tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468427748453416272023-11-16T06:38:57.217-06:00Elder FamilyHere is our family. We are not famous or out of the ordinary we are just a family and that is what makes us, 'us'!Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-85440158981643051902014-07-01T20:33:00.001-05:002014-07-01T20:33:06.916-05:00Anybody Here?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I doubt I have very many followers but for those of you still out there. Tonight as I was working on some scrapbooking I turned to social media to remind me of events that my brain has forgotten. To tell you the truth I am still working on our 2010 family album...yes you heard me 2010, ugh!<br />
So as I was reading all my Facebook posts from 2010 I was reminded of some great times we have had as a family and little things I had posted about Noah that I probably would have never remembered ever again. But have no fear social media to the rescue, plus on top of that I was pretty good about blogging still in 2010 - so my 2010 family album can bring together all these scattered thoughts. <br />
So here I am to remind you that we are still here, still growing and thriving and enjoying life. And also to challenge myself to come back her more often to journal, share and put into words the daily lives that we are living.<br />
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<br />Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-86146463936869308702013-09-15T16:12:00.000-05:002013-09-15T16:13:06.570-05:00Videos<div style="text-align: center;">
Just a couple videos, we have done so much this summer and have jumped right into the school year. Posting these videos and seeing that my last post was in May....so far behind!</div>
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That's our Noah, such a ham!</div>
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So proud of Levi, I didn't know he could count all the way to 10!</div>
Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-44916877626369928932013-05-22T21:21:00.001-05:002013-05-22T21:21:24.429-05:00Summer Bucket ListBucket Lists are EVERYWHERE, this is not a new idea for anyone. I have been wanting to do a list for a couple summers now but just didn't feel like the boys would get into it or really understand it at all....not that there is much to understand. I guess what I am saying is now that they are older we can all pretty much enjoy the activities as a family. Noah and I came up with a majority of the list but we are also open to adding to our list (we have tons of space to do so).<br />
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* Campfire S'mores<br />
*Swimming Pool<br />
* Park<br />
* Invite a Friend Over<br />
* Tulip Festival<br />
* Walk to get Donuts<br />
* Backyard Campout<br />
* Sparklers<br />
* SnoCones<br />
* Fishing<br />
* Go the the Library<br />
* Zoo<br />
* Washington Vacation<br />
* Swimming Lessons<br />
* Picnic<br />
* Plant Flowers<br />
* Family Bike Ride<br />
* Church (I thought this was funny of Noah since we go every week, but it still needed to be on the list)<br />
* Farmer's Market<br />
* Make Homemade Ice Cream<br />
* Work on Our Garden<br />
* Go Berry Picking<br />
* Make Treat for Our Neighbors<br />
* Go to a Space Museum<br />
* Go on a Moon Walk (meaning a walk at night)<br />
* Run Through Sprinklers/Water Balloon Fight<br />
* Make Sandcastles<br />
* Ride a Carousel<br />
* Make Play Dough<br />
* Make Bird Feeder<br />
* Scavenger Hunt<br />
* Go on a Color Walk<br />
* Make Suncatchers<br />
* Write a Letter<br />
* Make and Take Flat Stanley Places<br />
* Have Root Beer Floats<br />
* Donuts at Jitters<br />
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The fun thing is that we have already accomplished a few items on our list...not that we won't want to do them again this summer but check out how we have started the summer:<br />
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So what is on your FUN list this summer?!!</div>
Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-62093828035497461332013-02-20T21:20:00.001-06:002013-02-20T21:20:46.042-06:00Grandpa Gubser<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 14px;">Sunday evening I got a call from my parents letting me know that Grandpa passed away. It is hard to believe that someone who has been around all your life isn't going to be there anymore. Grandpa was 94 and lived a good, long life. And as many people say, 'he really lived life.' I am so thankful to know him and know, in my heart 100%, that he is in Heaven singing with the angels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 14px;">Soon after Grandpa's passing my sisters, cousins and I flooded facebook with memories, some I knew and some I didn't. Grandpa's leaky laps, and his three wheel bike he would ride everywhere. Eventually that upgraded to a motorized scooter and let's just say you better get out of the if you saw him coming. Grandpa was always up for getting out and going places: ball games, campouts, drives to Nebraska City for dinner or just a drive to see the fields. He could tell you about his first car, first horse, and first tractor and every one of them after. He was always good for stories and memories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 14px;">The following is Grandpa's Obituary: </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiJnMPgRdXLNHZ6r8RlXxY-DBf2z8uybcLqjZzGjCAc3yHDZq39nPSXbqKb-IQEEZXBGwN2ZEdy5UiqAZXKMDIRciwQqu_fkQx-8r_nb87d3CjrMbfR_CiCf4mGOXFX1XwO5XeVr5QHqm/s1600/Collage+-gpa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiJnMPgRdXLNHZ6r8RlXxY-DBf2z8uybcLqjZzGjCAc3yHDZq39nPSXbqKb-IQEEZXBGwN2ZEdy5UiqAZXKMDIRciwQqu_fkQx-8r_nb87d3CjrMbfR_CiCf4mGOXFX1XwO5XeVr5QHqm/s320/Collage+-gpa2.jpg" width="105" /></a><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 14px;">Robert
Henry Gubser, son of Claude Henry and Bertha Belle (Moore) Gubser, was
born October 12, 1918 in Atchison County, Missouri (rural Hamburg,
Iowa). He died February 17, 2013 at Garden View Care Center in
Shenandoah, Iowa.
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<br />Robert graduated from Sunny Slope in 1931 and Hamburg High School in
1935. Robert was united in marriage to Monna Lee Morelock on June 1,
1944 at High Creek Baptist Church of rural Watson, MO. To this union
four children were born. They farmed in Missouri until 1951 and then
moved to a farm north of Riverton, until retirement in 1988 when they
moved to Hamburg. While farming, he was a truck and school bus
driver. He hauled grain, hay, gravel, lumber, and livestock. While
living in Hamburg, he cleaned his church, mowed yards and did farm work
for his nephews Marvin and Marlin Gubser.
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<br />He attended Lone Chapel Christian Church in his early childhood. He
was baptized in 1935 and a lifelong member of First Baptist Church at
Hamburg, where he served on several boards, was a Sunday School teacher,
and sung in the choir.
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<br />Preceding Robert in death were his parents; wife Monna Lee, daughter
Celia Ruth Gubser, brother Leroy Gubser, brothers-in-law: Robert Hahn,
Sr. and Herman Joesting, sisters-in-law: Judy Gubser and Elsie Gubser.
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<br />Robert is survived by two sisters, Verna Joesting of Tarkio,
Missouri and Vada Hahn of Toluca, Illinois; brother, Raymond Gubser of
Virginia, Nebraska; two sons, James Claude Gubser and wife Dorothy of
Hamilton, Missouri, Robert Lee Gubser and wife Ruth of Lincoln,
Nebraska, and daughter, Cynthia Sue Shelton and husband Gene of
Farragut, Iowa; eight grandchildren: Gina and husband Bruce Baragary of
Hamilton, Missouri, Kelly and wife Amy Gubser of Lincoln, Nebraska, Amy
and husband Rob Basham of Cowgill, Missouri, Troy Gubser of Lincoln,
Nebraska, Kimberly and husband Matt Martin of St. Louis, Missouri, Emily
Shelton of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Rebekah and husband David Elder of Sioux
City, Iowa, and Carla Shelton of Stillwater, Oklahoma; sixteen great
grandchildren: Ryley, Bryce, Brodyn, Bryer, and Brady Baragary; Calvin,
Katie, Kerri, and Cheri Basham; Maya Martin; Skyler, Dusty, Harrison,
and Tobias Gubser; Noah and Levi Elder, many nieces and nephews and
other relatives.
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<br />Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February
23, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Hamburg, IA with Pastor Tom
Beutler officiating. Burial will follow the services at the Hamburg
Cemetery in Hamburg, IA.
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<br />The family will greet friends from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday evening (2/22) at the First Baptist Church in Hamburg.
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<br />Memorials to First Baptist Church, Hamburg.
