tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57707730223157488392024-03-05T20:39:38.916-07:00Love, CoRi dAwNCoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-10553692791500027322012-07-16T21:42:00.002-06:002012-07-16T21:42:55.429-06:00Happy Birthday to my big boy.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">And he is 18.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">The <strike>boy</strike></span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">man loves to eat.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">a big fat gift card to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">dinner at </span><a href="http://www.maggianos.com/en/Pages/home.aspx"><span style="color: #38761d;">Maggiano's Little Italy</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">That lucky man!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">I think what he is most excited about is voting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Happy Birthday Son!! I just can't believe that you are 18. It's not fair. I enjoy being your mom. I'm scared you are going to love being away from me. Please miss me. You are smart and funny. Oh and also quite handsome. And I adore you.</strong></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-53935298894042222522012-07-16T01:02:00.001-06:002012-07-16T11:29:39.695-06:00It's been a while but I just gotta.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">In the Winter of 2005 my dad was diagnosed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_myeloid_leukemia">AML or Acute Myeloid Leukemia</a>. His treatments were horrible and he was miserable. But they worked and he went into "remission". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Remission sadly only lasted for about a year and a half. When I found out that he was sick again, I was heart broken. I didn't know if he was going to choose to undergo horrible treatments again or if he was just too tired. He was tired, really tired but he fought on. And he fought hard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">In the Spring of 2008 my dad had a bone marrow transplant. To aid my dad in his fight with AML he had an army of people; his family, his team of brilliant doctors and nurses, and JASON. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We didn't know Jason as Jason, to us he was "the donor". Although we didn't know him, he filled our thoughts and our prayers. We prayed for him, not only for his safety but also that he would somehow know how grateful we were for his sacrifice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And today my dad met Jason. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We had the pleasure of having Mychael-Ann with us from Sunday to Thursday this week. She and Dixie and Ben (the out-of-towners...not to mention the many in-towners) have been taking good care of us! Mike did well until Wednesday when he came down with a fever and had to return to the hospital. He's been receiving antibiotics and other medications to make him more comfortable. He's had some pain meds that make him pretty woozy and he's actually been pretty entertaining...we've been writing the funny things he says on his room bulletin board! We'll let you know IF he actually does get to help unload patients from Pegasus (the helicopter with the landing pad just outside his room). Today (Saturday) he is feeling better and was even sitting up in his chair for a bit. <br />We have fabulous news from MCV...he has greater than 150 potential donors from the donor bank!!! This is a great number which means they get to pick the <span style="color: red;">cream of the crop</span>! His doctor from MCV has also decided to have our kids tested so they will be receiving a kit with a cheek swab and will be tested for their donor status. There is a less than 2 % chance that they will qualify but still worth checking. <br />Thanks to all of you who have sent Mike (and me) emails...it's just great to open well wishes and encouraging words and really, it means so much to our family to be sustained by our friends and family. ~life is good~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Please celebrate this fabulous news with us...MIKE IS IN REMISSION!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This means that the official donor search is on! We do know so far that Jay, Cori and Mychael-Ann are not matches and the other kids are still pending. We will keep you informed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sadly it also means that he begins chemo again :-( he started on Monday and will continue through this week. The good news is he is doing his chemo outpatient this time :-) That makes it a little more tolerable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We also are happy to report that the bone marrow drive was a great success. We had over 30 people join the registry and we have additional kits that are already paid for (thanks to donations from friends, family, and the community) just let me know asap if you are interested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">My friends from work put on a bake sale that was the mother of all bake sales! If you weren't there to partake...you really missed out! Thanks to you guys for your great work and btw I need larger pants now :-0</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We are enjoying Cori's great company right now...5 short days but loving every minute of it! She keeps us laughing and she's the best dishwasher ever PLUS she rubs my feet :-) (not to mention she has been Mikes company during chemo)! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We are in the middle of a wonderful miracle! Mike breezed through his week of chemo at MCV and then breezed through a week of follow ups at UVA. He has had to have platelets transfused but other than that he's doing just great! He's actually wondering if they really gave him chemo...he should be losing hair but he's actually having to trim some interesting eyebrow formations and he really has had only mild side effects! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The other miracle worth mentioning is that we heard from our insurance company and they have approved the transplant! All we're waiting for now is to hear from the donor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The plan looks something like this...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tuesday is the day the donor chose to have his bone marrow harvested which means Mike waits for the marrow to be collected and flown to the hospital. If it arrives too late on Tuesday they will wait until Wednesday to do the transplant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is donor # 2 and all we know is that he is a <span style="color: red;">23 year old man who weighs 160# and his blood type is A+. