<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507</id><updated>2012-02-09T20:53:49.051-08:00</updated><category term='Sunset'/><category term='Home Improvement'/><category term='Cars'/><category term='Date night'/><category term='Babies'/><category term='General Conference'/><category term='Grandma'/><category term='books'/><category term='Gifts'/><category term='Parenting'/><category term='Kathy'/><category term='Memories'/><category term='Baby blankets'/><category term='Field Trip'/><category term='Adventure'/><category term='Movie'/><category term='Rock Band'/><category term='Padres'/><category term='Baby'/><category term='Organization'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='Halloween'/><category term='Projects'/><category term='Dinner'/><category term='Marathon'/><category term='Work'/><category term='Inspiritational'/><category term='Video'/><category term='Funny'/><category term='Quiz'/><category term='Class'/><category term='Baby Showers'/><category term='Holidays'/><category term='baseball'/><category term='Young Women'/><category term='weather'/><category term='Walking'/><category term='Locks of Love'/><category term='Childhood'/><category term='Nature'/><category term='Service'/><category term='Bargin Shopping'/><category term='Running'/><category term='Pregnancy'/><category term='Wedding'/><category term='October'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Entertainment'/><category term='Exercise'/><category term='Vacation'/><category term='Favorites'/><category term='Cold'/><category term='American Idol'/><category term='Teaching'/><category term='Flowers'/><category term='Athleta'/><category term='Aftershocks'/><category term='Basketball'/><category term='UOP'/><category term='Homemade'/><category term='Church'/><category term='Utah'/><category term='Coupons'/><category term='Neighbors'/><category term='Raising Children'/><category term='Pumpkin'/><category term='Cruise'/><category term='Self-help'/><category term='Spring Break'/><category term='Bread rolls'/><category term='Father&apos;s Day'/><category term='Summer'/><category term='reflection'/><category term='Surfing'/><category term='Party'/><category term='Marriage'/><category term='Traditions'/><category term='Family'/><category term='Deals'/><category term='Gordon'/><category term='Friends'/><category term='Recreation'/><category term='Thanksgiving'/><category term='Oma'/><category term='Subway'/><category term='Parents'/><category term='Soccer'/><category term='Boston'/><category term='Sickness'/><category term='Justin'/><category term='Crystal'/><category term='Doctor&apos;s'/><category term='Shopping'/><category term='Food'/><category term='Prom - 1998'/><category term='Milestones'/><category term='mom'/><category term='Mormon YouTube'/><category term='Spring'/><category term='Home'/><category term='Santa Rosa'/><category term='School'/><category term='Father'/><category term='Kids'/><category term='Go'/><category term='Olympics'/><category term='Childcare'/><category term='Walks'/><category term='Pets'/><category term='Cooking'/><category term='Eric'/><category term='Jobs'/><category term='Fun'/><category term='Baby Blessing'/><category term='Valentines'/><category term='The Rag Bag'/><category term='toys'/><category term='crafts'/><category term='LDS'/><category term='Beach'/><category term='1st Haircut'/><category term='Koehle boys'/><category term='Cleaning'/><category term='St. Patty&apos;s Day'/><category term='Home Sweet Home'/><category term='Birthdays'/><category term='Garden'/><category term='Seasons'/><category term='Recipe'/><category term='Minnesota'/><category term='Sports'/><category term='Fall'/><category term='Outdoors'/><category term='Dreams'/><title type='text'>ERK, MRK, AND GRK</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>410</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3466759140567170815</id><published>2012-02-09T20:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T20:53:49.074-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Pink Binkie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I picked Gordon up from Kathy's house yesterday and low and behold he had a "Pink Binkie" in his mouth. When I came in he was grinning and giggling like crazy. He immediately pulled it out of his mouth and said with excitement, "Pink Binkie!!!" I laughed and asked him where he got it. To this there was no response but Kathy's daughter, who was helping out, told me they couldn't find his and just gave him this one to tide him over. Well, here we are a day later and Gordon doesn't want to go anywhere without his pink binkie. It's pretty funny. After work today we headed to the beach to play around for an hour or so. Yes, the pink binkie had to come with us as well. So funny!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707363296996821010" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sbPqT6r9tm0/TzSgrgGZCBI/AAAAAAAAHUM/BdhvZuimPxU/s320/pink%2Bbinkie3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Yesterday's car ride home, with the pink bink.&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707363303088231202" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RZ1j2sDhmzU/TzSgr2yskyI/AAAAAAAAHUY/nj8arrUHQhg/s320/pink%2B%2Bbinkie.jpg" /&gt;Pink bink at the beach!&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707363290825572530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lB8bLjLrQfU/TzSgrJHDQLI/AAAAAAAAHUA/PI-4n1geV_4/s320/pink%2Bbinkie2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707363285359507714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-91CsOgNsC3U/TzSgq0v1uQI/AAAAAAAAHT0/hdabef5_1c4/s320/yellow.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Normally Gordon has a yellow or green binkie - not today or yesterday though and I'm guessing not tomorrow either! (Notice the hat on his head, yeah it was on his head for .5 seconds, he still doesn't like hats and either cries or laughs when they are on. In this picture he laughed, silly guy!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3466759140567170815?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3466759140567170815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3466759140567170815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2012/02/pink-binkie.html' title='Pink Binkie'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sbPqT6r9tm0/TzSgrgGZCBI/AAAAAAAAHUM/BdhvZuimPxU/s72-c/pink%2Bbinkie3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-2134479716893819375</id><published>2012-02-06T19:54:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T19:57:23.722-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Sports Car Gordon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5-XTQkWki-U/TzCgnysCdgI/AAAAAAAAHTk/REX6AfcyR_o/s1600/gordon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706237333360244226" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5-XTQkWki-U/TzCgnysCdgI/AAAAAAAAHTk/REX6AfcyR_o/s320/gordon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon loves cars, especially when he is not in his carseat which is just about never. However, over the weekend Gordon had a chance to sit in Uncle Scotts beautiful 74 Chevelle. He was giggling like crazy and thought he was the king, it was darling!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YXH8_sg_7Ds/TzCggpTw32I/AAAAAAAAHTY/9HzgpCnR_vk/s1600/gordon.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-2134479716893819375?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2134479716893819375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2134479716893819375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2012/02/sports-car-gordon.html' title='Sports Car Gordon'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5-XTQkWki-U/TzCgnysCdgI/AAAAAAAAHTk/REX6AfcyR_o/s72-c/gordon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8863666946069979172</id><published>2012-01-26T20:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T20:15:46.606-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Childhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Rosie and Gordon</title><content type='html'>My cute dad just found these pictures of me when I was a little girl and sent them to me.  It made me smile and then think of Gordon of course.  I'm not sure how old I was but I can't be that much older than Gordon here.  I loved eating then and still do today, oh yeah and so does Gordon, he is a great eater!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LPxC9-1Djm4/TyIkJseDGaI/AAAAAAAAHTI/Q2Vj1vFVV58/s1600/Rosie1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702159827179084194" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LPxC9-1Djm4/TyIkJseDGaI/AAAAAAAAHTI/Q2Vj1vFVV58/s320/Rosie1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KalV9ouN75k/TyIkJjRnffI/AAAAAAAAHS8/TEl3CleBBXU/s1600/P1050012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702159824711024114" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KalV9ouN75k/TyIkJjRnffI/AAAAAAAAHS8/TEl3CleBBXU/s320/P1050012.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ObdE5fCbns/TyIjF229jlI/AAAAAAAAHSw/RPIJE0uLATI/s1600/P1060058.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702158661736828498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ObdE5fCbns/TyIjF229jlI/AAAAAAAAHSw/RPIJE0uLATI/s320/P1060058.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hUMgD-wEvrc/TyIjFh-fiII/AAAAAAAAHSk/e1SFKMpR9fE/s1600/Rosie2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 314px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702158656131270786" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hUMgD-wEvrc/TyIjFh-fiII/AAAAAAAAHSk/e1SFKMpR9fE/s320/Rosie2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8863666946069979172?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8863666946069979172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8863666946069979172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2012/01/rosie-and-gordon.html' title='Rosie and Gordon'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LPxC9-1Djm4/TyIkJseDGaI/AAAAAAAAHTI/Q2Vj1vFVV58/s72-c/Rosie1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-575218298630141979</id><published>2012-01-25T20:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T21:17:36.746-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>19 Month Old Gordon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Gordon just continues to get cuter and cuter each day. We are just in love with this little guy and his funny little personality. Here are some of the things he is enjoying at 19 months of age. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xjpph0XEE4/TyDf_eIBN0I/AAAAAAAAHSY/i_Do8PeQDQw/s1600/P1060040.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701803409762498370" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xjpph0XEE4/TyDf_eIBN0I/AAAAAAAAHSY/i_Do8PeQDQw/s320/P1060040.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; He loves the water!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g9WjRheI6bs/TyDf_HTPlZI/AAAAAAAAHSM/yXI4ASSVEcQ/s1600/P1060080.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701803403635561874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g9WjRheI6bs/TyDf_HTPlZI/AAAAAAAAHSM/yXI4ASSVEcQ/s320/P1060080.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon loves his daddy (Eric's birthday lunch with his coworkers)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vzsPlpY52Sg/TyDfiANIJgI/AAAAAAAAHSA/jqEAjJbOuc4/s1600/P1060075.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701802903514654210" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vzsPlpY52Sg/TyDfiANIJgI/AAAAAAAAHSA/jqEAjJbOuc4/s320/P1060075.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Loves his Dog-dog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FHDRl50mMQk/TyDfh4mr2xI/AAAAAAAAHR0/pWKp1artGVk/s1600/P1060071.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701802901474368274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FHDRl50mMQk/TyDfh4mr2xI/AAAAAAAAHR0/pWKp1artGVk/s320/P1060071.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Loves me (most of the time :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pEqO5saUvuc/TyDfhKaB-tI/AAAAAAAAHRo/YjGplKvlO5Q/s1600/P1060068.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701802889073261266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pEqO5saUvuc/TyDfhKaB-tI/AAAAAAAAHRo/YjGplKvlO5Q/s320/P1060068.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Loves sitting in boxes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xn1iveRo3H8/TyDfgwwf5aI/AAAAAAAAHRY/eMfPKUKMOII/s1600/P1060061.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701802882188174754" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xn1iveRo3H8/TyDfgwwf5aI/AAAAAAAAHRY/eMfPKUKMOII/s320/P1060061.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Loves his Grammy, how could you NOT!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dt9kJmRXvlc/TyDfgoGH57I/AAAAAAAAHRQ/KHbEQNUDtY8/s1600/P1060032.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701802879862958002" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dt9kJmRXvlc/TyDfgoGH57I/AAAAAAAAHRQ/KHbEQNUDtY8/s320/P1060032.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Loves the water ALOT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JhuOl0sFVYM/TyDet-RNjMI/AAAAAAAAHRE/ex4Tc8DjzJE/s1600/P1060085.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701802009641716930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JhuOl0sFVYM/TyDet-RNjMI/AAAAAAAAHRE/ex4Tc8DjzJE/s320/P1060085.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Loves Elmo and brooms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2aayKZ8WzEc/TyDetuh6qUI/AAAAAAAAHQ4/583qEqiamEk/s1600/P1060048.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701802005416814914" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2aayKZ8WzEc/TyDetuh6qUI/AAAAAAAAHQ4/583qEqiamEk/s320/P1060048.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Loves soccer and playing with the neighborhood girls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-153Qd6KJRHM/TyDetRYaicI/AAAAAAAAHQs/KHss7qXeQE8/s1600/P1060060.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701801997592332738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-153Qd6KJRHM/TyDetRYaicI/AAAAAAAAHQs/KHss7qXeQE8/s320/P1060060.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Loves feeding himself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ARhKaT31amA/TyDes6nzWCI/AAAAAAAAHQg/AXaArikH6Qw/s1600/P1060053.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701801991482857506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ARhKaT31amA/TyDes6nzWCI/AAAAAAAAHQg/AXaArikH6Qw/s320/P1060053.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Loves his daddy - got his 2nd haircut&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ggEJokyoPjM/TyDeseW6vFI/AAAAAAAAHQU/aNWXYjy-f9Q/s1600/P1060050.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701801983895845970" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ggEJokyoPjM/TyDeseW6vFI/AAAAAAAAHQU/aNWXYjy-f9Q/s320/P1060050.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Still loves binkies&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-575218298630141979?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/575218298630141979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/575218298630141979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2012/01/19-month-old-gordon.html' title='19 Month Old Gordon'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xjpph0XEE4/TyDf_eIBN0I/AAAAAAAAHSY/i_Do8PeQDQw/s72-c/P1060040.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3521676100263825386</id><published>2012-01-22T20:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T20:59:45.975-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Christmas in San Diego continued</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OphZSaYalp8/TyDc-9gVQNI/AAAAAAAAHQI/cjfauHjr3R4/s1600/P1060034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701800102471221458" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OphZSaYalp8/TyDc-9gVQNI/AAAAAAAAHQI/cjfauHjr3R4/s320/P1060034.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Eric and Gordon enjoying the beautiful Christmas day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f1s3XYtOF1A/TyDc-WYjNmI/AAAAAAAAHP8/0RyA59LTn8w/s1600/P1060027.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701800091969599074" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f1s3XYtOF1A/TyDc-WYjNmI/AAAAAAAAHP8/0RyA59LTn8w/s320/P1060027.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This was the first Christmas that I can remember that we didn't spend in Santa Rosa. However, Santa Rosa came to us which was awesome. My family was here for a week and then Eric's came the day after Christmas and stayed for a few days. Gordon was a happy camper sleeping in his own bed and we were happy parents because he was sleeping. All in all it was a win-win situation. Christmas day we actually spent a few hours playing on the beach which was heavenly. Gordon played in the sand and the water, he was so cute running about. We had so much fun here that it may become a tradition that Christmas is here next year as well. We will see! &lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701800080193604786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--yiALzEjzFs/TyDc9qg7zLI/AAAAAAAAHPg/-ZMSLZ2LbXs/s320/P1060006.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701800083340759858" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yZPVVbK5RbE/TyDc92PRkzI/AAAAAAAAHPw/P7NzCV1LMMI/s320/P1060009.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701800079467572882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gv_2YjKGxto/TyDc9nz1bpI/AAAAAAAAHPY/Ep2zCT7bfP0/s320/P1060003.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;My sweet, darling parents!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3521676100263825386?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3521676100263825386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3521676100263825386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2012/01/christmas-in-san-diego-continued.html' title='Christmas in San Diego continued'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OphZSaYalp8/TyDc-9gVQNI/AAAAAAAAHQI/cjfauHjr3R4/s72-c/P1060034.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-2920602494249817920</id><published>2012-01-16T20:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T20:42:13.690-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthdays'/><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Eric!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sqhmWhGwtIs/TxT75i8X1lI/AAAAAAAAGpM/ms33ADxbg1w/s1600/Family_Day-11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698456394581661266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sqhmWhGwtIs/TxT75i8X1lI/AAAAAAAAGpM/ms33ADxbg1w/s320/Family_Day-11.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Happy 32nd Birthday my love! Thank you for being an amazing husband and father. We love you more and more everyday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-2920602494249817920?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2920602494249817920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2920602494249817920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-birthday-eric.html' title='Happy Birthday Eric!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sqhmWhGwtIs/TxT75i8X1lI/AAAAAAAAGpM/ms33ADxbg1w/s72-c/Family_Day-11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8655001115763818512</id><published>2012-01-14T20:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T20:49:09.352-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dinner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthdays'/><title type='text'>Fizzler</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yz3JL-9ZqrY/TxJamtPl6ZI/AAAAAAAAGpA/eJJMjzy6hdA/s1600/Sizzler-logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697716099603622290" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yz3JL-9ZqrY/TxJamtPl6ZI/AAAAAAAAGpA/eJJMjzy6hdA/s320/Sizzler-logo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Whenever Eric hears the word Sizzler he becomes nostalgic. There are not too many things that take him to this place but Sizzler is one of these. Eric has great memories of this place from his childhood which has carried into adulthood as well. His dad nicknamed this glorious restaurant the “Fizzler” and the name has stuck..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With that being said, we live about 2 mile away from a Sizzler and for the longest time Eric has been begging me to go there. Now, I didn’t have the same found memories of this place and so whenever he’d ask to go there I thought he was kidding. Long story shot, he wasn’t kidding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight for Eric’s birthday dinner, (Happy Birthday cutie – Monday) he choose to go to the Fizzler. The food was just fine and Eric was able to enjoy his nostalgia for a few minutes before Mr. Gordon basically started a food fight at our table. And the only person he was fighting against was himself. At one point Gordon flung gobs of banana pudding in my hair and all over my sweatshirt. The family that was sitting right across from us burst out laughing and then Gordon proceeded to blow them all kisses. It was quite the eventful birthday dinner. 3 cheers for the Fizz! I wonder where we will go next year for his birthday? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8655001115763818512?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8655001115763818512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8655001115763818512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2012/01/fizzler.html' title='Fizzler'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yz3JL-9ZqrY/TxJamtPl6ZI/AAAAAAAAGpA/eJJMjzy6hdA/s72-c/Sizzler-logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1030596222344004616</id><published>2011-12-31T14:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T15:06:05.473-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Gordon 18 months old</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ROOG1AOXWXA/Tv-UMRNx7HI/AAAAAAAAGoc/PRFWLj1w0Hc/s1600/boo2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692431392520137842" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ROOG1AOXWXA/Tv-UMRNx7HI/AAAAAAAAGoc/PRFWLj1w0Hc/s320/boo2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My parents came to visit during Christmas and we had th best time with them. My sweet dad played more soccer with Gordon than you can imagine. Our amazing next door neighbors bought this soccer goal and cones for Gordon for Christmas, super nice!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C66sj8gCmzY/Tv-UMLJ7FqI/AAAAAAAAGoM/kQuIJCqL-zE/s1600/boo3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692431390893348514" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C66sj8gCmzY/Tv-UMLJ7FqI/AAAAAAAAGoM/kQuIJCqL-zE/s320/boo3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Action shot of my dad and Gordon playing just one of many games out on the street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V94C4EHz_Ew/Tv-UL2jS5bI/AAAAAAAAGoA/to6M1wIwLS8/s1600/boo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692431385362621874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V94C4EHz_Ew/Tv-UL2jS5bI/AAAAAAAAGoA/to6M1wIwLS8/s320/boo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon fell asleep on my lap the other day and I couldn't have been more happy. I just love this little guy more and more every day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6HdFNNIEPPk/Tv-UL910ltI/AAAAAAAAGn0/NgNgh_XWpu0/s1600/boo4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692431387319375570" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6HdFNNIEPPk/Tv-UL910ltI/AAAAAAAAGn0/NgNgh_XWpu0/s320/boo4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Eventhough Eric has high hopes that Gordon will be an Orthodontist someday, as of right now Gordon's heart is set on cleaning and plumbing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-56mR-UTJiis/Tv-ULqMVz-I/AAAAAAAAGns/tnyv_ksWOPY/s1600/cake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692431382045118434" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-56mR-UTJiis/Tv-ULqMVz-I/AAAAAAAAGns/tnyv_ksWOPY/s320/cake.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Check out this cake my room mom made me for Christmas, she is so talented!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1030596222344004616?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1030596222344004616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1030596222344004616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/12/gordon-18-months-old.html' title='Gordon 18 months old'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ROOG1AOXWXA/Tv-UMRNx7HI/AAAAAAAAGoc/PRFWLj1w0Hc/s72-c/boo2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1598360440362202249</id><published>2011-12-31T14:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T19:40:23.641-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Eric playing games</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g0yGk666-gg/Tv-Vjpm5fSI/AAAAAAAAGoo/i5f5tn1xciQ/s1600/eric.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692432893716561186" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g0yGk666-gg/Tv-Vjpm5fSI/AAAAAAAAGoo/i5f5tn1xciQ/s320/eric.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In the 7 1/2 years Eric and I have been married I have rarely seen him surprised. However, this Christmas I got him an Xbox Kinect and saw Eric totally surprised. Now getting this for him is completely out of my character except that I got a screaming good deal on it (which is in line with my character). Eric, his family, and I have had lots of fun playing the last week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1598360440362202249?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1598360440362202249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1598360440362202249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/12/eric-playing-games.html' title='Eric playing games'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g0yGk666-gg/Tv-Vjpm5fSI/AAAAAAAAGoo/i5f5tn1xciQ/s72-c/eric.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6488388990699399341</id><published>2011-12-19T13:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T14:00:42.824-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Christmas Boo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687962016114218962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7xpKJ4_trlk/Tu-zUUpnF9I/AAAAAAAAGk4/XHP-71v3aHM/s320/P1050949.