</span>Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-74515497280412829512013-02-07T17:19:00.001-06:002013-02-07T23:16:20.563-06:00February: I Love...<div style="text-align: center;">
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I am excited that we already have a trip planned to the Pacific NW this summer and I hope to see some of the historical locations mentioned in this novel. David and I also had an interesting discussion about how growing up in our history classes we didn't learn much about the camps for Japanese Americans during WWII. David also shared, as his 3rd year of being professor, that this was the first year that all of his students had been taught this part of our history. (He teaches a course on war propaganda.)<br />
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Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-56863669226151957922013-02-05T15:19:00.002-06:002013-02-05T15:19:29.542-06:00February: I Love....<div style="text-align: center;">
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Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-71448316186679734942013-01-27T21:22:00.001-06:002013-01-27T21:22:29.586-06:00My Heros<div style="text-align: center;">
The boys got matching pjs for Christmas from Grandma and Bucko. They love wearing them and whenever Noah wears his he always asks if we can put Levi in his too! Fun times!</div>
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Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-10735561971186227922013-01-12T12:55:00.000-06:002013-01-12T12:55:17.852-06:00Noah Turns 5!I couldn't believe it. It has been so hard to think about Noah being 5. It really doesn't change anything in our day to day but there are now big things to come and mostly what I think about it Kindergarten in the Fall. It is so hard for me to think that we will have a kindergartener....yikes, but we will cross that bridge when we get there for now let's talk about THE PARTY!!<br />
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Noah requested a STAR WARS LEGO party, we pretty much all saw that coming but we have already done two Lego parties in the past and I wanted to come up with something different than what we have already done. And thanks to Pinterest that wasn't too difficult. What was hard was keeping it simple and not getting carried away with all those Pinterest finds. We don't get to crazy with parties just a few friends of Noah's and family, this year only Grandparents were able to come.<br />
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Dagobah Dogs (pigs in a blanket)<br />
Cheesabers (cheetos)<br />
Endor Edibles (veggie tray)<br />
Death Star Dip (ranch dip)<br />
Hoth Balls (powdered sugar donut holes) <br />
Yoda Soda (lime sherbet and sprite)<br />
Bantha Milk (milk)<br />
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I made some simple tags for the buffet, you could get really creative with your tags. I did simple solid colors to match the legos.<br />
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Simple, Noah, David and I spent the week before the movie assembling all of Noah and David's Star Wars Lego sets: Tie Fighter, Millennium Falcon, some pod racers. We also collected and assembled all the minifigures, lightsabers and costumes we had.<br />
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STAR WARS BINGO - Noah assembled his Star Wars Lego minifigures and let him and Grandma take pics of each one on a solid backdrop. My wonderful and patient husband threw together some bingo cards which I then printed for each kiddo. I put the minifigures in a bowl and that is what I used to draw and the kids used lego bricks as markers. I found gummy Star Wars candy at Halloween to give as prizes.<br />
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PARTY FAVORS: Mini Lightsabers <br />
I purchased a tub of glow bracelets at Michael's for a $1 each (15 bracelets in each tub) and labeled them with stickers saying: "Jedi Noah May the Force Be With You" or "Jedi Aiden The Force is Strong With This One".<br />
