfKNCsYDI3HVCj95k4FzX6xTpsyJSJqCzsr462Nkx8IUczCZCaKDXKodF8rZl0PxefsJnwhvjrgijwQDDlOtO-ArOm-aH-ZcKvLtqQ/s320/CIMG1337.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">This last weekend my Dad and his girlfriend Wendy, my brother Tony and his wife Sarah, and my Uncle Rick were all in town. We all went and watch <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Kayden</span> play in his basketball game on Saturday (Rick was working and couldn't make it) and hung out at the house visiting and watching movies. It was great seeing everyone and I am so glad they were able to make the trip; it was a very nice visit!</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Then on Sunday after everyone left to go home; <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Keirsten</span> decided to give us another scare...this time she went to reach for something she wanted at the store and lost her balance and fell out of the shopping cart. (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ahhh</span>!!) Ryan and I couldn't react fast enough to catch her fall. Needless to say we ended up leaving our shopping cart and rushing her to the Urgent Care. Instead of giving her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">stitches</span> for the cut on her head (that she got as she hit the store shelf on her way down) they glued it together. The picture looks like she has a really big bruise around her cut but that it just the glue...it has a blue tint to it. She will have a little scar since the cut was so deep but hopefully we can minimize it as much as possible and style her hair around it. Little kids amaze me with their resilience. A half hour after we left the Urgent Care you would have no idea anything had happened to her. She sure keeps Ryan and I on our toes!!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJwZ7yh9k9eAbK0qZonCxKOmPI7h6hlgmOgSIqL-XbbrjvAawKygUBQeL6hjfkndSvd2oZfKnwtmTkdrkpXxHI1KUrOVTRylXiEHB_o2aso_ik0nFW2_tyv-P_ZUkdYkwuLIvzLMeKuql/s1600-h/KiKi+Owwee+No.+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391947361757577234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJwZ7yh9k9eAbK0qZonCxKOmPI7h6hlgmOgSIqL-XbbrjvAawKygUBQeL6hjfkndSvd2oZfKnwtmTkdrkpXxHI1KUrOVTRylXiEHB_o2aso_ik0nFW2_tyv-P_ZUkdYkwuLIvzLMeKuql/s320/KiKi+Owwee+No.+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Between basketball practices and games, school, work, and all the other activities that come up we stay very busy! We love every moment of it though! </div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-30011185039708670982009-09-15T23:11:00.000-06:002009-09-15T23:38:33.774-06:00Some Old, Some New<div style="text-align: center;">So I came across some pictures on our camera that I forgot to post. A few weekends ago we drove down to Twin Falls to spend some time with Uncle Tony and Aunt Sarah. We went to Shoshone Falls and played at the camp ground. It was fun and everybody had a great time!<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03A7xdtdaNOT5EDcb-6cI27vman6GfhiKL3waolDaXeLwdz_aVQbpTVs3mFqfAahHlVhk-ZR_DOv3Il4QNK8MehVDDiR-EM5Qrwb8686giuLcHVOwZ4AM4pThYaK2yGJr_DJla29VzMny/s1600-h/CIMG1173.