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687962018460628162" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-imw0kZCj0NE/Tu-zUdZCdMI/AAAAAAAAGlA/GT1AI0x8zzc/s320/P1050942.JPG" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;It is just amazing to watch how fast our little boy is growing. It seems like just yesterday we were bring him home from the hospital. It was pretty funny, last Saturday we had our Christmas party at church. Santa made an appearance and well Gordon decided that he wasn't going to have anything to do with Santa. So, Eric being the amazing dad that he is hopped on Santa's lap to show Gordon how it was done. Eric thinks he injured Santa and Gordon still clung to Eric and didn't think this was very much fun.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687962205451835778" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ae_Us6MGF2g/Tu-zfV_N2YI/AAAAAAAAGlc/Y6H4P1toeWY/s320/P1050934.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;We also headed to the temple a few weeks ago in hopes that all of the Christmas lights would be up, turns out we went a weekend to early, we still had a lovely time. We did end up making it back down to the temple to check out the lights last weekend and they were beautiful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6488388990699399341?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6488388990699399341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6488388990699399341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-boo.html' title='Christmas Boo'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7xpKJ4_trlk/Tu-zUUpnF9I/AAAAAAAAGk4/XHP-71v3aHM/s72-c/P1050949.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1429380693803960042</id><published>2011-12-19T13:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T14:08:24.598-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Soccer Boo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Over Thanksgiving, "Aunt Shannon" let Gordon come over to her soccer facility and play some soccer. Gordon was happy as a clam. Their soccer session even ended with some bubbles, what could be better?!? Thank you Aunt Shannon! Can't wait until next time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687963705465318850" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nlS7lezAGSo/Tu-02p-TLcI/AAAAAAAAGmA/WgxNE2Za1VM/s320/P1050890.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687963697972584930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UtnWoeyA_Kw/Tu-02OD5IeI/AAAAAAAAGlo/XhSrb4T7zzE/s320/P1050886.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687963701757584210" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XQg9QJsaXhw/Tu-02cKTo1I/AAAAAAAAGlw/W1eOYtX5L4w/s320/P1050887.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687963712754862882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uODcgLPBH-Q/Tu-03FIQyyI/AAAAAAAAGmY/la1CcuZiAZE/s320/P1050892.JPG" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1429380693803960042?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1429380693803960042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1429380693803960042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/12/soccer-boo.html' title='Soccer Boo'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nlS7lezAGSo/Tu-02p-TLcI/AAAAAAAAGmA/WgxNE2Za1VM/s72-c/P1050890.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8616994796585634314</id><published>2011-12-19T13:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T14:13:27.544-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Oma visits</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_y5OBdn95s/Tu-2f8_xxBI/AAAAAAAAGmw/Owx9bwZAch4/s1600/P1050823.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687965514458055698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_y5OBdn95s/Tu-2f8_xxBI/AAAAAAAAGmw/Owx9bwZAch4/s320/P1050823.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Oma had a meeting in town about a month ago and Gordon got a hold of her pants... look out! Gordon had more fun running around and stretching those pants out! It was pretty funny! Oma was a great sport!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8616994796585634314?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8616994796585634314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8616994796585634314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/12/oma-visits.html' title='Oma visits'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_y5OBdn95s/Tu-2f8_xxBI/AAAAAAAAGmw/Owx9bwZAch4/s72-c/P1050823.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3333936585155596871</id><published>2011-12-19T12:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T14:27:01.769-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Gordon and Eli</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Adam and Emily, 2 of our friends have and adorable son named Eli who Gordon just loves. A few weeks ago we were at to mall and ran into them. Gordon and Eli had a blast in the pet store and riding the cars together. Thank goodness for buddies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3vO3ovek8-s/Tu-5xjIu1lI/AAAAAAAAGng/aN3uU16W0GE/s1600/P1050820.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687969115288819282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3vO3ovek8-s/Tu-5xjIu1lI/AAAAAAAAGng/aN3uU16W0GE/s320/P1050820.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687967084401226866" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nzdmTJ-InW0/Tu-37VfZdHI/AAAAAAAAGnU/S9mewTyZptc/s320/P1050805.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jb9J9A8A_Rg/Tu-37crcGcI/AAAAAAAAGnE/PtNrKmBAgSQ/s1600/P1050807.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687967086330780098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jb9J9A8A_Rg/Tu-37crcGcI/AAAAAAAAGnE/PtNrKmBAgSQ/s320/P1050807.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3333936585155596871?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3333936585155596871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3333936585155596871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/12/gordon-and-eli.html' title='Gordon and Eli'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3vO3ovek8-s/Tu-5xjIu1lI/AAAAAAAAGng/aN3uU16W0GE/s72-c/P1050820.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4940520238659499068</id><published>2011-12-13T20:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T20:22:18.478-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Christmas a year ago</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vtm2Fy8FP6Q/Tugjbe1SRSI/AAAAAAAAGko/mf-bYLqZ1J8/s1600/santa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685833484595250466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vtm2Fy8FP6Q/Tugjbe1SRSI/AAAAAAAAGko/mf-bYLqZ1J8/s320/santa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vf9ekwMXpuI/TugjbNBSVAI/AAAAAAAAGkg/2qIWZdBW0Y8/s1600/santa%2B3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685833479813747714" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vf9ekwMXpuI/TugjbNBSVAI/AAAAAAAAGkg/2qIWZdBW0Y8/s320/santa%2B3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I was just looking back through our pictures tonight and came across these Christmas pictures from last year. I seriously can't believe Gordon is already 18 months old. Many of the cute old ladies at church approach me and tell me to just enjoy every second because it goes so fast. It really does, I feel guilty some nights when I'm just counting the seconds before Gordon goes to bed because I am just so exhausted. However, I look back on these pictures and it feels like this was just yesterday. How I love my little family more than anything!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4940520238659499068?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4940520238659499068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4940520238659499068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-year-ago.html' title='Christmas a year ago'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vtm2Fy8FP6Q/Tugjbe1SRSI/AAAAAAAAGko/mf-bYLqZ1J8/s72-c/santa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-9070749189500326396</id><published>2011-12-10T19:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T19:42:32.362-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><title type='text'>Thanksgiving</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yFUo3n84T4/TuQlm60fEeI/AAAAAAAAGkQ/bcl26zj4-3g/s1600/fam2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684709980203061730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yFUo3n84T4/TuQlm60fEeI/AAAAAAAAGkQ/bcl26zj4-3g/s320/fam2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We headed up to Northern California to visit our families for Thanksgiving. We had a lovely time with them all and went over to my amazing aunt and uncle's house the day of Thanksgiving. This adorable sweater is a creation my aunt Kristin knitted for Gordon, so cute! I had the best time enjoying all of the beautiful fall colors that surrounded up. Eric was constantly being ordered to pull the car over so that I could take pictures of the trees - I do love fall!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OEin0lkxLPg/TuQlmqLRRWI/AAAAAAAAGkI/erNdnRTjl1c/s1600/fam.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684709975735223650" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OEin0lkxLPg/TuQlmqLRRWI/AAAAAAAAGkI/erNdnRTjl1c/s320/fam.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon, Eric, Me, Mom, Dad, Crystal &amp;amp; Justin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-9070749189500326396?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/9070749189500326396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/9070749189500326396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/12/thanksgiving.html' title='Thanksgiving'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yFUo3n84T4/TuQlm60fEeI/AAAAAAAAGkQ/bcl26zj4-3g/s72-c/fam2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1653624072693192573</id><published>2011-11-12T10:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T11:00:32.346-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='October'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pumpkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>October Highlights</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674185225290850482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bZLeEEMP0RU/Tr7BZjc7ILI/AAAAAAAAGjw/pqlStPOit9I/s320/P1050675.JPG" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;We headed to Bates Nut Farm a few weeks ago and had a great time there. We had heard wonderful things about this pumpkin patch but had no idea just how big it was. It was packed of course but we were sure glad we headed out there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674185210883629554" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4aBkS2K_Ekw/Tr7BYtx-YfI/AAAAAAAAGjY/UBnwaA6tpG0/s320/P1050661.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674185216267441506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j4kSOr9o5lM/Tr7BZB1k1WI/AAAAAAAAGjk/700aGjkJN7I/s320/P1050655.JPG" /&gt;Gordon thought the pumpkins were soccer balls and tried kicking most of them.&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674185231332409810" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C4o9kPppyek/Tr7BZ59WAdI/AAAAAAAAGj8/KE5cz3FN4Eg/s320/P1050723.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Gordon loves coming home from Kathy's house and running around in the cul-de-sac with the rest of the neighborhood girls.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1653624072693192573?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1653624072693192573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1653624072693192573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/11/october-highlights.html' title='October Highlights'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bZLeEEMP0RU/Tr7BZjc7ILI/AAAAAAAAGjw/pqlStPOit9I/s72-c/P1050675.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6664467437031112452</id><published>2011-11-12T10:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T10:25:57.089-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1st Haircut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Gordon's First Haircut - 17 1/2 months old</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674176157830237730" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a2Qba5FG-XA/Tr65Jwh2TiI/AAAAAAAAGio/mzmb7_Cq3ag/s320/P1050781.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674176166091567394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2kAsqMp93U4/Tr65KPTgMSI/AAAAAAAAGi0/ZMw1YcJgoCY/s320/P1050778.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674176169897232226" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nTHPiOegfMM/Tr65Kde2B2I/AAAAAAAAGjA/rjkPQw_J_N4/s320/P1050780.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Eric finally had enough of what he called Gordon's "unkempt" hair and decided to take matters into his own hands this morning. I have to admit I wasn't ready to get rid of Gordon's curly locks but Gordon thought the haircutting process was lots of fun. He giggled while Eric used the razor on his hair. He is just growing up so fast!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6664467437031112452?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6664467437031112452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6664467437031112452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/11/gordons-first-haircut-17-12-months-old.html' title='Gordon&apos;s First Haircut - 17 1/2 months old'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a2Qba5FG-XA/Tr65Jwh2TiI/AAAAAAAAGio/mzmb7_Cq3ag/s72-c/P1050781.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-7144676876416962669</id><published>2011-11-11T19:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T20:01:14.482-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LDS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Honorary Member of the Mormon Battalion!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oaaxxw5JKkg/Tr3tvKztNBI/AAAAAAAAGic/waLZ_O6ZXME/s1600/mormon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673952500167554066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oaaxxw5JKkg/Tr3tvKztNBI/AAAAAAAAGic/waLZ_O6ZXME/s320/mormon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;CLASSIC picture (Gordon screaming &amp;amp; Eric's eyes are closed)! Today Eric, Gordon, and I headed down to San Diego and visited the Mormon Battalion in Old Town. We have heard great things about it from our friends and today we finally got to experience it. They redid the whole thing about 2 years ago and Gordon had a great time. He was an unhappy boy in the picture because he was busy playing with "pioneer toys" when we interrupted him for a picture. Anyway, it's a great place to visit for the whole family and a perk is that it is free too! Check it out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-7144676876416962669?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/7144676876416962669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/7144676876416962669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/11/honorary-member-of-mormon-battalion.html' title='Honorary Member of the Mormon Battalion!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oaaxxw5JKkg/Tr3tvKztNBI/AAAAAAAAGic/waLZ_O6ZXME/s72-c/mormon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5513712663115980338</id><published>2011-10-31T19:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T19:37:10.362-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kathy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Halloween 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JpnnF1D7T-k/Tq9YFlza_KI/AAAAAAAAGiQ/xY0bUvJ2xFo/s1600/mickey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669847308953124002" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JpnnF1D7T-k/Tq9YFlza_KI/AAAAAAAAGiQ/xY0bUvJ2xFo/s320/mickey.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon had a wonderful time at Kathy's house today and dressed up like a little Mickey Mouse. On Saturday our church had a "trunk or treat" where many of the children wore their costumes and trick or treated from car to car. It was fun although Gordon couldn't stop crying while he was wearing his costume. We were just excited Kathy got some pictures of him at her house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RQUQ8BqJ78g/Tq9YEw1DseI/AAAAAAAAGiE/6gJtPsNBL8c/s1600/mickey2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669847294732906978" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RQUQ8BqJ78g/Tq9YEw1DseI/AAAAAAAAGiE/6gJtPsNBL8c/s320/mickey2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon at the party table&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aNP0lzxd3pM/Tq9YEjmERBI/AAAAAAAAGh4/kp27Wrm5b4g/s1600/mickey3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669847291180368914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aNP0lzxd3pM/Tq9YEjmERBI/AAAAAAAAGh4/kp27Wrm5b4g/s320/mickey3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Our little Mickey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2JZ38iIffvg/Tq9YD5kkYmI/AAAAAAAAGhs/BJzxKEz0uY0/s1600/mickey4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669847279899796066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2JZ38iIffvg/Tq9YD5kkYmI/AAAAAAAAGhs/BJzxKEz0uY0/s320/mickey4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They went on a parade around the neighborhood&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qpJxNnsXiJ8/Tq9YDvowZRI/AAAAAAAAGhg/Juy6J1znEzw/s1600/mickey5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669847277233005842" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qpJxNnsXiJ8/Tq9YDvowZRI/AAAAAAAAGhg/Juy6J1znEzw/s320/mickey5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The whole gang&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5513712663115980338?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5513712663115980338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5513712663115980338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-2011.html' title='Halloween 2011'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JpnnF1D7T-k/Tq9YFlza_KI/AAAAAAAAGiQ/xY0bUvJ2xFo/s72-c/mickey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6781599463791053354</id><published>2011-10-13T22:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T22:55:00.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'>September Family Pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NAkMQK84DUE/TpfOAjW9AdI/AAAAAAAAGf8/bJXyafgRO08/s1600/Family_Day-11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NAkMQK84DUE/TpfOAjW9AdI/AAAAAAAAGf8/bJXyafgRO08/s320/Family_Day-11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663221565328523730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YmJfE4Kzjx0/TpfN_90nKrI/AAAAAAAAGfw/ZuOpmtsPY4U/s1600/Family_Day-20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YmJfE4Kzjx0/TpfN_90nKrI/AAAAAAAAGfw/ZuOpmtsPY4U/s320/Family_Day-20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663221555252374194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-idKPcDkRlrU/TpfN_U8A-_I/AAAAAAAAGfk/cwSZom7IGAE/s1600/DSC_2544.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-idKPcDkRlrU/TpfN_U8A-_I/AAAAAAAAGfk/cwSZom7IGAE/s320/DSC_2544.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663221544277572594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IdD_Fbc0DKs/TpfN-sQDfGI/AAAAAAAAGfY/nwZtLM8HSKg/s1600/2548%2Bcopy%2B5x7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IdD_Fbc0DKs/TpfN-sQDfGI/AAAAAAAAGfY/nwZtLM8HSKg/s320/2548%2Bcopy%2B5x7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663221533355768930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fGr7BTRZ0xc/TpfN-F-r_MI/AAAAAAAAGfM/W9YOCmB4ahc/s1600/2547%2Bcopy%2B5x7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fGr7BTRZ0xc/TpfN-F-r_MI/AAAAAAAAGfM/W9YOCmB4ahc/s320/2547%2Bcopy%2B5x7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663221523082378434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6781599463791053354?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6781599463791053354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6781599463791053354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/10/september-family-pictures.html' title='September Family Pictures'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NAkMQK84DUE/TpfOAjW9AdI/AAAAAAAAGf8/bJXyafgRO08/s72-c/Family_Day-11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3571041571082494763</id><published>2011-10-12T20:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T20:46:20.310-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parents'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><title type='text'>Fall... in my classroom</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662815795267862802" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hYcYwBcsquU/TpZc9oFpgRI/AAAAAAAAGe0/1hm07lzOx7Y/s320/fall%2Bbasket.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662815782359300210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kbth2rycTck/TpZc84AAeHI/AAAAAAAAGes/a_-4_66izNw/s320/cake.jpg" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;I was talking to my room mother the other day about how much I LOVE fall. She said it was her favorite season too. Well today when I entered my classroom I saw these amazing creations sitting on my desk. She made me "Fall" (pumpkin) curtains for my classroom!!!! I'm thrilled, I couldn't stop smiling today. In addition, to these amazing curtains she made, she also made me this AMAZING cake, yes she made it! She works at the &lt;a href="http://www.thecakecottage.net/"&gt;Cake Cottage &lt;/a&gt;and brings me the most delicious creations often. She is so talented. My grade level loved the cake as well. Along with the curtains and cake she also threw in a "K" note pad and a "Love our Teacher" cup. Are we kidding?!?!?! I couldn't believe it. What a super sweet surprise! &lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662815780137488402" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Of_nPr21vCc/TpZc8vuSUBI/AAAAAAAAGeY/QP--X3Ks1Ls/s320/Fall%2Bcurtains%2B2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662815779250265234" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-njtnq0jPX5c/TpZc8sawXJI/AAAAAAAAGeQ/RjMWhVb0z0o/s320/fall%2Bcurtains.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662817416173397762" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--BrWEYPzJFo/TpZeb-bpJwI/AAAAAAAAGfA/DcQFla_4P9M/s320/pet.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Oh yeah and she brought us a "class pet" last week for our classroom!!! Soooo fun!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3571041571082494763?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3571041571082494763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3571041571082494763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-in-my-classroom.html' title='Fall... in my classroom'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hYcYwBcsquU/TpZc9oFpgRI/AAAAAAAAGe0/1hm07lzOx7Y/s72-c/fall%2Bbasket.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6516510065908600592</id><published>2011-10-12T20:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T20:32:24.888-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Elmo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kg2e8aZZPxc/TpZbF03Zd3I/AAAAAAAAGeE/2zRiYrZfD3M/s1600/elmo.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662813737113450354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kg2e8aZZPxc/TpZbF03Zd3I/AAAAAAAAGeE/2zRiYrZfD3M/s320/elmo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Tina left this on my chair when I got to work on Tuesday. Super cute! I had been telling her that we had been looking for a Halloween costume for Gordon and hadn't had much luck. When I got home that night Eric and I eagerly put this on Gordon and let's just say he wasn't as excited as we were! He doesn't like anything on his head. This could pose a little problem. We'll see though, we still have a few weeks until the big day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6516510065908600592?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6516510065908600592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6516510065908600592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/10/elmo.html' title='Elmo'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kg2e8aZZPxc/TpZbF03Zd3I/AAAAAAAAGeE/2zRiYrZfD3M/s72-c/elmo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3085177907302385291</id><published>2011-10-05T20:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T20:10:46.315-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kathy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Childcare'/><title type='text'>We LOVE Kathy's house!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n4VCyMsTPfk/To0ayxWEr2I/AAAAAAAAGd8/YpVl4kQSzew/s1600/kathys.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660209766216281954" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n4VCyMsTPfk/To0ayxWEr2I/AAAAAAAAGd8/YpVl4kQSzew/s320/kathys.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;If Gordon could move in with Kathy he WOULD! When we drive up to Kathy's he can't wait to get out of the car and see her and his buddies. It is such a wonderful feeling to know he enjoys being there so much!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-deL8otLP2CY/To0ay1H278I/AAAAAAAAGd0/FisSL8ANh7o/s1600/kathys3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660209767230402498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-deL8otLP2CY/To0ay1H278I/AAAAAAAAGd0/FisSL8ANh7o/s320/kathys3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0xDXgP0CxE/To0aym7qowI/AAAAAAAAGds/H5zcq6K1aoo/s1600/kathys2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660209763421168386" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0xDXgP0CxE/To0aym7qowI/AAAAAAAAGds/H5zcq6K1aoo/s320/kathys2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3085177907302385291?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3085177907302385291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3085177907302385291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-love-kathys-house.html' title='We LOVE Kathy&apos;s house!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n4VCyMsTPfk/To0ayxWEr2I/AAAAAAAAGd8/YpVl4kQSzew/s72-c/kathys.