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Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-89460444898800784372013-01-05T22:08:00.001-06:002013-01-05T22:08:20.314-06:00Super Hero's HalloweenA couple month have passed and a LOT has happened: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Noah's 5th Birthday and the list goes on and on....so I am starting off the new year looking back so I can hopefully move forward! :-)<br />
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Noah of course wanted to be a superhero for Halloween, Iron Man to be specific. I actually think we went to the store looking for Captain America and came out with Iron Man. I planned on not buying Levi a costume hoping he could wear Noah's Spinderman from last year but it was too big and I couldn't pass up the little Hulk costume once I saw it! <br />
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I don't feel to horrible spending the money we got lots of wear out of
them: a playdate Halloween party, a family Halloween party, trick or
treating in the dorms, our church's Trunk or Treat night, Halloween
night of course and just everyday dress up so all in all a good
investment! And listing all that kind of makes me feel like this:<br />
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Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-11296646235505053382012-10-20T22:48:00.000-05:002012-10-20T22:48:00.225-05:00Happy Birthday (Great) GrandpaWe celebrated my Grandpa's 94th birthday last weekend. Not all of us (children, grandchildren and great grandchildren) got to be there but we partied anyway. First of all can you imagine how much a person has seen in 94 years of life? It boggles my mind...I mean I've seen a lot change and I am just 29!<br />
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We had beautiful weather and great food and of course a few presents. It was so much fun to hear Grandpa talk about farming and when he bought his first car and what type of tractor he used in 195(whenever) and it also makes me feel very blessed to be in a family that is so close and that I grew up knowing my 'extended' family. Occasionally David makes fun of me for calling my cousins 'cousins', because when I say cousins I am talking my mom's first cousin's children, etc! But I love it and I loved it growing up and I hope that our boys will feel the same way about it and appreciate family even if they may or may not be 'blood' related.<br />
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Some of the GREAT Grandchildren helping blow out candles.</div>
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Our Levi with his Great Grandpa!</div>
Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-8986812582771542022012-09-17T22:00:00.000-05:002012-09-17T22:00:19.969-05:00A Case of the SnifflesOkay it has been a bit more than sniffles but that is how it all started. After a weekend of fevers, runny noses and hacking coughs I feel like I can say that we are on the mend. The little boys have not been feeling well so we laid low all weekend with a few movies, and just plain ol' being lazy. A few peeks at our weekend.<br />
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Hanging out in pjs and the laundry baskets!</div>
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Noah passing on the art of Oreo dunking.</div>
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This is pretty much what I want to do when I feel sick is cover up my head and go to sleep!</div>
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As you can tell they are feeling a little better and 'helped' mom organize the kitchen.</div>
<br />Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-70020266074618927102012-08-29T20:54:00.001-05:002012-08-29T20:54:28.826-05:00Can you name that tune?<div style="text-align: center;">
Isn't this the soundtrack going through your head as you are hiking through the Rockies?</div>
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Love our little guy and the big brother that taught him.</div>
