tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77684455024746450242024-03-05T16:14:50.945-08:00A Peek @ the Ritter B'sEst. 1999Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-81651822740369689942014-06-15T19:11:00.001-07:002014-06-15T19:11:23.777-07:00This could be the start of something great!Maybe I'll give this a shot. <br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-83625978027717834272011-03-27T18:11:00.000-07:002011-03-27T18:12:20.668-07:00<center><a href="http://sparkblog1.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h467/sparktheevent/ready-to-spark-1.png" border="0" /></a></center><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-83937881162761046032011-02-16T19:09:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:53:18.544-08:00day dreamer<span style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" >In response to my friend Kristen's blog question:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:180%;">{TO DOG OR NOT TO DOG}<br /></span></div><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBod_8BvVkcstCd-K_WYGXoyxbE2PDcl6RUjLbAgyuiEb5l4LX7ozd-rbNdoRaEWRY2uidspUGlaku_qvm-5E-n_28Whyxcd1p2Y-IJxE1yS4cMmdsOKUdQ5dmZxtyyyP6yIcpBkugUsM6/s1600/dog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBod_8BvVkcstCd-K_WYGXoyxbE2PDcl6RUjLbAgyuiEb5l4LX7ozd-rbNdoRaEWRY2uidspUGlaku_qvm-5E-n_28Whyxcd1p2Y-IJxE1yS4cMmdsOKUdQ5dmZxtyyyP6yIcpBkugUsM6/s400/dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574499975792483090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62179282/dog-alphabet-print?ref=sr_list_10&ga_search_query=kids+and+dogs+art&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_shopname=jolinne&ga_page=8"><br /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62179282/dog-alphabet-print?ref=sr_list_10&ga_search_query=kids+and+dogs+art&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_shopname=jolinne&ga_page=8">you can find this print here</a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >What a tough question for me to answer I fear...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Because I know the answer... one I wish was different.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >In less than 3 years we have had to have one dog and 2 cats go on a one way road trip to Mr. Vet.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >so so so sad.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Hector the guinea pig died in Marc's hands.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Scout the rabbit along with Machine the guinea pig that was always dressed as a skunk found freedom with a family who had loads of rodents... (big fan of craigslist on this one)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >We just have our dog Mollie and our orange cat Mr. Jack-0-Lantern laying around the house on 94th Terrace now...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >so so so sad.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Mollie is 12 now. She's blind in one eye, has cysts on her back that aren't so lovely...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >not many more birthday in her future I fear.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >For Valentines Day I entertained a day dream of having the kids skip home from school to find a cute yummy smelling puppy with a heart tied around her neck waiting for their arrival...I think she would have been named something mushy like cupid or lollipop...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >My Marc-a-Roni swashed these dreams... reminding me of eaten furniture and pee on the floor.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >And kennel fees while we played on vacation...</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >I'm already dealing with furniture damage... and pee on the floor is soon to be with a potty training toddler...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >So I have decided to wait... but not forever... because kids need dogs.</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" > </span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-72909394628528038642010-12-03T11:07:00.000-08:002010-12-03T11:17:24.109-08:0017 months<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxoENIm3my2Fruv12FONwhhD9JPJ7oWNBuEwULvJu86v4YJZgIpU1ejt59bQetHfOcy7FxbrZlNMVh0J8WLI-RqtVTtP4IlaXFZCz-YD6SDUDzDb_P6WLFtC4MCn1wCjvZsh6Yc1cD64s/s1600/IMG_3430.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxoENIm3my2Fruv12FONwhhD9JPJ7oWNBuEwULvJu86v4YJZgIpU1ejt59bQetHfOcy7FxbrZlNMVh0J8WLI-RqtVTtP4IlaXFZCz-YD6SDUDzDb_P6WLFtC4MCn1wCjvZsh6Yc1cD64s/s400/IMG_3430.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546535631447613922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Croup... It's not a pretty site.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A little FYI: {Orapred makes one Extremely Grumpy!}<br /></div>Not only did Zion hold that donut in her precious fingers for a good hour without taking even a nibble she also controlled the bag! I had to PRY that donut free at nap time...<br /><br />On a happy note... We are done with the prescribed doses of the grumps and our cute little Z is well on the way to felling better!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; width: 128px; height: 61px;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-10629656607248098002010-10-19T20:21:00.000-07:002010-10-19T20:32:27.353-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfirW6_fEN7B_v6ssfccUTHXT0TIlVVSMxj2J1QV0YaTi-VZHnwwB4Z0Za6J3Z16I-i6kBquVnbboYHYKpxuoOMcxThhyphenhyphen03Yty3JrARHlW7gFs8oh3qUTAIfteue7KvuMibRB3RP6nZ2J/s1600/IMG_3289.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfirW6_fEN7B_v6ssfccUTHXT0TIlVVSMxj2J1QV0YaTi-VZHnwwB4Z0Za6J3Z16I-i6kBquVnbboYHYKpxuoOMcxThhyphenhyphen03Yty3JrARHlW7gFs8oh3qUTAIfteue7KvuMibRB3RP6nZ2J/s400/IMG_3289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529964021658608402" border="0" /></a><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/enpFde5rgmw?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/enpFde5rgmw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br />I have been blessed to be Mama to this beautiful girl... As a result I have spent COUNTLESS hours learning and practicing different techniques for her hair.<br />So for you dear Zion... We sing... <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" >{I love my hair} </span>Even if you are only one and sit in your chair for an hour while this white mama learns to twist and braid...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-28459259217063723542010-09-24T13:28:00.001-07:002010-09-24T13:31:53.961-07:00TWOIn Two minutes the school bell will ring... my baby birds will be in my nest for 2 days! I love nests... and birds.