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03A7xdtdaNOT5EDcb-6cI27vman6GfhiKL3waolDaXeLwdz_aVQbpTVs3mFqfAahHlVhk-ZR_DOv3Il4QNK8MehVDDiR-EM5Qrwb8686giuLcHVOwZ4AM4pThYaK2yGJr_DJla29VzMny/s320/CIMG1173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381933888148562178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Shoshone Falls<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrziqNtSkHEk2GNSDEGXzBg84BvjwmAY88KTnGkJF1N1Ojpdwp4Oshy_w4Q0IksjOViMFetwOnmHlbxY5dMiATIXHQQj1Cy62z8m-WGZSiR61r5dT8C3g972lZGYboqQ_sDN-ORK4-mjF/s1600-h/CIMG1170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrziqNtSkHEk2GNSDEGXzBg84BvjwmAY88KTnGkJF1N1Ojpdwp4Oshy_w4Q0IksjOViMFetwOnmHlbxY5dMiATIXHQQj1Cy62z8m-WGZSiR61r5dT8C3g972lZGYboqQ_sDN-ORK4-mjF/s320/CIMG1170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381933880819295522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Family at The Falls<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1jJfVFXzLrrbNvpdfBtGkNjTKojoRshgP0i6CfCZWFaZXXne6X18F4TG8RjZtMjzV8KzrWEABVv9M-8wncoDgtB3mV9SzYUWBxf5sgT593cq2xFjm29YkMZaK7i4rsC639KwFE-nflbf/s1600-h/CIMG1189.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1jJfVFXzLrrbNvpdfBtGkNjTKojoRshgP0i6CfCZWFaZXXne6X18F4TG8RjZtMjzV8KzrWEABVv9M-8wncoDgtB3mV9SzYUWBxf5sgT593cq2xFjm29YkMZaK7i4rsC639KwFE-nflbf/s320/CIMG1189.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381932558204143250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqjQOzFKzXz_4ERuXuXWRyjt0z7BpVvJ12Z4Gujm-6xr82aOhEf9nzFYmsz1qwT5M13e7_II_WKRKDcikO84jsR91Zgko89tIM6corSJOEZvVi_B_U4t-PmEsTPvpNd_wZulZ9doNxUL1/s1600-h/CIMG1222.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqjQOzFKzXz_4ERuXuXWRyjt0z7BpVvJ12Z4Gujm-6xr82aOhEf9nzFYmsz1qwT5M13e7_II_WKRKDcikO84jsR91Zgko89tIM6corSJOEZvVi_B_U4t-PmEsTPvpNd_wZulZ9doNxUL1/s320/CIMG1222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381932549767410658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Miniature Golfing!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdxA3xaHAnPD0DISV1UqMLw9SmKGWEtb0Po0x1IpW_Rl_C87mVbrQl4TygTB0Zoisevce4DM5AR3x-F7nZ-urg1no8TwUEiUuBt2IrZF2I85qJmrKJNxhI6_6FwNK_buWayTSoALVxj30/s1600-h/CIMG1249.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdxA3xaHAnPD0DISV1UqMLw9SmKGWEtb0Po0x1IpW_Rl_C87mVbrQl4TygTB0Zoisevce4DM5AR3x-F7nZ-urg1no8TwUEiUuBt2IrZF2I85qJmrKJNxhI6_6FwNK_buWayTSoALVxj30/s320/CIMG1249.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381932539794793778" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Keirsten loved going down this slide on her stomach head first; it was cute!<br /><br /><br />Then last weekend we celebrated my birthday a few days early with Ryan's family. It was nice getting to spend time with them.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAqJJP5nLajzSpfSnJcD-4WA0_gsAPzXuWC_lGdB2w5Z1XuG3enrbnIBq8HYXpWlnsQNLeqi6Pnd4DkVoBqqCKW7LSO0Z8sCgd2S9dKhga4qzR9NEERCOJ01eaJizAIHICQfsrC2nTZH0/s1600-h/CIMG1284.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAqJJP5nLajzSpfSnJcD-4WA0_gsAPzXuWC_lGdB2w5Z1XuG3enrbnIBq8HYXpWlnsQNLeqi6Pnd4DkVoBqqCKW7LSO0Z8sCgd2S9dKhga4qzR9NEERCOJ01eaJizAIHICQfsrC2nTZH0/s320/CIMG1284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381932533014412082" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Birthday Girl!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX55SHNL2dXrk7DESa3SgoBUlcb8bKvpJ2acxLX4g9IWljwcicpqacdpCtW88SaEnI1AlCcA83Gk9mcm_ASXbHU6vg_1hNrInX2gdb5nTIwd3KeVXuik85LEe1Fu_VMQ_qF6-hu6vddDzY/s1600-h/CIMG1299.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX55SHNL2dXrk7DESa3SgoBUlcb8bKvpJ2acxLX4g9IWljwcicpqacdpCtW88SaEnI1AlCcA83Gk9mcm_ASXbHU6vg_1hNrInX2gdb5nTIwd3KeVXuik85LEe1Fu_VMQ_qF6-hu6vddDzY/s320/CIMG1299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381932524230772610" border="0" /></a><br />Keirsten sticking her finger in the frosting...yum, yum!