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<br />Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-39531328280947443882012-06-05T21:25:00.002-05:002012-06-05T21:25:28.443-05:00Signs of Summer<div style="text-align: center;">
A few pics to share of the handsome little fellas in my life. We are having a great summer, hope you are too!</div>
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He is measuring how tall his corn is getting. He is very proud of his corn.</div>
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Here is one of our garden plots, and I am very proud of how it is doing!</div>Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-13528422965362948172012-06-02T22:09:00.002-05:002012-06-02T22:10:01.459-05:00Noah: Tee BallToday was the first day of the first season of what MIGHT become many more seasons of ball. It was a little crazy for the first day and four fields of 4&5 year olds playing ball but it was fun and I was excited to see my son involved....if I can even use the word 'involved' when talking about 4 year olds waiting for a teammate to hit, waiting for the ball to come their way or waiting to run to the next base while a crowd of parents and grandparents watch trying to yell directions.<br />
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But when all was done for this Saturday morning of tee ball I asked Noah if he had fun, he without hesitation responded, 'YES!' So I the parent who kind of stepped in and made myself the 1st base coach didn't ruin it for him and he had fun even though he walked off the field to Grandma saying that he needed a drink and then when he got back to the field to sit down at short stop. It was cute and it really wasn't that big of a deal to anyone (the ball never got hit that far anyway).<br />
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<br />Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-11123440732138134672012-05-25T18:22:00.003-05:002012-05-25T18:22:40.705-05:00One Step At A Time<div style="text-align: center;">
He is getting more and more confident every day. Trust me I will let you know when he starts running, then we will really be in for it!</div>
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<br />Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-36962384190994038482012-05-25T08:00:00.000-05:002012-05-25T14:10:46.585-05:00GardeningSome of you may have seen my facebook and saw that I (we) are attempting a garden this year. I remember my parents gardening when we were younger and my mom can bring almost any plant that has been in my home back to life and David's parents have a beautiful garden every year. I do not have a green thumb but I am thinking/hoping/wishing there has to be some green in me somewhere because I have not given up hope yet! <br />
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I love the idea of gardening and we love to visit the farmers market every week. We have canned tomatoes and apples the last couple of years and try very hard to keep fresh fruits and veggies on our table.<br />
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So this summer we joined a community garden with some friends and Noah and I headed to Bomgaars to fill up our cart and came out with some:<br />
cherry tomato plant (my must)<br />
green pepper plant (David's request)<br />
zucchini plant<br />
onion plants<br />
sweet corn seed (Noah's request)<br />
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David's mom gave us some of her leftovers:<br />
jalapeno plant<br />
'Better Boy' tomato plant<br />
carrot seeds<br />
spinach seeds <br />
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Then recruited some experienced gardeners (Grandma Carolyn and Bucko) to help plant our seeds and plants. We had a great time gardening now we just need to keep watering and hope that something, out of all that, grows!!<br />
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Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-23934598762108482802012-05-15T22:57:00.004-05:002012-05-15T22:57:52.423-05:00A New Mode of Travel<div style="text-align: center;">