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Honestly...tonight it's feeling pretty scary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I do have something cute to share with you though...for those of you who know Mike, you know that he has this beautiful, silky, gray hair. He's lost it twice now after chemo and it was expected to fall out with this last round of chemo in January. Well, not only didn't he lose any hair but it's been steady growing in and today I realized that even though MIke is trying his hardest (even with "products") it's not just all messed up in the back...it's actually CURLY!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Just a quick note to let you all know that Mike is doing well! The transplant was quite boring actually...nothing more exciting than receiving a blood transfusion...and at this point that's a walk in the park for Mike! He did very well and had none of the likely side effects. He did get sick on transplant day but it was related to the chemo and other drugs he was given to prepare for the transplant. <br />Today he feels a little less perky than yesterday but thats no surprise as we know he will get worse before he gets better. <br />When I asked Mike what he wanted to say on here he said every day here is a day closer to getting out...even if it is a sick day! And then in a sad voice I miss my daggone friends. =(<br />I'm doing fine, just hate seeing Mike get sick. Write us when you get a chance, it sure is nice to hear from you all!<br />Love, Mike & Dinie<br /><br />~ life is good ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">During this month of special focus on Thanksgiving, Mike and I want to express our gratitude for each of you! We have experienced the miracle of counting our blessings each day as we endured through the past year. We want you to know that this simple act of recognizing and expressing our blessings has given us both the opportunity to feel happiness, encouragement, love and most of all peace. We hope these will be gifts you too will experience in the coming year as you are faced with your own challenges- our hope for you is that you will not wait until a holiday or special occasion to count the many blessings in your life.<br />Mike had such a wonderful experience at the hospital last Wednesday! <br />The visit was pretty much routine...check weight , vital signs and draw blood, then wait til results come back and meet with the doc.<br clear="all" />The thing that was so special this time was that when the doctor told him just how fantastic he's doing Mike really heard him! He's been doing very well and we've had some great comments made recently "months ahead of the average" "fantastic progress" and "you are really doing a remarkable job of recovery". Not sure why suddenly he "got it" but it was a great moment to be with Mike when he said- "did you hear him say how good I'm doing"??? <br />The other "fun" thing is that he has started to receive his baby shots! He has to be vaccinated with all of the shots we give our babies and so far he's had 2 sets. The first ones must have been pretty painful because he whined er, commented for days about his sore arm. It's exciting because this gives him a wider open door into life! <br />Other than the fact that I have a horrible cold and he woke up today thanking me for "sharing" with him he continues to feel and look stronger each day! We joined a local gym and he's enjoyed that special challenge! </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;">Maybe he's beginning to feel that 23 year old's blood pumping through him! </span>He also is loving being surrounded by grandchildren and the opportunity to help our children in the care of their kids. What a wonderful blessing that is... If only I didn't have to work... being a full time grandma sounds pretty good! <br />We love each of you and once again thank each and every one of you for the special blessing you are in our lives. I think often we never realize just how meaningful our prayer, card, call, hug or smile has meant to someone...so please know from Mike and I and our famliy that your offerings of love are much appreciated.<br />Happy Thanksgiving!<br />~ life is good ~</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Dear Jason,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">I don't really think "THANK YOU" is strong enough. But <strong>THANK YOU</strong>!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">I wish I could have been there today when my dad got to meet you. I would have given you a hug. And I probably would have cried. (Just typing this makes me cry.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Because of your sacrifice my dad lives. And my children have gotten to know their grandpa'. I will forever be grateful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">You gave our family the best gift ever! Life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">With much love and even more gratitude and on behalf of my dad's entire family, I say THANK YOU and "Life is Good".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">PS. I think it's kinda funny but you look like my Uncle Ricky. Oh and also now my dad and I have the same blood type and I think that's pretty cool. So thanks for changing that for him. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">You amaze me. I am proud of who you are and excited to see what you will become. I know you will do great things and be a driving force for good in your family and in the world. I love you and am glad to call you mine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>love</strong></span> cowboy boots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">They make me happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">So today, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I put on mine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I needed them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">of an annual race held here</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">in our community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I was <strike>happy</strike> willing to do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">But then I woke up to thunder, I could hear the rain and knew I was going to freeze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And, I was right!