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3944944296423141543</id><published>2011-10-02T20:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T20:40:39.007-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>16 month old Gordon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659103837632567474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cxp9LSey6Rc/Toks9QUjmLI/AAAAAAAAGdE/9-_EXXdqOaU/s320/P1050554.JPG" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;It's amazing how time flies. Gordon is no longer a "baby" but a "big boy!" He also no longer walks but runs... and everywhere besides. I'm hoping he will turn into my running partner soon! He is just darling and with each passing day Eric and I love him more and more. Some of his favorite words include, "Dog-dog," "Mommy," "Daddy," "Water," "Ball," "Weeeeee," and "Owieeeee!" (all the time even if he isn't hurt). So cute! Oh and I'm not sure if you can tell but in this picture above gordon has 3 binkies, yes he still loves those too!&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659103854513485138" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jaZzP1Dopao/Toks-PNR9VI/AAAAAAAAGdc/slgqtHFStQQ/s320/P1050579.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;We made a quick trip to the beach on Saturday so Gordon could frallic about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659103858724812226" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P9G4rND4ZtM/Toks-e5VtcI/AAAAAAAAGdk/Curbfx_LGyo/s320/P1050607.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Gordon and Eric had "twin day" this past week, I love these boys!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659103847839121954" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BTudNLcNPW4/Toks92V_QiI/AAAAAAAAGdU/6yr_M_fkd9A/s320/P1050575.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;My two boys playing in the sand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659103844703046002" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G6sc2_iU2g0/Toks9qqSiXI/AAAAAAAAGdM/MLSrfpKHJ7Y/s320/P1050568.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Driving lessons from Eric and boy was Gordon having the time of his life. Sure the car never left our driveway but Gordon felt like "The MAN in control!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3944944296423141543?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3944944296423141543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3944944296423141543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/10/16-month-old-gordon.html' title='16 month old Gordon'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cxp9LSey6Rc/Toks9QUjmLI/AAAAAAAAGdE/9-_EXXdqOaU/s72-c/P1050554.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5793423980932841799</id><published>2011-10-01T20:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-01T21:04:19.705-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='October'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='General Conference'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Yeah General Conference is here!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1H1RPwiU8fI/Tofh2ei3_wI/AAAAAAAAGc8/rzPWq49Ca90/s1600/gordon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658739782842842882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1H1RPwiU8fI/Tofh2ei3_wI/AAAAAAAAGc8/rzPWq49Ca90/s320/gordon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Today was the first day of our church's semi-annual general conference. We get to listen to beautiful music and hear inspiring talks, what more could you ask for?!? I love it! Gordon got to listen along too, he loved listening and dancing to the lovely music. Tomorrow there are two more sessions as well, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. For more info, click &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://lds.org/?lang=eng"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;! Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5793423980932841799?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5793423980932841799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5793423980932841799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/10/yeah-general-conference-is-here.html' title='Yeah General Conference is here!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1H1RPwiU8fI/Tofh2ei3_wI/AAAAAAAAGc8/rzPWq49Ca90/s72-c/gordon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-7577591788757839909</id><published>2011-09-25T20:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-25T20:13:47.418-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Pumpkin Rice Krispies Treats</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mUgwEs7QUFI/Tn_tBA50cPI/AAAAAAAAGc0/2O6ffFBmP5Q/s1600/pumpkin-rice-krispies-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656500258678796530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mUgwEs7QUFI/Tn_tBA50cPI/AAAAAAAAGc0/2O6ffFBmP5Q/s320/pumpkin-rice-krispies-5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;I saw this on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/2011/09/pumpkin-rice-krispies-treats.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;blog and thought they were adorable. I would love to make these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Rice Krispies cereal&lt;br /&gt;•1 Bag of Marshmallows&lt;br /&gt;•Butter&lt;br /&gt;•Red &amp;amp; yellow food coloring&lt;br /&gt;•18-20 tootsie rolls unwrapped&lt;br /&gt;•Frosting for leaves is powdered sugar, green food coloring, and a little milk (or water).&lt;br /&gt;•(Optional) Chocolate cookies crushed for bed of “dirt”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make, all you need to do is follow the rice krispies treats recipe on the back of the box. When your marshmallows are nice and melty add red and yellow food coloring until you reach a pumpkin orange color.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After you stir the cereal into the marshmallow mixture, rub some butter on the palms of your hands and roll the mixture quickly into balls. I placed more butter on my hands between rolling each ball. Place a tootsie roll in the center of each pumpkin and garnish with frosting leaves. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-7577591788757839909?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/7577591788757839909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/7577591788757839909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/09/pumpkin-rice-krispies-treats.html' title='Pumpkin Rice Krispies Treats'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mUgwEs7QUFI/Tn_tBA50cPI/AAAAAAAAGc0/2O6ffFBmP5Q/s72-c/pumpkin-rice-krispies-5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5062984913440319128</id><published>2011-09-25T19:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-25T19:52:37.332-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiritational'/><title type='text'>Do you believe in me?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;iframe height="260" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HAMLOnSNwzA" frameborder="0" width="340"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a Staff Development day on Friday and our principal showed us this video. I love teaching, and am so grateful to have the opportunity to work with our awesome youth. Check out this video, I think you will be as amazed as I was.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5062984913440319128?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5062984913440319128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5062984913440319128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-you-believe-in-me.html' title='Do you believe in me?'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/HAMLOnSNwzA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3827704477763223366</id><published>2011-09-21T20:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T20:22:07.228-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><title type='text'>Yes... more about fall</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNcxITMX4hM/Tnqn2USNkeI/AAAAAAAAGcs/3Mw5wgSOZf8/s1600/leaves3"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655016833716949474" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNcxITMX4hM/Tnqn2USNkeI/AAAAAAAAGcs/3Mw5wgSOZf8/s320/leaves3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nienie &lt;/a&gt;put it so eloquently. She said everything I’ve been thinking about fall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655016832071178850" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ILBZv7UPGS8/Tnqn2OJ1GmI/AAAAAAAAGcc/z3JfeWOY8TM/s320/leaves" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;“It began, just like that.&lt;br /&gt;Our annual Fall Colors.&lt;br /&gt;It began today since I noticed that the tips of the mountains out my window&lt;br /&gt;were turning glorious colors.&lt;br /&gt;Reds, oranges, browns, and bright yellows.&lt;br /&gt;I am so happy!...&lt;br /&gt;The autumn colors do something to me. Something indescribable.&lt;br /&gt;It makes me happy, energized, and competently content.” &lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655016834704257378" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jifd3h4ulOU/Tnqn2X9msWI/AAAAAAAAGck/Vc3m_OV7cmI/s320/leaves2" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3827704477763223366?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3827704477763223366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3827704477763223366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/09/yes-more-about-fall.html' title='Yes... more about fall'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNcxITMX4hM/Tnqn2USNkeI/AAAAAAAAGcs/3Mw5wgSOZf8/s72-c/leaves3' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6624220419169936498</id><published>2011-09-16T19:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-16T20:02:34.066-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pumpkin'/><title type='text'>Pumpkin Steamers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rPsNruDdqj4/TnQMQyHMElI/AAAAAAAAGcU/624IjEs7mPg/s1600/Pumpkin_Steamer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653156914726179410" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rPsNruDdqj4/TnQMQyHMElI/AAAAAAAAGcU/624IjEs7mPg/s320/Pumpkin_Steamer.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I found this recipe on &lt;a href="http://www.everycreativeendeavor.com/search/label/Fall%20Fever"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; blog and I can't wait to try making one!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pumpkin Steamer&lt;br /&gt;•3/4 ounce pumpkin spice syrup&lt;br /&gt;•3/4 ounce vanilla-flavored syrup&lt;br /&gt;•8 ounces cold milk&lt;br /&gt;•Whipped Cream&lt;br /&gt;•Pumpkin Pie Spice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Steam syrup and cold milk together. (or if you're like me rock it ghettoville style and use the microwave for about minute and a half)&lt;br /&gt;2. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can get the pumpkin spice syrup online. But, I hear if you want it just like Starbuck's you might want to get Torani or Da Vinci pumpkin sauce (which is creamier and thicker) instead of syrup, which will run you quite a bit more. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Ooohhh--- that looks so yummy! I cannot wait to try it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6624220419169936498?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6624220419169936498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6624220419169936498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/09/pumpkin-steamers.html' title='Pumpkin Steamers'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rPsNruDdqj4/TnQMQyHMElI/AAAAAAAAGcU/624IjEs7mPg/s72-c/Pumpkin_Steamer.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4688243267790986635</id><published>2011-09-13T20:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-13T20:51:46.425-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kids'/><title type='text'>It's notes like these that make me smile</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MrgKMLLYx7c/TnAie67OmbI/AAAAAAAAGcM/lrjScN6gV3Q/s1600/emile.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 408px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652055446959069618" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MrgKMLLYx7c/TnAie67OmbI/AAAAAAAAGcM/lrjScN6gV3Q/s320/emile.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;One of my darling students gave me this letter and it made me smile all day long. In fact, I laughed out loud, although that doesn't take much I guess. The top part, next to the amazing looking sandwich says, "I know you want it for your dinner." (she's probably right). Then she continues to say, "You are a great teacher for me... (here comes my favorite part) you teach me very, very, very good Mrs. K... I am glad I got you as my teacher this year..." I know what I need to work on now, we'll be hitting the grammar books ASAP! What a cutie, I love my job!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4688243267790986635?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4688243267790986635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4688243267790986635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-notes-like-these-that-make-me-smile.html' title='It&apos;s notes like these that make me smile'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MrgKMLLYx7c/TnAie67OmbI/AAAAAAAAGcM/lrjScN6gV3Q/s72-c/emile.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8631365474035821683</id><published>2011-09-11T13:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T14:58:20.201-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer'/><title type='text'>Summer Events</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;This summer seemed to fly by even though I had 10 weeks off. Even since I was a little girl I have LOVED garage sales. I believe this steamed from my sweet Grandma Pat. Every summer my family would venture to Minnesota where my mom's side of the family lives. We would typically stay for about a month and loved every minute of it. One of my favorite memories was going to garage sales with my grandma. Another favorite memory was having our own "garage/lemonade" sales. On a good day we may have 2 or 3 cars stop but we could always count on our grandma and mom coming out and buying out the store. Such great memories.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;For the last few years I've wanted to have a garage sale and this summer we finally did it. I also loved every minute of it. We couldn't believe how many cars stopped by and how much we sold, it was great! I'm already collecting for the next!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FtDnIrjd3wo/Tm0ar_Kz89I/AAAAAAAAGcE/YLY3qVRkknw/s1600/P1050439.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651202450413319122" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FtDnIrjd3wo/Tm0ar_Kz89I/AAAAAAAAGcE/YLY3qVRkknw/s320/P1050439.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Signs made and ready to be posted!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651202433381876770" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wv4xsueNiOs/Tm0aq_uMxCI/AAAAAAAAGbs/NLaHrsn4EjM/s320/P1050440.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the loot!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651202438050798514" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jYMZJBvg9U4/Tm0arRHW27I/AAAAAAAAGb8/t9OJpzVduIk/s320/P1050457.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;This summer I also got to back home to Santa Rosa where I got to spend time with my amazing parents and friends. My mom always treats us like royalty, I felt so loved! Thank you Mama! She also bought a "life vest/body suit" for Gordon to use in their pool. I laughed so hard I wet my pants when I first saw him in it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651202434712947458" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-Jd2_XGCLI/Tm0arErjSwI/AAAAAAAAGb0/wYqXGT6CYHI/s320/P1050447.JPG" /&gt; Once Justin and I moved out mom and dad turned our rooms into guest rooms. The rooms turned out beautiful! I like calling the two rooms "cruise ship cabin suites," because that's what they feel like. They are decked with everything from a robe and slippers to a printout of all the cable listings on the TV. Oh and did I mention a hair dryer and basket overflowing with toiletries, I tell you, I can't wait to return!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_LEMGzW_vAs/Tm0XcHnbwGI/AAAAAAAAGbc/9v5Jg6C5wIU/s1600/P1050409.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651198879268061282" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_LEMGzW_vAs/Tm0XcHnbwGI/AAAAAAAAGbc/9v5Jg6C5wIU/s320/P1050409.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Summer continued and Eric and I took advantage of some of the local sights around here and headed to the San Diego Botanical Gardens. They were beautiful and our favorite part were the tropical waterfalls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-elSXrQz8DRI/Tm0Xb3p3P0I/AAAAAAAAGbU/jsb-x0tzlBw/s1600/P1050399.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651198874983284546" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-elSXrQz8DRI/Tm0Xb3p3P0I/AAAAAAAAGbU/jsb-x0tzlBw/s320/P1050399.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; When summer first began we headed to Heber City, UT where we got to spend time with Eric's family. Gordon had a BLAST playing with his sweet cousins. They were so kind to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WuZ2frBfr7Q/Tm0Xbh_3t4I/AAAAAAAAGbM/hF8-CayYEIY/s1600/P1050396.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651198869170009986" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WuZ2frBfr7Q/Tm0Xbh_3t4I/AAAAAAAAGbM/hF8-CayYEIY/s320/P1050396.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here Gordon is with his cousins, aunt and uncle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3C3X8t-k1FU/Tm0XbY_30jI/AAAAAAAAGbE/S_e_8c2Hof0/s1600/P1050385.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651198866754097714" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3C3X8t-k1FU/Tm0XbY_30jI/AAAAAAAAGbE/S_e_8c2Hof0/s320/P1050385.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon at the BYU bookstore, I hope this stance means he's going to be a runner when he gets older.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vvFzSSH_HDQ/Tm0XbBxcnTI/AAAAAAAAGa8/SBeUZy5qMV0/s1600/P1050373.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651198860519578930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vvFzSSH_HDQ/Tm0XbBxcnTI/AAAAAAAAGa8/SBeUZy5qMV0/s320/P1050373.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The beautiful Utah mountains&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8631365474035821683?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8631365474035821683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8631365474035821683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/09/summer-events.html' title='Summer Events'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FtDnIrjd3wo/Tm0ar_Kz89I/AAAAAAAAGcE/YLY3qVRkknw/s72-c/P1050439.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-773048748820734818</id><published>2011-09-11T12:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T13:05:22.966-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasons'/><title type='text'>Fall is in the air</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YPBOLsMHW24/Tm0RO2ZV9KI/AAAAAAAAGa0/THXc5xckp2U/s1600/Fall_Centerpiece.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651192054237492386" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YPBOLsMHW24/Tm0RO2ZV9KI/AAAAAAAAGa0/THXc5xckp2U/s320/Fall_Centerpiece.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;I can't help but get excited that Autumn is right around the corner! As much as I love summer I think I love fall just a little bit better!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-773048748820734818?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/773048748820734818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/773048748820734818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-is-in-air.html' title='Fall is in the air'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YPBOLsMHW24/Tm0RO2ZV9KI/AAAAAAAAGa0/THXc5xckp2U/s72-c/Fall_Centerpiece.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-2118856494334844468</id><published>2011-08-20T17:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T17:19:54.477-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><title type='text'>Class is in session</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nC5_FfRaxiE/TlBNXh5-q7I/AAAAAAAAGas/JIBhKW61ZP8/s1600/great%2Bbunch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643095399729114034" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nC5_FfRaxiE/TlBNXh5-q7I/AAAAAAAAGas/JIBhKW61ZP8/s320/great%2Bbunch.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I started back to work last Monday and then had my first day with students on Wednesday. I'm teaching 3rd grade again and have once again a "GREAT BUNCH" of kids. I love teaching and it feels great to be back. I of course loved being off for the 10 weeks during summer but it feels great to be back in the classroom. The first day I went back I came home all excited. I love the smell of my classroom, the new school supplies, the excitement in the air for the new year, a new class with new students to meet, and the list goes on an on. How blessed I am to be a teacher!&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643095396909895426" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tj-aZGYhasw/TlBNXXZ0zwI/AAAAAAAAGak/4BuyieoHXWM/s320/school%2Bbasket.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One of my amazing parents gave me this huge tub full of school supplies, I was in shock... super generous! &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-2118856494334844468?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2118856494334844468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2118856494334844468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/08/class-is-in-session.html' title='Class is in session'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nC5_FfRaxiE/TlBNXh5-q7I/AAAAAAAAGas/JIBhKW61ZP8/s72-c/great%2Bbunch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6783434707202987717</id><published>2011-08-20T17:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T17:10:05.751-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Gordon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNILAgDjrHI/TlBMWqRUxyI/AAAAAAAAGac/-ha95QpYjag/s1600/tax%2Bdeduc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643094285283018530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNILAgDjrHI/TlBMWqRUxyI/AAAAAAAAGac/-ha95QpYjag/s320/tax%2Bdeduc.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Notice the saying on the binkie??? (Tax Deduction!) Eric being the CPA and me being the tax widow have gotten a big kick out of this! Thanks Celine and Cameron!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HXRGqXRgtSg/TlBMWZ7HqdI/AAAAAAAAGaU/jg_QrLWjv4U/s1600/g%2Bsweeping.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643094280894917074" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HXRGqXRgtSg/TlBMWZ7HqdI/AAAAAAAAGaU/jg_QrLWjv4U/s320/g%2Bsweeping.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Just a couple of funny pictures of our little man. I just love him more and more everyday!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6783434707202987717?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6783434707202987717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6783434707202987717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/08/gordon.html' title='Gordon'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNILAgDjrHI/TlBMWqRUxyI/AAAAAAAAGac/-ha95QpYjag/s72-c/tax%2Bdeduc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-2679884253389025868</id><published>2011-08-16T19:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-16T19:35:26.676-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Preschool</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJonBq17YQQ/Tksm0koii6I/AAAAAAAAGaM/LvMNH0RuWL8/s1600/preschool.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641645642840443810" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJonBq17YQQ/Tksm0koii6I/AAAAAAAAGaM/LvMNH0RuWL8/s320/preschool.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon is back at Kathy's house since school has started and is the happiest little guy in the world. In fact, when I pick him up from work he pretends to not see me walk in and cries when I take him home. I'm so happy he loves it there. You can see him sitting in his little chair to the far left eating his snacks while Kathy does preschool with the other little kiddos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-2679884253389025868?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2679884253389025868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2679884253389025868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/08/preschool.html' title='Preschool'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJonBq17YQQ/Tksm0koii6I/AAAAAAAAGaM/LvMNH0RuWL8/s72-c/preschool.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6110512829928219902</id><published>2011-07-28T10:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T12:28:56.660-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Childhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Nostalgia - Pictures from my Childhood</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;I found my baby book this past week and started looking through some of the pictures. So fun to look at all of the pictures and think about all of the wonderful childhood memories.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CKQHB1Gajhw/TjGgqb1WbyI/AAAAAAAAGaE/wDIVaP92a4A/s1600/IMAG0243.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634461259703676706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CKQHB1Gajhw/TjGgqb1WbyI/AAAAAAAAGaE/wDIVaP92a4A/s320/IMAG0243.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;3rd B-Day&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-moQWiPsqHG0/TjGggryJbdI/AAAAAAAAGZ8/MuMz9uvLf2E/s1600/IMAG0242.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634461092186516946" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-moQWiPsqHG0/TjGggryJbdI/AAAAAAAAGZ8/MuMz9uvLf2E/s320/IMAG0242.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;1st B-Day&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MaAxGV4CfO8/TjGggU3pkPI/AAAAAAAAGZ0/lW7mE6WeC8M/s1600/IMAG0241.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634461086035579122" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MaAxGV4CfO8/TjGggU3pkPI/AAAAAAAAGZ0/lW7mE6WeC8M/s320/IMAG0241.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Uncle Mark&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--NKUmjwC7Qw/TjGggEbtZmI/AAAAAAAAGZs/EamJ2Grtfgc/s1600/IMAG0239.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634461081623422562" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--NKUmjwC7Qw/TjGggEbtZmI/AAAAAAAAGZs/EamJ2Grtfgc/s320/IMAG0239.