Well we are not up on two feet and walking upright yet but we have a new way of getting from point A to point B when on not so 'nice' surfaces. Check us out.</div>
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<br />Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-78246772974100864112012-04-22T22:05:00.000-05:002012-04-22T22:05:29.204-05:00Levi Turns 1!<div style="text-align: center;">
As Levi's 1st birthday approached I of course went to the boards, Pinterest of course. :-) At first I focused on LIONS. Early on one of the ways I could bring a smile to Levi's face was by calling (sweetly) 'Levi the Lion' and giving a gentle roar. He loved it so he has become my little lion. Of course there are no party themes of JUST lions so I searched: Jungle, Safari, Circus and pulled from some pretty amazing parties out there in blog land. And so course as my Pinterest board grew and grew with ideas I had to do some major editing and focusing, otherwise I didn't even want to think about how much a party would cost if I carried out all the ideas. Our party was not big some close friends and the grandparents, the boys each had a couple of friends. </div>
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Levi the Lion</div>
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Noah tried to encourage Levi to dig into his cake, he mostly ate the frosting.</div>
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A little for Daddy!</div>
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Our little safari table decor. (Nothing too fancy, just fun)</div>
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I found these little cups at Dollar Tree and filled them with animal crackers for kiddos to take come with a bubble wand.</div>
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Our python sandwich, we also have chips, pasta salad, fruit salad and of course...</div>
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cupcakes! Grandma Carolyn gave me a hand and took care of the cupcakes. I will brag and tell you that I made the lion cake after finding a picture on a website.</div>
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Happy Birthday Levi, we love you!</div>
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Some of the websites I pulled from:<br />
<a href="http://www.chickabug.com/blog/2011/06/jungle-safari-party-jack-is-1.html">Lion Cake, Sandwich</a><br />
<a href="http://robinmarie.hubpages.com/hub/Birthday-Cupcakes">Safari Friends Cupcakes</a><br />
<a href="http://turtlecraftygirl.blogspot.com/2010/06/safari-birthday-party.html">Birthday Invitation Invite (wording)</a><br />
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My Pinterest Board for all those other awesome parties I found! <a href="http://pinterest.com/rselder/party-ideas/">HERE</a><br />
<br />Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-88308787870139537312012-04-09T21:56:00.000-05:002012-04-09T21:56:16.512-05:00April, the BeginningsI am in a bit of a blogging funk I guess so here are some pictures from recent events. I am bummed there isn't much from Easter we were at my parents and my camera battery died...and of course I didn't bring the charger!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9EkgFZlIoNoh6n-vDEh_nW2zEBqjKLlRav3Lg2FfrsmAyYBtE9zYvAdZC9mKWe8AsMOA1obrfBPthKnbyL3B7_xcCeha7g_KZragpw20I9m7dyY2UtE1PUbohuv773GXW8FyOe5JfcOM/s1600/DSC05652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9EkgFZlIoNoh6n-vDEh_nW2zEBqjKLlRav3Lg2FfrsmAyYBtE9zYvAdZC9mKWe8AsMOA1obrfBPthKnbyL3B7_xcCeha7g_KZragpw20I9m7dyY2UtE1PUbohuv773GXW8FyOe5JfcOM/s320/DSC05652.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of my new favorite pics of David and Noah.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplO7mtdOVlZn9SEDfTesSa5dxpZ8OSlD7B1muiVonWTKrMAtxDTEKUz2EKrC9V_yLx1_n7LEXt6jsP8_LAmGY7I_FuZeEzEmhAGPhX9K1EaAsMVG8JzMAw9CCRJYx15NRy_VjXZJIBOHm/s1600/DSC05670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplO7mtdOVlZn9SEDfTesSa5dxpZ8OSlD7B1muiVonWTKrMAtxDTEKUz2EKrC9V_yLx1_n7LEXt6jsP8_LAmGY7I_FuZeEzEmhAGPhX9K1EaAsMVG8JzMAw9CCRJYx15NRy_VjXZJIBOHm/s320/DSC05670.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of the four Easter Egg Hunts!