<br /></div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-33304029182969676972009-09-11T10:07:00.000-06:002009-09-11T12:22:38.051-06:00A Day to Remember<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kbNAM0fDO7EDo1HVEzRQM1xLbh5NpBCPEIY0Jyh1ip0GSpYqPISWE5GaXaV5wCPrBbiTV_NsztyJBBN0ljSQPPZLFrs3gq9ON530gM7Lw-ydZ0gUJSA7MgrvW0nCmU3kZbdpE9StMwZY/s1600-h/flag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380243445489264642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kbNAM0fDO7EDo1HVEzRQM1xLbh5NpBCPEIY0Jyh1ip0GSpYqPISWE5GaXaV5wCPrBbiTV_NsztyJBBN0ljSQPPZLFrs3gq9ON530gM7Lw-ydZ0gUJSA7MgrvW0nCmU3kZbdpE9StMwZY/s320/flag.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc0000;">Most of us can still remember exactly what we were doing 8 years ago today. We remember the way we felt when the first tower was hit and the aftermath that followed. I remember <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">desperately</span> trying to get a hold of my family to make sure they were okay - even knowing they were no where near the attacks. Today is a day that many Americans will never forget the sorrow, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">devastation</span> and overwhelming pride that came over us in the days that followed. To all those mourning the loss of their loves ones today: My heart goes out to you. To all the service men and women and citizens who risked their own lives to help those in need and who continue to fight for our freedom: THANK YOU!</span></em></div><br /><div><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"></span></em></div><br /><div></div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-79097288514627657522009-09-09T21:25:00.000-06:002009-09-10T23:50:27.497-06:00Camping and Big Owwee<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">For Labor Day this year we decided to join the other millions of Americans and go camping. We decided to head up to Emigration Campground; it was beautiful! Camping is fun and stressful all at the same time. Kayden loves being able to have free reign and play all day and Keirsten loves to play in the dirt. This trip she decided to take a tumble out of the back</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">of t</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">he</span> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">trailer and hit her head on the stairs coming down. Luckily she missed th</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">e huge rock a few inches</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">aw</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">ay!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6WCOFDfHt82ezIDAmvSPsQ-X1MDadSkQ67V-0QZkEpe_y4sAtNqiSt9ZPQnVOVxgWTP_uUeQYvu6RJdx5J7V5-Sq3UNN7J06AomeAdHf59ah2vLEyWRVv9WyFnBFI2SpgiW2MZg9VD3l/s1600-h/Keirsten+Owee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHGY7zEBVodM2mc8ihV2UVbGtt03IbNIY9rAIGMhyphenhyphen1tutHnWQQgVE-Ec7mqxgW2VoSV7Gdl8D6TxWHoWXYxCQBxYN9ktcNrW0fKdZAnz77xHg_k1lmsQNJAlUjO0FDQmIqaz6tAcZfcsY/s320/Camry+and+Kayden+Camping2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379681249244834242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-69948746498676400072009-09-02T21:09:00.001-06:002009-09-02T21:41:42.019-06:00September Really?<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Wow! I have no clue what happened to the rest of August...I can't believe September is already here! We are beginning to settle into our fall/winter/spring routine of school, work, and now sports. Kayden is going to start playing in the Jr. Jazz basketball league next week. I can't wait to see how he does he absolutely loves sports, especially basketball. He is really enjoying the 1st grade and his teacher Miss Bee. He loves being able to go to school everyday and spend time with his friends...I just hope he is getting some learning done while he is there too! We recently took Kayden to the orthodonist and the poor little guy doesn't have a chance. Unfortunately his mouth is to small (thanks to Dad) and his teeth are to big (thanks to Mom) and he will need to have two seperate sets of braces to make sure his pearly whites are nice a straight. They are planning on putting on the first set as early as next year!