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Great Grandpa Bruno &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PGYCOa2m36E/TjGgfh5CPKI/AAAAAAAAGZc/E8VDURn9Y9A/s1600/IMAG0237.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634461072351181986" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PGYCOa2m36E/TjGgfh5CPKI/AAAAAAAAGZc/E8VDURn9Y9A/s320/IMAG0237.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;LaBerge Grandparents&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g9Jy7FyGoSo/TjGfmjJiS8I/AAAAAAAAGZU/DrgnOarlQYE/s1600/IMAG0244.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634460093436283842" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g9Jy7FyGoSo/TjGfmjJiS8I/AAAAAAAAGZU/DrgnOarlQYE/s320/IMAG0244.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Christmas 3 Years Old&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rn7jBa2-ojI/TjGfmQNwLOI/AAAAAAAAGZM/m8tHLM9dd6Y/s1600/IMAG0255%2B%25281%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634460088353696994" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rn7jBa2-ojI/TjGfmQNwLOI/AAAAAAAAGZM/m8tHLM9dd6Y/s320/IMAG0255%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Leaf Bouquet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iF1-vgLqDTU/TjGfmL6348I/AAAAAAAAGZE/zVjauXSVzGU/s1600/IMAG0251.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634460087200768962" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iF1-vgLqDTU/TjGfmL6348I/AAAAAAAAGZE/zVjauXSVzGU/s320/IMAG0251.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Mr. Fox from Spring Creek, Mariah, and Justin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6110512829928219902?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6110512829928219902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6110512829928219902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/07/nostalgia-pictures-from-my-childhood.html' title='Nostalgia - Pictures from my Childhood'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CKQHB1Gajhw/TjGgqb1WbyI/AAAAAAAAGaE/wDIVaP92a4A/s72-c/IMAG0243.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4169576799902405428</id><published>2011-07-21T12:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T12:56:29.098-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby'/><title type='text'>Gordon's Pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cvmYgKcr8jw/TiiCYuNn9-I/AAAAAAAAGYc/OnLasCRqr6A/s1600/DSC_6539.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631894695260452834" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cvmYgKcr8jw/TiiCYuNn9-I/AAAAAAAAGYc/OnLasCRqr6A/s320/DSC_6539.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJbbjCdbJv4/TiiCYWtfwOI/AAAAAAAAGYU/4QuGhsBG1aA/s1600/DSC_6586.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631894688951681250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJbbjCdbJv4/TiiCYWtfwOI/AAAAAAAAGYU/4QuGhsBG1aA/s320/DSC_6586.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gwGZswLLwUo/TiiCYGnNjtI/AAAAAAAAGYM/XMbMOmgaKsI/s1600/DSC_6488.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631894684630355666" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gwGZswLLwUo/TiiCYGnNjtI/AAAAAAAAGYM/XMbMOmgaKsI/s320/DSC_6488.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q026krzSB_4/TiiCXmZhDoI/AAAAAAAAGYE/EhR_3v2-u5Y/s1600/DSC_6682.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NuEjOtXIVYE/TiiCXI9ik9I/AAAAAAAAGX8/OfVB_VTwoDs/s1600/DSC_6597.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631894668081009618" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NuEjOtXIVYE/TiiCXI9ik9I/AAAAAAAAGX8/OfVB_VTwoDs/s320/DSC_6597.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UwJ7NjxIOLc/TiiBNPR4EKI/AAAAAAAAGX0/937Ph0lssGc/s1600/6612%2B5x7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631893398466597026" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UwJ7NjxIOLc/TiiBNPR4EKI/AAAAAAAAGX0/937Ph0lssGc/s320/6612%2B5x7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fz4ZVFtqzCI/TiiBMVRbVVI/AAAAAAAAGXs/mn09lO_Va1I/s1600/DSC_6458.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631893382895457618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fz4ZVFtqzCI/TiiBMVRbVVI/AAAAAAAAGXs/mn09lO_Va1I/s320/DSC_6458.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sq0TLY8z_gI/TiiBMIrXExI/AAAAAAAAGXk/EwqIWPYMChE/s1600/6682%2B5x7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631893379514569490" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sq0TLY8z_gI/TiiBMIrXExI/AAAAAAAAGXk/EwqIWPYMChE/s320/6682%2B5x7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_y0QgtaA5zE/TiiBLhY6E_I/AAAAAAAAGXc/Wxh0p8SojpY/s1600/6557%2Bcopy%2B5x7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631893368968188914" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_y0QgtaA5zE/TiiBLhY6E_I/AAAAAAAAGXc/Wxh0p8SojpY/s320/6557%2Bcopy%2B5x7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ck7Ys4alZMk/TiiBLDYd8_I/AAAAAAAAGXU/QUyR7KGvvgM/s1600/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631893360913282034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ck7Ys4alZMk/TiiBLDYd8_I/AAAAAAAAGXU/QUyR7KGvvgM/s320/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4169576799902405428?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4169576799902405428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4169576799902405428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/07/gordons-pictures.html' title='Gordon&apos;s Pictures'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cvmYgKcr8jw/TiiCYuNn9-I/AAAAAAAAGYc/OnLasCRqr6A/s72-c/DSC_6539.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4518076373180445207</id><published>2011-07-12T07:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-12T08:02:24.843-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Walking'/><title type='text'>Gordon's First Walk</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe width="400" height="257" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ffFHkWWmXsk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4518076373180445207?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4518076373180445207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4518076373180445207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/07/gordons-first-walk.html' title='Gordon&apos;s First Walk'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ffFHkWWmXsk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1383383589859164318</id><published>2011-07-11T09:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T09:56:41.774-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Breakfast in Bed!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDMabu6wpFY/ThsqWKQ6IqI/AAAAAAAAGXM/VEJH8-oAbVA/s1600/breakfast%2Bin%2Bbed.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628138719530328738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDMabu6wpFY/ThsqWKQ6IqI/AAAAAAAAGXM/VEJH8-oAbVA/s320/breakfast%2Bin%2Bbed.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;I couldn't believe my little eyes when I woke up yesterday morning. Sunday mornings Eric usually wakes up early and attends meetings before church. Well, one of his meetings got canceled so he came home and made and delivered this tasty breakfast which consisted of egg scramble on toast, strawberries, and a fresh glass of OJ. The presentation was ADORABLE! Thanks honey, what a treat!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1383383589859164318?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1383383589859164318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1383383589859164318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/07/breakfast-in-bed.html' title='Breakfast in Bed!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDMabu6wpFY/ThsqWKQ6IqI/AAAAAAAAGXM/VEJH8-oAbVA/s72-c/breakfast%2Bin%2Bbed.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4436296119945034680</id><published>2011-07-11T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T09:50:10.089-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toys'/><title type='text'>Gordon and his shovel</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bwxKtMBpfhw/ThsoXjRedSI/AAAAAAAAGXE/SnJ7x-9vhsU/s1600/shovel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628136544400209186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bwxKtMBpfhw/ThsoXjRedSI/AAAAAAAAGXE/SnJ7x-9vhsU/s320/shovel.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;While we were at the beach with Justin and Crystal, Eric was playing with Gordon in the sand. They were having a great time and well Gordon had an even better time when he "discovered" this blue and orange shovel. Some other beach goers had this little gem and let Gordon play with it. Long story short, the nice family was packing up and Eric went to give them the shovel back and Gordon went CRAZY and would not give the shovel back (how embarrassing, is this really my child?!?) Well the family graciously gave Gordon the shovel and G played with it for the next 30 minutes until we left.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4436296119945034680?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4436296119945034680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4436296119945034680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/07/gordon-and-his-shovel.html' title='Gordon and his shovel'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bwxKtMBpfhw/ThsoXjRedSI/AAAAAAAAGXE/SnJ7x-9vhsU/s72-c/shovel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8710216968570881494</id><published>2011-07-11T09:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T09:42:34.118-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach'/><title type='text'>Beach Boy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bPFUypiK1_4/Thsmt09sidI/AAAAAAAAGW8/1ku4t5wxde4/s1600/beach%2Bboy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628134728082950610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bPFUypiK1_4/Thsmt09sidI/AAAAAAAAGW8/1ku4t5wxde4/s320/beach%2Bboy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On Saturday we met Justin and Crystal at Moonlight beach for a picnic. We had a lovely time as always. Gordon was in love with the water and sand, he couldn't stop smiling (that is until someone tried to take his shovel away - well actually it wasn't his shovel but one he found on the beach.) That little cutie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ySJi0N4waE/ThsmtcZwWqI/AAAAAAAAGW0/E-0KAI_n3ig/s1600/beach%2Bboy%2B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628134721489754786" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ySJi0N4waE/ThsmtcZwWqI/AAAAAAAAGW0/E-0KAI_n3ig/s320/beach%2Bboy%2B2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J, C, &amp;amp; G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SoAtFPBUJ6U/Thsmta0bjnI/AAAAAAAAGWs/DPEHUCQLQZU/s1600/beach%2Bboy%2B3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628134721064767090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SoAtFPBUJ6U/Thsmta0bjnI/AAAAAAAAGWs/DPEHUCQLQZU/s320/beach%2Bboy%2B3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Me and G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78AurMpRwGA/ThsmtEA75oI/AAAAAAAAGWk/SPmW_iRmKE4/s1600/beach%2Bboy%2B4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628134714943202946" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78AurMpRwGA/ThsmtEA75oI/AAAAAAAAGWk/SPmW_iRmKE4/s320/beach%2Bboy%2B4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WixL0SiyQ1E/Thsms-SjV_I/AAAAAAAAGWc/JkVYa6vXaGc/s1600/beach%2Bboy%2B5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628134713406478322" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WixL0SiyQ1E/Thsms-SjV_I/AAAAAAAAGWc/JkVYa6vXaGc/s320/beach%2Bboy%2B5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; E &amp;amp; G&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8710216968570881494?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8710216968570881494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8710216968570881494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/07/beach-boy.html' title='Beach Boy'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bPFUypiK1_4/Thsmt09sidI/AAAAAAAAGW8/1ku4t5wxde4/s72-c/beach%2Bboy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6133672614463402135</id><published>2011-07-03T21:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-04T12:11:17.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Mariah!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SBdo_4sPBZw/ThIQLVbcAqI/AAAAAAAAGVs/s1USQzDE92U/s1600/P1050211.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SBdo_4sPBZw/ThIQLVbcAqI/AAAAAAAAGVs/s1USQzDE92U/s320/P1050211.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625576671456002722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Happy Birthday to Gordon's Mommy! It seems like each July 3rd something crazy happens on Mariah's birthday which ends up with her birthday being put on the back burner. Mariah never complains and never gets sad, she never wants any material thing for her birthday or really thinks about herself. This year she did have one request.....the only thing she really wanted was for us to go to church together for the entire 3 hours. For the last 5 years, except during vacations, we never get to drive to church together and for the last 2.5 years we don't get to sit by each other during the first hour of church. Today we drove to church together and spent the whole time together as a little family. It really is the simple things in life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am so grateful for Mariah for being the best person I know, for being the best Mom, for loving Gordon more than anything, for being so patient and sweet to him and me no matter what we do, for helping me to be a better person, for being my best friend, for being the best teacher a 3rd grader could hope for, and for being the best wife in the world. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love Gordon and Eric&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-azpH7jvQ1hg/ThFBQReWcHI/AAAAAAAAGVc/VSMYpjPwG2w/s1600/P1050307.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 310px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-azpH7jvQ1hg/ThFBQReWcHI/AAAAAAAAGVc/VSMYpjPwG2w/s320/P1050307.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625349157386874994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6133672614463402135?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6133672614463402135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6133672614463402135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/07/happy-birthday-mariah.html' title='Happy Birthday Mariah!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SBdo_4sPBZw/ThIQLVbcAqI/AAAAAAAAGVs/s1USQzDE92U/s72-c/P1050211.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3099821973151762499</id><published>2011-06-22T21:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T21:14:58.208-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer'/><title type='text'>Gordon goes to preschool (sort of)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNuhhikjCN0/TgK8s6M17TI/AAAAAAAAGVM/DmaznwI5V2w/s1600/P1050349.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621262764635188530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNuhhikjCN0/TgK8s6M17TI/AAAAAAAAGVM/DmaznwI5V2w/s320/P1050349.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"I'm taking after my Grandpa John and his love for music! I rocked on this thing for a good 15 minutes"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6qDL5f0vyEI/TgK8st8s_2I/AAAAAAAAGVE/mj6k5Z-LM4U/s1600/P1050346.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621262761346269026" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6qDL5f0vyEI/TgK8st8s_2I/AAAAAAAAGVE/mj6k5Z-LM4U/s320/P1050346.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Our bookworm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h3PZT-3xVCs/TgK8sBShk7I/AAAAAAAAGU8/vLV_8XSmlXc/s1600/P1050337.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621262749358199730" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h3PZT-3xVCs/TgK8sBShk7I/AAAAAAAAGU8/vLV_8XSmlXc/s320/P1050337.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; "Who's going to play with me?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dz27M2-EikY/TgK8rrw-toI/AAAAAAAAGU0/UrEwAyTA47U/s1600/P1050343.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621262743580358274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dz27M2-EikY/TgK8rrw-toI/AAAAAAAAGU0/UrEwAyTA47U/s320/P1050343.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; "Look I can stand...for a second!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLYU4s1w7Zw/TgK8rXknwBI/AAAAAAAAGUs/s3VYEFMSa6k/s1600/P1050339.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621262738159812626" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLYU4s1w7Zw/TgK8rXknwBI/AAAAAAAAGUs/s3VYEFMSa6k/s320/P1050339.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;There is this amazing child development center close to home that is part of the San Diego First 5 program. It is basically a little preschool with a ton of different activities for the children to do. You chaperon your child while you are there but it's free and Gordon has so much fun, we've already been a few times and each time it's great.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3099821973151762499?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3099821973151762499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3099821973151762499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/gordon-goes-to-preschool-sort-of.html' title='Gordon goes to preschool (sort of)'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNuhhikjCN0/TgK8s6M17TI/AAAAAAAAGVM/DmaznwI5V2w/s72-c/P1050349.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8351823933044263596</id><published>2011-06-22T11:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T12:07:58.397-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Not really a hat man</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTAVF34BctY/TgI80t40nQI/AAAAAAAAGT8/qUa_l9ihssI/s1600/P1050319.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621122161280589058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTAVF34BctY/TgI80t40nQI/AAAAAAAAGT8/qUa_l9ihssI/s320/P1050319.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (A hat I made for a friends baby, I needed Gordon to try it on to see if it would fit.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I had high hopes that Gordon would be a hat man and would enjoy wearing hats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#1 because they keep the sun off his face,&lt;br /&gt;#2 I think they look cute, and&lt;br /&gt;#3 I love making them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, I've discovered that he is not fond of them at the present time (I'm sure he'll come around.) I love that in all of these pictures though Gordon is wearing a hat (only for about 10 second’s tops before he ripped them right off.) Maybe someday he'll enjoy wearing them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621120780876117730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--aNREM5HGgc/TgI7kXev9uI/AAAAAAAAGT0/E9xm2hJUcBg/s320/P1050329.JPG" /&gt; Carlsbad Beach Fest a few weekends ago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621120768427130114" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d0mC01qovfA/TgI7jpGrfQI/AAAAAAAAGTs/-PmZ6Q6r4Rc/s320/P1050328.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621120762614067186" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N433wMFQoBA/TgI7jTcvL_I/AAAAAAAAGTk/lAzA1RRwriU/s320/P1050323.JPG" /&gt;The amazing sand sculping that took place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8351823933044263596?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8351823933044263596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8351823933044263596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/not-really-hat-man.html' title='Not really a hat man'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTAVF34BctY/TgI80t40nQI/AAAAAAAAGT8/qUa_l9ihssI/s72-c/P1050319.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3531464831677644055</id><published>2011-06-22T10:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T12:30:42.943-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><title type='text'>Student Stores</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;For the last few years at school, the 3rd graders at our school have created their own “Student Stores.” This goes along with our classroom economy unit and it is such a wonderful, hands on way to learn about the economy. The students of course get super excited about starting their own business (some have business partners others opt to go out on their own and some even start with a partner but have to fire them mid way through because their partner isn’t pulling their weight – it’s pretty comical but such a valuable learning experience.) This year’s businesses were super cute and the students were so pumped about them, that they didn’t want to do anything else except for work on them, talk about them, and of course sell their product. It was great. Here are a couple of the student’s businesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Wo_KliSsqE/TgJBRogo80I/AAAAAAAAGUk/pRI5F8KXREs/s1600/P1050255.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621127056099701570" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Wo_KliSsqE/TgJBRogo80I/AAAAAAAAGUk/pRI5F8KXREs/s320/P1050255.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lY456ZEtI5E/TgJBRAYZ-RI/AAAAAAAAGUc/9Dqa_hi51Tw/s1600/P1050249.JPG"&gt;Stores are open for business&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621127045327747346" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lY456ZEtI5E/TgJBRAYZ-RI/AAAAAAAAGUc/9Dqa_hi51Tw/s320/P1050249.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Slime shop - did excellent business&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JarqC-4FI84/TgJBQ92OVOI/AAAAAAAAGUU/vZUglk_fOw0/s1600/P1050250.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621127044647507170" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JarqC-4FI84/TgJBQ92OVOI/AAAAAAAAGUU/vZUglk_fOw0/s320/P1050250.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book Store&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5AGTO9xy4B4/TgJBQXGRztI/AAAAAAAAGUM/FFn0tVuj1N0/s1600/P1050252.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621127034245861074" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5AGTO9xy4B4/TgJBQXGRztI/AAAAAAAAGUM/FFn0tVuj1N0/s320/P1050252.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eaKA5f9scMo/TgJBQFL01YI/AAAAAAAAGUE/qQMIpXs049M/s1600/P1050245.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621127029437289858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eaKA5f9scMo/TgJBQFL01YI/AAAAAAAAGUE/qQMIpXs049M/s320/P1050245.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3531464831677644055?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3531464831677644055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3531464831677644055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/student-stores.html' title='Student Stores'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Wo_KliSsqE/TgJBRogo80I/AAAAAAAAGUk/pRI5F8KXREs/s72-c/P1050255.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8597243983641871504</id><published>2011-06-20T10:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-20T10:17:21.372-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Father&apos;s Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Father'/><title type='text'>Happy 1st Father’s Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dDtdb9Wg8uk/Tf9_U2hpp-I/AAAAAAAAGTU/NMBojm3vgHU/s1600/eg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620350856192436194" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dDtdb9Wg8uk/Tf9_U2hpp-I/AAAAAAAAGTU/NMBojm3vgHU/s320/eg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Eric and Mr. Gordon reading a book together at church.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;From the moment I met Eric, I knew he had the dream to have his own family and to be father. In fact, when he was 15 years old he got his first pet, a cat named Smokey. Smokey slept in Eric’s bedroom (so that his dad wouldn’t find out about him) and of course so Eric could take excellent care of little Smokey. Eric did indeed treat Smokey like royalty - like the prince of all cats. So basically Eric was in “father training” way back when with Smokey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, fast forward several years and here we are and his dream (our dream) has come true. Eric is such a darling father. I love the way he lights up when he sees Gordon, hears Gordon’s little voice, talks about Gordon, or anything else that involves this little guy. It is an unconditional love that is really quite indescribable but it is surely felt. Thanks for loving our little boy so much and for being a TERRIFIC father! Happy 1st Father’s Day! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8597243983641871504?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8597243983641871504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8597243983641871504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/happy-1st-fathers-day.html' title='Happy 1st Father’s Day!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dDtdb9Wg8uk/Tf9_U2hpp-I/AAAAAAAAGTU/NMBojm3vgHU/s72-c/eg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-7330419889438201787</id><published>2011-06-13T20:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T21:02:01.499-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coupons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Couponing with Gordon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eYnUq6ea_MQ/TfbcxeaNMmI/AAAAAAAAGTM/VEvsefOX9qg/s1600/coupon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617920327725953634" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eYnUq6ea_MQ/TfbcxeaNMmI/AAAAAAAAGTM/VEvsefOX9qg/s320/coupon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon helped me coupon the other day (for a couple of minutes). However, literally within 2 minutes my living room was THRASHED and he was ready to watch his movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-7330419889438201787?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/7330419889438201787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/7330419889438201787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/couponing-with-gordon.html' title='Couponing with Gordon'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eYnUq6ea_MQ/TfbcxeaNMmI/AAAAAAAAGTM/VEvsefOX9qg/s72-c/coupon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8828193240032467653</id><published>2011-06-13T20:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T20:58:30.414-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Sleeping Boo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T01VNN3uTFo/TfbcEf9_JFI/AAAAAAAAGTE/AS-fj2JqFzo/s1600/b1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617919555050349650" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T01VNN3uTFo/TfbcEf9_JFI/AAAAAAAAGTE/AS-fj2JqFzo/s320/b1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ahhh, so cute!