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It was super wet and very cold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">So I was there, taking pictures in the rain, in my boots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Cause I had on my pink cowboy boots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">You give me strength. Thanks! I needed it today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">so that means it's planting time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I do so enjoy playing in the dirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It makes me happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">But what makes me even happier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And with each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Many Mother's Days I am reminded of how much better I could be. My best is not THE best and I am painfully reminded of that on Mother's Day and I often feel like a huge failure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Yesterday I tried to not focus on my mothering and I tried to focus on the mothering I receive. I have some very amazing mothers in life! And I love them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">to <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">love</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">to <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>work really hard</strong></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">to <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>endure</strong></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">to be <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">faithful</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">to <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">enjoy my kids</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">to <strong><u>laugh</u></strong></span>....hard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">so hard you wet your pants.</span></div>
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</div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-582387119946716562012-04-29T21:26:00.001-06:002012-04-29T21:26:32.054-06:00A whole month! Oh dear!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-29354825568014141132012-03-21T11:43:00.001-06:002012-03-21T11:44:04.628-06:00It's here!!<div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Spring is here, I love Spring.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Spring actually came yesterday but</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">my flower came today.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I've been waiting and waiting</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">and finally I have a flower at my house. I love flowers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwBgmtrFHD1L29ODoBDrkOZiIFLkrernLz3ApfNW-dNz3c2xf_3RPxTtdEhfuUnDZMdoUmxJWpv9r1gbNg58MwqQIeSbt4y-RpHolqa-nmFcgIPDC9erErYOSQDjqCWrIOLyf0lHvjKI/s1600/photo+(6).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwBgmtrFHD1L29ODoBDrkOZiIFLkrernLz3ApfNW-dNz3c2xf_3RPxTtdEhfuUnDZMdoUmxJWpv9r1gbNg58MwqQIeSbt4y-RpHolqa-nmFcgIPDC9erErYOSQDjqCWrIOLyf0lHvjKI/s640/photo+(6).JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I am happiest when it's Spring.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Funny story...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">A few years ago my oldest said to me, "If Spring is your favorite time of year then why are most of your kids born in the winter?" I laughed and said, "Because darling Spring is my favorite time of year." </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Dear Spring,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Thanks for coming. I'm so glad you are here. There were times when I thought you'd never come. And thanks for bringing me a flower.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Love,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">CoRi dAwN</span></span></div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-29953837864071592182012-03-20T13:40:00.001-06:002012-03-20T13:41:05.204-06:00WHAT THE WHAT IS THAT?!<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I just randomly found this picture of some people we all know.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">And ummm there is something wrong.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Really very wrong.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">I mean there is a lot wrong but what I am wondering about is Kim's bum. Does she stuff her bum? And if she does, why would she?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">It's just weird to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDtQ3zATAZW5z5wdj8Pfn4hXHZNJEItU1PZVUG1vlsD12H8iflD6ZXnIsAc3-uJmEQQi6H5Wt930-Z9Jy6seSr5HCya4D0HNfo5Hhhw4iaA4Kk5iov1sY1-cJRZO3c4emiUUDHX-N13s/s1600/butt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDtQ3zATAZW5z5wdj8Pfn4hXHZNJEItU1PZVUG1vlsD12H8iflD6ZXnIsAc3-uJmEQQi6H5Wt930-Z9Jy6seSr5HCya4D0HNfo5Hhhw4iaA4Kk5iov1sY1-cJRZO3c4emiUUDHX-N13s/s640/butt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">That's not right.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">It looks funny.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Dear Kim,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">If I am wrong, I'm sorry. But if you do in fact pad yo bum...don't. You're cute, stop while you're ahead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-18910646087255507882012-03-17T15:37:00.004-06:002012-03-17T15:44:23.011-06:00He's mine<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So yesterday I had a conversation with a dear friend who I love and adore. She is absolutely amazing. She's kind and helpful and lovely.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The only thing that's wrong is that she has the pleasure of teaching one of my kids in Sunday School.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">So yesterday after our conversation and feeling a little bad. I heard "He's Mine" by Rodney Atkins and suddenly I felt better.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">He or she is <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">mine</span></strong>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And I'm <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">proud</span></strong> of that.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>love</strong></span> them just the way they are.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/P_1GdTiM_Ho/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P_1GdTiM_Ho&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P_1GdTiM_Ho&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">*Click pause on my playlist*</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Dear Child of MINE,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I adore you. I know you are learning and I am perfectly fine with that. I'll take the blame and claim you every time. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-14792119411529481852012-03-05T12:24:00.002-07:002012-03-05T12:39:39.114-07:00I'm home but<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I had just a really lovely time in Provo hanging out with Alyson. She's more than lovely and I'm not just saying that cause she's mine. She is REALLY something special! I missed her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We went shopping and got a hair cut. And went shopping <a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/business/article_34501ef1-a795-5b29-a663-6ae6be53da1e.html">here</a> and bought some jewelry and went shopping and bought some shoes. And we also went shopping looked and looked and looked for the perfect hand bag, it took a long time but Hannah finally found it! And then we went to cousin Melanie's house and laughed and watched a movie and we shopped some more. And inbetween all that we ate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">Melanie is a jewelry importer and so we spent a couple of hours going through her jewels playing dress-up and SHOCKER made some purchases. I'm going to take some pictures of all of the fun pieces I got and do a little blog show and tell another day cause they are so much fun!!</span> </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong>Dear Melanie,</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong>I hope you really don't care that I have your necklace, if it will make you feel better I'll take a picture of me wearing it and text it to you. OH and also, just as soon as Annie comes to SLC or Denver we MUST go. Thanks for all the fun and can't wait to do it again. I love you!!</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong>Love,</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong>CoRi dAwN</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-69963435132070522382012-02-29T10:13:00.000-07:002012-02-29T10:13:20.482-07:00When I was little<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My favorite movie was</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;"><strong><u>ANNIE</u></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOAltFOciy_6h7gzSLsJKDq6RIbplIJ3obc9d9qayEJc_miP3C7Dninrs1r_XV3JcPbiUH1KE9u6ZTfvIwGq1826i0uVVlNMOrxbJnG9DYjyd_8VAdaLO-RFRMBS4-J8FRzKYPfSSvN8/s1600/Annie-film.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOAltFOciy_6h7gzSLsJKDq6RIbplIJ3obc9d9qayEJc_miP3C7Dninrs1r_XV3JcPbiUH1KE9u6ZTfvIwGq1826i0uVVlNMOrxbJnG9DYjyd_8VAdaLO-RFRMBS4-J8FRzKYPfSSvN8/s640/Annie-film.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Oh how I loved that movie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I actually still love it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I had a cassette of the soundtrack and today I kinda want to add it to my iPod. I am sure I could still sing all of the songs...Perfectly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">But today I am thinking about Annie because of her song </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Tomorrow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yop62wQH498?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">You see tomorrow I get to go visit </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Alyson.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I have missed her terribly and am super excited to get to spend some time with her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We are going to pop popcorn, watch movies, jump rope, maybe hula hoop, and stay up all night long. So hurry up sun and come up again tomorrow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Dear Annie,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">If only you had six letters in your name one of my girls would have been named after you. But I love you and your movie. I love to sing your songs. My kids think I'm a bit crazy but I can't help it. When I was little my cousins and I used to make up dances to your music and I also had you in doll form and of course a heart shaped locket. Annie thanks for the reminder that the sun will indeed come out tomorrow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-14270269803241832812012-02-24T13:19:00.001-07:002012-03-05T12:26:04.215-07:00Today is crazy hair day.<div align="center"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And whenever crazy hair day comes I think back to yester-year when my Jarret had the craziest hair in crazy hair day history. When I look at these pictures I still smile. He asked for it and I allowed it. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And I'm glad I did, it was </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">AWESOME!!</span></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkYgJRSskOX-0rmLuctCPN1l-QUSmOTVprVd9bOnfhAqEAdFafompKxe4Kw4AYogtQzmXFminb8FYAAJYx3kAMpP5B_5VOTa9BA3rQqkpKvdtNT3PpZxHDyWqL9N-4lCQe3YUq_pFkoI/s1600/Photo0161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: blue;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkYgJRSskOX-0rmLuctCPN1l-QUSmOTVprVd9bOnfhAqEAdFafompKxe4Kw4AYogtQzmXFminb8FYAAJYx3kAMpP5B_5VOTa9BA3rQqkpKvdtNT3PpZxHDyWqL9N-4lCQe3YUq_pFkoI/s400/Photo0161.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The other item I put in there was a magazine that I had a huge blast looking at.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I expressed my opinions on about every other page. I just...well I wanted her to know how I felt about a few things. My hope was that it would make her laugh. Nothing less and nothing more. Just laugh.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Dear Alyson,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I always have fun putting together packages for you. It's so much fun. And about your wedding.... NO RUSH! The magazine is just fun to look at. I mean being married is lovely and all but not so much if you don't find the right guy. So have fun dating. Love you.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-46476571385008499952012-02-15T10:56:00.000-07:002012-02-15T10:56:47.246-07:00Why do I even blog?<div align="center"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I'm sure the people that read this blog wonder the same thing. I'm not a great writer. My opinions matter to few. And I am just a plain old (and by old, I mean still cool but old) average American wife, mother, and nurse. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Let me answer my own question...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I spend time blogging because I want my family and my friends to know how much I love them. I want them to know that they are important to me and spending time with them is just exactly what I want to do. I also know the importance of keeping records. And this a nice way to record the comings and goings of my family.