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-50817254549598192652010-08-27T07:19:00.000-07:002010-08-27T07:19:12.982-07:00Finding Joy in My Journey<object style="background-image: url("http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/Gc4HGQHgeFE/hqdefault.jpg");" height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gc4HGQHgeFE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gc4HGQHgeFE?fs=1&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />I suspect that we we find TRUE JOY in our Journey... whatever it may be... Our Father Rejoices. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-41073241906364015902010-08-18T21:33:00.000-07:002010-08-18T21:38:19.689-07:00Never<div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;">See this boy?<br /><br />He NEVER<span style="font-size:180%;">...NO NEVER! </span><br /><br />Eats before he has thanked the Lord in Prayer.<br /><br />Never.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ov6NNXi6XQIdbrXDltJp3CmdOwCb9HzQjItUxnkfqUbCSfJlPKcUJ6TrEwAwjAv4Z48VAegW5FyzyWsCv8Zjgtss1XyKkEYvIoYFkoPkf56SpXmhOR02wW5M36BkNq25eps5jBJbC7Zp/s1600/IMG_1549.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ov6NNXi6XQIdbrXDltJp3CmdOwCb9HzQjItUxnkfqUbCSfJlPKcUJ6TrEwAwjAv4Z48VAegW5FyzyWsCv8Zjgtss1XyKkEYvIoYFkoPkf56SpXmhOR02wW5M36BkNq25eps5jBJbC7Zp/s400/IMG_1549.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506974732568878626" border="0" /></a><br />I'm a lucky Mom to have Isaac as my son. He is such an amazing example to me.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-70401082026375209252010-08-18T20:16:00.000-07:002010-08-18T21:04:29.026-07:00ROCK STAR TREATMENT<div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >It seem that lately the topic of though has been funerals and the planning there of... I'm all for that... My parents have there's all planned... Right down to the marker being set it place.<br />It was a bit eerie paying my sister a visit a few weeks ago to find my parents picture on a bench next to her plot with my name etched as their child.<br /> My parents were both standing next to me...<br />how many times will this be the case?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >There is a sense of peace knowing where my mothers white laced gloves she would like placed on her hands are. <br />Although I love her hands...<br />she wants them covered. <br />So before I put them on<br />I plan to take a picture of them.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >I've never put much thought into my own funeral...<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Yes,I know that one day a funeral will be thrown<br />with me as the guest of honor.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >But I'm a fly by the seat of my pants kind of gal.<br /> I seem to live in the moment... enjoy the seconds I am breathing.<br /><br /> Even with Noah Boy throwing a MASSIVE tantrum in Target today due to a non working dinosaur toy I would not buy for him... all the while Zion screams right along knowing that she may miss out on any attention while I care for the boy.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br />Not once in all the drama<br />did my funeral come into my thoughts.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >I don't have a lot of reflective time...<br /> Maybe that's why I haven't thought to make plans<br />to ease the mourning process...<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >But when I do reflect I reflect on the living....<br />And sometimes...<br />My reflections lead me to direct conversations with my God.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >I had a lot of direct moments today...<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >WE talked a lot about my cousin, Robin and her husband Don.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Don's a doctor... and amazing... and perfect for Robin.<br /> Really he's lucky to have her.<br />Because...<br />well Robin is a ROCK STAR. <br />She told me that herself one time walking to our cars in a large parking lot.<br />I asked where she parked. She said<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">"Oh, I have ROCK STAR parking."<br /></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Not everyone gets that you know.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Like my sister, Sharmayn, Robin was born with Cystic Fibrosis.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >You know what I have learned about CF?<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >God gives it to the ROCK STARS.<br /><br />My mom called me this morning and said that Robbie is in the ICU getting a little ROCK STAR treatment...<br />Which has lead me to a lot of refection today. <br />A lot of direct conversations taking place.<br /> A lot of family and friends are "reflecting" on Robin and Don's behalf. <br /><br />With all this reflection MIRACLES are bound to happen...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor6cffu6rXf-XslNErlicUZjnfClcFkajY4vZJT-4t7DBELTfB4cp2JHmz0izLjl-ZRxFgZTTwQDfsw0u3kn3sYJ33hY1gLf_Q-k4gVAzqWgk50C8l7ZgGuo8IM289nPwvfhMPg00nVp0/s1600/DSC00318.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor6cffu6rXf-XslNErlicUZjnfClcFkajY4vZJT-4t7DBELTfB4cp2JHmz0izLjl-ZRxFgZTTwQDfsw0u3kn3sYJ33hY1gLf_Q-k4gVAzqWgk50C8l7ZgGuo8IM289nPwvfhMPg00nVp0/s400/DSC00318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506955710383907138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Robin and Don... seriously the cutest couple I know!</span><br /></span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-52706448027221977492010-08-17T12:00:00.000-07:002010-08-17T12:09:23.138-07:00Greater Education<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Today, I learned that </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >EVEN</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> Dinosaurs </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">have a </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >{thing}</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"> for </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Diet Coke</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">.</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFpFFaTmisu-jHCo9zaL6NuqcnxfeUq6PxUAXAB3TBFVU8KfHptNEz1NU-O_YbhuLyTQIUSaGI1qGWLyoZqRMCMy3mUUtaFZiKOmFzUh1BxOt6dVGRSp_mGfCOTtxeTsy7UPjsUab_DZv/s1600/IMG_0296.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFpFFaTmisu-jHCo9zaL6NuqcnxfeUq6PxUAXAB3TBFVU8KfHptNEz1NU-O_YbhuLyTQIUSaGI1qGWLyoZqRMCMy3mUUtaFZiKOmFzUh1BxOt6dVGRSp_mGfCOTtxeTsy7UPjsUab_DZv/s400/IMG_0296.