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sJLeNFFXc9s/TfbcD_ny6RI/AAAAAAAAGS8/tMiQtQwUUMw/s1600/b4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617919546367338770" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sJLeNFFXc9s/TfbcD_ny6RI/AAAAAAAAGS8/tMiQtQwUUMw/s320/b4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWKWw-JWBv8/TfbcDmcqKQI/AAAAAAAAGS0/h3aVc92E1ZI/s1600/b3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 191px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617919539609741570" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWKWw-JWBv8/TfbcDmcqKQI/AAAAAAAAGS0/h3aVc92E1ZI/s320/b3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Boo Boo sleep my love!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8828193240032467653?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8828193240032467653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8828193240032467653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/sleeping-boo.html' title='Sleeping Boo'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T01VNN3uTFo/TfbcEf9_JFI/AAAAAAAAGTE/AS-fj2JqFzo/s72-c/b1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1933433959309944803</id><published>2011-06-13T20:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T20:11:46.122-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Weeeee</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ws4BuF-PxpI/TfbRV4EEldI/AAAAAAAAGSs/fSGMSpbH6VI/s1600/swing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617907758948193746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ws4BuF-PxpI/TfbRV4EEldI/AAAAAAAAGSs/fSGMSpbH6VI/s320/swing.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We have been spending a lot of time at the park the last 2 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1933433959309944803?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1933433959309944803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1933433959309944803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/weeeee.html' title='Weeeee'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ws4BuF-PxpI/TfbRV4EEldI/AAAAAAAAGSs/fSGMSpbH6VI/s72-c/swing.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6092394025744741625</id><published>2011-06-13T20:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T20:08:31.100-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Seriously?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPc0z8FLTug/TfbQWUij-KI/AAAAAAAAGSk/ganEvtFGa3k/s1600/car.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617906667080644770" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPc0z8FLTug/TfbQWUij-KI/AAAAAAAAGSk/ganEvtFGa3k/s320/car.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When I walked out of Michaels today I saw this car parked next to mine? What the... is what I thought! Gordon even did a double take.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6092394025744741625?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6092394025744741625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6092394025744741625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/seriously.html' title='Seriously?'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPc0z8FLTug/TfbQWUij-KI/AAAAAAAAGSk/ganEvtFGa3k/s72-c/car.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-862444374627805188</id><published>2011-06-12T20:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T20:46:35.762-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Remote Control = Movie Time</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Let me preface this by saying that we don’t watch a ton of TV here at the house. However, since Gordon has joined our little family, we do now watch a lot of “Baby Einstein,” almost on a daily basis. I sometimes feel a little guilty but Gordon seriously LOVES it. In fact, now he scoots his little self over to the remote controls and points them at the TV. When he does this I always say, “Boo do you want to watch your movie?” After I ask him he smiles wide, does this darling little shimmy shake, and sometimes even claps his hands. How can I possibly say no?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617544609751459858" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-koynrFZH8Ko/TfWHDz4laBI/AAAAAAAAGSM/v-6NaW3e_I8/s320/P1050233.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Daddy, put my movie on please!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617544613815879634" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UC5wS_t6XyI/TfWHEDBnh9I/AAAAAAAAGSU/R0BwpzvUjuo/s320/P1050227.JPG" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-862444374627805188?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/862444374627805188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/862444374627805188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/remote-control-movie-time.html' title='Remote Control = Movie Time'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-koynrFZH8Ko/TfWHDz4laBI/AAAAAAAAGSM/v-6NaW3e_I8/s72-c/P1050233.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3820433323563484387</id><published>2011-06-08T21:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T21:14:49.982-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Busy Bee</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oIMHSmYbQNY/TfBIiEHBwGI/AAAAAAAAGSE/yP7GyQC856w/s1600/cleaning.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616068485386977378" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oIMHSmYbQNY/TfBIiEHBwGI/AAAAAAAAGSE/yP7GyQC856w/s320/cleaning.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon is into EVERYTHING these days, today he found the chocolates, that cutie!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3820433323563484387?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3820433323563484387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3820433323563484387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/busy-bee.html' title='Busy Bee'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oIMHSmYbQNY/TfBIiEHBwGI/AAAAAAAAGSE/yP7GyQC856w/s72-c/cleaning.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8482655511538110889</id><published>2011-06-04T20:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T20:20:48.440-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Milestones'/><title type='text'>Crawling School</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;We have enrolled Boo Boo in “crawling school.” Okay not really but Eric has taken it upon himself to get Gordon crawling (notice the picture of Eric teaching Gordon how to crawl). Super funny though, since Gordon just turned 1 year old last week and is still not crawling. He can scoot with the best of them and gets anywhere he wants and fast. It’s great though, people ask us all the time, “So is he crawling…walking…talking…etc” (the usual baby questions.) When we tell them that he is not crawling or walking yet we often get the response, “Have you taken him to the doctor? Is everything okay with him?” We just smile and tell them he is on his own time line and we love it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614568472015512738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XM0sPpbwBc0/Ter0Ry2XpKI/AAAAAAAAGRk/c0V37y9e1es/s320/P1050160.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614568479124614194" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7D7zwJQc7dQ/Ter0SNVT7DI/AAAAAAAAGRs/vKS8lKnWzHE/s320/P1050216.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614568459861259826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OMVbbMbVnHA/Ter0RFkkdjI/AAAAAAAAGRc/QCmfBhnhbhM/s320/P1050156.JPG" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nl8QFMneKQ4/Ter0Stje-JI/AAAAAAAAGR0/1ROVUsGYNdg/s1600/P1050202.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Boo Boo happy just sitting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sKaj_j9D8Oo/Ter0QserDoI/AAAAAAAAGRU/tM4qWsl-1Pg/s1600/P1050154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614568453125639810" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sKaj_j9D8Oo/Ter0QserDoI/AAAAAAAAGRU/tM4qWsl-1Pg/s320/P1050154.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Love this boy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8482655511538110889?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8482655511538110889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8482655511538110889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/crawling-school.html' title='Crawling School'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XM0sPpbwBc0/Ter0Ry2XpKI/AAAAAAAAGRk/c0V37y9e1es/s72-c/P1050160.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6056367447380357918</id><published>2011-06-03T17:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T19:56:40.116-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coupons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deals'/><title type='text'>Good deals</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KFjYKxgYDLo/TervdIeym6I/AAAAAAAAGRM/19eO8Tg0eTA/s1600/P1050318.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614563169242618786" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KFjYKxgYDLo/TervdIeym6I/AAAAAAAAGRM/19eO8Tg0eTA/s320/P1050318.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I haven't had a chance to do much couponing lately but I couldn't pass up this deal at Albertsons this week. For the 20 items - 8 pasta sauces, 6 salsas, 2 salad dressings, and 4 boxes of pasta it came to a total of $9.30. I was excited about this deal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6056367447380357918?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6056367447380357918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6056367447380357918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/good-deals.html' title='Good deals'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KFjYKxgYDLo/TervdIeym6I/AAAAAAAAGRM/19eO8Tg0eTA/s72-c/P1050318.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3523322661879755490</id><published>2011-06-03T11:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T19:50:28.268-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthdays'/><title type='text'>Don't babies like their birthday cake?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zAxUEFJ8fIk/TeruNGl68zI/AAAAAAAAGRE/X5T8PD4FZA0/s1600/P1050265.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614561794346119986" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zAxUEFJ8fIk/TeruNGl68zI/AAAAAAAAGRE/X5T8PD4FZA0/s320/P1050265.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I just love this "CELEBRATE" sign Katri made for Gordon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q8H2_jgbCmY/TekjVXo06tI/AAAAAAAAGQ8/Mg9C0OvvWeE/s1600/P1050315.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614057260523514578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q8H2_jgbCmY/TekjVXo06tI/AAAAAAAAGQ8/Mg9C0OvvWeE/s320/P1050315.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ready, set, eat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EOTVAYkGFuQ/TekjU7mLDFI/AAAAAAAAGQ0/zvIxBUQz7BA/s1600/P1050316.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614057252996189266" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EOTVAYkGFuQ/TekjU7mLDFI/AAAAAAAAGQ0/zvIxBUQz7BA/s320/P1050316.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Going in for the taste...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MPdjsUWOGMI/TekjUfRFL-I/AAAAAAAAGQs/xyffuAaJ3Fk/s1600/P1050313.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614057245391532002" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MPdjsUWOGMI/TekjUfRFL-I/AAAAAAAAGQs/xyffuAaJ3Fk/s320/P1050313.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; NOT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YlDJXgXJzoI/TekjT78oDeI/AAAAAAAAGQk/9oyx2rniJH4/s1600/P1050314.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614057235910495714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YlDJXgXJzoI/TekjT78oDeI/AAAAAAAAGQk/9oyx2rniJH4/s320/P1050314.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; So it turns out Gordon does NOT have a sweet tooth yet. He loves vegetables and does not care for fruit (weird???) I have to mix the veggies in with the fruit to "hide" the fruit taste. Well, the great debate in our house was what to do for Gordon's birthday and the cake situation. We opted to get Gordon a little mini carrot cupcake from Trader Joes (my favorite grocery store). So while all eyes were on Gordon, he looked at the cake, dipped his finger in the frosting, took one dainty taste, and proceeded to cough and make horrible faces. He then quickly pushed the cake away as fast as possible. That little boy I tell you. So there were no good messy face pictures, we tried it again a couple of days later and still the same thing. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3523322661879755490?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3523322661879755490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3523322661879755490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/06/dont-babies-like-their-birthday-cake.html' title='Don&apos;t babies like their birthday cake?'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zAxUEFJ8fIk/TeruNGl68zI/AAAAAAAAGRE/X5T8PD4FZA0/s72-c/P1050265.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4807111372242013797</id><published>2011-05-29T20:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T20:36:18.739-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthdays'/><title type='text'>Happy First Birthday Gordon!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k78ck8H58jY/TeMqC9NjZGI/AAAAAAAAGQY/CvJ3KQm8tSI/s1600/IMG_0906.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612375790913283170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k78ck8H58jY/TeMqC9NjZGI/AAAAAAAAGQY/CvJ3KQm8tSI/s320/IMG_0906.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;It's my birthday!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PKaloHhBvGU/TeMpWdbZxHI/AAAAAAAAGQQ/pXFLGBe1a1I/s1600/IMG_0909.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612375026467193970" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PKaloHhBvGU/TeMpWdbZxHI/AAAAAAAAGQQ/pXFLGBe1a1I/s320/IMG_0909.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Look at me, I can walk... ok not really, I can't even crawl yet, maybe someday!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UZbqjjLoOjs/TeMogn_oC4I/AAAAAAAAGQI/JXf2zWU_ejs/s1600/IMG_0913.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612374101590543234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UZbqjjLoOjs/TeMogn_oC4I/AAAAAAAAGQI/JXf2zWU_ejs/s320/IMG_0913.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Mommy and Gordon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dt9v9TJQQ5k/TeMjD9Nzm6I/AAAAAAAAGQA/yGo6Tsq6P00/s1600/IMG_0911.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612368111512820642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dt9v9TJQQ5k/TeMjD9Nzm6I/AAAAAAAAGQA/yGo6Tsq6P00/s320/IMG_0911.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A cute Hawaiin oufit from Uncle Justin and Aunt Crystal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3zgY1YmeI2s/TeMfB8wKN7I/AAAAAAAAGP4/aaIID2E5lK8/s1600/IMG_0895.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612363678982223794" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3zgY1YmeI2s/TeMfB8wKN7I/AAAAAAAAGP4/aaIID2E5lK8/s320/IMG_0895.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Aunt Crystal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7RIqg0LLq-Q/TeMaODusA8I/AAAAAAAAGPw/BJgjWZQ70Ms/s1600/IMG_0929.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612358389455389634" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7RIqg0LLq-Q/TeMaODusA8I/AAAAAAAAGPw/BJgjWZQ70Ms/s320/IMG_0929.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Adorable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gEu7AfQkFIM/TeMZBTLMoqI/AAAAAAAAGPo/iq5UpWlcNPs/s1600/IMG_0901.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612357070751572642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gEu7AfQkFIM/TeMZBTLMoqI/AAAAAAAAGPo/iq5UpWlcNPs/s320/IMG_0901.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Uncle Justin and Gordon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YWilo1yClZI/TeMPBJENNbI/AAAAAAAAGPg/HU7ZBt-iZ9s/s1600/fam%2Bmay%2B28%2B2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612346072921617842" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YWilo1yClZI/TeMPBJENNbI/AAAAAAAAGPg/HU7ZBt-iZ9s/s320/fam%2Bmay%2B28%2B2011.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Boo Boo is 1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4807111372242013797?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4807111372242013797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4807111372242013797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/happy-first-birthday-gordon.html' title='Happy First Birthday Gordon!!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k78ck8H58jY/TeMqC9NjZGI/AAAAAAAAGQY/CvJ3KQm8tSI/s72-c/IMG_0906.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-2463995167180801610</id><published>2011-05-24T19:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-24T19:58:42.731-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UOP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Friends!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KGRAiu-qPXw/Tdxu0hA1FyI/AAAAAAAAGPA/6X41kjxJjog/s1600/friends.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610481084290897698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KGRAiu-qPXw/Tdxu0hA1FyI/AAAAAAAAGPA/6X41kjxJjog/s320/friends.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt; I love this picture, it made me laugh! Great to have good buddies like Ashley! (Notice little Gordon and Eric to the left of the picture, cute boys!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-2463995167180801610?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2463995167180801610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2463995167180801610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/friends.html' title='Friends!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KGRAiu-qPXw/Tdxu0hA1FyI/AAAAAAAAGPA/6X41kjxJjog/s72-c/friends.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8009218531574756989</id><published>2011-05-22T12:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-22T20:01:22.972-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Garage Sale Finds</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHficb7bhps/TdlrA43QsRI/AAAAAAAAGO4/FZYFmxoGMbo/s1600/ribbon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609632473875001618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHficb7bhps/TdlrA43QsRI/AAAAAAAAGO4/FZYFmxoGMbo/s320/ribbon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Last weekend my neighbor was having a garage sale and I cruised by in the search of some baby gates. I didn’t find any gates but look what I did find! Yes, ribbon, lots and lots and lots of ribbon. In fact, 52 rolls to be exact (10 rolls of the 54 yard from Costco – most never even open), and tons more brand new ribbon. As I looked in the box and pulled out a few the lady having the sale walked over and said, “Oh my mother in law use to own a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store and this is some of the ribbon they used on their gift baskets. If you want the whole lot of them I’ll give it to you for $10.” Done I said and walked away with more ribbon than I know what to do with. In fact now I need to make a giant ribbon holder, luckily summer is approaching and hopefully I’ll be able to begin some projects. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8009218531574756989?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8009218531574756989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8009218531574756989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/garage-sale.html' title='Garage Sale Finds'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHficb7bhps/TdlrA43QsRI/AAAAAAAAGO4/FZYFmxoGMbo/s72-c/ribbon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5556258966332037014</id><published>2011-05-22T12:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-22T12:50:22.750-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Snuggles with Daddy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9X6h95dyzGM/Tdloed1dcjI/AAAAAAAAGOw/x87_K313C60/s1600/eg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609629683480883762" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9X6h95dyzGM/Tdloed1dcjI/AAAAAAAAGOw/x87_K313C60/s320/eg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Oh I love these boys. Yesterday morning I went for a little run around the neighborhood and when I returned, this is what I found. Sigh…precious! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5556258966332037014?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5556258966332037014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5556258966332037014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/snuggles-with-daddy.html' title='Snuggles with Daddy'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9X6h95dyzGM/Tdloed1dcjI/AAAAAAAAGOw/x87_K313C60/s72-c/eg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-862443439967081689</id><published>2011-05-16T20:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T20:39:08.238-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Where are all the binkies?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4qmlCin4IU/TdHqZds5IJI/AAAAAAAAGOo/x6yir9VgmO4/s1600/bink.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607520734243528850" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4qmlCin4IU/TdHqZds5IJI/AAAAAAAAGOo/x6yir9VgmO4/s320/bink.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Let’s face it, Gordon loves his binkies. The other day I went to put him to bed when to my dismay, I discovered that I couldn’t find a single binky (how could this be I thought?!?). Keep in mind I have sprinkled them, literally sprinkled them in his crib by the hand full. All of a sudden the thought dawned on me, “Could they have dropped behind his crib?” I pulled his crib out from the wall and EURKEA! 6, yes 6 precious little binkies lay waiting for my little boy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best part was that while I had pulled his crib out, he sat watching the whole thing. In excitement I shouted to Gordon that we had found the missing pacifiers, Gordon clapped as I pushed the crib back and showed my son the 6 little treasures cupped in both of my hands. I quickly washed them and laid them out in front of him. It was hilarious to watch him giggle with enthusiasm as he saw them all. He put one in his mouth and then would pull it out and put another one in. This continued for a good 10 minutes as he tried all of the binkies one after another after another. Oh this precious, funny, little boy! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-862443439967081689?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/862443439967081689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/862443439967081689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/where-are-all-binkies.html' title='Where are all the binkies?'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4qmlCin4IU/TdHqZds5IJI/AAAAAAAAGOo/x6yir9VgmO4/s72-c/bink.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-77704839246264044</id><published>2011-05-16T20:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T20:23:02.262-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Which Wich?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BGbOxlcZdW0/TdHp_YqwY_I/AAAAAAAAGOg/vcMTHqv9NCg/s1600/whichwich.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607520286215791602" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BGbOxlcZdW0/TdHp_YqwY_I/AAAAAAAAGOg/vcMTHqv9NCg/s320/whichwich.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eric and I discovered our new favorite sandwich place in Carlsbad called, WhichWich. It’s super tasty. Basically, you mark on a pre-printed sandwich bag the type of sandwich you want. You get to choose the bread (toasted or not), cheese, meat, spreads, and veggies. It is prepared just the way you want it and is delivered in your personalized sandwich bag. It’s so fun we love it!&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607520041560169682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fqkPll_f2NE/TdHpxJQT3NI/AAAAAAAAGOQ/dEwoZUIuCUs/s320/which.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-77704839246264044?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/77704839246264044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/77704839246264044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/which-wich.html' title='Which Wich?'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BGbOxlcZdW0/TdHp_YqwY_I/AAAAAAAAGOg/vcMTHqv9NCg/s72-c/whichwich.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-836846448892537117</id><published>2011-05-11T20:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T13:37:48.165-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mother&apos;s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Mother's Day Weekend</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;We had a lovely Mother’s Day weekend here which consisted of spending time with family and friends, going to church, eating a yummy breakfast &amp;amp; BBQ - compliments of Eric, and enjoying some nice walks on the beach, it was great. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605673313357753986" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gFWPqXDAHSw/TctaLamTboI/AAAAAAAAGN4/sit8AsjB818/s320/P1050146.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605673317516997362" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6B8v4tc2fuI/TctaLqF8cvI/AAAAAAAAGOA/2OjgNfemlfA/s320/P1050148.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605675654488069682" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lfj7MjZLBk4/TctcTr_RFjI/AAAAAAAAGOI/YuogVN5VIkE/s320/P1050145.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Josh and Hayley were out here visiting from SLC and were able to spend a couple of nights with us. Gordon loved the extra attention but kept us all up on Friday night by waking up, oh I don’t know, maybe 4-5 times. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Well, low and behold yesterday I discovered the little rascal just got his 2 top teeth in (which gives him a grand total of four teeth, the two bottom and now the two top.). So I’m assuming his little mouth was hurting him, poor baby!