<br /><br />Keirsten is growing like a beautiful little weed. She is getting two more bottom teeth so right now her little nose is running and she is stuffy. Although I noticed they finally broke through tonight so hopefully the worst part is over. She is also beginning to say more and more words everyday and is grasping concepts like turning things off or throwing things away as well. I love the way she looks at you when one of us is trying to teach her a new word...it's all so new to her that it makes you realize how much they really accomplish in such a short amount of time! She also recently went to her 15 month check up and as her Dr put it "she is normal - for Keirsten anyway". Everything appeared well and she will see him again in November.<br /><br />Ryan and I are also staying really busy between work and kids. I am still going to school so I am also taking two classes this semester on top of our busy schedule. Man summer break was so nice!!<br /><br />Here are a few pictures of the last weeks...hopefully we can squeeze in a few more activites before the summer officially ends!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqV0iaOXjJYkVhYEouu4cThiqepfB12L9Z-TzMMMXNSqoZBZTw9nlZMKzo1KSuMVraiXSpY603r8lgtVh51MC44ZmdPajwAfwqgne4oRZbLq_YZZbbulDHNWG7PW9yOMw9Z9J4o71t-gO/s1600-h/CIMG1124.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqV0iaOXjJYkVhYEouu4cThiqepfB12L9Z-TzMMMXNSqoZBZTw9nlZMKzo1KSuMVraiXSpY603r8lgtVh51MC44ZmdPajwAfwqgne4oRZbLq_YZZbbulDHNWG7PW9yOMw9Z9J4o71t-gO/s320/CIMG1124.1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377078301761116706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">At the Chukers Game!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ2DYhfk_gAGT_rjWhlkvti2V3fMZATZK8X5Mm_StJcEV1TxTDs94dEv-MIEUiRkwoZzotmvWL9scMAaRWIhn_ceXDoxHmHMxwLi3DoI6EBo-6sfNBdkt6uHJRMCH5DdQcixOpxtKCfmA/s1600-h/CIMG1133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ2DYhfk_gAGT_rjWhlkvti2V3fMZATZK8X5Mm_StJcEV1TxTDs94dEv-MIEUiRkwoZzotmvWL9scMAaRWIhn_ceXDoxHmHMxwLi3DoI6EBo-6sfNBdkt6uHJRMCH5DdQcixOpxtKCfmA/s320/CIMG1133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377078318234631378" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Silly face!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yNniK6dn06LNYWdqsE9vhk3puc8hwQWXcEcscOJGFk6I5MPjjVIqW8T7zTSy8c5GaxxnIudn3iD7XkAz-kWVN06GXJea436r82YJIeMD85ZdaM1Ncn-MYASodbgJQ0MpEW_LhrqUjFRt/s1600-h/CIMG1138.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yNniK6dn06LNYWdqsE9vhk3puc8hwQWXcEcscOJGFk6I5MPjjVIqW8T7zTSy8c5GaxxnIudn3iD7XkAz-kWVN06GXJea436r82YJIeMD85ZdaM1Ncn-MYASodbgJQ0MpEW_LhrqUjFRt/s320/CIMG1138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377078287853400626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXz1gJEXEeTEsypotMhipf-X0_mA5RwUySC3pwEmGHd5Hkwe2k9vJTbPfOxVEbHh8VjeXC-_XAS3gg30olZnpfnIxLpnLOzZx9xiKX7MPpkeQmStmfN7wEe4yDl0S7urpN5uCIlcJJoN_/s1600-h/CIMG1164.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXz1gJEXEeTEsypotMhipf-X0_mA5RwUySC3pwEmGHd5Hkwe2k9vJTbPfOxVEbHh8VjeXC-_XAS3gg30olZnpfnIxLpnLOzZx9xiKX7MPpkeQmStmfN7wEe4yDl0S7urpN5uCIlcJJoN_/s320/CIMG1164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377078345895691234" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I thought this was a cute picture of our other family members that I don't blog much about.