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506456956901098034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Bet my kids wont learn this at school today.<br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-71489098809477610962010-08-03T07:39:00.000-07:002010-08-03T08:05:29.635-07:00Good start to the day...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZ_nLX4CW-1i2yKkN2l6zahUvLUj8Sh4vsR5dTgKOsaJoJ3vDdS_4sjkFsKaPFt3aqCngtKwX_I9E0ffGwIJKvT6AAb6BsUrQfsQPBu4H9Z-SbvYfrA7Hj-oEg4wBnpy5CQ0Qc3Z4jEGg/s1600/dinosaur+train.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZ_nLX4CW-1i2yKkN2l6zahUvLUj8Sh4vsR5dTgKOsaJoJ3vDdS_4sjkFsKaPFt3aqCngtKwX_I9E0ffGwIJKvT6AAb6BsUrQfsQPBu4H9Z-SbvYfrA7Hj-oEg4wBnpy5CQ0Qc3Z4jEGg/s400/dinosaur+train.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501194024998178930" border="0" /></a><br />Each morning I am greeted by the most amazing 2 year old boy around... While I'm sure he is thrilled beyond belief to see his mother with a smile he quietly asks me.. "I watch Dinosaur Train." Some mornings I agree and snuggle in bed with him as we watch his favorite TV friends... Most mornings however my day has been started with a bang and I am on the move... On these mornings he enjoys breakfast at the table with the entertainment of his friends.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnljJnTqAqiPh-i47V1wAoWsyTOVFQCuCqVEVH9l74eFAVbR0eThZiTT0IzHgYpjQmBVaDMptbVIwFCVBdwibZuXYfjxQn8yuCziWowNJKNvBwFDf1t6AUN4qyVx_B7iNwZxD_JCDGT_Qs/s1600/IMG_3001.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnljJnTqAqiPh-i47V1wAoWsyTOVFQCuCqVEVH9l74eFAVbR0eThZiTT0IzHgYpjQmBVaDMptbVIwFCVBdwibZuXYfjxQn8yuCziWowNJKNvBwFDf1t6AUN4qyVx_B7iNwZxD_JCDGT_Qs/s400/IMG_3001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501199120132282434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiWAEn7fo950_4eDiTWwc40Nfy4pVj9tMxaC9Wg-6V6nWLamg_RYfLywy7cN__hbMPOCVclaUs_qBbaEZ_AjwnfY_hJ3hSzcuVtSxk97ZBUr4XDALl1osTZKZslnmH2tn93fr2Fxcb7kM/s1600/IMG_3003.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiWAEn7fo950_4eDiTWwc40Nfy4pVj9tMxaC9Wg-6V6nWLamg_RYfLywy7cN__hbMPOCVclaUs_qBbaEZ_AjwnfY_hJ3hSzcuVtSxk97ZBUr4XDALl1osTZKZslnmH2tn93fr2Fxcb7kM/s400/IMG_3003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501197304759897586" border="0" /></a>Even Zion cashed in on some of the morning action today... As soon as Noah hopped off his chair she climbed right up and snacked off his plate...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LUDhunlO73D4BZ601xYdwCC0bfpuwxjmvJ6IyOrl3zUKoTt1VBnjMi-GqMbpxeNgyLeR-a26wl7cOgkKb7o0bIMv1yX5FwE4t92of9123J5rDPPBFjy2lyKRBZH7PNe9-mXcFG_3iAfQ/s1600/IMG_3009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LUDhunlO73D4BZ601xYdwCC0bfpuwxjmvJ6IyOrl3zUKoTt1VBnjMi-GqMbpxeNgyLeR-a26wl7cOgkKb7o0bIMv1yX5FwE4t92of9123J5rDPPBFjy2lyKRBZH7PNe9-mXcFG_3iAfQ/s400/IMG_3009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501197296640862946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YxsGe9Qn8YrM7YjyMbqklQIjMxDWEk0GiWNijQf4phpyCMI2jV47emXb0RuhQLwPsMurw_FAsr_NjpRfjhKrOFErqo6iqS9fV3joFrBC71gtx1oLOZbsG8mKtqM5XYKU0C84wZfMUzcc/s1600/IMG_3015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YxsGe9Qn8YrM7YjyMbqklQIjMxDWEk0GiWNijQf4phpyCMI2jV47emXb0RuhQLwPsMurw_FAsr_NjpRfjhKrOFErqo6iqS9fV3joFrBC71gtx1oLOZbsG8mKtqM5XYKU0C84wZfMUzcc/s400/IMG_3015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501197286134005730" border="0" /></a>Mollie didn't even require a plate!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcYgsU7Inwzpn7_pIy0ihty99BLMUDa3n53TVHWKcYCNbkScC2gaMAtiFDaqipIE3V7jcUZqxx8nJ15mSrECjzjOQs561YBUjgAfZ_mpgWtoljVtDHpA6hLNVND-fF803Bi0Iw1lfYB0k/s1600/IMG_3012.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcYgsU7Inwzpn7_pIy0ihty99BLMUDa3n53TVHWKcYCNbkScC2gaMAtiFDaqipIE3V7jcUZqxx8nJ15mSrECjzjOQs561YBUjgAfZ_mpgWtoljVtDHpA6hLNVND-fF803Bi0Iw1lfYB0k/s400/IMG_3012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501197269102201410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKUX4RGRrc6FMDkt0b8XkqJdqi2SisJxCrAnhRMrPzw4ih_TkTOTy0yE41HgcL2fHPPRpYgqSFovmlAy9bOM2f07p-TJeTy8IQOl8qWsYV1da9odXM4-KnXTSBB5BZJ-9nfa5sdBfabOM/s1600/IMG_3019.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-90623974977227382622010-08-03T06:48:00.000-07:002010-08-03T08:09:55.327-07:00For my Birdies...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtsQKEdrlUFyfpai6VwxkE_6ETbRiZ3q5fcbsiJg9t8-XOkHgwFgvz-D9wy8P_R-Psfair812VvlPkiee0M6dvQ5wx6HTKvQ60ExJIurcJXllVm0eUIld9UXGZviu6zoLtMmxK3eRSMdA/s1600/IMG_6029.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtsQKEdrlUFyfpai6VwxkE_6ETbRiZ3q5fcbsiJg9t8-XOkHgwFgvz-D9wy8P_R-Psfair812VvlPkiee0M6dvQ5wx6HTKvQ60ExJIurcJXllVm0eUIld9UXGZviu6zoLtMmxK3eRSMdA/s400/IMG_6029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501191880642271538" border="0" /></a>Just the thought of my blog makes me feel uneasy these days...My palms start sweating.. My mind starts racing... I would imagine my heart starts beating so hard one may see the pounding on my chest.<br />We've been on 2 major vacations... finalized Zion's adoption... had an amazing sealing... laughed a lot... cried a bunch... you know... we've been busy... LIVING! I'm so behind on posting us living I feel as if I am drowning in memories... I have neglected documenting so many moment worth living... My blog isn't for you it is for my 5 sweet birdies that sing in my nest...<br />My dad recently sent me a study published in June this year by a couple of BYU researchers; it had to do with predicting when youth would participate in binge drinking. The study stated "teens who feel supported and loved and well as monitored by their parents were least likely to engage in heavy drinking."<br />I dare say our children are young and most likely would not be exposed to drinking any time soon... But recent events have learned that children are exposed much younger than I imagined... the sad reality is that PARENTS become a support of their habit.... The lesson I gleaned from this article it is good idea to provide both supervision and affection in your relationship with your child.<br />My hopes for my blog for my children to have a physical reference of the love I have for them... Each day I pray that they will feel this love from me... I also plead each day with the Lord to help me not screw them up due to my dumb mistakes!<br />Bear with me as I catch up on my love!<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-59965720968084143562010-07-31T22:22:00.000-07:002010-07-31T22:25:16.668-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyzPubnvrdY8icI3IJmwVUeOwDeZL2mwRHuu78QnvozVMxl0mf0K_yAxDSee1GQduVUoIlr7o3N4Sb26YBuktXyw87TnMhngpb7_rUsdzU3ZDZF1ws0bNiEmrl9BhJLHT5AqpxfdauIjGB/s1600/lady+time.