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6dL2k80tlIK8GVQnq-rNAm_Rx8UAyQEQS4ICYNSqpAqOnSYnBsLpRJ0w9igxdAyrxkukk2lLmveIg9WMv8zL-QdwyzJp1pvd2O8xDimr2Kgonh2o8jXZ7ycIt0g38YnQHlIU7vxJzQsJ/s1600/DSC05677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6dL2k80tlIK8GVQnq-rNAm_Rx8UAyQEQS4ICYNSqpAqOnSYnBsLpRJ0w9igxdAyrxkukk2lLmveIg9WMv8zL-QdwyzJp1pvd2O8xDimr2Kgonh2o8jXZ7ycIt0g38YnQHlIU7vxJzQsJ/s320/DSC05677.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Official candy inspector.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZXzuQOh6PQKyDHoEtSqGF542zlHBIhbimDkly3SN2D9bTyStWj9FRWiKc3yAap3sQE_Z-U-T7Qoh0kI5OQv4Fz7zKGdRt9emYXL2bxxxNIobSxGlET1KzwSKDfbvpzSXaLvSFydAhiSE/s1600/DSC05690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZXzuQOh6PQKyDHoEtSqGF542zlHBIhbimDkly3SN2D9bTyStWj9FRWiKc3yAap3sQE_Z-U-T7Qoh0kI5OQv4Fz7zKGdRt9emYXL2bxxxNIobSxGlET1KzwSKDfbvpzSXaLvSFydAhiSE/s320/DSC05690.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Levi loved watching the fish at the zoo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BFCMPHnMCfLtCCT3UK7nVU8VKlA54vjvA2WtiY0jPSaLOztA8qRFBnSevQONFV9xipePOc1FjI5qFzYHoy3uBVVjSnN5dbeJB103R88oezX6qn77QX2RABJQjm-OCuwqErteEGNnJsKU/s1600/DSC05697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BFCMPHnMCfLtCCT3UK7nVU8VKlA54vjvA2WtiY0jPSaLOztA8qRFBnSevQONFV9xipePOc1FjI5qFzYHoy3uBVVjSnN5dbeJB103R88oezX6qn77QX2RABJQjm-OCuwqErteEGNnJsKU/s320/DSC05697.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Birthday David! (I will have to post the cake recipe soon.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3g_teYy6j9oNl7D6JKUJwx1ibpqo2mc6saYxJyxqzU8bDlq4-Wjlp8kmoAH5yNHfH3MomXdhzycurIZIR9KHiMCaqJ6vAOhyphenhyphenYOrp415MHNMpGN4Q3aEZUyOR202oUbF0Fr4YBad1dpGqp/s1600/DSC05701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3g_teYy6j9oNl7D6JKUJwx1ibpqo2mc6saYxJyxqzU8bDlq4-Wjlp8kmoAH5yNHfH3MomXdhzycurIZIR9KHiMCaqJ6vAOhyphenhyphenYOrp415MHNMpGN4Q3aEZUyOR202oUbF0Fr4YBad1dpGqp/s320/DSC05701.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Noah FINALLY got light sabers in his Easter basket! It has been constant Imperial March and running from storm troopers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivamufe4eynRCnFO0GYHSQGxKEML_2rZuBo1J8MeIIw6jl555FyioEIlVtRUWnVfswrkbITvELveoGc1RcWskjSZtzuzDaJT_O5h7e-J3IB83eMhmA-d-ndg4_L0JvKG_KXIdaFBtNLvts/s1600/DSC05704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivamufe4eynRCnFO0GYHSQGxKEML_2rZuBo1J8MeIIw6jl555FyioEIlVtRUWnVfswrkbITvELveoGc1RcWskjSZtzuzDaJT_O5h7e-J3IB83eMhmA-d-ndg4_L0JvKG_KXIdaFBtNLvts/s320/DSC05704.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"What did my mom do now?!?" </div>Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-14084775738555836632012-03-21T07:00:00.003-05:002012-03-21T12:16:04.079-05:00March 21...<div style="text-align: center;">As Levi gets older I put 'baby' toys away and start pulling out all those 'toddler' toys. As I was looking at the pics that we had taken in the last week I remember when Noah got this toy 4 years ago! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Noah (11 months old) enjoying his little seat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFjdujPVIaRtWR6Mo5b1MXJ8f0NsaaPunH-cvNGlgcIrhAsXvIAg_41MFVfK6gIKxpvmm7b1efiM2K12KZ8iUbSPb27a8K06GPk_LyRCR1S5Gw8U3m0sQcUL8UbOq_XCc2-abZuGDQ5mv/s1600/DSC01977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFjdujPVIaRtWR6Mo5b1MXJ8f0NsaaPunH-cvNGlgcIrhAsXvIAg_41MFVfK6gIKxpvmm7b1efiM2K12KZ8iUbSPb27a8K06GPk_LyRCR1S5Gw8U3m0sQcUL8UbOq_XCc2-abZuGDQ5mv/s320/DSC01977.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bFOy7yrl2FipygqqLmp-BCBiVGPCnmPyGaarbKgXievpKIhB_sf6D0Ut-1VfJdAyF9KM-LiMlLP96xtJm6N7IviH1YO1frVK_LtffL37VPOpMtrNaAXxWIKr_lPSZo-fk5bM1OwQmaYO/s1600/DSC01979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bFOy7yrl2FipygqqLmp-BCBiVGPCnmPyGaarbKgXievpKIhB_sf6D0Ut-1VfJdAyF9KM-LiMlLP96xtJm6N7IviH1YO1frVK_LtffL37VPOpMtrNaAXxWIKr_lPSZo-fk5bM1OwQmaYO/s320/DSC01979.