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i6vjTXV1guw/TctaKRoGSRI/AAAAAAAAGNo/uJd63uN81TQ/s1600/P1050141.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605673293769492754" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i6vjTXV1guw/TctaKRoGSRI/AAAAAAAAGNo/uJd63uN81TQ/s320/P1050141.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Whenever Gordon wants "up" now he raises his little hands above his head, it's so darling!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDKW5k4I1ww/TctaKPKTdUI/AAAAAAAAGNg/QgELSZCb_MI/s1600/P1050127.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605673293107656002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDKW5k4I1ww/TctaKPKTdUI/AAAAAAAAGNg/QgELSZCb_MI/s320/P1050127.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt; My sweet friend Katy gave this "magical cube" to Gordon and he is in LOVE with it, it's such a fun toy and does everything! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-836846448892537117?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/836846448892537117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/836846448892537117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/mothers-day-weekend.html' title='Mother&apos;s Day Weekend'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gFWPqXDAHSw/TctaLamTboI/AAAAAAAAGN4/sit8AsjB818/s72-c/P1050146.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8760139339551723402</id><published>2011-05-09T21:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T21:09:57.564-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exercise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Soccer at the YMCA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i6ESFRfhP1Q/Tci5lzPqLCI/AAAAAAAAGNY/x4XD4BmCFO8/s1600/ymca.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 183px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 196px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604933795324767266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i6ESFRfhP1Q/Tci5lzPqLCI/AAAAAAAAGNY/x4XD4BmCFO8/s320/ymca.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; Tonight was my first soccer game back at the Y since Gordon was born. Oh it felt awesome to be back running around on the field, I loved it! A few weeks ago when I was in Stockton, I found out that a couple of the girls I played soccer with in college play down here together. I was able to join their team which is so fun. I'm looking forward to getting some good exercise in the upcoming weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8760139339551723402?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8760139339551723402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8760139339551723402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/soccer-at-ymca.html' title='Soccer at the YMCA'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i6ESFRfhP1Q/Tci5lzPqLCI/AAAAAAAAGNY/x4XD4BmCFO8/s72-c/ymca.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-359775356136489787</id><published>2011-05-03T20:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T20:50:08.141-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Walks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach'/><title type='text'>Boo Boo's Ear</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jK3HfwovJ5A/TcDHdF4q70I/AAAAAAAAGNQ/1aBvn0Ydw0c/s1600/ear.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602697239058902850" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jK3HfwovJ5A/TcDHdF4q70I/AAAAAAAAGNQ/1aBvn0Ydw0c/s320/ear.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;Tonight when Eric got home from work we went for a walk down at the beach. It was just perfect, the sun was setting, we were in shorts and tee-shirts, and we were together, it doesn't get much better. It felt like we were on vacation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;On the way home though, Gordon was getting tired and started pulling his little ear. I always feel badly when we don't get him to bed before he has to start pulling his ear or vocalizing his tiredness. As soon as we got home though, we rushed him up for a quick bath, one book, and then in bed with "Dog, Dog." What a lovely Tuesday evening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-359775356136489787?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/359775356136489787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/359775356136489787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/boo-boos-ear.html' title='Boo Boo&apos;s Ear'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jK3HfwovJ5A/TcDHdF4q70I/AAAAAAAAGNQ/1aBvn0Ydw0c/s72-c/ear.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4924649308287874992</id><published>2011-05-03T20:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T20:25:34.586-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gifts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Celebrate</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OIODYF6ZCqc/TcDDgpk4rVI/AAAAAAAAGNI/XzREVtcUFzQ/s1600/celebrate.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602692902132690258" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OIODYF6ZCqc/TcDDgpk4rVI/AAAAAAAAGNI/XzREVtcUFzQ/s320/celebrate.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Look what Katri made Gordon for his birthday. We couldn't wait to hang it up until his birthday (May 30th) so here it is, we love it! Thank you Aunt Katri!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4924649308287874992?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4924649308287874992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4924649308287874992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/celebrate.html' title='Celebrate'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OIODYF6ZCqc/TcDDgpk4rVI/AAAAAAAAGNI/XzREVtcUFzQ/s72-c/celebrate.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8547906764551402964</id><published>2011-05-03T19:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T20:06:11.069-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UOP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Couple more awards pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6rpPa8hBMMs/TcDBLT6umlI/AAAAAAAAGNA/Ztfv9zs2Kx8/s1600/P1050092.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602690336518216274" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6rpPa8hBMMs/TcDBLT6umlI/AAAAAAAAGNA/Ztfv9zs2Kx8/s320/P1050092.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e4HATctJnp0/TcDBLJc7UYI/AAAAAAAAGM4/fLGpVHcdJ8o/s1600/P1050088.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602690333708865922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e4HATctJnp0/TcDBLJc7UYI/AAAAAAAAGM4/fLGpVHcdJ8o/s320/P1050088.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We just couldn't get that cute little hand out of his mouth. Oh well. These are the shirts Keith made for us, they are so comfy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8547906764551402964?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8547906764551402964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8547906764551402964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/05/couple-more-awards-pictures.html' title='Couple more awards pictures'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6rpPa8hBMMs/TcDBLT6umlI/AAAAAAAAGNA/Ztfv9zs2Kx8/s72-c/P1050092.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8232571384800590581</id><published>2011-04-30T20:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-30T21:21:46.860-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>UOP/Father Hall of Fame Weekend</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601593542261062002" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y0vVohcb1ok/Tbzbpe6XuXI/AAAAAAAAGMw/bfdhdHB7-xE/s320/P1050018.JPG" /&gt;Last weekend Eric, Gordon, and I made a marathon trip to Stockton (we left at 3:00 am Saturday morning) and left after church on Sunday morning. We went to Stockton because the 1998 soccer team I was on was inducted into the University of the Pacific’s Hall of Fame and it was alumni weekend. Keith and Vern (our coaches) put together a lovely weekend for all of the returning alumni which consisted of, a 7 a-side game, BBQ, egg hunt, activities, and they even made us really cool dri-fit shirts, I love mine. It was great to see my old teammates and reminisce about “the good ol’ days.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601593536282534050" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqpZd4eFp-c/TbzbpIo-oKI/AAAAAAAAGMo/6rEMxvzopjE/s320/P1050056.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Along with my team being inducted, I inducted Eric into the “Father Hall of Fame.” I’m telling you, Eric was such a trooper. He took care of our little man while I got to enjoy the festivities. In fact, during the Hall of Fame ceremony little Gordon decided he was ready for bed but because there was so much going on he didn’t want to miss on the action so he just kind of fussed. So Eric in his suit, tie, and dress shoes passed back and forth for over an hour and Gordon still didn’t go to sleep, that little stinker. Eric is always so patient with him and I just love watching him take such good care of our little boy. I love the way Eric looks at Gordon and holds his little head in his hand. I love the way he gives Gordon little kisses on the top of his head. I love that Eric loves being a father and in my eyes he should be inducted in the Father Hall of Fame if there ever was one. Thanks Love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IzXCJuK5-No/Tbzboh5PKcI/AAAAAAAAGMg/vmo-uNunYK4/s1600/P1050059.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601593525881743810" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IzXCJuK5-No/Tbzboh5PKcI/AAAAAAAAGMg/vmo-uNunYK4/s320/P1050059.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The awards ceremony&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601593523685821858" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mtgQg5L2JPQ/TbzboZtsDaI/AAAAAAAAGMY/iL_0fqRFIKc/s320/P1050048.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;We walked around campus after the game and BBQ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601593512621231666" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0mOeD1ffpI/TbzbnwfrzjI/AAAAAAAAGMQ/OQqnu_i0nl8/s320/P1050042.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Family pic on the old stompin' grounds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586863380960658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BtnCLbnkpyU/TbzVkuJRFZI/AAAAAAAAGMI/gZO1wumO_-Q/s320/P1050030.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Gordon and the egg hunt. Since he's still not crawling or walking we delivered 2 eggs to him. He had loads of fun with them,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586852375750546" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gjUUDuIEzE0/TbzVkFJa55I/AAAAAAAAGMA/CH_B4mVg5gc/s320/P1050028.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ashley (aka "Black Widow) Me (aka "Yellow Jacket"). One of my old teammates and roommates. I'm not sure where we got those silly names but they are funny!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586846994819570" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VZ9hK-AfBgQ/TbzVjxGgafI/AAAAAAAAGL4/9mZYcjV6hwM/s320/P1050037.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Nessa, Caitlin, Mr. Boo, &amp;amp; me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586842631755938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q0sqoHqApdw/TbzVjg2RWKI/AAAAAAAAGLw/Ww-0SUYpeXE/s320/P1050075.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Our locker room with the new shirts Keith &amp;amp; Vern made for us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KETiQHpJgWI/TbzVjZa0JjI/AAAAAAAAGLo/ICEucl2fbTE/s1600/P1050073.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586840637548082" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KETiQHpJgWI/TbzVjZa0JjI/AAAAAAAAGLo/ICEucl2fbTE/s320/P1050073.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GvWcewHwtMI/TbzR0f9j5vI/AAAAAAAAGLg/d3zQFx1EeL0/s1600/P1050079.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601582736405161714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GvWcewHwtMI/TbzR0f9j5vI/AAAAAAAAGLg/d3zQFx1EeL0/s320/P1050079.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We went to Europe my senior year and they had one of our jerseys framed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Berj75r3pVs/TbzR0CnGWNI/AAAAAAAAGLY/GQsYYdagtd4/s1600/P1050045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601582728526321874" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Berj75r3pVs/TbzR0CnGWNI/AAAAAAAAGLY/GQsYYdagtd4/s320/P1050045.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eric &amp;amp; Power cat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kMyxyaZlOes/TbzRz-nB6EI/AAAAAAAAGLQ/jbPsi1NekeE/s1600/P1050051.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601582727452289090" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kMyxyaZlOes/TbzRz-nB6EI/AAAAAAAAGLQ/jbPsi1NekeE/s320/P1050051.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My Freshman year dorms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-koynCpe3dos/TbzRzoWLlHI/AAAAAAAAGLI/98LncFeiGgk/s1600/P1050053.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601582721476039794" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-koynCpe3dos/TbzRzoWLlHI/AAAAAAAAGLI/98LncFeiGgk/s320/P1050053.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Moved across the street to the DG house for a semester.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pjgLoPEmYco/TbzRzHpUjbI/AAAAAAAAGLA/0u8o97eXaF0/s1600/P1050123.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601582712697949618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pjgLoPEmYco/TbzRzHpUjbI/AAAAAAAAGLA/0u8o97eXaF0/s320/P1050123.JPG" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Senior &amp;amp; Graduate years lived in Monagan Hall right across the street from the Church.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8232571384800590581?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8232571384800590581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8232571384800590581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/uopfather-hall-of-fame-weekend.html' title='UOP/Father Hall of Fame Weekend'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y0vVohcb1ok/Tbzbpe6XuXI/AAAAAAAAGMw/bfdhdHB7-xE/s72-c/P1050018.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-427391258231721646</id><published>2011-04-30T20:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-30T20:09:14.517-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Mr. Boo feeds himself</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ENyQ2ZOaaMo/TbzN7U6WUxI/AAAAAAAAGK4/KOZ1fCdvMoU/s1600/P1050012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ENyQ2ZOaaMo/TbzN7U6WUxI/AAAAAAAAGK4/KOZ1fCdvMoU/s320/P1050012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601578455651472146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9uabWboZh3s/TbzN7KX059I/AAAAAAAAGKw/0jAUMLRRVO4/s1600/P1050013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9uabWboZh3s/TbzN7KX059I/AAAAAAAAGKw/0jAUMLRRVO4/s320/P1050013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601578452822321106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gordon, 11 months now, thinks he is proficient in feeding himself.  He is such a cutie!  Meal time is much messier than in earlier months but it's all good.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-427391258231721646?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/427391258231721646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/427391258231721646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/mr-boo-feeds-himself.html' title='Mr. Boo feeds himself'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ENyQ2ZOaaMo/TbzN7U6WUxI/AAAAAAAAGK4/KOZ1fCdvMoU/s72-c/P1050012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1765749271475479937</id><published>2011-04-30T19:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-30T19:59:42.722-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Eric's Back!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_EKjX6ixNMc/TbzLzI_C-mI/AAAAAAAAGKo/ZTyy6DWswAE/s1600/dinner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_EKjX6ixNMc/TbzLzI_C-mI/AAAAAAAAGKo/ZTyy6DWswAE/s320/dinner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601576115987741282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LUXQ8oaJ1Fc/TbzLy98CQ6I/AAAAAAAAGKg/SGw49Ja0Dk0/s1600/gande.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LUXQ8oaJ1Fc/TbzLy98CQ6I/AAAAAAAAGKg/SGw49Ja0Dk0/s320/gande.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601576113022321570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sigh… Tax season is over (well that is until September 15th.)  It’s been a treat to have Eric around more lately.  This cute little guy even had time to make a delicious dinner of quesadillas, salsa, and some guac.  We have discovered the uncooked tortillas from Costco and let me tell you, they are a treat!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1765749271475479937?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1765749271475479937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1765749271475479937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/erics-back.html' title='Eric&apos;s Back!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_EKjX6ixNMc/TbzLzI_C-mI/AAAAAAAAGKo/ZTyy6DWswAE/s72-c/dinner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-997325899860891022</id><published>2011-04-25T20:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T20:17:19.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dayton's Legs - Koehle FHE</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" width="420" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bwwxBjpvDVQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of love, a 13-year-old boy in Arizona pushed himself to the limit so that his friend, who has cerebral palsy, could participate with him in a triathlon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-997325899860891022?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/997325899860891022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/997325899860891022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/daytons-legs-koehle-fhe.html' title='Dayton&apos;s Legs - Koehle FHE'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/bwwxBjpvDVQ/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4525938579511082653</id><published>2011-04-20T19:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T20:07:41.961-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Justin &amp; Gordon</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597865868263215570" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-82vunOUnbhQ/Ta-dWTIc0dI/AAAAAAAAGGo/mf1BWTvAJPU/s320/b%2Band%2Bg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y4aF7kNv8LA/TbDw7khMFZI/AAAAAAAAGG0/rS06kX41SB0/s1600/bandg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598239243027355026" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y4aF7kNv8LA/TbDw7khMFZI/AAAAAAAAGG0/rS06kX41SB0/s320/bandg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Gordon LOVES my cute brother and his sweet girlfriend Crystal. Crystal just ran the La Jolla half marathon this past weekend and did great! Congrats Crystal on your accomplishment, very cool! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4525938579511082653?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4525938579511082653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4525938579511082653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/justing-gordon.html' title='Justin &amp; Gordon'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-82vunOUnbhQ/Ta-dWTIc0dI/AAAAAAAAGGo/mf1BWTvAJPU/s72-c/b%2Band%2Bg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6899900560184652677</id><published>2011-04-17T19:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T20:21:14.185-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Running'/><title type='text'>Ragnar Relay</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;This past weekend I had the opportunity to run a Ragnar Relay from Huntington Beach to Coronado. The Southern California Ragnar race is an overnight running relay that covers 200 miles. I was a bit nervous because the legs that I ran covered about 21 miles and I was not able to train as much as I would have liked. However, it went well and it was a really fun weekend. My amazing mom (aka Mary Poppins) came down to watch Mr. Boo too, so the weekend was quite a treat. Overall, FUN experience&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596746088281406354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dbqNxmylFw0/Taui6hoR-5I/AAAAAAAAGFw/qXEN6JtM850/s320/ragnar1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Icing on the cake... Nessa came down from Oakdale to run the race as well, she was a machine sprinting up 1,000 feet inclines. My mom and I came up with conclusion that... "She just can't help herself!" Love you Nessa, great to see you and your beautiful family! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596757370783401250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x0jhr3pg8Kw/TautLQOYBSI/AAAAAAAAGGI/2GsVCzlmCZU/s320/grp2.jpg" /&gt;The Team&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596756056565091602" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TAU1tU3WvLE/Taur-wYUDRI/AAAAAAAAGF4/5nf8mO0XQb4/s320/sign.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Michelle made these awesome signs for our vans along with the shirts. Our team name was "Stay Classy San Diego" and we did a spin off of the movie Anchor Man (which I have yet to see, oops - although Eric said I did see it but I just don't remember. Oh well!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596746086048805746" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A66nxopQmbQ/Taui6ZT_M3I/AAAAAAAAGFo/bBDqdgtmstY/s320/ragnar7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596757369300562290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7y-85u4O5J4/TautLKs1sXI/AAAAAAAAGGA/AOMxi1Dk9rc/s320/grp.jpg" /&gt; A couple of us on the course &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NKKjCrD13ic/Taui6Rkb1LI/AAAAAAAAGFg/I_czteqY8Xg/s1600/ragnar6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596746083970307250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NKKjCrD13ic/Taui6Rkb1LI/AAAAAAAAGFg/I_czteqY8Xg/s320/ragnar6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Brooke was SO nice to let us stay at her house for a few hours during the race, thanks a bunch! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hhDwLt_bCcE/TauisJInYoI/AAAAAAAAGFY/8xgVlpp42Mg/s1600/ragnar5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596745841187971714" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hhDwLt_bCcE/TauisJInYoI/AAAAAAAAGFY/8xgVlpp42Mg/s320/ragnar5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J5Us4JcPltQ/TauirwW4_zI/AAAAAAAAGFQ/9JT_TfQnQvw/s1600/ragnar4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596745834536959794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J5Us4JcPltQ/TauirwW4_zI/AAAAAAAAGFQ/9JT_TfQnQvw/s320/ragnar4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-foQHmAK_pug/TauirFeVX0I/AAAAAAAAGFI/DNamrDuCxgY/s1600/ragnar3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596745823025454914" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-foQHmAK_pug/TauirFeVX0I/AAAAAAAAGFI/DNamrDuCxgY/s320/ragnar3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mr. Boo paid us a little visit on Saturday afternoon with Eric and mom! It was great to see them, I missed them a lot (I was only gone for like 36 hours but it's the longest I've been away from my little one.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThZlsQi0VtE/TauiqxMoHNI/AAAAAAAAGFA/2ZnEb1CZAKg/s1600/ragnar2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596745817582476498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThZlsQi0VtE/TauiqxMoHNI/AAAAAAAAGFA/2ZnEb1CZAKg/s320/ragnar2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Van 2 gals - Stay Classy SD. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CyZCH6OrO9Q/TauiqlAbOQI/AAAAAAAAGE4/aYguwWvwVvA/s1600/ragnar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596745814310074626" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CyZCH6OrO9Q/TauiqlAbOQI/AAAAAAAAGE4/aYguwWvwVvA/s320/ragnar.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Some little treat bags I made before the race.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6899900560184652677?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6899900560184652677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6899900560184652677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/ragnar-relay.html' title='Ragnar Relay'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dbqNxmylFw0/Taui6hoR-5I/AAAAAAAAGFw/qXEN6JtM850/s72-c/ragnar1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3879619999484652407</id><published>2011-04-17T19:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T20:28:02.860-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Break'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Me &amp; G</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JVQguYcYrig/TauvVezc6HI/AAAAAAAAGGQ/coG_56jZDLI/s1600/m%2526g.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596759745518954610" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JVQguYcYrig/TauvVezc6HI/AAAAAAAAGGQ/coG_56jZDLI/s320/m%2526g.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ovcr spring break Gordon and I had a little play date with Brooke and her kids at Kidsville. Gordon had a great time with all of the toys and people watching.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3879619999484652407?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3879619999484652407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3879619999484652407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/me-g.html' title='Me &amp; G'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JVQguYcYrig/TauvVezc6HI/AAAAAAAAGGQ/coG_56jZDLI/s72-c/m%2526g.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5749908552782929758</id><published>2011-04-11T23:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T23:06:28.341-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Family Home Evening the Last Two Mondays: Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1xVw6PsSinI?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="400" allowfullscreen=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See it here&lt;br /&gt;http://www.youtube.com/user/MormonMessages#p/c/0/1xVw6PsSinI&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5749908552782929758?