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyzPubnvrdY8icI3IJmwVUeOwDeZL2mwRHuu78QnvozVMxl0mf0K_yAxDSee1GQduVUoIlr7o3N4Sb26YBuktXyw87TnMhngpb7_rUsdzU3ZDZF1ws0bNiEmrl9BhJLHT5AqpxfdauIjGB/s400/lady+time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500307660820366994" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I feel a "blog barf" coming on... </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-20930122892321176252010-06-12T11:43:00.000-07:002010-06-12T11:51:05.480-07:00It's raining today....<span style="font-family: courier new;">I sure Wish that Miss Sunshine would come out to warm up the streets... Dry off the grass... Heat the driveway. <br />Maybe she feels a bit blah inside... I've had days like that...<br />Days that I want to pull the covers over my head and sleep the day away....<br /><br />Days that make me wonder "Does Anyone Even Care?" </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Well Miss Sunshine... </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I have a message for you!</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitk4iLpFmZxi69JwVn4Td6JoY5U3W0DvEany4yIkebY_BhC0ZRUrc7gb335kKxuuLCx2rbEKKKypVWGVX1t_fQiRC9EKuTL8He2sd2QM8bjHfQZirQV1caVcoBKR1ugZdxAXf9Jg-56L3W/s1600/awesome.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitk4iLpFmZxi69JwVn4Td6JoY5U3W0DvEany4yIkebY_BhC0ZRUrc7gb335kKxuuLCx2rbEKKKypVWGVX1t_fQiRC9EKuTL8He2sd2QM8bjHfQZirQV1caVcoBKR1ugZdxAXf9Jg-56L3W/s400/awesome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481959788965133922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">I miss you when you pull the covers over your head. Hope you feel better tomorrow...</span><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-91370593689943160842010-06-02T07:47:00.000-07:002010-06-02T07:56:46.580-07:00I am a MOTHER<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E8K9s7_k3TM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E8K9s7_k3TM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="385" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">and I am BLESSED.<br />We've been busy these past days... Playing and basking in the warm sunshine. I trudged to the library yesterday afternoon with my 5 birds following in a line behind me. Boy bird #4 was shushed only once by the librarian... Standing in the dinosaur aisle brings out the Dinosaur in the Boy you know.<br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-25957559346946037462010-05-28T05:19:00.000-07:002010-05-28T05:25:51.899-07:00"AND NOW!"... CRIED NOAH<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnpoBxQOvnzRGWvtmB1FVNLx6TpwVc9BfmyB2dlIyW2tjbLd9_lGF7p1xEBNbeobOfjNS6LUxYCmaML52jUJTCBS0UHee_rIdVVg4uUG7SggCJFDdNZkQlEPkQobD9Cft-4p09riTBhla/s1600/IMG_0700-Edit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnpoBxQOvnzRGWvtmB1FVNLx6TpwVc9BfmyB2dlIyW2tjbLd9_lGF7p1xEBNbeobOfjNS6LUxYCmaML52jUJTCBS0UHee_rIdVVg4uUG7SggCJFDdNZkQlEPkQobD9Cft-4p09riTBhla/s400/IMG_0700-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476295268556973298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">"LET THE WILD RUMPUS START!"</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">At high NOON Summer begins! <br />I know that this baby bird will be happy to have his brothers ans sister around to play.</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-22233111196430580922010-05-20T21:46:00.000-07:002010-05-20T22:24:28.499-07:00<span style="font-family: courier new;">Before I even saw my Noah boy I was told his birth mother said he had "good hair." Good hair? What do you mean "he has good hair?" He's a baby... who thinks about hair? My Marc-a-Roni and I were given several articles on the subject the importance of hair in the African American culture... and a small direction of how to take special care. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">I was and have been a bit overwhelmed and maybe some days take my desire to {DO RIGHT BY} a bit to the extreme. I have read and researched anything and everything on hair care. I have purchased item after item. I fear being looked at as a "white" mother that has no thought or knowledge of how to care for children hair. I find myself guilty of making apologies to people who drop in unannounced if we have not spent the 40 minutes with Noah to condition and comb out each day. And that is just the start of it... Miss Pinkie has her share of hair too... Frankly people...40 freaking minutes on my 2 year old boy's hair may be the dumbest thing I have been doing lately. He hates it... I hate it... but I want to {DO RIGHT BY HIM} Care for his hair so he will feel a sense of pride and self confidence... </span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">I am in love with the look of my little guys Fro. When it is combed an conditioned it is absolutely a sight to behold. But this morning I woke with courage to take a step I have only walked once before...You can read about it </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://ritterbs.blogspot.com/2009/04/right-of-passage.html">here</a><span style="font-family: courier new;">. </span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">After making a few stops on our adventures today I made an appointment with Steven at Urban Views Barber Shop. To say I had butterfly's and hopes to feel no regret was an understatement. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_4qQL580pDbHp2hj1EhV6IIAYeL7EE24i-gpTKorotWCI90JKO-tcKFTD9g9Cz_vseJOyu7_Eq4Es-lkSFCQRtN7M_6u6gH_hZRPVZmXnCS8keSrnN-51TATc0CbLIhR4hzS3iu32iKV/s1600/IMG_2279.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_4qQL580pDbHp2hj1EhV6IIAYeL7EE24i-gpTKorotWCI90JKO-tcKFTD9g9Cz_vseJOyu7_Eq4Es-lkSFCQRtN7M_6u6gH_hZRPVZmXnCS8keSrnN-51TATc0CbLIhR4hzS3iu32iKV/s400/IMG_2279.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473583341278092034" border="0" /></a>My Noah Boy Before<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJ4x_4Msh8rQyi5AtdNVEC6qxnI-p2W9laplJPBQCtDxMMMcDJEHMHzYqTxzY20pLjdy9SQe4U9mTLMpL6svsbkS2kjQIEIJ_vbjQMGC-GHVobnT7D_wOvMX-2xp3h5uQtagzlYPJrRfo/s1600/IMG_2285.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJ4x_4Msh8rQyi5AtdNVEC6qxnI-p2W9laplJPBQCtDxMMMcDJEHMHzYqTxzY20pLjdy9SQe4U9mTLMpL6svsbkS2kjQIEIJ_vbjQMGC-GHVobnT7D_wOvMX-2xp3h5uQtagzlYPJrRfo/s400/IMG_2285.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473583331302768002" border="0" /></a>1/2 way there...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlEX5bwXNayp0Hh2Wt2EEVK2aLemzbikOGj2xfpsoHsbwJ5OCi40SQyWX_hgmdNHPJmy8dzK1tdU7tRiXyWG9wDPz01gvos9cfrLbA0h7gb39bYfo-o_WvpJk7S-2haILTWZA3i8aH-fV/s1600/IMG_2295.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlEX5bwXNayp0Hh2Wt2EEVK2aLemzbikOGj2xfpsoHsbwJ5OCi40SQyWX_hgmdNHPJmy8dzK1tdU7tRiXyWG9wDPz01gvos9cfrLbA0h7gb39bYfo-o_WvpJk7S-2haILTWZA3i8aH-fV/s400/IMG_2295.