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;"><strong>President Thomas S. Monson</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">said this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/KYhDhiojBPA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">*PLEASE PAUSE MY MUSIC BELOW, YOU NEED TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Dear Family and Friends,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">This blog is for you. I use it to express my feelings for you. I am grateful for you and for the fun and excitement you bring into my life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">With Much Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-53530781911724573342012-02-11T23:02:00.001-07:002012-03-05T12:26:30.372-07:00I totally surprised Mike.<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Yes I did.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I NEVER EVER can keep a surprise.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I just can't.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">But I did this time. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I told him for Valentine's Day</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I bought us dance lessons.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It sounds nice...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">but really it wouldn't have been.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We are not really the dancing type.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Don't get me wrong now, I <span style="font-size: x-large;">LOVE </span><span style="font-size: large;">to dance,</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">but more of a freestyle than actual legit dance moves. And my babe, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">well let's just say he's super cute!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And we'd probably do more laughing </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">than dancing. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Anyway Staci and I bought tickets</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">to take our hubs out to see</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Cirque Du Soleil</span></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Dralion</span></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It was stinking amazing!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/41YDUrgCG28?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I highly recommend going and seeing any of </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Cirque Du Soleil's shows if you have an opportunity. There is some serious talent.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And well worth the ticket price.</span></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Dear Cirque Du Soleil,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Ya'll can do some dang freaky moves with your bodies. Seriously Amazing. I was completely entertained. I think my favorite part was the trampolines. And ya'll are so graceful. I can't even walk that graceful. Thanks so much for the entertainment, Mike was WAY happy when he found out he was seeing you and not taking dancing lessons. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></strong></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-77969535378925406162012-02-04T20:52:00.001-07:002012-03-05T12:26:43.251-07:00So Turn It On, Turn It Up, And Sing Along...<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: x-large;">love</span> music.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">A lot.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And my hot man knows it.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So for my birthday he bought me tickets to </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong><a href="http://bradpaisley.com/">Brad Paisley's</a></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Virtual Reality Tour</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was <span style="font-size: x-large;">awesome</span>.</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Staci and I went and had a big ol' blast.</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">That Brad Paisley is really something.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I heart him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLiJr-2LEZOKek7UREHSfYYsgarGZHxz6bvk4EVVIYqyx5mrogLZS6jrSh-Szn1-sCxgcqm1Iy-cCyvgnilgiE3iobsv1f-0Lij58YNmCr-_VFz-hSUj9ezBRW4-QCrbF-VjZOqX7r6w/s1600/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLiJr-2LEZOKek7UREHSfYYsgarGZHxz6bvk4EVVIYqyx5mrogLZS6jrSh-Szn1-sCxgcqm1Iy-cCyvgnilgiE3iobsv1f-0Lij58YNmCr-_VFz-hSUj9ezBRW4-QCrbF-VjZOqX7r6w/s400/064.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I just gotta tell ya'll this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">That Brad <strong>*can*</strong> play the guitar! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">He's country musics Jimi Hendrix.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06gmdlY-yUoHmPgInFpzADE14TrhCOWFt3LiIg2N3kJPCywZmfAMPGnr92kOVgc4EX3SVrUI_O1fpn3B3vch0r4twRyJsz0aYtUPljpTuLj_ewkPP4xAFFedxQ9UFgA94VgrulNVa7U8/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06gmdlY-yUoHmPgInFpzADE14TrhCOWFt3LiIg2N3kJPCywZmfAMPGnr92kOVgc4EX3SVrUI_O1fpn3B3vch0r4twRyJsz0aYtUPljpTuLj_ewkPP4xAFFedxQ9UFgA94VgrulNVa7U8/s400/020.JPG" width="342" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Brad brought with him </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thebandperry.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The Band Perry</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scottymccreery-official.com/#!all"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Scotty McCreery</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I felt so thankful for my Mike.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">He is so thoughtful, he knew I would love that concert.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And I did.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">And this song moved Staci to tears.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">It was sweet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/M-C-IbkuNWs?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I mean I *really* love country music.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And that night was really special.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Thanks Staci for coming and taking pictures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Dear Brad Paisley,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">You entertain me. I LOVED your Virtual Reality Tour! I think you are super cute, very talented, and I bet you are a lovely husband to that cute little wife of yours.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I think you made a great choice when you decided to bring The Band Perry and that stinking cute Scotty with you. You can bet on one thing for sure...