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5749908552782929758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5749908552782929758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/joseph-smith-prophet-of-restoration.html' title='Family Home Evening the Last Two Mondays: Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/1xVw6PsSinI/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6806216586200777502</id><published>2011-04-06T11:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T16:20:00.809-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Favorites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toys'/><title type='text'>Dog-Dog</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0VIOIPSQw9w/TZy3KCaoK7I/AAAAAAAAGEs/_Tp7qFIHgLg/s1600/dog%2Bdog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592546220362443698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0VIOIPSQw9w/TZy3KCaoK7I/AAAAAAAAGEs/_Tp7qFIHgLg/s320/dog%2Bdog.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Katri bought "Dog-dog" for Gordon at Christmas and let me tell you it was LOVE at first sight. Gordon snuggles with Dog-dog and every night when he goes to sleep, Dog-dog ends up on top of his head. This was Gordon taking his morning nap, it doesn't get much better than that! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6806216586200777502?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6806216586200777502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6806216586200777502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/dog-dog.html' title='Dog-Dog'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0VIOIPSQw9w/TZy3KCaoK7I/AAAAAAAAGEs/_Tp7qFIHgLg/s72-c/dog%2Bdog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-4075893774619696149</id><published>2011-04-06T10:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T10:41:27.978-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>The scavenger</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XDRhPyIIr9g/TZyjQg3ujEI/AAAAAAAAGEk/o9XnTyyOCyY/s1600/g.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592524341384219714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XDRhPyIIr9g/TZyjQg3ujEI/AAAAAAAAGEk/o9XnTyyOCyY/s320/g.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Yesterday, I began some spring cleaning and oh it felt SO good. One of the things I put in my “Good Will” pile were 4 large boxes of my old soccer and softball trophies. I took a few pictures of them and then hauled them into my car. As I pulled up to my local Am vets ready to donate, there were two other cars that pulled up at the same time. The three of us were unloading our goods when I noticed that both of these folks were donating some nice looking baby toys. As they were unloading the toys, I asked the one gentleman if he would be willing to let me have his baby bouncer (sure Gordon is too big for it now but I mean it was in mint condition and hopefully there will be another Koehle kiddo someday). He gladly let me take it and asked if I wanted any of the other things he was giving, it was AWESOME, a total score! Then, it gets better, the lady next to me who was unloading was donating this “Little Tikes” treasure. I again asked if I could have it, she to happily gave it to me and then she looked at a hefty box of picture frames I was donating and asked if she could have them. I was so excited to be able to give her something in return for getting this little gem for Gordon. Gordon has had a great time playing with his new toy the last two days. I felt like such a scavenger, what a great feeling&lt;/span&gt;! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-4075893774619696149?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4075893774619696149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/4075893774619696149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/scavenger.html' title='The scavenger'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XDRhPyIIr9g/TZyjQg3ujEI/AAAAAAAAGEk/o9XnTyyOCyY/s72-c/g.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6723692779944514268</id><published>2011-04-02T21:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T22:03:53.092-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gordon's Giggles in the Morning</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" width="400" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gtz8l4N6y0k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6723692779944514268?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6723692779944514268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6723692779944514268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/gordons-giggles-in-morning.html' title='Gordon&apos;s Giggles in the Morning'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/gtz8l4N6y0k/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6047791960856365532</id><published>2011-04-02T19:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T20:05:17.411-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parents'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Break'/><title type='text'>Spring Break is Great!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kI-AG_4iASU/TZfiWjCi80I/AAAAAAAAGEQ/BkvJ0eXnBgQ/s1600/monkey%2B2"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591186339394679618" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kI-AG_4iASU/TZfiWjCi80I/AAAAAAAAGEQ/BkvJ0eXnBgQ/s320/monkey%2B2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mom and dad brought Gordon back this darling little outfit from Thailand. It's so funny because it's got anelephant on the front with a floppy ear and a little rope tail. Gordon keeps pulling the little tail and is completely amused with it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8rgeozcP5v4/TZfiRMy9DgI/AAAAAAAAGEI/0q_JdXuZLMA/s1600/monkey"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591186247524355586" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8rgeozcP5v4/TZfiRMy9DgI/AAAAAAAAGEI/0q_JdXuZLMA/s320/monkey" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mr. Boo loves playing with daddy's shoes. &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FWP05hKsN2o/TZfiQ6Iv9YI/AAAAAAAAGEA/D0O30QFad5c/s1600/spring%2Bbreak%2B4"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591186242515498370" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FWP05hKsN2o/TZfiQ6Iv9YI/AAAAAAAAGEA/D0O30QFad5c/s320/spring%2Bbreak%2B4" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ROGM9sB9sEM/TZfiQyQivZI/AAAAAAAAGD4/Y1FDuOFZ9n8/s1600/spring%2Bbreak%2B3"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591186240400702866" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ROGM9sB9sEM/TZfiQyQivZI/AAAAAAAAGD4/Y1FDuOFZ9n8/s320/spring%2Bbreak%2B3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon got his first free "Kids Meal" at Pat and Oscars with little Saylor this week too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p5GbTxhru08/TZfiQlt8ndI/AAAAAAAAGDw/OoZPs-iWVcM/s1600/spring%2Bbreak%2B2"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591186237034372562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p5GbTxhru08/TZfiQlt8ndI/AAAAAAAAGDw/OoZPs-iWVcM/s320/spring%2Bbreak%2B2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My amazing parents have completely weeded, mowed, gardened, and beautified our back yard. We love having them here visiting, although they always work too hard when they come. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bKYcwg3WQC0/TZfiQSgM34I/AAAAAAAAGDo/7R7oadIS_O4/s1600/spring%2Bbreak"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591186231876444034" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bKYcwg3WQC0/TZfiQSgM34I/AAAAAAAAGDo/7R7oadIS_O4/s320/spring%2Bbreak" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Dad getting things in order.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6047791960856365532?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6047791960856365532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6047791960856365532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-break-is-great.html' title='Spring Break is Great!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kI-AG_4iASU/TZfiWjCi80I/AAAAAAAAGEQ/BkvJ0eXnBgQ/s72-c/monkey%2B2' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-591085189312535167</id><published>2011-04-02T19:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T19:49:49.250-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Break'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Water Baby</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--unRgAVs7T0/TZffYhMJvdI/AAAAAAAAGDg/os9cHlzkCI0/s1600/swim%2Bg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591183074722954706" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--unRgAVs7T0/TZffYhMJvdI/AAAAAAAAGDg/os9cHlzkCI0/s320/swim%2Bg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;My buddy Tina gave Gordon this little kiddy pool and we tried it out for the first time this week. SUCCESS!!! Gordon was enthralled, couldn't stop giggling, and was spinning around and around in circles nonstop for over an hour. It was just darling! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LxAnWRgrWOc/TZffYrBLNBI/AAAAAAAAGDY/jJ4gdpmQyhw/s1600/swim%2Bg%2B2"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591183077361267730" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LxAnWRgrWOc/TZffYrBLNBI/AAAAAAAAGDY/jJ4gdpmQyhw/s320/swim%2Bg%2B2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; I think we've got a water baby on our hands. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-591085189312535167?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/591085189312535167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/591085189312535167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/water-baby.html' title='Water Baby'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--unRgAVs7T0/TZffYhMJvdI/AAAAAAAAGDg/os9cHlzkCI0/s72-c/swim%2Bg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3941427658300275390</id><published>2011-04-02T19:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T19:45:03.186-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doctor&apos;s'/><title type='text'>Gordon's 9-10 month check up</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZQZupsnU3U/TZfdc8SPSII/AAAAAAAAGDQ/j__T8PFftiU/s1600/g1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591180951692462210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZQZupsnU3U/TZfdc8SPSII/AAAAAAAAGDQ/j__T8PFftiU/s320/g1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Gordon had his 9-10 month check up on Monday. He weighs 19lbs 14oz (25%tile), height 29" (75%tile) following in his daddy's footsteps. When we went for his check up they told me to put him in the "baby robe." As soon as I got it on him, he already had his arm slipped out of it and wanted NOTHING, I mean nothing to do with the baby robe. You can see I tried to capture a shot with him in it, he looked quite cute in it. They also gave him a book too which he was thrilled with (he LOVES books!) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l_YssI84HRE/TZfdczE1LaI/AAAAAAAAGDI/yRrFqE2Y4yQ/s1600/g2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591180949220306338" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l_YssI84HRE/TZfdczE1LaI/AAAAAAAAGDI/yRrFqE2Y4yQ/s320/g2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; "Get me out of this thing!" &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3941427658300275390?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3941427658300275390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3941427658300275390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/gordons-9-10-month-check-up.html' title='Gordon&apos;s 9-10 month check up'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZQZupsnU3U/TZfdc8SPSII/AAAAAAAAGDQ/j__T8PFftiU/s72-c/g1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-7225305800584873309</id><published>2011-04-02T19:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T19:36:24.614-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><title type='text'>Fun with the Phillips</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Djrpj38_VnY/TZfcunWEpcI/AAAAAAAAGDA/bO6nTML0Kjg/s1600/phillips"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591180155797415362" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Djrpj38_VnY/TZfcunWEpcI/AAAAAAAAGDA/bO6nTML0Kjg/s320/phillips" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This week Gordon and I got to meet up with Meghan and her sweet parents. I just love them! It's great that Meghan is now working and living in LA instead of NY! Hooray for great friends! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-7225305800584873309?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/7225305800584873309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/7225305800584873309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/fun-with-phillips.html' title='Fun with the Phillips'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Djrpj38_VnY/TZfcunWEpcI/AAAAAAAAGDA/bO6nTML0Kjg/s72-c/phillips' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8588969057336500629</id><published>2011-04-02T07:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T11:09:45.767-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>General Conference</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9RdjGJW-yhA/TZc23Wga-fI/AAAAAAAAGBo/0EIBhQMjaWI/s1600/generalconference.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590997786966030834" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9RdjGJW-yhA/TZc23Wga-fI/AAAAAAAAGBo/0EIBhQMjaWI/s320/generalconference.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Don't forget about &lt;a href="http://lds.org/?lang=eng"&gt;General Conference &lt;/a&gt;this weekend starting today, one of the BEST couple of days of the year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8588969057336500629?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8588969057336500629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8588969057336500629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/04/general-conference.html' title='General Conference'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9RdjGJW-yhA/TZc23Wga-fI/AAAAAAAAGBo/0EIBhQMjaWI/s72-c/generalconference.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-3906345161574282478</id><published>2011-03-26T16:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-26T16:13:32.152-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring'/><title type='text'>Spring Break begins!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X1M4TChpbqA/TY5yzWvDgVI/AAAAAAAAF50/q0Nwavkisog/s1600/spring-break-green-beach-sunglasses-photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 171px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588530414215201106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X1M4TChpbqA/TY5yzWvDgVI/AAAAAAAAF50/q0Nwavkisog/s320/spring-break-green-beach-sunglasses-photo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;I'm officially on SPRING BREAK now and looking forward to the next 2 weeks with Mr. Boo! YEAH!!!  I'm also excited for my sweet parents to come down too this week!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Hooray for time off!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-3906345161574282478?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3906345161574282478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/3906345161574282478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-break-begins.html' title='Spring Break begins!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X1M4TChpbqA/TY5yzWvDgVI/AAAAAAAAF50/q0Nwavkisog/s72-c/spring-break-green-beach-sunglasses-photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-2146337124589160931</id><published>2011-03-26T15:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-26T16:09:16.907-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gifts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring'/><title type='text'>Strawberry Plant Gifts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Look what I found &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://youaremyfave.com/blog/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://onecharmingparty.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;! I love spring, well, fall too... and of course summer! But in recent years I really like the whole gardening scene. Despite all of the years I gave my dad such a hard time for starting a garden year after year.  I was so silly, let's face it.  Homegrown is always so much tastier!  During my childhood years, I would never try anything out of the garden, why? I think I was alway so afraid there would be bugs or something on the food. Looking back on it though now I think to myself, how ridiculous! Anyway, I thought these were adorable little spring gift ideas that would be perfect for my parent helpers at school or the ladies I visit teach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X9zjzxMPvn0/TY5vspUkdjI/AAAAAAAAF5s/-QApw4QwNb4/s1600/strawberry_favors.png"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588527000410420786" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X9zjzxMPvn0/TY5vspUkdjI/AAAAAAAAF5s/-QApw4QwNb4/s320/strawberry_favors.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(I will probably do mine without the magnets but it's a cute touch too.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Magnetic Strawberry Plant Party Favors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supplies: a large piece of wood or sheet metal, magnetic primer, paint brush, empty tin cans, twine, tags, stamp, strong magnets, strawberry plants, soil, mini flag (made with a skewer and ribbon)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Directions: Paint the sheet metal or piece of wood with two coats of magnetic primer and let dry. Remove labels from tin cans and wash thoroughly and let dry. Stamp the tags and attach to the tin cans by knotting a piece of twine. Fill each can with soil and top with the strawberry plants. Stick the end of the skewer into the soil with the flag hanging over top. Attach two magnets to the back of the can and display in rows on the magnetized board for your guests to grab as the party ends. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-2146337124589160931?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2146337124589160931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/2146337124589160931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/strawberry-plant-favors.html' title='Strawberry Plant Gifts'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X9zjzxMPvn0/TY5vspUkdjI/AAAAAAAAF5s/-QApw4QwNb4/s72-c/strawberry_favors.png' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8262969979722356131</id><published>2011-03-17T19:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T19:50:06.816-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sickness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Highs and Lows</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Highs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took my students on a field trip to the Wild Animal Park and we got to ride the tram, very fun! We had a great time and the weather was perfect. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 220px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585245780331820114" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RIvwyrRK2wY/TYLHcf_tdFI/AAAAAAAAF5Q/Wn8J0IlZwn4/s320/wap.jpg" /&gt;One of my sweet parents brought me lunch (Subway, Baked Lays – my favorite, and a drink) – such a nice thing of her to do. I was a happy camper!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 223px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 158px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585245781485651106" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bJhZoa5O5kU/TYLHckSzhKI/AAAAAAAAF5g/qEjmXYqbxMY/s320/sub.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 137px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585245780016844658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ew0Lm2WOxlo/TYLHce0nT3I/AAAAAAAAF5Y/u_RMPqBmNaU/s320/baked_lays_two.jpg" /&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gordon woke up this morning with goop in his eyes. When I picked him up from childcare today his eyes were totally pink, all crusted over, and he was itching them like mad. Come to find out one of the kids at his childcare had pink eye earlier on in the week, awesome! Just took him to the doctors and yup he’s got it too. I’m irritated!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 167px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585245769134510626" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wy_bagDS3dg/TYLHb2SEEiI/AAAAAAAAF5I/-aRmp4D-Kx4/s320/pinkeye.jpg" /&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a “sub” at childcare today and she didn’t know Gordon ate solids. Therefore he was 12oz short on food and 8oz short on milk (because he only got half of his milk too!) He was SO skinny when I picked him up. Not to mention when I buckled him in his car seat it was looser than it’s been in a long time. My heart hurt and I felt like a bad mom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 193px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 143px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585245764358053986" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jxO727-bKuI/TYLHbkfRIGI/AAAAAAAAF5A/nJd06XlSEqw/s320/food.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m hoping Gordon won’t be up all night. I’m still sick too, it’s crazy how long it’s been (basically since December! Ridiculous!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8262969979722356131?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8262969979722356131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8262969979722356131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/highs-and-lows.html' title='Highs and Lows'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RIvwyrRK2wY/TYLHcf_tdFI/AAAAAAAAF5Q/Wn8J0IlZwn4/s72-c/wap.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8961483772512093802</id><published>2011-03-16T20:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T20:25:09.017-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St. Patty&apos;s Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holidays'/><title type='text'>Rainbow Waffles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPtOCqW_f18/TYF-abIGRCI/AAAAAAAAF44/PVfwttoP1sg/s1600/rainbow%2Bwaffles"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584884005339546658" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPtOCqW_f18/TYF-abIGRCI/AAAAAAAAF44/PVfwttoP1sg/s320/rainbow%2Bwaffles" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Found this on &lt;a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/03/rainbow-waffles.html"&gt;her&lt;/a&gt; blog, thought it was a super cute idea. This is what she says:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584884002128601618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xilsHocdTr8/TYF-aPKjIhI/AAAAAAAAF4w/uJPHYQt0Qok/s320/rainbow%2Bwaffles%2B2" /&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;Everything is more fun when it is in a rainbow of colors, especially food and especially food made for St. Patrick's Day! I wanted to try something a little different this year....I've already made rainbow cupcakes and rainbow pudding pops, so I though waffles would be a nice change of pace:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started with a box mix prepared according to the waffle directions, but you can use your favorite waffle recipe. I divided the batter and then colored it with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple Wilton gel food coloring. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584884001766255522" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vZc5vunnBTM/TYF-aN0KK6I/AAAAAAAAF4o/_ecwXZvEwrU/s320/rainbow%2Bwaffles%2B3" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;FYI don't evenly divide the batter...you need way more red and orange than you do blue and purple so divide and color your batter accordingly or you may end up eating a blue and purple waffle while your kiddos enjoy their rainbow ones! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8961483772512093802?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8961483772512093802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8961483772512093802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/rainbow-waffles.html' title='Rainbow Waffles'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPtOCqW_f18/TYF-abIGRCI/AAAAAAAAF44/PVfwttoP1sg/s72-c/rainbow%2Bwaffles' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5912498619155932677</id><published>2011-03-16T19:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T20:01:21.713-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><title type='text'>Happy 30th Birthday Lori!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;On Saturday we celebrated Lori’s 30th birthday at her 80’s – 90’s themed party. It consisted of terrific music, yummy snacks, and lots of laughter overall fun night!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, little Gordon didn’t have as much fun as us. He gave our 2 neighborhood girls a run for their money when he cried so long &amp;amp; hard that their mother had to come over and console him! So sad!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can we talk about jumpsuites for a moment?  I’m not sure why I was excited (or thought it was a good idea) to wear Brooke’s moms royal blue Liz Claiborne jumpsuit, but I was.  I think it brings me back to my highschool days when we would dress up for every and any occasion and I loved it!  Anyway, I’m not sure why jumpsuits were ever popular in the first place. Here are a couple of reasons I think jumpsuits should be outlawed (strong word I know, but yes, OUTLAWED!): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584875290586270578" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PWC2d_5q-nY/TYF2fKJAS3I/AAAAAAAAF4g/isdTjBkgIJA/s320/80%2527s2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Reason #1, ok for people like me that have pea-size bladders, buttoning and unbuttoning a jumpsuit is a HORRIBLE, horrible nightmare, especially when you REALLY have to go! Fumbling to unbutton those 50 itty bitty round buttons is just not funny!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reason #2, because the waist is so high in the jumpsuit, not only do you have a wedgie in the back but also in the front too! Let me tell you, not comfortable (but I guess when folks look that GOOD in a jumpsuit, comfort is the last thing you're worried about! HA!