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473583325170561778" border="0" /></a>And After<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQKmq4ReYRY90gBYlVZAqgr72EfOeZ0qoKzmn4dAwljosSIyE05doU95x54FMwJtDvKx-t4eSVhSqj2tW6X4yx4b7PP-MLYzYxY0Izc7L5pxJlc4GN3YxrcqIg3iPJdWEPw5XjgAaWe1s/s1600/IMG_2296.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQKmq4ReYRY90gBYlVZAqgr72EfOeZ0qoKzmn4dAwljosSIyE05doU95x54FMwJtDvKx-t4eSVhSqj2tW6X4yx4b7PP-MLYzYxY0Izc7L5pxJlc4GN3YxrcqIg3iPJdWEPw5XjgAaWe1s/s400/IMG_2296.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473583314238942706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">FRO or NO FRO I am the luckiest girl around...<br />This boy makes the world go round!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">See you in a couple of weeks Steven... I think this look is here to stay!</span><br />Disclaimer... a small amount of tears were shed in this exercise...<br /></div><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-26588252430350597002010-05-06T08:42:00.000-07:002010-05-06T20:57:06.875-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGKxwfFnx2uIkg7BEJCYyGTsr0SbFEjDs1_Uau1RIiln6_skNOwpKTQdr62vRRtlObHSS3hHk2RCCXc-cLgGl38daKQpdf-FJwAJ_bXz2TB3sMwZ1LY8pqGyyzuHBrhOaPLjs7F7ggKsc/s1600/22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGKxwfFnx2uIkg7BEJCYyGTsr0SbFEjDs1_Uau1RIiln6_skNOwpKTQdr62vRRtlObHSS3hHk2RCCXc-cLgGl38daKQpdf-FJwAJ_bXz2TB3sMwZ1LY8pqGyyzuHBrhOaPLjs7F7ggKsc/s400/22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468186715277550802" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>Only <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">22 </span></span>days until the 3 oldest birds are home for the summer!<br />Oh...I do love them home... </span><br /><span>I miss them while they are at school.<br />Our nest is quite without them stirring and fussing. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSU9rXV4ED951d5dCWKpRJPTZ7Qjk-mL0k1vU7hlMhnE26XtoTPWQbxmajfL6jZwatx2DOhX_3UDPFZQGTaEWBw_CGnpIWFOO2AXpTQbFB3r-HEB4fBvwaaBPaeB7o4g3lyC4qb68qY1I/s1600/IMG_0727.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSU9rXV4ED951d5dCWKpRJPTZ7Qjk-mL0k1vU7hlMhnE26XtoTPWQbxmajfL6jZwatx2DOhX_3UDPFZQGTaEWBw_CGnpIWFOO2AXpTQbFB3r-HEB4fBvwaaBPaeB7o4g3lyC4qb68qY1I/s400/IMG_0727.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468185770050184434" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>I could not help but be reminded how much they all love me...<br />Being Mother's day and all...<br />I have made note of the small acts of "treasures" they do for me each day... </span><br /><span>For example...<br /><br /></span><span>Leaving a jacket in a heap on the couch... </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L_tw7kFhJMLpEIy6ZkOkFCza1DtbqiD-aw1Z3GoJB1jvZRp6yjZH7gkjW6nrTrEPlvmbP50h6lur5rkcWEKfA7fOo4BS1n_8RJt6T9cNXTJKkQxrnD53OMkJvSHs_RjC67I8mf9-FUa8/s1600/IMG_2253.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L_tw7kFhJMLpEIy6ZkOkFCza1DtbqiD-aw1Z3GoJB1jvZRp6yjZH7gkjW6nrTrEPlvmbP50h6lur5rkcWEKfA7fOo4BS1n_8RJt6T9cNXTJKkQxrnD53OMkJvSHs_RjC67I8mf9-FUa8/s400/IMG_2253.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468184003979826082" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>Or Stinky socks on the floor....</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIb4yiR_jqMmP-ejVP0z9CThnGSyuh2C7Uyrdj4NyZyNAPxeFTBaMTMrAhf6mt7W0b-LMSmDseKjbSjJ96pZVjN1_vjSeQ728Ff5zk1rAUqFInWmrRDTypctK7D8XfL9QsejDSh6nbJ0f/s1600/IMG_2252.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIb4yiR_jqMmP-ejVP0z9CThnGSyuh2C7Uyrdj4NyZyNAPxeFTBaMTMrAhf6mt7W0b-LMSmDseKjbSjJ96pZVjN1_vjSeQ728Ff5zk1rAUqFInWmrRDTypctK7D8XfL9QsejDSh6nbJ0f/s400/IMG_2252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468184002189404322" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>Oh and lets not forget the lovely well that was made at scouts.... </span><br /><span>And the endless amounts of flip flops...<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(there are a lot of flip flops to be had in a family of 7)</span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EtDTDbUi9SwEzeieVe7eO4Df5RJxBlIlUB_CJZExQDviO9pLBrIYseXz9lh_na2Se-rCpfpri79_5tPRITe4vWPubCr4CdfrYTVfQwczngJ2SISiE-hnHUAJfcPj7dZpa3XlFfVZqpgU/s1600/IMG_2254.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EtDTDbUi9SwEzeieVe7eO4Df5RJxBlIlUB_CJZExQDviO9pLBrIYseXz9lh_na2Se-rCpfpri79_5tPRITe4vWPubCr4CdfrYTVfQwczngJ2SISiE-hnHUAJfcPj7dZpa3XlFfVZqpgU/s400/IMG_2254.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468184013491711746" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSpF08fKXolk9CjAa-god4o09df09zOdbeiElYRSx6K6gfDrqcfjWEhEDjhVx_ggSK666hyphenhyphenvxmPZQsZTiqCrH32COSQiknX4bZTRaTGCqXbWpmux2WFwsQjHsFFLblwggMFmb7iseoCXY/s1600/IMG_2251.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSpF08fKXolk9CjAa-god4o09df09zOdbeiElYRSx6K6gfDrqcfjWEhEDjhVx_ggSK666hyphenhyphenvxmPZQsZTiqCrH32COSQiknX4bZTRaTGCqXbWpmux2WFwsQjHsFFLblwggMFmb7iseoCXY/s400/IMG_2251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468183992210546386" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>As I fluttered around this morning in my oh so lovely apron and pearls<br />I was grateful to find these small "treasures" tucked about our nest... </span><br /><span>Instead of picking them up and putting them all away I left them there...<br />each time I passed I noted...<br />Only <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >22 </span>days left until my little birds are home with me...<br /></span><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-26611220513612853872010-04-29T14:00:00.000-07:002010-04-29T14:36:55.211-07:00Sticks and Stones...<a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1alx-MapdI_VI1DafvO3A8PCDriMT-ll1CLJjZHIipsIlitky4f3O8xsy1ox8v67dqhPPfzjem7Dk75uRPR81vlFMn_pzMWfoCZCOkz4ju5X05waLOLcV18Dp06V314w_GTRZsEnB-5sE/s1600/silence.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1alx-MapdI_VI1DafvO3A8PCDriMT-ll1CLJjZHIipsIlitky4f3O8xsy1ox8v67dqhPPfzjem7Dk75uRPR81vlFMn_pzMWfoCZCOkz4ju5X05waLOLcV18Dp06V314w_GTRZsEnB-5sE/s400/silence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465669663763412018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">Sadly, I have allowed the grains of "sand" to fester and become large pebbles. I have ended up collecting them you see... placing them in my pocket for safe keeping.... I'm not sure if the comments a person I am in contact with are meant to be unkind or if a naivety plays a large part. Normally, my "thick skin" protects my heart... but please... don't point out skin color to try to connect with me. I don't really like that approach... It has become a bit hurtful.