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is our little Levi (11 months old) enjoying a 'new' toy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSQiQxjH1DVlwQkPkx33U6kP3X97ftfDTtdkiLWvHR9M2tyErfXaqSVvIKMCn9f_7N69ZmxQr1ePpsL605TkgZX0mcKE9eznWLP1pq-bmihTeWB60b34iR00-4tGYwqhVz0XYgPzC79zO/s1600/DSC05429.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSQiQxjH1DVlwQkPkx33U6kP3X97ftfDTtdkiLWvHR9M2tyErfXaqSVvIKMCn9f_7N69ZmxQr1ePpsL605TkgZX0mcKE9eznWLP1pq-bmihTeWB60b34iR00-4tGYwqhVz0XYgPzC79zO/s320/DSC05429.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGS9wDhWPmLledBmR3SGbJ0jehkGYhAEHrbeiySnZMhWw63RCRnkNh4wr5zj747nK6FJjDljzL1hc-eg_7538y4X3ZJI7TpiL6dpOQv58g4XJQh-6Q4D0OUV9hVdsDXS2ntROPT2rdyX0J/s1600/DSC05431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGS9wDhWPmLledBmR3SGbJ0jehkGYhAEHrbeiySnZMhWw63RCRnkNh4wr5zj747nK6FJjDljzL1hc-eg_7538y4X3ZJI7TpiL6dpOQv58g4XJQh-6Q4D0OUV9hVdsDXS2ntROPT2rdyX0J/s320/DSC05431.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also look at these pics and realize that my babies are growing up WAY too fast!</div>Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-78540862871232853932012-03-20T13:23:00.000-05:002012-03-20T13:23:54.644-05:00Warning :-) Turn You Volume Down...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwLRwlk0ndV0a-niAuiwYviyyOQ9CaY2_lL_ixaVs4eezn-gtNZC8DQJiQe0p1-grThcZ7xXwkmlGjAqS1V' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys had a little 'conversation' of sorts the other night at dinner, it was hilarious! They were both happy, don't worry. :-)</div>Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-56900538616147683172012-03-18T20:34:00.001-05:002012-03-18T20:43:32.869-05:00March 16...One of our local libraries invited a state park to bring a few animals for the kiddos to see, touch and learn about. That is right I said TOUCH...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mCD3ZLdcmg534sth7se-cJ1QNodbGVUWIcbc69MAjsYI1gVRB4SkUqKPQnyZOXgwxy3CC01h_579fDJ5MRhHcdlMmC6-IsF1yy4M_JQ6nF8Q7FxwavsepOaoNRap7NMYqpdyFnWXx8Iv/s1600/DSC05505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mCD3ZLdcmg534sth7se-cJ1QNodbGVUWIcbc69MAjsYI1gVRB4SkUqKPQnyZOXgwxy3CC01h_579fDJ5MRhHcdlMmC6-IsF1yy4M_JQ6nF8Q7FxwavsepOaoNRap7NMYqpdyFnWXx8Iv/s320/DSC05505.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Yes, that is our son holding a Fox Snake, I was surprised that he volunteered to hold the snake.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJoIv6rQexnJ7Nut1WaDpvKcKcWbx-AUvlDGQEwM8HvDVNFbrRgfXkIzFskEFYQFgnf129RNhKR8rKaFQY8zkQJpEI02QIGmyP2uN9tQYcoVRfbGBwymNFtUs0ut4tlHZZYtKU2tLRCXH/s1600/DSC05507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJoIv6rQexnJ7Nut1WaDpvKcKcWbx-AUvlDGQEwM8HvDVNFbrRgfXkIzFskEFYQFgnf129RNhKR8rKaFQY8zkQJpEI02QIGmyP2uN9tQYcoVRfbGBwymNFtUs0ut4tlHZZYtKU2tLRCXH/s320/DSC05507.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>And a cute little box turtle.Elder Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184945248711243769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146842774845341627.post-30668655506183543332012-03-15T19:34:00.001-05:002012-03-15T19:35:28.352-05:00No More Snow!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhiqJWYWhXoshyTwmTIMlaPBUvd53-i9Tzt-hmHPsDEdq1bqwAADdG-_UApSRtK5Xz6h2ZimL12BlAVged7SqLl3NaFpWYK3hCi8s05q98erNiuhrulbgim0lxhPkuOOXsFcJXwIbb1JV/s1600/DSC05411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhiqJWYWhXoshyTwmTIMlaPBUvd53-i9Tzt-hmHPsDEdq1bqwAADdG-_UApSRtK5Xz6h2ZimL12BlAVged7SqLl3NaFpWYK3hCi8s05q98erNiuhrulbgim0lxhPkuOOXsFcJXwIbb1JV/s320/DSC05411.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The car pics are from our trip to Texas last week but it seems like we brought the warm weather back with us, it is gorgeous here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXaXHya7A-vCjqgIMBmwA8YXh8H8MUrb1IKpHAOHzOal7ozi0FlF9jzaJCMvTKgDD6b39BFFF1_NJg8v0mysZYQQxLOcmcqvHVxifqlV83l-cJuPqDkgc5t8lGpagXzDW4XL0SbUfg_ok/s1600/DSC05412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXaXHya7A-vCjqgIMBmwA8YXh8H8MUrb1IKpHAOHzOal7ozi0FlF9jzaJCMvTKgDD6b39BFFF1_NJg8v0mysZYQQxLOcmcqvHVxifqlV83l-cJuPqDkgc5t8lGpagXzDW4XL0SbUfg_ok/s320/DSC05412.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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