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dre didn't have a fighting chance of getting his toy back!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD75GYM1vzlsp4XEdJitwru8q2tpqeak7jiaARWMABTH61ahZE4h8tGy8NoI416qZlaJWRoSZroOBoLDTxiwp8X2N7jQ9m6gbqVb67YavMmOufWk-pxv9kovameE6HyrKhqHpuz2hc5cA/s1600-h/CIMG1142.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD75GYM1vzlsp4XEdJitwru8q2tpqeak7jiaARWMABTH61ahZE4h8tGy8NoI416qZlaJWRoSZroOBoLDTxiwp8X2N7jQ9m6gbqVb67YavMmOufWk-pxv9kovameE6HyrKhqHpuz2hc5cA/s320/CIMG1142.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377078329422609218" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Just for you Mom - Love ya!</span><br /></div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-71044469947523258302009-08-13T22:08:00.000-06:002009-08-13T22:41:40.616-06:00Camping, Birthday, and Fun!!<div style="text-align: center;">These last two weeks have been really busy for us!<br />It started off with a good ole' backyard BBQ with our friends<br />Jeff and Emily.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwO_xS-jRl-IR5Zocns0gKKRKdYfkeoIaGqKo8QUvX3bE2_ilniJypYQsBqmrtWHhdyty_tTEM60uQxjlmfes44_4eS5G9fdL6gcbLH9reH4Ii_f4P_TJxaqpTNiyYwJ1ejm34SpulDmbW/s1600-h/CIMG1089.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwO_xS-jRl-IR5Zocns0gKKRKdYfkeoIaGqKo8QUvX3bE2_ilniJypYQsBqmrtWHhdyty_tTEM60uQxjlmfes44_4eS5G9fdL6gcbLH9reH4Ii_f4P_TJxaqpTNiyYwJ1ejm34SpulDmbW/s320/CIMG1089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369667792726978210" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Both of my little munchkins love watermelon<br />Keirsten had a piece in her hand at all times!!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUS5-fR1S9XktxYtZ6xaElwARy0CKLnYKPR4MtY-C5p1u9KvTCvxqF4TaLWMCuZAVwRiwBeD6C0ZH5BjU_fVm5RuEk6XKOHWtSWt49D20URqk07IC2etMXWThoBmNaXMKHoKEsCdnpvAr/s1600-h/CIMG1090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUS5-fR1S9XktxYtZ6xaElwARy0CKLnYKPR4MtY-C5p1u9KvTCvxqF4TaLWMCuZAVwRiwBeD6C0ZH5BjU_fVm5RuEk6XKOHWtSWt49D20URqk07IC2etMXWThoBmNaXMKHoKEsCdnpvAr/s320/CIMG1090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369668425088278498" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then a week later we decided to go camping, once again with our great<br />friends The Ericksons. We went to a camp ground called Willow Flats which is<br />just passed Preston in Cub River. This was our first camping trip as a family and despite<br />the fact that it was cold and rainy we had a blast! Thanks again Jeff and Emily for inviting us!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vVeKzJXsRl9Ybr1KtLsQlcb_dIf5ND29sgSzXZPJdAeRIAajnmjpH1Ba7KdjPKwFle11bbeXh0J2DfJXAPtx9bjyVMejLXZjq0pFT7xEE_5ARwU8-YRMz2lGGPxslESft7Ec9SpzKhyphenhyphend/s1600-h/DSCN1625.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vVeKzJXsRl9Ybr1KtLsQlcb_dIf5ND29sgSzXZPJdAeRIAajnmjpH1Ba7KdjPKwFle11bbeXh0J2DfJXAPtx9bjyVMejLXZjq0pFT7xEE_5ARwU8-YRMz2lGGPxslESft7Ec9SpzKhyphenhyphend/s320/DSCN1625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369670147658032066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-TVu9K3AtY0foWr4abUBjdwUQS-96iob69yLPAKW9qcnJNm1e8-4jivfb9zwDzsyZLOUcr7e37ZDly4qb7CeXW0xFLtr7Y7fAwPXfQbwFMwa4JpEmdByyPBnkNfh8Vhtwo6XfzZKwBNk/s1600-h/DSCN1656.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-TVu9K3AtY0foWr4abUBjdwUQS-96iob69yLPAKW9qcnJNm1e8-4jivfb9zwDzsyZLOUcr7e37ZDly4qb7CeXW0xFLtr7Y7fAwPXfQbwFMwa4JpEmdByyPBnkNfh8Vhtwo6XfzZKwBNk/s320/DSCN1656.