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">If this is where you have to go to try for my friendship please don't bother.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Am I glad that you are more aware of others around you?</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Of course I am...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Do I care that you see someone that looks like us?</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">No, Not really.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Have I, myself naively opened my mouth with unkind words in my past hoping for a friendship?</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Of course... A few weeks after Noah was born I approached another mother. She was white. Her baby was not. I asked when she adopted her baby. She snapped back that she had not adopted. I was so ashamed of my stereotyping... I was so embarrassed. My palms still break to a cold sweat each time I see this mother with her children. I choose my words a bit more carefully these days.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">A needed chat with a friend today help me realize that there is a portion of the world that find the adoption world a bit peculiar. And that it's okay... I like this peculiar world I'm in...</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">So I am going to set this sadness I am holding tightly too go.... set it free and love is incredible life I have been so generously given.</span><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5kdnnQ3WlUhwky8Fox6T0naRKsf6v3kq1fn0KPTgaf2cEMN41Tlede6JL2DSG1UssDOs-BBVWxl_MsCJV0BuFIuarvxHPYYLcfpkkbBtA7j6S5b1K66rCLSWQMFJSM7p0VP7eIrr-D6O/s1600/change+part+three.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5kdnnQ3WlUhwky8Fox6T0naRKsf6v3kq1fn0KPTgaf2cEMN41Tlede6JL2DSG1UssDOs-BBVWxl_MsCJV0BuFIuarvxHPYYLcfpkkbBtA7j6S5b1K66rCLSWQMFJSM7p0VP7eIrr-D6O/s400/change+part+three.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465675487525464642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">So to sum this whole thing up ladies... "Sticks and Stones!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">all photos are by the photo zoo and can be found </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thePhotoZoo">here</a></span><br /></div><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-80883679978126865632010-04-14T12:07:00.000-07:002010-04-14T12:19:41.904-07:00You may just be able to avoid seeing the doctor...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIVDXjnHjV-JrT5dhmEa18rI7clLaYsAg0qt9OIPqF8KBY152AG51RSPtMhN1nUYupslGsOQfAGsq47a5k0lh8jhcFntqddSYBe1Ozr2ZVgpP40a3DH68bsEZGrgYbLVqwiqSFdcYzbJh/s1600/patient-asking-doctor_~x16844906.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIVDXjnHjV-JrT5dhmEa18rI7clLaYsAg0qt9OIPqF8KBY152AG51RSPtMhN1nUYupslGsOQfAGsq47a5k0lh8jhcFntqddSYBe1Ozr2ZVgpP40a3DH68bsEZGrgYbLVqwiqSFdcYzbJh/s400/patient-asking-doctor_~x16844906.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460074423682323682" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><b><span style="color:red;">Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >A: Your heart only good for so many beats, and that it...don't waste on exercise. Everything wear out eventually. Speeding up heart not make you live longer; it like saying you extend life of car by driving faster. Want to live longer? Take nap.
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<br />Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >A: You must grasp logistical efficiency. What does cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So steak is nothing more than efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef also good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And pork chop can give you 100% of recommended daily allowance of vegetable product.
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<br />Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake? </span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >
<br />A: No, not at all.. Wine made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that mean they take water out of fruity bit so you get even more of goodness that way. Beer also made of grain. Bottom up!
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<br />Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >A: Well, if you have body and you have fat, your ratio one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio two to one, etc.
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<br />Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >A: Can't think of single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No pain...good!</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><b><span style="color:red;">Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you? </span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >
<br />A: YOU NOT LISTENING! Food are fried these day in vegetable oil. In fact, they permeated by it. How could getting more vegetable be bad for you?!?
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<br />Q</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >: </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><b><span style="color:red;">Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >A: Definitely not! When you exercise muscle, it get bigger. You should only be doing sit-up if you want bigger stomach.
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<br />Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >A: Are you crazy?!? HEL-LO-O!! Cocoa bean! Another vegetable! It best feel-good food around!
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><b><span style="color:red;">
<br />Q: Is swimming good for your figure? </span><span style="color:maroon;">
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >A: If swimming good for your figure, explain whale to me..
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><b><span style="color:red;">
<br />Q: Is getting in shape important for my lifestyle?
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >A: Hey! 'Round' a shape!
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<br />Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
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<br />And remember:</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><b><span style="">Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"
<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" > </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >AND.....
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<br />For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.