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I'll be "turnin it on, turnin it up, and singin along"!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><u>LOVE</u></strong></span> this boy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I cannot tell you how much I adore this child.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">He is dang fun and very funny.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I feel more than blessed to call him mine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">He is my baby.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And I am sad my baby is growing up so fast.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Dear Jarret,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Happy Birthday. I hope you have a really special day. I hope you get everything you want. I hope your friends are extra nice to you. I hope you smile and laugh because I love to see you smiling and laughing. You are great. Stay great and stay my baby.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I love you tons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-43554626962541365962012-01-31T12:50:00.000-07:002012-01-31T12:50:21.632-07:00Once again I am humbled.<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Seems like I have opportunities to be humble all the time.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You see, I think I'm humble and it's a quality I desire.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But Really...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm not. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I think I'm not too proud or worldly to help those around me, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">but do I?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">No, not as much as I should.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I think I "save" lives...and I do (at work), but do I save souls?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Nope, not like I should.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A while back I introduced you to a friend of mine named Neva.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflAKwqex-no27DTQh0HlWAwwP4hbmAXKp5I4801teQ3giWuUMBOm9WlW_7xMRtH4bZNkf3bqjuIP8oarXs0x1fedWaX9d2MVBJaLS0nMmNnnxjNU_AteQa9p5MRCNG2WoFItWE28l9tM/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflAKwqex-no27DTQh0HlWAwwP4hbmAXKp5I4801teQ3giWuUMBOm9WlW_7xMRtH4bZNkf3bqjuIP8oarXs0x1fedWaX9d2MVBJaLS0nMmNnnxjNU_AteQa9p5MRCNG2WoFItWE28l9tM/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Neva is amazing.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She is not worldly.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She is HUMBLE.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She'll give anyone a hug, even if they are less than huggable.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And last night I got to go visit her and she had a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">friend staying with her.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Someone who really needed to be saved.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Neva opened her home and brought someone in who really needed it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And I mean REALLY REALLY needed it.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I cannot stop thinking about Neva, her example, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and the love she shows to others.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The other thing I cannot stop thinking about is the look on her friends face and the tears pouring out of her eyes as </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">she spoke about how grateful she was for Neva and how </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Neva literally saved her.</span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">How lucky I am to have to opportunity to </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/relief-society/daughters-in-my-kingdom/manual/pure-religion-watchcare-and-ministering-through-visiting-teaching?lang=eng&query=visiting+teaching"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Visit Teach</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Neva.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Because she is constantly teaching me.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Dear Neva,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">You amaze me. I am humbled by you continually. You have more Christ like love than anyone I know. You are gentle and kind but strong enough to move mountains. I adore you. Thank you.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Love,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-30057324659848331292012-01-30T09:03:00.002-07:002012-01-30T09:07:51.034-07:00I have so many many things<div align="center"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I could share with you all today.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I could post pictures of my weekend with my family in town, that was fun.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Or</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I could post pictures from the Brad Paisley concert I went to last weekend, cause that was also a big ol' blast.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">But </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I think I will just let you enjoy this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/RWF86D_UNxc/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RWF86D_UNxc&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RWF86D_UNxc&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Please make sure you click pause on my music below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You need to hear Elmo and nothing else.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Enjoy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Dear Elmo and Sesame Street,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">You have been an important part of all of my children's lives. You have taught them letters and numbers way better than I could. And you taught them songs. Thank you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">CoRi dAwN</span></span></span></div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-14243520359537884042012-01-28T10:11:00.000-07:002012-01-28T10:11:26.292-07:00Where has the time gone?<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I have been just super busy and have a lot to catch up on!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I again went to movie last night, and again it was not a good movie.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I hated it.