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369670154203294770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkxgNVdOHx5xz0VRc5H4A6N1z3cJIT4xefxJV7ZIL6v-wKDEARM0_nLi0MKWWd_cor2dcK61EWsBg0IQQ4GMKpi9YyLxS6lz1EdwOCdYI3WwFY7hpBEeGMIEbdOQMYxF3hp_YtgoET7vp/s1600-h/DSCN1663.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkxgNVdOHx5xz0VRc5H4A6N1z3cJIT4xefxJV7ZIL6v-wKDEARM0_nLi0MKWWd_cor2dcK61EWsBg0IQQ4GMKpi9YyLxS6lz1EdwOCdYI3WwFY7hpBEeGMIEbdOQMYxF3hp_YtgoET7vp/s320/DSCN1663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369670136205647602" border="0" /></a>And last but most DEFINITELY not least, on Wednesday<br />we celebrate Ryan's 28th birthday (and I know this may come<br />as a shock but the Erickson's came over to celebrate with us as well).<br />Ryan is the most amazing Dad and a wonderful husband. He is loved more<br />than he knows. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN! WE LOVE YOU!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3rwIW23s0rWCEKCxNV34MKJQWlAWzIG5vwj54EBcfENH32Ze8aTw34e7JLDEyzo5sZh-lKXlejzXBz055JwRZiP_dXdFvl3DLAXZJ9lt-vvQyPvMcoRvMVP7wsRAIo3U6g8wWBB9xyWG/s1600-h/CIMG1098.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3rwIW23s0rWCEKCxNV34MKJQWlAWzIG5vwj54EBcfENH32Ze8aTw34e7JLDEyzo5sZh-lKXlejzXBz055JwRZiP_dXdFvl3DLAXZJ9lt-vvQyPvMcoRvMVP7wsRAIo3U6g8wWBB9xyWG/s320/CIMG1098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369672606221643794" border="0" /></a>Ryan requested Birthday Brownies instead of cake!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFW_poO045R0LLZQDBR7NuIE-nD7fDm9o5kEW25wqiB6JyftL0j51r7GDAYb-Yl-rcE6J9f28lLnmZFKDN1RaLXF7LbO5YJyoYtTwgqE6gldXNmEs_V_yXaHazfUeMUXTSjIM0o_pZxm7/s1600-h/CIMG1100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFW_poO045R0LLZQDBR7NuIE-nD7fDm9o5kEW25wqiB6JyftL0j51r7GDAYb-Yl-rcE6J9f28lLnmZFKDN1RaLXF7LbO5YJyoYtTwgqE6gldXNmEs_V_yXaHazfUeMUXTSjIM0o_pZxm7/s320/CIMG1100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369672635732713570" border="0" /></a>Blowing out candles!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrMTlo2DurocevCMx8u5f8dt9xxeXNBgP0wRKw-xu-WDonYGUXJlYooQla-PpmrdwhxeUksZiLabJBEpkRphwndewI_huBXanqhAiaN63z_FyayDoyEJq3Q-fbFt0t5eWcfi14QxCj5n9/s1600-h/CIMG1102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrMTlo2DurocevCMx8u5f8dt9xxeXNBgP0wRKw-xu-WDonYGUXJlYooQla-PpmrdwhxeUksZiLabJBEpkRphwndewI_huBXanqhAiaN63z_FyayDoyEJq3Q-fbFt0t5eWcfi14QxCj5n9/s320/CIMG1102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369672617421688322" border="0" /></a>Great friends to celebrate with!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SX1TfBM9ML-EqtghrePIPxan8tI6SpoNAHepylmURMaQN-ODWrwG9G13KOcyrk-Aa2KoNctqiKyLDOKNIm5_glx3AySKU5EHsC9_AGuhWKZWer7wkjf1AkIFCaX5aieLrm8haaAg87Kp/s1600-h/CIMG1103.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SX1TfBM9ML-EqtghrePIPxan8tI6SpoNAHepylmURMaQN-ODWrwG9G13KOcyrk-Aa2KoNctqiKyLDOKNIm5_glx3AySKU5EHsC9_AGuhWKZWer7wkjf1AkIFCaX5aieLrm8haaAg87Kp/s320/CIMG1103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369672641786923762" border="0" /></a>Kayden posing for the camera!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrUmG2VLkywwXPErnCbPM29PlryyMAer04D08ZI1DvE5HuhdEieCl1oFsR_vUERrb5qYRVrvu_lWG3TKTU9Ldsp3M8dqXXyCTMPWDmaP7OIi7Edovj02HeB1lWYCULx_-NWIn7E9SNagy/s1600-h/CIMG1105.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrUmG2VLkywwXPErnCbPM29PlryyMAer04D08ZI1DvE5HuhdEieCl1oFsR_vUERrb5qYRVrvu_lWG3TKTU9Ldsp3M8dqXXyCTMPWDmaP7OIi7Edovj02HeB1lWYCULx_-NWIn7E9SNagy/s320/CIMG1105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369672652926407602" border="0" /></a>Keirsten posing for the camera (with ice cream all over her shirt)!