<br />
<br />1. The Japanese eat very little fat
<br /> and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
<br />
<br />2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
<br /> and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
<br />
<br />3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
<br /> and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" > and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
<br />
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:navy;" >CONCLUSION:</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
<br />
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><b><span style="color:red;">Eat and drink what you like.</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:180%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><b><span style="color:red;">Speaking English is apparently what kills you.</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:180%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >
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<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-91571115536704956262010-03-23T06:57:00.000-07:002010-03-23T10:22:54.063-07:00On the move...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Oh, my Little Miss Z... </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">You can really get around. </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbi55TTOmmJaC6ts8KjHYqyN0LcyPdIkdkPXkNChKnQNV7JSGnPXW7mzojyokmLhvCI3gzfApmQZy1Mtc9IcB44XzMAaFLm1jlpZlImMU0Gn5UOijwcggf__Flyk0GWVRqG9AcfJvi031W/s1600-h/IMG_2035.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbi55TTOmmJaC6ts8KjHYqyN0LcyPdIkdkPXkNChKnQNV7JSGnPXW7mzojyokmLhvCI3gzfApmQZy1Mtc9IcB44XzMAaFLm1jlpZlImMU0Gn5UOijwcggf__Flyk0GWVRqG9AcfJvi031W/s400/IMG_2035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451829065533950546" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">On Sunday I didn't notice you were close to the stairs<br />until I saw you here...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9VzYWz1NULrwxmjq7lWMfkokBoIUSLrWGWrxESCSWSlgTaGpmVO0ST0d_5VBYhwn2O2huyJVkRkglbQgMSV9VFaBZ15uBG3_rYCFUbnRU48xK6iDUQwDTXljnxPkLsmLT8mYeM-O4H_k/s1600-h/IMG_2036.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9VzYWz1NULrwxmjq7lWMfkokBoIUSLrWGWrxESCSWSlgTaGpmVO0ST0d_5VBYhwn2O2huyJVkRkglbQgMSV9VFaBZ15uBG3_rYCFUbnRU48xK6iDUQwDTXljnxPkLsmLT8mYeM-O4H_k/s400/IMG_2036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451832367799808386" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Not as happy as you were today...<br />In fact...<br />you were hanging to that last step for dear life...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >SCREAMING</span> for help..<br />Not crying...<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Screaming</span>....<br />You continued to holler at anyone<br />who'd pay mind to you...<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">I know, I know...</span><br />you had a story to tell!</span></span><br />You can really give us a good cussing out you know...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbrPk0LwrbF5JaPDzjNKnDYuRJxl_yqID_fhMBcHn84SZn_qaiYFrpotrMqi09Uv3DXc5y9XBvG7STtTH5RAOJSCG0T9xQsJyBB2pUVM_QP3WwJKtPTbPpQJG6oGQcXhg6TOBuy9pJEd-/s1600-h/IMG_2037.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbrPk0LwrbF5JaPDzjNKnDYuRJxl_yqID_fhMBcHn84SZn_qaiYFrpotrMqi09Uv3DXc5y9XBvG7STtTH5RAOJSCG0T9xQsJyBB2pUVM_QP3WwJKtPTbPpQJG6oGQcXhg6TOBuy9pJEd-/s400/IMG_2037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451832376096845762" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">You were mad at Daddy yesterday for letting the candle stick you pulled down hit you on the for head...<br />Boy did he get it!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">We are trying to keep up with you really...<br />Really, we are...<br />It's just your so dang fast!!!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-79449990516227170662010-03-20T09:01:00.000-07:002010-03-20T17:13:37.232-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">It's the first day of SPRING today... </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">THE FIRST DAY!!!</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">And what am I greeted with? </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Snow... </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Stupid SNOW...</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorHtQM86Hlh_wPWzdIcXGFId625TP3ZNmBo_ldyOmYDFkeW0fMMn4MpW2jbmTEUfNLS4MGuAwWwkXLXvw0lLmq9WJXuYoIl_cVCVfB6Nk0aix0RvA6yMxiz_PtviGs_pgyKz3lq0Sw5hR/s1600-h/IMG_2022.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorHtQM86Hlh_wPWzdIcXGFId625TP3ZNmBo_ldyOmYDFkeW0fMMn4MpW2jbmTEUfNLS4MGuAwWwkXLXvw0lLmq9WJXuYoIl_cVCVfB6Nk0aix0RvA6yMxiz_PtviGs_pgyKz3lq0Sw5hR/s400/IMG_2022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450748160119472162" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">dam-it...</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnf2NzMFlGo2VINj__sJkG34429efltCavZY_f8wxQX1ClhsMrnDvlPl3PmTqgbEV32Aa0FEEEJpx7RZGzm-HW0bTtmzSqRwZbcqWGvCAWoOUeul3NsPw0QFOkYgpHVornXTGzHvhwd18b/s1600-h/IMG_2023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnf2NzMFlGo2VINj__sJkG34429efltCavZY_f8wxQX1ClhsMrnDvlPl3PmTqgbEV32Aa0FEEEJpx7RZGzm-HW0bTtmzSqRwZbcqWGvCAWoOUeul3NsPw0QFOkYgpHVornXTGzHvhwd18b/s400/IMG_2023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450747926715079858" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Just yesterday morning I was greeted with sunshine... sweet song birds greeting the morning... warmth... </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">It was the first day in a long time I greeted Ammon's shorts with a smile... He seemed a bit in shock that I didn't mention that maybe he should wear some pants because it was WINTER... he loves his shorts. I do too.. really... love that he loves to wear shorts... but in the winter? Mom's have to draw the line somewhere... right?</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">I found the perfect Spring project </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010-burlap-wreath-and-giveaway.html">here</a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> for my front door... So I let the house go<br />Let the kids play ghost in the graveyard...<br />with 2 of the cutest girls in town...<br />Let Zion play with her BFF Ella...<br />while I along with my crafty Sister <a href="http://mcateefamily.blogspot.com/">Melissa</a></span><br />cut and pinned burlap circles...