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Mike said I looked at my phone 17 times checking the time.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I couldn't help it, I was simply bored.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The critics said, "SEE IT!"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I say, "<strong>DON'T EVEN BORROW IT FOR FREE FROM THE LIBRARY!"</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I'm sure it's going to win all kinds of awards from all the very smart and talented Hollywood type. But I give it TWO thumbs way down low!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And the move was...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>"THE ARTIST"</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/O8K9AZcSQJE?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I'll give it this much...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The music was fantastic and that was a good thing since that is ALL I heard.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The good news was it was still a super fun night! We had a lovely dinner at the Outback and laughed a ton with our favorite couple <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Henry and Staci</strong></span>!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">They are just tons of fun!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqakZVndbYTiI0HXQj1UNSYbBZ-7TdFYTwKLAUG3eW2vEbI5-Tfhnt-VTCYPGqXXtyNAOZVqncFxN4feZdvIu0uman3roPptH1Q5W8VWd2rqOy4e8uGwkKp1FNRCIcgmlF_3bU-ycQjE/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqakZVndbYTiI0HXQj1UNSYbBZ-7TdFYTwKLAUG3eW2vEbI5-Tfhnt-VTCYPGqXXtyNAOZVqncFxN4feZdvIu0uman3roPptH1Q5W8VWd2rqOy4e8uGwkKp1FNRCIcgmlF_3bU-ycQjE/s640/034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Dear Henry and Staci,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Thanks for another very fun night. Last night was proof that we don't need great entertainment to have fun with you! Can't wait to do it again. Except next time Staci gets to choose the movie!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-91996182901137018902012-01-13T23:43:00.000-07:002012-01-13T23:43:22.946-07:00Joyful Noise? I don't know.<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Oh my gosh, ya'll.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I went to a movie tonight.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I went to see</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">'Joyful Noise'</span></span></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/rlR_vDzDNyE/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rlR_vDzDNyE&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rlR_vDzDNyE&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Well I do love me some Dolly and Queen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">But I am still struggling with my feelings for their movie. There were some good singers and some pretty fun dance moves (which I loved, cause who doesn't need a couple of new dance moves...I know I do.) But overall I'd have to say it wasn't a great movie. Entertaining? Sure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Great? Not so much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The very best part of the movie was watching Mike watch it. He <strike>hates</strike> doesn't enjoy singing and dancing movies. I also very much enjoyed laughing with my sister. We got to giggling and just could not stop. For what reason?? I'm not so sure. But boy did we laugh. So hard that Mychael-Ann had to leave. I think she was going to pee her pants. Which I would have <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>LOVED </strong></span>to see!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">One thing that I'm still trying to figure out is this.....Are they really truly Asians with Southern accents? Cause well I've never met one and I've spent lots of time in the South. I am just curious.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Dear Jeremy Jordan,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">You are stinkin' cute. And you sound good too. Thanks for entertaining me. Watching you may have been worth the ticket price.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Check us out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Not so hot but having a blast.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Per usual.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbI7o6nBsv63PkdFs4gUv_kUAhYKwdW_tFoGZZWWrvORQSlPciJx3aD9LeUVeYgHh6RzoXm2GANkHR09XLrnN0C5KVhuecsaOrA2tm8DTcrA3h51WKGBMMHLYOSWFpJiNlrM7Rtn7ObVE/s1600/118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbI7o6nBsv63PkdFs4gUv_kUAhYKwdW_tFoGZZWWrvORQSlPciJx3aD9LeUVeYgHh6RzoXm2GANkHR09XLrnN0C5KVhuecsaOrA2tm8DTcrA3h51WKGBMMHLYOSWFpJiNlrM7Rtn7ObVE/s400/118.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Dear Mychael-Ann,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">LOVE LOVE LOVE having you here. Thanks for taking time to spend with me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I love you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-75472009318278262702012-01-06T16:19:00.002-07:002012-01-12T22:25:08.880-07:00HaPpY BiRtHdAY<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">to </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>AlYsOn KaTe</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">and </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>DaWsOn JaMeS</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36Soy-EuoXjuSbq1Pp2uD2ucc8mh10evqcTSlIbBa1bx_bR50tFCKYgyU1TWG2Yu7yGrk1y9DSemFbHJ66SnIil3O4bDJ9c71ziGbM2oSHP6cipSbyoICcyqoRY8aM6zhS7sMCJoPibo/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36Soy-EuoXjuSbq1Pp2uD2ucc8mh10evqcTSlIbBa1bx_bR50tFCKYgyU1TWG2Yu7yGrk1y9DSemFbHJ66SnIil3O4bDJ9c71ziGbM2oSHP6cipSbyoICcyqoRY8aM6zhS7sMCJoPibo/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Yep that's right, two of my kids share a birthday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I think they like it that way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">These two have a special bond.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">They really love each other.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">It's nice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>AlYsOn KaTe</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I cannot imagine having a more amazing daughter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">She is smart and beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Most importantly she is kind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">She has more love for others than most.