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AzjmJRIm-RM/TYF2fFR_yTI/AAAAAAAAF4Y/-sKhlJDqIYM/s1600/80%2527s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584875289281808690" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AzjmJRIm-RM/TYF2fFR_yTI/AAAAAAAAF4Y/-sKhlJDqIYM/s320/80%2527s.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;My side ponytail kind of flopped, oh well! Maybe next time. You can tell Eric was really pumped about getting dressed for the party. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5912498619155932677?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5912498619155932677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5912498619155932677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/happy-30th-birthday-lori.html' title='Happy 30th Birthday Lori!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PWC2d_5q-nY/TYF2fKJAS3I/AAAAAAAAF4g/isdTjBkgIJA/s72-c/80%2527s2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6968375439963141189</id><published>2011-03-13T15:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T15:19:26.032-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>G, C, &amp; J</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iGHG6Iheez0/TX1COOQV4dI/AAAAAAAAF4Q/9JBt96CcbEc/s1600/g.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583691925121524178" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iGHG6Iheez0/TX1COOQV4dI/AAAAAAAAF4Q/9JBt96CcbEc/s320/g.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Justin and Crystal watched Gordon yesterday (which was SO sweet) while Eric and I went to the temple.  Look at the cute pictures they took while we were away - darling!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-stXtNKiLVX0/TX1CNQ4W7kI/AAAAAAAAF4I/7m_UAcfaATk/s1600/g%2B%2526%2Bc2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583691908646366786" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-stXtNKiLVX0/TX1CNQ4W7kI/AAAAAAAAF4I/7m_UAcfaATk/s320/g%2B%2526%2Bc2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; C &amp;amp; G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aYFYE_yEfzQ/TX1CNBJ7wlI/AAAAAAAAF4A/mKDNtFp7Vl8/s1600/g%2B%2526%2Bb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583691904425116242" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aYFYE_yEfzQ/TX1CNBJ7wlI/AAAAAAAAF4A/mKDNtFp7Vl8/s320/g%2B%2526%2Bb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; G &amp;amp; J&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JpTmFhIshWA/TX1CM_1FxfI/AAAAAAAAF34/9VOJWwEXBIs/s1600/g%2B%2526%2Bc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583691904069256690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JpTmFhIshWA/TX1CM_1FxfI/AAAAAAAAF34/9VOJWwEXBIs/s320/g%2B%2526%2Bc.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; G &amp;amp; C&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6968375439963141189?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6968375439963141189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6968375439963141189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/g-c-j.html' title='G, C, &amp; J'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iGHG6Iheez0/TX1COOQV4dI/AAAAAAAAF4Q/9JBt96CcbEc/s72-c/g.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6691755604540493349</id><published>2011-03-11T19:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-11T19:39:15.755-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Future Jeff Gordon?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MSZxo-DmKX4/TXrpdCG2M8I/AAAAAAAAF3w/xcWO-Vg-w4c/s1600/g%2Bdriving"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583031373070218178" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MSZxo-DmKX4/TXrpdCG2M8I/AAAAAAAAF3w/xcWO-Vg-w4c/s320/g%2Bdriving" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Gordon loved sitting in the driver's seat while Eric was cleaning the car last weekend!  Could he be a race car driver when he grows up?  I hope not, I don't think my nerves could stomach it.  Maybe he'll be an orthodontist like his daddy wants - ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-euDZhqs-Btw/TXrpc-kQAOI/AAAAAAAAF3o/jbnXGdDKMYQ/s1600/g%2Bthe%2Bmodel"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583031372119802082" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-euDZhqs-Btw/TXrpc-kQAOI/AAAAAAAAF3o/jbnXGdDKMYQ/s320/g%2Bthe%2Bmodel" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt; I made this little beanie for a friends baby who just turned 1 this week. I had Gordon try it on to see if it would be big enough for William. Happy Birthday little William! I wished we lived closer!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6691755604540493349?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6691755604540493349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6691755604540493349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/future-jeff-gordon.html' title='Future Jeff Gordon?'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MSZxo-DmKX4/TXrpdCG2M8I/AAAAAAAAF3w/xcWO-Vg-w4c/s72-c/g%2Bdriving' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-9172589547471093297</id><published>2011-03-05T20:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T08:03:24.827-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Nielson</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;I remember hearing about this amazingly tragic/inspirational story a while ago and for some reason I keep thinking about her and their story. I found her &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt; tonight and I have gotten completely lost in it. I'm crying one moment and then laughing the next. I LOVE how she calls her husband Mr. Nielson (Maybe because I LOVE the movie Pride &amp;amp; Prejudice). In fact, for Valentine's Day, cute Eric suggested that we watch it together, I always cry in the end and hold my heart sighing deeply. I love love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, back to her blog, it's amazing to watch her journey unfold, it is so inspirational.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-9172589547471093297?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/9172589547471093297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/9172589547471093297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/mr-mrs-nielson.html' title='Mr. &amp; Mrs. Nielson'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5777718994377366894</id><published>2011-03-05T20:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T20:51:45.084-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>Nienie</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" width="375" height="241" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KHDvxPjsm8E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5777718994377366894?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5777718994377366894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5777718994377366894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/nienie.html' title='Nienie'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/KHDvxPjsm8E/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-8574184844844258268</id><published>2011-03-05T14:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T14:45:20.063-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Mr. Boo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zEssb6W8qCI/TXK7sQS1vWI/AAAAAAAAFzY/QN9hWTWmGTY/s1600/g1"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580729257228090722" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zEssb6W8qCI/TXK7sQS1vWI/AAAAAAAAFzY/QN9hWTWmGTY/s320/g1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Our little boy has now 2 teeth, I'm not sure if you can see them in this picture but they are the two bottom middle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MphgAtcXBE0/TXK7seDwWeI/AAAAAAAAFzQ/Ds6yzogZou0/s1600/g2"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580729260922919394" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MphgAtcXBE0/TXK7seDwWeI/AAAAAAAAFzQ/Ds6yzogZou0/s320/g2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Look at him sitting so reverently (for 1 second)!  With his two new little teeth he's got this cutest smile, it's so funny, we love it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SwtMVOVTgl0/TXK7sK6iAOI/AAAAAAAAFzI/no5727EDJcA/s1600/g3"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580729255783956706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SwtMVOVTgl0/TXK7sK6iAOI/AAAAAAAAFzI/no5727EDJcA/s320/g3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Story time with daddy!  Eventhough it is busy season for Eric (gotta love the the glamerous job of a CPA - ha!) he has made such an effort to be home in time to see Gordon before he goes to bed.  Eric is such a darling little father!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-undC3uVj40E/TXK7r8-3avI/AAAAAAAAFzA/2KHm_iAAsHk/s1600/g4"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580729252044040946" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-undC3uVj40E/TXK7r8-3avI/AAAAAAAAFzA/2KHm_iAAsHk/s320/g4" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LKfSu0fJTB0/TXK7rnhHiHI/AAAAAAAAFy4/pKuEA0C5MqY/s1600/g5"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580729246282123378" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LKfSu0fJTB0/TXK7rnhHiHI/AAAAAAAAFy4/pKuEA0C5MqY/s320/g5" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I just love these new little Trumpett shocks I bought Gordon - they came in a 6 pack but way too cute!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-8574184844844258268?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8574184844844258268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/8574184844844258268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/mr-boo.html' title='Mr. Boo'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zEssb6W8qCI/TXK7sQS1vWI/AAAAAAAAFzY/QN9hWTWmGTY/s72-c/g1' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-453110036964907914</id><published>2011-03-05T14:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T14:36:20.353-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deals'/><title type='text'>March - Frozen Food Month!  Hooray!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NYpkFZZRPfg/TXK6USonAnI/AAAAAAAAFyo/lwa-UAYJJ_g/s1600/pizza"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580727746027782770" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NYpkFZZRPfg/TXK6USonAnI/AAAAAAAAFyo/lwa-UAYJJ_g/s320/pizza" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Any guesses on what was on sale this week???  YES... you guessed it... PIZZA!  I bought 12 CPK pizzas for as low as 25 cents a box!  I would have bought more but as you can see my little freezer won't hold any more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-453110036964907914?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/453110036964907914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/453110036964907914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-frozen-food-month-hooray.html' title='March - Frozen Food Month!  Hooray!'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NYpkFZZRPfg/TXK6USonAnI/AAAAAAAAFyo/lwa-UAYJJ_g/s72-c/pizza' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1354960692948195524</id><published>2011-03-03T19:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T19:28:15.999-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><title type='text'>Latest Diaper Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UdTHXqn4pn0/TXBbz1p5flI/AAAAAAAAFwM/qyzALsTWUs0/s1600/cake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580060884446314066" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UdTHXqn4pn0/TXBbz1p5flI/AAAAAAAAFwM/qyzALsTWUs0/s320/cake.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; One of my creative friends made me a diaper cake before Gordon was born and I attempted to recreate one for a friend of mine that is due in April.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1354960692948195524?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1354960692948195524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1354960692948195524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/latest-diaper-cake.html' title='Latest Diaper Cake'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UdTHXqn4pn0/TXBbz1p5flI/AAAAAAAAFwM/qyzALsTWUs0/s72-c/cake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-648984911891119369</id><published>2011-03-01T19:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T19:24:40.405-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gifts'/><title type='text'>Dr. Seuss &amp; Read Across America</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Look at all of these DARLING Dr. Seuss stuffed animals!  Yesterday, as I walked up to the office, this was the display I saw.  Kohl's donated a TON of stuffed animals and these beautiful hard back Dr. Seuss books to our school since tomorrow is Read Across America Day.  We were all so excited and the kids were going crazy.  Each teacher got 3 animals and 4 books, it was like Christmas!  There were lots of extras too, so each class is having a raffle tomorrow and giving many more books and animals away.  Thank you Kohl's!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--aBoQsZxMII/TW22brWfGDI/AAAAAAAAFwE/HWG9B6uqgeE/s1600/dr%2Bseuss%2B1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579316099991672882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--aBoQsZxMII/TW22brWfGDI/AAAAAAAAFwE/HWG9B6uqgeE/s320/dr%2Bseuss%2B1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VfyAwWkQFbU/TW22bhUuhCI/AAAAAAAAFv8/LCDRyEfIe_U/s1600/dr%2Bseuss%2B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579316097299940386" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VfyAwWkQFbU/TW22bhUuhCI/AAAAAAAAFv8/LCDRyEfIe_U/s320/dr%2Bseuss%2B2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3PNZPMxoggo/TW22bcSH3UI/AAAAAAAAFv0/_B3cFe5n__Y/s1600/dr%2Bseuss%2B3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579316095946841410" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3PNZPMxoggo/TW22bcSH3UI/AAAAAAAAFv0/_B3cFe5n__Y/s320/dr%2Bseuss%2B3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My 3 new friends!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-648984911891119369?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/648984911891119369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/648984911891119369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/03/dr-seuss-read-across-america.html' title='Dr. Seuss &amp; Read Across America'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--aBoQsZxMII/TW22brWfGDI/AAAAAAAAFwE/HWG9B6uqgeE/s72-c/dr%2Bseuss%2B1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-9134901457774940418</id><published>2011-02-20T12:16:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T12:25:35.771-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coupons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Running'/><title type='text'>Things on my mind</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;So I'm running this relay race with some friends in April and I just realized that I only have 7 more Saturday's to train.  We have been battling sickness around our house the last couple of months and I haven't trained at all, I'm nervous but excited!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cqevKoO_G2c/TWF26iYAjVI/AAAAAAAAFvs/NXUsEdaUKLM/s1600/ragnar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575868561693379922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cqevKoO_G2c/TWF26iYAjVI/AAAAAAAAFvs/NXUsEdaUKLM/s320/ragnar.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; I really want to get some labels made for the projects I've created.  Not sure where I should start but think they look great on things and give it a neat personal touch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uS9wMApZUwQ/TWF26YMHvwI/AAAAAAAAFvk/dnid3-_jKxo/s1600/labels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575868558959165186" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uS9wMApZUwQ/TWF26YMHvwI/AAAAAAAAFvk/dnid3-_jKxo/s320/labels.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now this is a weird one I know.  I was watching some YouTube videos the other day about "Extreme Couponers," (which I totally don't fall in that category - I only have 25 boxes of cereal as opposed to 325 boxes &amp;amp; 10 tubes of toothpaste not 510). At any rate, these ladies were dumpster diving and finding the most amazing treasures.  I couldn't believe the things that were being tossed.  Just for curiosity sake it would be fun!?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DDh1qe8Y1Hs/TWF26AOekYI/AAAAAAAAFvc/kDh10jwmcPA/s1600/dumpster2_edited2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575868552526598530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DDh1qe8Y1Hs/TWF26AOekYI/AAAAAAAAFvc/kDh10jwmcPA/s320/dumpster2_edited2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-9134901457774940418?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/9134901457774940418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/9134901457774940418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/02/things-on-my-mind.html' title='Things on my mind'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cqevKoO_G2c/TWF26iYAjVI/AAAAAAAAFvs/NXUsEdaUKLM/s72-c/ragnar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-1907405648294861649</id><published>2011-02-19T20:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T21:00:00.972-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gordon'/><title type='text'>Boo Boo Bear</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8j30VLxegTY/TWCc6BtFVeI/AAAAAAAAFvU/sZ23V4P8deQ/s1600/gordon%2B4"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575628859388548578" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8j30VLxegTY/TWCc6BtFVeI/AAAAAAAAFvU/sZ23V4P8deQ/s320/gordon%2B4" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Our cute little eater now has 2 TEETH (2 bottom middle)!!!  He is such a big boy now (18lbs), we can't hardly believe he is already 8 1/2 months old.  Everyday we seem to love him more and more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9V8Hmtb6_Nw/TWCc6ILtbLI/AAAAAAAAFvM/IM0DYhYv1yY/s1600/gordon%2B3"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575628861127617714" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9V8Hmtb6_Nw/TWCc6ILtbLI/AAAAAAAAFvM/IM0DYhYv1yY/s320/gordon%2B3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon was enjoying himself at Swami's Cafe today as well!  Notice his cute little tongue still sticking out in his pictures, the Gordon trademark!  Eric dressed him today in his flannel shirt which just cracks me up because he looks sooo OLD (you know for a baby!)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkoSgxmtjBY/TWCc52vRouI/AAAAAAAAFvE/Ssr_8dDMXfs/s1600/gordon%2B2"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575628856444953314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkoSgxmtjBY/TWCc52vRouI/AAAAAAAAFvE/Ssr_8dDMXfs/s320/gordon%2B2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This little sleeper LOVES his own crib, he still nestles his little head into the corner of his crib, precious!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QnATo0MrPbc/TWCc5-JON5I/AAAAAAAAFu8/uGu3TN5KY_k/s1600/gordon"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575628858432829330" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QnATo0MrPbc/TWCc5-JON5I/AAAAAAAAFu8/uGu3TN5KY_k/s320/gordon" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mommy &amp;amp; Gordon on Valentine's Day, it was "red day" at Kathy's house so we got him dressed and ready to go for the big day.  Gordon gave his buddies "Love Juice," (see post below) which seemed to be well received.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-1907405648294861649?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1907405648294861649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/1907405648294861649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/02/boo-boo-bear.html' title='Boo Boo Bear'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8j30VLxegTY/TWCc6BtFVeI/AAAAAAAAFvU/sZ23V4P8deQ/s72-c/gordon%2B4' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5047842588978936263</id><published>2011-02-19T20:27:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T20:46:26.165-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Entertainment'/><title type='text'>Things I'm enjoying now</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--jPXzmffDIo/TWCcMedoQdI/AAAAAAAAFu0/1ioXdcFZjkc/s1600/swamis-cafe.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575628076834374098" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--jPXzmffDIo/TWCcMedoQdI/AAAAAAAAFu0/1ioXdcFZjkc/s320/swamis-cafe.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; They just opened one in Oceanside - woohoo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_rlH5bgAboM/TWCYVniO2LI/AAAAAAAAFuU/DZ0pb3f-WbM/s1600/samtheguy_lg.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 121px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575623835841910962" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_rlH5bgAboM/TWCYVniO2LI/AAAAAAAAFuU/DZ0pb3f-WbM/s320/samtheguy_lg.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I'm really enjoying watching Sam the Cooking Guy. He has a great sense of humor and makes easy, yummy dishes, can't get much better than that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sWAh_Ja8po/TWCYVDClIgI/AAAAAAAAFuM/ei-lj74LK7o/s1600/flower-dish-brush.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575623826045477378" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sWAh_Ja8po/TWCYVDClIgI/AAAAAAAAFuM/ei-lj74LK7o/s320/flower-dish-brush.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Katri, my sweet sister-in-law, gave us one of these dish wands and let me tell you, doing dishes has never been so much fun. How can you NOT smile when you see these! Give it a try!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Grk1sm_oJLo/TWCYU7Xx8YI/AAAAAAAAFuE/frrfegSueOo/s1600/Baby-Einstein.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575623823986913666" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Grk1sm_oJLo/TWCYU7Xx8YI/AAAAAAAAFuE/frrfegSueOo/s320/Baby-Einstein.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gordon is mesmerized with our Baby Einstein video. Happy baby = happy parents!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5047842588978936263?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5047842588978936263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5047842588978936263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/02/things-im-enjoying-now.html' title='Things I&apos;m enjoying now'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--jPXzmffDIo/TWCcMedoQdI/AAAAAAAAFu0/1ioXdcFZjkc/s72-c/swamis-cafe.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-5675502212914478704</id><published>2011-02-19T20:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T20:27:01.521-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sickness'/><title type='text'>R we ever going to be healthy again?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5o5o_txkoh4/TWCXT_RuwfI/AAAAAAAAFt4/CBA0Mr0v1ew/s1600/flu.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 185px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575622708343783922" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5o5o_txkoh4/TWCXT_RuwfI/AAAAAAAAFt4/CBA0Mr0v1ew/s320/flu.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Before Gordon joined our family it seemed like Eric and I we pretty healthy people.  Now that our little man has been with us, it feels like we are always battling something.  I'm hoping with this 4 day weekend I have that we will be able to get us all healthy again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-5675502212914478704?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5675502212914478704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/5675502212914478704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/02/r-we-ever-going-to-be-healthy-again.html' title='R we ever going to be healthy again?'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5o5o_txkoh4/TWCXT_RuwfI/AAAAAAAAFt4/CBA0Mr0v1ew/s72-c/flu.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615016197332263507.post-6272131418914413400</id><published>2011-02-14T21:37:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-14T22:03:14.480-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Cupid</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bHaxfWzcYAQ/TVoWAwC5TnI/AAAAAAAAFqI/tOXYzN_NhMs/s1600/P1040757.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573791690977267314" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bHaxfWzcYAQ/TVoWAwC5TnI/AAAAAAAAFqI/tOXYzN_NhMs/s320/P1040757.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Me like reading&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hr4ZNEwTa6c/TVoUtAVfRwI/AAAAAAAAFp4/SZSJmqzVxTg/s1600/P1040711.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573790252241209090" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hr4ZNEwTa6c/TVoUtAVfRwI/AAAAAAAAFp4/SZSJmqzVxTg/s320/P1040711.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Cute Boy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-clGMYlj5tgs/TVoTWxcouCI/AAAAAAAAFpo/Hu2r5mliL6U/s1600/P1040755.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573788770775906338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-clGMYlj5tgs/TVoTWxcouCI/AAAAAAAAFpo/Hu2r5mliL6U/s320/P1040755.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Studious Little G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s9HTUQDXPg8/TVoSuTLue0I/AAAAAAAAFpg/Mo-EDGOWlOA/s1600/P1040766.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573788075457149762" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s9HTUQDXPg8/TVoSuTLue0I/AAAAAAAAFpg/Mo-EDGOWlOA/s320/P1040766.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;Flannel G&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8615016197332263507-6272131418914413400?l=erkandmrk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6272131418914413400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8615016197332263507/posts/default/6272131418914413400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erkandmrk.blogspot.com/2011/02/little-cupid.html' title='Little Cupid'/><author><name>ERK, MRK, &amp;amp; GRK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10982789608694260436</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTiXc8l51NA/TiiEoOV5RiI/AAAAAAAAGYk/409ZbrbbbDY/s220/6529%2Bcopy%2B2a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bHaxfWzcYAQ/TVoWAwC5TnI/AAAAAAAAFqI/tOXYzN_NhMs/s72-c/P1040757.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