<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv9pPEKIwpkUaz_jRXvKZyGZF7XB__v-IHEfwX2iSv70V85OLCqc7hUm3NXLHFxW_5vWPv4dxnGPzza7D4ONSRlcX9u0zZEVomSPvIYCJy9Z8oIvFTItaPbIlBqhzQ0w6OIeJJ_rV-JMb/s1600-h/IMG_2018.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv9pPEKIwpkUaz_jRXvKZyGZF7XB__v-IHEfwX2iSv70V85OLCqc7hUm3NXLHFxW_5vWPv4dxnGPzza7D4ONSRlcX9u0zZEVomSPvIYCJy9Z8oIvFTItaPbIlBqhzQ0w6OIeJJ_rV-JMb/s400/IMG_2018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450747521637848962" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxY7kkQaGvxD8tZ8jc23H7eFxA4A3q1Bvj0GHJcfLUPaKyV7CT-nMsf8B7QrplM8FdOdVeEAwFhSUTR7mW-Fv0BRWylekgcnXTwSoj3ynBVRGK3uNuIJkHY3JTzJYCZhbQlSHvXWQnsM0r/s1600-h/IMG_2020.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxY7kkQaGvxD8tZ8jc23H7eFxA4A3q1Bvj0GHJcfLUPaKyV7CT-nMsf8B7QrplM8FdOdVeEAwFhSUTR7mW-Fv0BRWylekgcnXTwSoj3ynBVRGK3uNuIJkHY3JTzJYCZhbQlSHvXWQnsM0r/s400/IMG_2020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450747517619727938" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqirgbu1MvD9oi9F6w1GtXHAliziNS-DFPB74-f99CXxOqQtRr37451elWdn0yTEakSFbi-ZKDk5UOv9FEl5WqskcY3jJ8FipJlWMNChxxDXZa4JWniIt0h4T82InjTmCoHvmn2cazDHA6/s1600-h/IMG_2013.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqirgbu1MvD9oi9F6w1GtXHAliziNS-DFPB74-f99CXxOqQtRr37451elWdn0yTEakSFbi-ZKDk5UOv9FEl5WqskcY3jJ8FipJlWMNChxxDXZa4JWniIt0h4T82InjTmCoHvmn2cazDHA6/s400/IMG_2013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450747507191181266" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hKu1AiZ_DuL8F0-yVqmO_AAenAdqaSwBv2iiw9n48Sbn7zqRVuTghV6TPC_CBsd0FORoVKF1vVd1Z6FPu7Bj-_o2TUiF1Xhz_SQOcaD1Bpi95Fil7pZgvYONU73OYc249G9mDgL7iWu4/s1600-h/IMG_2015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hKu1AiZ_DuL8F0-yVqmO_AAenAdqaSwBv2iiw9n48Sbn7zqRVuTghV6TPC_CBsd0FORoVKF1vVd1Z6FPu7Bj-_o2TUiF1Xhz_SQOcaD1Bpi95Fil7pZgvYONU73OYc249G9mDgL7iWu4/s400/IMG_2015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450747494041288514" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Happy birthday Carol...I made two... which one do you want?</span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-8946788491338241662010-03-16T08:25:00.001-07:002010-03-16T08:30:49.568-07:00Mad Hatter...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kQCOznALh1OvDSA7Q5rqKpYJzbvtJij-IVSJ72LtYNf0o1v20yWdYZv4ItzBgMRKMdNYVQ6kchv6dgCjlyj4jHUzFR-NLtIdrAOXk7U2hYeK_U9Pj3weRVRXqKghyKBkXIu3xUHHoTgD/s1600-h/IMG_1979.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kQCOznALh1OvDSA7Q5rqKpYJzbvtJij-IVSJ72LtYNf0o1v20yWdYZv4ItzBgMRKMdNYVQ6kchv6dgCjlyj4jHUzFR-NLtIdrAOXk7U2hYeK_U9Pj3weRVRXqKghyKBkXIu3xUHHoTgD/s400/IMG_1979.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449253875400439538" border="0" /></a><br />Remember the one where I neglect??? Still doing it.<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-53073206910650510332010-03-02T06:52:00.000-08:002010-03-02T07:05:59.984-08:00Neglect?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNVEzJ68z5AIjmtV4PJLvfk0SE5HtOlEp3jsV-mSe6xGELbYyXAJ5GW7awv4CgYjh9yYKpQhjKOoH-BFo8DktUMGGDw2KWtebDJILh8qCjvmOuvf6RTiJa9koNdpEHCWog1FO31iv77cI/s1600-h/IMG_1925.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNVEzJ68z5AIjmtV4PJLvfk0SE5HtOlEp3jsV-mSe6xGELbYyXAJ5GW7awv4CgYjh9yYKpQhjKOoH-BFo8DktUMGGDw2KWtebDJILh8qCjvmOuvf6RTiJa9koNdpEHCWog1FO31iv77cI/s400/IMG_1925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444050283466511314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiCmTVeAbUdoe2EmucYnrcBUp0Y_MZGWzoPUJOh2iADq7t9pZTnxcH5Q__BlK4GEjuO5RTJMiZnJGAzOtYNEbMkhNfH0yUNKTooyw0Vg3Nb4BQSzmFSmM4HOzHBhYHpgZqZDc5R9jZUzo/s1600-h/IMG_1927.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiCmTVeAbUdoe2EmucYnrcBUp0Y_MZGWzoPUJOh2iADq7t9pZTnxcH5Q__BlK4GEjuO5RTJMiZnJGAzOtYNEbMkhNfH0yUNKTooyw0Vg3Nb4BQSzmFSmM4HOzHBhYHpgZqZDc5R9jZUzo/s400/IMG_1927.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444050290926725970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbiXN67Kwz1oGOy4uBixNAALQ_kSa_WVFvWZeJvai0dmO57yUbHi1WhyxJ4zlI_sY4jIRQQYo4D4pkJPW5qiE5gSl5xoymoTNktXCh_dWcDS2iCFfpfAWVGvhBg3XhGy47QEja2JM-ArW/s1600-h/IMG_1928.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbiXN67Kwz1oGOy4uBixNAALQ_kSa_WVFvWZeJvai0dmO57yUbHi1WhyxJ4zlI_sY4jIRQQYo4D4pkJPW5qiE5gSl5xoymoTNktXCh_dWcDS2iCFfpfAWVGvhBg3XhGy47QEja2JM-ArW/s400/IMG_1928.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444050299597540930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">It all started with a casual question while in Disney... "Do the girls in Missouri wear the crochet headbands too?" "Crochet headbands???? What a FANTASTIC idea! I'm sure I can make some of those!!!" The research began once I came home. Patterns were chosen, tutorials were watched... YARN was purchased and the fun began! I've even pulled two pretty ladies in the idea with me!!! </span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">Each time My Marc-a-Roni sees me start a new crochet "obsession" he lovely refers to them as "neglect rags" I imagine he eats his words when he sees the pretty little piece on our Jordie's head. If "neglect" looks like this you all better just turn me in... cuz I'm on a roll!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stay tuned for a peek at a rockin' little ditty for our Noah Boy... </span></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768445502474645024.post-82983769961306572602010-02-26T13:25:00.001-08:002010-02-26T14:50:06.268-08:00ELEVEN<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs5PjSn1-iI"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipH8LNAPk7pTZ3gs5lqWAsdqeaMUpLtlZ1Q0-qTNZ08EpHDi9WDdRxVhpMnlV5c1iYJxQdL4X5rOv3fwIqez1UZEW7sdfslOgEF2UiKqarfDg2TkugoQRhWSXK3cporkFwMIazBWqqIbHN/s400/DSC03413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442666849212348082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;">Next month will mark the<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">ELEVENTH </span><br />year of being married to my dream boy. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >Still feeling {flutters}</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">My Marc-a-Roni and I were watching some videos that have been made using Ingrid Michealson a couple of nights ago before drifting off to dreamland... Click on our photo to see which one is all about </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs5PjSn1-iI">{Us}</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/83/AFCE5329C81840A5F511F3F9B60490AE.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Heard it from Mama RitterB</div>Kierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509257047371951673noreply@blogger.com5