<br /><br />We have had a very eventful last two weeks and with a few<br />more activities planned and school starting soon things will continue to<br />stay busy for us. <br /><br /><br /></div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-51236547872356894362009-08-01T13:57:00.000-06:002009-08-01T14:04:57.578-06:00Kayden "2" Teeth Lighter<div style="text-align: left;">So Friday morning we noticed Kayden had an adult tooth that had come through without his baby tooth coming out. Of course I had no idea what to do and his baby tooth did not seem loose at all. So I called and got him into the dentist office and this is how he came out! He is so cute and at times even has a little lisp!! The Tooth Fairy came to visit him last night at left him $2...he was so excited!! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-6l911qcJf46bxj6mVnaLZ3as5z1akevYGmYBuNg1P0-zm-1jZ-ewJeRPv97gfE0y8XtGfEnK0YahalcRDH97vEWi6qEJ9Amv_yWHb7jeA8uldfSNnEOwEpQcsQ3_LHnEkJIAXFfw_1k/s1600-h/CIMG1078.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-6l911qcJf46bxj6mVnaLZ3as5z1akevYGmYBuNg1P0-zm-1jZ-ewJeRPv97gfE0y8XtGfEnK0YahalcRDH97vEWi6qEJ9Amv_yWHb7jeA8uldfSNnEOwEpQcsQ3_LHnEkJIAXFfw_1k/s320/CIMG1078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365088072946755554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-6l911qcJf46bxj6mVnaLZ3as5z1akevYGmYBuNg1P0-zm-1jZ-ewJeRPv97gfE0y8XtGfEnK0YahalcRDH97vEWi6qEJ9Amv_yWHb7jeA8uldfSNnEOwEpQcsQ3_LHnEkJIAXFfw_1k/s1600-h/CIMG1078.JPG"></a><blockquote></blockquote></div>The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-84609716220987472592009-07-13T23:14:00.000-06:002009-07-13T23:52:31.230-06:00FootballSince Kayden is completely obsessed with sports it is only natural that he play them. So far this year he has gone to a basketball camp at ISU, is currently playing flag football, and asks me everyday when he starts t-ball, can go golfing, and play at game of catch. Watching a hand full of 6 and 7 year olds play flag football is hillarious. Kayden takes it very serious though. He loves it and it keeps him busy and every night he goes to bed completely worn out. We love watching him! He is really a great player and if he keeps it up will b<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5kSxGvvyRduOl8H-wcuzmL10fOXGsk2HpeyRLVWX_T_tgNF8ZmaFQToqV8Dsji4Rt83ERbDRHSoyoRydDYjR3gYnu5yyyq1xqifpNmXQRvizfuUXhhFLPJvcjw7ZOM0DQ1fWw98SF7gm/s1600-h/CIMG0962.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5kSxGvvyRduOl8H-wcuzmL10fOXGsk2HpeyRLVWX_T_tgNF8ZmaFQToqV8Dsji4Rt83ERbDRHSoyoRydDYjR3gYnu5yyyq1xqifpNmXQRvizfuUXhhFLPJvcjw7ZOM0DQ1fWw98SF7gm/s320/CIMG0962.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358182255159666466" border="0" /></a>e very talented in the future.The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-45036741854455688762009-07-07T23:02:00.000-06:002009-07-07T23:17:59.230-06:00Food, Friends, and Fireworks!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cx5mkexsh0_5BAXRvyrglW0wxUkUABOPvw1Wril_cmBTXl8MXxEY_NtrP_ef7-4QIf_angWCLilCutzCuyOHp9k8YjJ_FZWv4G64vl_ptPabB4AdxkHBOkGwkmzZz2G6YB6oKU3myhwg/s1600-h/CIMG1013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cx5mkexsh0_5BAXRvyrglW0wxUkUABOPvw1Wril_cmBTXl8MXxEY_NtrP_ef7-4QIf_angWCLilCutzCuyOHp9k8YjJ_FZWv4G64vl_ptPabB4AdxkHBOkGwkmzZz2G6YB6oKU3myhwg/s320/CIMG1013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355953666423397714" border="0" /></a><br />The Fourth of July is hands down one of my favorite holidays! This year proved to be no different. We started the day off with food and friends and ended it with fireworks. Poor Jeff and Emily are probably ready for a break