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I am super grateful that she's mine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJH-eb3rtYYWDFB0CPWJI8G2F7JNLQ5TmzU2oyVWWtqShJ8cQ_0i_5Ws42rtbG_9TPK62w1G0ntM42hcAInPFI_uXkh60RwFmnTUSgNatw2N9q9NHw5MzSiYfSwjNhH2TUq7b3QhJhbg/s1600/717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJH-eb3rtYYWDFB0CPWJI8G2F7JNLQ5TmzU2oyVWWtqShJ8cQ_0i_5Ws42rtbG_9TPK62w1G0ntM42hcAInPFI_uXkh60RwFmnTUSgNatw2N9q9NHw5MzSiYfSwjNhH2TUq7b3QhJhbg/s400/717.jpg" width="336" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>DaWsOn JaMeS</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">My Dawson is really something.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">He is wild.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And wears me out sometimes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">But let me tell you,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">he has more compassion than most.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">He cannot stand to see someone being</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">unkind to anyone who cannot defend themselves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">He loves Jesus.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">When he grows up he'll be the best Dad ever.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPisPUpkf0xlNrN3AyyjODvVIpKU9TekCZjTiymKQeD40VMuxD4kfMyk7gJnoN8o8pc2hx3rBEWJsOQqHuCCUAGrKOs6IxlDs1W-BR6wNMV1iIj6KPNL3D-OQ-YtjyaG-emNbsmdrtf8s/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPisPUpkf0xlNrN3AyyjODvVIpKU9TekCZjTiymKQeD40VMuxD4kfMyk7gJnoN8o8pc2hx3rBEWJsOQqHuCCUAGrKOs6IxlDs1W-BR6wNMV1iIj6KPNL3D-OQ-YtjyaG-emNbsmdrtf8s/s400/002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770773022315748839.post-35433988745617971082012-01-04T12:51:00.003-07:002012-01-04T12:56:25.666-07:00Christmas Morning in Pictures<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Christmas morning was a blast. Of course my kids woke up at like 3 in the morning to see what "Santa" brought them. But sadly "Santa" was so tired from staying up late that she couldn't get out of bed until like 8 in the morning. Our good friend Charlotte (who is also a night nurse) came over bright and early, and we started our gift opening. </span></div><br />
I don't know what your house is like on Christmas morning but I go a little crazy, and not the good crazy. I freak out over wrapping all over the house so after each and every gift is open we have to do a little house keeping. I pretty much drive my family nuts....But I just can't help it. Sorry guys. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">She loves it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">About this time I go crazy with all of the mess.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Which probably wasn't all that bad.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">And since I don't mind living in a mess anyother day </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">I just can't get enough of Emilee.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Jarret has wanted a robe for at least 3 years. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">I don't know why I haven't gotten him one before </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And then off to Aunt Dana's house.......</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Isabelle got an electric scooter...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">I think My Emilee might be jealous.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">My mom, I love her. She makes me laugh.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Alyson and Dawson.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Chances are they're planning something or making fun of me.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Uncle Jason. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Which isn't my kids uncle but their cousins uncle.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">He is also very funny and makes me laugh.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Sofie lovin on Dylan.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Dawson, you're too big for Adam's bike.</span> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Jason and Owen.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Not sure what Owen is thinking.</span> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">OH buddy, Adam has a tool. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">And it looks dangerous. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Watch out everyone.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Uncle Jared sings a song to Dylan.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">What a good dad.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">And Dylan gets some lovin from Alyson.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">That is one lucky boy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Alyson and Sofie in their new jammies....</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">lookin good girls.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">And the little girls got some new jammies also.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Wait, don't get tired yet!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">That is some dang yummy stuff!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">My adorkable nephew </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Thomas.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">He is HILARIOUS!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">This picture of Jarret kinda sums up our Christmas.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">I am happy when my kids are happy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">I think Dawson is ready for a nap.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">My lovely sisters.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Ronni and Dana.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Grandpa Gary got some new undies...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Bryant stole grandpa Gary's new undies.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">And Dylan shows off his dance moves.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">He is pretty dang cute.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Dear Family,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thanks for an amazing Christmas. I love spending time with you. I can't wait to do it again next year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">CoRi dAwN</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">**I have no flippin idea why some of my pictures and words are highlighted but I just simply don't have the time or energy to deal with it. Sorry.**</span></div>CoRi dAwNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721778005097787481noreply@blogger.com0