from The Downs Family. We attempted at having a nice BBQ dinner outside, with the beautiful new patio set Emily got, although the weather chose otherwise. The rain and hail was amazing! We were very fortunate though and it all cleared up in time for the fireworks to start. This was Keirsten's first year of watching the fireworks, I was concerned that they would scare her, but she really seemed to enjoy them (even though she fell asleep half way through). Kayden, Kayden, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMXj8mH-J3zGYJhgJ5p8196ANkx1y11TkzZoYtKorKeBoxnp_xz-nf6SGV5oN2ifU0gsUCnhPLpex93SfE0QejTXWUr0OejmkecBddpDP7QXU6bww10uUQ47pWyzGiYSYecYOQgPyFA5X/s1600-h/CIMG1014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMXj8mH-J3zGYJhgJ5p8196ANkx1y11TkzZoYtKorKeBoxnp_xz-nf6SGV5oN2ifU0gsUCnhPLpex93SfE0QejTXWUr0OejmkecBddpDP7QXU6bww10uUQ47pWyzGiYSYecYOQgPyFA5X/s320/CIMG1014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355954059114925986" border="0" /></a>Kayden...what can I say...the poor little guy is afraid of everything. Despite being constantly fearful of the fireworks I think he enjoyed watching them and had fun. Of course at the end he started to warm up to the fireworks and we were all out...maybe next year! To Jeff and Emily: Thanks for a wonderful Fourth of July!The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684772451577146858.post-73525315314531844612009-06-30T23:07:00.001-06:002009-06-30T23:19:01.035-06:00Welcome!Ok, so I decided to join everyone else and start a blog. My only fear with blogging is that I won't keep it updated; I am going to promise to try very hard though.<br /><br />Our little family is SO busy right now. Kayden keeps us going with football practice and games twice a week plus all the birthdays and get-togethers with friends. I had no idea a 6 year old could be so busy! Keirsten keeps us on our toes exploring the wonderful world around her. She had given us a scare the past couple of months. On her one year check up we were told she had a heart murmur (at least that is what they thought at the time) and referred us to a pediatric cardiologist from Primary Children's Hospital. After seeing him (here in Poky) he wanted us to take a trip to Utah and perform an Echocardiogram on her. The staff at Primary Children's is amazing and made the process seamless for us. She has been offically diagnosed with Biscuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis. Basically, there are three flaps (cusps) that open and close to all blood to flow through the valve. Two of her three cusps are fused together restricting the blood flow through the valve to the rest of her body. This also causes them to not completly close which "leaks" blood back into the chamber. Right now they are not going to do anything but monitor her once a year until she starts to show symptoms. Being told your child has something wrong with their heart is one of the hardest things to hear. We are very thankful that we are aware of her condition and can give her the help she needs. We love our little munchkins very much and would do anything for them!!<br /><br />We have also added a new member to our 4 person 1 pet crew. Tank joined our family on June 17th. He is a 5 year old Boxer who in Ryan's words is "AWESOME"! We found Tank on KSL's website. His previous owners were unable to keep him as they were moving. He truly is a wonderful addition and we love him very much.<br /><br />Well I guess that is all for now and now I can officially say that we are bloggers!The Downs Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024840422196815399noreply@blogger.com0